Aug 25, 2026 Regular Meetings

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

THE CITY OF LEAGUE, CITY OF TEXAS WILL NOW COME TO ORDER IN A REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM ROLL CALL.

ANDY MANN.

HERE.

TOMMY CONES HERE.

TOM CRUISE.

HERE.

COURTNEY CHADWELL.

HERE.

SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM.

HERE.

CHAD TRESSLER.

HERE.

SEAN SAUNDERS HERE.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PASTOR THIS EVENING.

GREG THORSTENSON WITH DOMINION CHURCH ING VACATION SPEAKER.

PASTOR, YOU WANNA STAND UP AND THEN YOU'LL DO THE WELL, GOOD EVENING LEAGUE CITY.

30 YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE TO MOVE HERE AND BEGIN OUR CHURCH.

AND IN THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING BESIDE MANY OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO JOHN BAUMGARTNER AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP US BUILD OUR NEW FACILITY OUT ON CALDER ROAD.

MEN LIKE RON MAGDA, UH, JOE GONZALEZ, PEOPLE LIKE THAT MAKE OUR CITY GREAT EVERY DAY.

AND OF ALL THE CITIES IN THE WORLD, I GET TO LIVE IT'S LEAGUE CITY.

IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN CHURCH, YOU WOULD SAY IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

AND YOU WOULD SAY AMEN.

AMEN.

THERE WE GO.

WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE'LL BE TAKING AN OFFERING AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRAYER, SO DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES AND THIS COMMUNITY.

LET US BOW OUR HEADS.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE NAME THAT'S ABOVE ALL NAMES.

AND TONIGHT, GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR CLARITY, AND YOUR DIRECTION IN OUR STEPS AHEAD.

CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

LEAD US WITH YOUR POWER AND WITH YOUR PEACE.

AND MAY WE TRULY CHANGE FAMILIES AND LIVES ONE HEART FILLED WITH HOPE AT A TIME.

WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

AND TOGETHER, EVERYONE SAID, GOT IT THE SECOND TIME, .

WELL, I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR FOR THE DAY.

ADDISON RICHTER.

ADDISON RICHTER FOR MY ALMA MATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FERGUSON ELEMENTARY.

AND WE'RE GONNA LET HER DO THE, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

YOU WANNA KICK US OFF? WE JUST LOOK AT THE US FLAG AND WE SAY, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIGO FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

FOR NOW, WE DO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG.

I LEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP GETTING THIS MEETING STARTED.

OH, HOLD ON SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

REGULAR MEETINGS IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MEETING, UH, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED.

UH, AND NOW

[4. PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT ]

IF I CAN GET THE, THE LEAGUE CITY 11 U BASEBALL TEAM UP HERE.

COME ON BOYS.

ALL RIGHT.

AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS IS THE STATE CHAMPION 11 U LEAGUE CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.

ALSO, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, THIS IS THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN LEAGUE CITY.

LITTLE LEAGUE HISTORY.

THAT'S A LOT OF TEAMS AND A LOT OF YEARS.

UH, SO AWESOME BOYS.

I'M GONNA READ THIS.

WHEREAS THE, UH, THE LEAGUE CITY 11 U ALL STARS HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK, DEDICATION, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND PERSEVERANCE THROUGHOUT THEIR REMARKABLE SEASON.

AND WHEREAS THESE TALENTED YOUNG ATHLETES HAVE MADE HISTORY BY CAPTURING LEAGUE CITY'S FIRST EVER LITTLE LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BRINGING GREAT PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHEREAS THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT NOT ONLY THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT, BUT ALSO TREMENDOUS SUPPORT, SUPPORT OF THEIR COACHES, FAMILIES, AND LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY.

NOW THEREFORE, I NICK LONG MAYOR OF LEAGUE CITY PROUDLY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE LEAGUE CITY 11 U ALL STARS ON THIS HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE GREAT SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 25TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026.

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SO THREE KYLE.

GREAT.

NOW, NOW NEXT YEAR GOT THE BIG TOURNAMENT.

FOUR, FOUR PLAY.

WE WON'T SEE IT ON ESPN.

ALL RIGHT.

CONSENT AGENDA.

OH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ]

UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL NATURE OR ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM.

UH, FIRST PERSON UP, UH, DEANNA CARPENTER.

HELLO, I'M DONNA CARPENTER, AND I AM RUNNING FOR LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL, POSITION ONE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO, UH, THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

AND, UM, LIKE ANY GOOD CARPENTER, , SEE, I AM NO STRANGER TO HARD WORK.

AND I AM READY, READY AND WILLING TO DO HARD WORK ON CITY COUNCIL.

NO STRANGER TO HARD WORK.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD THEIR WHOLE LIFE.

I COME FROM A FAMILY OF HARD WORKERS.

THE 1800 US CENSUS LISTS MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER AS BEING BORN IN 1797 IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

AND THEY MIGRATED OVER TO ALABAMA BECAUSE THEY, UH, THEIR LIVELIHOOD WAS COTTON.

AND YES, THE ECONOMIC OF, UH, HISTORY AND, UH, PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY IS BUILT IN COTTON FARMING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.

AND SO THEY MIGRATED, UM, MOVING WITH THE COTTON FIELDS ACROSS ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHERN LOUISIANA WHERE I WAS BORN.

AND WHEN I WAS BORN, MY FATHER LOOKED DOWN AT HIS FIRSTBORN AND SAID, SHE WILL NOT LIVE THIS WAY.

AND THERE WAS TALK OF WORK IN THE PLANTS IN GALVESTON COUNTY, PARTICULARLY IN TEXAS CITY.

AND SO MY FATHER CAME HERE, UH, LEFT MY MOTHER AND I BRIEFLY, HE GOT A JOB AT MONSANTO WHERE HE WORKED FOR 40 YEARS, GOT A, A PLACE TO LIVE A CAR.

AND HE BROUGHT ME BACK.

AND THIS IS ALL I'VE KNOWN.

HE BROUGHT ME HERE AS AN INFANT.

I LOVE, UH, I WAS RAISED IN GALVESTON COUNTY.

I'VE LIVED IN LEAGUE CITY, A TA TOTAL OF 25 YEARS.

I LOVE THIS CITY.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE HOA, UH, FOR THE BRITTANY LAKES AS A, AT LARGE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER, MANAGING, UH, O OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN COMMUNITY ASSETS UNDER BUDGET WITHOUT FAIL EVERY, EVERY YEAR UNDER BUDGET.

AND, UH, BECAUSE OF MY FATHER'S SACRIFICE, I WAS ABLE TO GET A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION AT RICE UNIVERSITY'S BAKER INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY WITH A DEGREE IN, UH, POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH HONORS.

THEN I WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

UH, AND ON COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT I'M MANAGING A SERIES AND OVERSEEING A MANAGE A, A SERIES OF PROJECTS, BIG PROJECTS.

AND SO, UM, I, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I INTRODUCED MYSELF.

I AM READY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND WORK HARD.

I WANT TO LEVEL UP AND FRAME OF THE FUTURE FOR LEAGUE CITY AND WANT TO NAIL DOWN SOLUTIONS.

DINA CARPENTER FOR LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL POSITION ONE.

DINA CARPENTER FOR LEAGUE CITY.

POSITION ONE.

DINA CARPENTER FOR LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL.

POSITION ONE.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, GREG FITZGERALD.

GREG, I WOULDN'T WANNA FOLLOW IT EITHER.

IT MIGHT BE TOUGH.

THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. ORIGINALLY, I,

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I TURNED IT, I PROMISE YOU, NEIL FLY HIS HAND.

BUT, UH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD BE GOING OUTTA CHAIN OF COMMAND IF I, UH, HADN'T GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE, THE OFFICERS I HAD A CONCERN WITH.

BUT I'VE HAD THE VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF, UH, UH, MEETING OFFICER FLING.

HE WAS ON A BRAKE CHECK ON THE FREEWAY AT 96 FM 96, AND HE NOT ONLY, UH, KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS A BRAKE CHECK, BUT HE ACTUALLY, UH, HELPED ME MOVE THE BUMPER JUST ENOUGH WHERE THE TIRE CLEARED.

AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT EVER SINCE.

AND THAT WAS, UH, OCTOBER 6TH.

AND ORIGINALLY I'D SPOKEN TO OFFICER CHIS.

I MADE A, A CAR FIRE WHERE THE TRUNK WAS ON FIRE.

ACTUALLY, I MADE IT.

I SAW IT AND STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND HE WAS KIND OF THE ACTING AS A SOMEWHAT OF A INCIDENT COMMANDER.

AND HE HAD GRAY PRESENCE.

AND I THINK HE SAID HE WAS 19 OR 20 YEARS OLD.

AND HE KINDA HAD AN ISSUE WHERE I WAS PARKED.

I KIND OF WAS TRYING TO, UH, JUST GIVE HIM SOME POINTERS.

AND WHAT WAS REALLY PHENOMENAL WAS NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE PRESENCE, HE ACTUALLY LISTENED AND STOPPED A COUPLE OTHER TIMES, UH, AND ASSISTED ME JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, UH, HELPING A CITIZEN, MAYBE NOT EVEN OF THE CITY.

AND, UH, I'VE SPOKEN TO OFFICER MEUM AND MORRIS AND ONE OF THEIR GRANDFATHERS WAS THE CHIEF OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS MORRIS AND MEUM WAS, UH, RICKY, OFFICER OF THE YEARS, I THINK FROM WHAT I READ, IF THAT'S THE CORRECT NAME, HE SINGLE HANDEDLY APPREHENDED A CAPITAL MURDER SUSPECT.

AND THAT HITS HOME WITH ME.

HE'S MY BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN PARIS, TEXAS, AND, UH, IN 1985.

AND, UH, DANNY BECAME A, UH, BROTHER FIREFIGHTER.

HE IS IN MY ROOKIE CLASS.

BUT, SO I HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND I'VE ALSO HAD, UH, DEALINGS WITH OFFICER WILKINSON.

UH, THERE'S ONE, ONE YOUNG, REAL YOUNG GUY, AND I THINK HE HAD HIS HAIR THAT STOPPED AT THE HEB AND ACTUALLY CALLED ANOTHER OFFICER IN, WHEN I RAN OUTTA GAS THROUGH, THERE'S TWO OR THREE REALLY COOL OFFICERS THAT, UH, CALLED IN, UH, ANOTHER OFFICER WITH A GAS CAN.

AND THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL OFFICERS.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE I HAD A CONCERN WITH, I'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER.

BUT THERE ARE GOOD FIREFIGHTERS AND BAD FIREFIGHTERS.

UH, WHEN I WAS WITH THE CITY OF RICHLAND, WE HAD A GUY ABSCOND WITH OUR 80 SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND HE WAS A LIEUTENANT.

HE'D NEVER THOUGHT HE'D HAVE DONE IT.

THERE'S, I MEAN, MO MOST OFFICERS TRY TO DO THEIR BEST AND YOU HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONALLY FINE POLICE OFFICERS, AND I'LL ADDRESS THE MISDEMEANOR ISSUE.

'CAUSE I THINK MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS HAS TO BE, IF IT'S FILED AGAINST SOMEBODY, IT HAS TO BE FILED BY OFFICERS THAT HAVE GREAT DISCERNMENTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SIR, THANK YOU.

UH, IF YOU NEED TO REPORT SOMETHING, UH, DRE HICKS CAN ACTUALLY HELP YOU WITH THAT IN THE BACK.

WE'LL, HE'LL RAISE YOUR HAND.

THANK YOU.

UH, OKAY.

BRIAN HALLIGAN, UH, BRIAN HALLIGAN, 67 32 HIDDEN COLONY.

UM, MR. MAYOR, I WAS INTRIGUED BY YOUR CAMPAIGN SIGNS, ESPECIALLY THE SLOGANS ABOUT PUTTING TAXPAYERS FIRST.

'CAUSE I WONDERED WHICH TAXPAYERS YOU WERE GONNA PUT FIRST, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DONORS ON YOUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT TO KNOW WHICH ONES FIRST, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, DID YOU RETURN THE MONEY TO MR. CARL JOINER? THE MAN WHO'S JUST WAS FOUND, UH, WAS JUST LIED TO A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF MAN WE NEED TO BE CONNECTED WITH.

AND THEN I NOTICED NOT A SINGLE DONOR HAS A LEAGUE CITY ADDRESS.

THEY'RE ALL OUTSIDE THE CITY.

OF COURSE, YOU DIDN'T

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IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT OTHER FAVORS THEY'VE GOT FROM THEIR MONEY.

AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO NO DOUBT GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH.

AND THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES YOU TAKE THEIR MONEY FROM.

THERE ARE ALWAYS A STRINGS ATTACHED TO PACS.

UH, WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT PACS DO, WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY DO, UH, AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE STRICTLY TO LOBBY AND GET WHAT THEY CAN OUT OF YOU.

AND I WAS WONDERING, DID YOU TAKE ANY MONEY FROM THE FOLKS WHO HAVE A STAKE IN THE CITY? I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA PROFIT FROM THE CITY? SO WHICH TAXPAYERS ARE YOU PUTTING FIRST? IT CERTAINLY ISN'T ANY OF US.

THANK YOU.

UH, JAN BEL, UH, STUB STRUBY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

I, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LONG AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JAN STRUBY.

I LIVE AT THE, UH, IN LEAGUE CITY AT THE VILLAGE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE KEEP LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE.

UM, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE TONIGHT.

FIRST, WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE VISION TO INCLUDE THE ARTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ESSENTIALLY.

UM, IT IT'S, IT'S AN AESTHETIC CALLING CARD FOR VISITORS AND A FOREVER FORM OF ADVERTISING, WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA OR HARD COPY, IT'S ALWAYS AN IMAGE OF A SPECIAL PIECE OF ART PLACED STRATEGICALLY IN ONE OF OUR PARKS.

CONSIDER HOW MANY SELFIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OF FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE LEAGUE CITY PARK WITH THE MURAL ON THE SIDE OF OUR CABOOSE, OR MANY PICTURES POSTED OF PEOPLE STANDING WITH THE EGRET IN HERITAGE PARK, OR MANY PICTURES OF MUSICIANS, UM, IN FRONT OF THE MOSAIC.

AT, AT LONGHORN, OUR OWN MAGAZINE.

CITY MATTERS IS ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE SPECIAL PARKS WITH AN IMAGE OF THE CITY'S ART IN FRONT.

OUR ART IN PARKS IS APPEALING AND ATTRACTS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES WHO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT ART PROVIDES.

THE ART IS MAKING A STATEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE STANDARD OF LIVING BY SUPPORTING THE ARTS.

OUR CITY IS ALSO HAS A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE STANDARD OF MAINTAINING OUR PARKS.

OUR KEEP LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE IS MADE OF A VARIETY OF HIGHLY EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS WHO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY.

IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY'S PROPOSED 2027 BUDGET IS CUTTING $150,000 FROM THE BUDGET, THUS DISCONTINUING THE ADDITION OF NEW ART WITHIN OUR GREAT PARKS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET HAS NOT YET PASSED.

OUR COMMITTEE IS REQUESTING THAT YOU RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS THROUGH FOR, UH, IN PLACING ART THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.

ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED AND ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY, ELEVATING ART THROUGHOUT OUR CITY IS SAYING TO THE REST OF OUR GREAT STATE, THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY, WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY, AND COME AND JOIN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ABSOLUTELY.

DAVE BOWMAN.

UH, DAVE BOWMAN, THREE 10 SEA BREEZE COURT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF TOPICS I WANTED TO COVER TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE COME TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

UH, FIRST I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, BAY RIDGE, UM, WITH THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

PHASE THREE, PHASE TWO, AND PHASE ONE ARE NOW COMPLETE.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST SEVEN YEARS OF CONTINUOUS CONSTRUCTION, BUT BAY RIDGE IS, IS THRILLED.

WE GET A STORM AND THE WATER DISAPPEARS.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

UH, SECOND TOPIC, UH, FOLLOWING UP WITH, UH, JAN'S CONVERSATION, I'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE LEAGUE KEEPS LEAGUE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

AND WE'VE HAD, I THINK, A VERY POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON BOTH VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.

THE ART VISIBILITY HAS ACCELERATED FROM 2020 TILL 2026, AS WE'VE INVESTED MONEY IN ALL OF THE ART, UH, ACROSS THE PARKS, THE TRAFFIC BOXES, UH, THE MURALS, UM, THE, THE, THE LOCATIONS THAT WE PUT THIS IN.

UH, MY MAIN POINT IS THE 150,000 THAT'S BEING DROPPED FROM THE ARTS IN PARKS.

UH, BUDGET IS REPRESENTS 60% OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, AND THAT'S GONE FROM 150,000 TO ZERO AS WE UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE STILL HAVE, UH, LOBIT PARK, NEWPORT PARK, UH, BAY RIDGE PARK, THE BALLPARK AT LAKE CITY.

AND WHEN WE INHERIT, UH, THE, THE WALTER HALL PARK

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AND, UH, IF THE BUDGET GOES TO ZERO, WE LIKELY WON'T HAVE ANY IN 2027.

SO THIS IS THE PUSH AGAIN TO SEE IF WE, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTA INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR PARKS OVER OVERALL AS WE TAKE OVER WALTER HALL.

THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE ADDITION, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN'T PUT OR CONTINUE TO ADD ART TO OUR PARKS, UH, THAT WILL LOSE OUR VISIBILITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LYNN WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS LYNN WILLIAMS AND I LIVE ON PEARL STREET IN LEAGUE CITY.

I GRADUATED FROM CLEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, CAME BACK JUST, UH, 12 YEARS AGO, I GUESS.

AND MY QUESTION, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING 'CAUSE MY HOURS DON'T GENERALLY ALLOW THAT, BUT I COULD MAKE THIS ONE.

AND SIGNING UP.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD TALK AFTER BUSINESS , NOT BEFORE.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, ORDINANCE ON, UH, IT'S ITEM 26 DASH 0 3 46 AND 26 DASH 0 3 45.

THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES.

AND I'M THINKING THIS IS ABOUT, UM, THIS IS WHY I, I THINK ONE OF THEM IS PAT, HAL PARK MAYBE.

AND ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WATER AND SEWER.

AM I CORRECT? ANYWAY? UH, NOT EVER HAVING BEEN TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS BEFORE.

I NOTICED WE WERE GONNA LEVY SOME A VALOREM TAXES, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT PROPERTIES THOSE MIGHT ENTAIL.

SO WILL THAT BE COVERED WHEN YOU WE WILL DEFINITELY COVER THAT WHEN WE GET TO THOSE.

OKAY.

I'M SO SORRY.

I JUST THOUGHT QUESTIONS WERE AT THE END.

, NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

I DO WANNA SAY ONE THING THAT WE ARE IN, IN RETURN IN ABOUT THE ARTS.

SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA CALL A WORKSHOP EITHER FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, OR THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT ART STRATEGY AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THAT WILL BE BACK UP SOMETIME NEXT MONTH AS SOON AS THEY FIGURE OUT THE SCHEDULE.

UH, ALRIGHT.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA ]

SECOND, I WILL PULL, UH, SIX D.

DID YOU SAY D OR B? D AS IN DOG I'D.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO PULL E AS IN EAGLE, E AS IN ELEPHANT.

ALRIGHT, SIX, E AND D.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION.

UH, WE LOST TOMMY, BUT, UH, MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN FOUR.

NONE.

UH, NONE AGAINST.

ALRIGHT,

[6D. 26-0322 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing Addendum No. 1 to the Interlocal Agreement with the Galveston County Health District d/b/a Coastal Health & Wellness to expand eligible pharmacy services and establish payment for required medical visits (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service)]

MOVE TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET UP HERE.

SO, UH, YEAH, SO WHAT THIS IS IS THIS IS TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE THREE 40 B PHARMACY PROGRAM THAT WE IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

THE PROGRAM, UH, WORKED, I THINK IT SAVED, WHAT WAS IT, $78,000 OR RIGHT.

AND THAT, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WE'VE, WE HAD SEVERAL HIGH, UH, HIGH COST, UH, CLAIMANTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT THE ORGANIZATION, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN SPECIFICALLY MORE.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, IF WE HAVE NEW ONES COME IN, IT WOULD STILL SAVE US SOME MORE.

SO IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S FOR THE SPECIALTY DRUGS.

SO THOSE ARE THE VERY EXPENSIVE DRUGS.

UH, IT SAVED THAT, AND THEN IT ALSO GENERATED MONEY FOR INDIGENT CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE FACILITY, WHICH IS, MEANS A, A FACILITY THAT TREATS INDIGENT, UH, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO SELL US THE DRUGS AT MEDICAID PRICES.

WE THEN BUY 'EM AT MEDICAID PRICES.

WE GET THE SAVINGS, THE EMPLOYEES GET THE, GET THE SAVINGS AS WELL.

AND THEN ANY PROFIT THAT'S GENERATED OUT OF THAT HAS TO BE DIRECTLY SPENT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY FOR INDIGENT CARE.

SO SAVED US MONEY, GENERATED MONEY FOR INDIGENT CARE, SAVED THE EMPLOYEES MONEY AND THAT THIS IS EXPANDING IT TO IS BRAND NAME DRUGS.

SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST, UH,

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AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WITH THE RISE OF COST OF BRAND NAME DRUGS.

AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL PROBABLY HEARD OF IT.

SO ALL THE GLP ONES, THE MANNOS, ALL THAT STUFF, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BRAND NAME DRUGS AND ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S WHERE WE DRASTICALLY REDUCED THE COST OF THOSE DRUGS FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CITY AND GENERATE EVEN MORE REVENUE FOR, UH, INDIGENT CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MS. GRUS, THANK YOU.

UM, SO I'VE JUST GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS HERE, SO I'LL JUST TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME.

SO, UM, WHEN THIS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY CAME AROUND, WE WERE ANTICIPATING $450,000 IN ANNUAL SAVINGS.

UM, CAN YOU HELP ME RECONCILE THAT WITH THE 75,000 THAT WAS REPORTED? YEAH, SO WE DID, WE HAD SOME, UM, HIGH COST MEDICATIONS THAT WE HAD.

SOME FOLKS THAT WERE ON THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY HAVE LESS ORGANIZATION.

THOSE ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL OF WHAT WE WOULD'VE HAD IN SAVINGS ON THAT.

SO WE, OUR COST IS WELL REDUCED BECAUSE OF THAT.

THE REST IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE DEAL WAS NOT FINALIZED AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE SPLIT.

AND SO THE REST OF THAT IS KIND OF IN THE SPLIT.

SO WE'RE PROVIDING THE MORE INTO THE INDIVIDUAL CARE THAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

SO THERE'S SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

OKAY.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO FOR THE INT HERE? I KNOW THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, ORIGINALLY GIVING, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER TO THE, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING SEPARATE? THAT'S, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO WHATEVER THE SAVINGS WAS ON THE MEDICATION, WE WOULD SPLIT IT WITH THE, UH, COASTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS THE THREE 40 B PROGRAM.

OKAY.

SO, SO THE, SO WE JUST HAVE TO EXTRAPOLATE OUT FROM THE 70, 75,000.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SO, SO SINCE WE HAD THOSE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS FALL OFF, I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION THERE.

UM, WITH THE EXPANSION TO THE NON-SPECIALTY DRUGS, WHAT PARTICIPATION AND SAVINGS ARE WE NOW PROJECTING? SO, UH, WELL WE HAVE TO, IT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, SO THERE IS SOME OF THAT.

BUT IF WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT JOIN UP, THERE'S SEVERAL MEDICATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED IN THERE, ONE OF THE BIG ONES BEING THE GLP ONES, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, THAT COST QUITE A BIT.

YEAH.

BUT WITH THE, UM, UM, WITH THE PROGRAM ON THREE 40 B, IT'LL REDUCE OUR COST DRAMATICALLY.

I HAVEN'T, DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS FOR YOU AS FAR AS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.

COASTAL WELLNESS HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE IN THIS AND IDENTIFYING DRUGS THAT THEY COULD GET AT A LESSER COST AND, AND POINTING IT OUT TO US TO, TO, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

OKAY.

SO FOR TALKING ABOUT COASTAL WELLNESS, SO, SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS TIME IS WE'RE ALSO REQUIRING THE, UH, WELL, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING, THE CITY IS NOW GOING TO FUND $190, UH, VISIT FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

RIGHT.

SO WHAT CHANGED FOR THAT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME ABOUT.

UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT THEY BE UNDER ONE OF THEIR, THE, UM, UH, COASTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PHYSICIAN'S CARE.

AND SO THEY HAVE TO GO FOR A DOCTOR'S VISIT TO BE VALUED BY THE PHYSICIAN.

HE WRITES THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PROGRAM.

AND SO, UH, THE, WE HAD THE FOLKS GOING DOWN THERE, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT WASN'T WELL MET THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO GO DOWN THERE, SPEND $190 OF THEIR OWN MONEY IN ORDER TO DO THAT, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK.

AND WE STILL SEE AMAZING SAVINGS FROM IT THAT WE, UH, ARE WOULD LIKE TO START, UH, FUNDING THE $190 FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO, SO YOUR BELIEF IS THAT WITH THE 190, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE? I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE SO, YEAH.

PERFECT.

UH, LAST QUESTION.

SO WHAT ARE THE LIMITS ON ADDING OR REVISING THE ELIGIBLE DRUG DRUGS, UH, WITHOUT COMING BACK TO COUNSEL? SO, UM, IT, IT, WE ARE LOOKING AT NON-SPECIALTY.

SO IT IS KIND OF SET BY DRUGS THAT THE COASTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IDENTIFIES AS BEING A, UM, HAVING HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SAVINGS TO THEM.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE, WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM.

SO THERE'S, AS WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE ASKING TO ADD THE NON-SPECIALTY DRUGS.

SO IT KIND OF GIVES IT UP TO US TO WHERE WE DETERMINE THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME SAVINGS FOR THAT.

COASTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS WILL, UM, IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT HAVE A GOOD SAVINGS AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR SAVINGS PART.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, I, I LIKE THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

GLAD YOU CAME AROUND ON IT.

BUT, UH, THE BIG PART ABOUT IT IS, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING THE DRUGS, THIS WILL COVER PROBABLY ALMOST ALL OF THEM.

THE ONLY THING THAT COULD COME UP LATER IS IF BIOSIMILARS COME OUT AND THESE ARE LIKE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED DRUGS, THE ISSUE WITH THAT WOULD BE, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR COASTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO GET THESE SUPER SPECIALIZED DRUGS, BUT IT WILL NEVER REALLY MAKE SENSE TO EXPAND INTO GENERICS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SAVE 25% OF A DRUG THAT COSTS $4.

LIKE, IT JUST ISN'T WORTH YOUR TIME DRIVING DOWN TO TEXAS CITY TO GO GET 'EM.

AND

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SO BY COVERING THE COPAY, WE'VE NOW ELIMINATED ALL BARRIERS TO THEM.

AND SO THE, THE EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING THE DRUG AT NO COST, WHICH GENERALLY THESE DRUG COULD BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEE.

WE'RE GETTING A GOOD DISCOUNT, MONEY GOING TO INGEN CARE.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A NICE THING TO HAVE.

I'D ENCOURAGE OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES IN GALVESTON COUNTY TO PARTNER WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST KEEPING MORE OF THE PROFIT AT HOME, EITHER IN THE HEALTH PLAN OR IN CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT PLEASE VOTE.

OH YEAH, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST SIX E CONSIDER AND

[6E. 26-0330 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing additional expenditures under the three-year Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Services contract with Employers Health - CVS for associated costs through the remainder of the contract term (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service)]

NEW TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

MR. CRUZ.

SO WHEN THIS FIRST CAME AROUND, UH, COUNSEL ORIGINALLY APPROVED, UH, 1.5 MILLION NOT TO EXCEED.

UH, TONIGHT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO, FOR ADDITIONAL SPENDING WITHOUT A SPECIFIC CEILING, WHAT MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY, UM, ARE WE LOOKING TO APPROVE TONIGHT? SO WE'RE ESTIMATING, UH, THAT THE, THAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE UP TO 2.4 MILLION.

NOW THAT IS WITHOUT THE REBATES.

WITH THE REBATES ADDED, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANTICIPATING 600,000 REBATES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT $1.8 MILLION IS APPROXIMATELY HOW WE DO, HOW WE WILL END UP ON THIS.

OUR FILLS HAVE BEEN TWICE AS MUCH AS WE HAVE ANTICIPATED.

UH, WE DID A MONTH BY MONTH LOOK AND OUR FILLS HAVE BEEN, UM, DOUBLED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR A LOT OF THAT.

SO I, LET ME JUST ASK IT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, UM, WE HAD A NOT TO EXCEED IN PLACE, RIGHT? AND GRANTED THE 1.5 DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN, UM, NOT FOR JUST NOT FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM , BUT ARE WE SETTING ANY KIND OF A CEILING BEFORE THIS HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL? BECAUSE THE WAY I'M READING IT IS THIS IS JUST, UM, IT HAS NO, NOT TO EXCEED LIMITS ON IT.

NO, I I CAN GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF 2.4 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET A CEILING.

I, I I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, I, I I, I'VE GOT THE, UM, I'VE GOT THE, UM, SO, SO I GUESS REALLY WITHOUT A MAXIMUM, AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH REALLY THE QUESTION I'M ASKING? SO, OH YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I DIDN'T KNOW, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I'M SURE YOU ALREADY ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THE CONTRACTS BASED ON UNIT PRICING AND SO ANYTHING THAT'S COVERED IS GONNA BE ALLOWABLE.

THE REASON THAT THE NOT TO EXCEED NEEDS TO BE, UM, RELEASED IS BECAUSE WE AREN'T REALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE OF EVERYONE THAT'S GONNA PARTICIPATE TO WHAT LEVEL, BUT ALSO THE 1.5, I THINK, AS JAMES MENTIONED, INCLUDED THE NET AFTER THE REBATES.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO OUR SYSTEM FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, IT NEEDS TO SHOW THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE AND THEN THE REBATES WOULD COME IN AFTERWARDS.

AND MY QUESTION WASN'T ABOUT THE, THIS YEAR, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR.

IT WAS FOR THE FUTURE YEARS AS WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM, UM, THIS PROGRAM'S NOT EXPANDING, IT'S MORE OF A UNIT PRICING AND SO IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE A CAP SET TO IT.

YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SELF-FUNDED.

THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PHARMACY PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

SO IF EMPLOYEES GO FILL THE DRUGS, THIS IS WHO PAYS THOSE DRUGS, BUT WE ARE PAYING, THERE'S NO INSURANCE BEHIND THIS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THE COST AS IT GOES.

WE BUY STOP-LOSS TO COVER THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND THAT IS WHAT SETS THE MAXIMUM COST.

SO THIS SHOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE A ACTUAL MAXIMUM COST ON IT BECAUSE THE STOP-LOSS, THE PURE INSURANCE BACKS IT UP.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, IF YOU WERE TO PUT A MAXIMUM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO EXCEED ON IT, THEN THE EMPLOYEES WOULD STOP GETTING THEIR DRUGS WHEN YOU HIT THE MAXIMUM COST.

SO IT SHOULD REALLY NOT HAVE A MAXIMUM COST BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM COST IS BACKSTOPPED THROUGH THE INSURANCE.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY THIS HAS EXCEEDED BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF THOSE GLP ONES.

SO GLP ONE PRICES AS I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, RIGHT? NOT ONLY THE USAGE, BUT THE PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED.

THE SHIFT FROM OZEMPIC TO, UH, MAGNO HAS REALLY SPIKED IT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY SIX D IS MEANT TO KIND OF MITIGATE THE COST IN SIX E EVENTUALLY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE STOP-LOSS AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.

BUT THIS IS WHERE THAT IS, UH, THE STOP-LOSS ITSELF IS WHAT BACKSTOPS THIS WHOLE THING.

SO I GUESS MY CONFUSION WAS WHY DID WE ORIGINALLY HAVE A

[00:35:01]

OKAY.

I GUESS.

AND THE REBATES COME IN QUARTERLY AND SO IT'S THE NET.

SO IT IS FACTUAL THAT THAT'S HOW MUCH THE COST WOULD BE TO THE CITY.

I, I, I THINK HIS QUESTION IS WHY DID WE SET AND NOT TO EXCEED? I THINK IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT.

WE'RE USED TO SETTING NOT TO EXCEEDS ON CONTRACTS.

AND AS IT WENT THROUGH THE AGENDA PROCESS, WE JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT.

WE JUST DID IT LIKE IT'S ANYTHING ELSE.

IT, IT JUST WASN'T OVERSIGHT AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP NOW.

PERFECT.

THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST UH, SEVEN

[7A. 26-0317 Hold a Public Hearing on the City of League City's FY2027 Proposed Annual Budget (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]

PUBLIC HEARING OPENS AT 6 36.

THERE'S NOBODY ON THE LIST PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES AT 6 36, 7 B,

[7B. 26-0318 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopting the Annual Budget for Governmental and Proprietary Funds for Fiscal Year 2027 (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]

UH, FISCAL YEAR 2027, UH, TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED PER HP 1522, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 BASED ON TAX YEAR 2025 FY 2026 AND TAX YEAR 2026 FY 2027 TO PROOF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING UNLESS YOU WANT TO.

I DO NOT WANT TO.

IT'S JUST REQUIRED TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT REQUIREMENT.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT FOUR.

NONE AGAINST THERE'S NO OLD BUSINESS, NEW

[9A. 26-0339 Consider and take action to excuse absences (City Secretary)]

CONSIDER TAKE ACTION ON EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR COUNCILMAN MANN FROM AUGUST 11TH, WORKSHOP AND REGULAR MEETING.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

SHOULD WE MAKE HIM TELL US WHY I THINK SHOULD BE A DETAILED, A LESSON LEARNED FOR THE COMMUNITY, NO LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YEAH, IT SHOULD BE, UM,

[9B. 26-0321 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the award of RFP 26-043 for stop-loss reinsurance coverage for the City's self-funded medical and pharmacy plan for the plan year beginning October 1, 2026 (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service)]

MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WENT OUT WITH, UH, WE TEAMED UP WITH HUB AS A PARTNER FOR OUR WHO, OUR BENEFITS PARTNER.

AND WE, UM, PUT OUT AN RFP ABOUT, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO FOR A, UM, A STOP-LOSS PROGRAM.

WE CAME BACK WITH THREE PROPOSALS.

TWO OF 'EM ARE REALLY COMPETITIVE, AND THE FIRST ONE IS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

UM, AND IT'S LOOKING AT A PREMIUM, A TOTAL PREMIUM OF 1.980, UH, MILLION AS OPPOSED TO, WE HAVE TWO OTHER ONES THAT ARE VERY COMPETITIVE.

UM, THE 1.980, UH, MILLION IS, UM, $60,000 HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR FOR OUR STOP LOSS.

THE TWO COMPETITIVE ONES ARE ACTUALLY DECREASES IN OUR ANNUAL PREMIUMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANNA LOOK AT IS THE INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLES, AND THOSE ARE SET AT 150,000.

THAT MEANS THAT, UM, IF WE HAVE A A A CLAIM THAT GETS UP TO 150,000, THEN THE STOP LOSS WILL START TAKING OVER FROM THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND SO, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, THE, UH, THE ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR THE TWO OTHER COMPETITIVE OFFERS ARE 1,000,001 810,065 AND 1,790,982.

THE DIFFERENCE IS 190,000 LESS THAN OUR CURRENT PREMIUM FOR THE FIRST ONE THROUGH OPTUM, WHICH IS A RENEWAL.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS 129,000 LESS THAN OUR CURRENT PREMIUM.

THAT'S VOYA.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE IS THE, UH, BESIDES THE PREMIUM THOUGH, IS THE AGGREGATE ATTACHMENT POINT.

AND SO, WHICH THAT MEANS WHERE THEY START, START TAKING OVER ON A TOTAL COST TO INSURANCE FOR THE YEAR.

AND SO, UH, OPTUM IS A LITTLE BIT LESS AT 12,251,415, I THINK WE BUDGETED FOR 12.5 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR FOR OUR HEALTHCARE INSURANCE.

AND SO BASICALLY ONCE YOU HIT THAT POINT THAT IT'S WHEN THEY

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IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR OPTUM OR VOYA? VOYA.

VOYA, YEAH.

OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR VOYA, CORRECT? YES.

SORRY.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR VOYA BECAUSE OF THE LOW PREMIUM.

SO WOULD YOU, UH, REVISE TO VOYA AND ADD THE GENE THERAPY RIDER AS WELL? YES.

THE GENE THERAPY IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE PREMIUM COST IS THE AMWINS ADVANCE? IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT INCLUDED.

OKAY.

IT COVERS THE SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREMIUM COST.

OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL 29 8,000 IS NOT INCLUDED IN THERE.

CORRECT.

PERFECT.

WHO WAS THE SECOND COURT? YEAH, YOU GO WITH THE REVISED.

YEAH.

MR. CRUZ.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THE GENE THERAPY AND THE, UH, AMBULANCE, WHATEVER WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT IS? YEAH, SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE CLAIM, SO IT'S SAY LIKE A, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A VERY SPECIFIC DRUG, MUCH LIKE THOSE DRUGS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THOSE BIOSIMILARS, THOSE ARE DRUGS THAT ARE CREATED FOR A SPECIFIC DISEASE FOR A, A SPECIFIC PERSON USING LIKE THEIR DNA TO CREATE IT.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.

LIKE I'M TALKING FOUR TO $20 MILLION.

AND SO YOU'RE BUYING A POLICY THAT SAYS IF THIS HAPPENS, THEY WILL COVER IT IN PERPETUITY BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE A PERSON WITH A $5 MILLION GENE THERAPY DRUG THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE REST OF THEIR LIFE OR THEY'LL PASS AWAY.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF GENE THERAPY PROTECTION, NOBODY WOULD COVER A, YOU WOULD GET COVERED THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU HAVE A POLICY, BUT NOBODY WOULD RENEW OUR POLICY GOING FORWARD.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD PROTECT IT GOING FORWARD.

IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA CALL IT, LIGHTNING STRIKE INSURANCE.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT IF IT DOES, IT COULD DOUBLE OUR HEALTHCARE COSTS IN ONE YEAR.

SO YOU PAY THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND THEN THE AMWINS ADVANCE THAT IS KIND OF A CASHFLOW MANAGEMENT TOOL, FRANKLY, NOT NECESSARY FOR US.

THAT'D BE YOU PAY $28,000 AND GET YOUR MONEY A COUPLE WEEKS QUICKER.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A HECK OF A LOT OF INTEREST TO PAY ESSENTIALLY FOR SOMETHING YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NEED.

UH, AFTER TALKING TO STAFF, THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THE TWO OR THREE WEEKS IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE MONEY IS WORTH THE CARING COST OF THAT INSURANCE.

OH, MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST NINE C.

CONSIDER AND

[9C. 26-0240 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a Capital Recovery Fee Deferral Agreement with the Hope Center Enterprises, LLC for an amount not to exceed $460,000 at 1821 FM 528 in Webster, TX 77598 (Director of Economic Development)]

IT'S JUST A MAIL IN DU APPROVE.

SECOND MR. CRUZ.

OH, THANK YOU.

I I LIKE THIS.

UM, THERE WAS JUST TWO, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ON IT.

UM, HAVE, CAN STAFF CONFIRMED THE SECURITY LETTER OF CREDIT'S BEEN RECEIVED OR APPROVED AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE RESOLUTION SAYS THAT THE, UM, HOPE CENTER IS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 SQUARE FEET WHILE THE PROJECT MATERIAL DESCRIBES IT AS 58,000 SQUARE FEET.

UH, WHICH ONE'S CORRECT? IT'S 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE AWARE OF IT.

THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THE CHANGE, BUT IT IS 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, YOU'LL BE SIGNING A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN THE FIRST QUESTION, LET'S SEE IF I CAN, OH YES, THE LETTER OF SECURITY.

SO OUR CFO, THAT'S ANGIE STEELMAN, SHE'S AWARE, BASICALLY YOUR AUTHORIZATION TONIGHT IS PROVIDING THE CITY MANAGER WITH AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT ONCE THAT SECURITY HAS BEEN PERCEIVED BY THE CITY APPROVED BY THE CFO.

SO THIS IS KINDA LIKE A CHICKEN OR THE EGG.

THEIR FINANCING IS CONTINGENT UPON GETTING APPROVAL FOR THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES DEFERRAL.

BUT AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE A CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE DEFERRAL UNTIL WE HAVE A LETTER OF SECURITY, SO, OR A SECURITY DEPOSIT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

BUT WITH

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LET 'EM GET THEIR FINANCING, GIVE US THE SECURITY DEPOSIT, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

THANK YOU, MR. BA.

IS THIS THE, THE DEAL FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO? YES.

THIS IS THAT SAME DEAL FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT DIDN'T GENERATE ANY JOBS, WAS JUST KIND OF A, A HANDOUT TO SOMEBODY'S BUDDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR I I WOULDN'T WANNA CALL IT A HANDOUT TO SOMEONE'S BUDDY, BUT IT, IT WASN'T REALLY WHAT YOU LOOK FOR WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF I RECALL.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS THAT THE EVENT ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, WE DID COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT AN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY.

IF THAT'S THE SAME ONE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, THEN YES, THIS IS THE SAME PROJECT.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME SEASONAL PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT'S NOT, WHEN WE DO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WE DON'T BASE IT ON THOSE JOBS.

WE BASE IT ON THE FACT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A $10 MILLION INDOOR, 60,000 SQUARE FOOT SIX COURT MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY ON, ON THEIR DIME.

THEY'RE GONNA PAY TAXES ON IT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TAXABLE SALES.

IT'LL BE A, AN AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO USE.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO GENERATE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAXED.

YEAH.

OKAY.

I I'M VOTING AGAINST THIS.

IT WAS IT, AND IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR FY REMEMBER, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GIVING THEM ANY MONEY OR A, I'M SORRY.

A WE'RE NOT GIVING 'EM A PAYMENT.

NO, THIS IS A DELAY.

THAT'S ALL.

THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT.

IT'S NOT THE SAME DEAL, IS IT? CORRECT.

NO, IT IS SAME PROJECT.

IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S NOT THE SAME DEAL.

IT'S NOT THE SAME DEAL.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, SO IN, IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE DELAYING IT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT USING THE, THE MONEY GENERATED FROM THE FACILITY.

YOU GOT ME NICK, WE CAN STOP NOW.

, GLAD TO DO IT.

PLEASE VOTE MY DAD, NO ONE'S ASKING IF I CAN DELAY MY TAXES.

SO, OH, TOMMY, MOTION PASSES.

7 4 1 AGAINST THANK YOU FOR THE VOTE MR. MAN , UH,

[10A. 26-0346 Consider and take action on an ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of League City, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026; levying an ad valorem tax in payment thereof; setting certain parameters for the sale of the certificates; approving the preparation and distribution of an official statement; enacting other provisions relating thereto; and providing for the effective date thereof (Assistant City Manager - CFO)]