[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
CITY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AT 7 P.M.
THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF RECEIVING ADVICE FROM OUR ATTORNEY, CALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. AND WE START OFF OUR MEETINGS WITH AN INVOCATION AND MOVING TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SO YOU MAY JOIN US IF YOU WISH TO AND PROVIDING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE COUNCILMAN BRITTON
AGAIN TONIGHT. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO GATHER TOGETHER OR THE CARRY FORWARD THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY.
HEAVENLY FATHER WE HAVE THE FREEDOM AS SHOWN TODAY TO GET OUT AND VOTE TO EXPRESS OUR RIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR VOTES AND THANK YOU FOR THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TIME HONORED EVENT. WE PRAY FATHER THAT YOU BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE DELIBERATE ON THE MATTERS THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO THE CITY. WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM, AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE AND POLICE, WE PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY FOR THEM.
WE PRAY FOR OUR VETERANS. WE RECOGNIZE ALL OUR VETERANS LATER THIS WEEK. WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AND WE ASK THIS IN YOUR SON'S NAME AMEN.
>> NOW THE BOY SCOUT TROOP 646 IS GOING TO HELP LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP.
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.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT YOU MAY NOW BE SEATED.
[3A. Rowlett Veterans Recognition Program – James A. Katzenberger. ]
AND OUR FISHES ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS 3A WHICH IS THE ROWLETT VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE HONORING JIM BE KATZENBERGER. GOOD TO SEE YOU.SO TONIGHT WE CONTINUE THE TRANSITION OF HONORING ROWLETT'S VETERANS. OUTREACH CENTER, THIS PROGRAM IS A TESTAMENT TO YOU'RE GRATITUDE AND COMMITMENT TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION. IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR 30TH VETERAN MR. JIM KATZENBERGER, EXEMPLIFIES COURAGE AND PATRIOTISM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
EACH ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SPIRIT OF UNITY AND RESILIENCE THAT DEFINES OUR COMMUNITY. COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT TO REMEMBER OUR VETERANS. I WOULD NOW TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS KAZAR, I MIGHT HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO THIS LITTLE ONE, SHE HAS A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO THIS.
>> JIM, SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ HIS WHOLE THING SO I MODIFIED MY OWN. ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING.
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE VETERANS RESOURCE OUTREACH CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE VROC HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE VETERANS AND HONOR THEM FOR BOTH THE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE COMMUNITY.AND CHOOSING THE RECIPIENT WE LOOK FOR A MULTITUDE OF VARIABLES FOR BOTH THEIR TIME IN THE SERVICE AS WELL AS THEIR TIME AS THEY GOT DISCHARGED. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS BUSY ON BOTH FRONTS.ENLISTING IN THE U.S.
NAVY IN 1987, HE DID HIS BASIC TRAINING AT U.S. GREAT LAKES, HE
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SERVED ON THE U.S.S. HALSEY, AND FINISHED HIS SERVICE AS GUNNER'S MATE. HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MEDICAL DISCHARGED. HE RECEIVED THE ARMED FORCES EXEXPEDITIONARY MEDAL. HE AND HIS WIFE BOUGHT A HOME HERE IN ROWLETT, HE BECAME ACTIVE INTO THE CITY, GOT ONTO AND CHAIRED THE ARNTS AND HUMANITIES ADVISORY BOARD AND DURING HIS TIME ON THE BOARD THEY STARTED THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, ULTIMATELY ADDING PIECE TO PLACES LIKE THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR LOCAL HOUSES AND BLUE BONNET PARK WHO IS THE HOME OF THE PHOENIX. MANY KNOW JIM AS THE BIRDMAN.WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE CHRISTY WENT ON TO START THE HIGH GATE ANIMAL RESCUE, A 501 C 3 ANIMAL RESCUE, THEY TAKE IN PAIR ROTS AND A LOT OF VARIETY OF BIRD SPECIOUSPECIES WITH HOPE OF RETG THEM TO THEIR OWNERS. JIM IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR VETERANS, A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE VROC.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HE HAS RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HONOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU SO
>> TONIGHT WE ARE ANNOUNCE THE 30TH RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD.
WE CALL HIM JIM BUT IT IS JAMES ANDREW KATZENBERGER.
[APPLAUSE] >> ALSO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROWLET.
OUR DIRECT RESULTS OF THE BLOODSHED AND CONTINUED VIGILANCE GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES, OVER THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT NATION, PROTECTING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND PAYING THE PRICE OF FREEDOM FOR US ALL. WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE HORRORS OF WAR AND YET CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT THE BEST HUMANITY CAN BE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL TONIGHT. A GUEST.
COME ON UP. OKAY THIS IS ACTUALLY YOURS.
HI STRANGER. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> FOR ME WHO DON'T KNOW ME I'M LAURIE ALBERZ COAST.
RZ COTES. IN THE 20 YEARS THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AROUND IT HAS AWARDED OVER 350,000 QUILTS OF VALUE TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, TO GIVE THEM THANKS AGAIN FOR THE SERVICE THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED.
THE ORGANIZATION AS I MENTIONED HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. IT WAS STARTED BY THE MOTHER OF A BLUE STAR -- A BLUE STAR MOM WHOSE SON WAS IN IRAQ AT THE TIME. SHE WAS HAVING A DREAM ONE NIGHT AND IN THIS DREAM AS I MENTIONED HER SON WAS IN IRAQ AT THE TIME BUT IN HER DREAM SHE SAW A YOUNG SOLDIER ON THE EDGE OF HIS BED AT NIGHT IN DISTRESS. IT WASN'T HER SON BUT JUST THIS IMAGE IN HER MIND. YOU KNOW HOW DREAMS GO, YOU KIND OF CATCH SOMETHING AND THEN YOU LOSE TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS IN THE DREAM.
SO THE NEXT PART THAT SHE REMEMBERED IN THE DREAM WAS THAT THE YOUNG SOLDIER WAS COVERED IN A QUILT AND HE WAS AT EASE.
MS. ROBERTSON BEING THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION, SHE WAS A QUILTER SO THAT SENT A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO HER THAT PROVIDING QUILTS FROM INDIVIDUALS FROM CIVILIANS FROM VOLUNTEERS COULD PROVIDE COMFORT AND HEALING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TOUCHED BY WAR. AND WITH THAT SHE STARTED THAT FOUNDATION. AS I MENTIONED IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS. IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. DIFFERENT PEOPLE PIECE, START, QUILT, SOME PEOPLE IS THEIR MAIN ROLE IS TO COME DO AND DO PRESENTATIONS. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO MANY PARTS OF THAT AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO JIM THIS QUILT OF VALOR. LET ME SHOW YOU THIS FIRST.
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CLASSIC PATCH WORK QUILT. AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE STITCHED-IN SPOT THAT SAYS THANK YOU.AND THERE'S A LABEL ON IT THAT NOTES TODAY'S DATE AND YOUR POSITION AND YOUR SERVICE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
[APPLAUSE] >> I ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE, QUILTS OF VALOR, EQUIPMENTING TO HONOR AND COMFORT AWARDED TO JAMES KATZENBERGER, E-2 GUNNER MATE.
ON BEHALF OF THE QUILTS OF VALOR, IN NONOF YOUR SACRIFICE FOR THIS NATION IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE HONOR AND COMFORT ON YOU THROUGH THIS QUILT OF VALUATOR.
THOUGH WE MAY NEVER KNOW YOUR DEPTH OF SACRIFICE TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION WE AWARD YOU THIS QUILT OF VALOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NOW JOIN VERY GOOD COMPANY, I SEE CHRIS IS HERE, THIS IS JOHN BARKER'S HAT, I MISS JOHN A LOT, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT I GOT RECOGNIZED HERE. BILLIE FERGUSON WAS ANOTHER ONE I HAD CAME IN LAST TIME WE DID ROBERT HIGGINS.
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE.
AND I JUST JOIN REALLY GOOD COMPANY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY'S BEEN ABLE TO GIVE TO ME, I TRY GIVING IT BACK. I REALLY DON'T -- I JUST -- I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT THIS. I DO APPRECIATE IT THOUGH.
IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING, ACTUALLY, TO START THE ART PROJECT WITH JEFF AND WORK THROUGH THAT, AND LEARN HOW THE CITY WORKS, MAKE SOME GOOD FRIENDS AND I'VE RAISED BOTH MY KIDS HERE. AND MY SON IS ACTUALLY IN THE ARMY STATIONED IN HAWAII NOW. HE'S A COMBAT MEDIC.
SO I COULDN'T CLOSE THE DEAL FOR NAVY.
SO CHRIS WILL BE HAPPY TO THAT. BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH -- I DIDN'T HAVE A REAL DIGNIFIED CAREER, THEY FOUND OUT I HAD ASTHMA AND THEY MADE IT WORSE WITH THE JOB I HAD.
BEFORE I GOT STARTED THEY WERE ASKING ME TO STEP ASIDE BUT I WOULD HAVE STAYED FOR 20 YEARS. I HAD REALLY A GOOD TIME BEING OUT AT SEA GETTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT PLACES WE WENT AND JUST THE WORLD WAS JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE BACK THEN.
YOU COULD GO PLACES AND HAVE FUN AND NOT REALITY BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT. BUT YOU ALWAYS HAD TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDERS IN SOME OF THE PORTS WE WENT.
BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR ME. BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU.
[3B. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing November 6-10, 2023 as Municipal Courts Week. ]
>> ALL RIGHT. IN OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3B WHICH IS PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 10TH, 2023 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK AND PRESENTING THIS ITEM IS MAYOR PRO TEM DEB SHERND.
IF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL COULD PLEASE COME UP.
>> I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK MY FELLOW COURT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO COME UP AND JOIN ME AS WELL.
LISA, MIKE. THE VETERANS PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS A TOUGH ONE TO FOLLOW BUT I'M VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION TONIGHT.
THE CITY OF ROWLETT ENTHUSIASTICALLY JOINS
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COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS IN SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR DEDICATED MUNICIPAL JUDGES, COURT CLERKS, COURT ADMINISTRATORS AND MARSHALS WHO COMPRISE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS FROM NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH 10TH, 2023.MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IS A GREAT TIME TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH MUNICIPAL COURTS DO BUT TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT LOCAL COURTS AND THEIR PERSONNEL PLAY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
HISTORICALLY, MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IS PROCLAIMED THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF NOVEMBER EACH YEAR. THE WEEK GIVES CITY COUNCILS ACROSS TEXAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF MUNICIPAL COURTS AND THE COURT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK TIRELESSLY PROMOTING PUBLIC CONFIDENT AND THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY. OVER 100 COURTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK. MORE INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND AT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER AT WWW.TMCEC.COM. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO JUDGE KILGORE AND TO ALL OF HIS STAFF AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN OUR COURT SYSTEM THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO THE COURT AND I KNOW THAT HE ALWAYS GIVES HIS TEAM THE CREDIT.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL THING.
HAVING BEEN A POLICE OFFICER, I KNOW THAT IN SOME COURTS, IN SOME CASES AND SOME CITIES, THE COURT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALTHOUGH ON THE SAME TEAM AND WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOALS, SOMETIMES HAVE AN ALMOST ADVERSARIALLY RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK JUDGE KILGORE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF FOSTERING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS WITH OUR PUBLIC. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS AN EASY THING TO DO WHEN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ONE THAT ADMINISTERS JUSTICE.
AND MOST OF THE THINGS YOU SEE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE THERE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE -- FROM THE TOP DOWN, ATTITUDE AND ATMOSPHERE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IN OUR COURT SYSTEM, I THINK THAT WEIGH HAVE AN EXEMPLARY MUNICIPAL COURT. NOW I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.
IF I CAN GET IT OPEN. WHEREAS, MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND UNDER PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT HOSTS THE ROWLETT MUNICIPAL COURT AND STATE LAW AUTHORIZES A MUNICIPALITY TO APPOINT A JUDGE FOR A TERM OF OFFICE THE ROWLETT MITCH COURT IS A STATE COURT AND ITS MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF STATE JUDICIARY. SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS COMMITTED TO THE NOAKS THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US AND THAT JUDGES AND PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY AND WHEREAS, ROWLETT MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICY MAKERS FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW, AND THE CANONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT FROM CITY OFFICIALS AND 70 EMPLOYEES AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOLLECTION THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CONTAIN LAWS FOR ALL DEFENDANTS INCLUDING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AND SUPPORTS THE ROWLETT MUNICIPAL COURT IN COMPLYING WITH SUCH REQUIREMENTS, NOW I ON BEHALF OF BLAKE MARGOLIS, CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH 10, 2023 AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK. IN RECOGNITION OF THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS, BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF ROWLETT. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK JUDGE
KILGORE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> CLASSIC MISTAKE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME, GIVE ME THE PODIUM.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A COUPLE OF ANECDOTAL STORIES TO BEGIN WITH.
THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE COURT BEHIND YYOU BY THE WAY, A MOST EXCELLET GROUP OF FOLKS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WIRING
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DIAGRAM OF THE COURT, IT IS TECHNICALLY JUDGE LEE'S COURT.SHE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE GOT EVERYTHING FINALIZED, HE LEFT AND HE TURNED AROUND AND HE CAME BACK AND HE WALKED UP TO THE BENCH AND HE SAID I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH THE WAY THINGS RAN AROUND HERE, AND THE WAY EVERYBODY TREATED ME AND THE WAY THINGS WORKED. THAT HAPPENS ON A FREQUENT NUMBER OF TIMES. I GET TO WATCH THE PEOPLE AT THE WINDOW AND THE NUMBER OF COMPLIMENTS THAT THE COURT GETS AND THAT WE GET FOR THE WAY THEY'RE TREATED IN THE COURT, IS VERY HEARTWARMING AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THE -- AS THE POLICE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAFF UP AND EXPAND THEIR PROACTIVE POLICING, THEY'VE BEEN BUSY DELIVERING INVITATIONS TO CERTAIN FOLKS PASSING THROUGH ROWLETT.
AND AS I'VE MENTIONED DURING THE WORK WEEK THING CONVERSATION A WHILE BACK, ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS ARE THERE BY INVITATION.
SO -- AND IT'S WHEN PEOPLE COME AND HAVE TO PAY MONEY AND THEY'RE STILL HAPPY, WE GET A LOT OF HAPPY FACES OF PEOPLE PAYING MONEY, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN.
MARY LEE, STEP UP. MARY LEE HATES TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT BUT SHE'S THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND LIKE I SAID THIS IS HER COURT. AND TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, WE JUST A SHORTLY WHILE AGO WENT THROUGH NUMBERS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CASES THANKS TO THE PROACTIVE WORK OF THE POLICE, WERE UP 37%.
THAT IS 9600 PLUS CASES IN ONE YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. THAT'S A LOT OF PAPER.
THAT'S A LOT OF COMPUTER WORK. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER ALL THESE FOLKS GET THROUGH PROCESSING IT, IT HAS TO END UP ABSOLUTELY LETTER PERFECT TO MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
KIND OF LOOKING AHEAD TO SEE HOW THE TREND WOULD RUN, WE LOOKED AT THE -- JUST RECENTLY RAN THE NUMBERS FOR ORBITING, THE FIRST MONTH OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. CASES ARE UP 53%.
FOR THE FIRST MONTH. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF WORK. I CAN'T -- I MEAN I SIT THERE AND I WATCH IT ALL DAY AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE THERE TO APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK THESE FOLKS DO.
SO WITH THAT, THESE ARE IF FOLKS THAT MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN, MARY LEE IS THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND HER ASSISTANT MARICELLA THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THEY KIND OF OVERSEE IT ALL AND THEY DO -- MARICELLA IS BEHIND THAT COMPUTER I MEAN JUST ALL DAY LONG AND I BEGIN TO WORRY IF THEY GO UP TOO MUCH LONGER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WRIST PROBLEMS. WE GOT KATHY AND ANDY AND ELIZABETH. THEY ARE THE COURT CLERKS.
THEY ARE THE FACE OF THE COURT. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO PAY THEIR MONEY, NINE OUT OF TEN, WELL THIS IS WHO THEY SEE FIRST OR THEY COME TO COURT, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THEY SEE FIRST AND NINE OUT OF TEN ARE THRILLED BECAUSE THEY ARE TREATED SO WELL AND THEY ARE TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THAT THEY'RE DUE AND I SEE THEM HAPPILY HAND OVER THE MONEY.
AND COMPLIMENT THE COURT ON HOW THEY WERE TREATED.
NOW I SAY MOST. WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT ONE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS ONE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE COURT-MARTIALS WHO KEEP LAW AND ORDER IN THE COURT AND HAVE RECENTLY STARTED A PROACTIVE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT JUST KIND OF DON'T GET AROUND PAYING THE FINE.
OR FORGET ABOUT IT, CONVENIENTLY FORGET ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A PROACTIVE PROGRAM WHERE THE MAR SHAMS GO OUT AND DELIVER THE PAPERWORK TO THEIR DOORSTEP.
MORE PRECISELY IT IS CALLED THE DOOR HANGER PROGRAM, HANG THIS ON THEIR DOOR. IT IMPRESSES ON THEM THAT YES WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND WHEN SOMEONE ACTUALLY TAKES THE TIME TO COME TO THE DOOR, WHEN THEY GO OUT AND DO THEIR DOOR HANGER PROGRAM THE NEXT MORNING THE PRINTER IS FULL OF FINES PAID BECAUSE YOU CAN PAY ONLINE. AND I MEAN LITERALLY, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT COME IN OVERNIGHT WHEN WE DELIVER THE DOOR HANGERS, VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM.
BUT THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN AND, YOU KNOW, DEB IS RIGHT. I DO LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY FOLKS BUT THAT'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
THEY MAKE MY JOB SO EASY, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX AND THEY MAKE IT WORK AND IT WORKS VERY WELL.
WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SHOW IT, 9600 CASES PER YEAR, THAT IS 9600 FILES. THAT IS NOT 9600 DIFFERENT
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PEOPLE. ANIMAL CODE VIOLATIONS COME IN MULTIPLES, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT IT'S A LOT OF FILES.IT IS 9600 FILES AND THE EQUIVALENT TO COMPUTER ENTRIES TOO. AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Y'ALL.
[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT AND OUR NEXT ITEM
[3C. Presentation of a proclamation recognizing November 13, 2023 as World Kindness Day and a request to light the downtown water tower in yellow. ]
IS ITEM 3C, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023 AS WORLD KINDNESS DAY AND A REQUEST TO LIGHT THE WATER TOWER IN YELLOW. AND THE RDIC WILL COME FORWARD AND PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION IS COUNCILWOMAN ELISE BOWERS.>> WHAT A PROGRAM, I KNOW THE PEOPLE UP HERE ARE VERY KIND.
ALL RIGHTY. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE TALKING ABOUT NOVEMBER 13TH AS WORLD KINDNESS DAY.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ROWLETT, RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, AS WORLD KINDNESS DAY THROUGHOUT THE AT CITY.
AND WHEREAS WORLD KINDNESS DAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 BY THE WORLD KINDNESS MOVEMENT, TO HIGHLIGHT GOOD DEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY BY FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE POWER AND COMMON THREAD OF KINDNESS WHICH BINDS US ALL. AND AS I LOOK OUT, AROUND THIS HALL, I SEE A LOT OF KIND PEOPLE WHO GIVE A LOT OF TIME OF THEMSELVES. WHEREAS, KINDNESS IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, WHICH BRIDGES THE DIVIDES OF RACE, RELIGION, POLITICS, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
AND WHEREAS THE I CITY OF ROWLETT IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT IS KIND AND WELCOMING TO ALL OF ITS DIVERSE MEMBERS. I ELISE BOWERS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL IN THE ART ROWLETT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 13, 2023, AS WORLD KINDNESS DAY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, AND ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS TO PERFORM RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE WATER TOWER WILL BE LIT IN YELLOW AN NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, AS A IMO SYMBOL OF JOY FRIEND SP AS A ROLE EACH OF US HAVE THE CITY OF ROWLETT A PLACE TO WORK LOVE AND PLAY. [APPLAUSE]
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.
I'M SUSAN ARUTIA THE CHAIR OF THE RDIC.
IN ROWLETT WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS ALREADY WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE. IF YOU THROW IN SOME KINDNESS, YOU'LL GET THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
THAT'S THE PIECE THAT BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO AS MANY OF US ENTER A VERY BUSY SEASON FOR MANY DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS, AND RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS AND CULTURAL EVENTS, LET'S JUST ALL TRY TO REMEMBER TO BE SURE TO SPREAD KINDNESS.
[3D. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest. ]
>> AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3D, UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL POSITION MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL
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ISSUES UPCOMING DATE OF INTEREST OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, JEFF WINGET.T->> IF A RUNOFF ELECTION IS NEEDED FOR PLACE 1, RUNOFF WILL NOVEMBER 27TH, ELECTION DAY ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH.
THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW IF NEEDED.
FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, MOVIES ON MAIN CONTINUES FOR TWO MORE FRIDAYS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
GRAB YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AROUND POPCORN.
NEXT WEEK'S FEATURE WILL BE LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE.
WITH IT GETTING DARK EARLY WE IS SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SEEING THOSE FILMS IN THE DARK OUT ON THE GREEN.
FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ON MILLER ROAD AND WIDENING PROJECT. TODAY NORTHBOUND TRAVEL ON CHIZA WILL BE OPENED AND SOUTHBOUND WILL BE CLOSED.
TRANSITION TO THE NEW CONTINUAL CREATE LANES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ANOTHER UPDATE FOR THE HIGHWAY 66 AND THE DELL ROCK ROAD INTERSECTION.
CONTRACTOR FOR TXDOT, FREE LANES, I DON'T THINK TXDOT GAVE THEM FOR FREE, SOME DEDICATED LANES, I KNOW THINK ARE, TXDOT WILL PROVIDE 24 HOUR NOTICE, BE SURE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME DRAMATIC IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC.
AND UPDATE FROM OUR LIBRARY. ARE SPONSOR TROMBONE THANKSGIVING. ENJOY LIVELY PERFORMANCES OF FAVORITES. REGISTER TO PLAY AT ROWLETT.COM FORWARD SLASH TROMBONE. THE LIBRARY HAS ALSO ADJUSTED THE TIME FOR PROGRAMS, LOOKING FOR KIDS AGE 9 TO 16 TO JOIN THEIR FIRST LEGO TEAM. DO YOU VOANL TO BE 16? I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN THAT IF YOU CAN RAISE THE AGE A LITTLE BIT.
GLOBAL ROBOTICS TEAM PREPARE FOR JANUARY 13TH COMPETITION IN TERRELL. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> IT IS DOGGIE TIME, THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL IS FRANKIE. FRANKIE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD, A BEAUTIFUL SHEPHERD MIX, THE NAME MIGHT FOOL YOU BUT SHE IS A GIRL. THIS SWEET SENIOR GALL IS LOOKING FOR HER FOREVER HOME. SHE IS A DOLL.
READY TO LEAVE THE SHELTER AND GET UP TO A COME IF I COUCH ESPECIALLY SINCE IT GETS DARK SO EARLY I'M SURE.
SHE'S GREAT ON HER LEASH AND DOES GREAT WITH THE OTHER SHELTER PETS. FRANKIE IS CURRENT ON VACCINES AND IS ALSO HEART WORM NEGATIVE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET FRANKIE OR ANY OF THE OTHER ADOPTABLE ANIMALS PLEASE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES, OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M, TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OUR ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EACH HAVE ONE OR MORE COUNCILMEMBERS ASSIGNED AS LIAISONS AND COUNCIL LIAISONS ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS THEIR JOB TO BRING ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DID THIS EVENING. THE COUNCIL ALSO FORMED SUBCOMMITTEES OF TWO OR THREE MEMBERS, TO FOCUS ON PARTICULAR CITY FUNCTIONS DEPARTMENTS OR PROJECTS.
THE CHAIRS CAN PERIODICALLY REPORT ON THEIR ACTIVITIES TO THE FULL COUNCIL. AND OF COURSE IN ORDER TO REPORT TO THE FULL COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN A PUBLIC MEETING. I'M THE COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. OUR BOARD MEETS EVERY OTHER MONTH AND I'D LIKE TO REPORT AT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT AT THE OCTOBER 19TH MEETING THE BOARD WELCOMED AND SWORE IN NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER NANCY ERNST AND VOTED TO ELECT SUE HARTS AS THE CHAIR AND I'M PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS TIME FOR THE FIRST TWO BUT OUR
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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SUBCOMMITTEE IS A NEWLY FORMED SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS CHARGED WITH UPDATING AND STANDARDIZING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GUIDELINES.I WANT TO REPORT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 25TH.
WE DISCUSSED OUR GOALS AND WE WENT THROUGH OUR EXISTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HANDBOOK. THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE WOULD LIKE FOR EACH COUNCILMEMBER TO GET WITH THE CHAIRS OF HIS OR HER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND REVIEW THE BOARD DESCRIPTION IN THE CURRENT HANDBOOK FOR ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS AND PLEASE SUBMIT ANY CHANGES TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INCORPORATE. WE'LL ALSO BE DRAFTING DESCRIPTIONS FOR THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ONE IN THE CURRENT HANDBOOK AND WE'LL GET THEM TO YOU TO REVIEW WITH YOUR CHAIR PERSONS.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A TEMPLATE OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR DESCRIPTION.
SO WE CAN BETTER STANDARDIZE THE INFORMATION AND ACROSS ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND I WILL GET THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY IN THE MORNING. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[4. CITIZENS’ INPUT ]
ALL RIGHT, IN THAT CASE WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4, CITIZENS INPUT. TILT COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL DURING CITIZENS INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANY?>> YES, DAVE HALL AND CARA NANEZ.
>> YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AS YOU WELL KNOW SIR.
>> DAVE HALL, ROWLETT, EXHIBIT IS A SURVEY SHOWING MY PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY AS CAN BE SEEN IN JEFF COHEN'S 10-9 AND 10-17 E-MAILS, EXHIBIT 5 AND SIX.
MARK THE PROPERTY LINE AND WALK WITH ME IEFG THESE PROPERTY LINES. ACCESS DRIVE FOR THIS PROPERTY ON TO MILLER ROAD, NONE OF THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THIS SURVEY IS NOT A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY. THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS DOCUMENT THE CITY'S FAME YOUR TO MANAGE INSPECT BOND AND CORRECT THE FAILURES OF THE PRIOR.DEVELOPER'S DIRT STOCKPILE.
EXECUTIVE 6 ON 8-31-23 CLEARLY SHOWS THE POLE ON MY PROPERTY WHEN REFERENCED TO THE SAM SURVEY STAKE, WITH THE RED RIBBON. CLEARLY SHOWS THE BARRETT REBAR PROPERTY BOUNDARY CONTROL MARKER FROM AN EARLIER SURVEY NOT SAM OR HZ. IT CAN BE MENTIONED TO THE SAM HZ ON THE PRIOR DOCUMENT. SHOWS THE SURFACE AREA AROUND THE POLE REBAR MARK EVERY AND SAM STAKE HAS BEEN DISTURBED.
EXHIBIT 10 ON 11-1-23 SHOWS THE EXHIBIT 8 REBAR CONTROL MONUMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS WRONG, THIS IS BAD.
YOU CANNOT REMOVE AN EXISTING PROPERTY OWNER'S CONTROL MARK HE OR SURVEY PROPERTY MARKER FROM A LAND OWNER'S LAND WHICH SHOWS THAT LAND OWNER'S PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
I BELIEVE THE CITY BEGAN THE WIDENING OF MILLER ROAD IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN MOVING TOWARDS A TIMELY SOLUTION.
EXHIBIT 11 SHOWS HOW THE CITY HAS DROPPED THE ELEVATION OF MILLER RODE IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
THIS WILL POTENTIALLY EFFECT THE LINE OF SIGHT, FROM A CROSSING OUTPOST ON TO MILLER ROAD. LINE OF SITE ANALYSIS WHICH IS SEALED BY A PE MET THE STATE STANDARD FOR THIS DRIVE AND MY ANALYSIS IS BASED ON CURRENT DATA.
THE ROWLETT STAFF TURNED MY REQUEST DOWN AND ASKED HC TO DO ANOTHER LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSIS. ALSO HAD DISCLAIMER STATING IT USED DATA WHICH IS 30 YEARS OLD AND IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY SUBSEQUENT ASPHALT WORK OR WORK ON THE ROAD THEIR ANALYSIS WAS NOT RELEVANT. NOW, WESTBOUND APPROACH OF MILLER ROAD, FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITY.
ALL THESE FAILURES GIVE THE IMPRESSION TO ME AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO BUILD A CAPITAL PROJECT. EXHIBIT 12, TWO SEPARATE POINTS BY TWO DIFFERENT CITY SURVEYORS. YOU HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR CITIZEN INPUTS. IT CLEARLY SHOWS A DRIVE.
NEXT COMMENT. IT MIGHT HAVE TO PULL THE MIC
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JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. >> I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD THAT MY
VOICE IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH. >> FOR SOME REASON IT WASN'T
CATCHING YOU. >> KENNELS TURF AND KENNEL COVERS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ASTRONOMICAL IMPROVEMENT.
GO BY AND SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOTTED $45,000 TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS. AND TO THIS POINT, JUST SHY OF 28,000 HAS BEEN USED. THAT LEAVES ROUGHLY $17,000 TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE SHELTER. PLEASE ASK CALIA, SHE'S GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS AND SOME -- HER NEXT PRIORITY LIKE SHE KNOWS.
SO JUST ASK HER. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO YOU POSTED A NEW ACO POSITION AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER IF THERE'S TWO GOOD APPLICANTS, TO ADD ONE AND I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING OH MY GOSH THAT'S SO MUCH MONEY AND DA DA DA BUT CONSIDER THIS. JUST AN EXAMPLE.
SAY CLEANING THE KENNEL AND SAVING A A DOG IS 15 MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN DO IT IN 15 MINUTES YOU'RE AWESOME BUT WE'LL SAY 15 MINUTES JUST FOR A GOOD ROUND NUMBER.
WE HAVE 30 DOGS, THAT'S 450 MINUTES.
THAT'S SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS. SO DURING THE DAY IF THEY JUST CLEAN THE KENNELS AND FEED THE DOG ONE TIME, THEY'RE DONE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ALL THEY DO.
THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE INTAKES, THE PHONE CALLS, THE CITIZENS COMING IN TO REGISTER, MEDICAL NEEDS, MOVING THE DOGS FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE, THE ADOPTIONS, THE REGISTRATIONS, THE CALLS FROM COMMUNITY, THIS DOG WAS HIT, THIS CAT JUST HAD KILTENS IN MY TRONLT YARD.
IT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY OF THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW A DOG GETS SICK.
HE HAS DIARRHEA IN HIS KENNEL. NOW KENNEL HAS TO BE CLEANED AGAIN AND THE DOG. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ABOUT HOW BUSY THEIR DAYS ARE.
AND MOST RECENTLY, WE HAD AN ACO INJURED, THANK GOODNESS THERE WERE THREE OF THEM THERE THAT DAY BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES THERE'S JUST TWO. SO IF THERE WERE TWO, AND ONE IS INJURED AND HAS TO LEAVE, THAT ONE IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER EVERYTHING FOR REST OF THE DAY. SO TWO MORE ACO'S WOULD REALLY HELP THAT SHORT STAFF SITUATION. AND THEN CAMERAS.
CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU, SUGGESTED CITY OF ROWLETT KNOWS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE FUNCTIONAL CAMERAS.
SO LET'S MAKE IT, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THEY KNOW (INAUDIBLE)
(INAUDIBLE) (INAUDIBLE). >> THANK YOU.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED PHENOMENON IN ONE MOTION. A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM 5C HAS BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER ITEMS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.SO YVETTE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE
RECORD. >> 5A CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. 5B, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A RENEWAL OPTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR FIRE APPARATUS REPAIRS AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. 5D, CONSIDER ACTION PROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR LIBRARY DIGITAL -- SORRY, LIBRARY DIGITAL RESOURCES. 5 E CONSIDER ACTION AUTHORIZING
A GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL. >> ALL RIGHT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. DEPUTY PRO TEM MAYOR WINGET.
>> MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS EXCLUDING 5C.
[5C. Consider action approving a three-year agreement with a major software vendor. ]
>> ALL RIGHT, CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 5C, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR SOFTWARE VENDOR. AND MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER WILL
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BE LEAVING THE ROOM RECUSING HERSELF DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SHE HAS FILLED OUT THE FORM AS WELL SO WE WILL LET HER LEAVE AND THEN I WILL READ THE REST OF THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. AND SHE'S GONE.ALL RIGHT SO CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH A MAJOR SOFTWARE VENDOR AND MAKE THE FIRST YEAR PAYMENT NOT TO EXCEED $235,000 FOR SOFTWARE LICENSING UPGRADED SOFTWARE, THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THROUGH TEXAS ACCOUNTS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES AND DECLARE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS. UNLESS ANYONE REQUESTS A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? DOES ANYONE WANT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THAT? DEPUTY MAYOR WINGET.
>> MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT ITEM.
AND THAT ITEM CARRIES WITH FIVE AND 1 ABSTAINED.
[6A. Consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2023 Adopted Budget. ]
AND WE WILL NOW MO MOVE ON TO TE NEXT INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. I'M NOT SURE IF COUNCILMEMBER SHINDER CAN HEAR FROM BACK THERE.ALL RIGHT ITEM 6A CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET.
COMING FORWARD IS ALLISON. >> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE FY 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET. THE FUNDS INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OUR YEAR END SIGNALS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH BOTTOM LINE EXPENSE APPROPRIATIONS. REFUSE FUND THE COST OF FCC SERVICES HAS EXCEEDED BUDGETED EXPENDITURES DUE TO INCREASED VOLUME AND CHANGE OF CUSTOMER MIX.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION EXPENDITURE BUDGET BY $32,000 AND TO INCREASE CORRESPONDING REVENUE COLLECTED FROM FEES AND CHARGES BY THE SAME AMOUNT.
THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE AS A RESULT OF THIS ADJUSTMENT. IN OUR SELF ENSURED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUNDS EXPENSES THIS YEAR HAVE EXCEEDED LEVELS, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE STOP LOST THRESHOLD.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS HOW OUR CLAIMS EXPENSES IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 COMPARED MONTH TO MONTH TO THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
ALSO SHOWN ARE TOTAL CLAIMS EXPENSES FOR FY 2023 COMPARED TO THE PRIOR THEY YEARS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET TO ABSORB THE ADDITIONAL $770,000 IN EXPENSES INCURRED. TO PARTIALLY OFFSET THIS IMPACT WE ARE PROPOSING TO RECOGNIZE $625,000 TO CAPTURE ALL UNBUDGETED REVENUE RECEIVED FROM REIMBURSEMENT FROM OUR STOP LOSS CARRIER FOR SOME OF OUR HIGH DOLLAR CLAIMS AS WELL AS INCREASE PRESCRIPTION REBATES. THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL USE $145,000 OF FUND BALANCE, REDUCING THE FUND BALANCE TO $1,389,471. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IN THAT CASE, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR PRO TEM SHIRN SHINDER.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 EXPENSES AS
>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE CALL THE VOTE.
[6B. Consider approval of a resolution casting all 95 of the City of Rowlett's votes for a member of the Rockwall Central Appraisal District (RCAD) Board of Directors.]
AND THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CASTING ALL 95 OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT'S VOTE FOR A MEMBER OF THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF
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DIRECTORS. TYPICALLY THERE IS A PRESENTATION ON THAT, IS THERE? THEN I WILL COVER IT.THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, WHERE THE -- BOTH OF THE DALLAS AROUND ROCKWALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS APPOINTMENTS COME UP FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS, ROWLETT HAS A TOTAL FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS A TOTAL OF 95 VOTES. THAT'S NUMBERS BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND AS SUCH, WHEN THE COUNCIL HAS A MAJORITY VOTES FOR A MEMBER TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THOSE 95 VOTES ARE CAST. OUT OF THE OTHER CITIES, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES WOULD BE VOTING FOR THE ROCKWALL -- I'M SORRY THAT WAS FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF THE OTHER ENTITIES ARE VOTING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HERE.
BUT I DID SPEAK WITH FRANK NEW, THE ROCKWALL COUNTY JUDGE ABOUT THIS, AND ASKED FOR HIS ADVICE. AND WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT THESE MEMBERS, ULTIMATELY ROCKWALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT VOTED FOR TIM HARTLEY WHICH WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE PACKET.
I PERSONALLY DID SOME RESEARCH ON THESE PEOPLES, TIM HARTLEY DID COME ON TOP FOR ME, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT IS BASED ON Y'ALL'S DECISION. YOU'RE LISTENING VERY CAREFULY, ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE? MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER.
>> NOT EXACTLY A QUESTION BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY I DID SOME RESEARCH ON ALL OF THESE. WE HAD SEVERAL REALLY, REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES WHO SEEMED TO BE VERY, VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO SERVED ON THE ROCKWALL CITY COUNCILS OF THE VARIOUS ROCKWALL COUNTY CITIES AND SEVERAL OF OF WHOM ARE ATTORNEYS, SOME WITH SOME JD FROM VERY IMPRESSIVE SCHOOLS.
SO I THINK THAT TIM HARTLEY, HE IS ONE OF THOSE, IN THOSE TOP THREE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT. AND I'M FINE WITH GIVING ALL OF
OUR 95 VOTES TO HIM. >> ANY OTHER -- ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR -- OKAY. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION, THAT SHOULD BE HERE SOMEWHERE -- CASTING ALL 95 OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT'S VOTES FOR TIM HARTLEY AS REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ROCKWALL
CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
COUNCILMEMBER SHOOP. >> I SECOND.
>> AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT NO DISCUSSION, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY FOR TIM HARTLEY. AND WITH THAT, IS THAT IT? GOT ONE MORE. HOLD ON.
THERE WE GO. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CAN REQUEST TOPIC TO BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
ANY DELIBERATION OR DECISION SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, THAT MAKES RECORD
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.