[0:18] Good morning. It is September 8th, May
[0:20] 26, 9:00 a.m. I like to call this
[0:22] meeting to order and ask you please rise
[0:24] with the invocation and pledge of
[0:25] allegiance from Mayor Pro Tim, Miss
[0:27] Terry S. Good morning everyone.
[0:31] Heavenly Father, thank you for the
[0:32] privilege to serve the people of Asing.
[0:36] Grant us clear minds, steady judgment,
[0:38] and hearts committed to unity and
[0:40] fairness. Bless every council member,
[0:42] staff member, and resident we represent.
[0:46] Guide our decisions so that we bring
[0:48] peace, progress, and strength to our
[0:50] community in your holy name. Amen.
[0:53] » Amen.
[0:54] Allegiance to the flag of the United
[0:57] States of America and to the republic
[1:00] for which it stands. One nation under
[1:02] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:05] justice for all.
[1:09] » Thank you, Miss Halter. We will now move
[1:12] to motion item three motion finding that
[1:14] of the advanced posting and notice
[1:16] requirements of article 8.12000
[1:19] of the code of ordinances of the city of
[1:21] Orange, Texas have been met in relation
[1:23] to all minutes and pending ordinances
[1:25] and resolutions on this agenda and that
[1:27] the reading of such items be confined to
[1:29] the captions as are agreed upon by the
[1:32] ordinances and resolutions. Do I have a
[1:34] motion? Motion.
[1:35] » Okay, we have a motion. Mr. Mimer,
[1:37] » Mr. Charles,
[1:38] » Mr. Bur. I
[1:40] » Mr. Chandler.
[1:40] » Hi,
[1:41] » Mr. McKenna.
[1:41] » Hi,
[1:42] » Miss Soft.
[1:43] » I motion passes. On to item four,
[1:45] citizen comments.
[1:48] » At this time, comments will be taken
[1:50] from the audience of any subject matter
[1:52] whether or not that item is on the
[1:53] agenda. All comments are limited to a
[1:55] maximum of three minutes for each
[1:56] speaker and your comments are
[1:58] appreciated. As the Texas Open Meetings
[2:01] Act does not allow the council to
[2:03] respond to items not listed on the
[2:04] agenda, your comments repeatedly be
[2:06] noted by the council and forwarded to
[2:08] the appropriate department for proper
[2:09] consideration. A member of the audience
[2:11] that desires to speak during the city
[2:13] council's consideration of any specific
[2:15] agenda item is requested to notify city
[2:18] staff prior to the start of the meeting.
[2:20] At this time, there are no names on our
[2:22] list. Is there anyone who would like to
[2:23] address the council?
[2:26] If not, we will move on to city
[2:28] announcements, city staff announcements,
[2:31] and city events. Miss Ross,
[2:34] » Good morning, mayor and council.
[2:35] » Good morning.
[2:36] » Good morning.
[2:37] » I'm excited to share some information
[2:39] about Orangetober, one of our great
[2:41] great annual celebrations. Uh this year,
[2:44] Orangetober is October 2nd through the
[2:46] 4th at Riverside Pavilion. And this
[2:48] year, we're looking forward to an
[2:49] exciting weekend filled with food,
[2:52] family, music, entertainment, local
[2:54] vendors, and community activities. Um
[2:57] throughout the weekend, attendees can
[2:58] look forward to live entertainment
[3:00] Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with a
[3:02] special lineup of local artists on
[3:04] Friday and Sunday. We'll have food
[3:06] trucks and on Saturday, we'll have lots
[3:08] of activities. We will have the Dean
[3:10] Granger Memorial 5K and Kitty Run
[3:13] Saturday morning. The Orange Rotary Club
[3:15] will have their vendor market located
[3:16] inside the Orange uh city boat ramp and
[3:19] the Orange Lions Club will have their
[3:21] gumbo cook off as well as Texas
[3:24] Agricultural Life will have their
[3:25] pumpkin pie eating contest. Um as
[3:28] always, you can always look forward to
[3:30] new and enhanced activities, great photo
[3:32] ops in our expanded pumpkin village. And
[3:34] on Sunday, we will continue our
[3:36] tradition with pick up the patch where
[3:38] the littles 80 and under can get their
[3:40] very own pumpkin. And we will also have
[3:41] our fun-filled pumpkin scramble. Um, as
[3:44] we continue to grow this event, we like
[3:46] to keep focused on what makes it
[3:48] special, and that's our community and
[3:49] the people who make it great. On Trover
[3:51] gives us an opportunity to highlight and
[3:53] support local businesses, organizations,
[3:56] vendors, artists, and community
[3:57] partners. So, we're thankful partners
[3:59] such as Free State, which provides
[4:01] sangrias, the BFW with a beer roof, uh
[4:04] our ATM providers, Dog Good and
[4:06] Fivepoint, and many other local and
[4:09] regional organizations to help make this
[4:11] event possible. So, with so much
[4:13] happening throughout the weekend, we
[4:15] want to make sure that everyone has
[4:16] information that they need um to come
[4:19] out and enjoy the festivities. So, the
[4:21] details are the location will be at
[4:23] Riverside Pavilion, Octo the dates are
[4:25] October 2nd through the 4th. The gate
[4:27] times Friday gates open at 4. Saturday
[4:31] the gates open at 10 and Sunday the
[4:33] gates open at 10. So for more details
[4:36] about Orange, please follow our Explore
[4:38] Orange Facebook page and we hope that
[4:40] the community comes out. Thank you.
[4:42] » Thank you.
[4:43] » Thank you.
[4:46] » Okay, next we will move to item six,
[4:49] consent agenda. Item 6 A, August 11th,
[4:52] 2026 Orange Economic Development
[4:54] Corporation meeting minutes. And item
[4:56] 6B, August 18th, 2026, special call city
[5:00] council meeting minutes. And item C,
[5:02] August 25th, 2026, regular city council
[5:05] meeting minutes. Do I have a motion?
[5:07] » Motion.
[5:08] » Can we have a motion to second, Mr.
[5:10] Mortimer?
[5:10] » Hi,
[5:11] » Mr. Charles.
[5:12] » Hi,
[5:12] » Mr. Bur. Hi,
[5:13] » Mr. Chandler. Hi,
[5:14] » Miss McKenna. Hi,
[5:15] » Miss Alter.
[5:16] » Hi.
[5:16] » Okay. Motion passes. Item 7A, final
[5:19] reading. Consider an ordinance adopting
[5:22] a budget for the fiscal year beginning
[5:23] October 1st, 2026 and ending on
[5:26] September 30th, 2027 in accordance with
[5:28] the charter of the city of Orange,
[5:30] Texas. And this requires a record vote.
[5:32] First reading was September 1st, 2026.
[5:35] Miss Zto.
[5:36] » So this is our final reading for the
[5:39] budget and the budget has not changed.
[5:43] The budget is the total number per fund,
[5:46] right? So for the general fund, it's
[5:48] 29,754,370.
[5:52] That number has not changed as none of
[5:55] the other funds. Even though um council
[6:00] voted last council meeting for a 2% cola
[6:04] for general government that was taken
[6:06] from contingency savings on the
[6:09] insurance or if it wasn't in the general
[6:12] fund water and sewer I had to make that
[6:14] work which I did and special revenue I
[6:17] had to also do the same. So the budget
[6:20] is number in total is exactly the same.
[6:24] So this
[6:26] reading is the same and it's your
[6:29] pleasure to um
[6:32] the line items are
[6:34] » Just okay.
[6:36] » So I could go over where we got all
[6:38] those differences. It only affected our
[6:41] contingency in the general fund by
[6:43] $58,000.
[6:46] » All right. Thank you, Miss Zito. Do we
[6:49] have any questions or comments?
[6:51] » Yeah, I'd like to make a quick
[6:52] » Yes, sir. Mr. Morgan,
[6:53] » Uh last as you know voted no against it
[6:57] because the coal is some of the thoughts
[6:59] from what we brought up last year.
[7:01] However, we're also making some new
[7:03] changes this year, especially in the
[7:05] area of insurance and I know nobody was
[7:07] real happy uh about the whole the whole
[7:10] thing.
[7:11] I am so glad to see that it's not going
[7:14] to affect the contingency, but about
[7:16] $58,000
[7:18] and that we were able even though uh we
[7:21] had to change the insurance
[7:24] that we're taking any additional savings
[7:26] and in this case bringing it back to the
[7:28] employees. So, so my heart has changed
[7:31] definitely on this matter.
[7:33] » Thank you, Mr.
[7:36] » Okay. All right. With that being said,
[7:39] do we have a motion? If we have a
[7:40] motion, you will have to read it as it
[7:43] is.
[7:45] » Okay. You have my motion.
[7:48] [clears throat]
[7:53] » Consider an ordinance making a tax levy
[7:55] and fixing the maintenance and
[7:56] operations tax rate.
[7:57] » No. No. Right here. 78.
[7:59] » Oh.
[8:01] » Consider an ordinance adopting a budget.
[8:04] » I'm sorry.
[8:06] » This one right here. right here.
[8:10] » I think they just vote on the motion for
[8:12] this. The ratifying is the next denial.
[8:15] » So 78. So what does he have to read
[8:17] then?
[8:20] » Nothing on that.
[8:20] » Oh, so why does it say this?
[8:22] » Okay. Well, it says it on here.
[8:24] » I just need to vote on this,
[8:25] » Right?
[8:25] » Okay. Okay. Well, then if we have a
[8:28] motion, we have a second. I'm sorry.
[8:29] » That's okay.
[8:30] » I was reading it wrong.
[8:31] » That's okay.
[8:31] » Do we have a second?
[8:32] » Second. Second.
[8:33] » Can we have a motion to second? Mr.
[8:34] Mortimer. I
[8:36] » Mr. Miles.
[8:37] » Hi.
[8:37] » Okay. Mr. Burge.
[8:38] » Hi,
[8:38] » Mr. Chandler.
[8:39] » Hi,
[8:39] » Miss McKenna. Hi,
[8:40] » Miss Salt.
[8:41] » Hi.
[8:41] » Okay. Motion passes.
[8:43] » Mayor, you need a vote.
[8:45] » Oh, sorry. I see I as well. My bad. I am
[8:50] tripping this morning. I'm sorry, y'all.
[8:51] » Need more coffee.
[8:52] » Oh, yeah. Something. So, now I can go to
[8:54] 7B.
[8:55] » Well, see the
[8:58] » So, there's another one. Okay. Consider
[9:00] a motion ratifying that the budget for
[9:02] the fiscal year beginning October
[9:03] [clears throat] 1st, 2026 and ending on
[9:06] September 30th, 2027 will raise less
[9:09] total property taxes than last year's
[9:11] budget by an amount of 171,526,
[9:15] which is a 1.76%
[9:17] decrease from last year's budget. The
[9:20] property tax revenue to be raised from
[9:22] new property added to the tax roll this
[9:24] year is $122,888.
[9:28] So this is um a formality because you
[9:31] need to ratify the budget also in accord
[9:34] in regards to the tax the tax revenue.
[9:38] So it the tax property tax revenue is
[9:41] decreased slightly in this.
[9:43] » Okay. So do we have a motion?
[9:45] » Motion second.
[9:46] » We have a motion second. Mr. Mortimer.
[9:48] » Hi.
[9:48] » Mr. Charles.
[9:49] » Hi.
[9:49] » Mr. Burge.
[9:50] » Hi.
[9:50] » Mr. Chandler.
[9:51] » Hi.
[9:51] » Miss McKenna. Hi.
[9:52] » Miss Sal.
[9:53] » Hi.
[9:53] » Motion passes. Mayor
[9:56] » Vote as well. me as well. Sorry.
[9:59] Item 7B, consider an ordinance making a
[10:02] tax levy and fixing the maintenance and
[10:04] operations tax rate, net le service tax
[10:06] rate, and total tax rate for the city of
[10:08] Orange, Texas for the fiscal year
[10:10] beginning October 1st, 2026 and ending
[10:12] September 30th, 2027 upon all taxable
[10:16] property in the city of Orange, Texas on
[10:18] January 1st, 2026, according to the laws
[10:20] of Texas, the charter provisions and the
[10:23] ordinances of the city of Orange, Texas,
[10:25] and provided that the said taxes levied
[10:27] shall be collected
[10:28] First reading September 1st, 2026. If we
[10:32] make a motion on this one, then we got
[10:34] to reheat it.
[10:36] » The following motion,
[10:37] » Mr. Sp, I'll read that one for you.
[10:39] » Okay. Thank you.
[10:40] » I move that the property tax be
[10:42] decreased by the the adoption of tax
[10:44] rate of.86600
[10:49] per $100, which is effectively a 0.06
[10:54] decrease in the tax rate.
[10:56] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Childs. Do we have
[10:58] a second?
[10:58] » Second.
[10:59] » And we have a second. So I'm not going
[11:00] to forget this time. I'm going to vote
[11:02] first. Yes.
[11:04] » Okay. Mr. Mortimer.
[11:05] » Hi.
[11:05] » Mr. Johns.
[11:06] » Hi.
[11:07] » Mr. Bur. Hi.
[11:08] » Mr. Chandler.
[11:09] » Hi.
[11:09] » Miss McKenna. Hi.
[11:10] » Miss Salter.
[11:11] » Hi.
[11:11] » Okay. Motion passes.
[11:13] » Item 7 C. Consider an ordinance amending
[11:16] the adopted budget for the fiscal year
[11:18] beginning October 1st, 2025 and ending
[11:21] September 30th, 2026 in accordance with
[11:24] the charter of the city of Orange,
[11:25] Texas, Miss Zito. So, we're back to this
[11:28] year. So, this one will be um my budget
[11:32] amendments from April 1st to August 31st
[11:35] for this year as we do couple times a
[11:39] year. I'll just point out a few
[11:42] um items that let's see
[11:48] we council approved buying police
[11:52] vehicles from the reserves for 197,000
[11:56] three Taho and a Ford pickup instead of
[11:59] financing them that had to come from
[12:01] reserves. So that's a budget amendment.
[12:03] Um we had to move a project forward
[12:07] 60,000 for the finish the project for
[12:10] the city hall uh air conditioning
[12:12] controls when we start in one year we
[12:14] have to finish in the next year we have
[12:16] to roll that budget forward that's a
[12:17] budget amendment that was 60,000
[12:21] um in parks department we also bought a
[12:24] couple of trucks same we bought them
[12:26] from the reserves instead of financing
[12:28] them that was 85,000
[12:31] in the water and sewer fund we had to
[12:33] finish if you remember we had a grant to
[12:35] do water and sewer lines at Sunset Park
[12:38] neighborhood
[12:39] Um the price uh greatly increased during
[12:42] that project. We the grant didn't cover
[12:44] it. So we had to take it from water and
[12:46] sewer. That was 452,000 that had to come
[12:49] from reserves. And y'all approved a
[12:52] study for the western expansion of water
[12:54] and sewer. So I had to take money from
[12:58] the water and sewer reserves 1.2 2
[13:01] million and put it to the uh water and
[13:03] sewer construction progress construction
[13:05] in progress fund so that we can set that
[13:08] money aside to pay for that study that's
[13:11] in here.
[13:13] Um CBB just a few meetings ago you
[13:16] agreed to give them 150,000 from the CBB
[13:20] reserves to cover some overages in
[13:22] Orangetober and the fact that they had
[13:25] additional events during the year that
[13:28] they needed a little bit more money for.
[13:30] Um then the rest of it is mostly uh
[13:33] grant funds, donation funds, just kind
[13:36] of balancing out like the dog park at
[13:38] animal control that went over a year. We
[13:42] didn't finish it till this year. So we
[13:43] had to roll the budget forward of
[13:45] 19,700.
[13:48] And that's the main highlights of our
[13:51] budget amendments for this time frame.
[13:53] » Any questions on those?
[13:56] » Any questions or comments from council?
[13:59] If not, do we have a motion?
[14:01] » Second.
[14:02] » We have a motion and a second.
[14:04] » Mr. Mortimer. Hi,
[14:05] » Mr. Childs. Hi,
[14:06] » Mr. Bur. Hi,
[14:07] » Mr. Chandler. Hi,
[14:08] » Miss McKinnon. Hi,
[14:09] » Miss Salter. Hi.
[14:10] » K. Motion passes. Thank you, Miss Zito.
[14:12] » Item 8A, consider a resolution
[14:15] authorizing the city manager to execute
[14:17] amendment number five within Vermont LLC
[14:20] for the wastewater system operation and
[14:23] maintenance contract. Mr. Jack.
[14:24] » Good morning, council. Uh this contract
[14:27] originally started in June of 2018,
[14:30] expired in 2028. Uh originally we hired
[14:34] Inframark to run our wastewater
[14:36] treatment plant. At the time we did not
[14:38] have a wastewater treatment plant
[14:41] certified operator. I am glad to report
[14:44] that Gavin Victoria, our utilities
[14:47] manager, is now certified to be able to
[14:50] run that plant. Um and he is overseeing
[14:53] what is going on with Infrarark there.
[14:55] This amendment is to increase the budget
[14:57] by $55,000 or approximately 5% of the
[15:02] contract. Uh there was an increase in
[15:05] lab fees, what we call process residual,
[15:08] which is the removal of sludge, uh
[15:11] repair and maintenance. We've been
[15:13] having an ongoing conversation about the
[15:15] wastewater treatment plant and repairs
[15:17] and maintenance there. Um, so we are
[15:21] requesting this amendment to increase
[15:23] the contract from $1.15 million to $1.2
[15:28] million in FY27.
[15:31] The FY27 budget does accommodate for
[15:34] this increase.
[15:35] » Okay. All right. Any questions or
[15:37] comments for Mr. Jack? If not, do we
[15:40] have a motion?
[15:40] » Motion second.
[15:42] » We have a motion and a second. Mr.
[15:43] Mortimer. Hi.
[15:44] » Mr. Childs. Hi.
[15:45] » Mr. Bur. Hi.
[15:46] » Mr. Chandler. Hi.
[15:47] » Mckenn. Hi. Miss Alter.
[15:49] » Okay. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr.
[15:50] Jack. Item 8B, consider a resolution for
[15:53] city council to approve the engineering
[15:55] and construction of the sites road lift
[15:58] station generator replacement in the
[16:00] amount of 400,000 zero out of 100 cents.
[16:04] Mr. J.
[16:05] » So, public works is requesting a
[16:07] $400,000
[16:09] u
[16:11] encumberment from the reserve from the
[16:13] utility reserve to replace the generator
[16:16] at this lift station.
[16:18] This left station currently does not
[16:20] have emergency power. It serves all
[16:23] areas west of MLK within the city. Um,
[16:29] this also refers back to our letter of
[16:32] enforcement with TCQ. This is one of the
[16:35] items that is in that letter that we've
[16:37] discussed. Uh, public works is ready to
[16:40] begin the engineering. Uh we have an
[16:42] engineering um task order from our
[16:45] annual contract for $73,000 to begin
[16:49] that work. We also have an annual
[16:51] contract for electrical services that
[16:54] we'll utilize to do the actual
[16:56] construction. And again, public works is
[16:58] requesting the encumberment of these
[17:00] funds. When we get to actual
[17:02] construction, we will come back and let
[17:04] you know what that construction dollar
[17:06] figure will be.
[17:08] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Jack. Do we have
[17:10] any questions? Comments from Mr. Jack.
[17:14] » A motion.
[17:14] » Can we have a motion and a second? Mr.
[17:16] Mortimer.
[17:16] » Hi.
[17:17] » Mr. Charles.
[17:18] » Hi.
[17:18] » Mr. Bur. Hi.
[17:19] » Mr. Chandler. Hi.
[17:20] » Miss McKenna.
[17:21] » Hi.
[17:21] » Miss Salter.
[17:22] » Hi.
[17:22] » Okay. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr.
[17:24] Jack.
[17:24] » On to item 9A. Consider a motion
[17:27] acknowledging receipt of the Orange
[17:29] Economic Development Corporation's
[17:31] proposed budget for fiscal year 2027.
[17:34] Miss Zto.
[17:34] » So, earlier at the EDC board meeting, I
[17:37] presented their proposed budget.
[17:41] was
[17:42] very close to this year's budget. They
[17:44] didn't increase much of anything. Uh
[17:47] slight decrease in revenue, slight
[17:49] increase, very slight, like $2,000 in
[17:52] expenses. And then all the projects. So,
[17:55] um I projected for 27 they should have a
[17:58] little over $2 million for future
[18:00] projects. So, that would be great. So,
[18:03] um we can go over it more detail if you
[18:05] want, but I did present it at the board
[18:07] meeting.
[18:07] » Yes, ma'am. Okay. Any questions or
[18:09] comments from Miss Zito?
[18:11] » If not, do we have a motion?
[18:13] » Motion.
[18:13] » Okay, we have a motion and a second. Mr.
[18:15] Mortimer. Hi,
[18:16] » Mr. Charles. Hi,
[18:17] » Mr. Bur. Hi,
[18:18] » Mr. Chandler. Hi, Miss McKenna. Hi,
[18:20] » Miss Salter. Hi. Okay, motion passes.
[18:22] Thank you, Miss Zto.
[18:24] » On to item 9B. Consider a motion
[18:27] reappointing or appointing Mike to the
[18:29] planning and zoning commission for a
[18:30] term ending September 8th, 2028. Mr.
[18:33] There are four positions on the planning
[18:35] and zoning commission that are either up
[18:37] for reappointment or appointment and we
[18:39] have received applications from seven
[18:41] people and those people are Joseph
[18:43] Angela, Sue Bard, Caleb Harris, Michael
[18:47] Henghan, Latoya Over Street, Ron Sigler,
[18:50] and Jamie Wilson.
[18:53] » I like to make a motion that we
[18:55] reappoint Mike Henan.
[18:57] » Second that.
[18:58] » Okay, we have a motion and a second from
[19:00] Mike Henan.
[19:01] » Mr. Mortimer. Hi,
[19:02] » Mr. Childs.
[19:03] » Hi,
[19:04] » Mr. Burge.
[19:05] » No,
[19:05] » Mr. Chandler.
[19:06] » Hi,
[19:06] » Miss McKenna.
[19:08] » No,
[19:08] » Miss Salter.
[19:09] » Hi.
[19:09] » Okay,
[19:11] » Who made the second? I didn't hear.
[19:12] » Uh, Mr. Childs made the second.
[19:15] » Okay. So, that motion passes. 42. We
[19:18] will move to the next one. So, we can
[19:20] just keep popping up names. I don't have
[19:22] to read it each time.
[19:23] » Yeah. You would read it.
[19:25] » Okay. Consider a motion reorning or
[19:28] appointing blank to the planning and
[19:29] zoning commission for a term ending
[19:31] September 8th, 2028. Mr. N.
[19:33] » Yeah. Senator.
[19:34] » Okay.
[19:35] » Nominate Jamie Smith and for reappoint.
[19:39] » Second.
[19:40] » Who's that?
[19:41] » Jamie Smith for reappoint.
[19:42] » Wilson.
[19:43] » Wilson. I'm sorry. Jamie Wilson. Excuse
[19:44] me. I'm sorry.
[19:45] » Okay. Jamie Wilson. We have a motion and
[19:47] a second. Mr. Mortimer.
[19:48] » Hi.
[19:48] » Mr. Child. Hi.
[19:50] » Mr. Burge. Hi.
[19:51] » Mr. Chandler. Hi.
[19:52] » Miss McKinnon. Hi.
[19:53] » Miss Alton.
[19:53] » Hi.
[19:54] » Okay. Motion passes. Consider a motion
[19:56] reappointing or appointing blank to the
[19:57] planning and zoning commission for a
[19:59] term ending September 8th, 2028. Mr. N.
[20:02] » Yes. Second.
[20:03] » I'd like to nominate Latoya over street.
[20:05] » Okay.
[20:06] » Second.
[20:06] » Can we have a motion and second? Mr.
[20:08] Mortimer.
[20:09] » Hi.
[20:10] » Okay. Mr. Charles.
[20:11] » Hi.
[20:12] » Mr. Burge.
[20:13] » Hi.
[20:13] » Miss Mr. Chandler.
[20:15] » Hi.
[20:16] » Miss McKenna.
[20:17] » Hi.
[20:17] » Miss Halton.
[20:18] » Hi.
[20:18] » Okay. Motion pass. Sorry about that.
[20:20] » Didn't mean to call you miss. Last one.
[20:23] Consider a motion be appointing or
[20:24] appointing blank to the planning and
[20:26] zoning commission for a term meeting
[20:28] September 8th, 2028. Mr.
[20:32] » No.
[20:32] » Yes.
[20:33] » One more.
[20:35] » Okay.
[20:35] » Second.
[20:36] » Okay. We have a motion and a second for
[20:38] Ron Sichler. Mr. Mortimer.
[20:39] » Hi.
[20:40] » Mr. Charles.
[20:41] » Hi.
[20:41] » Mr. Burge.
[20:42] » Hi.
[20:43] » Mr. Chandler.
[20:43] » Hi.
[20:44] » Miss McKenna.
[20:44] » Hi.
[20:45] » Miss Alter. Hi.
[20:46] » Okay. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. N.
[20:48] Item 108, city manager report.
[20:51] » Yeah. Um, good morning, mayor and
[20:52] council. Um,
[20:55] hopefully everybody remembers Friday is
[20:57] the 25th anniversary of the terrorist
[20:59] attacks in New York City. Um, so please
[21:02] take a few minutes of your day to
[21:04] remember those folks who lost their
[21:05] lives. Uh, but I would ask us all to try
[21:08] to remember the uh, just how we all felt
[21:10] and came together on September the 12th.
[21:12] That's how we should try strive to be.
[21:15] » Yes, sir.
[21:16] » Thank you. Can you see any council
[21:18] report, Mr. Mortimer?
[21:19] » Uh, I I just want to [snorts] voice the
[21:21] same thing. And one of the key things
[21:24] about it's also just remember our
[21:26] current firefighters and and police
[21:29] staff because from from basically from
[21:33] dispatch through uh they are the they
[21:36] are the people that are there to protect
[21:37] us and I appreciate them more than more
[21:39] than they'll ever know. Thank you very
[21:41] much for your service.
[21:44] » Thank you Mr. Mort. Mr. I'm going to
[21:45] confer what George said. Anything could
[21:47] happen at any time and they are our our
[21:51] heroes. They our heroes.
[21:54] » Thank you.
[21:55] » Thank you, Miss McKinn.
[21:57] » 25th anniversary of a horrible event
[21:59] that proved to us more than anybody else
[22:03] in the world that our first responders
[22:05] are the best. When I'm running away, I'm
[22:08] passing them running the other way. And
[22:10] I just I don't know how they do it, but
[22:12] I'm very grateful. I'm thankful for the
[22:15] police, the firefighters, the ambulance,
[22:17] all those people who every day put their
[22:20] lives on the line for us and I want to
[22:23] thank you.
[22:24] » Thank you, Miss McKenna. Miss Halter,
[22:26] » I agree with all of that.
[22:28] » Okay.
[22:28] » Thank you.
[22:29] » Thank you, Mr. Chandler.
[22:30] » Yeah, I'll tag on. I've seen just a
[22:32] little bit of that from the fire. So, I
[22:34] do appreciate all you guys do. Really
[22:36] does mean a lot as well as for police,
[22:39] uh, especially Mr. Tommy up there doing
[22:41] a good job for us. So, but all
[22:43] seriousness, thank you guys for what you
[22:44] do and it's a it's really a pleasure to
[22:46] get to sit back and watch you guys work.
[22:47] So, thank you for keeping us safe.
[22:50] » Mr. Chall,
[22:52] » I'm going to add a little bit to that.
[22:53] Throughout the employees, including fire
[22:55] and police, uh unfortunately through uh
[22:58] the price of medical insurance this
[23:00] year, the pay dispar disparity has u
[23:04] really widened. So, someone on the lower
[23:07] end of this hill that's making $20,000 a
[23:09] year, that um insurance, if they want to
[23:12] stay with the plan they are, is going to
[23:14] run about 25% of their wages. So, if you
[23:17] make $20,000 a year, you're spending
[23:19] $5,000 just to keep the plan you have.
[23:22] But if you're in the $200,000 range,
[23:24] that's only 1.2% of of your wages. So,
[23:28] my heart goes out to everybody with the
[23:30] fact that insurance is enough. We
[23:31] [snorts] can't stop that. So, maybe we
[23:33] can do something better this next year.
[23:35] you know, maybe find another broker, do
[23:37] some uh creative price changes on on how
[23:42] we pay employees with the insurance. But
[23:45] it's been a tough year for all the
[23:47] council members on this one. That's all.
[23:50] » Thank you, Mr. Charles. And I will close
[23:52] by saying thank you everyone. Of course,
[23:54] I remember being in the
[23:57] I was actually working at the DRA and we
[23:59] heard of a plane hitting a building and
[24:01] you thought maybe it was just an
[24:02] accident and then we watched the second
[24:05] one and you were like, "This isn't an
[24:06] accident." So, once again, as we've
[24:08] already heard several times, we thank
[24:10] you for that and we appreciate all that
[24:12] everyone does around here and we've
[24:14] tried to do our best to continue to
[24:15] honor y'all. I know we had a chance to
[24:17] bring y'all up on stage and do some
[24:19] things at July the 4th, but it's never
[24:21] enough. So, thank you enough. Thank you
[24:22] to everyone and God bless you all. With
[24:25] that, we will move to adjourn to close
[24:27] executive session consultation 551.071,
[24:30] 71 collective bargaining with police and
[24:33] 551
[24:34] 071 collective bargaining with the
[24:37] association firefighters local 1432. So
[24:40] thank you. We will reconvene and open
[24:42] session once.
[48:03] probably what my wife says about me.
[48:04] [laughter]
[48:07] » I love you. A couple years ago, I
[48:08] thought you were cool.
[48:10] » Now you're horrible.
[48:11] » I say next year is our 50th wedding.
[48:13] » Wow.
[48:14] » She asked me, "Do we get to renegotiate
[48:16] this contract?"
[48:18] » We got everybody.
[48:20] » Okay. We will reconvene in open session.
[48:22] Sorry.
[48:24] » We will reconvene in open session. There
[48:26] is no action regarding items 11 A and 11
[48:30] A2. Do we have a motion to adjurnn?
[48:32] Motion. Okay. All in favor say I.
[48:35] Meeting adjourned. Thank you.