* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] . ALRIGHT, THE CITY [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS] COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS, WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 12TH, 2025 AT 5:00 PM ROLL CALL. ANDY MANN, YOU'LL JUST BE A LITTLE LATE. TOMMY CONES HERE. TOM CRUISE? HERE. COURTNEY CHADWELL? HERE. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM. HERE. CHAD TRESSLER. HERE. SEAN SAUNDERS HERE. ALRIGHT. IN PUBLIC [2. PUBLIC COMMENTS] COMMENTS. THE ONLY ONE IS PEGGY LER. PEGGY SAYLER, 1802 RAMPART. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO IMMIGRATION. I WAS GONNA SPEAK ON IMMIGRATION, BUT I DECIDED I KNEW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET. I THINK I WAS ABLE TO WATCH YOUR WORKSHOP FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND I WILL SAY IT IS REALLY EASY TO THINK ABOUT COMMENTS ONCE I'VE HEARD THE DELIBERATIONS AS OPPOSED TO ANTICIPATING WHAT MAY BE A CONCERN FOR ME. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL COMMENT, UM, FOR THE, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE BREVITY OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETINGS. I KNOW WHERE THE COOLEST KIDS ON THE BLOCK, I KNOW THAT. BUT OUR BUDGET SESSIONS ARE REALLY ABBREVIATED COMPARED TO A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT I WILL SAY FROM A CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE, THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU DO IS THE BUDGET. AND THE REALLY, THE WAY I GAUGE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND YOUR AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU MAKE ABOUT THE BUDGET. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE EVERYTHING A CHANCE. UM, ALSO THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE DEBT, AND I THINK ANDY MADE THAT COMMENT. I WILL SAY WHEN I WAS ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE YEARS AGO, UH, MIKE LOFTON CAME FORWARD WITH A PLAN ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE DEBT, HOW TO STRUCTURE IT, HOW TO LADDER IT. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY DOING MUCH OF THAT NOW, AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTED IN THE CHARTS. SO I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE, WITH THE DEBT, UH, TALKING ABOUT OR COMMENTING ON WHAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, TODAY, I DID NOTICE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OUR, UH, TAXABLE APPRAISED VALUE. I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, AND MAYBE IT'S MINOR, 1.1%, BUT IT REALLY REFLECTS I THINK THE, UH, THE FRUSTRATION OF THE CITIZENS WITH THE APPRAISALS AND ALL THE PROTEST. SO I WAS GLAD TO, I WASN'T GLAD TO SEE THAT, BUT IT NORMALIZES THINGS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS I REALLY WANNA MAKE THAT I'M SO PLEASED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE DEDICATING TOWARD THE CIP THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY STREETS AND TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE AND PARKS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TWO I MENTIONED, BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, EVERY SURVEY WE HAVE EVER SENT TO OUR CITIZENS, THOSE HAVE BEEN THE TOP TWO CONCERNS AND COMMENTS. AND TO SEE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF THE MONIES WE'RE PUTTING TOWARD THOSE TWO ITEMS THIS YEAR WHEN WE CAN, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NEW GROWTH, THANK GOODNESS, WE'RE STILL UNDER THE 3.5 CAP. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT'S GONNA LAST. UM, BUT, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE WORKING TOWARD WHAT MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND THAT WOULD BE GIVING OUR CITIZENS WHAT THEY WANT NOW, BUT STAYING SUSTAINABLE FOR THE FUTURE. ALRIGHT. UH, NOW [3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING SECTION 287(G) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AND OPERATION LONE STAR] PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING SECTION 2 87 G OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AND OPERATION LONE STAR. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WAS ASKED TO LOOK INTO THE 2 87 G PROGRAM, UH, SO THAT WE WOULD SEE IF THERE WAS ANY VIABILITY FOR THE PROGRAM HERE IN, UH, LEAGUE CITY. IF WE LOOK AT IT, THE 2 87 G PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY ALSO AUTHORIZES, UH, OR GRANTS CERTAIN POWERS TO, UH, LOCAL AND STATE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR A LIMITED ARRAY OF, UH, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, UH, PRACTICES. SO IN THE 2 87 G PROGRAM, THERE'S THREE MODELS THAT A CITY OR A COUNTY CAN ENGAGE IN. UH, THE FIRST IS THE JAIL ENFORCEMENT MODEL. UH, TYPICALLY THAT PROGRAM'S DESIGNED FOR, UH, JAILS MUCH LARGER THAN OURS, MUCH MORE, UH, AKIN TO A COUNTY LEVEL FACILITY AND A LARGER COUNTY. UM, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THE WARRANT SERVICE OFFICER POSITION GRANTS EITHER SOME OF OUR OFFICERS OR DETENTION OFFICERS, UH, CERTAIN POWERS TO EXECUTE ADMINISTRATIVE [00:05:02] ARREST WARRANTS OR IMMIGRATION ARREST WARRANTS WITHIN OUR, UH, JAIL FACILITY. UH, DEPENDING ON WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH, UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE IN JUST A SECOND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY AS TO HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY, BUT IT IS FOR, UH, ENFORCEMENT WITHIN OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE NEXT WOULD BE THE TASK FORCE, UH, MODEL, WHICH WOULD GRANT, UH, OUR OFFICERS OR SELECTED OFFICERS, UH, THE ABILITY TO USE, UH, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THEIR DAILY DUTIES, UH, WHETHER IT BE AN INVESTIGATIVE OR THROUGH, UH, DAILY PATROL TYPE CAPACITIES. SO THE JAIL ENFORCEMENT MODEL, WHEN I SPOKE WITH ERO, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR ERO HERE IN THE, UH, HOUSTON AREA, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO OUR FACILITY. WE DON'T MAINTAIN A LONG ENOUGH STAY OR A LARGE ENOUGH POPULATION OR HAVE ENOUGH THROUGHPUT OF PRISONERS, UH, FOR THIS TO BE APPLICABLE. THIS IS MUCH MORE FOR A COUNTY LEVEL FACILITY, AS I BELIEVE, EITHER I BELIEVE GALVESTON EITHER ALREADY IS, OR IN THE PROCESS OF FORMALIZING THOSE AGREEMENTS. NOW, UH, AS A REQUIREMENT HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE WARRANT SERVICE, UM, OFFICER FOR US DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE HOW WE DO CURRENT BUSINESS. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT MODEL IN THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS OUT ON THE STREET WITH IT. IT'S WITHIN OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. SO WHEN A PERSON COMES INTO THE FACILITY THAT, UH, MAY BE SUBJECT TO AN ICE DETAINER, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY FILE THE DETAINER, BUT A WARRANT SERVICE OFFICER, ONCE TRAINED AND CREDENTIALED BY ICE, WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN TAKE THE DETAINER AND SIGN THE ACTUAL IMMIGRATION ARREST WARRANT. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CHANGES OUR HOLDING OF THAT PERSON FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK TO AN ACTUAL ARREST WARRANT, AND IT REDUCES THE NECESSITY FOR ICE TO SEND AN ENFORCEMENT AGENT TO THE FACILITY TO EXECUTE THAT SEARCH OR THAT ARREST WARRANT. UM, ALL WE WOULD DO THEN IS SIGN THE ARREST WARRANT. UH, WE WOULD THEN CONTACT ICE, SAY THE WARRANT HAS BEEN SERVED, THEY WOULD CONTRACT OR THEY WOULD, UH, COORDINATE THEIR CONTRACT, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO COME PICK UP THE DETAINEE OR THE ARRESTEE AND TAKE 'EM TO ONE OF THE ICE FACILITIES. UH, THIS ONE WOULD HAVE SOME BENEFIT FOR US IN THAT IT CHANGES, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE LEGAL AUTHORITY OR A, A MORE SOLID DOCUMENT ON WHICH TO STAND FOR HOLDING THOSE PEOPLE DURING THAT 48 HOUR PERIOD THAT A DETAINER NORMALLY ALLOWS US TO DO. UH, THE TASK FORCE MODEL THIS IS, WOULD BE BLENDING THOSE, UH, GRANTED ENFORCEMENT POWERS WITH OUR DAILY OPERATIONS. UM, I WOULD NOT ENVISION THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE IN A PATROL CAPACITY INITIALLY. UM, IF WE WERE TO ENGAGE IN THE TASK FORCE MODEL, I WOULD PROBABLY WANT SOME OF OUR PROACTIVE DETECTIVES, UM, MAYBE STREET CRIMES, UH, THOSE TYPES OF DETECTIVES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZED, UH, CRIMINAL, UH, THOSE ONGOING OR LONG-TERM ORGANIZED CRIME INVESTIGATIONS. UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF LONG-TERM OR LARGER INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE THE PEOPLE ENGAGING IN THOSE, OR THE SUBJECT OR THEIR LEGAL STATUS HERE IN THE COUNTRY IS DEFINITELY IN QUESTION. UH, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THOSE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POWERS TO DETAIN THEM ON THEIR STATUS IN THE COUNTRY, UH, AND GET THEM INTO ICE CUSTODY. UH, AGAIN, I WOULD ONLY SEE THAT BEING USED INITIALLY IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SPECIAL OPERATOR OR THE, UH, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT, UH, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS USED JUDICIOUSLY. AND, UH, I DON'T WANT SOMETHING THAT WE USE SO INFREQUENTLY TO, UH, A PATROL OFFICER, HEY, I, WE DID THIS SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE. I WOULD PREFER THAT IT'S SOMEBODY THAT STAYS VERY CURRENT ON THAT, UH, SINCE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY DO NOT ENGAGE IN. UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THE COUNTY AGENCIES, UH, DEPENDING ON THEIR POPULATION, ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE NOW TO ENGAGE IN, UH, SOME FORM OF, UH, 2 87 G PARTICIPATION. THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, UH, THROUGH SB EIGHT, UH, FUNDING FOR THE COUNTIES BASED ON THEIR POPULATION. SO THERE IS A FUNDING STREAM RIGHT NOW TO ASSIST WITH THAT TRAINING AND SETTING UP THEIR PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ENGAGE IN THESE TYPES IN, IN THE 2 87 G PROGRAM. UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE, UM, THEY BELIEVE THAT FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR US TO SEEK ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS IF WE WERE TO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. UH, [00:10:01] HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MECHANISM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT, UM, INITIALLY SET UP FOR US OUTSIDE OF THE JAIL MODEL. SINCE THE JAIL MODEL IS NOT REALLY APPLICABLE TO US, THE TRAINING IS, UH, THE, THE TRAINING IS NOT, UH, OVERLY BURDENSOME AND WOULDN'T COST A TON. UH, AGAIN, IF WE'RE ONLY USING IT IN SELECT INVESTIGATIONS OR AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE JAIL THROUGH DETAINERS, THEN OUR OUTLAY OF INITIAL CAPITAL PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE, UH, TOO TERRIBLY COSTLY. IT WOULD JUST BE THE, UH, THE ALL HOURS WORKED TO SEEK THE INITIAL TRAINING AND THEN TO PROCESS INDIVIDUAL PAPERWORK. UH, BUT THERE IS NO MECHANISM RIGHT NOW TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE HORIZON. UH, AS FAR AS OPERATION LONE STAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, THE GRANT CLOSED IN MARCH OF 25. UH, SO WE'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 26. UH, IF THE PATTERN HOLDS TRUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, THE GRANT WOULD PROBABLY OPEN IN JANUARY OF 26 AND THEN CLOSE IN MARCH OF 26. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE, THE TYPICAL FUNDING OR THE, UH, APPLICATION TIMELINE. UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FISCAL YEAR 27 IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. SO, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME TO COME UP WITH WHAT THE GRANT MAY FOCUS ON, IT MAY FOCUS MORE ON SOME LOCAL OPERATIONS FOR BORDER COUNTIES. GALVESTON COUNTY IS CONSIDERED A BORDER COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. UH, WE ARE, WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME FUNDING IN THAT, AGAIN, PRIORITIZING WHATEVER OUR PROGRAMS ARE BASED AGAINST THE OTHER BORDER COUNTIES THAT WOULD BE APPLYING. UH, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO KEEP Y'ALL, UM, ABREAST OF THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT APPLICATION CYCLE. AND ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS? SIR? UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FUNDING COMING AVAILABLE. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATE WOULD REACH BACK TO ANYTHING WE INCURRED IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW AHEAD OF THEN OR NOT? I ASKED THE ERO REPRESENTATIVE THAT QUESTION, AND HE SAID, I, HE WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVES THAT THE MONEY WILL BE THERE. HE SAID THE BIGGEST, HE FEELS THE BIGGEST HURDLE RIGHT NOW IS THE MECHANISM TO SEEK THE REIMBURSEMENT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. UM, HOWEVER, HE DOESN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE RETROACTIVE OR IF THEY SAY ANYBODY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AS OF THIS DATE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FROM THIS DATE FORWARD. UM, SO I I THEY'RE NOT SURE YET. OKAY. I, UH, APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER CHIEF. UM, YOU SAY THAT THE, THE COST OF THE CITY FOR 2 87 G THE MODEL WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULDN'T BE OVERLY BURDENSOME, BURDENSOME OR TOO COSTLY. THAT'S KIND OF SUBJECTIVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLPARK FIGURES FOR ANNUAL RECURRING COSTS? IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHO WE DO THE MAJORITY OF THE COST. THE WOULD BE THE INITIAL TRAINING FOR THE WARRANT OFFICER PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IT'S 40 HOURS OF TRAINING. WE COULD DO THAT HERE IN THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL. SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE, DEPENDING ON THE PERSONNEL SELECTED FOR THAT, IT WOULD BE THEIR HOURLY PAY FOR 40 HOURS. THERE IS SOME UPKEEP TRAINING, UM, I BELIEVE EVERY TWO YEARS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE ENGAGED IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION. SO IF OUR MAJOR CRIMES UNIT, UM, WE HAD A, AN ORGANIZED, UH, CRIME ELEMENT THAT WAS DOING, UH, BUSINESS BURGLARIES AND HOME INVASIONS, AND IF WE COULD TIE THAT TO IT, THEN WE WOULD START SAYING, OKAY, WE SPENT THIS MANY HOURS ON, UH, THE IMMIGRATION SIDE OF IT. WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THEM, DETAIN THEM, PROCESS THEM FOR, UH, UH, ICE, AND THEN WE COULD BILL BACK THOSE HOURS OR ANY, ANY MILEAGE INCURRED FOR TRANSPORTING THEM TO A FACILITY. WOULD, WOULD YOU SEE THAT, UH, IT, WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME INVESTMENT IN THIS FOR SOME OF OUR EXISTING OFFICERS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FDE REQUESTS IN THE FUTURE TO COMPENSATE? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE, AS I SEE IT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING, THEY'RE WANTING THIS TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR ROUTINE DUTIES. THEY'RE NOT WANTING IT TO, TO BE, HEY, HERE'S A THIS OR THAT. HERE'S A BUNCH OF FOLDER IF WE NEED YOU TO DO ALL THIS. NOW, THEY COULD ASK, IF THEY WERE TO DO AN OPERATION HERE, IF WE HAD TASK FORCE OFFICERS, THEY COULD SAY, HEY, COULD, CAN WE REQUEST THE HELP OF YOUR TASK FORCE OFFICERS? AGAIN, THAT THE USAGE OF OUR OFFICERS WOULD BE BASED ON OUR NEEDS AS FAR AS A COMMUNITY. IF WE HAD SOMETHING GOING ON, IF TWO OF MY TASK, IF WE DID THIS, THAT IF TWO OF THE TASK FORCE OFFICERS WERE OUR MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES AND WE [00:15:01] WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INVESTIGATION, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT. AND THE, THE ERO REP SAID HE, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. SO SIR, YEAH, SO YOU HAVE TIME FOR TRAINING AND YOU HAVE TIME FOR DOING THE WORK, THE TIME FOR DOING THE WORK. THIS IS GOING AFTER FOLKS WHO ARE DOING CRIME OTHER THAN SIMPLY BEING HERE ILLEGALLY. RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE OUR UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S WHY WE, WE DON'T INITIALLY WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS A ROUTINE ENFORCEMENT. UH, LIKE WE'RE GONNA TAKE PATROL OFFICERS. THIS IS GOING AFTER THE REAL PROBLEMS. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE FOCUSED ON CAN MAJOR CRIME INVESTIGATIONS. NOW, THE WARRANT, THE WARRANT SERVICE MODEL IS JUST A, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION. THERE ISN'T A PROACTIVE ASPECT TO IT. IT'S, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN ON ICE DETAINERS. THIS IS JUST MINIMIZES SOME OF THE, IT HELPS BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR ICE AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PULL AN AGENT OUT OF THE FIELD TO COME TO THE, TO SIGN THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ARREST WARRANT. YEAH. UM, SO THAT'S NOT REALLY TAKING MORE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY JOBS. IT'S JUST THAT INITIAL TRAINING. YES, SIR. UM, FRANKLY, ON BOTH OF THOSE, UM, YES SIR. SO, UM, HOW MANY FOLKS DO YOU THINK WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, AS YOU WOULD ENVISION IT BEING DONE BEST? WHEN WE SPOKE WITH ERO, THEY SAID IF WE DID ONE PER SHIFT, IF WE DID THE WARRANT SERVICE MODEL, THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE JAIL STAFF OR A MEMBER OF THE JAIL STAFF ON EACH SHIFT TO SERVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ARREST WARRANT. OKAY. UM, IF WE DID A TASK FORCE MODEL, I WOULD, I WOULD LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OFFICERS IN THE, UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU TO SAY, HEY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO, TO DO THIS. I, I CAN'T IMAGINE MORE THAN A CO A, A FEW INITIALLY TO SEE IF THE, IF THE PROGRAM'S PRODUCTIVE. SO LIKE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT 40 HOURS OF TRAINING ROUGHLY FOR THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I THINK THE WARRANT SERVICE IS 40 HOURS. THE TASK FORCE, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. OKAY. I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH SOMEWHERE IN THAT. OKAY. AND THEN WITH SOME FOLLOW-UP TRAINING, SO ROUGHLY A WEEK PER PERSON? YES. UM, IS THIS TRAINING THAT WOULD COUNT TOWARDS ANY OTHER TRAINING GUIDELINES OR REQUIREMENTS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET? I'M SURE THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME STATE EQUIVALENT TRAINING FOR, UH, SO WE CAN TAKE FEDERAL TRAINING AND SUBMIT IT FOR STATE CREDITS TO MEET SOME OF THEIR, UH, EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR TRAINING CYCLE WITH, UH, WE WERE ABOUT TO START A NEW TRAINING CYCLE, SO, UH, THE OFFICERS COULD THEN SUBMIT THAT FOR, SO EVEN THEN THE, THE TRAINING, IF THERE'S NO REACH BACK ON, ON THE, THE, THE GRANT OR WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING, UM, WOULD PROBABLY BE REPLACING OTHER TRAINING. SO A NET ZERO IMPACT, I I BELIEVE THEY COULD PROBABLY GET THEIR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CREDITS FOR IT. I, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT, BUT MOST FEDERAL TRAINING, WHEN WE DO FEMA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HAS A, A STATE, I, I HAVE A FEELING WITH THE STATE'S STANCE ON THIS ISSUE THAT THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE. UM, OKAY. THAT, THAT WAS WHAT I HAD. THANK YOU MR. CRUZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU CHIEF. UM, JUST A, A COUPLE, UH, A QUICK QUESTIONS. IT'S MORE OF ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE PRESENTATION. IT'LL KIND OF HELP ME TO, UH, I GUESS, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND IT. UM, FOR ONE, FOR THE TASK FORCE, IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATING THE, UH, THE ORGANIZED CRIME PIECE. WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF ORGANIZED CRIME DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WHAT IS THE, AND AND HOW WILL THIS HELP YOU WITH INVESTIGATING IT? SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THAT COME TO LEAGUE CITY FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE HERE. SO WE'VE HAD ORGANIZED BURGLARY RINGS, WE'VE HAD ORGANIZED VEHICLE, UH, PARTS, THEFTS, RIMS, AND TIRES. WE'VE HAD, UH, ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ELEMENTS FROM THAT WORK. THE WHOLE GULF COASTAL AREA THAT HIT OUR SHOPPING CENTERS. UM, WE HAVE BANK FRAUD. WE HAVE, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZED ELEMENTS HERE THAT ARE MUCH MORE THAN JUST SIMPLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE SHOWING UP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO STEAL SOMETHING HERE. SO THOSE ARE LONGER TERM INVESTIGATIONS WHERE WE TRY TO, UH, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY ABOUT THAT ONE 'CAUSE IT'S A CURRENT INVESTIGATION. UH, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LONG-TERM [00:20:01] INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO PUT A DENT IN THE PEOPLE NOT ONLY THAT ARE PREYING HERE, BUT ARE PRAYING ALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS WELL. AND SO HOW WILL THIS, HOW WILL THIS JOINING THE TASK FORCE, HOW WILL THAT HELP YOU WITH YOUR INVESTIGATIONS? AND SO SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR ORGANIZED CRIME IS, UH, FOREIGN-BORN NATIONALS. THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT US CITIZENS. THEY'RE HERE ON, AT THE VERY LEAST QUESTIONABLE STATUS. AND THEY'RE ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES HERE IN THE STATES. SO SOMETIMES US BEING ABLE, IF WE HAD, WE USE OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES AT TIMES TO, IF WE, IF WE CAN'T STOP THE CRIME, WE MAY, UH, IF WE HAVE GOOD INFORMATION ON THEM, IMMIGRATION CAN STEP IN TO STOP THE CRIME BY, UH, TAKING THEM ON THEIR STATUS HERE, UH, AND THEIR PAST CRIMINAL EPISODES. OKAY. FOR THE, FOR THE WARRANT OFFICER PIECE, UH, HOW DO DETAINERS WORK AND HOW MANY DO WE NORMALLY, UH, ISSUE OR DO? HOW MANY DO WE NORMALLY ENFORCE? UH, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF ICE DETAINERS. I, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER SINCE, UH, MARCH WHEN WE TRANSITIONED TO OUR LATEST SOFTWARE, UH, THAT, THAT WITHOUT GOING BACK INTO OUR LEGACY SOFTWARE, I THINK WE'VE HAD SIX ICE DETAINERS SINCE MARCH. SO, UM, SO, SO TWO THINGS. ONE, UM, JUST JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I UNDERSTAND FOR THE, THE COM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM THAT WOULD JUST, UM, FOCUS ON JUST THE CRIMINALS AND NOT JUST THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE. UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING, BUT THAT'S THE GIST OF IT, THAT WHAT I TOOK. SO HOW, HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THAT OUT? HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THE, THE BAG FROM THE, UH, IF WE, IF WE, IF COUNSEL DECIDED THEY WANTED US TO LOOK IN, LOOK FURTHER OR ENGAGE IN THE 2 87 G, IF THEY SAID WE WANTED TO DO THE TASK FORCE OFFICER PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE IN OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. SO THOSE, THEY WOULD BE COMING IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE ALREADY UNDER THE PROVERBIAL MICROSCOPE FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THEY WOULD BE ACTIVE SUSPECTS IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, WE CAME ACROSS THEM HAPHAZARDLY. OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION. SO I, SO SINCE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE TRAINING ANYWAY, AND SO THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY WASTING MONEY ON, ON HAVING TO DO THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING OF IT. IF YOU HAD YOUR CHOICE SINCE THE TRAINING IS WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR TRAINING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WOULD THIS BE THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN OFFICERS OR IS THERE OTHER TRAINING THAT YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE BETTER SPENT FOR LEAGUE CITY? UH, UM, LEMME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. ARE YOU SAYING IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SENDING SOMEBODY TO THIS TRAINING OR SENDING SOMEBODY TO OTHER TRAINING, WHICH WOULD I CHOOSE? YES. IF I HAD TO SPEND THE SAME POT OF MONEY? YES. UH, WHEN WE, OBVIOUSLY I'M ALWAYS GONNA PRIORITIZE TRAINING THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, OF LAKE CITY. SO IF YOU TOLD ME I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S DIRECTLY, I, I ONLY HAVE THIS TO SPEND AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA GET TO SPEND IT ON, THEN I WILL, I WILL PRIORITIZE TRAINING THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY. THANK YOU, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOU. UH, WHEN YOU'RE RESEARCHING THIS 2 87 G DID YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR HAVE Y'ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ANY OTHER, UH, SIMILAR CITIES WHO HAVE ENTERED THIS PROGRAM AND HOW THE EFFECTIVENESS HAS WORKED OUT FOR THEM AND THE EXPERIENCE THEY'VE HAD? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE, THIS, THE 2 87 G PROGRAM IS MOST APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHO HAS PARTICIPATED THE TASK FORCE MODEL, UH, WAS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, KIND OF SHELVED FOR A WHILE. UM, AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT YEAR, BUT IT WAS SOME TIME AGO. IT WASN'T AN, AN ACTIVE PROGRAM, UH, RECENTLY THAT THAT MODEL HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK OUT AND THEY'RE KIND OF REVAMPING THAT MODEL FOR CURRENT TIMES. SO THE, THERE'S ONLY A FEW CITIES, I THINK IN TEXAS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT HAVE ENGAGED OR, OR THEY'RE LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, UM, ON ISIS'S WEBSITE, MOST OF THE PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW ARE COUNTY AGENCIES BECAUSE THAT WAS INITIALLY WHAT THE PROGRAM, THE JAIL MANAGER OR THE JAIL, UH, ENFORCEMENT MODEL IS [00:25:01] PROBABLY THE MOST PREVALENT. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, UM, IF THEY, IF THE GRANT PROGRAM ROLLS OUT, UM, YOU SAID WE GET TO CHARGE FOR THE TIME THAT GOES INTO THESE DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS, UM, IF THEY'RE TIED TO IT, UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF WE CONDUCT SOME, AN INVESTIGATION, IT TURNS OUT THE, THAT THIS IS AN ELEMENT OF IT, WE MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN IT EVEN IN ADVANCE THAT WE CAN THEN RECOUP SOME LABOR EXPENSE OR, NO, I BELIEVE WE, AGAIN, WITHOUT SEEING HOW THE FUNDING SOURCE IS, IT WOULD PROBABLY ONLY BE THE TIME THAT WE WERE TAKING DIRECT ACTION RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE POWERS GRANTED TO US UNDER, UNDER THE 2 87 G AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. AND, UH, I PLAN ON PUTTING THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA, UH, FOR US TO VOTE FOR IT. AND WHAT I PLAN ON PUTTING ON THERE IS, IS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE WARRANT OFFICER AND THE TASK FORCE AND THEN AUTHORIZATION TO INVESTIGATE, UH, OPERATION LONE STAR WHEN THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS IS IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE. WE'VE SEEN SOME, SOME PRETTY, SOME, SOME PRETTY BAD, UH, KIND OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, UH, INVOLVING ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS IN LEAGUE CITY IN THE PAST YEAR, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I MEAN, THERE WAS, UH, ORGANIZED ROBBERIES, UH, THERE'S SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT HAPPENED IN A COUPLE OF THE, UH, A COUPLE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH THE, UH, MASSAGE PARLORS AND ALL THOSE WERE, UH, KIND OF TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH IMMIGRATION STATUS BEING QUESTIONABLE. AND SO THIS GIVES THEM ANOTHER TOOL THAT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CASE ON THE BURGLARIES, MAYBE YOU CAN PRESSURE THEM USING THE IMMIGRATION STATUS IN A VARIETY OF THINGS. SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR THEM TO HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOWS THAT WE'RE GONNA ENFORCE ALL THE LAWS IN LEAGUE CITY, UH, AND, AND BE PROACTIVE ABOUT AND TAKE THESE LARGE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS SERIOUSLY AND, AND PUT OUR EFFORT INTO STOPPING THAT AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE TO, TO OPERATE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND [4. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY PROPOSED FY2026-2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND FY2026 BUDGET] THEN NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY'S PROPOSED FY 26 THROUGH 30 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND FY 26 BUDGET. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD. SO AT TODAY'S WORKSHOP WE HAVE TWO TOPICS. UH, ONE IS THE TAX RATE AND THE TAXABLE VALUE, AND THE OTHER IS OUR CIP PLAN, FOCUSING MAINLY ON THE 26TH CAPITAL BUDGET. SO FIRST TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX VALUES. SO TONIGHT DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. ONE IS JUST A GENERAL REPORT, IT'S JUST INFORMATION ONLY ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL AND THE CALCULATIONS FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATES. THE SECOND IS, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO PROPOSE A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR NEXT YEAR. LOOKING AT THE CHART ON THE SCREEN, THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUES ARE ESTIMATED AT 13.25 BILLION. THAT IS A REDUCTION OF A LITTLE OVER 1% FROM THE LATEST VALUES IN 2025. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS CALCULATED AT 36 3 5 5. IT'S JUST OVER A HALF A CENT LESS THAN THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 3 6 9. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 4 6 4 1 9 2. AND HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO REVENUE? SO THE CERTIFIED ROLE INCLUDES THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN THE SENIOR AND DISABLED EXEMPTION TO 200,000 REVENUE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS ESTIMATED TO DECREASE THE GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BY $2 MILLION FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE 26 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS IS 1 MILLION LESS THAN THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX BASED ON THE REDUCTION OF 2 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE GENERAL FUND ARE RECOMMENDED. WE WOULD RECOMMEND REDUCING THE CASH TRANSFER TO CIP AND REMOVE THE WEST SIDE MASTER PLAN PROJECT. THAT'S PHASE TWO, THAT'S 1.175 MILLION. MOVE THE [00:30:01] FUNDING FOR THE POLICE CAPTAIN VEHICLES TO THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND BASED ON RECENT SEIZURE FUND REVENUE. THAT'S 165,000. REMOVE THE CONTRACT INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES OF 40,000. ALSO REMOVE A HISTORIC DISTRICT SURVEY UPDATE OF 25,000, REDUCE FUNDING IN THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL FOR PROPERTY AND WINDSTORM INSURANCE. THIS IS BASED ON A CURRENT UPDATED ESTIMATE FROM TML AND THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION OF 200,000. STAFF WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND REDUCING FUNDING TO THE FLEET DEPARTMENT OF 235,000. THIS WOULD, UM, FUND THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO ALLOW FOR AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OF $1 MILLION POSITION CHANGES. WE WOULD REMOVE THE NEW POSITION FOR EMPLOYEE LEAVE AND CLAIMS COORDINATOR, BUT ADD FUNDING TO CONTRACT OUT THE F-M-L-A-A-D-A PERSONAL LEAVE AND DISABILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THERE'S A FEW POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND DELAYING THE HIRING DATE TO JANUARY ONE INSTEAD OF OCTOBER ONE. THAT'S PART-TIME EMS QUARTERMASTER, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL CYBERSECURITY AND NETWORK ENGINEER PLANNING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND THE PART-TIME RECREATION SPECIALIST FOR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING. ALL THOSE CHANGES ARE WORTH ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. SO THE TOTAL CHANGES WOULD BE A DECREASE IN REVENUE OF 2 MILLION AND A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES OF 2 MILLION. AND ON THE SCREEN SHOWS WHAT THE GENERAL FUND WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE ALSO MENTIONED MOVING THE POLICE CAPTAIN VEHICLES TO THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND. AND SO WE SHOW WHAT THAT FUND WOULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL WITH THAT ADDITION. AND THEN ALSO THAT CHANGE TO THE FLEET. WE WOULD REDUCE THE REVENUE BY THE 235,000, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE IS STILL HEALTHY AT JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN HOW IT WOULD LOOK FOR THE CITYWIDE WITH ALL THE NET CHANGES. AN ANGIE, THERE WAS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, THE INTERNAL AUDIT, YOU HAD CUT THE OUTSIDE BY $40,000, BUT, BUT WE'RE DOING A PCARD AUDIT RIGHT NOW. YES SIR. AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES SIR. IS THAT, IS THAT COST, IF WE'RE ALREADY DOING, IS THAT COST ACCOUNTED FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE? THE PCARD AUDIT IS IN 25 AND THE 40,000 WOULD BE ADDITIONAL IN 26 THAT WOULD NOW BE REMOVED. IT WASN'T PROGRAMMED FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT I'M AWARE OF. CAN CANDACE, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE 40,000 WAS FOR? UH, ACTUALLY IT. PERFECT. THANK YOU ANGIE. I GOT A REAL QUICK QUESTION. UH, THE FMLA REAL QUICK QUESTION. UH, THE FMLA COORDINATOR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTING OUT TO COMPANY. I JUST RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY CITY, WHO IS GOING TO BE THE CON HANDLING IT WITHIN OUR HR DEPARTMENT. THERE'S STILL SOMEBODY IN OUR HR THAT'S GOTTA HANDLE IT. YES SIR. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA CONTRACT IT, WANTING TO CONTRACT IT OUT TO ANOTHER COMPANY TO DO ALL THE PROCESSING AND PAPERWORK. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER FIASCO. TRUST ME ON THAT. JUST BEEN THROUGH IT. WHO IN OUR HR STILL, IS IT STILL GONNA BE HANDED OFF TO SOMEBODY CURRENTLY IN THEIR HR OR HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POSITION THAT HANDLES THIS TYPE OF WORK. I THINK IT'S A VOLUME THING WHERE THEY'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, FTE FOR ANOTHER POSITION IN HOUSE AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT SOME OF THE DUTIES. HAS IT, ARE WE AT THAT POINT THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL HANDS FOR OUR MF THE EVEN SPENDING THE 23,000 ON IT? IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT JUST HR IS WANTING TO OFFLOAD? IT'S REQUESTED BASED ON THE WORKLOAD CURRENTLY. OKAY. SO I, I THINK IT IS BEST, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST TIME ABOUT OUTSOURCING IT AS OPPOSED TO, UH, TO CONTINUING DOWN THE INSOURCE PATH. AND I, I THINK IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO OUTSOURCE IT AND THEN SUPPLEMENT IT, SUPPLEMENTAL THE BACKSIDE OF IT WITH EMPLOYEES. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE COST OR THE WORK. IT'S, IT'S THE LIABILITY. AND SO THERE YOU GET TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEAVE POLICIES AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES AND REGULATORY CHANGES THAT HAPPEN AT ALL KIND OF LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT FROM THE FEDERAL TO THE STATE. AND IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED AND THE FINES FOR NOT DOING IT CORRECTLY ARE SEVERE. SO PARTNERING WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM THAT APPROVES THE LEAVES AND THEN JUST HAVING OUR PEOPLE PROCESS IT FROM THERE, I THINK REALLY IS BEST PRACTICE FROM A, FROM A LIABILITY MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. [00:35:04] SO AS AN OVERVIEW, AS WE FINISH UP TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX VALUES AND THE RATE, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS WOULD BE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS A DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT TAX RATE. AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF WILL PRESENT A BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT REFLECTS THE 2 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND CUTS AS DISCUSSED UNLESS WE HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNCIL. AND THE SENIOR DISABLED EXEMPTION INCREASE OF $200,000 WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. AND NOW WE CAN TRANSITION TO THE CIP. SO THE FY 26 CAPITAL BUDGET IS $329.73 MILLION OF THAT TAX SUPPORTED IS 183 MILLION AND REVENUE SUPPORTED IS 146.4 MILLION. THERE'S SOME NEW KEY TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT ARE ADDITIONS AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A HANDOUT. IT'S A 11 BY 17 PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S FOLDED AND IT HAS A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEW IN THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN JUST TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO ABSORB ALL AT ONCE. SO THE KEY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS THE CITYWIDE STREETLIGHT ACQUISITION AND LED CONVERSION, THE MULTIFUNCTION TRAINING FACILITY, A RENOVATION OF THE WALKER STREET MUNICIPAL POOL AND MARINA BAY AND FM FIVE 18 STREETLIGHTS. THE CITYWIDE STREETLIGHT ACQUISITION, I BELIEVE COUNCIL HEARD A WORKSHOP ON THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR. THIS IS FUNDING, UH, 1.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND 1.5 MILLION FROM HURRICANE HARVEY FUND. THIS IS TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF EXISTING STREETLIGHTS FROM TNNP TO THE CITY. AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN 2029 TO PURCHASE THE CENTER POINT INVENTORY. THE MULTIFUNCTION TRA FUNCTION TRAINING FACILITY. IT'LL BE SITUATED WITHIN THE FENCE PERIMETER OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING BEHIND THE SPECIAL VEHICLE BASE. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL FEATURE A METAL EXTERIOR INSULATED DESIGN AND HVAC CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT ENABLES TRAINING SESSIONS REGARDLESS OF EXTERNAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, WHILE ALSO SAFEGUARDING TRAINING MATERIALS FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS EXTENDING THEIR LONGEVITY. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S FUNDING FOR A TOTAL RENOVATION OF OUR WALKER STREET MUNICIPAL POOL. IT WOULD REPLACE THINGS LIKE PUMPS, PIPING, FILTRATION SYSTEM POOL LIGHTING, DIVING WELLS, UM, DIVING BOARDS, DEPTH MARKERS, TILES, GRAB RAILS, ET CETERA. STAFF TOOK DIRECTION FROM THE CITIZEN SURVEY PERFORMED IN APRIL OF 23 AND THE COST OF EACH OPTION AND COMPRISED A PROJECT TO RENOVATE THE CURRENT POOL. THERE'S TWO STREETLIGHT PROJECTS, ONE ON MARINA BAY AND ONE ON FIVE 18. THE ONE ON MARINA BAY INVOLVES INSTALLATION OF LUMINAIRES TO EXISTING TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER POLES AND ADDITION OF NEW STREETLIGHT, UH, POLES ON FM 2094 BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF FIVE 18 AND TWO 70 AND THE END OF THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS. UH, PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IS IN 26 FOR 93 EXISTING POLES AND PHASE TWO WILL BEGIN IN 27 TO ADD STREET LIGHTING POLES ALONG 2094 ON FIVE 18. THAT STREET LIGHTING PROJECT IS FROM I 45 TO FM TWO 70. THE PROJECT IS ALSO INSULATION OF DECORATIVE STREETLIGHT POLES, LUMINAIRES CONDUIT WIRING NEEDS ALONG FIVE 18 BETWEEN I 45 AND TWO 70. THE CORRIDOR IS APPROXIMATELY 13,000 FEET IN LENGTH AND THE STREETLIGHTS WILL BE EVERY 200 FEET. THERE'S TWO PHASES TO THAT AS WELL. FOR 2026 IT WOULD BE DESIGN OF PHASE ONE, WHICH WOULD BE FROM HIGHWAY THREE TO TWO 70 D. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT NEW PROJECTS, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ANTICIPATED DEBT THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THOSE. SO THE CHART ON THIS SCREEN, EVERYTHING IN ORANGE IS GOING TO BE, UM, ANTICIPATED THE FINISHING OUT OF THE GEO BOND THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019. EVERYTHING IN GREEN IS FUTURE COS OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE PROJECTED. AND THEN THE BLUE IS PROJECTED DEBT FOR THE FOUR B. THERE'S 22 MILLION IN FY 26 FOR THOSE GEO BOND PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED, THE FOUR B HAS 50.4 MILLION. IT MAKES UP THE PAT HALLEY PARK WITH THE MEMORIAL BEING FROM PARK DEDICATION FEES, PHASE TWO OF LOBIT PARK RENOVATIONS. AND THEN THE WALKER STREET MUNICIPAL POOL RENOVATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS A KEY NEW PROJECT. THE CIP PROJECTS ALSO ANTICIPATE 9 MILLION IN NEW CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION DEBT. WE HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY OF THOSE SINCE 2018, BUT THE PROGRAM, THE WAY IT STANDS TODAY, THE GREEN BAR, DOES REP REPRESENT THAT IN 2027. [00:40:01] WHAT MAKES UP THAT TOTAL 9 MILLION IS 6.6 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION SEVEN AND ANOTHER 2.4 MILLION FOR AN EXTENSION OF MULDOON PARKWAY. SO ON THE UTILITY SIDE WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT ANTICIPATED DEBT AS WELL. 22 MILLION IN FY 26 IS FOR THREE UTILITY PROJECTS AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 99.8 5,000,026 THAT ARE TO BE FUNDED WITH CRFS. AND SO OUR ANTICIPATION WOULD BE WE WOULD ISSUE THE DEBT AS A CO TO GET THE LOWEST OF THE INTEREST RATES AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST WITH CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND FROM CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES. THAT IS A LARGE AMOUNT. THE THE LARGEST PROJECT THERE IS THE 2 MILLION GALLON A DAY EXPANSION OF THE SWF AND THAT'S ALMOST 94 MILLION OF THE TOTAL. AND THEN THE FINAL IS JUST THE SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD. UH, THIS SCHEDULE ACTUALLY SHOWS OUR ACTIVITIES FOR TONIGHT. THE TWO ITEMS THERE UNDER, UM, THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND PROPERTY TAX ADOPTION ON AUGUST 12TH. TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT ON THE TAX ROLL AND THEN PROPOSING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. AND THEN WE HAVE A THIRD WORKSHOP ON THE 26TH FOR ANY OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT SAME NIGHT WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE FINISHED WITH THE PROCESS. BUT I DID INCLUDE THE DEADLINES IN CASE WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE QUESTIONS. MR. COMBS? YOU JUST GO. YOU JUST GO. OKAY. YEAH, ANGIE, THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME THE, THE MAIN REASON FOR THE REDUCTION IN TAXABLE VALUE? DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE APARTMENTS? I MEAN, WE LOST A LOT OF MONEY IN IN REVENUE THERE, CORRECT? UM, IT'S MULTIFACETED. I MEAN, IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE BASE VALUES, THEY DID SLIGHTLY GO DOWN. I'M SURE THAT THE APARTMENT'S GETTING THE TAXES, IT SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. UM, THE LARGEST DECREASE IS GONNA BE BECAUSE OF THE SENIOR EXEMPTIONS. OKAY. HOW MUCH DID ON THE TAXABLE VALUE ON THE APARTMENTS, I I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF, UM, REVENUE THAT WE LOST BECAUSE OF THE APARTMENTS AND THE SENATE BILL. YEAH, THE VALUES ARE IN THE MILLIONS. THE ACTUAL TAX BILL FOR, IF IT WAS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO OF THEM THAT ADD UP TO ABOUT $250,000 IN REVENUE. THERE'S TWO MORE THAT ARE JUST ABOUT $10,000 IN REVENUE. BUT THERE'S A LARGE APARTMENT TIED TO THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS GONNA COME OFF THE ROLL. BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY CONFIRMATION OF THAT. UM, THAT PROJECT IS WORTH LIKE 25.5 MILLION IN VALUE. SO MAYBE A MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXABLE VALUE. IT'S GONNA BE IN THE MILLIONS OF VALUE, BUT IN TAXES, NO TAX RATE. I MEAN, YES, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE CIPI KNOW I'VE TALKED BRIEFLY WITH THE MAYOR ON THE FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN AND THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION. I KNOW LOOKING AT, UH, MY BOOK HERE, UM, ON CENTRAL FIRE STATION ADMIN AND QUARTERMASTER FACILITIES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MOVED IT OUT NOW TO 2030. I THINK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE BOOKS AROUND 2020. I DON'T RECALL. I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE SCHEDULE. I MEAN, I KNOW WE MOVED IT, IT WAS THERE WHEN I WAS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, I THINK 2020 IS WHEN IT WAS ADDED, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO KINDA EXPRESS TO COUNCIL THAT IF WE KEEP MOVING THESE THINGS OUT SO FAR, ESPECIALLY FIRE STATIONS, WE'RE GONNA BE HIT WITH A LARGE, UH, CIP BUDGET BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THEY GO UP BY SEVERAL MILLION. YOU CAN LOOK AT FIRE STATION SEVEN RIGHT NOW. IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $18 MILLION AND THAT'S JUST ONE FIRE STATION. AND UM, I, I KNOW THAT WE HAD ESTIMATES ON THAT FOR, UH, FEW YEARS BACK FOR LIKE 9 MILLION. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CENTRAL FIRE STATION, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S 40 MILLION, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO DOUBLE IN A FEW YEARS. SO WE, WE NEED TO EITHER THINK ABOUT BONDS OR SOMETHING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, BUT KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD AS MUCH AS WE'RE DOING IS GONNA HURT US IN THE LONG RUN WITH WITH DEBT. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. THANK YOU. HUH. QUICK QUESTION ANGIE, ON THE, UM, WHEN WE DO THE CITYWIDE STREETLIGHT ACQUISITIONS AND DO THE LED, THERE'S GONNA BE QUITE A BIT OF COST SAVINGS [00:45:01] ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT. IS THOSE, ARE THOSE COST SAVINGS IN ASSUMED IN THE BUDGET THAT THAT'S GONNA PASS? OR IS THAT COST SAVINGS WON'T BE REALIZED IN SOMETIME INTO THE FUTURE? SO TIMING WISE, I WOULD LET BAUMGARTNER SPEAK TO THAT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO BUDGET THE SAME AMOUNT AND OPERATION MONEY THAT WE HAVE TODAY TO PAY FOR THE STREETLIGHT ELECTRICITY BILL. ANY SAVINGS THAT WE REALIZE ON TAKING THOSE ON OURSELVES IN THE FEES, WE WOULD TURN THAT BACK INTO CONVERTING THOSE TO LEDS. AND SO WE WOULD BASICALLY SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT EACH YEAR. THIS PROJECT IS JUST FOR THE PURCHASE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION. SO SAVINGS WILL BE CAPTURED WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE THEN? YES, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING THE SAVINGS AND CONVERTING MORE OF THEM IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE ALL CONVERTED. YES. AND THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE SAVINGS. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. COMES ONE OTHER QUESTION. ONE OTHER QUESTION I THOUGHT FORGOT TO, TO ASK ANGIE ON THE, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 113 DAYS OF UM, I GUESS IT'S EMERGENCY FUNDING CASE OF HURRICANES AND SO FORTH. I THINK THE 110 IS BASED ON POLICY AND THEN THE $3 AND SOME OR THE THREE DAYS AND SOME CHANGES, THE EXTRA, WHAT IS THE STATE LAW? 90 DAYS? THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT A LAW. THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION OF ABOUT 90 DAYS. BUT THAT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR LOCATION ON THE COAST. RIGHT. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT. THAT'S 300,000 EACH YEAR THAT, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT OR EACH DAY RATHER. I'M SORRY, EACH DAY. 300,000 IN FUNDING. UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THE, THE, UH, DAYS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR POLICY. I DON'T WANNA GET LOW OF COURSE. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A, A HURRICANE IN 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING AND WE RAN FOR 90 DAYS. UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 90, 95 OR A HUNDRED DAYS I COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK AT. BUT I, I THINK WE, WE CARRY OVER A LOT OF MONEY IN, IN THE RESERVE FUNDING THAT UH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO USE FOR PROJECTS OR PAY OFF DEBT OR SOMETHING. UH, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, AND WE'LL COME BACK LATER, UH, AND TO ADDRESS THE CENTRAL FIRE CONCERNS AND IF ANYBODY'S BEEN OVER TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND SEEING THE FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT OVER THERE, THE, THE FIRE ADMIN, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, RIGHT? AND THEN THE POLICE HAVE THE SAME, UH, THE SAME CONCERNS AS WELL. AND SO IN TALKING TO STAFF, UH, LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO WITH THE BLUE BUILDING, NO BIDS CAME BACK ON THAT TO TRY TO SELL IT. SO LOOKS LIKE WE OWN IT. UH, SO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. CERTAINLY NOT GONNA BUY, BE ABLE TO BUY OR BUILD ANY KIND OF SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THAT PRICE. UH, AND BUT WHAT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IS THAT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, AN ANCHOR POINT OF THE CITY. IT NEEDS A FACELIFT, IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, MORE FUNCTION INSIDE IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MOVE FIRE, CONSOLIDATE IT WITH UH, THE FIRE OPERATIONS THAT ALREADY TAKE PLACE THERE. MOVE CENTRAL, CENTRAL FIRE AND FIRE ADMIN THERE, UH, REDO THAT BUILDING IN SOME WAY TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, APPEALING, MORE FUNCTIONAL AND BUILD THAT IN. AND, UH, WHAT I HAVE TASKED THEM WITH, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, WE HAVE THIS TURS MONEY THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN, TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THAT, UH, FUND THAT IS SITTING THERE. HOWEVER, BUILD A PLAN OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE YEARS TO RETURN THAT MONEY BACK IN TO THAT FUND FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN. SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, THAT'LL COME BACK AT A SEPARATE TIME, BUT IT'LL BE BUDGET NEUTRAL KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY, BUT WE NEED A PLAN TO RETURN THAT MONEY BACK IN THERE. I THINK ONE THAT WHAT THAT DOES THEN EFFECTIVELY IS IT INCREASES THE SPACE AND THE USABILITY FOR, UH, FOR CENTRAL FIRE AND, AND AND FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND GIVES THE POLICE MORE ROOM IN THEIR BUILDING. IT MOVES ALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STUFF AND UH, EVERYTHING OVER THERE AS WELL. FREEING UP SPACE AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN. AND THEN IT GIVES A FACELIFT TO THAT BUILDING TO MAKE IT MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO THE AREA THAT IT IS. AND IT CREATES A LONG-TERM PLAN TO GET THE MONEY BACK, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THERE FOR FIRE SEVEN, UH, FIRE STATION SEVEN. AND IT PREVENTS US FROM TAKING OUT DEBT FOR THAT PROJECT. ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOANING THE MONEY, UH, FROM OUR LEFT POCKET TO OUR RIGHT POCKET. SO, AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK WHEN THEY'RE READY. IF I CAN JUST MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK, MAYOR, AS WE ABSOLUTELY. WE SPOKE, UM, THAT [00:50:01] WOULD BE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS I WOULD HOPE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO BRING PEOPLE INTO BUILDINGS AND THEY STAY THERE FOR 20 YEARS. I, I THINK THAT THE FIRE ADMIN IN CENTRAL FIRE STATION NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, CENTRALLY LOCATED FOR ISO AND, AND UH, THEY NEED TO HAVE A NICE BUILDING FOR, FOR THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY. SO, UH, AS, AS WE TALKED HERE BRIEFLY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS FOR 15 YEARS. THAT WE HAVE SOME PLAN THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT CENTRAL STATION IN THE FUTURE. I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. AND THEN THAT BUILDING WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR WHATEVER OTHER PURPOSE INSIDE THE CITY FOR WHATEVER DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT ON FIRE STATION SEVEN, IF WE USE THE, THE AREA OF MULDOON, WE'RE, WE'RE TIME BOUND ON THAT BEFORE IT REVERTS BACK, RIGHT? DON'T WE HAVE TO START BUILDING WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? I DON'T, NOT THE LAND ON MULDOON. THAT WILL BE A, THAT WILL BE A DEED OF LAND. OKAY. TO US IT'S NEXT TO A PROPOSED 27 ACRE PARK. I JUST HAVE KIND OF CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD SPEND A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY FIXING UP THIS BUILDING FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE KNOWING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO, BASICALLY IT'S JUST A TEMPORARY TAG. WHAT ELSE WOULD WE DO THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN FURTHER THAN WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT THE FIRE PEOPLE THERE. IF THAT'S NOT GONNA BE OUR PERMANENT SOLUTION, WHAT ELSE WOULD WE USE IT FOR AFTER THAT? I THINK WE'RE TALKING SHORT TERM IN TERMS OF LIKE 10 YEARS, NOT, NOT SHORT TERM IN TERMS OF LIKE ONE YEAR. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE STILL WANT A WORKSHOP ON NEXT WEEK? I DON'T, I THINK WE THINK WE WANT THE WORKSHOP FOR NEXT WEEK. IS THERE ANY OTHER, IS THERE A DESIRE FOR A WORKSHOP ANY OTHER TIME? THE ONE, THE 26TH? WELL, I THINK WE DEFINITELY WANT THE 26TH, YES. OKAY. BUT IS THERE ANY UH, DESIRE FOR AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ON TOP OF THAT? OKAY. ALRIGHT THEN AT 5 52 THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.