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ALL RIGHT, SORRY FOR THE DELAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE BRIEFING SESSION AT 604.
[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'D BE IN SESSION IS PART OF OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH.SORRY, GUYS. NO, NO. I'M SORRY.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO AGENDA ITEM ONE.
DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS. CITY MANAGER. WELL, JUMP.
MOVE ON DOWN TO CONSENT AGENDA FOR A MINUTE.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FY 2324 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING REVENUE AND FUND BALANCE RESOURCES AND AMENDING EXPENDITURES FOR HOTEL, MOTEL AND DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUNDS.
MISS HOTEL IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I THINK SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THE NOTES.
THIS ESSENTIALLY IS GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
COMBINATION OF THAT AND A COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE NEED TO DO THIS BUDGET ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE THE FUNDS HAVE NOT RECOVERED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
OR C CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A MATCHING FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE THROUGH THE TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM AND THE ASSISTANT PARKS DIRECTOR, TYLER DG GROUNDS.
THE PARKS DIRECTOR, MARK STEVENSON, IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS OR MR CERTAINLY CAN.
THIS IS A GRANT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO RECEIVE.
WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MATT BRYANT, HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
INVITATION BID FOR CONCRETE ASPHALT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $322,981 OVER THE FOUR YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH BY BOARD CONTRACTS OR PIPE BURSTING WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS FOR ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4,573,007 $29.25 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CONTRACT APPROPRIATION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM.
SEEING NONE BORG CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT TO GROUP CONTROL FOR ANNUAL SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION, SURVEYS AND SEWER LINE TREATMENT VIA SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION OF UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $840,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO EXERCISE OF CONTRACT RENEWAL.
MR. MCBURNETT, GO AHEAD WITH YOURS.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.
OKAY. MR. BRYANT, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN STEPPED UP AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS, AS I DON'T REALLY EVER RECALL SEEING THIS.
SO I'M COMING TOWARDS COUNCIL.
SO I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, IS THERE A REASON WHY THE AMOUNT STEPPED UP, OR DO WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK OR SO OUR BUDGET AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY THE SAME BUDGET, APPROXIMATELY $100,000 FOR THE SANITARY SEWER VENTILATION STUDY.
WE ALSO BUDGETED APPROXIMATELY $20,000 IN SEWER ROUTE TREATMENT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR FOR IT, BUT IT'S BEEN WITH A DIFFERENT VENDOR.
THIS IS DONE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
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OKAY. SO FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, HAS THAT EVALUATION BEEN DONE? IS THIS IS THAT EVALUATION.FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.
PART OF THE TEMPORARY CORROSION CONTROL.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,150 AND AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION OF 16,506.
AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ESTABLISHING PROJECT CONTINGENCY FOR EXECUTION OF FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS, EQUALING A COMBINED AMOUNT OF 23,656 NOT TO EXCEED THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $188,716. ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRIAN IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
BEFORE I CONSIDER AMENDING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ORDINANCE CHAPTER 16.
A SIGN GUIDELINES TO EXCLUDE ELEVATED SCOREBOARDS FOR CERTAIN ILLUMINATED SIGNS.
AND PARKS DIRECTOR STEPHENSON IS HERE.
ASSISTANT PARKS DIRECTOR TYLER IS HERE.
WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING FOR A BRIEFING.
I WOULD ALSO ADD, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
WE'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING THAT TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THE SCOREBOARD.
PARKS DIRECTOR STEPHENSON IS HERE.
AND THIS RELATES TO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
4K CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A WAIVER OF DC TO THE DC ADC TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND WINE AT SPECIAL EVENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY APPROVED VENDORS PROVIDING FOR CAMPING OR OVERNIGHT OCCUPANCY AT ARMSTRONG PARK.
PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH USE.
PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF APPLICABLE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 1226 AND OUR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER, MISS OWENS IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
AS I READ THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND READ THROUGH THE INFORMATION AS PART OF THE.
STAFF REPORT WE RECEIVED, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT IT CAN'T BE.
A PORTION OF THAT IS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT AND DEFINED AS TO WHO'S CAMPING.
THERE'S REFERENCES TO THE VENDORS OR TO THE WHAT'S THE TERM THAT YOU USE FOR THE BARBECUE MASTERS? YEAH, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A SOLID LEGAL THE LEGAL CONNECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING CAMPERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THAT GROUP.
WELL, IT'S ONLY IN THAT DESIGNATED AREA.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A DESIGNATED AREA ARE THE BARBECUES.
IT JUST SEEMS THE LANGUAGE IS SCATTERED TO ME WHEN I READ IT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE CAMPING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK.
THEY WERE LIMITED THERE BECAUSE THAT WHOLE AREA IS CORDONED OFF.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LAST TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY PROBLEM.
SO JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE.
IF WE WERE WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK FROM CITY HALL OVER TO THE SENIOR CENTER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE WOULD BE WRISTBANDS, RIGHT? CONTROLLING ACCESS.
EVERYBODY WOULD BE AGE VERIFIED AND CHECKED.
CHECK. I KNOW OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE CHIEF HAS WORKED WITH THE ALCOHOL CONTROL BOARD.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT WOULD ALL BE ON THAT SIDE.
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MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO KIDS AND TO THE SPLASH PAD EARLIER IN THE DAY SO THAT DURING THE DAY ON JULY 4TH, THE PEOPLE CAN STILL GO AND ENJOY THAT THE ALCOHOL AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD ALL BE SEPARATE OVER ON THAT OTHER SIDE INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL AT NIGHT, WHICH I GUESS HAS BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST, IS WHEN IT'S OPEN.SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN STILL ENJOY THE FAMILIES, CAN ENJOY THE SPLASH PAD AND STUFF DURING THE DAY.
I'M SORRY. VENDORS WHO CHOOSE TO SELL ALCOHOL SEPARATE FROM TRADITIONAL VENDOR AREA.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.
ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES TO SELL ALCOHOL HAS TO BE IN THIS LOCATION.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE OVER HERE.
SO WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL VENDOR AREA? A TRADITIONAL VENDOR AREA IS RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT HERE.
OKAY. THAT WOULD BE THE FOOD SALES.
NOT ALCOHOL. NOT NON ALCOHOLIC VENDORS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
IN THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS VENDORS AND PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL.
THAT'S IN RESOLUTION SECTION ONE.
SO I'D JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION ON WHAT THAT MEANS.
I'M JUST LOOKING TO AVOID CONFUSION ON SOME OF THESE THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY DOESN'T THINK THEY CAN COME IN UNTIL YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VENDOR AND A PARTICIPANT. THEY'RE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL.
THEY COULD BE BOTH OF THESE THINGS, BUT NO ONE CAN TELL.
I'LL CALL THEM UNLESS THEY HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE STATE.
TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TYPE OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE A PROBLEM IF WE JUST STRUCK THE WORD PARTICIPANTS IN THERE? NO. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT A PARTICIPANT IS.
I UNDERSTAND. ACTUALLY, I TAKE THAT BACK.
I'M SORRY, BUT IT SAYS VENDORS AND PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL, DISPENSE AND CONSUME.
SO MORE THAN THE VENDORS ARE GOING TO BE CONSUMING.
SO THE PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANTS CAN'T SELL ALCOHOL WITHOUT A LICENSE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. BUT SERIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
BUT THE WORDING SAYS PARTICIPANTS SHALL NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU.
WE'LL STRIKE IT OR CLEAN IT UP.
OKAY. I WANT TO ASK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL.
THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS.
AND IF IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO STRIKE PARTICIPANTS WITH THAT THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD SEE IT OTHERWISE.
SO, CITY MANAGER, WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU READ? SO THIS IS SECTION ONE.
IT SAYS VENDORS AND PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL, DISPENSE AND CONSUME.
IT PROBABLY SHOULD SAY VENDORS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL, DISPENSE, AND PARTICIPANTS CONSUME BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO'S THERE PARTICIPATING WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONSUME. OKAY.
YEAH, THAT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION I WROTE THAT NO, SIR, NO, SIR.
THERE YOU ARE. BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME AND TALKING, SO I THINK WE'LL FIX IT.
THAT'S A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION.
OKAY. AND THEN WE NEED TO ASK FOR THAT SO THAT WE.
GET. THE QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON.
THIS ONE. SO SELL ALL THE FOURTH AND FIFTH ANSWER'S YES.
OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEM.
WE CAN NOW MOVE INTO WORKSTATION ITEM TWO.
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FOR THE JUNE 2224 CALENDAR.THE NEXT ITEM IS A JOINT MEETING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION ON JUNE 25TH.
THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON JUNE 27TH IS AT 6:00, AND IT'LL BE AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN.
AND. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A TIME 6:00 OR 6:00 AT THE HILTON? MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER.
I THINK YOU CAN TAKE THE CAP OFF AND PUT SOMETHING ON AT A.
SO WE FEEL ABOUT HAVING IT EARLIER THAN 6:00.
THE I GUESS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND OUT IF THE ROOM IS AVAILABLE.
SO FROM THAT POINT, WE ALREADY WHEREVER SHE WENT.
THREE, FOUR, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE LOOK AT. I'LL START HAVING WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT. WE'VE GOT NOON AND ONE AS EARLY AS HE'S AVAILABLE.
LET'S CHECK WITH HIM AND SEE YOU NOON OR ONE.
AND WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, LET US KNOW.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE JULY CALENDAR.
THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL WATERWAYS CLEANUP HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THIS WEEKEND ON JUNE 22ND.
I'M SORRY. AND THAT ONE WAS JUST ADDED.
YEAH, IT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM THE FIRST.
IT WAS RAINED OUT INITIALLY, BUT THAT'S THE KEY.
OKAY. WHERE IS THAT LOCATION? WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT.
THAT ONE IS AT THAT PRESERVE 911.
OKAY, BUT JULY, WE HAVE THE JULY 2ND MEETING IS CANCELED, BUT WE HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY, AND THE INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVITIES ARE THE FOURTH THROUGH THE SIXTH, AND THE ONLY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY IS GOING TO BE JULY 16TH, WITH ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END, WHICH IS A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CDC, WHICH IS AT THE END OF JULY AS WELL.
I THINK THAT WILL PROVIDE ART.
AND COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON JULY 25TH, WHICH IS ON THURSDAY.
OKAY. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT MEETING ON THE 27TH IN JULY. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO JUNE IF WE'RE GOING TO.
IS THAT MEETING BEING MOVED? WHICH ONE? WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 27TH OF JUNE.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S THE WORKSHOP.
SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BUMP MY WORD PART.
THAT WOULD BUMP THE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR.
YOUR SCHEDULE FOR NOON IS SCHEDULED FOR NOON ON THE 27TH, 27TH.
SO THERE'S OKAY. IT'S CLOSE THEN.
IF WE. IF WE GO AT NOON, I'LL HAVE TO CANCEL.
OKAY. IF IT'S ONE, IT'LL BE TIGHT.
IT'S COFFEE. COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR ON JULY 25TH.
WOULD THAT BE YOUR FIRST ONE? THAT'LL BE THE SECOND ONE IF YOU DON'T.
IF HE DOESN'T, IF YOU DON'T DO JUNE, THEN THAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST ONE IN JULY.
OKAY. ON THE AUGUST CALENDAR, WE HAVE COFFEE WITH A COP ON AUGUST THE 8TH.
AND WE HAVE PROPOSED THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED A PROPOSED BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE AUGUST TO THE 15TH, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE 20TH, ALONG WITH THE MEETING.
THANK YOU. ANY GO AHEAD TO SPEAK TO OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP IS AUGUST 15TH.
YES, I KNOW WE HAD SOME THAT WE SAID LAST YEAR.
IT WAS LIKE THE NINTH OR 10TH.
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YES, IT WAS AUGUST.IT WAS AUGUST, BUT IT WAS LIKE AUGUST THE 10TH, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT ENDS THE CALENDAR DISCUSSION.
SO SOMETIME SHORTLY BEFORE A REGULAR SESSION START, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY WE CAN GET IN AND THOSE THAT WE CAN'T.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP AFTER THE REGULAR SESSION.
WE'LL COME BACK IN AND OPEN UP OUR BRIEF.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COME BACK IN HERE.
SO WE COME BACK IN HERE TO FINISH UP THE BRIEFING AND PRESENTATIONS.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE HAVE ON HERE TOO.
THAT WILL WE'LL GET TO HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT WILL BE MOVED AS WELL AFTER THE BRIEFINGS.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST PRESENTATION FROM PEACHTREE RECOVERY SERVICES. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO PEACHTREE RECOVERY SERVICES HAS GIVEN US A PROPOSAL.
ALWAYS ON TEAMS. OKAY. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS THE CITY LOSES ANY NUMBER OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR DUE TO A PARTICULAR AUTO ACCIDENTS, TAKING OUT STOP SIGNS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND PEACHTREE RECOVERY SERVICE.
JUST KIND OF KEEPING THIS BRIEF WOULD PROVIDE US A, AN AVENUE FOR US TO RECLAIM SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THROUGH THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE COMPANY, THROUGH THE AUTO ACCIDENTS. CAN YOU HEAR US, DAVID? OH, YES. OH.
THERE HE IS. CAN YOU HEAR US, MR. ROWE? I CAN HEAR YOU.
SO, MR. ROHDE, WE'LL LET YOU KIND OF DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.
I KIND OF TRIED TO INTRODUCE KIND OF WHAT IT IS, AND WE'LL LET YOU GO FROM THERE.
ALL RIGHT. MAYOR MCCURTIS, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR. FANS AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY AND PRESENT OUR SERVICES.
I DID SEND OVER A PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT, PLEASE, PLEASE SUBMIT THAT TO ME.
INFORMATION IS DEFINITELY ON THE PRESENTATION.
TEX DOT WILL GIVE US ACCESS TO THE CRASH REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY THE THE LAPD.
AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE GO BACK ABOUT TEN YEARS.
THERE'S NOT A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES TO PUBLIC PROPERTY CAUSED BY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
SO TYPICALLY WE GO BACK ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT EVERY CRASH REPORT WRITTEN ALL THE WAY UP TO TODAY TO IDENTIFY WHERE OR IF ANY ASSETS OF THE CITIES WERE ACTUALLY HIT.
SO THIS COULD BE GRASS IN A MEDIAN, IT COULD BE TREES LIGHT POLES.
PRESENTATION COMING. HERE'S A GOOD LIST OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CHASE DOWN.
AND WHAT WE DO IS ONCE WE IDENTIFY THE, THE DAMAGE WE DO OUR RESEARCH, WE WOULD TRY TO FIND PHOTOGRAPHS THE OTHER INFORMATION. WE WILL MAKE ESTIMATES, WE WILL CREATE INVOICES.
WE WILL SUBMIT THOSE TO THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE COMPANY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHO WE DON'T WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS THEMSELVES UNLESS THEY ARE UNINSURED.
AND YOU'RE REQUESTING US TO GO AFTER FUNDING FROM THE UNINSURED.
OTHERWISE WE DON'T INTERACT WITH THEM TOO MUCH.
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COME TO A SETTLEMENT ON THE COST OF THE DAMAGES WE WILL RECOVER THOSE FUNDS, AND WE WILL REMIT THEM BACK TO THE CITY OF INVASIVE.
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REPORT, WHICH IS AROUND THE MIDDLE.AND WE'LL SEND A SINGLE CHECK FROM OUR BANK TO THE CITY FOR THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE COVERED IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH, A CYCLE THAT GOES ON AND ON AS LONG AS THE CONTRACT IS VALID.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE CITY.
THOSE ARE NOT THE 40, $50,000 EACH.
BUT THOSE THINGS KIND OF RUN BY THEMSELVES IN THE BACKGROUND FOR THE CITY.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THAT.
I THINK THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE TO YOU GUYS IS THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
WE HAVE SOME SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE STARTING UP RIGHT AROUND YOUR AREA.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO MENTION ANY NAMES UNTIL THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED.
BUT I USUALLY START REALLY A LOT FROM CONTRACT SIGNING.
THEY TYPICALLY COVERS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CONTRACT IS WHEN THEY START SEEING SOMETHING.
WE USE DEDICATED TEAMS. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO YOUR CONTRACT AND THEY WILL WORK ON IT FOR THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WITH US.
THAT WAY, IF YOU'RE NEEDING ANY INFORMATION.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE STARTUP.
WHO IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS CHECK FOR? YOU HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT TO REACH OUT TO YOU TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION AND ALL THAT STUFF SET UP AND IT GOES SMOOTHLY.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP AT THAT POINT AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, THE COST TO THE CITY IS THE COST TO THE CITY IS A CONTINGENCY FEE. MR..
YOU'LL HAVE TO REMIND ME. I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 19%.
I DON'T KNOW, SITTING IN FRONT OF ME GETTING THAT.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUDGET FOR FOR OUR EFFORT.
AND WE WILL RETAIN OUR FEE ONLY WHEN WE'RE RECOVERING MONEY FOR THE CITY.
THAT WAY YOU'RE PAYING FOR RESULTS, NOT EFFORT.
LET ME RUN THIS DOWN, OKAY? IF THERE'S NO UPFRONT COST, IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY WOULD COVER PERCENTAGE TO.
THE ONLY TIME THAT ANY ENTITY ACTUALLY HAS EVER OCCURRED IS IN AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
ACCIDENTALLY PAYS THE CITY DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF PAYING US.
THEN WE REMIT THE MONIES BACK TO THE CITY.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHECKS TO DEAL WITH.
YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE ONE PER MONTH, AND THAT'LL THAT'LL COME FROM US.
AND YOU WILL HAVE DETAILED REPORTING THAT TELLS YOU WHERE ALL OF THAT MONEY COMES FROM.
A COUPLE OF THESE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR STAFF.
SO HOW MUCH AS FAR AS DAMAGES TO THE CITY PROPERTIES, EXACTLY.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA TO SHOW HOW MUCH REVENUE? I KNOW IT'S REFERRED TO AS REVENUE IN OUR REPORT, BUT HOW MUCH IS THAT BEING LOST? SO THEY ACTUALLY MR. ROAD ACTUALLY HAD GONE THROUGH AND ACTUALLY DONE AN ANALYSIS BASED ON TRAFFIC DATA.
JUST A SAMPLING FOR US TO TRY TO SEE.
AND THEY'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $75,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE THAT WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY.
THAT OTHERWISE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.
HIT AND MISS. ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRIAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AFTER IT, THEY KIND OF DO OR KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE'S NO FORMAL PROCESS CURRENTLY FOR THIS.
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NO, YOU'RE INSURED, BUT YOU HAVE A DEDUCTIBLE, RIGHT.SO IF WE LOST A CAR, WE KNOW WHO HIT THE CAR.
WE WOULD RECOVER FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PERPETRATOR.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY TMR OR TML, RISK POOL.
IF THERE WAS A LAWSUIT, WE RECOVERED THE MONEY.
THEY GET PAID BACK, AND THEN WE WOULD COLLECT OUR DEDUCTIBLE.
IN MANY CASES, THERE'S DAMAGE WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY.
THE PERSON AT FAULT, WE MAY HAVE TO PAY THAT DEDUCTIBLE.
THEY WILL COME IN AND PAY FOR THAT OR RECOVER INSURANCE MONEY FROM US, WHICH WE GO BACK TO.
YEAH. THE MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE ARE WHAT WE CALL THIRD PARTY CLAIMS. SO THAT MEANS THAT IT IS SOMEBODY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY'S INSURANCE POLICY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WAS DRIVING IN DUNCANVILLE AND I CAME IN AND I HIT A $3,300 FIRE HYDRANT THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE MY INSURER AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE DAMAGES, FOR THE LOSS OF WATER AND ALL THE REPAIRS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MADE TO THAT FIRE HYDRANT.
THE CRASHES THAT OCCUR ARE CAUSED BY THIRD PARTIES.
SO THE CITY, THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT THE WORST DRIVERS IN THE CITY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE WAY TOO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY, AND THEY'RE DRIVING IN THE CITY THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY.
YOU HAVE TOURISTS THAT COME THROUGH.
SO TYPICALLY THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CAUSED BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S YOU KNOW, CAR.
AND WE WILL INVOICE THEIR INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE RECOVERY OF THOSE COSTS.
SO THEY WILL SAVE THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU GET THINGS LIKE LIKE IN AN ACCIDENT AT AN INTERSECTION.
THEY MAY HIT THE PEDESTRIAN SIGN.
THEY MAY HIT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL BOX.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT TYPICALLY PEACHTREE WOULD RECOVER FOR YOU.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION, MR. RHODES. THE IN YOUR IN THE POWERPOINT THAT WE SAW THAT WE GOT A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THERE WERE SOME NUMBERS ON THE CHART THAT YOU HAD.
THERE WERE THOSE ACTUAL DUMB DUNCANVILLE NUMBERS THAT YOU REFERRED TO A MINUTE AGO.
THOSE WERE PULLED FROM TEXAS DOT'S DATA.
SO? SO ALSO BY LAW, EVERY CRASH REPORT IS WRITTEN IN THE CITY BY CITY PD.
THEY MAINTAIN THE CRASH REPORT DATABASE.
THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
WE LIKE IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING TO CITY PD ASKING FOR ACCESS TO THEIR CRASH REPORTS OR WALKING INTO THE CITY TO GET ACCESS TO THE DATA. THE REALITY IS, THEY DON'T LIKE TO GIVE OUT THAT ACCESS ANYHOW.
SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO TEX DOT.
WHAT WE SAW WAS KIND OF INTERESTING, AND WE KIND OF NOTED THAT ON THE ON THAT CHART, THAT WE DID SEE THAT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THAT THE THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF CRASH CRASHES IN DUNCANVILLE WAS ACTUALLY INCREASING, WHICH WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR US.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF THAT.
NORMALLY. WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS A DECREASE IN 2020 AND THEN A RISE BACK UP.
THAT IS ALSO COVERED IN THE PEACH TREE.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST WE WILL MAKE UP FOR THAT.
WE WILL TRY TO GET ACTUALS FROM FROM THE CITY IF WE NEED TO.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE USE A LOT OF ESTIMATES.
SO, SO TYPICALLY WE'LL USE A LOT OF ESTIMATES, AND WE WILL TRY TO RECOVER AS MUCH MONEY BACK FROM THE CITY AS POSSIBLE, SO WE GET PAID TO EXTEND JUST THE DAMAGE.
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IS THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE AS WELL? PRETTY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
OKAY. ITEM THREE BE WORKING ON TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
SO MISS OTIS IS HERE WITH MR. MILLS. ACTUALLY, THE NEXT TWO ARE REALLY BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR.
SO I'LL LET HER KIND OF TAKE OVER BOTH OF THEM.
BUT ONE REALLY RELATES TO THE OTHER.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DO ANOTHER.
ABSOLUTELY. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANTHONY MILLS.
HE HE WAS HERE WITH US LAST YEAR.
HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION AS A KIND OF SEGUE INTO TALKING ABOUT OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW, JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE IF WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER COLA AD HOC.
SO THANK YOU, JENNIFER, AND GOOD MORNING OR GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SERVICES WITH TMRS. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
THIS IN THIS EVENING'S BRIEFING, INSTEAD OF ME TALKING ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL TMRS IS, AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I LIKE TO TELL ANY GOVERNING BODY ABOUT TMS. EVERY CITY IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE ACTUARIAL FUNDING POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT UNDERGIRD OUR PROGRAM FOR EACH OF THE 938 CITIES, REGARDLESS OF THE PLAN DESIGN THAT THE CITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL DECIDES TO PUT IN PLACE, THAT POLICY ENSURES THAT ANY BENEFIT THAT YOU'VE PROMISED TO THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, THE RETIREES AND THE FUTURE RETIREES WILL BE FUNDED FULLY BY THE TIME THAT PERSON REACHES THE END OF HIS WORKING CAREER.
WHEN TMS ARRIVES AT THE COST FOR THE CITY, THE ACTUARIAL CALCULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ENSURES THAT YOU WILL HAVE MADE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE TIME THE EMPLOYEE GETS TO THE END OF HIS WORKING CAREER.
SO I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ANYTIME YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT TMS AND YOUR PLAN DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE HERE AT DUNCANVILLE, AND ANY PLAN DESIGN THAT YOU SEE AT ANY PEER CITY THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT THINKING, WELL, DUNCANVILLE PLAN LOOKS THIS WAY.
OUR NEIGHBORING CITY'S PLAN LOOKS THIS WAY.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS AT EVERY CITY IN MRS IS DIFFERENT, BUT THE POLICIES THAT UNDERGIRD OUR PROGRAM ENSURES THAT REGARDLESS OF THE DIVERSITY IN MRS, OUR FIXED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE, THE RESPONSIBLE AND PRUDENT INVESTMENT POLICY, THE STRONG GOVERNANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE PROGRAM ENSURES THAT ALL OF OUR CITIES ARE ON TRACK TO BE EITHER FULLY FUNDED OR THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
WE'VE GOT OVER 300 OF OUR 938 CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY MORE THAN 100% FUNDED, AND EVERY CITY THAT IS NOT YET AT 100% IS ON TRACK TO BE 100%.
EVEN THOUGH CITIES THAT MAKE PLANNED CHANGES, WHICH THE CITY MAY CONSIDER MAKING ANOTHER, AS IT WAS POINTED OUT IN THE PREVIEW OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, DID MAKE A PLAN CHANGE LAST YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE TODAY AND WHERE YOU MIGHT GO IN THE FUTURE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, LOOK AT THE 938 CITIES IN IT, LOOK WHERE THEY ARE, LOOK WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, AND YOU CAN PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE HEADED.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE IN THESE FIRST FEW SLIDES THAT IT HOLDS UP TO BE TRUE.
TMRS IS ONE OF THE MODEL RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE NATION, AND HAS BECOME THE STANDARD HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AMONG THE STATE WIDE PENSION SYSTEMS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR DUNCANVILLE? IT MEANS THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION RATES ARE STABLE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN TMRS. WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE FROM THE MENU OF BENEFIT OPTIONS.
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THE CITY HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, YOU DECIDE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR DUNCANVILLE AS YOU DECIDED LAST YEAR, FEATURES LIKE THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT, LIKE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT MAKES SENSE HERE FOR DUNCANVILLE.
ANY CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE IN YOUR PLAN? THOSE CHANGES ARE PROSPECTIVE CHANGES.
THEY'RE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN NOW AND GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO PUT A DISCLAIMER ON IT.
THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT ITSELF IS LOOKING RETROACTIVELY IN THAT FOR EVERY ACTIVE EMPLOYEE, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT AN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT, WE DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT HAS HAPPENED HISTORICALLY WITH THIS EMPLOYEES SALARY HERE AT DUNCAN. IF THAT SALARY HAS IMPROVED, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY OVER THAT EMPLOYEES WORKING CAREER.
THE NATURE OF THAT UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT IS TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, WELL, IF THIS EMPLOYEE HAD ALWAYS HAD A SALARY THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE THIS SALARY TODAY, WHAT WOULD THAT PERSON'S CASH BALANCE LOOK LIKE? AND THEN TO MRS, THE CASH BALANCE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR PLAN IS ONE THAT CONVERTS A CASH BALANCE INTO THAT LIFETIME RETIREMENT BENEFIT, AND THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT BECOMES ONE OF THE CASH COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP A PERSON'S TOTAL CASH BALANCE WHEN HE RETIRES FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.
THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PLAN IS 94.8% FUNDED.
THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE TMRS AVERAGE.
SYSTEM WIDE. WE'RE 89.7% FUNDED.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLANS THAT LOOK LIKE DUNCANVILLE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITIES THAT YOU MAY COMPARE YOURSELF TO, THEN YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN LOOKS LIKE, WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF YOUR PLAN? AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT VIEW SINCE 1960 8TH JULY OF 1968, WHEN THE CITY JOINED TMRS. THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR EMPLOYEES A 7% EMPLOYEE DEPOSIT RATE.
THAT MEANS THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING IN AT THAT SAME 7%.
AND IN MRS, THE MENU OF OPTIONS THAT'S AVAILABLE IS FIVE, SIX, OR 7%.
THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A 2 TO 1 MATCHING RATIO IN MRS. THE MENU OF OPTIONS 1 TO 1, ONE AND A HALF TO ONE AND 2 TO 1.
EVERY CITY THAT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT DUNCANVILLE WOULD COMPARE ITSELF TO IS A 7% 2 TO 1 MATCH CITY.
I CAN'T THINK OF ONE THAT WOULD NOT BE.
AND IF IT IS, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THAT IS A CITY THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO A SEVEN 2 TO 1 SETUP. THE COUNCIL HAS A FIVE YEAR VESTING IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEES HERE AT DUNCANVILLE.
RESTRICTED PRIOR SERVICE, CREDIT AND MILITARY.
SERVICE CREDIT. THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO'S WORKING HERE WHO HAS.
PREVIOUS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, YOU COULD COUNT THOSE YEARS TOWARD ELIGIBILITY IN.
MRS. BUT UNDER THAT RESTRICTED PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONETARY VALUE.
IT'S JUST TIME CREDIT THAT IS USED TO HELP THAT PERSON ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND THE MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT VERY SIMILARLY, EXCEPT IN THIS ONE, ANY EMPLOYEE WHO'S STILL WORKING HERE AT DUNCANVILLE, WHO BEGAN WORKING BEFORE JANUARY OF 2004, COULD ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT UP TO 60 MONTHS OF IT AND HAVE THAT TIME COUNT NOT JUST AS TIME CREDIT, BUT A SMALL MONETARY CREDIT AS WELL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE PLAN AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE LOCAL AND STATE ECONOMY.
TMRS AND TOTAL PAID $1.6 BILLION IN BENEFITS LAST YEAR.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE, DUNCANVILLE RETIREES RECEIVED A BIT OVER $8.4 MILLION IN BENEFITS IN 2023. THE FOLKS WHO ARE RETIRED HERE FROM DUNCANVILLE, YOU'VE GOT 289 OF THEM, 270 OF THEM STILL LIVE HERE IN THE STATE
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OF TEXAS. SO THE BULK OF THAT $8.4 MILLION IS BEING RECIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE TEXAS ECONOMY.AND TO LOOK EVEN CLOSER, AT 263 OF THEM STILL RESIDE WITHIN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN ITSELF, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, I THINK, THAT WAS CONSIDERED WHEN YOU TOOK UP AND CONSIDERED LAST YEAR, ADDING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR PLAN, BECAUSE YOU HAD RETIREES WHO HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHO HAD NOT RECEIVED A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT FEATURE UNDER OUR CURRENT ACT, THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT, WHICH AFFECTS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, HAS TO BE ADOPTED IN CONCERT WITH A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EVENING'S BRIEFING.
YOU CANNOT CONSIDER GRANTING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR RETIREES WITHOUT GRANTING AN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT TO THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES. WILL THAT STAY THAT WAY? ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD BE TO ALLOW CITIES TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO ADOPT A COLA WITHOUT AN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT, AND OF COURSE, VICE VERSA.
BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFF KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS AS T MRS GOES INTO THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR.
AND LET ME MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ABOUT THIS STUDY.
THERE'S NO RHYME NOR REASON ON WHY ANY OF THIS IS DISPLAYED THIS WAY.
THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF MIXES AND MATCHES THAT YOU COULD DO.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLES, AND BASED ON WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT PLAN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT 7% EMPLOYEE DEPOSIT RATE THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT YOUR CURRENT PLAN YOUR 2 TO 1 MATCH.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT SAYS UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT THAT THERE ARE NONE.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE IN 2024 AND WE'RE PROJECTING, IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THIS TO TAKE EFFECT IN 2025, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT TAKES EFFECT. ANY OF THE THREE OPTIONS THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU THAT I'M SHOWING YOU, THOSE THREE OPTIONS ARE ADDING THIS UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AS IF IT'S FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SAME THING WITH THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE NONE NOW.
YOU ADOPTED A 30% COLA BUT ON AN AD HOC BASIS LAST YEAR.
THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE IT CAN BE ADOPTED AT 100% 75% OR 50%.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT IT MEANS IS THIS THE CALCULATION THAT GOES INTO CALCULATING WHAT ADDITIONAL CASH CREDIT A MEMBER COULD RECEIVE.
THAT FORMULA ALLOWS THE CITY TO BRAND AN EMPLOYEE 100% OF THE CALCULATED BENEFIT.
75% OF THE CALCULATED BENEFIT, OR 50% OF THE CALCULATED BENEFIT.
AND THEN THAT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT WOULD INCREASE THE RETIREES BASIC RETIREMENT BENEFIT THE ANNUITY.
HOW MUCH DOES IT INCREASE IT? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH INFLATION.
INFLATION THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX THE CPI.
WE LOOK AT THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES IN THE CPI-U AND THEN THE COUNCIL.
YOU DECIDED BY ORDINANCE WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO GRANT NO COLA, WHICH IS WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
OR YOU COULD GRANT A 30% COLA.
THAT'S 30% OF THE CHANGE IN CPI.
50% OF THE CHANGE IN CPI OR 70% OF THE CHANGE IN CPI.
RIGHT. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN OPTION ONE WOULD BE YOU GRANTING A 100% UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND A 30% COLA ON AN AD HOC BASIS FOR BOTH OF THEM.
THIS WOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
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THIS IS WHAT YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR IF YOU WERE TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON.
IF YOU WERE TO DO IT, THE GASB RULES THAT GOVERN OUR PROGRAM AND ALL PUBLIC PLANS AND HOW YOU ARE TO DISCLOSE ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REALLY THE HEALTH OF YOUR PLAN AND WHERE YOU'RE HEADED BECAUSE YOU ADOPTED IT LAST YEAR.
THE GASB RULE SAID IF YOU WERE TO COME BACK AND ADOPT IT AGAIN TWICE WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
NOW THOSE ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIVELY AUTOMATIC BENEFITS.
IT'S AS IF YOU WERE ADOPTING THEM ON A REPEATING BASIS.
SO ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHEN YOU WOULD LOOK AT YOUR TOTAL PENSION LIABILITIES ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, IT WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE OPTION TWO, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE SAME FEATURES THAT I'M SHOWING YOU IN OPTION ONE, EXCEPT THEY'RE ON A REPEATING BASIS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT OPTION ONE, A ONE TIME UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND A ONE TIME 30% COLA, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS INCREASING YOUR CONTRIBUTION RATE FROM 10.18% IN 2025 TO 11.34% IN 2025. YOUR LIABILITIES THE UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL ACCRUED LIABILITIES 6.7 MILLION.
UNDER YOUR CURRENT PLAN, IF IT STAYS THE SAME, WOULD INCREASE TO $8.8 MILLION IN 2025.
BY COMPARISON, THOSE SAME FEATURES, IF ADOPTED ON A REPEATING BASIS, AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT LIABILITY TO 22.3 MILLION.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I POINTED THAT OUT.
GOTCHA. AND THEN IN OPTION THREE, JUST SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER LEVERS THAT YOU COULD MOVE RELATED TO BOTH THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, BUT AT DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES, AND THE DYNAMICS ARE STILL AT PLAY.
IT CHANGES ALL THE FINANCIALS, AND WE CAN WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY HOW THE CITY'S PLAN WOULD BE AFFECTED IF YOU WERE TO MAKE THESE TYPE OF CHANGES.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE NUMBERS, WE'VE GOT THE TIMING.
WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE CITY, THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AND THE EFFECT THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PLAN SHOULD YOU MAKE THESE CHANGES.
SO SO WE'VE BEEN SO LAST YEAR YOU DID AN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT WITH THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
RIGHT. AND SO THE ONE THING I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND AND JUMP IN HERE, ANTHONY.
BUT YOU MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET THAT DOES THAT DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY.
RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S A TRAILING OFF A SLOWER.
BUT THAT IMPACT CONTINUES INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET.
IF WE WERE TO DO THIS AGAIN IT'S THAT 1%.
WELL, WHAT'S THE NUMBER HERE? I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER ON TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT JUST JUST INCREASING TO THE 10.18 FROM THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 300,000 JUST TO SUSTAIN WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO SO THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY SIZABLE, YOU KNOW, TAX INCREASE IS WHAT WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT A PENNY FOR EACH 20,000, $25,000 OR SO.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, MAYOR.
YEAH. YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, COUNSELOR.
YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
HOW MUCH DID THE COLOR COST? TMRS TO GIVE THE RETIREES LUNCH.
ARE YOU TALKING SYSTEM WIDE? ARE WE? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DUNCANVILLE.
WELL. GO AHEAD. JUST SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO BOTH.
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THE COST OF COLA IS ALL BY THEMSELVES.I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER AT MY FINGERTIPS RIGHT NOW.
JENNIFER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU.
I WILL SAY THIS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT THE PERCENTAGE.
WHAT WE WERE CONTRIBUTING LAST YEAR BEFORE WE DID THE AD HOC WAS ABOUT 6%.
SO THAT'S 6% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CONTRIBUTING.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 148,000, I THINK IS WHAT IT ENDED UP COSTING AN ADDITIONAL LIABILITY FOR THE PLAN.
AND SO IT'S TOO LATE FOR US TO ADJUST ANYTHING IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ADD OR, OR WE'RE DOING THE REPEATING AND NON-REPEATING. IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE THIS IS JUST SIMPLY FOR YOUR EDUCATION.
THIS IS NOT BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET AT THIS TIME THAT WE WANTED TO BRING IT FORTH.
BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A COMPETITIVE PACKAGE TO MRS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY POLICE AND FIRE, ARE LOOKING AT AND COMPARE OURSELVES TO VARIOUS OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF BENEFIT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT FINANCIALLY WHERE WE COULD ENHANCE THIS AGAIN, THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LIABILITY OR WHAT THAT IMPACT LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS I MEAN, IT IS TRUE THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
COUNCILMAN WHEN I THINK THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER CITY IN THE METROPLEX THAT DOES NOT HAVE EITHER THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN ON A REPEATING BASIS AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
COLLEYVILLE TURNED OFF THE COLA SOME YEARS AGO.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN COME TO MIND.
HOWEVER, WITH THAT SAID, IT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL TAX INCREASE.
I MEAN, OUR OUR BUDGET IS TIGHT AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IT'S LIKE WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES? WE'RE NOT MEETING THAT LEVEL.
MAY I ADD ONE MORE ITEM? I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT ANOTHER AD HOC COLA AND UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT, YOU HAVE TO SHOW IT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS IF YOU'VE ADOPTED REALLY ON A REPEATING BASIS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE ONLY FUNDING IT ON AN AD HOC BASIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND TO THE CITY THAT IF YOU WANT THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO BECOME PART OF YOUR BASE BENEFIT, WE CAN STRATEGIZE WITH STAFF AND HOW YOU MIGHT GO ABOUT FUNDING YOUR PLAN IN SEVERAL YEARS, AND STAIR STEP YOUR WAY INTO A REPEATING LEVEL THAT COULD FIND YOURSELF IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE, REPEATING SETUP FOR THESE FEATURES.
THANK YOU. SO AS I SAID IT LAST YEAR, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT I KNOW WE SEE THE NUMBERS, BUT IT WAS A GOVERNING BODY LIKE THIS THAT TOOK AWAY FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH NOW AFFECTS ME AND MY FAMILY.
SO THE SAME PAYCHECK I'M GETTING TODAY, I WILL GET 20 YEARS FROM NOW, AND THAT'S NOT MY WORK.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FOLKS.
AND AGAIN, THE RECRUITING RETENTION.
THEY COME IN AND LOOK AT YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOUR YOUR FACILITIES AND YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN.
AND WHY NOT? WHY NOT LEAVE? I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST, IF YOU LOSE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME NOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS GOING SOMEWHERE TO GET THE BENEFITS, BECAUSE AT THE END IS WHERE IT'S ALL GOING TO COUNT. AND SO I'M FOR IT.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HURT. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT.
BUT WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FOLKS.
WE JUST HAVE TO. GOOD POINT, MR. VERACRUZ. WITH THAT, WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT OVER, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD I GUESS SINCE WE'RE COMING BACK WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS SESSION RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU MA'AM. AND YOU ALL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RUN TO THE RESTROOM.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR OPEN OUR SESSION FOR A REGULAR SESSION.
[CALL TO ORDER]
SESSION? IF YOU'D ALL BE SEATED, PLEASE.WE'LL CALL TO ORDER AT THIS POINT.
OUR REGULAR SESSION AT 7:11 P.M.
FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR JUNE 18TH, 2024.
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AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION.AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOE VERACRUZ IS GOING TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION.
LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME, I PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER DUNCANVILLE.
LORD. BUT TONIGHT, LORD, I'D LIKE TO PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, LORD, AS THEY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO OUR CITIZENS, THE STRUCTURES AND THINGS WE NEED IN OUR CITY TO KEEP IT GOING.
SO, FATHER, IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME, I JUST PRAY OVER THEM.
AND AS ALWAYS, LORD, IN MY HEART OUR FIRE AND POLICE.
SO, HOLY SPIRIT, I ASK YOU TO LEAD THE WAY.
I ASK THIS IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE MAYOR'S REPORT.
[1.A. Mayor's Report]
I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS.BOTH OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY RELATED.
SOMEWHAT. WE WENT TO JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OUT IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
WELL, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR CITIES PARTICIPATE.
CEDAR HILL WAS AN OUTSTANDING HOST.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, VERY WELL ATTENDED, VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
AND IT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL DAY OUT THERE.
AND WE WE ENJOYED IT, AND IT WASN'T THAT HOT? AS WE SAID, UNDER THE TENT AND ATE BARBECUE AND PEOPLE STARTED TELLING US IT'S ACTUALLY COOLER OUTSIDE.
SO IT TOOK US A WHILE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND WE THANK THE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATED.
CEDAR HILL, OF COURSE, HOSTED DESOTO AND LANCASTER.
IT'S A GOOD TIME. A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.
AND ALSO IN KEEPING WITH JUNETEENTH, IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF ARTWORK AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTWORK.
THERE WAS A THERE WERE PIECES THAT WERE MASK AND SPEARS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ALL DID WITH THEM, BUT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL PIECES FROM AFRICA THAT WERE BROUGHT BACK, BROUGHT HERE FROM THE PATRICK AND JACKIE HARVEY BROUGHT THEM AND DISPLAYED THEM.
THERE WERE AMAZING ARTISTS THAT HAD PAINTINGS THAT WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITS FOR FOR THE EVENT, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AS WELL. RON THOMPSON WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS, ALONG WITH ANN PERRY AND A HOST OF OTHERS.
YOU CAN LOOK UP THE TIMES AND FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, I THINK THROUGH SATURDAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN GO AND SEE SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL ART AND EVEN HEAR FROM THE ARTIST.
SO HEAD ON OVER, IF YOU WILL, WITH THAT.
[1.B. Councilmembers' Reports]
COUNCILWOMAN. GOODEN.HELLO. DUNCANVILLE. CITY OF CHAMPIONS.
HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. WELL, I WANT TO KIND OF SECOND WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
IN ADDITION TO WHO HE NAMED, THERE WAS ALSO TIFFANY, WYATT AND ANGELA AND RON MAK. AMY.
AND AM I MISSING ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. OKAY.
I ALWAYS AM IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, AND I'M REALLY EAGER TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE FUTURE.
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I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM EVENTS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET YOU STUCK IN JUST BEING LIKE EVENT PLANNERS.YOU ARE AN ARTS COMMISSION AND YOU'RE EXPOSING US TO THE ARTS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO DUNCANVILLE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE POP UP GALLERY ALL WEEK.
I'M GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.
SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND LOOK AND SEE THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND STUFF.
AND I GOT TO GIVE OUR MAYOR A GOOD SHOUT OUT, BECAUSE AT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, HE DID THE ELECTRIC SLIDE. YEAH.
BUT BUT ALSO DIDN'T REALLY GET TO WISH ALL OF YOU BUT A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A LOT OF US AND STUFF.
AND THEN THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND, THERE'S A MOVIE IN THE PARK AND OUR PARKS AND REC PEOPLE.
THEY JUST HAVE OUTSTANDING EVENTS FOR FOR THE CITIZENS AND STUFF.
AND LASTLY, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND QUICKLY, PLEASE BE PATIENT REGARDING BRUSH PICKUP, I KNOW IT'S HORRIBLE RIGHT NOW OR IT'S NOT EXCITING, BUT THEY ARE.
BUT BUT I WOULD SAY OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN JERRY BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN KOONTZ.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR.
I THINK EVERY YEAR SINCE WE THAT IT'S BEEN DONE, BUT IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BY LAKESIDE PARK AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK, THERE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AREAS IN DUNCANVILLE AS A RESULT OF THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION PROJECT.
AND SO THERE'S FOUR PLOTS WHERE THERE'S A PRAIRIE RESTORATION GOING ON.
SO IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, WALK THROUGH THERE, THERE'S A TRAIL THERE AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WE LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DO SIMILAR PROJECTS.
AND WE HAD A MEETING TODAY, ACTUALLY.
AND THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS THAT WITH ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'M ALSO ON THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND SO THERE ARE ALSO SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
WE MET RECENTLY IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE MIGHT HAVE TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING ME THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN YOU'VE GOT AN AREA OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO YOU.
SEE IF THERE'S A BOARD OR COMMISSION WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SERVE.
OKAY, ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
[1.C. City Manager's Report]
MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU.I'LL BE BRIEF. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW BRIEFING ITEMS TO GET BACK TO AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, THOUGH, MISS LAUREN SANCHEZ, WHO HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED THE EMERGENCY REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AWARD, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT MISS SANCHEZ IS DOING FOR ALL FOUR OF OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
AND JUST WANT TO COMMEND HER FOR THAT, FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
[3. CITIZENS' INPUT]
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TONIGHT.EXCUSE ME? IN-PERSON CITIZENS COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.
IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.
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ELECTRONIC MAIL COMMENTS WILL NO LONGER BE READ ALOUD.PAPER COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE DAIS.
THE COMMENTS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD IN THE MINUTES PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC BUSINESS OR ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.
HOWEVER, THE ACT PROHIBITS CITY COUNCIL FROM DELIBERATING ANY ISSUES NOT IN THE PUBLIC AGENDA, AND SUCH NON-AGENDA ISSUES MAY BE REFERRED TO CITY STAFF FOR RESEARCH AND ANY FUTURE ACTION.
TWO MINUTE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC.
SO AS I READ YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? FIRST SPEAKER IS MISS GAYLE SLAGER.
GAYLE SLAGER, 1405 SOUTH MAIN, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS.
I COME TONIGHT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON SEEING ON THE AGENDA ITEM, THE NAMING OF THE LIBRARY AS AN AND MAYOR DAVID GREENE.
DAVID WAS OUR LONGEST TERM CITY MAYOR.
NOT ONLY WAS HE THE CITY MAYOR, BUT HE ALSO WAS MR. RECYCLE MAN, TEACHING OUR SCHOOL YOUNG PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH WHERE WE LIVE.
HIS WIFE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.
AS A DAUGHTER, THAT WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.
A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.
THERE COULD NOT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE NAMING OF A BUILDING IN OUR CITY TO JOIN THE.
HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER FOR THE FIRST MAYOR ELECTED WHEN WE BECAME A CITY INCORPORATED.
HE WAS ELECTED FOR SIX MONTHS, THEN ELECTED AGAIN.
AND SO FOR DAVID TO JOIN THIS WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
PATRICK HARVEY 1010 HUNTINGTON.
I WANT TO VERY QUICKLY ADD THAT I ALSO SUPPORT THE NAMING OF THE RENAMING OF THE LIBRARY IN HONOR OF DAVID GREENE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
I ALSO, TOO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND THE ARTS COMMISSION, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE JUNETEENTH INITIATIVE.
AND SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS A POP UP GALLERY RECEPTION LAST NIGHT, WHICH WAS VERY ENTERTAINING.
WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM THE PERFORMING ARTS STYLINGS OF OUR OWN JEREMY KUNTZ TO THE PAINTINGS AND ALONG WITH THE AFRICAN ARTIFACTS FROM OUR FAMILIES COLLECTION.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T ATTEND HATE, YOU MISSED IT.
BUT THE GALLERY CONTINUES ON AND THE HOURS ARE TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FROM 10 TO 8.
THURSDAY SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 6.
INITIALLY THERE WERE HOURS ON SUNDAY, BUT STAY TUNED.
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BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO AND TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR YOURSELF.JACK LONG 13220 WOODHAVEN DRIVE, FARMERS BRANCH, 75234.
GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE MRS COLA.
I SERVED WITH THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 31 YEARS.
THE LAST 11 YEARS AS CHIEF OF POLICE.
WHEN I HIRED ON IN 1976, WE'D ALREADY BEEN A MEMBER OF TMRS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
AND WE ADOPTED THE 70% COLA 2 TO 1 MATCH.
AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM TMRS SAID IN THE BRIEFING SESSION THAT WAS STOPPED THE YEAR AFTER I RETIRED.
AND I'M NOT ONLY HERE TONIGHT FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO FOR THE OTHER 289 RETIREES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVING THE COLA AFTER 2008, EXCEPT FOR THE THREE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE 17 TO 18 YEARS, THAT THE COLA HAS NOT BEEN A REPEATING COLA.
WE ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE IN BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITY.
WE ARE NO LONGER SETTING THE STANDARD FOR THOSE CITIES.
AND THOSE 11 YEARS AS CHIEF OF POLICE.
I REMEMBER IN COUNCIL MEETINGS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS OFTEN SAID THAT THE GREATEST ASSET WE HAVE AT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ARE ITS LOYAL AND DEDICATED EMPLOYEES.
I ASK THAT YOU REINSTATE THE REPEATING COLA, AND IT WAS AT THE 70%, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLA FOR TMRS. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE AGAIN.
I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BUT I'LL CLOSE TONIGHT BY JUST THANKING YOU FOR THE LAST AD HOC COLA LAST YEAR.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST.
I KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS ARE ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, I JUST ASK YOU TO TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO REINSTATE THE REPEATING COLA.
TERRY WEBB ONE ONE 708 COUNTY ROAD 49, SCURRY, TEXAS.
FORMER 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE AND 34 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RETIRED AS FIRE CHIEF IN OH 7 OR 8, DEPENDING ON WHAT MY WIFE TELLS ME.
I KNEW JACK WAS GOING TO GO OVER, BY THE WAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MRS. HE SPOKE TO US IN A BRIEFING IN THE BRIEFING, AND HE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THEM AND REINSTATE ARCOLA'S. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GET TO WRITE THE CHECK.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GO TO THE CITIZENS AND ASK FOR THE MONEY.
BUT I ECHO WHAT JACK SAID ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE, WE HAVE TO COMPETE ALSO WITH OUR BENEFITS AND SALARY PACKAGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADJUSTMENT YOU MADE FOR US LAST YEAR, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
SO THERE WILL BE AN ONGOING BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES OF KNOXVILLE.
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OKAY, I FOUND LU.I LIVE AT 434 BLUE RIDGE DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE FOR 43 YEARS, SO I CANNOT HELP BUT TO KNOW, AS THE OTHER POLICE OFFICER SAY, HE MOVED TO FARMERS BRANCH.
AND MY SUBJECT IS ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL TRANSPARENCY, RIGHTEOUS WORK ETHIC AND INTEGRITY. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW MANAGER, I HOPE HE IS A NEW COMER FROM NEW YORK AND ALL THIS VICIOUS CYCLE.
VINDICTIVE PEOPLE SUBORDINATE SHOULD CHANGE MIND SET BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE CEDAR HILL LIBRARY, THE TRAPPING HICKMAN LIBRARY IN THE PARK.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEVEN STATE PARKS VERSUS DUNCANVILLE, ONLY ONE ARMSTRONG PARK.
SO WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE TEAM, MONICA GOODIN.
AND LAST WEEK, I SAY LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU SAY DON'T LET ANYBODY DISCOURAGE YOU.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I USED MY COURAGE.
OKAY. TAKES COURAGE TO SPEAK UP.
BACK IN, KEVIN HILLMAN WAS THE MANAGER.
I ALREADY GAVE HIM THE SUGGESTION HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
BUT ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE PIP PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, RICHARDSON CITY, THEY HAVE THE PICTURE TAKEN WHEN GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE SENIOR PEOPLE AND THE HOUSE REMODELING THE PICTURE.
BUT THE DUNCANVILLE IS JUST THE, YOU KNOW, PIP CHARISMA, NOT THE CHARACTER.
THANK YOU. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS INPUT FOR TONIGHT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR CITY SECRETARY.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR.ITEM FOUR A CONSIDER THE MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 4TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FY 20 2324 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING REVENUE AND FUND BALANCE RESOURCES AND AMENDING EXPENDITURES FOR THE HOTEL, MOTEL AND DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUNDS.
ITEM FOUR C CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A MATCHING FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE THROUGH THE TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM.
ITEM FOUR D CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE FY 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT ACTIVITY.
APPLICATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDS WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
INVITATION FOR BID 2022-0466961 FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AND AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $322,981 OVER THE FOUR YEAR FOUR YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION.
ITEM FOUR F CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ORDER AWARDING A BID AND AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH INSITUFORM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC THROUGH BY BOARD CONTRACT 73024.
FOR PIPE BURSTING WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AND AN ESTIMATED CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,573,729.25 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH DUKE'S ROOT CONTROL, INC.
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FOR ANNUAL SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION, SURVEYS AND SEWER LINE ROOT REMOVAL TREATMENT VIA SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $140,000 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT RENEWAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATION.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT 213220011 WITH BURGESS AND NIPPLE, INC.
FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AS PART OF THE TEN MILE CREEK EROSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,150, AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF $16,506 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT CONTINGENCY FOR THE EXECUTION OF FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS, EQUALING A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $23,656, NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $716. ITEM FOUR I CONSIDER AMENDING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ORDINANCE CHAPTER 16 A SIGN GUIDELINES TO EXCLUDE LED SCOREBOARDS FROM CERTAIN ILLUMINATED SIGN PROHIBITIONS.
ITEM FOUR J CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 22024276 FOR A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH YOUTH SCOREBOARDS, LLC FOR VIDEO SCOREBOARDS AT HARRINGTON PARK.
ITEM 4K WAS MOVED TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMAN MCBURNETT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JEREMY KOONTZ.
WOULD YOU PLEASE VOTE? UNANIMOUS.
OKAY. NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
TAKE ACTION. TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WAS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DON'T EXPECT ANY. WE DON'T EXPECT ANY ACTION.
THAT ITEM WILL COME UP WHEN WE GO BACK INTO BRIEFING.
[5.B. Appoint City Councilmembers to serve on the Audit Committee and discuss and consider private citizens' appointment to the Audit Committee, as well as designate a chairman for the committee.]
THAT ITEM HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY ANY COMMENTS REGARDING MR. KOONTZ REQUEST OR SUGGESTION? I'M OPEN TO SELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TONIGHT IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS TO DO SO.
YES. I'D ASK THE ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT.
IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS CURRENTLY ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, CHOOSE TO REMAIN ON, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. JERRY BROWN. MR. MACK BURNETT AND I.
EXCUSE ME. AND YOURSELF AS THE COUNCIL.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
OKAY. I WOULD ASK IF WE HAVE SUCH A MOTION.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED AS WELL BEFORE WE DO A MOTION.
A MOTION TO APPROVE HOW WE WORDING THIS.
MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE MR..
MCBURNETT MAYOR GREG CONTRERAS AND MISS CHERRY BROWN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE DUNCANVILLE AUDIT COMMITTEE. OKAY, WITH THAT NOTED.
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AND AND ME AS THE CHAIR AND YOU AS THE CHAIR.THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, GREG? THANK YOU. I MAKE THE MOTION THAT I'M NAMED AS THE CHAIR ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON THE CHAIR.
KAREN CHERRY BROWN AND AS WELL AS AMERICAN TOURIST FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
OKAY. MOTION BY MR. MCBURNETT. SECOND.
LET'S VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THEN, MAYOR, YOU'LL BRING BACK THE CITIZEN APPOINTEES AT A LATER TIME, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT COMPLETED OUR.
WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED OUR INTERVIEWS AT THIS POINT.
OKAY. NOW, THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AT THE REQUEST OF MR.
[4.K. Consider a Resolution approving a waiver to the DCEDC to allow for the possession, distribution, and consumption of beer and wine at such special event in accordance with Section 12.205 of the Code of Ordinances by approved vendor(s), providing for camping or overnight occupancy within Armstrong Park; providing for regulations and conditions for such use; providing for a waiver of applicable distance requirements under Section 12-201 of the Code of Ordinances.]
KOONTZ IS NOW ITEM FIVE C.AND I WOULD ASK, SINCE MR. KOONTZ REQUESTED TO REMOVE THIS ITEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN? GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
MIGHT BE QUESTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT AS FAR AS LARGE SCALE EVENTS IN THE PAST THAT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE HAS HOSTED WHAT WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN THE THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE EVENTS? AND HAVE WE EVEN EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS FOR ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE TO THOSE EVENTS? I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT.
LAST YEAR WE AVERAGED ABOUT 7500 PEOPLE AT 4TH OF JULY AND ABOUT 8000 AT JUNETEENTH.
CHRISTMAS WE DID ABOUT 5000 AND BOO FEST HAD ABOUT 1200, IF I REMEMBER, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT WOULD YOU SAY THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN EVENTS HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED.
I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THAT THERE'S BEEN GROWTH IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY REASONS.
BUT AND SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE AND THEN THIS COULD BE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE DISTURBANCES OR ANY KIND OF INCIDENTS WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GET INVOLVED? GOOD EVENING. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECEIVE A LOT OF ARE COMPLIMENTS ON.
EVERYWHERE I TURN, THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER THERE, AND THAT BECAUSE WE HIRE OUTSIDE OFFICERS THAT COME IN TO HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR PERSONNEL, IT CERTAINLY DECREASED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD.
ALSO, THE FENCE HAS ALSO HELPED DECREASE OR MINIMIZE SOME OF THE ISSUES.
WE STILL HAVE ISSUES, BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE DID PRIOR TO THAT.
I GUESS YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, EVENTS AT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE HAS HAD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS, AS FAMILY ORIENTED EVENTS.
AND THAT'S THANKS IN LARGE PART TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE WITH THIS IS, DO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR US TO SERVE ALCOHOL IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT? AND IF SOMEONE CAN TELL ME WE HAVE TO SELL ALCOHOL FOR THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THEN I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO HAVE THE EVENT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY QUESTION.
AND WHY RIGHT NOW I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ALLOWANCE.
LIKE, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE TO SELL ALCOHOL FOR IT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT? MR. KOONTZ, ARE YOU DIRECTING YOUR QUESTION TO ANYONE IN PARTICULAR? TO ANYONE? CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I COULD JUST ANSWER THAT ON BEHALF OF STAFF, NOT TO PUT ANYBODY IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION, I THINK YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE OVER THE YEARS, AND I KNOW THE EVENTS THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED IN, WE'VE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESSFUL WEBSTER CERTAINLY HAS A DEFINITION OF THAT.YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO HAVE ALCOHOL.
THAT IS SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE.
YOU KNOW, WE PUT THIS MATTER BEFORE YOU FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THE EVENT WITHOUT WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
THIS IS NOT ALCOHOL IN GENERAL.
THIS IS BEER AND WINE SALES SPECIFICALLY, AND CONSUMPTION IN A DESIGNATED AREA.
THANK YOU. YES. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I, I'M NOT SURE THAT WHEN WE HAD THE LAST COMPETITIVE BARBECUE FUNCTION HERE IN THE CITY, IF MR. STEVENSON, WERE YOU INVOLVED OR WAS THAT BEFORE YOUR TIME? OKAY. YOU WERE HERE.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING BACK THEN.
I WAS AN EMPLOYEE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT I HAD HEARD THAT THAT THAT GROUP WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO BE HERE TO HOLD THAT EVENT, THAT KIND OF COMPETITION, WITHOUT THE SALES OF BEER.
DO YOU RECALL THAT BEING THE CASE? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, HAS ANYBODY FROM THAT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE SPONSORING THIS EVENT? THE COMPETITION PART OF IT? HAVE THEY INDICATED THAT THE SALES OF ALCOHOL WAS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM TO BRING THAT EVENT HERE.
NO, SIR. SO WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT DOESN'T SOUND TO ME LIKE THEY MADE THAT A PRECONDITION TO BEING HERE. SO IT DOES GIVE US FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S NECESSARY.
IT WASN'T A LARGE EVENT, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY WELL ATTENDED.
SO WE KIND OF HAD A SPRINKLING OF DEALINGS WITH BEER SALES AND OUR PARK EVENTS, AND WE'VE NOT HAD BAD EXPERIENCES.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE A LOT OF OUR EVENTS BEING FAMILY AND CHILDREN ORIENTED.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THEIR THOUGHTS, AND MY BOARDS LIT UP SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK MR. PENNEBAKER. I COMPETED IN THE LAST BARBECUE COMPETITION.
I SPENT THE NIGHT OUT THERE IN OUR TRAILER.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, BARBECUE AND BEER GO TOGETHER.
THAT'S. AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF IT.
BEING OUT THERE, THERE WEREN'T ANY PROBLEMS. THERE WEREN'T ANY ISSUES IN THE IN THE BARBECUE TRAILER AREA.
YOU'RE FIGURING A BUNCH OF GUYS SMOKING BARBECUE, DRINKING BEER ALL NIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE LOUD AND ROWDY.
YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR SLEEP AND GET UP EARLY AND SMOKE YOUR BARBECUE.
AND THROUGH THE PARK, YOU COULD NOT.
THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A DIFFERENT ERA, A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
I'M NOT CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, SO TO SPEAK.
I KNOW WHAT I HEARD WAS SUGGESTED REASONING, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM STAFF AS TO WHY WE ARE CONSIDERING A WHAT SPARKED THE REASON FOR US TO CONSIDER IT TONIGHT.
PART OF IT IS THE WHEN COOKS COOK, THEY OFTEN DO IT WITH ALCOHOL.
OKAY. SO THE 4TH OF JULY WE ARE SELLING IT'S PROPOSED TO SELL ALCOHOL AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, THE FIREWORKS SHOW.
AND AND THEN IT CARRIES OVER INTO THE FIFTH AND SIXTH.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
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MR. JERRY BROWN THANK YOU MAYOR.SO THERE WILL BE A CONFINED AREA, RIGHT, FOR THE DRINKING OF THE WINE AND ALCOHOL.
AND ALSO, WILL THERE BE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY DRINKS THAT ONE CAN HAVE? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME THAT THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGING HOW MUCH SOMEBODY DRINKS IS ON THE LICENSEE. IT'S PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, MR. KOONTZ, I'M SORRY.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS THESE TWO BEING COUPLED TOGETHER, BECAUSE THERE'S THE WAIVER TO THE DC, DC FOR THE POSSESSION, SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OVERNIGHT CAMPING PART OF THIS.
AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I DO SUPPORT THE OVERNIGHT CAMPING.
SO PART OF THAT PART OF THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT'S FOR THE VENDORS.
AND SO DO I HAVE TO VOTE ON BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER? CITY ATTORNEY.
THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN, IT REQUIRES BOTH.
I SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THIS.
BUT IF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PEANUTS, I'LL STRIKE THAT PART AND LEAVE WHAT'S LEFT.
SO IF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT ALCOHOL, THEN I'LL TAKE OUT SECTION ONE.
AND THEN I'LL TAKE OUT THE OTHER SECTIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE ALCOHOL.
OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, BUT YOU CAN AMEND IT AS YOU'RE.
ROBERT'S RULES WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PASS THAT RESOLUTION WITHOUT SERVING OF ALCOHOL.
SO IF I WERE TO MAKE A MOTION AMENDING IT, CAN I GET UP AND GO GET THE.
SURE. IN THE MEANTIME, MISS GOODIN.
OH, I'M SORRY, MR. COONS. WELL I GUESS.
SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND I'M SAYING IS IF I WERE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDING IT.
NOT TO INCLUDE THE ALCOHOL PART AND THAT FAILS, RIGHT? AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE AGAIN FOR BOTH OF THE ITEMS TOGETHER.
IF YOU MAKE A MOTION AND DOESN'T GET A SECOND, THEN WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER MOTION.
I AM CONCERNED WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
WE HAVEN'T NEEDED IT UP UNTIL NOW.
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION AND ALCOHOLISM DOES EXIST.
AND WHAT PEOPLE DO ON THEIR OWN TIME IS THEIR BUSINESS.
FOR ME, IT'S THE CONCERN OF THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND US SELLING IT AND PROVIDING IT.
SO IF IT COULD BE AMENDED WHERE THAT IS CONSIDERED FOR THE ALCOHOL FOR THE BARBECUE COOK OFF AND NOT THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS EVENT, THEN THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FOR ME.
SO TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKING OR YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT ALCOHOL BE PERMITTED IN THE AREA THAT'S CORDONED OFF FOR THE THE COMPETITORS, THE OVERNIGHT CAMPERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE EVENT? YES. AND I'D ASK MR. KOONTZ IF HE'D BE WILLING TO AMEND HIS HIS MOTION.
WELL, IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
WELL, LET'S GET A WORD FROM MR. MCBURNETT. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. ONE, I'D KIND OF LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT.
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BUT THE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF A COMPROMISE, BECAUSE WHEN THE BARBECUE AND BLUES FESTIVAL WAS GOING ON, IT WAS STRICTLY THE BARBECUE AND BLUES FESTIVAL, AND AND IT WAS THERE AND THEY DID SELL ALCOHOL.THERE WASN'T ISSUES AND THAT LINE AND SO I'M THROWING OUT THERE AS JUST ANOTHER POTENTIAL OPTION IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON THE FOURTH, BUT YOU HAVE IT ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH. BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO HEAR OUR PRESENTATION.
SO THE FIRST PART OF IT IS JUST GOING OVER THE SECURITY PLAN.
YOU CAN'T BRING IT IN. IT'S ONLY WHAT'S IN THE PARK.
THERE WILL BE A FENCE AREA TO DESIGNATE THE WINE AND BEER GARDEN.
THERE WILL BE SOMEONE AT THE ENTRY POINT TO ENSURE SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES.
THEY WILL BE. THAT WILL BE A MANNED POSITION.
NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS ALLOWED IN THIS AREA UNLESS WITH A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
YELLOW SECURITY BRACELETS WILL BE GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS UPON HAVING THEIR ID CHECKED, AND MUST BE WORN WHILE INSIDE THE BEER AND BEER AND WINE GARDEN, AND WHILE CONSUMING ALCOHOL AT ANY POINT OF THE DAY.
AND VENDORS MUST HAVE A VALID LICENSE PERMITTING AND BE INSURED.
CURRENTLY THIS IS OUR PROPOSED PLAN.
THE BEER AND WINE GARDEN WOULD BE OVER WHERE I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR EVENTS WHERE BOUNCE HOUSES ARE, BUT WE'VE MOVED OUR BOUNCE HOUSES TO MORE OF OUR SPLASH PAD AREA SO THAT BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT IT WAS REALLY THEY LIKED IT OVER THERE, IT WAS PARENTS COULD SIT THERE AND WATCH IF ONE KID'S OVER IN THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND ONE'S PLAYING AT THE SPLASH PAD, THEY WERE OKAY BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE BOTH OF THEM STILL.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS SAME THING.
THE ONLY AREA WOULD BE THE BEER AND WINE GARDEN.
MOTIONS. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
MR. VERA CRUZ HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE C AS WRITTEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. MR. MCBURNETT, DID YOU GET THERE? YEAH, MAYOR, I DID.
OH MAYOR, THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.
AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER THIS TO MR. VERACRUZ AND MR. CHERRY.
PARENTHESES, BEER AND WINE DURING THE HOURS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT WITH THE WITH THAT VERSUS HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN THE BRIEFING, IS THAT MADE IT APPEAR THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT PARTICIPANTS COULD SELL.
I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON THE WAY.
IT'S CHANGED. IT CURRENTLY SAYS VENDORS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SELL AND DISPENSE.
AND PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE ALLOWED OR MAY CONSUME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, BEER AND WINE DURING THE HOURS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT AT THE DESIGNATED LOCATION IN ARMSTRONG PARK, WHICH IS THE BEER AND WINE GARDEN, BEGINNING ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH AT 1 P.M.
THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 6TH, 10 P.M.
AT THE DESIGNATED ARMSTRONG PARK COOKERS DESIGNATED AREA LOCATION FROM 10 A.M.
SEE THAT ONLY YOU CAN ONLY PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE APPROVED VENDOR WHO ARE PERMITTED TO SELL AND DISPENSE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND HAVE OBTAINED THE APPROPRIATE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED THEREUNDER, AND SUBJECT TO THE FURTHER CONDITIONS, AS MAY BE REASONABLY IMPOSED BY THE MANAGER OR THE TABC.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT, TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT JULY 4TH.OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO DO.
RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS APPROVED AS READ AND AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM.
RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN CHERRY, YOU CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND THAT MOTION.
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
AND THAT WOULD BE, IF I'M REPEATING CORRECTLY, WHAT MR. MCBURNETT SAID A MINUTE AGO WOULD BE TO EXCLUDE THE BEER ALCOHOL SALES ON THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, BUT ALLOW THE SALES TO CONTINUE ON THE SECOND AND THIRD DAY OF THE EVENT.
I GOT THAT SO IT WILL NOW READ BEGINNING AND TELL ME WHAT TIME ON SATURDAY MORNING.
THE EVENT WELCOME BEGINS AT 10 A.M..
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU GET A MORNING BEER AT 10 A.M..
ON JULY 6TH, THROUGH THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS OR ON THE FIFTH.
AND THEN CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON SIXTH.
SECOND. SO? SO YEAH, WE STILL HAVE THE MOTION, SO I'M ASKING THE PERSON THAT MADE THE MOTION.
THE PHANTOM FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
I'M. I'M FINE WITH AMENDING SO, MR. CRUZ. SO I WANT IT AS IS.
AND THE REASON IS, IS OUR ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS ONE ASKING FOR THIS WAIVER.
SECONDLY, EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE.
IT'S LICENSED VENDORS WHO ARE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON LOSING THEIR LICENSE TO SELL.
AND SO I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS.
YES, SIR. AND I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I WILL SAY THAT WALKING IN HERE, I MAY HAVE FELT THE SAME WAY AS I'VE LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT IN KEEPING WITH DUNCANVILLE CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH A STAPLE, AND THAT IS THE 4TH OF JULY, AND IT IS HEAVILY FAMILY ORIENTED, THAT I BELIEVE THAT IF THEY MR. BURNETT AND MR. JERRY BROWN, WHICH HE'S ALREADY AGREED TO, WOULD ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE THE ACTUAL 4TH OF JULY EVENT. THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK MR. KOONTZ IS THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION ORIGINALLY.
WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO AMEND.
I'M. IF I MAY, I'LL MAKE THAT.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IF I CAN.
AND. THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT MOTION.
YOU NOW HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE JULY 4TH.
OKAY. I WOULD ASK WE HAVE A YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO NOW YOU VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE JULY 4TH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE FOR THE MOTION NOW IS TO TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT JULY 4TH.
WELL LET ME LET ME COMPLETE THE COUNT.
OKAY. WELL IT KEEPS CHANGING ON ME.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT FIVE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE AMENDMENT.
AND WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN GOODEN AND A VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE FROM COUNCILWOMAN JOE VERACRUZ. OKAY, SO THAT MOTION PASSES.
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NOW. NOW YOU HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT JULY 4TH.THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE NOW, AND YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER CONVERSATION, APPARENTLY THERE IS.
MR. COONS, JUST TO BE FAIR, MR. VERACRUZ, DOES HE HAVE THE OPTION OF WITHDRAWING HIS MOTION? PLEASE, NO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS WHAT IT IS.
OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH THE AMENDMENT.
AGAIN WE HAVE FIVE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE WITH TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE AMENDMENT ONE IN THE NEGATIVE.
JEREMY KOONTZ AND THEN MISS GOODIN HAS ABSTAINED AGAIN FOR THE FOR THE RECORD, AN ABSTENTION IS A VOTE IN FAVOR GENERALLY UNDER ROBERT'S RULES. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR ABSTENTION.
OKAY, WELL SHE CHANGED HER VOTE.
SO NOW IT'S SHE'S OPPOSED TO THIS MOTION.
I'VE MADE THE CHANGES IN THE RESOLUTION.
OKAY. BUT OUR OUR OUR BUSINESS HERE IS HAS CONCLUDED.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE OUR BRIEFING SESSION AT 8:12 P.M..
[WORK SESSION / BRIEFING (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM THREE C AND THAT IS BRIEFING ON TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.BRIEFING ON PRELIMINARY FY 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS IS JENNIFER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.
SO THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE ARE FINE TUNING, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATIONS ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
SO AGAIN THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT.
BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THE OUTLOOK AT THIS POINT.
SO I JUST WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND THE DATES FOR YOU TO HAVE IN MIND.
SO KIND OF WHAT THE PLANNING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS IN JANUARY.
WE START TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE CIP.
WE MET AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
THE DEPARTMENTS PUT TOGETHER THEIR BUDGETS IN MARCH THROUGH MAY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS THAT WE DO.
AND THEN IN THE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME, THAT BUDGET BECOMES YOUR BUDGET.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO PUT INTO IT, CHANGE IT.
IT IS YOUR BUDGET AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO DO.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ADOPT EVERYTHING AND WE START THE CYCLE AGAIN.
SO OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT WE'RE HAVING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET PREVIEW.
THIS IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN WE CUSTOMARILY DO, AS BY CHARTER.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FILE IT BY JULY 31ST, BUT IT'S OUR GOAL TO HAVE IT TO YOU.
WE WANT TO HAVE A BUDGET TOWN HALL FOR THE PUBLIC ON JULY 23RD.
JULY 25TH IS WHEN WE OFFICIALLY RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL.
SO BY THE 25TH, WE WILL HAVE THAT FINAL NUMBER TO CERTIFY AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUSH BACK THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TILL SEPTEMBER 3RD, BECAUSE THAT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR US HAVING THAT WORKSHOP ON THE 15TH TO HAVE THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC.
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SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. SEPTEMBER 18TH IS OUR DEADLINE TO THE COUNTY.ALL RIGHT. JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE REVENUE OUTLOOK WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY TAX IS THE SINGLE NUMBER ONE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY.
50% OF OUR GENERAL FUND COMES FROM PROPERTY TAX.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT GIVES US A PRELIMINARY VIEW IN MAY.
BUT WE WON'T KNOW ULTIMATELY HOW THINGS WILL SHAKE OUT UNTIL THAT DATE IN JULY.
ALL OF THAT COMES TO JUST OVER 4 BILLION.
AND THAT'S ABOUT 12% HIGHER THAN THE CERTIFIED.
THE CERTIFIED VALUES AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.
SO I'M ESTIMATING ABOUT 5% DROP FROM THAT.
THAT'S PEOPLE CONTESTING THEIR ASSESSMENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THEY WILL SEE THAT HIT THERE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW UNTIL JULY 25TH WHEN THEY RELEASE THOSE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS.
BUT IT'S KIND OF JUST DOING AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE TAX RATE FEASIBLY COULD BE.
THE ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS ABOUT A PENNY OR A PENNY AND A HALF LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET ASSUMES THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE RATE THAT YOU WOULD ADOPT, THAT IS THE TAX RATE BEFORE HAVING TO TAKE IT TO THE CITIZENS FOR AN ACTUAL ELECTION.
YOU CERTAINLY CAN VOTE ON ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT RATE AND BELOW.
SO THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE AUGUST MEETING.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AGAIN, BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY VALUES THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, ABOUT 237,000, WHICH IS ABOUT $15,000, INCREASE TO VALUES WHICH THE ANNUAL CITY PORTION OF THEIR TAX.
WE'VE COME TO 1.1 THOUSAND 498.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A $50 DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.
SO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO PAY ABOUT $60 ROUGHLY MORE IN TAXES TO THE CITY IN THE 25 BUDGET THAN THEY PAID IN 24, EVEN THOUGH THE TAX RATE GOES DOWN BECAUSE THEIR TAXABLE VALUE WENT UP.
THE TAX RATES HAVE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON THAT? SO SALES TAX IS THE SECOND LARGEST INCOME THAT WE GET HERE IN THE CITY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES WHAT'S GIVEN TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THE TRENDS.
NOW THE COMPANY HDL THAT WE USE THAT DOES ALL THE ANALYTICAL DATA ON SALES TAX.
THEY ARE PROJECTING ABOUT A 3%.
BUT LAST YEAR THEY PROJECTED ABOUT 4%.
AND SO FAR TO DATE WE'RE UNDER WELL UNDER THAT PROJECTION.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT FLAT FOR WHAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE JUST HASN'T MOVED A WHOLE LOT IN TERMS OF THAT MOVING AVERAGE.
SO IT'LL BE BEST TO KEEP IT FLAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ALL THE OTHER REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND REALLY ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, FEE BASED.
AND SO THOSE ARE NOT REALLY OPPORTUNITY REVENUE POINTS FOR US TO INCREASE REVENUE.
SO, SO IN THE BUDGET JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STRATEGIC THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A SMALL LIST, BUT THERE ARE MORE STRATEGIES, OF COURSE.
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WE DID MOVE OFF OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AND HOTEL MOTEL TO BE ABLE TO COVER SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENT COSTS. SO WE'RE SAVING TAXPAYERS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.AND I'LL GET TO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT IN A MINUTE.
CITYWIDE TRAINING INITIATIVES.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT WHEN THAT IS COMPLETED.
SO PROMOTED INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
TO DO THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THOSE REDEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
SO WE CONTINUE TO BUDGET FOR THAT.
ON THE IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY, AS YOU KNOW.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE NEEDS IN OUR FACILITIES.
SO THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT 5 TO 10 YEAR PLAN ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO THOSE ARE OUR STRATEGIC FOCUSES.
SO KIND OF EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES.
ALSO UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1% MERIT INCREASE FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES.
BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS BUDGET IS JUST SO TIGHT.
WE WANTED TO START SOMEWHERE AND SO THIS IS AT LEAST A STARTING POINT.
BUT WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN NOT HAVING TO PASS ALONG AN INCREASE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO DECREASE OUR RATES.
SO WE'RE PROJECTING AN 8% INCREASE TO THE MEDICAL RATES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY IS GOING TO COVER TWO 40,000 FOR THE EMPLOYEE ONLY PORTION OF THE DENTAL.
SO THE MEDICAL INSURANCE RATES DID INCREASE.
WE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT TMRS. THIS THIS BUDGET DOES NOT ASSUME DOING ANOTHER AD HOC INCREASE OR COLA INCREASE, BUT OUR RATE TO MAINTAIN THE RATE THAT WE WERE GIVEN INCREASES OUR BUDGET ABOUT 389,000.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE ASSUMING A FULL YEAR'S 12 MONTHS WORTH.
YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR DIDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY.
WE DIDN'T GIVE OUR INCREASES UNTIL JANUARY.
SO THIS BUDGET ASSUMES THAT FULL 12 MONTHS.
PLUS, WHEN YOU ADD, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE INCREASES IN PAY.
OF COURSE, THAT RATE GOES UP AS WELL.
KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH TMRS. I CALCULATED JUST REAL QUICK TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, THE AD HOC THAT WE ADDED FOR THIS YEAR COST THE CITY 658,000.
AND THEN JUST ROUGHLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAX RATE.
SO A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE TO THE CITY IS ABOUT 386,000.
SO TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST TIME, I BELIEVE, WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THEIR TYLER TECHNOLOGIES IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH WITH THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL.
SO THAT'S BEEN ADDED INTO THE BUDGET.
THAT'S PROJECTED FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO COVER TO COVER THAT.
AGAIN, THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE ABOUT 150,000 WE ESTIMATE.
AND AGAIN, WE MENTIONED SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE'RE REDUCING DOWN THE TAXPAYER SUPPORT OF SPECIAL EVENTS BY 365,000.
SO HOTEL MOTEL AND EDC WILL COVER MORE OF THOSE EXPENSES MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, PRELIMINARY PROJECTION HERE.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON THE IMPACT TO THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS BASED ON THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS YOU REMEMBER, TWO, TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID PASS A FIVE YEAR RATE INCREASE ORDINANCE FOR WATER AND SEWER.
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WOULD GIVE YOU ABOUT $8 DIFFERENCE MONTHLY VARY DEPENDING ON YOUR WATER USAGE.GARBAGE RATES. THAT'S A 5% CPI INCREASE WE'RE PASSING ALONG TO CUSTOMERS.
THE OUR ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IN OUR REPUBLICAN WASTE CONTRACTS ARE ABOUT 5.8%.
CPI INCREASE IS WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING TO THAT CONTRACT.
SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT FUND WHOLE PASSING ALONG THAT INCREASE, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE DRAINAGE.
SO THE TOTAL UTILITIES MONTHLY CHANGE ABOUT $9.50 ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE ON A MONTHLY SNAPSHOT, IT'S ABOUT $5 A MONTH.
AGAIN, BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT AVERAGE THERE.
BUT THE ANNUAL AVERAGE OR THE ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX IMPACT COMES TO ABOUT $60 ANNUALLY.
FOR, AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IT AT THAT HIGH LEVEL VIEW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? ANYTHING TO GO BACK OVER? NO. YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
PART OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR BUSINESS WE TOOK CARE OF PRIOR TO THE.
YEAH. SO THIS WILL BE CITY SECRETARY CHIQUITA TAYLOR PRESENTATION.
UPDATE. CURRENTLY I HAVE 32 APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, I SEE.
I'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF AN INCREASE FROM PREVIOUSLY.
I'M RECEIVING MOSTLY ON THE BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE WEEKEND BEFORE I RECEIVED SEVEN.
SO THEY'RE COMING IN STEADILY, SO THE ONLINE APPLICATION HELPS US A LOT.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE AND ALSO THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING HELPS AS WELL.
SO NOW I CURRENTLY HAVE NINE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SELECTED THAT BOARD.
I ALSO GAVE YOU GUYS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE BOARDS AND ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAY NEED TO MAKE, BUT LIAISONS IS BIG IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
NATHAN HAD THREE BOARDS, WHICH WAS PNC, CBA AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY HAS NOT MET THIS YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE A LIAISON FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION AT ALL.
I'M STILL WORKING WITH THE LIAISONS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE THE VACANCY THERE THAT BOARDS HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING REGULARLY.
THERE'S JUST BEEN AND IT JUST HASN'T BEEN A REGULAR MEETING.
SO THAT HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OF AN ISSUE UNTIL WE CAN GET A REGULAR LIAISON TO FILL THOSE.
BUT OVERALL, I HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF OF OF APPLICANTS.
AND WHEN MY INTENTION THIS YEAR IS TO GIVE YOU THE BOARD AND COMMISSION PACKET AS A PDF FILE AS A PACKET.
THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE INTERVIEWS.
THAT WAY GIVE YOU TIME TO REVIEW IT, TO LOOK OVER IT, AND THEN WE CAN SET A DATE IN DATES IN AUGUST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS.
AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE.
I PUT THE ORDINANCE IN THE PACKET AS WELL, BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF CHANGES SINCE THAT ORDINANCE SINCE THIS ORDINANCE WAS DONE, NAMELY THE MURALS WAS MOVED TO FROM KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE ON THAT ONE.
AND ALSO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY SO THAT BOARD IS INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD, SO THAT THAT BOARD HAS TO BE UPDATED IN THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS ORDINANCE.
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YES. I'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT SEIZING ON THE MR REPORT ABOUT CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE BOARDS FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. TAKE SOME OF THE WEIGHT OFF WITH NATHAN HAVING THREE AND HAMBY HAS TWO.SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE SET THAT UP AND GO ABOUT THAT, BUT.
WELL, I WOULD AGREE THAT HAVING AT ONE TIME HAD THREE BOARDS AS A LIAISON.
IT'S A LOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR REGULAR JOB, TO HAVE TO MANAGE THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING QUORUMS. IT REALLY WORRIES YOU RIGHT UP TO THE POINT OF THE MEETING THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO LEAVE PEOPLE STRANDED AND DECLARE NO QUORUM AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT NOBODY SHOULD NOBODY SHOULD HAVE THREE BOARDS.
AS A LIAISON, I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.
YEAH. MAYOR FOR THE COUNCIL, JUST HISTORICALLY, WHEN MISS HUMBLE WAS CITY MANAGER, SHE.
AND WE HAD THE INITIAL INFLUX AND THEY WERE ALL VERY ACTIVE.
AND SO SOME OF THESE TO MISS TAYLOR'S COMMENTS, THEY'VE NOT BEEN PERMANENTLY PUT INTO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SECTION EIGHT OR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO SAY.
WHICH ONES DO YOU WANT TO MAKE PERMANENT, AND DO YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE MAYBE SOME OF THESE AD HOC, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEES FOR SPECIAL THINGS? I MEAN, LINDA HAD HER PRESENTATION OF HOW SHE WAS SUGGESTING THAT COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER AND THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS COUNCIL MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THAT TO MR. PENNEBAKER'S COMMENTS, SO THAT WE NEED TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND THE CODE BOOK, AS WELL AS WHAT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, SO WE CAN PUT IT IN THE CODE BOOK.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN I WAS HANDLING THAT WITH CDB, AND IT WAS NEVER REALLY PROBABLY FITTING FOR IT TO BE WITH CDB BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. PAINTING MURALS IS DIFFERENT THAN PAINTING YOUR HOUSE.
IT TAKES DIFFERENT MATERIALS, DIFFERENT PREPARATION, DIFFERENT EVERYTHING.
IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE LONGEVITY IN A CASE IN POINT IS COX FARMS MURAL WAS DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL.
AND EVEN WITH THE TEXAS SUN BEATING DOWN ON IT, IT LASTED A LONG TIME.
IT'S FADED, BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT COMPLEXITY TO THE KHEDIVE AND SAY, Y'ALL LOOK THIS OVER AND APPROVE IT OR NOT.
THEY WOULD LOOK BACK AT ME AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
CAN'T YOU LOOK IT OVER? SO IT ENDED UP IN MY LAP ANYWAYS.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, GOING TO THE ARTS COMMISSION I THINK IS A PERFECT PLACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL UNDERSTAND THE THE COMPLEXITY OF DOING MURALS. RIGHT.
AND THAT WILL SOLVE A PROBLEM WHERE THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE AROUND THAT, THAT GET THAT.
I DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL I HAD TO.
SO, SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND I THINK OUR DISCUSSION NEEDS TO IS TO REVAMP THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.
CAN WE PUT THAT IN HERE? WHAT'S THAT SIR? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT MR..
WELL THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING, WE'RE WE'RE SOMEWHAT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THEM AS THEY ROLLED OUT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO THAT THEY ESPECIALLY TWO OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS IN ONE.
OR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS DIDN'T RELATE TO CERTAIN BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE PLAN ON REVISITING THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE THEM APPROPRIATE FOR EACH BOARD THAT WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR. SO IT'S REALLY A COMPLETE REVISION OF THE QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT.
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RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.WELL, WE'LL SET SOMETHING UP TO WHERE WE CAN.
PUT THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS AND SEND THEM TO CHIQUITA.
AND THEN SHE CAN SEND THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY GET THAT. GIVE THEM A DEADLINE, SIR.
BECAUSE WE GOT SOME. WE'LL HAVE SOME INTERVIEWS COMING UP.
WHEN ARE WE? HAVEN'T SET A DATE YET.
THE CURRENT TERMS EXPIRE AT THE END OF AUGUST.
AND WE. LAST YEAR WE DID INTERVIEWS IN AUGUST, BUT WE KIND OF ROLLED IT OVER INTO SEPTEMBER.
SO WE CAN EITHER DO INTERVIEWS STARTING IN JULY OR THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST.
AND AUGUST IS BUSY BECAUSE WE DO BUDGET AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT YOU'VE HAD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I WOULD SAY 80% OF THEM ARE RECENT.
I ONLY HAD MAYBE 2 OR 3, AND MOST OF THEM WERE THE PEOPLE YOU INTERVIEWED TODAY.
I THINK THAT WE COULD YOU EACH HAVE A COPY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD FOR THIS EVENING.
YOU CAN GO OVER THOSE AND SCRAP THEM OR COME UP WITH YOUR OWN QUESTIONS.
GENERALLY A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT YOU.
THEY WANT TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT YOU'RE INTERVIEWING FOR.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING OR.
YEAH. AND IF I COULD YOU MIGHT WANT SOMEONE ELSE.
SORRY. YOU CAN SEND THEM TO CHIQUITA.
CHIQUITA CAN SEND OUT TO EVERYBODY.
AS LONG AS EVERYBODY GETS THEM.
SO THAT. BECAUSE I MAY LIKE AN IDEA THAT DON OR D HAVE THAT THAT I DIDN'T THINK OF.
AND I MAY AGREE TO THAT QUESTION.
OKAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JULY 15TH.
OKAY. WILL THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? SO THIS IS JUST ME THINKING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
FOR ME, I WOULD GO AND REVIEW THE ORDINANCE ACCORDING TO EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT THEIR TASKS ARE ASKED TO DO, AND THEN CREATE MY QUESTIONS BASED ON THAT.
AM I AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO? OKAY. SO WITH THAT, THERE ARE SOME THAT DOES NOT HAVE THAT DON'T HAVE A DESCRIPTION OR AN ORDINANCE LIKE WE JUST HEARD THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I KNOW SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF RESOLUTIONS TO AND THEN AND THEN WE NEED TO IF YOU WANT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY TALK. WHAT THAT ONE WAS ABOUT I REMEMBER IS LIKE NEIGHBORS HELPING THE NEIGHBORS PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THE VISUAL AND TO BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
SO. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE.
AND I REMEMBER BECAUSE I REMEMBER LINDA.
AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE A LOT OF THOSE WERE HER IDEAS.
AND SO THAT WITHOUT HER BEING HERE AND SOMEONE ELSE IN THE MANAGER'S SEAT.
HER VISION WAS WELL ARTICULATED.
BUT THAT'S GONE AWAY OVER TIME BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CHANGES AND THE SEATS IN HERE CHANGE.
WELL THAT'S A THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH BEING THAT THERE'S NO GUIDELINES FOR US TO FOLLOW FOR SEVERAL BOARDS. RIGHT.
SO SO HOW DO I CREATE QUESTIONS WHEN I DON'T HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE BOARD IS.
SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE FOR ALL THE BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW.
SO IT'S A SEPARATE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS STILL UNDER THIS UMBRELLA OF CREATING QUESTIONS.
YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT HERE TONIGHT.
NO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT TONIGHT.
SO IF THERE'S NOT ONE WITH THE DESCRIPTION, SORRY, BUT I'M ASKED TO CREATE QUESTIONS FOR IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP MY QUESTIONS.
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SO DO ARE WE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, OR SHOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT THE ORDINANCES AND THEN GOING TO.BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO INTERVIEWS IN AUGUST, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS SETTLED.
AND THE WAY IT SOUNDS, YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR US.
YOU'LL PASS. WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAVING US A LOT OF TIME.
OKAY. WE CAN ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE WANT AS LONG AS THEY DON'T VIOLATE IT.
OKAY. SO YEAH, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
OKAY. SO NOT NOT TO RUSH, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
YOU SEE HOW HE PUSHED ME ALONG? NO. SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
MR. FINCH. SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS YOUR SHORTEST BRIEFING OF THE NIGHT.
SO FOR BELMONT PLACE IS ATTACHED TO THE INFORMATION.
TO THE AGENDA. IT'S A VERY SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S GOT SOME EASEMENTS, GOT SOME CHALLENGES.
WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS THE MAYOR SHARED WITH ME.
THE NEIGHBOR WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT, BUT SINCE THEN, HE'S STOPPED COMMUNICATING WITH MR. KEYS AND MYSELF. SO ALTERNATIVELY, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ACTUALLY JUST LIST THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE ON THE WEBSITE, JUST PUT IT UP FOR BELMONT PLACE, SEE WHAT KIND OF PROPOSALS WE GET, IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE PROPOSALS BACK TO YOU.
HE STOPPED RESPONDING. BUT I MEAN, IT'D BE FOR THE CURRENT VALUE SHOWN ON.
WE WOULD PUT IT OUT AS AN RFP, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
OKAY. AND LET ANYBODY PUT IN A PROPOSAL, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE AN OFFER ON IT.
ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, AT FIRST INQUIRED ABOUT THE JUST ADDING IT TO HIS PROPERTY ONLY FOR ADDITIONAL GRASS SPACE. HE WASN'T GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS AND THIS HAS BEEN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
THIS GUY WANTED THIS TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT'S TAKEN US THIS LONG TO GET HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LOT, THE CENTER OF THE THIRD OF THAT LOT IS IN A CREEK EASEMENT.
WE GET IT OFF OF OUR LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY ON RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE HOUSE THAT THEY DID BUILD IS KIND OF A SIMILAR LOT.
ODD DESIGN AND LOTS OF VARIANCES.
WHAT IS IT? ZONED. RESIDENTIAL.
AND I WILL MOVE ON TO F COUNCIL MEMBER C BRIEF.
AND WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT? I'LL START IT. AND THEN THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR IS ALSO HERE.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PREFACE THIS CONVERSATION.
WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU.
I'VE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT RESIDENTS, DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AT DIFFERENT TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SAY TO ME THAT THERE WAS A THERE WAS AN IDEA FLOATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH PRIOR ADMINISTRATION ABOUT NAMING THE LIBRARY IN HONOR OF SPECIFICALLY IN GREEN AND DAVID GREEN, THE MAYOR.
AND SO I WENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AND SPECIFICALLY THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WITH WILLIAM.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND THEY CERTAINLY SUPPORTED IT.
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THAT WITHOUT BRINGING IT TO YOU, THAT BY DEFAULT, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MADE A DECISION BECAUSE IT NEVER GOT TO YOU TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.AND IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLACE OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS, NOT CITY ADMINISTRATION.
GOOD LUCK. SO WELL, AND BEFORE WE START WITH THAT DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT I'VE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'M NOT I'M NOT IN A POSITION OF NAMING BUILDINGS.
AND MR. HAGER IS GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE HARRINGTON PARK AND COBDEN.
IT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT THAT A BUILDING HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER WAS NAMED.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT IS HIS SET IS RESERVED FOR NAMING A BUILDING'S NAMING RIGHTS OF BUILDINGS.
SO IT WAS ENTERTAINED, BUT IT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED OUT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, ANY PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO GET THERE.
AND I THINK THAT AS MR. HOEGER IS GOING TO EXPLAIN IT, PROBABLY PRUDENT TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE DO A NAMING OF A BUILDING, IT'S DONE VIA A PROCESS AND NOT JUST RANDOMLY. AND I DON'T THINK IT DETERS WHERE MR. BARNETT IS TRYING TO GO.
BUT I'LL LET MR. HAGER SPEAK ON THE LEGALITIES HERE.
YEAH. BACK WHEN MR. HOFFMAN WAS HERE THERE WAS SOME ENTERTAINMENT OF THE IDEA OF NAMING THE PARK FACILITY, AND THAT'S WHEN WE DEVELOPED THAT ORDINANCE THAT LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WHERE THE PARK IS LOCATED.
DOES IT HAVE ANY NATURAL FEATURES? THERE WAS CRITERIA IN THAT ORDINANCE.
AND WHEN I WROTE THAT ORDINANCE, I ASKED HIM ABOUT NAMING OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND HE SAID, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES. I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN PARKS AND PARK FACILITIES.
AND SO WHEN I WROTE THE ORDINANCE, I RESERVED OTHER MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.
AND SO I AND AND I'VE DONE THIS FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.
THEY USUALLY DEVELOP SOME CRITERIA FOR NAMING OF MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.
AND IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE NAME.
SO. SO AND MY OLD LAW PARTNER, LEWIS NICHOLS, HE HAD A PARK NAMED FOR HIM HERE.
SO THERE WAS NEVER ANY CRITERIA REALLY DEVELOPED UNTIL MR. HUFFMAN ASKED ME TO DO THAT BEFORE.
I THINK IT WAS JUST THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AT THE IMPETUS OF PROBABLY A COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. DWYER CALLED ME ABOUT NAMING THE PARK AFTER LEWIS NICHOLS.
AND SO THAT WAS HIS THING THAT HE WAS PROMOTING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN COUNCIL DRIVEN WITHOUT ANY CRITERIA.
NOT THAT ANY OF THE NAMES ARE INAPPROPRIATE.
OBVIOUSLY. MARCUS HARRINGTON, I'M SHOWING MY AGE.
HE WAS A CITY MANAGER WHEN I STARTED WITH THE LAW FIRM.
SO AND THEN MR. ARMSTRONG WAS THE MAYOR.
ARMSTRONG PARKS NAMED AFTER HIM.
AND HIS SON WORKED FOR ME FOR A WHILE.
ROY. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR HISTORY OF NAMING BUILDINGS, I DON'T KNOW.
HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER HAS BEEN.
HOPKINS SENIOR CENTER AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
SINCE IT WAS BUILT. SINCE IT WAS BUILT.
SHE'S BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE, AND SHE'S BEEN HERE LONGER THAN GRADY A LONG TIME.
SO THAT'S GENERALLY YOU HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT YOU DON'T.
TO MISS GOODE'S POINT, WHAT ARE WE DISCUSSING? HOW DO YOU WEIGH THESE THINGS? OBVIOUSLY, ANNE AND DAVID HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY A LONG TIME.
HE'S MAYOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HE WAS A COUNCILMAN BEFORE THAT.
SO. SO WITH THAT LITTLE BACKGROUND THERE, I WOULD ASK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF GIVE YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT A, A NAMING RIGHTS.
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WHAT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS THAT IN? I THINK IT'S ONE DASH 11 OR 1 DASH 12.YEAH. 112 IS RESERVED FOR BUILDINGS, BUT IT'S JUST RESERVED.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THAT.
NOW, MR. HAGER HAS SENT OUT THREE SAMPLE ORDINANCES.
ONE FROM I SENT THE ONE I DID FOR COPPELL, FOR COPPELL.
I WENT OUT AND APPARENTLY IN WASHINGTON, THEY LOVE TO DO THIS.
THERE'S ONE FROM SEATTLE AND ONE FROM SPOKANE.
AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
AND I THINK WHAT WE LOOK AT DOING IS LET'S ADOPT CRITERIA.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE SAMPLE ORDINANCES TO EVERYONE TO LOOK OVER, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO DECIDE AS A COUNCIL WHETHER WE THINK WE NEED A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS ON FILE AN ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW SOME, SOME PLAN TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT OR NOT.
SO I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
YES, SIR. WELL, I WOULD SAY WE ABSOLUTELY NEED SOME KIND OF CRITERIA, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT GETTING PUBLIC INPUT, GETTING THE PUBLIC INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
AND I'M I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF HONORING INDIVIDUALS.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT MAKE, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, BESIDES NAMING, SOME LIBRARIES HAVE STUDY ROOMS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE COLLECTIONS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER THAT'S CONDUCTING THAT.
I THINK SHE DID. HER FIRST DAY WAS TODAY BEING AT THE LIBRARY.
I SAW HER COMING OUT, AND SHE SAID THAT IT KIND OF KICKS OFF ON REALLY MONDAY NEXT WEEK.
AND SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WHICH IS GOING TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DATA AND INPUT AS FAR AS WHAT PUBLIC THINKS OUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE.
WE HAVE THE BUILDING NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMING UP.
RIGHT. THE LIBRARY IS INCLUDED WITH THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE REPORT TALKED ABOUT REIMAGINING THE LIBRARY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THERE, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATE OR REBUILD OR SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH IT, THEN DECIDE IF WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE CALLED THE DUNCANVILLE LIBRARY.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. QUESTION.
DO YOU WANT US TO? DO YOU WANT TO? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEND THAT STUFF OUT FOR THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT.
I MEAN, I CAN START PUTTING TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE THAT MAY BE PREMATURE OR IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, I JUST WANT TO WHEN I LEAVE HERE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU EXPECT ME TO DO ANYTHING.
I GUESS I'LL MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND ASK FOR CONSENSUS IF WE WANT TO NOT NECESSARILY PURSUE THAT.
AS MUCH AS. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT WHAT AN ORDINANCE, A NAMING RIGHTS ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY, OUR CITY FACILITIES? YES. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK YOU TO WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND GET SOME IDEAS ABOUT THINGS THAT, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, STAFF MEMBERS.
DALLAS IS VERY FINE IN DOING THAT NOW.
MAYOR, IF I JUST COULD ALSO ON THE LIBRARY BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT, I THINK AND WE WERE JUMPING IN HERE THE WHEN WE MET WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD, THEY SHARED WITH US, I THINK NINE RESULTS THEY HAD HAD AT THAT POINT OR SOMETHING OR OTHER.
THEY HAD BEEN OUT WORKING ON THE SURVEY AND STARTING TO COLLECT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STUFF, BUT IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF THOSE RESULTS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY EVENTS AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE LIBRARY.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JULIO ABOUT LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS.
MR. KEYES AND MISS THIS DAY, AND I MET WITH JULIO ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
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LAST YEAR, THE CDC, SOME POINT IN TIME IN 23, PURCHASED A BUNCH OF PODCAST EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN SITTING HERE IN A BOX AND SO LOOKING FOR SOME PLACE TO HOST THAT I REFERENCED THAT THERE'S A GREAT SMALL ROOM OVER THERE THAT WOULD WORK PERFECTLY THAT THAT WAY THE STAFF AT THE LIBRARY COULD HELP MANAGE ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT WANTS TO USE THAT SIGN UP FOR THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S LITERALLY SITTING HERE IN A BOX.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN WE'RE DOING THE FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT WE CAN REALLY INCLUDE THE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO REALLY START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN REALLY PROMOTE THE FACILITY, THE LIBRARY ITSELF, AND GET PEOPLE IN IT AND USING IT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
YEAH. JEREMY MENTIONED TOO, THEY HAVE STARTED THE SURVEY.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS TO DO THIS OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND THEN ONCE WE TABULATE THAT INFORMATION, I'LL DO THAT AS A REPORT TO YOU ALL.
WHEN I DO MY QUARTERLY REPORT AT THE END OF AUGUST THAT TALKS ABOUT SUMMER READING AND ALL THAT.
BUT ALSO THE IDEA IS OUT OF THAT FAIRLY GENERAL SURVEY IS IN TARGET.
OTHER THINGS POSSIBLY DO FOLLOW UP SURVEYS ABOUT SPECIFIC SPECIFIC TOPICS OR THINGS, OR CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THE LIBRARY THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS OR SEES THAT ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO ENDEAVOR ON.
AND THE BOARD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD ENGAGEMENT FOR THEM.
AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO BE ACTUALLY AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND HAVE A TABLE OUT THERE AS WELL TOO.
PART OF THE PART OF THE PROCESS OF THE SURVEY AS WELL, IS NOT JUST TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY GO TO THE LIBRARY, BUT ALSO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO THE LIBRARY AS OF NOW TO SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD DRAW THEM IN.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON OF GOING OUT AND DOING OTHER EVENTS, NOT JUST AT THE LIBRARY ITSELF.
SO BUT YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET I'LL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL GET THAT TABULATED.
YES. AND IF THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
STAFF REPORTS, NOT THE POSTED AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, I OFFERED TO LEAVE, AND YOU SAID I HAD TO STAY.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S ALL YOU HAD TO STAY FOR.
ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT KICKING YOU OUT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO STAY FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO ACTION ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BE SAFE. I HAVE A TRIAL ON THURSDAY, SO I HAVE TO GO HOME AND READ TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THE REAL WINNER IS. IT'S NOT FOR YOU ALL, THOUGH.
THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW ON TO ITEM G.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LET CITY MANAGER FINCH START THIS ONE.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS THIS THIS ONE TO YOU JUST FOR A BRIEFING.
AND CRAIG IS HERE SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT FROM THE FIELD HOUSE, BUT AS AS EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS, WE HAD A PROPOSAL EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WE WERE ENTERTAINING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE FIELD HOUSE.
I NEVER EXECUTED THAT AGREEMENT.
I WILL NOT EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT.
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE IN KIND OF RESETTING AND STARTING OVER? WE HAVE A A FIELD HOUSE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN JULY OF 2015, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT DATA IN IT.
DON'T GET ME WRONG. AND TALK WITH CRAIG AND BART AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND KIND OF THE USE OF SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, REIMAGINING WHAT THE FIELD HOUSE COULD BE, AND CRAIG AND HIS TEAM ARE REALLY KIND OF STEPPING UP OUT THERE.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS WITH SECURITY AND EVEN SOME PAINTING AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, AND KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE FIELD HOUSE AND BRING PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS, I THINK, THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WHOLE EXERCISE BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS I WAS CONTACTED, CRAIG WAS CONTACTED, DAVID BARR WAS CONTACTED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WORK WITH FACILITIES LIKE THAT, AND OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE TALKED TO US ABOUT WHAT I WOULD CALL A
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HYBRID MODEL, WHERE CITIES WOULD RUN THE FACILITY, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY.BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE THIS HYBRID MODEL WHERE WE COULD ENTERTAIN AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ENTITY ON BRINGING IN LARGER EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS EVENTS, NON-SPORTS EVENTS, AND THE USE OF THE FACILITY, REALLY BRINGING PEOPLE DESTINATION DUNCANVILLE.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CERTAINLY COMES IN.
THE CDC HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN, IN INVESTING THE FACILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE CDC JUST RECENTLY APPROVED THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE ENGINEERING FOR ALL THE HVAC, THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THEM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE HVAC, UPGRADED WITH THE FIELD HOUSE.
SO A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF COMING UP.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY KEPT SAYING TO US IS WE'RE TALKING TO SOME OF THESE OTHER COMPANIES ABOUT THIS HYBRID MODEL IS, HEY, WHAT'S YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN? WHERE ARE YOU TRYING TO GO WITH THE FIELD HOUSE? AND THEN B, WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY WANT TO SEE? AND SO WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND TIFFANY HAD TO LEAVE.
BUT TIFFANY PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR US.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS AT A MUCH HIGHER DOLLAR NUMBER.
AND WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH.
AS AN INVESTMENT REALLY IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND HELPING US TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
AND CRAIG, I MEAN, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY HELLO AND THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FIELDHOUSE.
THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN THAT FACILITY.
AND I THINK TIFFANY'S AND DOUG'S PLAN CAN CERTAINLY ADD TO OUR EFFORTS AND TRY TO UPGRADE WHAT WE'RE DOING, GET BETTER, FIND OTHER REVENUE STREAMS, AND JUST MAKE IT THE BEST FACILITY POSSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY THE DUNCANVILLE CITIZENS, BUT THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.
AND WE'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL RIGHT NOW.
SUMMER CAMP IS IS HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
PLANNING TO OPEN ANNOUNCE A AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT MAKING THE 24 BUDGET, AND RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THAT, IS STARTING TO WORK.
ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
AND WE'VE RECENTLY MADE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHANGES.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE PUT IT IN STAFF REPORT.
PREVIOUSLY THE FIELD HOUSE WAS REPORTING TO BART, AND CERTAINLY BART HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.
BUT REALLY AS A WAY TO ELEVATE THE FIELD HOUSE, WE BROUGHT IT IN KIND OF, AND WE'RE TREATING IT AS ITS OWN DEPARTMENT, WITH IT RECEIVING A LOT OF SUPPORT BOTH FROM PARKS AND REC AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT DOES REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO PRESENT IT AS THAT DESTINATION.
AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.
I'LL GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUE TO DO AND HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THE FIELD HOUSE WOULD BE IN A PICKLE.
BUT THANK YOU. SO SO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2015.
YES. AND SO WE'RE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF UPDATING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S A BIG FOOL NOT TO HIRE ANY KIND OF PLANNING AND CONSULTING FIRM TO HELP US DO THAT.
THE PROPOSAL IS ACTUALLY FROM TIFFANY WHITE.
THAT WAS THE ONE THAT FOR $5,000.
SO AS LONG AS THE CDC APPROVES THAT, WHICH I THINK IS ON THE NEXT MEETING.
RIGHT. SO JUST MOVE THAT FORWARD.
LAST ITEM IS AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE LZ, LRP, WHICH IS THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT INVENTORY.
SO AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BRIAN, IS HERE.
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AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM MRV ON THIS.THIS IS A PRETTY IN-DEPTH PROJECT, AND I'LL LET MATT SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO AFTER WITH THIS WITH BOTH THIS AND ARMY, IS GRANT MONEY TO HELP UNDERWRITE THE COST OF THIS. AND IT GETS PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO, SO THE MEAT OF THIS THIS IS FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING DOWN.
SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO INVENTORY 100% OF OUR WATER SERVICE LINES IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE.
THERE'S THREE PRIMARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
THERE IS NON LEAD OR THERE IS GALVANIZED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.
SO THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES AND UNKNOWN IS TREATED AS A LEAD THREAT.
SO WE HAVE A VERY HARD DEADLINE THAT'S SET BY THE EPA OF OCTOBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET THAT MOVING.
I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT COMING DOWN.
THIS IS THIS IS A MULTI YEAR PROCESS LEGISLATION THAT'S COME DOWN.
IT IT APPEARS THAT CITIES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR REPLACING 10% OF THOSE LEAD OR UNKNOWN SERVICE LINES, BECAUSE THERE IS A TEN YEAR, 100% COMPLIANCE RULE THAT'S COME THROUGH THE EPA.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY IS NOT ONLY GETTING THAT INVENTORY COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE, BUT THEN HOW DO WE FUND THIS MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOUG FOR.
YEAH. AND HENRY WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU JUMP IN HERE.
HENRY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US WITH TEXAS BUYER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
WE HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GO AFTER SOME GRANT MONEY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND, HENRY, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE MAYBE JUST 20 ZERO ZERO ZERO FOOT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON FOR US? SURE. SO DOUG ASKED ME TO GO IN.
DOUG ASKED ME TO REVIEW ALL THE PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR ELIJAH, WHO IS DOING THE INVENTORY FOR FOR THE LEAD SERVICE LINES AND THE COPPER LINES AS WELL.
WE DETERMINED WE HAVE INITIALLY DETERMINED THAT THE PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS MET ALL OF THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S REQUIREMENTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT OR PROCURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE DID REVIEW THE LJ CONTRACT DELIVERABLES AND THE CONTRACT ITSELF AND DETERMINED THAT MATT.
MATT HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT FIELD INVESTIGATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.
AND WE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.
SO THEY ARE DOING WHAT LJ IS DOING.
IS A DESKTOP INVESTIGATION OR EVALUATION TO TRY TO DETERMINE FROM MAPS AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION EXACTLY WHAT THE MATERIALS ARE OF THE, OF THE LINES THE WATER LINES.
SO AND THEN THE FIELD INVESTIGATION OR THE FIELD INVENTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT UP TO THE CITY TO DETERMINE NOW THAT OR YOU CAN GO BACK TO LJ AND RENEGOTIATE AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD PERFORM THE FIELD INVENTORY.
OR YOU COULD THEY COULD ALSO PROCURE A SUB FOR THAT A SUBCONTRACTOR TO, TO PERFORM THAT. EITHER WAY, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD WOULD GIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED.
THE GOOD NEWS ALSO IS WE RECEIVED WORD FROM TCU TODAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 16TH YOU CAN SUBMIT OR ELIJAH CAN SUBMIT A REPORT THAT WOULD CLASSIFY SOME OF THE MORE SOME OF THE UNKNOWNS.
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THE UNKNOWN MATERIALS, YOU COULD CLASSIFY THOSE LINES AS UNKNOWN UNTIL WE CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY.OR ELIJAH CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE MATERIALS ARE.
AND YOU'VE GOT TWO YEARS, TWO AND A HALF.
DO WE SAY TWO AND A HALF YEARS? RIGHT, DOUG, TO DO THAT.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW IS GETTING THE INTENT TO APPLY SIGNED AND SUBMITTED BY THIS FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT THAT FOR YOU.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH.
WE'RE NOT PROCURED, BUT WE ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO ENSURE THAT WE GET YOU ALL OF THE CORRECT AND AND GET YOU ALL THE CORRECT PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR ANYTHING THAT ELIJAH HAS DONE OR WILL DO GOING FORWARD WITH THE INVENTORY.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO PROCURE WITHIN THE NEXT 21 DAYS FOR AN ENGINEER FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. YOU WILL HAVE TO PROCURE FOR A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND ALSO A BOND COUNSEL.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
SO WE ARE GETTING YOU ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL DONE PROPERLY.
AND WHAT WE COULD ALSO DO IF MR GROUP WAS PROCURED FOR THE PROJECT AS THE OVERALL ENGINEER, WE COULD PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE INVENTORY EFFORTS BY LJ JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS GETTING WHAT THEY EXPECT TO GET, AND ALSO THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF TKE MET.
SO. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE IN A VERY TIGHT, COMPRESSED TIME PERIOD.
AND THESE ARE THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE NOT 10 OR 20 PAGES.
THESE ARE HUNDREDS OF PAGES AND DOCUMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT.
WELL WHO'S DOING THE GREEN COMPLETING THE WE WILL HAVE TO BID IT OUT.
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE GRANT PROCESS IS SO WE'VE GOT TO PUT OUT AN RFQ.
RIGHT. AND THE POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IS $21,181,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL GRANT EFFORT.
AND IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE 50%, POTENTIALLY 50% LOAN FORGIVENESS.
AND IT'S JUST SO CRITICAL FOR US TO GO AFTER THE GRANT MONEY.
I KNEW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY.
WE NEED TO GO AFTER THE GRANT MONEY, GIVE IT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, TRY TO GET THE GRANT MONEY.
EVERY INDICATION WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST GOING TO HELP SPREAD OUR CIP DOLLARS THAT MUCH FURTHER FOR BOTH THIS AND AM I? JUST AND AND SHOULD WE BE PROCURED? WE WOULD SUBMIT THE ENTIRE APPLICATION FOR YOU.
AND YOUR APPLICATION BY JULY 26TH.
JUST GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS DISCUSSION.
DOES ANY PART OF THIS INVENTORY INCLUDE.
BECAUSE I THINK I READ THAT IT DID THE WATER SERVICE LINES GOING FROM THE METERS UP TO PRIVATE PROPERTY? YES, SIR. THOSE WOULD THAT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE IN THE GRANT.
THAT'S THE FEDERAL. SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE METERS, WHICH WOULD FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE METER, THE CUSTOMER SIDE AND THE CITY SIDE, WHICH IS, IS ACTUALLY REALLY RARE. I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUND ANYTHING ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE METER, BUT BEING
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AS IT IS VERY IMPERATIVE THAT LEAD IS NOT IN YOUR SYSTEM.I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT.
OKAY, SO POTENTIALLY THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND IN PARTICULAR HOMEOWNERS COULD GET HIT WITH SOME COST TO REPLACE THOSE LINES? NO, IT WOULD BE.
IT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE GRANT.
THAT'S ASSUMING WE WE QUALIFY FOR THE GRANT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING THESE ADDITIONAL STEPS.
I WILL I WILL SAY THIS, MAYOR YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN INVITATION TO APPLY.
IF YOU SUBMIT, AND IF YOU APPLY FOR IT AND YOU SUBMIT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO GET IT, YOU MOST LIKELY WILL GET ALL OF THAT MONEY.
AND THEN THERE IS I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S THE WAY THAT THIS WAS DETERMINED IS IF THAT THAT NUMBER WAS DETERMINED BASED ON 100% OF YOUR LINES BEING LED.
SO THERE'S A I MEAN, 100% OF YOUR LINES ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT LED.
BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS DETERMINED.
SO WE CAN ONCE WE GET THE INVENTORY, WE CAN GO IN AND WE CAN ADJUST THE NUMBERS.
THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG CHUNK.
SO BUT YOU CAN ALSO REPLACE SUBSIDIARY LINES, NOT JUST COPPER OR LEAD.
IT WILL ALSO COVER SUBSTANDARD LINES.
OR LINES THAT ARE WEAK WITH SOME OTHER MATERIAL THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
WOULD SUBSTANDARD INCLUDE ASBESTOS? WATER LINES? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
AND BASED ON INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTING FROM OUR TEAM AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER LINES THAT ARE IN OUR GROUND THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED, THAT HAVE JUST BEEN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
AND SO HENRY AND AND BROOKE THERE HAVE STARTED WORKING ON POSSIBLY TALKING TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ABOUT SOME MONEY FOR THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO MENTION AGAIN, AMI, WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THAT, THE LAST MEETING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DISQUALIFY OURSELVES.
WE HAVE TO PUSH PAUSE ON THAT.
WE HAVE TO REBID ALL OF THAT STUFF FROM A TO Z REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT 50% LOAN FORGIVENESS ALSO.
AND WE JUST TO JUST TO KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THAT THAT GRANT APPLICATION WILL BE DUE IN MARCH.
IT WOULD IT WOULD BE A WHILE AWAY FROM FUNDING.
PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT.
AND THEN PROBABLY SUMMER 2026 TO CLOSE.
BUT THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GIVE.
I BELIEVE LAST THAT I LOOKED, IT WAS ABOUT $500 MILLION.
AND THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE 70% LOAN FORGIVENESS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL WOULD QUALIFY FOR 0% INTEREST ON THE LOAN PORTION.
SO ALL GOOD STUFF AND WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE PORTIONS OF THAT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU SOMETIME.
WHAT? WE'RE DEALING WITH LOTS OF ZEROS.
ABSOLUTELY. WELL A QUICK EXEMPTION SESSION.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE JUST A QUICK.
OKAY. WELL, THEN WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO.
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.PERSONNEL. TO DELIBERATE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER UNDER THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.0701 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE SAME TOPIC.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 9:41 P.M..
THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:41 P.M..
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? I.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.