[0:03] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M.. WE DO ASK IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS SET TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. WE DO ASK IF YOU GET A CALL YOU NEED TO TAKE, PLEASE STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID DUKE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID STRANG. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. SCOTT. WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM GINO MCGLINCHEY PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? LORD, WE COME TO YOU AS WE GET READY TO DO BUSINESS OF THE CITY AND ASK THAT YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM, GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THE LAND WE LIVE IN WHICH IS FREE. NOT FREE. LORD, I WAS THINKING FREEDOM. THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE SHARE IS UNIQUE TO US. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE DAILY TO KEEP THOSE FREEDOMS HAPPENING, INCLUDING OUR OUR CITY SERVANTS, OUR FIRE, POLICE STREETS, PUBLIC WORKS ONES I DIDN'T MENTION. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THE CITY RUN. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THE ABILITY WE HAVE TO WALK IN A COUNTRY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT FEAR. WE ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED US TO OFFICE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY. LORD, HELP US TO PUT ANY OF OUR PERSONAL BIASES ASIDE AND HELP US TO WALK IN STEP WITH YOU AND WITH WHAT IS RIGHT. IT'S IN JESUS CHRIST. NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE. 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. HONOR THE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. OUR FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING ARE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WE DO HAVE TWO. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WHENEVER YOU ARE PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, IF YOU WILL JOIN ME DOWN FRONT. I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THAT COME DOWN FRONT. DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO LOUD INTO IT. SO AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR INVOCATION, WE'RE EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT WILDFIRE DOES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, THEY RESPOND TO CALLS, BUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST RESPONSE. IT'S ALSO ABOUT PREVENTION, AS IT SAYS IN THE NAME. AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. THEY HAVE A CREW THAT NOT ONLY GOES OUT AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETING INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING SOMEWHERE, WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A HOUSE SOMEWHERE, THAT YOU ARE MOVING INTO A BUILDING THAT IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH TO OUR CHILDREN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALWAYS LAUGH WHEN I THINK BACK TO WHEN I WAS A CHILD, FIRE PREVENTION WAS DEFINITELY CENTERED ON CATCHING FIRE AT SOME POINT IN LIFE, THE STOP, DROP AND ROLL WAS THE CENTERPIECE. WE ALL LAUGHED BECAUSE IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK WHERE YOU WERE IN THAT CADRE OF AGE RANGE, THAT WAS THE MAIN FOCUS. AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THAT TIME. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT IF THE CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY FINDS THEIRSELF IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION,
[5:09] THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED, THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO FALL BACK ON, WHICH WHEN YOU GET INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT, MOST PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU PANIC IS ONE OF YOUR NUMBER ONE ENEMIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OR TO STAY SAFE. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WYLIE FIRE RESCUE. THANK YOU TO SOME OF THE FOUNDING GENTLEMEN WHO ARE HERE WHO GO FAR BACK INTO THE HISTORY OF TAKING THIS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, CHIEF BLYTHE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR. YEAH, HE WOULDN'T DO IT. SO WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE FROM OPERATIONS JOINING US TONIGHT. ACTUALLY, ONE OF OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS IS OUT INVESTIGATING A FIRE THAT WE HAD JUST BEFORE THIS. SO, BRANT, WE DIDN'T HIRE A LOT MORE FIRE PREVENTION PEOPLE WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING OR ANYTHING, BUT BUT SOME OF OUR OPS PEOPLE AS WELL. BUT WHAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN OCTOBER, NUMBER ONE, IT'S A WEEK NATIONALLY, BUT WE, WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED IT OUT OVER THE WHOLE MONTH OF OCTOBER. OUR PREVENTION FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB DAY IN, DAY OUT OF, OF, AND OUR MANUFACTURING AND ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE HAZARDS ARE LOW AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE SAFE. SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE PREVENTION TEAM ARE IN ALL THE SCHOOLS AND AND ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB, WHATEVER THAT MESSAGE IS. AND, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS OVER 2500 CALLS THEY RAN LAST YEAR. MOST OF THOSE BEING INSPECTIONS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 100 OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY HELPING FIRE OR EMS OR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THEM RESULTING IN A LIFE SAFE ONE OF OUR FIRE INSPECTORS WHO'S ACTUALLY A PARAMEDIC AS WELL, WAS JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM A CARDIAC ARREST AND RESPONDED. AND WE WE GOT THAT PERSON BACK AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY HERE AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO THEY DO A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY EVEN OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK. THE BIG THING, I THINK 2026, THE NFPA NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, THEIR MESSAGE IS CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY. AND IT'S FOCUSED ON CHARGING LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ANY KIND OF BATTERIES. THAT'S A PROBLEM NOT ONLY NOT ONLY NATIONALLY, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD A FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WE'RE NOT 100% SURE YET. THE PREVENTION GUYS, COREY'S OUR FIRE MARSHAL IS STILL INVESTIGATING THAT. BUT WE DEFINITELY THINK IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. SOMETHING CHARGING IN THE GARAGE. AND I CAN THINK OF MULTIPLE FIRES THAT WE'VE HAD. SO WHEN YOU'RE CHARGING THINGS, BE CAREFUL. WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT SOME MESSAGING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR PREVENTION FOLKS AND OUR FIRE PREVENTION TEAM FOR GETTING OUT INTO THE SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT SAFER FOR NOT ONLY OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO OUR FIREFIGHTERS. THANK YOU. INTRODUCE EVERYBODY. OH NO. I'M GOING TO PASS IT DOWN. BUT. SO I'M THE FIRE MARSHAL AND I'M PASSING DOWN THE CREW AND THEN WE'LL GO. OKAY. DAVID. FIVE FIREFIGHTER. PARAMEDIC. JASON MCGEE, FIREFIGHTER. EMT. HUDSON HARRIS, FIREFIGHTER. PARAMEDIC. DARRYL BROWDY DRIVER. PARAMEDIC. JACOB GOLLADAY, FIREFIGHTER. EMT. JACOB NILES, FIREFIGHTER. PARAMEDIC. ONE THING THAT'S ALSO VERY NEAT ABOUT THIS GROUP. THREE OF THREE OF THESE ARE FROM WYLIE WYLIE HIGH. NO. YEAH. THREE OF THESE ARE FROM WYLIE HIGH SCHOOL, WYLIE SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY COOL. WE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAYBE IT WAS THE FIRE PREVENTION SHOW THAT CAUGHT THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PERSONNEL THAT WORK FOR US, BUT THREE ON THIS CREW TONIGHT ARE FROM WYLIE ISD. SO THEY HAD TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE TO COME BACK WITH THE MUSTACHE. OH, YEAH. HEY IT'S MADE A HUGE COMEBACK. EVERYONE OUT THERE CHUCKLING. I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AND IT'S MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS OR YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR SMOKE ALARMS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PROVIDES. OUR, OUR FIRE SERVICE DOES AN AMAZING JOB, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR ELDERLY, SOME OF THOSE WHO MAY BE DISABLED AND NOT ABLE TO GET TO THOSE THEMSELVES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE WORKING SMOKE ALARMS, I WOULD SAY CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS AS WELL WITHIN A HOUSE. SO IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP WITH THAT, CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND THEY WILL BE SURE TO, TO GET OUT AND SET A TIME TO COME BY AND HELP YOU WITH THAT, OF COURSE, PENDING BEING CALLED OUT ON A CALL. BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF ASSISTING. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PIECE. SARAH, I THINK YOU CAN YOU CAN MANAGE. I MANAGED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE ONES IN MY HOME. AND THAT WAS DID YOU KNOW THEY HAVE DIFFERENT BASES? YEAH, I FOUND THAT OUT. YES THEY DO. IT WAS AN INTERESTING LESSON. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
[10:01] WHEREAS THE CITY OF WYLIE AND WYLIE FIRE RESCUE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL WYLIE CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS HOME FIRES ARE A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, WITH MORE THAN 328,000 RESIDENTIAL FIRES REPORTED ANNUALLY, KILLING MORE THAN 3900 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEREAS WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING IN A HOME FIRE IN HALF. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF WYLIE IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE FREE INSPECTION AND INSTALLATION OF RESIDENTIAL SMOKE DETECTORS AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WYLIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHEREAS, WYLIE FIRE RESCUE URGES ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF HOME FIRES AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE PROTECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN THEIR HOMES, INCLUDING THE USE OF WORKING SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, AND THE PLANNING AND PRACTICE OF A HOME ESCAPE PLAN. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. ON THIS, THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026, AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 THROUGH THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. AND I ENCOURAGE WYLIE RESIDENTS TO NOT DELAY AND CONTACT WYLIE FIRE RESCUE TO SCHEDULE A FREE RESIDENTIAL FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION TO HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF FIRE TRAGEDY IN YOUR HOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR COMING THIS EVENING. AND OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS FOR NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY. SO IF THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THAT CAN JOIN ME DOWN FRONT, I CAN SEE PEOPLE FROM OTHER OFFICES, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS. I HAVE TO CALL EVERYONE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER. OH, IS THAT FOR YOU TO READ? I'M NOT READING IT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE GOT IT. WE'LL SEE. YEAH. WELL, FIRST, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT THIS EVENING. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO COULDN'T, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE MANUFACTURING REACH WITHIN WILEY IS VERY WIDE AND VERY DEEP AT THE SAME TIME. I SAY IT THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A BREADTH OF INDUSTRIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED. I CALL IT EVERYTHING FROM POPCORN TO NATIONAL DEFENSE, EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IN BETWEEN. AND AT THE SAME TIME, FOR AS SIMPLE AS IT MIGHT SEEM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE POPCORN, I CAN'T SPILL ALL THEIR SECRETS, BUT THERE IS A LOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER GREAT BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT TOWN. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF WILEY, WE THINK OF A CITY THAT IS RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE, THAT HAS NO MAJOR HIGHWAYS THROUGH TOWN. DON'T THINK I'M BREAKING ANY NEWS TO ANYONE THERE, BUT WE HAVE AN OUTSIZED REPRESENTATION IN THE MANUFACTURING SPACE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR POPULATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF THIS COUNTY, AND YOU LOOK AT THE MANUFACTURING JOBS WE HAVE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE JOBS IN THIS COUNTY, WE'RE OUTSIZED. WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE AMAZING ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE LOCATED AND GROWN BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE INVESTED IN WILEY, THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES AND THEIR GROWTH. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE TODAY FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FROM THE EDC, FROM OUR CTE PROGRAMS, WHICH CONTRIBUTE AND ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN GET INVOLVED IN. THAT DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY HAVE TO GO SIT IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM FOR FOUR YEARS. INSTEAD, THEY CAN HAVE AN AMAZING CAREER THAT THEY TAKE ON RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND OFTEN CAN GET INTERNSHIPS AND LEARN ABOUT THOSE WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS MANNER IS WHAT HAS MADE WILEY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF A CITY COUNCIL. WE CHANGE OVER TIME. WE'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER AND SAID, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. LET'S ALSO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.
[15:04] SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY, WE THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU HERE FOR NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU YEAR ROUND WITH THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE GOVERNOR. I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO READ IT THIS EVENING, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL REACHING OUT AND OBTAINING THIS. WE APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR RECOGNIZING BOTH THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IN THE CITY. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE. I'M GOING TO LET EVERYONE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND, COLLEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOU, IF YOU WANT TO JUST ADD ANYTHING, FEEL FREE. SHE IS HERE REPRESENTING CONGRESSMAN SELF'S OFFICE THIS EVENING. YOU'RE ON THE END. YOU GET TO START. OKAY. I'M HAROLD SMITH AND I'M WITH THE WYLIE EDC BOARD. MY NAME IS COLLEEN. I'M WITH CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF'S OFFICE. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE PREPARED. JASON GREINER. WYLIE. EDC, RACHEL. HERMES. WYLIE, EDC, VALERIE SCOTT WYLIE, EDC. AMANDA LANON, WYLIE ISD, LESLIE DODSON, WYLIE ISD, JENNIFER TEMESVARI, WYLIE ISD. I'M STEVE SHANNON, HE'S THE OWNER AND HEAD BREWER AT GLEN ECHO BREWING. COME SEE US ON OCTOBER 2ND, WHEN OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR KICKS OFF THE OKTOBERFEST FESTIVITIES BY TAPPING THE INAUGURAL KEG. CHRIS FLEMING, MAN MADE INDUSTRIES. KEVIN MCEWEN. SAVAGE. PRECISION FABRICATION, WHERE AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE. MANUFACTURE. CHRISTIE. STUART. WYLIE EDC. IRMA. KILO. HELM. DENTAL. LABORATORY. EDITH. RIVERA. AVANTI. WINDOWS. AND DOORS. CHRIS SMITH WITH CASE. CONTROL SYSTEMS. TINA STOLNIK WYLIE. AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WHAT'S POPPIN? KENT. CHEATHAM. DEAN. GOURMET POPCORN. KEN SWASEY OMG CREAMERY AND FRIED PIES. EDDIE PALOMINO, OWNER OF CNC INNOVATIONS. AGAIN, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO COME THIS EVENING. I KNOW A TUESDAY EVENING AFTER WORKING A FULL DAY IS PROBABLY OTHER PLACES YOU'D LIKE TO BE, BUT COMING AND HELPING US CELEBRATE THIS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I KNOW, STAY TUNED. THERE'LL BE SOME POSTINGS. I KNOW WE HAVE MANUFACTURING DAY. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE STUDENTS OUT TO A NUMBER OF OUR OF OUR ORGANIZATION OR OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN. DO WE HAVE ANY OPEN HOUSES THIS YEAR? JASON. NO. OKAY. BUT IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SEE AND LEARN MORE FROM THOSE BUSINESSES. I'LL ASK YOU TO HELP ME HOLD THIS. OKAY. WHEREAS MANUFACTURING IS THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA, POWERING OUR ECONOMY AND BUILDING OUR MIDDLE CLASS. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE AMERICAN WORKER AND RECOMMIT TO THE INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATION THAT WILL ENSURE THE FUTURE IS MADE IN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS MANUFACTURING DAY IS A CELEBRATION OF MODERN MANUFACTURING DESIGNED TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MANUFACTURING, COMMUNICATING THAT THE NEXT GENERATION IS VITAL TO SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING, AND DEMONSTRATING THE OPPORTUNITY, CREATIVITY, POSSIBILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ACCOMPANY A CAREER IN MANUFACTURING. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF WYLIE, THE WYLIE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE WYLIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, THE WYLIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COLLIN COLLEGE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THE MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MANUFACTURING WORLD. AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS HOME TO NEARLY 35,000 MANUFACTURING FIRMS EMPLOYING MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION TEXANS. AND WHEREAS WYLIE, 72 MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES GENERATE IN EXCESS OF $166 MILLION IN ANNUAL MANUFACTURING SALES AND PROVIDE MORE THAN 770 MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THEY BOOST OUR ECONOMY AND ENSURE THAT WYLIE IS A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. ON THIS, THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026. AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 AS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IN WYLIE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN MODERN MANUFACTURING. THANK YOU ALL.
[21:36] OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT SECTION OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK YOU TO COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, AND WE DO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SIX SIX IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP. IN ADDITION, WE REMIND EVERYONE UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE DO NOT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE, OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. MISS BRADLEY, HAVE WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING? NO, SIR. OKAY. WITH NONE TURNED IN, WE WILL THEREFORE MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION? I SEE THAT STAFF HAS REQUESTED ITEM G BE PULLED. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS THAT STAFF OR COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION? SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ITEM A AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD LIKE PULLED BESIDES ITEMS A AND G? IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN STRAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS B, C, D, E, F, AND H AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN DUKE? I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM AYE, WHICH WAS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL RETREAT MINUTES. SO I JUST SAW THIS ON HERE AND I APOLOGIZE, MY COMPUTER RESTARTED ITSELF. SO IF YOU WILL GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND ON THAT. I THINK MY REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE TO POTENTIALLY TABLE THIS AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT REFLECTS THE VISION AND SOME OF THE FINAL STATEMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL MADE. I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC VERBIAGE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK OR REQUEST STAFF GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE RECORD. DO WE NOT HAVE ONE? OKAY. THEN POTENTIALLY REVIEWING NOTES FROM IT OR JUST BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT HAD ANYTHING. AM I CORRECT? NO THAT'S CORRECT. TYPICALLY ON WORK SESSIONS, IT'S JUST A GENERIC DIRECTION PROVIDED. AND WE DON'T GO INTO DETAIL SINCE THAT WAS A RETREAT AND IT WASN'T A. REGULAR MEETING, IT IS NOT BY LAW REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED. SO IT WAS NOT RECORDED. SO WE DO NOT HAVE AN AUDIO RECORDING OF IT. I CAN GO BACK TO STAFF AND OR IF YOU HAVE SOME NOTES AS WELL, OR ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE AND WE COULD TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
[25:07] OKAY. WELL, KNOWING THAT INFORMATION, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO APPROVING THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE. AND PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR OFF. PERHAPS INSTEAD HAVING A CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE IN A MORE OF A PUBLIC WORK SESSION, AS OPPOSED TO THE RETREAT WHICH WAS OPEN TO GO THROUGH KIND OF SOME OF THE NOTES THAT WE HAD FROM THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT VISION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED THEN TO APPROVING ITEM A AS PRESENTED. SO I WILL MAKE SAID MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM AYE COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. WITH THAT, IT CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ITEM G WAS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-18R, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TXDOT FOR THE CONGESTION MITIGATION, AIR QUALITY, CMAC PROJECT AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT, SDG TO KRAMER LANE FROM STATE HIGHWAY 78 TO CRESCENT OAK STREET. MISTER PARKER, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS TO CORRECT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR, THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S SOME DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THERE THAT WE NEED TO VERIFY WITH TEX DOT. BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING, TEX DOT KIND OF GOT IN THE GAME A LITTLE LATER. WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH COG AND SINCE THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT, ALL MONEY GOES THROUGH TEX DOT. SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WE WANT TO VERIFY THAT BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION. OKAY. MAKES SENSE. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SIGN ANYTHING THAT ISN'T WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. SO WITH THAT, THE REQUEST, IS IT JUST TO OPEN ENDED TABLE THAT OR JUST TO THE NEXT MEETING? I'M SORRY. TO THE NEXT MEETING. WE'LL BRING IT BACK WITHIN THE THREE MEETINGS. OKAY. SO JUST GENERALLY TABLE. YES. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE WITH TEX DOT. I WANTED TO VERIFY IT SAID NEXT MEETING, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES TEX DOT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO RESPOND. SO YEAH, I'D RATHER. OKAY, JUST GIVE US SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT IN LINE BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, THE REQUEST IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO ALLOW US TO GET THOSE CLARIFICATIONS. WITH TEX DOT, I WILL OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM OR ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM H. THAT'S G G OKAY. CORRECTION ITEM G. UNTIL INFORMATION IS BROUGHT TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO STANDARDLY TABLE ITEM G. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SORRY. COUNCILMAN HOOVER I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM. COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION. WE HAD SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T VOTE. OKAY, SO, COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. IT'S BACK IN FRONT OF US AGAIN. YEAH. NO, BUT I VOTED IT. IT POPPED BACK UP AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. WE SEEM WE SEEM TO BE HAVING A FEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON THIS ONE. AS THIS IS A CONSENT ITEM TO TABLE WHILE THEY WORK ON THAT MISS STORM, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL? OKAY. I'LL ASK COUNCIL TO VOTE. IF NOT, WE'LL WE'LL DO HANDS ON THAT ONE. TRY AGAIN. GENTLEMEN. IT POPPED BACK A SECOND TIME REAL QUICK. EVERYONE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ACCEPTANCE AND RESIGNATION OF MAR. CONSIDER, YES, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF MARK BOOTH AND APPOINT A BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. APPOINTING AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 2022,
[30:09] 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027. APOLOGIES. I THINK MISS STORM STEPPED AWAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO RESIGN FROM THAT POSITION. IS THAT CORRECT, MISS BRADLEY? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT AN INDIVIDUAL TO REPLACE THEM. I BELIEVE THAT WE ALREADY HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE LISTED AS ALTERNATES FOR THE BOARD. I APOLOGIZE AS IT'S FINALLY LOADING HERE. SO WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATES AS WELL AS THREE APPLICANTS. THE ALTERNATES ARE CURRENTLY CHRIS SMITH AND BONNIE TINSLEY. WE HAD THREE OTHER APPLICANTS, SUZANNE, BUT MARK CHENG, YEN AND KSENIA AND STEPAN KINA. WHO HAD APPLIED COUNCIL OR MAYOR. I BELIEVE WE DO THE BOARD OF REVIEW AS A WHOLE. I WOULD SUGGEST SELECTING ONE OF THE ALTERNATES WHO WE INTERVIEWED. DO WE HAVE ANY STRONG FEELINGS FROM ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES OR RECOMMENDATIONS? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A STRONG FEELING BETWEEN MR. SMITH AND MISS TINSLEY. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. I WOULD SUGGEST WE PROMOTE CHRIS SMITH TO AN APPLICANT FOR THE REPLACEMENT. OKAY, SO CHRIS SMITH HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE WEIGH IN, SO I WILL ASK SINCE I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NOMINATION OR SUGGESTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO MAKE? PLEASE NOTE THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE READ AS STATED. WE WOULD NEED AN ALTERNATE AS WELL. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. SO DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE YOU WOULD PROPOSE? COUNCILMAN PICKENS. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MAYOR. NO. I PROPOSE NOMINATING MISS STEP. STEP. OKAY. AS YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S WEIGHED IN. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO A MOTION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? COUNCILMAN PICKENS READ IT AS YES, WITH THE NAMES WITH THE NAMES PROPERLY SLOTTED. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF MARK BOOTH AND TO APPOINT CHRIS SMITH TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028, AND TO APPOINT CASINO KINA AS AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND AS STATED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS EVENING. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO FIRST MUST BE REMOVED FROM TABLE TO BE CONSIDERED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM TABLE? MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION TO REMOVE IT FROM TABLE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE TABLE AND TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. THE ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF ALAN DAYTON AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED. MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THOUGH TO MAKE FOR THIS? I DID. MAYOR. OBVIOUSLY I LEAD THE PANEL FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE BOARD POSITIONS. AND WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CANDIDATES THIS YEAR. BUT MARK BOOTH STOOD ON AN ISLAND OF HIS OWN IN TERMS OF THE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT HE WOULD BRING TO THE WHILE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPEN POSITION. AND SO I WOULD PUT FORTH MARK BOOTH AS A CANDIDATE FOR FILLING THAT POSITION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS AT THIS TIME?
[35:08] OKAY. THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION READ AS STATED. MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF ALAN DAYTON AND APPOINT MARK BOOTH TO THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO FILL THE TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. APPRECIATE MR. DAYTON'S SERVICE AND MR. BOOTH'S WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE, APPARENTLY GIVEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE. CONSIDERING AND ACTING UPON AN AMENDMENT APPROVING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO W2023-89- AYE ON DEMAND RIDE SHARING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND TRIP CONSULTING LLC AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MISS ALI? YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE RIGHT OF WAY. WYLIE RIGHT RIDE SHARE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE OCTOBER OF 2023, AND WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO IMPROVE CLEAN UP SOME THINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO DATE. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUICK HISTORY. TO DATE, WE HAVE SPENT JUST UNDER $500,000 ON THE PROGRAM. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THERE HAS BEEN JUST AT 3000 RIDERS. I WOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER GUESSED, BUT ABOUT 30, 3000 RIDERS USE THE RIDE SHARE PROGRAM. SO AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE NUMBERS, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WE ARE CONSTANTLY UTILIZING AND CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MEANINGFUL GROWTH AS THE DEMAND INCREASES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM, WORKING WITH THE VENDOR. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS AN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. AND IN SUMMARY, ALL THE CHANGES ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. BUT IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, THE RIDER FEE AND THIS IS THE FEE THAT THE RIDER INITIALLY PAYS. BEFORE THEY WERE PAYING THE FIRST $4, THE CITY WOULD PAY THE NEXT TEN. NEXT TEN UP TO TEN, AND THEN ANYTHING OVER THAT THE RIDER WOULD PAY. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT FEE WOULD GO FROM $4 TO $5. THEY WERE GETTING TEN RIDES PER MONTH PER VOUCHER. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT TO GO FROM 10 TO 12. AND THEN JUST LANGUAGE IN THE AMENDMENT THAT THE UBER X SHARE WOULD BE THE PRIORITY. RIGHT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. IF WE SEEK FUNDING FROM COG OR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE WANT TO PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE IN THE EVENT WHICH WE DO HOPE TO PETITION THEM FOR FUNDING. AND THE OTHER AMENDMENT IS TO ADD LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR REGIONAL, WHAT WE CALL A GEOFENCE, WHICH IS OUR BOUNDARIES. CURRENTLY, OUR BOUNDARY IS JUST THE CITY LIMITS OF WYLIE WITH CITY LINE DART IN PLANO AND METHODIST RICHARDSON OFF OF GEORGE BUSH. AND THE REASONS THAT THOSE WERE ADDED IS WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM FROM DART, JUST GOING THROUGH ALL THE DATA, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT UTILIZED THOSE FACILITIES, SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT ON THERE. SO WHAT THE REGIONAL GEOFENCE WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SAY IF MURPHY DECIDED TO JOIN THE PROGRAM AND WE HAVE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH MURPHY, WITH SACHSE, IF THEY WERE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM, OUR RESIDENTS COULD GO THERE, THEIR RESIDENTS COULD COME HERE, AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FULL AMENDMENT OR OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT. SO THAT LANGUAGE IS PUT IN HERE. THAT COULD, WOULD ALWAYS COULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL. IF WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING WITH MURPHY OR WITH SAXY. WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE ILAS WITH THEM. SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE REWRITE OF, OF AN AGREEMENT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, MAYBE THE LAST MEETING, OCTOBER, MAYBE NOVEMBER, I WOULD LIKE FOR TRIP CONSULTING TO COME AND JUST KIND OF DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY WHAT THE PROGRAM DOES AND WHERE WE CAN GO. OKAY. WELL, MISS SALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
[40:02] AS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, AND SOME CITIZENS, I KNOW YOU YOU STAFF IS AWARE. I SERVE ON COG REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. THIS IS WHERE CITIES ARE MOVING. IT'S A MAJOR CHANGE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGER PLAYERS IN THE AREA. BUT A GREAT EXAMPLE IS PLANO. PLANO HAS HAD THINGS LIKE BUS LINES THAT HAVE BEEN VERY UNOCCUPIED. BUT AS THEY HAVE STARTED TO INTRODUCE MICRO TRANSIT LIKE THIS IT HAS RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FROM CITIZENS BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN IT'S 101 OUT AND YOU HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY, TRYING TO GET TO A BUS STOP AND WAIT IS DIFFICULT. OR GETTING FROM A BUS STOP TO THE LOCATION YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO GO TO. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WITHOUT KIND OF OPENING THE FLOODGATES, SO TO SPEAK. BUT GETTING SOMEONE TO A HEALTH CARE NEED AT METHODIST, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE CLOSEST FACILITY AND ONE THAT GETS A LOT OF PATIENTS AND THEREFORE FOLLOW UPS AND THINGS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CONNECTING THEM TO THE LARGER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GRID SO THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN, CAN HOP DOWN THERE AND RIDE THE DART SYSTEM FROM THAT LOCATION, WHEREVER ELSE THEY MAY NEED TO GET TO. I THINK THOSE MAKE SENSE. AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO KIND OF REGIONALIZE THIS AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS IN WILEY YOU CAN'T GET IN MURPHY AND SAXY. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE VICE VERSA. AND THAT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS I LIVE IN WILEY AND MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IS A HALF MILE OVER THE LINE, AND I EITHER HAVE TO STOP AND GET OUT, OR I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO COORDINATE TWO DIFFERENT RIDES ON TWO DIFFERENT APPS. AND SO I THINK THAT DEFEATS THAT PURPOSE. SO WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED TO SUPPORT A MASSIVE BUSSES ON EVERY STREET TYPE OF SYSTEM. AND WE ARE SEEING COMMUNITIES MOVE AWAY FROM THAT. AND, AND I SEE US BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF STILL BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO, WHETHER THEY'RE ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR JUST NEEDING HELP BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLE ISN'T WORKING OR THEY DON'T HAVE ONE STILL GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THINGS DONE THAT THEY NEED. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT YOU SAID. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED PROGRAM FOR OUR CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, HAVE VERY LIMITED MOBILITY AND AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED THING. IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF THINGS, JUST KIND OF FOR MY CLARIFICATION. WE'RE GOING FROM 4 TO 5. FROM $4 TO $5 PER RIDE. AND THEN WE INCREASING IT FROM 10 TO 12. IS THERE A STATISTIC ON THAT? WHY WE MADE THAT DECISION OR HOW IS THAT KIND OF CAME ABOUT? YES. SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD THE TEN RIDES PER VOUCHER AND WE ALSO DID A MARKETING TOOL. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, WHERE WE WOULD GIVE PEOPLE TWO EXTRA RIDES IF THEY WOULD SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM. AND JUST SPENDING ALL OF MY TIME LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA. I FOUND THAT IT WAS USUALLY THE SAME PEOPLE TAKING THOSE TWO EXTRA RIDES, NOT NECESSARILY NEW RIDERS. SO TO ME, THEY NEED 12 RIDES. SO WE JUST INCREASED IT FROM 10 TO 12 UNDER ONE VOUCHER. NOT A MARKETING PROGRAM OR ANYTHING. JUST UNDER ONE PROGRAM. OKAY. AND THEN HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS RIDE SHARE PROGRAM. OCTOBER 2023. OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 IS WHEN WE STARTED. SO APPROXIMATELY WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $150,000 GIVE, GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR. THAT COMES FROM OUR BUDGET TO BACK TO THE CITIZENS PROBABLY CLOSER TO TWO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. MAYOR. MISS HOLLY GREAT JOB PRESENTING. AND I SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF US NOT HAVING PUBLIC TRANSIT AS FAR AS A, A STANDARD PROGRAM AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO DOLLARS AND PARKS AND RECS AND EDC ULTIMATELY, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE BEDROOM FAMILY STYLE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE. THE QUESTION I WANTED TO CHECK WITH YOU ON IS I IN TALKS PREVIOUS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF SOMEONE WANTED TO RIDE A PRIVATE RIDE THAT THAT THEN ELEVATES IT TO A, A A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERVICE. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT STILL IN THERE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SEPARATES A PRIVATE RIDE VERSUS NOT A PRIVATE RIDE DOLLARS.
[45:02] OKAY, OKAY. THAT, THAT THE RIDER WOULD COVER. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IN THE WAY THAT IT'S ADDRESSED. YES. SO FOR THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE THE FURTHER DISTANCE FOR THE, THE TRANSIT, YOU KNOW BUS TRANSIT AND WHATNOT THAT COULD SERVICE MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT ONE TIME WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY EFFICIENT AT THE END OF THE DAY. RIGHT. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON LIKE AN UBER BEING DRIVEN AROUND, BUT IT'S A LOT OF TIMES MULTIPLE IN THE SAME CAR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERKINS THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU DID A FINE JOB WITH THAT. TWO THINGS. ONE, I NOTICED COVENTRY RESERVE IS IS ON THE MAP. YOU DID MENTION THEM SPECIFICALLY. ARE THEY A NEW ADDITION TO THE MAP? I'M SORRY. THAT'S MY FAULT. I FORGOT TO MENTION THEY ARE ON THE LIST AGAIN. THE SAME THING WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA FROM DART. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS THAT GO TO COVENTRY, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THERE. YEAH, I APPLAUD YOU FOR ADDING COVENTRY RESERVE. I DO KNOW ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THEY DO AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SECOND THING YOU MENTIONED OUTSIDE FUNDING MAY BE AVAILABLE WITH SOME WORDING CHANGES. COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW MUCH FUNDING COULD BE AVAILABLE? I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT COG HAS. MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH COG, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOLD US WE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS WAS BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT THE UBER SHARE THAT HAD TO BE THERE IN ORDER FOR US TO. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO WE HAVE ADDED IT. AND NOW THE DOOR IS OPEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES OF THAT. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, MISS ALI. THANK YOU. STAFF. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO WORK SESSIONS. OUR WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE IS COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSALS ANNUAL REVIEW. SO I WOULD INVITE YOU GENTLEMEN, WHOEVER WILL BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN. YOU BREAK IT, YOU PAY FOR IT. I CAN'T SCROLL UP FAST ENOUGH. I'M JUST CLICKING ON IT AGAIN. THERE WE GO. IF YOU HIT THE MICROPHONE FOR US. YOU GUYS GOTTA SET EVERYTHING UP HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JASON RAYMER. I'M THE PRESIDENT AT COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL. I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY ROBERT MEDAKOVIC. THE CITY OF WILEY'S MUNICIPAL COORDINATOR AT CWC, AS WELL AS PAUL HANSEN, OUR GENERAL MANAGER. AND WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO DO OUR 2026 YEAR IN REVIEW AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. SO CWC BEGAN SERVICING THE CITY OF WILEY IN 2008. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS ROUGHLY 12,400 HOMES. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 42% GROWTH. AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSES HERE IN THE CITY OF WILEY. THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE THAT THE MAYOR WAS SO KIND ENOUGH TO COMMENT ON IN THE WILEY CONNECTION AROUND THE TIME THAT CWC WAS CELEBRATING OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, MY FATHER AT THAT TIME APPOINTED ME PRESIDENT, TOOK THE TITLE OF CEO. HE'S STILL VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE COMPANY. COMES IN ONE DAY A WEEK, JUST LIKE A SEMI-RETIRED PERSON SHOULD, BUT HE STILL HANGING AROUND AS WELL AS MYSELF AND SISTER CONTINUE TO RUN THE BUSINESS. SO VERY BRIEFLY JUST A SUMMARY OF THE SERVICES. SO TRASH IS SERVICES PROVIDED ONCE PER WEEK IN A 95 GALLON GRAY TRASH CART. ALL OF THE VEHICLES OPERATED IN THE CITY OF WYLIE BY CBD ARE ALL COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS. THEY'RE ALL EQUIPPED WITH AN ADDITIONAL TAG AXLE THAT YOU SEE THERE AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THAT AXLE IS LIFTED UP WHILE THE DRIVER IS GOING ABOUT HIS ROUTE BECAUSE IT DRAGS WHEN HE TAKES A TURN. BUT WHEN THE TRUCK DOES GET LOADED UP, HE'LL DROP THE TAG AXLE AND DRIVE OUT OF CITY, AND THAT WILL HELP PRESERVE CITY STREETS AS THAT WEIGHT IS BETTER DISPERSED ACROSS THE
[50:04] TRUCK. BULK AND LOOSE BRUSH IS SERVICED ONCE PER MONTH ON SATURDAYS. DEPENDING ON YOUR TRASH DAY, IT WILL FALL ON EITHER THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH SATURDAY REAR LOAD COLLECTION ON SATURDAY. SO EVERY WEEK AT 949, HENSLEY CW WILL BRING 1 TO 2 REAR LOADERS, KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE SEASONALITY, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM EIGHT TO NOON WHERE RESIDENTS CAN BRING. I BELIEVE IT'S UP TO SIX CUBIC YARDS. IF IT TAKES A COUPLE TRIPS, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THEY ARRIVE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 AND HAVE ROUGHLY SIX CUBIC YARDS. A SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING COLLECTION. SO WE OFFER COMMERCIAL RECYCLING TO TO BUSINESSES HERE AND AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, IT'S PRIMARILY CARDBOARD CONTAINERS WITH SLOTTED INSERTS FOR THAT BROKEN DOWN CARDBOARD. AND THEN FOR THE MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENTS, WE OFFER A SINGLE STREAM, WHICH IS BOTTLES, PAPERS, CANS, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD AT HOME. THE 2026 RECYCLED MATERIALS. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE LOWER. WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT REPORTING PERIOD TO THE PRIOR YEARS, BUT WE ARE ON PACE TO, TO RECYCLE CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT AS 2025. USUALLY WE SEE A LARGE UPTICK IN DECEMBER. AND THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF HARD TO QUANTIFY. IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY OF OUR WIVES LIKE AMAZON. AND BUT WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY STEADY NUMBERS THERE OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS JANUARY THROUGH JULY, WE'VE RECYCLED OVER 2500 TONS OF SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING MATERIAL. CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES. SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON THIS SLIDE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS JUST LOOKING AT THE CHART. BUT A CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRY IS ANY KIND OF GRIEVANCE FELT BY A RESIDENT. THAT'S YOU KNOW, CORRECT OR INCORRECT. IF THE DRIVER LOOKED AT HIM IN A BAD WAY, PUT THE CART IN FRONT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. WE LOGGED THAT AS A GRIEVANCE. WE DON'T DISPUTE THAT. IT'S TRULY A FEELING OF IF THEY FELT WRONGED. WE REPORT IT IN THESE NUMBERS HERE, ALSO REPORTED IN THESE NUMBERS. HERE ARE ANY CALLS THAT CAME THROUGH CITY HALL. ANY EMAILS TO COUNCIL? AS LONG AS THAT INFORMATION MADE IT TO CWG, IT WOULD FALL WITHIN THESE NUMBERS. WE THEN NORMALIZE THAT DATA IN A PER 1000 SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS JUST SO THAT I DON'T STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND SAY, WE HAVE A 99.998% SERVICE SATISFACTION. WE'D LIKE TO NORMALIZE IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN THOSE TRENDS GO UP AND DOWN, WHEN WE'RE NOT FINISHING OUR ROUTES, THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP. WE HAVE DAILY, DAILY LIVE COMPUTERS IN OUR DISPATCH AREA THAT SHOW ALL OF OUR CITIES AND THE RATIOS FOR THE, THE THE TRAILING SEVEN DAYS. SO WHEN WE DON'T FINISH ROUTES, THE TRUCK BREAKS DOWN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CALLS GO UP AND WE INSTANTLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BY CITY ACROSS ALL THE CITIES THAT WE SERVICE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN IN BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY, WE SAW 0.88 PER 1000 SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I JUST WANT TO COME OUT THE GATE AND SAY THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE JUST THIS EVENING TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS SLIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT? FIRST WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME CHALLENGES THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD A FEW DRIVERS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO RENEW THEIR CDL LICENSE. THREE OF THEM WERE DESIGNATED HERE IN WYLIE. IT WAS JUST A RECENT GOVERNMENT CHANGE FOR NON-DOMICILE CDL DRIVERS ESSENTIALLY. SO THEY WERE HERE ON AMNESTY, I GUESS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RENEW THEIR CDL. AND THOSE THREE DRIVERS HAD A COMBINED EXPERIENCE OF ABOUT 30 YEARS OF C, W, D AND ALL THREE DRIVERS WERE IN WILY AND WE DID LOSE SOME OTHERS IN SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT RIGHT AWAY WE HAD TO HIRE ABOUT 10 TO 13 DRIVERS OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS TO REPLACE THOSE THREE. THOSE WERE SEASONED VETS. IT TAKES TWO DRIVERS TO REPLACE ONE OF THEM. THAT'S A SIMPLE TRUTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TOUGH, TIGHT ALLEYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT REALLY PUT US IN A HOLE TO BEGIN WITH. AND WE'VE STABILIZED NOW OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHERE WE'VE SEEN NUMBERS IMPROVE. WE'VE ALSO ROTATED IN SOME NEW EQUIPMENT. SO OF THE SEVEN TRUCKS OPERATING IN THE CITY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, FOUR OF THOSE ARE 2024 OR NEWER. SO LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF OLD. THE OTHER THREE TRUCKS ARE 2019 MODELS AND A TYPICAL TRUCK HAS A LIFE OF TEN YEARS. SO WE DO HAVE GOOD EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY. WE'RE ABLE TO ROTATE THAT IN AS SOME OTHER VEHICLES ARRIVE THIS YEAR IN OUR NORMAL ORDERS. WE'VE ALSO THE LAST FEW MONTHS ADDED A AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK. SO WE'RE RUNNING THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH TRUCK, ONE EXTRA TRUCK THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD IN THE CITY TO JUST ENSURE ROUTES GET COMPLETED AGAIN, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE NUMBERS HERE AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO INTERNALLY ADDED A FIFTH MAINTENANCE ROAD CALL TRUCK TO JUST ALLEVIATE, AGAIN, A LATE BREAKDOWN AS WE GET MORE SPREAD OUT IN NORTH TEXAS. THOSE TRUCKS CAN THOSE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES CAN RESPOND TO TO GO HELP A TRUCK THAT IS BROKEN DOWN. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL JUST PAUSE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF MAYOR YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO WAIT TILL THE END. OH YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY LET'S UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ASK COUNCIL, MAYBE MAKE A NOTE AND WE CAN TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT WITH YOU AT THE END IN CASE YOU
[55:02] ANSWER QUESTIONS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. ABSOLUTELY. ON THIS SLIDE, WE SHOW OUR RESIDENTIAL DRIVER INCIDENTS. THIS IS ON A RATIO OF PER 100 000 SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, YOU SEE A CLEAR NUMBER GOING UP. WE HAD 48 INCIDENTS IN 2026 BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY. AN INCIDENT ON THIS SLIDE IS ANY CLAIM THAT REACHED OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT. IT COULD BE A RUT. IT COULD BE A DAMAGED FENCE. IT COULD BE AN ACCIDENT. IT COULD BE AN EMPLOYEE INJURY. 46 OF THE 48 WERE PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED. AND IN THE CITY OF WYLIE IN 2026, 75% OF THOSE 46 WERE ACROSS THREE DRIVERS THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH C, W, D THAT WERE PART OF THE DRIVERS THAT WE HIRED TO REPLACE THOSE THAT WERE NO LONGER SERVICING THE CITY. WE HAVE SINCE NORMALIZED THINGS. THE CLAIMS HAVE GONE DOWN, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A TESTAMENT THAT WE REPORT THIS ON A PER CITY LEVEL. WE LOOK AT IT, WE COME TO YOU, WE PRESENT IT EVEN IF IT'S AN UGLY NUMBER. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND TRACKING. AS RESIDENTS, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH ANY KIND OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, RUTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO COVER SOME COMPANY UPDATES. THESE ARE OTHER THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD. IN JUNE 2024, WE DID A DALLAS COUNTY MUNICIPAL BOND FOR $20 MILLION TO ALLOW US TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT C, W, D SO SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE. HERE IS THE 23 CONNECTING ACRES WE HAVE ON CALIFORNIA CROSSING A FEW MILES FROM THE OLD COWBOY STADIUM. AND JANUARY OF 2024, WE COMPLETED OUR CNG TRUCK PARKING EXPANSION. PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD ABOUT 150 CNG TRUCKS AND 100 PARKING SPOTS. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT TETRIS LOOKS LIKE WITH A 19 TON VEHICLE. WE NOW HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PARK ABOUT 270 CNG TRUCKS AT OUR FACILITY IN MAY OF 2025. SO LAST YEAR WE COMPLETED OUR TRANSFER STATION EXPANSION. THIS ALLOWS US TO PUT A CEILING ON WHAT LANDFILLS CAN CHARGE US. AT A CERTAIN RATE, WE CAN BRING TRASH TO OUR FACILITY, LOAD IT UP IN A LARGE TRAILER, AND DRIVE IT DOWN TO FERRIS, TEXAS, WHERE IT'S MUCH CHEAPER TO DUMP. DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY OF WYLIE. WHEREAS GARLAND IS A RATHER AFFORDABLE LANDFILL, IT'S VERY CLOSE. BUT IF THINGS EVER CHANGED IN FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS, WE HAVE ONE OF THE ONLY PERMITS IN NORTH TEXAS TO DO THAT. AND APRIL OF 2026, WE 26, WE COMPLETED A $10 MILLION UPGRADE OF OUR MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY OR MRF. WE WERE ABLE TO CUT OUR LABOR IN HALF AND DOUBLE OUR THROUGHPUT. THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF AUTOMATION, REMOVED A LOT OF MANUAL SORTING OF THE RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING THAT COMES THROUGH OUR FACILITY. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF RELOCATING OUR MAINTENANCE BUILDING. I'LL SHOW A SLIDE AFTER THIS, BUT WE WILL DOUBLE THE MAINTENANCE BAYS FROM 11 TO ROUGHLY 24 MAINTENANCE BAYS BY THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, ALLOWING US TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GENERATE REVENUE, BUT ALLOW US TO CONTROL COSTS AND PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE. I'M NOT GOING TO CLICK THE VIDEO HERE, BUT THERE IS A LINK IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN YOUR PACKET. THERE'S A GREAT TIME LAPSE OF THE MURF UPGRADE THAT WE DID. IT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN OCTOBER AND APRIL. WE WERE SHUT DOWN FOR A FULL EIGHT WEEKS WHERE WE HAD TO DIVERT RECYCLING TO OTHER AREA PROCESSING FACILITIES. BUT IF YOU JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE BIG PILES OF RECYCLING COME IN AND OUT AND AND A GREAT LITTLE TIME LAPSE, I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE SCALE OF THE UPGRADES THAT WE COMPLETED. IT'S HARD TO MAKE SENSE OF MUCH OF THESE SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS, BUT YOU CAN JUST SEE THERE'S A LOT MORE STEEL IN THERE THAN THERE WAS BEFORE. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SET UP A TOUR WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE IN THE COMING MONTHS WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE A LITTLE COOLER, THE MAINTENANCE PROJECT, AGAIN, I'LL JUST KIND OF REFERENCE THIS, BUT WE ARE RELOCATING THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR FACILITY. THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT. WE'RE BUILDING 14 BRAND NEW HIGH BAYS, RENOVATING AN EXISTING BUILDING, BRINGING OUR OPERATIONS, DISPATCH AND DRIVER BREAK ROOM TO THAT SIDE OF THE FACILITY AS WELL. SOME BACK OFFICE AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE CHANGED OUT OUR WHAT IS IT, A CRM SYSTEM? HOWEVER, YOU WOULD REFER TO IT WHEREVER WE TRACK ALL OF OUR NOTES, OUR BILLINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BASICALLY OUR ENTIRE OPERATION, WE CHANGED THAT BACK OFFICE SOFTWARE. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED ROUTE OPTIMIZATION SO WE CAN DO MULTI-DAY ROUTING. WE PUT TABLETS IN ALL OF OUR FRONT LOAD TRUCKS AGAIN TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND KEEP OUR COSTS UNDER CONTROL FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. EQUIPMENT ORDERS. WE HAD 57 COLLECTION VEHICLES TO ARRIVE BY THE END OF 2027, SO THAT IS BETWEEN 2026 AND 2027. ORDERS MORE OR LESS. THIS IS TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR INTERNAL GROWTH. A LOT OF OUR CITIES ARE GROWING AND WE ARE ORDERING EQUIPMENT YOU KNOW, 18 TO 24 MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME TO, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES FOR OUR EXISTING COMMUNITIES. JUST SOME TOOLS AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OUT THERE. SO WE HAVE THE ADDRESS SEARCH TOOL ON THE TOP LEFT. YOU CAN GO TO THE DWP WEBSITE, TYPE IN YOUR ACTUAL ADDRESS, AND JUST GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IT PERTAINS TO YOU WHEN YOUR PICKUPS ARE,
[1:00:02] WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, KNOWING IT'S THE THIRD FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AND THE EIGHTH LUNAR CYCLE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IT SPITS IT OUT IN A VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND FORMAT. WE ALSO HAVE THE MOBILE APP. EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO BY CALLING OR EMAILING US OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN DO IN THE MOBILE APP. REQUEST A CART REPLACEMENT, GET A BULK OR BRUSH PICKUP QUOTE. AND THEN WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT ONLINE WHERE THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND PAY THEIR ACCOUNT THERE. LAST SLIDE ON THE CNG. I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE WITH THE COST ADJUSTMENT BY OPERATING COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS, OUR COST OR FUEL COSTS ARE ROUGHLY 5% OF OUR OPERATING COSTS. AT DIESEL, THAT NUMBER IS 25%. SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PUMPS RIGHT NOW. AND THIS WAS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WE MADE 12 YEARS AGO TO INVEST IN COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND HAVING THE LARGEST CNG FLEET IN NORTH TEXAS. WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE COST SAVINGS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. I'M SURE YOU'RE GLAD YOU MADE THE INVESTMENT THESE DAYS. WHEN WE MOVED THERE IN 2000, WE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE A HIGH PRESSURE LINE THAT RAN RIGHT DOWN CALIFORNIA CROSSING. AND 15 YEARS LATER, WHO KNEW THAT WOULD BE IN A TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE? BUT IT SAVES HAND OVER FIST AND WE'RE ABLE TO PASS THAT ON TO OUR CUSTOMERS. I DON'T JUST GET FAT AND HAPPY. WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO CONTROL THE COST OF OUR CUSTOMERS. WITH THAT STATEMENT, I CAN PROVE THAT. HERE IS OUR CONTRACTUAL COST ADJUSTMENT IS BASED ON THREE INDICES. IT'S CPI, DFW, LESS ENERGY, CNG, HENRY HUB NATURAL GAS AND THEN THE GATE RATE AT THE GARLAND LANDFILL. SO WE TAKE THOSE THREE INDICES AND WE TAKE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE. AND WE APPLY IT TO THE DIFFERENT COSTS OF SERVICE HERE IN WYLIE. WHEREAS YOU HAVE HIGHER DISPOSAL IN RESIDENTIAL TRASH AS EXPECTED THAN YOU WOULD IN RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING. SO WE DON'T JUST INCREASE COSTS UNIFORMLY. WE APPLY A WEIGHTED AVERAGE. AND SHOWN HERE IS THOSE WEIGHTED AVERAGES WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CNG FUEL IS JUST A MINUSCULE PORTION. IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY SURPRISING. AND CNG CAN FLUCTUATE QUITE A BIT. BUT YOU'RE CHANGING A COST COMPONENT THAT'S 5% VERSUS 25%. AND SHOWN THERE BELOW AT THE BOTTOM ARE JUST A SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS RATES HERE IN WYLIE. THE RESIDENTIAL RATES ARE SET TO INCREASE ROUGHLY 2%. OH NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO FOR IT. RESIDENTIAL RATE WAS ROUGHLY 1.8% 2%. AND COMMERCIAL WAS ABOUT, I THINK 2.5%. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO ROBERT MARKOVICH, WHO WILL COVER SOME OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. WELL, BEFORE YOU STEP BACK, SINCE WE ARE CHANGING KIND OF FROM THE ABSOLUTELY NUTS AND BOLTS PART TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE RATES THAT WERE PUBLISHED SLIDE JUST PRIOR. CORRECT. THE RESIDENTIAL RATES IS THAT IS THAT PER CUBIC YARD OR WHAT IS THAT. WHAT'S THAT. THAT WOULD BE PER HOME. PER MONTH. PER HOME PER MONTH. OKAY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAVE SEVERAL, IF THAT'S OKAY. SURE. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE ON MISSED PICKUPS AND THE TIME THEY TOOK TO RESOLVE THE MISSED PICKUPS? I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THE AVERAGE TIME RESOLUTION HERE FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS WITHIN 24 HOURS. TYPICALLY OUR STANDARD IS IF WE GET A CALL FROM MISS PICKUP BY NOON, I BELIEVE IT'S. WE WILL RETURN THE SAME DAY TO TO COMPLETE THAT PICKUP. IF IT'S AFTER THAT, WE COULD BE ON A RECYCLE ROUTE. WE WOULD RETURN THE FOLLOWING MORNING. OKAY. YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD SOME ISSUES WITH DRIVERS AND YOU ROLLED IN NEW EQUIPMENT. SORRY. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU RUNNING BEHIND ON YOUR ROUTES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF WYLIE? YEAH, THE CITY OF WYLIE, I WOULD SAY. I MEAN, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE WERE NOT FINISHING ROUTES AT A PACE THAT'S COMPLETELY A FEW MONTHS AGO. BECAUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE CAN BE BACK IN JANUARY. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUNE? JULY? SORRY. NO. I'M PAUL HANSON, GENERAL MANAGER OF CWC. IN THE SPRING, AS WELL AS MAY, JUNE AND INTO JULY WOULD BE THE MONTHS WHERE WE WE AVERAGE PROBABLY ABOUT A LOAD OF USUALLY RECYCLING, GETTING CARRIED INTO THE NEXT DAY. NOT EVERY DAY, BUT MAYBE TWO DAYS A WEEK. HE TOOK UP TO THE NEXT DAY FOR RUNNING BEHIND. AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT WE WOULD DO IF WE HAVE A TRUCK THAT'S RUNNING BEHIND IS WE PICK THAT UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. WE ALWAYS SEND AND WE USUALLY TRY TO SEND TWO TRUCKS OVER. SO SOMETIMES WE CAN GET IT PICKED UP BEFORE 8 A.M.. AND YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS FAIRLY WELL. I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY DON'T SEE IT, BUT BUT YES, TRYING TO KEEP THE NOISE DOWN AS MUCH AS
[1:05:08] POSSIBLE. OKAY. HAS THAT BEEN STABILIZED NOW? YES. IN THE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE DAY THAT WE CARRIED OVER A LOAD. OKAY. AND THEN I'LL GO INTO COST A LITTLE BIT. APPRECIATE THAT. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. MAYOR. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE OF EXTENSIVE WEIGHT CATEGORY, WHICH IS INCREASED BY FOUR, 4.35% WHEN THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE ONLY INCREASED BY 1.9%. YEAH. THE ROLE OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT IS A A PER TON COST THAT'S APPLIED WHEN A ROLL OFF CUSTOMER, TYPICALLY A WALMART OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT HAS A COMPACTOR IS PUTTING TOO MUCH TRASH IN THEIR COMPACTOR THAT MAKES OUR TRUCK OVERWEIGHT BY DOT STANDARDS. SO THE REASON WE TAKE 100% OF THE ROLL OFF DISPOSAL CHANGE, WHICH WAS 4.35% AT THE GARLAND LANDFILL, BECAUSE THAT CHARGE IS 100% DISPOSAL. OKAY. EXPLAIN THAT. THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL ADJUSTMENT, 1.9%, BUT THE COST IS ACTUALLY GOING FROM 13.99 TO 14.25%. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES? SO THE 13.99 IS A $1 PER HOME PER MONTH. SO IT'S GOING UP $0.26 PER HOME PER MONTH. EVEN THOUGH THE ADJUSTMENT WAS 1.9 CENTS, ONE, 1.9%, I BELIEVE IT'S. SO IF WE. IT'LL. YEAH, 1.88% I'M SORRY, IS THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL INCREASE. SO IT'S THE BALANCE OF 1.96 AND 1.62. SO IF YOU SEE THE RECYCLES LESS THAN BRINGS IT DOWN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. YOU HAD NOTED IN THERE, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR HAD A WHOLE LOT MORE CLAIMS THAT YOU ALL WERE SEEING AND YOU FELT THAT WAS RELATED TO SOME OF THE CHANGES YOU'VE HAD IN DRIVERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OBVIOUSLY, I ASSUME YOU GUYS TREND THAT MONTHLY. YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU'RE NOW GETTING ROUTES FINISHED. ARE WE ALSO SEEING FEWER CLAIMS THAT ARE COMING IN? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT WENT UP EVEN MORE THAN YOUR PER CALL OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. AND THAT'S A CONCERN. THAT'S A BIGGER CONCERN TO ME. NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT THINGS PICKED UP ON TIME, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE A LOT OF YOUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE THEY MISSED ME OR THEY DIDN'T PICK IT UP OR YOU DIDN'T GET OUT HERE. WHEREAS THIS ONE HERE WHERE IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM LAST YEAR, THAT IS A CALL WITH A CLAIM THAT YOU DAMAGED SOMETHING OR NEED TO COME BACK AND CLEAN SOMETHING UP. I ASSUME IT'S USUALLY RELATED TO SOME FORM OF DAMAGE, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH OUR SAFETY CLAIM PROCESS. BECAUSE I SAW IT ALSO MENTIONED RECKLESS DRIVING AND CONDUCT OF DRIVERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IS THIS TRULY CLAIMS? IS THIS BECAUSE YOU HAD A FEW BAD EGGS? WHO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE CALLED JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DROVE THAT INCREASE. AND IF WE'RE SEEING THAT DROP OFF AS YOU GUYS STEADY EVERYTHING OUT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT PROBABLY 80% OF THESE CLAIMS ARE WHEN WE SAY PROPERTY DAMAGE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TURNING INTO THE ALLEYS. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A, A RIGHT OF WAY, EVERYONE PERCEIVES THAT'S MY PROPERTY. SO WHEN YOU GET A NEW DRIVER AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY CARVE OFF FOUR INCHES, BUT THEY LEAVE A LITTLE RUT THERE, WE WOULD STILL COUNT THAT AS A CLAIM. SO 75% OF THESE, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PAY. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T, THERE WASN'T ACTUALLY ANYTHING THAT HAD TO BE DONE. BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL NOTIFY US, HEY, YOUR DRIVER DID THIS OR DID THAT, BUT WE STILL TRACK THEM BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE HAVE CERTAIN DRIVERS THAT WERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO WHEN GUYS ARE NEW, EXPECT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, YOU GOT TO WORK WITH YOU. SO BUT FROM SOME OF THOSE GUYS DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WE EXPECTED. SO WE LET THEM GO AND MOVED ON. SO WE KNOW WE'RE NOT SEEING THE, THE SAME RATE OR THE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S STILL A CONTINUAL, HUGE FOCUS. WILEY HAS SOME CHALLENGING ALLEYS AND IT'S AND A LOT OF THESE IT'S NOT THE SAME PLACE. IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE ALLEYS THAT'S SUPER NARROW, YOU PROBABLY SEE THAT AND EXPERIENCE IT. IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE FRONT STREET SET OUT OR NEWER ALLEY, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. SO IT DEFINITELY SENDS CERTAIN ROUTES. THEY MAY HAVE 600 HOMES ON THEM.
[1:10:03] AND THERE'S A YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY 80 THAT THE REAL CHALLENGES ARE. SO IT IS A, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE. AND OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE A DRIVER, YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT TO GO WORK OVER HERE WHERE IT'S ALL FRONT STREET SET OUT AND IT'S EASY. I DON'T WANT TO HIT A GAS METER. I DON'T WANT TO HIT SOMEONE'S FENCE. SO BUT SO THAT'S PART OF OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND FINDING THE RIGHT GUYS IN THE RIGHT SPOT. FAIR ENOUGH. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU GUYS TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT JUST. YEAH. AND I WILL COMMENT BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT KIND OF THE DATA OF THIS ON MY DRIVE IN OR I WASN'T SOMEBODY ELSE WAS, BUT 46 OF THE 48 WERE RELATED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THERE'S ABOUT 15 DRIVERS THAT HAD SOME FORM OF CLAIM THIS YEAR. FOUR OF THEM ACCOUNTED FOR LIKE 80% OF THAT 46. AND THEY ARE NOT EMPLOYED AT CBD. SO THEY WERE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAD HIRED ON. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE READY. CLEARLY WERE NOT AND WERE LET GO BECAUSE OF IT. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. I THINK ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE WORKED IN ROLES WHERE WE BROUGHT SOMEBODY ON, AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THAT HELPS ME. IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME AND SAYS, DID YOU ASK THEM WHY? WHAT'S DRIVING THIS NUMBER? I CAN EXPLAIN THAT. MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AND APPRECIATE IF YOU ALL ARE HOLDING PEOPLE TO THAT STANDARD. BUT IF I DON'T ASK, I DON'T KNOW. THEY SAID THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND EXPLAIN KIND OF WHERE THAT IS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME AND THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF OF THE FIRM. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 48 INCIDENTS. BUT I WONDER HOW MANY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU DON'T PICK UP THE PHONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE PHONE FOR ANOTHER 3040 MINUTES. IF YOU CAN FIX SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FIX IT RIGHT AWAY. AND SO THAT THAT IS ANOTHER UNDERLINING ISSUE THAT I SEE. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING A RATE INCREASE, WHICH DESERVEDLY SO. CORRECT. WITH ALL THE FUEL AND EVERYTHING, BUT KNOWING ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO AND WITH THE CITY OF WYLIE, I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD RELOOK AT THE RATE, FEES AND RATE ADJUSTMENTS, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE. BEING THAT YOU HAD TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DRIVERS, YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS AND HAVING TO COME TO A CITY. CITIZENS OF WYLIE AND ASKING FOR RATE ADJUSTMENTS I DO NOT THINK IS WARRANTED AND I DO NOT THINK IS NEEDED. SO THAT'S MY MY FEELING ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND AND THE FEE SCHEDULING AND ALL THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ANY ANY RESPONSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRACK THIS INFORMATION AND I CAME IN HERE THIS EVENING VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT THESE, THESE TWO GRAPHS LOOKED LIKE AND NOT TO HIDE BEHIND EXCUSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S WE'VE GOT TO BE BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I MEAN, WITH EVERY CLAIM IS A COST OUT OF OUR POCKET AND IT'S A CORRECTION MADE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FIXING A RUT. WE'RE FIXING A FENCE. AND WE'RE HANDLING THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE NOTE OF IF FOLKS DON'T CALL IN, IT'S THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE I GET TO SEE THESE NUMBERS AND I GET TO HOLD MY TEAM ACCOUNTABLE. AND I CANNOT CORRECT WHAT I DO NOT KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THIS JUMPS OFF AND IT ALL MADE SENSE WHEN WE DIVED INTO IT. AND IT WAS FOR DRIVERS THAT MAY I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATES, BUT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN HERE ONE MONTH. I MEAN OF THOSE FOUR THEY ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 30 OF THE, THE 46 INCIDENTS. SO IT'S A CHALLENGE. IT'S PART OF OUR INDUSTRY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME AND AND WE'LL BE BETTER. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOLLOWING ON THE HEELS OF MAYOR PRO TEM. BEING THAT WE HAD FOUR OF THE DRIVERS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE READY AND WE PUT THEM OUT THERE IN A HOWEVER MANY TON VEHICLE ON THE STREETS WHERE, OF COURSE, LIFE AND SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN. SECONDARY PROPERTY AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THAT. WHAT DID Y'ALL LEARN THAT Y'ALL CHANGED IN YOUR MANAGEMENT OF NEW DRIVERS BEFORE PUTTING THEM OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY FOR MADE IT THROUGH OUT OF 13 AND THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WERE SO BAD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. AND YOU KNOW, THREADING THE NEEDLE. AND I DRIVE BIG VEHICLES, SO I'M USED TO THAT. WHAT DID WE WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENT NOW, I GUESS WOULD BE MY QUESTION. WELL, WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN INCLUDING USING SOME OF THE VETERAN GUYS TO RIDE WITH THEM AND TO SPEND MORE TIME AND THEN
[1:15:08] ALSO TRYING TO WE NORMALLY WILL TRY TO PUT NEW GUYS IN AN EASIER ROLE AND THEN PROMOTE THEM INTO THE TOUGHER CHALLENGE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE INCURRED WITH THIS SITUATION WITH THE NON-DOMICILE DRIVERS IS THERE WERE ACROSS OUR SYSTEM, THERE WERE TEN GUYS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IMPACTED. SO YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF FORCED TO, TO MOVE SOME PEOPLE FORWARD QUICKER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD. SO YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE INCREASED OUR STAFFING. WE'VE WE'VE HIRED, YOU KNOW, 2 TO 1 IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF TRAINING AND THEN AND THEN GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN AN EASIER LOCATION BEFORE WE MOVE THEM. THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE COMMENT TO THAT. YOU KNOW, PAUL ALLUDED THAT THE CDL ISSUE, WHICH WAS BASICALLY WHEN THEIR CDL CAME UP FOR RENEWAL, THEY COULD NOT RENEW IT. RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT. THAT WAS JUST THE LAW, YOU KNOW, THAT PUT IN PLACE TEN DRIVERS REPRESENTS 20% OF OUR SIDE LOAD DRIVER FLEET. SO 20% WENT OUT THE DOOR AND WITHIN ABOUT A COUPLE WEEK PERIOD, THEY ALL JUST KIND OF HAD RENEWALS COMING UP. AND 20% OF ANYTHING IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. AND YOU ADD IN THAT SIDE LOAD SERVICE IS THE MORE TECHNICAL AND CHALLENGING TRUCKS TO OPERATE. BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, AT NO POINT DID WE PUT ANYBODY HERE THAT WE FELT WAS UNSAFE. THEY COULD HAVE HAD TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND JUST HAD FOUR CLAIMS AND TWO ALLEYS. YOU KNOW, THEY TURNED INTO AN ALLEY, TWO SHORT. THEY GOT TO THE END AND A CAR WAS PARKED THERE AND THEY HAD TO CUT A CORNER. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE ACTUAL ACTUAL DATA, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THAT IS NOT A NORM TO, TO RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE 20% OF YOUR MOST SEASONED TECHNICAL DRIVERS ARE NO LONGER THERE, AND REPLACING A TEN YEAR VETERAN MIGHT TAKE 2 OR 3 GUYS TO COMPLETE THAT ROUTE BECAUSE THEY OPERATE SLOWER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT SAFER. SO IT'S NOT THE NORM FOR US TO ENCOUNTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND I THINK WE DID LEARN SOME THINGS ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING KEEPING SOME OF THE DRIVERS IN WILY. THEY'RE STILL EMPLOYED AT CW D AND THEIR TRAINERS NOW THEY JUST CANNOT DRIVE A TRUCK. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS I JUST WANT TO ADD TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING THIS EVENING AND ANSWERING THOSE. I BELIEVE ROBERT WAS GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD EVENING. I'M ROBERT, WITH TOO MANY WASTE DISPOSAL. I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. WE DO TWO EXTREME GREEN EVENTS. ONE WAS IN FEBRUARY AND THE ONES COMING UP NOVEMBER 2ND. AND WE WERE DOING THOSE AT 949. HENSLEY. THEY GO FROM 8 A.M. TO 11. LAST TIME WE DID 47,000 POUNDS. WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF WILEY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WITH KEVIN ENGLAND. IT'S GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 7TH. PARDON ME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE TAKE ALL THAT REUSE PAINT. WE TAKE IT DOWN TO WD SO THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE. THEY COULD ACTUALLY THROW AWAY THE THE PAINT, BUT THEY DON'T. BUT WE TAKE IT BACK TO WD, WE TURN INTO WD REMIXED PAINT AND WE DISTRIBUTE IT AROUND 10,600 GALLONS OF PAINT FOR FREE TO DIFFERENT RESIDENTS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF WILEY WON A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THAT PROGRAM, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT. WE GET VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE DID A STATE OF THE CITY, THE STATE OF THE CHAMBER. WHERE ALL THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT EVENT WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE EVENT DOWN AT SOUTH FORK. I WAS AT THE CHAMBER TODAY AND LISTENING TO DOCTOR KIM SPICER TALK. CITY OF WYLIE ISD IS RATED A FORM WE HOPEFULLY HELP WITH OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION HELPS A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THAT GOAL. THE TASTE OF WYLIE. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THREE YEARS. WE WORK WITH CITY STAFF, CRAIG AND MARY ANN OLSON. AND WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THAT, WE MAKE THAT A SUSTAINABLE EVENT. SO IN THE YEARS PAST, SOMETIMES RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING ALL THEIR UTENSILS AND FOOD IN PLASTIC BAGS. 87% OF PLASTIC BAGS END UP IN ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE. WE HELP SPONSOR THE EVENT BY MAKING SUSTAINABLE BAGS, AND IT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. CITY OF WYLIE IS UP FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD THERE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR RECYCLING. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING BACK SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT. BLUEGRASS AND BALLARD. BALLARD WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. IT USED TO BE DONE IN THE LAST SATURDAY IN JUNE. THE MAYOR PORTER WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT COOLER. SO NOW IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND IN MAY. IT IS A LITTLE FIVE DEGREES COOLER, SO IT IS COOLER. WE MAKE THAT A GREEN EVENT. TRAIL BLAZERS WE WORK WITH TINA WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ACTUALLY, IT'S THE THIRD YEAR WE SPONSORED THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND FOR SOME REASON THEY GET ME AND ALWAYS AARON FROM FROST BANK TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN IN THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLES AND
[1:20:06] FOLLOWING. AARON'S ALWAYS A HARD GOAL WHEN YOU'RE A SPEAKER. AND WE ALSO DID THE JUNE 19TH EVENT, THIS JUNETEENTH EVENT. WE DID THIS WITH THE WYLIE EDGE, PARDON ME, WITH THE WYLIE, THE THE FREEDOM CELEBRATION OF WYLIE. AND WE'VE ALSO MADE IT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, A GREEN EVENT, 250TH YEAR, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR SPOKE AT THAT EVENT. THERE WAS NO WYLIE RODEO THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH TINA THIS YEAR INSTEAD, BECAUSE SHE USED TO BE A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY THE CITY OF CHAMBER DOESN'T GET THOSE FUNDS. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THOSE SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOMEWHERE IN THE FALL, MOST LIKELY AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT. WE ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY, WITH THE BU ON BALLARD AND WITH JANICE WITH THE WYLIE ARTS FESTIVAL. MAKE THOSE GREEN EVENTS BASICALLY ANY COMMUNITY EVENT BY THE CHAMBER OR BY THE CITY. WE TRY TO MAKE GREEN EVENTS. THERE WAS ACTUALLY THE AWARD CEREMONY LAST YEAR, AND I BELIEVE THAT CITY STAFF. MARY OLSON RECYCLING TOYS FOR TOTS, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH THE WYLIE FOUNDATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN 2025 AND THE POLICE IN 2024. THERE'S MYSELF AND WENDY FULLER WITH THE EDUCATION AND JB ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND HE'S ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF CWG. WE REALLY WANT TO THANK BRANT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. WE'VE BEEN SERVICING CITY OF WYLIE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. WE'VE GONE. WE'VE HAD THREE CITY MANAGERS, MINDY MANSON, CURRENT HOSTED, AND BRANT PARKER. ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS. BRANT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, QUITE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME SERVICE ISSUES HERE. STAFF AND COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND GOOD LUCK FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. THESE ARE MANY TONS RECYCLED SO FAR IN 2026. AND TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR ALMOST THE PAST TWO DECADES, WE HAVE TWO ARTISTS AND CHAIRS OUT THERE MADE FROM RECYCLED PRODUCTS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY, IN THEORY, SOME OF THE BOTTLES THAT ARE BEING RECYCLED COULD BE IN THOSE TREES AND CHAIRS. AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE USED THEM SOMEWHERE AT THE FOYER AT CITY HALL. I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE THEM PLACED, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. DON'T THINK SO. I WILL SAY WE APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF CWG IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THOSE EVENTS. AS YOU MENTIONED, MANY OF THOSE EVENTS ARE THINGS THAT WILY CITIZENS LOVE AND ENJOY. I KNOW THE GREEN EVENTS. YOU GUYS MAY END UP HAVING TO FIND A BIGGER SPACE. I HAD TO ATTEND THAT THIS PAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS WRAPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET OUT HERE. WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT MEANS THAT THE PAINTS, CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS ARE NOT JUST BEING DUMPED IN THE LANDFILL TO SEEP INTO THE GROUND. THIS COUNCIL, AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE FROM THE I SEE JASON FROM THE EDC BACK THERE IS WELL AWARE OF CLEANUP FROM THINGS THAT GET PUT INTO THE GROUND THAT SHOULDN'T. SO AGAIN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HW EVENTS. YOU GUYS GO BETWEEN 800 AND 950 CARS PER. AND THAT'S BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONES. YEAH. IT'S IT IS SOMETHING THAT GETS HIGHLY UTILIZED HERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT BEING THERE AND YEAH, JUST APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERNS. WHAT I WOULD ASK AND YOU ALL TO TO DO. I KNOW YOU COME TYPICALLY ONCE A YEAR, EVEN IF YOU DON'T COME BACK IN FRONT OF US AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU POTENTIALLY GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL NUMBERS. I KNOW DECEMBER OR JANUARY 1ST, SO TO SPEAK. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE EVERY NUMBER. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US MAYBE SOMETIME IN JANUARY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN EMAIL THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON TRENDS. SO NOT JUST YOUR ANNUALIZED NUMBER, WHICH I HOPE WILL GO DOWN, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW US BY MONTH THAT IT WENT UP WHEN WE HAD ISSUES AND IT SETTLED BACK INTO THE HISTORICAL LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT WE'VE SEEN. I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE STAND ON THAT. EVEN IF YOU DON'T COME BACK FOR A FULL PRESENTATION. SO I IMAGINE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ECHOED BY MY COLLEAGUES, IS THE BEST WAY THAT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KIND OF TRACK THAT WHEN WE SEE THAT KIND OF CHANGE. SO WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT, SIR. YEAH, I SEE THE NOD. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING WILLING TO DO THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A WORK SESSION, NOT AN ITEM FOR ANY SORT OF ACTION. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING THIS EVENING. AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO WEIGH IN. SO WITH THAT WE WILL END THE WORK SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONVENE US TO REGULAR SESSION AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION
[1:25:07] 551.072. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY CLOSED MEETING ES ONE DISCUSSING PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED EAST FM 544 IN STONE AND 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS CLOSED MEETING ES TWO DISCUSSING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND ES THREE CITY MANAGER. AFTER THAT, WE WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. WITH THAT, I, WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DO STILL HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR, CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS FOR RECRUITMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, FOR CITY MANAGER. SO, MISS STORM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING. THIS IS JUST A RECRUITING FIRM WHO HAS PROVIDED A PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL. I WOULD ASK THAT IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO APPROVE, THAT IT BE WITH US TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED WHILE ALLOWING FOR, SHOULD IT BE PHRASED TO ALLOW ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO IT. SO WE DID GET A FINAL DRAFT FROM THE ATTORNEY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S A RED LINE FINAL DRAFT. SO IF THEY DISCOVER A TYPO OR SOMETHING, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU COULD ADD IN YOUR MOTION. SOMETIMES OUR MOTION IS WITH CONTRACTS AUTHORIZING WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE SIGNING IT. SO SAY THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER WITH ADJUSTMENTS, WITH ANY AMENDMENTS, ANY CHANGES AS NECESSARY. OKAY. AND IN THIS CASE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER WHO WOULD SIGN THAT. COULD WE SAY BOTH? CITY MANAGER. MAYOR. JUST SAY MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER OR MAYOR. YEAH. IT'S REALLY UP TO YOUR DISCRETION. OKAY. WE CAN JUST DO THAT. OKAY. SO MAYOR PRO TEM MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH NECESSARY CHANGES TO BE SIGNED BY MAYOR FOR CLEAR, CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS, FOR RECRUITING SERVICES FOR CITY MANAGER. OKAY. MISS STORM, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WORDING? OKAY. SHE AGREES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE ALL OF OUR ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING. MISS BRADLEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ? YES, SIR. IT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-42. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HEREAFTER. DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2026 DASH TEN FOR CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AG, INC. TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SUP ON 25.484 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR WHOLESALE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WITH MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FOR TIRE AND BATTERY SERVICES WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION. USE ON LOT ONE, BLOCK A OF W, EDC RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT ON LOT TWO, BLOCK A OF W EDC RETAIL, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT PROVIDING OF SURVIVABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, MISS BRADLEY. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRAIN. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE'RE ADJOURNED.