[0:41] yeah, I demand more money.

[0:48] Blue. Uh. Good evening and

[0:49] welcome the north first annual

[0:50] city council work session. It

[0:52] is 530 and I will call the

[0:54] monday AUGUST 24th, 2026 city

[0:55] council work session to order a

[0:57] quorum of the city council is

[0:58] present in the meeting has been

[0:59] duly passed in accordance with

[1:00] the texas openings act of the

[1:01] texas government code item is

[1:03] listed for discussion of the

[1:04] work session agenda. Provide an

[1:05] opportunity for the city

[1:06] council to discuss the items

[1:08] and receive information from

[1:09] staff. The city council will

[1:10] not take action on any of the

[1:12] items listed in the discussion

[1:13] during the work session. Any

[1:14] members of the public wishing

[1:15] to address the council

[1:16] regarding items listed on the

[1:18] work session agenda MAY do so

[1:19] during the public comments

[1:20] portion of the regular meeting.

[1:22] Moving to the first item give

[1:23] the opportunity the city

[1:26] council the opportunity to uh

[1:27] ask any questions of the items

[1:29] on the regular agenda that the

[1:30] council has not had a

[1:31] clarification done at this time

[1:35] I MAY. Need to. Seeing everyone

[1:36] shaking their head no. The next

[1:38] one we begin the uh stephanie

[1:41] martinez show uh, discuss

[1:43] amendments to the adopted 2024

[1:46] international codes. Well,

[1:47] thank you and welcome to my

[1:50] show this evening. Um, so the

[1:51] first item I wanted to go over

[1:53] is the, uh, proposed amendments

[1:55] to the 2024 international

[1:57] codes. Um, if you recall, back

[1:59] in FEBRUARY of this year we did

[2:00] bring forward, uh, the adoption

[2:02] of all those codes to council.

[2:06] Um, that document was over 140

[2:08] pages ish. Um, so there was

[2:10] quite a bit involved in that

[2:11] adoption of all those codes.

[2:13] There's a total I think nine

[2:16] books and the um um national

[2:18] electric code. Um but with all

[2:20] that we did identify now that

[2:23] there are a couple of um items

[2:24] that do need to be corrected

[2:26] with typographical errors or

[2:28] omissions. Um, so we're asking

[2:30] to come back to you all with

[2:32] that change. Um, we're also

[2:33] going to look at eliminating

[2:35] some what we believe overly

[2:37] restrictive commercial uh

[2:39] energy requirements that were

[2:41] adopted in FEBRUARY. And then

[2:43] with this amendment we'd look

[2:45] to um align some of the

[2:47] standards throughout all of

[2:49] those code books. So just a

[2:51] summary really quickly, um,

[2:53] regarding the erc or the

[2:55] residential code we're looking

[2:57] at amending um the accessory

[3:00] permit where for an accessory

[3:02] structure of 144ft we would

[3:04] not ask for any there would be

[3:07] exempt from any permit fee. Uh

[3:09] we would like to look at it

[3:11] though however for the

[3:13] placement of that shed um again

[3:15] that's for safety oversight

[3:17] without any fees associated

[3:20] with that. Um, on the ibc we're

[3:21] looking at deleting a couple of

[3:23] items um, and additionally

[3:27] match the fire code with the

[3:29] address number size um fire

[3:31] code has one size specific for

[3:32] the numbers on the address

[3:34] where the ibc is a little bit

[3:35] different we're trying to make

[3:37] those align better for

[3:40] emergency response um on the an

[3:42] energy code this is what I

[3:44] talked about a little bit ago.

[3:45] We're going to go further in

[3:46] depth with that on the next few

[3:48] slides. Um but we do believe

[3:49] that there's some uh,

[3:51] problematic energy requirements

[3:53] that we'd like to have removed

[3:56] .And then also on the plumbing

[3:57] code we're going to talk about

[4:00] the clean out and the change to

[4:02] the placement of that so that

[4:03] it doesn't impact our residents

[4:04] but it's accessible to the

[4:06] city, um, crews that have to go

[4:10] out. So on the residential code

[4:13] um on the accessory permits

[4:15] like I said it would delete the

[4:16] blanket permit exemption for

[4:19] accessory accessory structures

[4:20] regardless of size. Um, so that

[4:22] we can maintain that and look

[4:23] at where the placement of that

[4:25] structure is going to be. So

[4:26] the permit would be required

[4:28] but we would eliminate any fee

[4:29] that would be associated with

[4:30] that just to confirm that the

[4:32] placement of it is appropriate.

[4:34] Um again the next item says for

[4:36] exemption there would be no fee

[4:38] for that. Um we're not trying

[4:39] to charge anybody anything. We

[4:40] just want to make sure where

[4:42] it's placed is appropriate. Um,

[4:44] additionally on the roofing

[4:46] right now we'd ask that it be

[4:48] amended to so that if it's

[4:51] 300ft or three squares, um,

[4:52] that the permit would be

[4:53] required at that point nothing

[4:55] below that. And then on the

[4:58] plumbing clean out as I said,

[5:00] um, we would require that a

[5:02] city clean out and when we say

[5:03] city just accessible to the

[5:05] city not belonging to the city

[5:06] that it be placed um in the

[5:10] right of way. So on the next

[5:12] item the international building

[5:13] code again we're just trying to

[5:15] align the irc in the ibc with

[5:17] this square footage of the um

[5:20] I'm sorry the shed of 144ft or

[5:21] smaller just looking at the

[5:23] placement of it and then

[5:26] requiring the uh permit for the

[5:30] roofing of 300ft or more. Um,

[5:31] additionally, we're trying to

[5:33] align the size of the addresses

[5:35] for emergency and emergency

[5:38] responders and then cleaning up

[5:39] any grammatical errors that

[5:42] were also captured in that

[5:45] adoption on the 2024 energy

[5:48] conservation code or the icc.

[5:50] Um, we did recognize that there

[5:52] are some items in there that

[5:55] are detrimental to or what we

[5:57] propose could be detrimental to

[5:58] development here within the

[6:00] city. Um, some of those

[6:01] requirements are burdensome for

[6:03] the developers. So we're asking

[6:06] that we remove those um, so

[6:08] that it it doesn't cost them as

[6:09] much to bring their development

[6:12] here. Um, so we would be

[6:13] eliminating a couple of

[6:15] sections uh, those are

[6:18] referenced there. It's ac 405

[6:24] 13 c0 4405 15 c406 and the c50

[6:25] 2.3.7 and I believe there was

[6:26] another one we just recognized

[6:28] today that we will be adding as

[6:32] well um, so that we can attract

[6:33] more business here without our

[6:34] development here without

[6:36] putting that burden of the

[6:38] additional energy um

[6:43] conservation on them. As far as

[6:44] the plumbing code, I talked

[6:46] about this a second ago with

[6:49] the city clean out I want to

[6:50] reiterate it's not belonging to

[6:51] the city it's just accessible

[6:53] to the city so that clean out

[6:55] would be on the right of way

[6:57] line or um, somewhere

[6:59] accessible so that it's not

[7:02] it's easier for us to get to um

[7:03] I had to learn a little bit of

[7:05] this. I am not a plumber at any

[7:07] point. So just so you know, uh,

[7:09] right now the clean outs are

[7:11] not set up so that they would

[7:12] sweep away um, if there's

[7:14] something that were to happen,

[7:15] it would it's the potential to

[7:17] be a mess inside the structure.

[7:19] So we were asking that we, uh,

[7:20] place this clean out in the in

[7:24] the right away. And then the

[7:27] next item is the 2026, uh,

[7:29] national electric code. So when

[7:30] we brought brought the codes to

[7:31] you back in FEBRUARY, we asked

[7:35] to adopt the 2023. Uh, the 2026

[7:36] is already out. It's going to

[7:39] be adopted by the state, um, on

[7:40] SEPTEMBER 1st. And although the

[7:42] city automatically would

[7:43] recognize that and work with

[7:46] developers, um and builders

[7:47] that would bring that forward,

[7:49] we're asking that when we bring

[7:50] this amendment back to you in

[7:52] SEPTEMBER that we also go ahead

[7:53] and move forward with adopting

[7:56] the 2026 national energy code.

[7:57] So we although we just adopted

[7:59] the 23 in FEBRUARY, we're

[8:00] asking that we go ahead, move

[8:03] forward with the 26 um later on

[8:05] this fall. So again it's just

[8:06] going to align everything uh

[8:07] with what the state already

[8:08] recommends and will have

[8:11] adopted um as of SEPTEMBER 1st.

[8:13] So that would be part of the

[8:16] revision as well. Uh, we would

[8:18] ask for one amendment in that

[8:21] adoption and that's um for a

[8:23] disconnect mainly on the

[8:25] commercial but a disconnect on

[8:30] the exterior of the building.

[8:31] So the next steps in the

[8:33] adoption timeline. So right now

[8:34] we're here with you. I'm just

[8:37] kind of presenting the ideas

[8:39] uh, we will move forward with

[8:40] adopting or finalizing that

[8:42] language that will bring

[8:43] forward to you later on this

[8:45] fall. Um, again, we'll bring it

[8:46] back to you more in depth with

[8:49] the final product um, later on

[8:51] this fall in place that on a

[8:54] regular agenda item and then uh

[8:56] we will also be working with

[9:00] our developers and uh,

[9:01] contractors to let them know

[9:03] what is coming and give them

[9:04] time to conform to those

[9:08] changes as well. That was

[9:10] really quick. Any questions?

[9:13] You know I got one. I'm sorry.

[9:15] Uh. Did I understand when you

[9:16] you said that we're putting

[9:19] clean outs? We're just asking.

[9:20] The right of way. Is that

[9:22] automatic or is that as we need

[9:25] them? So that would be moving

[9:26] forward from the time of

[9:28] adoption. So those that are

[9:30] there would remain the way they

[9:31] are. But anything new coming in

[9:33] would have to conform to this

[9:33] okay. Thank you.

[9:39] >> on the fee exemption on

[9:41] storage ships I think that's

[9:42] great uh I guess uncertain

[9:44] situation. So thank you for

[9:47] that. Um, do you have the

[9:47] average turnaround time at

[9:48] there's still going to require

[9:49] a permit. So do we have an

[9:50] average turnaround time on the

[9:52] permits though? So on the shed

[9:53] specific yes, ma'am. Uh we were

[9:55] looking at making those kind of

[9:56] an over-the-counter adoption

[9:58] and approval something that the

[9:59] clerical staff could do

[10:02] upfront. Um, so as long as it

[10:04] meets the, um, the setbacks and

[10:06] there's no additional, um,

[10:08] construction to it, that would

[10:09] be a pretty quick turnaround.

[10:10] So they would come in with like

[10:11] a drawing or something like

[10:12] that where they're going to

[10:13] place on their property. Is

[10:15] that right? Yes okay with with

[10:16] along with the site plan so

[10:18] they know where specifically on

[10:19] that property it would go.

[10:19] Okay.

[10:21] >> and then the electrical

[10:25] disconnect um is that for going

[10:28] to be for our new businesses or

[10:30] going to be for remodels or

[10:32] how's that going to. That would

[10:33] be for the newer construction.

[10:35] So if it's already there. Are

[10:35] we.

[10:37] >> for the newer construction

[10:38] if it's there we're not going

[10:40] to make them. Um retrofitted or

[10:41] anything like that okay. And if

[10:43] they do any type of remodel or

[10:43] anything like that at.

[10:44] >> that point yes they would

[10:48] have to make it conform. Okay

[10:50] okay. Thank you. On the roofing

[10:52] permit what is it currently and

[10:54] are you. Talking about if it's

[10:56] more than minimum 300ft they

[10:59] need to get a permit. Is that.

[11:00] Right now what is it right now

[11:01] yeah right.

[11:03] >> now it's anything so any

[11:04] roofing they should be coming

[11:06] in to do a permit okay. But now

[11:08] we're going to relax and relax

[11:10] it a little bit to those three

[11:15] squares or the 300ft okay.

[11:15] Emails.

[11:20] >> thank you. Okay we want to

[11:21] move along with my show

[11:22] tonight.

[11:23] >> you bet. Okay the second

[11:25] half. And second half. So the

[11:27] next is the 2024 international

[11:28] property maintenance code.

[11:30] Again when we came in FEBRUARY

[11:32] we discussed bringing this as

[11:34] well. Um we are now prepared to

[11:37] do that. Um so the draft

[11:40] tonight is just a general draft

[11:42] that so we're not going to go

[11:44] in-depth too much on this. Um

[11:47] the overview of this. The

[11:49] property maintenance uh I'm

[11:50] sorry the international

[11:51] property maintenance code was

[11:53] established just to be the

[11:55] minimum standards for

[11:56] maintenance, um, public safety

[11:59] items and to preserve property

[12:01] values. So here's a couple of

[12:03] photos that I wanted to show

[12:04] you. These are the types of

[12:05] things we're looking at

[12:07] addressing. We're not trying to

[12:09] be over burdensome or anything

[12:10] like that. These are the things

[12:12] that we routinely get calls on

[12:16] from our citizens. So why would

[12:19] we look to adopt this? Um, we

[12:21] have a lot of these items

[12:23] already in our city codes. Uh,

[12:24] we're looking to just bring

[12:27] them all together and have one

[12:29] standard across the board with

[12:37] some consistency. Um, so. Again

[12:38] we're establishing the minimum

[12:40] standards for structural safety

[12:43] uh, fire sanitation and

[12:44] habitability across all

[12:46] residential and commercial

[12:48] property. So this is like it

[12:50] says international property

[12:51] maintenance. So it's not just

[12:52] residential. It's not just

[12:53] commercial. It's it's not just

[12:54] multifamily. It would be across

[12:56] the board. Um this would be

[12:58] proactive maintenance. Um so

[13:00] we'd be looking to help our

[13:02] property owners identify some

[13:03] items that need to be corrected

[13:05] before they get even worse then

[13:07] uh, they could potentially

[13:10] become and then it reduces any

[13:14] um, conflicts or confusion

[13:16] between all the different um

[13:19] sections of our current codes.

[13:21] So right now it I pmc is

[13:23] adopted across the nation so

[13:26] there are 600 jurisdictions and

[13:29] then 40 states um that already

[13:30] have this in place. There are a

[13:32] few states that actually have

[13:33] adopted it across the board.

[13:35] And then they allow the cities

[13:38] to adopt um specific amendments

[13:40] to that to the code. Um there

[13:42] is another city south of here

[13:43] that has actually taken this

[13:45] entire book and made it their

[13:47] own, put their city on the

[13:48] front and adopted the whole

[13:50] thing is their own um their own

[13:52] code, their maintenance code.

[13:54] So we would not be any

[13:55] different than many cities

[13:58] throughout the nation. So the

[14:00] core standards uh, on the

[14:02] exterior we're looking at

[14:04] weatherproofing or painting

[14:06] just to help preserve that wood

[14:09] or any exterior um, on the

[14:10] interior again, we're not being

[14:12] overly aggressive. Uh we're

[14:14] just looking at what everyone

[14:17] should be comfortable with the

[14:19] natural lighting, proper room

[14:20] ventilation and then minimum

[14:21] ceiling heights and then

[14:24] plumbing as well on safety

[14:26] systems and sanitation on the

[14:27] mechanical and fire. It

[14:29] requires functional heating. Um

[14:31] heating is required throughout

[14:33] um the codes and we're just

[14:34] bringing it forward to make

[14:35] sure that they're maintaining

[14:38] an adequate temperature. Um and

[14:39] then sanitation and pest

[14:41] control this is really what you

[14:43] get in all your reports every

[14:44] month for the code report where

[14:46] you hear or you see the the pie

[14:48] chart it's typically the

[14:50] nuisance um, that is the

[14:51] biggest piece of the pie.

[14:52] That's what we get all the

[14:54] calls on. So again this that's

[14:55] going to be another huge part

[15:00] of this um code just as a

[15:01] comparison like I said earlier

[15:03] we already do have a lot of

[15:05] this in our codes. Um it's

[15:06] spread out through all

[15:08] different chapters. Chapter 34

[15:10] is our nuisance code. That's

[15:11] what talks about our high grass

[15:13] and weeds, our junk vehicles.

[15:16] Um, that code has not been

[15:17] revised since the time I've

[15:18] been here and I've been here 11

[15:21] years. So it's time to to

[15:22] revise that we're going to look

[15:24] to eliminate some, um, some

[15:25] things that are listed in there

[15:27] that we really have never um,

[15:28] addressed. I don't know if you

[15:31] all know, but um, the duration

[15:33] of tobacco products is against

[15:34] our city code. We'd probably

[15:36] look to remove that. Um, and

[15:37] then also looking at removing

[15:39] the handbills and placement of

[15:42] handbills um, there's the uh

[15:44] there's some state law out

[15:46] there that eliminates our

[15:47] ability to do that as far as

[15:49] the high grass and weeds right

[15:51] now, um, it's a violation if it

[15:53] gets to be ten inches or more

[15:55] we would look to consider

[15:57] possibly moving that up to 12in

[16:00] or more. Um, a lot of the

[16:01] states are a lot of the cities

[16:02] around the state already have

[16:05] it at 12in. Um, so we would

[16:07] look to be more um, relaxed and

[16:09] give those citizens a couple of

[16:10] more inches, uh, before it

[16:11] becomes in violation that we

[16:13] would respond to as far as code

[16:15] enforcement, we would also

[16:17] retain the wildflower permit.

[16:18] There is a permit that citizens

[16:21] can apply for um to as long as

[16:22] they apply by the end of MARCH

[16:24] to keep a wildflower patch or

[16:26] their yard of wildflowers and

[16:28] they would be exempt from any

[16:29] high grass um and weed

[16:32] violations. As far as chapter

[16:34] 66 that is our solid waste

[16:36] ordinance. Um property

[16:37] maintenance code would bring

[16:40] that in line as well that talks

[16:41] about the placement of the

[16:43] trash carts. We do get a number

[16:44] of calls that trash carts are

[16:46] either out at the curb or in

[16:48] front of the property. We look

[16:51] to um, make sure that that

[16:54] placement is adequate and not

[16:56] overbearing on chapter 98

[16:57] that's the minimum standards

[16:59] that talks about the structure

[17:01] uh, the sub standards building

[17:02] board all of that is within

[17:05] chapter 98. So we would make

[17:06] sure that all of those codes

[17:07] that we've already adopted

[17:10] align with this as well. And

[17:11] then it would also establish a

[17:13] boarding standard. Um when I

[17:15] talk about boarding securing a

[17:16] structure. So if there's a

[17:17] structure that's open to

[17:19] unauthorized entry uh right now

[17:20] we just tell them to secure it.

[17:22] There's no requirements on how

[17:24] to do that. The pmc actually

[17:25] does have specifications on

[17:27] what they need to do to

[17:29] properly board those so that

[17:30] people cannot just break down

[17:31] the door or take off the wood

[17:33] and enter again. Um, on chapter

[17:35] 50 we do have a section

[17:37] regarding graffiti. Uh we would

[17:38] just make sure that that is up

[17:39] to date. It's been 20 years

[17:41] since that ordinance was

[17:42] adopted and it's time for some

[17:44] revisions on how we can address

[17:48] the graffiti and eliminate it.

[17:49] As far as penalty and

[17:50] enforcement, I know that

[17:52] there's some concerns from the

[17:54] public that by adopting this we

[17:55] would be looking at putting in

[17:57] more fees. That is not the case

[17:58] at all. We would continue with

[18:00] our same type of enforcement if

[18:02] we have to write a ticket it

[18:03] would go through the

[18:04] administrative court. That

[18:05] court was adopted back in 23

[18:07] and we would adhere to all of

[18:08] those penalties um again on the

[18:11] fees until city uh code have to

[18:14] take action and mow the yard or

[18:15] clean the yard, there would be

[18:17] no fees assessed and those fees

[18:18] would only be those that would

[18:20] be charged to the city from the

[18:25] contractor. As far as the

[18:27] implementation again we're just

[18:28] we're presenting tonight for

[18:30] ideas. Uh, we will have the

[18:32] draft ordinance available

[18:34] hopefully later on in SEPTEMBER

[18:36] to bring forward to you. We

[18:38] would also again work to

[18:40] educate our landlords and

[18:41] tenants. Um that's a lot of

[18:42] what code enforcement does is

[18:44] the education. We'd rather

[18:45] teach people what they need to

[18:47] do to maintain their properties

[18:48] because citations are are not

[18:50] necessarily going to get us

[18:51] what we where we want to be. We

[18:53] want to educate them to prevent

[18:55] the nuisances. Um, so we would

[18:57] work with all of those folks.

[19:00] Um, we'd also update our

[19:01] websites to be conforming to

[19:03] the information that we adopt

[19:05] and then we would deploy it um,

[19:07] throughout the city. So um, I

[19:08] wouldn't anticipate it

[19:10] happening quickly. I would ask

[19:11] that once it's adopted we have

[19:13] that time to work with our

[19:14] citizens and constituents and

[19:17] then maybe 90 days after it's

[19:18] adopted roll it out to

[19:21] everyone. So our next steps

[19:23] again it's to finalize the

[19:25] legal review of the draft. Um

[19:27] we are talking with our

[19:28] citizens as a matter of fact

[19:30] today I was I emailed with two

[19:31] different people about high

[19:34] grass and weeds. Um, so they

[19:37] they have some feedback on what

[19:39] they'd like to see as far as

[19:41] um, pollinator plants and the

[19:43] ability to keep their grass a

[19:45] little bit higher to promote

[19:47] that. And then uh, we would

[19:49] look to update our technology

[19:51] so all of us use the um tyler

[19:53] system to send our notices out.

[19:54] We'd have to update all of the

[19:56] code changes within that and

[19:59] then we'd bring it to council

[20:04] for adoption. Okay. Any

[20:07] questions on that. Then as it

[20:10] relates to residential um an

[20:12] hoa is this in. Any way. Shape

[20:15] or form um affect the ability

[20:17] of an hoa to still govern the

[20:19] way they govern? Not at all.

[20:22] The governing uh hoa um

[20:23] documents are completely

[20:25] separate from the city and code

[20:28] enforcement does not do any of

[20:29] those hoa enforcements. Okay.

[20:31] >> another question I have

[20:32] relates to commercial property

[20:36] that's for sale. Um how is that

[20:38] policed or how do we if

[20:39] somebody have to report

[20:41] something or do we go around

[20:42] looking for things like that

[20:43] because you know, occasionally

[20:44] we'll see uh something that's

[20:46] for sale and the grass is

[20:47] really grown. How how does that

[20:49] work? Uh, I would say a

[20:50] majority of the time the calls

[20:52] do come in from the public

[20:53] because they get around a whole

[20:54] lot more than code enforcement

[20:55] does. But if code enforcement

[20:56] does see something that is a

[20:58] violation they will address it

[21:00] at that point. Uh we don't I

[21:01] hate to say it but we don't

[21:02] want to spend any additional

[21:05] time in vacant properties. Um I

[21:06] will say though. There are a

[21:08] few that. Because they've been

[21:09] vacant for so long they do

[21:10] attract a lot more attention

[21:11] from code enforcement. So they

[21:13] are visited a little bit. More

[21:16] like you. Okay just a couple of

[21:18] questions. So uh the apmc on

[21:19] those guidelines we're going to

[21:21] basically just adopt those

[21:23] those like 100% and then we

[21:24] won't have any call outs or

[21:26] special call outs. We will have

[21:27] some special call outs. So when

[21:28] we come back with the draft

[21:30] those are the items that we

[21:31] will address with you that we

[21:33] would be changing or modifying

[21:33] okay.

[21:34] >> and you'll have a table or

[21:35] some like that with here's what

[21:37] have you yes versus what we're

[21:40] proposing. Yes okay. And I

[21:41] guess the age old question on

[21:43] education how do you plan on

[21:44] doing that because that's where

[21:45] the thing you hear from

[21:46] everybody else but I didn't

[21:48] know about that, brian. And

[21:50] even the ordinances we have now

[21:51] people say why I didn't know

[21:52] even though they've been on the

[21:53] books for a long time. So what

[21:55] I propose is visiting with our

[21:57] hoa. Representatives, letting

[21:59] them know. Visiting with our

[22:00] neighborhood. Association so

[22:02] not even those that. Are hoa.

[22:04] >> fees um. Specifically but

[22:05] people that are. Active in the

[22:06] community. To get the word out

[22:08] that way of course we will

[22:09] update our. Websites and and

[22:10] also get information out on

[22:12] social media. Um, and we'll

[22:12] work.

[22:13] >> with our. Communications

[22:15] groups to get those those

[22:16] announcements out. I don't

[22:18] foresee sending out something

[22:21] um, like a mailer to. Everyone

[22:21] because.

[22:23] >> that would be a lot uh to

[22:23] to.

[22:24] >> pay for. But we.

[22:25] >> will. Definitely get the

[22:27] word out. We have at times gone

[22:28] door to door passing out

[22:29] information and fliers.

[22:31] >> so. We could potentially. Do

[22:33] that maybe on some of the more

[22:35] active communities. Um, so the

[22:35] word.

[22:37] >> is out okay. Maybe some of

[22:38] the groups that do the uh

[22:39] national night out sign up for

[22:42] that and definitely list um and

[22:45] the pollinators. Uh, I really

[22:47] like that part. Uh, however

[22:49] native plants that could be a

[22:50] gamut of things. Johnson

[22:51] grasses is a native plant. Some

[22:53] of us has a yard of johnson

[22:55] grass. How do you. Right was

[22:57] there and that was part of the

[22:59] conversation I was trying to

[23:00] engage with the. Citizen this

[23:01] morning that was concerned

[23:03] about um, the requirement of

[23:05] having to mow down her or her

[23:07] flowers. Um, I wanted to. Get

[23:08] with her more because I not

[23:10] really participated in that as

[23:11] far as pollinator plants or

[23:13] anything like that. So I'd like

[23:14] to engage with those that

[23:16] community a little bit more to

[23:16] see what they can share with

[23:20] us. Um, I wouldn't necessarily

[23:21] anticipate johnson grass. I

[23:22] would look at something

[23:23] flowering. I would assume

[23:25] that's what would attract the

[23:26] bees in the pollinators. I

[23:28] don't know though I'm no I'm

[23:29] not an expert on that part of

[23:30] it. Well I guess it depends on

[23:31] if you're saying native plants

[23:34] versus your pollinator plants

[23:36] go together. Okay.

[23:38] >> well definitely um make note

[23:39] of that and see if we can do

[23:40] some more research on that

[23:41] okay. Thank you.

[23:44] >> uh go ahead. Oh, it. Just

[23:46] this is. Maybe on topic. Um, I

[23:47] was reading some of that. I

[23:49] forget where it was about, uh,

[23:51] not not here somewhere that

[23:53] they require air conditioning

[23:57] in buildings and homes. Uh, is

[23:58] that required at all in any of

[24:00] our. So air conditioning.

[24:02] >> is not required. Um, the

[24:04] amounts. I would bring this up.

[24:07] Right right there. Are uh there

[24:08] is. Already one section of our.

[24:11] Codes that does require. Air

[24:12] conditioning. Um, and it's

[24:14] that's in our multifamily in

[24:16] hotel ordinance. Um, it cannot

[24:18] go over I believe 85 degrees.

[24:23] Um we. Are looking at maybe

[24:25] possibly implementing that as

[24:26] well. Um, but I know there's

[24:28] some situations on commercial.

[24:29] Facilities if it's a. Warehouse

[24:32] you don't you don't typically

[24:35] um condition. Those areas and

[24:37] so. There's some room to make

[24:39] some amendments to that that

[24:41] section. Okay thank you.

[24:43] Anybody else so when it talks

[24:46] about oh. Sorry sorry um the

[24:47] nuisance part give you an

[24:50] example on driving. Here today.

[24:51] >> there was apartment complex.

[24:54] Close to my. House that uh.

[24:56] Folks there. Use it for the

[24:58] street for parking, which is

[25:00] okay. Not a problem is cars

[25:03] broke down flat tires and

[25:04] several um, they've been there

[25:08] for a while. So are those.

[25:09] Situations just where we just

[25:10] need. To see that. What is the

[25:12] call code enforcement? Yes.

[25:14] >> for any junk vehicles? Yes.

[25:15] Um, I will say right now the

[25:16] ordinance.

[25:17] >> that. We currently have

[25:18] talks about, uh, inoperable

[25:20] vehicles on private property

[25:22] uh, we can look at broadening

[25:24] that with the pmc uh, with

[25:27] their junk vehicles, um, and

[25:28] consider it in the road. I

[25:29] don't know, typically.

[25:30] >> the. Things that are in the

[25:31] right of way. It's something

[25:33] that we would send over to the

[25:34] police department. Uh, but we

[25:36] can work together on that to

[25:37] identify those junk vehicles.

[25:38] >> and that's what we're I was

[25:39] sort.

[25:40] >> of confused. I didn't know.

[25:41] Since they parking on the

[25:43] street. It's not on their

[25:45] private property so they. Have

[25:46] the. Requirements are go out

[25:49] the window. Of what has to be.

[25:51] As far as the junk vehicle. Um,

[25:53] but I think that's something I

[25:54] can work with the police

[25:55] department on because I think

[25:55] their time frame for storage.

[25:57] >> is a. Little bit different

[25:59] than what ours is on the code

[26:00] enforcement side, but we can

[26:03] definitely look into that. But

[26:04] as far as that trash I know the

[26:06] guy that does a recycling.

[26:07] >> truck. It goes by so fast

[26:09] those that can shut down. Takes

[26:09] off.

[26:12] >> if you don't have it can a

[26:14] certain area. He wanted to stop

[26:16] so he's got his own code that

[26:17] he goes by so we probably don't

[26:22] even have to look at that one.

[26:24] Anybody else okay so staying on

[26:25] junk junk vehicles for a

[26:27] minute. Yes. So where is a junk

[26:29] vehicle on somebody's property

[26:32] that is an issue like back

[26:35] backyard. So right now if it's

[26:37] behind uh privacy fence we

[26:38] don't see it. It's not it's not

[26:41] a violation. Um, the times.

[26:42] That code enforcement is.

[26:43] Typically called out is when

[26:44] they're in the driveway and

[26:46] they have flat tires, they're,

[26:48] um, wrecked something like

[26:49] that. But typically.

[26:49] >> if they're in.

[26:50] >> the backyard behind.

[26:52] >> a. Privacy fans or covered.

[26:53] Co enforcement won't even visit

[26:55] then. It's a vehicle include

[26:58] boat utv trailer. That is

[26:59] actually defined in the

[27:01] transportation code. So yes

[27:02] trailer would be part of that.

[27:06] Um I. Believe a. Boat is I'd

[27:08] have to. Dive into that a

[27:10] little bit more as far as the

[27:10] transportation.

[27:11] >> boats on a trailer so.

[27:15] Probably yeah. Yeah yeah well

[27:15] yours.

[27:16] >> it. Was yours. Yeah no sorry

[27:19] about and then you talked about

[27:21] um you know I know I know we

[27:23] don't have control over what

[27:25] people do for building

[27:26] materials and things that go

[27:27] on, but you're talking about

[27:28] generating property or

[27:30] deteriorating surf and siding

[27:32] painting whatever and we can we

[27:34] can say stuff about that and

[27:36] what defines something to be a

[27:38] deteriorating enough where you

[27:39] would say something about it.

[27:42] So in the both in our current

[27:43] ordinance and then the property

[27:45] maintenance code it talks about

[27:48] deterioration and uh. So would

[27:51] has to be. Maintained so that

[27:52] it's not rotting or has the

[27:54] potential to run. So if there's

[27:56] wood. That has chipping paint

[28:00] we can address that okay. Okay

[28:00] okay thank you. Anybody else?

[28:01] No thank.

[28:05] >> you okay. Next bradley on

[28:07] the legal guidelines government

[28:10] involvement in bond election

[28:16] advocacy. Good evening, mayor

[28:17] and council. First I want to

[28:18] apologize for.

[28:20] >> my voice. It sounds a little

[28:21] struggling but. Don't worry.

[28:23] I'm not. Hurting as bad as it

[28:24] sounds or as bad as it hurt

[28:26] your years. Probably. So we'll

[28:26] get through.

[28:29] >> this together. Um.

[28:30] >> as you.

[28:32] >> know. The city's called a

[28:33] bond election for NOVEMBER 3rd,

[28:35] 2026. Therefore measures that

[28:37] will be on that election

[28:39] proposition eight. Will be. For

[28:40] the reconstruction of fire

[28:42] stations two and three,

[28:43] proposition b for the

[28:44] reconstruction of 50 streets

[28:45] throughout the city.

[28:48] Proposition c will concern the

[28:49] reconstruction of the city

[28:51] services complex. Proposition

[28:52] d. Will.

[28:55] >> uh, concern certain library

[28:57] improvements tonight. What are

[28:59] we going to talk about? Want to

[29:00] talk with you tonight about

[29:01] advocacy for bond election. Is

[29:02] it something that's important

[29:05] as the election uh. Uh comes

[29:07] closer? Specifically we'll

[29:08] answer the question what are

[29:10] the rules concerning advocacy?

[29:12] Forgive me by the city city

[29:15] staff and the city council

[29:17] related to the bond election.

[29:20] State law defines the unlawful

[29:21] use of public funds for

[29:23] political advertising. Election

[29:27] code 255.03 makes it uh. It

[29:28] says that an officer employee

[29:29] of the city MAY not have

[29:31] knowingly MAY not knowingly

[29:32] spend or authorize the spending

[29:35] of public funds for political

[29:37] advertising and political

[29:38] advertising. This section is

[29:40] broad enough to encapsulate

[29:42] advertising or advocating for a

[29:43] bond election like we've

[29:46] called. This section continues

[29:48] on subsection b provides. This

[29:51] limitation does not apply to a

[29:52] communication that factually

[29:53] describes the purpose of a

[29:55] measure. The communication does

[29:57] not advocate passage or defeat

[30:00] of the measure. I italicized a

[30:02] few words we want to key on.

[30:06] First is factually. So the city

[30:08] can can pursue efforts that

[30:10] will allow us to factually

[30:12] describe the election what it's

[30:14] about, what the propositions

[30:15] are, what it will do. Um so

[30:18] that is acceptable where that's

[30:20] not acceptable and when that

[30:22] crosses a line is if it gets to

[30:23] the point of advocating passage

[30:26] or defeat of a measure, that's

[30:29] where. It becomes tricky to

[30:30] understand where the line is.

[30:32] But it's important to note the

[30:33] ethics commission has

[30:35] interpreted that very broadly.

[30:37] Not only do they interpret what

[30:38] is advocating passage or defeat

[30:41] of the measure broadly, the

[30:42] fact is they've also

[30:43] established that no matter how

[30:45] much factual information about

[30:47] the purpose of a bond election

[30:49] is in a communication, any

[30:51] amount at all of advocacy is

[30:53] impermissible. You can put

[30:54] together the best explanation

[30:56] you could and at the end you

[30:57] could close it with a nice

[30:59] little tagline not even

[31:00] intending anything bad it just

[31:02] says do what's best for our

[31:04] city or help our city take care

[31:06] of such and such. That line

[31:08] alone could be enough to make

[31:08] all.

[31:10] >> of. That communication and

[31:12] presentation impermissible.

[31:15] It's hard to to address every

[31:16] particular circumstance that

[31:18] could come up, but I did pull a

[31:19] few examples from ethics

[31:21] commission opinions. These are

[31:23] some actual statements that

[31:24] have been found to be

[31:26] advocating for passage of a

[31:29] measure. The first one is that

[31:30] light rail is a solution that

[31:32] contributes to the long term

[31:33] sustainability of our region,

[31:35] and we support it 100%. That

[31:36] pretty clearly illustrates that

[31:38] they're supporting and want it

[31:39] to be passed. So if they were

[31:40] to cut off right before. At

[31:42] the. After the word region

[31:47] they'd probably be okay.

[31:49] There's a few words in the

[31:50] first half that I can point to

[31:51] that we MAY want to use a

[31:52] little bit different language

[31:55] for instance a solution height

[31:57] that would indicate hey this is

[31:58] the right thing to do. This is

[31:59] going to fix something that's

[32:01] otherwise broken. Um we would

[32:03] want to present it as light

[32:07] rail is an option that

[32:09] contributes to the long term

[32:10] sustainability by and we want

[32:11] to put factual things that

[32:13] light rail does provides or

[32:15] accomplishes. So that's

[32:17] presenting information that

[32:18] will then enable the public to

[32:20] make a decision rather than

[32:21] trying to push them towards a

[32:23] particular conclusion. I think

[32:25] the second one doesn't go quite

[32:26] as far but it's still still

[32:28] there, right? The bond proposal

[32:30] provides the best solution to

[32:31] the needs generated by the

[32:32] school districts population

[32:36] growth. That MAY be factual, it

[32:37] MAY actually be the best and

[32:39] people could read all the

[32:40] information and they themselves

[32:42] MAY determine it's the best but

[32:44] it's our job not to make that

[32:45] conclusion just give the

[32:46] information to allow them to

[32:49] reach those conclusions. The

[32:50] last one given today's

[32:52] construction costs and the

[32:53] needs of the district, a long

[32:54] term bond is the only viable

[32:57] financial solution. So again,

[33:00] even if that is a factual

[33:02] conclusion that's that's true.

[33:04] It's pushing people to that

[33:06] conclusion and into that

[33:07] position that would then

[33:09] require them in essence if they

[33:12] agree to pass that measure. So

[33:13] if we say we have. Numerous

[33:15] roads in need of. Repair and

[33:17] the bond helps address those

[33:21] needs. That's pretty factual. I

[33:22] mean they know what that's

[33:24] addressing. It will help to

[33:28] address the need. Um if yeah. I

[33:29] think. That would be pretty

[33:31] close to the line. I want to

[33:32] give one more example that

[33:34] didn't make the cut here. Um,

[33:36] we've there's there's one

[33:38] example where colors alone on a

[33:40] presentation was enough for the

[33:42] commission decide that because

[33:43] they had what they called

[33:46] gloomy colors on one side and

[33:49] happy colors on the other that

[33:51] advocated for the passage of

[33:53] the of the measure. So you just

[33:55] need to be really cautious in

[33:57] how we put this forward from a

[34:00] city perspective. So let's get

[34:01] right down to it. What does

[34:02] this mean? What are the what

[34:04] are the lines city advocacy

[34:06] this city can and should

[34:07] communicate factually about the

[34:09] bond election right. Because

[34:11] we've called the election it's

[34:12] important that the public know

[34:14] what it is, what it says and

[34:16] what it would do what it's for

[34:18] the first of I think many

[34:19] efforts the city will make to

[34:20] get out that factual

[34:22] information is the bond

[34:24] election education web page

[34:25] included. The url here should

[34:27] be a link if somebody uh can

[34:28] get in and open the

[34:30] presentation as well. Um so

[34:32] that is perfectly acceptable.

[34:33] It's legal and frankly it

[34:35] should be done to help the

[34:37] public understand and have a

[34:38] reliable source for information

[34:40] about what the the election

[34:43] will actually accomplish. Next.

[34:46] City staff at the city staff

[34:47] level individual advocacy by a

[34:49] staff member is allowed. It's

[34:51] appropriate so long as it does

[34:53] not utilize any city funds.

[34:55] This needs to be it has been

[34:56] interpreted by the commission

[34:58] broadly again. So it needs to

[34:59] be understood that this is a

[35:02] very broad application. So

[35:04] before staff member before you

[35:06] go you know make your opinion

[35:07] known which everybody has the

[35:09] right to do. Make sure the way

[35:10] you prepare to give that

[35:13] opinion to how you prepare any

[35:14] materials that you use in

[35:16] presenting that opinion and the

[35:18] method or manner in which you

[35:19] present it are not utilizing

[35:22] either the resources or funds

[35:24] of the city and specifically

[35:26] thinking about the staff level.

[35:27] Um, you know it shouldn't be

[35:30] done while you're on city time

[35:32] .Uh, in preparing for that as

[35:35] well the city council advocacy

[35:37] very similarly individual

[35:38] advocacy by council members

[35:39] allowed so long as it does not

[35:41] utilize any city funds. A lot

[35:42] of the same things that just

[35:43] discussed are going to apply

[35:45] here as well the way you

[35:46] interact as council members

[35:48] with city resources where you

[35:49] utilize those is a bit

[35:50] different. But again you'll

[35:52] just want to ask yourself as

[35:54] I'm preparing for this, does

[35:55] this material does this

[35:56] resource am I utilizing

[35:58] anything from the city and if

[36:00] so you need to find another

[36:02] method to accomplish what you

[36:03] want to do for your advocacy

[36:06] either for or against a

[36:08] particular measure. Want to

[36:09] close with just a few things

[36:12] little just a couple examples

[36:13] again to try to speak to every

[36:15] possible situation. Is that

[36:17] really possible is to think you

[36:18] know you can't use a city

[36:19] vehicle if you happen to have

[36:21] access to one for any of your

[36:23] advocacy efforts a computer or

[36:24] a phone that's issued by the

[36:26] city paid for by the city that

[36:27] shouldn't be utilized in

[36:28] carrying out any of those

[36:30] efforts at either city staff

[36:32] members uh, either for

[36:34] themselves, uh, for another

[36:36] staff member or for an elected

[36:37] official. They shouldn't be

[36:39] used to perform tasks to

[36:40] support your individual

[36:41] advocacy either..

[36:43] >> is that when they're on the

[36:46] clock not off the clock. But

[36:49] if. You want to have a very

[36:53] clear distinction uh, in it

[36:55] would be concerning if the the

[36:56] things they're doing off the

[36:58] clock, if they're very similar

[36:59] to the duties they have while

[37:01] they're on the clock. That

[37:03] raises a question still but

[37:04] assuming there's a clear

[37:05] separation between those

[37:06] efforts that would be

[37:07] acceptable. Yeah.

[37:10] >> and then lastly not to use

[37:11] city resources to prepare

[37:13] materials related to the bond

[37:15] election again unless it's

[37:17] simply to present factually

[37:19] what the election is about. So

[37:21] with that I'll stop, you know,

[37:23] offending you with my voice but

[37:24] I am willing to answer any

[37:25] questions you might have. So so

[37:26] if.

[37:27] >> we were doing advocacy. Um.

[37:29] >> things that we.

[37:29] >> have. From the.

[37:31] >> city that are monogrammed

[37:32] for. Instance or our nametags

[37:34] we should not. Wear those I

[37:35] would presume when we're out

[37:38] advocating for the bond just to

[37:39] avoid. The possibility of that

[37:41] being viewed as you're here on

[37:42] behalf of the city. That would

[37:43] be my recommendation. Yes, sir.

[37:46] Yeah, that's at least.

[37:47] >> you brought that up to me.

[37:49] I'll give credit where credit

[37:53] is due. I'll just say that. Um

[37:55] well, I do actually have a

[37:55] question, bradley.

[37:57] >> because. I think this. Gets

[37:58] confused.

[38:00] >> advocacy for a bond

[38:03] election. Can be confused with

[38:05] ,uh, campaigning for

[38:07] individuals. So our charter

[38:09] specifically prohibits city

[38:12] employees. From supporting or

[38:14] opposing any. Candidate in an

[38:15] election. Um.

[38:17] >> and so you might. Talk about

[38:18] that a little bit. How that's.

[38:20] >> different from the bond

[38:22] election but. Also uh, sworn

[38:25] police and fire are exempt.

[38:26] From that to.

[38:28] >> the extent that they are not

[38:29] on the clock, that they are

[38:32] not. In city. Uniform in a city

[38:33] vehicle, anything like that.

[38:35] And then the last thing I'll

[38:37] say is that so for me and. Most

[38:37] of.

[38:39] >> you know, pretty much all of

[38:40] the full time staff. It's a

[38:42] pretty gray area whether we're

[38:44] on the clock or not. Because we

[38:47] work all the time. So um. So

[38:50] you won't see us, um, advocate

[38:51] for the bond election. We're

[38:52] going to be very measured in

[38:55] what. We say. And put out and

[38:57] then anything mary does as you

[38:58] know, is is purely factual. In

[39:00] fact. In fact, the. Website

[39:02] that uh, it MAY be live now or

[39:04] it's going live soon we had

[39:06] bradley review the. Language

[39:08] because. We want to be. Careful

[39:11] that nothing could be viewed as

[39:12] advocating one way or another.

[39:14] So anyway, you know, address

[39:15] that question. Yeah.

[39:17] >> with respect to the charter

[39:19] provision, uh, I think it kind

[39:20] of speaks for itself in the

[39:22] language. Right. It it's very

[39:24] clearly identified as not

[39:25] advocating for or against a

[39:28] candidate for a position uh, in

[39:32] in in limiting speech and the

[39:34] ability uh to engage in that

[39:35] manner it's going to be very

[39:37] narrowly um interpreted and

[39:39] applied. So the language in

[39:41] your charter would not extend

[39:43] to uh a bond election that's

[39:45] not a person or candidate in

[39:47] that particular scenario. Uh.

[39:50] >> was there another piece of

[39:51] that, paul that you think I

[39:53] need to talk to. Just uh maybe

[39:56] the. List the. Exemption of

[39:58] sworn police and fire when

[39:59] they're not on duty? Um,

[40:01] because I know you've seen in

[40:02] the past we've had

[40:04] associations, uh, endorse.

[40:06] Candidates before. And that

[40:08] that's allowed they're exempt

[40:10] and those association. Folks

[40:11] just. So you know, when they're

[40:13] doing that they're not on the

[40:15] clock. They don't use. Any city

[40:16] resources or. Anything like

[40:19] that. Paul it's and that

[40:24] perfectly. So so just to to to

[40:26] uh kind of tie that up weren't

[40:28] so I, I don't know that

[40:29] firefighters own anything other

[40:31] than close it look like their

[40:34] firefighters um but uh the I

[40:35] know that the associations they

[40:38] come they can go to their polls

[40:40] on their off time and and

[40:41] advocate for the. Fire stations

[40:44] just say right. That's correct.

[40:46] Okay. All right. I just wanted

[40:46] to make sure that we were.

[40:48] >> good on that. Yes, sir. But

[40:49] not in their working uniform.

[40:51] They in the their uniform at

[40:53] home that looks like their

[40:56] working. Uniform but it should.

[40:56] Yes.

[41:03] >> right but. Okay thank you.

[41:08] Thank you riley. Next item is

[41:09] future agenda items. The

[41:10] purpose of this item is to

[41:11] allow the city council an

[41:12] opportunity to bring forward. A

[41:14] proposal to put an item or

[41:15] issue they wish to discuss for

[41:16] a future agenda item in

[41:17] accordance with take so means

[41:18] acting discussion shall be

[41:19] limited to the proposal to

[41:21] place that item on a future

[41:22] agenda. Council shall not vote

[41:24] or take any action on the items

[41:25] during the meeting. Council you

[41:27] have any items you want to put

[41:27] on a future agenda?

[41:29] >> nope nope. And no.

[41:34] >> no seeing none. Uh at this

[41:35] time the city council will

[41:37] convene into executive session

[41:41] at 610 on AUGUST 24th, 2026 to

[41:42] consider matters as authorized

[41:45] by text government code 6551071

[41:47] consultation with city attorney

[41:48] seeking advice about pending or

[41:49] contemplated litigation as

[41:52] listed in the posted agenda

[41:54] 55107 for personnel matters as

[41:56] deliberate and appointment

[41:57] employment and duties of

[42:00] public. Officers or employees

[42:02] municipal court judge 55108

[42:04] which I wish we weren't having

[42:07] that conversation uh 551087

[42:08] deliberation regarding economic

[42:09] development negotiations as

[42:16] >> it's just oh. Okay. 99

[42:19] bottles of beer. Did you get

[42:22] one? You get. $8.

[42:25] >> oh he'll top. Securities

[42:27] okay. Got it. Such a mom thing

[42:29] to say I don't eat.

[42:30] >> I'm. Not hungry. Young just

[42:32] could have all the food you

[42:36] want. It's like. My grandmother

[42:37] said that she cooked the entire

[42:37] or she ate the entire. She

[42:44] cooked so. Oh oh. Good evening

[42:45] .Welcome to the richardson

[42:46] hills city council meeting. It

[42:49] is 7:01 P.M. And I will call

[42:51] the AUGUST 24th, 2026 city

[42:52] council meeting to order a

[42:53] quorum of the city council is

[42:55] present and the meeting has

[42:56] been duly. Posted and in

[42:58] accordance with the texas open

[42:59] meetings act of the texas

[43:01] government code, we will start

[43:03] with item a1 and two is the

[43:04] invocation in the pledge

[43:06] council member getz will lead

[43:07] us and we invite you to join us

[43:09] in prayer as well as the pledge

[43:10] to the united states and texas

[43:15] flags as you choose. Dear

[43:16] heavenly father, we thank you

[43:18] for the opportunity to serve

[43:19] our city here in the council

[43:21] chambers today. Please help us

[43:22] make the best decisions for all

[43:24] of us keeping in mind our

[43:25] residents, city staff, first

[43:27] responders as well as those

[43:29] whom we interact with on a

[43:31] daily basis, we are grateful

[43:32] that we have been brought

[43:33] together today understanding

[43:35] not only the burden of public

[43:37] service but also the

[43:38] fulfillment that we obtained

[43:40] from it. Continue to watch over

[43:42] our students and families

[43:44] keeping us all safe from harm.

[43:47] In your name we pray. Amen and

[43:50] pledge to the american flag

[43:52] pledge allegiance. To the flag.

[43:54] Of the united states of

[43:56] america. And to the. Republic

[43:59] for which it stands. One

[44:02] nation. Under GOD, indivisible.

[44:04] With liberty. And justice for

[44:07] all. And now the texas flag

[44:10] honor the texas flag. I pledge

[44:13] allegiance. To the texas one.

[44:21] Under GOD. One and indivisible.

[44:25] You can go ahead and keep

[44:27] checking in there. Um next item

[44:30] is public comments. Um it's an

[44:31] opportunity for citizens to

[44:32] address the city council on

[44:33] matters which are scheduled on

[44:34] this agenda for the

[44:36] consideration by the city

[44:37] council but not scheduled this

[44:38] public hearing in order to

[44:40] address the city council during

[44:41] public comments, a public

[44:42] meeting appearance form must be

[44:44] completed and presented to the

[44:45] city secretary prior to the

[44:46] start of the meeting. Do we

[44:48] have anybody sign it? We have

[44:50] no one signed up. We will move

[44:53] on to the next item is it is

[44:55] the consent agenda item a5

[44:56] provides the council the

[44:58] opportunity to remove an item

[44:59] from the consent agenda

[45:00] council. Do you have any items

[45:01] you wish to remove from the

[45:03] consent agenda? Seeing everyone

[45:05] shaking their head no the item

[45:08] is on the consent agenda. Uh

[45:09] excuse me considered routine

[45:11] and require little to no

[45:12] deliberation by the council for

[45:13] the audience's information the

[45:15] list of items on the consent

[45:16] agenda will appear on the

[45:20] screen. I'd like to call for a

[45:22] motion. I move we approve the

[45:23] consent agenda as presented.

[45:24] Council PRESIDENT For the

[45:27] first. Was that. To go? Council

[45:28] member mitchell on the second.

[45:32] Any discussion? Seeing none.

[45:38] Call that question please vote.

[45:43] Passes seven zero. Moving on to

[45:45] c one public hearing on fiscal

[45:47] year 2027 proposed operating

[45:49] capital budget I will open the

[45:51] public hearing for the fiscal

[45:53] year 2027 proposed operating

[45:55] and capital budget colin chase

[46:04] proceed to present the item.

[46:10] He's coughing now to spreading

[46:12] all right. City council.

[46:14] Members will be presenting on.

[46:17] Fiscal year 2027 budget

[46:21] microphone on. There for higher

[46:23] up to you whatever okay am I

[46:25] good all right there you.

[46:26] >> go here to talk about the

[46:29] proposed 2027 budget. So the

[46:30] notice for this evening's

[46:31] public hearing was published in

[46:33] the city's newspaper of record

[46:35] on the city's website on the

[46:36] tarrant county property tax

[46:38] website, in the city's

[46:40] newsletter and on city cable.

[46:41] Public comments can be

[46:43] submitted through the city's

[46:44] website and social media

[46:49] channels via tax info at nj.Com

[46:52] via tarrant dot true prodigy

[46:55] dash tax transparency.Com or in

[46:56] person during this evening's

[46:58] public hearing. Comments

[46:59] received as of 4:00 this

[47:01] afternoon were printed off and

[47:04] are available at your seats.

[47:05] Key drivers of the budget

[47:07] development process this year

[47:08] included results from the most

[47:10] recent citizen survey direction

[47:13] from city council input from

[47:14] the public collected throughout

[47:17] the year and an assessment of

[47:20] needs by city staff. As I

[47:21] proceed through tonight's

[47:23] presentation you'll hear about

[47:24] investments the proposed budget

[47:26] makes in the city's core

[47:27] services including public

[47:29] safety, infrastructure and

[47:33] community development. These

[47:34] investments are made possible

[47:36] by a proposed property tax rate

[47:37] that is higher than last year's

[47:39] adopted tax rate, but that is

[47:41] below the voter approval tax

[47:43] rate. I will share more on the

[47:44] proposed tax rate during my

[47:48] next presentation. Part of how

[47:50] we're able to propose a tax

[47:52] rate below the voter approval

[47:53] rate is by being very mindful

[47:55] of the city's head count as the

[47:56] population of north richland

[47:58] hills has increased, the number

[48:01] of employees per resident has

[48:03] decreased, remaining relatively

[48:05] stable over the last six fiscal

[48:09] years. Another way the city has

[48:11] controlled costs is by adopting

[48:13] new perspectives. This year in

[48:14] particular, staff were

[48:16] challenged to rethink old

[48:17] assumptions and develop new

[48:19] ways of delivering services. As

[48:21] a result, there are a number of

[48:23] items that are not in the

[48:25] proposed budget. Over 458,000

[48:28] are not in the budget due to

[48:29] savings from efficiencies or

[48:31] outdated programs that have

[48:35] been sunset over $591,000 in

[48:37] credit card processing fees are

[48:40] also not in the budget due to

[48:41] implementation of convenience

[48:42] fees for customers who choose

[48:44] to utilize these payment

[48:47] methods. Finally, over $31,000

[48:49] in travel and training expenses

[48:51] were eliminated from the budget

[48:53] with only the highest roi

[48:55] trainings making it into the

[48:58] proposed budget. The proposed

[49:00] budget contains a number of

[49:01] changes to the city's revenue

[49:03] sources starting with property

[49:05] tax certified values are lower

[49:07] than last year due to the

[49:07] tarrant appraisal district's

[49:10] reappraisal plan record protest

[49:12] activity and a new business

[49:13] personal property exemption

[49:15] that shifts taxes from

[49:18] businesses to residents.

[49:20] Despite these challenges, the

[49:22] proposed tax rate is below the

[49:24] voter approval rate. Sales tax

[49:26] is projected to be nearly 5%

[49:27] higher than last year's adopted

[49:29] budget due to new business

[49:31] activity. Other revenues are

[49:33] mostly flat with short term

[49:35] rental revenue, shared services

[49:37] revenue and charges for service

[49:38] higher than current year

[49:41] levels. Finally, the proposed

[49:43] budget makes strategic use of

[49:46] reserves in some funds for one

[49:47] time expenses and capital

[49:49] projects with no proposed

[49:50] drawdown of general fund

[49:54] reserves. The proposed budget

[49:55] also contains a number of

[49:57] expenditure changes primarily

[49:59] driven by costs outside of the

[50:01] city's control. Inflation

[50:04] driven costs account for $3.8

[50:06] million in total increases with

[50:08] water and sewer rate increases

[50:09] making up the majority of these

[50:11] costs. The proposed budget also

[50:13] includes funding to implement

[50:15] changes recommended by the

[50:16] city's efficiency studies,

[50:19] including for its fleet

[50:20] facilities and the water and

[50:23] sewer utility. Six new public

[50:25] safety positions are included

[50:27] in the budget, including four

[50:29] that will serve in schools, one

[50:32] new dispatcher and an emergency

[50:34] management position. Finally,

[50:36] the proposed budget includes

[50:37] funding for the restaurant

[50:39] rewards program aeds at

[50:42] community parks, the new heart

[50:43] of our community appreciation

[50:48] luncheon and more. Residents

[50:50] continued to identify streets

[50:52] as a top priority and the city

[50:54] has invested accordingly. City

[50:56] council has allocated $4

[50:57] million for street maintenance

[50:59] over each of the last two

[51:00] fiscal years, with an

[51:03] additional $3.56 million

[51:06] proposed for 2027. Separate

[51:07] from the story of funding

[51:09] levels is the story of how much

[51:10] preventative street maintenance

[51:12] work is actually getting done

[51:14] due to the city prioritizing

[51:16] completion of the 2020 bond

[51:18] program, street projects and a

[51:19] comprehensive pavement

[51:21] condition analysis conducted in

[51:23] 2020 for a portion of the

[51:25] previously approved funds for

[51:26] street maintenance remain

[51:30] available. $3.8 million in

[51:30] street maintenance projects

[51:32] were completed between fiscal

[51:35] years 23 and 25, with a

[51:37] significant ramp up this fiscal

[51:39] year to $6.3 million and

[51:42] projects being completed as

[51:44] proposed. The 2027 budget would

[51:48] facilitate over $7.56 million

[51:49] in preventative street

[51:50] maintenance projects, reaching

[51:52] completion before the end of

[51:55] fiscal year 2027. The budget

[51:58] does include an adjustment to

[52:00] water and sewer utility rates

[52:02] based solely on the through of

[52:04] rate increases from fort worth

[52:05] and the trinity river

[52:07] authority, which the city

[52:08] purchases water and sewer

[52:11] treatment services from the 35

[52:13] cent increase for water and 47

[52:15] cent increase for sewer

[52:20] translates to a $6.23 bil

[52:21] increase for the average

[52:25] residential customer. A list of

[52:27] funds with their corresponding

[52:29] expenditure amounts is

[52:31] presented on this slide. The

[52:33] total proposed operating budget

[52:35] which omits internal service

[52:37] funds to avoid double counting

[52:47] is $181,886,865. Switching

[52:49] gears to the capital budget, a

[52:50] list of capital project

[52:51] categories with their

[52:52] corresponding proposed budget

[52:55] amounts for fiscal year 2027 is

[52:58] presented on this slide. New

[52:59] investments included in the

[53:05] proposed budget totaled

[53:08] $24,395,222, which is added to

[53:11] the over $122 million in

[53:12] previously approved capital

[53:14] projects that are in varying

[53:18] stages of completion. Included

[53:20] in the proposed capital budget

[53:22] for fiscal year 2027 are a few

[53:25] funding additions that were not

[53:26] discussed during the work

[53:30] session on JULY 31st. The first

[53:32] additional funding for the

[53:33] reconstruction of smithfield

[53:35] and main street is due to bids

[53:36] coming in higher than

[53:38] anticipated. The second

[53:40] additional funding for the big

[53:42] fossil interceptor, a sewer

[53:44] infrastructure upgrade project,

[53:46] is due to an engineering cost

[53:48] estimate coming in

[53:48] significantly higher than

[53:51] anticipated. Finally, staff are

[53:53] requesting additional funding

[53:54] for miscellaneous drainage

[53:56] repairs to address water flow

[53:59] near the bridge on onyx drive.

[54:02] All three of these funding

[54:03] requests developed two recently

[54:05] to be included in the

[54:07] presentation on JULY 31st but

[54:08] were added to the proposed

[54:10] budget online and filed with

[54:13] the city secretary's office on

[54:17] AUGUST 7th. Other highlights

[54:18] from the proposed capital

[54:20] budget include several projects

[54:22] to improve parks and recreation

[54:25] amenities and spaces. $500,000

[54:26] is proposed to redesign

[54:29] ridgefield park, while $430,000

[54:31] is proposed for replacement of

[54:33] playground equipment at clyde

[54:37] zellers and founders park. $3.5

[54:38] million is proposed for the

[54:40] renovation of the near h2o

[54:42] kitty area, which is original

[54:44] to the park and is now over 30

[54:46] years old. The renovated kiddy

[54:47] area will create a more

[54:49] engaging space for young

[54:50] children and families while

[54:54] reducing operating costs.

[54:57] Finally, highlighted equipment

[54:59] replacements included in the

[55:00] proposed capital budget include

[55:02] replacements of several end of

[55:04] useful life vehicles including

[55:06] a fire aerial truck, seven

[55:08] police vehicles for public

[55:10] works dump trucks and an

[55:14] ambulance. To continue

[55:15] gathering feedback from

[55:17] residents. City staff sent out

[55:19] a short flash vote survey that

[55:20] was open from AUGUST 18th

[55:23] through the 20th. Full results

[55:24] have been printed out and have

[55:25] been placed at your seats. The

[55:27] first question asked

[55:28] respondents whether they felt

[55:29] they are getting their money's

[55:32] worth for their tax dollars.

[55:36] 68% said yes, 19% said maybe or

[55:40] were unsure and 14% said no.

[55:42] Last year during this time we

[55:44] asked the same question in a

[55:45] flash vote survey which allows

[55:47] for a comparison in comparison

[55:50] to last year. Those saying yes

[55:53] increased 4% maybe and not sure

[55:55] increased 1% and those saying

[56:01] no decreased by 3%. The second

[56:04] question provided some of the

[56:05] highlights from the proposed

[56:07] budget and asked residents for

[56:10] their overall reaction 75%

[56:12] approved, 14% were neutral or

[56:16] were unsure and 11 disapproved,

[56:20] 11% disapproved. The third

[56:21] question asked residents how

[56:23] the city should adapt to

[56:26] inflation in the future.

[56:27] Respondents could select up to

[56:29] four options. The top answer

[56:32] was by improving efficiency

[56:35] while the bottom answer aside

[56:37] from other and not sure was by

[56:40] having fewer services. We also

[56:42] asked this question during a

[56:43] survey last year and have

[56:45] displayed the results of the

[56:47] two surveys side by side. The

[56:48] percentage of residents that

[56:50] believe the city should

[56:52] implement more technology and

[56:54] self-service options fell the

[56:56] most, while the largest

[56:58] percentage increase was for

[56:59] respondents indicating they

[57:03] were not sure. The final

[57:04] question asked residents for

[57:06] any other comments or

[57:08] suggestions from the proposed

[57:11] budget. Over 140 comments were

[57:12] submitted by respondents which

[57:14] are available for review in the

[57:16] packets by your seats. For the

[57:18] purpose of this slide. A word

[57:20] cloud has been provided that

[57:21] identifies the most frequently

[57:26] used words in responses.

[57:27] Finally, I'd like to conclude

[57:28] by highlighting the city's

[57:30] efforts to discuss the proposed

[57:32] budget and tax rate with

[57:34] residents. So far the city has

[57:36] hosted two budget road shows on

[57:38] thursday, AUGUST 13th at city

[57:40] hall and on saturday, AUGUST

[57:43] 22nd at kindred coffee.

[57:44] Additional opportunities for

[57:46] public input are still

[57:48] available. Public hearings and

[57:50] adoption of the budget and tax

[57:51] rate are scheduled for the next

[57:52] regularly scheduled council

[57:54] meeting on SEPTEMBER 14th.

[57:56] Additional information on the

[57:57] proposed budget and tax rate

[57:59] can be found on the city's

[58:03] website at nd.Com/budget or the

[58:05] tarrant county property tax

[58:08] website. Instructions on how to

[58:09] submit comments can also be

[58:10] found on those pages, or

[58:13] residents can email tax info at

[58:17] no h t.Com. That concludes my

[58:18] presentation. Happy to answer

[58:23] any questions. Any questions?

[58:24] Russ your lights on. Do you

[58:27] have a question? Answer yes.

[58:28] Okay.

[58:30] >> um I'll say it's just. A

[58:32] couple of comments. Um, you

[58:34] know with the efficiencies

[58:35] being the top thing I think we

[58:36] did really well this year. You

[58:38] know the staff did a bang up

[58:39] job of coming back with a lot

[58:41] of good cuts that were there as

[58:44] far as in and savings. Um, you

[58:45] know this has been a tough

[58:46] budget year with the inflation.

[58:50] Um but I was seeing them the 45

[58:52] I think 44%. Through user fees

[58:54] .If I'm not mistaken that's

[58:55] the legislature's kind of limit

[58:57] those this next time we're

[58:58] talking and talking about it

[59:00] right. Yeah. Um so that would

[59:02] be that would be a tough thing.

[59:04] But anyway I, I think just I

[59:07] think this is as good a job as

[59:08] we could have done through all

[59:10] things considered on what we

[59:12] need to spend to to keep things

[59:13] going. So thank you. Thank you

[59:19] all. Thank. Any questions? No

[59:21] more questions now. Okay this

[59:22] is public hearing already open

[59:23] the public hearing at this time

[59:25] i'll ask the city secretary if

[59:26] she has any request for people

[59:28] to speak at public. Yes, mayor.

[59:29] >> I've got one form and I'm

[59:30] sorry if I pronounce your name

[59:33] incorrectly. Sarah said. If you

[59:34] can please approach.

[59:36] >> the podium. State your name

[59:36] and address for. The record,

[59:37] you've got three.

[59:38] >> minutes. To address the

[59:40] mayor and council. I say. And

[59:42] also if y'all are running for

[59:43] something, don't announce it

[59:44] here. That's, uh, something

[59:45] we're not going to so I

[59:47] appreciate that. Well, I'm.

[59:47] Always running.

[59:49] >> and I'm not announcing

[59:51] anything by the way I'm say it

[59:54] as I said and uh, my address is

[59:55] 6705 sapphire circle

[59:59] north colleyville, texas 76034.

[1:00:01] Well in your presentation you

[1:00:04] said and uh, I talked to mary

[1:00:06] mccarthy in privately and ask

[1:00:08] her about how much money and

[1:00:10] how much valuation you are

[1:00:12] going to lose because of the bp

[1:00:14] exemption. And at that day he

[1:00:16] did not have the answer. But I

[1:00:18] don't know if he has answer

[1:00:19] today or not. Uh.

[1:00:21] >> by the uh that's a new

[1:00:24] exemption $125,000 per bp

[1:00:27] account. But uh, we consider

[1:00:31] that every business has one bp

[1:00:33] account. That is not true. Some

[1:00:36] businesses are two accounts

[1:00:39] some businesses that have 345

[1:00:40] bp accounts. So instead of

[1:00:43] getting $125,000 reduction in

[1:00:46] their uh valuation taxable

[1:00:48] valuation, they are going to

[1:00:52] increase $375,000 uh reduction

[1:00:56] overall for one business. Uh

[1:00:59] another thing about uh bp 75%

[1:01:02] of tarrant county will pay $0

[1:01:05] in bp taxes 75% of their

[1:01:08] accounts. So that is either

[1:01:11] 125,000 or below 125,000. Uh

[1:01:13] last entity meeting chief

[1:01:16] appraiser mentioned that uh in

[1:01:19] 2025 tax year tarrant county

[1:01:21] lost 12% of their taxable

[1:01:23] value. This year we lost 13.2%

[1:01:26] and next year we are going to

[1:01:30] lose 17% of the taxable value

[1:01:32] and we will never able to

[1:01:33] recapture it. Although they

[1:01:36] promised to increase 15% that

[1:01:38] is not going to happen because

[1:01:40] in the last two years it

[1:01:43] creates so much unequal and

[1:01:44] non-uniform and unequal all

[1:01:46] over tarrant county that

[1:01:48] appraisal district is not able

[1:01:51] to recapture everything and to

[1:01:52] make it uniform and equal they

[1:01:55] have to reduce more valuation

[1:01:57] next year. So let's see what

[1:01:59] will come up next year but it

[1:02:01] is not going to be 15% increase

[1:02:03] that the way they promised

[1:02:07] right now. So that's all they

[1:02:09] said in the last entity

[1:02:12] meeting. But hey there is so

[1:02:14] much other stuff that I would

[1:02:16] like to tell you what happened

[1:02:17] during the entity meeting and

[1:02:19] I'm chasing appraisal district

[1:02:21] for over a year because they

[1:02:23] hide some accounts under one

[1:02:25] account a consolidated account

[1:02:28] number and you pay if you use

[1:02:30] the services at texas assessor

[1:02:32] collector office you paid per

[1:02:34] account to tax assessor

[1:02:36] collector and when they uh

[1:02:38] consolidate the account numbers

[1:02:40] some of the delinquent taxes in

[1:02:42] the account number they are not

[1:02:44] able to recapture it. Again

[1:02:47] this is the problem uh probably

[1:02:48] you will see in future but

[1:02:49] thank you for your time mayor

[1:02:51] and council to give me thank.

[1:02:52] >> you thank you. And he's

[1:02:54] going to cover the exemption in

[1:02:56] the next presentation so thank

[1:03:01] you. Anybody else? I'd like to

[1:03:02] see if there's anyone in the

[1:03:03] audience who wishes to speak in

[1:03:04] support or opposition to the

[1:03:06] request or so please approach

[1:03:11] podium. Um seeing none I will

[1:03:13] close the public hearing. Uh,

[1:03:14] there being no action required

[1:03:16] by the council we'll move on to

[1:03:18] the next item. The next item is

[1:03:20] ,uh, the proposed tax rate for

[1:03:21] the next year. I'll open the

[1:03:23] public hearing this tax year

[1:03:25] 2026 fiscal year 2027 proposed

[1:03:26] tax rate and carl chase foster

[1:03:30] again to present the item.

[1:03:32] Hello again mayor city council

[1:03:35] members uh I do not have

[1:03:37] detailed information to present

[1:03:39] uh included as part of my

[1:03:41] presentation on the bpp. Uh,

[1:03:42] but we're happy to be uh to

[1:03:43] include that in my next

[1:03:48] presentation on SEPTEMBER 14th.

[1:03:49] As I mentioned during the

[1:03:51] budget public hearing, uh, the

[1:03:52] notices for tonight's public

[1:03:53] hearings were published in

[1:03:55] multiple locations. Public

[1:03:57] comments received as of four

[1:03:58] this afternoon were printed off

[1:04:01] and available at your seats.

[1:04:04] Approximately 64% of the

[1:04:05] north richland hills tax base

[1:04:06] is made up of residential

[1:04:09] properties, with 35% being

[1:04:11] commercial and 1% being

[1:04:14] industrial and other. The total

[1:04:17] net taxable value for tax year

[1:04:20] 2026 is approximately 8.8

[1:04:23] billion, a decrease of 4.6%

[1:04:26] from the prior year. This is

[1:04:28] due to a number of factors,

[1:04:29] including the tarrant appraisal

[1:04:30] district's decision to not

[1:04:32] reappraise properties for

[1:04:33] multiple years in a row, a

[1:04:36] record number of protests and

[1:04:38] the new business personal

[1:04:39] property exemption that was

[1:04:41] discussed earlier. Additionally

[1:04:44] ,new construction is down

[1:04:47] 58.5% from the prior year which

[1:04:49] further suppresses property tax

[1:04:53] revenue. These lower certified

[1:04:56] values have the effect of

[1:04:57] raising the no new revenue and

[1:05:00] voter approval tax rates. The

[1:05:04] proposed tax rate of 55.514

[1:05:07] $0.04 per $100 a value is

[1:05:09] higher than the current year's

[1:05:11] adopted tax rate but is below

[1:05:15] the voter approval rate.

[1:05:16] Looking at the two components

[1:05:18] of the overall tax rate, the

[1:05:20] maintenance and operations rate

[1:05:22] has increased while the

[1:05:23] interest and sinking rate has

[1:05:25] stayed the same. While some

[1:05:27] debt was paid down this year

[1:05:29] new debt was issued for an

[1:05:31] ambulance and fire aerial truck

[1:05:33] which stabilized the initial

[1:05:38] rate. This is a comparison of

[1:05:41] the tax year 2025 adopted rate

[1:05:44] to the tax year 2026 proposed

[1:05:45] rate. The information shown

[1:05:47] here was included in the public

[1:05:48] notice for the tax rate public

[1:05:50] hearing as required by state

[1:05:53] law while the average homestead

[1:05:55] taxable value is presented here

[1:05:58] ,individual homeowners tax

[1:05:59] increases or decreases will

[1:06:02] vary depending on changes to

[1:06:04] their specific property values.

[1:06:06] The total levy on all

[1:06:08] properties includes revenue

[1:06:11] from the general fund. Tiff and

[1:06:13] debt service fund that is

[1:06:16] generated from property taxes.

[1:06:17] The city of north richland

[1:06:20] hills is not the only taxing

[1:06:22] entity, and our residents pay

[1:06:24] property tax to the city

[1:06:26] portion of the total tax rate

[1:06:28] paid by our residents makes up

[1:06:31] approximately 25% of the total.

[1:06:35] This matters as the collective

[1:06:36] actions of these entities,

[1:06:38] including the city have

[1:06:40] resulted in actual property tax

[1:06:43] savings for our residents

[1:06:46] compared to five years ago, the

[1:06:48] average home in north richland

[1:06:50] hills has increased in value by

[1:06:55] over $85,000 or 32.2%,

[1:06:56] significantly increasing the

[1:07:00] net worth of many families over

[1:07:02] that same time period. Total

[1:07:05] taxes do have decreased over

[1:07:09] $726 or 11.9% based on the

[1:07:11] proposed tax rates from all

[1:07:13] entities that MAY impose

[1:07:16] property tax on nra residents.

[1:07:18] The estimated total tax bill

[1:07:25] for 2026 is $7.51. Or 0.1%

[1:07:28] higher than last year, far

[1:07:32] below the pace of inflation. To

[1:07:33] assist with affordability, the

[1:07:35] city of north richland hills

[1:07:37] offers a 20% homestead

[1:07:38] exemption for eligible

[1:07:40] residents, which translates to

[1:07:45] savings of $390.66 for tax year

[1:07:47] 2026 for the average nra

[1:07:49] homeowner. The city also offers

[1:07:52] an exemption of $36,000 and a

[1:07:55] tax revenue ceiling for seniors

[1:07:56] and residents with qualifying

[1:08:00] disabilities. 32.3% of

[1:08:02] residential accounts have a

[1:08:04] senior tax ceiling. Property

[1:08:06] owners with a tax ceiling or

[1:08:08] freeze in place will not pay

[1:08:10] more property. Taxes unless

[1:08:13] they purchase a new home or add

[1:08:17] on to their existing home. This

[1:08:18] slide illustrates all city

[1:08:19] functions funded through the

[1:08:23] property tax rate 51% of all

[1:08:24] property tax dollars support

[1:08:26] public safety functions.

[1:08:28] Investments in streets make up

[1:08:31] 24% of property tax spending.

[1:08:33] Other city functions including

[1:08:34] facilities, community

[1:08:36] development, parks, the library

[1:08:38] and others round out the

[1:08:42] remainder. This slide shows the

[1:08:44] 25 largest cities in tarrant

[1:08:47] county sorted by the average

[1:08:49] residential tax bill based on

[1:08:52] each city's proposed tax rate

[1:08:54] and average residential home

[1:08:56] value. North richland hills

[1:08:58] falls perfectly in the middle

[1:09:00] of this comparison, with 12

[1:09:01] cities producing higher bills

[1:09:04] and 12 cities producing lower

[1:09:08] bills. I'll end this

[1:09:10] presentation with a brief recap

[1:09:12] of the long term financial

[1:09:14] forecast I shared on JULY 31st

[1:09:16] and how next year's adopted tax

[1:09:19] rate helps to shape the future.

[1:09:21] The actions taken by city

[1:09:23] council over the last few years

[1:09:26] to reduce property taxes plus

[1:09:27] limitations imposed by state

[1:09:29] law have created a tax

[1:09:34] increment representing $647,000

[1:09:36] in potential property tax

[1:09:38] revenue that is set to expire

[1:09:41] after this year. Put plainly,

[1:09:44] if this amount is included in

[1:09:45] the tax rate city council

[1:09:48] adopts for fiscal year 2027, it

[1:09:50] becomes a part of the tax rate

[1:09:51] calculations for the city in

[1:09:52] the future which preserves

[1:09:55] flexibility if this amount is

[1:09:56] not included in the tax rate

[1:09:59] adopted for fiscal year 2027,

[1:10:02] this increment is lost forever.

[1:10:04] Future no new revenue rates and

[1:10:06] voter approval rates will

[1:10:09] permanently generate $647,000

[1:10:12] less in property taxes than

[1:10:13] they otherwise would have in

[1:10:15] lost city council calls and

[1:10:17] elections for voters to vote on

[1:10:20] the tax rate. Before I jump

[1:10:22] into the forecast, I'd like to

[1:10:23] provide a little more context

[1:10:25] the city has been able to

[1:10:27] maintain service levels while

[1:10:29] adopting a tax rate at or below

[1:10:31] the no new revenue rate over

[1:10:32] the past three years by putting

[1:10:34] our reserves to work. This

[1:10:35] slide shows how the fund

[1:10:37] balance for all of the city's

[1:10:39] capital funds added together

[1:10:41] has changed since fiscal year

[1:10:43] 2023. While each individual

[1:10:45] fund has limitations on what

[1:10:48] revenue can be spent on this

[1:10:49] consolidation is helpful to see

[1:10:50] how things have changed over

[1:10:54] time. The 2027 budget as

[1:10:55] proposed will continue to

[1:10:58] convert capital reserves into

[1:10:59] projects that benefit.

[1:11:00] >> the. Community, ending next

[1:11:03] fiscal year with 46% of the

[1:11:04] resources that were available

[1:11:08] in 2023. This slide conveys the

[1:11:10] same information but for the

[1:11:12] city's operating funds in

[1:11:13] comparison to the city's

[1:11:15] capital funds, utilization on

[1:11:17] the operating side has been

[1:11:19] lower, including growing the

[1:11:20] fund balance as recent as

[1:11:24] fiscal year 2024. However, in

[1:11:26] order to balance the 2026

[1:11:28] adopted and 2027 proposed

[1:11:30] budgets, these operating fund

[1:11:32] balances have begun to be spent

[1:11:34] as well. While every fund in

[1:11:36] the fiscal year 2027 budget

[1:11:38] complies with the city's

[1:11:39] minimum fund balance

[1:11:41] requirements, monitoring this

[1:11:43] trajectory is important for

[1:11:44] ensuring the long term fiscal

[1:11:48] health of the organization.

[1:11:49] Shown on this slide our

[1:11:50] projected expenses over the

[1:11:52] next five fiscal years

[1:11:54] increases are based on the

[1:11:56] impact of inflation on existing

[1:11:58] core services as well as

[1:12:00] planned expenditure increases

[1:12:02] including increasing tax rail

[1:12:04] costs and the addition of

[1:12:06] staffing for a fifth ambulance

[1:12:10] starting in 2028. We can then

[1:12:12] compare those expenditures to

[1:12:14] planned growth in revenue

[1:12:16] including from sales tax

[1:12:17] charges for service and

[1:12:20] property tax assuming that the

[1:12:23] increment discussed earlier is

[1:12:25] included in this year's adopted

[1:12:28] property tax rate, the

[1:12:30] difference between expenditures

[1:12:32] and revenues in this scenario

[1:12:34] create the balance. This

[1:12:36] analysis shows the city still

[1:12:37] has work to do to ensure high

[1:12:39] quality services continue to be

[1:12:42] delivered in a financially

[1:12:45] sustainable manner. For

[1:12:47] comparison, we can also model

[1:12:48] what projected revenue looks

[1:12:50] like assuming the same growth

[1:12:52] in sales tax and other revenue

[1:12:54] sources but with a property tax

[1:12:56] rate that does not capture this

[1:13:00] year's expiring increment. In

[1:13:02] comparison, long term budget

[1:13:05] deficits are approximately

[1:13:07] $648,000 higher each fiscal

[1:13:09] year, with a projected deficit

[1:13:13] of over 3.2 million in 2031.

[1:13:15] While these analyzes do

[1:13:17] represent the best effort of

[1:13:18] staff to predict the future,

[1:13:20] they are based on a number of

[1:13:21] assumptions that could turn out

[1:13:23] different in reality. In

[1:13:25] particular, this analysis does

[1:13:27] not assume any changes to state

[1:13:29] law. Audience members

[1:13:31] interested in a more thorough

[1:13:32] review of the long term

[1:13:35] forecast are invited to visit

[1:13:37] our.Com/budget where there is a

[1:13:40] link to the JULY 31st budget

[1:13:41] work session video where the

[1:13:43] forecast is explained in

[1:13:46] greater detail. City council

[1:13:47] has scheduled one additional

[1:13:50] public hearing for 7:00 pm on

[1:13:52] monday, SEPTEMBER 14th during

[1:13:54] the next regularly scheduled

[1:13:55] city council meeting. The vote

[1:13:57] to adopt the tax rate is also

[1:13:58] scheduled for this same

[1:14:01] meeting. That concludes my

[1:14:04] presentation. Happy to answer

[1:14:04] any questions.

[1:14:09] >> any questions? Um I think uh

[1:14:11] obviously in the out years

[1:14:11] we're going to have to figure

[1:14:13] out how to do savings from

[1:14:15] technology because uh, that's a

[1:14:17] pretty good cap that's out

[1:14:19] there and facing us. So um,

[1:14:21] this did you want to say

[1:14:22] something on it? I was.

[1:14:23] >> just going to add so on the.

[1:14:25] Business personal. Property tax

[1:14:27] exemption. So this year it.

[1:14:29] >> was a $68.

[1:14:31] >> million uh loss in value and

[1:14:35] .A which is equivalent to

[1:14:37] 382,000 in revenue uh, based on

[1:14:42] the proposed rate. So what

[1:14:43] you're looking for side.

[1:14:47] >> this is a public hearing and

[1:14:48] I've already open the public

[1:14:49] hearing at this time. I'll ask

[1:14:50] secretary as he MAY request to

[1:14:52] speak. Yes, mayor.

[1:14:53] >> we've got um one person to

[1:14:56] speak on item c2. Ambika sharma

[1:15:00] .Are you in the audience? If

[1:15:02] you can. Please step up. Uh,

[1:15:03] approach the. Podium and state

[1:15:05] your name and address. For the

[1:15:05] record, you've.

[1:15:06] >> got three minutes to.

[1:15:08] Address the mayor and council.

[1:15:09] If you are running for

[1:15:10] something, please don't say

[1:15:12] okay. Um.

[1:15:13] >> hi. My name is ambika sharma

[1:15:14] and I wanted to speak on the

[1:15:16] tax rate. I got some of. The.

[1:15:18] >> um, uh, presentation made by

[1:15:19] one.

[1:15:20] >> of your colleagues. Uh, it's

[1:15:21] unfortunate that you have to

[1:15:22] consider increasing tax rate.

[1:15:25] Um, I wanted to vocalize I

[1:15:27] guess my support that that from

[1:15:28] a perspective that's the only

[1:15:30] lever left. Uh, when

[1:15:30] appraisals.

[1:15:32] >> are. Frozen and appraisal

[1:15:34] appraisals are also allowed to

[1:15:36] be protested. Uh, when I

[1:15:37] studied the. Appraisals that.

[1:15:41] Came out for 2026 uh, tax year,

[1:15:42] uh year over year, the. Total

[1:15:44] equity. For residential

[1:15:45] properties went down by 39

[1:15:48] billion which is about 12%. Um

[1:15:49] so you know north richland

[1:15:50] hills I'm not so I'm not sure

[1:15:51] specifically how much of that

[1:15:53] was your share. But overall at

[1:15:55] the county level it was about

[1:15:57] $39 billion year over year. Um

[1:15:59] so when appraisals are down you

[1:16:01] have no other lever but to

[1:16:02] increase the tax rate which is

[1:16:04] extremely unfortunate. Uh, so

[1:16:06] I'm here uh, to encourage you

[1:16:08] to send a stern letter back to

[1:16:09] the town. Appraisal district.

[1:16:12] Um, you know, telling them that

[1:16:13] you do not condone this, uh,

[1:16:15] know uh, the whole um, freezing

[1:16:17] of appraisals year over year

[1:16:18] and asking them to. Return back

[1:16:20] to, uh, yearly appraisals.

[1:16:22] Thank you. Thank you. And yes,

[1:16:24] our experience is about the

[1:16:26] same percentage drop as the a

[1:16:31] county, so. Anyone else? No.

[1:16:33] >> mayor. This is a public

[1:16:34] hearing. I've already open a

[1:16:35] public hearing. This, uh, will

[1:16:37] go to the next one. Sorry. Um,

[1:16:38] I'd like to ask if there's

[1:16:39] anyone in the audience who wish

[1:16:40] to speak in support or

[1:16:42] opposition to the request if,

[1:16:46] um, please approach podium.

[1:16:48] Seeing none, I will close the

[1:16:50] public hearing. There is no

[1:16:51] action at council this time.

[1:16:55] We'll move to the next item. To

[1:17:01] e1. Uh, that is award rfp 20

[1:17:03] 6-017 uh quality excavation llc

[1:17:06] the construction main street

[1:17:08] project from smithfield road to

[1:17:10] davis boulevard in the amount

[1:17:15] of $4,030,707.39 including

[1:17:17] alternate one and alternate two

[1:17:18] and authorize the city manager

[1:17:19] to execute the related

[1:17:22] construction agreement. Nathan.

[1:17:29] You are a.

[1:17:37] Thank you mayor. Good evening

[1:17:39] council. Tonight staff is.

[1:17:39] Seeking your.

[1:17:40] >> approval of a construction

[1:17:42] contract for the main street

[1:17:43] street scaping and snyder

[1:17:44] street extension project

[1:17:46] project will reconstruct main

[1:17:47] street, snyder street and

[1:17:48] center street near the

[1:17:49] smithfield station located

[1:17:52] within the smithfield todd. The

[1:17:53] specific scope of work for the

[1:17:55] project consists of uh

[1:17:57] reconstruction of main street

[1:17:58] between davis boulevard and

[1:18:00] smithfield road with on street

[1:18:02] parking and sidewalks.

[1:18:03] Reconstruction of both snyder

[1:18:05] street and center street south

[1:18:07] of main street uh with on

[1:18:09] street parking and sidewalks.

[1:18:10] Construction of a sidewalk

[1:18:12] along the west side of davis

[1:18:14] boulevard from main street to.

[1:18:18] Odell and um todd style

[1:18:19] infrastructure for street

[1:18:20] light, street furniture and

[1:18:23] streets trees on. Main street.

[1:18:25] The bid was structured as a

[1:18:26] base bid plus alternate bid

[1:18:28] format to provide council some

[1:18:29] flexibility. Uh, the two

[1:18:31] alternates uh that are shown

[1:18:32] serve as complementary

[1:18:33] strategies in attempt to

[1:18:35] protect the large tree located

[1:18:37] at the southeast corner of main

[1:18:39] street and snyder street. Uh,

[1:18:40] just for reference, alternate

[1:18:43] one is using flexible base

[1:18:44] material in lieu of lime

[1:18:47] stabilized subgrade uh near the

[1:18:48] tree to be less destructive to

[1:18:49] its root system. Alternate

[1:18:52] number two is using trench list

[1:18:53] water line installation in lieu

[1:18:55] of open cut construction to

[1:18:56] minimize ground disturbance

[1:18:58] near that root system. Because

[1:19:00] these alternates work in tandem

[1:19:01] to provide the best chance of

[1:19:02] preserving the tree, staff

[1:19:04] recommends um if you do approve

[1:19:07] one to approve both of them um

[1:19:09] the project received 14 bids

[1:19:10] from reputable contractors.

[1:19:12] Staff in the design engineer

[1:19:13] are recommending award of the

[1:19:14] base bid plus alternates one

[1:19:16] and two to the lowest

[1:19:17] responsible bidder quality

[1:19:19] excavation llc quality

[1:19:20] excavation is successfully

[1:19:22] completed prior city projects

[1:19:24] including bedford u.S road and

[1:19:25] glenview drive west which were

[1:19:27] both part of the 2020 bond

[1:19:31] program. Um funding for this

[1:19:33] project is available in the fy

[1:19:35] 2026 capital projects budget

[1:19:36] under the main street street

[1:19:37] scaping and snyder street

[1:19:38] extension project and the

[1:19:40] utility project. A significant

[1:19:42] portion of this funding for the

[1:19:43] project comes from the

[1:19:44] north central texas council of

[1:19:46] governments grant nick cog is

[1:19:49] contributing $2,223,100 in

[1:19:52] grant funding, which will cover

[1:19:54] an estimated 53% of eligible.

[1:19:58] Project costs. Uh and finally

[1:19:59] by this generally it every one

[1:20:00] of my street projects here is

[1:20:02] um should the council award a

[1:20:03] contract tonight uh this slide

[1:20:04] here to show some of the ways

[1:20:06] we keep the community informed

[1:20:09] you can text main to uh, 888777

[1:20:11] .Um, interesting enough when

[1:20:12] uh, the other side of davis

[1:20:14] main street was the same one so

[1:20:15] they'll probably be a little

[1:20:16] bit of confusion but we're

[1:20:17] going to. Try to.

[1:20:17] >> pass that message out.

[1:20:19] >> we're just going to keep

[1:20:21] main being the number here. Um

[1:20:22] we'll also update our website

[1:20:24] as needed and specifically on

[1:20:25] main street kind of the

[1:20:26] corridor it is we'll probably

[1:20:27] go out there and do a little

[1:20:28] bit of doorknocking ourselves

[1:20:29] and just kind of giving them

[1:20:31] some updates. Um so tonight

[1:20:33] recommendation for council uh

[1:20:34] is to approve a construction

[1:20:35] contract with quality

[1:20:37] excavation llc for the

[1:20:38] construction of the main street

[1:20:39] street scaping and snyder

[1:20:41] street extension project in the

[1:20:47] amount of $4,030,707.39

[1:20:48] including alternate one and

[1:20:50] alternate to and authorize the

[1:20:51] city manager to execute the

[1:20:52] related construction agreement.

[1:20:53] And with.

[1:20:54] >> that I'd be happy to take

[1:20:56] any questions. Any questions

[1:20:57] now. Okay.

[1:20:59] >> hey, nathan. Uh, so first of

[1:21:00] all, thanks for trying to save

[1:21:02] the tree. I appreciate that.

[1:21:03] Uh, I know it's, uh, special.

[1:21:05] Try to there's a it's a old

[1:21:08] tree, so thank you. Um, what

[1:21:09] about the is this road going to

[1:21:10] be closed down similar to the

[1:21:12] way that main street was on the

[1:21:13] other side? Is it going to be

[1:21:14] in stages or how is that going

[1:21:15] to work to make sure that

[1:21:16] businesses like back 40 and

[1:21:17] other places like that. So

[1:21:19] right now we're going into it

[1:21:21] with the uh you know our

[1:21:22] anticipation is there will be

[1:21:24] one lane shut down so it'll be

[1:21:25] one lane either way they're

[1:21:27] doing construction part of this

[1:21:28] what will happen is should this

[1:21:29] be awarded tonight one of our

[1:21:30] first steps is getting with the

[1:21:31] contractor and seeing what

[1:21:33] their. What they're thinking.

[1:21:35] Um, uh, as we're talking right

[1:21:36] now, I don't see a scenario

[1:21:37] where we just close down the.

[1:21:39] Street for. The duration like

[1:21:39] we did.

[1:21:40] >> the. Other side. The other

[1:21:43] side had a lot less impact. Um,

[1:21:44] we were able to close that

[1:21:45] because there was ways around

[1:21:48] it on this side there's not

[1:21:50] that same flexibility. Okay.

[1:21:51] >> and it is the contract. Is

[1:21:52] there any type of performance

[1:21:54] uh requirements for them to

[1:21:55] finish by x number of dates?

[1:21:56] Yes.

[1:21:58] >> uh I believe it's 12 months

[1:22:00] is our 365 calendar days. Uh

[1:22:01] and then just like any one of

[1:22:02] our. Projects there's lrd or

[1:22:03] liquidated damages attached to

[1:22:04] and other things like. That

[1:22:07] okay fantastic thank you sir.

[1:22:10] Anybody else okay. He said uh,

[1:22:11] this contractor had done work

[1:22:13] force in the past. And I could

[1:22:16] be completely wrong. Uh, but I

[1:22:17] think. Remembering something.

[1:22:19] About some being some problems.

[1:22:20] On bedford road.

[1:22:21] >> is this this is the same.

[1:22:22] Contract that we had a lot of

[1:22:23] problems with. In that project.

[1:22:25] Is it. Uh it is the same

[1:22:26] contractor that we used on

[1:22:27] bedford julius road. What I

[1:22:28] will say I mean I worked.

[1:22:30] Directly with that. Team uh,

[1:22:31] that whole team has gone from

[1:22:32] quality but they have a new

[1:22:34] team in that we worked with on

[1:22:35] glenview. Um, and they

[1:22:36] provided.

[1:22:37] >> a. Good product and

[1:22:38] ultimately the end of the day

[1:22:39] bedford used did turn out to be

[1:22:40] a good product. It just was

[1:22:43] maybe a little bit of. Um

[1:22:45] friction between contractor and

[1:22:46] city on that. Okay. Thanks.

[1:22:51] >> anybody else? Thank you carl

[1:22:57] for a motion. Motion that.

[1:22:59] There you go. Okay I make a

[1:23:01] motion that we will award rf b.

[1:23:05] 20 6-017 to quality excavation

[1:23:07] llc for construction of the

[1:23:10] main street road project st1

[1:23:12] 1102 from smithfield road to

[1:23:14] davis boulevard in the amount

[1:23:21] of $4,030,707.39 including

[1:23:23] outlet number one in ultra that

[1:23:24] number two and authorize the

[1:23:26] city manager to execute the

[1:23:28] related construction agreement.

[1:23:30] Thank COUNCILMAN Roberts. Thank

[1:23:32] you, second circuit. Thank you.

[1:23:34] Councilmember matt got the

[1:23:40] second question. Please vote.

[1:23:45] Passes seven zero. Next

[1:23:46] consider the 2026 preventive

[1:23:49] maintenance program. Call

[1:23:50] kenneth garvin to present the

[1:23:56] item.

[1:24:05] Good evening. Mayor city

[1:24:07] council members tonight. Staff

[1:24:09] request. Approval of the. 2026

[1:24:10] preventative street maintenance

[1:24:12] program. This program is one of

[1:24:13] the most visible investments

[1:24:16] the city makes. It's the work

[1:24:17] residents drive over every

[1:24:20] single day, and it's also one

[1:24:21] of the most cost effective.

[1:24:23] Every dollar we put into

[1:24:24] preventative maintenance is a

[1:24:27] dollar we don't spend to have

[1:24:29] to spend later on full

[1:24:32] reconstruction. In the 2024

[1:24:34] 2025 cycle, public works

[1:24:35] delivered preventative

[1:24:37] maintenance on 79 streets

[1:24:40] totaling 11.62 centerline

[1:24:42] miles, supported by 6.4 million

[1:24:44] in funding. All planned work

[1:24:46] was fully completed including

[1:24:49] two inch asphalt overlays and

[1:24:51] the rehabilitation of mercy

[1:24:54] road. Over the past five years

[1:24:55] preventative treatments have

[1:24:58] improved 54.5 centerline miles

[1:25:01] or about 21% of the city's

[1:25:03] street network, demonstrating

[1:25:05] consistent forward progress in

[1:25:09] maintaining pavement quality.

[1:25:10] Each year's program is built

[1:25:13] upon a data driven process

[1:25:15] using roadway surveys conducted

[1:25:17] by roadway asset services,

[1:25:19] which we refer to as. Repairs

[1:25:21] include pavement scissor

[1:25:22] sensors and ground penetrating

[1:25:27] radar. Raz identifies candidate

[1:25:31] street public works staff then

[1:25:33] performs full build

[1:25:36] verification before before

[1:25:38] preparing cost estimates and

[1:25:39] routing the program through

[1:25:41] city leadership, the cip

[1:25:43] committee and finally to

[1:25:45] council for approval. This

[1:25:46] development process ensures

[1:25:48] that each year's program is

[1:25:50] data driven, feel verified and

[1:25:53] aligns with both budget goals

[1:25:55] and long term pavement

[1:25:58] management strategy. Well, our

[1:26:03] 2024 2025 funding totaled $6.28

[1:26:05] million that was spread across

[1:26:07] two full project tiers for the

[1:26:09] 2026 program, we are proposing

[1:26:15] a single year budget of

[1:26:17] $4,121,745. The 2026 program

[1:26:18] delivers a higher volume of

[1:26:20] streets and centerline miles

[1:26:22] within the single construction

[1:26:25] season than either of the

[1:26:27] individual years of the

[1:26:30] previous cycle. This curve is

[1:26:31] one of the most important tools

[1:26:33] we have for explaining pavement

[1:26:35] management. Pavement

[1:26:37] deterioration accelerates

[1:26:39] non-linearly a roadway loses

[1:26:42] its first 40% in quality over

[1:26:46] 75% of its life span, but the

[1:26:49] next 40% drop occurs rapidly

[1:26:51] over just 12% of its remaining

[1:26:54] service life intervening

[1:26:56] intervening early with cracks

[1:27:00] sealing at $2 and 64 a linear

[1:27:02] foot or slurry sealing at $9.01

[1:27:05] per linear foot preserves

[1:27:06] infrastructure at a fraction of

[1:27:08] the cost of milling overlay at

[1:27:11] roughly $90 a linear foot or

[1:27:16] full re habilitation at 180 to

[1:27:20] $280 per linear foot. The

[1:27:23] proposed 2026. Scope covers 44

[1:27:26] streets and 6.77 centerline

[1:27:33] miles at $4,121,745. This slide

[1:27:34] displays our candidate street

[1:27:37] map for 2026, which focuses

[1:27:39] strictly on two inch asphalt

[1:27:41] overlays and targeted

[1:27:43] rehabilitation for overlay

[1:27:45] streets we utilize turnkey

[1:27:47] contractors like pavement

[1:27:49] perform milling and paving

[1:27:51] consecutively minimizing

[1:27:53] neighborhood disruption for

[1:27:55] deeper rehabilitation on

[1:27:57] streets like holiday lane, we

[1:27:58] continue our inner local

[1:28:00] partnership with tarrant county

[1:28:03] precinct three, leveraging

[1:28:05] county crews and machinery to

[1:28:07] stretch taxpayer dollars to

[1:28:11] minimize or to maximize capital

[1:28:13] efficiency. We also request

[1:28:16] pre-approval for three

[1:28:18] contingency streets greenleaf

[1:28:20] drive, chris street and

[1:28:22] waterford waterford court. If

[1:28:24] program savings materialize,

[1:28:26] crews can immediately complete

[1:28:27] these streets while equipment

[1:28:30] is already mobilized. Any

[1:28:32] unselected contingency street

[1:28:34] will carry forward to fiscal

[1:28:40] year 2027 program. We recognize

[1:28:41] that street maintenance is

[1:28:42] disruptive. Residents deal with

[1:28:45] lane closures, noise, dust and

[1:28:46] restricted driveway access

[1:28:48] sometimes for several days at a

[1:28:50] time. How we communicate

[1:28:52] directly shapes how the program

[1:28:54] is received. Our approach is to

[1:28:56] notify residents well in

[1:28:58] advance of work on their

[1:29:00] streets, provide clear

[1:29:02] information about what to

[1:29:03] expect and how long it will

[1:29:05] last. Keep the city website and

[1:29:07] social media channels current

[1:29:09] as the schedule progresses and

[1:29:11] maintain a responsive point of

[1:29:12] contact for questions and

[1:29:14] concerns during construction.

[1:29:17] We also coordinate closely with

[1:29:19] contractors so that the on the

[1:29:20] ground notifications such as

[1:29:22] door hangers, no parking

[1:29:24] notices and driveway access

[1:29:26] arrangements are consistent

[1:29:28] with what we've communicated

[1:29:31] centrally. The objective is

[1:29:33] that no resident is surprised

[1:29:38] by work on their street. On

[1:29:39] AUGUST 10th of 2026, the

[1:29:41] capital improvement projects

[1:29:43] committee thoroughly reviewed

[1:29:45] and recommended the 2026

[1:29:47] program for council approval.

[1:29:49] Once we recognize the committee

[1:29:50] members who reviewed the

[1:29:52] proposal the chair danny

[1:29:54] roberts, mayor pro tem kelvin

[1:29:56] dupree, council member matt

[1:29:58] blake and mayor jack mccarty

[1:30:00] the committee evaluated the

[1:30:02] data driven selection process,

[1:30:03] the interlocal partnerships,

[1:30:05] the budget efficiencies and

[1:30:08] overall program's scope before

[1:30:09] issuing its formal

[1:30:12] recommendation. Staff

[1:30:13] respectfully recommends that

[1:30:16] city council approve the 2026

[1:30:17] preventative street maintenance

[1:30:20] program for 44th street and

[1:30:26] 6.77 cinnamon levels models at

[1:30:28] $4,121,745 along with the

[1:30:30] pre-approval to utilize program

[1:30:33] savings on our three

[1:30:34] contingency streets. Thank you

[1:30:36] for your support and I'm

[1:30:37] available for any questions.

[1:30:39] Any questions. I didn't thank

[1:30:40] you for the presentation. Um

[1:30:42] you're doing a lot more streets

[1:30:44] than. Ever before. Uh, and I

[1:30:45] know you're working with a

[1:30:46] couple different entities. Do

[1:30:48] you anticipate having enough

[1:30:51] resources crews equipment to

[1:30:52] feasibly do 44 streets or

[1:30:55] somewhere close to that in the

[1:30:56] next year? We do so.

[1:30:59] >> a comparison would be is the

[1:31:01] 2024 or 2025 program. We did 79

[1:31:03] streets. We did that in about

[1:31:05] eight months and and it has a

[1:31:06] lot to do with the. Fact that

[1:31:08] we've went to uh turnkey as

[1:31:10] pape mentioned in the

[1:31:11] presentation with being able to

[1:31:13] have them come and pave the.

[1:31:13] Streets.

[1:31:14] >> we we.

[1:31:15] >> have. A lot of success. So

[1:31:17] with that so we do. Believe

[1:31:19] that. We have the resources to

[1:31:20] be able to complete that and

[1:31:25] within the next year. Um so

[1:31:26] kind of thanks for the

[1:31:27] presentation. So you know

[1:31:28] sometimes we hear from

[1:31:29] residents. Saying well.

[1:31:31] >> my streets terrible. Um, I

[1:31:32] guess with this. Ground

[1:31:33] penetrating radar radar system

[1:31:34] I guess you're using basically

[1:31:36] a scientific method and then

[1:31:37] you're back in that up also

[1:31:39] with a visual inspection. Is

[1:31:40] that correct? That is correct.

[1:31:43] So there great it out. We we uh

[1:31:46] we use oci which is our overall

[1:31:49] overall condition index and uh

[1:31:51] that number helps us to

[1:31:52] identify where we're trying to

[1:31:54] be because once once the street

[1:31:55] falls into that reconstruction

[1:31:57] or rehabilitation process it's

[1:31:58] not considered for overlay

[1:32:00] anymore because it's way way

[1:32:03] past the. Ability to be able.

[1:32:05] To do that. So there are. Some

[1:32:07] streets that are out there that

[1:32:08] 100% they they've already

[1:32:10] they're they're too far gone

[1:32:11] for us to invest the money into

[1:32:13] them because it wouldn't be

[1:32:14] would be smart on our part to

[1:32:15] be redoing those streets with

[1:32:18] as a mill an overlay. So uh, we

[1:32:19] absolutely take that data.

[1:32:21] That's the data that helps

[1:32:22] identify hey, what's the

[1:32:24] direction that we're going uh,

[1:32:26] with which streets.?

[1:32:27] >> okay. So I appreciate that

[1:32:28] scientific method. There and

[1:32:30] then um. But tarrant county,

[1:32:31] uh, can you explain us a little

[1:32:32] bit how that works?

[1:32:32] >> I know.

[1:32:34] >> that we approach them and

[1:32:35] are we paying for what

[1:32:37] materials or how does that work

[1:32:39] exactly? Uh, so what we do with

[1:32:42] them is is that we we, uh,

[1:32:44] identify the street the that we

[1:32:45] ask for their help on, uh and

[1:32:47] then what we do for the payment

[1:32:50] side of it is is that we pay

[1:32:52] for the materials and then they

[1:32:54] supply materials and fuel and

[1:32:56] then they supply the labor a

[1:32:58] part of a part of that. Let's

[1:32:59] hear their side.

[1:33:00] >> of it. So I appreciate you

[1:33:02] all doing that and saving a lot

[1:33:04] of money. Thank you sir anyone

[1:33:07] else. So yeah thank you thank

[1:33:12] you. Call for a motion. MR.

[1:33:14] Mayor I. Move that we approve

[1:33:16] the 2026 preventative.

[1:33:18] Maintenance program.

[1:33:19] Councilmember getz thank you.

[1:33:19] So I.

[1:33:22] >> guess I can thank you.

[1:33:23] Councilmember delaney the

[1:33:27] second. Call a question please

[1:33:34] vote. Passes seven zero moving

[1:33:36] on citizens presentation. This

[1:33:36] is an opportunity for citizens

[1:33:38] to address city council matters

[1:33:39] which are not scheduled for

[1:33:40] consideration by the city

[1:33:41] council. In order to address

[1:33:42] council, please complete a

[1:33:44] public meeting appearance form

[1:33:45] presented to city secretary.

[1:33:46] Prior to the start of the

[1:33:47] council meeting. Takes up

[1:33:48] meetings act prohibits action

[1:33:49] by the council in any subject

[1:33:51] that is not posted on the

[1:33:53] agenda. Uh not on the posted

[1:33:55] agenda. Therefore the council

[1:33:58] will not take action on items

[1:33:59] brought up during the citizens

[1:34:01] presentation. As a reminder,

[1:34:02] there's a time limit three

[1:34:03] minutes per speaker.

[1:34:04] >> not. To exceed 30 minutes

[1:34:06] for all speakers. Do we have

[1:34:08] anyone signed up? Yes mayor

[1:34:09] we've got one form from.

[1:34:10] >> eric kreyol. Eric.

[1:34:11] >> are you still in the

[1:34:12] audience? If you can please

[1:34:13] approach. The podium.

[1:34:14] >> state your name and address.

[1:34:15] For the record. You've got

[1:34:16] three minutes to. Address the

[1:34:20] mayor and council. And like

[1:34:21] I've said in the past, if

[1:34:23] someone if you're running for

[1:34:25] something don't talk about it.

[1:34:27] But thank you for coming here.

[1:34:29] You're welcome. Mayor council

[1:34:30] good evening. For those of you

[1:34:32] don't know me I sit on the

[1:34:32] appraisal district board.

[1:34:33] >> so I want.

[1:34:34] >> to come give you guys an

[1:34:35] update on the. Reappraisal

[1:34:36] plan. And I want to raise.

[1:34:37] Awareness for. Uh.

[1:34:38] >> northwestern hills

[1:34:39] residents. Uh.

[1:34:41] >> I also want to say. Mayor

[1:34:42] mccarty, thank you for your

[1:34:44] letter on. The, uh, budget.

[1:34:44] This.

[1:34:47] >> um we. Uh, tad. Ended up

[1:34:49] passing a budget of. 2.35%

[1:34:52] raise the entities down from

[1:34:54] 3.61 and uh overall it was uh,

[1:34:56] 2.6 increase down from 4.05

[1:34:59] that was proposed. So I hope it

[1:35:00] helped. Thank you.

[1:35:04] >> so in that. Packet um. Look

[1:35:06] at it at. Your leisure but on

[1:35:08] the first page residential

[1:35:09] ratios I want to talk about

[1:35:11] those your 2027 budget the

[1:35:12] average home value you're using

[1:35:16] according to your tax notice is

[1:35:17] $281,489. If you look.

[1:35:19] >> at the ratio sheet we see

[1:35:20] homes in this range are valued

[1:35:22] at roughly 91% of what sales

[1:35:23] data. Indicate they should be

[1:35:25] valued. The correlation for

[1:35:27] people to understand is that

[1:35:28] they're paying taxes on 91% of

[1:35:31] their home's value. Contrast

[1:35:32] that to homes above 1 million

[1:35:34] and we see homeowners only

[1:35:36] paying taxes on 71% of the

[1:35:38] home's value. The data shows

[1:35:39] the plan is created a

[1:35:40] non-uniform and an equal

[1:35:42] overall tax burden for lower

[1:35:44] value homes specifically homes

[1:35:47] below 500,000 the way the

[1:35:48] system's designed, the only way

[1:35:49] to guarantee is close to

[1:35:50] uniform and equal as possible

[1:35:52] to conduct yearly appraisals.

[1:35:53] So how does it affect

[1:35:55] north richland hills residents?

[1:35:58] Simple when the higher value

[1:35:59] homes are not contributing an

[1:36:00] equal shares the lower value

[1:36:02] homes then the tax rate must be

[1:36:04] set higher than necessary to

[1:36:05] obtain the required revenue.

[1:36:07] Now in a city as diverse as

[1:36:09] north richland hills, the

[1:36:10] disparity will start to present

[1:36:11] itself between neighborhoods

[1:36:13] when considering even larger,

[1:36:14] more diverse entities such as

[1:36:16] tarrant county and the school

[1:36:17] district. The disparities are

[1:36:19] larger and your residents are

[1:36:21] shouldering more of the overall

[1:36:23] burden. As you can see from the

[1:36:24] protest data, agents do a

[1:36:25] respectable job of representing

[1:36:26] homeowners from across the

[1:36:28] value spectrum. The difference

[1:36:30] in the ratios is not the result

[1:36:32] of lower home values receiving

[1:36:33] inadequate representation

[1:36:34] during the protest process. The

[1:36:36] difference is the higher value

[1:36:37] homes are appreciating faster

[1:36:39] than the lower value homes as a

[1:36:41] matter of policy I do not

[1:36:42] believe the appraisal district

[1:36:43] should be creating these

[1:36:46] inequities. 2027 is scheduled

[1:36:47] to be a year in which property

[1:36:49] is appraised and the current

[1:36:51] issues should resolve, but as

[1:36:52] long as every other year

[1:36:53] appraisal occurs, the

[1:36:54] inequities will continue into

[1:36:56] the nine appraisal years. Of

[1:36:57] course there are those that

[1:36:59] will say that what tad is doing

[1:37:00] is providing price stability

[1:37:02] for homeowners and to that I

[1:37:03] say well tide MAY lock the

[1:37:05] value. It cannot predict the

[1:37:06] various tax sensitive rates

[1:37:09] from that perspective price

[1:37:10] stability is moot.

[1:37:11] Additionally, protests continue

[1:37:13] to grow so I'm not sure it's

[1:37:15] price stability people seek

[1:37:16] when I ultimately believe

[1:37:17] people are seeking is a

[1:37:18] reduction in the overall tax

[1:37:19] burden and that's not the

[1:37:20] purview of the appraisal

[1:37:22] district. But what is in its

[1:37:23] purview is to ensure each

[1:37:24] taxpayer pays the same

[1:37:25] proportional share of the value

[1:37:28] of his or her home. It needs to

[1:37:29] be uniform throughout the

[1:37:31] county and uniformity allows

[1:37:33] for lower rates. That's how the

[1:37:34] appraisal district can best

[1:37:35] help taxpayers with the part.

[1:37:36] >> of the. Property tax

[1:37:37] equation. Thank you all for

[1:37:39] your time. Thank you eric nice

[1:37:46] job. Anyone else? Um there's no

[1:37:49] one else can speak. Um so I

[1:37:51] have a question. Um, if I

[1:37:52] request rogers status room I'm

[1:37:53] asked.

[1:37:54] >> city. Secretary. Lloyd

[1:37:55] called. Um, we move on to the

[1:37:57] next item. Okay, so I was

[1:37:59] reading through it there. Um,

[1:38:04] consider ordinance 3972

[1:38:06] authorizing the issuance of the

[1:38:08] ceo's uh series 2026 in the

[1:38:10] amount of $3 million for a fire

[1:38:17] engine and an ambulance.

[1:38:18] Good

[1:38:20] evening, mayor and. City

[1:38:22] council. Um, with this

[1:38:23] particular ordinance. You are.

[1:38:25] >> being requested, um, for

[1:38:27] your approval. To issue

[1:38:28] certificate of obligation. Um,

[1:38:30] to fund a. Fire truck. And an

[1:38:32] ambulance and an amount of $3

[1:38:35] million. So it.

[1:38:37] >> was on the JUNE 22nd. City

[1:38:40] council meeting. That the. City

[1:38:42] council did. Approve for. Staff

[1:38:44] to. Issue a. Notice of

[1:38:46] intention to issue the

[1:38:47] certificate of obligation. The

[1:38:49] notices did appear in the.

[1:38:52] Commercial recorder on. JUNE

[1:38:56] 26th and then. Again on. JULY

[1:38:56] 2nd.

[1:38:58] >> the notice has. Also been.

[1:39:00] Placed on the city's website

[1:39:05] in. Accordance with state law.

[1:39:07] The bond. Proceeds anticipated

[1:39:11] from this issuance totals

[1:39:12] 3,000,002.5 will. Be spent.

[1:39:16] >> for. A fire engine. And then

[1:39:17] 500,000 for an ambulance

[1:39:20] replacement. As a.

[1:39:23] >> part of. It is a

[1:39:24] certificate. Of obligations.

[1:39:26] The city did. Request credit

[1:39:30] ratings. From both s&p and

[1:39:33] moody's. For s&p. The rating

[1:39:37] was a plus which is snp's

[1:39:41] second. Highest rating. Moody's

[1:39:43] also. Issued a rating of two

[1:39:45] which is their. Third highest

[1:39:48] rating. And these are the same

[1:39:51] ratings. That the city did

[1:39:52] receive when the last debt

[1:39:55] issuance occurred. These rates

[1:39:58] do reflect. The city's stable

[1:39:59] financial position. Strong

[1:40:01] financial. Management and also

[1:40:03] a commitment to long. Term

[1:40:05] planning. These rates also help

[1:40:08] the city to secure a lower

[1:40:11] borrowing cost. The

[1:40:12] preliminary. Official

[1:40:12] statement.

[1:40:15] >> and notice of sale were made

[1:40:18] available on AUGUST 17th and

[1:40:21] the bid deadline was this

[1:40:24] morning at 10 A.M. The city did

[1:40:27] receive eight bids. Uh the

[1:40:28] funding from the certificate of

[1:40:31] obligations are expected to be

[1:40:36] received SEPTEMBER 22nd. We do

[1:40:37] have with us here this evening

[1:40:39] uh, stephen murray with uh

[1:40:41] hilltop securities who will now

[1:40:44] go over the details of the bids

[1:40:45] that were received.

[1:40:52] >> this morning. Um, I. Hope

[1:40:54] good evening, mayor and

[1:40:55] council. I'm stephen murray

[1:40:55] with hilltop securities. Good

[1:40:56] to.

[1:40:56] >> be with.

[1:40:58] >> you this evening. Um, by a.

[1:41:02] Quick way of. There it is. Um.

[1:41:04] By way of a reminder.

[1:41:05] >> um, steven alluded to this.

[1:41:05] Uh.

[1:41:06] >> when he brought the notice

[1:41:07] of. Intent to issue back.

[1:41:09] >> on JUNE 22nd. We also.

[1:41:10] >> introduced the. Possibility

[1:41:12] of issuing. Refunding bonds and

[1:41:13] the city has several

[1:41:15] outstanding uh, older issued

[1:41:16] bonds that are currently

[1:41:18] callable and eligible to.

[1:41:19] Produce um interest cost

[1:41:21] savings. Um, you know, the

[1:41:22] original plan of finance was

[1:41:24] that we. Would but.

[1:41:25] >> we were anticipating back

[1:41:26] throughout the spring and early

[1:41:28] summer actually a 1% increase

[1:41:30] in taxable values. You know,

[1:41:31] you're all well versed on what

[1:41:32] actually did happen with

[1:41:33] taxable values. And so once

[1:41:36] once we saw the 4.6% reduction

[1:41:38] um it sort of made that that

[1:41:39] argument a little bit more.

[1:41:40] What we were going to do was

[1:41:41] accelerate some principal on

[1:41:43] the refunding bonds to create

[1:41:44] some additional savings on the

[1:41:46] the latter years. And so the

[1:41:47] removal of that.

[1:41:48] >> that taxable value kind of

[1:41:49] eliminated that possibility for

[1:41:51] us. And so uh in discussions

[1:41:53] with staff we decided to um,

[1:41:54] you know, while those savings

[1:41:55] were still there they're not

[1:41:57] necessarily material or all

[1:41:59] that meaningful for you all and

[1:42:00] knowing we have a bond election

[1:42:01] coming up in NOVEMBER, we've

[1:42:03] got some big issue ones plans

[1:42:05] coming up as a result of that

[1:42:06] um, so to speak. It was a good

[1:42:07] idea to kind of keep our powder

[1:42:09] dry for that because we don't

[1:42:10] know what's going to happen

[1:42:11] with future appraisals and kind

[1:42:12] of having that flexibility in

[1:42:13] our back pocket and so we

[1:42:14] haven't.

[1:42:15] >> lost that opportunity. To to

[1:42:16] refund bonds. It's still with

[1:42:17] us. We just think it's going to

[1:42:19] make more sense for us about a

[1:42:20] year from now when we start to

[1:42:21] implement those does a double

[1:42:23] in sales. So while you're on

[1:42:24] that for a second steven yeah

[1:42:26] so what eric just said if they

[1:42:27] were doing the appraisals like

[1:42:28] they're supposed to we'd have

[1:42:29] been able to get a bond for

[1:42:31] lower rate and retire some of

[1:42:32] the higher rate bonds. Well

[1:42:33] what we would have done

[1:42:34] actually was is include the

[1:42:36] refunding um accelerate that

[1:42:38] that debt service and so yeah

[1:42:40] so that's. Overall savings for

[1:42:41] retiring more expensive debt.

[1:42:43] That's correct yes sir. Yep.

[1:42:44] >> add that to your

[1:42:47] presentation eric. Okay so

[1:42:49] before you hear as steven

[1:42:50] steven barnes mentioned this he

[1:42:52] did receive eight bids on the

[1:42:53] ceos this morning. Um td

[1:42:55] financial products was the

[1:42:57] highest bidder in terms of

[1:42:57] dollar price. There is your

[1:42:59] your lowest true interest cost

[1:43:05] of 3.368579%. Um also I should

[1:43:06] have mentioned this in front of

[1:43:07] you. You should have little

[1:43:08] booklets. We've included this

[1:43:09] we're a little bit old school

[1:43:10] that way like hard copies of

[1:43:13] everything here. So um the

[1:43:15] results are inside tab one as

[1:43:18] displayed here on the screen

[1:43:20] and side tab two is the debt

[1:43:21] service requirements on the

[1:43:25] ceos. Um three are copies of

[1:43:26] the rating reports that that

[1:43:28] steven mentioned. Again both

[1:43:29] ratings were affirmed by s&p

[1:43:32] and moody's. Um again they

[1:43:33] speak to the strength of the

[1:43:35] local economy are very strong

[1:43:38] budgetary practices. Um and uh

[1:43:40] and our financial policies here

[1:43:41] are strong strong indicators

[1:43:43] for us to to retain those

[1:43:46] ratings. Um, we also get this

[1:43:47] question quite a bit is, you

[1:43:48] know, how did this true

[1:43:50] interest costs compare to our

[1:43:52] prior issuances? So inside tab

[1:43:54] number four is a listing of all

[1:43:55] of the issuances in kind of

[1:43:57] reverse chronological order.

[1:43:59] And then inside tab number five

[1:44:01] is the preliminary official

[1:44:02] statement that was used to

[1:44:04] market the obligations to

[1:44:05] investors um to receive bids

[1:44:09] this morning. So with with all

[1:44:10] of that being said is our

[1:44:11] recommendation along with staff

[1:44:13] to award the ceos. To td.

[1:44:26] Financial products. Well.

[1:44:27] Very

[1:44:30] good thank you. Any questions

[1:44:35] guys. No no. Any questions to

[1:44:38] steven either no. Okay I'll

[1:44:42] call for the motion. MR. Mayor

[1:44:44] I move that we approve

[1:44:46] ordinance 3972 authorizing

[1:44:48] issue to amend the right

[1:44:50] number. Okay. Authorizing the

[1:44:52] issuance of certificates of

[1:44:54] obligation series 26 in the

[1:44:56] amount of $3 million for a fire

[1:44:59] engine and ambulance. Thank

[1:45:02] councilmember gets. Second

[1:45:04] second. Can mayor thank you.

[1:45:06] Mayor might I ask if the motion

[1:45:09] can. Include two td financial

[1:45:11] products. Llc at an interest

[1:45:15] rate of. 3.368579% to td

[1:45:17] financial products llc at an

[1:45:22] interest rate of 3.368579%. And

[1:45:23] now I know the second. One

[1:45:24] second. Okay.

[1:45:27] >> thank you. Any discussion?

[1:45:29] Well yeah just real quick here

[1:45:31] I nobody. I think likes to.

[1:45:34] >> uh have any additional cds

[1:45:35] that we don't necessarily need.

[1:45:38] To I know we've uh. Done as

[1:45:39] much as we can on this and

[1:45:40] these are obviously for, uh,

[1:45:41] support the fire trucks and uh

[1:45:43] uh, really appreciate the fact

[1:45:44] that, uh, our bond rating has

[1:45:45] not gone down at all for uh,

[1:45:47] s&p and moody's so over the

[1:45:49] last numerous years. So it just

[1:45:50] shows how uh, financially

[1:45:52] viable we are. Yes good good

[1:45:55] job by all and that and uh also

[1:45:58] uh in the climate as well of

[1:46:00] things that are happening so

[1:46:02] thank you. Call a question

[1:46:09] please vote. Passes seven zero

[1:46:14] next one is g2 uh amendment two

[1:46:15] excuse me cooperative purchase

[1:46:17] customer agreement for data box

[1:46:19] inc to increase the spending

[1:46:23] authority $721,728 for the

[1:46:24] accumulative amount not to

[1:46:29] exceed 1,431,578 through MAY

[1:46:30] 31st 2028 for the purchase

[1:46:32] access hardware, software and

[1:46:35] related services utilizing the

[1:46:38] local purchasing system

[1:46:43] cooperative agreement 230105

[1:46:48] amy stevens please come up.

[1:46:51] Mayor and council. This item.

[1:46:52] >> supports the.

[1:46:53] >> city's ongoing.

[1:46:55] >> effort to standardize access

[1:46:56] control. Across city facilities

[1:46:58] under a. Single enterprise

[1:47:00] platform. The completed. First

[1:47:02] phase included all. Fire

[1:47:03] stations, the public. Safety

[1:47:05] training facility. The library

[1:47:07] and outreach. Center and.

[1:47:08] Facilities and. Construction

[1:47:10] building. This next phase will.

[1:47:11] Move city. Hall to.

[1:47:13] >> the same platform.

[1:47:15] Standardizing on one platform.

[1:47:16] Provides greater consistency.

[1:47:18] In system management and.

[1:47:19] Maintenance and.

[1:47:20] >> creates a more. Sustainable

[1:47:25] foundation. For future needs.

[1:47:26] This is a significant building.

[1:47:28] >> wide project involving the

[1:47:31] migration of approximately 250

[1:47:32] access. Control doors along

[1:47:33] with the supporting hardware

[1:47:35] needed to move city hall to

[1:47:37] the. Standardized platform. The

[1:47:39] original project. Scope was

[1:47:40] based on. Migrating only that.

[1:47:43] Access control software. During

[1:47:45] detailed. Project evaluation,

[1:47:46] staff. Determined that the

[1:47:48] supporting hardware should also

[1:47:50] be included. Upgrading the

[1:47:51] software and. Hardware together

[1:47:54] will. Ensure compatibility.

[1:47:55] Continued manufacturer support

[1:47:57] .And a reliable long.

[1:48:02] >> term system. As shown on the

[1:48:04] slide. Expanding the city. Hall

[1:48:06] scope to include. A hardware.

[1:48:08] Refresh and a 10% contingency

[1:48:10] created a funding gap of

[1:48:13] approximately $275,500. Staff

[1:48:15] has identified savings from

[1:48:17] other completed. Projects

[1:48:18] within. The it capital.

[1:48:21] Projects fund. Those existing.

[1:48:22] Funds are sufficient.

[1:48:23] >> to. Cover the funding gap so

[1:48:24] no new. Funding is.

[1:48:29] >> being requested. Separate

[1:48:29] from.

[1:48:30] >> the project. Funding is.

[1:48:31] >> the. Contract spending

[1:48:34] authority. The existing data

[1:48:37] box. Agreement amount is

[1:48:39] $709,850. Most of this has

[1:48:40] already been used for

[1:48:43] previously completed projects.

[1:48:44] Staff is requesting an.

[1:48:45] Amendment to increase.

[1:48:47] >> the. Contract spending.

[1:48:50] Authority by an. Additional

[1:48:52] $721,728. That includes.

[1:48:53] >> the. New quote amount for

[1:48:55] the city hall phase and

[1:48:59] additional. And an additional

[1:49:01] $43,686. To be used for future.

[1:49:02] Phases at other.

[1:49:05] >> city facilities. The

[1:49:06] amendment would result in a

[1:49:07] cumulative. Agreement amount

[1:49:07] not.

[1:49:12] >> to exceed $1,431,578.

[1:49:15] >> through MAY of 2028. That

[1:49:16] total. Includes previously

[1:49:18] completed. Projects.

[1:49:20] >> the city hall phase and

[1:49:23] future work purchases will be

[1:49:24] made through the tips

[1:49:25] cooperative purchasing program.

[1:49:26] Which satisfies state.

[1:49:27] Competitive procurement

[1:49:30] requirements. With that. I will

[1:49:32] answer any questions. Any

[1:49:35] questions. No thank you. Good

[1:49:36] job. Thank you. I call for the

[1:49:39] motion. MR. Mayor I move we

[1:49:40] approve. Amendment number. Two

[1:49:42] to the cooperative. Purchase

[1:49:43] customer. Agreement with data

[1:49:45] of inc to increase the spending

[1:49:48] authority of $721,188. For a

[1:49:51] cumulative amount not to exceed

[1:49:54] $1,431,578. Through MAY 31st.

[1:49:55] 2028 for the purchase of access

[1:49:56] control. Hardware, software.

[1:49:58] And related services utilizing

[1:49:59] the. Interlocal purchasing

[1:50:00] system cooperative. Agreement

[1:50:03] 23. 0105 and gets management

[1:50:04] second. Thank you.

[1:50:06] >> councilmember parks. Thank

[1:50:09] you for the second um any

[1:50:12] discussion. I call the question

[1:50:18] please vote. Passes seven zero.

[1:50:19] Next item consider resolution

[1:50:22] 2020 6-051 authorizing.

[1:50:22] >> the recovery.

[1:50:25] >> of credit and debit card

[1:50:26] processing costs through fees.

[1:50:27] Establish maximum recovery

[1:50:29] amount of 5% of the transaction

[1:50:31] amount authorizing city manager

[1:50:33] and or designee to establish

[1:50:34] and implement the appropriate

[1:50:36] recovery method in the amount

[1:50:37] of different departments,

[1:50:39] payment processors and

[1:50:40] transaction types providing the

[1:50:41] compliance with the application

[1:50:44] laws and applicable laws and

[1:50:45] providing the effective date

[1:50:45] treaty.

[1:50:48] >> uh mayor council this is an.

[1:50:49] >> item that we discussed at

[1:50:50] the last city council work

[1:50:52] session uh that was held two

[1:50:53] weeks ago. We are. Bringing

[1:50:54] forward additional information

[1:50:56] that we want to be sure to

[1:50:58] include for your for you all

[1:50:59] consideration. Payment

[1:51:00] processing.

[1:51:01] >> by the city at this time is

[1:51:03] a decentralized function. It's

[1:51:04] happening in conjunction with

[1:51:06] different departments divisions

[1:51:07] of those departments but also

[1:51:09] is driven by relationships with

[1:51:11] our point of sale systems. Um,

[1:51:13] just to give you one example of

[1:51:14] some of that uh,

[1:51:15] differentiation when people are

[1:51:18] paying their um online fees

[1:51:20] through deckard in order to pay

[1:51:21] for short term rentals, that's

[1:51:22] a different credit card

[1:51:23] processor than when people are

[1:51:25] paying online for a permit. It

[1:51:26] could be happening under the

[1:51:27] same department but depending

[1:51:29] on the actual service they

[1:51:30] could be going through a

[1:51:31] different software system. So

[1:51:32] much of the variation we're

[1:51:34] seeing in cost and also in

[1:51:35] processors is driven first and

[1:51:37] foremost by the point of sale

[1:51:38] that the customer is

[1:51:40] interacting with. We need to

[1:51:42] serve the unique needs of our

[1:51:43] divisions and programs of

[1:51:45] various departments. Our

[1:51:46] transactions do include credit

[1:51:48] cards, debit cards and

[1:51:49] electronic payments. The costs

[1:51:51] for processing these payments

[1:51:53] are paid to processors and

[1:51:54] currently are mostly absorbed

[1:51:55] by the city. We'll go through a

[1:51:57] few instances where that is not

[1:51:58] the case but in general they

[1:52:00] are observed by the city. Some

[1:52:01] of these transactions are

[1:52:03] processed directly by the

[1:52:05] city's bank and in those

[1:52:06] instances we are not incurring

[1:52:10] a fee. This shows you all an

[1:52:12] example uh, our comparisons to

[1:52:14] other communities and what uh

[1:52:15] we've got other payments. This

[1:52:17] is specifically for utility

[1:52:18] billing. This just provides an

[1:52:20] overview confirming that

[1:52:22] everyone is charging fees um,

[1:52:24] for what it costs to process

[1:52:25] uh, payments. But for those

[1:52:27] that are charging you see the

[1:52:30] amounts listed here also for

[1:52:31] recreation center payments you

[1:52:33] can also see a comparison for

[1:52:35] neighboring communities for

[1:52:36] what it is that they are

[1:52:38] charging uh, what it is that

[1:52:39] we'd be proposing and also what

[1:52:43] people are charging. We showed

[1:52:45] you all this information during

[1:52:46] the work session it over lines

[1:52:48] each of our departments, the

[1:52:50] service areas or the types of

[1:52:52] costs that are being associated

[1:52:54] with the payments and also with

[1:52:55] that current annual cost is

[1:52:57] what we did was look at 2025

[1:52:59] for actual costs. We had a full

[1:53:01] year's worth of data for the

[1:53:02] purpose of comparison. Um, to

[1:53:05] do our analysis you will note

[1:53:06] that the highest cost is

[1:53:08] certainly under utility

[1:53:10] billing. Um, we touch every

[1:53:12] business, we touch every

[1:53:14] resident every month uh, for

[1:53:15] utility billing it certainly is

[1:53:16] going to be our highest volume

[1:53:18] and therefore is our highest

[1:53:19] cost center. So we're going to

[1:53:20] spend a little bit of time

[1:53:21] talking specifically about

[1:53:25] utility billing. Customers can

[1:53:26] and do pay us a number of ways

[1:53:28] they can pay by phone. They can

[1:53:29] pay in person, they can pay

[1:53:32] online by mail, dropbox people

[1:53:33] can actually drive through uh

[1:53:35] to city hall and drop into our

[1:53:37] dropbox. We also have automatic

[1:53:39] payments as well as bill pay

[1:53:41] through people's bank. And what

[1:53:42] you see here in the screenshot

[1:53:44] is our website that shows

[1:53:45] people all of those different

[1:53:46] options, explains to them how

[1:53:48] they can pay by uh these

[1:53:52] various ways. And on top of

[1:53:53] that we do receive various

[1:53:55] payment types credit cards,

[1:53:58] debit cards, cash money orders.

[1:53:59] Yes we do have people that pay

[1:54:01] us via money order bank draft,

[1:54:04] electronic bank transfer uh

[1:54:06] bank bill pay and also by

[1:54:07] check. There's a few things I

[1:54:08] want to be sure to point out

[1:54:10] here. Uh, debit cards and

[1:54:11] credit cards can also include

[1:54:13] people who are doing automatic

[1:54:14] payments. So some people are

[1:54:15] going to do an automatic

[1:54:17] payment on our debit or credit

[1:54:18] card. So that's included here

[1:54:21] as one type of payment that's

[1:54:23] accepted. Those that have an

[1:54:24] asterisk next to it are options

[1:54:26] that are handled through our

[1:54:27] bank. And so they're not

[1:54:28] incurring a processing fee. The

[1:54:29] city's not paying a fee when

[1:54:32] people use these options with

[1:54:34] checks that can incur a fee if

[1:54:36] someone is paying online or by

[1:54:39] phone. And that's because the

[1:54:40] processor charges fees for

[1:54:42] those. So if you're using a

[1:54:43] check in person, it's not going

[1:54:44] to charge you if you're

[1:54:44] dropping in the mail is not

[1:54:46] going to charge you if you're

[1:54:47] doing online bill pay through

[1:54:49] your bank and your bank mails a

[1:54:51] physical check. Some banks send

[1:54:53] us money electronically. Some

[1:54:54] of them MAY also physical check

[1:54:56] and that case you're not being

[1:54:57] charged for that either. But if

[1:54:59] you are going online um and

[1:55:01] you're using an e check there

[1:55:04] is a small fee that we are

[1:55:05] charged for that or if you're

[1:55:09] doing that over the phone. What

[1:55:11] we see here is the utilization

[1:55:13] of the different payment

[1:55:14] options that has happened in

[1:55:15] utility billing year to date.

[1:55:18] You can see 86% is from online

[1:55:20] payments the vast majority that

[1:55:21] are for credit and debit cards

[1:55:25] at about 65%. And then you can

[1:55:27] see we do have some some

[1:55:28] electronic checks. So those

[1:55:29] debit credit card fees are

[1:55:32] sitting at 2.95% for the online

[1:55:35] or check payments. Those are at

[1:55:37] $0.95 per transaction. Our next

[1:55:38] biggest category are people

[1:55:40] paying. Over the phone.

[1:55:41] >> so over the phone is going

[1:55:43] to charge both a percentage for

[1:55:45] that transaction and also $0.50

[1:55:47] .That's just the dollar amount

[1:55:48] added on top. And then if

[1:55:50] people are using that uh phone

[1:55:51] service to pay with an

[1:55:52] electronic check it is going to

[1:55:55] be a cost of $1.45. We do have

[1:55:57] people who come in person and

[1:55:58] so you can see that that's

[1:56:00] about 1% of the transactions

[1:56:02] and then all other are sitting

[1:56:04] there is one big group uh where

[1:56:06] we've got our cash, our checks,

[1:56:07] money orders, monthly bank

[1:56:10] draft uh bill pay and also

[1:56:12] mail. So again we're clustering

[1:56:15] quite a bit for those online

[1:56:16] payments. We would love to

[1:56:18] encourage people uh to move to

[1:56:19] another mode of payment. We'd

[1:56:21] love to do auto draft um if

[1:56:22] people are interested in

[1:56:25] utilizing that opportunity. Our

[1:56:26] proposal for cost uh recovery

[1:56:29] is um to accommodate the fact

[1:56:31] that there are some different

[1:56:33] methods for recovery and also

[1:56:34] different amounts which is

[1:56:36] really based on which option

[1:56:39] the payee is utilizing. Um, the

[1:56:41] city would look to recover the

[1:56:43] fee equal to the amount of the

[1:56:44] processing fee. But we are not

[1:56:45] asking to do any sort of um

[1:56:47] charges or make any money on

[1:56:48] these types of transactions. We

[1:56:50] would limit that to 5% which is

[1:56:52] uh the total limit that is

[1:56:54] allowed for local governments

[1:56:57] on recovery. And we're

[1:56:58] proposing this to be considered

[1:57:00] as a total maximum amount, but

[1:57:02] the actual percentage would be

[1:57:03] based on what it cost. So

[1:57:05] because different processors

[1:57:06] charge different amounts, we

[1:57:06] could certainly submit

[1:57:08] something that has 57 different

[1:57:10] fees on it which we'd have to

[1:57:12] change anytime the processor

[1:57:13] changes or for efficiency sake

[1:57:15] we could ask council to allow

[1:57:17] for recovery and an amount not

[1:57:18] to exceed a set percentage,

[1:57:20] which is how we have proposed.

[1:57:22] Customers still can't avoid

[1:57:23] paying processing fees uh by

[1:57:25] using other payment methods.

[1:57:26] There are times where we might

[1:57:29] not necessarily uh want that to

[1:57:30] happen. For example, at our

[1:57:31] water park we don't want people

[1:57:32] to start paying in cash. We

[1:57:34] still would like for them to

[1:57:35] pay um in a cashless method.

[1:57:38] But in general we certainly

[1:57:39] want to encourage folks to pay

[1:57:40] with a way that it's not going

[1:57:43] to charge fees. For utility

[1:57:45] customers in particular we

[1:57:47] would look to do a number of

[1:57:48] different notifications um, to

[1:57:50] our customers we know again

[1:57:52] this is our largest area of of

[1:57:54] fees and processes and the

[1:57:55] largest quantity of people that

[1:57:57] would be impacted by this. We

[1:57:58] would sit out information in

[1:57:59] our news and notes that goes

[1:58:01] out in SEPTEMBER on the utility

[1:58:02] billing website as an

[1:58:04] additional form in water bills

[1:58:06] going out next month as a

[1:58:07] prefilled form going out in

[1:58:09] water bills in OCTOBER. And I

[1:58:10] want to distinguish those two

[1:58:12] options. We utilize a service

[1:58:13] that helps us with our utility

[1:58:15] billing, which makes it much

[1:58:16] less expensive than if we were

[1:58:19] trying to actually print and

[1:58:20] stuff and mail envelopes

[1:58:22] ourselves with our staff. So we

[1:58:23] do use a third party to help us

[1:58:25] with that. They're able to

[1:58:27] cross-reference information

[1:58:28] like your customer number, your

[1:58:30] account number, that kind of

[1:58:31] information and create that is

[1:58:33] one form that can proactively

[1:58:34] be sent out to customers. We

[1:58:36] want to utilize that service so

[1:58:38] that we can catch people early

[1:58:40] with the exact information they

[1:58:42] need to give us if they wanted

[1:58:43] to switch over their their bill

[1:58:46] uh payment option. We also will

[1:58:49] provide a banner on our youtube

[1:58:50] portal page where people go

[1:58:52] online to pay those 86% of our

[1:58:54] customers who like to pay us

[1:58:56] online. We are going to provide

[1:58:57] notification via email, text

[1:58:59] and phone call. So whatever

[1:59:00] information we have from

[1:59:01] customers we want to utilize

[1:59:02] that to provide the

[1:59:04] notifications. We also would

[1:59:06] provide the information in our

[1:59:07] e-newsletter and as a flier on

[1:59:09] the counter window at utility

[1:59:14] billing. We did talk last time

[1:59:16] about the need to come in

[1:59:18] person in order to submit a

[1:59:19] monthly bank draft form. We

[1:59:21] have since updated our

[1:59:22] processes. We will allow for

[1:59:24] people to do that online. So we

[1:59:25] now have an online feature

[1:59:27] where people do not have to

[1:59:28] come in person if they want to

[1:59:29] make that change they can go

[1:59:31] into our website right now

[1:59:32] what's shown here is what is

[1:59:34] what is on our website right

[1:59:35] now to allow for people to do

[1:59:37] that. Um, if they'd like to

[1:59:38] online they certainly can come

[1:59:40] in person um to provide us with

[1:59:41] a physical check to do that or

[1:59:43] they could utilize the option

[1:59:47] in order to switch it one line.

[1:59:48] In terms.

[1:59:50] >> of other departments and

[1:59:52] what those fees look like, this

[1:59:54] is really just giving you an

[1:59:55] overview of what those fees

[1:59:56] are. Again you can see that

[1:59:58] they vary depending on who the

[2:00:00] processor is for the library we

[2:00:03] do have in person copy fees

[2:00:04] depends on the type of credit

[2:00:05] card you're using as to what

[2:00:07] the fee is, which is pretty

[2:00:08] typical for a lot of these

[2:00:09] processors. A discover card or

[2:00:11] an rm card does not cost the

[2:00:12] same as a visa or mastercard

[2:00:15] for example. Uh, what we see in

[2:00:17] that average rate is about

[2:00:20] 2.31% for library charges. But

[2:00:21] you can see what's happening

[2:00:23] here on on all the other areas

[2:00:25] what's highlighted uh what's

[2:00:26] shown here in bold are areas

[2:00:29] where um we actually think it

[2:00:31] is going to be better for our

[2:00:33] customer and for the city for

[2:00:35] us to continue to absorb those

[2:00:36] fees. We'll go through some of

[2:00:40] that rationale in just a second

[2:00:41] specifically for the water park

[2:00:43] we currently are charging

[2:00:45] convenience fees if people are

[2:00:47] paying online. So these are

[2:00:49] fees that are right now charged

[2:00:51] only for online transactions.

[2:00:54] The amount varies based on the

[2:00:56] transaction amount. So you can

[2:00:57] see on the chart on the left

[2:00:59] hand side the transaction range

[2:01:00] and then you see on the right

[2:01:02] hand side what is the current

[2:01:05] convenience. Fee the average uh

[2:01:06] cost that we're seeing the

[2:01:08] average transactions amount are

[2:01:09] actually falling in that bucket

[2:01:12] of 91 to $120. So most of them

[2:01:14] are really clustering around

[2:01:15] that dollar amount in

[2:01:17] transactions. We are going to

[2:01:18] update these fees to be in line

[2:01:20] with a maximum of 5% cost

[2:01:22] recovery. So there will be some

[2:01:23] instances depending on what it

[2:01:25] is that people are doing online

[2:01:26] and engaging with us

[2:01:27] specifically for the aquatic

[2:01:29] park where they could see some

[2:01:30] reductions in fees. Um, just

[2:01:31] because we're going to get

[2:01:33] these back in line to match um

[2:01:38] that total not to exceed 5%.

[2:01:40] For the library, the processor

[2:01:42] for copies very very small

[2:01:44] dollar amounts. Um,

[2:01:46] logistically they're not able

[2:01:48] to reconfigure the system to

[2:01:50] assess a fee to the customer.

[2:01:51] It is such a low dollar amount,

[2:01:53] um, that we find that, you

[2:01:54] know, sort of the juice really

[2:01:55] isn't worth the squeeze there.

[2:01:57] Um, to make those changes for

[2:01:59] the golf course, kemper sports

[2:02:00] utilizes a vendor for

[2:02:01] tournaments. So one processor

[2:02:03] they're using every day for

[2:02:04] merchandise and to purchase

[2:02:06] food and those sort of

[2:02:07] activities when you're inside

[2:02:09] of the facility but a different

[2:02:11] vendor if you're booking for

[2:02:12] tournaments again that's kind

[2:02:14] of like that best in class um

[2:02:16] point of sale system they're

[2:02:18] not able to pass along

[2:02:20] transaction fees um in those

[2:02:21] instances. So there are some

[2:02:23] fees will continue to absorb on

[2:02:25] the golf side of the house. We

[2:02:26] want to pass the fees along

[2:02:27] where it makes sense to do it,

[2:02:28] but we certainly don't want to

[2:02:30] hurt the overall revenue um or

[2:02:32] activity within some of our uh,

[2:02:35] recreational activities as well

[2:02:36] for the inner center and also

[2:02:38] for the tennis center.

[2:02:39] Currently the cost for

[2:02:41] electronic check payments is

[2:02:43] $0.14 each. That's a cost we

[2:02:44] want to go ahead and continue

[2:02:46] to absorb because we don't want

[2:02:47] to create some sort of fee

[2:02:49] issue that in any way creates

[2:02:51] um any sort of distraction from

[2:02:53] people to continue to utilize

[2:02:54] services that we hope they

[2:02:56] enjoy. And then finally for the

[2:02:59] aquatic park um, we do look at

[2:03:00] cost recovery for that

[2:03:02] operation every year as part of

[2:03:03] an overall comprehensive effort

[2:03:06] of our of our city team, the

[2:03:07] in-person transactions or

[2:03:09] something we recognize if we

[2:03:10] were to start charging fees for

[2:03:12] that, it MAY inadvertently

[2:03:13] reduce people's spending within

[2:03:16] the park and what we would lose

[2:03:17] overall would be potentially

[2:03:19] more than what we would gain

[2:03:20] from passing along the fee. So

[2:03:22] we don't want to create a

[2:03:23] hindrance to our revenue lines.

[2:03:25] So we believe it's actually in

[2:03:28] um in the best overall need for

[2:03:30] the park to not pass along

[2:03:32] transaction fees for in-person

[2:03:33] transactions at the aquatic

[2:03:35] park. So the online piece for

[2:03:36] the aquatic park would still

[2:03:39] have fees associated with

[2:03:40] convenience fee. Some of them

[2:03:41] will come down because we don't

[2:03:43] want to go about that 5%. But

[2:03:44] if you're inside of the park

[2:03:46] itself we would not pass along

[2:03:49] those fees um to customers. I

[2:03:50] do want to point out to city

[2:03:52] council that the packet went

[2:03:54] out um earlier last week that

[2:03:55] did include resolution

[2:03:57] ordinance that talked about

[2:03:58] processing fees for credit

[2:04:00] cards only. So it didn't

[2:04:02] include information there about

[2:04:04] online um or over the phone

[2:04:06] payments. We really we spent

[2:04:07] time talking about that

[2:04:08] specifically for utility

[2:04:09] billing in this presentation.

[2:04:11] If those things were left out

[2:04:13] then utility billing would have

[2:04:15] about a $92,000 expense added

[2:04:18] to fiscal year 27. That was not

[2:04:19] our intention. So we did uh,

[2:04:21] email to city council a revised

[2:04:23] resolution, an overall cover

[2:04:26] sheet that would include

[2:04:28] terminology for electronic

[2:04:29] payments that allows us then to

[2:04:30] be able to charge for those

[2:04:33] phone payments and also for um,

[2:04:35] those those electronic checks

[2:04:36] that would eliminate the need

[2:04:38] to have an additional $92,000

[2:04:40] expense going into the utility

[2:04:43] .Um, the utility fund for for

[2:04:46] next fiscal year based on the

[2:04:48] changes that I just outlined

[2:04:50] for when we would look to

[2:04:51] continue to absorb some cost

[2:04:53] and when we would look to do

[2:04:54] full cost recovery, this is

[2:04:56] what we anticipate for the

[2:04:57] differences. So you see the

[2:04:58] column that shows the annual

[2:05:00] the current annual cost, what

[2:05:01] sort of recovery method we

[2:05:03] would look to put into place

[2:05:05] and then the remaining cost for

[2:05:08] for fiscal 27. So there's a

[2:05:09] significant decrease in overall

[2:05:11] cost but it doesn't go to zero.

[2:05:12] Uh we want to make sure again

[2:05:14] that we're balancing uh what we

[2:05:15] would look to receive in

[2:05:16] revenue from people continuing

[2:05:18] to provide transactions while

[2:05:20] also providing for necessary

[2:05:24] cost recovery. In terms of

[2:05:25] implementation this evening we

[2:05:26] do have on your city on your

[2:05:29] agenda, um, to allow for a

[2:05:30] maximum recovery amount of 5%

[2:05:32] of the transaction amount. If

[2:05:34] you all were to approve that

[2:05:35] then we would start as of

[2:05:36] tomorrow morning notifying

[2:05:38] customers of fees across

[2:05:39] departments. We also have a

[2:05:41] frequently asked. Questions

[2:05:42] that we'll provide to city

[2:05:44] staff who interface with

[2:05:45] customers that we have

[2:05:47] consistency in our discussions

[2:05:49] with all of our customers. Our

[2:05:50] finance team will begin working

[2:05:51] with departments and also our

[2:05:53] processes in order to implement

[2:05:55] the cost recovery program and

[2:05:58] this would be effective as of

[2:05:59] OCTOBER the 1st to align with

[2:06:00] the fiscal year and with that

[2:06:02] mayor council I'm happy to take

[2:06:04] any questions you MAY have.

[2:06:06] Thank you truly. Um I know that

[2:06:07] you did this during the work

[2:06:08] session and there was a lot

[2:06:09] that obviously the same but

[2:06:11] there's very good I will say

[2:06:13] this of course what I've seen

[2:06:14] everybody is starting to charge

[2:06:16] these fees on everything that I

[2:06:16] did added.

[2:06:17] >> on. All the.

[2:06:18] >> stuff that.

[2:06:20] >> didn't matter what it is.

[2:06:22] It's added. Everywhere now and

[2:06:23] I understand because the cards

[2:06:24] have gotten high. So

[2:06:26] councilmember lee. Yeah uh.

[2:06:27] Great job on this. I think

[2:06:29] it's. A creative way. To kind.

[2:06:31] Of help. Our budget given the,

[2:06:33] you know. Struggles going

[2:06:34] forward. And the.

[2:06:35] >> mayor's right. You know

[2:06:36] everybody does. This now it's

[2:06:38] commonplace. I do in my

[2:06:40] business everybody. Online does

[2:06:41] it. Ticketmaster pioneered.

[2:06:43] This decades. Ago service fees.

[2:06:44] >> all that stuff.

[2:06:46] >> so um. One question I did

[2:06:49] have. Is you know. It was going

[2:06:51] to see the notification. Uh is

[2:06:53] there anything. If people are

[2:06:54] just like okay fine.

[2:06:55] >> I'm just going to keep

[2:06:55] paying how I'm going to pay. Do

[2:06:56] they need to.

[2:06:57] >> go change anything.

[2:06:58] >> or. Is it just rock and

[2:06:58] roll? They don't.

[2:06:59] >> as long as you're making

[2:07:01] those changes you don't need to

[2:07:05] take any action okay. Anybody

[2:07:11] else thank you thank you. Any

[2:07:14] call for a motion? MR. Mayor I

[2:07:15] move that we approve resolution

[2:07:18] number 2020 6-051 authorizing

[2:07:20] the implementation of

[2:07:22] electronic payments uh

[2:07:23] processing cost recovery

[2:07:25] program and establishing a

[2:07:26] maximum recovery amount of 5%

[2:07:29] of each transaction. Thank you,

[2:07:31] council member dupree. Second

[2:07:32] thank you, council member

[2:07:35] delaney the second any

[2:07:37] discussion seeing none call the

[2:07:43] question please vote.

[2:07:47] Passes

[2:07:51] seven zero. Move on to the

[2:07:54] executive session items city

[2:07:55] council MAY take action on the

[2:07:56] items that were in the

[2:07:57] executive session listed on the

[2:08:01] work session agenda. Um I think

[2:08:02] we have some motions when you

[2:08:05] start with the first. But with.

[2:08:06] Which ones has the first

[2:08:14] motion? Sorry huh h1. Mayor I'd

[2:08:16] like to. Make a. Motion to

[2:08:17] authorize the city manager to.

[2:08:18] Negotiate and.

[2:08:19] >> execute a commercial

[2:08:20] contract. Improved property.

[2:08:22] >> and execute all. Necessary

[2:08:24] and related documents for the

[2:08:26] contract and for closing with g

[2:08:29] and g property management llc.

[2:08:30] 453 32 davis boulevard in the

[2:08:33] amount of. $500,000 subject to

[2:08:34] survey plus. All closing costs,

[2:08:36] commissions. Fees and taxes.

[2:08:38] Thank councilmember delaney do

[2:08:39] I get second second thank

[2:08:41] councilmember matt for the

[2:08:42] second. Does anyone have any

[2:08:43] discussion item somebody that

[2:08:45] you want to have no authority

[2:08:47] okay thank you I call the

[2:08:54] question please vote. Passes

[2:08:57] seven zero second item that was

[2:08:59] discussed in um executive

[2:09:01] session. Yeah. Mayor I. Make a

[2:09:01] motion.

[2:09:02] >> that we. Authorize the.

[2:09:03] >> city manager to negotiate,

[2:09:05] execute a. Commercial contract.

[2:09:07] Unimproved property and

[2:09:08] execute. All necessary and

[2:09:09] related. Documents for the

[2:09:11] contract. And for.

[2:09:13] >> closing with dream the.

[2:09:14] Fortunes llc.

[2:09:17] >> for. 5336 davis boulevard in

[2:09:20] the amount of $185,000. Subject

[2:09:20] to survey.

[2:09:22] >> plus. All closing. Costs.

[2:09:23] >> commissions.

[2:09:25] >> fees and taxes. Okay

[2:09:27] councilmember. Parks do I get a

[2:09:28] second second council mayor

[2:09:30] against second. Anybody any

[2:09:32] discussion don't think that

[2:09:37] color question please vote.

[2:09:40] Passes seven zero last item

[2:09:42] councilmember mitchell I think.

[2:09:44] Mayor I. Would authorize.

[2:09:46] >> the. City manager negotiate.

[2:09:47] Executed commercial. Contract

[2:09:48] unimproved. Property and.

[2:09:49] Execute all.

[2:09:50] >> necessary related. Documents

[2:09:51] for.

[2:09:52] >> the contract. And for.

[2:09:54] >> closing with saint. Paul

[2:09:55] presbyterian. Church for.

[2:09:58] >> 2.2 acres or 4517. Bruce no

[2:09:59] drive more. Specifically a.

[2:10:02] >> portion of. Tracks to be

[2:10:04] zero. To e to be zero to.

[2:10:06] Health and. To be zero.

[2:10:07] >> to. G of.

[2:10:09] >> the john. M values and.

[2:10:11] Survey abstract. 1588 in.

[2:10:14] >> the. Amount of. $649,000

[2:10:17] subject. To survey. Plus all

[2:10:18] closing. Costs, commissions,

[2:10:21] fees and taxes. Councilmember

[2:10:23] mitchell do I get second? Okay.

[2:10:26] Councilmember map second. Any

[2:10:29] discussion on that? The only

[2:10:30] thing I'll say is that's

[2:10:31] bargain. That's a that's a

[2:10:33] great that's a great deal for

[2:10:34] what we're down so I'll call

[2:10:42] the question please vote.

[2:10:47] Passes seven zero moving on to

[2:10:48] announcements councilmember.

[2:10:53] >> roberts our next. There you

[2:10:56] go. Yeah our next. In our. H

[2:10:57] bike and hike will be held

[2:10:59] tuesday SEPTEMBER the 1st. 6

[2:11:02] P.M. Starting with the inter

[2:11:04] center. The monthly event is a

[2:11:05] great opportunity. To get

[2:11:06] outside, be. Active and.

[2:11:08] >> meet others in a fun and.

[2:11:10] Welcoming setting. Visit the

[2:11:12] city's. Website for more

[2:11:13] details. City hall.

[2:11:14] >> and. Other non-emergency

[2:11:17] city. Offices will be closed on

[2:11:18] monday. SEPTEMBER the 7th.

[2:11:21] >> for the labor day holiday.

[2:11:22] The inner city.

[2:11:24] >> center, iron horse. Golf

[2:11:24] course. And inner.

[2:11:27] >> h2o will be open. Garbage

[2:11:29] and recycling. Will not be

[2:11:32] collected on labor day monday.

[2:11:33] Collections will occur on

[2:11:35] tuesday and tuesday.

[2:11:36] Collections will move to

[2:11:39] wednesday. Join in our. Parks

[2:11:41] and recreation for play today

[2:11:44] in rh on saturday SEPTEMBER

[2:11:45] the.

[2:11:46] >> 12th. They will be at

[2:11:50] adventure park. Playground from

[2:11:52] 9:30 A.M. To 11 A.M. A special

[2:11:54] nature walk will leave from the

[2:11:56] pavilion at. 10 A.M.. We hope

[2:11:58] to see you there and kudos.

[2:12:00] Corner every. Council meeting.

[2:12:02] >> we spotlight our employees

[2:12:04] for the great things they do

[2:12:07] tonight we recognize spencer

[2:12:09] lopez and our neta marshall in

[2:12:12] animal services. A resident

[2:12:14] recently. Left a five. Star

[2:12:16] google. Review for animal.

[2:12:18] Services officers marshall and

[2:12:20] lopez, who responded to her

[2:12:22] call about a dog that was being

[2:12:24] neglected from the moment they

[2:12:26] arrived. They handled the

[2:12:27] situation with total

[2:12:30] professionalism, deep empathy

[2:12:31] and genuine care for the

[2:12:33] animal's well-being. They

[2:12:34] guided me clearly through the

[2:12:37] entire process, tapped into the

[2:12:39] right resources immediately.

[2:12:40] And followed. Through afterward

[2:12:43] to ensure the dog received the

[2:12:45] medical attention and care that

[2:12:48] it deserved. Their dedication,

[2:12:49] quick action and thoroughness

[2:12:51] made all the difference. Keep

[2:12:55] up the good work. Thank you.

[2:12:57] With that it is 831 and we are

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