* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] , THAT'S DAY ONE TO LAW SCHOOL. GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] EVENING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE WILMER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. YOUR PRESENCE REFLECTS THE STRONG COMMITMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND WE TRULY VALUE YOUR INTEREST IN THE WORK AND PROGRESS OF OUR CITY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PASTOR FAVORS TO DO INVOCATION FOR US. LET US PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE THAT IS ALREADY HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE GATHERED FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL COUNCIL AND FOR EVERY WORKER, EVERY FIRST RESPONDER, EVERY PERSON THAT IS SERVING HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF WILMER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US THROUGH THIS MEETING, THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE SUPERNATURAL WISDOM, LORD GOD, THAT A SPIRIT OF UNITY WOULD BE HERE. AND LORD, THAT WHEN WE LEAVE TODAY, THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER THAN WHEN WE CAME. WE ALSO PRAY THAT IN THE MIDST OF HANDLING THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, THAT YOU WOULD HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF THOSE THAT ARE HERE. SO WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD MEET THEM. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AT THIS TIME, MS. KIM TURNER WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE TO THE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE HAITIAN UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW [2. Receive the Library's Quarterly Report. ] START WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECEIVE THE LIBRARY'S QUARTERLY REPORT. AND WE HAVE OUR LIBRARY MANAGER, MS. NAI NAVARRO. EVENING. I WISH TO BE HERE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO I HAVE SOME STATISTICS FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER. UM, UH, FOR OCTOBER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 521ST 23 TOTAL VISITS, UH, 425, TOTAL CIRCULATION AND TOTAL PROGRAM, 17. AND WE WERE, UM, AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR HALLOWEEN. AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TRUNK OR TREAT CITY EVENT. YOU CAN SEE IT IN PAGE NUMBER THREE. AND WE ALSO, UH, HAD CRAFTS WITH THE SENIORS, AND WE ENJOY DOING THAT A LOT. SO, NOVEMBER, UH, 2025, WE, UH, HAD TOTAL VISITS, 653, TOTAL CIRCULATION OF BOOKS, 354, AND TOTAL PROGRAMS 16. THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE DID, UM, COLORING CONTEST, AND THOSE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE COLORING CONTEST. WE DID, UH, ARBOR DAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PALMER BEAUTIFUL, AND TEXAS A AND M. THE MAYOR WAS THERE, AND, UM, WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT AND A GOOD TIME. DECEMBER, 2025, PAGE SIX, A STATISTICS TOTAL VISIT, 451, UH, TOTAL CIRCULATION 272. AND, UH, WE DO A LOT OF CRAFT. AND, UM, THE LAST PAGE, PAGE SEVEN, UH, WE WERE PART OF THE WISH PROGRAM. WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS AND SENT THE LIST TO, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY. AND ALSO WE, UH, HOSTED A CHRISTMAS PARTY. I WASN'T HERE, BUT, UH, YOU WERE HERE, RIGHT? YES, MA MA'AM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UH, WE HAD AROUND 160 PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE, SO YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS, YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT'S GOING ON SATURDAY? YEAH, SORRY. UM, COMING SOON. SO ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, THE TEXAS MASTER GARDENER, UM, TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION IN DALLAS COUNTY, AND KEEP WILMER BEAUTIFUL WITH THE LIBRARY, ARE GONNA PRESENT HOW TO DO, UH, BUTTERFLY GARDENING, HOW TO CREATE A BUTTERFLY, , HOW TO CREATE A GARDEN TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLY . SO, UH, IF YOU LIKE GARDENING, PLEASE BE THERE. [00:05:01] SATURDAY AT 12 AT LIKE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL [3. Receive the Senior Center's Quarterly Report.] RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECEIVE THE SENIOR CENTER'S QUARTERLY REPORT. AND WE HAVE SENIOR SERVICE SENIOR SERVICES COORDINATOR, SAMANTHA COLLINS. HELLO. HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD. UM, SO SENIOR CENTER, I'M SORRY, MEASURABLE. SO WE HAVE 20 PARTICIPANTS AS OF RIGHT NOW. UM, FOUR NEW PARTICIPANTS. REPEAT ATTENDEES, THREE OR MORE SESSIONS HAS BEEN 70, UH, 0.75%. WE ARE TRYING TO GET MORE EDUCATIONAL PRO, UH, WORKSHOPS RIGHT NOW. LAST QUARTER WE HAD ONE. UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE TWO. UM, AS FAR AS OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM, THEY SAID IS 45% PARTICIPATION, AND THEY REPORT BETTER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, 55% SAY THAT THEY HAVE BETTER FRIENDSHIPS BECAUSE OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAM. HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE, UH, MONTH, OUR, OUR LUNCH BUNCH, WE TRY TO GO TO LUNCH ONCE A MONTH, AS WELL AS GO OUT TO A MOVIE OR GO OUT TO AN, A MUSEUM OR SOMETHING JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER. SO YOU SEE PICTURES HERE OF US GOING TO ENNIS TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AS WELL AS FARM TO TABLE IS A RESTAURANT UP IN WASATCH. UM, SO WE DO DAY TRIPS. UH, STAR TRANSIT CAME FOR A PRESENTATION TO LET US KNOW THAT OUR SENIORS CAN GET TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS GETTING TO OUR SENIOR CENTER, UM, FOR NO CHARGE AND SURROUNDING SENIOR CENTERS AS WELL. UM, OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THERE YOU SEE PICTURES OF OUR, UM, CHICKEN AND WAFFLE WE DID FOR OUR HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION. UH, ALSO MORE PICTURES FROM THE, IN HIS PUMPKIN PATCH DOWN BELOW, YOU SEE A, A SENIOR PUTTING HER LITTLE CRAFTS TOGETHER. WE DO CRAFTS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. UM, ACE HARDWARE AND, UM, OH, THE, FOR OUR CHRISTMAS, UH, CELEBRATION. WE DID HAVE PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, DONATED GIFTS FOR US FOR CHRISTMAS. SO YOU SEE THOSE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IN A SENIOR WITH THE GIFTS AS WELL. UM, THIS MONTH AND COMING UP, OR NOT THIS MONTH? WELL, YES, THIS MONTH COMING SOON, UH, OUR CHIEF OF, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FOR US TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATION. THAT'LL BE ON MARCH 24TH. ALL OF YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. I WISH I SAW MORE FACES. MR. SERGIO, I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US QUITE OFTEN, BUT ANYTIME Y'ALL WANT TO COME IN AND, AND VISIT WITH US, PLEASE. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? UH, SAMANTHA? I DO. YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ON, ON THE ELDERLY NOT HAVING TRANSPORTATION. YES, SIR. TO OUR, TO OUR SENIORS. AND I RECALL THAT YEARS AGO WE, WE HAD A VAN TO GO PICK 'EM UP. SO WHY DON'T WE PICK THESE, THESE PEOPLE UP ANYMORE? AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS JUST, I, I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT WORKS WITH ME. UM, SO FOR ME TO GET OUT AS, AND PICK UP OUR COMMUNITY AND BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD POSE A CHALLENGE. UM, WE DO, UH, LIKE I SAY, STAR TRANSIT DID COME TO THE FACILITY TO, TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY WANT TO GO, UM, TO ANY OF THE SURROUNDING, UH, SENIOR CENTERS. IT IS FREE OF CHARGE. THEY CAN CALL STAR TRANSIT AND GET A RIDE TO THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL AS DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, GROCERY STORE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY DO PROVIDE THAT. I THINK FOR THE DOCTOR STORE OR THE DOCTOR GROCERY AND THINGS, THEY MAY BE A SMALL FEE. UM, AND I DO KNOW A SENIOR THAT DOES UTILIZE THE SERVICE AND IT'S NOT, I THINK IT'S LIKE $3. YEAH, IT'S LIKE $3. YEAH, IT'S LIKE $3. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT, UM, JUST TO GIVE A TIDBIT, I DID TAKE A VACATION LAST MONTH AND OUR SENIORS DID GO OVER TO THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER AND THEY DID THAT FREE OF CHARGE. THEY MET HERE AND THEY GOT A RIDE. THEY WENT OVER TO THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER AND YES. SO THAT IS A OPTION. IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CALL STAR TRANSIT. YES, SIR. I ALSO, HUTCHINS OH, GO HUTCH. OH, YES. THEY WENT OVER TO HUTCHINS. THEY HAD THAT, THAT WAS IN OUR, YES, THEY WENT TO A HEALTH FAIR. PARKLAND PROVIDED AT HUTCHINS. UM, YES, IN MY ABSENCE AS WELL. AND THEY USE STAR TRANSIT 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE TO TAKE THEM. WELL, THANK YOU SAMANTHA AND I, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR SENIORS HERE, MS. TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YES. YES. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL [1. Receive the Fire Department's Quarterly Report.] RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECEIVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT. AND THAT IS GONNA BE OUR FIRE CHIEF GIFFORD. OH, THAT'S A, I THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING THE SENIOR CITIZEN REPORT. MY FAULT. MY FAULT. OH GOSH. IT'S HARD TO GIVE THE REPORT IF YOU'RE A PARTICIPANT. , DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY? I BROUGHT EXTRA IF ANYBODY. YES, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. UH, I'M HERE TO DELIVER. UH, WHAT THIS WAS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 2025 YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS TOTAL FOR, FOR THE LAST YEARS, UH, INCLUDING WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS QUARTER. [00:10:01] UH, THEN PAGE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY STAFFED AT 17. UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY TESTING AND TAKING APPLICATIONS, UM, MUCH LIKE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND US. WE'RE STILL, UH, LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES TO COME JOIN US, UM, ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT, UH, COMPLETED CADAVER LABS WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTION. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING MONTHLY, MONTHLY, UH, CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS THROUGH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO, UH, THROUGH BEST, UH, WE DID, UH, COMPANY TRAINING, WHICH, UH, TRUCK COMPANY WEBINAR AND, UH, ER, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIREFIGHTING TACTICS. SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON PAGE FOUR, UH, I ATTENDED THE TML CONFERENCE. UH, WE HAVE SWITCHED OFFICIALLY TO OUR NATIONAL REPORTING, UH, IS TO NEAREST, WHICH IS THE NEW FEDERAL SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, UH, INCIDENTS. UM, WE, UH, BEEFED UP OUR, OUR RESPONSE FOR WINTER STORM FIRM WITH NO MAJOR INCIDENTS. AND THEN, UH, WE WORKED WITH OUR DISPATCH TO INCLUDE AND IMPROVE OUR, OUR STANDARDS, UH, THROUGH OUR BEST FOR, UH, EMS DISPATCHING. ON PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE OUR RUN NUMBERS FOR LAST YEAR. AND THEN, UH, AND FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2025, INCLUDED ON THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR MUTUAL AID THAT WAS GIVEN IN RECEIPT FROM THE AGENCIES AROUND US. ON PAGE SIX, YOU GO SEE OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, SEE THAT OUR AVERAGE TOTAL CALL TIME, OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, AND OUR AVERAGE SCENE TIME. ON, ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU'LL SEE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING OUR MONTHLY IPOS TEST, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH JUST ALLOWS US TO GIVE A NOTIFICATION TO ANYBODY IN THE CITY, NOT JUST, UH, OUR REGISTERED USERS FOR OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AWARENESS OR COMMUNITY WARNING. UH, WE SCHEDULING COMMUNITY AWARENESS LIKE MISS SAMANTHA, UH, I MENTIONED TO YOU, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SENIORS. WE'LL BE DOING TWO PROGRAMS ON THE 24TH, UH, ONE FOR JUST THE SENIORS. AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING ONE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UH, WE'VE POSTED THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, WE'VE GOT IT. I THINK THE LIBRARY'S ALSO ADVERTISING IT FOR US AS WELL. IT'LL BE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. IT'LL, THEY'LL BE SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO, UH, BUILD YOUR OWN, UH, KIT FOR HOME, HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT WHERE, UH, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WARNING AND A A WATCH IS AND THOSE TYPE THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. UH, WE ATTEND, UH, NC TRACK GENERAL MEETINGS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR EMS TRAIN, UH, CREDENTIALS, OUR FA THROUGH OUR INSPECTIONS, UH, OUR LAPC QUARTERLY MEETINGS. AND WE UPDATED OUR T DM AND OUR TDI, UH, ANNUAL PORTS THROUGH THE STATE. UH, WE ALSO ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE EPA THROUGH THE CLEAN PORTS GRANT, AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE WILMER HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER DAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, CHIEF. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, SIR. STAY SAFE. THANK YOU. AND HELD. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I HAVE ONE CITIZEN [CITIZENS' COMMENTS] COMMENT AND THAT IS MR. KENT ALEXANDER. MAYOR COUNCIL NAME'S KENT ALEXANDER. I LIVE AT, UH, 1202 DEBERRY WIL TEXAS. LIVED THERE FOR OVER 55 YEARS IN THE SAME ADDRESS. AND TALK ABOUT A RAIN EVENT WE HAD LAST NIGHT. I'M SURE ALL Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT. UH, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE HAD ONE LIKE THAT ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAD OVER EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN AT ONE TIME. NOT NEAR THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT WE, WHAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, MY RAIN GAUGE SHOWED FIVE INCHES THAT WE HAD. AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IS THAT THE MAINTENANCE ON THE CULVERTS HAS BEEN, BEEN NEGLECTED. UH, I'VE TALKED TO THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST. THEY TOLD US THERE WASN'T NO, IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. AND, UH, SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS WHAT WE HAD TO PUT UP WITH. UH, I NOTICED DRIVING AROUND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE RAIN AND THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING CER CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS. SOME AREAS DIDN'T HAVE ANY SIGN OF FLOODING, BUT ON THE [00:15:01] NORTH, NORTH SIDE THERE, ACROSS THE CREEK, WE DO. UH, BUT IN THE PAST HASN'T BEEN AS BAD AS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, BECAUSE OF THE CULVERTS WERE MAINTAINED AND THE, AND STUFF. AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN, IN OVER TWO YEARS. I KNOW OF. AND, UH, SO, UH, EVEN UP ON CHANNEL STREET LAST NIGHT, THAT'S UP THE STREET FROM ME, THAT THE WATER GOT SO HIGH THAT IT ACTUALLY FLOATED THE NEIGHBOR'S CAR OUT INTO THE DITCH. WATER IS FLOWING DOWN OUR WAY TOWARD OUR HOUSE HERE. UM, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT YOU GO THROUGH LOOKING AT, AT IF YOUR PROPERTY'S GONNA GET FLOODED OR YOU GOING TO BE WASHED OUTTA YOUR HOUSE. YOU KNOW, I, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ALL JUST BECAUSE NEGLECT OF NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND IT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH FOR THIS TO BE DONE ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY WERE OUT THERE BRIGHT IN THERE THIS MORNING DOING, DOING UH, UH, CLEANUP AND STUFF, BUT IT IS A LITTLE TOO LATE. AND, AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE CLEAN OUTS AND STUFF, ALL THE DEBRIS THAT'S IN THOSE CULVERTS, THEY TAKE IT OUT, STACK IT ON TOP OF THE COVERT AGAIN AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND GONNA START RAINING. WHERE IS THAT DEBRIS GONNA GO? RIGHT BACK IN THE COVERT. SO IF SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE, PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT JOBS THEY DO. ANY JOB I EVER HAD, I WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. AND SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME AND I THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL [CONSENT AGENDA] NOW GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 0 2 6 DASH OH 3 0 5 A, ADOPTING THE CITY OF WILMER INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT FIVE. CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 26 3 5 B DESIGNATING THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF WILMER. ITEM SIX, CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 26 3 5 C APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A JOINT ELECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS TO CONDUCT A MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM TO BE HELD ON MAY SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, 2026 SEVEN. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION R 2 3 5 F AMENDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 WITH FRIES NICHOLS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED $166,848. DID YOU WANNA READ THE ITEM SIX IN THE OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL OR YOU JUST KIND OF NO, I MEAN IF YOU WANNA DO IT, YOU CAN. MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK TO PULL NUMBER EIGHT FOR DISCUSSION PLEASE? NUMBER EIGHT, PULL IT FOR DISCUSSION. YES MA'AM. WE NEED A MAYOR. WE NEED A SECOND ON THAT. AND THEN A VOTE TO PULL IT. SECOND. SECOND. YES MA'AM. MAY I HAVE A YES? YES, YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO IT PASSES. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. AGENDA ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX AND 7, 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN. YES MA'AM. OKAY'S MY PAPER AT OKAY I PAPER. OKAY. THERE IT IS. OKAY. SO IT WAS MADE BY LAURA JACOBS, SECONDED BY SERGIO CONNOR? NO, LINDA, NATALIE. LINDA? YES MA'AM. OKAY. LINDA NEELAND, MAY I GET A VOTE? YES, YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO. IT PASSES. NOW WE WILL GO BACK AND DISCUSS NUT NUMBER [8. Discuss and consider approving Resolution No. 2026-0305F amending a professional services contract, amendment number eleven (11) with Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI), to provide professional engineering and development services not to exceed one hundred sixty-six thousand eight hundred forty-eight dollars ($166,848.00). ] EIGHT. MY QUESTION IS, WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FROZEN NICHOLS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO IS THIS FOR AN ADDITIONAL [00:20:01] 15 HOURS PER WEEK? AND WHAT IS IT FOR? NO, THIS IS JUST CONTINUING ON WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO THIS IS DONE LIKE EVERY FISCAL YEAR. SO THESE MONIES WERE BUDGETED IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR. SO IT'S JUST, WE HAD AN ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND EVERY YEAR WE JUST DO AN AMENDMENT TO THAT ORIGINAL. SO THIS IS NOT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. THIS IS JUST FOLLOWING WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED. SO IT'S A BRAND NEW CONTRACT, ESSENTIALLY. OKAY. I REMEMBER FROM THE BUDGET, THAT'S WHY I LOOKED IN THE BUDGET AND I SAW THAT FROM OCTOBER IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S WHY IT MADE ME THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING ADDITIONAL. NO, NO. OKAY. BENNO IS HERE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON IT. HI. HELLO. , DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN. 'CAUSE I SAW THAT IT HAD BEEN BUDGETED IN BACK IN OCTOBER AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS DONE IN OCTOBER. SO I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A BRAND NEW CONTRACT. IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION. RIGHT. CONTINUES. OKAY. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR EIGHT? MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. I'LL SECOND IT. MAY I HAVE A VOTE? YES. YES. YES AND YES. OKAY. IT IS FIVE TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE, IT PASSES. SORRY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AGENDA. WE NEED TO PRESENT ITEM NUMBER 10 BEFORE WE GET TO NUMBER NINE. SO ITEM [10. Consider Resolution R2026-0305E, authorizing publication of notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation for the design, acquisition, construction and improvement of certain public works and authorizing certain other matters relating thereto.] NUMBER 10 IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION R 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 3 0 5 E AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE DESIGN, ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS IN AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERE TO. AND WE NOW HAVE JIM SABONI HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, JIM SABONI WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES FINANCIAL ADVISOR. UM, THAT LEADS A TEAM. WELL, THIS IS THE TYPE OF PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO COME AND MAKE TO CITY FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. UM, THE TEAM I'VE WORKED WITH HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL OUR CLIENTS'. DEBT RATES HAVE FALLEN A LITTLE BIT. WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT, EXCUSE ME, MR. SABONI, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO WE REACHED OUT TO PATRICIA AND STEVE ABOUT A REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY WE SAW FOR YOU. AND THE CITY ACTUALLY ISSUED, UM, CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION IN, IN 2022. AND, AND OF THAT THERE'S REMAINING OUTSTANDING OF ABOUT $15 MILLION. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED AT AN INTEREST RATE OF 4.8100000000000005%. BASED ON TODAY'S CURRENT MARKET INTEREST RATES. WE CAN REFUND THAT AND SAVE THE CITY ABOUT 1.1 MILLION, $255 OF DEBT, ZERO SAVINGS, NO EXTENSION OF DEBT, JUST ABILITY TO SAVE. SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. INTEREST RATES HAVE COME DOWN THOUGH RECENTLY. WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, NEGATIVE NEWS THAT MIGHT IMPACT INTEREST RATES GOING FORWARD. BUT IT'S A VERY ECONOMIC REFUNDING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REFUNDINGS, OUR INDUSTRY, A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF SET POLICIES IN PLACE, HOW IN POLICY YOU'LL SEE IS THAT WE WANNA SAVE AT LEAST 3% OF THE PAR STANDING FUNDED. THE THE 1,254,000 THAT YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING 8% OF THE PAR THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAY BY ABOUT 8%. SO WE'RE HERE, AND THE REASON I'M MENTIONING THAT IS 'CAUSE IT'S A TWOFOLD, UM, PLAN, FINANCE CITY SECRETARY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO READ THE AGENDA LANGUAGE, WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OBLIGATION. AND WHEN WE MET WITH STEVE AND PATRICIA, HE SAID, HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. WHEN WE, ANYTIME WE WORK WITH A CLIENT, SAY WHETHER YOU DO A NEW MONEY ISSUE OR A REFUNDING, WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? CAN WE COMBINE THINGS SO WHEN YOU DO THINGS TOGETHER, IT'S EFFICIENT? SO STEVE MADE US AWARE THAT YOU HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT YOU'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT YOU ISSUED DEBT FOR. YOU NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO FINISH THEM. SO THE CERTIFICATE ALLEGATION THAT WE HAVE HERE AS RELATES TO FUNDING SOME NEW MONEY, APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION, [00:25:01] WHICH WILL, UM, ALLOW YOU TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING OF THE OUTSTANDING PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BUT HERE'S A UNIQUE THING. BY COMBINING THE REFUNDING AND DUE THE NEW MONEY, CURRENT TAX RATE FOR YOUR DEBT SERVICE WON'T CHANGE. SO BY DOING 'EM TOGETHER, UH, TAKE THE SAVINGS, SAVINGS, ACTUALLY WHAT GENERATE THE FUNDS ALLOW YOU TO FUND THIS NEW PROJECT. AND SO PLAN FINANCE THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU, UM, WOULD BE TO COMBINE THE REFUNDING, WHAT THE CERTIFICATE'S OBLIGATION, PROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF NOTICE OF INTENT RESOLUTION POSTED IN THE PAPER. AND IN ABOUT MAY WE'LL BE READY TO ISSUE THE NEW CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO FUND THE NEW PROJECT SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE'LL DO THE REFUNDING SHARE THE COST. PRO RATA, IT MAKES EFFICIENTLY. IN FACT, THE REFUNDING WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN I PROPOSED TONIGHT. 'CAUSE OF SOME THOSE COST TO BE SHARED BY OBLIGATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN OF FINANCE. VERY SIMPLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REFUNDING, UM, WHERE OPPORTUNITY, WHERE INTEREST RATES HAVE COME DOWN. 2022, UM, WHEN WE FUNDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS IN DIRE STRAITS. THEY NEEDED THE FUNDING, WE DID THAT, BUT INTEREST RATES WERE HIGHER. AND NOW, UH, THE CITY'S NEVER BEEN IN A STRONGER FINANCIAL CONDITION. YOUR PROSPECTS ARE OUTSTANDING AND, AND ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE. SO, UM, THAT'S NOT TWOFOLD. THE RESOLUTION ALLOWS ISSUANCE PROCESS FOR THE NEW MONEY ON THE REFUNDING. WE JUST ACTUALLY FIGHT ON THAT. SO WHAT I ASKED, MAYOR, YOU AND THE COUNCIL PROVE THE PLAN FINANCE AND, AND WE'LL WORK WITH STEVE AND PATRICIA TO AMPLIFY AND, AND LET ME JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SUM THAT UP REAL QUICKLY. THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FOR WHATEVER REASON AND DON'T KNOW, AND IT, IT, IT, IT'S NOT RELEVANT. BUT WE DID NOT ISSUE ENOUGH DEBT TO PAY FOR THE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, AND YOU'VE HEARD PATRICIA TALKING ABOUT MONIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES, A LOT OF THAT WAS SHORTFALLS. THE PROJECT IS NOT COST OVERRUNS, IT'S JUST WE DIDN'T FUND IT AT THE NECESSARY LEVEL WE SHOULD HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING. THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME CASH INFUSION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE BANK. WE DON'T HAVE TO DRAW DOWN OUR RESERVES. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE SOME PRETTY DIFFICULT, UH, CUTS. SO, AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE TAX RATE AT ALL. SO THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS. THE TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER. SO, UH, I MEAN, JIM AND HIS STAFF ARE ON BOARD. PATRICIA AND I ARE ON BOARD. AND AGAIN, IT IS JUST VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THIS POSITION. SO I APPRECIATE JIM FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND MAYOR WILL, I'M HERE IN SPEAKING TO, TO SHORTEN THE MEETING TONIGHT. THE REASON WE MOVED THIS ITEM UP BEFORE THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE OTHER ITEM IS WHAT'S CALLED A REIMBURSEMENT SHIFT. AND SINCE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ORDERLY PROCESS PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE BOND RATING, AND WE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE SELLING ON MAY 7TH, AND ACTUALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL TEXAS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THAT RE BOND ISSUES BY, WE ANTICIPATE JUNE WHEN WE ACTUALLY NOW IN JUNE, SAY THAT YOU'LL NEED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FORWARD. REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ALLOWS YOU TO USE SOME OF YOUR CASH ON HAND. CLOSE THE ISSUE IN JUNE, YOU ACTUALLY REIMBURSE YOURSELF FUNDS. YOU'VE USED REIMBURSE BEFORE THE YEAR END. SO IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE AN INTER YEAR LOAN. AND THE, THE, WHEN THE MONEY'S REIMBURSED, THE UH, ACCOUNTS WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, OFFSET THOSE JOURNAL ENTRIES. THAT'S WHY THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION REALLY THREEFOLD PROGRAM FUNDING, OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY, IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO FUND THE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ALLOWS YOU TO USE CASH ON HAND. IT AUTHORIZES. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THE IRS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA, IF WE SPEND MONEY WHEN WE DO REIMBURSE IT, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REIMBURSING OURSELVES FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. AND, AND THEN SECONDLY IS AUTHORITY FOR YOUR STAFF TO DO THAT BY DOCUMENTED BY ACTION. UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS TYPE PLAN. IT'S AN EASY MEETING TO COME TO. FUNDING, SOLVES A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THEY NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES IT EXTEND THE TIMELINE FOR REPAYMENT OF THE DEBT? THE REFUNDING DOESN'T GET EXTENDED. THERE'S 11 YEARS LEFT ON THE REFUNDING WE REFUNDED, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT IN THE EXACT SAME AM SO THE TIME IS STAYS THE SAME'S JUST THE RATE THAT'S GOING DOWN. YEP. AND THE NEW MONEY WE'RE JUST PAYING ON [00:30:01] A 20 YEAR AM WHICH IS A TYPICAL AMORTIZATION FOR DEBT FUNDED BY MUNICIPALITIES, LONG TERM ASSET. SO THAT'S A NEW MONEY ISSUE. THIS SO WE WE'RE NOT REFUNDING, IN FACT, THE SAVINGS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN LEVEL OVER TIME. NO TRICKY THINGS PLAYING WITH NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAD A HOME MORTGAGE. AND YOU SAID THAT'S WHAT I WAS QUESTIONING. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THE GAME THAT A LOT OF TIMES THEY PLAY WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS MONEY AND THEN YOUR 30 YEAR LOAN THAT YOU'VE PAID OFF FOR THREE YEARS NOW IS BACK TO 30 AGAIN. SO THIS IS NOT, I THINK, UH, COUNSEL THAT SITUATION. YOU, YOU'VE KNOWN ME FOR YEARS. WE DON'T PLAY GAMES. OKAY. IT'S JUST NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR CITIES HAVE ASKED ME TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ABOUT YOUR REFUNDING HAS THE SAME EXACT PAYMENT DATES, PAYMENTS DON'T AFFECT THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'VE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, 11 YEARS. IT'S JUST EQUAL ANNUAL SAVINGS, ABOUT $114,000 PER YEAR. PER YEAR. WOW. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE A, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE. AND I SECOND, MAY I GET A VOTE, PLEASE? YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO IT PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO NUMBER [9. Consider and act on all matters incident and related to declaring the expectation to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future debt, including the adoption of a Resolution R2026-0305D, pertaining thereto.] NINE, CONSIDER AND ACT ON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO DECLARING THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 2 26 DASH 0 3 5 D PERTAINING THERE TOO. WE HAVE MS. PATRICIA ALRE, OUR CONSULTING FINANCE DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. AND MAYOR, THIS ITEM PERTAINS AND IS RELATED TO THE ITEM THAT YOU JUST APPROVED FOR THE RESOLUTION. NOW THIS IS A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION THAT, UM, COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON IT. IT IS A RESOLUTION TO REIMBURSE FOR EXPENDITURES OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, UNDERWAY. AND SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO PAY FOR THE CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH BUILDINGS AND THE 9 1 1 TOWER. IF THERE'S INVOICES THAT WILL COME IN AND IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE ISSUED AND RECEIVED IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY, UH, BANK, WE WILL REIMBURSE BACK THAT MONEY THAT WE SPENT TO THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S ALL IT DOES. IT'S JUST ALL AUTHORIZING US TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES. ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? OKAY. THIS IS BORROWING MORE MONEY, UH, TO I KIND WELL, WHAT, WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET AROUND A, A SAYING. THERE'S, UM, A FIRM THAT WE'RE SENDING LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS A, YOU KNOW, A MONTH TO, UM, AND IS THAT BEING APPLIED TO THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT? AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT MILLION DOLLARS YOU'RE REFERRING TO TO, YES. UH, ANYWAY, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION. I'LL FIGURE IT OUT HERE. OH, THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO VOTE ON THE REST. OKAY. THIS IS THE CONVERSATION I'VE JUST HAD WITH OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR. IT WASN'T MAKING SENSE TO ME EITHER BECAUSE HERE I AM THINKING ABOUT WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT POCKETS OF MONEY AS A DIS AS A CITY, UH, M AND O AND INS. AND SO [00:35:01] NONE OF US WERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN IN 2022. I CAME IN IN MAY AFTER IT WAS DONE FOR THIS FIRST ONE. AND LYDON, NELAND AND I HAVE BOTH WERE ADAMANT AT THEIR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE WOULD NOT DO ANY MORE OF THIS. IT WOULD ALWAYS GO TO A, UH, A VOTERS OF THE CITIZEN. BUT WHAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME JUST NOW IS THAT THEY DIDN'T DO ENOUGH FOR THE LOAN AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD, ALTHOUGH THE PROJECT COSTS WERE THERE, THEY JUST DIDN'T DO THE LOAN THINKING THEY COULD GET INTEREST ON IT, IS WHAT I'M THINKING. IF I RECALL, THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT MAKING INVESTMENT IN THAT AND GETTING INTEREST. SO THAT MAY BE ONE THE PREVIOUS CITY ADMINISTRATOR DID THAT. SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT AND THEN GET REIMBURSED IN JUNE. YES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS RESOLUTION THAT I AM TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THIS ITEM IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S REQUIRED BY THE IRS AND IT IS JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR ANY INVOICES THAT ARE COMING IN RIGHT NOW AS THE BOND MONEY IS DEPLETED, WE WILL PAY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES. BUT WHEN THE NEW COS ARE COMING IN IN THE SUMMER, WE TAKE WHATEVER WE SPENT, LET'S SAY IT WAS 3 MILLION AND WE GIVE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND THAT'S ALL. AND THAT'S VERY LEGAL. IT'S LEGAL BY THE RS. YES. THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS RESOLUTION IF WE DO THIS. YEAH. WE HAVE TO DO THE RESOLUTION IN, OR IF NOT, THEN YOU CAN'T REIMBURSE YOURSELF. AND LET ME SAY IT'S A VERY COMMON PRACTICE. MM-HMM . WHERE YOU SEE MOST LARGE PROJECTS OR ISSUE TO, THAT'S WHERE YOU ECONOMY. THE REASON WE'RE APPLYING IT HERE IS BECAUSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. ANY OF THE FUNDS YOU HAVE IN HAND RUN OUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE CLOSING. THIS IS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. IT'S AN ELONGATED PROCESS AND YOUR PRO PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE, AND WHEN I WOULD SAY, I WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE SAY IT'S LEGAL, LEGAL COULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS, REIMBURSE YOURSELF WITHOUT DOING THIS RESOLUTION. WELL, HERE'S THE THING THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES WHEN I WAS AROUND AND DID THINGS THAT SOME CLIENTS WHO SPENT MONEY DURING THEIR YEAR AND THEY THOUGHT, WELL, MY BALANCE SHEET DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH DEBT AND REIMBURSE MYSELF AND NOW I LOOK BETTER FOR IT. RIGHT? AND, AND THE IR SAID, WELL, YOU'D ANTICIPATE DOING. SO THEY CAME UP WITH SOME RULES. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT FORMER THAT WORKED IN MY FIRM, UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY, ACTUALLY ADVISED THEM AND SAID, I'D LIKE YOU TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. THE RESOLUTION DATES. WE HAVE THE INTENTION EITHER SINCE, WELL YOU MENTIONED THEM. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT SO IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. IT'S, IT ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN TAXES. SO I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WORK ON M AND O AND INS AND IF THAT MONEY IS NOT THERE IN, IN THE INS ACCOUNT, IT'S GOTTA COME OUT FROM M AND O, WHICH IS A TOTALLY ILLEGAL, BUT IF WE CAN DO THIS, WELL ACTUALLY, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THAT IT COULD COME FROM THE I NEW LEVEL THAT BE AN, I CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT SERVICE OR I GUESS THOSE, THIS, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BALANCE SHEET RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL BE HEARING BUDGET, WHEN PEOPLE RESERVES UN UN DESIGNATED MEANS OF CASH THAT DO KEEP FOR MENTS LIKE THIS, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY COME FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND. SO WE HAVE THESE EXCELLENT FINANCE, NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE FUNDS, BUT YOU HAVE ENOUGH CASH, ALL THEIR BILL TO MAKE THIS BORROW. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT HYPOTHETICALLY BORROW A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THEIR GENERAL FUND HERE. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT, I LIKE THE DOCUMENTATION, WE'RE GONNA SET UP A FUND. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR FUND LOANS. BE DOC, [00:40:01] CLOSE THIS IN, DO EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU BORROW AND YOU'LL AGAIN, UM, BUT I WANT YOU, THERE'S NOTHING LEGAL ILLEGAL ABOUT IT. IT WAS JUST THE INTENTION FOR YOU ACTUALLY USE PRUDENT MANAGEMENT TO SAY, WE'LL TELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO REIMBURSE YOURSELF. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO. YOUR INTENTION IS, AND I EXPECT THAT YOU, THAT'S THE ISSUE. A VERY COMMON THING, PROJECTS, YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT HERE BEFORE. HOTVILLE, WE'VE DONE OR UNDERTAKE A PROJECT POSSIBLE, THEY'LL DO A RESOLUTION AND START PROFESSIONALS TO DESIGN VALVES. VERY COMMON. I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE. SAY WE WERE SETTING A CONTRACT TODAY, COUNTER PRACTICE. I RECOMMEND TO SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPTIC SEAT, BUT THEY SET THAT PROCESS. SO SAME NIGHT WEEKS, YOU KNOW, WE BID IT ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE CALAF WILL REVIEW THEM, THEY'LL PRESENT YOU RESULTS AND YOU'LL CHOOSE IT. THEY'LL TELL US HOW MUCH THE BEST BID IS AND WE'LL ACTUALLY SELL THE DEBT AND PRICE IT TODAY IS. SO WOULD IT BE WE ACTUALLY SELL THE DEBT? TECHNICALLY $10 MILLION OF DEBT TO FUND DID NOT DECE YOU ENTERED THE CONTRACT FOR ITEMS TO SELL THE DEBT BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT, BUT YEAH, THERE'S ABOUT A THREE MONTH TIMEFRAME. SO SOON AS YOU REWARD THAT CONTRACT, PEOPLE WANT TO GET GOING. CONSTRUCTION FIRMS WANNA MOBILIZE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DRAWS. SO IN FACT, IN MOST OF THE PROCESSES, THEY AUTOMATICALLY BUILD INTO A NOTICE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT CONCEPT, EVEN PATRICIA WANTED IT TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM. VERY STANDARD PROCESS. MAJORITY OF NEW MONEY ISSUES. WE SOME NATURE THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I, I SEE IT HERE ON THIS, ON THIS PAGE HERE. UH, I UNDERSTOOD WHEN THIS, WE WERE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT. I MEAN IT'S LIKE 26 MILLION SOMETHING, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THEN IT'S ON HERE. IT'S 30 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHERE WE, UH, I SEE WHERE WE, WE ARE PAYING ON THIS. SO THIS IS GONNA BE OUR TOTAL FUNDING, THAT 6 MILLION MORE TO GET THAT PAID FOR. YES. THAT WAS THE SHORTAGE OF DEBT. YES. DID WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT SAID THAT AMOUNT? I, I, I WILL LOOK THROUGH MY FILES AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU. I KNOW CONCRETE'S GOING UP AND UP AND UP. WELL, WE HAD A CONTRACT FOR 26 MILLION TO BUILD IT. THAT 30 MILLION WAS IT, IT WAS NEVER INCLUDED. THE SOFT COST, SOFT COST BEING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ENGINEER, ARCHITECT. SO IT WAS ALWAYS 26 MILLION TO BUILD IT. YEAH, BUT WE DIDN'T FACTOR IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO THE SOFT COST OF 4 MILLION. SO NOW WE'RE AT 30 MILLION AND WE ISSUED 16 MILLION OR 15 MILLION. SO WE'RE JUST WAY UPSIDE DOWN. YEAH. AND SO FORTUNATELY, UH, PATRICIA'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF FINDING MONEY, MOVING MONEY, SALES TAX HAVE COME IN. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT NOW AND THIS WILL KIND OF CLEAN THAT SLATE AND ANOTHER STEP IN GETTING, GETTING OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER. SO CAN I FLIP THE PAGE ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE MINE AS PRESENTED. OKAY, SO YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION. OKAY. AND SPEAKING HERE, MIKE, SO THEY CAN HEAR IT OUT THERE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE AS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. [00:45:01] MAY I GET A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU. MAY I GET A VOTE? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO IT PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [11. Discuss and consider the approval of the November 30, 2025 monthly financials.] ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THEIR APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS, MS. PATRICIA. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE NOVEMBER FINANCIALS. AS YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH THERE WAS NO MEETING AND THESE WERE GOING TO BE PRESENTED THEN. SO WE MOVED THEM OVER TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UM, TONIGHT. AND THEN NEXT TIME WE MEET I WILL PRESENT THE JANUARY ONE. SO WE'RE ALL CUT UP. SO THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, PROPERTY TAXES STARTED COMING IN AND WE HAD A TOTAL REVENUE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN NOVEMBER FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND OUR EXPENSES WERE RIGHT AROUND 14% AT $1.1 MILLION, GIVING US A NET INCOME OF $897,000 FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER HAD A TOTAL INCOME OF 335,000, AND ABOUT 12% IN EXPENSES RIGHT AROUND $180,000. SO THEIR NET INCOME WAS 1 55, 280. AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE A LITTLE STAR NOTE THAT SAYS CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS ARE REIMBURSABLE THROUGH GRANTS. AND THE CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT YOU SEE THERE FOR ABOUT $35,000 IS FOR, UM, EITHER THIRD STREET IMPROVEMENTS OR THE, UH, WILMER OUT FORCE. I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE WHOLE NAME OF IT IS, BUT IT'S THE SEWER PROJECT, THAT BIG PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING. AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE REIMBURSABLE. OKAY? SO IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING BACK IN AFTER WE, UM, ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO THAT'S THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. NEXT IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 370,685 AND ONLY ABOUT $49,000 SPENT WITH A NET INCOME OF 321,481. NOVEMBER FOUR, EDC, SAME THING, ABOUT $373,000 IN INCOME, I'M SORRY, REVENUE. AND THEN THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 36,911 WITH A NET INCOME OF ABOUT $336,000. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. NOTHING MAJOR GOING ON DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE OF GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY FOR THIRD STREET? UH, THIRD STREET. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE LAST BILL FROM, UH, THE ENGINEERS FREEZING NICHOLS, THEN I WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THEM. TAKES THEM ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO, TO GET REIMBURSED. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND , ALL OF THAT. SO I'VE SEEN IT ABOUT ABOUT THREE MONTHS. DO YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SINCE WE'VE HAD ADAM STRAI, THEN WE HAD THIRD STREET. IS THERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ANOTHER I DON'T GRANT FROM THE COUNTY. DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE FROM DALLAS COUNTY. SHE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OTHER ONES THAT SHE KNOWS OF. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR US. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHER OTHERS THAT NEED IT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. YEAH, I'LL ASK HER THOUGH. OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. I'LL EMAIL HER AND I'LL ASK HER. YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOVEMBER? MAY, MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FINANCIALS FOR NOVEMBER. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND IT. MAY I HAVE THE VOTE? YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. ITEM [12. Discuss and consider the approval of December 31, 2025, monthly financials.] NUMBER 12, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THEIR APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS. MS. PATRICIA. SO HERE IS DECEMBER GENERAL FUND. YOU START TO SEE THE PROPERTY TAXES COME IN. ABOUT $1.65 MILLION [00:50:01] CAME IN IN PROPERTY TAXES THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. TOTAL REVENUE FOR DECEMBER WAS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. TOTAL EXPENSES WERE 1.04 MILLION, ABOUT 20%, UM, OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THE NET INCOME WAS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND IN DECEMBER. THE TOTAL REVENUE THAT CAME IN WAS ABOUT $296,000. THE TOTAL EXPENSES WERE 670 2001 39, ABOUT 27%. AND THERE IS A NET QUOTE LOSS OF $375,000. THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE, UM, WATER BILL LATE. SO WE HAD TO MAKE TWO PAYMENTS IN DECEMBER. SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT IN UTILITIES. UM, A LOT HIGHER. ALSO, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CAPITAL OUTLAY AGAIN FOR THE PROJECTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO RECOVER ALL OF THAT THE FOLLOWING MONTH. YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN DECEMBER 364,217 IN REVENUE. TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE RIGHT AROUND 10%. 57,668 WITH A NET INCOME OF 306,550 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN DECEMBER 320,187 IN REVENUE, TOTAL EXPENDITURES 58,680 WITH A NET INCOME OF 261,507. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DECEMBER FINANCIALS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. THANK YOU. HOW DID YOU SECOND IT? NO MA'AM. YOU GO AHEAD. OKAY. HAVE A VOTE. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. ITEM [13. Presentation of the 1st Quarter Investment Reports as described below.] 13 PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT, MS. PATRICIA. OKAY, I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE FOR ME. YES. SO THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT YOU COUNSEL ARE USED TO THIS BY NOW. THIS COVERS THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. THE INVESTMENT REPORT COVERS ALL OF THE CASH HELD IN ALL OF THE CITY'S BANK ACCOUNTS. THIS IS PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT ANY CITIZEN CAN GO AND LOOK AT THE CASH BALANCES AT ANY TIME AFTER IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. SO THE FIRST PAGE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE LOCAL BANK IS COMMERCIAL STATE BANK. THAT ONE IS CSB, ON, UM, YOUR REPORT AND THE TOTAL HOLDINGS AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. AND THAT BANK WILL WRITE AROUND $18 MILLION REGION'S. UH, BANK IS A CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE THE BONDS AND TAX NOTE THAT WAS ISSUED. WE HAVE IT IN THAT SPECIFIC ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN'T SPEND IT UNLESS IT'S FOR APPROVED PURCHASES, UH, FOR CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS. SO IN THAT, IN THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS IS ABOUT $6.4 MILLION. UM, THAT IS, UM, THE BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. PROSPERITY BANK. WE CLOSED THAT ACCOUNT. UH, WE NO LONGER NEEDED THAT ACCOUNT. IT WAS, UM, PUT IN PLACE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO TO ACCEPT, I THINK A LOCKBOX WITH, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE PAYMENTS FOR AMBULANCE RUNS AND ALL OF THAT. AND WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. AS FAR AS A LOCKBOX, IT COMES DIRECTLY INTO THE GENERAL FUND BANK ACCOUNT NOW. SO WE DON'T NEED THAT. THE SECOND PAGE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE CALL INVESTMENT POOLS. THIS IS THE FIRST INVESTMENT POOL IS CALLED LOGIC. AND THIS LOGIC INVENT INVESTMENT POOL HOLDS ABOUT $3.4 MILLION [00:55:03] OF THE CITY'S FUNDS. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS UNDER NAME OF ACCOUNT. UM, SOME OF IT HAS, UM, A LITTLE BIT, IT WAS USED, SOME OF IT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE PAST. LIKE LET'S SAY YOU HAD SOME LEFTOVER BONDS IN THE PAST. IT WAS PLACED THERE AND NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN DEPLETED. THERE'S 47 CENTS AND 93 CENTS ON, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE CAPITAL. UM, AND SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THEY PAY A VERY, UH, COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE. SO THE NEXT POOL IT'S IN THE NEXT PAGE IS CALLED TECHSTAR AND TECHSTAR, UH, THE SAME TYPE OF, UM, ACCOUNT STRUCTURE. AND WE, UH, HAVE ABOUT $8 MILLION THERE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. THIS DIVERSIFIES ALL THE FUNDS FOR THE CITY SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT JUST IN ONE BANK ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. THE TOTAL HOLDINGS FOR THE CITY OF WILMORE ARE RIGHT AROUND $36 MILLION IN CASH. OKAY. THAT YOU HAVE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. SO WHEN COMPARING, UM, THE INTEREST RATES, I GO IN EVERY MONTH AND I COMPARE THE INTEREST RATES AND THE DIFFERENT, UM, BANK ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE, AND I, UM, COMPARE IT TO THE 26 WEEK T BILL, TREASURY BILL TO SEE IF WE'RE BE GETTING A, A GOOD RATE. AND SO IN THAT PAGE FIVE, YOU WILL SEE AN INVENTORY HOLDINGS REPORT AND IT'S JUST CALLED THE PORTFOLIO FOR THE CITY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PAGE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE IT PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. UM, AND IT'S THROUGH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS. SO THERE'S THAT. AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU THE 36 MILLION THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS IN THE BANK AS OF 1231. THE LAST PAGE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE COMPARISON. THE BEGINNING BALANCES, THE BEGINNING BOOK VALUE, 35.6 MILLION ENDING BALANCES, ENDING BOOK VALUE, 36.0, UH, MILLION DOLLARS. AND IF YOU SEE THE AVERAGE YIELD TO MATURITY FOR THE QUARTER, THAT IS WHAT THE CITY EARNED AN INTEREST DURING THAT QUARTER. 3.749, COMPARING IT TO THE TBI, 3.747, VERY, VERY GOOD RATE. SO WE'RE RIGHT ON PAR WITH WHAT THE TBI WAS PAYING IF WE HAD PURCHASED SOME. SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? CHRISTINE, YOU AND THE NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR MET WITH CITI, UH, CITIZENS BANK ABOUT INTEREST RATE. DID THAT GET SETTLED ABOUT, UH, BANK COMMERCIAL? OH YEAH. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK. I'M SORRY. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK. UM, THE, THE FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATOR YES, HAD TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, UM, INTEREST RATES AND SO FORTH. THEY WERE NOT, FROM WHAT I HEARD, THEY WERE NOT VERY, UM, FORTHCOMING AS FAR AS CHANGING THE DEPOSITORY CONTRACT AND PAYING INTEREST. THE INVESTMENT POLICY THAT YOU ALL JUST APPROVED GIVES US THE OPTION NOW TO GO OUT AND GET BIDS FROM ALL THESE OTHER BANKS. AND WE DO HAVE A CONSULTING FIRM THAT WILL BE AIDING THE CITY WITH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT BANKS. AND SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE WHERE WE CAN, UM, MOVE THE CITY'S FUNDS SO THAT IT GETS, IT EARNS A COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE. WELL, TWO THINGS ON THAT. ONE, WE WEREN'T GETTING JUST FROM OUR DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT CHECKS AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ALL THAT, WE WEREN'T GETTING ANY INTEREST. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE WANT TO GO OUT HERE FAIRLY SOON AND DO THIS DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT. THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, WE'RE DOING THESE INVESTMENTS IN, YOU KNOW, LOGIC AND TEXT POOL AND LOGIC. I MEAN ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES TO GIVE US EVEN HIGHER, BUT ALSO DIVERSIFYING IT THROUGH DIFFERENT POOLS. SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST AT A POINT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES LOCALLY THAT WERE RIGHT GOING OUT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE WISH TO SUPPORT A LOCAL BANK, BUT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY YES. AND THAT WE COULD BE EARNING INTEREST FROM. YES. AND THE, WHAT WE PUT INTO THE POOLS IS LIKE A LONG TERM SAVINGS. YOU DON'T WANT TO TO USE THAT ON IT TO EVERY DAY PAYING A BILL. ACTUALLY YOU CAN BECAUSE I KNOW, BUT IT TAKES A WHILE TO MOVE IT. YES, IT'S VERY LIQUID. YES. WE, WE CAN, AND AND WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS DIVERSIFYING IT BY MOVING LARGE CASH BALANCES FROM THE LOCAL BANK TOO, THE POOLS SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE INTEREST EARNINGS. OKAY. [01:00:01] SO WE'RE NOT, WE ARE, WE'RE KEEPING ENOUGH IN THE LOCAL BANK ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING EXTRA THAT I SEE, THEN WE MOVE IT OVER TO THE POOLS. SO, UH, MY FINAL QUESTION, AND I I ASK THIS EVERY TIME YOU COME. HOW MANY DAYS OF OPERATION DO WE HAVE IN CASE THERE'S SOME SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC WAS TO HAPPEN? HOW MANY DAYS OF OPERATION? OH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 60. YES. SO WE'RE GOOD AT 60. YES. WHAT'S THE GOAL FROM THE STATE? THE GOAL, UH, BEST PRACTICE IS 90 DAYS. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAVE TO GET TO THE 90 DAYS. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND CITIZENS Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW? IT USED TO BE, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, IT WAS LIKE LESS THAN 20 DAYS . IT WAS REALLY BAD. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US GET SOME SAVINGS. YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME. MAY I GET EMOTIONAL A SECOND IF YOU WANT TO, PATRICIA, I'M SORRY. YOU CAN DO THE LAST ITEM IF YOU WANT TO . IT'S OKAY. , YOU SOUNDED SAD YOU WERE DONE, SO I WAS TRYING TO HELP. MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 13 AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND IT. PLEASE CAST, PLEASE SAY YOUR VOTE. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FIVE TO ZERO. IT PASSES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER [14. Discuss options and avenues for how to handle procedural zoning notice violations for various properties in the City who have been granted zoning changes in potential violation of the Zoning and Enabling Act, Chapter 211, et. seq. of the Texas Local Government Code 551.071.] 14, DISCUSS OPTIONS AND AVENUES FOR HOW TO HANDLE PROCEDURAL ZONING. NOTICE VIOLATIONS FOR VARIOUS PROPERTIES IN THE CITY WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED ZONING CHANGES AND POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF THE ZONING AND ENABLING ACT. CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071. MS. COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER, I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES, THE CITY OF WILMER HAS BEEN TARGETED FOR EXTINCTION BY DEVELOPERS, BIG INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO DISREGARDED THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY, INTEREST THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE LAW. THEY CONSIDER WILMER TO BE A SACRIFICE ZONE WHERE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING ARE IGNORED FOR INDUSTRIAL GAIN BY OVERLOADING THE COMMUNITY WITH WAREHOUSES AND DATA CENTERS THAT REPLACE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE CONSTANT HUM OF GENERATORS. WALLED CAMPUSES WHERE STADIUM LIGHTS PROVIDE 24 HOUR SECURITY THAT INTRUDES ON NEIGHBORING HOMES, AS WELL AS EXHAUST STACKS THAT SPEW HUNDREDS OF CHEMICALS THAT BREAK DOWN SLOWLY OVER TIME. LIKE POLYFLOR AL ALCOHOL SUBSTANCES, PFAS AND HYDROFLUOROCARBONS HFCS AMONG OTHERS, COMMONLY CALLED FOREVER CHEMICALS, WHICH ARE SPREAD INDISCRIMINATELY OVER MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. LAND USE CHANGES INITIATED BY DEVELOPERS WHO OPERATE IN SECRECY, EXPLOITED, LIKELY UNINFORMED PUBLIC OFFICIALS BY REQUIRING THE ENTER INTO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS, WHICH VIOLATE OPEN MEETING LAWS BY PREVENTING OFFICIALS FROM DISCUSSING MATTERS THAT SHOULD BE OR CONCEALING PUBLIC BUSINESS, WHICH MAY IN FACT BE CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAKS. UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS MAY HAVE VIOLATED THE PUBLIC TRUST BY NOT THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATING THE DEVELOPER OR HAVING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES DONE ON LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ALLOWING THE CITY OF WILMER LAND RESOURCES TO BE DOMINATED BY MASSIVELY TAX ABATED INDUS INDUSTRIAL SITES INSTEAD OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED REVENUE GENERATING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES. WHILE NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 1 1 0.007 ALSO REQUIRES MAILED NOTICES TO CONSTITUTE PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS FOR ELECT FOR AFFECTED LANDOWNERS, NEAR SITES BEING REZONED, CREATING ANOTHER CITY VIOLATION WHEN THEY WERE NOT MAILED, THEREBY DENYING PROPERTY OWNERS THEIR RIGHT TO PROTEST AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS COUNCIL CATERING TO INDUSTRIAL INTEREST. [01:05:01] WILMA RESIDENTS HAVE NO GROCERY STORE ROADS NOT PAVED IN 60 YEARS, CRUMBLING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. NEW FIRE TRUCKS, THE FAILING STREETS WILL NOT SUPPORT TWO NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS CARRYING A $29 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT AND WITHOUT INCLUDING A BADLY NEEDED ANIMAL SHELTER, RESIDENTS HAVE NO HOPE OF IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE THE RECENTLY ADDED INDUSTRIAL SITES WILL NOT BE PROVIDING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF REVENUE. GIVEN ALL THE TAX ABATEMENTS AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, THEY WILL BRING WITH THEM AS RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. THIS COUNCIL MUST WORK TO MAKE OUR CONSTITUENTS LIVES BETTER, NOT WORSE, NOT JUST MAINTAIN AN UNDERWHELMING STATUS QUO WHILE ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT THAT PUSHES RESIDENTS OUT OF THE CITY AND PUTS THE CITY AT RISK FOR LEGAL ACTION TO RECTIFY THE MISGUIDED DEEDS OF THE PREVIOUS CITY OFFICIALS. INDUSTRIAL SITES APPROVED UNDER SUCH DISPUTED CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT NOT YET OPERATIONAL, SHOULD HAVE THEIR ZONING CHANGE FORMALLY VOIDED DUE TO FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE CITY MUST REINITIATE THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING TO ALLOW FOR MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INPUT. CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO RESTRICTING SUCH SITES TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONES WHERE RESIDENTS WILL BE LESS AFFECTED BY NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRY. THE MAP DEPICTS WILMER'S FUTURE IF DEVELOPERS' CURRENT PLANS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AREAS BLOCKED IN ORANGE OR PROPOSED AND CURRENT INDUSTRIAL SITES WHILE AREAS BLOCKED IN PINK ARE RESIDENTIAL. PLEASE NOTE THE PROXIMITY OF INDUSTRIAL SITES TO THE GREEN BLOCKED AREAS, WHICH ARE WATER WELLS. AS SHOWN THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO ROOM FOR NEW HOMEOWNERS AND FAMILIES DISTANCES BETWEEN ANY HOME IN WILMER AND THE NEAREST DATA CENTER WOULD NOT PREVENT THE DATA CENTER'S TOXIC WASTE FROM REACHING RESIDENTS. THE SMALLER MAP SHOWS OVER 1600 AREAS IN WILMER, LANCASTER CITY BORDERS, WHICH ARE OWNED BY ONE SINGLE DEVELOPER WITH INTENT TO FILL THE SITES WITH DATA CENTERS AND WAREHOUSES. IS THIS REALLY THE CITY OF WILMER OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT OR DESERVE? IF THE COUNCIL CAN OFFER NOTHING BUT POLLUTION, PUBLIC HEALTH RISK AND QUALITY OF LIFE DEGRADATION TO ITS 7,000 RESIDENTS, THEN IT MUST CONFRONT THE TRUTH. THE COUNCIL WILL BE COMPLICIT IN VIOLATIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST AND ABDICATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON'S OPINION. OPERATIONAL DATA CENTERS HAVE ALREADY MADE NEARBY RESIDENT AREAS UNLIVABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE BEFORE THE DATA CENTERS AND HAVE CAUSED MANY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, WHICH ARE VALIDATING THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS. THERE ARE PUBLIC PROTESTS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD SEEKING TO SECURE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC OVER THOSE BIG INDUSTRIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS. PUBLIC OFFICIALS ELSEWHERE ARE TAKING STEPS TO DO THEIR CIVIC DUTY, TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY FORCING THE INDUSTRIES TO DELAY THEIR HEADLONG RUSH TO BUILD FACILITIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PROVIDE THE TOUTED JOBS OR EVEN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THEY CLAIM. THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS THAT DATA CENTERS BUILT TODAY WILL BE TECHNOLOGICALLY OBSOLETE BEFORE THEY'RE PAID OFF, LEAVING CAMPUSES WHICH CONTAIN BUILDINGS THAT CANNOT BE REFITTED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE WITHOUT DEMANDS FOR BUSINESS TO REMEDIATE OR DECOMMISSIONING BEFORE ABANDONMENT WILL LIKE LEAVE LIKELY SUPERFUND SITES TO BE CLEANED UP BY PARTIES, NOT THE INDUSTRY ITSELF. IT IS CERTAIN BASED ON STUDIES OF EXISTING FACILITIES THAT DATA CENTERS ARE THE EXHAUST PIPES OF THE INTERNET AND THE DAMAGE THEY CAN CAUSE TO PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT REQUIRE THIS COUNCIL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER STEMMING THE TIDE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL MUST DO BETTER AND NOT BE THE ONES WHO PUT THE FINAL NAILS IN THE CITY OF WILMER'S COFFIN. THANK YOU. [01:10:08] THANK YOU. COUNSEL. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO. SO WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE WE DO? MRS. TURNER JUST SAID WHAT WE SHOULD DO. SO YOU SUGGEST EVERYBODY TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? EVERYBODY? I'M SORRY. EVERYBODY THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING BACK TO BACK TO THEIR, UH, WHEREVER THEY WERE IN THEIR COUNTY. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, I'M SAYING WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING. OKAY. YOU IF, IF THE PROPERTY'S ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT, HOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, HOW ARE YOU GONNA STOP? THIS IS CODED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO, NO, NO, NO NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO ANY OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY IS IT WAS DONE ILLEGAL, RIGHT? YOU'RE SAYING NO. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S A BROAD TOPIC. PUBLIC HEARING IN, IN ACTION. AND SO IF IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD SAY LIKE ON NUMBER 11, IT WOULD SAY PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN NUMBER 11, PUBLIC 12 ITEM. SO EACH ITEM FOR IT TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD HAVE TO BE MARKED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SEE THIS WHERE IT SAYS PUBLIC HEARING IN ACTION, THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S JUST BROAD TOPICS FOR THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT A HEARING. THANK YOU. THOUGH I BELIEVE WE'RE OBLIGATED TO WATCH AFTER THE RESIDENTS, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. LAST SOMETHING. SOME, SOME OF US HAS JUST GOT ELECTED. I DID SAY PREVIOUS COUNSEL. OKAY. YOU DID. HOW, HOW DO YOU THINK WE NEED, HOW, HOW? WHAT'S YOUR, HOW ARE YOU GONNA FIX THIS? HOW ARE YOU GONNA START THE START OVER. HOW, OKAY. DO IT PROPERLY. OKAY. SO PROPERLY MEANS THAT EVERYBODY'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START ALL OVER. OKAY. SO WHOEVER GOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OR WHATEVER, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GONNA HAVE TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE A HUNDRED PARCEL, RIGHT? AND I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TURNER'S TALKING ABOUT ARE THE DATA CENTERS. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. WHERE ARE THESE DATA CENTERS AT? WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED AT RIGHT NOW? THEY, THEY'RE ALL IN THE ETJ. I KNOW NONE OF THAT IS IN OUR CITY LIMITS. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO WHERE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE HARMED BY THESE DATA CENTERS? SO MY QUESTION IS, WE EITHER BELIEVE IN PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS OR WE DON'T. WITH PREVIOUS ITEMS THAT WE HAD VOTED ON, WE AGREED WITH YOU. I SUPPORTED YOU YES. ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEING BROUGHT IN ILLEGALLY, I BELIEVE. AND SO WE, WE ARE ACTING ON THAT. SO THOSE WERE PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS. SO WE EITHER BELIEVE IN PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS OR WE DON'T, WE CANNOT HAVE IT PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS IN THIS SITUATION AND PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS, NOT IN THIS SITUATION. MM-HMM . SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION ARE IN THE ETJ. SO, I MEAN, WE REALLY, WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE PETITIONING TO COME INTO THE CITY LIMITS, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE SAYING IN PREVIOUS THINGS ABOUT BUILDINGS, DO YOU WANT US TO TEAR THEM DOWN? I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR WHOLE PURPOSE OF ANY OF THAT. WHEN I RECEIVED THAT PACKET THE, THE OTHER DAY, I WAS ANGRY TO THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSE THAT WAS BEING USED TO PRINT ALL THAT, THE TIME THAT IT TOOK OUR CITY STAFF TO, TO PREPARE ALL THAT THE CONSULTANT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING. HAVE WE GOTTEN A BILL FOR THAT YET? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND IT MAY NOT BE I HERE. THAT EXPENSE WAS UNBELIEVABLE. AND YES, GRANTED, WE DO HAVE MONEY, THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN, A COMPETENT BUSINESS PERSON WHO IS LEADING US, AND [01:15:01] I WOULD LOVE HER TO BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, BUT SHE'S NOT. UM, I DID TELEPHONE KRISTEN AND ASKED HER WHY SHE PRINTED ALL THAT. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NEEDED A COPY. Y'ALL GOT A TEXT? WELL, IT IS COMMON PRACTICE THAT ANYTHING THAT GOES TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GO TO EVERYONE SO THAT NOT ONE PERSON OF THIS BODY GETS, BUT Y'ALL GOT IT INFORMATION AND NO ONE DOESN'T. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT REQUESTED A HARD COPY. WE DIDN'T GET A TEXT. I DIDN'T GET A TEXT. I GOT A MESSAGE TO COME UP AND RE PICK UP A PACKET. THAT WAS MY TEXT. BUT ANYWAY, I I HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE SAID. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WASTE OF PAPER. THAT'S WHY I CONTACTED HER AND ASKED HER WHY. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. WHY ALL THAT WAS PRINTED. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. THAT WAS ONE PERSON REQUESTED. I REQUESTED THE HARD COPY. SO I, I HAD TO CALL HER AND SAY, WHY DID YOU PRINT ALL THIS? OKAY, WELL, AGAIN, YOU DO UNDERSTAND IF, IF YOU REQUEST ANYTHING, IF I REQUEST ANYTHING, Y'ALL ALL GOING TO GET IT. YES. THAT'S ANYTIME YOU REQUEST, ANYTIME YOU REQUEST SOMETHING, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REQUIRED TO EVERYBODY TO GET IT. BUT MY MY AND MY POINT IS, MS. TURNER, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT SOME THINGS. I AGREE WITH SOME, AND I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH SOME. THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTRY. YOU CAN AGREE AND DISAGREE, BUT, UH, THERE, I THINK A LOT OF THIS, THERE WERE DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED. I CALLED KRISTEN AND I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED TO SOME THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA. AND SHE SAID THE APPLICANT REMOVED THAT. NOW THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WAS GONNA BE WITHIN TWO OR 300 FEET OF A COUPLE OF HOMES RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK. AND THERE WAS SOME THAT NO NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, WHICH ARE ON PROPERTY, THAT'S ON GREEN ROAD AND SUNRISE AND PLEASANT RUN, NO NOTICES. SO THE, THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA WANNA MOVE FORWARD. I I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WE HAVE IT IN RECORD THAT IT SAYS THAT NOTICES WERE SENT OUT YOU UNDER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE STATING THEY WEREN'T AND THERE'S NO PROOF OF ANY. AND THAT CAME UP WHERE WE SAID, MOVING FORWARD WE WOULD DO CERTIFIED NOTE ON MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. I, I, I HAVE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. WE HAD DOCUMENTATION FROM AN EMPLOYEE THAT WAS IN THAT POSITION WHO SAID THAT THAT INFORMATION HAD BEEN MAILED OUT. AND YOU SAID HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SAID, IF THERE'S NO RECORD, IT NEVER HAPPENED. YOU SAID IT, YOU SAID YOU THAT THAT WAS ON A DIFFERENT THING. IF YOU WILL LET ME FINISH MY COMMENT. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR END GOAL? WE'VE GOT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SPILLED. YOU, YOU SAID TRINA WAS DONE ILLEGAL. THERE ARE THERE, CAN YOU WANT IT TORN DOWN? WHAT IS YOUR END GOAL? WHAT ABOUT TRINA? YOU, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT TRI I'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT TRINA. SO, WELL, THAT WAS IN THE PACKET. I NEVER DISCUSSED IT. THAT WAS IN THE PACKET THAT SAID THAT IT WAS BUILT ILLEGALLY. I DIDN'T PUT IT THERE. OKAY. ANYWAY, MADAM MAYOR, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, OR CAN WE BE DISMISSED, PLEASE? WELL, WE HAVE TO. I HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THERE'S NOTHING TO APPROVE. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE APPROVING? YOU CAN'T, THERE'S NOTHING TO APPROVE. IT'S A MOTION TO, SO WE'RE JUST GOING FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING. IS THAT THE PLAN? NOT UNLESS YOU GOT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY 'EM ALL OUT. WE VOTED LAST TIME THAT MOVING FORWARD ON ANYTHING WOULD BE A CERTIFIED LETTER, IF I RECALL. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. MM-HMM . AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. AM I CORRECT? WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS. YES MA'AM. IT BECAME A LAW STARTING THIS YEAR. THAT'S WHY WHOSE LAW, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING DONE. WHOSE LAW ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE NOTICES BEING SENT OUT. CERTIFIED. MM-HMM . THAT, THAT CHANGED. AND THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, IT BECAME A LAW. ALL PLACES HAVE TO DO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT LAW. 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL THAT. BUT ANYWAY. WELL, IT, IT'S BETTER THAN HAVING TO TAP TO YOUR DOOR THE DAY OF THE MEETING. I, I AGREE WITH THAT. SO, MR. HOL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT ALL THIS? I MEAN, IT'S UP TO, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF PLACES THAT ARE IN PROCESS OF BEING BUILT NOW, THAT WOULD TAKE SOME COUNCIL ACTION. UH, THERE, THERE WAS TWO ISSUES THAT I RECALL. THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT ARE BEING BUILT. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE NOTICE IS COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO, TO MAKE A MOTION IN HIS TRUCK STAFF TO START THAT WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN. UH, THE SECOND, THE SECOND DATA CENTER ISSUE WAS THE AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WHERE THE COUNCIL SAID, HEY, IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DATA CENTERS ARE NOW ARE USED BY, RIGHT. THAT IS, THAT WAS THE SECOND DATA CENTER ISSUE THAT I REMEMBER COUNCIL [01:20:01] DISCUSSION. SO, UM, AND EITHER ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL CAN GIVE, UH, YOU WON'T BE DECIDING ANYTHING TONIGHT OTHER THAN THE DIRECTION TO GIVE TO STAFF TO GO WITH ONE OF THOSE OR NONE OF THOSE. THAT WOULD BE COUNSEL DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. BUT THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TONIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO GO FORWARD. DO WE HAVE ANY GROUND BEING BROKEN NOW OF ANY OF THOSE DATA CENTERS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO, TO DO WITH, THERE WAS A FENCE, THERE WAS A FENCE PUT UP ON SUNRISE AND EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED IN. AND THEN I STARTED SOME OF THIS AND THEN ALL THAT STOPPED. BUT 300 GREEN ROAD HAS NOT STARTED. BUT SUNRISE HAS, OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED IN THE CITY. I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN PUT ANY, ANY SUNRISE, ANY DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY. WHICH PART IS NOW THE ONES THAT ARE BUILT OUT THERE AND BEING BUILT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN STOP THAT. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA START A BUDDING THE CITY WITH THESE, UH, FACILITIES, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE THAT CHANGED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO. I'M NEW AT THIS. Y'ALL KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN ME. I'M JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW IT'S HAPPENING. THEY CLAPPED FOR THIS. THEY MUST KNOW. THEY MUST SPEAK. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE CLOSE TO SUNRISE. I'M SORRY. THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE ON SUNRISE AREA. THEY LIVE, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE CITY. AGAIN, THIS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE CITY. I DON'T KNOW OF ONE ON SUNRISE OTHER THAN THESE OVER THERE NEAR VAN. YOU THINK, OKAY, WELL, EXCUSE WHAT WE GOT TO DO NOW IS ARE WE GONNA TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION OR NOTHING? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CITIZENS THINK. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THOSE WANT. THEY'VE NOT BEEN ASKED THIS ONE. THIS. I'LL SKIP RIGHT OVER THEM. STEVE, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR? MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING. YES. ARE WE GONNA HAVE THAT TOWN HALL MEETING? YES. THEN THAT'S WHEN ALL THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED. Y'ALL HEAR THAT? THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHAT IS IT? READ THE WORDS. WHAT'S THE DATE? WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE DON'T SINCE ONLY WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE. SO NOW MARCH 10TH IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN. NO. WHY? I SENT YOU AN EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT. I KNOW, BUT IT SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT PROFESSIONALS THERE. NO, NO. I WANT PROFESSIONALS THERE. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT. AND I'VE GOT, UH, MEETINGS SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK REGARDING THE TOWN HALL IN THE FORMAT. SO, BUT IT'S NOT AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOTHING IS FULLY BAKED. SO, WELL, I MADE FRIENDS WITH A LADY AT WESTON GARDENS IN FORT WORTH. SHE HAS DATA CENTERS THAT WANT TO BE BUILT OUTSIDE OF HER 40-YEAR-OLD HISTORICAL GARDEN AND WEDDING VENUE. SO MARCH THE 10TH IN FORT WORTH, THEY HAVE PUT UP A WALL FOR THESE DATA CENTERS. SO THEY HAVE SAID NO, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT ON MARCH 10TH. SO I HOPE MAYBE SOMEONE WILL GO, I'D LIKE TO GO. YOU THINK YOU COULD GET A BUS TOGETHER AND TAKE US? I'LL DEFER THAT TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS. RIGHT? WHEN WILL WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ACTION. RIGHT. AS THEY COME TO THIS, AS THIS DATA CENTER IN THE CITY LIMITS COMES TO THE COUNCIL, WE WILL THEN RESPOND. I DON'T SEE A NEED TO RESPOND AT THE CURRENT AT THIS TIME. THERE'S NONE INSIDE. THERE'S NOT ANY WELL, THERE'S 300 GREEN ROAD I BELIEVE HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO IT WILL BE GREEN ROAD HAS NOT, I'M PRETTY SURE IT HAS. IT HAS NOT. I CAN STATE THAT MYSELF. WHERE IS THE ONE ON I, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT SUNRISE. WHERE AT ON SUNRISE? IS IT NORTH OR SOUTH OF BELTLINE? IS IT THE ONE TOWARD THEN? NO, IT'S THE ONE BETWEEN BELTLINE AND PLEASANT RUN. WHERE? I THINK IT'S NINE 30 SUNRISE ROAD. I'M NOT POSITIVE. ANYWAY, IT'S BETWEEN, IT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT TO US. WHICH SIDE OF WHICH SIDE OF SUNRISE? THE PROPERTY. THAT'S, IT'S ON THE WILMER SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE OF SUNRISE IS LANCASTER, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO. I JUST CAN'T THINK OF ANY VACANT LAND RIGHT THERE. WELL, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER. OH, IT'S ON THE CORNER OF BELTLINE AND SUNRISE WHERE THEY HAD THE, THE HOUSE WAS TORNADO. THERE WAS ALREADY ALL THAT. NO, NOT THE THE HOUSES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. NO. WHERE THE HOUSE USED TO BE? [01:25:01] NO. RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THAT CREEK. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A HOUSE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE WAS A BRICK HOME ON BELTLINE ROAD. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ASHLEYS? YES. YES. WELL, THAT'S GONE. I KNOW, BUT IS THAT WHERE THE DATA CENTER'S GOING, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO. YES. THE ONE THAT, THE ONE THAT THERE'S A FENCE UP AROUND NOW. I DON'T EVER GO THAT WAY. OKAY, SO THAT MEANS THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED. IF THEY'VE PUT A FENCE UP, IT'S BEEN APPROVED. THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO, FROM US TO DO DIRT. YES. TO ANY KIND OF THING. AND NOTHING HAS TAKEN PLACE. SO, SO NO ACTION TONIGHT? WE CAN, YOU CAN CHECK IN CITY RECORDS IF THERE'S A PERMIT. IF THERE'S A PERMIT, THEY, THEY HAVE PERMISSION. YOU CAN PUT UP A FENCE. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY. THIS IS IF THEY HAVE A FENCE PERMIT. THIS IS THE NO CONSTRUCTION. BUT IF TO DO CONSTRUCTION OF MOVING DIRT, THEY WOULD HAVE, THIS IS THE LITTLE PLASTIC FENCE THEY PUT UP WHEN THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION. OH. LIKE THE STREET TRICK FOR THE DIRT LITTLE, THE LITTLE SHORT FENCES THERE, THE LITTLE ORANGE THINGS. AND THEY WOULD THE BLACK, THEY WERE BEGINNING TO THOSE WHITE WORKING. YEAH. THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. SO I, I BELIEVE IT'S NO ACTION. NO, MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION. WE ADJOURN. SECOND. OKAY. NO ACTION ON THIS ONE. AND IT IS 8 26. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.