Aug 25, 2022 City Council Special Meeting

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OKAY? GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TRYING TO ORDER MEETING SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. SO IN VIEW OF THAT, WHAT I WANT TO DO. IS MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS I WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. WELL DIFFER. YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE SEA. TO THAT.

TIME OF THE. HEARING. SO IF YOU WORK WITH ME ON THAT WHEN WE GET BE CALLING UP, SIT COMMENTS AND JUST. WHETHER YOU WANT TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT IN. IF YOU WANT DEFER TO THE POINT WHERE WE COME TO THE PUBLIC, OKAY? WE WILL WORK. TOGETHER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN MARCH 16TH OF 2020 HAS EXTENDED THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH 2022 IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC HEALTH GOAL OF LIMITING FACE TO FACE MEETINGS, ALSO CALLED SOCIAL DISTANCING. IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW THE SPREAD. OF CORONA BY . DEPEND. BUT I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE WE INTO THE. TO CONDUCT TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. ONE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. 102 AND THE OTHER ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. TRUTH TAXI. SECTION WITHIN THE TAX CODE. IT FOR THE MEAT ABOUT MEETING AT WHICH WILL VOTE ON THE BUDGET. AND THE TOWN. RATE. THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT IS TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO COMMENT. AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY. TO DO. AND PROVIDE STAFF. WITH FURTHER. AS DID. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO HERE'S WHERE, UH FOLKS OUT THERE AND I WILL WORK. TOGETHER. TO PUT THIS INTO A PROPER FLOW. IN THE ITEM. I WAS FEDERAL. TO SPEAK FROM WHAT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA. THIS IS AN OPEN ITEMS THAT CORRECT I MEAN, IT'S NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. PERTAINS TO THE BUDGET. OKAY, SO WE WILL. YOU. LET'S SEE, WE WOULD DEFER THIS ONE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. OKAY? BETTY TAYLOR. I DO HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM FROM YOU. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK OR DO YOU WISH ME TO READ THE STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED? OKAY? AND AS INDICATED HERE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET. SO THAT IS ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA, OK? AND PATRICIA EBERT. ITEMS. AGENDA. ITEM TWO AND THREE. WE SAY WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER

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PERFECT. GOOD. AND ERICA BROWNING. SO YOU ARE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA, OK? OKAY? SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE I NEEDED JUST A LITTLE TIME TO ORGANIZE AND GET THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE YOU CITIZENS PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME. NECESSARY. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC.

[2. RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS (SEE ABOVE COMMENTS)]

PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. PATRICIA EBERT, 115 SOUTH GREENSTONE LANE, DUNCANVILLE 75116. SO FIRST OFF LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN TOWN, I SAW THE VIDEO OF THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE OFFICERS CAPTURING THAT THIEF. TO GO. POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT. UM IDENTIFIED WITHIN OUR CITY 10 DONATION BOXES AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AND FORTUNATELY THOSE BOXES OVERFLOW QUICKLY WITH DONATIONS, MANY OF THEM UNWANTED, LIKE CHAIRS, COUCHES AND TOWERS. SO I THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR IDENTIFYING THIS DONATION BOXES AND THEN NOTIFYING THE OWNERS SO THAT THERE CAN BE BETTER. MAINTENANCE AND. ON THEM. AND THEN, TO KNOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. IT'S VERY. IT'S VERY TIME AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. CITY. YOU. LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND ASKING PROBING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? OKAY I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. I WILL READ THOSE THIS ONE IS FROM JAN K. NOEL 1866 GREEN TREE LANE, DUNCANVILLE 75137. WHAT PLANS DOES THE CITY HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY ON DANIEL DALE IN MAINE ? IT MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR MINIATURE GOLF. PLEASE TRY TO PRESERVE THE TREES. ALSO CAN THE CLOSE TAX OFFICER MAINLY WILLING BE REPURPOSED? THANK YOU, MRS DOLE.

AND FROM TED WILLIAMS. LET'S SEE. YOU HAVE. HAVE A WRITTEN INPUT FROM YOU, BUT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET AS WELL. CORRECT. ARE YOU WANTED TO DEFER TO ITEM THREE AND MAKE THIS PART OF THE BUDGET JUST GOING BACK? ALRIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY ISSUES NOT PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ONCE YOU COME UP AND TAKE THEIR KICK TEAR EXCUSE. TAKE CARE OF THAT NOW. SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. HI. I'M TEDDY WILLIAMS 866 THE STAIR AVENUE. THANK YOU. BILL, TEXAS. FOR EMAILS. THAT I HAVE. SENT TO THE CITY OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD PERTAINING TO SPEEDING. RESIDENTIAL SPEEDING. NOISE SO LOUD AND CARS THAT IT RATTLES ARE WINDOWS AND SHAKES OUR FOUNDATION. THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT I WANTED TO DEFER TO BUDGET IS HE'S A BUDGETARY ISSUES IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. POLICE OFF AND I CAN GUARANTEE THAT ONE. OF THE INCIDENT. THAT HAVE. MAYBE A OF

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AND SHAKE. OUR HOMES. THAT SHAKES WINDOW. ASKED TO YEAR PERIOD, THESE EMAIL HAVE BEEN SENT. TO EACH OF YOU. AS OUR LEADER. EXECUTIVE. TO PLEASE DO SOME ABOUT IT. AS WELL AS WE WITH US. EVERY. SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE HAD HAS BEEN. SHOT. DOWN. WE'VE ASKED FOR.

MONITORING. WE'VE. FOR NOWHERE STUDY. APART. OF THE BUDGET. RECEIVE AND THE OVERVIEW. OF THE

[3. RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED FY 2022-2023 PROPOSED BUDGET, DELIBERATE, AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.]

ADINA CODY. CITY MANAGER, PLEASE THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY AND OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS WE'VE EARLIER MENTIONED HAS CHANGED. CHALLENGE AND TRANSFORMATION. IT'S FOR FISCAL YEAR. 20. THROUGH 2020. I'M NOT ONLY INTERNALLY BUT EXTERNALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS. IT'S A POLICY DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT SETS A POLICY. IT'S A PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT'S A GUIDE OF HOW WE DO IT, AND IT'S HOW WE COMMUNITY. TO THE. AND SO WE TAKE. PROCESS. VERY SICK. YOU DO.

OUR BUDGET. CALENDAR AS I MENTIONED. BEGAN IN FEBRUARY. WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SESSION. ALSO WITH STAFF, EDUCATION AND TRAINING. ON THE BUDGET. PROCESS. WE HAVE A WERE . THE END OF YEAR. THROUGH OUR PREVIOUS YEAR. THEN PUBLIC TOWN HALL. BUDGET. PROCESS. CONDUCTED BY AND THEN. C I P, WHICH IS R. CAPITAL. CONTINUE THROUGH. APRIL. OUR DATA. ENTRY. ASKING STAFF AND OPENING UP. SYSTEM. FORCED. TO START TO MAKE. AH! WE ARE. TODAY. IS PART OF THE PRICE. THAT SET UP SOMEWHAT. BY OUR LAW. AND STAY. REGULATIONS. WE ARE HAVING OUR PUBLIC HEARING. BOTH ARE RATE. AND ARE BUDGET TODAY. WITH THE STATE. LAW IS THE EARLIER.

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THAT WE'RE WORKING. ON FINISH. AND THE LAST PART IS FOR. WE'VE GOT TO START TO PLAY. FOR THE FUTURE. GOT TO THINK. NOT ONLY OF WHAT WE NEED TO, BUT WHAT WE NEED IN THE. AND NOT ONLY WHAT ARE EXPENDITURES WOULD LOOK. LIKE WITH WHAT REVENUES WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT WHAT OUR CITY WILL LIKE WHAT ARE THE POPULAR? AS WELL? START TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

AND ARE WE SOURCE. RATE, BUT WE'VE ALL INCLUDED IN HERE. A HIGHLIGHT. A C. CITIZEN.

DISCOUNT. OF 10. FINAL PART OF IT IS THE OF FUN. WHICH WE HAVE BEEN. RECEIVE. THE FEDERAL. BE RECEIVING ANOTHER HALF. YEAR. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME PUBLIC SAFE. NEEDS IN SOME. TO INCLUDE PARK.

[4. CONSIDER ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF AUGUST 30, 2022 TO CONSIDER A VOTE ON THE BUDGET. ]

[5. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DELIBERATE ON THE FY 2022-2023 PROPOSED TAX RATE.]

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TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOME KIND OF BOND ISSUES TO GET SOME OF THESE FIXED COSTS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO COVER RHONA YEAR TO YEAR BASIS BY USING THEIR GENERAL FUND MONEY AND STARTED GETTING IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S BORE, LIKE A REVENUE BASED TYPE THING THAT WE DO ON UTILITIES, SO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR PROVIDE POSITIVE COMMENTS INTO US? ALRIGHT SEEING DONE. WE'RE CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WISH TO HAVE NEGATIVE INPUTS OR NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON THE TAX RATE. AND ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S 10 MINUTES IN THE AGGREGATE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE FOR THE RECORD. ERICA BROWNING FOR FOUR TO EAST CHERRY STREET.

I'M GLAD THE MIX WORKING THIS TIME. THE ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE DECEPTION WITH WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTING THE TAX RATE. I PICKED THIS UP ON MY WAY IN. IT'S A TWO PAGE DOCUMENT. AND RIGHT ON THE FRONT . THE CITY PROPOSES A 7.0% RATE REDUCTION FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS PART OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX. THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. A SEVEN POINT OH 8% RATE REDUCTION. WE ALL THINK OUR TAXES ARE GOING DOWN WHEN WE READ THAT. ON THE VERY BACK, IT SAYS A TAX REDUCTION. OF POINT. OH 4954 CENTS PER $100. IT IS NOT A TAX REDUCTION. THAT'S DISHONEST. IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE. I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER. AND WE HAVE A TERM IN REAL ESTATE CALLED PUFFING. AND WHAT IT MEANS IS EXAGGERATION OF FACT. IF I'M TALKING ABOUT A HOUSE, AND I'M SAYING HOW GRAND IT IS, AND I'M REALLY OVER EXAGGERATING THE BENEFITS OF THIS HOUSE, AND I REALLY MINIMIZE THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH IT. THAT'S DECEPTIVE.

IT'S UNETHICAL AND I COULD LOSE MY LICENSE FOR THAT. AND YET, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S DOING PRESENTING THIS AS A TAX REDUCTION. A PROPOSED TAX REDUCTION. REDUCING THE ADVIL OR IN PROPERTY TAX RATE. FROM 0.7. OH 2.65. WHAT THAT DOESN'T SHOW IS ON THIS OTHER. IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE RATE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. YOU SAY THAT? IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S BEEN REDUCED FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SAY IS THAT AT LEAST THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR A TAX INCREASE. THE RATE HAS REDUCED FOR FIVE YEARS RUNNING. BUT WE'VE HAD A TAX INCREASE FOR AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS, PROBABLY MORE , BUT THE REST OF THE YEARS AREN'T ON THIS PAGE. OUR BILL WILL INCREASE. BECAUSE YOU ADOPT A RATE OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. OUR BILL DOES NOT HAVE TO GO UP JUST BECAUSE OUR VALUES DID. PROPERTY VALUES DID GO UP A LOT. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT OUR TAX BILL HAS TO GO UP. I JUST WISH THAT YOU WOULD BE A

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AND IT'S OUR PRACTICE. IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE. THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WISH TO BRING FORWARD? MR HARVEY. SOMEBODY ELSE WANT TO GO FIRST. WELL YOU WERE THE FIRST TO IDENTIFY HIM.

THEN MR KOONTZ AND THEN MR MCBURNETT. OKAY MR. HARVEY MR. COLLINS. MR MCBURNETT, ALRIGHT.

UM. CITY MANAGER. IS IT? NOT TRUE THAT. THIS CITY ADVERTISES. TO THE PUBLIC. THE IMPACT. UH CHANGES IN OUR TAX RATE. UPON. PROPERTIES IN DUNCANVILLE. YES SIR. WE IN MANY WAYS AND EVEN IN A PRESENTATION, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE AMOUNTS THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL BE PAYING BASED ON THE NEW TAX RATES. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING. SUCH AS THIS IS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON THEM. YES, SIR. OKAY I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER. THANK YOU, MR KOONTZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR ON PAGE. 39 SLIDE 39. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN AND MAYBE I MISSED THE CHART SOMEWHERE IN THE FOUR THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. THERE'S ANY ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN TAXES WITH A CITIZEN PAY. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AS COMPARED TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATES. SO JUST AS FAR AS DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW 20 MORE DOLLARS 30 MORE DOLLARS A YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO. I THINK WE ACTUALLY CALCULATED THAT YES AND JENNIFER YEAH, I, UM YES, I DID CALCULATE. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT IN THIS EQUATION HERE. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS, UM UH, 22 PROJECTED VERSION, SO IF WE HAD THE RATE AT 220.59304 GET MY. I WAS I WAS PLAYING AROUND THESE NUMBERS TODAY. UM SO HERE THE TAXABLE VALUES. THIS IS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, PLUS SOMEONE THAT'S OVER 65 THE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A PERSON SO FROM A $262,000 HOUSE, YOU TAKE OFF THE 30,000 FOR THE HOMESTEAD THAT GETS YOU TO A TAXABLE VALUE OF 232,913? WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS DIVIDE 2

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SOME WILL NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, WILL EXPERIENCE HIGHER DEGREE OF VALUES GOING UP VERSUS SOME YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAVE OVER 11,000 PARCELS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ALL GONNA BE THE SAME, SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AN AVERAGE, SO IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO EACH OF YOU THE SAME WAY. NOW I WILL SAY THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT DOES PUT ON A REALLY NICE CALCULATOR THAT YOU CAN VISIT THEIR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN PLUG IN ALL OF THAT, AND IT'LL IT'LL PLUG IN YOUR NUMBERS FOR YOU. AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO PAY IN TOTAL FOR ALL THE ENTITIES. THANK YOU. MR MCBURNETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SAME MANAGER. I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS UH, DISCUSSED HOW AND WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET AND BRIEF THAT WE'RE CREATING. THE DOCUMENT AT THE BACK. MHM NO, MA'AM. THE DOCUMENT THAT THE PERSON SPEAKING. HAD ONE OF OUR PROJECTS OF OUR INTERNS BEFORE THEY LEFT. WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE WAS THAT ONE PAGE SUMMARY FOR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET, AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY TODAY. AND SO THIS WAS A PROJECT CREATED BY STAFF TO HAVE A ONE PAGE SUMMARY FOR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET. OKAY BECAUSE I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN BECAUSE LIKE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF MISUNDERSTANDING. ABOUT TAX RATE. AND STUFF IN THERE, SO I JUST WANT TO I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DOCUMENT, SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY, SO JUST COLIN COLEMAN IN QUESTION. A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW THAT? THE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT WHEN I WHEN I LOOK AT THIS STUFF, AND WHEN I BY SAYING THIS IS THAT YES. COSTS IN THE CITY OF INCREASED. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EXCESSIVE AH, WASTE IN OUR CITY. BUT IF WE'RE CONTINUALLY HAVING TO DO MAKE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS WITH CITIZENS ARE ASKING GOD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE MY COMMENT. I DON'T THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CONTRERAS. JUST REAL QUICK. I DID GLANCE AT THAT DOCUMENT. WHEN I CAME IN. I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ONE BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU UP TONIGHT? UM SO I CAN'T SAY THAT. I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND COUNCILMAN POMEGRANATE MENTIONED IT. HIS LANGUAGE, ITS LANGUAGE. THAT 11 CASES. UH. AND AGAIN THE SPEAKER, I THINK POINTED THIS OUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXES GOING DOWN. VERSUS TAX RATES GOING DOWN. SO I GUESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING OURSELVES THAT SOMETHING WASN'T MISSTATED

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AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR GENERAL FUND. LET'S CALL IT $1.7 MILLION. KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED ON. WHAT WAS THE CHART 15 IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL AND OTHER CATCHMENTS AND THAT IN AMENITIES FOR THE CITY DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD HAVE TO GO AWAY? IF THERE'S NO NEW REVENUE RATE WAS ADOPTED, AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE $1.7 BILLION IS IN TERMS OF MOSTLY ON ON FIRE, FIRE SAFE. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY FIRE AND POLICE? FOR SAFETY OF OUR CITY. HOW MUCH COULD WE? YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROPOSING NECESSARILY FOR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT INCREASES FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IF WE DIDN'T IF WE ACCEPTED THE NR AND AN IMPACT OF $1.7 MILLION. WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT IN YOUR ABILITY TO DEPARTMENT WHERE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN OUR POLICE AND FIRE? FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, IT WAS SEVERELY IMPACT. UH THEY'RE FULL COST OF LIVING INCREASE THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE THE STEP INCREASE BECAUSE THEIR CIVIL SERVICE, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED WOULD BE DONE. WE WOULD BASICALLY ELIMINATE ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS. WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT OUR GENERAL FUND FUNDED. PLUS, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THERE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT A BASELINE BUDGET, THE BASELINE BUDGET IS NOT JUST A FLAT FROM LAST YEAR, THERE ARE SOME NATURAL INCREASES THAT OCCUR SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE PROGRAM, WHICH ARE STEP INCREASES. NOW THE OTHER PORTION OF IT IS IF WE HAD A INDIVIDUAL WHO DECIDES TO DEPART, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER COSTS, AND SO YOU COULD HAVE A SPIRAL IMPACT, AND THAT IMPACT IS AS LONG STANDING BECAUSE THE COST OF TURNOVER IS SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS IS VERY HIGH, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL PAYOUTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WHEN SOMEONE DEPARTS. AND SO THIS WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO THIS BEFORE WE STARTED LAST YEAR, ANTICIPATING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE AT A NO NEW REVENUE BASED ON OUR INITIAL APPRAISALS WITH DALLAS COUNTY. AND WE STARTED THE EXERCISE, WHICH THE CITY HAS GONE THROUGH. BEFORE OF WHAT TYPE OF REDUCTIONS WE WOULD MAKE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. BUT I GO BACK TO CAUSE AND EFFECT.

SOMETIMES WE START REDUCING AND THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ONE IMPACT. BUT THEN YOU HAD TO HAVE A MASS EXODUS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON THESE DAYS WHEN THINGS AREN'T THE WAY PEOPLE WANT THEM TO BE. AND THEN YOU HAVE A HIGHER COST THAN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED, JUST BASED ON THE COST OF TRANSITION. SO LOOKING AT THAT AND UNDERSTANDING. THAT IMPACT AND

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NEEDS THAT, AND IT'S KINDA LIKE AND THAT'S A NEEDED THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, AND THAT'S ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF THAT PROJECT. OKAY ALSO, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SCAN OVER THIS DOCUMENT, AND I THINK THE DOCUMENTS ARE GOOD DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR HARVEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UM LIKE MR MCBURNETT HAVE. SKIN THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL. AH! AND I DON'T SEE ANY FACTUAL INACCURACIES. IN THIS DOCUMENT. SPEAKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE IS A FINANCE DIRECTOR. AND BEING DOING IT FOR 25 30 YEARS. I DON'T SEE ANY FACTUAL INACCURACIES. IN THIS DOCUMENT, THE DOCUMENT CLEARLY SAYS THAT THE INCREASE. THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WILL INCREASE. BUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS DECREASED, AND THERE WAS A CHART ON THE SCREEN, WHICH SHOWED YEAR BY YEAR. THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. DECREASE. AND SO. UM I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THE FACT HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT. GET STUCK WITH HAVING TO DO MORE WITH LESS. EVERYBODY ELSE EVERY OTHER ENTITY. EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA GETS A FREE PASS. WHEN THEY CAN'T DO. WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED TO DO. I WANT TO BUY A CAR. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I WENT OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP. AND I SAY, WHERE'S MY CAR? OH WELL, WE GOT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE CAN'T MAKE THE CHIPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND I TOLD HIM WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PROBLEM TO ME. WHERE'S MY CAR? I WANT TO BUY A CAR. I JUST SIMPLY HAD TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO BECAUSE THE CAR DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO MEET MY NEED. SO WE'VE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE. COME UP CITIZENS WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH. WELL, IF IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT? THIS BUDGET WILL DO IT LESS MONEY. I'LL LET THAT MARINADE FOR A SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHERRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR MEETING WITH ALL OF US, UM, COLLECTIVELY AND THEN THANK YOU FOR TAKING ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET WITH ME, BECAUSE, UM AGAIN WITH WITH BUSINESS AND THIS IS WHAT I DO WITH MY TEAM.

I WANT TO GO OVER EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING YOU KNOW THE BEST DECISION AND AGAIN THE CITY BEING A BUSINESS AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS TO ME WHERE IT'S, UM, EITHER WAY IT GOES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. YOU MADE A DECISION WITH THE PROPOSED TAX OR THAT WAS GONNA BE SOME MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ON THE TAXES ONE WAY INDIVIDUALLY OR YOU MAKE IT WITH A NOTE. UH WITH THE SINCE I'M SORRY, THE NONREVENUE NON NEW REVENUE.

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NUMBER OF TIMES. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE FORECASTING AGAIN.

IN TERMS OF HOW THIS TAX RATE IS GOING TO AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO OPERATE. FROM EVERY LEVEL DOWN FROM THE CITY MANAGER RIGHT DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES OUR STREETS AND CURBS.

THEY. RELIABILITY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS NECESSARY. AND THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY REDUCTION.

IN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPETITIVE SALARIES. IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR ENTIRE CITY, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC WORKS OR WHETHER IT BE THE OPERATION, BUT THE INTERNET , WHETHER IT BE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. OF BEINE VERY CAREFUL. MY WORSHIP WE ARE SUBJECT TO THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT IS DRIVING NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. WELL AND NOT JUST NORTH OF DALLAS COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY. AND YOU KNOW, UP IN IN LEWISVILLE, DENTON ALL THIS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INFLUX OF INDIVIDUALS COMING TO THIS AREA AND I GET THIS FROM SITTING AT THE RTC WITH THE CARD THEY ARE PREDICTING 100,000 NEW INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO THE CITY EVERY YEAR. AND I'M SORRY INTO THE INTO THIS AREA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVE SALARIES? WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN TERMS OF HOME VALUES? THE HUGE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT EXISTS. FOR NORTHERN DALLAS FOR THE NORTH 1000 AREA RIGHT NOW. IS WHAT'S DRIVING OUR HOME VALUES UP. I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHICH WOULD STOP THIS WITH THE CAD PRE STOP LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAVING IN FRISCO. IT'S HAPPENING IN LEWISVILLE WITH OPINION PLANO AND STOP APPLYING WHAT'S HAPPENING UP NORTH TO WHAT'S HAPPENING US DOWN HERE. WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY DON'T DO THAT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS A REGIONAL ASSESSMENT. AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO EVER MOVE OUT OF THE CITY AND SELL YOUR HOUSE THE INCREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AS A RESULT OF OUR EVENING DECREASING THE TAX RATE. AS WAS DESCRIBED. IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THAT 200 SOME $1000 HOUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY $400 MORE YEAR. THAT'S A NEGATIVE. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL YOUR HOUSE THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS IT'S A POSITIVE SO LOOKING AT THIS, IT DEPENDS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENTIAL NECESSITIES. WHAT THEY LOOK FOR THE FUTURE. AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS IN TERMS OF A TAX RATE I BELIEVE THE MOST RELIABLE THE MOST JUDICIAL THE MOST APPROPRIATE TAX RATE. THAT THIS CITY CAN WORK WITH IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SERVICES FROM THE TOP TO THE VERY BOTTOM. IT IS NECESSARY TO BE JUST BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY. SO CITY MANAGER TO STAFF AS WELL. THE CALCULATIONS, THE. FORECASTING HERE AGAIN, THE ART AND SCIENCE ARE PROJECTING WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. AND TO COME UP WITH THE CATEGORICAL DEFINITIONS OF THE QUANTITATIVE VALUES OF THIS EFFECT IN OUR CITY, I THINK ARE APPRECIATED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT $1.7 MILLION. THERE'S NOTHING TO PLAY WITH. THIS IS NOT PENNIES. AND AS MR MCBURNETT SAID, WE HAVE WE ARE INCURRING A REPAIR. NECESSITY ON OUR CITY RIGHT NOW THEY WOULD COMPLETELY ABSORBED THIS. THE EVENTUALITY OF EMERGENCIES COMES INTO PLAY. CONTINGENCY PLANS. CAN WE SURVIVE? IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER STORM, YURI CAN WE SURVIVE ANOTHER STORM LANDING? CAN WE SURVIVE ANY OTHER CONTINGENCY? ANOTHER COVID THAT WE CAN'T EVEN PREDICT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT'S OCCURRING FOR OUR STAFF TO CONSIDER AND COMING UP WITH THIS WITH THIS BUDGET AND COMING UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR TAX RATE. I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT. OF THIS TAX RATE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I WANTED TO SAY THAT AND MY COMMENT ENCLOSING UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT INDIVIDUALS YESTERDAY WISH TO MAKE, MR CONTRERAS. MAYBE Y'ALL CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE, BECAUSE AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THIS, THAT WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH AS A REDUCED TAX RATE. WHICH WE'VE DONE HERE. IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR

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DEPENDING ON YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. YEAH, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, DISCLOSES ITEMS OR FIVE UNDER AGENDA AND WITH THE COMPLETION OF OUR BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED. TIMESTAMP 9 17 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.