6.A. Consider adoption of an Ordinance, of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, adopting the Proposed Budget and Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2026, for the Town of Northlake; Northlake Public Improvement District No. 2 (The Highlands); Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 1 (TIRZ No.1 - Canyon Falls); Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 2 (TIRZ No.2 - North Industrial Speedway); and Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 3 (TIRZ No.3 - 35W/114 Lifestyle Center)

[6.A. Consider adoption of an Ordinance, of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, adopting the Proposed Budget and Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2026, for the Town of Northlake; Northlake Public Improvement District No. 2 (The Highlands); Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 1 (TIRZ No.1 - Canyon Falls); Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 2 (TIRZ No.2 - North Industrial Speedway); and Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 3 (TIRZ No.3 - 35W/114 Lifestyle Center)]

MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS NOW CONSIDERING WHAT WE JUST APPROVED IN ALL THREE BOARD MEETINGS FOR TOURS NUMBER ONE, TOURS NUMBER TWO, AND TOURS NUMBER THREE. JOHN, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANTED TO COME UP, I DON'T KNOW. WELL. AND AND THE FULL BLOWN BUDGET, THE TOWN BUDGET AS WELL. YES. THAT'S ACTUALLY YES YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. WE'LL HOP RIGHT INTO IT. SO COUNCIL YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS BEFORE. JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. YOU HAVE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE PROCESS. WE PRESENTED THE WE DID THE CALL FOR THE HEARINGS ON THE 24TH, JULY 30TH. WE GOT THE PROPOSED BUDGET OUT FOR THE PUBLIC FOR VIEWING. GOT IT TO COUNCIL BY AUGUST 1ST, WHICH IS THAT CHARTER DEADLINE AUGUST 14TH. WE HAD THE PROPOSED BRIEFING. AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE CANNOT ADOPT THE TAX RATE AT THE SAME MEETING THAT WE HOLD THE BUDGET BRIEFING AND HEARING. SO WE PUT THAT OFF TO THIS WEEK AND THE RATE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE GET IT DONE BY THE 25TH. AND SO AUGUST 21ST IS THE DATE. SO TODAY IS BUDGET ADOPTION, THE TAX RATE HEARING AND THE TAX RATE ADOPTION, WHICH HAS TO OCCUR WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF HAVING THAT TAX RATE HEARING. SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN ON THE SAME DAY. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE WITH OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES. OUR OPERATING REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 52.1 MILLION EXPENSES 52 WITH A SMALL SURPLUS OF 132,000. AND WE DO PRACTICE CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING TO TRY AND PRODUCE A BALANCED BUDGET AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES MATCHING. AND THEN WE ARE UTILIZING BUILT UP FUND BALANCE RESERVES FOR FOR ONE TIME PURCHASES, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE GENERAL FUND IS LOOKING TO, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY FUND FOR OUR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, IS HAS REVENUES OF 13.86 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES OF 13.81. WE'RE EXPECTING A $47,000 INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE. AND THEN THIS IS PARTIALLY CONTINGENT ON THAT STORM DRAINAGE FEE. AND HAVING THAT TO HELP REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND AND KEEPING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FROM SUPPORTING THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE FUND AND STORM WATER ACTIVITIES. THE ENDING FUND BALANCE IS IS PROJECTED AT 4.8. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT SHOULD BE 35% OF OPERATING COSTS. IT SHOULD COVER FOUR MONTHS. IT'S ABOVE THE TOWN'S POLICY FOR FUND BALANCE. IT'S ALSO ABOVE WHAT THE STATE RECOMMENDS AT 30%. AND THEN WE ARE SPENDING DOWN THE FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR IN RELATION TO THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE, PROPOSED TAX RATES THAT THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON IS 29.5 CENTS WITH A INS OR DEBT SERVICE RATES OF $0.13 AND A MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS RATE OF AROUND $0.16. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO PRODUCE $10.3 MILLION TOTAL, AND THAT IS ABOUT A 10% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS WITH PERSONNEL ABOUT 570,000 BUDGETED FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND 205,000 FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND BENEFIT INCREASES. AND THEN EIGHT NEW EMPLOYEES ARE BEING REQUESTED, INCLUDING POLICE

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CORPORALS. TWO OF THOSE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, UTILITY SUPERVISOR AND STREET SUPERVISOR TO AID PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR THE STREET STRIPING CREW, A RECORDS CLERK TO SUPPORT THE TOWN SECRETARY, AND THEN A PURCHASING AGENT TO HELP STREAMLINE PURCHASING AND COUNTY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS. WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, 960,000 IS THE TOTAL COST FOR TECHNOLOGY. OF THAT, ABOUT 103,000 IS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING REQUESTED. THAT'S PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER ASSISTED DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN SOME COMPUTER FORENSIC SOFTWARE TO AID POLICE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE 1.2 MILLION IN TOTAL EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR THIS YEAR.

THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN NEW EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THERE FOR NEW AND REPLACEMENT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT 611,000 FOR NEW EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN 580,000 FOR THOSE SAME DEPARTMENTS. DEBT ISSUANCE. IT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW A DEBT ISSUANCE OF UP TO 32.4 MILLION RELATED TO WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS, ROAD PROJECTS AND BUILDING PROJECTS. WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN FUNDS BEING ASKED FOR AND ALLOCATED TOWARDS ROAD PROJECTS THIS YEAR. YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE LATER ON SHOWING WHAT THOSE ROAD PROJECTS ARE, BUT OUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 10.8 MILLION. AND THEN A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF WHAT THIS WOULD ADD COULD BE UP TO 1.6 MILLION. ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S ALL BASED ON WHERE THE INTEREST RATES AT WHAT THE BOND MARKET'S LIKE. SO THAT COULD BE LOWER. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY UTILITY REVENUES AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. AND JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT DEBT ISSUANCE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TOPPING OUT THERE AT THAT 10 MILLION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE OVER TIME THAT IT STARTS TO TREND DOWN. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BUBBLE HERE IN THE NEAR TERM. AND THEN IT STARTS TO DECREASE IN OUT YEARS. HOPEFULLY AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR REVENUES CONTINUE TO AT THE VERY LEAST, REMAIN STEADY, BUT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AND THEN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO WE HAVE OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND THEN ALSO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET. WE HAVE 13.6 MILLION FOR ROAD PROJECTS. AS WE MENTIONED, THERE'S A NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, INCLUDING K LANE, A MULTI ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, AND THOMPSON ROAD. THERE'S WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AT 27.9 MILLION, AND THEN 41.9 MILLION MILLION FOR BUILDING AND OTHER. AND A BULK OF THAT IS RELATED TO THE STAR CENTER BUILDING AND SITE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN, AS ALWAYS, OUR BUDGET BOOK IS ONLINE, IT'S DIGITAL, AND WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS QR CODE OR THIS LINK TO GO VISIT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU WAS IN THE IN THE NEW EQUIPMENT. ONE WAS ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT. IS THAT FOR NEW CAPABILITIES OR IS THAT OR STREET MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT NEW CAPABILITIES OR WHAT. IT'S NEW. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S NEW CAPABILITIES TO HELP SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY THE STREET STRIPPING CREW WITH BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES, REPLACE LINES, CLEAN UP ROADS. IF WE NEED TO ASK SPECIFICS, BRANDON'S HERE.

HE COULD DIVE INTO THAT. HE KNOWS MORE. IT'S CAPABILITIES. WHAT? WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A LAYDOWN MACHINE. IT'S WE WE ALREADY BOUGHT THE GRINDER, SO JOHN MAY HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ONLY GOT THE GRINDER TO PICK UP SOFT BARS THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE AND AND REPAIR. TRIBE SAID IT'S BEST TO CLEAN IT UP BEFORE YOU RESTRIPE IT. AND SO THIS IS A LAY DOWN MACHINE TO HELP US PUT PUT THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE DOWN. EXCELLENT. OKAY. IT'S NOT CORRECTED. WE ACTUALLY NEED THAT. GO AHEAD. ARE WE KEEP. NO, NO. GO FOR IT. GO FOR IT. SO.

YES SIR. SO OVER THE YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED US MAINTAIN THAT 50TH PERCENTILE. AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE'RE WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND BECAUSE THOSE SURVEYS GET STALE AND PEOPLE A LOT A LOT OF AGENCIES FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE PAYING AND THEN THEY'LL UP US. SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE FOLLOWER NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF THE LEADER, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. AND THEN WITH POSITIONS, I TELL YOU THIS, EVERY YEAR IT'S I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT WE'RE BEHIND THERE TOO. WE REALLY WE REALLY GOT A GREAT STAFF. THEY DO A LOT AND WE TRY TO GET THEM THE HELP WHEN WE CAN. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS WE CAN. I'M PROBABLY OVERWORKING IN SOME BUT HELP'S ON THE WAY. AND SO THESE NEW POSITIONS WILL DEFINITELY HELP US AS WELL. SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD. POLICE IS IN A GREAT SITUATION. WE'VE GOT ALL OUR CURRENT VACANCIES FILLED, WHICH WON'T LAST, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR NOW AND WE'VE GOT FOUR CADETS IN IN ACADEMY. ROBERTS GOING TO DO AN UPDATE NEXT MEETING. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. PUBLIC WORKS THE SAME WAY IT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE OIL INDUSTRY. BUT WE'RE A GREAT

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ENTRY LEVEL POSITION. WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES GO ON ADVANCE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, ADVANCE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, GO TO OTHER AGENCIES. BUT WE'RE A GREAT TRAINING GROUND LAUNCHING GROUND. AND THE MONEY YOU'VE GIVEN US TO, TO SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS ITEM I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR

[6.A. VOTE]

APPROVING THE PROPOSED. NO, WE ALREADY HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

EXACTLY. SO PROPOSED BUDGET, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. BUDGET. OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TERMS NUMBER ONE, TWO AND THREE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE 2025 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TO BE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO SAID ORDINANCE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR SECOND SESSIONS A SECOND FROM MISS HOLMES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE THE

[6.B. Consider adoption of an Ordinance, of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, accepting and approving the update of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Service and Assessment Plan and an updated assessment roll for The Highlands Public Improvement District in compliance with Chapter 372 i. Public Hearing ii. Consider Approval]

ORDINANCE OF TOWN NORTH LAKE FOR HIGHLANDS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. DO WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATION ON THAT? JUST ONE. THERE IS ONE SLIDE. I CAN MAKE IT REALLY QUICK. SO WE HAVE THE HIGHLANDS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. STATE LAW REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE ASSESSMENT RULE AND THE ASSESSMENT. SO THE ASSESSMENT FOR FY FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WAS $1,307.97 PER ACRE THIS YEAR. IN FISCAL YEAR 26, ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN, IS 1311 CENTS PER ACRE. THANK YOU JOHN, IT IS 5:47 P.M. I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. I SEE NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HIGHLANDS PID. SO AT 547 I WILL

[6.B. VOTE]

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION AS PRESENTED ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR ME READ AGAIN? SORRY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE UPDATE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE HIGHLANDS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 372. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[6.C. Consider adoption of an Ordinance, of the Town of Northlake, Texas, fixing and levying municipal ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the Town of Northlake, Texas for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, at the rate of $0.295000 per one hundred dollars ($100.00) and for directing the assessment thereof; providing for a date on which such taxes become due and delinquent together with penalties and interest thereon; providing for a place of payment; providing for approval of the tax rolls presented to the Town Council i. Public Hearing ii. Consider Approval]

ITEM C CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A TOWN NORTH LAKE, LEVYING MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN CORPORATE LIMITS ON NORTH LAKE, KEEPING OUR 29.5 CENTS PER 100, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE. SO AT 5:48 P.M. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE TAX RATE. SO MUCH PARTICIPATION TONIGHT, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:48 P.M. AS WELL. AND WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME TEXT FOR

[6.C. VOTE]

THIS ONE I'M GUESSING. I MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE OF 29.5 CENT, WHICH EFFECTIVELY IS 13.62% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THAT WOULD BE THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THE TAX RATE IS PASSED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED. NEXT WILL BE

[6.D. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, ratifying a property tax increase reflected in the Town of Northlake budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026, in accordance with Texas Local Government Code Section 102.007; providing for repeal; providing for severability; and providing an effective date]

CONSIDERING ADOPTION ORDINANCE ON NORTH LAKE RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THOUGH THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATURE MAKES US SAY IS THE SAME RATE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS FOR A BUDGET BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. DO WE

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HAVE ANY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR THIS, OR IS THIS ACTUALLY JUST NO. THE LEGISLATURE? YES. I

[6.D. VOTE]

MOVE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. I'LL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND WITH THAT I WILL NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

I WILL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TOURS ONE, TWO AND THREE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DID THIS EVENING. WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS WHILE WE RESET FOR

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 21, 2025 Special Town Council

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