[0:16] Well, we got six o'clock. We'll call
[0:18] this uh regular city council meeting of
[0:20] August 24th, 2026, 6 p.m.,
[0:25] will you lead us in a prayer?
[0:26] >> Yeah, let's pray. Father, we thank you
[0:27] for your blessings. Uh we thank you for
[0:29] the rain last week and ask you to send
[0:31] more and and cool it off, please. We
[0:34] pray for the families that have lost
[0:35] loved ones and have sick and hurting
[0:37] ones right now. I ask you to bless them
[0:38] and heal them and bless thou heart,
[0:40] Texas in Jesus name.
[0:47] » I aliance to the flag of the United
[0:50] States of America and to the standy
[0:57] and justice for all
[1:00] of the flag. I pledge allegiance to the
[1:03] Texas one state
[1:06] one and indivisible.
[1:14] » We'll move on to the consent agenda.
[1:16] Approval of the minutes from August
[1:18] 10th, 2076 regular council meeting and
[1:20] approval of July financials and bills.
[1:23] >> Make a motion we approve the consent
[1:26] agenda. July financials and bills.
[1:29] Second
[1:31] >> a motion and a second. Any further
[1:33] discussion? All in favor? I.
[1:36] >> Any oppose? There are none.
[1:39] >> Move on to public comment. I don't have
[1:41] any public comment.
[1:45] We'll move on to item two.
[1:49] Public hearing. The city council act as
[1:53] a city of Delhart building and standards
[1:54] commission will hold a public hearing
[1:56] regarding property located at 102 east
[1:59] first street dart Texas substandard
[2:02] structure consider act and issue
[2:05] necessary orders regarding the
[2:06] substandard structure located at 102
[2:09] East 1st Street Delhart Texas
[2:13] make the motion that we open the
[2:16] >> so uh public hearing regarding
[2:20] location 10002 East Street.
[2:22] >> Second.
[2:23] >> Motion second. Any further discussion?
[2:26] All in favor?
[2:27] >> I.
[2:28] >> Any folks? There are no hearing is open.
[2:33] >> Tonight is just a public hearing uh
[2:35] regarding this property. This property
[2:37] we've been working on for a while.
[2:42] Just going to kind of walk you through
[2:43] where we're at and what our possible
[2:46] next steps were. And like I said,
[2:48] tonight's just the public hearing.
[2:52] » So, I'm presenting this um here to you
[2:54] guys for like like you mentioned, the
[2:56] public hearing. We've been in the
[2:57] process of this since June 7th, 2024.
[3:00] This property has been an issue um with
[3:03] a public nuisance when it comes to um
[3:07] just the structure. It's unsafe, the
[3:10] fire hazard, the nuisance that's caused
[3:12] for the neighbors around um the property
[3:15] as well.
[3:17] Um,
[3:19] we first initially entered this property
[3:22] on June 6th of 2024 and it was be uh
[3:25] because of the Dowart Police Department
[3:27] is what got me in initially. Um, they
[3:29] called me in for concerns of the safety
[3:32] of the property um and living
[3:34] conditions. um the inside of it at the
[3:37] time. These are updated um the most
[3:40] recent ones, the ones that were from the
[3:42] beginning um were a little bit more uh a
[3:46] lot more debris and trash from the
[3:47] inside. Um electrical wire was exposed
[3:50] from the walls. Um let's see. The
[3:54] utilities for atmosphere for gas wasn't
[3:57] on. Excel was discontinued that day due
[4:00] to the wires hanging out of the walls.
[4:03] Um so XL did come and pull meters that
[4:06] same day. Um
[4:10] then to the water department here to see
[4:12] their active water act.
[4:19] There's people living inside this home.
[4:21] There still is. They're still in active
[4:23] inside and out. Um when we first
[4:26] initially gave them the information for them not to be able
[4:32] to be inside um that same night we think
[4:36] police department issued three citations
[4:38] for three people found to sleep inside.
[4:40] Uh citations were issued. They had to go
[4:42] through Miss Bethmore. Um
[4:46] this was during our previous ordinance
[4:49] as well. We just did a new one which was
[4:52] approved recently and that's where we're
[4:54] doing the new notices and this is where
[4:56] we bring it to you guys. Before it was
[4:57] through the district courts. Um now this
[5:00] new ordinance has allowed us to present
[5:02] it to you and for you guys to look over
[5:04] and just kind of look over the um
[5:06] information that we have received from
[5:08] any of the the nuisances that we've or
[5:12] that were caused with this one. So, um
[5:17] I know per our ordinance um that we do
[5:20] currently have now once we present to
[5:23] you guys, the next step would be we
[5:25] would have another which we're going to
[5:28] issue for an act on for the next meeting
[5:30] that we have with you guys. Um and it's
[5:32] going to be an act which would be if you
[5:35] guys would approve. Um and what we're
[5:38] looking at here is for the property to
[5:40] be demolished and or removed. um
[5:44] depending on y'all's decisions on how we move forward this. But I feel that
[5:49] since June 7th of 2024, we were pretty
[5:53] lenient. I was pretty lenient with
[5:54] notices giving her time to get in. Um
[5:59] and there was just nothing ever done. Um
[6:02] as y'all see the the top of the home,
[6:05] I'm not sure what they were doing from
[6:07] on top. I mean, when all this went
[6:09] through, they removed the roof. So, I'm
[6:13] not sure what their plans were, but
[6:17] there still it still looks the same.
[6:18] Nothing's been done, and they haven't
[6:20] done any There's no progress that's been
[6:22] done to it.
[6:28] » I'm guessing they're not here tonight.
[6:30] Yeah, three right here.
[6:32] >> I'll let them speak here in just a
[6:34] minute.
[6:40] I want to hear from him and then we'll
[6:42] Yes. King
[6:45] » I'm not sure. I don't know your name.
[6:46] Come on up.
[6:51] » And um Okay. I inherited the place and
[6:55] had no idea honestly. I I just moved in
[6:58] the second apartment because it's duplex
[7:00] and my family had lived in that one
[7:02] which was Ben. Well, three months after
[7:04] he moved me in the other apartment, he
[7:05] died and I got left the whole thing,
[7:08] which was sudden. And then due to a a
[7:13] boy that my daughter was hanging out
[7:14] with is why the cops were there that
[7:16] time and they called her in. Okay. They
[7:19] told me that it was a fire hazard and to
[7:24] fix everything or to that I had I had to
[7:26] fix the the wiring, right? Well, I was
[7:28] diag I got diagnosed with cancer in
[7:31] November of 24 and went through chemo
[7:33] and and radiation and all that. And
[7:36] right after in November of 24, she came
[7:40] to me with a guy from the water
[7:42] department and told me that they were
[7:44] going to tape it off for demolition.
[7:45] Okay, she that's the only thing she has
[7:47] talked to me about since is demolition.
[7:49] And and I was working on it. We actually
[7:51] intentionally like literally put
[7:53] everything we had into this last
[7:54] inspection, right? And she she told me a
[7:57] week before inspection, she said, "Well,
[7:58] I don't know why it's it's sagging down
[8:00] right there in the middle, which is the
[8:02] garage. It's not the house." And uh so
[8:05] what do we do? We we try to fix that.
[8:07] And that's where that came in. Okay. And
[8:09] the hole in there. The only reason why
[8:10] it's there is cuz she told us it was
[8:11] sagging down. We had to fix it before
[8:13] the inspection. Well, when she came the
[8:15] day of the inspection, I had just a
[8:17] friend of mine was a blessing bought me
[8:19] the plywood and everything because mind
[8:20] you, I'm on I'm on social security right
[8:22] now. You know what I mean? I don't have
[8:23] the money to fix it. I didn't go
[8:24] purchase this home. I just it's my my
[8:26] residence, you know what I mean? So, I'd
[8:28] put in as much to it as I can as I go.
[8:31] And before the cancer and then after,
[8:34] you know, I'm just still struggling. But
[8:35] I'm on social security. That's all I
[8:36] have now. But the day of the inspection,
[8:40] she refused to even go in and look at
[8:42] the house. And we had done everything
[8:43] but the roof. Everything. All the little
[8:45] stuff that she told us to do. I didn't
[8:46] get the electrician and the plum and the
[8:48] plumber there, but everything else had
[8:50] been done. and she didn't refuse to go
[8:52] in and look at it because the roof
[8:53] wasn't done. He was up there working on
[8:55] it when she came. So she I mean she the
[8:57] whole time we've been steady trying to
[8:59] do what I can. It's not like we've just
[9:01] been not doing anything and we haven't
[9:02] done anything since that day because she
[9:04] told us I couldn't. She told me I could
[9:06] not work on it no more that I've hearing
[9:08] from their lawyer and I've been hearing
[9:10] that probably for about a year and a
[9:11] half from her. Okay. And I've I've I've
[9:13] reached out. I've asked her for a list
[9:15] of specific things that needed done
[9:16] before that inspection. She never would
[9:18] give them to me. She told me she works
[9:19] on pictures. Okay. Well, all the
[9:21] pictures that she gave me the first day
[9:23] are all of a the other apartment. Okay.
[9:25] None of them were the apartment I was
[9:27] fixing up except one. Okay. First of
[9:29] all, second of all, it's came it came a
[9:31] long ways. It It really did. And the
[9:33] other one I would like to um ask y'all
[9:36] if there's any way possible if we could
[9:39] inspect that one and maybe let me keep
[9:41] the other apartment, get it ready now
[9:43] because the other one I mean I could
[9:46] still do that one too. I mean, but it's a long road and it's been hard.
[9:50] cuz I ain't got the money
[9:51] and I've been trying to do what I can
[9:53] and she but demolition is basically the
[9:55] only thing she's been telling me. She
[9:57] told me $25,000 that I would be indebted
[9:59] to the city for the demolition and that
[10:01] I'd have to pay that back before I could
[10:03] do anything. I mean, it's just
[10:05] unbelievable. I don't know how y'all
[10:06] work or how it goes, but I know that
[10:08] that's definitely not, you know what I
[10:10] mean? I'm living in it trying to fix it
[10:12] up. I'm It's not like abandoned or
[10:13] nobody's doing anything. You know what I
[10:15] I'm doing what I can and it's not it may
[10:18] not be much but it's it's what I can
[10:20] right now. All I ask is please think
[10:23] about it and maybe let me fix the other
[10:26] one and if you have a list of what needs
[10:27] done or something for y'all or something
[10:29] in a timely manner it needs. I don't
[10:31] know. I don't know what else to do. It's
[10:32] my home
[10:34] and it's just me by myself now. So I
[10:37] don't know what else.
[10:38] >> Well, hang on. Do y'all have any
[10:40] questions for her?
[10:41] >> So Lacy, you you're living in one side
[10:44] of it. since the folks came, they they
[10:46] told me I couldn't live in it. So, I
[10:48] I've been living in my car out front in front of this house for two years
[10:52] because I mean that's my home. I don't
[10:53] have money to go put into something else
[10:55] if I'm still going to have this. You
[10:56] know what I mean? I don't want it to
[10:57] just the taxes and everything to add up
[10:58] and add up on it and me be somewhere
[11:00] else. You know what I mean? I didn't see
[11:02] the point in that. And I had dogs and I
[11:03] really couldn't I really didn't have
[11:05] anywhere to go. So, I've been steady.
[11:08] I'm trying to go back to Hod's little by
[11:10] little, you know what I to work. But I
[11:11] still have my social security and I mean
[11:13] it's it's hard. I've been staying in my
[11:15] car though trying to make things work.
[11:24] » This is my daughter by the way.
[11:28] >> Do you live in the residence as well?
[11:30] >> At the time.
[11:33] » Yeah.
[11:35] >> Okay. Um, so yes, she uh there the first
[11:39] time that they went and the citations
[11:40] got issued the after that everybody
[11:42] moved out of it. After the citations and
[11:44] the they got tickets, everybody moved
[11:47] out. Nobody lives in the house. Nobody
[11:48] stays in the house. Nobody sleeps in the
[11:50] house. There's in the house. There's no
[11:53] furniture to live in the house. There is
[11:55] nobody occupying that space at all. Now
[11:57] there's constantly probably people
[11:59] outside and you know going in and out
[12:01] because my mom is trying to do whatever
[12:03] she can to keep it but it's not nobody
[12:06] else is staying there anymore. We've
[12:07] done we've tried to follow what she said
[12:09] and every time I ask my mom you know
[12:11] what I mean well what exactly needs to
[12:12] be done. She didn't have any she had no
[12:14] idea what to do and she's single like
[12:17] she she doesn't have anybody to help
[12:19] her. It's just her. If anything could
[12:21] y'all please just give her some more
[12:22] time. I finally got a job now. I mean, I
[12:25] am working and I will do what I can to
[12:27] make improvements or demolish it even,
[12:30] but she has nowhere else to go. And it
[12:32] was a blessing from God that she even
[12:33] got this place. And I just beg y'all
[12:36] please to give her another chance
[12:38] because she hasn't been specific and she
[12:40] has been no she hasn't she just hasn't
[12:43] been specific and she's said she's been
[12:45] lenient and what and whatnot, but she's
[12:48] I really feel like she's just been I
[12:50] don't know. I just I just hope that
[12:52] y'all give my mom another chance because
[12:54] we didn't know what we were supposed to
[12:56] do, what we could do, what we couldn't
[12:57] do.
[13:00] It wasn't fair. So, to correct her on
[13:02] that, I have notices that I've provided
[13:04] to Liy. She had notices sent to her
[13:07] every single time um from the first of
[13:10] the uh ordinance that we first had. Then
[13:14] we had this new one that came in and I
[13:16] also send notices then too. So, it's not
[13:18] that they never received. They received
[13:20] notices on the structure of the building
[13:24] of the home and the correction. I I even
[13:27] went and did my own little inspections
[13:29] on there and then would give them a
[13:31] paper which I do have here. Anything and
[13:33] everything. I'm a very documentative
[13:34] person. So, I make sure the documents
[13:36] that I have are provided to them as well
[13:38] and then I would sit notice. So, um if
[13:42] they have their notices on them, that is
[13:43] on them. But I do have copies. So
[13:46] >> I've done my part from the city of D for
[13:47] us to make sure that we're following our
[13:49] proper procedures.
[13:51] >> Notice you would have to
[13:52] >> Yeah, I have
[13:55] the original. No, she would never give
[13:57] it to me. The original the first day
[13:59] those the violation then she wouldn't
[14:02] give it to me. Tell me she operates on
[14:04] her pictures. And mind you, when you
[14:06] look at these pictures, they raided me
[14:07] before they called her. So they
[14:09] destroyed my house on top of what what
[14:11] was there.
[14:12] >> That's a PD matter. It's not a code
[14:15] matter.
[14:16] >> I think that's what those pictures
[14:23] » mean. I will say we've been working on
[14:24] this for two years. This has been a
[14:27] sticking point of mine. I ask for
[14:30] updates quite regularly on this where
[14:34] we're at, how
[14:35] >> police reports as well. Again,
[14:38] >> forward. Is there progress being made
[14:41] there? And
[14:45] >> she told me not to do anything after the
[14:47] last inspection though.
[14:48] >> And there's still progress with there's
[14:50] been a lot of progress made
[14:53] >> since day one. Yeah, there has been. But
[14:56] like two years
[14:57] >> I I had a camper out in my driveway and
[15:00] I got a violation and put they put on it
[15:02] as if it was a a semi in a residential.
[15:04] Like what is that? You can't be in no
[15:06] alley or a public street, but it was in
[15:07] my driveway. She was asleep in this RV
[15:09] and when we went in there we had to
[15:11] remove her from the RV where the police
[15:13] department again found paraphernilia
[15:14] inside.
[15:15] >> Had to remove me from the
[15:17] >> Yes. We asked you to come out.
[15:20] >> Had two people. This was coming from her
[15:23] and that I mean all kinds of stuff. She
[15:25] went and called the cops to come take
[15:26] her through there and make sure it was a
[15:28] safe structure. Well, it was always a
[15:29] safe structure before. So, I don't know
[15:31] why it wouldn't have been there. You
[15:32] know, I mean, it's been a constant
[15:33] battle with her. She has not nothing but
[15:36] demolition has been her solution since
[15:38] day one. That's all she wants to do and that's
[15:41] all she'll hear. And I just don't think
[15:43] that's fair. I mean, I don't know any
[15:44] people out here who are working on their
[15:46] house and that y'all are out there doing
[15:48] that. You know what I mean? There's a
[15:49] semi that's parked a block away from me
[15:51] every night. Every night full semi
[15:53] parked right there and they don't tell
[15:54] me nothing. I feel like it's been a
[15:56] straight harassment since day one. And
[15:58] I'm sorry, but that's my my thoughts on
[16:00] it.
[16:05] The day after I freaking found out I had
[16:07] cancer, I talked to her. That's when
[16:08] they were taping it off for demolition.
[16:10] And that was in 20 in 24 in November 24.
[16:14] >> And I'm going to correct that. We have
[16:16] not we have not scheduled the demolition
[16:18] date one time.
[16:18] >> No, we haven't scheduled demolition for
[16:20] anything.
[16:22] >> That's all. She threatened me with it.
[16:23] That's what she told me. Then
[16:28] >> all she told me, I've been dealing with
[16:29] it for a while, y'all.
[16:34] tell me my cancer didn't lay well with
[16:36] her schedule. I mean, me and her have
[16:38] had words and and she's been in my face
[16:39] yelling at me and it's been it's been
[16:41] bad. I mean,
[16:42] >> okay, we're we're here to discuss this
[16:44] matter, not not a personal agenda here
[16:49] for for this council. We just need to
[16:51] know the facts as far as the property is
[16:53] concerned.
[16:57] » Far as the property is concerned, I went
[16:59] the legal process. We made sure we
[17:01] issued the warrant properly through the
[17:04] judge. It was signed for us to enter and
[17:07] that's where we got these pictures for
[17:08] the second part. So the first part was
[17:12] the initial um what Tai has in his hand
[17:14] right now. That was the first initial
[17:16] entry is whenever the warrant was issued
[17:18] with PD. What got me in to begin with?
[17:21] Um this is the second search warrant
[17:24] that was for code that got me in for the
[17:26] second one.
[17:36] I want to say this.
[17:39] Yeah, I like too.
[17:56] Is there another like little apartment
[17:58] that he's talking about or is that
[17:59] >> the duplex? Um,
[18:01] >> it's all the same,
[18:02] >> but they they have the same they use the
[18:04] same water meter.
[18:05] >> They have two separate water meters in
[18:07] the same bill.
[18:08] >> They only had one meter, which we that's
[18:10] what we checked for and it hasn't been
[18:12] active since 2023.
[18:16] » I got to
[18:18] have water. We had water.
[18:19] >> We really did water.
[18:21] >> We just turned it off at the meter
[18:22] because the pipe busted in the winter.
[18:25] There was water on there from the time I
[18:27] >> I used to be the water supervisor for
[18:28] the city
[18:30] for 20 years and I know there's only one
[18:32] water meter there. So
[18:35] >> water
[18:38] >> is that is it habitable? I mean is it
[18:41] >> the left side is not the right side
[18:44] looking at right now.
[18:46] >> Okay.
[18:48] >> The left side is where all the debris
[18:49] and trash is in right now. The right
[18:51] side is what we're looking at.
[18:59] » Correct me if I'm wrong is but you
[19:01] cannot reside in by plumbing code with
[19:04] anything without water.
[19:05] >> Correct.
[19:06] >> Our ordinance if you do not have running
[19:08] water any electrical any utilities
[19:09] placed into the into the per our
[19:11] ordinance is what it states is that they
[19:13] have to have active utilities to live
[19:15] inside city limits.
[19:20] the apartment.
[19:22] >> This is the one of the duplex. Yeah,
[19:24] >> this is the right side or the left side.
[19:27] >> This is the This was all the right.
[19:30] >> Say that again.
[19:32] >> All the trash here. Is that the left?
[19:33] >> The left side. Yes. If you're looking at
[19:35] the home to the left, that would be what
[19:36] all that is right there. And then to the
[19:38] right. So that's all pictures of the
[19:40] whole thing when we entered starting
[19:41] from the right to left.
[19:45] These pictures here that are presented
[19:46] to you on the screen, those are from the
[19:48] right side. Now when the last entry that
[19:50] we made in with the circle does she want
[19:53] to live in
[19:54] >> the right side, which is this side right
[19:56] here since June 24. It's just that it's
[20:03] clear it out.
[20:09] » Two electric meters.
[20:11] >> Yes, two different electric.
[20:12] >> Yes, there was two electric meters in
[20:14] the
[20:16] One water for sure.
[20:23] Get a little.
[20:41] So, you're living in your car on the
[20:43] property, correct?
[20:51] that middle part where there's no roof,
[20:53] that's the garage anyway. So, it's not
[20:54] even part of the house. It's the actual
[20:56] garage. It's a double garage in the
[20:59] >> picture that's in the screen right now
[21:00] showing that was the living room. That
[21:02] shows the exposure of where the garage
[21:04] is right into her living room.
[21:21] the back side away from the street
[21:26] process in doing this. What's the
[21:28] thought like? So there's public hearing
[21:29] Jordan walk me through the scenario to
[21:32] make a decision. Tonight's just the
[21:34] public hearing and then on the 14th we
[21:38] were going to put on the agenda for
[21:40] action yay or nay this house. Then after
[21:44] the after
[21:46] decide which way if you say yes then she
[21:49] goes and post that
[21:51] >> they have a 30 days and vacate
[21:53] >> vacate after that
[22:07] after it gets
[22:11] wor
[22:18] the property would be my mom's
[22:20] >> property the the property would still be
[22:22] hers but there would be a lean against
[22:23] it
[22:24] >> yes
[22:24] >> foriz
[22:29] » we don't know what practice
[22:34] » I don't
[22:35] >> 25 grand came from a male individual she
[22:38] tried to sell the property to for 25
[22:39] grand and he came and asked
[22:44] >> yes I clearly remember that
[22:46] >> our office cuz we have not we have not
[22:49] priced it bid it or anything
[22:51] >> we haven't done anything for demo
[22:52] process on this no pricing
[22:54] >> have to go for bids anyway
[22:57] >> and how many square feet is it
[22:59] >> um for that property it's 5600 square
[23:03] feet
[23:06] >> the piece of property or just the home?
[23:08] >> The whole property.
[23:17] » Shots fired.
[23:18] >> That'll be between 8 and $12,000 to
[23:20] demo.
[23:23] Pretty close.
[23:28] » When there's a lean, she still can't
[23:29] live off.
[23:31] I mean, there's not a
[23:34] >> there's no structure there for you to
[23:35] live on if there's nothing there. And RV
[23:38] won't be allowed there to live on
[23:39] either.
[23:44] » Okay. This is just a public hearing. So,
[23:47] anybody have any more questions? We'll
[23:55] want to still review these
[23:58] more questions. I see correspondence all
[24:00] the way from June all the way through
[24:04] into 25
[24:14] to close.
[24:18] » Are you ready to close?
[24:22] Have a motion and a second close public
[24:24] hearing. Any fion?
[24:27] All in favor?
[24:31] Okay.
[24:33] Hearing is closed.
[24:36] >> Thank you all.
[24:45] Move on to item three. Discuss or act on
[24:48] resolution 20 2621. A resolution to city
[24:51] council city Texas approving a project
[24:54] of the economic development corporation
[24:55] 4B to purchase and install wayfinder
[24:58] signage in conjunction with the proposed
[25:00] phases of text rightway petriation
[25:02] project providing a seability clause
[25:04] providing a savings clause and providing
[25:06] an effective date.
[25:08] >> Good evening mayor and council and this
[25:10] is an amendment to the first resolution
[25:12] that included just the beautifification.
[25:14] We're adding wayfinder signs. The reason
[25:16] that we're doing this uh in chunks this
[25:19] way is to keep from overwhelming and uh
[25:23] um because you know naturally we think
[25:25] about the la we remember the last thing
[25:27] that we heard but we're far down the
[25:29] road from the last thing. We're still in
[25:31] step one. So this is the next phase
[25:34] that's going to run in line with the
[25:36] beautifification uh to add wayfinder
[25:38] signs. That way we can go to text dot
[25:40] for one ask uh that encompasses
[25:43] everything that we're trying to do
[25:44] within the city for the beautifification
[25:46] and the wayfinder system.
[25:52] » Remember pictures of
[25:54] >> and so when I first moved here that's
[25:56] the first thing I said was there's no
[25:58] sign tells you get off the highway.
[26:00] >> Yeah.
[26:01] >> So I think this is a good step forward
[26:04] >> and what we're doing with the wayfinder
[26:06] signs of course is creating route
[26:08] behavior. So, uh, we want people to get
[26:10] off. We've got to give them a reason to
[26:12] get off the the highway.
[26:13] >> We had a study done as I got study. I'm
[26:17] not maybe de
[26:19] remember that. But even at back then,
[26:22] they said if you even get 1% off the
[26:25] highway, it would be more than a million
[26:28] dollars in sales tax.
[26:34] » We've got a lot of great assets. I mean,
[26:36] prospects that I brought to town, they
[26:38] see the lake and they see the coliseum,
[26:40] the rodeo arena, and even the hospital
[26:42] district. They didn't even know we had
[26:45] that great of assets in the in the
[26:46] community cuz there's no signage
[26:48] pointing it, you know, pointing to them.
[26:51] >> Sales tax is bringing in what now about
[26:53] 700 800,000.
[26:54] >> Um, yeah, my budget's my budget's gone
[26:57] down about 90,000 this year
[27:00] last year.
[27:07] I'll make a motion we we uh adopt
[27:10] resolution 2026-21.
[27:12] >> Second.
[27:13] >> Have a motion. Second. Any further
[27:16] discussion?
[27:17] All in favor?
[27:19] >> Any opposed? There are none.
[27:24] We're on to item four, city dollar 2026
[27:27] 2020. That's workshop number two.
[27:31] >> We haven't changed anything uh from the
[27:33] last meeting. Um, I'll be happy to
[27:35] answer any questions uh that y'all have
[27:38] over it. I mean, like I said, it's a
[27:42] pretty tight budget, but I think we're
[27:44] going to get everything done that we
[27:46] need to get done.
[27:48] If you had a chance to look over, I'd be
[27:49] happy to answer any questions that y'all
[27:51] have over it.
[27:54] >> Very tight budget.
[27:56] >> And it is, but I think it's a it's a
[27:59] good budget. It's a conservative budget.
[28:01] Uh it is a budget that sets us up nicely
[28:05] for the future. So uh which is a good
[28:08] thing because I mean we have a lot of
[28:10] big ticket items that are going to have
[28:12] to be addressed in the next 5 to 10
[28:14] years that we need to figure out
[28:16] starting now how we are going to pay for
[28:18] in the future. So
[28:22] there any questions? Well, I think there
[28:24] some of them weren't here
[28:26] because I think this is going to be what
[28:28] is it a cent and a half reduction in the
[28:31] >> uh Yeah, we'll talk about that. It's a
[28:33] little over a penny.
[28:34] >> Just Yeah.
[28:35] >> So that they understand that this budget
[28:37] incorporates a cent and a half reduction
[28:40] in property tax.
[28:44] >> Yeah. So, but uh for anybody that missed
[28:48] last when I did the first workshop, I'll
[28:51] be happy to meet with you and go over
[28:53] and walk you through kind of what I'm
[28:54] thinking and where we're at as a whole.
[28:58] That goes for the public, too. Anybody
[29:00] back there that wants to listen to a
[29:02] budget presentation, I'd be happy to
[29:03] give it to you.
[29:14] I'll entertain a motion.
[29:20] » On to the next. Yep. Next.
[29:22] >> Ready for your
[29:22] >> Okay. Number it on item five. Discuss or
[29:25] act upon approving proposed tax rate for
[29:28] 2026 27 for the publication. Uh yes, we
[29:32] are going to if y'all approve the tax
[29:35] rate that I proposed tonight, we will uh
[29:37] send it off for publishing tomorrow. And
[29:41] uh what that will entail is
[29:44] uh we're going to run it in the paper
[29:46] not once, but we're required by law, but
[29:48] we're going to run it twice. Uh the
[29:50] public hearing will be set. We set that
[29:52] last uh meeting
[29:55] for the 14th of uh September uh with
[30:00] everything ran and put up on the website
[30:03] and out front. That gives us ample time
[30:05] and the public ample time to come ask
[30:07] their questions and go over it. But uh
[30:10] for the 2026
[30:13] 27 fiscal year uh uh property tax that
[30:18] I'm proposing this year is uh 0.4284
[30:22] 420284
[30:26] that is a decrease of roughly 1 and a
[30:29] half uh cents and it will be for the M
[30:33] side which is the maintenance and
[30:34] operation side uh will be 394298
[30:40] that's 39 cent basically 39.5 cents and
[30:44] on the interest and syncing side for the
[30:46] bonds that we do have out that that
[30:49] property tax services will be 025986.
[30:56] So 2 1/2 cents uh will of property tax
[31:00] rate will make up the debt payment for a
[31:04] total of 42 cents
[31:07] total which is 4.420284.
[31:12] And before you make a motion and uh
[31:15] vote, this does have to be a roll call
[31:17] vote. The city secretary has to record
[31:19] each vote individually.
[31:22] >> And the second one was for the debt
[31:24] service.
[31:25] >> Yes. The interesting bond that we have
[31:27] on
[31:28] >> Yes.
[31:29] >> We don't have a choice now.
[31:34] » I'll be more than happy to answer any
[31:35] questions
[31:38] or walk you through the calculation
[31:40] worksheet. Anybody have any questions?
[31:44] >> Make a motion that we approve the
[31:45] proposed tax rate for 2627.
[31:49] >> Second.
[31:50] >> A motion. Second. I want to start with
[31:52] you, Dennis.
[31:54] I
[31:59] >> I
[32:13] need Wendy.
[32:14] >> Yes, sir.
[32:16] >> Okay.
[32:21] Uh okay. Move on to item six. discuss
[32:23] our act upon renewal of the municipal
[32:26] judge contract.
[32:28] >> Uh, as y'all all know, Beth Moore is our
[32:30] municipal judge. Um, her contract comes
[32:33] up at a yearly basis. I think she does a
[32:36] great job. She still wants to continue.
[32:39] Why? I'm not sure, but she does. And
[32:43] >> and uh I would recommend that we uh
[32:46] renew her contract for another year. uh
[32:50] basically the same terms, but she does
[32:52] want to change her dates a couple times.
[32:54] Do you want to elaborate a little bit on
[32:55] that?
[32:56] >> Can you hear me from back there?
[32:58] >> Sure, ma'am.
[32:59] >> After January 1, I would like to change
[33:02] my days from I'm working now Monday,
[33:04] Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
[33:07] in the afternoons from 1 to 4. I would
[33:10] like to go to more hours on Tuesday and
[33:12] Wednesday.
[33:15] >> I will no longer be in the JP office.
[33:18] And I think it work it would work better
[33:20] because we do have a lot of people that
[33:21] come in here in the mornings and if
[33:24] she's here two full days that be
[33:28] wonderful.
[33:29] >> As long as we publicize that, I don't
[33:31] have issue with that at all.
[33:32] >> That is the hours that
[33:36] Gergen and Judge Rain both had those
[33:39] hours. So we would be going back to what
[33:41] we were doing before.
[33:45] Make a motion that we renew the
[33:46] municipal vict.
[33:51] Any further discussion?
[33:53] All in favor?
[33:55] >> Any post? There are none.
[33:59] >> Item seven, discuss or act upon lease
[34:01] agreement with Vive Broadband.
[34:03] >> Yeah, every uh Vive offers uh internet
[34:07] service throughout the city. This is um
[34:10] basically a yearly renewal, but they had
[34:13] been how many years had been since we
[34:15] actually worked a brand new lease. It
[34:17] had been several years. We worked with
[34:19] the city attorney and and Vive and we
[34:21] came up with a brand new lease. We
[34:23] really didn't change any terms of the
[34:25] lease, but it is a brand new lease and
[34:27] it's just a lease to that they can
[34:30] continue to operate and offer services
[34:32] for customers within the city limits.
[34:34] >> I had one question I forgot about. So,
[34:37] if we didn't change any of the terms, I
[34:38] think they provide a cable to the jail
[34:42] for free under that contract.
[34:45] >> I believe you're correct, but I I'll
[34:47] double check on that. We really didn't
[34:49] change any, right?
[34:50] >> We didn't change any of the terms. We
[34:52] just worked a new lease,
[34:54] so we didn't renew it. It was
[34:57] >> It's just good practice for every few
[35:00] years to have a brand new le tower up
[35:02] there on
[35:05] the curve.
[35:08] So
[35:12] » make a motion that we approve the lease
[35:14] agreement with VI broadband.
[35:16] >> Second a motion to second. Any further
[35:18] discussion?
[35:20] All in favor?
[35:22] >> Any opposed? There are no
[35:24] >> Is this um I know we've done this
[35:26] before. I think I don't remember numbers
[35:30] and we can call it executive session for
[35:33] staff issue.
[35:36] It it needs to be publicized.
[35:40] >> I mean, it got to be on the agenda.
[35:41] >> It has to.
[35:43] >> Okay. I thought there was I thought we
[35:45] did this before. We could talk about
[35:46] something.
[35:48] >> The school board does. It's on there.
[35:50] >> Yeah.
[35:51] >> Every month.
[35:52] >> Attorney's on. You could
[35:54] >> Brian.
[35:55] >> Yeah.
[35:57] Brian. Brian, are you there?
[36:10] Yes. Can you
[36:12] >> How are you? This is Terry Steall. I
[36:14] feel like in the past I was able to call
[36:16] an executive session for a stash staff
[36:18] issue that occurred
[36:21] during a meeting. Am I wrong about that?
[36:24] >> Yeah, it would need to be on the agenda
[36:27] um
[36:29] to be able to go into an executive
[36:30] session. So since it's not we can add it
[36:33] to an upcoming meeting uh agenda
[36:36] and and yeah personnel exception that
[36:39] relates to a certain employee um you
[36:42] know then that employee uh when we
[36:45] announced going into executive session
[36:47] on personnel matter they can they can
[36:49] request that it be done in open but yeah
[36:52] it would need to be at a separate
[36:53] meeting. Good question.
[36:56] >> Thank you.
[36:58] I knew that.
[37:01] >> Make a motion that we
[37:04] have a motion second. All in favor?
[37:06] >> We are journed.
[37:08] >> Bye y'all.
[37:10] >> Thank you.
[37:12] Hey, do you need every anybody else's
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