Jan 23, 2024 Regular Meetings

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]

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ALRIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LEAGUE C TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING AT 6:00 PM ANDY MANN.

HERE.

TOMMY COS HERE.

TOM CRUISE.

HERE.

JUSTIN HICKS.

HERE.

CHAD TRESSLER HERE.

AND SEAN SAUNDERS HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR STEVEN RHODES WITH BAY HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING.

MAYOR LONG COUNCIL CITIZENS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF BAY HARBOR AND WHEN ASK THAT WE WOULD TURN TO THE LORD.

WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME DEARLY? FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU.

GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY, FOR A PASSION FOR LEAGUE CITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR EACH ONE GATHERED HERE.

UH, YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF PEACE.

YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF GRACE.

AND SO WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THAT SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING TO LISTEN, TO KNOW, TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY IN A HEALTHY AND GROWING AND STRONG DIRECTION.

WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN CHRIST JESUS'.

HOLY NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEDGE THE AMERICAN FLAG PLEDGE THE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND I JUSTICE FOR ALL THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT,

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

JANUARY 9TH, 2024.

REGULAR MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? IF NOT, THESE MEETINGS STAND APPROVED.

THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS.

UH, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE ARE NONE TONIGHT.

OH MY GOODNESS.

UH, ALRIGHT, THE

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO.

UH, THERE ARE ON NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, OLD OR OLD BUSINESS.

NINE.

[9A. 24-0043 Consider and take action to confirm appointment to the Ethics Review Board (Mayor Long)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS TO THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD.

NOMINEE TO BE CONFIRMED IS CARL GLAZE WITH THE TERM EXPIRING.

12 31 25.

MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

7 4 0 AGAINST NINE B.

[9B. 24-0052 Consider and take action on appointments and reappointments to the League City Sunset Commission (Mayor Long)]

SUNSET COMMISSION TERMS TO EXPIRE.

12 31 20 25 POSITION TWO.

INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY MICHELLE VIAL, POSITION FIVE.

REAPPOINTMENT MAYOR PRO TEM JUSTIN HICKS, MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 6 4 1 AGAINST MAN THE VOTE AGAINST JUSTIN .

THAT'S WHY I FIGURED.

OH MAN.

JUST FOR CLARITY, PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE MINUTES, UH, NINE C,

[9C. 24-0002 Consider and take action on a resolution approving the dates for conducting regular meetings during the month of March 2024 due to the Clear Creek Independent School District Spring Break schedule (City Secretary)]

DUE TO THE C-C-I-S-D AND DICKINSON ISD UH, SPRING BREAK SCHEDULE, I MOVE TO NOT HAVE THE MEETING ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH BECAUSE THAT, OR THE FIRST ONE THAT MARCH 12TH BESIDES WAS SPRING BREAK.

THERE YOU GO.

SO MOVE TO CANCEL THE MEETING ON MARCH 12TH, 2024.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST FIRST READING ORDINANCES

[10A. 24-0049 Consider and take action on an ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of League City, Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024; levying a tax in payment thereof; and enacting other provisions related thereto (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]

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YEAH, NINE D WAS PULLED.

SORRY.

SO SECOND.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I THINK THAT WAS THE COUNTER TO THIS ONE.

UH, OKAY.

DO YOU WANNA GIVE A SHORT LITTLE THING TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS SINCE IT'S SURE.

$50 MILLION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS FOR, UM, A PAYMENT THAT IS DUE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR A CIP PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF THE 54 INCH WATERLINE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY THREE THAT IS CURRENTLY A 42 INCH LINE.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE CASH CALLS, THIS ONE'S DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

AND SO THIS DEBT ISSUANCE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT TO MEET THAT OBLIGATION AND WE DID RECEIVE BIDS TODAY AND I DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HERE, MR. JOE MORROW FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES AND HE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE BID.

AND JUST TO POINT IT OUT AGAIN, UH, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT KIND OF FOUND A WAY TO DO THIS, UH, AND SAVE THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY DOING IT OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO DOING IT THROUGH GCWA.

UH, THANK YOU FOR KIND OF BEING DILIGENT ON THAT AND THEN DOING THIS IONS OURSELVES, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL SAVINGS BY DOING IT OURSELVES APPROXIMATELY ESTIMATED SAVINGS WAS ABOUT 17 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE BOND.

THAT'S KIND OF A LOT OF MONEY.

THANK YOU ANGIE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JOE MORROW WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

ALSO HERE IS YOUR BOND COUNCIL, BARON WALLACE WITH UH, BRACEWELL, LLP.

UH, WE DID GO INTO THE MARKET THIS MORNING AROUND 10 15 TO TAKE BIDS.

WE HAD EIGHT BIDDERS SUBMIT, SO, UH, WE WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULT.

UH, WITH THE SALE OF THIS SIZE AND THIS MUCH, UH, ATTENTION TO IT, THE WINNING BID CAME IN FROM TD SECURITIES WITH A 4.17 TRUE INTEREST COST.

THE COVER BID, UH, WAS A 4.19 FROM RW BAIRD.

UH, IF YOU LOOK BEHIND TAB NUMBER A, YOU CAN SEE OUR BOND MARKET.

UH, THAT'S A GRAPH VERY MUCH LIKE THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE.

THIS IS WEEKLY DATA POINTS OF THE BOND MARKET AND WE ARE JUST OFF THE BOTTOM, UH, OF THE YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN TRENDING DOWN AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THAT TREND WILL RESUME DOWNWARD, UH, IN THE NEAR, NEAR TERM FUTURE.

UH, OUT OF, OUT OF THE BIDS THAT WE HAD TODAY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH TD SECURITIES AS OUR WINNER, UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU AWARD THE BONDS TO TD SECURITIES.

WE ALSO GOT YOUR RATING, UM, LOOKED AT AGAIN, WE HAD JUST DONE IT ABOUT SIX MONTHS PRIOR AND UH, AGAIN, THEY CONFIRMED YOUR AA ONE AA PLUS.

THOSE REPORTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BACK OF YOUR BOOKLET UNDER TAB NUMBER FOUR.

UH, BEHIND TAB NUMBER THREE, YOU'LL FIND THE RESULTING, UH, DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE BASED UPON THE WINNING BID OF TD SECURITIES.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND AGAIN, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU AWARD THE CERTIFICATES TO TD SECURITIES.

ALRIGHT, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I MOVE TO, WE WE ALREADY HAVE ONE.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

WE ALREADY HAVE ONE.

YEP.

ALRIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE MY BAD.

YOU GOOD TO GO? MOTION, UH, IS APPROVED 7 4 0.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR FIRST FINAL RESLER HICKS.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST NINE

[10B. 24-0051 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 by amending Ordinance No. 2022-32, Ordinance 2023-09, Ordinance 2023-12, Ordinance 2023-13, Ordinance 2023-25 and Ordinance 2023-31 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF LEAK C TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL PROPRIETARY AND CAPITAL FUNDS.

BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 DASH 32, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH ZERO NINE ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 12 ORDINANCE 2023 DASH ONE THREE ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 25 AND ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 31 TO ADJUST THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ACTUAL AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.

WOULD YOU, LET'S GET A MOTION THEN MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

SO THIS ITEM IS OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO END FY 23 AND THAT IS WHY STAFF IS ASKING FOR FIRST AND FINAL IS IT WILL ALLOW, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE YEAR AND

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UH, THE FOURTH QUARTER AMENDMENT DOES, UH, HAVE SOME REALLOCATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS TO ADJUST FOR ACTUALS, ALL OF WHICH IS COVERED WITHIN THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE FUND.

SO THERE'S NO INCREASE TO THE BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND OR UTILITY FUND, IT'S JUST UTILIZING SAVINGS IN ONE AREA TO COVER SOME OVERAGES IN OTHER AREAS.

AND THAT'S BOTH FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE UTILITY FUND.

THE ONLY INCREASE THAT WE'RE ASKING IS $3,700.

IT'S IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FUND AND IT'S TO COVER THE OSSI MAINTENANCE FEES AND IT'S A TOTAL OF $3,700.

THE FUND DOES HAVE THE CASH AVAILABLE, WE JUST NEED THE BUDGET APPROVED PLEASE.

OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

WE ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT.

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SO ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THERE ARE SOME, UM, REALLOCATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.

UM, AS WE BUDGET FOR, UM, VACANCY SAVINGS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS, SOME OF THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE FULLY STAFFED DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THEIR PROJECTIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS AT THE YEAR END, THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FUNDS REMAINING, WE JUST REALLOCATE THEM TO COVER THE SMALL DEPARTMENTS THAT DID NOT SEE ANY VACANCIES AND WERE FULLY STAFFED.

AND SO THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE LIST HERE.

THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE WE HAD A CHANGE IN A DEPARTMENTS, UM, WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES VERSUS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ELECTED.

UM, AND SO SOMETIMES YOU SEE ADJUSTMENTS THERE.

THERE IS ONE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE ANIMAL CONTROL THAT HAD SOME OVERTIME AND SO THAT'S PART OF THEIR NUMBER AS WELL.

UM, THE LIST THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, THAT IT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE, THE CHANGES THERE.

I THINK IN CITY MANAGER THERE WAS PART OF A MERIT INCREASE THAT WE HAD NOT MOVED, UM, WHEN WE DID EVERYONE ELSE'S IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, AN INCREASE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS DUE TO SEPARATION PAY, SO ANYTIME SOMEBODY RETIRES OR DEPARTS THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO BE MORE FULLY STAFFED THAN NOT, UM, THEY DID NOT HAVE EXTRA FUNDS BUDGETED, BUT WE DID HAVE THE SAVINGS IN OTHER AREAS TO COVER THAT AS WELL.

EMS HAD UM, SOME SEPARATION PAY AS WELL AND SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE CHANGES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

THERE'S SOME LEGAL FEES IN CITY ATTORNEY AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OUTSTANDING, UM, LITIGATIONS THAT UH, WE HAVE SOME LEGAL FEES FOR.

UM, FACILITIES.

WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN UTILITY ACCOUNTS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER AND THOSE ARE MOVED BETWEEN FACILITIES AND IT AND THEN OUR, UH, TRANSFER TO TAX INCREMENTS.

SO OUR ACTUAL TAXES COLLECTED WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED AND SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, THE SAVINGS WERE COVERED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND SO THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE TO THAT APPROPRIATION ON THE UTILITY FUND SIDE.

UM, A MUCH SHORTER LIST.

THIS ONE IS JUST WATER PURCHASES, 138,000 AND WE WERE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH SOME SAVINGS IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL, NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND ALSO IN WASTEWATER.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM? .

ALRIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST MOVE FOR FIRST AND FINAL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 7 4 0 AGAINST, THERE ARE NO ITEMS AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.

I YOU HAVE MY TIME.

FANTASTIC.

UH, REPORTS FROM COUNCIL

[13. COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS]

WE ARE ON PACE TO BREAK A RECORD, SO THEREFORE I WILL YIELD MY TIME.

HANDY MAN.

TOMMY COMBS YIELD MY TIME.

ALSO TOM CRUISE YIELD MY TIME.

CHAD TRESSLER, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THIS , BUT UM, KEEP ME TO MY, MY SON'S IN A, UH, WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WAS IN A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY.

AND UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK OUR, OUR EMTS AND OUR, OUR PD AND OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO SHOWED UP.

UM, AND JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYONE IN LEAGUE CITY THE,

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UM, MY KIDS WALKED AWAY AND THEY'RE FINE AND THEY ROLLED A CAR QUITE A FEW TIMES, SO, UH, PLEASE DO THAT.

THANK YOU.

SEAN SAUNDERS, YOU HAVE MY TIME.

, UH, I'LL BE SHORT.

THANK YOU ANY MAN FOR VOTING AGAINST THAT ITEM.

WE DID NOT HAVE A PERFECT MEETING BECAUSE OF THAT, SO WE KEPT STRAIGHT GOING, UH, WITH DISPUTED VOTES.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL YEAR MY TIME WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]

SECTION 5, 5, 1 AT ALL TEXAS.

GOVERNMENT CODE ON THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2024 AT 6:15 PM COUNCIL HAS

[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]

THERE BEING NO FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE REGARDS TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST CONCLUDED.

15.

A UH, CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WITT HARRIS COUNTY AND CLEAR CREEK SHORES NO ACTION.

15 B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION TO WITT GALVESTON COUNTY MUD SICK VERSUS CITY OF LEAGUE CITY NO.

ACTION.

15 C CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY TO WHITT, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, NO ACTION.

15 D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OFFICER TO WITT CITY ATTORNEY.

NO ACTION.

AND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.