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WE WILL START OUR AGENDA REVIEW HERE AS PART OF OUR WORK SESSION. ITEM NUMBER FIVE WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT PRESENTATION. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 17TH REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. ANY COMMENTS OR EDIT SUGGESTIONS? ITEMS NINE AND TEN, WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS ON THIS IN A MOMENT'S. NUMBER 11, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH CATAPULT STAFFING LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,200,000.
ANY QUESTION ON THIS? >> THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT 1 MILLION CAME FROM ONE PLACE AND 200,000 CAME FROM ANOTHER PLACE. I THINK IT WAS WORK
ORDERS. A >> 200,000 IS FROM THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE. >> WE USE IT TO AUGMENT OUR STAFF. WE SHARE OUR OPERATIONAL PEOPLE WITH PROJECTS SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR HEAVIER PROGRAMMING, WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE PROCESS
REVIEWING. >> WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE OUT OF THE RECORDS
MANAGEMENT. >> SO THE 1.2 MILLION ARE ALL PEOPLE.
>> ARE THEY HEAR OR OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE? >> SOMETIMES WE ASK THEM TO COME IN. WE GO YEAR-TO-YEAR WITH IT. WE DON'T WANT TO GO MULTI- YEAR AND DID NOT HAVE TO USE THE REVENUE. THERE ARE A COUPLE CONTRACTORS
IN THE PAST WE DON'T USE THEIR SERVICES ANYMORE. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THIS AS REQUESTED AND THEIR WILL BE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. NUMBER 12, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BOUND TREE MEDICAL CENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 FOR A TOTAL FIVE
YEAR CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $1,250,000. >> I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE ARE WITH MIDLOTHIAN CONSIDERING THEY ARE SO FAR AWAY.
>> THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MULTIPLE SMALLER CITIES. WE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO GET THAT PRICE DOWN SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE BUYING POWER WITH MIDLOTHIAN. IT'S BASICALLY JUST A COST SAVINGS CONTRACT.
>> IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR CITIES TO LEVERAGE OTHER CITIES. IT KIND OF SHORT CIRCUITS THE RFP PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE
GOVERNMENT. >> MOVING ON TO 13, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH GARRETT SHIELDS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE WHITLOCK ADDITION STREET RECONSTRUCTION PHASE THREE PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,007,354.10. NUMBER 14, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER FOR WITH GOMEZ DOING BUSINESS AS GMC CONTRACTING DOING ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE CV FALL BASEMENT MODEL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3,000,979 -- $3979
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INCREASING THE TOTAL PROJECT CONTRACT TO $965,925.>> IS THAT IN THE NEXT MONTHS OR? >> THIS IS MOVING IN NOW.
>> IS IT GOING BACK TO THE BASEMENT? >> THEY ARE IN THE
BASEMENT. >> NUMBER 15, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR WITH CAMINO CONSTRUCTION LP FOR ADDITIONAL WORK AS PART OF COUNTRY VIAS STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,000 INCREASING THE TOTAL PROJECT CONTRACT TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,065,045. NUMBER 16, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGERS ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SILENT BORDER IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $160,000 FOR A THREE EURO
TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $480,000. >> I'M CONCERNED WITH THE
SECURITY, WHO DOES THE OVERSIGHT? >> IT'S AN ACCOMMODATION OF PEOPLE. WE ALL OVERSEE THE SECURITY OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE
CONSTRUCTION OFFICER AND THE CSO. >> AS WE GET THROUGH FUTURE WORK SESSIONS ON THE IT PROJECTS YOU MIGHT NOT GET A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS. WE CAN ALWAYS SCHEDULE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. NUMBER 17, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER INTO THE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS IS MIKE SONG'S DEPARTURE, HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL. NUMBER 18, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN, PLAN PREPARATION AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION'S DISTANCE FROM THE FIRE STATION FIVE AND A SOUTH SERVICE CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,835,000. WE DID THE DESIGNS ON STATION SIX NOT TOO LONG AGO SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. NUMBERS 19, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KINLEY WARRANT ASSOCIATES FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 370 -- $390,700.
THIS IS TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR RECONSTRUCTIONS ON THAT DESIGN SO MORE TO COME THAT. NUMBER 20, A PUBLIC HEARING WE WILL TAKE THIS OUT THERE. UNLESS THERE IS SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WE WILL REVERT
BACK TO NINE AND TEN. >> I'M GOING TO COVER BRIEFLY SOME BACKGROUND AND HOW THIS TRANSLATES TO ITEMS NINE AND TEN. GOING THROUGH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE AND HOW THEY SUPPORT THIS. THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFORT OVER THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE CYCLES TRYING TO MODIFY TRANSPORTATION CODES. ALL THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. MOST RECENTLY HOUSTON BUILT 137, IT WAS A P PACKED OF 25 PERCENT REDUCTION.
THAT FAILED TO COME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND GO IN THE HOUSE BUT THE FINAL FORM OF THAT IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT. SB 10141557 WAS ON GOVERNANCE AND THE FOCUS ON THAT WAS THE CITY. IT IS GENERALLY IN
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LINE WITH THE REVOLUTION WE APPROVED ON THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING WHICH IS ONE PERSON AROUND THE TABLE PER MEMBER CITY AND NO SINGLE STATE. IT WILL REMIND US OF THOSE TWO ELEMENTS. A STUDY PUBLISHED BY DART ILLUSTRATED THE SUBURBAN SUBSIDY INTO THE CITY OF DALLAS INCLUDING CARROLLTON. SERIES RESOLUTION APPROACHES AFTER THE LEGISLATION SESSION CLOSE TO RESOLVE IT LOCALLY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DIRECTION FROM OUR LEGISLATORS. ULTIMATELY CULMINATED IN AIR BROKER MEMBER CITY.ALL OF THE CITY MANAGERS AND DART REPRESENTATIVES GOT TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. THAT STARTED IN OCTOBER AND SINCE OCTOBER WE ESTABLISHED A CITY MANAGER WORKING GROUP WHICH INITIALLY WERE NOT PART OF, IT WAS A SUBSET OF SMALLER CITIES. THE GOVERGOVERNANCE OF COURSE WE ALREADY APPROVED AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO COVER TWO ILA'S BEING TO ILA'S G CONSIDERED. THE THREE LARGEST CITIES HAVE ALL WITHDRAWN THEIR ELEC ELECTIONS. UNIVERSITY PARK AND HIGHLAND PARK WILL LIKELY MOVE FORWARD WITH ERRORS. ALL THREE CITIES ARE RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE DOLLAR. FOR TWO NIGHTS, THIS SAME CITY MANAGER WORKGROUP ULTIMATELY CAME UP WITH IN ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION, THEY ALSO PROPOSED A GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM ILA FIND AND THAT COMBINED WITH ALLOCATING $75 MILLION REALLY PUTS A NICE PATH TOWARDS THAT 25 PERCENT REDUCTION. IN GMP CIRCULATED FOR ACTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL COVER TONIGHT. REMINDER, THIS IS WHAT WE APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 3RD. THE THIRD FROM LAST COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THE FOURSOME LAST COLUMN OF THE VOTES.
22 SEATS WITH 22 VOTES AND THE SECOND COLUMN IS .77, THAT IS OUR CURRENT REPRESENTATION ON THE DARTBOARD, 15 SEATS AROUND THE TABLE. DALLAS HAS THE MAJORITY, SO THEY CONTROL THE VOTE. A FEW RENDITIONS STARTED AT 40% FOR THEM AND ENDED AND 45 PERCEY THEY WILL HAVE 9.9 VOTES, SEVEN SEATS OUT OF THE TWO. THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTES. AS A PART OF THIS, EVERY MEMBER CITY THAT REMAINS A MEMBER OF DART POST- NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WILL HAVE A SEAT AROUND THE TABLE. INSTEAD OF HAVING .77 VOTES WE WILL HAVE 1.3 EIGHTHS AND OUR RESIDUAL AMOUNT WILL BE DEDICATED TO US ENTIRELY.
THAT IS THE RESOLUTION REMINDING YOU OF WHAT WE COVERED BEFORE, LET'S MOVE ONTO THE FUNDING. TO ILA'S, ONE IS THE GENERAL MOBILITY FUND. NUMBER NINE, THE GMP GENERAL MOBILITY FUND IS ABOUT SEVEN AND HALF PERCENT OF
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OUR CONTRIBUTED SALES TAX. THAT WILL GO UP OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. THE 75 MILLION PLUS THE 316 MILLION FROM DART COVERS THAT. I WILL TALK ABOUT A TREND OF WHAT THAT MEANS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE PENNY THAT WE PAY BUT ULTIMATELY THESE TWO ARE ALREADY APPROVED PLUS OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING. THIS WOULD ESTABLISH A SALES TAX, THE PARAMETERS TO BE DETERMINED THAT SAYS THE INCREMENTAL DOLLAR WILL BE CONTRIBUTED 50% INTO THIS. THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THE CITY'S EQUAL AMOUNT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED. SO DART WILL CONTRIBUTE PART OF THEIR RECEIPTS THAT THEY WILL GET IT AND WE WILL CONTRIBUTE PART OF OURS. THE PRIOR ILA WAS EXECUTED BY RICHARDSON SO THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE TERMS EVEN THOUGH THE GENERAL MOBILITY PLAN ILA HAS MORE FAVORABLE TERMS FOR US. IF WE ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE REST OF THE CITIES WEEP INTENTIONALLY LOSE THIS OPTION AND WE STILL HAVE THE GENERAL MOBILITY. THE TOP RIGHT IS FROM DART, THAT IS THE BASIC ALLOCATIONS. YOU WILL SEE THE SECOND GROUP COMING 24 MILLION. THE SIX YEAR HORIZON IS THE SAME SIX YEAR HORIZON THAT CITIES HAVE. THIS IS TO BASICALLY TAKE US TO THE FULL SIX YEAR HORIZON AND IF WE CANNOT RESOLVE THE LONGER-TERM FUNDING GENERAL MOBILITY 25 PERCENT REDUCTION THEN WE MOVED BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED BUT THIS SETS THE STAGE. THE ILLUSTRATED MODEL BASICALLY SHOWS IF WE START AT $47 MILLION AND GROWS AT 3.8% A YEAR, IT WOULD GENERATE GROWTH OF A MILLION EIGHT IN THE FIRST YEAR AND A SECOND YEAR. THAT SAME THRESHOLD APPLIES BUT IT IS ADDED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. THESE ARE THE DOLLARS FROM THE TABLE ABOVE THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO THE ILA'S. SOMEWHAT GUARANTEED FOR US BASED ON THE MAP ABOVE. AGAIN, IT IS A MODEL. THE ACTUAL SALES TAX COULD VARY AND THESE ARE BASED ON MODEL DOLLARS. THIS IS DART'S MODEL THAT THEY USE. THE HIGHLIGHTED COLUMN IS CALLED A FUTURE POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THESE FUNDING SOURCES, THE TRANSIT TWO OH COMMITTEE, ULTIMATELY GOING BACK TO RTC, WILL BE EXPLORING OTHER PROGRAMS IN INCREMENTAL DOLLARS. THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS. BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2040, ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SHOULD GET US TO THAT 75 PERCENT. MOVING ONTO[00:20:04]
THE NEXT ONE, ON FEBRUARY 25TH E DISCUSSION WAS HELD IN LIGHT OF THE RTC, APPROVING THE $75 MILLION FOR THE COMPANION GMP DOLLARS. WE ARE EXPLORING OTHER PROGRAMS AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY INTENDED TO SAY TAKE YOUR COMMUTER RAIL, THAT IS PART OF THE TRINITY LINE EXPECTED TO CONNECT AND EVENTUALLY GO TO SHERMAN TO DOWNTOWN CARROLLTON. THOSE LONG-TERM RAIL REQUIREMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED SEPARATES AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE SIX YEARS TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THAT IS WHERE IT IS EXPECTED WE WILL RESOLVE AND BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHETHER IT IS AIR QUALITY DOLLARS, $100 MILLION EXPECTED JUST FROM TAG INSPECTION FEES AND 100 TO $150 MILLION TIED TO REGIONAL FUNDING. AS AN EXAMPLE, 12 COUNTY SALES TAX IMPACT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY REPRESENTS 29% OF THE TOTAL STATE SALES TAX VERSUS 27% IN 2013. THE IMPLICATION OF THIS IS THE REGION IS NOT IT'S NOT GETTING ITS FAIR SHARE OF SALES TAX SO BY THEREBY BRINGING THESE DOLLARS THROUGH A COMMITTEE AND BRINGING A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH WE CAN BRING INCREMENTAL DOLLARS IN. THAT IS REALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION. THE TRANSIT IS BASICALLY EXPLORING THE RAIL BY A REGIONAL AUTHORITY GROUP WHICH IS A SUPER AUTHORITY RELATIVE TO THE FUNDING FOR RAIL. DARTS PENDING PAY IS THAT WE NO LONGER NEED TO FUND THE RAIL. AS A TRANSIT TWO-POINT OH COMMITTEE WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS.THAT IS THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEMS NINE AND TEN. AGAIN, THE ITEMS IN BOTH OF THOSE, THE DOLLARS ALSO FLOW THROUGH DART BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE GENERAL MOBILITY APPROVED PROJECTS AND S SO DART DOES HAVE A LEVEL OF APPROVAL ON THAT BUT THAT IS BY FEDERAL GRANT PURPOSES THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET TO ENSURE THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR GENERAL MOBILITY. THERE IS A LOT OF LATITUDE IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY CHECKED OFF BY STAFF AND WE SUBMITTED ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. THE SAMPLE WOULD BE THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT WAS FUNDED IN PART THROUGH ART AND GM PROJECTS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT, IT DOES HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO DOUG WHO IS OUR DARTBOARD REP. THIS HAS BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED. AARON INVOLVEMENT, MY INVOLVEMENT, RTC, THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE WHOLE DARTBOARD, MTC THOUGH TJ GILMORE, TODD LITTLE WORKING ON IT. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT DOUG HAS WORKED WITH US ON THIS. A LOT OF HEATED DISCUSSIONS BUT I REALLY SALUTE THE DARTBOARD AND THE CITY OF DALLAS. THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GIVING UP CONTROL AND FOR THEM TO GIVE IT UP REALLY IS A SIGNAL TO THE REGION THAT WE ARE WILLING TO SOLVE
TRANSITTRANSIT IN THE REGION. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THIS IS GREAT AND
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THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT COMES WITH THIS. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE BUT MY QUESTION IS DO ANY OF THESE CHANGES IMPACT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE ARE GOING TO GET IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON?>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. ANYTIME DARTS CUTS DOLLARS AND THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY SET UP WORK SESSIONS IN THE CI CITY, I COULD TELL YOU THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED RIGHT NOW CARROLLTON DOESN'T ACTUALLY SEE A SERVICE REDUCTION. THERE IS GOING TO BE A REC CENTER BRIEFING FROM DART BUT GENERALLY WE KEEP OUR FULL SERVICE AND THE GENERAL MOBILITY FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO US OTHER FORMS, THOSE ARE UP TO US TO SPEND. THAT'S A
GOOD QUESTION. >> UP IN THE 4.2, THIS IS THE CITY SHALL RECEIVE THE ABOUT OF GMP FUNDS BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE, TO ACTIVELY COLLABORATE
WITH EACH OTHER, WHAT IS THAT LANGUAGE? >> THAT IS THE STUFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ALL OF THE MEMBER CITIES HAVE REPRESENTATION ON RTC AND THEY HAVE INCREMENTAL DOLLARS COMING TOGETHER. WORKING ACROSS THE REGION TO BRING NEW REVENUE SOURCES ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES, THEY ARE NOT
THE ONLY EXAMPLES. THAT'S ALL. >> I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR MAYOR FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY HEAVYLIFT AND A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM BOTH OUR CITY
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MANAGER AS WELL AS THE MAYOR. >> IT IS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. THAT CLOSES OUT OUR CONSENTS AGENDA ITEMS, MOVING ON TO WORK
SESSION ITEMS NUMBER THREE. >> I AM HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR MULTI YOUR BUDGET AND FINANCIAL FORECAST. THEY WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF MULTI- YEAR AND THE THINGS WE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET AND THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT ARE CHALLENGING FOR US AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A FIVE-YEAR OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MOBILITY FUND AND GETTING SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WENT TO SEE OVER THE BUDGET. I DO WANT TO SAY THE PURPOSE OF MULTIYEAR, A LOT OF THAT IN THE FINANCE WORLD IS MAKING SURE THINGS ARE AFFORDABLE. SOMETIMES THOSE ARE COMPETING STRATEGIES WHEN YOU WANT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS A STRUGGLE BUT IT IS ALSO THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PLANTING LONG TERM. THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR FORECAST, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LONGER OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
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VERSUS WHAT YOU SEE IN A REGULAR BUDGET. WE HAVE FINANCIAL IMPACT DECISIONS MADE SO FAR. SOMETIMES THERE ARE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DECISION POINTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE CAN JUST SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING LONG-TERM.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES LEGISLATIVELY, WE WHAT TO HEAR S SO HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOU IN THE IDS. THIS IS A BALANCING ACT FOR THE US, THESE BEINGS ARE INTERRELATED AND MAKING SURE WE CAN STILL OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. WE KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGES IN THE ECONOMY AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS WEEKEND. SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE AND WE HAVE TO OBSERVE THOSE CHALLENGES. SO WE START FOCUSING ON UNCERTAINTY AND THE THINGS WE KNOW. IT BEGINS IN NOVEMBER OF 2026 AND JANUARY 27TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN FOCUS POINTS THAT WE KNOW WE ARE SEEING AND THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE IN THE LEGISLATURE. THE FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE IS A BIT OF FOCUS ON WATER AND UTILITY AND THEY GET PASSED ALONG. A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE UNFUNDED AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET CORPORATE WELFARE. THEY WERE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS THAT HAD BENEFITS THAT JENNY AND HER TEAM USED. YOU HAVE TO START GETTING CREATIVE WITH SOME OF THE WAYS THAT YOU TRACK SOME THINGS HERE. WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME WORKAROUNDS. TECHNOLOGY AND AI, I THINK IT IS NEW AND I THINK YOU WILL START SEEING SOME REGULATIONS AROUND THAT.
THE OTHER THREE THINGS I AM GOING TO GET INTO, I DO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SHOW WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT. I THINK THIS CAN SHOW YOU WHERE YOU ARE GOING IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED IN ON TAXES. IN THE DEMOCRATIC YOU SEE SOME QUALITY OF LIFE. IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER QUALITY. THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT KIND OF LEADS TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING INTO LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, ABOUT 55% OF OUR REVENUE IS IN THAT FUND RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PROPERTY TAX CAN'T NECESSARILY BE ELIMINATED AT ONE TIME. ONE THING IS TO LIMIT THE HOMESTEAD CAP AND POPULATE TAXES AND MAYBE CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF SENIOR EXEMPTION. SO LOOKING AT HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT AND WHAT THAT IS WILL IMPACT
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THE TAX RATE. ALSO OUR RECOLLECTIONS OCCUR WITH 15% OF VOTERS. ANOTHER TREND WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF IS SPENDING LIMIT ACCOUNTABILITY AND MAKING SURE WE CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN WHAT THEY SAY. THEY EXEMPTION ON PUBLIC SAFETY AROUND PROPERTY TAXES, THIS BILL IS ALREADY READY TO GO SO I EXPECTED TO BE THERE AND THERE IS ALREADY AN UNDERSTANDING FOR IT. THE OTHER WHEN YOU ARE SEEING IS THE LIMITED GROWTH, THAT IS VERBATIM'S. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT WITH INFLATION, OUR POPULATION JUST DOESN'T GROW THAT MUCH. WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND SET STANDARDS FOR OUR SYSTEM. IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU. NOW, WHAT'S OUT THEY'RE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT. JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THEY WANT TO PUT ONTO OTHERS. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THRESHOLD AND HOW MUCH DEBT. WE HAVE ABOUT 26% OF OUR TOTAL TAX RATE GOES OVER TO DEBT WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.PUTTING A LIMIT ON THAT, MAYBE IT IS NOT TAX-FREE ANYMORE. IF IT IS A TAX-EXEMPT INVESTMENT THAT COULD INCREASE THE COST ON SOME THINGS. IF WE EVER HAVE A MAJOR EMERGENCY IT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY ON THAT. SALES TAX, WE ARE STILL IN LITIGATION AND IT STILL INCLUDES A LOSS IN THE BUDGET. THAT IS ONE TIME FUNDING THAT COMES IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IT IS 60 DAYS IN THE REAR, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE DECEMBER. BY COUNTY STANDARDS IT IS 60 DAYS AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR. INFLATION, THIS IS A HISTORICAL CHART OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT'S STARTING TO LEVEL OUT YOU CAN SEE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PRICES IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.
NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT CHALLENGING AND THERE IS NOT SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT SEE CERTAIN BEINGS BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SEEING, THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR TREND OF WHAT THEY ARE SEEING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE NEED TO DEPRECIATE OUR CARS WE SEE THAT 25% INSIDE OF OUR FLEET BUDGET. WE HAVE A 70% INCREASE EXPECTED AND WE ARE GOING TO ABSORB THAT INCREASE ALL AT ONCE. A LOT OF THINGS OUR RESIDENTS ARE FEELING AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE COULD ABILITY IS AT THE FOREFRONT. RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN AN AVERAGE THE AVERAGEINFLATION OF 2.4%. TE ENERGY IS ABOUT EVEN BUT
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GASOLINE IS DOWN AND ELECTRICITY IS UP. NO VEHICLES, EVEN AT ABOUT .4%, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE DO IT. WE ARE ONE YEAR INTO TARIFFS. THEY STARTED AND THIS BLUE COLUMN IS WHERE THEY ENDED UP. WE HAVE A REALLY BIG INCREASE FOR SOME OF THOSE TARIFFS AND THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO LEVEL OUT. IT HAS LOCKED IN SOME PRICES THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO DIGEST. THEY SAVED ABOUT $287 BILLION IN THESE TAXES AND FEES. BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING THE FACTORIES NOW THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AND WE WANT THAT MANUFACTURING TO BE HERE IN TOWN. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT IS GOING TO LAST AND MANY BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO USE UP THEIR INVENTORY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WATCHING AND KEEP IN MIND AS WE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WAGES ARE UP OVER 6%. THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE CATCH THE COST-OF-LIVING. CONSUMERS ARE USING DEBT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEY DID, $1.3 TRILLION IN DEBT AS A NATION. WE ARE KIND OF STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT DISCRETIONARY SPENDING GOING AWAY AND IN HOUSEHOLD DEBT IS AT ABOUT 11.3 PERCENT. THE HOUSING MARKET CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. I KNOW I WAS 30 AND READY TO BUY A NEW HOUSE AND I SEE MY SIDE AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS EVER ABLE TO OWN A HOME WITH THE WAY THE WORLD IS. MORTGAGE RATE INCREASES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS GOTTEN MORE EXTENSIVE. THIS IS CARROLLTON SPECIFIC. THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE WHENEVER YOU BUY ALONG WITH THE AVERAGE MORTGAGE RATE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR INTEREST RATES ARE UP THEY'RE TOO. THE AVERAGE NATIONAL RENT IS THE OTHER SIDE. THE LAST PIECE I HAVE ON UNCERTAINTY, THE TREASURY DOES A GREAT JOB OF MONITORING OUR INVESTMENTS AND WE DO INVEST THE CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND, I WOULD SAY OUR FOCUS IS SAFETY. THE YIELD AND THE TURNOUT IS THE LOWEST THAT WE HAVE. THIS YEAR WE HAVE $4 MILLION JUST BASED ON THE GENERAL FUND. AS RATES START TO DROP AND OUR CASH BALANCE IS[00:45:07]
COMING DOWN, AND THAT THAT INVESTMENT INCOME IS ALSO GOING TO COME DOWN. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE GENERAL FUND LOOKS LIKE, YOU HAVE THIS PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU AND THIS IS JUST ON A RECURRING BASIS. WE HAVE SOME EXCESS FUNDING THAT RESULTS FROM SALES TAX AND ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES FROM SALES REVENUE. WE EXPECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO HAVE AN EXTRA $782,000. NEXT YEAR WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT 1.9 MILLION BEING AVAILABLE TO PROGRAM. THESE NUMBERS WILL BE REFINED AS WE GET CLOSER TO AUGUST FIRST BUT THE 1.9 IS WHERE WE SEE IT GOING IN NEXT YEAR. I DO WANT TO GET THE PERSPECTIVE THAT 1.8 IS ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. WHEN YOU LOOK A COUPLE YEARS OUT, OUR CONCERN IS WE BUILD IN THAT 2.5%. WE HAVE BUILT IN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS BUT AS WE LOOK, I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT AS WE GO FURTHER OUT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RECURRING REVENUE TO DO THIS SO WE ARE TAKING IT OUT AND BEING STRATEGIC AND BEING MORE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE HOW WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR CD AND TAX DOLLARS. OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WE ARE MEETING OUR TARGETS RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE. WE DID BUILD IN THAT 2.5% INCREASE. WE MADE THAT ASSUMPTION THAT 3.34 IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT. WE HAVE A 3% GROWTH AS THAT OUTLIER I JUST SEE THAT DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.FRANCHISEES CONTINUES TO HOLD STUDIES AND NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY IS STAYING PRETTY FLAT AS THE COST GOES UP THE PERCENTAGE GOES UP THAT WE GET. THEY DID A GOOD JOB LAST YEAR OF GOING THROUGH SOME OLD STUFF.
THE WAY THE NEW CONTRACT READS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE QUITE A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE ON THAT PIECE AND THEN THE INVESTMENT COMES. OUR GENERAL FUND RECURRING EXPENSES, WE ARE LOOKING AT A 2% RAISE. AND HEALTH INSURANCE WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 5%. SOME OPERATIONAL COSTS, IT CONTINUES TO RISE THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE PREDICTABLE THAN THEY WERE. THAT IS A CONTRACT OF FIVE PLUS YEARS NOW SO WE ARE EXPECTING A DECENT AMOUNT. THERE WAS SOME PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE ELECTION AND YOU SEE THAT IS PART OF THE DRIVERS THAT IS CAUSING THAT TO GO INTO THE NEGATIVE. THE
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PERSONNEL AND GENERAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT COMES WITH EXPANSION, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT WITH INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE SO THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SET UP ENOUGH FUNDING ASIDE THAT COVERS OUR RESERVE. WE DO WANT TO SET IT UP TO WHERE WE CAN GET THE HIGHEST LEVEL WE CAN AND THEN WE HAVE THE FUND BALANCE. AN ADDITIONAL 3.5 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE. WE ALSO HAVE SAVE AS YOU GO FUNDING IN ORDER TO KIND OF PARTNER WITH THE BOND PROJECTS.AND ALWAYS HAVING A HOTEL MOTEL SUBSIDY. THAT IS WHAT I HAD ON GENERAL PLAN, SWITCHING OVER TO MOTILITY FUNDING, A LOT OF THIS INCREASE IS BEING DRIVEN BY TRA. AND IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WATER SYSTEM AND OUR OWN RESTRUCTURE AND ADDITIONAL BONDS THAT HAVE TO BE ISSUED. WE WILL COME BACK YOU IN NOVEMBER. WE DO MAINTAIN SOME TRANSFERS OUT. IT IS THE WAY THAT WE DO THE UTILITY FUND. WE HAVE BUILT IN OUR CONSUMPTIONS ON THEIR. WE SEE THEM TRENDING THEIR INCREASED INCREASEMORE TO USAGE RATHER THN THE BASE LEVEL WHICH IS GOOD FOR US. IT KEEPS IT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT BUT THEY DID DUMP IN A NEW WATER LINE. AND OUR SEWER TREATMENT IS GOING UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT. IT'S HARD, IT'S JUST A LOT OF MONEY BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES AND IT IS DRIVING A LOT OF THESE COSTS. I EXPECT TO GET A REFUND THIS YEAR AS WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OVERPAYING NOW AND OUR LOWS ARE BEING REPRESENTED. OUR MUNICIPAL COST OF SERVICE, THIS DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE. WE CALLED
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AND THEY VALIDATED THAT THAT IS CORRECT, THEY HAVE NOT INCREASED THEIR WATER RATES. WE ARE THIRD COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE THREE YEARS AGO.>> GOING BACK, COPPELL HAS THE AMAZON AND THEY HAVE THE LAKE. THOSE ARE
THE TWO HIGHEST THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO RANKING. >> YEAH. AND THESE ARE THE TWO UPCOMING DATES. I PUT A STAR ON AUGUST 11TH. WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE FLUID ON WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE. MAYBE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND BUDGETS. THESE ARE JUST TENTATIVE BASED ON WHAT OUR TRADITIONAL CALENDAR IS. WITH THE BUDGET HAVING A REQUIREMENT OF THE 31 31ST, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH CHLOE AND HER TEAM. I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS OR ANY CONC
CONCERNS. >> A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, THANK YOU
FOR THIS. >> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FORECAST, ARE YOU LOOKING AT ANY FORECASTS ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT, WHERE WILL WE SEE THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS AND HOW THAT IS AFFECTING THE FORECAST? OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE
OFFSETTING SOME OF THE RISING COST. >> THE WAY WE DO IT RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE DEDICATING A PORTION WHERE WE CAN ABSORB IT. WE DO NEED ROBBIE AND JEANNIE FOR WET PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPMENT TEAMS ARE COMING ON BOARD SO WE CAN PLAN THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WE DO PLAN FOR THOSE IN WE PUT THOSE AT THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND THEN WE KIND OF FINESSE THAT WITH THE NEW VALUE THAT COMES.
>> I THINK THAT IS INTERESTING AND WE CAN SEE HOW THAT IS BEING EFFECTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LONG TERM FORECAST. OVER TIME WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW
THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IMPACTED. >> THIS PROJECTION ON THE MOBILITY COST -- I THINK THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE. IT IS WHAT YOU CAN OFFER THEM AS A CITY MAINTAINING THAT LOW COST THAT WE ARE
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ABLE TO PARTNER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> OF THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD, WE DON'T DO SALES TAX FOR THE 380 BRANDS AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY COMING DOWN, THAT IS GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR THIS. WE HAVE TWO JOBS AND A NUMBER OF PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT AND IT JUST MEANS WE ARE GIVING AWAY SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT WE PUT THAT
IN THE BUDGET AS A LINE ITEM. >> TAKE SOME TIME, READ IT, SEND YOUR NOTES BACK TO AARON AND DIANA AND THEY WILL REVIEW THIS. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT CALENDAR, THIS IS ALL VERY ROUTINE. THIS IS THE ROUTINE NATURE OF OUR FINANCE STAFF AND AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THEY WILL GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTAL BUSINESS PLAN AND THE BASE BUDGET THAT WE WILL MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON. CLEARLY THE PROPERTY TAX CAP, ELECTION CALLS, THOSE DYNAMICS ARE BUILT INTO HEAR. 2.5% IS A CUT BUILT INTO YOUR LONGER-TERM PROJECTION.
>> SAME THING LIKE THE COMPTROLLECOMPTROLLERS DECISIONN THE SALES TAX. WE FUND OR
BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS THIS WAS REALLY GOOD. WITH THAT, THAT TAKES US TO OUR INFORMATION SHARING. I
WILL START WITH MR. PALACIOS. >> I HAVE IT UPDATE TO GIVE COUNSEL REGARDING A MEETING WE HAD YESTERDAY AND I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT OUR FUTURE MEETINGS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MEMBERS THAT WE'RE THERE. FOR ITEM TWO, WE ALL CAME INTO THIS OPEN-MINDED AND UNDERSTOOD THE PROPOSAL BETTER AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO COUNSEL MAJORITY OF OUR DISCUSSION REVOLVED AROUND THE FATE OF THIS DOCUMENT AND WHERE DOES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND ALSO WE DISCUSSED THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. PART OF THAT PLAN INCLUDED PUBLIC EQUITY WHICH WE ALL THOUGHT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT. I KNOW COUNSEL HAS WORKED REALLY HARD RECENTLY TO BRING A LOT OF DOCUMENTS TOGETHER TO GUIDE US FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS AND THAT INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT MASTER PLANS AS WELL. WE WERE NOT SURE IF A RESOLUTION WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE TO AFFIRM EXISTING VALUES THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT STAFF HAS TO PRESENT. I THINK THAT WILL HELP US MAKE A DECISION AT A LATER TIME AND OF COURSE TO WRAP UP, COUNSEL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE SUMMER AS WELL TO TAKE A LOOK AT COUNCIL GOALS. I
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WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE NEXT TIME AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FLEMING FOR BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE. TO WRAP UP, I THINK MAJORITY IF NOT ALL OF US WERE THERE. MAYBE I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR GUIDING THAT PRESENTATION AND I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE OTHER MEMBERS THEYARE. THANK YOU AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> I APPRECIATE STAFF'S TIME THAT WENT INTO PREPARING THAT EVENT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE METRO CREST CHAMBER LUNCH AND WE DISCUSSED THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION IN MAY.
TEXT FEST IS THIS WEEKEND. >> IT RAIN OR SHINE.
>> CHRIS IS IN CHARGE OF THE WEATHER. HE WAS BEING GLOOMY, WE DON'T NEED THAT. AS WE TALK ABOUT DARTS, IT BRINGS IN MIND WE HAVE INFORMATION SHARED WITH DARTS SAYING THAT THE TRAIN DEPOT WOULD BE DONE.
>> WE WILL ASK FOR AN UPDATE ON DARTS. OBVIOUSLY THEIR LAST 2.5
YEARS HAS BEEN ROCKY. >> RATES. >> IT'S A GOOD ASK AND IT
IS RELEVANT TO WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> I HAVE NOTHING THIS WEEK. CITIZENS INTERIM LAST WEEK I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT JOB. THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT WE'RE EAGER TO HEAR WHAT THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY SO THAT WAS GOOD.
I SAW SOME FAMILIAR FACES, THAT WAS A GOOD DAY.
>> EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY AND THE METROCREST, I AGREE. WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTRIBUTION TOGETHER WITH COUNSEL. WE DID THE DISTRIBUTION AND IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. ALL
POSITIVE INFORMATION, WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED. >> I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS CAME INTO CITIZENS NIGHT. I WANTED MORE FOLKS BUT THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THOSE FROM CARROLLTON OTTER THE METROCREST CHAMBERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS WAS FANTASTIC. CRIME RATES ARE LOW AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE
SEEING GET GO THAT DIRECTION. >> TO ECHO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, CITIZENS EVENING WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. SOME PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED AND HAPPY TO SEE THERE WAS SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT AND EXCITEMENT AROUND WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY SO THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM FOR PRESENTING THE AWARDS. AND THE ANNUAL LEAD LUNCHEONAWARDS CEREMONY WAS
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AWESOME, REALLY GREAT SEEING OUR FOLKS HIGHLIGHTED THERE.ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO ATTEND THE BANQUET I REALLY WANTED TO BE TH THERE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME BORROW IS TOMORRE NEEDLES MEETING AND TEX-MEX SATURDAY, RAIN OR SHINE. THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO SHARE IS THAT ATTENDING THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENTS WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE DISTRICT IS WORKING SO HARD TO SEE THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR KIDS THE BEST EDUCATION. IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT AND SEE ISD IS ONE OF FIVE NOMINEES FOR THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN TEXAS SO WE ARE ROOTING FOR THEM IN THAT. AND OF COURSE AGAIN, OUR LONE STAR RIBBON AWARD WINNERS. THEY ARE DOING GREAT BEINGS, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT AND REALLY SURPRISE THE CREEK VIEW DANCERS PERFORM FOR US, THAT WAS GREAT AND WE ALSO GOT TO SEE SOME STUDENTS DOING HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. IT
WAS A REALLY GREAT TIME, GOOD THINGS HAPPENING. >> REALLY QUICKLY, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE NOMINEES AND BOARD MEMBERS. REALLY COOL TO GIVE THOSE AWARDS OUT. OF ALL THE CITIZENS IN THE CITIES I HAVE BEEN TO, THIS ONE DEFINITELY SEEMS THE MOST WELL ATTENDED SO GREAT INVOLVEMENT. CHIEF REDONDO DID AN AMAZING JOB IN EDUCATING US ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM ALSO VERY EXCITED FOR TEXT FEST, ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MOIST OUT THEY'RE HOWEVER IN THE AMERICAN LEGION IS GOING TO HAVE A CRAWFISH BOIL THAT IS GOING TO BE INDOOR, THREE NATIONS QUARRY IS ALSO GOING TO PUT ON A BARBECUE BUT I WOULD SUGGEST A PONCHO OR PERHAPS AN UMBRELLA IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> MOST OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN SAID. AGAIN, THANKS TO STAFF AND MARKETING AND I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED. OUR POLICE ASSOCIATION, ALWAYS A HIT WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AS USUAL AND IN ADDITION TO TEXT FEST, -- IS ALSO ON SATURDAY. AND ALSO CLEANUP, SERVICE TO CLEAN OUT YOUR GARAGE. NOT ON THE CURB BUT IN THE BIG BEND. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THE MEETING. ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR WORK
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.