[00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. IT IS MAY 14TH AND WE WILL CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. [1. CALL TO ORDER] WE HAVE ALL COUNCILORS PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. WE WILL START WITH INVOCATION. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE WHO WAS HERE. OH, WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MAKE OUR BEGIN. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. LORD GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE PEACE AND PROSPERITY AND SECURITY TO THIS WONDERFUL TOWN, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH WISDOM TO HUMBLY SERVE THOSE THAT HAVE ENTRUSTED WITH THEM THIS GREAT CALLING. WE ALSO, LORD, IN THIS TIME ALSO ASK FOR PEACE AND PROTECTION FOR OUR MILITARY AND FOR PEACE OVERSEAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN PARTICULAR. WE PRAY ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD AN ELECTION. THE ONLY THING ON THE ACTUAL BALLOT WAS THE THE CREATION OF THE MDD, [2.A. Reports and Updates from the Mayor and Town Councilmembers Concerning Items of Community Interest (if necessary)] AND THAT PASSED. SO WE DID THE CERTIFICATION OF THAT ELECTION. WE HAD THREE COUNSELORS UP THAT WERE UNOPPOSED AS WELL, AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN AND TAKEN THEIR OATH OF OFFICE. SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH PUBLIC OR LET THEM KNOW? I KNOW BECAUSE SOME OF OUR COUNSELORS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT THAT WE WON'T MEET AGAIN BEFORE ALL THE SENIORS HAVE GRADUATED. SO I'D PROBABLY GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THE PARENTS OF SENIORS WHO ARE PROBABLY HAVING A ROUGH AND BUSY NEXT WEEK. AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAYERS TO OUR SENIORS FOR OUR ISLAND NORTHWEST. NO ONE ELSE. EXCELLENT. ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, SO TALKING TO A FEW PEOPLE TONIGHT, I KNOW THAT THE FUNCTION COFFEE THAT THEY HAD PRESENTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND FOLLOWING HIM AND AS THEY GET READY TO, TO OPEN, I GUESS THEIR GRAND OPENING IS ON SATURDAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS TOMORROW, BUT SO EXCITED TO GO CHECK THAT OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ONLINE, GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO THE TOWN. AND SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO CHECK THAT PLACE OUT. THANK YOU, MR. PIZZUTO. WE DID HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING WITH METRO PORT CHAMBER FOR KIDDY ACADEMY. NOW, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT THEY KIND OF DO A LITTLE RESET AND GETTING EVERYTHING STARTED UP AGAIN. SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT THIS AFTERNOON TO GET CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS. THEY'RE ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL START. DREW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? SOMETIMES YOU HAVE CALENDAR. I THINK IT'S COVERED. OKAY. [2.B. Briefing - Special Election Overview and Municipal Development District (MDD) Appointments] VERY GOOD. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED WE DID HAVE A TWO PROPOSITIONS. THE RESULTS ARE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. PROPOSITION A WAS TO CREATE THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND TO TERMINATE THE DC AND CDC. BUT WE HAVE A TIMING ISSUE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. THE EDC IS FOR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT JOB CREATION. THE CDC IS TYPICALLY FOR KIND OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS BECAUSE OF OUR POPULATION SIZE. A DID B AND B DID A, AND SO THE TWO BOARDS KIND OF FUNCTIONED AS ONE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE UNWIELDY WITH 14 MEMBERS. BUT THE MDD CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AT NO MATTER WHAT POPULATION. SO IT WAS A KIND OF MADE SENSE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS A HALF PERCENT SALES TAX IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE ETJ. NOW, WE EXCLUDED THE HARVEST FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. SO AREAS LIKE LUCKY SPUR OR THE PAINTBALL PLACE, THOSE PLACES WOULD BE NOW TAXABLE, BUT JUST AT A HALF CENT, SO THE STATE TAX RATE IS 6.25. THEY'D BE AT 6.75, SO JUST A HALF CENT MORE. THE MDD BOARD PER STATE LAW NEEDS A MINIMUM OF FOUR MEMBERS. [00:05:02] AND THERE'S EVEN A PROVISION THAT YOU CAN DO PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT IF THE BOARD DEEMS IT BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT. SO SOMETHING LIKE A WATER LINE EXTENSION THAT MIGHT GO OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS THE ETJ BOUNDARIES, OR IF YOU WANT TO DO KIND OF FULL WIDTH OF A ROAD, YOU COULD DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THEN PROPOSITION B WAS TO TERMINATE THE EDC AND CDC. WE ASSUME THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE COLLECTING THOSE SALES TAXES. SO WE NEED THE EDC AND CDC TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH. THE WAY THE STATUTE READS IS THAT IT'S THE AFTER THE FIRST FULL QUARTER, AFTER THE ELECTION. SO THE ELECTION WAS IN MAY. THE NEXT FULL QUARTER IS GOING TO BE JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. SO THE EDC CDC NEEDS TO CONTINUE ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH. THE MDE CAN'T START UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST. YOU NEED TO PROVE TO THE COMPTROLLER THAT THERE'S NO OBLIGATIONS ON THE CDC BEFORE YOU TERMINATE THEM. THERE ARE, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALSO SHARED BY THE TOWN. SO THOSE OBLIGATIONS WILL NOW BE THE TOWN. WHEN YOU TERMINATE THAT, YOU MOVE THOSE FUNDS TO THE TOWN AS WELL AS THOSE OBLIGATIONS. AND THEN AND WE'LL GET THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN THEN TRANSFER TO THE MDD AND HAVE THEM BE FOR THOSE REMAINING OBLIGATIONS. THERE'S NO DEBT ON THE EDC OR CDC, SO THERE'S NO DEBT SERVICE TIED WITH THAT. THERE WOULD BE JUST SOME OF OUR SALES TAX REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS. SO THE EDC AND CDC HAVE ASKED FOR A FINAL CLOSE OUT BOARD MEETING. THEY'D LIKE TO KIND OF CLOSE UP AND REVIEW AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME SOME DIRECTION TO THE FUTURE BOARD. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE NEW BOARD IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY COMPRISED OF SOME OF THE OLD BOARD, BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FINAL MEETING. AND THEN THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS FOR YOU TO KIND OF CUSS AND DISCUSS TONIGHT, AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE THE APPOINTMENTS ON MAY 28TH BECAUSE THE ELECTION WAS SO EARLY AND THE FIRST MEETING WAS, WAS LATER WE WERE ABLE TO CANVASS THE VOTES ON TUESDAY. SO NO LAME DUCK COUNCIL MEETING YOU GUYS ARE ALL ALL ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND WE CAN HAVE A FULL MEETING ON THE 14TH WITH OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH IS THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS. AND THEN, AS I SAID, THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WILL START OCTOBER 1ST AND THEN CAN MOVE THE FUNDS OVER. STATE LAW SAYS THERE HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF FOUR MEMBERS. EVEN NUMBERS ARE KIND OF YOU GOT TIEBREAKERS. OF COURSE, IF SOMEONE'S MISSING, YOU COULD STILL HAVE THAT. BUT YOU GO IN ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S GOING TO ATTEND. SO YOU HAVE AN ODD NUMBER AND YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY TIES. WE'D ASK YOU TO MAYBE KEEP IT TO A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY AMOUNT OF SEATS WE HAVE. WE HAVE BEEN RECORDING AND BROADCASTING ALL THESE MEETINGS. NOW WE HAVE OUR VOTING SYSTEM THAT THEN HELPS US WITH THE MINUTES. SO WE, WE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER MAYBE MAXIMIZING THAT AT SEVEN. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THE STATE LAW. SO IF YOU WANT TO DO. 25 YOU COULD. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D HANDLE THAT. YEAH. SO AGAIN, LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU TO, TO KIND OF GUIDE YOUR DISCUSSION HOW, HOW LONG, HOW MANY DO YOU WANT ON THE BOARD? AND THEN HOW DO WE DO THE KEEP THE EDC AND CDC ALIVE AND, BUT STILL HAVE THE MDD IN PLACE. WE'D LIKE THE MDD TO BEGIN WORKING ON THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE THEY'LL START OCTOBER 1ST AND SOMEBODY ELSE WILL HAVE DONE THEIR BUDGET. SO WE WANT THEM IN PLACE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OVERLAP. HOW DO YOU WANT THAT OVERLAP TO LOOK? DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE EDC CDC BOARD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH? DO YOU WANT THE THE MDD TO SERVE AS THE EDC AND CDC KIND OF TRIPLE THREAT, RIGHT? SO ONE PERSON WOULD BE EACH PERSON ON THE MDD WOULD ALSO BE ON THE EDC, CDC. THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF THE OVERLAP SCENARIO. AND THEN KIND OF LATE. THE MAYOR HAD ASKED FOR OTHER IDEAS TO HELP WITH THE NOMINATION PROCESS. AND SO WE'VE DONE IT EVERY WAY THAT WE THAT Y'ALL HAVE WANTED US TO DO. WE'VE DONE POLLING, WE'VE DONE ONE POSITION AT A TIME. WE'VE CONSIDERED SLATES. A LOT OF OTHER CITY COUNCILS DO A NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND IT'S IT'S A NON QUORUM. [00:10:08] SO IT WOULD BE THREE SELECTED BY THE COUNCIL TO THEN NOMINATE. THEY'D BRING A, A SLATE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BOARDS DO. IT'D BE THREE OF THE COUNCIL POTENTIALLY. SO THAT'S NOT A QUORUM. SO YOU COULD MEET IN, IN, IN PRIVATE TO DISCUSS KIND OF MORE, YOU KNOW, GET MORE IN DEPTH AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU, ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE IN A PUBLIC MEETING. AND, YOU COULD HAVE STAFF ON THE COMMITTEE AND A NON-VOTING OR A NON RECOMMENDING POSITION JUST AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AND SO IF THAT, IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION, OUR OUR ATTORNEY HAS ASKED THAT WE BRING BACK AN ITEM ON THE 28TH CREATING THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE WITH SOME GUIDELINES AND THEN THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THEY COULD MEET, WOULD THEN BRING THEIR NOMINATIONS, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 11TH. NOW, THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION SO THE FULL COUNCIL CAN REJECT IT, ACCEPT IT, CHANGE IT, OFFER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR. JUST LIKE WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF NOMINATION. IT WOULD JUST BE THEIR RECOMMENDATION. YOU. SO ANYWAY I WILL SHUT UP AND LET YOU ALL FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD. IS THAT ANY QUESTIONS FROM ME BEFORE BEFORE I SIT DOWN? THE PRESIDENT, EDC AND CDC BOARD TERMS WILL END, AND WE WON'T HAVE MEMBERS IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CORRECT. SO I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY BROUGHT FORWARD BOARD RENEWALS OR BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN MAY, RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION. THE PHILOSOPHY IS THOSE BOARDS SHOULD REPRESENT THE NEW COUNCIL. NOW IT'S IT'S THE SAME COUNCIL, YOU KNOW MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS. RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL, BUT IF THERE WAS A TURNOVER IN COUNCIL, YOU'D WANT THE NEW COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE BOARDS. SO WE WE ALWAYS BRING IT VERY QUICKLY. AND I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER HOW WITH THE CANVASING YOU JUST HAVE ONE MEETING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL IN ONE. AND IT IS KIND OF A LOT. SO BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ROGER, YOU'RE THERE. UP THERE, HALF OF THEM ARE UP FOR A, FOR APPOINTMENT. THE UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY WOULD, WE WOULD END THE EDC AND CDC, BUT IT HAS TO IT HAS TO STAY IN PLACE AS AN ENTITY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH AND ACT AND HAVE A MDD THAT WOULD BASICALLY JUST DO THEIR BUDGET. OR ANOTHER OPTION. IT COULD BE A HYBRID BETWEEN THE TWO IS HAVE THE MDD SERVE AS BOTH THE EDC AND CDC, AND AN OVERLAPPING SERVICE MODEL. IS ANY OF THE NOTICE THAT WE GAVE FOR THIS MEETING COVER US? IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO DO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, YOU CAN DIRECT US TO BRING AN ITEM BACK. BUT SO WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION TODAY, RIGHT? RIGHT. YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO SET UP THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. AND THEN AND THAT TAKES A COUNCIL ACTION. AND IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. THUS WE DON'T THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING TO MAKE THE DECISION TONIGHT TO KEEP THE OLD CDC AND CDC UNTIL SEPTEMBER. NO, NO, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE MAY 28TH. THAT WOULD BE THIS IS JUST HASHING IT OUT. THIS IS JUST. AND THEN TELL US WHAT TO BRING BACK ON THE 28TH, WHETHER IT'S A A SLATE OF NOMINEES OR WHETHER IT'S A NOMINATING COMMITTEE, A RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTION, DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY THE NUMBER THAT WE WANT ON THE BOARD? SORRY, I'LL TAKE A BREAK. WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS FIRST. OKAY. YEAH. SO TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST FOR DIRECTION AND I GET FOR DIRECTION ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR MAY 28TH. IS IT ALSO DIRECTION ON HOW MANY WE WANT ON THAT BOARD? THAT'S THE FIRST, FIRST ITEM I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SETTLE. I THINK THEN THAT WILL KIND OF HELP FOLD IN EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THIS SLIDE IS KIND OF WHAT WE WE NEED THE BOARD SIZE AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE KIND OF A TRIPLE SERVE BOARD MEMBERS OR IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE EDC UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH AND START THE MDD NOW ON THROUGH OCTOBER. AND, AND HELP DEAN AND I CRAFT A NOMINATING COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. [00:15:07] I'M ALL FOR JUST MY $0.02. I'M ALL FOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON IT. I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE VERSUS PEOPLE COMING FORWARD, LIKE WANTING TO BE THEY STILL APPLY, THEY STILL GET A POINT. BUT THEN THERE'S, BUT LIKE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE SOMETIMES HESITANT TO HAVE HERE BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE CRITICISM OF A BOARD MEMBER OR, YOU KNOW, IN POSITIVE LIGHT, IT'S A PERSONNEL ISSUE, RIGHT? SO A NOMINATING COMMITTEE CAN DO THOSE ACTIONS AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. HERE'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND AS, AS THE BOARD AND THEN WE AGREE OR DISAGREE ON THAT. I DID ASK DREW TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE WE OUR HISTORY OVER THE EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL IS IT GETS REALLY PATCHY SOMETIMES. WE HAVE DEEP THOUGHT ON SOME PEOPLE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SLIDE RIGHT IN AND MAYBE THEY DON'T INTEND. OR THEY DON'T PERFORM. SO WE. THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE SAME POWERS, BUT YET A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT WITH THE TAXING AUTHORITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT BOARD DONE VERY WELL. SO A COMMITTEE THAT ESSENTIALLY VETS THE THE THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS BOTH ARE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PATH FORWARD BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE AS WELL. THE OTHER ITEM IS, YOU KNOW, THE SEAT NUMBERS WE TALKED, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE WHEN THE BOARDS MEET TOGETHER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC WITH 14 PEOPLE WITH THEM RECORDING NOW AND USING EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S PROBABLY BEST RECOMMENDED. AND I THINK YOU HEARD STAFF KIND OF SAY THAT SEVEN WOULD BE IDEAL. I KNOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO SERVE. WE STILL HAVE COMMITTEES AND OTHER THINGS THAT FORM FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT I WOULD LIKE YOUR GUYS'S FEEDBACK ON, ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVING. I AGREE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TOO MANY. A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD BE, BUT MY CHOICE WOULD BE FIVE. BUT OKAY, I'M, I'M ON BOARD WITH FIVE. THE OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS A FIVE PERSON BOARD. AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL BOARDS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE THE THE BOARDS AND REALLY TAKE THEIR NOMINATION SERIOUSLY AND KIND OF CUT OUT SOME OF THE CHAOS, THAT DOES GET A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AT SOME OF THE APPOINTMENT MEETINGS WE GO, WE END UP GOING, WAIT, WHO DID WE END UP? WHERE DID WHERE DID IT? WHERE DID WE GO? AND I DEFINITELY LIKE TO BE MORE WELL THOUGHT OUT, BUT I LIKE FIVE. YEAH. AND TENANTS ISSUES TOO. I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THE TENANTS RECORDS AND SOME OF THEM WEREN'T VERY. I KNOW OUR PLANNING MEETING MONTHS AGO, WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, AS, AS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND THROUGH THE IDEA, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE HAD THROWN AROUND THE IDEA OF HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS AS LIKE A CHAIR, LIKE ON AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT BOARDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN IDEA TO CONSIDER. SO COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO SERVE. COUNCILORS ARE ALLOWED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. IT'S NOT LIKE THE PNC OR RESTRICTED BOARDS. SO SO SO YES, A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN SERVE ON THE BOARD IF THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE DECIDES TO. WOULD WE DO THAT AS ONE OF THE FIVE REGULAR APPOINTMENTS? OR WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE FIVE SEATS ON THE BOARD AND THEN ONE LIKE OPEN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER? YOU YOU DECIDE ON HOW MANY THERE'D BE 5 OR 7. AND ONE OF THOSE 5 OR 1 OF THOSE SEVEN WOULD BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS. IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY AN AUTOMATIC, BUT STILL REQUIRE THE FULL COUNCIL, WHICH I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW IF WE NEED THAT. I LIKE I LIKE FOR THE BOARD BEFORE US TO BE LIKE A LIKE A FILTER FOR BY THE TIME THINGS COME TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY'RE LIKE A NON OBJECTIVE OR AN OBJECTIVE, AN OBJECTIVE BODY. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE NUMBER OF FIVE. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD NUMBER TO HAVE AS A GOAL. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE WITH FIVE THAT I CAN SEE IS YOU GET SOME LOW ATTENDANCE OR SOME. NOW YOU GOT THREE PEOPLE. THAT'S MY ONLY THOUGHT IS, YEAH, IF YOU GET 1 OR 2, ONE PERSON, WHICH I KIND OF I MEAN, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD ASK OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ON THE NEW BOARD BECAUSE WE. IT'S A. THIS IS FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THEY HAVE BASICALLY. I KNOW THEY DON'T MEET AS OFTEN, BUT THEY HAVE BASICALLY PERFECT ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE ONLY FIVE OF THEM, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ANYBODY TO MISS IT. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT IS A LITTLE EASIER TO KNOW IF IT'S A MEETING WITH 14 PEOPLE. NOBODY CARES IF I DON'T COME. I THINK THAT KIND OF THE VIBE IS AROUND FIVE PEOPLE VERSUS WELL, AND IF THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE WITH ATTENDANCE, WE CAN APPOINT AT ANY POINT. YEAH, WE CAN REMOVE AND WE CAN SAY THIS PERSON ISN'T SHOWING UP. WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT. IT'S NOT RESTRICTED LIKE THE BOA WHERE WE CAN'T CHANGE THEM. CORRECT. SO IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS YOU CAN YOU CAN BRING THEM IN AND HAVE INTERVIEWS IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO AND, [00:20:09] AND GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH LESS GOVERNMENT. BY THE WAY, I'M GOING THROUGH THIS, THIS IDEA, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR AS A COUNCIL FOR THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THAT'S, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT YOU. YOU CAN AND CANNOT BE A MEMBER OF. IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. TOTALLY. BUT INSTEAD OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND BEING CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE BOARDS SOME OF THAT STATE LAW. SO NO, THAT'S I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE FOR SURE. LIKE I'M WONDERING, IS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE EACH OR A COUNCIL MEMBER IS A NON-VOTING SPONSOR WITHIN THE MEETINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I WAS WONDERING TOO, LIKE IT SITS ON THEM BUT DOESN'T BUT DOESN'T HAVE A VOTE. WE CAN I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. GENERALLY WE MAY WANT TO HAVE AN ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I KNOW DEAN HAS SOME OPINIONS ABOUT THIS. IF YOU'RE THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND YOU'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO YOU, YOU'VE GOT KIND OF AN UNDUE INFLUENCE AND YOU'RE ONLY ONE OF SEVEN. SO IT, IT CREATES, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. YOU'RE, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. YOU CAN SHOW UP, BUT YOU'RE NOW KIND OF A SUPER RESIDENT BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU HAVE EFFECT OVER THEM AND AND THEN IS ARRESTED COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. IT IT ADDS SOME NUANCE TO IT THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. THAT'S GOOD PERSPECTIVE. I MEAN, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHT IS GOOD INTENDED, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY UNINTENDED AREAS LIKE THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED DIFFERENTLY. SO IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE TALK TO STAFF, WE DON'T REALIZE THE INFLUENCE THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY, SO WHAT I'M HEARING FOR STAFF, ROGER AND MIKE, I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR FROM YOU ON THIS. DO YOU GUYS HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS? I SAID NO MORE THAN SEVEN. NO MORE THAN SEVEN. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M I'M KIND OF I WAS KIND OF AT SEVEN. I DON'T MIND FIVE. I, I LIKE THE DELIBERATION THAT COMES WITH SEVEN BECAUSE WE SEE IN THOSE COMMITTEES A COMMUNITIES A LOT MORE DELIBERATION THAN WE SOMETIMES HAVE UP HERE. AND THE VARIOUS THOUGHTS AND SOMETIMES SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS HAVE COME OUT OF SOMEBODY YOU WOULDN'T EVEN EXPECT. SO I WAS KIND OF SEVEN. SO WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I HEAR SEVEN, I FIVE. WHAT DO WE WANT TO TELL STAFF? I LIKE I LIKE SEVEN BUT COMFORTABLE WITH FIVE. TWO. SO I MEAN ALL RIGHT. WELL WE GOT TO GET STARTED. SO WE I MEAN WE CAN HAVE AN ITEM WITH, WITH BOTH OPTIONS. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. SO MAYBE ONCE WE'RE NARROWING DOWN, PEOPLE WILL GO, OH, WE HAVE TO HAVE SEVEN BECAUSE WE WANT THESE SEVEN OR WHATEVER. OR WE'RE REALLY ONLY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. OKAY. SO MY OTHER OPINION THOUGH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON IS THAT WHATEVER WE DO THAT I DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS TO, ONCE WE PICK THE AMOUNT THAT WE DECIDE IF WE'RE MAKING A SMALL BOARD THAT WILL ACT AS EDC, CDC UNTIL THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ON MDD. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MY PREFERENCE FOR NOT WAITING UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO START TO PUT THE NEW PEOPLE IN. I'D RATHER JUST COME UP WITH OUR 5 OR 7 PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM START. ALL RIGHT. SO I KIND OF HAVE A CLEARANCE THOUGHT ON THAT THAT WILL HELP US GET THE SCHEDULING. SO PUT THE ITEM FOR 5 OR 7. ALL RIGHT. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A GO TO BRING THAT FORWARD. THAT WOULD BE THREE COUNCILORS WHO. WELL WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT ON THE 28TH. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE WILL DISCUSS WHO THAT IS. AND WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THAT NEXT STEP THEN IS THE TIMING OF CHANGING THAT BOARD. DO WE WANT TO MAKE KIND OF MAKE A IT'S NOT REALLY A MOTION. IT'S NOT ACTION. BUT THE BOARD'S CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE INTERIM FOR RIGHT NOW UNTIL SOME OF THESE STEPS START TO TAKE PLACE. EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? AND THEN I ASSUME YOU'RE BUDGETING DISCUSSION WITH THE BOA OR THE MDD DOESN'T HAVE TO START NEXT WEEK HERE, BUT WE CAN GET THINGS GOING IF WE COMMIT TO GETTING THINGS GOING. AND THAT NOMINATING BOARD MET. YEAH, FOR JUNE. I THINK THAT GIVES ENOUGH TIMELINE. IS JOHN HERE? YEAH. JOHN WHEN DO WE. WHEN DO WE NEED THE MDD TO RECOMMEND A BUDGET TO THE FULL COUNCIL? SO THAT NEED TO BE THEIR MEETING IN JUNE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND THEN THEY FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER MEETING IN JULY TO HAVE THAT APPROVED FOR COUNCIL. AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD SEE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE BUDGET, THEIR AUGUST 13TH, WHEN WE BRIEF THE PROPOSED RELEASE, THE OTHER ONE ON JULY 21ST. SO IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE MDD PRIOR TO JULY 21ST. [00:25:04] IF WE WANT TRUE INVOLVEMENT, WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT IN JUNE, HAVE THEM IMPROVE IT IN JULY AND HAVE IT TO YOU IN AUGUST. BUT AND THEN THEY THEY DO THAT, AND THEN I GUESS THEY GO AWAY FOR THE REST OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND THEN COME BACK IN OCTOBER. YEAH. YEAH. SO WHAT I SEE IS WE GET THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IN PLACE. WE COMMIT TO A QUICK TIMELINE ON THAT, AND THEN WE GET THEM NOMINATED AND ACTIVE QUICKLY AND GET THEM IN THEIR FIRST MEETING, BEGINNING OF, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. IT MIGHT NOT FALL IN THEIR NORMAL THURSDAYS FOR THE FIRST MEETING, YOU KNOW, BUT GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT MEETING AT THE 28TH, AND THEN THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETS AND WE MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS, WE SHARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE IN JUNE. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT A AN ASK OF YOU. YOUR 5 OR 7 MDD ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMPOSED OF YOUR EDC AND CDC. SO IF THERE COULD BE SOME CONTINUITY THERE, I KNOW THAT'S COMPLEX KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THAT. AND YOU COULD BEGIN IF YOU NEEDED TO, SOME OF THAT THAT OVERLAPPING. SO YOU COULD HAVE IF THEY'RE SAY THIS CAREFULLY, IF THERE'S A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS ATTENDANCE ISSUES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAVE THAT OVERLAP AND START THAT PROCESS KIND OF START THE NARROWING DOWN TO 5 OR 7. I WAS GOING TO SAY DURING THEIR HANDOFF MEETING OR THEIR CLOSE OUT MEETING, THEY, YOU CAN TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET IDEAS. YEAH. OKAY. TO THEM. NO. AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL OF YOU WILL BE HERE, BUT THAT WAY YOU CAN AT LEAST THANK YOU. MAYOR GET THAT STARTED IF YOU CHOOSE. THAT'S. UNDERSTAND. YES. YES, SIR. SO BUT IF YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS STARTING EARLIER, SO IS THE IS. THE CURRENT CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL IS TO KEEP ALL 14 JUST FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S PREPARED TO MAKE CUTS TONIGHT. NO, NO. AND AND I THINK WE SHOULD MINIMIZE IT. IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THE 28TH. IT IT IT WILL NOW HAPPEN WITH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE JUNE 11TH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'LL THEY'LL BE SOME REAPPOINTMENT OR EXTENSION OF THE EDC, CDC AND IT'LL SOME THOUGHT WILL BE GIVEN INTO MESHING IT INTO THE MDT. YES. OKAY. YES, SIR. YEAH. GOOD. SO JUNE 11TH, WE SHOULD HAVE APPOINTMENTS TO PRESENT AND VOTE ON AFTER 28TH MEETING OF APPOINTING A NOMINEE. BOARD. RIGHT. IS IS THERE JUST FOR ANYBODY ON COUNCIL? JUST SO WE HAVE THOUGHTS FOR NEXT WEEK, WHO WANTS TO NOMINATE SOMEONE OR THEMSELVES FOR THAT COMMITTEE? JUST SO WE HAVE A KIND OF IDEA IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT GOING INTO NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MEETING. I'M WILLING TO DO IT IF NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO. MR. FOWLER I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON IT AS WELL. MR. MERRILL I DEFINITELY DO. ALEX. ALL RIGHT. JOSH. NO. OKAY. I MIGHT THROW MY NAME IN THE RING THERE. WE'LL SEE. SO, MIKE. ROGER. I'LL DO IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. CLEAR AS MUD. DREW LOVES THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I'LL JUST CARRY ON HERE. [2.C. Briefing - Planning & Zoning Commission Appointments Overview] PNC IS A ONE YEAR TERM. IT CANNOT BE A COUNCIL MEMBER. MR. PIZZUTO PER STATE LAW AND OUR CHARTER IT DOES HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER AND A NORTHLAKE RESIDENT. THEIR TERMS IN MAY 31ST. NO ACTION TONIGHT. ONE OF THE CHARTER CENTER REQUIREMENTS. IT'S MORE OF A WISH OR A SUGGESTION TO HAVE EQUITABLE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. BECAUSE THAT DEPENDS ON WHO WANTS TO SERVE. SO AND WE HAVE I THINK THREE KIND OF APPLICATIONS AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK IN ON MAY 28TH. Y'ALL HAVE THOSE KIND OF RESUMES IN THE BACK. YOU CAN PUT THIS AS PART OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AS WELL. WE HAVE ALL SIX OF THE SEVEN HAVE ASKED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REAPPOINTMENT. WE HAVE ONE ROGER NOLAN WHO'S NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT. IF YOU'RE GOING THE DIRECTION OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WE CAN FOLD THAT IN AS WELL AND BRING THIS BACK. INSTEAD OF MAY 28TH, BRING IT BACK JUNE 11TH. [00:30:04] COUNCIL DO YOU WISH TO PUSH THE PNC INTO NOMINATING COMMITTEE OR STANDARD AS USUAL? THERE'S ONLY ONE REAPPOINTMENT. I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT ONE SEAT SHOULD GO IF WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE MOVE FORWARD AS A SLATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE THAT DIFFICULT. RIGHT. SO STANDARD COUNCIL MEETING FOR THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU DOING THAT ON THE SAME DAY THAT WE DO ALL THE APPOINTMENTS? WE'LL DO THEM ALL TOGETHER? NO. ALL THE APPOINTMENTS WILL COME AT THE 11TH. THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S FOR 28. OKAY, COOL. UNLESS WE PUSHED IT TO NOMINATING COMMITTEE. SO FOR NOW, PNC WILL BE 28TH. SO THEY CAN START JUNE 1ST, OFFICIALLY THEIR TERM. AND THEN THE CDC. MDD WILL WILL GO THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PROCESS AND WILL COME BACK. ARE YOU SURE THE COMMITTEE WILL COME BACK ON THE 11TH? OH, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A SHORT TIME FRAME. WE WANT TO GIVE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT AREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE KIND OF WHAT THE WHAT THE SLATE IS. SO WE'LL I WOULD ASSUME WE NEED TO ACT PRETTY QUICK ON THAT. YEAH. IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE, YOU'LL HAVE TO BE A PRETTY QUICK TIME COMMITMENT A COUPLE EVENINGS. DO SOME, YOU KNOW, PHONE INTERVIEWS, HOWEVER YOU LIKE TO DO STUFF AND THEN HAVE A MEETING HERE OR TWO TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND MEET WITH THEM AND COME UP WITH THAT SLATE. SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, TIME COMMITMENT ON THAT MEETING OR ON THAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. SO PNC WILL BE THE 28TH FOR THAT AND NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN DASHBOARD MAJOR YOUNGBLOOD. [2.D. Briefing - Introduction to the Strategic Plan Dashboard] SOMEONE WAS A LITTLE TOWEL RIGHT BEFORE I CAME UP, SO. YEAH. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I AM MAJOR YOUNGBLOOD, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. SO I CAME TO YOU ACTUALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AROUND THIS TIME TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DASHBOARD. IT'S A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT ENABLES RESIDENTS TO TRACK ACTIVE AND RECENTLY COMPLETED CIP PROJECTS. IT DISPLAYS THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, LOCATIONS, STATUS, BUDGETS, AND EXPENDITURES. SO TODAY I'M HERE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DASHBOARD. IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST DASHBOARD IN OUR HISTORY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE PUBLIC TO TRACK THE TOWN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL, I THINK THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THE PUBLIC. IT INCLUDES PERFORMANCE METRICS AND IT TRACKS THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS OF THOSE PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES AS WELL. OKAY, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. COUNCIL YOU ALL ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN LAST FEBRUARY FOLLOWING THE 2025 STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP. AFTER THE ADOPTIONS, AFTER WE WENT BACK AND DID OUR HOMEWORK AND CAME UP WITH SOME PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT WERE CLOSELY TIED TO THOSE GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT YOU ALL PUT IN PLACE. AND SO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT THAT LISTS OUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES BASED ON THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUTLINED AS WELL. SO SIMILAR TO THAT, THE DASHBOARD ALLOWS FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE SOME OF THAT SAME INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO TRACK EXACTLY WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND INITIATIVES AS THEY RELATE TO THE COUNCIL PLAN. SO THIS IS JUST AS A REMINDER, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED ON SIX STRATEGIC GOALS ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES. AND THEN IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE RECENT UPDATE. COUNCIL UPDATED THE VISION AND THE CORE VALUES, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OUR STRATEGIES AS WELL. OKAY, SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH A LIVE DEMO OF THE DASHBOARD FEEL. OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU HOW TO NAVIGATE TO THE DASHBOARD. SO IF YOU ARE ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, YOU WOULD JUST HOVER OVER GOVERNMENT. GO OVER TO TOWN COUNCIL. AND SO IT'S RIGHT HERE UNDER THE TOWN COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN. ONCE THAT PAGE COMES UP, I'LL JUST PAUSE HERE WHILE I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S A NICE LITTLE FLIP BOOK DOES GO TO FULL SCREEN IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT PLAN IN A MORE STATIC FORMAT AND SEE HOW ALL OF OUR WE CALL THEM ACTION ITEMS, BUT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL GOALS AND THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT ARE UNDER THOSE GOALS. OKAY, SO ONCE YOU'RE IN THE DASHBOARD, YOU JUST HOVER DOWN, YOU CAN CLICK HERE. JUST ALREADY HAD IT PULLED UP FOR US. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE COUNCIL GOALS TO SEE THE OVERALL STATUS. [00:35:07] WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THIS PROJECT LIKE I MENTIONED, THOSE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES, IT'S SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT ARE ON TRACK. IF A PROJECT WERE TO GET BEHIND, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHICH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A RESIDENT IS INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY? COUNCIL YOU'LL HAVE A COUNCIL GOAL FOR THAT. PROTECT THE PUBLIC. SO YOU'LL JUST ACCESS THAT ONE. LIKE WE, LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, THE STRATEGIES ARE ALIGNED UNDER EACH GOAL. AND SO YOU CAN THEN SEE WHICH STRATEGIES ARE UNDER THAT GOAL, THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT I GUESS THE KIND OF THE PROGRESS OF WHERE THEY ARE TOWARDS COMPLETION, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL STATUS UPDATE FOR THE ENTIRE GOAL ITSELF. YOU'LL SEE UNDER EACH GOAL WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEASURES THAT WILL ALSO TIE BACK TO THOSE GOALS. AS WE GET MORE DATA THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'LL ADD ON TO THIS, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF GO BACK AND SEE A HISTORIC LOOK AT HOW WELL WE'RE PERFORMING IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO WITH THAT, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE STRATEGIES LISTED. YOU CAN GO INTO EACH STRATEGY. FOR EXAMPLE THIS ONE HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OVERALL IN THIS LATTICE. IF I GO INTO IT I CAN SEE THIS ONE ONLY HAS ONE PROJECT OR INITIATIVE UNDER THAT PARTICULAR STRATEGY. BUT IF THERE WERE MORE, YOU WOULD SEE THEM LISTED HERE IN A TABLE FORMAT. SO IF I GO INTO THAT PARTICULAR I GUESS PROJECT OR INITIATIVE, YOU WOULD SEE SOME DETAILS SURROUNDING THAT WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IT IS ALONG WITH OUR START DATES AND DATES. AND THEN THERE ARE VARIOUS CHECKLIST ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PROJECT OR INITIATIVE. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF TRACK WHAT'S COMING AHEAD AND WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED RELATIVE TO THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY KPIS OR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE HOME OR CLICK ON OUR LOGO TO GO BACK TO THE HOME SCREEN AND CHECK OUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE, WELL, STRATEGIES THAT ARE ALIGNED UNDER EACH GOAL AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE TOWN. SO WE DO THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THROUGH AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT SEE WHAT SOME OF YOUR INTERESTS ARE AND TRACK THE THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTOM OF THAT? DON'T YOU HAVE ANOTHER BUTTON DOWN THERE? YES WE DO. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. SO YOU CAN NAVIGATE BACK TO THE TO SEE A P. SO JUST AS A REMINDER THIS IS WHAT I KIND OF BRIEFED ON LAST YEAR, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND SEE STATUS UPDATES ON ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS. SO IT KIND OF TIES BACK TO THAT. SO YEAH, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST THE WAY YOU CONTINUE TO WORK AND ADD TO OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE IT SO USER FRIENDLY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT IS, IT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S A WONDERFUL TOOL TO HAVE. AND EVEN FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS AT OUR FINGERTIPS AND TO DIRECT THE PUBLIC IN A, IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN GET TO IT. I JUST COMMEND YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. IT'S REALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. I AGREE. IT IS A SLICK THING. WE GET TO SHOW OFF WHO ARE THE, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT PUT IN INFORMATION THAT GIVE LIKE, WHO ARE THEIR PEOPLE? ARE THEIR DESIGNATED PEOPLE IN EACH DEPARTMENT THAT FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S COOL. IT'S JUST A LOT OF INFORMATION. DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY UP TO DATE CONSISTENTLY? YEAH. SO BEHIND THE SCENES, WE HAVE A SIMILAR WITH OUR CIP, WE ACTUALLY USE THE INTERNAL SITE FOR CIP MEETINGS TO HELP STAFF GUIDE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROJECTS ARE USING THIS IN REAL TIME IN YOUR DAY TO DAY. SO THIS IS YES, THIS IS USED AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL AS WELL AS A PUBLIC FACING SIDE. SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME INTERNAL FUNCTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR YOU TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRASP OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS IS UPDATED BY THE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S REVIEWED AND CHECKED BEFORE IT GOES OUT. BUT WE DO PUBLISH EXTERNALLY AT A MINIMUM AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER. COOL. AND I'M GETTING OLD, SO I NEED Y'ALL. Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL TEXTING ME ALL THE TIME. MAKE ME REMEMBER EVERYTHING. YOU CAN GO TO THIS SITE, RIGHT? CAN YOU PLEASE. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STUDY IT. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTS LIKE BUDGET AND BRIEF THAT'S ON THERE. I'VE SENT THAT OUT TO NO LESS THAN 50 RESIDENTS THROUGH FACEBOOK POSTS, WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, WHY ARE OUR TAXES SO HIGH? WELL, HERE, CHECK THIS OUT. SO USE THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO THE STAFF, PUT A LOT OF TIME AND GIVE THEM TOOLS SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK THROUGH IT FOR THEIR FOR THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND WELL-BEING. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THERE. STAFF CONTINUES TO GET THE PUBLIC FACING THINGS RIGHT HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, I ECHO THE SAME COMMENTS AS THIS IS VERY WELL DONE. IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE. ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS ON YOUR, ON THE SURVEYS AND IT JUST MAY NOT BE HOW DEFINED AND THOSE THAT TAKE IT MAY, [00:40:08] IT MAY BE FIND THAT WHEN IT SAYS, OKAY, SOMETIMES WHEN I READ THAT, OKAY, I KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, IT'S LIKE OUR AVERAGE OR IT'S A IT SEEMS LIKE FROM WHAT I LOOK AT OR OBSERVE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S LIKE A, JUST A STANDARD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE TYPE OF THING. AND SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER CLARIFY THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT TO WHERE LIKE, IF IT'S OKAY, MEANING IT'S JUST LIKE MEETING EXPECTATIONS OR WHATEVER, OR HOWEVER THAT LANGUAGE MIGHT BE THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF IT BEING OKAY. AND PEOPLE POTENTIALLY READING IT IS LIKE IT'S JUST OKAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT FEEDBACK. I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO GET READY TO LAUNCH THE NEXT SURVEY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WILL TAKE TO MIND BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE I'M YEAH, IT'S HARD TO READ, BUT I CAN, I CAN SEE WE'RE OKAY ON THERE. WHAT COULD BE PROBABLY GOOD, BUT LIKE PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY SAYING, YEAH, IT'S GOOD OR I'M HAPPY WITH IT. OR IT COULD ALSO BE READ AS A LIKE SO, BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS EXCELLENT. NEW PUSH BUTTON MAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. COUNCIL. I THINK WE'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU. OH, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR JOHN. [2.E. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Budget Kickoff] WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE HIM SO MUCH. WELCOME, JOHN. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU'RE INCREDIBLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. SO I HAVE BEEN WARNING THAT I'M COMING BACK AND THAT THIS WILL BE. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY TONIGHT KICKING OFF THE 2627 BUDGET CYCLE. AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO A BUDGET KICKOFF WITH COUNCIL JUST TO SET THE STAGE, THE CONTEXT AND GO BACK OVER IT. SO IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE LAST ONE, BUT ALSO JUST GO BACK OVER THE BUDGET PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT AS WELL. SO TONIGHT WE'LL JUST GO OVER THE BUDGET CALENDAR, THE PHILOSOPHY AND FOCUS AREAS FOR OUR BUDGETING. THE DO A LITTLE QUICK PREVIEW OF THE REQUESTS OF WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS AND WHAT ENHANCEMENTS THEY'RE LOOKING AT, OR WHAT PRESSURES THEY'RE FACING IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL COSTS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. JUST DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT ON YOUR MINDS. WE'LL BRING BACK THE FULLY FLESHED OUT ONE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO STARTING WITH THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WE DEBUTED THIS CALENDAR LAST YEAR, WE STUCK WITH THE SAME FORMAT. WE FIND IT'S EASY TO READ, AND THEN IT CAPTURES A LOT OF THE KEY INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC. SO IT IS MAY. AS OF NOW, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE INTERNAL KICK OFF WITH STAFF. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AND REQUESTS. WE'VE RECEIVED THE PRELIMINARY VALUES FROM THE DEN OR DEN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THOSE VALUES AT THE BEGINNING VARY WIDELY FROM WHAT WE END UP WITH AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AT THOSE AND WATCHING THOSE AS THEY COME IN WITH UPDATES FOR THE CERTIFIED OR FOR THE CORRECTIONS UP UNTIL WE GET THE CERTIFIED THERE IN IN AUGUST OR SORRY, END OF JULY. AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE KICK OFF TONIGHT WITH COUNCIL. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED IN TERMS OF KEY DATES, THE ORANGE MEETING DATES, THOSE ARE ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE BRIEFINGS. WE'VE GOT THE KICKOFF, AND THEN WE'LL DO PRELIMINARY REVENUES OF THE NEXT ONE. JUNE 11TH, WE'LL COVER THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND ALSO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ON THE 23RD IS THE RECORD TAX VOTE ON THE OR SORRY, THE RECORD VOTE ON THE TAX RATE. THAT IS JUST SETTING WHAT THE HIGHEST TAX RATE YOU ALL WILL DISCUSS WOULD BE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE THE 29.5 CENTS. AND THEN ON AUGUST 13TH, THERE WILL BE THE BRIEFING. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL HAVE SUBMITTED THAT ON JULY 21ST. WE'RE DOING IT A BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL THE STATE REGULATIONS TO GET THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE ADOPTED, AND THEN ON THE 20TH WILL BE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE ADOPTION ITSELF. FOLLOWING THE BUDGET HEARING THAT WAS HELD AND THEN POSTPONED ON THE 13TH, AND THEN ON OCTOBER 1ST STARTS THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT WILL BE ONE WEEK BETWEEN THE BUDGET HEARING AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A TWO WEEK BETWEEN THOSE MEETINGS. SO BE SURE TO PUT THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR. IT'S YOU CAN THANK YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THAT ONE TWO MEETING. THERE'S A Z. MAKE SURE YOU PUT THOSE IN YOUR CALENDARS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THERE IS A TIGHT WINDOW THERE THAT STARTS THE CLOCK. ONCE WE GET INTO REALLY ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. SO THE TOWN'S BUDGETING PHILOSOPHY, WE FOCUS. WE HAVE THREE AREAS THAT FEED INTO IT. WE ALWAYS START WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT'S OUR FOUNDATION HELPS PROVIDE US WITH THE DIRECTION AND THE KEY ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL WANTS STAFF TO CONSIDER AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THE BUDGET REALLY SHOWS WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DEDICATING YOUR RESOURCES TOWARDS ACHIEVING. WE THEN HAVE FOCUS AREAS THAT STAFF USE INTERNALLY TO TRY AND HELP WITH GUIDING DECISIONS, AND HOW THOSE RESOURCES SHOULD BE DIRECTED AND ALLOCATED BASED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGETING PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS THE FRAMEWORK. IT'S THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT [00:45:07] WE OPERATE UNDER AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE FOR DEVELOPING AND CREATING A RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED BUDGET. I KNOW MAJOR CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN DASHBOARD. THESE ARE JUST THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT COUNCIL'S PROVIDED TO STAFF, AND WE WORK TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR DECISIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE HAVE FOUR BUDGET FOCUS AREAS AND WE'VE REALLY KEPT THE SAME ONES. WORDINGS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. IF COUNCIL HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THESE, FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW. AND WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON EFFECTIVELY MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES, DIVERSIFYING THE TAX BASE, OPERATING EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND THEN RESPONSIBLY MANAGING GROWTH. JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE JUST TO PROVIDE THE CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGING IE, MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES. STILL NEED TO FIX THAT SLIDE. I HAVE A SPELLING ERROR, BUT WE FOCUS ON MAINTAINING THAT LOW PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 20.5 CENTS. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR 25 PLUS YEARS. IT'S PROVIDED US WITH A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL AS WE'RE HOPEFUL, HOPEFULLY PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH SOME FORM OF STABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAXES. WE'RE NOT VARYING UP AND DOWN DRAMATICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND THEN REALLY PROPERTY TAXES THEMSELVES. THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS OR RESIDENTS PROPERTY. SO 100% OF THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND PAYS FOR POLICE. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO COVER ALL THE POLICE'S BUDGETS AT THIS POINT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE MAKE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO HELP SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE 100% OF THAT IS PAYING FOR STREETS AND ROADS AND THOSE STREETS AND ROADS. THOSE ARE HELPING TO PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES BY ALLOWING PUBLIC WORKS TO GET OUT, PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER, AND FIX THOSE SYSTEMS. IT'S ALLOWING PUBLIC SAFETY TO ACCESS HOMES AND TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY POLICING. AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS HELP TO PROTECT VALUES, BUT TO ALSO JUST PROTECT INDIVIDUALS PROPERTIES. WITH DIVERSIFYING THE TAX BASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A HEALTHY COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL SPLIT, WHICH THE TOWN HAS DEFINED AS HAVING A 6040 SPLIT. AND THIS IS A LONG TERM GOAL OF OURS. YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE'VE COVERED ABOUT 50% SPLIT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE TRY TO PROMOTE STRATEGIC COMMERCIAL GROWTH. SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT RECENTLY IS MP MATERIALS, WHICH WE'RE HOPING IS GOING TO ADD QUITE A BIT TO THE TOWN'S COMMERCIAL TAX BASE. AND THEN THE CHADWICK INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO TRY AND DEVELOP AN AREA THAT COMMERCIAL ENTITIES CAN COME IN AND FILL AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL TAX REVENUE OR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND SALES TAX REVENUE. AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES. SO THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. USING ROAD ASSESSMENT FEES TO HELP FUND ELIGIBLE ROAD PROJECTS, WHICH WE DID, I BELIEVE WITH DELTA SOUTH. AND THEN ALSO SALES TAX REALLOCATION WITH THE MDD THIS YEAR. HERE'S THAT SLIDE I MENTIONED. THIS IS OUR SPLIT FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX VALUES OVER THE LAST ABOUT FIVE YEARS. WE'VE BASICALLY JUST FLIPPED BACK AND FORTH OVER THAT 50%. KIND OF HAS TO DO WITH TIMING. WE'VE STILL HAVE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL GROWTH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT ESPECIALLY AS LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COME ON, LIKE THE MP MATERIALS, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IT PUSH MORE INTO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. WITH OPERATING EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY. WE'VE INTERPRETED THIS AS ALWAYS FOCUSING ON STAFFING, STRATEGIC STAFFING. AND THEN USING THAT TO MAINTAIN CORE SERVICE LEVELS. SO WE TRY TO KEEP PACE WITH THE MARKET. WE DO A SALARY SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS, A FORMAL ONE. WE ATTEMPT TO REDUCE TURNOVER BY ADJUSTING SALARIES TO BE AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE OF THE MARKET. AND THEN WE DO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH A COLA ADJUSTMENT EACH YEAR BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE. AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE NEED THROUGH UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO AVOID HAVING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF. IF WE CAN FIND A WAY FOR TECHNOLOGY TO DO A ROLE INSTEAD OF HIRING ANOTHER PERSON, THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN KEEP COSTS DOWN. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THE POPULATION COMPARED TO STAFFING, STAFFING LEVELS. YOU CAN SEE THE STAFFING LEVELS HAVE TRENDED UP AS POPULATION HAS GROWN. AS POPULATION INCREASES, SO DOES SERVICE NEEDS. WE MIGHT BE STRETCHED JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE ADDED ROUGHLY, I THINK ABOUT 15 TO 20 EMPLOYEES. SO THAT'S HELPED TO KIND OF RIGHTSIZE THINGS AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT. WE HAVE RESPONSIBLY MANAGED GROWTH, WHICH IS OUR LAST CORE FOCUS AREA, AND THAT DEALS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE HAVE OUR TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AFTER FIVE YEARS, IT GETS REALLY HARD TO PROJECT WHAT ARE THE COSTS GOING TO BE BESIDES KNOWING THAT WE NEED A PROJECT WITH THE STRATEGIC ASPECT, WE TRY TO ALIGN ANY DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH PROPERTY TAX GROWTH. AND THEN WE DO TRY, AS WITH OTHER AREAS, TO DIVERSIFY REVENUE SOURCES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO I MENTIONED THOSE ROAD ASSESSMENT FEES. WE HAVE THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE FEE. WE USE EARN INTEREST ON CAPITAL PROJECT ACCOUNTS WHEN POSSIBLE. [00:50:01] AND THEN WE HAVE IMPACT FEES, ALL THOSE EXAMPLES AND THEN COLLABORATION WITH OUTSIDE PARTNERS. SO DENTON COUNTY, WE'RE CURRENTLY COLLABORATING WITH ON SEVERAL ROAD PROJECTS. FORT WORTH WE'RE WORKING WITH ON ADDITIONAL WATER CAPACITY PROJECT. AND THEN WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO SEE WHAT CAN THEY CONTRIBUTE AND BRING TO AN AREA THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR FRAMEWORK FOR GUIDING ALL OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WE WANT TO STAY WITHIN. AND WE HAVE FOUR PRINCIPLES. WE HAVE ONE PRINCIPLE. ONE IS CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. SO ALWAYS WE TRY TO OVERESTIMATE EXPENSES AND UNDERESTIMATE REVENUES TO MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL SHORTFALLS AND RISK. WE DO DEFICIT BUDGETING, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY DEPARTMENTS GIVE US EVERYTHING THEY THINK THEY WILL NEED KIND OF THEIR WORST CASE SCENARIOS AS WELL. AND THEN WE WORK BACK FROM THERE. IF IT'S HIGHER THAN REVENUES THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, WE CUT UNTIL WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE EXPENDITURES ARE LESS THAN REVENUES. WE HAVE OUR BALANCED BUDGET PRINCIPLE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, REVENUES NEED TO EQUAL OR BE LESS THAN OR MORE THAN EXPENDITURES. AND THEN A STRUCTURALLY SOUND BUDGET WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT ONE TIME REVENUES GO WITH ONE TIME EXPENSES. SO EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IS ALWAYS A GOOD EXAMPLE. AND THEN ONGOING REVENUES SUCH AS STAFF SALARIES. AND THAT GROWTH IS TIED TO ONGOING REVENUE SUCH AS PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX. THIS IS JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THOSE PRINCIPLES IN ACTION. REALLY IT'S THE CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO FOCUS ON. IT SHOWS A VISUAL OF HOW WE DO THE PROCESS. WE HAVE OUR REVENUES. WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES. WE ALWAYS START WITH OUR BASE SERVICE COST. USUALLY THE ASSUMPTION IS WHAT IT COSTS YOU TO DO LAST YEAR IS AT LEAST WHAT IT'S TYPICALLY GOING TO COST YOU TO DO THE SAME SERVICE THIS NEXT YEAR. WE THEN ADD ON ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICE COSTS FOR MAINTAINING SERVICE, MAYBE DUE TO OPERATIONAL INCREASES BECAUSE OF INFLATION OR SERVICE SECTORS INCREASING THEIR PRICES. AND THEN WE ADD ON NEW SERVICES FOR THINGS LIKE NEW POSITIONS OR BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT, THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE. AND THEN IF IT EXCEEDS REVENUES, WE START CUTTING BACK. WE START WITH NEW SERVICES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THOSE CORE SERVICES THAT WE'VE PROMISED RESIDENTS THAT WILL GET THEM. NOW, JUST TO DIVE QUICKLY, THIS IS JUST A QUICK PREVIEW OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR. WE STARTED THE INTERNAL PROCESS ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO. SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVING REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK PREVIEW OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE COMING. SO WITH POLICE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING FOUR POSITIONS WITH TWO CORPORALS, ONE PATROL OFFICER AND ACCREDITATION OFFICER, AS SOME OF THE REQUESTS THEY'VE HAD IN PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING AT THE STREETS, MAINTENANCE WORKER WITH VEHICLES, TWO PATROL VEHICLES FOR POLICE, A CID VEHICLE AND TWO SUPPORT VEHICLES. AND THEN TECHNOLOGY. THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A SHIFT SCHEDULING SOFTWARE TO HELP THEM WITH MANAGING THEIR STAFF, AND THEN ALSO USE OF FORCE AND PURSUIT REPORTING SOFTWARE. AND JOHN, WE'RE GOING TO REUSE SOME OF THOSE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. YES. SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS WE ATTEMPT TO TWO THINGS WE CAN DO WITH VEHICLES THAT WE ESSENTIALLY KIND OF DECOMMISSION. YOU EITHER CAN SELL THEM AT AUCTION, WHICH WE ALWAYS DON'T GET A LOT FOR COMPARED TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR. BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NOW TRYING TO SEE HOW CAN WE REUSE THESE VEHICLES. SO ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY BECOME A VEHICLE FOR THE TOWN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD, BUT THAT EMPLOYEES AND DEVELOPMENT OR FINANCE OR SOMEBODY COULD TAKE TO TRAININGS OR TAKE TO TWO EVENTS AND UTILIZE INSTEAD OF DOING MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS. AND POLICE IS LOOKING AT HAVING ONE AS A POLICE POOL VEHICLE FOR TRAINING AND THEN ALSO GOING TO THE IS IT THE COA? I THINK IT IS, YES. SO YEAH, SO THE COA AS WELL. SO WE PLAN ON REUSING A NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT THEY'LL BE DECOMMISSIONING THIS YEAR. OKAY. QUESTION ON THAT. SO WE ENTERED A LEASING PROGRAM. YES. CORRECT. SO THESE TWO PATROL VEHICLES ARE PURCHASING TWO NEW VEHICLES. THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE ON THAT LEASE PROGRAM. OKAY. SO YES. SO TO CLARIFY THAT THESE WILL ALL BE ON THE LEASE PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE THE, I GUESS, GOING TO THE SECOND FULL YEAR. SO WITH THAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE HOPING PURCHASING NO RELEASING THEM. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE LEASING ALL FIVE. RIGHT. WE ARE LEASING ALL FIVE TO THE THREE WE'RE REUSING. WE OWN OUTRIGHT. YEAH. YEP. PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING AT ADDING A DOING A VACUUM TRUCK REPLACEMENT. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. SO IT IS A LARGE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASE FOR US. AND THEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF SMALLER EQUIPMENT AS WELL. THERE'S A MINI EXCAVATOR WITH AN ARTICULATING MOWER TO DO KIND OF TREES AND GUARDRAILS. THERE'S A SKID STEER LOADER LOADER WITH IT'S CALLED A THE MOWER IS A BRUSH HOG. SO IT WILL DO MORE CLOSE TO THE GROUND TYPE MOWING. THEY HAVE THEIR MOWER THAT THEY DO NEED TO REPLACE. AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR TRAILER FOR MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT. THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT REPLACED AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE THE TOP TWO HAVE MULTIFUNCTION. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS TO THEM AND DO MORE THAN JUST ONE JOB. [00:55:03] AND IT CAN ACTUALLY HELP BOTH THE, THE UTILITY AND THE, THE ROAD SIDE. YEAH. SO THE BENEFIT IS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE ALL YEAR, YEAR LONG INSTEAD OF JUST PURCHASING JUST ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF MOWER. SO. AND THEN WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. BUT HERE IS THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE EXPECT TO ROLL OFF THIS YEAR AND TO BE COMPLETED, AND TO REMOVE FROM OUR CIP PROGRAM. SO THE STAR CENTER, THE STAR CENTER SITE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SOUTHWEST KATHERINE BRANCH ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, AND THEN THE CANYON FALLS TRAIL WALL REPAIR. WE'RE HOPING THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY NEED TO CONTINUE, WE'LL UPDATE OUR CIP TO FACTOR THAT IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I ALSO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A DEBT ISSUANCE THAT IS COMING UP FOR PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, SO IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 20.4 MILLION. WE'VE TALKED THROUGH A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS ALREADY, BUT THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT IS HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE JUST MET WITH THE TOWN WITH THE RATING AGENCIES AND WE RECEIVED, WE DID RECEIVE ONE UPDATE ON RATING ALREADY FROM ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES WHERE THEY REAFFIRMED OUR CURRENT STATUS. SO NO, NO DOWNGRADE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD. WE'RE ALWAYS PUSHING FOR AN UPGRADE, BUT HAVING A STATUS REAFFIRMED IS ALSO ALWAYS GREAT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE DEBT ISSUANCE THAT'S COMING UP. ONCE WE'VE RECEIVED THE FINAL RATING ON MAY 19TH, COUNCIL IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE DEBT ISSUANCE ON MAY 28TH WITH THE FINAL NUMBERS, AND THEN JUNE 26TH WILL BE THE CLOSING AND DELIVERY OF FUNDS ABOUT A MONTH LATER. AND THAT DEBT ISSUANCE IS GOING TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING. SO WITH CURRENT PROJECTS, WE HAVE FORT ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, KILLEEN RECONSTRUCTION AND ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CLEVELAND GIBBS INTERSECTIONS. THOSE ARE ALL ONGOING PROJECTS AND ARE FOR OUR STREETS AND OUR ROADS WITH WATER AND SEWER. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS. WE HAVE THE FORT WORTH PHASE ONE A AND 1B1A HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SO WE'VE STARTED ON ONE B AND THAT IS BEING SPLIT WITH FORT WORTH, WHO WE RECENTLY SENT OUT THEIR FIRST INVOICE FOR HELPING US TO PAY FOR THAT PHASE ONE A AND THEN FORT WORTH PHASE TWO. WE'RE GOING TO START UP THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT THIS YEAR. AND THEN FORT ROAD WATER LINES. THE NORTH FACE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT SOME TIME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BIDDING OUT THE SOUTHERN PHASE. AM I RIGHT? SO LOOKING AT THAT PHASE, I GUESS PHASE ONE A AND B1A IS COMPLETED. YES. BUT ONE B IS NOT. THAT'S THE REMAINING OF THAT BUDGET. THAT'S STILL PART OF ONE B OR DID WE? IT IS. IT'S PART OF ONE B IS THE IT'S THE MORE EXPENSIVE ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. SO YES, WE SPLIT ONE A OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DEVELOPMENT AND WE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, TO ACTUALLY SAVE TIME AND COST. SO WE, WE FAST FORWARDED THAT ONE, BUT I JUST JUMPED THE GUN AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. BUT YEAH, NO, NOT, NOT QUITE. I WISH IT CAME IN THAT LOW. I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING BUT NO. WELL AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS IT SPLIT INTO ONE A AND ONE B, BUT IN MY FINANCIAL SYSTEM IT IS ALL ONE PROJECT STILL, SO THAT'S HOW I END UP PRESENTING IT. BUT YES, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE AND NOT QUITE UNDER BUDGET, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THEN THE OTHER WATER AND SEWER PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING IN, IN EARLY STAGES OF DESIGN IS THE NORTHWEST, THE FLORENCE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. THEN WE HAVE TWO BUILDINGS OR MIXED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. WE JUST DID THE BID OPENINGS FOR THAT TODAY. SO THAT IS PROGRESSING ALONG AND SHOULD BE COMING TO COUNCIL HERE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND APPROVE A CONTRACT. AND THEN THE CHADWICK PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT PROJECT CONTINUES APACE. WE'VE SPENT ALMOST 3 MILLION ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEN THIS IS THE LIST OF FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CIP PLAN. AND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE SLATED. MOST OF ALL, THESE PROJECTS ARE SLATED TO OCCUR HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR THE BUDGET KICKOFF. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK. COUNCIL OR ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS THINGS AND ONE IT'D BE GOOD AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ON THESE DIFFERENT POSITIONS, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT TITLE MEANS AND WHAT THAT HELPS US WITH, WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL VERY WELL JUSTIFIED. IT JUST HELPS US UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. BUT NOT PUBLIC WORKS, BUT LIKE THE POLICE, THERE'S A COUPLE COOL, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, COOL DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS WE GROW THAT WILL LIKELY NEED, BUT IT'LL BE GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THOSE ARE. YOU KNOW WHAT EACH LIKE AN ACCREDITATION OFFICER. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT TAKE PLACE? STREET MAINTENANCE WORKER. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT WHAT WHAT IS THAT ROLE? TAKE CARE OF AND ADD TO, TO, TO THE DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES. CHIEF, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE ACCREDITATION OFFICER AND I'M NOT SAYING EVEN NOW, I'M JUST SAYING AS WE HAVE ALL THESE POSITIONS, [01:00:06] WELL, WHAT DOES IT GET US AS WE. WE'RE. WE'RE READY. OKAY, COOL. WE HAVE ONE. SO THE ACCREDITATION OFFICER, WE'RE TRYING TO GET BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE GOLD STANDARD OF POLICING. SO WE HAVE LIKE 177 POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. AND IT'S BASICALLY A FULL TIME JOB I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO BY MYSELF FOR TEN YEARS AND HAVEN'T GOT CLOSE. WE'RE ABOUT 96% OF THE WAY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT ACCREDITATION OFFICER WILL NOT ONLY COVER THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO AUDITS AND UPDATES, LEGAL UPDATES EVERY QUARTER, BASICALLY. AND PLUS, THEY ALSO TAKE ON A PIO POSITION. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER I HANDLE THAT NOW AS WELL. SO THAT CLEAR MY PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY WILL ALSO DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE POSITION, RIGHT. IT'S ONE POSITION BUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT HATS. BUT THAT WOULD BE COOL. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND AS WE KNOW, BECAUSE THAT HELPS US THEN IF WE GET QUESTIONS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES. AND THAT'S THERE'S A COUPLE LIKE BULLET POINTS. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR TOO. LIKE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST LIKE A ACCREDITATION OFFICER, LIKE A TRAINING MANAGER OR TRAINING PERSONNEL THAT THEY DO THAT AS WELL. KEEPS EVERYBODY. EXACTLY. SO KEEPS EVERYBODY WITHIN LINE. SO IT'S NOT ALL FALLING ON ONE PERSON TO WHAT THIS GETS YOU IS YOU GET YOU THE, THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF POLICE OFFICERS. THEY HAVE THE BEST LEVEL OF TRAINING AS FAR AS KIND OF EVEN LIABILITY AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO YOU CAN BE ASSURED AND CAN TRUST THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, IS WHAT STANDARDS ARE OUT THERE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MEET ALL THOSE. RIGHT? AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT WOULD BE GOOD. JUST EVEN A SIDE NOTE OR, YOU KNOW, NOTATION OF EACH OF THESE, WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. BECAUSE THEN AGAIN, THAT I THINK SEEING THAT SOMETIMES WILL HELP MAKE IT LESS OF A RUBBER STAMP AND MORE OF A, OH, THIS IS GREAT. IT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE AND OUR MAINTENANCE WORKER IS KIND OF OUR ENTRY LEVEL POSITION. IT'S JUST KIND OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. THEY COULD BE ON STREETS, THEY COULD BE ON A SEWER REPAIR CREW OR A WATER CREW, BUT IT'S KIND OF A FLEX WORKER. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF IT'S A WORKER. IT'S OUR ENTRY LEVEL. AND YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW TOO. I MEAN, THERE'S, THAT'S ALSO A FEEDER FOR, FOR THAT, FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT THEN TOO. SO IS THE. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. IS THE ACCREDITATION OFFICER, IS THAT A PROMOTION FROM PATROL? NO, IT'D BE THE SAME, SAME LEVEL, BUT A SPECIALIZED PERSON THAT DOES THAT. YEAH. YEAH. JUST A NOTE, CHIEF. FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. YOU KNOW, Z AND HER TOWN SECRETARY'S OFFICE DIDN'T NEED A BUDGET ITEM TO MEET THE HIGHER STANDARDS. YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE. CONGRATULATIONS. NO, YOU ACTUALLY GAVE HER AN EXTRA POSITION, SO THAT GAVE HER TIME TO DO THAT. SO LET'S BE FAIR TO POLICE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE CAN SEE ONE OF OUR BUDGET ITEMS SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH US. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD ON, ON SOME OF THE, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS STUFF, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE OTHER VEHICLES, THE TOWN VEHICLES WITH THE FLEET. IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE FOR THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AS THERE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WITH EACH OF THESE TYPE OF NEW PIECES COMES MAINTENANCE COMES ALL THESE OTHER TYPE OF THINGS TO WHERE I'M, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, WONDERING IF THERE'S A SERVICE LIKE THAT FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS AS WELL AS I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AS WE GO, WHERE IS THAT POINT WHERE SOMETHING LIKE A STREET CLEANER BECOMES A VALUE TO THE TOWN? OR IS IT SOMETHING WE CONTRACT IN QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING TO WHERE THERE'S A VALUE TO THERE TOO. SO IT'D BE GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN COST AND VALUE. YEAH. AND SO FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE DM LEASING JUST KIND OF DOES MOST KIND OF TYPICAL MODELS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS VERY SPECIAL. THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD LUCK WITH BUYING THE EQUIPMENT, MAINTAINING IT AND KEEPING IT CONSTRUCTION, AT LEAST CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT GETS RODE HARD AND PUT UP WET. IT'S IT'S IT, IT, IT LOWERS VALUE VERY QUICKLY. AND SO AT LEAST THE HISTORY THAT WE'VE HAD UNDER ERIK'S LEADERSHIP IS WE BUY THE EQUIPMENT, WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT, AND WE KEEP IT FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR PHILOSOPHY. BUT THERE, THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES TO, TO LEASING RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT, WE'VE BUILT UP A VERY GOOD A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. AND, AND IT SERVED US WELL. SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR CURRENT PHILOSOPHY. BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. AND AGAIN, I'M TALKING OUT LOUD. I DON'T I'M THINKING OUT LOUD. I DON'T KNOW THAT IF IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD RECORD WITH OUR MAINTENANCE ON THESE, THEN MAYBE THAT'S LIKE YOU SAID, AND DEFINITELY LEASING AND RENTING RENTAL EQUIPMENT IS DEFINITELY, LIKE YOU SAID, RIDDEN REALLY HARD. SO BUT ON SOMETHING LIKE I WAS SAYING THERE, LIKE, I KNOW WE'VE GOT, [01:05:07] WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD TRAINING AT THIS POINT WITH THE, THE STREET LINER AND WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT THOSE BUMPS. BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR STREETS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW FOR SOMETHING. AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE A STREET CLEANER SWEEPER, STREET SWEEPER IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST MAINTENANCE AND MOST ABUSED OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE NEED TO WE'LL PROBABLY LEASE FIRST AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT WORKS, BUT WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE LEASE PAYMENTS ARE MORE THAN THE PURCHASE PAYMENT, RIGHT? SO WE'LL DO THAT ANALYSIS, BUT WITH THE STREET SWEEPER COMES A HIGHER MAINTENANCE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO, WE CALCULATE ALL OF THESE AS, AS WE MAKE THE DECISION TO GO FROM LEASE TO PURCHASE. I'D LIKE TO. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN INTEREST. AN IDEA IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THEN FOR IF THERE'S COMPANIES THAT DO COME IN THAT CAN DO IT QUARTERLY FOR A TOWN OR SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES. IF NOT, WHAT IS A PURCHASE OR LEASE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE AS WE GET NICER ROADS, AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BUILD IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT PART OF THAT ALSO KEEPS THEM UP AND KEEPS THEM LASTING LONGER AS WELL. WELL, AND THAT'S PART OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED, AND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FEE OR THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE CAN GO TO PAY FOR WHETHER WE HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO DO IT, WHETHER WE USE OUR PERSONNEL FOR A, A LEASED STREET, STREET SWEEPER, OR WE PURCHASE OURSELVES. ANYTIME YOU PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, YOU NEED PEOPLE TO USE THAT EQUIPMENT. YOU NEED PEOPLE TRAINED ON THAT EQUIPMENT. SO IT ALL IT. SO EACH STEP YOU TAKE IS MORE COMPLICATED. AND YOU HAVE TO THINK THROUGH ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. WE DON'T NEED TO WE DON'T NEED TO OVERLOOK THE HUMAN COMPONENT. LIKE ERIC'S BEEN HERE LONGER THAN MOST OF OUR EQUIPMENT. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THE ROAD GRADER IS THE ONLY THING THAT OUTDATES HIM. YEAH. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, IF YOU GOT GOOD GUYS LIKE ERIC THAT TAKE GOOD CARE OF THINGS AND YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT LEASING THINGS. YEAH. BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE, WE LOOK AT IT AND WE ANALYZE IT. THERE MAY BE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT ENOUGH. AND SO IT STILL MAKES SENSE TO LEASE. BUT ONCE WE REACH THAT THRESHOLD WE, WE, WE LOOK AT THAT ERIC AND HIS CREW, HIS STAFF LOOK AT THAT DECISION POINT AND IS OR IS IT ARE WE AT AN INFLECTION POINT? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO THEN PURCHASE IT? BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT COMES THE OPERATOR AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT AND THE FUEL AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE THE WISH LIST ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JOHN. ALL RIGHT. MAKE SURE THAT YOU AS YOU GUYS COME UP WITH STUFF. FEED IT BACK TO STAFF REAL TIME SO THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST AWARE OF THE REQUEST. THEY CAN START RESEARCHING THOSE BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THE LESS WE SPRING STUFF ON THEM DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE BETTER RESULTS WE GET IN THE RESEARCH. SO AND MAYOR, I'M, I'M SENSING THAT THE, THE GOALS, THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES, THE, THE ALL OR YOU'RE STILL ALIGNED WITH THAT. AND THAT'S STILL HOW YOU WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD. I THOUGHT I HEARD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT RAISING TAXES, BUT NOT HERE. EXACTLY. NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. VERY GOOD. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS, SO WE WILL JUMP TO PUBLIC INPUT. [3. PUBLIC INPUT] I HAVE ONE CARD FOR MR. MACGREGOR. COME ON DOWN. JOEL MACGREGOR, 8921 EAST, SAM LEE LANE. THAT LAST ELECTION WAS EMBARRASSING. I HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY, WHAT IN THE HECK IS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON? YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S NO GOOD CHOICE. YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR SEPARATE VOTES AT LEAST BECAUSE NOBODY HAD A CHOICE. YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED BASED ON THAT VOTE. BECAUSE THE VOTE, YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING BAD OR SOMETHING BAD, YOU KNOW, TO GET RID OF THIS BAD THING, YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR THIS BAD THING, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS EMBARRASSING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CALLED ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IN THE HECK IS THAT? YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE READING. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD CHOICE. SO JUST PICK ONE. [01:10:04] YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY YOU VOTED. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE FOR THE SALES TAX IN SOME WAY. YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR THE SALES TAX ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND THAT'S JUST WRONG. YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A CHOICE. YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. WHAT IF THE WHAT IF THE PEOPLE WANTED TO WANTED TO KILL ALL THAT STUFF AND NOT HAVE THE SALES TAX? THEY DIDN'T GET THAT CHOICE. SO THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION ON THAT, JOEL. I KEEPING OUR CDC OR CHANGING OUR CDC MANAGEMENT STYLE, I DON'T THINK IS A BAD CHOICE FOR THE PUBLIC. MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS TEND TO SUPPORT SALES TAX BECAUSE WE ARE VERY LIMITED. WE KEEP A VERY LOW SALES TAX RATE ON PURPOSE OR I'M SORRY, VERY LOW PROPERTY TAX RATE ON PURPOSE. LOWER THAN ANYBODY ELSE AROUND HERE. AND OUR ONLY OTHER REVENUE SOURCE FOR ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS SALES TAX. AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND MANY CITIES THAT DON'T COLLECT A 2%. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? HELLO SIR. HI THERE Y'ALL. YOU MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A FORM BEFORE YOU LEAVE AND GIVE IT TO THE TOWN SECRETARY FOR THE FOR THE RECORD, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS MCCANN TURNER. I LIVE OVER IN PECAN SQUARE IN NORTH LAKE. AND THE ADVICE OF YOUR FELLOW COUNCILORS WANTED TO COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF TO. AS I APPLIED FOR ONE OF THE BOARDS YOU'RE GETTING READY TO APPOINT. FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND. I'M FROM SAN ANTONIO, ORIGINALLY WENT TO TEXAS TECH, WHERE I STUDIED POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY, AND THEN MOVED TO THE METROPLEX ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO TO WORK FOR U.S. CONGRESSMAN ROGER WILLIAMS WAS WITH HIS OFFICE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND THEN SWITCHED OVER TO WORK, DO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK FOR TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES, THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. SO I'VE BEEN DOING THAT WORK, AND I GET TO HAVE THE COOLEST JOB EVER. I GET TO GO TO AUSTIN, D.C. AND TALK ABOUT HOSPITALS. SO I REALLY ENJOY IT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND GIVE MYSELF THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND LEARN MORE. ME AND MY WIFE MOVED TO NORTH LAKE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, CLOSED OUR HOUSE, OUR FIRST HOME. WE'RE EXPECTING OUR FIRST KIDS. SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT WE BELIEVE IN AND WANT TO INVEST OUR TIME AND TREASURE INTO. THANKS AND HOPE TO TALK TO YOU SOON. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. APPRECIATE IT SIR. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC INPUT AND OUR AGENDA IS FAIRLY LIGHT FROM THIS POINT OUT. [4. CONSENT ITEMS] WE DO HAVE CONSENT ITEMS. TWO ITEMS TONIGHT, A AND B. DO I HAVE ANY REQUEST TO PULL OR A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION FOR MR. FOWLER. SECOND FROM MR. PIZZUTO. MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. AND NEXT, WE WILL BE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION. [5. EXECUTIVE SESSION] I'LL READ THOSE SECTIONS OFF A SESSION AND A SECOND. WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE AN ITEM COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY FOR THAT, WE APPRECIATE IT. IF NOT, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING. BUT WE'LL BE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE AT 06:44 P.M. UNDER SECTIONS 551071551072551087. WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 8:07 P.M.. WE RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH [6. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION] ONE ACTION TO TAKE ON REAL PROPERTY. B TWO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ATTORNEY EARN HIS PAYCHECK TONIGHT BY ACTUALLY READING THE LEGAL LANGUAGE. BUT DO I HAVE A MOTION? LET HIM LET HIM READ IT FIRST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DEAN. YOU'RE UP. SO THIS IS ITEM FIVE B TWO ON EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION ON RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 26-41. I MOVE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-41 AS PRESENTED, AND THAT THE FIRST RECORD VOTE ON THIS MOTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL OF THE REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION. SPECIFICALLY, 0.1048 ACRE, 4564FT² RIGHT OF WAY ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM AND. LEE SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 501. DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING PART OF. IF CALLED .05 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED TO DOMINGO AND GUADALUPE SALINAS AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 4357. PAGE 1780. DEED RECORDS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A TO SAID [01:15:05] RESOLUTION 0.2361 ACRE, 10,283FT², RIGHT OF WAY. EXHIBIT B ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M GAUNTLETT SURVEY. ABSTRACT. GAULTNEY. GAULTNEY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 501. DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS. AND BEING PART OF LOT ONE, BLOCK A NORTH LAKE STORAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER TWO, 2021-450. PLAT RECORDS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT B TO SAID RESOLUTION. AND 0.1102 ACRE, 4799 SQUARE FOOT, RIGHT OF WAY EXHIBIT C ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M GAUNT GALT GWALTNEY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 501, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING PART OF LOT ONE, BLOCK A EDNA SCHULTZ EDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORD INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2017-98 PLAT RECORDS, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT C TO SAID RESOLUTION AND 0.0761 ACRE, 3313FT², RIGHT OF WAY. EXHIBIT D ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 501, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING PART OF LOT THREE, BLOCK A EDNA SCHULTZ PHASE TWO EDITION. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORD, THE INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2021-156 PLAT RECORDS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT B TO SAID RESOLUTION AND 0.1047 ACRE, 4560FT² RIGHT OF WAY. EXHIBIT E ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M GWALTNEY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 501, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING PART OF A CALLED 0.5000 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED TO JOSEPH TISCARENO AND CHERYL TISCARENO AS RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2021 139934 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT E TO SAID RESOLUTION AND 0.3169 ACRE 13,008 EIGHT. 13,000 800 FOUR SQUARE FEET RIGHT OF WAY EXHIBIT F ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M GWALTNEY SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER FIVE ONE DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING PART OF THE CALLED ONE ACRE TRACT OF LAND AND A FIVE ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED TO ENHANCED RECYCLERS INTERNATIONAL LLC AS RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2018 92555. OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT F TO SET A RESOLUTION AND 0.1495 ACRE, 6512FT², RIGHT OF WAY EXHIBIT G ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE ABRAHAM M GWALTNEY SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 501, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING PART OF A CALLED 0.703 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO EMILY CYTIDINE TRUSTEE CAMI REAL ESTATE TRUST AS RECORDED AN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2014 31095. OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT D TO SAID RESOLUTION AND FOR THE PUBLIC USE AND THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CLEVELAND GIBBS ROAD WIDENING PROJECT, INCLUDING ROADWAY DRAINAGE, UTILITY AND RELATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND I FURTHER MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-41 AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AGREEMENTS OR OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR CONSTELLATION OPERATING COMPANY TO LLC AND MCCARTHY RIGHT OF WAY PARTNERS, LLC TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE CONSULTING SERVICES AND ACT AS AGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. I'LL. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE FROM MISS HOLMES. A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM LORENTZ. WHILE WE'RE CALCULATING VOTES, COULD YOU REREAD THAT, PLEASE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE FIRST POINT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT AT 8:13 P.M.. I WILL ADJOURN THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.