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NOW SEVEN 27 AND[Items 1 & 2]
I STAYED AT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS TO POSTED.THERE WILL BE A ROLL CALL, VOTE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR POTENT PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE AT PRESENT.
SO YOU MANAGER OLDEST JONES, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ACMC, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANDMARK HILL CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE JAMO CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON PRESENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OLDEST SPREADS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
ELENA HORTUS PRESENT DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS, CITY ENGINEER SHAWSHEE KUMAR FIRE, CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL, PRESIDENT UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD HOOVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT PRESENT.
AND DO WE HAVE THOMAS SENE JOHNSON ON THE LINE? WHAT ABOUT JEFF PETER'S PRESENCE? OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT? I DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME.
ANYBODY ELSE? BERTH ALEXANDER.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ODA SPRIGS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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.
WE WILL NOW, UM, DID WE GET SOMEONE
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
TO PARTICIPATE IN PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS? UH, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES? UH, I WOULD JUST SAY SEE ONLINE.WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE IN ONE MAYOR FORD.
WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND I GUESS DO THIS ON ANOTHER AGENDA.
UM, JOYCE, DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL? WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ANYONE TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SIMPLY TAKE IT UP AT A LATER MEETING.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS, WE HAVE THAT ZELDA.MICHELLE, I WILL REMIND YOU, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS IS LDL ON THE LINE.
DOES THE DELTA CALL IN? SHE'S ON JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
YOU'D HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
OKAY, SO DOES SHELL 1239 BIRCHSTONE DRIVE MISSOURI CITY.
MY COMMENT IS IF YOU ARE A TAXPAYER AND TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE NEED, UM, WHY IS IT THAT THE FOCUS IS BEING INDIGENT VERSUS JUST STRICTLY A TAXPAYER IN MISSOURI CITY TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR SOME ASSISTANCE OUT OF 3.7 MILLION.
NUMBER TWO? MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ALREADY? WHO IS MANAGING THE MONEY? IS IT THE NEW CITY MANAGER, MR. JONES, OR WHICH PARTY OR PARTIES ARE MANAGING IT? DO THEY NEED HELP? IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD? BECAUSE DECEMBER 20TH IS A LONG WAY OFF
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AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELPED RIGHT NOW AS A FOUR MONTHS AGO AND DEFINITELY NOT WAITING UNTIL EVEN NEXT MONTH.AND SO AS A RESIDENT AND OTHER RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY, WE'RE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IF PEOPLE DON'T, WHEN I SAY DON'T HAVE THE TIME, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THEIR OTHER JOBS OR OBLIGATIONS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN WE DO SO THAT THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THIS ARDUOUS TASK OF HELPING PEOPLE RECEIVE 3.7 MILLION THAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT FIRST YOU HAVE TO ASSIST SOMEONE.
THEN YOU REIMBURSE WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS.
MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU NEED HELP WITH DOING IT? AND IF YOU DO, HOW CAN WE BECOME A PART OF THAT TEAM? OKAY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT THE STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR MISSOURI CITY, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE OUTSIDE OF THIS $3.7 MILLION IS STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR ANYONE WHO NOT ABLE TO BE HELPED OUT OF THE 3.7 MILLION IS STIMULUS PACKAGE LEGALLY WITHIN MISSOURI CITY BOUNDARIES.
WE AREN'T ABLE TO RESPOND OR ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WILL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER, HALF STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR, YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING THIS BECAUSE THE LAST MEETING, THIS WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
SO WE JOINED THIS IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, SO THAT NOW I DON'T NEED TO WHAT? NO.
SO THIS, YOU, YOU SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS LAST TIME YOU SPOKE ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, WE AREN'T LEGALLY, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO YOU.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, I'D HAVE STAFF GIVE YOU A CALL SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE ANSWERS.
BECAUSE I DID PUT ONE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MONEY.
SO THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE AGENDA ON THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 3.7 MILLION VERSUS DECEMBER 20TH, 2020.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT THERE.
YOU PUT IT ON YOUR ACTUAL, ON YOUR FORM FOR THE AGENDA.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE AGENDA.
I'M SAYING FOR ME, NOT THE STIMULUS.
CAUSE THE STIMULUS WAS LAST WEEK OR THE TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO YES, WHEN YOU SPOKE TWO WEEKS AGO, WE COULD RESPOND AND ANSWER BECAUSE THAT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO THIS WEEK, THIS ISN'T AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE AREN'T ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOU AND PROVIDE YOU FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD WANT OR NEED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT I WOULD HAVE STAFF CALL YOU TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS, SIX
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER TOWARDS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OH, NOW I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES SEVEN B PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED ACTIONS, EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A PROPOSAL ON A MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE AND CONSIDER SETTING THE DATE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A PROPERTY TAX RATE ON FUTURE MEETING AGENDA.AND WE HAVE ELENA WHO WILL BE PRESENTING ELENA.
UH, TONIGHT WE'LL, WE'LL BE REVIEWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE AND REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATES.
UM, UH, NEXT SLIDE JUST QUICKLY WANT TO REVIEW THE TRUTH IN TAXATION PROCESS, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO CALCULATE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UH, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND IT'S THE RIGHT THAT GENERATES NO ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE CITY, BUT THAT EXCLUDES NEW VALUE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE ROLLBACK RATE.
THAT'S THE RATE THAT GENERATES, UM,
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UH, REVENUE THAT INCLUDES A 3.5% INCREASE IN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.UM, AS THE TAX RATE IS ADOPTED THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THEN A ELECTION MUST OCCUR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THE CERTIFIED ROLE, UH, FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET OF A CORRECTED, CERTIFIED ROLE.
THE TOTAL VALUE REMAINS THE SAME, BUT THE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY, NEW COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, CHANGED.
AND THAT INFORMATION IS USED IN THE CALCULATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
SO YOU DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRELIMINARY AND CERTIFIED.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY TAXABLE VALUE, UH, WAS 7.3 MILLION.
UH, AND THE CERTIFIED ASSESS IS 7.4.
AND THOSE ARE AROUND ROUNDED FIGURES.
WE DO HAVE AN AMOUNT OF, UH, SOME PROPERTY THAT IS UNDER REVIEW, UH, PROTESTS AND FORT BEND COUNTY THAT SAID APPROXIMATELY 194 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID MILLION BEFORE A BILLION.
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO SAY BILLION.
I DON'T SAY IT'S THE ONLY TIME I SAY BILLION IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ASSESS VALUATION AND PROPERTY TAXES, A NEW PROPERTY, WHICH IS A CORRECTED NEW PROPERTY IN FORT BEND COUNTY HAS 153 MILLION JUST FOR COMPARISON IN 2019.
AND THIS IS 2019 TAX YEAR 2019, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE AT CERTIFICATION, INCLUDING PROPERTIES UNDER PROTESTS WAS APPROXIMATELY $6.7 BILLION.
AND THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE AT THE LAST SUPPLEMENT WAS A 6.6, A LITTLE OVER $6.6 BILLION.
SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE'S DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE TO THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL AND WE RECEIVE SUPPLEMENT, UM, ALMOST MONTHLY THAT SHOWS A DIFFERENT CHANGES AND WE RECONCILE THAT INFORMATION.
SO JUST FOR COMPARISON, THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE AGAIN FOR TAX YEAR 2020 IS APPROXIMATELY 7.2 BILLION.
WHEN THE LAST SUPPLEMENT PROTECTS YOUR 2019 WAS A APPROXIMATELY 6.6 BILLION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN FORT KENT COUNTY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OF COURSE, WITH HARRIS COUNTY, UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED ROLL, BUT WE DID RECEIVE THE ESTIMATE OF CERTIFIED ROLE.
THE PRELIMINARY VALUE IS 395 MILLION.
UH, THE TOTAL ESTIMATE OF TAXABLE VALUE, INCLUDING THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDER ARB REVIEW IS 402 MILLION, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PRELIMINARY OF A NEW PROPERTY VALUE WAS APPROXIMATELY $6.8 MILLION.
AND JUST FOR COMPARISON, UH, 2019 TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, LIKE BUILDING A ARB REVIEW, THAT CERTIFICATION WAS 369 MILLION.
AND AT LAST SUPPLEMENT WAS 362 MILLION.
SO YOU SEE THAT THERE'S APPROXIMATELY A $40 MILLION INCREASE IN THE ESTIMATE OF THE CERTIFIED ROLE IN THESE FIGURES ARE USED IN THE TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATION WHEN WE'RE CALCULATING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
UH, THIS IS, THIS PICTURE SHOWS APPROXIMATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOTAL TAX RATE FOR HOMEOWNERS BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, MISSOURI CITY, UH, THIS IS JUST FOR TAX YEAR 2019, OUR RIGHT WITH 63 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 26% OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR BEN COUNTY FOR BEN ISD, AND THERE ARE, UH, MUDS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE AN AVERAGE TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2019 OF APPROXIMATELY 53 CENTS.
SO LET'S JUST THOSE THAT MISS MISSOURI CITY IS APPROXIMATELY 26% EXCLUDING THE MUDS, UM, AT THE TOTAL TAX RATE IN THE CITY.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, DURING A SPECIAL MEETING, WE REVIEWED THE, UH, PROPOSED JUST FOR YOUR 2021 BUDGET.
AND WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE A TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 59 CENTS A FULL AMOUNT IT'S 0.598035.
THIS REPRESENTS A REDUCTION OF 5% IN THE TAX RATE, UH, AS COMPARED TO TAX YEAR 2019 TO 63 CENTS.
THIS IS MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WHICH IS THE FUNDS THAT GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS RATE IS 0.45350, AND THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, WHICH PAYS FOR ALL OF OUR DEBT SERVICE.
THE PAYMENTS MADE ON BOND ISSUANCES AND CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS.
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FOUR FIVE ZERO FIVE OR TOTAL RATE OF 0.598035.WHEN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THESE RATES SEPARATELY.
THE PROPOSAL RATE GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $44 MILLION IN REVENUE.
AND THIS IS ASSUMING A 97% COLLECTION RATE OF THIS AMOUNT.
APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
APPROXIMATELY 4.7 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE TERSE FUNDS AND THE RENT REMAINING 9.5 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO DEBT SERVICE AT THE LAST MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, HE REQUESTED TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED FROM EXISTING VERSUS NEW PROPERTIES, UH, FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES.
THAT AMOUNT IS 43,000,004 19 TO 14 WHILE 928,002 92 WILL BE GENERATED FROM NEW PROPERTY.
ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT IS, UM, JUST FOR REFERENCE THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2019.
UM, WE HAVE JUST STATED THAT THE AMOUNT FROM EXISTING PROPERTIES IS APPROXIMATELY 43.4 MILLION.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2019 LEVY WAS 44.3 AND THAT, UM, WE HAD A COLLECTION RATE IN ON JUNE 30TH OF APPROXIMATELY 97 POINT 86%.
SO, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE, AS FAR AS, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE LAST YEAR, WE WILL BE COLLECTING LESS MONEY FROM THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAVE ASSUMED A 97% COLLECTION RATE DO, DO POTENTIAL DELINQUENCIES RELATED TO ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19.
AND THEN ON THE SLIDE HERE, WE HAVE THE TAX RATE HISTORY, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED, RIGHT, THE 10 YEAR AVERAGE, A LITTLE OVER 57 CENTS.
UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROPOSED, WHICH IS TAX YEAR 2020.
UH, WE HAVE THIS AT FIVE DIGITS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY FIVE NINE EIGHT ZERO THREE FIVE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LET'S COMPARE.
THIS CHART COMPARES THE PROPERTY TAX RATES BETWEEN SOME OF OUR BENCHMARK CITIES.
THE AVERAGE FOR LAST TAX YEAR WAS 60 CENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE, THE MEDIAN AT 63 CENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE CITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE AS FAR AS ADOPTING THAT RATE.
SO WE'RE PRESENTING THE 2019, SO THAT SHRINKS SEE THAT WE'RE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BENCHMARK CITIES.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? UH, TO PROPERTY OWNERS? WE HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS THE ESTIMATED HOME VALUE WITH THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UM, AND THE ADOPTER RATE FROM LAST YEAR, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO LET'S SAY LET'S LOOK AT THE $200,000 RANGE AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
THE ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $1,196.
UM, IF THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF A HOME, UM, THAT WOULD BE A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $64.
AND THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UH, THE PROPOSED RATE IS APPROXIMATELY A 5% DECREASE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY INCREASE TO THE HOMEOWNERS, IT WILL BE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THEIR TAXABLE VALUE.
UM, SO IF THEIR TAXABLE VALUE INCREASED BY 5 CENTS, 5%, UH, THE RATE DECREASED BY 5%, THEY WOULD PAY APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT AND JUST FOR REFERENCE THE VALUE OF THE INCREMENTS, UH, EXCLUDING HER THAT 97% COLLECTION RATE 1 CENT REPRESENT $661,866 IN REVENUE.
SO IF THE COUNCIL, UH, WERE TO A DOCTOR RATES, UM, LESS THAN THE PROPOSED, THAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE REVENUE.
SO IN SUMMARY, UH, BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLLS, WHICH WE CAN TAXATION CALCULATIONS AND NO NEW REVENUE RATES IS 0.598035.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.603024.
WE ARE PROPOSING THE MAIL NEW REVENUE RATE, AND THAT IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
AGAIN, THE VALUE OF 1 CENT IN THE TAX RATE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY $661,000.
UM, IF A RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IT'S SUPPOSE A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE REQUIRED, UH, AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, A PUBLIC HEARING
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IS NOT REQUIRED RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU WERE TO EXCEED THAT, IT WOULD BE, UM, AND AS FAR AS, UH, THE TIMING REQUIRED FOR AN ELECTION, UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADOPT A RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AGAIN, UH, THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.SO WE DON'T SEE A NEED FOR THE, UH, RIGHT TO EXCEED THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION THIS TIME WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, COUNSEL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM, IF DURING BUDGET REVIEWS, UM, THE RIGHT WORD TO CHANGE, IT COULD NOT EXCEED THAT AMOUNT, BUT IT COULD BE LESS THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A MOTION ADOPTING THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.598035, WHICH IS THE LOWER OF THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATES AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THE PLACEMENT OF A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF NO GREATER THAN 0.598035 ON THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AS 7:00 PM.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE STATEMENT IF I MAY.
THIS IS, HE CAN ALSO SAY, OKAY, SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE STATEMENT.
HE CAN ALSO SAY SO MOVE FOR HIM.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DID WE GET US WAS A SECOND, DID IT? YES.
UM, ELENA, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE CURRENT IS THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET, THE LAST BUDGET FOR US TO CONSIDER THE ROLLBACK RATE WITH THE CURRENT STATE MANDATED FORMULA? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TAX YEAR 2020, UM, DUE TO THE DISASTER DECLARATION, WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, UH, ADOPT IN OTHER WORDS, IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE OF COVID WE GOT SPARED FROM HAVING TO FOLLOW STATE LAW RELATIVE TO THE 3.5 CAP, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE GONE UP TO 8% WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE ROLLBACK, RIGHT? THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BUT, UM, THE COUNTY REQUESTED, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS JULY 22ND THAT WE HAD TO INFORM THEM IF WE WANTED TO ADOPT A RATE THAT INCLUDED THAT 8%.
I KNOW THAT THAT WASN'T LIKE THAT DATE WASN'T LEGALLY REQUIRED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE RATE THAT WE WERE USING IN THE BUDGET, AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO USE THE DISASTER, UM, UH, THAT PROVISION FOR DISASTERS, UH, THE ACTUAL RATE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS A NO NEW REVENUE RATE THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 3.5% INCREASE THAT WE COULD HAVE INCLUDED WITHOUT A FAULT.
AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION AND SOMEONE ELSE GETS YOU, OR SOMEONE ELSE COULD SPEAK TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE LOOMING RE 0.5 CAP THAT WE WERE SPARED, BECAUSE I'M REALLY KIND OF SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO THE ADDITION OF NEW STAFF AND OTHER THINGS AS TO HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR WITH THESE LIMITATIONS.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK TO THAT AS TO WHETHER ANY OF THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORCE ADDRESS THE FACT THAT POTENTIALLY WE'LL HAVE NEW STAFF THAT YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE COUNTED ON OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO I KNOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS NOW BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION WHEREBY UH, THE, THE, UH, COVID-19 HAS GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO, TO DO CERTAIN, CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALLOWABLE.
BUT I JUST, I WANTED TO KNOW IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE ADDITIONS OF NEW STAFF, ET CETERA, FOR NEXT YEAR, SAME FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
I DO KNOW THAT WHATEVER RATE WE ADOPT WILL IMPACT THE EFFECT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, RIGHT.
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UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, INCREASE 3.5% OF IF THAT IS NEEDED, UM, INCLUDED WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSED RATE.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME ONE TIME, AND I'M NOT INCLUDING THE ONE TIME FROM FUND BALANCE USE, BUT ONE TIME IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $800,000 THAT, UM, IS INCLUDED THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE FISCAL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE SINCE WE ONLY USED THEM ON TOP.
UM, THE RATE THAT WE ADOPT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON FUTURE RATES, UH, THE DISASTER DECLARATION, IF IT WAS, UM, IF WE HAD USED THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO UP TO 8% THIS YEAR, AND I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THAT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE NUMBER, RIGHT.
UH, COUNCILMAN BONEY, THIS, THE CITY MANAGER JONES, UH, UH, I THINK ELENA HIT THOSE POINTS ACCURATELY.
WE DID TALK AS A TEAM, UH, ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A SILVER SERVICE AS A BALLOT ITEM.
UH, GENERALLY SILVER SERVICE DOES HAVE A INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL COSTS, UH, IF IT'S PASSED.
UM, AND, UM, I MEAN, BILL, I THINK YOU'RE IN LINE AS WELL, BUT I THINK, UH, AS A TEAM, WE FELT THAT, UM, UH, THAT THE NUMBER, IF WE HELD THERE, WE WOULD STILL BE OKAY, UH, BASED OFF, UH, OUR, OUR DISCUSSIONS.
BUT, UM, IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING THOUGH, YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT IN TO THAT, BUT WE DID HAVE, IF WE DID.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE POSITIONS GO, WE HAD SOME CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED, UH, AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
AND THEN AS, UH, ELENA AND THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, WE ALSO UTILIZE FROM BALANCE FOR SOME ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NEW COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED BACK IN JULY WHEN WE WERE SHOWING YOU THOSE SUPPLEMENTALS AT THAT TIME, LIKE JUST, JUST SAY MANAGER GENERALS, BUT HIS RULE OF THUMB, GENERALLY SILVER SERVICE, UH, USUALLY, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A 15%, 15, 20% DEPEND ON, UM, THE SALARY SURVEYS AND THINGS THAT WOULD FOLLOW IF IT IS PASSED, IT WOULD GENERALLY GET BUMPED THAT AMOUNT UP ON OPERATIONAL SIDE OR CERTAIN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.
YEAH, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE WERE SAYING ABOUT 800,000 IS A NON-REOCCURRING, UH, EXPENSE.
UH, THAT'S I BELIEVE ABOUT A MILLION, I MEAN, ABOUT 400, 500,000 AS A REOCCURRING EXPENSE.
AND SO WHAT ARE THOSE RECURRING EXPENSE ITEMS? ATLANTA WANTS YOU TO TAKE THAT QUESTION AS WELL? OKAY.
I SHOULD HAVE LEFT MY FILE OPEN FROM, UH, BEFORE I KNOW THAT WE, UM, I BELIEVE IN YOUR DROPBOX YOU'D HAVE THE, UM, SPREADSHEET THAT INCLUDES THE REOCCURRING AND NON-RECURRING THAT WERE INCLUDED.
AND SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THE, THE RE OCCURRING ITEMS? MIGHT.
HOW MUCH IS THAT REOCCURRING AMOUNT OUT OF THIS TOTAL SUPPLEMENT THAT OKAY.
THE REOCCURRING AMOUNT IS $415,548.
AND THE INVENTORY OF THAT IS OKAY.
I AM GOING THROUGH NOW, IT'S A 24 PAGE DOCUMENT.
I WILL GO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
SO INCLUDED, INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FOR COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE, UH, FUNDS IN THERE FOR LEADERSHIP LUNCHEONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A CITY OUTLET, UH, CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS, UM, AND MARKETING TOOLS FOR SIX EVENTS AND THE CLEAR CHANNEL BILLBOARD TO PROMOTE CITY EVENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME SOFTWARE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING MAILCHIMP,
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UH, SOME BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT TRONIC FLAG, UM, AND SOME FUNDING FOR THE WELL, THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT WAS ACTUALLY A TRANSFER.UH, WE ALSO HAVE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL NEWSLETTERS.
WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ELC SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE ATTENDANCE AT A TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE, UM, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A THIRD PARTY BACKGROUND FINGERPRINTING TRACKS FOR ALL EMS CERTIFICATION RENEWABLES.
THERE'S THERE'S I DON'T PAGE NINE.
LET ME, ARE YOU GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE NON-REOCCURRING OR ARE YOU GOING TO OH, NO, THESE ARE RECURRING.
DO YOU WANT THE NON-REOCCURRING NO, NO, NO, NO.
UH, NOT AT THIS TIME, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THOSE THAT ARE REOCCURRING, HAVE WE, UH, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS DID A, UH, A, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE VETTING OF THOSE ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN FACT SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED TO, UH, UH, EXPEND IN, UH, IN THIS BUDGET YEAR, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE A REOCCURRING OF BUDGET REQUIREMENT AND, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT, THAT REALLY IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS RESPONDING.
UM, SO WE DID, UM, MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE DID, BUT THROUGH THESE ITEMS, JUST, UM, AS A REMINDER, ARE THE SUPPLEMENTALS, UH, TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, AS OF TODAY THAT WERE SUBMITTED TOTALED 6.4 MILLION.
UM, SO OF THAT AMOUNT, 415,000 IS REOCCURRING AND NOT ALL OF THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED.
UH, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED.
AGAIN, THEN, AS LONG AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE VETTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE MANDATORY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CARRY THEM FORWARD NEXT YEAR AND THEY HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, I HAVE A COMMENT, SO, AND THIS IS ANTHONY.
SO IT WAS MENTIONED IN A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TWO FTE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHEN WAS THAT DECIDED, UH, THIS WAS WITHIN THE PAST WEAKER STYLE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS.
SO, YEAH, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE LOWER TAX RATE FROM 63 TO 59 IT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE, RIGHT? SO WHILE MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH COVID, UH, I FIND THAT NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO ADD ADDITIONAL HEAD COUNT.
I KNOW IN THE SPECIAL MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, WHICH I AGREE, BUT CUSTOMERS ARE WAITING IN THE PERMIT PROCESS, WHICH IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER.
AND IF WE GO WITH THE TWO HEAD COUNT COMMUNICATIONS, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FTES THEN STREET MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S, UH, AN INTERESTING DILEMMA.
AND JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS WILL BE ADOPTING THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TACTICAL, RIGHT? YOU RECEIVED THE, UM, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU ARE, MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO BUDGET WORK SESSION TO REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS AND BELTS UPON.
AND IF THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, AS LONG AS IT'S LOWER THAN THE MAXIMUM, WE CAN STOP THAT.
UM, YOU JOYCE BEFORE, DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON ALL OF THIS, RIGHT.
I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THERE'S USUALLY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR THE BUDGET STUFF, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT.
NO, MA'AM BECAUSE THIS YEAR, IF THE CITY IS NOT INCREASING THE RATE, THERE IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ROLL CALL DOES NOT APPLY.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO WELL, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE PHONE AND, UH, OPERATING REMOTELY,
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BUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
UM, I KNOW, I GUESS AT THIS POINT I'M ADDING RIGHT DOWN MAYOR PRO TEM, PRESTON.
YOU, YOU MADE THE MOTION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND WHO MADE THE SECOND? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING EARLIER.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT'S A, I WAS CURIOUS THOUGH.
OH, SO SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE VOTE, THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE ARE POTENT PRESTON MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER VANI IS SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LIST.
UH, BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE FARMER'S MARKET PARTNERS REQUEST TO HOST A WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET AT SIENNA ANNEX FIVE EIGHT, FIVE, FIVE STANDARD SPRINGS WAY UNDER THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS ORDINANCE FOR A PERIOD EXPIRING ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2023.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM NINE D IS A REQUEST, UM, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL OF THE FARMER'S MARKET FACILITY LOCATED AT FIVE EIGHT, FIVE, FIVE SIENNA, AS STATED AS PART OF SECTION NINE POINT 10, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE.
UM, ANY, ESPECIALLY THEN, WHICH WOULD GO BEYOND THE DURATION OF TWO WEEKS OR TWICE A YEAR WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO MS. THOMAS JOHNSON IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT.
SHE IS REQUESTING THAT EXTENSION TO EXPIRE NOVEMBER 25TH, 2023.
AND THE FACILITY WOULD BE OPEN EVERY SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR MS. JOHNSON? ALRIGHTY.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
MAYOR PROTEIN, PRESTON MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EVERS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
SEE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE MUSTANG BY YOU WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT EXPANSION FOR A PACKAGE TO MARK.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
AND PART OF YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AUTHORIZED AMENDMENT TO THE MUSTANG, FIRE WASTEWATER REHABILITATIONS EXPANSION CONTRACT WITH BOYER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK PACKAGE, WHAT WE CALL THE BALANCE OF THE PLANT BOP.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED USING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK METHODOLOGY FOR THE EXPANSION AND REHABILITATION OF THE MUSTANG BY YOUR WASTEWATER PLANT.
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY, UH, THIS CONTRACT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES.
THE FIRST PIECE, WHAT WE REFERRED TO AS THE EARLY WORK PACKAGE, WHICH INVOLVED MOVING THE PLANTS FROM THE PURE LAND THAT WE PURCHASED, AS WELL AS PREPPING UP TO PSYCH HERE IN THE CITY, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THAT CONTRACT THE LAWYER AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE COVERT SEASON.
UH, THE ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT COSTS RIGHT AROUND $12.3 MILLION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE, UH, UH, THE COVID THE INCIDENT, UH, AND, UH, WE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE IN THE MARKET CONDITIONS, UM, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM OUR CONSULTED, UM, DUE TO THE COVID SITUATION, THERE IS A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT BEING MANUFACTURED AND RESULTING IN A SHORT SUPPLY AND CAUSING STEEP INCREASE IN THEIR PRICES.
ALSO, THE PRICE OF COPPER, WHICH IS USED IN THE ELECTRICAL GEAR HAS INCREASED BY AS MUCH AS 30%.
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IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.THEY DO UTILIZE A NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTOR TRADES, SUCH AS PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND WHATNOT, UH, IN THE SERVICES TO EXPAND THIS PROJECT, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING AND NOT WILLING TO SUBMIT THE BID.
ALL THESE FACTORS HAVE CONSTANTLY INCREASED IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET PRICING.
SO, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE COST ESTIMATE FOR WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE BALANCE OF THE PLANT, WHICH IS, UH, MINUS THE MOVING THE PLANT AND THE EARLY WORK PACKAGE THAT WE AUTHORIZE.
BUT WE'RE SEEING ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 1.2 MILLION TO 1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN COSTS.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS, BUT OUR CONSULTANT HAS INFORMED US THAT THAT INCREASE IN COST.
IF SOMEBODY IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE RANGE OF 1.2 TO 1.5 MILLION, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATE WAS SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF $12.3 MILLION.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE LIKE $13.8 MILLION.
SO WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN, OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING VALUE ENGINEERING, UH, TO SEE WHERE WE CAN, UH, MINIMIZE THE INCREASE IN THE COST, UH, WHILE MEETING THE, UH, THE NECESSITY FOR THE EXPANSION AND THE REHABILITATION.
BUT, UH, THE COST ESCALATION IS INEVITABLE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COST.
ESCALATION THAT WE'RE SEEING, AS YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS PLANT IS VERY CRITICAL TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING TO THE BUSINESS PARK AREA, AS WELL AS REHABILITATING UNITS THAT ARE OLD.
UH, WITH THIS AUTHORIZATION, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORGANIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE
UH, AND, UH, ONCE WE NEGOTIATE AND GET THE FINAL LUMBER, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACT TO THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS BOYER.
I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY OUR UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD, WHO WERE AS WELL AS THE CONSULTANT FROM OUR DOULA, JEFF PETERS, UH, WHO IS, UH, UH, HELPING TO, TO THE DESIGN OF THE CMR PROCESS IS ALSO ONLINE.
UH, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE CAN OPEN UP FRO SO WE CAN OPEN UP THE COURT DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO OPEN? IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND THAT COUNCIL IN BALANCE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I WAS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION.
WHERE'S THAT FUNDING COMING FROM OUR, WE, UH, GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ADDITIONAL COST.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE, UH, DEEP PLANT EXPANSION.
UH, THERE ARE TWO OTHER PARTICIPANTS SHARE MUD NUMBER 47 AND 48.
UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 70% OF THE COST IS BORN BY THE CITY.
UH, THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE A SHARE.
SO WE HAVE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INFORMING THEM THAT THERE IS A COST ESCALATION.
SO THERE'S A SMALL SHARE OF THE COST THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY COME FROM THE PARTICIPANTS MARK 47 AND 48.
UH, BUT IN GENERAL, THE PLANT EXPANSION IS BEING FUNDED BY WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.
SO ANY DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN TO USE CAPACITY, WE'LL PAY WHAT WE CALL AN IMPACT FEES AT THE TIME OF THE PLANTING.
AND ALSO A COMPONENT OF THE COST IS RECOVERED THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE OPERATION.
ALL THE, ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT'S BILLED MONTHLY TO THE CONSUMERS.
SO THAT INCREASES IS BAKED INTO THE, UH, INTO THE PROCESS.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE BEAR.
PROTIUM PRESTON MADE THE MOTION.
THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
[10. ORDINANCES]
ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 62 MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE[00:45:02]
PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE CONDUCT AND OPERATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, PROVIDING DUTIES FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS THE ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES PRESIDING JUDGE DUTIES.
YOU ALL CONSIDERED A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 3RD.
UM, AND THIS ITEM INCORPORATES THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY'S, UH, SITTING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DRAFT, THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES, UH, VARIOUS DUTIES FOR THE TYPICALLY FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO PRESCRIBE ANY ORDERS, AS WELL AS TRANSFER CASES FROM ONE JUDGE TO ANOTHER.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? ANTHONY I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, THE LAST MEETING WE COVERED THIS.
DID WE GET INPUT FROM ALL THE JUDGES? YES, SIR.
ALL OF THE JUDGES WERE AT YOUR AUGUST 3RD MEETING, A SPECIAL MEETING.
THEY PROVIDED COMMENTS AND THEIR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE STRAT.
AND HE'S ALWAYS, THIS IS MAYOR FORD, SO THEY THEY'VE READ THE FINAL DRAFT AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UH, I SENT THEM THE DRAFT, UM, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE DOCUMENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
AND I DIDN'T, UH, IF ANY ADDITIONAL CALLS.
ANYONE ELSE KNOW? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU JONAS FOR ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THROUGH AND ABOUT THE LAST MEETING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT AND MORE CLARITY WITH THIS ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING TO ANYONE ELSE.
I REMEMBER MORE OR LESS, YOU SAID OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
SO WAS THAT NOT YOUR EMOTION? YEAH, I JUST WANTED, SINCE NO ONE WAS TALKING, I WANTED TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD.
I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
ARE YOU STILL SECONDING THAT? YES MA'AM.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL.
SECOND COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROLE HAS MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2019, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE THE OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND TO CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
UM, A BUDGET AMENDMENT IS SPECIFIC TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE AMENDMENTS FOR UTILITIES AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, WE DID REVIEW THIS INFORMATION IN DETAIL WITH THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 13TH, UH, LAST WEEK AND THE UTILITY FUNDS, WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE EXPENDITURES $525,100.
THIS WAS OFFSET BY REVENUE OF 300,
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$15,060 AND OUR UTILITY FUNDS.UM, THIS IS FUND FIVE OH FIVE THAT I'M SPEAKING TO SPECIFICALLY.
UM, WE DO HAVE OTHER AGENCIES MUDS THAT PARTICIPATE.
AND SO, UH, THEY DO HAVE A SHARE IN THIS INCREASED EXPENDITURE, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, AN INCREASE IN UTILITIES, EXPENSE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, UM, UH, INCREASE AND, UH, OPERATORS STAFFING IN WAGING WAGES COSTS, UM, AND CONTRACT SERVICES AMONGST THE OTHERS.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE, UH, AN EXHIBIT THAT OUTLINES EVERY ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THE CHANGES TO THOSE ACCOUNT NUMBERS.
UH, SO FOR FUND BIBLE FIVE, THE NET IMPACT IS $210,040.
UM, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL CHANGE FOR THE UTILITY FUNDS, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR FUND FIVE OH SIX, WHICH IS, UM, A NET ZERO IMPACT.
UH, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF $495,000 TO COVER AN ASSOCIATED AGAIN WITH EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND INCREASE IN UTILITY EXPENSES AND OTHER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS THE, UH, AN INCREASE IN OPERATOR HOURS AND WAGES.
UH, THIS WAS OFFSET BY REVENUE OF 495,000 FOR A MAINTENANCE FEE SERVICE CHARGES THAT WE WILL RECOVER FROM ANY PARTICIPANTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND THE UTILITY FUNDS WHERE WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS, WE DO AN ANNUAL TRUE-UP AND, UH, THAT IS WHEN WE RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THOSE AGENCIES BASED ON OUR ACTUAL COST.
THE LAST ADJUSTMENT, IS THERE ANY FLEET EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDS? UH, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF REVENUE OF 189,008, 75, WHICH INCLUDES INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS AND, UH, AUCTION PROCEEDS.
UH, THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO OFFSET COSTS TO REPLACE TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE RECENTLY TOTALED, UH, FELL ON THE EXPENDITURES.
WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN EXPENSE OF $100,000 TO REPLACE, UH, THE NEW VEHICLES.
AND SO THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT IN A FUND CYCLE FIVE WITH OPERATE, AND I'VE BEEN IN FUND FIVE OH SIX, UM, AND, UH, AN ADJUSTMENT IN FUND SIX OH SIX FLEET EQUIPMENT.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE DETAIL IN YOUR PACKET WITH THE EXHIBIT THAT HAS ALL OF THE LINE ITEM DETAIL.
IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, SO WHO'S MAKING THE MOTION ORIGINAL.
SO ARE YOU MAKING THE SECOND MIMIC EMORY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELENA? NO QUESTIONS.
PRESTON MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD ALSO MEMBER STERLING.
UH, LET'S SEE, WAS PULLED BY CITY STAFF, 11
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF THE 2020 HARRIS COUNTY, MULTI HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTY, CHIEF CAMPBELL AND TAMIKA.MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT, THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2020 HARRIS COUNTY MULTI HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN, AS STATED THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS ALLOWS US TO PLAN AND DETERMINE WHAT HAZARDS AND RISKS WE HAVE BEFORE DISASTER HAPPENS.
ALSO IN HELPS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE DISASTERS.
THERE ARE GRANT FUNDINGS AVAILABLE AND WE CAN APPLY FOR, BUT BEFORE WE OFFER THOSE, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND HAVE IT ON FILE WITH FEMA.
THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AND WAS DEVELOPED BY HARRIS COUNTY GRANT FUND AND WITH A STARING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL GO TO MISSOURI CITY.
AFTER THIS PLAN WAS COMPLETED, IT WAS RE IT WAS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND REVIEW FROM NOVEMBER SEVEN, THROUGH 2020, 19.
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AFTER THE PLAN WAS UPDATED FROM PUBLIC REVIEW, IT HAS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVAL AND IS ON FALL AND FEMA PENDING APPROVAL FROM ALL, UM, AND LIKE REQUEST COUNSEL THAT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR HARRIS COUNTY, ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.IS THERE A MOTION COUNSELOR REVERENCE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TAMIKA OR CHIEF CAMPBELL? I'M NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THEIR PROTEIN PERSON COUNCIL MEMBER WAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESS DO NOTHING.MAYOR THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO TELL STAFF ALL THE FRONTLINE STAFF, AS FAR AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS ALL THE STAFF AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM, OR I APPRECIATE THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE OUR WORK IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT KEEPING THE CITY OF BRANDS AND, UM, RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
SO I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT I APPRECIATE THEM, UM, REMIND THE RESIDENTS TO REMAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING, UM, CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK AND SAY, SAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THAT I ATTENDED THE MEGA BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, FAST WITH, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS AND AACC, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
UH, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR IN THEIR PROTEIN.
SO WHILE THE STACEY WALK IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CALLED VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR, LAST WEEK, WE HAD 29, UH, EMPLOYERS THAT WAS THERE.
WE HAD 712 SEEKERS, JOB SEEKERS, WOODPILE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND ALSO FOR PARTNERING WITH, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.
I WAS HAPPY TO SERVE AS A TIE BREAKER JUDGE AT THE BAKERS OF MISSOURI'S OF MOST CITY CAKE BAKING COMPETITION THAT TOOK PLACE LAST SATURDAY AT SUGAR'S RESTAURANT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, THE BAKERS OF MOST CITY IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS STARTED BY THREE LOCAL, MISSOURI CITY, PASTRY CHEFS OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO EACH OWN THEIR OWN BAKERY.
THEY ALL GREW UP IN MISSOURI CITY.
I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF CHEF NIKITA FREEMAN AND HER COLLEAGUES.
THEY ALL HAD THE VISION TO HELP OTHER SMALL BAKERIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE, SHOW THEIR TALENT NETWORK AND GET EXPOSURE IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE HAPPY CUSTOMERS OF, UH, MISSOURI CITY BAKER.
AND I WANT TO SEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON A SUCCESSFULLY BIT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.