Sep 16, 2025 City Council

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CRAZY. HOW YOU DOING? ME, TOO. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE. YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENED. WE'RE

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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL RUN THROUGH THAT. SO THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM FOUR A IS JUST CONSIDER MINUTES FROM. WE HAVE THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING. AND AS WELL AS ALL THE SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS FOR AUGUST 25TH, 26TH AND 28TH. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, CHIQUITA IS AVAILABLE. AND THEN MOVING ON WE FOUR B IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE REPEALING OR REPLACED IN SECTION 16 A DASH 39 MURALS OF ORDINANCE 1909 TO UPDATE REFERENCES FROM THE DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD TO THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION.

ALEX IS HERE. AVAILABLE. ANY QUESTIONS? BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS RECENTLY THROUGH CDB AND THE MURAL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION TO TRANSITION THE APPROVAL PROCESS FROM CDB TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANT TO ADD? ALEX HAMBY COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS DECEMBER OF 2023 THAT WE LAST BROUGHT THIS TO YOU. BUT THEN THE ARTS COMMISSION WOUND UP WORKING ON A CULTURAL DISTRICT AND GRANTS AND ALL OF THAT. SO BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WAS FUNDED WAS FOR A MURAL, AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF THE CHAMBER MURAL, THAT ALSO KIND OF LIKE BROUGHT THIS TO ATTENTION WITH YOU ASKING THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION, LOOK AT THAT MURAL. THIS BASICALLY PUTS IT IN THEIR IN THEIR PURVIEW SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE THING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BRING ART TO THE CITY. ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT JUST ONE. I RAN THROUGH IT REAL QUICK. ACTUALLY, IT'S QUICK TO GET THROUGH LOT SHORTER. BUT DO WE HAVE THE PIECES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSTALLING THE MURAL, ONE, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. SO WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT. USE THE PROPER PREPARATION ON THE SURFACE, PROPER TYPE OF PAINT FOR THAT. PRIMER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO QUALIFY SOMEBODY BEFORE THEY GET UP THERE AND DO IT? I, I KNOW THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION, I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT'S IN PLACE AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION IS GOING TO WORK ON A PUBLIC ART POLICY, AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THEY WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DO, YOU KNOW, REQUEST A MURAL. PART OF THE PROCESS INVOLVES THE BUILDING OFFICIAL APPROVING THE PERMIT. SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE WE COULD CATCH YOU KNOW SOME OF THAT AS WELL. MAKE SURE OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM FOUR C IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH VERTISOL FOR THE TEXAS DOCTOR. CONTRACT FOR THE OPENING OF THE BUDGET PLANNING SOFTWARE. THE AMOUNT OF $138,533.68 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THIS IS JUST THE RENEWAL OF THE OPEN GOV SOFTWARE THAT WE RECENTLY INTRODUCED YOU ALL THIS YEAR FOR THE BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JENNIFER AND RICHARD JACKSON ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL, BUT THIS IS JUST RENEWING THAT. DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WITH THIS PACKAGE COMES AN OPEN TOWN HALL? COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, SURVEYS, POLLS, TRACK RESPONSES, POLLS, VIRTUAL MEETINGS, AND AN OPTION TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO YES, MA'AM, WITH THE PACKAGE OF THE BUDGET AND PLANNING SUITE, IT HAS A COMPONENT WHICH I HAVEN'T THOROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, PLAYED AROUND WITH IT YET, BUT IT IS CALLED OPEN TOWN HALL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WHERE YOU COULD USE IT TO DO SURVEYS OR EVEN HOST THINGS VIRTUALLY. BUT AGAIN, I HAVEN'T REALLY PLAYED WITH IT, BUT IT IS INCLUSIVE OF IN PACKAGE, SO IT'S IN THE PACKAGE THAT WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON. YES, MA'AM. AWESOME. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE AND MAXIMIZE IF IT FITS AND WORKS TO OUR NEEDS. I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD BE SERIOUS ABOUT USING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET AND ANY OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS THAT MAY COME UP. SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH.

MORE. THAT'S IT FOR NOW. OKAY. AND SO THIS ALSO WE HAD A GOAL OF KIND OF BEING MORE TRANSPARENT AND STUFF IN TERMS OF AWARDS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF WITH THIS AND THIS

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THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, TRYING TO CONNECT OUR FACILITIES WITH FIBER OPTIC CABLE, PUMP STATIONS, LIFT STATIONS, AS WELL AS OTHERS.

CITY FACILITIES. CLAYTON GANZER IS AVAILABLE. OUR I.T. DIRECTOR, IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, YOU GO FIRST. MINE'S QUICK. SO THE THE BREAKDOWN. I DON'T HAVE THE WORKSHEET PRINTED OUT. THE BREAKDOWN FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS YEAR IS. PART OF THIS 1,211,000. SO IT'S ONE TENTH OF THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'D BE SLIGHTLY UNDER ONE TENTH. IT'LL BE A LITTLE UNDER $100,000. THERE IS SOME ESCALATION OVER THAT TEN YEARS. SO IN AGGREGATE, THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 3% ESCALATION OVER THAT TIME. SO I TOOK THAT MAX VALUE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THAT. BUT IT KIND OF JUST BASICALLY GOES ALONG WITH MAINTENANCE COSTS OF FIBER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS GOOD. HOW DID WE DETERMINE TEN YEARS FOR THIS ONE CONTRACT? GREAT QUESTION. SO IT'S KIND OF A BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH OF US. ONE IS WE WANT SO WE'RE LEASING THAT FIBER AND WE'RE THEY'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF STRANDS. WE KIND OF WANT TO LOCK IN OUR SPACE ON THAT ON THAT FIBER. SO ADDITIONALLY THERE'S SOME COST AND CONSTRUCTION. SO WHILE FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY IT GOES STRAIGHT DOWN MAIN STREET AND WE WANT TO GET INTO DANIEL DALE, THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION FROM THAT TEE OFF IN. AND ALL OF THESE SITES ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION COSTS. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SPREAD THAT CONSTRUCTION COST. SO IT'S NOT SO HEAVY RIGHT UP FRONT TO GIVE US SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO RECOUP THAT CONSTRUCTION COST OVER THAT TEN YEARS. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GUARANTEE OUR SPOT ON THAT FIBER FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN. OKAY, I JUST A QUESTION, BECAUSE TEN YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LOT CAN CHANGE IN TEN YEARS, BUT HOW ABOUT THE SAME THING BUT OVER TEN YEARS IF THE PRICE IS LOCKED IN, WHICH I ASSUME. YEAH, WE'RE LOCKED IN. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, WE'RE LOCKED IN AT THAT PRICE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. YEP. ITEM 40. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO PROVIDE HOUSEHOLD WASTE SERVICES, INCLUDING DISPOSAL, EVENT AND DISPOSAL SERVICES AT THE AT THEIR AT THEIR HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION CENTER FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED TO OUR RESIDENTS IF THEY NEED TO GO TO THOSE LOCATIONS TO DISPOSE OF THAT IN DALLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE EVENT.

AND WE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE'VE GOT DAVID DAVID ON HERE TO TO ANSWER IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. SO IF YOU GO TO THOSE LOCATIONS INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE PICKUP THAT WE DO HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, YOU JUST SHOW THAT DUNCANVILLE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I BELIEVE YOU SHOW AN ID, BUT, DAVID, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S JUST A UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT? SO WE DO CHECK FOR FOR ZIP CODES JUST FOR THE FACT IT IS A REGIONAL EVENT SO OTHER CITIES CAN PARTICIPATE. 60 OTHERS CAN. BUT IF THEY PARTICIPATE, THEIR CITY PAYS FOR FOR THAT CAR. SO IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SEE WHO'S COMING IN. USUALLY WE HAVE MAYBE 11 OR 12 FROM FROM DALLAS, A FEW FROM DESOTO. BUT THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD 208 FROM DUNCANVILLE. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW AS WELL. IS IT FREE FOR OUR CITIZENS? SO IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE SPRING EVENT THAT WE NORMALLY HOST HERE, AND THEY GO TO THE ONE ON PLANO ROAD IN DALLAS? YES, MA'AM. IS THAT FREE FOR CITIZENS? YES. AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SHOW THAT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR F IS A CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO OUR MUNICIPAL MATERIALS AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE INCREASE OF 4.9%, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. THIS IS OUR.

USUALLY EVERY YEAR WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL COST INCREASE FOR THE CONTRACT. AND THAT IS THAT IS PART OF THIS. AND WE ALSO HAVE DAVID HERE AND I BELIEVE I THOUGHT THE REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC SERVICES HERE AS WELL. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU DAVID. ITEM FOUR G IS A IS AGAIN VERY SIMILAR. CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL. WE HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT. THIS IS FOR OUR LANDFILL. YOU KNOW WE DO DISPOSE OF OUR WASTE AT THE SKYLINE LANDFILL AND FERRIS TEXAS NEARBY. AND SO THAT IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT. AND THERE'S ALSO THAT THAT ANNUAL INCREASE AS WELL WITH THIS. AND SO AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DAVID DUNN FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. IS THAT INCLUDED IN OUR WATER BILL THAT THIS FEE INCLUDES? IT'S BUILT INTO THE SANITATION FEE. SANITATION. IT IS BUILT INTO IT OKAY. OKAY. ITEM FOUR IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION OFFERING AN

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AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER, BUT I DO PICK PEOPLE UP AND TAKE THEM SAFELY BACK, AND I ENJOY THAT. NEXT ITEM. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR G, THE ITEM FOUR J IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF THE 78 FIREARMS AND RELATED ACCESSORIES FROM GT DISTRIBUTORS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THROUGH A BY BOARD CONTRACT. IF YOU RECALL, IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 YOU RECALL, WE DID BRIEF THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. BUT CHIEF TIJERINA IS HERE. IF THERE'S ANY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND ALSO ITEM 4K, IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT AXON ENTERPRISE FOR A CONTRACT RENEWAL AND ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM. AGAIN, THIS ALSO WAS BRIEFED TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST AT THE LAST MEETING. AND CHIEF WILCOX IS AVAILABLE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. BUT WE GIVE THIS TO Y'ALL LAST TIME. GOOD, GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU.

I NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. SO OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH KICK OFF AT MAIN STATION. THAT'S BY WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION. AND THE SEPTEMBER 20TH IS THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL FROM 3 TO 10 AT

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AND ON SEPTEMBER 30TH IS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT'S AT 4:00 HERE AT THE BRIEFING ROOM. LOOKING AHEAD TO OCTOBER, I JUST ADDED THAT ON THE BOTTOM WE HAVE THE SISTER CITIES WILL BE HERE. THEY'RE WELCOME IS ON OCTOBER THE 14TH AND THAT'S HERE AT CITY HALL AROUND 430 AND OCTOBER THE 17TH IS THE CITY HALL FACILITIES TOUR AND PROCLAMATION. AND THAT'S AT 9 A.M. HERE AT CITY HALL. IT BEGINS AT 9 A.M. YES, MA'AM. AND ON THAT, I THINK THEY'RE ASKING IF ALL THE CITY COUNCIL CAN BE THERE. YES. FOR THE FOR THE WELCOME AND THE FACILITIES TOUR. ANYBODY'S GOING TO GO ON THAT TOUR WITH THEM. AND THE PROCLAMATION AND THE FAREWELL DINNER IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER THE 23RD AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS I GET IT. AND WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE. OH, AND I'M SORRY. AND WE CANCELED COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON THURSDAY THE 25TH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. OCTOBER 17TH WAS 9:00.

YES, THAT WAS FOR ME HERE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE. WE'LL MOVE INTO BRIEFING AND PRESENTATION. ITEM THREE A STAY AND PLAY TOURNAMENT LODGING POLICY. YES. WE HAVE AN ANGEL DEAL. PROJECT MANAGER WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STAY AND PLAY INITIATIVE. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO STATE OF PLAY. SO STATE OF PLAY IS A TOURNAMENT LODGING POLICY THAT ESSENTIALLY IS GOING TO REQUIRE SPORTS TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO DUNCANVILLE TO STAY IN DUNCANVILLE HOTELS. SO THIS WOULD HOPEFULLY ENSURE FOR US SOME CONSISTENT HOTEL OCCUPANCY. IT ALSO CREATES AN AVENUE FOR US TO TRACK REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED FROM HOTEL STAYS, AND THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY LONG TERM TO NEGOTIATE DIFFERENT RATES. SO WE IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OBVIOUSLY FIELDHOUSE AND PARKS AND REC, WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE HOSTED HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. CRAIG AND HIS TEAM KEEP THE FIELDHOUSE BOOKED PRETTY REGULARLY. SO WHAT WE'VE OBSERVED IS THAT SOMETIMES VISITING TEAMS ARE STAYING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. AND SO WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT REVENUE, OBVIOUSLY, FROM THE STAY AT THE HOTEL OR RESTAURANTS OR ANY OTHER RETAIL REVENUE. AND WE ALSO CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY TRACK WHEN PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN DUNCANVILLE, HOW MANY ROOMS OR HOW MANY NIGHTS THEY'RE STAYING AS A RESULT OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT INCOME OR THAT REVENUE IS A PART OF HOT FUNDS, WE ARE NOT REALLY TRACKING HOW HOW WE USE THAT OR HOW THAT IS REINVESTED INTO TOURISM. AND THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN INCENTIVE THAT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE TO OUTSIDE OF THE FIELDHOUSE BEING AMAZING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE LARGER TOURNAMENTS THAT WE LIKE TO SEE, THAT THEY DON'T MAKE DUNCANVILLE A PRIORITY TO STAY IN OUR CITY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CREATING A STATE OF PLAY GOVERNMENT POLICY. IT WOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STARTING WITH THE FIELDHOUSE, AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO CARRY OVER TO THE PARKS AND REC COMPONENT FOR SOFTBALL, BASEBALL AND SOCCER AS WELL. SO WE WOULD PRIORITIZE DUNCANVILLE HOTELS FIRST. AND THEN IF THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GO GO OUTSIDE, WE WOULD LEVERAGE BEST OF SOUTHWEST FIRST AND THEN OTHERS. BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE FIRST. FOR DUNCANVILLE HOTELS, IT IS JUST AN INCREMENTAL REVENUE INCREASE FOR PARKS AND REC AND FIELDHOUSE, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH A POLICY IN PLACE AGAIN, WE INCENTIVIZE THOSE TOURNAMENTS, TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS. AND THEN THERE'S A REQUIREMENT, RIGHT. SO THERE'S A CLAUSE IN THEIR

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THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR US TO SAY, WE'RE READY TO KICK OFF THE PROGRAM. THE BOOKING MODEL WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIELDHOUSE AND THE HOTELS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN WE WOULD USE EXPLORE, OUR NEWEST, ONE OF OUR NEWEST SOFTWARES AS THE FACILITY BOOKING TOOL. AND THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE KIND OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL CONCIERGE, IF YOU WILL. SO I'LL DIGRESS JUST BRIEFLY HERE IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT. WE STARTED PHASE TWO EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, AND SO AS PART OF THAT RFP PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM FOR US AND HAVE THAT STATE OF PLAY PERSON, THAT ONE DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THAT RESOURCE AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET. IT'S PART OF THAT RFP. THAT PERSON WILL BE THE POINT OF CONTACT. OF COURSE, WE WE WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY BESIDE THEM, BUT THAT RESOURCE WILL COME FROM THAT GROUP. SO FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT REPORTING. SO THERE'S THERE'LL BE A SPECIFIC STATE OF PLAY PACKET FORMS AND THEN A POST-EVENT PICKUP REPORT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT PICKUP REPORT IS JUST WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IS A WAY FOR US TO TRACK WHAT HAPPENS. SO WE HAVE A WORKFLOW THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH. AND WHEN THEY CHECK OUT OF THEIR HOTEL THEY WOULD SEND AN INVOICE OR THEY WOULD SEND A RECAP TO US. THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RECAP BETWEEN US AND THE HOTEL. WE FIGURE OUT HOW MANY ROOMS DID THEY BOOK, OR THEY'LL SEND THAT INVOICE THAT HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE THE REBATE HERE IN JUST A SECOND. SO THAT WILL ALLOW CRAIG AND HIS TEAM AND THEN THE NEW GROUP THAT WILL BE CONSULTING AT THE FIELDHOUSE TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THAT DATA. THE REVENUE THAT WE EXPECT TO CAPTURE WOULD BE THE SPONSORSHIP FEE, THE PER NIGHT REBATE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE HOT TAX GROWTH. SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE WORKFLOW AND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE JUST SOME BRIEF INFORMATION AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO IF WE LOOK AT CEDAR HILL, THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CALL STATE OF PLAY FOR THEIR SOCCER EVENTS. AND THOSE OUTCOMES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE JUST THE WHOLE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND THAT REINVESTMENT LANCASTER DOES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THEY REFER TO IT AS A HOUSING PARTNER COORDINATION. AND THEY ARE USING THOSE FUNDS OR THAT REVENUE JUST TO TO IMPROVE THE TOURNAMENT RETENTION. SO WHOEVER'S COMING INTO THE CITY, THEY WANT TO SEE THEM COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB THERE. GREAT JOB CRAIG. WE HAVE THE SAME FOLKS COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL MODEL, SO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TEAM TRAVEL SOURCE AND EVENT PIPE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA. THERE'S A PROVEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT TRACKING. THERE IS A HIGHER RATE FOR PLAYERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A HIGHER RATE FOR THE REBATE. SO CITIES USING THE STATE OF PLAY CAN ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATE OR PROVE THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO NEGOTIATE BETTER RATES AND ATTRACT PREMIUM EVENTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL REVENUE MODEL. SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS EACH HOTEL WOULD HAVE TO DO THEY WOULD ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT STATE OF PLAY AGREEMENT. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY A $500 A YEAR INITIATION FEE. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS DEAL. AND THEN YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE. RIGHT? SO WE WE NEED YOU TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM. AND THAT WILL HELP US IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN ACTUALIZED. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UPFRONT PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING TO US. RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST WE DON'T WANT TO DATE THE HOTEL. Y'ALL GOT TO GET IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP. SO THE ROOM NIGHT REBATE WOULD ACTUALLY BE $20 PER NIGHT. AND SO WE WOULD SHARE THAT. SORRY. WE WOULD SHARE THAT WITH THE HOTEL. WE WOULD SHARE THAT WITH THE HOTEL. TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS BASED ON WHAT THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED, CARRIE AND I, AND TALKING TO SOME OTHER CITIES, THERE HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF A PROGRAM OF SUCH 13% IN OCCUPANCY FOR THE HOTELS. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD TRANSLATE, OBVIOUSLY INTO DOLLARS AND PEOPLE WOULD AGAIN, TOURNAMENTS WOULD WANT TO COME BACK TO COME BACK TO FIELDHOUSE, GO BACK. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE DID A SINGLE 100 ROOM TOURNAMENT WEEKEND, IF AT $20 PER NIGHT, $2,000 IN HOTEL REBATES, APPROXIMATELY 1300 IN THE BASED ON THAT MODEL OF 13% HOT TAX AND THEN THE SPONSORSHIP FEES AND ANNUAL HOTEL REVENUE. BUT WHAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAPPEN IS THAT $10,

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ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK RECAP OF HOW WE WOULD GET STARTED. $50. EXCUSE ME, $500 FOR THE ANNUAL FEE FOR EACH HOTEL, $20 FOR THE NIGHT ROOM REBATE. WE WOULD GUARANTEE OUR HOTELS HAVE TO GUARANTEE THE LOWEST RATE GROUP RATE, EXCLUDING ANY THIRD PARTY ADVANCE PURCHASE. SO WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS IF THEY DECIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN DUNCANVILLE AND YOU DECIDE TO BOOK WITH A TRAVEL AGENT AND YOU DON'T GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL RATE. OR IF THEY TRY TO SWITCH OVER, THEN THERE IS SOME. THERE IS A CAVEAT. THERE'S A REASON WHY WE WANT YOU TO STAY HERE. THE REPORTS I TALKED ABOUT THAT OFFERING A ROOM FOR COACH, COACHES AND TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS WHEN THEY BOOK 20 OR MORE ROOMS PER NIGHT. AND THEN WHAT THEY'LL GET TO HAVE IS A COURTESY BLOCK, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, WE WANT PEOPLE TO WE WANT THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. SO WE WANT THEM TO BOOK MORE THAN THAN 10 OR 12 ROOMS, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO BOOK IN ADVANCE. SO IF THEY DO DECIDE TO CANCEL, THERE IS A PENALTY. BUT IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE THOSE ROOMS TO ANOTHER TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. SO IT WOULD BE AN ALL TOURNAMENT CONTRACT THAT WOULD HAVE THE STAY AND PLAY CLAUSE. NO THIRD PARTY TRAVEL AGENTS ALLOWED. SO A TRAVEL, IN ADDITION TO WHAT I DESCRIBED BEFORE, A TRAVEL AGENCY COULD NOT COME THROUGH AND BOOK WITH US. WE'RE BOOKING DIRECTLY WITH THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. DUNCANVILLE WILL BE CONTACTED, CONTRACTED FIRST AND THE ROOM ROOM REQUEST IS CAPPED AT 100 120% OF THE TOURNAMENT NEED. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH BEFORE I FINISH. I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THE WORKFLOW WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO OUR CONCIERGE TO THE FIELDHOUSE AND SAY, I WANT TO BOOK ON THIS DATE. THESE ARE THE DATES THAT I WANT. WE WOULD CHECK THE CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE. THEN WE WOULD SEND THAT OFF THAT REQUEST. IT WOULD GO OUT TO ALL OF THE HOTELS. WE'D SEND OUT A BLAST. THEY WOULD HAVE TWO DAYS OR 48 HOURS TO RESPOND TO US AND TELL US IF THOSE ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT THEIR RATE IS. SO THEN WE ALLOW THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR TO CHOOSE FROM THOSE. SO THERE'S A SPECIALIZED LINK THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE. SO WE ONCE THEY DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO BOOK, WE BOOK WITH FIELDHOUSE THE, THE THE FACILITY IS BOOKED. AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION ABOUT WHICH HOTEL THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN. THEN AS THE PROCESS, AS WE GET UP TO THE THE DAYS OF THE EVENT, THEY WOULD CHECK IN AT THE FIELDHOUSE, OBVIOUSLY AT THE HOTEL, THEY WOULD BOOK AGAIN THROUGH EXPLORER. SO WE'RE NOT MANAGING ANY OF THE HOTEL COSTS.

WE'RE SIMPLY WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL US THAT THEY'VE CHECKED OUT. HERE'S THE INVOICE. HOW MANY, HOW MANY ROOMS THAT THEY HAD. AND THEN WE WILL ISSUE THE FUNDS AFTER WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS TO SEND THEM THEIR THEIR REBATE CHECK. THEN AS WE CLOSE THAT OUT, THERE'S A REPORT THAT WE WILL MANAGE ON OUR SIDE JUST TO SHOW FOR THAT TOURNAMENT OVER TIME. QUARTERLY, ANNUALLY, SEMIANNUALLY. HOW MANY ROOMS DO WE BOOK? IS IT REALLY? IS THE JUICE REALLY WORTH THE SQUEEZE? LIKE, ARE WE REALLY TURNING OVER THIS MANY HOTEL? ARE WE REALLY TURNING OVER THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE? SO JUST TO JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, IT IS A VERY MINIMAL DOLLAR AMOUNT AT THIS JUNCTURE, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE JUST STARTING OUT. SO IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S MONEY THAT WE WEREN'T TRACKING OR THAT WE WEREN'T GETTING IN THE PAST. SO WE WANTED TO START SOMEWHERE. AND I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD KICKOFF TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

SO AS IT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE SOME OF THE POLICY AREAS, NOT VERBATIM BUT ARE REPRESENTED HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MEASURABLE INCREASE OF OVERNIGHT STAYS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO DO IS BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THINGS RIGHT. SHOW US HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING. HOW ARE YOU DOING IT. TELL US WHAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A BOOST IN RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL. AND AS WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT ALIGNING WITH OUR COMP PLAN, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE MORE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL ATTRACTIONS IN DUNCANVILLE. WE ALSO WANT TO PUT THE FIELDHOUSE BACK ON THE MAP RIGHT MORE COMPETITIVE FOR LARGER TOURNAMENTS, RIGHT? IT'S AN ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO LEVERAGE IT. WE WANT TO OPTIMIZE THAT FACILITY. AND THEN DATA DRIVEN RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO JUST AGAIN BACK TO THAT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY. WHAT ARE WE DOING. HOW ARE WE TRACKING IT. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON. SO THIS IS NOT ONLY GOING TO HELP US GET THIS INCREMENTAL REVENUE, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE US TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE. AND FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO WE JUST WANT TO WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE THE HOTEL AGREEMENTS AND THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. AND THEN WE'LL LAUNCH A PILOT TOURNAMENT IN NOVEMBER WITH THE STATE OF, EXCUSE ME, THE STATE OF PLAY CLAUSE. AND WE'LL DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY DESCRIBED, TRACK WHAT'S HAPPENING, EVALUATE THE PROGRAM, AND THEN GO BACK TO SEE WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY? DO WE DO? WAS IT SUCCESSFUL? WHAT DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE SO THAT WE COULD SCALE IT UP AND THEN ALSO

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AND THEN OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I'M DEFINITELY NOT OPPOSED TO THIS AT ALL. DID YOU TALK WITH GASSO AND SAM LOWE AND HOW HE VIEWED THIS? I DID NOT PERSONALLY TALK WITH GASSO OR SAM LOWE. MY, MY, MY INTEREST AT THIS POINT IS WITH REGARD TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOTEL. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. CRAIG, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHARED ANY INFORMATION WITH THEM. YES, I DID SPEAK WITH SAM. OF COURSE.

THEY HAVE A DEAL THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS, SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ON THEIR END ON HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT. BUT THE BIGGEST QUESTION I BELIEVE THEY HAD WAS TRACKING KEEPING UP WITH IT, WHICH IS WHAT ANGEL'S ALLUDING TO. AND KIND OF GETTING STARTED IS THE HARDEST THING ONCE YOU GET A TRACK TO FOLLOW, HOPEFULLY IT FALLS IN PLACE. BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO LEARN TO GET IT ROLLING. BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND LIKE A LOT OF WORK, AND I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED WITH THE WORK ON CAN. CRAIG, YOU MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, AFFECT FINANCE AS WELL. AS, YOU KNOW, SO THE WAY THAT HERNDON WOULD HANDLE IT IS ACTUALLY NOT INVOLVED. HERNDON IS THE CONSULTING FIRM THAT DID THE IS DOING THE RFP FOR US.

BUT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE RFP, WE AGREED AS A CITY, AS A TEAM, THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT FIRM TO MANAGE TO PARTNER WITH CRAIG AND HIS TEAM. SO THAT TEAM BOOTS ON THE GROUND. WE WANT TO LEVERAGE THEIR FTE VERSUS OURS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET FOR ANOTHER SALARY, RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO THAT WILL BE A PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT. YEAH. OKAY.

WHAT OTHER ASPECTS. YES. SO WITH CEDAR HILL AND LANCASTER, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN USING THIS POLICY? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATES THAT THEY ARE USING THEM, BUT IT'S VERY I WISH THEY WERE HERE AS WELL. IT IS WIDESPREAD NOT JUST IN PUBLIC SECTOR. WE ALSO THEY ALSO DO IT IN PRIVATE SECTOR. IT'S CRAIG I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS AROUND FIELDHOUSE USA OR ANY OF THE OTHER GROUPS THAT USE A SIMILAR MODEL, BUT SAME SAME TYPE OF THING FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, MAYBE MORE. BUT LANCASTER AND CEDAR HILL, LANCASTER, YOU MENTIONED, I GUESS THEY'RE USING IT FOR SOCCER TOURNAMENTS. YOU KNOW HOW BIG THOSE TOURNAMENTS ARE, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS I DON'T I YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR RECORDS. BUT THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF COMPARISON, IN TERMS

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LAST POINT REALLY IS I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALKS OF MOVING. PERMANENTLY TO MGO, AND MGO HAS AGREED THAT ONCE THAT DATABASE IS READABLE, THEY WILL IMPORT THAT OVER TO US INTO THEIR PLATFORM. SO IT'LL ALL BE IN ONE SYSTEM. IF WE DO CHOOSE TO GO TO MGO AS A FULL PERMIT.

YOU CAN ALSO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR WITH OUR IT GOVERNANCE PROCESS, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE SOFTWARE'S AND MAKING SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE GOING FORWARD. SO SO WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING OFF AND SURPRISE SOFTWARE'S BEING IMPLEMENTED NEXT WEEK TYPE SITUATION. THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, RIGHT? SOMETIMES I LEARN ABOUT IT AS IT'S GOING LIVE, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE WANT TO CAPTURE THAT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE WANT TO CAPTURE THAT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE BUDGETING, THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS OF.

SO IF I'M PUTTING IN A REQUEST FOR MONIES NEXT YEAR FOR SOFTWARE, WELL, THAT'S NOW IDENTIFIED AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE THAT, THAT'S ONE. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IF YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHERE WHO, WHAT, WHO'S OWNING IT, WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

WORKING WITH ANGEL PROJECT MANAGER ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, FRAMEWORK AROUND THAT, TRACKING IT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE SURPRISES OF. SOFTWARE GETTING CANCELED AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. WELL I NEED NOT TRY THAT JUST FOR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY BRINGS WHEN WE HAVE A SOFTWARE PROPOSAL, IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT, BUT IT COULD BE A HEAVY LIFT.

WE MAY NEED TO PAY FOR MIGRATING DATA TO THE NEW SOFTWARE, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT ONE OF THE REASONS THIS HAS HAPPENED. SO WE NEED TO THOROUGHLY EVALUATE THAT STUFF BEFORE WE APPROVE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOFTWARE. SO THIS IT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE COMES INTO PLAY. SO ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.

SALESPEOPLE WOULD NEVER JUST MAKE IT SEEM EASY WOULD THEY? TWO POINTS I WANT TO MAKE. ONE IS MANY IT DIRECTORS AGO AND MANY CITY MANAGERS AGO. WHEN WE WENT TO MY GOV, THE FOLKS FROM MY GOV MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO US THAT IT WAS OUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, ANY OF THEIR CLIENTS RESPONSIBILITY. THEY MADE IT ACCESSIBLE, BUT WE HAD TO RETRIEVE IT USING OUR OWN METHODS. SO YOU WALKED INTO IT NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, AND IT HAS PROVED TO BE A CHALLENGE IN THE PAST. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED POKING AROUND WITH SEEING HOW WE WOULD RETRIEVE THAT INFORMATION. SO YOU YOU'VE GOT TO THE BOTTOM LINE NOW, AND WE NOW KNOW ROUGHLY WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE. THAT'S THAT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT COST OF THAT HIGH. BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. RIGHT. WE GOT TO GET THE INFORMATION BACK. THE SECOND PART IS ARE WE GETTING 100% OF THE INFORMATION BACK. SO WE DO HAVE ALL THE DATA. WE HAVE ALL THE ATTACHMENTS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING. I DON'T SEE. I AM CONFIDENT WE ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY EVERY ONE OF THOSE 1200 INDIVIDUAL FILES. OKAY. I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT. WE HAVE PRIORITIZED SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, SOME FIELDS THAT WE WANT. WE'VE GIVEN THEM THAT LIST.

THEY GOT THROUGH THAT LIST AND WE'VE ADDED MORE TO IT. SO WE ARE YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT. I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AT THIS RATE THAT WE'VE BEEN AT. OKAY. SO 25,000 IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO THAT IS IF MGO DOESN'T FINISH THE PROJECT. SO THIS IS AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT GAVE US AN ESTIMATE. THEY SAID YOU KNOW OUR HOURLY RATE IS X. WE THINK IT'LL TAKE ABOUT THIS MANY MAN HOURS TO GET THROUGH THAT. SO WE THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT 25,000 MGO. WHAT WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE LIKE WELL WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. THEY'RE DOING IT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. IN ADDITION

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DOES THAT ONE TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE MIGRATION. YEAH. SO THE REASON THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST GOT STARTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE GOING BACK TO LATE LAST YEAR. NO, IT WAS BEFORE THAT. IT WAS DECEMBER 2023 WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S A LITTLE SORE SPOT FOR ME. THAT'S FAIR. I LEARNED ABOUT IT. AND SO WE STARTED WORKING ON IT. AND SO THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THE FIRST CONSULTANT. THE REASON IT'S TAKEN A FEW MONTHS IS MGO IS A SMALLER TEAM. AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR IMPLEMENTATION. THE BULK OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION DONE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THAT GOING AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE RESOURCE TO DO IT THERE AT THAT POINT. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE KIND OF THEIR WORKLOAD IS COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION. SO NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO LIFT UP ON THIS. NO I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE TIMELINE I JUST WANTED. THAT IS THE QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO HOW TO SET OUR EXPECTATIONS. SO THE MGO ITEM THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR BUILDING INSPECTION IS GOING TO TAKE PRIORITY AS IT SHOULD, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SO LONG. YEAH. BUT ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THEN THE MIGRATION CAN COME FOR THAT. YES I SEE A TIMEOUT CLARIFICATION OKAY. YES. HI. THIS IS SHAHEEN MOHAMMED, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN TO KIND OF CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ASPECT WITH THE AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM NOW WITH THE WORD MIGRATION, WE ARE SO MGO CURRENTLY IS NOT HIRED TO DO THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

SO THE PERMITTING PROCESS NOW IS CURRENTLY IN INTERGOV. OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BROUGHT UP AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S NOT DECIDED YET. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH INTERGOV WITH BUILDING PERMITTING. AND MGO IS ONLY CONTRACTED TO DO THE THE WHAT WE WILL SEE IN THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS BASICALLY ASSET MANAGEMENT WORK ORDER SYSTEM SERVICE REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS. AND NOW THE ONLY TWO MODULES THAT WE ARE CONTRACTED ON, BUT IS A SECOND PHASE FOR DEVELOPMENT OUT OF PERMITTING IS THE HEALTH AND RENTAL PERMIT MODULES. BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE ARE MISSING TODAY AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. OUT OF COURTESY, MGO WANTED TO HELP US BY GIVING US ACCESS TO THE DATA AND WORK ON GIVING US READABLE DATA. NOW, IT'S NOT THEY'RE NOT CONTRACTED TO DO ANY MIGRATIONS FOR PERMITTING BECAUSE THEY DON'T. WE ARE NOT CONTRACTED WITH THEM FOR FOR BUILDING PERMITTING AS IT STANDS TODAY.

NOW, THEY SAID, IF WE DECIDE IN THE FUTURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MOVING OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM WITH MGO, ALSO, THEY THEY SAID THEY ARE ABLE TO MIGRATE THE DATA INTO MGO. BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, THEY WANTED TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE DATA AND HAVE IT READ, BE READ IN A READABLE FORMAT OR SEARCHABLE FORMAT, AND THEY'RE IN PROGRESS IN DOING THAT, NOT FULL FORMAT, BUT WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHERE IT IS. YEAH. THAT CLARIFIES IT'S NOT BEING MIGRATED INTO ANY OTHER PLATFORM. IT'LL BE OUR OWN HOSTED. YES. SO AT LEAST WHEN CITIZENS ARE REQUESTING PERMITS AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY MAY NEED, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IT. ONCE YOU HAVE THE READABLE DATA AND YOU CAN GO AND PROVIDE IT TO THEM. EXACTLY. YES. YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION. WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY. YEAH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEARCH IT AND PROVIDE THOSE ANSWERS. OKAY.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING HOW MUCH A COUPLE MONTHS. YES. OKAY. AND IF ANYTHING SHOULD CHANGE I'M SURE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD LET US KNOW. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING TOO. WE ABSOLUTELY WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. I THINK IF FOR SOME REASON THIS WHAT MGO IS DOING RIGHT NOW DOESN'T WORK, WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

IS IT BENEFICIAL TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THE AN ESTIMATED $25,000, OR DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO MIGRATE OVER TO MGO FOR YOUR PERMITTING? I THINK WE'LL BE UNDER MGO FOR A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I THINK IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF WEIGH THOSE OPTIONS A LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY. ABSOLUTELY. SO BUT YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY UPDATE YOU ON OUR PROGRESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF, THIS IS SHAHID MUHAMMAD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. TONIGHT WITH ME VIRTUALLY. AND HE'S LISTENING TO US IS RYAN ATKINSON WITH MGO. HE'S THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER WITH MY GOVERNMENT ONLINE OR MGO. AND WE'RE HERE TO BASICALLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT PROGRESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT ONLINE. AND ALSO THE DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE PROMISED

[00:50:05]

ACCESSIBLE BY OUR PUBLIC TO SUBMIT SERVICE REQUESTS THROUGH INSTEAD OF SEECLICKFIX, MGO WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY PROVIDE US THIS CONNECTIVITY WITH OF THE SERVICE REQUEST WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO OUR WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS. SO ONCE THE SERVICE REQUEST IS COMING IN, NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ISSUE A WORK ORDER IN OUR SYSTEM TO THE STAFF TO ADDRESS THE SERVICE REQUEST AND CLOSE IT OUT AND SHOW PROGRESS AND CREATE DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS. AS WE PLAN FOR FURTHER MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. AND IT'S NOW RELATED TO THE ASSETS THEMSELVES. SO THE CITY COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO START ISSUING NOTIFICATIONS ON THE TRANSITION FROM SEECLICKFIX TO MGO NEXT STARTING NEXT WEEK. AND WILL BE DEFINITELY A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT WE WILL NEED TO WORK WITH OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, AND BASICALLY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT USING THE NEW SYSTEM. NOW, THE GOOD PART IS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, COOL NUMBER AND A CONTACT NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY TALK TO THE SOFTWARE PROVIDERS, MGO, AND THEY CAN WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ON HOW TO SUBMIT A WORK ORDER.

SO THERE WILL BE A 24 HOURS CALL SYSTEM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY CALLS RELATED TO SUBMITTING A SERVICE REQUEST, AND THE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PORTAL USE ITSELF. SO WHAT ARE WE? WE HAVE DONE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT EARLIER. WHEN WE DID THE PREVIOUS DEMONSTRATION. AND BASED ON THAT, WE HAVE DECIDED TO BASICALLY SHOWING HOW IT WAS MORE OF, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY TO MOVE TO MGO COMPARED TO THE EXISTING SOFTWARE. WHAT WHAT THE CITY RESIDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE WITH MGO, IT'S GOING TO BE A SINGLE EASY TO USE PORTAL FOR SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST AND TRACKING THEM. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FASTER RESPONSE TIME BECAUSE NOW IT'S IN ONE SYSTEM. IT'S NOT TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE MANAGING, YOU KNOW, SERVICE REQUESTS AND, YOU KNOW, WORK ORDERS. SO IT'S DIRECTLY SHOWING ON THEIR WORK ORDER PORTAL NOW FOR STAFF. AND ALSO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS HELP DESK ASSISTANCE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE WITH THE PREVIOUS SERVICE PROVIDER. NOW WITH THE WHAT IS THE CITY LEADERS CITY LEADERSHIP WILL BE GETTING OUT OF THIS ONE. AND CITY STAFF, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, REPORTS SUBMITTED AND TRACKED, BASICALLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO SELECTED CITY EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TO INCLUDE COUNCIL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TIME DATA ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT SHOWS WHERE WE'RE AT IN RESPONSE TO THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS, AND THEN CITY STAFF MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE ASSET LINKED, AS I ALLUDED EARLIER.

SO THIS IS MORE LIKE EVERY WORK WE'RE DOING. IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASSET ITSELF. SO WE ARE TRACKING HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON MAINTENANCE ON THIS VERSUS THAT. AND WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE DATA THAT CAN INFORM OUR DECISIONS ON MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. AND.

AND HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF DASHBOARD THAT I'M REFERRING TO THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT OUT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY A LIVE DATA THAT'S GOING TO GET UPDATED AS WE USE THE SYSTEM.

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NOW, WORK ORDERS WILL NOT MATCH THE NUMBER YOU SEE FOR TOTAL SERVICE REQUEST, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHOW EVERY WORK ORDER WE DO IN MAINTENANCE HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU MORE AND MORE DATA ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF PROACTIVE WORK AND A LOT OF PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE. SO IT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO BE WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM PUBLIC, IT'S GOING TO SHOW ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS STAFF, PROACTIVELY TO DO SOME WORK ORDERS AND MAINTAIN DO SOME MAINTENANCE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS. SO SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER IS EVERYTHING. IT'S GOING TO SHOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU RECEIVED BY THAT SPECIFIC TIME, A SNAPSHOT OF TIME, THE AVERAGE TIME THE DECISION IS GOING TO REFLECT BASICALLY THE TIME UNTIL WE ACKNOWLEDGE A SERVICE REQUEST. SO A STAFF HAVE CHECKED IT AND EITHER APPROVED IT OR DENIED IT OR RETURNED IT. SO HERE WHAT IT'S GOING TO SHOW HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S GOING TO SHOW THE THE NUMBER ACCEPTED VERSUS DENIED VERSUS RETURNED. NOW WE'RE ONLY DENYING SERVICE REQUESTS THAT ARE SOMETHING WE DON'T DO. LIKE IT'S MAYBE SUBMITTED TO THE WRONG JURISDICTION OR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES NOT ADDRESS AT ALL. BUT THE SERVICE REQUEST WILL MAINLY LIE UNDER, YOU KNOW, EITHER. RETURNED FOR MORE INFORMATION, FOR QUESTIONS FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR ACCEPTED AND OR AND NOW THAT IT IS ACCEPTED IS EITHER AN OPEN WORK ORDER OR A SERVICE REQUEST OR A CLOSED ONE WHEN IT'S COMPLETED AND DONE. SO THAT'S WHERE THE DATA HERE WILL SHOW. OPEN VERSUS CLOSED. OPEN AND CLOSED SHOULD ADD UP INTO THE ACCEPTED NUMBERS. AND AS I SAID, THIS WORK ORDER DATA WILL SHOW EVERY WORK WE'RE DOING. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO ONLY REFLECT SERVICE REQUESTS, BUT FURTHERMORE, ALL THE WORK ORDERS WE'RE DOING NOW THE DATA WILL BE SHOWING. HERE IS THE TOP FIVE SERVICE REQUESTS. AND THIS IS MORE ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US IN THE ANALYSIS WE DO AND THE DECISION MAKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE RESIDENTS INTEREST IN WHAT AREAS, WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE? TOP FIVE ISSUES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING REQUESTS ABOUT. IT'S GOING TO HELP US BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE TOP FIVE ISSUES OR SERVICE REQUESTS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONLY SHOWN HERE ON THIS. PARAGRAPH. AND I HAD THEM JUST FOR REFERENCE. THE DEFINITIONS THAT I JUST EXPLAINED ARE AVAILABLE HERE FOR REFERENCE. SIMILAR TO WHAT I JUST BASICALLY EXPLAINED ON THE DASHBOARD VISUALLY. SO HOW WOULD THE REPORTING METHODOLOGY WILL WORK? THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIVE KPI DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EMAILED ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO THE SELECTED CITY EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT EMAILS ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT REFLECTS THAT. LAST MONTH, DATA ON SPECIFIC. WE CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME. NOW WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO DO THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS THE WHOLE LAST YEAR. IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN PULL MORE DETAILED, YOU KNOW, REPORTS AND KPIS WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF DECISION MAKING WE NEED. HOWEVER, THIS IS MORE OF A MONTHLY BASIS, AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO KIND OF COME OUT EVERY MONTH AND GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAST MONTH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH DIFFERENT THINGS AND SHOW PROGRESS. NOW, THE FIRST REPORT WILL BE SEND OUT STARTING JANUARY 2026. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO ALLOW WE'RE GOING LIVE OCTOBER 1ST, AS WE MENTIONED, BUT WE ARE ALLOWING SOME TIME FOR THE SYSTEM TO RUN AND CREATE DATA AND ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ENCOUNTER AFTER GO LIVE. SO WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS UNTIL EVERYBODY, INCLUDING OUR CITY RESIDENTS, ARE ABLE TO USE IT AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND ARE IN. AND WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WORKING SMOOTH AND TO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SYSTEM. NOW, THE NEXT PHASES OF MGO TO WHAT WE HAVE ALLUDED ON TALKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS ITEM HERE IS THAT WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO

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WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING INTO HAVING A SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS FOR THE RESPONSE OR IT'S GOING TO GET ESCALATED AS THIS IS AN OVERDUE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO. YEAH, WE'RE BUILDING THAT IN. OKAY. GREAT. I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY INFORMATIVE TO IF YOUR PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY THIS DATA WOULD BE ABLE TO INFORM THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. DOES ANY OF THIS INCLUDE AFTER OUR SERVICE REQUESTS THAT ARE CALLED IN BY CITIZENS. SO YEAH THIS IS GOING TO BE WELL THIS CAN BE JUST GETTING IN ON THE CITY WEBSITE ANYTIME AND SUBMITTING THAT OR BASICALLY HAVING AN APP ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE AND SUBMITTING THROUGH THAT. ALSO 24 HOURS.

NOW THE CALL CENTER FOR THE THEM TO AS THE NGO, IT'S GOING TO ONLY BE AVAILABLE. AND YES, IT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS, BUT IT'S GOING TO ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WALKING YOU THROUGH SUBMITTING ANY SERVICE REQUEST. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY RECEIVING CALLS THAT THEN THAT'S A SEPARATE MATTER. WE DO PLAN FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE RECEIVING CALLS ON OUR CUSTOMER. YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH DEPARTMENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR STAFF ENTERING SOME OF THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS. SO SO I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT AS AN EXAMPLE, SOMEONE HAD A HAD TO GET THEIR WATER CUT OFF BECAUSE THEY HAD A LEAK LATE AT NIGHT AND THEY CALLED IT IN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. THAT'S A SERVICE REQUEST. IS THAT CORRECT? IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROSTER, OUR ROSTER RESPONSE TO IT THAT WE DO HAVE AN AFTER HOURS ROSTER THAT RESPONDS IN SERVICE. BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT THAT CAME IN. AND YES, IF IT'S A SERVICE REQUEST, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRACK IT. YES. THANK YOU. TYPICALLY WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE REQUESTS. YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE PLUMBING ISSUES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT CODE VIOLATIONS AND EVERYTHING. JUST LIKE JUST LIKE BEFORE WE HAVE WE HAVE CODE. WE DO HAVE A MODULE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT IN MGO ALSO TO MANAGE CODE PROCESS IN GENERAL. AND THAT'S AND THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO BE RECEIVING SERVICE REQUESTS OVER THEIR POLICE FIRE UTILITY BILLING. EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT USED TO HAVE REQUESTS AVAILABLE ON SEECLICKFIX DO NOW HAVE THEIR REQUESTS HERE IN MGO. OKAY.

VERY WELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO. MAYOR IF YOU WANT. I'VE GOT TO GO OKAY. CAN WE DO THIS BY PHONE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AFTER THE REGULAR SESSION WE'RE

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GOOD EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY ON GETTING OUT HERE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR

[CALL TO ORDER]

WE EXALT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR LIVES. WE'RE FEELING. WE ARE FEELING WITH GRATITUDE OF ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US EACH MORNING. LIKEWISE, I PRAY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LORD, WE NEED YOUR BLESSINGS. WE CAN DO ANYTHING IF YOU CAN HELP US IN THIS COUNTRY. GOD, WE PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MAJOR GAVE THEM WISDOM, STRENGTH, COURAGE, LOVE, UNITY AND THE REST OF THE STAFF TO DOING GOOD THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE AT DUNCANVILLE. GOD, WE PRAY FOR ALL THE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PREPARE AND PROVIDES FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND ALSO LORD. WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY DEPARTMENT, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PROTECT US FOR ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE AND PROTECT US IN ANY TIME THAT WE FACE ANY CRISIS IN OUR CITY. AND FINALLY, GOD PROSPERED. THIS MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN DUNCANVILLE. LORD, BLESS THE REST OF THE MEETING.

THE PROJECTS, THE AGENDA, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PREPARED FOR US TONIGHT.

AND WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF GOD. AMEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES.

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE. FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

THANK YOU. ALREADY. OKAY, I'LL JUST BEFORE I GO ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, ONE, A MAYOR'S

[1.A. Mayor's Report.]

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OKAY, SO UNDER MAYOR'S REPORT, WE HAD A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE A WEEK AGO. AND THIS IS, I BELIEVE, THE 24TH NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE FOR NINE OVER 11. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, BUT IT WAS JUST WELL PUT TOGETHER BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD TO HELP OUT BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE CHAMBER, WITH MR. MARTIN BEING SO ILL AND FOR HILDA OVER AT THE, AT THE CHAMBER. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I DON'T WANT TO NAME NAMES AND LEAVE PEOPLE OUT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY STEPPED UP AND WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THAT EVENT WHAT IT WAS, AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE ATTENDED, GIVE A WELCOMING OPENING AND THEN JUST ENJOY THE EVENING.

FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE. AND THAT WAS JUST A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE. VERY WELL DONE, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE BEFORE, YOU SHOULD COME TO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE IT IS A REAL REMINDER OF NOT ONLY NINE OVER 11, BUT A REMINDER OF WHAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HERE GO THROUGH EVERY DAY. I SAW AN EXAMPLE LAST NIGHT, AS A NEIGHBOR OF OURS HAD TO HAVE A FIRE ENGINE AND A PULL UP AND DO WHAT THEY DO, AND JUST WATCHING THEM OUT THE WINDOW, WORKING LATE AT NIGHT AND TRYING TO HELP THAT PERSON.

THEY'RE AMAZING PEOPLE AND POLICE AS WELL. SO GREAT EVENT AND I'M REAL PROUD OF THE

[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]

COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'VE GOT A LIST OF THINGS I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR PAST EVENTS AND ALSO UPCOMING EVENTS. BUT THERE IS A RHYTHM OF THE HEARTBEAT DANCE THAT WAS HELD ON ON A SATURDAY, AND IT WAS JUST A JUST NICELY DONE. A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HAD THEIR BOOK SALE. HECTOR GUZMAN GUZMAN PERFORMED AT THE METHODIST CHURCH AS AN ORGANIST. IF YOU WANT TO SEE A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE, THAT WAS, I MEAN, JUST A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE DONE BY HIM, REALLY. IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE HIM IN OUR CITY LIKE THE MAYOR THE NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE. IT VERY WELL DONE. ALSO THIS PAST SATURDAY THERE WAS A MOVIE IN THE PARK. IT'S A MILLION MILES AWAY. ARTS COMMISSION HAD SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT. ME AND MILES AWAY IS ASTRONAUT MOVIE. THEY GAVE OUT MOON PIES AND SOME OTHER LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT KIND OF FUN. THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. AND THIS IS ANOTHER LOSS THAT DUNCANVILLE HAD. ANITA DAVIS AND HER HUSBAND, TONY RAN DUNCANVILLE OUTREACH MINISTRIES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SHE'S PASSED AWAY AND HER SERVICE IS THIS FRIDAY. BUT ANITA WAS SOMEBODY THAT CARED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND AND REALLY DID GOOD THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I'M JUST SAD TO HEAR OF HER PASSING. WE ALSO HAVE OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL THAT STARTS WITH ARTS MIXER ON ON FRIDAY, AND THEN THE FESTIVAL'S ON SATURDAY.

ALSO, ALWAYS GIVE A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PIP DAYS AND THAT'S THE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S SATURDAY, THE OF SEPTEMBER 26TH AND 27TH AND OCTOBER 3RD AND FOURTH. NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS HAPPENING OCTOBER 7TH, AND WE HAVE OPERATION CLEAN DUNCANVILLE. ALSO THE PINK DIAMOND BIKE RIDE. AND AND I SEE THEM HERE AND I'M SITTING THERE GOING LIKE, THAT'S MY LAST NOTE. THE ITALIANS ARE COMING. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS GOODEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IT STARTED YESTERDAY AND IT WILL RUN THROUGH THE 16TH OF NEXT MONTH.

AND ALSO LOOK OUT FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE KICKOFF. AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT SAID ON THE 19TH. AND THEN WE HAVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FEST ON THE 20TH FROM 3 TO 10 P.M. AT ARMSTRONG PARK, SO PLEASE COME OUT. IT IS PROMISING TO BE PROMISING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.

ALSO. THE NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE WAS VERY LOVELY. I THINK THIS IS MY THIRD ONE AND I CAN ATTEST TO THIS WAS THE BEST ONE AND IT WAS THANKS TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THE MAYOR DIDN'T NAME ANY NAMES. I HAVE A LIST OF NAMES I WAS GOING TO NAME, SO I'LL JUST FOLLOW THE MAYOR'S LEAD ON THAT ONE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN PUTTING THAT EVENT ON. IT WAS A LOVELY EVENT. THANK YOU, MR. KOONTZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO

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THROUGH THAT BOOK SALE, ABOUT 300 PEOPLE VISITED THAT BOOK SALE. AND THE MONEY RAISED GOES TOWARD SUPPORTING LIBRARY PROGRAMING AND INITIATIVES. AND SO AND IF YOU MISSED THAT ANNUAL BOOK SALE, THEY DO HAVE AN ONGOING BOOK SALE IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY. SO YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT THAT. AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A DRAINAGE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN SURVEY. AND SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT SURVEY. IT'S JUST HELPING THE CITY LEARN MORE ABOUT FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE. AND SO YOU CAN COMPLETE THAT ONLINE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF SURVEYS AND MASTER PLANS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ONES, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, PLEASE DO. AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO THANK CHIEF KENNEALY AND THE DUNCANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ALLOWING ME TO RIDE ALONG RIGHT OUT WITH A SHIFT LAST FRIDAY, AND I SPENT ABOUT 13 HOURS ON A SHIFT WITH THEM. AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME OBSERVED THEM. THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS, EMTS RESPOND TO CALLS SUCH AS HEART ATTACK, CHEST PAIN. SEVERAL CALLS THAT INVOLVED CAR ACCIDENTS. THERE WAS ONE THAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE NOT 100M FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW, ASSISTING ELDERLY AND INVALID ASSIST. SO HELPING PEOPLE GET UP, THAT'S FALLEN. SO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CALLS AND IT'S ALWAYS EYE OPENING TO SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT THAT WE NEVER SEE.

AND YOU KNOW WHEN I SEE THEM DOING ALL THAT GREAT SERVICE FOR THE CITY, I THINK THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE ANYBODY THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO ON THOSE CALLS. SO THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR SONS, YOUR DAUGHTERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT GREAT SERVICE, THE VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS AND EMTS PROVIDE FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU, THANK

[1.C. City Manager's Report.]

I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO REPORT TONIGHT, BUT I DID WANT TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU ALL ON SPIRIT WEEK THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. IT WAS REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OUR TEAM TO REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUN AND COME TOGETHER. AND SO MONDAY WAS JERSEY DAY. WE HAD WE HAD A WE HAD A WILD SOCKS DAY, A TWIN DAY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE, WE HAD AN 80S DAY AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY SUPPORT THEIR THEIR 80S ATTIRE. AND THEN WE WRAPPED IT UP WITH DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO WEAR THEIR DUNCANVILLE SPIRIT WEAR WITH PRIDE. BUT AGAIN, ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME. AND WE WE REALLY WE REALLY IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME TO TO COME TOGETHER AND AND HAVE SOME FUN WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A DAY TO DAY. THE ONLY OTHER ITEMS I HAD WAS WE WE DO APPRECIATE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CITY COUNCIL'S TIME LAST WEEK AT THE WORKSHOP FOR THE COMP PLAN. ALL THE INPUT WAS TAKEN AND PUT TOGETHER. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION AT THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT AND GETTING THAT THAT READY TO GO. AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY ADOPTED THE THE LAD NATURE PRESERVE MASTER PLAN.

AND WE DID RECEIVE A $50,000 CONTRIBUTION FROM MISTER BOB LAD FOR TO HELP PAY TOWARD THAT THAT MASTER PLAN I BELIEVE IS ABOUT $149,000. SO WE'RE RECEIVING THAT THAT $50,000 WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND WE JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE HIS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION ON THE PICTURE. DO I SEE IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RAUSCHER. IS THAT A SUPERMAN T SHIRT YOU HAVE ON. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. JUST WONDERING THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM. VERY IMPORTANT ITEM, ITEM

[2.A. Presentation of the Sister City Proclamation.]

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AND WHEREAS OVER THESE 27 YEARS AS CITIZENS OF THESE SISTER CITIES HAVE MADE SEVERAL RECIPROCAL VISITS TO EACH OTHER'S COUNTRIES, AND WHEREAS THE SHARING AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER SERVED TO CREATE MORE THAN A BOND, BUT RATHER A FRIENDSHIP THAT TRANSCENDS DISTANCE, POLITICS AND LANGUAGE. THEREFORE, UPON THE PRESENTATION OF THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MONASTEROLO DI SAVIGLIANO, ITALY, ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2025, THE LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES IS HEREBY ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZED AS SISTER CITIES. GREAT EVENT.

THERE IS GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF EVENTS COMING UP AND I WANT TO. SANDY CIARROCCHI, WOULD YOU COME UP? WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? PLEASE? THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS. THE THREE MAYORS HERE, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN VISITED ITALY LAST YEAR WITH A GROUP OF A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING THE ITALIANS COME HERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EVENTS, A LOT OF EATING, A LOT OF JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND JUST TO HAVE EVERYTHING STRAIGHT. COULD YOU GO THROUGH SOME OF THE KICKOFF DATES ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING GOING WITH THEM? WELL, THEY WILL BE ARRIVING OCTOBER 14TH, SO THAT IS THE KICKOFF RECEPTION, AND THEY WILL BE COMING HERE TO CITY HALL, AND THEY WILL IN THE BUS, AND THEY WILL BE MEETING THEIR HOST FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY WILL GET THE MAYOR'S WILL FINALLY GET TO MEET AND THE HOST FAMILIES WILL MEET.

AND THEN THE RECEPTION WILL BE THAT NIGHT. YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY'S SECRETARY FOR OR CHIQUITA FOR ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND YOU CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH ME TOO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SANDY, AND THANK YOU, MAYORS, FOR CARRYING ON THIS TRADITION FROM DAY ONE. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. I HAVEN'T MADE THE TRIP OVER. MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL. MY WIFE'S ITALIAN AND SHE ASKED ME, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES ON CALLING THIS NAME.

THE NAME OF THIS TOWN OUT. HOW'D I DO, MAYOR BERRY? WELL, WHEN MAYOR GORDON DID IT, HE DID IT WITH AN ACCENT, AND I COULDN'T PULL THAT ONE OFF. SO I HOPE I DIDN'T DO AN INJUSTICE TO IT. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME FOR DUNCANVILLE, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. SO I HOPE SOME OF YOU CAN COME OUT AND SEE SOME OF THE FESTIVITIES. BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION ONCE AGAIN THAT I THANK ALL THE MAYORS MAYOR REP FOR BEING THERE AT THE VERY ONSET OF THIS. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND OTHER MAYORS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ALL ALONG. I'M DAVID GREENE AND BARRY GORDON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE I CARRY ON THE TRADITION WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. JUST I THINK MR. REP WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND MAKE A COMMENT. WOULD YOU STEP UP REAL QUICK, PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, THIS IS A MAN MY WIFE AND I DON'T KNOW HAVEN'T WELL, HE'S THE LONGEST LASTING FRIEND

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AND WE REMAIN FRIENDS TODAY. SO IT'S A SPECIAL TO HAVE HIM UP HERE. HEY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT WHEN WE SIGNED THE DOCUMENTS OVER IN MONTSERRADO. DAVID, I THINK YOU WERE THERE. THE PEOPLE IN ITALY LOVED TO PARTY AND SO WE WERE MEETING IN THE BIG PLAZA BY THEIR TOWN HALL, WHICH IS A CASTLE BUILT IN 1400, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF, OF, OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE WERE THERE, AND WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN OF OUR FOLKS THERE. AND I HAD SENT OVER IN ADVANCE. DOCTOR SHINE HAD PREPARED THIS FOR ME. THE EYES OF TEXAS MUSIC. AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE BAND IN THAT CITY. AND SO I'D GIVEN THAT MUSIC TO THAT BAND. AND WHEN WE, THE MAYOR AND I WERE SIGNING THE DOCUMENTS AND WE HAD FINISHED DOING THAT, I TOLD THE BAND TO STRIKE UP THE EYES OF TEXAS, AND I HAD ALL OF OUR TEXAS PEOPLE ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO, I THINK AT THAT TIME ALL STOOD UP, AND WE SANG THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU, AND THE ITALIANS WHO WERE SEATED IN THE IN THE AREA THERE. THEY WERE PERPLEXED. THEY LOOKED AT US WITH WONDERMENT AND LAUGHED. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE WE DONE? SO FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE RESTAURANT TO HAVE A CITY MEAL. REALLY? AND I ASKED THE INTERPRETER WHO WAS WITH ME.

I SAID, WHAT DID THAT MEAN? WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS? GET READY. MY WIFE IS BEING UNFAITHFUL. AND SO I SAID. I SAID TO MY INTERPRETER, I SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, YOU HAVE GOT TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THESE PEOPLE. AND SO I TOLD HIM, I SAID, HERE'S WHAT THIS MEANS. AND HE WOULD TELL THE PEOPLE. AND TO THIS DAY, 28 YEARS, HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, 28 YEARS. EVERY TIME I GO THERE OR WHEN THEY COME HERE, IT'S ALWAYS THIS. THEY LAUGH. SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF A FRIENDSHIP WE HAVE WITH THAT. WELL THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN HANG UP HERE JUST ONE SECOND. OTHER MAYORS, IF YOU'D COME UP SO WE COULD GET A PICTURE TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN REQUESTED. RIGHT. THEY.

[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]

DID WE GET ANY ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS? NONE. OKAY, THEN WE HAVE ONE ONE PERSON TO SPEAK TONIGHT. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE. LET ME SEE. THIS PERSON HERE. THEIR NAME THROUGH THE CALL. THEIR NAME JUST JUST TO SEE. OKAY. DARIA MCKENZIE. HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DARIA MCKENZIE. I HAVE PROBABLY BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR 12 YEARS. COULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? DARIA MCKENZIE. ADDRESS, PERSONAL ADDRESS OR BUSINESS ADDRESS? EITHER ONE. OKAY. 1113. SASORI TRAIL, DESOTO, TEXAS 75115. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE PROBABLY BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER FOR THE CITY OF

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[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

[5.B. Conduct a Public Hearing on the 2025 tax rate.]

SO WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING THE TAX RATE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT CITIZENS BUSINESSES PAY FOR EVERY YEAR, THE PROCESS STARTS WITH THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT APPRAISES ALL THE PROPERTY. SO THE STATE GIVES THAT AUTHORITY TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THAT IS THEIR ROLE. ONCE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DOES ALL THOSE APPRAISALS, THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY THROUGH THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE TAX BASE IS FOR THE YEAR. AND THAT SETS THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE START TO CALCULATE THE ACTUAL TAX RATE. AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW, THE CITY ESTABLISHES THE TAX RATE IT'S VOTED ON, THAT GOES TO THE DALLAS COUNTY. DALLAS COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY COLLECTS AND SENDS OUT THE BILLS AND COLLECTS ON THE THE TAX RATE OR THE TAXES. SO IN THE THE INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENTATION, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT RATES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH.

THERE'S PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHAT THE 2526 BUDGET IS BUILT ON. THERE IS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH IS A CALCULATION THAT PROVIDES US WITH THE NEW TAX BASE THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT PROVIDES TO US. AND IT'S A CALCULATION IF WE WANTED TO ONLY RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT WAS WHAT THAT RATE WOULD BE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATE THE CITY MAY ADOPT BEFORE IT GOES TO A ELECTION. SO THIS TABLE HERE THAT YOU SEE, YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU A COMPARISON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHAT THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN AND WHAT THOSE LIKE, AGAIN, THAT NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE HAS BEEN. AND ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE AN AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE. THIS IS GIVEN TO US BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS THEY LOOK AT ALL THE PROPERTIES, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH AN AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE FOR 2026. THAT AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE COMES TO 263,000, WHICH RESULTS IN A $1,583 ANNUAL TAX. THAT'S THE CITY PORTION ONLY, WHICH CAN EQUATE TO A DAILY COST OF

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THAT'S ABOUT $0.07. SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A BREAKDOWN. IF YOU CAN READ IT HERE, THAT SHOWS YOU THIS IS A PROPERTY EXAMPLE THAT I TOOK. SO COMPARING THE 24 TAX YEAR, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN ALL THE VARIOUS ENTITIES, AGAIN, THE CITY IS ONLY ONE OF FIVE ENTITIES THAT IS TAXING OUR PROPERTIES. SO THIS HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE PAID $1,200 IN TAXES IN 2024. SO LOOKING AT 2025, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HOME VALUE DIDN'T INCREASE AS MUCH.

BUT BECAUSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SOMETHING CALLED A TAX CAP, WHERE THE STATE SETS THAT YOU, YOUR PROPERTY CAN ONLY INCREASE 10% AS A MAX PER YEAR. SO YOU CAN ONLY YOUR TAXES COULD ONLY GO UP THAT MUCH PERIOD BASED ON YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR VALUE IS. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. SO THEIR TAXABLE VALUE IS 323,000 FOR 25.

SO TAKING THE PROPOSED RATES ACROSS ALL OF THE ENTITIES, INCLUDING US AND THE COUNTY AND THE HOSPITAL AND THE COLLEGE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO WOULD BE AN INCREASE OVERALL, ABOUT $161 FOR THE YEAR. WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE TAXABLE ENTITIES INTO ACCOUNT. SO WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID THIS YEAR IS THAT THEY INCREASED THE HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THE PREVIOUS YEAR THE EXEMPTION OR REDUCTION WAS 100,000. AND THIS YEAR IT INCREASED TO 140,000. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOUR REDUCTION, THE LIABILITY ON THE TAXES ARE LESS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE. AGAIN, THERE'S THIS WEBSITE HERE. YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE UNDER THE FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU CAN GO TO IT RIGHT NOW. EVERY HOMEOWNER CAN PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION HERE, AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A PROBABLE APPROXIMATE OF WHAT YOUR TAXES WILL BE FOR A 2025. SO IN THE PACKET WITH THE STAFF REPORT, I INCLUDED THE KIND OF THE THE THE CALCULATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US. AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THAT CALCULATION SHEET AND THERE'S A LOT OF PERCENTAGES. SO I JUST WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN. SO YOU UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE NOTICES AND WHAT PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW, MEAN WHAT. SO THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.600166, AGAIN IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND IS WHAT IS THE BUDGET IS BUILT ON IS A 4.11% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TAX RATE FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER. BUT WHAT THEY'RE BASING THIS ON IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH, THEY'RE COMPARING IT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. AND THE PROPOSED RATE IT'S A 4.7% INCREASE. AND THEN LASTLY THIS IS REQUIRED LANGUAGE LIKE IN THE PUBLIC NOTICES THEY'RE REQUIRED TO POST. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CHANGE WOULD LOOK LIKE ON A $100,000 HOME. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THE DEBT PORTION, IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION OF $12.38. BUT IN REALITY, WE KNOW WITH VALUES WHEN THEY INCREASE THAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASE. BUT AGAIN THE THE LEGAL LANGUAGE HERE WE HAVE TO SHOW THE VALUE OF $100,000 HOME. AND THAT IS REALLY IT JUST COVERING THE BASES ON THE TAX RATE ITSELF. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YET? OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:48 P.M. AND THAT OPENS THE FLOOR TO ANY ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME FORWARD EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS CASE, IT'S ITEM FIVE B. SO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AGAINST OR FOR? WHAT? WITH THAT SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MAYOR.

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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. MY QUESTION WITH THE CURRENT TAX RATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR BEFORE OCTOBER, DO WE PROJECT TO HAVE ANY INCREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE? SO YOU MEAN BY INCREASING THE TAX RATE SO TO SPEAK? NO, NO. BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, ARE WE PROJECTING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF FUND BALANCE FOR OUR CURRENT BUDGET, OUR CURRENT BUDGET? SO WE'RE PROJECTING BASED ON OUR CURRENT NEEDS. AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED ONE TIME USE OF FUND BALANCE, BUT WE ARE PROJECTING TO STILL END THE FISCAL YEAR WITH A SURPLUS OF 1.5 MILLION ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR 150 DAY FUND BALANCE. OKAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU FIND WAYS TO MAKE THIS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR NOT JUST US, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC AND SO AND EASIER FOR US TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS. AND I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION BACK ON SLIDE 68. OKAY. SO THIS IS APPROXIMATE INCREASE OF $161.27 FOR THE YEAR. RIGHT. FOR ALL OF THESE TAXING ENTITIES COMBINED IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON. RIGHT. SO FOR THIS EXAMPLE, WHAT'S THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PORTION OF THAT $161.27. SO THE TOP LINE AS YOU SEE THERE, THIS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WOULD HAVE PAID $1,800 IN TAXES IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OR CURRENT TAX YEAR. BUT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE VALUE, THE TAXABLE VALUE, AND AT THE NEW RATE, THE NEW AMOUNT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1900 1940. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE.

ABOUT $140 OF AN INCREASE TO THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE TAXES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. ANYTIME YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL? MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN BARNEBEY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE. THE THE COMMENT WE GO FROM WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT THE CITY THAT IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND STUFF OKAY. WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT COMMENT SIR. IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH. I THINK. SORRY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. YEAH I THINK DON WAS TRYING TO HELP ME OUT. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE CITY'S PORTION, JUST SPEAKING IN GENERAL, THAT IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE AMOUNT WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. SO AND THAT WAS REALLY MY POINT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WILL INTERJECT, IF I MAY, JUST AS A PROMOTION HERE, IF YOU WILL, WE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL IN FEBRUARY. IT'S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. WE'LL BE GETTING THAT PROMOTED, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO BUT WE'LL HAVE A TOWN HALL WITH THE COUNTY WHO WILL COME OUT AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THEY APPRAISE AND THAT WHOLE PROCESS, HOW DO YOU APPEAL? SO THAT'LL BE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN FOR ANYONE TO COME IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM FIVE B WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[5.C. Consider an Ordinance approving and adopting a budget for the City for the Fiscal Year October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026]

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SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE. AGAIN THIS IS THE TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ACROSS ALL FUNDS. SO THIS BUDGET IS OUR NEW RESOURCES OR JUST OVER 90 MILLION. AND OUR EXPENDITURES AGAIN ACROSS ALL FUNDS IS JUST OVER 91 MILLION. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A GAP. AND THE REASON FOR THAT BEING THAT WE DO HAVE A FEW FUNDS SUCH AS CIP FUNDS, PROJECT FUNDS, FUNDS THAT CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR, OR PROJECTS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN PER FISCAL YEAR. SO THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT IS UTILIZING THE FUND BALANCES OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY AWARDED AND PLANNED FOR. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE 51% OF OUR TOTAL FUNDS ARE GENERAL FUND, 36% ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH MEANS UTILITIES, SANITATION, THE FIELD HOUSE, THOSE BUSINESS LIKE FUNDS. 7% OF OUR BUDGET IS SPECIAL REVENUE LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOTEL FUNDS. AND THEN LASTLY, 6% IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND REPLACEMENT TYPE FUNDS. AND JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET OVERALL. SO AS WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, IT'S BUILT ON A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.600166, WHICH GENERATES 976,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM TAXES. IT INCLUDES INCREASING THE WATER AND SEWER RATES AS A PART OF THAT FIVE YEAR RATE INCREASE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED BACK IN 2022. IT CONTINUES THE SUPPORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED, SUCH AS SIGNATURE EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND ARTS FUNDING. IT INCLUDES INCREASING EMPLOYEE PAY, SO 3% COLA AND UP TO A 2% MERIT, IN ADDITION TO ADDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND TWO POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS, AS WELL AS A SIX FULL TIME MOWING CREW. THAT WOULD BE INSTEAD OF PAYING A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR FOR MOWING OUR CITY RELATED PARKS AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS A 5% ADJUSTMENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GARBAGE RATES. AND THEN IT INCLUDES FIELD HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS, UTILIZING HOT FUNDS TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE FIELD HOUSE, AND THEN WATER AND SEWER CIP PROJECTS, AND CONTINUED STREET MAINTENANCE. SO THIS WOULD BE THE MOTION THAT YOU LEGALLY HAVE TO READ WHEN YOU'RE READY. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK OR SAY, BUT THIS IS THE LEGAL MOTION TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. MR. MAYOR, I MOVED I MOVED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, PROVIDING THAT EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID BUDGET BE ADOPTED. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE THAN MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY 9000 $976,754, OR 4.04%. AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $53,805. IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FOR NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE OFFICIAL LEVYING THE AD VALOREM TAXES.

[5.D. Consider an Ordinance of the City of Duncanville, Texas, levying Ad Valorem Taxes for the Year 2025 at a rate of $0.600166 per one hundred dollars ($100.00) assessed valuation on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Duncanville as of January 1, 2025, to provide revenues for current expenses and interest and sinking fund requirements]

MAYOR, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR YOU OUT THERE. AS YOU SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT STEPS GOING TO AND THE STATES MADE THINGS VERY MUCH. HOW WOULD I SAY A LOT OF STEPS TO TO DO SOMETHING? WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A ONE AND DONE KIND OF THING TO DO IT. THE STATE HAS GONE IN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS. SO. SO I'M GOING TO CONTEND THAT THE CITY'S NO BETTER THAN THE STATE ON HOW TO DO THINGS. SO IF THERE'S A POINT IN TIME WHERE I COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WRITING SOMETHING, I'LL DO IT. BUT WITH THAT MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.600166, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 4.11% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. SECOND, OKAY, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE D BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCBURNETT.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KOONTZ. KOONTZ. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM THIS IS NOT

[5.E. Consider an Ordinance ratifying the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget which raises more revenue from property tax than in the previous year.]

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SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY BROWN. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS A

[5.F. Civil Service Ordinance amending the pay plan]

MCBURNETT. SECOND. BY COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN COMBS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT. BECAUSE IF WE HADN'T HAVE DONE THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. AND SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING CONTINUING TO BUILD UP OUR, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN GET FULLY STAFFED WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO THAT OVERNIGHT, BUT I THINK WE'RE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO GET THERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN LASTLY, IT'S CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO

[5.G. Consider a Resolution adopting the Master Fee Schedule for FY 2025- 2026.]

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MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. YEAH, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEM FIVE G BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOODEN. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ATTENDANCE AND WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY ON EITHER SIDE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, ONCE AGAIN, AS SO MANY OF US HAVE SAID THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS PUT INTO THIS IT. IT IS CHALLENGING, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WHEN IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH, WE YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB GIVING US SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IS THE BEST SITUATION WE CAN PUT THE PUBLIC IN RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR TAX RATE AND ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH WITH THIS WHOLE BUDGET. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO

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