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NOTICE IS HEREBY[I. COMMENCEMENT]
GIVEN OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 AT 6:30 PM IN THE CONS, COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KLU CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, KLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING, TO TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0 7 2 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, 5 5 1 0 7 3.
DELIBERATION ABOUT GIVE SOME DONATIONS.
5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 7 8 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 3 2 1 3 0 2 2 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA MEETING PACKET, A VIDEO LINK ARE POSTED AT THE CITY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.KLUTEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK BEFORE THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
A RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN COURT WITH OVER THE MEETING ACT MEETING.
MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER MR. BOND.
WOULD YOU GIVE US A PRAYER? DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR BLESSING AS A VOTE.
LORD C, PROSPER US IN THE PLEASE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND DIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL MEMBERS.
CALVIN CHIP, PRESENT, ERIC AGUILAR.
PRESENT, NICOLE MADDOX PRESENT.
JOE LOPEZ PRESENT, FRANCIS VAUGHN.
[II. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.0 4 7 1 7 5 7, WHICH IS A TAX RATE INCREASE OF 1.6%, WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.UM, ROSIE, IT'S THE OTHER PRESENTATION.
CAN EVERYBODY READ THAT AS IT OH, OH, NEVERMIND.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE US TO THE END, ACTUALLY.
JUST PRETEND LIKE THEY'RE NOT SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
I HAD ACCIDENTALLY MOVED THE TAX PORTION TO THE VERY END.
FINAL DISCUSSION ON THE TAX RATE AND PRESENTATION.
UH, AS MAYOR NOTED, UH, THIS BUDGET AS PROPOSED INCLUDES A REVENUE INCREASE OF $187,174, WHICH REPRESENTS A UNDER TEXAS TRUTH AND TAXATION.
WE'RE RAISING THE RATE 1.6%, BUT WE HAVE TO DECLARE THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT WE'RE INCREASING.
SO, UH, THE CHART THAT YOU'RE, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HEAR OUTLINES THE BASIC, UH, WHAT THE RATE GENERATES IN TERMS OF TOTAL REVENUE, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL REVENUE AND IN TERMS OF DEBT SERVICE.
AND THEN IT SHOWS THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.
SO AT THE ROLLBACK RATE, CURRENTLY, IF WE, IF, EXCUSE ME, AT THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE WOULD BE AT 6 83.
AT THE PROPOSED RATE, WHICH IS THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE, IT'S 7 0 7.
SO AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 18, WELL, I'M SORRY, $24 PER ANNUM.
UH, THIS DOES NOT TRIGGER AN ELECTION.
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UH, AND I WOULD NOTE THAT $44,828 OF THE TOTAL REVENUE WOULD COME FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OR WE, WE IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET, WHEN WE GET TO THAT PORTION, WE ACTUALLY SHOW A LESS THAN IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE M AND O RATE RIGHT HERE, IT SHOWS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GENERATE ONE $4.12 MILLION.
HOWEVER, WE LEARNED A PRETTY STIFF LESSON.
IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE THIS SUMMER TO FARE IT OUT, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL, WHAT THE REVENUE WAS CALLED FOR WHEN THE RATE WAS SET BASED ON OUR VALUE WITH THE, WITH THE REVENUE THAT WAS CALLED FOR WHEN WE SET THE RATE AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY GENERATED THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, LAST YEAR, WE SET OUR TAX RATE AGAINST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS $947 MILLION.
AND WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED AGAINST $930 MILLION.
SO WE HAD A GAP OF ABOUT $250,000 IN AVALOR REVENUE BECAUSE, UH, APPARENTLY WHEN, WHEN FOLKS PROTESTED AND THEN TOOK IT TO COURT, THAT AMOUNT GOT WRITTEN OFF.
AND SO, LOOKING AT THE ROLLBACK, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER, THE TOTAL VALUE HERE OF 9 49, THERE'S CURRENTLY ALMOST $8 MILLION OR $9 MILLION.
WELL, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT NOW.
I THINK IT'S ALMOST $11 MILLION THAT ROLLED OUT A PROTEST AND WENT TO THE COURTS.
AND SO I MADE THE ASSUMPTION IN THE BUDGET PROJECTION THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA NET ABOUT $4 MILLION, 4.038, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IN ACTUAL REVENUE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE SETTING THE RATE AGAINST THIS VALUE, BUT WE THINK THAT WHAT'S UNDER PROTEST WILL PROBABLY BE AWARDED, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ACTUAL REVENUE NUMBER WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER BY ABOUT $90,000 THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BEAT THE CURVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT SHORT LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, UH, COUNCIL'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING THE VALUE.
I I, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS COURSE TILL ABOUT 2023 IS THE NATURAL RATE OF INCREASE IN ACTUAL VALUE, UH, BASED ON WHAT THE ACTUAL INVESTMENTS IN WOOD SHORE COLLEGE PARK.
THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IS, I WOULD SAY 24, 25, 26 ARE THE HYPERINFLATED.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAD TO UNDERGO A MANDATORY AUDIT, UH, BY THE STATE.
AND EVERYBODY SAW THEIR PROPERTY VALUES JUMP UP TO WHAT THE STATE CONSIDERED WAS THE NORM, COMPARING CL BASICALLY TO CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS THE NATURAL TRAJECTORY OF GROWTH AND VALUE BY THE CITY.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS KIND OF ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE PROTEST NUMBERS BEAR THAT OUT.
AND SO, UH, WHEN THE, THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE TOTAL AGGREGATE VALUE OF THE CITY, WE GOT VERY CLOSE TO $1 BILLION IN TOTAL VALUE FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, IN 2023 OR 2024.
UH, WE GOT A, WE KEEP INCHING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT LINE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE REALISTIC VALUE IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 900 MILLION MARK.
UH, THIS, CONVERSELY, THE YELLOW LINE INDICATES THE ACTUAL TAX RATE.
SO IF YOU RECALL, WE HELD THE TAX RATE STEADY FOR A VERY LONG TIME UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO START GRADUALLY DECREASING IT.
UH, THIS YEAR IT TICKS BACK UP JUST A SLIGHT AMOUNT, BUT THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS COUNCIL WHEN I CAME ON BOARD WAS TO GET THE TAX RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS HERE, WHEN I STARTED HERE, I THINK WE WERE AT 62.5.
SO 15% OR 15 CENTS, WE BROUGHT IT DOWN IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
UH, LARGE PART DUE DUE INTO, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN VALUE.
UH, BUT I, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S ALMOST FROM 2023 ON ALMOST PARTIALLY ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY THE BUMP IN THE ACTUAL APPRAISALS MANDATED BY THE STATE.
BY THE WAY, I WAS, UH, I HAD 147 SLIDES PRESENTED PRE PREPARED, BUT SOMEBODY INFORMED ME THAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP IT UNDER 30.
I HOPE, UH, YOU GUYS GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX RATE? ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, WELL, HOPEFULLY WE, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE TRY AND LEVEL THAT NUMBER TO, BASED ON WHAT WE REALISTICALLY THINK IS.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THE BUDGET, THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
UM, I, IN AN IDEAL WORLD, THE VALUE AND THE APPRAISALS WOULD BE NET ZERO.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PLAY THAT GAME EVERY YEAR, BUT THAT'S THE GAME WE'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, THEN WE WILL PROCEED INTO THE PUBLIC AREA.
FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 20, 20 25, 20 26, THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $187,000
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AND 187 100, 180 $7,174 OR 4.1 PER SIX, 4.16%.AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 44,828 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLLS THIS YEAR.
SO IF THAT'S IT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
AND AGAIN, THE CITY'S BUDGET IS AN AMALGAM OF OTHER BUDGETS.
UH, WE HAVE MAJOR FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND, THE ENTERPRISE FUND, SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOT AND DEBT SERVICE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ANCILLARY FUNDS, UH, CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, GF 1 0 1 AND EF 1 0 5, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDS, UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS.
UH, IN AGGREGATE, WE HAVE ABOUT, I THINK IT'S 11, COREY, AM I RIGHT OR WERE WE DOWN TO EIGHT? I THINK WHEN WE STARTED THERE WERE 16.
WE'VE TRIED TO NARROW 'EM DOWN AND COLLAPSE 'EM TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE.
UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A GRAPHIC, IT'S ALWAYS MY FAVORITE GRAPHIC, BUT IT KIND OF SHOWS THIS IS THE CITY'S FUNCTIONS AND OUR MAJOR FUNDS.
THESE ARE OUR REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAXES, GRANTS, SALES TAX, HOT TAX, AND FEES FOR SERVICE.
AND THIS IS HOW THE MONEY FLOWS BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE VARIOUS FUNDS ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE A SPAGHETTI BALL BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT IT IS.
UH, IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING THING THAT REQUIRES, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF COORDINATION AND COOPERATION.
AND I WANT TO THANK COREY AND KIM, ANGEL, ROSIE FOR PROOFREADING THIS AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING THEIR BUDGETS AND BEING PATIENT, UH, BEING CONSIDERATE TOWARDS EACH OTHER DURING THIS PROCESS.
'CAUSE IT, UH, IT, IT CAN GET HEATED AT TIMES 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF STRESS IN AGGREGATE.
THE CITY BEGAN THERE OR PROPOSED THE PROPOSED BUDGET STARTED WITH AN AGGREGATE, UH, NET BALANCE OF $40 MILLION.
WE HAD BUDGETED TO SPEND THAT DOWN, UH, ACROSS SEVERAL LARGE PROJECTS THAT ULTIMATELY DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN FUND OH FIVE, UH, WE HAD ANTICIPATED A SIGNIFICANT SPEND OF ABOUT $8.2 MILLION.
UH, AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THE YEAR TO DATE FIGURES ARE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT.
UH, SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GONNA BE AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS EXPENDITURE IN THAT FUND.
UH, BUT THIS YEAR WE, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE 90% DRAWINGS DONE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED THE GRANTS ON.
SO THAT GRANT REVENUE WILL BE COMING IN AND WE WILL BE EXPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND I'LL KIND OF GET INTO THOSE PROJECTS HERE IN JUST ONE SECOND.
UH, THIS YEAR, UH, UNDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE $14.8 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY ADJUSTED DOWN.
UH, WE, WE WILL, WE WILL BE RECEIVING OUR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
WE GOT OUR PDMG AND PPC NUMBERS BACK FROM FEMA.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE THOSE FUNDS SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND KUDOS TO WILL AND THE TEAM OF CSRS FOR GETTING AFTER IT AND STAYING ON TOP OF FEMA.
UH, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT REVENUE LINE ITEM, ALTHOUGH IT'S A TRANSFER BACK IN, IT COMES BACK TO US AS A GRANT.
UH, IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT $15 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, 11.3 IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND AND 10 IN THE, UH, SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE FUND.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE DETAILED AS I GET INTO THE DISCUSSION ON THE CIP, WHERE THE TOTAL REVENUES COME FROM.
ABOUT 43% IS GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
UH, ABOUT 25% IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND.
26 IS THOSE FUNDS THAT GO TO THE SDS OR THE CIP, WHICH IS 40% OF THE DEDICATED SALES TAX ALONG WITH GRANT REVENUE.
UH, EDC ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 3%.
IN TERMS OF AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES, WHY ARE MY LABELS NOT SHOWING UP? EXCUSE ME, JUST ONE SECOND.
34% IS THE OPERATE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.
15% IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND OPERATIONS.
THIS LARGE BLACK SECTION IS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TRUST ME ON THAT.
YEAH, IT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 34%.
I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S, UH, WHY IT'S DOING THIS.
UH, BUT ANYHOW, UH, THIS IS OUR PARK SPENDING OR QUALITY OF LIFE EXPENDITURES, OUR TOURISM AND EVENT REVENUE DOWN HERE.
UH, THE YELLOW IS DEBT SERVICE.
UH, AND THE GREEN IS, UH, I CAN'T RECALL WHAT THE GREEN IS, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT WAS A NEAT SLIDE UNTIL IT DIDN'T WORK.
ALRIGHT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES YOU WERE GONNA DELETE.
SO, PROBABLY I STARTED DELETING AND THEN I DID NOT.
AS YOU'LL NOTE IN FY 24 25, UH, WE ANTICIPATED A DRAW DOWN OF RESERVES OF ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
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UH, THUS FAR, SO FAR IN THE YEAR, WE'VE DRAWN DOWN ABOUT 495,000.UH, WE ANTICIPATE FINISHING THE YEAR WITH A NET BALANCE, UH, INCREASE OF 6.2 MILLION.
THE REASON WE JUMPED, IF YOU'LL NOTICE HERE TO HERE OF YEAR TO DATE WAS THE TRANSFER BACK.
WE FINALLY, UH, THE EDCP PAID THE GENERAL FUND.
ITS PORTION OF THE KROGER MORTGAGE BUY DOWN THAT WE APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO THAT NET TRANSFER CAME IN AND IT BOOSTED THE BOTTOM LINE ON FUND BALANCE.
WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, AN AGGREGATE, UH, REVENUE OF ABOUT 14.8 VERSUS ABOUT 15.6 IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, LEAVING US WITH A DRAWDOWN THIS YEAR OF ABOUT $786,000.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ONE-OFF EXPENSES INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
UH, BUT OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND.
AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 10.
WE PROJECTED A NEGATIVE DRAWDOWN OF ABOUT 1 57.
SO FAR, WE'VE DRAWN ABOUT FOUR 40.
UH, WE LOOKED TO FINISH THE YEAR AT ABOUT 3 58 GIVEN BECAUSE A BEGINNING, UH, FUND BALANCE OF 9.9.
UH, WITH THE RATE INCREASES PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN $8.7 MILLION REVENUE STREAM, UH, FOR A COMBINED TOTAL RESOURCES OF $18.7 MILLION VERSUS $11 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE IN JUST A SECOND.
HOT FUND, UH, ACTUALLY IS LOOKING THE HEALTHIEST LOOK IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND, UH, THAT'S A LARGE PART DUE TO CONSTRAINTS ON SPENDING AND TRYING TO BE MORE, UH, FRUGAL AND ALSO BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR HOT TECH TAX.
HOT, I KNOW THREE OR FOUR WORDS, HOT TAX COLLECTIONS.
UH, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING AFTER THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T PAID AND COLLECTING THOSE BALANCES BACK.
UH, MR. DUNCAN HAS, UH, BEEN VERY, UH, VERY, UH, STUDIOUS IN HIS LETTER WRITING AND FLEXING IN THE COURTROOM.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN ARREARAGE THAT WAS OWED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CATCHING UP THERE.
SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE AGAIN.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO EXPEND ABOUT $2.2 MILLION OF OUR FUND BALANCE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LAG IN PROJECTS, UH, MAINLY ALONG THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AT FLAG LAKE AND PENN MONEY DRIVE.
UH, DUE IN LARGE PART TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HURDLES RELATED TO THOSE PROJECTS, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THOSE COMPLETED.
UH, SO WE LOOKED TO FINISH THE YEAR ACTUALLY WITH A NET POSITIVE BALANCE, UH, CARRYING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN STARTING WITH A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 9.6, WE ANTICIPATE 8.88, $8.8 MILLION IN REVENUE.
OF THAT TOTAL THOUGH, 7.75 IS GRANT FUNDS TIED TO THE GLO PROJECTS.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, THURSDAY LAST WEEK, THAT THE MIT MOD, UH, YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE HAVE A TWO TIERED PROJECT, AND I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS IN JUST A SECOND.
WE HAD $9 MILLION FOR THE PENN MONEY AND FLAG LAKE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN ANOTHER $1.2 MILLION FOR INLINE DETENTION ON THE PENN MONEY SYSTEM TO KIND OF SLOW THE WATER FROM THAT SYSTEM, BUT ALSO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING THAT'S OCCURRING IN THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THERE ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE.
WE WERE, UH, WE WERE TOLD WE WERE RECEIVING THAT AWARD, BUT THERE WERE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED.
WE EXPECT TO STILL GET THOSE MONIES.
THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS BUDGET.
THAT $1.2 MILLION IS NOT IN THIS BUDGET BECAUSE IT WASN'T THERE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA HAVE UNTIL LATE LAST WEEK, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT IN HAND, SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET.
BUT THAT'S $1.2 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WOULD BE COMING IN HERE.
UH, EDC FUNDS, UH, LOOKS TO BEGIN THE YEAR WITH A TWO POINT OR RIGHT AT A $2 MILLION BALANCE.
UH, THEY'VE ADOPTED A BUDGET OF 1.4 IN EXPENDITURES.
UH, BASED ON THAT, WE STILL ANTICIPATE A, A DRAW OF FUND.
UH, GTMF ALWAYS LOOKS A LITTLE SKEWED.
UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE MORE EXPENDITURES AND THE REVENUES HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP BECAUSE WHEN THIS WENT THE, WHEN THIS HIT THE LEDGER, AND WHEN I MADE THIS, UH, WHEN WE DRAFTED THIS BUDGET, WE WERE STILL RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF THE THING.
SO WE HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THE REVENUE YET.
AND THEN WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE AN EXPENDITURE OF $368,000 THIS YEAR, A DEBT SERVICE TO COLLECT AGAINST.
UH, WE HAVE SOME FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE, UH, NEEDING TO REDISTRIBUTE, BUT WE WILL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S VERY, VERY HEALTHY.
UH, WE DID, GOING INTO THE CIP UH, THIS YEAR, WE DID IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT A 10 YEAR HORIZON.
UH, WE DIVIDED THE CITY INTO 12 ZONES BASED ON GEOGRA, GEOGRAPHY, STREET BARRIERS, WATER BARRIERS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, UH, TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN EACH, UH, AND THIS IS WHAT THE CIP BUDGET LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, IN THE SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE FUND FUND OH FIVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 2.65 OR $2.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES PLANNED.
1.5 OF THAT IS THE OLD ANGLETON, UH, RENO OR RE RELAYING.
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WE'LL GO TO A 35 FOOT PAVING PROFILE MATCHING THE ROAD WIDTH AT THE SOUTHERN TIP THERE OF THE CONCRETE SECTION THAT ENDS JUST SOUTH OF BUCKY'S, CARRYING THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAIN STREET.UH, THAT PROJECT, UH, COMBINED WITH THE KYLE ROAD WEST PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE AT A 28 FOOT, UH, PAVING PROFILE, UH, WITH SIDEWALK STREETS, CURB AND GUTTER.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 900,000 TO WRITE AT A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE LOOP, UH, FOR THE SIDEWALK ALONG DIXIE TO CONNECT IT UP WITH THE SYSTEM AT PLANTATION.
WE'RE ON HOLD FOR THAT UNTIL THE PIN MONEY PROJECT DRAINAGE PROJECT GETS DONE.
SO THAT MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE'RE GONNA GET REALLY GOOD WEATHER AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA GO EXACTLY PERFECTLY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT KNOCKED OUT.
UH, REALLY QUICKLY, UH, THIS IS THE GLO HAZMAT PROJECTS THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER.
1.96 FOR, UH, THE DRAINAGE DITCH, UH, THERE ON PENN MONEY, OR I'M SORRY, ON FLAG LAKE.
THIS IS, UH, SO THAT'S THE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EASTERN HAT SIDE, THE EASTERN DITCH ON THAT ROAD, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A ONE-TO-ONE CONCRETE LINED DITCH ON THAT SIDE.
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA END UP TEARING UP, UH, THE, THE STREET TO PUT BOX COLBERT UNDERNEATH ON THE WESTERN LANE.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING UP FLAG LAKE, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NORTH, COMING FROM THE NORTH, IT'LL BE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT ENTIRE LANE OF TRAFFIC UP, TIE THAT IN, AND PUT BOX COLBERT ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF, UH, LAKE JACKSON HAS A WATER MAIN AT AND TB DETAIL.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHO ELSE HAS SIGNIFICANT FIBER OPTIC IN THAT DITCH ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE DID NOT WANNA HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE RELOCATIONS BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.
UH, AND SO OUR, OUR TRANSITION WAS TO ACTUALLY BOX CULBERT IT AND RE PUT THE PAVEMENT BACK OVER THE ROAD ONCE WE GET THOSE BOX CULVERS IN PLACE.
IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT, UH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN MOVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ON LAKE JACKSON SIDE OF THE LINE.
UH, THEN LOOKING AT THE PENN MONEY, PHASE ONE IS THE, UH, NORTH SIDE CLEANING UP THE DITCH AND CULVERTS AND PENN MONEY.
PHASE TWO IS ALL THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT WORKS ITS WAY FROM DIXIE DRIVE EAST TOWARDS THE DITCH.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA REDO ALL OF THAT AS WELL AS THE DITCH RUNNING BACK TO ABOUT WHERE THE, UH, BACKSIDE OF NURSERY ROAD.
AND SO THAT COMES TO ALL TOLD, THAT'S ABOUT $9 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.
UH, OR I'M SORRY, NOT $9 MILLION, $7.7 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.
WE'RE EXCITED TO FINALLY GET THAT LAUNCHED.
AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, UH, PHASE, THE INLINE DETENTION PHASE OF PENN MONEY, WHICH WILL, UH, SLOW THE WATER ON THE BACKSIDE THAT WE JUST GOT THE, THE GRANT AWARD FOR.
IN TERMS OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE $200,000 SET ASIDE FOR WILSON AND BROUGHT US IMPROVEMENTS 150 FOR MILSTEAD.
UH, THEN WE MOVED THE, UH, ROOF PROJECT HERE AT CITY HALL INTO THIS BUDGET, $925,000 REPLACING AND MAKING A DA COMPLIANT DOORS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THE RENOVATION, REMEDIATION OF ALL THE DAMAGE INTERNALLY HERE, UH, AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UH, AND THEN BEGINNING THE WORK ON SHANKS LAKE, PREPARING THAT PROPERTY FOR USE, EXCUSE ME, AS WELL AS THE, UH, AS WELL AS THE POCKET PARK THERE ON MAIN STREET.
SO THIS IS THE FUNDING TOTALS FOR THE CIP IN YEAR ONE, $10.4 MILLION.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD SOME A LITTLE WAYS BACK, BUT YOU WERE ON A ROLL.
OH YEAH, JUST CATTLE PROD ME OR THROW ME, HIT ME WITH A SPIT BALL.
AND WHY WAS THAT AGAIN? WE, OKAY, LET ME GO BACK OVER THERE.
AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE I HAD MOVED OUT.
LEMME GRAB A CALCULATOR BECAUSE NOW THAT YOU SAY THAT 3.2 VERSUS 1.8 SHOULD BE A NET POSITIVE, I GUESS I THOUGHT IT ODD THAT THE EDC WOULD SHOW A NEGATIVE BALANCE.
ALL I, THESE ARE KIND OF OVERWHELMING NUMBERS FOR ME ANYWAY, BUT THEY'RE ALL VERY BIG AND I, TRUST ME, I'VE LOOKED AT 'EM SO MUCH.
UH, I CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT OH, WHAT THAT IS.
OH, WHAT IT IS DOING IS TAKING THE, IT'S TAKEN THE ENDING BALANCE FROM THE BEGINNING BALANCE.
WE DO HAVE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE, WE'VE CLOSED OUT ONE OF THE FINAL NOTES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER NOTE THAT STILL HAS FOUR YEARS ON IT.
AND THEN THEY ANTICIPATE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T, ARE ONE TIME EXPENSES.
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OR PAYING BACK THE EDC THAT THEY HAVE THIS, THIS IS PAY, SO THAT NEGATIVE 1 98 IS A DRAW ON RESERVES.LAST YEAR THEY HAD BUDGETED 1.8.
THIS YEAR IT'S ONE POINT OR JUST UNDER 200,000.
WE'LL PROBABLY OVERPERFORM THAT AS WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, WE ENDED UP WITH A, WITH A NET GAIN OF $600,000 OR WOULD PROJECT THE FINISH, THE $600,000 GAIN.
BUT BASED ON THE EXPENDITURES THAT THEY OUTLINED IN THEIR BUDGET PROCESS, THEY ANTICIPATE A DRAW ON FUNDS OF $200,000.
I WOULD NOTE THAT SALES TRACKS HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG THIS YEAR.
WE BUDGETED IT VERY CONSERVATIVELY IN THE REVENUE STREAMS BECAUSE WE JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THE EDC IS FUNDED BY A SET PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE, OR IS IT YES, SIR.
THEY GET, THEY GET BASICALLY PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES TAX THAT WE COLLECT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SALES TAX, WE GET 2 CENTS MM-HMM
OF THAT 2 CENTS, 40% GOES WELL, YEAH, 40% GOES TO THE SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE.
ABOUT 44% GOES TO THE S TO THE EDC, AND THEN THE REMAINDER GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT GETS A LITTLE HANKY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO THE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SPLIT IS AND WHO GETS WHAT.
TYPICALLY, THE THREE EIGHTY'S COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND THEN IF THE EDC CAN PARTICIPATE, THAT'S WHAT CORRECT.
I GUESS, I GUESS IN MY MIND, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE EDC SPENT MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND IT THAT THE, SOME OF THE PROPERTY PURCHASES, THEY, THE PROPERTY PURCHASE WAS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT YOU'VE GOT THE PROPERTY PURCHASE, THEY'VE GOT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS LINED OUT ABOUT $150,000.
THEY'VE GOT $90,000 SET ASIDE FOR, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE ONGOING INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND LOANS.
UH, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT ABOUT $360,000 IN DEBT SERVICE AND ABOUT $90,000 IN PERSONNEL COST THAT THEY SHARE WITH THE THE CBB.
UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THE PROJECTS, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS SHOWING THE LOCATION ON THE MAP, THE ROAD PROJECTS, UH, $2.5 MILLION IN THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THIS IS THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.
THIS IS THE FLAG LAKE PROJECT, ABOUT 6.2 BETWEEN THE TWO.
THIS IS THE AREA ON PEN MONEY, THE WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE MAIN PEN MONEY DITCH THAT WILL BE REPAIRED.
AND THEN THE DRAINAGE TAKE FROM THIS PORTION BACK ALONG HERE WILL BE IMPROVED AND CARRIED OVER.
SO PLANTATION'S GONNA GET TORN UP AT SOME POINT TO REDO THE CULVERTS UNDERNEATH IT.
UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT IN GOOD SHAPE.
UH, AND THEN THE $1.2 MILLION WILL BE EXPENDED ON THE BACKSIDE OVER HERE FOR THE, UH, INLINE DETENTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PLANTATION OR WELL ON THE, YEAH.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WESTERN PORTION OF PLANTATION COMING DOWN THIS WAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING IN THIS DRAINAGE CHANNEL RIGHT HERE.
UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY ALL SUBTERRANEAN UNTIL ABOUT THIS POINT.
SO THE BOX CULVERTS FROM THIS POINT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HERE ARE GONNA BE REPLACED AND UPSIZED, AND THEN THE DITCH WILL BE CLEANED AND IMPROVED BACK UP HERE TO WHAT MAKES THIS LITTLE JOG BACK THROUGH THE BUSINESS PART DESPERATELY.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND, UH, CIP, WE'VE GOT $1.1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THE LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS AT BUMPY ROAD, 900,000 FOR THE BUMPY ROAD DORSETT, WASTEWATER FORCE, MAINE, ABOUT $950,000 FOR THE EMERALD SUBDIVISION, 600,000 FOR BRIAN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT, BUT IF WE HAVE TO REDO THE METER SYSTEM, THAT'S YEAR ONE OF THE PROCESS.
SO A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION.
UH, 1 0 5 WILL BE PROVIDING 3.4 MILLION TO THAT, AND THE REST OF THAT WILL COME OUT OF DIRECT REVENUE.
THE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS HERE AT BUMPY ROAD, UH, AS WELL AS THE FORCE MAINS ARE OUTLINED, YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN, I GUESS, GOLD.
THAT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP VERY WELL.
AND THEN THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR SERVICES AND MAINS REPLACED, AND THEN THE DORS, IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT THAT'S THE, WHEN WE HAVE THE WATER STACK BACK UP THIS WAY, THAT'S THAT FORCE MAIN THAT CARRIES IT STRAIGHT BACK OVER TOWARDS THE WASTEWATER TREVO PLAN.
AND THIS IS ALL YEAR ONE OF THE CIP THIS IS YEAR ONE.
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A NUTSHELL.WHERE DID WE END UP WITH ALL OF OUR ON THE SECOND PORTION RATES? OH, YES.
OH, AS PROPOSED, WE'RE AT A 7.5% INCREASE ON THE BASE VALUE, 15 20, 25 STAGGERING TO KEEP THOSE TIERS, UH, PUNITIVE FOR OVER USERS.
UH, SO IT'S AN AVERAGE MONTHLY INCREASE OF ABOUT 10% ON THE WATER, 10% ON THE SEWER.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE INCREASE ON THE SOLID WASTE TO 34.92, WHICH PUTS US AS AN ACCURATE TO GET INCREASE ON THE TOTAL BILL OF 16%.
SO THAT'S ALL UTILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED AT 16% INCREASE.
THAT ALSO INSTITUTES THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE THAT WE DISCUSSED SO THAT THE HOTEL'S, MULTIFAMILY STORAGE FACILITIES WILL BE INCREASED AT A HIGHER RATE ON THE GARBAGE SERVICE.
THE RESIDENTIAL, EVERYBODY'S GONNA SEE AN INCREASE, BUT IT'LL BE MORE PUNITIVE TO THOSE HEAVY USERS THAT WE ARE HAVING MORE, THE MOST, THE MAJORITY OF OUR ISSUES WITH.
I'M GONNA TRY TO SNEAK A QUESTION IN HERE SINCE YOU SAID GARBAGE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE RIGHT TIME.
UM, OUR GARBAGE, WE INCREASED LANDFILL EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS.
I CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS IN HERE.
UH, WITH THAT, WILL WE BE AT A LATER DATE? I'M ASSUMING, I'M TRYING NOT TO REALLY BLUNT SOMETHING OUT HERE.
I WAS GONNA PULL SOME STUFF OUT THE COUNT AND I'M SORRY I WAS LATE.
WE TALKED, I MEAN, YOU HAD YOUR HANDS FULL AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT PART.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I, BUT WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL DOING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I VOTE YES OR NO ON THE TAX RECORD.
SO I GOT QUESTIONS THAT I'VE SET DEAD SET ON THAT I'M NOT DEAD SET ON ANYMORE.
BUT, BUT, BUT YOU'RE, IF YOU, ON THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, WE STILL GOT, WE STILL GOT, YOU STILL GOT SPOT TO, I THINK YEAH, BUT I THINK YOUR, YOUR BIGGER QUESTION IS THAT ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE THE RATES FOR HEAVY TRASH? OH, THAT'S GONNA, YES, SIR.
SO WE'LL BE, BUT NOT IN THIS, EXCUSE ME.
NOT IN THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING TO IMPOSE A FEE THERE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, UH, TO BUY A SHREDDER, UM, THROUGH HGAC.
AND IF THAT GOES THROUGH, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE ANYMORE.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE INTERIM IS HAVING A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR COLLECT THOSE, WHERE THEY GO FROM HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW, UH, I'D LOVE TO SAY THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT, IT, IT'S THE SAME NAME AS A MAGICIAN.
SO WE DECIDED TO JUST, THEY JUST MAGICALLY DISAPPEARED.
SO
BUT IT WAS PAID THE 85 PLUS EVERYTHING TO TAKE 'EM TO ALVIN OR GET THEM OUTTA HERE.
I A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMENTS ON THE TAX RATE OR THE BUDGET? AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FOR BACK THEN WE WILL MOVE TO
[IV. ACTION ITEMS]
ACCIDENT ITEMS. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 DASH OH ONE SEVEN, ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.AND IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH OH ONE SEVEN IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CL CONTAIN THE PREAMBLE APPROVED AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER THE FIRST 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2026.
APPROPRIATED AND DISPERSING THE INCOMING EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY FOR THE VARIOUS USES THERE AND SPECIFIED PROVIDED FOR THE FILING THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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FOR THE BUDGET.HUH? FOR THE BUDGET? FOR THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE TO READ THIS VERBATIM, CORRECT? THAT'S FOR THE TAX, THAT'S FOR TAX RECORD.
THANK, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CHRIS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.
SECONDED BY COUNCILPERSON BOND.
WE WILL NOW TAKE A RECORD VOTE.
A THEN WE'LL MOVE TO CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 DASH 18, ADOPTING A PROPERTY RATE, PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.4 7 1 7 5 7, WHICH IS A TAX INCREASE OF 1.6%, WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.
AND IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH OH ONE EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX RATE AND LEVY FOR THE CITY OF FLUTE, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING AND THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2026.
AND FOR THE FURTHER PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE SINKING FUND TO RETIRE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF BOND INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A LIEN ON ALL REAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE PAYMENT OF TAXES, DO THEIR OWN CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARKED THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 18? SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PART? YES, WE'RE IN THE SPECIAL MEETING PART.
DIDN'T WE GO TO THE ACTION ITEMS AND TAKE NOTES? YES.
SO I DUNNO IF HE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I ADJOURNED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO DID WE GO THROUGH OUR I ADJOURNED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S ALL IN, IT'S ALL I WANT SHEET FOR ME.
WELL, I DON'T SEE MY SIX 30 AGENDA.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S THE REASON I WAS TRYING TO STICK MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
BUT I GUESS
BUT, UH, ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE, YOU NEED TO READ THE LETTER.
UH, AND I MAY HAVE JUST HEARD YOU WRONG, BUT IT WAS A 4.16% INCREASE IN REVENUE OR THE TAX RATE.
SO THE RATE IS AN ACTUAL INCREASE OF 1.6%.
BUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS ONE SAYS IT'S A 4.16% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
WELL THAT'S OR SHOULD IT BE REVENUE? NO, IT'S, I KNOW THIS IS OKAY.
THIS IS, IT'S LIKE, OH, THE IS WEIRD.
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE READ TO SATISFY THE STATE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS LIKE, WAIT, I THINK IT MEANS REVENUE, BUT IF IT, IT DOES MEAN REVENUE, BUT THE STATE MAKES US USE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE RATE.
SO IT'S THE RATE OF REVENUE, I GUESS.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE RATE OF REVENUE.
IT MAKES THAT, I, I THINK IN MY INITIAL MEMO I POINTED OUT THAT IT'S CLEAR AS MUD BECAUSE THE TRUTH IN TAXATION IS BASICALLY NOT TRUTH IN TAXATION.
THE ACTUAL RATE IS GOING UP 1.6%.
THE ACTUAL REVENUE IS GOING UP 4.16%, BUT THEY CUT MAKE US DECLARE IT AS THE RATE.
AND IN REALITY, WHAT WILL ACTUALLY NET IS ABOUT A 3.4% INCREASE IN REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE VALUATION AND THE GAMESMANSHIP WORKS IN TERMS OF THE, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS.
SO, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS WE DO
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON BOND.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND IT BY COUNCIL PERSON, MADDOX,
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WE WILL NOW TAKE A RECORD VOTE UNLESS THE DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.WE WILL NOW TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE.
SO CAN I MAKE A COMMENT AS DISCUSSION FIRST? SURE.
I'VE BEEN THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN PUSHING, HEY, WE GOTTA HAVE MONEY TO PAY THE BILLS AND THE BILLS ARE GETTING HIGHER.
AND WITH THAT, TO MAKE SURE, FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT I'M HAVING AROUND TOWN, I WANNA MAKE SURE I MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER CHOICE OTHER THAN WE GOTTA PAY THE BILLS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY CONCENTRATION OF GOING THROUGH A ACCOUNTS PAYABLE HAS UPPED THIS CONCERN OF MINE TO MAKE SURE I'M VOTING AND MAKE SURE I'M DOING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SITTING HERE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A STEWARD OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S MONEY.
AND I'VE GOT SOME EXPENDITURES JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT BLOWS MY MIND.
UH, I'M SURE THERE'S AN EXPLANATION AND I UNDERSTAND THINGS ARE HIGHER.
I WANT TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND I WANT TO DO THAT WITH INCOME, BUT THEN I DON'T WANNA THROW IT OUT THE BACK DOOR FOR SAKE OF BETTER TERMS. UH, THAT, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST A PERSONAL STANDARD OF ME THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.
UH, BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE WITH A COMMENT.
THEN WE CAN GO ON AND VOTE THIS THROUGH.
BUT I FEEL REALLY, I, I FEEL REALLY ADAMANT AND NOT PICKING ON ANYBODY, BUT EVERY WEEK I ASK SOMEBODY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? AND NOBODY UP HERE KNOW.
SO AS COUNSEL, I THINK WE NEED TO PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO A COUNCIL PAYABLE, NOT CALL ANYBODY OUT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S OUR JOB AND I'VE GOTTEN RELAXED MYSELF.
SO WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ME.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE FOR THE, THIS PORTION OF, SORRY.
NO, I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO OPEN THE OTHER ONE.
WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE THE MEETING.
MEETING MEAN, I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THIS SHEET.
THIS MEETING THAT'S, I'M ADURING THIS MEETING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR PENDING.