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[4:53] » Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you
for allowing us all uh to gather here
[4:58] today and represent our community. Just
watch over all of us and all the
[5:03] families that are represented here.
Watch over our community. Jesus name.
[5:06] Amen.
>> Amen.
[5:08] » I'd like to establish that we have a
quorum and call our meeting to order.
[5:11] We're going to start with the pledge of
allegiance to the flag of the United
[5:14] States of America.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[5:18] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[5:24] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[5:29] » Now the Texas flag. Honor the Texas
flag. I pledge allegiance to thee,
[5:34] Texas. One state under God, one and
indivisible.
[5:40] Everybody can be seated. [clears throat]
[5:51] I'd like to thank everybody for being
here this evening. Uh we're going to
[5:55] start with our public comment.
Rebecca, do you have did you have public
[6:02] comment? Is that
>> No, on the agenda.
[6:05] » Okay.
>> Uh would like to fe in on a public
[6:10] comment.
>> Okay.
[6:12] » Tell us about this. Okay.
[6:21] » Good evening.
>> We're glad. We're glad you're here.
[6:26] » Thank you. I am honored to be here. I am
here on behalf of the Bailey County
[6:34] Historic Commission. I am the Bailey
County Historic Preservation Officer.
[6:40] Um, for those of you that don't know me,
my name is Rebecca Bill. [snorts] Um,
[6:44] this is America 250, which means we are
celebrating America's 250th year of the
[6:51] Declaration of Independence signing. The
nation has committees that have charged
[6:57] the communities of America to
do different community activities. Get
[7:04] your community involved in the history
of the nation.
[7:09] I um have presented some sliders for you
[clears throat] for some activities that
[7:14] I am working on. I'm doing this to bring
recognition to Bailey County and Muho,
[7:21] not only just to our communities, but to
our small historical
[7:26] items that we have here. I don't believe
we are well known enough. So, I'm hoping
[7:30] to get that out there. There is a
website that um once I get these um
[7:36] activities
confirmed on dates and times I will be
[7:40] posting it. It is a national website and
I'm hoping to bring in some people from
[7:44] even across the nation maybe to see our
what we have to offer. Right now
[7:50] currently the Shao Junior High and High
School are doing an essay and art
[7:54] contest either or or both. Um that
contest is due March 30th. Um it is
[8:01] based on America 250 and um if the
students win I have a committee that's
[8:06] going to judge those competition entries
here at the local level and if they win
[8:12] on local level I will submit it to the
national
[8:16] um
contest in which they will pick
[8:22] um different grade levels and I think
there's five different um trips that can
[8:27] win scholarship trips either to
Washington DC, the Austin, it'll be
[8:30] somewhere historical. So, they are
currently doing that at this time. So,
[8:35] like I said, that's due March 30th. On
May 30th, we're going to have the
[8:40] erection of the Bailey County Cemetery
Gateway. If you Google cemeteries in Ba
[8:47] Bailey County right now, there is one
called the Unknown Unnamed Cemetery. We
[8:52] figured out that that is the Bailey
Burough Cemetery, and we think that is
[8:56] very sad to not give those people some
kind of recognition. So, we're going to
[8:59] have a little work day. There might be
15 to 20 graves out there. So, it's a
[9:03] very small cemetery, but we're going to
clean up that cemetery. And we um as a
[9:08] historical committee have um got a
archway, entrance way to the cemetery
[9:16] built and we're going to erect that on
May 30th in the morning. We are
[9:21] currently working on a bicycle tour of
the historical markers here in Milshu
[9:25] and Meley County. Um that's going to
happen on June 6th. After that, we are
[9:30] going to have a community meal out at
the Heritage Center. Um we're not sure
[9:35] yet if we're bringing in food trucks, if
we're going to do um catering. We're
[9:40] just really not sure what kind of meal,
but we want that for the bicyclers that
[9:43] stop. We want them. We're going to open
up the Heritage Center and let them tour
[9:47] that as well, plus have a meal there.
Um, on June 20th, we're going to have
[9:52] kind of a youth uh tiny youth day and um
we're going to have tea parties. We're
[9:59] going to have an arrowhead hunt. Kind of
like an Easter egg hunt, but an
[10:02] arrowhead hunt. I'm currently working
with the Texas Historical Commission on
[10:07] getting a Native American storyteller to
come and do a presentation for kids
[10:12] while they're there doing the arrowhead
hunt. Um, we're going to do some little
[10:16] mini patriot games. So, we're going to
have stick horse races. We're going to
[10:20] have um plastic bow and arrow shoot.
Just some things maybe in the colonial
[10:25] era that they had done, but we can't
actually put a bunch of kids on horses.
[10:28] So, we're going to do stick horses and
such and just kind of make it a fun
[10:32] family day. As well as for the adults,
um bringing in um what it looks like
[10:39] right now, the quilting exhibits from
East Texas. Um it's called the East
[10:44] Texas Quilt
quilt guild. They're interested in
[10:49] bringing their quilts. We're going to
put them up in this heritage center as
[10:53] well as um I'm going to talk to a few
local people that have arrowhead
[10:58] collected and have their arrowheads on
display it as well that day. And that's
[11:04] going to be June 20th. June 27th, I've
partnered with um Gabby Newton to do a
[11:11] 5K morning run in honor of the America
250. Um July 3rd, we're going to have
[11:17] the blood drive bus here and we're also
going to open a time capsule that has
[11:22] been buried at Bula Cemetery for 50
years. We will open it out there.
[11:28] There's going to be a little gathering,
refreshments and such. And then it's
[11:32] either going to be at 9 or 10:00. I'm
not sure. Julie Leighton's in charge of
[11:36] that, but um we're going to invite
everybody out to that to try to make
[11:40] that a special thing. The artifix facts
will be displayed at the library
[11:44] afterwards.
On July 4th, sometime in there um that
[11:50] busy day, we're going to bury a time
capsule and which will be opened in 50
[11:56] years at the 300th anniversary of
America's signing and um we're going to
[12:01] bury that out at the Heritage Center.
So, um, right now I'm just here to let
[12:07] you know that these are the events that
I have kind of planned and are coming
[12:12] up. It's quite a few things. Um, I would
love to get each of you's emails,
[12:17] addresses, and that way I can update you
on specific times and dates as they
[12:23] come. And, um, we would love to have you
come out and participate.
[12:28] Is there any questions?
[12:33] Okay. Thank you again for allowing me to
come and talk to you.
[12:36] » Sounds like a good list of events coming
up.
[12:39] » I I think so. I'm just trying to get for
the community to pull together and I've
[12:44] gotten a really good response from
everyone I talked to so far. So, I think
[12:48] it's going to be a good time.
>> Really appreciate you taking care of
[12:51] those things.
>> Well, thank you. Appreciate you.
[12:53] » Yes, ma'am. I guess we can go back to
city. So,
[13:03] All right. Uh, our next item is going to
be the approval of the minutes of the
[13:06] council meeting held February the 9th,
2026.
[13:11] » Make a move motion we approve those
minutes.
[13:13] » I'll second a motion and a second. All
those in favor say I. I.
[13:17] » All opposed. Motion carries. Our next
item is to receive the 2425 audit report
[13:24] from Terry and King CPAs.
>> Make a motion we receive that.
[13:30] I think we got to
[13:35] perfect.
>> That is perfect. [laughter]
[13:39] » Thank you for coming.
>> We do have a representative.
[13:47] I
>> I am going to go real fast
[13:54] » because as we've already established, no
one likes to listen to accountants talk.
[14:01] » Loves it.
>> The camera loves it.
[14:04] » Oh, Tam loves it.
[14:08] » Okay. Um,
we appreciate coming out here. We love
[14:13] coming to Mules Shoe. She does a great
job. her staff does a great job. Makes
[14:19] it
[14:23] it makes it as much fun as auditing can
be uh to come and and do this. Uh so
[14:29] everything's great and we appreciate
everybody here. Um on page two of this
[14:37] report and like I said, I'm just going
to hit the highlights. Not going to bore
[14:41] y'all with a bunch of stuff, but we've
got a letter here from us to you, uh,
[14:47] the city council, mayor and city
council. Uh, and we just state here
[14:52] state here that we've audited the
financial statements and they present
[14:58] fairly the
results of operation and the financial
[15:02] position of the city of mules. So, a
very clean opinion. Following that,
[15:07] there's a management and discussion part
on page five.
[15:13] I like to jump to if you look at page 8,
uh there's a table A1 here.
[15:23] It's a little small, but I I like to
look at this because it's got some
[15:27] comparative data. Uh this is what we
call the governmentwide financial
[15:32] statement. So, it's adjusted for a bunch
of things.
[15:36] Um but it's still there's some specific
points like uh over on the right hand
[15:43] side you can see current assets are up
from 7 million 168 to 8 million uh
[15:50] overall the net position is up from 12
million6 to 14369.
[15:55] So, we see that y'all done really well.
Uh that you've uh your cash your your
[16:02] current uh your total assets are up and
overall just everything looks good.
[16:11] And that is from the results of
operations that are on page nine.
[16:19] This is a lot of paper.
We kill a few trees when we do this. Um,
[16:28] looking there, you can see that, uh,
total revenues up. Um, over on the right
[16:34] hand side, this is government
activities, business activities, but the
[16:39] total primary government revenues up
from 6,8 to 7 million. Expenses are up a
[16:46] little bit, but overall
you added to the net position 1 million
[16:55] uh
1,850
[17:00] 850. Yes. Uh [snorts] and so total is
we're up to 14,369.
[17:07] The prior period adjustment has to do
with uh a new governmental standard
[17:12] where we're putting compensated absences
on. So that's the beginning balance of
[17:19] those really doesn't affect anything
[17:24] there. Then I'd like to jump to the
basic financial statements
[17:35] which will get passed on the management
discussion analysis
[17:40] u
and
[17:43] page
[17:48] I'm looking for is page
C2 on page 18.
[18:01] Now, this is the government side of your
financial statements, but what is we got
[18:06] balance sheet and some of the other
information that we have in those
[18:12] tables, but here this U exhibit C2 is
statement of revenues and expenditures.
[18:20] This is the the government side of the
city of Mu
[18:24] and this is just really cash in cash
out. Um so revenues you can see
[18:32] operating fund the general fund 3,791
from revenues
[18:38] uh economic development home grants CLR
CLFRF
[18:43] and the other funds total
uh government funds 5,730
[18:49] in revenue
total expense 5,301.
[18:55] So something that we don't see a lot of
is an actual net position gain in cash
[19:03] in governmental funds. So this is like I
say I I came to the best city tonight.
[19:09] My partner went to the other one.
>> You did. You did. It went the other way.
[19:15] I I wanted the positive one. I want to
come to the positive one. So 429,000
[19:22] uh some transfers in and sale of assets
of 544
[19:27] bringing the fund balance to 5,57.
So overall you look at fund balance and
[19:35] [snorts]
um
[19:38] a fund balance you try to especially in
governmental funds you try to have 3
[19:42] months of operating expenses. And if you
look at your fund balance there for the
[19:48] general fund, 2,ion7
and 3,486
[19:53] is your operating expenses. So you've
got well over 3 months, nearly up to a
[19:59] year
in assets.
[20:04] On page 21, this is the other side of
your government, which is
[20:11] uh well what we call the proprietary
side, the um water and sewer. And here
[20:18] you can see revenues, operating revenues
2 million, expenses 1,326.
[20:25] So we got income before contributions
and transfers of 700. We got to transfer
[20:32] the general uh some balancing. So
changing that position 673,000.
[20:40] But on the next page 22, we break this
down so that we get a cash just like the
[20:47] general fund that we looked at. You can
see cash from activities a million 20 uh
[20:54] cash used cash provided.
And we see overall cash the increase in
[21:01] cash 600,000
and then we had 500,000. So really
[21:07] really good
good results and and good use good use
[21:14] of of your resources
and what you're doing out here. What
[21:19] you've done for the city is excellent.
You're going to be commended. Any any
[21:25] questions on that?
[21:29] move on quickly.
[21:34] » You got a good pace going.
Okay. Um
[21:42] and I'm about through uh unless you've
got questions. On page 36,
[21:47] uh we got the capital assets.
Um, so
[21:52] here we're looking at the additions
to government activities. You can see on
[21:58] page 36, this is a footnote
uh 951,000
[22:04] in additions there. And uh
then in water and sewer 176 those are
[22:13] the additions to what you had already.
[22:22] Um,
we really don't have obligations per se.
[22:30] Uh we got the
talking about the
[22:35] uh I'm sorry on page 4
this but
[22:40] uh [snorts] so total on the obligations
the go bond a million75
[22:48] and decrease 261
um
[22:53] certificates of obligation on the
business time being 650 and decreased
[22:59] reached 180. And you see the debt
service requirements at the bottom
[23:05] [snorts]
[23:08] on page 41. And really the rest of the
footnotes talk about uh the TMRS pension
[23:16] plan
computation of
[23:20] all of the actuarial things that we need
to add to the financials for that
[23:25] including the OPED. It's really great
reading. I would encourage you to take
[23:31] your report home and read all that
helps with insomnia.
[23:41] Page 55 is just a comparison
of the government side of like we looked
[23:49] at to the budget and that was really
just excellent.
[23:58] some other budgets uh following that on
the economic development home grant, the
[24:06] CLF RF grant on 56
[24:25] on
65. [snorts] Five
[24:29] exhibit G1
I was looking for uh taxes tax collected
[24:35] on the government side you started with
154,000
[24:40] owed to you had a levy of a million291
you collected um a million64 for
[24:49] maintenance that service 221 so you
ended with 146
[24:55] so over 100% % collection.
[25:02] On page 66, we've got another letter.
And
[25:09] what that is is
as we're doing the audit, you know,
[25:13] we're not just looking at the numbers.
We're looking at rules, regulations,
[25:18] internal control out here is so good.
Everything is where it needs to be. Uh,
[25:24] so this letter is about that and it just
says, "We've looked at everything and we
[25:29] found nothing at all to report to you."
Was that too fast? I like what you said.
[25:38] Had a good momentum.
>> I like that pace.
[25:41] » Good pace. Yeah, good pace. I like that.
Mayor,
[25:48] any questions? I know that was really
fast. There's there's a lot here, but
[25:53] but the crux of it is that you did
really really good with the resources
[25:58] that the taxpayers gave you and and
you've built up funds and you've got
[26:03] money to do things and [snorts]
that's all I can say.
[26:11] You think it I mean it appears that 25
was a pretty good financial year but we
[26:16] have some sign significant things that
uh we're facing coming up and so it's a
[26:22] good thing that our finances look in
that direction.
[26:27] » They are good.
[26:31] » Does anybody have any questions?
[26:36] » Did you get my good side?
Good.
[26:42] Is there a good sign?
>> Is there a good sign? No. Uh, good
[26:45] reading material. Take it home. If
there's anything that you have any
[26:49] questions, uh, we we do have their
number. So, yes. Uh,
[26:57] really, we work for you all year round.
So, please let us know if you've got any
[27:02] questions or if there's anything that
you need. U, Ryan's cell phone number.
[27:08] Uh,
Seriously,
[27:12] » you guys are not right.
>> All right,
[27:16] so there's no questions.
>> Oh, we'd appreciate your time and all
[27:20] your hard work.
>> All right. Thank you very much.
[27:23] » Thank you for coming.
>> Take care.
[27:26] » I'll make a motion that we approve the
audit report.
[27:29] » I'll second it.
>> We have a motion, a second. All those in
[27:32] favor say I.
>> I.
[27:34] » All opposed. Motion carries. Our next
item is to consider the cancellation of
[27:39] the May 2nd, 2026 general election for
district 3 and district 4.
[27:45] » Mayor, the law allows for the
cancellation of the election where
[27:49] candidates unopposed.
Zena Carpenter is the only applicant for
[27:53] the place on the ballot for district 3
and Gary Parker is the only applicant
[27:57] replacing the ballot in district 4. Uh
they're both unosed. Uh therefore uh we
[28:04] recommend cancellation of the election
on May 2nd.
[28:07] » I'd like to make a motion to cancel the
election.
[28:10] » Second.
>> Move a motion to second. All those in
[28:13] favor say I.
>> All opposed.
[28:16] » Motion carries.
The next item is to consider ordinance
[28:20] number 0-556-0326
[28:25] approving Atmas Energy RRM tariff.
Mayor, uh, following negotiations
[28:31] between Atomus Energy and the West Texas
cities, uh, there's about 66 cities in
[28:37] this group. Uh, on the rate review
mechanism, that's how they determine how
[28:42] to charge. I thought in our area,
uh, both parties agree that there's no
[28:49] really major changes to the current
rate. Therefore, uh, the tariff has been
[28:56] approved between both parties.
The last time this uh we were looked at
[29:01] it was in 2018.
So
[29:06] » I'll make a motion we approve that
ordinance.
[29:08] » I'll second. We have a motion and a
second. All those in favor say I. I.
[29:13] » All opposed. Motion carries.
[29:19] Our next item is to consider the
recommendation for the MSU Economic
[29:22] Development Corporation for the MSU meat
processing project. [snorts] Mayor's MEC
[29:28] board has determined that this project
meets the guidelines for TAB project. Um
[29:32] it recommends to council to approve
35,000 loan to mutual meat processing.
[29:39] Uh included in your package or drop box
was a memo from the EDC board. It is a
[29:46] different project than currently we have
uh mutual mem market. I believe this
[29:52] project is to upgrade
um
[29:57] their pins and their chute uh back there
that they feel that by them doing that
[30:04] they can actually uh expedite the
process
[30:09] be able to uh process more animals and
in return they're they will create four
[30:15] additional jobs.
So just on the process alone. So that is
[30:20] something that the ADC board was looking
at.
[30:24] » Well, I'm telling you right now from
experience that those pins have been a
[30:28] problem for a long time. I have
>> bad.
[30:31] » How many how many have I roped that have
gotten out?
[30:36] » They're they're they're bad and they
it's just not set up right and it's it's
[30:41] very easy for something to get out.
Well, if you're cowboy enough, then you
[30:46] can join the stick horse racing.
>> There you go.
[30:53] » Um, so do we have a current report on,
you said this is going to be tied to
[30:59] jobs. Do we have a current report on how
many employees they currently have?
[31:03] » And I don't. This is creating four
additional jobs.
[31:06] » Okay. But that's something we'll
monitor.
[31:10] » This will be additional.
>> Yeah. uh regardless of what they
[31:13] currently have.
[31:18] » Um is there any action that needs to be
taken on that specific agenda item?
[31:23] » Just consider the recommendation. The
next item, it's an actual resolution. So
[31:29] if you guys want to move forward, I I do
need a motion to consider that and then
[31:33] we'll go into the resolution.
>> I'd like to make a motion to consider.
[31:39] » Second.
>> Have a motion, a second. All those in
[31:41] favor say I. I.
>> All opposed.
[31:44] Motion carries.
Then move into the resolution of uh the
[31:51] MEDC's recommendation.
Uh but this resolution what it does it
[31:56] uh u council it's agreeing to move this
project forward. U
[32:03] like I said is for modernization of
their holding pants and knockbox or the
[32:07] chute. Uh the terms will be discussed
between uh
[32:13] city and the MEDC board and and the mual
meat market. It this like I said this
[32:20] project is tied to job creating. Uh it
would depend on those four jobs actually
[32:28] being created
[32:33] » and that would be
as long as those jobs are created then
[32:37] it is a forgivable loan.
>> Correct. Correct. It's 35,000.
[32:41] Uh so they're talking about creating
four additional jobs. I believe it's
[32:46] 8750 that would be forgiven per job
created at the end of a 24month period.
[32:56] All right,
I'll make a motion uh that we approve
[33:00] the resolution.
>> I'll second. We have a motion in a
[33:03] second. All those in favor say I.
>> All opposed. Motion carries.
[33:08] » Mayor, you will see this resolution
again at the next meeting. There's two
[33:12] readings for the resolution and there is
a 60-day waiting period for any funds to
[33:16] be dispersed. Uh so you will see this
resolution again at April's meeting.
[33:23] Next item is to receive the financial
statement for the month [snorts] ending
[33:26] February 28th, 2026. I'll make a motion
to receive the financial statement.
[33:31] [cough and clears throat]
>> I'll second. We have a motion to second.
[33:35] All those in favor say I.
>> All opposed. Motion carries. Our next
[33:41] item is administrative reports. Mayor,
the TML Region 3 meeting will be held at
[33:47] 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 26 at the Love
Civic Center Banquo Hall. Uh please let
[33:52] Tamara know if uh by the 13th if any of
you are planning to attending.
[33:59] Uh that's always a good time to get with
other area council members and staff. So
[34:07] uh that is the first one for the year.
Uh project updates. Uh I'm sure most of
[34:14] you have seen the railing that has gone
up on Main Street. Uh that project
[34:18] turned out to be a good project. One of
the ones that uh like to update you is
[34:24] we are currently taking applications for
the home crowd room. Uh
[34:30] starting March the 2nd to April the 2nd
uh folks can pick up an applications
[34:34] here at city hall. Uh my plan is to
reconstruct five additional homes. So
[34:40] we're in the process of u
picking up applications taking
[34:45] applications for that.
So, uh, if anybody has any questions or
[34:52] contact city hall, uh, we do have
additional information we can provide to
[34:57] those homeowners.
It is real similar to what we have done
[35:01] in the past. Uh, like I said, my plan is
to reconstruct five additional homes.
[35:07] So, and that's all I have.
>> Does uh the council have any remarks?
[35:15] » I just have a question. Since our last
meeting, I've had two citizens
[35:20] talk to me about getting on the agenda.
Can you go into detail about how that's
[35:26] done?
>> Sure. Uh, first step is to contact city
[35:30] hall.
Uh
[35:33] a lot of the items could be handled
in my office prior to the council. If
[35:41] it's something that is uh that the
council as a whole need to discuss or uh
[35:47] here then we can put them on the agenda.
>> Does it always come to us or do you
[35:53] handle most of that?
>> It it it depends if it's warranted. Uh
[35:57] yes, but first step, anybody would like
to be in the agenda, please contact us
[36:02] at city hall.
>> Okay.
[36:03] » Yeah.
>> The structure of our organization is to
[36:07] have a city manager that takes care of
day-to-day operations.
[36:11] » Um
[36:15] it depends on where that day-to-day
operation falls. I mean, is it something
[36:19] that's operational or is it something
that is business that needs to be
[36:24] presented to the council? Yeah. And
>> so, but I think if they contact city
[36:30] hall and go through those steps and I
trust that everything will be handled
[36:37] appropriately.
>> Mhm.
[36:41] Anybody else have any remarks?
All right. Then we're journed. Thank you
[36:48] all. Thank y'all.