[A. CONVENE MEETING IN OPEN SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GLAD YOU GOT TO KNOW THEM. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT'S 5:01 P.M. IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. I'M GOING TO ASK IF OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL BEGIN US WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARQUES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRISTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE
[B. EXECUTIVE SESSION I AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION]
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE'LL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND ANY ACTION AS A RESULT. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, IT'S 5:02 P.M. AND SO? SO WE GOT THE. SORT OF. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR[C. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ]
RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS 6 P.M, AND I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.I'M GOING TO START US OFF WITH A ROLL CALL. IF I COULD PLEASE GET YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO START US OFF WITH A ROLL CALL. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR LOUIS HEMPHILL WITH THE LINK CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY STUDENT AMBASSADOR CALLIE GIDDINGS WITH WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU. AND WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH A HEART OF GRATITUDE, THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY OF DESOTO. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE LEADERS IN THIS CITY WHO SERVE SO DILIGENTLY, WILLINGLY GIVING OF THEIR GIFTS AND THEIR TALENTS. WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS ROOM ON TONIGHT, AND WE PRAY THAT WISDOM WILL BE RELEASED. KNOWLEDGE. SUPERNATURAL DISCERNMENT. PRAY THAT THE SPIRIT OF UNITY WILL BE IN THIS PLACE, GOD, AND THAT THE HEARTS OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THE MINDS. FOR EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE ON TONIGHT. AND WE PRAY THAT AT THE END OF IT ALL, YOU WILL BE HONORED. YOU WILL GET THE GLORY IN JESUS MIGHTY AWESOME, MAGNIFICENT NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. IT'S ON. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 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 INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR HEMPHILL, WITH THE LINK CHURCH FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER TONIGHT, AS WELL AS WE WANT TO THANK. MISS. LET ME FIND HER. MISS CALLIE GIDDINGS, A FOURTH GRADER AT WOODRIDGE FINE ARTS ACADEMY. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES TONIGHT. NOW, BEFORE I GET STARTED READING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, MISS GIDDINGS, TELL ME, AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME RIGHT? IS IT KAYLEE OR IS IT CALLIE? CALLIE. CALLIE. GREAT. I HAD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, SO I WANT TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR TONIGHT.
CALLIE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED STUDENT AT WOODRIDGE FINE ARTS ACADEMY SINCE KINDERGARTEN, WHERE SHE HAS CULTIVATED A DEEP PASSION FOR BOTH THE ARTS AND ATHLETICS. AS THE FOURTH OF FIVE SIBLINGS, SHE THRIVES IN A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HER ABILITY TO BALANCE ACADEMICS WITH A RANGE OF EXTRACURRICULAR PURSUITS. A MULTIFACETED TALENT, CALLIE EXCELS IN DANCE, GIRLS, FLAG FOOTBALL, AND TRACK, WHERE HER ATHLETICISM TRULY STANDS OUT.
THIS PAST SUMMER, CALLIE ACHIEVED AN IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE BY EARNING A SPOT AT THE AAU JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. COMPETING IN THE 200 METER DASH AND GAINING INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE. I THINK WE CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE FOR THAT. HER HARD WORK,
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DETERMINATION AND DRIVE CONTINUE TO PROPEL HER FORWARD TOWARDS HER AMBITIOUS GOALS. CALLIE ASPIRES TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI OR LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE PLANS TO RUN, TRACK AND ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY. SHE IS ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO PLEDGING DELTA SIGMA, LEADING HER COMMITMENT TO THE SORORITY'S VALUES AS SHE DONS HER FUTURE DELTA SHIRT. I WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU. MISS CALLIE WITH ASPIRATIONS OF DELTA WOMEN ARE GREAT AS WELL, WITH ASPIRATIONS OF BECOMING A LAWYER. CALLIE IS STEADFASTLY PURSUING HER DREAMS, GUIDED BY HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO EDUCATION AND HER MANY PASSIONS. LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR MISS CALLIE GIDDINGS FROM WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY IN DESOTO ISD. KELLY IS AGAIN SERVING AS OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR, SO YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, BUT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD FIRST. AND SO SHE'S HERE TO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT. MISS GIDDINGS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY AT WOODRIDGE TONIGHT? YES. I'M SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR PROCTOR, AND ALL THIS. ALL THE CITY LEADERS, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.IT MEANS SO MUCH TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR MY HARD WORK. I WILL ALSO. ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME TO DO MY BEST. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROCTOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WILL KEEP WORKING HARD AND MAKING EVERYONE PROUD. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE, AND WE HAVE SOME GOODIES FOR YOU AS WELL. TO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR AMBASSADOR TONIGHT. AND YOU MAY GO. IS MOM HERE TO MAKE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR MOM BEING HERE. WAVE AT US, MOM, SO
[D. PRESENTATIONS]
WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2024, MADE BY LAQUITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MISS SUTTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU. OKAY. MOVING INTO OUR NOVEMBER 2024 FINANCIAL REPORT, BEGINNING WITH THE GENERAL FUND. TOM, CAN YOU ADVANCE THAT? BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS. ON. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. BEGINNING WITH THE GENERAL FUND. SO IN NOVEMBE, WE WERE 16.7% INTO FISCAL YEAR 2025. TWO MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE OUR REVENUE SOURCES IN OUR GENERAL FUND. AS OF THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD COLLECTED 4.6% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. OF COURSE, SOME OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES HAS NOT STARTED COMING IN YET. AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, OUT OF THE 40 MILLION OF PROPERTY TAX, WE COLLECTED 1.6 MILLION. OF COURSE, OUR SALES TAX AND OUR MIXED DRINKS TAX, THOSE REVENUE THAT CAME IN FOR NOVEMBER ACTUALLY BELONGED IN FISCAL YEAR 24. SO THAT WAS A CREW REVENUE BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 24. AND THEN WE'LL START TO SEE THAT REVENUE SOURCE COME IN IN DECEMBER. THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES LISTED HERE ARE TRACKING PRETTY NORMAL FOR HOW THEY DO THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE AROUND THE SAME IN THE SAME POSITION, AROUND 44. 5% FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2024. SO TOTAL BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND 64 MILLION AS OF YEAR TO DATE NOVEMBER 2.9 MILLION COLLECTED 4.6%. ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR THE EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND. AS WE KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES IN THE[00:10:05]
DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES ARE PERSONNEL. PROBABLY 70% WITHIN EACH ACTUAL DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY PERSONNEL. ANY MAJOR SWINGS BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR IS PROBABLY ATTRIBUTED TO EITHER HAVING BEING MORE STAFFED OR LESS STAFF THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 88. 5% IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER ON OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE. IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WE ARE JUST ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WE ARE 16.9%. WITH 16.7% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. OUR MAJOR WATER SOURCES, OF COURSE, ARE METERED WATER SALES AND OUR SEWER REVENUE. WATER SALES WERE AT 18%, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR, 18%. AND OUR SEWER SERVICE 16.5% THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR THAT. OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND ARE AT 13.9%. AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES LISTED HERE. I'M SORRY. POINT OF INFORMATION, MADAM MAYOR. CAN WE GET THE SCREEN MOVED WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE NUMBERS OVER THERE I THINK IS COVERED UP BY THE ZOOM. OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. SURE. PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION 12.4%. UTILITY BILLING. CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS 19% 12.8%. ON UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS AND 15.2 NON-DEPARTMENTAL. THAT PUTS US AT 13.9%. AND OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND PUBLIC UTILITY FUND IS MOSTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT HAS TO BE FUNDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND ALSO SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THE WATER FUND OWES TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT IS, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 15% THERE. AND THE SANITATION FUND, WE BUDGETED 7.3 MILLION. YEAR TO DATE, $1,046,603. AND THE SOURCES ARE LISTED HERE. OUR SALES TAX RETAINAGE. OUR MAJOR SOURCE HERE, OF COURSE, IS OUR SANITATION FEES AND OUR CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURE ON THAT SIDE IS IN SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL FEES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE PAY OUR VENDOR FOR SANITATION SERVICE. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'RE AT 15.0%. THAT'S IT FOR NOVEMBER. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOVEMBER FINANCIAL NOVEMBER 2024 FINANCIAL REPORT? I SEE NO LIGHTS, MISS SUTTON.OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2024. COMING BACK AS LAQUITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU. OKAY.
GENERAL FUND IN DECEMBER. SO, AS PROMISED, DECEMBER IS WHERE YOU SEE MORE REVENUE COMING IN. AND THIS IS VERY CONGRUENT TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. PROPERTY TAX HAS GONE UP TO 48.4%. AND AS WE KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THAT REVENUE IS GOING TO CONTINUE COMING IN THROUGH THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS THE CITIZENS BEGIN TO SATISFY THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR THE YEAR. SALES TAX IS FINALLY SHOWING HERE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AT 88.4%. OUR MIXED DRINKS TAX IS LISTED AS WELL AS WELL AS THE OTHER CATEGORIES FOR REVENUE. SO 34.4%. EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS PRETTY NORMAL. AND THE WAY THAT IT THAT WE TYPICALLY EXPECTED EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND OF COURSE STILL LISTED BY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE AT 21.2% AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER. AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABOUT THE SAME. WE WERE AT 21.4%. IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND. OUR METERED WATER SALES AT 25%. OUR SEWER SERVICE AT 24.7%. YOU WILL SEE THE OTHER SOURCES LISTED HERE. OUR SENIOR
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DISCOUNTS ARE TRACKING WELL AT 25% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. AT THIS TIME. WE'RE AT THREE MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. PENALTY AND FEES. OUR INTEREST REVENUE. INTEREST REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WE KNOW THE FEDS HAVE DROPPED RATES A COUPLE TIMES. WE GOT REALLY FORTUNATE IN FISCAL YEAR TOWARDS THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 23 AND THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR 24. WE BUDGETED ACCORDINGLY. SO WE'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME DOWN. NOT QUITE AS, AS AS LUCKY AS WE WERE LAST YEAR. BUT EVEN IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WE BUDGETED 350,000 AND WE RECEIVED 26,000.YEAR TO DATE. OUR INVESTMENTS ARE IS ACTIVITY IS REAL STILL REALLY ACTIVE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR OUR CONSULTANTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING THE MOST THAT WE CAN FROM THOSE INTEREST RATES. SO PUBLIC UTILITY FUND 24.6 AND EXPENDITURES IN PUBLIC UTILITIES 20.6. SANITATION. FOR DECEMBER. OUT OF THE 7.3 MILLION THAT WE BUDGETED, WE COLLECTED 71.7 MILLION. SO 25% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, WE LANDED AT 23.1%. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 23.9%. EXPENSES IN THE SANITATION FUND ARE AT 14.4%. ALL CATEGORIES ARE COMING JUST OR JUST ABOUT COMING IN UNDER THE 25%, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERSONNEL. WE'RE PROBABLY MORE FULLY STAFFED IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT THAN WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, BUT OVERALL, WE'RE AT 14.4%. AND OF COURSE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE HUB REPORT FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AS WELL AS THE OTHER FUNDS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE DETAIL ON OUR STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS YEAR TO DATE. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HELD OFF ON MY QUESTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 24TH BECAUSE I SAW THEM KIND OF BALANCE OUT ON 24 ON DECEMBER, BUT I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND. THERE WAS IN THE ACTUAL THE OTHER FUNDS, THERE'S ONE THAT IS THE SENIOR CENTER. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE AT LIKE 39%, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT AT 25. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE THAT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE EXPENSE EXPENSE IN THE SENIOR CENTER EXPENSES? YES. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT TONIGHT, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND RESEARCH THAT FOR YOU. AND I CAN SEND THAT OUT TO COUNCIL ON SEPARATE UNDER SEPARATE COVER. OKAY. AND THEN WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, THE OTHER ONE THAT I HAD WAS THE HOUSING FINANCE CORP. IT'S AT 37%. SO ANYTHING THAT'S KIND OF OVER 25% IS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. IF WE'RE IN DECEMBER AND WE'RE ALREADY AT 30 AND 40 AND 50. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY AT I BELIEVE IT'S AT 45%. I'M TRYING TO GET BACK TO IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU SHOWED THAT PART. LET ME JUST QUICKLY GET BACK OVER HERE.
IN THE SANITATION FUND. WE WE'RE AT 36% IN PERSONNEL. DID WE MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH WITH OUR ACTUAL PERSONNEL IN SANITATION? I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WERE CHANGES. I SOME OH, HE MAY CORRECT ME THERE, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THE STAFFING IS, IS AT THE LEVEL THIS YEAR THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR VERSUS LAST YEAR. SO NO ACTUAL CHANGES IN POSITION THAT I'M AWARE OF. ICELAND. AND MAYOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I BELIEVE ON THE PARKS AND RECS ON THE SENIOR CENTER, WE DID CHANGE TWO UNITS TO HVAC UNITS. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT WAS ADDED TO THE COST. OKAY. AND THAT'S USUALLY ADDED TO THE SENIOR CENTER'S BUDGET. NOT A DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT BUDGET. I'LL CHECK THAT. BUT THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE A DOUBLE A DOUBLE COUNT. WE'LL CHECK THAT. OKAY.
THERE'S ONE MORE, BUT GO AHEAD. NO I WAS ABOUT TO SAY ON SANITATION. NO, WE DID NOT ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. IT PROBABLY WAS JUST A VACANCY THAT A COUPLE OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAD TO FILL IN DURING THAT TIME, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T UTILIZE THOSE, THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS SALARIES AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SO I MEAN, BUT THE IT BEING WHERE IT IS, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING, BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 25% AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN REALLY HIT THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE YEAR HASN'T EVEN REALLY STARTED. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN
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THE OTHER ONE I HAD WAS THE REGIONAL JAIL. IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT OVER LIKE 70. WAS IT 75%? IS IT 75% THAT I SAW ON JAIL ON THE GENERAL FUND? THE EXPENSE WAS 75.8%. IT WAS ZERO LAST YEAR. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 75% IS. LET ME RESEARCH THAT ONE AS WELL AND THEN RESEARCH THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL. I ALWAYS ASK ABOUT THAT. OKAY, SURE. BECAUSE IT'S AT 46%. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD AND LET SOMEONE ELSE. BUT IF WE CAN GET THOSE BACK, THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.MISS SUTTON, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND WE'LL GET TO COUNCILWOMAN CHISOLM. WOULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT FUND? GENERAL FUND 99, UNDER EXPENDITURES. THAT NON-DEPARTMENTAL. WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? OKAY. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE TOLD US SEVERAL TIMES, I JUST I THINK I ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY LIST TONIGHT, SO LET ME GET TO IT. I MEAN, A LOT OF IT IS ACTUAL ATTORNEY FEES THAT JOE IS. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. OH, YEAH. SO, SO IN EACH FUND, IN EACH OF THE MAJOR FUNDS, GENERAL FUND, PUBLIC UTILITY FUND AND SANITATION. A BIG PART OF IT IS THE LIABILITY INSURANCE. OKAY. BECAUSE REMEMBER, THAT'S ONE THAT LAST YEAR WE STARTED FUNDING UP FRONT. AND WE HAVE TO FULLY FUND IT UP FRONT BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE GENERAL FUND, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUT OF A BUDGET OF 1.8 MILLION, LIKELY 600,000 TO 700,000 OF THAT IS LIABILITY INSURANCE IS SELF FUNDING. YES. SO WE'RE WE'RE SETTING ASIDE. SET IT ASIDE. VERY GOOD. YES. AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE OTHER BIG ONE IS FINAL BENEFIT PAY. WHEN OUR RETIREES ARE EXITING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. AND SO AND BECAUSE WE'RE SO I GUESS WE'RE A QUARTER WE'RE QUARTER WAY THROUGH THE BUDGET THROUGH THE FISCAL BUDGET. THAT BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO SELF-FUND IT. THAT'S WHY THE EXPENDITURE IS OUT OF THE PERCENTAGES OUT OF WHACK.
CORRECT. YES. SO THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR, YOU WILL SEE IT WHERE IT LOOKS WAY TOO HIGH.
RIGHT. AND THEN IT'LL KIND OF AVERAGE OUT. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. POINT OF INFORMATION THOUGH WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE INSURANCE, THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S SET AT 80% RIGHT NOW. HOW DO THOSE TWO IF THAT ONE'S HIGH IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL, HOW IS THAT BALANCING IF THERE'S ALSO ONE IN THE OTHER FUNDS CALLED LIABILITY INSURANCE. AND IT SAYS 80%. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO ONE IS SPEAKING. I THINK THIS IS A PREPAYMENT. CORRECT. WE PAID IN ADVANCE. OH I'M SORRY. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY AND YOU'RE PROBABLY YOU'RE THE EXPERT BUT ONE IS A PREPAYMENT, SO WE KIND OF FRONT LOAD ALL OF WE FINANCE FRONT LOAD THE EXPENSES WHERE THEY DON'T DO THAT NECESSARILY. AND THOSE OTHER INSURANCE FUNDS THEY PAY THE MONTHLY. YEAH. OR PAY AS YOU GO. THE OTHER PART IS PAY AS YOU GO OR PAY PER ACCIDENT OR PAY PER INCIDENT OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THE ONE THAT COMES OUT OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL, THAT ONE IS FUNDED UP FRONT FOR ANY TYPE OF LIABILITY OR ANY TYPE OF UP FRONT PAYMENT THAT IS DUE TO AN INSURANCE FIRM IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY FOR THE MWBE METRIC. IN DECEMBER WE HIT 8%. IN NOVEMBER. I THINK IT WAS LIKE 1.4. BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT BALANCE OUT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT WE ARE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THE POLICE. DID I READ THAT? CORRECT? WE PROBABLY NEED TO CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE PD, AND KIND OF DIVE INTO THAT. WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE ON THE ON YOUR REPORT IS WHAT WAS ON THE GENERAL LEDGER AT THE TIME THAT I PULLED THE REPORT. SO WE WOULD NEED TO SIT DOWN AND KIND OF LOOK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT EVENTS OCCURRED, OCCURRED OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT ELSE THAT OCCURRED. I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE I'LL NEED TO GET WITH JOE AND THE TEAM, BUT I CAN DO THAT AS WELL AND GET THAT BACK TO YOU ALL. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM'S INQUIRY. THAT IS OUT THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. WHEN YOU SAY DIVE INTO IT, THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS REGARDING THE POLICE AND FIRES OVERTIME BUDGET. BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE INCIDENTS WHERE THERE ARE REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES FROM
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THE OVERTIME BUDGET. IS THERE STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE REDUCED? IF THERE ARE STILL THINGS THAT CAN BE CHARGED AGAINST IT FROM REIMBURSEMENTS? SURE. YES. AND I YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS CALL YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE REVENUE LINE ITEM INTERGOVERNMENTAL. SO OUT OF THAT 399,000 THAT WE BUDGETED, WHATEVER WE COLLECT OUT OF THAT, 80, 80% OF THAT IS PROBABLY FROM, YOU KNOW, SRO, WHICH IS SOMETIMES ATTRIBUTED TO OVERTIME. SO YES, I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE TWO COULD, COULD, COULD BALANCE, BUT I WILL I WILL STILL LOOK AT THE PD IN DETAIL AND I WILL SIT DOWN WITH POLICE CHIEF AND, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH AND GET MORE DETAIL FOR YOU ALL. OKAY. I'M SORRY, POINT OF INFORMATION, BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID THAT SOMETIMES ATTRIBUTED TO THE SRO, BUT THE SRO HAS ITS OWN LINE ITEM. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT STATEMENT MEANT. SO SRO, WHEN WE BUILD THE ISD, THE ENTITY THAT THAT GOES INTO INTERGOVERNMENTAL, SOME OF THAT MAY BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OVERTIME. WELL, NO, I'M SAYING BECAUSE POLICE HAS THEIR OWN LINE, IT SAYS POLICE OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S THE AND AS A WHOLE, ARE YOU SAYING THE 50%? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WELL, THE REVENUE ITSELF FROM SRO WILL GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY, JOE. MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. SO THE SRO HAS THEIR OWN. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR REGULAR PAYMENTS. BUT OVERTIME COMES OUT OF OUR OVERTIME BUDGET, AND THEN REIMBURSABLES COME IN INTO INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND THEN IT GETS REIMBURSED TO OUR OVERTIME. SO OVERTIME COVERS EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. DOCTOR MARK. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, FOR THE RECOGNITION. MISS SUTTON, YOU JUST GAVE US THAT INFORMATION. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER. YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE GETTING US SOME INFORMATION. SO, CITY MANAGER, HOW SOON DO YOU THINK YOU COULD GET US THAT INFORMATION? THAT WAS JUST REQUESTED? I BELIEVE WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IS THAT DOABLE? YES. WELL THAT'S FRIDAY. YES, FRIDAY. FRIDAY WORKS. THANK YOU. AND FOR POINT OF INFORMATION, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OVERTIME, THE BOTH CHIEFS ARE MANAGING THEIR OVERTIME AS A SET DOLLAR AMOUNT. THEY WILL NOT BE GOING OVER THAT. SO IT'S TREATED JUST LIKE A BUSINESS LIKE THEIR OWN BUSINESS. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT OVERTIME NEVER GOES ABOVE WHAT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED FOR THEM. OKAY.OKAY. WELL, WE'LL LOOK FOR THE INFORMATION ON FRIDAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE. EXPENSES. EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE FEDERAL GRANT. ARPA, AMERICAN RESCUE ACT. I BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT LINE 262. ON THE EXPENSES SIDE. AND SO WHAT WAS BUDGETED WAS ZERO. BUT THE EXPENSES ARE THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS ON 262. OKAY. I AM LOOKING AT ARE YOU LOOKING AT DECEMBER OR NOVEMBER? I'M SORRY. I AM LOOKING AT DECEMBER. OKAY. TOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU TAKE US BACK TO WHAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO? PLEASE, SIR. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS THIS ONE ISN'T ACTUALLY ON THE POWERPOINT. SO THIS THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY JUST IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. SHE IS REFERRING TO ON THE OTHER FUNDS PAGE FOR DECEMBER 2020. FOR THE ONE THAT SAYS OTHER FUNDS, IF YOU GO DOWN TO 262, THE FEDERAL GRANT ARPA ZERO IS BUDGETED, BUT 345 750 WAS SPENT. THOSE FUNDS ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT ASID. WHEN A PRIOR CITY MANAGER WAS HERE, WE WERE GIVEN, I BELIEVE, 7.3 MILLION FROM ARPA. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND THAT AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE FIT WITHIN THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE A BUDGET AMENDMENT COME BACK FORWARD THAT WILL HAVE A REVISED BUDGET AMOUNT THERE. BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 2026 IS THE LAST YEAR TO SPEND ARPA FUNDS. SO WE'LL GO BACK AND SEE OUT OF THAT 7.3 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED, HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY INTENDING TO SPEND FOR FISCAL YEAR 25? AND
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WE'LL GET THAT BROUGHT BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY. SO LET ME LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO THE ARPA FUNDS WERE DESIGNATED FOR A PARTICULAR THING. SO IS THIS DISCRETIONARY AT THIS POINT. SO IF YOU CAN FIND THAT OUT IS IT SOMETHING DISCRETIONARY. IT'S NOT DISCRETIONARY. YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT ACCORDING TO HOW WE TOLD THE STATE THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND IT. OKAY. BUT WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT. WE DIDN'T PUT A BUDGET NUMBER IN THIS YEAR. NOT YET. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT PART. THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE QUARTERLY. WHAT'S THE CADENCE FOR THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT. SO I KNOW WE HAVE THREE OF THE QUARTERS LISTED. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT LAST QUARTER WHAT'S THE CADENCE.IS IT 30 DAYS AFTER THE AFTER THE QUARTER, 45 DAYS AFTER THE QUARTER. JUST WANTED TO GET A CADENCE SO I KNOW WHEN TO LOOK BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE REGULAR REPORTS. BUT SINCE WE DON'T WE HAVE TO GO TO IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE INTEREST RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT. SURE. IT'S NORMALLY 30 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE QUARTER, SO YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE ON THE WEBSITE 30 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE QUARTER. OKAY. AND THE LAST QUARTER ENDED WHEN AND WE SHOULD SEE IT WHEN. FOR FOURTH, FOURTH QUARTER WE HAVEN'T. SO WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH TO POST FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. POINT OF INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. JUST NOW SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS AND IT SHOWS THE 345 AS AN EXPENSE, MEANING IT HAS BEEN EXPENDED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YES. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING, I'M. I'M TRYING NOT TO, YOU KNOW, CROSS TALK. BUT YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU WHICHEVER WAY THAT THE CITY SEES FIT. BUT I'M ASKING BASED ON HER. MAYBE IT COMES BACK WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION ON FRIDAY TO LET US KNOW WHAT THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THAT IT HAS BEEN SPENT. IT HAS. OKAY. SO THE 345 THAT WILL COME BACK IN THE INFORMATION TO SAY WHAT THAT IS. I CAN DO THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS ZERO WAS BUDGETED. SO CORRECT. ZERO WAS BUDGETED. BUT WE HAVE SPENT MONEY. OKAY. BUT WE DO. THE MONEY IS THERE TO SPEND. OKAY. SO WHAT I CAN DO IS I'LL AS I WAS SAYING, WE CAN BRING FORWARD A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS YEAR TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE THINK WE'LL SPEND OUT OF THAT FUND THIS YEAR. BUT YEAH, BUT THE 300,000 THAT'S THERE NOW, IT HAS BEEN SPENT. AND I CAN GIVE YOU A DETAIL ON WHAT THAT WAS SPENT ON BECAUSE IT HAS TO RELATE. WHATEVER IT WAS SPENT ON RELATES DIRECTLY TO WHATEVER PROJECTS WAS APPROVED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT PART. BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT IT SAYS ZERO BUDGETED. SO IF THERE'S MONEY THERE, WHERE I MEAN, WHERE IS THAT MONEY DICTATED OR WHERE IS IT NOTATED IN THIS, IN THIS DOCUMENT, THAT MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BUDGET. SO MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE IS NOT SHOWN IN THE BUDGET, ONLY IN THE FINANCIALS. WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE FINANCIALS IS WHAT'S BUDGETED. SO WE BUDGETED ZERO. OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE TO BRING BACK A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO SAY HOW MUCH WE WANT TO BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET THAT ON FRIDAY. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. I DID WANT TO ADD ONE ISSUE. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT'S SPENDING MONEY OUT OF THAT GRANT AWARD. WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING OUR WE WERE ALLOCATED $1 MILLION TO SPEND FOR A STORMWATER DRAINAGE PROJECT. WHICH ONE IS IT AGAIN? SHORELINE. SO THE FIRST PART WAS SPENT FOR ENGINEERING. SECOND PART THAT WE ARE SPENDING NOW IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF ITSELF. WE WAS AWARDED 1 MILLION. I WAS GOING TO THANK YOU, MR. BREWER. I WAS GOING TO ASK OF STAFF, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE WE HAVE EARMARKED THOSE DOLLARS FOR ARPA FUNDS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. THEY ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY. WE CANNOT JUST SPEND THEM, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE TO BE SPENT ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDS. AND THOSE FUNDS HAD ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED YEARS, SOMEWHAT YEARS AGO. YES.
AND I DO REMEMBER THE SHORELINE PROJECT AND A FEW DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, AND I THINK MAYBE THERE WAS EVEN SOME WATER PROJECTS OR SOMETHING. SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR COUNCIL TO GET A REMINDER OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WERE? YES. IN TOTALITY. NOT JUST THIS 300 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE LEFT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE SPENT THAT ON, I WOULD SAY JUST FROM JUST TO A REMINDER OF HOW THE ENTIRE AWARD WAS SPENT. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE HAVE EARMARKED THOSE FUNDS, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTANDING AND EVEN ARTICULATING TO THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS HOW THOSE FUNDS WERE SPENT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE THERE WERE SIX PROJECTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TOTAL. AND EACH YEAR THE CITY HAS TO SUBMIT EACH YEAR BEFORE APRIL 15TH, THE CITY HAS TO SUBMIT EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE
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SPENT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THOSE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS. AND THAT SHOWS UP IN OUR SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL AWARDS WHEN IT'S TIME FOR AUDITS. SO WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE. AND THERE IS A SINGLE AUDIT THAT IS CONDUCTED ON THESE. AND SO THIS ONE I THINK IS 250,000 OR SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERS A SINGLE AUDIT FOR 150, 750,000. THAT TRIGGERS A SINGLE AUDIT. SO EACH YEAR WHEN THE WHEN WE GET OUR AUDITED FINANCIALS, ASIDE FROM JUST THE REGULAR AUDIT, THERE IS A SINGLE SINGLE AUDIT THAT'S DONE ON THESE FUNDS AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE DID RECEIVE. SO AGAIN, JUST TO JUST TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING SCRUTINIZED ON DIFFERENT LEVELS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING SPENT AND HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING SPENT ON. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, YOU'LL BE OUR LAST QUESTION. SURE THING. AND THEN IF YOU COULD ALSO IN THAT INFORMATION, CLARIFY ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE SAME LINE ITEM 262 AND THE SAME MONTH, DECEMBER, THE FEDERAL GRANT, ARPA BUDGETED ZERO. THE REVENUE LOOKS LIKE -27 AND $27,908. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. SURE THING. AND THEN WITH THIS AND HOW THIS IS DOCUMENTED. WE ARE NOT WHEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET IN THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED. SO IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THOSE PROJECTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. THEY WERE INCLUDED. OR ALL THIS IS DOCUMENTED SOMEWHERE ON A DIFFERENT SPREADSHEET FROM THE ORIGINAL TO SOME SORT. AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT AND YOU CAN CLARIFY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE RECEIVE ON FRIDAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS TO BE DOCUMENTED INSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL FUNDS HERE, WHICH I KNOW WE DON'T. I KNOW WE HAVE THESE ARPA FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT CERTAIN THING, BUT JUST THAT PIECE I WANTED TO, TO ASK THAT WE ALSO HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION AS WELL. SURE. I CAN, I CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU TO MAKE IT ALL CLEARER AND PUT ALSO SEND YOU THE MANAGEMENT REPORT BACK FROM WHENEVER WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS AND EVERYTHING. AND IT WILL LIST ALL OF THE PROJECTS, HOW MUCH WAS ALLOCATED FOR EACH PROJECT. AND I'LL PUT ON THERE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT. WOULD THAT BE FRIDAY? I GUESS I'M GOING TO BE BUSY. SO. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU,[E. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
MISS THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0415, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES.INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES. RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS. REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS. INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 3RD, 2025 FOR MAYOR PLACE ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FIVE. CANDIDATE PACKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN PERSON, OR MAY BE EMAILED BY REQUEST. APPLICATION FILING PERIOD IS CURRENTLY OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M, AND WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 5:00 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025. THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FOR LUNCH FROM 12 P.M. TO 1 P.M. DAILY. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT (972) 230-9664, OR EMAIL YOUR REQUEST FOR A CANDIDATE PACKET TO CANDIDATE INFO. THAT'S. C A N D I'D A T E I N F O AT DESOTO, TEXAS. ALL SPELLED OUT.GOV. VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY 3RD ELECTION IS APRIL 3RD. YOU MAY CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS AT DALLAS COUNTY VOTERS.ORG OR VOTE TEXAS.GOV. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. YES DOCTOR MARKS THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, FOR THE RECOGNITION. I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS MORNING. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE CHAIR. WHO? THE PRESIDENT. WHO IS MR. GARY RAVENEL? I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THE PNC COMMISSIONERS FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THE TOY DRIVE. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT DURING OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, SO I WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY THAT I DID GO BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS ON DURING THEIR LAST MEETING TO THANK THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO NOW I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY SO EVERYBODY CAN ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING WITH ME ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND. HELLO, DESOTO. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THAT CAME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY VIEWS THAT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 15TH IN GROVE, DESOTO, OR SHOULD I SAY THE SHOPPES OF GROVE, DESOTO. AND COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL AND MYSELF. WE GAVE YOU GUYS
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GREAT INFORMATION, AND YOU GAVE US GREAT INFORMATION. YOU PROVIDED QUESTIONS, AND A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE GONE BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER THOSE AREAS. THE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WERE DRAINAGE FEES THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY SEE IN YOUR FEBRUARY BILL, OR MAYBE NOT.HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T. AND THEN ALSO THE THINGS ABOUT TRASH. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES JUST YESTERDAY THAT I AM WORKING WITH THE REPUBLIC SERVICES ON, BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED AND THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. I WILL PROVIDE THEM BACK AS A FACT SHEET TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN KNOW MORE AND MORE ABOUT NOT ONLY YOUR TRASH, BUT YOUR DRAINAGE FEES. I THANK YOU AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND NICOLE RAPHAEL OR COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, AND WE JUST APPRECIATED ALL OF YOUR ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM WAS NEXT. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. DON'T FORGET TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS. FEBRUARY 8TH FOR THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE. IT'S A BARBIE DREAM NIGHT. PLENTY OF DANCING, FOOD, ELEGANCE, AND GIVEAWAYS.
THE TIME WILL BE FROM 630 TO 9:30 P.M, AND IT WILL BE AT OUR DESOTO CIVIC CENTER, LOCATED AT 211 EAST PLEASANT RUN. THEN ON FEBRUARY 22ND, SATURDAY, WE THEY WILL BE HOSTING VOICES OF THE PAST, CELEBRATING R&B LEGENDS PERFORMANCES BY ASTON WARD, CHEVI PRASAD, GARY EDWARDS, MCKENNA WARD AND QUENTIN GRAY. $20 PRESALE, $25 AT THE DOOR AND THAT WILL BE AT OUR DESOTO CORNER THEATER. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WANT TO GIVE THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR FEARLESS LEADER, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR ROGERS, WHO WAS RECOGNIZED AT LEGACY TOYOTA FOR ALL OF HER GREAT WORK AND DEDICATION. THE ENTIRE DESOTO COMMUNITY HAS BENEFITED FROM HER TIRELESS EFFORTS TOWARDS THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS ALIKE, AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE HER TO CONTINUE TO DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMAN BYRD. OH, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. HI, DESOTO. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ABOUT A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 830 TO 1030, AND I AM CO-HOSTING THAT WITH NONE OTHER THAN THE GRAND, THE GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR FOR PLACE. FOR WHAT WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, WE'RE NOT JUST MEETING TO MEET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING CHANGES THAT ARE COMING UP. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, YOU WANT TO PLAN THOSE SPECIAL PROJECTS. YOU WANT TO ADD AN ACCESSORY BUILDING IN THE BACK OF YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE GRAND THINGS. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU MAY NEED A PERMIT. COME OUT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY YOU'LL NEED FOR YOUR SPECIAL PROJECT, WHETHER IT IS EXPANDING YOUR DRIVEWAY OR BUILDING SOMETHING IN THE BACKYARD. AND THEN LASTLY, WATER AND SEWER RATES. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES HAPPENING ON YOUR JANUARY BILL THAT YOU'LL NOTICE. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO INTO COMPLETE SHOCK. WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT EXACT CHANGES ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS SATURDAY AT 830 TO 1030, RIGHT HERE IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM IN THE DESOTO LIBRARY, AND I YIELD BACK. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BYRD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOUR CITY COUNCIL. THEY ARE REALLY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR OWN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, KRYSTAL CHISHOLM, ON BEING APPOINTED TO THE AUDIT, TO THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR HTML TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. IT IS A HUGE HONOR. SHE WILL SERVE A ONE YEAR TERM. AND THIS IS A HUGE A HUGE BOARD. IT IS A WONDERFUL HONOR. SO CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A BIT OF A SAD NEWS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. TODAY, WE WANT TO LONGTIME RESIDENT AND BISHOP OF THE TEXAS NORTHEAST JURISDICTION. HE AND HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, FIRST LADY CAROLYN NICHOLS, CALLED DESOTO THEIR HOME FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND BISHOP NICHOLS, BISHOP ROBERT LEE NICHOLS SENIOR HAS GONE ON TO BE WITH THE LORD. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT WILL BE HELD IN HIS HONOR, BUT THE ONE
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LOCALLY WILL BE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 28TH AT 7:00 PM AT HIS SON'S CHURCH. BISHOP ROBERT NICHOLS, JR. RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH. AT 335 SOUTH PARKS DRIVE, DESOTO, TEXAS. AND THEN THE NATIONAL HOMEGOING CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 29TH AT 9:00 EASTERN STANDARD TIME AT THE INSPIRING BODY OF CHRIST. 7701 SOUTH WESTMORELAND ROAD. WE WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES OUT TO LADY CAROLYN NICHOLS AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST. THE STATE OF DESOTO. WE BOW WITH YOU AS WE HONOR A GIANT IN THE FAITH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAFAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE ARTS AND, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS, SCULPTORS, THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL SCULPTURE, RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31ST. YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY OF DESOTO'S WEBSITE TO SEE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. JUST PUT IN VETERAN MEMORIAL SCULPTURE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEARCH AND FIND IT. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS A SEAT AVAILABLE ON THE DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT PARTICULAR FOUNDATION BEING ON THAT BOARD, THE APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE. YOU CAN GO TO, AGAIN, THE DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV WEBSITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT COMMUNITY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS AND FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION. SO PLEASE, IF YOU ARE INCLINED, IN THE ARTS ARE INCLINED AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU AS WELL AS I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHEN YOU GO TO THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR ON THE CITY OF DESOTO WEBSITE, THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING EVENTS THERE, BUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING ON SATURDAY IS AN HONORING OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.IT STARTS AT 10 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. IT IS THE IT IS THE ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY AND MEDAL CEREMONY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT US AS IT RELATES TO FIRE, AS IT RELATES TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. AND SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, I'M NOT EXACTLY IT IS GOING TO BE A UNIQUE VISIONS, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THREE, TWO FOUR SOUTH HAMPTON, WHICH IS THIS, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, STARTING AT 10 A.M. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. I HAVE QUITE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO TAKE MY TIME, BUT HURRY UP ALSO SO WE CAN GET TO THE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. I WANT TO FIRST GIVE A BIG THANK YOU. AND MISS JARRETT IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT TO DRE JARRETT AS WELL AS ANY OF THE STAFF THAT HELPED TO MAKE OUR MLK ESSAY AND COLORING CONTEST A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR. WE ASPIRED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF DOCTOR KING IN OUR CITY. AND WE HAD OVER 300 ENTRIES THIS YEAR, WHICH I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT COMPARES TO IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN TERMS OF A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT IS A LOT MORE. AND SO WE HAD A BIG TURNOUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR THE TOP AWARD WINNERS THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT, AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH DESOTO ISD BY HOSTING THE AWARDS ASSEMBLY THERE, AS WELL AS HAVING A PERFORMANCE THERE, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR FREE THIS YEAR WITH THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER AND THE DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. AND WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME THAT YEAR. SO A THAT NIGHT. AND SO I WANT TO JUST THANK STAFF, THANKED EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND JUST CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE WINNERS. WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT THERE, CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE WINNERS WHOSE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WILL BE ON DISPLAY BOTH THERE AT THE SCHOOL AND SOME WILL BE ON DISPLAY HERE AT CITY HALL. SOME WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY HERE AT THE LIBRARY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL AND STAFF AND THE LIBRARY TEAM FOR HELPING TO SCORE THOSE ESSAYS. AS WELL. AND JUST THE TIME THAT YOU ALL PUT IN FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL OF OUR FAITH LEADERS ABOUT OUR QUARTERLY FAITH LEADER BREAKFAST. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FAITH LEADER BREAKFAST OF 2025, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING PLACE TOMORROW, WHICH IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 22ND AT EIGHT WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22ND. AND THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TO REMIND YOU ALL ABOUT THAT EVENT, WE WILL BE HEARING FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MANY OTHERS, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR FAITH LEADERS WITH INSPIRATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF OUR FAITH LEADERS TOMORROW MORNING. I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT IS HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 13TH AT 10:30 A.M. HERE AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER. I WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER THAT DAY, BUT WE
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WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MAPPING DESOTO'S FUTURE. AND SO YOU STILL HAVE AN AVAILABILITY TO GET A SEAT TO THE LIVE EVENT. HOWEVER, WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING THE WATCH PARTIES WHERE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TO THE CIVIC CENTER TO EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT LIVE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE AND IN REAL TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT. AND SO WE WILL BE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO REGISTER TO WATCH IT VIRTUALLY AS WELL, VERY, VERY SOON. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OUT FOR THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR OR GET A TABLE OR A TICKET TO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER, WHO IS OUR PARTNER IN THIS EVENT, AND THEY ARE HANDLING ALL OF THE REGISTRATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. GETTING DOWN TO SOME OF MY FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OF OUR OUTSTANDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. OFTENTIMES, OUR RESIDENTS ONLY SEE WHAT WE DO HERE ON THIS DAIS EVERY FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. DEVELOPING AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND ALL OF THE THINGS AND ALL OF THE CONFERENCES AND CLASSES THAT THEY GO TO HELP BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THE BEST JOB AND THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES AND JUST NETWORKING WITH OTHER CITIES, LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES TO BRING BACK HERE TO OUR CITY. SO I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, WHO HAS EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICER OR THE CMO DESIGNATION. I THINK WE CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE FOR THE YEAR OF 202, FOR THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. I BELIEVE YOU HAD TO GET OVER 60 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS 72 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, WHICH IS NO EASY FEAT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SERVE AS A COUNCIL PERSON. HE PASTORS A CHURCH, HE HAS A FAMILY, HE HAS A PERSONAL LIFE. SO TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DESIGNATION YEAR AFTER YEAR, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE GOTTEN THIS DESIGNATION, AND YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT BY GETTING ANOTHER 72 HOURS EVERY YEAR. IT'S NOT JUST TO GET A FEW MORE AND YOU MAINTAIN IT. YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE HOURS OVER EACH YEAR TO MAINTAIN THIS DESIGNATION. AND SO THAT IS SO COMMENDABLE. AND SO WE APPLAUD THE EFFORT AND TIME THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE PROGRAM TO GET THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AT THE HTML, HTML, I AWARD CEREMONY DURING THE HTML MID-YEAR CONFERENCE.AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR IN AUSTIN ON MARCH THE 20TH AT 4:30 P.M. I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, MISS LETICIA HUGHES, WHO HAS EARNED THE HTML CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE YEAR OF 2020. FOR. WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT THERE AS WELL FOR HER. AND AGAIN, THIS THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT JUST REFLECTS MAYOR PRO TEM DEDICATION TO ENHANCING LOCAL GOVERNANCE THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. AND WE ARE THRILLED TO SEE THIS RECOGNITION COME TO FRUITION FOR HER. SHE WILL ALSO BE BE HONORED AT THAT SAME RECOGNITION IN AUSTIN COMING LATER THIS YEAR. AND COUNCILMAN BYRD DID HAVE THIS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID SLIP THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ONLINE. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE OUR APPRECIATION AND CELEBRATE YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, FOR BEING APPOINTED TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, A PRESTIGIOUS ROLE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP OF THE LEAGUE AND REPRESENT DESOTO ON A VERY STATEWIDE LEVEL. WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD. I THINK WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR ALL THREE OF THEM ONE MORE TIME AND THANK EACH OF YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE DO HAVE A BIRTHDAY THAT IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW DAYS. I THINK WE KNOW WHO IT IS. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SHE HAS A BIRTHDAY ON JANUARY 26TH. SHE IS NOT HERE TO GET HER, HER HER HER BASKET, AS CUSTOMARY. SO WE WILL ARRANGE WITH YOUR FAMILY TO GET YOUR BASKET TO YOU LATER THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO YOU TO UNMUTE AND AS CUSTOMARY, TELL US WHICH VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU WOULD LIKE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CHOIR WILL OFFER THAT RENDITION TO YOU AS ELOQUENTLY AS WE ALWAYS DO. I'M JUST SO EXCITED! DID YOU SEE THE EXCITEMENT? I'M JUST OVERCOME? I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT. I BRING GREETINGS FROM DC. IF I COULD BE THERE, I WOULD. Y'ALL GIVE ME THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION. WE HADN'T HAD THAT IN A WHILE. SHE WANTS THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION.
SO ON THE COUNT OF THREE, WE'LL HIT STEVIE ONE. WE'LL DO IT ONE TIME. ALL RIGHT. FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE TRIP. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOGGED IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MEETING, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE. WE WISH YOU TRAVELING, GRACE, AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR
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TRAVELS AGAIN TO REPRESENT US IN DC. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, MISS[F. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, FOR TOPICS NOT SCHEDULED, ATTENDEES WILL SPEAK DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING. COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMBASSADORS TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. AND MAYOR, I DO HAVE TWO. FIRST, I HAVE TREY COCKRELL. GOOD EVENING, MR. COCKRELL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS TREY COCKRELL. I'M A CITY RESIDENT OF DESOTO. AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TEXAS. WORK TOOK ME AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO. MY FAMILY AND I DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO DESOTO OR BACK TO TEXAS IN 2014. WE CHOSE DESOTO AND I'M SO GLAD WE DID BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. MUCH OF MY BUSINESS LIFE WAS SPENT IN CORPORATE STRATEGY. THE MANY THINGS I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE NAILED, AND THERE ARE MANY I THINK YOU'VE NAILED. THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES STAND OUT TO ME AS A REAL HALLMARK OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION. THOSE PRIORITIES ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY INVESTMENT IN THORNTREE, WHICH IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THORNTREE, BUT GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DESOTO. AS YOU DEFINE IN ONE OF YOUR KEY STRATEGIC, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, DESOTO NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS IMAGE AND NEEDS TO INVEST IN SUSTAINABILITY AND REVITALIZATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND FOR AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THORNTREE IS A BIG PART OF DESOTO'S IMAGE. UNDER CURRENT OWNERSHIP AND WITHOUT CITY SUPPORT, IT'S DETERIORATED DRAMATICALLY. IT'S NOT THE BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLANNING VIDEO. IT'S RUNDOWN, UGLY. IT'S NOT THE CROWN JEWEL IT ONCE WAS AND WHAT IT CAN BE IN THE FUTURE. WITH YOUR SUPPORT TODAY, THORNTREE CONTRIBUTES TO CITY'S IMAGE PROBLEM. PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER TO THORNTREE AND BASED ON HOW RUNDOWN IT IS, I BET MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T COME BACK AND THEY PROBABLY TELL OTHER PEOPLE I WOULDN'T GO TO THORNTREE, I WOULDN'T GO TO DESOTO. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU IT IS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT OR WITH YOUR SUPPORT. I'M SORRY. A NEW BUYER WILL CHANGE THAT IMAGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYBODY IN DESOTO. AN INVESTMENT IN THORNTREE, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'RE DOING, WILL CREATE A THRIVING ECONOMY AND A BOOMING THORNTREE CREATES JOBS AND BRINGS IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY. REVITALIZE THORNTREE CREATES AN ATTRACTION TO DESOTO AMENITIES LIKE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, A THRIVING GOLF COURSE, POOL, TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL FACILITIES PROVIDE ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PART OF YOUR SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY. STRATEGIC PRIORITY TODAY THORNTREE IS AN EYESORE. I DON'T CARE WHAT PLACE YOU LIVE IN OR WHAT PLACE YOU REPRESENT, EVERYONE IN DESOTO WILL BENEFIT FROM AN INVESTMENT IN THORNTREE. THE FENCE WILL BE REPAIRED, THE FRONT ENTRY RENEWED, THE PONDS AND FOUNTAINS BACK TO THE BEAUTY YOU SHOW IN THE CITY. STRATEGIC PLANNING VIDEO. THE CLUBHOUSE, RESTAURANT AND SWIMMING POOL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A CORNERSTONE OF LIFE IN DESOTO. LAKEWOOD CLUB, ALMOST 20 MILES NORTH OF HERE, IS THE NEAREST PROPERTY TO DESOTO THAT OFFERS THE SAME KIND OF ATTRACTION AND BENEFIT THAT THORNTREE ONCE PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IT CAN AGAIN. SO WE NEED TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO DESOTO, NOT REPEL THEM. AND I THINK THORNTREE IS MORE OF A REPELLENT TODAY THAN IT IS AN ATTRACTION. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT REVITALIZED THORNTREE WILL ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE WITH MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME TO DESOTO, JUST AS IT DID 20 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN IT OPENED AND WAS THRIVING. TO CONTINUE YOUR WORK OF DRIVING OUR COMMUNITY STRATEGY FORWARD AND INVESTMENT IN DESOTO CROWN JEWEL THORNTREE IS ESSENTIAL. THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT DESOTO. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, AND THORNTREE CAN AND SHOULD BE A PART OF WHAT WE ALL LOVE ABOUT DESOTO. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR. COCKRELL. PAM SMITH. GOOD EVENING, MISS SMITH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD.AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MISS SMITH. THEY'RE GOING TO CUT YOUR MICROPHONE OFF FOR YOU. NO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PAM SMITH, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO TALK HERE. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC ABOUT THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. REVITALIZING THORNTREE GOLF CLUB ISN'T JUST A NICE IDEA, IT'S SOMETHING DESOTO REALLY NEEDS TO DO RIGHT NOW. AS MR. COCKRELL MENTIONED, THE CURRENT OWNERS DON'T SEEM TO
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HAVE ANY PLANS BEYOND COLLECTING GREEN FEES UNTIL THE CLUBHOUSE FALLS APART AND THE COURSE BECOMES UNUSABLE. IF THAT HAPPENS, DESOTO WOULD LOSE A HUGE ASSET AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL THE IMPACT. JUST LIKE SOME OF OUR HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT. I LIVE AND WORK IN DESOTO, AND I KNOW, LIKE ME, YOU'VE SEEN HOW MUCH THORNTREE MATTERS TO OUR CITY. A GREAT GOLF COURSE ADDS VALUE TO OUR PROPERTY TAX BASE, AND IT MAKES DESOTO A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE. BUT WHEN A GOLF COURSE CLOSES, THE HOMES IN THE AREA CAN DROP IN VALUE BY AS MUCH AS 25 TO 50%. AND OF COURSE, THE COURSE ITSELF LOSES VALUE TOO.THAT WOULD MEAN A BIG HIT TO THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR DESOTO, WHICH COULD HURT FUNDING FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROADS, OUR PARKS, OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR OTHER SERVICES. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO TURN IT AROUND WITH OUR POTENTIAL BUYERS. THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, REDEVELOP, THORNTREE AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE AS A THRIVING GOLF CLUB. IT WOULD MAKE THORNTREE AN ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ASSET AGAIN, WOULD ATTRACT VISITORS, WOULD BOOST LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CREATE MORE TAX REVENUE THAT CAN BE REINVESTED INTO THE CITY. BY SUPPORTING THE REVITALIZATION OF THORNTREE, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SHOW IT'S SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING AND IMPROVING DESOTO'S ASSETS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SAVING A GOLF COURSE, IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. IT'S ABOUT KEEPING PROPERTY VALUES STRONG AND SHOWING THE DFW AREA THAT DESOTO IS A VIBRANT AND FORWARD THINKING COMMUNITY. AND IT'S A WIN FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES
[G. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]
INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING OUR CITIZENS APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL. AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER. FIRST, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD AS THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, AND DESIGNATING THE IRVING RAMBLER AND DALLAS MORNING NEWS AS THE SECONDARY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH EXCEL FOR CONSTRUCTION, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $637,830.60, AND APPROVING A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $746,195.66, TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, CONTINGENCY AND TESTING FOR THE CITY'S GILBERT AVENUE, REEDSPORT PLACE, AND STENNETT PLACE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. CONSIDER THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN REPORT FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A VISION ZERO POLICY IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13 UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13.900 INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND POLLUTION REGULATIONS. BY AMENDING SECTION 13.904 DEFINITIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 13.907 LOCAL LIMITS AND BY AMENDING SECTION 13.957 REMEDIES. NON-EXCLUSIVE. AS WELL AS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. ADOPTED BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FROM AVAILABLE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FUNDS TO THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT MCALLEN PARK. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR ITEM H SEVEN. I KNOW THAT WE WERE IT SAID IN THE STAFF NOTES THAT THE MANAGEMENT NOTES THAT THE PARKS BOARD AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO ONE OF THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS THAT ABOUT THAT MEETING, BUT THEY I KNOW THAT THEY AGREED TO MOVE THE $2 MILLION THAT THEY HAD. BUT MY QUESTION WAS, DOES THAT TAKE AWAY ALL OF THEIR FUNDING FROM THEIR FUNDS? IF THEY BY THEM AGREEING TO MOVE THAT FUND TO HELP OUT WITH THE MCALLEN PROJECT? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S A NEGATIVE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE $4 MILLION IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. AND SO THEY'RE TAKING 2 MILLION AND ALLOCATING THAT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR MARK. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT EVEN IF YOU DEAL WITH THE 2 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE 4 MILLION, YOU'RE STILL TAKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING, CORRECT? IS THERE ANY OTHER. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DIPPING INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS WAS IT ALLOCATED FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OVER, OR CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT, OR IS IT
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JUST OUT THERE AND IT'S JUST FREE TO BE TO BE MOVED? HAD YOU PINPOINT THAT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? NO, WE HADN'T PINPOINTED FOR ANYTHING ELSE WHEN THE PARK BOARD WAS THE PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. YEAH, TWO OVER $2 MILLION WAS IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. AND SO THIS IS REALLY FUND BALANCE MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BEFORE WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE PARK BOARD. SO WE HAD NOT ALLOCATED THAT FUNDING FOR ANYTHING. OKAY. GOTCHA.OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. OKAY, I'LL WITHDRAW. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SURE THING. RELATED TO. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE NEWSPAPER AND THE RAMBLER. I THINK I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO SELECT SOMEONE ELSE. OTHER PUBLICATIONS. BUT IS THERE A PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT OF THE NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS AND WHY? THE RAMBLER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW NEWSPAPER BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS THE DAILY FOCUS. AND WE GOT NOTIFIED ON THE 11TH OF DECEMBER THAT THEY WOULD BE CEASING PRODUCTION AFTER THE FIRST. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WENT OUT FOR NEW NEWSPAPER WOOZY. SECOND QUESTION AGAIN, THE RAMBLER. I'M SORRY. THE SELECTION. SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT SELECTING WHO YOU SELECTED AS THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE? SO THE STATE HAS QUALIFICATIONS ON WHO CAN PUBLISH LEGAL NOTICES.
OKAY. AND WE WENT WITH FOR WE SOURCED PRICING FROM FOUR DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THE RAMBLER, THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD AND THE TEXAS METRO NEWS. THE RAMBLER.
IT IT QUALIFIED, BUT ONCE THEY ONLY PUBLIC, THEY ONLY PUBLISH ONCE A WEEK ON SATURDAYS. AND THEY'RE THEY ONLY SERVICE IN A CERTAIN AREA UP TO I THINK GRAND PRAIRIE AND DALLAS COUNTY. SO THEY WOULDN'T REACH OUR THEY WOULDN'T REACH DESOTO. PRETTY MUCH THE PUBLICATIONS. YES, MA'AM. THEY WOULD. THEY WOULDN'T. OKAY. YEAH. THE LIMIT THAT THEY GO TO, LIKE I SAID, IS GRAND PRAIRIE IN DALLAS COUNTY. THAT'S THE FURTHEST OUT. OKAY. SO. OKAY. I'M SORRY. SO IF THE RAMBLER DOES NOT REACH OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE DESIGNATE THEM AS THE NEWSPAPER OF CHOICE? NO, THEY'RE NOT THE NEWSPAPER OF CHOICE. OKAY. CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE OF THE DALLAS COMMERCIAL. YEAH. THE DALLAS COMMERCIAL RECORDS, THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD. THE DAILY COMMERCIAL, THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AND DESIGNATING THE RAMBLER IN THE DALLAS AS THE SECONDARY. OKAY, OKAY. VERY GOOD. YEAH. IN CASE WE DO NEED TO GO WITH THEM, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH DESOTO. BUT THAT'S ONLY IF WE HAVE TO.
OKAY. PRETTY MUCH. THANK YOU. SIR. MAY I MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, PLEASE? SO, YES, THEY DO REACH DESOTO. ACTUALLY, THE THING WAS, YOU KNOW, AFTER DISCUSSING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WANTED TO OFFER STAFF MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PUBLISH. AND SO THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD WAS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER THAT PUBLISHES FIVE DAYS A WEEK. AND SO THE RAMBLER DOES REACH DESOTO, BUT IT'S ONLY PUBLISHING ON SATURDAYS. AND SO DALLAS MORNING NEWS WAS SELECTED AS THE SECONDARY SECOND TO THE BACKUP, JUST IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED TO USE THEM. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T GO WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE PRICING, SO. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THOUGH, I'M SORRY, DID YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS FAR AS THEM BEING THE FIRST OF THE TWO, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBER. ON WHY WOULD THEY BE PART OF IT? WOULDN'T THEY BE THE THIRD OPTION? I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO COST MORE IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT? YEAH. THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. NO, NO, I GET THAT PART. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS, IS IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT, IF THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DO IT, OR IS THERE A PRICE THAT'S QUOTED HERE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? NO. THIS IS STANDARD PRICING THAT THEY HAVE.
OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH I THINK WHAT I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER ASKING IS, ARE YOU ASKING IF WE HAVE TO USE DALLAS MORNING NEWS OR ONE OF THE SECONDARY? IS IT A DIFFERENT
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PRICE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WELL, CURRENTLY, IT'S PART OF THE SECONDARY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IT SHOWS A PRICE OF 1190, 11, WHATEVER. BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY DON'T DO THAT NORMALLY, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE SAY I DON'T DO SOMETHING, NORMALLY WHEN I HAVE TO DO IT, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU MORE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION. THAT'S NORMALLY THE PRACTICE. YEAH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THEY WOULDN'T CHARGE US MORE, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT IN WRITING. YEAH. YEAH. AND I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN WRITING. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A BACKUP, WE WOULD HATE TO HAVE THEM AS A BACKUP.AND WE END UP DOING DALLAS MORNING NEWS ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
RIGHT. YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY GET WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SAY AGAIN. WHEN WILL WE BE GETTING THAT? I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. END OF THE WEEK. NO PROBLEM. I GUESS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE. IF THE PAPER CEASED TO PRINT OR. I MEAN, BECAUSE IN THAT INSTANCE, I WOULD IMAGINE I THINK THE ONLY TIME THAT WE WOULD USE A BACKUP IS IN THE EVENT THAT THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD DISSOLVED. SO.
SO WOULD WE NOT JUST GO BACK OUT AND FIND ANOTHER RECORD? AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD DEFINITELY DO THE BID. BUT WITH JOE AND I DISCUSSED IS THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS IN 2013, 2014, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A BACKUP, WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, HERE NOW. SO YEAH, I DON'T FORESEE US USING EITHER ONE OF THE BACKUPS. ONLY IF DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD, YOU KNOW, DISSOLVES. AND SO THE MAJORITY OF CITIES AROUND US ARE ALSO GOING WITH THEM, JUST FYI. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR IS YOUR LIFE STILL? I DO SO FOR CLARIFICATION WITH THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD THE RAMBLER. WHAT I DON'T SEE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THEIR PRICE DIFFERENTIAL AND I DEFINITELY SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. HOWEVER, MY CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT. I GUESS WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE? HOW ARE WE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THAT, HEY, THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD. ONE, TWO. LIKE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AND THEN DO THESE TWO PUBLICATIONS ALSO HAVE ONLINE OPTIONS? BECAUSE I DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT IT I SEE IT SAYS PUBLISHED, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY ONLINE. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES THEY DO. OKAY. THEN OUR PLAN TO MAKE CERTAIN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S OUR PLAN. SO AS FAR AS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE NEW METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, I WOULD GUESS THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND I'LL DEFER TO JOE TO SEE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE. IF I'M BEING HONEST, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE BEFORE, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HAVING TO RE DESIGNATE A NEWSPAPER. SO DO YOU RECALL OR. NO, I WASN'T INVOLVED, SO I DON'T RECALL IF WE CAN AT MINIMUM HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, PUBLICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE SOME, SOME TYPE OF PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THIS IS JUST NOT NEBULOUS WORLD. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SURE. AND WE'LL ALSO COORDINATE OUR OFFICE WILL COORDINATE WITH OUR SISTER CITIES. I KNOW LANCASTER AND CEDAR HILL, THE SURROUNDING CITIES. THEY WERE ALL USING FOCUS DAILY NEWS. AND SO THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ALL OF US. SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF OUTREACH OR WHAT TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING. AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO LET FOLKS KNOW. POINT OF INFORMATION. I'M SORRY, I GOT A LOT OF POINT OF INFORMATION TODAY. CAN THE ACTUAL PAPER BE THE ONE TO ANNOUNCE IT TO? YES. OKAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF THE PAPER? YES. WELL, I MEAN, OKAY, I GET IT. AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR ALL OF THIS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WILL REACH OUT TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES SINCE ALL OF THEM HAD TO SWITCH OVER? HAVE THEY ALL SWITCHED OVER TO THIS PARTICULAR PAPER? SO MOST OF THEM HAVE. I KNOW FOR SURE CEDAR HILL HAS DUNCANVILLE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT LANCASTER, BUT I KNOW MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE. YEAH, SO LANCASTER, CITY OF MESQUITE, CITY OF HUTCHINS, CITY OF HOT SPRINGS, GLENN HEIGHTS, CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, SEAGOVILLE, GARLAND AND THE DALLAS COUNTY AS WELL UTILIZING. THANK YOU. I THINK THE VERY LEAST WE CAN COORDINATE WITH COMMUNICATIONS, CITY MANAGERS, NEWS REPORT, JUST ANY OF OUR NORMAL SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS TO DO IT. I'M I'M I'M WHEN WE BECAUSE WE'RE PUBLISHING BIDS THINGS LIKE THAT AND THERE AS WELL OR IS IT JUST FOR THE TYPICAL ZONING TYPE THING. SO IF WE'RE DOING THAT YEAH, I THINK I THINK THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN FOR FREE, GO AHEAD AND GET THAT INFORMATION AND JUST START DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW TO LOOK SOMEWHERE DIFFERENTLY. BECAUSE I WOULD EVEN I WOULD EVEN SUSPECT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT EVEN REALLY FULLY AWARE THAT FOCUSED NEWS IS NOT EVEN GOING TO BE PRINTING
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ANYMORE IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT. SO MAYBE JUST KIND OF A FAQ FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND EVEN FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. MORE SO REGARDING THE CHANGE WOULD BE NEEDED. AND I THINK WE CAN COORDINATE SOME THINGS WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO GET THAT DONE. WE CAN, MAYOR, WE CAN HAVE OUR PUBLIC OUR COMMUNICATION MANAGER PUT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL AS WE CAN.WE CAN HAVE LITTLE CARDS AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COUNTER TO INFORM ALL APPLICANTS AND ALL PERMITTEES TO OF THE CHANGE. SO WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL AS WELL AS PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE. AND ANY DOCUMENT THAT THAT REALLY DEALS WITH CITY BUSINESS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL, DO YOU HAVE A REMAINING QUESTION? I DO, THIS IS FOR ITEM SIX ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. H6 AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR THE RECORD, CONNOR, CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? SORRY ABOUT THAT EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CONNOR MITCHELL. I'M THE PURCHASING MANAGER FOR THE CITY. COUNCIL MEMBER, RAFAEL. SURE THING, MADAM MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION. SO CONTEXTUALLY, CAN I. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT'S REALLY ASKING. YEAH, I WANT TO START WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, THIS AMENDS THE ORDINANCE FOR OUR PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. SO AS A PART OF OUR CONTRACT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT SERVICES WITH THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, WE FALL UNDER THE AUSPICE OF THEIR APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM WITH T-C-E-Q. AND THEY RECENTLY, RECENTLY PERFORMED AN AUDIT ON THEIR SYSTEM WHERE THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. SO WHEN CHANGES ARE MADE TO THEIR PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, SINCE THEY ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF IT, OF OURS, OUR ORDINANCE HAS TO REFLECT THE SAME THING AS WELL.
OKAY. AND SO ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO JUST BE AWARE OF? I KNOW THEY'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT US AND YOUR OPERATIONS AND WHAT YOU DO. SO KEEP IN MIND THERE'S ONLY ONE INDUSTRY THAT QUALIFIES RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S PRECISION WIRE OVER THERE ON FALCON DRIVE. THIS DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE VERY MUCH. IT JUST CHANGES SOME ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE THINGS. ON TRINITY RIVER'S PART. ONE OF THE CHANGES IS IT USED TO BE THEY HAD TEN BUSINESS DAYS TO REPORT A VIOLATION, AND TEN BUSINESS DAYS IS USUALLY IT FOUND TO NOT BE ENOUGH. SO NOW THEY HAVE 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO REPORT A VIOLATION. AND THEY WERE DOING SOME SAMPLING THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS WERE. AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE WORDING THAT THE T-C-E-Q TOLD TWRA THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE OUT SPECIFICALLY SAMPLING ONCE PER PERMIT CYCLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO START SAMPLING FOR VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS ON A EITHER AN ANNUAL OR SEMIANNUAL BASIS IF THEY WERE SAMPLING ON BEHALF OF THE SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER. SO TO KEEP THAT, TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES FROM INCURRING THAT COST, THEY TOOK OUT A LOT OF THE SAMPLING THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT, BUT WAS BEING DONE AS A BEST PRACTICE. OKAY. SO THE BEST PRACTICE WAS DONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY, RIGHT? I'M SURE IT WAS. WELL, THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION. OKAY. SO WITH THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF LIMITS. YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CATEGORICAL LIMIT WHICH IS WHAT THE FEDERAL REQUIRES. AND YOU ALSO HAVE A LOCAL LIMIT THAT WE CAN SET HERE LOCALLY AS THE NAME PROVIDES. THAT WAS JUST IT WAS THE TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS WAS IN THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM JUST AS A BEST PRACTICE. HOWEVER, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE IN THE WASTEWATER STREAM. SO THEREFORE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY HAS TO GO AHEAD. AND IF THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT, SINCE IT WASN'T ANY TYPE OF A FEDERAL LIMIT. SO AS PART OF A 40 CFR, WHICH IS THE GOVERNANCE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE EPA, THEY'RE ALWAYS MONITORING AND ALWAYS COMING DOWN WITH REGULATIONS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAMPLED AS FAR AS HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS WAS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A SAMPLING MECHANISM FOR LOCAL LIMITS. WERE YOU DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, MR. CITY MANAGER? NO. ANYTHING IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE ABOUT UTILITIES IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. SO IT'S USUALLY CLARIFYING A PURPOSE OR ADDING EXTRA MEASURES FOR PATHOGENS OR POLLUTANTS AND DEFINING WHAT THOSE ARE. AND SOMETIMES ALSO DEFINING THE JURISDICTION OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT. SO THERE'S EVERY YEAR THERE'S CLEANUP CLEANUP DOCUMENTS TO DO THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS FOR MY
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FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND AS IT RELATES TO THIS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANY REPORTED DOCUMENTS THAT T-C-E-Q HAS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT HAS BEEN TESTED, WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE, IF WE COULD GET THAT AS WELL. AND YOU CAN AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I NEED THAT BY FRIDAY. BUT I THINK THAT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT TO KNOW IF THERE SUCH OR IF YOU CAN JUST POINT ME TO WHERE I CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ONLINE. SO I COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE AUDIT REPORT THAT THAT TREE WENT THROUGH. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, WITH US ONLY HAVING ONE INDUSTRY HERE THAT FALLS UNDER OUR INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, AND EVEN THEN IT'S ON A VERY MINUTE LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S REALLY A I CAN PROVIDE YOU JUST THE QUARTERLY INSPECTION REPORTS THAT THEY DO THAT JUST FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND. I APPRECIATE THAT WE'LL PROVIDE IT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MISS THOMAS, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, SO WE CAN INCLUDE MAYOR PRO TEM ORDINANCES FIRST? OH, YES. I'M AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13 UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13.900 INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND POLLUTION REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 13.904 DEFINITIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 13.907 LOCAL LIMITS AND BY AMENDING SECTION 13.957 REMEDIES. NON-EXCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE. A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AS WELL AS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2425, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTAL CHISHOLM, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA MARX. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE, MADAM MAYOR. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE'VE JUST VOTED ON THAT. BUT I WANTED TO ASK, AS FAR AS THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU EXPLAINED WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED BACK TO US, I KNOW NOT BY FRIDAY, BUT ONCE THAT'S PROVIDED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY ALSO? BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE ON THEIR WEBSITE. THEY HAVE A ACTUAL PAGE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO GIVE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE TECH INFORMATION AND WHAT THAT ALL ENTAILS. SO IT KIND OF GIVES THEM A WAY TO SEE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR IT. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE MIGHT DO AS WELL, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THE INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL ON ON PERTINENT INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL TO KNOW WHAT TCU IS PLANNING AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY. AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF, I DON'T THINK I THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH IN THE MINUTIA. SO IT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH DIRECTOR LACEY TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL. OKAY. AND THAT THAT EXAMPLE IS ACTUALLY THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YES, MA'AM.
[1. Consider the acceptance of funds from Walmart.org through the Found A Way Foundation to support the City of DeSoto's participation in Dallas County's Gun Surrender Program]
HAVING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM WALMART. ORG THROUGH THE FOUND A WAY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF DESOTO'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF DESOTO'S GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM. AUTOCORRECTION MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS POLICE CHIEF JOE COSTA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. SEVERAL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THE CITY MANAGER AND I WERE APPROACHED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ANOTHER GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE RAN THAT GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE TOOK ABOUT 286 GUNS OFF THE STREET IN EXCHANGE FOR $100 A GUN, AND WE SPENT $286,000. AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WERE FUNDED 50% BY THE DALLAS COUNTY DA, JOHN CREUZOT, AND THE CITY OF DESOTO, THIS TIME HERE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, WE CHECKED WITH WALMART TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A GRANT, AND WALMART AGREED TO THAT. DOCTOR WILLIAMS WORKED WITH NONPROFIT THE FOUNDER WAY FOUNDATION, AND THAT $10,000 WAS DONATED THROUGH THAT NONPROFIT TO THE CITY OF DESOTO TO HELP FUND THE GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM. WE PLAN TO RUN THAT GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM ON FEBRUARY 15TH AT THE NOW DEFUNCT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND WE WILL RUN THAT IN THE MORNING.[01:25:06]
WE'LL WE'VE WE'VE GOT FLIERS OUT AND WE'VE GOT THAT ALL MARKETED OUT AS FAR AS WHAT HOW THAT WILL WORK. WE PLAN TO ALSO GET SOME FUNDING FROM JOHN CREUZOT, THE DALLAS D.A, AND WE WILL FUND THE OTHER THIRD. SO WE SHOULD HAVE $30,000 TOTAL IN CASE WE END UP GETTING THAT MANY GUNS. BUT WE'RE SO SUCCESSFUL. A FEW YEARS AGO WE DECIDED LET'S DO IT AGAIN. SO THAT IS WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM. AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS THAT AND PROVIDES THAT FOR US FOR THAT GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM. THANK YOU. CHIEF. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES FOR WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO DO SUCH AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SELECTION OF THE NONPROFIT. WE'VE USED. FOUND A WAY BEFORE FOR THE CDBG FUNDS.BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS FOR OTHER NONPROFITS THAT EXIST IN OUR CITY THAT COULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS, HOW WAS THAT SELECTION PROCESS? WILL THIS BE SOLELY FOR DESOTO RESIDENTS? AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LIKE THE FUNDING THAT THAT IS ACCESSED PAST THE LIKE? LET'S SAY YOU DON'T USE $10,000 ON THIS ONE DAY. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THAT FUNDING IS THAT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER EVENT, OR DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO WALMART? WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT RESPECT? GOOD QUESTIONS. I CAN ANSWER THE GUN QUESTION YOU ASKED IF THE GUNS WERE HOW MUCH YOU PUT INTO THE GUNS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? NO, SIR. I DON'T MIND REPEATING MYSELF. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE NONPROFIT, THE SELECTION PROCESS, JUST SO THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT ON THE PROCESS SELECTION. SECONDLY WAS WILL THIS BE SOLELY TO DESOTO RESIDENTS? AND THIRD WAS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE EXCESS FUNDING IF YOU DON'T USE ALL THE MONIES AT THIS EVENT? IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE THAT COMES IN. WE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE DESOTO RESIDENTS, BUT WE ARE ASKING THAT ANYBODY COME IN WITH TAKING GUNS OFF THE STREET NOT ONLY HELPS THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT ALL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. AND I WILL PASS THIS OVER FOR THE NONPROFIT. SURE. INFORMATION FOR THE NONPROFIT SELECTION. IT WAS MERELY A CHOICE IN AVAILABILITY. DOCTOR MORGAN'S ALREADY HELPING US WITH OUR CDBG UTILITIES BLITZ, AND HE WAS ABLE TO AGREE WITH NOT CHARGING US ANYTHING, NOT GIVING, YOU KNOW, NOT REQUESTING ANYTHING FROM US. AS FAR AS USING THE FUNDS, I WOULD USE ALL OF THE FUNDS FROM WALMART FIRST, AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT IS APPRECIATED THAT WE DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. I DO KNOW THAT I HEARD YOU SAY $286,000. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT WHAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS OUR PORTION. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE ACTUAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, I SAW THAT WE HAVE THE MONIES FROM WALMART. AND YOU SAID WE PLAN TO GET IT FROM CREUZOT. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL COME BACK THAT WILL HAVE US RECEIVE IN ANY MONIES FROM CREUZOT OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY? AND THEN ALSO WHAT IS DESOTO'S PORTION? WHAT WAS THE 286 YOU SAID FIRST AND THEN THE PORTIONS? HOW IS THE HOW DO THEY HOW DO THEY ALL SPLIT OUT? IT WAS $28,600. I'M SORRY IF I SAID 286. IT WAS 28,600. AND WE SPLIT THAT EVENLY WITH THE DALLAS DA. HE IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING ONE THIRD OF IT, WHATEVER IT COSTS.
WE DID THIS LAST TIME, AS I SAID, AND HE DIDN'T HE DIDN'T GIVE US HIS PORTION UNTIL WE TOLD HIM WHAT EXACTLY THAT ONE THIRD WOULD BE. SO AS DOCTOR WILLIAMS SAID, WE WILL SPEND $10,000 OF WALMART'S FIRST AND THEN THE NEXT AMOUNT AFTER THAT. IF WE GO TO EXCEED THAT, THEN WE WILL SPLIT THAT EVENLY BETWEEN THE DALLAS DA AND THE CITY OF DESOTO, CHIEF, I, I DO RECALL THAT VERY SUCCESSFUL GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM. WE WERE THERE A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY MUCH SO WELL ATTENDED. AND WITH THE NUMBER OF GUNS WE RECEIVED. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK THAT WE ENCOUNTERED THAT DAY WAS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE DID NOT HAVE THE GIFT CARDS ON HAND AT THE EVENT. AND SO WE WERE HAVING TO KIND OF GIVE RAIN
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CHECKS TO INDIVIDUALS. THAT CAME AFTER WE RAN OUT OF PHYSICAL GIFT CARDS. HOW WILL WE WHAT WHAT I GUESS, WHAT MECHANISMS OR WHAT PROCEDURES DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN? BECAUSE I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT IT WAS QUITE CHALLENGING TRYING TO FOLLOW UP WITH INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAME AND GOT THEIRS, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE SHOWN UP AND THINGS NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR THEM AT THE TIME. SO WE DECIDED FIRST OF ALL, WE PAID $100 A GUN LAST TIME. WE'RE GOING TO PAY $100 FOR THE FIRST GUN AND THEN 50 FOR EVERYONE AFTER THAT. IF SOMEONE COMES WITH 4 OR 5 GUNS AND WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT IT TO FIVE GUNS FOR ANY ONE PERSON OR ONE VEHICLE. AND THEN WE DECIDED TO USE CASH THIS TIME. SO CITY MANAGER HAS ALLOWED FINANCE TO BE THERE, TO HAVE ALL THE CASH AND TO HAND OUT CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD. AND WE WILL HAND OUT CASH THAT DAY. WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT PROTECTION? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF POLICE OFFICERS THERE. AND SO I THINK WE'LL BE FINE. I'LL GET MY COUSIN THERE.OH ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, IF YOU SAY IT'S HANDLED, IT'S HANDLED ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AS WELL. AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR FINDING THE MONEY. FINDING A WAY. I THINK MY QUESTION IS JUST RELATED TO HAVE WE MEASURED EFFECTIVENESS, LIKE WHAT DID WHAT DID THAT MEAN FROM THE FIRST TIME WE DID THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE TAKING GUNS OFF THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, OFF THE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT HAVE WE DONE ANY ACTUAL MEASURES IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE? WAS THERE ANY TRACKING INFORMATION MAINTAINED OR NOT MAINTAINED BUT RECEIVED? LIKE, HEY, DID YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT LICENSES TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM? AND THEN LIKE OF THOSE, WAS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT YOU ACTUALLY SAW WERE FROM DESOTO OR AN IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING CITY KIND OF AREA? SO WHAT MAKES THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL IS THAT IT'S ALL ANONYMOUS. YOU CAN COME WITH, WITH WITH GUNS. WE DON'T CHECK LICENSES. WE DON'T CHECK IDS. WE DO CHECK THE GUNS AFTER WE GET THEM. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS TEST FIRED. WE KEEP THE SHELL CASINGS AND COMPARE THOSE TO THE NIBIN SHELL CASINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PICKED UP FROM FROM EVIDENCE SEEN AS EVIDENCE FROM SCENES OF CRIMES. WE RUN THE GUNS. AS FOR STOLEN, WE RECOVERED THREE STOLEN GUNS FROM THAT GROUP. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO TURNED THEM IN. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND RECOVERED. AND WE DIDN'T. THEY DIDN'T GET TAKEN OFF THE STOLEN LIST. OR THEY MAY HAVE JUST BEEN STOLEN AND SOLD TO SOMEONE UNWITTINGLY. I WOULDN'T THINK THAT SOMEONE WHO HAD A STOLEN GUN WOULD TRY TO TEST US AND BRING IT, BUT WHO KNOWS? IN THIS DAY AND AGE, FOR $100 THEY MIGHT BRING THEM IN. BUT WE RUN THOSE GUNS THROUGH, THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED IN A CRIME, NUMBER ONE. AND IF THEY HAD BEEN, WE CAN ASSOCIATE THAT TO THEM. AND THEN WE RUN EVERY SERIAL NUMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY'RE NOT STOLEN. AND SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MANY GUNS CAME FROM THE CITY OF DESOTO. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM FROM OUT OF TOWN. THEY SAID WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM. WE ASKED THEM WHEN. WHEN THEY SHOW UP, IF THEY'RE. DESOTO RESIDENTS. BUT WE WILL NOT STOP THEM FROM FROM TURNING IN A GUN IF THEY IF THEY WANT TO TURN THE GUN. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY LIVES WERE SAVED. MAYBE ZERO, MAYBE FIVE, MAYBE TEN, MAYBE TWO. BUT I THINK THAT TAKING A GUN FROM SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT WANT IT ANYMORE, AND EXCHANGING THAT FOR A VALUE THAT THEY CAN USE FINANCES FOR, WILL, WILL PROTECT OTHER CITIZENS. IT SAVES A GUN FROM BEING THE POSSIBILITY OF A BURGLARY AND GETTING STOLEN AND PUT HIM BACK ON THE STREET AND MAYBE USED ILLEGALLY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SUICIDE. IT'S NOT IN SOMEONE'S CLOSET WHERE SOMEONE OR A CHILD CAN GET TO IT AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT THEMSELVES, OR SOMEONE COMMIT SUICIDE, SO THERE'S NO VALUE THAT I CAN PLACE ON, ON TAKING THOSE GUNS FROM PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T WANT THEM ANYMORE. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GET THEM. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY TAKING THEM FROM PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE ARE TURNING THEM IN BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T REALLY NEED THEM ANYMORE. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS HELPFUL. I THINK MAYBE PART OF MY, MY SLOWNESS WITH THIS IS MY, MY CURIOSITY AROUND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NUMBER OF RIFLES THAT CAME IN VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE SHOOTING HERE IN THE CITY? YOU KNOW, WHEN WHETHER YOU APPREHEND SOMEONE, YOU GO INTO SOMEONE'S HOME OR, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST VOLUNTEER VOLUNTARILY, TELL YOU, HEY, I'M, I'M PACKING. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I'M CARD CARRYING ALL THAT KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, IS IT RIFLES? BECAUSE PART OF MY CONCERN WAS, WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT? EVERYTHING YOU SAID 100%. I TOTALLY GET IT. BUT IT'S ALL EMPIRICAL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING HUNTING RIFLES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED OUT ON THE STREETS HERE. YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCALLY AROUND VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING FROM WAYS AWAY. AND, HEY, LET ME
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GET RID OF MY ARSENAL BECAUSE I DON'T USE IT ANYMORE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE 1918 WHATEVER YEAR THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A RIFLE THAT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, TURNED IN FOR $100, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY WANDERINGS WITH IT. JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ON ONE HAND, IT'S THE IT'S SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT'S ANONYMOUS. BUT HAVE ANY OTHER CITIES OR ANY OTHER ENTITIES TRIED IT. WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, JUST ONLY SAY THAT. AND SO THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, I KNOW IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS, THOSE ARE MY CURIOSITIES, YOU KNOW. AND HOW COULD IT BE MORE ROBUST THAN, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE TODAY? THANK YOU. DALLAS COUNTY RAN A GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM BACK LAST YEAR, AND THEY RAN IT KIND OF THE SAME WAY WE DID. IT'S JUST PURELY ANONYMOUS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY WEAPONS THEY TOOK OFF THE STREET, BUT THEY THEY GOT A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME. MISS THOMAS, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, FOR OUR VOTE? YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.NICOLE. RAFAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. MAYOR. RACHEL. PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES.
[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with WRG, LLC in an amount not to exceed $346,347.19 for the purchase and installation of furniture in association with the Aquatic and Recreation Center at McCowan Park Construction Project]
YES. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE LAST ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH RHG, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $346,347.19 FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF FURNITURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCALLEN PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS YOUTH AND BUSINESS COORDINATOR SIDNEY ELLIOTT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. FOR A BRIEF FEW MOMENTS, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL SOME UPDATED RENDERINGS FROM THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCALLEN PARK. BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY, INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS. SO AS I'M SPEAKING, I'M JUST GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE FINISHES JUST SO THAT I CAN MAKE THE MOST OF MY TIME UP HERE. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING, ALONG WITH SMITHGROUP AND YPS AS IT RELATES TO FURNITURE TESTING, FURNITURE SIT TESTS AS IT RELATES TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE HELD OR THAT WILL BE PLACED AT THE AAC AT MCALLEN PARK. WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HONED IN ON THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN NATURE, AND NOT ONLY DID WE WANT TO HONE IN ON THAT, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ESTHETICS MATCH NOT JUST TO THE CITY'S BRAND, BUT THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE RENDERINGS JUST ABOUT THE FINISHED BOARD, THE COLORINGS. AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE RENDERINGS. SO AS WE AS I STATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN FURNITURE SIT TESTS. WE SENT OUT AN RFP TO, I BELIEVE 17 COMPANIES DOWNLOADED IT. ONLY TWO COMPANIES APPLIED FOR THE RFP, IN WHICH WE HAVE SELECTED W G, LLC AS THE BIDDER BECAUSE THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROJECT BUDGET. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALLOCATED $354,844 AS PART OF OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE W R G CAME IN AT $346,347.19. AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY IS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TRACK FOR A MARCH 2026 GRAND OPENING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL STOP. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS ELLIOTT. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. DOCTOR MARX I THINK, COUNCILWOMAN. NO, YOU YOU GO AHEAD FIRST. DO YOU GO FIRST? OH, I WAS FIRST. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ELLIOTT. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR THE FINANCE PERSON. IF YOU COULD APPROACH THE LECTERN, PLEASE? YEAH, I. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE MONIES. AND, MISS ELLIOTT, SINCE YOU WERE THERE, MAYBE YOU TWO CAN WORK TOGETHER. THE MONIES THAT WERE REQUESTED TO BE MOVED FROM THAT PARK AND RECREATION. IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THIS? NO IT'S NOT. NO, THIS MONEY WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET. OKAY, OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH IS IN THAT POT RIGHT NOW? IF YOU DON'T MIND. I'M NOT FOR SURE THE EXACT BALANCE, BUT I DO KNOW WE MOVED 27 MILLION OVER FROM THE BOND SALE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SPENDING MONEY SINCE THEN. BUT I CAN GET BACK WITH COUNCIL WITH THE BALANCE TODAY.OKAY. HOW MUCH IS IN IT? YOU SAID. WELL INITIALLY IT WAS 36 MILLION ALTOGETHER FROM BOND
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SALES. BUT WE SPENT THAT MONEY OVER THE YEARS. OKAY OKAY. I'M JUST I'M GROWING CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT POT OF MONEY I REALLY AM. SO IF YOU COULD GET THAT, THAT'S THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. CITY MANAGER. I'M. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAT POT OF MONEY BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE I DON'T KNOW, KEEP DIPPING AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. SO BUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE CONCERN COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT PRICE, WHICH IS THE $52 MILLION ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PROJECT. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU CAME TO US, THIS COMES OUT OF THAT 5352, WHATEVER THAT WAS, THIS IS A PART OF THAT THAT WAS ITEMIZED INITIALLY. YES. SO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THAT WAS PROPOSED WITHIN THE GMP WAS $354,844. THIS BID CAME IN AT $346,000, 347,000 OR $347. OKAY. SO IT'S UNDER THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I WAS A PART OF THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE FURNITURE AND THE DIFFERENT FINISHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I HEAR THAT PIECE. YOU SAID THEY CAME IN AT THE LOWEST. I DON'T WANT US TO GIVE THAT IMPRESSION THAT WE ONLY WENT WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THE LOWEST. IT'S JUST THAT IT MET THE BUDGET. BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST. IT'S A IT'S A GOOD FINISH FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING. CORRECT. SO AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED LESS ALTERNATIVES THAN THE OTHER BIDDER. SO THE OTHER BIDDER FIRST CAME IN AT 446,000 AROUND THAT AMOUNT. AND THEY PROVIDED MORE ALTERNATIVES TO THE FURNITURE THAT WE HAD REQUESTED WITHIN THE PROPOSED WITHIN THE RFP THAT WENT OUT. SO AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WHY WE ARE GOING WITH RKG IS THAT THEY PROVIDE STAFF ON HAND, THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE FURNITURE, AFTER WE OPEN UP THE FACILITY, THAT WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS OF WHY WE CHOSE RKG.
OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECT CONTROLS, INCLUDING OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHO REALLY WATCHES NOT ONLY ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES, BUT THE QUALITY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPENDITURES AND EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED. I CAN'T WAIT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, MARCH 26TH. I'M I'M COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS 2026. ALL RIGHT. 2026 IS THE DAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. OH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SECOND. BY COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES. I THINK SHE'S FROZEN ON YOU. YOU'RE ON MUTE, MAYOR PRO TEM. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX. YES.
MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE. RAFAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. THANK YOU, THANK
[K. EXECUTIVE SESSION II AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION 1. The City Council will convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.087 Economic Development: a) Deliberation regarding commercial or financial information received from a business prospect (b) To deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect – Project Recreation. 2. Take any action as a result of executive session.]
YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO RISE, PLEASE, TO PLEASE READ THAT LANGUAGE. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM EARLIER. WE DID NOT GET TO CONDUCT OUR. CONDUCT. OUR ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING THAT IN THIS NEXT EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. PROJECT, RECREATION AND ANY ACTION AS A RESULT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME.COUNCIL, IT IS 7:43 P.M. AND WE WILL CONVE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.