Sep 09, 2025 City Council on 2025-09-09 6:00 PM

ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THIS EVENING.

NO, NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

WE WILL MOVE

[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on any issue, in compliance with LGC Section 551.007. City Council may not discuss any presented issue, nor may any action be taken on any issue at this time. (Attorney General opinion – JC-0169)]

UH, JUST WANNA REMIND SPEAKERS, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BEGIN SPEAKING.

UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MILAN, MILAN, MAYOR FRANK CITY COUNCIL.

MR. THATCHER.

UH, MY NAME IS MILAN ICK.

I RESIDE AT 12 GRANT ROAD IN KENDALL COUNTY, BUT I CONSIDER MYSELF EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

BERNIE AND I DO ENJOY LIVING IN BERNIE.

I, UH, COMMENT, ACTUALLY, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 PROMPTED ME TO SPEAK ANOTHER BUDGET REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS A WATER PLAN.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, UH, WATER PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS CREATED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF BERNIE CITY, THE COUNCIL BACK IN 2020.

HE HAD A GOAL, QUOTE.

THE BERNIE COMMUNITY WATER PLANNING COMMITTEE IS BEING CREATED TO PERFORM RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO PROPOSED LONG-TERM STRATEGIC AND FUNCTIONAL WATER PLAN FOR THE BERNEY COMMUNITY TEAM'S.

FIRST RESEARCH WAS CAPTURED IN A MEMO ENTITLED SUMMARY OF WATER CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES.

IT WAS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT, SEVEN PAGES LONG, AND IT, IT SATISFIED THREE OUTTA THE FOUR GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TASKED TO PERFORM.

HOWEVER, THE FOURTH GOAL WAS TO SEEK OUT AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL NEW WATER RESOURCES.

WHILE COMMITTEE LAST MET THAT I WAS AWARE OF, AND I ATTENDED MOST OF THE MEETINGS, NOT ALL OF THEM.

THE HIGHLIGHT THE AGENDA IS A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL SOURCES FROM GBRA AND THERE WAS A EMPHASIS ON URGENCY TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE NEW WATER.

AND YOU'RE MISS OUT.

THIS IS SWALLOWED BY A SAW REPRESENTATIVE WHO REVEALED THEIR WATER SYSTEM MIXES WATER FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, ONE OF WHICH IS GROUNDWATER FROM THE EDWARDS AQUIFER.

CURRENT LAW PROHIBITS THIS EDWARDS WATER FROM BEING USED IN KENDALL COUNTY.

NOW, THEY'VE TRIED TO CHANGE THE LAW IN 2019.

THEY DID GET IT APPROVED AT THE LEGISLATURE.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT, TRY IT AGAIN IN 21, 23, AND 25.

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SO THE LAW IS STILL IN PLACE.

VERY CLEAR.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BEYOND THAT 2022 MEETING IN MARCH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WAS PRODUCED BY THE WATER COMMITTEE THAT I COULD FIND.

IT SIMPLY FADED FROM PUBLIC VIEW.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THE WEBSITE OF VALUABLE DATA WAS SHUT DOWN.

BY EARLY 2023, THE COMMITTEE LEADER HAD APPOINTED, HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO THE GBRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IN MY OPINION, THE TASK TO SEEK OUT AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL NEW WATER RESOURCES WAS LEFT COMPLETE.

IN TURN, IT'S PROBABLY IMPACT THE COMPLETION OF A LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN.

NOW, HDR DID A LOT OF ANALYSIS IN 2022.

IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE WATER HAS A VERY, VERY, VERY SOLID WATER POSITION FOR THE CITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

NO ARGUMENT THERE.

AND, UH, NOW WE'RE BACK INTO 2025.

FAST FORWARDING.

AND GBA IS TOUTING SOMETHING CALLED WATER SECURE.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE PROJECT AND LONG TERM TO GET THE WATER, UH, YOU FOR THANKFULLY HAVE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE.

I ALSO NOTE THAT FAR OAKS RANCH HAS DONE THE SAME.

THEY'VE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE.

HOWEVER, I WILL TELL YOU BY STUDYING THE REGIONAL WATER PLAN FOR REGION, THEY STATE THE REGIONAL PLANTERS STATE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE WATER AS WELL AS FAR OAKS RANCH.

NOW, I'VE WRITTEN A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE WATER PLANTERS POINTING THAT OUT.

AND THIS IS A PROBLEM.

'CAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S A PUSH TO GET NEW WATER AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

WE HAVE ALTERNATIVES AS YOU ALL HAVE EXPLORED VERY, VERY THOROUGHLY.

SO THE 2015 PLAN, UH, HAD OPTIONS FOR EVERYTHING INCLUDED, A INDIRECT PORTABLE REUSE, DIRECT PORTABLE REUSE, AND EXPANDING THE REUSE SYSTEM, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.

SO THE 10 YEAR ROLLING MASTER PLAN INCLUDES PROJECT TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN, AND IT'S BEEN STARTED, AND I SUGGEST THE EXPANSION OF THAT WATER PLAN BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL TO AVOID A LOSS OF MOMENTUM TO BETTER PLAN FOR THE BERNIE COMMUNITY WATER FUTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MA.

UM, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, BUT IF SOMEONE HAS COME IN LATE, WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

CAN'T OH, OKAY.

NOTE TAKERS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA

[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.]

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSENT ITEMS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON CONSENT? ITEM ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR L IF NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SCOTT, JOE? NO, THAT'S OKAY.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T MINE.

GO AHEAD.

MY COMPUTER IS DIED.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE.

OH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.

OH, I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SEE ME.

GO AHEAD, .

I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN.

CAN WE PLEASE VOTE EVERYONE? EXCEPT FOR JOE WILL SAY AYE.

AYE.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM PASSES.

REG TO OUR REGULAR CITY AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO

[A. PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-10; AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF. (Ordinance adopting the budget)]

WE'RE GONNA START WITH THIS AGENDA ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH FIVE C PRESENTING SARAH LOO.

SARAH'S GONNA PRESENT ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS. THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND, AND ACT ON EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY.

SARAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEMS ARE THE FINAL STEP IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

WE'RE FINALLY TO THE POINT OF ADOPTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS ESSENTIALLY GONNA BE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 26TH, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT ANY, UM, AUDIENCE THAT COMES TO EITHER PUBLIC HEARING WILL ESSENTIALLY HEAR THE SAME INFORMATION.

THIS, OF COURSE, IS OUR STRATEGY MAP, AND THE BUDGET PROCESS ALIGNS WITH THE MAP TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR DOLLARS SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S LONG-TERM GOALS.

HERE'S THE ROADMAP FOR TONIGHT.

UM, PRESENTATION, UM, AS MAYOR STATED, IS GOING TO BE COVERING THE NEXT THREE AGENDA ITEMS. AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL BREAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

WE'LL, UM, SEE THOSE TWO ITEMS, AND THEN WE WILL BREAK FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, FOLLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

AS A REMINDER TO ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING ONLINE OR THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE DETAILED BUDGET INFORMATION, THERE'S A LINK DIRECTLY ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE CITY'S HOME, UH, WEBSITE.

IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS A LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE OVERALL BUDGET PAGE THAT HAS THE LINKS TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD.

SO IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET TO TONIGHT.

UM, JUST AS A REMINDER TO ANYBODY THAT MAY BE WATCHING, OUR BUDGET PROCESS STARTS ALMOST AS SOON AS WE, UM, ADOPT THE ONE YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE START THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

SO STARTING BACK IN JANUARY, UH, WE HAD PLANNING WORKSHOPS, DEPARTMENTS BEGAN TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETS, AND THEY CAME TOGETHER IN APRIL WHERE WE REFINED RANKED PRIORITIES AND MET WITH COUNCIL AND HELD OUR SUMMER WORKSHOPS.

SO BY THE TIME WE'RE REACHING THIS POINT IN AUGUST,

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THE BUDGET HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF REVIEW AND SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS IN DISCUSSION.

SO THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR, OUR AGENDA.

IT'S EXCITING.

HERE'S OUR BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

AND AS PART OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS OVER THE SUMMER, WE WALKED THROUGH IN DETAIL HOW THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ALIGNED WITH OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR.

AS WELL AS, UM, THIS IS HOW WE PIECED TOGETHER THE BUDGET.

WE'VE WALKED THROUGH HOW WE MAKE SURE EACH PART ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCESS.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK HIGH LEVEL AT THE NUMBERS.

OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 181 MILLION MADE UP OF THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDS.

YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL FUNDS OF 43 MILLION SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OF 50 MILLION AND UTILITY FUNDS OF 88.

32% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET IS CIPU OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDING.

THAT EQUALS 57 MILLION.

AND OF THAT 39% IS RELATED TO OUR BOND PROJECTS.

OUR BUDGET HAS 19 FUNDS, 12 OF WHICH ARE GOVERNMENTAL.

SEVEN ARE UTILITY, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAXES OR TAXES.

THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY USER CHARGES FOR THOSE UTILITIES.

GENERAL FUNDS ARE PART OF THE OVERALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.

THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THAT.

THE OTHER PART OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IS THE INS, WHICH IS INTEREST IN S SINKING OR YOUR DEBT RATE.

AND THAT SUPPORTS YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE, BUT IT OVERALL BREAKS OUT THAT 181 MILLION BY FUND WHERE THAT BUDGET IS SITTING, THE BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

AND MOST OF THAT 40 MILLION OF IT IS RELATED TO CIP OR CIP RELATED FUNDING.

AND SO I'VE STARRED THOSE FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE GIVING RISE TO THAT CHANGE.

THIS SLIDE BREAKS OUT THE $43 MILLION IN THE BUDGET, THE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR BY FUND.

SO HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE OR DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR EACH FUND HAD, AND THOSE STARS CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BULK OF THAT INCREASE IS IN THOSE CAPITAL RELATED PRO PROJECT FUNDS, EITHER CONSTRUCTION FUNDS OR WHAT, WHAT WE CONSIDER A FUNDING FUND.

SO WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION, UM, THAT WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A SECOND.

THIS IS, THIS IS AGAIN, A BREAKDOWN OF THE INCREASE, THE $43 MILLION OF THAT, THE 40 40 MILLION IS CIP RELATED.

UH, 1.2 MILLION IS ONE TIME INCREASES.

AND OPERATIONALLY WE ONLY SAW $1.5 MILLION OR 1.7% INCREASE ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

SO THE, THE GREAT QUESTION WAS, UM, SARAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CIP FROM LAST YEAR AND YOUR CIP THIS YEAR, THAT ONLY INCREASED 24 MILLION.

SO HOW ARE YOU SAYING THAT CIP RELATED, UM, INCREASES WERE 40 MILLION? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT THERE WAS $16 MILLION OF CIP RELATED FUNDING TRANSFERS.

AND SO THIS GRAPHIC IS GONNA HELP WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FUND, ALL IT DOES IS IT HOLDS OUR IMPACT FEES.

AND THOSE IMPACT FEES, THEIR, THEIR GOAL IS TO FUND, UM, APPLICABLE PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT APPLY FOR IMPACT FEES.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THE WATER FUND HAS A $15 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES, THAT FUND BALANCE IS SITTING IN THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FUND, YOU HAVE TO DO A TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FUND TO THE WATER FUND IN ORDER TO FUND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS EACH FUND IS BALANCED, YOU HAVE REVENUE, YOU HAVE EXPENSE, THEY'RE BALANCED, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE LOOKS LIKE A $30 MILLION BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH YOU ONLY HAVE A $15 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE COST.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I DESIGNATED AS CIP RELATED VERSUS CIP CONSTRUCTION.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING? JUST, JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING THAT THAT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT.

DOUBLE COUNTING, WHICH I ASKED ABOUT LAST TIME.

RIGHT, EXACTLY.

SO IT DOES, EVEN, EVEN ME COMING FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THIS DID LOOK STRANGE AT FIRST BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A NORMAL BUSINESS RECORDS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE USED TO LOOKING AT ACCOUNTING RECORDS OF A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, BASICALLY AN ENTITY IN THERE THAT GETS RID OF ALL THIS INTER INTERCOMPANY TRANSFERS THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THE BUDGET WORLD.

UM, YOU, YOU HAVE TO SHOW BALANCED FUNDS.

SO IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SET OF REPORTING THAN ANY, ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE USED TO IN ACCOUNTING OR GAP ACCOUNTING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

RIGHT, YOU READY TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? YOU READY? OKAY.

WE'LL OFFICIALLY MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:15 PM ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE A 20 25 3 9 5.

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AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

NO ONE WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OFFICIALLY AT SIX 15 AND GO BACK INTO OUR REGULAR OPEN MEETING.

UH, COUNSEL, CAN I GET ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION, MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MACALUSO? WE'RE STILL ON ITEM A, RIGHT? WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE? UM, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 10 AND ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY, BERNIE, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 1 0 2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF AS IN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL WILLISON, AND WE CAN VOTE.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERBAL VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

[B. RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET.]

TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE B 20 25, 4, 3 3.

RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.

SIR, THIS ITEM IS JUST A LEGALLY MANDATED ITEM.

YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO RATIFY A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE EVEN IF YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE DOESN'T CHANGE.

E EVEN IF YOU HAVE A DECREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, IF YOU GENERATE ONE MORE DOLLAR OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS MOTION IS REQUIRED.

AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.

ANY MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MACALUSO? UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26.

BUDGET SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON.

AGAIN, WE WILL NEED A VERBAL VOTE FOR THIS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[C. PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-11; AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR AT 47.16 CENTS PER EACH $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE. (Ordinance adopting tax rate)]

FIVE C 2025 DASH 3 94, UH, PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 11, AN ORDINANCE STUDYING THE AVALOR AND PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2025 TEXAS YEAR AT 47.16 CENTS PER EACH 100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:17 PM IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AND ONCE AGAIN, NOTE TAKERS.

SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:17 PM AND GO BACK INTO A REGULAR OPEN SESSION.

CAN WE GET A MOTION, UH, FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON AGENDA ITEM FIVE C? COUNCILMAN SCOTT, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 11 AN ORDINANCE SETTING AN VALOR AND PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR AT 47.16 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER.

AND WE NEED, AGAIN, WE NEED A VERBAL VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? AND MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

MAY I ASK ONE COMMENT? UM, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, I LOOKED AT THIS LAST YEAR THAT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE HAS ROUGHLY BEEN THE SAME FOR LIKE 14 YEARS.

12 YEARS? YES.

WE, WE, UM, BY DESIGN TRY TO KEEP A VERY STABLE TAX RATE.

I'M JUST SAYING.

SO, I MEAN, I REALIZE APPRAISALS HAVE GONE UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE WHERE THE POPULATION HAS PROBABLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST 12, 14 YEARS IS STILL THE SAME YES.

ASIDE FOR A COUPLE YEARS? YES.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU COUNCILOR MACALUSO.

AGENDA ITEM FIVE E 2025 SV 98 PRESENTING SARAH BLU.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM

[D. CONSIDER A ONE-TIME READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2025-18; AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE’S HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 3.11.A. (As described below)]

FIVE D 2025 DASH 3 97.

CONSIDER A ONE-TIME READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 18 AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BERNIES HOME CHARTER SECTION 3 1 1 A.

SARAH, UM, THIS MOTION IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS TO ACCEPT THE BIDS FROM TODAY'S DEBT, UM, DEBT ISSUANCE.

UM, BECAUSE THE, THE BIDS ARE ONLY OPEN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY'RE NOT GONNA STAY OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ONE TIME READING OF THE ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THE BIDS.

ALRIGHT, WE GET A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MELISSA.

I MOVE TO APPROVE A ONE-TIME READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 18 AS PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOME ROAD CHARTER.

THREE A THREE 1A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN.

[E. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2025-18; AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF “CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2025”; LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX, WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS; PRESCRIBING THE FORM, TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT PERTAINING THERETO; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL BID FORM; COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE BID ARE JIM SABONI, UM, MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

SO AS DISCUSSED IN OUR, UH, SUMMER SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TODAY, WE, UM, WE RECEIVED BIDS FOR THE $4 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2025 TO FUND OUR NORTHSIDE PARK CONSTRUCTION.

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THANK YOU, SARAH.

AS SARAH INDICATED, MY NAME'S JIM SABONI.

WE'RE FOR FORTUNATE AT HILLTOP SECURITIES TO BE THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UM, TO THE CITY.

I LEAD A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THAT ASSISTED THE CITY IN THIS ISSUE.

I'VE GOT A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT I, UH, HOPE TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE ISSUES.

THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF DEBT OUTSTANDING, HAS AN ISSUE DEBT VERY OFTEN.

SO I I THINK THIS WILL BE INFORMATIVE BOTH FOR THE COUNCIL AND, AND FOR, FOR THE, UH, POPULATION.

IN SUMMARY, IT WAS A TEST.

I WAS HERE TO PLAN, PRESENT THE PLAN OF FINANCE.

WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED AND OR EXCEEDED EVERY GOAL THAT WE HAD.

UM, WHAT WE'RE ISSUING TODAY IS 3,995,000 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

THE CREDIT PLEDGE IS, UH, THE LEVY OF INESS ADOR TAXES, AND THE BUDGET REPAYMENT WILL BE A LEVY OF I ADOR TAXES.

PROJECT PURPOSES ARE FOR THE, UH, THESE ARE VOTER DEAL BONDS, AND THEY'LL BE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WE'LL, WE'LL ISSUE 3,995,000.

WE'LL ACTUALLY GENERATE A PREMIUM, UM, UH, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT.

AND WE'LL ACTUALLY DEPOSIT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND AND CLOSING $4 MILLION TAXES AND BONDS WITH 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION.

A STANDARD 10 YEAR CALL, UM, AS I INDICATED IS THE EQUILIBRIUM POINT WHERE A LONGER CALL DOESN'T BENEFIT US.

A SHORTER CALL COSTS US MORE.

I'M, I'M REALLY, UM, UH, PLEASED AND PROUD TO SAY THAT CITIES UPGRADED TO A A ONE BY MOODY'S INVESTMENT SERVICES.

I'M GONNA EXPAND ON THAT, UM, AFTER THE SUMMARY IN, IN A MINUTE.

BUT, UM, UH, BEN AND SARAH LED A TEAM OF, OF, OF EMPLOYEES WITH THE CITY WHO ACTUALLY HELPED PREPARE AN OFFERING DOCUMENT AND, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL, UH, FINANCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT WE PRESENTED TO STANDARD COURSE.

IT WAS A VERY LONG, UM, TEAMS CALL AND WITH A SIGNIFICANT FOLLOW UP.

UH, AS WE GET TO THESE HIGH RATED CREDITS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE EQUALLY RATED NOW TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, WE SEE SIX BIDDERS.

UM, AND, AND THE LOW BID WAS 3.788232% BY BOK, UM, FINANCIAL SECURITIES.

UH, TONIGHT, IF YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES THAT, UH, THE EXECUTED DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MS. VAUGHN DEPARTMENT, THEY REVIEW, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WERE DONE ACCORDINGLY.

AND THAT, UM, THAT IS A LEGAL AND VALID ISSUE AND OF DEBT BY THE CITY.

IT TAKES ABOUT 15 DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF EXECUTED DOCUMENTS THAT WE EXPECT TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 25TH BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MOOD'S RATING, UM, PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE THING AND A GOAL THAT, THAT WE HAD FOR THE CITY.

UM, HERE, I ACTUALLY, UH, SUMMARIZED SOME OF THE POINTS THEY MENTIONED.

I COULDN'T HAVE WROTE A BETTER REPORT IF I WROTE IT FOR MYSELF.

BUT THE KEY THINGS I WANNA MENTION TO YOU ARE TWO THINGS THAT, THAT BECAME APPARENT.

IT'S A VERY POSITIVE RATE REPORT.

AND IMPORTANTLY, IT ACTUALLY, WHEN WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, RADI FEES WHEN THEY WENT INTO COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT US BEING AAA RATED VERSUS A DOUBLE A ONE RATED CITY TO BE THAT HIGH RATED.

AND I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT IN DETAIL TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY, THEY INDICATED.

UM, AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, IS THAT FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL, AND I'LL SHOW YOU, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VERY FINE LINE DE DETAILED CRITERIA, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, THERE'S INDICATES AAA RATING YOUR, THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE, MANAGES THE CITY, YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, EVERY ASPECT OF RATES.

AAA, THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS THAT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF.

AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEY'RE RELATED TO DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS ALLOWS CITIES TO ISSUE DEBT.

BUT IN GENERAL THAT WE ARE ON A VERY POSITIVE TRAJECTORY.

AND MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT, THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND CON CONSISTENT TRAJECTORY AND OPERATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, VERY SOON YOU'LL BE AAA CITY.

BUT AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL ME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SOLID, UH, INCOME.

UH, YOU OUTPACE THE NATION, UH, OUR FULL VALUE CAPITAL OF 188,000, YOU KNOW, PER OUR FULL VALUE, PER PER POPULATION IS STRONG.

AND IT'S BEEN GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.

VERY CONSERVATIVE AND YOUR BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

YOU CONSISTENTLY HAVE POSITIVE OPERATING RESULTS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE STRONG FINANCIAL RESERVES, EVEN WITH CASH FUNDING, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF YOUR GROWTH DRIVEN CAPITAL NEEDS.

UH, WE HAVE LOW LEVERAGE NOW AND WE HAVE SH SHARED WITH THEM, YOUR MULTI-YEAR PLAN EVEN WE HAVE LOW LEVERAGE, UM, EVEN AFTER THE POTENTIAL ISSUANCE OF 25 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

YOU HAVE A HEALTHY

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GROWING ECONOMY HERE.

AND, AND YOUR TAX BASE IS NOT ONLY EXPANDING, BUT IT'S DIVERSIFYING WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH.

THE, THE COUPLE POINTS THEY MENTIONED ABOUT GOING UPGRADE AND, AND, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THIS IN DETAIL, IS THAT THE TWO THINGS THAT WE, WE HAVE, UM, WE DON'T CONTROL IS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT, AND WHAT WHAT WE HAVE.

AND, AND THEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT OUR PER CAPITA, UM, UH, UH, HOME VALUE AND OUR RESIDENT INCOME.

AND THEY INDICATE THAT AAA MEDIUMS ARE VERY HIGH AT $270,000, AT 170% OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

AND TO GIVE YOU A FEEL, THOUGH, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT AND YOU'VE BEEN ON A VERY POSITIVE TRAJECTORY.

SO YOU LOOK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UM, FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR, UM, YOUR RESIDENTIAL INCOME, YOU WERE ABOUT 110% OF THE US AVERAGE THIS YEAR YOU'LL BE AT ABOUT 120%.

AND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, YOUR PER CAPITA FULL VALUE WAS ABOUT 125,000.

AND IT'S RISEN TO 188,000 IN, IN, IN, IN, UM, FIVE YEARS.

SO IT'S MOVING UP.

YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE EVOLVING AND CHANGING AS THE CITY GROWS.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AT SOME OF THESE DEMOGRAPHICS.

I, THESE, THESE, WHEN YOU GET TO THE AAA MEDIANS, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT THEY'RE REALLY SOME OF THE HIGHEST DEMOGRAPHIC CITIES.

I'M FORTUNATE TO REPRESENT A FEW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IF I MENTION THEIR NAMES, YOU'D KNOW THEM.

'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY CONSIDERED THE VERY, YOU KNOW, UH, HIGH-END CITIES, THEY INDICATE A DECLINE IN DEBT, UH, LEADING TO LONG-TERM LIABILITIES BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF REVENUE.

AND WHEN THEY CALCULATE THIS, THE WAY THEY CALCULATE IT IS THEY TAKE YOUR PENSION LIABILITY, YOUR OPEC LIABILITY, YOUR TOTAL DEBT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LIABILITIES.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UM, IN 2021, YOU HAD 250%, UH, OF, OF THAT FIVE YEARS AGO.

SO IT WAS 152%.

THIS YEAR IT'S ABOUT 130%.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT CATEGORIES.

UM, WHAT COULD LEASE A, A DOWNGRADE, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.

BUT AS I SAID, I, IN, IN THE IN, I REPRESENT A NUMBER OF AAA CITIES AND MY EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THAT DEBT ACTUALLY IMPACTS YOU NEGATIVELY IS WHEN THE AMOUNT OF DEBT YOU HAVE AND THE COST TO PAY FOR IT IMPACTS THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY OPERATE IN A CITY.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU ISSUE DEBT, AND WE SAID WE HAD A LEVY IN INS TAX, BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA GO UP IN OUR OVERALL TAXES AND WE HAD TO CUT OPERATIONS, REDUCE PUBLIC SAFETY OR SOME ASPECT OF IT.

THAT'S WHERE THEY SEE DEBT IS.

THE FACT IS THAT, UM, SOME OF THE VERY HIGH AAA RATED CITIES I HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE THE MOST DEBT 'CAUSE IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE CITIES.

SO YOU, THERE, THEY HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THAT'S ISSUE A LOT OF DEBT 'CAUSE IT'S, AND, AND THEY ISSUE DEBT.

UM, AND I TRY TO BEEN BALANCED OPERATIONS.

AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW ECONOMIC CYCLES IS THAT, UM, THE ABILITY TO BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY AND HAVE POSITIVE, UM, FINANCIAL RESULT IS REALLY THE BEST JUDGMENT OF WHAT MANAGEMENT DOES.

AND SO, UM, AGAIN, IF WE HAD, UH, IMBALANCED OPERATIONS, WE WOULD HAVE TO USE OUR CASH ON HAND, WHICH WOULD DECREASE OUR CASH ON HAND.

AND THE CONCERN WOULD BE HOW DO YOU TURN THAT AROUND? I'VE HAD CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU START TO GET LOW ON CASH AND, AND YOU GET TO THE NEXT YEAR AND YOU SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO BOUNCE.

DO WE RAISE TAXES? SO THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

NEITHER OF THOSE I THINK WOULD TAKE PLACE THAT HERE.

BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK, TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS SOMETHING, AND I, I DID INCLUDE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IN THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU, I PUT A COPY OF THE ACTUAL RATING REPORT AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TURN TO PAGE SIX TO SHOW THE RATING METHOD, MYTHOLOGY AND SCORE FOR FACTORS.

AGAIN, OVERSIGHT.

I, I, WE RECEIVED BIDS, WE PREPARED PRESENTATION, WE DROVE DOWN HERE TODAY.

BUT I WOULD INCLUDE THIS IN 'CAUSE THIS IS SUCH A, A SPECTACULAR REPRESENTATION OF YOUR CITY CREDIT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW THE CRITERIA ARE WEIGHTED AND WHAT THE WEIGHTS ARE FOR THOSE.

I MEAN, THE CRITERIA WEIGHTING AND WHAT THE SCORES ARE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAGE SIX, I SEE MORE AAAS THAN I SEE AAS.

AND, AND WHEN I SEE THE AAAS, THE AAAS ARE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, UM, FIXED COST, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY CONTROL THE AAS ON RESIDENT INCOME, YOU CAN INFLUENCE RESIDENT INCOME.

BUT THE REALITY IS WE ARE WHO WE ARE IN IN EVERY CITY, AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

THOUGH IT'S INCREASING.

UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE STATE ALLOWS US TO GENERATE REVENUES.

AND IT REFLECTS HOW THE STATE, UM, UH, ALLOWS IT, UH, LIMITS US IN, UH, HOW MUCH WE CAN GROW OUR ADDITIONAL OPERATING FUND BASED ON THE REVENUE CAPS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

IT'S STRONG, BUT IT'S A DOUBLE A AND THEN THAT LONG-TERM LIABILITIES RATIO.

AND, AND TO ME, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, WE TILTED VERY CLOSE TO BEING A AAA AND IN FACT TALKING TO, UM, UH, SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD PREPARING FOR THIS PRESENTATION

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WITH AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'VE MOVED QUICKLY INTO THIS, TO THIS VERY SOLID FINANCIAL, AND MOODY'S, AS AN INSTITUTION LIKES TO SEE US OPERATE OVER TIME.

SO I THINK WE STAY THE WAY WE ARE TREND THE WAY WE ARE, UH, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE DEBT ISSUES COUPLE YEARS, WE HAVE A STRONG CASE TO MOVE TO THAT AAA.

UM, SO SUMMARY IS A COUNCIL AND, AND TO THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT, THE CITY YOU OPERATE, THE CITY WELL OPERATE AS AAA CITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOUR FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT, UH, IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T CONTROL WILL MOVE INTO THOSE AAA CATEGORIES, UH, THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY MEANS, WHAT'S IT REALLY MEAN? THESE ARE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED, RECEIVED SIX BIDS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, OUR FIRM AND MY TEAM HAD FIVE BIDS THIS WEEK, AND THE LOW BIDDER WAS B OKAY.

AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY STRONG.

UM, INVESTMENT BANK, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE RUN BY SOME PEOPLE I KNOW THAT USED TO WORK IN MY FIRM.

AND, AND THEY ARE A VERY STRONG, UH, MID, MID-LEVEL INVESTMENT BANK.

THEY DID NOT BID ON THE FOUR OTHER TRANSACTIONS WE DID.

TO GIVE YOU A FEEL, UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD TWO AA RATED CREDIT SELL, UH, COMPETITIVELY.

ROBERT BEARD, YOUR THIRD BIDDER HERE WON THEM.

AND, AND THIS MORNING, UH, WE HAD A, A AAA RATED SALE.

AND RAYMOND JAMES, UM, WON THAT.

THESE HERE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN I LOOK AT THESE, FIVE OF THESE FIRMS WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE TOP SEVEN UNDERWRITERS OF THESE TYPE BONDS.

AND, AND UNIQUELY, AS I WAS TELLING SARAH, I STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT BROWNSTONE INVESTMENT GROUP.

HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN 2000 BIDS I'VE DONE.

THEY'RE NEW, BUT BUT THEY'VE BEEN DRIVEN TO THIS.

AND SO YOU HAVE THE REALLY COMPETITIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE PURCHASING BONDS, UM, CONSISTENTLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND REALLY COMPETING FOR 'EM WITH BOK FOCUSING ON YOUR ISSUE.

AND AS A RESULT, THEY WON.

AND NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN, BUT ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND I I DISCUSSED WITH SARAH, AS YOU LOOK AT THE SPREAD BETWEEN BOK AND RAYMOND JAMES, YOU SEE EIGHT BASIS POINTS ON OUR OTHER BIDS.

WE'LL SEE SPREADS LIKE ONE TO TWO BASE POINTS.

YOU KNOW, THESE FIRMS HAVE PRETTY SIMILAR COST OF CAPITAL AND, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE MARKET AND, AND GENERALLY PRICE THINGS, HOW WE HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT PRICING.

THEY WANTED THIS BOND ISSUE AND THEY BA BID THROUGH IT.

AND, AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OUR METHOD OF SALE WOULD BE, I INDICATED IF SOMEONE HAS GOT HIGH CREDIT, VERY IMPORTANT AND, AND, UH, A WELL THOUGHT OF NAME, YOU WOULD EXPECT SOMEONE TO BID THROUGH IT AND I THINK BE OKAY.

UM, UH, VERY PLEASED TO TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY WANTED TO BID.

UH, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS.

AND WHAT'S IT MEAN? UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT RATINGS AND THE RATING REPORT AND, AND HOW THIS WAS PRESENTED.

WHAT IT MEANS IS, IS SAVING MONEY FOR THE CITIZENS.

OUR PLAN OF FINANCIAL WAS ISSUED $4 MILLION OF BONDS AT ALL, AT ALL INTRU RATE OF 5.25%, AND, UM, A TOTAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT OF 5.4 MILLION.

TODAY WE ISSUED 3,995,000 OF BONDS.

UM, WE, UM, 5,000 LESS THAN WE ESTIMATED.

WE ACTUALLY CONTROLLED COSTS TO SQUEEZE THEM.

UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY $46,000 LESS IN OUR COST OF ISSUANCE FROM THE UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT AND THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST RATE BETWEEN WHAT WE PROJECTED.

AND I WILL BE FAIR, I WOULD SAY THAT WE, WE BUFFERED IT AT THE TIME.

WE NOTED IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT THE INTEREST RATES AT THE TIME WE RAN THE SCALE WOULD'VE BEEN RATED AT ABOUT 5%.

AND, AND THE MARKETS MOVED ABOUT 10%.

SO ON AN APPLES TO APPLE BASIS, YOU SHOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN SOMEWHERE IN THE 4 85 TO UM, FOUR 90.

BUT, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT VERY POSITIVE RATING REPORT, THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF DEBT YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING TREMENDOUS APPETITE.

UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I LEARNED 30 PLUS YEARS AGO FROM MY MENTOR IS WHEN THERE'S UNCERTAINTY OF INTEREST RATES OR THE ECONOMY, PEOPLE WANT HIGH CREDIT QUALITY BONDS AND YOUR STRONG CREDIT QUALITY, UH, BROUGHT YOU TO THIS PLACE.

AND SO THE NET RESULT IS THAT, THAT THAT REDUCTION IN INTEREST RATE RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF PROPOSED INTEREST OF 308,000, WHICH IS 22% LESS THAN THE INTEREST RATE, INTEREST COST WE HAD ON THE ORIGINAL PLAINTIFF ADVANCE.

UH, SO IN SUMMARY, UM, IF TONIGHT, UH, THE, THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH WAS BLANK PENDING THE THE LOW BIDS, UH, YOUR BOND COUNSEL HAS SUBMITTED, UH, EXECUTE DOCUMENTS TO EXECUTE WITH THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, UH, INDICATING THE B OKAY, UM, LOW BID, UH, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM, UH, THE DOCUMENT EXECUTED AND PRESENTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND, UH, WE EXPECT TO CLOSE AFTER THEIR APPROVAL ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 25TH.

IN SUMMARY, UM, I'M, I'M THANKFUL AND, AND TO BE A PART OF THIS TRANSACTION.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TRANSACTIONS, I ALWAYS ASK MY TEAM TO RE RE-LOOK AT 'EM AND SAY, WHAT COULD WE HAVE DONE DIFFERENT AND BETTER? AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

IN FACT, EVEN THIS WEEKEND, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS CAME OUT WEAK, TALKED ABOUT, MAYBE CONTINUED, YOU KNOW, DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON INTEREST RATES.

WE SAW

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A VERY POSITIVE MARKET IN OUR SALES YESTERDAY IN POSITIVE MARKET TODAY.

UH, WE COMPLIMENT BEN AND SARAH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBT ISSUANCE 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A DEBT DEBT ISSUANCE.

THEY WENT ALL OUT AND, AND, UH, UH, RECEIVED MANY, MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE, UH, RATING AGENCY TEAM.

UM, AND AS I SHOWED YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, TO ME YOU HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AAA IN YOUR OPERATIONS.

IT'S JUST THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY HIGH RATED, BUT WE'RE CATCHING UP TO THAT AAA.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL EXCEEDS OR MEETS EVERY, I THINK, TARGET WE SET IN THE INITIAL PLAN OF FINANCE.

UH, I'LL ANSWER, PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION, JUST EDUCATIONAL, I'M LOOKING AT THE RATING METHODOLOGY AND IT SAYS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, WHICH THERE'S NO OTHER METRIC EXCEPT AA 10%.

WHAT IS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK REFERRED TO? UM, IT REFERS TO THE, OUR STATE STATUTES AND HOW WE FUND OURSELVES.

UH, SO IT'S, THERE'S AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.

WE REALLY PROBABLY DIVIDED INTO TWO AREAS HOW WE FUND OPERATIONS AND HOW WE FUND, UM, OUR DEBT.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE FUND OPERATIONS.

AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN PUT IN SOME MORE STRINGENT, UM, RESTRICTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN RAISE REVENUE IF YOU NEED TO RAISE REVENUE.

UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT REFLECTS THAT.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S SOME STATES THAT DON'T HAVE AN A RATING 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO LIMITED IN WHAT THEIR CITIES HAVE, BUT IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE STATE STATUTES THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO GENERATE REVENUES, UH, TO PUT RATES AND CHARGES IN PLACE FOR UTILITIES, ET CETERA.

SO THAT'S THE 3% CAP THAT THE STATE LET THE 3.5% CAP WITHOUT VOTER LIMITED EXCEPTIONS.

AND REMEMBER THIS RATING AND THIS PROCESS WAS TAKING PLACE WHEN, UM, WE WERE IN THE SPECIAL SESSION TALKING ABOUT OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT MIGHT BE PUT IN PLACE.

F 2025 DASH 3 81, CONSIDER SECOND READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 13 ORDINANCE APPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 18, ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YEAH, I HAD ONE QUESTION JUST FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE.

IF, IF WE HAD ACHIEVED AARY RATING, HOW MANY BASIS POINTS WOULD THAT HAVE EFFECT? IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD PRETTY GOOD RATES THERE.

I MEAN, I, I I THINK IT'D BE ONE TO TWO BASIS POINTS.

'CAUSE I, I, I BELIEVE THE BUYERS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR BONDS, THEY SEE THE FUTURE AND, AND THEY BUY FOR THAT FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS ACTUALLY SOLD, UM, UH, WE, AGAIN, I TOLD YOU WE SOLD A TRIPLE A WHEN I COMPARE THE RATES, YOU WERE ACTUALLY TWO BASIS POINTS CHEAPER ON MATURITY, MUCH MATURE YIELD THAN THEY SOLD AT A AAA RATING.

AND THEY'RE SOLID AAA WITH TWO AAA'S IN PLACE.

EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAVE MOTION COUNCIL MC LUSO MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF BURNING TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2025.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCILMAN, WE'LL BE TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE

[F. CONSIDER ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-13; AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 2024-18 AND ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.]

SARAH, HI AGAIN, .

UM, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

WE HAD OUR FIRST READING ON AUGUST 26TH.

GENERALLY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ON CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE HAD A, A SMALL TWEAK IN THE FEE ORDINANCE, UH, SINCE THE FIRST READING.

SO I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHY WE TOOK IT OFF OF CONSENT.

THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP THROUGH FISCAL EXCELLENCE.

UM, B ONE, F1, AND C ONE.

THESE ARE THE SAME SLIDES THAT WE SHOWED ON AUGUST 26TH.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THEM PRETTY QUICKLY.

UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR FEE ORDINANCE EVERY YEAR, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, TYPICALLY WHAT KIND OF FEES ARE THESE? THESE ARE, THESE ARE THOSE THAT ARE FOR SERVICES THAT ARE USED ONLY BY A SUBSET OF THE POPULATION OR THEY'RE OPTIONAL.

SO THIS IS SOMEONE THAT'S RENTING A PAVILION AT THE PARK OR ADOPTING AN ANIMAL AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO YOU CHARGE THEM SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FEE FOR THAT SERVICE.

AND THE GOAL IS JUST A COST RECOVERY MECHANISM.

SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THESE FEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE HAVE TO OF COURSE, WEIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACTS, THE IMPACTS TO THE CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE SET A FEE THAT APPROPRIATELY RECOVERS OUR COSTS.

THIS YEAR, OUR PROCESS WAS FOR DIRECTORS TO REVIEW THEIR RESPECTIVE FEE SCHEDULES.

UM, THOSE FEE CHANGES WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN WE'RE BRINGING THEM FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

SO THE, THESE FEE CHANGES ARE ALL THE SAME AS THE FIRST READING EXCEPT THE BOTTOM NINE.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE LAW RELATED TO, UM, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSING, UM, AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE ON OUR FEE SCHEDULE AS A RESULT.

SO, UM, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 UNDER SENATE

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BILL 1 0 0 8, A CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS CAN NO LONGER CHARGE A PREMISE, A FEE UNDER THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE IF THE PREMISE HAS ALREADY PAID A SIMILAR FEE TO OPERATE.

AND SO UNDER THAT UMBRELLA FEE TO OPERATE IS INCLUDED A FA FOOD PERMIT AND THOSE ARE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, WHAT WE DID WAS WE DID A CROSS REFERENCE OF THE LISTING FROM THE COUNTY OF EVERY ESTABLISHMENT THAT ALREADY HAD A FOOD PERMIT THAT WE BY LAW CAN NO LONGER, UM, ASSESS A ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE.

AND EVERY SINGLE ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS AN ACTIVE LICENSE ALSO HAS A FOOD PERMIT.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY THAT WE COULD EVEN ASSESS THIS FEE TO, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO.

SO, AND IT IS ON PAR WITH WHAT OUR PEER CITIES ARE DOING.

YOU'RE SEEING GENERALLY MOST CITIES ARE JUST REPEALING THEIR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE RIGHT NOW UNTIL THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK OUT A BETTER MECHANISM.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, UM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025, WE'RE GONNA DISCONTINUE ISSUING, WE'RE RENEWING ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES.

THE, UM, THE GAME PLAN FROM HERE, WE HAVE A LETTER THAT'S READY TO GO OUT TO ALL OF OUR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE PREMISE, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO RENEW THEIR LICENSES.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL PUT SOME COMMUNICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT OVERALL, UM, IT'S I GUESS LESS ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR OUR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO GET THEIR LICENSING THROUGH THE COUNTY, NOT JUST THE CITY.

THEY'LL GET THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE THROUGH T-T-A-B-C AND, UM, FROM THERE THE CITY WON'T ISSUE THE ALCOHOL, UM, RENEWAL LICENSE AFTER THAT.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE STATE ISSUES, THE ALCOHOL LICENSE, UM, YES, THROUGH, IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE A DOUBLE PERMIT.

SO WE HAD TO, RIGHT, AS THE I UNDERSTAND BREWERY, WE HAD TO PAY A SECONDARY LICENSE TO OPERATE THE ALCOHOL SALES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THAT WAS SECONDARY OF THE TABC LICENSE.

IT WAS JUST BASICALLY ANOTHER PAYMENT.

I UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE WE HAD A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE SIMILAR IN LOUISIANA WHEN I WAS IN THAT BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT ERA.

UM, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GET ANYTHING FROM THE PARISH OR THE CITY, YOU JUST GOT IT FROM THE STATE.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS.

OKAY, I GOT IT.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? MOTION COUNCILMAN SCOTT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 13 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 18 IN ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

AGENDA ITEM SIX A, RESOLUTIONS 2025 DASH B 96, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 66 AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO PAY REGULATORY INVOICES AND BILLS FOR SPECIFIC PROVIDERS OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVAL ANNUAL BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

[A. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R66; A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PAY REGULAR INVOICES AND BILLS FROM SPECIFIC PROVIDERS OF GOODS AND SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED ANNUAL BUDGET, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.08 OF THE CITY OF BOERNE'S HOME RULE CHARTER.]

AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.08 OF THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOMEWOOD CHARTER, SARAH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF, UM, AFTER WE ADOPT THE BUDGET BEFORE OUR FISCAL YEAR BEGINS, SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF REGULAR BILLS THAT ARE OWED TO VENDORS.

THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP THROUGH FISCAL EXCELLENCE, PROVIDING STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT PROCESSES AND OFFERING QUALITY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.

SO, UH, WHAT IS THIS ITEM FOR AND WHY DO WE DO IT EVERY YEAR? UM, ESSENTIALLY THE HOME RULE CHARTER REQUIRES THAT COUNCIL APPROVE EVERY PURCHASE OVER, IT'S NOW A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT USED TO BE 50,000, BUT, UM, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, IT'S NOW A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BRING FORWARD AND GET APPROVAL FOR ANY PURCHASE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.

EVEN IF IT'S A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT THAT YOU'VE SEEN LAST YEAR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, WE STILL HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE MAKE THIS PAYMENT THIS YEAR FOR THIS CONTRACT YOU SAW LAST YEAR? AND REGARDLESS OF THE PROCUREMENT METHOD, SO WHEN IT COMES TO ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY COME BEFORE COUNSEL, YOU'VE SEEN THE CONTRACT, YOU'VE APPROVED THE CONTRACT, IT WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, IT'S REALLY A STREAMLINING PROCESS TO NOT HAVE TO BRING FORWARD ALL THOSE ITEMS TO YOU EVERY YEAR.

SO, UM, THE APPLICABLE LAWS, OF COURSE, THE HOME WORLD CHARTER AND, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENT LAWS, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S ON THIS LIST HAS ALREADY MET THE PROCUREMENT LAWS.

THEY, THEY'VE, WE'VE MET ALL, UM, ALL REQUIRED LAWS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO IN ORDER TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST, NOT EVERYBODY, NOT EVERY VENDOR CAN BE ADDED.

UH, WE HAVE TO REVIEW IT ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT QUALIFIES.

OF COURSE, NUMBER ONE, WE EXPECT THAT WE MAY SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE FOR THIS VENDOR

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PER YEAR.

UM, SECONDLY, THE COMPETITIVE AND BIDDING OR BIDDING PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND LASTLY, IT'S, IT'S A PURCHASE THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING FORWARD TO YOU ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL DIDN'T APPROVE IN THE BUDGET.

THE OTHER METHOD IS FOR EXISTING MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS, WHERE THERE, PART OF THAT MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT IS FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 IS WITHIN THAT TERM.

SO THAT CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT FORWARD TO YOU, IT WENT THROUGH ANY PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IT.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? YES.

NATURALLY.

UM, WILL YOU STILL GIVE US A, UH, NOTICE OR REPORT? BECAUSE I'M SAYING IF IT'S A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT FROM A YEAR AGO.

SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL GET NOTICE THAT, BY THE WAY, THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED A YEAR EARLIER.

IT'S GONNA BE 150,000 THIS YEAR.

ALSO FINE.

IT WAS APPROVED.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE, THERE SHOULD BE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT TO MAKE US AWARE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.

JUST TO REMIND US, THAT'S ALL THE, UM, THERE, THERE'S THE LISTING OF THE VENDORS THAT ARE WITHIN THE RESOLUTION.

AND THEN I DO HAVE A REPORT THAT I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT TAKES, TAKES YOU THROUGH ALL OF OUR ANALYSIS.

DON'T KEEP IT STREAMLINED BUT AVAILABLE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION COUNCIL MACALUSO PLEASE.

MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 66 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER TO PAY REGULAR INVOICES AND BILLS FROM SPECIFIC PROVIDERS OF GOES AND SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED ANNUAL BUDGET AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.08 OF THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOME RULE CHARTER.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SCOTT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION TO PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ITEM SIX B 2025 DASH 3 57, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 67 RESOLUTION, DESIGNATING SIGNATURES FOR THE DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF BURNING TEXAS.

WE'D BE ON TO AGENDA

[B. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R67; A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING SIGNATORIES FOR THE DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS.]

SARAH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. UM, IT CAME ABOUT THERE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS WITHIN OUR OVERALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.

SOME OF THOSE ACCOUNTS WE DON'T HAVE TRANSACTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE WERE HAVING A TRANSACTION IN ONE OF THOSE ACCOUNTS AND WE SAID, HEY, THOSE SIGNATORIES DON'T LOOK LIKE THE REST OF OUR ACCOUNTS.

SO WE SAID, LET'S LOOK AT ALL OF THEM AND LET'S JUST IN ONE FAIL SWOOP GIVE OUR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION, UM, THE, UM, THE APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL TO JUST MAKE EVERYTHING THE SAME SIGNATORIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTS.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A COMMON SENSE ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP THROUGH FISCAL EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDING STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT PROCESSES.

SO WE DON'T, OF COURSE, HAVE DIFFERENT SIGNATORIES FOR EVERY ACCOUNT AND HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT.

SO BEFORE, UH, WE HAD MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS WITH INCONSISTENT SIGNATORIES.

UM, AFTER WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ONE LIST, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE IT TO OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND IT'LL BE ALL LINED UP.

SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, THESE ARE DEPOSITS OR WITHDRAWALS.

IT'S SIGNATORIES FOR THE BANK ACCOUNTS THEMSELVES.

SO, UM, IT'S WHO CAN SIGN THE CHECKS ESSENTIALLY.

DO WE HAVE DOUBLE SIGNATURE OR SINGLE? WE HAVE DOUBLE.

WE DO JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE.

MAY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH R 67 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING SIGNATOR FOR THE DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF BURN TEXAS.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE AND MOTION PASSES PASSED THROUGH EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SARAH, YOU CAN GO SIT DOWN.

FINAL.

AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, A CITY MANAGE REPORT.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO

[A. EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTEN SCOTT.]

UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BEN FOR CITY MANAGE REPORT.

BEN? YES, MAYOR.

UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT'S RECOGNITION, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, SARAH.

SHE'S GIVEN QUITE A FEW PRESENTATIONS THE LAST COUPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, UH, APPRECIATE HER HARD WORK ALONG WITH ALL MY STAFF, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, THANK JIM SABONI AND HIS FIRM AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US SELL OURSELVES OUT THERE TO GET SUCH A GREAT INTEREST RATE AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, JIM.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR.

UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT MADE US AWARE THAT HE WAS MOVING OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE TONIGHT, UH, JUST TO HONOR HIS COMMITMENT, HIS, UH, HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO THANK HIS DEAR WIFE, UH, SANDY AND, AND FOR HER SACRIFICE.

UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL COUNCILS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND A SACRIFICE.

AND, UM,

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WE FEEL IT, YOU FEEL IT, YOUR FAMILIES FEEL IT AS WELL.

UH, QUENTIN IS GIVEN GENEROUSLY OF HIS TIME AND TALENTS FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, WHILE HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL IS NOW COMING TO AN END, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK AND HIS IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME.

IN PARTICULAR, I CAN RECALL THE, WHEN I WAS HIRED BACK IN THE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE WERE HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLISON AND MACALUSO, YOU MIGHT RECALL I HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH YOU 'CAUSE OF THE, OF THE MOMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE NEEDED TO GET GOING ON SOME THINGS, RIGHT? WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS BY THE WAY.

WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE OUR PARK SYSTEM, AND WE NEEDED TO, UM, UH, UH, DO BETTER ON TIGHTENING OUR, THE WAY WE BUDGETED SALES TAX.

AND WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY AND, AND WE HAD VERY, UH, HEALTHY FUND BALANCE RESERVES, BUT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO DO CASH FUNDS AND PROJECTS.

AND WE WENT, WE, WE STARTED TACKLING THAT, NOT JUST HIM AND I, BUT AS A COUNCIL.

AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED DOING THAT AND, UM, I THINK NOW IT'S TAKEN US A MOMENT TO GET THOSE WILLS IN MOTION WHERE WE'VE PLANNED A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND GOT OUR POLICIES IN PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOW STARTING TO SEE THE, UH, FRUITION OF ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND WE'RE STILL SEEING, UM, DIRT BEING BROKEN, UH, GROUNDBREAKINGS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME RIBBON CUTTINGS OR A LOT OF NEAT STUFF'S HAPPENING AND OCCURRING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS, UM, HIS, UH, UH, SACRIFICE, HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALL, UH, CONVERSED WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE.

AND, AND HE'S BEEN A PART OF THAT.

AND, AND CREATING THAT CULTURE OF, OF GOOD, HEALTHY GOVERNANCE, UM, IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CITY VALUES.

UM, ANYWAY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY STAFF, COUNCILMAN SCOTT, QUENTIN, WE THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SANDY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THESE LAST, UH, HAS IT BEEN SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS? OBJECTION.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST, UH, VERY INTERESTING THAT ONE OF YOUR LAST MOTIONS AND ACTIONS ON CITY COUNCIL IS TO REPEAL OUR LI OUR ALCOHOL PERMIT .

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

SCOTT, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN AND SEND YOU, INVITE YOU UP AND ALL OF COUNCIL, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN, WE'LL GET A PICTURE DOWN HERE, UH, DIFFERENTLY.

WE DO HAVE A KEY TO THE CITY WE WANNA AWARD YOU.

NUMBER EIGHT FOR OPEN COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

CONGRATULATIONS WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, OKAY, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM

[8. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL – No discussion or action may take place.]

THAT WAY WE CAN COMMENT ON OUR TIME IN SERVICE WITH QUENTIN.

QUENTIN, I'VE DONE YOU FOR A LONG TIME.

I MEAN, FIRST WE'RE A CUSTOMER AND THEN YOU BECAME A FRIEND, AND THEN WE GOT TO WORK ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER HERE AT CITY COUNCIL.

AND I JUST, UH, I, I KNOW WHAT KIND OF MAN YOU ARE AND KIND OF CHARACTER YOU HAVE AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU HERE, BUT ALSO KNOW YOU OUTSIDE OF CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO I WISH YOU THE BEST, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW HOME AND I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT MORE FREE TIME FOR GOLF, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND SANDY, I KNOW HE IS A LOT, SO THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH HIM.

UH, WITH THAT I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN TO WHOEVER, COUNCILOR WILLISON.

UM, YEAH, QUENTIN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU.

UM, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS ROLE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HAD MANY, UH, CONVERSATION WHERE I THINK WE DISAGREED ON SOMETHING, BUT I'D SAY 95% OF THE TIME WE, YOU KNOW, VOTED ON THINGS THE SAME WAY.

UM, AND

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I, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE BEAUTY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CORDIAL CONVERSATION AND MADE A DECISION.

SOMETIMES WE CAME BACK AND CHANGED THAT DECISION 'CAUSE WE, AND WE KNEW THAT.

AND, UM, I'VE, UH, APPRECIATED YOUR SIDE OF THINGS.

UM, AND, UM, UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATED YOU BEING ON COUNCIL AND, UM, ENJOY YOUR TIME PLAYING GOLF.

THANKS.

APPRECIATE IT.

I WILL ECHO COUNCILMAN WILSON'S COMMENTS.

UH, I WOULD ALSO ADD TO WHAT, WHAT, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER SAID WE CAME ON IN 2019 AND OF COURSE, LITERALLY COVID WAS RIGHT BEHIND US IN 2020, WHICH CREATED ALL KINDS OF, UM, CHAOS.

I WOULD PUT IT THAT WAY.

CONFUSION AND CHAOS AND DISRUPTED WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN A NORMAL PROCESS FOR ALL OF US AS, AS RELATIVELY NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

BUT WE ALL HANDLE IT PRETTY WELL, I THINK.

AND, AND, UM, UH, MY BIG, MY BIGGEST REMEMBRANCE OF YOU, QUENTIN, IS THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT SPLASH PADS AND, UH, .

AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO THE SPLASH PAD? AND I'VE BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST FANS OF THE, UH, THE WHOLE IDEA OF OUR TOWN SQUARE HAVING SOME UPGRADES AND SOME INNOVATION THERE.

SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CHAMPIONING THAT, THAT VISION 'CAUSE IT IS A VISION AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET IT THERE, BUT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO REALLY LAUNCHED THAT AND GET, SHOULD GET THE CREDIT FOR ANYTHING THAT OCCURS THERE.

HOPEFULLY THE GOOD STUFF ONLY IT, NOT THE BAD STUFF.

, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN GREAT SERVING WITH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN WITH YOU AS LONG AS THE REST OF THE GUYS HERE.

IT'S MAYBE JOE.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING MY, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HERE OUT THE DAY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO LEARN FROM YOU.

AND IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

YEAH, NO, AS THE NEWEST GUY HERE.

THANKS FOR HAVING AN OPEN DOOR.

AS I CAME ON BOARD AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS, THAT'S APPRECIATED.

AND JUST LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES, YOU DEFINITELY LOOK MORE COMFORTABLE HOLDING THE GOLF CLUBS THAN, UH, SHOW.

SO ENJOY YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.

GIVE FOR MOMENT.

YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PICTURE, .

ALRIGHT, BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, FIRST OFF, FIRST OFF BEFORE MY, MY PARTING WORDS, I JUST WANNA SAY TODAY I HAD A, A REASON TO GO FIND, I HAD TO GO LOOK UP, UM, SOME BUDGETS FROM SOME, I WON'T SAY WHAT OTHER COUNTIES OR ENTITIES THEY WERE, BUT I WAS, I THINK I NEEDED TO LOOK UP FOUR, UH, BUDGETS AND PROPOSED TAX RATES, UH, FOR THESE THREE ENTITIES, FOUR ENTITIES.

AND, UH, IT WAS LIKE PULLING TEETH TO GO FIND PROPOSED BUDGETS AND ESTIMATED TAX RATES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO MUCH MORE EASY ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO I DON'T, WE WE'RE A CUT ABOVE, UM, MANY OTHER ENTITIES OUT THERE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THE SAME WORK AND MAKING IT EASY AND, UH, TRANSPARENT AND, UH, ANYWAY, OUR WEBSITE'S A CUT ABOVE, SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL PICTURES HERE.

UH, I WAS WONDERING WHAT I WAS WEARING WHEN I, MY, WHAT MY WIFE WAS WEARING WHEN THE FIRST TIME SHE CAME AND, UH, OF COURSE SHE KNEW EXACTLY SHE WAS WEARING AND THAT GOLF MOMENT OVER THERE AT THE, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, CROSKY, THAT WAS A GREAT, A GREAT LITTLE PROJECT THEY DID AND I WAS HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

I'VE HAD GREAT MOMENTS WITH THE CITY.

UM, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH COVI, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, CONSTITUENT CONCERNS OVER PROJECTS AND, AND, UH, BUT I, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE DONE.

I'M, I'M SAD THAT I'M LEAVING, UH, BUT, UH, HAPPY THAT I'M LEAVING IN THE GOOD HANDS, UH, OF THE, A GOOD COUNCIL THAT'S, UH, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AT HEART.

UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T THINK WE LISTEN OR YOU KNOW, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TALKING TO A WALL SOMETIMES.

BUT I I, I WILL ADMIT THAT OUR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LISTEN AND HEAR THE CONSTITUENTS TALK AND, AND THE, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE HEARD AND AND MET.

DO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN? UM, AND I KNOW THAT I'M LEAVING THE COUNCIL IN GOOD HANDS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND, UH, GOOD LUCK GOING FORWARD.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S, I'LL BE BACK TO VISIT DOWN THERE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU ONLY GET THREE MINUTES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR HIM.

I'LL MAKE IT WORK.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, JUST, I GOT ONE QUICK ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, JOE.

UM, THE BUCKY'S THING, STUFF IS A LOT.

AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL FORGET TO TELL PEOPLE THANKS.

AND, UM, THIS JOB, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BIG BUCKS WE MAKE, UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS JOB IS SERVICE BEYOND SELF AND THERE'S CONTENTIOUS ITEMS AND WE SIGN UP FOR THAT.

I, YOU KNOW, NOT TAKING THAT AWAY, BUT I JUST WANNA TELL JOE, THANKS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT AND IT'S A LOT.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS TOO SHALL PASS.

I'LL THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WILL SAY ONE THING ABOUT IT AND THAT'S ALL.

UM, I WON'T GET ANY DETAILS ABOUT HIM.

'CAUSE IF YOU WATCHED THE P AND Z MEETING LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS A

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LOT OF DETAILS MM-HMM .

UM, THE, THE THING THAT, THAT I FIND, UM, I'M NOT SURE THE RIGHT WORD, UM, DISAPPOINTING ME PERSONALLY ANYWAY, IS THE, UH, ESSENTIAL DISTRUST THAT I FIND THE COMMUNITY IS, IS DEVELOPING IN, IN THE INSTITUTION HERE.

AND I THINK THAT IS A, A VERY FALSE EMOTION TO HAVE.

UH, I HAVE IMPLICIT CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, OUR MAYOR, MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T HEAR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR VIEWS ON CERTAIN THINGS.

BUT THE BALANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO TAKES AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE LAW IN BERNIE, IN KENDALL COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES IS DIFFERENT THAN THE EMOTIONAL COMMENTS YOU MAKE AS A CITIZEN.

I ACTUALLY LOOK BACK, UH, 'CAUSE THIS CAME UP THE OTHER NIGHT.

UH, I HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE BUCKY'S THING LONG BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF EMAILS PRIOR TO MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL AND MY FIRST EMAIL, WHICH WENT TO NOT ONLY THE HOA BUT TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

I READ IT AGAIN AND I THOUGHT ABOUT ACTUALLY READING IT TO SOMEBODY, BUT I DECIDED I WOULDN'T, I WOULD SAY MY ARTICULATION OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE FAR BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU HEARD LAST NIGHT.

FAR BETTER AND FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE.

UM, BUT THAT WAS, AS A CITIZEN, THAT WAS AS A PERSON GIVING AN OPINION AND A CONCERN.

UM, WE IN THE ELECTED OFFICE HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, UH, MISSION, NOT TO NOT LISTEN, BUT WE HAVE TO WEIGH ALL KINDS OF FACTORS AS WELL AS THE LEGALITY OF ACTIONS OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, PREVIOUS, UH, UH, CITY MANAGERS, PREVIOUS CITY ATTORNEYS, PREVIOUS CITY MAYORS, UM, AND WHATEVER WE THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE, OF THOSE ACTIONS, UH, WE CAN CRITICIZE THEM AND, AND I HAVE, BUT WE HAVE TO WEIGH ALL THAT.

WE DON'T GET TO JUST IGNORE THAT IT HAPPENED AND, AND YOU DON'T GET JUST A DO OVER BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING.

IT HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO.

SO WE WILL WEIGH ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO ALL THOSE THINGS.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA COME OUT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME OUT, WHATEVER THAT IS.

AND THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL BACK LUSO, UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR BURN HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, SO GET OUT THERE WITH YOUR PURPLE.

OH YEAH.

I JUST WANNA ALSO, UH, SEND A THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR MANN, UM, FOR Y'ALL DON'T, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, HE SHOWED TOURS OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON OLD SAN ANTONIO TO OVER 200 CHAMPION HIGH SCHOOL AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENTS FOR ALL SIX CLASSES.

SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT PART OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS TO SEE HANDS ON IN REAL WORLD WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM FOR THAT.

AND OF COURSE BEN THATCHER AND SYRIA FOR HELPING SET THAT UP.

UM, SO JUST THANK YOU.

GO OUT TO HIM AND IT'S SAID CHAMPION HIGH SCHOOL PLACE THURSDAY NIGHT AND HOME AND YEAH, IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK.

BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL PLACE FRIDAY, HOMECOMING ON FRIDAY.

YEAH.

WHITNEY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE LAST AND FINAL COMMENT.

THAT WAS A THANK THANK TO MY WIFE.

YOU GOT SAME THERE BUDDY .

RIGHT? BUT IF ANYONE'S, IF ANYONE'S WALKED A MILE OF MY SHOE, THERE WAS PROBABLY ONLY ONE DAY THAT OUT OF ALL THE CAMPAIGNING DAYS AND WALKING IN MY DISTRICT AND KNOCKING ON DOORS THAT I DID ALONE EVERY OTHER DAY, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE BEHIND ME.

AND, UH, WALK THE STREETS, TALK TO PEOPLE.

AND, UH, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE'S DONE TO SUPPORT ME.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, A EXECUTIVE SESSION 2025 DASH 4 4 9, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONAL MATTERS TO INTERVIEW AND DELIBERATE THE SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF A QUALIFIED PERSON TO FILL THE UNEX, THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF COUNCILMAN MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE, AS PER THE CITY BURNING HOMELAND CHARTER SECTION 3.08.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SANDY.

ALRIGHT, END OF COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON TO AGENDA

[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE:]

WE WILL ADJOURN FOR CONDUCTIVE SESSION AT 7:04 PM AND WE'LL INTERVIEW CANDIDATES TO STAY HERE.

I THINK WE'LL BRING YOU BACK ONE AT A TIME.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.

IT IS OFFICIALLY

[10. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.]

8:23 PM WE ARE RECONVENING AN OPEN SESSION TO DISCUSS, UH, AGENDA ITEM 10 A 2025 DASH 4 5 0.

UH, MAYOR PROAM, CAN WE HAVE A NOMINATION PLEASE? YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF KYLE MICKELSON TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE, AS PER THE CITY OF BERNIE'S HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 3.08 C, WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN MAY, 2026.

UH, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION

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PASSES FOUR ZERO.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK KYLE SUSAN.

UM, PHILLIP, THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND, AND COMING OUT AND INTERVIEWING AND JUST BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CIVIL ENGAGEMENT AND WILLINGNESS TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE.

UM, DON'T LET THIS BE A, A STEPPING STONE OR A, A DETERRENT TO STAY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS THROWN AT YOU IN, IN A, IN A VERY SHORT TIME TO ANSWER 'EM.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO BERNIE.

IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN, UH, AT 8:24 PM OH.

AND WE WILL APPOINT KYLE AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, IN TWO WEEKS.

WHAT'S THAT? THE OATH OFFICE, THE O OF OFFICE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.