[4:37] grass fire.

[4:40] >> I mean, I I feel for them. I really do.

[4:43] >> Oh, volunteers and regular paid. I mean,

[4:47] >> no.

[4:49] Mayor, I've already got

[4:51] >> what?

[4:54] » Oh, uh, Councilwoman Burn's gonna leave

[4:56] us tonight.

[4:57] >> She is the She is the queen. the goat.

[4:59] >> Hey, we've seriously we're thinking

[5:02] about just making you the go-to prayer

[5:03] version.

[5:04] >> That's right.

[5:06] >> Make a motion.

[5:07] >> You have a you have a short abbreviated

[5:10] version and a long

[5:15] » I'll now call to order this meeting of

[5:17] the White House City Council for today,

[5:18] August 24th, 2026. It is 6 p.m. Nichols,

[5:22] will you please call the RO?

[5:23] >> Yes, sir. James Wley,

[5:25] >> here.

[5:25] >> Zack Brisco,

[5:26] >> here.

[5:26] >> Bronell Burns,

[5:27] >> here. John Chambers

[5:28] >> here.

[5:29] >> Michael Love

[5:30] >> here.

[5:30] >> Matt Lazar

[5:31] >> here.

[5:31] >> We have

[5:32] >> Excellent. Thank you. Please stand if

[5:34] you're able and join Councilwoman Burns

[5:35] as she leads us in a word of prayer.

[5:37] >> God, now we thank you for today. We

[5:39] thank you for your blessings. God, we

[5:40] thank you for your son, Jesus. God, we

[5:43] thank you for yet another opportunity to

[5:44] come back together again. God, thank you

[5:46] for the opportunity to serve this great

[5:48] community of White House, Texas. God, we

[5:51] ask that you continue to bless and give

[5:53] wisdom to the mayor, the city council

[5:56] members, Leslie White, and the entire

[5:58] staff that serves White House Texas.

[6:01] God, we ask that you continue to help us

[6:03] to listen to each other. Help us to

[6:05] consider each other views. And then,

[6:07] God, seek common ground. God, we ask a

[6:10] special blessing over those that are

[6:12] fighting the fires, those that are

[6:14] serving the people, um those that are

[6:17] serving the schools. God, just everyone

[6:19] that's serving, but in your name, we ask

[6:22] that you continue to keep us together.

[6:25] God, help us to remember words like

[6:26] unity and integrity as we move forward

[6:29] in today's discussion. God, we thank you

[6:32] and we love you. We ask that you bless

[6:33] the city that we all call home. In Jesus

[6:36] name we do pray. Amen.

[6:38] >> Amen.

[6:39] >> Please join the council in the pledge of

[6:41] allegiance. I alian to the flag of the

[6:44] United States of America and to the

[6:47] republic for which it stands. One nation

[6:50] under God indivisible with liberty and

[6:54] justice for all

[6:55] >> and the Texas flag.

[6:57] >> Honor the flag. I aliance to thee Texas

[7:02] one state

[7:04] one and indivisible.

[7:06] >> That sounded amazing. Thank you. Please

[7:07] be seated.

[7:10] Thank you, Councilwoman, for the prayer.

[7:12] >> All right, that takes us down to item D,

[7:14] presentations,

[7:17] of which we have none. So, we will move

[7:19] to item E, matters of community

[7:21] interest. Mrs. Black,

[7:23] >> mayor and council, as most of you all

[7:24] know, the climate vision weather radar

[7:26] has been placed to top the tower on.

[7:32] » I do know that they

[7:35] are expecting to have that fully

[7:38] operational. within the next 30 to 60

[7:40] days. So, we're really excited about

[7:41] that. National Night Out will be held on

[7:44] Tuesday, October 6th from 5 to 7 p.m.

[7:47] here at City Park. That's always a great

[7:48] time with our law enforcement,

[7:50] firefighters, other public safety

[7:51] personnel. Everyone can join us for

[7:53] that. And then, as of this past Friday,

[7:57] we have met our election deadlines and

[8:00] all candidates are unopposed. So, the

[8:02] next council meeting, we'll be bringing

[8:03] something before you cancel the November

[8:06] election for the mayor position

[8:10] two

[8:12] and mayor. Yes, sir.

[8:14] >> We can add the cost of that back to our

[8:16] budget, right?

[8:17] >> Yes, sir.

[8:17] >> Excellent.

[8:19] >> All right. Anything else on the matter

[8:21] of community interest from council?

[8:25] » All right. That takes us down to the

[8:27] consent agenda.

[8:29] Um,

[8:31] shall provide for items that require

[8:32] action by the council but where no

[8:34] discussion is anticipated by a single

[8:35] motion second majority vote. Items under

[8:38] this section are approved without

[8:39] further discussion or action. Any

[8:40] council member may request the removal

[8:42] of any item from the consent agenda in

[8:44] which case these items shall be

[8:45] discussed and voted upon separately.

[8:47] It's only one item on the consent agenda

[8:48] and that is approval of the minutes of

[8:49] the city council meeting on August 7th

[8:51] of 2026 and August the 10th of 2026. If

[8:55] there's no findings in those meeting

[8:56] minutes, I'll enter entertain a motion

[8:58] to approve the consent agenda as

[9:00] presented.

[9:01] >> I'll make a motion to approve as

[9:02] presented.

[9:03] >> Second. All right. I have a motion and a

[9:05] second. Any further discussion?

[9:08] >> Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[9:11] >> Any oppose say no.

[9:13] >> With that, the agenda is completed.

[9:15] >> On to item G. Other action items,

[9:17] ordinances, resolutions, and public

[9:19] hearings. This is a continuence of the

[9:21] public hearing on a proposed 2026 27

[9:24] budget. So go ahead and enter into

[9:29] uh public hearing. So the time is 604

[9:34] and we will move from the regular

[9:38] council meeting into the public hearing.

[9:42] Is there anyone present that would like

[9:45] to speak to

[9:47] um the 2026 27 budget?

[9:56] All right,

[9:57] after a long pause, I see there's no

[10:00] one. So, the time is 6:05 and I'll go

[10:03] ahead and close the public hearing and

[10:05] enter into the regular

[10:08] council agenda.

[10:11] And that takes us to item G2.

[10:15] >> So there is some required G1. I don't

[10:18] know if you want me to go back through

[10:20] some of the budget tax rate update

[10:21] before we get to proposing tax rate or

[10:23] if you'd rather wait.

[10:24] >> I think the more information the better.

[10:26] >> So I'll run through this presentation

[10:28] pretty quickly. We've covered most of it

[10:29] in our two prior public meetings, but

[10:31] I'll run through it pretty quickly here

[10:33] tonight. Tonight we have two action

[10:35] items before you. The first one is the

[10:37] budget public hearing. At the conclusion

[10:39] of the budget public hearing, state

[10:40] statute requires that you take some sort

[10:42] of action at the conclusion of tonight's

[10:44] public hearing. So the action needs to

[10:46] be that you will set formal action on

[10:48] September 22nd at 6 p.m. here at city

[10:50] hall. The second item before you tonight

[10:53] is a tax rate proposal and again that

[10:56] has very specific wording that you must

[10:57] make your motion when we get to that

[10:59] point. A look back at kind of where we

[11:02] are in the budgeting process. We

[11:04] presented the initial base budget in

[11:05] July. We held our budget workshop on

[11:07] August 7th. Took that feedback from the

[11:10] council and opened the public hearing on

[11:12] August 10th with a revised budget. We'll

[11:14] go over what all that includes here

[11:16] shortly. Tonight, we're continuing the

[11:18] public hearing and proposing the tax

[11:20] rate and then we will set everything for

[11:22] final adoption on September 22.

[11:26] Um, a little bit of note, as you all

[11:28] know, we've talked about this year

[11:30] significantly different than what we've

[11:32] seen in at least recent property tax

[11:34] setting years. our certified appraisal

[11:37] role was up just.7%.

[11:39] Um, typically in years past, we've seen

[11:42] that number up around five or six%. Um,

[11:45] but the biggest change this year was

[11:47] that our net taxable value decreased,

[11:50] which means our opportunity for revenue

[11:52] to fund city operations also decreased.

[11:55] Um, the taxable base did not keep pace

[11:58] with community growth, inflation, and

[11:59] service demand. The biggest reasoning

[12:02] for this reduction was due to changes in

[12:04] exemptions for business personal

[12:06] property and then a correction of an

[12:08] error that was made related to business

[12:10] personal property tax and last year's

[12:12] tax rate calculation. So while yes, we

[12:14] all look around and we see all the

[12:16] growth that's happening that's not

[12:18] translating into tax revenue growth for

[12:20] the city this year.

[12:22] >> So that wasn't a city error.

[12:24] >> No sir, it was with the appraisal

[12:26] district.

[12:30] Um, so as I mentioned, we came back to

[12:32] you with a revised budget. This is just

[12:34] an overview of what changed in the

[12:36] general fund where we stand with

[12:38] revenues, expenditures, and then a

[12:40] forecasted margin of only 57,272,

[12:43] which is very thin for a budget of about

[12:45] $10 million the year. We feel like this

[12:48] is the best most prudent use of funds

[12:52] for the upcoming year. So that's kind of

[12:54] where we stand there. Um, and then was

[12:58] revised in the budget was to allow for

[13:00] four additional public safety positions,

[13:03] an investigator patrol officer, two

[13:05] full-time firefighters, the replacement

[13:07] of tasers for our police department, two

[13:10] AED replacements. Those are all

[13:14] external.

[13:17] I don't know what the A I can't remember

[13:18] what the A stands for.

[13:21] >> Yes,

[13:22] >> you do have to press the button.

[13:23] >> Critical equipment if your heart stops

[13:26] and then an increase to and storm water

[13:28] repairs for both Rosebrook street

[13:30] repairs of about 50,000 and then a

[13:32] citywide roadway commission assessment.

[13:35] Um all of those things are added in the

[13:36] revised work program. Again, this will

[13:39] allow for three officers on every patrol

[13:42] shift for our police department and

[13:45] provide a second investigator which is

[13:46] critically needed as our population has

[13:48] continued to grow. Um our public safety

[13:51] departments have done a great job of

[13:52] keeping up but we're at a critical

[13:54] tipping point where we've got to have

[13:56] some additional if we want to maintain

[13:58] those service levels. Same for the fire

[14:00] department. This would allow for three

[14:01] full-time and one part-time firefighter

[14:04] per shift and would allow us to need

[14:08] those staffing models that are needed.

[14:12] A quick look at the tax rate reference

[14:14] points. The last time you we all spoke,

[14:16] we were thinking that the the rate would

[14:17] need to be at the divinous rate of 828.

[14:20] Um after speaking with Mayor Wansley,

[14:24] Miss Le and I did their financial

[14:26] advisors and tax attorneys and feel like

[14:29] that tonight we would recommend that you

[14:31] propose a rate of 792891

[14:34] which is three and a half cents below

[14:36] the minimum rate and five and a half

[14:38] cents below the voter approval rate. Um

[14:41] we understand that this is still a

[14:44] significant increase in what the current

[14:46] adopted tax rate is but it it is going

[14:49] to be used strictly to provide critical

[14:51] public safety services and roadway

[14:53] repairs. Um

[14:56] so this is how we came up with that

[14:58] scenario. So the M rate would be 493059

[15:03] the INS rate of 299832.

[15:07] One thing to note here we have to do

[15:09] statutos on our 2026 tax rate

[15:12] calculation sheet. What that rate showed

[15:14] what that worksheet showed was that the

[15:17] debt rate should be 335717.

[15:22] We were looking for any opportunity to

[15:24] not go up to the diminish rate of 82

[15:26] cents. And so what we are asking for the

[15:29] council to do is to use some fund

[15:31] balance both the general fund and the

[15:33] INS fund to help lower that rate.

[15:37] Um we feel like that's important. We

[15:39] think some of it will provide permanent

[15:43] rate relief, but a portion of it will

[15:44] only be for one year. We're we realized

[15:47] we're asking a lot here and so we wanted

[15:49] to make sure that we were doing what we

[15:51] can to find the right mix, but

[15:54] as we move forward.

[16:00] So, what this looks like is that the

[16:01] general fund would assume scheduled

[16:03] payments for the 2007 bond refunding and

[16:06] the 2021 fire truck obligations as they

[16:09] come due. Both of those two notes are

[16:11] scheduled to be paid off by the end of

[16:13] next year. The general fund would assume

[16:15] those payments out of the debt

[16:17] calculation.

[16:19] Then we would use additional funds from

[16:21] the debt service fund balance to pay

[16:24] interest only on the 2022 refunding and

[16:27] the 2018 C. That's that one time

[16:31] lowering of the rate just slightly so

[16:33] that we can keep it 80 cents for the

[16:36] upcoming year. We will see that again in

[16:39] our tax rate calculation next year. It's

[16:41] a one time thing. Jennifer, as I said,

[16:43] Jennifer and I did speak to our

[16:44] financial advisors. They felt like we

[16:46] had healthy fund balances in both the

[16:49] INS fund and the general fund to support

[16:51] this recommendation.

[16:53] So that again we can limit that increase

[16:54] as much as possible. So we would take

[16:56] that rate from 335717 to 29932.

[17:03] » Any questions on that? So, if you're if

[17:05] you were budgeting at home and you were

[17:07] looking for a way to lower basically

[17:10] your monthly payments on things, you

[17:12] would look for any savings that you

[17:14] might have that's beyond what you would

[17:16] need for emergency. And you would say,

[17:18] is there any debt that is one or two

[17:20] years away from being paid off

[17:22] completely? And if we put that excess

[17:25] fund balance towards it, then that's

[17:28] where the INS that's where the INS

[17:29] pennies. So, this change in the compared

[17:34] to what you saw last time doesn't

[17:35] represent anything falling off the

[17:36] budget. Any of those services that we

[17:38] saw that were that were there. It's just

[17:40] a way to pay off debt a little bit

[17:42] early, which we're paying principal only

[17:44] on at this point. Like the interest was paid. One of them was widening 346.

[17:49] You know, that's how old some of that

[17:51] debt is. Uh and just a way that we can

[17:53] use fund balance uh not for something

[17:56] that would be recurring again next year,

[17:58] but for permanent removal of the

[18:00] pennies. So, that seemed like a good use

[18:02] of fun balance. We're doing a onetime

[18:04] payment out of it to get rid of a

[18:06] permanent tax burden.

[18:10] » And again, we it's not paying it off

[18:12] early. It's just paying it as it comes

[18:14] to you. We didn't ask about paying it

[18:15] off early, but because it's principal

[18:16] only, there's no

[18:18] >> Oh, right. That's right. Yeah.

[18:20] >> So, we wouldn't save any on interest by

[18:22] paying it off early. It's just putting

[18:24] fund balance towards those payments,

[18:26] which is even smarter. I mean that that

[18:28] allows that money to stay in fund

[18:29] balance uh and be interest bearing while

[18:33] we while we make those payments. So even

[18:35] better.

[18:36] >> So again what this what this strategy

[18:39] does it uses our available reserves to

[18:41] reduce that INS levy requirement

[18:44] and you are allowed to do that. So you

[18:46] can go lower than what the tax rate

[18:48] calculation worksheet shows to be paid.

[18:51] You just cannot go above. So by lowering

[18:53] it we're well within state law to do so.

[18:56] Again, it does not or it does not

[18:58] eliminate our future debt service

[19:00] requirements. We have a 30year debt

[19:03] schedule that's planned out well in

[19:05] advance. One of the things that we run

[19:07] into is that we plan 30 years out based

[19:10] on the rules and allocations that we

[19:13] have today. So, when we issue debt in

[19:16] 2025, we made those decisions based on

[19:18] our property tax values, how they've

[19:21] grown, and what the state legislature

[19:23] had those numbers at then. What they've

[19:25] done has changed the rules. So every

[19:28] time they give one group a greater

[19:30] exemption

[19:32] another we either have to cut services

[19:34] or another group has to make up the

[19:36] difference. And so that's one of the

[19:37] things that we're running into this

[19:38] year.

[19:41] I'm going to skip this. We covered where

[19:43] we've been and where we're headed again

[19:45] tonight. So this first item is to set

[19:49] the date for action and adoption for the

[19:51] budget for September 22nd at 6 p.m. And

[19:54] then on item number We will need to

[19:56] determine the tax rate to be formally

[19:58] proposed and the required public hearing

[20:00] and adoption also September 22.

[20:13] » So the first item needs to come out of

[20:14] act item G1 which is the public hearing.

[20:18] That's an action public hearing.

[20:19] Correct.

[20:20] >> Yes sir.

[20:20] >> So we are still in public hearing. Um,

[20:23] is there any more discussion from

[20:26] council?

[20:28] Okay.

[20:29] Yeah.

[20:31] >> So, I'd make a motion to schedule

[20:32] discussion, consideration, and possible

[20:34] adoption of FY25 and 2026 27.

[20:38] >> I'm sorry, 2627 annual operating budget

[20:41] for the regular meeting on Tuesday,

[20:42] September 22nd, 2026 at 6 p.m.

[20:47] >> All right. I have a motion and a second.

[20:49] Any further discussion on that item?

[20:51] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[20:53] >> I.

[20:54] >> Any oppose say no.

[20:58] » All right, with that the motion passes.

[21:01] We are ready to exit the public hearing.

[21:04] Yes.

[21:05] >> Yes, sir.

[21:06] >> All right, the time is 6:16. The public

[21:08] hearing is over. We're now back into the

[21:10] regular agenda. That brings us to item

[21:16] G2. Set the proposed 2026 27 tax rate.

[21:20] take a record vote and setting a public

[21:22] hearing date.

[21:27] » So, it's the PowerPoint you just did

[21:28] basically what you're going to do on

[21:29] this one.

[21:29] >> Yes, sir. I don't have anything

[21:30] additional to add. It's hard to cover

[21:32] one without the other. So,

[21:34] >> I've just got those numbers back up

[21:36] here.

[21:40] » We need a motion.

[21:41] >> We do. If there's no further discussion,

[21:44] >> I'll make the motion to propose a total

[21:45] tax rate of 792891.

[21:49] per evaluation for the 2026 2027 fiscal

[21:54] year where 4493059

[22:00] will be used for maintenance and

[22:02] operations at 299832

[22:05] for interest and syncing funds

[22:08] and set the public hearing on the tax

[22:09] rate for 6 p.m. on September 22nd, 2026

[22:13] at 311 East Main Street, White House,

[22:16] Texas.

[22:16] >> Second.

[22:17] >> All right. Motion in a second. Further

[22:19] discussion

[22:21] hearing? None. All those in favor say I.

[22:24] >> Any opposed say no. That motion passes.

[22:29] >> All right. We'll see you all then. Um

[22:31] item G3. This is a long one. Public

[22:33] hearing discussion consideration action

[22:35] on a reasoning request from Hagen Oak

[22:36] subdivision at 600 block Hagen Road

[22:38] track 56 and 57. A two plus minus acre

[22:42] land in the E Brown survey A87 Smith

[22:45] County, Texas residential medium

[22:48] density. Planned development RMPD to

[22:50] residential medium density planned

[22:53] development RMPD amending planned

[22:56] development by constructing single

[22:58] family attached units with a minimum

[22:59] home size of 1600 square ft removing the

[23:02] private gate the dog park age

[23:04] restrictions and this is ordinance

[23:07] number 26-824-1

[23:10] Mr. Hooter.

[23:16] » Good evening Mayor and council.

[23:19] This request is to amend the existing

[23:22] residential medium density plan for

[23:24] approximately 2 acres and subdivision on

[23:28] road. The current proposal includes

[23:30] attached single family homes with the

[23:32] same footprint of what's already been

[23:34] approved medium home size of 1600 square

[23:38] ft. The removal of the private gate dog

[23:42] park and age restriction. A proposal for

[23:45] this same property was presented by a

[23:47] different developer and was denied by

[23:49] PNC and city council in January.

[23:51] However, the proposal had a different

[23:53] layout and development standards. This

[23:56] was presented to the planning and zoning

[23:57] commission last week and PNC recommended

[24:00] denial of this item. Uh the developer

[24:03] has decided to appeal and is also here

[24:06] to answer any questions that may come

[24:07] up.

[24:10] >> Okay.

[24:11] Any questions for Mr. before I go to

[24:13] public comments.

[24:14] >> So, what was the main difference between

[24:16] the one we denied back in January and

[24:18] this one?

[24:22] » Yes, sir. They were smaller and attached

[24:26] or detached. So, they were not

[24:31] » these are supposed to be 1600.

[24:37] » Any more questions for Mr.

[24:40] » Thank you, sir.

[24:44] All right, we had several people sign

[24:45] up. I'll start in the order that they

[24:47] were received. The first one to speak is

[24:49] Mr. Jimnip. If you come up and state

[24:51] your name and address for the record,

[24:52] please

[24:56] I'm sorry. Let me let me proceed. We got

[24:58] this is three minutes. So, public

[25:00] speaking is limited to to three minutes

[25:02] unless you are uh disabled and in need

[25:05] of assistance uh an interpreter or any

[25:07] other type of assistance. So, I'm going

[25:09] to start my clock. Mr.

[25:11] He probably already has it timed, but

[25:12] for anybody else that's speaking, I'm

[25:14] going to start the clock and uh I'm

[25:16] going to raise my hand at three minutes

[25:17] to let you know you've been address.

[25:19] >> Yes, sir. Uh name and address for the

[25:21] record, please.

[25:22] >> Jim 813 Blackbird Wag here in White

[25:25] House. Mayor and council, thanks for

[25:27] allowing me to speak. Hey, I'm opposed

[25:30] uh to the proposed amendment in item G3,

[25:32] but I want to be very clear about why. I

[25:34] don't live in the Sunny Meadows

[25:36] neighborhood. My concern is bigger than

[25:38] this particular piece of property.

[25:40] Frankly, it's bigger than that one

[25:42] neighborhood. When city approves a plan

[25:44] development, people make decisions based

[25:46] on that approval. They buy homes, they

[25:48] build homes, they invest hundreds of

[25:51] thousands of dollars. They choose one

[25:53] neighborhood over another because they

[25:54] have a reasonable expectation about

[25:57] what's going to be built around them. I

[25:59] believe the city has an obligation to

[26:01] respect that revise. The development

[26:03] contemplated here was approved with

[26:05] certain characteristics as almost a

[26:07] retirement community. It was gated. It

[26:09] had an age restriction. It included a

[26:12] dog park. These things help define the

[26:14] nature of the development that people in

[26:16] the surrounding area reasonably expected

[26:18] would be built. The entire neighborhood

[26:20] was developed after the entire

[26:22] neighborhood community has been

[26:24] established. Those homeowners have

[26:26] already made their investment. Now we're

[26:28] asking to materially change uh that

[26:31] plan. That troubles me and I believe it

[26:33] should trouble every one of you. I've

[26:35] spoken about it here before and I

[26:37] believe very strongly that this should

[26:39] be prevented by ordinance. Homeowners

[26:41] should not be forced to stay vigilant to

[26:44] protect their investment in our city.

[26:45] That's what P&Z is supposed to do and

[26:48] frankly that's what you guys are

[26:49] supposed to do. So these citizens, these people built and invested in our

[26:54] community with the belief that this

[26:56] quiet little over 50 neighborhood was

[26:59] going to be built in this little nook.

[27:01] And then that's not we're planning for.

[27:03] I'm not against small homes. I'm not

[27:05] against affordable housing. I don't

[27:06] think anybody is. But they're against it

[27:08] where they built because that's the

[27:10] condition that they built under. And I

[27:12] believe that's a contract we all have to

[27:14] keep. Whether it's a legal contract or a

[27:16] moral contract, I believe it's one we

[27:18] all have to keep.

[27:20] Thank you.

[27:20] >> Thank you.

[27:25] » All right. Next to speak is Thomas

[27:28] Mosley. If you could come up and state

[27:30] your name and address for the record,

[27:31] please.

[27:33] >> Yes. Do you have the pictures of the

[27:36] houses that he's going to build in that

[27:38] area or wants to build?

[27:44] Look at that.

[27:46] Now, we live around

[27:50] all around the fence. Now, when they

[27:53] build this, is going to be well over.

[27:58] So, they're down looking down.

[28:03] Now, what are y'all?

[28:06] Because that is invasion of privacy.

[28:10] He knows that.

[28:12] But he wants to still build

[28:19] This is my neck.

[28:22] That tree is fully on his property. He

[28:26] will not do anything with that tree. It

[28:31] the line I mean the tree is growing into

[28:34] the lines now. And if it pumps that

[28:36] where I get my electricity, boom, run

[28:39] out of electricity.

[28:41] He he doesn't do anything with it. He

[28:44] never cleans it up. No. And now he wants

[28:49] it.

[28:51] I say no.

[28:54] >> Thank you, Mr. Mosley.

[28:57] » Pass.

[28:58] >> You're gonna pass. Okay.

[28:59] >> Thank Thank you, ma'am. We'll go to the

[29:01] next name.

[29:05] » Uh Vicky Lancaster.

[29:09] Come up and state your name for the

[29:11] record.

[29:16] Hi,

[29:18] my name is Lancaster. I live at 802.

[29:23] So, this really

[29:26] >> put that microphone closer.

[29:28] >> I have not.

[29:31] But my problem is I spoke to the

[29:34] gentleman after planning zoning

[29:36] commission and said, you know, if you

[29:39] want this approved,

[29:41] you need to build

[29:44] or a little smaller two bedrooms for

[29:47] seniors.

[29:48] The first thing he said to me was, "No

[29:51] bank will give for a twobedroom home." I

[29:54] see him build all the time for seniors.

[29:59] Then I questioned him

[30:02] about why did he have a problem building

[30:05] for seniors? And he said, "Well, you

[30:08] know, if you don't want seniors,

[30:11] I can can build three bedroom homes. We

[30:13] can put seniors in there. They can stay

[30:15] for 72 hours. We even rent it out. So

[30:19] now I'm questioning

[30:22] what type of person is this that is

[30:24] wanting to build next to me that says

[30:27] this to me outside of me.

[30:32] My next question is they are wanting to

[30:35] build threebedroom homes, family homes.

[30:39] I have lived on road

[30:41] since 1984.

[30:44] So I have seen growth.

[30:46] The little bit of growth that that will

[30:49] cause with families is going to be

[30:54] I can I used to live on Christopher. I

[30:56] can remember when I could go to the end

[30:58] of Christopher

[31:00] 5 seconds and be on my way. You can't do

[31:03] that on any road anymore at all. And now

[31:06] you're going to have this family

[31:08] community that close to our

[31:12] neighborhood.

[31:16] Where are all these people going to

[31:17] park?

[31:22] How is EMS going to get into something

[31:26] where families live where there will end

[31:29] up being cars parked in the road? If you

[31:33] look at the in and out of this,

[31:37] there There's no way that you're going

[31:39] to be able to get fire truck in there

[31:42] and get it out. You can't get a school

[31:45] bus in there. The school bus will have

[31:48] to, which I ran. The school bus does

[31:51] stop on road. I love the bus driver. She

[31:54] stops right in the middle of both lanes

[31:56] and make sure all those cars stop. My

[31:58] kids are safe. So, kudos to her.

[32:03] But, I mean, this is just more added

[32:06] congestion.

[32:08] what it was originally planned for and I

[32:11] gentlemen

[32:13] it was on what this was originally

[32:15] planned for was what we built our house

[32:18] where we built it.

[32:22] » Thank you ma'am.

[32:26] All right. Up next is Mike Cherry. Come

[32:30] on up. State your name and address for

[32:31] the record.

[32:37] Hello, my name is Mike Cherry. I live at

[32:39] 10:03 Jackie Ray White House in the

[32:42] sunny edition. Uh it's good to see you

[32:45] all again. We're back again.

[32:47] >> Yes.

[32:47] >> Uh I was here in January and I'm going

[32:49] to sound like a broken record again, but

[32:52] I said we start off with safety stuff

[32:53] being old oil field guy. And if you go

[32:56] up, excuse me, if you go up memory lane

[32:59] and you take a left to go down, there is

[33:02] a fence right there close to the road

[33:04] and you cannot hardly I've been hit

[33:07] twice turning left to go to my house.

[33:11] You can't see around that fence and it

[33:13] is a definite safety hazard. So you put

[33:15] people right there on that corner, it's

[33:18] going to be even a bigger safety hazard.

[33:20] So I agree agree with her and you know I

[33:25] think this uh these guys are going to

[33:27] build it for rental property and if

[33:30] there's no gated community or 55 old,

[33:33] who knows what we're going to get in

[33:35] there and it'll decrease our property

[33:37] values again.

[33:39] So, I guess you guys could quit seeing

[33:41] us if we could get somebody to agree

[33:43] what was originally designed, the

[33:45] private gate and the dog park and the

[33:47] age restrictions.

[33:49] So, I guess we'll just keep showing up

[33:51] as long as they keep bringing it up.

[33:53] >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[33:57] All right. And our final speaker is

[34:00] Lauren Hayden. Come up and state your

[34:03] name and address for the record, please.

[34:10] » Hello. Good afternoon. My name is

[34:12] Lauren. I

[34:15] in the Sunny Meadows neighborhood. I

[34:18] wrote something today and I also emailed

[34:19] all of you guys. Um, I was in a time

[34:22] crunch. I found out about this meeting

[34:23] at

[34:24] trying to rally our neighborhood, get

[34:27] everybody here together to just voice

[34:29] our opinions and our concerns. And I

[34:30] know some of us did that last week. Um,

[34:33] so I'm just going to kind of reiterate

[34:34] what a bunch of other people said and

[34:36] some as well. Um, I'm really not

[34:40] bothered with removing the gate or the

[34:42] dog park. What I am most worried about

[34:44] is the age restriction being removed.

[34:47] Um, and just like Mr. said, a lot of

[34:50] uses, the biggest investment we make in

[34:53] our entire lives is our home. Um, so I

[34:55] know when we, me and my husband built

[34:57] our home, the original land was 55 and

[35:01] up, the dog park, the gate, and that was

[35:04] just kind of reassuring to us. Um, I'm a

[35:07] little hesitant about the transpar the

[35:09] lack of transparency with this meeting.

[35:12] called today. I didn't even know about

[35:14] it. I guess I feel like I need to pay

[35:16] more attention to the city council

[35:17] agendas every month to see what's going

[35:20] to pop up. Um I learned a little bit

[35:22] about this process. I did not realize

[35:24] when you get denied planning and zoning,

[35:26] they can let come back to city council.

[35:27] So note to self learned that um learning

[35:31] moment for me. Um he did mention at

[35:34] planning and zoning that there will be

[35:37] an HOA and he will manage that. That's

[35:39] all. That's great. What if you your

[35:42] house and somebody else moves in or what

[35:44] if it gets resed again? You know,

[35:46] there's all these what ifs. We don't

[35:47] know what's going to happen. Um,

[35:50] and who's to say someone rental property

[35:52] can't come in and buy six houses and

[35:54] then rent them out to whoever they want

[35:56] to rent out to. Um, I'm also concerned

[36:00] about the traffic, the amount of crime.

[36:02] Um, and again what Mr. Cherry said, that

[36:06] intersection at memory and when you turn

[36:08] left, I mean it's roll dice.

[36:11] might not be really careful. Um, those

[36:14] are just a few pieces of my concerns. I

[36:17] hope I don't have to come back here, but

[36:19] I hope you do see that we're persistent.

[36:21] We welcome back voices. Um, and thank

[36:24] you so much for your

[36:25] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[36:28] >> All right, that is everyone who signed

[36:30] up to speak. Um, I understand that the

[36:34] developer is here as well if council has

[36:37] any questions of them. Um otherwise it's

[36:41] open for conversation here.

[36:44] >> How often can a developer come and

[36:46] appeal?

[36:48] >> So after this happened in January

[36:50] brought an ordinance before you that

[36:52] states that they have to wait at least

[36:53] six months. If there aren't any substant

[36:57] substantive

[36:58] changes have a hard time talking tonight

[37:01] without substantive changes they have to

[37:03] wait six months. This is a different

[37:05] developer than the law proposes in

[37:08] January.

[37:09] >> Can the same developer come back again

[37:11] in six months?

[37:12] >> They can.

[37:18] So I was I was sitting where Miss uh

[37:21] Councilwoman Burns is sitting whenever

[37:23] we first approved uh this plan

[37:25] development in March 24th of 2020. And I

[37:29] went back and listened to the recording

[37:30] of that of that meeting and we were

[37:32] super excited because the the plan

[37:34] development was somewhat new for the

[37:36] city. Like we wanted we wanted

[37:38] developers to have the opportunity to

[37:40] take what was then residential low. I

[37:42] think all eight people that have bought

[37:44] uh that property half of you bought the

[37:46] property when it was res bought your

[37:48] homes when it was residential low. The

[37:49] other half bought your property with

[37:52] this this zoning in place where it was

[37:55] going to be a retirement community. you

[37:56] know, was going to be 50 or older, it

[37:58] was going to be a dog park, a picnic

[37:59] area, a gate, sidewalks. They talked

[38:01] about sidewalks in that meeting. Um, and

[38:04] definitely the age restriction. And I'd

[38:06] imagine, you know, buying your property

[38:08] with the idea that, hey, maybe one day

[38:10] mom and dad will live back there, right?

[38:11] It's the retirement community. So, it

[38:13] was almost a value ad to have it, you

[38:15] know, as it was zoned, which is the

[38:16] purpose of of a plan development. You

[38:18] take property that's residential low and

[38:21] it's negotiation between the city and

[38:23] the developer to try to make changes to

[38:25] it but changes that still retain the

[38:27] value that you would get out of a

[38:28] residential low development. So that's

[38:32] what was that's what was proposed and it

[38:34] was it was hard to get it through

[38:35] planning and zoning even with those you

[38:36] know with those concessions because a

[38:39] couple of things people just see that it

[38:40] was being reszoned as residential medium

[38:42] plan developments were new to the city

[38:44] they didn't trust that the city was

[38:46] going to hold a developer to the

[38:47] requirements that they put in place. Um

[38:50] but it got through planning and zoning

[38:51] there was about a month of conversation

[38:53] before it finally made it to council

[38:54] while they were talking to the citizens

[38:55] and mitigating those concerns. And then

[38:58] it came to council and it was about a

[38:59] 20-minute conversation just full of

[39:00] excitement, you know, that we had this

[39:02] plan development that it was going to be

[39:03] built this way. This was brand new to

[39:05] White House, you know, for how it's

[39:07] being built and the amenities is going

[39:08] to bring. So, I think that that was I

[39:11] mean that was a that was a hard thing to

[39:13] move from residential low to residential

[39:15] medium with all of those concessions in

[39:17] place. And I would think as I've spoken

[39:21] to tonight, we're kind of the stewards

[39:23] of of the property here in White House.

[39:26] When it's planned that way, when it's

[39:28] negotiated that way, it's up to planning

[39:30] and zoning and the city to make sure

[39:32] that developers uh stick to those

[39:34] negotiations that are made during that

[39:36] process.

[39:37] Now, if we want to start over, we're

[39:39] going to go back to residential low and

[39:41] then enter into a new contract where we

[39:42] try to figure out what residential

[39:44] medium plan development would look like.

[39:47] That's great. But to me at this point to

[39:48] take what was kind of hard to get

[39:50] through in the first place and start

[39:51] knocking stuff off of it. I feel like it

[39:53] knocked some of the value off of what

[39:54] was negotiated in the first place.

[39:56] >> I think you hit the nail on the head

[39:58] when you said that even at the time it

[39:59] was hard to get through as it was

[40:01] because they didn't trust that PNZ or

[40:04] the council would uphold that endeavor.

[40:07] I think that says a lot. You know, to me

[40:10] this is nothing different than January

[40:11] where we had to overrule P&Z. This time

[40:14] I think P&Z got it right.

[40:21] All right. Any further discussion?

[40:24] See, I'll entertain a motion.

[40:26] >> I'll make the motion to deny the

[40:27] resoning request for residential low

[40:29] density R-M to residential medium

[40:32] density R-M for property located in

[40:36] Hagen Oak subdivision at 600 block Hagen

[40:38] Road, track 56 and 57 for their

[40:41] construction.

[40:42] >> Second.

[40:43] >> I have a motion and a second. Any

[40:44] further discussion? Hearing none. All

[40:47] those in favor say I.

[40:49] >> I.

[40:49] >> Any opposed say no. All right. With

[40:52] that, the motion carries.

[40:54] That brings us down to item G4.

[40:57] Discussion, consideration, and action on

[40:59] awarding a bid for the Austin Bank

[41:01] elevated storage tank rehabilitation

[41:03] project. Mr. Anderson

[41:06] here to talk about the rehabilitation

[41:09] elements.

[41:13] This is something that we need to

[41:17] with the TCDQ

[41:18] and we've been working closely with

[41:24] cost as much as we can to

[41:27] make it as effective as we can and now

[41:30] that we're done with the final design.

[41:32] We've already done the bids and bids

[41:34] came back ranging from $259,90

[41:39] to $647,950.

[41:45] The engineer's opinion of probable

[41:48] construction cost was approximately

[41:51] $578,000.

[41:54] The lowest bidder that came in had to

[41:57] withdraw due to lack of electrical

[42:00] certification requirements as was put in

[42:03] the attachment that I attached to

[42:05] report. So the next lowest bid was for

[42:10] code in

[42:12] it at $38,700

[42:17] which

[42:19] bid it was $189,300

[42:23] below the

[42:27] That's

[42:30] » we're seeing that more and more council

[42:32] right now that projects are coming in

[42:34] slightly or significantly under OBCC.

[42:39] I think with the way the construction

[42:41] market has changed since 2020 numbers

[42:44] are kind of all over the place and you

[42:46] never know which trade is going to be

[42:48] where. So we saw that a little bit. Um

[42:51] some things on for sale. I think it was

[42:53] a little bit under the OPCC as well. We

[42:56] told the OPCC a little bit high and that

[43:00] are a little bit lower than try and

[43:01] figure it out after the fact. So this is

[43:04] good news. I will say council Lazarine

[43:07] asked me earlier today could we apply

[43:09] those savings to another project and the

[43:11] short answer is no. We were already

[43:13] going to be using some fund balance for

[43:15] some projects that were coming out of

[43:16] the ACOS. It would just reduce the

[43:18] amount of fund balance that we would

[43:19] need to use to get these projects across

[43:21] the finish line.

[43:23] >> So when you say during this process you

[43:25] were trying to find ways to cut cost.

[43:28] Did that pay play a lot into this being

[43:30] $189,000 cheaper or less expensive? No,

[43:33] it's basically it'll be based on

[43:36] alternates like say with the ladder on

[43:41] the tank and they knew there was some

[43:43] damage but

[43:48] » so we had to bid those items separately.

[43:50] It's not an automatic contractor gets

[43:52] it. It's one of those things that the

[43:54] process keep

[44:00] » but if we put it in the basement

[44:02] >> it's going to get done and it's going to

[44:04] get spent and that's not always the best

[44:07] >> question. This is inside and outside

[44:11] paint.

[44:11] >> Yes sir.

[44:12] >> Um will the logo on the exterior of the

[44:15] tank still is all included in this?

[44:18] >> Yes sir. There be four logos

[44:20] >> and a better lighting.

[44:21] >> Yes sir. Any

[44:26] more questions from council? You got a

[44:28] price that came in below below estimate.

[44:30] This one's easier than what it usually

[44:32] is.

[44:33] >> One more question. How long has it been

[44:35] since the interior painted? I wonder

[44:45] when the hanger was built

[44:50] » and according to the

[44:53] last hopefully.

[44:59] » Any any other questions?

[45:02] >> All right. Thank you, sir.

[45:04] >> All right. Any discussion from council?

[45:08] There's none. I'll entertain a motion.

[45:10] >> I'd like to make a motion to award the

[45:13] contract for the Austin Bank elevated

[45:15] storage tank rehabilitation project to

[45:18] Tanks Co. incorporated in the amount of

[45:21] $388,700

[45:24] and to authorize the city manager to

[45:27] execute the necessary contract

[45:29] documents.

[45:30] >> Second.

[45:32] >> All right, we have a motion and a

[45:33] second. Any further discussion?

[45:36] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[45:38] >> I.

[45:38] >> Any opposed say no.

[45:41] >> With that, the motion carries.

[45:44] Thank you for your work on that, TJ.

[45:46] All right. Item number five, discussion,

[45:48] consideration, and action on the request

[45:50] for qualifications municipal complex.

[45:52] This one doesn't have money, just has

[45:55] skills, right? They are.

[45:56] >> Well, you can't base it on money. You

[45:57] can't basically pick on money. There is

[45:59] money involved.

[46:00] >> We just don't know yet.

[46:01] >> There always is.

[46:04] >> Mayor Council, we received 10

[46:07] submitts for the request for

[46:09] qualifications complex. All from highly

[46:12] qualified architecture firms. Just as a

[46:14] reminder, this project would include

[46:17] We have slated some funding for the

[46:19] renovation and expansion of city hall to

[46:21] include a new council chamber courtroom

[46:24] um a new fire station and some

[46:27] improvements to city park. So that was

[46:30] all included in the scope. We did

[46:31] receive again 10 subs for that. Staff

[46:34] reviewed the subs and is recommending

[46:36] that we move forward with Fitzpatrick's

[46:38] architects for the project. As you all

[46:40] know Fitzpatrick did the preliminary

[46:42] planning for that. One of the biggest

[46:44] factors that we were looking internally

[46:46] was not only qualifications, experience

[46:48] and how well they work together as a

[46:50] team, but also we wanted someone in the

[46:52] local area this time. We felt like that

[46:54] would serve us better.

[46:57] So again,

[47:00] » I worked with them a ton of class

[47:04] >> and they're the ones that found a way

[47:06] for the fire station to go over there to

[47:07] take what was going to be unused space

[47:09] out of the middle of the the renovations

[47:12] here. So

[47:13] >> I think they're already They're already

[47:15] kind of showing their value now. Did I

[47:17] hear that right? It's gonna be

[47:18] everything. It's just all of it, right?

[47:21] So, is that going to be done

[47:24] mobilization wise? Are those projects

[47:26] going to be done?

[47:27] >> So, we are working with half on phasing

[47:28] and when we get Fitzpatrick SEC procured

[47:33] as our architect, we will work together

[47:35] on what that phasing will look like. The

[47:37] scope of services for architecture will

[47:39] cover all of those projects the intent.

[47:41] >> So, I know it's a game of cups and balls

[47:43] like where we're going to wind up

[47:44] putting while things are getting done.

[47:46] So everything's getting built at

[47:48] >> order that'll be in but we like having

[47:50] one architect team for all of those

[47:51] projects even if they're not all done

[47:54] >> simultaneously was important for the two

[47:57] >> every year it gets more expensive. I

[47:59] mean if we can build if we can get them

[48:00] built tomorrow that'd be great all of

[48:02] them.

[48:02] >> But you're hoping to have them all done

[48:03] at one time right you enjoy the city

[48:05] center that much.

[48:05] >> I really um anything we can do to

[48:08] shorten that process that really painful

[48:10] construction process I'm all for.

[48:13] Well, the cool part with them doing all

[48:14] three projects, the the

[48:17] everything should be using the same

[48:19] stone

[48:21] idea and thought process.

[48:23] >> Yeah. Mobilization, delivery, like all

[48:25] those things that you can say matter.

[48:27] All those things.

[48:28] >> Yeah, the stone changes. If you got a

[48:30] different query, it's a different color.

[48:32] Yeah, it's weird.

[48:33] >> All the things you'd never think you

[48:34] have to think of. Um, so

[48:38] any discussion from council on this

[48:40] recommendation? Hearing

[48:46] no discussion, I'll entertain a motion.

[48:48] >> I'll make a motion to move to authorize

[48:51] city to negotiate and execute a

[48:54] professional service agreement with

[48:56] architect

[48:58] complex.

[49:00] >> Second.

[49:00] >> All right, I have a motion and a second.

[49:02] Any further discussion?

[49:04] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[49:07] >> Any opposed say no. With

[49:09] >> that motion carries. On to item G6,

[49:15] consider future agenda items. Oh my

[49:17] gosh,

[49:19] we have a shaping up to be a very full

[49:22] evening on September 22nd. As you all

[49:24] know, budget and tax rate items will be

[49:26] back before you. Some of these other

[49:28] things will be consent items like

[49:31] cancellation of election. We have a

[49:33] proclamation for national night out

[49:35] current year budget amendments. Jennifer

[49:38] was laughing the other day. We were

[49:40] working in three budget years all at the

[49:41] same time. And so we've got some work to

[49:43] do to clean up the current fiscal year

[49:45] budget amendments, water, waste water,

[49:47] and garbage rates that are approved in

[49:48] your budget for the year. And then also

[49:52] we will be holding a public hearing for

[49:54] a substandard structure on Blackird.

[50:01] So that will be on September 22nd. This

[50:03] is moving through

[50:05] >> a substandard structure that

[50:07] >> this is to move through the legal

[50:08] process

[50:11] a structure up to code or to get it

[50:13] removed if it cannot be brought up to

[50:15] code

[50:17] >> and at this point it's well below

[50:19] standard. So substandard is kind of

[50:22] yeah,

[50:24] right

[50:29] for release from ETJ.

[50:30] >> Oh yes, we do have someone that is

[50:32] requested to be released from the

[50:35] >> hurts my feelings.

[50:39] » Yeah, the proclamation. Um, so

[50:44] yeah, this proclamation for National

[50:46] Night Out, it'll be after National Night

[50:48] Out. When are we holding our

[50:50] >> September 22nd is our

[50:52] one month? Okay, good. Yeah. So, we'll

[50:54] get it ahead of that and I'll read it

[50:56] again that night. Um, the of National

[50:59] Night Out. Okay.

[51:02] >> Are we going to take a uh car apart,

[51:04] Chief? Take the top off

[51:07] >> for safety reasons probably. Oh, the

[51:09] jaws of life. Yeah,

[51:11] >> man. It's not the It's not the early

[51:13] 2000s.

[51:14] >> Wave pressure.

[51:17] » They used to disassemble couches. Like

[51:19] they get an old couch and, you know,

[51:20] jerk that thing apart, but yeah.

[51:22] >> Oh, well, maybe one year.

[51:25] >> There we go. All right. Anything else to

[51:26] add to this list? We're almost out of

[51:28] room. There's only like two more items

[51:29] you can add on there. We reduce our

[51:31] font. Um, anything else to add?

[51:36] All right. Hearing none. That takes us

[51:38] down to item H, administrative reports.

[51:40] Going to receive the reports from staff

[51:42] for July.

[51:44] >> The part where we test our Wi-Fi.

[51:50] » Okay. Push through on that.

[51:56] » This is our smart sheet.

[52:02] » Here we go. The property tax, sales tax.

[52:06] Um,

[52:08] >> still up slightly, which is good.

[52:10] >> Yeah.

[52:11] >> Are we seeing a hit in our water? I

[52:12] mean, this report's a month behind, but

[52:14] we're just now getting like some really

[52:16] dry, crispy grass out there. So,

[52:19] >> I'm hoping we'll have August building

[52:21] will go out here.

[52:27] As always, this last

[52:29] >> two or three months to lag behind a

[52:32] little bit.

[52:32] >> Part of the budgeting thing. You always

[52:34] hope we sell enough water to pay for it.

[52:40] » The sewer is always consistent. Oh,

[52:42] sorry.

[52:42] >> So, so that's why you see that

[52:46] >> it's a little ste

[52:54] » fees have definitely improved the last

[52:57] couple of years.

[52:58] >> They have. I was talking to Tom today.

[53:01] They are

[53:04] makes a difference.

[53:05] >> Well, actually look at 2025 looked like

[53:07] we were getting more than the green line

[53:09] showing

[53:10] >> up now. I think 2025 was it cooler? Is

[53:14] that why we sold

[53:17] >> I think we had an

[53:20] onboard based on

[53:23] >> so when it's hot the kilowatt hours.

[53:25] >> Yeah. We also had a we had a service

[53:28] come in and identify additional

[53:30] franchise fees that might be exposed if

[53:32] we get any

[53:33] >> big fines off of that.

[53:35] >> Um we did have some fines. I don't know

[53:38] they how significant they were but I

[53:41] think we're closing in on the end of

[53:44] that agreement with them. I think we'll

[53:46] hit our third year in the spring.

[53:49] >> And they were commission based basically

[53:51] so we didn't lose any money if they

[53:52] didn't find

[53:54] Excellent.

[53:59] » Yeah, it's good to know what you got.

[54:02] >> Okay,

[54:07] see permitting

[54:11] residential permits. Man, 22 was a year,

[54:14] wasn't it? Look at that.

[54:20] » I know, right?

[54:28] Okay, looks good.

[54:32] » So, if you can pass on to the the young

[54:35] lady that does our code enforcement,

[54:36] she's doing very good.

[54:40] » Very responsive.

[54:42] >> Yes. And her job is seldomly easy. I'd

[54:45] imagine it's not always good news she's

[54:47] delivering there.

[54:48] >> Well, it seems like she has the right

[54:49] demeanor for it, too. It's not about

[54:51] just writing tickets and finding about

[54:53] correcting the problem. I appreciate

[54:54] that.

[54:55] >> She does a great job of getting

[54:56] compiance, not so much, you know,

[54:59] >> not enforcement.

[55:00] >> It's nice to have somebody without a gun

[55:02] on their head going up and telling their

[55:03] grass is too.

[55:06] >> Where possibly would the next future

[55:09] neighborhoods go in town? Any ideas

[55:12] about where they're headed?

[55:14] >> We have Park Meadows that's under

[55:15] construction. Um,

[55:18] that's the big one right now. I haven't

[55:20] heard any others. 346 East.

[55:24] We got plenty of property.

[55:27] >> Yeah, there's a lot of development.

[55:30] >> Yeah. Going in down there.

[55:33] >> Um Chief, there any uh any issues with

[55:36] people adhering to the burn ban that you

[55:38] know of?

[55:40] had any complaints any

[55:48] » the grass fire is just unbelievable and

[55:50] it across the county potential is too

[55:53] high.

[55:54] >> Yeah.

[55:54] >> Sorry, the chiefs were sitting together.

[55:56] I didn't realize I said chief over there

[55:57] and they both both perked up. I mean can a can a pasture spontaneous combust

[56:04] just for heat

[56:07] >> without extremely extremely low

[56:11] >> electricity

[56:15] squirrel run through the grass.

[56:22] » All right.

[56:25] Service orders looking good.

[56:31] garage sale. Nobody wants

[56:36] » I'll just keep my stuff.

[56:49] Let's see. Crime by type.

[56:53] Those those graphs always look tall and

[56:55] you realize it's like two.

[56:57] >> Yeah, it's not there's not a times 10

[56:58] anywhere. Just

[57:01] >> chief Robson just stand on top of crime

[57:03] and

[57:04] >> three police on duty on a shift. That

[57:08] could that could decrease sometimes of

[57:10] course sickness, illness, whatever. But

[57:14] that's what we're shooting at in

[57:18] You just have to factor in training time

[57:22] FMLA. You have to factor in if one guy

[57:24] goes to jail, he could be there for two

[57:25] or three hours.

[57:27] >> Take someone.

[57:30] >> It's a lot easier to work down from

[57:32] three to two than it is to

[57:34] >> then if you go to a domestic then the

[57:36] countyy's either going to back you up or

[57:37] another city.

[57:45] people still speaking through our town.

[57:50] » We've had a change in the schedule for

[57:52] the school this year with the high

[57:54] school, you know, starting later.

[57:56] >> It's been a noticeable amount of traffic

[57:59] decreased. Uh I think not just I mean on

[58:02] Acap of course because that's where the

[58:04] drop off is, but it seems like

[58:06] >> talking about the morning.

[58:07] >> Yes.

[58:08] >> Yeah. They they start late. You can

[58:11] actually get down Acertap at 7:30 in the

[58:13] morning. Afternoon's a little different

[58:15] now because you weren't used to that

[58:16] traffic in the afternoon,

[58:17] >> right?

[58:19] >> And it is great to see our police making

[58:21] the rounds during school after school

[58:25] time for the children and there's no

[58:28] tolerance I hope for speeders.

[58:31] >> Yeah, we don't want anybody hurt.

[58:34] >> That was a big gamble from the school.

[58:35] You know, they had to it got a lot of

[58:37] push back on those on those staggered

[58:38] start times, but it helped the bus

[58:40] routes. It helped the traffic appreciate

[58:42] that. our largest employer.

[58:45] >> Well, the chief police chief may cringe

[58:47] when I say this, but because the traffic

[58:49] has spread out more, it does give them a

[58:51] better opportunity to make traffic stops

[58:54] because there's a way to safely do it

[58:55] now.

[58:58] enforcement.

[59:04] » They could they could sit out in front

[59:06] of hallway school at when the high

[59:08] school lets out and they could swap

[59:11] lives with how many people they could

[59:13] probably get. You know,

[59:21] sales tax

[59:28] measure as your population grows.

[59:30] >> Yeah. The sales tax.

[59:37] » Yeah. If it would diminish, then that

[59:38] would insinuate that the retail economy

[59:41] is not evolving with it, right? So

[59:43] that's Yeah, that's a great thing to

[59:44] look at there. Appreciate that.

[59:47] Y'all had a good workshop in EDC last

[59:50] time.

[1:00:08] » Wow,

[1:00:11] they're in the lead.

[1:00:14] All right, zooming on through some of

[1:00:16] these

[1:00:18] city center.

[1:00:19] >> The city center is doing good.

[1:00:21] >> Yeah, that graph is going in the right

[1:00:23] direction.

[1:00:24] >> Co-working day passes.

[1:00:25] >> Every time I go back there's

[1:00:27] >> Yeah, I never know what's going on

[1:00:28] there. There's some event or something.

[1:00:31] I think it's great.

[1:00:33] that the custodians of the city city

[1:00:36] center very

[1:00:40] » that's great

[1:00:48] » maybe a blood drive coming up maybe

[1:00:52] >> okay

[1:00:56] done it before I'll do it again

[1:00:58] all right any questions on the KPIs that

[1:01:02] we saw Any question comments from

[1:01:04] council?

[1:01:06] We also had an income statement as a

[1:01:07] part of our agenda packet. Uh if there's

[1:01:09] any questions on that, we can take this

[1:01:11] at this time.

[1:01:14] » All right. Hearing none, there's no

[1:01:16] action on this item. So we're going to

[1:01:17] move to item I, executive session, which

[1:01:19] we have none. So we're not going to J

[1:01:20] reconvene. That leads us to K adjourn.

[1:01:23] There's nothing else for this meeting.

[1:01:24] No old business or what have you. I'll

[1:01:26] entertain a motion to adjurnn. I'll make

[1:01:27] a motion council and mayor that we

[1:01:30] adjourn for the evening and everybody be

[1:01:32] cool and safe.

[1:01:34] >> Second.

[1:01:35] >> All right. I have a motion and a second.

[1:01:36] Any further discussion?

[1:01:39] Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[1:01:40] >> I.

[1:01:41] >> Any oppose can stay here. The time is

[1:01:42] 656.

[1:01:44] We are done.

City Council - Aug 24 2026

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