Apr 13, 2023 Town Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THIS TONIGHT FOR OUR NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IS APRIL 13TH 5:30 P.M. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESIDENT OF COUNSELORS AND STAFF. WE'RE MISSING ONE COUNSELOR THIS EVENING PLACE ONE. AND BUT OTHERWISE EVERYONE IS HERE. SO LET'S GET STARTED TONIGHT WITH OUR WITH OUR INVOCATION PASTOR VELVET BELL DO IS HERE. ASK HIM TO COME DOWN AND OPEN US IN PRAYER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT LET US PRAY WE MAKE ARE BEGINNING IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. LORD GOD! HEAVENLY FATHER. WE GIVE THANKS AS WE CELEBRATED. YOUR SON. OUR SAVIOR'S RESURRECTION GIVES US NEW LIFE. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SHINE YOUR FAVOR AND YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR WISDOM. UPON THESE LEADERS HERE UPON THIS COMMUNITY, OUR TOWN OF NORTH LAKE AS YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS IT WITH GROWTH CONTINUE TO PROVIDE IT WITH SAFETY FOR ITS CITIZENS AND TO CONTINUE TO PROSPER IT AND TO MAKE IT A GREAT COMMUNITY TO RAISE A FAMILY. AND TO INSTILL VALUES. BE GOOD CITIZENS. AND TO BE LOVING NEIGHBORS TO ONE ANOTHER. AND THE LORD AGAIN. YOU'VE ENTRUSTED THIS GREAT CHARGE TO THESE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED. THE LORD PLACED THAT WAIT UPON THEM, BUT ALSO CARRY THAT WEIGHT FOR THEM AND GIVE THEM THAT WISDOM IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FASTER IF YOU'D ALL STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGES, PLEASE.

GREATEST NAMES. OKAY? I UNDERSTAND. ALRIGHT AS WE OFTEN DO. WE LIKE

[2.A. Presentation - Employee Service Awards]

OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT? DO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME PAGE HERE? PLAQUE HERE SOMEWHERE? YES. OKAY, WE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO UM, MR COHEN, WHERE YOU GOING, TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL TOO. ALRIGHT PLEASE DO PLEASE DO. LEANNE WAS ONE OF MY FIRST TIRES HERE AT NORTH LAKE AND, UM SHE HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN GARLAND. IT'S BEEN SO LONG AGO. YOUR YEAH. WE DON'T SAY OUR OLD PLACES ANYMORE. I ASKED HER TO UM TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY BECAUSE SHE HANDLES QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN HER OFFICE AND NOT TO ARREST ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WARRANT OUT BECAUSE THAT MAKES PEOPLE MAD AND FINALLY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF IT . AND SHE DOES. A GREAT JOB IN HER STAFF DOES, TOO, IS USUALLY PEOPLE THAT COME AND PAY A TICKET OR NOT HAPPY TO BE THERE, TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND BE KIND TO THEM AS BEST YOU CAN, AND SHE'S DONE ALL THOSE THREE.

SUPERBLY, SO AND THEN WE'VE GOT A WEIRD TRADITION WHERE WE GIVE YOU A STREET SIGN AFTER 15 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT 20 SO BUT ANYWAY. OKAY ALL RIGHT.

THAT IS, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE JOB GETTING RECOGNIZED OUR STAFF FOR ALL THEIR THEIR GREAT SERVICE TO OUR TOWN. ALL RIGHT. JUST MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE I AM ON OUR GENDER HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, WE? WE HAVE A TRADITION OF RECOGNIZING ABOUT THIS TIME OF

[2.B. Proclamation - Sexual Assault Awareness Month (Part 1 of 2)]

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HAVE BEEN RAPED AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIVES AND ONE IN FOUR GIRLS AND ONE IN SIX BOYS WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY. IN AMERICA, A PERSON WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED EVERY 68 SECONDS AND WHEREAS SEXUAL ASSAULT AFFECTS EVERY ADULT TEEN AND CHILD AND DENTON COUNTY, EITHER AS A VICTIM OR SURVIVOR AS A FAMILY MEMBER, SIGNIFICANT OTHER FRIEND, NEIGHBOR OR COWORKER, AND WHEREAS FEW SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEEK HELP, IMMEDIATELY AFTER VICTIMIZATION DUE TO SHAME OR FEAR OF NOT BEING BELIEVED, AND WHEREAS DENT COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY AND WE RECOGNIZE AN ORGANIZATION IS WORKING IN THIS SPACE EACH YEAR. WHEREAS DENTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE SERVICES TO THOSE IMPACTED BY SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCLUDING A SURVIVOR ADVOCATE TEAM RESPONDING 24 7 TO LOCAL HOSPITALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND WHEREAS APRIL 2023 MARKS THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH DURING WHICH STANTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY WILL BE INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT , PUBLICIZING THEIR SERVICES, EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR INCREASED COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THEIR AGENCY AND TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF NEEDS OF SURVIVORS ARE THEREFORE DAVID REDDICK, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE TOWN COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2023 SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL UPON OUR CITIZENS AND ALL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO LEARN ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND HOW TO HELP AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THAT TO YOU TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF US KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS OF THIS STRATEGY IN THEIR LIVES, AND SO TAKE A MOMENT TO SUPPORT

[2.C. Proclamation - Mental Health Awareness & Children's Mental Health Awareness]

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ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. I MISS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE TODAY, OKAY? GOOD ALL RIGHT. AT THIS

[2.D. Briefing- Northwest Independent School District (NISD) Superintendent Introduction]

I S D COUPLE AND OUR GALLEY S D. BUT WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE AND ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES. IS THAT YOUR EXACT TITLE AND THEN ANGELA, YOUR TITLE IS WHAT, EXACTLY OKAY, VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM HERE. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK SUPERINTENDENT TO COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. A FEW WORDS, I BELIEVE IS THE PLAN. BUT COME ON DOWN AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE STEPPED INTO OFFICE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING ONE FOR ANY SD AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, AND SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW IT CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF. GREAT THANK YOU APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS DR MARK FAUST. AND I AM THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST I SD MY FIRST DAY WAS JANUARY 10TH OFFICIALLY, SO I MONDAY WAS THREE MONTHS SO I'M STILL CLAIMING NEW. I'LL SAY THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. I'LL STRETCH OUT AS LONG AS I CAN JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. I'M IN MY 28 YEARS SERVING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND I GREW UP IN THE WAS BORN IN HOUSTON. I GREW UP IN THE SUGARLAND, MISSOURI CITY AREA.

IF ANYONE ANYBODY KNOWS WHERE SUGARLAND IS, THAT'S A IT REALLY IS A SUGAR FACTORY. IT WAS A SUGAR FACTORY THERE. I SERVED IN IN THAT DISTRICT, WHICH WAS BACK THEN A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT. IN FACT, NORTHWEST. I, STEVE FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE HOME. TO BE WHEN I WAS THERE. WE HAD THREE HIGH SCHOOLS THAN 1/4 HIGH SCHOOL OPENED AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN UP. I BELIEVE THEY'RE 12 HIGH SCHOOL, SO THEY THEY'VE GROWN TO OVER 75,000 STUDENTS SINCE I WAS A STUDENT THERE BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, GRADUATED FROM FORT BENNING SD WENT TO TEXAS A AND M WHERE I GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND CALL THAT MY ALL MODERN I DID RECEIVE TWO GRADUATE DEGREES AND MASTER'S AND A DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM IS WELL, I WENT BACK AND SERVED IN FOUR MINUTES FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND THEN I BECAME THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR CURVE ALLY SD HAS SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE COMING HERE BEING BLESSED TO COME HERE TO NORTHWEST SIZE D SO JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL WITH THE CITY OF NORTH LAKE AGAIN. IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP, AND I WANT TO SAY I HAVE A SLIDE HERE . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU ALL PUT IN TO SERVE YOUR TOWN. SO YOU HAD TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND THEN GO, YOU KNOW, GET INTO POLITICS, BUT TO SERVE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. FOR THAT. I'LL GO A LITTLE STEP FURTHER LIKE TO THANK WEST BOYER, ANDREW CORN, BOTH SERVING ON OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE, OUR STRATEGIC SUMMIT OR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE GOALS AND THE PRIORITIES FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF WORK, SO THOSE ARE ACADEMIC AND OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. TO HAVE THE BEST FACULTY AND STAFF TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HIGHEST ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, AND I'LL GO ONE MORE. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR SON. WHO IS HE HERE? OKAY THERE YOU GO, BRILLIANT KID

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IT WILL BE OPEN. COME THIS AUGUST, SO THERE'S SOME SOME LOOKS OF WHAT THE INTERIOR WILL OUR ARTIST'S RENDERING LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND COLORS THAT ARE BEING USED. THEY WILL BE THE DANIEL DOGS. UM HERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS THESE HAPPENED PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PICTURES UPDATED, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK. UM WE'VE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS, CON SQUARE AND, OF COURSE WITH THE CITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO GET READY FOR ALL YOUR STUDENTS TO COME TO THE SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY COME AUGUST, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY DO HAVE A BOND ELECTION COMING UP AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT SOME HIGH POINTS FOR YOU REAL QUICK. OF COURSE, THE DISTRICT CALLED $1.995. BILLION FOR SATURDAY, MAY 6TH IT'S ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN THREE DIFFERENT, UM, PROPOSITION. SO WHY DID WE CALL? UH NO SURPRISE TO YOU ALL WERE GROWING. WE SEE THAT EVERYWHERE. OF COURSE, THE TOWN NORTH LAKE IS EXPERIENCING THAT. JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT BACK LOOKING OUT AT THE LAST 20 YEARS IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 6005 TO 6000 STUDENTS EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR US, OF COURSE, THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT 1100 TO 1200 STUDENTS ANNUALLY. THAT'S BEEN OUR HISTORY. WE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING. WE SEE IT STAYING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT WE HAD SOME SPIKES RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD 2500 STUDENTS. AND NOW WE LAST YEAR ABOUT 1500 STUDENTS. WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO LEVEL OFF BACK TO THAT 1200. TYPE STUDENTS, BUT A YEAR, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE GROWTH IS DOING ACROSS ALL OF THE F W WE'RE NUMBER ONE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE SURROUNDING DFW METROPLEX WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF HOPE HOMES THAT ARE BEING OPEN, BUILT AND CLOSED, WE LEAD MOST OF THOSE CATEGORIES. IF WE'RE NOT NUMBER ONE IN THOSE CATEGORIES WERE RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP. THIS REPORT IS ACTUALLY BASED ON ANNUAL CLOSING SOON SEE, LAST YEAR WE CLOSED OVER 3500 HOMES, MANY OF THOSE OBVIOUSLY IN THE NORTH LAKE COMMUNITY, MANY MORE TO COME AS WELL. SO HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE TAX RATE? JUST WANNA REAL QUICKLY SHOW YOU ALL WITH TWO OPERATING FUNDS AND TAX RATE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PAYS FOR THE SALARIES THE NORMAL DAY TO DAY EXPENDITURES, UTILITIES BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR I N S OR INTERESTED IN SINKING PHONE DEBT SERVICE FUND PAYS OFF OUR DEBT FOR BONDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. MM NO IS SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE BY THE STATE. IT IS SET BY THE STATE. THAT PORTION OF TAX RATES SETS IS SET BY THE STATE INS IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE EVERY DOLLAR. EVERY PENNY THAT COMES FROM INS STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPS US KEEP UP WITH GROWTH. WE DO SEE THAT THERE'S ABOUT 1/10 OF A PENNY. IF THIS IF THIS BOND REFERENDUM IS SUCCESSFUL ABOUT 1/10 OF A PENNY ADDED TO THAT IN S RATES, SO GOING FROM 42 CENTS TO 40 TO 1 UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, THE LOWEST RATE WE'VE HAD RIGHT NOW IN 30 YEARS SINCE 1993 IF YOU JUST LOOK BACK AT QUICK GLANCE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT RATE GOING FROM A DOLLAR FOUR IN 2018. IT STARTED THAT COMPRESSION. THAT'S WHEN THE STATE TOOK OVER FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SET THE M AND A RATE YOU CAN ALSO SEE. WE ACTUALLY REDUCED AHRENS RATE IN 2020 AS WELL. UM AND HAD PASSED A BOND IN 2021 DID NOT RAISE THE RATE THIS TIME AROUND. THE 10TH OF OPINION IS WHERE WE'LL SIT IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. JUST A QUICK ANALYSIS. UM JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IN THE EQUATION OF WHEN SOMEONE PAYS THEIR TAX BILL, WE HAVE A VERY LITTLE PIECE IN THAT THE ASSESSED VALUE FROM THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE IN 17 $317,000 HOME PAID JUST OVER 4500. BUT IF YOU ADVANCE

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PROPOSITION B. PROPOSITION C A IS THE BIG PORTION OF THE OF THE TOTAL ASKED THERE REALLY? THAT'S WHERE THE NEW SCHOOLS ARE THE RENOVATIONS, THE REWORK, YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SHOWN HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT. THERE'S FOUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SOME REPLACEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEN FOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS THAT ARE SCHEDULED WITH THIS BOND. UM THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE LIST. THEREFORE YOU AGAIN. THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE END. I'M NOT GOING TO GO BULLET BY BULLET FOR YOU, TOO. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. UM WE ALSO HAVE IN IN PROP, A EVOLVING IN EQUITY AND INVOLVING NEEDS. WE HAVE SAFETY AND SECURITY ITEMS, AND WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT PROPOSITION. A PROPOSITION B STATE MANDATES THAT IF WE HAVE A ATHLETIC VENUE THAT SEATS OVER 1000 SEATS THAT THAT'S CALLED A STADIUM THAT COULD BE A TENNIS COMPLEX THAT SEATS 1000 AND TWO PEOPLE, THEY REFER TO THAT AS A STADIUM. IF IT'S A STADIUM, IT HAS TO BE ON A SEPARATE PROP. SO THAT'S HOW THEY JUSTIFY THAT.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE. SO ON OUR ON OUR PROP B AS OUR STADIUM WORK. NOW WE DO HAVE THREE BRAND NEW STADIUMS LISTED HERE. ONE FOR BYRON NELSON, ONE FOR EATING AND ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. THAT'S IN THIS PROPOSITION. WE ALSO HAVE RENOVATIONS AT TEXAN FIELD.

THERE ARE OLDEST STADIUM ARE TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME RENOVATIONS THAT IN SD STADIUM, SO WITHIN THAT, PROBABLY BE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THREE NEW STADIUMS AND TWO RENOVATIONS THAT ARE EXISTING STADIUMS. UM I WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY DO YOU GO TO BUILD MORE STADIUMS? WE'RE ADDING 1/4 HIGH SCHOOL OR COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THIS EXTENSIVELY. WE ALSO SENT OUT A PHONE SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY. MAYBE YOU RECEIVED THAT, UM TO ASK HEY, WHEN WE HAVE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE STADIUM HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? DO WE NEED A SECOND STADIUM AND SPLIT AND GO TO AND TO OR SHOULD WE GO TO A MODEL LIKE MOST OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US WHERE THE STADIUM IS AT THE HOME CAMPUS? WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR COMMITTEE, 100% SAID. WE WANT HOME STADIUMS. WE WANT THAT TO BE AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY AND STAYS LOOK CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE PHONE SURVEY WE GOT ABOUT 60 30 SPLIT ON THAT SO ABOUT 65% SAID, YEP. WE THINK HOME STADIUMS ARE RIGHT ABOUT 35% SAID. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'D LIKE YOU TO JUST BUILD A SECOND ONE, AND THEY CAN STILL SHARE. UM SO THE COMMITTEE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO GO IN AND DO THE HOME STADIUMS. AND SO THE BOARD TOOK THAT RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WORD.

HERE'S SOME POINTS AS TO WHY THEY MADE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR THEIR HOME GAMES OR SOMETIMES FURTHER AWAY THAN THEIR AWAY GAMES. SO IF YOU'RE EATING OR BYRON NELSON , THEY MAY PLAY AN AWAY GAME THAT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER FOR THEM TO DRIVE TO, THEN IT WOULD BE FOR THEM TO DRIVE TO THE HOME STADIUM TO PLAY A HOME STAYING HOME GAME. SO THEY TALKED ABOUT KEEPING THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM LONGER CREATING THAT COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE, CERTAINLY ELIMINATING THE TRAVEL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT ROAD TRAVEL, UM AND HELPING WITH THE SCHEDULING. ONCE YOU HAVE 1/4 HIGH SCHOOL HEADED TO THAT MIX. YEP TECHNOLOGY DEVICES AGAIN. THAT'S ANOTHER STATE MANDATE. YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT ICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY. IF IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE, IT CAN STAY IN PROP. EIGHT. THE STATE MANDATES THAT IF IT IS A HANDHELD DEVICE, OR A EDUCATIONAL TOOL DEVICE, THEN THAT HAS TO BE IN A SEPARATE PROP. SO THE ONLY THING YOU SEE IN PROPHECY IS ACTUALLY OUR TECHNOLOGY DEVICES THAT

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WE HOPE TO OPEN THAT UP IN 2026 IF THE BOND IS SUCCESSFUL UM, SO IF THEY STAY AT PIKE UNTIL THEY GET THERE, THERE'S PIKE IS BEING BUILT BRAND NEW, BUT JUST NOT CONFUSE ANYBODY. WE TALKED ABOUT A NEW ROOF ON THE GYM. NEW A. C FOR THE GYM LED LED LIGHTING FOR THE GYM. THERE WAS AN ADDITION ADDED TO PIKE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO . THAT WAS A BRAND NEW GYM WHEN WE TAKE DOWN OLD PIKE BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW ONE GOING TO LEAVE THAT GYM IN PLACE. SO THESE ARE THE REFRESHMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THAT, OR THE UPGRADES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THAT, UM TO THAT GYM. NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. CURRENTLY THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT FEEDS THIS AREA AGAINST SOME STUDENTS MAY GO TO BYRON NELSON WITH OUR ACADEMY PROGRAM. SOME MAY EVEN GO TO ETON OUT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

MAJORITY OF THEM PROBABLY GO TO NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS GETTING AN EXPANSION RIGHT NOW FROM THE LAST BOND, BUT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT ARE IN THIS BOND. YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE THAT WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AGAIN. THE THREE PROPS YOU'LL SEE THE ISSUANCE OF THE ONE POINT FOR THE BULK OF THE PROJECTS. THAT'S REALLY ALL THE ALL THE CAMPUSES, INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY AND SECURITY ITEMS, EQUITY AND EVOLVING NEEDS. PROBABLY IS THAT STADIUM PEACE AND THERE YOU'LL SEE IT SPELLED OUT REALLY SPECIFICALLY, IT LISTS BARON NELSON STADIUM EATING STADIUM, A NEW STADIUM. AND THE RENOVATIONS TO BOTH TEXT AND FIELD AND NORTHWEST STADIUM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PROPHECY WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, SO THAT'S HOW YOU'LL SEE IT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE POLLS ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU WE DO HAVE FOUR TRUSTEES. SORRY. EXCUSE ME . THREE TRUSTEES UP FOR ELECTION AS WELL. UM WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS SIMPLY JUST LISTEN THEM AS THEY ARE ON THE BALLOT, SO THAT'S THE WAY THEY PULLED THE NAMES FROM THE HAT SO YOU'LL SEE THE TRUSTEE PLACE FIVE. UM AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THAT ORDER SIX IN THAT ORDER, AND OF COURSE, SEVEN IN THAT ORDER, SO WE DO HAVE A GENERAL ELECTION FOR TRUSTEES AS WELL. EARLY VOTING IS ABOUT TO START. WE GOT 11 DAYS OR SO APRIL 24TH THROUGH MAY 2ND. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND THEIR THEIR OPINIONS ON THESE ITEMS AND WERE VALID. THE VOTING PROCESS REALLY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO VOTE ELECTION DAY BEING MAY 6TH AND HERE'S AH! THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS FOR DIDN'T COUNTY THAT WE HAVE, UM, IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S A DYNAMIC LINK. SO IT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO DENTON COUNTY. SO IF YOU'RE THERE AND YOU WANT TO SEE THE LOCATIONS WE LINK STRAIGHT TO DENTON COUNTY. BUT THERE'S A LOW CASES THAT ARE IN. UH AARON DIDN'T COUNTY AGAIN YOU CAN SEE AN SD TX BOND .ORG. GO THERE AND CLICK ON VOTING INFO. IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE TIMES AND LOCATIONS FOR ALL THAT. UM THAT WAS EARLY VOTING PRECINCT VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. YOU CAN VOTE ANYWHERE EARLY VOTING, BUT OBVIOUSLY PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY. YOU HAVE TO GO TO YOUR PRECINCT, ANAKIN. THOSE ARE ALL LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE LINKED TO DENTON COUNTY. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE WEBSITE, OF COURSE, ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CALCULATOR TAX IMPACT WITH THE SCHOOL MAP LOCATION SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU PULLED UP MIDDLE SQUARE. YOU'LL SEE THAT MAP HERE TO CON SQUARE. LOTS OF INFORMATION. EVERYTHING I SHARED WITH YOU HERE AS WELL AS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS. UM AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THERE. I'D ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY TO BE FAMILIAR WITH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS. I KNOW THERE'S MORE SLIDES IN YOUR PACKET. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUEST, BUT I LISTED ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET, BUT CERTAINLY HAPPY I HAVE THEM. I CAN I CAN FLIP AHEAD TO THEM. MAYBE I CAN'T. YEP. THERE YOU GO IF WE NEED TO, BUT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND WE CAN FLIP TO WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE,

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TAKE FROM US NOW. HOW MUCH OF THE 0.5 IS OUR RECAPTURED BACK TO THE STATE RIGHT NOW. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH. SO THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 28 $31 MILLION WHAT OH, YEAH. UM I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE BUT OUT OF ROUGHLY 300 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET, 28 TO 31 MILLION. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE STATES ALL PART 10% YES, SIR, NOW THAT THAT'S VARIABLE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A FORMULA THAT IS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. WE HAVE. IN THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY, WEALTH OR PROPERTY GROWTH THAT WE HAVE THAT'S NEW AND VALUE. SO AS THOSE THINGS CHANGE AND REALLY WERE PROPERTY, WEALTHY DISTRICT AND WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICT IN NORTH TEXAS. BUT OUR PROPERTY WEALTH IS OUTPACING EVEN BEING THE FASTEST GROWING, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SENDING MONEY BACK AND RECAPTURE. YES, SIR. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. YES, SIR. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, PROBABLY THE QUESTION WE GET ASKED. AT LEAST I GET ASKED US HIGH SCHOOL AND PECAN SQUARE.

HOW FAR OUT JUST A BALLPARK OF ALL PARTIES. GREAT GREAT QUESTION. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE BOND ELECTION AFTER THIS IF THE GROWTH CONTINUES LIKE WE SEE IT , UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS HIGH SCHOOL, UM IS GOING TO BE UPON US HERE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS. IF HOPEFULLY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL BOND ELECTION. WE'LL GET OUT THERE AND START GETTING IT DESIGNED AND BUILT. UM IF THOSE REJECTIONS OF GROWTH CONTINUE THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING 5 TO 7 YEARS AFTER WE OPENED THAT ONE. SO THAT'S WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND PROBABLY THE NEXT BOND ELECTION . THAT COMES UP. IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE THIS LOCATION. UH THAT THE ONE THING I SAY, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE A NINE ISH HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT THE NEXT ONE AFTER THIS ONE WILL BE UP HERE IN THE NORTH BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROWTH THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. IF SOMETHING CRAZY TO HAPPEN AND Y'ALL CLOSE YOUR BOUNDARIES AND NO ONE ELSE WAS ALLOWED TO BUILD. AND THAT MAY CHANGE WHERE THAT HIGH SCHOOL WOULD MOVE TO.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SYNC WITH YOU ALL THAT HEY, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS COMING FIRST AND EXPECT THAT HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN 10 YEARS FROM TODAY, OR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AFTER 6 TO 7 YEARS AFTER WE OPEN THAT ONE. GROWTH DEPENDENT, OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM, ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS AND ALL THAT. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. IT'S A GREAT DISTRICT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE FOR NORTH LAKE. SO THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL WE EVER REPRESENTED FROM THE DIDN'T FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY.

[2.B. Proclamation - Sexual Assault Awareness Month (Part 2 of 2)]

THE SECOND FROM ALRIGHT. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TAYLOR GLIDES. I WENT TO FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY, WHICH IS THREATENED COUNTIES. UM SO PROVIDER OF FREE. SERVICES TO SURVIVORS.

INTO QUESTION ASSAULT. SO THAT WE'VE THOUGHT THAT APRIL. IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS, MAN.

FOR ME SO YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH OUR AGENCY AND SUPPORT US. YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE DOT ORG COUNTY FAMILY DOT ORG WHAT'S GOING ON IN APRIL? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

APPRECIATE YOU. AND FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDES VERY VALUED. ALL RIGHT

[2.E. Briefing- Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 - 90 Day Update]

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AND THEN SET THESE FOLKS IN MOTION TO GET GOING THAT INCLUDED A NEW CHIEF AND SUBSTANTIALLY NEW BOARD AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD HERE. AS WELL AS THE CHIEF AND THE REST OF THE TEAM. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHELDON AT THIS POINT, BUT PROUD TO HAVE A YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UM, AS THE MAYOR STATED, WE CAME BEFORE I BELIEVE WAS JANUARY 12TH. WE WERE JUST REMINISCING, AND WE HAD LITERALLY JUST BEEN THE FIRE CHIEF HAD JUST BEEN APPOINTED JANUARY 13 OF THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND ONE REAPPOINTMENT AS OF JANUARY ONE, AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND EXACTLY WHAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND WE COMMITTED TO YOU AT THAT TIME THAT WE WOULD COME BACK EVERY 90 DAYS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND BE FULLY TRANSPARENT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE A PART OF THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. AND, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF GIVEN WE HAVE OUR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAM JOHNSON. AND THEN WE HAVE MEGAN REYNOLDS, WHO IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND CHIEF AND SAM ARE GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ALSO. AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. WE'RE NOT GONNA WE DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE TO JUST FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT KIND OF REVIEW WHERE WE STARTED AND WE STARTED ON NOVEMBER 13TH WITH AN INDICTMENT OF OUR FORMER FIRE CHIEF ON 13 COUNTS. THEFT BRIBERY IN GENERAL FINANCIAL MALFEASANCE, AND THAT IS WHAT STARTED THE BALL ROLLING . UM, AND IN DECEMBER RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED BY YOUR COUNSEL BY THE COUNCIL OF ARGYLL AND BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, BASICALLY SAYING THAT A NUMBER OF THINGS HAD TO BE DONE AS EXPONENTIALLY AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THOSE THINGS CONSISTED OF MOVING ALL OF THE ASSETS AND ALL OF THE PERSONNEL AND ALL OF THE ELEMENTS FROM THE ARGYLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT OVER TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT SO THAT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DICK TRICK WOULD BE THE AGENCY PERFORMING AND MANAGING THE FIRE SERVICES AND PROTECTION AND ULTIMATELY DISSOLVING THAT DISTRICT. AND ALSO, UM, PROCLAIMED THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A FORENSIC AUDIT OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT IS THE LIABILITY THAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE OPERATIONS. AND ARE WE SOUND WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO GET NEW LEGAL COUNSEL. UM AND THEN WE WERE ALSO INSTRUCTED TO MAKE THE FIREFIGHTERS HOLE AS WELL AS GET THEM IN AND A SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AND SO THOSE WERE KIND OF THE MARCHING ORDERS THAT WE GOT WHEN WE WHEN WE TOOK OVER ON ON JANUARY ONE SO I'M PLEASED TO REPORT AS OF APRIL ONE. MOST OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR ARE VERY WELL IN THE PROCESS. WE HAVE MOVED ALL THE ASSETS FROM THE V F D, INCLUDING ALL CASH, ASSETS AND PERSONNEL OVER TO THE S D ALL OF THE CAPITAL ASSETS. FIRE STATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS ARE NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE E S D AND THE A V FD HAS NO MORE ASSETS AND IT HAS NO PERSONNEL HAS NO MORE EMPLOYEES. IT IS A IT IS STILL IN PLACE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF IT HAS THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FROM THE FORMER ORGANIZATION THAT ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE CORRECTED, AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN PLACE UNTIL ALL OF THE CIVIL LIABILITIES PLAY OUT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF, AND ULTIMATELY, IF RESTITUTION IS TO BE PAID, HOW THAT WOULD COME BACK IN THROUGH THAT, SO IT IS IT IS THERE IT IS OVERSEEN BY A THREE BOARD MEMBER OF WHICH TWO OF US ARE ON THE SD BOARD, AND ONE IS THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS THERE AT KEVIN MERCER, WHO WAS THERE FROM BEFORE? WE ARE NOW MEETING QUARTERLY BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO MEET MONTHLY, BUT THERE ARE NO TRANSACTIONS. NOBODY BEING SPENT ON SPENDING AUTHORITY AND NO MONEY IN THAT DISTRICT ANYMORE. OKAY SO THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS, WE WERE ABLE TO AS OF APRIL, 1ST OFFICIALLY MOVE ALL THE EMPLOYEES OVER TO THE SD AND PUT THEM INTO THE TEXAS COUNTY. DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO THEY ARE IN THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEM. WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WE WERE ABLE ACTUALLY, TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO HELP US ON SOME OF OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES. SO TODAY WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO REITERATE. NEVER ONCE DID THE SERVICES BECOME HINDERED. THE PERSONNEL RESPONDED. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF

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WE COULD MAKE IT RIGHT AND AMAZING. TO MY ASTONISHMENT. NO ONE LEFT. EVERYBODY IS STILL HERE. THAT WAS HERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER, AND FOR THAT WE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY AND BLESSED AND WE NEED TO GIVE THE ASSOCIATION AND EMPLOYEES ARE GREAT GRANT AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE RESOLUTION AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT. THE FINANCIAL STATUS AND THE AUDITS. UM ARE. IN PROCESS AND SO WE HAVE, IN FACT, WE THINK KICKED OVER ALL THE ROCKS. WE THINK WE HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT IS WHERE WE ARE ON THE ON THE BRINK OF HAVING A TRULY INTEGRATED BUDGET IN THE SD THAT BRINGS OVER ALL THE ASSETS, ALL THE LIABILITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO RUN THE ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE UPSIDE. THE DOWNSIDE IS OPERATIONALLY, UM, PRIOR TO US, DOING SOME BUDGET ANALYSIS AND REDUCTIONS. THERE WAS AN EXCESS OF $2 MILLION FUNDING GAP FOR THIS YEAR ALONE . WE HAVE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT NEW RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THEN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SOME GOING SOME CAPITAL AND WORKING ON SOME BUDGETARY ITEMS. IT'S DOWN TO ABOUT 1.9, BUT THE REALITY IS BEFORE OCTOBER ONE, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH $1.9 MILLION AND WE HAVE ABOUT 13 INITIATIVES IN EFFORT AND GOING NOW. TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THEY SPAN FROM GRANT REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITIES FROM COVID FOR ME, DEVELOPMENT FROM LANTANA FROM DIFFERENT AREAS TO POTENTIAL REFINANCING OR RESTRUCTURING OF DEBT TO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER NATIONAL GRANTS AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE UNDERWAY.

AND WE ARE WE ARE OPTIMISTIC. WE'RE GOING TO FILL THIS OPERATIONAL GAP AND WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR AS IT RELATES THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK MORE TOWARDS THE LONG TERM SOLUTION. SO WHAT IS THE LONG TERM SOLUTION SO THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS THAT, UM, THEY BUILT A FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ABOUT A $10 MILLION ANNUALLY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IF YOU'D GO WITH THE A V AND THE CONTRACT REVENUE THAT RECEIVED WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 75. MAYBE EIGHT MILLION ON A GOOD YEAR, SO THERE'S ABOUT A BAKED INTO MILLION PLUS OPERATING DEFICIT. SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE FIXED LONG TERM THAT HAVE THE WAY THAT THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. UM WAS SOME FINANCIAL GYMNASTICS A LOT OF ONE TIME MONEY THROUGH COVID, SOMETIMES NOT PAYING RETIREMENT , SOMETIMES NOT PAYING THE BILLS , UTILIZING LINES OF CREDIT AND THEN PAYING THEM RIGHT BACK INTO GOING RIGHT BACK IN DEATH THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BOOKING REVENUE IN THE WRONG YEAR, SO THERE'S BEEN JUST A VARIETY OF THINGS TO FLOAT THOSE THROUGH. BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE A $10 MILLION FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE NEED AND WE HAVE ABOUT 7.58 MILLION IN REVENUE RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVE TO FILL THAT GAP, SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LONG TERM PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEXT NOVEMBER'S BALLOT ON TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES , AND ONE INITIATIVE IS WE WANT TO CLEAN UP THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. YOU WANT TO GET LANTANA IN THE DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF IT. THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT WEREN'T IN THE DISTRICT THAT TJ'S HERE IN NORTH LAKE. WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT, SO THAT'S ONE IS TO CLEAN UP THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. GET EVERYBODY IN PAYING THE RIGHT AMOUNT IN THE SAME AMOUNT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS TAKING A LOOK AT A LONG TERM. WHAT DOES IT COST TO RUN FIRE PROTECTION? AND WHAT DOES IT TALK TO THE COST TO RUN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AMBULANCE SERVICES? WHEN THESE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT PERFORMED IN THE EIGHTIES UNDER THE FIRE CAP OF 10 CENTS. THE EXPECTATION WAS YOU'RE GOING TO RUN A FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOT ON FIRE AND AMBULANCE ORGANIZATION, NOT A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL AN ALL RISK RESPONSE. SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES AS TO IN RELATION TO WHAT THEY COST RUNNING AS ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DO WE NEED TO OVERLAY SOME SORT OF AN E. M S ASSESSMENT? TO COVER THE COST OF THAT TO GET US TO THAT PROBABLY 13 TO 15 CENTS PER 100 INSTEAD OF 9 TO 10. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALISTICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S. WE WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT. WE WANT YOUR IDEAS. WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S DIFFERENT, BETTER WAYS TO DO IT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR BOARD BEGIN TO GO TO WORK AND DOING SOME WORK SESSIONS AND PROBABLY WORKING TOWARDS AN ELECTION THAT WE WOULD CALL IN AUGUST FOR NEXT NOVEMBER. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF A LONG TERM SOLUTION. AS IT RELATES TO THAT. UM SO THAT GIVES YOU THIS A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON WHAT WE HAVE. I'M GOING TO LET THE CHIEF COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE IN DETAIL, AND SOME OF THE COMMITTEE'S HE'S PUT IN PLACE, YOU WILL NEVER FIND A HARDER WORKING INDIVIDUAL, THE HOURS HE'S PUTTING IN AND THE REST OF THE STAFF IS PHENOMENAL, AND HE'S JUST LACED WITH INTEGRITY. AND I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY. HE'S HERE AND HE'S ON OUR TEAM. AND

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ORGANIZATION WHEN THEY WENT TO A PUBLIC ENTITY. AS YOU SEE, THAT CAN NO LONGER BE THE CASE THAT NEED TO GO TO A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. SO THAT WAS THE ONE HARD OUT, UM, THAT WE HAD TO DO BY APRIL 1ST. AND SO WE DID THAT WE WORKED WITH BOTH THE DELI AND TC. DRS TO COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND WE WORK AND OVER THE COURSE OF A LOT OF HARD WORK. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT TRANSITION. SO AS OF APRIL , 1ST THERE NOW IN THE TEXAS COUNTY DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE FIDELITY COUNCIL. STAY THERE. THEY'RE KIND OF IN A DORMANT STATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LIABILITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY. WE EXPECT TO HAVE TO PAY THOSE. AND SO THOSE MIGHT WE ASSUME THOSE MINDS WILL NEED TO GO BACK INTO THOSE ACCOUNTS, SO THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE DORMANT AND THEY WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THAT IS ALL SETTLED, AND IN WHICH CASE THEY'LL TAKE THOSE 41 KS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT FOR EACH EMPLOYEE AND THEY WILL GET THOSE ARE RAISED AND THEY'LL JUST BECOME THEIR MONEY. SO THAT'S THE PLAN AND HOW THEIR RETIREMENT SYSTEMS WILL BE WILL BE HANDLED IN THE LAST THING THAT WE REALLY KIND OF KEY FOCUS AREA OF THE LAST NIGHT AND DAY HAS BEEN THE BUDGET WE HAD TO OBVIOUSLY ORGANIZATIONS PARENT COMPANY, THE GOVERNING INDEED THAT COLLECTS THE TAXES, WHICH THE SD AND IN THE SUBCHAPTER CONTRACTOR , THE ORGEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICT. THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT BUDGETS, SO WE NEEDED TO CONSOLIDATE THAT WHICH TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT. WE WORKED WITH THE TREASURE ON THE BOARD, AND WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH NORTH TAKES ANOTHER STAFF. WE WORKED WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO KIND OF WORK AND CONSOLIDATE THAT SO I WILL TELL YOU AS OF APRIL 1ST. WE DO HAVE A CONSOLIDATED BUDGET. IT IS NOT BALANCED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A MINUTE, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONSOLIDATED. WE ARE SHOWING WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS. AND WE'RE ALL THE WRONGS WERE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO THAT'S BEEN DONE AS WELL. SO AS PRESIDENT SAID, WE DID SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION ALL THIS OVER. AS OF APRIL 1ST. IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. I COMMEND OUR STAFF. EVERYBODY'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH A GREAT TEAM EFFORT, A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT. BUT IT'S NOT OVER. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AND WE'RE NOT DONE AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR NEXT STEPS TO DO THIS. WE JUST WE DECIDED TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER A LITTLE BIT INSTEAD OF ALL OUR COMMANDS OFF.

COMMANDS THAT FOCUSING ON THE TRANSITION. WE'VE BROKEN THEM OUT INTO SUBCOMMITTEES. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THREE AREAS IN THOSE THREE YEARS HAVE DEADLINES AS WELL. THE FIRST ONE IS WE NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AS PRESIDENT SAID. WE HAVE A DEFICIT SHORTFALL FOR THE REST OF YEAR. WE'VE GOT TO FILL THOSE GAPS, AND I'VE GIVEN THEM A DEADLINE TO THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT NOW. ONE OF OUR BEST GUESS ASSETS WE HAVE. WE HAVE SOME LIQUIDITY AND SOME

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WE SERVE AS YOU SAW FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE ARE ALL GROWING. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THAT WE'VE GOT TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE. TO MEET THOSE DEMANDS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO THE THIRD SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. WE'VE GOT A COMMITTEE THAT'S BASICALLY WORKING ON OKAY TO THE LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR RESOLVING FIXING ALL THIS IS LOOKING AT GOING TO THE BALLOT, BRINGING BRINGING IN SOME OF THE LANTANA. SOME OF THE AREAS ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT. AND ALSO LOOKING AT POSSIBLY AT AMS OVERLAP, SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING IS HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THAT? RIGHT? YOU GOT TO SAY HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO RUN. THE M S. SO THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN AND HAVING IT DONE AND THAT LAST MANY HAS UNTIL PROBABLY TILL OCTOBER, SO THEY GET A LITTLE BIT LONGER DEAD BEHIND. BUT THAT IS THE PLAN SO UM, WITH THAT, PROBABLY MORE DETAILS. YOU PROBABLY WANTED TO HEAR, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRED OVER THE LAST 90 DAYS. AND THEN WHERE WE AT WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS AND BEYOND. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. DESTINATION. SORRY. APPRECIATE YOUR CHIEF. FOURS OPENED COUNSELORS FOR ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO MIGHT WANT TO SAY, BUT I WANTED TO ADD JUST MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND FOR COMING EVEN THOUGH YOU KNEW WHAT THAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, BY THE TIME THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ROLLED AROUND. I THINK YOU WERE GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEGRITY AND CONTINUING TO HONOR YOUR YOU KNOW YOUR DECISION TO COME AND FOR WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE APPROACH AND THE TRANSPARENCY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF WRITING THE SHIP AND THEN GETTING ON TWO IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE. AND I DO HAVE THE PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION HERE, TOO. BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT TRENDY. SAM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, COME ON DOWN. FOLKS. CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME MY NAME IS SAM JOHNSON AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARGYLE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS. LOCAL 51 90. UM, I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATION PRESENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND SO WITH THAT, RECOGNIZING AS PART OF HIS COMMAND STAFF AND PART OF THE CORRECTION TEAM, EVERYTHING AS WE MOVE FORWARD THINK WE SAW EACH OTHER 90 DAYS AGO AND EVEN AT THE COURTHOUSE AND SOME OF THIS IS GONNA KIND OF DUPLICATE SOME OF THAT. BUT MY UPDATE FOR YOU ALWAYS KIND OF THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE'RE AT HOW THE EMPLOYEES ARE AND KIND OF WHAT OUR PLAN IS. WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THROUGH THESE THINGS. UM SO OVERALL, THE EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GONE.

IT WAS A BIG TASK FOR US TO GO FROM WHERE WE WERE WHERE WE ARE NOW MOVING 37 EMPLOYEES FROM ONE ORGANIZATION TO ANOTHER. WITHOUT LOSING ANY WAGES OR HOLIDAY BENEFIT INSURANCE WERE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THOSE IDENTICAL. WE WORKED PRETTY FLAWLESSLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING THAT WAS CRITICAL. UM SO THAT KEPT EVERYBODY IN A GREAT MOOD. WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WAS OFTEN THE DAMAGES FROM WHEN MAC WAS INDICTED. THAT'S ALL A ROAD AHEAD. FBI STILL WORKING ON THEIR PART. WE PICKED UP THE PIECES WHERE WE CAN, UM THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL AREA FOR THE MEMBERS OF SEE SOME TYPE OF LIKE HEALING PROCESS TO THAT END TO THIS AND GET BACK TO JUST THE FIGHTING FIRES AND WRITING ON THE AMBULANCE AND CATS OUT OF TREES, SO ONCE THAT'S FURTHER ON WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT BEHIND US WITH THE CHANGEOVER. UM WE DID CREATE A NEW HANDBOOK. WE PUT A TEAM TOGETHER AND THERE WAS A AN INCLUSIVE GROUP THAT DID IT. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE HARD BASIC ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND THEN MAINTAINING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD FOR MAKING SURE THAT NOTHING CHANGED SO ALL OF OUR PAY STAYED THE SAME OF OUR SECURITY STAYED THE SAME SORT OF WAY AS WE GROW OUR PAY AND BENEFITS SECURITY WITH US, SO IT'S NOT JUST A NEW START FOR EVERYONE, WHICH WAS SOUNDS EASY, BUT IN THE WORLD OF CHANGING FROM BUSINESSES, THE BUSINESSES THIS WAS A VERY BIG WIN AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET THIS DONE AND DO THAT AT NO TIME TO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE CHIEF OUR ADMINISTRATION EVERYONE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. IT WAS JUST HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? STAYS THE SAME AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY AND STILL HERE WHEN THIS IS OVER. WE MAINTAIN OUR STEP PLAN THAT WE HAD IN PLACE, SO WE STILL HAVE A FUTURE THAT WE CAN

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ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT GOES. AND YEAH, I MET HIM HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORTIVE ON BEING PART OF THAT CORRECTION PROCESS AND THAT WHENEVER THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE IF THERE IS ANY RESTITUTION MADE BACK FROM MAC, THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION PROCESS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING DOWN AND GIVING A SET AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND TO HEAR THE UPDATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE UPDATES THIS YEAR AS THINGS PROGRESS. BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE EMAILS THERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT WELL,

[2.F. Briefing: Budget Priories and Calendar]

START WITH COUNCILOR REALLY DID GOALS AND PRIORITIES. IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN STAFF AND

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ARMANDO VERSUS DECREASE R N S. AND THEN THE LAST THING I DO IS I USE FLEXIBLE DEBT SO DEBT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PAY MORE OR LESS BASED ON HOW MUCH REVENUE YOU GET IN OR HOW MUCH WE ADJUST OUR OPERATING RATES. AND SO THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT I USE TO MAINTAIN THAT 29 A HALF CENTS TO SUSTAIN THAT LOW PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND SO WHEN I SAY THAT OR WHEN WE PUT THIS BUDGET GOAL OUT THERE, AND I SAY THAT WE'RE MEETING IT, THERE WILL BE SPECIFIC. DO OUTS TO THAT. NEXT ONE IS MAINTAINING EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS. SO, UM, STAFF BASICALLY ADJUST STAFFING LEVELS WITH DEMANDS. NOW I WANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT AND KIND OF COVERED MY LAST ONE. IT IS. IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE RATIO, SO WE GET MORE EFFICIENT AS WE GROW. SO THE YOUR FIRST UTILITY BILLING CLERK WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE 1ST 2000 UTILITY CUSTOMERS YOU HAD THE NEXT ONE WAS RIGHT ABOUT 5000 SO IN ANOTHER HALF EMPLOYEE TO MANAGE THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES CAME IN RIGHT ABOUT 6000. SO WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT OVER TIME AND HOW WE DEAL WITH THOSE COUNTS. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THINGS. SAME THING COMES WITH CASELOAD WITH DETECTIVES. SAME FINGERS WITH ANY NUMBER OF THINGS PUBLIC WORK DUE OUT MAINTENANCE. AS WE GROW BIGGER. WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY EVERY 1000 EMPLOYEES. IS THIS MANY OR 1000 CITIZENS IS THIS NEW EMPLOYEE AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GROWING EFFICIENTLY AND DEMAND NORMALLY OUTPACES OUR STAFFING POPULATION . BUT IF WE HAVE LARGE GROWTH IN POPULATION AND LARGE GROWTH IN DEMAND, IT DOES LEAD TO INCREASED STAFFING. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS, SO THAT MEANS WE DO SHOW YOU STAFF INCREASES JUST AS MAINTAINING THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT YOU RECEIVED THE YEAR BEFORE. I'LL REQUEST ARE VETTED AGAINST HEAVY WORKLOAD MEASURES. SO WE DO LOOK AT OUTPUTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER WITHOUT SHOWING AN INCREASED WORKLOAD. COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES THAT 50% OF MARKET. SO THIS IS A REAL TRICKY ONE. AND PEOPLE GET REALLY CONFUSED EVERY TIME I SAY THIS, SO KEEPING PACE WITH THE MARKET SO EVERY TWO YEARS WE DO A FORMAL SALARY SURVEY AND THIS GIVES US AND SAYS HERE'S WHERE THE MARKET IS. WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE HIGHEST PAID. WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE LOWEST VALUE. WE WANT TO HIT THAT SWEET SPOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO WE BASED IT ON A LIST OF COMPARATOR CITIES NEAR US BECAUSE THAT'S WHO PEOPLE LEAVE FOR IS SOMEONE NEAR US. THEY DON'T USUALLY GO 200 MILES OUT OF THEIR WAY AND RELOCATE ACROSS TEXAS. WE TRY TO LOOK WITHIN OUR AREA. AND SO THIS HAS RESULTED IN A LOWER TURNOVER RATES AND QUICKER FILLING A VACANT POSITIONS. WE HAVE ATTRITION, BUT WE HAVE NOT LOST PEOPLE TO OTHER CITIES. IN FACT, IF WE DID LOSE SOMEONE TO ANOTHER CITY, THEY CAME BACK. SO IF THAT SHOWS ANYTHING, IT SHOWS THAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES WORK FOR IN RECRUITING EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAINING ALL THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS QUICKER. SOME THINGS ARE JUST SLOW. I WILL TELL YOU GETTING A NEW POLICE OFFICER POSITIONING IS HARDER FOR EVERY CITY AROUND US, BUT WE SEEM TO DO IT AND WHEN WE GET ONE, WE KEEP THEM AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A REAL BIG CONTRIBUTE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS. SO WHEN I SAY 50% OF MARKET DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE PAID 40% LESS THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AIM FOR THE MIDDLE AND NOT THE TOP. SOME CITIES SET THIS AT 75 LIKE SOUTH LAKE, SOME PEOPLE THEY ACTUALLY HAD BACKING DOWN FROM 85% THEN THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN THAT. THEY WANT TO BE TOP OF THE MARKET. SO HIGHLAND PARK THERE'S OTHER PLACES. FRISCO DOES A WEIRD, INCREMENTAL WHERE THEY BASE THEIR POLICE SALARIES BASED ON WHAT 75% AND THAT'S THEIR STARTING. SO THERE IS SOME WEIRD, DIFFERENT PAY PLANS OUT THERE. OURS IS AT 50% OF MARKET. LAST THING THAT YOU REALLY SAYING PERCENTILE PERCENTILE? YES SIR. THAT'S ACTUALLY A MUCH BETTER HALF AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'RE PAYING THEM AT THE MIDDLE RATE OF EVERYBODY ELSE. YES SIR. 50% IS ACTUALLY A BETTER TERM AND NEXT TIME I HAVE THEM WRITE THAT OUT INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING THE PERCENT TIME 50TH PERCENTILE. GOOD. I LIKE THAT. LASTLY INVESTED IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WE USE DEBT

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THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE IN THAT SAME DIRECTION. BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TURNING POINTS IN THE FUTURE, OR THERE'S ANY DIRECTIONAL BIG CHANGES THAT YOU THINK THESE DON'T FIT ANYMORE WITH. WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GO. I DO HAVE ONE FOR YOU. SO THOSE I BELIEVE IN VERY MUCH SO BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THE ARCHITECT OF PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER, SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN HIM, AND I DO THINK THEY THAT STANDARDIZATION AND SIMPLIFICATION HELPS US. STAY CONSISTENT OVER TIME, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST FOR THE SERVICE. IT'S THE BEST FOR THE TOWN. IT'S THE BEST FOR PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS. BUT WE ARE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THE TOWN IS STARTING TO HAVE APPETITES FOR THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THE SIMPLE SERVICE MODEL THAT WE HAVE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET INTO KIND OF THE FIFTH PILLAR. IF YOU WILL GOING FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THE AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND START TO PRICE THOSE OUT IN A SIMPLE FORM. I'VE GOT PROBABLY A DOZEN, BUT I'LL THROW AT YOU. I'M NOT QUITE READY TO SHARE ALL THOSE YET, BUT I'M COLLECTING THEM FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE MENTIONING THINGS. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE THIS. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT AND WE'RE AT A POINT A TURNING POINT WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO UNDERSTAND. CAN WE DO THOSE THINGS? WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS ON OUR CURRENT MODEL? AND THE ANSWER FOR SOME OF THEM IS? NO UH, WE JUST DON'T OPERATE AT THAT KIND OF TAX RATE. WE RUN A 50 CENT CITY ON 29 A HALF THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I NORMALLY TELL FOLKS IS THAT IT TAKES ABOUT 50 CENTS TO RUN A FULL SERVICE CITY WITH ALL THE AMENITIES YOU EXPECT. WE ARE NOT MODELED TO BUILD THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT WE ARE MODELED FOR SOME THINGS. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPINESS IS THE PRICE OUT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES AND AMENITIES. AND HAVE THAT AS A STANDING ITEM THAT EACH YEAR WE KIND OF REFRESH THOSE NUMBERS IS THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A REC CENTERS WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD SOME BALL FIELDS.

THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES THAT KIND OF THING SO THAT FOLKS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WOULD COST AND THEN WHICH OF THOSE ACTUALLY GENERATE THE REVENUE TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES CAN PARTIALLY PAY FOR THEMSELVES. BUT IN MANY CASES, THOSE ARE FALL DIRECTLY TO THE BOTTOM LINE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE ALL PUT TWO IS THERE'S LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR THINGS. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR MORE SERVICES THAN WE HAVE TODAY, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A SUSTAINABLE, LONG TERM, LOW COST CITY BUT IF WE WANT TO GO AND HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BROADLY WHAT THE COST IS WHAT THE IMPACT IS. AND SO I WANT TO DO SOME KIND OF ADD THAT THIS COUNCIL BUDGET REQUEST ITEM THESE? I'D LIKE TO EXPAND THIS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE ONES THAT WE WOULD DIRECTLY LOOK AT DOING THIS YEAR. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIST OF ONES THAT I'M COLLECTING FROM FOLKS THAT I DON'T EXPECT OR ACTUALLY, THINGS WE CAN EVEN ATTEMPT TO CONSIDER THIS YEAR OR MAYBE NOT EVER. BUT I WANT TO PRICE THEM AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO PEOPLE. PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION. WHAT DOES IT COST? DOES IT PAY FOR ITSELF IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM? AND IF YOU WANT TO GO THIS DIRECTION, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO DO IT IN TERMS OF TAX RATE AND COST TO THE CITY? THAT WAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING AND WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND SAY, WELL, YOU WANT BALL FIELDS GONNA COST YOU TWO OR THREE CENTS MORE IN YOUR TAX RATE IS THAT SOMETHING THE WHOLE CITY IS WILLING TO PAY FOR. IF THE CITY IS WILLING TO PAY FOR IT, THE CITY'S WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN THE OVERARCHING EXPECTATION HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US EXPAND THIS KIND OF FIFTH PILLAR, WHICH IS ONCE WE GET BEYOND PAYING FOR THE LONG TERM CAPITAL FINANCING, WHICH IS OUR DUTY TO LOOK BEYOND THE HORIZON AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES WE NEED TO HIT. WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THOSE. IT'S NOT JUST CASH IN THE

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SO IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE GRACE AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THESE REALLY BIG PICTURE AND WHAT TYPE OF REVENUES ARE YOU GOING TO GENERATE FROM, SAY, A REC CENTER. UM OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER YOU GIVE US WILL WILL RESEARCH. YES AND AS YOU KNOW, I THRIVE ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE. ESTIMATES GIVE ME GUIDANCE AND GUARDRAILS. I DON'T NEED A FULL EVALUATION WHILE THESE ITEMS OKAY, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR YOU. I'M NOT. I'M NOT THE SAME.

I HAVE FIVE. I CAN'T DO THAT. AND MY ROLE. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL GET THERE. ALRIGHT. I'LL PUT IT ON YOUR PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO. I DON'T WANT THIS TO SUBSUME THE BUDGET PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO TURN THIS AROUND. HAVING WATCHED THIS PROCESS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT IS THE PRIORITY. BUT THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE WITH QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITH CONCRETE FACTS AND FIGURES, WHICH CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS THE COST. FLOWER AMOUNT X Y Z TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER COSTS GRAPEVINE THIS AMOUNT. THAT MEANS WHAT 567 10 CENTS. LIKE WHAT? WHAT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AND THAT THAT ANSWER IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO ANSWER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT QUESTION. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. BUT AN ENTIRE ANALYSIS OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE? NO, I DON'T WANT THAT. I JUST WANT A FEW EXAMPLES BEHIND IT THAT WE CAN HANG OUR HAT ON A SINGLE SLIDE. THAT'S GOT THESE ON. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NEXT AND SEE IF WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND GET US THOSE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES DEBT ISSUANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR ANYTHING THAT'S PARKS AND RECREATION RELATED. WILL HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC. THAT IS THEY CHANGED THE LAWS WITH C. E. O S. YOU WILL HAVE TO DO A GEO ELECTION, WHICH I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU PREFER. YOU WOULD PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS COUNSELING NUTRITIONALLY DONE THAT. SO THAT WILL HAVE THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL ALSO FALL. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAX RATE IMPLICATIONS, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND PUT THE TAX RATE UP TO AN ELECTION. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE PAST OUR EXISTING LIMITS, AND SO WHAT? YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT IF THAT TRULY IS A DESIRE AFTER WE PROVIDE YOU PRICE TAGS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, WE WILL HAVE TO ACCELERATE OUR BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE THE STATE UM DOES NOT GIVE YOU TIME TO DO SUCH SO AS SUCH. IT WILL CHANGE MY BUDGET CALENDAR, AND BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, SO UM ALRIGHT. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU BEFORE WARNING. I'M NOT SENDING YOU ANYTHING I EXPECT FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY GOOD. NO THAT'S FINE. ALRIGHT WE'RE GOOD. THEN. I KNEW THAT LATER, ALL RIGHT? HMM. OKAY, YEAH. YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE STRESS. I JUST FELT OKAY. UH SORRY FROM HERE BECAUSE WHATEVER CALENDAR PANIC ATTACK, UM ALL RIGHT. SO THE FOURTH OF JULY EVENT SO THIS HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL. UM AND WE PUT TOGETHER A PRICE PACKAGE BETWEEN 40 AND $85,000. THE BIGGEST COST DRIVERS OF THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE DISPLAY. FIREWORKS AND DRONES ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SAME IN COST. SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY IT'S ALL BASED ON SIZE AND YOU GET SIMILAR SIZE AND SCOPE BY EACH OF THOSE PRICES. THOSE ARE ONE IN THE SAME BETWEEN 25 50,000.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE LOCATION. SO SOME OF THE PLACES IF WE DO IT ON OUR OWN LAND OR FROM A PARKING LOT OF THE SCHOOLS IN PROBABLY REALLY LOW COST OTHER THAN YOU KNOW. SOMETHING'S WORKING WITH WHOEVER HAS THE LANDS OTHER PLACES WHERE IT DOES COST A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LOCATED THERE, IT HAS A BIGGER PRICE TO GET. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO STAGE AN ENTIRE FIREWORKS DISPLAY OUT THERE, HAVE EVERYBODY COME PARK OUT THERE. WE CAN GET A HUGE SUGAR BLEND. EVERYONE DRIVE UP TO SEE THE SHOW AND THAT CAME BETWEEN BETWEEN FIVE AND $30,000. ALL OF THIS IS JUST A BASIC FIREWORK SHOW PARAMETER AND SO DOESN'T HAVE VENDORS DOESN'T HAVE A BIG EVENTS LIKE TROPHY CLUB OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER ONES WHERE THEY BRING OUT OF BOUNDS WITH VENDORS AND BOOTH. THIS IS JUST HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PUT ON A

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IT NEEDS TO BE NARROWED DOWN. UM WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND LOCATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THEN THE SIZE OF IT THE SECOND AND RIGHT BEHIND THAT, THEN IS THE SPONSORSHIPS LIKE HOW FAR COULD THAT GO? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE REALLY THAT CHANGES THE CALCULUS PRETTY PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY. YES UM, SO ANY SPONSOR WE HAVE TALKED TO THUS FAR REALLY WANTS A LOT MORE DETAILS, SO THEY WANT TO KNOW ALL THOSE DETAILS THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT PRICE. AND SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEVELOP UP FURTHER. IF YOU JUST TELL US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM, WE WILL. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU WANT THIS AS A BUDGET CONSIDERATION, MOVING FORWARD, JUST LET US KNOW TODAY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE LET THIS OUT A LOT HARDER AND TRY TO GET THAT AND IT'S JUST WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PRICE TAG WAS NOT KILLED ON KILL ON DELIVERY, SO NO. OR EVEN GIVE US A, UM, A PRICE THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS AND BRING UP THE SPONSORSHIPS OR WORK WITH THE SIZE AND GIVE US THAT DIRECTION TO PARK IS FINE. MY VOTE HAS PUT IT IN AS A BUDGET ITEM. BUT JUST GIVE US THE EXIT RAMPS. SO WHEN WE GET TO A CERTAIN 0.1 IS THE LAST TIME WE CAN SAY YEAH, THAT'S JUST HASN'T COME ALONG FAR ENOUGH. HOW FAR OUT IS THAT FROM NEXT YEAR? THAT'S THAT'LL THAT THAT DROP DEAD DATE. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DECISION POINT IS AS FAR ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE STILL HAVE TIME TO REFINE MOST OF THIS BEFORE WE GET THERE. AND OF COURSE, THIS THAT MADE THAT MAY CHANGE FOR 2025, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE WE MAY GET ALL THE WAY DOWN AND SAY IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO THIS YEAR. WE NEED ONE MORE YEAR. AND THEN PUT THIS ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS CAN BE JUST PULLED OUT AND FINISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO LET'S LET'S REUSE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE. BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT ARE NEARBY, AND WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIMINUTIVE WANT TO DO DO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SPEND THEIR JULY 4TH ON INSTEAD OF GOING SOMEWHERE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN CAN WE DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT'S SAFE. THE FIRST BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ASK IS JUST GIVE US GUIDANCE AS TO THE EXIT RAMP. BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS DECISION A LITTLE LATER IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION BY NEXT MONTH. PROBABLY GONNA BE PRETTY. PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING TO COMMIT TO IT THAT EARLY BUT IF IT'S A LITTLE LATER IN THE YEAR THAT I'D SAY PUT IT IN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE AN EXTREME JULY, SO IT'S JULY WHEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL YEAH, BUT BUT EVEN EVEN IF IT GETS INTO THE FORMAL BUDGET, IT CAN BE PULLED . YES YEAH, YOU CAN LATER TIME, SO IT'S A WE END UP IN A $50,000 MARK, AND YOU JUST SAY CUT IT AND WE'LL JUST RUN THE 50,000 INTO FUND BALANCE OR SOMETHING.

EXACTLY SO IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH CONSIDERATION. AND I THINK WE HAVE PLENTY OF EXIT RAMPS THERE.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. ALRIGHT SO THE NEXT ITEM IS LICENSE PLATE READERS, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 50 ADDRESS THAT. YES, SIR. WE WHEN WE HAD THE BIG JUST CALL IT A BLOW UP LAST YEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT FIREWORKS, AND I HAD IDEAS OF DOING THE JACKLEY WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO SOME OF THE IDEAS TO, UM AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOME STAFF. UM SOME OF THOSE THINGS WOULD STILL FIT INTO THIS SITUATION AND COULD REDUCE THE COST BY QUITE A BIT. UM WE DEAL WITH YOU OR WHO DO WE DEAL WITH? SPECIFICALLY ON STAFF. YEAH WHO'S GONNA BE? WHO DO YOU WANT SUGGESTIONS FROM IT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOT A TOWN EVENT.

HAVING A. SINCE NOBODY WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE PAY FOR IT. NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR WE GOT AT LEAST EASE IT IF WE USE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED TO HAVE ONE TOWN WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR UM WE COULD WE WE'VE LOOKED AT SPONSORS. WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT OUR C P. A ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INDIRECT COST. WE'LL TALK TO THE BART, PAR DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY. SEE IF THERE'S BUT I DID . AND COUNCIL MEMBER KEGGER IS

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TO BASICALLY PUT THIS IN THE REST OF TOWN WOULD BE ROUGHLY $80,000. AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM. WE WERE JUST WONDERING IF YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM MOVING FORWARD, HEARD WITH THE REST OF THE TOWN OR JUST MAINTAIN SERVICES AS IT IS REQUESTED. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE REQUESTS, SO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THAT. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A GENERAL FUND ITEMS SO IT'S NO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE REQUESTS AS WE HAVE MORE INCIDENTS. RAISING UP ACROSS TOWN. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT MORE IN THE RURAL AREAS, EVEN IN THE LARGER ANCHOR OF LOTS WERE SCENES OF CRIME, SO IT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA COME UP MORE AND MORE SO PLAN FOR IT. AND THEN IF WE HAVE EXCESS I THINK IT BETTER. I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT WE BUDGET IN 130,000. I DO THINK THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO SAY NO OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ENOUGH OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS CONTENTIOUS ITEMS, SO I DON'T WANT TO OVER COMMIT FUNDS TO THIS. WE'VE GOT OTHER PRIORITIES, SO I THINK BE MODEST ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, ADD SOME FUNDS THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO BRING MORE ON. IF WE GET OVERRUN, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT. AND THAT'S OUR FAULT FOR YOU KNOW, FOR NOT PLANNING FOR ENOUGH OF THEM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE CASH SITTING AROUND WHEN WE GOT OTHER NEEDS, SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE RUNWAY ON THIS, BUT A WHOLE BUILD OUT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT THAT HASN'T BEEN HASN'T BEEN ASKED FOR YEAH. SORRY. THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION. FOWLER'S HERE FROM HER VIEW FARMS AND I'M SURE HE'LL GO. RELATE TO THE SAME MANNER. IT WASN'T A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD APPROVED IT AT THE FALL MEETING FOR YOUR PRAIRIE VIEW FARM. BUT THERE WAS MORE TALK ABOUT IT WHEN THERE'S PICTURES ON EVERYBODY'S RING. UH REGARD GOING DOWN CAR, THE CAR TO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND LOOTING PEOPLE'S STUFF. AND NO WAY TO RECOVER. WHO THAT GUY WAS. AND SO WHEN THEY FINALLY PUT OURS UP I JUST WE JUST NOTICED IT LAST WEEK. IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND WELCOMED AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME THING AND THE DIFFERENT YOU'VE GOT ALL YOU ALWAYS GOT. PEOPLE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THOSE IN MY SHOW THEIR BROTHER IN LAW GOT A WARRANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR HOME VALUES AND ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR STUFF AND THEIR KIDS. ARE ALL OF EVERY PREDICTED THERE WON'T BE THAT MANY PEOPLE VOTED DOWN. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE THE FUNDING. YOU'RE THE GUY WITH ALL THE MONEY AND JUST TO BE CLEAR. 50,000 WON 30,000 IS ALREADY BAKED IN. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 80,000. WE CAN. WE CAN HAVE THAT IF YOU GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU THINK. ANOTHER THING WE'D LIKE COUNCIL DIRECTION ON IS SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE HAD A CLOSER VOTE. RECENTLY IN THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL BALLOTS WITH VOTES AND VOTING BOOTHS, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A 55 45% THAT'S A 10% DIFFERENTIAL. BUT IS THAT A STRONG MAJORITY, SO WE YOU KNOW IS THAT ENOUGH TO INSTALL CAMERAS INTO THAT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? MY ANSWER TO THAT IS THE BALLOT AND THE RESPONSE IS NOT FOR STAFF TO RESPOND TO THAT DATA IS FOR THE COUNCIL, I ASK IS THAT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD DO THAT EXERCISE AND BRING THOSE RESULTS TO THE COUNCIL AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION. AS A COUNCIL. WE CAN HAVE A DEBATE WE CAN HAVE FOLKS COME IN. THEY CAN GIVE THEIR OPINION ON IT. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE IN THE POSITION OF JUST RESPONDING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD POLL. THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEND THAT SIGNAL. SO EACH OF THESE IMPLEMENTATIONS BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AS AN ACTION ITEM WILL TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR EXPANSION IN GENERAL AREAS ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU KNOW IF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS OPT IN IN A CERTAIN AREA, AND IT'S CONDUCIVE TO MOVE A CAMERA TO YOU KNOW, AN ARTERIAL ROAD, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DISCUSS THE STAFF AND GIVE US AN IDEA THAT HEY, WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY IF WE CONSOLIDATE THESE GREAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S FINE TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY A STAFF BUT ADDING A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD OR PUTTING THEM ON A MAJOR. A MAJOR ROAD OR ARTERIAL CONNECTOR IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO COME BEFORE THE

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OBVIOUSLY AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND WE START TO FIND SOME PINCH POINTS ANYWHERE YOU CAN AND YOU DO THIS EVERY YEAR. YOU FIND AREAS WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO COST MORE COST LESS.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN TRIM AND HAIRCUT A LITTLE BIT IN EACH SPACE. JUST LET US KNOW AS WE MOVE ALONG, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CORE PRIORITIES ARE FUNDED. THAT'S ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE. SO THAT'S IT FOR COUNSELING SHARE REQUEST. SO YES, SIR. UM ONE THAT PUT ON YOUR RADAR IS I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR WE'RE CHASING HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WE HAVE. HOW MANY AVAILABLE FOR DUTY? OUR CHIEF HAS BEEN ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL AND HOW MUCH HE REQUESTS IS VERY STUDIOUS OF HIS BUDGET. I FEEL LIKE BUT THE EXPLOSION WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE MORE AND MORE BEHIND, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR OUR CHIEF CAPTAIN AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR REQUESTS.

MAYBE LOOK FOR THAT ONE ADDITIONAL THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NORMALLY ASK FOR. BECAUSE I THINK I THINK WE'RE FALLING BEHIND THEIR AND THAT SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER ONE REQUEST I HAVE IS COMMUNITY POLICING. THERE'S A THERE'S A THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT IT'S GETTING LESS. THE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME FOR THAT. I'VE HEARD THAT FROM NORTHRIDGE ESTATES. I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. YEAH AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY KEY TO OUR FORCE, I THINK IS THAT COMMUNITY POLICING AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO KEEP DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS STUCK ON 35 ARE ALWAYS STUCK IN THE APARTMENTS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. YEAH, WE WERE ALWAYS CHASING THAT. EVERYBODY'S TIED UP. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT DEPEND ON HOW NUMBERS COME IN, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START CHIPPING AWAY AT ALL RIGHT FORWARD HIRING . I'D LIKE TO SEE US ANTICIPATE THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO FILL THE OPEN POSITIONS AND THEREFORE START ASKING US FOR WHAT YOU NEED NEXT YEAR, NOT NOW IN THIS BUDGET, MEANING 12 MONTHS AWAY. THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. BUT I KNOW JOHN SMILING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBERS WISE. THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. ALRIGHT, MAN. YOU'LL SEE IT.

OUR BUDGET CALENDAR HERE'S A AREA WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE IN HOW WE PRESENT THINGS . SO SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I HAVE TRIED EVERY SINGLE METHOD. YOU SEE A PERIOD EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE. SO I'VE GOT AN END UP. I GAVE YOU AS MANY MEETINGS AS I COULD, WITH BUDGET WORKSHOPS, AND THE FEEDBACK WAS, THIS IS GETTING A BIT REDUNDANT AND KIND OF BEATING YOU GUYS OVER THE HEAD WITH IT. SO THE LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY TRIED A SMALLER KIND OF OVERVIEW AND I THINK THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED WAS I REALLY THOUGHT WE'D HAVE MORE SHOTS AT THIS. AND SO, UM TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE. UM I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE LIKE YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. A HIGHER LEVEL WOULD BE DOING A BUDGET RETREAT. SO ME HOLDING OFF ON BUDGET THINGS WAIT UNTIL LATER IN THE SEASON AND PRESENTING THIS ALL AT ONCE, UM, WHERE WE TAKE A HALF DAY OR DAY AND WE HIT YOU WITH EVERY BIT OF BUDGET INFORMATION, THE DETAIL LEVEL THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. AND SO BY PUTTING THIS LATER IN THE SEASON, I CAN GIVE YOU HARDER AND MORE ROBUST FINANCIAL NUMBERS. I AM ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE PRESENTING EVERY SINGLE WAY. THAT IS UP HERE. I MY PREFERENTIAL METHOD IS TRULY ACTUALLY I'D LOVE TO TRY THE BUDGET RETREAT ONE JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT COULD, UM, IT ALLOWS YOU TO DIG WHEREVER YOU WANT TO DIG. AND SO IT ALSO GIVES YOU ONE SET TIME WHERE YOU KNEW THAT WE CAN DO A LOT OF PRE STUFF BEFORE THEN TO HELP US GET PREPARED FOR THAT. AND SO THAT'S NOT A BAD ONE. UM I LIKE THE END UP METHOD. I DON'T MIND GETTING UP HERE AND TALKING TO YOU ABOUT BUDGET STUFF EVERY SINGLE WEEK, BUT IT WILL FEEL LIKE I BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH IT BECAUSE THIS IS IT BECOMES CUMULATIVE. AND SO IT SNOWBALLS TOWARDS THE END WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ONE DECISION WITHOUT THE OTHER AND SO IT WILL BECOME REDUNDANT OVER

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OKAY? OKAY ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL HIT WITH YOU WITH TWO LONGER ONES DURING THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS. THOSE WILL BE A BIT LONGER. SO DURING THE DAY ONE JUST SET SOME EXPECTATIONS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT PRELIMINARY REVENUE BUDGET REQUEST AND THINGS LIKE THAT DURING THE JULY ONE WILL PROBABLY BE HITTING YOU WITH LONGER SIP ITEMS WILL HAVE A LOT MORE CERTAIN REVENUE NUMBERS AND I CAN TALK A LITTLE ABOUT DEBT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE REASON WHY WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AS MUCH DEFINITION UPFRONT IS BECAUSE OUR TAX NUMBERS DON'T COME IN UNTIL WE START COMING IN AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, BUT THEN EVERYONE PROTESTS AND SO BY ROUGHLY ABOUT THE END OF JULY. THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE DECENTLY CERTAIN NUMBERS AND I CAN TELL YOU CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT, SO IT WILL BE A HAZY PICTURE AT FIRST, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE WHEN WE GET TO THE SECOND ONE. BUT JUST EXPECT A LITTLE BIT LONGER PRESENTATIONS THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO JOHN ON YOU HAVE THE SECOND WORKSHOP JUNE 22ND, BUT WE WON'T HAVE OUR WE WON'T HAVE ARE TAXABLE VALUES CERTIFIED UNTIL LATE JULY. DO WE NEED TO MOVE THAT WORKSHOP A LITTLE LATER? AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT HIGH DIRECTIONAL CHANGES. WE SHOULD BE. WE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT IF YOU GIVE US ONE IN BETWEEN, SAYING THE MEAT MAY 25TH OF JUNE 8TH AND THEN THE SECOND ONE AT THE END OF JULY, I THINK WE CAN WE CAN GET. YOU ARE FEEDBACK IN THAT MAYOR, MAYOR JUNE TIME FRAME AND, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO BEHAVE AND NOT THROUGH ANY CURVE BALLS OF JULY AND YOU'LL GET US HERE. YOUR LIST, RIGHT? I'M WORKING ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY JUST CHECKING. DID I MENTION THAT ALREADY? THIS WEEK AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

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THAT MEANS ANY CARDS TURNED IN. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. OKAY?

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

[5.A. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute an amended consultant's contract with Halff Associates for Faught Road reconstruction from Old Justin Road to Robson Ranch Road, in an amount not to exceed $853,770]

ACTION ITEM, A MR RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED CONSULTANTS CONTRACT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES FOR FUN ROAD RECONSTRUCTION FROM OLD JUSTIN ROAD TO ROADS AND RANCH ROAD IN THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED 8 53. UM MR CORN IS THIS IS THIS READ, WRITE BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT MAYBE THIS IS FROM 407 TO, UH TO ROBSON RANCH ROAD. IS THAT THE WAY IT SHOULD READ? YES I'M SORRY. THIS IS LET ME CHECK THE MEMO, AND THIS WILL SO, UM THIS IS THE. THE EVELYN UM. S CURVE. IT'S THE WATER LINE. AND IT'S ALSO WE ALREADY HAVE FOUGHT FROM OLD JUSTIN, TWO ROPES AND RANCH. WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HALF ASSOCIATION HALF ASSOCIATES ANYMORE. THEY DON'T ASSOCIATE WITH ANYBODY MORE SO HALF AND THEN CORRECT ME. I'M WRONG. THIS WILL ALSO DESIGN FOUGHT FROM OLD JUSTIN DOWN TO 407. ALRIGHT SO WITH THIS EDITION, WE ADDED TO THE EXISTING ONE WE WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE SECTION IN YOUR CORRECT IT'S 407. ALTHOUGH IT ROBES AND RANCH DESIGNED, READY FOR BID WILL HAVE THE S CURVE TO MATCH. JUSTIN EVELYN HAS COUNCIL WHEN THEY CHANGED THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO GET THAT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION AND WE'LL HAVE THIS HAS TOO MANY WATERLINES ON IT WILL JUST HAVE THE RED AND BLUE WATER LINE TO GET THAT LOOP THAT WE NEED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE JUST SERVED BY THE FLORENCE LINE. SO THAT'S THAT THAT IS. THAT GETS US THAT KIND OF EXPANDED PROJECT. REMEMBER, WE TOOK THE FLORENCE FUNDS. AND MOVED THEM OVER THIS EXPANDED FORETHOUGHT PROJECT. SO TO WATER LINES. THE FOUGHT ROAD REBUILD IS A FULL DEPTH. UM THREE PLACE YES WITH EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE WORK CULVERTS CROSSING THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF LARGE. UM UM. PASSAGES OF WATER THAT GO THROUGH HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE, UH PASSED UNDER THE ROAD. YES, SIR. AND THEN AS I UNDERSTOOD THIS, AND I'M JUST READING A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE PUBLIC HERE, THIS IS A 20 FT ROAD TO A 22 FT. THAT'S A TWO FT EXPANSION. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT? IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A TWO LANE ROAD. THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SIZE TO THE LANES AND THERE'LL BE SHOULDER TO IT AS WELL AND DRAINAGE DITCH DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES. OKAY? DO WE HAVE THE DEDICATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR. UM WE NEED SOME PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHERN END ON THE SOUTH END ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT AND WE THERE MAY BE A FEW PARTIALS. LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT, UM. FROM OLD JUSTIN. WE HAVE BOTH SIDES AND THEN GOING DOWN.

UM, FOR CREEK MEADOWS WEST AND FOR, UM CREEK MEADOWS PROPER. WE HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY. THERE'S JUST A FEW ON THAT EAST SIDE ON THE SOUTHERN SOUTHERN AND JUST NORTH OF 407 THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION. ALRIGHT SO THIS GETS US THE FULL LOOP OF THE WATER LINE. IT'S CONNECTED ALL THE WAY CORRECT. YES, YES, OKAY. AND IT GETS US THE DESIGN AND

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CONSTRUCTION QUESTION WHEN IT DOES GO OUT FOR A BIT. DO WE LOOK AT ANYTHING SUCH AS INCENTIVES OR PENALTIES ON THE APPROVED CONTRACTOR? I'M LOOKING AT OLD JUSTIN ROAD. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR NOW, AND IT'S STILL NOT. WE'RE STILL TWO MONTHS OUT. UM IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUT INCENTIVES TO GET DEADLINES MET. WE CAN. WE CAN DO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, BUT YOU PAY ON THE FRONT END WITH THE BID TO GET THAT ON THE BACK END. BUT IF THAT'S A PRIORITY, HAVE IT IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. WE CAN DESIGN THE BID. SUCH YOU YEAH. YOU PAY MORE UPFRONT, BUT YOU GET IT IN THE TIME PERIOD YOU DESIRE SO YES, WE COULD. THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL BE GLAD TO LOOK AT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MORE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT THE TIME YOU WANT CONCERN IS THAT FOUGHT SOME MAJOR ARTERY. AND LOOKING AT ALL, JUST IN ITS WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FINISHED, RIGHT? SO IT'S A HARDSHIP FOR THE PEOPLE UP ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN WITH JUSTIN BEING DOWN WITH THOUGHT BEING COMPLETELY OUT OR CLOSE TO THROUGH TRAFFIC. UNDERSTOOD IF YOU'RE THE COUNCIL'S WILLING TO PAY MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS TO GET IT AT TIMES SPECIFIC, UM AND THERE ARE WEATHER EVENTS. THERE ARE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT ARE UNAWARE OF UM, THEY'VE GOT. EVERY EXCUSE IN THE BOOK, SO I'VE HEARD THEM ALL, BUT WE CAN WE CAN INSTITUTE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES LOT OF TIMES THAT COULD BANKRUPT THE CONTRACTOR, AND WE'D HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER CONTRACT WOULD NOT LOSE TIME.

BUT, UM, IF THAT'S A PRIORITY, THE COUNCIL WOULD DEFINITELY WE DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT FACE CONSTRUCTION RATE NORTH. OR JUST IN THE WORTH AND JUST ITSELF OR VICE VERSA. OR WHATEVER. WE'RE NOT GONNA SHUT DOWN. WE HAVEN'T DUG INTO THE THEY HAVEN'T DUG INTO IT YET, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'D WAIT FOR OLD JUSTIN COMPLETE. WE'RE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US MONTHS TO THIS SO OLD JUSTIN SHOULD BE THROUGH. I KEEP GETTING TOLD. DIFFERENT DATES, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'LL TRY TO FACE THIS. MAYBE GET THIS INTERSECTION DONE AND MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME REASONABLE UM. UM DETOUR ROUTE FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE AND WE'LL TRY NOT TO WERE.

WE HOPE TO GET THIS GOING BEFORE. CREEK MEADOW. WEST AND FOUGHT FARM DEVELOPMENT REALLY GETS GOING SO WE CAN GET GET AHEAD OF THAT. CARE. AND WE LOOKED CAREFULLY THE INTERCEPTED HELEN. HOW PEOPLE OUT THERE. I CAN'T SEE IT FROM THIS MAP, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, OVERALL, MAN.

OH YOUR TERM AT EVELYN AROUND THE CORNER. AH, WE'RE WE'RE. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE'RE I'M SUSPECTING I'M NOT AND DENNIS CAN CAN SPEAK FOR HIMSELF THAT MOST OF THESE MOVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE TWO FOUGHT ROBES AND RANCHER DOWN TO 407 AND TWO OLD JUSTIN, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THERE'LL BE SOME MOVEMENT GO DOWN EVELYN. BUT MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS WILL BE HEADING NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST. IF YOU'RE COMING UP THE HILL ON EAST ON THAT ONE ROAD YOU CAN'T SEE AROUND THAT CORNER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC FOR SPOT. YOU CAN'T SEE THAT CHILDREN ON TOP OF IT. THE GO BACK SOMETHING. AT. YOU'RE TALKING TALKING UP HERE. OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST THIS. SO I HEAR YOU ON THAT ONE. WE CAN. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING. UM STILL HERE? YEAH THIS IS THE TURN FROM THE EAST WEST EVELYN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THERE BY THAT THAT THE UNDERGROUND WATER LINE THAT'S NOT A ROAD NO , AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT WE ACCEPT. WERE THERE WAS GOING TO BE A COLDER SACKS COMING. WEST FROM VAUD IN EAST FROM EVELYN. AND THEN THAT WAS JUST GOING TO BE AN EASEMENT IS GOING TO BE IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S YARDS. IT'S GOING TO BE THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE A THROUGH, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A FLAG LOT DRIVEWAY BASE, RIGHT?

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UM, SO YEAH. SORRY. YOU CAN SPEAK AS LONG AND AS YOU NEED TO, SIR, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT, UM OKAY? ALRIGHT COUNSELORS. WE HAD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. OPEN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR

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[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE DO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BRING THINGS FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, MR CORN. COULD YOU IDENTIFY THE ITEM THAT WE MAY COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH TONIGHT? I BELIEVE IT'S SECTION A FOUR THE MINIMUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN JUSTIN AND NORTHLAKE RELATED TO THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP. I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT DONE TONIGHT. SO WE MAY COME BACK OUT WITH THE MOU. THAT'S NOT A CONTRACT.

THAT'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO IF WE DO HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT ITS DIRECTION FOR OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE OR DENY ANY AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE. SO IF YOU WANNA STICK AROUND TO SEE IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT HOMEWORK DONE IN ACTION DEPENDENT ON CYCLING, ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD, SO PROBABLY COME BACK OUT AND DO THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GET TO TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IT IS 7 18 PM AND SO AH, ACCORDING TO SECTION 551.71 DOT 072. WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY ON THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU. LET US KNOW IF YOU GOT ANYTHING.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT . GREETING OH, 87. I MISSED THAT ONE. WE HAD AMENDED ONE DOT OH, 87 AS WELL. 551.87 ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.