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UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SPECIAL WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO.
THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEM TWO, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, AND WE WILL, UH, WE'LL HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AND THEN COME BACK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
AND FIRST UP, UNDER ITEM THREE, HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[3. a. Public Hearing on 2023-24 Proposed Budget]
A PUBLIC HEARING ON 2020 3 24.ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
[3. b. Public Hearing on Proposed FY 2023/2024 Tax Rate]
AND MOVE TO ITEM THREE B, PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED F Y 2324 TAX RATE.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK, UH, STAFF INTRODUCTION TONIGHT.
UH, TIFFANY VINO, OUR NEW CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, UH, HAS JOINED TEAM GARLAND AND HAD A VERY BUSY FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB.
THAT WAS THE, UH, SHE STARTED THE DAY THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS FIRE, AND SO WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE HER AND JUST WANTED TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
AND, AND, UH, TIFFANY, GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY HELLO TO CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY, LISA, NOT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
UM, WAS NOT BORN HERE, BUT GOT HERE AS FAST AS I COULD.
WE MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS FIVE.
I HAVE, UM, I REMEMBER TAKING PIANO LESSONS ON THE GARLAND SQUARE.
I TOOK PIANO THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
MY STEPDAD WORKED AT GARLAND WELDING SUPPLY.
MY MOM WORKED AT BAYLOR GARLAND.
SO I HAVE SO MANY ROOTS, UM, IN THIS CITY, AND SO MANY, YOU KNOW, FOND MEMORIES AND SUCH A HEART AND A PASSION FOR IT.
UM, I HAVE A 16 YEAR CAREER IN COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
NINE OF THOSE YEARS WE'RE IN GARLAND, I S D.
SO AGAIN, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION AND PASSION FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO I, I CALL THIS MY SECOND COMING HOME, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO WORK HERE WITH THE CITY.
AND I HAVE A, A HUSBAND AND A FOUR YEAR OLD SON THAT, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE FUTURE OF GARLAND AND TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED, UM, AND JUST REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL ACROSS THIS CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING PEOPLE TO COME SEE AND MOVE HERE AND BRING THEIR BUSINESS HERE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THE GARLAND STORY AS WE MOVE AHEAD TO THE FUTURE.
[4. a. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ARE AT ITEM FOUR, A EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT OF SECTIONS 5 50, 1 0.0, AND FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS COMPETITIVE MATTERS OF A PUBLIC POWER UTILITY AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME.
UH, IF I COULD HAVE EVERYBODY JUST HOLD YOUR SPOTS, UM, AND WE'LL CLEAR OUT THE ROOM, UM, AND, AND GET THE NEXT PRESENTATION READY.
SO WE ARE, WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6 0 4.
WE ARE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENING OUR SPECIAL WORK SESSION, UH, TO CONTINUE OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
AND IT IS AUGUST 22ND, 2023, NOT OCTOBER, AS I CLAIMED EARLIER.
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THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM[5. Council Discussion and Direction to Staff on FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget ]
FIVE, COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON F Y 2324 PROPOSED BUDGET.SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
ALLISON, I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST DISCUSSION.
UM, AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AND OR QUESTIONS.
SO AT OUR LAST, UH, BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED A DOLLAR 50 INCREASE TO STORMWATER RESIDENTIAL RATES.
UM, ALONGSIDE THAT, UH, AN INCREASE TO COMMERCIAL RATES WITH A PROJECTED REVENUE IMPACT OF 1.1 MILLION AND A, UH, THREE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION UP TO THE METROPLEX AVERAGE AS SHOWN BELOW.
BASED ON THE DOLLAR 50 INCREASE IN F Y 24, CITY COUNCIL ALSO DELIBERATED AND DISCUSSED INCREASING THE LANDFILL GATE RATE FOR AUTOMATIC VEHICLES FROM THE PROPOSED $44 TO $45.
THIS HAS A GENERAL FUND REVENUE IMPACT OF 147,500 APPROXIMATELY.
UM, THIS HAS INCREASED THE GENERAL FUND AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO $190,746.
THIS IS THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT REMAINING AFTER MEETING OUR 45 DAY FUND BALANCE RESERVES.
AND WITH THAT'LL OPEN UP TO, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANY DIRECTION TO STAFF.
UM, WELL I WOULD JUST LIKE, AGAIN TO, UM, PROPOSE THAT WE ADD TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THE $125,725 FOR THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FUND A FULL YEAR, UH, WITH THE AMBULANCE, UM, APPOINTMENT PAY INCREASE OF $10.
THERE ARE TWO CHOICES THAT CAME TO US AND IN RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION, ONE WAS FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR FOR ABOUT 126, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS STARTING JANUARY, 2024, AND THAT DROPPED IT DOWN TO 94,294.
I WOULD PREFER TO DO THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR IF WE CAN AFFORD THAT.
MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN WE AFFORD THAT? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE RATE NOW IS A HUNDRED, ROUGHLY 190,000, UH, AFTER THE CHANGE IS MADE.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.
WELL, COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE MY, THAT'S MY BIG REQUEST.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WILL MENTION, UM, IF COUNCILMAN HEDRICK BRINGS FORTH THE, UH, WILDFLOWER SEEDING IDEA THAT HE HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT WITH THE $15,000 ESTIMATE.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT NOW SO I DON'T HAVE TO PUNCH IN AGAIN LATER, SO, OKAY.
COUNCILOR HEDRICK, OUR CITY LOGO IS A FLOWER
ARE YOU GONNA HAVE FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR? I'LL BE DRIVING MY VAN TO SAN FRANCISCO TOO.
COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. GO AHEAD.
UH, JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I WON'T BE WEARING THE FLOWERS, BUT I'LL BE OKAY.
BUT, BUT I'LL GO TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH YOU.
UM, ON THE, THE LANDFILL DISPOSAL THERE IS, IN THE RESPONSE IT, IT SAYS STAFF LANDFILL.
STAFF BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AS HIGH REFERENCING THE, THE, UH, PROPOSAL AS THE F Y 24 CONTRACT RATE COULD INCREASE WITHOUT RISKING THE LOSS OF CONTRACT CUSTOMERS AND LANDFILL STAFF WILL REVIEW CONTRACT AND GATE RATES AN ANNUAL BASIS AND BRING FORWARD FUTURE CHANGES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
THOSE LAST, I WAS GOOD UNTIL I GOT TO THOSE, THAT LAST TWO SENTENCES.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THEY MEAN? THE REFERENCE BACK TO THE RATES AND SAYING THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST RATE.
CAN YOU, ALISON, CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME? IT'S PROBABLY ON MY PART, BUT I RAN OFF THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT WHEN I GOT THAT.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME, ALISON? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE, SEV LANDFILL HAS PROPOSED CHANGES TO SEVERAL OF THEIR FEES.
SO WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED HERE IS THE CONTRACT RATE THAT THEY ARE ENTERING INTO AND NEGOTIATING WITH OUR COMMERCIAL HAULERS.
IF YOU RECALL, THAT'S ROUGHLY 50% OF OUR LANDFILL, UH, CAPACITY IS BROUGHT IN BY THOSE HAULERS.
AND SO THEY WOULD, PER, THEIR RECOMMENDATION
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TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM STAFF WAS TO NOT INCREASE ABOVE WHAT WAS PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR OF THE, UH, 20, UH, $28 PER TON FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL HAULERS AS THE FEE TO START NEGOTIATING FROM.UM, THEY FEEL THAT IS COMPETITIVE TO WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THE METROPLEX, ALTHOUGH IT IS INCREASINGLY HARD TO GET THAT, UH, COMMERCIAL RATE INFORMATION FROM OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.
UM, SO BASED ON CONSULTANTS AND THE INFORMATION THEY DO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM, THEY FEEL THAT THIS ALLOWS THEM TO MAIN, REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE METROPLEX, BUT ALSO NOT RISK DRIVING AWAY SOME OF THAT BUSINESS.
UH, THE CHART, THAT'S A CHART ON, ON THE RESPONSE PAGE.
UH, MY, MY QUESTION IS ON THE PROPOSED TOTAL F Y 24 PROPOSED TOTAL, UH, COLUMN, AND I GUESS THIS QUESTION MAY BE FOR YOU, ALLISON, OF, FOR OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, DO, DO, WERE THESE NUMBERS BASED ON HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES OR STRICTLY ON PROJECTIONS? CAN LAST COLUMN AND THE RESPONSE THAT WAS SENT TO US ON SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, BUDGET ITEMS, I COULD START JUST FROM THE BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AND THEN ASK CITY MANAGEMENT TO ADD IN SOME OF THE EXPLANATION ON HOW THESE EVENTS ARE MANAGED AND WHAT DRIVES COST.
UM, SO IN THAT FIRST COLUMN YOU HAVE IN THAT RESPONSE, YOU SHOW THE F Y 24 BASE BUDGET.
THAT IS THE BUDGET FOR THESE EVENTS AS OF THE F Y 23 FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT WAS A LITTLE UNDER TWO, 247,000.
UH, WE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET OF INCREASE OF $112,500.
THAT WAS BASED ON ONE, THE ADDITION OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A NEW EVENT FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS COST INCREASES EXPERIENCED BY RUNNING CURRENT EVENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
AND THE, I BELIEVE, AND I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN HERE, THE EXPECTATION TO MAINTAIN THOSE EVENTS AS DONE THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO THAT FINAL COLUMN IS THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL EVENTS, WHAT IS THE EXISTING BUDGET PLUS ANY NEW FUNDING REQUESTED FOR THOSE EVENTS.
MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA ADD? NO, YOU GOT IT.
UH, SO, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ANDY HESSER, CAN PROBABLY TALK ABOUT WHY THERE'S SORT OF DIFFERENCE IN, IN COST FOR EVENTS, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE, WE'VE BUILT IN A PRETTY GOOD REGIMEN OF, OF EVENTS HERE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT FUNDING GOING.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE RELIED ON ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING THAT.
WE WANT TO INCREASE IT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE COVER OURSELVES WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT HERE, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD BATTLE RHYTHM I GUESS, THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO.
AND, AND, UH, ANDY, YOU CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCE IS THERE? BOTH ARE EXACTLY CORRECT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING IS, WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SOME EVENTS YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY STANDARD ITEMS THAT YOU USE, BARRICADES, PORTA-POTTIES, UH, COMPANY THAT WE USE TO PICK UP TRASH.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LOGISTICS, ADVERTISING, ALL OF THOSE COSTS HAVE INCREASED, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO THAT UNIT COST, WE CAN PUT IN OUR SPREADSHEET AND KIND OF PROJECT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO KEEP THE EVENT THE SAME WAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE INFLATION ON A COUPLE OF THESE.
UH, AND BACK TO JUDD'S POINT, YES, THERE WERE SOME OF THESE THAT AS WE WERE ASKED AND EXPECTED TO DO EVENTS, WE WERE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL KIND OF THING.
SO THIS ADDS SOME CONSISTENCY AND WE WERE ABSORBING IT IN PLACES.
THIS ADDS SOME CONSISTENCY THAT WE CAN COUNT ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
A COUPLE OTHER, UH, EVENTS WERE, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BIG ART DAY IS, IS A $6,000 INCREASE TO IMPROVE THE EVENT.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL THAT IS AN EVENT SUCCESSFUL AND WE SEE IT GETTING SOME TRACTION 'CAUSE IT'S A NEW EVENT, THEN WE WANT TO, UH, MEET THE EXPECTATIONS AND TRY TO IMPROVE THE EVENT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, BUT PRIMARILY, UH, THE COST INCREASES, DRIVES QUITE A BIT OF THAT TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF EVENT.
UH, FOR THAT, UH, MY, MY LAST, UH, QUESTION OR HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE, UH, I GUESS THIS ITEM, PAGE 2 22 17 OF THE BUDGET WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, OFFICE OF SETTING UP THE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
AND THERE WERE SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHERS FROM OTHER CITIES THERE.
AND I REMEMBER AT OUR WORKSTATION WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACQUISITION VERSUS MANAGEMENT AND I WENT BACK AND READ MOST OF THOSE WITH THOSE CITIES
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THAT WE HAD ON THAT.AND IT, IT WAS STILL LIKE A SALAD.
IT, IT, IT WASN'T A PURE, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, UH, PURE.
I SAW IN SOME CITIES THEY TALKED ABOUT ACQUISITION AND THEN IN OTHER CITIES THEY TALKED ABOUT MANAGEMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT, THAT ARE, WE ARE, ARE BOTH OUR ED LEADERSHIP AND OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ON THE, ON THE SAME, UH, ON THE SAME RADAR, ON, ON THE SAME PLANE THAT WE'RE FLYING TOGETHER.
BECAUSE I'M SEEING SOME, SOME, AS I READ THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU PROVIDED FROM THE OTHER CITIES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, WANTED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN.
AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING AS THAT, AS THERE'S GROWTH IN THAT POSITION.
SO CAN YOU OR MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL STAFFING? CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? DO YOU HAVE SOME EXPECTATIONS OR WILL YOU IN THE FUTURE BE SETTING SOME GOALS AND TARGETS FOR THAT OFFICE AS RELATES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO THAT, SO THAT, THAT THOSE STAFFING NEEDS WILL FOLLOW YOUR ATTAINMENT OF THOSE, THOSE GOALS OR OBJECTIVES? C CAN YOU, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR ME PLEASE? YEAH, SO THE, UM, REALLY GARLAND'S MODEL FOR REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S ANYWHERE FROM WHAT WHAT YOU ALL SEE AS A, AS COUNCIL IS PRIMARILY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND REDEVELOPMENT, LAND ACQUISITIONS, THAT'S REALLY A PRETTY SMALL PART OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH IN REAL ESTATE.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S, IT'S PURCHASING EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR, UH, UTILITY LINES, UH, STREETS, UM, BOND PROJECTS AND THE LIKE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE THAT, THAT YOU ALL DON'T SEE.
UM, AND IT'S, OUR MODEL RIGHT NOW IS VERY DECENTRALIZED.
SO ESSENTIALLY EACH DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH THEIR OWN REAL ESTATE DEALINGS.
UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS CREATE AN OFFICE THAT WILL HELP COORDINATE, UH, THE ACQUISITION PROCESS AND WHEN NEEDED, MANAGE THE ASSET.
SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO PURCHASE, UH, REAL ESTATE FOR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, OFTEN IT, IT'S GONNA SIT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WHILE WE MAYBE TEAR SOMETHING DOWN.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, COORDINATION OF UTILITY TURNOFFS AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT NEED TO BE MANAGED THERE, BUT PRIMARILY IT'S COORDINATING ACQUISITION ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE HAVE A MORE CENTRALIZED, WE KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING, WE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS DOING, AND THEY'RE BOTH TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.
SO, UM, SO THE, WHAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET IS A DIRECTOR AND A, AND AN ADMIN POSITION, UH, TO HELP, HELP DO THOSE EFFORTS.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT ABOUT, I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERM JUST 'CAUSE I'VE BOUGHT A HOUSE BEFORE.
UH, WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE, THERE'S A, IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS.
THERE'S CONTRACTS, THERE'S APPRAISALS, THERE'S SURVEYS, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A FRONT LOADED HEAVY PROCESS THAT REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT.
UM, THIS, THIS, UH, OFFICE WILL HELP COORDINATE THOSE ACTIVITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS, UH, KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THIS OFFICER WILL BE INDEPENDENT AND REPORTING TO, UH, TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL COME BACK TO A COUPLE OF POINTS, UM, AND GET SOME CONSENSUS HERE.
UH, FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS'S SUGGESTION, UM, OF I BELIEVE INCREASING THE AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT PAY WAS $10.
UM, CONSENSUS WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
AND THEN THE SECOND TO ADD WHAT I GUESS THE BEST NAME FOR IS THE WILDFLOWER PILOT PROGRAM CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS AS WELL.
MR. HEDRICK, MR. MAYOR, REGARDING THAT ITEM, I'D LIKE CITY STAFF TO COME FORWARD WITH PROPOSED LOCATIONS RATHER THAN US HAVING TO ARGUE OUT WHICH DISTRICT, I'M JUST GONNA WALK AROUND SPRINKLING.
THEY WANT TO GIMME THE BAG OF SEEDS, I WILL WALK UP AND DOWN BELT LINE AND DO IT MYSELF.
YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED A PLAN FOR THAT.
UM, SO I THINK, UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE I THINK THE FOUR AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE MAKING AND WE ARE GOOD ON.
I KNOW THE NEXT THING IS TO REVIEW THE CALENDAR.
I THINK FIRST OFF, UM, I DON'T SEE ANY NEED AT THIS POINT FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING ON THE 29TH.
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THAT IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN? ALL RIGHT.IF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE CAN GET THAT REMOVED, WE WILL REMOVE THOSE CALENDAR REQUESTS FROM EVERYBODY SO THAT THEY DON'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY SHOW UP HERE NEXT TUESDAY.
UH, AND THEN SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BRING THIS BACK FOR ONE LAST GO THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
JUST A REMINDER THAT DAY WE WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING WORK SESSION WILL START AT FIVE 30 AND THE WORK SESSION, UH, HERE IS GONNA START AT FIVE 30 ON THE FIFTH, ON THE, ON THE FIFTH.
SO EN ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY AS YOU WILL, BUT KNOW THAT, UH, UH, COME TUESDAY THE FIFTH, UM, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE, BUT WE WILL BE OTHERWISE SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION AT THAT MEETING.
UM, AND I, I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN CLOSING THIS? OH, ON THE FIFTH AT THE WORK SESSION, WE WILL BE BRING BACK A PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO THIS, SUMMARIZING ALL THE CHANGES DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL PREPARE THE LANGUAGE, UH, FOR AMENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS DISCUSSED.
THANK YOU COUNSEL WITH THAT, UH, AT SEVEN 15 WE ARE ADJOURNED.