Aug 03, 2021 City Council Work Session

>> MAYOR: DREW AND LAURA ARE WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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[3A. Joint meeting with the Economic Development Advisory Board. (30 minutes)]

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM TOLD WE HAVE A

QUORUM. >> MAYOR: CAN YOU SAY THAT IN

THE MICROPHONE? >> SPEAKER: OF COURSE. I AM TOLD WE HAVE A QUORUM SO WE WILL START THE MEETING INTO ORDER. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARK HALL HE IS GOING TO BE WITH ME ON THIS AND HE IS THE VICE CHAIR.

>> DO NOT ASK ME TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS MARK. [LAUGHTER]

>> SPEAKER: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR TWO YEARS. OKAY? WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CITY IS ABSOLUTELY UNREAL. I MEAN, IT IS CRAZY. THE PEOPLE I GET TO SIT AROUND MONTH TO MONTH, IF I HAD THIS MUCH OF THAT INTELLIGENCE IN MY COMPANY FOR 18 YEARS I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD MANAGE IT. YOU'VE SUCH RESOURCES, COMMITMENT, KNOWLEDGE BASE, ON THE SPOT INFORMATION NOBODY IS LOOKING OR READING FROM ANYTHING IT IS ALL UP HERE AND IN THE HEART. I AM TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED FIVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND I'VE LITERALLY LIVE ON THREE CONTINENTS. SO, WELL DONE. I MEAN FROM MR. THUNDERBIRD WHO ACTUALLY DIALS DOWN INTO LATERALS ON THE GOLF COURSE! YOU EXPECT SOMEONE TO KNOW THAT. JIM DRIVE IN RTS, LARRY, I MEAN, LARRY HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER. I ASKED MY WIFE WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN ROWLETT AND SHE SAID TO FIVE YEARS IN A OVER. WE CAME BACK FROM OUR HONEYMOON AND CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE. THAT IS A LONG TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN I MOVED HERE THERE WERE TWO ASPHALT ROADS AND THEY WERE JUST TEARING UP DALROCK AND IT

HASN'T STOPPED SINCE. >> MAYOR: KAREN HAS TOLD ME THAT IS A LONG TIME TO BE WITH YOU.[LAUGHTER]

>> SPEAKER: IS A LONG TIME AND I'M NOT EASY! I LIVE HERE, I HAVE HAD A COMPANY HERE FOR 18 YEARS AND LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE WE ARE CONTRACTORS AND WE BUILD RESTAURANTS AND THAT'S ALL WE DO WE WORK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE STAY HERE BECAUSE IT'S PLENTY BIG ENOUGH. MARK, WHAT DO YOU DO?

>>I HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS IS AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND I CHOSE ROWLETT TO START MY BUSINESS HERE BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THE RIGHT KIND OF COMMUNITY AND THEY SAID YES WE WILL TAKE SOMEONE LIKE YOU THAT WANTS TO HELP US COME ON OUT AND OTHER PLACES I LOOK AT IT WASN'T SUCH A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT KIND OF THING THAT IT'S BEEN GREAT HERE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND LIKE MICK SAID I HAVE MET A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING THE CITY. PART OF THE REASON I AM ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS BECAUSE OF THE CHAMBER. THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I GOT INTO THE CITY WAS TO BE PART OF THE CHAMBER AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY BY BEING A PART OF THAT AND THEN ON THIS BOARD, HERE AND ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND I AM GLAD TO BE A PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, MOVING THE

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THERE'S A LOT THERE. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT RYAN AND LARRY AND THE GARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BUT THEY ARE GREAT. LARRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. GST I HEARD ONCE THEY WERE RANKED FIFTH IN THE COUNTRY BUT TO ME THEY ARE NUMBER 1 AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND, OKAY? THE GUY IS SO INVESTED THERE'S NOTHING HE DOESN'T KNOW AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TRIED TO BUILD THEM THING UP IN THE STATE TAKES IT AWAY FROM THEM THEY KEEP ON GOING. I DON'T GET IT. THEY SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD. WHO IN HERE IS A PRODUCT OF GST? ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] SO, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR 2021 CITY LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND BUDGET HEAVY, HEAVY SUBJECT.

WE GET THE DOWNLOADS FROM BRIAN AND IT'S LIKE INFORMATION OVERLOAD. IT IS ALL THERE IS NOT OFF THE SHEET, IT'S NOT LOOKING AT NOTES, IT'S 100 PERCENT IN THE HEAD KNOWS IT ALL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ASK WHAT IT BIG THING THAT IS. WHERE THE MONEY GOES, HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTING, WHO GOT MORE, WHO GOT LESS AND WHAT WE FEEL ABOUT THAT. I GUESS YOU GUYS KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WE DO BUT SOMEONE IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION AROUND. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. WE GET DOWNLOADED AND IT HELPED US BALANCE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DATES, WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH IT AND AROUND THE PLACE. A QUIET GROUP THAT KEEPS DOING IT AND I KNOW THESE GUYS AROUND TOWN. I STOP AND TALK TO THEM AND THEY ARE HARD-WORKING GUYS. THE WATER DISTRICT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

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WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO PICK A TOPIC FOR EACH SECTION.

RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MULTIFAMILY. WHERE ARE WE SURE AND WHERE DO WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF? WE DIVE DOWN INTO THAT SO WHEN THE TIME COMES WE HAVE AN OPINION AND WE HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE WERE NOT JUST WINGING IT. BOND ELECTION STRATEGY. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO AND WHERE TO SPEND IT AND DO WE GO FOR IT? WERE NOT GOING TO GO FOR IT AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT A LOT OF IT WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT. PARTICIPATION BECAUSE IF ANYBODY COMES OUT OF THESE MEETINGS THE WAY I DO YOU ARE FLOATING ON CLOUD NINE AND YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO BE HERE. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. WITH THE POTENTIALLY HAVE AND A BILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND OUT AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS, IT IS CRAZY GOOD. ECONOMIC, BOND ELECTION STRATEGY REALLY BOILS DOWN TO EDUCATION. WE GOT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THAT SO THAT THESE BONDS PASS. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT I'M SAYING IS EDUCATION IS WHERE WE WILL FOCUS ON THE BOND ELECTION STRATEGY BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE BONDS ARE, BECAUSE WORDING CAN GET TRICKY AND YOU KNOW THAT. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF BONDS THIS LAST ELECTION THAT DID NOT PASS LARGELY BECAUSE OF WORDING AND EDUCATION. WE NEED TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THE FOCUS IS ON THOSE. DO YOU WANT

TO SPEAK ON ECONOMIC ELEMENT? >> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IN OUR MEETING WE HAVE FOUR KEY PEOPLE WE HAVE BRIAN, JIM, LIBBY AND ERICA. ERICA IS NOT HERE. BRIAN LIBBY AND ERIKA AND WILL START WITH ERICA. SHE'S BEEN HERE ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SHE GOES OUT AND TALKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN TOWN ALL THE BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES AND TELLS US WHO IS IN AND WHO IS OUT. ALL THAT STUFF. SOLID, REALLY GOOD MOODS ON THE GROUND INFORMATION. I DO CARE, YOU GUYS DO CARE AND IT IS EVIDENT BUT WE MIGHT BE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT KNOW BUT WE DO CARE AND SHE WORKS VERY HARD AT IT AND SHE IS PHENOMENALLY GOOD AT IT.

WE GOT AN UPDATE ON SAPPHIRE BAY IN DETAIL, LAST WEEK WE HAD, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT DEVELOP HER, THAT IS WHO WAS IN? HE CAME IN AND HE LITERALLY WALKED THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, START TO FINISH EVERY SINGLE DETAIL ABOUT IT HE KNEW IT. WITH CONFIDENCE. NO INSECURITIES. SO, YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

GST AND THEN WE DO NORTH SHORE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIBBY TALKS TO AND ALL PEOPLE THAT COMES IN WITH CLEAN ENERGY THIS AND THAT GOES ON AND ON. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THE MOMENTUM IS HUGE. IT IS HUGE. YOU ARE RIGHT ON POINT AND WE ARE GETTING A VERY EXPENSIVE EDUCATION AND HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH IT. IT'S REALLY GOOD . I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPREAD THE WORD BUT IT IS JUST PHENOMENAL. THE CITY IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. WE ARE NOT DOING A LOT OF STUFF EXCEPT SHOWING UP AND GETTING EDUCATED AND WE ARE THERE WE NEED US.

YOU ARE CERTAINLY GETTING US READY IF YOU NEED US IS PHENOMENAL. GST I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT BUT IT

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ALL OF THIS CODED. >> THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND THE HURDLES THEY HAVE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH AND GET DONE ESPECIALLY THROUGH LAST YEAR AND THE LACK OF TEACHERS THAT ARE DROPPING OUT AND THE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T ATTENDING THAT ARE CHOOSING OTHER OPTIONS, THEY HAD TO GET CREATIVE. WHAT THEY HAD TO DO WAS OPEN UP TO ALL CITIES IT WASN'T JUST GARLAND AND ROWLETT, ANYBODY IN THE CITY COULD COME TO THE SCHOOL JUST GET THERE. THEY ARE THERE TO TEACH THEM AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH VIRTUAL AND LARRY TOLD US THAT THEY DO MUCH HAD TO DROP THE PROGRAM AND THEY DID SOME STATS ON IT AND IT WAS A DOWNTURN AND PEOPLE WEREN'T LEARNING AS OF YESTERDAY BUT IT IS STARTING UP AGAIN. HE IS STILL WATCHING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE NEW COVID VARIANCE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REACT TO THAT BUT THEY ARE ON TOP OF THINGS AND LIKE PEOPLE SAID EARLIER IN THE TOP STATE OF TEXAS AS FAR AS EDUCATION GOES AND WHAT THEY OFFER AS FAR AS ALL OF GIS D AND THE MAGNITUDE THEY HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS, SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES IS PHENOMENAL. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND THE ROWLETT CHAMBER I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE WITH THE CHAMBER FOR A WHILE IN THIS YEAR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WITH MICHAEL GALLOPS AS OUR PRESIDENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HE WAS ON THERE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON AS CHAIR AND GOT THINGS REALLY ROLLING AT THAT POINT BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN MICHAEL CAME ON AS WELL AND WE ARE GOING TO BE FILING FOR OUR ACCREDITATION THIS YEAR AND WE ARE GETTING ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK READY TO GO OUT THE DOOR THIS WEEK ACTUALLY. SO, WE WILL GET OUR APPLICATION IN FOR THAT. THE ROWLETT CHAMBER HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF THIS BUSINESS COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT TO HELP BUILD ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT COME IN TOWN THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS HOW CAN WE GET TRAFFIC GOOD HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GET BUSINESS AND GET THEM ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY? YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING AND WHEN BUSINESS COMES INTO TOWN YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE SOMEONE SHOWS UP IN A YEAR LATER YOU SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THEM AND IT WILL BE A BIG FANFARE WITH MARKETING STRATEGIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALL YEAR. NOW WE WILL GO OVER TO THE PARTNERSHIPS THE ROBUST GRANT CAME BASICALLY FROM THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER WAS THE ONE THAT SUITED THAT WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A LOT OF BUSINESSES NOT GO UNDER AND STAY OPEN AND RUNNING THANKS TO THE CITY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT. WELL, THE CHAMBER IN THE CITY AND I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND GET INGRAINED AND HELP THE CITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR THE ROWLETT CHAMBER DAYS. BEING INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HELPS THE CHAMBER AND HELPS THOSE BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS COMING. WHAT IS AVAILABLE OUT THERE AND WHAT IS BEING OFFERED? UNTIL THE NEW BUSINESS COMES IN WE CAN HELP THEM DIRECTED TO ANY CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY NEED OR ANY PEOPLE TO HELP THEM THRIVE. AND WE HAVE PACE. WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THAT LAST MONTH. THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE AND AN EXCEPTIONAL INCENTIVE TO BRING LARGE BUSINESSES AND REALTORS TO THE NORTH SHORE AREA AND CAN'T ALSO INTERESTED AND WAS ALREADY TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THE PACE ENERGY OVER AT SAPPHIRE BECAUSE OF SAPPHIRE BAY HIS PHRASE WAS IT IS LIKE HAVING TO BRING ON A NEW LITTLE CITY. HE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET ELECTRICITY TO THE CITY.

>> THIS IS ABOUT A WAY OF FUNDING AND FINANCING IT, CLEAN

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>> MAYOR: THE COUNCIL WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THAT MORE

SHORTLY. >> COUNCILMEMBER:PLANS FOR 2122 CONTINUE TO PURSUE ESTHER DEVELOPER SITE SELECT FIRST AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE STERILE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT THE CASE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE ON THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OUTREACHING. YOU SEE SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK AND THAT IS ONLY PART OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE. LIBBY IS DOING EACH MEN'S JOB AND SHE'S DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT AND MORE STUFF THAT WE DON'T KNOW. IT IS MOMENTUM IN MOVING FORWARD ALL THE TIME. PARTICIPATION AND MARKETING BUSINESS ATTRACTION EVENTS, I THINK I ALSO SIGNED UP FOR THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION EVENT? I'M SORRY I KEEP TUNING AWAY FROM YOU. THAT'S ON 5 AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER? I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ACTUALLY I HAVEN'T INTO ONE. THESE ARE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WE ARE GETTING IN FRONT OF. IT CAN'T FAIL. THAT'S IT. YOU CAN'T FAIL. PARTICIPATE IN UPDATING TARGET INDUSTRY STUDY AND WE'VE GOT TO BUILD THESE SMALL INDUSTRIAL UNITS BECAUSE THE ECONOMY TURNS SOUTH AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT IS WHERE BUSINESS STARTS. OKAY? RIGHT THERE.

THOSE PEOPLE COME IN HIGHER 10 PEOPLE THEY LIVE HERE AND THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE AND THEY GROW UP AND GO INTO A BIGGER BUILDING AND I THINK I LEAST THE LAST ONE JUST BECAUSE I COULD LAST YEAR BEFORE COVID. I HELD IT FOR A YEAR AND THE LEASE RAN UP AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO USE IT AND I COULDN'T AND IT WENT JUST LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW THEY SAY HERE HE GOES AGAIN BUT EXPLORE, BECOME A PACE PROPERTY AND USE CLEAN ENERGY. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION SO WE WILL LEAVE THAT ALONE BUT IT IS EXCITING. LONG-TEM GOALS.

TOURISM. THERE'S A BILLION-DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT GOING ON DOWN THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAD A CHANCE LAST WEEKEND BUT THE YEAR BEFORE I ACTUALLY WATCH PEOPLE SURFING ON TV IN A WORLD EVENT IN THAT TUNNEL AND IT WAS CRAZY. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT TOURISM IS HUGE. WE HAVE THE LAKE, I USED TO RACE SAILBOATS ON LAKE HUBBARD 20 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A NATIONAL EVENT. WE HAD BOATS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. HIGH DOLLAR STUFF. I GREW UP RACING BOATS IN THE OCEAN I'VE RACED THEM ALL OVER EUROPE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY I RACE THEM IN CALIFORNIA OUT IN THE OCEAN OUT THERE AND THAT SAILING WAS AS GOOD AS ANYWHERE ELSE. I HAVE RACED IN ALL THOSE BIG OF AN SIN AND THEY WERE JUST AS GOOD YOU HAVE THAT OF BASS PRO, YOU HAVE FISHING, PHOTELS, CONVENTION CENTERS THE WAVE PARK AND RESTAURANTS. I BUILD RESTAURANTS AND I'M TALKING TO WHO I BUILD FOR TO SEE WHAT THEIR PIPELINE IS LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT AND I TELL THESE GUYS THIS ALL THE TIME THIS, THIS, THIS AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND IF THEY ARE FOR REAL BEFORE I SEND THEM OVER HERE. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS TOWN THAT CAN DO THAT, SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN DO THAT. IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT EVERYBODY WILL BE DOING IT AND THEY CAN HELP OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS HELPING OUT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, WE SHOULD DESIGNATE A SPENDING SOURCE FOR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT

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YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BRING THEIR BUSINESSES HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PAY FOR HOW TO IT WORKS. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS I AM A CONTRACTOR NOT A DEVELOPER THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT DOWNTOWN, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO BRING IN NEW DEVELOPERS AND NEW COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH SHORE. THEY NEED SOME INCENTIVES TO RING IN THERE AND PACE IS ONE OF THEM AND THAT'S ONE THAT THE CITY WANTS, THAT PROGRAM, IT IS A GOOD INCENTIVE FOR THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT.

>> IF WE CAN DO THAT IT WILL BUILD ITSELF UP IT WILL BUILD ON ITSELF AND KEEP GOING. THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT DOWNTOWN, WE WERE LOOKING OVER THESE NOTES YESTERDAY, RIGHT? I GREW UP IN IRELAND AT ONE POINT AND BECAUSE OF THE LAKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE I HAD TO GOOGLE THE TOWN I GREW UP IN AND I TRIED TO TELL THEM WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS A KID AND WHAT IT IS NOW. NOW, THERE IS NO REASON THIS IS NOT THAT IN PROCESS I CAN ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE IT I CAN TELL YOU IT IS POSSIBLE AND IF YOU DON'T LEAVE IT, GO GOOGLE I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE IT WAS. IT USED TO BE LIKE DOWNTOWN WILEY. RIGHT? 10 YEARS AGO. I DON'T MEAN TO INSULT WILEY BUT THAT'S ALL IT WAS LESS THAN THAT AND NOW IT HAS MARINAS, HOTELS, CASINOS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GAMBLE SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE BUT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THERE. THE MOVIE STARS COME, THE MUSICIANS COME HERE AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING GOING ON.

RIGHT? >> FROM YOUR DOWNTOWN, THAT'S YOUR NUCLEUS AND EVERYTHING SPREADS FROM THEIR. EVERY TOWN HAS BEEN THAT WAY. DALLAS HAS THREE DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN AREAS.

THEY BUILT ONE HERE AND FARTHER OUT BUT EVERYTHING START THERE AND THEN YOU ASK AND FROM THERE BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF THAT. THE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON THE MAIN STREET SHOULD HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT WE HOPE AND LET ME TELL YOU, OUR OFFICE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON MAIN STREET IT IS AN OLD BUILDING THE OLD JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CHURCH BUILDING AND IF THAT BECAME SOMETHING I AM HAPPY. YOU KNOW? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. IT MAKES US ALL SUCCESSFUL. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN SAY IT IS QUICK, SHORT AND I AM A WHY NOT KIND OF GUY. AND WE WILL SIT AND GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL GET THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO HEAR AND I JUST WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD GO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH ARE JUST LIKE, UNBELIEVABLE! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT. I'M VERY LUCKY TO BE IN THE ROOM AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE. WE ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T JUST BANTER AND HAVE FUN IT'S THE REAL DEAL. IT IS INFORMATIVE, WE DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME AND THEY DON'T WASTE HOURS.

>>. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DON'T GO AWAY, PEOPLE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MICK AND MARK AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE ADVOCACY OF THE CITY IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE CHAMBER AND ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IT WILL BE ANOTHER FUN YEAR! THANK YOU. WHY DON'T

YOU ADJOURN YOUR MEETING. >> SPEAKER: WE ARE GOING TO

ADJOURN OUR MEETING. >> MAYOR: INCORPORATED YOU. IN Q2 THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE GOING TO

[3B. Update City Council on Employee Benefits for Fiscal Year 2021 to include Plan Performance Updates and the Wellness Program. (15 minutes)]

BEING HERE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF I STAND HERE IS THAT GOING TO WORK? THAT WAY I DON'T HAVE TO BEND OVER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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I NEVER REALLY LIKED TO HAVE A NEGATIVE NUMBER, IT IS GREAT THAT IS NEGATIVE BUT THE REALITY IS THAT OUR CONSULTANT IS SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING CLAIMS, ACTUAL DOLLARS PAID TO PROVIDERS ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES TO BE ABOUT THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY LESS IN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND IT WAS IN FISCAL YEAR 21. THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT FINANCE PROVIDED ME THIS SHOWS THE ACTUAL COSTS SO IF YOU LOOK YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE OUTPACING EXPENSES WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IF YOU LOOK THE ENDING RESERVES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND WE HAVE A GREAT BALANCE IN OUR HEALTH AND IF IT'S FUND SO GOING FORWARD IT LOOKS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH CARE PLAN. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU END UP AGAIN EVERY YEAR THIS IS A LIST OF ACTUAL CLAIMS THAT EXCEED $50,000 AND OF THE DOLLARS SPENT SO FAR THIS YEAR AROUND 5 MILLION, 1,700,000 ARE MADE UP OF 16 INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS, THERE ARE FIVE IN STOPLOSS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH JUNE 30, THREE AND $50,000. I BLOCKED OUT DIAGNOSIS OF STATUS RELATIONSHIP SO I COULD PROTECT THE INDIVIDUALS JUST IN CASE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT COULD IDENTIFY WHO THEY ARE. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE STOPLOSS AND WHAT MAKES THE PLAN VIABLE FOR US BEING SELF-FUNDED AND HELPING US MAINTAIN OUR FUNDS AND OUR ACCOUNTS INSTEAD OF HANDING THEM OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. IT IS SUPER GOOD. FOR NEXT YEAR THESE ARE THE ACTUAL DOLLARS SPENT IN 1820 THE ADOPTED BUDGET. IT IS THE REVISED BUDGET AND IN MARCH WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR PAY FOR EMPLOYEES. THE PROPOSED DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE ADVISED TO US BY OUR CONSULTANT SO ACTUARIALLY THEY ARE SOUND AND THEY BUILD THAT MODEL OVER A 24 MONTH TIME SO GOING BACK 24 MONTHS FROM THE TIME THEY GAVE IT TO US IN THE LATE PART OF JUNE IT SHOWS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THERE IS A BENEFITS PAYMENT UNDER THE OPERATING EXPENSES AND IT SHOWS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT FOR NEXT YEAR IS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN IT WAS PROJECTED THIS YEAR AND ABOUT THE SAME AS 20 ACTUALS AND 2018 ACTUALS. OUR FUND ALLENS IS HEALTHY HERE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DOLLARS BUILT UP. IF THINGS STAY AS THEY DID THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL REVENUES WILL OUTPACE EXPENSES JUST SLIGHTLY. OKAY. I KNOW I HAVE TALKED ABOUT COMPASS BEFORE. THEY WERE PURCHASED BY A COMPANY CALLED A LIGHT. THEY

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THINGS HAVE SLOWED AS FAR AS COST SAVING YEAR AFTER YEAR PTHEY LEAVE THE HEALTHCARE OUT THERE WITH THE MOST REASONABLE COST. NOT THE LOWEST-COST THAT THE MOST REASONABLE COST. THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT HAD ONE MISTAKE ON IT FROM THE STAFF REPORT SO I APOLOGIZE, UNDER PRODUCTIVITY COST SAVINGS IT SAYS 17 BUT IT WAS MEANT TO SAY 11,000. A TRANSCRIBED A SEVEN INTO A ONE BY ACCIDENT. I'LL METRIC SCREENING RESULTS, I ALWAYS WISH THAT THESE WERE BETTER YEAR OVER YEAR AND I AM GOING TO TALK TO ABOUT A STUDY THAT WE DID WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE TO SEE IF WELLNESS WAS ACTUALLY HELPING US AND YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF OUR NUMBERS ARE TINGED DOWN. OBESITY AND CHOLESTEROL BUT TWO THINGS WERE UP HIGH HYPERTENSIVE AND PREDIABETIC. WE WILL MEASURE AGAIN THIS NEXT YEAR AND WE WILL ADD A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT WHICH IS A QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR HEALTHCARE TO TRY TO GET A BETTER MEASURE OVERALL OF THE ACTUAL MEASURE FROM EMPLOYEES FOR BIOMETRIC SCREENING RESULTS AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY THINKING IN TERMS OF HEALTHCARE. THE WELLNESS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2012 AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST CHANGE WE WILL HAVE MADE FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS AND WE WILL HAVE THE ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE BUT WE DID IN PREVIOUS TIMES BUT SOMEHOW IT

GOT TAKEN OUT. >>> THESE ARE ALL WELLNESS ACTIVITIES THAT WE ASK PEOPLE TO DO AND AS YOU RECALL WE ASKED PEOPLE TO RETAIN 20 PERCENT OR PAY A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PREMIUM. THERE ARE 57 INDIVIDUAL OPTIONS ACROSS THE DOCUMENT AND IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY EASY FOR SOMEONE TO ACHIEVE 20 WEEKS. YOU CAN ALMOST LITERALLY GET TO 20 POINTS BY DOING YOUR ACTUAL WELLNESS SCREENING AND MAINTAINING YOUR HEALTH UNDER YOUR BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS.

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GOING DOWN UTILIZATION THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THERE ARE, THERE WERE NO HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND NO HOSPITAL DAYS FOR THAT ABOVE 89 THAT WERE ABOVE THE 30 PERCENT. AND THEN, AT UNITED HEALTHCARE HAS CREATED WHAT THEY CALL AND OVER ALL HEALTH ACTIVATION INDEX AND A WELL-BEING ACTIVATION. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE DEFINITION BUT ESSENTIALLY THE HEALTH ACTIVATION INDEX QUANTIFIES THE PERFORMANCE OF A MEMBER'S DECISION AND IS FOUNDED ON A SIMPLE QUESTION WHEN FACED WITH A HEALTHCARE DECISION DID THE CONSUMER MAKE THE OPTIMAL CHOICE FROM A CLINICAL FINANCIAL AND SERVICE PERSPECTIVE? DID THEY LOOK INTO OR UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES WE GIVE THEM TO MAKE A BETTER HEALTHCARE DECISION? THEN, THE WELL-BEING ACTIVATION ALL ADULT MEMBERS WITHIN A SPECIFIC AGE GROUP AND THEIR PREVENTATIVE EXAM REQUIREMENTS DECISIONS IN MOOD ADULT PREVENTATIVE VISITS AND THEY KNOW THEIR NUMBERS.

PART OF THE REASON WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT TO TRY TO SEE HOW THE POPULATION ACTUALLY INKS ABOUT HEALTH CARE BUT OVERALL THOSE WHO DID THE PERCENT OR GREATER HAD LOWER COST, LOWER ER UTILIZATION OR ADMISSION AND HIGHER HEALTH ACTIVATION INDEX AND OVERALL MADE BETTER HEALTHCARE DECISIONS. NOT MY WORDS BUT UNITED HEALTHCARE'S PREDICTIVE MODELS THAT THEY USE WHEN THEY COMPARE ONE GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER GROUP. WE GAVE THEM THE GROUP AND THEY USE THEIR MODEL TO MEASURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS

GREAT. >> THIS IS GREAT RICHARD I HAVE A QUESTION DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN? I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE LEAD OF THE BREAKDOWN TO PROTECT WHO IS IN THOSE GROUPS BUT IN THE GROUP THAT WAS OVER 30 PERCENT AND UNDER 30 PERCENT TO 89 INTO 79 DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF NONEXEMPT VERSUS EXEMPT EMPLOYEES?

>> I DO NOT BUT I COULD. >> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PROVIDING IT I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT IS

. >> I AM CURIOUS, TOO. THANK

YOU. >> WE DID THIS FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS OTHER SIDE BUT ESSENTIALLY IT SHOWS THE SAME BASIC OUTCOME SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NUMBERS BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THEY WERE MORE, THEY HAD THE SAME OUTCOME OF RESULT FOR TWO YEARS SO AS SOON AS WE FINISHED THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR I WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND JUST SEE IF IT IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT AND IT CONTINUES FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE

CYCLES. >> THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE 30 PERCENT?

>> OR TO ENGAGE THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN HEALTH.

>> WE HAVE HAD THE PROGRAM OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.

>> AND SO, MAYBE GREATER INCENTIVES? MAYBE HIGHER PREMIUMS IF YOU DON'T ENGAGE MORE POSSIBLY?

>> IS PRETTY OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A TOOL TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THINGS WERE ACTUALLY WORKING. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE AND I WAS HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE CREATED ONE AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS THERE DIETARY TOOL BIT I WAS GLAD THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE.

>> DOES PRESENT EQUAL POINTS BECAUSE THERE IS 100 POINTS?

>> WE STARTED CALLING THEM POINTS VERSING EIGHT

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THANKS. >> THEN, JUST A COUPLE OF TIDBITS, I PUT SOME STUFF IN HERE ABOUT WORKERS. THE GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE LOW OCCURRENCES AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BEGIN TO ACHIEVE LOWER OCCURRENCES AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS COMING DOWN 41, 47, 36, 20 AND THIS IS YEAR TO DATE AND NOT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A LOWER SEVERITY AND WE ARE NOT GOING EXACTLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT I WILL SAY THIS, FISCAL YEAR 20 THERE'S ONE THAT CLAIM, JUST ONE AND IN FISCAL YEAR 21 THERE'S BEEN ONE BAD LIEN SO SOMEHOW WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO AVOID THAT ONE BAD CLAIM THAT CAN TELL THAT BY HAVING $77,000 OF COST AND 114 HELPS OUR OVERALL SHARE WITH TML SO WHEN WE MAKE THAT CONTRIBUTION YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS OR YOU WILL DOWN THIS YEAR AS OCCURRENCES ARE DOWN AND SEVERITY IS STARTING TO COME DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING LESS BIG CLAIMS THAT CAN GO ON AND COST A LOT OF MONEY. NEXT, OPEN ENROLLMENT REST IS THE NIGHT THROUGH THE 27TH AND THE NUMBERS YOU SAW FOR THE HEALTH PLAN ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WHICH COMES UP NEXT AND OPEN ENROLLMENT WELLNESS IS HOSTING THEIR AUGUST 9 TO THE 27TH AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MAYOR: I HAVE ONE QUESTION RICHARD. IN REGARDS TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS STOPLOSS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WANTING TO INCREASE THAT FROM THE INSURER STAND? IS THERE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS YOU DONE THROUGH DIFFERENT LEVELS? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

WE ASKED OUR CONSULTANT TO SAY WHAT IF IT WAS 125, 175 HUNDRED? IF YOU LOOK BACK AT OUR HISTORY AND YOU WENT BACK TO LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS WORK. IF YOU GO BACK TO HERE AND YOU LOOK AT PAYMENT FROM STOPLOSS WHICH IS UNDER THE REVENUE SIDE, YOU WILL SEE LARGE NUMBERS. WHEN YOU SEE LARGE NUMBERS WHAT THAT INDICATES IS THAT THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER THE 100,000 YOU ARE BETTER OFF WITH IT BEING LOW BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKES ONE OR TWO CLAIMS TO RECOVER THE TOTAL PREMIUM. NOW, THE PREMIUM HAS GROWN SO IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STOP LOSS UNDER OPERATING EXPENSE YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER GOING UP. THERE WILL BE A CROSSOVER AND THAT MAY BE COMING NOW AND WE ARE RIGHT AT THE THRESHOLD WHERE PERHAPS CHANGING THAT SPECIFIC TO A HIGHER LEVEL AND HAVING A LOWER RHENIUM WILL BENEFIT US OVERALL AND THEY WILL DO THAT ANALYSIS FOR US. IT DID NOT BENEFIT US THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IN RHENIUM WAS ONLY 100,000.

>> MAYOR: IS SOMETHING YOU LOOKED AT REGULARLY MET.

>> SPEAKER: EVERY YEAR. IT'S POTENTIALLY COMING BECAUSE ONCE THAT NUMBER GET AROUND $1 MILLION YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WILL SELL THE FUND AND THE DIFFERENCE IN PREMIUM IS 500,000 HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC CLAIMS DOES THAT TAKE

AT ONE OF 53. >>> YOU WOULD MAKE THAT

JUDGMENT. >> IS A HARD ONE. >> IT IS A

HARD ONE. >> IF THE BASE ON HISTORY BUT

IT'S HARD ONE. >> YOU MAKE YOUR BEST GUESS ON

WHAT YOU KNOW. >> THANK YOU. COUNSEL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU IT'S A HELPFUL ANALYSIS. IT'S GREAT WITH THAT 30 PERCENT THING. I APPRECIATE

IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR MOST EXCITING RECITATION OF

[3C. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Budget. (30 minutes)]

MANAGER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WITH SECTION 602 I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH ANALYSIS, PLANNING AND LISTENING. THIS ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED HARD TO FILL TO MISSION TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE CITIZEN SERVICES THAT EXCEED EXPECTATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND GUESTS. OUR PURPOSE IS TO SERVE. AS EXCITING AS OUR FUTURE IS, I

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ROWLETT CONTINUES TO TELL A STORY IN A REMARKABLE WAY FROM ONE OF THE TOP 25 DISPLACES TO LIVE TO THE NUMBER 1 BEST CITY TO MOVE TO AN AMERICA TO ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS TO THE EIGHTH FASTEST GROWING THE IN THE ENTRY TO THE SEVENTH -RANKED MIDSIZE CITY WITH THE BEST RATIO OF MEDIAN HOME VALUE TO INCOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING NOTE AND MOVING AND INVESTING IN ROWLETT. SPEAKING OF BUSY, AS A RESULT OF NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED $762 MILLION IN NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND WE EXPECT THE AND ADDITIONAL $1.5 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS. I DO WANT TO REPEAT THAT FIRST NUMBER. IN FIVE YEARS WE HAVE ADDED CONSTRUCTION VALUE OF 762.2 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS AMAZING. HIGH-QUALITY PROJECTS DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITIES VISION REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION A STRATEGIC PORTAL BETWEEN DFW AND EAST TEXAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MARKET TIMING ARE DRIVING DEVELOPERS TO ROWLETT. MANY OF THE BUSINESSES ATTRACTED TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WILL BE UNIQUE TO ROWLETT AND IN SOME CASES UNIQUE TO TEXAS. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

ROWLETT HAS THE RIGHT VISION FOR THE RIGHT TIME. THIS PAST YEAR AND AND A HALF HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING. TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW ROWLETT WAS NAMED THE EIGHTH FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THE MOST SEVERE WINTER STORM IN RECENT MEMORY. THESE CHALLENGES HAVE AFFECTED EVERY ASKED ACT OF OUR GOVERNMENT, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND IT CERTAINLY HAS AFFECTED OUR FISCAL CAPACITY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO ADDRESS OUR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS. ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS PROPERTY TAXES.

THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND REVENUE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET ARE BASED ON THE MAY LUMINARY VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. TYPICALLY BY JULY 20 THE CITY RECEIVES THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE SUBSEQUENT TIMING OF RECEIVING THE OFFICIAL CERTIFIED TAX RATE FROM DALLAS COUNTY ON AUGUST 6 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REALLOCATE THE RATE IN THE REVENUE DOLLARS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET PRIOR TO PREPARING THIS SUBMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AS A RESULT, THE OFFICIAL CERTIFIED NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL RATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL AT THE AUGUST 17 MEETING. AT THAT TIME COUNSEL WILL SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TAX RATE CEILING AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING. ADDITIONALLY AT THAT MEETING WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PROPOSED BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES THE SAME PROPOSED TAX

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STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY IS OUR THIRD PRIORITY. WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE SAFE, WALKABLE, WELCOMING AND OFFER A RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES THAT ADD LASTING VALUE. NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY TOUCHES THE LIVES OF ROWLETT RESIDENT WHERE THEY SEE IT MOST, THEIR

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PROPOSITION B FOR 7.4 MILLION CONTAIN PARKS, TRAILS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING THE COMPLETION OF HER FOR PARK UPGRADES TO THE WATER ZONE PARK TRAIL CONSTRUCTION EROSION CONTROL AND PARKS AT FRONT THEY COVERED AND UPGRADES TO SPORTS FIELDS AND COMMUNITY WORKS OUR SEVENTH AND FINAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS TO PROMOTE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND THIS MEANS WE ARE HIGH-PERFORMING ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO WELL-TRAINED AND RESPONSIVE WORK VERSUS. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 YOUR PROPOSING TO CREATE A PERMANENT INNOVATION FUND WITH STARTUP FUNDING FOR $140,000 AND A TWO-YEAR GOAL TO REACH $190,000 ANNUALLY. THIS IS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT RACING THE HARDWARE DOESN'T TAKE A BACKSEAT TO OTHER PRIORITIES. IN ADDITION WE WOULD LIKE TO USE $715,000 OF THE ONE-TIME FUND THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR TO REPLACE 10 OBSOLETE NETWORK SWITCHES AND FINALLY, WE ARE ALSO ADDING A UTILITY BILLING ANALYST TO HELP LOOSE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO

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SECOND, THE FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 20. FINALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE OF SEPTEMBER 21. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION WE HAVE ABOUT 219,000 FROM THE $6.8 MILLION DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN AUGUST WE WILL DISCUSS ANY ALLOCATIONS OF THOSE DOLLARS OR WAIT UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE BIDS FROM BIGGER PROJECTS. NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER FUNDS BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WELL. SO, I CAN'T IN TONIGHT WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD WORK OF MY TEAM WHO HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS TO HELP DEVELOP AND THAT THIS PROPOSAL. SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO THANK OUR FINANCE TEAM LEAD BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR WENDY BADGETT AND OF COURSE MY NUMBER 1 DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ANGIE SMITH, GUYS, I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THIS TEAM THEY ARE ABSENTLY BRILLIANT AND THEY WORK VERY HARD AND REALLY AT A TIME WHERE WE WERE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES. I'M SO VERY PROUD TO HAVE PEOPLE OF THEIR CALIBER ON MY TEAM AND FINALLY I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AGAIN FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE YOU INTO YOU TO PROVIDE THIS ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF AUGUST AS WE GET DEEPER INTO

THE BUDGET. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU BRIAN.

OTHER NEWS THAN WE WERE EXPECTING AND A VERY GOOD SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IN GREAT DETAIL.

CERTAINLY WANT TO REITERATE THE APPRECIATION FOR THE FINANCE STAFF AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND I APPRECIATE YOU IMMENSELY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT GOOD THE BUDGET IS MOST IMPORTANT THING OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT CITY COUNCIL IS INVOLVED IN EVERY YEAR AND A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO. A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU BRIAN YOU BEEN A WONDERFUL LEADER AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EVERYTHING YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THE CITY. A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THE BUDGET AND A LOT MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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JUST TEASING!

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