Feb 16, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

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LAST NIGHT.

[1. Open Meeting.]

TODAY IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:02 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.

WILL YOU

[2. Roll Call.]

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESM MACKEY LONGORIA.

HERE, COUNCILS MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.

HERE.

MAY I PROM.

NICOLE THOMPSON.

PRESENT COUNCILS MEMBER, CHRIS CERNEY.

HERE, COUNCILS MEMBER BECKY ROSS.

HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELK HERE.

MOVING

[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.087, Texas Government Code Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property and deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations related to the following project(s): Project Cutting Edge. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding Project Cutting Edge, including approving an Addendum to the 380 Agreement for said project.]

PROJECT CUTTING EDGE, WE ARE CONVENING AT 6 0 3.

GOOD EVENING.

TODAY

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]

BISHOP MARK BROWN WITH FAITH CITY CHURCH WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

GOOD EVENING, BISHOP.

LET US PRAY.

HEAVEN AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU TODAY.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION, THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THIS GREAT CITY OF LEANDER.

WE WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE INTO THIS PLACE.

HOLY SPIRIT, COME SURROUND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND OUR MAYOR.

LET EVERY DECISION TONIGHT BE MADE WITH CLARITY.

FATHER, THAT'LL BE WITH YOUR WILL, WITH YOUR DIRECTION FOR THIS GREAT CITY.

GOD, WE BIND EVERY DEMONIC SPIRIT.

IT'S OPPOSITE AGAINST YOUR WILL, YOUR WAY, AND YOUR WISDOM.

YOU SAID, WHATEVER WE BIND ON EARTH SHALL BE A BOUND IN HEAVEN.

AND WHATEVER WILL WE LOSE ON EARTH SHOULD BE LOOSE IN HEAVEN.

WE BIND EVERY DEMONIC THAT'S OPPOSITE AGAINST US, WILL THE WAY IN YOUR WISDOM AND WE LOSE YOUR PEACE, YOUR WEALTH, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR UNITY, AND YOUR FAVOR UPON THIS CITY TONIGHT.

FATHER, LET THIS COUNCIL MAYOR BE UNIFIED WITH YOUR WILL FOR THIS GREAT CITY, PROVIDE, PROTECT AND COVER EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEIR FAMILY.

AND THIS GREAT MAYOR, LET YOUR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING OF BIDEN, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR QUIS FATHER, BE WITH EVERY LEANER EMPLOYEE, CHIEF MITTEN AND HIS EMPLOYEES, GOD, THE CHIEF, THE CHIEF OF UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HIS EMPLOYEES.

WE DECLARE AND DECREE THIS NOW, THAT IT'S NOT BY MY, IT'S NOT BY POWER, BUT IT'S BY YOUR SPIRIT, THAT YOU ARE THE SINNER TO COMFORT THE BASE, THE BOUNDARY IN THE SUM AND THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT LIFE'S ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU IN JESUS NAME.

AND THE HOUSE SAID, AMEN.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BISHOP.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC AS ALWAYS.

[5. Roll Call.]

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ESME MACKEY LONGORIA.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, MAYOR PERM.

NICOLE THOMPSON.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNE.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.

HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE JULY.

HERE, FORUM IS PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX

[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.] ]

FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, BUT WE CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL CALL ON FRED SUMMERS.

GOOD EVENING, MR. SUMMER, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FRED SUMMERS, 2018 EAGLES WAY, COUNSEL.

MAYOR, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, I'M 66 YEARS OLD AND I'M LEARNING WHAT, MAYBE I NEVER WHAT I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOL PROBABLY, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE PASTOR IN HIS, IN HIS PRAYER FOR US, AND HOPEFULLY THE LORD WILL GIMME THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY, UH, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PROBLEM.

I WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE ALL HOPING TO SEE AND LOOK AT.

UM, I WANT TO, TO JUST SAY A LITTLE, A LITTLE THING THAT GOD BROUGHT TO ME THAT, UH, A STORY THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO THINK.

AND THE LITTLE GIRLS AT A, UH, LIKE A SUNDAY DINNER, AND SHE ASKS, AND IT'S, EVERYBODY'S THERE, GRANDMAS, SHE GOES, MAMA, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CUT THE ROAST BEFORE YOU COOK IT? SHE GOES, I DON'T KNOW.

GO ASK GRANDMA, GRANDMA,

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WHY, WHY DO Y'ALL ALWAYS CUT THE ROAST BEFORE YOU COOK IT? SHE GOES, I DIDN'T HAVE A PAN BIG ENOUGH.

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SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE DO STUFF BECAUSE WE JUST ALWAYS DID IT THAT WAY, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG OR INDIFFERENT.

SO AT 66, I'M, AND, AND BEING, UH, WHERE I'M AT IN LIFE, JUST, YOU KNOW, THING, THINGS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I'M THINKING THIS WAY.

NOW, WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAVE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING THAT I JUST ALWAYS DID? WHAT, WHAT CAN I DO DIFFERENT? AND SO I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF, I THINK GOD IS, IS BRINGING REVIVAL TO ALL OF US IN, IN OUR DECISION MAKING INTO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A REVIVAL FOR ALL OF US.

IT'S A NEW, NEW WAVE WHERE MAYBE WE GOT AWAY FROM SOME STUFF THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND HELP EACH OTHER WITH.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, GOD FAMILY AND OUR HOME, SWEET HOME GOD AND COUNTRY IS, IS THE NEW RISE IN OUR MIDST.

IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, BUT WE'RE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN.

UH, MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK MORE ABOUT ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL.

HOW CAN WE DO THAT BETTER WITH EVERYBODY? UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE, THERE'S THE ONLY GREAT DIVIDE THAT I SEE IS THE, THE DIVIDE OF GOOD AND EVIL.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS IN COMMON, SO MANY LIFE'S EXPERIENCES THAT WE CAN SHARE AND GO, WOW, I DID THE SAME THING.

OR, HOW'D YOU DO THAT? SO I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NEW TO, TO HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THESE PLACES TO TALK TO PEOPLE, TO, TO, TO, TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND SO I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT FINALLY, AFTER BEING IN THE, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 37 YEARS, FINALLY COMING TO THESE PLACES WHERE I CAN HELP GATHER MORE PEOPLE TO FIX MORE THINGS.

I'M A FIXER.

I FIX GENERATORS, .

SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL AGAIN SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. SUMMERS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO

[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Week of the Young Child (April 1 - 7)]

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD, APRIL 1ST OF SEVENTH.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER EREK.

ALL RIGHT.

WHEREAS THE FIRST YEARS OF A CHILDREN OF A CHILD'S LIFE ARE THE PERIOD OF THE MOST RAPID BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL FUTURE LEARNING.

AND WHEREAS HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS PROVIDE IMPORTANT BENEFITS TO CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND ARE, AND ARE OUR NATIONAL ECONOMIES.

AND WHEREAS THE MAJORITY OF THESE COSTS, WHICH OFTEN EXCEED THE COST OF A YEAR OF COLLEGE TUITION ARE BORN BY PARENTS WHO OFTEN CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AND WHEREAS YOUNG CHILDREN NEED SKILLED, EDUCATED, COMPETENT, CONSISTENT, AND COMPENSATED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.

AND WHEREAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS NEED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE CRITICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMPETENCIES THROUGH PATHWAYS TO CREDENTIALS AND HIGHER ED, UH, EDUCATION DEGREES, WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE AND ADVANCE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSION AND CELEBRATE EARLY LEARNING YOUNG CHILDREN, THEIR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES.

AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF LAND, CITY OF, UH, CITY LAND CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH AS WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD, AND DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE COMPLEX, VALUABLE, ESSENTIAL AND DEMANDING WORK OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND WITNESS UP THEREOF.

I HAVE HERE ON TWO, SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEONARD TO BE AFFIXED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 BY MAYOR CHRISTINE DELAL.

AND I THINK I HEARD THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, DO YOU HAVE A WORD TO SAY? SURE.

ALRIGHT, COME ON UP AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE DONE TOO.

OKAY.

HI, THANK YOU.

WELCOME.

MY NAME IS LEAH OSBORN.

I'M ONE OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIALISTS IN LEANDER.

UM, I'M GONNA PULL UP NOTES CUZ I ALWAYS CRY AT THIS.

IT'S SO SILLY.

BUT , THAT IS WHAT WE DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN.

SORRY, .

IT'S OKAY.

THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR AND I DO IT EVERY TIME.

, SORRY.

SO JUST THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

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DARA,

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IS IT DARA? DARA DARA, THANKS.

AS AN EDUCATOR, I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE I'M DYSLEXIC, SO UNTIL I HEAR IT, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL AS WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD.

UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR PARTNERING WITH YOU GUYS AND IT REALLY FILLS MY HEART THAT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS WILLING TO, UM, COMMIT TO ADVOCATING FOR EARLY EDUCATORS, UM, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED AS A DISTRICT, WE GET TO KIND OF BUILD ON THIS EVENT.

UM, ON THAT SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST, WE'RE HOSTING OUR FIRST WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD KICKOFF.

UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY EVENT, A FAIR, LIKE A FAMILY FAIR, FAMILY RESOURCE FAIR.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITY VENDORS AND PARTNERS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO OUR FAMILIES AND SOME FUN ENTERTAINMENT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE AN ONSITE, UH, PRE-K REGISTRATION DAY THAT DAY.

SO I'M GONNA LEAVE, UM, MY BUSINESS CARDS AND A LITTLE STICKY IN THE LOBBY IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

OR WOULD WE WOULD LOVE VOLUNTEERS, HELP ANY TYPE OF DONATIONS BRING IT ON.

IT'S OUR FIRST YEAR, SO WE'RE JUST BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

UM, AND THE CONTINUED ADVOCACY, , SORRY.

IT'S OKAY.

FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 AND 13 THROUGH 19.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ARE YOU IN FAVOR? OKAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I DID IT AND I WAS LIKE MINE DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO

[20. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case CP-22-0011 to adopt the Harmony Public School Concept Plan and Subdivision Case 22-PP-0013 to adopt the Harmony Public School Preliminary Plat on eight (8) parcels of land approximately 27.99 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031594, R031591, R031590, R031592, R508114, R508113, R508115, and R031595; generally located on the north side of Hero Way between 183A Toll Road and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case CP-22-0011 and 22-PP-0013 as described above. ]

MISS MR. NEW, CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS ONE? DAN'S NOT HERE.

ROBIN, NO, ROBIN'S.

OH, OKAY.

COME ON UP ROBIN.

COME HELP US WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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OH GOD, I WON.

IT IS VERY CUTE.

TODAY IS OUR FANTASTIC.

ROBIN GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBIN.

THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU.

I KNOW WHEN MIKE'S BIRTHDAY IS.

THAT IT? YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 20.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP 20 2011 TO ADOPT THE HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL CONCEPT PLAN AND SUBDIVISION CASE 22 PP 0 0 13 TO ADOPT THE HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL PRELIMINARY PLAT ON EIGHT PARCELS OF LAND, AND APPROXIMATELY 27.99 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS DATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

BIRTHDAY GIRL.

YOU GOT THIS GOOD EVENINGS.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONCEPT PLAN AND A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL.

UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 9TH, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND THERE'S NO, UM, PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

MM-HMM.

OKAY.

WELL THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY

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WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WELL, NOW DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP 20 2011 AND 22 PP ZERO 13 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

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[21. Receive presentation and accept the Annual Financial Report for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, from external auditor, Patillo Brown and Hill, LLP.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR ANTI AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 31ST, 2022.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL OF OUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS CUZ IT'S A, IT'S A BIG TASK AND IT TOUCHES EVERY DEPARTMENT.

THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT WITH PATILLO BROWN AND HILL FOR THEIR AUDITING SERVICES.

THE AUDIT PARTNER PAUL LAO, IS ON SITE TONIGHT TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE FINAL REPORT, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE DURING THE PRESENTATION OR AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU, JODI.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AS JODI MENTIONED, I'M PAUL LAO WITH PATELLA BROWN HILL, UH, TO PRESENT TO YOU, UH, TONIGHT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, UM, THIS EVENING.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE AUDIT RESULTS, UM, AS WELL AS JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEN O OPENING TO, UM, ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE AS WELL.

UH, FIRST OFF, UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ART RESULTS.

I DO THINK EACH OF YOU DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO ITEMS. AND THEN, UH, YOU HAVE ANOTHER LETTER TOO.

IT'S JUST OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH THOSE IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENTS.

UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO SEE IN THAT LETTER IS JUST SOME STANDARD LANGUAGE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PASS ALONG.

BUT AS FAR AS, UM, THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN KIND OF, UM, FOCUS MORE THIS EVENING ON THE LARGER OF THE TWO.

UH, WITHIN THERE YOU'LL FIND, UH, RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AND SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE ONE OF THAT DOCUMENT, YOU WILL FIND, UM, OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.

UM, IF YOU DO COMPARE THIS YEAR'S, UM, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO LAST YEAR'S, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE TO PUT ON EACH OF THEM SIDE TO SIDE, UM, IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE, UM, UH, WORDING OR LANGUAGE THERE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE JUST TO, AND WE, BECAUSE US AS ARTERS HAD TO IMPLEMENT NEW AUDITING STANDARDS THIS YEAR, AND, UM, AS A PART OF THAT, THEY WANTED US TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS AUDITORS, AND THEN ALSO TO JUST EVEN MANAGE RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL.

BUT WITH THIS NEW DESIGN LETTER, WE'LL, THEY'LL CUT TO THE CHASE IN THE VERY FIRST, UM, COUPLE PARAGRAPHS THAT YOU SEE THERE ON PAGE ONE.

UM, TELLS YOU WHAT OUR OPINION IS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH WE HAVE RENDERED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

AND AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE HIGHEST THAT CAN BE RENDERED AND ALSO KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION AS WELL.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, ON THE COUNCIL'S WORK AS LONG AS WELL AS MANAGEMENT AND, UM, THEIR TEAM AND ALL THEIR WORK DUE DILIGENCE THAT WENT INTO RECEIVING THIS HIGH, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS WELL.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, WITHIN THAT LETTER TOO, IT DOES MENTION THE AUDITING STANDARDS THAT WE DID HAVE TO FOLLOW.

WE FOLLOW GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS SOME GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS REQUIRES THAT WE ISSUE ANOTHER REPORT, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL.

IN THAT PARTICULAR LETTER, YOU'LL FIND ON PAGE 100.

SO WE START AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND THEN GO TO THE VERY END.

THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF LIKE TO PUT THINGS, I GUESS.

UM, BUT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR LETTER ON PAGE 100, UM, IF WE DO COME ACROSS ANY, UM, CONTROLS OR DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THOSE CONTROLS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU THIS EVENING WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR REPORT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF INSTANCES OF THOSE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR HAVING THOSE STRONG CONTROLS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS BEING PUT OUT IS CORRECT AS WELL.

UM, MAYBE IN YEARS PAST, UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE, BUT, UM, AS EACH OF YOU KNOW, WHENEVER AN ENTITY DOES EXPEND MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDS, IT DOES KICK OFF A SINGLE AUDIT.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, THE ENTITY DID NOT, THE CITY DID NOT SPEND THAT MUCH IN FEDERAL WARDS OR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

BUT DEFINITELY THOUGH, EVERY YEAR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE, UM, EVALUATING, NOT EVEN US AS AUDITORS, BUT MANAGEMENT AS

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AND SO THAT SINGLE AUDIT IS A COMPLIANCE AUDIT THAT WHEN YOU ARE SPENDING THOSE FEDERAL WARDS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE FEDERAL WARDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING SPENT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT.

AND I KNOW EVERYONE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPA FUNDING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS DO START SPENDING A LOT MORE OF THAT, THE, THAT SINGLE AUDIT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.

UM, SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

WE REALLY HAVE ENJOYED, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, EVERYONE AT THE CITY.

UH, ROBERT, JODY, EVERYONE, EVERY PART OF EVERYONE A PART OF THE TEAM IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND AS SHE MENTIONED AS WELL, WOULD NOT ONLY, UM, DO WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN THE ACCOUNTING AND THE FINANCE AREA, BUT IT DOES BRANCH OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND, UM, APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK AND COOPERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A GOOD REPORT THIS EVENING AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, UM, TURN IT OVER AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, UM, WITH, UH, WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UM, I THINK A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, THING TO NOTE HERE IS, UM, PROBABLY SOME OF THE OBVIOUS I THINK AS WELL JUST, UM, WE ARE THIS, UH, THE CITY LEANDER IS A, IS A FAST PACED GROWING CITY.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS, IT'S REALLY LIKE, HEY, UM, SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAXES, ALL OF THESE TYPE OF THINGS INCREASED.

BUT ALONG WITH THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, DID INCREASE BECAUSE, UM, THE PROPERTY TAX BASE, THE VALUE INCREASING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, PEOPLE MOVING IN, SALES TAX, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL, PERMITS, UM, A LOT OF THAT CORRESPONDING THAT YOU WILL SEE TOO WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR EXPENDITURES OR EXPENSES IN ORDER TO, TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE WITH THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING AS CITIZENS AS WELL.

UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, TOTAL REVENUES FOR, UH, THE CITY WAS APPROXIMATELY $260 MILLION.

UM, WHICH IS, UM, WHEN I GET TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CHARTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'LL KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE GROWTH THERE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND ONE THAT LOOKING AT, UM, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE MAIN OPERATING FUND, UM, UM, TO LOOK AT IN THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THERE'S ABOUT 17.7 MILLION OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE THERE.

AND KIND OF LOOKING AT FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE ENTITY.

A LOT OF TIMES ENTITIES COMPARE THAT TO THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES OR APPROXIMATELY 34%, WHICH IS IN DEFINITELY IN A GOOD RANGE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

ONE, YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES OR GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ARE INCREASING.

BUT THERE WAS A, A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE AS WELL.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, JUST POINTING OUT SOME OF THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, HERE, THIS IS, UM, TOTAL REVENUES BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPONENTS THAT THE CITY HAS AS WELL.

UM, I KNOW SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HARD, HARD TO READ, BUT, UM, THE LARGE PURPLE AREA THAT YOU DO SEE, THERE ARE, UM, GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN AND, UM, PUTTING IN A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE TO MAINTAIN IN FUTURE YEARS.

AND SO THAT IS A LARGE PORTION OF THAT PIECE.

UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THERE IS A RED LINE KIND OF THERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S CALLED, UM, IT'S A DESCRIPTION FOR ALL OTHER, THE, A LOT OF ENTITIES THAT WE WORKED WITH, UH, THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR HAD A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION.

UH, ONE OF THE A ITEMS THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THEIR IS, UM, INTEREST INCOME OR INTEREST REVENUE RELATED TO YOUR INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT YOU HAD.

UM, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AS EVERYONE MIGHT REMEMBER, BACK IN SEPTEM AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, THE MARKET DID KIND OF, UH, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TURN COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

SO WE DID HAVE, THE COUNTY STANDARDS DOES REQUIRE THE ENTITY TO MARK THEIR INVESTMENTS TO MARKET.

SO IF THE INVESTMENT, IF THE ENTITY WAS TO SELL THOSE PARTICULAR INVESTMENTS AS OF YEAR END, UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT, DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE OR AN UN UNREALIZED LOSS WITHIN THOSE INVESTMENTS.

BUT AS THE CINDY DOES INTEND TO SELL THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE, ALL OF THAT WILL BE MADE UP CUZ THEY'LL GET PAID BACK.

ALL THE PRINCIPAL PRESS THE INTEREST AS WELL IN THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, INVESTMENT INTEREST, UH, INSTRUMENTS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL AND, UM, BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE STANDARD THAT I'VE SEEN WITH, UM, A LOT OF ENTITIES THAT WE WORK WITH.

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YOU MAY HAVE JUST ANSWERED A QUESTION THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE LATER.

UM, I LIKE THAT SOMEONE BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR OKAY, , THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, I THE UN IS THAT ON PAGE SEVEN, THE 4,000,280? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

YES.

THANK YOU.

SURE IS.

MM-HMM.

, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, THE, UM, ENTITY DOES HAVE, UM, SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW WITH THEIR INVESTMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, SAFE INVESTMENTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL, SO, OKAY.

SO, UM, SO THAT ISN'T, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IS EXPLAINED ON THAT PAGE, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT VERBALLY HERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

AND, AND IS THAT NORMAL, UM, TO NOT HAVE IT INDICATED ON THE PAGE WHERE IT'S LISTED? THE AMOUNT IS LISTED ON PAGE SEVEN, LIKE IN THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION OR WITHIN THE ANNUAL REPORT? UM, I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE NORMAL.

I MEAN, $4 MILLION IS A, IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 250 MILLION MM-HMM.

, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO POINT OUT SOME, SOME OTHER TYPES OF ITEMS THERE AS WELL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

BUT GOOD POINT.

AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE, UM, BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE.

AND SO AS I WAS MENTIONING AS WELL, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THOSE REVENUES, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY WERE, UH, STEADILY INCREASING HERE, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT EXPENSES ARE, ARE DOING THE SAME.

UH, BACK IN 2018, IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

IT REALLY WASN'T THAT LONG AGO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS.

BUT, UM, 80 MILLION WAS WHAT TOTAL EXPENSES WERE FOR, UM, THE CITY.

AND TODAY THEY'RE AT ABOUT 110 MILLION.

AND WITH THAT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE STEADY GROWTH IN NET POSITION AND, UM, THE BLUE AREA THAT YOU DO SEE THERE, THAT IS, UM, THE CLASSIFICATION OF NET POSITION OF THE ENTIRE ENTITY FOR, UH, NET INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL ASSETS THAT ARE RELATED DEBT BASICALLY.

AND, UM, SO AGAIN, THIS, A LARGE PORTION OF THIS INCREASE ISN'T FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE YEARS AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION, UH, WITHIN THIS REPORTING PACKET, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE BACK TOO.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT MORE TREND INFORMATION, UM, THERE IN THE STATISTICAL SECTION AS WELL.

SO IT'S, UM, DEFINITELY IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DO A QUICK REVIEW OR QUICK LOOK, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LOOK.

UM, BUT IN TWO, JUST WANNA PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AND, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING OUR FIRM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SUCH A GROUP, GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT YOU DO HAVE AT THE CITY.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST TO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE HAVING AN AUDIT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY EVERY I DOTTED AND TS CROSSED IS, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HOMEWORK TOO.

YES.

YEAH, Y'ALL ARE AMAZING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

NO, IT'S NO ACTION.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 22,

[22. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution supporting the authorization of new or amended agreements to provide for the disposal of brush debris under declaration of local disaster Ordinance No. 23-011-00 approved by the City Council on February 7, 2023.]

LEANDER WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY'S TEXAS CITY MANAGER, BEVERLY, OH, I THINK YOU SKIPPED ITEM 22.

THAT IS ITEM 22 UHOH.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE AS ITEM 22.

.

IT'S THE OTHER, IT'S THE OTHER 22.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

TAKE TWO.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S OKAY.

THIS IS THE CORRECT MOTION.

THIS IS THE VERDICT THAT YOU, OKAY.

IT'S ITEM TW 22 HERE.

OKAY.

YES.

THANK YOU.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE AUTHORIZATION OF NEW OR AMENDED AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF BRUSH DEBRIS UNDER DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTER.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 11 0 0 APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.

WHO'S GOT THIS ONE? IS THAT CITY MANAGER BY WAY? OKAY.

IT'S, SO, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE ONE OF THE MOST, UH, HOTTEST

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UM, ONE FIRST THING WOULD BE TO, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE BRUSH ISSUE.

WE HAVE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ALSO HAD THE PRIOR DISASTER DECLARATION.

AND OF COURSE WE HAD A VERY WELL ATTENDED AND, UH, HARD WORKED BY, UH, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY EVENT THIS PAST WEEK, WEEKEND, AND ANOTHER COMING UP.

THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S GONNA NEED TO BE PICKED UP EVEN WHEN WE GET PAST THAT EVENT.

SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION PROPOSES, IT DOES INCLUDE, UM, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF PROCUREMENT OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES ONCE WE GET PAST THIS, UH, THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT.

UH, PARTICULARLY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE, THE LARGER ITEMS THAT MAY OTHERWISE STAY THERE FOR A WHILE.

UM, WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, ONE THING WE ALSO HAVE IN HERE IS A RECOGNITION THAT CLAUSE AND DISPOSAL WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE.

UH, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF LOAD.

THEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF DELAY, UH, THAT AFFECTED THEM DUE THE ICE STORM.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS DURING THE DURATION OF THE CURRENT, UH, DISASTER DECLARATION, IT, IT WAIVES THEIR, UH, REQUIREMENT TO HAVE TO PICK UP FIVE EXTRA ITEMS FROM EVERY SINGLE ADDRESS.

AND I KNOW TANYA'S HERE AS WELL.

UH, SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH ON THEM TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT IN THE INTERIM OR THE BLOWBACK FROM THAT.

SO THIS RECOGNIZES THAT THEY WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO TAKE A, UH, PICK UP A LIGHTER LOAD DURING THAT TIME.

UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVE FUNDS TONIGHT.

THE OTHER THING THAT THIS DOES, IT, IT DOES, UH, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CHARTER THAT IF WE ENTER INTO A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IF WE DIP UNDER 25%, Y'ALL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT FOR, UH, CHARTER, UH, REQUIREMENT, WHICH THIS IS JUST TO COVER IN THE EVENT WE ENTERTAIN A CONTRACT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UP TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND I SAY UP TO, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT WEEK.

UM, THE END OF THE DAY THIS REQUEST IS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RATIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR UNDER THE DISASTER DECLARATION, THE DIRECT CITY MANAGER AND STAFF ON, UH, EXECUTING A NEW CONTRACT, UH, POTENTIALLY OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

AND THEN BRINGING BACK TO, UH, RATIFY THAT AT THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING.

AND DARA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'VE, OR, OR PAIGE IF I HAVE TAKEN ANYTHING OUT OF ORDER, BUT WE WOULD WOULD LIKELY BE IN THAT NEGOTIATION, UH, CONSIDERING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT QUOTES WE HAVE IN ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS WITH CLAWSON AS WELL OVER THE NEXT WEEK.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

CITY MANAGER.

WE WILL BRING BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA ANY, UH, UH, CONTRACTS THAT ARE EXECUTED BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING FOR RATIFICATION.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WITH THAT THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION, UM, TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THAT IF THE EXPENDITURE WILL DECREASE THE CITY'S RESERVE FUND BALANCE BELOW 25%.

NO, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE, YOU GIMME A SECOND, BUT I WANT A DISCUSSION.

YEAH, OKAY.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ARE, ARE YOU ASKING US TO, ARE YOU ASKING US AS PART OF THIS, CUZ YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO EXECUTE A CONTRACT? ARE YOU ASKING US FOR THE ABILITY TO, OR DO, DO YOU NEED A CAP? DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT? WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXPLICITLY.

OKAY.

WE, WE HAVE IN OUR MIND A CAP.

OKAY.

BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION INTERNALLY WITH FINANCE, WE WANT TO STAY WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT.

OKAY.

WE, WE DON'T SEE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ENDLESS CHECKBOOK AS YOU SAW FROM THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE KNOWING THAT ONE, WE DO HAVE SOME LIKELIHOOD FOR SOME OF IT BEING REIMBURSED MM-HMM.

, BUT IT, IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, EASILY A YEAR PLUS TO GET IT REIMBURSED, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT EMERGENCY ORDERS.

AND WE'VE DONE ADDITIONAL LEGWORK WITH, UH, LEGAL, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION UNDER THE CURRENT, UH, DECLARATIONS.

BUT IN OUR MIND WE HAVE A A, A CEILING TO IT AND IF THAT REPORT WAS RIGHT, SO WE'RE AT LIKE 34% AND WE CAN'T GO BELOW OR 25%.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING, ROBERT? NOT WITHOUT A VOTE TO GO WITHOUT A VOTE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WELL, IT'S AN EASY VOTE.

WELL, I JUST WANNA

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ANYWAY, I, I SAW THE 30, I THOUGHT, I THINK IT'S AT 34% IT, IT DID SAY 34%.

BUT WHEN THE AUDITORS CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND, AND CATEGORIZE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BUCKETS, WHAT THEY CALL THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES A COUPLE OF, UM, UH, OTHER RESERVE FUNDS.

THE, THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE VEHICLE RESERVE FUND.

NOW IT IS UNRESTRICTED BY ANY OTHER STATUTE.

SO THE AUDITORS VIEW THAT AS PART OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO MUCH LARGER THAN 25%.

WE HAD, WE PRESENTED A BUDGET TO YOU IN, IN, UM, THE SUMMER THAT YOU ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER THAT IF EVERYTHING WORKED OUT PERFECTLY, WE WOULD END THE YEAR AT 25% OF SO UNTIL WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS THIS YEAR.

UM, WITH, UH, BALANCING THE BUDGET, ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT WAS WE SHOULD ASSUME WOULD TEMPORARILY PUT US BELOW 25%.

SO, UM, JUST, BUT WE DID, WE DID END THE YEAR BETTER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

UM, BUT I THINK UNTIL ALL THE DUST SETTLES ON WHERE WE'RE GONNA, WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR REVENUE, IT'S SAFER TO ASSUME, UH, THAT WE'RE CLOSER TO 25% THAN THE 34%.

OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ONE OF THOSE EASY THINGS LIKE, OH, JUST COME UP WITH THE MONEY IN THERE IT IS, AND LET'S GO.

THAT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SITUATION THAN IF, IF WE HAD UNLIMITED FUNDS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND I THAT WOULD BE DONE ALREADY.

I THINK AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE OKAY.

THE, THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY.

BUT, UH, TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT IN THE, IN THE CHARTER, I THINK THE SAFEST, UH, OKAY.

OPTION IS TO TAKE THAT VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE MAYOR'S MOTION.

OKAY.

SEND, CAN I JUST, UM, ASK SOMETHING FOR CLARIFICATION? AND, AND, AND THIS IS MORE FOR, FOR ME TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, E EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP? SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE KNOW THAT CLAWSON CAN'T HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE.

SO WE ARE, UH, APPROVING A BUDGET TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET.

IS THAT RIGHT? I'M THE MONEY GUY, SO I'M GONNA, I KNOW YOU'RE THE MONEY GUY, YOU WRITE THE CHECKS, BUT , I'M, I'M GONNA LET MIKE IS GONNA PROVIDE SOME DETAIL.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A, A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD BE.

WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS INCLUDING CLAWSON, AND WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING TIME MM-HMM.

, SO HOW MUCH IT COSTS, HOW MUCH TIME.

ALSO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME EXPECTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM.

ON, UH, PICKUP, BUT ALSO SOME EXPECTATION FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY OR ALL THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN DOING THAT, KNOWING THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE IMMEDIATELY REIMBURSABLE.

OKAY.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, MIKE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.

SO THIS, THIS REALLY WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS TONIGHT, IT'S A MATTER OF TIMING FOR US.

UM, WE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, AND THE MAYOR HAS HER DECLARATION, WE COULD CERTAINLY MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF KIND OF MOVING FORWARD ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, UH, WITH BRUSH CLEANUP.

YOU HEARD OF OUR DROP OFF EVENT LAST SATURDAY.

SOME OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THAT, SOME OF YOU DROPPED OFF SOME, SOME OF 'EM I KNOW I DID TOO.

UM, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND VEHICLES.

THAT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY.

IT ALREADY HAS TO REDUCING A LOT OF THAT VOLUME IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE THINK WE'LL GET PROBABLY GINA MAYBE THE SAME OR MORE VOLUME NOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW, KIND OF HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW IT'S GONNA OPERATE.

UM, WE KICK THAT OFF AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD COMPLETELY CONTROL AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH CLAUSE.

IN FACT, TONYA AND I JUST TALKED, UH, EARLIER TODAY.

WE KIND OF WALKED THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE IN CONSTANT, I THINK MAYBE EVERY OTHER DAY WE'RE COMMUNICATING ON HOW THINGS ON THE GROUND ARE CHANGING AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO GET US BACK TO OUR NORMAL STATE WITH BRUSH PICKUP.

SO THAT SECTION ONE OF YOUR RESOLUTION THAT COVERS, GIVES CLAUSE AND A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AND LETS US COMMUNICATE TO OUR PUBLIC THAT, UM, WE ARE CHIPPING AWAY AT THIS BRUSH DEBRIS ISSUE, THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE CONTRACTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A THIRD PARTY, UH, THAT IS OPERATING WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNER CITIES IN THE AREA.

THEY HAVE THE GRAPPLE HAULER TRUCK, THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES, THEY HAVE THE GRINDER, THEY'RE ALL ON STANDBY AND THEY'RE READY TO GO.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER FOR US OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE, UH, TERMS OF THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A CONTRACT TOGETHER THAT MEETS SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SEEK RE REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WE MAY BE, UM, A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY, TWO OR THREE DAYS AWAY, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT.

BUT OUR GOAL IS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT MARCH 2ND MEETING, WE HAVE ALREADY EXECUTED A CONTRACT AND WE'RE PROBABLY

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AND AS THEY DO THAT, CLAWSON CONTINUES TO DO THEIR HICCUPS AS BEST THEY CAN.

AND WE SORT OF WORK TOWARD THE MIDDLE.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE COOPERATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

CLAWSON'S GOING TO, UH, GATHER DATA THE SIMILAR TO THE WAY THEY DID WHEN THEY PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE LAST MEETING.

THEY'LL GATHER SOME MORE OF THAT DATA AND SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH DID OUR TWO DROP-OFF EVENTS COVER? AND ARE THEY SEEING A SIGNIFICANT DROP? THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US THAT IF AND WHEN WE DO HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO PARTICIPATE IN CURBSIDE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH CLAWSON'S TEAM.

AND, AND TONY AND I TALKED TODAY, THE MAP DATA AND SOME OF THE ROUTE MAPS THAT THEY HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE THIRD PARTY.

SO THERE'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE ARE WORKING THIS EFFORT TOGETHER.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S VERY CLEAR THAT FOR THE CHATTER OUT THERE, THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT CAN'T BE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN YET.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.

RIGHT.

BUT HERE'S THE GOAL.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO NO, NO.

I'LL TELL YOU, MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE'RE HIRING A THIRD PARTY.

IT WILL BE FOR SOME LEVEL OF CURBSIDE PICKUP OF SOME OF THESE BIG BRUSH PILES.

YEAH.

WHATEVER IS REQUIRED WITH A GRAPPLE TRUCK AND A BIG CLAW AND HAULING THAT AWAY AND SHIPPING IT OFF.

THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME OF THOSE BIGGEST PILES THAT, UH, ARE DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY TO, TO SERVE AND IS NOT PART OF, UH, CLAWSON'S REGULAR SERVICE TODAY.

THOSE, THAT'S OUR TARGET.

AND THEN SOME OF THE SMALLER PILES, IF WE CAN GET TO THOSE WITH THIS THIRD PARTY, WE'LL DO THAT TOO.

AND WE'LL WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS THAT MIDDLE OF, OF REALLY GETTING RID OF AS MANY PILE AS WE CAN IN A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, JUST A QUESTION, MR. NEW.

SO I'M FOR BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TOO, BUT I THINK LESSONS LEARNED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE DOING KIND OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

SO, YOU KNOW, CEDAR PARK IS DOING THAT, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE COST.

IT'S AN EXTREME COST, RIGHT? BUT I MEAN, IT COULD CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS BRUSH BEING THERE IF WE GET LIGHTNING OR IT'S JUST GONNA CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SO LESSONS LEARNED, I MEAN, I, PEOPLE HAVE SAID IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES BEFORE WHERE WE'VE DONE A CURBSIDE OR A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THE PICKUP.

I'M NOT SURE THE HISTORY THERE.

I WOULD SAY WE WE'RE PROBABLY MUCH DIFFERENT SIZE CITY TWO.

THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.

YES.

AND ACTUALLY, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING IS THAT MOST OF OUR PARTNER CITIES ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING A COMBINATION, RIGHT? THEY'RE DOING DROP OFF EVENTS, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RAMPING UP SOME OF THEIR, UM, REGULAR PICKUPS AS BEST THEY CAN.