We were messing around one day and one
of the girls at work her husband was
in college.
Hang on.
» It's a queen.
» [clears throat]
>> Thank you for coming tonight. Um, I'd
like to ask you to silence your phones
and join us for an invocation and then
the pledge.
Stephanie, would you offer our
invocation tonight?
>> Sure.
>> Heavenly Father, we just come to you
this evening and we just ask for your
grace and your provision. We just ask
that you help us with making decisions
uh that is best for the community and we
just ask for your peace and we thank you
for this weather that we're having. We
just ask that you cool it down just a
little bit. And uh yeah, thanks Lord.
And we pray these things in your
precious name. Amen.
>> Amen.
>> Please join me in the pledge. I pledge
allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
» All right, the next item on the agenda
is items of community interest. Um, I
don't think there's a lot of big
[snorts] events this month. If I'm other
than school starting, if you guys think
of anything, does anybody in the public
have a meet um item they'd like for us
to know about?
If not, then we're going to move on to
the city manager report.
>> This is mostly good news for the week.
Uh, the bid came in on the rock and
draining project well below the
engineers estimate and we will be
awarding that project at the next
meeting. The estimate within the $2
million range and the base bid was
alternative bids. All came in at
a,ion300,000
uh and change. The lowest bidder was
wall contractor LLC from Denton. They're
highly recommended company. We look
forward to working with them. As you
would will recall, we are self-funding
this project with Surface Funds. This is
uh the project that we're doing uh the
resolution
2026-23
for financing. If we'd need to borrow
money for this project, I don't think we
will, but better safe than sorry. And
this was recommended by Governor
Capital, our financial advisors. The low
bidder for the Glenn Hills Lift Station,
which you're voting on tonight, is Venus
Construction Company. Their bid was of
$800,299.79,
was $400,000 lower than the previous bid
that we had. Initially, we bid out the
project before we had a clear easement
to build the lift station. So that the
project had to be rebid because of the
amount of time it took to get get the
easement. It turns out that we will save
around $400,000.
This project is being funded by alone
with the Texas Water Development Board.
Uh if you recall, the legislature passed
the bill that requires we have a
wildfireification plan in place by
January 2027.
uh which is this coming January. We g
the information uh that the cost of the
wildfire mitigation plan and utility
pole inspection plan would both cost
around $200,000 to have professional
engineers write the plans for us. Javis
Kirk Higgins uh met with a company to do
the pole inspection for us and we'll be
able to write a plan that should work.
However, we con were concerned with the
wirefire mitigation plan would be very
difficult for us to figure out what the
PUC wanted as a plan because they had
not given anyone a template for what
they wanted. Uh at the TPPA meeting last
month, I let the head of the PUC know
that smaller utilities like us were
having problem financing the plant
because we did not have the financial
resources that larger utilities have.
Right. After I spoke, a couple of people
who work for Impact Engineering
approached me and said that they could
do a wildfireification
plan at a reasonable cost. Two gentlemen
from Impact came week before last and
told us about their process and we've
decided to work with them to put the
plan together at a much lower cost than
we initially thought. We should have a
mitigation plan well before the date
will outline in January.
>> Any questions? So that 200,000 estimate
is that for the pole inspection and the
plan together?
>> Yeah, that's what I put in the budget
for those things both together. So it
looks like we're going to come out on
the good on that.
>> Is that the I mean what what is the I
mean what are they looking for? I guess
you don't really know.
>> We really don't know. Uh you just pretty
much have and see if they'll approve.
>> Wow.
>> Yeah, that's what we say too. Wow.
Any other questions?
» All right. Well, let's move on to the
public hearing which is for the
municipal budget. We are going to open
the public hearing at
605
and Bart is going to present the budget. Council members, you have
budget in your packet.
So would you mind presenting it to the
council and the public?
>> And a quick overview of the budget. You
all have a copy of it. Should have u the
utility fund will have revenue of
13,50,90.
Uh we budgeted for expenses 13,9,000
50 which will leave us a surplus of
balance in the utility fund of $41,037.
The general fund revenue should be
around 13 million71,861.
Uh expenses in the general fund uh will
be in the vicinity of uh 13,278,431
uh which will give us a $423,430
surplus. The total surplus for both
revenue and general fund will be
$464,467.
Hopefully the majority of that surplus
we'll use on the rocking pillar along
with some other surplus fund. Uh the tax
rate uh is budgeted at 0.575 per $100
valuation which will bring us in
2,990,988.
Uh the certified values this year were
520,71,84.
Any questions?
the
[snorts]
departmental contract services, they
went down quite a bit.
>> Yeah.
>> From last iteration to this one.
>> That was that was a mistake I made when
I was doing the budget. I left revenue
of $200,000 out of the
general fund, uh, which, uh, I shouldn't
have left out because we're spending
that money on Rocket Pillar.
We're using surplus funds. So, messed it
up. So, I had to move numbering around.
So,
>> I mean, it looks like
>> I fixed it before we did the budget. So,
>> it brings it in line with what we've
been actually spending.
>> Yeah.
>> So,
[clears throat]
>> so I want I want the public to be aware
that this budget is online. If you want
to go through it [clears throat]
at home, your phone, wherever. If
anybody wants a copy of it, give me your
email address and I'll send you a copy
of it.
» So, did anybody have any I'm assuming
you all went all over it. So, if anybody
had any questions
>> or are we going with the
contingency for the health insurance? Is
that going to be more most in line? I
sent y'all an email this week about what
our insurance advisory company said.
They're still battling with Blue Cross
Blue Shield. There was I think five or
six companies that turned down uh our
policies because of basically you could
call it the experience rate. uh we have
uh some sick people or a lot of claims,
let's put it like that. And so they're
trying to negotiate with Blue Cross Blue
Shield and they still don't have us a
solid number yet. That's why I left that
contingency in there.
>> Does the public have any questions?
council.
» Okay. Well, I'm about to close the
public hearing.
So, if that's the case, then we'll close
the public hearing at 609.
[snorts]
Now, we'll open the podium to public
comments if anybody has any.
Um, I ask you to go to the podium and
state your name. And if Barbara needs
you to spell it,
My name is uh Isaiah Durr.
>> You want to spell that last name?
>> Uh Durr. D E R R.
» So
am I. Good to
>> go ahead.
>> Okay. Uh, members of the council and
citizens of Buouie, I'm Isaiah Durr and
I'd like to publicly oppose the idea of
having automatic license plate reader
cameras or ALPRs, otherwise known as
flock cameras in our town. In this day
and age, we live in a uh constant
surveillance state with our smartphones
containing age verification, facial
recognition, web cookies, ad tracking,
and thumbrint scanning. It's no secret
that online scr uh security should
always be our priority. So, why are we
not embracing further? So, why are we
embracing a further breach of our
privacy? A LPRs have been reported to
identify your Bluetooth chips, uh, track
your individual phone, not just your
plate number, and have been reported to
pick up residential conversations
despite flocks claim that they are
unable to do so. Some ALPR, such as the
Flock Commodore, have been proven to
physically track humans in their phone
screens. The argument can be made that
there is no expectation of privacy on
public roadways but with devices like
the flock drone and flock condor. How
are we to feel safe in the fact that our
residential privacy is not in jeopardy?
In addition to this, there have been
several reports of officers of the law
misusing ALPRs for personal use or
failing to use these tools for what they
intended to do. The statistics for
violent crimes being solved with ALPRs
is shockingly low. and in an area with
such a low crime rate, I failed to
understand what our community would gain
from the installation. Aside from an
unnecessary infiltration of our daily
lives, obviously, I'm not the only
citizen concerned with this matter. I
have lived in Buoie my entire life, and
just like many of you, I contribute to
the local economy, and my taxes benefit
our local systems, just like many of
you. The petition to have ALPR's banned
in our city is nearing the required
amount of signatures. And I implore you,
my neighbors and friends, to consider
adding your name to stand up for the
privacy and safety of our people. Thank
you for your time.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
» Anybody else?
>> Oh gosh.
» Uh, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
My name is Wes Stell. I've lived here in
town uh I guess jeez since 1973.
Uh, grandpa bought the shop, dad run it.
I got to run it for a while. Um, as far
as the flock cameras go, uh, I somewhat
do agree with the young man. The
residential privacy, especially in a
town like this, is very important to a
lot of us. That's why we've moved here.
That's why we like living in a small
town like this. Everybody knows
everybody. It's kind of a secure place.
It's safe for all of us. Um, the flock
cameras being in town, I am
somewhat opposed to that. However, on
the other side of that coin, I would
like to point out that down in
Jacksboro, they've got a lot of flock
cameras set up at the city limits and
they have really cleaned up Jacksboro.
They really have. Um, they've gotten a
lot of drug busts. They've gotten a lot
of arrests and anybody that's lived here
in this town knows,
[clears throat and cough]
excuse me, knows that we have had a lot
of problems with drugs in this town. I
for one have been a victim of that in
the 90s. Admittedly, if they had had
flock cameras back then, I'm sure I
would have gotten in a lot more trouble.
And it's hard for me to admit that in
front of everybody, but I'm 50. I guess
it's time. But
I would feel remiss if I saw flock
cameras right downtown.
I
admittedly it is a major intersection
where the highways come through, but I
feel like if we had the perimeter like
they do in Jacksboro and have the flock
cameras set up. If somebody left town,
say one of your family members left
town, they would be able to know, well,
they left Buoie at such a time they got
through Decada, they got through Fort
Worth, they left Fort Worth, they got
through Decada, but they haven't made it
home. I can understand how it's a very
effective tool to help with the public.
But again, as I'm trying to play devil's
advocate, on the other side of the coin,
there are have been several internet
reports, nothing that I've seen
personally, but you always read and you
always see that uh some officers have
used the flock cameras uh incorrectly.
And I'm not saying that our police
would. I'm saying that maybe a license
plate reader might read a license plate
number wrong or things like that. But
these are the things that
we as the public and we as the world are
having to deal with now with the way
technology is.
I
want to let you guys know that I
somewhat I I I really oppose the flock
cameras being in town. I don't know if
we really need them. You know,
I don't know if I need to get flocked
running to Brook showers to grab a
bottle of milk or not. But if I'm going
to Fort Worth and I get caught on a
flock camera and I don't make it back
home, that flock camera might help to
protect me. It's a slippery slope and I
would advi I'm here to say that I would
like to advise the city council and the
public, all of us, to look at this with
an open mind and try
to work together. if the public doesn't
want it in town,
if that's what the resol because they're
doing the uh they're they've got the
thing where you can sign up now. Uh and
>> if you want to sign up, I'm taking too
long. I'm sorry I ramble. Anyway, thank
you for your time. Uh and y'all have a
good evening.
>> Thank you.
>> I ramble. I'm sorry.
» Anybody else?
All right. Well, let's um move on from
public comments. Let's go to the consent
agenda items. In your packet, you had
the meeting minutes from both the
workshop and the regular meeting
on the 28th.
So, I would entertain a motion to accept
the agenda items uh the consent agenda
items as presented. So, move second.
>> Post
second.
Holstein.
>> Hi,
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi,
>> Post.
>> Hi,
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi,
>> Trux.
>> Hi,
>> and Shaw.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you.
Next item on the agenda is
the discussion of the proposed 2026 27
budget for the Buoie Economic
Development Corporation and the Buoie 4B
sales tax of which we'll start with the
Buoie Economic
Corporation.
Good evening, council. I'm Carlos
Swaford. I'm president of the 4A board.
In your packet, you have two pages of
our budget, which is an expenditure
budget. First page, all the line items
you'll see are very close to last year's
amounts. There's been very little
changes. Um, the insurance is,
as Bert was saying, we don't know for
sure what ours is going to be either.
So, we've just plugged in a flat fee,
but other than that, it's very close to
what our expenses run. And again, with
very little change over last year. On
page two, you'll see that our
expenditures are 2.2 million. Sounds
like a lot of money,
>> but when you work under business
expansion and recruitment. You see that
most of that money is going to finish
our spec building in the industrial park
and um we always try to have money left
over for small projects that might come
up during the year. But the big
expenditure for our year is finishing
that spec building and hopefully getting
a a lease or a renter or get it sold.
Anybody have any questions on anything
you've seen?
» What buildings are covered in your
building maintenance? Is it just the
office across the street?
>> Well, no. I mean, we own the we call it
the big green giant building out on 81
where the waste management company is.
Even though their lease they take care
of most of little maintenance, but
[clears throat] this last year we did
have to do some work on the loading
dock. So, we do have expenses that come
up.
>> We also own the building um
that's Montg Street, Sanders Street. Um
the I call it the old dress factory, but
most of you are not as old as I am, so
you know it as something differently.
But, uh we own that building and we've
had some expense with it. We've had to
do some roof repair that insurance
didn't cover. replace a couple broken
windows, you know, that kind of thing.
And then, of course, we have maintenance
on our office building.
Anything else?
Any other questions?
» Thank you, Mr. Sford.
» All right, let's go ahead and and hear
the 4B sales tax corporation.
[clears throat]
>> Good evening. I'm Wallace representing
the 4B. Uh you also have our budget with
you about two pages there. Overall, I
know uh pretty much our expenses we
budgeted a decline of about 8% and our
revenues are approximately the same. So
really, we've got a couple of projects
that we're finishing the project uh out
by the pickle ball court. We've got uh
playground equipment, covered playground
area, and we're in the process of
working on some other stuff out there to
improve the park system and make it a
lot better for our citizens.
» It's fantastic. Any questions?
>> I know, council.
>> Thank you.
>> I like I love the length of your budget.
[laughter]
» Thank you.
>> All right. So let's go ahead and go back
to the vote on the Buoie Economic
Development Corporation budget. I would
entertain a motion to accept as
presented.
>> So moves,
do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Truax.
>> Shaw.
>> Yes.
>> Holstein.
>> Yeah.
>> Post
>> I.
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi.
>> And Trux.
>> Hi. Again, I would entertain a motion to
accept the budget presented for a buoy
4B cell tax corporation.
>> So moved.
>> Shaw. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Muan
Trux.
>> Hi.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi.
>> Post.
>> I
>> Muan.
>> Hi.
>> And Shaw.
>> Hi. All right.
So, the next item on our agenda is a
reappoint to the Buoie Economic
Development Corporation board. You'll
see two names there.
Uh first is Zack Gunner. The second is
Randy West and
you'll hang on a second. Let me get
there on this. We have to um consider
them individually. So, we will take Zack
Gunner as the first. Is Zach in the
room? I didn't see him come in. Um, so
I'd entertain a motion to accept the
reappoint of Zack Gunner to the Economic
Development Corporation.
>> So moved.
>> Post. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Sprouls.
» Shaw.
>> Yes.
>> Truax.
>> Hi.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> Post.
>> Hi.
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> And Sprouls.
>> Hi.
>> The second individual is Randy. I think
I did see him come in, didn't I? Yeah.
There you are. You're hiding. I would
entertain a motion to uh reappoint
accept the reappoint of Randy West to
the Economic Development Corporation.
>> So moved.
>> Mcuan.
Do I have a second?
>> Second rolls.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi.
>> Post.
>> Hi.
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> Trux. Hi.
>> And Shaw. Hi.
>> Thank you.
Moving right along.
Now we have a new one. We have a a
recommendation for appointment to the
Buoie Economic Development Corporation
for the unexpired term of Dean Meyers.
And that recommendation is Keith Mundy
who is in the back of the room with us
tonight. So I would entertain a motion
to in case you don't know Keith is with
American Hat. Um allow the appointment
of Keith Mundy to the Buoie Economic
Development Corporation.
>> So moved.
Second.
>> Wait a minute.
>> Rolls.
>> Hi,
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi,
>> Post.
>> Hi,
>> Shaw.
>> Hi,
>> Trux.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you.
Mr. Mandy. Thank you, Randy.
>> And tell Zach we said thank you.
>> All right. So, for the next
appointments, reappoints, they are for
the 4B sales tax corporation, which is
also a two-year term. We'll also do them
individually and they are Tim Hall, Seth
Johnson and Kim Williams and I don't
think any of them are here tonight.
Okay. So the end the first one is Tim
Hall of reappoint to the 4B. I would
entertain a motion to accept.
>> So moved.
>> Truax. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Post
Holstein.
>> I spray.
>> Post.
>> I muan.
>> Hi.
>> Trux.
>> Hi.
>> Shaw. I
>> the next individual is Seth Johnson. I
would entertain a motion to accept Seth
Johnson's reappoint.
>> So moved.
>> I'm going to go with Shaw and then
Sprouls.
>> Thank you.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> Trux.
>> Hi.
>> Shaw.
>> Hi.
>> Mchuan.
>> Hi.
>> Post.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi.
>> And then the last individual is Kim
Williams. I'd entertain a motion. So
>> moved.
>> Post. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Shaw.
Sprouls.
>> Hi,
>> Post.
>> Hi,
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi,
>> Holstein.
>> Hi,
>> Trux.
>> Hi,
>> and Shaw.
>> Hi.
[snorts]
>> All right, let's move on.
>> All right. As far as the Boo Economic
Development Corporation, you're welcome
to leave if you want to. If you want to
stay, we're happy to have you, but don't
feel like you're obligated to stay the
rest of the meeting.
I make lots of friends when I do that.
>> You can't leave. [laughter]
>> Ward, you better run.
>> Thank you.
guys.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank y'all.
>> Well, there's a seat right there.
[laughter]
» Doing a good job.
» Say, Randy.
>> All right. So, the next item on your
agenda is to award the bid to Venus
Construction Company for the Texas Water
Development Board, Glenn Hills Lift
Station, which you heard um Bert talk
about earlier, and sludge pump
replacement on the phase 2 project.
>> Have we done work? Have they done work
for us in the past?
>> No, not not since I've been here. And
it's
>> but they came highly recommended. Their
recommendations were good. So
>> can you remind me a little bit about the
funding of this? I don't.
>> Well, this is Texas Water Development
Board loan money.
>> This is in part of the initial project.
It's phase two. They call it
>> the sewer project.
>> It's a different project than the rest
of phase two. just that we got this uh
the
lift station pumps are under the lift
station and the pumps are undersized and
we have a lot of problems over there and
we bid this out a couple of years ago
but I we didn't have a an easement and
it took me a long time to get the we
finally got it been so long that we had
to rebid it. We rebid it. It came in
$400,000 cheaper than what the initial
bid was. And
>> Sounds great.
>> Well, and the reason it happened is is
when we bid it before, we were coming
out of the COVID era and and the
government money was flowing and
everybody was busy and now they're not
so busy and they're kind of hungry. So,
we get better pricing. So,
>> that's basically what it is.
>> So, this motion is to accept a bid for
Venus Construction Company. I have a
motion.
>> So moved.
>> Supposed. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
» Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> Post.
>> I
>> Shaw.
>> I
>> Truax.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> I
>> Holstein.
>> All right.
>> Thank you.
» All right. So, let's move on to the next
item on the agenda, which is resolution
2026-22.
a resolution expressing the city
council's intent to place a proposal on
a future council agenda approving a
property tax rate in accordance with the
Texas property tax reform and
transparency act of 2019 scheduling one
public tax rate hearing and establishing
the date to vote on same
does everybody understand that
>> yes
>> so the the tax rate will go on the next
agenda on it. Yeah, the next
agenda.
>> Um, it was presented tonight to you as
575.
>> So, I'd entertain a motion to accept the
resolution 202622.
That will go. So, the one we have,
this resolution that we have is not
says 09.59.
should be
>> no the budget that was presented tonight
>> the budget has this one but this
>> right but the
>> the resolution we're looking at
>> the resolution will be presented at the
next meeting with the tax rate
>> so gotcha you just want to schedule
something
>> yes
>> got it so moved
>> thank you
>> Shaw do I have a second
>> post it true
>> I
>> Shaw
>> I
>> Sprouls I
>> Holstein
>> I
>> muan
>> I
>> post
Thank you.
» Next resolution is 202623. A resolution
of the city council of the city of
Buouie, state of Texas, declaring the
intention of said city of Buoie to
reimburse itself from the proceeds of
one or more taxexempt financings for
certain expenditures to be made in
connection with the rock and bridge
street. As Bert told you earlier, this
gives us the option to borrow money
should we need to. Although we do have
it budgeted in our budget. You you saw
that at the last meeting. So unless
something goes tremendously wrong, we
shouldn't need this. But we are covering
all the legalities for making this
happen.
>> This was rec recommended by Government
Capital Corporation who is our financial
advisor. I usually follow them exactly
what they tell me to do because they're
pretty bright.
>> So we're not offering anything or doing
anything at [snorts] this present time.
This this thing if we got into the
project and decided we need to borrow
money, it would kind of be illegal. So,
this makes it legal for future use. So,
>> do we need to do that full amount, I
guess, or
>> you're just you're not doing any amount
at all. You're just saying
>> just not going to exceed this.
>> You're just giving yourself the
opportunity to be able to borrow.
>> It's a legal maneuver maneuver to keep
us
>> cut down the time as well.
>> Yeah.
So I would entertain a motion to accept
resolution 2026-23.
>> So moved.
>> Sprouls. Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Muan.
>> Truax.
>> Hi.
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> Sprouls.
>> I
>> post
>> I
>> Mcuan.
>> Hi.
>> And Shaw.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you.
» We'll be awarding that bid. the next
meeting.
>> So the next item on the agenda is 2026
tax rate to record vote of a proposal to
consider a tax rate.
Is that in two different votes?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. So
we have to record a vote to propose a
and consider the tax rate. This seems so
redundant,
>> but it's state law. So, and then the
next vote will be on a schedule a public
hearing for August the 25th, 2026. So,
again,
>> did we not do that earlier?
>> No.
>> We wrote we did a resolution.
>> All we're doing is
>> we're following the law, Brent. We are
following the law.
>> Oh my gosh. Okay.
>> So,
>> following the law.
>> Our first vote is a motion to record
vote a proposal to consider a tax rate.
Do I have a motion? So,
>> do I have a second?
>> You want to go ahead and proposing?
>> You want me to propose? Okay. So, we're
going to record a vote of proposal to
consider a tax rate of 0.575.
>> Yes.
>> So, I have a motion still from you. Do I
have a second?
>> Second.
>> Post.
>> And the Sprouls made the second.
>> Yeah.
>> Um Post.
>> I
>> Mcuan.
>> I [snorts]
>> Shaw.
>> I
>> Truax. Hi,
>> Holstein.
>> Hi.
>> And Sprouls.
>> Hi.
» I'm gonna I'm gonna tell you all
something. Um, when we were in the
budget workshop, we had proposed in the
budget 5.9 I mean 0.594.
>> But when Bert and I were looking at the
numbers again, we were able to bring
that down to the 575. So that's why it's
changed from the workshop.
>> [clears throat]
>> So, the second part of this um [snorts]
motion is to schedule a public hearing
for August the 25th, 2026. Do I have a
motion?
>> So, moved.
>> Sprouls.
>> Second.
>> I um yeah, so moved.
>> Holstein. [laughter]
>> Jesus.
>> It's okay.
>> Mchuan.
>> Hi,
>> Post. Hi
>> Sprouls.
>> Hi
>> Holstein.
>> Hi
>> Truax.
>> Hi
>> And Shaw.
>> Hi.
>> Thank you.
>> Couldn't find my words.
>> All right. So the next item on the
agenda, this is lengthy. Sorry, but I
got to read the whole thing.
>> Um it's resolution 2026 24 resolution of
the city council of the city of Buouie,
Texas approving a negotiated settlement
between Atmas City Steering Committee
ASCS and Atmas Energy Corporation.
Midtex division regarding the company's
2026 rate review mechanism filing
declaring existing rates to be
unreasonable. Adopting tariffs that
reflect rate adjustments consistent with
the negotiated settlement. Finding the
rates to be set by the attached
settlement tariffs to be just and
reasonable and in the public interest.
approving an attachment establishing a
benchmark for pensions and retiree
medical benefits requiring a company to
reimburse ACS sees reasonable ratem
expenses determining that this
resolution was passed in accordance with
the requirement of Texas Open Meetings
Act adopting an a savings clause
declaring in effective date and
requiring the delivery of this
resolution to the company and ACSC's
legal council. Would you like to
approach?
[laughter]
U first I want to apologize for being
late. I was at another city council
meeting. So thank you so much Sandy for
putting me at the end. I have documents
if y'all want to see them but I mean
feel free. Anyway, um I just I I'll be
really brief first. I I just I wanted to
inform the public that because uh your
city council has chosen to be a part of
the ACSC coalition. Um the rate for
their attorney is rolled into the rate
that's passed on and that rate is still
much lower than what your rate would be
if they weren't a member. So they're
very conscientious about trying to do
what's best for the community, all the
residents and commercial customers and
of Atmas Energy. So I just wanted to
inform them. um on this. I I know that
Mayor Burus has one, but um I just
wanted to give you all an update of the
city profile of how uh Atmas has
partnered with the city of Buouie. Um we show that we have spent uh 5.8
million and plus dollars in capital
expenditures within the city limits in
the last five years with uh 2.2 million
just last year. Um, that's for
replacements, for repairs, for new new
pipe in the ground, unfortunately, gas
leaks that have to be, it's
all-encompassing.
So, um, and, um, we have 1,774
customers that you are helping to save
funding for. So, thank you for that. Um,
we have roughly 22 employees that live
within a radius of 30 miles of Buoie, if
not within the city limits. So we we do
that because we want our employees to be
invested in the communities, not just as
an employee, but as somebody who pays
taxes and has their kids go to the
school and eat in the restaurants. And
so um the very last um piece of
information that's important is in the
past year, um Atmas has contributed
$274,000
in donations that have uh directly
impacted Monte County in one way or
another. Um 50% of that is for energy
assistance though. So if you have a
resident who is in need of services, you
know, they have a leak on their side of
the meter and they've lived in that
house for 50 years and they just don't
have it in their budget to pay for it.
Um that money goes to helping citizens
like that and I have my contact
information on the bottom because people
just don't want my card anymore. So, if
you happen to have any questions or
somebody asks you something and you want
to know more about things like the
energy assistance, please feel free to
call me. On the back page, it does talk
about rates here, but you received the
big packet. Um, the back page is 811
because today's National 811 day. So, I
just wanted to plug in to remind people
to call 811 before they dig so they're
not cutting our lines because if they're
cutting our lines, they're cutting your
lines. And everybody pays a price. And
the most important thing is that we just
want people to be safe. So, um, does do
y'all have any questions for me?
>> When you're looking at your capital
expenditures here on this, is that
>> for our area?
>> It's within the city limits of Buouie,
Texas.
>> That's a lot.
>> It Yes, sir. But we do have some older
infrastructure that we're trying to
replace because we want to be safe. You
know, we want all of our piping to be
safe in all of throughout our community.
So little bits at a time, we're we're
eating that elephant and and trying to
go back in and put poly where old pipe
might be. And you see the pie chart, it
shows you coated steel, very good pipe,
uh plastic, very good. That bare steel
is what we'll be continuing to replace.
And there's 8% steel left in the
community.
» Yes, sir.
>> Is this request for consumption or is it
Yes, sir.
» Um, it's it's just the rate that the
railroad commission deems reasonable for
reimbursement per customer.
$1,200.
» If you were to contact uh customer
service, we could see what we can do
about reducing.
>> Oh, dang. Okay. [laughter]
Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir. Yes, sir. cheaper.
» I know that commercial customers pay a
higher rate than residents do.
>> Wow.
» Um I I also want Boy, you haven't been
here very long, but this is something
that we do every single year. and the
group that does the negotiating for us.
I know that they do negotiate a rate for
the city of Buouie citizens because I
also have a home on the outside of the
city limits and there's considerable
difference. So, it is a good savings for
our residents.
Any other questions?
Pamela, thank you very much.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you.
>> We appreciate it. Do you have to make
another city council meeting tonight?
>> No, [laughter] it was no Kona. That
never happens. No, Conan and Buoie had
the same night. So,
>> okay. Well, then um we will take a vote
and I'm not going to reread all that,
but we will take a vote on resolution
2026-24
and I would accept a motion to accept as
presented.
>> So moved.
>> Shaw. How did I not
second?
>> Shaw. True X. All right.
Uh Mcuan
>> I
>> Post
>> I
>> Sprouls
>> O I
>> Holstein
>> O I
>> Trux I
>> and Shaw
>> next.
>> All right at this moment we are going to
slip off and go into executive session
at 6:40. Council, please leave your
phones and anything to write with or
papers in here. Um and we will slide out
and we'll just it'll just be the council
Way to go.
I don't I don't
Well, we got I got two of them.
>> Okay.
>> 6:42 to 7:35.
» You got cold in here. Just get all those
people out of here.
» Warm it up.
>> Where did everybody go?
» Sometime in the morning when they come
in.
>> Is it cold?
>> I know. The girls too.
>> You know, we used to have those wooden
things that we prop.
>> I propped them open at one time and then
somebody
No, they went to the bathroom.
>> I told them they couldn't talk anymore
until they got back in here.
Just never know.
[snorts]
>> He's right there.
» It got cold.
>> It was warm.
Yes, there is.
>> It felt good. It felt good in there.
>> Okay,
>> I'm going to call us back to order at
7:37
>> and I'm going to ask the council if they
have any action.
All right, no action. Then uh I'm going
to close our meeting tonight at uh 7:38.
Two weeks it won't be as good and you'll
just
sate.
Thank y'all.