* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER-6:00 PM] [00:00:03] I KNOW. WELCOME EVERYONE. IT IS OFFICIALLY 6:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026 TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF BURN, TEXAS. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER? GRACIOUS LOVE OF GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR A GLORIOUS DAY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN YOUR SERVICE EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE ON THIS. AS THIS COUNCIL, CONTINUE TO GUIDE US, GUIDE OUR, OUR DECISIONS AND OUR HEARTS, AND OUR DECISION MAKING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS WE DO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY. OPEN UP THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR BROTHERS SISTER, OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE CAN LIVE IN COMMUNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS UNITED, CARING AND SHARING THIS COMMUNITY FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND PRECIOUS US NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE OF THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, P CAN SEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. AND YOU MAY BE SEATED. [2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST] WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. GREAT. [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)] AND YOU'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM, I WILL STATE YOUR NAME. YOU CAN COME TO PODIUM AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AF AFTER YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS BILL JOLLY. BILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. HEY, WE NEED YOU, BILL JOLLY. I'M A-J-O-L-L-I-E. I'M A 1 6 4 COOL ROCK. AND BERNIE, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT, EVERYONE. SO I, UH, I RUN A NONPROFIT ON THE SIDE CALLED INTERRUPT HUNGER. AND I WANT TO, I NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE BERNIE THE HEALTHIEST SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS. THAT IS A VERY BIG TASK. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT A MESS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE ACTIVATE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, EVERY POSSIBLE SECTOR, WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER WITHOUT A TON OF MONEY. SO FIRST THING I'M GONNA ASK Y'ALL IS TO JOIN US IN A KICKOFF MEETING AT THE CITY BELOW CENTER FOR CONSERVATION NEXT THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH FROM 6:00 PM TO SEVEN 30. IT'S FREE. IT'S NOT A LECTURE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT THREE PAGES WORTH OF INITIATIVES TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT. UM, IT'S A WORKING MEETING SO YOU CAN COME LEARN ABOUT THE VISION AND SEE HOW YOU CAN PLUG IN. SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT. I GOT A NONPROFIT IN, UM, A PODCAST CALLED MOVIE GIVE. WE HOST EXPERTS IN EXERCISES. MEDICINE, FOOD IS MEDICINE, FOOD INSECURITY. I'VE BECOME FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THEIR FIELDS OF MEDICINE. UM, AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THERE'S POCKETS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING REALLY NEAT THINGS, BUT NOBODY HAS ACTIVATED THE COMMUNITY SUCCESSFULLY. BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES, YOU THINK OF A LOT OF MONEY. WE CAN DO THIS WITH ENOUGH BODIES, ENOUGH RESIDENTS FOR NOT A TON OF MONEY. SO WE STARTED, COACH LEACH APPROVED A FAMILY FITNESS NIGHT AT HERF. MY DAUGHTER, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS A SECOND GRADER. SO FA, FAMILY FITNESS NIGHT HAPPENS ONCE A MONTH. IT'S LIKE PE FOR FAMILIES COSTS ZERO. THE PRINCIPAL GETS APPROVED. THE PE COACH APPROVES WHATEVER THE COACH IS DOING DURING THE DAY. YOU DO THAT AT NIGHT, EXCEPT NOT JUST THE KIDS. THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED, THE TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED. YOU'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY, YOU'RE BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS. SO MUCH FUN. SECOND EXAMPLE, LET'S PUT THE PRACTICUM HOURS OF OUR SENIORS AT THE, AT OUR, UH, CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM TO GOOD USE. SO WHAT IF WE GET OUR SENIORS IN THE CULINARY PROGRAM TO TEACH THEIR PEERS HEALTHY COOKING? WHAT IF WE GET LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SPONSOR MATERIALS TO BUILD SCHOOL GARDENS AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND THEN GET OUR AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS IN THE CTE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM STUDENTS TO TEACH THEIR PEERS HOW TO GARDEN. SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON GARDEN FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. HAVE Y'ALL HEARD OF VICTORY GARDENS? BACK IN WORLD WAR II, THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR II, 40% OF ALL PRODUCE GROWN IN THIS COUNTRY CAME FROM BACKYARD AND COMMUNITY GARDENS. ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS TO FEED PEOPLE AND USE THE COMMERCIAL FARMS PRODUCE TO SEND OVERSEAS THE WAR EFFORT. BUT THE UNDERLYING ISSUE WAS TO GET PEOPLE'S MINDS OFF OF THE WAR AND BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER. UM, WE ALSO, I'VE TALKED TO, UM, OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR AND OUR CITY ARBORIST, THAT'S NOT HIS TITLE, BUT ABOUT FOOD SCAPING. AND SO FOOD SCAPING IS LIKE LANDSCAPING EXCEPT YOU PLANT EDIBLE PRODUCE. SO THINK ABOUT FOOD SCAPING OUR, OUR NEW, UH, NORTHSIDE PARK. INSTEAD OF PLANTING ORNAMENTAL TREES AND BUSHES, WHAT IF WE PLANTED NATIVE PLUM TREES, NATIVE PECAN TREES, AND THE BACK ROW TREE LINE? WHAT IF WE PLANTED NATIVE BLACKBERRY BUSHES? YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING, RIGHT? WHAT IF EVERY SINGLE CHURCH AND SEVERAL, UM, BUSINESSES HAD EMPLOYEE GARDENS AND CHURCH GARDENS, THAT THEY FED THEIR OWN PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO, WE ENCOURAGED THEM, UH, TO MAKE A, A, A PORTION [00:05:01] OF THEIR HARVEST DONATED TO FOLKS LIKE, UH, UH, HILL COUNTRY, DAILY BREAD, HILL COUNTRY FAMILY SERVICES, AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB TO FEED OUR FAMILIES. SO THE SECOND THING I'M GONNA ASK YOU BESIDES SHOWING UP NEXT THURSDAY, IS TO LET'S SET A, UH, A SECOND MEETING ASIDE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FORMAL. I'M NOT ASKING FOR MONEY. I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. UH, WE GOT THE CHAMBER ON BOARD AND, AND WE GOT SOME OTHER, SOME NEAT, NEAT SECTORS. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO Y'ALL MORE ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU BILL. ALRIGHT, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, BUT IF SOMEONE'S COMING IN LATE, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU DON'T HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. NOTE TAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 6 0 6. MOVING [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.] ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OR COMMENTS FOR CONSENT? AGENDA ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR. I, I'M NOT GONNA GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER. YEAH. WILL WE APPROVE SECOND CONSENT AGENDA A THROUGH I AS PRESENTED. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE. CONSENT. AGENDA PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO [5.A. 2026-041 RECEIVE THE BOERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE ANNUAL REPORT ON RACIAL PROFILING.] A REGULAR CITY AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM FIVE, A PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES. UH, FIVE A 2026 DASH 0 4 1 RECEIVED A BERNIE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE ANNUAL REPORT ON RACIAL PROFILING. PRESENTING CHIEF CODY, CODY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. WE PRESENTING THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2025 AND THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR 2025. THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS, SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST IN CLASS AND EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. WE ARE GOING OVER KEY DEPARTMENTAL STATISTICS, RACIAL PROFILING DATA, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES 2025 EMPLOYEE AWARDS, AND AN UPDATE ON THE CHICO MEMORIAL STATUTE THAT WE HAD LOST IN LINE OF DUTY. HEY, CHIEF LACKEY, CAN YOU MOVE THAT MICROPHONE FRONT OF YOU THERE? THANK YOU. IN 2025, WE SAW AN 8% INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE GOING FROM 24,158 TO 26,162. WE DID SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN 9 1 1 CALLS THAT 24,662. UM, OUR TRAFFIC STOPS ALSO WENT DOWN 4.4% TO 8,547 FROM 8,942, BUT OUR REST DID GO UP BY 10% FOR A TOTAL OF 561, OUR EMERGENCY DETENTIONS WENT UP 33%. THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE WE HOUSED THE ONLY HOSPITAL EARLY IN THE AREA FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THEY DROPPED THEIR EMERGENCY DETENTIONS OFF AT THE ER, WHICH LEAVES OUR OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH THEM. OUR SUICIDE ATTEMPTS DID GO DOWN BY 25%, AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CALLS DID GO UP BY 53%. CID ALL THE WAY AROUND DID GO DOWN. THOSE ARE THE, UH, SIGNED CASES THAT ARE ACTUALLY CRIMES THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY LIMITS, SO IS A A GOOD THING OUR MERITS WENT UP. THOSE ARE MERITS IN PUBLIC, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS ON OFFICERS WENT UP 8% AND OUR COMPLAINTS WENT DOWN BY ALMOST 30%. RACIAL PROFILING REPORT WE MADE 8,547 TRAFFIC STOPS. 3 38 OF THOSE RESULTED IN SEARCHES. THERE WAS ONE RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT. IT WAS ZERO THAT WERE, UM, SUSTAINED. ANIMAL CARE SERVICES SAW A BIG INCREASE. THE LOW 1,185 ANIMALS TOTAL, UH, STRAY ANIMALS WENT DOWN AS WELL AS OWNER SURRENDER. WE SAW A VERY BIG INCREASE IN RESCUE, UH, 301%, AND THAT WAS DUE TO, UM, A NON-PROFIT THAT CAME IN AND HELPED DURING THE FLOODS AND TOOK ALL OF OUR ANIMALS TO KIND OF RELEASE, RELIEVE THAT STRESS FROM THIS AREA THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS, OUR EMPLOYEE, THE EMPLOYEE AWARDS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE OFFICER SALAZAR. THESE, THESE AWARDS ARE GONNA BE PRESENTED TOMORROW AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICER SALAZAR, WHO IS OFFICER OF THE YEAR, UH, DISPATCHER. STEVEN SCOTT WAS THE DISPATCHER OF THE YEAR. AND SERGEANT DOUG MU, WHO WAS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR. THESE ARE PEER, UM, PEER SELECTED, I GUESS YOU'D CALL AWARDS, AND THEY'RE VOTED ON BY THE SUPERVISORS. CORPORAL DAVID CHAVEZ WAS OUR FIT FOR DUTY THIS YEAR. AND OUR TOP GUN IS CORPORAL JEFF WILSON. HE'S ALSO OUR SNIPER. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. , UNFORTUNATELY, WE LOST CANINE CHICO IN LINE OF DUTY. THIS IS OUR FIRST, UH, OFFICER IN THE LINE OF DUTY LOSS. UM, WE ARE DOING A MEMORIAL STATUTE IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM LAST WEEK. UM, THIS IS A LOCAL ARTIST WHO'S DOING, FINISHING UP ON THE, UH, RENDERING, WHICH WILL GO TO THE FOUNDRY FOR, UH, CASTING LATER ON. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT PRETTY SOON. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT? NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO. CODY, YOU GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES TO THE MENTAL, NOT, UH, KEEP GOING. ONE [00:10:01] MORE. RIGHT THERE. UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CALLS WENT UP 53%. UH, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE NOW HAVE MORE OF THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS? IT'S TWO PART ONE. ONE'S THAT, AND ALSO THERE'S A DESIGNATION NOW IN CAD, WHICH IS OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH. WE MADE A SPECIAL DESIGNATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. A LOT OF CALLS THAT DON'T REALLY FIT IN A CATEGORY. WE GO UNDER MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITY. WE'RE NOW USING THAT TO KIND OF CAPTURE THAT, THAT METRIC. UH, I THINK THAT CORRELATES DIRECTLY TO THE ONE, THE, THE, THE, THE STA PROBLEM WITH THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT DROPPING DOWN BY 25%. SO WE WERE WORKING, WE ALSO WERE WORKING ON A SOLUTION ON THE EMERGENCY DETENTION, TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE OTHER ENTITIES TO TRY TO FIND OUT A SOLUTION FOR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD WORK. GOOD. ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION? COUNCILMAN MACALUSO? MAYOR, I MOVE TO RECEIVE THE BURNING POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE ANNUAL REPORT ON RACIAL PROFILING. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU, CODY. MOVING ON [5.B. 2026-006 RECEIVE THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025.] TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE B 2026 DASH 0 0 6. RECEIVED THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE PERIOD END OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. NAME SARAH . SARAH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. WE HAVE OUR FIRST QUARTER REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND THIS IS HOW THE ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP. AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN OUR, UH, FISCAL AND BUDGET CYCLE FOR THE YEAR. ALL IN ALL, IT'S JUST THE FIRST QUARTER IN THE YEAR. SO THERE'S IT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXCITEMENT YET. UM, THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING REPORT OF THE YEAR, BUT, UM, GOOD NEWS IS EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL SLIDES. INTEREST REVENUE, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR ALREADY, WE'VE HAD TWO FED FUND TARGET RATE REDUCTIONS. THE CURRENT TARGET RATE IS SITTING AT 3.5 TO 3.75. UH, THE MARKET WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATING THAT, AND SO WE'VE SEEN, UM, SECURITIES ALREADY BE PRICED TO THAT PRICE RANGE, UM, COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER OVERALL, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE HAD PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE FED FUND RATE DECREASES THIS YEAR, OUR BUDGET PROJECTED THAT OUR INTEREST REVENUE WILL HAVE AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 3% DUE TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED. UM, THAT ALL DEPENDS WHAT HAPPENS. SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED IN THE COMING QUARTERS. AT VALOREM REVENUE, WE'RE RIGHT EXACTLY WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE THIS TIME OF YEAR. UM, THESE COME IN FRONT LOADED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO WE'VE RECEIVED, IT RECEIVED 86% OF OUR BUDGET SO FAR, OF WHICH 84% IS THE CURRENT TAX ROLL. THE 86% INCLUDES CURRENT AND DELINQUENT TAXES. AND PRIOR YEARS WE WERE AT 83 AND 82% SALES TAX REVENUE. WE ARE RIGHT WHERE, UM, WE'VE PROJECTED THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, PROJECTS 3% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. AND YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT 2%, 2.7% OF THAT. UM, SOMETHING THAT I'M NOTING, UH, MONTH OVER MONTH IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. CONSTRUCTION IS THE ONE CATEGORY THAT'S REALLY, UM, REALLY INCREASING THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF OUR CATEGORIES. IT DOES ONLY MAKE UP, UM, I THINK 7% OF OUR OVERALL, UM, OVERALL MIX. BUT, UM, IT, IT IS GAINING STRONG. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE CITY, SO IT SHOWS UP IN THE NUMBERS. PERMIT REVENUE IS, UM, IT'S DOING GREAT. IT'S 20% OF BUDGET. WE'RE 25% OF THE YEAR. UM, THE FIRST QUARTER IS TYPICALLY NOT THE BIGGEST QUARTER ANYWAY. IF YOU SEE THE, THE BLOCKS WENT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER FROM PRIOR YEARS, UM, IT'S JUST A SLIGHT LAG COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL LARGER PROJECTS COMING ON BOARD LAST YEAR. SO I'D SAY WE'RE ON TRACK THERE. HOTEL MOTEL TAXES IS WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE THIS TIME OF YEAR. OUR BIGGEST LODGINGS COME IN THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM BOX, THAT NAVY BOX WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH 15% YEAR TO DATE ELECTRIC REVENUES. UM, WE, UH, WE'VE HAD A MILD WINTER, SO BEING 16% OF BUDGET IS NOT, NOT SHOCKING. UM, CONSUMPTION HAS ONLY INCREASED BY 2% COMPARED TO THIS SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. SO I, I THINK IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO JUST THE MILD WINTER. IN GENERAL, WATER REVENUE, WE'RE AT 22% OF BUDGET, SO RIGHT ON TRACK CONSUMPTION HAS INCREASED 11% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THEN WASTEWATER TRACKS WITH WATER. UM, REVENUE COLLECTED AS 20% OF BUDGET GAS UTILITY WE'RE AT 18%, UM, WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE WE'D EXPECT TO BE CONSUMPTION INCREASED BY 10% COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR. [00:15:01] AND, UM, AS OF DECEMBER, WE FINALIZED OUR LAST 12 MONTH HEDGE. SO I WANTED TO BRAG ON US JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, THIS IS WHAT HELPS US KEEP OUR RATES STEADY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. SO YOU'LL SEE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS END UP THIS WAY, BUT THIS, THIS TIME WE DID REALLY WELL. WE LOCKED IN AT $3 AND YOU'LL SEE THE MARKET WAS, UM, MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. SO WE DON'T HEDGE OUR ENTIRE VOLUME, BUT IT DOES ENOUGH THAT IT REALLY HELPS REGULATE OUR, THAT VARIABLE PORTION OF OUR RATES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. SO THIS IS WHY WE DO IT. STORM WATER REVENUES RIGHT ON TRACK, 19% OF BUDGET, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ON TRACK. MM-HMM . YES SIR. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD. SURE. IN SOME CATEGORIES, YES. ALL RIGHT. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MC LUSO? MAYOR, I MOVE TO RECEIVE THE FIRST QUARTER OF FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE PERIOD END OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILSON, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES . THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU SARAH. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO AGENDA [6.A. 2026-027 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R15; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION TO BUC-EE'S LTD, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $600,000.] ITEM SIX A RESOLUTIONS 2026 DASH 0 27. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH R 15, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO BRING TEXAS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSIONS TO BUCKY'S LIMP LTD FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 600,000. PRESENTING ANDREW WILKINSON. ANDREW? YES SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, A SEEKING, UH, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT. THIS IS HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE BERNIE STRATEGY MAP. IT INVESTS IN MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS ADVANCES MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS. SO IF YOU RECALL, THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION IS A 12 INCH SANITARY SEWER MAIN THAT BEGINS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET NEAR TRACTOR SUPPLY. WE WILL TRAVEL ALONG SUGGS CREEK CROSSING I 10 TO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE BUCKY'S PROPERTY. AND, UH, IF YOU RECALL, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO CONSTRUCTING TO SERVE THIS PROPERTY. UM, BUT WITH THE AMENDED, THIS GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, BUT WITH THE AMENDED AGREEMENT, IT PROVIDES A WAY NOW FOR, UH, BUCKY'S TO CON BID AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT, UH, WITH THE CITY REIMBURSING FOR IT. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THEY PROCURED BIDS PER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER, AND THEY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF SIX BIDS WITH A LOW BID TO PYRAMID MASONS. UM, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT IS FOR 600,000, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ANY UNFORESEEN COSTS THAT MAY ARISE DURING CONSTRUCTION. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WILL BE REIMBURSED TO BUCKY'S AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. SO AFTER ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEWER MAIN BY THE CITY. AND THIS PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. SO IT COMES THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. UH, JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, TWO THINGS. ONE, THIS REIMBURSEMENT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO OVER 10 YEARS AGO. THIS IS NOT A NEW THING. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ANTICIPATED. SECOND QUESTION IS, OR SECOND, UH, COMMENT IS, IS THIS IT FOR WHAT IS THE NEXT TRENCH, TRENCH, IF YOU WILL, OF MONEY FOR SEWER EXTENSION? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT FOR SEWER EXTENSION. SO THIS WOULD BE, SO THIS IS TAKES CARE OF THAT? YES, SIR. AND, AND SO WITH THIS APPROVAL, THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE IT AND START CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WE'LL REIMBURSE THEM IN FIVE EQUAL PAYMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THAT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER MLU. SO I DO WANNA CLARIFY YOU. YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS WAS AN OBLIGATION THE CITY HAD FROM THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WE WERE TO CONSTRUCT IT. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THEIR MOST RECENT ONE IS WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY THEM TO DO THAT WORK TO REIMBURSE THEM AS OPPOSED TO US ACTUALLY DOING ALL THAT. AND WE'RE APPROVING THE ENGINEERING SPECS THEN WE'RE ALL THAT'S BEING YES. WE'RE PART OF THEIR WHOLE BIDDING AND CORRECT. LOOKING AT THEIR PROJECT. CORRECT. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL. CAN I GET A MOTION WITH COUNCIL MC LUSO? MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 R 15, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURN TEXAS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION TO BUCKY'S LIMITED FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN, PLEASE VOTE. I MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU ANDREW. WE BEEN ON [7.A. 2026-033 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THE NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT, INCLUDING UPDATES ON THE SPLASHPAD AND PLAYGROUND RENDERINGS, AND OTHER RELATED PARK IMPROVEMENTS.] TO AGENDA FIVE A OR SEVEN A, UM, GOING BACKWARDS, SEVEN A 2026 DASH 0 3 3 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THE NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT, INCLUDING UPDATES ON THE SPLASH PAD, PLAYGROUND RENDERINGS, AND OTHER RELATED PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UH, LIZETTE, [00:20:01] GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. ALRIGHT, SO TONIGHT LIVE WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON, UH, NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY PARK. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDING FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. SO JUST, UH, BEFORE I GET INTO THE REALLY, UM, EXCITING IMAGES, RENDERINGS, I WANNA JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AT NORTHSIDE. UM, WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST CONCRETE POUR FOR THE PARK, WHICH WAS THE TWO BASKETBALL COURTS. UM, AND THEN WE ARE STARTING, WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, INSTALLING THE SANITARY SEWER AND STORM SEWER IN PORTABLE WATER LINES. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BEGIN THE EXCAVATION ON THE THREE RESTROOM BUILDINGS. SO THAT WILL INCLUDE THE FAMILY RESTROOM AND THEN THE, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL RESTROOM BUILDINGS. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT UPDATES. NOW, GONNA TOUCH ON THE SPLASH PAD. UM, AND JUST AS A REFERENCE ON WHERE THE SPLASH PAD IS GOING TO BE LOCATED AT, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD IS GONNA GO RIGHT NEXT TO IT. AND THAT SPLASH PAD IS GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS. UM, YOU HAVE SEEN RENDERINGS OF THIS, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, BUT THIS IS OUR FINAL RENDERING OF THE SPLASH PAD. IT IS NATURE THEME. IT IS ALL INCLUSIVE. UM, THERE ARE THREE ZONES IN THIS SPLASH PAD THAT WILL SERVE, UM, THREE ZONES, AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT WILL SERVE AS A GREAT WELCOMING TOOL TO FAMILIES DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CHILDREN ARE COMFORTABLE, CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE COMFORTABLE AS FAR AS WATER PRESSURE. UM, AND THEN GET TO SHOW YOU THE PLAYGROUND. NOW, I SPECIFICALLY DID NOT BLOCK OUT THE PLAYGROUND, UM, AREA BECAUSE JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE KEEPING THESE TREES. SO IN THAT PLAYGROUND, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS. THIS IS, THIS WILL BE OUR, OUR BIG KID SECTION. SO THE OLDER KIDS, WE WILL HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA FOR SWINGS. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR YOUNGER KIDS OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE KIDS RANGING FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10. BUT OF COURSE, KIDS DON'T FOLLOW THAT. IT'S WHATEVER THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. UH, THIS WILL BE VERY ACTIVE PROBABLY WITH ADULTS AS WELL. , NOT THAT I'VE EVER DONE THAT. UM, SO JUST IF Y'ALL WANTED ME TO GO BACK TO ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PLAYGROUND IS LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE, UH, SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CONSISTENT AND REGULAR UPDATES. UM, THE, THE BASKETBALL CONCRETE POUR WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. SO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES IS WE PROVIDED THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS WITH UPDATES ON THE PARK. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING MONTHLY VIDEO UPDATES. UM, AND THEY ARE POSTING THAT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UM, AND THEN THEY ARE, UM, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND IF, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT OUR CITY WEBSITE FOR UPDATES. 'CAUSE THAT GOES INTO A MUCH BIGGER, MORE DETAILS ON THE UPDATES ON THE PARKS. UM, AND SO THE GREAT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR CURRENT WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH ANY UPDATES ON NORTHSIDE. AND THIS WILL BE OUR STANDARD AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE PUBLIC AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND ANY QUESTIONS OR IF Y'ALL WANNA SEE ANY RENDERINGS AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. YES, SIR. ONE QUESTION FIRST. LOOKS GREAT. SUPER EXCITED. UM, THERE'S ONE COMMENT ON, UH, ONE OF OUR POSTS ABOUT THE SKATE PARK. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, SKATE PARK WILL STAY AS IS, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THERE'LL BE A POTENTIAL PHASE TWO THAT MIGHT BE AN EXPANSION, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WELL, YEAH, LOOKS GREAT. WHEN'S GONNA BE DONE? SORRY, I'M NOT GONNA BE DONE. WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR END OF THIS YEAR OR BEGINNING OF 27. AWESOME. I WILL ADD MAYOR COUNSEL, WE WILL DO A COUNCIL TOUR, MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH RIVER ROAD PARK, WHEN IT GETS TO A POINT, UH, WHERE IT'S ENOUGH FOR US TO GO DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT. SO, AND SAFE FOR Y'ALL. THERE A LOT OF HOLES RIGHT NOW AND SOME DEEP ONES . SO, UH, LOOKS GREAT SO FAR. AWESOME. GREAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? [00:25:02] NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ETTE. THANK YOU. GOOD. ALRIGHT, [8.A. 2026-035 RECOGNITION OF THE PATRICK HEATH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR RECEIVING THE 2025 ACHIEVEMENT OF LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATION (TMLDA).] MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS. UH, EIGHT A THROUGH C CITY MAYOR'S REPORT. WE'LL START WITH, UH, BENAM. I'M JUST GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTAL RECOGNITIONS, UH, THAT WE ALWAYS LOVE, UH, TO DO. I HAVE DIRECTOR SCHULTZ, UH, TALK ABOUT THE GREAT STUFF OUT OF THE LIBRARY. I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR, UH, EXCELLENCE IN THE LIBRARY FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. FUN FACT, RECIPIENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE IN 10 KEY SERVICE AREAS, WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL SEE SO MUCH ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOWCASE OUR NEW LIBRARY STRATEGY MAP, UM, AND SHOW HOW THIS ALSO ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE AWARD. ALL RIGHT, SO THE AWARD RECOGNIZES LIBRARIES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN 10 KEY AREAS. SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED ABOVE OF THE 516 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN TEXAS, ONLY 101 RECEIVED THIS AWARD. SO WE'RE IN THE TOP 20%. YAY. THE PATRICK E PUBLIC LIBRARY DEMONSTRATED DISTINCTION WITH ITS MANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR BOOKMOBILE, WHICH WILL HELP US WITH OUR UNDERSERVED PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THE DIGITIZATION OF OUR INFAMOUS LOW GERMAN BIBLE OF 1614. SO THANK YOU UNIVERSITY NORTH TEXAS STAFF FOR THEIR HELP AND THE FRIENDS OF THE BERNIE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE FUNDING. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A CUTE LITTLE PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR YOUNGER FRIENDS, UH, PRACTICING READING WITH A TRAINED AND CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG. AS PART OF OUR PAUSE FOR READING PROGRAM, THE LIBRARY AVERAGES NEARLY 650 PROGRAMS A YEAR, AND WE WELCOMED 197,000 VISITORS IN 2025, WHICH IS A 14% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. THIS LAST YEAR. THE LIBRARY SAFEGUARD MEMBERS MORE THAN $2.9 MILLION BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS, DATABASES, AND OTHER VALUABLE RESOURCES. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR YOUTH SERVICES ASSISTANT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND THEN OUR YOUNG ADULTS AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR ON THE RIGHT, THEY'RE PRESENTING AT TEXAS YOUTH SERVICES ROUNDUP, WHICH IS A PARAPROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY CAN SHARE BEST PRACTICES, SOME OF WHICH HELPED LEND ITSELF TO THIS AWARD. AND THEN I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM, UM, BECAUSE THEY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE WHEN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE WHY WE WON THE AWARD. SO PART OF OUR VISION IS TO BE A WELCOMING, EMPOWERING PLACE AND A DYNAMIC FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK OUR TEAM DEMONSTRATES THAT. SO, YAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENHANCE OUR SERVICES AS WE TO WORK TOWARDS OUR NEW MASTER PLAN. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LOVELY THE LIBRARY IS. , GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. YEAH, TEAM EFFORT. I'M, I'M TELLING YOU MAN, THAT PLACE IS, WE, I SEE IT ALL THE TIME FROM MY OFFICE UP THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S KIDS GOING IN AND OUT THERE DURING THE DAYS. THE, THE LITTLE, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT ATTEND MM-HMM . I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A BUSY PLACE. SO IT IS. YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THEY'RE DOING A LOT RIGHT IN BOTH DIRECTOR SCHULTZ AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MORGAN, NATALIE BACK THERE. CALL 'EM NATALIE SQUARE AT THE, AT THE LIBRARY. UH, THEY'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS. THEY GOT A GOOD TEAM. UH, THEY DO A LOT FOR THE STATE TOO. I MEAN, THEY, THEY ARE A GREAT LIBRARY THAT OTHERS WANNA, WANNA MIMIC, AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM. CHRIS, ARE WE NEED TO, WE GRABBING A PICK? YEAH, LET'S GRAB A PICK. PHOTO TIME. OKAY. HEY, NATALIE, SCOOT FORWARD. SCOOT FORWARD FRONT ROW, SWITCH FORWARD. NATALIE, SMIDGE WE GO. MAYBE NOT SMIDGE. OKAY. HOLD ON. EVERYBODY SMIDGE? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN, YES. PERFECT. OKAY. WILL MY COUNSEL ALL SMIDGE A LITTLE THIS WAY? SO WE'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE, THE TENDER SMIDGE AND EVERYBODY SMILE. SUPER BIG ONE, TWO. THANK YOU HERE IN A MINUTE. [8.B. 2026-042 RECOGNITION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024.] ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW GONNA HAVE DIRECTOR BUCKLEY COME BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. HI AGAIN. OUR [00:30:01] WHOLE TEAM COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE TWO KEY MEMBERS. UM, KAREN, ER IS THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND KIRK MEADOWS IS THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. HE FOCUSES MAINLY ON GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING. SO THE REPORT THAT I GIVE WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT SALES TAX, WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX, ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE OF ACCOUNTING, THOSE NUMBERS ARE USUALLY VETTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR BY KIRK. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T MET HIM YET, HE'S A NICE TO MEET YOU. KEY, KEY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. AND SHOUT OUT TO DANIELLE. SHE WANTED TO COME DOWN, BUT SHE'S, WE'RE FINISHING UP OUR FER AND SHE'S IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUDITOR RIGHT NOW. AND SO SHE, SO I THINK SHE'S LISTENING THOUGH. SO , WAY TO GO DANIELLE. UM, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THIS IS, OH, THIS IS HOW THE AWARD ALIGNS, OF COURSE, WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP. THIS IS THE 38TH YEAR IN A ROW FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TO, UM, AWARD US WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. AND DON'T TAKE THAT AS A, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN IT 30 YEARS IN A ROW THAT IT'S EASY TO GET, UM, OF 12,000, A LITTLE OVER 12,000 CITIES. WE'RE ONLY ONE OF 181 THAT HAVE GOTTEN IT FOR THE 2024 YEAR. UM, THIS IS PART OF WHY WHENEVER WE GO TO FINANCE CONFERENCES, THEY SEEK OUT BERNIE, THEY ASK US FINANCIAL QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT HAVE THIS LONG TRACK RECORD OF HAVING THIS AWARD. UM, AFTER, AFTER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT CREATES THE REPORT, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU ALL FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IT GOES TO A PANEL OF THREE, UM, FINANCIAL GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING EXPERTS, AND THEY ALL, THEY ALL GRADE IT. UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LOT MORE STATISTICAL INFORMATION THAN IS LEGALLY REQUIRED. SO, UM, JUST KUDOS TO A GREAT TEAM. IT'S, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. IT'S, IT'S A HUGE REPORT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO COME FORWARD TO YOU NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH OUR 2025. SO, YEP, THAT'S, THAT'S IT. I, I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR BUCKALEW AND HERL TEAM. THEY, THEY ARE ALWAYS ELBOW DEEP INTO ALL KINDS OF STUFF, MAKING SURE WE'RE STRONGLY SECURE WITH OUR POLICIES UP TO DATE COMMUNICATING TO OUR OFFICE SO I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. AND OF COURSE, UH, WE JUST KICKED OFF OUR BUDGET PROCESS INTERNALLY AND SO WE'LL BE, UH, HAVING A LOT OF FUN OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. , I, I'LL JUST ADD THAT I THINK IT'S, UH, GREAT, YOU TAKE SO MUCH INFORMATION, IT IS A LOT, BUT YOU MAKE IT DIGESTIBLE FOR US UP HERE WHEN YOU PRESENT IT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE INTIMATE WITH IT THIS YEAR THAN PREVIOUS, SO APPRECIATE IT. DID YOU SAY 181 OUTTA 12,000? NO, 1200 1,225. SO ABOUT THE TOP 10%, ROUGHLY MM-HMM . YEP. YEAH. DO THEY HAVE EQUIVALENT AWARDS FOR COUNTIES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT? IS THAT PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM OR NO DIFFERENT? THAT'S, UM, THEY, THEY CAN GET, SO YES, THE SAME AWARD, BUT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT 12,000 NUMBER THAT I GET TO. ARE THERE OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA THAT ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT HAVE THAT AWARD? I'M NOT TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. FAIR OAKS DID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE AND THEY, THEY CONTINUE THE EXCELLENCE. SO THEY, THEY'VE GOTTEN IT FOR A FEW YEARS. UM, ACTUALLY THERE'S ONLY SEVEN LARGE, WHAT THEY SAY, LARGE CITIES IN TEXAS, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THAT IS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SAN ANTONIO GETS IT, BUT, UM, I'M SURPRISED IF ANY OF THEM GOT IT. , I DON'T WANNA MINIMIZE THE EFFORT THAT THEIR DEPARTMENT GOES IN JUST TO TRY TO INTENTIONALLY GO OUT TO THIS AWARD. A LOT OF CITIES ARE PROBABLY DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, BUT AREN'T TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CHECKING ALL THESE BOXES THE WAY WE ARE. AND SO IT IS AN ITEM ON THEIR WORK PLAN EVERY YEAR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMITMENT AND WE HAVE EXCELLENCE AS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES, AND THIS IS THE WAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CERTIFYING THAT TO ME, TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY. WELL, AWARDS LIKE THAT, AS YOU SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT SHOWS INTENTIONALITY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA DO THESE, THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO TECHNICALLY, I'M SURE, RIGHT? CORRECT. BUT YOU DO 'EM ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT PUTS YOU UP THERE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT CITY SPENDING MONEY, TAXPAYER DOLLARS, ALL THAT, AND WE ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE AND IT'S RECOGNIZED. SO CONGRATULATIONS, GOODO. THANK YOU. FOR SURE. THANK YOU SARAH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. [8.C. 2025-657 MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATE.] RIGHT, MAYOR, I'M GONNA, UH, TURN THE TIME QUICKLY OVER TO MY MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATE, WHICH I EMAILED OUT TO YOU YESTERDAY. I JUST HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR, UH, KEY UPDATES I WANNA POINT OUT ON THE MOBILITY SIDE. I WANNA ASK DIRECTOR CAROL TO COME UP AND ACTUALLY SPEAK ABOUT OUR LOW WATER CROSSINGS, UM, PROJECTS. THOSE ARE, UH, THOSE ARE ON TRACK, BUT HE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL [00:35:01] ON WHERE WE'RE AT EVENING AMERICAN COUNSEL. SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN ADLER ROAD, WE HAVE TWO CULVERT PROJECTS UNDERWAY. THE ONE THAT'S FURTHER ALONG IS ON THE EAST SIDE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN ON CURRY CREEK. AND THE OTHER ONE IS TECHNICALLY UNNAMED TRIBUTARY A, MOST OF US CALL IT NONAME CREEK HERE IN TOWN. UM, SO GRADING ON THE CHANNEL DOWNSTREAM OF CURRY CREEK HAS BEEN COMPLETE. UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY RELOCATIONS AT CURRY CREEK AND STONE CREEK DRIVE HAVE OCCURRED. UH, WE'VE RELOCATED THE GAS AT THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AND WE'VE CAPPED A HAND DUG WELL ADJACENT TO CURRY CREEK THAT WE WERE UNAWARE EXISTED UNTIL WE STARTED DIGGING. UM, SO THAT REQUIRED, UH, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK, UM, TO KIND OF DELAYED US A BIT. UM, CURRENTLY IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THERE, WE HAVE A SINGLE LANE CLOSURE ON CURRY CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ADLER STREET. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE OF THE CULVERT, WE HAVE THE BOTTOM, THE WALLS AND THE TOP. WE'RE ALL POURED. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THE HEAD WALL RIGHT NOW AND THE, THE RAILING, THE CONCRETE RAILINGS, UM, WORKING ON THE DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL WORK ON THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OVER ON THE OTHER LOCATION. UM, SO IN THE FUTURE, IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GONNA SEE TRAFFIC ON THE CURRY CREEK SIDE SHIFTED BACK ON TOP OF THE NEW CULVERT SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH THE WORK ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE. UH, BY MID-SPRING WE'LL SEE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ON THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, UH, WHICH WILL HAVE A VERY SIMILAR LANE CLOSURE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TEMPORARY SIGNAL, UM, EARLY SUMMER COMPLETION OF THE CURRY CREEK AND EARLY FALL COMPLETION OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY IS OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU JEFF. CHAD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHOW YOU OUR MOBILITY. ANY SPECIFIC OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS? OKAY, GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE. WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, THE BOARDWALK AT THE, UH, CENTER FOR CONSERVATION? UM, THIS SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, THERE WAS SEVERAL DAMAGE SECTIONS OF THE BOARDWALK WE NEEDED TO GO REPLACE FOR SAFETY REASONS, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE, WHO MAY BE OUT THERE ON WHEELCHAIRS AND WHATNOT. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. THE BEDS CAME IN ASTRONOMICALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH, GO BACK AND RE-LOOK AT HOW TO TACKLE THIS PROJECT. SO I JUST WONDER, WELL, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED, BUT I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT'S SEMI PAUSED, RIGHT? THE MOMENT. I DO WANNA ALSO SHOW YOU AT STAR, BUT IT'S, TALK ABOUT THE BURNING POOL IMPROVEMENTS. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME COSMETIC, UH, LIGHT COSMETIC ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PICNIC TABLES, THE LIFEGUARD STAND, UH, AND WHATNOT OUT THERE. WE GET COMMENTS AND SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME IDEAS EVERY NOW AND THEN. SO WE, NOW THAT THE, THE SCHOOL HAS MOVED INTO THEIR FACILITY, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GONNA NEGLECT IT. WE ARE GONNA PUT SOME TLC TO IT. UH, IF YOU'LL GO BACK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? ALRIGHT, ADVANCE, UH, ADVANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE RECENTLY, UM, WE HAD, UH, JEFF CARROLL AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF NATHAN DIRECTOR CRANE, IF HE WAS THERE, CHRISTIE AND I, WE MET WITH COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TIMM WILSON AND DR. MACALUSO, COUNCILOR MACALUSO TO LOOK AT OUR DPZ AND LEAD ORDINANCES. THEY'RE, THEY'RE HITTING ABOUT FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE A ABOUT FIVE YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE ON HOW THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED, FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE, WE JUST LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGES. WE CAME OUTTA THAT MEETING, NOT F FEELING LIKE THERE WASN'T ANY MAJOR, UH, NEEDS TO UPDATE OR, OR EDIT ANYTHING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME LIGHT THINGS THAT WE CAN TOUCH WHEN WE DO THE UDC AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE END OF MARCH. BUT, UM, NOTHING MAJOR, UH, TO ADDRESS THERE. I JUST WANNA REPORT BACK TO YOU TO COUNSEL ON THAT. OF COURSE, AGAIN, UH, WE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, WE'LL HAVE A JOINT P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP. THAT, UH, SECOND COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED THAT WE HAVE THE FOURTH WEEK. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TWO MEETINGS. WE'LL HAVE A REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP. I'M NOT SURE WE EXACTLY WHAT TIMES THOSE WILL BE, BUT I'LL, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. AND THE, AND THE THOUGHT THERE IS WE'LL HEAR FROM DIRECTOR CRANE ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE STATUTORILY, UH, PER CHANGES FROM THE LEGISLATURE. THEN ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE, SOME, SOME OF YOU HAVE, HAVE GIVEN ME SOME IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. P AND Z PROBABLY HAS SOME THOUGHTS AND SO WE'LL JUST HAVE A, A CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE SO THAT DIRECTOR CRANE HIS TEAM ALONG WITH LEGAL CAN, UM, GO AHEAD AND TACKLE THOSE AMENDMENTS. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE DO THAT ONCE A YEAR. ALRIGHT, NEXT, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON FINANCIAL. WE'VE HEARD FROM, UM, DIRECTOR BUCKLEY TONIGHT. TWICE. WE WILL HAVE THE FINANCIAL AUDIT, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU NEXT MONTH AS WELL AS WE'LL HAVE A GAS RATE CONVERSATION NEXT MONTH. NEXT, UH, TONIGHT. [00:40:01] WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS APPROVED ON CONSENT, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR BOTH THE DISPATCH AND THE ANIMAL FACILITY. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME EXCITING, UM, THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THERE. WE DID KNOW, I WILL NOTE WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WE HAD TWO SUBCOMMITTEE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS LAST WEEK. ONE WAS WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER. BOTH MAYOR RICHIE AND COUNCIL MEMBER BUNKER MET TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OR THEY TOURED THE EXISTING FACILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WORKING WITH THAT CONSULTANT. AND SO WE'LL REPORT BACK ON THAT. NEXT, JUST WANNA SHOW THIS, UH, THIS NEW, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT. WE ADDED A PARKS COMMUNITY SURVEY. I, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO, UH, DO THIS SURVEY SOONER THAN LATER. UM, TYPICALLY WE WOULD DO THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH UPDATING OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE WANT TO DO. WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT DOING THAT AS SOON AS THE NEW NORTHSIDE PARK IS BUILT, WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREATER NEED NOW TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY DEEPER THAN WHAT OUR, OUR TYPICAL COMMUNITY SURVEY SCRATCHES AT. AND, UM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE A, A CALL WITH OUR SURVEY PROVIDER TO SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND HE DOES VERY SPECIFIC PARK SURVEYS FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE AT, AT SOME OF OUR CONFERENCES. AND SO, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY GET THIS DONE BY APRIL. WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ASKS THAT ARE COMING TO US FROM DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS, DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR GREATER COMMUNITY. AND I WANNA UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO BE PURSUING AND AT WHAT PARKS. IT'S EVEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR WATERWORKS TERRACE, RIGHT? THERE'S CERTAIN AMENITIES WE MIGHT WANNA UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER FROM THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE. I BELIEVE THAT IS IT NEXT. YEP. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS I CAN GO OVER FOR YOU? OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALRIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, MOVING [9. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL — No discussion or action may take place.] ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE. UH, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL THIS EVENING. JUST ONE, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BEN JULY 4TH IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY. ARE WE GONNA PLAN ANYTHING SPECIAL HERE IN THE CITY BEYOND JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING? IN FACT, YES. SO WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STAFF. IF YOU NOTICE OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, WE HAVE A AMERICA TWO 50 FLAG THAT'S FLYING BELOW ONE OF OUR FLAGS, UH, WE, I BELIEVE PARKS AND REC IS PLANNING A BIGGER FIREWORKS SHOW THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO. WE'VE TALKED WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT DOING A PROCLAMATION HERE AT THE CITY, UH, PROBABLY SOMETIME IN JUNE. UM, WHAT WHAT I'LL DO IS AT AN UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL GIVE YOU A, A GENERAL UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE CHAMPION GIRLS SWIM TEAM WON THEIR SECOND, UH, STATE TITLE IN A ROW. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS ON THE SWIM TEAM AND TO COACHES SLAY AND GILLETTE FOR THEIR HARD WORK THIS YEAR. AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPION. YEAH, NO, JOE, UH, JUST ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO, WE HEARD THE POLICE REPORT THIS EVENING, BUT JUST THANK YOU TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, YOU KNOW, BERNIE REMAINS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND, UM, IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, SO APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE OTHER THING. I DO WANT TO GIVE PRAISE. I THINK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DID A GOOD JOB LAST WEEK AT BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS ACTUALLY HAD GOTTEN RIGHT UP RIGHT WHEN I WALKED IN THE OFFICE WHEN EVERYTHING WENT DOWN. AND SO I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SROS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SEALING OFF AND PROTECTING THE CORRIDOR, EVACUATING THE KIDS. AND SO I THINK THEY ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. OKAY. [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE:] YEAH. ALRIGHT, EVERYONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO, UH, OBJECTIVE SESSION WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, TO DISCUSS 10 A 2026 DASH 0 4 8 SECTION 5 51 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. LITIGATION LAURA HANGING VERSUS THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS. NUMBER 24 DASH 62, A LAWSUIT PENDING IN THE 451ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. WE WILL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:44 PM THANK YOU. EVERYONE. [11. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.] BEGIN. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AT 7:08 PM UH, WITH NO, UH, ACTION TAKEN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN AT 7:08 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.