* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [City Council Meeting on January 27, 2026. ] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6 31. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS EVENING TO ORDER. WOULD EVERYBODY STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION, GOD JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START THIS EVENING WITH REPORTS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START THE REPORT OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. UH, WE HAD EIGHT REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS THIS PERIOD, UM, FIVE ARRESTS. THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE 2,366. OF THAT 41 REPORT CALLS TRAFFIC CITATIONS 401, WHICH CHARGES A 517 CITY ORDINANCE. CITATIONS ISSUED WITH ONE WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC, 226 WITH 261 CHARGES. CITY ORDINANCE, UH, WARNINGS ISSUED WERE SEVEN. TOTAL ACTIVITY ACCOUNT WAS 3,833. UH, GOING DOWN, WE HAD THREE ASSAULTS. WE HAD SIX BMVS BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS, ZERO BURGLARY RESIDENCE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE CONTACTS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT THERE WERE EIGHT TOTAL. UH, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, 2 1 4 FRAUD, ZERO ROBBERIES, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS, 2000 601 5 THEFTS. UH, UUMV, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE WAS ZERO. IN OUR TLC PROGRAM. WE HAD 56 PASS WITH 21 FAILURE, 77 CONTACTS. MOVING ON TO BMVS, UH, ON PAGE TWO, STARTING THERE, UH, FIVE, UH, WERE COMMERCIAL. UH, THERE WAS NONE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT THEY WERE TARGETING. A COUPLE OF OUR BUSINESSES OVER HERE, UM, BY THE MALL AND CABO BOB'S AREA. UM, SO WE HAVE OF COURSE PICKED UP PATROL, BUT WE ALSO DID SOME SPOT CHECKING ON THAT AS WELL. THERE'S A A LOT GOING ON THAT'S A QUICK IN, QUICK OUT PLACE WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN AND HITTING TARGETS REALLY FAST AND GETTING OUT. SO WE HAVE SOLICITED HELP FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH CAMERAS AND SO FORTH AS WELL TO TRY TO HELP 'EM HARDEN THE, UH, TARGET AREA. SO, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. UH, MOVING ON TO PAGE SIX, OUR U UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM. WE HAD 81 HITS, UH, PREVIOUS MONTH. WE HAD 152, SO WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH WITH TARGET HITS. SO WE DID HAVE THREE FOR STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS. 19 FOR SEX OFFENDER. AGAIN, NINE HITS, OR, UH, TWO REPEAT VEHICLES. TWO FOR STOLEN PLATE, ONE FOR GANG TERRORIST. UH, ALERT, UH, ZERO FOR MISSING PERSONS. 12 FOR WARRANTS. 24 FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER. NINETEENS, THAT WAS THREE VEHICLES WERE REPEAT. UH, OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST. WE HAD 20 AND ZERO FOR VIOLENT PERSONS INCIDENTS WHERE FLOCK WAS USED. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TO REPORT ON THIS MONTH, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE AN INVESTIGATION. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT THAT WE USED FLOCK THAT LED TO, UH, CHARGES BEING FILED. IF I HAVE ARRESTS, YOU CAN SEE THERE TWO FOR OTHERS. JURISDICTION WARRANT TWO FOR ASSAULT, UH, ONE FOR TEMPERING WITH A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT. ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU'LL SEE, UH, WE DID HAVE AN IN CUSTODY DEATH. IT'S MARKED CONFIDENTIAL. UH, BASICALLY, UH, WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, THE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR A RESIDENCE, UH, STATING HER HUSBAND WAS RUNNING AROUND THE NAKED NEIGHBORHOOD, YELLING HELP, AND HE WAS [00:05:01] UNCLOTHED, UH, AND ON DRUGS OFFICERS FOUND THE PERSON AT SHELL AT WEST AIRPORT. UH, AN OFFICER APPROACHED HIM. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS AN ENTANGLEMENT THERE, UH, AND THEY TRIED TO PULL AWAY AND THEY TRIED TO HANDCUFF HIM, DIRECTED HIM TO THE GROUND. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT'S BEEN ASKED EVEN BY THE MEDIA, WE DID NOT TASE THE SUBJECT. UH, WE DID CALL EMS WHEN WE, UH, REALIZED, UH, HIS CONDITION AND HE WAS LOADED ONTO THE AMBULANCE. AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CPR HAD WAS, UH, IN PROGRESS. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED. IN STANDARD IN THESE CASES, IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE TEXAS RANGERS, FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND US I, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERNALLY, UH, WE'RE WAITING ON THE AUTOPSY REPORT PENDING THE CAUSE OF DEATH INVESTIGATION UPDATE, WHERE I MENTIONED THAT FLOCK WAS USED. UH, THERE WAS AN FS SGI CAUSING BODILY INJURY WHERE A RESIDENT WAS RIDING AN EBI, UH, E-BIKE AND WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THAT LEFT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, STOPPING TO GIVE INFORMATION. UH, WHERE THERE WERE SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT WERE LATER INTERVIEWED BY OUR DETECTIVES, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO USE FLOCK AS WELL, WHICH IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER. THE CASE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DA'S OFFICE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DRIVER BEING TRUE BILLED BY GRAND JURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OUR GRANT STATUS, WE HAVE ALL OF THEM APPROVED. JUST TWO REMAINING TO COLLECT ON. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE FULL-TIME POSITION OPEN NOW AND IN BACKGROUND. AND WE FILLED ONE FULL-TIME POSITION. UH, OUR NEWEST OFFICER, CHELSEA RICE, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER WITH US JANUARY 20TH. SO WE WELCOME TO OUR BOARD AND SHE'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN ALL, UH, CAN ANSWER, INTRODUCE HER TO Y'ALL. AS FAR AS THE WINTER FREEZE, WE DID PARTIALLY STAND UP THE EOC. UH, THE COMMUNICATION WAS GOOD WITH OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES, AND, UH, THERE WAS NO ISSUES TO REPORT. UH, SO WE DID A LOT OF, UH, PROACTIVE STUFF, MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS NO BUSTED PIPES AND CHECKING ON RESIDENTS AND SO FORTH. BUT THERE WAS NO INCIDENTS. UH, WE GOT FORTUNATE. IT WASN'T AS NEARLY AS BAD AS IT WAS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO TAG ON THE END OF CHIEF'S REPORT. BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD UP THE EOC OVER THE WEEKEND. UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON, SERGEANT FOSTER, SPO RODRIGUEZ, SPO, MILSON, OFFICER RICHMOND, OFFICER BRUNO, OFFICER ASTORGA, TCO, MAYAN SANTANA DOMINGUEZ, JACK MCDONALD, AND ALSO ERIC AND LUIS FROM POWER SCOOP. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS THIS WEEKEND. UH, MAKING SURE THAT CITY SERVICES CONTINUED, UH, WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR ICE. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WOULD YOU GUYS HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US ON TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, MR. HEBE. THANK YOU MAYOR. WANNA REITERATE AS WELL? UH, GREAT WORK BY OUR STAFF OVER THE LAST WEEK. UM, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AFTER VISITING WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, OUR OPERATOR POWER SCOOP, UM, THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO, UH, TO REPORT IN ANY OF OUR CITY FACILITIES. SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB WRAPPING AND PROTECTING ALL THE PIPES AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE ANIMALS WERE WARM THROUGH THE EVENT. UH, IT IS TRUE THAT THIS COMING WEEKEND WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE FREEZING WEATHER, AND SO IF YOU STILL SEE THAT SOME OF THESE PLANTS ARE COVERED, UH, THAT'S WHY. UM, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS, UM, IF YOU GO OUT INTO THE LOBBY TONIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S SOME NEW GRAPHICS OUT THERE, UM, ON THE SCREEN. UM, TIFFANY, OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR, CHANDRA, OUR CITY SECRETARY, UH, ELAINE, WHO ALSO WORKS WITH OUR COURTS AS WELL AS ANNA MARIA, UM, WENT DOWN TO THE CITY OF PEARLAND. UH, WHAT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, TO REALLY KIND OF EXCHANGE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UH, COURTS, UH, DO IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS CAME BACK WITH SOME GOOD INFORMATION, BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF GOOD INFO. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ABOUT USING OUR MONITORS TO CONVEY, UH, IMPORTANT COURT INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY THAT SHOWS UP FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS. AND SO, UH, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT SHOW UP TO COURT. UH, THINGS LIKE WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING, UH, HOW TO MAKE PAYMENTS, PROCEDURAL THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS. UH, CAMERON AND TIFFANY DID A GREAT JOB OF CREATING SOME NEW GRAPHICS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, ON DISPLAY. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW POWERPOINT HERE INSIDE, UH, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE COURTROOM, UH, TO HELP THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, [00:10:01] UH, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT, UH, WHAT TO DO IN MUNICIPAL COURT. UM, ANYBODY WHO'S HERE ON COURT DAYS KNOWS HOW CROWDED IT CAN GET AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AROUND WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, UH, WHEN THEY'RE HERE TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE THEIR CLASS C. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION. SO I WANT TO, UH, UH, GIVE ACCOLADES TO, TO EVERYBODY ON STAFF THAT HELPED OUT WITH THAT, PARTICULARLY TIFFANY AND, AND CAMERON FOR HELPING, UH, WITH SOME OF THE GRAPHICS. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO VISIT WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, DO, UH, THE JOB THAT WE DO EVERY DAY. THE ITEM THAT I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS REALLY ONE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT I HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS QUARTERLY REPORT ON THERE. AND MY GOODNESS, I WOULD LOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER YOU FINISH ITEM NUMBER ONE ON YOUR AGENDA. 'CAUSE I THINK AN EXCELLENT THING FOR OUR BRAND NEW CONTRACTOR TO DO WOULD BE TO GIVE YOU YOUR QUARTERLY PUBLIC WORKS REPORT. AND I KNOW JUST THE GUY TO ASK AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE WITH NUMBER ONE. SO, MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY, CAN WE KIND OF PUNT TO, UH, THAT ITEM TO, YES, I AM GREAT WITH POSTPONING AS LONG AS COUNSEL IS GOOD WITH POSTPONING THAT TO AFTER, AFTER OUR GENERAL. AGAIN, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT. UH, WE DID A, UH, EVERYTHING WE COULD OVER THE LAST WEEK TO PREPARE FOR THE FREEZE FOR GLAD THAT NOTHING BUSTED MM-HMM . UM, AND I THINK WE'RE SAFE TO SAY THAT TODAY. SO, UH, WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICK? OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA. UM, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND WE WILL TURN THE THREE MINUTE TIMER ON HERE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. WHAT'D YOU SAY? YES. SO YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL. UH, MY NAME'S JOHN RIMAN. I LIVE AT 1 1 9 3 4 BRIGHTON LANE. I'VE LIVED OUT HERE 54 YEARS. ON JANUARY THE FIFTH AT 1:00 AM THE MEADOWS POLICE WOKE ME UP, BANGING ON MY DOOR. I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS KIDS DOING THAT WHERE THEY JUST KICKED THE DOOR, OR IF IT WAS SOMEBODY TRYING TO BREAK INTO MY HOUSE. AND SO I WOKE UP MM-HMM . AND I WENT TO THE DOOR AS MEADOWS POLICE, AND THEY, THEY ACCUSED ME OF THROWING LEAVES IN MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD. I SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WAKE ME UP AND ASKED ME IF I'M THROWING LEAVES IN MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD. I CAME TO THE MEADOWS POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR A REPORT ON THE INCIDENT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT. THEY SAID I HAD TO GO TO, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY. I CALLED FORT BEND COUNTY AND TALKED TO THE LADY THAT'S OVER THE RECORDS THERE FOR AN HOUR. THERE'S, THERE WAS NO CALL ON THE INCIDENT AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS VERY FRUSTRATING. IT'S FRUSTRATING. ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, I'M NO SPRING CHICKEN EITHER, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS, REALLY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO WHEN MY NEIGHBOR BLOWS LEAVES IN MY YARD, CAN I CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FILE A REPORT ON 'EM? I MEAN, THIS DOES IT, THAT THIS, I, I'M LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN I AM ANSWERS. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE HAVE YOUR, DID YOU GET, CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME? JOHN RIMAN. JOHN? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN CAN YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? R-I-T-T-M-A-N-N. JOHN RIMAN. SO, I'M SORRY, WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND THEN GET BACK. I'D APPRECIATE THAT IN CONTACT WITH YOU. IS THAT OKAY? OH, YES, MA'AM. I SENT YOU A LETTER ON IT, TOO, AN EMAIL. DID I GET AN EMAIL ABOUT IT? NO, I, I SENT YOU THE . OKAY. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE LETTER. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW. SO WE WILL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO ME. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. BUT I, IM GONNA GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER. I'M NOT GONNA MAKE YOU SAY YOUR PHONE NUMBER HERE WHILE WE, WHILE WE HAVE THE LIVE STREAM GOING. WOULD YOU MIND ON ONE OF THOSE PAPERS IN THE BACK WRITING DOWN YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR ME SO THAT I CAN, I CAN LOOK INTO THIS AND THEN GET BACK WITH YOU? I HAVE TO TELL MY SECRETARY, BUT HE'LL DO IT. . I'M NOT TOO GOOD WITH THE ELECTRONICS. SO WOULD YOU, DO YOU MIND? OKAY, PERFECT. WELL, I, I'M LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS AND THEN I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS [00:15:01] AND MOVE ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS. UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA START, RICK, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT TO YOU. UH, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE ENTERING ELECTION SEASON. WE HAVE PRIMARIES OPENING UP, UM, FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH 27TH, AND THEN THAT ELECTION DAY IS ON MARCH 3RD. AND THEN WE HAVE CITY AND SCHOOL ELECTIONS. UM, EARLY VOTING IS THE APRIL 20TH THROUGH 28TH, AND THEN THAT ELECTION DAY IS MAY 2ND. THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE UP HERE WHO ARE, UM, ALL PLANNING ON BEING ON, ON THE BALLOT AGAIN. UM, THIS YEAR WE WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. UM, WE LOVE SERVING THE CITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO, UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MINE, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT TO RICK TO TALK ABOUT THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND, PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2 1 1 BIKEWAY AT MEADOWS PLACE, STAFFORD UPDATE. SURE. UNFORTUNATELY, CENTER POINT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR LAST SUBMISSION, WHICH WENT IN IN DECEMBER. UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFFORD AND WE NOW HAVE A GOOD CONTACT WITH THEIR STAFF AT PUBLIC WORKS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW CHAMPION ON THEIR CITY COUNCIL WHO I TALKED TO AT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DINNER ON THURSDAY. AND SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA START SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION AND ACTIVITY FROM STAFFORD ON THIS PROJECT AS WE TRY TO GET IT OVER THE GOAL LINE. UM, THEY'VE ASKED FOR A STAKEHOLDER MEETING SO THEIR, THEIR NEWER STAFF CAN CATCH UP ON WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND SO WE'LL TRY, TRY TO GET THAT SCHEDULED WITH CENTERPOINT, UM, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UPDATE THEIR LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH CENTERPOINT JUST LIKE WE DO. AND THEN MOVING ON TO DORRANCE LANE, PHASE THREE, UM, NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO REPORT OTHER THAN I SAW AN EMAIL THAT THEY WERE DOING A, UM, A SURVEY VERIFICATION WALK. I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. A LOT OF FIRMS DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. IT'S WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR SURVEY, YOU ACTUALLY GO WALK TO MAKE SURE ALL THE FEATURES OUT THERE ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN RECORDED INTO THE SURVEY SO THAT WHEN YOU START DESIGNING, YOU'RE INCORPORATING EVERYTHING IN PLACE. SO THEY WERE DOING THAT EARLIER THIS MONTH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START SEEING A 30% HERE AND MAYBE NEXT MONTH, SIX WEEKS OR SO. ANY QUESTIONS? WHO'S THE, UH, STEWART IS THE FIRM DOING? UM, DO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, RICK. WE ARE MOVING ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTION. SO, STATE LAW SAYS THAT, UH, REQUIRES US TO ADOPT BUILDING CODES EVERY 10 YEARS. WE'RE JUST GONNA DO THIS ANNUALLY, SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T FORGET. UM, UH, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 49. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEARING TO HEAR ANY AND ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO BE HEARD CONCERNING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS FEES SCHEDULE, INCLUDING FEES CHARGED AS CONDITION OF CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, OR REMODELING A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND COMMENT ON OUR FEE SCHEDULE? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT STILL 6 49 AND, UM, UH, MOVING US TO DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 6 0 1, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS FEE SCHEDULE, INCLUDING FEES CHARGED AS A CONDITION OF CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, AND OR REMODELING A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. DO I HAVE A MOTION WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THIS MOVES US ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, A REGULAR AGENDA, STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FOURTH QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ ITEM NUMBER TWO, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FOURTH QUARTER BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORT. ANNAMARIE IS COMING TO THE PODIUM. WE DO NOT NEED A MOTION FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. WE JUST HAVING THE PRESENTATION AND THEN DISCUSSION WHERE IT SAYS SLIDESHOW SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. DONNA, THE, THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA START WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT, AND I'M GONNA [00:20:01] THIS UP SO I CAN SEE. OKAY, UH, VERY LITTLE. UM, NEW FROM PRE PRIOR QUARTERS. UH, UH, CITY GENERAL FUNDS, WE ARE ABOUT 6.3 MILLION AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, UH, 1.8 MILLION IN UTILITY AND JUST OVER 800,000 IN EDC. UM, MOST OF THE MONEY IS STILL IN SPOOL. ABOUT 82% IS IN SPOOL. LONE STAR HAS ABOUT 12%, WHICH IS BASICALLY UTILITY AND SOUTH STATE HAS JUST OVER 5%. AND THAT'S OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS FOR UTILITY CITY AND EDC AND WALLACE BANK JUST DOWN THE STREET HAS ABOUT 19,000 SITTING WITH SOME PD FUND, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS, UH, FROM THE CITY SIDE. UH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OUR FUNDS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND ALL THE TEXT POOL ACCOUNTS, THE ONLY REAL ACTIVITY THIS PAST QUARTER IN MOST OF THE ACCOUNTS IS WHAT THEY EARNED IN INTEREST. UM, THE EXCEPTION BEING THE CITY TAX POOL ACCOUNT, OUR INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, THAT IS WHERE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX GOES INTO. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT BANK BALANCE DECREASED ABOUT 300,000 OVER THE QUARTER. UM, BASICALLY IT'S ALSO THE SOURCE OF OUR ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO PAY THE CITY BILLS. SO YOU CAN SEE WE PROBABLY DIDN'T TAKE IN AS MUCH PROPERTY TAX DURING THE QUARTER TO PAY THE BILLS, AND WE'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE LATER. UH, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, AGAIN, NOT MUCH ACTIVITY ON THIS SIDE EXCEPT FOR INTEREST BEING EARNED IN ON THE, UH, TEXT POOL ACCOUNT AS WELL AS THE LONE STAR ACCOUNT. UH, I AND EDC, VERY SIMILAR STORY. IT'S REALLY INTEREST BEING EARNED IN OUR ACCOUNTS. UM, LIKE THIS CHART, IT KIND OF SHOWS US WHAT HAPPENED ON INTEREST RATE AT TEXT POOL AND LONE STAR. THE FIRST SIDE IS WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR QUARTER, AND WE CAN SEE THAT WAS WHEN THE FED CHANGED THEIR RATES FROM 4% DROPPED IT, AND WE COULD SEE THE RED AND THE BLUE LINES AT THE TOP ARE THE TEXT POOL RATES. THEY ARE WELL ABOVE WHAT THE PRIME WAS DOING AT THE TIME, BUT THIS QUARTER YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RED AND BLUE LINES ARE NOW MERGING WITH THE PRIME. SO, UH, TEXT POOL IS STILL DOING BETTER THAN THE PRIME, BUT, UH, WE'RE NOW KIND OF LEVELING OUT AND MATCHING WHAT THE PRIME IS DOING. UM, OVERALL OUR INTEREST FOR THE QUARTER WAS JUST OVER $82,000 ON ALL FUNDS. UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RESTRICTED AND COMMITTED FUNDS ON THE CITY SIDE. WE'VE GOT THOSE RED LINES, UM, INDICATING THAT, UH, WHAT WAS RESTRICTED AT ONE TIME LAST YEAR FOR THE, UM, DOS PROJECT. UM, THE, WHAT WE WERE PLEDGED, WHAT CITY PLEDGED TOWARDS WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE CLARIFIER AND THE LIFT STATION, THOSE FUNDS DON'T BELONG ARE ZEROS. NOW ALSO MEANS WE'RE NOT EARNING ANY INTEREST ON THAT MONEY THAT WAS SITTING THERE. UM, THE BOX IN YELLOW IS ABOUT 190,000, WHICH ARE THE COURT RELATED RESTRICTED FUNDS. UM, CHILD SAFETY, THE CROSSING GUARD FUND, UM, SECURITY BUILDING SECURITY, UM, TECHNOLOGY COURT TECHNOLOGY FUNDS, UH, THE PEG, THE RIGHT OF WAY PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDS. UM, IS IT 130,000 AND ROAD USE FEE IS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM 125 TO 136, AND WE'LL SEE THAT POP UP AGAIN SHORTLY. UM, WE LOOK AT CITY FUNDS, UM, THE RESTRICTED VERSUS UNRESTRICTED FOR THE QUARTER. UM, WE HAVE 6.3 MILLION CITY FUNDS ALTOGETHER. OF THAT 2.7 MILLION IS ALL THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS. UM, THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 3.6 BEING UNRESTRICTED, UH, IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, WHICH IS ABOUT A MONTH SHORT OF OUR DESIRED SEVEN MONTHS. UM, HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE, THE MINIMUM FOR OR THE . WE WILL SEE THIS CHANGE NEXT QUARTER AS WE SEE MORE PROPERTY REVENUE, UH, TAX REVENUE COME IN. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS OUR LARGEST [00:25:01] GAP WE'RE GONNA SEE ON THE CITY SIDE. UM, AND HERE ARE THE NUMBERS, IF YOU KIND OF WANNA LOOK AT IT, BUT OUR SHORTFALL IS 623,000, $24,000 ON CITY, UM, ON THE UTILITY. WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY ARPA FUNDS, EITHER FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT WE DO HAVE LEFT IS RESTRICTED, ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS THAT ARE DESIGNATED TOWARDS, UH, WATER, UM, ON ADORNS PROJECT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FEE FUND, WHICH NOW IS AT $377,000 AND UTILITY DEPOSITS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, CONSIDER AS BEING RESTRICTED BECAUSE WE OWE THAT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. SO WE HAVE 900 AND ALMOST $32,000 BEING RESTRICTED. AND MARIA, BEFORE WE MOVE ON MM-HMM . I JUST, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY, I JUST WANT TO BRING COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO THAT 376,000 AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FEE FUND. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO WE STARTED, UH, ATTACKING THAT ONTO THE UTILITY BILLS. AND IT'S, IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALREADY ACCUMULATE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO GO TOWARD, UH, ANY UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER THAT CONTINUES TO GROW EVERY QUARTER, AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THAT, UH, AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE FUTURE. ON THE UTILITY SIDE, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT. OKAY. AND IF WE LOOK AT THE CHART, UH, THE 9 32 RESTRICTED, WE HAVE REMAINING UNRESTRICTED IS $866,000, UM, OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 1.8 MILLION. UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE A SHORTFALL ON THE UTILITY SIDE. UM, OUR SHORTFALL IS ABOUT 5.1 MONTHS OR ABOUT $889,000. UH, WE DON'T REALLY SEEM TO BE CLOSING THE GAP THERE, BUT, UM, JUST BECAUSE OUR RESTRICTED UN RESTRICTED KEEPS GETTING LARGER BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FEE. SO, UH, WE SHALL SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP THIS YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REPAIRS ON UTILITY. MAYBE IT'LL IMPROVE. UM, I KNOW IT'S THE NUMBERS HERE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE? TAX POOL INTEREST? IT'S A VERY SHORT STORY THERE ON THE FINANCIAL END OF THINGS. WE'LL JUST KINDA LOOK AT THE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE CITY OPERATING FUNDS. AGAIN, I HAVE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED CIRCLE TWO ITEMS. THE TEXT POOL CITY ACCOUNT. THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY DO SEE HOW MUCH WENT INTO THAT ACCOUNT AND HOW MUCH WENT OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT. WE HAD ABOUT 738,000 THAT WENT INTO THAT ACCOUNT DURING THE QUARTER, AND THAT IS 99% IS AVALOR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE HAD OVER A MILLION THAT WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THAT ACCOUNT AND MOST OF THAT WENT TO THE CITY, UM, CHECKING ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR PAYROLL AND OTHER BILLS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE. PROPERTY TAXES NOT AS MUCH AS WHAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE OUT TO PAY OUR NORMAL OPERATING BILLS. UM, SO THAT ACCOUNT ACT WENT DOWN. THAT'S OUR 300,000 DECREASE ON THAT ACCOUNT. ON THE ROAD USE FEE, YOU'LL SEE THAT 40,000 WENT OUT, UM, DURING THE QUARTER AND THAT WAS ON ONE, MAYBE TWO ROAD REPAIR PROJECTS. WE DID TAKE IN 50,000, BUT WE ONLY SPENT OUT 40. SO, UH, LAST QUARTER ACTUALLY ROD WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO BUILD THE ROAD USE FEE ACCOUNT UP SO THAT WE CAN SPEND IT OUT LATER THIS YEAR. UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE OTHER ACCOUNTS IS PREDOMINANTLY THE INTEREST EARNED ABOUT, UH, 59,000 PLUS WAS EARNED ON THE CITY SIDE FOR INTEREST ON UTILITY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT NICK MENTIONED. UH, 50,000 WENT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE FEE LAST QUARTER, AND SO THAT DID BRING OUR TOTAL UP TO 3 76 PLUS $881. UM, OVERALL UTILITY ACCOUNT REALLY IS KIND OF FLAT, I MEAN START, AND THE END WAS PRETTY FLAT. SO, UM, INS AND OUT, UH, THE DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS ON THE CHECKING ACCOUNT ARE PRETTY FLAT, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE WANNA SEE. THAT WHAT WE TAKE IN IS WHAT WE'RE DISPENSING OUT. [00:30:02] UH, YOU EDC, UM, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, 97,000 ON THE WITHDRAWAL ON EDC. AND WHILE THAT LOOKS KIND OF WHAT DID WE SPEND IN EDC LAST QUARTER, IT ACTUALLY IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STARTING BALANCE AT 64,000, THAT WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY SITTING IN EDCS CHECKING ACCOUNT AT THE END OF LAST QUARTER, AND THAT WAS IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE HAD A LOT OF CHECKS OUTSTANDING. AND SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT 97,000 WAS MOSTLY THAT 64,000 IN CHECKS THAT, UM, END OF THE YEAR EXPENSES BY A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. WE DID END THE QUARTER IN EDCS CHECKING ACCOUNT AT $256. OVERALL, EDC UM, EARNED SOME INTEREST. SO WE DID END THE QUARTER AT $806,000. UH, AND OVERALL INTEREST TO GAIN WAS JUST OVER 82,000. THAT IS A DECREASE FROM PRIOR QUARTER, WHICH WAS ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. UM, OBVIOUSLY INTEREST RATE GOING DOWN IMPACTED WHAT WE EARNED AS WELL AS NOT HAVING THAT EXTRA REVENUE. UM, ARPA MONEY AND INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY SITTING IN THE BANK EARNING INTEREST FOR US. UH, QUICKLY GO THROUGH AND DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I GO INTO THE BUDGET? JUST TO SEE WHERE WE SIT? UH, 25 AT THE END OF THE QUARTER. UM, ON THE CITY SIDE LOOKING AT REVENUE, WE, AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, WE ARE 25% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR. UM, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UM, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYTHING ABOVE 25% ON THE REVENUE SIDE, BUT UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LOT AREAS THAT ARE UNDER BUDGET. UM, PRI PROPERTY TAXES UNDER BUDGET RIGHT NOW AS IS, UH, PERMITS AND LICENSES, UM, WHICH I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT ONE. WE DID RAISE THE, UM, BUDGET FOR PERMITS AND LICENSE, SO WE SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. THE OTHER ONE THAT'S UNDER BUDGET IS, DOES THAT SAY OVER THERE INTEREST? WELL, WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH INTEREST ONCE OUR, UM, ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX INTO THE BANK. UH, WHAT IS OVER BUDGET ON OUR FINES AND FORFEITURES AND THAT LOOKS REALLY STRONG. I MEAN, WE DID INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR FINES AND FOR FORFEITURES FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE ABOVE THAT BUDGET, SO LOOKS VERY GOOD. UM, OVERALL, I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST TOO EARLY TO SEE WHAT THIS FISCAL YEAR IS GONNA BE LIKE FOR ON THE REVENUE SIDE OR IT IS LOOKING GOOD. PROPERTY TAXES IS LOWER, UM, THAN BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE HAD $2 MILLION GO IN TO THE, UM, TAX POOL ACCOUNT AND AS YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS LIKE 750 IS WHAT WE SAW FOR THE WHOLE LAST QUARTER. SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER AND I EXPECT THAT THIS MONTH, THIS WEEK'S DEPOSIT WILL PROBABLY ALSO BE A VERY GOOD NUMBER ADDING ON. SO, UM, PROPERTY TAXES COMING IN. UM, DURING LAST QUARTER WE DID RECEIVE SOME OTHER REVENUES. UM, UH, THE POLICE GRANTS THAT WERE, UM, APPROVED LAST YEAR AND THAT WE WERE WAITING ON, UM, FUNDS DID, WE'VE GOT, UH, $148,000 WAS RECEIVED LAST QUARTER, STILL WAITING ON ANOTHER 40,000. UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY ARPA FUNDS FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON THE LIFT STATION, 166,000 WAS RECEIVED LAST QUARTER ALSO. UM, BOTH OF THOSE REVENUE LINE REVENUE NUMBERS DO NOT SHOW UP UNDER OUR REVENUE FOR THE QUARTER THEY WERE PUT INTO LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO WE EX WE WERE EXPECTING THEM AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DID GET IT, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, AGAIN, WE WOULD LOVE IF ALL OUR EXPENDITURES WERE ON THIS SIDE. WERE UNDER 25% THERE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HIGH SPOTS. UM, PD, PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN, UH, COUNCIL, ALL HAVE, ARE ABOVE ON THE OPERATION STA ABOVE 25%. UM, ALL GOOD REASONS IN THAT CASE. UM, WHAT HAPPENED, UH, LAST QUARTER, [00:35:01] IT WAS THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND WE END UP PAYING A LOT OF ANNUAL ONE-TIME PAYMENTS. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS A REFLECTION OF THAT. UM, THE INSURANCE PAYMENTS, THE TO TML CAME OUT, SO YOU SEE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD THAT IMPACTS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES PAID TO STAFFORD COMES OUTTA PUBLIC WORKS. SO THAT BUDGET IS OVER BUDGET RIGHT NOW. UH, THERE'S CITYWIDE SOFTWARE COMES OUT OF ADMIN. YOU SEE THAT NUMBER IS IMPACTED IN THAT BUDGET. UM, POLICE, UM, THEY HAD ACTUALLY SOME ANNUAL REPORTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, UM, IMPACTS ALONG WITH THE INSURANCE. AND, UH, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ON THE COUNCIL SIDE IT WAS THE TRAVEL TO THE TML CONFERENCE THAT TOOK YOU GUYS UP OVER BUDGET. SO, UM, WE'LL SEE IT ALL LINE OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS AND OPERATIONS SHOULD COME CLOSER TO WHAT WE THINK BUDGET SHOULD BE. UM, OVERALL FOR FOURTH QUARTER FOR ON THE CITY SIDE, UH, THIS ISN'T REALLY GOOD COMPARISONS, BUT I, I'M THROWING IT OUT. OUR REVENUE OVER OVERALL ON THE CITY SIDE IS 6% GREATER THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS GOOD. UH, 1.473 VERSUS 1,389 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. WE'RE 13% LESS THAN LAST YEAR. SOUNDS GREAT. UM, AND IT IS, BUT WE DID PROBABLY HAD SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES HAPPENING A YEAR AGO. SO THAT EXPENDITURE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. OVERALL, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GREATER THAN OUR REVENUE AND THAT'S, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHY PROPERTY TAX REVENUE HASN'T COME IN YET. IT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE THERE. UH, MOVING ON TO UTILITY, ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS, UH, THIS LOOKS MUCH BETTER. UH, MOST OF THE REVENUE ITEMS IN UTILITY ARE ABOVE 25%. UM, INTEREST IS WELL ABOVE 25%. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT I MAY NOT HAVE BUDGETED INTEREST AS GOOD AS WE SHOULD HAVE. UM, UH, UM, REVENUES REALLY DO APPEAR NORMAL INTEREST ABOVE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE FEE, WE 376,000 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE HERE. AGAIN, THIS LOOKS REALLY GOOD. ALL THE AREAS ARE BELOW BUDGET AT THE 25% EXCEPT FOR SEWER. THAT'S AT 40 SOMETHING PERCENT 44 44, I'M THINKING 46. OKAY. AND BIGGEST REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SPENT TO CLEAN OUT THE AERATION MIX TANK, THE BIOSOLIDS AND THE AERATION RETURN CHANNELS THAT WAS UNEXPECTED. SO IT'S, UH, KIND OF THROWN THE SEWERS BUDGET A LITTLE OVER BUDGET. UM, ON THE UTILITY SIDE, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, THERE WERE A FEW BIGGER PURCHASES THIS LAST QUARTER, AND NOT ALL OF IT WAS JUST REPAIR. UH, THERE WERE 48 NEW RESIDENTIAL METERS PURCHASED THAT WILL GET INSTALLED THIS YEAR. UH, BLOWER NUMBER FOUR AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS REBUILT. UM, THERE WERE REPAIRS TO THE, THE RECYCLE UNIT OVER THERE, THE FILTERS, UH, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS REPLACED IN THE CHLORINATION AND DECHLORINATION TANKS AND THERE WAS THAT DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WAS REPLACED. UH, OVERALL, UH, REVENUE ON THE UTILITY SIDE IS UP 4% FROM LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD NUMBER. WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE 5% OR 10% BECAUSE WE DID INCREASE RATES, BUT UH, LAST MONTH WAS A SHORT BILLING MONTH, SO WE ONLY GOT 22 THIRDS OF A MONTH'S WORTH OF REVENUE. SO THAT KIND OF IMPACTS THAT NUMBER, UH, EXPENDITURES RIGHT CURRENTLY OR 17% LESS THAN LAST YEAR. AGAIN, TAKE THAT ONE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON A YEAR AGO. OVERALL, WE'RE ON THE PLUS SIDE OF ON UTILITY REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, YOU, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT WITH YOUR FOURTH QUARTER SUMMARY. WHEN YOU [00:40:01] LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 VERSUS, UH, 12 31 24 VERSUS 12 31 20 25 MM-HMM . DO THOSE NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME? LOOK AT SEVEN OUTTA 10 CATEGORIES UNDER REVENUE. IS THAT NORMAL? FOR THE FIRST QUARTER? YEAH. YEAH, I THINK IT IS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. IT IS. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S JUST STILL SO EARLY IN THE, THE FISCAL YEAR, WE DON'T OKAY. A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LIKE, UM, PERMITS AND LICENSING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE I'M REALLY KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT. UM, BUT WE RAISED THE BUDGET AND I'D SAY IT'S STILL VERY EARLY TO SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT IT'S A PRETTY SMALL BUDGET COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUE BUDGETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. IN GENERAL, ON THE GENERAL FUND, ONLY JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ON THE BLACK, ON RARE OCCASIONS, DECEMBER IS IN THE BLACK BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX THAT COMES IN EVERY OTH EVERY OTHER MONTH IS IN THE RED. AND IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE CITIES ARE SET UP ON HOW OUR REVENUE COMES IN, IT ALL COMES IN WHEN EVERYBODY PAYS THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, RIGHT? AND I THINK NOW BECAUSE OF THE, THE WAY YOU CAN FILE YOUR 10 40 AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH CREDIT AS A DEDUCTION FOR YOUR PROPERTY TAX, I THINK I'VE SEEN A SHIFT WHERE YOU'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH PROPERTY TAX IN DECEMBER AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WAITING, EVERYBODY'S WAITING UNTIL THE END OF LAST DAY OF JANUARY, JANUARY TO PAY THEIR TAXES. JANUARY. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BY DECEMBER 31ST. WE CAN PAY IT BY JANUARY 30 BEFORE WE INCUR A PENALTY. SO I THINK THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT HAPPEN. NO, THAT, THAT ONE WAS, I THAT, THAT ONE I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS, THERE'S SEVEN OUT OF 10 CATEGORIES THAT ARE BELOW AND I JUST, THAT'S TYPICAL FOR THAT FRANCHISE I THINK IS PRETTY NORMAL. I MEAN MOST FOR THAT TYPICAL AND PARKS IS ALWAYS GONNA BE LOW UNTIL THE SUMMER MONTHS COME. OKAY. COME ON. SO YEAH, I THINK WE'RE STILL ON THE GOOD SIDE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ANNA MARIA. MM-HMM LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GIVE THAT MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 1 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WITH ROD HANEY TO ASSIST THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS DUTIES AND TASKS UNTIL THE CITY IS ABLE TO HIRE A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FOR THE POSITION OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UM, THE ATTACHED IS AN AGREEMENT THAT RUNS IN YOUR BACKUP, IS AN AGREEMENT THAT RUNS THROUGH MAY 1ST AND PUTS MR. HANEY ON AN HOURLY CONSUMPTION BASED CONTRACT, UM, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH COURTNEY AS CITY SECRETARY DURING THIS TIME OF TRANSITION. SECOND WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE, ANY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UH, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ROD HANEY UP TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE US HIS PUBLIC WORKS REPORT. WE ARE PAYING HIM FOR, FOR THIS TIME. YES, BY THE HOUR. SO , NO QUESTION. NO QUESTIONS. YEAH. AM I MOVING A LITTLE SLOW? EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL? WELL, THIS REPORT IS FOR THE LAST QUARTER IN 2025. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. THIS WILL BE MY LAST REPORT. NICK, I DID THIS FOR NICK. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I CORRECT THE MISTAKES. I, UH, I PUT IN HERE FOR HIM. THE SIDEWALKS, AS YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE FUND $70,000 A YEAR FOR SIDEWALKS AND APPROACH REPAIR. IN OCTOBER, I RELEASED PHASE ONE AND THAT WE SPENT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE SPENT ABOUT $35,000 ON PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY OF 2026, FIRST OF THE MONTH, PROBABLY AROUND THE, THE FIFTH OF THE SIXTH. AND THAT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. ITS ESTIMATED COST IS ANOTHER 35,000 AND THAT TAKES CARE OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS FOR THE YEAR. I HAD IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL $17,800 WORTH OF, UH, OF SIDEWALK REPAIR AND I HAD TO ADMIT THAT FROM PHASE TWO BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF FUNDING THIS NUMBER AND THIS LIST WILL BE READY TO BE FUNDED. OCTOBER OF 20 25, 26. PARDON ME, THERE'S A MISTAKE, NICK. SO THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE FINISHED FOR THIS YEAR AFTER JANUARY, THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'LL I'VE ALREADY SET UP FOR, FOR SECTION IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, STREET REPAIRS AND ROAD FUNDING FEE. HMM. SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. THIS YEAR WE GOT 48 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS [00:45:01] THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOR REPAIR. AND THEN IN JANUARY, I THINK ANNAMARIA CONFIRMED THAT WE HAVE $140,000 LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO, UM, TO COMPLETE THESE SECTIONS. THE FIRST ONE THAT'S ON THE TOP OF THE LIST IS, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THAT'S BEING FUNDED OUT OF, UM, THE PLANT. IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, A ROAD REPAIR, IT'S AN ENTRANCE RATE TO THE PLANT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BUILD IT TO THAT LOCATION. AND ANNA MARIE IDENTIFIED THAT ALSO IN HER REPORT. THE REST OF THE PANELS HAVE NOT BEEN PRICED AND UM, I'D ASK JOE TO DO TWO OR THREE AND BRING 'EM TO NICK. I DON'T THINK HE'S DONE THAT TO THAT YET. SO THE LIST IS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED AND AS USUAL, THE STANDING WATER IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. I THINK SOME OF THEM, PROBABLY THE BOTTOM 10 OR 15 HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW. SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STANDING WATER IS IT JUST COSTS SO MUCH TO REPLACE THAT PANEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. IF I HAVE TO CUT THE CURB OR REPLACE PANELS ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER TO GET TO AN INLET, I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE DRIVEWAYS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. SO THAT PUSHES THE PRICE UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY IF WATER STANDING, THE INTEGRITY OF THE STREET IS, IS JUST, IT'S LOW, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD WRITING SURFACE AND SO IT DOESN'T SCORE WELL WHEN YOU EVALUATE IT. THERE IS ONE, THERE'S ONE IN HERE. I'M LOOKING FOR IT RIGHT NOW. BUT, UM, AS I WAS REDOING THE REVIEW, I NOTICED ON DO'S PHASE ONE THERE IS A SMALL SECTION, PROBABLY FOUR BY SIX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK THAT STARTED TO DETERIORATE. WE SHOULD APPROACH THAT WITH, UM, ONTO THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ASK HIM TO DO THE REPAIRS FOR THE COST THAT HE'S, UH, HE'S QUOTED. YOU'LL NEED TO DO A FULL DEPTH CUT AND THEN DIAL INTO THE PANEL. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO TAKE THE WHOLE PANEL OUT, BUT THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE WILL WE'LL MAKE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR YEARS WORTH OF, UH, PANELS DETAILED. NOW THEY SHOULD BE REVIEWED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, POWER SCOOP UTILITIES. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, NOVEMBER WAS A FAIRLY EXPENSIVE MONTH, $48,000. THE OTHER TWO ARE RELATIVELY LOW. WE'VE BEEN LUCKY THIS YEAR WE HAVE NOT HAD A REPEAT OF A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD WATER LEAK AFTER WATER LEAK AFTER WATER LEAK. AND PART OF THE CREDIT GOES TO OUR OPERATOR BECAUSE THEY DO KNOW HOW TO ISOLATE AND SHUT OUR LINES DOWN. OTHER REPAIRS, EMS BUILDING THE PEST CONTROL THAT IS ONGOING. THERE'S A, AN ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE, UH, RE RE-UPPED ON OCTOBER, SO THAT'S AN ONGOING SERVICE ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE AUTHORIZED REPAIR FOR A GATEWAY FOR $2,000 AND I HAVE NO UPDATE ON THAT. THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT LEWIS CAN FOLLOW UP ON WITH REGARD TO, UM, OUR SUPPLIER. WE DON'T WANNA BE BUYING NEW ONES AT 13,500. OUR NUMBER THREE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH, WE HAD FAILED BIOMONITORING BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 AND THE FAILURES CONTINUED UP UNTIL LATE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE NOW CURRENTLY HAD TWO CLEAN MONTHS OF BIOMONITORING AND IN JANUARY, ANTICIPATE THIS MONTH WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CLEAN MONTH, BUT WE WON'T FIND OUT THOSE RESULTS UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY. SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE PLANT IS PERFORMING THE WAY IT SHOULD NOWADAYS. OKAY, NUMBER FOUR, THIS WAS A REPAIR ON THE EFFLUENT FILTER THAT WAS 21,000, THOMAS $22,000. I FOUND OUT THAT, UM, THAT THAT UNIT WE HAVE, IT'S UH, ITS ZERO NUMBER WAS 0 0 2 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT WAS EVER BUILT. SO WHEN WE GOT A VALVE TO COME OUT AND DO REPAIRS, THEY MADE THE, THE APPROPRIATE UPGRADES THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST, UH, 10, 15 YEARS TO THEIR PRODUCTION LINE. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS SUCH A HIGH, HIGH BILL, [00:50:01] UH, LETTING COPPER WAS, WAS DONE, COMPLETED TESTING, UM, WE PASSED AND THAT THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I THINK WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION LOCATIONS. SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK, UH, THESE GENTLEMEN OVER HERE WILL TAKE CARE OF COMMUNITY CENTER AIR CONDITIONER, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FINISHED BY NOW. AND PSU HAD COMPLETED THE LINE REPLACEMENT OF MULHOLLAND AND BRIGHTON. THAT WAS WHERE WE HAVE THE, UM, ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE CONCRETE WALL AND UH, THE LINE HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE TO THE, TO THE WALL. CORRECT. OKAY. AND NUMBER NINE, ALL THE BASES HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP BY MAGNAFLOW AND I THINK OVERALL LAST YEAR WE SPENT ABOUT ALMOST $300,000 ON CLEANUP OF THE, UH, OF THE BASINS. I'M GLAD WE DID IT OURSELVES AND NOT DID HAD THE CONTRACT INVOLVED. THAT'S THE MAIN REPORT. I HAVE GIVEN YOU A COPY OF THE, UM, SPRINKLER REPORT. WE DO ON INSPECTION. WE DO ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WE DO IT 42 TIMES A UH, A A YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LIST OUT BAD BATTERY LEAKING VALVES. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS HE HAS ABOUT A WEEK, TWO WEEKS TO GET THESE REPAIRS MADE AND HE BILLS THIS ACCORDINGLY. SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE WORKING A LOT BETTER NOW. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A BIG GIANT THANK YOU. UM, A BUNCH OF THE, A BUNCH OF THE SIDEWALKS, THE CORNERS AROUND MY SECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND MY 10-YEAR-OLD WHO RIDES HER BIKE TO SCHOOL FELL RATHER DRAMATICALLY RECENTLY ON ONE AND THE OTHER DAY SHE SAID, AH, IT'S, IT'S NEW. DID YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? AND I SAID, YEAH, I DID. AND THEN I SAID, WAIT, NO, NO I DIDN'T. I SAID IT WAS ON A LIST. IT WAS A BAD ONE. . IT'S MAGIC. IT WAS A BAD ONE. SO ANYWAYS, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN THE SAME GERMAINE FAMILY. SHE WAS LIKE, I CAN'T WAIT. IT'S STILL BLOCKED OFF, BUT SHE WAS LIKE, I CAN'T WAIT TO RIDE MY BIKE DOWN AND IT WON'T MAKE ME FALL. SO GREAT. YEAH, I SAW THAT ONE TOO. YEAH, SO THANK YOU. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LAST REPORT AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY RETIREMENT, SIR. I AM HAVING A GREAT TIME SO FAR. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK APPRECIATE. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES. WAIT, DO WE NEED, WE ALREADY DID THAT ONE. OKAY, THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUM 2 2 6 0 2 AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY SECTION SIX, UM, ABSENCES FROM WORK TO ADD POLICE DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE. THIS IS A STATE LAW. WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ON THIS ALREADY AND SO WE'RE JUST UPDATING OUR PERSONNEL POLICY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 3 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LEMONS AUCTIONEERS, LLC AND ONLINE PROS PER BY BOARD NUMBER 7 0 8 2 3 TO AUCTION CITY EQUIPMENT DECLARED SURPLUS. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, UM, AND OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER, SO WE'RE JUST RE-UPPING OUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS COMPANY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM EMILY AND A SEC. DO I NEED A, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM TIA WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 4 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH TIS FOR CITY HALL MATT RENTAL, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, FIELD STAFF, UNIFORM PANTS, RENTAL AND CLEANING. UM, ANNA MARIA WORKED US A REALLY GOOD DEAL, UM, AND WITH HER ON THE PHONE, I, I KNOW THAT WE GOT THE VERY BEST DEAL POSSIBLE. SO, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CAN DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 20, SORRY, 20 26 0 5 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR INTEROPERABILITY RADIO PURCHASES TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR GRANT NUMBER 5 7 5 6 2 0 1. UH, [00:55:01] THIS IS HOUSEKEEPING. WE HAVE LOTS OF GRANTS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO THIS UM, ALLOWS US TO SUBMIT THAT GRANT I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 2, ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE TO MAYOR IN ALDERMAN PLACES ONE, TWO AND THREE PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING AND FOR NOTICE OF SET ELECTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OR CITY SECRETARY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE. SO THIS IS JUST OUR AGREEMENT. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THIS MOVES US ONTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE NEED TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS. DECEMBER 18TH, 2025. SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I HAVE, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS RECESS, OUR REGULAR SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION TO CONVENE AND TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS NOT RELATED TO LITIGATION OR THE SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS EVENING. YOU'RE WELCOME TO WAIT. WE'LL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A WHILE. YEAH, WE ARE RECONVENING INTO REGULAR SESSION DISCUSSING TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOURN WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.