[CALL TO ORDER ]
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CALL TO ORDER THE JULY 14TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6 P.M. ACTUALLY, IT'S 604. IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU, WE DO ASK THAT YOU WOULD SET IT TO VIBRATE OR MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL, WHAT 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. COUNCILMAN STRING INFORMED ME HE WOULD BE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM GINA MALIKAI. THE MAYOR PRO TEM DID LET ME KNOW HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY COUNCILMAN PICKENS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGES LED BY MYSELF.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. AND, FATHER, PLEASE BE WITH US THIS EVENING AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS WHO PUT US HERE. TO CHRIST'S NAME WE 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE NEXT ONE STATE, ONE INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE BE SEATED. FOR THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T GROW UP IN THIS STATE, WHEN THAT WHEN THE WHEN IT GOES DOWN THERE, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE HARDER ON ALL OF US. BUT WE LIKE TO TRY TO HONOR OUR STATE AS WELL WITH THE PLEDGE. SO
[PR1. Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Presentation. ]
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR FIRST ITEMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS OF WHICH WE DO HAVE ONE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES BLOOD DRIVE PRESENTATION, JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.ALRIGHT, NOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAND THE TROPHY OUT. IF THE TWO GROUPS THAT ARE COMPETING FOR IT AREN'T DOWN FRONT TO RECEIVE IT. THERE COMES ONE SET. OH NO, YOU'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT, SO EVERY YEAR THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES TAKES PLACE DURING BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD, AND IT IS A. NO WORRIES, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE AWAKE THIS EVENING AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS WHO ARE ATTENDING OR JUST WANT TO STOP, WHO JUST WANT TO STOP BY TO PARTICIPATE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A FRIENDLY RIVALRY BETWEEN THE PD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE. AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GO AND GIVE BLOOD. AND THEN WHEN THEY DO GIVE THAT BLOOD, THEY ARE ABLE TO SELECT WHICH TEAM THEY WOULD LIKE IT CREDITED TO. SO THIS IS ALL PUT ON BY OUR LOCAL MASONS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO LET THEM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES, AND THEN ANNOUNCE THE WINNER AND PROVIDE THAT TROPHY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR HAVING US IN THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TAKE THIS TIME TO TO PRESENT THIS AWARD. MY NAME IS DENNY HANSON. I'M THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF EAST FORK, 650 HERE IN WYLIE. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CHIEF BLYTHE. AND IS IT ASSISTANT CHIEF OR IS IT DEPUTY CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF TOMMY WALTERS FOR BEING HERE? WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE. BOB, THIS IS BOB BATTLE OF THE BADGES TROPHY TO THE WINNING DEPARTMENT. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE. THIS YEAR, THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES BLOOD DRIVES ON SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, 2026. DRIVE HELD IN WYLIE IN DOWNTOWN WYLIE AS PART OF THE BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD. WE. WE RECEIVED 29 UNITS AND ON TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND AT THE WYLIE CITY HALL, WE COLLECTED 16 UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 45. MASONS HAVE BEEN DOING BLOOD DRIVES FOR AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME, AND AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN A MASON, OUR LODGE HAS DONE IT. BUT ON. IN 2017, BROTHER BUCK HERE HAD TOOK HAS TAKEN OVER THAT MANTLE AND IT IS ONE OF HIS BIG PASSIONS IN LIFE IS TO TO DO THESE. AND
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SINCE JULY 1ST IN 2017, WE HAVE. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE OF 1114 UNITS OF BLOOD COLLECTED. THAT IS A LOT OF BLOOD. EACH UNIT OF BLOOD IS COLLECTED, STAYS IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, AND HAS A CHANCE OF SAVING AT LEAST THREE LIVES. EAST FORK IS 650. WORKS WITH THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS A, F AND M, THE GIFT OF LIFE COMMITTEE AND THE SCOTTISH RITE FOR CHILDREN HOSPITAL. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE BOB TO THE WINNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH THIS YEAR IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SPEECH. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL INVOLVING THIS EVERY YEAR. IT'S A FUN EVENT. THE. IT'S. IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME. I ALWAYS SEE SEE HIM OUT THERE AND HE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORKING OUT THERE. BOTH OF YOU, I THINK. BUT WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND EFFORT AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL ENJOY THE TROPHY. HOW DO YOU DO A PICTURE? I DON'T WANT TO.
TAKE. GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE IT. Y'ALL TAKE CARE. YOU GUYS HAVE A MEETING? YEAH. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU.
[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS ]
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS OUR ONLY PRESENTATION OR RECOGNITION THIS EVENING. FROM THERE WE'LL MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK YOU TO COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND TURN THAT IN. IF SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, WE ASK COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP, WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT THEM TO SIX. IN ADDITION, WE DO REMIND EVERYONE COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ANY ACTION ON MATTERS PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.DUE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. MISS STORM, HAVE WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? NO. MAYOR. OKAY, WITH NO FORMS, TURNED IN TO SPEAK DURING PARTICIPATION ON
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL THEREFORE MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL AND STAFF. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS UNDER CONSENT AGENDA WHICH NEED TO BE PULLED FOR CORRECTION OR FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS OR CONSIDERATION? OKAY. WITH NONE INDICATED, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER? SECOND. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE.COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO WITH COUNCILMAN STRING AND
[1. Consider, and act upon, the approval of an increase to the contract contingency in the amount of $920,000.00, representing five percent (5%) of the contract amount for Contract W2023-106-B, McMillen Road – (McCreary Road to Country Club) Road Reconstruction Project, to provide funding for future change orders, and authorizing the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents. ]
COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR PRO TEM ABSENT. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE TO THE CONTRACT CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 920,000, REPRESENTING 5% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT W 2023. 106 B MCMILLAN ROAD, MCCREERY ROAD TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO[00:10:02]
EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. AND TOM, MR. WEIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS THIS IS TO ADD MONEY TO OUR CONTINGENCY FOR OUR MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $920,000, JUST SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE END OF THIS PROJECT. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE HOW WE GOT HERE. BECAUSE LIKE WITH ANY PROJECT, EVERY PROJECT DOES HAVE A CONTINGENCY. SO THE MCMILLAN ROAD PROJECT STARTED OUT AS A AS A $19,332,440.66 PROJECT WITH A 10% CONTINGENCY OF $1,933,244.66. EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES THAT THAT AROSE AS WE WERE STARTING TO DO SOME TREE REMOVAL, SO WE HAD TO COME BACK, DO SOME CHANGE ORDERS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TREE REMOVAL. AND THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AS CONSTRUCTION STARTED, THAT PROJECT HAD TO BE PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF OUR HAVING OUR PERMITS. SO WITH THAT PROJECT ON HOLD FOR A YEAR. AS WE GET BACK, AS WE SECURED THOSE PERMITS, WENT BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION, THERE WAS AN ESCALATION COST FROM THE CONTRACTOR. SO THAT ESCALATION COST WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER $1.6 MILLION AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THAT HAD EATEN UP MOST OF OUR CONTINGENCY MONEY FOR THE PROJECT. SO AND WE WERE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE PROJECT. SO SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL. ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE THERE'S BEEN OVERRUNS ON THE PROJECT ONLY BECAUSE THE PLANS VERSUS WHAT GOT BIDDED OUT WERE NOT THEY DIDN'T MATCH.
SO WE'VE HAD OVERRUNS ON SOME BID ITEMS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR CONCRETE. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE. WE HAVE ROUGHLY $828,000 WORTH OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION. SO THAT EXTRA $90,000 IS WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE IN THERE AS A BUFFER, JUST SO AS WE IF ANYTHING ELSE ARISES, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING ELSE WILL ARISE. BUT JUST SO WE HAVE IT THERE TO GET THE PROJECT THROUGH TO COMPLETION. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE. OKAY, SO I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION I KNOW THAT THIS IS, OR I BELIEVE THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE STONE ROAD THAT WE DISCUSSED. I GUESS IT'S ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW WHERE THE INCREASE IN THE CONTINGENCY IS SIMPLY ASSIGNING THE FUNDS THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. SO CAN YOU CONFIRM AND CLARIFY NOT JUST FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT FOR ANYONE LISTENING? DOES THIS REPRESENT US GOING OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR MCMILLAN ROAD? NO. SO AS OF TONIGHT, WE STILL HAVE ONE JUST SHY OF $1.2 MILLION LEFT IN THE PROJECT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE 1.2 MILLION, AND THEN WE WOULD ASSIGN 920,000 OF THAT 1.2. SO WE WOULD THAT WOULD LEAVE US ESSENTIALLY WITH ABOUT $300,000 LEFT IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGETED DOLLARS FOR COMPLETING THE ROADWAY. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ITEM OF INTEREST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN SPENT IN ASSIGNING MORE TO IT, THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT INCREASING TAXES, IT'S NOT HAVING TO CHANGE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. IT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE ROAD, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION OR ANSWER FROM YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WEIR ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, TOMMY, FOR EXPLAINING. THAT REALLY HELPS.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HAD WE NOT HAD THAT PERMIT ISSUE, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE WITHIN OUR ORIGINAL CONTINGENCY, ORIGINAL EVERYTHING. FORTUNATELY, THE THE BID STILL CAME BACK UNDER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET ENOUGH THAT WE'RE WE'RE STILL UNDER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. SO THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS. CORRECT. AND THE ORIGINAL BUDGET HAD PLANNED FOR THOSE FUNDS AS A, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BOND. RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE FOR YOU OR FOR FINANCE, THE 23 MILLION IN THE
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BUDGET THAT WILL BE CLOSE TO. IS THAT WHAT PORTION OF THAT ARE THE COUNTY FUNDS THAT WERE PUT UP AGAINST THE PROJECT? I DO NOT HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I. OKAY, I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN GET AFTER THIS MEETING. AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET WITH FINANCE AND, AND CHECK ON THAT, BUT THAT THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN DUKE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS GETTING THESE LAST FEW ITEMS WRAPPED UP. I KNOW THE NOT JUST THE COUNCIL BUT THE PUBLIC AS WELL, IS EXCITED TO GET FROM HAVING THE TWO LANES OPEN TO HAVING THE ROAD FULLY COMPLETED.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR
[WS1. Discuss potential Bond Election projects and proposition verbiage. ]
AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. IT WAS ONLY ONE ITEM. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSIONS. WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE IS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL BOND ELECTION PROJECTS AND PROPOSITION VERBIAGE. AND IS THIS YOU, MR. PARKER, OR ME? SORRY. MY COMPUTER DECIDED THIS WAS THE TIME TO CHANGE PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS ON ME, SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AGENDA HERE.YEAH. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSING POTENTIAL BOND ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE BOND COMMITTEE PRESENTED THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAS HAD REQUESTED FOR THE COUNCIL TO GO BACK AND CONSIDER THOSE ITEMS. AND EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE COMMITTEE ON THE BOND ELECTION, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. SO THIS EVENING, WE NEED TO, IF YOU CHOOSE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BOND ELECTION, WE DO NEED TO. DETERMINE WHAT ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT PROJECTS YOU WANT INCLUDED ON THE BOND ELECTION, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND THEN HOW Y'ALL WOULD LIKE THOSE GROUPED ON THE PROPOSITION. AND WE WILL THEN, BASED ON THAT DIRECTION, GET WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL. THEY WILL DRAFT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND OUR FINANCE FOLKS, HILLTOP SECURITIES, THEY WILL DO THE FINANCE PIECE OF IT FOR THE TAX RATE. AND THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE STAY ON TRACK BASED ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET A THE ELECTION CALLED AND HELD IN NOVEMBER. SO WITH THAT. I'M REALLY GOING TO JUST BE A NOTE TAKER. I BELIEVE HERE IS THE. OOPS, SORRY. HERE ARE THE ITEMS THERE AT THE TOP THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY A MAJORITY OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, AND THE ITEMS BELOW THAT WERE WERE NOT RECOMMENDED. SO WITH THAT, I JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON THE ITEMS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THEM GROUPED ON THE BALLOT ON THE PROPOSITION. OKAY, SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND TAKE TAKE THE FIRST SWING AT IT, AND I'LL SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, CHANGES, OTHER PROPOSITIONS. SO FIRST, I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE BOND COMMITTEE. I KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH THEM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY WEREN'T COMPLETELY SURE ABOUT AND MENTIONED LAST TIME. THERE'S A FEW THAT I BELIEVE OFFER, YOU KNOW, SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
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CITIZENS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OF THIS. SO AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, I WOULD PROPOSE PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE 25.AND THE VERBIAGE WOULD BE FOR RENOVATION. HOWEVER, THE STATIONS NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN. HOWEVER, THE EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY ON THE VERBIAGE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING THAT IF IT NEEDS TO STAY, HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO STATE THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE SPACES.
IF COURTS MOVES, IF PD, HOWEVER, WHOEVER GETS THAT NEW SPACE, SO TO SPEAK, MAKE SURE WE DON'T WRITE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD CREATE ANY PROBLEMS, BUT DOES CALL OUT THE SPACE, SO TO SPEAK. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, AND I WOULD PUT THAT FOR MYSELF. AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW OUT MY IDEA AS A SEPARATE PROPOSITION FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO OR ON THE BALLOT, SO TO SPEAK. MY NEXT PROPOSITION WOULD BE FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WERE LISTED AT 19.5, AND THEN SAXY ROAD. THE THE FUNDS TO FINISH THAT, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS SIX. I WOULD PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AS KIND OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IN SAXY IS AN EXTENSION INTO DOWNTOWN, SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD PUT THOSE AT 25.5. AS FAR AS VERBIAGE, AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO STAFF. YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW SPECIFIC VERSUS GENERIC IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FUNDS FOR THE 19.5 GET USED DOWNTOWN, AND SAXY GETS THE OTHER MONEY. BUT I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING DRAINAGE AND STREETS BECAUSE THEN IF THERE'S SOMEBODY SAYS THAT SEWER DOESN'T COUNT AS PART OF THAT, THEN WE'RE STUCK AND CAN'T GET IT GOING. SO WHATEVER THE VERBIAGE IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROJECTS GET DONE CORRECTLY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BOND OUR BOND COUNCIL WILL DO. YEAH. YOU WERE HERE FOR THE LAST ONE. SEVERAL OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST ONE.
BOB DRANSFIELD IS OUR BOND COUNCIL, AND THEY'LL DRAFT THAT LANGUAGE FOR US. AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO, FOR MY COLLEAGUES SAKE AS WELL, JUST WHAT THE INTENTION IS. I WOULD THEN AND I, I WOULD THEN AND AGAIN, THESE DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS ORDER. ALSO, THERE'S ANOTHER FOR PUBLIC WORKS WHICH HAD I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE COMPLEX. IT HAD THE FACILITY, THE RENOVATION TO FACILITIES, THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER, THE RENOVATION TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC WORKS THAT BECOMES PARKS. WHEN THAT OLD BUILDING GETS TAKEN DOWN FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING BEHIND. SO ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US. I THINK WE CAN COME IN LOWER ON THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, SINCE HALF OF IT IS ESSENTIALLY GARAGE STORAGE. BUT I THINK I DON'T THINK WE CAN CUT IT IN HALF OR ANYTHING. I'D LIKE TO AIM AT 15, BUT I WOULD ONLY LIKE TO PUT FIVE ON THE BOND, I BELIEVE, MISS BEARD, YOU SAID TWO THIRDS FROM THE. IS WHAT CAN BE DONE FROM THE UTILITY FUND. YES, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THE WHOLE AMOUNT ON THE BOND. THE PAYMENT CAN COME OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND, BUT WE CAN'T USE THE FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR THE TWO THIRDS. OKAY. SO CAN WE NOT ISSUE THE BONDS DIRECTLY FROM THE UTILITY FUND? THEIR ISSUE? IT'S JUST THE PAYMENT. RIGHT? THE PAYMENT COMES OUT OF THE BOND AND NOT THE BECAUSE WE I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ISSUING BONDS FROM THE UTILITY FUND FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULD COME STRAIGHT FROM THE FUND. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO OR TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WE'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM, IF YOU LIKE, WITH THE BOND ATTORNEY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM BOND ATTORNEY AND FINANCIAL ADVISERS IS IF WE ARE ISSUING BONDS FROM FROM THE GEO SIDE AND FROM THE WATER SEWER FUND, THEN THE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BUILDING HAS TO BE PUT ON THE PROPOSITION, AND THEN IT CAN BE EXPLAINED HOW IT WILL BE PAID AND SPLIT. OKAY. BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT STILL HAS TO BE ON THERE WITH THE PROPOSITION. SO AND IF THAT'S IF YOU'LL DOUBLE CHECK. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED, THEN THAT I UNDERSTAND. AND THAT WOULD BE FINE. AS LONG AS WE PUT THAT, AS LONG AS WE CAN KNOW THE STATE HAS STRICT RULES ON ON THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEARLY THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE THAT. YES. OKAY. OKAY. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN. SO IT WOULD BE 15 MILLION. AND THEN THE OTHER, I BELIEVE WAS 15. SO THAT MAKES IT 30 MILLION FOR
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THAT COMPLEX OVER THERE. AND AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY. JUST THE CONGLOMERATION OF BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS, ETCETERA. AND AND SO THAT WOULD BE A PROPOSAL IN, IN THE AT LARGE THOSE TOGETHER. SO IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 30 MILLION WITH AN EXPLANATION THAT. TEN WOULD COME OUT OF THE. UTILITY FUND WOULD BE SERVICED THROUGH THE UTILITY FUND. AND THEN THAT I BELIEVE THAT LEAVES PARKS. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FOR BE FUND DIFFERENT THINGS. MY SUGGESTION OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE TO DO ONE PARKS BOND AT 20 MILLION, I BELIEVE EAST FORK AND AVALON. WE WE, WE CALL OURSELVES THE CITY BETWEEN THE LAKES AND HAVE ALMOST NO ACCESS TO THE LAKES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO WITH RAY HUBBARD, JUST WITH WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. BEING SOUTH OF THE DAM, IT BEING CITY OF DALLAS, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE GOOD POTENTIAL TO TAKE EAST FORK AND AVALON UNDER OUR WING, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WE HAD A VISION WHERE WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF PLANNING AND THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE AT THE TIME, THE LEADERSHIP WAS NOT INTERESTED IN AN EXTENDED TERM. LEADERSHIP HAS CHANGED IN DC HAS APPROVED A NEW PLAN FOR ALL OF THOSE PARKS. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, BUT BONDS DON'T HAVE TO BE SPENT IF SOMETHING CHANGES. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT. I THINK HAVING A BEACH, HAVING WATERFRONT, HAVING ANOTHER BOAT LAUNCH, DIFFERENT THINGS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT DECIDING TONIGHT EXACTLY HOW IT GETS SPENT, BUT HAVING THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD FOR OUR CITIZENS TO ENJOY THE WATER AND ALSO ATTRACT OTHER VISITORS TO THE CITY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES, BUT SOMEBODY FROM LAVON, SOMEBODY FROM GARLAND, SOMEBODY FROM PRINCETON, DIFFERENT PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE A BEACH, LUCAS, PLANO. I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE OUTDOORS, GO FISHING, DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK IT COULD BRING SOME OF THEM HERE, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO IT MOSTLY FOR WHAT IT CAN PROVIDE TO OUR CITIZENS. IT'S A BUNCH OF GREEN SPACE, AND IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO REALLY DO SOMETHING FOCUSED ON THAT.SO I WOULD THE REASON FOR THE 20 IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT PHASES AND DIFFERENT PLANS FOR THE OTHER PARKS. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, SOME OF THOSE ARE READY RIGHT AWAY. SOME WE HAVE SOME FUND BALANCE, SOME WE HAVE FOR B. THERE'S ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED IN DISCUSSIONS, PARDON ME ABOUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PROPERTIES IF WE EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WRITTEN TO ENCOMPASS EAST FORK AVALON COMMUNITY FOUNDERS AND POTENTIAL PARK LAND ACQUISITION. SO IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THOSE USES, BUT IT WOULD BE RESTRICTED SO THAT THAT MONEY COULD ONLY BE UTILIZED ON THE TWO KIND OF LARGER PARKS WHERE WE HAVE OUR BALL FIELDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS IF YOU'VE ATTENDED THE PARKING, THE, THE TURF AND USABILITY OF SOME OF THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LIGHTING, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT GIVES US SOME MONEY TO START SOME OF THOSE PHASES ON THOSE, AND THEN ALSO GIVES US MONEY THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TOWARDS EAST FORK AND AVALON. AND I WOULD PUT THAT AS A PROPOSAL. SO THAT WOULD BE FOUR SEPARATE PROPOSALS. THE TOTAL, IF YOU COUNT EVERYTHING, SINCE WE HAVE TO PUT IT ALL, IT SOUNDS LIKE ON. THERE WOULD BE 101 MILLION, 500,000. HOWEVER, WITH 10 MILLION OF THAT COMING FROM THE UTILITY FUND OR SUPPORTED THROUGH UTILITY FUND PAYMENTS, I WOULD ASSUME. AND THIS IS WHERE I NEED TO MAKE SURE. IF WE DO THAT, THEN WHEN WE ISSUE THE DEBT, WE DON'T ACTUALLY, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO ISSUE THE 10 MILLION ADD ON AD VALOREM DEBT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE WAY MELISSA EXPLAINED IT TO ME EARLIER TODAY IS EVEN ON THE THE BALLOT, IT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU SAID THERE, 30 MILLION. WHATEVER THE PORTION IS THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND, IT'LL BE SPELLED OUT ON THERE THAT THIS PORTION WILL BE PAID FROM THE UTILITY FUND AND WON'T IMPACT THE TAX RATE, AND THIS WILL BE PAID. AND I WAS JUST VERIFYING THAT IT WOULDN'T BE. WE HAVE TO ISSUE THE DEBT AND THEN TRANSFER MONEY. IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HIT THE CITIZEN DEBT, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO FROM MY CALCULATIONS, I'M SORRY. AND THE SAME IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE FOUR B SALES TAX TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE PARKS, WE CAN DO THE SAME ON THAT AS WELL. OKAY. AND FOR ME, I WAS LEAVING THAT THERE TO COMPLEMENT THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE IN FOUR B. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE HAD 35 POTENTIAL
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MILLION IN IN BASIC PARKS PROJECTS PLUS 25 MILLION IN BASIC PROJECTS, PLUS EAST FORK AND AVALON. AND THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM CITIZENS. THERE MAY BE A DESIRE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND FOR EITHER OPEN GREEN SPACE, ADDITIONAL FIELDS. AND SO IT MIGHT BE THAT FOUR B COMPLEMENTS THAT WHILE KEEPING THE AMOUNT THAT GOES ON PROPERTY TAXES AT A LOWER AMOUNT OVERALL. SO INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR 30 MILLION FROM THE CITIZENS, 5 OR 10 MAY COME OUT OF FOUR B LONG TERM, WHETHER IT'S FUND BALANCE OR DEBT, JUST FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO THAT I AND AGAIN, I'M JUST EXPLAINING MY THINKING THERE. BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONCE YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, LET ME MAKE SURE I'VE GOT MY, MY MATH RIGHT HERE. SO AT 25 AND 30 IS 55, THEN I HAVE 20 IN PARKS IS 75 SAXY AND BALLARD IS SIX. SO THAT'S 81. AM I DOING MY MATH RIGHT? SO OR 71 RATHER. MY MATH IS FAILING ME UP THIS EVENING. SO. LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE MY MATH RIGHT. COUNCILMAN PICKENS, WHILE I SURE BEFUDDLE MYSELF AFTER JOTTING DOWN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAD SAID 25 TO DOWNTOWN SAXY ROAD, 25.5, PUBLIC WORKS 15 AND 1530 WITH POTENTIAL OF MINUS TEN OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND NUMBER FOR PARKS AT 20. AND I HAVE THAT AT 100.5. OKAY. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS. BUT THEN I, I, FOR SOME REASON, I CAME UP WITH 101 AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. I NORMALLY I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH NUMBERS, BUT TONIGHT MY BRAIN WAS A LITTLE FRIED. I GOT YOUR BACK, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE 100.5, BUT 10 MILLION OF THAT COULD COME WOULD BE COMING FROM THE UTILITY. CORRECT. SO IT'D BE 90.5. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT CREATES A BALANCE. AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, THE DEBT THAT FALLS OFF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WOULD SUPPORT 100 MILLION, UP TO $100 MILLION IN NEW DEBT WITHOUT CHANGING THE TAX RATE.YES, THAT MEANS THE TAX RATE DOESN'T GO DOWN, BUT THAT MEANS THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A FLAT FROM ONE TO THE NEXT. BY DOING THE 10 MILLION OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS, I'M GOING TO ROUND IT UP. IT'S 9.5%, BUT ABOUT 10% DROP IN THE RATE FOR THIS CHUNK OF THE DEBT FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO IT ALLOWS US TO MEET NEEDS IN, IN SEVERAL AREAS. IT ALLOWS US TO IMPROVE OUR DOWNTOWN OFFER MORE FROM A PARK STANDPOINT, WHILE ALSO BRINGING DOWN THE RATE ON HOUSES. SO FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE. AND THAT WOULD BE WHY? BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING TO TRY TO BRING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE MORE AS THE FINAL PARTS OF THE BOND FOR PARK ROAD AND OTHERS ARE ISSUED FROM THE LAST ROUND OF BONDS. AND SO MY GOAL THERE IS JUST TO TRY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCING MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. SO A LOT OF TALKING FOR ME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. NOT EVERYONE AT ONCE. OKAY, HOW ABOUT THIS. DOES ANY COUNCILMAN DO. THERE WE GO. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST. I, I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. I LIKE WHAT YOU PROPOSED. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND OTHERS, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO GIVE ME THEIR FEEDBACK. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION AND TRY TO SEE WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON EUBANKS. I KNOW BEFORE WHEN WE WERE TALKING, EUBANKS WAS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES, AND I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE AT ALL. NO EUBANKS. EUBANKS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN. ALANIS WESTGATE, ALANIS. NOT JUST THE SIDEWALKS, BUT THE ACTUAL STREET. ARE YOU REFERRING TO SANDING? SANDING? THANK YOU. SO THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ABOUT SANDING. HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. SOME OF THOSE HAVE INVOLVED THE EDC AND OTHERS, SO I WAS JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE THOUGHT. THE THOUGHT WAS TO. YEAH, THE THOUGHT WAS TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION, JUST
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DUE TO THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HEARD FROM NEARBY BUSINESSES AND OTHERS ABOUT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING IN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM. AND SO PENDING THAT THAT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH, I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH. I THINK I GUESS THAT WAS VOTED ON IN ZONING. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, MAYOR. THAT WOULD. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE. BUT BUT YES, IT'S JUST NOT UNDER THE GEO BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET PROMISED PROJECTS AND THEY DON'T COME. WELL. AND THAT'S WHERE THE 1 MILLION IN SIDEWALKS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS, BUT I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT THAT AT A HIGH LEVEL PRIORITY TO GET IN GENERAL FUNDS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE BOND. AND I SEE THE BOND COMMITTEE DIDN'T PUT THAT ON, AND THAT WAS THEIR SUGGESTION, WAS TO MAKE IT A FUTURE PRIORITY TO DO AT SOME POINT, IF WE CAN, THROUGH THE BUDGET. SO I AM WITH YOU ON THE EAST FORK AVALON PARK. I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING SOMETHING THAT TAKES SEVERAL PHASES. WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER AGAIN ON IT THAT YOU HAD ATTRIBUTED? SO I TOOK THE 15 THAT WAS LISTED HERE ON THE ON THE BOND SHEET. OKAY. AND THEN ADDED ADDED FIVE ADDITIONAL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD OTHER PROJECTS AT COMMUNITY FOUNDERS AND THERE'S POSSIBLE LAND ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. SO IT GIVES US MONEY THAT WE CAN USE ACROSS THE, ACROSS THOSE GROUPS, DEPENDING ON WHAT ACTUALLY GETS PROPOSED TO COUNCIL AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD. IF THE CITIZENS FUND IT, THEN THEN AT THAT POINT IT MIGHT COST US 12, IT MIGHT COST US 16 TO REALLY BRING TO LIFE WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND SO IT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT WHILE ALSO TAKING CARE OF, OF SOME OF THE FACE OR CERTAIN PHASES WITHIN THE OTHER AREAS. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE OTHER PARKS OR PURCHASING PROPERTY, NO PROBLEM. SO I'M FLEXIBLE. MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT THE PRIORITY WHILE STILL PLANNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT'S COMING. AND SO THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STREET ONES FROM THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BALLARD SAKSI, WHICH I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, BUT I IF IT'S GOING TO BE TOGETHER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEYS STAY SEPARATELY ALLOCATED. IF IT'S A, A YES OR NO WITH THEM TOGETHER.BUT THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT IT GOES TO DOWNTOWN AND WE KNOW THAT IT GOES TO BALLARD. SAXY I'M I'M GOOD WITH THE 25 ON THE FIRE STATION, BUT I'M, I'M OPEN TO LOOKING AT IF, IF THE DIFFERENCE IS FIVE OR 6 OR 8 IN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, I THINK THAT'S THE PRIORITY. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. AND SO IF WE NEED TO GIVE UP SOMEWHERE TO GET THAT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, I'M FLEXIBLE ON THAT. FOUNDERS. I THINK WE CAN GET THAT, YOU KNOW, A PORTION DONE. WE CAN BREAK IT UP IN PHASES SO THAT WE I'M ASSUMING IS THAT SOMETHING, MR. PARKER, THAT LIKE, IF WE IF WE I THINK THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT IT FOR FOUNDERS AND COMMUNITY. THE DISCUSSION WAS TO ADD LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT, ADD SOME PARKING AND DO SOME ARTIFICIAL TURF ON SOME OF THE FIELDS. I DON'T KNOW, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION UNLESS YOU WANT TO, UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO JUST LEAVE THE 20 MILLION TO BE USED IN THOSE FOUR AREAS. OTHERWISE, WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DEFINED OF WE WANT THIS AMOUNT FOR EAST FORK AND AVALON, AND THIS AMOUNT FOR COMMUNITY AND FOUNDERS, RIGHT? IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, HOW MANY FIELDS YOU WANT TO PUT ARTIFICIAL TURF ON AND WHAT PARKING AND, AND LIGHTING THAT THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER. SO MY ASSUMPTION WITH THE WAY THE PROJECTS ARE NOW IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. ATTRIBUTE THE FUNDS ON THE, ON THE BOND AND, AND THEN GO TO BID. YES, BECAUSE OUR BIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE OR, OR ANYTHING. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M MOVING MONEY SO EASILY. JUST TRYING TO SEE, OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE 8 MILLION IN FOUNDERS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PROJECTS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO I THINK IT WORKS. I WOULD WANT TO SEE, I WOULD WANT OR LET ME ASK YOU ONE OTHER QUESTION, BECAUSE 12 MILLION IN THE GENERAL STREET AND ALLEY BUDGET THAT IS NOT SLATED RIGHT NOW TO GET ANYTHING, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T. OKAY. WELL, THERE'S A THERE'S A MILLION AND THERE'S A MILLION ALLOCATED IN THE GENERAL FUND EVERY YEAR FOR STREETS AND ALLEY REPAIRS. OKAY.
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THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL DURING THE LAST MEETING WAS TO ADD SOME MONEY FROM THAT INTO THAT THERE'S, I THINK, 100,000. SO ASIDE FROM THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR GENERAL ALLEY AND STREET MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S MY THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. AND THE WHAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO ON THE EAST SIDE IS NOT HAVING FOR JUST THE GENERAL STREETS MUCH AVAILABLE THERE AND WANTING, WANTING TO FIND A WAY TO GET MORE IN THAT BUCKET MYSELF SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF LOOKING. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE DID THE SIDEWALK SURVEY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT OUT AND THEY SURVEYED, YOU KNOW, RED, YELLOW, GREEN. WE ALSO DID THAT ON THE STREETS AS WELL. AND SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE HIGH CRITICAL AREAS AND SEE, OKAY, WELL, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO HOW MUCH OF THE HIGH CRITICAL AREAS COULD WE HIT WITH A, YOU KNOW, $3 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO I MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MONEY IN THAT BUDGET THAT TAKES CARE OF SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL ONES THAT ARE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, 1 MILLION OR 1.1 WON'T TAKE CARE OF. DOES THAT HELP, MAYOR, HELP GIVE SOME KIND OF. SO DO YOU HAVE A I'LL COME BACK WITH ACTUAL WITH WITH FIRM NUMBERS AFTER TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO GO TO THE NEXT PERSON AND THEN COME BACK. I'LL GO THROUGH THE THROUGH EVERYBODY ELSE THEN. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN PICKENS, I'LL TURN TO MY LEFT. YOUR THOUGHTS? THANK YOU MAYOR. I LIKE WHAT YOU PROPOSED HERE. AND I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PUBLIC WORKS THAT. TEN COME OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND SUGGESTED THAT IN THE TOTAL, BONDS COME OUT EVENTUALLY AT 90.5. BUT 100.5 IS WHAT'S PUT ON THE BOND PACKAGE. OKAY, MISTER COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'M WITH COUNCILMAN PICKENS. OKAY. AND I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN HOOVER. I LIKE YOUR PROPOSAL, MAYOR. AND JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN PICKENS. OKAY. SO AM I. THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS IF YOU WANT TO THE THE PARKS PROPOSITION, DO YOU WANT TO BREAK THAT OUT IN ANY WAY OR DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT, AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH THE 20 MILLION KIND OF BEING FOR EAST FORK AVALON COMMUNITY FOUNDERS AND ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE PARK LAND ACQUISITION? AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT GENERIC BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UNTIL WE GET PRICING ON DIFFERENT THINGS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. ONE COULD COME IN LESS, MORE, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND SO I THINK WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY, IT ALLOWS US TO. SHIFT MONEY SLIGHTLY AS MAY BE NECESSARY. IF IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE 12 OR 16, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THE REST OF THAT MONEY AND PUT IT TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WAITING FOR US IN THOSE OTHER LOCATIONS.SO WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO MAYBE AS PART OF THE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'LL RECOMMEND WRITING IT, BUT MAYBE. INCLUDING SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT PART OF THIS MONEY IS USED FOR FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING, PARKING, OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TRY TO LEAVE IT AS GENERAL AS POSSIBLE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERLY RESTRICT OURSELVES ON IT. JUST AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO FORESEE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN TWO YEARS. AND THE SAME WAY THAT IF THE CORPS DECIDES THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE MAY PIVOT AND DO SOMETHING SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY OR NOT ISSUE ALL OF IT.
SO, OR WE COULD HAVE LAND THAT COMES UP AND IS 7 MILLION, AND SO IT'S EASIER TO DO IT FROM ONE POT OF MONEY AND DO THE SEVEN. AND THEN WE HAVE TO BORROW OR USE TWO OUT OF FOUR B PLUS THE OTHER TO MAKE IT TO MAKE THE EAST FORK AND AVALON. BUT IF WE WRITE IT IN HARD CODED, THEN WE KIND OF LOSE THAT FLEXIBILITY ON IT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T AND THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IT DOESN'T COVER LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, RIGHT? WE LOVE THOSE, BUT WE WORK THOSE THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND GETTING THE SHADE REPLACED AND POOR AND PLAY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THREE YEARS, IF WE'RE STILL FINISHING A PARK OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, THAT IT DOESN'T GET SHIFTED AT THE LAST MINUTE AWAY FROM WHAT THE CITIZENS THINK AS FAR AS LARGER. SO I'LL DEFER TO YOU ALL. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT HARD NUMBERS OR, OR TOO RESTRICTIVE. AND ARE WE WANTING TO DO WITH FOUR B SIMILAR TO THAT UTILITY FUND OF THE DEBT PAYMENT COMING FROM ANY PORTION OF FOUR B OR LEAVE
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IT? SO I'LL SPEAK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS AT THE 20 BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE'S $25 MILLION IN JUST POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR EAST FORK AVALON COMMUNITY AND FOUNDERS FROM PARKING LIGHTING. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR FOUR. B OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN LATER CHANGE THAT IF WE WANT TO, IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION. BUT IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY, LET'S SAY, 30 ACRES SOMEWHERE OR 20 ACRES, AND THAT COSTS 4 MILLION, AND WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEN NEED TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OUT OF FOUR B TO PROVIDE PARKING AT EXISTING PARKS. SO TRYING TO KEEP THE FLEXIBILITY FOR WHAT COULD BE A $30 MILLION BOND, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO PUT THE OTHER TEN ON IT. AND WE'LL ADDRESS THAT NEED. I WOULD ADDRESS THAT NEED WHEN IT CAME THAT THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE. SO, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, YOU'VE BEEN PATIENT. THANK YOU MAYOR.SO I DID ADD, AND I'VE GOT MY ANSWERS HERE, AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN 2021, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNEW WAS WE LOOKED AT THE DEBT THAT WAS COMING OFF WHENEVER WE ISSUED THOSE BONDS IN HOPES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME RELIEF THERE. AND SO I KNOW ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SAVE IS GREAT, BUT THESE ARE NEEDED AND WE'RE GROWING. SO I THINK AS A CITY WE CAN SUPPORT IT. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE NUMBERS HERE IF YOU WANT TO NOTE IT OR MR. PARKER IF YOU WANT TO, I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT MY NUMBERS ARE. AND IF IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I'M BY MYSELF, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, TOO. ON BALLARD SAXI. OF COURSE, THAT'S 6 MILLION.
WHETHER WE PUT IT WITH THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN SEPARATE IT OUT OR NOT.
DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, 15 MILLION. THE FIRE STATION AT 25. THE PUBLIC WORKS AT 15, FOUNDERS AT EIGHT. ANIMAL SHELTER AT NINE, EAST FORK AND AVALON AT TEN. GENERAL STREET.
REPAIRS AT FIVE. AND NOT SURE IF THERE'S A WAY TO CRAFT IT OR NOT, BUT THAT TOTALS 93, WHICH LEAVES SOME ROOM ON ONE OF THE BUDGETS. IF. IF THE PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 18, OKAY, THAT THREE COULD BE AVAILABLE THERE. WHICH ONE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. OKAY. SO SO YOU SAID THE ONES THAT I WAS. SO YOU'RE CUTTING 4.5 MILLION FROM THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? IS YOUR IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING CORRECT? 15 OKAY. AND YOU'RE CUTTING. THREE OFF OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. TWO OFF OF THE FOUNDERS. AND THEN WHAT, WHAT WAS THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS NUMBER? SO ON PUBLIC WORKS BY ITSELF, I HAD 1515 OKAY. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PARKING LOT SEPARATELY THINKING, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE ONE THAT IF IT HAS TO HAPPEN, SOME OF IT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN WHEN IN ORDER TO PHASE IT. OKAY, SO YOU APOLOGIZE. SO YOU HAD SIX, RIGHT? FOR AND THEN 15 AND THEN 25 AND THEN 15, 15 AND THEN EIGHT EIGHT. AND THEN WHAT WAS THE NEXT AMOUNT? NINE, NINE. OKAY. AND THEN WHERE WAS THE REST OF THE MONEY AT TEN AT EAST FORK AND AVALON. OKAY. AND FIVE IN GENERAL STREET AND ALLEY REPAIRS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GENTLEMEN, SINCE. YEP. AND THAT'S THAT MAKES THE 93. SO, GENTLEMEN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL. SO WHILE I KNOW EVERYONE HAS STATED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO PRESENT THE NUMBERS YET, SO I WILL GO BACK IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SPOKE THE FIRST TIME, COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I STILL LIKE YOUR PROPOSAL AND THE THE THE THING FROM COUNCILMAN PICKENS ABOUT THE UTILITY FUND. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN THEN WENT TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND THEN COUNCILMAN PICKENS. I'M ASSUMING THAT I KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. OBVIOUSLY. SO, COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY PREVIOUS POSITION STANDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. STRING PICKENS. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I.
COUNCILMAN PICKENS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO APPRECIATE YOU WITH THE SUGGESTIONS THERE. AND DEFINITELY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP SOME OF THOSE THINGS TOP OF MIND AS WE MOVE INTO, WELL, FUTURE BUDGET YEARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SURE. COULD YOU RECAP. SO YES, SO TO I'LL I'LL RECAP. THE MAJORITY WAS FOR BOND PROPOSALS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS ORDER.
PUBLIC SAFETY AT 25 MILLION WHICH IS THE RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSION. THE DOWNTOWN
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IMPROVEMENTS IN SAXY AT 25.5 WITH THOSE I BELIEVE I HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES CALLED OUT AND SEPARATED PUBLIC WORKS, THE I'LL CALL IT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX. IT WOULD BE 30 MILLION, BUT 10 MILLION FROM UTILITY SPELLED OUT THAT WAY ON THE ON THE BOND PROPOSITION, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT ALL PARKS AT 20, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 100.5 WITH TEN COMING FROM UTILITIES.SO 90.5 EFFECTIVELY, FROM AN AD VALOREM STANDPOINT. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD BE AT FROM THAT. OKAY. DOES THAT GIVE YOU ALL WHAT YOU NEED TO GO TO BOND COUNCIL AND COME BACK? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, DO WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED TIME THAT WE WILL BE NEXT CONSIDERING PLAY? I THINK NEXT WE LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT OR NOT. NEXT MEETING WILL BRING THE LANGUAGE BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL BASED ON THIS DIRECTION. AND THEN WE JUST THE ELECTIONS CALLED THE FIRST MEETING OF AUGUST, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE ELECTION ON THE IN NOVEMBER. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS IT. SURE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR FIRST WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO
[WS2. Discuss the FY 2027 Budget for the General Fund, Utility Fund, and 4B Sales Tax Fund.]
OUR SECOND, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND UTILITY FUND, AND FOR B SALES TAX FUND. MR. PARKER, IS THIS YOU AS WELL? YES, SIR. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BASED ON DIRECTION FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE WENT BACK AND UPDATED THE PROPOSED BUDGET.MOST OF THESE SLIDES DID NOT CHANGE ANY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO. GO THROUGH THEM WITH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. THIS SLIDE HERE IS THE SAME THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. IT REFLECTS THE 12% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, 3% AVERAGE STEP FOR MERIT, AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY STEP PLAN THROUGH THE THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS. ONE THING TO NOTE, THE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGET WAS WE HAD 15% IN THERE. THAT WAS REDUCED TO THE 12%. WE ADDED 100,000 TO STREET BUDGETS. THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S IN THERE ANNUALLY. SO NOW THERE'S 1.1 MILLION. THERE'S ABOUT 900,000 IN REQUESTS AND ABOUT 1.8 MILLION TO USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR LARGE PURCHASES. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN HERE ON THIS SLIDE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR THE TWO CROSSING GUARDS AT THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS. AND FACILITIES. OUR SERVER ROOM AIR CONDITIONER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS FOR VEHICLES, THE UPGRADE OR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT ARE AT END OF LIFE. ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED ON THIS THE DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER. THAT GRANT WAS NOT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT GRANT. SO THAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE STABILIZATION STABILIZATION STRUTS, WHICH ARE USED FOR VARIOUS STABILIZATION OF DIFFERENT VEHICLES OR. JUST ON EMERGENCY SCENES, REPLACEMENT OF TWO VEHICLES IN THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS, THE GRANT HSIP PORTION THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN. FOR THE GRANT WE GOT THROUGH THE THE COG, THE LIBRARY ORDER BOOKS ORDER THAT IS AT THE END OF LIFE. IT'S ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD OR SO, AND THEN THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
THE LAST REPLACEMENT OF OUR OUTDOOR. ONE OF THE LAST REPLACEMENTS OF THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS, REPLACEMENT OF OUR. I THINK IT'S TWO SETS OF HYDRAULIC RESCUE TOOLS, OUR SCBA REPLACEMENT, AND THEN A NEW AMBULANCE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ASK REAL QUICK. DO YOU YOU STATED THAT THE DRONE FIRST RESPONDER THING WILL CHANGE. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THAT? IF NOT, AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO TO DO THAT? NO WORRIES. WE PROBABLY WON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU FIGURED YOU'D SWAP IN OR NOT. NO. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND REALLY, THAT'S THE BIGGEST
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CHANGE. THESE OTHER SLIDES WITH THE UTILITY FUND AND THE AND THE FOR B NONE OF THAT INFORMATION CHANGE. NONE OF THOSE REQUESTS CHANGED. SO ONE OTHER CHANGE TO NOTE IS TODAY I MET WITH HR AND LETTY ON ADJUSTMENTS TO INSURANCE. CURRENTLY OUR BUY UP PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES. THEY PAY $30 A PAYCHECK. IF THEY CHOOSE TO TO BUY UP. WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST THAT AMOUNT TO $50. SO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER AS WELL. AND THEN FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WE WILL BRING BACK, BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION FROM THE LAST MEETING ON NEW DIFFERENT PEER CITIES TO INCLUDE CITIES OF OUR SIZE, TAX RATE, BUILD OUT THOSE PARAMETERS THAT YOU ALL SET WILL BRING THOSE BACK PROBABLY IN. OCTOBER ONCE WE GET THROUGH BUDGET AND BOND THINGS. AND THEN. THEY'RE STARTING TO WORK ON WHAT INSURANCE WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT FRONT AS WELL. OKAY, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I KNOW AT THE JULY 28TH MEETING, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE WATER AND SEWER RATES. AND THEN AUGUST 10TH, THE PROPOSED BUDGETS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AND THEN WE ADVERTISE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THOSE THINGS AS WE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. OKAY. I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD LAST TIME, AS YOU MENTIONED. I WILL ASK IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING POTENTIAL PEER CITIES FOR CONSIDERATION AT THAT MEETING.JUST EMAIL THEM TO YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I MEAN, IF YOU ALL HAVE AN IDEA, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED LAST TIME, SO JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO GET THOSE.
YEAH, OKAY. I MEAN, EITHER BEFOREHAND OR DURING THE MEETINGS. FINE WITH US. OKAY.
Y'ALL APPROVE THOSE THOSE PEER CITIES. SO THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION ON WHO'S INCLUDED. SO WE'RE. MAY BE EASIER THAT WAY ACTUALLY. SO INSTEAD OF WE'RE JUST KIND OF TAKING A STAB IN THE DARK OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. AND IT'S BEEN A LONG BUDGET SESSION. SO OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE'VE GOT I CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS WHO CAME THIS EVENING. SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, PLEASE REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL THE COUNCIL AT AND GET ALL OF US AT COUNCIL AT WILEY, TEXAS.GOV OR MAYOR AT WILEY, TEXAS.GOV IF YOU WANT IT TO COME JUST TO ME OR CITY MGR AT WILEY, TEXAS.GOV. INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THE FUNDS. ALSO, REMIND THOSE WHO MAY BE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE. ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST AND RECORDED. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON SOME OF THE ITEMS OR ON THE BUDGET, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE OVER THE LAST FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE. SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO US DIRECTLY SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER.
[WS3. Discuss the FY 2026-27 WEDC Budget.]
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL END WORK SESSION TWO AND MOVE TO WORK SESSION THREE. THIS WILL BE MR. GREINER PRESENTING THE 2627 WILEY EDC BUDGET. SO, MR. GREINER, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD REMIND, JUST BECAUSE I AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS HERE THIS EVENING, THE WILEY EDC. DOES IT OPERATE ON PROPERTY TAX? DOES NOT KNOW. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. AS WE DISCUSSED, THE EDC WAS VOTED TO RECEIVE A HALF CENT OF SALES TAX. AND SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE EDC DOES NOT OPERATE BASED ON PROPERTY TAX.THEIR JOB IS TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES AS WELL AS JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY USING SALES TAX, NOT USING PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE PAID ON HOMES OR BUSINESSES. SO JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THE NUMBERS OF THE EDC, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD. SO WITH THAT, MR.
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GREINER, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALONG THE SAME LINES, 275 000 PEOPLE IN OUR ARE IN OUR RETAIL TRADE AREA. SO WE USE THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS FROM THE 275 000 PEOPLE IN THE REGION, AND THEN USE THAT TO OFFSET, USUALLY FOR A LOT OF THESE INCENTIVES ARE QUALIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.JASON GREINER, WILEY EDC, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE'VE WE'VE COMPILED SOME INFORMATION FOR THE BUDGET BOOK AND OUR OVERALL NARRATIVE AND OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN HERE. I'LL JUST READ THIS LAST PARAGRAPH IN THIS ON THIS DOCUMENT. BUT FIRST, WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE AT FIVE EMPLOYEES THIS LAST YEAR WE WERE AT SIX AND WE'RE BACK DOWN TO FIVE. WE CROSS TRAIN FOR ANGEL'S RETIREMENT THIS LAST YEAR AND HAVE TRANSITIONED EVERYTHING SMOOTHLY THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION. BUT THE LAST LINE ON THERE, WHILE EDC WILEY CITY COUNCIL PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OF EDC VIA APPROVAL OF BYLAWS, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS, APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGET, REVIEW OF MONTHLY EXPENDITURES AND PROJECT APPROVAL, AS WELL AS ANY ISSUANCE OF DEBT.
TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT THE NARRATIVE, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, REVENUE EXPENSE REPORT, GENERAL FUND SUMMARY, AND ALSO OUR DEBT SERVICE DETAIL FOR YOUR REVIEW. WE'LL GO OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS, BUT THIS DOCUMENT PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING IN THE REPORT THIS EVENING. SO FISCAL YEAR 27 WE'RE ESTIMATING 20. CAN'T READ THAT FAR, 26.8 MILLION IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF ANTICIPATED 8.3 MILLION. WE'VE GOT PROJECTED 2% INCREASE IN SALES TAX NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S 5.5 ROUGHLY IN SALES TAX RECEIPTS, 12.9 PROCEEDS OF EDC OWNED PROPERTY AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS INCOME THERE FOR RENTAL INCOME AND ALLOCATION OF INTEREST. EARNINGS EXPENSES THIS NEXT YEAR ARE COMING IN AT ABOUT 13.5. PERSONNEL DECREASES LAST YEAR. THAT DOES INCLUDE 12% INCREASE IN HEALTH CARE AND 3% MERIT INCREASES FOR STAFF. BUT AGAIN, FROM 6 TO 5, INCENTIVES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT PUBLIC FOR CONVERSATION YET, BUT THOSE ARE NEGOTIATED THROUGH OUR EDC BOARD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU SEE A LARGER NUMBER THERE FOR PLACEHOLDER INCENTIVES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. BUT FROM 1.5 LAST YEAR TO 5.5 THIS NEXT YEAR, DEBT SERVICE INCREASED FROM 1.8 TO 2.6. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 2026 LOAN FROM LAND ACQUISITION EARLIER THIS YEAR AND KIND OF NOTABLE CHANGES DOWN BELOW PERSONNEL, DOWN FROM 777 709 INCENTIVES WERE UP. AS WE JUST MENTIONED, SOME OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS, SSDS, KRAMER AND 78 DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THAT PROJECT. CATES CONTROLS HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION OUT OF PLANO, TEXAS, ON THE SPECIALTY GROCER PROJECT AT 544, AND HOOPER AND A HANDFUL OF CONFIDENTIAL PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED, SPECIAL SERVICES ARE DOWN FROM 221 TO 81,000 THIS.
THIS YEAR. THE BIGGEST EXPENSE. THAT LINE ITEM LAST YEAR WAS $144,000 LOAN ORIGINATION FEE FOR THE LOAN. THIS LAST YEAR. SPECIAL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE FOR US.
WE WERE AT 3.2 MILLION LAST YEAR DOWN TO 1.1. AS YOU'RE AWARE, A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT WE BORROWED WENT TO COOPER PLAZA, HIGHWAY 78 AND BROWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED NOT ONLY TO SITE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, BUT ALSO FOR REFINANCING. THAT NOTE, WE ALSO DID THE 544 GATEWAY ADDITION, WHICH IS WRAPPING UP.
WE'VE GOT A SERIES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF PROJECT UPDATES FOR YOU, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE.
SO THAT LINE ITEM IS COMING DOWN. ADVERTISING IS UP FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR REGIONAL MARKETING INITIATIVE. CRAIG AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, AND A SERIES OF OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE NEW WEBSITE FOR DISCOVER WILEY AND HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WILEY, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE COMING TO YOU SOON. BUT WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THERE NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT TRAVEL TOURISM IN THIS MARKET.
ENGINEERING SERVICES IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST INCREASES PERCENTAGE WISE. THIS INCLUDES THE SAND AND IPO THAT WE APPROVED LAST MONTH OF THE MONTH BEFORE WITH THE EDC BOARD.
THAT $800,000 IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE OTHER ROADWAY PROJECT, ASSUMING WE PAY FOR THAT ONE AS WELL, IT'S PROBABLY 1 MILLION OR 1.2 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL. DEBT SERVICE UP SLIGHTLY. LAND PURCHASE PRICE. WE WENT FROM 12.2 MILLION THIS YEAR TO ZERO. OF COURSE, ANY LAND THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE, ALL THE GUIDANCE OF THE EDC BOARD AND COUNCIL WOULD MAKE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS NEEDED AND GET THE PROJECT OR GET THE LAND AS AS REQUIRED. TOTAL. ENDING FUND
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BALANCES NEXT YEAR IS ESTIMATED AT 13.2 MILLION. THAT'S REALLY IT FOR US. WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE DETAIL TO SHARE. PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES COMING SOON. NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT'LL MAKE SENSE ON SOME OF THE PLACEHOLDERS FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS AND INCENTIVES, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING FOR MR. GRINER? OKAY.SO JASON, APPRECIATE YOU COMING THIS EVENING AND PRESENTING. OBVIOUSLY, WE SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH YOU DISCUSSING POTENTIAL PROJECTS. SOME COME TO FRUITION, SOME DO NOT.
APPRECIATE, AS YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO SHARE. I THINK WE CAN SHARE THAT ONE OF THE EDC ASSOCIATED PROJECTS WAS A. ARE WE ABLE TO SAY THE BUSINESS TYPE, BUT NOT THE NAME SPECIALTY GROCERY, SPECIALTY GROCER THAT'S COMING HERE TO TOWN? SO THAT DEVELOPMENT IS ONE THAT THE EDC WAS DEVELOPED, WAS PART OF. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP ALONG WITH COUNCIL.
SO THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS DON'T COME ON THEIR OWN. THEY REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF OF WORK.
SO APPRECIATE CITY STAFF, EDC STAFF, EDC BOARD AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING ON THAT AND OTHERS. AND I DO WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO MAY BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND THINGS. NOT EVERY BUSINESS THAT COMES TO WYLIE GETS ASSISTANCE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS THAT COME TO TOWN THAT MAY BE DUPLICATIVE. WHEN WE SEE IT MENTIONED ONLINE, WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT SOMEONE FROM BUILDING THE 15TH TYPE OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT BRAND OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF BUSINESS. BUT WE AREN'T. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY WE ARE NOT GOING OUT AND RECRUITING OR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THEM. SO SOME OF THE LOCATIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF EDC PROJECTS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CREEKSIDE FINE DINING, FERRIS FINE DINING, WALK ONS, TO NAME SEVERAL, EITHER NEW OR COMING SOON SIT DOWN TYPE RESTAURANTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE SPECIALTY GROCER COMPLEX, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED, PLUS SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT IN OUR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR FOR JOBS AND A TAX BASE. A DIFFERENT TAX BASE. SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS. I KNOW WE CAN'T SAY A LOT OF NAMES RIGHT NOW.
THIS WAS ABOUT 4 TO 6 MONTHS FROM NOW. WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NAMES TO PROVIDE.
SO I WILL SAY TO THOSE HERE OR LISTENING ONLINE, STAY TUNED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL NEWS COMING IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. YES. WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING FOR THE EDC MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, THAT
[RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION ]
DOES COMPLETE OUR WORK SESSIONS. WE'LL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND IT DOES COMPLETE[READING OF ORDINANCES]
OUR AGENDA. SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE READING OF THE ORDINANCES. MISS STORM, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES, MAYOR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-26, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025-32, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026, REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-27. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2026-06 FOR CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR CONVENIENCE STORE AND MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE. ZONING CASE 2026-06 PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-28. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2026-05 FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A MINOR AUTO REPAIR USE ON 1.275 ACRES, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-29.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF WYLIE AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, OR ARTICLE FIVE, SECTIONS 5.1 LAND USE CHARTS, 5.2 LISTED USES, AND ARTICLE SEVEN GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS THEY RELATE TO EXISTING AND NEW LISTED USES, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. THAT IS ALL, MAYOR. QUITE A FEW THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT,
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THAT DOES COMPLETE THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN. STRANGE, I MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.