Sep 17, 2025 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT]

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EVERYONE. TIME IS 7:04 P.M. ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND CALL TO ORDER. THIS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND WE'LL HAVE PASTOR DESHAWN FREEMAN COME UP AND DO THE INVOCATION. LET US BOW. MOST HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS GOD, WE GIVE YOU GLORY AND HONOR FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR WAKING US UP THIS MORNING AND CARRYING US THROUGH THE DANGERS SEEN AND UNSEEN. WE ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE WOULD ABIDE WITH US NOW, THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH AND BLESS THE CITY OF MANER, AND THESE WHO HAVE THE POWER AND POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS. ALLOW US, LORD GOD, TO BE CONSTANTLY SENSITIVE TO THOSE WHO ARE CITIZENS. I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, FOR UNITY AND LOVE TO REIGN AMONG US. IT'S IN THE STRONG AND MATCHLESS NAME OF CHRIST THAT I PRAY AND ASK THESE THINGS BY FAITH. AMEN AND THANK GOD. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU AGAIN, PASTOR FREEMAN. THANK YOU. PASTOR. ALL RIGHT.

[EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS]

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STATE, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TO THE 15TH CIRCUIT OF OF APPEALS. THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S GOVERNMENT ACTORS IN THERE. KEN PAXTON IS IN THE LAWSUIT. SO IS SECRETARY OF STATE JANE NELSON. THERE WAS ELECTION COERCION HERE. WE'RE GOING TO THROW OUT THAT ELECTION AND HAVE A NEW ELECTION, I HOPE. AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT MEANS MOST OF THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, EIGHT MONTHS SINCE THE ELECTION WILL BE THROWN OUT BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE A VALID QUORUM. YOU GUYS STANDING UP IN COURT AND SAY, WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ELECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AND CERTIFIED THE ELECTION. YOU DON'T GET TO CERTIFY YOURSELF. THIS IS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE ON ALL THE COMMITTEES NOW. YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE. THE TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS YOU. YOU REPORT TO YOURSELF. ARE YOU GUYS THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE? NOW I WANT TO KNOW FOR ALSO, WHY IS THE MANOR COURTS UNDERNEATH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? WHY IS THERE NOTHING FOR PARKS IN THE BUDGET? WE'VE HAD THE SAME THREE, TWO PEOPLE LEADING OUR PARKS COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS NOW. THEY CAN'T PUT A PICKLEBALL COURT IN. THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT IN A PING PONG COURT. THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT IN ONE CORNHOLE BOARD. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HERITAGE AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT? REC DEPARTMT ANYWHERE? FIVE YEARS LATER, YOU STILL CAN'T EVEN PUT. NOW WE CAN HAVE A GREAT PLACE. I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER PARK YOU CAN PUT IN FOR LIKE UNDER $100,000. WILBARGER CREEK, YOU KNOW, BY THE SUICIDE BRIDGE. THAT BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 290 IS A IS A DEATH WAITING TO HAPPEN. BUT INSTEAD OF FIXING THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A LITTLE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OVER 290. THAT'S BECAUSE YOU VALUE MONEY MORE THAN HUMAN LIFE. THAT COULD BE A BEAUTIFUL CREEK. PUT SOME BAT BOXES UNDER THERE. SO ANYWAY, I GOT A TWO WEEK EXTENSION ON MY APPEALS CASE SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WORKING TO PROTECT MANOR DOWNS. TALK ABOUT COLLUSION. THAT IS ONE IN SPADES. IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG RIG AXLES THAT GOT GREASED ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE MISS BETHANY. BETTYE. HELLO. MY NAME IS BETHANY BARTELL. OH, I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ON SOME TOPICS REGARDING NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND HOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A PLACE THAT ALREADY HAS PERFECTLY GOOD LANDSCAPING THAT IS PROVEN TO BE WEATHER RESISTANT AGAINST MANY OF THE OBSTACLES HERE THAT TEXAS FACES DURING ITS WEATHER

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I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MIGRATION PATH BETWEEN WHERE THEY WINTER IN MEXICO AND TRAVEL UP TO CANADA. AND THEN COME BACK AT THE SUMMER. JUST ABOUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK, PASSING THROUGH THESE AREAS AND NEEDING A LOT OF THE LOCAL VEGETATION THAT IS BEING DEMOLISHED. THEY HAVE NOW JUST RECENTLY, LAST DECEMBER 2024, BECOME A THREATENED SPECIES. THAT'S ONE NOTCH BELOW ENDANGERED SPECIES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE 2 OR 3IN BIG, AND WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP IT ALIVE HERE TO IN OUR WORLD THESE DAYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ANY LAND WE CAN FIND THAT HAS THE CRITERIA THAT THESE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES REQUIRE TO THRIVE IS PROBABLY AS SIMILAR TO OUR THRIVING. AND THE BEES THAT PROVIDE ALL THE FOOD FOR US AS WELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE MISS RUTH BISCOE AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUTH BISCOE AND MY CONCERNS ARE. HELLO, EVERYBODY. HOW Y'ALL DOING? MY CONCERNS ARE TOPIC WOULD BE THE MANA DAMS. AS A CHILD, I WAS RAISED, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN TEXAS AND BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. AND BACK IN THE 70S, 60S AND 70S. WE HAD TO. MY DAD HAD A TRUCK THAT HE SOLD DIFFERENT ITEMS OUT OF TO BUY PROPERTY HERE IN MANA TO HAVE THE OLD COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ON MAIN STREET. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING OTHER THINGS THERE, AND I WAS SORT OF LIKE TRYING TO NOT HAVE IT DESTROYED, YOU KNOW, GET SOMETHING THERE TO CONSIDER. WORKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HIS FAMILY ORIENTATED, OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

WE LOST SO MUCH AFTER WORKING AS A CHILD. I WORKED THERE IN THE BOOTH WITH MY FATHER SELLING STUFF WHEN WE BOUGHT PROPERTY OVER HERE AND WE LOST THAT. SO MY MAIN CONCERN IS SAVING SOME HISTORY HERE IN TEXAS. THAT'S MY CONCERN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADDRESS CITY

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

ALSO KNOWN AS 8916. HILL LANE, MAYNARD, TEXAS. FOR TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. MR. ROBERT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. CAN YOU? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE. NOW

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YEAH, IT NEEDS A LITTLE WORK. THAT'S BASICALLY A FANTASTIC SPOT. AND WE SHOULD DO THAT FOR A SEMI-PRO SOCCER TEAM, FOOTBALL AND ALSO FOR MUSIC EVENTS. MR. JONES ACTUALLY SAID, WE WANT TO TEAR THIS DOWN. AND THEN OVER HERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT A CONCERT HALL ON PARKLAND.

IF IT'S PARKLAND, IT'S NOT A CONCERT HALL. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, HOW COULD YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS WITHOUT A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THAT'S THAT'S DEVELOPER AND CITY COUNCIL COLLUSION. SERIOUSLY, MAYNARD HAS BEEN PLAYED BY CHUMPS, BY AUSTIN. THEY BASICALLY GAVE YOU THEIR WAREHOUSE PARK AND MADE US PAY FOR IT. WE'RE PAYING LIKE WHAT, 14.6 MILLION? AND PLUS WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM THE PROPERTY TAXES 100%.

PROPERTY TAXES YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE AND 50%. PROPERTY TAXES YEARS FIVE OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR THROUGH 13. THAT'S IN THE 380 CHAPTER AGREEMENT. MAN. THEY'RE BASICALLY HIDING ALL THIS. THIS IS WHAT WHAT THIS SHOULD BE. IF THEY WANT TO PUT A FEW LITTLE SCRIMPY WAREHOUSES, THEY CAN GO NORTH OF HILL LANE. HILL LANE IS OUR EXIT ROAD FOR FIRE AND FOR FARMLAND. WE NEED A BUFFER SIDE OF 150FT, 200 ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT. BELOW THERE. GUESS WHAT WE NEED? THAT'S WHERE THE MANOR CEMETERY GOES. YOU GUYS ARE SUCH IN DELUSION. YOU DON'T THINK WE NEED A CEMETERY? YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT, WELL, GEE, WE NEED A CEMETERY. THIS IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. IT BALANCES OUT WHAT MR. MAYNOR PUT IN. HE PUT IN A CEMETERY AT THAT RIVER THERE, AND HE PUT A CEMETERY. THIS COULD BE THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND IT COULD STAY AGRICULTURE. HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION. HAVE THEY BEEN GETTING AGRICULTURE TAXES ROLLBACKS? THANK YOU SIR. THAT WAS TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE MISS BETHANY. HELLO AGAIN, CITIZENS OF MANOR. I WISH MORE OF YOU WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS GRAVE. AN INJUSTICE TO THE LAST NATURAL LAND THAT CONNECTS TO A CREEK IN MANOR. AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I'VE FOUND OVER NINE VIOLATIONS OF THE 2023 CITY OF MAYNARD ZONING GUIDE ON THEIR CONCEPT PLAN, ALONGSIDE 24 DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT ARE BEING COMPLETELY IGNORED, THAT ARE MANOR, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO HELP OUR CITY THRIVE AS HUMANS, NOT AS VEHICLES OR ROBOTS. I ALSO AM VERY DISTURBED TO FIND THAT THERE ARE OVER 12 HERITAGE HISTORIC HERITAGE TREES. THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE OVER 150 YEARS OLD, THE LARGEST BEING 47IN IN DIAMETER. THAT PROVIDES ENOUGH TREE CANOPY FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD BE WALKING UNDER IT. IT PROVIDES WHAT? ALSO, THE CODE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE OF MANOR ARE ALLOWED TO PROTECT THESE TREES, THAT ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL STATUS, IF THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH MOST OF THESE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONCEPT RIGHT THERE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, THAT MAY BE ACRE ALL THE WAY FROM LEFT, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT CONNECTS RIGHT TO THE CREEK RIGHT NEAR THE HIGHWAY THERE.

AND IT'S FILLED WITH NATIVE PLANTS, HABITAT, BEAUTY, PLACES TO GET R&R. FROM THE BUSYNESS OF THIS WORLD THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH YOUR MITIGATION STRATEGY. IF YOU ALLOW THIS CONCEPT PLAN TO PASS BECAUSE A ONE YEAR OLD TREE THAT'S FOUR FEET TALL WILL NEVER REPLACE 150 YEAR OLD TREE, THERE IS NO WAY. I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD EVER BE ALLOWED. THERE ARE ALSO TREE PROTECTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAY THAT THESE HERITAGE TREES CAN HAVE A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THEM TO PROTECT THEM FROM THESE DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL BURRELL, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD. THIS IS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE MAYNARD DOWNS INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED THROUGH THE ANNEXATION

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COUNCILMEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BESIDES THE TWO COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD? HAS ANYONE ELSE REACHED OUT WITH ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT? NO, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE, CAN WE PROVIDE CLARITY ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, THE TIMELINE OF WHY THE PROJECT IS IN IN FRONT OF US TODAY? YOU WANT TO DO THAT? WELL, AS FAR AS HISTORY PROJECT OF THE TIMELINE, I MEAN, THEY CAN'T GO FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THIS PIECE OF IT IS COMPLETED. NO, I MEAN, HOW WHY IT'S EVEN IN WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE CITY.

WELL, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE, AND THEY WERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ETJ AND I APPROACHED THEM TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO EXIT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HEDGE AND EXIT INTO THE CITY OF MANOR. AND THAT WAS ABOUT A ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW, AT WHICH POINT THEY RESEARCHED IT AND SAID, YEAH, IF WE CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. THEY RESEARCHED THOSE THINGS AND CAME BACK TO US AND MADE A PROPOSITION. WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY DID THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND SAID, YEAH, WE CAN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD SOME THINGS THERE THAT WE WE COULD BUILD IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TOO. BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY COULD DO IN THE CITY OF MANOR RATHER THAN AUSTIN. SO WE REACHED A WE WE LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND CAME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND Y'ALL APPROVED A 380 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM. AND WE REACHED A DEVELOPMENT, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND A 380 AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THEM SOME TAX ABATEMENT OVER TIME. AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO DO THE NOW NOW THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND NOW THEY ARE INTO THE PLAT AND THE THE EXCUSE ME, THE STUDY, THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR STUDY AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR THE APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GET THAT FIRST 849,000FT■!S OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ZONE. THEY'VE ALSO INCLUDED, FOR THE CITY'S BENEFIT, THE DONATION OF THAT NINE ACRE PARK. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO THE CITY GRADED FLAT SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP IT INTO A MUSIC VENUE AT AT YOUR DISCRETION. AND THAT WAS AN EXTRA ADDED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO. AND SO THE CITY'S BENEFIT WILL BE GREAT IN NOT JUST THE PARK, BUT WE'LL GET THE ADDED BENEFIT. ONCE THESE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT, WE'LL HAVE WE'LL WE'LL BE CREATING JOBS FROM THE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE, THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN THERE. THEY'RE PUTTING IN SOME, YOU KNOW, ALMOST, ALMOST WELL AT AT 849,000FT■!S OF SPACE IN THE FIT PHASE AND AT, YOU KNOW, $100 AT LEAST PER SQUARE FOOT, THEY'RE PUTTING IN QUITE A, QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF MAYNOR. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE WHERE THERE'S NOT MANUFACTURING SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF MAYNOR NOW. SO TO THE CITY IT WAS LOW HANGING FRUIT. AND SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND AND THE REASON THAT WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY ANNEX INTO THE CITY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND JUST TO TO CONTINUE ON THAT CONTEXT, WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THE CITY WHEN A LAND IS IN THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THIS IS THE ANSWER, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED, THAT MEANS THAT THE WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT LAND IS UP TO THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THE COUNTY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF MAYNOR. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND OTHER LARGE CITIES PETITIONED THE STATE OF TEXAS TO SO THAT THEY COULD NOT BE LANDLOCKED, THOSE LAWS WERE PASSED WHICH ALLOWED FOR CITIES LIKE AUSTIN TO EXTEND THEIR ETJ OUT AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL MILES, ABOUT FIVE MILES. BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION THEY WERE AT THE TIME. WHAT THAT MEANS IS A LOT OF LAND THAT HISTORICALLY IS WAS IN MAYNOR MANNERS ETJ. THAT

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AND LET ME LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEVELOPER FIRST, THEY WERE SET TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AND AND IT WAS ALL GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE OR, OR EXCUSE ME, TRAVIS COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE AUSTIN ETJ THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY WHENEVER THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY, THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP IT AS INDUSTRIAL, AND THEY WERE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO DEVELOP A LITTLE MORE OF IT. IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE DENSE THAN IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED NOW WITHOUT THE PARK, WITHOUT THE THE AMPHITHEATER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE STRAIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY CAN DEVELOP IT LIKE THEY WANT TO. SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BENEFIT TO GET THEM INTO THE CITY OF MAYNARD, WHERE THEY'D BE PAYING TAXES TO THE CITY OF MAYNOR AND NOT TO TRAVIS COUNTY. OR THEY COULD HAVE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND PAYING TAXES TO THAT CITY. WE'D RATHER HAVE THE BENEFITS HERE. THANK YOU SIR, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT. YES. YES, SIR. AND I SAID THE OTHER THING TOO, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AS AS THE CITIES CONTINUE TO GROW, IS THAT WE NEED ANOTHER EAST WEST ACCESS INTO THE CITY. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH. TRAVIS COUNTY, WITH THEIR TIA, IS TO GET A CONNECTION TO HOWARD ROAD. AND IN THE PROCESS, TOO, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TOLL AUTHORITY TO MAYBE GET ANOTHER ON AND OFF RAMP THERE AT HOWARD LANE. SO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, POSITIONING US TO GET ANOTHER EGRESS AND INGRESS INTO THE CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY THAT'S MISSING ANYTHING NORTH OF, SOUTH OF 290. SO I THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION TO TRY TO FIND SOME TRAFFIC RELIEF WITH LANDOWNERS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY SO THAT THAT WAS BENEFICIAL TO US AS WELL. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, YES. I JUST NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT. JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON A LOT OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. THIS WAS A PROJECT OF PASSION, OF OF LOVE FOR MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL. AARON WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AS WELL AS MISS BRISCO, AND HE HAD VERY FOND MEMORIES AND LOVE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AROUND THERE. I GREW UP NEAR AND AROUND HERE AND HAD ATTENDED THERE WITH OLDER COUSINS THAT CAME, AND SO WHEN WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK INTO MAYNOR, WE WERE VERY EXCITED AND WE WANTED A LOT TO BE DONE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AUSTIN, TX AND WE KNEW IT MIGHT BE A FIGHT AND WE KNEW THERE WAS ALREADY PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH IT, BUT WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK INTO MAYNOR AND MAYBE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT OF PIECE OF WHAT WE REMEMBER. WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO DO THAT, AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THAT WE IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE TO BRING IT BACK IN FOR US AND AT LEAST TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AND GET THEM TO COMMIT TO GIVING SOME OF IT BACK TO WHAT WE REMEMBER BY MAKING THE THE MUSIC VENUE HERE. AND I JUST DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK THAT WE JUST LET THIS LAND GO, AND WE'RE DOING THIS WITH THIS.

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THE EXTENT OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM IS JUST DRIVING PAST AS I EXPLORE THE CITY, TRYING TO GET A BIT MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT. THEY'RE EMPTY. DON'T LOOK IN THE GREATEST OF SHAPE, BUT I'VE NOT BEEN INSIDE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW GOOD OF A STRUCTURAL STATE THEY'RE IN, AS THAT WOULD LIKELY BE ILL ADVISED SINCE THEY WERE ON FIRE. BUT. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WEIR? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR ONE LOT ON 0.237 ACRES. MORE OR LESS. AND BEING TCAB PARCEL 238889, ALSO KNOWN AS 101 HUNDRED 102 EAST PARSON STREET, MAYNARD, TEXAS.

FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO C1 LIGHT COMMERCIAL. MR. ROBERT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT I USED TO START ALL MY SPEECHES BY SAYING, HAVE YOU GUYS FIGURED OUT WHAT HISTORIC DISTRICT MEANS? THAT'S WHAT I USED TO SAY A LOT. AND I TELL YOU, IT MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME THAT PUTTING MAYNARD DOWNS ON A WAREHOUSE IS SOMEHOW BRINGING BACK A PIECE OF HISTORY, OR SOMEONE SAYS IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE, AND THEN THEY DON'T EVEN DELIVER THE BABY. OKAY, NOW, THIS IS ANOTHER HISTORIC AREA. NOW IT'S PART OF MY LAWSUIT. I'M TRYING TO SAVE THAT LITTLE AREA. I CALL IT MAIN STREET. IT'S NOT A DOWNTOWN. ANYTHING. THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT FRIESS AND KNUCKLEHEADS DID THAT YOU GUYS BOUGHT INTO. SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHO THE OWNER WAS. AND I DID A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST, AND I GOT BACK, I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHO THE OWNER WAS BECAUSE TRAVIS TCAD WAS WRONG AND THE

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BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES UNFORESEEN BY THE OWNER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATION FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS, WHICH, PER OUR ORDINANCE, REMOVES THEIR LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING USABILITY FOR THAT SITE. SO THE INTENT WITH THIS IS TO GET THEIR PROPERTY REZONED SO THEY CAN ATTEMPT TO REINSTATE THAT GAS STATION USE ON THE PARCEL. OKAY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE SAME STUDY THAT WE WE HAD BE PROVIDED ON. 973 IN REGARDS TO CAPACITY AND NEED.

SO WE CAN HAVE SOME LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY IN WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GAS PUMPS. THAT WOULD BE FOR THE REGULAR ITEM, I'M ASSUMING, SINCE THIS IS THE PUBLIC, I'M SAYING IT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE. YES, SIR. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I GUESS FOR ME, FROM WATCHING PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LEFT TURN ON LEXINGTON AND, YOU KNOW, TEX DOT'S APPROVALS OR WHATNOT.

YES. SO THE BIGGEST CONCERNS, OF COURSE, BESIDES THE GAS STATIONS FOR THIS PARCEL WAS THE INGRESS AND EGRESS, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT BOTH OF THOSE TURNS, EITHER ON LEXINGTON OR OLD 20, CAN BE TIGHT. AND THERE WERE CONCERNS REVOLVING AROUND WHERE YOU COULD TURN IN, WHERE YOU COULD TURN OUT, AND WHAT TRAFFIC CONTROLS COULD BE IN PLACE TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TENSION WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT IN WAYS THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT DOABLE. CHRISTIAN IS HERE, HE IS THE APPLICANT, AND HE DID PROVIDE RENDERINGS FOR THE SPECIFIC USE ITEM, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO GO TONIGHT BUT WAS POSTPONED BY PNC SO IT WOULD BE POSTPONED TONIGHT. GO TO THEM AGAIN WITH THIS UPDATED RENDERINGS AND THEN BROUGHT BACK HERE. ALL THAT TO SAY, I DID NOT PROVIDE THEM IN THE BACKUP FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. BUT THERE IS THOUGHT AND STRATEGY BEING CONTEMPLATED FOR HOW WE CAN KIND OF DIRECT TRAFFIC AND ON AND OFF OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALLEY. SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL POINT THAT YOU CAN ENTER AND EXIT. MY ACTUAL CONCERN WAS THE TRUCKS THAT HAVE TO FREQUENT THAT STORE FOR DELIVERIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, CAUSING AN ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, AND ALSO THE TIGHTNESS. EVEN IF WE USE THE ALLEY AS A WAY TO GET OUT, IT IS TIGHT AND WE KNOW OUR DRIVERS HERE IN MANER, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND CROSS TRAFFIC TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT STORE WHEN EVEN IF YOU PROVIDE THE OUTGOING DIRECTIONS, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO TRY AND CROSS OVER.

AND THAT IS A CONCERN RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER FROM FOR ME PERSONALLY, ALSO WITH IT BEING TEX-DOT ROADS AND THE BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, THAT'S THAT AREA RIGHT THERE IS JUST IT'S JUST A PROBLEM FOR ME. I KNOW WE HAD A GAS STATION THERE AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY MOVING THE PUMPS TO THE OTHER SIDE. ALL OF IT IS STILL JUST CONCERNING TO ME.

AND ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE IT IS THE FOR THE MAIN GROCERY STORE, I ALSO HAVE KNOWN PEOPLE TO GET SICK FROM EATING OUTDATED FOOD THERE. SO WE WE NEED SOMETHING SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN THAT STORE UP TO DATE, AND NOT BECAUSE A LOT OF

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AND TRAVELING THROUGH NAVASOTA AND TAYLOR AND JUST DIFFERENT CITIES, YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY BE APPEALING. SINCE WE HAVE A SMALL BLOCK OF ONLY SIX BUILDINGS, PART OF THE THE THE RENDERING IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CONSISTENCY IN APPEAL FOR THE DOWNTOWN. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY TALKING TO EACH BUSINESS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK WAS IMPORTANT.

AND IN TALKING TO TEXDOT, BECAUSE TXDOT HAD SOME OPPOSITION IN THE PAST ABOUT ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEM TO BE ON BOARD WITH SOME SOME COVERING OF EACH BUILDING AND ALSO WORKING WITH THEM TO CONSIDER A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT OR ANOTHER OPTION OFF OF LEXINGTON TEXDOT SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS WITHOUT BEING A A BURDEN TO THEM. AND AND WE KNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, THEY DRIVE WHERE THEY DRIVE, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THOSE THAT NEED THESE SERVICES. WHAT COULD WE DO? AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT 1973, BYPASSED AT SOME POINT WILL GET BUILT. SO THERE WHEN THAT GETS BUILT, THE RELIEF OF THE BIG TRUCKS DOWN ON LEXINGTON AND PARSON WILL GO AWAY. BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE LOCAL TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THE CITY. AND, AND SO THE FACT THAT WE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING TO BUILD SOMETHING WHERE EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BARBERSHOP AND THE DAIQUIRI SHOP WITH A COVERING.

SO IF WE GET SOMETHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PARSONS DONE, THAT MAY SPUR A FEW MORE LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE. SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVEN DOWN BY THE LAUNDROMAT, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO FURTHER EAST. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE A DOWNTOWN THAT'S WALKABLE, BUT ALSO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE THAT INVESTMENT MADE BY THE BUSINESSES AND THE CITY IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WANT FOR DOWNTOWN. AND I THINK THE BILL BLOCK AND ERIC DAVIS'S IS A SHOT IN THE ARM. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO DO IT, ALL THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO WHAT WE WANT. LIKE WHAT ELGIN HAVE, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE WALKING TO AND TO AND FROM WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT IN THE DOWNTOWN. SO MAKE IT WALKABLE TO WITH GOOD ATTRACTIONS. AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT WE HAVE 100 OR 200 BICYCLES A WEEKEND COMING THROUGH HERE. NOW THAT WE GOT THE CONNECTING PATH TO AUSTIN

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CONFIRM THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE, OR DISPROVE THAT IT WOULD BE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE. SO I THINK GETTING THOSE GETTING THAT DATA WOULD BE IMPORTANT BEFORE MOVING ON ANYTHING. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE GROCERY STORE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOME OUTDOOR, SOME TYPE OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND EAT. BUT I AGREE WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. I AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING THE GAS STATION PART. BEING RIGHT THERE, AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE END OVER THERE. AND AND SO I THINK. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN IN THAT ENTIRE AREA MIGHT BE NECESSARY BEFORE. WELL, I JUST HAVE THOSE CONCERNS THERE. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, MR. GARCIA, YOU HERE THAT YOU WANT TO SHED ANY LIGHT ON ANYTHING OR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'VE SAID A LOT OF STUFF. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN ANSWER TONIGHT OR, OR OR WHATEVER. GOOD EVENING, CHRISTIAN GARCIA. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BIT TIGHT JUST BECAUSE THAT METAL BUILDING IS THERE. AND WE DO HAVE THAT PUMPS IN THAT CORNER RIGHT NOW WITH THAT CANOPY, WHICH IS I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CORNER. AND THEN ONCE WE TAKE THAT OUT, WE TAKE THE THE CURRENT PUMPS THAT WE HAVE THERE WITH THE CANOPY AND THAT METAL BUILDING, IT WILL JUST OPEN UP THE SPACE. ALSO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS I UNDERSTAND THAT PARK IS IMPORTANT TO MANOR, BUT THAT ALLEYWAY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND I FEEL LIKE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY JUST TO BRING THAT ALLEY TO LIFE AND BRING THAT PARK TO LIFE TO BE MORE USED AS WELL. SO I GUESS ONCE WE KNOCK OUT THAT METAL BUILDING WITH THE PUMPS, IT'S IT JUST OPENS UP THE SPACE A LOT MORE. DID YOU ALL ALREADY DO ANY DATA ON KIND OF LIKE TRAFFIC OR NOT NECESSARILY TRAFFIC, JUST KIND OF KNOW YOUR BUSINESS. SO YOU RAN SOME KIND OF NUMBERS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY FOR A GAS STATION THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? NOT NOT AT THE MOMENT. NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IS THE GAS STATION THE MAKE OR BREAK IT FOR YOU GUYS? IS THAT LIKE A YES? YES, MA'AM. TO MY TO THE CLIENT. TO THE OWNERS, YES IT IS. YES. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK I WOULD

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SO IF PEOPLE WERE TO PARK AND HAVE AN EXTENDED STAY AT THE AT THE GROCERY STORE, THAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN OPTION. THE THREE LOTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BUY DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE ART PARK WOULD BE THE OVERFLOW. SO THAT WAY, ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING DOWNTOWN THAT'S MORE THAN 30 MINUTES, PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION, THAT ALL THE BUSINESSES COULD, COULD DIRECT THEIR PATRONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MORE THAN TEN MINUTES. SO THAT WAY IT WOULD ALLOW THE CONVENIENCE TO STILL BE A CONVENIENCE. AND THOSE THAT HAVE EXTENDED STOPS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPTION FOR OVERFLOW PARKING. WHEN CAN WE GET THOSE NUMBERS ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW? I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. WHEN CAN WE GET THOSE NUMBERS ABOUT TRAFFIC COUNT? I WANT TO SAY MAYBE BY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS OCTOBER. LIKE THE FIRST. YES. AND WILL YOU GUYS BE OFFERING ANY JOBS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY? YES. SO WHAT WE PRESENTED IN DECEMBER, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT TECHNICALLY THAT DECEMBER PROJECT WAS IT WASN'T THIS ONE. WE'RE TRYING TO EITHER WORK WITH HEB OR WORK AS WELL WITH A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AND OPEN A COFFEE SHOP. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SPACE IN THE BACK TO FACING THE PARK. SO MOTHERS, KIDS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE KIDS OUT TO THE PARK, GO TO THEIR LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AND GRAB A COFFEE WHILE THEY SEE THEIR KIDS PLAY. SO IT'S IT'S ALL IN THE WE'RE ALL OPEN TO IT. YES. I'M SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT OR IS THERE AN OPTION IN YOUR VISION ABOUT MAKING A PICKUP SPOT LIKE PEOPLE COULD MAYBE LIKE HOW H-E-B AND WALMART HAVE THAT CALL AHEAD, HAVE SOMEONE GET THE GROCERIES TOGETHER, AND THEN WE JUST DRIVE UP AND PICK UP. SO SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S IT'S ALL IT WILL BE IN THE BACK FACING THE, THE THE THE PARK. SO WE HAVE TECHNICALLY SPACE THERE FOR MAYBE 2 OR 3 PARKINGS AND THEN IT WILL BE A PICKUP. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CITY IS WORKING WITH US OR WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THAT YOU GUYS PREFER PER SE. BUT YES, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE WE DID HAVE. I THINK IN ONE OF THE RENDERINGS THAT I DID, I DID HAVE IT FOR PICKUP, ONLY WORKING WITH EITHER HEB OR WALMART. BUT WE WON'T. WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED THAT UNTIL WE GET MORE LIKE A GREEN LIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, WITH A WITH THE WHOLE PROJECT ITSELF. SO WE COULD GET HEB OR WALMART AND IT FOR PICKUP. YEAH. THAT LEADS INTO MY OTHER QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO SAY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF PARTNERING WITH ANY OTHER GROCERY STORES TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ALSO OF LIKE THAT COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE HAD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ROTATE AND KEEP FRESH FOODS AND MEATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THERE. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OF THE GROCERS TO. THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT WAS H-E-B, BECAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY KNOWS H-E-B. SO YES, THAT THAT'S ANOTHER FOR FRESH PRODUCE. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH. I HAVE ONE QUESTION OR SORRY TWO. ONE FOR THE GAS. WOULD IT ALSO INCLUDE DIESEL AT THE PUMPS. I'M SORRY. WOULD IT INCLUDE DIESEL GAS AS AS OF RIGHT NOW.

NO IT WOULD JUST BE JUST REGULAR. YES. OR GAS. OKAY. AND THEN HAS THERE BEEN DEVELOPER PEOPLE. HAVE THEY CREATED A SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE. JUST AN IDEA OF LIKE CREATING A GAS STATION SLASH GROCERY STORE SEATING AREA AND A SPACE THIS SIZE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, OR IS THIS LIKE A FIRST TIME LIKE, IS THERE A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CREATED BEFORE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TO SEE HOW IT'S OPERATED? OR WOULD THIS BE LIKE SOMETHING NEW HERE AND MANNER OR ANYWHERE? I HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE OR THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE BEFORE. I COULD PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE TO THE. BUT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THAT'S WHERE NORMALLY. SO EVERY TIME I COME OVER HERE IT'S YEAH. YEAH.

SO THAT WORKS OUT FOR US. WE HAVE IT I MEAN I FEEL LIKE LEXINGTON AND PARTS OF THIS SIMILAR WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC BUT OKAY. YEAH I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE I DO SEE IT AS A VERY TIGHT SPACE. AND FOR THE. EVEN WITH THE FENCING THERE THAT WE'RE SAFE.

IT'S NOT AS STURDY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE CARS COULD EASILY BE CONTROLLED KIND OF THING.

AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GO IN AND OUT ESPECIALLY WELL. LUCKILY, SINCE THERE'S NO IF

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THIS ONE, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO TWO. SO WHERE'S MORE INDEPENDENT? SO WE HAVE A WE COULD PROVIDE A CONTRACT WITH THE GAS PROVIDER WHICH WILL BE THE SMALLER TRUCKS NOT THE 18 WHEELERS. COME OVER HERE AND FILL UP THE TANK. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE AN INDEPENDENT GAS STATION, THAT WE COULD PROVIDE A CONTRACT WITH THAT. SO THE TIME WISE OF WHEN THEY COME AND FILL UP THE TANKS AND NOT BRING THE 18 WHEELERS, IT'LL BE THE SMALLER TANKS TO FILL UP. I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE THERE'S TELEPHONE POLES IN THAT ALLEYWAY. CORRECT. SO GETTING THAT STUFF MOVED IN ORDER TO, IN ORDER TO OPEN UP THAT ALLEYWAY IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE POLES IS ALREADY LEANING. THERE'S LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL BACK THERE. AND I FEEL LIKE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND WORKING WITH US, IT'S THAT ENTIRE BLOCK. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD WE COULD DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT. AND COUNCIL, I THINK TO TO THAT POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER WALLACE ABOUT THE POLES, IF WE LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE BY BILL BLOCK ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE OF LEXINGTON, THERE WERE SOME OLD, OLDER POLES. AND WITH THAT PROJECT, THAT INVESTMENT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE UPGRADES THAT I THINK BLUEBONNET REQUIRED IS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE POLES WERE WERE UPGRADED BECAUSE IT WAS TO MAKE ANOTHER $4 MILLION INVESTMENT WITH OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, WAS NOT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD LOOK AND THAT'D BE THE SAME, I THINK, ON THE ALLEY, IF THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED WORKING WITH BLUEBONNET, MORE LIKELY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET EVERYTHING TO BE UP TO UP TO STANDARDS FOR THEM AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT.

OUR MAIN CONCERN IS SAFETY FIRST. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MICHAEL. IS THIS CONSIDERED? I KNOW IT'S FAKE, BUT IS DOES THIS HAVE ANY HISTORICAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION ON IT THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP UP OR ANYTHING? OFFICIALLY NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY, GOOD. AND IS. IS THERE ALREADY LIKE AN ARCHITECTURAL. LINE I GUESS. IS IT LIKE A MOORE WAS SAYING. IT WAS IT'S IT'S IT WILL BE LIKE BEGINNING OF THE REVAMPING AND THE REMODELING OF THIS YEAR. IS THERE ALREADY ESTHETICS OR JUST KIND OF SPECS THAT ARE. SO WE DO HAVE MASONRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS AREA MANNER THAT DICTATE A CERTAIN PERCENT OF MASONRY ON YOUR PRIMARY FACADE AS WELL AS YOUR SIDES, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THEM TO ACHIEVE THAT MORE RUSTIC FEEL. AS IT WAS UPON INITIAL CONSTRUCTION. IF THE DEVELOPER IS OPEN TO IT, OF COURSE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY HANDLED THROUGH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND THE SITE PLAN AND BUILDING PERMIT, NOT THE ZONING. RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN HERE, THEY WOULD KIND OF BE GRANDFATHERED IN INTO WHATEVER WE'VE ALREADY HAD. LIKE YOU SAID, JUST THE REGULAR REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT THE FACADE HAS TO BE WITH THE MASONRY. SO THEY WOULDN'T BE GRANDFATHERED BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST THEIR NEW LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM WITH WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. BUT IN THIS AREA, WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY THE MASONRY REQUIREMENTS TO KIND OF ENHANCE THE THE OLD TOWN MANOR LOOK OKAY OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER. OKAY. NEVER MIND. I'LL ASK. OKAY. I WANTED TO KNOW HOW OLD, HOW LONG AGO DID WE HAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS? LIKE ARE THEY NEW? ARE THEY 19? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY? YES. THAT WE HAD FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR. YES, FOR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT. DO YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME WE'VE UPDATED THOSE 2017, 2017? OKAY, ALMOST.

HOW OFTEN DO THOSE GET UPDATED? THE BUILDING? WELL, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN UPDATED MUCH. SECTIONS OF OUR ORDINANCE HAVE, OF COURSE CHANGED OVER TIME AS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ALTERED. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND

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NUMBER THREE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ONE LOT ON .237 ACRES, MORE OR LESS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY. PARCEL 238889, ALSO KNOWN AS ONE 100 OR 102 EAST PARCELS 3 MILLION. TEXAS FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO C1 COMMERCIAL LIGHT. YES, SIR, MR. ROBERT. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE PICTURE AT ALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING THEY HAD. A PRESENTATION, SHOWED A FEW INTERESTING THINGS IN THEIR PRESENTATION. THEY SEEM TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO TALK EVERYBODY INTO PUTTING AN AWNING AROUND THERE. WELL, THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF EMPTY WORDS. YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO FEEL PART AND WELCOME INTO THE COMMUNITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LIKE, FOCUS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THESE PEOPLE UP HERE, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS WANT FOR THAT HISTORIC AREA. THIS WAS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEY PAID 360,000 BUCKS OR SOMETHING FOR THAT. SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU THERE. THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING AT ART PARK. ART PARK IS A PARKING LOT. IT'S BEEN A PARKING LOT WITH ROAD DIRT. AND.

PARDON ME, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS US, NOT THE AUDIENCE. OH, I'M SORRY, BUT HERE'S THE TOURS MAP.

YOU GUYS SAY OUR WHOLE CITY IS BLIGHTED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A REGIONAL LEADER. WHICH IS IT BLIGHTED OR IS IT A REGIONAL LEADER? I'M NOT SURE WHY. YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, MAYNOR IS FUNKY.

THAT METAL BUILDING IS OUR FUNKINESS. IF WE LOSE OUR FUNKINESS, WE HAVE NOTHING. YOU UNDERSTAND? MAINER'S HISTORY IS IT'S RURAL, SMALL TOWN, FUNKY HISTORY. SOMEDAY, MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN PUT JAMES B MAYNOR ON THE WEB PAGE FOR MAYNOR HISTORY. AS FAR AS ART PARK GOES, I HAD THE AUTHOR OR, EXCUSE ME, THE PAINTER THAT DID A MURAL OF HARRIET TUBMAN. THEY'RE READY TO PUT A MURAL OF HARRIET TUBMAN IN THE ART PARKER THAT WOULD BRING 10,000 PEOPLE A YEAR JUST TO TAKE A SELFIE. AND WHY DID YOU GUYS TURN THAT DOWN? WHY? WHY? YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.

YOU KNOW, I SAY, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, TO BE CONTINUED. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR.

COME ON. MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY POSTPONED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM OPEN UNTIL THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER, SO THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CAN HEAR THIS AGAIN. YES, SIR. AND WE ALL MAKE SURE TO PASS ON THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOW THE TRAFFIC STUFF. I MEAN, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR.

COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LEAVE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE UNTIL THE OCTOBER 15TH, 2025 MEETING. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WARE? AND THE QUESTION IS TO THE MOTION. NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER, IN WHICH THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY FOR CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL.

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TO EXECUTE THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO OPT INTO PURDUE FARM PHARMA LP AND SECOND FAMILY OPIOID SETTLEMENT. ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU WANTED TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MORENO. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO NUMBER

[REGULAR AGENDA]

LIKE THOSE TREES DURING TO SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SAVE. IF YOU IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SAVE SOME OF THE HERITAGE TREES, CERTAINLY WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THEIR OPTIONS IN TERMS OF TREE MITIGATION RATIOS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN REPLACE RELOCATE OR WHATEVER IS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK. ALSO TO THAT CONCERN. IF THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE PLACE, MAYBE IN SOME OPEN SPACE ON THEIR AREA, THAT THEY COULD PUT SOME OF THE NATURAL VEGETATION FOR OUR AREA THERE TO ENHANCE ANIMAL WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, LIKE MAYBE CREATE A LITTLE LIKE A PRESERVE OF SOME SORT. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CERTAINLY SUGGEST IT. YES. THANK YOU. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN FOR MANOR DOWNS INDUSTRIAL. BEING SEVEN LOTS ON 146.92892 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND BEING TCAD PARCELS 2479 7224 7974 2479. 8724798624798424797347739. I MEAN 477389247991. ALSO KNOWN AS 80 916 HILL LANE MANOR, TEXAS. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WEIR? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE FOR ONE LOT ON .2376 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING TCA PARCEL 2388889, ALSO KNOWN AS 100 200 EAST PARSON STREET, MANOR, TEXAS, FROM DB DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO C1 LIGHT COMMERCIAL. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ONE HAS

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GOTCHA. THE ASTRID FROM LEGAL. YES. THANK YOU MUCH. DID YOU STILL WANT US TO TRY TO GET THE DATA FOR THIS ITEM OR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SUPP? COUNCIL MEMBERS? DO YOU WANT TO JUST BRING BOTH BACK, OR DO YOU WANT TO DO ONE AND DO THE OTHER ONE? WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION OR QUESTION. OH, IT'S A COMMENT. CAN WE BRING BOTH BACK WITH OUR MOTION AT THE SAME TIME? YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ONE ITEM AT A TIME. YEAH. SO IT'S IN YOUR MOTION. YEAH. I NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT IF YOU BRING THEM BOTH BACK. THE SECOND ITEM WILL COME TO OCTOBER 15TH. AND SO THIS ITEM, BECAUSE IT ALREADY WENT TO P AND Z, THIS ITEM WOULDN'T GO BACK TO P AND Z. SO THAT'S THE MOTION. YOU CAN EITHER ACCEPT IT OR WE GET THE DATA. BUT EITHER WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO COMPLEMENT THE SUPP.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S I CAN EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE, IF YOU WILL, IF THIS ITEM IS EFFECTIVELY POSTPONED, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER P AND Z, AS MR. MOORE SAID. SO THE FIRST READING FOR THIS WOULD COME BACK ON OCTOBER 15TH. THE SUPP WOULD THEN HAVE TO COME BACK IN THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TWO READINGS, IT ONLY HAS ONE, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR ZONING FINALIZED BEFORE YOU CAN APPROVE AN SUPP.

SO I THINK WHAT WHAT YOU ALL BEFORE YOU ALL I THINK WHAT YOU ALL MAYBE SHOULD DO IS GIVE THEM A WHAT YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. I THINK MAYBE GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DATA PIECE AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND WHAT THEY COULD DO TODAY OR NOT DO TODAY, THAT WILL KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING ON. HOW WOULD I WORD THAT? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THE RECOMMENDATION IS, SINCE THIS IS FIRST READING, YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE SECOND READING AND APPROVING. A FIRST READING IS JUST THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING THE PROCESS. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT AT SECOND READING, DEPENDING ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GET. OR AGAIN, YOU CAN POSTPONE. AND LIKE MICHAEL ALREADY, MR. BURRELL HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AFTER P AND Z MEETS. SO IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU UNTIL THE 15TH.

DOES THAT ANSWER OR PROVIDE CLARIFICATION? SO IN REGARDS TO THE TWO, ONE IS IS ALREADY WE ALREADY HAVE DIRECTION ON ON THAT ONE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE DOESN'T. THE VOTE TONIGHT FOR THAT DOES NOT NEGATE ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PROCESS. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING OR YOU CAN'T GET THE ANSWERS, OR IT CAN BE RESOLVED, AND AT THE SECOND READING IS WHERE YOU WOULD FORCE YOUR OPINION, WOULD YOUR VOTE? MAKE SENSE? IS THAT WHY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN? PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN FOR THE NEXT ITEM. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. THE ZONING PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF BUNCHING THE TWO TOGETHER WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE ITEMS. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST READING? DO WE HAVE TO PUT IN ALL OF THE

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THE SECOND READING DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OCCUR AT THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER.

CORRECT. WE CAN HAVE IT COME BACK THE SAME TIME AS THE SUPP. SO WE COULD ALSO DO THAT. THAT WAY YOU STILL HEAR THEM AT THE SAME TIME FOR YOUR SECOND READING OF THE ZONING AND THEN YOUR SUPP ON THE 15TH THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, APPROVE IT. THE FIRST READING TODAY HAVE IT. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST ONE I'M SAYING. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND OPTION, WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT TAKING ACTION ON IT AT ALL AND POSTPONING THAT. YES, SIR. THEN THAT WILL PUSH THE ENTIRE THING INTO NOVEMBER. SO THOSE ARE Y'ALL'S OPTIONS. UNLESS THERE'S A ANOTHER Q AND A OR A COMMENT OR QUESTION. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS THE Q&A IS CHANGING IT. GOING FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL. DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE ABOUT THE THE MATERIALS, THE FACADE FOR THAT AREA? NO, IT WAS OH, WELL, YES. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. THERE'S A LOWER REQUIREMENT. C1 WOULD HAVE A LOWER REQUIREMENT FOR MASONRY OKAY. AND THE GAS STATION PORTION OF IT IS WHAT CHANGES IT FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO COMMERCIAL. YES. IN ORDER TO DO THE GAS STATION THEY HAVE TO BE AT MINIMUM C1. THEN APPLY FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OKAY. QUESTIONS OR A MOTION. CAN WE PUT IT, CAN WE PUT IT IN THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD.

AGAIN? VERONICA RIVERA ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO PUT IN ANY INFORMATION ON MASONRY. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE STATE STATUTE. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A HISTORIC DISTRICT SETTING, BECAUSE YOU CAN REQUIRE MASONRY THERE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO HIGHER, THEN YOU'D NEED TO HAVE A HIGHER ZONING CATEGORY AND THEN ONLY ALLOW FOR THAT ONE SPECIFIC USE IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT SO THAT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE STAY WITH US. THAT MASONRY REQUIREMENT, OR WHAT YOU CAN ALSO DO IS ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL WITH REGARD TO MASONRY. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON WHAT ELSE. YOU KNOW, THE GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

APPROVING THE FIRST READING HAS NO BEARING ON THAT. OKAY. APPROVAL. THAT'S ALL STUFF THAT WE CAN CLARIFY DURING THE SECOND WHEN IT COMES BACK. YES THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT DO YOU WANT TO START START IT LATER OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP MOVING AND GET THE ANSWERS TO YOUR TO YOUR GET THE ANSWERS IN THE 15 BY THE 15TH TO MAKE A DECISION. OKAY. I'LL

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MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR ONE LOT ON 0.2376 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING TCAD PARCEL 23889, ALSO KNOWN AS 100 AND 102 EAST PARSONS STREET, MAYNARD, TEXAS. FROM DB DOWNTOWN BUSINESS TO C1 LIGHT COMMERCIAL WITH THE PROVISION OF THE DIRECTION GIVEN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WARE. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MORENO? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FOR ONE ITEM. WHAT IS THIS? TEN NEEDS A MOTION FOR POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 15TH. YES, SIR.

THAT'S. LANGUAGE IS ALREADY THERE. SO WE JUST NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE ITEM NUMBER TEN UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH, 2025.

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. WELL, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN. WHERE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NUMBER 11.

CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ALLOWING UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT FOR QUALIFYING MEMBERS OF TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, AND INCREASING THE RATE OF DEPOSITS TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS BY EMPLOYEES. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU A REQUEST TO UP THE PARTICIPATION RATE FOR OUR PENSION PLAN FROM 7% TO 8%. WE DID DO A SURVEY, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS 99.9%. I HAD ONE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL NEW BILLS GOING IN WITH LEGISLATOR. HOUSE BILL 3161 ALLOWED FOR TMRS TO EXTEND IT FROM 7% TO 8%. AND SO STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT WE COULD UP OUR PERCENTAGE TOWARDS OUR RETIREMENT PLAN. WHAT'S THE CURRENT UPDATED SERVICE? SO WHAT UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND THE COLA SO WE DON'T GET COLA OKAY. AND THEN WHAT'S THE UPDATED UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BACKDATE FROM 7% BACK TO THE DAY ONE OF OUR OUR RETIREMENT. AND SO WHAT THAT COST IS, IS AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 THIS YEAR TO THE BUDGET, WHICH I'VE ALREADY PUT IN BUDGET BECAUSE WHAT I ON THE TMRS WEBSITE, I'M SORRY, SHOWING ON THE TMRS WEBSITE, IT'S SHOWING NO UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT. IT SAYS NO. WE WERE REQUESTING WE ARE GETTING WE ONLY DO. WE'VE ONLY DONE IT ONCE PRIOR THE UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT. THE LAST TIME I CAME TO COUNCIL BACK IN 2016, IN REGARDS TO CHANGING THE PERCENTAGE THEN WAS FROM 5% TO 7%, AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THIS WILL NOT BE A REOCCURRING THING. THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING.

IT'S NOT. IT'S AN AD HOC IT'S A ONE TIME THING, OKAY? IT WILL NOT CONTINUE EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST THIS ONE TIME TO GO BACK. OKAY. AND THE COUNTY EVERYONE RIGHT NOW IS SEVEN AND THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE AT 6%. SO YOU CAN GO DOWN AS LOW AS 3% IN TMRS. SO AND LIKE I SAID, THIS BILL JUST CAME INTO EFFECT. YOU COULD NOT YOU CAN'T EVEN I COULDN'T BRING IT TO COUNCIL UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.

OKAY. SO. WHO'S WHO'S COMING IN AT. WHO ELSE IS IS BRINGING IT TO EIGHT. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE ROUNDTABLE THAT I'M IN. SEVERAL CITIES ARE TRYING TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. THEY'VE JUST GOT TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW MANY I KNOW. IT WAS A BIG TALK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PERCENTAGE RATE GOING UP AND PUTTING THE EMPLOYEES, PUTTING 8% IN. OKAY, YEAH. BECAUSE I'M

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WHAT IS THAT LOOK AT? WHAT IS THAT COST POTENTIALLY A RETIREMENT? SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. CITY HAS A 2 TO 1 MATCHING RATE. SO AS OF LIKE RIGHT NOW WHAT IS OUR POTENTIAL. SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PERSONNEL THEMSELVES. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ON THOSE LEVELS YOU WANT TO TALK MORE LIKE WITH THEIR ACTUARIES AND SUCH. AND SO UNFUNDED RIGHT NOW ACTUARIES WERE AT 85%, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND OUR SIZE. YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF FULLY FUNDED. REALLY. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. SO WITH OUR SIZE. AND WHAT HAPPENS ALSO IS WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE CITY AND THEY TEND TO CASH OUT THEIR RETIREMENT, THEY ARE TAKING THE PORTION THAT WAS. CONFIGURED FOR THE CITY TO PAY AT THEIR RETIREMENT GOES BACK INTO OUR POT. SO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IT GOES BACK TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD 14. SO THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO YOUR UNFUNDED. SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S NOT A TRUE FACT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN RETIRE. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO RETIRE WITH THE CITY. AND SO ANYTHING THAT'S UNFUNDED ON YOUR ACTUARIES WILL GO BACK IN. SO WE NOT PUTTING THE FUNDS AWAY WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR MATCH. IS IT JUST IT SITS THERE. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEAVE THE CITY THEY DON'T. HERE'S ANOTHER EFFECT AS WELL, IS THAT IF WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO RETIRES AND WITHIN SO MANY YEARS THEY DIE, THEIR PORTION, THE CITY'S PORTION, WHATEVER WAS LEFT IN THEIR POT COMES BACK TO THE CITY AS WELL. THE SAME THING WITH ANYBODY WHO LEAVES EMPLOYMENT THOUGH THAT FUND. IT'S SAYING IT GOES TO THEM, WHEN IN ALL ACTUALITY IT'S SITTING THERE IN OURS. IT'S GOING TO BE SO. SO LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S THERE'S 100 EMPLOYEES. AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE TEN YEARS. AND THEY'VE DONE THE 7% PAY IN ANNUALLY, WHICH MEANS WE'RE WE'RE DOING TWO TIMES THAT. RIGHT? RIGHT. WHEN THE RETIREMENT ONLY AT RETIREMENT. SO NOT LIKE I SAID, NOT EVERYBODY. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELIGIBLE. WE HAVE A FEW RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. I WANT TO SAY FIVE. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WE SHOULD THERE'S SOMEWHERE THERE SHOULD BE A PROJECTION IN REGARDS TO, FOR OUR ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THAT POTENTIAL NUMBER COULD BE. AND I'M ASKING HOW MUCH IS IS SET ASIDE. WHAT WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL AS IT STANDS NOW AND THEN? HOW MUCH IS SET ASIDE FOR THAT POTENTIAL FOR THAT EXPENSE? ARE WE STACKING IT AND SAVING IT IN AN ACCOUNT? AND IF WE ARE, YES. AND IT COLLECTS INTEREST AS WELL. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THE ACCOUNT IS WHAT I'M ASKING. OH I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN ACCOUNT. WE CAN'T I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IN THE ENTIRE ACCOUNT FOR THE CITY. I CAN REQUEST THAT INFORMATION. YEAH. I DON'T THEY DON'T GIVE US ACCESS TO THAT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT A LIABILITY AND IT'S NOT AN ASSET. IT'S AN ASSET TO THE EMPLOYEE. OKAY. IS IT IS IT THE CITY PORTION IN A LUMP SUM ACCOUNT. YES. OKAY.

AND SO IT SITS AND IT'S WHAT IT'S IT'S LIKE A 401 K. IT'S IT'S IN DIFFERENT DIVIDENDS AND DIFFERENT. YEAH. INDUSTRIES. AND SO WE GET MONEY BACK ON THAT AS LONG ALONG WITH INTEREST EVERY YEAR. AND THEN WHAT'S THE. AND THEN HOW WHEN CAN WE GET THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THE PROJECTED TODAY COST I GET I CAN REACH OUT TOMORROW. AND I'M SURE I'D I'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR ME. I THINK MR. MOORE MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT, BUT I CAN GET THE LETTER FOR HIM.

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WOULD THIS BE LIKE A DRAW FOR HIRING IF WE HAD TO HIRE. YEAH. SO ACTUALLY WHEN WE MOVED FROM 5 TO 7%, WE SAW A LARGER NUMBER, ESPECIALLY WITH POLICE INTEREST. BUT YES, RETIREMENT SEEMS TO I MEAN, WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION WITH RETIREMENT HERE WITH THE CITY. THAT IS A BIG PUSH FOR THE HR DEPARTMENT IS TO MAKE SURE YOUR FUTURE IS SECURE. WHEN DO WE MOVE FROM 5 TO 7? 2016. AND THAT WAS THE ONE TIME WE DID. RIGHT 2016. YES. AND WE DID THE ONE TIME UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT BACK THEN TOO. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A ONE TIME THING. IT DOESN'T WE DON'T OFFER THAT. WE DON'T OFFER COLA RIGHT NOW EITHER. BUT THAT'S A BIG PUSH IN OUR HR ROUNDTABLE RIGHT NOW. IS THE COLA ON YOUR RETIREMENT? DOES THIS INCREASE INFECT OUR BOND RATING? NO.

WHERE IS IT AT IN THE WHOSE LINE ITEM IS IT IN THE BUDGET? IT'S UNDER EVERY EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN AND IT DEPENDS. AND THE PERCENTAGE GOES PER EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN. THE LINE ITEM FOR RETIREMENT BETWEEN EVERY DEPARTMENT. SO IT GOES BY PERSONNEL. SO PD WILL HAVE A LARGER SUM BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE PERSONNEL. THE TOTAL RIGHT NOW FOR EMPLOYEES IS 125.

OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

WHAT'S THE AVERAGE? DO YOU HAVE THE AVERAGE NUMBER IN REGARDS TO RETIREMENT AGE OR AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT COST PAYOUT LOOKS LIKE? SO. THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY PAY IT. IT COMES FROM TAXES BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN THE FUNDING. OUR AVERAGE RIGHT NOW ON RETIREMENT AGE HAS BEEN 65 TO 68. YOU HAVE TO HAVE 20 YEARS OR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CITY. AND FIVE YEARS IS YOUR VESTING. AND IN THE LAST. THREE YEARS I'VE HAD THREE RETIREES, ONE DUE TO MEDICAL. AND WAS THE FIVE YEAR VESTING. IS THAT ABOVE OR BELOW THE THE KIND OF AREA IS IT? I'M SORRY. THE FIVE YEAR VESTING.

IS THAT ABOVE OR BELOW THE FIVE YEAR VESTING REQUIREMENT? IS IT ABOVE OR BELOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR AREA IN THE COUNTY? SO I DON'T LIKE. SO IT'S AN AVERAGE OF THE FIVE YEARS MOSTLY MOST CITIES ARE AT FIVE YEARS. I DON'T HAVE A I DON'T SEE A LOT THAT ARE STILL AT THREE YEARS.

A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY. THE STATE I THINK IS AT FIVE AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? AUSTIN

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IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED TODAY? NO, I MEAN I CAN BRING IT BACK. IT'S DO YOU WANT ME GET THE NUMBERS AND BRING IT BACK? I'M JUST ONE PERSON. NO I DON'T I MEAN I'D LIKE FOR IT BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN GET IT STARTED ON OCTOBER 1ST WITH OUR FIRST FULL, FULL PAYROLL. IT'LL BE MORE SIMPLE WITH PAYROLL AND FINANCE. IT IS IN THE BUDGET. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. IT IS IN THE BUDGET LIKE I'VE ALREADY BUDGETED. WE'VE PUT IT IN BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. AND LIKE I SAID, THE ADDITIONAL COST THROUGHOUT, LIKE ACROSS THE TABLE WAS 100,000 FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. FOR THE CITY. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR A MOTION? QUESTION? COMMENTS OR A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE A COMMENT BECAUSE THE MAYOR ASKED ALL MY QUESTIONS AND TRACY, YOU ANSWERED THEM. THANK YOU. I THINK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND BETTER, BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS FIRST. I KNOW IT MAY TAKE IT A TIGHT SQUEEZE BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE. OKAY, ONCE THAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. NO. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A QUESTION OR MOTION LAST TIME ASKING. OKAY. IF WE POSTPONE THIS, WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WITH THE BUDGET IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST? NOTHING, ACTUALLY. I MEAN, IT'LL SIT THE 100,000. I'LL SIT IT THERE. RIGHT. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. IF YOU ADOPT A BUDGET THAT HAS A LINE ITEM FOR THAT, IF IT IS NOT USED, YOU CAN THEN DO AN AMENDMENT LATER ON IN THE YEAR AND MOVE THAT LINE ITEM FOR USE IN SOMETHING ELSE. AND YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS HERE AND SHE CAN CONFIRM THAT OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR. THE LINE ITEM FOR THAT PERCENTAGE IS IN THE BUDGET IN PREPARATION, IF IT'S APPROVED, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, THERE'S NO NO PROBLEMS. BUT THAT THAT LINE ITEM IS THERE. THEY PRESENT IN THE NUMBERS ON THE BUDGET. AND IT'S IN IN EACH DEPARTMENT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LINE ITEM FOR RETIREMENT. SO IF YOU DECIDE TO APPROVE IT, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S ALREADY THERE. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO APPROVE IT. WELL WE WILL HAVE ANY EXTRA. SURPLUS.

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TRANSFER FOR THE LANDMARK PROJECT FOR AN APPROXIMATE 12.8371 ACRE TRACT. YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN LANDMARK PROJECT AND THE CITY OF. THEY PROVIDING A $10,000 DEPOSIT FOR CONSULTING FEES FOR THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY. SO THIS IS JUST AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE THE DEPOSIT.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED WATER SERVICE TRANSFER FOR THE LANDMARK PROJECT FOR APPROXIMATELY 12.8371 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, I MEAN AN ACRE TRACT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MORENO. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. I'M GOING TO JUMP TO 15. THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DEAL WITH THAT ONE. BEFORE WE GO TO ACTUAL BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO ITEM NUMBER 15 IS CONSIDERING DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A CONTRACT FOR A PURPOSE OF FINANCING POLICE VEHICLES AND UPFITTING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIVE UNITS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THESE WERE BUDGETED BACK IN 2324 THAT WERE APPROVED. BUT WE RECENTLY GOT THE UNITS DELIVERED TO THE PD AND WE ARE FINANCING WITH GOVERNMENT CAPITAL FOR FIVE YEARS. THIS IS

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AND AGAIN, WHEN WE GET THOSE, WE'LL START PAYING FOR THOSE, CORRECT? YEAH. IT'S A LONG PROCESS. SO BUT THOSE MIGHT COME IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE. AND WE DO HAVE THAT ALLOCATED. WE DON'T. CORRECT. YEAH. ALL EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO Y'ALL SO FAR IS ALLOCATED FOR PAYMENTS. WHENEVER THEY DO COME IN. GOTCHA OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.

MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2025. DASH 35 APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING POLICE VEHICLES AND UPFITTING AWARDING THE LEASE CONTRACT TO GOVERNMENT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FINAL CONTRACT AFTER LEGAL REVIEW. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN, WHERE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. BACK TO 13. CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR.

OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. YES, MA'AM. YES, MAYOR AND CITY

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WHILE Y'ALL ARE SCROLLING AT THE LAST MEETING, I ASKED ABOUT THE VACANCIES AND THE. NEWLY REQUESTED POSITIONS. WAS THERE ANY TIME AND ATTENTION PUT TO THAT? YES.

YEAH. THEY'RE STILL THERE IN THE BUDGET. IT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED, BUT AS I MENTIONED TO YOU THE LAST TIME THAT WE CAN MAKE A THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ANY CHANGES, ANY AMENDMENTS IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE OR NOT REMOVE THE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT OR NEW ONES, NEW REQUESTS. WELL, I THINK AGAIN, THE REASON WHY I ASKED HIM WHY I BROUGHT IT UP WAS BECAUSE I WANTED US TO MY MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT LOOKING AT EFFICIENCIES. IF I ASK FOR IF IT'S 2024 OR 2023 AND I ASK FOR A POSITION AND I CAN'T FILL IT, AND THEN 1 OR 2 YEARS LATER SAYING, I STILL NEED THAT POSITION, BUT I'M ALSO ASKING FOR OTHER POSITIONS. WE DON'T, AT LEAST I HAVE NOT HEARD IN THE WORKSHOPS HOW WE ARE. IF OUR IF OUR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDS ARE CONNECTED TO THE VACANCIES OR NOT. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS I ASKED WAS IT SINCE WE DO HAVE VACANCIES AND HAVEN'T BEEN HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO JUST FOCUS ON THE REQUEST OR LOOK AT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POSITION, OR TAKE ONE AWAY AND INCREASE THE PAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FILLING VACANCIES? AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE THAT THEY APPLY. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ACCOUNTING, NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN APPLY. YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THE SAME WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO YES, WE ARE WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT MAYBE COME LATER TO YOU AND REQUEST A CHANGE.

FOR THE POSITIONS. WELL, AND I THINK I WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO APPROVE MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING A BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY TAKES THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING A LITTLE BIT MOVING KIND OF TO A EVEN MORE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCIES, EFFICIENCY AS, AS AN ENTITY IF BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DO, IF, IF WE IF THERE'S A DETERMINATION THAT THE COST TO GET THIS ONE POSITION OR THIS POSITION, THE PAY OR THE HOURLY SALARY IS TOO LOW, THEN AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING WE ARE APPROVING AFTER THE BUDGET IS GOING TO RAISE THE BUDGET. AND SO MY INTENTION WAS FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, IF LET ME JUST PULL A RANDOM POSITION, ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL. SO IF LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LET'S GO WITH A PURCHASING COORDINATOR BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE VACANCIES, IF THAT ONE CAN'T BE FILLED BECAUSE THE SALARY IS TOO LOW IN COMPARISON, THEN INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, AN ADMIN ASSISTANT OVER HERE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, CUT THAT, INCREASE THE PAY TO GET THE PURCHASING COORDINATOR. BECAUSE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT WE'RE ASKING IN REGARDS TO MAKING MORE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE,

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AND SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE PURCHASING PIECES. SO IN MY MIND, THAT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD PERSON PURCHASING COORDINATOR. SAME THING WITH THE, YOU KNOW UTILITY CREWMAN OR WHATEVER WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RETENTION RATES ARE. IF PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING. BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, IF IT'S HARD TO FILL ONE. THEN MAYBE WE NOT DO SOMETHING ELSE SO THE PAY CAN GO UP FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP SO THAT CAN BE FILLED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LOOKING AT LIKE WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THIS WORKLOAD THAT'S REQUIRING A LOT OF FOLKS AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO REPOSITION OR RECLASSIFY POSITIONS OR PAY SOMETHING MORE SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF NOT FILLING VACANCIES AND GETTING PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO STAY? YEAH. LIKE IN MY DEPARTMENT, I'M LOOKING FOR A PURCHASING AGENT. I HAVE RECEIVED 20, 25 APPLICANTS, BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. SO THEY'RE NOT PURCHASING AGENTS. THEY'RE LIKE CLERKS. SO I NEED SOMEBODY THAT HAS MORE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE LIKE RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING ON RFPS. THAT THAT WILL BE THE JOB OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE QUALIFIED BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST GOING TO HIRE ANYBODY HAVING TO TRAIN THAT PERSON, AND THEN THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOB. SO I THINK, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO KEEP ON LOOKING, BUT I KNOW I WILL FIND THAT IT'S LIKE THE METER READERS. WE TOOK A FEW MONTHS, BUT WE FOUND TWO GUYS THAT THAT ARE PERFECT FOR THE JOB, YOU KNOW, AND THEY THEY LEARN FAST.

ONE WAS ALREADY WORKING AS A METER READER IN ANOTHER CITY, SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, BUT WE WILL FIND THE RIGHT PERSON. AND I WANT SOMEBODY THAT IS QUALIFIED.

THAT WAY THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP US. AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, THAT THEY'RE NOT FINDING PERSONNEL, THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED. YEAH.

THE OTHER REASON WHY I WAS ASKING US TO LOOK FOR THOSE EFFICIENCIES IS BECAUSE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS FOR FOR THE BOND CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE TO START MAKING WAY FOR A LIBRARY STAFF AND THE ACTUAL FACILITIES TEAM THAT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN ALL THE BUILDINGS. I DIDN'T I DON'T RECALL THE ACTUAL LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE FACILITIES OVER THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING AND DOING REPAIRS AT THE FACILITIES WE'RE RELEASING FOR POLICE. AND SO ALL OF THAT'S ADDITIONAL STAFFING COST. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO THOSE THINGS NOW. AND. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE NOT IF WE'RE CONSTANTLY BUILDING THE PERSONNEL, PERSONNEL NEVER GOES AWAY. AND IT'S THE LARGER PART OF THE BUDGET. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE HOW DO WE CRAFT A PATH FORWARD TOWARDS HEAD CUSTODIAN STAFF AND CUSTODIAL FACILITIES MANAGER, HVAC PEOPLE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY. ROOFERS, ELECTRICIANS, ALL THAT STUFF ON STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE STUFF WE'RE ABOUT TO BUILD AND TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT STUFF THAT WE HAVE. I'M SURE WE'RE JUST CONTRACTING IT OUT, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO BUILD A WHOLE LIBRARY, AND WE CAN'T JUST KEEP CONTRACTING ALL THOSE SERVICES OUT. SO SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SCALE BACK SO THAT WE CAN START MAKING ROOM FOR, FOR THOSE PIECES. AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. EVERY TIME I LOOKED AT MULTIPLE YEARS, MY WHOLE KIT OF MULTIPLE YEARS OF FUNDING, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND DROPPED INTO A SPREADSHEET AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND THE INCREASES OVER TIME. AND IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST INCREASES, IT'S JUST HOW ARE WE? ARE WE INCREASING? THAT'S GOING THAT'S IN A

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YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ARGUING. I'M SAYING THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO JUST HIRE JUST ANYBODY. NO, I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED I'M SAYING WE DO NEED IT. AND I'M SAYING WHAT I WANTED YOU ALL TO DO WAS TO LOOK AT ALL THE VACANCIES AND THEN SEE, DO WE NEED TO RAISE THE SALARY OF THE COORDINATOR SINCE IT'S HARD TO FEEL IF YOU'RE GETTING THE SALARY IS NOT DRAWING THE CANDIDATES THAT WE NEED, THEN WE MIGHT BE PAYING TOO LOW. AND SO LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO WITHOUT AND AUGMENT THAT SALARY AND THAT SALARY SCALE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT THAT POSITION FILLED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND JUST LOOKING AT EFFICIENCIES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ACROSS THE ENTIRE THING, IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE GOT STUFF THAT'S JUST BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THEN IT'S THEN MAYBE IT'S GOING TO STAY OUT THERE. SO LET'S CLOSE THAT, RECLASSIFY, REPURPOSE IT, OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO SO THAT IT'S MORE MARKETABLE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL IT. SO IF THEY'RE NOT SIGNING UP, IF THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED, THE PAY IS TOO LOW. THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE CASE OR WE'RE NOT MARKETING WELL. BUT IF YOU'RE GETTING 25 APPLICATIONS THEN IT'S GETTING OUT. SO THEN THE PAY IS TOO LOW. SO WHAT CAN WE CUT AND MOVE AROUND WITH SO THAT THAT PAY CAN BE WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE TOP CANDIDATE THAT YOU NEED.

BECAUSE IF YOU GET A BAD CANDIDATE, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND TIME NURTURING THAT PERSON. AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BACKLOG IN ANOTHER PLACE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS IF IF WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T WORK AS HARD AS OTHER EMPLOYEES, RIGHT, OR WE HAVE VACANCIES OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THEN THOSE TYPES OF BACKLOGS CAN CAUSE US TO HIRE ANOTHER PERSON OR TO NEED THIS TYPE OF SITUATION OR NEED THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING, IS THAT YOU ALL WOULD COME BACK WITH INFORMATION ON THAT. OKAY. BUT I DON'T HAVE IT. OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU KNOW IN THE IT BUDGET IF THERE'S SPECIAL LINE ITEMS FOR LIKE CYBER SECURITY OR FOR WHAT? FOR CYBER SECURITY. I IT ISN'T THAT DEPARTMENT IS IN THERE IN THE IT DEPARTMENT OKAY. WAS THERE A SPECIFIC THING YOU WAS TRYING TO YOU WAS WONDERING ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN HILL IN THE CYBERSECURITY AND IT BUDGET? I GUESS I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS THERE. I WAS LOOKING BACK TO SEE, I GUESS JUST WITH THE. AMOUNT THAT'S IN THERE, IT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN LINE ITEM. RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST INCLUDED IN ONE OF THESE FUND CONTROL POINTS. BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN WAS I'VE SEEN BEEN IN A LOT OF TRAININGS RECENTLY. AND SO CYBERSECURITY WAS ONE THING. AND JUST HAVING THAT. EXTRA BOOST OR JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS THERE AND AT THE LEVEL THAT IT NEEDED TO BE. AND SO IF THERE WAS ANY ROOM OR REQUIREMENTS TO IF THERE'S MONEY THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO MEET THE STANDARD OF LIKE, IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR SIZE AND FOR OUR VISIBILITY, I GUESS, LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW

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BUT SINCE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THAT'S FINE. BUT THEN OF COURSE, LIKE, YES, IF THEY FIND WE'LL FEEL ADDED SOME COSTS, SOME EXPENSES THERE. AND ALSO HTML OFFERS FREE CYBERSECURITY CLASSES FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES. ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE EVERY YEAR. DO WE TAKE THE CLASS AND THEN DO A TEST? AND THAT'S FROM HTML. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANS. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN, JUST THE CLASS OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DO WE HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR PROTECTING AGAINST CYBER ATTACKS? YEAH, ALSO THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SOFTWARE. OKAY. ACTUALLY, HE IMPLEMENTED AN ADDITIONAL STEP LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO, RIGHT? YES. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE WE HAD A COUPLE INCIDENTS WITH EMAILS. THAT WAS WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS. SO HE PUT ANOTHER LAYER IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE EMAILS HAVE A DUAL AUTHENTICATION PROCESS. SO OUR MESSAGES ARE NOT BEING SUBJECT TO SOME TYPE OF ATTACK. AND SO THE BIGGEST THING WE TELL STAFF DON'T GO TO SITES THAT'S NOT RELATED, DON'T GO ONLINE SHOP OR DON'T YOU KNOW. SO THERE'S ENOUGH THINGS IN PLACE. SO IF SOMETHING COMES WE KNOW EXACTLY WHICH INDIVIDUAL WHERE IT CAME IN AT, IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL COMPROMISE. AND THEN WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T PENETRATE. BECAUSE AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO LOG ON OR SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE DUAL AUTHENTICATION LOG IN. BUT MOST OF OUR JOBS ARE WEB BASED. BUT THERE IS SOME SITES WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO AND NAVIGATE. BUT MOST OF OUR STUFF WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, FINANCE IS PRETTY MUCH IN OUR IN CODE AND BEHIND OUR FIREWALL. SO CHANCES OF SOMETHING COMING IN, IT HAS TO BE CLICKED ON OR SOMETHING THAT WE USUALLY HAVE A PROTOCOL THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, SEND IT TO IT. THEY LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAY, THIS IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE IT'S IT COMES REALLY IT COMES AT YOU AT A DIFFERENT WAY. SO WE JUST THERE'S ENOUGH SAFEGUARDS TO WHERE WITH ALL THE EMAILS, YOU CAN KIND OF SAY THIS IS NOT REGULAR AND AND LET IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SCAN IT FOR MAKE SURE IT'S NOT IT'S EITHER PHISHING OR SCAM TYPE MESSAGE THAT COMES IN. SO THEY COME IN BUT NOT AS HIGH AS IT PROBABLY WAS 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. SO WE WERE STILL GETTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO KIND OF FILTER THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN SEE IT BECAUSE IT JUST CATCHES IT BEFORE IT GETS TO US.

CAN WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET WITH THE CAVEAT OF THEM COMING BACK TO US WITH WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED FOR? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I SAID, CAN WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET WITH. YOU GUYS COMING BACK TO US WITH WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED FOR ABOUT THE POSITIONS? YES. LIKE I SAY, THE BUDGET IS JUST A GUIDE. SO IN THE COMING MONTHS, YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR REMOVE A POSITION THAT IS OPEN OR A NEW REQUEST. WE CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S NO NO ISSUES. I THINK WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT. IF THEY'VE BEEN MORE THAN SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MONTHS AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE GOING TO A PHASE TWO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE MORE, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING A MORE SOMETHING ON THE FINANCE SIDE, WE CAN COME BACK BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK TRACY WAS GOING TO DO ANOTHER MARKET STUDY JUST TO MAKE SURE, MARKET WISE, IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS JUST TO MAKE SURE MARKET WE KNOW WHERE NUMBERS ARE AT.

SO IF SOMETHING COMES BACK HIGHER, YOU HAVE THAT MARKET ANALYSIS. AND IF IT'S HIGHER HIGHER TIER THEN YOU'D BE IN A POSITION TO SEE OKAY, THIS POSITION IS CRITICAL, BUT ALSO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR HOW LONG. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GAIN SOME EFFICIENCIES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU. YOU KNOW, THESE POSITIONS, THESE NINE AND A HALF POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT NINE MONTHS, TEN MONTHS, 11 MONTHS. AND THEN WE CAN JUST SAY AGAIN, TRYING TO GET QUALIFIED CANDIDATES IS ALWAYS BEEN A STRETCH FOR US. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE STRUGGLE. BUT WE TRY TO AND THE ONES THAT DO COME ON BOARD, THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN GOOD ADDITIONS TO THE TEAM. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CARRY A SAVINGS AND LOOK LIKE A SAVINGS. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE SAVINGS. YOU JUST AND THEN ALSO FINDING SPACE, HAVING THE SPACE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS. SO THEY'RE NOT WORKING FROM HOME OR REMOTELY,

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WITH SOMEBODY USING THE INTERNET 99% OF THEIR TIME. I THINK. SINCE IT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE. BUT SINCE 2022 OR 2023, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING WITH MAYBE LIKE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION IN REVENUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND AGAIN, I'D BE DEAD HORSE. BUT AT OUR LAST WORKSHOPS AND THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET. THERE WAS I GAVE YOU ALL THE ROUGH ESTIMATE OF 2.2 MILLION, THAT 2.2 MILLION WAS ABOUT THE COST TO STAFF A LIBRARY AT ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE FOOT. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION A BEST PRACTICE AMOUNT FOR COLLECTIONS, DATABASE ACCESS, MEDIA PROGRAMING ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH. AND SO THAT PUTS US RIGHT NOW IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING FOR GOING, EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR BEING COVERED OR ACCOUNTED FOR, THEN IN 27, 28, WE HAVE THE JOB OF TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL $2.2 MILLION OR MORE OR LESS. TO KICK BACK, TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUT OF THE BUDGET. IF WE'RE NOT ALREADY CHIPPING AWAY TOWARDS THAT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT HERE. IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING AT. WAS IT 26 MILLION THIS YEAR, THEN THE REVENUES AT THE TIME OF OPERATIONS AND OPENING IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE 28, 29 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE TO ALSO FILL ALL THE OTHER BUCKETS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH DOLLARS. IF THE REVENUE IS NOT PROJECTED TO BE THAT HIGH, THEN WE'LL BE SITTING IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND WE'LL BE CUTTING STUFF SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT ESTIMATE OF FOR FOR STAFFING, LIBRARY BOOKS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO I'M AND I'M AND I DON'T KNOW HOW BONDS WORK, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO YOU MAYBE GET ONE SET OF BOOKS AND THE FIRST OPENING AND YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY STUFF, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REOCCURRING BUDGET FOR REFRESHING AND BRINGING IN NEW TITLES, REPLACING LOST STUFF. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT ESTIMATE COVERS. SO THE BOND TO COVER ALL THE OTHER STUFF, ALL THE FIRST EQUIPMENT, CHAIRS, THE BUILD COMPUTERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET ITEM THAT NOW IS DEDICATED TO THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND THAT'S ABOUT ROUGH ESTIMATE OF 2.2 MILLION FOR THE SIZE OF LIBRARY THAT WE'RE BUILDING. SO HOW DO WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET WITH AN UNDERSTANDING, IF WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET? THERE'S NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHAVE OFF $2 MILLION. AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, ALL OF Y'ALL. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FINE WITH DOING THAT OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE DO SAVINGS NOW. YOU KNOW CHIPPING AWAY NOW. SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT TIME PERIOD WE'RE NOT REALIZING SOMETHING THAT'S TOUGH OR IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL TO 1 OR 2 DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WAS PROPOSING LOOKING AT THE EFFICIENCIES AND SEEING WHAT WE REALLY NEED. IF YOU GOT IF YOU NEED THREE PEOPLE AND YOU DECIDE TO JUST GET 2 OR 1 AND A HALF AND PAY THEM MORE AND YOU GET YOU CAN GET THE JOB DONE, THEN THAT SAVES SOME MONEY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK LATER ON AND SAY, WE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT STAFFING OR WE GOT TO CUT PROGRAM COSTS OR. I THINK ONE OF THE I WAS LOOKING AT THE THE MULTIYEAR LAYOUT FOR. LIKE WHERE THE BIGGEST INCREASES WERE HAPPENING OVER THE LAST

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LITERALLY THE NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER. SO. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS IF WE IF WE CONTINUE AND THIS IS THE PRACTICE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IS WE WHATEVER MONEY WE GET, WE SPEND IT. IT GOES INTO ALL THE BUCKETS AND WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, WHICH IS ALWAYS A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE DIDN'T HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. WE STARTED WE REALIZED THE NEGATIVE BUDGET BECAUSE WE AFTER A FEW MONTHS, WE WERE GOING TO SUPPOSEDLY GET THIS NEW INCOME AND IT WAS GOING TO COVER THE NEGATIVE. SO WE A FEW YEARS DID NOT ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET. IN EARLY LATE LATE 2019, 2020, AROUND THAT TIME PERIOD. SO. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT. SO WE DO HAVE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR NOW. BUT WHAT BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE OUR BUDGET PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? WE ADOPT THIS. WE'RE GOING INTO IT KNOWING THAT WE DON'T. WE'RE NOT CHISELING AWAY DOLLARS FOR THE LIBRARY. WE'RE NOT CHISELING AWAY DOLLARS FOR THE CITY HALL. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WHO CLEANS IT NOW? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. WHO'S GOING TO THE THE POLICE STATION WHEN WE MOVE OVER THERE? WHO'S GOING TO CLEAN ALL THAT? THAT'S TWO WINGS. WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN IT? WHO'S GOING TO DO ALL THAT? THAT'S A WHOLE I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT EVEN IN THIS COST, DO WE HAVE THAT IN HERE? SO THAT'S JUST JUST STUFF TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S LIKE WE WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IF WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS OVER THERE, WHERE'S OUR FUND TO GO IN AND REPLACE, YOU KNOW, THIS OR THAT OVER THERE? BECAUSE I DID SEE I DIDN'T SEE ALL THE LEASE, BUT I SAW THE LINES THAT SAID WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO OVER THERE. IT'S ALMOST AS IS TYPE THING. WHEN WE TAKE OVER THAT, THAT FACILITY. SO IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO SAY, HEY, Y'ALL COME OUT OF THIS SPACE, COME INTO THIS SPACE, AND THEN SOMETHING BREAKS OVER THERE AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT OR DON'T, DON'T OCCUPY THAT WING. GO AHEAD AND GO TO THAT WING FOR THAT. SO LIKE THESE ARE REAL TYPE SITUATIONS. THOSE THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RENOVATED IN A LOT OF YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING, SOME TYPE OF POOL OF MONEY THAT'S SITTING AROUND FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FOR, FOR WHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OVER BECAUSE IT LITERALLY SAYS AS IS THERE'S SOME THINGS, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BECAUSE NOBODY'S BEEN IN THERE AND THEY ALREADY NEEDED REPAIRS PRIOR TO THAT. SO DON'T TALK BACK TO ME. I MEAN, WE JUST I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE WE WE NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND LIKE I SAID, IF IF IT'S IF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BUDGET, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE ITEMS DONE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES BECAUSE IT'S THE MATH. IT WOULD NEVER MATH RIGHT IN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. WE'LL BE GOOD FOR THIS YEAR. WE'LL HAVE SOME SAVINGS HERE AND THERE THAT WILL COVER THE REPAIRS. WE'LL WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE DO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO WE DO THINGS CONSERVATIVELY. RIGHT? ALL THE NUMBERS, ALL EVERYBODY'S ITEMS IS PROBABLY VERY CONSERVATIVE. AND SO IF WE HAVE OVERAGES, IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY BUILT IN AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR NOW. BUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE WE'RE NOT CONSERVATIVE FOR 2 MILLION RIGHT. OR MAJOR ROOF REPAIRS, HVAC REPAIRS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YEAH. SO. I WOULD SAY JUST LOOKING AHEAD AND LOOKING FORWARD LIKE WE TALKED LIKE YOU

[02:20:03]

VALUATIONS STAY THE SAME, TAX RATES STAYS THE SAME WITH THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT HAVE COME IN CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN MADE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THIS IS SOME ROUGH ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD SEE. CONSERVATIVE NUMBER ESTIMATES SHOWING THAT. AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE HERE'S OUR PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF POLICE BUILDING.

HERE'S OUR ESTIMATE FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF LIBRARY. AND THEN THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FINANCIAL WISE OR BUDGET WISE, FOR THE REC CENTER. THAT PROPOSAL IS WHAT WE NEED TO SEE SO THAT WE CAN BE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH NOT ONLY THIS BUDGET, BUT ANY BUDGET IN THE FUTURE. ANY BUDGET AMENDMENT IS MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN CONTEXT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THAT. OKAY, WE PAID PLANS FOR THIS. OR YOU KNOW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT NUMBER IS IS IS COMING IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED. HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT WE JUST DID IS COMING IN HIGHER THAN PROJECTED. SO IT'S GOING TO EVEN OUT OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OVERAGE. THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. SO ESSENTIALLY A A SPREADSHEET OF WHAT OUR. NOT

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

WHERE IS THAT POSITION NOW HAS BECAUSE THE PERSONNEL FOR BUDGET ITEM FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ZERO. WE MOVED IT TO WE SPLIT THAT INTO. THE MARKETING. HE TOLD ME IT'S IN PARKS. I JUST WANT TO WHICH DEPARTMENT? I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT DEPARTMENT THAT JOHN MOVED TO. THANKS. AND I WOULD SAY TO COUNCIL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, AS YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE CHANGES. YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN SEND US THE QUESTION AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE ANSWER OR SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY LIKE THOSE POSITIONS THAT WENT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PARKS.

YOU MIGHT SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PARK BUDGET, BUT WE CAN BE ABLE TO POINT THAT TO YOU. IT'S JUST A GOOD SEGUE FOR YOU TO ASK THE QUESTION. IF YOU SEE 200,000 OR

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WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN INCREASING FOR WE HAVEN'T SAVED ANYTHING FOR THAT. SO WE YOU KNOW, SO JUST KIND OF FOR AS WE'RE Y'ALL ARE DOING BUDGETS AND PLANNING JUST KIND OF KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GONE UP BASICALLY 8 MILLION SINCE 23. 8,500,000. SO THAT COULD THAT THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE OUR, OUR OUR OUR STAFFING AND OUR TEAMS THAT WE NEED TO ADD. SO WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE ON THE REVENUES THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW RETAIL COMMERCIAL. WE KNOW WE THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO INCREASE, BUT THEY'RE BARELY, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE SALES TAXES AND THE REVENUES. YEAH.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT Y'ALL NOT DO ANY OF THAT. ALL I'M SAYING IS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE HIRED. AND WE NEED TO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS BEFORE. SO SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS AND TALK ABOUT CUTTING STUFF. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ALL RIGHT. I REALLY AM DONE. SO WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I DON'T THEY I TALKED THE WHOLE TIME. SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

QUESTIONS COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH WITH THE DISCUSSION SO FAR. AND SO I GUESS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND FOLLOWING ALONG, I AM AT THAT PART WHERE WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OR OR WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT'S BEST? OR EVEN WITH YOUR EXPERTISE? WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT'S BEST WITH AFTER THIS DISCUSSION? DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING? WELL, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE BUDGET IS JUST A GUIDE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND EVERY PENNY THAT WE BUDGETED FOR. AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THE BUDGET TONIGHT, WE CANNOT APPROVE THE TAX RATE.

SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE FIRST THE BUDGET AND THEN THE TAX RATE. SO IF WE DECIDE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR NEXT WEEK OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATE THAT I HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE COUNTY, THE RATES, IF WE DON'T SEND IT BY THAT DATE, THEY WILL ADOPT THE SAME RATE. AND THEN IF WE CHANGE OUR MIND AND CHOOSE ANOTHER RATE, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO SEND THE BILLS AND THEY HAVE TO CHARGE US. AND LET ME, LET ME SAY THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING AT ALL. WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I AM ACTUALLY ASKING ABOUT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BECAUSE THERE WAS I WAS HOPING THAT WE THAT Y'ALL BROUGHT BACK INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AND, AND JUST KIND OF HAVE TALK

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NOW. WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN ACTION AND WE'RE PLANNING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THOSE THINGS MORE REALITY. DIRT MOVING, PUBLIC INPUT COMING IN, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT WANT TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT BODIES IN THERE. SAME TOKEN, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A REAL PLAN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THE THE LEASE AND FOR THE POLICE STATION, WE CAN'T JUST MOVE THEM FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER THING. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY'RE EXPECTING IT. IS IT LITTER IN THE IN THE LEAGUE. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE PLANS FOR BOTH OF THOSE. IF YOU KNOW WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO FINALIZE THAT THAT AGREEMENT. AND I'M WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER AND WITH OUR TEAM IS ASSESSING WHAT WE'RE WALKING INTO OVER THERE AND HOW WE TURN A SCHOOLHOUSE INTO A POLICE STATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'LL COME TO YOU. I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE IN OUR OUR AGREEMENT DOES FALL BACK ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IF WE WALK IN AND THERE'S AN AIR CONDITIONER OUT THAT DOESN'T FALL ON US, WE CALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY SEND OVER THEIR CONTRACTOR TO FIX THE AIR CONDITIONER. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME SOME SAVING GRACE IN WALKING INTO, YOU KNOW, THIS FACILITY THAT'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY FOR YEARS. SO. WE CAN REVISIT THE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW, THE VACANCIES AND THE NEW REQUESTS AFTER WE ADOPT THE BUDGET TODAY AND LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIONS, SAY, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHANGE THIS ONE, OR WE CAN UPGRADE THIS ONE. AND LIKE I SAY, NOT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BUDGET MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND EVERY PENNY ON THE BUDGET.

OKAY. WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP. QUESTIONS? SO DEFINITELY TO CONFIRM THE BUDGET IS BALANCED RIGHT NOW TO START THE NEW YEAR OKAY. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 801, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MORENO? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS AROUND THE VACANCIES, APPROVING THE BUDGET AS IT IS, DOES IT APPROVE THOSE VACANCIES SPECIFICALLY? AND I GUESS WHATEVER AMOUNT WAS BUDGETED FOR THAT. SO YOU CAN'T GO BACK ON IT AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT THOSE POSITIONS OR TO YOU CAN ADD MORE BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS, RIGHT. BUT YOU CAN'T. WE'RE ALSO APPROVING THOSE VACANCIES FOR THOSE POSITIONS FOR THIS, THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. SO WE CAN'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE VACANCIES LATER. YES. WE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT. LET'S SAY I HAVE THE PURCHASING. I CAN SAY, WELL, PURCHASING I NEED AN ACCOUNTANT. WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, I THINK LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE. SO WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN REVISIT IN ANOTHER MEETING. DOES THAT PUT LIKE SO DOES IT LEAVE THE BUDGET AMOUNT THERE. LIKE THE BUDGET AMOUNT CAN BE APPROVED AS IS, BUT THE VACANCIES CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BUDGET TO LIKE AS VACANCIES COME LATER.

YOU CAN SAY WE WOULD REQUEST A VACANCY, WE WOULD REQUEST A POSITION AND THEN THAT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET. BUT ALSO I GUESS, A REQUEST. MUST BE IN THAT WRITING TO ME. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK IF IF WE END THE YEAR WITH, SAY, SIX VACANCIES AND YOU REQUESTED ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 16 POSITIONS. SO GOING INTO OCTOBER 1ST, YOU HAVE 22 POSITIONS. IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PLAN SAYING WHICH ARE MISSION CRITICAL, WHICH ONES DO WE NEED? BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME POSITIONS THAT COME AVAILABLE DUE TO PEOPLE TRANSFERRING. SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 1ST AND AND OCTOBER AND JANUARY. BUT IF WE KNOW THE PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WON'T ADD ANYTHING OR MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY

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BUT AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE SURE ANYTHING THAT'S THAT'S VACANT, IT'S IT'S BUDGETED. IT WAS BUDGETED LAST YEAR. IT'LL CARRY OVER BECAUSE I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'S HIRING ANYONE BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 1ST. SO WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AUTOMATIC CARE FOR 20 FOR UP TO ONE FOR.

BUT WE WANT AGAIN THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER VACANCIES COME UP SO WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. SO IN THREE MONTHS WE CAN SAY WHICH POSITION IS STILL VACANT. YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD BE FROM LAST YEAR. IT CAN BE THIS POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR 12 MONTHS, 15 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR WE'RE HOARDING MONEY. WE JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CARRYOVER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND IT. BUT WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING THE CASE EVERY YEAR. LIKE THE MAYOR SAYING AT SOME POINT IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY TIGHT. AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE AS WE GET TIGHT, THE VACANCY IS GOING FROM NINE, MAYBE TWO. AND IF IT GETS DOWN TO TWO, THAT MEANS EVERYTHING'S FULL. AND THEN WE ADD POSITIONS. THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE NEW FACILITIES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO JUST EVERY DEPARTMENT HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO SAY I'M GOOD WITH WHAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE INSURANCE FOR US COULD GO FROM 10% TO 28%, 30% AS WE ADD MORE PEOPLE. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG NUMBER FOR US TO HAVE TO TRY TO THAT CONTRACT. WE HAVE TO MANAGE EVERY YEAR. SO THAT PIECE, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE PROJECTING TO GO WITH 20 SOME PERCENT, 17%. AND THEN WE WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK FROM UNITED BACK TO BLUE CROSS BECAUSE THEY GAVE US A BETTER RATE. SO ALL THAT COMES INTO PLAY WHEN WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT PACKAGE.

BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE VACANCY PIECE OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO PERSONNEL, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE EVERY YEAR. IT'S THE IT'S THE BODIES. AND AND WE LOOKED AT THE FEE SCHEDULE TO TRY TO JUSTIFY ADJUSTING OUR FEES TO PAY FOR SERVICES. AND YOU KNOW, SO AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THE MAYOR ASKED WAS NEIGHBORHOODS. AND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD PAYING FOR ITS WAY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, ARE WE ABLE TO SAY BELL FARMS, THEY COLLECT X AMOUNT, ALL THEIR NEEDS ARE MET. THE ROADS ARE AT 50%. HOW DO WE GET THE STREETS AT 80 OR 90%? STONEWATER RESIDENTIAL. ALL THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS ARE OKAY, BUT THE OLDER SUBDIVISIONS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPACT TO KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AT A GOOD RATE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS COME IN BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING. WE FORGET SOME OF THE CORE PART OF THE CITY. SO ALL THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED OF US, WE GOT TO JUST EVALUATE, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE A PLAN TO TO MAINTAIN AT A STANDARD THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO ALL OF US, EVEN THE RESIDENTS, BUT THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO PUT MONEY ASIDE TO TO GET READY FOR THE NEW STUFF. OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU GOOD? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO THE. ITEM NUMBER 14. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE. LEVYING VALOREM TAXES FOR THE USE OF USE AND SUPPORT OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 6TH. TEAM AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN REGARDS TO MAINTAINING THE TAX RATE AT 0.853, NOT HAVING AN INCREASE, AND TAKING CARE OF OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS. COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR ARE YOU ALL READY FOR A MOTION?

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MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO 16 CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A BANK DEPOSITORY SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH STATE BANK. AND CITY OF MANER. WE JUST NEED TO GET AN EXTENSION. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING? WHAT Y'ALL ASKING FOR? YES. THE AGREEMENT IN ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH AND I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW ON RFP FOR SOUTH SIDE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PERIOD THAT IT TAKES FOR TO WORK ON THE RFP, REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSES AND THE PROPOSALS. SO I'M REQUESTING FOR THE EXTENSION TO BE MARCH 31ST, 2026. BUT THE RFP WILL WITH THE NEW WITH THE BANK THAT WE SELECT WILL START ON MARCH THE 1ST. THAT WAY WE HAVE A TRANSITION PERIOD OF ONE MONTH FROM ONE BANK TO THE OTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE BANK DEPOSITORY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH STATE BANK FOR THE CITY OF MAIN. AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. WAS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE.

ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. CITY

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