[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS TO GIVE THE INVOCATION AND LEAD THE PLEDGE. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE ASK THAT WE ASK FOR WISDOM THIS EVENING AS TOUGH DECISIONS ARE MADE. WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CITY WHO APPLIED FOR THIS, THAT YOU BE WITH EVERY RESIDENT WHO IS HERE TODAY. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR PROTECTION OVER THIS ROOM. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE. 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. NOW, THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BARRIOS. AT [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM] THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE ARE IN. WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SEVERAL CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 4 P.M. DEADLINE. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE, AND THEN I'LL READ INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS IN PERSON TONIGHT. FIRST COMMENT CARD WAS FROM JACOB SIMPSON. NO ADDRESS PROVIDED. THE TOPIC WAS FLOCK CAMERAS AND THE POSITION WAS AGAINST. THE SECOND CARD WAS MARY RYAN BADOWSKI 1805 PARK MEADOW LANE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS THE TOPIC. LAURIE GARVEY, 415 VALLEY COVE DRIVE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. AGAIN, THE TOPIC. PAM KRAUS, 1125 STRATFORD DRIVE. AGAIN, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS THE TOPIC. HOLLY PETTY 702 SAINT LUKE'S DRIVE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS THE TOPIC. BILL KESSLER 2305 SPRINGWOOD LANE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. MARK SOLOMON 1530 HINSDALE DRIVE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. DIANE GRANDY 4025. EDGEWOOD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. AND FINALLY, AMY BAKER 11271127 HUNTINGTON DRIVE AGAIN, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. MARY. IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO CARDS THAT WERE RECEIVED REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE TONIGHT. THE FIRST FROM COLLIN COUNTY TAX TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE. THE OWNER NAME PROVIDED WAS 33 WATER STREET REVOCABLE TRUST. THE VOTE WAS YES ON THE ON THE TAX RATE. AND THEN FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY TRANSPARENCY PAGE, N DONG WAS THE OWNER NAME. AGAIN, THE VOTE POSITION WAS YES, ON THE TAX RATE. THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO COMMENT CARDS THAT WE RECEIVED VIA THOSE WEBSITES. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS READHE INSTRUCTIONS, AND THEN OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL CALL SPEAKERS. DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. 30 MINUTES IS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED. IF THERE IS TIME LEFT DURING THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITORS FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. SO LET ME JUST PAUSE HERE AND SAY, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX OR THE BUDGET? THOSE COMMENTS, IF THEY EXCEED 30 MINUTES, WILL BE HEARD OUT. BUT THEN ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ANY OTHER AGENDA WILL MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMER. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. [00:05:02] AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. MISS NEMER, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DONNA WINSHIP. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DONNA WINSHIP. I LIVE AT 150 FIRE WHEEL DRIVE AND WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, BUT I DID LIVE IN RICHARDSON FOR OVER 25 YEARS, JUST RECENTLY MOVED. I DO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF JEFF DAVIS AND HIS DESIRE TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL. I DO OWN DALLAS FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND OUR POWER SOLUTIONS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WORK AT OUR. I SERVE AS THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF THE RICHARDSON MASONIC LODGE, WHERE JEFF AND I HAVE SERVED TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN 14 YEARS. HIS INVOLVEMENT MUCH LONGER THAN MINE. WHEN JEFF ASKED ME TO SPEAK TODAY, I WAS HONORED. BUT I ALSO FOUND IT SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND WHAT TO SAY. NOT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH TO SAY. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THIS LONG DECIDING WHAT THE BEST TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT AND THE BEST EXPERIENCE TO TALK ABOUT IS QUITE CHALLENGING. BUT YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I REMEMBER SEEING A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT WHICH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS BEST SIMPLY BASED ON HIS SMILE. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY AT THE TIME, BUT IT STAYED WITH ME BECAUSE A SMILE OFTEN TELLS A LOT ABOUT THAT PERSON. AND JEFF HAS ONE OF THOSE MEANINGFUL SMILES. WHAT STANDS OUT IS NOT THE SMILE, BUT THE PERSONALITY THAT COMES BEHIND IT. IT'S ONE THAT REPRESENTS HARD WORK, COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND INTEGRITY. I'VE SEEN JEFF'S COMPASSION FOR OTHERS MANY TIMES. I'VE WATCHED HIM STEP FORWARD WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HELP, GIVE HIS TIME TO HIS COMMUNITY, AND BE THE KIND OF FRIEND THAT PEOPLE CAN RELY UPON, RELY UPON WHEN THEY ARE FACING DIFFICULTIES OF THEIR OWN. HE DOESN'T SIMPLY SAY, I WILL BE THERE. HE ACTUALLY MAKES SURE THAT HE WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED HIM. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH JEFF SERVE AS MASTER OF THE RICHARDSON MASONIC LODGE, AND THAT'S WHERE I SAW HIS WORK ETHIC FIRSTHAND. DURING HIS YEARS AS MASTER, HE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY AS THOUGH HIS GOAL ON A DAILY BASIS WAS TO MAKE SURE HE LEFT THE LODGE BETTER THAN HOW HE FOUND IT. HIS INTEGRITY IS EQUALLY APPARENT. HE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMITMENTS HE MADE. HE PUT IN THE TIME REQUIRED AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED HIS ATTENTION, HE JUST DIDN'T FIND SOMEONE TO DO IT. HE DID IT HIMSELF AND HE ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY AND WORKED THROUGH IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. NONE OF THIS COMES FROM SECOND HAND STORIES. THIS COMES FROM THE 14 YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN HIM PERSONALLY AND WATCHED HIM WORK THROUGH HIS COMMUNITY. SO AS YOU CONSIDER WHO IS A GOOD FIT FOR CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER HIS SMILE AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS. HARD WORK, INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. WINSHIP. LAURA DEPEW. THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LAURA DEPEW AND I LIVE AT 1202 HARNESS LANE. AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF JEFF DAVIS, RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND ON BEHALF OF MY ENTIRE FAMILY, WE HAVE KNOWN JEFF FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH HIM CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS. BUT REALLY, I'M HERE JUST TO SAY THAT MY MOM, JANET, TRULY, TRULY WOULD ENDORSE JEFF RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. WHEN MY MOM WAS PRESIDENT OF THE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, JEFF WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH HER. AND THEN WHEN JEFF BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MY MOM, OF COURSE, SUPPORTED THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. AND SO I COULD TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A BUNCH OF THOSE WERE JUST MENTIONED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL KNEW THAT MY FAMILY SUPPORTS JEFF, AND MY MOM DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED HIM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. PUGH. JOHN PETTY. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN PETTY. I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE, HOLLY [00:10:08] PETTY. WE LIVE AT 702 SAINT LUKE'S DRIVE, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT THREE. WE'RE HERE TO GIVE OUR FULL SUPPORT TO MR. DANIEL BURDETTE, WHO'S RUNNING FOR THE SPECIAL PLACE THREE APPOINTMENT. MY WIFE AND I HAVE VOLUNTEERED IN THE CITY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, SO I THINK THAT GIVES US A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO OPINE ON WHO WE TYPICALLY SEE AT A LOT OF THESE EVENTS. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT MANY GREAT FOLKS IN OUR IN OUR CITY WHO LOVE IT, BUT IT IN MY MIND, IT'S A RARE THING TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO GIVES SO MUCH TIME, ENERGY AND RESOURCES ON A CONSISTENT BASIS YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT IS DANIEL BURDETTE TO A T. SO I IN ADDITION TO THAT, HIS GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE CITY AND VOLUNTEER WORK. HE ALSO DOES OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT HE WATCHES THESE MEETINGS EVERY MONDAY MEETING. IF HE MISSES IT, HE'LL DIAL IT UP ON THE C O OUR WEBSITE LIKE AN EPISODE OF GAME OF THRONES ON NETFLIX, AND HE WILL CATCH UP ON IT. SO I THINK THAT'S QUITE A TESTAMENT TO WHO HE IS TO BE AN INFORMED ON THE CITY, TO STAY ENGAGED. AND IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT HIM. BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR US, QUITE FRANKLY, AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, IS THAT DANIEL DIDN'T JUST SUDDENLY BECOME INTERESTED IN SERVING RICHARDSON BECAUSE A COUNCIL POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE. HE'S BEEN SERVING THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BEFORE THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS EVEN ON THE TABLE. SO LIKE I SAID, FOR ME THAT THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL AND THAT'S QUITE A TESTAMENT. BUT FOR US, EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT DANIEL IS NOT FROM A, YOU KNOW, A RESUME OR AN APPLICATION. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DANIEL, WE LEARNED FROM STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH HIM IN THE TRENCHES FROM ALL THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, COMMITTEES, OR ANYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH HIM ON. AND AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, YOU KNOW, A RESUME CAN TELL YOU WHAT SOMEONE HAS DONE, BUT IT CAN'T TELL YOU WHO SOMEONE IS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM ALL OF OUR YEARS OF VOLUNTEER WORK IS THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY AND SOMEONE WHO'S HELPED CARRY IT. AND DANIEL BURDETTE HAS HELPED CARRY IT. SO THAT ALL SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STRONGLY CONSIDER MR. BURDETTE FOR ONE OF YOUR THREE FINALISTS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. PETTY. NEIL STAMPY. WELL, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEIL STAMPY, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF JEFF DAVIS, AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OPENING IN YOUR CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW ME ALREADY. BUT AMONG OTHER THINGS, I HAVE IN THE PAST YEAR RECEIVED THE RICHARDSON REAL HERO AWARD FOR SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WAS QUITE AN HONOR. BUT IT REPRESENTS A WHOLE LOT OF HOURS OF TIME SPENT WITH LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS IN MY VARIOUS VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES IS JEFF DAVIS, AND I AM HERE TO STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER HIM. JEFF HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKING HARD FOR MANY YEARS, SERVING IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS. ONE OF THOSE, OF COURSE, IS AS A VERY STRONG VOLUNTEER IN THE RICHARDSON REAL HERO PROGRAM. AND JEFF REALLY MAKES THAT SPECIAL AND ADDS TO THE ATTENTION THAT THE COMMUNITY RESPECTS FOR THAT SERVICE AND THAT AWARD. AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, JEFF HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPONSIBLE AND DEVOTED SERVICE, CREATIVE, INTELLIGENT, TIMELY AND CARING ACTIONS. JEFF IS SOMEONE WHO WILL BE ENGAGED AND LISTEN TO OTHERS WHILE HE SEEKS SOLUTIONS AND DOES WORK THAT [00:15:04] WILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON. PLEASE GIVE HIM YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR. STAMPY. WHILE YOU'RE STILL THERE, DO YOU MIND SHARING YOUR ADDRESS? I APOLOGIZE, I OH, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT IF YOU DIDN'T SAY IT AT THE BEGINNING, I DIDN'T. THAT'S 6323 WARMEST LANE. DALLAS. THANK YOU SIR. CALVIN COOLIDGE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CALVIN SMALLIDGE. I LIVE AT 1325 NAVAJO, AND I AM A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE CHARACTER OF MR. JORDAN NAUGHT. I'VE WITNESSED THE TYPE OF MAN HE IS THROUGH OUR SHARED EXPERIENCES AND A HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH STAKES ENVIRONMENT. AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THOSE WHO YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO LEAD WILL, WITHOUT HESITATION, POUNCE ON A SIMPLE MISSTEP AND EXCITEDLY PULL THE GROUP DOWN INTO A LORD OF THE FLIES TYPE SCENARIO. I'M TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE CUB SCOUTS. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE A PERSON'S PRIORITIES LIE, WATCH HOW THEY HANDLE A PACK OF HYPERACTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS WITH POCKET KNIVES, HOW THEY ORGANIZE A MOUNTAIN OF LOGISTICS, AND HOW THEY ORCHESTRATE A YEAR LONG PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR WITHOUT IT GETTING STALE. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, MR. NAUGHT HAS SERVED AS OUR PACK'S COMMITTEE CHAIR, A ROLE THAT IS UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AS BOTH THE HARDEST AND MOST THANKLESS JOB IN SCOUTING. HE HANDLES CALENDARS, INTERFACES WITH THE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL PLAYERS, COORDINATES EVENTS, AND MAKES SURE WE HAVE LEADERS IN PLACE. SO THE CUB SCOUT PROGRAM GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR SCOUT MEETINGS AND EVENTS, HE STANDS AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM WITH AN ENCOURAGING SMILE AND A THUMBS UP, HAPPILY WATCHING OTHER LEADERS, SUCH AS MYSELF, DO ALL THE FUN PARTS AND TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT HE MADE HAPPEN. THEN, WHEN THE NIGHT IS OVER, THE KIDS AND PARENTS HAVE GONE HOME AND ALL THE TABLES AND CHAIRS ARE NEATLY STACKED AWAY. MR. NAUGHT WILL BE THE LAST ONE THERE WITH THE VACUUM MAKING SURE THE SPACE IS LEFT BETTER THAN WHEN HE ARRIVED. IN SCOUTING. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP WITH THE YOUNG CUB SCOUTS. I TEACH THEM THAT A LEADER IS A HELPER WHO IS IN CHARGE. I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER HELPER WHO IS IN CHARGE, OR A MORE TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF A SERVANT LEADER THAN MR. NAUGHT. IT'S BITTERSWEET FOR ME TO STAND HERE TONIGHT AND GIVE THIS TESTAMENT TO MR. NORRIS CHARACTER AND GIVE HIM MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ROLE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I KNOW HE INTENDS TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULLY TO THAT ROLE, SHOULD HE BE SELECTED, AND WILL STEP DOWN FROM HIS ROLE IN THE CUB SCOUTS. BUT OUR PACK'S LOSS OF HIS TALENT AND COMMITMENT WOULD BE FAR OUTWEIGHED BY THE MONUMENTAL GOOD. I KNOW THAT HE WILL SURELY BRING TO THE CITY THAT HE LOVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE FOR AGENDA ITEMS. I DO HAVE TWO MO SPEAKERS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. SURE. GO AHEAD. TONY MOLINE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS TONY MOLINE. 411 BELLE GROVE. I AM THE NEW CEO OF THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I COME FROM CEDAR PARK. I'VE BEEN THERE THE LAST 14 YEARS JUST NORTH OF AUSTIN. GREAT COMMUNITY. BUT WHEN THIS OPENED UP, THIS WAS COMING HOME FOR ME. I GREW UP IN PLANO AND SO ALL MY FAMILY LIVES HERE. MY WIFE'S FAMILY LIVES HERE. VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND WITH THE CITY. AND PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME BY AND INTRODUCE MYSELF, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MULLIN. RANDY EISENACH. MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING A COUPLE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. FOR ME, MY NAME IS RANDY EISENACH AT 2661 HONEYSUCKLE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A LONGTIME RICHARDSON RESIDENT. I HAVE 28 YEARS IN CROWLEY PARK, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CROWLEY PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING NOISE AND NUISANCE COMPLAINTS WE HAVE WITH DRONE OVERFLIGHTS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS FROM YOUR CITIZENS OVER THE PAST YEAR ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DRONE FLIGHTS, THE FREQUENCY OF THE DRONE FLIGHTS, AND THE LOW ALTITUDE OF THE DRONE FLIGHTS. FOR THOSE OF US IN CLOSELY ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE A DOZEN [00:20:02] DRONE OVERFLIGHTS AT VERY LOW ALTITUDES LESS THAN 150FT WITHIN A 90 MINUTE PERIOD, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT'S A NUISANCE ISSUE. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS A SOLVABLE PROBLEM, AND WE CAN SOLVE IT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COST OR LEGAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY. SO THE MEDIA REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR ONE OR MORE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SPONSOR THIS ISSUE, TO BE PART OF THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WITHIN THE NEXT 45 DAYS. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE PUT THIS ISSUE BACK ONTO THE CITY AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN BRING ALL PARTIES TOGETHER TO SEE AN ACCEPTABLE RESOLUTION. NOW, MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME. I CAN TELL YOU I'M ONE OF THE MOST PRO-BUSINESS PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET. I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF AMAZON, ESPECIALLY AMAZON WEB SERVICES, THEIR CLOUD SERVICES DIVISION, AND I'M A SHAREHOLDER. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE CLOSURE OF ONE MONEY, LOSING MONEY, LOSING DRONE PORT IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE COMPANY. LAST YEAR, AMAZON HAD $717 BILLION OF REVENUE, $77 BILLION IN PROFIT. THE COMPANY WILL BE FINE. AND AS A SHAREHOLDER, I'LL TELL YOU, THE SHAREHOLDER CLASS WILL BE FINE AS WELL. AND AS A SHAREHOLDER AND AN OWNER OF THIS COMPANY, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT AND APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ISSUE. NOW, I STARTED TO GET MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AND OVER THAT TIME, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR CITIZENS ABOUT THE ONGOING DRONE OVERFLIGHTS. AND THERE ARE TWO KEY ISSUES THAT KEPT COMING OUT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND I KIND OF LIKE TO WRAP UP JUST SHARING THOSE TWO POINTS OF FEEDBACK. ONE WAS THAT EVERYBODY YOU THERE WAS UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT, UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE COMMERCIAL DRONE PORT FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE. AND THE SECOND ITEM OF FEEDBACK THAT EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT WAS. THEY WANTED TO SEE THEIR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE LOCALLY. AND WE CAN DO IT. THIS IS NOT THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM TO SOLVE, AND WE CAN SOLVE IT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COST OR LEGAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY. I'M HERE TO HELP, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE ME AS A RESOURCE IF ANYBODY HAS FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME OR FROM THE INFORMATION PACKAGE, I THINK EVERYONE HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT, BUT LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING ON THIS ISSUE AND PLEASE USE ME AS A RESOURCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. EISENACH. NO FURTHER CARDS. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT IS HOPING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, BUT MAYBE DIDN'T FILL OUT A CARD? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS FILED. COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES ANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH [5. PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $0.54218 PER $100 VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027.] IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.54218 PER $100, VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627. MR. MAGNA, I THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED THIS EVENING TO BE TAKING ONE OF TWO FINAL STEPS TOWARDS ADOPTION OF OUR FY 27 BUDGET, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T BEEN TRACKING ALONG SINCE EARLY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AROUND THE MAY TIME FRAME WHEN WE KICKED OFF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. YOU SEE HERE A LONG LIST OF DEEP DIVE BRIEFINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WAS PROVIDED, AS WELL AS OUR AUGUST 3RD AND FOURTH BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND THEN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION ON THE 17TH, ALL LEADING TO THESE FINAL TWO ACTION ITEMS, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, COUNCIL, AND THESE RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED ONLINE IF THEY ALREADY HAVE NOT BEEN. BUT FOLLOWING UP ON OUR AUGUST 7TH BRIEFING, THERE WERE THREE OUTSTANDING ISSUES OR ITEMS THAT WERE REQUESTED. ONE WAS A SUMMARY OF THE FY 27 INTERFUND TRANSFERS THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU. THE OTHER WAS A WATER SEWER FUND REVENUE THAT WOULD BE BROKEN OUT BY BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE USED HISTORICALLY, THE TYPICAL TAXPAYER RATE SLIDE. AND WE'VE PROVIDED A TEN YEAR HISTORY OF THAT FOR YOUR REFERENCE AS WELL. AND FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. AND SO AGAIN, IF THESE AREN'T ALREADY ONLINE, THEY'LL BE PROVIDED ONLINE AS PART OF TONIGHT'S BRIEFING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A TAX RATE DISCUSSION FOR AGAIN CONTACTS. RECALL THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS THE ADOPTED TAX RATE ASSESSED ON THE TAXABLE [00:25:02] VALUE OF BOTH REAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. IT'S COMPRISED OF TWO COMPONENTS A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OR COMPONENT THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR GENERAL SPENDING, AND THEN A DEBT RATE THAT GOES TO TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE TO PAY OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE RATE THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR. AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE HIGHEST RATE THAT YOU CAN ADOPT WITHOUT A MANDATORY RATIFICATION ELECTION. OBVIOUSLY, THAT OPERATIONALIZES THE 3.5% CAP THAT WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH. IF THERE IS ANY INCREMENT INCREMENT AVAILABLE, THAT IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION. AS YOU MAY RECALL, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO YOU DID CALL THIS HEARING PUBLIC HEARING WITH A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF THE CURRENT TAX RATE, WHICH THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO EARLIER IN HIS READING OF THE CAPTION. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CERTIFIED ROLE. YOU CAN SEE JUST SHY OF $27 BILLION. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 4.3%. HOWEVER, IF YOU FACTOR IN BOTH THE VALUES IN DISPUTE AND THE TIF PORTION JUST SHY NOW OF $3 BILLION, WE'RE ACTUALLY LEFT WITH ABOUT $24.5 BILLION OR ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF, I'M SORRY, 2.7% INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR DEBT SERVICE. THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF ABOUT $215 MILLION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE ALWAYS POINT THAT OUT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THAT DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST THE 3.5% CAP, AGAIN, TRENDING IN A POSITIVE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN BOTH OUR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. OBVIOUSLY WE STRIVE FOR A 6040 SPLIT THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE TRENDING BACK TOWARDS THE 60 ON THE COMMERCIAL THIS YEAR. WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX ROLL FOR RESIDENTIAL, YOU SEE THERE MARKET VALUE JUST INCREASING, JUST SHY OF A PERCENT NOW AT 487 000, JUST SHY OF $488,000, TAXABLE VALUE INCREASING JUST OVER THREE AND 3%. NOW ABOUT JUST SHY OF $425,000. ABOUT OVER 7% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS SAW A MARKED INCREASE OF 10% OR MORE, AND JUST OVER 18% OF THOSE ACCOUNTS QUALIFIED FOR THE HOMESTEAD CAP, LIMITING THE TAXABLE INCREASE TO 10%. WITH RESPECT TO OUR SENIOR EXEMPTION, IT'S 100 REMAINS AT $160,000. THAT'S PROVIDING A PROTECTION AGAINST MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT 32.5%, APPROXIMATELY. THAT'S ABOUT 2.5% ABOVE YOUR 30% GOAL. THAT'S OPERATIONALIZED IN YOUR FINANCIAL POLICY. AND AGAIN, THIS YEAR, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SENIOR ACCOUNTS, UP TO 33.46%. WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMERCIAL VALUE I MENTIONED, THE INCREASE FROM 58 TO 59%. YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE FOUR ACCOUNTS WERE RECLASSIFIED BY KCAD. TWO WERE RECLASSIFIED AS INDUSTRIAL, TWO AS INDUSTRIAL BP. YOU SEE THE LARGE JUMPS THERE. THAT WAS OFFSET BY THE REDUCTION IN COMMERCIAL BP. SO NOT NECESSARILY A REDUCTION, JUST A REALLOCATION THAT WE SAW HERE. IN TOTAL, YOUR VALUE UP ALMOST 6%, 5.79%. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMPARISON TO OUR PEER CITIES, OUR CURRENT RATE REMAINS ABOUT 2.8 CENTS BELOW THE AVERAGE OF OUR PEER CITIES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RATE HISTORICALLY, THAT THE RATE HASN'T BEEN THIS LOW SINCE PRIOR TO 2007, WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR THE NEW TAX RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM WENT INTO EFFECT. AND SO HERE NEARLY A 20 YEAR PERIOD, LOOKING TO LOOKING BACKWARDS HERE, NEARLY A 20 YEAR PERIOD SINCE WE'VE HAD A TAX RATE AT THIS LOW IN TERMS OF ESTIMATED RESIDENTIAL IMPACT HERE FOR OUR TAX BILL, AS YOU SEE IN DALLAS COUNTY, RICHARDSON CITY, RICHARDSON IS JUST SHY OF 30% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN COLLIN COUNTY. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PARKLAND COLLEGE FACTORED IN. AND SO ABOUT 33 OR A THIRD PERCENT, ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL FOR THEIR FOR COLLIN COUNTY. AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE AVERAGE TAXABLE AND MARKET VALUES. SO WHAT ARE THOSE DOLLARS USED FOR. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE M AND O AND TO THE DEBT SERVICE. SO FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT THE M AND O. IN THE GENERAL FUND. YOU SEE THE GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAXES INCREASING, COMPRISING ABOUT 41.6% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE IN IN THE GENERAL FUND. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YOU SEE FRANCHISE FEES UP ABOUT $814,000 TO ABOUT 1.9 MILLION, SALES TAX, UP ABOUT $4.1 MILLION TO JUST OVER 59 MILLION. AND THEN ALL OF ALL OTHER REVENUES UP JUST $1.4 MILLION. SO LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE ON THE PROPERTY TAXES. YOU SEE, CURRENT TAXES ARE UP ABOUT $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS, OR 2.72% YEAR OVER YEAR TO 79.5 MILLION PRIOR YEAR'S TAXES, DOWN $560,000. AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A [00:30:04] TREND AND ARE FACTORING FOR HIGHER THAN NORMAL PROPERTY VALUE DISPUTE LAWSUITS THAT ARE FILED IN DISTRICT COURT IN THE SUCCESS OF THOSE TRENDING IN A POSITIVE WAY, AND THEN PENALTIES AND INTEREST. THIS IS JUST BASED ON A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, UP ABOUT $278,000. SO THOSE FUNDS ARE ALL BE DEPLOYED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. YOU CAN SEE PERSONNEL SERVICES BY FAR THE LARGEST REVENUE DRIVER HERE AT 68%. AND THEN YOU SEE OTHER THINGS LIKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UP ABOUT EIGHT, JUST OVER 8% CONTRACTS UP ABOUT 1.7%, MAINTENANCE UP 5.2%. BUT IMPORTANTLY, TRANSFER OUTS OR TRANSFER OUT DOLLARS FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, PARK MAINTENANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND ALL INCREASING. AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE MAKING AN IMPACTFUL DIFFERENCE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IF YOU KIND OF TAKE THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AND THEME THEM UP WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? NEARLY 70 THREE QUARTERS OF YOUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AT JUST SHY OF 42.42%, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, 12.5% INFRASTRUCTURE MOBILITY, AS I MENTIONED, 10.5%, AND THEN RECREATION AND LEISURE LEISURE AT ABOUT 9.2%. PREDOMINANTLY, WE FOCUSED ON FOUR KEY AREAS PEOPLE BEING FIRST COMP, CORE PLAN AND STAFFING LEVELS. AND SO THIS BUDGET INCLUDES UP TO A 5.5% MERIT BASED ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S POLICE AND FIRE, EFFECTIVE TEN ONE, A 3.5% FOR CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WELL AS GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY STEPS FOR THOSE SWORN AND QUASI SWORN THAT ARE WITHIN A RANGE THAT INVOLVES STEPS. IN ADDITION, THE LIVING WAGE ADJUSTMENT, RAISING OUR MINIMUM STARTING SALARY FOR ANY FULL TIME EMPLOYEE FROM $21 TO 22.3 $22.31, A MULTI YEAR EFFORT THAT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR SUPPORT ON, TO HAVE OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE LIVING WAGE. IN DALLAS COUNTY, ABOUT $327,000 FOR OUR CAREER LADDER PROGRAM THAT WILL ENCOURAGE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CROSS TRAINING, AS WELL AS HELP WITH RETENTION BY DEALING WITH COMPRESSION, AND THEN $70,000 FOR STRATEGIC MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND COMPRESSION ISSUES. I WILL REMIND YOU, WE ARE NOT DOING ACROSS THE BOARD MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THIS YEAR. WE'RE NOT ROLLING ANY PLANS. THESE ARE SIMPLE, STRATEGIC, ONE TIME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING BASED SOLELY ON THE MARKET ANALYSIS THAT HR HAS CONCLUDED. ANOTHER BIG DRIVER THIS YEAR, OUR CORE PLAN, OUR SELF-FUNDED MEDICAL INSURANCE. YOU SEE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS HERE IS RESTORING THE $100 PER MONTH CONTRIBUTION PER EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY SIDE. AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CORE PLAN, INCREASING THAT BY AN ADDITIONAL $155 PER MONTH PER EMPLOYEE TOTAL THERE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, ALL DRIVING TOWARDS THE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE 1245 NUMBER PER MONTH PER EMPLOYEE. SO SOME WORK TO DO AGAIN NEXT YEAR. EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO SHARE SOME OF THE BURDEN FOR CORE PLAN 7.5% INCREASE TO PREMIUMS THIS YEAR. WE EXPECT THAT, AND I'VE COMMUNICATED TO CITY STAFF THAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT THAT FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS, AND THEN EACH YEAR SUBSEQUENT SHOULD EXPECT INCREASES, HOPEFULLY MORE MODEST. BUT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE SEEING ANNUAL INCREASES TO THE BOTH THAT LIKELY THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE SIDE TO KEEP THEM MORE MANAGEABLE. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL KEY CHANGES TO CORE PLAN THAT WILL SAVE IMPORTANT DOLLARS FOR THE PLAN. THE DISCONTINUANCE OF GLP ONE WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS SIMPLY FOR WEIGHT LOSS. IF THEY'RE NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES, THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY BE COVERED A A PHYSICAL THERAPY OPTION THAT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE THE EMPLOYEE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND ACTUALLY WILL BE COST FREE TO THE EMPLOYEE, BUT WILL SAVE THE CITY SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS, RAISING THE REQUIRED DEDUCTIBLE FOR ON OUR HSA PLAN FOR INDIVIDUALS TO $3,500. THAT WAS A MANDATE BY THE RSIRS. AND THEN I TALKED TO YOU EXTENSIVELY ABOUT CREATING AN HMO PLAN TO COMPLEMENT OUR HPO AND OUR HSA THAT HOPEFULLY BY ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEES THAT HMO WORKS FOR TO MIGRATE TO THE HMO AGAIN, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT SAVINGS TO CORE PLAN WITH THAT MIGRATION, THROUGH THAT MIGRATION, AND THEN FINALLY INCREASING EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE, UP TO $20000 WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM. I THINK IT'S ESSENTIALLY TWO TIMES THEIR SALARY UP TO $200,000, ALL OF THAT BEING OFFSET BY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. I TOLD YOU, OUR THEME THIS YEAR AS A AS A CITY ORGANIZATION WAS TO RETHINK EVERYTHING. AND I MEAN THAT WE DID RETHINK EVERYTHING. IN LINE WITH THAT, I'M PROPOSING TO PERMANENTLY DELETE 19 FULL TIME POSITIONS. THAT'S BEING OFFSET BY THE CREATION OF CREATION OF FIVE NEW POSITIONS, FOUR OF THE [00:35:02] FIVE NEW POSITIONS, ALL TO HELP IMPLEMENT YEAR ONE OF THE FIRE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU BLESSED LAST YEAR. AND SO NET REALLY 18 POSITIONS BEING DELETED. OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T FACTOR IN THE FIRE MASTER PLAN IN THE GENERAL FUND, ANOTHER ONE POSITION IN WATER, AND THEN AGAIN TO FURTHER THE SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN, THE CREATION OF FIVE POSITIONS IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND. BUT AGAIN, WATER SOLID WASTE NOT IMPACTED HERE BY THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. OUR SECOND FOCUS AREA PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU CAN SEE HERE AN INCREASE OF 7.5% YEAR OVER YEAR. WITH RESPECT TO POLICE, THE KEY DRIVERS, THERE ARE THINGS FIRST, FULL FUNDING FOR OUR OUR OUR SWORN AND NON-SWORN POSITIONS, CONTINUED SUPPORT, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE FOR BOTH OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS. BUT HERE, IN TERMS OF EXPANDED KEY INVESTMENTS, THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER PROGRAM UTILIZING TWO NEW DRONES. AND I WANT TO CHARACTERIZE THIS, IMPORTANTLY, AS A AN EXPANSION OF OUR EXISTING DRONE PROGRAM. MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN A DRONES IN ACTIONS. MAYOR, WHEN WE WELCOMED THE KEELUNG CITY DELEGATION, YOU GOT TO SEE MANY OF THOSE DRONES AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED FOR. THESE ARE NOT DRONES THAT WILL BE USED KIND OF PROACTIVELY. THESE WILL BE THESE DRONES THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 911 CALL. A ACTIVE RESPONSE WILL BE HAD AND UNDERWAY WHEN THESE DRONES ARE DEPLOYED, THE PRIMARY USE OF THESE DRONES WILL BE ALONG US 75. WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND, I THINK, MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY TO ACCIDENTS ON US 75 BY DEPLOYING A DRONE AND UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT AND WHO WE NEED TO DEPLOY, WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION BACK WITHIN PROBABLY 60 TO 90S. AND SOMETIMES, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, AND AS I SAW FIRSTHAND WHEN I SPENT AN AFTERNOON OVER AT PD DURING THE PILOT PROGRAM, IT'S IT'S THINGS LIKE HELPING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS UNDERSTAND WHAT RAMPS TO TAKE, FOR INSTANCE. AND IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, WHEN SECONDS MATTER TO BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RESPOND AND POTENTIALLY SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE TOOL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THESE DRONES ARE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE DRONES THAT YOU SEE USED TODAY. MANY OF THOSE SUCCESS STORIES OFTEN HIGHLIGHTED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, THESE ARE THERMAL DRONES. THEY'RE NOT FACE OR. FACE RECOGNITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO AGAIN, I WANT TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS AN EXPANSION OF OUR CURRENT DRONE PROGRAM. IMPORTANTLY, CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND FOR PD. YOU SEE SEVEN PATROL VEHICLES, A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, VEHICLE INVESTIGATIONS, CRIME SCENE, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS ALL BEING HANDLED BY OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND ON THE FIRE SIDE, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSEQUENTIAL THIS YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THE HIRING OF 19 NEW APPRENTICE FIREFIGHTERS, THE FULL ACTIVATION OF THEM FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR NEXT YEAR. I MENTIONED THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS, THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OF ABOUT $380,000. BUT THEN AGAIN, IMPORTANTLY, THE FIRE MASTER PLAN, YEAR ONE, THE ADDITION OF THE TWO EMS CAPTAINS, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE APPLICATION SPECIALIST THAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE ACTIVATION OF A SEVENTH AMBULANCE DURING PEAK TIMES BEGINNING JUNE 1ST THAT WILL BE HOUSED AT STATION ONE. AGAIN, ALL IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF YEAR ONE OF THE FIRE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AND YOU TAKE A FIVE YEAR VIEW OF THIS, IT'S YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS UNQUESTIONABLE, WITH AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $22 MILLION OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS OR 40%. SO WHEN WE SAY IT'S A KEY PRIORITY, WE'RE WE'RE LIVING THAT OUT IN IN YOUR FUNDING STRATEGIES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, YOU SEE A DECREASE OF 8.3%. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHY THAT IS. I PRESENTED TO YOU DURING THE WORKSHOP AND DURING MY BUDGET PRESENTATION, A PLAN TO REDUCE THE STREET TRANSFER OUT BY $2 MILLION, BUT OFFSET THAT BY $2.2 MILLION AND DART GMP FUNDING. AND SO WHILE YOU SEE A REDUCTION HERE OF $1.8 MILLION, THE REALITY IS IF YOU TAKE OUR TRANSFER OUT, OUR PAY AS YOU GO, IF YOU WILL, THE DART GMP AND THE $5 MILLION PER YEAR FOR LOCALIZED REPAIR THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE DEPLOYING $1 MILLION PER MONTH ON LOCALIZED REPAIRS FOR OUR LOCALIZED REPAIR FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS, AS WELL AS OUR THOROUGHFARES AND COLLECTORS. AND SO NEVER IN THE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, WE SPENT THIS MUCH ON PAYGO OR LOCALIZED REPAIR AS WE ARE NOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU SEE $120,000 FOR STREET WALL [00:40:02] MAINTENANCE. THIS IS BOTH REPAIR AND THE CLEANING THAT'S BECOME SO POPULAR. $125 FOR BRIDGE RAIL MAINTENANCE IN OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $85,000 TO JUST OVER 500. FOR CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPAIRS, YOU SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $400,000. TOTAL IN TRANSPORTATION, $150,000 FOR TRAFFIC, MARKETING SIGNS AND SIGNALS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, AND THEN AN IMPORTANT RENTER PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL PROJECT. THAT $400,000, BY THE WAY, IS THE REMAINDER OF THE DART GMP DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED THIS YEAR FROM FROM DART. ALSO SEE THEIR INCREASES OF JUST OVER $125,000 IN BOTH PARKS MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE. NO CHANGE IN ALLEY AT THIS TIME. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE IN DETAIL. YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THEM THOROUGHLY, BUT YOU SEE BY CATEGORY HOW MUCH OF THE WILL BE SPENT OR SOLD. EXCUSE ME, 36. JUST SHY OF $37 MILLION FOR THE 26 GEO BOND PROGRAM. YOU SEE, JUST SHY OF $60 MILLION FOR WATER WASTEWATER PROJECTS. AND THEN OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED, AND OF COURSE, THE DRAINAGE FUND INCREASING WITH THE DOLLAR PER MONTH PROPOSAL FOR THE FEE. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND THESE DOLLARS TIE OFF TO THE PRESENTATION THAT CHARLES DID FOR YOU SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THE CAPITAL, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR BOTH 26 AND THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT TIME. AND AGAIN, LIKEWISE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. WHEN YOU SAY INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PRIORITY, YOU'RE LIVING THAT OUT IN YOUR BUDGET. AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OVER 113% OR JUST 113% INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BEING DEDICATED TO TO PAYGO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. THE FINAL KEY AREA WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU SEE HERE A CHANGE OF $763,000. THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY AN INCREASE IN THE FUNDING FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BY $750,000 YEAR OVER YEAR. BUT I WILL REMIND YOU AS WELL, I PRESENTED TO YOU AS AS BOB PRESENTED, I THINK THE THIRD QUARTER BUDGET REPORT, INTENDING TO USE ONE TIME AS A SALES TAX, ONE TIME SALES TAX RECEIPTS, EXCESS SALES TAX RECEIPTS TO TRANSFER $3 MILLION AT THE END OF FY 26. AGAIN, STILL FOR YOU TO APPROVE AFTER THE FOURTH QUARTER BUDGET REPORT, BUT TO REALLY BOLSTER, BOLSTER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AND PUT US IN A POSITION OF REAL COMPETITIVENESS AS WE LOOK TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN BUSINESS TO HERE TO RICHARDSON, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUNDS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. YOU SEE, THEY'RE OFFSETTING ABOUT $175,000 IN PERSONNEL COSTS, ABOUT $200,000 IN CORE DISTRICT PROGRAMING AND ABOUT $50,000 IN PLACEMAKING. SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND, NEW REVENUE, AND YOU LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND, NEW EXPENDITURES, THEY DON'T BALANCE. THERE IS A OBVIOUS DELTA THERE WHERE THE EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING THE NEW REVENUE. AND SO MY BALANCING PROPOSAL TO YOU FOR THAT WAS, AS YOU SEE THERE, JUST SHY OF A $4 MILLION DELTA AGAIN, WAS TO REDUCE THAT GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OUT FOR OUR STREETS AND ALLEYS AND OFFSET THAT WITH THE GMP THAT SAVED $2 MILLION, THE FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY DELETED SAVED ANOTHER $1.1 MILLION. AND THEN THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO WILDFLOWER SAVED $750,000. IN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU SEE THE FUND BALANCE DRAW DOWN. JUST AGAIN, I EXPLAINED THIS, I THINK, DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE COST OF A DAY OF FUND BALANCE. WE STILL ARE MAINTAINING THE 90.99 DAYS THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED HERE FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DECADE OR SO, STILL EXCEEDING OUR FUND BALANCE MINIMUM. THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A BYPRODUCT OF THE COST OF EACH FUND BALANCE DAY. AND SO YOU SEE THE BALANCING THERE TO 3.93. THE SECOND COMPONENT IN, IN THE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT THE TAX PROPERTY TAX HELPS FUND IS THE DEBT SERVICE. AND YOU SEE OUR. 27 PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCE. AGAIN, ALL THESE NUMBERS TIE OFF TO THE PRESENTATION THAT CHARLES PROVIDED YOU. YOU SEE THE GEO PROGRAM, AND THEN YOU SEE THE WATER WASTEWATER AS WELL AS. THE ONLY THING THAT WASN'T ON THE PRIOR SLIDE WAS THE 1.175 FOR SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT. SO A TOTAL OF 54, $54.47 MILLION IS WHAT YOUR SERIES 2027 WILL BE AROUND APRIL. THESE OTHER FUND HIGHLIGHTS HERE DON'T NECESSARILY RELATE, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE. AGAIN, A WATER RATE INCREASE PLAN TO 4%, A SEWER RATE INCREASE OF 12%, AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A METER EQUIVALENCY PLAN THAT WILL ADJUST THE BASE CHARGES BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE METER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT YOUR DESIRE WAS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT QUALIFIED SENIORS 65 OR OVER WITH A STANDARD THREE QUARTER INCH OR ONE INCH RESIDENTIAL METER WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE METER EQUIVALENCY. THEIR BASE CHARGE FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER WILL REMAIN AT $8 DOLLAR INCREASE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE [00:45:02] FEES, WHILE MAINTAINING, AGAIN THE 26% SENIOR DISCOUNT PROTECTION, AS WELL AS VARIOUS COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE INCREASES. YOU'LL HAVE A DOLLAR INCREASE ON THE RESIDENTIAL DRAINAGE FEE, WHICH WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEXT WEEK AND LIKE THE EQUIVALENT INCREASE TO THE DRAINAGE FEE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THERE'S SELECT INCREASES IN SHOW, PARK AND CARD AND GREEN FEES, AS WELL AS CHANGES IN TWILIGHT HOURS AND FEES. VARIOUS INCREASES IN THE ISEMAN CENTER TO IMPROVE SECURITY AND PRODUCTION QUALITY. AGAIN, ALL FOUR OF THESE OTHER LARGE FUNDS, ALL OF THE FUND BALANCES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED. AND THEN THE REMAINING FUNDS, JUST FOR ANYONE WHO MAY MAYBE HASN'T BEEN TRACKING WITH US BUT WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERNAL SERVICES FUND, RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE CAN BE FOUND IN THE FILED BUDGET BETWEEN ON PAGES 73 THROUGH 99. SO YOUR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET IS $432 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT A 3.3% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, 4% OF THAT $13.7 MILLION IS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHOLESALE COST OF WATER AND THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER. YOU SEE, AGAIN, SOME ADDITIONAL FEES THERE AND SOLID WASTE, AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL SERVICES FUND, WHICH IS A LARGE. THE LARGEST PART OF THAT $2.8 MILLION IS THE INCREASES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FROM CORPLAN. AND SO THEN YOU SEE YOUR DEBT SERVICE, AND AGAIN, YOU SEE YOUR 4.32 $432 MILLION NUMBER AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE. SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR THE TYPICAL TAXPAYER? THIS IS THE IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WE UTILIZE. YOU SEE, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, A TYPICAL TAXPAYER WILL SEE ABOUT A $70 INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAXES, ABOUT A $61 INCREASE IN WATER CHARGES, A $74 INCREASE IN SEWER CHARGES, $12 IN DRAINAGE AND RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, RESPECTIVELY, FOR A TOTAL DIFFERENCE YEAR OVER YEAR OF APPROXIMATELY $230. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO MANAGE. YOU'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND ON THE DRAINAGE FEE NEXT WEEK. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, YOU'LL HAVE A SERIES OF ACTION ITEMS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, ADOPT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND THEN DEVOTE THE A VOTE TO RATIFY THE TAX INCREASE THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET FOR 26 AND 27. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, BUDGET CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE LIKE THE FEE ORDINANCE AND ANY OTHER SMALLER ACTION ITEMS. LET ME TAKE THIS CHANCE, MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST AGAIN, TO THANK BOB MEYER AND HIS OFFICE. I'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS TO WORK WITH THIS BUDGET, AS WELL AS TODD AND OUR FINANCE TEAM, TODD AND HIS TEAM DOING A LOT OF THE CALCULATIONS, WHICH I COULD NOT DO. A LOT OF THE CALCULATIONS AROUND THE TAX RATE AND THE PROPERTY TAX CAP AND VERY, VERY INTRICATE, NUANCED CALCULATIONS THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET. RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, OUR OUR CMO TEAM AS WELL. AND SO, MAYOR, IF I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF THERE AREN'T ANY, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR YOU TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. WONDERFUL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM NO SPEAKERS. MAYOR. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO SPEAKERS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE. SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WAS THERE. OH, COME ON UP, MAN. WE'LL ASK YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD. AND YOU CAN DO THAT AFTER YOU FINISH SPEAKING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M KATHLEEN BOURNE, I LIVE AT 1226 DUMONT DRIVE IN RICHARDSON, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND I SAW THE AGENDA AND WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD MAKE A STATEMENT. I SEE HERE THAT I SEE ALL THE BUDGET, AND I HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF A NOT THIS SIZE BUDGET BEFORE, BUT IN MY CAREER I HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF A BUDGET AND HAVING TO ZERO BALANCE A BUDGET. AND SINCE I'VE BEEN RETIRED AND BEEN ON A FIXED INCOME, IT'S. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH THE CITY AND SEE HOW WE KIND OF JUSTIFY WHAT WE SPEND. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY $0.02 IN THAT. THE NO NEW REVENUE, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT $65 IN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING AN INCREASE IN REVENUE AND NOT SEEMS VERY SMALL TO TO THE GENERAL CITY COUNCIL PERSON, PROBABLY ALONG WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, 12% INCREASE HERE AND 4% INCREASE THERE. BUT THE ISSUE WITH PROPERTY TAX HAS ALWAYS [00:50:06] BEEN QUITE LARGE. WHEN I FIRST RETIRED, I WAS HAVING TO SAVE ABOUT $600 A MONTH JUST TO PAY MY PROPERTY TAX. AND I DON'T LIVE IN A DUMONT DRIVE IS NOT A RIGHT BY COTTONWOOD PARK IS NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL EVEN A MEDIAN PRICED HOME. AND SO THANKS TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT, I THINK THAT HAS DECREASED. BUT EACH YEAR IT THE VALUATION GOES UP. SO YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR INCOME FOR THE CITY GOES UP EVEN WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REMAIN CONSTANT WITH A TAX RATE. AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE VALUATIONS OF HOMES HAVE, HAVE SKYROCKETED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. AND SO TO SAY THAT WE DON'T INCREASE THE RATE AND WE HAVEN'T FOR SO MANY YEA MIGHT BE MATHEMATICALLY TRUE. BUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, THAT IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MANY TIMES. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'D LIKE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND BECAUSE I THINK THE STATEMENT OF NOT INCREASING OUR PROPERTY TAX, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL, SMALL ON YOUR SIDE, SMALL ON MY SIDE, GOES A REALLY LONG WAY TO SHOW THAT THE CITY IS REALLY TRYING TO STOP THE INCREASE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, GETTING MY MONEY. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK AND WOULD LIKE TO JUST HAVE YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER DORAN, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOREEN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, [6. CONSIDER A MAXIMUM OF THREE FINALISTS TO BE INTERVIEWED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2026, TO FILL A VACANCY FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE 3 FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 1, 2027.] WHICH IS TO CONSIDER A MAXIMUM OF THREE FINALISTS TO BE INTERVIEWED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026 TO FILL A VACANCY FOR CITY COUNCIL, PLACE THREE FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 1ST. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY THAT YOU ADOPTED AND THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING THE VACANCY. THIS IS YOUR IMPORTANT NEXT STEP. YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SELECT FROM THE EIGHT APPLICANTS THAT YOU INTERVIEWED, THREE TO MOVE ON, WHICH WILL BE BOTH INTERVIEWED NEXT WEEK. AND THEN YOU'LL FROM THAT, THOSE THREE SELECT A LONE FINALIST, WHICH WILL BE SWORN IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH. AND SO, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR JUST THE DELIBERATION THAT WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER, JUSTICE, MAYOR, AND COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE AND ORDER. I'D MOVE THAT WE MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.074, SECTION ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, FIRST TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS, REVIEW AND DISCUSS APPLICANTS TO FILL THE VACANCY OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE THREE MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS? MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS MOTION. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS OPEN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT AN OPEN PROCESS. GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN OPTION. THE COUNCIL HAS. I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS REQUIRED OR NOT. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IF WE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT, AND I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THAT IN HOPES THAT OTHERS WOULD JOIN ME TO MAKE THIS A PUBLIC DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS VOTING AGAINST AT THIS TIME IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.074, [EXECUTIVE SESSION] ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL MATTERS. REVIEW AND DISCUSS APPLICANTS TO FILL THE VACANCY OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE THREE. THE TIME IS COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION] SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS [00:55:06] 707. WE ARE BACK FROM OUR DELIBERATION JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL. I'LL SHARE THAT. FOR THOSE THAT ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS, BY AND LARGE, WE MADE THE DECISION TO EACH TALK ABOUT THE THREE FINALISTS AND CULMINATE WITH A CONSENSUS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO. I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF LET PEOPLE SPEAK ON, ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OF HOW YOU KIND OF CAME UP WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND YOUR OWN PART OF THE PROCESS. AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO STEPPED UP. OUR COMMUNITY IS GREAT BECAUSE PEOPLE STEP UP AND TO SEE SO MANY APPLICANTS, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE LEFT THE FINAL EIGHT, BUT TO SEE SO MANY APPLICANTS EVEN WANT TO BE A PART AND ADD THEIR FINGERPRINT TO WHAT THIS AMAZING CITY IS DOING IS ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE THIS LIFE OF SERVICE. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU PERSONALLY FROM BEFORE THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SOME OF THE WHAT I CONSIDERED KNOWING MY OWN PERSONAL BACKGROUND, KIND OF WHAT I FELT I BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT KIND OF UNIQUE COMMUNITY SERVICE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF SERVICE. I WASN'T ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION BEFORE JOINING THE CITY COUNCIL. I WAS INVOLVED WITH VARIOUS THINGS PTA, CHURCH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, YMCA, KIND OF THE NON TRADITIONAL PATH TO COUNCIL. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO I GAVE A LOT OF POINTS TO, SOMEBODY WHO OBVIOUSLY WOULD TAKE A, AN APPROACH TO WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT, BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS SHOWN THEIR HEART AND DESIRE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THAT PLAYED A VERY, VERY BIG PART. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT FIT THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT THAT PLAYED TOWARDS MY DECISION WAS THAT DESIRE TO SERVE AND SHOWED THE YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WANT TO I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO. ONE, THANK EVERYONE FOR APPLYING AND STEPPING UP AND TAKING INTEREST IN AND WANTING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE IN THIS SEAT. HONESTLY, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALIZES WHAT IT TAKES TO SIT IN ONE OF THESE SEATS, AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND HOURS AND DEDICATION IT TAKES, AND A LOT OF IT IS JUST DUE DILIGENCE. WHEN YOU GET A A PACKAGE ON TUESDAY, YOU HAVE THE WEEK TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE AND, AND DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND ASK QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE REASONS I'M SAYING THIS IS THE CANDIDATES THAT I, I POTENTIALLY LOOKED AT, I LOOKED AT SOMEONE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, HOW LONG THEY'VE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT WOULD MEAN HOW LONG THEY'VE SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MANY PROGRAMS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT HELPED THEM LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND THE BACKGROUND, AND ALSO LEARN THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. NOW I HAVE TO KNOW ALL OF THEM, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THEM IF POSSIBLE. SO MY DECISIONS WERE BASED ON THOSE AND A FEW OTHERS. I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AGREED WITH ALL THE CONSENSUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL LIKE OUR CONSENSUS IS WE'VE WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE. I THINK EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS DONE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AND FOR THE ONES THAT ARE SELECTED HERE TONIGHT, I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, CONVENING ON WHICH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES WILL SERVE IN THE FUTURE. SO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I MEAN, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT WHAT PROCESS WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER. I NEVER REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT WE DID THIS THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE PUBLIC. MANY OF YOU HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL QUALIFICATION. SO BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO CHOOSE EVENTUALLY WON. AND NOW WE'RE CHOOSING THREE. BUT THIS IS ONLY DONE BY THIS COUNCIL, JUST A FEW PEOPLE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PUBLIC WOULD SUPPORT LIKE THAT SAME, SAME IDEA, SAME THING. SO EVENTUALLY IN THE MAY ELECTION, PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE WHO THEY LIKE MOST. THE PERSON WHO CONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC WILL BE ELECTED, NOT NECESSARILY. WHOEVER WE CHOOSE TODAY WILL BE ELECTED AUTOMATICALLY. SO [01:00:02] THAT'S I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO RUNVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED TODAY IN THE MAY ELECTION, MANY OF YOU HAVE YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPINION, THE SELECTION PROCESS TODAY. SO SEVEN OUT OF FOUR BASICALLY CHOOSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CONSENSUS, WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. SO AND I MENTIONED THE QUALIFICATION THAT I LOOKED, YOU KNOW, IN MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR STEPPING UP APPLYING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THERE ARE PARTS OF BEING ON CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THEY ARE UNTIL YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF IT. AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS IS VERY PERSONAL. AND SO LOOKING AT YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, LISTENING TO PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND RESPECT, WHO HAVE OPINIONS ON IN THIS PROCESS, ON WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS. I THINK BY Y'ALL PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE, YOU GOT A SMALL TASTE OF OF IT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD REALLY BE COMMENDED BECAUSE IT IS VERY COURAGEOUS. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I LOOKED AT CANDIDATES, I LOOKED AT THE THE ANSWERS TO ME THAT BOTH INDICATED A TEMPERAMENT I FEEL LIKE IS WELL SUITED TO SOME OF THOSE MORE PERSONAL CIVIC ATTITUDES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE, BUT ALSO A STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE CURRENT WORKINGS ON CITY COUNCIL, SINCE WE WERE REPLACING SOMEONE REALLY FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A TERM. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ALSO ADD MY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS APPLIED. I THINK COUNCILMAN CORCORAN SAID IT VERY WELL WHEN HE SAID IT'S. YOU DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE AND UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT WE TRY TO FACE UNTIL YOU'RE SITTING ON THIS TABLE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I WAS FULLY PREPARED. NOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH OVER THE EIGHT YEARS. SO WHOEVER ULTIMATELY IS CHOSEN AFTER AFTER THE NEXT WEEKS PROCESS, WHEN WE AS WE NARROW DOWN TO THREE TONIGHT, YOU WILL BE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT MUCH RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO DRINK QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF COMING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK, NOT TO GO TO A FOOTBALL ANALOGY, BUT I HAVE TO. BUT I FROM MY STANDPOINT, ONE OF THE THINGS AND PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH ME, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SEE MY POINT OF VIEW AND THAT THAT'S FINE. BUT EVERY TIME I SIT ON THIS DAIS AND EVERY TIME I RAISE MY HAND EITHER YAY OR NAY, I'M TRULY LOOKING AND DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THIS CITY. IT'S NOT FOR ME. IT'S NOT FOR ONE PARTICULAR GROUP. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE A POLITICAL PARTY BEHIND US. WE ARE VERY MUCH NONPARTISAN. AND SO EVERY TIME I'M HERE, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS THE BEST FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, PEOPLE THAT EVEN IF THEY JUST DRIVE THROUGH HERE, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY. AND SO WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED, THAT WAS MY DUE DILIGENCE. I SPENT QUITE A NUMBER OF HOURS DIGGING AS BEST I COULD TO SEE WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD, THE ONES THAT THAT I WOULD ULTIMATELY, I GUESS WE, HOWEVER WE CALL THAT CAME TO CAME TO A QUORUM ON. WE. I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. IN REVIEWING WOULD DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY, NOT NOT FOR ANY PARTICULAR GROUP, ANY PARTICULAR PERSON, ANY PARTICULAR SIDE, BUT WHAT'S BEST FOR EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR CITY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE, WHERE I PUT MY, IF YOU WILL, MY, MY THOUGHTS BEHIND THE PEOPLE THAT I SUPPORTED. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND BE PREPARED. WHOEVER IS ULTIMATELY CHOSEN, YOU WILL GET SLINGS, YOU WILL GET ARROWS, YOU WILL GET TOLD THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? OR WHAT WERE YOU NOT THINKING, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. AND SO JUST BE READY BECAUSE THE RIDE WILL START. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU MAYOR, I'LL ECHO ALL THE SENTIMENTS. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE. THE FIRST TIME I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 2009, I DIDN'T WIN. SO, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS AND I SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE. SO I SAY THAT TO SAY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO [01:05:01] PLEASE STAY INVOLVED. DON'T SORT OF TAKE THE DECISION TONIGHT TO BE SOMETHING THAT DISCOURAGES YOU FROM, FROM BEING IN THE INVOLVED IN THE CITY. COME GET ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT DID FOR ME WHEN I RAN. I PUT MY IT GOT MY FOOT IN THE DOOR. I MET PEOPLE I GOT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT WAY. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THAT. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT. AS FAR AS MY PROCESS WAS CONCERNED, IN ADDITION TO WATCHING THEM LIVE, I WATCHED ALL THE INTERVIEWS THROUGH FULLY A SECOND TIME, STARTED NARROWING IT DOWN IN MY HEAD BASED ON WHAT I'D SEEN AND WHAT I HAD RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THEN WATCHED THEM A THIRD TIME TO MAKE SURE I REALLY UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT BUBBLED UP. AND WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME IS A THEME THAT SEVERAL OF THE CANDIDATES TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WAS READINESS, BEING READY ON DAY ONE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT IS GUIDING MY DECISION TONIGHT IS THOSE THAT I THINK ARE TRULY PREPARED TO. THE MAYOR PRO TEM POINT, EVEN THOUGH THE SECOND TIME I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I HAD DONE ALL THE THINGS, IT'S STILL DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE. YOU THINK YOU KNOW A LOT, BUT YOU DON'T. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT GIVES YOU A BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, SORT OF REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. SO, MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. WONDERFUL. I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS PROCESS STARTED. I I'LL START START BY SAYING I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PROCESS THAT TO DATE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ANY TIME THERE'S EVER BEEN A REPLACEMENT OR A POSITION BEING FILLED, THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST TRANSPARENT PROCESS WE'VE EVER HAD. AND SO I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, AGREEING TO A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. AND YES, WE JUST WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I RECOGNIZED THAT FOR SOME THAT MAY NOT FEEL SO TRANSPARENT. BUT AGAIN, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, I'M GOING TO TAKE INCREMENTAL GAINS AND I'M GOING TO CONSIDER THEM BIG VICTORIES FOR US FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WHEN THERE WAS THE DESIRE TO TO MOVE ON AND TO RESIGN FROM COUNCIL. I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE THREE? DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE FOUR? DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE FIVE? I HOPED THAT THERE WOULD BE FIVE OR MORE. I DREAMED THAT THERE MIGHT BE EIGHT. BUT THE FACT THAT WE ENDED UP WITH 13 JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE HAVE, AND TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY COULD BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, FOR THAT, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR EACH OF THE 13. I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU STEPPED FORWARD, THAT YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. I HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS FINAL EIGHT, I, I DO WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW MORE, BUT THE FINAL EIGHT THAT WE INTERVIEWED, THIS WILL COME OFF A LITTLE BIT CONTROVERSIALLY, I THINK I HAVE SAID A FEW TIMES, SO IT'LL PROBABLY GET BACK TO ALL OF US ANYWAY THAT SEVEN OF THOSE EIGHT COULD FILL ALL SEVEN OF THESE POSITIONS, AND THE CITY WOULD BE JUST FINE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN. THAT IS THE CALIBER, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, OF THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED AND DEFINITELY OF THE PEOPLE THAT INTERVIEWED, WE WOULD STILL BE A GREAT CITY WITH SEVEN OUT OF THOSE EIGHT PEOPLE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE NOT ONLY GOT THE QUANTITY, BUT WE GOT THE QUALITY THAT WE ENDED UP GETTING, AND I'M GOING TO BE HONORED TO SERVE WITH, OBVIOUSLY, ANYONE WHO WE END UP BEING ABLE TO SELECT IN THIS PROCESS. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS ITSELF, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT I FELT LIKE COULD BE FLEXIBLE, COULD BE FUTURE LOOKING, AND COULD ULTIMATELY HELP OUR CITY CONTINUE TO BE THE, THE CITY THAT LEADS WHEN IT COMES TO INNOVATION IN THE CITY THAT LEADS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS REGION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY CHOICES AND MY ANALYSIS REALLY BOILED DOWN TO TO THOSE FACTORS. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TAKE A MOTION. AND I THINK THERE IS ONE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ADVANCE THREE FINALISTS TO BE INTERVIEWED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026, AND IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. THOSE THREE CANDIDATES ARE DANIEL BURDETTE, JEFF DAVIS, AND JORDAN NARET, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT THIS TIME. WE [7. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] CAN REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE WE'VE SEEN [01:10:01] EACH OTHER, SO I WONDER IF ANYTHING INTERESTING HAS HAPPENED. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. I'LL JUST KICK US OFF WITH WITH ONE. CONGRATULATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FORMER MAYOR STEVE MITCHELL ON ALSO BEING A LONE CANDIDATE FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. REALLY COOL THAT RICHARDSON JUST HAS SO MUCH REPRESENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY, THE WIDER NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY, AND JUST THANK HIM FOR PUTTING HIS HAT OUT THERE. LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO HIM A LOT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, BUT I WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE RAY NOAH ON RECEIVING THE KEY TO THE CITY. I'LL I'LL LEAVE. LEAVE IT TO FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY NICE EVENT. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM. I THOUGHT THE CELEBRATION WAS VERY NICE, VERY RESPECTFUL, VERY PROPER. AND I THINK AT LEAST IN MY EYES, IT WAS EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AND THEN SOME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT. IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT. AND I REALLY I POSTED ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT TO, TO BE ABLE TO STAND THERE WITH RAY NOAH, 55 YEARS AFTER HE SERVED IN THE POST AS PRESIDENT OF COG. I NOW SERVE IN THAT POST. AND WE'VE HAD TWO PRESIDENTS IN BETWEEN, FOUR OF US IN THE 60 YEAR HISTORY OF THAT ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER ONE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. SO ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT PICTURE WITH HIM AND SHARE THAT HISTORY AND BE ABLE TO THANK HIM FOR PAVING THAT PATH AND REPRESENTING US WELL IN THE REGION. TO COUNCILMAN KAUFMAN'S POINT. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE JUDGE NOAH. MAYOR NOAH, IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT I MADE SURE THAT I FLY BACK ON TIME 10,000 MILE, 26 HOUR FLIGHT JUST TO JUST TO ATTEND THAT THING THAT DAY. SO. AND I WAS HONORED TO DO SO. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. I WAS JUST GOING TO WAIT TO SEE IF ONE OF Y'ALL MENTIONED THIS ONE, BUT IT WAS AWESOME FOR A COUPLE OF US. MAYOR, YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE TO GO TO THE NORTH TEXAS DISABILITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON AS WELL. JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE HOW DYLAN RAFFERTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GROW THAT ORGANIZATION SINCE AT LEAST SINCE I MET HIM. IT'S A LOT BIGGER NOW AND DOING A LOT MORE, AND IT'S JUST REALLY NEAT. YEAH, I'LL PIGGYBACK STARTING THERE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO THANK YOU, MISTER MAGNER, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE AT THE START OF THAT KIND OF NORTH TEXAS DISABILITY EFFORT. WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT TO, TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS AN ORGANIZATION. I THINK IT IS SHOULD BE A POINT OF PRIDE FOR ALL OF US. THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE IN THAT ORGANIZATION AND COMMITMENT WE'VE HAD THERE. AND IT WAS VERY COOL TO SEE THAT EVENT THAT A FEW WEEKS BACK OR A COUPLE WEEKS BACK, IT FEELS LIKE AND DEFINITELY THE KEY TO THE CITY. GOSH, NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO CONTRIBUTED TO WHICH PART OF THE KEY TO THE CITY SINCE WE SLICED AND DICED THAT ABOUT A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT I THINK EVERYONE HAD THEIR HAND ON WHAT THE KEY LOOKED LIKE. AND THE ENTIRE AWARD REALLY A SPECIAL, A A SPECIAL AWARD, AND WELL DONE BY STAFF EXECUTING ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE HAD, BUT ALSO JUST A MAJOR THANK YOU TO RICHARDSON ROTARY FOR COMING OUT AND SPONSORING THAT. I THOUGHT FOR THE FIRST KEY TO THE CITY IN THIS ITERATION, IT WAS REALLY A A WONDERFUL EVENT AND JUST SO WELL ATTENDED BY, BY RESTS AND PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO REALLY CELEBRATE MAYOR NOAH. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, JUST EXCITED ABOUT HOW WELL WE DID THAT AND, AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT WENT WITH IT. SO THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLY BUSY THREE WEEKS. BUT I DON'T I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST. IT'LL, IT'LL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. SO FOR NOW, WHAT I'LL DO IS SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING OUT WITH US AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:26 * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.