Jun 12, 2025 Town Council

[*Portions of this meeting are without video*]

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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THOUGHT OF THAT LAST. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 P.M, JUNE 12TH. CALLING TO ORDER THE NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. WE'D LIKE TO START WITH THE INVOCATION. WOULD OUR PASTOR PLEASE COME UP? PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW YOU. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO MY NAME IS BRIAN TERHUNE. I'M THE PASTOR AT THE WELL CHURCH. I AM ALSO YOUR CHAPLAIN FOR THE NORTH LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE. BY THE WAY, YOU GUYS HAVE AN EXCELLENT PD. I CAME 15 YEARS PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE. AND I WILL ENTER INTO A TIME OF PRAYER TO GET US STARTED. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO BE HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT WE GET TO BE A PART OF. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS STATE AND THIS CITY. LORD, THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T GET TO DO THIS RIGHT HERE AND GET TO JUST ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE. FATHER, GUIDE THIS MEETING WELL, LORD, PUT PEACE UPON EACH AND EVERY LEADER IN THIS ROOM, WHETHER THEY'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR OR A MANAGER OR A CITY EMPLOYEE. FATHER, WE JUST ASK FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. YOU ARE SOVEREIGN, LORD. USE USE THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR YOUR GLORY AND FOR THEM TO GOVERN WELL AS THEY GET BUSY IN THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNING THIS LOCAL CITY AND LOCAL TOWN. FATHER, WE ASK FOR LIVES TO BE CHANGED AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE WISDOM OF YOU AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS HERE.

FATHER. SO WE GIVE THIS ALL TO YOU, AND IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ON HIS LIFE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE CRISIS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. VERY BRIEFLY, I JUST WANT TO LOOK AHEAD. I KNOW SUMMER'S GET BUSY. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CANCEL THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE, BUT WE'LL NEED YOU. THROUGH JULY AND AUGUST. SO BOTH MEETINGS IN JULY TO CATCH UP FOR THE FOR THE MEETING CANCELED IN JUNE. AND THEN DUE TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND SO FORTH. WE NEED YOU FOR BOTH MEETINGS IN AUGUST SO YOU COULD HELP US AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. DREW. YOU WERE SERIOUS. I DIDN'T. FIRST ITEM TONIGHT. I'D

[2.A. Presentation - Metroport Chamber Annual Report ]

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AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED OUR REGIONAL ADVANTAGE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTY DAYS, WHICH WE PARTICIPATED, AND WE TOOK OUR CLASS DOWN FOR OUR EDI INITIATIVES, IS WE WORK ON STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITIES ONCE A MONTH. WE PRODUCE THE BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL RELOCATION GUIDE, WHERE THE COMMUNITIES HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE NOT DONE A REGIONAL VIDEO FOR A WHILE, BUT WE HAVE ONE AND WE FINISHED A REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERLAYING EVERYBODY'S PLANS LAST YEAR. WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED IN ROANOKE, AND IT'S A MEMBER USED BUILDING ONLY, AS WELL AS THE CHAMBER OFFICES ARE HOUSED THERE. WE OFFER, AS PART OF BENEFITS FOR OUR MEMBERS, THE USE OF THE COMMONS AREA. AND THEN WE HAVE SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND A BOARD ROOM AVAILABLE FOR NOMINAL FEES, AGAIN ONLY AVAILABLE FOR OUR MEMBERS TO USE. AND THEN WE HAVE 12 LEASABLE OFFICES UPSTAIRS, WHICH WE ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO AT LEAST START, HANG A SHINGLE, GET STARTED. WE'RE THERE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, AND WE HOPE THEY'LL STAY IN THE REGION AND BUILD A BRICK AND MORTAR AS THEY HOPEFULLY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND GROW. WE COULDN'T DO ALL THAT WE DO WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP OF OUR LARGE INVESTORS. OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ONE OF THEM. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. AND THESE ARE OUR CHAIRMAN CIRCLE AND PRESIDENT CIRCLE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS WELL AS OUR EVENT PARTNERS. OUR EVENTS ARE EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE TO PUT ON, AND WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM ALL OF THESE PARTNERS, WE COULD NOT DO THIS. AND OF COURSE, THE TOWN OF NORTHLAKE IS ONE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE OUT THERE ON THE SOCIAL PLATFORM. AND THEN IN YOUR PACKET IS OUR CONNECT CARDS THAT WE ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS TO KEEP WITH THEM IN THEIR WALLETS, PURSES. IT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN AT LEAST I LOVE QR CODES. THEY ARE ALWAYS ON POINT. EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS. UPDATED THROUGH THE QR CODES. AND THEN JUST A FEW PICTURES THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR IN NORTHLAKE. HERE ARE SOME RIBBON CUTTINGS. AND SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HOSTED TOGETHER THAT YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN. AND COUNCILWOMAN HOLMES, WE DO HAVE YOU IN A FEW PICTURES. AND THAT'S MY BRIEF PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT, PARTICIPATION. WE REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF NORTHLAKE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN YOU WORK. IT'S BEEN AMAZING GROWTH FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK

[2.B. Briefing - Traffic Signs and Marking Crew Policy ]

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE TOOK YOUR INPUT AND INTEGRATED THAT WITHIN OUR POLICY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ASSIGNED MAINTENANCE SIGNS INSTALLED, MAINTAINED TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE TEXAS MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN GUIDELINES. AND WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THE EVALUATION OF THE RETRO REFLECTIVITY OF THE TOWN SIGNS ON A THREE YEAR CYCLE. BASICALLY, WE'LL DO A THIRD OF THE SIGNS EACH YEAR ON THAT. THOSE ARE DONE AT AT NIGHTTIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE CORRECT REFLECTIVITY. BACK OFF THE SIGNS FOR THE FOR THE MANUAL ON THAT. PAVEMENT MARKINGS BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR MARKING PAVEMENT MARKING CONDITIONS. STOP BARS AT SIDEWALK INTERSECTIONS. STOP. LEGEND ON ONLY IN MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES AND FOR COLLECTOR ROADS AND LARGER NO STOP LEGEND FOR INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL STREETS. PAVEMENT STRIPING. BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, WE'LL REVIEW THE PAVEMENT STRIPING CONDITIONS AND PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT WILL BE DONE FOR THAT YEAR. LANE STRIPING FOR COLLECTOR STREETS AND LARGER, NO LANE STRIPING ON INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

THAT'S TWO SLIDES. AND LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT. LET'S MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. RUN THROUGH THE SCENARIOS IN YOUR HEAD. MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT GOT THAT COVERED. THE WAY WE'VE WRITTEN THIS IS SO TAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST OUT OF RANDOM, SAY PRAIRIE VIEW FARMS. AND SO IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK OR YOU'RE HITTING A MAJOR COLLECTOR, THERE'S GOING TO BE A STOP BAR.

BUT NO STOP LEGEND. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO SAY STOP. AND THEN ANY INTERNAL STREET, EVEN IF THERE'S A STOP SIGN, IF THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A STOP BAR. ANY KIND OF MARKING IN MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE, THERE'S A LOT MORE SIDEWALKS, A LOT MORE PEDESTRIANS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A STOP LEGEND AT EVERY EVERY SIDEWALK. WELL. AT EVERY NOT IN THE INTERNAL STREETS. BUT IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK WHICH MOST OF OUR MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES HAVE, STREET, THERE IS GOING TO BE A STOP BAR. AND IF IT'S ON A MAJOR ROAD, THERE'LL BE THAT STOP LEGEND. SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MATCHES WITH WHAT Y'ALL WERE SAYING. COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES THERE? I THINK WE'RE ON PAR.

THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND THEN THE COPY OF THE ACTUAL POLICY I BELIEVE IS PROBABLY IN THERE. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE POLICY, JUST GET WITH DREW AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. VERY NICE JOB COLLATING EVERYBODY'S INPUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE

[2.C. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Preliminary Budget - Departmental Expenditures and Revenue Preview]

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WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR REVENUE CATEGORIES THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OTHER FUNDS. SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY POWERED BY PROPERTY TAX. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS LIKE THE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUNDS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND UTILITY FUNDS THAT ARE DRIVEN BY DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES. SO FOR SALES TAX THAT SUPPORTS THE EDC AND CDC AND ALSO THAT SPORTS VENUE FUND FUND, THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP 10%. THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO GO UP 7%. HONESTLY, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO GO UP MORE. WE HAVE HOTELS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE. NATHAN, I JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN AND MAYBE GAME THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, JUST BEING CONSERVATIVE, WITH OUR ESTIMATE 7% INCREASE, THERE'S ALSO WATER SALES AND SEWER SALES. WE LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE JUNE BILLING, AND WE ALSO GET THE BILLS FROM THE TRINITY RIVER, FROM UPPER TRINITY. AND FOR THOSE PROVIDING OUR SERVICES BEFORE WE REALLY MAKE GOOD ESTIMATES ABOUT WATER AND SEWER SALES AND ALSO EXPENSES. BUT WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST STAYING CONSERVATIVE. THE 5% INCREASE IN SEWER AND WATER WATER SALE REVENUE. SO JUST A FEW NOTES ON OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW WITH PROPERTY TAXES, THIS IS ALWAYS A MAJOR SOURCE OF OUR REVENUE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING 54% OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY IN PROTEST, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT. SO THAT'S AFFECTING HOW WE WOULD ESTIMATE FOR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. ALSO, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THEM TO FINISH UPDATING THE ABATEMENTS AND WHAT AND HOW THOSE ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE VALUES THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAX AND RECEIVE REVENUE ON. SO THAT'S LEADING TO A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW.

WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO PROBABLY BE MORE THAN 450,000. WE ALSO HAVE TWO NEW JERSEYS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ON FOR THE FIRST YEAR. SO GOOD TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

SO WE'RE KEEPING PROPERTY TAX ESTIMATES CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE EXPECT THOSE TO TICK UP AS WE GET CLOSER TO WHEN IN THE END OF JULY IS WHEN WE'LL GET THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THEN UTILITY REVENUES, TOWN STAFF, WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE FOR WATER AND SEWER, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME OF THOSE FINAL INVOICES TO COME IN HERE IN JUNE SO THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD ESTIMATE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL, AND WE'LL GET THAT FORECAST PUT TOGETHER AND RELEASED. AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONAL REVENUE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THAT COUNCIL WOULD MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. ONE IS THE INCREASE IN THE OVER 65 DISABLED EXEMPTION. CURRENTLY THAT'S 100 AT 100,000 FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD. AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF RIGHT NOW OF ANY TYPE OF MAXIMUM THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURE HAS IMPOSED. SO THAT IS AN OPTION TO INCREASE. THERE'S ALSO IMPLEMENTING A STORMWATER FEE. THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH COUNCIL ABOUT BEFORE IN THE PAST. AND USING PAST ESTIMATES. WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT $300,000 ANNUALLY USING THOSE PAST STUDIES. SO IT'S CONSERVATIVE. WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL HOMES COME ONLINE, ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUT $300,000 ANNUALLY, IT WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS, AND IT WOULD JUST BE A $5 PER MONTH PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, IT'S BASED ON THAT $5, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT $5 IS INPUTTED INTO A CALCULATION THAT USES THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. AND THE LAST ONE IS SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT MODIFYING AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL FOR MODIFYING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SALES TAX. RIGHT NOW THE FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTING SALES TAX, YOU HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, THE EDC AND CDC. SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AS WELL AS THE SPORTS VENUE FUND, POSSIBLY LOOKING AT MAYBE MODIFYING HOW THAT SALES TAX IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN THOSE FUNDS. AND THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION FOR SOMETHING CALLED A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT CAN BE USED FOR DEVELOPMENT BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TJS OR INSIDE THE ETJ AS WELL. CORRECT? YES. SALES TAX WILL BE APPLIED BOTH IN THE TOWN AND IN THE TOWN'S ETJ, SO THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER OPTION IT WOULD REQUIRE DECREASING IF WE IMPLEMENT A MDD OR MUNICIPAL

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AND THAT'S REVENUE. SO ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ON REVENUES? THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE FIRST LOOK RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT EARLY IN THE REVENUE GAME, ESPECIALLY WITH PROPERTY TAXES. BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON REVENUES FOR THE COULD WE SEE THE OVER 65 DISABLED EXEMPTION. COULD WE AT MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING SEE THAT MODELED IN THE WHAT THE BENEFIT WOULD BE. YEAH. AND REVENUE AND ALL THAT STUFF. JUST KIND OF KNOWING WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO REVENUES IF YOU WENT AHEAD AND RAISED IT POTENTIALLY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER AS PART OF A BUDGET PRESENTATION. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, DO YOU. WHAT THE CURRENT COST OF THE EXEMPTION IS THE I MEAN, THE CURRENT EXEMPTION IS 100,000.

I'M TRYING TO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THAT'S RIGHT. THE OVER 65 IS ABOUT I THINK IT WAS 8 MILLION IN TAXABLE VALUE. SO 8 MILLION TIMES. YEAH $0.29. I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK AND SEE.

EXACTLY. BUT IT'S ABOUT 8 MILLION IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING EXEMPTED. SO OKAY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THOUGH ON OKAY. SO MOVING INTO EXPENDITURES WE'LL START OFF FIRST WITH COMPENSATION. SO SALARIES AFTER SO IN THE OVERALL BUDGET AFTER CAPITAL SALARY WAGES BENEFITS THAT IS ALL MAKES UP THE SECOND LARGEST PORTION OF THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. SO THAT'S 75,000 A MARKET ADJUSTMENT. WE DID A MARKET STUDY THIS THIS YEAR. IT FINISHED UP IN JANUARY. AND THAT'S ABOUT 50,000. AND THEN THE JUST ANNUAL STEP PLAN, BOTH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE, THEY ARE BOTH ON STEP PLANS THAT INCREASE IN MOVING EVERYBODY UP ACCORDING TO THE STEP PLAN IS 100 AND ABOUT 162,000. NOW, THE BENEFITS FOR THESE ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARY IS IT REALLY DOES AID WITH OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS. IT HELPS US NOT TO HAVE TO RETRAIN EMPLOYEES. IT MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE. AND JUST IN TERMS OF COST OF LIVING, WE'VE SEEN AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S 2.8% IS INFLATION FOR THE YEAR TO DATE. BUT THE STUDY WAS DONE BACK IN JANUARY AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN AT THAT TIME. BUT THEN ALSO JUST THE COUNCIL POLICY OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT COMMITMENT TO A 50TH PERCENTILE OF THE MARKET. SO MOVING INTO DEPARTMENT BUDGETS AND REQUESTS, WE'LL START WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. SO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS YOU'LL SEE I'LL JUST REALLY QUICK JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT AND JUST A LITTLE REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OR IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 25. SO WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. BUT THEY COVER HUMAN RESOURCES, MARKETING, COMMUNICATION IT COORDINATION, DOING RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND THEN PROJECT COORDINATION AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS. AND THEIR MAJOR CHANGE IN 25 WAS HIRING AN IT ANALYST, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE BOON TO THE TOWN. AND THEIR CURRENT THEIR CURRENT BUDGET OR REQUESTED BUDGET IS 764,000. SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR BASE COST THERE AT 515,000, WITH MAINTAINING SERVICE COST OF 248,000. AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANYTHING NEW, THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING THINGS TO KIND OF MAINTAIN SERVICE. THE REASON FOR THE LARGE MAINTAIN SERVICE COST IS THIS ADA AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE STUDY THAT'S MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST IS ABOUT 150,000, BUT WE CAN SPLIT IT OVER TWO YEARS. WE'RE JUST ANTICIPATING THAT MOST OF THE COST WOULD FALL WITHIN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO ABOUT $110,000 TO GET THAT STUDY UP OFF THE GROUND AND MOSTLY DONE AND THEN COMPLETED IN YEAR TWO.

FOR MUNICIPAL COURT. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANYTHING NEW THIS YEAR. BUT JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF COURT AND WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THEM THIS LAST YEAR. SO COURT ITSELF, THEY COVER CITATIONS, PAYMENT PROCESSING. THEY DO PROCESSING DOCUMENTS, ISSUE WARRANTS. THEY ISSUE A VIOLENT VIOLATE PROMISES TO APPEAR. AND THEY HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES. THEY HAD A NUMBER OF CHANGES THIS YEAR RELATED TO YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM AND FUND. SO THE ONE WE STARTED, THE FUND, WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO TRANSITIONED ONE OF OUR COURT CLERKS OVER TO BEING THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FOR THAT YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM. AND AS I MENTIONED, MUNICIPAL COURTS ISN'T ASKING FOR ANYTHING NEW. THEY'RE MAINTAINED. SERVICE COSTS IS STRICTLY PRETTY MUCH RELATED TO INCREASES IN SALARY. SO AND SOME MINOR INCREASES IN THE COST OF SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE. BUT THINGS INTERNAL. FOR FINANCE. MY

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AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO ADD A PURCHASING ACCOUNTING CLERK, SOMEONE TO DO ABOUT 75% PURCHASING, 25% ACCOUNTING TO HELP MANAGE THAT AND TO HELP WITH DOING OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, GETTING QUOTES AND HELPING DEPARTMENTS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET WITH THEIR PURCHASES. JOHN, CAN YOU BACK UP A SLIDE THERE? ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE MAINTAINING SERVICES. COST IS ABOUT 24, 25% ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR BASE SERVICES. YOU SAID MOSTLY SALARIES, BUT SOMETHING'S NOT MATH IN THERE. YES. SORRY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID MOSTLY SALARIES. ONE THING WE DID REALIZE WAS WE WERE LOOKING BACK. BANK SERVICE CHARGES HAVE GONE UP QUITE DRAMATICALLY AND SO WE ARE COVERING THE TOWN CURRENTLY COVERS A LOT OF THOSE CHARGES RELATED TO WHENEVER PAYMENTS ARE MADE. SO TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PAY ONLINE.

AND PART OF THAT IS ABSORBED HERE WITHIN FINANCE. SO YOU THINK THAT'S STILL WASHES BECAUSE INITIALLY WE DID ALL THOSE SERVICES FOR FREE TO WANT TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES. DO YOU PUT THAT HUGE INCREASE AS YOU JUST STATED. DOES THAT STILL WASH? I THINK IT DOES. SO IT'S SAVING US FROM HAVING TO DO BECAUSE PRIOR TO GETTING A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS ONTO CREDIT CARDS AND BANK DRAFTS, A LOT OF IT WAS CHECKS OR CASH PAYMENTS, WHICH REQUIRED ADDITIONAL PROCESSING BY OUR UTILITY BILLING CLERKS, BY OUR ACCOUNTANTS, BY OUR ACCOUNTING CLERK. THAT'S MOSTLY GONE AWAY. I'D SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 75, 80%, IF NOT MORE, OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE CURRENTLY ON BANK DRAFTS OR CREDIT CARD DRAFTS. AND SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PROCESS THOSE.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT. SO WE HAVEN'T NEEDED TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL, JUST LIKE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE INDIVIDUAL OR AN ADDITIONAL CLERK JUST TO HANDLE THOSE. SO IT IS HELPING THERE. OKAY. I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BIT, SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMPETITIVE SERVICE THAT MIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY. SO WE ARE WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING AT ONE RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY. THE QUESTION I THINK PARTIALLY IS JUST ALWAYS WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THE CUSTOMER. THERE WOULD BE A TRANSITION. WE JUST WENT THROUGH A TRANSITION TO GETTING EVERYBODY BACK UP WITH CREDIT CARDS AND UPDATED, BECAUSE PACE DID AN UPDATE TO THEIR SYSTEM AND REQUIRED EVERYBODY ON CREDIT CARDS TO GO AHEAD AND REESTABLISH THAT AUTOPAY. SO BUT WE DO WE THINK WE HAVE ONE THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY. YEAH. IT'S FELT A LITTLE CLUNKY FROM TIME TO TIME. AND IF THEY'RE RAISING OUR FEES AND NOT RAISING THEIR GAME, IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO DIGEST BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. BUT YEAH, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT FOR AND REPORT BACK TO US. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEIR CORE FUNCTIONS ARE BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, PLANNING AND ZONING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CODE COMPLIANCE, HEALTH INSPECTIONS. AND THEN THEY ADD THEY WERE APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT ANALYST POSITION THIS LAST YEAR BRINGING THEM TO SEVEN EMPLOYEES. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS HERE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THIS FIRST ONE IS JUST THEIR OPERATIONAL VIEW OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO THIS IS THEIR BASE SERVICE COST. AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING REALLY ANYTHING NEW DIRECTLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITHIN THE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. THIS SECOND VIEW RIGHT HERE. THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HELPS TO BUDGET AND MANAGE FOR WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE IMPACT PAYMENTS. SO THOSE ARE ALL SUPPORTED BY ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES. IT'S NOT PROPERTY TAX FOR THE MOST PART. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PAYMENTS. AND FROM PERMITTING YOU HAVE SALES TAX COMING IN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE HOT FUND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IMPACT FEES THAT WE COLLECT. THEY ARE REQUESTING ABOUT 1.4 MILLION FOR MAINTAINING SERVICE AND 1.9 WHEN

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AND THEN JUST BRINGING BACK ENTRYWAY MONUMENTATION. SO THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE EDC AND CDC. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN FUNDING THE MONUMENTS. WE ALREADY HAVE DESIGN GUIDELINES DEVELOPED AND POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED. THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY TO JUST GET THE MONUMENTS UP AND BUILT. DEPENDING ON HOW MANY COUNCIL AND EDC AND CDC WANTED TO DO WOULD DEPEND WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE COST. SO 160,000 TO 1.6 MILLION. IT VARIES DEPENDING ON HOW MANY. I BELIEVE THERE'S SIX TOTAL. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S SIX TOTAL LOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO EDC AND CDC IN THEIR JULY MEETING. THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEIR BUDGETS FOR COUNCIL TO THEN APPROVE AS WELL. REMINDER PUBLIC ON THIS CDC EDC FUNDS ARE HIGHLY REGULATED AND HOW THEY CAN BE SPENT. AND IF THEY'RE SITTING ON BANK, IF YOU WILL, SITTING ON SOME MONEY THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A FOCUS OF COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WAS KIND OF WAITING TO GET STARTED. I THINK THE FUNDS NOW HAVE STRUCTURED TO SUPPORT THAT, AND THAT'S THE REASON THIS IS COMING UP THIS TIME. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, OH, LET'S JUST GO BUILD SOME STUFF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE MANY PLACES WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND THAT MONEY EITHER. SO WE CAN'T FIX ROADS WITH IT UNFORTUNATELY. IS THAT WAS THAT THE SAME FUND THAT THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM WAS COMING OUT OF? IT IS THE SAME FUND. SO YES. SO THESE BOTH THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM AND ENTRY MONUMENTATION THEY TYPICALLY WITH THE EDC AND CDC THE AMOUNTS ARE SPLIT EQUALLY. SO WHATEVER AMOUNT THEY DECIDE TO EXPENSE FOR EITHER PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN HALF OF IT GOING TO EDC, HALF OF IT GOING TO THE CDC. DO WE HAVE WHICH I GUESS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL GO THROUGH EDC AND CDC BECAUSE I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THEY ARE, IF IT IS, IF IT IS A MATTER OF HOW CAN THEY BEST USE THEIR BUDGET AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN. BUT I'LL PROBABLY WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT IF WE'RE PUSHING OUT THIS KIND OF CHUNK OF CHANGE OUT OF THAT FUND, THAT WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T A MORE BENEFICIAL WAY TO SPEND THE MONEY. IF THERE'S PROGRAMS THAT EXIST THAT WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF LIKE USING THE MONEY IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE THAT ARE RECOMMENDING TO THEM THE BEST WAY THAT THEY COULD USE IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN GET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO COORDINATE WITH EDC, CDC AND MENTION THAT TO THEM. AND IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU. OKAY. YOU HAVE FINAL SAY ON

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BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT IS THE COST SAVINGS OF DOING SIX MONUMENTS RIGHT AT ONE TIME INSTEAD OF ONE A YEAR FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, WHATEVER IT IS. JUST SO IF WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THE CHECK, WE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. OKAY, I'VE GOT IT NOTED. SO. OKAY, SO FOR THE TOWN SECRETARY, OUR TOWN SECRETARY, SHE.

MUNICIPAL CLERK. OH, YES. MUNICIPAL CLERK, RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER, ALSO OUR ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, AGENDA COORDINATOR, AND IS THE CUSTODIAN OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. NOW, THERE WAS NO OPERATIONAL CHANGES IN FY IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. WE DID DISCUSS IN 2025 A RECORDS CLERK TO HELP ASSIST. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING BACK. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE IN THE NEW REQUEST LINE OF 70,000. THE TOTAL REQUESTED BUDGET IS 414,000. AND THEY MAINTAIN SERVICE COST IS 60,000. NOW THAT RECORDS CLERK, THEY WOULD ASSIST THE TOWN SECRETARY WITH RECORDS AND DOCUMENT CREATION. WOULD ALSO HELP WITH LEADING AND COORDINATING THE RECORD RETENTION EFFORTS AMONG THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WOULD SUPPORT AND ACT AS A BACKUP FOR THE TOWN SECRETARY AT COUNCIL AND BOARD MEETINGS SO THAT SHE COULD TAKE VACATION OR BE OUT OF TOWN, OR IF SHE'S SICK, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE PROJECT AND TASK ASSISTANCE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN SECRETARY FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT TOTAL COST RIGHT NOW IS ESTIMATED AT 70,000. SO PUBLIC WORKS, THEY DEAL WITH OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS AND COLLECTION OPERATIONS FOR WASTEWATER. THEY ALSO DO STREET MAINTENANCE. HAD THAT PRESENTATION ON STREET STRIPING, STREET STRIPING AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND INSPECTIONS AND WATER METER INSTALLATIONS. THEY HAVE 30 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND IN 25 THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THEY DID COMPLETE THE CELLULAR WATER METER INSTALL. THAT'S BEEN A GREAT BENEFIT FOR OUR TEAMS HERE IN FINANCE, BUT FOR UTILITY BILLING, BUT ALSO OVER IN PUBLIC WORKS, THEY STARTED THE TRAFFIC MARKINGS AND SIGN CREW. THEY HIRED A MAINTENANCE WORKER, HYDROGEN METER TECH, A STORMWATER INSPECTOR, AND THEN PURCHASED THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES FOR TO HELP WITH THE.

THE STAFF MEMBERS GET THEM AROUND AND GET THEM TO THEIR JOB SITES. THE BASE SERVICE COST IS 3.8 MILLION. THE MAINTAINED SERVICE COST IS 803,000, AND THE NEW REQUESTED SERVICES IS 332,000. A LOT OF THOSE WRAPPED UP IN EMPLOYEE POSITIONS AND VEHICLES. NOW THE REQUESTED BUDGET IS 4.9 MILLION. SO PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT. OPERATOR. THIS IS PART OF OUR MAINTAIN SERVICES. THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT STREET STRIPING CREW. IN THE LAST BUDGET YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD HIRE TWO EMPLOYEES FOR THAT CREW. AND THEN IN YEAR NUMBER TWO, WE'D HIRE THAT THIRD, THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TO ROUND IT OUT SO THEY WOULD HAVE A CREW CREW LEADER, A MAINTENANCE WORKER AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. THEY'LL ASSIST WITH THAT PAINT AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND INSTALLING TRAFFIC REFLEX AND TRAFFIC SIGNS AND PERFORMING REPAIRS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. THERE'S A DUMP TRUCK THAT IS REACHING END OF LIFE AS WELL AS AN F-350 TRUCK. THIS IS PART OF OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN. THESE FUNDS, THE FUNDS FOR THESE VEHICLES ARE SET ASIDE EACH YEAR. WHEN WE BRING ON A NEW VEHICLE, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROJECTED LIFECYCLE LIFE CYCLE OF THE VEHICLE IS AND HOW MUCH WE NEED TO SET ASIDE IN ORDER TO REPLACE THAT VEHICLE WHEN THE TIME COMES. SO THESE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE. THEY'RE IN THE EQUIPMENT FUND READY TO BE SPENT ON THESE REPLACEMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT. NOW THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL IS INVESTING IN OUR ROADS AND IMPROVING THEM WHERE POSSIBLE. SO AN ASPHALT PAVING MACHINE IS BEING REQUESTED TO HELP FACILITATE FASTER AND SMOOTHER ASPHALT LAYING. THERE'S ALSO A MACHINE CALLED A SCARIFIER. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS REMOVES LINES ON ROADWAYS AND HELPS TO CONDUCT INLAND GROOVING JOBS. SO IT WOULD BE PART OF AN ERIC CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I BELIEVE IT'D BE PART OF THAT STREET STRIPING CREW. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A CONCRETE SAW THAT WOULD ASSIST WITH CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION TASKS. I GOT TO QUICK QUESTION ASK AWAY ON THE VEHICLES. ARE THEY IN THE FOR THE NEW WE GOT MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT? YES.

IS THAT PART OF THE MAINTAIN COST OR THE NEW COST? THIS IS PART OF THE MAINTAIN COST. SO THE NEW COST IF YOU'RE OKAY IF I JUMP AHEAD REALLY QUICK IS WRAPPED UP HERE IN THE UTILITY

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THEY DO ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. CURRENTLY HAVE 30 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. AND THEY'RE IN 25 A NUMBER. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED AS WELL IN THIS DEPARTMENT. THEY HIRED A SECOND CAPTAIN POSITION. THEY ALSO HIRED THREE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND ONE DETECTIVE. THEY WE WENT AHEAD AND ADJUSTED THE POLICE STEP PLAN TO HELP MAKE THE TOWN NORTHLAKE MORE COMPETITIVE. AND THEY PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PATROL VEHICLE AND THEN DID SOME WORK WITH OPTICOM SYSTEMS FOR THE VEHICLES AND ALSO A DRONE SUPPORT SYSTEM. SO POLICE IS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST, IS OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE A HIGH BASE SERVICE COST.

THEY HAVE 6 MILLION AND THEN THEY'RE MAINTAINED. SERVICE COST IS 570,000. AND THEIR NEW SERVICE REQUEST IS 430,000. SO REQUESTED BUDGET WOULD BE 7 MILLION. THEY'RE REQUESTING.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS JUST A PACKAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S BUILDING SECURITY CAMERAS. THEY'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE JUST HERE WITHIN THE COMPLEX HERE FOR THE TOWN HALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDINGS. THERE'S ALSO FIREARMS THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR OFFICERS, COMPUTER FORENSIC SOFTWARE THAT WOULD HELP THEM WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AND SPEED UP THEIR INVESTIGATION TIME AND REDUCE THE TIME THAT THEY'RE SPENT HAVING TO TRACK DOWN INFORMATION OR GET INTO COMPUTERS OR IPHONES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S PATROL RIFLES, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR A MOBILE SPEED SIGN TRAILER TO HELP WITH ENCOURAGING FOLLOWING GOOD TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC PROCEDURES AND LAWS HERE WITHIN THE TOWN. AS FAR AS STAFF POSITIONS GO, THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO CORPORALS. THIS IS PART OF THEIR LONG TERM PLAN TO EVENTUALLY HAVE FOUR FOUR CORPORALS SPLIT ACROSS ALL THEIR SHIFTS THERE. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THESE CORPORALS, ONE, OBVIOUSLY MANAGE AND MAKE SUPERVISORY DECISIONS, BUT ALSO THEY ACT AS ANOTHER OFFICER IN THE FIELD. AND SO IT WOULD HELP REDUCE THAT PRIORITY. ONE TIME.

THEY'RE HOPING TO MOVE THAT TIME DOWN FROM 6 TO 7 MINUTES AND TO HELP HANDLE THOSE 21,000 PLUS CALLS THEY HAD IN 2024, THAT'S INCREASED SINCE THEN. THERE WOULD ALSO BE WITHIN THIS KIND OF LIKE THOSE PUBLIC WORK SUPERVISOR POSITIONS. THE VEHICLES ARE ROLLED INTO THIS TOTAL COST. THERE'S TWO VEHICLES EACH. FOR EACH CORPORAL WOULD HAVE A PATROL VEHICLE, AND THE POSITION WOULD START IN APRIL 2026. THERE'S ALSO A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER POSITION.

THERE'S A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL BE OPENING IN AUGUST 26TH, AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS

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THE POSITION WOULD START IN AUGUST 26TH, AND WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, THE OFFICER WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE TOWN FULL TIME. AND THE COST? RIGHT NOW IT'S 35,000 PER YEAR IS THE ANNUAL COST. BUT SINCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 CYCLE, WE WOULD ONLY HAVE THE OFFICER FOR ONE MONTH, THAT'S $3,000. SO BUT AFTER THAT, GOING FORWARD, IT'D BE ABOUT 35,000 PER YEAR, SUBJECT TO INFLATIONARY FACTORS. AND THAT WRAPS UP THE DEPARTMENT'S EXPENDITURE REQUESTS AND BUDGET REQUESTS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICK. THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES COMPARISON SLIDE. WE SHOWED THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL SHOWING WHAT REVENUES WE EXPECT. WE EXPECT $13.18 MILLION IN REVENUES TO COME IN AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO PROBABLY CHANGE AND PROBABLY GO UP, ESPECIALLY AS WE ZERO IN ON WHAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE EXPECTED TO BE. THIS COVERS MOST OF OUR MAINTAINED SERVICE COSTS.

THERE'S ONLY $104,000 GAP BETWEEN OUR REVENUES AND THE BASE, PLUS MAINTAINED SERVICE COST. WHEN YOU TACK ON THAT NEW SERVICE REQUEST THAT JUMPS UP TO $503,000 GAP. BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST A FIRST LOOK AT REVENUES, A FIRST LOOK AT EXPENDITURES. A CHANCE FOR YOU ALL TO ASK US THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKING DOWN THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND ANSWER, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES HERE WITHIN THE REVENUE SIDE ESPECIALLY.

WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR MAKING ONE, MAKING ONE TIME PAYMENTS FROM FUND BALANCES OR FROM OTHER REVENUE SOURCES FOR ONE TIME COSTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE AND CREATIVE IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR HELPING TO CLOSE THIS GAP. AND SO NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED, IS GOING TO BE TURNING UP THE REVENUES.

WE'RE GOING TO EXAMINE BUDGET REQUESTS. IF WE NEED TO. WE CAN SCALE AND REDUCE THOSE.

ELIMINATE THOSE AS NEEDED, AND THEN IDENTIFY ANY ONE TIME COSTS AND SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE THOSE FUND BALANCES OR ONE TIME REVENUES THAT HAVE COME IN, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, AND THEN PREPARE. WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR COUNCIL REVIEW IN AN UPCOMING MEETING, JUST TO PREPARE YOU FOR THAT. WITH THAT, ANY ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER. SO ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE, YOU'RE TELLING US THAT BASICALLY. SHORT I WANT COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT AS THESE NUMBERS TRUE UP. I THINK WE'LL SEE A REVENUE SIDE COME UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE HYPER CONSERVATIVE. BUT START THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEW SERVICES YOU LIKE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T CARE FOR. OR JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM A LITTLE DIRECTION ON, HEY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WE THINK WE AGREE WITH, WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE AGREE WITH. SO I CAN START PRIORITIZING. AND THAT WAY WE MAKE PROGRESS EVERY MEETING ON THESE THINGS. SO BE PREPARED NEXT, NEXT MEETING IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR COMMENTS ON THESE TO COME BACK. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW FOR STAFF, CERTAINLY. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT SO WE CAN GIVE THEM DIRECTION NOW. OKAY.

QUESTION ON THE MAINTAIN SERVICE COSTS. SOME OF THE SLIDES SEEM LIKE IT WAS QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, LARGER THAN WHAT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IS AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S JUST SALARY INCREASES. AND THEN FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU NEED A NEW TRUCK AND IT'S BUDGETED FOR 50, IT MAY BE 65 NOW. YEAH. SO MAYBE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC WORK WE CAN LOOK AT THE PUBLIC AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST ONE. YEAH I JUST SAW THAT SOME OF THEM SEEM LIKE THEY'RE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD NEED TO BE FOR THE MAINTAIN SERVICE COSTS. YES. SO I WILL SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS, WITH THE SUPERVISOR POSITION, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MAYBE ONE THAT YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE LOWER. WE DO PRICE WITH OUR POSITIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO PRICE THOSE AT THE MIDPOINT, ESPECIALLY ON THE STEP PLAN. SO THIS WOULD BE A STEP FIVE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SCALE. TYPICALLY THOUGH, IT'S JUST PART OF OUR PRACTICE OF OVER BUDGETING EXPENDITURES JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. TYPICALLY THIS ENDS UP BEING LOWER. ERIC TYPICALLY HIRES MORE AROUND THE BASE OR THE STEP ONE LEVEL WHEN HE'S BRINGING SOMEBODY ON. SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE FACTOR OF WHAT IS DRIVING UP WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. I THINK HE'S KIND OF MORE MAINTAINED SERVICES. AND SO THIS IS A AN AMALGAM OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. SO ONE EXAMPLE FOR FINANCE WAS THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES. THERE IS A CORRESPONDING REVENUE THAT THAT COUNTERACTS THAT OR BALANCES THAT. SAME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BUT WHEN WE DO THE PRIMARY, OUR NEXT TIME AROUND WE'LL GIVE QUITE A BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS. THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL LOOK. BUT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. IS THIS JUST BURIED IN THERE AND IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN. THERE IS MORE

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SOME OF THOSE WERE THEY WEREN'T PERCENTAGES. THEY WERE BIG JUMPS. THE EXAMPLE OF THE ADA STUDY WAS A BIG AMOUNT. SO WE'LL GET WE'LL GET YOU SOME MORE DETAIL. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIT OF A NUANCE ON WHAT'S NEW AND WHAT'S MAINTAINED. AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE SUPERVISORS REALLY MAINTAIN TO KEEP THAT SERVICE LEVEL UP. BUT IT'S KIND OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND IT'S A NEW POSITION. SO JUST TO HELP TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, WE PUT IT AS A NEW SERVICE. BUT WE WE'LL DO SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT, MAINTAIN AND FLESH THAT OUT SOME MORE AND THAT THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY HELP THE NEGATIVE GET SMALLER THE GAP. HOW SO? BASED ON THE REVENUES BASED OFFICERS MAINTAINING AT THE VERY LAST SLIDE, WE'RE AT NEGATIVE 5503. YEAH. SO DETAILING IT GETTING THOSE MAINTAIN COSTS HELP YOU. YEAH. YEAH. KIND OF HELP HELP YOU IN YOUR DECISION MAKING. YES SIR. YEAH. AND WE YEAH THIS LIKE JOHN SAID, THIS IS JUST THE VERY FIRST BLUSH. WE'RE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OVER HALF IS STILL UNDER PROTEST ON PROPERTY TAX. WE'RE STILL KIND OF TRUING UP NUMBERS ON REVENUE. SO AS THE MAYOR SAID WE'LL EXPECT THOSE TO INCREASE. THIS IS THIS IS FULL YEAR FUNDING OF EVERYTHING. WE MAY DELAY SOME FUNDING, BUT WE'LL AND THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO PUT OFF UNTIL NEXT YEAR, MUCH LIKE WE DID WITH THE RECORDS CLERK. SO WE'LL WE'LL GET THERE JUST BRIEFLY IF, IF 8 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE EXEMPT FOR SENIORS, IT'S ABOUT $25,000 IN REVENUE. IT'S ABOUT 800 RESIDENTS THAT CLAIM A HOMESTEAD A SENIOR, AN OVER 65 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF REVENUE. IT'S NOT A LOT OF IMPACT TO THE CITY COFFERS.

IT IS. SO IT TAKES OFF FOR SOMEBODY OVER 65 OR DISABLED. IT TAKES OFF 100,000. SO IF THEIR HOUSE IS WORTH 500,000, THEY'RE ONLY TAXED ON 400,000. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DOUBLE IT IT'S GOING TO COST US ANOTHER 25,000. SO THAT HELPS YOU IN YOUR YOUR YOUR CALCULATIONS THEN THAT WAS ALEX QUESTION FROM EARLIER. AND THEN EVERYBODY'S WATCHING THE STATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. LIKE THERE'S NEW $140,000 EXEMPTION THINGS LIKE THAT. WHERE DO WE I KNOW THAT'LL BE PART OF LEGISLATIVE AS WELL, BUT JUST HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT AFFECTS THAT. AND SOME OF THAT IN HERE, NOT SOME OF THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH CONSTITUTION VOTE FIRST BEFORE IT HITS THE STATE BUDGET. THAT'S ALL ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE. ALL IN SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IT DOESN'T IT DIDN'T. AND DEAN WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT OKAY, AS FAR AS I THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT HEADLINES 50 POINT FONT. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT AS FAR AS STRUCTURALLY CHANGING OUR TAX RATE, THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T DO MUCH CHANGES TO THAT THIS YEAR.

RIGHT. I'M SORRY I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF WITH PROPERTY TAX PROTESTS. HOW LONG DOES THAT NORMALLY TAKE. IS THERE A TIME FRAME WHERE MOST OF THAT GETS RESOLVED AND YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF NUMBERS, LIKE, IS IT MONTHS THAT WE'RE WAITING OR NOT? NOT NORMALLY. THEY'RE USUALLY TRY TO GET IT DONE HERE WITHIN. LET'S SEE. THEY'LL TRY AND GET IT DONE BEFORE THAT JULY DEADLINE. THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT TO US BY JULY 26TH OKAY. SO THEY GET THEY GET MOST OF THEM DONE.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ALWAYS LAG INTO OUT YEARS. AND THEY PROVIDE US WITH THOSE AND WHAT THEY ESTIMATE THE POTENTIAL LOWERING OF THE VALUE MIGHT BE SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT. BUT USUALLY I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE 90% PLUS, IF NOT HIGHER DONE BY THE POINT THAT THEY GIVE US THE VALUES.

ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF? ANYTHING. GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION. MY ONLY LAST PIECE OF DIRECTION AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF ANYWAY.

SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING NEW OR EXCITING, IT'S JUST WHEN WE LOOK DEEPER INTO THE NEW SERVICE REQUESTS TO MAKE AND I KNOW WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS TO DOLLAR, JUSTIFY EVERY SINGLE THING BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE COSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN THERE IS A WE'RE JUST BUYING SOMETHING LIKE A SPEED TRAILER, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

HOW IS THIS BENEFICIAL OTHER THAN JUST INCREASING SAFETY. AND, YOU KNOW, SPEED COMPLIANCE IS IT THEY USE IT IN THESE OTHER PLACES AND THIS IS WHAT IT BRINGS DOWN, OR JUST THAT ACTUAL

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[2.D. State Legislative Recap - 2025 Session Overview ]

YOU'LL ALSO SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE THERE IT SAYS HIGH IMPACT. SO WE TRIED TO CATEGORIZE THESE HIGH MODERATE LOW IMPACT. AND SOME OF THEM ARE LOW IMPACT BUT THEY'RE OF INTEREST. SO THIS SB 1883 REQUIRES AUDITS AND SUPERMAJORITY VOTE FOR ADOPTING OR INCREASING IMPACT FEES, AND PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM INCREASING AN IMPACT FEE WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE FIRST DATE IT WAS ADOPTED OR LAST INCREASED. INCLUDES HEARING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO DECREASE WITHOUT THESE SAME LIMITATIONS. SO GO AHEAD AND STOP ME. IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE. I'LL TRY AND MOVE QUICK. HB NINE INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR HOME PRODUCING TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM 2500 TO 125,000 BEGINNING IN THE 2025 TAX YEAR. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A PARENTHETICAL THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF SOME OF THESE FOR TO SHOW YOU WHEN THESE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT. SO IMMEDIATE MEANS IMMEDIATE JANUARY 1ST. SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND SOME OF THESE ARE JUST WAITING TO BE EXECUTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE MAYOR JUST BROUGHT UP WITH DREW REQUIRES. THIS IS SENATE BILL 1025, REQUIRES TAX INCREASE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS TO INCLUDE.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. BIG, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL LETTERS FOR THE PROPOSITION. SB 1851 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM EXCEEDING THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. IF AUDITS ARE NOT COMPLETE OR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT FILED ON TIME, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE TOWN. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT DON'T DO THEIR AUDIT AND DON'T GET THEIR BUDGET DONE. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE STATE LEGISLATURE DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. HB 30 IS LOW IMPACT REPEALS, DISASTER RELATED TAX RATE ADOPTION EXEMPTIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND MODIFIES DISASTER RECOVERY RATE CALCULATIONS. SENATE BILL 924 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM CHANGING FRANCHISE FEES ON INTERNET BASED VIDEO SERVICES. EXISTING FRANCHISES MUST STILL PAY CITIES FOR USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THIS IS LIKE IF YOU'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT LANGUAGE, SOME OF THE SATELLITE SERVICES AND THEN ALSO INTERNET BASED VIDEOS THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ONLINE WHERE THERE'S NO ACTUAL CONDUIT OR CABLE IN YOUR CITY OR YOUR TOWN. THIS IS NO IMPACT. AMENDS TAX CODE TO RAISE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO ENSURE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STATE AID TO OFFSET LOSSES CAUSED BY THE EXEMPTION INCREASE. SO THIS THIS ONE GOES FROM 100,000 TO 140,000. AND SO IF PREVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR ORDINANCE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MATCH THIS WITH THE WITH THE EXEMPTION THAT YOU DID, IT'S 100,000. SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO MATCH IT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 140,000.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. HB 2894 EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR A CITY TO QUALIFY AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR DISABLED VETERANS. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. THIS HAS SOME VERY LIMITED EXCEPTIONS TO WHERE ACTUALLY APPLIES, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW MUNICIPALITIES WHERE ACTUALLY APPLY ZONING AND LAND USE. THIS IS THIS WAS A BIG ONE. HB 21 LIMITS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES UNLESS APPROVED BY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THERE IS A LITANY OF LITIGATION RIGHT NOW AGAINST ALL THE HDFCS THAT CAME TO CITIES AND REMOVED MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES OFF OF YOUR TAX ROLLS, AND SO THIS AIMS TO FINALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED IN LAW, WHICH LIMITED THEM TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT JURISDICTION. SB ONE 5566 ALLOWS UTILITY CONNECTIONS TO LAND REMOVED FROM THE CITY'S ETJ WITHOUT REQUIRING A PLATTING CERTIFICATE UPON SIGNATURE, SO THIS IS ONE THAT WILL WILL

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SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS ONE TURNS OUT. SO IT'S. CONFLICTING WITH THE STATE. SAID IT MAY NOT HAVE CONFLICTING FEES. WHO ARE THEY CONFLICTING WITH? THE STATE. THE STATE. YEP. THESE WILL BE STATE REGULATED. NOW TO WE'LL HAVE SOME AUTHORITY BUT NOT NOT LIKE WE USED TO. SB 1202 ALLOWS A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS, INSPECT INSTALLATION OF HOME BACKUP POWER SYSTEMS WITHOUT CITY APPROVAL. HB 4144 REQUIRES CITIES TO PROVIDE CRITICAL ILLNESS BENEFITS TO RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS IF DIAGNOSED WITH CERTAIN CANCERS, HEART ATTACKS, STROKES WITHIN THREE YEARS OF RETIREMENT, SB 1252 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM REGULATING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY BACKUP SYSTEM INSTALLATION. SO YOU SEE SOME CONNECTIONS HERE. HB 4264 ESTABLISHES A GRANT PROGRAM FOR PEACE OFFICER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. HB 2715 ALLOWS THE

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HB 75 EXPANDS BAIL RESTRICTIONS FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS AND SERIOUS CRIMES LIMITS MAGISTRATE AUTHORITY AGAIN DESIGNED TO BRING EVERYBODY IN. AND UNDER TEXAS LAW, HB 4765 CLARIFIES REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EXEMPTIONS. HB 1517 PREVENTS HIM FROM FINDING HOMEOWNERS FOR CERTAIN LAWN CONDITIONS WHILE SUBJECT TO WATER RESTRICTIONS BY A CITY. THESE ARE. THIS IS THE OTHER CATEGORY HB 506 ALLOWS SECRETARY OF STATE REVIEW LOCAL BALLOT LANGUAGE IN WAYS GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES OUT IN FRONT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE THEY THEY GO OUT. HB 1522 REQUIRES PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE POSTED THREE BUSINESS DAYS AND BUDGET DOCUMENTS REQUIREMENTS IN ALL MEETINGS DISCUSSING OR ADOPTING A BUDGET. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED FROM 72 HOURS BEFORE THE TIME OF THE MEETING TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE MEETING. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON ON GOOD TRACK BECAUSE USUALLY POST ON FRIDAY. SO YOU'D HAVE THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING DATE. THERE'S A LOT OF MUNICIPAL, YOU KNOW, SECRETARIES OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS REALLY AFFECTS THEM. AND WHAT DOES THREE BUSINESS DAYS MEAN? BUT THE LANGUAGE I THINK IS PRETTY CLEAR. IT'S BEFORE. SO THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING, WHICH MEANS THE DATE OF THE MEETING DOESN'T COUNT AS ONE OF THE DAYS. SB 1173 RAISED COMPETITIVE BIDDING THRESHOLD FOR CITIES FROM 50,000 TO 100,000. CITIES HAVE WANTED THIS FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME. THIS SHOULD MAKE THEM A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.

SB 1106 PLACES ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN CITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT ACT AND REMEDIES. INFORMATION GAP. THAT'S YOUR PIT ACT. SB 1008 LIMITS CITY REGULATION OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS AND AMPLIFIED SOUND RELATED TO THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS. HB 762 ADDS LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON SEVERANCE PAY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS REQUIRE PUBLIC POSTING, SO THIS IS A 20 WEEK LIMITATION ON SEVERANCE FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. LOW IMPACT HB 4215 PREEMPTS CITY REGULATION OF DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANIES LIKE DOORDASH AND UBER EATS. SB 1062 ALLOWS LEGAL NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED IN DIGITAL NEWSPAPERS, SO THAT'S A BIG RELIEF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, EXCEPT FOR EXCEPT FOR US, BECAUSE NOBODY THAT WORKS AT THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE LIVES IN DENTON, SO THEY'RE SOMEHOW EXEMPTED. SO WE'LL STILL HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE. IT ONLY IS PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK ON SATURDAYS. YEAH. SB 541 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM REQUIRING PERMITS OR FEES FOR COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS PURPOSES FOR EMPLOYING OR CONTINGENT EMPLOYEE PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY REQUIRES OR ATTEMPTS TO REQUIRE THIS SB SEVEN CREATES A TEXAS WATER FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND EXPANDS ELIGIBLE WATER PROJECT USES. AND THEN HERE'S SOME MORE NO IMPACT. HB 4215 PREEMPTS STATE REGULATION OF DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANY. OH WAIT, LET ME JUST DO THAT. MAYBE THAT'S OKAY. HB 2713 RESTRICTS LARGE CITIES ABILITY TO HOLD ELECTIONS TO REPEAL CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS. SB 830 DID NOT PASS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE CITIES CONCERN WOULD HAVE UPDATED PROCUREMENT RULES AND THRESHOLDS. SB 4219 REQUIRES CITIES TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS, SO THAT WILL HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP OUR PROCESS THERE. AND THEN THIS WAS OTHER THIS WAS THIS IS SOMETHING OF CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE 2038 PETITION IS YOUR IS THE PETITION TO REMOVE FROM THE ETJ. THE ARGUMENT WAS THAT FOLKS IN THE ETJ HAD NO ABILITY TO VOTE, SO THEREFORE THEY SHOULDN'T BE REGULATED. AND SO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT BASICALLY LOOKED AT THAT AND

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[3. PUBLIC INPUT]

I HAVE ONE FORM FOR MR. JOEL MCGREGOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP. JOEL MCGREGOR 89, 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE. THE FIRST THING IS ITEM FIVE B IN THE NOISE OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS. AND I'M I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT DFW ADVENTURE PARK. NO MATTER WHAT LIMITS YOU PUT ON THIS, THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. SO ANY BOZO THAT RENTS A SPOT AT THE RV PARK CAN CALL IN AND COMPLAIN. YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY'RE ONLY THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND GET BASICALLY SHUT HIM DOWN. IF YOU GUYS PUT THESE ON THERE, UNLESS YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EXEMPT HIM. HE'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. HE HE'S THEY SHOOT GUNS OVER THERE, THEY SHOOT, THEY DO PAINTBALL. THEY HAVE A ZOMBIE HUNT IN OCTOBER. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO VIOLATE ANY NOISE ORDINANCE YOU PUT IN. SO I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS IS GOING TO SHUT HIM DOWN.

AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. HE'S NOT IN THE CITY. HE SHOULDN'T BE. THEY JUST MENTIONED THAT ON ONE OF THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T VOTE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE REGULATED. AND HE'S INTENTIONALLY OUTSIDE THE CITY SO THAT HE'S NOT SUBJECT TO ALL THIS STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M RIGHT DOWN THERE NEXT TO HIM. I CAN HEAR IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNEW HE WAS THERE WHEN I MOVED IN. SO HE'S FINE. AND SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN EXEMPT HIM SOMEHOW. THE NEXT THING, SEE THE DARK SKY THING? THERE'S NOT MUCH INFORMATION HERE, YOU KNOW. WHAT'S THAT GOING TO COST THE CITY IN CHANGING LIGHTS? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LIGHTS THAT COMPLY WITH VARIOUS THINGS ARE TERRIBLE. IF YOU DRIVE DOWN DALE EARNHARDT AT NIGHT, THOSE LIGHTS ARE KIND OF A PURPLISH BLUE, AND THEY DON'T LIGHT UP ANYTHING. AND WE DON'T NEED MORE LIGHTS LIKE THAT IF THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THAT. SO I DON'T I THINK WE'D NEED SOME KIND OF A COST ESTIMATE BEFORE WE DECIDE TO JUMP ON THAT. AND THIS NUISANCE LIGHTING. YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME ON THE HIGHWAY. MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T PUT EGREGIOUS PROBLEMS ON CURRENT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT COMPLIED WITH WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO WHEN THEY BUILT THEIR BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, THE WAREHOUSES ALL AROUND ME, THEY LIGHT UP MY ENTIRE PLACE AT NIGHT. BUT THEY COMPLIED WITH WHAT THE TOWN ASKED THEM TO PUT UP WHEN THEY BUILT IT. THE TAX STUFF OVER 65. I THINK IT'D BE AWESOME IF WE PUT, YOU KNOW, DOUBLED. THAT DOESN'T COST THE TOWN MUCH. AND IT WOULD REALLY HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND WHATNOT. AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE A TAX FREEZE ON 65? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT OR NOT. IF WE DON'T, WE SHOULD ADD THAT THE SCHOOLS YOU CAN FREEZE YOUR TAXES AT 65 AND I THINK THE COUNTY TAX IS FREEZE AT 65, BUT I THINK THE CITY HAS TO PUT THAT IN PLACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. THE SALES TAX, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND I'M GOING AWAY FROM WHERE IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH MONEY IN AN ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND ON SOME SPECIFIC THING. LIKE GIFT CARDS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TERRIBLE IDEA TO ME. ALL OF US HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT HAPPENS AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS, IT'S GOING TO HELP THE BUSINESS IN THE LONG RUN. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO SUBSIDIZE BUSINESSES ANYWAY.

THANKS. THANK YOU. THERE WILL BE SOME POINTS. I THINK YOUR NOISE ORDINANCE ISSUE WILL BE ADDRESSED. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE A PROBLEM THERE. YES, MISS HARDEMAN. I'M MARINA HARDIMAN.

THE FIRST ITEM I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE EDC AND CDC FUNDS. LIKE MR. MACGREGOR SAID, I THINK HE WAS ALLUDING TO THE FACT TO LET SOME OF THOSE FUNDS GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE IF WE DID THAT. THERE ARE SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON EDC AND CDC FUNDS WHERE THOSE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT, AND THERE AREN'T THOSE RESTRICTIONS WHENEVER YOU LET

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THAT'S 5000FT INTO THE ETJ, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT 280FT SHY OF A MILE INTO OUR ETJ. AND MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS IT LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE? ARE WE GOING TO GET SUED BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS? I DON'T KNOW. SO I WOULD THINK THAT WHENEVER YOU PRESENT THIS, WOULD YOU ALSO PLEASE PRESENT THE SPECIFIC LAW THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THIS? AND THE LAST ONE IS THE 151,000 FOR AN ADA PLAN. THAT'S JUST THE PLAN THAT'S NOT IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S JUST AN ENGINEERING PLAN FROM HALF AN ASSOCIATES. PERHAPS YOU NEED TO START LOOKING OUTSIDE OF HALF AN ASSOCIATES. IF THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT IS ALLOWED TO GO OUT FOR BID, MAYBE YOU GO OUT FOR BID ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO IT FOR A LITTLE BIT BETTER PRICE.

I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING IT FOR OTHER TOWNS. IT'S PROBABLY A COPY AND PASTE TYPE OF DOCUMENT, SO PERHAPS Y'ALL COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND SAVE SOME MONEY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS HARTMAN. MR. LIPSCOMB. WELCOME. HI. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A MEETING TONIGHT, BUT ANYWAY, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS NUMBER FIVE, I'M LARRY LIPSCOMB, 950 CRESTWOOD CIRCLE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS. BUT I OWN DFW ADVENTURE PARK, SO THIS NOISE ORDINANCE ALARMED ME WHEN I FIRST SAW IT. WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE 23 YEARS, AND WE TRY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. I MEAN, I WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN HARDLY ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE RV PARK. I THINK MAYBE I HAD ONE WE HAD A CONCERT OR SOMETHING OUT THERE ONE NIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, FROM TALKING TO YOUR CITY MANAGER, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT REGULATING FIREARMS. YOU'RE NOT REGULATING AIR GUNS. AND I'M HOPING PAINTBALL GUNS ENTER INTO THAT TOO. IT REALLY IS KIND OF AN AIR GUN. IT'S FILLED UP BY A COMPRESSED AIR. ANYWAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY DON'T EVEN CALL US OVER THERE. SO IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR THERE'S A PROBLEM, CALL US AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. DOES ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT IT IS 7 OR 648 AND WE WILL

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

[5.A. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, providing for the annexation of approximately 117 acres of land generally located northwest of Harmonson Road and McPherson Drive in the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the Town. Case # ANX-25-001]

THIS IS ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION OF ABOUT 117 ACRES OWNED BY NORTHLAKE 35 LOGISTICS PARK THREE PHASE ONE, LLC. THE SITE IS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HERMANSEN ROAD AND MCPHERSON DRIVE, AND THE CATHERINE BRANCH INDUSTRIAL AREA. HERE IT IS ON THE MAP JUST NORTH OF THE SPEEDWAY. BACK IN SEPTEMBER, COUNCIL APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNED AT THIS SITE. THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CONSTITUTED A SERVICE PLAN AND PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, AND IT BECAME EFFECTIVE WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER IT BEING RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK. AND THAT WAS DONE ACTUALLY BACK IN OCTOBER. SO WE

[01:20:01]

AND SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. THIS ONE'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS HERE. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS ONE. I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN IN AGREEMENT ON THIS MOVING FORWARD. SO IF WE'LL START THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE AT 6:51 P.M. OFFICIALLY, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ANNEXATION? NOBODY. NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE FUN TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE,

[5.A. VOTE]

I'M GOING TO HOLD THE VOTE FOR JUST A MOMENT. MR. SESSIONS COMES BACK HERE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS. DOCTOR SESSIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE. YES. OKAY.

SET YOUR SCREEN. OH IS IT. OH. SEE, HIS SCREEN IS A LITTLE MESSED UP. THERE WE GO. OKAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. LAND HAS BEEN ANNEXED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM B IS

[5.B. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Chapter 8 "Offenses and Additional Provisions" of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Northlake, Texas by amending Article 8.02 "Noise," to provide for objective measures, certain exemptions, and application outside Town limits for a distance of 5,000 feet; providing this Ordinance shall be cumulative; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing for publication; and providing an effective date]

OR IT SAYS AIR PISTOLS. I MEAN, I WOULD ARGUE THAT'S A PAINTBALL GUN. THAT'S TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 20 OR OR CHAPTER 229. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M HOPING THAT THE BILL IN THE US CONGRESS AND NOW THE SENATE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SUPPRESSORS, BECOMES ACTIVE AS WELL SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THEIR FIREARMS MORE REASONABLY. NATHAN. ALL RIGHT. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE DID A BRIEFING ON NOISE AND OUTDOOR LIGHTING, SPECIFICALLY NUISANCE REGULATIONS. BUT REALLY ANY TYPE OF NUISANCE REGULATION, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THAT BEYOND TOWN LIMITS FOR A DISTANCE OF 5000FT. THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ALLOWS THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU. AND THAT DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BRING BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE NOISE AND OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS. WE HAD ANOTHER BRIEFING IN JANUARY AND COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION TO INCORPORATE SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR NOISE REGULATIONS. THOSE INCLUDED EXEMPTIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND EXTENDED HOURS FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND ADDITION OF A OF A SPECIFIC DECIBEL LIMITATION AS AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD, AND WITH IT BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MORE RESTRICTIVE AT NIGHT. THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION OF WHAT THAT TIME FRAME SHOULD BE, AND THE CONSENSUS WAS BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 7 A.M. SO AS A

[01:25:06]

ALL AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT IS PREEMPTED, EXEMPTED BY STATE LAW AS WELL. OKAY. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER GOTTEN A COMPLAINT ABOUT AG EQUIPMENT, SO I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY HAY BALER TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE. I CERTAINLY HOPE NOBODY'S HAY BALING AT TWO IN THE MORNING FROM FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING AND THE HISTORY. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE NOVEMBER AND EVEN BEFORE THEN. THIS WAS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE ADJACENT SOMEWHERE IN THE TOWN AND FOLLOWED OUR EXISTING RULES, AND SOME WERE JUST ON THE BORDER OF THE TOWN, AND THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY TO HAVE A CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF THIS STANDARD. SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, IS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PEACEFULLY COEXIST. EXACTLY. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF STAFF FOR BRINGING TOGETHER ALL COUNCILS CONCERNS ON THIS. I THINK WE HAD SOME CONCERNS, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN WRITTEN INTO THIS REGARDING SPECIAL DAYS AND TIMES AND VOLUME LEVELS. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL JOIN ME IN DOING

[5.B. VOTE]

[01:30:09]

RIGHT. IN OUR CURRENT ADOPTED CODE OF ORDINANCES. YES. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1.

[5.C. Consider approval of a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, stating the intent to become certified as a Dark Sky Community by the International Dark Sky Association as part of the International Dark Sky Places Program; and providing an effective date ]

IT'S JUST CONTINUING ON A PATH THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS ITEM IS KIND OF A COMPANION ITEM WITH THE NEXT ONE ORDINANCE TO AMEND OUR SOME OF OUR OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND ENFORCE OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS SECTION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WAS APPROVED WITH A BILL A COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO, IT RESTRICTS REGULATION OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND ALSO OUTDOOR LIGHTING FOR BY MUNICIPALITIES AND TO ADOPT OR ENFORCE ANY OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING LIGHT POLLUTION. IT STATES THAT IT MUST BE. THE MUNICIPALITY MUST BE CERTIFIED AS A DARK SKY COMMUNITY, WHICH WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY, OR YOU MUST ADOPT A RESOLUTION STATING THE INTENT TO BECOME CERTIFIED. SO THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION JUST STATES THE INTENT FOR THE TOWN TO BECOME CERTIFIED THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE. IT WILL START THE EXPLORATION OF THAT DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, COSTS THERE WILL BE. BUT WHAT THIS DOES, THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR EXISTING OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS, AND WE CAN ADOPT NEW REGULATION, AND ANY NEW REGULATIONS MUST MUST NOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED AS A DARK SKY COMMUNITY, WE BELIEVE OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS ARE DARK SKY FRIENDLY, BUT THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME UPDATES NECESSARY TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION. AND LIKE THE MAYOR STATED, ANY UPDATES OR REGULATIONS WOULD JUST APPLY TO NEW DEVELOPMENT. ANY NEW LIGHTING AFTER THAT FACT WOULDN'T BE RETROACTIVE. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. SO JUST TO JUST TO CLARIFY, A YES WOULD BE THAT WE'RE INTENDING TO APPLY FOR THIS IF WE COME ACROSS COSTS THAT WE ARE NOT WANTING TO SPEND AT THE TIME, THEN WE CAN STOP AND SAY NO. CORRECT. OKAY. AND DOES THIS IMPACT RESIDENTIAL? YES. I MEAN, WE I MEAN, WELL, WE'VE GOT HOUSES OUT HERE WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. I MEAN, IT MUST BE A CALIFORNIA THING MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS RESOLUTION, THIS RESOLUTION ALONE JUST IS ABOUT GETTING CERTIFIED THE INTENT TO BE CERTIFIED. BUT IT COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL IMPACT ON UPDATING OUR REGULATIONS AND HOW THEY WOULD APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY CERTIFICATION, TO ME, THAT'S BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. THERE'S JUST NO WAY. IN A TOWN LIKE OURS WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMES SCATTERED IN SUBDIVISIONS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I JUST DON'T KNOW. AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS AS WELL? THERE'S NOTHING WITH CURRENT CONSTRUCTION. IT'S ONLY FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION. NOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IF WE WERE GETTING CLOSE AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COUNCIL COULD DO AS TO OFFER A LIGHTING UPGRADE, PROGRAMS OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET THAT FINAL MILE OR THE FINAL TEN YARDS INTO THE END ZONE. BUT THIS HELPS US. I MEAN, TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED HERE, WE WERE PRACTICALLY A DARK SKY CITY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LIGHTING OUT HERE, AND WE DID A GOOD JOB WITH STREET LIGHTS OVER THE PAST

[01:35:04]

DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH LIGHTING YOU HAVE. DOCTOR SESSIONS. IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH LIGHTING YOU HAVE AND WHAT DIRECTION YOU POINT IT. LATE AT NIGHT. YEAH. OUR ORDINANCES ALLOW FOR ONE CANDLE FOOT AT THE PROPERTY LINE TODAY. .25.25 CANDLE FOOT. PROPERTY AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM JOINT PROPERTY. SO RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THE RULES THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED AND HAS KEPT NORTHLAKE WITH A RURAL FEELING TO A DEGREE IS NO LONGER ENFORCEABLE WITHOUT THIS INTENT EITHER. SO WE'D BE TAKING A STEP BACKWARDS. AND ONE OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTION IS TO MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THIS TOWN. AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH NON NON EXCESSIVE LIGHTING. AND THIS SIGNIFIES OUR INTENT TO EVERYBODY AROUND US THAT HEY YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BECOME DARK SKY CERTIFIED. MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T PUT UP THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS WE CAN FIND. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE SOME INJURIES TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LIGHT LIGHT COMING IN WINDOWS THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT WITHOUT 100% BLACKOUT SHADES. NO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE FORCED TO PUT UP 100% BLACKOUT SHADES INSIDE THEIR HOME DUE TO AN ADJACENT PROPERTY. SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY LOGICAL AND FORWARD DISCUSSION, AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SHOW THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US AND TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS. JUST LIKE OUR COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO BECOME TREE CITIES AND MAINTAIN THEIR RURAL CHARACTER. WHAT OTHER TOWNS IN TEXAS ARE DARK SKY CERTIFIED? I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME THERE. THERE AREN'T VERY MANY. THERE'S ONLY ONE IN NORTH TEXAS. LAST I CHECKED, I THINK BACK IN NOVEMBER OR JANUARY BEFORE ONE OF THOSE BRIEFINGS. MOST OF THEM IN TEXAS ARE KIND OF IN THE HILL COUNTRY AREA, BUT I IMAGINE THERE ARE MORE THAT ARE WORKING ON BECOMING CERTIFIED OR HAVE DECLARED THEIR INTENT TO COMPLY WITH THIS NEW STATE LAW. I KNOW THAT ARGYLE AND JUSTIN, JUST FROM TALKING TO THEIR LEADERSHIPS, HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL. SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MAKE A MOTION

[5.C. VOTE]

[01:40:12]

[5.D. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Chapter 8 "Offenses and Additional Provisions," Article 8.01, "General Provisions," of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Northlake, Texas by creating a new Section 8.01.003 "Outdoor Lighting," to provide for the regulation of certain outdoor lighting as a nuisance, providing this Ordinance shall be cumulative; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing for publication; and providing an effective date ]

SIMILAR DEVICE. IS THERE LIKE A REF? I MEAN, KIND OF LIKE YOUR DECIBEL THING. LIKE WHAT? HOW DO YOU WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THERE TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE FOOT CANDLE IS THE MEASUREMENT OF IT.

THAT'S THE LIGHT OF ONE CANDLE AT A QUARTER OF A FOOT. IT'S A VERY STANDARD THING. DON'T YOU LIKE CANDLES IN YOUR HOUSE EVERY NIGHT? OKAY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THIS. I'LL

[5.D. VOTE]

ONE.

MOTION CARRIES, 5 TO 2 MOTION PASSES. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS TONIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY.

[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM COMING OUT AFTERWARDS. SO IF YOU CARE TO STICK AROUND, PLEASE DO. IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND WATCHING AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME IF YOU'RE NOT STILL HERE. MARY, DID YOU GET 551.071? I HEARD SEVEN TWO AND.

YEAH, I GOT ALL THREE OF THEM. OKAY. YEP. ALL. MY WIFE IS JUST COMING BACK RIGHT NOW

[7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

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