[City Council Meeting on September 23, 2025.]
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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THIS COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE STAND UP.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL YOU.
CELEBRATE DIFFERENT ALL THIS EVENING.
THIS EVENING WE GET TO START WITH A PROCLAMATION, RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATION TO FIRE CHIEF LARRY DE CAMILLO FOR HIS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
CHIEF DE CAMILLO IS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT AND WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ, UM, SOME WORDS ABOUT, ABOUT THE FIRE CHIEF, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE WILL PRESENT HIM WITH THE NEXT TIME HE'S IN TOWN.
THE STAFFORD FIRE CHIEF LARRY D CAMILLO RETIRED AUGUST 31ST AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN STAFFORD AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN 1990, AND HAS SERVED AS OUR FIRE CHIEF SINCE 2007.
UNDER CHIEF DE CAMILLO'S LEADERSHIP, THE STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED A CLASS ONE ISO RATING, WHICH IS HELD BY FEWER THAN 1% OF ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE.
STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SERVED THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROTECTED RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING CHIEF DE CAMILLO.
IT SAYS THANK YOU FOR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SOME WORK WENT INTO, UH, ENGRAVING THAT.
DOES ANYBODY UP HERE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT HAPPENED? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, KEN SMITH, UM, ENGRAVED THAT HE HAS A LASER ENGRAVER, AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO WATCH HIM PROGRAM ALL THAT.
AND THEN, UH, HOW THE LASER MOVES TO MAKE IT SO COME LOOK AT IT.
UH, SO I'M, I'M THANKFUL I'LL THAT.
I'M THANKFUL WE CAN GIVE THAT TO LARRY.
UH, THAT'S A TOOL FOR OPENING UP FIRE HYDRANTS, IF ANYONE WAS CURIOUS.
SO THAT, THAT'S A, A REAL USED SPANNER THAT OPENS FIRE HYDRANTS.
I MEAN, EVERY FIRE CHIEF HAS A AXE SOMEWHERE IN THEIR OFFICE, SO WE FIGURED WE'D GET SOMETHING THAT, UH, ACTUALLY WAS USED OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, AND SO WE, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE THOUGH.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS SERVICE RECOGNITION.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING, UM, MS. OFFICER KENIG, OUR POLICE SERGEANT WITH HIS TENURE OF SERVICE AWARD.
AND, UM, COLLEEN CAIS, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR, WITH HER 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THEY HAVE NOT ARRIVED YET, BUT WE DO HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE.
SO I JUST WANNA MENTION SERGEANT KENIG, UH, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM TODAY.
I CALL HIM INSPECTOR, UM, 'CAUSE WE LIKE TO CALL HER TECH, AND I'M FRENCH, SO WE CALL OUR DETECTIVES INSPECTOR.
UH, SERGEANT KENNICK STARTED HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 2011 WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY AFTER BEING IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND GET THIS GUY, SO THIS IS, THIS IS TRUE.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN MEADOWS PLACE IN 2015 AFTER BEING RECRUITED BY A SERGEANT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
HE WAS GOING A LITTLE FASTER THAN YOU SHOULD BE, AND HE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE, UH, PUT IN HIS NAME TO BECOME, UH, AN OFFICER HERE, UH, IN MEL'S PLACE.
UH, OPPORTUNITY WAS PRESENTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CID CRIMINAL INVESTMENTS DIVISION INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
HE DID ACCEPT, UH, HE'S DOING THAT FOR HIS IN HIS THIRD YEAR NOW.
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INTERESTING CASES AND IT'S AFFORDED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS WITH EACH CASE.I DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH TO SAY.
OFFICER KENIG, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY AND EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU BRING TO THIS ROLE, AND I'M HOPING THAT I'M STANDING HERE FOR YOUR NEXT, FOR YOUR 20 YEAR AWARD.
OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE, UH, HAS BEEN HERE FOR, UH, 10 YEARS.
UH, COLLEEN HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF PARKS AND RECREATION EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH 10 OF THOSE HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, COLLEEN HAS LIVED IN MEADOW'S PLACE FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES, OR HAD LIVED IN MOTORS PLACE FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
RAISED FOUR CHILDREN HERE AND OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS PARKS DIRECTOR.
SHE HAS DONE NUMEROUS COMMUNITY AMENITIES, INCLUDING SPLASH PAD, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, SOLAR RESTROOM FACILITY, LITTLE LIBRARY, SENSORY PARK.
IT'S A LONG LIST THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, BUT IT'S AN, AN AMAZING LIST OF THINGS.
SO WE WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, COLLINE FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, MAYOR COLLEEN, UM, OUR, OUR ENTIRE CITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM YOUR, FROM YOUR TALENTS.
THANK YOU FOR POURING THEM INTO OUR CITY.
YOUR CREATIVITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS SO EVIDENT IN EVERY SPACE IN THIS TOWN.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS REPORTS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH CHIEF GARY, CHIEF GARY STEWART WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS MYSELF TO THE TWO, UH, RECIPIENTS OF THE 10 YEAR REWARDS AWARDS.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE BOTH OF Y'ALL AS PART OF THE MEADOWS TEAM.
AS ALWAYS, WE BEGIN WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH.
UH, WE HAD 11 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
UH, THREE ARREST, UH, NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, 3,691.
UH, TRAFFIC CITATIONS ISSUED 4 21 859 CHARGES.
UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
CITATIONS ISSUED WERE ZERO WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC.
WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
UH, TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT 5,352.
AS WE MOVE DOWN TO THE ASSAULTS, WE HAD ONE ASSAULT, UH, ZERO, UH, LIKE THESE ZEROS, AS Y'ALL KNOW.
ZERO BMV ZERO BURGLARY, BUSINESS ZERO BURGLARY RESIDENCE.
UH, EIGHT, UH, THE CITY ORDINANCE HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, TWO FRAUD, ZERO ROBBERIES.
UH, OUR TOTAL BUSINESS AND PROPERTY CHECKS, CLOSED PATROLS AND HOUSE WATCHES, 3,988.
UM, UAVS, UH, TLC PROGRAM 29, UH, PASS 11, FAIL 48 IS A TOTAL, UH, CITY ORDINANCE WARNINGS.
WE HAD FOUR FOR SOLICITOR AND FOUR FOR JUNK VEHICLE AND PARKING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
UM, CITY ORDINANCES WERE ZERO.
THE VIOLATIONS ISSUED 11 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
NOW WE'RE IN THE, UH, ROUNDABOUTS.
THEY WERE VARIOUS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ALSO WORKED, UH, EIGHT TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS BASED ON COMPLAINTS.
21 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR THOSE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OBSERVED.
MOVING ON TO THE REPORT, AS USUAL, I'LL ALLOW Y'ALL TO LOOK THROUGH THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UH, OUTLINED, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, PAGE FOUR FOR YOUR FLOCK REPORT.
UH, ON THE FLOCK TOTAL, UH, NUMBER OF ALERTS WAS 137.
THAT'S UP BY 24 OF THOSE, UH, ZERO FOR STOLEN VEHICLE.
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WERE SEX OFFENDER.21 OF THOSE HITS ARE TWO REPEAT VEHICLES.
SO, UH, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT TO SEE IF THEY'RE JUST PASSING.
WE, WELL, WE KNOW THEY ARE EVER COMMUTING, BUT WE WILL, UH, DO SOME FOLLOW UP THAT WITH SUGAR LAND AS WELL.
UH, SEVEN FOR STOLEN PLATE ALERTS.
SEVEN GANG MEMBER OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST.
SIX FOR MISSING PERSONS ALERTS.
THREE FOR WARRANT, UH, PROTECTED ORDERS.
30 15 WILL REPEAT HITS, UH, UH, OUT OF MISSOURI CITY, THEIR AGENCY HOT LIST SIX AND ZERO FOR VIOLENT PERSONS INSTANCE WHERE FLOCK WAS USED.
UM, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY THAT WERE NOTABLE THIS PAST MONTH, UH, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH ACTIVITY AS YOU CAN TELL.
TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS WERE THREE, TWO FOR THEFT AND ONE FOR WARRANT.
UH, NOTABLE INFORMATION AS WE GO OVER FOR CASES ON ASSAULT CASE, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE AT AIRBNB.
CID DID A FOLLOW UP, AND BOTH PARTIES REFUSED IT OR DECLINED PROSECUTION AGAINST THE OTHER.
SO THOSE, UH, WAS HANDLED BY SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD THAT A CASE OCCURRED.
F FURTHER BACK, AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, UH, 1122 OF 23 WITH AN AMAZON DRIVER TO COERCED A JUVENILE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A RIDE.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT CASE, WE ARE GOING TO TRIAL ON, UH, SEPTEMBER.
UH, WELL, TODAY WAS THE DATE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START.
SO DETECTIVE AVALOS WOULD'VE BEEN AT THAT TRIAL TODAY.
UH, WE DID HAVE THEFT FOR SHOPLIFTING AT A WALGREENS PATROL, STOPPED TO AND MADE AN ARREST FOR, UH, FELONY THEFT.
UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS RECOVERED WERE OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
WE WERE ABLE TO CALL AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A SERIAL SHOPLIFTER.
SO CHARGES ARE BEING FILED ON THAT.
WE DID HAVE 1D OA WHERE, UH, IT WAS NATURAL CAUSES.
UH, WE DID HAVE A HOUSE FIRE ON DORRANCE.
UH, THE HOMEOWNER CAME HOME AND FOUND THAT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.
WE HAD THE APARTMENTS FROM STAFFORD, UH, SUGARLAND, MISSOURI CITY RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE BLAZE.
UH, OUR ON-CALL COMMAND AND OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE.
UH, WE CONTACTED THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.
AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE JUST PRELIMINARIES THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.
MOVING ON TO, UH, ADDITIONAL NOTES OR GRANT STATUS OR DISPATCH CONSOLE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR DISBURSEMENT.
UH, OUR CAR CAMS ARE IN PROGRESS STILL.
WE STILL HAVE ONE REMAINING FOR INSTALLATION.
AND THE FLOCK CATALYTIC CONVERTER FUNDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND AWAITING GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL FOR, UH, UH, DISBURSEMENT.
OUR NEW VEHICLE HAS BEEN, UH, MARKED UP AND WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE IT AT OUR UPFITTERS, UH, LOCATION, GETTING THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TEEM FEMA RECOVERY.
UH, WE ARE STILL FINALIZING SOME STUFF WITH THE, UH, BARREL, UH, RECOVERY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR.
AND FOR, UH, THE HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, GRANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS OPEN.
WE HAVE ONE ACTIVE BACKGROUND BEING COMPLETED.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO ONE, UM, CANDIDATE AT THIS POINT.
AND, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OCTOBER 7TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF Y'ALL THERE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF RIDES FOR YOU, AND, UH, AS THE PARTIES COME IN, WE'LL HAVE THIS LIST OUT TO YOU AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE'RE ALSO PREPARING OVER THE NEXT MONTH FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL, UH, LAW DAY, WHICH WE PARTICIPATE IN EVERY YEAR, UH, IS GENERALLY AT GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S AT NEVILLE.
AND OF COURSE, HALLOWEEN, AS YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IS A HUGE EVENT HERE.
THAT'S MY REPORT, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSELOR, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? NO QUESTIONS.
I JUST, I WANNA POINT OUT AGAIN, UH, HOW RARE IT IS TO HAVE THESE ZERO NUMBERS, ZERO BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLES, ZERO BURGLARY, BUSINESS RESIDENCE, ZERO ROBBERIES.
THERE IS NO AGENCY, I'D SAY IN THE HOUSTON AREA THAT CAN SAY THEY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
ALL THESE GUYS BACK HERE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE, I STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR PRESENCE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THESE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
WE ARE ALL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT REPORT, PARKS AND CREATION WITH COLLEEN.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR ONCE AGAIN.
UH, THIS REPORT SERVES THE ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
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SO, AS EVENT RECAP, JULY 4TH FESTIVAL, UH, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.UH, WE OF COURSE HAD FOOD RIDES, LIVE BAND, FIREWORKS, UM, AND WE PULLED SOME DATA AND OFF OF OUR PLACER SYSTEM AND IT SHOWED THAT IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAD ROUGHLY 3,100, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT NIGHT.
SO, HUGE THANKS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND OUR STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS EVENT, UH, MAKE SUCCESS.
ALSO, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND WAS OUR LAST DAY OF THE POOL, UH, FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, WE HAD A VERY RAINY SUMMER.
HOWEVER, IT WAS STILL EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE WERE OPEN, UM, EVERY DAY, MAYBE CLOSED FOR AN HOUR HERE AND THERE, BUT EVERY DAY WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN AND CONTINUE WITH OUR, OUR PROGRAM.
UM, AND AS ALWAYS, IT IS A INCREDIBLE SUMMER WHEN WE HAVE ZERO INCIDENTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THAT.
UM, AND KNOWING THAT OUR STAFF WERE WELL TRAINED.
AND, UM, ON THE SPOT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, UPCOMING EVENTS, PLEASE SAVE THE DATE.
OUR FALL FESTIVAL, AS CHIEF MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, WILL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, FROM 10 TO 2:00 AM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UH, WE WILL HAVE 10 FOOD TRUCKS.
THE TRACY PEREZ BAND RIDES, PETTING ZOO, THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW, UM, WILL BE DOING THEIR CRAFT EVENT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR FAMOUS STEIN HOLDING CONTEST.
KURT, COUNTING ON YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, UM, THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST WESTERN WINE DANCING NIGHT.
THIS IS FOR, UM, ADULTS, 21 AND UP.
IT'S OCTOBER 24TH FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, WE WILL BE TASTING AND SAMPLING DIFFERENT WINES.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, LINE DANCING INSTRUCTORS THERE TO TEACH THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE LINE DANCES.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST ALSO HAVE, UH, REGULAR COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING FOR DANCING, UH, THEREAFTER.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS, UH, COME AND JOIN US.
BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS, BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT OUT.
AND THEN CHRISTMAS MEMORIES DECEMBER 5TH FROM SIX TO NINE.
SO GO AHEAD AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR THERE AND MORE DETAILS WILL BE COMING.
SO OUR MCDONALD PARK TENNIS COURT CAMERAS WERE INSTALLED.
UM, I HAD BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE THAT WE WERE HAVING ISSUES OUT IN THAT AREA WITH VIOLATORS.
UM, AND SO WE HOPE THAT THESE CAMERAS WILL ASSIST IN CONTROLLING SOME OF THE, UM, NEGLIGENCE THAT WE HAVE SEEN GOING ON OUT THERE.
THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COM CORPORATION IN A TUNE OF $6,000.
UH, WE ALSO PAINTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND POOL COMPLEX FENCING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT CURRENTLY.
UH, TREE INSTALLATION AT 59 AND WEST AIRPORT THAT WAS ALSO FUNDED BY EDC, UM, AT $2,000.
UH, NEW TRASH CANS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PARKS TO REPLACE BROKEN ONES.
ALSO FUNDED BY EDC, UM, FOR $11,000.
OUR UPCOMING PROJECTS, UM, THIS IS A NEW ONE, IT JUST CAME UP.
UM, THIS IS AC REPLACEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE ARE RUNNING AT 50 CENT PER 50% CAPACITY CURRENTLY ON THAT UNIT.
UH, ROD FROM PUBLIC WORKS, MYSELF AND THE, UM, AC COMPANY.
ALL MET OUT THERE DISCUSSED OUR BEST OPTIONS AND WE WILL BE REPLACING THE ENTIRE UNIT, IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS THE BEST SOLUTION.
UM, SO IN OCTOBER, I'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST.
UH, FENCING OF BRIGHTON PARK IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER SMALL PARKS.
YOU'VE SEEN THE, UM, BLACK, UH, WR IRON FENCING THAT WE'VE PUT UP AROUND THE PARK TO DESIGNATE IT AS A, UM, PUBLIC PARK AND SPACE.
UH, NOT ONLY DOES IT AESTHETICALLY ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THAT, BUT IT ALSO OFFERS A LEVEL OF PROTECTION FROM THE PARK GOERS TO THE STREET.
UH, IF A CHILD TAKES OFF RUNNING, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A ASSISTANCE THERE.
SO WE'LL BE IN INSTALLING, UH, FENCING AT THE BRIGHTON PARK FUNDED BY EDC FOR $5,000.
UM, OUR POOL DRAINS, UM, UPDATES COME OFTEN.
UM, AND THIS YEAR IT IS OUR POOL DRAINS PER CODE.
UH, WE HAVE A SCUBA DIVER THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUT DOING THE WORK AND INSTALLING THE, THE DRAINS FOR US.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, WORKING ON THE LIGHTS IN THE POOL.
UH, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT, UH, IS NON-FUNCTIONING AND IT CONTINUES TO TRIP THE OTHER LIGHTS.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE THAT, UM, WORKED ON AND REPAIRED AS WELL DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
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WE BEGAN OUR CITYWIDE, UM, HOLIDAY DECORATION INSTALLATION.SO TIS THE SEASON IT'S COMING.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORS UPDATE, UM, OUR HOME AND GARDEN CLUB.
THEY ARE, UM, A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION IN OUR CITY.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY HAVE SEEN MANY FACES COME AND GO THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THE ONE COMING UP IS OUR FALL FESTIVAL, AND, UH, WE BENEFIT FROM THEM HOSTING THEIR FALL BAZAAR THERE.
THEY BENEFIT FROM THE, UH, REST OF THE EVENT TO BRING IN AND DRIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER FOR THAT ONE, UH, SUGAR CREEK CHURCH, UM, NOT ONLY DID THEY PROVIDE US WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, DONATION, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR OUR FALL FESTIVAL.
SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO OUR FALL FESTIVAL.
SUGAR CREEK CHURCH USED TO DO THEIR OWN FALL FESTIVAL, AND THEY'VE DECIDED, DID I SAY SUGAR CREEK? YEAH, SUGAR GROVE.
UM, THEY USED TO HOST THEIR OWN FALL FESTIVAL, AND IN LIEU OF DOUBLE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE ARE COMBINING TOGETHER.
SO THEY DECIDED TO JOIN IN, WANTED TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND ALSO PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS AT THE EVENT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A YOUNG STUDENT RESIDENT WHO DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO HOST AN ART SHOW IN OUR COMMUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS, UM, TO GIVE BACK TO THE NATURE CENTER.
AND SHE WAS SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HER MOM AND SEVERAL OTHERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT ALL CAME TOGETHER, UM, AT MCGRATH PARK.
AND THEY HOSTED A LITTLE ART SHOW, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE $285 AND HAVE DESIGN THAT DESIGNATED THAT AS A DONATION TO THE NATURE CENTER.
I LOVE TO SEE OUR YOUTH, UH, WANTING TO DO THAT.
AND THIS WASN'T A HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENT EITHER.
THIS WAS A YOUNG, UH, RESIDENT.
SPEAKING OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL, OUR YAK STUDENTS, YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL, UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING VOLUNTEER SUPPORT DURING OUR FALL FESTIVAL, OUR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, AND OUR, AND CHILDCARE FOR OUR SHOP AND DROP, AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY WESTERN NIGHT, UH, DANCING.
AND I WANTED TO JUST BRING TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION HOW VALUABLE IT IS TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, UM, THE COST FOR ONE HOUR OF A VOLUNTEER IS $34.
SO THESE STUDENTS, UM, ARE PARTICIPATING IN FREELY VOLUNTEERING TO US MANY HOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THAT REALLY HELPS THE CITY.
IT HELPS OUR BUDGET, UM, AND IT HELPS THEM GROW AS LEADERS.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE BOTH BENEFIT FROM THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF YOU SEE A VOLUNTEER, THANK THEM BECAUSE THEIR TIME IS IS DEFINITELY VALUABLE.
AND THEN FINALLY TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP WITH, UM, REVENUES.
OUR REVENUES LOOKED REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE FIRST ONES I'M GONNA DISCUSS, THESE ARE IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE HAD HOPED TO BRING IN OR HAD.
SO FOR OUR POOL, THIS INCLUDES THE POOL PASSES AND POOL RENTALS.
WE BROUGHT IN AN EXCESS OF $4,000.
OUR DISCOVERY AND NATURE CENTER, AGAIN, THIS IS DAILY ATTENDANCE RENTALS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, UH, WE BROUGHT IN AN EXCESS OF 3,400.
OUR COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS IN EXCESS OF 9,200.
OUR PARK RENTALS, THIS IS THE BARBECUE PITS, THE PICNIC TABLES, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN OUR TENNIS COURT, THIS IS SOLELY, UM, THE TENNIS COURT PASSES IN EXCESS OF $4,200.
SO I FEEL, UH, VERY GOOD ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY TELLING IN THE STORIES WHEN WE, UM, NEED TO OFFER REPAIRS OR NEW AMENITIES OR JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING SHARP IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL USED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR SUMMER CAMP.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A SHORTFALL THERE.
UM, SO WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S AN INDICATOR THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REASSESS.
AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD RESTRUCTURE OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, THAT IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE 10 WEEKS THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING, BUT RESTRUCTURE IT INTO MORE OF A SPECIALTY CAMP.
SO WITH THAT MINDSET GOING FORWARD, WE'RE OFFERING THREE WEEKS DURING THE
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SUMMER, ONE IN JUNE, ONE IN JULY, AND ONE IN AUGUST.AND THAT SHOULD GAIN ADDITIONAL, UM, ATTENTION AND DESIRE, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO NON-RESIDENTS TO COME AND TAKE PART IN A SPECIALTY CAMP.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, HELPING TO GENERATE AND RAISE MORE REVENUE.
SO IN TOTAL, OUR PARKS REVENUE FOR THE YEAR WAS, UH, OVER $101,000.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THANK YOU.
REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB, COLLEEN.
THAT TAKES US TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
FIRST ITEM, UM, A LITTLE UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT, UH, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY COME UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO I WANT TO INVITE ANNA MARIA UP TO THE PODIUM.
UM, I'VE SENT A NUMBER OF EMAILS OUT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS TALKING ABOUT OUR UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM, A VR, AND THE, UH, STRUGGLES WE'VE HAD WITH OUR MOST RECENT BILLING CYCLE.
UM, I'VE SENT A LOT OF NUMBERS, I'VE SENT A LOT OF DATA, BUT EVEN AS OF TODAY, ANNA MARIA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, AND I THINK SHE CAN FILL IN A LOT OF THE DETAIL ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THAT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, UH, 317 TO BE EXACT, UH, 317 UTILITY CUSTOMERS WHO, UM, DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TAKEN OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT AS A PART OF AN A CH FOR THE UTILITY BILLS.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN AUTOMATIC DRAFT.
UH, FOR 317 OF OUR CUSTOMERS, NO MONEY WAS DRAFTED OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT, AND YET MONEY WAS DEPOSITED INTO THE CITY'S ACCOUNT, UH, BY OUR VENDOR, UH, FOR THOSE PAYMENTS AND THEN SOME.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN A, A BIT OF A MYSTERY.
UH, WE DON'T EXACTLY, WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A VR TO DO THIS BILLING SERVICE FOR US, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND HELP US, UM, UH, BY DEPOSITING THOSE ACCOUNTS OR THAT MONEY INTO OUR ACCOUNT.
UM, SINCE THAT MYSTERY BEGAN, ANNA MARIA HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK, UM, AND TRYING TO UNRAVEL IT.
AND I WANT TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY.
'CAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THIS I DON'T EVEN KNOW YET.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK TODAY,
SO ANNMARIE, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF SHARE WHAT WE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY? WELL, I THINK, I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB SO FAR EXPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT I'VE, LET ME, I'VE SAID EVERYTHING I'VE KNOWN AT THIS POINT.
LET ME BACKTRACK, BECAUSE ALL THIS, UH, STARTED A MONTH AGO, UM, AUGUST 20TH WHEN WE DID OUR RECURRING BILLING.
UH, WE, UM, WERE AWARE AT THE TIME WHEN WE, UH, WERE GOING WITH THE NEW PAYMENT PROCESS, UH, THROUGH A VR THAT OUR RECURRING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, EVERYONE WAS GONNA HAVE TO RE-ENROLL FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.
WE KNEW THAT WAS GONNA BE A ISSUE, AND WE INFORMED EVERYONE.
UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH ANYONE ON A CH BANK DRAFT, UH, RECURRING PAYMENTS.
UH, WHEN WE DID THE RECURRING LAST, LAST MONTH, UH, WE DISCOVERED VERY QUICKLY THAT A NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD, UM, ACCOUNTS WERE DOUBLE DRAFT OR DOUBLE CHARGED, AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY, UH, REFUNDED.
UH, WHAT WE WERE UNAWARE OF UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER WAS THAT WHEN WE GOT THE MONEY IN THE BANK FOR OUR A CH RECURRING, UM, DRAFTS, THAT WE GOT WAY MORE MONEY THAN WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED.
AND HE, THE MYSTERY BEGAN AS TO WHERE DID THE EXTRA MONEY COME FROM.
WE ASSUMED THAT, WELL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WERE DOUBLE DRAFTED AND IN FACT, WE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS DOUBLE DRAFTED FROM HER BANK ACCOUNT.
BUT THEN WE HAD A MAYOR WHO WAS NOT DOUBLE DRAFTED.
AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT DRAFTED AT ALL FROM THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.
AND SO WE WERE QUITE CLUELESS AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
UH, WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT, UM, ABOUT 60 PEOPLE WERE DOUBLE DRAFTED FROM THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS, AND THEY HAVE, UH, SINCE BEING REFUNDED, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 60 THAT WERE DRAFTED ONE TIME, SO THEY WERE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT WE HAD 300, AS NICK SAID, THREE 17 THAT THEORETICALLY WERE DRAFTED, BUT THEY REALLY WERE NEVER DRAFTED.
UM, THE ACCOUNTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN DRAFTED.
WE HAD, UH, NOTICES FROM A VR THAT, WELL, THE PAYMENT HAD BEEN REVERSED.
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WE STILL HAVE MONEY IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A REVERSAL.
WHAT WE HAD DID DISCOVER WAS THAT IN THE, UM, UM, WITH THE NEW PAYMENT PORTAL, UH, ALL THE BANKING INFORMATION THAT WAS ONLINE IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACCOUNTS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, TRANSFERRED TO A TOKEN, A SECURE TOKEN THAT COULD BE UPLOADED TO, UM, BE USED FOR THE BANK DRAFTS.
UH, THE INFORMATION WAS INCORRECTLY TRANS PUT INTO THE TOKEN.
AND SO WHEN THE TOKENS WERE UPLOADED, IT HAD BAD INFORMATION.
IT NEVER MADE IT TO THE BANK TO DRAFT ANY ACCOUNTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, OUR, UM, UH, OUR PROCESSOR SAID, WELL, ALL THESE ACCOUNTS ARE GONNA BE DRAFTED, AND THEY FUNDED OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE THEY EVER RECEIVED THE MONIES.
SO WE ARE SITTING WITH, UM, CLOSE TO $60,000 EXTRA IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS NEVER CAME FROM ANYONE'S ACCOUNTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK BACK TO REIMBURSE THE, THE PAYMENT PROCESSOR ON THAT FOR THAT MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SITTING IN OUR, OUR ACCOUNT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, NOW WE HAVE 317 INDIVIDUALS, RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVE THEY MADE A PAYMENT BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A MESSAGE A MONTH AGO SAYING, YOUR PAYMENT HAS PROCESSED.
IT SHOWED UP ON THEIR ONLINE ACCOUNT THAT THEIR PAYMENT HAD PROCESSED ON THEIR ACCOUNT.
LAST MONTH'S BILL WENT OUT AND IT SHOWED PAYMENT HAD BEEN MADE, IN FACT, IT NEVER HAD BEEN.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE, UM, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RE UH, UNENROLLED ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS, OR AT LEAST, UM, A VR HAS UNENROLLED THEM FROM RECURRING.
SO EVERYONE WHO HAD AN ISSUE WILL NEED TO RE-ENROLL TO GET THE CORRECT BANKING INFORMATION.
I HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY A VR THAT THE ISSUE WITH, UM, I GUESS BRINGING UP THE BANKING INFORMATION INTO THIS TOKEN IS NOW CORRECTED, AND THAT SHOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN.
UH, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, EVERYONE THAT WAS AFFECTED HAS RECEIVED AN EMAIL NOTICE SAYING THAT THEIR BANK DRAFTED NOT GO THROUGH LAST MONTH, AND THAT THEY WILL NEED TO RE-ENROLL.
UM, I KNOW THAT JACKIE HAS ALREADY FIELDED SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER.
UM, AND BEFORE THIS MEETING BEGAN, CAMERON HAS PUT A NOTICE OUT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE SAYING THAT, UH, THIS EMAIL IS IN FACT LEGITIMATE.
UM, BUT IT DOES ONLY AFFECT THOSE THAT RECEIVED THE EMAIL.
UH, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT THERE WAS NO EMAIL ADDRESS AND JACKIE'S GONNA BE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY TOMORROW.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU MENTIONED THE TOTAL THAT WAS OVER, UM, AMOUNT OVER IN OUR ACCOUNT.
DO WE KNOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY BILLED THAT IS OWED TO THE CITY OR OWED FOR WATER? IT WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT 40,000.
SO WE WERE EXPECTING ABOUT 40,000.
WE GOT ABOUT 60,000 MORE, THAT 60,000 IN TOTAL.
SO, SO SOME OF THOSE 317 WERE ALSO TECHNICALLY DOUBLE DRAFTED.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME MANUAL REACH OUTS.
IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE NO LAY FEES, UM, CORRECT.
WE'VE ALL READ THAT THOSE WILL BE WAIVED.
UH, WE ARE NOTING ALL THE ACCOUNTS THAT WERE AFFECTED THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ON YOUR ACCOUNT, AND WE WILL NOT BE ASSESSING LATE FEES IN THE FUTURE.
SO FOR ANYONE WHO YOU KNOW NOW IS FACING A DOUBLE PAY, UM, BILL LAST MONTH'S PLUS THE ONE THAT WAS DUE THIS WEEK, AND NOW WE'LL BE SENDING OUT BILLS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, POSSIBLY THREE BILLS WORTH, UM, WE'LL GIVE THEM TIME TO, TO MAKE PAYMENT.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND ANNA MARIA FOR GOING THROUGH THIS.
IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT AND, UM, WE DID NOT ASK FOR THIS.
THIS WAS A SYSTEM THAT WAS FORCED ON US, AND, UH, IT WAS NOT SMOOTH, BUT, UH, WANNA COMMEND ANNA MARIA FOR NOTICING THE AIR QUICKLY, FOR DOCUMENTING IT, FOR NOTICING WE HAD MORE MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT THAN WE SHOULD HAVE AND FOR MAKING SURE WE KNEW THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN UNRAVELING THIS MYSTERY FOR A FEW WEEKS.
WEEKS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AFTER THEM.
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MONEY'S STILL IN THE ACCOUNT.WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WHY IS IT STILL IN OUR ACCOUNT? YOU TELL ME IT'S GOING TO, IT SHOULDN'T BELONG THERE, BUT IT'S STILL HERE.
SO, SO THANK YOU ANNAMARIA YES.
UTILITY BILLING IS A LARGE SUBJECT.
I HAVE, UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
AND MARIA, BEFORE YOU GO, SO WE HAVE AUTOMATICALLY SEND OUT THE, UH, A SHUTOFF NOTICE IF WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED.
ARE THOSE KIND OF BEING ON HOLD? PEOPLE WON'T RECEIVE THOSE IF THEY HAVEN'T PAID IT IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY SENT OUT.
WE DO CREATE A LIST AND THEN WE, UM, WE SEND OUT THE LIST TO INDIVIDUALS.
I MEAN, UH, I MEAN, WE DO GENERATE THE LIST AUTOMATICALLY, BUT IT DOES NOT GO OUT AUTOMATICALLY.
BUT YOU'RE KIND OF HOLDING ALL THOSE WHILE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.
I MEAN, WE STILL MAY BE SENDING OUT THOSE THAT WE KNOW ARE TRULY DELINQUENT,
AND THE SECOND THING, THANK YOU ANN MARIA.
UM, THEN I WANTED TO MENTION IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I'M GONNA PUNT TO OUR MAYOR.
UM, SO I WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR MAYOR TO LET HER MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, WERE UNABLE TO COME TO OUR EDC MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS A BOARD OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR CITY.
THEY BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO OUR CITY.
UH, CHARLIE JESSUP, THE FORMER MAYOR, HAS BEEN SERVING AS ON THE BOARD AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EDC.
HE OFFICIALLY STEPPED DOWN LAST WEEK AND, UM, LEAVING AN OPEN BOARD POSITION AND ALSO A VACANT SEAT AT THE PRESIDENCY.
SO MOVING FOR, I, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE, WE WILL BE TAKING OUR TIME MOVING FORWARD, FILLING THAT BOARD POSITION.
COUNCIL APPOINTS, APPOINTS THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER, AND THEN THE EDC BOARD BOARD MEMBERS ELECT THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND, UH, THROUGH BEFORE, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, WE, WE HAVE BEEN SO HONORED TO, UM, HAVE CHARLIE JESSUP CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CAPACITY OF PRESIDENT OF EDC.
UH, HIS, HIS EXPERIENCE, HIS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THIS, UH, WE LOSE, WE LOSE A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE HERE.
UM, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME THAT HE CONTINUED TO SERVE, UH, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE HIM SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND ENJOY HIS TIME OUTSIDE OF CITY SERVICE.
JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS ANYBODY HERE TO COMMENT? COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.
I LIVE AT 12 2 43 AUSTIN DRIVE, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS YOU ON SOME ISSUES THAT I'VE TALKED TO MOST OF YOU ABOUT IN CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE.
I'M JUST GONNA HIT THIS REAL QUICK.
TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILS, WE CAN GO THROUGH IT WHENEVER YOU WANT.
12 3 0 3 AUSTIN, WHICH IS A NEXT DOOR HOUSE TO ME, IS A VACANT HOUSE OUTSTATE OWNER WHO'S NEG SERIOUSLY NEGLECTING ISSUES ON THE HOUSE.
BUT WHAT'S MOST CONCERNING IS A SWIMMING POOL THAT IS, UH, IN A VERY UNSAFE AND UNHEALTHY STATE AND HAS LITTLE PROTECTIONS, FENCES ARE FALLING, AND A GATE THAT CANNOT SECURE THE ENTRY POINT.
IT STAYS OPEN MOST OF THE TIME.
NUMBER TWO, UH, COMMERCIAL TRAILERS.
OKAY? WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF 'EM AROUND, I KNOW, ON THE WEST END OF MEADOWS.
AND THEY CREATE OBSTACLES IN THEIR EYES, SORES, THEY DON'T BELONG.
THERE'RE THEY'RE PARKED OUT THERE CONSISTENTLY, CURBSIDE ON THE STREET NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.
AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M OUT IN THE MORNINGS, ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THOSE TRAILERS DIDN'T JUST, JUST DISAPPEAR WHEN I GOT THERE.
AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS YEAR.
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COMPLAINTS, EITHER BY LETTER OR IN PERSON, TWO PEOPLE ON THIS, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS YET.THIRD ITEM IS THERE'S A BUSINESS THAT'S BEING RUN OUT OF A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, WHICH MAYBE I SHOULDN'T GO INTO RIGHT AT THE MOMENT AS TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BUSINESS.
BUT, UH, SUFFICE IT TO SAY IT'S AN INTRUSION AND A NUISANCE ON THE HOUSES IN AND AROUND US.
SO, IN TALKING WITH MOST OF YOU, YOU SEEM INTERESTED IN EXPLORING IDEAS AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS, WHICH I COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THAT.
WE NEED THE HELP IF ONE DOES IT, SOMEBODY ELSE GONNA SEE THEY'RE DOING IT, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO SPRINGBOARD RIGHT OUT OF CONTROL.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE TRY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
WE'VE GOT RE REPETITIVE VIOLATORS, SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T GO AFTER KNOWN VIOLATORS THAT ARE DEFIANT AND JUST CITE, GIVE THEM CITATIONS.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SENDING THEM TO THE DEATH CAMP.
WE'RE JUST TAKING A LITTLE MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET, AND THEY, THEY DON'T LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT GETS A MESSAGE ACROSS, SO, OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. KEEPERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT.
UM, THE VERY BEST PLACE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IS IN A WORKSHOP SETTING.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNSEL, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING IN OCTOBER COMING UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO A WORKSHOP EITHER BEFORE THAT MEETING OR WE CAN MOVE IT UP AND PICK A DATE FOR, AT AN, AT AN EARLIER TIME AT A SPECIAL MEETING FOR A WORKSHOP ON CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN SCHEDULING? YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT AT THE OCTOBER MEETING OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT UP? UH, IF IT'S IN THIS NOT YET.
IT IS IN THIS, UH, IT'S ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE THE OCTOBER MEETING IS LIKELY ALREADY BEING MOVED UP, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST DO THEM TOGETHER ON THE SAME NIGHT.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ALREADY IN OUR CODES.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL COME BACK WITH THE, UM, WORKSHOP MM-HMM
TO THEN REINFORCE ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO TWEAK.
WE WILL, WE CAN REVISIT THIS AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, MR. KEEPERS, OUR WORKSHOPS ARE PUBLIC, SO OUR WORKSHOPS ARE PUBLIC, SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME WHEN WE GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
AND THAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN THIS MEETING.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO MAYOR COUNCIL COMMENTS AND I'M GONNA KICK IT TO RICK.
SO OUR BIKEWAY MOBILITY PROJECT, I THINK LAST MEETING I DID SAY THAT WE HAD A, A, A ONLINE CALL WITH CENTERPOINT MM-HMM
UM, COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO I MARKED UP THE PLAN SET, BREAKING IT DOWN INTO FIVE DIFFERENT SUBMITTALS BASED ON WHAT THEY TOLD US IN THAT MEETING, SENT IT TO THEM.
THEY'VE CONFIRMED THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY WANNA SEE.
SO NOW WE NEED TO GET THE CONSULTANT TO DO THAT BREAKDOWN.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ONLY SUBMIT THE THREE FOR MEADOWS PLACE TO START.
WE ARE SENDING A LETTER TO STAFFORD TO VERIFY THEY STILL WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THEIR PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN IF THEY DO, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE BEFORE WE CAN SUBMIT THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO START THEIR LICENSE AGREEMENT PROCESS WITH CENTER POINT AND PAY THEIR FEE TO CENTER POINT, WE CAN BREAK OUR PIECE OF THE PROJECT APART AND MOVE FORWARD WITH BIDDING OUR PIECE WHILE STAFFORD THEN DECIDES WHETHER THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD OR NOT.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET, UM, OUR PARKING LOTS AND BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING GOING WHILE THEY DECIDE.
UH, PART OF THE LETTER WAS THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO STOP OR ABOUT 250, 280,000 TO GO FORWARD, BECAUSE IF THEY STOP, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY THE COUNTY BACK THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE COUNTY HAS PUT INTO THE FIRST DESIGN PORTION.
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GO AHEAD.UM, HAVE WE WORKED OUT THE ISSUES WITH CROSSING AND THE SIGNAGE THAT YES.
UM, ODDLY ENOUGH, CENTERPOINT HAD NOT PICKED UP THAT WE WERE GIVING THEM THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS.
AND SO ONCE I POINTED OUT THAT AT EVERY STREET CROSSING THERE WAS MATCHED DRIVEWAYS STRICTLY FOR THEIR, THEIR USE, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO USE THE TRAILS TO GET THE EQUIPMENT IN AND OUT, UH, THEY WERE MUCH MORE OPEN TO THE SIGNS.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THEY MISSED THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
'CAUSE THEY WERE CALLED OUT ON THE PLANS, BUT THEY DID NOT SEE THEM.
AND THEN DO LANE RECONSTRUCTION PHASE THREE, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, HOPEFULLY, AND THAT'LL BE LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.
UM, REAL QUICK, ON PHASE TWO, I THINK I SAW THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE LETTER OR THE FINAL PACKAGE HAS GONE OUT.
SO YOU'RE COMPLETE PHASE TWO IS COMPLETE.
WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICK, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 28, APPROVING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 20 25 26 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING.
SO THE MEADOWS PLACE, EDC APPROVED THEIR BUDGET AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.
AND THIS, UM, THIS ALLOWS CITY COUNCIL, THIS ITEM ALLOWS CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND? OH MY GOSH.
HOLD ON A SECOND WITH A, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THAT MOVES US ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RATIFYING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD.
2025 PLACES FOR PEOPLE CALL FOR PROJECT SUBMISSION, A LEAF TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECT.
UM, THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD IS, HAS ASKED FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOR PLACES FOR PEOPLE FOR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS TO FUND THE DESIGN OF THE A LEAF TRAIL EXTENSION.
THERE'S NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO THIS LETTER.
MY SIGNATURE IS THE ONLY THING ATTACHED TO THIS LETTER, AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY SUBMIT.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND IF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, THIS WOULD MAKE A CONNECTION FROM THE MEADOWS PLACE TRAIL THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, CROSSING, UM, BELFORT CROSSING, KEEGAN'S BAYOU, WHERE YOU COULD THEN RIDE, PICK UP BRAISE BY YOU, YOUR RIDE YOUR BIKE ALONG KEEGAN'S ALL THE WAY TO, I GUESS, BRAISED, AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE MED CENTER.
YEAH, IF YOU WANTED TO RIDE THAT FAR.
DAVID'S GONNA WEAR HIS HELMET THOUGH.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 26 ACCEPTING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SANDER ENGINEERING FOR THE DORRANCE LANE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASE THREE AND THE AMOUNT OF $260,235 AND 56 CENTS.
SINCE WE HAVE, UH, AN, UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SANDER ENGINEERING HERE THIS EVENING, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 29 AMENDING THE UTILITY FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING THE LINE ITEM FROM 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 0 0 0 0.
UTILITY CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS FOR $3,090,000 FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CLARIFIER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE LIFT STATION PUMP WITH CONTROLS.
IN YOUR BACKUP COUNSEL, THERE'S
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AN ENTIRE LIST OF WHERE EVERY SINGLE PENNY OF THAT WENT.I'M NOT GONNA READ THE ENTIRE LIST, IT'S KIND OF LONG.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ROD HERE FOR ANY, ANY AND ANNA MARIA ALSO FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS YOU MIGHT NEED.
ANY DISCUSSION? SO, UM, I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY RECOGNIZED THIS SOMEWHERE, THIS EXPENDITURE, WE HADN'T PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET.
BUT FOR CLARIFICATION, MOST OF THIS MONEY CAME FROM EITHER THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE THROUGH THIS WAS ARPA FUNDING.
UM, I WOULD SAY WHAT 25% OF THIS WAS CITY, ROUGHLY PLUS OR MINUS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, BUT IF WE HAD NOT HAD THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE WOULD'VE BEEN HARD PRESSED TO, TO DO THIS PROJECT.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 30 AMENDING THE UTILITY FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 3 0 0 0 4 6 5 6 7 0 0 0.
UTILITY WATER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS $250,000 FOR SEVERAL UTILITY WATER EXPENSES.
THERE'S ANOTHER LIST OF OF EXPENSES IN YOUR BACKUP.
ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 31 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 8 4 0 6 0.
CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 2 MILLION, $2 MILLION, 144,000 FOR DORRANCE LANE RECONSTRUCTION, PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING SERVICES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ONCE AGAIN, I GUESS WE HADN'T RECOGNIZED THE EXPENSES WE HAD.
WE HAD RECOGNIZED THE, UM, I GUESS THE DEPOSIT FROM THE COUNTY AT SOME POINT.
WE JUST NEVER RECOGNIZED THE, THE OUTFLOW OF THE CASH.
WELL THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE ACTUALLY GONNA FINISH BEF WITHIN THE BUDGET YEAR AND HOW MUCH HAD TO BE PUT INTO EACH YEAR'S BUDGET.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 32 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 8 4 0 6 5.
CAPITAL MEADOWS PLACE, STAFFORD MOBILITY PROJECT FOR $75,000 FOR THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND PROJECT.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE THE CITY CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 23 AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY SECTION 6.2 0.1, VACATION ACCRUAL SECTION 6.2, 0.2 C AND F ADMINISTRATION OF VACATION LEAVE SECTION 5.145, SORRY, 5.41 OVERTIME TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATORY TIME ACCRUAL TO 40 HOURS FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES AND COMPENSATORY TIME PAYOUTS FOR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND I'M GONNA LET NICK EXPLAIN THIS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
UM, SO THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS IS WHAT WE'VE WALKED COUNCIL THROUGH
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ALREADY, WHICH IS THE VACATION PORTION OF, UH, THE POLICY.UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE WRITEUP THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE PERSONNEL POLICY WHERE, UH, WE'VE DIVIDED VACATION DAYS INTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NON-POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO ON THE PD SIDE FROM ZERO TO ONE YEAR SERVICE, UH, EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE FOR 120 HOURS, UH, FROM DAY ONE, BUT OVER ON THE NON-POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE, IT'S STILL AT 80.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT ON THE VACATION PAYOUT ELIGIBILITY, UM, IF YOU'RE HERE BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE YEAR, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY PAYOUT AT ALL.
UH, THAT'S A CHANGE IN THE POLICY.
UH, THEN ONCE WE HIT TWO TO FOUR, UH, EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME TRACK, SO EVERYONE'S AT THAT ONE 20.
HOWEVER, FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS, AN EMPLOYEE'S ONLY ELIGIBLE AT A CAP OF UP TO 40 HOURS OF VACATION PAYOUT.
THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE FIVE THROUGH 9, 1 60 10 THROUGH 19, 200 AND THEN 20 AND OVER.
UM, THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE HAD TALKED TO YOU WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET IN THAT WORKSHOP DISCUSSION.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE ON THE VACATION.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, HIRE DATES AND WHEN AND WHAT AN EMPLOYEE GETS COMING IN THE DOOR, DEPENDING ON THEIR HIRE DATE.
UM, WE DIVIDED THAT BASICALLY INTO QUARTERLY, UM, SECTIONS.
UH, DEPENDING ON WHICH QUARTER YOU'RE HIRED WILL DEPEND ON WHAT YOUR VACATION ELIGIBILITY WILL BE.
UM, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FEWER VACATION HOURS YOU WILL HAVE COMING IN THE DOOR.
UM, THE OTHER LARGE SECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED TO COUNSEL ABOUT, ALTHOUGH I THINK I MAY HAVE SENT YOU AN EMAIL, UM, DEALS WITH COMPENSATORY TIME.
UM, THE WAY IT WORKS IS, IS THAT A MAXIMUM ACCRUAL, AND THIS OF COURSE IS FOR NON-EXEMPT STAFF, EXEMP, UH, NON-EXEMPT STAFF THAT WOULD, WOULD ACCRUE COMP TIME.
UH, THOSE NON-EXEMPT STAFF WILL, UH, ACCRUE UP TO 80 HOURS RIGHT NOW IN THE POLICY OF, UH, AC OF, OF COMP TIME.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH COMP TIME AND THE PAYOUT OF COMP TIME.
UH, THAT'S SEPARATE AND APART FROM WHAT'S IN THE PERSONNEL POLICY WE HAVE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE, IF AT THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR AN A POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE HAS COMP TIME ON THE BOOKS, THEY GET THAT PAID OUT TO THEM AS A PART OF THEIR PAYROLL.
THE POLICY AT THIS TIME IS SILENT AS TO WHAT HAPPENS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT COMP TIME ONCE THE END OF THE YEAR HAPPENS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ADDED A SENTENCE IN THERE, BASICALLY SAYS THAT ANY COMP TIME ACCRUED SHALL BE PAID OUT AT THE EMPLOYEE'S.
THEN CURRENT RATE ON THE SECOND PAY PERIOD OF EVERY SEPTEMBER, IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE IS DROPPED THAT 80 HOURS MAX DOWN TO 40.
SO WE'VE CUT IT IN HALF SO THAT THE MAX ANYBODY COULD GET PAID OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS 40.
YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE THAT THAT 40 HOURS MIRRORS THE 40 HOURS OF VACATION TIME THAT YOU CAN CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE SENTENCE WE ADDED TO THE COMP TIME TO CLARIFY WHAT HAPPENS, UH, FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO STILL HAS COMP TIME ON THE BOOKS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THAT IS THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN A NUTSHELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 24 ADOPTING A REVISED CI CITY ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
UM, THE LAST TIME AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART CHANGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS WAS 2020 NOVEMBER OF 2024.
THIS PROPOSED CHANGE BRINGS UTILITY BILLING BILLING FUNCTION UNDER THE FINANCE DIRECTOR ANNA MARIA IS INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR UTILITY BILLING FUNCTIONS AS EVIDENCED BY HER TIME AT THE PODIUM ALREADY THIS EVENING.
UM, SHE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WITH JACKIE MCCORICK RECONCILING ACCOUNTS, METER READS, BILLING ISSUES, AND A VR ISSUES.
BECAUSE OF THIS STUFF FEELS THAT IT'S MORE STREAMLINED TO PUT UTILITY BILLING UNDER THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
SO THE ATTACHED OR THE ORG CHART THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED IN YOUR BACKUP, UH, CLEANS UP THE CHART FROM THE LAST ITERATION AND MOVES UTILITY BILLING UNDER FINANCE IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 25 CASTING THE CITY'S VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR THE 20 25 20 26 TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UM, REGION 14 DIRECTOR.
THE TIMING OF THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE
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WE, THIS IS MIDTERM, UH, PREVIOUSLY ELECTIONS FOR TML DIRECTORS ARE HELD AT THE REGIONAL MEETINGS AFTER THE CHANGES TO THE TML CONSTITUTION WERE APPROVED IN 2023.UM, THESE TERMS ARE TWO YEAR TERMS UNLESS THERE IS A VACANCY, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
JOE ZIMMERMAN WAS ELECTED TO A TWO YEAR TERM AND THEN HE TERMED OUT OF THE SUGARLAND POSITION.
SO THE REGION 14 PRESIDENT SALLY BRANSON TEMPORARILY FILLS THAT VACANCY THROUGH T THROUGH THE 2025 TML ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
THIS ELECTION IS TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE TWO YEAR TERM, WHICH EQUATES TO A ONE YEAR TERM.
SO THE MEADOWS PLACE IS IN THE TML REGION 14.
AND THE CANDIDATES CANDIDATES ARE SALLY BRANSON, ROBIN COLLINS, TOM CRUISE, EMMANUEL GUERRO.
IT IS TOM CRUISE, BUT IT'S C-R-E-W-S
THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET IS SALLY BRANSON.
I KNOW THAT NICK WORKED WITH SALLY AND FRIENDSWOOD, UM, I THINK VERY HIGHLY OF HER.
SHE'S CURRENTLY, UM, IN THE ROLE AS WELL.
AND YOUR VOTE FOR HER WOULD, WOULD, UH, OR VOTE FOR ANY OF THESE, WOULD, WOULD FILL OUT THAT ONE YEAR TERM AND WE'LL BE DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR SALLY BRANSON.
ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO RESCHEDULE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, NOVEMBER 28TH, 2025, AND DECEMBER 23RD, 2025.
THIS BUMPS INTO THREE HOLIDAY, THREE HOLIDAY WEEKS.
UH, WE WILL ACTUALLY, MOST OF US WILL BE AT, UH, THE TML CONFERENCE OUT OF TOWN ON OCTOBER 28TH.
SO WE NEED TO GET OUR CALENDARS OUT AND SCHEDULE THOSE THREE MEETINGS.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE JUST MOVED THEM UP A WEEK.
SO THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 21ST.
DOES OCTOBER 21ST WORK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO OCTOBER 21ST FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING.
NOVEMBER IF WE MOVED IT A WEEK UP, THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 18TH, KEEPING IT ON A TUESDAY.
ARE WE OKAY WITH NOVEMBER 18TH? OKAY.
AND THE NEXT ONE, OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN DECEMBER'S ON THE 23RD.
CAN WE MOVE IT UP TO THE 16TH? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT OF TOWN ON THE 16TH.
CAN WE PICK ANOTHER, IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON A PARTICULAR, CAN WE, CAN YOU DO, ARE YOU OUTTA TOWN ON MONDAY STILL? MONDAY THE 15TH.
OKAY, SO EMILY'S GONNA BE OUT THAT ENTIRE WEEK.
ARE YOU ALSO OUT THAT ENTIRE WEEK THERE? THURSDAY THE 18TH? THAT WOULD BE FOUR.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT RICK? BARRING PLANE TROUBLE? WE WILL STILL HAVE A QUORUM WITH THREE
OKAY, SO CAN, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PENCIL IN DECEMBER 18TH.
DO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ONE.
OKAY, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES AS FOLLOWS.
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WITH THE MOTION AND A SECOND.WE ARE GOING TO RECESS OUR REGULAR SESSION.
WE'RE GONNA RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CON CON CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS NOT RELATED TO LITIGATION OR THE SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING THIS EVENING, PART OCTOBER 21ST, OC OCTOBER 21ST.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE RECONVENING AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.