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          WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY AUGUST 23RD 2022 WORK SESSION ESPECIAL WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND REVIEW. YEAH AND WE WILL HAVE WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION. UH THIS EVENING, THEN ALSO AT SEVEN. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED OFF. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP 
          [2. Council Deliberation and Direction to Staff on FY 2022-23 Proposed Budget]
TO SPEAK. WE DO NOT. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO COUNCIL DELIBERATION IN DIRECTION TO STAFF BELIEVE ALLISON HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US BEFORE WE GET STARTED, OR AS WE GET STARTED. YES SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, MR CITY MANAGER. IT IS HOLD UP VERY SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL. AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU GO TO ADOPT THE FY 22 23 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER, 6TH WOULD BE TO AMEND THE COSTS OF FUND. UM THE COST OF FUND RECEIVES ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING FROM THE GARLAND HOUSING FOUNDATION CORPORATION, WHICH IS TYPICALLY AWARDED AFTER THE ADOPTION OF OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT , AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAVE RECEIVED VERBAL CONFIRMATIONS THAT GRANT FUNDING AND WILL CONTINUE FOR FY 23. SO THIS IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO AD REVENUE OF 375,000 TO THE FY 23 PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS EXPENDITURES OF 375,000. UM FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          SHOULD THE COUNCIL CHOOSE NOT TO AMEND THIS. WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT DURING FY 23 ONCE OF AWARD WAS FORM APPROVE. BY THEIR. THE BUDGET. OKAY? UM CANCEL START OFF WITH I KNOW. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED AND ANSWERS RETURNED, AND I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS. STILL PENDING, UM, THAT WERE I THINK SUBMITTED TODAY. I GUESS IT WOULD START OUT WITH, UH, FOR THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. DOES ANYONE NEED ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OF THOSE? QUESTIONS OR? GET THE ANSWERS OUT. I BELIEVE TOMORROW , UM, FOR MOVING ON. AH! WITH THAT. I GUESS THE NEXT QUESTION IS, DOES ANYONE HAVE THE WORKINGS OF ANY AMENDMENTS THAT THEY WOULD THAT THEY ARE THINKING OF CONSIDERING BRINGING FORTH IF SO, WE'LL DISCUSS THEM NOW CANCELING HER LUCK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LANDFILL FEES INCREASED FOR NON GARLAND RESIDENTS VISIT THE LANDFILL. OKAY? AND THAT WOULD BE THE UNDER. SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BURBAGE BUT THE UNDER TONNAGE AND THEN UNDER ONE TON, AND THEN THE I'M SORRY. RIGHT TO 25. AT MINIMUM. SO THE MINIMUM THE MINIMUM CHARGES CHARGED THE LANDFILL, WHICH WAS PROPOSED AT 20 MOVING TO 25. HANG ON. WATCHING A QUESTION OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. POINT ME TO THE PAGE, WHERE THE LANDFILL FEES ARE LISTED. PLEASE 793. AT HIS PAGE 459 IN THE APPENDICES. 
          IT IS APPENDIX F. I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT. LISTED ALREADY. 
          SO 20 TO 25, OKAY? 
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SO LANDFILL. THE FOR NON GARLAND RESIDENTS INCREASED FROM 20 TO 25. OKAY? ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU. CHRIS HERE. I WAS GOING TO SAY DO WE HAVE HERE? JASON? COUNCILOR BASS. SORRY. GO AHEAD . I WAS GONNA ASK IF CHRIS WAS HERE. MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR SO, OKAY? JASON PERFECT. YOU. SO QUICK. WOULD BE FIRST. 
          QUESTION. WHEN WAS LAST TIME WE RE? AMOUNTS. QUESTION. DOES. SO THE FIRST QUESTION THE LAST TIME WE RAISED THE FEE AMOUNT. UM IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME WITH THE LANDFILL. IT'S BEEN $10 SINCE AT LEAST 2019. OKAY PROPOSAL THIS YEAR WAS TO RAISE IT TO $20 THE , UM IN TERMS OF HOW IT WHERE IT LANDS WITH OTHER LANDFILLS. UM, THE I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT MAY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THE BEST MATTER RECOLLECTION. IT'S ON THE LOWER END, BUT NOT THE LOWEST. DO YOU HAVE THAT WE PULLED AND I BELIEVE IN THE QUESTION. THERE WAS FOUR LANDFILLS THAT WE'VE FOUND. WITH THE MINIMUM FEE. 
          FROM OF 40. IN THE AVERAGE 20. SO THE WOULD PUT UH RIGHT. IN RANGE. OUR ON THE FEE. OKAY. UM. 
          MM. I DON'T SEE ANY OPPOSITION TO THAT INCREASE FOR THE FOR THE FINAL DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU WOULD INCREASE REVENUES BY ROUGHLY 26,000. TO THE GENERAL PHONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION. SEE NONE AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. I DID TALK TO HIM THIS AFTERNOON AND HE HAD AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED ANSWERS. UM THE ONE THING THAT HE WAS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE WATER RATE. AND OF A I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. BUT IF YOU COULD KIND OF WHAT THE FUTURE IMPACT OF THAT IS. YES SIR. HAPPY TO GIVE US SUMMARY OF RESPONSES WE'VE PROVIDED TO DATE THE PROPOSED WATER RATE INCREASE OF $3.43, OR 6% IS A RESULT OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS INCREASE OF 13. COMPARISON CITIES IN THE METROPLEX FOR FY 23 WITH AVAILABLE DATA THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE 8.4% NEXT YEAR. UM HOST CELL WATER MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 51% OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. UM OVER OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN RATES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE IN AVERAGE OF 5.8% ANNUALLY IN RESPONSE TO NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS RATE PROJECTIONS AND TO ENSURE FUND BALANCE AND DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIOS ARE MET. DELAYING A PORTION OF THE 23 PROPOSED RATE INCREASE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN A FUTURE AVERAGE RATE INCREASE OF 6.7% OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO MAKE UP FROM NOT INCREASING THE FULL AMOUNT THIS YEAR. OKAY HAPPY TO GO INTO ANY ADDITIONAL DETAIL IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, ESSENTIALLY WE COULD. LIGHTEN THE IMPACT THIS YEAR, BUT EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO CATCH UP WITH US IS 0.8 SOMEWHERE IN THAT 6% RANGE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WERE SORT OF DELAYING THE INEVITABLE AND ACTUALLY, MAYBE EVEN MULTIPLYING IT A LITTLE BIT. THIS PLAN PROPOSES A STABLE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS VERSUS INCREASES UP. AND DOWN. AND HARDER. HIT YEARS. THAT'S SIMILAR. TO THE DISGUISE. THAT HE I HAD ABOUT IT. THIS. AFTERNOON, BUT HE WAS THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. CONCERNS THOUGHTS. ALRIGHT I THINK AT THIS POINT UM THE NEXT QUESTION I BELIEVE IS 
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WE ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY. UM GIVEN WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT DON'T REALLY SEE THE NECESSITY OF THAT ADDITIONAL MEETING. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THE NIGHT OF ADOPTION, SO WE ARE STILL WE'RE STILL COVERED THERE. EXCUSE ME. SO WITHOUT ANY DO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT MEETING FOR NEXT TUESDAY. 
          TUESDAY NIGHT. I BELIEVE TUESDAY NIGHT I THINK FOR SOME REASON, TUESDAY STICKS OUT IN MY HEAD. 
          UM OKAY, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT OFF OUR CALENDARS MOVING FORWARD, UM AND WE WILL BEGIN PREPARING DOCUMENTS FOR THE FINAL. REVIEW. AND PUBLIC HERE. BEFORE ADOPTION. FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. UM MR BRADFORD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YES, SIR, THOUGH, OKAY . AH. SO COUNCIL WITH THAT. WE WILL RECESS. THIS WELL GOOD EVENING. WE ARE WE'RE 
          [3. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Beginning at 7 p.m. persons will be given an opportunity forcomment regarding the following items:]
COMING BACK FROM RECESS. WE ARE IN A SPECIAL WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 23RD 2022 FOR OUR BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. WE ARE AT ITEM. FOUR HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 23 PROPOSED BUDGET. AND ALSO FOR BE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 22 23 TAX RATE. I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SO FAR THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS PATRICIA DEBENHAM. MA'AM, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, I SEE YOU OVER THERE. COME UP FRONT HERE. SORRY. AND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, HE HAD THE MIDDLE SEAT EITHER ONE YOU WANT IT DOES. IT'S YOU GET TO CHOOSE. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS PATRICIA DEBNAM. I LIVE AT 24 10. BRIAN BROOK LANE. GARLAND 75. OH, FOUR. OH, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND, SINCE 1983 HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO, UM BUY MY FIRST HOME IN 1983 AND THE SECOND ONE AND 1993. AND WE HAD HOPED TO RETIRE HERE. UM IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE SLIM NOW BECAUSE OF THE TAXES. Y'ALL ARE TAXING US TO DEATH AND THIS YEAR I KNOW HOUSING HAS GONE UP. BUT WE'RE STILL HERE. OUR INCOME HAS NOT, AND WE'RE STILL HERE. THE TAXES I'M PAYING NOW ARE MUCH MORE THAN MY MORTGAGE. AND MAINTENANCE AND, UM, INSURANCE EVER WERE AND THIS KIND OF CRAZY. IT REALLY IS. AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR. TO ME. THAT GARLAND IS ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING OUR WANTS. DONE BUT NOT WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED A HOSPITAL. DESPERATELY I'M DRIVING ALL THE WAY OUT TO PLANO. AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. THE HOSPITAL THAT WE DO HAVE IS GREAT FOR THE VETERANS MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE VETERANS, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP US. WE HAVE THIS BRAND SPANKING NEW RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. THE NATATORIUM GREAT. IF YOU'RE INTO THAT. MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T BUT WE SPEND MONEY ON IT. I SEE. WHERE GARLAND IS GOING, OR WHERE GARLAND HOPES TO GO. FRISCO AWAY. WE LOOKED IN FRISCO. I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE. WE WANTED TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE IN GARLAND RAISED MY FAMILY IN GARLAND. I BROUGHT MY MOTHER HERE. UM I BROUGHT MY SISTER'S HERE HERE. THEY RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE, TOO, AND WE HAD ALL THOUGHT THAT WE COULD. IN THE LONG TERM. JUST BE HERE AND ENJOY OUR LIVES. WE'VE WORKED HARD. WE ALL WANTED TO ENJOY OUR LIVES HERE, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK IT LOOKS LIKE. ONLY A FEW WILL 
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BE ABLE TO DO THAT, NOT THE MAJORITY. AND I THINK THE MAJORITY OF HARD WORKING PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN GARLAND. BUT Y'ALL ARE MAKING IT VERY, VERY HARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW BUDGET AND THE NEW TAXES, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS IT'S NO NEW TAXES. IT'S RAISING THE TAXES. 
          QUITE A BIT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD. I KEPT COMING TO THE MEETINGS AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY. TALK ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NEW, AND WE WERE ALL DOWN HERE, UH, COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT? AND WE THOUGHT DONE A GOOD JOB. LET'S JUST SIT BACK AND LET THE YOUNG FOLKS TAKE OVER AND, UH I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK OUT THERE CAUSE IT'S NOT GOING THE WAY WE THOUGHT, BUT THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD. THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? OKAY? ALL RIGHT. UH I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL OUR SPEAKERS FOR THE EVENING. WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING THE NIGHT OF ADOPTION. SO AT 705
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