I will call the August 17th, 2026 regular City Council meeting to order at
7:05.
The next item on the agenda is the invocation and pledge. The invocation
will be led by Councilman Gann, and the pledge will be led by Councilwoman
Tisdale. If you'll please stand.
» Pray with me, please. Dear Lord, thank you for bringing us
together tonight. Please continue to give us your wisdom
so that we can help all the issues that we we need to go through, and continue
to help >> [clears throat]
» everyone through everything that they're going through. Thank you for your love.
Thank you for your sacrifice. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
» Amen. >> Everyone pledge allegiance.
» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to
the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
» Please take your seats.
The next item on the agenda is citizens' comments. This is a time where
anyone in the audience would like to come up and visit about anything that's
not on the agenda. Just as a reminder, we we give citizens 3 minutes, but
Council cannot deliberate on anything that you comment on.
If you want to comment on something that's on the agenda, I would ask that
you just wait until that agenda item comes up and
then comment. So, anyone wishing to come forward, please do so. You can come to
the podium and state your name and address for the record.
Not everybody at once.
» It landed perfectly. >> Straight up and down.
» Uh I I have a
» Please come up to the podium. I would ask that we do have citizen consent
forms and before you leave if you could just write your name on there so we have
it for the record. >> Okay, yeah.
» Please state your name and address for the record.
» Uh my name is Nehemiah Herrera. I live at 8153 Prepper at 60th 6605 over there
on the other side of uh the 35. It's on 2450
uh Chisholm. >> Mhm.
» And uh I was able to attend the McKinney City Council meeting a couple weeks ago
when they presented the new mosque. And uh there were a lot of things I learned
there. A lot of some of them were disturbing and
um I was just wondering one thing that I learned is that uh
this isn't really related to the mosque per se, but or at least the the council
meeting, but Islam is very much a religion that believes in
conquering and um they're they're planning mosques all
over our metro area. And um
McKinney is where they're at right now, but it's very much a religion that
believes that they they believe that they will conquer eventually in every
political uh
every political position that's taken, every new mosque that's built is kind of
uh victory towards that uh jihad that they believe in. And so I was wondering
um like for instance one thing they'll do is they will build mosques that
purposely don't have enough parking so that way they can
uh the parking will flood into the nearby neighborhoods and then um
that forces everybody that's not Muslim to move out of the neighborhoods because
they can't get out of their driveways cuz of there's too much there's not
there's too many cars not enough parking at the mosques.
And um and they're able to do that get away with that because they'll get into
the city council boards like a decade before that change the ordinances to
allow that. And so it's technically legal. Um
and so I was wondering if there's anything that we're doing or if there's
anything we could be doing to kind of pre- prepare for that when it eventually
does come to either to Denton or to Sanger if there's Is we can kind of
preemptively do to uh prepare or even just um
I don't know, maybe put bullwark up, I guess, against that incoming
uh threat. It really is a threat in a lot of ways, and I think we're really
unprepared for how vastly different Islam is
um than our own what we're used to in the West. Uh they're permitted to lie to
gain favor, and and we're just we're completely I learned so much from that
city council meeting and attending several different caucuses afterwards.
We're completely not ready for what's coming, and if we're not preparing now,
it will it will what's happening in McKinney will be happening here before
long. So, I was just wondering anyway. Uh thanks.
» Thank you. >> Thank you.
» Anyone else wishing to come forward?
Seeing no one else, then I will close the citizens' comments.
The next item on the agenda is special presentation and announcements, and we
have a proc- proclamation recognizing the program partnership with Excel High
School. I do have a couple of things here for
that. The first thing I'd like to read is the actual proclamation, and I
understand someone may want to come forward, but but let me read this first.
Let me read it first. It's going to take a few minutes. You
don't want to be standing up here. >> [clears throat]
» Proclamation. Whereas Excel High School was founded in 2004 by visionary
educators and business professionals with the mission of providing
accessible, flexible, and accredited educational opportunities for students
of all ages. And whereas Excel High School
delivers high-quality, innovative online learning through modern technology,
empowering students nationwide to achieve academic success,
learn at their own pace, and earn a recognized high school diploma. And
whereas the City of Sanger recognizes the a partnership
established in 2024 between Excel High School and the Sanger
Public Library, which provides adults or adult residents with a second chance to
earn a fully accredited high school diploma at no cost. And whereas these
library-sponsored scholarships break down financial and structural barriers
to education, empowering adult learners to gain critical skills, pursue higher
education, and secure better economic opportunities. And whereas lifelong
learning is a is vital to the strength, prosperity, and vitality of the Sanger
community, demonstrating that it is never too late to achieve an educational
milestone. And now therefore, I Gary Bilyeu, Mayor
of the City of Sanger, on behalf of the entire City Council, do hereby recognize
the program partnership with Excel High School for its innovation and
accessibility, and express sincere appreciation for their shared commitment
to expanding educational opportunities for the residents of Sanger.
Laura, would you like to come forward?
» [clears throat]
» And Laura, we just can you let everybody know who you are?
» Yes, I'm Laura Klinke, the Library Director here at the Sanger Public
Library, and this is Ashley Needham. >> Mhm.
» And he is one of my students who has accomplished many things, and I'm I'm
very excited, and I just wanted to say a few words about Ashley. Ashley,
congratulations on earning your high school diploma, achieving this milestone
through the Sanger Public Library and Excel High School program is a true
testament to your grit, dedication, and ambition. Balancing life's
responsibilities while prioritizing your education is no small feat, and watching
you cross this finish line is an inspiration to our entire community.
Your hard work has opened new doors and proven that it's never too late to
achieve your goals. We are immensely proud of you and excited to see where
your journey leads next. >> And Ashley,
CONGRATULATIONS. >> [applause]
» AND ASHLEY, I have here a certificate of recognition
for your achievement.
And you know what? Should we get a picture of you and the city council?
» Yes.
» Yes, so much is great. Big smiles.
Big smiles.
It's not good enough for you. Congratulations.
Thank you. Ashley.
Thank you.
Big smiles.
Thanks.
The board. Oh.
Council, the next item on the agenda is a consent agenda. As a reminder, uh
if you have any questions about any of the five items listed, then let's pull
those items and discuss them individually. Otherwise, what's your
pleasure?
» Mr. Mayor, I'll make a motion that we approve the consent agenda as presented.
» We have a motion by Councilwoman Leete.
Do I hear a second? >> I second.
» Second. >> We have a second by Councilman Burris.
Any other discussion? All those in favor, please raise your
hand. It carries unanimously. Thank you.
» [sighs] >> And the next item on on the agenda is
public hearing. Uh
there's actually two of them. We'll tackle them one at a time.
First item is conduct a public hearing for the city of Sanger's proposed
property tax rate. I'll open that public hearing at 7:15.
Does anyone from staff want to make any introduction?
So, it's open. Nothing
uh presented by staff. Anyone wishing to come forward to speak on behalf of this
public hearing, please do so, whether in favor or against.
Not seeing anyone come forward, then we will close the first public hearing at
7:16.
» [clears throat] >> The second public hearing is a public
hearing for the city of Sanger's annual budget for the fiscal year 2026-2027.
I'll open that public hearing at 7:16.
Staff, I'll give you the opportunity if you would like to come forward and any
preparatory comments.
All right. Anyone else wishing to come forward to speak either for or against
this item, please do so at this time.
» [snorts]
» Not seeing anyone come forward, I will close the second public hearing at 7:17.
The next item on the agenda is action items. It's number 10 in your agenda.
Consider and possible action on resolution
number 2026-10, directing staff to prepare and
annexation service plan and call a public hearing for property known as RBB
survey A-29 and J. Morton survey A-7992,
being approximately 387.515
acres of land and generally located on the north side of FM 455 and east of
Union Hill Road. >> Mayor and Council, we will be pulling
this item tonight and not be taking action on it. There's some incorrect
language in it. We will be bringing that back to you on September the 8th.
» You could have told me that before I read.
» [laughter] >> I wanted you to have the practice.
» I'm kidding. I'm kidding. >> to ask him to read it twice.
» No, so >> [laughter]
» Okay, so officially it's been pulled. >> It's been pulled, yes.
» Okay. >> Thank you.
» All right, there's one thing one announcement I'd like to make
concerning the proposed property tax rate.
So, the city council
The city council is is required to announce at the public hearing the date,
time, and place of the meeting at which it will vote on the proposed tax rate.
This vote is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
right here in this building.
Any questions?
Okay.
The next is future agenda items. Does anyone on council have any future agenda
items you'd like to recommend to staff?
The one thing I did, I know this was an email that sent out and it's further
along save the date. So, just keep that in mind.
You probably will learn from our class earlier that there will be a possible
quorum. All right. December 8th it is uh
» Mhm. >> a staff lunch luncheon.
Do you know what day of the week that is?
» It's a Friday. >> Okay. It's Friday.
One one other thing, if you um if you have not completed the uh cyber
security the required training, please do so. The 20th of August is the
deadline. And I will tell you, don't be shocked, I
I have not done it yet, but it is on my schedule for tomorrow.
» I did mine today >> too after she sent that.
» Yes. Well,
» I literally wait till the last minute on purpose.
» Yeah. >> I don't think I've ever
» just reminders. >> I saved it to
» Is there any any other item you'd like on a future agenda?
Anything on the right? Anything on the left? Good.
Uh there's information informational items in your in your packet. Is there
any questions that anyone on council has for staff in that?
» [snorts] >> Is there anything staff has for us?
Anything that uh we may have forgotten or left off.
Okay. All right.
I'm going to try to get one more minute out of this.
» No. Not really. I would like to just point out that December 8th is a
Tuesday. >> So, you you got bad information?
» I got bad information from >> I would like to formally apologize for
providing bad information. >> And tell tell me to get my life
together. >> I can assure you the city secretary will
post it on the right day. I'm confident in that.
All right. Not seeing anything else on the agenda,
then we'll adjourn the meeting at 7:21. Thank you.