[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER] [00:00:08] AT 7:00. WE WILL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, FOR AUGUST 1, THURSDAY ORDER. PLEASE START THE ROLL CALL. >> IMPLICATION BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. THE IMPLICATION. >> OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY WE BELONG TO AND GET TO RESIDE IN. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY. PLEASE BLESS THOSE THAT THEY MAY MAKE DECISIONS THAT I'LL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. BLESS US ALL THAT WE MAY DO OUR PART IN STRIVING TO UPHOLD TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THAT WITHIN OUR POWER THAT WE MAY REPRESENT THE CITY WELL. WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS HUMBLY IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC ONE UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JOIN ME UP FRONT FOR A PROCLAMATION. [5.1. Purple Heart City Proclamation ] MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND PURPLE HEARTS SOCIETY AND ANY OTHER VETERANS. YOU CAN TAKE MINE. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE CITY AS A PURPLE HEART CITY. WHEREAS THE CITY HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF SUPPORTING ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETERAN POPULATION. WHEREAS, THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL IS THE OLDEST MILITARY DECORATION AND PRESENT USE, CREATED AS A BADGE OF MILITARY MEDICINE BY GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON ON AUGUST 7, 1782. WHEREAS, THE METAL WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMON SOLDIER AWARDED TO THE MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WOUNDED IN COMBAT AND PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM'S AND KILLED IN ACTION BY ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PEOPLE HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION AND UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE SELFLESSLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND THIS COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES. WHEREAS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM HUTTO, TEXAS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES WERE VITAL IN MAINTAINING FREEDOMS AND THE WAY OF LIFE ENJOYED BY OUR CITIZENS. VETERANS PAID THIS HIGH PRICE OF FREEDOM BY LEAVING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. WHEREAS MANY WOMEN AND MEN IN UNIFORM HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMED SERVICES. PURPLE HEART DAY IS OBSERVED ON AUGUST PURPLE HEART DAY IS OBSERVED ON AUGUST 7 EACH YEAR IS A TIME FOR AMERICANS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN WHO WERE WOUNDED IN BATTLE OR PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WITH THEIR LIVES. THE MISSION OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT OF GOODWILL AMONG COMBAT WOULDN'T VETERANS AND THEIR -- COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AND MAKE SURE WE NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICES OF OUR MILITARY SERVICES, WOMEN AND MEN. WHEREAS, HUTTO APPRECIATES THE SACRIFICES OF MILITARY , COMBAT VETERANS, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS AND FAMILIES FOR SACRIFICES MADE IN DEFENDING OUR FREEDOMS AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND HONOR TO THEM. AUGUST 7 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A DAY IN AND HUTTO IS A DAY TO REMEMBER VETERANS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF [00:05:03] THE PURPLE HEART MEDALS. THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUTTO PROCLAIMS THE CITY OF HUTTO AS A PURPLE HEART CITY. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF HUTTO TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR SACRIFICES THESE RECIPIENTS HAVE MADE IN DEFENDING FREEDOMS, ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR COURAGE AND SHOW THEM ALL THE HONOR AND SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE EARNED! >> ON BEHALF OF TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND THE CITY OF HUTTO FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE GOT TO KNOW YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. IT'S BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT HUTTO. I'M FROM WAY DOWN IN BASTROP COUNTY. BUT ANYWAY. ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS CAPITAL CHAPTER 1919 MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY PROCLAIM HUTTO, TEXAS A PURPLE HEART CITY. THANK YOU. >> POST COMMANDER OF THE --. ON BEHALF OF OF THE POST MEMBERS , WE THINK THE CITY COUNCIL. FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR THEIR ENDEAVORS IN MAKING THIS A POSSIBILITY IN THE PURPLE HEART ASSOCIATION, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> WE WANT TO GET YOU ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PHOTO. THREE, TWO, ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. >> OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE CITY [6. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS ] MANAGER COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNSEL AND CITIZENS OF HUTTO, GUESTS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW HIRES. THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO AT THE FIRST MEETING OF EVERY MONTH. INTRODUCE --. AT LEAST WE KNOW WE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME BACK THERE. WE INTRODUCE YOU THE NEW STAFF HERE DEDICATING YOUR CAREER TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE COME UP FRONT, STAND, I WILL READ THE LITTLE BIO SUBMITTED ON YOUR BEHALF AND WE WILL TAKE PHOTO AT THE END. JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TEAM HUTTO, ZACHARY LOPEZ, JOINING THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE DIVISION AS A TECH ONE. >> ZACHARY WAS RAISED AND OFTEN AND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN WORKING FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FOR NINE YEARS PRIOR TO JOINING TEAM HUTTO. LOOKING FORWARD TO UTILIZING HIS SKILLS IN STREETS AND DRAINAGE LEARNING NEW TRADES WITH THE CITY OF HUTTO . WELCOME, WELCOME, ZACH. >> JOIN ME IN WELCOMING , NATHANIEL NATE MARTIN, STREETS AND DRAINAGE, TECH ONE. ALSO BORN IN AUSTIN MOVED IN THE SIXTH GRADE AND GRADUATED FROM [00:10:03] HUTTO HIGH SCHOOL. EMPLOYED WITH FERGUSON FIRE FABRICATION AND HE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO IMPROVE HIS SKILLS ON THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY WITH HIS NEW EMPLOYER. SO, WELCOME THESE TWO GENTLEMEN. >> WELCOME. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PROMOTIONS. RECOGNIZE THESE EMPLOYEES PROMOTED DURING THE LAST MONTH. THE FIRST IS AMY ANDERSON, PROMOTED FROM UTILITY ABILITY -- UTILITY BILLING TO ACCOUNTING CLERK. IS AMY HERE? NO? OKAY, LET'S JUST CELEBRATE HER. AND THEN, STEPHEN LOPEZ PROMOTED TO STREET TECH TWO. ALL RIGHT. NEW STREET TECH ONE, MAKE SURE YOU -- FOR NOT BEING HERE. THANK YOUR FAMILIES FOR COME TO CELEBRATE YOU. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU. ALL RIGHT. SPECIAL RECOGNITION. WE HAVE NONE. THAT'S ME READING LITERATELY WHAT THE SCRIPT SAYS, UNFORTUNATELY. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO, THE QR CODE AGAIN, THIS IS SO YOU CAN ACCESS ON YOUR SMART APP. THE DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT BE MADE TONIGHT. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WHICH WILL BE COMING UP LATER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE DID HAVE A POSITIVE WEST NILE VIRUS MOSQUITO SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM A TRAP SITE AT THE LAKE PARK. A TRUCKMOUNTED SPRAIN OF MOSQUITO CONTROL PRODUCT WILL OCCUR IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER 9:00 PM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 TOMORROW. AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 3. THE MOSQUITO CONTROL PRODUCTS CONTROLS -- DOES NOT POSE A HEALTH RISK, PEOPLE AND PETS MAY WANT TO STAY INDOORS DURING THE SPRING. THEY DO NOT TELL US THIS WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WRITING OUR BIKES BEHIND THESE THINGS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY. AFTER 9:00. THAT'S NEAR LAKESIDE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE HUTTO LAKE PARK. BUDGET. WE WILL HAVE A REALLY LONG DRAWN OUT BUDGET PRESENTATION SHORTLY. THERE IS NOT MUCH FOR ME TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. THIS SATURDAY, THERE'S A GATHERING AUGUST 3 OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN HALL REGARDING THE TAX OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. BUDGET MEETING IS TONIGHT. THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12. THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THE THURSDAYS AND WE HAVE A WORKSHOP NEXT THURSDAY WHICH IS THE ACE AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON THE 22ND. AND COUNCIL MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER. IT IS A BUSY MONTH FOR US BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY. REPAIRING THE BUDGET AND SETTING THE PLAN OF WORK FOR NEXT YEAR. PAY ATTENTION AND TAKE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME OUT AND GIVE REACTION AND INPUT TO THE [7. PUBLIC COMMENT] BUDGET. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, THANK YOU. >> PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. LIGHT STARTS A GREEN, AFTER 30 SECONDS, IT'S YELLOW AND THEN WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, READ. THAT IS WHEN YOUR TIME WILL BE UP. FIRST UP, WE HAVE ROBIN SUTTON . >> OKAY. ROBIN SUTTON, 26 YEAR RESIDENT OF HUTTO, TEXAS. WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS USE ACCOUNTS CONDUCT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CANNOT ENGAGE IN MOST FORMS OF CENSORSHIP. THEY CAN'T BLOCK PEOPLE FROM SEEING THEIR PAGES AND POSTING COMMENTS. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ALLOW OTHERS TO POST COMMENTS. THEY CAN'T LIMIT WHO SEES GOVERNMENT INFORMATION THEY SHARE BASED ON THEIR OPINIONS. SO, ACCORDING TO THE ACLU, I HAVE DOCUMENTED AND SCREENSHOT IT WHAT I NEED TO PROVIDE. SECOND STEP WITH THE ACLU IS TO ASK POLITELY THAT -- AND EVAN PORTERFIELD, CITY COUNCILMEMBER, UNBLOCK ME IMMEDIATELY FROM THEIR PLATFORM. AND THE THIRD STEP IS TO FILE A COMPLAINT. SO, 12.2 AND 12.3, I WISH I COULD SAY I'M HAPPY TO SEE MY TRADITION OF ATTACKING COUNCILMEMBERS IN PUBLIC 2010 FOLLOWERS CONTINUES. THESE MATTERS, IN MY OPINION COULD BE ADDRESSED IN PRIVATE. IF YOU BECAME AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC CONCERN AND IS CITY BUSINESS IT IS BROUGHT TO THE DAIS. BUT HEY, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE NO PRIVACY IN HUTTO, RIGHT? SO, WITH THAT, -- ARE STILL IN SCHOOL. EVAN'S RESIDENCE WAS LISTED ON MAY 31 [00:15:03] AND HE TOOK AN OPEN OFFICE ON MAY 16 CLEARLY YOU SELL A HOUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL SELL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HIS FUTURE PLANS ARE FOR HUTTO. SO, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS NOTES BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU BEFORE. ESCAPING FOR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WITH MIKE, THE KEYBOARD WARRIORS AND THE HUTTO 2.0 PAGE WILL TURN ON YOU ON A DIME. IF YOU QUESTION AND THINK FOR YOURSELF AND HAVE YOUR OWN PERSONAL OPINION. SO COME THE SPECIAL CALLED SESSION YOU HAVE ON SATURDAY? MIKE. IS IT COMING OUT OF YOUR CAMPAIGN FUNDS OR PERSONAL FUNDS? IT DOESN'T SOUND THE CAMPAIGN PROJECT. FOR THE PARK RENOVATION. I WANT TO SAY I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DIGGING UP THINGS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT WE HAVE RICK HUDSON. >> >> HEY EVERYBODY. RESIDENTS OF HUTTO. LET'S TALK TAXES VERSUS UTILITY RATE HIKES. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS AND EVEN LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WHO DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION. AND WILL IN SOME COUNTY, PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SOME RELIEF FROM RISING TAXES AND EXEMPTIONS. THE MOST COMMON IS HOMESTEAD BUT THERE ARE OTHERS. VARIOUS DISABILITIES AND SURVIVING, SERVICEMEMBER AND DISABLED VETERANS. SENIORS OVER 65 CAN HAVE THEIR TAX BILLS CAPPED. ARGUABLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A MEASURE OF PROTECTION FROM RISING TAXES. THE UTILITY BILL MUST BE PAID ON TIME AND FULL EVERY MONTH OR YOUR WATER GETS TURNED OFF. THERE IS NO PROTECTION FOR THE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS. HRC SEES INCREASE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. OF THE 45% OF STUDENTS ARE FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HOUSEHOLDS. INCREASING THE UTILITY BILL BY ANY AMOUNT IS FELT HARDEST BY THE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE. IT'S NOT NEWS THAT HUTTO HAS BEEN GROWING FOR OVER A DECADE. COUNCILS HAVE BEEN KICKING THE CAN AND DODGING THE BILL FOR THE GROWTH. AS WE HEAD INTO ANOTHER SEASON OVER THE COMING WEEKS, THE DAYS OF DUCKING AND DODGING ARE COMING TO AN AND. THE MAYOR SAID HE IS SCARED TO DEATH OF TAXING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. HIKING UP UTILITY BILL WILL DO IT FASTER AND MORE RUTHLESSLY AND FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE THE FIRST TO GO. IF COUNSEL ABSOLUTELY MUST PASS THE EXPENSES OF GROWN UTILITIES ONTO THE RESIDENCE, THERE ARE TWO CHOICES. ONE, ALLOWS RESIDENTS UP TO 12 MONTHS TO BUDGET AND CONSIDER THEIR OWN PERSONAL FINANCES. THE OTHER HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. YES RAISING TAXES MIGHT NOT BE GOOD FOR A COUNCILS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. BUT I KNOW I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR SOMEBODY WHO CHOSE TO SACRIFICE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A CAMPAIGN STRATEGY. NELSON MANDELA SAID, A SOCIETY THAT DOES NOT VALUE ITS OLDER PEOPLE DENIES ITS ROOTS AND ENDANGERS ITS FUTURE. LET US STRIVE TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND WHEN THEY CANNOT DO SO ANYMORE, TO CARE FOR THEM. I THINK THAT SAME SENTIMENT APPLIES TO THE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL CAN PUT THE SCREWS TO THEM OR GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO FIND A SMALL MEASURE OF RELIEF. IF YOU PUT NEEDS BEFORE WANTS, YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND YOU WANT TO GET THEM RE-ELECTED. AGAIN, IF THE EXPENSE MUST BE PASSED ON TO RESIDENCE, UTILITY RATE HIKE CHECKS THE WANTS BOX. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE MIKE FOWLER. >> MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MIKE FOWLER. 108 108 W. LIFE OAK ST. HERE IN HUTTO. JUST A FEW BLOCKS TO THE EAST. THE REASON THAT I WAS COMING UP HERE IS FIRST INVITE EVERYBODY AND I MEET EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO COME FROM THE COUNCIL TO THE CITY STAFF ON MONDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 830. FOR A WALK OF OLD TOWN HUTTO. THE PRESS IS WELCOME ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SHOW UP [00:20:01] IS WELCOME. IT'LL BE DARK AT THIS TIME AND ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF DOING THIS IS TO SEE SOME OF THE PITFALLS THAT REGULAR RESIDENTS DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS HERE IN HUTTO. WITH THE STREETS. AS YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN AFTER CITY COUNCILS GOING BACK TO THE TIME WHEN I WAS MAYOR TO FIX THE STREETS IN HUTTO. WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE COULD AND YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU CAN. WE ADOPTED STANDARDS AND NOW THAT ALLOW FOR MUCH BETTER THINGS TO OCCUR. RIGHT WHERE WE ARE AT, THE CO-OP IS FABULOUS. WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE ANOTHER REALLY SPECIAL PLACE TO THE EAST WITH COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES. AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL THAT SHOWS THE LOOK THAT DURANGO FARMS HAS. AND I THINK THAT , NOT THINK, I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER. AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ARE VITAL TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 88 SIDEWALKS. A.D.A. STREET CROSSINGS. DECENT STREETLIGHTS. AND PROPER STREET SIGNS. STORM SEWERS. THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED AT A MINIMUM LEVEL LANDSCAPING AMENITIES. WE REQUIRE THIS OF EVERYBODY ELSE. WHY NOT DO IT FOR THE PLACE THAT IS OLDEST AND DEAREST TO MANY OF US? HUTTO OLD TOWN. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. AGAIN, YOU ARE ALL INVITED. AUGUST 4. 108 W. LIVE OAK ST. IF YOU CARE TO COME, EVEN IF IT IS JUST MYSELF, I WILL TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF WALK AND DOCUMENT WHAT I SEE IN OUR STREETS. YOU CAN GET KILLED OUT THERE. THANK YOU. >> HELLO, I'LL SEE YOU THERE AND OTHER GOOD TICKETS. >> CLARIFICATION. SUNDAY THE FOURTH OR MONDAY THE FIFTH? >> IS MONDAY THE FOURTH? >> MONDAY THE FIFTH. OKAY, PERFECT, THANK YOU. >> AUGUST 5. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, WE HAVE STEPHEN HARRIS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EVEN HARRIS. STEPHEN HARRIS. TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GROWTH. I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF GRACE TO CITY COUNCILS IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO PREDICT THE GROWTH HUTTO WAS GOING TO SEE. WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE RAPID GROWTH HUTTO IS EXPERIENCING, CITY COUNCILS CAN'T PREPARE THE ROADS AND WATER AND WASTEWATER. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. YOU DON'T GET THAT GRACE BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK IN THE REVIEW MIRROR AND SEE THE GROWTH WE HAVE HAD IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH HAPPENING TO THE EAST AND WEST AND NORTH AND SOUTH. YOU CAN PREPARE FOR THE GROWTH COMING TO HUTTO. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL HAVE THE BUDGET TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO. SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE SPENDING. THERE IS A POPULAR TERM THAT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. THAT IS FRACTIONAL SEE EXILE, FRACTIONAL CFO , FRACTIONAL COO, FRACTIONAL SALES DIRECTOR. PROFESSIONALS WHO HIRE THEMSELVES OUT TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE COMPANIES FOR A FRACTION OF THEIR TIME A. SO, THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE COMPANIES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIGHLY SKILLED EXECUTIVES BUT DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FULL SALARY FOR THOSE EXECUTIVE'S. THE WAY IT TRANSLATES ON THE CITY SIDE IS WE SHOULD BE OUTSOURCING EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO OPERATE. OUR ONLY PRIORITIES WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND TAX MONEY COMING IN SHOULD BE WATER . WASTEWATER. AND STREETS. THAT'S IT. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY. WE CAN'T BORROW ENOUGH MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING BEING REQUESTED. I'M ASKING YOU, COUNSEL. SAY NO. SAY NO TO EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF STREET'S. WATER. AND WASTEWATER BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET THE GRACE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PREPARE. YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH COMING AND YOU NEED TO MAKE THE HARD [00:25:04] DECISIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE MAD. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE MAD BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A HANDOUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT FUNDS. YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM NO. WHETHER THEY ARE CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES, NONPROFIT WORLD. YOU'LL HAVE TO START SAYING NO MORE AND MORE OFTEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE DEBBIE HOLLAND. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DEBBIE HOLLAND, 104 HUTTO STREET. LIVING IN HUTTO FOR 40+ YEARS, I HAD THE HONOR TO BE IN CHAIRS WHERE YOU SIT NOW. FOR A TOTAL OF 16 YEARS. I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE THREE THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS HERE. -FOLLOWING A LOT OF THE ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS AND DEMEANOR OF THE HUTTO CITY COUNCIL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I HAVE ONE WORD. EMBARRASSED. THE ATTITUDE OF SOME COUNCILMEMBERS RELATED TO WHAT AND HOW THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES ON THE DAIS IS QUESTIONABLE. NUMBER TWO. YOU ARE ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF HUTTO TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A MOST DIFFICULT TIME. AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE STRUGGLING FROM OUT HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING HAS AND PROVIDED FOR THE COUNCIL. BUT, IF ANY HAS BEEN, IT APPEARS NOT MANY ARE PAYING ATTENTION. GROWTH FOR GROWTH'S SAKE IS POINTLESS. AND ONLY CAUSES MORE COSTS AND MORE STRUGGLES FOR THE CITIZENS IN THE END. WE ARE ALL HEARING ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR WATER RIGHTS AND TAXES THAT MAY BE INCREASING. HOW MANY HOMES IN HUTTO ARE FOR SALE RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIND OF SCARY. DON'T BE FOOLED BY MORE GROWTH MEANS MORE REVENUE. THAT ONLY WORKS WHEN THINGS ARE WELL PLANNED OUT AND DEVELOPERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NUMBER THREE. THE MOST RECENT ISSUE COMING UP RELATED TO RESIDENCE FOR COUNCILMEMBERS. SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER. YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS YOU CAN RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OR FOR WHATEVER REASON YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IS DOING. PLEASE % DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR OUR TIME WITH THIS JUVENILE BEHAVIOR. IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU CAN NO LONGER VOTE IN THE CITY. IF YOU CAN'T BUILD IN THE CITY AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN'T SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL. HUTTO CONTINUES TO BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MANY OF US. FOR ONCE, HOW ABOUT NOT THINKING ABOUT YOURSELVES? BUT THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF HUTTO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I WANT TO MOTION TO MOVE UP 16 ONE, COUNSEL COMMENTS. >> MOVING 16 ONE AT. HEARING [16. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ] ON, WE WILL GO TO ITEM 16 ONE. GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. TO IS IT ME AND I CAN GO FIRST? >> SURE. >> I WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING JAMES TUPOU MY PICTURE UP THERE, BUT I WON'T. I WAS NOT HERE THIS LAST SATURDAY AT A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER WAS PRESENTING THE BUDGET TO US. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I MISSED IT BECAUSE I'M OVERCOMING A CASE OF SHINGLES AS YOU CAN SEE ON MY HEAD. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK OR BE A KEYBOARD WARRIOR AND THINK WITH THE READ ONLINE IS TRUE. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU CAN ASK ME, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IT'S IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD ALL OF YOU ARE HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT SINCE I GOT ON THE DAIS. WHETHER IT HURTS TO HEAR OR NOT, IT'S WARMING TO KNOW YOU CARE ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP. THAT'S WHY I WAS NOT HERE THIS PAST SATURDAY. IT'S IMPORTANT WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE TAX AND BUDGET CYCLE OF THINGS. ESPECIALLY YOU. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE THERE SATURDAY AND PLEASE. TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. >> >> AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET [00:30:01] SEASON IN THE CYCLE, COMMUNICATION IS KEY WITH THE RESIDENCE. I'M SURE THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS WELL WHETHER IT IS A PHONE CALL AND EMAIL AND ANY WAY GET A HOLD OF US, PLEASE REACH OUT. SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE BEING HEARD AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE COFFEE AND GO OUT TO SALSA, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. I WANT TO OPEN MY ARMS TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME . WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS APPEAR DOING THE BUDGET SEASON. I WOULD WELCOME THE RESIDENCE TO REACH OUT TO ME. AND ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY I RECENTLY ATTENDED A TML TRAINING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA . THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE . SINCE SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT , THE COURTS ARE STARTING TO RULE ON CASES MORE BECAUSE IT IS A FAIRLY NEW ARENA. FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE COURT SYSTEM. THERE WAS A LOT OF LEGAL JARGON BUT ALSO EYE-OPENING ON HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN RULED AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AND WHAT IS PROTECTED UNDER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED. IT WAS THE EYE-OPENING FOR ME AND HOW I CONDUCT BUSINESS ONLINE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD SO I DON'T OVERSTEP MY BOUNDARIES. I WANTED TO SAY THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AND HOPEFULLY I CAN BECOME A BETTER COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHERS? NO OBJECTIONS, MOVING TO ITEM 12 THREE. UP NEXT. >> CAN WE MOVE 91 AHEAD? WE [9.1. Consideration and possible action regarding possible appointments, re-appointments and/or removals to City Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, Economic Development Corporations, Local Government Corporations and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Boards, and Area Government appointments. ] HAVE SOME PEOPLE WAITING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT TO 1230. >> 91, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS AND/OR REMOVALS TO THE CITY BOARD, COMMISSIONS, TAX FORCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND TAX REIMBURSEMENTS ON BOARD AN AREA OF GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS. >> THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MET SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS DISCUSS -- HE DISCUSSED APPOINTMENTS WE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TONIGHT. I WANT TO READ OFF THESE NOMINATIONS SO WE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE AARON CLANCY TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SHE'S SITTING ON THE EDC AND THE SEVERE EQUIPMENT. WE WOULD LIKE NEW APPOINTMENTS, HENRY GIDEON AND KELLY MCLACHLAN. NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE EDC. JIM MORRIS TO THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION. KEITH JONES AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. SUZANNE CAULFIELD, IS A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THAT SHE SERVES, IT'LL BE A REAPPOINTMENT. AND SUZANNE CAULFIELD IS A NEW APPOINTEE TO THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY SCOTT COUNCIL MEMBER --. A DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. FOR THE CHAIRMAN, DON CARLSON AND MARCUS COLEMAN. WHY DIDN'T THEY GET REAPPOINTED? >> THEIR TERMS EXPIRED ON JUNE 30. OF THIS YEAR. THEY WERE SERVING FOR THE LAST MONTH AS HOLDOVERS. WHEN WE DID INTERVIEWS FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES WE FELT THESE WERE THE BEST CANDIDATES TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT MADE YOU NOT WANT TO REAPPOINT? >> NOTHING SPECIFIC. WE LOOKED AT ATTENDANCE. COUNCILMEMBER THORTON SENT IT OUT AND WE ASKED FOR ATTENDANCE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING YOU BROUGHT UP CONCERNS WITH ATTENDANCE ON THE EDC. WE ASKED FOR FROM THE EDC DIRECTOR. WE LOOKED AT THAT ATTENDANCE AS WELL. THE TWO NOT APPOINTED WITH A ONCE THEY HAD THE LEAST ATTENDANCE. >> WHAT DID THEY DO THAT CAUSE THEM NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED? >> NOTHING SPECIFIC. THESE ARE THE BEST CANDIDATES. >> ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE A RECOMMENDATION NOT TO BE EXISTING IN SERVING? >> MAIN CONCERN FOR ME ARE THE ABSENCES. >> DID THEY GET INTERVIEWED? WE INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES AND THAT THEY GET INTERVIEWED? >> THEY DID NOT GET INTERVIEWED. >> THEY WERE NOT OFFERED AN INTERVIEW. WE TALKED TO THEM [00:35:02] THROUGH THE PROTOCOL. IT SAID REAPPOINT CAESAR NOT REQUIRED. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN THEY NOTIFIED BEFORE OR AFTER THAT YOU WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE NOMINATED? >> YES. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. >> BRINGS A PRETTY BIG CONCERNS FOR ME. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP PROTOCOL. SOME PEOPLE CALLED ME ALARMED THEY GOT CALLED. WHAT THEY WERE TOLD IS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WE'RE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHICH SURPRISED ME BECAUSE THE JOB OF THE GROUP IS TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. NOBODY -- NOWHERE DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CONTACT PEOPLE AND TELL THEM INC. YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WE'RE MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THERE'S ONLY THREE AND IT TAKES FOUR TO APPOINT OR REAPPOINT. PETER CALLED ME AND SAID I'M DONE WHAT IT I DO WRONG? WE DON'T NEED UNTIL THURSDAY. AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE CITY COUNCILS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO A BOARD. AND PROMOTE A PROCESS AS EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT AND ALLOWS INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVEN'T GIVEN INPUT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU CALLED PEOPLE AND THAT SHOW UP TO THE MEETING. DON'T BOTHER COMING WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION. >> I HAVE NEVER WANTS TO ANY OF THESE NEW APPOINTEES OR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT BEING REAPPOINTED TOLD THEM THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE PLANTED . WHAT I TOLD EVERYONE WAS NOMINATING COMMITTEE WOULD BE PUTTING THEIR NAMES FOURTH TONIGHT AND A FULL VOTE OF COUNSEL IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SEEN. I NEVER ONCE TOLD THEM THEY WERE OFF THE BOARD , THEY WOULDN'T BE SERVING ON THE BOARD. I NEVER SAID THAT. >> THEY DO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BUT WE ARE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? NO, NEVER SAID THAT. >> DID YOU SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE? TO I DID,. >> I SAID I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. >> WHY DID HE SAY THAT? TO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY HEARD AND WHAT THEY TOOK FROM THE CONVERSATION? >> IT ALLOWS INPUT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW APPLICATIONS, PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU HAVE DONE IT. THEY SHOULD NOTIFY THE CITY AND NAMES AHEAD OF THE MEETING WHERE THEY ARE PRESENTED. SECRETARY NOTIFIES THE REST OF US AND WE DID THAT. NUMBER SEVEN. ALL BOARD MEMBERS MUST BE CONFIRMED BY A VOTE OF CITY COUNCIL WHICH CONCERNS ME BECAUSE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WERE OUT OF THE GATES AND THE MESSAGE THEY GOT. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE CONTACTING THEM WE WILL GET TO THAT. WHETHER THEY HEARD IT OR YOU SET IT I DON'T KNOW. I'M TELLING YOU WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO ME. APPOINTMENTS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL PROCESS THE OUTLINE IN THE BYLAWS. DID YOU REVIEW THE BYLAWS BEFORE YOU MADE APPOINTMENTS OR DIDN'T DO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE EDC? >> NO. >> CAN YOU SAY DEFINITIVELY YOU FOLLOWED THE BYLAWS AND THE PROCESS HE WENT THROUGH? >> OBVIOUSLY NOT. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY. REAPPOINTMENTS OF EXISTING MEMBERS ONLY REQUIRE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL REQUIRE A NEW APPLICATION THAT MAY CHOOSE TO INTERVIEW THE MEMBER PRIOR TO PRESENTING THE NAMES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS WHERE I GET CONCERNED. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EDC AND THEY WERE NOT AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW AND ASKED ABOUT CONCERNS AND THINGS HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE? I THINK YOU WOULD AT LEAST --. >> THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPLY THROUGH --. IS IT CORRECT? >> YES. >> FADED INTERPOL -- THEY DID REAPPLY BUT WE DID NOT GIVE THEM ANOTHER INTERVIEW. >> BUT WE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO. PROCESS FOR REMOVAL. TO PROMOTE A PROCESS, AND ALLOWS INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE IN A TRANSPARENT INPUT PROCESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. ATTENDANCE WAS AN ISSUE I WAS TOLD. IT WAS A BIG TOPIC, BIG ENOUGH THAT WE GOT AND ATTENDANCE SHEETS. COLOR-CODED FOR THE PUBLIC. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT IT. I WANTED IT'S A MATH. THE POLICY FALLS BELOW 75% WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD IF YOU MISS FOUR CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, YOU ARE CONSIDERED FOR REMOVAL. ONLY ONE PERSON FELL BELOW 75%. MARCUS WAS 74 AND HE HAD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TASK FORCE THE SAME NIGHT AS EDC THAT HE MISSED. BECAUSE IT WAS [00:40:04] THE ECLIPSE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TASK FORCE WITH PATIENT OUT THE CITY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. OUTSIDE OF THAT, 80% REMOVAL. IT FELT LIKE AN ASSASSINATION OF THEIR CHARACTERS THEY WERE REAPPOINTED. THEY FELT LIKE YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY THEY VOTED ON PROJECT AS LOW THAT IS,. THAT WAS A CONTENTIOUS THING WHERE THE COUNCIL VOTED AND THE EDC DID NOT. >> AS A MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, I DID NOT LOOK UP ANY PASS VOTES. WHAT I DID APPROVE AND DISAPPROVE. THAT WAS NOT A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. SO, I BELIEVE THAT IS NOT IN LINE. WITH WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE --. >> ORDER. I AM TELLING YOU WHAT THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD. THE FEELINGS THEY HAD. YOU MAY NOT AGREE, BUT THEY DID NOT GET THE INTERVIEW, THEY GOT A TWO MINUTE PHONE CALL. SAY THANK YOU. BABY HE DID OR DID NOT SAY WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, MAYBE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR FEELINGS WITH US IS HOW THEY FEEL. I HAVE ALL OF IT. THE OTHER THING I FIND INTERESTING IS, WE WILL START THE LAST 12 MONTHS. ONE OF THEM MISSED A DATE ON JANUARY 8. THAT MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. MARCH 11, THERE ARE NO MEETINGS. THE MEETING IS IN THERE. JUNE 17 THERE IS ATTENDANCE BUT NO MEETING IN THE AGENDA. I'M TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND I'VE NEVER SEEN. WE NEVER IN FIVE YEARS OF MY HISTORY UP HERE, REMOVE THE PERSON WITHOUT A REASON. >> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. POINT OF VILIFICATION. WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO REMOVE ANYBODY. >> I CLARIFIED. WE HAVE NEVER NOT REAPPOINTED SOMEBODY WITHOUT A REASON IN FIVE YEARS. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ONE IN MIND, BUT I'M SURE I CAN FIND IT. FOR YOU TO SAY WE NEVER HAVE, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT DEFINITIVELY EITHER. >> I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN MY REASON. >> I SAY THAT WE TAKE A VOTE. >> I'M NOT DONE DISCUSSING. >> BUT I'M DONE DISCUSSING. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS. IF YOU HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE BYLAWS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR IT. >> WHERE DOES IT SAY IN THE PROTOCOLS, THE MAYOR WILL CALL PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? IT NEVER SAYS IT. THE CITY SECRETARY WILL NOTIFY THE MEMBERS OF NONCOMPLIANCE OF ATTENDANCE. THEY SAID THEY'VE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT IT. NOWHERE DOES IT SAY IN HERE YOU WILL CALL THEM AND TELL THEM. HOW CAN A PERSON RUNNING , WHY WILL THEY BE HERE? UNLESS HE TOLD THEM SOMEBODY WAS COMING? >> CAN I ANSWER THE QUESTION? IT'S A COURTESY TO LET THEM KNOW THEY WILL NOT BE NOMINATED TONIGHT. THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION THAT I GAVE. THEY WILL NOT BE NOMINATED FOR REAPPOINTMENT TONIGHT. >> I'M ASKING WHY, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON. >> ITS COURTESY. >> A REASON TO NOT REPLACE THEM. >> WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES WE FEEL WE WANT TO NOMINATE THAT'S WHY. >> CAN I INTERJECT? YOU HAVE BEEN HOGGING AND NOT LETTING ANYBODY ELSE TALK. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> POINT OF ORDER MR. MAYOR. >> POINT OF ORDER SERVE. WHEN THE CHAIR DOES NOT MAINTAIN THE CHAMBERS, THAT IS AN ISSUE. POINT ORDER, SIR. >> POINT WILL TAKE. PLEASE TALK. WE ARE -- . >> SHE WANTS TO RAISE THE POINT OF ORDER. >> SHE'S NOT SEEING MUCH OF A POINT OF ORDER. >> TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE CHAMBER AND TO NOT MAKE SIDE COMMENTS, TO RILE THE CHAMBER UP. >> OKAY. >> AS THE MAYOR, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING AND YOUR JOB IS TO MAINTAIN ORDER ON THE DAIS. AS WELL AS --. >> YOU GAVE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME? WHY NOT REAPPOINTED MARCUS COLEMAN WHO SERVED ON THE OHIO STATE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT CORPORATION AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. DO YOU HAVE MORE --. >> I DO NOT QUESTION HIS QUALIFICATIONS. AT ALL. IT WAS SOLELY BASED, YOU KNOW. BASED ON ATTENDANCE. THERE WERE THREE SEATS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT. AVAILABLE. BECAUSE IT IS ON TWO YEARS. EACH MEMBER SERVES TWO YEARS. WE HAD THREE POTENTIAL OPENINGS. WE HAVE HAD A FLOOD , IN MY OPINION. OF APPLICATIONS TO ALL OF THE BOARDS AND [00:45:02] COMMISSIONS. DEFINITELY A LOTS FROM EDC. BEING INTERESTED IN THE EDC. WE INTERVIEWED THOSE CANDIDATES. AND DECIDED. IT TOOK US QUITE A FEW MEETINGS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO APPOINT BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN THE EDC. VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE LIKE MARCUS COLEMAN. >> WAS IT ATTENDANCE RELATED? >> YES. >> HE SAID IT WASN'T ATTENDANCE. >> I NEVER SAID THAT! WILL YOU STOP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH! TO STOP , START OVER. >> WHY WAS HE NOT REAPPOINTED? >> AS A COMMITTED BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE TALKED AMONGST US. AND, YOU EVEN BROUGHT IT UP YOURSELF. ATTENDANCE IS AN ISSUE AND A CONCERN FOR YOU. >> I'M ASKING ABOUT YOU ALL. WHY DID YOU THREE DECIDE NOT TO BE POINT MARCUS COLEMAN? HE SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING. THE REASON OTHER THAN WE HAD OTHER APPLICATIONS. >> LET US ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SO WE CAN MOVE ON. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD. >> WE FEEL --. >> HOW ABOUT YOU FEEL, HE FEELS, SHE FEELS INSTEAD OF WE BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WANT TO DO IT SEPARATELY? >> MAYOR, WHAT DO YOU WANT? >> I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU FELT MARCUS COLEMAN, WITH HIS EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WAS NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED? WHAT WAS THE THING? >> WE FEEL WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES THAT WE WANT TO GO FORTH AT THIS TIME THAT ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THE CANDIDATES NOT BEING REPLANTED. DO YOU DISAGREE? ATTENDANCE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. THAT WAS A PIECE FOR SURE. THAT'S WHY WE SENT IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNSEL. >> WHAT PART OF HIS ATTENDANCE? >> BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MISSED --. >> A POINT OF ORDER, SIR. >> INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN TALK ONE TIME. WE DO A MOTION, YOU CAN TALK ONE MORE TIME, WE TAKE A BOW. THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED. >> HE DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THE QUESTION. >> YES IT DOES, AFTER THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES. I HAVEN'T BEEN EITHER. >> THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS BROUGHT FOR THE PANEL OF PEOPLE HE WANTS WITH. MAYBE YOU WILL BOW, NO? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE. I CALL FOR A VOTE. >> DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE VOTES. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. >> THE MOTION TO CALL THE VOTES. IF THERE IS A SECOND, IF IT PASSES BY TWO THIRDS, YOU CAN CALL THE VOTE. HIS MOTION PREVAILS A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> MAYOR ASKED FOR A VOTE INITIALLY. CAN WE CONSIDER COUNCILMEMBER CLARK'S AS A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND HIS, THAT IS FINE. >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK'S TO CALL A VOTE. SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM GORDON. DARE I SAY DISCUSSION ON THAT? >> THERE ISN'T THE DISCUSSION. NOT DEBATABLE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CLARK? >> AYE. >> >> WAS THAT TWO-THIRDS? >> IT FAILED. >> OKAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CLARK? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS? >> WASN'T THERE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE NOMINATIONS? HE PROCEED TO ASK EVERYBODY THERE ? >> I DID NOT FINISH THE QUESTION. I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER CLARK. >> JUST AS IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY GET RE-STAYED IN THEIR SEATS WHEN THEIR TERM IS UP, YOU SHOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO GET REAPPOINTED AS ABORTIVE COMMISSION. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE. IF WE GET BETTER CANDIDATES HE SAID WE NEED TO UPGRADE ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION OVER TIME. I LOOKED AT THE RESUMES, WE GOT THE CANDIDATES THEY COME FORTH. ATTENDANCE WAS NOT AN ISSUE. EDC IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOARDS. AT LEAST ATTENDED MEMBER HAPPENS TO BE, THEIR TERM IS COMING UP. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE NOMINATING [00:50:03] COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY PUT FORTH THE CANDIDATES THEY DID. THE OTHER CANDIDATES , IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SERVING MEMBERS. HE HAS BEEN SERVING FOR A LONG TIME. IT MAY ALSO BE HE WOULD LIKE A BREAK AND HE IS OKAY TO PASS THE MANTLE. I DON'T KNOW BUT I AM SAYING. WE HAD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF PEOPLE WHO SERVED FOR SEVEN AND EIGHT AND NINE AND 10 YEARS. HE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST AS GOOD AND THEY ARE NEW BLOOD, THAT IS NOT A BAD THING. WE HAVE A PROCESS AND THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE A NOMINATED COMMITTEE. IT WAS UNANIMOUS FROM THE COMMITTEE. WHICH IS THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHICH IS ALMOST ENOUGH TO PASS A VOTE OF FOUR. IT SEEMS KIND OF DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE CANDIDATES BEING PUT FORTH YOU ARE CREATING A STINK. THAT'S PERSONAL FOR YOURSELF. IT'S NO DENIAL PUBLICLY THAT YOU WOULD REFUTE AGAINST ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE OF HOW YOU RESPONDED IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO CALL THE VOTE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WASTING TIME VERSUS EVERYBODY GETTING TO SEE BUDGETS AND EVERY THING ELSE WE GET TO DO TONIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER THORNE? >> AS WE DISCUSSED CANDIDATES, I HAD A HARD TIME SEEING A REASON TO REMOVE PEOPLE UNTIL WE STARTED HEARING THERE HAVE BEEN ATTENDANCE ISSUES. I ASKED FOR THE DATA AND IT WAS CLEAR. I MADE MY DECISION BASED ON THE DATA AND I TOLD THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THE DATA ON THE ABSENCE IS WHAT MADE IT A CLEAR ANSWER TO ME. THAT MADE THE CHOICE FOR ME. THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED. THREE CANDIDATES INVOLVED IN THE BOARD. AND SOME OF THEM WERE MISSING A FAIR AMOUNT OF MEETINGS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WE HAD NEW CANDIDATES WHO WERE READY TO STEP IN. THAT IS WHY I MADE THE CHOICE. >> ATTENDANCE IS THE ISSUE? IF YOU GUYS DID NOT INTERVIEW THEM TO ASK THEM ABOUT WHY THEY WERE MISSING DATES AND WHAT HAPPENED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS A FAIR THING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE WITHOUT ASKING THEM THEIR SIDE? THE SECRETARY NEVER SAID THERE WAS AN ISSUE. I GOT THE DATA. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK USUALLY SAYS SOMETHING OF FACT. AND YOU QUESTION IT. I HAVE THE EXACT PERCENTAGES FOR EVERYBODY WITH 26 MEETINGS. DO YOU THINK? >> IT WAS EIGHT MISSED MEETINGS ON ONE AND SIX MISSED MEETINGS ON THE OTHER. >> THE ONE WITH SEVEN DID NOT HAVE THE TIME. I BROUGHT THE MEMBER OUT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REMOVAL. >> FOR REGULAR AND THREE SPECIAL. ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF HOW THEY CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS? THE PROCESS FOR THAT? >> IT CAN BE CALLED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. CAN YOU COME THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00? ANSWER IS NO AND THEY HOLD A MEETING AND IT IS AN AUTOMATIC MESS. >> I BROKE IT DOWN TO REGULAR AND SPECIAL. DID YOU ASK THEM? WE ARE HAVING CONCERNS HERE. WALK ME THROUGH WHY YOU MISSED THREE SPECIAL MEETINGS? THREE SPECIAL MEETINGS AND FOR REGULARS? >> I DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON? >> BEING ON THE EDC, WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESSES. WE HAD SOME MISSES. AND I THINK, WE HAVE A GOOD COHESIVE GROUP. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR NEW FOLKS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. HUTTO IS A PLACE FOR OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE GREAT CITIZENS WITH GREAT SKILL SETS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND WHENEVER THERE IS TERMS THAT ARE UP WHENEVER THERE ARE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER OTHER FOLKS. I DON'T SEE IT AS A BAD WING. BEING UP HERE AND MAKING A COMBATIVE SAYING. WE HAVE ISSUES WITH FOLKS FEELING THE NEED TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT ABOUT OUR BEHAVIOR UP HERE. WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT. REMEMBER THAT WE WANT FOLKS TO COME OUT AND ADD TO THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE DOING IN HUTTO. THESE NOMINATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, I AM APPRECIATIVE OF FOLKS THAT SERVED ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO CHECK INTO IT WE HAVE AND APPLY. AN OFFER OF [00:55:02] THEIR EXPERTISE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH THE EDC AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GREAT PROJECTS WE HAVE. IN THE PIPELINE. >> A POINT OF INQUIRY AS WELL. SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT BEING APPOINTED AND SERVING AND WE STRUGGLED WITH THAT. YOU WERE APPOINTED TO BE ON THE BOARD AND YOUR APPOINTMENT CAME UP. YOU WERE NOT AFFORDED AN INTERVIEW TO DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS. YOU GOT A PHONE CALL THAT SAYS THANKS FOR SERVING. DOES IT MAKE YOU WANT TO SERVE ON OTHER BOARDS? DO YOU FEEL SOMEWHAT UNFAIR YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW AND DISCUSS CONCERNS? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? >> I DON'T DEAL IN HIGH PEDICLES, SO I DON'T KNOW. >> OKAY. >> ANYONE? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? >> NOTHING ADDITIONALLY THEM WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN STATED. WE HAD QUITE A FEW APPLICATIONS NOT NECESSARILY ON EDC. IT'S BEEN HEAVY-HANDED ON APPLICATIONS AND OTHER BOARDS OF COMMISSION. WE HAVE BEEN BUSY INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH. >> I THINK MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION. I AGREE WITH YOU. WE ARE UP HERE AND AN EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HOLD OURSELVES ABOVE APPROACH. YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. WE ARE MISSING THE MARK. THAT'S IMPORTANT. TO BRIAN'S COMMENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE. I THINK YOU MAKE GREAT POINTS. THIS HAS BEEN FUN. >> MAYOR PRO TEM? >> ALL RIGHT, MY TURN. I WILL SAY THIS. I HOPE IN THE FUTURE NOBODY UP HERE CONTACTS ANYBODY AND TELLS THEM THINK YOU OR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE PROTOCOL. IT'S UP TO THE CITY SECRETARY TO CONTACT PEOPLE. IT GIVES OFF THE WRONG INFORMATION AND THEY GET THE WRONG FEELING. CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU SAY, I DON'T HOLD GRUDGES ON PEOPLE. IF THEY ARE QUALIFIED, I TRY TO UNDERSTAND. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY BETTER QUALIFIED THAN MARKETS. A PERSON SERVED ON THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON THE STATE OF OHIO, THAT'S A HIGH BAR. NOT BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE PROPOSING, IT'S WHY WE ARE NOT PROPOSING A CERTAIN PERSON. >> I WASN'T ON THE WORD. >> HERE IS WHY YOU ARE UPSET. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WILL VOTE. PETER SAYS WE WANT TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> ATTENDANCE AND I GET CONFUSED AND PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE AND IT CONCERNS ME. I GET A LOT OF CONTACTS FROM PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T GET THEIR APPLICATIONS HEARD. WE HAD THE ISSUE. THEY WONDER WHY ARE THEY NOT INTERVIEWING ME? IS IT BECAUSE I'M NOT ALIGNED WITH THIS OR THAT PERSON? THEY DON'T GET REAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS A TIME FOR A CHANGE AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A REASON. ATTENDANCE. IF YOU COUNT SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS. DON CARLSON HAS BEEN TO 80%. AARON CLANCY, 85. MARCUS COLEMAN, 74. MATTHEW MITTON HAS ONLY BEEN TO 77% AND RYAN THOMPSON HAS BEEN 77%. AND TERRANCE OWENS, 85. MARCUS MATTHEW AND BRIAN AT THE SAME PERCENTAGE IN MATTHEW HAS LESS. THEY WERE MAKING COMMENTS THAT THEY MISSED TOO MUCH TIME. HE'S THE THIRD HIGHEST ON EVERYBODY. IT JUST SEEMS , --. >> POINT OF ORDER. DON CARLSON AND BRIAN THOMPSON HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF MISSES. IT'S INTERESTING HOW THE MATH WORKS OUT. I AM AT 77 AND DON IS AT 80? I WON'T QUESTION THE MAYOR'S MATH. >> RYAN AND MARCUS HAVE THE SAME. >> YOU AND MARCUS HAVE THE SAME MISSED DAYS. MARCUS HAD FOR REGULARS AND THREE SPECIALS IF YOU COUNT THE REGULAR WHERE HE WAS WORKING FOR THE CITY AND YOU HAVE THE REGULARS AND THREE SPECIALS. I TOOK THE WHOLE [01:00:03] THING AND TROTTED IT OUT. >> I CAN'T PICK UP THE COMPUTER. >> I GUESS WE ARE DONE? >> PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES, 5-2. >> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, ITEM 12.3 NEXT. >> OBJECTION. >> I'M SORRY, 12.2. >> OBJECTION. >> MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT UP NEXT? >> I HAVE AN OBJECTION. >> HE CAN MAKE A MOTION. >> IS AT SECOND. >> A MOTION BY MAYOR SNYDER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD TO MOVE ITEMS HOLE .2 A. >> I OBJECT TO THAT ONE AS WELL. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE NOT CITY BUSINESS. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE BUDGETS. AND OTHER ITEMS. I THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO SIT HERE AND GO THROUGH WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK WE TAKE CARE OF CITY BUSINESS FIRST. PLEASE? >> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO PEOPLE THEY DON'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE AND THEY MAY BE REMOVED TONIGHT. BEFORE WE GET INTO CITY BUSINESS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR ITEM 12 THREE AND 12 TO TACOMA. >> OBJECTION. >> YOU STATED YOUR MOTION WAS SECOND WITH 12.2 FIRST. NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE WHILE YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. POINT OF ORDER. >> I MESSED THAT UP. ITEMS HOLE .3 AND 12.2 TO MOVE IT UP. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> A MOTION TO MOVE IT UP IN THAT ORDER? >> YOU SIR. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTES. >> [12.3. Consideration and possible action on City Council Place 5 regarding compliance with Resolution R-2023-022 and Section 3.02 of the Hutto City Charter; declaring Council Place 5 per Section 3.06(a) and 3.06(b)(1) of the Hutto City Charter vacant for failure of Council Member for Place 5 to meet the qualifications of office; and if necessary, setting date for the filling of vacancy per Section 3.06(c) of the Hutto City Charter (Councilmember Randal Clark)] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE AXONAL CITY COUNCIL PLACE FIVE REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION ARE DASHED 123 022 SECTION 3.02 OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER. THE CLARION COUNSEL PLACE FIVE OR SECTION 3.06 A AND 3.06 BE ONE OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER BACON FOR THE FAILURE OF COUNCILMEMBER FOR PLACE FIVE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE. AND IF NECESSARY, SETTING THE DATE FOR THE FILING OF VACANCY PER SECTION 3.0 6C OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK? >> I HAD CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT AND QUESTION HOW THE 12 TO ITEM WAS PUT ON , WHY IN TRANSPARENCY, YOU WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCILMEMBER WHOSE HOUSE IS FOR SALE AND THEIR NAME WAS NOT ON THE PROPERTY TAX RECORD. WHERE THEY ACTUALLY FILING FOR RESIDENCY? I SAID OKAY. MAKE IT THE SAME RESOLUTION YOU PRESENTED AHEAD OF TIME. THAT'S WHAT I PUT ONTO THE AGENDA ITEM. HIS HOUSE WAS ON SALE BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED. HIS NAME IS NOT ON THE DEED OF PROPERTY. HOW DO YOU PROVE YOUR RESIDENCY BASED ON OUR RESOLUTION WE SENT OUT TO ALL COUNSEL LAST YEAR. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED? >> POINT OF INQUIRY. YOU STATE THAT THE PUBLIC FOUND OUT I PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. >> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> WHEN YOU PUT THE STUFF ABOUT ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU WERE GOING TO BRING IT UP ON COUNSEL AND ASK FOR AN AGENDA ITEM, I HAD OTHER SAY WHAT ABOUT THIS OTHER PERSON? >> OKAY. WE WILL START WITH YOU. >> MOTION TO TABLE 12.3. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. >> TABLE OR POSTPONE? LATER IN THE MEETING OR TABLE INDEFINITELY? >> IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE IT FOR NOW. NOT INDEFINITELY. JUST TABLE IT. >> MAY WE ASK, WHY. I DON'T [01:05:08] THINK IT IS CITY BUSINESS. WE SHOULD CONDUCT THE OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE WE GET TO THE ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE IT AND REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE IN THE FUTURE AFTER WE CONDUCT CITY BUSINESS. THANK YOU. >> ANYMORE DISCUSSION ON TABLING? >> HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD? >> NAY. >> >> MOTION FAILS. I GUESS WE CAN START AN ORDER. GOING DOWN THE LINE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ADDED? >> I THINK I STATED IN MY OPENING STATEMENT ABOUT THE ITEM. >> COUNCILMEMBER THORNE? >> I WILL WAIT FOR COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD TO MAKE A STATEMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON? >> COUNCILMEMBER KOHLER? >> THE ITEM BRINGS PERSONAL MATTERS APPEAR ON THE DAIS WHICH IS NOT A CITY BUSINESS. I DO APOLOGIZE. TO THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE. I TRIED MY BEST. >> COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD. I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT LIVING IN HUTTO. HOW DO YOU PLEAD? >> I WANT TO STAY ON THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT. NOT GUILTY, I LIVE HERE FOR! THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? >> NO. >> MAYOR PRO TEM GORDON? >> HAVING A HOUSE FOR SALE IN OPINION IS NOT GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSE FOR SALE, FINE. IF YOU MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S AN ISSUE. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. >> PROTOCOL BECOMES PART OF MY TIME. >> THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS. COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD, I GO FAST. DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF HUTTO. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE? >> 3 1/2 GOING ON FOR YEARS. >> THIS YOUR WIFE WORK FOR ISD? >> YES. >> PUBLIC OFFICIALS PERSONAL LIVES ARE VERY MUCH A MATTER OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORAL TURPITUDE CAUSES. WE HAVE THINGS AFFECTING YOU PERSONALLY. IF YOU LIE ON THIS ISSUE, AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LYING ABOUT? THAT'S MY THING. >> ORDER. >> OKAY. >> THEY CANNOT ASK PERSONAL LIVES OF THEIR SPOUSE. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RESIDENCY AT ALL. NONE. WE HAVE DOCUMENTED AND PROVIDE TO PROVIDE RESIDENCY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY DOCUMENTS DISCUSSED IF HE HAS AMARNATH WHICH IS A DRIVERS LICENSE, VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. IF YOU OWN PROPERTY YOU HAVE TO SHOW IT IS HOMESTEADED. IF FRANCE, A RESIDENTIAL LEASE. IF A RANCH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VALID DECLARATION OF DOMICILE. IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THOSE PIECES OF DOCUMENT, HE'S NOT VALID. ANYTHING ELSE DOES NOT MATTER. >> YOU SET A POINT OF ORDER. HE SAID IS NOT PERSONAL. >> YOU'RE ASKING THINGS NOT REMAINING TO THE ITEM. >> POINT NOT WELL TAKEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW BECAUSE I GET CONFUSED ON THESE. I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. >> HE CAN APPEAL IN THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE. >> I APPEAL TO THE FULL COUNCIL. YOU CAN KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS. >> SOMEBODY HAS TO SECOND ANY HAVE TO VOTE AND IT TAKES FOUR. >> I WILL SECOND BECAUSE HE ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY SOMETHING. >> I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE HE ASKED HER. >> CALL THE VOTES ON THE APPEAL. >> SO WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING PERSONAL. AND IN A IS WE CAN ASK. HE DID A POINT OF ORDER. >> THE MOTION STATED SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND. DO YOU STOP THEM FROM TALKING? WE [01:10:07] AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO STOP COUNCILMEMBER. >> IT WAS THE MAYOR TALKING. >> I GOT IN TROUBLE FOR THOSE COMMENTS. WE ARE EVEN NOW. WHEN I VOTES, WE STOP TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL. >> A NAY VOTE IS I CAN CONTINUE MY FIVE MINUTES AND ASK COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD. >> CALL THE VOTES. >> COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON. >> YOUR POINT OF ORDER. >> WE ARE BACK TO, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHEN YOU DECLARE A DOMICILE, TELL ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I SENT YOU STUFF IN THE COUNCIL GOT IT. THE TERM RESIDENCE REFERS TO A PLACE WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL LIVES THAT MAY BE A SPECIFIC ADDRESS REFERRING TO A BUILDING IN WHICH A PERSON LIVES. THE TERM DOMICILE ON THE OTHER HAND REFERS TO THE RESIDENCE AT WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL LIVES WITH INTENT TO MAKE IT HIS PERMANENT HOME. AND AS A VERY DEFINITION OF DOMICILE INCLUDES THE TERM RESIDENCE. IT TAKES ON A LARGER MEANING AND A PERSON'S DOMICILE HAS TO DO WITH THE PERSON'S DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS AND PERSONAL RIGHTS THAT SIMPLY BEING PRESIDENT HOME. I RESIDENCE AS A DWELLING IN WHICH A PERSON LIVES AND CONSIDERED MORE TEMPORARY THAN A DOMICILE AS A PERSON CAN HAVE THE RESIDENCE IN ONE LOCATION AND DOMICILE AND ANOTHER. IN INTENSIVE PERMANENCY REQUIRED IN THE DOMICILE IS NOT REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A RESIDENCE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IN HUTTO WE REDEFINED RESIDENCY AND FIND IT LAST TIME TO INCLUDE DOMICILE BEING PART OF IT. >> CORRECT. HERE'S MY QUESTION. HOW DO YOU FIND OUT IF A PERSON IS INTENT ON MAKING SOMETHING PERMANENT? AND PERSONAL DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS IF YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING PERSONAL? >> SOME OF THE COURT CASES HAVE SAID CLEAR DOCUMENTATION. THERE IS NO LONGER HOMESTEAD IN THE CITY IN THE HOMESTEAD ELSEWHERE. THAT COULD BE A FACTOR. THE DOMICILE WE HAVE IN OUR RESOLUTION IS A DECLARATION OF DOMICILE AND IT'S JUST AN ATTEMPT TO REMAIN. I INTEND THAT THIS IS MY HOME AND MY DOMICILE. I MAY BE TEMPORARILY ABSENT WITH ANOTHER RESIDENCE ELSEWHERE. A LOT HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENCES. THE DOMICILE IS WHERE YOU INTEND TO REMAIN AND IT'S A SIMPLE DECLARATION UNDER CASE LAW. >> IF HE GOT MARRIED IN SOME OTHER PLACE AND HE'S NOT MARRIED HERE, WILL IT NOT HELP ESTABLISH THE RESIDENCY AND IF HE DOESN'T WORK? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YOU CAN'T ASK HIM WHERE HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS IS? >> POINT OF ORDER. I'M ASKING LEGAL QUESTION. >> I DON'T HAVE REFERENCES ON ANY CASES THAT USE THAT. IT HAS ALL BEEN BASED ON SOMEBODY STATEMENT AND INTEND TO REMAIN THAT MAY BE TEMPORARILY ABSENT. I MAY GO SOME OTHER PLACE AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE THIS IS MY DOMICILE. YOU PROVE IT THROUGH THE CASE LAW WITH WHAT WE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE. WHICH WAS VOTER REGISTRATION AND UNEXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS. >> A UTILITY BILL. COULD BE USED. >> I HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND 23 SECONDS LEFT. WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER AND OVERRULING AND ALL OF THAT. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVE WITHOUT GETTING PERSONAL. THE HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE MARKET. IF IT SELLS, DO YOU INTEND TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS? >> THAT'S NOT THE REQUIREMENT. [01:15:02] LAST PART OF IT SAYS ANY TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF A PERSON FROM THE RESIDENCE MAY BE FOR TEMPORARY PURSE WITH THE INTENT TO RETURN TO THE RESIDENCE AS EVIDENCED BY THE PERSON INTENT THAT THE RESIDENCE BE THE PERSON'S DOMICILE. REMEMBER. IT IS WHERE YOU INTEND TO STAY. AND THE PERSON HAVING LEGAL RIGHT AND ABILITY TO RETURN TO THE RESIDENCE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON. >> IF HE'S PERMANENTLY TRYING TO STAY IN HUTTO. IT'S A CONCERN THE HOUSES FOR SALE AND EVERYBODY ASKS THIS GUYS GETTING READY TO MOVE. >> PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY. WHAT'S A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES? >> PEOPLE CAN SPEAK OUT OF ORDER. >> MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> THAT'S A SECOND. DISCUSSION ON THAT. HEARING ON, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> MAYOR PRO TEM GORDON? >> DAY. >> ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCUSATIONS MADE AND WE WANT TO TABLE IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO QUELL PEOPLE'S FEARS. HE MAY BE GETTING READY TO SKIP TOWN. THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD MAY BE VIOLATING THE ELECTION CODE AND MOTOR VEHICLE CODE BY NOT CHANGING HIS LICENSE BECAUSE HE LIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU LIVE THERE ALREADY? WAS IN YOUR OPENER? >> YOU CAN'T SPEAK FREELY BUT YOU CAN ANSWER. >> I'D BE LYING, BUT HOW DO YOU PROVE IT? >> WHERE YOU ARE LIVING. >> YES IS THE ANSWER, I WANT TO CLARIFY. >> DO YOU INTEND TO STAY THERE? THAT'S ALL YOU NEED. >> THAT'S IT. >> IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK UP. IF HE MOVES OUT OF HUTTO. >> FOLLOW ME. I'LL PUT A GAME CAMERA OUT THERE. I'LL PROBABLY STAY HERE, THAT'LL SURPRISE SOME PEOPLE. I GUESS WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONFIRM COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD MEETING OF QUALIFICATIONS. FOR SECTION , HE HAS A VIOLATION OF 306 A AND ONE OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER. HE MEETS QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE AS OF AUGUST 1, 2024. >> SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION. >> TO CONFIRM THE AGENCY REQUIREMENT. AS OF TODAY. I'M NOT GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT FOR TOMORROW. >> WE CAN DO THIS EVERY WEEK. >> WHO WAS SECOND ON THE MOTION? >> I WAS. >> WE HAVE A COMMENT. NICOLE? >> DID IT COME IN PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING? FOR THE PROTOCOL? >> I KNOW STATE LAW. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL BE BRIEF. >> CAN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VOTE. >> I HAVE A PERSON WHO FILLED OUT A FORM. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK, JUST TELL ME AND WE CAN TABLE IT. >> CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. IN REFERENCE OF THE CONVERSATION AND THE SHOWS LIGHT YOU CAN CUT THROUGH THE CHASE. THE QUESTION OF YOUR PERSONAL MATTERS AND WHERE YOU LIVE IS ALL COLLECTED ON YOUR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES. REVIEWED BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE CITY PROTOCOLS AND THE CHARTER FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION NOT HAVING MET SINCE 2021. IT'LL BE EVERY 12 MONTHS AND THAT'S WHAT REVIEWS WHERE YOU LIVE AND [01:20:01] WORK. WHERE YOUR SPOUSE WORKS IS A VALID QUESTION. SET OF CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION, YOU USE THE ARMS OF THE CITY AVAILABLE FOR THE SORT OF THINGS AND CALL A MEETING OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION TO REVIEW. THAT'S ALL. >> ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? HEARING ON, CALL THE VOTE. >> >> TO THE PAST, 7-0. 12.2. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE [12.2. Consideration and possible action on City Council Place 3 regarding compliance with Resolution R-2023-022 and Section 3.02 of the Hutto City Charter; declaring Council Place 3 per Section 3.06(a) and 3.06(b)(1) of the Hutto City Charter vacant for failure of Council Member for Place 3 to meet the qualifications of office; and if necessary, setting date for the filling of vacancy per Section 3.06(c) of the Hutto City Charter (Mayor Mike Snyder) ] ACTION ON CITY COUNCIL PLACED THREE REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION ARE -2023-022 AND SECTION 3.02 OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER. THE CLARION COUNCIL PLACED THREE PER SECTION -- AND SECTION -- OF THE HUTTO CITY CHARTER BACON FOR FAILURE OF COUNCILMEMBER REPLACE THREE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE AND IF NECESSARY SETTING THE DATE FOR THE FILING OF VACANCY PER SECTION OF HUTTO CITY CHARTER. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. >> ONE MOTION TO TABLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON. IT TAKES FIVE OF BOTH TO TABLE. >> FOUR. >> FOR BOTH TO TABLE? OKAY. ANY DISCUSSIONS? CAN WE DISCUSS IT? >> ANY DISCUSSION TO TABLE? HEARING NINE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> >> >> THE MOTION FAILS. >> OKAY. I GIVE THEM AN EMAIL. REASONS BEHIND THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE BEST WAY TO INCLUDE IT. I WAS REPRIMANDED A YEAR AGO FOR FAILING TO FOLLOW THE SPIRIT OF A CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT NOT DISCLOSING PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WHAT BANKS EVERYBODY BANK SET. IT'S A BIG DEBATE ON THE SPIRIT. TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD A COUNCILMEMBER WHO THE RUMOR WAS HAD MOVED. THE FIRST SET ON MOVING TO HOUSTON AND THEY HAVE THIS GREAT BACKUP JOB AND I'M LEAVING. PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT STUFF AND I SAID UNLESS YOU HAVE PROOF OF NOT DOING ANYTHING. IT WAS ON THE MARKET AND THAT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S NOT LIVING HERE. WE HAD A BIG DEBATE AND THE LAW THEN WAS WHETHER WE DID AND DEFINE RESIDENCY. YOU GO TO SAN ANTONIO COURT CASE AND YOU GET MAIL AT A VACANT LOT, THAT'S RESIDENCY. IT WAS ABOUT WERE YOU INTEND TO LIVE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN AND NO MORE GAME PLAN AND NONE OF THAT. THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE TERM DOMICILE. YOU INTEND TO BE AT AND LIVE IN ALL OF THAT. YOU DO YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SECONDED IT AND WE PASSED IT. HE'S CALLING AND ALL THE TIME AND HE LIVES IN HOUSTON. YOU HAVE PROOF. OTHERWISE I'M NOT INTERESTED. NEXT THING I KNOW, I'M GETTING DEEDS TO A HOUSE HE PURCHASED. WITH HIS NEW WIFE AND HE WAS MARRIED AND HAS COUNTY. AND HE BOUGHT A HOUSE WITH HIS WIFE IN HARRIS COUNTY. A VERY BIG HOUSE. OKAY. BACK THEN WHEN I HAD CONCERNS I MET WITH COUNCILMEMBER CLARK. WE MET AT THE HALL OF FAME I HAD A BEER AND A BURGER. ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE AND HE SAID NO SIR. IF I FIND OUT OTHERWISE I FEEL YOU ARE VIOLATING CHARTER ON THE GUY. HE SAID NOTHING. I LET IT GO. IT WAS LAST FALL. I SEE YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE AND YOU ARE MARRIED OUT OF THE CITY WITH THE HOUSE IN THE CITY IN THE COUNTY YOU ARE MARRIED IN. I SAID OKAY, I WENT BACK AND THERE WERE COURT CASES AND EVERYBODY WANTS PROOF. BROWN VERSUS BOLDEN. SINCE 1857 THEY HAVE BEEN DEBATING RESIDENCY AND HOW YOU DETERMINE RESIDENCY IN THE STATES. WE WENT TO STEP FURTHER AND SAID IT INCLUDES A [01:25:02] DOMICILE. THAT COURT CASE THEY WENT ON TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DOMICILE THING THAT COULD BE BUT ONE DOMICILE AND SEVERAL RESIDENCE IS. RESIDENCE IS TRANSIENT IN NATURE BUT BECOMES A DOMICILE WHEN , --. THAT DEFINES THE PERMANENCY. LATER ON IN 1869 THEY SAID THEY MAY HAVE ONE DOMICILE PLUS A SECOND RESIDENCE. I DON'T KNOW THE GUY BUT -- IN 1951 DETERMINED THE ELEMENTS OF LEGAL CONCEPTS ARE AN ACTUAL RESIDENCE. AND THE INTENT TO MAKE IT THE PERMANENT HOME. FROM A COURT CASE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE WORD HOME SEEMS TO MEAN A TRUE FIXED AND PERMANENT HOME AND PRINCIPAL ESTABLISHMENT WHEREVER HE IS ABSENT WITH THE INTENTION OF RETURNING. THERE MAY BE BUT ONE OF SEVERAL RESIDENCES AND WE ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION THE ELEMENT TO MAKE A PERMANENT HOME IS UNNECESSARY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECOND RESIDENCE. ALL THESE CASES AND MANY MORE DEBATING WHAT A RESIDENCE IS WHAT DETERMINES A SECOND ONE. YOU CAN HAVE BUT ONE DOMICILE AND MULTIPLE RESIDENCES. IT'S WHERE YOU -- WITH THE INTENTION OF REMAINING. IN MY OPINION BY MARRYING CRYSTAL IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND BUYING 600 AND BUYING $600,000 HOME, THIS SHOWS HIS INTENTION. I DON'T DISAGREE IN A BROAD SENSE OF RESIDENCE SEE. YOU DON'T HAVE A DOMICILE. YOU TOLD ME YOUR DAUGHTER AND SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT LEAVES ME TO BELIEVE IT IS TEMPORARY THAT YOU WERE HERE. BEING A LEGAL GUARDIAN AND NOT BEING HERE. LEAD ME TO BELIEVE YOU WERE HERE TEMPORARILY UNTIL SHE GRADUATES. HE TOLD PEOPLE YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. YOU WERE TEMPORARILY HERE FOR A YEAR. I BRING THAT UP. I LIKE THE LEGAL MEMO AND HOW THAT'LL BE. IF THEY DETERMINE THE DOMICILE IN HOUSTON, IT IS A VOTE OF THE SIMPLE MATURITY WE GOT CLARIFICATION AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WENT. IS MUCH AS YOU AND I ARGUE THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT ARGUING. MOST PEOPLE KNOW I LIKE TO ARGUE, ASK MY WIFE. WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE RULES AND INTENTS. YOU HAVE TO LIVE HERE. IT HAS TO BE A DOMICILE AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY. SHE SAY THIS IS YOUR DOMICILE, YOU ARE LYING. NO WAY YOU MARRIED SOMEBODY. >> POINT OF ORDER, YOUR DECLARING THAT I AM LYING AND THAT IS NOT TRUE. >> I CAN SEE YOU ARE LYING. I FIND YOUR STATEMENT TO BE NOT TRUTHFUL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO MARRY SOMEBODY IN A CITY BY THE HOUSE IN THE CITY AND SAYS I HAVE NO INTENTION OF LIVING HERE PERMANENTLY. I'M GOING TO LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY. IT'S NOT COMMON SENSE. I WISH YOU WOULD'VE RESIGNED AND SAID I'M MOVING AND I HAD CHANGES IN MY LIFE AND I'M GONE AND THE GAME CREATES THE ISSUE. PEOPLE SAY DON'T ERROR THE DIRTY LAUNDRY. I WILL AIR THE LAUNDRY. THE PEOPLE APPEARED ASIDE TO DIRTY THIS OR NOT. IF YOU KNEW YOUR SHORTS WOULD BE LINED UP. WOULD YOU TAKE A SHOWER BEFORE, HE PROBABLY WOULD. I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'LL MAKE ME LOOK BAD. WE KEEP TURNING A BLIND HIGH -- A BLIND EYE. WE HAD ASSAULTS THAT WE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO --. >> HOLD ON! POINT OF ORDER, POINTS OF ORDER. THAT'S PROOF. POINTS OF ORDER, THERE WAS NO PROOF. YOU CANNOT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WILL YOU SAID IT, AND WE WILL BE MOVING ON. RIGHT? >> GO ON. >> PEOPLE WONDER WHY PEOPLE DISTRUST THE COUNSEL SO MUCH. WE DON'T HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE PROTOCOLS CALLED THE MAYOR MIKE PROTOCOL BECAUSE THE ONLY TIME WE DO IT [01:30:04] IS WHEN WE THINK I DID SOMETHING WRONG. WE KEEP HAVING PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER CITIES BUT CLAIMING THEY GET MAIL AND HAVE A VOTER CARD. MAKES CAPABLE OF DOING EVERYTHING. PEOPLE WONDER WHY E WAY THEY DO UNHAPPY. WE ARE EMBARRASSING THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THIS AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CITY. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP AND I LIKE TO ARGUE WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER NINE MONTHS AND THREE YEARS AND I'M. IF YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIOUS GET GOING. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. BEFORE ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION DECLARING CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE. VACANT FOR FAILURE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE. FOR THE RESIDENCY. >> SECOND. >> DID I SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY? >> YEAH. THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THAT AGENDA ITEM. YOU CAN TAKE IT? QUESTION IS THE FIRST ONE. >> I THINK THAT IS EASY BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH GOING ON. IT'S A POINT OF ORDER. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? >> HUTTO IS MY DOMICILE AND MY DECLARED DOMICILE. I AM HER CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND I LIVED HERE AS SHE GOES TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WHOSE HOUSES FOR SALE AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL BY THE OTHER HOUSE. ME HAVING A HOUSE DOES NOT MEAN I'M LIVING HERE EVERYDAY WITH THE TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND THIS IS MY DOMICILE. I PROVIDE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AND MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN MY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR MY PROPERTY. I'M AN 18 YEAR RESIDENT AND I HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN EVERYBODY BUT PETER AS A COUNCILMEMBER AND I DO CARE ABOUT HUTTO AND I KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE YEARS. MY DOMICILE WILL BE HERE UNTIL IT IS DIFFERENT THAN A GUARANTEE IT'LL BE HERE THE ENTIRE TIME OF MY ELECTED OFFICIAL WHEN I TOOK MY OATH OF OFFICE FOR MY THREE-YEAR TERM. >> I JUST GOT CONFUSED. THIS IS YOUR PLACE UNTIL IT CHANGES BUT IT'LL BE YOUR PLACE UNTIL THE END OF YOUR TERM? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? >> THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS NOT MY DOMICILE. >> THIS IS YOUR DOMICILE UNTIL IT CHANGES. >> I DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE. >> I WANT TO REPEAT BACK WHAT YOU SAID TO MAKE SURE I'M SAYING IT RIGHT. DID YOU SAY HUTTO IS MY DOMICILE UNTIL IT CHANGES? AND IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MY DOMICILE AS LONG AS I'M IN MY TERM OF OFFICE? >> FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY. >> WE JUST SOLVED IT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD RESIDENCE IS NOT PERMANENT. HE WON'T BE THERE FOR AS LONG AS HIS HOUSE SELLS. SHE DOESN'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS BY THAT LOGIC AND HAS HOUSES FOR SALE AND HE WILL BE HERE THROUGHOUT HIS TERM. YOU CAN GET CALMED UP IN WEEKS AND HAVE TO GO. MY DOMICILE IS DECLARED TODAY. IT IS HUTTO. >> POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RESOLUTION. THE DECLARATION OF DOMICILE IS WHERE THE PERSON INTENDS TO REMAIN A. HEATED PROVIDE TO ME THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT HE REFERENCED THAT ME THE QUALIFICATIONS OF RESIDENCY UNDER OUR RESOLUTION. >> IS THERE A PENALTY? LET'S SAY HE SAYS THIS'LL BE MY PERMANENT PLACE. AND THE HOUSE GOES ON A MARKET AND IT MOVES OUT FIRST WEEK OF MAY. >> IT'S YOUR INTENT TO REMAIN. UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO SAY I DON'T INTEND TO REMAIN HERE ANYMORE OR YOUR ACTION SO YOU LITERALLY MOVED AND CHANGED YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE >> THE COURT CASES SHOW YOU HAVE TO .2 LEGAL DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE THERE IS NO RESIDENCY . THE PERSON ABOUT THE HOUSE, I HAVE THE DEED. >> I WASN'T MARRIED AND HUTTO OR HARRIS COUNTY. I WAS MARRIED [01:35:04] IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. >> POINTS OF ORDER. >> POINT WELL TAKEN, SIR. >> AM OKAY SUSPENDING THE RULES. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. >> HE PROVIDED TO ME AND I VERIFIED IT. STATEMENT DECLARATION HE INTENDS TO REMAIN. IF ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS CHANGE, THE QUESTION CAN BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN. IF IT IS DETERMINED HE CLAIMED THE HOMESTEAD, ON A HOUSE IN HARRIS COUNTY, DOES IT CHANGE? WHAT WOULD HE HAVE TO DO. A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. >> THOSE WOULD BE PROOF OF RESIDENCY. IF HE CONTINUES TO SAY AND HE HAS SOME RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND THE RESIDENCE DOCUMENTS WE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION COUPLED WITH SAYING MY DOMICILE I INTEND TO REMAIN HERE. HE CONTINUES TO SAY HIS DOMICILE IS AND HUTTO. >> THE HOMESTEAD IS HARRIS COUNTY. >> I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. THE HOMESTEAD IS HERE IN HUTTO. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? HEARING ON, CALLED A VOTE. >> >> THE MOTION FAILS. >> MOTION TO CONFIRM CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE. CONFIRM WHAT? >> THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IS MET. BASED ON THE REQUIRED RESOLUTION IS BEING MET. IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE MOTION TO CONFIRM THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE. >> MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICE. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? >> YES. MOTION TO DECLARE MEETING QUALIFICATIONS OFFICE AND ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION. >> IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. HE MET EVERY REQUIREMENT REQUIRED FOR THIS. HE HAS PROVEN HE MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS. THE SAME WAY COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD DID. EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE HE PROVIDED PROOF OF OTHER THINGS BESIDES THE DECLARATION. I FIND IT INTERESTING WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS CLEAR CUT HE MET THE REQUIREMENTS. SOME OF US MAY NOT LIKE IT. SOME OF US BELIEVE HE IS FOLLOWING THE LAW. HE MET THE REQUIREMENT PERSONALLY. I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. THAT'S JUST MY STATEMENTS. >> I WISH I COULD SAY NOT EVERYBODY WAS TRUTHFUL IN EVERYTHING THEY SAY. LAST YEAR, WE HAD A PERSON OVER THERE AND COUNCILMAN PORTERFIELD SEE THE CLEARING I LIVE IN HUTTO AND I LIVE IN HUTTO WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT UP I LIVE HERE? >> YOUR HOUSE IS VACANT SO WORRY YOU LIVE? >> WELL I LIVE HERE. >> TURNS OUT LATER, SHE WAS GONE. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL WAS DIFFERENT. I DON'T TRUST ANYTHING ANYBODY SAYS. YOU HAVE TO TRUST EVERYBODY UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE. THE PUBLIC WANT PROOF ON THINGS A PERSON SAYING HERE'S MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. OKAY, MAYBE HE'S VIOLATING THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OR ILLEGALLY VOTING. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY VOTING, THE STATE OF TEXAS PASSED LAWS TO TRY AND STOP IT. WHY WOULD HE LIVE. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I GET PAID TOO MUCH. WE'VE HAD THAT DEBATE. I WISH I HAD A GLASS HALF-FULL. WE ARE LIKING AND YANG. I WISH I [01:40:03] LOOKED AT THINGS WITH ROSE-COLORED GLASSES ALL THE TIME BUT I GET DISAPPOINTED WITH PEOPLE I HOPE HE'S HERE AT THE END OF HIS TERM. I'LL BE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IF ALL THE SUDDEN HE'S GONE WE ARE CALLING IN ON MEETINGS. I'M OUT DOING THE WORK THING AND HE'S IN HOUSTON. IT'LL BE DISAPPOINTING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE DESERVE. >> I WANT TO POINT OUT AND I KNOW WE ARE GOING DOWN FOR THE NEXT THING. THE CALL IN TIMES WAS WHEN I WAS DEALING WITH THE DEATH IN MY FAMILY AND DEALING WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BODY OUT OF STATE AND I CALLED INTO A COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAID I HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING. I DON'T MISS MEETINGS. WHEN I DO MISS I SAY I'M GOING ON VACATION AND I LET PEOPLE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME LIKE IN JUNE. I'M HERE. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HEARING QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE A RESIDENCY. >> POINT OF INQUIRY. I SHOULD TRUST YOU. WHEN WE MET AND I ASKED YOU IF YOU HAD INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS AND HE SAID NO, WERE YOU LYING THEN AND THE RELATIONSHIP HAPPENED LATER? PLEASE. >> GO AHEAD. >> MOTION TO LIMIT THE CONVERSATION. >> IT PERTAINS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. >> WE ARE MAKING A COMMENT ON THE MISSION SHOULD VOTE FOR THE RESIDENCY. YOU MADE YOUR STATEMENT AND WE ARE DONE THAT IS MY TALK. >> THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE HAD OUTSIDE OF THE DAIS. IF YOU REALLY HAD AN ISSUE, DID YOU CALL THEM UP AND ASK HIM? DID YOU CALL UP? DID YOU TALK AND HAS HAD THESE ISSUES? OUTSIDE OF THIS DAIS ? CITY BUSINESS SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE INSTEAD. >> YES. I MET WITH HIM WHEN THERE WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIM AND ANOTHER PERSON ON THE COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME. I MET THEN WHEN THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HIM MOVING TO HARRIS COUNTY. I TEXTED HIM AND WE TALKED. >> YES. >> SOMETIMES -- SOMEHOW, YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET? >> WELL WE MET. >> WHAT FURTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS TO HAVE -- TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. >> I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO TRUST SOMEBODY OR NOT. WHAT INVOLVES TRUST. >> WE CLEARLY DO NOT HAVE TRUST ON THIS COUNSEL. THAT'S FOR SURE. >> YEAH, NOBODY SHOULD TRUST ANYBODY FOR SURE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE SET ON IT? HEARING ON, HERE COMES THE VOTE. >> >> ALL RIGHT. NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF. ITEM A .1, BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025. TWO OF IT PLEASES YOU, WE HAVE THE JUDGE HERE WAITING TO BE APPOINTED FOR THE COURT. AND I'M HAPPY , YEAH. >> IN CASE I GET A TICKET, I WANT LENIENCY. >> IT ALLOWS HIM TO BE APPOINTED ON THE NEXT ITEM. >> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? >> CAN WE DO 11 ONE RELATED TO [10.1. Consideration and possible action on Ordinance No. O-2024-029 amending the Hutto Code of Ordinances by amending Article 1.05 of Chapter 1 "General Provisions" of the Hutto Code of Ordinances which is entitled "Municipal Court," by amending DIVISION 1 GENERALLY; Article 1.05 to establish a Municipal Court of Record No. 1 for criminal matters; AMENDING Division 2. Judge to provide for the appointment of a Municipal Court JUDGES FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD NO. 1 AND NO. 2; TO PROVIDE FOR the appointment of a court clerk for the Municipal Court of Record No. 1 and No. 2; amending Division 3 Fines, Costs and Special Expenses to provide for the collection in the Municipal Court of Record No. 1; establishing a Municipal Court of Record No. 2 for Civil matters, BY ADDING Division 4 Civil action; adding Division 5 Alternative Enforcement and providing an effective date of September 1, 2024. (Legal)] THE COURT OF RECORD? >> HEARING THEN WE DO 10-1 POSSIBLE ACTION ORDINANCE NUMBER --. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING THE ARTICLE OF CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WHICH IS ENTITLED MUNICIPAL COURT BY AMENDING ARTICLE 1.05 TO ESTABLISH A COURT OF RECORD NUMBER ONE. FOR CRIMINAL MATTERS A MINI DIVISION II TO PROVIDE APPOINTMENT OF A COURT JUDGES FOR THE COURT OF RECORD NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A COURT CLERK FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD, NUMBER ONE AND TWO. DIVISION III FINAL COST AND SPECIAL EXPENSES PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD NUMBER ONE. ESTABLISHING A COURT OF RECORD TWO FOR CIVIL MATTERS ADDING THE VISION FOR THE CIVIL ACTION AND DIVISION FIVE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2024. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO. YOU APPROVED THE ORDINANCE ON MAY 2, 2024 WITH A 6-0 VOTE. THE JUDGE WORKED ON THIS ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR AND WE CHECKED ALL THE REFERENCES WITH NO ERRORS IN THE ORDINANCE. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF CALLING A DIVISION I CRIMINAL [01:45:02] DIVISION II AND CIVIL, AND TO BE IN A CIVIL COURT OF RECORD NUMBER ONE FOR CRIMINAL MATTERS. FOUR CIVIL MATTERS NUMBER TWO. THE CURRENT RECORD ALLOWS YOU TO APPOINT JUDGES AND YOUR CLERK FOR THE COURT OF RECORD, NUMBER ONE AND TWO. WE LOOK AT THE FINE SECTION WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT YOU PASSED TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN STILL COLLECT THE FINE AND COURT COSTS AND SPECIAL EXPENSES ALLOWED BY STATE LAW IN THE COURT OF RECORD. FOR THE CRIMINAL MATTERS. WE ADDED FAILURE TO APPEAR BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT IN YOUR PREVIOUS ORDINANCE. THERE IS A $25 FEE IF THERE IS A CONVICTION ON FAILURE TO APPEAR THAT THE CITY CAN COLLECT. HAVING TO BRING THE DEFENDANT TO THE COURT FOR THE PROSECUTION. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IN THE COURT NOW AND THE NEW COURT OF RECORD WOULD BE TO ADD THE CIVIL ACTIONS . YOU HAVE THE SAME JURISDICTION A STATE LAW FOR THE CIVIL MATTER AND YOU HAVE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT. FOR A PROCEEDING WHERE THE JUDGE WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED AS THE HEARING OFFICER. AND JUDGE WILSON IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> QUESTIONS AND ACCENTS FOR ITEM 10 ONE. >> ITEM APPROVE AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY CLARK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? >> I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE YOU ARE HERE SO LATE. I KNOW YOU WORKED TODAY AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE WITH TIME AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND PERSONAL LIFE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR SERVICE. THE CITY WILL BE BUSY WITH PD. WITH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> BEING A LAWYER I ENJOY THE PROCESS TO BE HONEST AND I APPRECIATE THE PASSION AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS. I'D RATHER YOU BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PROCESS OTHERWISE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I CAN CLEAR ANYTHING UP AND I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. -- HAS THEM WORK IN GETTING IT SET UP FOR YOU. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AND WE ARE READY AT THE COURT. IT WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 1. WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS ANYTHING FILED AS OF 1201 WILL BE FILED IN THE COURT OF RECORD EITHER FOR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OR CIVIL PROCEDURE. WE ARE READY TO GO AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL ALL WORK OUT WELL AND IT CAN BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND CITIZENS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THIS IS A BIG BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS AND I WANT TO ASK THE MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE COURT AND COMMUNICATION STAFF TO RELEASE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE KINDS OF CASES THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BRING TO THE COURTS. WE CONTINUE TO SEE CONTRACTORS MANAGING PEOPLE'S YARDS AND UTILITY EASEMENTS. AND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE NOTIFIED OF GAPING PLOT HOLES IN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DON'T FIX THEM. AND PEOPLE ARE DAMAGING THEIR CARS DRIVING THROUGH THEM AND INKS LIKE THAT. IT'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET JUSTICE FOR THOSE ISSUES. I WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN DO. >> WE CAN SET UP COMPLAINT FORMS AND HELP CITIZENS FILL OUT THEIR COMPLAINTS. >> ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CLARK? >> [11.1. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2024-162 appointing Judge Lucas Wilson as the Administrative Hearing Officer of Municipal Court of Record No. 2. (Legal) ] 11.1, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE -2024-162 APPOINTING JUDGE LUCAS WILSON AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER OF MINUSCULE COURT OF RECORD NUMBER TWO. TO ME I MAKE A MOTION? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> PASSES, 7-0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY. TO YOU JUST NEEDED THE ORDINANCE PASSED? [01:50:06] >> IF WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE THAT'LL USE THE ALTERNATIVE PROCEEDING. WE NEED THE HEARING OFFICER IF THEY DECIDE TO APPEAL TO SOMEBODY ELSE WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A JUDGE TO HEAR THAT. WE MAY HAVE TO BRING BACK THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. >> A DIFFERENT JUDGE TO HEAR THE APPEAL. WE TALKED ABOUT NOT TRUST ANYBODY AND YOU GAVE ME NO REASON TO NOT TRUST YOU. BUT IT'S A JUDGE FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LAW FIRM. >> THE JUDGE I HAVE IN MIND IS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. HE KNOWS THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE. >> WE WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT TIME. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT PASSED BEFORE WE STARTED DRINKING PEOPLE IN FOR THE APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY. >> I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS IT'S A CIVIL PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE SO APPEALS ARE LESS LIKELY. WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL CASE WE HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE. BUDGET PRESENTATION [8.1. Budget Presentation for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (City Manager James Earp) ] FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025. I GAVE YOU EXTRA TIME TO BE READY. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK LAST YEAR I SAID I DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT FROM DOWN HERE. THAT'S THE WHOLE TRUTH. FOR THE RECORD, CITY MANAGER, AND I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AND OVERALL BRIEFING OF THE BUDGET THAT STUFF WORKED HARD TO PUT TOGETHER AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF YOUR BUDGET TEAM . I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. MATT WHEN ASCII. BURDA BARRETT. CHRISTINA BISHOP. GABE IS NOT HERE, BUT IT WOULD BE GABE. DAVID AMSLER. SHAY. CATES. ETHAN. AND WELL. I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY WITHOUT LOOKING. >> MATT RECTOR. >> THE BEST FOR LAST >> I WANT TO THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TEAM THAT IS BUILDING YOUR BUDGET. THIS IS THE TEAM THAT HAS WORKED HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS. POST OF THE MONTH. MANY OF US PROBABLY 20 HOUR DAYS FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS IN A ROW. MATT HAS THE RECORD ON ALL OF US. BETWEEN CIP AND PROJECTION IN REVENUE AND BUDGET BOOK AND MAKING TRANSPARENT SO THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS IN A WAY THAT IS REALLY UNIQUE. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH THE CALIBER OF TALENT YOU HAVE WORKING. I'M PROUD OF AND PLEASED WITH THE WORK PRODUCT THAT HAS COME OUT OF THESE FOLKS. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO THANK THEM FOR THE TIME THEY PUT IN FOR WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT. >> WE WILL START WITH A VIDEO THAT SUMMARIZES THE WORK COMPLETED OVER THE LAST YEAR. THE VIDEO WE SHOWED ON SATURDAY WAS A WORKSHOP AND THIS IS ACTUAL MEETING. WE WILL REPLAY IT REAL QUICK. I WILL BEGIN THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION. >> BEAR WITH ME HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. WELCOME TO HOW DOES BUDGET REVIEW. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEDICATED COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS AT THE HEART OF EVERY DECISION. THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PRUDENT SPENDING, WE MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET WHILE INVESTING IN KEY COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD AND NOW HOLDS TWO TRANSPARENCY STARTS. THERE ARE OVER 60 ACTIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE THANKS TO A [01:55:03] CIP DASHBOARD WHERE PROJECT INFORMATION CAN BE EXAMINED, INCLUDING FINANCIAL DATA. THE INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION ALONG WITH MONTHLY PRESENTATIONS FROM CITY ENGINEERS CREATES MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WATCHED -- WITH THE FIRST COMMUNITY EVENT AND RESOURCES THE BOLSTER SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES IN HUTTO FOR GROWTH. INITIATIVES FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION REDUCING THE TAX BURDEN ON RESIDENTS INCLUDE LIFESTYLE OPTIONS LIKE JACK ALLEN'S CONDITION AND -- AND INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS COMING ON WITH BUSINESSES LIKE SKYBOX, -- IN PARADIGM. COMMITMENTS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE RESULTED IN INCREASED EFFICIENCY, LOWER EMPLOYEE ATTRITION AND ENHANCED SERVICE DELIVERY FOR COMMUNITY. COLLABORATION WAS STRENGTHENED ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC WORKGROUPS. IT PROMOTES DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES DELIVERED HIS KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. THE OFFICE COLLABORATED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ENHANCE THE TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS A HEALTHY ATTENDANCE WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF HUTTO CITIZEN UNIVERSITY AND HAS MADE A BETTER THAN EVER INCLUDING AN ALUMNI VERSION FOR GRADUATES. HUMAN RESOURCES COMPLETED A PAY PARITY AUDIT AIMING TO RECRUIT TOP TALENT. TEAM HUTTO JOINED TOGETHER FOR A CELEBRATORY HOLIDAY BANQUET AND IMPACTFUL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE. TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS LAUNCHED GALLUP AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY SOFTWARE THAT'LL BE USED TO ASSESS AND TRAIN LEADERS. COMMUNICATION COMPLETED BY ANNUAL SURVEY AND THE TEAM IS LAUNCHING SMALL SURVEYS FOR DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP A PULSE ON COMMUNITY FOR ESSENTIAL TOPICS. RESIDENTS TUNED INTO THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LATEST NEWS DELIVERED TIMELY WITH ACCESSIBILITY WITH TOP OF MIND. PHASES HAVE BEGUN FOR IMPROVED SERVICE REQUEST SOFTWARE FOR RECORDING POTHOLES, FEEDING, WATER QUALITY ISSUES, SPEEDING COMPLAINTS AND MORE. ADVANCES CONTINUE AS I.T. DEPARTMENT ROUNDS THE CORNER ON SWITCHING BONE SERVICES THE VOICE OVER IP AND A MORE RELIABLE FIBER PROVIDER. WE CONTINUE TO BE RANKED ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS ACQUIRING SAFETY, INVENTORY AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ADDING A DEDICATED I.T. SPECIALIST TO OUR POLICE ROSTER. HUTTO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE PAID IN THE TOP 80TH IN THE TOP 80TH PERCENTILE IN THE AUSTIN AREA RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RECRUITMENT OF TALENT WITH OFFICERS. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAS ESTATE IMPROVED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THE FOCUS ON PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. MASTER MOBILITY IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE DATA TO INCLUDE ECONOMIC SHIFTS, DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION CHANGES AND EVOLVING RESIDENT PREFERENCES. WORKSHOPS ON SPRING -- SWING WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, C.A.P. AND BUDGET WORKSHOPS COLLECTING VALUABLE FEEDBACK IN PERSON AND ONLINE. WE ENHANCE PUBLIC SPACES, ORGANIZE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND LISTENED TO FEEDBACK TO MAKE AMENABLE IMPROVEMENT TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN THRIVE! HIGHLIGHT REELS FILL SOCIAL MEDIA FEES , COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND LIBRARY. HUTTO ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BECAUSE OF A SMALL TOWN FEEL OF FREE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS AND PEOPLE WHO UPHOLD THE HIP AWAY. NONE OF IT AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. YOUR COMMITMENT MADE THESE A COPPERSMITH OF REALITY. WE ARE EXCITED TO LOOK AHEAD, CONTINUE THE JOURNEY TO DRIVE HUTTO FORWARD. >> SO I WANTED TO NOTE THAT OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF, THE COUNCIL WILL BE WRITING THE OUTLINE FOR NEXT YEAR'S VIDEO AND FOR THE NEXT YEAR WE ARE WRITING THE SCRIPT. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S JUMP TO THE PRESENTATION. >> THAT IS. THEY ARE HERE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT ON EITHER SIDE O YEAR AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY ARE CONTINUATION OF THE WATER [02:00:05] WASTE WATER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE 2024 CO BOND. ROAD MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION. MENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SIDEWALK AND DRAINAGE REPAIR. PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION. INCREASE QUALITY OF SERVICES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU WILL START TO SEE A THEME OF THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES YOU WILL SEE THESE THINGS START TO RISE TO THE TOP. SO THE BUDGET MILESTONES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY WE HAVE THE BIANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY. THAT IS WHAT THE WHERE WE GET THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IS A SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY. IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO DEMOGRAPHICS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. ALTHOUGH SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK IT GIVES THE COUNCIL A GOOD TOOL FOR DECISION-MAKING. OR AT LEAST INFORMING DECISIONS ANYWAY. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WAS HELD WITH COUNSEL ON MARCH 23RD. THE PUBLIC BUDGET WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN APRIL. TWO OF THEM WE HAD THE CITY OF HUTTO STRATEGIC PLAN ADOPTED ON JUNE 6. THE IP LIST THAT WENT TO BEFORE THE CIP WENT TO -- WAS WORKSHOP THAT WE DID NOT PUT THE DATE IN THERE BUT IT WAS WORKSHOP BEFORE IT EVER WENT TO THE PARKS BOARD AND PNC BUT IT DID THE COUNCIL CIP THE LONG MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WERE JULY 13TH AND 27TH. THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTED IN MARCH. THAT IS A LONG TIME THAT WORKS TOGETHER INFORMATION INTO WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW IS I AND THE STAFF SUBMITTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL AND REGISTERED IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY YESTERDAY. WE ARE HERE TODAY. SO THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL OF THE CITY IS FOR HUNDRED $38 MILLION. THAT IS A LOT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THAT IS NOT A LOT OF OPERATIONS. THIS SLIDE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE BECAUSE I REALIZE THE NUMBERS AND THE TAGS ARE HARD TO READ. BUT THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION AND WATER WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THAT IS OVER TWO THIRDS OF THAT CIRCLE. A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ENDED UP FUNDING CAME THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEAR. AND PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SOME OF THESE ARE DONE BY COUNSEL POLICIES. SO MANY OF THE NONPROFIT THAT ARE FUNDED ARE FUNDED THROUGH A COUNCIL POLICY OF SENDING 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT ENTITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS TO MAINTAIN. AND THOSE ARE LISTED HERE. BUT ALONG WITH THAT CAME THE STREET MAINTENANCE EMPHASIS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. SIDEWALK AND TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION. THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. AND THEN FUNDING OF SOME NONPROFITS. RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAX REVENUE THROUGH VALUE ASSESSMENTS. LAND RESEARCH FEASIBILITY STUDIES DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. INTEGRATION OF THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY PROPOSED. ENHANCEMENT OF PARKLAND EGG RICH GREEN SPACES. SUPPORT FOR OTHER NONPROFITS. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY OUR AGREEMENTS WITH SIMPLE COLLEGE. AND THEN OF COURSE THE THREE MAIN NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR AREAS HOPE ALLIANCE WILLIAMSON COUNTY ABACUS SENSOR AND --. ALL OF THOSE YOU WILL FIND FUNDED IN THE BUDGET. WHENEVER YOU START GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO IN THE PILLAR OF COLLABORATION FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EFFICIENCY, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU WILL FIND FUNDED IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL. INCREASED FUNDING FOR COUNTY DISPATCH SERVICES. PURITY CONVERSATION LONGEVITY CITYWIDE CERTIFICATION PAYS. SUPERVISES ACADEMY FOR INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT. SOFTWARE FOR TRACKING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATIONS. MS PROJECT MANAGEMENT MICROSOFT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. IRON MOUNTAIN STORAGE. MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR CROSS DEPARTMENT ADJECTIVES AND ANALYTICS. FELLOWSHIP FOR VETERANS. CITY COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SATELLITE COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WORK ORDER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR PUBLIC WORKS. NETWORK CORE SWITCHES AS THE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDES THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. AND ALL THE CITY FACILITIES BUT MULTIFUNCTIONAL SKIT FEAR. UTILITY SERVICE TRUCK WITH CRANE. THAT IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE BIG CRANE ON THE BACK DECK AND LIFT HEAVY PUMPS UP OUT OF THE LIFT STATIONS AND DEAL THAT TYPE OF WORK. A MINI EXCAVATOR [02:05:01] DUMP TRUCK. AND DRUMROLL ARE THOSE GOING INTO THE STREET DEPARTMENT BUT THE MINI EXCAVATOR AND TRUCK ARE FOR OUR NEW DRAINAGE CREW THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND FUNDED IN THE BUDGET. THAT WILL START WORKING AND REPAIRING THE DRAINAGE DITCHES THE COVERTS AND BUILDING SIDEWALKS. THERE IS FUNDING FOR GPS FIELD EQUIPMENT. A POLICE COMEX OFFICE. THAT IS THE TEMPORARY BOXES. AC REPLACEMENT FOR THE EXISTING POLICE BUILDING. BROADCASTING APPLICATION. AND THEN FUNDING FOR A SPECIALIZED DRONE FOR THE PD. UNDER MAINTAIN FINANCIAL STABILITY. THERE IS FUNDING FOR AN ARMORED CAR SERVICE INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICE. THAT IS MOSTLY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE HOLDING FOR THESE PROJECTS. E PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE TO STANDARDIZE OUR PROCUREMENT. VARIOUS CYBER DETECTION AND SECURITY TOOLS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR FINANCIAL DATA AND OUR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION. AND THEN FUNDING FOR A NEW UTILITY RATE STUDY. UNDER GROW RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY THERE IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN AQUATIC CENTER FUNDED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THERE IS FUNDING FOR A DEMOGRAPHER. I DID SPEND EMPHASIS ON THIS ON SATURDAY AND THAT IS TO STANDARDIZE OUR PROJECTIONS OF OUR GROWTH WHERE THE GROWTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHICH CCN AND WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WERE USING VERY VERY SCIENTIFIC DATA INSTEAD OF BASING TRAJECTORY AND PROJECTIONS OFF OF HISTORY. LAND-USE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. FUNDING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS. WE ARE AT THE POINT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING SOME OFF SYSTEM TRAFFIC SIGNALS VERY SOON. WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING AND INTEGRATING OVER TO BEING ABLE TO RUN TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE NEW DRAINAGE CREW WHICH I MENTIONED. CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE. NOW THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN OPERATE ON SITE PLANS FOR OUR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. CONSULTING FOR ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SEWER CAMERA INSPECTION EQUIPMENT PICK THIS ALLOWS THE LARGER SEWER SYSTEMS TO BE INSPECTED BY CAMERA TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. CRACK SEAL EQUIPMENT THAT IS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE. WHENEVER YOU SEE ALL THE TAR THE SNAKES ON THE ROAD THAT IS THE CRACKED CEILING. THEY'RE TRYING TO PREPARE THE SURFACE FOR TURNING WATER. AND THEN REPAIRING OF THE DOWNTOWN IRRIGATION SO WE CAN START TO GET THE VEGETATION BACK ALIVE AGAIN. CREATING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE. UNDER THIS PILLAR, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR ENHANCED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND AN ACCESSIBLE TRAIL OF LIGHTS THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT ADAM PARK FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. RETOOLING HOLIDAYS AND HUTTO TO FOSTER DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MINDFULNESS. WE HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT. THIS IS NECESSARY FOR US TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR BACKLIT STOP SIGNS AND STREET SIGNS WERE NECESSARY. INCREASE FUNDING FOR STREET REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. SO WE HAVE FULL FUNDING FOR THAT. WE WILL HIT THAT WHENEVER WE GET DOWN LATER. INCREASE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. WE ALSO HAVE A NONPROFIT SUPPORT AND A FAIR FOR THE NONPROFITS THIS YEAR. SEED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. FULLY FUNDED OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PLANS THAT IS THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STREET REPAIR MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE 50% FUNDING FOR A SAFETY VEHICLE THAT WILL BE USED BY PUBLIC WORKS BUT WOULD BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FULL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND JUST USE IT WHENEVER WE NEED IT. PUBLIC PREPAREDNESS EVENT FOR EMERGENCY SCENARIOS. WE HAVE REVISIONS FOR THE CITY HALL GENERATOR TO BRING IT INTO CODE COMPLIANCE. DEBRIS REMOVAL TRAILER TO BE USED FOR DOWN LIMBS AND STUFF DURING STORMS. BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO BE USED BY HOAS HAVING CLEANUP DAYS FOR CHAINSAWS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS NECESSARY. THE GIN BUILDING HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CARRY OVER TO FINISH OUT IN OCTOBER. SO OUR CERTIFIED TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATIONS AS PROVIDED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY OUR TOTAL CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUATION IS 5.5 BILLION. THAT IS UP TO $700 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR. IT IS A 13.3% INCREASE YEAR-OVER-YEAR. AND THEN THE AMOUNT THAT IS USED IN THE CALCULATION OF THE REVENUES FOR THE BUDGET IS 5.1 BILLION. THAT NUMBER EXCLUDES THE NUMBERS THAT ARE EITHER UNDER PROTEST OR UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE OR SOME OTHER AREA WHERE THE FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX RATES. SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE CURRENT TAX [02:10:02] RATE. THEN WE HAVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. I AM PROPOSING THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IN MY BUDGET POINT FOR 59607. THAT IS 32 POINT 59 THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. AND MAINTAINING THE INTEREST IN SEEKING RATE OF 1336. THIS IS THE SNAPSHOT OF THE CURRENT YEAR. THIS IS NOT NEXT YEAR. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES WILL BE PROPOSING IN THEIR TAX RATES. HUTTO RIGHT THERE IS AT POINT FOR TWO WHICH IS THE CURRENT TAX RATE. THE NEXT TAX RATE ON THIS CHART IS FOR .699. WE ARE FAIRLY COMPETITIVE. WITH THE LIST OF CITIES AGAIN COUNSEL CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO CHANGE AROUND THE LIST OF CITIES WE WANT TO COMPARE TO. MOST OF THESE ARE WILLIAMSON COUNTY OR CITIES LIKE US. EITHER PHYSICALLY NEAR US OR LIKE US. HERE IS A COMPARISON OF WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS DONE IN HUTTO THE LAST DECADE . FROM 15 TO 20 FOR. SO IT SHOWS THAT THE ORANGE IS THE INS RATE IN THE GREEN IS THE THERE IS THE CURRENT OR IS THE M AND O RATES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE YEARS. THE YELLOW IS OVER THERE SHOWING THE FULL RATE. BUT AGAIN I'VE SHOWN YOU WHAT THE INS RATE WOULD BE WITH THE .1336. THE ONLY NUMBER RATE --. SO I ALWAYS GET THE QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE HOMEOWNERS FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT IS BEING PRESENTED? HERE IS THE TABLE AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON YOUR COUNSEL FOLDERS TOO. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC WHENEVER IT GOES ON THE WEBSITE. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OVER ON THE LEFT IS EXISTING. YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL WITH HOMESTEAD RESIDENTIAL WITH ALL WITHOUT HOMESTEAD IN ALL RESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES. THERE ARE TAXES THAT WERE PROJECTED FOR THE AVERAGE OF EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES IN 2023. WHICH IS BASICALLY LAST YEAR. AND THEN THE PROPOSED RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR NEXT YEAR 25. THE ANNUAL CHANGE IS LISTED IN THE NEXT COLUMN. IT SHOWS YOU THE RESIDENTIAL ALL IS $173.15 FOR THE YEAR. WHICH IS A MONTHLY INCREASE OF $14.43. AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING INCREASES IN WATER OR WASTEWATER RATES. IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PERCENT CHANGE YEAR-OVER-YEAR IS IN THE FINAL COLUMN. THE RESIDENTIAL ALL IS 12.83%. THE HIGHEST IMPACT IT WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL WITH HOMESTEAD AT 14.72%. HERE IS WHERE YOUR MONTHLY TAX BILL GOES TO THE CITY. SO, CALCULATING ON AN AVERAGE HOME BASED OFF THE DATA OF A $331,000 HOME YOUR PROPERTY TAX IS EFFECTIVELY $173 A MONTH OR $1522 ANNUALLY. EVERYONE IN THE CITY THAT HAS AN AVERAGE PROPERTY LIKE THAT IS EFFECTIVELY SAVING $215 AND $.45 FROM A PROPERTY TAX. THEY'RE RECEIVING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OF $215.45. THAT IS COMING FROM THE HALF CENT SALES TAX BUYING DOWN THE TENT PROPERTY TAX RATE. EVERY MONTH WHENEVER THAT PAYMENT IS MADE OR EVERY YEAR WHEN THAT PAYMENT IS MADE HOW DID THE DOLLARS GET SPLIT UP? THIS IS WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES. $173 IS SPLIT UP THIS WAY. PREDOMINANTLY IT IS GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND ROADS WHICH MAKE SENSE. THAT IS WHAT CITIES ARE MOSTLY ABOUT. YOU CAN SEE HERE WERE ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET HOW MUCH OF THAT MONTHLY PAYMENT THEY RECEIVED. OURSELVES TAX REVENUES WE ARE PROPOSING 15.4 MILLION THAT IS TOTAL COMBINED THAT IS NOT ALL AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL FUND USAGE. BECAUSE IN OUR CITY WE HAVE 2% OF SALES TAX. SO THE STATE GET 6.25 OF OUR 8.2 BY THE GHOST OF THE STATE. TO BE RE-APPORTIONED OUT FOR THE VERY THINGS THAT THEY DO. THE CITY COLLECTS 2%. OF THAT 2% ONE PERSON IS AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE OTHER PERSON IS SPLIT HALF GOING TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE HUTTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THE OTHER TAX BUYDOWN THAT I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE. THIS IS FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE SALES TAX REVENUE GROWTH. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING DOUBLE OR TRIPLE DIGIT TYPE GROWTH. CERTAINLY THE ECONOMY AND HUTTO HAS MAINTAINED ITS STRENGTH. AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. BUT WE ARE NOT MAKING AGGRESSIVE PROJECTIONS IN ANY OF OUR GROWTH NUMBERS. SO PROPOSED FUNDS AND FINANCIALS. HERE IS THE ALL FUND LIVES. THE REASON I SHOW THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THESE FUNDS ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE BUDGETED EVERY [02:15:03] YEAR. NOW MANY OF THEM ARE VERY SMALL. SOME OF THEM MAY JUST BE $1000 OR SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER INSIGNIFICANT. IT HAS TO BE DONE. THE MAIN ONES THAT ANY CITY DEALS WITH ARE GENERALLY THE GENERAL FUND AND THE UTILITY OPERATING FUND. THOSE ARE USUALLY THE TWO BIGGEST. AND THEREFORE THE MOST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. IN OUR CASE WE ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE CAPITAL FUND BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE ARE FUNDING IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THIS YEAR YOU WILL HAVE THREE LARGE FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND UTILITY FUND AND THE FUND PAYING FOR THE CAPITAL. WE ALSO HAVE IMPORTANT FUNDS THAT WE WILL ADDRESS AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH JUST THE ALL FUND SUMMARY. THOSE IMPORTANT FUNDS ARE WHERE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COME INTO THE CITY USUALLY GENERATED FROM DEVELOPMENT OR SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT. WHICH INCLUDE THE IMPACT THE FUND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT THE FUND, THE REGULAR M BACK IMPACT THE FUND FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. THE TRAFFIC IS FOR TRAFFIC AND ROADS. WE ALSO HAVE THE PARKS IMPROVEMENT FUND WHICH IS FOR USE FOR PARKS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE FUND FOR THE SPECIAL DISTRICT AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE BEING CREATED. WHICH IS MOST PROJECTS NOW ARE BEING CREATED WITH THOSE TYPES OF DISTRICTS. SO THOSE FOLKS PAY INTO THE CITY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THOSE DISTRICTS. ALTHOUGH CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT. I THINK I MAY PAUSE RIGHT HERE AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO AMSLER DO WE HAVE THE MATRIX? IT IS NEXT? OKAY. IT IS ON A SEPARATE SCREEN. OKAY. BEFORE I START GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS. WE ARE PUTTING IT IN YOUR FOLDER. THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON ASKED AT THE SATURDAY PRESENTATION I WOULD REALLY HAVE LIKED TO SEEN A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES PRIORITIZED FROM THE SURVEY TO THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP -- TO THE COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS IS THAT DOCUMENT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO REFERENCE AS YOU ARE DOING REVIEWS OF THE BUDGET AND GIVING FEEDBACK AND MAKING DECISIONS ON WHAT SHOULD CHANGE. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT IS THERE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT THE MAC YOU ARE MOST WELCOME FROM WE CAN HAVE A PAPER COPY OF THAT IN FRONT OF US WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET? >> THINK YOU CAN HANDLE PRINTING SOME COPIES OF EXCEL SHEET? >> SO OVERVIEW OF THE CITY FUNDS AGAIN FOR HUNDRED 38 MILLION TOTAL. 335 MILLION IS THE PLANNED CIP PENDING IN FISCAL YEAR 25. I PROPOSING 15 NEW POSITIONS. LAST YEAR IT WAS CLOSER TO 40. I DID HAVE CLOSE TO 40 REQUESTS THIS YEAR. BUT I REALLY FOCUSED ON THE AREAS I FELT THE CITY WAS STRUGGLING OR WAS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE AGAIN IS THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE. THE CURRENT TAX RATE IS .42. AND THEN ALL THE CERTIFIED RATES ARE PROVIDED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THESE ARE THE ACTUAL CERTIFIED RATES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS NOT A SPACING AT OFF OF STAFF MATH. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET THE TOTAL BUDGET 30 FOR MILLION 898 WHICH INCLUDES COST OF LIVING. IT WILL INCLUDE PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT NEW POSITIONS OF COURSE. PROGRAMS AND PROJECT EXPENSES ARE ALL GOING TO BE LOCATED THERE. 656,000 NINE CIP CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. MOSTLY EQUIPMENT AND A SHIP MACHINERY. THE GENERAL FUND IS EFFECTIVELY INCREASING IT EXPENDITURES BY 3.9 MILLION. UTILITY FUND BY 11.1 MILLION PREDOMINANTLY TO PAY DEBT SERVICE. THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY WITH THE 11.1 MILLION INCREASE DOES. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE 15 PROPOSED PERSONNEL. 12 ARE LOCATED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 3 OF THE GOING UTILITY FUND FOR A TOTAL COST OF 1.5 MILLION. I WOULD SPLIT THAT UP TO WHERE YOU SEE THAT 1.2 IS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 366,000 AND THE UTILITY FUND. WE WERE CAREFUL ABOUT INCREASING UTILITY FUND OPERATION EXPENSES. DUE TO THE SHEER AMOUNT OF PROJECTS BEING PAID FOR THE BY THE UTILITY FUND. AND TRYING TO HOLD BACK ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL IMPACTS TO THE CITIZENS AND NEEDING TO INCREASE UTILITY RATES IN THE FISCAL YEAR. IF THE 15 FTES ARE APPROVED I WILL BRING THE TOTAL COUNT OF THE SOULS THAT ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY TO 209. I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPOSED RECLASSIFICATIONS. THESE ARE [02:20:03] PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS WHO ARE CERTAINLY GROWN TO THE POINT OF DESERVING A PROMOTION AT THAT POSITION DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST. IT IS A RECLASSIFICATION. THAT MEANS I'M TAKING SOMEONE WHO WAS TITLED A SENIOR OR A JUNIOR AND MAKING THEM A SENIOR OR TAKING SOMEONE A SENIOR AND MAKING THEM A FULL-BLOWN. THAT IS WHAT ALL THIS IS. I WILL NOTE TO THE POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN ON THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP, ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND THOSE ARE COMING UP WHAT WE HAVE VACANT. WHAT WE COULD LOOK AT UTILIZING TWO FUND A NEEDED POSITION. I ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK. ORGANICALLY I WAS APPROACHED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THERE AND THEY HAD JUST HAD THEIR THIRD FAILED INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR. HE SAID WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO DO WAS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPERVISING THAT. SO HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIS OPEN VACANCY EVERY CLASS THAT TO SUPERVISOR. I AGREED THAT THAT WAS WISE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SHIFTING CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS AND ENGINEERS ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. SO HERE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT MADE MY CUT. FIRST IS MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST AND COMMUNICATIONS. THAT POSITION IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND IMPROVE OUR TRANSPARENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATE. CHIEF BUILDING OFFICER. THIS HAS BEEN ON THE REQUEST YEARS BEFORE I GOT HERE. IT WAS ON THE REQUEST LAST YEAR. THE PRIMARY REASON I'M LOOKING AT FUNDING THIS NOW IS BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL AND NOT IS USUALLY COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS. SO OUR CURRENT BUILDING INSPECTORS CAN INSPECT RESIDENTIAL ONLY. THEY ARE NOT LICENSED TO DO COMMERCIAL. A CHIEF BUILDING OFFICER OR OFFICIAL IS LICENSED TO DO BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND CAN TEACH OUR UNDER THEIR LICENSE THEY CAN TEACH OUR INSPECTORS HOW TO ALSO DO THOSE INSPECTIONS. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS GROWING RAPIDLY. NEXT IS TO POSITIONS NOW. A DEVIATION FROM SATURDAY. I DID A LOT OF BUDGET-CUTTING FROM SATURDAY TO TODAY OR YESTERDAY. I CUT ALL OVER $1 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO GET DOWN TO BEING ABLE TO ADD ASSOCIATE ENGINEER AND OTHER THINGS BACK IN AND THEN STILL LEAVE MONEY LEFT OVER. THESE TWO VISIONS ARE NECESSARY PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER SHEER NUMBER OF CIP PROJECTS WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE MANAGING THE DESIGN WHO ARE MANAGING THE CONTRACTORS IN THE FIELD. WHO ARE HAWKING THE BILLS AS THEY COME IN AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PENNY OF PUBLIC MONEY IS BEING SPENT WISELY. THE ASSOCIATE ENGINEER IS BASICALLY LIKE AN ENTRY-LEVEL ENGINEER. SOMEONE WHO MAY BE IN EIT ENGINEER AND TRAINING. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO OFFLOAD SOME OF THE PLAN REVIEW BURDEN THAT IS ON OUR ACTUAL CITY ENGINEER RIGHT NOW. I NEED HIM OPERATING AND DOING OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN BEING IN PLAN REVIEW ALL THE TIME. IT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THAT REGARD. MUNICIPAL COURT. SO, YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT MAKING MUNICIPAL COURT RECORD WHAT YOU DID NOT HEAR IS THAT THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT HAVE GROWN BY ABOUT 30% THIS YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN AVERAGING 3500 A YEAR FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS BUT THIS YEAR THEY ARE 5100. AND PD IS FULLY STAFFED. WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH ACTUAL VETERAN EMPLOYEES INSTEAD OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR PAYROLL BUT ARE AT THE ACADEMY BEING TRAINED OR NOT ACTUALLY OUT OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY. THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VACANCIES BECAME OPEN AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEY HAD A RETIREMENT AND A RESIGNATION BECAUSE THE PERSON MOVED. BUT THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WHICH ALSO MEANS THEY ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS. BUT ALSO YOU CAN TELL BY THE TRAFFIC WAIT ON 79 THAT THERE IS MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL CITATIONS. MUNICIPAL COURT NEEDS RELIEF. IN THE FORM OF ANOTHER PERSON TO HELP DEAL WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. THIS NEXT POSITION IS NOT COUNTED IN THE TOTAL FTES BECAUSE IT IS A SEASONAL POSITION. IF YOU WANT TO COUNT IT IT WOULD BE A .5 BECAUSE THAT IS USUALLY HOW WE CALCULATE PART-TIME POSITION. WE HAVE THREE CAMP DIRECTORS. HAVING A FOURTH WOULD ALLOW THE CAMS TO SPLIT INTO TWO [02:25:02] LOCATIONS. WHICH COULD DO ONE OF TWO THINGS WHICH I PROPOSED ON SATURDAY. EITHER ALLOW US TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ENROLLMENT FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPS. OR IT COULD ALLOW US TO START CAMP FOR ALL ABILITIES. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK ANYBODY ELSE OFFERS AT LEAST WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF WHERE WE ARE AT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT REQUEST ANY ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME OFFICES THIS YEAR. THEY ASKED FOR THEIR EMPHASIS TO BE ON CIVILIAN STAFF. THE MAIN ONE THAT THEY WERE PREDOMINANTLY INTERESTED IN WAS THE CRIME ANALYST. BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. THE CRIME ANALYST POSITION IS A CIVILIAN ROLE THAT DOES ANALYTICS THAT PREPARES AND REVIEWS DOCUMENTATION. THAT PUTS TOGETHER CRIME TRENDS AND GIVES MANAGERIAL INFORMATION TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE PD AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL BY PROVIDING THE REPORTS. ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO HAVING A CRIME ANALYST BE ABLE TO PERFORM THAT DUTY INSTEAD OF IT SPLIT UP AMONG THREE OR FOR A FIVE PEOPLE PEOPLE PULLED FROM OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES TO DO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MULTIPLIER EFFECT OF OUR CAPABILITIES. THE NEXT TWO ARE MOSTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE ARE THE CRISIS SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS A CRISIS SUPPORT SPECIALIST IS GENERALLY SOMEONE WHO IS A LICENSED COUNSELOR THEY MIGHT BE A LICENSED THERAPIST. BUT EFFECTIVELY THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR MENTAL CRISIS. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN PD. PARTICULARLY MORE AND MORE TODAY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GENERALLY ENGAGING PEOPLE ON ONE OF THEIR WORST DAYS. HAVING SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO DE-ESCALATE OR TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THOSE FOLKS RATHER THAN THEM AND UP IN JAIL OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO. LIKEWISE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE. THE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY A LICENSED THERAPIST OR A COUNSELOR. WHAT THEY ARE IS SOMEONE WHO IS THERE A FACE FROM THE PD TO HELP WHENEVER SOMEONE IS A VICTIM OF A CRIME GET CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. IT MAY BE SOMETHING SERIOUS LIKE GETTING THEM TO THE WOMEN'S SHELTER OR THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER FOR A PRIVATE INTERROGATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD. INVESTIGATION MAY BE THE RIGHT WAY. THOSE ARE SENSITIVE MATTERS. IT IS THE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR THAT HELPS. MANY TIMES VICTIMS WHENEVER A CRIME IS COMMITTED WE TEND TO THINK OF GETTING THE BAD GUYS BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND WHO ARE VICTIMS OF THE CRIME. THAT IS WHAT THE JOB DOES. STREETS AND DRAINAGE THESE FOR POSITIONS INCLUDED STREET TECH ONE STREET TECH TO THAT IS THE DRAINAGE CREW. SO SHOULD THE COUNCIL IN THEIR REVIEW DECIDE WE ARE NOT READY TO OR NOT WANTING TO DO IT IN-HOUSE THAT ENTIRE CREW IS THEIR PURPOSE IN GOING DOWNTOWN REBUILDING THE DRAINAGE REBUILDING THE COVERTS BUILDING SIDEWALKS REPAIRING SIDEWALK TECHNICALLY WHAT THEIR ENTIRE PURPOSE IN BEING IS. THE LAST THREE OTHER UTILITY POSITIONS. THE FIELD SUPERVISOR POSITION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPLIT OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. TO WHERE WE HAVE THEM OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY INSTEAD OF ALL UNDERNEATH ONE. THIS WOULD BE INCREASING THE BANDWIDTH AND THE CAPABILITIES IN THE FIELD. THE UTILITY LOGISTICS COORDINATOR IS EFFECTIVELY A POSITION THAT IS PLANNING OUT WORKSITES IS PLANNING OUT THE NEEDS AND ORDERING MATERIALS AND MAKING SURE MATERIALS ARE ON SITE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WITH HER CRUISE TO DO THE WORK. EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO ORDERING PIPE AND GRAVEL AND ASPHALT AND SAND AND HAVING THE MACHINERY LEASED IF WE DON'T HAVE IT -- SO THE CRUISE TO SHOW UP AND DO WORK. THAT IS WHAT THAT POSITION DOES. THE LAST ONE IS UTILITIES FIELD MANAGER. I DID HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN HERE LAST TIME. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE CLASS THAT. THERE IS A FIELD MANAGER OVER STREETS. AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS TENURED AND EXPERIENCE TO BUILD A TRAIN UP OUR FOLKS TO SHOW THEM THE BEST WAYS THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF DOING THE WORK THEY ARE DOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND HELP THEM BE EFFICIENT THAT COMES FROM THAT TYPE OF A POSITION. THAT IS THE 15 THAT PROPOSED FTES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. >> HERE ARE THE VACANT [02:30:04] POSITIONS. I TELL YOU THIS WAS GOING TO CHANGE THAT IS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD JOB OFFERS OUT IN MANY OF THESE ARE UNDER RECRUITMENT RIGHT NOW. FOUR OF THEM ARE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BECATHE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEY JUST STARTED RECRUITING FOR THOSE. THOSE ARE CARRIED OVER INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT IS FOUR OF THE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS. THE MAIN ONE THAT WE HAVE OPEN RIGHT NOW ARE THE UTILITY TECHNICIANS. WE HAVE FIVE UTILITY TEXTS AND THOSE ARE WATER AND WASTEWATER BOTH. THAT IS WHAT THOSE TECHNICIANS DO TODAY ANYWAY. WE HAVE THE SKATER UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT. I'M SORRY. ACCOUNTANT AND FINANCE. I KNOW I THINK THEY'RE INTERVIEWING FOR THAT. BUDGET MANAGER ALSO. THE BUSINESS RESOURCE SPECIALIST AND ECONOMIC ELEMENT. AND FINANCE THE COMPLIANCE ACCOUNTANT THIS IS THE ACCOUNTANT WHO WOULD BE TESTED FOCUSED ON AUDIT AND INTERNAL CONTROLS. CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION THIS IS THE COORDINATOR ONE THAT I TOOK ONE OF THE THIS IS THE VACANCY THAT I PROPOSE WE RECLASSIFY. CUSTOMER SERVICE REP UTILITY BUILDING BECAUSE AMY WAS JUST PROMOTED TO GO INTO ACCOUNTING. WE WILL BACKFILL THE UB. HAPPY LIEUTENANT POSITION OPEN FOR INTERNAL JUDGMENT WHICH WILL MEAN A SERGEANT WILL BECOME OPEN WHICH WILL MEAN A PATROL OFFICE BECOMES OPEN. GENERALLY WE DO NOT HIRE COMMAND STAFF FROM OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. WE HAVE A PLANNER POSITION THAT OPENED UP AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT IS UNDER RECRUITMENT RIGHT NOW. THE SENIOR UTILITY TECH IS ALSO -- THE POLICE SERGEANT THE STREET TECH. THOSE ARE YOUR VACANT POSITIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND TO LOOK AT. >> SO EXISTING WORKFORCE INVESTMENT. RATHER THAN TRYING TO GROW THE ORGANIZATION INTO BY ADDING A LOT MORE FTES I ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE AND EXISTING OR PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS SOFTWARE MACHINERY AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IN REVIEWING OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT WE HAVE FULL FUNDING OF ALL PD POSITIONS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE STEP PLAN. THIS IS WHAT COUNSEL DID LAST YEAR. BY INVESTING IN THE PD. PART OF THE REASON WE ARE ABLE TO BE AT 80% OF THE MARKET. THERE IS PROPOSE FUNDING FOR A COLA INFLATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THAT IS COST OF LIVING. THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR TRANSITIONING ALL THE WORKFORCE TO STEP PLAN. RIGHT NOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STEP IS 3.2% WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN COLA EVERY YEAR. PARODY THAT WE STARTED THAT PROCESS LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF PD. WE DID A PORTION OF EVERYONE ELSE. THIS PROPOSAL STILL DOES NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE THE GAP BUT IT TAKES ANOTHER STEP AT GETTING THE EXISTING PERSONNEL WHO ARE UNDER MARKET OR UNDER WHAT WE ARE SHOWING IN THE STEP PLANS THAT THEY SHOULD BE AT CAUGHT UP. HOWEVER I DID CAP TO WHERE NO ONE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED ANY MORE THAN $10,000. IF YOU EARN MORE MONEY 10,000 IS A SMALLER PERCENTAGE. IF YOU EARN LESS MONEY 10,000 IS A BIGGER PERCENTAGE. RATHER THAN CAPPING IT WITH A PERCENTAGE THAT MADE THE SPIRIT AMONG THE LOWER OWNERS IN THE HIGHER OWNERS I KEPT IT THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE GOOD INSURANCE RATES THIS YEAR. WE ARE ABLE TO NOT PASS ANY INCREASE EXPENSE TO THE EMPLOYEES. AND THE NET INCREASE TO THE CITY WAS JUST $10,000. THAT IS PHENOMENAL. USUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE 100 TO 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS RANGE. PROPOSED NEW EQUIPMENT. THIS IS THE EFFICIENCY STUFF. THIS IS ALSO THINGS TO ENHANCE OUR CAPABILITIES. A COMMUNITY CALENDAR SOFTWARE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP A LOT. A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN GO AND FIND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO DO AND IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE CITY OR ONE OF OUR BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS TO ADVERTISE -- WE ARE HAVING AN EVENT OR A FESTIVAL. WE ARE CLOSING OUR STREET AND HAVING A BLOCK PARTY. THIS ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO A SINGLE LOCATION. THAT IS A SOFTWARE EXPENSE. WE HAVE THE FIBER AND NETWORK UPGRADES. THAT IS REPLACING THE NETWORK SWITCHES AND ALL THE CITY FACILITIES NOT JUST CITY HALL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS. THAT IS NOT JUST ONE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE NINE OF THOSE AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN PARKS LOCATIONS. FOR ITS PART THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS COOL. THE [02:35:08] VALUABLE PART OF THE WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS IS NOT THAT WE WOULD JUST HAVE A LIVE WEATHER DATA AND LIVE LIGHTNING DETECTION. ALSO IT COMES WITH THE ABILITY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR DISPATCH OR WHOEVER WE GIVE ACCESS TO TO TRIGGER ALERTS AND ALARMS FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE PARK. IT IS NOT A TORNADO SIREN BY ANY MEANS. BUT STROBE LIGHTS, SOUND YOU CAN EVEN COMMUNICATE VOICE THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. THAT SORT OF STUFF. IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER IS COMING IN. IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE OUTSIDE THAT ARE EXPOSED WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE THAT IS WHAT THE WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS WOULD ALLOW TO HAPPEN. ENGINEERING IS RECEIVING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET GPS AND SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO DO EFFECTIVELY FIELD SURVEY. THAT DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE TURNAROUND AND SPEED IN WHICH WE CAN RESPOND TO HEY WE NEED TO FIX THIS ROAD OR IS THAT IN THE EASEMENT OR IS IT NOT? SO ON AND SO FORTH WE WON'T HAVE A SURVEY CREW ON HAND. BUT THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO WALK LINES AND IMPROVE OUR GIS LOCATION OF WHERE LINES ARE WHERE MANHOLES ARE AND HOW DEEP THEY ARE. ALL THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION CAN BE HARNESSED WITH THAT. PARKS AND RECREATION. HAS A NUMBER OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SKID STEER USE THE TERM SKID STEER. IT IS CALLED AND YVONNE. BUT IT DOES IT IS LIKE A SMALL TRACTOR THAT HAS DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS FOR THE FRONT. IT CAN SHRED BRUSH. YOU CAN PUT ON A FORKLIFT. IT CAN PUT IN A PERSON LIFT. THOSE OF THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CAN DO. ANY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IT DID NOT MAKE THIS LIST. WE DID TAKE THE EQUIPMENT PIECES AND THEN WE FINANCE THOSE IN OUR PROPOSAL WITH THE LEASE PURCHASE BUT THE SKID STEER IS MORE THAN 18 THAT THE LEASE AMOUNT. WHENEVER WE GET TO THE PUBLIC WORKS THOSE WILL BE LEASE PURCHASES. DOWNTOWN IRRIGATION. THIS IS REPAIRS FOR THE IRRIGATION INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. THE DEBRIS REMOVAL TRAILER WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET. THIS IS FOR CHAINSAWS TO BE ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO BUILD A USED -- TO BE ABLE TO BE CHECKED OUT BY HOAS AND OTHERS THAT ARE DOING CLEANUPS. PLEASE WE HAVE FUNDING FOR A SMARTBOARD. THIS IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS THEM TO DRAW OVER MAPS DIGITALLY ON THE WALL. THAT SORT OF STUFF. THE CONNEX OFFICE SPACES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. AND ALSO ONE OF THE DRONES THEY ASKED FOR. YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE JOAN FOOTAGE FROM OTHER TIMES THEY HAVE DEPLOYED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JOAN. DIFFERENT DRONES HAVE DIFFERENT USES. THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE. WE DON'T WANT THE BAD GUYS TO KNOW WHAT THIS ONE DOES. IT ENHANCES OUR ABILITY TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE HIDING AND RUNNING. STREET MAINTENANCE. THESE ARE THE LEASE PURCHASE. THESE ARE PAYMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE A DRUM ROLLER. THAT IS FOR THE ACTUAL STREET CREW. THE COAXIAL EQUIPMENT ALSO FOR THE STREET CREW. THE DUMP TRUCK AND EXCAVATOR THE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR THE DRAINAGE CREW. THOSE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. UTILITY OPERATIONS WE HAVE THE SEWER CAMERA INSPECTION WHICH IS ALSO LEASE PURCHASE. WE HAVE THE UTILITY TRUCK WITH THE SERVICE CRANE. ALSO A LEASE PURCHASE. AND IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. THE ASSET MANAGEMENT WORK ORDER SOFTWARE THIS IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO TIE TO THE MATERIALS. THE METERS THAT WE HAVE, THE PIPE THAT WE HAVE THERE IS NO TIES TO THAT WITH THE WORK GOING ON WHERE THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BEING USED FOR THE WORK. WHENEVER WE START TRYING TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO BE EFFICIENT IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SITTING THERE AND ONLY BEING USED 20% OF THE TIME? I DON'T KNOW. THE LIST OF HOW THINGS GET DONE -- I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN I KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. IT IS JUST A LIST WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO BE CAPTURED. YOU WILL DEPLOY THAT BACKHOE TO THAT LOCATION AND USE THREE LEGS OF PIPE. YOU'RE GOING TO USE FOUR FITTINGS. NOW WE CAN START DOING INVENTORY CONTROL. THAT SORT OF STUFF. ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO AT THE BEGINNING THERE IS A CITIZEN REQUEST PLATFORM THAT IS BEING DEPLOYED. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT DESIGNED AND BUILT SO WE CAN BE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR. THAT WILL [02:40:02] INTEGRATE WITH THIS. WHENEVER SOMEONE NOW SAYS THERE IS A POTHOLE AT THIS LOCATION IT WILL GENERATE A WORK ORDER IN THE SYSTEM TO GO TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT TO THEN GO FIX THE POTHOLE. SO NO MORE I LEFT A VOICEMAIL AND NOBODY CALLED ME BACK. OVER ALL GENERAL FUND AGAIN 36 MILLION IN PROJECTED REVENUES. 30 FOR MILLION IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENCE. THERE IS MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENDITURE BECAUSE I'M SENDING MONEY TO THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN THE 20% RESERVE. TO ALLOW A LITTLE BIT EXTRA FOR ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE. IT IS NOT GENERALLY GOOD TO ONLY HAVE 20% IN THE BANK AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS TO BUILD THE FUND BALANCE A LITTLE BIT. 1.2 MILLION THE EXPENSE OF THE PROPOSED POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 4 HUNDRED 26,000 IN NEW EQUIPMENT 120,000 IMPLANT CIP SPENDING. THAT IS A TRANSFER OUT. AND THEN THE 12 DOES NOT ACCOUNT THAT HAVE SEASONAL POSITION IN PARKS THAT IS ONLY HERE FOR THE SUMMER CAMP. HERE IS YOUR GENERAL FUND BREAKDOWN. THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING YOU SAW WITH WHERE THE MONEY GOES BUT NOW IN A PERCENT OF ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES. AS YOU CAN SEE POLICE AND PARKS AND RECREATION MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES. THIS IS ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND CATEGORIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED TODAY. SO THE SMALLEST THAT WE HAVE ON HERE THAT IS POINTED OUT AND I THINK THERE ARE SMALL SLIPPERS IS TO THE SECRETARY. SHE IS THE SMALLEST FOLLOWED BY THE SIMPLE COURT. THE LARGEST THE POLICE. OKAY SO THERE WERE TWO MAIN IMPACTS IN THE BASE BUDGET THAT I HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR BEFORE I DID ANYTHING ELSE. THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WAS PRETTY CLEAR WE WOULD FULLY FUND RED MAINTENANCE. THE INCREASE $900,000 OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO START. AND THEN THIS YEAR THE DISPATCH COMMITMENT WITH THE COUNTY WENT UP ANOTHER 4 HUNDRED BEFORE THOUSAND DOLLARS. $1.3 MILLION OF NEW SPENDING IN THE BUDGET BEFORE I EVEN LIFTED A PENCIL AND STARTED TO DO ANYTHING. UTILITY FUND. THIS IS GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF THE CIP. I DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDIENCE HAS THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO ME READ EVERY CIP. THIS IS YES AND THIS IS NO. SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND WE WOULD DO A QUICK SUMMARY OF IT. YOU CAN SEE HERE MORE THAN WELL MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE UTILITY FUND IS FOR DEBT SERVICE. THAT IS WHY IT HAS $11 MILLION IN EXPENDITURE. THAT IS SENDING MONEY TO PAY FOR THE DEBT. THEN YOU HAVE THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THIS WILL BE WHERE OUR WATER COMES FROM AND PAYING FOR OUR WASTEWATER TO BE MANAGED. THAT IS YOUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES BUT THE OTHER THINGS ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND THE OTHER WORK HAPPENING. YOU HAVE YOUR WATER SOURCES. AND YOUR DEBT MAKE UP THAT IS A COMBINED 80 FOR PERCENT OF THE BUDGET ARE THOSE TWO THINGS. SO UTILITY FUND IS PROJECTED OR BUDGETED TO HAVE 239 IN TOTAL REVENUES. MOST OF THAT IS IN THE DEBT INSURANCE. WE HAVE TOTAL REVENUES 235 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES. THERE IS 205 MILLION IMPLANT CIP SPENDING. AND THEN THE THREE NEW POSITIONS ARE 366,000. AND THEN THERE IS 240,000 PAYING FOR THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATE FOR THE UTILITY FUND. CIP TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED IN THE BUDGET. SO, WHETHER THEY ARE FUNDED FROM THE BONDS IN THE CASE OF TRANSPORTATION. OR FROM THE CEOS IN THE CASE OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. OR THEY ARE FUNDED FROM THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. SO AS YOU'RE REVIEWING THE BUDGET IF YOU LIKE I CAN'T FIND WHERE THIS THING IS FUNDED. YOU MIGHT BE MISSING THE SAY THE TRAFFIC IMPACT THE FUND. YOU MIGHT BE MISSING SEEING IT IN THERE. YOU MIGHT BE MISSING SEEING IT IN THE PARKS IMPROVEMENT FUND. MAKE SURE AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THESE AND CHECKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS HERE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. THAT IT IS. THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT COUNTS ARE PRIORITIZED IN ITS SATURDAY WORKSHOP AFTER GETTING INPUT FROM PNC AND THE PARKS BOARD. SO THESE ARE ALL YOUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS LISTED IN ORDER THAT ARE IN ONE PHASE OF BEING COMPLETED THIS YEAR. SOME OF THEM WILL BE STRAIGHTENED INTO CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE DESIGN. SOME OF THEM WILL BE IN DESIGN. [02:45:02] DURING THIS YEAR. AND NOT GOING STRAIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION. IT IS IMPORTANT YOU WATCH THE CIP INFORMATION PAGES AS TO WHAT STAGE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN AND 25. FOR THE PUBLIC JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE IT ON THE LIST DOES NOT NAMING IT GETS BUILT NEXT YEAR. EXAMPLE COUNTY ROAD 132 OVERPASS WHICH IS ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE 07. THAT $10 MILLION IS NOT PAID TO BUILD AN OVERPASS OVER 79. IT PAYS FOR DESIGN WORK OR A PASTE TOWARDS DESIGN WORK FOR A BRIDGE OVERPASS OVER 79. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IT COULD BE IN DIFFERENT PHASES BUT IT IS THERE. MORE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THERE IS A LOT OF THEM. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE. IT IS A PRIORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND THE COUNCIL. IT IS A PRIORITY OF EVERYONE I HEAR OR TALK TO OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT. IS IMPROVING THE ROAD NETWORK. NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE 79 MAKE IT WIDER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HAVING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO 79 FOR INTERNAL FLOW WILL HELP DRAMATICALLY. CIP WATER PROJECTS THERE ARE ONLY THREE MAIN ONES THIS YEAR. THE NEW ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. THE NORTHWEST TRANSMISSION WATER MAIN. AND THE DOWNTOWN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK REHAB WHICH IS UNDERWAY. THERE WILL BE CARRYOVER FOR THAT PROJECT. WASTEWATER PROJECTS ARE A BIG TICKET ITEM. IT IS MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION AND WASTEWATER THIS YEAR. HERE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS FUNDED AGAIN THESE ARE SOME OF THESE ARE READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN DESIGN. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND FOLLOW THE ACTUAL CIP AFFIRMATION ITSELF. THE BIG TICKET ITEM HERE IS THE EXPANSION OF THE SOUTHWEST WATER TREATMENT PLAN. $128 MILLION IS WHAT IS BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 25. PARKS SO A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED TO BE DONE LIKE THAT VETERANS MEMORIAL AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. THEY ARE CARRYOVERS. OR THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS THEY WERE IN DESIGN THIS YEAR AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. THAT IS WHERE ALL THESE ITEMS COME FROM. THIS INCLUDES THE CONTINUATION OF ANY OTHER PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THEN THE NEW ONES THAT WERE ADDED TO THE LIST. SO HERE YOU GO WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND THESE INCLUDE AND REFLECT THE COUNCIL CHANGES THAT WERE HEARD ON THAT SATURDAY WORKSHOP. CIP FACILITIES AND DRAINAGE. WE HAVE PLANS AND FACILITY PLANS THESE ARE NOT BUILDING THOSE FACILITIES COUNCIL DIRECTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FACILITY PLANS FOR THE LIBRARY REC CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER. SO EFFECTIVELY WE COULD GET EDUCATED ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DELIVER THAT TO THE PUBLIC. AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE DO WE WANT TO HAVE THESE THINGS OR NOT. AND THEN THE LEGENDS OF HUTTO DRAINAGE DITCHES IS A CARRYOVER COMMITMENT . THAT ONE IS FUNDED UNDER DRAINAGE. SORRY ABOUT THE WEIRD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN WHENEVER YOU'RE ON YOUR SCREEN AND YOU GO TO A PRESENTATION. OTHER KEY FUNDS HERE IS PROJECTS THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FUND HAS $9.6 MILLION OF PROJECTS. HERE THEY ARE. 163 FM OVERPASS. BY THE WAY I WAS CONTACTED BY THE COUNTY AND H NTB THAT THE EXPENSE HAS GONE UP. SO I INCLUDED IT IN THE BUDGET. BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT WHENEVER WE GET TO THAT. IN ORDER TO DO THE WELCOME TO HUTTO WELCOME TO TAYLOR ON THE OTHER SIDE. TRAFFIC SIGNAL INNOVATION AND GLIMMER. EXCHANGE BOULEVARD AND COUNTY ROAD 199. I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I NEEDED TO POINT OUT PARKS IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. THESE ARE CONTINUATION OF PROJECTS COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED OR NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE SLATED TO BE PAID FOR WITH OTHER FUNDS. THAT IS IN THE PARKS IMPROVEMENT FUND 989,000. OF EXPENSES. ALSO I FORGOT TO POINT OUT WE HAVE PUT THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THESE FUNDS. THIS IS AFTER THOSE PROJECTS ARE DONE. THAT IS HOW MUCH IS LOVE. THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR HOW MUCH FUND BALANCE IS LOVE. THE OTHER THING I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE PROCESS. NOT JUST THE PRESENTATION. SHOULD WE BE BUDGETING FOR MONEY THAT WE HAVE YET TO COLLECT OR SHOULD WE BE BUDGETING IN ARREARS FOR MONEY WE HAVE COLLECTED? THAT IS A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. THE [02:50:06] MAIN THING ON OUR PART IF WE BUDGET FOR MONEY THAT WE HAVE YET TO COLLECT MEANING THAT 1.27 MILLION 2 1/2 MILLION WAS EXPECTED TO COME IN THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE SPENDING HALF OF THAT AND LEAVING HALF OF IT OVER. WE COULD BUDGET THAT WAY BUT THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW TO GO UNTIL THE MONEY IS IN HAND. OTHERWISE WE OVERSPEND AND MAYBE WE DON'T COLLECT THAT MONEY AND THEN WHAT? THAT IS A CONVERSATION FOR PHILOSOPHY TO DISCUSS THE IF WE DECIDE TO SHIFT AND NOW THE CITY HAS PREDOMINANTLY BUDGETED WITH ANTICIPATED REVENUES. IF WE SHIPPED NOW IT'S GOING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN AS FAR AS GETTING THEM. WE WILL NEED TO STOP THEN WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR AND BUDGET BACKWARDS. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. FOR CONSIDERATION. THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT OF THE FUND. THIS HAS VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS IN IT IS IS PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO CREATE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. AND ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE THE TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. THIS IS BEING PAID FOR BY DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE CIP. WE WERE WRAP UP FROM THIS YEAR. WE WILL WRAP UP SOME EARLY IN THE QUARTER. WE SHOULD HAVE 51 ACTIVE. WE HAVE 60. WE SHOULD HAVE 51 ACTIVE. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE FISCAL YEAR. FOR SPENDING PLAN OF NEXT YEAR 330 FOR MILLION. QUITE A BIT OF THAT IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS READY TO GO. A LOT OF THAT WILL GET SPENCE. WE HAVE A FUNDED SPENDING PLAN 303 MILLION. THERE IS 31 MILLION THAT HAS YET TO BE ISSUED IN DEBT. THAT WAS A DECISION COUNSEL HAD MADE IN THE SATURDAY WORKSHOP. BUT BY THE NATURE OF THE WAY THAT CITY FINANCES WORK WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE THE CO TO DO THOSE WORLD PROJECTS. MOSTLY STREETS. IT SAYS 29 MILLION STREETS. 29 MILLION STREETS. WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT AFFECTING THE TAX RATE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE WAY THE NATURE OF HOW THINGS WORK. WE WILL ISSUE THE DATE. WE WON'T MAKE A PAYMENT UNTIL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. WE WON'T NEED TO BE COLLECTING INS UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S TAX RATE. >> HERE IS THE OVERALL SPENDING BREAKDOWN FOR THE IPL WHERE IT IS ALL FOUND. YOU CAN USE THIS TO REFERENCE BACK WHENEVER YOU FEEL LOST AND YOU NEED TO A GUIDEPOST ON FIGURING OUT WHERE TO GO FIND SOMETHING. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE FUNDED. IN ONE TABLE. >> ONE QUESTION. SO THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN ISSUED HIS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PICS FROM CORRECT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED PICS FROM >> THAT SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AGAIN THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION. THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT WILL BE IT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU ALL. TOMORROW OR TONIGHT EVEN YOU SHOULD BE GETTING ACCESS TO THE BUDGETING SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE. SO YOU CAN GO IN AND SEE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. ALL THE DETAILS. THE DETAIL I THINK YOU HAD ALLUDED TO IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING AND THAT IS TRUE. IT CAN BE. BUT MY PHILOSOPHY IS AND I HOPE WE ALL AGREE IT IS BETTER TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING. THERE IS ALWAYS QUESTIONS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH THAT PERSON IS GETTING IN A CERTAIN PAY. NOW YOU CAN PICK IT DOES NOT LIST NAMES. THAT IS ONE THING WE DO PROFESSIONALLY. WE TALK ABOUT POSITIONS NOT ABOUT PEOPLE. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MATT WHEN ALFIE BUT YOU WILL SEE POSITIONS THAT ARE LISTED. YOU WILL SEE POSITION AND THEN THE POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED OTHER REAL NUMBERS. THE POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANCIES ARE PROJECTIONS. AND ALSO THE NEW POSITIONS PROJECTIONS. HERE IS THE CALENDAR COMING UP FOR THE PUBLIC. NEXT WEEK WE WILL PREDOMINANTLY BE THE COUNSEL DISCUSSING THE BUDGET. AFTER THEY'VE HAD A WEEK TO DIVE INTO IT. OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE BUDGET MEETINGS AND TAX VOTES TAX RATE SETTING OF VOTES AUGUST 15TH. PUBLIC HEARING ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF WILL BE SET UP. AND THEN THE PROCESS WILL GO UP THROUGH POTENTIALLY AS HOPEFULLY LET ME REPHRASE THAT. WE HAVE A SCHEDULE TO GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12. IF WE HAVE TO GO LATER THAN THAT WE HAVE TO GO LATER. THERE IS STATUTORY WIGGLE ROOM TO GO LATER. WE WERE BUILDING THE CALENDAR TO ABIDE BY WITH THE COUNTY AS FOR US WHICH WAS TO HAVE OUR OFFICIAL BUDGET OFFICIAL ADOPTED TAX RATE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15TH. THAT MAY HURT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION [11.2. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2024-163 approving a 3-year engagement with Brooks Watson & Co as the City's financial auditors for an amount not to exceed $177,000, with option to renew each additional year for two years (Alberta Barrett)] PICS THE MAC >> NEXT ITEM IS 11.2. [02:55:07] CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION OR RESOLUTION R DASH 2024 DASH 1633 YEAR ENGAGEMENT WITH BROOKS WATSON AND COMPANY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $177,000 WITH OPTION TO RENEW EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR TWO YEARS. >> HELLO. FINANCE DIRECTOR. SO, EVERY YEAR WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE AUDITED BY AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR. SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS OUR PROPOSAL. WE STARTED THE PROCESS MAY 12. DOING RFPS FOR THAT SERVICE. WE WERE LOOKING FOR A THREE-YEAR SET CONTRACT AND THEN TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR OPTIONS. SO WE STARTED THE PROCESS IN MAY. WE OPENED THE PROPOSALS ON JUNE 28TH. WE RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES. SO WE EVALUATED THOSE RESPONSES ON QUALIFICATIONS. AVAILABILITY PROPOSED STAFF, PROJECT EXPERIENCE, PROJECT SCHEDULE MEETING, THE TIMELINE THAT WE NEED. AND THEN THE SMALL PERCENTAGE WAS COSTS. OUT OF THE SEVEN BROOKS WATSON WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING FIRM. FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT, THE THREE YEARS IS THE 177,000. IT DOES INCLUDE $7500 PER YEAR. FOR A SINGLE AUDIT EXPENSE IF THAT IS REQUIRED. IF THE CITY SPENDS MORE THAN 750,000, TO A FEDERAL AGENCY HORROR FOR A PROGRAM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT. SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE 177,000 FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. AND THEN THE TWO OPTIONAL YEARS WOULD BE ABOUT 63,000. AND THEN 65,000 AFTER THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE STARTER TEST TRANSACTIONS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. AND THEN GET INTO HEAVY AUDITING PROBABLY IN THE DECEMBER AND JANUARY TIMEFRAME WITH HOPEFULLY A REPORT TO COUNSEL AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO BRING IT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY. >> QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? >> A MOTION TO IMPROVE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND >> ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> PORTERFIELD GORDON SNYDER CLARK THORNTON THOMPSON >> MOTION PASSES 7-0. 11.3 [11.3. Consideration and possible action on Resolution R-2024-164 approving a two-year contract with Valley View Consulting to serve as the City's investment advisors for an amount not to exceed $117,500 (Alberta Barrett)] CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 160 FOR APPROVING A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING TO SERVICE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT ADVISERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 117,500 PICS THE MAC CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE CONTRACTING WITH VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING. THEY DO INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES. THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS MAINLY THE FACT THAT WE'VE GROWN HAVE $1 MILLION IN CASH. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING OUR CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS. THOSE INVESTMENTS TO WHEN THOSE PROJECTS NEED TO BE FUNDED. HAVE THOSE MATURE. AT THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS FOR THOSE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS 51 PROJECTS SO THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. SO WE CAN'T USE THAT IN THAT RESPECT. ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IS THE DATA ON THAT. HELPING US SELECT MATURITIES INVESTMENTS BASED ON RATES. ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT POLICY IS AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. THIS INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY DISCRETIONARY CONTROL OVER OUR INVESTMENTS. THEY ARE STILL HOURS PICK WE WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THEY ARE PROVIDING DATA AS FAR AS [03:00:01] INTEREST RATES. PROVIDING DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS WHETHER IT BE A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT OR A T-BILL OR MONEY MARKET OR WHATEVER IT IS WITHIN OUR INVESTMENT POLICY TO HELP US MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THAT INVESTMENT. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT. THAT IS THE MAX THROUGH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT FOR YOU FOR TWO YEARS. THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR WOULD BE 42,500. NEXT YEAR THROUGH 25 AND 26 TIME WOULD BE 75,000. THAT INCREASES IS MAINLY DUE TO THE VOLUME OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. >> THANK YOU. OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR ACTION FROM COUNSEL PICS TO MAC ALBERTA I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO, I'M BEGINNING TO GET A LITTLE HESITANT WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES. OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE LIKE SKIN IN THE GAME. COUNSELING AND SUGGESTING TO US WHAT TO DO. AND LOOKING AT THIS I'M SEEING THE WORD JUST INVESTOR INVESTOR. IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE A TEAM OF PEOPLE ADVISING US OR IS THIS ONE PERSON? HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS ONE PERSON? ARE THEY I GUESS WHAT IS THEIR CREDENTIALS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION YES I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HIM. THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS BUILDING SINCE ABOUT 1989. THERE IS A COMMITTEE IT IS A GROUP IT IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON. WE THE CITY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THEY JUST OUTLINE WHAT THE INVESTMENTS ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE. IT IS OUR DECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JAMIE HOBBS WITH VALLEYVIEW IS HERE. MAYBE SHE COULD COME UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDRESS IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. >> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MS. JAMIE. >> SO VALLEYVIEW IS A TEAM OF INVESTMENT ADVISERS WE HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES THE INVESTING ITSELF. A TEAM THAT DOES BANKING WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE USED THE SECURITY OR BANKING RELATIONSHIP. THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO BE A FACILITATOR FOR YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE AS FAR AS INVESTMENT OPTIONS THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT DEFINES WITH THE CITY CAN AND CANNOT USE. WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF BANKS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE WILLING TO DO CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT OR MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS. THROUGH YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY YOU WILL HAVE A LIST OF AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BROKER-DEALERS. THAT WE WILL SOLICIT FROM THEM INVESTMENTS FOR THE CITY BASED ON THE CASH FLOW THAT ARE CREATED AND ALSO DRAW SCHEDULES BASED ON YOUR CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE ARE A FIDUCIARIES. WE DO NOT HOLD THE FUNDS. THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY YOU ARE IN CONTROL. YOU HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BANKS. WE DON'T TOUCH YOUR MONEY. BECAUSE THAT IS THE TRUE RESPONSIBILITY AS TO THE MEMBERS AND CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ITSELF. SO OUR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING THOSE TO YOU . WE TRIED TO WE CONSIDER OURSELVES AS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY TRYING TO HELP TAKE SOME OF THOSE YOU TODAY THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AND BRINGING THEM TO YOU TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF FINANCE STAFF. >> ANOTHER QUESTION WHAT IS YOUR TRACK RECORD WITH CITIES LIKE OURS? HAVE YOU HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITIES ARE SIZE SMALLER OR LARGER? WHAT IS YOUR TRACK RECORD WITH CITIES THAT ARE GROWING LIKE OURS? >> MANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE AREA WE WORK WITH ROUND ROCK IN GEORGETOWN. WE WORK WITH CITIES IN THE DFW AREA. 98% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE TEXAS-BASED CITIES. MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. OUR BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE IS TEXAS. THAT IS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE PROVIDE THE BEST SUPPORT IS THROUGH TEXAS ENTITIES. I CAN GET YOU A LONGER LIST OF CLIENTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT. JUST FOR SHEER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THOSE [03:05:01] ARE SOME WE WORK WITH RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. I'M SURE I WILL THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. >> I HAD A CHANGE OF QUESTIONING. I NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS. AT WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE THAT? IS THAT AN OVERALL CITY LEVEL? IT WAS MORE OF THE KIND OF DID IT WITH AN EXCEL OF OUR OWN GROUP AND IT WAS AD HOC AND NOT A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL BONDED FIDUCIARY ADVISER. I'M CURIOUS IF THE INTENTION FROM FINANCE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. IS THE INTENTION THEY WOULD TAKE OVER SOME OF THOSE TO PROVIDE THOSE CASH FLOW STATEMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENT GROUPS INTERNALLY OR A HOLISTIC OVERALL VIEW OF THE LARGE CAPITAL FUNDS? >> THE HOLISTIC I STILL DO THE CASH FLOW PROTECTIONS MYSELF AND CHRISTINA THE CONTROLLER. BUT WE WOULD JUST USE THEIR SERVICE TO KIND OF OVERLOOK IT AS A BROAD BASE AND THEN HELP US WITH FINDING THOSE INVESTMENTS BASED ON THOSE CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> JAMIE I HAVE A QUESTION. NOT TO BE FUNNY -- SOMEBODY WILL PROBABLY DISAGREE WITH ME. I'VE HAD CONCERNS IN THE PAST OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER WHEN I THINK OF A FINANCIAL ADVISER THEY ARE THERE TO COACH YOU ON THE BEST THINGS TO DO. THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO. THEN I FOUND OUT EARLY ON THEY ONLY GET PAID WHEN WE TAKE ON DEBT. THEN IT MADE ME QUESTION DOES A FINANCIAL ADVISER EVER COME TO YOU AND SAY SELLING BONDS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THEIR BETTER JUDGMENT FROM A FINANCIAL RISK. OR A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, WE'RE JUST PLAYING YOU A FLAT 42 FIVE. THERE IS NO IF YOU DO REALLY GOOD YOU WILL GET EXTRA. THERE IS NO EXTRA PAYMENTS. WE TAKE YOUR ADVICE. WE TELL YOU JAMIE WE DON'T LIKE THE ADVICE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> IT IS ON BASIS POINTS AS FAR AS A TIERED LEVEL. FIRST 100 MILLION IS THREE BASIS POINTS THE NEXT IS TO BASIS POINTS. YOU WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN 42,500 FOR THE FIRST YEAR. THAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER. AS FAR IS YOUR STATEMENT REGARDING THE ADVISERS. WE ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF IT. WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU ONCE YOU HAVE THE FUNDS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INVEST THE FUNDS TO CREATE INVESTMENT INCOME THE BASIS POINTS IS THERE. AS YOU DO BETTER OURS GOES UP. THESE ARE MAXIMUMS. EVEN IF YOU GREW TO $1 BILLION MAXIMUM IS $75,000. >> WHAT MAKES YOU GO TO 75,000 NEXT YEAR? YOU GET A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE. >> KNOW WE JUST AGREE TO A LOWER RATE FOR THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR. IT IS ALSO DECREASED BY THE RFP ACTIVITY WE'VE PREPARED FOR THE CITY. WHENEVER WE DO WHEN WE HAD DONE IT BEFORE WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH YOU AS INVESTMENT ADVISER SO THERE WAS A FEE. FOR THE FIRST YEAR IT WILL IF YOU DO TAKE US ON AS INVESTMENT ADVISERS THAT IS OFFSET IN THE FIRST YEAR. >> IN THE FIRST YEAR I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE $500 MILLION THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS 49. HAPPY BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAISING PEOPLE'S TAXES. THAT ALWAYS GETS ME WOUND UP. 42,500 THE FIRST YEAR. THE CITY MANAGER JUST PROPOSE SPENDING FOR HUNDRED MILLION OF THAT THIS NEXT YEAR. WHICH WOULD MEAN YEAR TWO WILL PAY 75,000 FOR ONLY MANAGING LESS THAN 100 MILLION. >> IF YOU ARE INVESTMENT BALANCE CAME DOWN YOUR RATE IS GOING TO BE YOUR FEE IS GOING TO BE DOWN. >> YOU WON'T HAVE AS MUCH INVESTED. TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS. IT'S THIS FLAT AMOUNT. IT IS A SET AMOUNT. SO IF WE IF SHE FOUND A BETTER INVESTMENT VERSUS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY AND SHE IS NOT GETTING INCREASE COSTS BASED ON THAT. IT IS A FLAT SET AMOUNT. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, AND I WAS TALKING TO MR. LONG, HE THOUGHT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE CEOS WE JUST ISSUED. THE 300 MILLION. SO THAT IS WHY HE QUOTED A PRICE OF 50,000. AND THEN THAT 50,000 WERE REDUCED 7500 FOR THE RFA FOR OUR BANKING DEPOSITORY SERVICES SO THEY ASSISTED US WITH THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO THE 42,500. SO, BASICALLY WE NEGOTIATED THAT PRICE DOWN TO 42,500 THIS YEAR. [03:10:02] NEXT YEAR IT WOULD BE 75. IF WE DON'T ISSUE ANYMORE CEOS AND THOSE FUNDS AS THEY GET SPENT AND THEY GO DOWN, THEN THIS COST WOULD ALSO BE REDUCED. >> CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR RESOLUTION 2024 E- 160 FOR AS PRESENTED. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND >> CLARK SECONDED BY THOMPSON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I FIND IT HIGHLY CONCERNING THAT WE HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE CITY THAT BRINGS IN 30 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY NO OFFENSE TO JAME'S COMPANY. WE HAVE TO HIRE A COMPANY TO HELP US MANAGE THE MONEY. IT WAS SEEMS SO MUCH BETTER IT THE MONEY WAS IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS. WHEN WE NEEDED IT WE SOLD IT TO HAVE A TENDENCY TO SELL DEBT SO FAR IN ADVANCE ON PROJECTS THAT ARE TWO IN THREE YEARS OUT. IN A WAY I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO PICK SOMEWHERE IS NOT CASH FLOW PROJECTING APPROPRIATELY. YOU WOULD NEVER BORROW 30 MILLION. I TOLD SOMEONE ONCE YOU WOULD NOT BUILD A POOL AND BORROW $100,000 TODAY AND BUILD IT FOR YEARS FROM NOW. BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. AND THEN SOME OF US THINK IS THE GREAT IDEA. BUT WE CHARGE THE PUBLIC TAX MONEY THE INS RATE AND COLLECT MONEY OUT OF THEM. THIS IS IN A BANK TRUST TO EARN MONEY. I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM PAYING TAXES FOR INVESTMENTS. PART OF ME I'M TORN. I WISH WE DID NOT NEED TO. BECAUSE WE HAVE A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. SOMEONE HAS TO HELP US BECAUSE CLEARLY WE HAVE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS AND WHEELOCK WERE SUSPENDED NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT BORROWING 30 MILLION. HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH MONEY WHERE WE CAN TELL PEOPLE WE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK? I APPRECIATE HONESTLY. I'M AT A LOSS BECAUSE IT IS LIKE HAVING A FOOD PANTRY IN THE CITY. YOU WISH YOU DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE STARVING BUT YOU NEEDED. I WISH WE DID NOT NEED A WAYS TO HELP MANAGE $500 MILLION IN CASH SITTING IN THE BANK. SO THINGS. >> THAT GENERATE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME NOW. THE 500 MILLION IN THE BANK IF I UNDERSTAND OVER 300 THAT WAS RECEIVED RECENTLY. >> THE END OF JUNE. >> WE ARE IN THE FIRST OF AUGUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY WE'VE ONLY HAD FOR A BOUT A MONTH. HOW MUCH OF THAT 500 MILLION IS EARMARKED FOR CURRENT PROJECTS WE ARE PLANNING ON STARTING OVER WORKING ON IN 2025? >> CLOSE TO 100%. ALREADY STARTING OR OR WILL BE. >> THE PERCEPTION WE ARE JUST SITTING ON A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS AND RAISING PEOPLE'S TAXES JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO AND WE'RE JUST SITTING ON A BIG BUNCH OF CASH AND WE ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR MONEY. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT PERCEPTION. >> I TOLD YOU IT WAS COMING. >> WE KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL. WE'VE BEEN UP HERE FIVE YEARS TOGETHER. ABSOLUTELY. >> I WOULD BE UPSET IT WAS A DOLLAR NOT SPENT. >> HE'D BE TRIPPING OVER THE DOLLAR STILL PICK UP A NICKEL. SO, I THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE I'M HEARING IS WE DO RIGHT NOW HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CASH. WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE INVESTING IT TO MAKE THE BEST AMOUNT POSSIBLE OUT OF THAT MONEY AS WE SPEND IT DOWN. BECAUSE I HOPE AND I THINK THE MAYOR HOPES THAT THIS ACCOUNT WILL BE BASICALLY EMPTY AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO MANY PROJECTS. AND WE HAVE BUILT SO MANY THINGS AND DELIVERED ON WHAT WE PROMISED THE CITIZENS. THAT IS MY EXPECTATION AND MY HOPE. I HOPE WE DON'T NEED YOU LONG TIME. WE WILL SPEND IT ALL. >> WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET PART, IF WE SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE READY TO DO THE BUILDING THIS YEAR AND WE ARE JUST BUDGETING THE MONEY AND IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING 26 OR 27 WILL YOU WORK WITH ME ON ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES? >> WHEN A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS ON WHAT COMES UP. FOR SURE PICK >> WE HAVE A HABIT OF BUDGETING -- FOR HUNDRED MILLION. AND NOT DOING IT. WAS THAT A POINT OF ORDER? >> YES IT WAS PICK >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> YOU'VE SPOKEN ONCE. [03:15:01] >> I MADE THE MOTION AND YOU STARTED TALKING. >> SORRY >> SO, -- COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANTED TO SAY. ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A 30 YEAR PAYOFF. AS WE DRAW THEM DOWN THAT WILL HAPPEN. THE MAYOR SAID WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. HE IS NOT TELLING THE WHOLE STORY AS IT HAPPENS. WE COULD NOT ISSUE SOME OF THE DEBTS FOR SOME OF OUR ROAD BOND OBLIGATIONS UNLESS WE FULLY FUNDED Tâ– HE PROJECT THAT S HAT THE AG SAID WE HAD TO DO. SO WE DID THAT. WE INVESTED IT ON OUR OWN AND T BILLS TO PAY AT LEAST THE INTEREST THAT WAS ACCRUING ON THAT BOND THAT FOR THE ROADS UNTIL WE CAN BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE STILL IN DESIGN. WE COULD NOT START THE DESIGN UNTIL WE HAVE THE MONEY. NOW THAT IS HAPPENING. WE BURNT THE INTEREST AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST YEAR THE ROAD STUFF WE BASICALLY GOT IT WHERE WE ONLY HAD TO PAY PRINCIPAL PAYMENT. BECAUSE YOU CAN EARN MORE INTEREST THAN WHAT YOU OWE ON THE DEBT ON THE BOND. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS USING YOU TO GUARANTEE AS MUCH AS WE CAN THAT WE BASICALLY ARE TAKING PRINCIPAL ONLY PAYMENTS UNTIL WE DRAW DOWN ALL THIS MONEY. SINCE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON A 30 YEAR PAYMENT GETTING TWO OR THREE YEARS WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY OTHER INTEREST ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS FRONTLOADED AND THERE IS MORE INTEREST IN THE BEGINNING. THAT IS REALLY GOOD RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING MAKING SURE THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR THE TAXPAYER. THAT IS WHY I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY ENGAGE YOU AND WHY IT IS GREAT AND LIKE I SAID MAYOR PRO TEM WE DO PLAN TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY TO THE THIS FISCAL YEAR OR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SOME OF THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS WE TIRE STARTED TO TAKE THE FULL AMOUNT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE FUNDING AND ALL OF THAT IT ALSO SAVES MONEY TO ISSUE IT ALL AT ONCE VERSUS MULTIPLE BONDS WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COSTS FOR EACH ONE AS INJURIES ARE FLUCTUATING. WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THERE. WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THIS PART UNTIL WE FINISH ALL THE PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT THE COUNTERPOINT WITH THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY PICK >> I THINK WE ARE DONE ARGUING. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 6-1. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE MISS JAMIE PICK >> ALBERTA I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR YOU. THERE IS A CONTENT ITEM. I WAS GOING TO SAY GOOD [11.4. Consideration and possible action relating to Resolution No. R-2024-165 setting two public hearings for the limited purpose annexation of 4.881 acres of land, commercial parcel, in the Williamson County Water, Sewer, Irrigation and Drainage District No. 3. (Sara Cervantes) ] NIGHT. CONSENT ITEM PICK >> CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 165 TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF ACRES OF LAND COMMERCIAL PARCEL. WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER SEWER IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE. >> DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY 4 .88 ACRES LOCATED WHAT WE KNOW AS THE -- THE DISTRICT ITSELF IS ALREADY ANNEXED THIS PROPERTY. THIS MOTION WOULD ESSENTIALLY THIS RESOLUTION WAS THAT THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY FOR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION WHICH WOULD FACILITATE THE SALES TAX FOR THE CITY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND >> CLARK AND SECONDED BY THOMPSON. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0. >> 12.1 CONSIDERATION AND [12.1. Consideration and possible action relating to Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Wastewater Permit Applications in the City of Hutto Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Legal) ] POSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO TEXAS POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM CP DES WASTEWATER PERMIT APPLICATIONS IN THE CITY OF HUTTO EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. EVERY OCCURRING ITEM WITH NO REAL UPDATES. RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. I BELIEVE THAT THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ITEM NUMBER 4 IS COMING UP. WITH ITEM NUMBER 4. THE FOURTH ONE. >> GOTCHA. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO FOR THE ONES ON THE MAP NUMBER TWO [03:20:06] AND THREE, THEY ARE ACTIVE AND APPROVED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY APPLIED BACK IN 2022. HAVE THEY FINALIZED THEIR PLANS SO THESE TWO ARE IN ACTION? THEY WILL BE GOING FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT THE FLORA IS LIKELY A YES. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT NUMBER TWO PICK >> FOR THE RECORD CITY ENGINEER. I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE NOT HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THEIR PROCESS. FLORA I KNOW THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. THEY ARE OUT THERE TURNING DIRT RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THEIR PLANS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NUMBER THREE IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE APPROVALS THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS SOMETHING I CAN REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND JUST SEE WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH THAT. >> REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND HIS TEAM. >> THEY ARE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. JUST TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >> TELL ME IF I TAKE A DETOUR. SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- TWO OF THESE WE EVER PUT A SIGN UP WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S POSITION PERMISSION AND THE LAST STRIP OF LAND IN THE CITY THAT SAYS LEAVING CITY OF HUTTO AND THE SAFETY OF THE HUTTO POLICE DEPARTMENT ? WHEN THEY ARE OUT THERE AND DOING ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE FROM WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM STAR RANCH COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A ROAD -- THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT LIFT STATIONS AS PEOPLE WHO ARE EDUCATED WHERE THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. I'M THINKING YOU GO BILL 3000 HOMES OF THEIR EVERY PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT US TO TURN TO GERALD EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ISSUE THEY COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND TO ME IT IS KIND OF A SMART -- PEOPLE EXPECT THAT FROM ME AT SOME POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM >> WE REPRESENT OTHER CITIES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MUD IN THE COUNTY -- AND FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AS A LEGAL THING TO THIS. WE FIND OUT IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO OR IF A LANDOWNER WANTED TO WITHOUT THE COUNSEL PERMISSION TO DO THEIR OWN. IF IT LEGALLY THAT PUTS US IN A BIND BY DISPLAYING THAT AND TALK ABOUT WE ARE THE THIRD SAFEST CITY WILLIAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE LANDED SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT IT DOESN'T MAKE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- >> ONE QUESTION WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO I KNOW IT WOULD BE AN EXPENSE BUT IF WE ADDED EXIT CITY LIMITS SIGNS ON ALL THESE ROADS BUT WHERE THEY ARE. IF THINGS CAME IN FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THE SIGN. >> SOMETHING SO BIG A BUILDER SAYS THAT IS GOING TO HURT. IT IS GOING TO HURT HOME SALES. CAN YOU GUYS NOT DO THAT? IF YOU WORK WITH US AND COME INTO THE CITY AND WORK WITH US ON SOME OF THE STUFF. BUT ANYWAY I DON'T WANT TO GET A SUIT. I DON'T WANT FOR THOUSAND HOMES BUILT ON AN EXTERIOR PART OF THE CITY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE DEBATING HOW DO WE FUND ROADS THERE FOR THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE USING IT DID NOT PAY A NICKEL TO BE A PART OF. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS INSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN WHICH WE CONTROL WHICH WOULD NOT BE TXDOT ROADS. BUT THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS WE CONTROL WE CAN PUT UP SIGNS THAT SAY THIS IS THE END OF THE CITY LIMITS. WE YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE THIRD SAFEST CITY. WE CAN DO THAT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH FOLLOWING THE STANDARD TRAFFIC SIGN PROTOCOLS. BREAKAWAY POLLS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. I DON'T SEE WHY YOU COULDN'T DO THAT. >> CAN WE START WITH COUNCILMEMBER COLE LARS STREET SIGNS THOSE BLUE STREET SIGNS? >> THEY ARE STILL GREEN NO BLUE. >> CAN WE START WITH THE BLUE THE GREEN STREET SIGNS ON THE ROAD AND WORK OUR WAY INTO THE CITY? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR -- [INAUDIBLE] ? [13. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ] >> OUR NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 13.3 IF WE CAN PICK >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 13.10. >> THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS THE POOL WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE AGENDA PICK >> SO MOVED TO >> THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY KOLAR. ANY DISCUSSION? >> HEARING NONE PLEASE CALL THE [03:25:03] BOAT PICK >> [13.3. Consideration and possible action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-168 to award the Exchange at Limmer Intersection Project to the lowest responsive bidder, Jerdon Enterprise, LP., in the amount of $1,019,189.55 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the construction contract with Jerdon Enterprise, LP. (CIP Project T14-2024) (Matt Rector)] MOTION PASSES 7-0. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 13 .3. APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 168. AWARD THE EXCHANGE INTERSECTION PROJECT TO -- ENTERPRISE LP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,019,189.55. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT JORDAN ENTERPRISE LP. >> THE REASON I WANTED THIS PULLED WAS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN A LIGHT BY THE COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE ARE GETTING INTO SCHOOL TIME. BUT SECOND OF ALL, THE CONSTRUCTION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET WE ARE $92,000 OVER BUDGET ON THIS ITEM. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD OVERAGE COMING FROM AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. THE SECOND IS I THOUGHT WE WERE ENTERING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ISD WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO PUTTING INTO THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT. I'M CURIOUS I DON'T SEE ANY NOTHING WAS LISTED ON HOW MUCH THE ISD CONTRIBUTED IF THIS IS NOT INCLUDING ANY THE ISD CONTRIBUTED WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT AGREEMENT? I DON'T KNOW WHY WE SHOULD BE OVER BUDGET IF ISD IS GOING TO PUT A LIGHT IN TO HELP THE SAFETY OF THEIR SCHOOL. THE ONLY REASON WE NEEDED THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL PICK >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE CROSS GUARD. >> SORRY FOR THE RECORD. CITY ENGINEER. I'M BACK. THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE ISD IS THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE $250,000 TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS IMPROVEMENT. THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN SO THAT ONCE WE DELIVER THEM THE FINAL DEDICATED EASEMENT DOCUMENTS, THERE RIGHT AWAY DOCUMENTATION THAN THEY HAVE I BELIEVE 60 DAYS TO CUT THE CHECK TO THE CITY. AND SO I CHECKED WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM. THE SURVEYOR IS WRAPPING UP THOSE DOCUMENTS. SO THEY CAN BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY SO WE CAN DELIVER IT TO THE ISD SO THEY COULD CHECK CUT THE CHECK. ONCE WE GET THE CHECK WE WILL BE OVER BUDGET. WE WILL NOT BE OVER BUDGET. >> BASED ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 168 AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND >> THORNTON. DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? MATT WHAT IS MAKING IT SAFER FOR THE SCHOOL? HOW DOES THAT MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFER? >> ONE THING IT WILL BE A CONTROLLED WE WILL HAVE A SIGNAL GOING OFF FOR LAKES OF THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER THING PART OF THE SIGNAL WILL HAVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. CURRENTLY EVERY KID TRIES THE CROSS FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMINOLOGY THEY ARE PLAYING STRONGER. AND THE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO PUT CROSSING GUARDS OUT THERE. TELLING KIDS THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THE END OF THE BLOCK AND COME BACK. PARENTS ARE JUST DRIVING. AND SO BY PUTTING THE SIGNALS THEY ARE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PUSHBUTTONS AND THE CROSSWALKS WE ARE IMPROVING SAFETY. I THINK THE SCHOOL IS STILL PLANNING ON HAVING PEOPLE OUT THERE AS CROSSING GUARD TO HELP THE KIDS GET ACROSS. >> THAT IS WHERE THIS TAKES A DETOUR. BECAUSE NOT SPEAKING FOR COUNCILMEMBER GORDON. WE WERE IN A MEETING AND IT POPPED UP. I THINK WE WERE BOTH A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A CROSSING GUARD. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S RESPONSE IS I REMEMBER WAS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT WAS IT WAS DANGEROUS OR IT WILL STILL BE TOO DANGEROUS. SO THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT. WE REACHED OUT TO JAMES AND SAID CAN YOU TALK I THINK HE TALKED TO HENRY WHEN HE WAS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT A CROSSING GUARD. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE SPENDING $1 MILLION MINUS $250,000 TO PUT A LIGHT UP. TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID BUT NO ONE IS GOING TO DO IT. THERE WON'T BE A CROSSING GUARD AND NO PARENT IS GOING TO LET THEIR GRADE-SCHOOLER I DON'T THINK THEY WILL ANYWAY. HIT THE BUTTON AND WALK ACROSS IN A 50 MILE PER HOUR SPEED ZONE THAT SHOULD BE A SCHOOL ZONE. I GUESS IT IS STILL TOO DANGEROUS. I'M TORN ON THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SPENDING $750,000 AND NOT GETTING WHAT WE WERE TOLD. PART OF ME SAYS BILL DID AND THE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINED THERE IS [03:30:04] NO CROSSING GUARD GIVE THEM THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THE ISD PEOPLE AND SAY WE SHOULD NOT BE BUILDING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE DID IT. THEN WE DID IT I AND SO WE CAN'T HIRE CROSSING GUARDS AND BUILD CROSSWALKS OTHERWISE WE MIGHT AS WELL BE THE ISD. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. I THOUGHT A CROSSING GUARD WAS INCLUDED IN THE ISD'S CONTRACT WHATEVER. WITH US BUILDING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT. DID IT DROP OFF? I SEEM TO REMEMBER THE CROSSING GUARD BEING AN INTEGRAL PART IN THIS PROJECT. >> I'VE GOT INFORMATION I CAN SHARE. I ALSO KIND OF THOUGHT I REMEMBERED OR ASSUMED THE CROSSING GUARD WOULD BE A PART OF IT WITH CITY STAFF'S HELP I TRACKED DOWN THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING WHERE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHEN SAM RAY WAS OUR CITY ENGINEER. WE HAD A BIG PRESENTATION TO US ON THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE LIGHT THERE THE WARRANTS WHERE IT WAS WARRANTED. IT SAYS THIS DOES NOT WARRANT A CROSSING GUARD. SO FROM THE START IT SAID THIS DOES NOT WARRANT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. YOU CAN PUSH SOME BUTTONS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY TO CROSS. THAT WASN'T ONE OF THE WARRANTS THAT IT MET. IT HAS NEVER BEEN A PART OF THE THING I THINK THAT WE JUST ASSUMED. I DID. I'M GUILTY OF THIS. I ASSUME THAT WAS PART OF IT. WHEN I WATCH THE ACTUAL VIDEO WE WERE TOLD THIS DOES NOT WARRANT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FOR THE SCHOOL. BECAUSE I WANTED TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT IS THE WAY I REMEMBERED IT. WHEN I WATCHED IT IT WAS NEVER AN AGREEMENT THERE WAS NEVER A COMMITMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A CROSSING GUARD. >> I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS. ONE THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET. SO IT MAY NOT BE TRUE TODAY. THE SECOND THING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE A CROSSING GUARD THERE PEOPLE TRYING TO TURN TO GET INTO COTTONWOOD SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEFT TURN CORRECT? >> THERE WILL BE THERE IS DEFINITELY A RIGHT TURNING LANE. WE HAD TO GO WITH THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY. I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A LEFT TURN PROTECTED LEFT. >> THOSE TWO THINGS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN CAR ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. PEOPLE TRYING TO TURN. THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP COMING FROM ALL THE WAY FROM 1660. YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOING TO THAT SCHOOL TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO DROP THEIR KID OFF AT THE DROP ZONE WHICH IS A PARKING LOT THAT WRAPS AROUND. REGARDLESS OF THE CROSSING GUARD IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE FROM THE POLICE HOW MANY HAVE OCCURRED AT THAT LOCATION IN THE CITY. >> I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND SAYING -- WHETHER IT WAS AGREED-UPON OR NOT A CROSSING GUARD TO THE NAKED EYE SEEMS LIKE THAT IS WARRANTED. I'M NOT DISAGREEING. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY DON'T BUILD A LIGHT BECAUSE ISD DOES NOT DO A CROSSING GUARD. >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS SAYING THAT. >> I USED TO HAVE TO TURN FROM ANDERSON LEFT ONTO LIMERICK IN THE MORNINGS. HPD WAS OUT THERE AT THE SCHOOL AT THE INTERSECTION HANDLING ACCIDENTS. NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IT HAPPENED A LOT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EVERYONE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH -- SAID NO IT IS NOT SAFE TO CROSS. IT IS NOT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. I THINK THAT IS MAYBE WISHFUL THINKING. WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROBABLY NOT SO MANY CROSSING. YOU'VE GOT MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE. I'M SURE THERE ARE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WHO ARE PLAYING STRONGER RIGHT NOW. IT WILL HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT IT IS NOT PERFECT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. >> WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO RE-EVALUATE THE SAFETY? THIS IS BACK FROM 2020. >> 2021. >> SO IT IS STATED. WHAT ARE THE PROPER THE PROCESS THE LIGHT GOES IN AND THAT WE NEED TO DO LIKE A NEW EVALUATION TO WARRANT AND JUSTIFY THAT PERSON? >> THAT IS UP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE BODY. >> YOU SAY THAT -- >> EVERYBODY IS OVER HERE I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL. WE NEED A CROSSING GUARD. >> I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE BUT THAT ISN'T THEIR DECISION. [03:35:03] >> MAYBE WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ISD ON THAT INDIVIDUALLY. >> AS A CITY COUNCIL PICKS >> I DON'T MIND TELLING THEM I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT I DON'T WANT THEM TELLING US WHAT TO DO WITH CITY PROJECTS EITHER. THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YOU CAN GIVE AN OPINION THAT IS ALL IT IS. >> PARTNERSHIP PUT IT ON THEIR RADAR AND ASK FOR IT. MAYBE THEY DON'T GET IT THE FIRST YEAR BUT MAYBE THE SECOND YEAR. >> JUST TALKING TO THEM. >> WE CAN WRITE A LETTER AND SAY WE ARE PUTTING $750,000 INTO THIS. WE THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD STRONGLY LOOK AT A CROSSING GUARD. WHEN PEOPLE GET WOUND UP WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THIS. >> IF THEY HAVE ISSUES TO THIS IT WILL BRING THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS POLITE. I WILL WARRANT THEM JUSTIFYING IT. >> CAN WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE CASH THE CHECK? >> AGAIN I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED THAT BEING PART OF THE DEAL. IT WAS NEVER PART OF THE AGREEMENT. THEY AGREED TO PAY US WITHOUT ANY COMMITMENT TO PUT A CROSSING GUARD IN. IN THE PRESENTATION IF YOU GO AND WATCH IT LIKE I DID IT WAS SAID IT WARRANTS A LIGHT HERE FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY. THAT IS WHAT THE WARRANT THAT WAS MET IT WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IN 2021 WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT HAVING A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED. THAT IS INCREASING THE SAFETY. IT IS ALSO THEY STACK UP A LOT ON EXCHANGE AND ESPECIALLY ON I GUESS IT IS SHERMAN COMING FROM THE NORTH GOING DOWN. THEY STACK UP IMMENSELY. THAT IS A REALLY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. IT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FOR TRAFFIC FLOW FOR PARENTS DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP. IT WILL DO IT. AND SO AFTER I RESEARCHED ALL OF THIS AND AFTER THE MAYOR AND I MET WITH A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS I REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. I PROVIDED HER HERE IS THE DATA. HERE IS THE TRAFFIC THE WARRANT STUDY THAT WAS DONE. I PROVIDED TO HER SHE SAID SHE WAS WILLING TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN INTERNALLY TO SEE IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND. RIGHT NOW THE BIGGEST LIMITER FROM WHAT I REMEMBER SHE SAID WAS THE 50 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT. THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN ON NUMBER LOOP EVEN THOUGH DURING SCHOOL YEAR IT DROPS TO 35. THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. I DON'T THINK THAT -- I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD STILL ASK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ASKING TO CONSIDER MAYBE ONCE THE NORTHSIDE FULLY DEVELOPS. ONCE THERE IS COMMERCIAL THAT IS BUILT ALONG GLIMMER MAYBE THAT WILL INCREASE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. MAYBE THEY CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN. I HAVE NO PROBLEM ASKING THEM TO NOT SAY NO FOREVER. I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR FOR US TO SAY NO WE ARE NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE A CROSSING GUARD WHEN THAT WAS NEVER A PART. >> I AGREE LET'S FINISH THE PROJECT BEFORE WE GO OFF AND SEND A LETTER. JUST TO GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW. FINISH AND THEN WE CAN SAY THIS IS DONE. NOW THE NEXT STEP WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS. BUT -- THAT WOULD BE MY TWO CENTS. >> LAST TIME THIS CAME BEFORE US WAS IN 2021. WE HAD A MEETING LAST YEAR AND WE ENDED UP PUTTING IT IN. THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET FOR THIS PAST YEAR TO DO. BASED ON A CONVERSATION WE DID NOT DO ANY OF THIS LAST YEAR? >> THE ORIGINAL WARRANT -- >> NOT TALKING ABOUT WARRANTS BUT THE AGREEMENT WHERE WE TALK TO THE ISD. WE MET -- >> THAT WAS IN 23. >> WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS I FEEL LIKE I'VE SAT HERE IN A MEETING. IN PUBLIC VIEW AND SAID I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD A SCHOOL AND THEY SHOULD THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE AGREEMENTS BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING ALL THE INFRA STRUCTURE FOR THE SCHOOL. ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS SAID WHO PUT THE HOUSES OVER THERE? IT WAS RESIDENTIAL WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. NEED TO BUILD ALL THIS AND. I FEEL LIKE WE JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS ITEM. EITHER YOU WERE HERE OR RAY WAS HERE. GOING BACK TO SAM RAY. THAT IS REALLY THE LAST MEETING NO WONDER WHY IT IS MESSED UP I FEEL LIKE WE BUDGETED THE MONEY AND HAD THE CONVERSATION PICK I HAVE TO LOOK AT 2023 AND GO WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? >> I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH RAY ELEMENTARY. MY KIDS HAVE TO WALK THROUGH GRASS. WE WILL FUND SIDEWALKS ON ISD LAND. WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUILD OUR OWN [03:40:04] SIDEWALKS LET ALONE. WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT COME UP IT IS LIKE THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THEM IN A LATER PHASE EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS 10 YEARS LATER WHENEVER YOU'RE READY AND PUSHING FOR IT THE CITY NEEDS TO PUT THEM IN. THE STUFF WE WEREN'T HERE THEN. WE HAVE TO START DOING THIS TO WHERE THEY BUILD A SCHOOL EVERYTHING EVERY SIDEWALK EVERY CROSSWALK EVERYTHING GETS PUT IN. WE ALL KNOW WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT SO WE DON'T COME OUT LATER AND IS IS $1 MILLION AND THEY ARE PAYING US TO 50 AND WE MAYBE WE GET A CROSSING GUARD AND MAYBE WE DON'T PICK THE PEOPLE I DON'T THINK THEY CARE. THEY JUST WANT THEIR KIDS SAFE WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL. WHETHER THEY ARE PULLING OUT IN THE STREET WITH THEIR CAR OR THEIR KIDS ARE WALKING. THEY JUST WANT TO BE SAFE. >> 2021 WAS THE LAST TIME PICKS THEM THAT IS THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THE WARRANT STUDY. THAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. >> THE INITIAL DISCUSSION. TO BE CLEAR THE ISD BUSES ALL THE KIDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF LEMMER LOOP AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BESTS THEM FOR SAFETY. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR WE DID NOT BASE EVERYTHING ON THE 2021 WARRANT STUDY. THE ENGINEERING TEAM DID AN UPDATED WARRANT STUDY TO ENSURE WE STILL MEET WARRANTS AND WE DO. >> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE AGREEMENT THE VERBAL NESTS THE DISCUSSION. THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN 2021. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST YEAR ON WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT AND WHAT IT WILL ENTAIL. I THINK LAST YEAR THAT SPENT LAST YEARS AGREEMENT IS WHERE I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT A CROSSING GUARD IN EITHER YOU TOLD IT WAS COMING OR JAMES DID. WE JUMPED IT UP IT WOULD BEHOOVE ME TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN BRING IT UP AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT GIVES US A LETTER SO IF WE DO SEE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND NOW THEY'RE BALKING ON IT WE CAN SAY BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION SHAME ON US FOR NOT WRITING IT IN THE AGREEMENT. THEY NEVER SAID IT LAST YEAR WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF REMEMBERING. >> IF YOU CAN FIND THE EVIDENCE FOR THEY SAID WE WILL PUT A CROSSING GUARD IN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN -- >> I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED. >> PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0. >> ITEM 13.10 ACCEPTANCE [13.10. Consideration and possible action on acceptance of the investment report for the period ended June 30, 2024 (Alberta Barrett)] INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30TH 2020 FOR PICK >> HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING -- >> FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. >> WE ARE MAKING ALL THIS MONEY ON THE DEBT. I'M REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE THE BUDGET I JUST SAW I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT MADE IT OUT PART OF OUR REVENUES FOR THE YEAR NEXT YEAR IT WAS GOING TO BE BOND SALES. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY GOT THEM. BECAUSE THE REVENUES NEXT YEAR LIKE FOR HUNDRED MILLION. HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. HERE IS MY QUESTION. WE'VE GOT ALL THIS DEBT. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK IS RIGHT -- BUT I GET STUCK WE ARE RAISING OUR RATE FOR PEOPLE. WE MAKE THIS INTEREST WHERE DOES THIS INTEREST GO? >> INTEREST INCOME ON THE ISSUANCE? >> WHERE IS THAT GOING? IS IT SPITTING BACK OUT TO THE FUNDS? >> TWO THINGS. ON SOME OF THE OLDER ONES THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO THE PROJECTS. BACK INTO THE BOND PROCEEDS. AND THEN BEING SPENT ON PROJECTS. AND WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. HOWEVER THIS YEAR WE DID PULL SOME OF THAT TO PUT BACK INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. TWO APPLIED TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST WERE TO INTEREST PAYMENTS ON DEBT. >> WHICH ALLOWS OUR INS RATES TO STAY FLAT. IT IS STAYING THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. >> WHICH DOES WHAT TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IF YOU KEEP THE RATE THE SAME WHAT DOES IT DO? >> I WOULD SAY IT WENT DOWN PICK >> YOURS MAY HAVE WHAT DOES IT DO TO COMMERCIAL PEOPLE WHOSE PROPERTY VALUES GO UP? [03:45:02] >> YES IT WOULD GO UP. >> THE TAXES? >> FOR THAT PERSON YES. >> YOU CAN FIND ONE EXAMPLE THAT IS FOR SURE. >> IT IS TOUGH TO FIND PEOPLE WHOSE TAXES GO UP IN THIS WORLD. I APPRECIATE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT CONFUSED ME WHEN YOU SAY THEN MONEY GOES BACK TO A PROJECT IF WE EARMARKED 10 MILLION FOR ROAD PROJECT THE INTEREST EARNED ON THAT SHOULD NOT GO BACK TO THAT ROAD PROJECT. >> LET ME CLARIFY BETTER. WE ISSUE DEBT WE PUT IT ALL INTO A CASH ACCOUNT. FOR THAT PARTICULAR ISSUANCE. FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED. WITH THAT ISSUANCE. AS IT EARNS INTEREST IT GOES BACK INTO THAT CASH ACCOUNT. YOU FINISH THE PROJECT FOR 10 MILLION THAT YOU ARE USING AS AN EXAMPLE. THE PROJECT IS DONE. YOU HAVE I DON'T KNOW I WILL MAKE UP A NUMBER. YOU HAVE 7 MILLION LEFT. YOU'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS YOU ARE DOING. WHEN THEY ARE ALL DONE YOU HAVE 4 MILLION LEFT. YOU GO TO DO ANOTHER PROJECT. >> IT GOES BACK TO THAT YOU'RE PULLING OUT OF THAT -- >> WHATEVER YOU HAVE LEFT YOU CAN DO ANOTHER PROJECT IN THAT CATEGORY PICK >> BUT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE PROPOSE TO YOU IS GOING BACK TO THE DEBT SERVICE TO PAY THOSE INTERESTS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEREST RATE. >> SO USING THE NEW VALLEYVIEW CONSULTING I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE IF WE BELIEVE WHAT THE FED IS SAYING AND WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MARKETS TODAY ON THE T-BILL 10 YEAR TREASURIES HAVE DROPPED. THEY ARE ASSUMING WE WILL GET A RATE CUT IN SEPTEMBER. FOR SURE IN THEIR NOVEMBER AND JANUARY MEETINGS TO AVOID RECESSION STUFF. AND TO HOPEFULLY STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO VALLEYVIEW. MY UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WE PROBABLY CAN'T USE IT T-BILL BECAUSE RATES WERE ABOVE WHAT WE ISSUE IT WAS SIMPLE CHOICE TO JUST SAY WILL PUT IT THERE. WE CAN EARN MORE THAN THE 5%. WE ARE ONLY PAYING THREE AND HALF WERE FOR ANYWAYS. AS WE GET TO THE CHANGES THAT GOVERNMENTAL T-BILLS WE NEEDED AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY -- >> A GOOD PORTION YOU ARE CORRECT. >> I'M GOING TO GET A MIGRAINE. ANY OTHER THINGS? >> WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT IT? >> IT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES BUT I DON'T THINK WE [14. EXECUTIVE SESSION ] ARE REQUIRED TO PICK >> WE WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> WE HAVE ITEM 14 -- I'VE BEEN ASKED TO POSTPONE THE LETTER A. AND THEN SO UNLESS THERE IS OBJECTION WE WON'T DO A. WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL GO TO B SEPARATION AGREEMENTS. FORMER EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE CERTIFIED FINANCIAL OFFICER AND ANY AFFIDAVITS RELATING THERETO. THE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PICK COST PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT. LETTER E POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND PETTY LITIGATION -- MCGINNIS LOCKRIDGE LLP CAUSE NUMBER 22 DASH 0259 DASS C3 68 AND THE FOR HUNDRED 80TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TEXAS. WE SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AND DELIBERATE POTENTIAL LEASE OF REAL ESTATE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY [15. ACTION RELATIVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ] >>> IT IS 12:03, BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO ACTION TAKEN. ACTION 15, POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ONE MOTION TO DIRECT , OH MY GOD, I FORGOT WHICH ONE IT WAS, HOLD ON. >> TO DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW THE TAA FOR THE ALTAR ED SCHMIDT DEVELOPMENT AND RELAY THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO PAY THE [03:50:06] MAXIMUM COST THAT THE D.A. SAYS 100% OR WHATEVER IS APPROPRIATE. DEPENDING ON T.I.A.. DID I SAY THAT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE? OKAY, ALL RIGHT . IS THERE A SECOND ? >> SECOND PERIOD >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION ? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE . >> MAYOR SNYDER AYE >> COUNCILMEMBER CLARK . >> AYE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 7-0 . ON ITEM A, WE WERE ASKED TO TABLE THAT NEXT MEETING . THE CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM B , WE WERE ASKED TO TABLE THAT TO GIVE SOME MORE INFORMATION . IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ? >> NO ACTION. >> ONE OTHER MOTION, DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK RSP OPTIONS FOR SOLAR LAND LEASE AND CARBON LEASING. >> THE BUDGET -- >> AFTER THE BUDGET, IT CAN BE SEPTEMBER-ISH OR OCTOBER. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? >> SECOND . >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEMPORE GORDON. MAYOR SNYDER. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK . COUNCILMEMBER THORNTON. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON , COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD. >> AYE . >> THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 16.1 BACK UP FOR A QUICK COMMENT. HEARING NONE, 16.1 GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. FIGURE OUT WHERE TO POST THIS SET IN THE CITY, WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL ONES NOW IF WE SO CHOOSE. HUTTO IS OFFICIALLY A PURPLE HEART CITY AND PURPLE HEART SOCIETY BROUGHT THIS BY SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ? THEN IT BRINGS US TO ITEM 16.2, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE, I DON'T HOW TO WORD IT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE TO LOOK AT RESOLUTION R-2023 22 SECTION A AND B, SPECIFICALLY A, A3 AND A4 , I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE WORDING ON THOSE TO SEE IF WE CAN DISCUSS THAT . >> WHICH RESOLUTION IS THAT? >> 2023-022. SECTION 306 -A, 3 AND 4 . >> WHAT IS ABOUT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? >> IT IS THE RESIDENCY, HOLD ON, OH MY GOSH, LET ME GO BACK TO READ IT . >> RESOLUTION TO DEFINE RESIDENCY? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. ANY OTHERS? THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I REQUESTED SEVERAL MONTHS BACK THAT GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. I BROUGHT IT UP TO YOU RECENTLY, I WANTED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP DISCUSSING THE STRATEGY FOR OLD TOWN STREETS AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THEM. IN LIGHT OF THE COST OF THE LIVE OAK RECONSTRUCTION, LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS WHETHER IT BE HYBRID APPROACH OR TOTALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH, ALSO THE POTENTIAL APPROACH OF THE CITY DOING MORE WITH DRAINAGE DITCHES . I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND COME UP WITH A STRATEGY AND I THINK A WORKSHOP IS THE BEST FORMAT FOR THAT . >> AGREED. CAN WE GET A SCHEDULE OF ALL THE WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED WITH COUNCIL, SOMETHING AS IT IS UPDATED WE CAN -- ALL RIGHT. WE CAN PLAN THIS , SEPTEMBER IS GOING TO SUCK, WE CAN PLAN IT FOR OCTOBER. REQUESTING ITEM FOR US TO DISCUSS, MAYBE WORKSHOP ITEM TOO, DEALING WITH UBER RIDE-SHARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE , I KNOW THERE IS ONE FROM TRIP CONSULTING. I DON'T KNOW MUCH [03:55:02] ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS . >> IS THAT SUBSIDIZED RIDES ? >> MM-HMM. FOR PEOPLE IN NEED . >> PLAN TO HAVE THE FUTURE MEETINGS AFTER SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING SO WE ARE PAST BUDGET? >> YES. BUT I WANT TO GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY SO WE START OCTOBER, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT. AGENDA ITEM FOR EXITING, EXITING SIGNS OUT OF HUTTO TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT AND SOME PEOPLE WON'T. THE LAST ONE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT ON, I DON'T HAVE, BUDGET AMENDMENT ON THE OPEN SALARIES OR THE SALARIES OF OPEN POSITIONS . WE ARE A MONTH AWAY, I THINK SEPTEMBER 30TH , I FORGET. WE END THE YEAR. WE'VE GOT TWO MONTHS, 22 POSITIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN, THIS ONE I WOULD LIKE BEFORE THAT END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUT A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT AND WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE. IT MAY NOT BE SIGNIFICANT, IT MAY BE A LOT, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE WE CAN REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT TO NEXT YEAR. ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? THEN WE GO TO 16.3, FUTURE ADDITIONAL RESCHEDULED MEETINGS AS ALLOWED BY HUTTO CITY CODE SECTION 1.0 2.033 ADDITIONAL OR RESCHEDULED MEETINGS. >> I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THIS COMING, TOMORROW NOW , IT WAS SATURDAY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THREE , POSSIBLY FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS INDICATED TO CITY STAFF THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? >> I HAVE HEARD OF FOUR AND I HAVE HEARD FROM THREE. >> SO OFFICIALLY, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THREE THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE? THAT MEANS THERE WON'T BE A QUORUM, WE KNOW THERE WON'T BE A QUORUM AT THE MEETING . >> INVITATIONAL YES . >> THAT IS THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON AUGUST 3RD IS CANCELED. AND WE NOTIFY THE PUBLIC VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, CITY WEBSITE, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT MEETING WILL NOT BE HAPPENING AS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION TO CANCEL . >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON. >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ? >> THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT CAN STILL HOLD A MEETING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC IT CAN'T BE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IF THERE IS NOT A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL THERE. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE CITY BUT ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. >> COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN? >> I WILL CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING SO WE WILL CANCEL THIS ONE AND EXERCISE MY RIGHT AND WE TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, NOBODY HAD ISSUES AND WE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE DON'T WANT THE MAYOR DOING THIS SO WE WON'T HAVE THE MEETING, THAT IS FINE. I WILL KEEP CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL WE, AS A GROUP, SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE PUBLIC AND GET REAL WITH THEM. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TXDOT AROUND, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT AND I WILL KEEP DOING IT UNTIL YOU CHANGE THE CHARTER. TWO WEEKS AGO NOBODY HAD AN ISSUE EXCEPT YOU DID, HE DID NOT LIKE WHERE IT IS AT. I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC, EVERYBODY HAS STUFF TO DO, THAT IS FINE, WE WILL KEEP DOING IT AND RECOVERY UNTIL EVENTUALLY SOMEONE SAYS OKAY, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING AND EVERY TIME WE CANCEL, THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT RAISING THEIR TAXES 15%, 20%, 80% AND THAT IS FINE. YOU MAKE IT SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO BE MAD AT US AND ALL AND TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN FEEL MORE RELAXED, THE KIDS CAN BE PLAIN, THE MOM OR THE DAD CAN BE THE ONE ENGAGED SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT . WE CAN KEEP PLAYING GAMES, WE DID THIS IN 2019, YOU GUYS WOULD NEVER MEET, ALL OF A SUDDEN AN ITEM WOULD COME ON THE AGENDA AND YOU DID NOT WANT TO HOLD A MEETING SO WE CANCELED IT. >> I WAS NOT ON THE COUNCIL IN 2019. >> YOU WANT BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD. ANYWAY. >> I HAVE A COMMON TO MAKE ON THAT, YOU PUT A LOT OF WORDS INTO MY MOUTH RIGHT NOW. YOU INSINUATED INTENT WHERE YOU HAVE NO PROOF OF INTENT. ALL [04:00:03] I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE TELLING THE CITIZENS TO EXPECT THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO BE AT A MEETING WHERE WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT BE THERE . >> WHO SAID THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE THERE? >> YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE THERE ON SATURDAY. >> DID I SAY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE THERE? >> YOU SAID CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE THERE. ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU ARE PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH AND SAYING SOMETHING THAT I NEVER SAID. I'M SAYING THAT -- >> MAKE A MOTION -- >> DON'T INTERRUPT ME PLEASE. I LET YOU FINISH YOUR STATEMENT TO PLEASE LET ME FINISH MY STATEMENT, WILL YOU GIVE ME THAT RESPECT? >> I APOLOGIZE, SIR. >> MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CITIZENS DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE THERE AND THEY THINK THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS OF TONIGHT. THEY THINK THAT WILL BE, WE KNOW FOR FACT ALREADY THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A QUORUM THERE. I THINK IT IS NOT HONEST WITH THE CITIZENS, I THINK IT IS NOT BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE CITIZENS TO NOT TELL THEM THAT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A CITY COUNCIL THERE AND EXPECT A MEMBER OF STAFF TO GO THERE AND TRY TO DO SOME KIND OF RECORDING AND TO HAVE THEM GO THERE KNOWING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE HE WILL BE ABLE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I DON'T THINK THAT IS BEING TRANSPARENT TO THE CITIZENS, THAT IS MY OPINION TO SAY AND TO TELL PEOPLE THAT I AM NOW TRYING TO CANCEL THIS MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH THE CITIZENS, I MEET WITH THE CITIZENS ALL THE TIME, I DON'T HAVE TO GO AND MEET WITH THE CITIZENS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AT FRICK PARK UNDER A MEETING THAT YOU HAVE CALLED IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT AND WHO THE CITIZENS TALK TO ME. CITIZENS CAN TALK TO ME ANYTIME, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOU CALLING A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU CAN CALL AS MANY AS YOU WANT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> WHY NOT OFFERED TO RESCHEDULE IT TO A TIME YOU CAN MAKE IT, WHY JUST CANCEL? >> BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO RESCHEDULE, GO AHEAD BUT NOW IT IS TO THE POINT IT IS ONE DAY AWAY. WE HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS THAT THE MEETING CAN'T BE HELD, IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO RESCHEDULE ANOTHER ONE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> I'M ASKING YOU, WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE A MOTION TO RESCHEDULE IN THE TIME IT WOULD WORK FOR YOUR SCHEDULE? >> BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING TO COME. THE FIRST YOU REACHED OUT TO ME AFTER YOU SCHEDULE THE MEETING OR YOU CALL THE MEETING ON JULY 18TH, YOU TOLD ME I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND WORK WITH YOU TO PUT THE MEETING TOGETHER, YOU NEVER REACHED OUT TO ME, YOU NEVER DID THAT. THE FIRST I HEARD ABOUT THE MEETING WITH US MONDAY WHEN YOU SENT AN EMAIL TO JAMES AND COPIED ME, YOU SAID, JAMES, I NEED ANSWERS TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. THAT IS WHEN I TOLD YOU VIA EMAIL THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. I DID NOT KNOW THAT ANYONE ELSE EITHER HAD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO ALL HAS SENT IN THEIR NOTICES OTHER THAN THE ONES FORWARDED TO ME SO I SOUGHT AMBERLEY'S EMAILS FORWARDED, BRYANS WAS FORWARDED OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, I KNEW I SENT MINE IN. AT THAT POINT, THERE ARE THREE SO THAT MEETING IS NOT BEING HELD SO I CALLED THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT HAPPENED, THERE IS NO MEETING ? >> CAN THE MEETING NOT BE HELD WITH FOUR PEOPLE? >> HAVE TO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE. >> YOU WENT OUT AND ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL WE NEEDED TO HAVE FIVE, NEEDED MAJORITY SO IT FAILED, THAT WAS A MOTION OF THE CHARTER THAT FAILED. >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS HABIT WHERE I ASK A QUESTION AND I DON'T EVER GET AN ANSWER, I GET SOMETHING ELSE. IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC AND NOT AFRAID TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC, WHY MAKE A MOTION TO CANCEL, WHY NOT MAKE A MOTION TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE, WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULE, CAN YOU GUYS DO, INSTEAD, IT IS CANCELED. >> BECAUSE IT IS TOO LATE TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING. MAYBE WE ARE TALKING SEMANTICS . >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH. I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE TO THIS DATE, CAN YOU DO THAT, REPOST IT, CITY, SECRETARY, CAN WE DO THAT? INSTEAD IT IS JUST CANCEL, I WANT TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY BUT I CAN'T, I DON'T WANT TO RESCHEDULE. AGAIN, JULY 18TH, I CALLED A MEETING, OTHER THAN YOU HAVING AN ISSUE WHERE IT WAS LOCATED, NOBODY HAD ANYTHING PICKED TO SAY THAT, I DID NOT KNOW WE WERE HAVING A MEETING, UNTIL HE EMAILED MONDAY, I DID NOT KNOW . LITERALLY, I'M CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR AUGUST 3RD AT 6:00 P.M. AT FRICK PARK, YOU HAD A FIT ABOUT IT SO HERE WE ARE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I DID NOT EVEN KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT. LET'S CANCEL THIS ONE . >> AGAIN, YOU PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH. AGAIN YOU PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH. I NEVER SAID THAT I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING. WHAT I SAID WAS YOU WERE GOING TO GET WITH ME AND TALK TO ME AND PLAN THIS MEETING AND YOU NEVER PLANNED IT OUT WITH ME, YOU NEVER REACHED OUT TO ME . >> THAT WAS ON MONDAY. >> YEAH . [04:05:01] >> THE QUESTIONS, YOU RESPONDED BACK, I CAN'T GO. ANYWAY, LET'S CANCEL THIS ONE AND WORK ON THE NEXT MEETING. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING. I THINK WHERE YOU'RE GETTING UPSET IS BECAUSE THE PROCESS, IT IS THE WAY OF DOING IT, YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY I'M DOING IT. >> LISTEN, LET ME BE CLEAR, I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE MAKING MOTIONS AND COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON AS SECONDING THEM TO CANCEL MEETINGS TO GET WITH THE PUBLIC TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG TAXES COMING UP, I THINK IT IS GREAT BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE. YOU SAY, OH, I DO, I'M BUSY THAT DAY AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. LET'S CANCEL THIS ONE, LET'S NOT RESCHEDULE, THEN I CALL ANOTHER ONE. YOU SAID I DON'T WANT TO RESCHEDULE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM RESCHEDULING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY I WANT TO HOLD A MEETING. >> WE ARE ALL HERE, WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ? >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? YOU MADE THE MOTION, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE? >> I WANT TO CANCEL. HOLD ON, YOU KEEP CHANGING MY WORDS. I DID NOT MAKE A MOTION TO CANCEL THE MEETING. I MADE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED BY VIRTUE OF HAVING NO QUORUM. THAT IS WHAT I SAID. >> OKAY. >> AGAIN, DON'T PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH, DON'T BE TRYING TO TWIST IT AND SAY SOMETHING I DID NOT SAY. I JUST WANT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THERE WILL NOT BE A QUORUM THERE. >> NOTIFY PUBLIC THAT THERE WILL NOT -- IS THERE A FULL MOON TONIGHT? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> BE A QUORUM FOR THE 8/ 3/24 MEETING, NOT USE THE WORD CANCEL, JUST NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THERE WON'T BE QUORUM. >> THAT SOUNDS PERFECT TO ME . >> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT CHANGE, COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON? >> I'M OKAY WITH THE CHANGE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE 13TH OF JULY, WE HAD A CIP DISCUSSION, I THINK ONLY FOR -- FOUR CITIZENS SHUT UP 9:00 A.M. AT CITY HALL AS WELL IS THE 27TH OF JULY, I BELIEVE SEVEN CITIZENS SHOWED UP TO THAT ONE AS WELL. THERE HAS BEEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND TO SPEAK WITH US AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE BUDGET AND ARE CIP . WELCOME THEIR INPUT, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER KOLAR MADE A GREAT POINT, WE HAVE PUBLIC, EVERY THURSDAY, WHEN WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING, WE ALSO HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND WE HAVE CELL PHONES WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN REACH OUT TO US. I KNOW THAT I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBER KOLAR, I'M ALWAYS WELCOME TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC , IF THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO ME AND SCHEDULE TIMES. I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND READY AND WILLING TO LISTEN BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT CHANGE. >> GOING THING I WANT TO SAY IS CONCERN OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITH WEST NILE IN HUTTO AND YOU ARE WANTING TO MEET WITH AFTER EVENT WITH PRIME MOSQUITO TIME AT OPEN WATER SOURCE AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOT A GOOD IDEA. >> ARE YOU SERIOUS? YOU JUST SAID THAT. IT IS NOT PRIME FIGHTING SEASON, THEY SENT A THING OUT, WE ALL HAVE IT, THOSE MOSQUITOES, 9:00 AT NIGHT. >> THAT IS WHEN WE ARE SPRAYING . >> WHY ARE WE SPRAYING AT 9:00 AT NIGHT ? IF YOU READ THE MEMO. >> BECAUSE THEY BITE AT DUSK. >> OH, MY GOD. >> ANYWAYS. >> THIS WILL HAPPEN AT 9:00 P.M. BECAUSE THE SPECIES OF MOSQUITO THAT CARRIES WEST NILE VIRUS IS MOST ACTIVE AFTER 9:00, THIS IS AT 6:00. AGAIN , LOOK, IF YOU'RE NOT IN TOWN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN TOWN. DON'T MAKE EXCUSES YOU'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WEST NILE VIRUS IS IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY CAUGHT ONE, SPRAYING ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN THEY ARE SPRAYING AT LAKESIDE ESTATES, NOT EVEN SPRING OVER HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MOSQUITOES OVER HERE THAT HAVE IT . LET'S JUST CANCEL THE MEETING AND START A NEW ONE, YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME. MOTION TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THERE WILL NOT BE A QUORUM FOR THE 8/3/24 MEETING. >> THERE YOU GO. >> PLEASE CALL THE VOTE . >> COUNCILMEMBER CLARK. MAYOR [04:10:01] PRO TEMPORE GORDON , COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, COUNCILMEMBER KOLAR, COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD . >> NAY >> MAYOR SNYDER >> NAY. >> THE MOTION PASSES, 4-3 . CHECK YOUR CALENDARS, HOW DO YOU LOOK FOR SUNDAY, CAN WE GET FOUR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ON SUNDAY, THE FORECHECK? >> I WILL NOT ATTEND ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON A SUNDAY. >> OKAY. MONDAY THE FIFTH? >> YES MA'AM. >> COMBINE IT WITH THAT. >> YES MA'AM . >> YOU WANT TO BE A TRUE MEETING, 72 HOUR POSTED NOTICE . >> YEAH, IF YOU POST A WE WILL HAVE IT ON MONDAY. THAT'S RIGHT, FOR SUNDAY , UNLESS IT IS EMERGENCY AND THAT RISES TO EMERGENCY. >> HERE IS MY REQUEST, LOOKING FOR THE, I WANT STAFF INVOLVED, I WANT CITY ATTORNEY TO BE THERE. I HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH EXCLUDING STAFF EXCLUDING CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL. I WOULD REQUEST WE RESCHEDULE A MEETING AT A TIME THEY CAN BE PRESENT AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE MEETING. >> NOW THE TRUTH COMES OUT WITH THE ISSUE WAS, IF YOU WOULD HAVE SAID THAT INSTEAD OF ME TELLING DAVID, DON'T LEAVE YOUR WIFE AND KIDS, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE RECORDING, WE COULD HAVE FIXED THAT AND SET OF ALL THE HOOPLA AND NOT HAD A MEETING. >> THAT WAS IN ADDITION TO. AGAIN. >> BACK TO THAT, WHEN IS THE DATE? STOP TALKING ABOUT SEMANTICS, LET'S GET THE DATE FIRST. DATE TO BRING THE CALVARY, WHAT DATE WORKS? 6:00 OR 7:00 DURING THE WEEKDAY , I'M TELLING YOU NOW, YOU HAD KIDS, I HAD KIDS, EVERYBODY HAS KIDS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO WORK ALL DAY, RUSHED DOWN HERE, MAKE DINNER, GET THE KIDS HOMEWORK , GET THEM FROM DAY CAMP, WHEREVER THEY ARE AT AND GET DOWN HERE TO TALK AND WE HOLD IT FIRST THING SATURDAY MORNING, I TALKED TO PEOPLE, LOOK, THAT IS WHY I CAME UP WITH THAT PLACE, IT IS GROUND ZERO FOR DECISION-MAKING WE ARE DOING, THERE IS A PLACE FOR KIDS TO BE ENTERTAINED. I TRIED TO HOLD IT AT 6:00 SO THERE WOULD STILL BE DAYLIGHT AND NOT SO HOT, START TO COOL DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO DRAG DOTTIE DOWN HERE, WHAT DATE WORKS? PREFERABLY, WE HAVE IT BEFORE WE RAISE EVERYBODY'S TAXES AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO US ? >> CITIZENS HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO US ON AUGUST 8, AUGUST 15TH, AUGUST 22ND. >> I JUST SAID THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH TRAFFIC. >> SEPTEMBER 19TH. >> YOU'RE SAYING THE ONLY CITIZENS THAT CAN GIVE US INPUT ARE AVAILABLE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT? >> I SAY YOU GO TO THE PEOPLE, DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THE PEOPLE GO TO US, IT IS NOT ELITIST THING. >> THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING . IT IS THEIR BUILDING . >> DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS. >> I DO. >> I KNOW, I KNOW. YOU WANT ME TO PUT A DATE OUT THERE? OKAY, AUGUST 10TH. >> THE BIG ISSUE ON THAT, NO CITIZENS WILL COME OUT FOR THAT, THAT IS TAX-FREE WEEKEND. STARTING ON THE 14TH AND MOST PEOPLE CONCERNED WILL BE BUYING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN >> I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN. >> ANOTHER FOUR PEOPLE, I CAN MAKE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN OF FIVE PEOPLE, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING. WE MAY HAVE LOWER TURNOUT BECAUSE OF SALES TAX-FREE WE CAN . >> ON THE 10TH I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. >> ARE YOU AVAILABLE ? >> NO. NOT ON THE 10TH . >> 17TH? WHAT ABOUT THE 9TH , CAN YOU DO A FRIDAY NIGHT ? >> NO, I'M OUT OF TOWN. >> WHAT IS BEST FOR STAFF IF STAFF IS INVOLVED? >> WHATEVER DAY YOU PICK, WE WILL BE THERE. >> I LIKE THAT ANSWER. THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER, JAMES. >> DAVID IS GOING TO GO, MAN, WHY DID YOU DO FRIDAY NIGHT? >> [04:15:02] OUTLETS, RELIABLE INTERNET . >> YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STAFF INVOLVED BECAUSE IT IS MORE, WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE THE PLAN AND WE MET ON SATURDAY, WE GOT THE PLAN WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BE MAKING CHANGES BECAUSE IT IS NOT ACTION, JUST DISCUSSION. CAN YOU MAKE THE 9TH ? >> I COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THE 9TH WORK. >> AUGUST 9TH AT 7:00 P.M. BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HOME. >> I HEARD IS A NO . >> FRIDAY NIGHT, I CAN'T DO THAT . >> I'M NOT IN TOWN, I'M JUST SAYING FRIDAY NIGHT FOR FOLKS. >> AUGUST 10TH, YOU SAID YOU GUYS ARE OUT, TWO OF YOU DON'T DO STUFF ON SUNDAYS. AUGUST 16TH, HOW DOES THAT ONE LOOK? >> I CAN'T BE THERE FOR THE 16TH. >> WHAT DAYS CAN YOU BE THERE OR IS IT YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO COME OR YOU REALLY ARE BUSY? IT WOULD BE EASIER TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY. >> I CAN MAKE THE 17TH WORK, NOT THE 24TH. NOT THE 2030 THERE. -- 23RD EITHER . >> COUNCILMEMBER PORTERFIELD, THORNTON , CAN YOU? WHAT WEEKEND WILL YOU BE IN TOWN? >> I'M AROUND, I HAVE CUSTODY FOR MY KIDS . >> WHAT WEEKEND WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GO TO A MEETING? YOU CAN'T GET THE 3RD, THE 10TH, THE 17TH. >> HERE IS A THOUGHT, HERE IS A QUESTION, WHY CAN'T WE JUST SAY WE WILL HAVE A TOWN HALL WHERE A QUORUM MAY BE PRESENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ALL OF THIS, CALLING A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND WE SAY IT IS A TOWN HALL FOR ALL THE CITIZENS AND COME TALK TO YOUR COUNCILMEMBER SUE ARE AVAILABLE TO BE HERE AND WE CAN HAVE STAFF HERE AND DO IT THAT WAY. >> WE CAN DO THAT. THAT IS NOT A BAD IDEA . I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LEFT OUT BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO GO AND WE PICKED A MEETING THAT THEY CAN'T GO. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU GUYS WANT TO BE THERE SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND A WEEKEND WHEN -- WHAT SATURDAY WILL YOU BE AROUND? >> IT IS NOT THAT, I HAVE MY KIDS AND I CAN'T LEAVE THEM ALONE WITH NO CHILDCARE. >> IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL? >> I HAVE TWO OTHER CHILDREN , MIKE. >> ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? >> I'M NOT GIVING YOU MY PERSONAL INFORMATION . >> YOU CAN'T MEET ANY TIME BECAUSE -- OKAY. YOU ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY WEEKEND IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ? >> NO, I THINK I CAN MAKE THE 24TH WORK IF IT HAS TO BE A SATURDAY. >> BUT YOU CAN'T DO THE 24TH. >> RIGHT, ME AND MY WIFE HAVE ALL DAY -- >> COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, WHAT WE CAN CAN YOU DO IT? >> POSSIBLY THE 17TH IF SOMETHING, I COULD POSSIBLY DO THE 17TH. >> YOU CAN'T BUT YOU CAN'T ? >> THE 17TH IS OKAY. >> TO THE 17TH, WE CAN DO A TOWN HALL, POSSIBLE QUORUM, EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, ONE PERSON CAN'T BE THERE BUT WE MADE ALL THE EFFORT WE CAN FOR THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO BE THERE . >> ON HOW YOU DO IT, JAMES. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS, GOOD LUCK THIS MONTH. >> BACK TO THE CONCERN, IS THERE ANY HEARTBURN CONCERN ABOUT HAVING IT OUT IN THE FOR YOUR HERE AT CITY HALL? JUST BEING OPEN , AND FORMAL THING HERE. >> IF THAT IS EASIER FOR PEOPLE, THAT IS FINE. THE WHOLE POINT OF FRITZ PARK , PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS, WHEN JAMES HAS DONE THIS BEFORE, HE HAS STAFF DOING DAY CARE AND WE ARE NOT SET UP FOR THAT HERE SO I DON'T WANT AN ISSUE, WE HAVE A COUNCILMEMBER THAT CAN'T COME BECAUSE OF DAY CARE. THEY CAN PLAY BUT I HAVE TO GET SOMETHING GOING BECAUSE I GET A DIFFERENT MESSAGE THAN YOU ALL DO ABOUT PEOPLE BEING OKAY WITH THIS. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET IT , WHAT TIME DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO IT ON THE 17TH? IS 6:00 OKAY? >> THAT IS FINE. >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SEND [04:20:04] MARK CALDERERO. MY SON IS GETTING MARRIED THAT DAY . >> 6:00 P.M., CITY HALL . >> ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL ADJOURN AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.