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WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS EITHER SET TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER, PRESENT.
COUNCILMAN DAVID R DUKE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. PRESENT. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER PRESENT.
MAYOR. PRO TEM GENOME. THE MAYOR PRO TEM INFORMED ME HE HAD TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF AT THIS TIME YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR OUR INVOCATION TO BE LED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN HOOVER. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? FATHER, WE COME TO YOU. HUMBLE SERVANTS.
WE COME TO YOU WITH HEARTS WANTING TO LEAD AND LEAD. WELL, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US DIRECTION AND WISDOM AS WE'RE HERE TODAY. BRING TO MIND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER, THE WAYS THAT WE CAN LEAD AND LEAD WELL FOR EVERYONE WITHIN OUR CITY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THEIR FAMILIES MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT THEM. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM SAFE TRAVEL TO AND FROM AND DURING THEIR WORK. WE ASK THAT THEIR WORK IS MEANINGFUL, POWERFUL, AND IMPACTS PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT YOU WOULD SEE FIT. LORD, WE GIVE YOU. WE GIVE YOU OUR CITY. WE ASK LORD, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, WITH THE RECENT TRAGEDY WITH MISTER KIRK, WE ASK GOD THAT YOU WILL OPEN PEOPLE'S HEARTS TO RECEIVE AND OPEN PEOPLE'S HEARTS TO GIVE, THAT WE COULD BE UNITED, UNITED IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE PLEASING TO YOU. LORD, I ASK ALL THESE THINGS. IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING ARE OUR
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PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. AND SO I WILL ASK THOSE WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO JOIN ME DOWN FRONT. AS WE GO INTO THOSE, I DO WANT TO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE BUILDING THIS EVENING, WHO HAS BEEN NAMED THE SOLE FINALIST FOR WYLIE ISD AS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR KIM SPICER.SO. IT DOES HELP IF I MAKE SURE I TURN IT ON FIRST. SO THIS EVENING, I KNOW IT SAYS MANUFACTURING DAY FIRST, BUT AS I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO HELP US OUT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, BECAUSE AT ANY TIME THEY COULD BE CALLED OUT AND NEEDED, OH, THEY. NO NO, NO. WELL, AS I SAID IT, WE HAD WE HAD ONE WALK SO WELL WE'LL START WITH MANUFACTURING DAY THEN I JUST I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN HONORING SOME OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THEY GET A CALL AND HAVE TO LEAVE WHILE WAITING. BUT SINCE THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS EVENING, ACCORDING TO CHIEF BLYTHE, WE'LL START WITH MANUFACTURING DAY. SO THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR MANUFACTURING DAY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU COME JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.
ON CAMERA. SO. SO I KNOW THAT FOR MOST HERE, SOME OF THIS WILL BE A REPEAT
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OF WHAT I SAID WHILE WE WERE GATHERED IN THE ATRIUM PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THIS ONLINE, AND SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE FACTS AGAIN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING IN WYLIE. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTING SOME AMAZING COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THIS EVENING WHO HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS TO THE CITY. THEY HELPED TO SPONSOR THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE. THEY PARTNER WITH OUR ISD TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT FEW COMMUNITIES HAVE. THERE MAY BE PLACES THAT HAVE A MANUFACTURING WEEK, OR POSSIBLY SOMEONE WALKS THROUGH, GETS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING OR TALK TO SOMEONE SITTING. SIT IN A GENERAL ROOM AND GET A SLIDE SHOW. BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE HERE. OUR MANUFACTURERS HAVE OPENED THE DOORS AND THE MINDS OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PREPARING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE INTO THE WORKFORCE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT DON'T REQUIRE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. NOW, SOMETIMES A FOUR YEAR DEGREE MIGHT HELP IN SOME OF THEIR INDUSTRIES, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR. TO BE ABLE TO EARN A GREAT LIVING AND BE PART OF AN AMAZING COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. WE HAVE OUR ISD WHO IS HERE. THEY HAVE MADE SURE THAT THEIR CTE IS SECOND TO NONE. THEY PARTNER WITH THE EDC, THE CITY, THE BUSINESSES, THE CHAMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVEN AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, OUR CHAMBER HERE THIS EVENING WHO WORK TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THAT'S A VITAL PIECE AS WELL. IT IS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, I ALWAYS SAY WHO CARE THE MOST. THERE ARE ALWAYS LARGE NATIONAL CHAINS WHO MAY HAVE A STOP OR TWO, SOMETIMES MORE, IN YOUR CITY, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S THOSE WHO HAVE TRULY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.AND SO IT'S VERY APPRECIATED. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, WHO HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE WYLIE HOME TO YOUR BUSINESS AND HOME TO THAT INVESTMENT. I WANT TO THANK THE EDC STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE AS WELL, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO NOW. WE HEAR THE JOKES ONLINE ABOUT DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT COME INTO TOWN. THE EDC ONLY GETS INVOLVED WITH A SELECT FEW. EVERYTHING THAT'S BUILT IN WYLIE IS NOT BUILT BECAUSE OF THE EDC. THE EDC TARGETS PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT, EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESSES AND BRINGING THINGS IN TO FILL THE GAPS IN OUR MARKETPLACE. AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS UP HERE IN THE PAST. I KNOW WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SOME INTO THE FUTURE, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL COME OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, I THINK IS A FAIR TIMELINE TO PLACE FOR A COUPLE THAT I KNOW OF THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE. I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOUR WORK AT OUR EDC, IF YOU'LL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IF YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES FROM WYLIE, GIVE US NOT ONLY THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT YOU PRODUCE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING FOR THE BREADTH OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.
THANK YOU. I'M RACHEL HERMES, I'M WITH WYLIE EDC AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THERE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS AND WORK ALONGSIDE OUR TEAM TO DO ALL WE CAN TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND BRING NEW BUSINESS IN, AS THE MAYOR SAID. I'M MARISSA BUTTS, I'M THE RESEARCH ANALYST AT WYLIE EDC. HI, I'M STEVE ROBERTSON, I'M WITH SANDIA INTERNATIONAL. I'VE BEEN THERE 43 YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HERE FOR 43 MORE YEARS. SO YEAH, YOU GET TO RETIRE TWO YEARS AND I'VE DONE SO. AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR ALL THESE YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING UP TO GET A CHANCE TO GO IN AND SEE THESE COMPANIES AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR HOW THINGS REALLY GO, NOT WHAT THEY'RE TOLD, BUT WHAT REALLY GOES ON. SO THANK YOU. WHAT DO YOU GUYS PRODUCE? SO WE PRODUCE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS FOR AUTOMOBILES. SO YEAH, THE FIRST FULLY ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR MADE IN THE USA WAS
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MADE RIGHT HERE IN WYLIE. SO YEAH. HI. MY NAME IS ADAM PRUITT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HELM DENTAL LABORATORY. WE'RE A 60 MAN LABORATORY THAT PRODUCES DENTAL PROSTHETICS, FULL SERVICE, EVERYTHING FROM DENTURES TO CROWNS, BRIDGES, VENEERS. WE SERVE ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW DENTISTS IN THE REGION. AND OUR. WE'RE BASED HERE IN WYLIE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE IN WYLIE AS WELL. AND YEAH, WE'VE BEEN REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE EDC HAS DONE AND COLLABORATING WITH US. WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE WITH THE FUSION 360 PROGRAM, WHERE WE'VE HAD JUST THIS PAST SUMMER, THREE INTERNS AND THEN BROUGHT ON A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT GRADUATED AS WELL IN OUR CAD CAM DEPARTMENT. SO YEAH, IT'S JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE, WE, WE LOVE THE CITY OF WYLIE AND WORKING WITH THE EDC AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. SO. JASON GREINER, WYLIE EDC, IT'S JUST NEAT TO BE A PART OF IT ALL. SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY IN BETWEEN THE OVERALL PROCESS FROM COMPANY INITIALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND HERE IN TOWN FROM SAVAGE BEING DOWNTOWN IN DOWNTOWN WYLIE FOR SO MANY YEARS. WE HELPED THEM EXPAND AND MOVE.WE'VE HELPED ALL THE COMPANIES THAT ARE UP HERE, EITHER THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR TRAINING PROGRAMS OR INTRODUCTIONS TO THE ISD THROUGH CAREER PATHWAYS AND TRAINING THROUGH COLLIN COLLEGE. BUT IT'S NEAT TO SEE SO MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES GROW HERE LOCALLY, EXPAND LOCALLY, AND EMPLOY SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. KEVIN MCEWEN WITH SAVAGE PRECISION FABRICATION. WE'RE A AEROSPACE MANUFACTURER. WE SUPPORT THE F-35 PROGRAM, F-16 WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN. WE ALSO SUPPORT RAYTHEON CORPORATION, VARIOUS SPACE AGENCY AND MISSILE COMMAND, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE A MACHINE SHOP LOCATED HERE IN WYLIE. BEEN HERE FOR I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN WYLIE FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW, I BELIEVE. YEAH. AND JUST TO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY, WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY, LOVE GIVING BACK TO IT AND LOVE PRODUCING, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT PART OF THE KEY PART OF THE DEFENSE OF THE NATION. AND WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. WE BUILD AMERICAN PRODUCTS MADE BY AMERICANS AND MADE BY AMERICAN MADE MATERIALS. WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. SO. I MEAN, I'M WITH THE WYLIE EDC, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. AND MY GOAL IS MY FOCUS IS ON OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES BECOME BIG BUSINESSES. ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESSES BECOME SMALL BUSINESSES WHO BECOME BIG BUSINESSES. SO WE SUPPORT THEM.
AND I'M I, I'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES HERE AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT BUSINESSES IN WYLIE. GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVE XENAKIS. MY WIFE DEBBIE AND I ARE THE OWNERS OF GLEN ECHO BREWING IN DOWNTOWN WYLIE. WE'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 18 MONTHS. WE ARE ONE OF THOSE THAT GOT THE BENEFIT OF THE EDC. WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO OPEN OUR OUR BUSINESS, AND JASON ACTUALLY REACHED OUT AND SAID, WE'VE GOT THREE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. IF ANY OF THOSE WORK FOR YOU, WE WANT YOU HERE. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY A PLEASURE BEING IN WYLIE BECAUSE THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL, EVERYONE HAS REALLY RALLIED AROUND OUR BUSINESS TO HELP MAKE US SUCCESSFUL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE FOR MANY YEARS. WE PRODUCE A LOT OF TRADITIONAL OLD WORLD BEERS. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF SELTZERS, AND IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, THERE'S A TAP OUT IN THE IN THE LOBBY AREA THERE THAT HAS OUR HOMEMADE ROOT BEER THAT I MAKE PERSONALLY. SO ENJOY THAT. COME VISIT US. WE'VE GOT OUR OKTOBERFEST PARTY COMING OCTOBER 3RD, FOURTH AND FIFTH AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. I'M TINA STANEK, I'M THE CEO FOR THE WYLIE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE CHAMBER SERVES AS THE CONDUIT FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CONNECT AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES AMONGST THOSE BUSINESSES. SO AGAIN, HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL AND HAVE HAVE WORKED WITH MANY OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. AND WE JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO OUR MEMBERS AND OF COURSE WITH OUR PARTNERS, THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COLLIN COLLEGE TOO. SO THANK YOU. HI, I'M KIM SPICER. I AM A SUPERINTENDENT FOR 11 HOURS, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN. KEVIN, I THINK YOU'RE A PROUD WYLIE HIGH GRADUATE. I WANT GO PIRATES. ALL ALL OF THE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES YOU PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN, THE TWO JASONS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALL THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR PROGRAMS OF STUDY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY DOES IN HERE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WYLIE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. THIS I'M STARTING MY 10TH YEAR HERE AT THIS
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WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. PRETTY MUCH. WE'RE SITTING IN CAREERTECH. WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR ENROLLMENT IN CAREERTECH OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND IT KEEPS ON INCREASING THE OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT HAS SOMEWHAT STABILIZED, BUT TWO YEARS AGO WE EXPERIENCED A 21% INCREASE IN CTE. NO LAST YEAR, EXCUSE ME. LAST YEAR, 21%. AND THIS YEAR WE ADDED ANOTHER 6%. JUST THIS ONE YEAR. SO WE'RE STEADILY GROWING. WE COORDINATE WITH YOU ALL THE COMMUNITY OF THIS OF WYLIE TO GIVE US DIRECTION. AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR NEXT THURSDAY WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND THEY ALLOW US TO COME IN TO THEIR HOUSES, IF YOU WILL, AND LOOK AT THEIR SOFTWARE, THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR AIR PROGRAM, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO SEE REAL LIFE, REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES THAT WE CAN BRING BACK INTO OUR CLASSROOM AND TAKE OUR LEARNING TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND OF ALL THINGS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THIS THIS PAST YEAR WHERE OUR KIDS ARE NEARLY 1900 INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS HERE AT WYLIE ISD. I'M CARLOS AGUILAR, I'M THE MANUFACTURING MANAGER FROM SF HOLLAND. WE BUILD FIFTH WHEELS IN WYLIE. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE THAT THE COMPANY HAS WITH THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE LONG TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN ESTABLISHING. I'M HERE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP IS STILL WE STILL HAVE IT IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS, AND WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE WYLIE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE EXPECT TO TAP INTO THE RESOURCES AND TALENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I'M TODD PICKENS, TOOK THE SEAT IN MAY ON COUNCIL. THE REASON WHY I'M STANDING HERE, I'M A ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CHIEF ENGINEER AT RAYTHEON, AND THAT'S WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME WHEN I'M NOT DOING COUNCIL STUFF. ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO, I STARTED WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET HIGH SCHOOL KIDS PLUGGED IN TO RAYTHEON BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T. AND I WORKED REAL HARD THROUGH RAYTHEON, THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, KIND OF SPINNING MY WHEELS. AND FINALLY THINGS BROKE LOOSE WHEN ANGEL WAGONER CALLED ME INTO A MEETING AND I WALKED IN AND SHE SAID, I GOT THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ON THE PHONE. AND I WAS THINKING, WHAT DID I JUST WALK WALK INTO? WELL, FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. HELPED WITH CHASING THROUGH ALL THIS. RAYTHEON NOW HAS AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND CERTIFIED AND THROUGH COLLIN COLLEGE. SO IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL KID TO GRADUATE, ENROLL IN THIS TWO YEAR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PROGRAM, AND START WORKING AT RAYTHEON FOR ABOUT 20 BUCKS AN HOUR RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, COMPLETE THE PROGRAM IN TWO YEARS, AND THEN GET A $70,000 A YEAR TECHNICIAN JOB. AND IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, RAYTHEON WILL PAY FOR IT. THEY CAN, FOUR YEARS LATER HAVE THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREE, NO DEBT. SO AND WE GRADUATED OUR FIRST CLASS THIS YEAR IN THAT PROGRAM. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF BOTH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EDC FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR US. YEAH, GO AHEAD AND CLAP. LET'S HEAR IT FOR ALL.AND IF I HAD SEEN HIM BEFORE WE ALL STARTED SPEAKING. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR EDC BOARD MEMBERS WHO IS CHOOSING NOT TO TO COME UP AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL YOU DOWN TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, BECAUSE THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER TO SPEND THEIR TIME WORKING WITH JASON AND VOLUNTEERING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE. IT IS A TIME COMMITMENT. THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE ON THAT BOARD. THOSE MEETINGS START AT 730 IN THE MORNING, AND SOMETIMES THEY GO TWO HOURS. SOMETIMES IT'S 1030, 11, AND WE'RE SAYING, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE FOR MY NOON JOB AT THIS POINT. AND THEY ALSO ARE TRAVELING. THEY GO TO MEET WITH COMPANIES LOCALLY. THEY GO TO MEET WITH PROSPECTIVE COMPANIES OUTSIDE OF WYLIE. THEY OFTEN WILL ACCOMPANY ME WHEN WE GO TO INDUSTRY CONFERENCES WHERE WE'RE RECRUITING NEW BUSINESSES TO THE CITY, AND THEY'RE GIVING THAT TIME UP. IT'S A VOLUNTEER POSITION, JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL, AND THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT IN. IF YOU'RE EVER CURIOUS, GO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PACKETS. GO SIT DOWN WITH JASON FOR AN HOUR. HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN BY THE THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE ON THAT BOARD HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING, BEING PRESENT, CARVING THAT TIME OUT, AND ALSO TAKING THE ADDITIONAL TIME AT HOME TO WORK THROUGH THAT LOAD OF INFORMATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY COME PREPARED. SO I KNOW I'VE KIND OF SAID WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU. MAYOR, MY NAME IS HAROLD SMITH AND I SPENT 45 YEARS WITH A FORTUNE 50 COMPANY, AND I FIND THIS IS THE WAY I NEVER HAD TIME TO VOLUNTEER PRIOR. SO NOW
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THAT I'M IN RETIREMENT, THIS IS A BLAST. AND I JUST LIKE HELPING THE CITY OF WYLIE ALL I CAN AND ITS RESIDENTS. AND HE WON'T SAY. BUT THAT COMPANY WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MANUFACTURING FRITO-LAY. YEAH, THEY MAY MAKE A FEW PRODUCTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION. I'D LIKE TO READ THAT. WHEREAS MANUFACTURING IS THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA POWERING OUR ECONOMY AND BUILDING OUR MIDDLE CLASS. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE AMERICAN WORKER AND RECOMMIT TO THE INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATION THAT WILL ENSURE THE FUTURE IS MADE IN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS MANUFACTURING DAY IS A CELEBRATION OF MODERN MANUFACTURING DESIGNED TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MANUFACTURING, COMMUNICATE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION IS VITAL TO THAT SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING AND DEMONSTRATE THE OPPORTUNITY, CREATIVITY, POSSIBILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT ACCOMPANY A CAREER IN MANUFACTURING. WHEREAS THE CITY OF WYLIE, THE WYLIE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE WYLIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, THE WYLIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COLLIN COLLEGE, TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THE MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MANUFACTURING WORLD. AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS HOME TO MORE THAN 35,000 MANUFACTURING FIRMS EMPLOYING MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION TEXANS, AND WHEREAS WYLIE, 71 MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES GENERATE IN EXCESS OF $562 MILLION IN ANNUAL MANUFACTURING SALES AND PROVIDE MORE THAN 780 MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHILE BOOSTING OUR ECONOMY AND ENSURING THAT WYLIE IS A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON THIS, THE 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025, AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER 2025 AS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IN WYLIE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN MODERN MANUFACTURING. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. OUT. EXTRA TIME.THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO SPREAD OUT OR NO, YOU GOT TO SPREAD THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT? I FIGURED, YEAH, LET'S. KIND OF STEP UP TO THE TABLE. FIRST UP. I DON'T KNOW. THE MUMMY GOT.
YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JASON I'LL LET YOU CHOOSE YOU. YOU GUYS CAN. COME ON. SO NOW I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE HERE FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TO COME DOWN.
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OKAY? I SEE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WEARING UNIFORMS WHO ARE NOT COMING FORWARD. WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO BE UNTIL TOMORROW. I CAN WAIT ALL EVENING. COME ON.THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T. HISTORICAL. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. EVERYBODY. KNOW HE'S HE'S HERE.
HE HE IS DOCUMENTING FOR THEM. DON'T WORRY. I WILL MAKE SURE HE HAS TO SPEAK. SO AGAIN WE'RE
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HERE TO TALK ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND TO HONOR THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.FIRE PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS NEAR AND DEAR TO WYLIE FIRE RESCUE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, GOING INTO SCHOOLS, WORKING TO REPLACE SMOKE DETECTORS IN HOMES WHERE SOMEONE MAY EITHER NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES OR PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT THEMSELVES. WYLIE FIRE RESCUE IS KNOWN FOR ITS EXCELLENCE, BUT BEYOND JUST BEING AN UNBELIEVABLY SKILLED DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN ACHIEVE AN ISO ONE RATING. THEY'RE ALSO LED BY SOMEONE WITH A SERVANT'S HEART AND BY A COMMAND STAFF THAT HAS MADE THAT A KEY CHARACTER COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT. THEY TRULY SERVE OUR CITY. THEY GO BEYOND JUST KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL. THEY TRULY CARE, AND THEY WILL STOP AND TAKE TIME TO DO THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION. I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT CARING PEOPLE DOWN FROM THE FOURTH STORY OF A SENIOR COMPLEX WHEN A WINTER STORM KNOCKS OUT POWER IN THE ELEVATORS. DON'T WORK. GOING OUT IN THAT KIND OF WEATHER AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND HOMES AREN'T DESTROYED WHEN PIPES START TO FALL. THOSE AREN'T STANDARD PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB. THOSE ARE THINGS PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY CARE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT CARE EXTENDS TO THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL BEEN DOING THE FIRE PREVENTION WORK NOW? 24 YEARS? 24 YEARS? I ASKED BECAUSE OUR CITY MANAGER IS A FORMER FIRE CHIEF AND FIREFIGHTER HERE IN WYLIE, AND WAS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THAT FIRE PREVENTION OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE TO THE SCHOOLS OR IN THE SCHOOLS BACK IN THE DAY, AND THAT STILL CONTINUES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR DISPATCHERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CALL, THEY ARE A KEY COMPONENT IN BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE THAT HELP, WHETHER IT'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR WHETHER IT IS NEEDING SOME HELP WITH CHANGING OUT A FIRE OR SMOKE ALARM, THAT WILL NOT STOP BEEPING AND YOU CAN'T REACH. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO ABILITY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE SAFE AS WELL. SO, CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE NUANCES WITHIN THE FIRE PREVENTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, I THINK BRENT'S GOING TO COME BACK MAYBE THIS YEAR. FIRE PREVENTION SHOW. WE TRIED TO GET HIM COME BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT HE SOLD ALL OF HIS CLOWN STUFF. SO. BUT YEAH, OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN OPERATIONS DO A GREAT JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT OF PROVIDING NOT ONLY EXCELLENT SERVICE, BUT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR HOMES ARE SAFE FOR OUR FOR OUR CITIZENS AND THOSE VISITING HERE IN WYLIE. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, WE HAVE A DIVISION CALLED OUR PREVENTION DIVISION THAT FOCUSES ON THAT 100%. IT'S FOR IT'S FOR PEOPLE. I'LL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PART TIME INSPECTORS COMING SOON. ONE OF THEM ONE OF THEM IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB DAY IN, DAY OUT OF BEHIND THE SCENES, REVIEWING THE PLANS OF BUILDINGS, DOING INSPECTIONS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR OUR DEVELOPERS, AND THEN INSPECTING ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY MEET FIRE CODE AND WORK WITH THEM IF THEY'RE NOT TO TRY TO TO TO BRING THAT UP TO SPEED. OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION FOLKS IN THE OFFICE, THEY DO A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING THEM. AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN OPERATIONS KIND OF HEAD THAT UP DAY IN, DAY OUT OF TAKING THAT CHARGE. NATIONAL FIRE, THE THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS CHARGE INTO CHARGE INTO HOME SAFETY. AND IT'S ABOUT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TO WYLIE, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW FIRES THAT ARE CAUSED BY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.
SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE IN YOUR HOME, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THEM. MAKE SURE YOU'RE CAREFUL CHARGING THEM. MY, MY HOUSE BURNED A COUPLE OF OCTOBERS AGO, ALMOST, ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO.
AND IT WAS A LITHIUM ION BATTERY. AND SO IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. AND IT'S A THEY'RE VERY COMMON, WHETHER IT'S IN OUR CELL PHONES OR IN, IN IN PORTABLE PORTABLE ELECTRONICS TOOLS. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN OUR HOMES, VACUUM CLEANERS, WHICH WAS THE CASE IN MY HOUSE. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME FIRES HERE. AND IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE GLAD TO TO HELP YOU WITH THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUSTINE MCGEE. FIRE ADMINISTRATION. HI, I'M SHELLY, I'M FIRE CHIEF BRANDON BLISS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BEVERLY
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GAITHER FIRE ADMINISTRATION. FIREFIGHTER LANDON WIGGS, JAMES BROWN, BATTALION CHIEF.DIVISION CHIEF COREY CLAIBORNE AND JOE WETZEL, WHO'S OUR DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL. COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. HE WAS OUT WITH A FAMILY MEDICAL EMERGENCY. YES. RECORDS ANALYST, WILLIAM SULLIVAN, ARSON INVESTIGATOR AND FIRE INSPECTOR. HI. KELLY RUSSELL, PART TIME FIRE INSPECTOR FOR WILEY. FIREFIGHTER. TREY STONE, FIREFIGHTER BEN JONES. DRIVER, ENGINEER GARRETT SCAMPOLI. BACK THERE IN THE BACK IS CAPTAIN ROBERT OH, ROBERT NISHIYAMA DOCUMENTING ALL OF THIS? YEAH. AND YOU MAY NOTICE TO SULLIVAN, SULLIVAN HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK OF A POLICE OFFICER. TWO OF OUR PEOPLE IN PREVENTION NOT ONLY HAVE FIRE CERTIFICATIONS AND EMS CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS FOR ANY ARSON INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THEY THEY'RE KIND OF THE ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO. THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR IT FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKS SO HARD TO KEEP US SAFE.
SO I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. WHEREAS THE CITY OF WYLIE AND WYLIE FIRE RESCUE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL WYLIE CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS HOME FIRES ARE A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, WITH MORE THAN 350,000 RESIDENTIAL FIRES REPORTED ANNUALLY, KILLING MORE THAN 2850 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING IN A HOME FIRE IN HALF. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF WYLIE IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION, INCLUDING FREE INSPECTION AND INSTALLATION OF RESIDENTIAL SMOKE DETECTORS AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WYLIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WHEREAS, WYLIE FIRE RESCUE URGES ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF HOME FIRES AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE PROTECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN THEIR HOMES, INCLUDING THE USE OF WORKING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND THE PLANNING AND PRACTICE OF A HOME ESCAPE PLAN. NOW, THEREFORE, I. MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, AND HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 THROUGH THE 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2025, AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE WYLIE RESIDENTS TO NOT DELAY IN CONTACT. WYLIE FIRE RESCUE TO SCHEDULE A FREE RESIDENTIAL FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION TO HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF A FIRE TRAGEDY IN YOUR HOME. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PICTURE. CRAIG, DO YOU WANT US TO TRY TO SQUEEZE IN OR. YOU WANT. YOU GUYS. TO? YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YOU GOTTA SLIDE UP THERE. HOLD ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL. TAKE CARE. PEOPLE BEHIND YOU ARE. AND SO THIS EVENING NEXT IS OUR RECOGNIZING OUR ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THEIR
[PR3.Wylie Animal Services Best Friends Animal Society Recognition.]
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY RECOGNITION. IF YOU ALL WILL COME JOIN ME. HOW DO YOU WANT TO TALK? FIRST? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO THE FAR END. THAT'S WHERE THE MIC STARTS. SO THIS EVENING WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THEM, AND THAT WAS A RECOGNITION RELATED TO ESSENTIALLY ACHIEVING WHAT THEY CONSIDER A NO KILL STATUS[00:35:04]
WITHIN OUR ANIMAL SHELTER. NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THERE ARE NEVER TOUGH DECISIONS WITH ANIMALS WHO ARE SICK OR INJURED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THEY ARE PRACTICING THE BEST POSSIBLE POLICIES THAT THEY CAN TO ENSURE THE BEST OUTCOMES THAT THEY CAN FOR THE ANIMALS THAT FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE SHELTER. SO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN OPEN INTAKE FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'S NOT LIKE BEING ABLE TO RUN A NONPROFIT WHERE YOU CAN PICK OR CHOOSE WHICH ANIMALS YOU TAKE. IF THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER, THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO HELP IN THOSE SITUATIONS. AND SO IT MAKES ACHIEVING THAT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO DO. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR ANIMALS, VOLUNTEERED FOR MANY YEARS IN ANIMAL RESCUE AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE SHELTER HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT A COMMUNITY LIKE WYLIE THAT HAS BEEN BLESSED HAS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THAT EXTENDS AS WELL TO OUR FURRY FRIENDS HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S A 90% WERE HIGHER LIVE RELEASE RATE, WHICH WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS THAT COME THROUGH THE FACILITY EVERY YEAR, AND THE FACT THAT THAT THEY HAVE SOME WHO COME IN THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO EXCEPT DO THE RIGHT THING, MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A VEHICLE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T GET TO WRITE THAT OFF AS AS DOESN'T COUNT. AND SO EVEN WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT COUNTING AGAINST THEM, THEY STILL ACHIEVED THAT STANDARD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IN A ROW. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL, BECAUSE THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PARTS OF THE JOB THAT I KNOW ARE MUCH LESS FUN. I KNOW YOU GUYS GET THE INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER WILDLIFE. SOME OF THEM, LIKE SKUNKS, ARE NOT FUN TO DEAL WITH. WE ALSO ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INVEST INTO OUR SHELTER AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A COUNCIL, WITH RENOVATIONS RECENTLY TO ENSURE THAT THE SHELTER IS SET UP TO DO EVEN MORE GOOD WITH THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. MAYBE TELL US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH US, AND LET'S LET'S HEAR WHAT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ANIMAL IS. NOT FAVORITE ONE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT MAYBE PETS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. I'M LEON HELMICK. I'VE BEEN IN WYLIE FOR SIX YEARS NOW. I ONLY WORK WITH THE ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THE LAST YEAR, SO I'M PRETTY MUCH STILL A ROOKIE.IT'S A WONDERFUL RECOGNITION. HOPEFULLY MORE WILL FOLLOW IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE ANIMAL, IT HAS TO BE THE DOG. OTHERWISE CHARLOTTE BACK AT HOME WILL BE NOT TOO HAPPY IF I MENTION ANYTHING ELSE. MOLLY BACKSLASH I'M ORIGINALLY FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS SO I CAME OVER HERE ABOUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANIMAL SERVICES FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS. IF I WERE TO SAY MY FAVORITE ANIMAL, PROBABLY A KIWI. ODDLY ENOUGH, I LIKE KIWIS. I AM SHEILA PATON. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 18 YEARS, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 18 YEARS. I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION FOR BEST FRIENDS, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND THROUGH OUR BOARD, WE'VE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED THIS STATUS FOR TEN YEARS, BUT WE'VE HAD THIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE LAST TWO.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF THAT'S BEEN ON HERE FOR TEN, TEN YEARS, FIVE YEARS AND MORE. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND WE APPRECIATE BEING ACKNOWLEDGED. TONIGHT. MY I'M KIND OF A WILDLIFE I LIKE SQUIRRELS I KNOW, I KNOW. SO THE SQUIRRELS ACTUALLY MY FAVORITE OUT OF ALL OF THEM. JARED ELLENBERG AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS NOW. MY FAVORITE ANIMAL IS GOING TO BE A DOG. HI, MY NAME IS CHENOA RICKER. I'VE BEEN WITH WYLIE ANIMAL SERVICES FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR TWO YEARS AND I'D HAVE TO SAY MY FAVORITE ANIMAL. IT'S A TOUGH ONE. I REALLY LIKE POSSUMS. IT'S. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRIS MARON. I'M THE LEAD ACO. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2013, SO ABOUT 12 YEARS. AND MY FAVORITE ANIMAL IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PROBABLY LIKE THE AMERICAN BADGER PROBABLY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING. I KNOW YOU GUYS STAY VERY, VERY BUSY AND I KNOW IT'S THE LEAST
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FUN TIME OF THE YEAR IN THE SUMMER WHEN NOT ONLY IS IT HOT OUT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHEN YOU GET ALL THE PUPPIES, KITTENS, ETC. SO I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT, BUT I WANT TO SAY, WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE YOU. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE THIS EVENING WHO, LIKE HAROLD, WAS TRYING TO HIDE. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO QUICKLY JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL TELL EVERYONE JUST YOUR NAME, AND YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL. MICHAEL.SHIREEN. I ACTUALLY JOINED THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD THIS, THIS PAST SUMMER, SO. AND I SAY MY FAVORITE ANIMAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A CAT, SINCE NO ONE ELSE HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SINCE I HAVE THREE OF THEM AT HOME. ALL RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE CAN WE CAN JUST ASK COUNCILMAN PICKENS TO COME DOWN, TOO, BECAUSE HE HE VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO SERVE AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. SO I'VE INTRODUCED YOU. BUT WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? OH, EASY, MEERKAT. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. YES. A VERY ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF FAVORITE ANIMALS THIS EVENING.
[PR4.Hispanic Heritage Month.]
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS EVENING, WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITHIN THE CITY OF WYLIE. AS MANY KNOW, TEXAS, EVEN BY ITS NAME, HAS A GREAT HISPANIC HERITAGE WITHIN THE STATE AND WITHIN OUR AREA. JUST NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE STREETS LIKE ALANIZ AND MARTINEZ. FOR SOME OF THE LARGEST FARMS THAT STARTED IN THIS AREA, AND WHO WERE PILLARS OF THIS COMMUNITY DURING ITS EARLY DAYS, AND ENCOURAGED THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE, BOTH IN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY, TO LOOK FOR EVENTS ONLINE, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL CURATED SELECTION AT OUR LIBRARY. WITH THAT, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. NEXT[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZENS PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT, WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK THAT YOU COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, OR SIX IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE DO REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO ISSUES THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO REACH OUT AND CAN LISTEN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MISS STORM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD TWO FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I WILL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER THAT I GOT THEM HERE. SO FIRST THIS EVENING IS BETHANY SULLIVAN. MISS SULLIVAN, IF YOU WILL MAKE SURE IT'S ON FOR US AND START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. OKAY. I'M BETHANY SULLIVAN. I LIVE AT 417 RUSH CREEK DRIVE HERE IN WYLIE, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF WYLIE'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY.INFORMATION IS POWER. AND WHEN INDIVIDUALS HAVE OPEN ACCESS TO DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, COMMUNITIES GROW STRONGER BY FOSTERING GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION. AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF BOOKS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SHARE IDEAS, ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND SOLVE PROBLEMS TOGETHER, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. MY ABILITY TO ACCESS ANY BOOK BY ANY AUTHOR ON ANY TOPIC AT MY LOCAL LIBRARY IS ALSO A FUNDAMENTAL INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, GUARANTEED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION. YES, PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR WHAT THEIR CHILDREN READ, BUT THAT RIGHT DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO RESTRICT WHAT I AND OTHER CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO. PLEASE PRESERVE MY OPEN ACCESS TO
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INFORMATION BY CONTINUING TO ALLOW MY LIBRARY TO CURATE A COLLECTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL ITS VARIOUS PATRONS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING AND SERVING ON THE WYLIE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT THIS EVENING WE HAVE SWAN PATEL. AND IF YOU'LL START, ARE YOU UNDER 18? YEAH. OKAY. IF YOU'LL JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, I WON'T ASK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS ON PUBLIC. WE HAVE IT HERE, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO GIVE THAT OUT. SINCE YOU ARE A MINOR.OKAY, SO I'M SIR PATEL FROM WYLIE. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF WYLIE CITY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PATEL AND WE ARE HERE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF THE CITY, TO EXTEND A WARM INVITATION ON BEHALF OF IRVING TO JOIN US IN THE FESTIVE CELEBRATION OF DIWALI ON OCTOBER 21ST. ON TUESDAY, FROM 1 P.M. ONWARDS TO 8 P.M. A DIWALI CARRIES A PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE ACROSS VARIOUS CULTURES. IT SYMBOLIZES THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, KNOWLEDGE OF IGNORANCE AND HOPE OVER DESPAIR. IT IS A MULTI-DAY FESTIVAL OBSERVED OVER THE SPAN OF 1 TO 5 DAYS, DEPENDING ON REGIONAL AND TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL TRADITIONS. WHILE PRIMARILY CELEBRATED BY HINDU, JAIN AND SIKH FAITHS, ITS CENTRAL THEME OF LIGHT OVER DARK RESONATES WITH ALL HUMANITY AND THIS FESTIVAL SERVES AS A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF UNITY, BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS FROM THE INTRICATE ANGLES AT THE DOORSTEPS TO THE LIGHT TO THE SKY FILLED WITH FIREWORKS, THIS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES LIGHT WITHIN PEOPLE IS A TIME FOR REFLECTION, JOY AND RENEWAL, FOSTERING A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS AND SHARED HAPPINESS TO THE THEME OF LIGHT WITHIN, LIGHT AROUND ABOUT. JOINING US AT BAPS ON MONDAY AND IRVING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST WILL NOT ONLY PARTAKE IN A BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL CELEBRATION, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF UNITY AND HOPE THAT DIWALI BRINGS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR AND CITY OF WYLIE RESIDENTS TO JOIN US. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS EVENT, PLEASE VISIT BAPS OR CONTACT US AT DFW GMAIL.COM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SO WITH THAT I BELIEVE THAT ARE THE THOSE ARE THE ONLY
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FORMS THAT WERE TURNED IN, MISS THORNE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO FROM THERE WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION OR UPDATES? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM OR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN HOOVER? A SECOND.OKAY. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX
[1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-35 amending Wylie's Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended, Chapter 114 (Utilities), adding Article VI (Municipal Drainage Utility System), Division 1 (Creation and Administration) to establish a Municipal Drainage Utility System; providing for drainage service, billing, exemptions, drainage charges, and appeals; providing a repealing clause, severability clause, savings clause; providing for a criminal penalty of a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00); providing an effective date; and providing for the publication of the caption hereof.]
ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2535, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 114 UTILITIES ADDING ARTICLE SIX MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM. DIVISION ONE CREATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM PROVIDING FOR DRAINAGE SERVICE, BILLING EXEMPTIONS, DRAINAGE CHARGES AND APPEALS. PROVIDING REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $500, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. NAOMI. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM IS TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, WHICH IS CHAPTER 14 OF THE UTILITIES, ADDING ARTICLE SIX MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM UNDER THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM ACT, CITIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE STORMWATER DRAINAGE AS A PUBLIC UTILITY. BY ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE, WILEY WILL FORMALLY ESTABLISH A STORMWATER DRAINAGE AS A UTILITY SERVICE. THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO LEVY EQUITABLE DRAINAGE CHARGES BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS AREA, ENSURING THAT PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTE FAIRLY TO THE SYSTEM BASED ON THE RUNOFF THEY GENERATE. ALL, ALL REVENUE THAT'S COLLECTED THROUGH THIS WILL BE RESTRICTED FOR. IT'S RESTRICTED BY LAW FOR DRAINAGE RELATED SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISHES[00:50:06]
DEFINITIONS, EXEMPTIONS, BILLING PROCEDURES ON THE BILLS. THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY SPELL OUT STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE. AND IT'S ALSO APPEAL AN APPEALS PROCESS AS PART OF THE ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS. TEXAS LAW REQUIRES THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER THREE TIMES, WITH THE FIRST POSTING WITH AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. FOR THIS ITEM, THE REQUIRED POSTINGS WERE MADE ON AUGUST 21ST, 28TH, AND SEPTEMBER 4TH. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE SOME. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN WORDING FROM WHAT WAS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET VERSUS WHAT WAS POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER. FORTUNATELY. WE HAD A LITTLE A SHIFT IN PERSONNEL AND STAFF AND IN THE ENGINEERING OFFICE. WHEN I PUT THIS INTO THE AGENDA PACKET, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT I PUT THE CORRECT UPDATED ORDINANCE.UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THAT WAS THAT WAS AN EARLIER VERSION. SO AGAIN, THE THE PAPER HAD THE CORRECT CORRECT WORDING, BUT THE PACKET DOES NOT UNDER THE SECTION 114 DASH 195 UNDER THE APPEALS PARAGRAPHS A THROUGH D, THE TERM CITY ENGINEER HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A CITY ENGINEER. AND AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THIS ORDINANCE, WE WERE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE IF WE WERE TRYING TO HIRE A CITY ENGINEER OR IF WE WERE GOING TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID MISS THAT WHEN I WHEN I PUT THAT INTO YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN THAT, THAT CORRECTION. SO ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT IF I COULD TO KIND OF GO IF THIS WERE IF THIS ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. LET ME MAKE A NOTE PROBABLY. PODIUM. LOOK AT YOU. KNOW, YOU CAN DO IT. OH. OH, I'M GETTING THERE. SO IF THIS IF THIS, IF THESE TWO ORDINANCES WERE ADOPTED TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO GO OVER KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT FIVE, 5 TO 6 YEARS LOOK LIKE WITH THE STORMWATER WHERE THE REVENUE WOULD GO. SO CURRENTLY WE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 161 MILES OF OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE PIPES. I HAD WALLS AND THEN 45 MILES OF OPEN DRAINAGE. OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WE HAVE $225,000 A YEAR THAT WE THAT WE PUT FORTH FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION COST, THAT DOES NOT GO VERY FAR. AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO SOLVE IS CONCRETE CULVERTS, EXTENSION, THE DITCH MAINTENANCE, THE DITCHES, THE BRIDGE, SOME OF OUR BRIDGE APRONS. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SEDIMENT ACCUMULATE ON THOSE BRIDGE APRONS UNDERNEATH, UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY. AND THAT'S PROMOTING A LOT OF EXTRA GROWTH DOWN THERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IMPEDING THE FLOW OF OF WATER. WE ALSO HAVE OUR OUTFALLS. SO THROUGH THE CITY OF WILEY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT IT AS, AS LIKE VEINS GOING THROUGH GOING THROUGH YOUR BODY. RIGHT. THOSE VEINS GO INTO THE WATERWAYS. WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF OUR OUTFALL, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF EROSION. WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN DOWN INTO WHERE WE OUTFALL INTO SOME OF THESE MAJOR CREEKS. OUR STORM DRAINS WE'RE SEEING AROUND AROUND TOWN WHERE THERE'S STARTING TO SETTLE, WHICH IS CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE THE PIPES LEAVING THOSE, THOSE STORM DRAIN INLETS ARE ALL ARE COMING DISCONNECTED. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF BORING THAT HAPPENS AROUND TOWN. SO WE WE HAVE STARTED DOING SOME STORM DRAIN VIDEO CAMERA SURVEILLANCE. AND WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BORED THROUGH SOME OF OUR STORM DRAIN. SO THIS IS SOME OF IT. THIS IS CALLAWAY STREET, AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE DITCHES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED PROBABLY FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD ALL BE TAKEN CARE OF HERE AGAIN, IT'S ON COLLEGE STREET, ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS POOR DRAINAGE. SOME OF OUR
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BRIDGE APRONS, AS YOU SEE THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OVER ON PEACHWOOD DRIVE. WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF EXCESS BRUSH THAT'S STARTING TO ACCUMULATE INTO INTO WEIR, WHERE THE WATER SHOULD BE FLOWING, WHICH IS IMPEDING THE FLOW. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET IN, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WOULD GET IN THERE AND DO SOME CLEANING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOME OF OUR OUTFALL MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE STEEP SIDES. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EROSION SEEING SOME TRASH, SOME TRASH THAT'S ACCUMULATING DOWN IN THOSE OUTFALLS. SOME OF THAT THE ROCK THAT WAS PLACED THERE AT ONE TIME IS, IS TYPICALLY NOWADAYS WE WE GO AND WE GROUT IN THAT ROCK. SO IT ACTUALLY ACTUALLY STAYS AND HELPS WITH EROSION. WHEREAS YOU CAN SEE AT SOME OF OUR HIGH FLOWS WE'VE PROBABLY WASHED A LOT OF THAT ROCK AWAY. OUR STORM DRAIN INLETS. AGAIN YOU CAN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO FALL, STARTING TO DETERIORATE, STARTING TO SETTLE.THOSE PIPES INSIDE THOSE INLETS ARE STARTING TO COME APART. STARTING TO SEE THINGS GROW OUT OF THEM AS WE SEE. AND WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE MORE TO BE PROACTIVE VERSUS BEING REACTIVE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS OUR CAMERA INSPECTION. THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THE ONE OF THE CONDUITS FROM WHEN THE UTILITY CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE STORM DRAIN PIPE THAT WE FOUND. SO AGAIN, IF THIS IS PASSED TONIGHT, OUR GOAL IS FY 26. WE'RE GOING TO USE FY 26 AS A AS LIKE A BUILDING YEAR. JUST TRYING TO PUT OUT SOME OF THAT MONEY AWAY SO THAT WE COULD START DOING SOME PROJECTS IN FY 27. SO FY 27, WE PLAN ON DOING A DITCH CLEANING ON SOUTH JACKSON, CALLAWAY, COLLEGE STREET, CITIZENS AVE, SOME BRIDGE CREEK CLEANING AND APRONS, APRON REPAIRS OVER ON PEACHWOOD DRIVE AND SAND AND BOULEVARD START GETTING INTO SOME OF THOSE OUTFALLS. WE PLAN ON SECTIONING THE CITY OFF INTO FIVE SECTIONS AND TACKLING THOSE OUTFALLS EACH YEAR IN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE CITYWIDE STREET, STREET SWEEPING AND STARTING TO DO A CITYWIDE CAMERA INSPECTION. AS WE GO INTO FY 28, AGAIN WITH CULVERT REPAIRS ON AND DRIVE VALENTINE LANE, SOME BAR DITCH CLEANING ON JEFFERSON AND MARDI GRAS AGAIN, STREET SWEEPING, CITYWIDE CAMERA INSPECTIONS AND STORM DRAIN BOX REPAIRS. FY 29. GO BACK INTO DITCH CLEANING FOR OUR COUNTY LINE ROAD, VINCENT ROAD, JOHN AIKEN LANE, ELM ROAD. SOME CULVERT REPAIRS ON COUNTY LINE ROAD, ELM ROAD, STORM DRAIN CAMERAS, STORM DRAIN BOX REPAIRS AND AGAIN CITYWIDE STREET STREET SWEEPING. AS YOU GO INTO FY 30. START LOOKING AT EUBANKS LANE. THERE'S SOME A BAR DITCH CLEANING PLEASANT VALLEY, SOME BAR DITCH CLEANING, SOME CULVERT REPAIR. OVER ON EUBANKS LANE, THERE'S A THERE IS A LARGE CULVERT. WELL, THERE IS A CULVERT THAT GOES ACROSS.
I CAN'T THINK OF THAT NAME OF THAT SIDE STREET NOW. BUT OVER ON EUBANKS THERE'S THAT IS AN OLD TIN HORN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE. BECAUSE IT WHEN IT RAINS AND WE HAVE HEAVY FLOWS WE SEE IT STARTS TO TOPPLE OVER THAT ROAD. AGAIN. WE DO SOME CLEANING OF THE BRIDGE APRONS.
GENEVIEVE DRIVE NORTH, NORTH PEGGY LOFTIS DRIVE, NATHAN DRIVE. ELAINE DRIVE SOME MORE.
STORM DRAIN. CAMERON STORM DRAIN BOX REPAIRS. CITY WIDE, CITY WIDE SWEEPING. AND WITH THIS ORDINANCE, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO POSSIBLY FUND SOME EQUIPMENT, AS LONG AS IT'S AS LONG AS ITS SOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE USED FOR STORM DRAIN MAINTENANCE. SO IN FY 30, WE WERE LOOKING INTO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT PURCHASING A A VAC TRUCK, WHICH WE COULD USE TO CLEAN OUT SOME OF THE CULVERTS. WE'D BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOME OF THOSE, THOSE BOX INLET SYSTEMS, CLEAN ALL THOSE OUT. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LOW LYING AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN SOME TREES OUT TO, TO PURCHASE A, A CHIPPER. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO FY 31 AGAIN, GLENWOOD DRIVE, CLEANING THE BRIDGE, APRONS, GLENWOOD DRIVE, LINN DRIVE, LEWIS DRIVE, UP COUNTRY CLUB, COUNTRY CLUB, ROAD CLEANING OUT SOME DRAINAGE AREAS OVER ON ALANA'S DRIVE ON EAST BROWN. WE DO HAVE SOME CONCRETE FLUMES AROUND THE CITY, SO SOME FLUME REHABILITATION OVER ON ATLANTIS. ATLANTIS TO CANYON. LAKE. CANYON. LAKE TO
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ELM. MORE STORM DRAIN. CAMERON AND ANOTHER PURCHASE THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK INTO IS A STREET SWEEPER. RIGHT NOW. WE STREET SWEEP TWICE A YEAR. THAT'S ROUGHLY $75,000 A YEAR THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON STREET SWEEPER. FOR 375,000, WE CAN BUY OUR OWN, SO WE'RE JUST PROBABLY CUT THE COST IN ABOUT HALF. I MEAN, THERE'S LABOR AND STUFF. BUT SO AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE A STREET SWEEPER, WE WOULD HAVE IT FOR 12 TO 15 YEARS. SO. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THAT. COUNCILMAN PERKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.ONE, YOUR COLOR CHART. I DIDN'T SEE THAT LISTED ON THE LEGEND OF WHAT THOSE COLORS MEAN. MY APOLOGIES. NO, NO. THAT'S FINE. THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT COSTS. THE THE BLUE COST IS IF STAFF IS DOING THE IS DOING REPAIRS, THE ORANGE IS IF WE WERE TO CONTRACT EVERYTHING OUT OKAY.
THANK YOU. THE SECOND QUESTION, THE UTILITY THAT IMPENDED INTO THE DRAINAGE. WHAT WAS THE REMEDY. WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY. THE THE CONDUIT PIPE THAT GOT PUNCHED INTO THE DRAIN PIPE. SO THAT IS A RIGHT NOW IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE TO TRY TO LOCATE THAT FRANCHISE UTILITY, TO HAVE THEM RELOCATE THEIR UTILITY SO WE COULD FIX OUR STORM DRAIN. SO IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL IN THERE YESTERDAY. THAT'S NOT GOOD OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN STRANG.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SIMILAR. COUNCILMAN PICKLES WAS SAYING I WAS HAVING THE SAME THOUGHT. I WAS LIKE, THEY DON'T WRITE ON THE SIDE OF THE CONDUIT. WHAT COMPANY IT BELONGS TO. IT'S JUST PROBABLY JUST KIND OF LIKE THE STUFF YOU SEE ON PVC. WHO MADE IT TO SAY AT&T OR. YEAH, A LOT OF IF WE WE SEE THE ORANGE CONDUIT, A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATIONS. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST NOW IT'S TO TRACK DOWN. SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM AND GET THEM TO MOVE IT, ARE WE GOING TO CHARGE HER FOR THE DAMAGE TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THESE PEOPLE DOING THIS TO US THESE DAYS EITHER. SO IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN A PICTURE LIKE THIS. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
MAYOR, ONE QUICK QUESTION. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING UPFRONT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THERE. I RESPECT THE FACT THAT YOU TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THAT. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME AS FAR AS THE INCOME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING GENERATED. I SAW SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE WERE PROJECTING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. DO YOU KNOW THOSE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? SO ANNUALLY, WE ANTICIPATE JUST OVER $1 MILLION THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT. OKAY. I DO HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE PLAN TO SPEND. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE, IT'S OKAY. NOW, THE PROJECTIONS, YOU GAVE HELP WITH THAT, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT AREA DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE AT BUDGET WISE. BUT THAT THAT I THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. MY ONLY QUESTION I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES LISTED HERE. IF IT'S APPROVED. I KNOW THERE WERE ALSO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS AND POTENTIALLY DOING DEBT FUNDING THROUGH SOME OF THAT REVENUE. IF THERE ARE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, IS THAT STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION? OKAY, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'LL BE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT STREETS LISTED, BUT WHAT IF WE HAVE A MAJOR REPAIR? SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK. OKAY. WELL, TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. I'LL NEED A FORM. HI JACKIE TOBER 635 LEGEND TRAIL, WYLIE, TEXAS 75098. THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT I GET I SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSPAPER, BUT I DON'T READ IT. I LOOK AT THE FRONT PAGE AND IF IT DOESN'T INTEREST ME, I'M JUST LIKE, I'LL GO ONLINE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING HOW CITY GOVERNMENT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK, BUT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT ON HIS MAP. CAN I SCROLL THROUGH HERE? IS THAT OKAY? AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACKWARDS REAL QUICK. IS THAT OKAY? YOU WANT TO COME PUSH IT FOR ME? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPLIT SCREEN. OH. SO I JUST WANTED TO LIKE ON THE GRAPH THAT WAS THERE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT COLOR, THE TWO DIFFERENT COLORS I WANT. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE DECIDING WHO HAS PRIORITY TO GET THE DRAINAGE STUFF DONE, BECAUSE I WAS SITTING IN HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THERE WAS
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A HUGE UPROAR ABOUT A GUY THAT WAS TRYING TO, OR A DEVELOPER THAT WAS TRYING TO PURCHASE SOME LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THE CHURCH, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE DRAINAGE ISSUE OVER THERE. SO IF THERE'S AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING UNTIL LIKE 2029 OR 2031, I CAN'T REMEMBER. SO LIKE IF THERE IS A WAY TO PRIORITIZE PLACES THAT ACTUALLY NEED DRAINAGE ASSISTANCE OR ATTENTION, I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLY WRITTEN IN THAT MAY GET PRIORITY OVER OTHER PLACES LIKE CAPITAL, LIKE ARE THEY HAVING ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE? ARE THEY HAVING RAINWATER, STORM WATER COMING INTO THEIR BUILDINGS BECAUSE THESE CITIZENS ARE HAVING THAT COMING INTO THEIR HOMES. SO IF THERE IS A WAY TO PRIORITIZE IT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION. AND THAT'S THE COUNTRY CLUB AT TEAKWOOD. IT'S SOME SORT OF ESTATES THAT ARE OVER THERE. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING THAT EITHER. SO BUT JUST SOMETHING TO BRING UP AND MAYBE SOME ATTENTION TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO THESE CITIZENS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT INSURANCE DOESN'T EXACTLY COVER FLOODING. SO BUSINESSES, THEY DO GET THAT EDUCATION, BUT AS FAR AS RESIDENCES, THEY DON'T. AND SO WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PRIORITIZE OUR RESIDENCES OVER BUSINESSES, UNFORTUNATELY. AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT I'M SAYING AS WELL. BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE WHERE WE'RE STARTING THIS, I DEFINITELY WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO THERE FIRST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING? OKAY. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MR. WEIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED A MATRIX OR IF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OR HOW YOU'RE APPROACHING THAT, BUT JUST ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT. SURE. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, REALLY THE ONLY MATRIX THAT WE HAVE IS, IS THE ISSUES THAT COULD CALLED IN. SO THAT IS WHERE A PRIORITY HAS TAKEN PRECEDENT WAS BASED ON OUR PAST CALL LOG OKAY. AND THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPFUL. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT'S BASED ON CITIZENS CALLING IN, MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES THAT THEY GET THOSE INTO, TOMMY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TOMMY HAS PRESENTED TO US BEFORE, AND I KNOW HE'S ALWAYS GOING BACK AND DOUBLE CHECKING THOSE THINGS. AND I'M SURE THE IF IT'S APPROVED, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THAT PROBABLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN STILL MAKES SENSE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. AND ALSO I DO WANT TO MENTION TOO, IS THAT AS WE START HAMMERING OUR OUR SYSTEM, THAT MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY, WHICH MAKES SENSE.YEAH. AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT'S FAIR TO STATE THOSE ARE SOME KNOWN ISSUES AND A POTENTIAL TIMELINE. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, BASED ON WHAT WE FIND OUT AND WHAT YOU ALL FIND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THE CAMERAS AND EXAMINE THOSE, YOU MAY FIND AREAS THAT HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED OR ARE BLOCKED AND BECOME KIND OF HEAD OF THE LINE BECAUSE OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT I THINK IT THE WIDTH AND BREADTH OF THE OR THE BREADTH OF THE ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE HAVE AREAS THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE. IS THAT FAIR? OKAY. SO COUNCIL, WE HAVE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT. I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THIS ITEM. IF COUNCIL ACCEPTS THE PROPOSED CHANGES, THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE READ TO APPROVE AS AMENDED, STATING THAT SPECIFIC AMENDMENT. SO CHANGING CITY ENGINEER TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THEN AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THAT DOCUMENT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YEAH.
WRITTEN DOWN, WOULD IT BE WOULD IT BE PERMISSIBLE TO STATE THAT, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION AS THE CITY SECRETARY STATED, OH, YOU HAVE IT WRITTEN PERFECT. SORRY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL APPLICABLE RULES ON THESE. SO I KNOW COUNCILMAN STRANG WISHED TO MAKE A MOTION. SO COUNCILMAN STRANG, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS STORM. IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY FOR ME, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED, REPLACING CITY ENGINEER. REFERENCES TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. AUTHORIZE STAFF TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE ORDINANCE. AND THAT IS MY MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE I SECOND MR. MAYOR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS STATED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH
[2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-36 amending Wylie’s Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17 as amended, Appendix A (Comprehensive Fee Schedule), by adding Section XV (Drainage Utility Fees); establishing a Municipal Drainage Utility System Fee; providing for exemptions and credits; providing a repealing clause, severability clause, savings clause; providing for a criminal penalty of a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00); providing for an effective date; and providing for the publication of the caption hereof. ]
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THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH 36 AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. APPENDIX A COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE BY ADDING SECTION 15 DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES. ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM FEE.PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS AND CREDITS. PROVIDING REPEALING CLAUSE. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $500, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. MR. WEIR OKAY COUNCIL. AGAIN THIS THIS ITEM IS IS TO CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 36, WHICH WOULD ADD SECTION 15 DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE UNDER THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ACT, CITIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE DRAINAGE AS A PUBLIC UTILITY. BY ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF IOWA WILL CREATE A DEDICATED AND EQUITABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS. AS WE HAVE LIMITED LIMITED OPERATING BUDGET FOR STORMWATER REPAIRS. AS SUCH, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS TO ESTABLISH A FEE STRUCTURE. THE FEE STRUCTURE IS AS FOLLOWS A A FLAT RATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WOULD BE $5 PER MONTH. A NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL PAY A $5 PER HOLE ER, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT, AND FOR US A, THE ER IS DEFINED AS 3500FT■!S F IMPERVIOUS AREA PER PROPERTY. SO TO CLARIFY, JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING, WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, A HOME WILL BE $5 A MONTH OR $60 A YEAR. BUT THOSE WHO HAVE BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE LARGE FOOTPRINTS, INCLUDING LARGE PARKING LOTS AND OTHER AREAS THAT THE WATER CAN'T JUST DRAIN THROUGH THE DIRT BECAUSE THERE'S CONCRETE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, BUILDINGS, THEY WILL PAY A HIGHER COST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INCREASED WATER FLOW THAT COMES FROM THEIR PROPERTY. CORRECT. JUST THANK YOU. JUST OTHERWISE I WANT TO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S JUST TO SIMPLIFY IT FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WHAT THE TECHNICAL WORDING IS SAYING.
SORRY. SO AGAIN, IF PASSED, THE COLLECTION OF THIS FEE WOULD START JANUARY 1ST, 2026, WHICH WOULD GIVE US GIVE US SOME TIME TO SEND OUT NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE VERSION OF THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE AGENDA PACKET, IS AN EARLY DRAFT AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE WORDING THAT WAS USED IN THE NEWSPAPER, POSTING THE CORRECT VERBIAGE UNDER EXEMPTIONS IN THE PACKET SHOULD READ STATE MANDATED EXEMPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE ASSESSED A DRAINAGE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 552.053, SUBCHAPTER C OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 580.003 OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE NUMBER ONE. PROPERTIES HELD AND MAINTAINED IN ITS NATURAL STATE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AND ALL THAT. THE PUBLIC UTILITY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. PROPERTY IS LOCATED FOR MAINTENANCE TO A SUBDIVIDED LOT UNTIL THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN BUILT, HAS BEEN BUILT ON AND A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE CITY. THREE PROPERTY WITH PROPER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WHOLLY SUFFICIENT PRIVATELY OWNED DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR PROPERTY, STATE PROPERTY AND FIVE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. PROPERTY. JUST TO REITERATE HERE WHAT YOU READ, THESE ARE STATE CARVE OUTS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW. CORRECT? YEP. THERE ARE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.
AGAIN, THIS THIS ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION WAS PUT IN THE PAPER BUT WAS NOT IN THE PACKET. MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 552.053 SUBCHAPTER C OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 58.003 OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CITY HAS DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY SHALL SHALL NOT BE ASSESSED THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE ONE. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS OUR INTENT TO ALSO EXEMPT CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AS WELL. THIS ORDINANCE STATES IT EXEMPTS STATE STATE OWNED PROPERTY AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, WHICH INITIALLY STAFF HAD UNDERSTOOD.
THE EXEMPTION ALSO APPLIED TO CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY. HOWEVER, AFTER AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THAT IS LIMITED TO STATE OF TEXAS PROPERTY ONLY. SO IF COUNCIL MOVES TO TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR TO ALLOW FOR EXEMPT THE. THE
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CHANGE THE CHANGE OF EXEMPTION OF CITY AND TO ADD CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED I KNOW YOU PRESENTED OVERALL ON THE LAST ONE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RELATED TO THE LAST. SO WITH THAT MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. WEIR, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT TO US THIS EVENING. I'LL POINT OUT THAT WE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT WE DID HAVE A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS BACK DURING BUDGET. OR I WAS GOING TO SAY MAY TIME FRAME. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE AND ESTIMATION OF TOTAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED OVER, I'LL SAY, THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES IT APPROACHED $50 MILLION PLUS. AND FOR. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BY DOING IT THROUGH A UTILITY STRUCTURE LIKE THIS, IT ENSURES THAT THAT MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED CAN ONLY BE UTILIZED FOR THE STORMWATER REPAIRS AND SYSTEM UPDATES THAT ARE NEEDED, AS OPPOSED TO RAISING TAXES.
THE MONEY COULD BE SHIFTED IN FUTURE YEARS TO A DIFFERENT USAGE. SO THIS ESSENTIALLY PROTECTS THAT THIS FEE THAT WOULD BE GOING OUT OF $60 A YEAR ON A HOME, AND THE COST OF BUSINESSES GOES TOWARDS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT IS IN PERPETUITY. SO IT CAN'T BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT KIND OF THE THINKING BEHIND DOING THAT PROTECTS THAT THE MONEY GOES TO WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR IT TO GO TOWARDS, AND THE SCOPE OF THE REPAIRS AND UPDATES THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MISS STORM DOES HAVE IT WRITTEN. IF SOMEBODY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT ASSISTANCE IN MAKING THEIR MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS STORM.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED, MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THREE EXEMPTIONS TO INCLUDE STATE MANDATED EXEMPTIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS, INCLUDING ONE. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, TWO CITY OWNED PROPERTY, THREE COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, AND THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE ORDINANCE.
THAT IS MY MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN STRANG? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION
[3. Consider, and act upon, the submission of an Official Ballot for the Texas Municipal League (TML) Region 13 Director Election.]
CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE SUBMISSION OF AN OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, REGION 13 DIRECTOR ELECTION. SO THIS WAS SENT TO US BY HTML TO CAST OUR VOTES AS A MEMBER. THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, FOUR INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, MAYOR PRO TEM DE SOTO, STANLEY JAKLOFSKY, COUNCIL MEMBER. LANCASTER, WHO IS MARKED AS INCUMBENT. JOHN LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM GRAND PRAIRIE. WES MAYES, MAYOR OF COPPELL. AS I KNOW IT WAS PROVIDED TO EVERYONE. MR. ORR, MAYOR MAYES APOLOGIES DID SEND AN EMAIL HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HE FELT HE BROUGHT TO THE POSITION TO THE COUNCIL. I WILL STATE I RECEIVED IT THIS EVENING. I DID GET A POSTCARD FROM MISS CHISHOLM, MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM HIGHLIGHTING. I'LL READ IT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE MAY NOT OR DID NOT RECEIVE IT, BUT YOU DID RECEIVE THE EMAIL FROM MAYOR MAYES. MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM STATED, DEAR CITY LEADER, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE. I'M RUNNING FOR THE HTML REGION 13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AS AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR NORTH TEXAS, I BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND A PASSION FOR REPRESENTING OUR REGION'S VOICES. AT HTML. I CURRENTLY SERVE ON HTML'S AUDIT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE TREASURER FOR THE HTML AFFILIATE, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BLACK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND HOLD A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICER OFFICIAL DESIGNATION. I'M DEDICATED TO FOSTERING STRONG[01:20:01]
CONNECTIONS AMONG OUR CITIES. I'D BE HONORED TO EARN YOUR VOTE. WARM REGARDS, CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE ELSE HAD THAT SAME INFORMATION THAT I THAT WAS DELIVERED TO ME. I KNOW MR. AGAIN, MAYOR MAY SENT A FULL EMAIL AND LETTER TO US AS WELL.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY CONVERSATION ON THE ITEM.
COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, MAYOR, I RECEIVED THE EMAIL AS WELL AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION.
IF YOU'RE READY FOR THAT, I'D BE OPEN TO IT. I'D MAKE A MOTION. I THINK THE MOTION HAS GOT TO BE READ. YES, IT WOULD NEED TO BE. HERE YOU GO. OKAY. YOU GOT IT? YEAH, I GOT IT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO CAST THE CITY'S BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION FOR THE HTML REGION 13 DIRECTOR, ELECTION TO WES MAYES, MAYOR OF COPPELL. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS FOR THE MOTION FOR THE MOTION AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX
[4. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2025-21(R) casting a nomination for candidate(s) for the Board of Directors of the Collin Central Appraisal District. ]
ZERO. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. CONSIDER AN ACT ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025. DASH 21 R CASTING A NOMINATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THIS IS COLLIN CAD AND THIS IS TO NOMINATE, I BELIEVE MR. CORRECT NOT TO VOTE ON THIS IS JUST IF WE HAD A NOMINATION TO PUT FORWARD. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO NOMINATE UP TO TWO PEOPLE AS THERE'S TWO POSITIONS THAT'S AVAILABLE THIS YEAR. OKAY. I HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE THAT HAS INDICATED A DESIRE TO SERVE ON THE ON THE COLLIN CAD AT THIS TIME, TO BE NOMINATED FORTHWITH. COUNSEL, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY INTEREST IN THIS POSITION? AND IF NOT, MISS STORM, ARE WE FREE TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THE ITEM AND REPORT NO NOMINATIONS? OKAY, COUNCIL, I'LL GIVE ONE LAST CHANCE IF WE JUST MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYONE. OKAY, SO, MISS STORM, WE WILL RETURN NO NOMINATIONS AT THIS TIME AND[5.Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2025-22(R) casting a nomination for a candidate(s) for the Board of Directors of the Rockwall Central Appraisal District.]
TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM FOUR. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025. DASH 22 R CASTING A NOMINATION FOR A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN WYLIE THAT IS IN ROCKWALL COUNTY. IT WAS STRANDED WHEN THE LAKE WAS FORMED. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE A ROCKWALL RESIDENT TO BE ELIGIBLE, I BELIEVE MISS STORM, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INTEREST FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM THE MEMBERS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO SERVE AS A NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL FOR ROCKWELL'S CAD COUNCIL. HAS ANYONE ELSE RECEIVED INTEREST? OKAY. AS WE HAVE NO INTEREST FROM THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, MISS STORM, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RETURN NO NOMINATION AND TAKE NO ACTION ON THE ITEM FOR TONIGHT. THAT DOES FINISH OUR REGULAR AGENDA, AND WE HAVE NO[READING OF ORDINANCES]
WORK SESSIONS OR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THIS EVENING AND WILL MOVE TO THE READING OF THE ORDINANCES, MISS STORM. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022. DASH 34, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 25, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025. REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH 35, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED.
CHAPTER 114 UTILITIES ADDING ARTICLE SIX MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM DIVISION ONE CREATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM PROVIDING FOR DRAINAGE SERVICE, BILLING EXEMPTIONS, DRAINAGE CHARGES AND APPEALS. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR CRIMINAL PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $500, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 36, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. APPENDIX A COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE ADDING SECTION 15 DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES. ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM FEE. PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS AND CREDITS. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $500, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN? STRANGE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.