[00:00:02] I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS MEETING UP AT 5:33. [1.CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE. EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION. A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA, SHALL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO SECTION THREE BUDGET. [ Items 3.A. - 3.M. ] AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WILL CALL IN ALL ITEMS. ITEMS 3A THROUGH 3M INTO THE RECORD. THERE WILL BE ONE PRESENTATION DONE FOR ALL OF THOSE. THEN WE WILL COME BACK UP TO 3A AND HANDLE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, 3A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE PROPERTY TAX THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AN AMOUNT OF $4,381,461, WHICH IS AN 11.57% INCREASE. AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 1,258,438 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FOR NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR? 3B, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR TAX RATE, FOR TAX YEAR 2024. THANK YOU. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS I'M GOING TO READ THIS THE WAY THE ATTORNEY SAYS $0.6627 PER $100 VALUATION. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. 3C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024- 2025, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, AND TERMINATING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THE BUDGET WILL AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EACH FUND, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THREE D, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX OF THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR TAX YEAR 2024 ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND ADOPTING A TAX RATE OF $0.6627 PER $100 VALUATION FOR TAX YEAR 2024, PROVIDING FOR REVENUES FOR PAYMENTS OF CURRENT MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENSES, AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON OUTSTANDING CITY OF BURLESON DEBT. PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FINDING THAT AT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. THREE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2024 TAX ROLLS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS ALSO BEFORE COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. THREE F, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS BY ADDING SECTION 1-16, PAYMENT OF FEES AND OTHER COSTS BY CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARDS OR ELECTRONIC MEANS AND SECTION 1-17, NON-SUFFICIENT FUND FEE. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. THREE G, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025. SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR VARIOUS CITY OF BURLESON SERVICES. ON FIRST READING, THREE H. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 RATES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE. FIRST READING. THREE I, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 RATES FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLES AND TRASHED. FIRST READING. THREE J, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE AD VALOREM TAX FOR TAX YEAR [00:05:05] 2025 AND ALL FUTURE YEARS, UNLESS REVISED, OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 5% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE. REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. INCORPORATING THE RECITALS. FINDING THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. THREE K CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON FOUR A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025. THREE L, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON COMMUNITY SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 AND THREE M, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF BURLESON INVESTMENT POLICY FORMERLY FOUND IN CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 30, AND STATING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED THE POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 11 INVESTMENT POLICY ADOPTION. ALL THESE ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU AND PRESENTED BY HARLAN JEFFERSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL NOW PAY ME FOR EVERY WORD THAT I JUST READ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. CAMPOS. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION, HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD THE BUDGET IN HAND, AND BEING CONSIDERATE OF SOME RESIDENTS THAT MAY HEAR THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FIRST TIME OR MAY JUST NOT GET INVOLVED. SO I TRY NOT TO GO TOO LONG IN EITHER WAY. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT PROBABLY COULD HAVE GONE AS FAR BACK AS FEBRUARY, WHEN YOU HAD YOUR PLANNING AND VISIONING RETREAT AND GAVE US A GENERAL DIRECTION, A BROADER SCALE. BUT AT THE END OF MAY, YOU STARTED IN EARNEST WITH A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON MAY 28TH, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE GENERAL FUND FOR A4B GOLF PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND WATER, WASTEWATER, TIF OPERATING FUNDS. REALLY THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL PLAN. YOU'VE HAD ALL THESE OTHER MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS COMMITTEE MEETINGS SINCE THEN. AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IS ON FEBRUARY 3RD, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET TAX RATE, AS WELL AS CONSIDERATION OF A HOST OF OTHER ORDINANCES FOR THE FIRST READING THAT MISS CAMPOS JUST READ. AND WE WOULD CONCLUDE THE BUDGET PROCESS, AT LEAST ON OUR SCHEDULE. ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WITH THE FINAL READING OF A HOST OF ORDINANCES AS WELL. NOW THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON WITH HIGH PERFORMING CITY, CITY ORGANIZATION, DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY, BEAUTIFUL, SAFE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. THESE ITEMS SERVE AS A REALLY A ROADMAP TO ACHIEVING THE LONG TERM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS INCLUDE SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS THAT ARE TIED TO ITEMS IN THE BUDGET. LATER TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL, AND YOU'LL CONSIDER THE PLAN FOR ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WITH THE OTHER ITEMS. THIS IS A KEY AREA FOR A BUDGET FOCUS THAT WE USE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. ONE OF THEM IS THE STRONG FUND BALANCE FOR ALL THE FUNDS IN YOUR FINANCIAL POLICY. YOU SET A RANGE FOR THE LARGER FUNDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 25%. YOU USE A CONSERVATIVE REVENUE ESTIMATES THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST THAT WE USE. I MENTIONED FIVE YEAR FORECAST. THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS, NOT JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU GO OUT ON A FIVE YEAR HORIZON TO MAKE SURE THE DECISIONS WE MADE ARE SUSTAINABLE. AND THAT LEADS TO THE RESILIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY OF THE TO THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE DEAL WITH. THIS IS THE RESULTS OF THE BUDGET SURVEY THAT OUR CITIZENS PARTICIPATED IN. WE DO ONE ANNUALLY, AND THE TOP THREE ITEMS WERE THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, POLICE AND FIRE. LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SAME TOP TWO ITEMS WITH TRAFFIC AND STREETS, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STREETS POLICE, AND IT WAS PARKS AND RECREATION. WE HAVE THE SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS LISTED FOR YOU. BUT WHAT'S REALLY SHOCKING IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR OUT FRONT STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS OF THE NUMBER TWO ITEMS ON THE LIST. THIS LIST GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, OR PROVIDES SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND DATA ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. WE HAD A 5.94% GROWTH IN OVERALL TAXABLE VALUE, 2.25% OF THAT CAME FROM [00:10:09] EXISTING PROPERTY VALUE. INCREASING ON EXISTING PROPERTY TO 3.69% CAME FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE ROAD, MEANING IT WASN'T ON THE ROAD LAST YEAR. THEN THE ASSUMPTIONS GOING FORWARD. WE'VE ADDED A 2% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BEING ADDED IN TO THE CALCULATIONS STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 26. IN TERMS OF TAX RATE COMPONENTS THEMSELVES, THE DEBT COMPONENT IS LEVEL AT 0.9923 COMPARED TO LAST OR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE O&M SIDE OF THE DEBT RATE, OR TAX RATE, INCREASED $0.03 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO OVERALL TAX RATE AS PROPOSED IS A THREE CENT INCREASE. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE HISTORY OF OUR TAX RATE GOING BACK TEN YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WAS $0.74 IN FISCAL YEAR 26 AND REMAINED RELATIVELY LEVEL FOR FOUR YEARS. AND THEN IT HAD STARTED A DECREASE OVERALL OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD SHOWED OVER A TEN CENT INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE. AND THIS YEAR, AS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT'S SHOWING A PROPOSED THREE CENT INCREASE. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE CERTIFIED VALUE. THIS IS THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION. IF YOU GO TO OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATION OR THE CERTIFIED ROWE, YOU SEE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NUMBER. WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THE CERTIFIED NUMBER AND WE ADDED THE VALUE UNDER PROTEST. THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT CERTIFIES THE VALUE ONCE THEY RECEIVE 95% OF APPROVAL OR AGREEMENT ON AT LEAST 95% OF ALL THE VALUE ON THE PROTEST, SO THAT 95% WE USE THE NUMBER THAT EVERYBODY AGREES TO AS THE MINIMUM FOR VALUE UNDER PROTEST. SO WE ADDED THAT TO THE NUMBER AND WE DID THAT. SO YOU DON'T SEE THIS STARK INCREASE BETWEEN THE CERTIFIED AND WHEN IT'S FINAL. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE IT, THAT VALUE UNDER PROTEST THAT WE ADDED COULD, YOU KNOW, BE IN A RANGE OF $200 MILLION. SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN VALUE EARLY ON AND THEN MORE SUBSTANTIAL IN IN MORE RECENT YEARS AS IT BEGINS TO INCREASE. AND THIS IS THE VALUE BEFORE YOU APPLY ANY OF THE EXEMPTIONS. AND THEN THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE COMPARISON OF A CHANGE IN THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE COMPARING HERE IS THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE. AND THIS COMES FROM THE CERTIFIED ROLLS. SO WE COMPARED IT TO FISCAL YEAR 24 NUMBER OF $282,966 TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE 299,889 AND IN THE FUTURE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT DO FOR IMPROVEMENT IS ADD MARKET VALUE AS WELL, SO EVERYONE CAN COMPARE TO WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN SELL A HOME FOR, GENERALLY, AT LEAST BASED ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S OPINION. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE TAXABLE NUMBER AFTER YOU REDUCE THE EXEMPTION. SO THIS SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE IN TAXABLE VALUE INCREASING BY ALMOST $17,000 WITH A THREE CENT TAX RATE. THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE RESIDENT WOULD BE PAYING ANOTHER $997.60 IN TAXES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE SHOWED THE 3% REDUCTION ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SO THAT AVERAGE WOULD BE $173.75. SO ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THAT'S AS $14.48. AND I'LL JUST MENTION THAT THIS IS THE THIS AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT'S IN BURLESON IS WHAT IT REPRESENTS. THERE'S A TARRANT COUNTY PIECE AS WELL. THAT AVERAGE FOR THEM IS $286,000. SO, IT'S SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS NUMBER. SO WELL, WHAT WE MIGHT DO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL IS CONSIDER TRYING TO AVERAGE OUT THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU DO A STRAIGHT AVERAGE, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF ALL PROPERTIES IN JOHNSON COUNTY WOULD PULL THE NUMBER DOWN TO 292,000. AND WE DON'T THINK THAT'S A FAIR REPRESENTATION EITHER IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE DATA FROM TARRANT COUNTY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER COMPARISON BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS. REGARDING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, OF COURSE, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL ON AUGUST 5TH, AS WELL AS FILED IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND PLACED IT ON OUR WEBSITE. BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, YOU APPROVED THE $0.01 INCREASE ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. AT THAT TIME, THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE 1% INCREASE FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS TO WORK YOUR WAY UP TO A TOTAL OF 5%. [00:15:06] HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. IN FISCAL YEAR 23, YOU APPROVED ANOTHER $0.01 TO MOVE IT UP TO 2%. FISCAL YEAR 24, YOU MOVED IT FROM 2% TO 3%. AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY. WE WERE ON PACE TO BRING YOU ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO INCREASE IT TO 4%. BEFORE THIS CAN GO INTO EFFECT, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR JULY 1ST OF A PARTICULAR YEAR TO MAKE IT APPLY. SO WHEN YOU APPROVE AN ORDINANCE THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO FISCAL YEAR 26 AT THE SPECIAL CALLED A MEETING ON AUGUST THE 12TH. THE COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM 3% TO 5%. SO THAT'S WHY THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE IS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, TO MOVE IT FROM 3% TO 5%. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN TERMS OF A REVENUE THAT THE THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL RETAIN BECAUSE OF THE EXEMPTIONS. SO THE FIRST YEAR YOU WENT INTO IT WENT INTO EFFECT, THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT WAS IMPACTED WAS A $51.8 MILLION OF THE REVENUE THAT RESIDENTS SAVED BECAUSE OF THAT WAS 340,000. IN FISCAL YEAR 24, THE VALUE INCREASED BY ANOTHER THAT WAS IMPACTED OR EXEMPTED BY ANOTHER $14.6 MILLION. SO THE TOTAL WAS $66.5 MILLION. OF THE IMPACT OF THAT WAS A $420,000 OR, EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE 420,000. NOW FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. THE VALUE INCREASED $40.1 MILLION. SO FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, THE REVENUE SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS IS $706,000. IF THE COUNCIL WAS TO IMPROVE ANOTHER 1%, ONLY WE USED ANOTHER 40.1 MILLION FOR OUR ASSUMPTION. WE REALLY THINK THAT'S CONSERVATIVE. NUMBERS SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 14.6 AND THE 40.1, BUT WE JUST REPEATED THAT AS THE KIND OF MAXIMUM CAP. SO THAT WOULD MEAN A REVENUE LOSS OF 972,000. IF YOU DO THE $0.02, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER $80.2 MILLION ADDED, FOR A TOTAL OF $186.9 MILLION. SO THE REVENUE LOSS OR IMPACT WOULD BE $1.2 MILLION. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. I TRANSITION TO THE PROPOSED FEES THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL FOR. THE FIRST ONE WAS SOLICITATION PERMIT FEE. CURRENTLY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE PROCESS SOLICITATION PERMITS. AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE RECORD CLERK REALLY CHECKS FOR ANY LOCAL ARRESTS, ANY OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, CHECK WITH THE DPS AND IF ALL THOSE ARE CLEAR, THEN THEY WILL ISSUE A PERMIT AND IT LASTS FOR ONE YEAR. SO IF THERE ARE ANY CONVICTIONS FOR FELONY MISDEMEANORS, SEX OFFENSES, NARCOTIC TRAFFICKING OR THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE LIST, THEN THEY DON'T ISSUE THE PERMIT. IF THEY CLEAR ALL THOSE HURDLES, THEY ISSUE A PERMIT AND IT'S $75 FOR THE FIRST FIVE PERMITS AND $10 THEREAFTER FOR EACH ONE. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE WE'RE PROPOSING TWO THINGS. ONE, INSTEAD OF A PERMIT FEE, MAKING IT AN APPLICATION FEE. SO THE ONE OF THE FLAWS IS BY BEING A PERMIT FEE, WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL THIS WORK, ALL THIS VERIFICATION. IF THEY DON'T PICK UP THE PERMITS, WE'RE NOT PAID FOR THAT WORK. SO BY AN APPLICATION FEE WE WOULD BE PAID UP FRONT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY PICK UP THE PERMIT OR NOT. SECONDLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE FEE FROM $75 AND THEN $10, $75 FOR THE FIRST FIVE AND $10 THEREAFTER TO $100 FOR EACH ONE. THIS IS WHO WE COMPARED OURSELVES TO. AND YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES CHARGED THE $100 UP FRONT AS WELL. AND THE CITY OF BURLESON AND CLEVELAND ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT REALLY CHARGED THE FEE FOR CERTAIN NUMBER UP FRONT. SO AND THEN IT'S DISCOUNTED THEREAFTER. SO WE'RE GETTING MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGE. THE NEXT CHANGE DEALS WITH CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD FEES. THE COUNCIL IN AUGUST APPROVED AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING THE TRANSFER FOR OF THE PAYMENT OF THE FEES TO THE RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS. WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS LONG AS WE HAD AN AVENUE FOR RESIDENTS TO PAY THEIR BILL BY SOME OTHER MEANS AND NOT BE CHARGED A FEE. SO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE CREATED. TONIGHT YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA AN ORDINANCE THAT, FOR THE FIRST READING, AUTHORIZING THE FEE TO EXIST AND ALSO SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF THE [00:20:08] FEES AND IN A SEPARATE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD, THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES STARTED MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR SOFTWARE TO RECONFIGURE IT, TO BE ABLE TO PASS ALONG THE FEE TO THE RESIDENTS AND WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS A SHOWS THE SCHEDULE OF THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENTS. SO IT COMPARES THE TYPE OF CHARGE AND ACTIVITY TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING WHEN WE PAY THE FEE. IS THE CURRENT RATE AND THEN THE PROPOSED RATE WHEN RESIDENTS START PAYING THE FEE. BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION OF THE CREDIT CARD, COMPANIES INCREASED THE FEES SLIGHTLY. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE AN AVENUE FOR RESIDENTS TO AVOID THE FEE COMPLETELY. I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS IN WHICH THEY COLLECT FEES. ONE OF THEM IS BUILDING PERMITS AND THE OTHER ONE IS PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY PAY THOSE FEES AT THE SAME COUNTER. SO ON THE SEPARATE FEE SCHEDULE WE PROVIDED, WE ADMITTED THE FEE FOR THE PLANNING AREA. AND WE'LL CORRECT THAT WHEN WE BRING THE ORDINANCE BACK NEXT WEEK. IT'S THE SAME FEE AMOUNT BEING A 3.25%. AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE AVENUES THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS COULD AVOID THE FEE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE PROPOSED AS THE E-CHECK. SO THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO EAT THE FEE AS A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF 60 CENTS PER TRANSACTION AS WELL AS IVR. SO IF SOMEONE PAYS OVER THE PHONE SO YOU COULD. RESIDENTS CAN STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPTIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR A FEE. AND THIS IS THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR TYLER TECHNOLOGY, WHICH PRIMARILY IMPACT UTILITY BILLING. THE OTHER AREA OF THE CITY IMPACT IS MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THE FEE SCHEDULE IS DIFFERENT FOR UTILITY BILLING AND MUNICIPAL COURT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF TRANSACTION THE COURT HAS. I MEAN, THE UTILITY BILLING HAS COMPARED TO THE COURT. SO AND THEY TOLD US AS THE VOLUME ACTIVITY PICKS UP, THEN WE CAN REVISIT THE RATE, THE RATES THAT THEY CHARGE. THE NEXT AREA DEALS WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER WITH REGARD TO WATER AND WASTEWATER FOR RESIDENTS. CURRENTLY THE CURRENT RATE, IF YOU USE ON AVERAGE 5000 GALLONS A MONTH, IS $87.66 FOR THOSE TWO PROPOSED TO GO TO A $92.85. THAT'S $5.19 A MONTH. BASICALLY, THAT'S 5.9% OVERALL. IS THE RATE CHANGE FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF UP 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER. THE RATE INCREASE IS 6.2%, AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS 6.66% INCREASE IN THOSE AREAS. SO AND I REMIND THE COUNCIL WE WANT TO BE CREATIVE AND TRY TO MINIMIZE THE RATE IMPACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND ONE OF THE AVENUES THAT WE USE WAS TO DEFER ISSUING DEBT. WE USE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS ONE YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR WE WOULD ISSUE THE DEBT. SO THAT MINIMIZED THE IMPACT ON OUR RATEPAYERS. AND IN THIS SCHEDULE, IT'S THE 6.1% CHANGE IN RATES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ON AVERAGE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COMPARISONS TO OUR SURVEY CITIES. SO WE SHOW WHERE BURLESON IS ON THE FAR LEFT. THE $12.16. AND THEN AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER CUSTOMERS. SO ODDLY ENOUGH, THERE'S, THERE'S SIX CITIES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF US THAT ARE HIGHER AND THERE'S SIX ON THE LEFT THAT ARE LOWER. AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOWER THAN THE $116.62 THAT THE STATE AVERAGE ON THIS SLIDE. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE CITIES THAT THAT ARE ALSO CUSTOMERS OF THE WHOLESALER, WATER PROVIDER AND WASTE WATER PROVIDERS OF FORT WORTH. AND IN THIS ONE, WE HAVE THE SAME MIX OF SIX THAT ARE HIGHER THAN US AND SIX THAT ARE LOWER THAN WE ARE CURRENTLY. AND WE'RE STILL, LIKE I MENTIONED, LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE AS WELL. IN THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE SOLID WASTE FEES. SO THE SOLID WASTE SIDE WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE RATE. AND THIS BASICALLY SOLID WASTE PROVIDER IS ONLY INCREASING OUR RATES BY 4.02%. BUT BECAUSE WE WERE SUBSIDIZING THE RATES TO OUR CUSTOMERS, THEIR RATE INCREASES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. SO, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO FROM $21.84 TO $24.23. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ADDING. SO IT'S $1 PER MONTH TO OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THAT PROGRAM. SO WE'RE SHIFTING THAT OVER TO THE SOLID WASTE FUND. [00:25:03] AND THIS IS THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR SMALL COLLECTIONS, GOING FROM $26.40 TO $31 AND $0.50. AND THEN THE COLLECTION FEE FOR LARGE COLLECTIONS $39.51, COMPARED TO $46.73. AND THIS IS HOW WE COMPARED OUR SURVEY CITIES. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE THE SECOND HIGHEST ON THE ON THE LIST. AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT EMPLOYING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO ENTER A NEGOTIATION WITH OUR CURRENT SOLID WASTE PROVIDER. AND WE THINK WE HAVE A FEW AVENUES TO REDUCE THAT. ONE OF THEM IS TO NEGOTIATE THE USE OF A POLYCARP FOR TRASH COLLECTION. THAT SHOULD REDUCE THEIR OVERALL OPERATING COSTS. IN FACT, THEY'VE GIVEN US A PROPOSAL FOR THAT IN THE PAST. YES. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE'VE GOT A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH OUR FEED, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A RECESS FOR A FEW MINUTES TILL WE GET THIS THING FIXED. IS THIS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START OVER? NO. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M SORRY. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO START BACK. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SEE WHERE WE LOST THE FEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. BASED ON OUR BEST GUESS, WE BELIEVE WHEN I STARTED THE FEES, WHEN WE LOST CONNECTION. SO I'LL PICK UP ON THE SOLICITATION PERMIT FEES. THE FIRST FEE DEALS WITH A FEE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHARGE. THE SOLICITATION PERMIT FEE IS ISSUED ONCE THE RECORD CLERK COMPLETE A BACKGROUND CHECK INVOLVING A CHECK FOR LOCAL ARREST, OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. THEY ALSO CHECK DO A CHECK WITH DPS. AND ONCE THEY ISSUED A PERMIT, IT'S GOOD FOR ONE YEAR. AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. ANY FELONY CHARGES, MISDEMEANORS SEXUAL ASSAULT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SO FORTH. THE PERMIT IS ACTUALLY ISSUED. AND ONCE IT'S ISSUED, IT COVERS THE FIRST FIVE PERMITS AND IT'S $10 THEREAFTER. THE CHARGE IS $75 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO MOVE FROM A PERMIT FEE TO AN APPLICATION FEE, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY WOULD RECEIVE PAYMENT AT THE START OF THE PROCESS SIMPLY BY APPLYING. CURRENTLY WITH THE PERMIT FEE, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY CAN GO THROUGH IT FOR SEVERAL APPLICANTS AND EXPAND A LOT OF ENERGY. IF THE PERMIT ISN'T PICKED UP, THEN THEY'RE NOT PAID FOR THOSE FEES. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT AND INCREASE THE FEE FROM $75 TO $100 AND MAKE IT APPLY TO EVERY PERMIT THAT'S THAT'S REQUESTED. THEY MADE THIS REQUEST AFTER COMPARING THEMSELVES TO THE LIST OF COMMUNITIES ON THIS SLIDE. AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES HERE CHARGE $100 AND MOST OF THEM RECEIVE THEIR FEE UP FRONT. THE CITY OF BURLESON AND CLEVELAND ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ISSUE IT FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PERMITS AND DISCOUNTED THEREAFTER. SO WE'RE MAKING THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE CITIES ON THIS LIST. THE NEXT FEE DEALS WITH CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD FEES. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FORMALLY TAKEN ACTION. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE FEE AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSE WAS TO BE RECEPTIVE OF TRANSITIONING THE CHARGE OF THE FEE IN WHICH THE CITY INCURRED TO TRANSITION THAT TO RESIDENTS. AS LONG AS WE HAD A VIABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO AVOID PAYING THE FEE COMPLETELY. SO WE DEVELOPED THAT LIST. WE STARTED A COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM. TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO APPROVE THE FIRST ORDINANCE, FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE FEE. THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES HAVE A BEGUN THE PROCESS OF RECONFIGURING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE OF SOFTWARE TO CHARGE THE FEE TO RESIDENTS DIRECTLY, AND IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST IF APPROVED. THIS IS A LIST OF THE FEES CHARGED BY PAYMENTUS, AND WE HAVE THE TYPE OF FEES, WHETHER IT'S CREDIT CARDS OR E-CHECK OR IVR. LISTED HERE HAVE THE CURRENT RATE THAT WE INCUR AS A CITY. AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN SHOWS THE RATES THAT RESIDENTS WILL INCUR ONCE THE TRANSITION IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED. I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE'VE HAD THEM LISTED HERE, BUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CONSIST OF A COUPLE OF AREAS. [00:30:01] THAT'S BUILDING INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS PLANNING. THEY BOTH RECEIVE PAYMENT AT THE SAME COUNTER. IN THE ORDINANCE WE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL, WE ADMITTED SHOWING THE FEE UNDER PLANNING. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION AT THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE NEXT WEEK. YOU'LL SEE HERE FOR EACH CHECK, WEEK. THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCUR THAT FEE AT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AS A NORMAL NOMINAL RATE, BUT IS AN OPTION THAT'S USED BY THE RESIDENTS. THE SAME THING FOR IVR PAYMENTS THAT ARE THAT THE COST FOR THAT WON'T BE PASSED ON TO RESIDENTS EITHER. AND THEN THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR TYLER TECHNOLOGIES. THEIR FEES IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON UTILITY BILLING AS WELL AS MUNICIPAL COURT. THE I'LL POINT OUT THAT THE MAJOR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE 3.75% THAT'S CHARGED FOR UTILITY BILLING AND THE 5% THAT'S CHARGED IN MUNICIPAL COURT, IS THE VOLUME OF TRANSACTIONS. THE UTILITY BILLING HAS A LOWER RATE BECAUSE OF THE LARGE VOLUME OF TRANSACTIONS IN THAT AREA. NEXT, WE HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE CHANGE IN FEES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS ON THE WATER WASTEWATER SITE. WE'RE PROPOSING A 5.9% INCREASE FOR CUSTOMERS THAT USE 5000 GALLONS OF WATER ON AVERAGE, AND AS WELL AS WASTEWATER. IF IT'S OVER 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER, IT'S A 6.2%, AND OVER 30,000 GALLONS OF WATER IS A 6.6% INCREASE. SO WE SHOW HERE THE CURRENT RATES, CUSTOMER PAY FOR THE CHARGE, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED RATE AND THE AVERAGE MONTHLY CHARGE AS WELL. AND THIS SLIDE DOES THE SAME THING FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. THE RATE INCREASE HERE IS A 6.1%. AND I'LL MENTION THAT ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THE COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF IS ISSUING IS APPROVING OF REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AND ISSUING DEBT FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER A YEAR AFTER. SO WE CAN DELAY THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ON THOSE AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR RATEPAYERS BY DOING THAT. THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES A COMPARISON BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OUR SURVEY CITIES. THE ONES IN BLUE. THE DARKER BLUE COLOR ARE ALSO CUSTOMERS OF OUR FORT WORTH FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. AND YOU SEE BURLESON ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE COLUMN THAT'S IN RED AT $112.16. THERE ARE SIX COMMUNITIES THAT CHARGE HIGHER RATES THAN US AND SIX THAT ARE CHARGED LOWER RATES, AS WELL AS THE STATE AVERAGE IS 116. $16.62 IS HIGHER THAN OUR AVERAGE. THIS SLIDE ONLY SHOWS A COMMUNITIES THAT PURCHASE ALSO PURCHASE WATER WASTEWATER SERVICE FROM FORT WORTH. SO WE ARE A BIG DRIVERS OF WASTEWATER COSTS ARE THE WHOLESALE PROVIDER CHARGES AS WELL AS CAPITAL. SO WE WANTED TO THINK OR AT LEAST SHOW A MORE AVERAGE OR REPRESENTATIVE COMPARISON. SO WE LOOKED AT A SIMILAR COMMUNITIES THAT USE FORT WORTH. AND AGAIN THERE ARE SIX COMMUNITIES HIGHER THAN US SIX. THAT'S LOWER. AND WE CONTINUE TO BE LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE AS WELL. THEN SOLID WASTE FEES. THE CITY INCURRED A INCREASE BASED ON OUR CONTRACT. BASICALLY WE USE THE CPI NUMBERS. THE INCREASE WAS 4.02%. THIS REPRESENTS A SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN SUBSIDIZING THOSE RATES. SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE FROM $21.84 UP TO $2,021.84, UP TO $24.23. THAT INCLUDES A NEW LITTER ABATEMENT FEE OF $1 TO PICK UP LITTER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SMALL COLLECTIONS. THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS $26.46 TO $31.50, AND WE STILL HAVE THE LITTER ABATEMENT FEE IN THIS ONE AS WELL. AND THE SAME THING FOR THE LARGE COLLECTIONS FROM $39.51 TO A $46.73. THIS LAST SHOWS A COMPARISON TO OUR SURVEY CITIES OF FEES. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE THE SECOND HIGHEST ON THE LIST. AS A RESULT, WE'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL AND RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE AVENUES TO REDUCE THE OUR RATES. SO BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION AND DIRECTION, WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATION WITH OUR CURRENT SOLID WASTE PROVIDER. WE THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AVENUES TO REDUCE THE RATES. ONE OF THEM IS TO EXPLORE THE USE OF POLY CARDS FOR TRASH COLLECTIONS. WE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FROM THEM. IN THE PAST, WE WEREN'T AS PLEASED WITH THE WITH THE RATES THEY PROPOSED, SO WE DIDN'T EXECUTE A CHANGE. [00:35:02] THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY IS TO FRANCHISE NONRESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. BASICALLY HAVING ONE PROVIDER PROVIDE SERVICE TO ALL RESIDENTIAL NONRESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS IN THE CITY. SO BASICALLY BY ECONOMY OF SCALES, IT'S OPPORTUNITY TO FOR THEM TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS OR REDUCE THEIR COSTS WITH THE POLYCARP OPTION. AND WE PLAN TO NEGOTIATE A CAP ON OUR FEES AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE AVENUES WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE TO REDUCE THE OR PURSUE REDUCING THE OVERALL RATES. THEN THERE'S A HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE FEES AS WELL. WE DISCUSS REALLY MINOR INCREASES FOR THE FEES HERE. YOU CAN SEE FROM $1 TO $3 BASED ON WHETHER IT'S A WEEKEND, WEEKDAY OR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR LEAGUE PLAYING AND OTHER GROUPINGS. THIS IS A COMPARISON TO SOUTHERN OAKS AS WELL AS MANSFIELD NATIONAL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED RATE IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND WE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT REVISITING THESE RATES AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE AH CAPITAL AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GOLF COURSE. SO AS THE QUALITY OF THE COURSE IMPROVED, THE FEES WILL ADJUST TO THAT. I WANT TO MENTION THE INVESTMENT POLICY AS WELL. THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY ANNUALLY, EVEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT. WE'RE PROPOSING REALLY SOME MINOR CHANGES. AND THAT'S ADDING THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR TO THE LIST OF INVESTMENT OFFICERS AND REMOVING THE COMPTROLLER POSITION. THAT POSITION IS NO LONGER LISTED IN THE CITY. IT'S BEEN THE TITLE HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER MINOR TYPOS OR INDENTATION CHANGES WE MADE. THE INVESTMENT POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO THE POLICY AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT TREASURERS ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS HAS REEVALUATED OUR POLICY. AND DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THEY RECERTIFIED IT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR PERIOD. AND THEY DIDN'T RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY. IN TERMS OF SUMMARY INFORMATION, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND THE OVERALL CHANGE. SO THE TOTAL IS MOVING FROM $249.2 MILLION TO $256 MILLION. SO OVERALL, $6.8 MILLION CHANGE. LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND, WE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE CENT INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT'S GOING TO PRODUCE ANOTHER $1,645,000 IN REVENUE. THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE STAFF TO CREATE A DESIGNATED FUND TO DEPOSIT THOSE FUNDS IN, TO ADDRESS STREET MAINTENANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. I MENTIONED THE CITIZEN SURVEY EARLIER AND STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS, THE TOP ITEM ON THE LIST BY FAR FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THE COUNCIL NOT ONLY USED IT, USED THAT, BUT WITH YOUR OWN INTERACTION WITH THE RESIDENTS TO REALLY PUT A PRIORITY ON ADDRESSING STREET MAINTENANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. BY HAVING A DESIGNATED FUND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL THE REVENUE AS WELL AS THE EXPENDITURE IN THAT FUND, AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE MONTHLY REPORTS TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THAT CHANGE. SO CURRENTLY WHEN WE TRANSFER MONEY BETWEEN FUNDS, WE'RE SHOW REVENUE COMING INTO THE ORIGINAL FUND AND EXPENDITURE GOING OUT WHEN IT TRANSFERS AND THEN THE FUND RECEIVING IT RECEIVE THE REVENUE. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW THE EXPENDITURES. SO THAT ACTUALLY AS A RESULT OF THE $2.6 MILLION THAT'S BEING ADDED AND US TRANSFERRING IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO STREET MAINTENANCE FUND, THAT REALLY SHOWS A 2.0, EXCUSE ME, $3.2 MILLION IMPACT. THAT'S BEEN OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FUNDS INSTEAD OF TREATING SIMILAR SITUATIONS DIFFERENTLY. SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT HOW WE HANDLE THOSE. ONE OF THE IMPLICATIONS IS WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE FUND, THE EXPENDITURE COULD BE HIGHER. THAT MEANS YOU'RE SETTING ASIDE A LARGER PORTION OF YOUR FUND BALANCE ON YOUR ON YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A REASONABLE MANNER. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO STOP AND TAKE OUR TIME TO REVISIT. THE OTHER THING THAT STANDS OUT IS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHERE YOU SEE AN INCREASE OF EIGHT FROM 8.6% TO 20.8%, SO A $12.2 MILLION INCREASE. AND THAT'S SHOWING THAT WAY BECAUSE OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRANSFERS. THE FOUR A AND FOUR B WERE PAYING THEIR DEBT SERVICE WITHIN THOSE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS. SO NOW WE'RE CONSOLIDATING THOSE ALL THOSE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO PAY IT OUT OF ONE FUND. CURRENTLY THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS TIF TWO PAID OUT OF DEBT SERVICE FUND. [00:40:02] SO WE WERE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT METHODS OVER THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS. SO WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT A WHAT PRODUCES THAT CHANGE ON THAT LIST. AND THEN OVERALL THE OTHER NUMBER THAT'S LARGER HERE IS THE REDUCTION OF A 13.1 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS. YOU HAVE THE FIRST READING OF SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT MS. CAMPOS READ OFF EARLIER FOR YOU. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND READING AND SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THIS LIST OF ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S THE BUDGET TAX RATE OR AS WELL AS THE TAX ROWE FEE SCHEDULE, WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES, SOLID WASTE RATES AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD FEES AND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. AND THIS IS A LIST OF ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER TONIGHT. AND WHAT I'LL DO IS TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MISS CAMPOS, AND SHE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AT THIS POINT, I'D BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. SO AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WILL MOVE BACK UP TO ITEM THREE A. THREE A IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL 2024-2025 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:43. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALSO AT 6:43. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE IS NO ACTION PAST THIS POINT. SO ITEM THIS WILL NOW BRING US TO ITEM THREE B. SO, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE PRIOR TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT ADOPT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE WILL BE AT CITY COUNCIL, AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 AT 5:30 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL, 141 WEST RENFROE STREET, BURLESON, TEXAS, 76028. I GUESS IF YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN YOUR GPS, RIGHT, YOU NEED THAT ZIP CODE. AT THIS TIME MAYOR THREE B IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2024. YOU'RE PROUD OF YOURSELF, AREN'T YOU? I'M HAVING FUN WITH MATT. I NOTICED THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:44. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 644. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO ACTION ON THREE B. THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM THREE C. THREE C IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, AND TERMINATING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2025. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY VICTORIA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE D, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX OF THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR TAX RATE 2024 ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MAYOR, IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A MOTION AND REMEMBER THAT THERE IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IS IN ADOPTING THIS ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $0.6627 PER $100 VALUATION, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 6.22% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. FURTHER, I MOVE TO APPROVE OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE 0.470, MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM DOLLARS. THEY'LL HAVE TO BE SEPARATE VOTES ON EACH OF THOSE. THEY'LL HAVE TO BE SEPARATE VOTES. YES, SIR. MY APOLOGIES. STICK WITH ITEM FIRST ONE THEN. I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY PHIL. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. [00:45:05] ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.1. I MOVED TO APPROVE OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE $0.4704 FOR EACH $100 OF VALUATION TO FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENDITURES. IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN. A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. AND I FURTHER MOVE TO APPROVE OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE $0.1923 FOR EACH $100 OF VALUATION TO FUND THE CITY'S DEBT SERVICE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN. A SECOND BY LARRY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE E, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2024 TAX ROLLS. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2024 TAX ROLLS. I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA AND A SECOND BY ADAM. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS BY ADDING SECTION ONE DASH 16 PAYMENT OF FEES AND OTHER COSTS BY CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARDS OR ELECTRONIC MEANS. AND SECTION 1-17, NONSUFFICIENT FUND FEES. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE F? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, ADDING THE PAYMENTS OF FEES AND CREDIT CARDS AND DEBT CARDS, AND THE NONSUFFICIENT FUND FEES. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO THREE G. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A FISCAL PROVIDING A FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR VARIOUS CITY OF BURLESON SERVICES. FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE G? I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE FEE ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25, 2024-2025. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY, A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE H, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FISCAL YEAR 2024- 2025 RATES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE, FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE H? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025. I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY PHIL. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM THREE I, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FISCAL YEAR 2024- 2025, RATES FOR COLLECTION OF DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLES AND TRASH. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE I? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. OH WRONG ONE. SORRY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE RATES FOR 2025. I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA. SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE J, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD, EXEMPTION FROM THE AD VALOREM TAX FOR TAX YEAR 2025 AND ALL FUTURE YEARS, UNLESS REVISED, OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 5% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE J? I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING, TURN MY SPEAKER ON. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE AD VALOREM TAX FOR TAX YEAR 2025, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 5% OF THE APPRAISED [00:50:07] VALUE. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY. A SECOND BY VICTORIA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE K, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON 4A, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. IS THERE A MOTION ON 3K?MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY VICTORIA. PLEASE VOTE. ALEXA. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE L, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON COMMUNITY SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. IS THERE A MOTION ON THREE L? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE BURLESON COMMUNITY SERVICE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY. A SECOND BY PHIL. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE M CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF BURLESON INVESTMENT POLICY, FORMERLY CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 30, AND STATING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED THE POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 11 INVESTMENT POLICY ADOPTION. IS THERE A MOTION ON 3M? MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY VICTORIA. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING. THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION FOUR. [4.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the FY 2024-2025 Strategic Plan.] REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS, 4A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN. THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS JANA LEE HUMPHREY, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JANA LEE HENRY, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. I AM GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE 24-25 STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS BASICALLY THE PLAN PURPOSE IS TO SET OVERALL FOCUS AREAS AND GOALS FOR THE CITY AND DEVELOP ACTION ITEMS TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT KIND OF SHOWS YOU HOW WE GOT THERE. SO WE STARTED WITH THE VISION. WE CREATED A MISSION, WE BUILT CITY VALUES, WE DRAFTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WE FOCUSED ON THE WORK PLAN TASKS WITHIN THOSE EACH PLAN. FOR THE 24-25 WE DEVELOPED IT USING THE ADOPTED VISION AND MISSION. WE LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE MASTER PLANS, EACH DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC PLANS, THE 2324 STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A RETREAT IN FEBRUARY OF 24. THAT KIND OF GAVE US A FOCUS AND WHAT THEY WANTED US TO LOOK AT. SO THE PLAN IS BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR FOCUS AREAS. FOCUS AREA ONE IS HIGH PERFORMANCE CITY ORGANIZATION PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE AND FOCUSED SERVICES. THIS FOCUS AREA HAS FOUR GOALS. AND THEN WITHIN THOSE FOUR GOALS THERE IS 19 WORK TASKS. FOCUS AREA TWO IS DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY THROUGH MANAGED GROWTH. THIS FOCUS AREA HAS FIVE GOALS. AND THEN WITHIN THOSE FIVE GOALS THERE'S 24 WORK TASKS. FOCUS AREA THREE IS A BEAUTIFUL, SAFE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THIS FOCUS AREA HAS FIVE GOALS WITHIN IT AND THEN 22 WORK TASKS WITHIN THOSE GOALS. FOCUS AREA FOUR. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THROUGH EXPANDED QUALITY OF LIFE AMENITIES. THIS FOCUS AREA HAS THREE GOALS. AND WITHIN THOSE THREE GOALS THERE'S 11 WORK TASKS. SO IN ALL THERE'S FOUR FOCUS AREAS AND THERE'S 76 WORK TASKS. THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS IS TO KIND OF GAIN FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS TONIGHT. AND THEN THIS WILL BE COME BACK TO CONSIDER ADOPTION WITH THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. [00:55:05] DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. GOOD. PERFECT. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT JOB. YOU DID GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION FIVE, EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING. SO THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO SECTION SIX, ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'VE GOT A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY VICTORIA. WE'RE DONE AT 6:57. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.