Aug 03, 2026 City Council

[A. WORK SESSION]

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>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: GOOD BE AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, TONIGHT IS MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2026, AT 5:30, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR WORK

SESSION. >> 2026-27 PROPOSED BUDGET, PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MARIA JOYNER.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR THE 202 BUDGET YEAR, SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE DETAILS OF OUR DRILL PLAN AND VOTE ON A NOT SUCCEED TAX RATE, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A TAX RATE, JUST PROPOSING A NOT TO EXCEED TAX RATE AS TO WHEN WE DO VOTE ON THE TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER, WE CAN, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, GO DOWN, BUT WE CANNOT EXCEED THE RATE WE'RE SETTING TONIGHT.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR GENERAL FUND 2027 BUDGET TO RECORD OUR VOTE ON OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE, AND TO SCHEDULE OUR PUBLIC HEARING, AND TO ANNOUNCE OUR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET DATE.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THESE STEPS IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND ADOPT THE BUDGET THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE FOLLOW THESE STEPS SO THAT'S WHY THIS MEETING TONIGHT IS BEING HELD. FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE APPRAISAL VALUES WE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THIS JULY 24, WE RECEIVED THE VALUES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY BY THE 25TH, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUSTERITY, THIS YEAR WE GOT THEM ON FRIDAY, JULY 24TH AND THE VALUES CAME IN AT 1.8 BILLION, SO THE CHART YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SHOWS OUR TAXABLE VALUE FOR THIS YEAR COMING IN AT 1.8 BILLION. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE'RE UP TO 1.8 BILLION IN OUR TAXABLE VALUE, JUST LOOKING AT THAT TAXABLE VALUE FROM 2017 ALL THE WAY TO 2026, THAT'S GOING FROM 548 MILLION -- HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ALL SEE THOSE SLIDES -- ALL THE WAY UP TO $1.8 BILLION, THAT'S A 1.34 BILLION INCREASE.

THAT'S A $245% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUES FROM 2017.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THAT PERCENTAGE HAS LOOKED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEAR, YOU CAN SEE FROM 2021, 2022, AND 2023, WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS WHERE OUR VALUES INCREASED MORE THAN 20%.

LAST YEAR, OUR VALUES INCREASED UP TO 1.6 BILLION FROM 1.5 BILLION, THAT WAS AN 8.6% INCREASE, AND THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE'RE UP TO 1.8 BILLION, THAT GIVES US A 12.3% INCREASE IN VALUES, THAT IS AN INCREASE IN -- CHANGE IN VALUES -- OR INCREASE IN VALUES OF 207 MILLION.

THIS YEAR BASED ON THE YEAR THE TAX RATE IS CALCULATED BECAUSE WE HAD AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX, AND AN INCREASE IN VALUES, WHEN THOSE VALUES INCREASE AND WHEN SALES TAX INCREASE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION, IT PUTS PRESSURE ON OUR VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE, SO DUE TO THAT PRESSURE, DUE TO THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE CALCULATION WE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS COUNTY, OUR VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE CAME IN AT 0.620847, SO WE'RE PROPOSING A TAX RATE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE, AND WE'RE PROPOSING 0.629845, SO IT'S A LOWER TAX RATE THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE HAVE 0.657, SO BASED ON THAT INCREASE OF REVENUE AND THE INCREASE IN VALUES WE'RE PROPOSING A RATE OF 0.620845.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND LOOK AT THE VALUES FROM LAST YEAR, BASED ON LAST YEAR'S RATE, THE RATE OF 0.657 AND THE VALUE OF THIS YEAR, 1.8 BILLION AND THE PROPOSED RATE OF 0.620745, LAST YEAR'S RATE AND VALUES PRODUCED REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY 11 MILLION, AND THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOWERING THE RATE, WE'RE PROJECTING A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT IS OF 11,731,000. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE

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NOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS CALCULATED BY THE COUNTY AND IT'S BASED ON THOSE INCREASE IN VALUES AND HOW MUCH REVENUE WE BROUGHT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, BASED ON THE INCREASE IN VALUES, AND HOW MUCH -- IT'S THE RATE THAT YOU COULD IMPLEMENT TONIGHT THAT WOULD GIVE US THE SAME REVENUE AND BASED ON THE INCREASE IN VALUES THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHY IT WAS REFERRED TO AS A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

SO IF PROPERTY TAX WOULD RISE, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, OF COURSE, WOULD GO DOWN, SO, YOUR VALUES ARE GOING UP, THAT RATE IS GOING DOWN. NOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THAT IS THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT A CITY CAN IMPLEMENT WITHOUT GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE VOTERS THROUGH A SPECIAL ELECTION. IT LIMITS THE YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUE INCREASES AND OPERATIONS.

SO THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS WHAT IS DRIVING THE DECREASE IN OUR TAX RATE. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE RATES THIS YEAR. WE'RE PROPOSING A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.620845, AND OUR NO NEW REVENUE -- AND KEEP IN MIND WE'RE GOING FROM 0.620845 OR GOING DOWN TO THAT FROM 0.657, BECAUSE THAT 0.620845 IS HIGHER THAN OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 0.54 ON THE CHART, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE AS IF WE'RE INCREASING THE RATE. OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.54619 AND OR NO NEW REVENUE MNO, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE, IS 0.363131 DOWN SLIGHT FROM LAST YEAR'S NO NEW REVENUE RATE. OUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE THIS YEAR, AGAIN, IS 0.620847, AGAIN WE'RE PROPOSING A RATE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

OUR PORTION ALLOCATED TOWARDS DEBT TO COVER DEBT SERVICE RATES IS 0.829, AND THE REMAINING PORTION, THE 0.39 IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN LAST YEAR WE HAD 45 CENTS GOING TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, THE WAY THE RATE IS CALCULATED THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 39 CENTS GOING TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF THE CATEGORIES OF OUR ASSESSED VALUES, COMMERCIAL IS STILL MAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR VALUES. COMMERCIAL MAKES UP 55% OF OUR ASSESSED VALUES, THEY'RE COMING IN AT 1 BILLION, 55 MILLION.

THEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS PROPERTY, BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THAT'S AT 535 MILLION, THAT'S 28% OF OUR TAXABLE VALUES. OUR RESIDENTIAL IS ACTUALLY MAKING UP 15.8% OF OUR TAXABLE VALUES FOR THIS YEAR.

>> AND JUST SO WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE VALUES CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, YOU CAN SEE WHERE COMMERCIAL IS ACTUALLY UP 13.6% -- EXCUSE ME, 13.66%, AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY INCREASED 9.9%. AND OUR RESIDENTIAL RATE -- OUR RESIDENTIAL VALUES ARE ACTUALLY UP 13%, AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, YOU CAN SEE OUR RESIDENTIAL VALUES WENT FROM 265 MILLION DOWN TO 263 MILLION, SO THOSE VALUES DECREASED SIGHTLY FROM 24 TO 25, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE FROM 25 TO 26, RESIDENTIAL VALUES ARE ACTUALLY UP 13.52%.

THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT HOMES COMING ON AND ARE BEING BUILT IN HUTCHINS AND THAT'S HELPING THOSE RESIDENTIAL TAXABLE VA VALUES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR TAX RATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, A PORTION OF THE TAX RATE OF COURSE IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, M AND L, AND THAT PORTION GENERAL EXPENDITURES, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PORTION OF A TAX RATE IS SUBJECT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND IT'S SUBJECT TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHERE IS THE INS

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FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS 20 CENTS AND GOING UP A LITTLE BIT TO 22 CENT, SOME OF THAT INTEREST ON THE DEBT CONNECTED IN THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S IS WHAT IS DRIVING THAT NUMBER. JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AND SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUES ARE IN THOSE SURROUNDING CITIES, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST TAXABLE VALUE AND AN AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF 411,556 PER HOME.

CEDAR HILL IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE AREA AT 372,971, AND WE GET ALL THIS INFORMATION FROM DALLAS COUNTY AND HUTCHINS IS ACTUALLY HIT THE CHART AT 194,209 ON OUR AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE. KEEP IN MIND, WHEN WE SEE AVERAGE, WE HAVE HOMES THAT ARE 500,000 HOMES HERE IN HUTCHINS OR HIGHER AND SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND THEY MAY BE AT A LOWER VALUE, SO THEY LOOK AT THE AVERAGE VALUE OF ALL THOSE HOMES TO DERIVE THIS NUMBER.

WE LOOK AT THOSE AVERAGE VALUES TO GET AN IDEA HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, SO WITH THE AVERAGE VALUE AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THEIR ACTUAL TAX BILL FOR THE YEAR EQUATES TO ABOUT $1,206 FOR A YEAR, $1,206 FOR THE CITY TAXES FOR THAT YEAR. THAT'S A DECREASE OF $11.47 DOWN FROM LAST YEAR'S TAXABLE VALUE. SO AGAIN, IT'S A DECREASE, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER WILL EXPERIENCE THAT DECREASE, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN THAT NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT AS AN INCREASE, IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING SOMETIMES BUT THAT'S WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES FOR ADVERTISING THAT RATE. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

WE LOOKED AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN ALL OUR CATEGORIES IN YEAR AND LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAXES, ESTIMATING NEXT YEAR PROPERTY TAXES ABOUT 7.6 MILLION, THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE ABATEMENT AND ANY REFUNDS WE HAVE TO GIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD GET IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TAX ABATEMENT, SO WE HAVE TO FACTOR INTO OUR ABATEMENTS INTO THAT NUMBER, AND OUR SALES TAXES, WHAT IS DRIVINN THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, YOU CAN SEE SALES TAX THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT 5.3, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ESTIMATED COLUMN FOR SALES TAX NEXT TO THE END WITH YOUR WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF 2026, THAT 5.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING FOR SALES TAX, WE WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE FOR SALES TAXENER YEAR AT 4.5 MILLION, BUT SALES TAXES ARE DOING REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. I TALKED TO GUY ABOUT THIS, AND MY ECONOMIC DIRECTOR -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR INFORMED ME WE HAVE SOME SALES TAX COMING IN RIGHT NOW THAT WE DON'T INTEND TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT INTO NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO BUMP THAT SALES TAX NUMBER UP TOO HIGH FOR NEXT YEAR. FRANCHISE FEES IS PRETTY FLAT, BUT LOOK AT THE LICENCE, PERMITS, FEES, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR WE WERE EXPECTING 1.6E ALREADY COLLECTED THE MAJORITY OF THAT, BLAKE IS REALLY -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT HE'S MAKING MONEY, SO HE'S MY BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY. NEXT YEAR WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT TREND CONTINUE. WE ISSUED A LOT OF PERMITS FOR A LOT OF LARGE WAREHOUSES AND WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT 1.6 MILLION THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR DOWN TO 1 MILLION BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO

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IT DEPENDS ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THAT TIME. ALL OUR OTHER REVENUES ARE PRETTY FLAT. OUR INTEREST EARNINGS ARE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE, THAT DOWN TO 425,000.

MY YIELD WAS ABOUT A PERCENTAGE HIGHER LAST YEAR, RIGHT NOW I'M DOWN TO ABOUT 3.68 IN YIELD AND LAST YEAR, I WAS UP TO 4.68 OR HIGHER, ALMOST UP TO 5% MAKING INTEREST EARNINGS, DON'T EXPECT THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, AND SINCE YIELDS ARE GOING DOWN, ALREADY DOWN AT 3.68, SO WE WERE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE ON OUR INTEREST EARNINGS NUMBERS. ALL MY OTHER LINES ARE PRETTY FLAT. SO THAT GIVES US A TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED REVENUES NEXT YEAR OF 15.4 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THAT, THIS CHART HADN'T CHANGED A LOT SINCE LAST YEAR OR ANY REALLY SINCE LAST YEAR. OUR PROPERTY TAX IS MAKING UP 49% OF THAT, AND SALES TAX MAKING UP ANOTHER 30%, AND 80% OF OUR REVENUES, LICENCE AND PERMITS COMING IN AT #%, BUT EVERYTHING -- 7% BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY SMALL, LESS THAN 5% WHEN IT COMES TO CITY REVENUES, PROPERTY TAXES, 49% AND SALES TAXES AT 30%. LET'S LOOK AT MY EXPENDITURES, MY EXPENDITURES ARE SLIGHTLY UP THIS YEAR, AND THE REASON THEY'RE UP -- WE'RE ESTIMATING -- EVERYTHING IS COMING IN LOW RIGHT NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING TO END THE YEAR LOW.

WE HAD A LOT OF VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THIS YEAR AND A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HOLDING THEIR BUDGET DOWN, SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT'S HIGHER, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING THAT WHAT'S TRENDING IN EXPENDITURES, WE EXPECT TO END THE YEAR AT 12.7 MILLION, AND ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HIGH NEXT YEAR, KEEP IN MIND, NEXT YEAR I HAVE A COLA INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET OF 4% AND INSURANCE INCREASE OF 47% IN HEALTH INSURANCE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO IN MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT COLA INCREASE AND THE INSURANCE INCREASE, AND THAT'S DRIVING THE

INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET CHART HERE, AGAIN, THIS CHART HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR.

FIRE IS MAKING UP 28%, AND POLICE 25% OF OUR BUDGET AND OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT IS MAKING UP ANOTHER 10% OF OUR BUDGET.

ALL OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE LESS THAN 10%, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH COMING FROM FIRE AND POLICE AND STREETS. NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET IN A SUMMARY FORMAT HERE, LET'S GO BACK TO -- LET'S GO TO THIS PAGE, KIND OF PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE ESTIMATING REVENUES, BECAUSE REVENUES ARE REALLY UP THIS YEAR, SO ESTIMATING TO END THE YEAR AT 15.9 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES ARE COMING IN REALLY LOW, SOME DEPARTMENTS, THEIR EXPENDITURES ARE WAY DOWN IN PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT NOW, JUST GET BACK UP TO STAFF, SO I'VE GOT SOME A-- A LOT OF ATTRITION SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET THAT'S FACTORED IN HERE, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO END THE YEAR ABOUT 3 MILLION AHEAD OF THE GAME, AND FOR NEXT YEAR, PROPOSING REVENUES, THE DETAILED REVENUES YOU SAW IN OUR EARLIER CHART OF 15.4 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES OF 15.2 MILLION, WE'LL HAVE REVENUES AHEAD OF EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT 249,000.

WE ARE ENDING -- PROJECTING A FUND BALANCE OR RESERVE OF 13 MILLION, 13.1 MILLION AND THAT WILL GIVE US 318 DAYS IN FUND BALANCE RESERVES, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 72 DAYS IN RESERVES, THAT MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUING BONDS FOR STREETS, SO THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IF THOSE BONDS ARE APPROVED SHOULD WE GO TO MARKET FOR THOSE STREET BONDS, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

YOU CAN'T USE IT OF COURSE FOR RECURRING EXPENDITURES, BUT FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, IT'S AVAILABLE THERE IF NEEDED.

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LAST YEAR, OUR GENERAL FUND -- JUST GENERAL FUND ALONE, INSURANCE WAS 958,000. THIS YEAR, OUR GENERAL FUND INSURANCE IS UP TO 1.4 MILLION, THAT'S 455,000 INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE, THAT'S A 4% INCREASE IN INSURANCE THROUGH -- 47% INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET. DIFFERENT BUDGETS ARE DIFFERENT, ALMOST EVERY ONE BASED ON THEIR SELECTION, THE INSURANCE, THEY CHOSE HIGHER INSURANCE, BUT I'VE GOT ONE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A LOT OF SAVINGS, THEIR INSURANCE WENT DOWN, BECAUSE ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE BRAND NEW, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE BABIES, AND THEY'RE STILL ON THEIR PARENTS' INSURANCE IS WHAT MY HR DIRECTOR IS TELLING ME.

THAT'S ONE DEPARTMENT I'M WATCHING CLOSELY.

THAT'S THE ONLY DEPARTMENT WHERE YOU'LL SEE INSURANCE GO DOWN, EITHER THEY CHOSE A LOWER PLAN ARE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S INSURANCE.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> IF YOU GO BACK TO THE

EXPENDITURE PAGE, SURE -- >> I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS ABOUT STREET IMPROVEMENT AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT GETTING DONE, BUT THIS YEAR I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO EXCUSES --

>> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE NOW ON YOUR EXPENDITURE PAGE, THAT'S FOR OPERATIONS, SIR, IF YOU GO BACK TO -- YOU CAN'T SEE THE PAGE NUMBER THERE, BUT THERE'S A PAGE THAT SHOWS YOUR

GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES -- >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> THE STREET BUDGET THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE, THAT'S THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, SIR, THAT'S NOT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

THERE'S NO CAPITAL IN THIS BUDGET, WE WILL GET TO THE CAPITAL FUNDS, BUT FOR JUST OPERATIONS, THAT STREET BUDGET THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE COVERS THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE SOME STREET CAPITAL FUNDS, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) (MIC NOT ON). >> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY -- THE REC CENTRE -- SEEMS LIKE ONE MORE --

>> YOU DO HAVE 8 MILLION STRAIGHT UP IN THE STREET IMPACT FEES THAT WE COULD SEE FOR JJ, LEMMON IF YOU DESIGNATE IT, BUT THAT WOULD GET YOU ALL THE WAY TO LANGDON BUT NO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION AT LANGDON LIKE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR WIDER LANGDON. WE DO HAVE MONEY -- THIS COST US 450,000 FOR THIS PART. THE BIGGEST PART IS THE BRIDGE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THAT WILL BE THREE LANES, BUT YOU HAVE 8 MILLION IN THE STREET IMPACT FUNDS THAT YOU CAN DO JJ LEMMON SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KATE THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY, IT IS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LIST, IS IT NOT, G GUY.

>> I THINK IT IS. >> SO YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> IT WILL TAKE THE WHOLE IMPACT

FEE. >> THAT WILL RECONSTRUCT THE

STREET. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WE CAN BORROW MONEY -- (INDISCERNIBLE) --

>> THAT WAS JUST AN OPTION. >> I DON'T WANT TO DRAIN THE

THING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THER- >> WELL, WE ARE -- THAT'S WHAT THE CAMERA IS OUT HERE FOR. WE'VE BEEN WRITING HOW MANY

TICKETS FOR TRUCKS? >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

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>> WE'RE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE THE TRUCKS FROM GOING DOWN JJ LEMMON. PERHAPS WE CAN MILL IT AND PUT A BASE IN SOME OF THE ROUGH SPOTS, MAYBE I DO, BUT, MAYBE WE CAN THROW SOME RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT.

I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY, IT'S ROUGH.

ALL RIGHT. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WELL THE CHIEF AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT A SIGN THERE AT LONDON AND JJ LEMMON, SAYING TRUCKS TAKE LANGDON TO 310 OR YOU CAN'T COME DOWN THIS WAY, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THERE ARE

OTHER WAYS THEY CAN GO. >> INDISCERNIBLE.

>> NO SIR, WE'RE GOING TO COVER CAPITAL ON THE 17TH.

WE'RE GOING TO COVER OUR OTHER FUNDS TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND, ANOTHER ONE ON AUGUST 17 TO COVER OUR OTHER FUNCTIONS AND CAPITAL FUNDS.

>> AND ALSO WHAT MARIA SUGGESTED IS WE HAVE $13 AND A HALF MILLION IN RESERVE, IF YOU SO DESIGNATE MONEY OUT OF THAT TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR STREET YOU CAN.

WE'VE BEEN BUILDING TOWARDS THE BOND ISSUE NEXT NOVEMBER, 35 MILLION -- IT'S A GOOD BOND ISSUE, IT TAKES A LOT OF STREETS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT WE CAN TAKE MONEY OUT OF THAT RESERVE AND DO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR A PORTION OF THE STREET.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> SO WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET DRIVERS. WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE DRIVING THE BUDGET BY 47% AND IN ORDER TO COVER THAT -- HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING TO HIT PAYCHEQUES KIND OF HARD NEXT YEAR, SO IN ORDER TO COVER SOME OF THAT, THE CITY MANAGER IMPLEMENTED A -- IS PROPOSING A 4% COLA, IN THE BUDGET, AND THAT 4% COLA THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO COST ABOUT $351,000, BUT CONSIDER THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT 294,000 OF THAT ACTUALLY GOES TOWARDS SALARIES AND WAGES. AS WE INCREASE THOSE SEARS AND WAGE -- SALARIES AND WAGES IT'S GOING TO COST MORE WORKERS' COMP, ABOUT 11,000 IN ADDITIONAL, AND A LITTLE MORE IN FICA WHAT WE PAY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT'S GOING TO COST ME ABOUT $22,000 AND AS WE IMPLEMENT THE COLA, IT WILL COST A BIT MORE, AN INCREASED PAYMENT INTO THE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN AND TMRS, SO MY TMRS COST WILL GO UP ABOUT 23,000 THAT MAKES UP THAT 351,000 THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4%.

>> THE 4% IS TRYING TO MAKE EMPLOYEES WHOLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE OUTLAY AND THE EXTRA COST FOR INSURANCE.

IT KIND OF MAKES THEM WHOLE REGARDING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOSE A LOT OF MONEY AND THEREFORE THEY'LL STAY. RATHER THAN FLOOD OUT OF HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT BEEN MADE WHOLE, SO THE 4% BRINGS THEM TO ABOUT BEING WHOLE ON THE INCREASES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> YES SIR.

NOW THESE ARE SOME CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT. SHOWING THEM AGAIN.

THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGETS THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU. I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CAPITAL REQUESTS, NOT APPROVING THE BUDGET TONIGHT, HAVING A BUDGET WORK SESSION, TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, I THINK FEW OF THESE ON HERE HAVE BEEN APPROVEF BEING APPROVED BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US DOING THE BUDGET PROCESS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR $324,000, THAT INCLUDES A COUPLE OF TRUCKS, A COUPLE OF F350S, AND AN F250, THAT'S FOR THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR HE'S DRIVING HIS OWN PERSONAL VEHICLE RIGHT NOW AND REQUESTING SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE WITH, A WOOD CHIPPER IS INCLUDED IN THAT REQUEST, SO AGAIN, HIS REQUEST IS CAPITAL REQUEST, EQUATE TO $324,000. AND OUR ANIMAL SHELTER, LOOKING AT A NEW VEHICLE AND LIGHTING FOR THAT VEHICLE AND A CAR GO BOX FOR THAT, AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $78,000, REQUESTED FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER, AND THE POLICE BUDGET WE LOOKED AT DOING THE COUNCIL RETREAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S STILL SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PARKING LOT, THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE PARKING LOT IS APPROXIMATELY 625,000, THE PARKING LOT DESIGN, 37,000, SO

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ALTHOUGH MY BUILDING INSPECTION SOFTWARE IS SHOWING IN 2027, IT'S PRESENTED FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION, WHETHER YOU CONSIDER -- OR APPROVE IT OR NOT, THE INVOICE WE ARE ANTICIPATING WILL NOT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE UNTIL 2027, SO I'M PRESENTING IT HERE IN MY 2027 BUDGET.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> KEN IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT BUT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON THE 17TH AND WE CAN GET HIM TO PRESENT SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE SEPARATE MEETING SO I CAN REACH OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND MAKE SURE HE PRESENTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THOSE TRUCKS AND THOSE VEHICLES, SO HE CAN EXPLAIN EXACTLY THE GOAL -- HIS GOALS THERE IN PURCHASING THOSE VEHICLES.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) I AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING -- (INDISCERNIBLE). I'M SORRY, BUT I AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WITH THE 150, WITH THE 250, FOR 75,000, I THINK YOU CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE A 150 AND KIND OF UPGRADE IT A LITTLE BIT, PROBABLY --

>> ABOUT 20,000 -- (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WE'LL LOOK AT IT WHEN WE GET TO IT.

>> I'LL BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SO HE CAN SPEAK MORE TO IT DURING OUR AUGUST 17 MEETING, SIR. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 17TH AND ON THE 8TH, WE'LL RECAP THE BUDGET PROCESS TO YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEAR, INCLUDE THE PUBLIC, AGAIN THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK SON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE AND THAT'S THE NIGHT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE ADOPT THE BUDGET IN THE TAX RATE. TONIGHT, DOING OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION TONIGHT, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE THAT IS PROPOSED TO ADOPT

THIS -- NOT TO EXCEED TAX RATE. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> TURN ON YOUR MIC. >> I WANT YOU TO HAVE A MOTION SO YOU CAN APPLY TO STATE STATUTE, AND ACCORDING TO STATE

STATUTE. >> INDISCERNIBLE.

IT'S ON THE AGENDA, SIR, YES, IT'S AN ACTUAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA SIR. AND YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU THERE, AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND OF COURSE, CYNTHIA CAN BRING IT. THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVERVIEW, AGAIN WE'LL LIKE I SAID, COME BACK TO YOU ON THE 17TH AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

HAVE AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR --

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> THANK YOU.

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>> CAN WE CONTINUE ON, CYNTHIA, THE WAY IT READS?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> OKAY

[B. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT]

>> I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MEETING TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS MONDAY AUGUST 3, 2026, AT 6:30 P.M., WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. AND DO A ROLL CALL.

MR.-- MS. CAMPBELL, AMERICA RODRIGUEZ IS NOT PRESENT EITHER.

AT THIS TIME, MS. CAMPBELL, WOULD YOU DO US THE HONOR OF

DOING THE INVOCATION? >> MOST GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO RISE UP AND SEE ANOTHER DAY THAT WASN'T PROMISED TO US AND WATCHED OVER US ALL DAY LONG AS WE WENT ABOUT OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS AND THAT YOU ALLOWED YOUR SON TO COME DOWN AND HANG ON THE CROSS FOR THE REMISSION OF OUR SIN, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MIDST OF OUR CITY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR OUR S CITIZENS AND THIS AREA WE LIVE IN, LORD, WE THANK YOU, YOU'RE AN AWESOME GOD, AND WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH AND IN JESUS' NAME I DO PRAY, AMEN.

>> THANK YOU. >> I 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.

>> WE MOVE ON TO CITIZEN'S COMMENT, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE

[E.2. Proposals for Christmas fireworks show. Presented by: Katherine Lindsey]

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE THIRD FIRM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, BUT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ILLUMINATION FIREWORK, HE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSAL

WITH YOU. >> HEY, EVERYBODY, HOW ARE WE

DOING. >> JUST FINE, SIR.

>> AS I'M DREW WITH ILLUMINATION FIREWORK, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT TEN YEAR, DIRECTOR OF SALES FOR THE COMPANY, I PUT TOGETHER THAT PACK KEPT YOU SIGH IN FRONT OF YOU, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, RELATIVELY BRIEFLY HERE, SO LET'S SEE, ON PAGE 2, YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. PROPOSING TO SHOOT SHELLS UP TO 2 INCHES FROM THAT LOCATION IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE.

I'VE MARKED THE APPROXIMATE AUDIENCE ZONE, PROPOSING TO SHOOT SHELLS UP TO 2 INCH, WE HAVE THE FALL OUT AT 140, WHICH DOES MEET SAFETY STANDARDS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN ON OUR NEXT PAGE, THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO ESTIMATES.

THIS ONE IS FOR 12 MINUTES, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING, OUR PRICING MODEL IS TURNKEY, SO MY TEAM TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING START TO FINISH, YOU TELL ME WHEN TO SHOOT AND WE'LL HANDLE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE PULL THE PERM, WORK WITH YOUR LOCAL FIRE JURISDICTION, MY GUYS ARE LICENSED PYRO TECHNICIANS, WE CAN EVEN SCRIPT THE SHOW TO MUSIC.

WE CAN SCRIPT THE SHOW TO MUSIC. SO EVERYTHING IS ELECTRONICALLY FIRED, WE'RE USING MODERN FIRING SYSTEMS. THE FIREWORKS ARE DESIGNED USING SOMETHING TO SIMILAR TO -- IF YOU'VE HEARD OF VIDEO EDITING, WE HAVE A FIREWORKS VERSION OF THAT, IT TIES TO OUR INVENTORY SYSTEM, YOU DRAG AND DROP THE FIREWORK, PUT THEM ON THE TIMELINE, SO EVERYTHING WITH THAT MUSICAL OVERLAY IS GOING IN SYNC, AND IT OUTPUTS A SCRIPT, THAT'S WHAT WE PUT ON TO THE WIRELESS FIRING PANEL, SO WHEN WE PUSH PLAY THE SCRIPT IS STARTED AND THE FIREWORKS AUTOMATICALLY GO, AND EVERYTHING IS PREDESIGNED WITH A VISUAL ELEMENT, WE KNOW THE COL COLOURD CAN COORDINATE EVERYTHING, COOL STUFF. FIRST ESTIMATES FOR 12 MINUTES, OUR PRICING MODEL IS BASED ON A PER MINUTE COST, IT DOESN'T HAVE

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I'VE GIVEN YOU A RANGE OF 12, THE NEXT ESTIMATE IS 15, BUT WE CAN GO IN BETWEEN, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW, I CAN PRODUCE MORE VERSIONS OF THAT, AND THE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION ON THAT LAST PAGE IS DO WE HAVE INSURANCE, YES, A WHOLE LOT.

SO I'VE ALREADY PULLED A COI, WE HAVE 5 MILLION GENERAL LIABILITY, WORKERS' COMP, AUTOMOTIVE, ALL THAT STUFF, I'VE

BEEN DIDDING THIS QUITE A WHILE. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> FOR CHRISTMAS, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD LENGTH SHOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF EVENT AND HOW YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE THAT AND MARKET IT. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN DO 2, 3, FIVE MINUTES ABOUT YOUR AVERAGE, PEOPLE AREN'T THERE FOR THE FIREWORKS OR SOMETHING TO SEE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, FOR 4TH OF JULY, THAT'S THE DRAW, IF YOU ADVERTISE FIREWORK, YOU HAVE TO GO 15, 20 MINUTES. MOST SHOWS DON'T GO LONGER THAN THAT, CHRISTMAS IS IN A WEIRD INTERSTITIAL SPOT.

IT DEPENDS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BILL IT.

12 TO 15 MINUTES I WOULD CONSIDER FEATURE LENGTH, IF YOU WANTED TO ADVERTISE HEY COME OUT FOR THE FIREWORKS, THE CHRISTMAS FAIR, CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES TREE LIGHTING ALL THAT STUFF, YOU'RE IN A GOOD RANGE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE LEAVE FEELING LIKE THEY

DIDN'T GET A FULL SHOW. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> YOUR MIC, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

>> THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPLAYING THE FIREWORKS, CHIEF HIXON, IS THAT CLEARED OUT, OR HOW DO WE APPROACH IT.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> NOT YET.

>> WENT OUT THERE WITH THE OTHER COMPANY, AND -- (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: IT WILL BE, WHAT A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY FROM

THE AUDIENCE. >> I WOULD NEED TO MEASURE IT OFF, BUT BASED ON THAT YELLOW CIRCLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S A 200 FOOT RADIUS, 2, 4, MAYBE 600, 700 FOOT AVERAGE, FOR THAT SIZE FIREWORK TO THAT DISTANCE OF THE AUDIENCE WILL LOOK GREAT. THAT STYLE OF SHOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FIREWORKS OUT THERE, BUT FOR THIS SIZE OF FIREWORK ITEM, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FURTHER THAN 1200 FEET.

AT THAT POINT IT STARTS LOOKING A LITTLE SMALL, SO YOU'RE RIGHT,

IN THAT SWEET SPOT. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: OKAY.

DID YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PICTURES OF THE DISPLAYS?

>> NO, IT WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU ENVISION FOR A FIREWORKS DISPLAY, COLOURS TYPES, I CAN PRODUCE A SHORT DIGITAL RENDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE.

THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THE DIGITAL RENDERINGS FOR THE SOFTWARE IS THEY'RE INTENDED FOR DESIGN PURPOSE, SO EVERY SINGLE GREEN WILL LOOK THE EXACT SAME COPY PASTED, IN REAL LIFE THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES. IF THAT HELPS MOVE THE NEEDLE,

I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT PRODUCED. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: OKAY, I

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE A -- >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> TO BE HONEST, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN INVITED TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO THANK YOU, THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE FOR ME, YOU GUYS ARE VERY HI-TECH, PREVIOUS TO THIS OTHER EXPERIENCE INCLUDED PARKS AND REC, SO THAT'S ABOUT

WHERE I'M COMING FROM. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) YOU GOT IT ALL OUT, AND GOT THE AMOUNT, AND

HOW MANY MINUTES, AND -- >> ONE MORE QUESTION -- I'M SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION, WITH THE TEAM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY ON YOUR TEAM THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE FIREWORKS.

>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, IT SCALES WITH THE SIZE OF THE SHOW, A THREE MINUTE DISPLAY MAY ONLY TAKE 2 PEOPLE, 4TH OF JULY, THE CREWS CAN EXCEED 10 PEOPLE, SO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THREE, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE PEOPLE TOPS.

>> AND CLEAN UP AND EVERYTHING, YOU TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.

>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SO FIREWORKS ARE A MESSY BUSINESS, IT'S GOING TO LEAVE ALOFT PAPER AND CARDBOARD DEBRIS.

MY TEAM WILL DO THE BEST TO GET WHAT WE CAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET EVERYTHING. WE'RE ALWAYS SURE TO GET RID OF ANY NON-BIODEGRADABLE, WIRING, FOIL, THAT SORT OF THING, BUT A LOT OF CLAY, CARDBOARD PAPER BITS, DOWN TO THE SMALL LITTLE PIECES, THAT WE CAN'T GET, BUT IT IS BIODEGRADABLE, AND WILL BREAK DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS LOCATION, RATHER QUICKLY.

>> CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, ANY LEFT OVER DEBRIS, THAT WON'T CAUSE ANY TYPE OF HAZARD -- OKAY.

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>> WE'LL MAKE SURE A ROUND AND -- NOTHING SMOLDERING.

>> ACTIVE FIRE WATCH THE WHOLE DURATION OF THE SHOW, HAND IN HAND WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT ACTIVE FIRE WATCH.

>> WE HAVE 18 ACRES SO WE'RE NOT GOING --

>> I'M IN THE BUSINESS OF BEING INVITED BACK, AND I DON'T GET INVITED BACK IF I START A FIRE OR LEAVE TOO BAD OF A MESS.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. >> THE OTHER FIRM IS A NO SHOW?

>> ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD TWO EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS FROM

PRETTY REPUTABLE FIRMS, SO... >> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON

[F.3.A. Conduct a Public Hearing for a voluntary annexation request submitted by RTG Capital for approximately 4.526 acres located at 1080 S. IH-45, currently within the City of Hutchins Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. Presented by: Chief Building Official Blake Moore]

>> GOOD EVENING, JULY 2, 2026, RTG CAPITAL SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4. A 2ND 526 ACRES LOCATED AT 1080 SOUTH INTERSTATE 45, FULL PURPOSE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, THIS TRACT IS IN OUR ETJ AND BY ANNEXING IT INTO THE CITY, IT WILL MAKE ALL FOUR PARCELS IN THE CITY WHICH AFTER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REZONE IT TO LI, AND ATTACH AN SUP TO IT LIKE THEY DID THE

OTHER THREE PARCELS. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> I SPOKE TO BLAKE EARLIER, AND HE KIND OF EXPLAINED, WHAT IT IS, THIS IS THE LAST PARCEL OF LAND WE'RE ADDING TO THE LK2.

ONE OF IT STILL IN THE COUNTY, SO HE'S VOLUNTARILY BRINGING IT INTO THE CITY, SO WE CAN TIE IT ALL TOGETHER AND TO PACKAGE IT AS A NEW CUSTOMER THAT WANTS TO BUY.

SO WE JUST KIND OF -- KIND OF PLANTING IT TOGETHER --

>> THAT'S RIGHT, MAKE IT ALL UNIFORM BASICALLY.

>> MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD. COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> NO, I'M VERY SATISFIED.

I THINK WE SHOULD -- >> OKAY, 642, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE HAS ANY INPUT? OKAY, 643, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM C OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED UNDER THE CITY OF HUTCHINS EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE 4.526 ACRES TRACT OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

AND IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ORDINANCE 2026-08-1224 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE NEED TO READ A

CERTAIN WAY? >> NO.

>> OKAY. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-08-1224, PRESENTED BY BLAKE MOORE.

>> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION -- TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-08-1224 -- ALL IN FAVOUR? CAST YOUR VOTE.

>> MS. CAMPBELL? >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. >> GIVE ME A MINUTE TO GET BACK TO MY PAGE. MY MONITOR WENT OUT.

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>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT I -- THAT'S NOT A ME. THAT'S THE SYSTEM.

[F.4.A. Conduct a public hearing regarding a request for a rezone by John Gonzalez of RTG Capital for 1080 S. IH-45: BEING part of a tract of 5.000 acres of land in the William Gatlin Survey, Abstract No. 499, Dallas County, Texas. Presented by: Chief Building Official Blake Moore]

>> JOHN GONZALEZ OF RTG CAPITAL HIM AND HIS TEAM IS ACTUALLY HERE, AND THEY'RE PURCHASING THE LKQ PROPERTY, AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED FOR THREE PARCELS OF THAT PROPERTY FOR REZONING, TO LI, AND ATTACHING AN SUP TO THAT LAND TO BETTER SUIT FOR FUTURE TENANTS AS PART OF THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO ANNEX THE PORTION OF THE CITY -- OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE AEETJ END OF THE CITY AND IT'S AUTOMATICALLY ZONED AG, AND SO, THEY HAVE PRESENTED A REZONE HERE TONIGHT TO REZONE THAT PARCEL FROM AG TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THAT WILL TIE UP ALL THE LOOSE ENDS AT THE LKQ PROPERTY AND MAKE IT ALL LI.

>> COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT MR. MOORE JUST

EXPLAINED? >> I DON'T.

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'LL APPROVE --

>> PUBLIC HEARING. >> I'M SORRY.

>> 6:47, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ANY INPUT IN ON THIS? NO ONE SPEAKING, AT 6:58 WE'LL -- 6:48 WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> AT THIS TIME, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ORDINANCE

2026-08-1225 FOR THE REZONING. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: NOW --

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-08-1225 AS

BROUGHT BY BLAKE. >> SECOND.

>> THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ODOM, SECOND BY MR. ELMORE, BY OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL BLAKE MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME TO HUTCHINS.

[F.5.A. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider a request by John Gonzalez representing RTG Capital for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow Motor Freight Company/Terminal, Heavy Machinery Sales/Storage, Truck Sales & Storage, Low Risk Industrial Manufacturing Not Wholly Enclosed Within A Building and Low Risk Industrial Manufacturing Not Wholly Enclosed Within A Building under 1 SUP in the Light Manufacturing district for 1080 S IH 45 BEING part of a tract of 5.000 acres of land in the William Gatlin Survey, Abstract No. 499, Dallas County, Texas. Presented by: Chief Building Official Blake Moore]

>> THANK YOU Y'ALL. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE PIECE AFTER THIS ITEM IS ITEM 5 (A) TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUESTED BY JOHN GONZALEZ FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW M MOTOR FREIGHT, LOW RK INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, NOT WHOLLY ENCLOSED WITHIN A BUILDING, AND LOW RISK INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING WITHIN A BUILDING UNDER ONE SUP, AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT FOR 1080 SOUTH IH-45.

>> WE HAVE THE ANNEX DONE AND THE REZONE, TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS, THE SUP HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND THERE'S MANY USES UNDER THIS SUP, WE TALKED TO JOE OUR ATTORNEY, AND HE SAID PUT THEM ALL UNDER SUP FOR FUTURE TENANTS AND THIS SUP HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR OTHER PARCELS AND COMING TO FINISH IT UP ON THE

ANNEX PIECE. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: OKAY, I CAN

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COMPANY ARE HERE RIGHT? >> SO, JOHN GONZALEZ IS WITH RTG

IS HERE ALONG WITH ROBERT GUNDY. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: IS IT JUST

GOING TO BE A STORAGE -- >> COME UP TO THE MIC PLEASE,

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: CAN YOU COME AND ENLIGHTEN THE COUNCIL ON WHAT IS GOING TO GO ON THERE AT

THE NEW PROPERTY. >> ROBERT GUNDY WITH RTG CAPITAL. RIGHT NOW OUR PLAN IS TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING, BRING IT UP TO CODE, REDO THE OUTSIDE OF IT, PAINT, ARCHITECTURAL WORK, PAVE THE OUTSIDE, AND SO THE TYPES OF TENANTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO ARE ONES THAT DO -- WE HAVE ONE THAT DOES MANUFACTURING FOR LIKE STEEL PIPING, FOR DATA CENTRES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS LIKE THAT, AND IT WILL BE A TYPE OF COMPANY THAT WILL UTILIZE THE INSIDE, AND ALSO THE OUTSIDE FOR STORAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

LOOKING AT. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: REDO THE

WHOLE BUILDING THIS AND OUTSIDE. >> YES, SIR.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: I WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL DOESN'T EITHER.

COUNCIL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> AT THIS TIME MAYOR IF YOU'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: 6:51 WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

TAKE INPUT FROM THE AUDIENCE. AT 6:52 WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING. >> AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU.

THERE IS A CORRECTION TO WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA, BUT NOT TO THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKET, SO IT'S 2026-08-1226, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE --

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-08-1226

AS READ BY BLAKE MOORE. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: IS THAT

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2028. >> 2026 IS THE CORRECTED ONE.

>> I'M SORRY, MR. ODOM. >> RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN.

>> YEAH. >> OKAY.

>> I SECOND IT. >> A MOTION BY MR. ODOM, AND A SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-08-1226 AS READ BY BLAKE MOORE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.

ALL IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

>> THANK YOU. >> NOW WE CAN SAY WELCOME TO HUTCHINS

[G.6. Discuss and consider a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to negotiate and execute and agreement for Christmas fireworks show. Presented by Katherine Lindsey Resolution R2026-08-1349]

>> AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM 6, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR CHRISTMAS FIREWORKS SHOW.

THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY KATHERINE LINDSAY, OUR

ASSISTANT. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU'VE NOW RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS FROM TWO POTENTIAL FIRMS. THE THIRD FIRM LIBERTY FIREWORKS, THEIR QUOTE IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, NOW YOU CAN DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHICH

FIRM YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH. >> COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE FIRMS THAT PRESENTED, WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES.

>> THE FIRST FIRM WAS PYRO TECHNICA, THE ONE TODAY WAS ILLUMINATION, AND THE THIRD IN YOUR PACKET IS LIBERTY.

>> ARE WE MAKING THAT DECISION ON THIS TONIGHT, IS THIS AN

ACTION ITEM FOR TONIGHT. >> IT IS.

>> OKAY. >> I PERSONALLY IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, ILL PICK THE PYRO TECH, BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE THOROUGH AND SHOWED VIDEOS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S MY OPINION.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. >> THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

>> YEAH. >> I AGREE.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: I KIND OF HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU GUYS.

DO WE PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION NOW OR WHAT?

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>> YES, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, RESOLUTION R2026-08-1349 AND IF YOU'LL JUST STATE THE --

>> PYRO TECH. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1349 AWARDING IT TO PYRO TECH.

>> I THINK PYROTECNICA. >> MAYOR VASQUEZ: A MOTION BY MR. ODOM, AND A SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1349, GIVING THE A-- AWARDING THE FIREWORKS SHOW TO PYROTECNICA. ALL IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES.

[G.7. Discuss and consider a Resolution authorizing the City Administrator to execute a Professional Service Agreement with TurningArt not to exceed $182,000.00 Presented by Wanda Randle Director of Community Services Resolution R2026-08-1350]

>> AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TURNINGART NOT TO EXCEED $182,000.

THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY MS. WANDA RANDALL, OUR DIRECTOR OF

COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> GOOD MORNING -- GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE I AM TODAY. GOOD EVENING.

SO LET ME GET THIS PULLED UP HERE.

WHILE THIS IS QUEUED UP, WE'LL START WITH THE STAFF REPORT.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN SELECTING THE ART FOR THE BUILDING. WE USED A COMPANY CALLED TURNINGART, THEY'RE TURNKEY, AND COMPLETED THE PROJECT FROM A TO Z BASED UPON THE CRITERIA WE PROVIDED TO THEM, EVEN DOWN TO FINDING LOCAL ARTISTS TO BE THE ARTISTS THAT ACTUALLY BRING THIS ART TO LIFE HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS, WITH THE RECREATION CENTRE LIBRARY IS TO BRING NOT ONLY MOSAICS BACK TO THE CITY AGAIN BUT MOVING THEM TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. HERE IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS.

THE BUILDING OUTSIDE, WHEN YOU WALK IN, THERE'S A MOSAIC THERE AND THAT'S CALLED A FRAME OF MIND, THAT'S THE TITLE OF THAT PIECE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY YOU'VE SEEN HOW POPULAR THE CITY HAS BECOME WITH THE ART WE HAVE. WE'RE IN SEVERAL MAGAZINES, SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES, ALL ACROSS THE INTERNET SHOWING THE ART HERE IN THIS BUILDING, AND IT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY TURNINGART THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ALONG WITH PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPER AND THE ART IN THEIR BUILDING, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, SO TONIGHT I'M BEFORE YOU PRESENTING TO SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TURNING ART AGAIN NOT TO EXCEED $182,000 TO BRING IN THREE LIFE SIZED MOSAICS INTO THE RECREATIONAL CENTRE LIBRARY, AND THAT WILL LOOK LIKE -- EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR WHEN WE INSTALLED THIS ART.

WE'LL ASK THEM TO FIND LOCAL ARTISTS, AND COME UP WITH THEIR DRAWINGS AND PROTECTIONS, I'LL BRING THOSE TO COUNCIL, AND YOU

CAN SELECT WHICH ART -- >> TURNING ART IS -- THAT'S A

WHAT? >> IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T CHARGE ARTISTS TO BE A PART OF THEIR NETWORK, IT'S A NETWORK, THERE'S A NETWORK OF THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND TURNING ART, THEY OVERSEE THE PROJECT FROM END TO END, LIKE THE CONTRACT FOR THE ARTISTS, MAKING SURE ALL

THE WORK IS DONE FROM A TO Z. >> THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING AND LOCATING THE ARTISTS AND EVERYTHING, AND THE 182,000, IS

THAT JUST A FEE, OR IS THAT -- >> ALL INCLUSIVE.

THAT IS EVERYTHING. WITH TURNING ART, THINK SO THE FIRST ORGANIZATION I'VE WORKED WITH THAT OWNED IT FROM END TO END AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH ANYTHING.

WE JUST HAD TO GIVE THEM THEIR DECISION, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, THIS IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT, YEAH, WE LIKE THIS AND DON'T LIKE THAT AND THEY CAME BACK WITH IT, AND THEY WERE EXCELLENT TO TALK AND PARTNER AND WORK WITH.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE -- IN THE DECK --

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> IT'S NOT COMING UP, IN THE DECK YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, PAGE 93 I BELIEVE IN YOUR DECK, YOU'LL SEE THE WALLS AND THE RECREATION CENTRE LIBRARY WE WANT TO INSTALL ON, ITS AT THE ENTRY OF THE RECREATION CENTRE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE RECREATION CENTRE AND UPSTAIRS AT THE

WALKING ATRIUM. >> WE'LL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE AND

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EVERYTHING. >> WE'LL GO BACK TO TURNING ART AND WORK WITH JOE TO GET A CONTRACT EXECUTED AND SET OUR CRITERIA FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND GO OUT AND FIND THOSE ARTISTS AND PRESENT THEM TO US, AND WE'LL SELECT THE ARTIST, AND COME UP WITH THE RENDERING OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND COUNCIL WILL SELECT WHICH RENDERINGS THEY WOULD LIKE.

>> THESE ARE CEILING TO FLOOR, RIGHT.

>> YES, CEILING TO FLOOR. >> COUNCIL I NEED THE MOTION.

>> WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1350 AS READ BY MS.

WANDA RANDALL. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ODOM TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1350 AS READ BY MS. WANDA RANDALL.

SECONDED BY MR. ELMORE, ALL IN FAVOR CAST YOUR VOTES.

>> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND WANDA RANDALL, I SEE THE VOTES

ARE -- NOT DONE YET. >> STILL WAITING ON THE VOTE.

>> MS. CAMPBELL. >> THERE YOU GO.

>> THEIR MAYOR AND COUNCIL. >> I WANT TO THANK WANDA RANDALL AND ALL HER PEOPLE AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUCCESS YOU'VE DONE AT THE PARK, I WILL THANK YOU AND ALL THE WORK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE NEVER WORKED FOR A BETTER PROFESSIONAL THAN WANDA IN MY CAREER.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: THAT'S SAYING A LOT.

[G.8. Consideration and Action regarding proposed FY 2026-2027 Tax Rate and Notice of Public Hearing. Presented by: Maria Joyner, Director of Finance]

>> WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED FY2026-2017 TAX RATE AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MARIA

JOYNER. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EARLIER WE HAD A BUDGET WORK SESSION, OUR FIRST WORK SESSION ON THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, AGAIN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON AUGUST 17. TONIGHT BEFORE YOU I PRESENTED YOU WITH THE LANGUAGE FOR THIS ITEM, SO THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT I PASSED OUT EARLIER IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS NEEDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THAT THE CITY OF HUTCHINS PROPOSE TO ADOPT OUR FISCAL YEAR-END 2027 TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.620845, WHICH IS IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.541619 TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEAR, THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. FURTHER, A VOTE ON THE TAX RATE ADOPTION BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2026, AT 6:30 P.M., OUR MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE HUTCHINS CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 400 NORTH JJ LEMMON ROAD HUTCHINS TEXAS.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR VASQUEZ: MOTION BY MR. ODOM, SECOND BY MS. CAMPBELL TO APPROVE -- (INDISCERNIBLE) ALL IN FAVOR,

CAST YOUR VOTES. >> MOTION CARRIED.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON MARIA TO DO A GREAT JOB.

[G.9. Discuss and consider a Resolution with GovWell Technologies Inc. Software Platform for Building Permits, Inspection Scheduling, Contractor Registration, and Code Enforcement. Presented by Chief Building Official Blake Moore Resolution R2026-08-1351]

>> AT THIS TIME WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 9, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION WITH GOVWELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, PRESENTED BY BLAKE MOORE.

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>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN USING A SOFTWARE CALLED I WORKS, AND THAT SOFTWARE IS BASIC, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUNCTIONS TO IT, AND IT'S LIMITED ON STORAGE STORAGE AND WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED GROWTH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM ENDS FEBRUARY OF 2027, AND WE HAVE LOOKED INTO OTHER INTERFACES, AND WE HAVE INTERVIEWED WITH GOVWELL, AND LOOKED AT THEIR SOFTWARE, WE HAVE TESTED IT, AND IT IS A GREAT PRODUCT, AND THEY IMPROVE OUR ONLINE ACCESS, THEY IMPROVE CONTRACTOR EASE OF USE FOR REGISTRATION, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND EVEN WHEN WE EMAIL A REPORT ON SITE WHEN WE DO OUR INSPECTIONS, IT'S EASIER TO READ, IT HAS A NICER FLOW TO IT, IT HELPS ORGANIZE ALL THE PERMIT PROCESSING AND OVERALL IT'S A BETTER SYSTEM.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT, BECAUSE WE ARE LIMITED ON STORAGE AND USE WITH THE I WORKS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE USING. THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOVWELL IS IT'S UNLIMITED STORAGE AND ALLOWS US TO PULL IN PUBLIC WORKS, OUR CITY ENGINEER AND FIRE INSPECTOR TO KIND OF BLANKET ALL THE DEPARTMENTS INTO ONE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO DO PLAN REVIEWS, AND RECEIVE SUBMISSION FOR PLANS AS WELL.

>> BLAKE HOW LONG IS THIS CONTRACT.

ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH -- >> THIS CONTRACT IS RENEWABLE LIKE I WORKS IS, THE FIRST YEAR IS 29,000, BUT THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THEY'RE HAVING TO MIGRATE OVER FROM I WORKS TO GOVWELL, AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR IS 18,000, AND THEN WHEN WE RENEW, IT'S GOING TO BE 18,000 AFTER THAT.

>> DO THEY KNOW IF IT'S EASY TO MIGRATE OUR STUFF OVER?

>> THE MIGRATION PROCESS, THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT HANDLES ALL OF THAT, AND THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH I WORKS, AND THEY'VE DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY.

>> SO IF WE -- THIS CONTRACT, IF IT'S APPROVED WILL START OCTOBER 1, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM SEVERAL MONTHS TO MIGRATE ALL OF THAT OVER SO THAT WHEN FEBRUARY COMES, WE'RE READY TO ROLL.

>> OKAY, AND WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS, THEY TAKE CARE OF IT

AND EVERYTHING. >> YES, SIR, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT WITH MEETING WITH US, TEAMS MEETINGS, ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTION AND THEY HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL.

>> THE WHOLE COMPANY NOT UPGRADED AT ALL TO ACCOMMODATE

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. >> THE OLD COMPANY, IF WE WERE TO STAY WITH THEM AND WE ASK FOR MORE STORAGE, IT INCREASES THE PRICE SIGNIFICANTLY. AND EVEN THEN, THE FLOW OF IT, IT'S JUST -- THEY'RE NOT UP TO SPEED.

>> OKAY. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1351, PRESENTED BY BLAKE MOORE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. ELMORE, SECOND BY MS. CAMPBELL, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-08-1351 AS READ BY OUR BUILDING -- BLAKE MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR, CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIED. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU

[H.10. Parks and Recreation Board Meeting, Tuesday, August 4, 2026, 6:30 p.m., Hutchins City Hall, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Rd., Hutchins. Animal Services Advisory Board Meeting, Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m., Hutchins City Hall, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Rd., Hutchins. Keep Hutchins Beautiful Board Meeting, Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 6:00 p.m., Hutchins City Hall, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Rd., Hutchins.]

COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU.

>> AT THIS TIME, WE JUST HAVE OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WE HAVE A MARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY AUGUST 4 AT 6:30, AND OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, AND KEEP HUTCHINS BEAUTIFUL BOARD MEETING, TUESDAY AUGUST 11. AT THIS TIME MAYOR, YOU JUST NEED TO

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