[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST 6TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM ROLL CALL.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
[3. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY PROPOSED FY2025 BUDGET AND FY2025-2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM]
THREE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S PROPOSED FY 2025 BUDGET AND FY 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE FY 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE PREPARED TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR NO NEW REVENUE AND OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATES, ANSWER BUDGET AND CIP QUESTIONS.
UM, WHICH ACTUALLY THERE'S A HANDOUT AT YOUR SEAT AND, UH, IT'S STAPLED AND IT HAS THE LOGO ACROSS THE TOP.
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP.
AND THEN THE GOAL IS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FOR OUR BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT WE'LL HAVE AT THE AUGUST 27TH MEETING.
AND THEN AFTER THIS ITEM WE HAVE, UM, THREE AGENDA ITEMS. ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THE ONE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
ALSO, WE'LL PRESENT THE COUNSEL WITH TAX ROLL INFORMATION AND ASK THE COUNSEL TO PROPOSE A TAX RATE.
SO WE GOT OUR CALCULATIONS FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
IT IS 0.3 7 1 4 6 1, OR 37.15 CENTS.
THE RATE IS 2.35 CENTS LESS THAN THE CURRENT RATE OF 39.5.
THE RATE WILL FUND THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
AND JUST, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 44 CENTS.
SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID NOT GET INTO DEPTH LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THE BUDGET AS AN OVERVIEW IS THE POSITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE DOCUMENT.
SO THERE'S ONE POSITION FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
IT'S A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
IT WILL FOCUS ON DONATIONS AND GRANTS FOR EMS. THERE'S TWO PARAMEDICS FOR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THAT'S FUNDED IN 25.
WE ANTICIPATE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS TO HELP WITH THAT.
THE FIRE MARSHAL PLANS EXAMINER AND ALSO A BUILDING PLANS REVIEWER WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RECENT INCREASE IN GROWTH OF NEW HOMES.
WE ALSO HAVE AN IT APPLICATION SPECIALIST.
THIS WILL ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH INTER GOV.
THAT'S A SOFTWARE THAT WE USE THAT'S PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND TO ASSIST THE EMPLOYEES WHOSE DUTIES MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RECENT INCREASE IN GROWTH OF NEW HOMES AS WELL.
THERE'S BEEN 519 SINGLE FAMILY HOME PERMITS FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
AND IF WE COMPARE THAT TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THAT WAS 283.
SO THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH IT'S INCREASED.
THERE'S ALSO SIX ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS AND 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER COPS GRANT.
THE GRANT WILL FUND UP TO 750,000 IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF SALARY AND BENEFITS IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SPECIALIST.
THE POSITION WILL ASSIST WITH MAINTAINING TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SCHOOL ZONE FLASHERS, RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS, AND ALSO PERFORM DAILY SERVICE CALLS.
WE DO HAVE ONE POSITION IN THE UTILITY FUND THAT'S A WATER OPERATOR AND THAT WOULD SUPPORT DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF NEW WATERLINE TESTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT AREAS ALONG WITH VALVE EXERCISE, UNIDIRECTIONAL FLUSHING AND FIRE HYDRANT PROGRAMS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE NEW POSITIONS? YEAH, SO FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION, UH, IT'S BEING THE KIND OF GRANT, THE GRANT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY LARGE PART OF THAT JOB.
UH, THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP WITH, UM, LOOKING FOR AND TRYING TO OBTAIN GRANTS AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO MAXIMIZE DONATIONS.
SO I, I THINK ONE THING THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THAT JOB IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO AT LEAST BRING IN ENOUGH MONEY FROM THAT JOB TO COVER THE, THE SALARY OR THE TOTAL COST OF THAT, THAT POSITION.
UH, CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT A, A METRIC FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WRITING GRANTS IN
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THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST BRING IN THAT MUCH MONEY AND GET A REPORT BACK ON THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? YES SIR.GRANT, I'D SAY GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
UH, AND THEN THE START DATE ON THESE EMS POLICE WATER JOBS IS THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN FILL THEM.
UM, SO THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT BLANK WOULD BE, UH, THEY'RE BUDGETED FOR OCTOBER 1ST, SO THE FULL YEAR IN THE, UM, CLIFF'S SITTING IN BACK SOMEWHERE.
BUT THE, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS INTERDEPENDENT ON A GRANT ALSO.
SO, AND I'M NOT IS THAT AN OCTOBER ONE ANNOUNCEMENT OR DO YOU KNOW OFF HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER, BUT WE SHOULD KNOW BY THEN.
SO IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'D HAVE TO REVISIT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OFFICER, OFFICER, I MEAN, I, I WOULD GENERALLY THINK MOST PEOPLE UP HERE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF ADDING POLICE OFFICERS.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THE GRANT, BUT IF, I MEAN, YEAH, IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, MAYBE WE LOOK AT THREE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
WE'RE I THINK HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT WE WILL GET THE GRANT, BUT IT'S, AND IT'S INTERDEPENDENT ON THAT.
SO AGAIN, WE BUDGET ABOUT HALF THE SALARY AND YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THERE ARE SOME MONIES TO DO SOMETHING.
AND THEN THE OPIOID FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE IT YET, BUT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THOSE WILL BE.
WE HAVE A PORTION OF IT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATE IN THE, THE BUDGET AS TO HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE.
HOW LONG WILL THAT FUND PAY FOR THIS? PAY FOR THIS? IT'S REALLY JUST TO DO A CASH FLOW FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS FY 25, JUST THE FIRST YEAR.
AND THEN THE BUILDING, THE FIRE MARSHAL, THOSE ARE MOSTLY COVERED BY FEES I WOULD ASSUME? YES SIR.
SO WHEN WE BOIL IT DOWN, IT'S THE, IT'S IT STREETS AND WATER WITH IT AND STREETS BEING THE ONLY TWO COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY PARTIAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF FEES THAT WE HAVE ESTIMATED IN THE BUDGET FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR 25, THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE POSITION FOR IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD JUST LEAVE THE STREET'S POSITION.
AND THEN WE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION AND THEN WATER WOULD BE THE UTILITY FUND.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON POSITIONS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT NEW VEHICLES.
THERE'S TWO IN THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT.
SO BOTH OF THESE ARE FOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT USE, UH, FOR FACILITIES, IT'S DEPARTMENT USE BETWEEN FACILITIES AS THEY TRAVEL BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
IT ALLOWS STAFF TO SPLIT UP AND COVER MORE BUILDINGS IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, IN WASTEWATER, UH, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE SWF FACILITY, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND I BELIEVE IT'LL IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF STAFF UTILIZATION OF DAILY ROUNDS AND PLANT CHECKS.
SO IT'S TAKING STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND FIGURING OUT IF WE ADD A VEHICLE THAT'LL MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
AND, AND WHEN WE SAY NEW VEHICLES, I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THOSE ARE VEHICLES BEING ADDED TO THE FLEET.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT WERE ALSO BUDGETED.
AND THOSE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES ARE COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND? YES SIR.
AND THEN I ASSUME THAT THE ALLOCATION TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND GOES UP FOR FACILITIES AND WASTEWATER IN THE FUTURE.
IF THESE GET APPROVED, THEN THEY'LL BE PART OF NEXT YEAR'S CALCULATION FOR THE LEASE FEE.
WHAT'S THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UM, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HATE THAT.
WHY ARE THE TRUCKS DIFFERENT PRICES? I'M NOT SURE.
I WOULD ASSUME IT HAS TO DO WITH MAYBE ONE ROUNDED AND THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T.
WE MIGHT HAVE A LIFT ON THE BACK.
SO OVERALL THERE'S 11 GENERAL VEHICLES TO BE REPLACED, NINE PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BUDGETED ANNUALLY 200,000 IN BOTH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR ANYTHING THAT'S UNFORESEEN.
SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AND THE VEHICLES TOTALED, UM, WE, THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE WOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
AND THEN ONCE IT GETS TOTALED, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IF THERE'S A VEHICLE THAT LIKE BLOWS A MOTOR OR TRANSMISSION AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT IT MAKE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL SENSE TO REPLACE IT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME FUNDING.
AND OF COURSE THOSE, UM, PURCHASES IF THEY'RE OVER 50 WOULD COME BACK TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HAVE ON THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT LIST? WHEN THESE ARE SOLD OFF, THE MONEY THAT IS RECOUPED FROM THAT, DOES THAT GO BACK INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND? UM, IT GOES INTO THE FUND WHERE THE ASSET IS RECORDED.
SO IF IT'S STREETS, IT GOES BACK INTO STREETS.
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THE, TO THE GENERAL FUND.THEN WE ALSO HAVE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE THAT'S A JOHN DEERE BOOM MOWER FOR THE STREET AND STORMWATER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THAT 200,000 FOR UM, UNANTICIPATED OR UNFORESEEN REPLACEMENTS.
IT DOES, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T GET SPENT UNLESS, UM, THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT AS A PURCHASE SCORES.
COULD YOU GUYS SEND OUT THE SCORES? ABSOLUTELY.
CAN YOU ALSO SEND A RE EXPLANATION OF THE SCORING, UH, OF THE SCORING SYSTEM? UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEND AN EXPLANATION OF THE SCORING SYSTEM AND THE SCORES FOR EACH OF THE VEHICLES.
AND IF, IF I RECALL THE SCORING CORRECT, THAT MAY MISS ONE, BUT THE ONLY ONE, SO THERE'S KIND OF A, YOU GOTTA GET TO AT LEAST 15 POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED REPLACEMENT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT SCORED LESS THAN 15 BASED ON MY MEMORY, IS THE FIRE ENGINE.
AND THE FIRE ENGINE, UH, MADE THE LIST AS MUCH BECAUSE OF THE LONG DELIVERY TIME TO REPLACE IT.
SO THE UH, IDEA, SO WE ANTICIPATE THIS, THE IDEA THE SCORE WILL GO UP BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY GET IT.
WHAT'S THE, IS IT OVER A YEAR? TWO, TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS, JOHN, IS THAT THE 800 DAILY TIME? WELL, YEAH, WE HAD, WE'VE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH ON THAT, BUT 600 TO 800 DAYS TO GET A ONCE FROM THE TIME WE ORDER IT.
SO CERTAINLY A FULL TWO YEARS.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE THIS BACK IN I'LL SAY MARCH TIMELINE, ARE WE KEEPING THE PUMPER TRUCK AS RESERVE? SO THAT ONE, WHEN WE GET THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE, THAT ONE WILL REMOVE THAT ONE.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, DISPOSE OF IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE NEW ONE WOULD BECOME A, BECOME A FRONTLINE ENGINE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OLDER ENGINES, ONE OF THE 2000 ELEVENS WOULD BECOME THE SECOND ENGINE OUT PERHAPS.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S A, A SERIES OF ENGINE REPLACEMENTS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE HAVE, I'M GONNA GET THE NUMBER WRONG, WE HAVE NINE FIRE PUMPERS AND THEN THREE TRUCKS THAT LOOK LIKE LADDERS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LADDERS.
BUT, SO WE'VE GOT 12 PIECES OF FRONTLINE APPARATUS AND THEN SOME OTHER SUPPORT VEHICLES THAT ARE EASILY SIX FIGURE VEHICLES BESIDES JUST, I MEAN THOSE ARE SEVEN FIGURE RIGHT? 1.4 MILLION.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SLIDER INFORMATION ON, UH, SCORING SYSTEMS AND EXPLANATION.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, I'LL SAY SELECT A NUMBER FOR POLICE CARS THAT MIGHT, IT'S EITHER, AND I'M GONNA GET IT WRONG 'CAUSE WE'RE SITTING OUT HERE SIX YEARS AMORTIZATION AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE WHOLE COVID AND THE LONG LEAD TIME FOR VEHICLES, WE'LL SEE OUR VEHICLES ROUTINELY EX YOU KNOW, EXCEED THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE BY A COUPLE OF YEARS.
I THINK OUR AVERAGE AGE OF OUR FLEET HAS INCREASED BY AT LEAST TWO YEARS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PICKUP TRUCK, UH, A PICKUP TRUCK I BELIEVE IS EIGHT YEARS AND MOST OF THOSE WE ROUTINELY SEE MAKE 10 OR MORE, THE SINGLE USE PICKUPS LAST LONGER OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO IT'S JUST 'CAUSE YOU GET THE SCORE.
WE STILL REQUIRE EVERY DIRECTOR IN HERE TO DRIVE THE CARS THAT THEY WANNA REPLACE AND TELL ME THAT THEY'RE WORN OUT AND TIME TO GO.
UH, I WHAT'S THE THOUGHTS ON THE F1 FIFTIES VERSUS THE EXPLORERS VERSUS OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE? SO I LET THE MAYBE THE CHIEF COME UP HERE.
YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE WE'VE HAD WITH THE EXPLORERS IS WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM.
AND IF YOU RECALL A MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE FORD F-150 AND WE'RE, WE'VE ORDERED SOME CHEVROLETS 'CAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'VE HAD OUR POLICE CARS WE'RE AT LEAST A FULL YEAR BEHIND.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE, I'M LOOKING AT WESLEY.
DO WE HAVE THE 20 THREES POLICE CAR REPLACEMENTS? UH, NO SIR.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE 20 THREES.
DO WE HAVE ALL THE 20 TWOS PLEASE? YES.
SO A FULL TWO YEARS BEHIND FROM THE TIME WE ORDER 'EM TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE TIME WE GET 'EM, THE, THE, YEAH, THERE'S, THEY'RE NOT MAKING AS MANY.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ORDER PLACED TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT.
SO CHIEF CAN TALK PERHAPS IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO THE F-150 TO THE EXPLORERS AND HOW
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WE, THE F1 FIFTIES RIGHT NOW WERE PURCHASED BECAUSE, OR REQUESTED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET THEM.UM, WE, IF WE GET THE 12 SILVERADOS NOW, THE POLICE PACKAGE SILVERADOS IN PLACE OF THE EXISTING ORDER THAT WOULD FOR US BE A TEST BED FOR VEHICLES.
UH, IT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE GROUND CLEARANCE.
THEY STILL ARE PURSUIT RATED FOUR BY FOURS.
UM, OUR GOAL WOULD NOT BE TO HAVE A FLEET OF PICKUP TRUCKS, THOUGH IT, IT POSES LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS FOR GETTING RESISTANT PRISONERS INTO THE VEHICLE AS OPPOSED TO DOWN INTO A VEHICLE.
UM, BUT DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FLEET WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR US, UH, FOR RECALLS, UH, MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
BUT THERE'S, UH, IF THE CHEVY TAHOES WERE ABLE TO COME BACK ONLINE, NOW THEIR COST IS COMPARABLE TO THE, TO THE INTERCEPTORS.
WE WOULD LOOK AT TRYING TO GET SOME TAHOES.
UH, IF FORD TELLS US WE COULD GET THE INTERCEPTORS, WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE INTERCEPTORS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RIGHT NOW, UH, GETTING ANYTHING.
I'LL TAKE A PRIUS POLICE PACKAGE, PRIUS
THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'LL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF WE CAN PAINT JOB, WE CAN GET THEM.
SO THAT'S, THIS IS MORE ABOUT DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FLEET IN THE FUTURE.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE OF NECESSITY WHOEVER'S SAYING THEY CAN PROVIDE US A POLICE PACKAGE VEHICLE.
JOHN, I REMEMBERED MY, EXCUSE ME, JOHN, I REMEMBERED MY POINT IF, UH, IN THE SCORING SYSTEM, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO ME.
IF, IF WE COULD, UM, MAYBE PROJECT ACTUAL USAGE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME VEHICLES THAT JUST DON'T GET USED A WHOLE LOT AND MAYBE THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT IN THE DECISIONS.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON PURCHASES YEAH.
WE SH YEAH, WE, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THE FULL SCORING SHEET AND MATRIX AND THEY ALL HAVE MILEAGE AND MILES, I MEAN MILES PER YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN CALCULATE THAT, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
AND WHEN DO WE PAY FOR THE PUMPER TRUCK AT DELIVERY OR NOW IT'S, WELL, OKAY.
HOWEVER WE WANT TO, BUT GENERALLY WE PAY SOMETHING UPFRONT AS A PREMIUM ON THE CHASSIS.
AND THEN I'M LOOKING FOR JEFF AND THEN WE PAY THE REMAINDER ON DELIVERY, IF I RECALL.
YES, TYPICALLY SOMETIMES EXTRA.
SO THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DISCOUNT IF YOU PAY SO MUCH UPFRONT AND THEN, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER, MAYOR, I MEAN, JUST FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO THERE WERE 900,000 FOR A PUMPER.
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP CONTINUOUS.
SO THEY'RE GOING, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TRY TO BUY 'EM IN ADVANCE.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA DROP 1.4 UP FRONT, WAIT FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, 5% INTEREST RATES WOULD BE BETTER KEEPING IT, OR IT'S A CHASSIS, WE GET SOME KIND OF DISCOUNT.
THERE'S NO, UH, YEAH, AND THAT, AND THAT THERE'S NO TEXAS PREPAID ON THEM, LIKE, UH, UT TUITION, NO.
AND, AND THOSE OBVIOUSLY $1.4 MILLION COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION WHEN WE GET READY TO SIGN THE DEAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON VEHICLES BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY, WE TALKED ABOUT EQUIPMENT.
SO THIS IS JUST A CHANCE FOR ANY INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL.
IF WE DON'T HEAR ANY, THEN STAFF WILL PREPARE A BUDGET ORDINANCE BASED ON THE PROPOSED DOCUMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON AUGUST 27TH.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, ANGIE, ON ON THE CIP IF WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THAT REAL QUICK ON THE FIRE STATION.
UM, I JUST WENT OUT TO THE AREA THE OTHER DAY, DROVE THE AREA.
IT'S REALLY BOOMING OUT THERE.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY MOVE THAT UP TO 2026, DO THE ENGINEERING 25 AND MAYBE TRY TO MOVE THE, UH, BUILDING AT LEAST MAYBE TO THE END OF 2026 OR? YEAH, SO LAST QUARTER.
SO OBVIOUSLY TODAY WE SIT AND I THINK WE'VE GOT 12 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE, THAT'S ALREADY CASH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL COVER THE FULL COST OF THE FIRE STATION.
AS YOU RECALL, WE SELECTED A LOCATION THAT'S IN THE LLOYD TRACK.
AND SO, UM, THAT DEVELOPER, THE POTENTIAL PURCHASER CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE LAND PLANNING PIECE TO IT.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, STEPS TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'D LIKE TO BE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH THEIR LAND PLAN THAT THEY CAN CONFIDENTLY, WE'D LIKE A DEDICATION TO THE FOUR ACRE TRACK AND THEN AT LEAST AGREEMENT ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD.
AND THEN SO, UH, WITH, WITH THAT LOCATION, WE
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WANT TO COORDINATE GRADE OF THE ROADWAY WITH THE WHOLE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE ROAD DOESN'T FLOOD AS THE DRAINAGE AND STUFF COMES DOWN.SO I, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
UM, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT GETTING TOO FAR OUT AHEAD OF THE, THE DEVELOPER AND WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, BID IT AS SOON AS WE'RE, AS SOON AS WE'RE READY.
AND I THINK THAT'S US JUST PENCILING IN WHEN I THINK ALL THOSE PIECES WILL COME TOGETHER, BUT NOTHING'S, YOU KNOW, STOPS US FROM, NOT FROM MOVING IT FASTER.
IF IN FACT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE LLOYD TRACK DEVELOPMENT MOVES ALONG, I THINK IF I RECALL THE PORTION OF MULDOON UP TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE LLOYD TRACT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY MISSING 2,500 LINEAR FEET OF THAT ROADWAY.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT THE UTILITIES, WHETHER WATER, SEWER, ELECTRIC, ET CETERA.
I JUST, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SEE IN THE CAPITAL RECOVERY PLANS, YOU, YOU SEE THE DATES AND THEY'RE KIND OF STUCK IN YOUR MIND.
AND THEY NEVER MOVE IT SEEMS LIKE.
SO JUST HAVING A COMMITMENT FROM COUNCIL, MAYBE TRYING TO MOVE IT UP IF POSSIBLE.
I DON'T MIND KEEPING THE CIP AS IT IS, BUT UM, YEAH, WE'RE NOT WAITING ON DOLLAR.
I MEAN, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THE ROADWAY FOR AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPER, BUT WE'RE NOT WAITING ON, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 12 MILLION, WHETHER THAT'S ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY DESIGN IT, TO DESIGN AND BUILD IT.
I THINK I SAW ONE THE OTHER DAY IN ARLINGTON THAT WAS BUILT FOR ABOUT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND I DO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING SOME ISSUES OUT THERE EVENTUALLY HERE WITHIN THE NEXT O YEAR WITH YEARS WITH, UH, GROWTH OUT THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY GROWING.
I, I LOOKED AT LANDING BOULEVARD, IT'S ALMOST TO THE MIDDLE OF THE, UH, ACREAGE OUT THERE ALREADY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME REALLY BOOMING GROWTH THIS YEAR, UH, AT THAT LOCATION.
THERE'S, UM, I WANT TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK AND I'M GLAD WE'VE GOT THE, WE'VE GOT THE ANSWER ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, STREETLIGHTS FOR THE WEST SIDE AND POSSIBLY CHANGING THE, THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN FIX SOME OF THE, THE LIGHTING ON THE WEST SIDE GOING FORWARD.
AND WHILE, AND THEN I KNOW THAT LAST WE'VE GOTTEN THE, THE NUMBER OF IT'D BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE TO RETROFIT STREET LIGHTING.
UM, SO I HAD, STREET LIGHTING HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S JUST, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WAS NEVER REALLY SURE HOW TO BRING IT UP OR, OR WHEN, BUT NOW I THINK IS A TIME AND THERE'S A, A REALLY GOOD SPOT THAT WE COULD START WITH.
AND IT'S NOT, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AT THE MILLION DOLLARS A MILE.
WE'RE GONNA BE A, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT LESS FOR THE MILE.
AND THE ROAD I'M TALKING ABOUT IS ON MARINA BAY DRIVE.
IF WE WERE TO START, AND THIS IS JOHN, CORRECT ME IF I'M, IF I'M WRONG, IF WE WERE TO START AT FIVE CORNERS AND GO ALL THE WAY TO LAWRENCE, WE COULD GET THAT WHOLE STREET LIT FOR AROUND $1.3 MILLION.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH A, UH, A NUMBER MEN, ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND HE HAD ASKED SOME REALLY GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK HE'S BEEN VERY S ALL THAT SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT I WANNA SEE THE, IF THE COUNCIL'S APPETITE IS THERE FOR THIS, SO WHY MARINA BAY DRIVE? WELL, YOU KIND OF, I KNOW THAT IT'S DARK BECAUSE I DRIVE THIS EVERY DAY AND THERE ARE SPOTS OF IT, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN IT RAINS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THE CURB.
SO WE COULD GO AND PAINT THE CURBS AND THAT WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT THE STREETS ARE DARK AND WE NEED TO GET THAT FIXED.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF AND THEN THERE WAS, WELL COULD THERE BE, WELL THIS WILL LOOK LIKE FAVORITISM AGAINST THE WEST SIDE.
AND THE ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO SAY, HEY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHARTING TO FIX THE WEST SIDE ON THE BACK, BUT WE HAVE TO START FIXING SOMEWHERE AND MARINA BAY IS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO START BECAUSE ONE, THAT'S WHERE RIGHT NOW HEAVY TOURISM IS COMING TO THE SOUTH SHORE HARBOR.
SO WE'VE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET THIS ROAD LIT UP, IT'S A VERY GOOD START.
THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, WELL SHOULD WE DO A STUDY ABOUT THIS? AND MY ARGUMENT THERE IS, I, WE KNOW IT'S DARK, WE KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM.
WE CAN GO PAY CONSULTANTS 50 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TELL US.
YEAH, IT'S DARK AND THERE'S OTHER PLACES THAT ARE DARK
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TOO.SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ADD $1.3 MILLION.
IF, IF THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE CUT, IF IT JUST CAME THROUGH, THAT WOULD MEAN ABOUT $32 PER PER HOUSEHOLD TO, TO PAY FOR THIS.
BUT I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THE MONEY.
IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO GO LAST.
OKAY, JOHN, SO I'LL SAY THIS, I'M NOT OPPOSED, UM, TO ADDING LIGHTS.
UM, I MENTIONED A VERY PERSONAL, UM, REASON WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE AREAS WHERE OUR MATERIALS ARE, ARE LACKING IN LIGHTING.
UM, BUT I DO THINK NOW IS A BIT LATE IN THE GAME TO BE ADDING TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I WOULD ALSO MUCH PREFER TO HAVE OUR STAFF, UM, BOTH TRAFFIC AND UH, PUBLIC SAFETY PUT TOGETHER A, A SCHEDULE, UH, FOR, FOR LIGHTING ADDITIONS AND IT BE WORKED INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS, AS PART OF OUR, OUR REINVESTMENT GOING FORWARD, UM, TO, TO TAKE CARE OF SOME AMOUNT OF IT EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THE WHOLE CITY IS COVERED.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO NOW IS, IS MENTIONED IN THE, THE RESPONSE HERE, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A COST FOR US TO, TO UPDATE OUR REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM THE 500 TO THE 200 FEET, UM, THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING GOING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT, UM, AT LEAST SO WE'RE NOT COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WITH BUILDING MORE WITHOUT LIGHTS.
UM, AND I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND SIP, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN ON GETTING IT DONE AND COMING UP WITH A PRIORITIZATION METHOD BASED ON DATA, UH, NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR THERE AT NIGHT, UM, RELATIVE TO THE DAYTIME, UM, AMOUNT OF CRIME IN AN AREA.
UM, I THINK EVERY TIME I'VE TALKED TO OUR PD, UM, AND A SM ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO TO SECURE YOUR HOME? AND THEY SAID ANYWHERE THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS MORE LIGHTS.
UM, CRIMINALS DON'T WANNA BE SEEN
UM, SO I I I AGREE WITH THE, THE STRATEGY AND THE PHILOSOPHY.
I JUST, I DON'T AGREE WITH PICKING A LOCATION THIS YEAR AND DON'T LIKE, UH, LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO OUR BUDGET.
THE STAFF HAS SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ALREADY PUTTING TOGETHER.
YEAH, I MEAN I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE REINVESTMENT PROJECT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH JUST ADDING $1.3 MILLION TO IT IS WE EITHER HAVE TO RAISE TAXES, UH, WHAT WOULD THAT BE ABOUT? A PENNY? YES SIR.
UH, WHICH ISN'T THE END OF THE WORLD I GUESS, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, THERE HAS TO BE A REALLY CONCRETE REASON FOR IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DRIVE DOWN 2094 ALL THE TIME, HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE AND IT COULD CERTAINLY USE MORE LIGHTS, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT IS THE, THE LOCATION THAT IS MOST NEEDED IN THE CITY.
SO LET'S PUT IT ON OUR LIST FOR NEXT YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE PRIORITIZING, UH, LIGHT ENHANCEMENT ACROSS THE CITY, BUT THEN LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE PART THAT, THE EASIEST PART TO TAKE CARE OF, WHICH IS GOING FORWARD.
SO IF WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR, UH, CODE ORDINANCES FOR THE GO FORWARD, UH, LET'S DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, UH, AS SOON AS THE BUDGET'S WRAPPED UP AND, AND GET THAT PUT IN THERE.
SO AS WE, AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH BUDGET, I DON'T KNOW IF ANGIE WANTS TO SUMMARIZE ANYTHING.
WE HAVE A WORK SESSION PROGRAM FOR THE 13TH IF NEEDED.
AND I'M, I DON'T HAVE A SENSE LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL, UM, WHETHER WE NEED A WORK SESSION.
I HEARD A REQUEST FOR SOME OF THE VEHICLE INFORMATION AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
LIKE I SAID, IT SHOULD BE MORE DONE THAN NOT.
WE HAVE IT BE ABLE TO GET THAT, GET THAT TO YOU.
IS THERE A DESIRE TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP TO CLARIFY ANYTHING? IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE 13TH BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
I PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME MAYBE.
SO ON THE, ON THE 20TH WOULD COME THE PROPOSED BUDGET ORDINANCE 27TH.
WELL WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED THAT DAY ALREADY.
SHOWING THE TIME THAT WE HAD WAS THE 5:00 PM WORK SESSION AN HOUR BEFORE.
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BETTER THAN SCHEDULING A ANOTHER MEETING.A TOTALLY ANOTHER MEETING, CORRECT.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA GET TOGETHER ON THE 13TH AND
OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC BACK TO YOU ANGIE.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW IS, UM, SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE 27TH.
THAT SAME NIGHT WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
THE SECOND AND FINAL READING WILL BE SEPTEMBER THE 10TH.
AND THEN IF WE THINK ABOUT THE TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS, IT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH PROPOSAL OF THE TAX RATE AND THEN SEPTEMBER 10TH WILL BE IF NEEDED, RATIFYING A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT'S SET BY STATE LAW AND THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT CAUSES THAT OR TRIGGERS THAT AND THEN ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
AND THAT IS THE END OF THE ITEM.
PUBLIC HEARING FOUR A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S FY 2025 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET.
THIS MEETING WILL OPEN AT 6 31.
ALRIGHT, THIS MEETING WILL CLOSE AT 6 31.
[5. REPORT ON CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF COLLECTION RATE, CERTIFIED EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS, AND NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER-APPROVAL RATE CALCULATIONS]
REPORT ON CERTIFIED TAX ROLL CER CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OR OF COLLECTION RATE CERTIFIED EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS AND NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL RATE CALCULATIONS.SO THE START OF, UM, THE ANNUAL TAX RATE, UH, ADOPTION PROCESS IS STARTS WITH THIS ITEM, WHICH IS INFORMING THE COUNSEL ABOUT THE TAX ROLL.
AND SO THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE PROPERTY TAX CODE AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.
THE 2024 CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ESTIMATED, WE DIDN'T GET A CERTIFIED AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS, THE CALCULATION WAS DONE.
IT WAS AN ESTIMATED CERTIFIED, IT INCLUDES PROPERTY UNDER A RB REVIEW AND HAS A TAXABLE VALUE OF 13.93 BILLION.
IT'S A 5% INCREASE OVER THE 2023 ROLE AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATION.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THAT IT'S BEEN AN ESTIMATED ROLE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL, NOT CALLED ESTIMATED, BUT STILL ESTIMATED VALUE.
UM, AND UH, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE, OR CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT VALUE THAT HAS TO BE THROUGH, UM, PROTEST HEARINGS BEFORE IT CAN BE AN OFFICIAL ONE.
UM, AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT WAS SET.
IT WAS GOING TO BE MET AND THEN BARRELL DECIDED TO SHOW UP, UH, THE, THE WEEK BEFORE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT, LEAVING NO TIME TO, UH, MAKE UP THE, THE MEETINGS THAT WERE CANCELED BECAUSE OF BARREL, UM, WHICH DID TAKE OUT POWER AT THE FACILITY WHERE THEY HAD THE MEETINGS.
AND APPARENTLY THAT'S A NO-NO TO MEET IN THE DARK.
SO THAT'S, IF ANYBODY'S WONDERING MIND, IT'S ESTIMATING, THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.
THE 24 TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY IS 2.1 3.58 MILLION.
IT'S AN INCREASE OF 38% OVER THE LAST YEAR'S NEW PROPERTY VALUE.
THE GALVESTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CERTIFIED THE ESTIMATED COLLECTION RATE FOR 24 AT 99.03%.
THAT'S BASED ON THE LOWEST OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.
AND OUR 2023 EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS IS 296,000.
BOTH FIGURES ARE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF THE 24 DEBT RATE AS PART OF OUR 24 VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS THREE 7.15 CENTS AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 44.85 CENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? AS WE JUST MENTIONED, THE REST OF THE TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS TONIGHT IS PROPOSED A TAX RATE AND ON SEPTEMBER 10TH IS ADOPT A TAX RATE.
[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE 2024 PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE (FISCAL YEAR 2025 - OCTOBER 1, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2025) OF $0.373000]
SIX A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION[00:35:01]
ON THE 2024 PROPOSED A VALOREM TAX RATE FISCAL YEAR 2025, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 OF 0.3 7 1 4 6 1.THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL BE ADOPTED AS AN ACTION ITEM AT THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE UM,
MOTION FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, PLEASE VOTE.
EIGHT FOUR NONE AGAINST THANK YOU STAFF FOR BRINGING THE RATE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UH, AND NOW THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.