[0:04] I will call this meeting of the Balcones

[0:05] City Council to order on Tuesday, August

[0:07] 11th, 2026 at 6:30.

[0:12] For the record, all council members are

[0:13] present.

[0:16] Welcome everyone.

[0:18] We'll start this meeting with the

[0:19] invocation.

[0:21] We'll begin the meeting with the

[0:22] invocation. Now, we'll ask

[0:24] Pastor Jacob Forrest from Bridge Street

[0:26] Church to please come to the podium and

[0:28] give the invocation and lead us in

[0:30] reciting the pledge.

[0:39] » Heavenly Father, we come before you

[0:40] today, Lord, in the mighty name of

[0:41] Jesus. We thank you, Lord, for the city

[0:44] of Balcones, God. We thank you, Lord,

[0:45] for every person, every family, every

[0:48] business, and every church, and every

[0:49] school, Lord, that is represented in

[0:52] this city. God, we pray, Lord, that you

[0:55] would just touch this city, Lord, by the

[0:56] power of your spirit. God, we just

[0:58] cancel any assignment of darkness, Lord,

[1:01] that would come against this city,

[1:02] against any marriages, against any

[1:05] people, young people of the city. And we

[1:07] declare in Jesus' name that you are Lord

[1:09] over the city of Balcones. God, we just

[1:12] ask you, Lord, to touch, Lord. Let there

[1:14] just touch this this city council, the

[1:17] mayor, Lord, our city manager, Lord.

[1:19] Touch our police department, our fire

[1:21] department. We give you praise and we

[1:22] thank you for these. Help them to make

[1:24] godly and right decisions, Lord. I pray,

[1:27] God, that you would bring unity to this

[1:28] city, Lord. I pray that you would just

[1:30] bring your will, Lord, and God, just have your way and bless this city

[1:35] in the mighty name of Jesus we pray. And

[1:37] bless this meeting that we're having

[1:39] here today in Jesus' name. Now, let's

[1:41] say the pledge of allegiance.

[1:44] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:46] United States of America and to the

[1:49] Republic for which it stands, one nation

[1:52] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:55] justice for all.

[2:01] Thank you, sir.

[2:11] Acknowledgement of guest and visitors,

[2:12] public comment. This time is for

[2:14] citizens to address the the council on

[2:17] issues and items of concern that are not

[2:20] on the agenda. Citizens will be allowed

[2:22] a comment time

[2:23] on any

[2:25] requested agenda item. There will be no

[2:28] city council discussion

[2:30] or action at this time.

[2:34] There's a 3-minute

[2:36] time limit per person.

[2:39] Personal attacks on council staff will

[2:41] not be tolerated. Doing so will forfeit

[2:43] your remaining time. Persons engaged in

[2:46] disruptive behavior

[2:48] will be escorted from the meeting.

[2:50] Have I received all comment cards

[2:52] from those who would like to address the

[2:54] council?

[3:00] As I call your name, please come to the

[3:02] podium. State your name and address

[3:05] for the record. You will be given 3

[3:07] minutes to speak.

[3:11] Stacy Herzog.

[3:14] >> It's Herzog.

[3:21] I've lived at my address for

[3:23] approximately 30 years.

[3:25] I know Mr. Moore. He knows where I live.

[3:28] I want to address the quality of the

[3:30] water

[3:31] here lately.

[3:33] Specifically in the past

[3:35] month, 3 weeks. It's not just me, my

[3:38] neighbors also.

[3:40] It's like mud. It's not drinkable.

[3:43] I have pictures. Uh I've talked to my

[3:46] neighbors today. I have two that can't

[3:49] be here. One's at a volleyball game. It

[3:50] did send me a text that their their

[3:52] water is still

[3:54] terrible, also. I have spoken to

[3:57] Mr. Reed.

[4:00] Uh they did come and flush the hydrant

[4:04] twice.

[4:06] To me, I don't know if it needs to be

[4:07] for a longer period of time or what, but

[4:10] that hasn't done

[4:12] too much for my situation.

[4:15] Um

[4:17] it's to the point when I flush my

[4:19] toilet, it looks like it needs to be

[4:21] clean. It's It's brown. It It's

[4:25] You can't drink it. You don't want to

[4:27] shower in it.

[4:28] Um

[4:30] I I don't know how to solve this issue.

[4:33] To me, somebody had stated to me that

[4:35] there was a break in a main line

[4:38] several weeks ago. Not sure if that's

[4:41] true or not. I'm beginning to wonder now

[4:43] after it was fixed, was it fixed

[4:45] properly?

[4:47] I'm not sure. I just want to get this

[4:49] resolved because this has been a long

[4:51] time. I mean, around 3 weeks is a long

[4:53] time not to be able to have any water to

[4:55] cook with or anything else. I do have

[4:57] pictures of water coming into my home.

[5:00] If you would like to look at those

[5:01] pictures, Mr. Reed has already seen

[5:03] them,

[5:04] but I would love to show them to some of

[5:06] the other council members if you would

[5:07] like to see them.

[5:10] >> Yeah. Would you Would you mind emailing

[5:12] them to me and I'll distribute them to

[5:14] the council, also?

[5:15] >> They're on my phone. I mean, I can print

[5:17] them out and turn them on.

[5:18] >> Oh, no. Can you email them to me? That

[5:20] way they can all have copies of them.

[5:21] >> Yes, sure. Yeah, I'll do that.

[5:23] >> Yeah, just email them to me.

[5:24] Um and I will be

[5:25] >> Hey, your address again, please, ma'am.

[5:27] >> It's 2001 O'Dowd's Road. I'm on the

[5:29] corner.

[5:32] Another thing I'd like to address is

[5:34] when they did come and flush the

[5:37] hydrant,

[5:39] they shoot that out into my yard, which

[5:41] causes large ruts in my yard. Mr. Reed

[5:44] has stated to me that they did have a

[5:47] elbow

[5:48] >> Yeah.

[5:48] >> that would uh prevent that from

[5:50] happening. But when the guys came over

[5:52] there to do that, they stated to me that

[5:54] there is not an elbow.

[5:57] So, when that is done, it ruts up my

[5:59] yard.

[6:00] Um

[6:02] They did the last time they they shot

[6:05] the water out instead of shooting it to

[6:07] the side where it ruts out and has

[6:11] pretty much destroyed my corner, which I

[6:13] had St. Augustine on. They They did

[6:15] reroute it where it would go out the

[6:17] front, so it wasn't quite as bad.

[6:20] But, um

[6:22] pretty much vandalized my yard is what

[6:24] it did.

[6:25] You know, I try to keep a nice yard.

[6:29] I believe Mr. Moore can vouch for that.

[6:31] I've got one of the nicest yards in the

[6:32] neighborhood, and I try to keep it like

[6:34] that.

[6:35] But, this water is It's been a long

[6:38] time. I'm sure I'm going to get a water

[6:40] bill at the end of the month for water

[6:41] that I haven't been able to use.

[6:46] » I did.

[6:46] >> Miss Tate, did you get put your

[6:48] number on the comment card? A contact

[6:51] number?

[6:53] Did you put it on there?

[6:54] It's right there.

[6:55] >> No, I It's just

[6:57] >> I'm very sorry to hear this.

[6:59] >> Yeah, it's it's been going on for a

[7:01] while.

[7:13] Yeah, and the water isn't just a little

[7:15] discolored.

[7:16] I don't want to think that I'm being

[7:17] just a little nitpicky. Not a little

[7:19] discolored. It's a shade lighter than

[7:21] this.

[7:22] >> Wow.

[7:23] >> It's really bad.

[7:23] >> Wow.

[7:26] Thank you, ma'am.

[7:27] >> Thank you.

[7:44] Is there anyone else that like to speak?

[7:49] Thank you for your comments.

[7:53] Council and the city manager report, Mr.

[7:55] City Manager.

[7:57] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um if I would ask Mr.

[7:59] Reed to uh please come forward and give us a

[8:02] just a brief real quick update on

[8:04] Wheeler and Pecan, please, sir.

[8:15] » Mayor and Council, it's my pleasure to

[8:16] be here today to give you a little

[8:17] update on a very exciting project to me.

[8:19] It's a

[8:21] project that's moving at a pretty rapid

[8:23] pace. Uh we are finding a few items that

[8:25] we have discovery related to drainage

[8:28] that we're trying to

[8:29] uh race through those challenges, keep

[8:31] the project on schedule, but I want to

[8:33] just give you a few updates and a few

[8:34] reminders. Notice to proceed was issued

[8:36] June 15th. The original contract was 1.6

[8:39] million.

[8:41] Work completed to date is about

[8:42] $240,000.

[8:44] Um percentage complete on construction

[8:47] is about 14%.

[8:49] Uh we have not mobilized over to Pecan,

[8:51] so we're pretty much staying on Wheeler

[8:53] and trying to get the contractor to

[8:54] focus on moving that project forward.

[8:57] Um original days for the entire contract

[9:00] is 180.

[9:02] Days used is about 40% complete. Um time

[9:06] is about 22%

[9:08] to date.

[9:09] No days have been added to the contract,

[9:12] nor have any change orders been issued.

[9:14] We do have two drainage-related

[9:16] uh change orders that we're looking at,

[9:19] negotiating. Our engineer's been out in

[9:21] the field as of today,

[9:23] uh trying to figure out the best

[9:24] solution. It's about old drainage sewer

[9:27] network that is not tied together

[9:29] properly, so it's not flowing when we

[9:31] get everything tied together in the

[9:33] existing contract.

[9:35] Um

[9:36] but we're trying to manage that. We're

[9:37] trying to work through it and keep the

[9:39] project moving.

[9:41] Current impacts to the community of full

[9:44] closure is now between Cain and Fisher.

[9:47] We've moved away from the school and St.

[9:50] Paul's. I mean it looks like a base

[9:52] roadway, but that's the intent of where

[9:54] we're at today.

[9:55] That base roadway has been tested. It

[9:58] has been graded and it is fully

[9:59] compacted. So once we get all of Wheeler

[10:03] done, we'll come in there with one

[10:04] asphalt course that gives you a lot

[10:06] better uniform look, but it also gives

[10:08] you something more structural that keeps

[10:10] water from penetrating down into the

[10:12] road.

[10:13] >> How thick is that asphalt layer going to

[10:15] be?

[10:16] The top coat. You're going to do a top

[10:17] coat of 2 in? 2 in, okay. 2 in. Good.

[10:20] >> And that's pretty standard.

[10:21] >> Yeah.

[10:23] >> We do have a meeting

[10:25] on

[10:26] Thursday. A few things we're going to be

[10:28] talking about is how we reconcile some

[10:30] of the time

[10:31] ideas that we have or additional

[10:33] construction crews, extended work hours.

[10:36] We've already started letting them work

[10:37] on Saturdays and we do inspection on

[10:39] those Saturdays to keep the project

[10:41] moving for some catch-up time.

[10:44] We're talking about them bringing

[10:45] additional equipment and maybe starting

[10:47] on Bacon a little earlier than what they

[10:49] had originally planned.

[10:51] From a standpoint of the project, I know

[10:54] it's a big inconvenience to the

[10:55] community when you have that many

[10:57] traffic control devices out there. We've

[10:59] got road closures, we've got partial

[11:01] road closures.

[11:02] We're trying to communicate with the

[11:04] community when they reach out to my

[11:05] office. We do meet them in the field and

[11:07] try to explain where we're at and where

[11:08] we're headed.

[11:10] I do need to do an update cuz school's

[11:12] starting pretty quick and that will be

[11:13] update will go out tomorrow morning.

[11:16] That kind of gives everybody a status of where we are within the

[11:19] limits of Wheeler

[11:21] and what we're looking at in about 30

[11:22] days to come. So that will go out

[11:25] tomorrow.

[11:26] Beyond that, I just want to thank the

[11:28] community for being patient with us.

[11:30] Most of the people we talked to have

[11:32] been very courteous.

[11:33] They've reached out to us. We go out in

[11:35] the field and they're welcoming us for

[11:37] answers and we try to give them those

[11:39] answers and if not, we follow up with

[11:41] them on another day.

[11:43] So, that's my update. If you have any

[11:44] questions, I'd be glad to

[11:46] >> With the all open and up to Cain Street

[11:49] so far to help with school, is that it?

[11:52] That Does that all the way down to their

[11:53] main entrance or just the one entrance

[11:55] closer between Cain and Maxwell?

[11:58] >> It's the one right at right at Cain.

[11:59] >> So, the school I just have to detour the

[12:01] parking lot for the

[12:02] >> Yes, sir. And they've been briefed.

[12:04] Contractors been in their door and I've

[12:06] sent out some messages about that.

[12:08] >> Awesome. Thank you.

[12:09] >> We're very sensitive to that and I think

[12:11] the progress that the contractor has

[12:13] made in that particular segment, we can

[12:15] start moving those barricades that are

[12:16] road closure even further down towards

[12:18] the civic center.

[12:20] So, we're going to work with the school

[12:22] anyway. That first day of school, it's

[12:24] always an adventure.

[12:25] >> Yes, sir.

[12:26] >> And we'll be out in the field monitoring

[12:27] that and making sure that it functions

[12:29] well.

[12:30] >> Thank you.

[12:30] >> Yes, sir.

[12:37] » Thank you, sir.

[12:38] Um the next couple items I'll catch you

[12:40] up on is

[12:41] please keep in mind October sounds like

[12:43] a long time away, but it's not. Our

[12:46] October and November meetings will start

[12:48] at 5:30 with um strategic visioning and planning

[12:53] council workshop with SGR coming in and

[12:56] then after the after 7:30, we hope to

[12:59] have short quick meetings to get those

[13:02] moving forward. Uh and followed by that,

[13:05] then what we will do is hopefully after

[13:07] that session, we will uh bring in our

[13:10] financial consultants to give council

[13:12] some options on what they can do in the

[13:16] future, whether they want to go bonds,

[13:18] certificates of applications or they

[13:19] want to do nothing. Uh but that's what

[13:22] we are uh moving forward to.

[13:24] We are still

[13:26] anxious and awaiting the um

[13:30] one big grant for 21 million. Hopefully,

[13:33] it'll come through. Uh but, I I assume

[13:36] you'll probably be the third to know it.

[13:38] After Jim and Karen and I will

[13:40] immediately let you know if that's

[13:41] awarded or not. So, we're anxiously

[13:43] awaiting that one. And the county did us

[13:46] a uh favor

[13:48] uh by rejecting the agricultural

[13:50] district proposed by data center. So, we

[13:53] do not have to take any action on that.

[13:55] I talked to the county judge, and he

[13:57] felt that the uh action that they took

[13:59] covers the entire county.

[14:01] And I would be happy to address any

[14:03] questions you have or anything that

[14:05] you've heard.

[14:09] Thank you.

[14:30] » Next up is presentations.

[14:34] PR 20 26-10,

[14:37] presentation of lifesaving award

[14:40] to Sergeant Rendon and Officer Mills

[14:44] and Smallridge.

[14:45] Chief.

[14:48] » If um

[14:49] while I was coming up here, I know I've

[14:50] asked uh

[14:52] Chief to come up here and

[14:53] recognize these outstanding

[14:56] uh officers for uh the actions that they

[14:59] took.

[15:02] » Mayor, city council, thank you for your

[15:04] time.

[15:05] Ladies and gentlemen of the audience,

[15:07] thank you for being here and those that

[15:09] are here in support of each individual.

[15:11] If I could get uh Officer Smallridge

[15:15] and Officer Mills.

[15:19] Uh tonight, Sergeant Rendon was not able

[15:21] to attend. He apologizes for his uh

[15:24] absence.

[15:25] And Lieutenant Rowe, if you and Officer

[15:27] Solace would come up front, please.

[15:31] >> Guys, would y'all stand closer to the

[15:32] dais?

[15:38] » While we're doing that, if family

[15:39] members want to stand up and come over

[15:41] here and take pictures, you are

[15:42] perfectly welcome to do so.

[15:48] The reason that we're here tonight um

[15:50] these officers, along with our

[15:53] uh

[15:53] team players here from the Waco Police

[15:55] Department, was also on the scene.

[15:57] Officer Solace was a part of this. We've

[15:59] invited him here tonight uh to accept an

[16:03] award uh for a life-saving award for all

[16:06] of these officers' efforts.

[16:09] And so, if you'll bear with me for just

[16:10] a minute,

[16:13] on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026, at

[16:16] approximately 10:25 a.m.,

[16:20] officers were called upon to to respond

[16:24] to an unresponsive male that was lying

[16:26] on the roadway who was not breathing.

[16:31] Once the officers

[16:33] began to arrive, they immediately

[16:35] assessed the situation,

[16:37] recognized the severity of the medical

[16:38] emergency, and without hesitation began

[16:41] to administering chest compressions

[16:43] while simultaneously

[16:45] notifying responding officers and

[16:47] emergency medical personnel of the

[16:49] subject's condition.

[16:52] As other additional officers began to

[16:53] arrive, which included Sergeant Rendon,

[16:56] Luis Rendon of the Bellmead Police

[16:58] Department, Officer Dustin Smallridge of

[17:00] the Bellmead Police Department,

[17:03] Officer John Mills of the Bellmead

[17:05] Police Department, and Waco Police

[17:07] Officer Ivan Solace,

[17:10] they joined in providing life-saving

[17:12] care to this individual.

[17:14] Officer Smallridge retrieved a medical

[17:16] bag from his patrol unit and began

[17:19] administering oxygen to the subject

[17:21] while CPR efforts continued.

[17:24] Upon arrival of the Bel Meade Police Bel

[17:26] Meade Fire Department and AMR personnel,

[17:28] Officer Smallridge further

[17:31] utilized his training and experience as

[17:33] a paramedic to assist medical personnel

[17:35] with advanced patient care.

[17:39] Because of this immediate response,

[17:41] teamwork, and unwavering commitment dis-

[17:45] demonstrated by each and every police

[17:47] officer and individual here,

[17:50] medical personnel

[17:51] were able to restore the subject's pulse

[17:54] and began breathing on his own before

[17:56] being transported by ambulance to the

[17:58] hospital for further treatment.

[18:01] There is little doubt that had

[18:04] each and every one of you

[18:08] um not acted as quickly and decisively

[18:12] as you did, the outcome would have been

[18:13] tragic. And that individual, by the way,

[18:16] for an update, he is still alive and

[18:17] well and doing fine. Uh he is retired

[18:20] but doing well.

[18:23] The Life Saving Award is one of the

[18:24] highest honors bestowed upon a Bel Meade

[18:27] police officer or any police officer.

[18:30] It's received for those extraor-

[18:32] extraordinary occasions when an

[18:34] officer's decisive actions, sound

[18:37] judgment, courage, and commitment to

[18:39] preserving human life directly

[18:41] contributed to saving another person's

[18:43] life. It recognizes those rare moments

[18:48] when training, professionalism,

[18:50] dedication to public service come

[18:52] together under the most critical

[18:54] circumstances.

[18:57] They're going to be presented with a red

[18:59] and white pin tonight.

[19:02] And let me tell you the meaning of that

[19:04] red and white pin.

[19:05] The white symbolizes hope, compassion,

[19:09] and preservation of life.

[19:11] While the red represents courage,

[19:13] sacrifice, and the willingness to act

[19:16] without hesitation when another person's

[19:18] life hinges hangs on the balance.

[19:22] In the balance. The colors embody the

[19:24] values of our professional profession

[19:27] and serve as a reminder of the oath that

[19:30] has been taken to protect and serve our

[19:33] whole community.

[19:36] Now, to each and every one of y'all,

[19:39] I want to tell you your actions on June

[19:41] 3rd exemplified those values.

[19:45] Each and every one of you just

[19:47] demonstrated exceptional composure under

[19:49] pressure,

[19:50] exercised sound judgment, and displayed

[19:53] unwavering commitment to preserving

[19:55] life.

[19:56] Because of your your efforts,

[19:59] this individual was given another

[20:00] opportunity of life and able to return

[20:03] home to his family.

[20:05] While law enforcement officers rarely

[20:07] seek seek

[20:09] recognition for simply doing their job,

[20:12] it is important that we encourage those

[20:14] whose actions rise above the ordinary.

[20:18] Your professionalism, courage,

[20:20] dedication reflect credit upon yourself,

[20:25] the Bellmead Police Department and La

[20:26] Vega Police Department,

[20:28] the city of Bellmead,

[20:30] and the community that we serve.

[20:34] So, on behalf of the city of Bellmead, Police Department, it is my

[20:38] honor

[20:40] to present you each and every one of

[20:41] you, and I'm going to let Lieutenant

[20:43] Raul present Officer Solis, but each and

[20:45] every one of y'all at the Bellmead

[20:47] Police Department

[20:49] with the life-saving pin.

[20:52] And if y'all will give a round of

[20:54] applause for each and every one of these

[20:56] officers and their brave actions.

[22:38] » The last thing that I'll mention is I

[22:40] want to thank each and every one of the

[22:42] family members of the officers that are

[22:44] here

[22:45] because without your support them not

[22:48] being home every night when you want

[22:50] them home

[22:51] they're out here doing great things like

[22:53] this and we appreciate you loaning them

[22:55] to us for the the time that they're here

[22:57] and serving us. We appreciate it.

[23:13] » Thank you all very much.

[23:22] And we've got another

[23:24] recognition for Lieutenant Gresham

[23:28] for successfully completing the Texas

[23:30] Police Chiefs Association Law

[23:32] Enforcement Command Officers Program.

[23:35] LECOP

[23:38] Secretary

[23:39] >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh LECOP is not an

[23:41] easy program. It's an intense program.

[23:44] And I believe uh Lieutenant Gresham

[23:46] would

[23:47] totally concur

[23:49] uh that is not it's not a piece of uh

[23:51] cake. It is an intense program created

[23:53] by Texas Police Chiefs.

[23:55] And we are very proud of um

[23:57] Lieutenant Gresham for completing that.

[23:59] Chief.

[24:02] » You want me to back up? Okay. Sorry.

[24:04] Mayor, city council, thank you for your

[24:06] time again.

[24:08] Lieutenant Gresham, if you'll come up

[24:09] here and join me.

[24:15] This is one of the his most favorite

[24:17] things to do in his job.

[24:31] This is a very special thing for me to

[24:33] do. Uh I get to work with uh Lieutenant

[24:35] Gresham every day, Monday through

[24:37] Friday, and

[24:38] his growth

[24:40] um is beyond any words that I can

[24:42] express to you all tonight. So, it is

[24:44] definitely an honor and a privilege to

[24:45] be able to

[24:47] talk about this and and recognize him

[24:49] for this and all the hard work that he's

[24:51] put in tonight.

[24:54] I have the privilege of recognizing

[24:55] Lieutenant Gresham for his outstanding

[24:57] professional

[24:58] achievement that reflects his commitment

[25:01] to leadership, service, and the future

[25:04] of the Balch Springs Police Department.

[25:07] Lieutenant Grisham has successfully

[25:08] completed the Texas Police Chiefs

[25:10] Association

[25:12] command

[25:15] law enforcement command officer program,

[25:17] which is called LECOT,

[25:19] and has earned the distinction of LECOT.

[25:22] And when I say earned, he did earn it.

[25:25] The modules are not simple.

[25:27] This is not simply another training

[25:30] course or a certificate. It is a

[25:32] rigorous

[25:33] leadership development program designed

[25:37] to prepare

[25:38] law enforcement leaders to meet

[25:40] challenges of today's profession while

[25:42] developing the character,

[25:44] judgment, and vision necessary to lead

[25:47] tomorrow's agencies.

[25:49] One of the things I appreciate most

[25:51] about this recognition is that it

[25:53] represents far more than the classroom

[25:55] instruction. The LECOT LECOT award

[25:58] symbolizes a commitment to servant

[26:01] leadership, ethical decision-making,

[26:04] accountability, and willingness to

[26:06] continually

[26:08] grow both professionally and personally.

[26:10] It reflects someone who understands that

[26:13] leadership is not about rank, it's about

[26:15] influence, integrity, and earning the

[26:18] trust of those that they lead.

[26:21] As a part of this achievement,

[26:24] Lieutenant Grisham received a LECOT

[26:27] certificate,

[26:28] a com- a commemorative coin,

[26:31] an award bar, and a label pin. I want to

[26:33] talk about that for a minute.

[26:36] The label pin has certain colors, and I

[26:38] want to tell you what those colors

[26:40] represent. They're very symbolic

[26:44] the of the values of law enforcement

[26:47] that a leader should have or strive to

[26:49] uphold. They represent honor,

[26:53] integrity, courage, professionalism, and

[26:56] an unwavering commitment to serving

[26:59] others.

[27:00] Those are the values that Lieutenant

[27:02] Grisham demonstrates every day

[27:04] in the way that he leads our officers

[27:06] and serves the citizens of Belle Meade.

[27:10] As the chief, one of my priorities is

[27:12] developing future leaders within the

[27:14] department. Lieutenant Grisham has

[27:17] embraced that responsibility.

[27:20] He leads by example. He mentors younger

[27:22] officers and continually looks for ways

[27:25] to improve himself and the organization.

[27:29] His willingness to invest in his own

[27:31] professional development makes our

[27:32] department stronger today and better

[27:35] prepared for tomorrow.

[27:37] Lieutenant Grisham, thank you for your

[27:39] dedication, your professionalism, and

[27:41] your commitment to excellence. Your

[27:43] accomplishment is one

[27:46] that you, your family, this department,

[27:49] and the community should be proud of.

[27:51] On behalf of the City of Belle Meade and

[27:53] the Belle Meade Police Department,

[27:55] congratulations on earning this

[27:56] prestigious designation of Lee Cop.

[28:00] Please join me in congratulating

[28:02] Lieutenant Grisham on this well-deserved

[28:04] accomplishment.

[28:36] » No No speech?

[28:37] >> Thank you.

[28:41] sir.

[29:26] » Next consent agenda.

[29:29] All consent items listed below are

[29:31] considered routine and non-controversial

[29:34] by the City Council and will be approved

[29:37] by one motion. However, any City Council

[29:41] member or city manager may remove an

[29:44] item

[29:45] from the consent agenda to allow for

[29:47] discussion and voting on the item

[29:49] individually.

[29:51] Mr. City Manager, we can go through the

[29:52] consent agenda.

[29:53] >> Thank you, sir.

[29:54] Um

[29:56] First one is 008.

[29:58] That is the approval of the minutes of

[29:59] the July 14th City Council meeting.

[30:03] The next item is 009, which is the

[30:07] approval of a special

[30:10] uh City Council meeting held on July

[30:12] 28th.

[30:14] The next item is the memorandum

[30:17] approving the City of Bellaire

[30:19] investment

[30:20] report, and you have all the details

[30:22] there.

[30:23] Um resolution 32

[30:25] is consider resolution appointing Brooks

[30:27] Watson uh to uh finish or start their um audit, which they've already started,

[30:35] and they will continue to do um until

[30:38] they get it complete, and will be

[30:39] presenting it uh to the City Council.

[30:42] Uh I would ask you to please fill out

[30:44] the surveys when you do get them. Uh

[30:47] they all they really rely heavily on

[30:48] those.

[30:50] The uh next item is resolution 33,

[30:53] which is uh to consider uh setting September 8th as the official

[31:00] date for the

[31:02] public hearing on the proposed 2027

[31:05] budget.

[31:06] Um item 34,

[31:09] uh resolution 34

[31:11] is the resolution uh setting

[31:14] the upcoming tax rate at 409351

[31:20] per $100, which is the voter approval

[31:22] rate.

[31:23] And the last resolution, resolution

[31:26] 035 is authorizing the purchase of four

[31:31] patrol cars

[31:32] and the additional equipment. Patrol

[31:35] cars at 225628

[31:37] and the

[31:39] additional equipment uh hopefully at 124

[31:43] uh 372.

[31:45] Uh just for um some may wonder why we're

[31:48] ordering equipment cars now. Last year

[31:51] we uh put the order in for July and we

[31:54] just received those cars and put them in

[31:56] service in the last couple of weeks.

[32:00] So, with that um Mayor, we would uh

[32:02] recommend your

[32:04] uh

[32:05] council's approval on the resolutions.

[32:07] Thank you.

[32:11] Yes, sir.

[32:12] >> Uh the special meeting was changed.

[32:14] >> It was to 49.

[32:15] >> No, 4.40.

[32:16] >> Auction of those surplus police

[32:17] vehicles.

[32:18] >> Yes, sir.

[32:18] >> What do you think they would bring in

[32:20] How much have they done in the past?

[32:23] >> Um do you recall off the top of your

[32:25] head

[32:26] what happens when we're getting for

[32:28] those cars?

[32:29] >> Well, two of them have motors that are

[32:30] blown.

[32:31] So, I'm not sure that they're going to

[32:33] bring in that much.

[32:34] >> Yeah, they'll bring some Two of them

[32:36] Okay, two of them are going to bring

[32:37] salvage value, but the other two I don't

[32:39] recall what we've been roughly getting

[32:41] for them.

[32:41] >> I don't either.

[32:43] >> But we can we can get that.

[32:44] >> Yeah, two of them got two blown motors.

[32:46] >> Yes, sir.

[32:47] >> We hadn't even used them.

[32:49] >> I'm sorry?

[32:50] >> We hadn't used them, but how long have

[32:51] they been sitting around with blown

[32:52] motors?

[32:53] >> Um couple of months.

[32:55] >> Yes, sir. That's correct.

[32:57] >> By the time you get the estimates and we

[32:58] got the estimates and the chief made the

[33:00] correct decision of not reinvesting that

[33:03] much money in cars

[33:05] when we could just

[33:06] share.

[33:08] >> And the other two, they were kind of

[33:11] indisputable.

[33:13] >> Well, they're police cars that have been

[33:15] driven safely, but hard. Chief, you can

[33:18] add to that.

[33:19] >> be an That would be an accurate

[33:21] statement. They're both '21 models. Um

[33:25] it's hard to tell. Sometimes we do

[33:27] really well with the auction and then

[33:29] sometimes we do less than what we

[33:32] uh anticipated. So, it's it's really

[33:34] hard to tell, sir, what we'll get for

[33:36] them because

[33:37] uh police cars are not a big demand for

[33:41] somebody buying a personal vehicle.

[33:43] >> Yeah.

[33:43] And so, when we know the new vehicles

[33:45] that we're going to purchase, when we do

[33:46] we expect to get those in?

[33:48] >> Well, as the city manager alluded to a

[33:51] while ago, sir,

[33:52] uh the reason that we do this early is

[33:55] it takes time and we get in line. So, if

[33:57] we order them now, um

[34:00] if y'all approve this tonight, uh we

[34:03] will

[34:05] put them on order and I anticipate about

[34:07] around February

[34:09] before we receive them or March of next

[34:12] year.

[34:14] And just to keep in mind, sir, that's

[34:17] just getting the vehicles here. That's

[34:19] not including the time to get them

[34:21] upfitted, sir.

[34:23] It usually takes about a month to a

[34:25] month and a half to have that taken care

[34:27] of.

[34:28] >> Thank you.

[34:29] >> Please, Chief, would you happen to know

[34:31] roughly how how much mileage do we get

[34:34] on a car? car before it needs to be

[34:36] retired? I know that it's mostly city

[34:39] driving. I I know, but I I'm just

[34:41] curious.

[34:42] >> So,

[34:44] um

[34:45] it varies in miles.

[34:48] One thing you have to keep in mind is

[34:49] what we try to follow as an industry

[34:51] standard. And our industry standard is 5

[34:54] years. You start getting beyond that,

[34:56] maintenance cost to keep the vehicle is

[34:58] going to cost you more than keeping it

[35:00] in

[35:00] >> So, it's not miles, but it's years.

[35:02] Okay.

[35:02] >> It's years in use of service, and then

[35:05] also cost is what that's based on.

[35:08] >> Okay. Thank you, sir.

[35:09] >> Yes, sir.

[35:13] » Are there any other questions?

[35:15] >> Yeah, I got one question on

[35:18] Sorry.

[35:19] On uh RS 2026 uh 035,

[35:24] I was looking over the contract proposal

[35:28] for the to put them out for the bids,

[35:31] and I noticed that there is no HUB men

[35:34] on there.

[35:36] They're all three big.

[35:47] The contract for the vehicles,

[35:50] there is no HUB bids on there.

[35:55] » There's typically not any HUBs for

[35:57] vehicle purchases. You're talking about

[35:59] historically underutilized businesses.

[36:01] >> Mhm.

[36:02] >> That's also no longer a requirement for

[36:04] the state comptroller.

[36:07] >> I'm pretty sure that I read it on here.

[36:09] Where is it at?

[36:12] >> Those rules changed under the um

[36:15] previous comptroller.

[36:25] » I just

[36:36] » But even with the prior rules, what we

[36:37] had to do was we were supposed to look

[36:39] to see if there was a hub in McLennan

[36:41] County and if there's not, then you

[36:42] don't have to have a hub.

[36:44] >> there is. Yeah, I don't think there is

[36:46] one here.

[36:47] >> Right.

[37:15] » And we're going through buy board,

[37:16] right?

[37:20] » Yes, sir. It is a buy board contract.

[37:28] » That's all I have.

[37:37] Any other questions?

[37:43] Is there a motion to approve RS

[37:45] 2026-035?

[37:49] 1 through 9.

[37:50] >> Yeah.

[37:57] » I make a motion to approve the consent

[37:59] agenda um number 3 through 9.

[38:04] » Is there a second?

[38:06] » I'll second it.

[38:09] >> Do any have discussion?

[38:14] Will the city secretary please call the

[38:15] council?

[38:16] >> Mayor Cleveland?

[38:17] >> Yes.

[38:18] >> Mayor pro tem Bainbridge?

[38:19] >> Yes.

[38:20] >> Councilman Gibson?

[38:21] >> Yes.

[38:21] >> Councilman Moore?

[38:25] » Abstain.

[38:31] » Councilman Wingate?

[38:32] >> Yes.

[38:33] >> And Councilman Boxford?

[38:35] >> Yes.

[38:35] >> The motion passes.

[38:42] » Next regular agenda,

[38:44] ordinances.

[38:47] OR 2026-08,

[38:50] consider memorandum

[38:52] ordinance amending chapter 9

[38:55] health and human services article 1 in

[38:57] general

[38:58] to make changes to local regulations

[39:01] relating to operation of mobile food

[39:04] units, MFUs,

[39:06] food trucks and mobile food truck mobile

[39:09] food vendors

[39:10] in conformance with House Bill 2844

[39:17] and regulations of the Texas Department

[39:20] of State Health Services first first

[39:22] reading.

[39:25] » Mayor, thank you. Um

[39:27] I'll I'll turn this over to our director

[39:30] of community development, uh Mr. Morris,

[39:32] but what we're basically trying to do is

[39:35] come in compliance with the new rules

[39:37] and regulations, and this effort has

[39:39] been coordinated with the public works

[39:41] department, the fire marshal, and the

[39:43] building official.

[39:47] Uh Mr. Mayor and council, y'all may

[39:48] recall back in March of 2025,

[39:52] we made a lot of amendments to our to

[39:55] our ordinance uh because we had so many

[39:58] illicit connections to our sewer system.

[40:02] Uh food trucks, mobile food units were

[40:04] dumping grease

[40:06] down the sewer, down cleanouts, and we

[40:09] had a lot of backups

[40:12] causing backups of of sewer into

[40:14] businesses and backing up into homes. We

[40:16] had just a lot of problems. We had

[40:19] illicit connections to our water system

[40:21] that were risking uh contamination of

[40:24] the entire water system. So, we made a

[40:27] bunch of changes back in March of 2025.

[40:30] Since then, the state of Texas has

[40:32] decided they're going to take over

[40:34] regulation of all mobile food units and

[40:37] the licensing and regulation of those,

[40:40] and they enacted new standards through

[40:42] the Texas Department of State Health

[40:44] Services. Uh basically, they've removed

[40:47] all local authority to regulate and

[40:48] oversee food trucks. Uh state will

[40:51] provide the inspections, and the state

[40:53] will collect the fees, and the state

[40:56] will issue the licenses. Um the city, we

[41:00] will continue to regulate locations. Uh

[41:05] they will be allowed in business and

[41:08] industrial zoning districts, and we will

[41:11] continue to limit the ability to connect

[41:14] to our water and sewer system so that we

[41:17] don't have sewer backups, and we don't

[41:19] have uh risk of cross-contamination to

[41:22] the potable water system.

[41:24] Our previous ordinance also restricted

[41:28] mobile food units to generators

[41:31] for power. We would like to rescind that

[41:34] and allow our food trucks uh in our

[41:37] community to hook up to a dedicated

[41:40] circuit

[41:41] uh from a uh from a a property, uh but

[41:46] they cannot daisy chain a bunch of

[41:48] extension cords and run it down the

[41:50] block. They got to plug into a dedicated

[41:53] outlet, uh and that's going to be for

[41:56] fire safety. We don't want We don't want

[41:58] fire issues. And

[42:00] um

[42:01] we we want to maintain that prohibition

[42:03] on connecting to the water and sewer

[42:04] system because we don't want to contaminate our

[42:07] drinking water, and we don't want to

[42:09] clog up our sewers.

[42:10] Um

[42:11] that's kind of the s-

[42:13] down and dirty summary. I'd be glad to

[42:15] try and answer any questions.

[42:16] >> Will they still have to move every 24

[42:18] hours?

[42:19] >> Nope.

[42:21] Kind of going back to the way we were.

[42:24] >> We're going to try to get all the ones

[42:25] we lost back to Bell Mead.

[42:28] >> That would be the hope. I think folks

[42:30] like their food trucks.

[42:32] There's a couple of them that I'm pretty

[42:33] fond of.

[42:34] >> Yep.

[42:38] » So, how how we going to monitor the

[42:39] illegal connections that they were doing

[42:41] illegal connections to the water system?

[42:43] >> I'm sorry, sir.

[42:44] >> How we going to monitor the You said

[42:45] that they were doing illegal connections

[42:46] to the water system.

[42:48] Is that correct?

[42:49] >> Correct.

[42:50] >> going to monitor that?

[42:51] >> We're going to

[42:51] >> And the grease trap?

[42:52] >> drive by and look and and check.

[42:56] >> Who is we?

[42:57] >> Code enforcement, fire department,

[42:59] public works. We're all of

[43:02] everybody chips in.

[43:04] >> I mean, so so how many food trucks have

[43:06] we lost since we put that ordinance into effect?

[43:09] >> Oh, I'd have to City secretary ran those

[43:13] licenses. I I

[43:16] if I was going to just ballpark it, I'd

[43:18] say three or four.

[43:21] Most of them complied. They didn't like

[43:24] having to move every 24 hours. It was

[43:26] inconvenient for them.

[43:27] >> We've also gained a couple, too.

[43:30] >> That's true.

[43:31] >> So, how many we have altogether?

[43:34] >> Right now?

[43:36] Maybe a dozen.

[43:39] » We got the one back up the street that

[43:40] was pretty good.

[43:41] >> Yeah, there's uh

[43:44] there's the red one up the street at the gas station. There's the one on

[43:47] the corner at the

[43:50] uh at the car wash. And and they those

[43:53] guys that's a big trailer and they're

[43:55] moving that.

[43:59] So, they you know, they can continue to

[44:01] move if they want to. They can continue

[44:02] to use generators if they want to, but

[44:04] if they want to connect to the power, we'll make sure that it's

[44:08] not going to catch on fire.

[44:12] » Will they be allowed to put the lights

[44:13] we had that

[44:15] one truck was asking about the the pole

[44:17] being put back in place that was

[44:18] removed? Are we going to allow that or

[44:20] >> I'm sorry. You do

[44:21] >> The one food truck that had contacted

[44:23] you and I

[44:24] in a while back

[44:25] >> in Hogan Lane and Burnside Circle.

[44:28] >> Like she was asking about the previous

[44:29] pole that

[44:30] >> Yeah, they're on the property They're on

[44:32] that property that's by that at the

[44:34] convenience store. Or if that

[44:35] convenience store wants to put a circuit

[44:37] in

[44:38] a plug for that, then they can connect

[44:41] to it.

[44:42] They will not have an in There won't be

[44:44] a like a vacant lot

[44:45] with a pole and a meter. It has to come

[44:48] off that

[44:48] >> off the store itself. Okay, I got you.

[44:54] » Any more questions?

[44:57] I think this is going to make a lot of

[44:58] people cuz a lot of people were

[45:00] not real happy when we enacted that

[45:02] other ordinance and now we're kind of

[45:04] going back. Thank you all.

[45:06] Appreciate it.

[45:09] » Is there any other questions?

[45:18] Is there a motion to approve the first

[45:21] reading

[45:22] for OR 2026-08?

[45:25] >> I'll make a motion to approve it.

[45:30] » Is there a second?

[45:32] >> I'll second it.

[45:34] >> Is there any Any other discussion?

[45:39] Will the city secretary please call the

[45:40] council?

[45:41] >> Councilman Gibson?

[45:42] >> Yes.

[45:43] >> Councilman Moore?

[45:44] >> Yes.

[45:46] >> Councilman Wingate?

[45:47] >> Yes.

[45:48] >> Councilman Box Board?

[45:49] >> Yes.

[45:50] >> Mayor Cleveland?

[45:51] >> Yes.

[45:51] >> And Mayor Pro Tem Bainbridge?

[45:53] >> Yes.

[45:54] >> Thank Motion passes.

[45:59] » OR

[46:01] 2026-08

[46:04] Consider memorandum ordinance amending

[46:06] chapter 9 health and human services

[46:08] article 1 in general to make changes to

[46:12] local regulations relating to the

[46:13] operation of mobile food units MFUs

[46:17] food trucks and mobile food truck

[46:18] vendors

[46:20] in conformance with HB 2844

[46:23] and the regulations of the state of

[46:25] Texas Department of State Health

[46:27] Services second reading.

[46:30] Any council members have any questions?

[46:34] Is there a motion to approve OR 2026 or

[46:37] 2026-808?

[46:39] Second reading.

[46:40] >> Motion to approve second reading.

[46:42] >> Is there a second?

[46:45] >> Second.

[46:47] >> Is there any other discussion?

[46:51] Will the city secretary please poll the

[46:52] council?

[46:53] >> Councilman Moore?

[46:55] >> Yes.

[46:55] >> Councilman Wingate?

[46:57] >> Yes.

[46:57] >> Councilman Foxworth?

[46:58] >> Yes.

[46:59] >> Mayor Kleinman?

[47:00] >> Yes.

[47:01] >> Mayor pro tem Bainbridge?

[47:02] >> Yes.

[47:03] >> And Councilman Gibson?

[47:04] >> Yes.

[47:05] >> Motion passes.

[47:15] » Next item

[47:16] OR 2026-09

[47:20] Consider ordinance

[47:22] amending master fee schedule attached

[47:25] appendix A for the city of Bellaire mean

[47:28] code of ordinances appendix B repealing

[47:30] all ordinances or of parts of the

[47:33] ordinance in conflict herewith providing

[47:36] for certain medical calls

[47:38] providing for in inclusions

[47:40] in code and providing for an effective

[47:42] date first reading first and second

[47:45] reading.

[47:48] » Thank you, Mayor. Um

[47:51] what you have before you is all the

[47:53] updates we have.

[47:54] Um this is what is new, what is

[47:58] required, what the new state laws are,

[48:01] what the new fees are,

[48:03] and what we always want to do is is

[48:05] always put them in one

[48:07] um,

[48:09] area.

[48:10] That way any council member or any

[48:11] citizen can literally go on the website

[48:14] or literally Google

[48:16] um,

[48:18] how much is something or what does this

[48:19] cost, if it's a fee, and they can

[48:22] literally pull it up without having to

[48:23] dig through the entire ordinance books

[48:25] and the various documents. So, this is

[48:27] the master fee schedule. And all these

[48:30] have been reviewed and approved by every

[48:33] uh, department director.

[48:35] Uh, the only fees that city council

[48:37] really doesn't have any control over, of

[48:38] course, are the court fees, cuz they're

[48:40] set by the judge.

[48:44] » I had a question, Mr. L.

[48:48] So, the drainage monthly drainage fund,

[48:49] is it actually working? Have we seen a

[48:51] reduction in in drainage and we had no

[48:54] rain early early part of the summertime.

[48:57] >> I'll address the first part of that, Mr.

[48:58] Reed. Yes, I have definitely seen an

[49:00] improvement in the

[49:02] in in at least the areas being cleaned.

[49:06] Um,

[49:07] for example, Concord, they probably hit

[49:09] that once a month.

[49:11] Um, and they hit the major areas. I know

[49:15] they've hit

[49:16] So, to answer your question, yes. Have

[49:18] we solved the problem? No. But, have we

[49:20] made it significantly better?

[49:22] Absolutely.

[49:23] Mr. Reed, do you want to add anything to

[49:24] that or does that kind of summarize it?

[49:28] >> Yeah.

[49:29] I think you did a great job summarizing.

[49:31] I would say that drainage is more than

[49:33] just structures that drain from one side

[49:35] of the road to the other. It's curbing

[49:36] gutters. So, we've started a program.

[49:39] Uh,

[49:40] council gave us uh, money to buy a

[49:41] Gator.

[49:43] And we use that Gator to go around the

[49:44] city and start spraying curbing gutter

[49:46] to kind of eliminate the grass that

[49:48] inundates some of our curbing gutter,

[49:49] which that grass introduces water into

[49:52] the sub layer of any street which causes

[49:55] a lot of problems.

[49:57] So, yes, I think you all have covered it

[49:58] very well.

[50:00] And we we got improvements to make. I

[50:02] think all the way across our department

[50:04] we can look at different things, but I

[50:05] think the drainage crew they put a lot

[50:08] into each day and they do everything

[50:09] they can. So, we'd love to hear feedback

[50:12] if there's certain areas that you feel

[50:14] like we may be missing.

[50:16] >> How much revenue is that generated?

[50:19] A a year?

[50:21] >> Yeah, I don't I don't know those exact

[50:22] figures today, but

[50:39] » I think that's on page 225 in your book.

[50:43] Somewhere around there.

[50:53] » The drainage fees generate about

[50:56] $450,000

[50:57] a year.

[50:59] >> And that 450 goes for like the the the

[51:02] equipment that we bought and

[51:04] paying those guys go out there and clean

[51:05] those gutters out.

[51:08] >> That is correct.

[51:10] » Anything else?

[51:13] » No, I I would just say we've got a a

[51:15] small team of three individuals and

[51:17] they're very committed. I'm very lucky

[51:19] to have them. So, I don't think they do

[51:20] a great job with the money that we have

[51:22] and and try to spend it

[51:24] uh I'd say in the best interest of the

[51:25] citizens here in Belmont.

[51:28] >> Thank you.

[51:35] » The water rate increases in the master

[51:37] fee schedule, is that for what's going

[51:39] forward on this next budget or are these

[51:42] going up and then it's going up again

[51:43] with the new budget?

[51:44] >> No.

[51:45] >> You want You want me to say something,

[51:46] Aaron? I Go ahead.

[51:48] >> Those are the rates that are included in

[51:49] the in this next upcoming budget.

[51:54] » So, are we able to approve them today

[51:56] with us not approving the budget yet?

[51:59] >> We're approving the master fee schedule.

[52:01] We can always amend that if you change

[52:02] it.

[52:04] >> The reason we have it on this

[52:07] on today's is because we have to take it

[52:10] to y'all twice.

[52:12] So, this is the first and second

[52:13] hearing.

[52:15] I can't talk today. First and second

[52:17] reading, and then the third reading will

[52:19] be at the September council meeting when

[52:22] you actually do approve the budget.

[52:25] » And then I see also that

[52:28] the carport permits, we ain't even had

[52:30] that permit out a year and it's already

[52:32] doubling on the permit fee.

[52:34] >> I saw that, too.

[52:58] » What page are you on?

[52:59] >> It would be page 92, sir.

[53:01] >> We compared all of these fees with our

[53:03] surrounding cities.

[53:14] » The only thing that's inspected during a

[53:15] carport is the footing, so I believe. Is

[53:18] that correct, or am I wrong? So, it's

[53:20] just a concrete

[53:23] inspection.

[53:25] No?

[53:25] >> Location.

[53:28] Setbacks, widths, depths.

[53:41] » Page uh

[53:42] Did you say

[53:44] >> 92.

[53:48] At least on my

[53:50] tablet it shows paid or sorry that we

[53:52] have carports is 92.

[54:02] Listed right under general permits.

[54:27] » You're in the council packet?

[54:29] >> Mhm. We're trying to find the page

[54:30] number.

[54:31] Oh, well, I don't have a hard copy. I'm

[54:33] on the tablet.

[54:34] >> Okay. Thanks.

[54:56] » Yes.

[54:57] >> It's in under the general permit. Keep

[54:59] going.

[55:00] >> In your budget book at 271.

[55:07] » I just figured they were numbered the

[55:08] same.

[55:20] So, which surrounding communities do we

[55:22] take these prices off of

[55:24] in comparison to what other cities are

[55:26] charging?

[55:41] » Yeah.

[55:42] >> It's under air urban that's

[55:55] » What was it before?

[55:57] >> What was the permit before? It was $100.

[55:59] It went from 100 to 200.

[56:02] >> It will next month.

[56:04] >> Or it will. Yeah, it will

[56:06] next month after the third reading.

[56:12] And I don't think that was I don't even

[56:13] think it's been a full year. I think we

[56:15] approved it in March or April. So, it

[56:17] ain't even been 6 months.

[56:54] » Do you want to

[56:56] move forward with that and have them do

[56:58] some more research and bring it back to

[57:00] you?

[57:00] Cuz you can always amend it.

[57:02] >> I was just curious cuz we I mean, it

[57:04] ain't even been an ordinance for 6

[57:06] months and it's already doubling before

[57:07] most people even get a fair shake at the

[57:09] first price.

[57:11] But, what's what other cities do we

[57:12] compare the ordinances to?

[57:15] >> Our peer cities usually around here. I

[57:17] don't know which one specifically on the

[57:19] carport, but

[57:20] >> We compare to Waco, Hewitt,

[57:23] um Robinson,

[57:26] all of the surrounding cities of this

[57:28] area.

[57:30] >> Well, I was just checking cuz I'm

[57:32] I've heard in the past on comparisons

[57:34] we've compared on different stuff from

[57:36] cities in the Metroplex and other

[57:38] places.

[57:39] So I was just curious if it was outside

[57:42] of McLennan County or everything inside

[57:44] McLennan County.

[57:45] >> No, we don't compare with cities outside

[57:47] McLennan County. We compare with the

[57:49] ones inside.

[57:50] >> I'm not aware of any comparison that we

[57:52] ever done.

[57:52] >> Well, when y'all done ordinance changes

[57:54] and stuff like that I've heard where

[57:55] y'all mimicked off of Grand Prairie or

[57:58] different places up in the Metroplex and

[58:00] compared Metroplex and compared to

[58:03] ordinances before. So I was just curious

[58:05] if we go outside.

[58:07] >> That is a valid that is a valid

[58:10] point

[58:11] and it is because

[58:13] their legal has already drafted it and

[58:16] I'd much rather give our city attorney a

[58:19] draft to review and approve

[58:21] rather than draft. Sorry, sir. It's

[58:24] cheaper.

[58:25] Because their legal has already approved

[58:27] it. So we just basically

[58:28] take what other cities have done and

[58:30] particularly when it comes to ordinances

[58:32] because they're very complex and very

[58:33] detailed. So yes, that is a good point

[58:36] but we I don't I don't believe in the

[58:38] last 8 years that we've ever compared

[58:40] fees

[58:42] to any Metroplex cities.

[58:45] >> Okay, thank you.

[58:50] And what's the garbage rate increases? I

[58:52] thought we were locked in in a deal.

[58:55] I see the dumpsters and everything have

[58:56] increased. Is that from the fuel rates

[58:59] or did that just naturally go up?

[59:02] >> Commercial those are all commercial.

[59:04] Residential rates did not go up at all.

[59:06] The only thing that went up

[59:08] were the

[59:10] commercial rates

[59:12] and we do compare those with our other

[59:15] peer cities.

[59:23] What I'm sorry, go ahead.

[59:25] >> And that's how we keep the residential

[59:27] rate low.

[59:29] >> Okay, well, it didn't say right here on

[59:32] commercial, so that's why I was asking.

[59:36] It just showed dumpster rates based on

[59:38] monthly billings.

[59:46] » Good questions.

[59:53] » I would also like to point out that many

[59:55] of these fees we are trying to recu-

[59:58] rec- recoup the cost of the employees

[1:00:02] that are going out there. It's supposed

[1:00:04] to be fee for service.

[1:00:06] So, we don't want the taxpayers to be

[1:00:08] subsidizing the services that are being

[1:00:11] provided, which is the reason that we

[1:00:14] try to

[1:00:15] think about how much does it cost for

[1:00:18] the specific employee to go out and

[1:00:20] provide this service.

[1:00:22] And so, how many times do they have to

[1:00:25] go out and provide this service? And

[1:00:27] then that's part of also how we try to

[1:00:29] come up with this fee so as to

[1:00:32] recoup the cost of the services.

[1:00:37] » I know one year I don't know if it was a

[1:00:39] couple of years ago they kept the tax

[1:00:41] rate

[1:00:41] >> Can you speak into the mic cuz we can't record it in the morning, yeah.

[1:00:44] >> Yeah, a couple of years ago, I don't

[1:00:45] know if it was 2 years ago, but doing

[1:00:47] the budget we kept the tax rate the

[1:00:49] same, but we increased everything on the

[1:00:51] master fee schedule. What year was that

[1:00:52] in?

[1:00:55] >> Ooh.

[1:00:56] >> That was 24.

[1:00:58] >> It would've been one of It wasn't last

[1:00:59] year, probably the maybe the year

[1:01:00] before.

[1:01:01] >> I don't remember.

[1:01:03] >> I will say that increasing the rates on

[1:01:06] the master fee schedule

[1:01:07] are they do not bring in significant

[1:01:10] revenues

[1:01:14] other than the water sewer rates.

[1:01:16] So, the onesy-twosy fees they just they

[1:01:20] don't bring in significant revenues.

[1:01:28] » I got a one quick question. The addition of a fee for the hometown

[1:01:34] hero banner program.

[1:01:37] >> Yes, sir. I'm glad you asked that.

[1:01:40] That's an exciting program.

[1:01:41] >> out of her. I'm happy now.

[1:01:44] >> That's an exciting program that we want

[1:01:46] to bring to y'all.

[1:01:47] Um so

[1:01:50] Civic Center I I hope you've noticed the

[1:01:52] banners that are that we have flying out

[1:01:54] front.

[1:01:55] >> Mhm.

[1:01:55] >> We're going to have more. And one of the

[1:01:58] new programs that we have come up with

[1:02:00] is Hometown Heroes. And so what we want

[1:02:02] to do is promote this to the citizens

[1:02:06] and if you are a veteran, your family

[1:02:09] member's a veteran, you're a first

[1:02:11] responder,

[1:02:12] you can basically buy a banner and we

[1:02:14] will put it out there. We'll say

[1:02:17] um

[1:02:18] Jonathan Smart is a hometown hero and

[1:02:21] we'll put his face on that banner and

[1:02:24] we'll fly it during, you know, specific

[1:02:27] times of the year. And then when we're

[1:02:29] done, he gets to keep that banner and

[1:02:32] then his family can fly it on their

[1:02:33] little flagpole and it costs $75. And

[1:02:36] we'll do that every year.

[1:02:39] And so

[1:02:40] >> Well, they used to do that in the

[1:02:41] newspaper back in the day, back in the

[1:02:44] 80s, 90s up till about then and then

[1:02:46] social media kind of took over the

[1:02:48] program. So

[1:02:49] the verbage caught my attention, so

[1:02:52] >> Yeah, so we're thinking like around

[1:02:54] Veterans Day, Memorial Day, those type

[1:02:56] of days will be those type of

[1:02:59] around that time of year will

[1:03:02] we'll fly those banners. And so we we

[1:03:05] had to get it on the fee schedule before

[1:03:07] we can develop it and kick it off.

[1:03:12] » I got one more question.

[1:03:14] The senior room, that's that little

[1:03:16] building right behind the baseball field

[1:03:18] that we use for storage now, or has it

[1:03:20] been completed and remodeled?

[1:03:22] >> No, actually the senior room is in the

[1:03:24] civic center. We have the senior room,

[1:03:26] the Lions room, and the auditorium.

[1:03:29] You're thinking of the old senior

[1:03:32] center, which has been uh

[1:03:34] re-commissioned into the parks

[1:03:36] maintenance building.

[1:03:39] >> Okay.

[1:03:58] Do you have any other questions?

[1:04:06] » I have one real quick.

[1:04:10] I don't know where I read this so and it

[1:04:12] may have been one of the tow shops that

[1:04:15] I deal with. I heard that

[1:04:17] the towing fees are going to change for

[1:04:20] McLennan County here soon.

[1:04:27] » Y'all actually passed an ordinance

[1:04:29] regarding tows and we have a maximum uh

[1:04:33] for Bell Mead of what they can

[1:04:35] >> Okay.

[1:04:36] >> Mhm.

[1:04:37] >> All right. That's it.

[1:04:38] >> And that's actually in this fee

[1:04:39] schedule.

[1:04:40] >> that's what I was saying. That's That's

[1:04:41] up here in the master fee schedule right

[1:04:42] here.

[1:04:43] Record resolution.

[1:04:45] It's a $100 tow.

[1:04:47] >> Yeah, that's what we were talking about

[1:04:48] earlier with the registration.

[1:04:49] >> Yeah, she caught where I was fixing to

[1:04:51] go with it so yeah, we're good.

[1:04:55] That's all I had there.

[1:05:04] » Is there a motion to approve OR 2026-09

[1:05:08] first and second reading?

[1:05:12] » I'll make the motion to approve OR

[1:05:15] 2026-09.

[1:05:19] » Is there a second?

[1:05:20] >> I'll second it.

[1:05:22] >> Is there any other discussion?

[1:05:26] Will the city secretary please call the

[1:05:27] council?

[1:05:28] >> Councilman Wingate?

[1:05:31] » Yes.

[1:05:32] >> Councilman Boxpart?

[1:05:34] >> Yes.

[1:05:34] >> Mayor Cleveland?

[1:05:35] >> Yes.

[1:05:37] >> Mayor pro tem Bainbridge?

[1:05:38] >> Yes.

[1:05:39] >> Councilman Gibson?

[1:05:40] >> Yes.

[1:05:41] >> And Councilman Moore?

[1:05:42] >> Yes.

[1:05:43] >> Okay, motion passes.

[1:05:48] » Is there a motion

[1:05:51] to approve OR 2026-09 second reading?

[1:06:06] » I'll make a motion to um pass OR 2026-09

[1:06:11] second reading.

[1:06:13] >> Is there a second?

[1:06:19] » I'll second it.

[1:06:21] >> Is there any other discussion?

[1:06:25] Will the city secretary please call the

[1:06:27] council?

[1:06:27] >> Councilman Boxpart?

[1:06:28] >> Yes.

[1:06:29] >> Mayor Cleveland?

[1:06:30] >> Yes.

[1:06:31] >> Mayor pro tem Bainbridge?

[1:06:32] >> Yes.

[1:06:33] >> Councilman Gibson?

[1:06:34] >> Yes.

[1:06:35] >> Councilman Moore?

[1:06:36] >> Yes.

[1:06:37] >> And Councilman Wingate?

[1:06:38] >> Yes.

[1:06:39] >> Motion passes.

[1:06:44] » Now we go to executive session.

[1:06:50] Uh

[1:06:51] Adam 12

[1:06:54] DS 2026-02

[1:06:57] budget Q&A.

[1:07:02] » Thank you, Mayor.

[1:07:03] We've had three workshops and I talked

[1:07:05] to the mayor, asked him how we wanted to

[1:07:07] handle this and he figured this would be

[1:07:09] as good of a time as any that anybody

[1:07:11] that has any questions we would sure

[1:07:13] like to discuss them and give you

[1:07:15] appropriate answers, hopefully.

[1:07:40] » Anybody like to ask any questions over

[1:07:41] the budget?

[1:07:52] » Did y'all say we're not giving cost of

[1:07:54] living allowances this year you all are

[1:07:56] trying to change to a new program?

[1:07:59] If I remember correctly from 2 months

[1:08:02] ago.

[1:08:03] >> Yes, sir. There are no Cola uh increases

[1:08:06] for employees this year.

[1:08:14] » Surrounding cities are giving employees

[1:08:16] a Cola.

[1:08:18] >> Yeah, they're doing anywhere from about

[1:08:19] 2. I think 2.8 to 3.5, 3.8.

[1:08:24] Um

[1:08:25] what we are going to try to offset it

[1:08:27] with is

[1:08:28] uh they've been after asking for a

[1:08:30] while. What we'll do is we'll go to the

[1:08:32] uh retirement system which will benefit

[1:08:34] the employees in the long run.

[1:08:36] Which the state now authorizes from 7 to

[1:08:38] 8 so we will do that.

[1:08:40] Um but I

[1:08:43] You've asked for conservative budgets.

[1:08:45] >> Yes, sir.

[1:08:47] >> Would Would I love to do a Cola?

[1:08:51] But the numbers just were not there this

[1:08:53] year.

[1:08:54] >> Yeah, isn't that no good, man?

[1:08:56] >> I I

[1:08:57] >> but I'm like you know, we got we got

[1:08:58] some hard working employees.

[1:09:00] >> We do.

[1:09:00] >> That's the around the town

[1:09:01] >> So, how

[1:09:02] >> is working hard.

[1:09:02] >> And they will get married. They will get

[1:09:04] married increases.

[1:09:05] >> His own is this kind of that's uh

[1:09:07] subjective.

[1:09:09] merits

[1:09:10] >> Right. And if I'm

[1:09:13] I know finance. The rest of directors

[1:09:15] don't want to hear this, but if if the

[1:09:17] numbers look favorable

[1:09:19] I won't I've never done this before, but

[1:09:21] if the numbers look favorable, I'll be

[1:09:22] the first one to come back to you

[1:09:25] mid-year, January and say, "Hey, can we

[1:09:27] amend the budget to give COLAs?" I want

[1:09:30] to feel comfortable with the numbers.

[1:09:32] We're only going with the voter approval

[1:09:34] rate.

[1:09:35] So, that's really all the money that we

[1:09:37] had.

[1:09:39] You want to add anything? I mean, we've

[1:09:40] tried to

[1:09:41] every which way.

[1:09:44] And this isn't not a surprise to the

[1:09:46] employees. We've talked to them. They

[1:09:48] understand.

[1:09:50] Um

[1:09:51] >> But will we see any drop from employees?

[1:09:54] Will they look to seek elsewhere because

[1:09:56] they'll get those COLAs or is that going

[1:09:58] to affect anything on us losing

[1:10:00] employees?

[1:10:01] >> I don't think so because the directors

[1:10:04] have done a pretty good job.

[1:10:06] Now, some some positions just have a high

[1:10:09] turnover. Let's just be honest with it.

[1:10:11] They just do.

[1:10:13] But I think overall the employees see

[1:10:17] what this council is trying to do and

[1:10:19] that is retain employees and get them

[1:10:22] thinking long-term. Why don't you think

[1:10:25] about staying at Bel Meade for 5, 10, 15

[1:10:28] years instead of coming here for 2

[1:10:31] years?

[1:10:32] I think the retirement system will be an

[1:10:35] absolute huge draw.

[1:10:38] Because employees are looking at that

[1:10:40] now. They're thinking

[1:10:41] um

[1:10:42] What am I going to do 10 years from now?

[1:10:45] Am I going to have a paycheck? And yes,

[1:10:47] TMRS retirement system is as good as

[1:10:49] they come.

[1:10:51] >> When is that going to go into When is

[1:10:52] that going to affect?

[1:10:53] >> January is when we have it programmed,

[1:10:56] correct?

[1:10:57] >> 27

[1:10:59] >> Yeah, I'm going yeah, like four four

[1:11:01] months.

[1:11:02] >> And when you say program, what what do

[1:11:04] you mean?

[1:11:05] >> The um

[1:11:07] the TMRS right now is 7 to 1, it'll go 8

[1:11:10] to 1. Karen, you want to add any more

[1:11:12] details to that?

[1:11:16] » I have the rate built into the budget to

[1:11:19] go into effect January 1st. So, what we

[1:11:22] will need to do is bring an ordinance

[1:11:25] resolution to y'all um in November,

[1:11:28] December for y'all to approve that, and

[1:11:31] that way we'll send that to TMRS and it

[1:11:33] can become effective in January.

[1:11:38] » And it's going to be better is it going

[1:11:40] to be better for the employees?

[1:11:41] >> Absolutely, yes, sir.

[1:11:42] >> And and what way?

[1:11:45] How's it going to be better? I'm just

[1:11:46] asking cuz

[1:11:47] I know there's a lot of people with the

[1:11:49] everything going up except paycheck, and

[1:11:51] it's just tough.

[1:11:52] So, I'm just asking cuz I've always had

[1:11:54] a good

[1:11:55] employee.

[1:11:56] >> Right.

[1:11:57] >> And I would

[1:11:58] hire an employee.

[1:12:00] >> Right. And we actually talked to some of

[1:12:02] our employees. What Which would you

[1:12:03] rather have? That was a That was a

[1:12:05] discussion point. Would you rather have

[1:12:06] a COLA, or would you rather us increase

[1:12:09] your TMRS?

[1:12:10] And the answer was increase your TMRS

[1:12:13] because that's long-term. We could look

[1:12:15] at the short-term, or we could look

[1:12:17] long-term. And our employees said we

[1:12:19] want to look long-term.

[1:12:21] Um

[1:12:22] >> have we had

[1:12:23] that was with the city over 10 years?

[1:12:25] >> Sir?

[1:12:25] >> How many employees have we had that has

[1:12:27] been with the city

[1:12:29] 10 years?

[1:12:29] >> 10 years.

[1:12:33] » I don't know offhand.

[1:12:34] >> Yeah, off top of my head I don't know. I

[1:12:36] know that it's gone from like 3 and 1/2

[1:12:38] to over 5. They have correct.

[1:12:41] >> When

[1:12:42] back in 2018, 2019, I was track I've

[1:12:45] been tracking the average tenure, and

[1:12:47] our average tenure was around three years.

[1:12:51] Um and now it's ticking up to around six

[1:12:53] years. And we're hoping to push that up.

[1:12:55] And we think that raising the re

[1:12:57] uh, increasing our retirement rate will

[1:12:59] continue to make people stay here

[1:13:01] longer.

[1:13:02] Because when people leave, it

[1:13:07] we have to retrain, we have to recruit.

[1:13:09] It costs the city more money, and we

[1:13:10] lose all of that knowledge that they

[1:13:13] have.

[1:13:14] Um,

[1:13:16] so we we do think it's going to be a

[1:13:17] huge benefit to the city.

[1:13:20] And to our employees to raise that

[1:13:21] retirement benefit.

[1:13:23] >> one more question. What what's the

[1:13:24] increase on the retirement?

[1:13:26] And what's it going to increase to?

[1:13:27] >> It's going to go from a 7%

[1:13:30] um, employee contribution with a

[1:13:33] two-to-one match to 8%.

[1:13:38] » It's um, while while we're up in that up

[1:13:42] it's probably not going to benefit

[1:13:45] somebody like perhaps me or

[1:13:49] perhaps Fred that's that's towards the

[1:13:51] end of their career that maybe has you

[1:13:54] know, three, four, five years left.

[1:13:56] Where you will see a tremendous benefit

[1:13:59] is for that employee

[1:14:01] um, well, I'll just pick on those two

[1:14:04] back there, Mr. Womack and Mr. Smart. It

[1:14:06] will make a tremendous benefit to them

[1:14:09] when they get ready to retire at 25 or

[1:14:12] 30 years.

[1:14:14] Um,

[1:14:15] if I would have had

[1:14:17] this back when I started,

[1:14:21] my retirement check in the future would

[1:14:23] have been considerably

[1:14:25] much more.

[1:14:26] So it it's a significant change.

[1:14:29] Um,

[1:14:30] I I think it's a good long-term

[1:14:33] solution. Especially for the young ones,

[1:14:35] cuz the young ones are who we're trying

[1:14:37] to

[1:14:38] and nothing against the guys that have

[1:14:39] been here, the Billy Havinkers that have

[1:14:40] been here

[1:14:41] what, 310 years or what or is it 31

[1:14:44] years? I can't don't

[1:14:46] 34.

[1:14:47] Um, but it is a huge benefit to the ones

[1:14:50] that are coming in.

[1:14:51] And I know it'll be a huge recruiting

[1:14:55] tool

[1:14:57] because we're going to be one of the few

[1:14:58] that have that in the area.

[1:15:01] >> I would have to my last question to you.

[1:15:02] What about those employees that are

[1:15:04] going to like those uh

[1:15:05] See the lady watching on the windows

[1:15:07] every day.

[1:15:08] I come up here. Is it going to benefit

[1:15:09] her? Is that a no?

[1:15:11] She benefit from it or does she or does

[1:15:13] it have tiers on it or might

[1:15:16] » It'll It'll benefit everybody. It's just

[1:15:18] going to benefit the younger ones that

[1:15:20] plan on staying here 5, 10, 15 years a

[1:15:23] lot more than it will somebody

[1:15:25] like our custodian.

[1:15:27] >> And they left with them, what would they

[1:15:30] find? It's not the It's not the

[1:15:31] >> No. Teacher retirement system follows

[1:15:33] them.

[1:15:33] >> It follows them but they're going to

[1:15:36] have to find a city

[1:15:38] that goes

[1:15:39] My retirement follows me from Woodway to

[1:15:43] Bellmead.

[1:15:44] But

[1:15:45] they're If they leave here, they're

[1:15:47] going to have to find a city, correct me

[1:15:49] if I'm wrong, a city that matches it

[1:15:52] eight has the 8% or else they're going

[1:15:53] to take a pay a cut in pay.

[1:15:56] You want to clarify that?

[1:16:01] » I I can't hear everything that's being

[1:16:03] asked.

[1:16:04] Um but I think I

[1:16:07] Did you ask if it follows from

[1:16:09] >> No, I was like I'm working for my school

[1:16:10] teacher right now that Texas Teacher

[1:16:12] Retirement

[1:16:13] The teacher retirement system follows

[1:16:15] me. I left them WISD and I went to

[1:16:17] Conroe this year, right? But my

[1:16:18] retirement follows me.

[1:16:20] >> Okay.

[1:16:20] >> was at My question was those employees

[1:16:22] that

[1:16:23] say on the lower scale of the pay and

[1:16:25] they go somewhere else with the

[1:16:27] this TMRS, did I say it correctly? Would

[1:16:29] that follow that employee?

[1:16:31] >> Yes, sir. If they go So and we also are

[1:16:37] It also uh

[1:16:39] So the counties and the school districts

[1:16:41] we could it

[1:16:43] it's kind of like a sister program with.

[1:16:46] Um but yes, it does. So, if if one of

[1:16:49] our employees was to go to the city of

[1:16:50] Hewitt, city of Lorena, city of

[1:16:52] Robinson, yes, that time goes to that

[1:16:55] other city. So, it does follow them.

[1:16:58] >> Okay. That was my question.

[1:17:00] >> Yes.

[1:17:00] >> Sorry, I complicated it.

[1:17:05] Okay.

[1:17:07] >> Any other thoughts? I'm sorry. Yes, sir.

[1:17:11] I'm just going to say any other

[1:17:12] thoughts, questions?

[1:17:13] >> So, one of the things that came up,

[1:17:16] I believe it was the parks

[1:17:18] uh

[1:17:19] during the discussion, there was some

[1:17:21] things about like them needing a dump

[1:17:23] trailer. Now, some of the big equipment

[1:17:25] I know is way out of out of reach. But

[1:17:27] is there's some of the

[1:17:29] where we could work it where they could

[1:17:31] get the dump trailer so that they can

[1:17:32] move

[1:17:34] I think it's a two-wheel trailer to

[1:17:37] haul the lawnmower.

[1:17:40] I have to go back and look at my notes,

[1:17:41] but

[1:17:41] >> Yeah, there there is there is trucks,

[1:17:44] drainage trailers, server patrol units,

[1:17:47] consoles, and a fire marshal's truck all

[1:17:49] in the capital outlay. So, yes, all

[1:17:51] those have been addressed.

[1:17:52] >> Okay. Because that's one of the things,

[1:17:54] you know, if you can't

[1:17:58] pay more

[1:17:59] because of restraints, then what can we

[1:18:02] do to help improve their job and make it

[1:18:04] easier? So, you know, that's why I'm

[1:18:06] looking at it that away is, you know,

[1:18:09] even if we're trading one piece of

[1:18:10] equipment from one department to another

[1:18:12] and buying a piece of equipment that

[1:18:14] department needs and swapping, you know,

[1:18:15] to kind of

[1:18:17] help balance out instead of buying two

[1:18:19] trailers.

[1:18:20] >> Yes, sir.

[1:18:21] That's pretty valid. Yes, we're taking

[1:18:23] care of that.

[1:18:43] » All right.

[1:18:45] Thank you unless there's any other

[1:18:46] questions.

[1:18:49] » I think Councilman Gibson had to

[1:18:51] run to the back room real quick.

[1:19:25] » Executive session?

[1:19:28] >> Waiting on Gibson.

[1:19:29] >> Waiting to see if there's any other

[1:19:30] questions.

[1:19:32] Mr. Gibson's not in here.

[1:19:43] » I do have a water question, but it's not

[1:19:46] particular with the budget while we're

[1:19:47] waiting.

[1:19:49] So,

[1:19:50] the building on

[1:19:53] Hogan and Paris that we tore down.

[1:19:59] >> Yes, sir.

[1:20:00] >> Okay. So, we removed that and well, I

[1:20:03] think they're still in the middle of

[1:20:04] cleaning up on part of it and the

[1:20:06] concrete and stuff.

[1:20:07] Is there

[1:20:09] any thoughts from our last meeting that

[1:20:12] we discussed about

[1:20:14] because of the room constraints behind

[1:20:16] the building of maybe possibly moving

[1:20:20] the animals to that location and putting

[1:20:22] a privacy fence around the tower?

[1:20:30] » I I we have a we can look at that, sure.

[1:20:33] >> Yeah, I was just

[1:20:34] >> Yeah, but can look at that.

[1:20:35] >> the last time we talked it was during

[1:20:37] y'all's meeting is that, you know, some

[1:20:39] of the restraints that they had was like

[1:20:42] parking area out back that

[1:20:45] >> But that was in public

[1:20:46] >> Pro wants to expand a little bit, but

[1:20:48] that takes parking space. So,

[1:20:51] since we cleared off that space is that

[1:20:53] something that y'all have looked at?

[1:20:56] >> We're talking about for public works

[1:20:58] vehicle or moving animal control out

[1:21:00] there from here?

[1:21:02] >> Well, where the animals are, not

[1:21:03] control. Control is part of the PD, but

[1:21:06] I'm saying like

[1:21:08] where the animals are housed.

[1:21:09] >> They're housed here on this parking lot,

[1:21:11] right?

[1:21:12] >> Right.

[1:21:12] >> Yeah.

[1:21:13] so

[1:21:14] to create more space here

[1:21:17] moving it to that tower area and looking

[1:21:20] at what it would cost to build a a fence

[1:21:23] or a building.

[1:21:24] I've seen other cities around here that

[1:21:27] they've built a a steel building with

[1:21:29] air conditioning and they've got kennels

[1:21:31] inside which are basically

[1:21:34] chain link fence with the steel fence poles anchored to the

[1:21:38] concrete and they're usually 6-8 ft

[1:21:41] tall.

[1:21:42] And they have, you know, open

[1:21:43] ventilation across them. I mean, you

[1:21:45] know, that's money, but it's

[1:21:48] some of the problems looking forward is

[1:21:51] that something we're looking at maybe

[1:21:52] possibly doing in that area because

[1:21:55] that's kind of a where the old fire

[1:21:56] station was is kind of an empty spot

[1:21:59] now.

[1:21:59] >> Right.

[1:22:00] We can sure look at it.

[1:22:02] >> You know what I'm saying? And then

[1:22:05] it's Chief Hall, but I'm just saying,

[1:22:06] you know, like trying to come up with a

[1:22:08] solution to a problem before it becomes

[1:22:11] a bigger problem.

[1:22:12] >> Okay, we can sure look at that and we're open to any suggestions.

[1:22:25] » I'm sorry.

[1:22:30] » Councilman Gibson, did you have any more

[1:22:32] Q&A questions?

[1:22:33] >> I'm good.

[1:22:34] >> Okay.

[1:22:35] There'll be no more Q&A questions. We'll

[1:22:37] close that part out.

[1:22:39] Go to executive executive session.

[1:22:48] Constitution

[1:22:49] with legal counsel

[1:22:52] for the city pursuant to Texas

[1:22:54] Government Code

[1:22:56] 551071

[1:22:59] to receive confidential legal advice

[1:23:01] concerning written complaints regarding

[1:23:03] the conduct of an elected

[1:23:05] city council member including

[1:23:08] the member's request for

[1:23:11] and use of attorney fees attorney

[1:23:13] services and authority

[1:23:16] of the individual council member to

[1:23:19] request such services on behalf of the

[1:23:21] city the city responsibility for

[1:23:24] resulting legal fees

[1:23:27] and the city's available options to

[1:23:29] remedy.

[1:23:31] We'll convene an executive session at

[1:23:33] 7:54.

[1:24:58] » Mics are on.

[1:25:02] >> Okay.

[1:25:04] Reconvene at 9:17.

[1:25:07] Line item 13, the city council may

[1:25:10] reconvene in a regular session and take

[1:25:13] any action

[1:25:14] authorized by law on the matters

[1:25:16] considered in the closed meeting as

[1:25:19] required by the Texas Open Meetings Act.

[1:25:22] At this time, we've given the city

[1:25:24] attorney direction and we will reconvene

[1:25:28] on that on the next meeting.

[1:25:34] Last item, adjournment.

[1:25:36] Is there a motion

[1:25:38] to adjourn there being no further

[1:25:40] business on the agenda?

[1:25:41] >> So moved.

[1:25:42] >> Is there a second?

[1:25:44] >> I second it.

[1:25:45] >> I see a second. Please call the council.

[1:25:47] >> Mayor Cleveland.

[1:25:48] >> Yes.

[1:25:49] >> Mayor Pro Tem Bainbridge.

[1:25:51] >> Yes.

[1:25:51] >> Councilman Moore.

[1:25:53] >> So

[1:25:54] moved.

[1:25:55] >> Councilman Wingate.

[1:25:56] >> Yes.

[1:25:57] >> Councilman

[1:25:59] >> Motion passes.

[1:26:06] » I was about to

[1:26:06] >> We're adjourned at 9:18.

[1:26:10] >> Did you have anything

2026 08 11 18 30 35

Transcript