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Ready? All right. Good evening everyone.

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our computer clock just flipped over to six 30, so it's time to start

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this irregular, uh, city council meeting at city of meadows place.

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it is tuesday, march 26th, 2024, and we are starting at

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six 30. On the dot I, item a

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is a call to order. So this meeting is call to order, and it

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is, uh, we have a quorum. In fact, we have everyone here on council tonight,

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and I'm thrilled to see it. Uh, I'm gonna ask everybody to stand for the pledge

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of allegiance. Remain standing for the invocation, and the pledge

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tonight will be led by a yak member. That's youth

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action council member, uh, camden miller. And then jimmy hemp finnick

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will do the invocations. So please remain, gimme a second

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flag of the united states of america and in

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public, which one nation under

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god in liberty,

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all you are doing.

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thank for all of our volunteers, our first responders,

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everybody this time.

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and you

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ask, you go before us .

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all right, we're gonna move on to audit b. And I want remind by

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that these meetings are two, uh, here to, uh, take care of

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business for the city meadows place. And we're getting ready to take care of some

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business called an audit, which is something that we do every

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year. And, um, so presenting our audit, uh,

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is the representative from, um,

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da da, the auditor's report from belt

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harris and

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pat ic. Ic. All right, thank you.

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here we go. I always like to tell people that, uh, it's staff's job to do

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10,000 things, right? All year long to stay in compliance with rules and regulations and everything

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that's required of them. And I get to come in and kind of nitpick at the end and send a bunch of

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emails. And, uh, I really appreciate anna maria and all the help, uh, that she's been in getting

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this in front of you. So instrumental, uh, thank you to her. Uh, so

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I'm gonna go through a couple of things in the book tonight, reference some page numbers, go over some high level information,

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and then I'll take any questions you all might have at the end. Uh, I'll start on page number

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one. Page number one is our independent auditor's report, otherwise

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known as an opinion letter. I am pleased to say we have issued an unmodified opinion

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on the city's financial statements. That is the highest level of assurance that we as

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independent auditors can give, that the city's financial statements are materially correct

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and that all of the required disclosures under the generally accepted accounting principles in the

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united states have been made. In other words, it's a clean opinion. That's what you want

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to hear. If you'll flip back with me to page number 15.

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page number 15 is our statement of net position, otherwise known as a balance sheet. This

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is a government-wide financial statement presented on a full accrual basis of accounting.

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all that means is that the long-term items of the city, such as any, uh, capital assets or long-term

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liabilities are presented on this financial statement here. I'll just point out that in total,

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between your governmental and business type activities, the city ended the year with $40 million

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in total assets, about $5.7 million in total liabilities,

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and overall ending net position of about $35.9 million.

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if we go back to page number 19, we'll see that same type of financial statement

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of balance sheet, however, this is presented on a modified accrual basis of

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accounting. So those long-term items are not included here. This is much more akin to

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the basis of accounting on which you would adopt your budget here. I'll just point out that the general

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fund, the main operating fund of the city ended the year with total assets of about 7.2 million.

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total liabilities of about 518,000, and an overall

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ending fund balance of about $6.4 million. And then if

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we go back to page number 23, we can see how we got there. This is

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our statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance, otherwise known as an income

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statement, again, presented on that modified accrual basis of accounting. This should look

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very similar to what you would see on your budget

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here. Again, I'll just point out that the general fund, that main operating fund of the city ended, ended the

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year with total revenues of about 7.8 million. Total expenditures of about

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7.6 million, leading to a slight increase in that general fund fund balance

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to leave you with that ending fund balance of $6.4 million.

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as a general indicator of financial health bond rating agencies and the like, typically look at

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that ending fund balance number and like to see at least three months worth of operating expenditures contained

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in that fund balance. So that 6.4 million represents almost 84% of your

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overall operating expenditures are about 10 months. So again, very, very healthy fund balance there.

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the last page I'll take you back to is page number 29. Uh,

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in fiscal year 2022, we made a change in our financial reporting to sort of separate

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out the utility activity and kind of present it on its own. Uh, so this is the first

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year where we kind of have this financial statement that's got this full year of activity presented.

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uh, as we, as we changed it last year, uh, overall we had good total operating

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revenues and expenses. A small operating loss in the utility fund ending, uh, net position of

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that utility fund increased slightly, uh, leaving you with about $8.6 million

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in net position. One thing I always like to point out on this statement, uh, to kinda make sure that

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our utility rates are in line with service and that we're, um, being sure that we're

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charging enough, uh, is to look at our total operating revenues in

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relation to our operating expenses. However, there's one key point here that, that ending,

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that last expense line item for depreciation is not a cash outflow,

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right? That's something that's charged every year. We're recognizing that expense for the use of our

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assets, but that's not truly a cash outflow. So if we take that $500,000

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in depreciation expense out, we end up at about 1.5 million in overall,

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uh, cash outflow or cash expenses to the utility fund. So obviously that represents

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really well in relation to the amount that we're charging or bringing in, in that utility fund.

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so again, all looks good there. With that, I can

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conclude my presentation and I'd love to take any questions you might have. Counsel,

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have one. The, uh, you mentioned the operating reserve three month

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on the, uh, general fund side. What about on the utility side? What's, what's

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your guideline there and where are we there? So, um, the utility fund side typically

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is a, is a, a little bit different, uh, of a beast because again, in that respect, we're

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charging for some type of service that we're providing naturally. We're not necessarily

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in a for-profit business in order to generate a bunch of profit, but we wanna make sure that

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we're charging enough to recuperate all of the costs of the service that we're providing, right?

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and so, um, that, that ending net position is also

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a little different and that this is carried on a full accrual basis. So all of those long-term

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assets, things like your capital assets, any long-term liabilities associated with that is included in

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that number. So it's a little bit difficult to use that ending net position number in the same

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type of way you would look at your fund balance for the general fund. That's why I like to typically compare those

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operating revenues and expenditures as kind of how that looks on a year by year basis. That's

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what litmus test versus the yeah, but that just looks at operation. That

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doesn't look at setting aside a sinking fund doesn't set aside

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a sinking fund to repair or replace long-term assets.

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yeah, that would be, that would be a mechanic that ultimately city council can decide to

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do. And, and as you generate, if you generate continually operating revenues over

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expenditures and that net position continues to increase, that typically is an indicator

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that there may be some reserve out there to start setting aside towards those capital, which we're

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about to spend. So, yep, I have been informed.

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anyone else, counsel ann maria,

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questions, comments, or input?

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I just wanted to make satisfied with the .

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I wanna say I'm impressed with the presentation. David and rick understood it, and

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I'm impressed. All right. With that, we will take,

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and we will call, we will have a motion to accept the auditor's financial

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report for 2022. 2023. I move.

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motion. Motion by david. Second. Second by kurt. Thank you, kurt.

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all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.

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we have received the presentation.

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I do mean it. I appreciate your presentation. Um,

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yes, thank you. Alright, now we have reports, um,

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starting off with a police report. Um, our police chief,

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uh, gary stewart is, uh, down on

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the beach, uh, at

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a conference on how to become a better cop and

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how to become a better police chief. And there's folks all over. So

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he's going to school all day and stuck assistant

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chief ashton with the report. Yes. Thank

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you, mr. Mayor. Counsel, citizens, thank y'all for coming.

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we'll, in your packet, we'll start off with the spreadsheet that gives us our

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general numbers for the month number of reportable accidents. We had

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eight number of arrests. We had seven calls for service, which are

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any activity. 2,688. Number of

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reports taken for criminal offenses. 49

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citations issued 302 for 651 charges.

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citations issued for city ordinances violations. We had two warnings

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issued for traffic. 143 for 168

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charges, and then warnings issued for city ordinance violations. We had

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11. Gave us a total activity count, 3,584.

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moving down to the next section, to give a little more detail, assaults. We

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had one burglary motor vehicles. We had four burglary

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businesses. We had two, uh, burglary of residence.

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we had zero. The city ordinance contacts. We had a total of

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13 criminal mischief. We had zero fraud. We

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had two robberies, zero our property checks,

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which include the businesses, close patrol, house watch, and school checks.

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2,399 thefts. We had three

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unauthorized use of motor vehicle. We had one. And the tlc

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program, we had 22 to pass, six to fail for a total of 28

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contacts. Uh, the city ordinance breakdown

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below that, uh, warnings issued

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that, uh, I think that first number is not correct for solicitors.

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we had a total of six contacts. Loud noise. We had three

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loose dog, we had two. Then the citations for city ordinances.

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we issued two for solicitors. There were no reportable accidents

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in the, uh, roundabouts or that immediate area.

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and the other accidents that were reported were throughout the city.

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there were no, uh, specific trends for the reporting period.

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moving on to the packet, I believe chief stewart,

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uh, flips to the flock section. So trying

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to follow his lead,

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we will go to page five. And

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for the flock hits, we had 79, which was up from the

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previous month. The breakdown is we had nine for stolen vehicles,

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37 were for sex offenders. But as you can see there, that,

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uh, three of the vehicles were recorded eight times. Uh,

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it just means they passed through the city. Yes, sir. Several times.

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uh, stolen plate alerts. We had 14 gang su,

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excuse me, suspected terrorist. We had one missing person alerts. We

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had two, uh, outstanding warrants. We had nine

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protection orders. We had seven, uh, zero for other agency

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hot list and zero for violent persons. Uh,

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down below are, uh, uh, activity.

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the very first one, officer duran, received a flock hit, uh,

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kind of coincides with us discussing the flock as a

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stolen vehicle out of katy. It shows that, uh, the driver was

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arrested and transported to fort bend county jail.

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uh, going to the next page on page six is

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our arrest breakdown. So we have total of

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seven arrest. Two of those were juveniles, five were adults.

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to your right, you see the charge categories. Evading arrest two.

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theft was one warrant from another. Jurisdiction was one.

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the qumv was one. Criminal trespassed, evading

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one, and then evading with possession of a controlled

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substance was one.

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uh, mesa and the tennis court project

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is moving slowly, but it is moving that,

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uh, annamarie will be glad to hear that. We did finally receive our

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router from t-mobile that we are setting up to use

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for the back haul from the tennis courts to here where the access server's located.

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uh, wright technologies actually has that and started working on the

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setup with t-mobile and mesa for the,

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uh, technical specifications needed.

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excuse me. Moving down to the grants, the radio

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recorder has been installed that as of friday,

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this past friday. We consider that, uh, project to be complete,

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that it is operational, that the

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dispatchers and cid now have immediate access

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to, uh, the archives and seems to be working very well. So

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we're pleased with that. Uh, the dispatch

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console that, uh, jerry brownley and myself attended a

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zoom meeting last wednesday with

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the governing powers to confirm our,

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uh, radio selection. And our

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need was still there. I was quite happy that they just confirmed

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ours, that sugarland was on there asking for portable radios.

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and my question session was about a minute and a half. Theirs was

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about 20 that, uh, so I feel a

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bit relieved, but also feel optimistic because they did mention that this is our

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third submission for the same thing. And they were happy to see that

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we had moved to the avtec console. So I think maybe

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we've got everything, uh, in line this time.

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uh, the portable radio grant, of course, has been awarded.

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we have started receiving the accessories that come with the portable

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radios. Not sure of the actual delivery date for the,

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uh, portable radios. And then, uh, we're still working

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on, jerry is working on a couple of different funding sources, uh, for

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the in-car camera and body camera dilemma that we

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are in for this and is looking at maybe treating it

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as the radio console and splitting it between two different

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grant sources that, uh, I think the amount is,

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is kind of hindering us. Uh,

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the legal update training, uh, continues as you know, we're

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always excited when we can do in-house training, but also when we can partner

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with our neighbors, stafford sugarland, missouri city. And as

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you see there, we're still working with dps. I think they like

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coming to our training facility. And, uh, our hospitality,

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uh, liam, our evening shift, full-time

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dispatcher has accepted a position with stafford police department,

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but will remain on as a part-time

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dispatcher. So, and courtney, thank you very much

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for helping us to get it posted. And thank you, cameron, for our recruiting

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video. Uh, the camp out, I'm just gonna

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say as far as the pd goes, that it went well. I believe

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cole's excited to report on that. And that

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also we are completing our ieps, the incident

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action plans for some of our upcoming events, such as the kickoff,

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the summer and old town meadows. Uh, which is also

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for those of us that have been here a while known as the school carnival.

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and then lastly, uh, unfortunately yesterday we had

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an aggravated robbery at aldi. And aggravated means

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that a strong arm or weapon was used. In this

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case, it was a handgun that a young lady

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was coming out of aldi car pulls up, uh, gets

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out and tells her to give 'em their, her money or

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whatever she has on her. And she had just cashed

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her paycheck and had cash in her pocket. So that's,

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uh, very disappointing. As you know, aldi does not

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have, uh, any video surveillance, but the detectives

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were able to take the vehicle description and go back into the flock

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system and find a matching card that, uh,

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fits the timeframe as well. And they are trying

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to contact the owner to determine whether they're the suspect or if the car

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was stolen. Uh, as of four o'clock today, the, uh,

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detectives have not been able to contact the registered owner of the vehicle.

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and that concludes the, the report.

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all right. Uh, counsel, any questions, comments? So if,

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if she had just cashed her check, had she just come from the bank? Is this like a jugging

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type incident? That was our, uh, initial

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thought, but no, she had actually cashed the check the day

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before and was doing her shopping. Uh,

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and I take it that she was a cash type person.

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and then I have a question on page six,

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the business that declined prosecution. Mm-hmm.

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. Was there a reason given for that? Or do

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we need to have some discussions with a manager?

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to my knowledge, I, I did see that. And, uh,

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I think it was just the circumstance because we've not run into

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that with them. If you remember, about a week ago,

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we had the fellow that went in and took the, uh, laundry detergent

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and went outside and put it in his shopping cart. And as he was making his

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getaway, the officers were able to catch him pushing it down, uh,

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west airport towards the feeder road. And, uh, have, have no issues

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that when we've had a, we're able to catch a suspect. We've never

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had any pushback, but something for us to follow up

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on to make sure there wasn't, uh, an extenuating circumstance

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or a new manager, I'm assuming

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that is, uh, of concern to, uh, alderman staley.

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if, if we have businesses that don't or decline prosecution, they're

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inviting this type of activity into our city. Mm-hmm. , I feel the same

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way. And, and so I would appreciate a follow up on that. Definitely.

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uh, so, because it concerned me too. Well, if we go to

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all that time in trouble and they just go, well, nevermind,

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uh, they can move back to san francisco or something,

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we need to arrest them. I have a question. Um, so yes, the

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business that was mentioned, uh, and then you had mentioned aldi not having

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surveillance. It seems like there are several businesses that do not have some sort

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of a surveillance system in place. Is that,

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unfortunately that is correct. Is that, uh, as,

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as we, I know the chief has mentioned several times that video is our

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friend. Mm-hmm. And, uh, our residents more and more taking

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to that. But, uh, yes, we have a few

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businesses who have nothing when we bring it

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up to them. What is the, is it just the cost? They just don't care or

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curious? I it's usually a corporate decision. Yeah.

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and for some it's cost. And for some they don't want

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to be in the middle. I mean, there are some businesses that refuse to prosecute. There

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are some that will tell their employees, you do not attempt to stop anyone doing

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shoplifting, be fired for various reasons,

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you know, but, and I can understand not stopping them having an employees

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stop them, but just to have a camera, just to have it have surveillance.

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I just, well, if you take a look at a national chain mm-hmm. , look at how

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much it would equip one store, multiply that out,

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I think it would be probably prohibitive. And that is a corporate decision. Yeah.

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and so there's nothing that the city, um,

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can do to require it. Yes. We can strongly encourage it.

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and when we have talked to management at aldi,

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it was, they were polite and essentially as they

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said that we'll send it up the chain. And

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here we are years later. One,

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one thing I wanna throw out there, um, would it be,

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is is it possible to put a pole in the easement, put a camera on

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it, and it's one that we monitor, not necessarily monitor, but go back

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to, uh, I know there's been a lot of just smashing grabs on windows

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and, and all these parking lot. It's gotten a little more serious with this one yesterday.

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uh, is that a possibility? Uh, well, possibility

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is, yes. The, but we run into a couple of things with that.

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first of all, the placement and then what we're actually capturing, if we

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put one camera up, what are we focused on? And the detail.

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but then also the maintenance, uh, as we have on the agenda that flock

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cameras are coming up and with our city cameras that we

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currently have, you know, there's, uh, an annual maintenance

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for keeping the system up and going. But then also the update and upgrade cost,

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uh, you know, a couple of years. And we're cycling through cameras.

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so there's many things. I I think the chief and

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I have talked about this before, and I think one of the concerns

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though is if we're putting a camera up that's monitoring

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a private business, what do we run into with that as

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well? I mean, is that acceptable? Do we need their permission?

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uh, there's, uh, uh, a myriad of things to, to

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consider, but is it possible? Yes, it

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is. And then you'd mentioned that while we have cameras and they're in dispatch,

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that uh, and they routinely look at 'em, they're not camera

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monitors. Now, of course, with everything recording, 'cause that's

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what we get out of this is we're always able to go back and review

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video. I wonder if that would help, you know, be a deterrent. Even just

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someone pulls into the aldi parking lot, they see a camera looking over the parking

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lot. Maybe a sign that says you're being recorded. I, I don't

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know if, if we were talking about this, and this is jack's opinion,

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if we were talking about this 10 years ago, I'd say yes, but the

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today's bad guy, they expect it. They,

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it's no longer, it is kind of like the daytime burglary that

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no longer is that an obstacle to them that, uh,

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so, but yes, we would love to and love to work with

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aldi and go over, especially some of the new technology that we're learning about

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that, uh, to offer solutions. More than

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likely it would require permission from the, the property owner.

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um, otherwise you get into a probable cause in

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incidents, um, at the county, we are actually prohibited from using

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drones for investigation type purposes without a

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search warrant.

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well, I agree with that rule for the camp, for them, not for us.

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maybe this incident will help all the, uh, management change

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their mind. We'll see. Yeah. Jack, I have one thing

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I'd like to ask. And that is on, um, on the fraud.

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like, we had two incidents of fraud last month. And I just

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got the doing some research on, uh,

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a scam that's going on by folks

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upon praying mostly upon elderly people or folks that have had,

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uh, timeshares for a long time. And they go in and they talk to

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'em and they come up with this big plan about how to get outta your timeshare

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since you're gonna cro in 10 years and you're gonna be a burden to your kids.

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why not get rid of it now type of thing. And, um,

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people getting cleaned for thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars.

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have you heard anything about that in this region?

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no, sir. Not that, but I hear the commercials on the am radio all the time

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about we get you out of that. And I'm making a note because I want to look into

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that and some of the research

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that I was looking at, and I'm, I'm not a huge researcher.

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I'm scamming skin, skin articles, scanning articles

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that, uh, some of these are tied to the drug cartels

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down in mexico. The, what's the w arena,

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cartel or whatever it is, um, are big into this.

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so that's a little scary in and of itself. So if you would

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kind of check into it. Yes, sir. And I'll get, give with me and if you ever

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need to and I'll throw you what I got. Okay. Okay. Because that might be a,

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a good newsletter article as well. Um, yeah. Alright.

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and anything else? Good

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questions, good comments, counsel, and great report, jack. Thank you very much. Yes sir.

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alright, item two, uh, parks and recreation.

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well, you already took care of part of parks and recreation, didn't you? Oh yeah, he

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did. He certainly did. Good evening council mayor. Um, this report

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will cover parks and rec activities, actually from

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december of 2023 to march of 24. Since I

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wasn't able to participate last month. Um, now we get a four month review.

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I'm also gonna do it a little bit out of, um, order tonight because we have

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some special guests in the audience and I'd like to get them up here and back home

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'cause it's a school night. Um, so I'm gonna first discuss some of our

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upcoming events. And so our next events coming up will be concerts in

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the park. And those are friday nights in april. So april 5th,

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12th, and 26th. And as you guys know, we've been doing these for many years

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now. We bring in a live band, food trucks, kids

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and families are out there playing cornhole and just relaxing and

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having a good time. Um, but on april 26th, that's

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gonna be a special one for us. And I'm gonna bring my ya kids up

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here to talk about what we're doing. Um, you guys can start making

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your way up here and carolyn as well. Um, and that

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night we are calling light the night. And if y'all recall, um, many

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years ago we did a light the night, um, where we have the,

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uh, chinese lanterns that participants would purchase and

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then they would light them and put 'em a float out on the lake. So I'm gonna let yak

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step, step up now and tell you about the event and why they're doing it and

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who's involved.

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hello council, I am carolyn whitlow. I'm the recreation coordinator

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for the parks department in the city. Um, part of my job is running,

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um, a bunch of the city programs. One of those programs is yak our

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youth action council. Um, our council currently

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holds 10 consistent high school students. Um, the goal

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is that it would promote leadership in them. Um, we have participated at

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every, I think every event this year, um,

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from the august start of the august school year until now. Um, our

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yacht kids have been been at every single one of them. Um, one of our yacht kids

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is charlotte, and then we have camden miller as well. Um,

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currently, um, we have decided to fundraise for

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make a wish. I know many of you have probably passed by the make-a-wish offices

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just up the street. Um, but they actually grant wishes throughout our area.

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there is a handful of wishes in fort bend county that, um,

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are needing to be granted. Um, there is one wish in particular that is

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the one that I, we got the closest one to meadows place.

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um, she's a 17-year-old girl named michelle who has

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lymphoma and her wish is to go to disney world. Um,

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so our yak council will be raising money. Um, and

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our first event, as colleen said, is on april 26th.

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so charlotte's gonna talk about it.

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hi. Um, you can bend that down, . Yeah.

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um, so our event will be on the last concert in the park, which is

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april 26th. Um, it will be from seven to 9:00 pm

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um, so we're gonna release lanterns into the lake, um,

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and families can write wishes, dreams, and encouraging notes on the lanterns

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before releasing them. Um, it'll be $5 per lantern.

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um, and then there will also be a silent auction with tons of fun items, um,

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for folks to bid on. Um, and if you feel led to donate

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more, there's a qr code, um, to an online donation link.

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um, and yeah, will be at every concert in the park. So come see us at

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those events. Okay.

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thank you. That is all we had. You didn't get to talk.

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he, he gave the pledge of allegiance. I have a question real quick, I

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just want to confirm. Now, yak,

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y'all have 10 members currently, is that correct?

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yes. Currently we have 10 consistent members. Um, our

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biggest event this year, we had 20 high schoolers at, and that was in

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february. For those who don't know are follow yak, that's phenomenal

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for city our sides. Congratulations on that. Thank you. I know y'all are

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excited and I also wanna make sure that I, that the yak

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in meadows place is still as a self-governing body.

449
00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:34,975
is that correct? Yes sir. It is. This year we, our goal

450
00:33:35,265 --> 00:33:39,105
was to, um, elect after the fall semester,

451
00:33:39,365 --> 00:33:42,945
but we had, didn't have enough attendees. Um, but now we have a consistent amount

452
00:33:43,485 --> 00:33:47,075
and most of our students are freshmen or sophomore. So they will be older

453
00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:51,145
and will be elected come the next school year. Outstanding.

454
00:33:52,055 --> 00:33:56,055
and that's, that's kind of place and, and things

455
00:33:56,595 --> 00:34:00,595
that build leaders and their leaders for this city. I'm real excited and I thank

456
00:34:00,755 --> 00:34:04,095
y'all very much. And if you have never been to

457
00:34:05,765 --> 00:34:09,645
the, uh, what is it called, uh, lantern light

458
00:34:09,945 --> 00:34:12,785
or light tonight out on that lake,

459
00:34:14,395 --> 00:34:18,335
it is beautiful. It truly is beautiful. And, uh, I,

460
00:34:18,655 --> 00:34:22,655
I can't tell you how excited I am. So thank y'all very much. Thank you.

461
00:34:23,155 --> 00:34:25,535
and council for the ya kids?

462
00:34:27,705 --> 00:34:31,235
nope. Just thank you very much. 'cause kurt says thanks. I'm agree.

463
00:34:32,735 --> 00:34:36,355
get your parts director back up there so she can take the eight here. .

464
00:34:37,085 --> 00:34:41,045
thank you. Thank

465
00:34:41,395 --> 00:34:44,985
you again, yak. And then also, I just wanna reiterate, um, cameron

466
00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:49,145
will be posting on social media and, and other, um, avenues

467
00:34:50,055 --> 00:34:53,905
the qr codes so that if individuals would like to make a donation anytime

468
00:34:54,395 --> 00:34:58,345
between now and, um, through june, I believe is it carolyn, through

469
00:34:58,835 --> 00:35:02,735
june, they can continue to make donations. Um, they could do that online. It

470
00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:06,955
directly links 'em to make-a-wish, uh, foundation for this in particular.

471
00:35:07,615 --> 00:35:11,305
um, wish. So we're looking forward to that. We'll also be doing the live auction

472
00:35:12,175 --> 00:35:16,095
on that night. Some of the items that we'll have will be stop signs, street

473
00:35:16,525 --> 00:35:20,495
signs from meadow's place. Um, and then I'm still working on

474
00:35:20,795 --> 00:35:24,695
a partnership through healthman ford for some sports memorabilia. So

475
00:35:25,135 --> 00:35:29,075
be sure to be there the 26th. Um, kurt, I know that we can count on

476
00:35:29,195 --> 00:35:33,095
you. Alright, so moving forward, um, the

477
00:35:33,315 --> 00:35:37,125
next event after that is our summer kickoff, and that's gonna be scheduled

478
00:35:37,585 --> 00:35:41,565
for june 7th this year. I know the calendars that

479
00:35:41,785 --> 00:35:45,365
we sent out, um, for city of meadows place, it had it

480
00:35:45,825 --> 00:35:49,765
for may 24th, but we realized that is graduation night for fort bend, isd.

481
00:35:50,305 --> 00:35:54,185
so we moved it, uh, to the following month, june 7th. Um,

482
00:35:54,405 --> 00:35:58,095
counsel, that's the night that we need you. We need your assistance

483
00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:02,655
to help flip burgers and, um, we'll bring in staff

484
00:36:03,025 --> 00:36:06,685
of obviously to clean up and help serve. But we need you guys there

485
00:36:07,145 --> 00:36:10,925
to, um, cook. So that's june 7th. If y'all want to

486
00:36:11,495 --> 00:36:15,175
email me and let me know who's available. I'll also send out a reminder email,

487
00:36:15,785 --> 00:36:19,255
um, for your help as well. So, event

488
00:36:19,935 --> 00:36:23,845
recap, this is going back to december, um, which is a

489
00:36:23,965 --> 00:36:27,665
weird thing for me to talk about as I'm planning for summer pool and,

490
00:36:28,025 --> 00:36:31,725
and hot weather. But christmas memories is, as you all know,

491
00:36:32,385 --> 00:36:36,045
was a big success. Um, that is an event that was funded

492
00:36:36,425 --> 00:36:40,395
by edc and our general fund. Um, we had many

493
00:36:40,725 --> 00:36:44,555
partners for that event that helped made it possible. Um, meadows

494
00:36:45,045 --> 00:36:47,825
elementary, choir meadows elementary, um,

495
00:36:49,205 --> 00:36:53,185
national honor society, virtue, tattoo meadows, marlins, and of course the

496
00:36:53,465 --> 00:36:57,325
yt kids were there to help run the event. Uh, we believe that

497
00:36:57,485 --> 00:37:01,225
that was our largest christmas event that we have had. Um,

498
00:37:02,275 --> 00:37:06,245
jack, I don't even remember the numbers. Um, it's been, it's been too

499
00:37:06,405 --> 00:37:10,325
many months, but 873 , I think it was even

500
00:37:10,525 --> 00:37:14,125
more than that. But we had quite a few. It was a great turnout, great weather.

501
00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:18,485
um, and again, so many departments come together to help support that

502
00:37:18,945 --> 00:37:22,925
and we really couldn't do it without, um, the, the help and support of everyone

503
00:37:23,085 --> 00:37:26,465
within the city. So, looking forward to this year's

504
00:37:27,125 --> 00:37:31,125
christmas memories, it's always bigger and better each year. So I'm not sure what we're gonna do.

505
00:37:31,245 --> 00:37:34,245
maybe we'll actually have it really snow, but we'll see.

506
00:37:35,945 --> 00:37:38,385
so moving forward, uh, we are

507
00:37:40,745 --> 00:37:41,845
got my notes outta order here.

508
00:37:46,285 --> 00:37:49,935
okay. And we had the family camp out this past saturday. Two of our council member

509
00:37:50,575 --> 00:37:54,575
families were there and slept in tents, so I appreciate you guys coming

510
00:37:54,955 --> 00:37:58,555
out and supporting. Uh, it was a good time. We had

511
00:37:59,335 --> 00:38:03,195
155 participants on site. Um,

512
00:38:03,635 --> 00:38:07,495
pd obviously was there as well to help, um, keep us safe throughout

513
00:38:07,935 --> 00:38:11,405
the night. We had one of our staff members that spent the night on site.

514
00:38:12,395 --> 00:38:16,255
uh, we had a great time. There were 26 tents out on the field.

515
00:38:17,155 --> 00:38:21,095
not everyone who participates actually stays the night. Many families will come out for

516
00:38:21,255 --> 00:38:25,185
the whole day, experience the activities, have dinner, roast

517
00:38:25,775 --> 00:38:29,615
s'mores, watch a movie, and then walk home. And that's the other great

518
00:38:29,855 --> 00:38:33,855
advantage of, um, our small town, is that you can walk to an event

519
00:38:34,075 --> 00:38:37,545
and you can walk home and not have to fight traffic and parking spaces.

520
00:38:38,745 --> 00:38:42,635
um, so that's always a, a really neat thing. But we had a great time. Um, some

521
00:38:42,925 --> 00:38:46,665
of the new things that we brought in were ax throwing and the,

522
00:38:47,105 --> 00:38:51,085
um, rock climbing wall, and then the movie. Um, at night

523
00:38:51,345 --> 00:38:55,305
we, we showed a evening movie to try to help wind the kids down, get 'em ready for,

524
00:38:56,105 --> 00:38:59,995
uh, tents. Kurt, I heard you and some of the adults were a little loud

525
00:39:00,285 --> 00:39:04,205
and rowdy though, so next year you need to remember 10 o'clock

526
00:39:04,545 --> 00:39:08,405
is quiet time . There was a specific

527
00:39:08,565 --> 00:39:12,525
table over there I heard. No, but it was a great time.

528
00:39:13,065 --> 00:39:16,765
and, um, jack, again, if you can tell your officers thank you for their support and assistance

529
00:39:17,405 --> 00:39:21,305
at that event. Projects completed, uh, we

530
00:39:21,555 --> 00:39:25,385
completed the memorial program, council approved doing the

531
00:39:25,605 --> 00:39:29,525
bench and tree donation. Um, so thank you for that. Our new

532
00:39:29,725 --> 00:39:33,445
rental options for half day use, um, was approved by council

533
00:39:33,825 --> 00:39:37,625
as well. Our dorrance pender fence that was

534
00:39:38,085 --> 00:39:41,945
replaced last week, if you haven't seen it, looks great. Nice, sturdy and,

535
00:39:42,745 --> 00:39:46,155
uh, ready to go. Another 25, 30 years. We also

536
00:39:46,815 --> 00:39:50,045
laser graded and did fill work on both ball fields.

537
00:39:50,825 --> 00:39:53,725
um, that was supported by edc

538
00:39:55,075 --> 00:39:59,045
also, I meant to say that the fence replacement was also funding was provided

539
00:39:59,165 --> 00:40:03,065
by edc. We also worked on the ball fields, uh,

540
00:40:03,285 --> 00:40:06,685
with new improved irrigation. That was also funded by edc.

541
00:40:07,585 --> 00:40:10,925
and when I say new improved, this is specific to a ball field.

542
00:40:11,655 --> 00:40:15,465
there were some issues with the way that the irrigation was laid out. Um, it

543
00:40:15,705 --> 00:40:19,565
was overwatering and under watering in some areas, and then

544
00:40:19,725 --> 00:40:23,385
also creating some big ruts and divots in the infield. So

545
00:40:24,065 --> 00:40:27,605
our irrigator came out, he redesigned it, moved some things around,

546
00:40:28,425 --> 00:40:32,205
and, um, hopefully, uh, we haven't had any negative reports since that's

547
00:40:32,725 --> 00:40:36,685
occurred. So hopefully that that took care of the issue. We also stock

548
00:40:37,005 --> 00:40:40,925
the lake with 1200 trout, and that was provided

549
00:40:41,145 --> 00:40:45,125
by texas park 'cause of wildlife. It's a partnership. We pay for half, they

550
00:40:45,385 --> 00:40:49,285
pay for half. Um, so if we order 700 fish, we end

551
00:40:49,445 --> 00:40:53,215
up with 1400 fish. So it's a great program. Um, again,

552
00:40:53,565 --> 00:40:57,365
they brought them in this year. They did a little different, they brought it in in two batches,

553
00:40:57,855 --> 00:41:00,935
which is actually smart. They let the first batch come in, get acclimated.

554
00:41:02,305 --> 00:41:06,295
um, two weeks later they came with the second half and got those rea acclimated.

555
00:41:07,345 --> 00:41:11,095
and it also, um, lengthens the fishing season for the trout because we've

556
00:41:11,445 --> 00:41:15,405
got some pretty hardy fishermen that come out, um, especially after

557
00:41:15,565 --> 00:41:19,365
that first release. So this extends it a little bit longer, and we had nice cool

558
00:41:19,605 --> 00:41:21,525
weather to be able to maintain that.

559
00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:27,735
uh, we also inve, uh, investigated a self-service

560
00:41:28,825 --> 00:41:32,565
kayak rental kiosk. I had mentioned that to you guys that we'd be looking into

561
00:41:32,855 --> 00:41:36,745
that. And we have realized it's really not something that, um,

562
00:41:37,305 --> 00:41:40,405
we want to do here. It comes with a cost of $18,000

563
00:41:41,515 --> 00:41:45,305
just to put it in and then they share 50% of

564
00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:49,345
the profits. So that's not something that we really want to do.

565
00:41:50,165 --> 00:41:53,825
um, so we moved on, but I just wanted to update y'all because we were looking at that

566
00:41:55,585 --> 00:41:59,555
upcoming projects. Jack had already mentioned the tennis court, um, access conversion.

567
00:42:00,485 --> 00:42:02,935
so we are looking forward to that project being completed.

568
00:42:04,885 --> 00:42:08,775
uh, our pool reception desk, I had mentioned to you guys that we will have a new area

569
00:42:09,405 --> 00:42:13,305
as the pool season opens up, folks will come into a very professional

570
00:42:13,985 --> 00:42:16,915
looking, um, area to be able to get their wristbands,

571
00:42:18,055 --> 00:42:22,025
make purchases, ask questions, things of that nature. So we'll be installing that

572
00:42:22,295 --> 00:42:26,015
over the next three weeks. Turf

573
00:42:26,305 --> 00:42:29,745
installation in the sensory park that's gonna be going in this week.

574
00:42:30,325 --> 00:42:34,105
so by the end of the week, we should see some movement out there. That project

575
00:42:34,485 --> 00:42:38,445
was pushed a little bit, um, with all the rain that we've had. Um,

576
00:42:38,845 --> 00:42:41,945
so we're not their first project in line, but a few down

577
00:42:43,665 --> 00:42:47,445
seasonal landscaping now that we know we're past free season. Um,

578
00:42:48,005 --> 00:42:51,825
it is time now for us to replant in some of the areas that were hit by

579
00:42:52,025 --> 00:42:55,985
the freeze. Many of our plants are coming back on their own, which we're

580
00:42:56,225 --> 00:43:00,185
excited about that. It doesn't always look that beautiful at this point because

581
00:43:00,545 --> 00:43:04,385
they're so small and they still have to grow to maturity. But in other areas that

582
00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:08,425
are highly visible, uh, we will be putting in the, the larger

583
00:43:08,805 --> 00:43:12,645
plants as they come in. That's the other difficulty is

584
00:43:12,865 --> 00:43:16,705
getting 'em from the nursery because everyone's trying to get them. And the nurseries were

585
00:43:16,945 --> 00:43:20,865
hit too during the freeze. Uh, but you will see some of that going

586
00:43:21,205 --> 00:43:24,955
in over the next couple of weeks. Um, and then our last project we're

587
00:43:25,305 --> 00:43:29,185
working on at this moment is preparing the pool complex for summer. So we're doing

588
00:43:29,385 --> 00:43:33,065
extensive cleaning repairs, um, on the benches, the slides,

589
00:43:33,525 --> 00:43:36,865
the pool, the lights, the fans, um, the lifeguard chairs,

590
00:43:37,685 --> 00:43:41,125
um, on and on. So it's just getting it ready. So it'll be, um, good to go for

591
00:43:42,405 --> 00:43:45,755
the marlins when they start, which is in the end of april

592
00:43:46,585 --> 00:43:50,305
actually. Um, mayor's pointing that he has his, uh, marlin's

593
00:43:50,865 --> 00:43:54,825
tie on. Thank you mayor. Um, and then also the, then the pool season

594
00:43:55,535 --> 00:43:58,925
will begin, um, at the end of may. So may 24th,

595
00:44:01,405 --> 00:44:05,275
if that's a saturday. I don't have my calendar in front of me will be the first day that the pool opens.

596
00:44:05,625 --> 00:44:09,425
that's memorial weekend. So staffing,

597
00:44:10,105 --> 00:44:13,525
I wanted to update you guys a little bit about that. Um,

598
00:44:14,165 --> 00:44:17,225
we had six of our staff, which is all of our parks and rec staff,

599
00:44:18,175 --> 00:44:21,875
participate in the traps conference. That's texas rec and parks

600
00:44:22,735 --> 00:44:26,465
society. And this conference was down in galveston, um, during february.

601
00:44:26,885 --> 00:44:30,415
it is a statewide conference. Um, we all went,

602
00:44:31,005 --> 00:44:34,605
participated. Um, it was a three to four day conference,

603
00:44:35,045 --> 00:44:39,025
depending upon your education track, great time to

604
00:44:39,245 --> 00:44:43,045
network. Um, get up on our latest trends in the park and rec

605
00:44:43,255 --> 00:44:46,725
field, um, troubleshoot with other folks. One of our staff

606
00:44:47,445 --> 00:44:51,085
attended a specialized summer camp training while she was there. It was carolyn

607
00:44:51,465 --> 00:44:54,725
who was here earlier. And then our park staff specifically.

608
00:44:55,865 --> 00:44:59,805
um, they attended, it's called an equipment rodeo. It's actually

609
00:45:00,355 --> 00:45:03,925
kind of fun team building. And it's where the different parks departments

610
00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:08,885
utilize, um, some of their maintenance equipment that they're always on, whether it

611
00:45:09,045 --> 00:45:13,015
be tractors, um, weed whackers blowers, irrigation.

612
00:45:13,905 --> 00:45:17,725
and they do obstacle courses and events with them. And it's a competition between

613
00:45:18,085 --> 00:45:22,025
cities. So our staff had never seen that before. So they are geared

614
00:45:22,445 --> 00:45:26,345
up for next year. They're pretty excited. Um, they saw

615
00:45:26,565 --> 00:45:30,445
all of it and they, they said that already that they can do better. So we're gonna hold

616
00:45:30,645 --> 00:45:34,585
it to 'em. But it was a great time, um, and especially for my staff to

617
00:45:34,805 --> 00:45:38,685
go out and participate in a, an event like that to see the bigger

618
00:45:38,885 --> 00:45:41,925
picture, the connection across the board, what other cities are doing.

619
00:45:42,985 --> 00:45:46,665
um, and again, like I said, a lot of problem solving happens at these events.

620
00:45:47,265 --> 00:45:51,085
so thank you for letting us go. We all appreciate that, that, that y'all supported

621
00:45:51,525 --> 00:45:55,285
us in that effort. My last item is that we are currently

622
00:45:55,725 --> 00:45:59,605
hiring seasonal staff for the pool and summer camp. I do

623
00:45:59,805 --> 00:46:03,455
wanna let you know we are struggling with no low numbers of applicants.

624
00:46:04,625 --> 00:46:08,515
um, there is a, an action item tonight that we will be talking about here.

625
00:46:09,025 --> 00:46:12,805
and I'll, I'll discuss that in further detail and answer questions in regards to that.

626
00:46:13,545 --> 00:46:17,245
but I just want you to know that this is the season it closed march 22nd.

627
00:46:18,665 --> 00:46:22,525
by this time we already have more than what we need

628
00:46:22,875 --> 00:46:26,635
typically this year. We do not. We are way under what

629
00:46:26,925 --> 00:46:30,535
we need to run a standard program. So

630
00:46:31,615 --> 00:46:32,995
that's all I have. Are there any questions?

631
00:46:43,335 --> 00:46:47,025
I have one, colleen. Yes, sir. Um, where is the traps

632
00:46:47,375 --> 00:46:50,895
conference next year? Oh, good question. I'm not sure.

633
00:46:52,525 --> 00:46:56,055
tell me tomorrow. Just hope it's not dallas. I'm sorry, say that again.

634
00:46:57,285 --> 00:47:01,125
I said I'm, I tell me tomorrow and I just hope it's not dallas

635
00:47:02,365 --> 00:47:05,625
. Um, anyway,

636
00:47:07,085 --> 00:47:11,045
anything else? Nope. Thank you very much. Thank you

637
00:47:12,035 --> 00:47:15,965
carolyn. Thank you. And, um, I'm excited to seem like you're

638
00:47:16,325 --> 00:47:19,995
grow growing trap or growing the yak into a very

639
00:47:20,385 --> 00:47:24,035
viable organization. I'm gonna say thank you for that. Alright,

640
00:47:24,715 --> 00:47:26,745
next report is the monthly fire report,

641
00:47:29,525 --> 00:47:32,315
um, which I give

642
00:47:34,665 --> 00:47:38,605
and I can't find my little tad. Sorry. Uh, I know we had 40,

643
00:47:38,995 --> 00:47:42,865
yeah, here was, we had 40 engagements last, last month in

644
00:47:43,085 --> 00:47:46,585
the last reporting period. Uh, we were called out, uh,

645
00:47:47,305 --> 00:47:51,125
in numerous different ways. Um, some of the police matters,

646
00:47:51,755 --> 00:47:54,885
some rescue and ems. There was one of those,

647
00:47:55,785 --> 00:47:59,685
uh, one motor si or one motor vehicle accident with injuries that they,

648
00:47:59,955 --> 00:48:03,925
that they responded to. Uh, they had, uh, the fire

649
00:48:04,165 --> 00:48:07,825
department responded to 3m ms calls, um,

650
00:48:08,465 --> 00:48:11,645
and 25 medical assists with the ms crew.

651
00:48:12,705 --> 00:48:16,485
and a lot of those take place over at me, senior village and with the hamptons

652
00:48:17,065 --> 00:48:20,865
up there. Uh, so I'm glad that they are here to

653
00:48:21,105 --> 00:48:25,075
be, um, be a part of our, our

654
00:48:25,295 --> 00:48:29,025
city. And they're so close by, um, our fire marshal inspection.

655
00:48:30,895 --> 00:48:34,835
uh, our inspectors working with our building inspectors provide a valuable

656
00:48:35,125 --> 00:48:38,885
asset to city of meadows place. And I think we're in really good shape

657
00:48:39,255 --> 00:48:43,035
on that. And they work closely with our permits department, uh, as well.

658
00:48:43,535 --> 00:48:47,035
so I think we're in really, really good shape is from a fire department

659
00:48:48,235 --> 00:48:50,785
point of view. And that's all I got to say about that.

660
00:48:52,335 --> 00:48:56,325
seat administrators. You're up. Thanks, mayor. Uh,

661
00:48:56,945 --> 00:49:00,165
a few items for tonight. Uh, first I want to, uh, uh,

662
00:49:01,495 --> 00:49:05,125
point out, they're on the second row, uh, a familiar face. Angie hernandez,

663
00:49:05,825 --> 00:49:09,345
oh, I want to introduce her as our new code enforcement employee. Uh,

664
00:49:10,535 --> 00:49:14,265
angie is on the job now. Um, just a quick, uh,

665
00:49:15,095 --> 00:49:19,005
quick resume for angie. She has almost five years here at the city as our permit technician.

666
00:49:20,105 --> 00:49:23,905
uh, before that she worked for the city of pasadena for 13 years, uh,

667
00:49:24,125 --> 00:49:27,765
12 of which she actually did code enforcement, um, in, in, in that town. And so

668
00:49:28,255 --> 00:49:32,125
we're happy to have her on board here. Um, she is right now doing a little bit

669
00:49:32,325 --> 00:49:36,125
of double duty on both desks, both permit tech and code enforcement until

670
00:49:36,445 --> 00:49:40,325
we can, uh, uh, plug in that position. In fact, we actually have, uh, I

671
00:49:40,605 --> 00:49:44,565
guess two interviews scheduled, uh, tomorrow, uh, for that job. So we're hoping for good

672
00:49:44,805 --> 00:49:48,625
results with that. Um, right now, you know, we're working with angie, um,

673
00:49:49,035 --> 00:49:52,885
reviewing that code book, um, getting a good understanding of our

674
00:49:53,095 --> 00:49:57,085
codes, uh, hitting the big ones first. Um, you know, understanding process.

675
00:49:58,225 --> 00:50:01,905
uh, there's a lot to code enforcement. Uh, everything from, you know, violations and

676
00:50:02,325 --> 00:50:05,725
citations to warrants and making sure that everything's in line because ultimately,

677
00:50:06,545 --> 00:50:10,525
um, you know, these types of cases can end up in municipal court. So documentation is key

678
00:50:10,725 --> 00:50:14,605
for these things. So there's a lot of orientation, a lot of training going on right now. Uh, we

679
00:50:14,805 --> 00:50:18,805
know there's a lot of high grass in town right now. Uh, many of those high grass cases

680
00:50:19,155 --> 00:50:22,825
have already had, uh, door tags or letters been sent out. Um,

681
00:50:23,185 --> 00:50:26,885
but we're starting to exercise those muscles on the big things, the obvious things, and then getting

682
00:50:27,270 --> 00:50:31,085
comfortable with that before we move on to some of the, uh, the other, uh, code

683
00:50:31,365 --> 00:50:35,005
enforcement issues that we have, uh, uh, that we pay attention to here in town.

684
00:50:36,305 --> 00:50:40,105
so we're glad to have angie on board. Um, the other thing I wanna mention is,

685
00:50:40,705 --> 00:50:44,605
um, not long ago on the 15th of this, uh, month, uh, we did

686
00:50:44,725 --> 00:50:48,645
some maintenance on our lift station. Uh, rod and public works brought a vacuum truck

687
00:50:48,965 --> 00:50:52,355
out there to help, uh, vacuum out the lift station. And one of the things that,

688
00:50:53,265 --> 00:50:57,005
uh, that we noticed is that we did have quite a buildup of grease.

689
00:50:57,865 --> 00:51:01,445
uh, and so it's a good opportunity. You may have noticed in the most recent newsletter,

690
00:51:02,385 --> 00:51:06,095
um, we put something out there, uh, called fog, which stands for flats,

691
00:51:06,515 --> 00:51:10,245
oils, and grease. Uh, we want to emphasize to the community, once again, it's

692
00:51:10,525 --> 00:51:14,435
very important that you don't, uh, uh, dump any, uh, grease oils

693
00:51:14,795 --> 00:51:18,725
down your drain. That does end up eventually in our wastewater treatment plant and in our lift station.

694
00:51:19,225 --> 00:51:22,985
and it does create problems, uh, for us in any community. Um,

695
00:51:23,345 --> 00:51:27,285
and so just wanna emphasize, um, you know, to be careful what you poured on

696
00:51:27,405 --> 00:51:30,205
that drain. Um, and what are, what are the effects of that?

697
00:51:32,195 --> 00:51:36,025
nothing lessen, lessens the ability to be effective and

698
00:51:36,245 --> 00:51:39,865
cost us money to clean and repair. Well, it certainly costs us, costs us money to, to,

699
00:51:40,425 --> 00:51:43,985
to degrease, so to speak, our facilities. Um, but,

700
00:51:44,505 --> 00:51:48,355
um, all that stuff is, is, uh, uh,

701
00:51:48,635 --> 00:51:51,435
is harmful to our, uh, to our equipment. Um,

702
00:51:52,775 --> 00:51:56,595
do we, so that's, that's the impact on our side.

703
00:51:56,945 --> 00:52:00,685
what we really need to tell the owners is that also impacts their

704
00:52:01,035 --> 00:52:04,835
store, their pipes and can clog their pipes and

705
00:52:05,065 --> 00:52:08,075
cost some pretty costly plumber co expenses.

706
00:52:09,215 --> 00:52:12,675
um, that'll probably get their more attention more than what it costs. The city.

707
00:52:15,655 --> 00:52:16,535
not a good thing. Um,

708
00:52:20,425 --> 00:52:23,005
I'm, I'm not gonna tell that story. Okay. Um, ,

709
00:52:25,955 --> 00:52:29,885
it's important. Um, the final thing I wanna mention

710
00:52:30,045 --> 00:52:33,965
tonight is that, uh, we are gonna be making some improvements out in front of city hall here pretty soon.

711
00:52:34,225 --> 00:52:38,125
one of the things that we need to get a handle on is, uh, when we do get a heavy rain right now,

712
00:52:38,305 --> 00:52:42,245
we have some water seepage, particularly through those front doors coming down, those, uh, coming down the

713
00:52:42,365 --> 00:52:46,325
brick wall. Uh, it interferes with our bulletin board. It also interferes with our doors and our

714
00:52:46,485 --> 00:52:50,305
new locking mechanism, uh, floors, sheet rock, et cetera. Uh,

715
00:52:50,535 --> 00:52:54,205
we're gonna be spending some money to putting in some new flashing out front in order to,

716
00:52:54,545 --> 00:52:58,365
um, to help mitigate that. Um, but that really speaks to a larger issue, which

717
00:52:58,605 --> 00:53:01,885
is obviously facilities, maintenance, maintenance. And I just wanna put on your radar,

718
00:53:02,745 --> 00:53:06,245
um, you know, from time to time, we need to look at these things. We're gonna be spending about $6,800

719
00:53:07,145 --> 00:53:11,125
on this fix. Uh, one of the things when we did that was we just got a quote to see

720
00:53:11,205 --> 00:53:15,165
what it would cost to go ahead and, and repair and maintain the, uh, the awning that

721
00:53:15,355 --> 00:53:19,325
portico out front with those kind of plexiglass bubbles. Um, those are

722
00:53:19,485 --> 00:53:23,215
beginning to show a lot of where they're probably original of the building. Um, we're

723
00:53:23,565 --> 00:53:27,425
not ready to tackle that expense yet, because that would be in front of you if we had to. Um,

724
00:53:28,105 --> 00:53:31,985
but, you know, the lobby, uh, something we're starting to kind of talk about is

725
00:53:32,205 --> 00:53:36,205
looking a little tired. Um, and so in the next few years, I, I expect that

726
00:53:36,365 --> 00:53:40,365
we're gonna talk to council about, uh, investing in some of the renovations and some of the maintenance

727
00:53:40,725 --> 00:53:44,305
of our facilities. And so this is just been a very small, uh,

728
00:53:44,965 --> 00:53:48,885
a part of it, but I think it, it represents making sure that we keep on top, on top

729
00:53:49,045 --> 00:53:53,045
of these things. Um, finally, I wanna remind counsel that a week

730
00:53:53,205 --> 00:53:57,165
from today, we have a joint public hearing scheduled for two specific use permits.

731
00:53:57,625 --> 00:54:01,435
so if we can put on the calendar, we're gonna post for that this week. Um, so

732
00:54:01,845 --> 00:54:05,025
just be reminded that a week from today, hopefully we'll see you here. Once again,

733
00:54:06,045 --> 00:54:07,975
that concludes my reports. It's a nightmare.

734
00:54:23,115 --> 00:54:26,135
moving on to my council or mayor council comments.

735
00:54:27,275 --> 00:54:30,545
now the time with the thing on.

736
00:54:31,485 --> 00:54:34,765
I wanna say thank you to everyone from meadows place who showed up tonight.

737
00:54:36,025 --> 00:54:39,985
I'm really, really pleased that you're here. And all those in meadow, texas that watch us

738
00:54:40,545 --> 00:54:42,785
are welcome to y'all too. Um,

739
00:54:48,035 --> 00:54:51,605
first mayor's comment I have is regarding business

740
00:54:52,125 --> 00:54:56,005
activity that may affect our future. Um, I just wanna

741
00:54:56,225 --> 00:54:59,925
say that there's a lot going on. People are looking at different things.

742
00:55:00,985 --> 00:55:04,515
uh, we've got potential activity on the corner of west airport

743
00:55:05,025 --> 00:55:08,125
and kirkwood at that pad site. Uh,

744
00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:12,325
supposedly the owner of the site, uh, has, um,

745
00:55:14,325 --> 00:55:18,185
has somebody he's working with to come in there and a couple

746
00:55:18,375 --> 00:55:22,095
more inside his center once

747
00:55:22,385 --> 00:55:26,145
they get sprinkler system and somes other stuff done, which they're working

748
00:55:26,445 --> 00:55:30,425
on, which, uh, angela will be working from start to finish on that

749
00:55:30,585 --> 00:55:33,755
one, huh. Um, but it's exciting,

750
00:55:35,015 --> 00:55:38,955
uh, because these types of businesses will bring life, bring activity

751
00:55:39,225 --> 00:55:43,195
into that center and maybe bring us a little bit of money, not a whole lot,

752
00:55:43,535 --> 00:55:46,755
but better than poking now with a hot stick.

753
00:55:47,855 --> 00:55:50,645
but, uh, I want to say that, uh, edc

754
00:55:52,065 --> 00:55:55,905
uh, has been working diligently to try to, uh, get

755
00:55:56,405 --> 00:56:00,245
business in here. And our, and one of the things we do is visit with

756
00:56:00,485 --> 00:56:04,405
our owners. And when we visit with our owners and we remind

757
00:56:04,805 --> 00:56:08,485
them that we want them to develop this property, 'cause many times they have

758
00:56:08,895 --> 00:56:12,605
properties elsewhere and they kind of forget about us a little bit.

759
00:56:13,045 --> 00:56:16,765
'cause in case they didn't know, we're only one square mile here. Uh, so we,

760
00:56:17,105 --> 00:56:20,755
we do work with 'em to get 'em on. And we, I think that, I think that it's fine.

761
00:56:21,785 --> 00:56:25,545
uh, we're doing a fine job. And I think that we've got a backup plan to the

762
00:56:26,235 --> 00:56:29,755
9.4 acres that's gonna be discussed at the next,

763
00:56:30,825 --> 00:56:34,445
uh, meeting at, uh, public, uh, planning, the public hearing.

764
00:56:35,385 --> 00:56:38,755
and I urge everybody to be here at that public hearing.

765
00:56:40,305 --> 00:56:44,245
if you want your voice heard, you need

766
00:56:44,445 --> 00:56:48,315
to be here. If you're not, please complain

767
00:56:48,535 --> 00:56:52,315
to somebody else. 'cause this is your chance to stand

768
00:56:52,635 --> 00:56:56,605
up and let this council be heard and they want

769
00:56:56,805 --> 00:57:00,285
you to come up and speak. So please do. Uh,

770
00:57:01,285 --> 00:57:04,985
my next comment is on, uh, may election and local

771
00:57:05,665 --> 00:57:08,805
activity. Um, I just wanna say that

772
00:57:09,685 --> 00:57:13,535
this is our city. We

773
00:57:13,755 --> 00:57:17,615
turned out a 26.9% of

774
00:57:17,835 --> 00:57:21,305
our registered voters last time. Unfortunately,

775
00:57:22,385 --> 00:57:26,235
what happens is when it's just a local election, sometimes we have

776
00:57:26,435 --> 00:57:30,375
a drop off in attendance or, and, and we, we can't have that. We

777
00:57:30,595 --> 00:57:34,185
really need you to step up and get out there, get your neighbors out there, encourage

778
00:57:35,035 --> 00:57:38,915
'em to come out there. I encourage you to please attend any meet

779
00:57:39,155 --> 00:57:41,975
and greets that, uh, any of the mayoral, or

780
00:57:43,505 --> 00:57:47,425
I guess you could have one too, if you're running for council, even though you're unopposed.

781
00:57:48,485 --> 00:57:52,265
uh, hint, hint. Uh, but I intend, I urge

782
00:57:52,525 --> 00:57:56,445
you to in attend all of those type of functions. And

783
00:57:56,665 --> 00:58:00,085
if there's a, uh, function that gets together for, uh,

784
00:58:00,885 --> 00:58:04,715
uh, in a community, uh, driven

785
00:58:05,285 --> 00:58:09,075
type activity, uh, please at attend

786
00:58:09,495 --> 00:58:13,395
those. And I know right now we have one that is lined up by

787
00:58:13,615 --> 00:58:17,365
the, uh, fort bend chamber of commerce. They

788
00:58:17,655 --> 00:58:21,495
were asked to put one together and they have cameron, can you remind me that date?

789
00:58:23,045 --> 00:58:26,245
I believe it's the 10th. The 10th I believe. Okay. It's the 10th.

790
00:58:27,065 --> 00:58:30,865
uh, so put that on your calendars. Uh, please

791
00:58:31,285 --> 00:58:34,345
attend. You're gonna have an opportunity to visit with your, uh,

792
00:58:35,455 --> 00:58:39,425
visit with your candidates. And that's important 'cause they're gonna

793
00:58:39,545 --> 00:58:43,485
be representing you for the next two years and representing this city. So that's

794
00:58:43,905 --> 00:58:46,485
all I have to say. This is real important. Uh,

795
00:58:49,155 --> 00:58:53,085
it doesn't matter whether you're young or old, as long as you're registered

796
00:58:53,325 --> 00:58:56,355
to vote, please come out and vote.

797
00:58:58,315 --> 00:59:00,615
all right. And that it moves on to council comments.

798
00:59:04,045 --> 00:59:07,045
um, no significant updates this month, um,

799
00:59:08,605 --> 00:59:12,025
on the bike path. Um, we probably will have a

800
00:59:13,385 --> 00:59:17,035
contract change in front of us next week. As with

801
00:59:17,425 --> 00:59:21,405
the, uh, public hearings that we're gonna do, I've asked nick to probably put that on

802
00:59:21,605 --> 00:59:24,285
the agenda. If the engineer gets the proposal into us,

803
00:59:26,595 --> 00:59:29,445
think they work, uh, they, they should. Um,

804
00:59:31,315 --> 00:59:34,895
and then the, for dorrance, the interlocal agreement has been submitted

805
00:59:35,375 --> 00:59:39,215
to the county and hopefully that can work through the legal process

806
00:59:39,755 --> 00:59:40,175
fairly quickly.

807
00:59:52,555 --> 00:59:56,045
with that, we'll move on to the, uh, who keeps turning it off.

808
00:59:56,765 --> 01:00:00,335
. Um, we'll move on to item

809
01:00:00,785 --> 01:00:04,265
e, the regular agenda. Uh, this is discussion consideration

810
01:00:05,205 --> 01:00:08,335
of resolution 2 0 24 dash one zero,

811
01:00:09,455 --> 01:00:13,145
accepting the auditor's engagement letter from belt harrison,

812
01:00:15,695 --> 01:00:19,295
pik, whatever it is. Now we need to, uh,

813
01:00:19,815 --> 01:00:22,275
to engage these folks again, we need to

814
01:00:24,175 --> 01:00:28,155
pass resolution 2024 dash one zero. Do

815
01:00:28,375 --> 01:00:32,175
I have such a motion? If not,

816
01:00:32,965 --> 01:00:33,875
we're not gonna have an auditor.

817
01:00:37,035 --> 01:00:40,335
I will move to approve for the 2320.

818
01:00:43,725 --> 01:00:46,555
which, which year, which fight or which budget is this?

819
01:00:47,965 --> 01:00:51,115
24. 25 through 26. Right.

820
01:00:58,215 --> 01:01:02,085
so it'll be the fiscal year 24 audit.

821
01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:04,145
correct. Okay.

822
01:01:07,455 --> 01:01:11,175
so I've had a motion. Second. Do I have a second? Second,

823
01:01:11,995 --> 01:01:15,955
I thank you very much. Now if we can get out and get on down

824
01:01:16,155 --> 01:01:19,335
the program. And all in favor? Aye. Aye.

825
01:01:20,345 --> 01:01:24,015
any opposed? None. Motion carries unanimously. Thank

826
01:01:24,365 --> 01:01:26,725
you, man. That's what was throwing me.

827
01:01:29,715 --> 01:01:33,305
okay. Um, item number two.

828
01:01:34,265 --> 01:01:38,205
uh, this is, um, I'm gonna ask kevin to stand up in case

829
01:01:38,345 --> 01:01:41,945
she anybody has any questions they can ask right there. Um,

830
01:01:44,145 --> 01:01:46,505
stepping up to the podium, uh, it's kevin atkinson,

831
01:01:48,205 --> 01:01:52,145
um, owner and seer and knowall

832
01:01:52,775 --> 01:01:56,035
for texas pride, who is, uh, our garbage carrier.

833
01:01:57,095 --> 01:02:01,075
um, as you look in your backup, uh, they recently

834
01:02:01,305 --> 01:02:05,105
sent some correspondence to the city, uh, talking about fuel

835
01:02:05,395 --> 01:02:09,275
benefit and trying to offset some problems that they're having

836
01:02:09,505 --> 01:02:12,375
with funding, uh, matching what's going on.

837
01:02:13,695 --> 01:02:17,315
um, so this, this is gonna be a discussion consideration regarding

838
01:02:18,115 --> 01:02:21,495
resolution 2 0 2 4 dash 11 authorized

839
01:02:22,295 --> 01:02:26,285
mayor to execute a contract amendment to the residential

840
01:02:26,935 --> 01:02:30,605
solid waste collection contract with texas pride disposal,

841
01:02:31,405 --> 01:02:35,395
implementing what they're calling a variable energy charge for fuel.

842
01:02:36,625 --> 01:02:40,525
and, uh, just to catch us up, we signed the, the last contract, what in 2022.

843
01:02:42,855 --> 01:02:46,655
so with that, basically they're asking for

844
01:02:48,335 --> 01:02:51,875
1% up every time it pops over $3 25 cents

845
01:02:52,675 --> 01:02:56,495
a gallon. Uh, so we will see an increase. Kevin, do

846
01:02:56,715 --> 01:03:00,715
you have anything to say or anything you want to add or, yeah, ab absolutely.

847
01:03:00,875 --> 01:03:03,715
I appreciate it. Um, we've, uh, been out here since 2016.

848
01:03:04,895 --> 01:03:08,775
uh, texas pride has been in business since 2013. Um,

849
01:03:09,415 --> 01:03:13,265
really until this year we've had the benefit of very stable fuel. Um, from

850
01:03:13,865 --> 01:03:17,655
july of 2013 through december of 20, we averaged $2. Is

851
01:03:17,875 --> 01:03:21,765
that speaker on? Okay, you getting? Yes. Uh, we

852
01:03:21,965 --> 01:03:24,685
averaged $2 80 cents per gallon through that, uh, window.

853
01:03:26,145 --> 01:03:30,125
we hedged our fuel, uh, 21 through 23, and then coming into

854
01:03:30,405 --> 01:03:34,265
this year that hedge expired and just with where fuel's at, uh,

855
01:03:34,945 --> 01:03:38,585
not beneficial to renew a hedge. Um, and it's also not in a position that we had

856
01:03:39,405 --> 01:03:43,385
previously budgeted for or, or modeled for. And so with the,

857
01:03:43,985 --> 01:03:47,605
uh, proposal in front of you, we actually started this conversation. We had 1200

858
01:03:48,605 --> 01:03:52,385
contracts we had to go touch to get this in front of. Started with our hoas, uh,

859
01:03:52,945 --> 01:03:56,845
in september, uh, our muds in november, december, and then wrapping it

860
01:03:56,965 --> 01:04:00,965
up now with our, our cities um, the proposals you mentioned

861
01:04:01,315 --> 01:04:05,105
essentially for every, uh, 25 cents, that fuel is

862
01:04:05,325 --> 01:04:09,165
above $3 and 25 cents per gallon. Uh, it's a 1% adjustment.

863
01:04:10,065 --> 01:04:13,605
um, so using last month's data, uh, it was $3 and 79 cents.

864
01:04:14,285 --> 01:04:17,725
so it'd be the equivalent of 3%, I think for you guys. That's right. About 20 cents

865
01:04:18,625 --> 01:04:22,485
per, uh, percentage. So about 60 cents last month should be 2%

866
01:04:22,965 --> 01:04:26,925
based on where fuel's been this month. Um, but just trying to

867
01:04:27,045 --> 01:04:30,565
offset, uh, the fuel cost when it's, uh, elevated there.

868
01:04:31,105 --> 01:04:34,745
one thing we learned through the pandemic, uh, we don't like coming to our customers and asking for

869
01:04:35,165 --> 01:04:38,165
increases when things go crazy. So we felt that this was a transparent

870
01:04:39,625 --> 01:04:43,325
and, uh, I guess simple way to approach

871
01:04:43,685 --> 01:04:47,355
a fuel adjustment, um, on a go forward that, uh, assists

872
01:04:47,845 --> 01:04:51,845
us when fuel's elevated. Uh, and then obviously falls off when uh, it

873
01:04:52,045 --> 01:04:55,545
comes back down. Alright, counsel,

874
01:04:56,325 --> 01:04:59,985
I'm assuming everybody heard and understood that, kevin, you're too tall for a microphone,

875
01:05:00,785 --> 01:05:04,165
. Um, so our options are say yes,

876
01:05:04,805 --> 01:05:08,275
say no or say heck no. And rebid it.

877
01:05:10,225 --> 01:05:14,085
we can't, we, we can't rebid it. Mayor. Um, we, we we're in, we're in a three

878
01:05:14,245 --> 01:05:16,485
year agreement lockdown. We can't, we could cancel the contract.

879
01:05:18,775 --> 01:05:22,555
uh, well, there's some, yeah, I mean, there, I'm just putting it out there.

880
01:05:22,855 --> 01:05:26,795
we could, there, there has to be written notice. I understand. Yeah, I can write it. We're, we're

881
01:05:27,035 --> 01:05:29,175
in the check code and we're done. We're in a, okay, so

882
01:05:31,135 --> 01:05:34,875
do y'all have any, does council have any questions? If kevin wally's up here, so there's

883
01:05:35,375 --> 01:05:37,905
all this talk about percentages and, and whatnot.

884
01:05:40,935 --> 01:05:44,075
so if it, if it's a 1% cost, I think we're at,

885
01:05:45,235 --> 01:05:48,485
what, 18 something now a month per household? 1750.

886
01:05:50,025 --> 01:05:53,515
um, well, yeah, I thought we were at 18.

887
01:05:55,095 --> 01:05:58,555
um, so what's 1% mean? What's 2%

888
01:05:59,105 --> 01:06:03,065
mean? That's what, is that on the

889
01:06:03,185 --> 01:06:06,965
fuel cost or on the overall cost? Yeah, so, good, good question. So,

890
01:06:07,365 --> 01:06:11,365
uh, on the base cost for service, so if the base cost is that 18 and

891
01:06:11,585 --> 01:06:13,945
change, it's 1% on that it 18 and change.

892
01:06:19,285 --> 01:06:20,385
so 18 cents.

893
01:06:26,355 --> 01:06:30,285
okay. Because remember counsel, we're not, we're not gonna send out variable

894
01:06:31,515 --> 01:06:35,375
utility charges. No. So whatever this increase is, is

895
01:06:35,595 --> 01:06:38,555
gonna come out of what we're charging the residents

896
01:06:40,135 --> 01:06:43,655
and what, and some of that cost is put in there and we're tight anyway.

897
01:06:45,105 --> 01:06:48,965
we can, I mean, we can make adjustments as necessary, um, but ultimately the

898
01:06:49,125 --> 01:06:52,865
invoice comes in, but we're not gonna do it month one month up and down, not month to month. No.

899
01:07:02,925 --> 01:07:06,735
I've been basically satisfied with the service

900
01:07:06,995 --> 01:07:10,215
though, so I will go ahead and make the motion to approve.

901
01:07:12,905 --> 01:07:14,075
okay. We have a motion to approve.

902
01:07:16,965 --> 01:07:20,935
have a second. It sounds like the, the fee would end up being what,

903
01:07:21,365 --> 01:07:25,105
270 bucks a month extra if it's roughly 1500

904
01:07:25,665 --> 01:07:29,585
homes? That's about right. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's not gonna break

905
01:07:29,905 --> 01:07:33,105
us. We've, we're charging enough in there to cover that.

906
01:07:34,845 --> 01:07:37,985
um, well a 1%, you know, if we start getting into the 3% number,

907
01:07:39,545 --> 01:07:43,025
then we're probably gonna have to sit down and look at the rates. But then

908
01:07:43,575 --> 01:07:47,535
the question will become, is this a a short term issue with with gas

909
01:07:47,755 --> 01:07:51,735
prices or a long term issue? Exactly. And I don't like it, but I'm

910
01:07:51,955 --> 01:07:55,835
gonna recommend that we do. And so we've got a motion a second. All in favor real quick.

911
01:07:56,225 --> 01:07:59,995
when is our contract up? It's a three year agreement that began in 2022.

912
01:08:00,975 --> 01:08:04,595
uh, 25 signed in june of 2022. So yeah,

913
01:08:05,285 --> 01:08:09,195
there is an option for an automatic three year renewal if we don't give 60 day notice.

914
01:08:10,335 --> 01:08:14,235
so it's sort of a, kind of, sort of an evergreen, but there's a 60 day, that's what we did

915
01:08:14,355 --> 01:08:18,305
last time. Fair? Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Okay, so we have a motion. Second.

916
01:08:18,905 --> 01:08:22,425
all in favor? Oh, david, the question I have, uh, how, how do we, uh,

917
01:08:23,065 --> 01:08:26,925
how is this gonna get communicated to the city? How, how will we see this on our bill and

918
01:08:27,125 --> 01:08:31,005
how do we track it? Yeah, absolutely. Uh, another great question. So it'll show up as a separate line item,

919
01:08:31,385 --> 01:08:34,945
uh, as that vec charge when it's applicable. Uh,

920
01:08:35,465 --> 01:08:39,275
we can, uh, as backups send you guys, uh, just a letter that

921
01:08:39,565 --> 01:08:42,775
says, hey, last month fuel was an average of $3 and 68 cents.

922
01:08:44,025 --> 01:08:47,965
uh, therefore it's 2%. Okay. Um, we're doing that for our utility district, so we can add that. Alright.

923
01:08:48,345 --> 01:08:52,325
as you guys say that last, thank you. Yep. And, and we would've to rely on our accounting

924
01:08:52,805 --> 01:08:56,605
department to kinda look that over. I feel pretty confident

925
01:08:57,125 --> 01:09:01,085
that she'll do it, . Okay. That was a

926
01:09:01,205 --> 01:09:05,205
good question, david. Thank you. Anybody else? Where was all in

927
01:09:05,365 --> 01:09:09,045
favor? Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none. That motion

928
01:09:09,515 --> 01:09:13,285
carries unanimously. We appreciate it. Thank you very much.

929
01:09:13,825 --> 01:09:17,665
as we come into an election, uh, cycle, we hope that this is not gonna be an issue for

930
01:09:17,915 --> 01:09:21,445
some time. So . Okay.

931
01:09:25,035 --> 01:09:28,555
moving on to what item three. Um,

932
01:09:30,535 --> 01:09:32,425
which is has to do with, uh,

933
01:09:35,145 --> 01:09:38,545
resolution 2024 dash 12 authorized mayor and city secretary

934
01:09:39,285 --> 01:09:42,545
to execute an interlocal cooperation contract with department

935
01:09:43,565 --> 01:09:47,535
of public safety for the state texas to failure to appear program.

936
01:09:48,665 --> 01:09:52,585
courtney, would you give us a brief overview of that and what this will do?

937
01:09:52,705 --> 01:09:56,625
yeah, so currently this, the city participates in this, this allows us

938
01:09:56,825 --> 01:10:00,145
to issue the failure to appear, put the hold on the driver's license.

939
01:10:01,165 --> 01:10:05,165
um, this is just cleaning up some language in the agreement due

940
01:10:05,385 --> 01:10:08,745
to changes in legislature. This is cleaning up legislative

941
01:10:09,425 --> 01:10:12,775
changes. Mm-hmm. , is that basically it? Yes. Okay.

942
01:10:14,445 --> 01:10:18,365
and I'll make a motion. We approve. Motion to approve by david. Second.

943
01:10:19,125 --> 01:10:22,985
second by tia. Any further discussion? All in favor,

944
01:10:23,645 --> 01:10:27,595
aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously

945
01:10:28,425 --> 01:10:32,045
and I'm assuming we'll take care of that. Okay. This is discussion

946
01:10:32,675 --> 01:10:36,235
item number four is discussion in consideration regarding

947
01:10:37,285 --> 01:10:41,115
resolution 2 0 2 4 dash one three ratifying

948
01:10:42,585 --> 01:10:46,045
the emergency repair of the wastewater treatment plant blower number three

949
01:10:46,785 --> 01:10:50,545
in the amount of $38,506. Counsel, you

950
01:10:50,965 --> 01:10:53,245
remember this came before you and we approved the expenditure

951
01:10:55,055 --> 01:10:58,275
and we heard, we heard about the expenditure. This is approving the expenditure,

952
01:11:00,155 --> 01:11:00,765
ratifying them.

953
01:11:04,765 --> 01:11:08,595
motion by rick second by kurt. Any

954
01:11:08,815 --> 01:11:11,645
further discussion? Nothing. Right, please. With,

955
01:11:16,075 --> 01:11:20,005
well, at least he woke up and smiled back there. That is true.

956
01:11:21,915 --> 01:11:21,915
okay.

957
01:11:26,975 --> 01:11:30,525
and I know he's looking forward to getting new

958
01:11:30,985 --> 01:11:34,345
blower mowers and control panels and that whole thing back there.

959
01:11:35,725 --> 01:11:38,665
um, item number five, this is a $7,500,

960
01:11:41,205 --> 01:11:45,185
is that correct? Oh, we

961
01:11:45,345 --> 01:11:49,165
didn't vote on this. 38,000. You're right rick. Uh, nothing is

962
01:11:49,385 --> 01:11:53,015
cheap, but we still need to vote on, I'm told, so. Okay.

963
01:11:53,445 --> 01:11:57,345
all in favor of the, uh, ratification on, on the

964
01:11:57,545 --> 01:12:00,485
38,506. Aye, aye.

965
01:12:01,725 --> 01:12:05,645
any opposed? Motion carries unanimously, whoever said that. Thank

966
01:12:05,885 --> 01:12:09,855
you very much. Now we're move on to five,

967
01:12:10,555 --> 01:12:14,505
uh, which is a $7,500 budget amendment for flock

968
01:12:14,855 --> 01:12:17,565
camera, annual subscription and maintenance.

969
01:12:19,255 --> 01:12:23,235
uh, jack, would you step up and give us an

970
01:12:23,555 --> 01:12:26,875
overview? I think we've all got a handle on it, but just in case.

971
01:12:27,615 --> 01:12:30,955
yes sir. These are the three cameras that the city

972
01:12:31,795 --> 01:12:35,555
approved to finish our coverage of all of the entrances

973
01:12:36,225 --> 01:12:40,155
into the city. And we've just

974
01:12:40,695 --> 01:12:44,515
never actually funded the annual renewal

975
01:12:45,705 --> 01:12:49,425
of that. And that's where we're, we have a total of 11 cameras.

976
01:12:50,445 --> 01:12:54,295
the the other ones were on the grant, which is coming, uh, quickly

977
01:12:54,925 --> 01:12:58,785
to a close. So this, the, the council

978
01:12:59,215 --> 01:13:02,625
recommended three cameras in discussion with police department

979
01:13:03,605 --> 01:13:07,415
finish out basically the, the perimeter of the city. Yes, sir. That

980
01:13:07,705 --> 01:13:11,705
we have all access points covered with lot cameras. And this is the maintenance fee to

981
01:13:11,905 --> 01:13:14,705
cover 'em for the, for a year. Yes, sir.

982
01:13:16,135 --> 01:13:19,995
okay. Counsel, any questions? Well, I'll

983
01:13:20,195 --> 01:13:24,095
move to approve. Second. I have a motion by rick, second by

984
01:13:24,445 --> 01:13:28,215
david. Any, any discussion? I have a question. Is the,

985
01:13:28,535 --> 01:13:32,355
uh, is the money for one full year or is it just the remainder

986
01:13:32,935 --> 01:13:36,755
of the year? It, it's a full year. Okay. Oh,

987
01:13:37,085 --> 01:13:40,535
what a good question. So I don't remember where the three additional

988
01:13:41,205 --> 01:13:45,015
were. I believe it was the blair meadow entrance.

989
01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:49,715
blair we, blair meadow, ainsworth, and,

990
01:13:50,315 --> 01:13:53,675
uh, do at montecito. I mean, uh,

991
01:13:54,485 --> 01:13:57,785
montecito at dairy ashford. So I mean those,

992
01:13:59,285 --> 01:14:03,185
the rest of 'em we had grants for. We wanted to add those three

993
01:14:03,505 --> 01:14:06,685
because basically that's our houston border.

994
01:14:08,265 --> 01:14:12,165
um, and then obviously I think we're seeing

995
01:14:12,425 --> 01:14:15,525
the value for it based on the reports every month,

996
01:14:16,625 --> 01:14:20,325
the, um, stolen vehicles that we're chasing down and everything

997
01:14:20,685 --> 01:14:24,425
else. Well, a comment to that, and

998
01:14:24,725 --> 01:14:28,725
I may have not mentioned this earlier in talking about aldi, that we were

999
01:14:28,765 --> 01:14:31,915
able to use the flock system to develop a suspect

1000
01:14:33,025 --> 01:14:36,795
in this. But it's also been entered into our hot list

1001
01:14:37,475 --> 01:14:41,435
that if that vehicle comes into the city, we will get an alert. But also

1002
01:14:41,865 --> 01:14:45,605
any of the other flock cameras that our neighbor have, they will be alerted to the vehicle

1003
01:14:46,425 --> 01:14:50,285
and their area as well, along with the information that

1004
01:14:50,485 --> 01:14:54,335
they're suspects in an aggravated robbery. So there's, it, it is quite

1005
01:14:54,875 --> 01:14:58,605
deep the use of it. It's not just a stolen vehicle coming into the city,

1006
01:14:59,265 --> 01:15:03,205
but we also have a lot of investigative and our neighbors are, you know, we

1007
01:15:03,365 --> 01:15:06,245
all reach out to each other when we get flock information.

1008
01:15:09,375 --> 01:15:12,495
question. Um, yeah. Is there opportunity for, uh, reestablishing

1009
01:15:13,535 --> 01:15:16,845
ano another grant on these? Or is it a, was it a one once and done type?

1010
01:15:17,615 --> 01:15:21,385
I know we have 10 under grant now five, originally five. We added total

1011
01:15:21,735 --> 01:15:25,565
of 13 cameras. But can we get grants to renew? Jerry is looking into

1012
01:15:26,055 --> 01:15:29,695
it, but I'm afraid with flock's popularity that, that

1013
01:15:30,075 --> 01:15:33,855
has kind of hindered us. Uh, the funding source that he originally

1014
01:15:34,515 --> 01:15:38,455
had, which we went to twice as not funding this project.

1015
01:15:39,115 --> 01:15:42,975
but yes, we are constantly looking at doing that since we have had some

1016
01:15:43,215 --> 01:15:46,895
success, they're, they're looking to expand

1017
01:15:47,445 --> 01:15:50,795
their kingdom, not re-up the ones they have

1018
01:15:51,595 --> 01:15:55,595
. So, heads up, uh, as the next budget cycle hits, uh, we're

1019
01:15:55,835 --> 01:15:59,375
gonna have to talk about absorbing those maintenance costs into our fiscal year budget. Um,

1020
01:16:00,655 --> 01:16:04,635
you know, if and when we, uh, probably fiscal year,

1021
01:16:04,915 --> 01:16:08,715
they're not all, they're not all rolling off at the same time. So we'll have to talk about that for fiscal year 25.

1022
01:16:10,795 --> 01:16:14,625
alright, so we have a motion and we had a second. All

1023
01:16:14,845 --> 01:16:18,635
in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.

1024
01:16:20,455 --> 01:16:24,235
I don't. Thank you. Thank you jack. Thank you so much. And uh,

1025
01:16:24,855 --> 01:16:28,835
I know I've seen your officers, kevin, take care. Um,

1026
01:16:30,095 --> 01:16:33,985
I've seen your officers react, react some days where they hit that

1027
01:16:34,145 --> 01:16:38,105
door running and I know it's 'cause they had a flock call and you know,

1028
01:16:38,225 --> 01:16:41,995
and they just, I love it. So thank you. Uh, item

1029
01:16:42,285 --> 01:16:45,725
number six and seven are kind of back to back.

1030
01:16:47,185 --> 01:16:50,725
um, these are the meadows place. Uh, police department received

1031
01:16:51,645 --> 01:16:55,625
a grant from the texas comptroller and uh,

1032
01:16:55,865 --> 01:16:58,925
for $22,661 and 47 cents.

1033
01:17:01,075 --> 01:17:03,655
and, um, then the next one they have $2,661

1034
01:17:05,595 --> 01:17:09,385
and 47 cents where they're gonna spend it. Uh,

1035
01:17:09,785 --> 01:17:13,705
so basically I'm looking for, uh, a motion to

1036
01:17:14,405 --> 01:17:17,925
consider and pass ordinance number 2024 dash

1037
01:17:18,565 --> 01:17:21,585
17 amending the general fund revenue budget

1038
01:17:23,025 --> 01:17:26,525
to the amount of 26 61 47 for police

1039
01:17:27,385 --> 01:17:31,075
training motion

1040
01:17:31,635 --> 01:17:34,205
by david second by kurt.

1041
01:17:35,775 --> 01:17:39,505
any further discussion? All in favor, aye. Aye.

1042
01:17:39,985 --> 01:17:42,635
any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.

1043
01:17:44,485 --> 01:17:48,435
now we've got assistant chief ashton back there

1044
01:17:48,655 --> 01:17:52,515
all excited about getting that 2,600 c $200 'cause he wants

1045
01:17:52,715 --> 01:17:56,675
to spend it. Uh, item number seven is discussion and consideration of

1046
01:17:56,875 --> 01:18:00,705
ordinance 2024 dash 18 amending the general fund

1047
01:18:00,995 --> 01:18:03,705
budget for fiscal year ending september 30th, 2024.

1048
01:18:05,385 --> 01:18:08,305
increasing line item 1 0 0 dash 0 5 5 4 2

1049
01:18:12,925 --> 01:18:14,125
for grant funded training. 26 61 47.

1050
01:18:17,285 --> 01:18:20,905
do I have a motion to, uh, pass ordinance 2024 dash

1051
01:18:21,425 --> 01:18:25,385
18 motion? Yes. T

1052
01:18:25,845 --> 01:18:29,805
motion made the motion. Who made the second down over here somewhere.

1053
01:18:30,345 --> 01:18:34,305
was kurt. Okay. Got a motion by tia. Kurt has

1054
01:18:34,525 --> 01:18:38,385
second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion

1055
01:18:38,835 --> 01:18:42,765
carries unanimously. What was

1056
01:18:42,885 --> 01:18:46,555
that already spent? Is that what the deal? Okay,

1057
01:18:48,155 --> 01:18:51,605
item number eight. Um, you might as well head up

1058
01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:54,295
ms. Parks director,

1059
01:18:59,175 --> 01:19:03,095
um, this discussion in consideration regarding a pay increase for

1060
01:19:03,315 --> 01:19:05,655
summer slash seasonal staff. Um,

1061
01:19:07,785 --> 01:19:11,505
she touched base on it a little earlier saying that we don't

1062
01:19:11,825 --> 01:19:14,365
quite have the staff we need and

1063
01:19:15,935 --> 01:19:19,275
we're bind. Why don't you give us an overview, please, colleen?

1064
01:19:20,585 --> 01:19:24,265
um, yes. As I stated earlier, at this point in the hiring season,

1065
01:19:24,865 --> 01:19:28,755
we already historically have had more than

1066
01:19:29,065 --> 01:19:32,565
we have needed, um, in regards to applicants for lifeguards

1067
01:19:33,205 --> 01:19:36,985
and camp counselors. Um, this year we have, um,

1068
01:19:37,515 --> 01:19:41,485
five lifeguard apps and we usually need 18 to 20.

1069
01:19:42,935 --> 01:19:46,915
we have seven camp counselors and we usually need about 15.

1070
01:19:48,135 --> 01:19:52,105
so we are behind, um, extremely. And some

1071
01:19:52,395 --> 01:19:56,265
of the conversations that we've had with past, um, staff from

1072
01:19:56,585 --> 01:20:00,515
last year, they have mentioned it's due to what we pay, that they can go

1073
01:20:00,675 --> 01:20:04,595
somewhere else and and get more. Um, did you include in the packet for them

1074
01:20:04,735 --> 01:20:08,465
to look at? Okay, so I gave you comparisons of the cities around

1075
01:20:08,885 --> 01:20:12,585
us, the competitive salaries. If you see we are, um,

1076
01:20:13,755 --> 01:20:17,555
for our lifeguards in particular, we're paying nine 50 an hour, um,

1077
01:20:18,065 --> 01:20:21,575
which is well below, um, the average of 1275.

1078
01:20:23,595 --> 01:20:27,395
uh, surrounding cities are paying anywhere from 11 up to

1079
01:20:28,375 --> 01:20:32,285
I think $16 for a lifeguard. So

1080
01:20:32,875 --> 01:20:36,825
we're trying to hit the sweet spot on that of 1275. So that'd be

1081
01:20:36,905 --> 01:20:40,895
an increase of 5 cents. Um, same thing with the

1082
01:20:41,055 --> 01:20:44,895
pool supervisor. We're paying $12 and 75 cents. The average is $20

1083
01:20:45,515 --> 01:20:49,515
and 50 cents. Uh, so again, we are well below the

1084
01:20:49,735 --> 01:20:53,575
average in the area. So we are hopeful to, um, increase

1085
01:20:53,905 --> 01:20:57,575
their salaries. Again, this is for the summer, um, to entice,

1086
01:20:58,275 --> 01:21:02,215
um, more employees to come and work for us again. Um, we do have

1087
01:21:02,335 --> 01:21:06,255
an option and the option's not mentioned on here. The other option is if we

1088
01:21:06,375 --> 01:21:10,215
don't increase the rates, we can reduce the number of our bather

1089
01:21:10,575 --> 01:21:14,395
loads and the numbers of hours that we operate the pool. So that's the other option

1090
01:21:14,875 --> 01:21:18,845
is that we can reduce our, our operating hours and days of the week and also

1091
01:21:19,135 --> 01:21:22,995
control the numbers coming in. So instead of a hundred bather load, it

1092
01:21:23,505 --> 01:21:27,335
might be anywhere from 25 to 50 based off how many lifeguards

1093
01:21:27,935 --> 01:21:30,775
we actually have to be able to go out there and maintain the pool

1094
01:21:42,645 --> 01:21:46,405
. So really

1095
01:21:47,125 --> 01:21:50,985
on tonight's agenda item, really all we're asking is for permission to make

1096
01:21:51,145 --> 01:21:55,065
these adjustments. This is gonna have to be followed up with a ba, a budget adjustment later on in

1097
01:21:55,185 --> 01:21:59,025
a year. We don't wanna do this quite yet because we want some time to have a better idea of exactly

1098
01:21:59,265 --> 01:22:03,085
what it's gonna be. I'd rather bring one ba to you guys as opposed, opposed to two. So

1099
01:22:03,405 --> 01:22:06,935
we know this is obviously gonna have a budget impact, um, but there's

1100
01:22:07,425 --> 01:22:11,415
a lot of factors that'll help us know exactly what to bring. So this is just asking permission, then

1101
01:22:11,705 --> 01:22:15,625
it'll be followed up with a basically a check or a, an invoice to you guys, so

1102
01:22:15,785 --> 01:22:19,755
to speak, an opportunity to spend to, to amend the budget. As someone

1103
01:22:20,165 --> 01:22:23,675
who's at the pool a lot with my kids and, and, uh, with swim,

1104
01:22:24,175 --> 01:22:28,115
et cetera, our lifeguards are awesome. Uh, we truly have the best of the

1105
01:22:28,195 --> 01:22:31,795
best and, and I think we need to continue to recruit the best.

1106
01:22:32,295 --> 01:22:36,005
and if we're not doing that, it's a no brainer to me.

1107
01:22:36,545 --> 01:22:40,345
uh, we we've gotta I'd go with the recommendations you put

1108
01:22:40,565 --> 01:22:44,425
on here. I like it. Are do

1109
01:22:44,645 --> 01:22:48,585
we need a motion here? The form of motion? Yeah. So, uh, we have a motion to

1110
01:22:49,145 --> 01:22:52,605
motion to, uh, adjust the lifeguard and pool supervisor

1111
01:22:53,545 --> 01:22:57,325
to the suggested to the suggested increased, uh, per hour amount that

1112
01:22:57,625 --> 01:23:01,565
you have here in the packet. Okay. We have a, we have a, a motion. Do I have a

1113
01:23:01,685 --> 01:23:05,585
second? Second, second by to, yeah, I also had

1114
01:23:05,845 --> 01:23:09,525
a comment. Um, I, I agree with you. Um, I think we need,

1115
01:23:09,905 --> 01:23:13,785
um, we need staff and we need, um, as

1116
01:23:14,025 --> 01:23:17,705
top level staff as possible. We saw that last summer. Yes. Obviously we had,

1117
01:23:18,105 --> 01:23:22,045
um, we had a scare and your staff was there and trained and ready.

1118
01:23:22,905 --> 01:23:26,845
um, and, and they were amazing. And this is a problem all over.

1119
01:23:27,305 --> 01:23:31,005
I'm, I'm hearing different cities and, and areas they're having the same issues

1120
01:23:31,365 --> 01:23:34,765
when it comes to lifeguards. Um, so yes, I completely

1121
01:23:35,775 --> 01:23:39,725
think that we should do this. I support it. Thank you. And I, and I

1122
01:23:39,845 --> 01:23:43,685
want to clarify, this is also for our camp counselor staff as well.

1123
01:23:44,385 --> 01:23:48,165
um, but those we're not asking for funding for that because the registration

1124
01:23:48,805 --> 01:23:51,685
fees for camp will offset the increase for the counselors.

1125
01:23:54,675 --> 01:23:58,565
well I was, you know, somebody might say, geez, $10 to just

1126
01:23:58,725 --> 01:24:02,485
sit at the pool and, and have fun. But we do put a lot of

1127
01:24:02,805 --> 01:24:06,305
pressure on these kids and they're required to do a lot of training and

1128
01:24:06,905 --> 01:24:10,845
that's gonna need to be recognized as tia said with, we had an event last year

1129
01:24:11,905 --> 01:24:15,845
and if we wouldn't have had trained lifeguards, we could have lost a child on that.

1130
01:24:16,305 --> 01:24:20,085
mm-hmm. . So, um, I don't think the community

1131
01:24:20,525 --> 01:24:23,725
is gonna be very interested in having the pool open three days a week.

1132
01:24:24,745 --> 01:24:28,415
so I think we're gonna need to make this adjustment. I would also

1133
01:24:28,775 --> 01:24:32,515
like to add to that is

1134
01:24:32,865 --> 01:24:36,255
lifeguards maintain most of that pool.

1135
01:24:37,325 --> 01:24:41,195
they do. They check, check the chemicals, clean, clean the grounds, they cleaned the

1136
01:24:41,415 --> 01:24:45,335
equipment. Mm-hmm. , they cleaned the bathrooms. I

1137
01:24:45,455 --> 01:24:48,875
was so shocked when I found out my kid cleaned the bathroom every day

1138
01:24:49,755 --> 01:24:52,095
and never seen him clean the bathroom at home. .

1139
01:24:54,565 --> 01:24:58,005
but we are currently with red cross as our training agency

1140
01:24:58,645 --> 01:25:00,985
who is the standard bearer in this industry.

1141
01:25:04,165 --> 01:25:08,165
our city takes this seriously and that's why

1142
01:25:08,365 --> 01:25:12,005
I tell you you're comfortable with them up there. You're comfortable

1143
01:25:12,405 --> 01:25:16,345
with 'em up there. As someone who lost whose

1144
01:25:17,025 --> 01:25:20,495
child turned blue and died and they brought 'em back because

1145
01:25:21,035 --> 01:25:24,995
of their training, I'm comfortable with them up there and I'm

1146
01:25:25,375 --> 01:25:28,755
thrilled to see pragmatic mind saying, hey,

1147
01:25:29,755 --> 01:25:32,645
the pool is an important part of our community.

1148
01:25:34,045 --> 01:25:37,985
you look up there some days that things packed and those are nothing but laughs and

1149
01:25:38,145 --> 01:25:42,025
love going on at that pool. And I appreciate it a lot. So we have a motion,

1150
01:25:42,245 --> 01:25:45,505
we have a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?

1151
01:25:47,605 --> 01:25:50,975
hearing none. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you council

1152
01:25:53,305 --> 01:25:57,285
mayor. And you go back with rod and smile. . Okay.

1153
01:26:00,785 --> 01:26:04,685
okay. Item, uh, what, where did I flipped it

1154
01:26:04,845 --> 01:26:08,435
too far? Discussion and consideration regarding council

1155
01:26:09,285 --> 01:26:13,225
comments and agenda items. I wanted to bring this up because

1156
01:26:14,045 --> 01:26:16,795
we're getting ready to have a changeover pretty soon.

1157
01:26:18,615 --> 01:26:22,425
and, um, we've been following a format that

1158
01:26:22,715 --> 01:26:26,415
was handed to me 22 years ago as a member

1159
01:26:26,835 --> 01:26:30,825
of council and about 17 years plus

1160
01:26:32,175 --> 01:26:35,075
as mayor, where we

1161
01:26:37,145 --> 01:26:41,115
sit down and we have council comments or mayor count comments, then

1162
01:26:41,405 --> 01:26:45,315
council comments. But somebody actually read

1163
01:26:46,115 --> 01:26:50,105
what was on the sheet and I, and said, hey, we can do

1164
01:26:50,305 --> 01:26:54,295
all this other stuff. And I went, oh, I

1165
01:26:54,415 --> 01:26:58,335
never read it. Well, let me say I read it 20 years ago, I'm sure

1166
01:26:58,835 --> 01:27:02,825
if it was on here. But we're gonna have a,

1167
01:27:03,145 --> 01:27:06,745
uh, a new program in place, come the next meeting

1168
01:27:07,165 --> 01:27:10,225
or the meeting in may. And

1169
01:27:11,535 --> 01:27:15,485
when you're sitting right here at this desk, there's a little bit of, um,

1170
01:27:17,245 --> 01:27:21,055
anxiety of trying to get the meeting to run right? And when

1171
01:27:21,495 --> 01:27:24,835
somebody talks in all of a sudden and it kinda interrupts, it throws you off.

1172
01:27:26,045 --> 01:27:29,825
and I've taken a lot of pride in the way our meetings in meadows

1173
01:27:30,265 --> 01:27:33,545
place have run and I've watched meetings in other cities

1174
01:27:35,965 --> 01:27:39,875
and they fall short of the professionalism and the pride that I

1175
01:27:39,995 --> 01:27:43,445
have in these meetings. So I'm asking to

1176
01:27:44,055 --> 01:27:47,985
counsel, do y'all make sure we all get together, y'all all get together with the

1177
01:27:48,145 --> 01:27:51,885
new mayor, whoever that may be, and come

1178
01:27:52,175 --> 01:27:56,085
up with some sort of process on, on how

1179
01:27:56,285 --> 01:27:59,985
this meeting goes. I'm gonna con, um,

1180
01:28:01,485 --> 01:28:04,945
consider rec, uh, taking a recommendation, uh,

1181
01:28:05,505 --> 01:28:08,945
or not I'm, it was a suggestion or just a comment by rick staley

1182
01:28:10,065 --> 01:28:13,975
saying that the county judge before each

1183
01:28:15,145 --> 01:28:18,565
meeting, before he starts in, says

1184
01:28:19,525 --> 01:28:22,675
this comment that, are there any comments by commissioner's

1185
01:28:23,575 --> 01:28:27,475
court, which could be easily turned around to, are

1186
01:28:27,695 --> 01:28:29,535
there any comments by city council?

1187
01:28:31,775 --> 01:28:35,435
and we could plug that in place to where it's a routine and I think,

1188
01:28:35,975 --> 01:28:39,635
you know, whoever comes in here, it'll take three or four weeks to figure out.

1189
01:28:40,315 --> 01:28:44,075
so after a couple of months it'll be a routine. But

1190
01:28:44,615 --> 01:28:48,375
whatever that is going forward, I'm just gonna say, please remember you're

1191
01:28:48,695 --> 01:28:51,235
gonna have a new mayor sitting here and, uh,

1192
01:28:54,135 --> 01:28:58,105
maybe they're not used to being made fun of, uh, that type of thing. So,

1193
01:28:58,785 --> 01:29:02,535
uh, that's what my comment is on that because

1194
01:29:03,175 --> 01:29:06,965
it's gonna be very important for mayor and council

1195
01:29:08,185 --> 01:29:12,105
to discuss and, and handle the mayor's comments, the

1196
01:29:12,325 --> 01:29:16,285
council comments and all the agenda items together. And I'm looking

1197
01:29:16,485 --> 01:29:19,285
forward to watching on the thing. 'cause I'm gonna have

1198
01:29:20,725 --> 01:29:24,645
a comfy spot, uh, to watch these, uh, proceedings

1199
01:29:25,355 --> 01:29:29,135
on and, uh, remind you that, uh, we are being watched.

1200
01:29:30,195 --> 01:29:33,925
but more importantly, the decorum of these proceedings

1201
01:29:36,735 --> 01:29:40,735
have always been outstanding. I want to commend

1202
01:29:40,965 --> 01:29:44,565
this particular council. Um,

1203
01:29:46,255 --> 01:29:50,065
it's probably the, the overall best that I've sat with and I've

1204
01:29:50,305 --> 01:29:54,215
sat with some really good councils and, uh, there's one of 'em back, well,

1205
01:29:54,615 --> 01:29:57,105
I don't count terry as one, but, uh, his friends david,

1206
01:29:58,715 --> 01:30:02,335
uh, we've had some really strong counsels through, through the years.

1207
01:30:04,355 --> 01:30:08,315
and even when there was strong disagreement, difference of

1208
01:30:08,475 --> 01:30:12,315
opinion, questions, concerns,

1209
01:30:13,535 --> 01:30:16,345
it was handled very professionally and

1210
01:30:17,925 --> 01:30:21,885
there's never any, I guess, angst

1211
01:30:22,625 --> 01:30:26,325
caused by those types of ugly comments or things that you hear

1212
01:30:27,145 --> 01:30:30,525
all over fort bend county. And I just,

1213
01:30:31,425 --> 01:30:35,295
I'm encouraging this council to continue that so

1214
01:30:35,515 --> 01:30:39,255
we can continue to be proud of it. And that's what I have to say about that.

1215
01:30:40,945 --> 01:30:44,195
and that should take us on to the next item,

1216
01:30:46,795 --> 01:30:50,275
which would be consent agenda motion

1217
01:30:50,835 --> 01:30:54,755
by rick. Second. By by david. That's

1218
01:30:55,175 --> 01:30:57,745
quick. All in favor? Any opposed?

1219
01:30:59,485 --> 01:31:03,125
motion carries unanimous. And my, my

1220
01:31:03,505 --> 01:31:07,185
favorite part is for item g audience, uh, comments for items

1221
01:31:07,645 --> 01:31:11,425
not on the agenda and uh, people get three

1222
01:31:11,705 --> 01:31:14,595
minutes to come up here. Let me get my stopwatch going.

1223
01:31:20,785 --> 01:31:24,615
please state your name and your address. Okay. Terry

1224
01:31:25,025 --> 01:31:28,425
henley 1 2 2 0 3 austin drive. Um,

1225
01:31:30,235 --> 01:31:33,185
this has to do with the uh, board meeting we had in, uh,

1226
01:31:34,665 --> 01:31:37,905
february in austin, the tml on tml board of directors past president.

1227
01:31:39,205 --> 01:31:43,075
and, uh, I got two or three comments here. Uh,

1228
01:31:44,595 --> 01:31:48,245
number one is, uh, they've introduced a new financial

1229
01:31:49,095 --> 01:31:52,365
services department. I don't know where this needs to go to courtney or to nick.

1230
01:31:53,515 --> 01:31:56,815
uh, that, uh, helped small cities from a financial

1231
01:31:57,535 --> 01:32:01,465
services standpoint and it looks like it's very good. So

1232
01:32:01,905 --> 01:32:05,865
you have that available to you through tml now in

1233
01:32:06,325 --> 01:32:10,245
addition to the legal services and that sort of stuff. So if you get in a

1234
01:32:10,485 --> 01:32:14,485
bind from a financial statement standpoint, they can

1235
01:32:14,565 --> 01:32:17,085
help you out. The lady is marty simpson

1236
01:32:18,745 --> 01:32:22,715
and she's been involved in many public entities and putting budgets

1237
01:32:23,365 --> 01:32:27,045
together and financial statements and all that stuff. So it's gonna be a

1238
01:32:27,395 --> 01:32:31,145
good addition to tml. Uh, item

1239
01:32:31,615 --> 01:32:35,305
two had to do with house bill 4 71. There's

1240
01:32:35,795 --> 01:32:38,835
a lot of discussion on it from a legal standpoint. Has to do with

1241
01:32:40,035 --> 01:32:43,975
mandatory requirements for sick leave that's now, uh, for police

1242
01:32:44,255 --> 01:32:48,115
firefighters and ems municipal employees. And

1243
01:32:48,335 --> 01:32:52,205
the way it's written, the employee can get paid

1244
01:32:52,835 --> 01:32:56,685
for time off for being sick as well as being paid

1245
01:32:57,035 --> 01:33:00,855
for, uh, under workman's comp. So it's a double dipping so to speak.

1246
01:33:01,115 --> 01:33:05,015
and they could get up to 175% of their pay while they're

1247
01:33:05,295 --> 01:33:08,895
off sick. Just something to keep in mind. In our particular case,

1248
01:33:10,155 --> 01:33:14,085
it might, I don't know, affect the police department. I don't know. Yeah,

1249
01:33:14,925 --> 01:33:17,975
yeah. , is that, is that what it is? Jack ?

1250
01:33:19,205 --> 01:33:23,005
okay. Anyway, okay. That's just something to be aware of. Okay.

1251
01:33:24,875 --> 01:33:28,405
item three is, uh, it's no longer called the tml building

1252
01:33:29,265 --> 01:33:33,005
change of ownership. It's now called the texas municipal center.

1253
01:33:34,345 --> 01:33:36,985
it's 100% owned by the tml risk pool

1254
01:33:38,835 --> 01:33:42,695
and it has been 50% vacant for some number of

1255
01:33:42,895 --> 01:33:46,715
years. And uh, we've had many discussions in

1256
01:33:46,915 --> 01:33:50,055
the board and I've discussed it many times with the board of director and

1257
01:33:52,555 --> 01:33:56,355
sir, 30 seconds. 30 seconds. Okay. But

1258
01:33:56,575 --> 01:34:00,275
anyway, it's gonna be some many improvements on it and tml is gonna start holding a lot of their uh,

1259
01:34:01,115 --> 01:34:05,085
uh, training sessions there. And the last item is atm l. It's

1260
01:34:05,375 --> 01:34:09,185
called the texas health benefits pool. Not, not tml. Uh,

1261
01:34:09,405 --> 01:34:13,105
they're in good shape, uh, financially, uh,

1262
01:34:13,595 --> 01:34:17,205
it's looking good. Their member equity has increased six to $8 million

1263
01:34:18,825 --> 01:34:22,565
and financially, I think if the trends continue through the

1264
01:34:22,955 --> 01:34:26,565
rest of this year, you may see uh, stabilization

1265
01:34:26,965 --> 01:34:30,275
of rates are maybe a little bit lower rate, which is good. Okay,

1266
01:34:31,065 --> 01:34:33,805
so let's from that standpoint, let's see it

1267
01:34:35,825 --> 01:34:38,685
and uh, I see it.

1268
01:35:05,285 --> 01:35:09,025
chuck, did you have anything to say other than go

1269
01:35:09,465 --> 01:35:12,085
cos all he needs to say

1270
01:35:13,665 --> 01:35:17,525
congratulations on your win , that's best game of

1271
01:35:17,725 --> 01:35:17,845
the tournament.

1272
01:35:30,585 --> 01:35:33,765
uh, chuck mcclar in 1 1 9 4 7 brighton lane.

1273
01:35:34,835 --> 01:35:38,525
there's a lot of parking spaces out front of the, uh,

1274
01:35:39,035 --> 01:35:42,945
along the freeway and I heard something about,

1275
01:35:44,995 --> 01:35:48,575
uh, somebody wants to rent some of those spaces to park

1276
01:35:50,275 --> 01:35:53,055
rvs and cars and stuff there like a

1277
01:35:54,415 --> 01:35:58,025
used car lot. Is that true or false? Chuck, are you talking about

1278
01:35:59,715 --> 01:36:03,335
beside northern tool and equipment? Maybe. Oh, count long dorrance

1279
01:36:03,815 --> 01:36:07,815
rather than, than the freeway. Hmm. It's a long dorrance rather

1280
01:36:08,175 --> 01:36:11,855
than the freeway. And I would suggest to you and anybody else that's listening

1281
01:36:12,875 --> 01:36:16,695
to be at the public hearing next week okay. And get all of your

1282
01:36:17,095 --> 01:36:20,815
questions. This is what I wanted to hear is april 2nd at 6, 6 30.

1283
01:36:21,905 --> 01:36:25,835
april, april 2nd at six 30. Get here early and get a seat and

1284
01:36:26,055 --> 01:36:29,635
write your questions down. 'cause you usually have good ones. And this is at 2 36 36 30,

1285
01:36:31,805 --> 01:36:34,975
okay. Okay. And chuck, this is something that we want the public

1286
01:36:36,195 --> 01:36:40,155
to be here and asking those very same questions because

1287
01:36:40,965 --> 01:36:44,805
I promise you there's a lot of confusion on what they may or may

1288
01:36:45,005 --> 01:36:49,005
not do. And I'm one of those people that's confused, so I wanna see

1289
01:36:49,205 --> 01:36:53,085
what they propose. Okay. Okay. And just anything else,

1290
01:36:53,275 --> 01:36:57,075
just as a reminder to everyone watching, they

1291
01:36:57,365 --> 01:37:01,325
have put in their application for a special use permit. They have paid

1292
01:37:01,605 --> 01:37:05,085
their fee and by our process they get their hearing

1293
01:37:05,745 --> 01:37:09,685
period. That does not mean that counsel is in favor of this, that p and

1294
01:37:09,845 --> 01:37:12,605
z is in favor of this. They get to come, make their presentation

1295
01:37:14,265 --> 01:37:18,205
and then p and z planning and zoning will make a recommendation to

1296
01:37:18,405 --> 01:37:21,605
council and then council will make the final determination.

1297
01:37:23,025 --> 01:37:26,765
so your, your input is important during that public hearing

1298
01:37:27,125 --> 01:37:30,955
process. Um, and we do want to hear from you as what

1299
01:37:31,245 --> 01:37:34,965
is appropriate for the city and what is not. So we'll have

1300
01:37:35,285 --> 01:37:38,865
two public hearings that night. One is for the, the

1301
01:37:39,635 --> 01:37:43,625
boat and rv storage as it's been proposed. The other one is

1302
01:37:43,905 --> 01:37:47,715
for a vape store, I believe. Correct. Smoke shop. Smoke shop.

1303
01:37:48,705 --> 01:37:51,475
and that one would go into one of the strip centers on west airport.

1304
01:37:52,745 --> 01:37:54,745
so there are a couple pretty big, um,

1305
01:37:56,985 --> 01:38:00,755
things to, for us to consider next week and, and

1306
01:38:01,015 --> 01:38:03,805
I want to point out that councils in the past have

1307
01:38:05,315 --> 01:38:08,735
worked hard to get zoning on these areas so that we can have

1308
01:38:09,625 --> 01:38:13,305
these very type of public hearings. Don't

1309
01:38:13,655 --> 01:38:15,635
let 'em down by not showing up.

1310
01:38:18,215 --> 01:38:21,955
anything else chuck? That's what I need to know. And, uh, go cougs. Go

1311
01:38:22,265 --> 01:38:26,255
cougs. Friday night. Well so far the, I still

1312
01:38:26,375 --> 01:38:30,225
haven't recovered from sunday night so far. The u of h aggie

1313
01:38:30,575 --> 01:38:34,215
game is the best game of the tournament. That was a blood band.

1314
01:38:35,415 --> 01:38:39,205
. Alright, thank you chuck. That was tough. Anyone else like

1315
01:38:39,495 --> 01:38:42,515
to step up? Yes. Kelly mills 1 2 1 2 3

1316
01:38:43,585 --> 01:38:47,435
scottsdale, uh, I will, we will be working our, the

1317
01:38:47,665 --> 01:38:51,455
snack shack during the first concert in the park. Mainly to give

1318
01:38:51,875 --> 01:38:55,735
uh, provide food for the youth in our neighborhood. 'cause a lot of the parents

1319
01:38:56,685 --> 01:39:00,535
have requested that we do corn dogs and hot dogs and stuff like

1320
01:39:00,735 --> 01:39:03,345
that. So come out and support the snack shack.

1321
01:39:05,475 --> 01:39:08,575
are you telling me come by supper over at the snack shack? Is that what you're doing?

1322
01:39:10,225 --> 01:39:12,675
trucks. But the kids real food.

1323
01:39:14,715 --> 01:39:18,605
corn dogs are real food. Okay, thank you kelly.

1324
01:39:19,065 --> 01:39:22,965
so the, the, there, there is a benefit to the fundraising

1325
01:39:23,465 --> 01:39:27,145
aspect of it. It stays in the city of meadows and benefits the

1326
01:39:27,645 --> 01:39:31,625
baseball league, which offsets scholarships and fixing the field or

1327
01:39:32,045 --> 01:39:35,925
whatever they do with that. Thank you very much for that announcement. Well thank you to colline

1328
01:39:36,285 --> 01:39:40,155
for letting us try it for the first time. It's just simple food.

1329
01:39:40,505 --> 01:39:44,445
I'm not doing the hamburgers, cheeseburgers or chicken sandwiches. Cheeseburgers, just hot

1330
01:39:44,645 --> 01:39:48,365
dogs and corn. Dogs and snacks. Drinks. Make it a combo.

1331
01:39:48,995 --> 01:39:52,045
alright, thank you. Anyone else?

1332
01:39:54,125 --> 01:39:58,055
going once, going twice. Go cos

1333
01:39:58,385 --> 01:40:01,635
item with that, unless there's any objections, this meeting is adjourned.