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[City Council Meeting]
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 22ND AT 6:31 PM I HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO STAND AND, HEY.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
ASSISTANT CHIEF JACK ASHTON WILL BE COMING TO THE PODIUM AND GIVING US OUR REPORT.
AND, SORRY, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
UH, CHIEF STEWART, UNFORTUNATELY WAS CALLED AWAY WITH A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND IS DOWN IN LAPORTE RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL START WITH THE SPREADSHEET WHERE WE GO OVER OUR NUMBERS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD, WHICH IS FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THE NUMBER OF REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS WERE 10.
NUMBER OF ARREST, FIVE, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH ARE ANY POLICE ACTIVITY, 3,502.
THE NUMBER OF OFFENSE REPORTS TAKEN FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD, 51, UH, CITATIONS ISSUED 386, UH, TRAFFIC CHARGES.
1008 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
ONE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC WERE 100, WERE 172 CHARGES.
WARNINGS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS 21, WHICH GAVE US A, UH, TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 5,256 FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
UH, MOVING DOWN TO THE DETAILS, ASSAULTS, WE HAD ONE BURGLARY.
BURGLARY OF BUSINESS WAS ONE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, ZERO OH, THERE'S A BLANK THERE.
UH, SO FOR THE CITY ORDINANCES, WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
WE HAD ONE FOR, UH, FRAUD OR FORGERY WERE ZERO ROBBERY, ZERO.
THAT COVERS THE BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CLOSE PATROLS, HOUSE WATCHES.
THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, WE HAD ZERO.
AND THE TLC PROGRAM, WE HAD 10 THAT PASSED.
THREE THAT FAILED FOR 13 CONTACTS.
UH, MOVING DOWN INTO THE BODY OR THE NOTES FOR THE SPREADSHEET, UH, THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION BREAKDOWN.
WE HAD FOUR WARNINGS ISSUED FOR SOLICITOR.
WE HAD 12 WARNINGS ISSUED FOR JUNK VEHICLES OR PARKING VIOLATIONS.
TWO FOR LOUD NOISE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS.
WE ISSUED ONE FOR A JUNK VEHICLE OR PARKING VIOLATION.
THE ALL 10 ACCIDENTS SERVICE REPORTING PERIOD WERE THAT, UH, 10 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
NONE OF THEM WERE IN THE ROUNDABOUT AND NO REPORTABLE DAMAGE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS THIS PERIOD.
THEN OUR TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS THAT, UH, WE WORKED 11 DIFFERENT AREAS AND ISSUED FIVE CITATIONS IN THOSE AREAS.
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AND ON THE PAGE ONE, JUST TO MENTION ABOUT NORTHERN TOOL THAT I MYSELF HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN EXIT DOOR ON THE WHAT WOULD BE WEST SIDE REAR OF THE BUILDING THAT YOU CAN ONLY SEE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET INTO WHAT'S FENCED IN NOW, THE PARKING LOT AREA.WHAT THE GUYS DID IS THEY CUT IN THROUGH THE FENCE AT PUBLIC STORAGE, WENT INTO IT, AND THEN TO THE BACK CORNER OF THE PUBLIC STORAGE, CUT THROUGH THE FENCE AGAIN AND INTO THAT EXIT DOOR, UH, IN THAT HIDDEN CORNER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT CERTAINLY OUR GUYS, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S VISIBLE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GETTING OUT AND GOING AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
BUT THAT'S HOW THEY MADE ENTRY.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY WERE QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR, UH, COLLECTING OF CHAINSAWS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
IT LOOKED LIKE THINGS THAT THEY EASILY SELL TO CONTRACTORS AND HANDYMEN AND SO FORTH.
FOR RIGHT NOW, THE INVENTORY'S, UH, TO A LITTLE OVER $14,000.
HOWEVER, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD COME BACK AND ADD TO THAT 'CAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOING A TOTAL INVENTORY AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS TAKEN OUT OF THEIR WAREHOUSE AREA.
MOVING ON THROUGH THE PACKET THAT IN OUR THEFT SECTION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT ARE MURPHY, UH, EXPRESS WITH THE BEER THEFTS.
THEN WE HAVE, UH, CVS AND WALGREENS WHERE OUR THEFTS WERE DETERGENT AND TOILETRIES.
AND AS I MOVED TO PAGE FOUR, UNDER NORTHERN TOOL, OF COURSE, UH, WITH NORTHERN TOOL, ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS THAT PEOPLE WALK IN, PICK UP THINGS AND JUST WALK OUT WITH THEM.
THERE'S NO MORE OF THE, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER SHOPLIFTING, OF TRYING TO CONCEAL SOMETHING.
THEY, THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
IF YOU READ IN ONE OF THESE THAT THEY WALKED OUT WITH A, A CARTLOAD OF STUFF OPENED UP THE TRUNK OF THE CAR WITH THEM EMPLOYEES YELLING AT 'EM AND TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEM IN THE CAR.
UH, BUT IT DIDN'T, IT JUST DOESN'T PHASE THEM ANYMORE.
AND WE BEG AND PLEAD, EVEN THOUGH THE NORTHERN TOOL HAS VIDEO, THAT UH, IT'S WORTH ABOUT 5 CENTS THAT THERE'S NO DETAILS EVER TO BE HAD FROM IT.
BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T WANT TO UPGRADE.
AS WE CONTINUE ON TO PAGE FIVE, WE HAVE OUR FLOCK ACTIVITY.
AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAD 138 UNIQUE AND VIABLE HITS THAT OUR STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS WERE 14.
THE SEX OFFENDERS, EVIDENTLY WE HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY THAT FREQUENTS THE AREA BECAUSE EACH MONTH WE SEE THAT WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE 35 TO 45 RANGE OF THE SAME VEHICLE THAT THE ALERT IS COMING IN ON.
UH, THE STOLEN PLATES WE HAD 18 NO GANG OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST, NO MISSING PERSONS, NO WARRANTS.
THE, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AGAIN, IT'S SORT OF THE SAME THING.
WE HAD 51 HIT, BUT 43 OF THOSE WERE FROM ONE VEHICLE.
UH, OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST, WHICH IS WHERE THEY, UH, A DIFFERENT AGENCY CAN ENTER IN INFORMATION.
WE HAD TWO OF THOSE TO COME THROUGH.
OUR CITY VIOLENT PERSONS, WE HAD ZERO RIGHT BELOW THAT, YOU SEE WHERE THE CID OUR INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FROM FLOCK IN REFERENCE TO ONE OF THE NORTHERN TOOL THEFTS.
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A LEAD AT THE POTENTIAL SUSPECT AND ARE AT THIS TIME TRYING TO FIND THEM, EXCUSE ME, THE TOTAL ARREST WE'RE DOWN QUITE A BIT, THAT WE HAD FIVE ARRESTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
UH, TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE VARIOUS CHARGES, UNLAWFUL CARRY OF A WEAPON, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND LITTERING THEFT WARRANT FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION WHERE THEY WERE RESISTING THE ARREST.
AND THEN A WARRANT FOR, UH, OTHER AGENCY JURISDICTION.
AND AS YOU SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE RESULT FROM TRAFFIC STOPS.
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UH, DID A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR THE, UH, SENIOR 55 CLUB AT THE REC CENTER.AND, UH, WE GOT OFF ON VARIOUS TANGENTS THAT WERE FAR FROM THE ONLINE SCAMS TOPIC, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE, THE GUYS ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN WORKING TRAFFIC, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE ARREST COME FROM TRAFFIC, NOT JUST FOR US, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, THAT, UH, MORE OF THE REAL BAD GUYS ARE CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC STOPS THAN THEY ARE THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION AND GOING TO A HOUSE OR SOMETHING TO GET THEM.
SO IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TOOL TO US.
OFFICER DURAN, THE FIRST ONE JUST TO MENTION STOPS THE VEHICLE FOR DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS.
UH, DRIVER APPEARED TO BE HIDING SOMETHING.
WE TEACH THE, THE GUYS ALWAYS HANDS AND EYES, WATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SURE ENOUGH, THIS GUY GAVE UP WHERE HIS DRUGS AND GUN WERE IN THE BACKSEAT AND OFFICER DURAN WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE HIM.
GOING TO PAGE SIX, UH, OFFICER ASTORGA, WHO OUR NEWEST OFFICER THAT, UH, WILL MENTION IN THE ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT HE HAS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND IS ON HIS OWN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S OUT THERE BY HIMSELF, BUT HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.
AND CHIEF STEWART FELT THAT HE WAS READY TO GO AND A HE AND OFFICER, A BORROWER ACTUALLY OUT WORKING TONIGHT, BUT THEY MAKE A STOP AND OR, UH, THEY'RE AT THE, UH, MURPHY EXPRESS, I BELIEVE NO, 11 500 DO THEY, UH, OH.
BUT THEY HAVE A GUY WHO IS INTOXICATED.
HE HAD BEEN BLOWING HIS HORN, I GUESS, AT PEOPLE AS THEY PASSED BY.
AND WE WENT TO TALK TO HIM AND THEY SAW WHERE HE HAD THROWN HIS BEER CANS ON THE GROUND AND WANTED TO DRIVE AWAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WAS IN NO CONDITION TO DO SO, IN WHICH CASE WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A SAFE PLACE.
UH, WE HAVE WALGREENS, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE, UH, SHOPLIFT CASES THAT, UH, IT WAS A GOOD JOB.
THEY CALLED US QUICKLY AND OFFICER BRUNO, THEY GAVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION.
OFFICER BRUNO SAW THE CAR LEAVING THROUGH THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE THE UPS OR AS SOME OF US KNOW IT, THE OLD RADIO SHACK PARKING LOT AND GOT 'EM STOPPED AND IDENTIFIED IT.
IT'S A SHAME THAT ALL OF THIS WAS OVER $10 WORTH OF, I BELIEVE SHE HAD THE, THE TOILETRIES.
SO, UH, THE NEXT ONE, OFFICER CHAN STOPPED A VEHICLE FOR A REGISTRATION VIOLATION AND THEY HAD A WARRANT OUT OF HARRIS COUNTY.
AND THE REASON I WANTED TO MENTION THIS, THAT, UH, OFTENTIMES WE'RE DISCUSSING AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE OR LACK THEREOF, FSGI IS FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY HIT SOMEBODY AND DROVE OFF.
AND ALMOST EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE, WE FIND OUT THEY EITHER HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANT, NO INSURANCE OR THE COMBINATION THEREOF.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS JUST OFFICER DURAN ON ANOTHER VEHICLE STOP WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
AND AS WE FLIP OVER TO THE, THE LAST PAGE THAT UNDER NOTABLE INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHERE THE, UH, CID OUR INVESTIGATORS GIVE AN UPDATE ON ANY OF OUR PENDING CASES OR IF WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND IN MAKING AN ARREST DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD THAT, UH, I'M LEFT TO SEE THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE, UH, ANY ARREST ON SOMETHING.
IT'S USUALLY LIKE A, UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY OR AN ASSAULT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THE CASES, LIKE WE'VE MENTIONED WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN LEADS AND THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THEM, THEN GOING DOWN INTO THE ADDITIONAL NOTES WHERE OUR GRANT STATUS IS.
SO THE NEW DISPATCH CONSOLE IS IN PLACE AND OPERATIONAL AND IS GREAT THAT, UH, AND JERRY BROWNLEY, OUR GRANTS GUY, WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER THAT FINANCE IS WANTING HER MONEY.
SO HE IS CLOSING OUT THAT GRANT THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY THE, UH, SWIC, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THIS GRANT TO BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO SEND US MONEY.
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AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $114,000 THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND.AND NOW WE HAVE THE LATEST AND GRADUS RADIO SYSTEM AND DISPATCH, OUR CAR CAMERA GRANT.
WE RAN INTO A LITTLE SNAG WITH THE INSTALLATION AND HAD TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL HELP WITH THE WIRING AND CONFIGURATION.
YOU SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE TWO CARS.
WE STOPPED UNTIL WE HAD THE OTHER SIX.
WE GOT THAT CLEARED UP LAST WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, THE FINAL TWO CARS INSTALLED WITH THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE MENTIONED, BUT WHEN WE DO A CAR CAMERA SYSTEM, WE ALSO INCLUDE TWO BODY CAMERAS BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A TWO MAN UNIT, TWO BODY CAMERAS FOR THAT, LIKE IN THE TRAINING SCENARIO, OR WE HAVE THE EVENT LIKE 4TH OF JULY WHERE THERE MAY BE OFFICERS PAIRED UP.
BUT TO KNOW THAT WE DO A CAR CAMERA AND BODY CAMERAS AS ONE UNIT, UH, THE TAHOE WE HAVE ORDERED.
AND I WAS REALLY HOPING IT WOULD SHOW UP TODAY FOR Y'ALL TO, OOH AND I OVER, BUT IT IS, AS THEY SAY IN MAKE READY, I GUESS THEY HADN'T GOTTEN IT CLEAN OR SOMETHING, BUT WHAT COLOR IS IT THIS TIME? IT WILL BE A SURPRISE.
WE TRIED TO FIND ONE OF THE GRAY COLOR THE ONE WE GOT LAST YEAR 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYONE HAS AGREED THAT THAT WAS JUST A GREAT COLOR, BUT THERE WERE NONE TO BE HAD.
AND, UH, FUNNY AS IT IS, BLACK IS USUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST COLORS TO GO.
BUT THEY HAD, UH, CALDWELL COUNTRY WHO WE'VE BEEN BUYING FROM SINCE THE BEGINNING HAD BLACK ON THE GROUND AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE ON WAITING AND IT BEING 2, 3, 6 MONTHS BEFORE WE GOT A CAR.
AND ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED AS WELL.
AND WE HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS IT WILL BE IN FOR, UH, EFS EMERGENCY FLEET SERVICES TO START THE BUILD.
AND THEN ONCE HE HAS IT AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE, IT'S ABOUT A TWO WEEK PROCESS.
BUT THAT'S ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, UH, MOVING ON DOWN THROUGH THERE.
THAT UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME PENDING STUFF WITH BOTH FEMA AND TEEM AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO ANNA MARIA AS TO WHERE EXACTLY WE ARE WITH THAT.
UH, I MENTIONED OFFICER ASTORGA THAT HE HAS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND HE'S OUT THERE 90 TO NOTHING.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE FULL-TIME PATROL POSITION OPEN AT THIS TIME.
AND JUST TO QUICK MENTION THAT WE WERE OUT, UH, 4TH OF JULY.
I AM HOPING THAT YOU SAW AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF US, BUT UH, AS I TOLD THE CHIEF AND WE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES THAT NIGHT WALKING THROUGH THERE THAT UH, IT WAS SPREAD OUT OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SET UP FOR BECAUSE WE HAD THE RIDES OVER IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT RATHER THAN BEING CLOSER IN OR IN THE BASEBALL FIELD.
THEN OF COURSE THE, UH, AREA AROUND THE LAKE WITH THE FIREWORKS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT WE ALSO HAD A LARGE CROWD DOWN THE SIDE ALL THE WAY FROM THE FIELD HOUSE TO THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT THAT I HAVE TO SAY, I'M GLAD THAT I WALKED OVER THERE TO LOOK AT IT.
THAT, UH, WE HAD PEOPLE, KIDS PLAYING IN THE AREA, BUT THEN PEOPLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PICNIC TABLES AND THE BUTTERFLY GAZEBO AREA, WE HAD FAMILIES OUT THERE.
AND SO THAT MADE A MUCH BIGGER AREA THAN WHAT WE WERE ACCUSTOMED TO.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADAPT AND REASSIGN PEOPLE AND THANK GOODNESS FOR THE FOUR-WHEELER BECAUSE IT'S ABLE TO GET AROUND, UH, FAIRLY QUICK IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON AND JUST MAKING ROUNDS.
AND THAT REALLY IS ALL THAT I HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JACK, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT WALGREENS A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S GREAT THAT THEY CALLED, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE EMPLOYEES THAT TOOK PICTURES AND AND WHATNOT, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO DECLINE TO PROSECUTE.
IS THAT JUST A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN WHAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING AND WHAT THEIR MANAGERS WANTS TO DO? 'CAUSE MY GUESS IS THE MANAGER IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THEM TAKING PICTURES IF HE'S NOT GONNA
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PROSECUTE.WELL, SOMETIME BACK, WE WENT OVER AND SPOKE WITH BOTH WALGREENS AND CVS AND WHILE NOBODY WOULD ADMIT TO IT OFFICIALLY, THEY HAVE SORT OF ADOPTED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR, UH, A THEFT.
AND IF IT'S NOT OVER THE 100 OR $200 MARK, MANAGEMENT IS NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH IT.
THE EMPLOYEES, AS YOU CAN TELL, TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT.
AND THEY STILL CALL US AND THEY STILL TRY TO GIVE US INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE, IT IS KIND OF AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR US.
AND I, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS LIKE THIS ONE WHERE WE GET 'EM AND THEN THEY DECLINE PROSECUTION.
BUT THE EMPLOYEES WERE A BIG HELP TO US IN THERE.
I'M AFRAID OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, UH, ON THEIR SIDE WITH MANAGEMENT.
'CAUSE ESSENTIALLY THEY WANT THE HOME DEPOT ACTION, WHICH IS THE, OH YEAH, I SAW HIM GO BY THERE YESTERDAY.
WHILE I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT PROSECUTING SOMEBODY STEALING TOOTHPASTE, SOMEONE THAT'S GOING IN THERE AND STEALING PERFUME, STUFF LIKE THAT REPEATEDLY, THAT JUST INVITES MORE OF THAT TYPE OF ACTION WITHIN THE STORE.
AND I HOPE THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED TO THOSE MANAGERS WELL AND MORE SO I THINK UP AT CVS, BECAUSE WE HAD THE ONES, AND THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, THAT WOULD GO IN REGULARLY AND GRAB THE BIG JUGS OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND WALK OUT.
AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING IT ON TUESDAY, THE OTHER GROUP'S DOING IT ON THURSDAY, AND THEN SOME MORE PEOPLE SEE IT, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE STRING OF PEOPLE.
'CAUSE THEY FIND OUT YEAH, JUST HOW EASY IT IS.
WE DIDN'T USED TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM AT WALGREENS SO MUCH THAT, UH, BUT NOW IT, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THEY FIGURE OUT THAT WHAT THEY CAN DO AND CAN GET AWAY WITH.
AND I AGREE THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE GOING TO CONDEMN SOMEBODY WHOLEHEARTEDLY IF THEY NEEDED TOOTHPASTE, BABY FORMULA OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE THE $10 TICKET AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE WITH THE $500 WORTH OF THE PERFUME AND, AND THE COLOGNE AND STUFF.
BUT YEAH, WE, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR, UH, LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND THEN THE ASSAULT WHERE THE GUY SAID, ARE YOU STALKING ME? I I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OH, MENTALLY ILL, UM, TRANSIENT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK, BECAUSE THEY SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT SEVEN 11.
SO I THINK IT IS ONE OF OUR FREQUENT VISITORS THAT, UH, WAS DOING THAT.
AND I HAD MEANT TO, AND I APOLOGIZE TO ASK TO GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
'CAUSE THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS WHAT IT IS, IS TO SEE IF IT IS ONE OF OUR REGULARS THAT HANGS OUT AND WHAT HAPPENED THIS TIME.
WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT MOST OF THEM, THE, THE TRAVELERS HAVE NOT BEEN VIOLENT PER SE.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE RESISTANT WHEN THE GUYS ARE TRYING TO HELP 'EM GET BACK TO THE, THE HOME OR WHEREVER IT IS.
I'M GONNA CALL MR. ROD HANEY UP TO GIVE OUR REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS QUARTERLY REPORT WILL COVER THE TIME PERIOD OF APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE OF 2025.
TALK ABOUT OUR USUAL SIDEWALKS AND STREETS.
TO BEGIN WITH, I ISSUED ONE SMALL SIDEWALK PROJECT, AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS NO MAJOR STREET REPAIRS DONE AT ALL.
POWER SCOOP, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE 36,000 57 53.
NOTHING TOO FAR OUT OF WHACK ITEMS THAT ARE DONE BY PSU AND OTHER OUTSIDE VENDORS.
THE EMS BUILDING IS STILL UNDER A BC PEST CONTROL.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT CONTRACT GOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME HERE UNTIL WE HAVE NO MORE COMPLAINTS.
WE AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR ON THE GATEWAY FOR $2,000.
THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS DAMAGED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND THE COST OF THE NEW UNIT WOULD'VE BEEN 13,500.
SO I'VE JUST AUTHORIZED THAT REPAIR
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NUMBER THREE.THE CCR WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE.
WE HAD ONE VIOLATION, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE USW HAD FAILED TO PULL A SAMPLE OF CHLORINE AND SUBMIT IT TO TCEQ FOR REPORTING LIFT STATION, UH, WORKING ON CHANGE NUMBER ORDER NUMBER ONE, IT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY FRIDAY AND THAT SHOULD COMPLETE THE LIFT STATION.
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS FUNDAMENTALLY FINISHED WITH, UM, ONE MINOR DEFICIENCY.
THEY MISSED CONTROLS FOR THE WASTING ON THE CLARIFIER, AND I'M HAVING AN INDEPENDENT ELECTRICIAN DO THAT.
THE REASON I DID THAT WAS I ASKED OF VIVO FOR A PARTS ESTIMATE AND THEY GAVE ME $33,000.
SO LABOR WOULD'VE BEEN TWICE THAT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I GOT IT DONE LOCALLY FOR ABOUT $10,000 THROUGH PSU NUMBER FIVE, SCHEDULING THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR THE INSPECTIONS.
THERE IS A REPORT THAT, THAT, UH, I'D GIVEN TO DAVID.
IT'S 129 PAGES ON THE BACK OF THIS, OF MY REPORT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A TWO PAGE SUMMARY FROM DUNHAM ENGINEERING.
IT SHOWS BASICALLY THAT THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES ON THE OUTSIDE AND NUMBER GROUND STORAGE.
NUMBER THREE IS WHERE THEY'RE WORRIED MOST ABOUT LEAKING, BUT WE'D HAVE TO TAKE OUTTA SERVICE AND THAT'LL BE A FUTURE PROJECT FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
THE MAJORITY OF THE INSIDE OF GROUND STORAGE TANK NUMBER ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE ALL IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE.
AND SO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY MAJOR REPAIRS FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONTINUE DOING DUNHAM ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS 'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY $6,000 AND WE GET A TERRIFIC REPORT.
UH, BASED ON THAT REPORT, PSU HAD COMPLETED ALL THE REPAIRS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANKS.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT 2,929 PAGE REPORT ON THE EXTERIOR, I'VE HAD THEM DO THE SURFACE COATING AS THEY RECOMMENDED.
WE DIDN'T DO ANY WORK ON THE INSIDE.
WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT COST US JUST UNDER $40,000 TO DO ALL OF THAT.
I ALREADY COVERED NUMBER SEVEN, SORRY.
NUMBER EIGHT PSU REPLACED THE FALL HARD FOR THE THIRD TIME AT THE INTERSECTION OF 69 WEST AIRPORT.
I MOVED AT THIS TIME, 10 15 FEET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE QUARTER AND PUT THE BOTTLES BACK UP AND HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T DAMAGE IT ANYMORE.
NUMBER NINE, WE'RE STILL FAILING OUR BIOMONITORING.
IT'S GETTING BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THERE YET.
SO WE ARE UNDER AN ORDER UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2027.
BUT I HOPE TO GET IT FIXED AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THESE OTHER CONTROLS REPAIRED.
I THINK THE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOCK THAT OUT.
NUMBER 10, WE'RE WORKING ON ESTIMATES FOR REPAIR IN THE BUILDING.
THEY WANT NEW CEILINGS, NEW CEILING GRID WALLS, PAINTED FLOORS ALL CHANGED OUT.
CARPET REMOVED EVERYTHING, PAINTED THE RESTROOM NEEDS TO REWORKED COMPLETELY.
AND THEY NEED A KITCHEN CUSHION.
LET'S, UM, TALK TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, IT'S, I HAVEN'T STARTED IT BECAUSE, RIGHT.
WELL, FUNDING
UM, AND IF THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE KINDS OF REQUESTS, I THINK IT'S AT LEAST WORTH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER.
THAT, OR WE CAN LEASE THEM THE BUILDING FOR A DOLLAR AND THEY CAN MAKE THE REPAIRS
UH, AFTER TALKING AT LENGTH WITH, UH, THE EMS PEOPLE, THEY REALLY WANT STATE-OF-THE-ART NEW BUILDING.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT BUILDING IS.
IT'S 45 YEARS OLD, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
IF, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO BUILD IT, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THE LAND AVAILABLE TO THEM.
IF THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THE FIREHOUSE FOR A YEAR WHILE THEY BUILD THAT, I'LL PUT THAT ON HOLD.
UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU EXAMPLE OF THE TEXAS LAWN REPORT THERE.
IT SHOULD BE ON THE BACK THERE ALSO.
THAT'S WHAT WE PAY $960 A WEEK FOR.
AND IT HELPS WITH THE MAINTENANCE.
AND WE REALLY NOTICE THE REDUCTION IN OUR OVERALL COSTS.
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THE, UH, THE DUNHAM ENGINEERING REPORT, I, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE FIRST TWO PAGES, WHICH BASICALLY SUMMARIZES THE, THE DAMAGES THAT WERE ON ONE, TWO, AND THREE.AND AGAIN, WE HAVE DONE ALL THE SURFACE WORK.
ANYTHING THAT WAS INTERIOR, WE LEFT ALONE, BUT FOR THE FUTURE, NUMBER THREE IS THE, IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE REPAIRS ON.
THEY FEEL AS IF IT'S LEAKING ON THE BOTTOM END AND WE'RE NOT, NOT SEEING IT COMING OUT OF THE GROUND, BE A FUTURE PROJECT.
UH, THE LAST THING I HAVE, THERE IS A WORLDWIDE, A LETTER THAT YOU SEND US FOR EVERY SINGLE GENERATOR WE, UM, WE, WE SERVICE.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE ABOVE REFERENCED UNIT IS FULLY OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME.
SO WE DID ALL THE GENERATOR INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES IN JUNE.
SO WE'RE ALL READY TO GO FOR OUR WONDERFUL HURRICANE SEASON.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ROD.
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THAT'S OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
UH, AS ROD SITS DOWN, I DO WANNA COMMEND HIM AND ALSO POWER SCOOP.
UH, THEY GAVE SOME GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO A RESIDENT YESTERDAY THAT WAS HAVING SOME PRETTY BAD SEWER BACKUPS IN THEIR HOME.
AND THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT THE SANITARY LINE OF THE BACKYARD WAS FLOWING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TOWARD THE HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO TOWARD THE LIFT STATION.
SO, UM, SEVERAL HOUSES ARE AFFECTED.
THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE ON MONDAY, UH, DIG IT UP BACK THERE AND GO AHEAD AND RESET THOSE SANITARY LINES TO FLOW IT IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION.
UH, JUST WANTED TO, WELL, FIRST THING I WANTED TO ASK IS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE FROM COUNCIL.
WE USUALLY LIKE TO GET YOUR BACKUP, UH, EARLIER THAN WE WERE ABLE TO GET AT THIS TIME.
UH, STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY SWAMPED WITH BUDGET OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE REPORTS TO YOU UNTIL, UH, AS LATE AS TODAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE GLAD THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN WRAPPED UP IN TIME FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME CHANGES ON THE A VR FRONT.
UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, OUR CREDIT CARD CUSTOMERS THAT PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS VIA CREDIT CARD ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, GO IN AND MANUALLY DO SOME WORK.
I HAVE A SCRIPT HERE THAT, UH, WAS WRITTEN FOR ME AND SO THAT I DON'T MESS ANYTHING UP.
UM, BUT I STILL HAVE A BACKUP JUST IN CASE I MISSED SOMETHING.
UH, THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE STARTED TRANSITIONING TO, UH, I THREE INTEGRATED PAYMENTS TODAY.
UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE AND CUSTOMER PORTAL WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE DURING THE MIGRATION CUTOVER PROCESS.
ONCE COMPLETED, ALL RESIDENTS WITH AN ONLINE PORTAL ACCOUNT WILL HAVE TO UPDATE THEIR PASSWORDS AND TO BE ABLE TO LOG BACK IN.
IF YOU USE A CREDIT CARD FOR RECURRING PAYMENTS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, YOU WILL HAVE TO REENTER YOUR INFORMATION IN YOUR ONLINE PORTAL TO CONTINUE WITH RECURRING PAYMENTS.
NOW, BANK DRAFTS AND A CH PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ONLINE PORTAL ACCOUNT.
YOU CAN STILL GO TO CITY HALL OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR UTILITY BILL TO SET UP CREDIT CARD RECURRING PAYMENTS STARTING WEDNESDAY THE 23RD.
THE CITY WILL HAVE A NEW PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO PAY BY PHONE.
THAT NUMBER IS 1-855-234-ZERO 3 6 5.
UM, SO I WANNA MAKE MENTION THAT THE CREDIT CARD CUSTOMERS, UM, HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL.
THEY'VE RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UH, THEY'VE RECEIVED TEXTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, THIS INFORMATION'S ALSO GOING TO BE ON THE BILLS THAT ARE GOING OUT THIS WEEK.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, THIS AFFECTS THOSE THAT PAY BY CREDIT CARD ONLINE HAVE TO CREATE YOURSELF A NEW LOGIN.
SO IS THAT COVER IT? WELL, THAT WAS A MIRACLE MAYOR WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICK OR ANNA MARIA? REALLY
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT, UH, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO I HAVE ANYBODY WANTING TO COME TO THE PODIUM? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA KICK IT TO RICK.
UM, NO PROGRESS ON THE BIKE, UM, MOBILITY PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S STILL STUCK WITH ME AND TRYING TO GET A MEETING WITH CENTER POINT.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN GUERRERA IS BACK ON CITY COUNCIL FOR STAFFORD AND HE HAS ACTUALLY ASKED ME ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
SO THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE IT WHERE MAYBE THEY WILL BE INVOLVED, UM, FOR THE DORRANCE
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PHASE TWO, UH, CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE $151,000 UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS GREAT.UM, SO THEY'RE WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FINISH THE PAPERWORK ON THAT SOON.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID NOT MAKE THIS AGENDA FOR PHASE THREE DESIGN.
UM, THE ATTORNEYS HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL, FAIRLY MINOR.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO THE ENGINEER.
SO WE TRY TO GET THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
UM, I GUESS NICK, ANNA MARIE, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE HAD AN ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH HDR THAT WE DID OR IF WE JUST USED THEIR PROPOSAL.
IT WAS A SEPARATE, YEAH, IN 2021 THEY GAVE US A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR BOTH.
WELL, WHAT WAS PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO DESIGN AT THE TIME.
AND SO IT WAS A SEPARATE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT THEY GAVE TO US, BUT IT WAS A TRUE CONTRACT, NOT JUST THE PROPOSAL LIKE SANDER SET.
WE MIGHT WANNA MIMIC THAT AGREEMENT IF, IF THEY, IF WE DID IT LAST TIME.
I KNOW IT WAS IN 2021 'CAUSE HE LOOKED IT UP TO COMPARE TO THIS SANDER.
YEAH, AND IT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT SANDER GAVE US, BUT YES, FOR THE PROPOSAL ITSELF.
BUT I MEAN, USUALLY THERE'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT DOCUMENT THAT GOES ON THE FRONT OF THIS.
WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE DID BACK THEN.
UM, THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH AGENDA ITEM ONE.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD, CAN I GO AHEAD AND READ ONE AND TWO? I'M ANNA MARIE IS COMING TO THE PODIUM.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND CONS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT AND THEN DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE QUARTERLY BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND I DO NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE THAT YOU DID NOT GET THAT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORT.
I COULD HAVE SWORN YESTERDAY THAT I HAD SENT IT OUT TO SHAWN RUSSO.
AND IT, IT IS ANNA MARIA SEASON.
IT'S, AND I, SHE'S BUSY RIGHT NOW.
I WAS GOING, NO, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
ANYWAY, I AM GONNA GO THROUGH A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IS IN THOSE REPORTS RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL START WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT AND UH, AS OF THE END OF JUNE, UH, TOTAL FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAD WAS JUST OVER 10 MILLION, 10.5 MILLION.
THE BULK OF HIS CITY, UH, JUST UNDER $8 MILLION IN UTILITY HAD ABOUT 2 MILLION AND ABOUT 700,000 IN EDC.
AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE, UH, PRIOR, UM, QUARTERS.
UM, THE BULK OF THE MONEY, 70, 80% NOW IS IN TAX POOL, LONE STAR, UH, 9%.
AND OUR NEW BANK, SOUTH STATE BANK, UM, HAD 841,000 AT THE END OF THE QUARTER.
UM, MUR, OUR, OUR FORMER BANK INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL MERGED WITH SOUTH STATE BACK IN BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
IT BECAME OFFICIALLY, UH, SOUTH STATE BANK RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
SO EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD IS SOUTH STATE, UM, SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY FUNDS.
AND YOU WILL SEE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHANGE BETWEEN MARCH 31ST AND JUNE 30TH.
AND I'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED IN OR IN A BOX, THE CITY TEXT POOL FUNDS.
AND THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THOSE FUNDS DECREASED, UM, JUST ABOUT $2 MILLION.
UM, AND IT WAS TO PAY FOR ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE, UM, EXPENDED THIS PAST QUARTER.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THOSE FUNDS DID GO DOWN, WHICH LED TO OUR, THE OVERALL DECREASE IN CITY FUNDS FROM ALMOST 10 MILLION AT THE START OF THE QUARTER TO JUST UNDER $8 MILLION.
THE OTHER FUNDS PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.
UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT, UM, FOR THE BIKE IS ABOUT THE SAME.
THE OTHER ONE THAT CHANGED WAS THE COUNTY MOBILITY, UM, FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR DORRANCE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT'S THE SECOND LAST LINE WENT FROM ALMOST 400,000 TO 57.
SO DECREASE IN ALL OUR FUNDS ON THE BIG PROJECT LINE ITEMS. UM,
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LOOKING AT UTILITY, UH, WE STARTED THE QUARTER AT ABOUT 2 MILLION.WE ENDED THE QUARTER AT ABOUT 2 MILLION.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE ENDED MUCH LOWER.
UM, PROBABLY ABOUT $300,000 LESS.
UH, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT ON THE TOP LINE, WHAT IS SITTING IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE QUARTER IS 506 $7,000.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD A CHECK OUT STANDING TO LEM AND UM, IT HADN'T YET BEEN CASHED.
SO OUR FINAL, UH, NUMBER END OF THE QUARTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT LESS.
UM, BUT BESIDES THAT, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE RED BOXES, THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, THAT STARTED AT TWO 30 IS IS NOW GONE.
AND, UH, THE UTILITY LONE STAR ACCOUNT, UM, THAT WE HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THAT ACCOUNT AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UH, STARTED THE QUARTER AT 938, UH, IT IS NOW SEVEN 13 AND THAT, UM, WE HAD TO WITHDRAW SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR THE LIFT STATION PROJECT.
WE DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT SITTING IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT.
UM, ON THE DEBT AND EDC, NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
UH, EDC IS RUNNING RIGHT AROUND 700,000.
AND THE DEBT SERVICE, WHICH WE REALLY JUST NEED TO GET RID OF THAT ACCOUNT IS AROUND 7,000.
AND WE WILL ONE OF THESE DAYS GET RID OF IT.
UM, OVERALL OUR INVESTMENTS, UM, UH, THE INTEREST RATE HAS BEEN PRETTY FLAT THIS LAST QUARTER.
IT'S BEEN ABOVE 4%, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING, UM, TO AT LEAST STAY UP THERE.
SO RUNNING PRETTY FLAT, MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
OVERALL, THE, UH, INTEREST FROM ALL THOSE FUNDS WAS 119,000.
THAT IS DOWN FROM THE PRIOR QUARTER.
AND THERE AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING THE DECREASE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY SITTING IN TAX POOL.
UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITY FUNDS, WHAT'S RESTRICTED AND COMMITTED PLEDGED, UM, THE BOTTOM LINE BETWEEN, UH, IN THE QUARTER WE WENT FROM ABOUT 5 MILLION TO JUST UNDER 4 MILLION.
THREE POINT AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, 3.4 MILLION.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING THE DECREASE IN THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, THE CAP, UH, THE CLARIFIER PROJECT AS WELL AS THE LIFT STATION.
UM, WE STARTED THE QUARTER PRETTY HEALTHY BUT BALANCES AND WE'RE DOWN TO QUITE A BIT LESS AT THE END OF THE QUARTER.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 130,000 STILL IN ALL THOSE COURT RELATED, UM, FUNDS AND QUITE A BIT SITTING IN THERE FOR RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PURPOSE FOR OTHER THAN IT'S COLLECTING INTEREST.
SO END OF THE QUARTER 3.4 WAS COMMITTED UTILITY.
LOOKING AT IT GRAPHICALLY THE END OF THE QUARTER, UM, WE'RE IN THE GREEN WITH OUR RESERVE.
AND THEN WE HAVE JUST SHY OF 400,000 THAT IS SURPLUS, THAT'S ABOUT 0.7 MONTHS.
AND THE 3.4 MILLION THAT'S STILL RESTRICTED FOR THE COURT AND SOME OF THE CLARIFI PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE FUTURE, UM, DORRANCE ROAD WORK.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST, UH, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO LOOK AT NUMBERS, IT'S BOTTOM LINE 3 86.
I CAN SEE THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BETTER.
3 86 IS OUR SURPLUS UTILITY RESTRICTED.
WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY FUNDS IN ARPA, SO THAT'S GONE AWAY.
WE HAVE NO MONEY PLEDGED RESTRICTED FOR THE LIFT STATION PROJECT BECAUSE WE MADE A BIG PAYMENT THIS QUARTER.
UH, SO THE ONLY THING REALLY SITTING OUT THERE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE YEARS AGO FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WATERLINE WORK ON THE ROADS.
UH, THE FUND, THE INFRASTRUCTURE
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FEE FUND, THE ONE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING $10, UM, A MONTH IS 2 76 NOW.AND, AND THEN UTILITY DEPOSITS.
SO JUST SHY OF A MILLION DOLLARS IS RESTRICTED.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THAT GRAPHICALLY, UH, THEORETICALLY WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE RED, WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR 10 MONTHS OF RESERVE.
UM, RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF THE QUARTER IT SAYS THAT WE ARE ONLY THREE, TWO, UH, 3.2 MONTHS SHORT, WHICH I WAS GOING, WOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE LAST TIME WE WERE JUST UNDER SIX MONTHS OR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
GOTTA REMEMBER THAT WE HAD 300,000 SITTING IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT THAT WAS, WILL NOT BE THERE.
SO ACTUALLY OUR BEING SHORT REALLY WE'RE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT.
BUT ANNA MARIA, HAVE YOU ACCOUNTED FOR THE 166,000? WE STILL CAN GET BACK FROM THE COUNTY.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE CALCULATION YET.
BUT YES, AND IT WILL BE, UH, REIMBURSING THE CITY.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND OUR, WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TONIGHT THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE THAT WE HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND THEN NUMERICALLY CORRECT AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS KIND OF ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE OF THINGS OTHER THAN THAT ONE? AND I'M GONNA SCROLL THROUGH THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL, JUST LOOK AT THE, UH, HOW ALL THE FUNDS LOOKED AT LIKE WITH RESPECT TO DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS AND INTEREST.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT CITY FUNDS OVERALL FOR THE QUARTER, ALL THE CITY FUNDS EARNED 93,000, ALMOST 94,000 IN INTEREST.
UH, I'VE GOT CIRCLED WITHDRAWALS AND THAT IS THE, THAT'S THE CATCHPHRASE FOR THIS LAST QUARTER IS A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT.
UM, UNDER THE TEXT POOL CITY ACCOUNT.
THERE WE SEE THAT 2 MILLION GOING OUT TO FUND SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE ALSO SEE THE TEXT POOL ACCOUNT.
THAT WAS THE DORN MOBILITY 340,000 GOING OUT FOR THE DOS OF KIND OF THE FINAL PAYMENTS.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME MONEY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT 60,000 IS ACTUALLY HDR ENGINEERING, UM, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FEES.
UM, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, AGAIN, IT'S WITHDRAWALS.
UM, THE FIRST LINE IS THE CHECKING ACCOUNT.
UM, THE QUARTERLY DEPOSITS WAS 1.4 MILLION AND ONE POINT JUST OVER A MILLION IN WITHDRAWALS.
NORMALLY WE'RE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 150 TO 200,000 A MONTH ON THE INCOME AND WITHDRAWALS.
A LOT OF THAT DEPOSIT MONEY CAME FROM THE CITY.
AND UM, THE CITY PLEDGED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE CLARIFIER PROJECT AND WE'RE SEEING THAT INFLUX GOING INTO UTILITY THIS QUARTER.
'CAUSE WE WERE MAKING OUR FINAL PAYMENTS ON THAT PROJECT AND WE HAD ALREADY WITHDRAWN ALL OF, AND EXPENDED ALL OF THE ARPA FUNDS.
SO NOW WE WERE GOING TO THE CITY FOR FUNDING.
UH, AND THE, THE WITHDRAWAL ON THE FROM LONE STAR OF 235,000, THAT IS FOR THE LIFT STATION.
THE AMOUNT THAT UTILITY PLEDGED TOWARDS THAT PROJECT, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WAS GOING TO COME FROM EITHER THE COUNTY, WHICH WE WILL BE ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR FROM THE CITY.
UH, AND ON THE E-D-C-A-D-C HAD A RATHER LARGE WITHDRAWAL FOR THE QUARTER OF 183,000.
A GOOD PART OF THAT WAS FOR THE A DC AGREEMENT, I GUESS ON THE WEST AIRPORT PROJECT.
AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR NORMAL.
AND STORY OF THE QUARTER, THE WITHDRAWALS FOR PAYROLL FOR THE LEM, THE CLARIFIER PROJECT, THE TANDEM PAYMENTS ON, DO THE AR TURNKEY FOR THE LIFT STATION AND JUST OUR NORMAL BILLS.
ANY QUESTION ON THE INS AND OUTS OF THE QUARTER? AND I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THE FORMAL REPORT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
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IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, UH, FROM THE BUDGET REPORT.UM, THIS QUARTER REPRESENTS, UH, THE THIRD QUARTER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THE SLIDE THAT'S UP THERE IS THE CITY REVENUE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST ALL OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES ARE ABOVE 75%.
UM, UH, THE TWO THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, THE FIRST, THE LIGHT GREEN THAT REPRESENTS OUR, UM, PROPERTY TAX AND DELINQUENT TAX RECEIPTS.
SO WE'RE OVER BUDGET, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN THE LAST BLUE LINE FAR RIGHT, UH, IS THE TRANSFERS.
AND THAT IS MORE OF A BUDGET THAT WE BUDGETED X AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR FUND TRANSFERS AND WE'RE OVER BUDGET THERE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY PUT INTO THE BUDGET THE AMOUNT THAT CITY WAS GOING TO TRANSFER OUT TO UTILITY, UM, INTEREST, UH, IS JUST OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO MOST, A LOT OF OUR LINE ITEMS ARE VERY CLOSE TO BUDGET RIGHT NOW OR EXCEEDED BUDGET AND MARIA.
BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOUR AVALOR COMING IN AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR MORE.
I DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I DO, BUT I, YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROPERTY TAX AND I WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND, NICK
UH, FROM ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR CITI, UM, AGAIN, THAT RED LINE REPRESENTS OUR 75% MARK.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S SE UM, BENEFITS OR OPERATIONS ARE BELOW BUDGET.
THE ONE THAT IS ABOVE BUDGET HAPPENS TO BE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IS ABOVE BUDGET.
AND THAT IS DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS THAT, UM, UH, ARE FULLY PAID OUT, I GUESS ON THEIR ACCOUNTS.
THE FIRE PROTECTION, UH, ROAD FEE, ROAD WORK, UM, AND QUITE A FEW EXPENSES OVER AT THE FIRE STATION, ABOUT 35,000 I THINK THAT WAS, IS OVER BUDGET FOR THE NEW TRANSFER SWITCH FOR THE GENERATOR.
SO PUBLIC WORKS AS A, I AM EXPECTING WE'LL HAVE A FEW BUDGET AMENDMENTS COMING YOUR WAY.
UM, ON THE UTILITY REVENUE, AGAIN, THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
UM, AD BUDGET OR ABOVE BUDGET FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, INTEREST IS, UH, ALREADY OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, THE PURPLE THE WATER, UH, IS AT OVER A HUNDRED OR NEAR A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND THAT IS DUE TO THE, UM, WELL WATER FEES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
BUT ALSO THE CONNECTION, THE TAP CONNECTION FEE THAT WE RECEIVED FOR, UM, 11 7 2 OH WEST AIRPORT.
ON UTILITY, UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT ARE OVER BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT I WANNA POINT OUT ON THE WATER, WHICH IS THE BLUE DASHED HATCHED, UM, LINE.
UH, THAT IS OUR, THE WATER AND ROD KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT PART OF THE BIG, UM, REASONS THAT WE SEE THAT BEING OVER BUDGET IS THERE WERE SOME BOOSTER PUMPS THAT WERE REPLACED OR REPAIRED.
UH, ONE WATER, WELL, ONE AND THREE, WE HAD A VERY LARGE EXPENDITURE FOR, UM, A WATER METER, SIX INCH METER ACROSS THE STREET AT THE SENIOR VILLAGE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, RESIDENTIAL METERS ALSO PURCHASED AND INSTALLED THIS THIS YEAR.
AND THAT IS BOOSTING THAT, UM, LINE ABOVE BUDGET, UH, ON THE SEW UNDER SEWER OPERATIONS.
THE OTHER BIG ITEM IS THE SLUDGE REMOVAL, AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A BA FOR THAT ONE.
UM, PRIOR TO TODAY WE HAD ABOUT 180 OR ROD HAD ABOUT $180,000 IN EXPENSES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CLARIFIER PROJECT TO REMOVE THE BIOSOLIDS.
UH, THAT WAS DEFINITELY UNEXPECTED.
IT IS PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT.
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BASICALLY IN HOUSE BY HIRING OUT MAGNA FLOW AND CLEAR, CLEAR, IT'S NOT CLEAR CHOICE, CLEAR HYDRO, HYDRO, THERE YOU GO, UH, TO DO THE WORK.UH, SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT.
I JUST RECEIVED AN INVOICE TODAY FROM ROD FOR ANOTHER 30,000 TO MAGNAFLOW FOR ADDITIONAL BIOSOLIDS REMOVAL, WHICH WILL BE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY INCREASE THAT BA WITH A MOTION TO 210,000.
UM, MOVING COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS ON THE SECOND QUARTER.
REVENUE OVERALL IS LOOKING VERY GOOD.
EXPENDITURES I THINK ARE, AS WE WOULD EXPECT RIGHT NOW, WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WATER AND SEWER, UM, EXPENDITURES.
THIS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'RE WRAPPING UP THIS QUARTER.
UH, PHASE TWO OF DO, UM, AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, 93, 90 2% OF THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO COST, UH, $1.8 MILLION.
THE BALANCE PER THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING RETAINAGE IS 249, ALMOST TWO 50 AS, UM, RICK POINTED OUT OF THAT TWO 50.
ACTUALLY, WE MAY BE 150 LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WILL BE LESS THAN THAT.
SO MAYBE THE OUTSTANDING IS TRULY GONNA BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THE RE RETAINED PART ON THE CLARIFIER PROJECT, UH, THE END OF THE QUARTER, 90% OF THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.
THE BALANCE ON THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE RETAIN ABOUT $560,000, UH, HDR HAS INFORMED US THAT THEY BELIEVE THE CONTRACT WILL HAVE ABOUT $380,000 OF UNUSED FUNDS.
SO WE WILL BE SAVING SOME MONEY ON THAT CONTRACT.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT LOOKING AT WHAT THE SAVINGS WAS RELATED TO, IT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO US DOING THE BIOSOLIDS REMOVAL AND THEM NOT DOING THE SLEDGE REMOVAL AT THEIR PRICE.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT SINCE WE'RE GONNA INCUR A $380,000 SAVINGS THAT THE CITY REIMBURSE BASICALLY UTILITY FOR THEIR EXPENDITURE ON THE BIOSOLIDS, IT'LL STILL BE A NET SAVINGS TO THE CITY, BUT IT'LL ALSO HELP, UM, BOOST THE UTILITY FUND, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW, IN DIRE NEED OF SUPPORT.
ON THE LIFT STATION PROJECT, THE END OF THE QUARTER, 99.8% OF THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO A TUNE OF $607,000.
THE BALANCE REMAINING WAS ABOUT 61 60 $2,000.
I HAVE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY BASED ON WHAT ROD SAID ON THIS CHANGE, CHANGE ORDERS.
SO, UH, THERE WON'T BE QUITE THE NET SAVINGS OVER THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WELL, I WANNA GO BACK ON PROPERTY TAX, UH,
UH, WE JUST RECEIVED NUMBERS FROM THE CAD ON OUR, UM, CERTIFIED APPRAISAL NUMBERS.
AND, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE THE TAX RATES, UH, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATES OR ANYTHING YET FROM THE CAD.
I'M SURE THAT'LL BE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO THAT WE'LL RECEIVE THAT.
BUT FROM THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS, I WANNA BRING UP THIS SLIDE.
WE LOOKED AT THIS ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UH, I'VE GOT THREE, FOUR COLUMNS IN THERE.
THE LEFT HAND COLUMN IS THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS, THE 2026 CERTIFIED NUMBERS.
THE SECOND COLUMN WAS OUR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS CAME BACK $16 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING A LOT OF THINGS ON A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE ESTIMATED BASED ON 516 MILLION, WHICH WAS ALREADY A REDUCED AMOUNT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CAD SUGGESTED WE USE CERTIFIED IS COMING IN AT 500,000.
THE OVERALL DECREASE FROM 2025 AT ABOUT 8%, EIGHT AND A QUARTER PERCENT.
UM, BASICALLY, UM, TO GET THE SAME REVENUE AS LAST YEAR WITH THE CERTIFIED, YOU'RE LOOKING
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AT A TAX RATE OF 0.902.UM, AND IT'S STILL AN ESTIMATE.
IT IS VERY MUCH STILL AN ESTIMATE, BUT OUR REALLY, REALLY EDUCATED ESTIMATE OF YOUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.902.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT GO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS AND NOT IMPROVEMENTS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BAD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO, WHAT WAS MY GUESSTIMATE FOUR MONTHS AGO, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS,
NOT THAT WE'RE, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO NUMBERS THAT CAME THROUGH WERE THE TAXABLE NUMBERS FOR A HOMESTEAD.
UM, THIS YEAR'S TAXABLE IS 254,000.
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THOSE NUMBERS TOO.
UM, IN LIGHT OF THESE NEW NUMBERS, WHICH WE KNEW WERE COMING, UM, DOES ANYBODY FEEL THE NEED TO MEET AGAIN? THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE IS AUGUST 19TH.
WHERE WE'RE, UM, THAT IS THE NEXT AND FINAL BUDGET MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY, I'M JUST OPENING UP THE QUESTION TO COUNCIL.
THAT WOULD BE THE HEARING FOR THE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE HEARING FOR THE TAX RATE.
I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THE 1 0 6 THAT YOU SHOWED ON THERE, THAT IS WITH THE ADJUSTED BUDGET THAT WE DISCUSSED THE OTHER NIGHT WITH THE, IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL PAY, THE CHANGES FOR CORRECT PD.
ALL THE OTHER INCREASES ARE BUILT IN SO THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE THE 267,000 WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE NOW DOWN TO 1 0 6 IF WE GO WITH A 0.94.
AND SO THE ACTUAL, AT THE NO NEW NET REVENUE, UH, THE 4.5 MILLION, WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY IN THE RED BECAUSE WE HAD, I THINK AND THE POINT IN THE, THE THE 0.94 IS OUR MAX THAT WE SET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE YOU'RE LOCKING UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REASON TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT THAT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING.
AND DID THAT NUMBER, UH, 'CAUSE THAT CLEARLY WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW AND NOW WE DO.
SO I MEAN YEAH, WE, WE GUESSED TOO LOW.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S, THEY TOOK 16 MILLION MORE OFF OUR TAX ROLL THAN WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOING FROM 5 45 TO 500 IS A SIGNIFICANT HIT.
THE CHART THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SIDE THERE, THE TAXABLE THAT IS FOR THE, BASED FOR THE, THE, THE CITY AVERAGE FOR FOR MEADOWS HOMESTEAD, YEAH.
SO MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE A $30,000 DROP IN THEIR APPRAISED VALUE.
SO IF THEIR TAX RATE GOES UP 10 CENTS, THEY'RE STILL GONNA PROBABLY BE PAYING LESS THIS THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL, WE WORKING ON A CALCULATOR TO GO ON THE WEBSITE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE TRUE.
'CAUSE I HEARD THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS INCREASING THEIR TAX RATE.
AND THE COUNTY'S HAVING TO LOOK AT IT TOO BECAUSE OF THE SAME ISSUE.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST THEIR TAX RATE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE LOWER VALUES.
THEY'RE NOT, THE RESIDENTS AREN'T GONNA SEE THE 10% HIKE THEY'VE BEEN USED TO, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA SEE A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THEIR ACTUAL TAXES.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25, 23 AUTHORIZING AND ALLOWING UNDER THE ACT GOVERNING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AND REMOVING THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION RATE LIMIT MOVE TO APPROVE.
IT'S OUR JULY RETIREMENT ACCOUNT DUTY.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, MAYOR.
UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, ITEM FOR THE BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT STAFF GETS.
UM, WE DO THESE RECURRING EVERY YEAR MANUALLY.
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TALKED TO TMRS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON WHAT'S CALLED A RECURRING SYSTEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING A RESOLUTION TO YOU EVERY YEAR.IT ACTUALLY SAVES THE CITY MONEY IF WE DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME FRONT LOADED COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO INCUR IN ORDER TO DO IT ON A RECURRING BASIS.
SO LONG-TERM COST SAVINGS, SHORT TERM, YOU TAKE A HIT UP FRONT.
UM, SOMEDAY WHEN THINGS ARE GREAT AND HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN, UH, WE MAY WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOU, UH, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SHORT-TERM HIT IN EXCHANGE FOR A LONG-TERM BENEFIT.
BUT BASICALLY THIS IS A, UH, AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BENEFIT AND WE RECUR IT ANNUALLY.
AND SO OUR RATE IS ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TOLD BY TMRS IS IF WE DO IT ON RECURRING, THAT THAT WILL LONG TERM BE A, A SMALLER AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY EVERY YEAR TO RECEIVE THIS BENEFIT.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT NOW.
'CAUSE I HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN REVISIT THIS AND TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THIS AUTOMATICALLY AS OPPOSED TO MANUALLY, BECAUSE I'M SCARED EVERY JULY WE'RE GONNA FORGET TO DO THIS
QUITE FRANKLY, ANNA MARIA WON'T LET YOU FORGET
UM, EVERY TIME WE'VE LOOKED AT IT, THE FRONT LOADED COST HAS BEEN WHAT I WOULD CALL PROHIBITIVE.
AND SO UNLESS WE JUST GET A WINDFALL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT.
BUT FOR THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THEM THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S 200 AND YOU CAN SAY IT, WHAT IS IT? YEAH, SO THE FRONT LOAD COST IS ABOUT 244 IN ONE BUDGET YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, OVER TIME, YOU'RE SEEING THAT SAVINGS.
A LOT OF CITIES, YOU CAN GO TO T'S WEBSITE AND SEE WHICH CITIES DO RECURRING AND WHICH CITIES DO MANUAL.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CITIES DO RECURRING, BUT THEY, A LONG TIME AGO TOOK THAT HIT AND THEY'RE RECEIVING THE BENEFIT TODAY.
WE JUST HAVEN'T, I, I THINK I WOULD WANNA SEE A, UM, COST RECOVERY.
SO IS THAT A SEVEN YEAR PAYBACK? IS IT A FIVE YEAR PAYBACK? YOU KNOW, FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS I THINK IS REASONABLE.
IF IT TAKES YOU 15 YEARS, THAT'S NOT AN, THAT'S NOT A REASONABLE COST.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25, 24, ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 EACH YEAR.
AT THIS TIME, WE ADOPT THE CIP.
UM, IT'S DIVIDED INTO SHORT TERM, FIVE YEAR AND LONG TERM 15 YEAR PROJECTS.
ROD, WILL YOU COME UP AND PRESENT? GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
THE CIPI PRESENTED TO YOU, THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR PAGES ARE THE BACKGROUND ON HOW TO WHAT TUNE, WHY WE DO A CIP.
IF A RESIDENT HAS SOME QUESTIONS, UH, THIS, THAT INFORMATION IS GOOD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, A NEW EDITION THIS YEAR IS, UH, PAGES, UH, FIVE THROUGH NINE, WHICH GIVES YOU A DETAIL OF EACH ITEM NUMBER.
SO IN JUST INSTEAD JUST HAVING A TITLE THERE, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A DESCRIPTION.
I'M GOING FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE.
THERE ARE NO NEW PROJECTS ON YEAR ONE FOR UTILITY SHORT TERM.
THAT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO SPEND NOTHING NEW ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
AND IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
I GUESS ROD'S PREPARED TO GO AS LONG OR SHORT AS Y'ALL WANT.
WE NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW, HOW DEEP WE WANT GO INTO THIS.
I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE NEW MEMBERS.
I'VE SEEN THIS ENOUGH THAT I DON'T NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN,
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SIT DOWN ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU.
I THINK THE THEME OF THIS IS, IS ITS SAME SONG, DIFFERENT VERSE.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN YEAR TWO IS NOW IN YEAR ONE.
AND YET THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE STILL THE SAME IN THE SENSE THAT WE FUNDING SOURCES.
SO EVERYTHING ON THE UTILITY FUND SIDE, I PUSHED OUT BECAUSE AS ANNA MARIA SHOWED, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN UTILITY FOR ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
SO WE, BEFORE WE START OUR PROJECTS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, I HAVE ADDED THE FOUR GRANTS THAT WE APPLIED FOR.
NUMBER THREE WAS THE DRAINAGE IN THE MAIN OUTFALL, AND NUMBER 16, 17, AND 18 WERE GENERATED POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GENERATED REPLACEMENT FOR THE WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, AND THE NEW GENERATOR FOR WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO, THE ROAD USE FEE AND THE, AND THE SIDEWALKS HAVE THE SAME
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PARK UPGRADES ARE IN YEAR ONE, 30,000.I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS RESOLVED, NICK.
UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ON HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TAKING ITEM NUMBER 15 WAS SOMETHING THAT I DID ADD, WHICH IS THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT FOR THE UOC AT $80,000.
UM, WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUR, OUR PARKING LOT FOR THE UOC ON THE GROUND.
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE $500,000 COMMITTED TO THE, THE TRAIL PROJECT, WHICH THE PARKING LOT IS PART THERE OFF, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DELAYS FOR ANOTHER TWO OR THREE YEARS, THE CHIEF CHIEF AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING OUR PARKING LOT AND GETTING IT DONE FIRST.
AND PART OF THAT TOO, I THINK WILL BE DRIVEN BY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM STAFFORD IN THE NEXT HOWEVER LONG THAT TAKES.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE DEPENDENT ON OUR MEETING WITH CENTER POINT.
UM, JUST REMEMBER THAT OUR, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE GOT THAT SECOND PARKING LOT IN OUR LEASE AGREEMENT YET WITH CENTER POINT.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT DONE ANYWAY, SO I PUT IT IN THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, THE, THE POLICE CHIEF MYSELF FEELS AS IF WE, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY, WE'VE GOT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS SITTING THERE.
WE COULD PUT THE PARKING LOT IN WITHOUT THE REST OF IT.
THAT'S, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
JUST GOTTA ASK CENTER POINTS FROM PLAY, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN WE, WE, WE TOOK UP A LITTLE MORE SPACE IN THE EOC PARKING LOT WITH THE BOY SCOUT THING.
IT'S, IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT PARKING'S ALWAYS A, A CRITICAL ISSUE THERE.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING IN THE CIP AND US ADOPTING THE CIP TONIGHT.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE WITH CENTERPOINT.
UM, EVERYBODY'S HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING A MEETING WITH THEM AND GETTING THEM TO MOVE THE UTILITIES.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MOVE TO THE POINT THAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY ISSUED THEM THE LETTER THAT SAYS YOU'VE GOT 30 DAYS TO MOVE.
SO, UM, AND, AND THEY, WE IMMEDIATELY GOT A RESPONSE FROM THEIR ATTORNEY.
SO
UM, THE BOY SCOUT TRAILER, DID THEY GET THAT OUT YET? NO.
THEY, THEY'VE EMPTIED A LOT OF THE STUFF, BUT THE BASIC TRAILER IS STILL SITTING THERE.
THEY DON'T NEED TO CUT IT APART AND THROW IT IN ON A TRAILER AND TAKE IT TO THE DUMP OR WHATEVER.
WOULD YOU PREFER THEY DO THAT? OR WOULD YOU PREFER YOU JUST GET, UM, SVETA TO CRUSH IT? I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S, IT'S NOT DRIVABLE, IT'S NOT SALVAGEABLE.
UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME WORK TO PULL IT APART.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, WE DID THAT TO GET THEM OUT OF THE TREATMENT PLANT AND SO HAVING THEM BACK IN THERE TO, TO TEAR IT OUT OR TEAR IT DOWN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT NON-AUTHORIZED PEOPLE IN THERE, SO I'M GONNA MISS MY SATURDAY MORNING PHONE CALLS,
BUT YEAH, WE, WE DID THE, WE GOT THE SCOUT FLAGS OUT OF THE TREATMENT PLANT FOR A FEW REASONS.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO GET TO OR THE BOYS TO GET TO, BUT TCEQ IS EVENTUALLY GONNA START FUSSING ASS.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE.
UM, I LOOK AT THE GRANTS IN THERE AND THE, OBVIOUSLY THE STREET REPAIR AND SIDEWALK ARE FUNDED.
IS THE 30,000 FUNDED IN THE CURRENT CITY BUDGET PARK UPGRADES? THAT IN OUR, SAID IN OUR BUDGET THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN, THAT ONE'S BEEN.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHICH BUDGET? OKAY.
SO THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION LATELY ABOUT EDC VERSUS CITY FUNDING ON THAT AMOUNT.
UM, I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, BUT, UM, IT'S A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE IT LIVES, I THINK IS THE, OKAY.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT, ANNA MARIA? YEAH.
SO ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE THAT I'M LOOKING AT, WHICH IS THE SHORT TERM ONE TO FIVE YEAR, IS THE UNFUNDED GOING TO BE FUNDED IF WE RECEIVE IT FOR THE GRANTS? IS THAT THE WAY? WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE SETTING IT UP.
IT WILL BE FUNDED, RIGHT? FOR THE WHAT? FOR THE, YOU MEAN FOR THE NEW ONES? YEAH.
SO THAT'S, THEY'RE ON THERE, BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T SECURED THE GRANTS.
SO, UM, THEY HAVEN'T YEAR A MATCH.
SO, WHICH IS WHY WE, YEAH, I PUT THE PLACEHOLDER IN THERE TO LET YOU KNOW.
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JACK HAD MENTIONED THOSE WERE THE FOUR GRANTS THAT WE HAD, HAD, HAD APPLIED FOR, AND SO I PUT THEM IN THERE, THE GRANTS PENDING.SO THE ONLY PART THAT WOULDN'T BE FUNDED RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE GRAVEL PARKING.
AND THEN ON THE EDC BUDGET, THE $20,000 FOR THE WAYFAIR SIGNAGE.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN EDC EXPENDITURE AND EDC PROJECT.
AND SO EDC AND THEIR BUDGETING WOULD DEDICATE IT AND THEN WE'D GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING IT AS A PROJECT AND IT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING FOR EDC TO CHEW ON FOR FY 26.
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT? I'M JU I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE NEED TO START FUNDING.
'CAUSE MOST OF THIS AFTER YEAR ONE IS UNFUNDED
ITEMS, UM, 14, 15, AND 16 ARE THE PRESSURE VESSELS THERE ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE? I'VE GOT THEM ON YEAR FOUR AND SINCE WE'RE DONE IN 2020 23, NEW GROUND STORAGE TAX, UH, I PUT THEM OUT TO YEAR SEVEN, I BELIEVE.
AND WATER WELLS NUMBER ONE AND THREE ARE ON A 10 YEAR CYCLE.
AND NUMBER TWO IS ON A EIGHT YEAR CYCLE OR SEVEN YEAR CYCLE BECAUSE IT'S A SUBMERSIBLE.
I PUT $150,000 IN THERE TO PULL THE, WELL, ON YEAR THREE, THAT'LL GET US OUT.
WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER 40 OR 50 FOR THE MOTOR, FOR A NEW MOTOR, AND WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO WASH, WASH IT DOWN AND GO FROM THERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS PUSHED OUT SINCE THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE UTILITY FUND AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION FROM RICK, SECOND FROM TIA.
ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME I PRESENTED THIS
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 25 AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES BY INCREASING THE FEES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE RATES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION I HAD WAS ON, UH, ON THE COMMERCIAL BASE RATE.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR WORKSHOP, BUT POSSIBLY CHANGING THAT BASED ON WHAT WE DISCOVERED FROM OTHER CITIES.
ANY, ANY THOUGHTS OF THAT? AND IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE INCREASE THAT I SEE IN THE CALCULATION SHEET THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS THE, THE NEW RATE WATER BASE RATE FOR THE, UH, UP TO 50,000 GALLONS ON THE, I THINK IT'S CHUCK E.
CHEESE NORTHERN TOOL IS ONLY A 5% INCREASE.
SO, AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE BASE RATES FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING IT TO VARY THE RATE BASED ON METER SIZE.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ADOPT OUT OF THIS CYCLE? SO WE COULD DO THAT AT ANY POINT? YOU COULD.
IT JUST, WE, BECAUSE WE COMMITTED TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE FELT LIKE BRINGING SOMETHING TO YOU OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS COMMITTED TO YEP.
UH, THE PART OF THAT PLAN WOULDN'T BE KOSHER, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE ANYTHING MID-CYCLE THAT YOU WISH TO CHANGE.
AND IT'S KIND OF HOW WE STARTED OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN.
I DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
WHERE THIS TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST TO STAY WITH THE PLAN THAT WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE'RE ON FOUR, RIGHT? THIS IS YEAR FOUR.
I THINK THIS IS FOUR, ISN'T IT? YEP.
THIS WILL START FOURTH START, START FOUR COMING HERE.
SO ARCH, BUT I THINK THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS WE WANT TO REVIEW THE COMMERCIAL RATES.
WHICH WE KNOW AND WE'RE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS COMING THAT WE WANNA BRING TO YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF COURSE IS THAT METER RE CHANGE, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL FOR US.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR, CAN WE TRY TO BRING THAT TOGETHER? WE CAN TRY.
I GOTTA GIVE ANNA MARIA A. LITTLE BREATHER.
LET'S SAY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
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OKAY.MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 22 ACCEPTING THE 10 20 YEAR WRITE OFF PER TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 33.05 LIMITATION ON COLLECTION OF TEXAS FROM FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CARMEN P TURNER, M-P-A-P-C-C-C-T-O-P.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M JUST GLAD IT'S ONLY $535.
YEAH, IT'S THE LOWEST WE'VE HAD IN AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS ITEM WE'VE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH IT AND THEN REMIND YOU OF WHAT ANNA MARIA SAID.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 26 AMENDING THE UTILITY FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 3 0 0 0 4 7 5 2 6 0 0 SLUDGE BOX HALL FOR $180,000 FROM UTILITY FUND BALANCE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BIOSOLIDS REMOVAL.
ANNA MARIA MENTIONED EARLIER IN HER BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY $210,000.
THERE WAS A $30,000 UM, INCREASE, UH, AND TODAY
SO, UH, JUST KNOW THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AMEND THAT WE AMEND AMENDED TO TWO 10.
WELL, BEFORE WE, YES, WHAT'S THE DISCUSSION? UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION IN ORDER TO DO THE REIMBURSEMENT OR JUST DIRECTION FROM STAFF? I WOULD JUST PUT CAN YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR MOTION THAT THE THIS 180 BE REFUNDED FROM GENERAL FUND BASED ON THE SAVINGS? YEAH, SO I'LL AMEND THE MOTION IN ADDITION TO THE 210,000.
I WOULD ASK THAT THE, UM, FUND COME BACK FROM TRANSFER, TRANSFER TO, UH, UTILITY FUND FROM THE CITY.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 27 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 5 1 0 POLICE VEHICLE PURCHASE FOR $115,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE A NEW POLICE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED.
JACK TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FOR THE BLACK POLICE CAR.
ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO CANCEL THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, 2025 AND SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025.
UM, THIS IS AN EFFORT JUST TO BE EFFICIENT IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE MOVE THE MEETING.
THAT MOVES US ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL NOTE ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE BUDGET, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE CONSENTING TO THE 20 JUNE 24TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, MINUTES WILL BE CONSENTED TO IN AUGUST.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM EMILY.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITHOUT ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.