[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]
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IT IS OFFICIALLY 6:00 PM ON MARCH 25TH, 2025 TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PRAYER, GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO BE IN SERVICE TO THAT COMMUNITY.
OPEN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS WHEN WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR CONSCIENCE, WE HAVE A CLEAR HEART, AND WE KNOW THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE WILL INFLUENCE THOSE AROUND US.
WHEN WE HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF, OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AT HEART.
JUST GUIDE US, BE WITH US, BE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AS THEY PREPARE THIS WEEK FOR COMPETITIONS.
AND JUST BE WITH OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, LORD, JUST SO THANKFUL TO WHERE WE GET TO LIVE AND, AND PLAY AND SERVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS SO WONDERFUL.
YOUR PRECIOUS SON'S NAME, WE PRAY.
DID YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THEN THE PLEDGE OF THIS TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE 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.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I'D PLEDGE P JESUS TO BE TEXAS.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THIS EVENING? NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP ON LIST, BUT I WANT TO GIVE SOMEONE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANNA COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
UM, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD TO SIGN UP OR THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THEY WANNA SPEAK NOW THEY CAN.
IF NOT FOREVER, HOLD YOUR PEACE.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed below within the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and may be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item may be moved to the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence.]
TO CONSENT.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE COUNCIL OR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FROM FOUR A THROUGH FOUR F? NOPE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA? AND THEN A SECOND, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A PRESENTED.
[A. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R19; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOERNE ADOPTING A PROCUREMENT POLICY TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.]
[B. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R20; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE PURCHASE CARD (P-CARD) POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, EFFICIENCY, AND FRAUD PREVENTION.]
OF HOUSEKEEPING HERE 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE JUDGE.SO INSTEAD OF MOVING INTO FIVE A, WE'RE GONNA ROLL INTO SIX A 20 25 0 6 2.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 R 19, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BURN, ADOPTING A PROCUREMENT POLICY TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO GONNA DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM SIX B 20 25 0 6 6, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 R 20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE PURCHASE CARD, PCARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT EFFICIENCY AND FRAUD PREVENTION.
THIS EVENING WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS TWO RELATED POLICIES.
THE FIRST IS A OVERALL STANDALONE PROCUREMENT POLICY, AND THE SECOND IS A PURCHASE CARD POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL.
THEY ARE BOTH AIMED AT MODERNIZING OUR PURCHASING PRACTICES AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING FISCAL OVERSIGHT.
THESE TWO POLICIES, OF COURSE, ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP, SPECIFICALLY FISCAL EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDING STREAMLINE INEFFICIENT PROCESSES.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO PART OF A LARGER INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE MORE EFFICIENT OUR OVERALL PROCURE TO PAY PROCESS.
SO WHENEVER YOU'RE ADOPTING A NEW POLICY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? YOU DON'T WANNA PUT IN PLACE RULES AND POLICIES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PUTTING IN PLACE RULES AND POLICIES, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND BY ADOPTING THESE POLICIES, WHAT MAY BE CHANGING AND ALSO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE BIGGER STEPS AND NEXT STEPS AND HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE? AND SO WE WILL TALK THROUGH AND ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
SO FIRST OFF, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? FIRST OF ALL, IT IS PART OF A LARGER, UM, IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE OR P TWO P PROCESS.
WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PAYMENT PROCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TO YOU ALL AT A FUTURE DATE TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE REALLY EXCITING INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE.
THESE POLICIES TONIGHT, UM, ADDRESS THE NAVY BLUE BUBBLES ON THE PROCURE TO PAY CYCLE, WHICH IS THE PROCUREMENT PART OF THE CYCLE.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR US TO REALLY MODERNIZE AND MAKE EFFICIENT OUR PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO MEANINGFUL REVISIONS TO THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE PROCUREMENT POLICY WITHIN IT WITHIN THE LAST DECADE.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT THAT HAS CHANGED.
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THINK BACK TO COID, HOW WE ALL HAVE CHANGED.PURCHASING HAS JUST CHANGED DRAMATICALLY EVEN WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY QUARTER WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT SALES TAX, HOW THERE'S JUST THIS HUGE SHIFT TO ONLINE PURCHASING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE PURCHASING ONLINE, GENERALLY YOU NEED SOME SORT OF A CARD TO PAY WITH.
ADDITIONALLY, JUST IN GENERAL, THIS ON DEMAND AVAILABILITY OF WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THINGS AND YOU GET 'EM RIGHT AWAY AND IT'S FREE SHIPPING.
AND SO THE VOLUME OF, OF PURCHASES HAS INCREASED BECAUSE WE'RE ORDERING ON DEMAND AS WE NEED IT INSTEAD OF MAYBE ORDERING IN BULK BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER CHEAPER TO DO.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY GET A DISCOUNT TO DO SO.
SO WITH THIS, WE, IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE TO EMPOWER OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THOSE SMALLER DOLLAR PURCHASES, MEANING DECENTRALIZE THE SMALLER DOLLAR PURCHASES OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
BUT WITH THAT SHIFT AND INCREASE IN RESPONSIBILITY REALLY DOES COME THE NEED FOR STRONGER GUIDANCE AND OVERSIGHT.
SO FROM A LEGAL CONTEXT, PURCHASES OVER $50,000 WE KNOW ARE VERY HIGHLY PRESCRIBED UNDER THE LAW, AND WE ALREADY COMPLY WITH ALL THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, PURCHASES UNDER 50,000 ARE MUCH LESS REGULATED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY A DETAILED POLICY IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PURCHASES.
UNDER 50,000 SPECIFICALLY, THE MOST MEANINGFUL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES UNDER 50,000 ARE PURCHASES OVER 3000 REQUIRE THAT YOU PERFORM WHAT'S CALLED A HUB SEARCH FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO PROCURE SOMETHING AND THERE'S A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT PROVIDES THAT SERVICE OR THING, THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO AT LEAST SOLICIT THEM FOR A QUOTE OR A BID.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, GUIDANCE ON PURCHASES UNDER 50,000.
SO WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT POLICIES AND WHAT WOULD BE CHANGING FROM OUR CURRENT POLICIES? PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW IS GOVERNED UNDER BOTH THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND OUR BERNIE FISCAL AND BUDGET POLICY, WHICH WE CALL OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.
THE HOME RULE CHARTER GIVES THE CITY MANAGER EXPRESSED AUTHORITY TO PROCURE ITEMS LESS THAN $50,000 THAT ARE BUDGETED.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
THIS POLICY SIMPLY CLARIFIES HOW THAT AUTHORITY IS DELEGATED AND DOCUMENTED.
SO THE BULK OF OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE FISCAL AND BUDGET POLICY.
AND SO WHAT WOULD BE CHANGING FROM THAT? UM, ONE, THE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE HUB SEARCH WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION EARLIER THAT $3,000 THRESHOLD IS WE'RE LOOKING TO RAISE THE PURCHASE ORDER THRESHOLD FROM 2000 TO 3000, NOT ONLY TO ALIGN WITH THAT HUB LAW, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE, THE CURRENT PROCUREMENT POLICY ITSELF STATES THAT PURCHASES OVER 3000 REQUIRE THREE QUOTES.
SO THAT HAS ALWAYS CREATED CONFUSION AMONG STAFF.
I HAVE TO INPUT A PURCHASE ORDER, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN THREE QUOTES.
WHICH ONE'S 2000, WHICH ONE'S 3000? WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT 3000 STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IT'S EASY TO IMPLEMENT WITH SYSTEMS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN AUTHORITY MATRIX THAT'S GONNA DEFINE APPROVAL LEVELS BY TITLE AND DEPARTMENT.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE CURRENT TABLE THAT'S WITHIN THE POLICY ITSELF IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING.
UM, THE WORD SUPERVISOR ISN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT ALSO THAT SOMETIMES BECOMES CONFUSING DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, OH, I'M A SUPERVISOR, DOES THIS MEAN I CAN DO THIS? WELL, THAT'S NOT THE SAME LEVEL AS A PERSON OVER HERE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE POLICY ITSELF STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN PURCHASE BUDGETED ITEMS UNDER 50,000.
BUT THE LITTLE TABLE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOTTA GET FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE'S APPROVALS BEFORE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT WAS CONFUSING WITHIN ITSELF.
SO THIS DEFINES THE APPROVAL LEVELS BY TITLE AND DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN ONE, ONE THING THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO ADD AND WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL IS WE ARE ALLOWED TO ADD A LOCAL VENDOR PREFERENCE FOR PURCHASES UNDER 50,000, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO SELECT A BUSINESS WHOSE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IF THEIR BIDDER QUOTE IS WITHIN 3% OF THE LOWEST BID RECEIVED.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT STILL FOR A GOOD PRICE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE CLARIFYING OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AROUND THE HUB SEARCH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE CARD POLICY.
UM, THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS POLICY ARE TO DECENTRALIZED THOSE SMALL DOLLAR PURCHASES UNDER 3000 WHILE MAINTAINING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PUTTING IN PLACE FRAUD PREVENTION.
IT'S GONNA REDUCE CHECK REQUESTS, PETTY CASH USE AND OTHER EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT RE REQUESTS.
BUT ALSO THIS POLICY IS GONNA SET A REALLY STRONG, UM, OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL STRUCTURE.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT IF ADOPTED? WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THIS DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT ON A ROLLOUT OVER THE NEXT
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FEW MONTHS WITH INTENSE TRAINING.WE'LL BRING FORWARD IT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE TARGETING APRIL 8TH TO BRING FORWARD THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE SECTIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT POLICY ALIGN WITH THESE NEW POLICIES THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING FORWARD PHASE TWO OF THE PROCUREMENT POLICY FOR PURCHASES OVER 50,000 LATER ON.
SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL, MIKE LUSO.
UM, THE 3%, UH, FOR LOCAL, WHAT, HOW, HOW DO YOU DEFINE HOW, WHAT ARE THE RULES TO DEFINE A HUB? I MEAN, IS IT SOMEBODY THAT WE DON'T USE AS A CITY OR IS IT SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT GETTING BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT? I MEAN, OH, IT IS, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE POTENTIALLY.
UM, OKAY, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS.
SO TO QUALIFY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS HAS TO GO AND, UM, ASK TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THOSE.
AND I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE STATE COMPTROLLER KEEPS A LIST FOR US.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO PERFORM A SEARCH BY OUR COUNTY.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY ONLY THREE OR FOUR WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THOSE THREE OR FOUR, WE KNOW WHAT THEY OFFER.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE DOING THE SEARCH AND WE HAVE TO BE WATCHING THAT LIST.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX A? SURE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 19, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BERNIE ADOPTING A PROCUREMENT POLICY TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.
CAN I GET A MOTION AND A, UH, YEAH, MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNSEL FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX B.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT YET, DID WE? WE JUST DID TALK ABOUT SIX B.
WELL, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
OH, IS THIS ESSENTIALLY A, UH, DEBIT CARD? IT'S IT'S A CREDIT CARD.
BUT I MEAN, IS IT A UNIFIED ACCOUNT OR IT DOES EACH DEPARTMENT HAVE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS? IT IS A CITY LEVEL ACCOUNT AND THEN THE MATRIX OF AUTHORITY DEFINES WHICH, UM, WHICH POSITIONS ARE, ARE OKAY TO HAVE CARDS, ESSENTIALLY.
I JUST WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING A DEBIT CARD BECAUSE THAT YOU DON'T WANT NO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT A DEBIT CARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? HOPEFULLY GET SOME GOOD POINTS FROM IT.
ALRIGHT, NOW CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX B? COUNCILMAN SCOTT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 R 20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE PURCHASING CARD, PCARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES MAILED TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT EFFICIENCY AND FRAUD PROTECTION PREVENTION.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.
AND AGENDA ITEM SIX B PASSES BY ZERO.
WE'RE CALLING YOU BACK UP HERE AND JUST, WELL, NEVERMIND.
[A. PRESENTATION BY JUDGE ED PHILLIPS REGARDING THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM AND COURT OPERATIONS AND RECOGNIZING CLAUDIA LEMON FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING BACK UP TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES.UH, 20 25 0 DASH 0 6 7 PRESENTATION BY JUDGE ED PHILLIPS REGARDING THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM, COURT OPERATIONS, AND RECOGNIZING CLAUDIA LEMON FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
PRESENTING AT BEGINNING, UH, SARAH.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE, UM, ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE CLAUDIA LEMON, WHO AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE IN MAY.
WE'RE HAPPY FOR HER, BUT WE'RE VERY SAD.
UM, SHE IS DISTINGUISHED AS A COURT ADMINISTRATOR.
SHE IS WIDELY REGARDED ACROSS THE STATE AS THE FOREMOST EXPERT IN MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS.
SHE IS SOMEONE THAT OTHER CITIES CALL AND LOOK TO WHENEVER THEY NEED GUIDANCE ON NEW LAW CHANGES OR PROCEDURAL CHANGES.
SHE HOLDS THE HIGHEST LEVEL CERTIFICATIONS IN HER FIELD, AND SHE HAS LED HER COURT TO UNMATCHED LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY WITH OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAR RATES ON MOST CASES, ON BOTH CASES AND WARRANTS BEYOND HER EXPERTISE.
CLAUDIA'S KNOWN FOR HER COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
SHE HAS BUILT A CULTURE OF EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER
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SERVICE THAT TREATS EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITH RESPECT, EMPATHY, AND FAIRNESS.CLAUDIA HAS NOT ONLY SHAPED THE SUCCESS OF OUR COURT, BUT ALSO MENTORED OTHERS AND ELEVATED OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
HER LEGACY IS ONE OF INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, AND HEART, AND SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.
SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, CLAUDIA, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD.
YOU HEY, SARAH, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE GET A PICTURE AFTER THE PRESENTATION? WE'LL ASK THE WHOLE STAFF TO COME UP HERE.
OKAY, THAT SOUNDS, THAT SOUNDS PERFECT.
WITH THAT, I AM ABOUT TO TURN IT OVER TO JUDGE PHILLIPS, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID CELEBRATE HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY NOT TOO LONG AGO.
JUST SAY NEXT TO, UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TO FILL THIS SLOT.
UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE.
30 YEARS WE'VE BEEN IN THREE OR FOUR BUILDINGS.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, GOLLY, JUST BEEN, BEEN AWESOME.
UH, HONORED TO BE YOUR JUDGE FOR 30 YEARS.
SO ANYWAY, LET'S GO ON WITH THE PROGRAM.
UH, UM, I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, CASELOAD STATISTICS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, SCREEN BEFORE YOU, UH, WE PROCESSED OVER 3000 CASES LAST YEAR.
UH, WE'RE ON THE, I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE UP 37% ON THE CASES PROCESS FOR 2025, UM, INCLUDING, UM, UH, THOSE CASES INVOLVING JUVENILES.
NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT JUVENILES IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A PARTICULAR NOTE OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN NO INSURANCE AND NO DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THAT HAS BECOME A REAL PROBLEM HERE, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT IN ALL THE OTHER TWO CITIES, WHICH I SERVE AS THE JUDGE.
UH, SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND SO THAT HAS BECOME A, A REAL ISSUE, UH, FOR THE COURT AND ALSO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MOST CITATIONS ARE ISSUED, ISSUED FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION.
BUT AGAIN, NO INSURANCE AND DRIVER'S LICENSE COME IN AT CLOSE.
UH, CLOSE SECOND, UM, REVENUE FOR THE CITY, UH, FOR 2024 WAS, UH, 3000, UH, 53, 300,000, $57 AND 8 8 350 $7,870.
AND THE STATE RECEIVED 139,000 $154.
UH, THOSE COURT COSTS VARY BETWEEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF CASE IT IS, WHETHER IT'S A STATE COURT CASE, WHETHER IT'S A TRAFFIC CASE, WHETHER IT'S A, UH, PENAL CODE CASE, OR WHETHER IT'S AN ORDINANCE CASE.
AND MS. LEMON, SHE IS SO INVALUABLE.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SAY SO, BUT I'M REALLY GONNA MISS HER
UH, PLUS I'M GONNA MISS HER FROM KICKING ME UNDER THE TABLE, UNDER THE BENCH WHEN SHE THINKS I'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG,
SO NEXT, UM, LOOK AT THE OFFENSES FILE FOR JUVENILE, UH, JUVENILE CASES.
IN 2017, WE ONLY HAD, UH, I THINK 17 CASES AT THAT TIME.
SO THE, THE JUVENILE CASE LOAD HAS INCREASED, BUT IT'S NOT NEAR WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, UH, HAVE.
UH, THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF DISPOSING OF JUVENILE CASES.
KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 16, UH, DEALING WITH NON-TRAFFIC OFFENSES, FOR INSTANCE, UH, POSSESSION NON, UH, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
KIDS JUST SEEM TO WANT TO VAPE AND ASK 'EM WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND THEY SAY, WELL, MY FRIENDS ARE DOING IT.
AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THEY VAPE.
UH, THE DIVERSION PROGRAM, UH, PROVIDES FOR EDUCATION, UH, THROUGH PROGRAMS AND ALSO COMMUNITY SERVICE.
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THEY DID NOT HAVE TO ENTER A PLEA OF GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.INSTEAD, THEY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COURT TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS INCLUDING, UH, UH, ATTENDING THE CLASSES THAT ARE ORDERED.
AND ALSO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SOME CASES, UH, THEY LIKE FOR ALCOHOL OFFENSES.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO ATTEND AN ALCOHOL AWARENESS CLASS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW ANYWAY, AND, UM, AND DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
SO, UM, WE FOCUS ON REHABILITATION RATHER THAN PUNISHMENT.
GIVE KIDS A CHANCE TO, TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
AND IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW OFTEN THE KIDS MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
AND I SEE 'EM, UM, I'VE SEEN SOME KIDS, ONE CHILD I SAW YEARS AGO, LIKE 12 TIMES BEFORE HE TURNED 16, AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD, UH, UH, CITY ORDINANCES DEALING WITH, UH, TOBACCO CASES.
AND HE PAID THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY.
I THINK HE, HE PROBABLY PAID PROBABLY $2,500 BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T CORRECT WHAT HE WAS DOING.
SO, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHART THAT, UH, THE VAPING CASES ARE THE, ARE THE MOST, UH, PROMINENT IN THAT, UM, FOR THE JUVENILES, UM, DIVERSION.
UH, THIS YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM IS MANDATORY.
UH, WE CAN ONLY DO IT EVERY THREE, OR THE CHILD CAN ONLY DO IT EVERY 365 DAYS.
THEY CANNOT HAVE DONE ONE, UH, WITH AN UNSUCCESSFUL DIVERSION.
UH, NO PROS, THE PROSECUTOR CANNOT OBJECT.
IF HE OBJECTS, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM, AND WE WILL PUT HIM BACK IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, UH, FOR A HEARING BEFORE THE COURT, UH, TO DEAL WITH, WITH THAT.
NOW, THE ONE THING ABOUT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IS BOTH THE CHILD AND THE PARENT HAVE TO AGREE TO THE, TO THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CHILD AGREEING, IT'S THE PARENT AGREEING TO FOSTER THE CHILD.
UH, THIS IS MEANT TO CREATE A CLOSER BOND BETWEEN THE PARENT AND THE CHILD.
AND A WHILE THERE USED TO BE FINES AND COURT COST ASSESSED.
UH, THE ONLY FEE THAT WE CAN CHARGE, IF THE PARENT CAN PAY IT, THE PARENT PAYS IT, NOT THE CHILD IS A $50 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
IF THEY CAN'T PAY IT, THEN WE DON'T COLLECT IT.
UH, IF THEY'RE INDIGENT, UH, JUST SAY, I JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, THEN WE DON'T COLLECT THAT FEE.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM IF IT WORKS.
AND I THINK THIS AROSE OUT OF CASES OUT OF DALLAS, UH, THROUGH A, THROUGH A CONGRESSMAN UP, UH, UP IN THAT, UH, AREA OF THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE HAD MAYBE, WHAT, FIVE, FIVE DIVERSION CASES SO FAR.
EIGHT, UH, EIGHT NOW, UH, EIGHT DIVERSION CASES.
MOST OF THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE, I SAY CHILD THAT'S 10 TO 16, THEY'RE JUVENILES.
UH, WHEN THEY TURN 17, THEY'RE CONSIDERED AN ADULT.
AND THESE DO NOT APPLY TO CASES THAT INVOLVE TRAFFIC OFFENSES.
IT'S JUST THE PDPS, THE UHS, THE MICS, THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT, THE, THE, THE FIGHTING, THE RECKLESS CONDUCT, THE GRAFFITI, THOSE TYPES OF CASES.
SO THE TRAFFIC CASES REMAIN THE SAME.
SO, UH, WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? OH, ME? NOPE.
SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO, JUDGE.
SO IF SOMEONE'S IN THE DIVERSION PROCESS, RIGHT, AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER INCIDENT, DO, DO THEY, DO THEY STILL NEED TO COMPLETE THAT DIVERSION PROCESS? OR IF THEY FAILED TO DELETE THAT, DO THEY GO BACK TO THE COURT IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM? I'VE GOT SEVERAL CHOICES.
I CAN EITHER EXTEND THE DEFERRAL, UH, THE DIVERSION, UH, PERIOD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO COMPLETE THE DEFERRAL.
I KEEP GETTING MIXED UP WITH DEFERRAL AND DIVERSION
UH, SO WE CAN COM EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AND THEN IF THEY JUST DON'T COMPLETE IT, UH, I CAN EITHER, IF THEY DON'T EITHER DO THE ALCOHOL AWARENESS OR WHATEVER THE CLASS IS, OR DO THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, I CAN TERMINATE THEM FINDING THAT THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED.
AND THAT'S A, A VERY, UH, VAGUE TERM, SEE THAT THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED WITH THE TERMS OF, OF THE DIVERSION.
SO THE WHOLE PROCESS IS, IS TRIGGERED TOWARD GETTING, UH, PREVENT REC
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RECIDIVISM BY THESE KIDS.UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY THAT SHOW UP TIME AFTER TIME, NOT NEAR AS MANY AS WE DID YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, WE STILL HAVE 'EM.
AND SO THE WHOLE WHOLE THING IS TO ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND TO ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
THEN I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO A PHOTO OFF.
ARE WE NOT CHRIS, WITH CLAUDIA? MY OTHER QUESTION IS FOR CLAUDIA.
CLAUDIA, DID YOU TRAIN YOUR REPLACEMENT REALLY WELL?
SHE'S GOING TO AN INTERVIEW FOR THE POSITION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE GET, WE'RE REPLACING WHAT WE GOT WITH WHAT WE GOT.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF MORE WORDS.
UM, THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE COURT DOESN'T OPERATE WITHOUT GREAT COURT CLERKS STARTING WITH SARAH WHITE 30 YEARS AGO.
AND THEN HAVING CLAUDIA, WHO IS JUST, UH, THE BEST OF THE BEST WITH, UH, JENNIFER AND BARBARA, THEY, THEY OPERATE JUST AS A, JUST AS THEY SMOOTH RUNNING MACHINE, THEY JUST DO EVERYTHING.
I, AS I COULD, I, I JUST GET TO COME IN AND WEAR THE DRESS A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH,
AND, BUT THEY DO ALL THE WORK AND I'M BLESSED TO HAVE THEM.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. BOWMAN FOR INITIALLY CONTACTING ME, UH, FOR MAYOR HEATH.
FOR MAYOR SCHULTZ FOR MAYOR, UH, HECKLER, FOR MAYOR HENDRON, AND ALSO YOU MAYOR RICHARD, AND ALL OF YOUR CITY COUNCILS WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER.
AND MR. THATCHER AND SARAH, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU SARAH? I'M, I'M BEHIND YOU.
MAY MAYOR, CAN I JUST ADD YES, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO JUDGE PHILLIPS AND FOR CLAUDIA, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MANAGING SEVERAL MUNICIPAL COURTS AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN HAVE RISK AND ISSUES.
AND IT'S BEEN A NICE FIVE YEARS, UH, WORKING WITH BOTH OF THEM AND, UH, AND THEIR TEAM.
AND SO WE DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE'RE, WE ARE SAD, BUT WE ARE, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
PICTURE TIME, PICTURE PICTURE.
EVERYBODY IN MY FRONT ROW, SHI A PERFECT ONE.
TWO, AGAIN, MUCH APPRECIATION.
[A. COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT UPDATE: INTRODUCTION OF BRIA JACKSON, MULTI-MEDIA SPECIALIST AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT.]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITY MANAGED REPORT.BEN, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS OF INTEREST TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE RECORD, SHADROCK JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, SOME NEW EXCITING THINGS THAT HE'S IMPLEMENTED, AND TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A NEW, UH, STAFF MEMBER IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
AS, UH, BEN SAID, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT.
AND THIS MIGHT BE THE LONGEST PART OF THE EVENING.
I'VE TRIED TO TRIM IT, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY STRENGTH.
UM, SO
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I STARTED HERE ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH A FEW OF Y'ALL, UH, WHEN I STARTED AND I WAS JUST KIND OF TOLD, MAKE IT BETTER.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THE IT AND HOW DO I MAKE IT BETTER? UM, AND NOBODY REALLY KNEW.
SO I DO FEEL LIKE THOUGH, IN THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, WE'VE MADE THINGS BETTER.
UH, WE'VE IMPROVED OUR COMMUNICATIONS, OUR OUTREACH, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SET UP TO DO.
AND SO AS WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE ADDING A THIRD STAFF PERSON, WE REALLY WANTED TO BE STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL WITH WHAT SKILLS THAT PERSON NEEDED TO REALLY FULFILL THE OFFICE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WITH WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
SO FROM OCTOBER OF 2024 THROUGH JANUARY OF EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID DO AN ASSESSMENT TO REALLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE
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COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.WHAT, WHAT TOOLS DO WE NEED? WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON? MANY OF Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, AS DID, UH, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THAT.
WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MULTIPLE LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THEY PROVIDED A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND INPUT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY HELPING US CRAFT THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
WHAT DO WE NEED? UM, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY APPLY ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK IMMEDIATELY INTO THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE, UH, HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THEY ALSO SAID, PROVIDE CONSISTENCY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
INCREASE OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND BETTER SUPPORT CROSS DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK BEFORE US AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REAL BENCHMARKS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, MOVING ALONG, WE ALSO HAVE MY BURNING NEWS.
I KNOW THIS WAS A TOPIC AND A CONVERSATION DURING OUR WINTER WORKSHOP.
WE ASKED ABOUT THIS DURING OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY LATE LAST YEAR, AND WE PULLED SOME NUMBERS AND IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS, WE HAD OVER 50,000 PAGE VIEWS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY FROM OVER 36,000 ACTIVE USERS.
AND THAT'S JUST AN EIGHT MONTHS.
UM, MOST OF OUR TRAFFIC IS MOBILE.
A LOT OF US GET OUR INFORMATION, IT'S IN OUR POCKET AND WE PULL OUT OUR PHONE AND WE LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN OUR SITE VISITS ARE 60% ORGANIC SOCIAL REACH.
SO IF THEY SEE A POST OR A LINK ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT IS HOW THEY ARE REACHING MY BURNING NEWS.
UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT DO WE WANT PUT SOME BUDGETARY MONEY BEHIND GOOGLE OR, UM, FACEBOOK ADS TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT REACH? WELL, NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT 'CAUSE WE KNOW KIND OF WHAT FOLKS ARE REALLY WANTING TO READ ABOUT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ACROSS SECTION OF EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAVE REGULAR CITY UPDATES, BREAKING NEWS AND WEATHER UPDATES, STAFF FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS, AND JUST COMMUNITY INTEREST STORIES.
THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT IF WE WEREN'T TELLING YOU.
YOU KNOW, OUR LIBRARY HAS RECORD BREAKING SUMMERS, UH, WITH ATTENDANCE AND, UH, FOLKS COMING IN TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
THEY HAVE TO OFFER THE STAFF PROFILE SHOW SHOWCASING THE GREAT WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES EVERY DAY.
SO BEING ABLE TO JUST BRING THAT TO FOLKS TO LET THEM SEE HOW HARD EVERYBODY WORKS ON THEIR BEHALF EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME I WAS UP HERE PRESENTING ABOUT CBO.
SO THIS IS OUR, UH, AI CHAT ON THE CITI WEBSITE.
AND THIS, SOME OF THE ANALYTICS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
BUT WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED AT NUMBERS FROM ALL OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, AND WE ENGAGED WITH, UH, 1500 MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 2000 TOTAL INTERACTIONS.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ASKED TWO OR THREE PROMPTS.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO THE TOTAL INTERACTIONS.
MAY OF LAST YEAR WAS OUR BUSIEST MONTH WITH OVER NEARLY 250 INQUIRIES.
BUT THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT THEY REALLY TOUT.
AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE PROUDEST OF.
97.9% OF ALL INQUIRIES DO NOT REQUIRE A STAFF INTERACTION.
THE CHAT BOT'S TAKING THE FOLKS TO THE WEBPAGE THEY NEED, IT'S GETTING THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
THEY AT LEAST HAVE AN INITIAL STARTING POINT OF INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE BIG THING THAT WE ARE STRESSING.
AND THIS IS WHAT CHATBOT ADVERTISED, AND THEY'RE DELIVERING ON SOME OF THE DATA FOR 2025.
WE'VE, UH, ENGAGED WITH 411 PEOPLE FOR OVER 500 INTERACTIONS, AND OUR ACTUAL RESPONSE RATE HAS GONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO 98.7 SO FAR THIS YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST REALLY HUGE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING OF THINGS FOR FOLKS, TEXT AND EMAIL UPDATES.
SO, UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TEXT AND EMAIL CAPABILITIES HERE AT THE CITY, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE FACING WAS THAT IT WASN'T AS ROBUST AS WE WANTED IT TO BE.
AND THAT IS AGAIN, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT OFTEN WE ASK IN OUR CITIZEN SURVEY.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY? AND WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU WANT FROM THE CITY? SO BASED OFF THE 2024 COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, 57% WANT EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS AND 45% WENT TEXT NOTIFICATIONS.
THOSE ARE THE TOP TWO IN THE LAST SEVERAL, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE.
SO, UM, WHAT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO LAST YEAR IS ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ON SCENE IF THERE WAS A BETTER PROVIDER OUT THERE.
AND WE DID FIND ONE, IT'S CALLED EVERBRIDGE.
AND SO WE LAUNCHED WITH THEM LAST FALL.
UM, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS, AND THIS IS MY KIND OF CASE SAMPLE, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT.
SO, UM, FROM MARCH 9TH THROUGH THE 12TH, THERE WAS A SMALL WATER ISSUE, UH, ALONG ADLER ROAD RIGHT THERE BY CARRINGTON.
SO IT STARTED ON SUNDAY EVENING, A HYDRANT HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND OUR UTILITY CREWS HAD TO GO OUT THERE TO REPAIR IT.
WELL, THAT ALSO REQUIRED SHUTTING OFF THE WATER IN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UH, DIRECTOR MANN WAS ABLE TO CALL ME AND I WAS ABLE TO, AT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK,
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SEND OUT THE FIRST TEXT AND EMAIL TO RESIDENTS, UM, SAYING, HEY, WATER'S BEING SHUT OFF WHILE WE MAKE REPAIRS.WHAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS TOOL IS IN TOTAL, YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE FIVE, UH, TOTAL CORRESPONDENCE.
THAT EVENING ALONE, WE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UPS, AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT FROM MY PHONE AT THE SCENE.
SO I WAS OUT THERE WITH THE UTILITY CREWS OUT THERE WITH DIRECTOR MANN, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY SHOW FOLKS WHAT'S GOING ON.
I CAN ATTACH A PHOTO SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE UTILITY CREWS DOING THEIR JOB RIGHT THERE, UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAKING EFFORTS TO GET WATER RESTORED.
SO THE THIRD NOTIFICATION THAT NIGHT WAS, WAS, HEY, WE'VE MADE SOME TEMPORARY FIXES AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A PERMANENT FIX.
UM, IN TOTAL, WE REACHED OUT TO 107 CONTACTS FOR, FOR ABOUT 52 CUSTOMERS IN THAT AREA.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS REACHING PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOTH THEIR EMAIL AND A CELL PHONE OR PHONE NUMBER REGISTERED WITH OUR ACCOUNTS.
SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE MAYBE YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL FIRST OR YOU CHECK YOUR CELL PHONE FIRST, WHICHEVER ONE IT MIGHT BE.
UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, I THINK COMPARED TO SEVERAL PAST, UM, INCIDENCES OF UTILITY OUTAGES, SMALL OR BIG.
UM, WE ONLY HAD ONE PHONE CALL ON WEDNESDAY, UH, WHEN THEY HAD TO GO BACK FOR THE FINAL REPAIR.
WE SENT TWO FOLLOW UPS LETTING FOLKS KNOW, WE THINK IT WAS ONE PERSON WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY CONTACT, UM, OF NOTIFICATION.
AND SO ONCE THEY GOT THE INFORMATION THAT, HEY, IT'S A A TEMPORARY OUTAGE WHILE THEY MAKE A REPAIR, THEY WERE GREAT, BUT THERE WERE NO EMAILS ON SUNDAY.
THERE WERE NO MISSED CALLS ON SUNDAY.
THERE WERE NO SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES INTO THE UTILITIES OR THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THE FOLKS WHO NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT NIGHT KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO THIS TOOL HAS PROVEN VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US MOVING ALONG.
THIS IS ANOTHER FUN PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'D EVER HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF BERNIE.
IT IS IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS OF HOW IT IS YOU WOULD CREATE AND MAKE A FLAG, UH, BY TODAY'S STANDARDS GONE, OR THE DAYS OF IF YOU HAD A CITY SEAL WITH A TRAIN AND A AXLE AND A HAMMER, YOU, IT'S A LOT LESS OF THE LITERAL IMAGERY AND IT'S MUCH MORE INTENTIONAL SYMBOLISM THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE.
SO WITH THIS ONE, WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY THE CITY LOGO, AND THEN WE'VE GOT UNDERNEATH IT, THE HILLS.
THOSE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HILLS AND THE FLOWING NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT REPRESENT THE DYNAMIC MOVEMENT OF OUR VIBRANT CITY TO WELCOME RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL FLOURISH.
AND THIS WAS ANOTHER FUN PROJECT THAT WE WORKED ON.
OUR SEASONAL BANNERS, IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWNTOWN LATELY, UM, WE'VE STARTED SWAPPING OUT THE OLD BANNERS THAT WE HAD FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.
UM, THE AVERAGE KIND OF SHELF LIFE FOR THOSE BANNERS IS FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
SO WE GOT A DECADE PLUS OUTTA THE OLD ONES, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ABOUT ANOTHER DECADE OUTTA THESE.
UM, BUT THEY ALL SAY DINE SHOP CRAFT DRINK HERE IN BARNEY.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE SEASONAL ONES HERE, UM, TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE HILL COUNTRY MILE.
AND THE GOAL WITH THIS WAS TO INCORPORATE FUN, COLORFUL THEMES THAT RESONATE WITH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE AND THAT ARE ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE FOR SPRING, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW, THE BLUE BONNETS, VERY QUINTESSENTIAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
AND THE SUMMER YOU'VE GOT LIVE MUSIC.
AND IN THE FALL WE'VE GOT DEER.
UM, WHETHER YOU DECORATE YOUR FALL TABLE WITH THAT OR SIT IN A DEER BLIND
UM,
UM, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH LISETTE IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO GET THESE ORDERED AND PLACED AT THE VARIOUS LIGHT POSTS.
AND BEST OF ALL, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SEASONS.
SO, UM, I JUST THINK THESE LOOK REALLY FUN AND VERY WELCOMING.
AND IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE, WHEN WE THINK OF BURNING IT, IS JUST A FUN, VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE.
AND I THINK THIS JUST SCREAMS THAT, UM, FROM THE TOP OF A 12 FOOT LIGHT POLE.
UM, ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT THIS YEAR ARE TWO TYPES OF COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT.
UM, FOR FOLKS MAYBE AT HOME WHO ARE WATCHING WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, THEY ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT NEW TO TEXAS AND THEY ARE KIND OF DOING A NEW WAY TO BRING LOCAL NEWS TO FOLKS AT HOME.
UH, THEY PRINT, UM, A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE 7, 8 0 0 6 ZIP CODE OR THE 7 8 0 1 5 ZIP CODE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FROM THEM EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
UM, IN FACT, THE REPORTER IS RIGHT BEHIND ME OVER HERE, JARED.
UH, AND SO, UH, THEY STARTED IN FEBRUARY WITH THEIR DIGITAL OUTREACH, WITH THEIR MORNING EMAIL BLAST THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR.
AND THEN IN MAY, THEY'RE GOING TO START THEIR PRINT EDITION HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S GONNA REACH 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, IS HOW DO WE GET
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AS MUCH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THIS IS A REALLY GREAT TOOL.AND WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR RESEARCH FOR THIS, UM, SEVERAL OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY IMPACT.
AND THE ONE THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK.
THAT IS A QUESTION THAT THEY ASK IN THEIR CITIZEN SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND IT, THE QUESTION IS BASICALLY, WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE WAY OF GETTING CITY NEWS? 77% SAID ITS COMMUNITY IMPACT.
SO IT IS BY FAR THEIR NUMBER ONE TOOL TO GET GOOD INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE IS WITH BERNIE LIFE.
IT'S A NEWER PLATFORM HERE, BUT I THINK MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THEM.
THEY'VE REALLY BLOWN UP, UH, WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS AND A LOT OF NUMBERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOWED THEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A THREE MONTH TRIAL RUN.
AND THIS ONE'S MUCH MORE NUANCED AND MUCH MORE, UM, INTENTIONAL WITH THE TWO PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, OR THE FIRST PART OF IT WILL BE WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES TO OBVIOUSLY INCREASE ANIMAL ADOPTION, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REALLY HYPER-LOCAL REACH.
IT'S MOSTLY FOLKS IN THIS GENERAL AREA THAT FOLLOW BURNING LIFE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE GREAT PETS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
AND THEN THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA REALLY FOCUS ON IS LIVE AT THE LIBRARY.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY FUN, LONGSTANDING PROGRAM.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN, I LOVE GOING TO IT.
MY FAMILY GOES TO IT, BUT THEY'VE NEVER REALLY BOUNCED BACK POST PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL MARKETING AND OUTREACH FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THAT'S A FEATURE.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN THE CITIZEN SURVEY, EVERYBODY'S ASKING, WE WANT MORE THINGS TO DO IN THE EVENING.
WELL, ONCE A MONTH, THE LIBRARY HAS FREE LIVE MUSIC FOR YOU TO GO OUT AND ENJOY.
I I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER TO DO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE OUT THERE LAST WEEK, IT WAS LIKE 60 DEGREES AND SUNNY AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
AND THAT ONE WAS A REALLY FUN INTERACTIVE ONE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'RE WORKING ON SOME A DA IMPROVEMENTS, AND MOST OF THESE HAVE ALL LAUNCHED REALLY WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND REALLY THE MANDATE FROM THIS IS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS IN EFFECT BY 2027 FOR A COMMUNITY.
OUR SIZE COMMUNITIES, I THINK 50,000 AND OVER HAVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO HAVE THEIR PLANS IN PLACE.
SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT WE ALSO KNOW 2027 WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS BY LAUNCHING A NEW TRANSCRIPT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND IT HAVE WORKED WITH OUR PROVIDER GRANICUS.
SO WHEN YOU GO TOMORROW AND CLICK TO WATCH THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A TAB FOR THE AGENDA.
YOU'LL SEE A TAB FOR THE VIDEO, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A TAB THAT SAYS TRANSCRIPT.
AND THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS IF YOU'VE GOT ANY HEARING ISSUES, AUDIOLOGY ISSUES, YOU'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO AND READ THIS TRANSCRIPT.
SO ALL THE WORDS WE'RE SAYING WILL BE TRANSCRIBED INTO THE WEBSITE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT AS JUST ANOTHER TOOL TO MAKE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS AT HOME.
ADDITIONALLY, WE JUST LAUNCHED THE RECITE ME ON BOTH OUR, MY BERNIE NEWS AND THE MAIN CITY WEBSITE.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHETHER YOU'RE ON MOBILE OR ON DESKTOP.
IT'S THAT LITTLE ICON OF A PERSON KIND OF STANDING OUT ATLAS WITHOUT THE WORLD OVER THEIR SHOULDERS.
UM, BUT IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS AND IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE ABOUT 20% OF ALL AMERICANS HAVE SOME SORT OF DISABILITY, WHETHER VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, HEARING, UM, ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND CUSTOMIZE.
YOU CAN DO A TEXT TO, UH, TEXT TO SPEECH FEATURE.
YOU CAN DO TRANSLATION STYLING FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE A STRONG, UM, YOU KNOW, DIAGNOSIS OF DYSLEXIA.
IT'LL CHANGE THE FONT SO IT'S EASIER TO READ.
SO IF YOU JUST NEED BLACK AND WHITE OR IF YOU NEED RED OR YELLOW, YOU CAN REMOVE ALL IMAGERY.
SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE TEXT.
SO IT'S BRINGING A LOT OF THESE VERY NICHE, UM, ELEMENTS FOR REALLY A SMALLER PART OF OUR POPULATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY A POPULATION THAT WE STILL NEED TO SERVE BECAUSE WE SERVE 100% OF THE FOLKS THAT CALL BERNIE HOME.
AND THEN THE LAST, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR IS BRINGING UTILITIES, CUSTOMER CARE AND BILLING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO SET UP SERVICE, YOU HAVE TO GO CLICK ON A LINK AND PRINT OUT A PDF AND THEN FILL IT OUT AND EITHER FAX IT OR EMAIL IT OR COME IN PERSON AND DROP IT OFF DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
WELL, WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THAT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE WHERE YOU CAN JUST SUBMIT ONLINE, YOU FILL IT OUT.
YES,
UM, AND IT DOES MULTIPLE THINGS.
SO REALLY THE BIG THING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY CRACKING DOWN ON WITH THESE A DA REQUIREMENTS IS THE PDF.
IT IS THOSE THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY TIED TO JUST THE MAIN WEBSITE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT'S ALSO JUST GONNA CUT DOWN ON MOST DAYS.
MY HANDWRITING LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN SCRATCH, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY TRYING TO READ IT.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY, I LIVE AT, YOU KNOW, 4, 4 7 NORTH MAIN STREET AND THEY CAN SEE THAT VERY CLEARLY.
SO IT JUST KIND OF CUTS DOWN ON JUST
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SOME OF THOSE HUMAN ERRORS THAT NATURALLY OCCUR, BUT ALSO THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO AND THEN MANUALLY ENTER IT.IT IS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF 'EM.
SO JUST ANOTHER STREAMLINED PROCESS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KICK THAT ONE OFF.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WHAT I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING HERE TONIGHT IS OUR NEW TEAMMATE, MS. BRIA JACKSON.
SHE JOINED US JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO.
UM, AND AGAIN, HER ROLE WAS REALLY CRAFTED BASED OFF OF THE INPUT WE RECEIVED DURING THE FORMAL ASSESSMENT.
SO IT'S DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES, AND THAT'S A BIG ONE BECAUSE WHAT FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM LIKED A YEAR AGO, THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE TODAY AND THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S CONSTANTLY MONITORING THE LATEST TRENDS, LATEST WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR INFORMATION, GET IN FRONT OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN, IS REALLY OF VITAL IMPORTANCE.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO DO THAT, NOT JUST OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN REALLY INCREASING THAT CROSS COLLABORATION.
UM, MANAGING OUR DAILY SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES, UM, AND ENSURING CONSISTENT MESSAGING AND THEN CREATING AND ENGAGING ACCURATE, TIMELY CONTENT FOR OUR DIGITAL AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRAC PLATFORMS AND, UM, IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES.
SO NORMALLY I WOULD ASK HER TO STAND BY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S IN THE LEG BRACE, BUT SHE'S SITTING RIGHT HERE AND SHE CAN WAVE
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR COMMUNICATIONS.
I ACTUALLY THINK I WENT PRETTY QUICK.
UM, IT FELT A LOT FASTER IN MY HEAD THAN IT DID HERE IN PRACTICE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? WAIT, THE TRANSCRIPTION OF COUNCIL MEETINGS? YES.
I MEAN, BASED ON WHEN I DICTATE TO MY PHONE, UH, OKAY.
THE, THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND IF I HAD TO GIVE IT A GRADE, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A 92.
UM, IT STILL THINKS WE'RE DOING A WEEKEND AT BERNIE AND NOT IN BERNIE.
SO IT, IT'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT IT, IT IS, IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR, UM, A CLEAR TRANSCRIPTION.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GONNA TRANSLATE CERTAIN WORDS INTO INAPPROPRIATE WORDS.
NO, MY PHONE OFTEN DOES
I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THE ADDITION OF THAT TRANSCRIPTION AS WE HAVE THIS CHAT BOT FEATURE, THE CITY BOT THAT CAN SEARCH AND STUFF AT SOME POINT THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH THE ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MEETINGS.
THAT'S GONNA BE A, A HUGE VALUE ADD TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO JUST APPLAUD CHRIS AND HIS TEAM, ROBERT, AND NOW BRIA, UM, THE, EVEN BEFORE BRIA WAS HERE, CHRIS AND ROBERT DID A GREAT JOB OF BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION OCCURS DRASTICALLY QUITE A BIT AND REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, BUT AS WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE, MY BURNING NEWS AND BE MORE PROACTIVE ON ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE BRIA COME ON TO HELP US, ASSIST US SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE MORE COMMUNICATION.
AND UH, UH, THEY'VE DONE A LOT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND THEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH THOSE, WITH THE A DA COMPLIANCE, UH, ISSUES, UH, MODERNIZING SOME OF OUR OTHER APPLICATIONS.
AND SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF CHRIS AND HIS EFFORTS AND EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE IN THIS REGARD.
YEAH, THAT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO ONLINE AND REGISTER FOR SOMETHING.
YES, WE EITHER, I HAD LITERALLY HAD TO PRINT OUT A PDF LAST WEEK TO HELP MY DAUGHTER GET HER HER APARTMENT SET UP AND I WAS LIKE, ARE WE NOT IN THE 21ST CENTURY? VERY SOON,
GREAT, YOU GUYS AND YOUR TEAM.
[B. UPDATE ON THE 89th LEGISLATIVE SESSION.]
ALRIGHT, NEXT I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER STARK TO COME UP AND GIVE US A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.AND WE'LL GO WITH QUICK BEING THE KEY WORD HERE, UH, ON THIS ONE.
SO WE PROMISE THAT WE WOULD COME EACH MONTH, UH, DURING THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH GOES FROM, UH, FROM NOW UNTIL THE, UH, THE FIRST PART OF JUNE.
AND, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON ON SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE TRACKING AS, AS PART OF THE CITY.
UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, UH, BEN IS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE TCMA, UH, CALL FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND TEXAS.
AND WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN, UH, WE DO TML WEBINARS, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WEBINARS THAT KEEP US UPDATED.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S ON THE FOREFRONT FRONT AND ALSO WHAT IS AFFECTING DIFFERENT CITIES AND HEARING FEEDBACK FROM, UH, FROM CITY MANAGERS AND FROM OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE GOING AND SPEAKING AND, AND REALLY DELVING INTO SOME OF THIS LEGISLATION.
UH, FIRST JUST THE KEY DATES THAT WE, THAT WE SEE NOW AND THE, AND MOVING FORWARD.
SO MARCH 14TH WAS THE, THE DEADLINE FOR, UH, JUST REGULAR BILLS TO BE FILED.
THERE WERE OVER 8,900 BILLS AND OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT SETS A NEW RECORD.
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WE HAD SOME, UH, FAST FOOTWORK THE LAST THREE DAYS, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE FILING ENDED.AND SO 2000 BILLS WERE FILED IN THE FINAL THREE DAYS, UH, LEADING UP TO MARCH 14TH ON JUNE 2ND.
UM, AND THEN JUNE 22ND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST DAY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OR VETO BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DURING REGULAR SESSION.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE GONNA JUST HIGHLIGHT EIGHT DIFFERENT BILLS.
THESE ARE BILLS THAT ARE CITY RELATED AND THAT ACTUALLY HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
AND SO WE'LL WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, DURING THESE MEETINGS.
UH, THE FIRST TWO DEAL WITH, UH, WITH DEBT ISSUANCE FOR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, UM, H HB 1453, THAT'S GONNA LIMIT, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ON WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR.
IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THEY DID LIMIT THE USES FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR CITIES, AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS WOULD RESTRICT IT EVEN MORE.
UH, THE NEXT BILL, UH, HOUSE BILL IS ALSO REGARDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
AND THIS ONE WOULD, UM, PROHIBIT A CITY, IF YOU HAVE A, A PROPOSITION THAT FAILS, YOU COULD NOT BRING THAT FORTH, UH, IN A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, UH, ELECTION TO VOTERS.
UM, UNTIL THE THIRD YEAR AFTER THAT, UH, BOND HAS PASSED FAILED.
UM, THE NEXT TWO, SO THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY RELATED TO, UH, OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT SARAH VISITED WITH US ABOUT TONIGHT AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE PASSED.
UM, THIS RAISES THE COMP, THIS BILL WOULD RAISE THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD FROM THAT 50,000, UH, TO 100,000.
SO, UM, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST GET BIDS AND GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS.
SO IF THIS PASSES, YOU ALL MIGHT BE SEEING, UH, THAT POLICY COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN PRETTY SOON.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UH, TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT MORATORIA, LIKE IF IT, THIS LIMITS A CITY'S ABILITY TO ADOPT A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM.
UH, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC REASONS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.
SO, BUT THIS WOULD, WOULD, UM, RESTRICT THAT EVEN MORE.
AND THIS ALSO HAS A COMPANION BILL, THE, UH, COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT THAT RAISING THE THRESHOLD FROM 50 TO 100,000.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, A BILL THAT WAS, THAT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE THESE BILLS COME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A, A FEW SESSIONS AND THEN THEY HAVE MUCH MORE, UM, ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD IF, IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN MORE THAN ONE SESSION.
THE NEXT FOUR, UH, THERE'S A SENATE BILL REGARDING IMPACT FEES THAT WOULD MAKE THE IMPACT FEE PROCESS, UH, MUCH MORE STRINGENT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.
IT WOULD LIMIT, UH, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT A CITY COULD ADJUST THEIR IMPACT FEE.
AND SO WE'LL BE WATCHING THIS ONE VERY CLOSELY.
UH, HB 10 80 IS ONE THAT WE, UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS ALLOWS GOVERNMENTS TO PUBLISH NOTICES AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS. UH, SO YOU COULD USE YOUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, PUT STUFF IN UTILITY BILLS, WHICH WOULD BE A WONDERFUL WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE.
HB 27 97, THIS IS, THIS ONE IS OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNITS AND IT PROHIBITS A CITY FROM REGULATING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COULD OCCUPY A DWELLING.
UH, THIS ONE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS, UH, RELEVANT TO, UH, TO BERNIE.
HOWEVER, CITIES WHO HAVE A LARGE RENTAL POPULATION, SPECIFICALLY MAYBE A CITY THAT HAS A LARGE UNIVERSITY, UH, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT OF RENTERS WITHIN YOUR SINGLE FAMILY, UM, HOUSING AREAS.
AND SO IT WOULD LIMIT, IT WOULD SAY, OKAY, YOU COULD ONLY MAYBE HAVE, MANY CITIES WOULD SAY YOU CAN ONLY HAVE TWO PE, TWO UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO LIVE IN A, UH, IN, IN AN AREA THAT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO THIS WOULD, UH, PROHIBIT CITIES FROM BEING ABLE TO, TO LIMIT THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE LAST TIME, THE DEVELOPMENT ON RELIGIOUS LAND, UH, THAT CITIES MUST ALLOW MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON, UH, RELIGIOUSLY OWNED LAND AND THEN ALSO PROHIBIT THE ABILITY TO REGULATE DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, ON THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE ALSO.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? UH, RIGHT NOW THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ARE UNDERWAY SINCE ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, THE BIG DEBT.
SO DURING APRIL AND THEN MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF COLLABORATION.
A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS, BILLS WILL BE COMBINED OR CHANGED, EDITED, UH, AND THEN THE, THE MAIN DATES TO BE AWARE OF IN MAY, MAY 15TH, IF A BILL HAS NOT, UH, MADE IT OUT OF, HAS NOT COMPLETED A SECOND READING A HOUSE BILL, THAT BILL IS DEAD IN THE WATER.
AND THEN THE SAME THING, UH, CONCERNING SENATE BILLS MAY 27TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT.
SO, UH, ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT MOVED FORWARD, HAS NOT HAD A SECOND READING, UH, WOULD NOT BE, UH, WOULD BE A DEAD BILL.
AND THEN THE REGULAR SESSION WILL END JUNE 2ND AND WE'LL GET TO SEE IF THE, UH, GOVERNOR CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD
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WITH ANY, UH, EXTENDED SPECIAL SESSIONS AFTER THAT.SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHRISTIE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE STUFF IN THE PAPER AND THEN ANOTHER OF COURSE, NEW, NEW BILLS CAN'T BE FILED, BUT YOU'LL SEE ALL KINDS OF CHANGES.
THERE'LL BE COLLABORATION, THERE'LL BE CHANGES AS THEY GET OUTTA COMMITTEES.
AND SO WE'LL JUST KEEP YOU, CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED.
[C. MONTHLY PROJECTS REPORT.]
BUT MY FINAL ITEM IS MY MONTHLY PROJECT REPORT.I DID EMAIL THIS OUT TO YOU YESTERDAY, SO IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW.
I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, SOME NEW UPDATES.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW PROGRESS MADE, QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS MADE ON SEVERAL ITEMS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE TOTALITY OF THIS, OF THESE PROJECT REPORT THAT I GIVE YOU, WE'RE SIX MONTHS THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON ALL THESE PERSPECTIVES THAT, THAT WE'LL GO OVER.
WE'LL GET INTO THE MOBILITY PIECE.
I'M, I DO WANNA ASK JEFF CARROLL TO COME UP, DIRECTOR CARROLL, TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROJECT FOR THE ADLER ROAD.
JUST QUICKLY, THE THE DESIGN WORK IS STILL BEING DONE.
THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.
A LOT OF YOU HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, UH, TO ME.
SO I'VE ASKED JEFF TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, AS BEN MENTIONED, THE ADLER ROAD PROJECT, UH, WHEN THE 2022 BOND ELECTION, WE REALLY HAD A CARTOON SCHEMATIC AND A COST ESTIMATE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE PUT INTO THE BOND.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DESIGN, UM, WHATSOEVER.
SO ONCE THE BOND WAS APPROVED, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE MOVED FORWARD, UH, WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH STARTED WITH SURVEYING.
AND IT STARTED WITH, WE KNEW ALL ALONG THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES INVOLVED.
AND SO WE STARTED RIGHT AWAY TALKING TO LANDOWNERS.
WE HAD TO REACH OUT AND GET RIGHT OF ENTRY, ROE LETTERS FROM 24 LANDOWNERS TO GIVE US LEGAL PERMISSION TO STEP FOOT ON THEIR PROPERTY AND SURVEY.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN COMING ALONG RIGHT NOW, UM, ON THE DESIGN ITSELF.
BUT REALLY THE PROJECT HAD TWO PROJECTS.
THE FIRST ONE WAS THE CULVERT PROJECT ITSELF, IF YOU RECALL.
UM, WE HAD, UH, SOME ARPA FUNDS THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY PUT TOGETHER FOR THE TWO CULVERTS THEMSELVES.
AND SO WE WANTED TO GET THOSE CULVERT PROJECTS COMPLETELY DESIGNED, UM, AND GET THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CULVERTS WORKED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ROADS.
UM, SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THROUGH ALL THE WAY WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CULVERTS.
THE DESIGN, THE CULVERTS THEMSELVES ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGNED.
WE HAVE THREE OF THE FOUR PROPERTIES ACQUIRED THAT WE NEED TO FOR THOSE CULVERTS.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT FOURTH ONE THEN KIND OF ROLLING INTO THE ROADWAY ITSELF.
UM, WE'RE EXPECTING THE 60% DESIGN FROM OUR CONSULTANT IN THE SUMMER.
UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF PLANNING TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ALL FROM THE QUALITY LIFE BONDS AS WE GO.
AND AS, AS A REMINDER, UM, THE ADLER ROAD PROJECT, THE WIDENING ITSELF, UM, TODAY MOST OF THE ROAD IS A TWO LANE PAVEMENT WITH NO CURBS, SOME SIDEWALKS.
UM, THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL TAKE IT ALL TO A THREE LANE SECTION WITH A CONTINUOUS TWO-WAY LEFT TURN AND IT'LL HAVE A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH CURB AND WITH SIGNIFICANT STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE ROADWAY SYSTEM.
SO IT'S GONNA, UM, BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, IT'S GONNA REALLY IMPROVE A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
BY ADDING THAT CENTER TWO WAY LEFT TURN, IT'S GONNA ADD A LOT OF, UH, PREVENT A LOT OF CONGESTION ISSUES THAT WE SEE OUT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANKS JEFF.
UH, I'M GONNA KEEP 'EM UP HERE 'CAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE 'EM GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE HERE IN A MINUTE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY MOBILITY UPDATE I HAVE.
NEXT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, KINDER PARK RESTROOM, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED, INSTALLED, UH, ABOUT THE TIME OF OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, A MONTH FROM NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY CHECK THIS OFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT THAT IS COMING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
I CONFIRMED THAT WITH DIRECTOR JIMENEZ, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, ON INFRASTRUCTURE, AGAIN, CITY PARK PLAYGROUND ENHANCEMENT.
THIS WAS A PHENOMENAL, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT THAT WE'VE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT WAS THERE ON THAT VERY WINDY AFTERNOON WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.
IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE, THE KIDS OUT THERE WITH FAMILIES AND JUST A NICE ENHANCEMENT TO A NICE PARK.
AND THEN ALSO S TRAIL, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON IT LATELY, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM.
WHAT OUR INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ALONG THE TRAILS LOOK LIKE.
MANY OF THEM WERE, UM, STARTING TO FADE OR JUST HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE NEW LOOK LOOKS LIKE.
WE'VE INSTALLED 10 NEW ONES ALONG THE, ALONG THE TRAIL.
AGAIN, HATS OFF TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
NEXT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE DAM VEGETATION REMOVAL.
AND DIRECTOR CAROL, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
WE, WE HAD LOTS OF JOKES AT THE OFFICE ABOUT THIS ONE.
UM, BUT AS A QUICK REMINDER, UM, THERE ARE FOUR FLOOD WATER DAMS UPSTREAM OF THE CITY OF BURN THAT PROTECT US FROM FLOODING ONE DAY WHEN IT RAINS AGAIN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE EXHIBIT
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HERE, THEY PROTECT A PRETTY BIG AREA UPSTREAM OF THE BIRDIE OF BERNIE ITSELF AND KIND OF THE, THIS DOWNTOWN CORE OF THE CITY.UM, PER OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY MAINTAINS TWO OF THE DAMS AND WE MAINTAIN THE OTHER TWO.
UM, SO THAT'S BERNIE LAKE THAT WE ALL KNOW.
AND LAKE OZ IS THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS NRCS DAM THREE.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE DO AN ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION OF OUR TWO DAMS. THE OTHER DAMS GET THEIRS AS WELL.
SO EVERY YEAR, ALL FOUR, SORRY, ALL FOUR GET REVIEWED.
WE GO AND WATCH THE R INSPECTIONS FOR R TWO.
UM, AND IN THIS LAST INSPECTION CYCLE, THEY COMMENTED THAT THERE'S AN INVASIVE SPECIES.
UH, WE COMMONLY CALL IT SALT CEDAR.
IT'S KIND OF A BACKUS, UM, PLANT THAT WAS KIND OF GROWING QUITE A BIT ON THE DAM.
AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDS IN THE BUDGET AT THE TIME.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY STAFF STARTED LOOKING INTO SOME FUNDS THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO FUND APPROXIMATELY $50,000 PROJECT, UM, WHICH WAS ABLE TO GET US ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH.
SO THAT WORK IS DONE IF YOU GO OUT THERE NOW ON THE LAKE SIDE.
BASICALLY EVERY PART OF THE EMBANKMENT, WE'VE REMOVED ALL OF THAT SALT CEDAR AND WE REMOVED IT AND KIND OF HAVE SPRAYED IT FOR SOME POTENTIAL SO IT DOESN'T GO BACK AS QUICKLY.
AND IN FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MORE YEARS AT THE SAME RATE TO KIND OF GET THE REST OF BERNIE LAKE DONE.
THAT'S IT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DIRECTOR CRANE IS MAKING PROGRESS, HIM AND HIS TEAM ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT UPDATE IN THE, UH, PERMITTING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT MODULES.
AND SO WE HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU SOON.
NEXT FINANCIAL, YOU HEARD DIRECTOR BUCK LOU'S PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT JUST, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED ONION AS YOU, YOU KNOW, BRING BACK THE LAYERS OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE INTERCONNECTED.
AND SO WE HAD TO PULL TOGETHER, UH, EMPLOYEE WORK TEAMS FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THINGS WE NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF.
SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF HER AND HER TEAM, UH, ASSISTANT, BOTH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS HELPED OUT ON THAT.
NEXT, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON FI, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE DO HOPE TO HAVE A FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO KIND OF CONVERSATION OR WORK SESSION WITH YOU HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF NEXT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS REPORT NEXT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING? I WAS GRATEFUL TO STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO YOUR WORK PLANS.
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
[8. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL – No discussion or action may take place.]
BEN.MOVING ON TO AT END NUMBER EIGHT, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS THIS EVENING? COUNCILOR WILSON, COUPLE ONE, YOU KNOW, NATHAN'S IN A BOOT AND BRIA IS IN A BRACE, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT CITY HALL, BUT I'LL BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
UM, HAD MY AMPO MEETING YESTERDAY, IT WAS A LONG ONE.
UM, WHICH NOT WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, BUT I THOUGHT JUST ONE THING OF INTEREST IS THEY ANNOUNCED THE TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN MONEY WE GO AFTER.
THERE'S $1 BILLION WORTH OF PROPOSALS FROM ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THERE'S AROUND 225 MILLION IN FUNDING.
SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS OUT THERE FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? NOPE.
[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE:]
RIGHT.WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA NUMBER NINE, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE GONNA BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TO DISCUSS ADDENDUM ITEMS. NUMBER NINE, A 2025 DASH 0 9 3, SECTION 5 51 0 7 1, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY, POTENTIAL EMINENT DOMAIN DISCUSSION AND ADDENDUM ITEM NINE B 2025 DASH 18, SECTION 5 51 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, DELIBERATE, DELIBERATE, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ON AMMOND ROAD.
WE WILL ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:04 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[10. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA OFFICIALLY RECONVENE AND OPEN SESSION AT 7:42 PM MOVING ON TO ADDENDUM ITEM NUMBER 10, A 20 25 1 29.CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 21 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY.
MANAGE TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURNEY AND THE CITY OF FAIR OAKS RANCH FOR THE SALE OF 2.923 ACRE TRACK OUT OF THE WILLIAM D LUSK.
SURVEY NUMBER TWO 11, ABSTRACT NUMBER 3 0 6.
KENDALL COUNTY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN I GET A MOTION? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 21 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURN AND CITY OF FAIR OAKS RANCH FOR THE SALE OF 2.923 ACRE TRACT OUT OF THE WILLIAM D LUSK SURVEY NUMBER
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2 1 1, ABSTRACT NUMBER 3 0 6, KENDALL COUNTY SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE.WE'RE GONNA OFFICIALLY ADJOURN, UH, AT 7:43 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.