Aug 25, 2026 City Council on 2026-08-26 6:00 PM

WELCOME

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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]

IT'S AUGUST 25TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PRAYER? GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR A GLORIOUS DAY AND FOR YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST.

WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR GOVERNANCE AS WE CONTINUE TO TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH, UH, WITH US DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING.

UH, BE WITH OUR STAFF AS THEY DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS, AND JUST CONTINUE TO BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WATCH OVER AS GUIDE US FROM OUR, PROTECT US AS WE LEAD INTO YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY.

ANY PRECIOUS ON NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

DID YOU JOIN ME TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND THEN TO THE TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE PLEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH HE SAINTS ON THE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FOR HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

HAVE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SEE TEXAS ON 1 1 8 UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INVISIBLE.

THANK YOU.

YOU MADE ME SEATED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA

[2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THIS EVENING? NO.

ALL RIGHT, NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, JUST A MINUTE.

I'LL READ OFF THE, THE SPEAKER'S LIST AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO, TO SPEAK YOUR MIND.

YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT.

UH, OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS BLAKE.

BLAKE.

COME FORWARD PLEASE.

MY NAME IS BLAKE.

I LIVE OFF HIGHWAY NINE IN COMFORT.

I WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE FLOCK PROPOSAL AND GIVE A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES OF POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY USING FLOCK ILLEGALLY TO STALK WOMEN AND USING IT TO ATTEMPT TO ARREST INNOCENT CIVILIANS FOR CRIMES THEY DIDN'T COMMIT BECAUSE FLOCK'S AI MISREAD A LICENSE PLATE.

JUST BEFORE I LEFT, I SAW AN EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE SAYING THERE WAS A FIVE ZERO VOTE TO END THE CONTRACT WITH FLOCK.

I'M NOW HERE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND CHOOSING TO PROTECT OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST THE ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT MASS SURVEILLANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF KENDALL COUNTY.

I SINCERELY THANK YOU ALL.

I STILL HAVE ONE CONCERN ABOUT A LPR USE IN THE FUTURE.

MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISION TO IN FLOCK CONTRACTS ONLY TO START LOOKING INTO USING AXON ALPS.

IF THERE'S EVER A CONVERSATION TO USE ALPS EN MASS FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY FOR OUR SAFETY, I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER A FEW THINGS.

APRS ARE ALWAYS SOLD AS PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT IS ILLEGAL UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO TRACK OUR LOCATIONS WITHOUT A WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE.

IT IS COMMON FOR APRS TO MISREAD LICENSE PLATES, WHICH HAS PUT INNOCENT PEOPLE IN DANGER OF ARREST OR WORSE.

LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, REMEMBER THIS QUOTE BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE LI NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, UM, ACTUALLY NOBODY ELSE HAS SIGNED UP ON THIS TO SPEAK, BUT IF SOMEONE'S COME IN LATE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND STEP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

ALRIGHT, AND THEY'RE LATE CAMERAS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL OFFICIALLY MOVE ON TO AGENDA

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, CONSENT AGENDA, IF NOT, CAN GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MACALUSO.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE.

I SENATE AGENDA PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MOVING ON TO A REGULAR

[5.A. 2026-361 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R45; A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE CHANGE ORDER NO. 8 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOERNE AND GAGE AND CADE CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE ADLER ROAD LOW WATER CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $74,221.]

AGENDA ITEM FIVE A 2026 DASH 360 1, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 45.

A RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MAN, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER EIGHT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BERNIE AND CAGE AND GATE CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE ADLER ROAD, LOW WATER CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $74,221.

PRESENTING JEFF CAROL, JEFF EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, SO THIS TIES BACK TO OUR STRATEGY MAP BY INVESTING, MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADVANCING MASTER PLAN.

AS THOSE OF YOU REMEMBER, WE ARE WORKING ON ADLER ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE TIED BACK TO OUR DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN FROM 2022.

WE'RE CONSTRUCTING TWO CULVERTS ON ADLER ROAD ON NO NAME AND CURRY CREEK.

DONE TIME'S UP.

JEFF, SIT DOWN.

FAIR ENOUGH.

WE, WE NEED THAT FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER PRESENTATIONS.

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SO WE'RE CONSTRUCTING TWO CULVERTS THAT ARE GONNA ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE FOR A HUNDRED YEAR DRAIN, A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD EVENT, WHICH ALLOWS, AS WE ALL KNOW FROM

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UH, COUNCIL AWARDED THIS CONTRACT BACK IN 2025 IN MAY, AND CURRY CREEK SIDE STARTED FIRST AND WE HAD SOME DELAYS GETTING LAND ACQUISITION AND SO, BUT THE NO NAME SIDE STARTED LATER.

UH, THIS ALSO INCLUDES A $1.5 MILLION COST SHARE WITH KEN KENDALL COUNTY.

UH, WE HAD A BID AMOUNT OF 4.7 MILLION AND COUNSEL AT THE TIME AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL 5% ADDITIONAL FOR SOME UNFORESEEN ISSUES.

WE HAVE ALREADY PROCESSED CHANGE ORDERS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, UM, FOR KIND OF SOME A CREDIT AND A COUPLE ADDITIONAL THINGS, EXTRA FENCING, SOME FOUND A HAND DUG, WELL FOUND SOME OTHER COMMUNICATION LINES.

SO WE'VE PROCESSED SOME CHANGE ORDERS ALONG THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN JULY 15TH, WE GOT NINE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN.

UM, WE HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE CURRY CREEK LOCATION, BUT OUR, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE NO NAME.

UM, AND REALLY WE HAD TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND SAFE AND FOR OUR PUBLIC AND THE CONTRACTOR AND PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM.

SO WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET IT BACK, UH, UNDERWAY.

AND WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR TRACK ALL THE FLOOD RELATED DAMAGES IN ONE PACKAGE AND THEY'RE READY TO SUBMIT THAT IT'S CHANGE ORDER NUMBER EIGHT.

THIS DOLLAR TO THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL EXCEED THE PREVIOUS 5%.

SO THIS ACTUALLY WILL BRING THE CONTRACT TO 6.6%.

UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO YOU BECAUSE WE EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT.

UM, WE HAVE NO CHANGE ORDERS, ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDERS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

UM, AND THIS $74,000, WE ACTUALLY MET TD IM ON SITE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WE TOOK THEM WHEN WE WERE IN TOWN.

WE HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK PROCESSING, SO WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS $74,000 WILL BE REIMBURSED TO US FOR FLOOD DAMAGES.

UM, POST DAMAGE OR POST FLOOD.

THE CONTRACTOR'S BEEN WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BASICALLY FROM DAWN TILL DUSK MOST DAYS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SIDEWALK OPENED PRIOR TO SCHOOL START.

UM, THE FINAL PAVING IS ACTUALLY FOR BOTH LOCATIONS, IS HAPPENING TOMORROW.

THESE ARE PICTURES FROM THIS AFTERNOON, UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC EXPECTED ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND OR SOONER.

WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE LITTLE CLEANUP THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING ON IT THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE'RE SAYING NINE FOUR, SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROVE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? NO.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MACALUSO? ONLY COMMENT I'D MAKE IS I VISITED THAT SITE THE DAY AFTER AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND, AND YOUR CONTRACT IS PHENOMENAL.

MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 R 45 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER EIGHT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURN AND G AND CADE CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE ADLER ROAD, THE WATER CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $74,221.

SECOND FROM CONSTABLE WILSON, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX A.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE SARAH COME FORWARD FOR THE SARAH SHOW, AND WE

[6.A. 2026-239 PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-05; AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF. (Ordinance adopting the budget)]

SARAH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR WHOLE STRATEGY MAP.

AS MAYOR MENTIONED THIS EVENING, WE'RE COVERING THREE ACTION ITEMS WITH ONE PRESENTATION THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THE ORDINANCE, UM, ADOPTING THE BUDGET, THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, ADOPTING THE BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE, FIRST READING, AND THEN FINALLY THE, UM, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

FOR ANYONE LISTENING ONLINE OR THAT MAY BE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WANTING TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR MAIN CITY'S WEBPAGE THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT PAGE.

AND WE HAVE A WEBPAGE DEVOTED TO ALL THE MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD ALL THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE BUDGET FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WE HAVE HAD A FULL SUMMER OF BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

AND ACTUALLY THE PROCESS STARTED ALMOST A YEAR AGO BACK IN NOVEMBER.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS NOT TO COVER A LOT OF BRAND NEW INFORMATION, BUT RATHER WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER THE MOST IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HIGH LEVEL COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHERE THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ADOPTION.

THESE ARE THE MAIN FIVE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE GUIDED US AS WE BUILT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

UM, WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT OUR PROJECTED MODERATING REVENUE, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR, AND HOW WE'VE HAD TO BALANCE THAT WITH A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH THIS YEAR AS WE BUDGETED.

WE ALSO WANTED TO STRENGTHEN SERVICE OPERATINGS AND MAINTAIN THAT EMPLOYER OF CHOICE STATUS BY, UM, CONTINUING TO FUND KEY EMPLOYEE INITIATIVES AND OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO PUSH ON ADVANCING STRATEGIC CAPITAL AND BOND

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THIS IS OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHT PAGE.

IT JUST GIVES THE HIGHEST, UH, LEVEL OF NUMBERS FOR THE BUDGET.

OUR TOTAL CITYWIDE BUDGET IS 163.9 MILLION, WHICH IS A 7.7% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

WE ARE PROPOSING A SMALL, UM, LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS OF A PENNY INCREASE ON THE TOTAL TAX RATE.

AND THEN THOSE NEXT, UM, FOUR GREEN, UM, SQUARES ARE JUST HOW WE BREAK UP THE BUDGET THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A LITTLE DETAIL LATER.

THIS OVERALL SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE BUDGET IS BROKEN OUT BY FUND, WHICH IS HOW WE LEGALLY ACCOUNT FOR AND ADOPT THE BUDGET.

SO IF YOU OPEN THE BUDGET AND LOOK AT IT, IT'S GONNA BE ORGANIZED IN THIS MANNER BY FUND.

THE TOTAL BUDGET IS MADE UP OF THESE FOUR CATEGORIES.

WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE ABOUT, UH, 40.6 MILLION DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS ABOUT 5.5 SPECIAL REVENUE, A LITTLE OVER 31, AND UTILITY FUNDS OF ALMOST 87 MILLION.

SO STARTING WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS, THESE ARE WHAT YOU THINK OF AS THE CORE GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONAL FUNDS.

THESE ARE THE ONLY FUNDS THAT RECEIVE M AND O TAX, REVENUE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS ONE COMPONENT OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.

SO IT'S NOT THE ONLY REVENUE SOURCE THAT FUNDS THESE FUNDS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY FUNDS THAT RECEIVE THOSE M AND O TAXES.

LIKEWISE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEBT, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS THE DEBT RATE, THE INTEREST IN SINKING OR INS RATE, THAT ONLY FUNDS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THAT'S ITS PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCE.

SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, BUT WE LIKE TO SEPARATE IT OUT JUST SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FUNDS ARE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR BUDGET.

SO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE CARVED OUT SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES, THEY'RE FUNDED BY SPECIAL REVENUES.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY RESTRICTED REVENUES THAT ARE BROUGHT IN AND LEGALLY RESERVED FOR A CERTAIN PURPOSE.

SO YOU BRING IN THOSE REVENUES, THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR A CERTAIN PURPOSE, THAT'S WHY THEY GET THEIR OWN FUND.

LASTLY, WE HAVE THE UTILITY FUNDS.

THESE MAKE UP, UM, LITTLE OVER HALF OF OUR BUDGET.

AND SO THESE ARE NOT COVERED ALSO BY PROPERTY TAXES.

THESE ARE COVERED BY SERVICE CHARGES AND VOLUMETRIC CHARGES TO USERS OF THOSE UTILITIES.

SO WHILE THE LAST SLIDE SHOWED OUR BUDGET BY FUND, UM, THIS SLIDE IS GONNA SHOW IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

IT'S ORGANIZED BY HOW WE ACTUALLY MANAGE THE, THE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET.

SO THIS IS SHOWING TOP LINE BUDGET.

YOU'LL SEE WE'RE COMPARING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET TO THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT $163.9 MILLION BUDGET.

AND OF COURSE, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, THAT 7.7% DECREASE.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE FOUR LINES BELOW THAT ARE TOTAL UP TO THAT TOP LINE.

SO WE ARE BREAKING IT OUT HERE BY BOTH GENERAL FUNDS, OPERATIONS AND GOVERNMENT, UH, CIP UTILITY FUND OPERATIONS, AND UTILITY, CIP.

WE'RE SEPARATING OUT ALL THOSE REMAINING SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND BRINGING OUT NON-OPERATIONAL COSTS.

AND WHY WE'RE DOING THAT IS IT GIVES YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF THE COST THAT DEPARTMENTS CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY COSTS OF RUNNING A CITY.

SO, UM, SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TRAINING.

UM, THESE ARE WHAT DEPARTMENTS TYPICALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH CAPITAL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NON-OPERATIONAL COSTS, THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT AREN'T PART OF A DEPARTMENTAL'S NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.

THESE ARE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS LIKE TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS, DEBT RELATED COSTS, AND OTHER FINANCIAL TRACK TRANSACTIONS THAT WE BUDGET FOR SEPARATELY.

SO SHOWN WITHIN THOSE OTHER LINES, THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A SKEWED IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON OPERATIONALLY.

SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET.

SO THIS SLIDE PUTS OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE INTO A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST 10 OR SO YEARS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR TAX RATE IS PRETTY CONSISTENT.

IT STAYS GENERALLY AROUND 47 CENTS.

THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE INTENTIONAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD.

WE HAD A REDUCTION TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE IN 2023 OF ABOUT 2.10 CENTS.

AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, UM, WE INCREASED IT FOR THE E FIRST ISSUANCE OF OUR 2022 BOND.

WE HAD A SMALL REDUCTIONS IN OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE.

AND THEN, UM, FINALLY THIS YEAR WITH THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WE WOULD GO FROM 47.16 CENTS TO 47.90 CENTS.

AND EVEN WITH THAT SMALL PROPOSED INCREASE, THE TOTAL TAX RATE REMAINS VERY CONSISTENT TO WHERE THE CITY'S TAX RATE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY.

SO WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TAX BILL? LOOKS LIKE THIS SLIDE LOOKS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX THAN THE LAST TIME WE MET, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHICH LEGALLY REQUIRED NOTICE OR STATEMENTS YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENT ANSWER.

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SO OF COURSE WE HAVE CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT GOVERNS OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

WE HAVE CHAPTER 26 OF THE PROPERTY TAX CODE THAT GOVERNS OUR TAX RATE SETTING PROCESS.

AND NOW WE HAVE SECTION ONE, UH, 5 51 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT, UM, HAS ANOTHER WAY OF ILLUSTRATING THE IMPACT ON THE TAXPAYER.

SO DEPENDING ON WHICH REQUIRED NOTICE YOU'RE READING, UM, YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENT NUMBER FOR THE EXAMPLE HOME VALUE AND A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE TAX BILL.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, WE'VE PUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT VIEWS TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE THEM SIDE BY SIDE.

SO WHAT ARE WE FUNDING WITH THIS BUDGET? WE, WE ARE REALLY VERY PROUD OF THIS BUDGET THAT, UM, DESPITE THE MODERATING ECONOMIC, UM, OUTLOOK THAT WE HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO BRING ON SOME SUBSTANTIAL NEW SERVICES AND SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES IS OF COURSE, THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR BERNIE HERITAGE BULK PARK.

SO ALL IN ALL, THE VALUE OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS PRETTY SPECTACULAR, UM, BETWEEN PERSONNEL COSTS, MAINTENANCE COST EQUIPMENT, UH, TOTAL OPERATIONAL COSTS OF BRINGING THE PARK ONLINE IS ABOUT 720,000, WHICH IS 2.20 CENTS ON OUR TAX RATE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE ENHANCING OUR PATROL SERVICES BY BRINGING ON ANOTHER OFFICER, AND ALL COSTS IN TOTAL AFTER VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL IS ABOUT 221,000 OR 0.70 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF OUR BUDGET.

IT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET, SO ADVANCING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IS A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.

STARTING WITH GOVERNMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE FUNDING APPROXIMATELY $25.4 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ADVANCING ARE EITHER GONNA HAVE, UH, PARTIAL GRANT FUNDING OR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE REIMBURSEMENT BASED.

SO WE MAY BE PAYING FOR THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW OUT OF, OUT OF CAPITAL RESERVES, BUT WE WILL BE RECEIVING SOME OF THOSE FUNDING REIMBURSEMENTS LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

THEY GET PUSHED BACK UP INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND HELP US FUND OTHER CAPITAL ON THE UTILITY SIDE.

UM, THE GAS UTILITY HAS ABOUT $6 MILLION SLATED FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

THE BIGGEST OF WHICH OF SKATE STATION NUMBER THREE, WATER RECLAIMED AND SEWER HAS ABOUT $17 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

AND LASTLY, STORMWATER UTILITY HAS ABOUT $80,000, UH, WORTH OF DRAINAGE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS YEAR.

SO THIS IS NOT THE LAST DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL HAVE ON THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE ONE MORE TIME TO TALK OUR AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, WE'LL DO ANOTHER SET OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCES TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU WILL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSS, UH, TIME TO DISCUSS OR ASK QUESTIONS AS WE DISCUSS THE ORDINANCES? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? NO.

OKAY.

NO.

OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE BACK INTO PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX A 2026 DASH 2 3 9 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSENT AND CONSIDERED FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH FIVE ORDINANCE ADOPTING OUR BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 1 0 2, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND APPROPRIATE IN THE VARIOUS VALUE AMOUNTS THEREOF, WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AT OFFICIALLY 6:18 PM ALL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:19 PM AND I'M GONNA ASK THE COUNCIL TO REMIND THEM THAT THIS WILL BE A RECORDED VOTE, VERBAL VOTE, AND A VERBAL MOTION.

AND HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM SIX A.

COUNCILMAN WILLISON.

UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH FIVE, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 1 0 2, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF.

CAN I GET A VERBAL CONFIRMATION FROM ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION? I AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA

[6.B. 2026-240 PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-06; AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR AT 47.90 CENTS PER EACH $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE. (Ordinance adopting tax rate)]

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UM, CAN I GET ANY MOTION? WE'LL PAUSE JUST A SECOND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.

OH, SAM, MY BAD.

I'M, YES, SIR, WE WILL, WE'LL MOVE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:20 PM ALL TAKERS, WE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:20 PM NOW CAN I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, I MOVE.

WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 6, AN ORDINANCE SETTING TO ADD VALOR TAX PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR AT 47.90 CENTS PER EACH $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.

CAN I GET A MOTION FROM ALL COUNCILMAN VERBAL? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU.

MARY, YOU DIDN'T, UH, AS FOR A SECOND.

OH, SECOND, NO.

BATEMAN SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BATEMAN.

NOW CAN I GET A VOTE? AYE, NOW IT PASSES FIVE ZERO I HATE WHEN WE CHANGE THINGS UP.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX

[6.C. 2026-242 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-07; AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL PROJECTS.]

CONSIDER ON FIRST READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL PROJECTS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE.

WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 7 ORDINANCE, ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PLAN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICKELSON, PLEASE VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ACTUALLY, THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE VERBAL, SO.

OH, OKAY.

, THEY'RE THROWING US A CURVE BALL.

NOTHING THERE.

THERE IT'S MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE ALL.

SARAH, BACK INTO IT.

WE'RE GONNA DO AGENDA ITEM SIX D THROUGH SIX G FOR PRESENTATION, THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND VOTE ON ALL OF THOSE.

OKAY.

BY OH SIX D BY ITSELF? NO.

OKAY.

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[6.D. 2026-241 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-08; AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-13 DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, AND ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.]

CONSIDER FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH EIGHT AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 13 DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025, AND ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

SARAH? YES, SIR.

SO THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM, ITEM IS TO LOOK AT OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

SO THE CITY DOES PROVIDE MANY SERVICES THAT ARE TYPICALLY OPTIONAL OR MAYBE ONLY APPLY TO A SUBSET OF THE POPULATION THAT WE ASSIGN FEES FOR.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO, UM, RENT ONE OF THE PAVILIONS AT THE PARK, THEY'LL, THEY'LL PAY A RENTAL FEE FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S COVERED UNDER OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

SO ANNUALLY WE REVIEW OUR SCHEDULE OF FEES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES ARE APPROPRIATELY COVERING THE COST OF PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

WE'RE, THE GOAL IS NOT TO TURN A HUGE PROFIT, BUT WE DO NEED TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COVERING THE DIRECT COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE .

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE REVIEW OUR FEE SCHEDULE, NOT ONLY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE PROPER FEE TO CHARGE AND HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU BE, UM, LOOKING AT YOUR FEES.

OUR SPECIFIC PROCEDURE THAT WE FOLLOWED IS WE HAVE OUR FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE LET EACH DEPART DEPARTMENT REVIEW THEIR FEE SCHEDULE.

UM, AFTER THEY REVIEWED AND PROVIDED SUGGESTIONS, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REVIEWED THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND APPROVED THEM.

AND THEN TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.

SO THERE WERE SEVERAL, UM, NEW FEES, SOME PE INCREASES, REVISIONS AND FEES REMOVED.

UM, SOME OF THEM ARE MINOR.

I'D SAY, UM, IF YOU WERE GONNA PICK UP THE BIGGER ONES, THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES OF COURSE PARKS.

WE HAVE A NEW PARK COMING ONLINE.

SO IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT THE NEW SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING AS PART OF THAT PARK, THERE WAS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NEW PARK FEES WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER PARK'S FEES AND KIND OF TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PARK SCHEDULE.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, PLANNING AND PERMITTING DID A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK OF THEIR FEE STRUCTURE THIS YEAR, AND SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, A LITTLE MORE EDITS ON THERE AS THEY DID A MORE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE LOOK.

UM, THE DIRECTORS ARE ALL HERE, UH, WITH THEIR RELATED FEE SCHEDULES.

IF THERE WERE ANY THAT YOU LOOKED AT WHILE YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE COUNCIL PACKET AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, RELATED TO ANY SPECIFIC FEES,

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THE BREAK POINT IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE, THE REDUCTION IN PER SQUARE FOOT, UH, FEE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IN GENERAL, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME EXTREMELY LARGE PROJECTS.

IS THERE ANY GRAY AREA THERE ABOUT SOME OF THESE HUGE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO THE EXPERT CITY SERVICES? GOOD EVENING.

UH, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A REDUCTION, IT'S AN ADDITION TO, SO YOU HAVE THE BASE FEE OF UP TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN ANYTHING ABOVE THAT 5,000 IS AN ADDITIONAL FEE.

WELL, THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS IF I'VE GOT A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT PROJECT AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT 6,000 SQUARE FEET MM-HMM .

AS OPPOSED TO A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT PROJECT THAT I GOT, I'M GONNA MAKE 50 OR 60 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

DOESN'T THAT CHANGE THE DYNAMIC FOR YOU AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY A LITTLE BIT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL, I'M SAYING DOESN'T REQUIRE MORE IT DOES TO AN EXTENT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT MULTIPLIER ON TOP OF, OF THE EXTRA 5,000.

SO YOU THAT'S ENOUGH.

OKAY.

YEAH, JUST CLARIFY THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? I JUST, ONE QUESTION.

UM, FOR THE PARKING LOT, UM, FEE, I JUST AS I WAS SCANNING THROUGH THIS WENT FROM 200 TO A THOUSAND, IS THAT BASED ON LOOKING AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND TRYING TO THAT? YEAH, SO IT, IT IS BASED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO FOR, FOR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'D BE A BRAND NEW PARKING LOT.

FOR EXAMPLE, UH, BISD DID ONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE, UH, AS PART OF THEIR, IT WOULD DO THAT FOR, UH, PARKING LOTS THAT ARE BEING RES, STRIPPED OR REPAIRED.

WE DON'T REQUIRE PERMITS FOR THAT.

UH, BUT WE NEEDED IT.

UH, WE INCREASED IT DUE TO, UM, THE EXTRA WORK WHEN YOU DO A NEW ONE TO REVIEW DRAINAGE LID UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, AND THAT IS COMPARABLE TO I, WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF CITIES HAVE A SEPARATE PARKING LOT FEE.

I THINK WE'VE USED IT ONCE, MAYBE TWICE.

UH, BUT IN LOOKING AT HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND AND, UH, THE COST TO PERFORM THAT SERVICE, WE FELT THAT IT WAS A FAIR FEE.

OKAY.

THANKS DAN.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, CAN I GET A VOTE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER? I MOVE.

WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 8, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 13 DATED IS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025, AND ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING THE FEES AND CHARGES FOR ACTIVITIES, GOODS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICKELSON.

AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO A, A VERBAL OR A HAND VOTE FOR THIS ONE.

YEAH, FOR ME.

LORI, WE GOT YEAH, BECAUSE JOE JOE'S DOWN.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE READY TO GO ON TO 60 THROUGH 60.

SARAH? YES SIR.

THIS IS ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE'LL COVER THREE ACTION ITEMS WITH ONE PRESENTATION.

AND THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AS WELL AS UTILIZING DATA TO DRIVE SMART DECISION MAKING.

SO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MEETINGS, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE UTILITY BUDGETS AND WE'VE TALKED INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THE RATE STUDIES THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED FOR EACH OF OUR UTILITIES.

UM, THIS TONIGHT BRINGS FORWARD ALL THAT WORK IN ONE PIECE TOGETHER AS WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO FORMALLY CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE ASSOCIATED CHANGES WITH THOSE STUDIES.

SO JUST AS A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE CONDUCT FORMAL RATE STUDIES FOR EACH OF OUR UTILITIES AND WE CONDUCT THOSE COMPREHENSIVE RATE STUDIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RATES ARE, UH, APPROPRIATELY COVERING OUR COST OF SERVICE, NOT JUST FOR THE UPCOMING OPERATIONAL COST OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT ALSO UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT UPCOMING DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND THE OVERALL LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH OF EACH, EACH UTILITY.

SO EACH OF THE, OUR UTILITIES HAS UNDERGONE RECENT RATE STUDIES.

UM, WATER, SEWER AND RECLAIMED ARE THE THREE UTILITIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THOSE EACH HAD A RATE STUDY LAST CONDUCTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

UM, THE RATES THAT WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING WOULD BE YEAR OF YEAR THREE OF A FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO OUR ELECTRIC COMPANY.

WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED CHANGES ON THE GAS UTILITY PREVIOUSLY IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND WE'LL BRIEFLY DISCUSS STORM WATER, UM, BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT ORDINANCE FORWARD ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

SO FIRST WITH WATER, SEWER AND RECLAIMED.

UM, AGAIN, THAT RATE STUDY WAS LAST CONDUCTED IN 2025.

UH, THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY SHOWED THAT WE NEEDED GRADUAL INCREASES

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AND THE SCHEDULED INCREASE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR WOULD BE 7% STORMWATER UTILITY.

THAT RATE ANALYSIS WAS, WAS CONDUCTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UM, WE HAD A DETAILED PRESENTATION THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE STORMWATER HISTORY AS WELL AS HOW THAT RATE STUDY CONCLUDED, WHICH WAS, UH, WE WILL BE PROPOSING AN INCREASE FROM FOUR TO $8 PER ERU OR EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT FOR THE STORMWATER UTILITY.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL BRING FORWARD THAT ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

UH, THIS WAS A REMINDER OF THE INCREASE FROM $4 TO $8 WOULD BE PRIMARILY TO FUND THE, UH, OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD AT MANGER CREEK PROJECT THAT'S SLATED TO BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR 2028 AND 2029.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? YOU NEED THREE SEPARATE.

THREE SEPARATE.

OKAY.

YOU CAN'T VOTE ALL OF 'EM THE SAME.

YES.

SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH THREE SEPARATE, UM, ORDINANCE READINGS STARTING WITH, UH, WATER.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE'LL START WITH AGENDA ITEM SIX E

[6.E. 2026-244 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-09; AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR WATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE UTILITIES, AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-15 DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. (Establishing Potable Water rates)]

CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 9 AND ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR WATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BURN UTILITIES AND APPEAL AND REPLACE AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 15 DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025, AND ALL ORDINANCE OF PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MACALUSO.

MAY I MOVE PRING ON FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 20 26 0 9 AS YOU HAVE STATED.

SECOND FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE DOWN AGAIN.

DOWN AGAIN.

DOWN AGAIN.

WE GET A VERBAL AYE CONFIRMATION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM

[6.F. 2026-245 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-10; AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE UTILITIES, AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-14 DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. (Establishing Sewer rates)]

CONSIDERING FIRST READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 10 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY CITY OF BURNING UTILITIES AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH ONE FOUR DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.

AND ALL ORDINANCE ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.

AND AS WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, CAN I GET A MOTION FROM, SO WE'RE HAVING ISSUES GO AHEAD.

MOVE.

SO I MOVE, WE APPROVE OUR FIRST RATING ORDERS NUMBER 2026 DASH 10 AS READ THAT, READ ALL SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISTON, PLEASE VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

YOU DOING THE VERBAL OR ARE WE DOING OKAY? AYE.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MIKE, ARE WE BEING HACKED? , I'M WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

CONSIDER AGENDA

[6.G. CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-11; AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BOERNE UTILITIES, AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-16 DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. (Establishing Reclaimed Water rates).]

CONSIDER ON FIRST READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 11 IN ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF BURNING UTILITIES AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH ONE 16 DAYS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.

AND ALL ORDINANCE REPORTS OF ORDINANCES HERE WITHIN CONFLICT.

I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL WILLISON.

SO MOVED.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN I MOVE.

SECOND IT.

COUNCILMAN MICKELSON, PLEASE VOTE VERBALLY AND APPARENTLY ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALRIGHT.

MOTION PASSES FIVE.

YOU EVERYONE.

THAT WAS CRAZY.

GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SARAH.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE TECHNOLOGY.

THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

[7.A. 2026-364 INTRODUCTION OF VINCENT CANTU, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.]

YOU WANT GOT TWO ITEMS. GOT MY MONTHLY PROJECT REPORT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, CHIEF CASRE TO COME UP AND WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM THAT WE JUST HIRED AND BROUGHT ON BOARD OUR, OUR FIRST DEDICATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

UM, YOU GUYS REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE APPROVED THIS POSITION IN THE BUDGET RIGHT AFTER THE KERRVILLE FLOOD AND SEEING HOW STRETCHED KERR COUNTY WAS, THE CITY OF KERRVILLE, EVEN KENDALL COUNTY, AND HOW WE WERE SUPPORTING THAT, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING THAT DEDICATED RESOURCE TO US.

OF COURSE, UH, VINCENT CAME ON BOARD A FEW WEEKS RIGHT AFTER WE GOT HIT, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM.

HE HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND, AND CHIEF CASTRO IS GONNA GO OVER THAT AND THEN YOU'LL, WE WILL HEAR FROM VINCENT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

UH, TONIGHT I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE VINCENT KEN TO OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND THE COMPLEXITY AND FREQUENCY OF OUR EMERGENCIES

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UH, FOR YEARS WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEBODY'S TITLE AND WE'VE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN RESILIENT THROUGH THE YEARS AND BEEN ABLE TO, TO MANAGE WHAT, UH, WHAT HAS COME OUR WAY, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THESE FLOODS HAVE, HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING AND, AND HAS BEEN STATED.

WE, UH, WE PLUGGED IN WHERE WE COULD IN KERRVILLE HELPED IN THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN, IN MANY DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

AND WHEN THIS YEAR'S FLOOD HIT IN, IN OUR CITY, UH, WE WERE THAT MUCH STRONGER BECAUSE OF IT, 'CAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE VINCENT ON BOARD BECAUSE HE'S GONNA HELP STRENGTHEN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, BOTH LOCALLY AND WITH OUR REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WE'VE TRIED TO DO OVER THE YEARS.

SO, UM, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO LIKE ANY OTHER PROCESS, WE WERE REALLY DELIBERATE IN HOW WE, UH, SELECTED THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS POSITION.

AND WE HAD OVER 70 APPLICANTS, UH, NATIONWIDE FOR THIS POSITION.

AND INCLUDED, UH, MANY DIRECTORS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TO REVIEW AND SCREEN AND, AND COLLECTIVELY COME UP WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS NOT GONNA BE GOOD JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND, UH, SOMEBODY WITH COLLABORATIVE NATURE IN THEM.

AND SO, UM, AFTER THAT PROCESS, VINCENT EMERGED AS THE, AS THE TOP CANDIDATE FOR US.

AND WE'RE, UH, WE'RE TRULY EXCITED TO HAVE 'EM ON OUR TEAM AND I THINK YOU'LL QUICKLY SEE THE VALUE THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING TO NOT ONLY THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, VINCENT CANTU, OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE HE PLANS ON TAKING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING.

UH, GOOD.

SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, USED TO THE MORNING.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS VINCENT KENTU.

I'M THE NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR HERE AT THE CITY OF BERNIE.

I BRING ABOUT 11 YEARS OF MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH ME AND I AM JUST, UH, VERY EXCITED, UH, TO BE HERE.

YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPRESENTS A CROSSROADS FOR COORDINATION FOR, UH, UM, UH, BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, BETWEEN CITY DEPARTMENTS, BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND OTHER SUPPORTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, NEEDS IT THE MOST, I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, RESILIENCE EFFORTS, AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HERE, UH, AND BERNIE.

AND I'M JUST, UH, UH, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE AND, UH, SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF BERNIE WHEN WE NEED IT THE MOST.

THANK YOU FOLKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

MERE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WELCOME VINCENT.

PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

THANKS VINCENT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM.

UM, AS CHIEF SAID, WE'VE BEEN REALLY RESILIENT IN HOW WE'VE RESPONDED.

THERE'S A LOT MORE WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO AS FAR AS CERTAIN TRAININGS, CERTIFICATIONS, EVEN INTERDEPARTMENTALLY WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT AREN'T PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.

EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS A ROLE IN EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EAGER FOR VINCENT TO HELP GUIDE US IN THAT EFFORT.

AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT, UH, TATUM HAS OFFERED DOWN HERE.

AND SO HE'LL BE A COORDINATOR WITH THAT, WITH THOSE EFFORTS.

ALRIGHT, LET'S TURN TO THE MONTHLY

[7.B. 2025-663 MONTHLY PROJECT UPDATES.]

I EMAILED THIS TO YOU YESTERDAY, GOT A FEW UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND THEN OF COURSE I WOULD, UH, BE GLAD TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

MY TEAM'S HERE AS WELL ON THE MOBILITY SIDE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK RAMP ON SOUTH MAINE.

UM, WE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO GO OUT TO GET A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PERFORMS WELL.

UH, THEY, THE FLOOD JUST PUT THEM BACK ON SOME OF THEIR OTHER PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE CITY.

THERE'S SOMEBODY WE REALLY EAGER AND WANT TO GET ON, UM, TO DO THIS WORK.

AND SO THEY'RE TELLING US MAYBE MID-SEPTEMBER THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO START.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR WEEK, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, TIMELINE.

IF YOU GO BACK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PLANT AVENUE PARKING LOT.

I, I DROVE BY THERE TODAY.

IT IS LOOKING GOOD.

I WISH I HAD A, AN UPDATED PICTURE FOR YOU.

BUT ALL THE CURBS ARE DONE.

THE FENCE, THE, IT LOOKS NICE.

UM, THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME OTHER CONCRETE WORK.

SIDEWALKS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

UH, ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR CAROL, THEY SHOULD BE DOING SOME ASPHALT, LAYING SOME ASPHALT HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, MAKING .

UH, IF YOU GO TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU GUYS REMEMBER APPROVING THAT, UH, DESIGN NOT LONG AGO OR NOT APPROVING THE DESIGN, BUT THE CONTRACT TO GET THAT DESIGN.

TTCQ IS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THAT.

SO BARRING ANY OTHER LAST MINUTE THINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT APPLICATION IS GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD.

UH, JUST FINE.

UM, TALK ABOUT THE 24 HOUR PERMIT CENTER.

UM, I BELIEVE

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THIS SHOWED A RED, WE ACTUALLY GOT THIS COMPLETED, UM, BASED ON STAFF CAPACITY, INTERNAL REVIEW ON HOW, HOW PERMIT APPLICATIONS WERE BEING, UH, TAKEN INTO THE SYSTEM.

THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PIVOTS AND SOME CORRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET THOSE PERMITS IN SOONER.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT MIGHT SIT FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS BEFORE IT GOT INTO THE REVIEW PIPELINE.

THAT'S NOW BEING DONE.

90% OF OF THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING DONE THAT FIRST DAY OR GETTING NEW INTAKE, SO THEN IT GETS A, A QUICKER REVIEW TIME.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE A THIRD PARTY INSPECTION COMPANY, BB INSPECTIONS TO ASSIST US ON THAT.

AND SO WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS THERE.

THERE STILL MAY BE SOME OTHER INITIATIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WE MIGHT PURSUE NEXT YEAR, BUT AT THE MOMENT WE FELT LIKE THIS IS ALL WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

NEXT, IF YOU GO BACK, EXCUSE ME, UH, UDC UPDATES, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THOSE ARE GOING ALONG.

UH, THE P AND Z ROUTE, DARK SKIES CERTIFICATION, WE'RE MEETING WITH, UH, THE COUNTY OFFICIALS MONTHLY ON, ON THEIR, ON THEIR APPLICATION OR THEIR PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE.

AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR YOU HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, OF COURSE, TONIGHT WAS ALL ABOUT THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, THE STORM WATER FEES.

UM, THE OTHER TWO POLICIES, THE FINANCIAL POLICIES ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

ONE OF THOSE IS CURRENTLY IN REVIEW BY THE BY TOSS BY OUR ATTORNEYS.

UM, THE CASH HANDLING PO POLICY, I BELIEVE CLICK ON THE CASH HANDLING POLICY.

YEAH, ATTORNEYS ARE REVIEWING THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, DEPENDING ON TIMELINE THAT MAY BE PUSHED INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY.

YOU GUYS GOT UPDATES ON, UH, ANIMAL CARE FACILITY LAST MONTH.

UM, WE ARE, THE ARCHITECT IS FINISHING UP THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BOTH FOR POLICE STATION AND THE ANIMAL CARE FACILITY.

AND SO WE MAY HAVE A NEW REPORT FOR YOU ON THAT, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

NEXT, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.

NEXT, UH, THE FEMA CERTIFICATION.

DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT DIRECTOR SHADROCK THIS SUMMER.

WENT AND GOT, UH, WENT AND ATTENDED A COMMUNICATORS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND UH, I DO WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT I, I BELIEVE WE SAW A LOT OF THAT TRAINING IN ACTION JUST THIS LAST, UH, MONTH WITH THE FLOOD.

SO I APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS, UH, INTEREST IN PURSUING THAT AND THEN ACTUALLY PUTTING WHAT HE LEARNED TO ACTION THAT ASSISTED OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND SO WE'LL THAT IS MARKED COMPLETE AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT NEXT.

YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ANY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS YOU'D LIKE ME TO HIGHLIGHT? THIS IS GOING SOME COUNSEL.

JUST ONE LAST NOTE, JUST LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE DID MAKE, UM, SOME PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT OUR BERNIE LITTLE LEAGUERS.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ARRIVING INTO TOWN, UH, LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, 3, 3 30 ISH.

WE'RE GONNA COME UP HERE AND THEN THEY WILL DO A LITTLE POLICE ESCORT UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, UH, ONLINE ON OUR CITY CHANNELS, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHANNELS AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME HANG OUT ON MAIN STREET AND WELCOME THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM.

THAT'S IT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS MAN.

ALL

[8. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]

WE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

ANY COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING? NO, JUST, UH, REMARKABLE FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUERS, YOU KNOW, JUST REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT'S 10 TEAMS IN ALL THE UNITED STATES TO GET TO REPRESENT IN, IN WILLIAMSPORT.