[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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551.071 -- THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING COMPETENT LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY TURNING ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEREIN, RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESS, REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION -- PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT, IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON, YOU MAY COMPLETE THE INPUT FORM ON THE CITIZENS WEBSITE BY 3:30 P.M.
THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND ALL FORMS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MISSION, FOR IN PERSON COMMENTS, REGISTRATION FORMS AND INSTRUCTION ARE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM, CITIZENS INPUT, THREE-MINUTE, IT WILL BE TAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION DURING THE CITIZENS INPUT. SEEING NO INPUT , WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS INPUT . NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING ITEM REMOVED FROM THE SIN -- COMMENTS -- HOW COME WE DO NOT HAVE THE MINUTES FROM -- WE DO
[4A. Budget request and justification for the fiscal year 2026.]
NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOVING ON, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, PUBLIC HEARING MAY BE -- COMMENTS MAY BE MADE IN PERSON WILL BE THREE MINUTES AND REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE IN THE CHAMBERS. ITEM 4A, BUDGET REQUEST AND JUSTIFICATION FORTHE FISCAL YEAR 2026 . >> DERRICK HALL, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST , FROM THE COMMISSION , THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR . AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THE CITY OF ROWLETT MONTHS FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR REQUEST FOR BUDGET AND ON SATURDAY, JULY 12TH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE, UNLESS ANY OF YOU, ALL OF YOU , ONE OF YOU, WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND PUT FORTH YOUR BUDGET REQUEST. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT . I COULD HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU, BUT , WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PERTINENT TO BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSION GRANT TO ALLOW YOU TIME TO DELIBERATE AND MAKE YOUR REQUEST. MR. CHAIR, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU . MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO START OFF WITH $30,000. I SAY THAT BASED ON A MINIMUM OF $24,000 FOR TRAINING PURPOSES , TO PAY FOR REGISTRATION FEES TO ATTEND AN ANNUAL MEETING OF WHATEVER IS CLOSE AND CONVENIENT TO GO LEARN THINGS ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING WE NEED TO DO. KEEPING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE PROVIDED TRAINING ONCE A YEAR.
AND THE REMAINDER WOULD BE FOR ANY DINNERS, IF WE NEEDED THEM.
>> WHATEVER THE REGISTRATION FEE IS. HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY , IT IS
MORE THAN THAT. >> WE HAVE HOW MANY MEMBERS ,
>> A COUPLE OR THREE ALTERNATES ?
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>> THE SAME CONFERENCE WE WENT TO LAST YEAR IN ALLEN.
>> YEAH, I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW, THAT IS WHY I SAID, WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE. I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO ASK PEOPLE TO TRAVEL VERY FAR. GET ROOMS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. I WOULD PROBABLY SAY $12,000 TO MAKE SURE WE COVER COSTS.
>> IT IS. IT IS IN COLLEGE STATION.
>> TEXAS CHAPTER COMMISSION IS IN COLLEGE STATION, AND THE NATIONAL PLANNING CONFERENCE IS IN DETROIT IN APRIL OF 2026 AT THE END OF APRIL. HOWEVER, WE ARE A PART OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT AND WITHIN THREE WEEKS, THEY ARE CONDUCTING A SEMINAR FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE UPDATED PLANNING AND ZONING LAWS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THAT IS ABOUT $175. WE COULD COVER THAT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. DID YOU
GET IT? OKAY. >> I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WE HAD A
BUDGET . >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE
WORTHWHILE . >> ABSOLUTELY WE CAN GET THAT OVER TO YOU. YOU CAN HAVE HOWEVER MANY --
>> IT IS IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.
>> HOW MANY DAYS ? >> ONE DAYS. 9:00 TO 3:00.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY? >> JULY 25TH OR 27TH, ONE OF
THOSE. >> I HAVE A FEW TRIPS I HAVE TO
GO. >> WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION
OVER TO YOU. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT . SO , AS
TO TRAVEL TO COLLEGE STATION. >> SAY AGAIN.
>> I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WE HAD A BUDGET.
>> I WANT TO SAY THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS AROUND $4000.
>> I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
>> WHAT DID YOU COME UP WITH ? >> $5000, BASICALLY FIVE PEOPLE, 500 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, THAT IS $4500, ROUNDED TO $5000.
>> SOUNDS REASONABLE. >> YOU DO REALIZE THESE ARE BUDGET REQUESTS , IF YOU NEED $5000, YOU ASKED FOR $10,000.
>> THAT IS THE REASON I UPPED TO $10,000 , FOR THAT REASON.
>> THAT WILL COVER REGISTRATION FEES , IT WILL NOT COVER
>> THERE ARE TWO FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCES, IN MAY OF
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2026, THERE IS ONLINE. >> WE SHOULD ON ONLINE, SAVE
SOME MONEY . >> IS THAT THE TAXPAYER OR THE COMMISSIONER TALKING?
>> MR. HALL, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE?
>> I LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE GOING , NINE MEMBERS YOU CAN SAY ROUGHLY IT WILL COST BETWEEN SEVEN AND 50,000 -- SEVEN AND $50 TO $1000 -- $750 TO $1000 LET'S SPLIT THE BABY AND SAY
7500 . >> $30,000 , SPLITTING THAT BABY
WAS $15,000. >> REQUEST $30,000 ?
>> THAT IS WHAT STARTED THE CONVERSATION .
>> START WITH $10,000 AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.
>> AS A MEANS OF JUSTIFICATION, I WILL LIST OUT THE CONFERENCES THEM LET THEM SEE YOU WERE NOT COMING UP WITH AN ARBITRARY NUMBER . AVERAGE TWO OR THREE ATTENDING THESE CONFERENCES.
>> I LEARNED A LOT LAST YEAR. >>
>> WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION ?
>> HOW MUCH FOR THE CONFERENCES? >> IT DEPENDS
PROBABLY ABOUT $2500 PER PERSON. >> TRAVEL.
>> FOR THE OUT OF STATE, TIMES NINE. THE OTHERS ARE $200.
>> STATE CONFERENCES ARE TYPICALLY ONLY TWO DAYS.
>> NINE OF US. >> IF YOU WANT TO BUDGET FOR ALL NINE, THEY WILL PROBABLY SAY, THREE CAN GO HERE. PUT IN THE
REQUEST AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY . >> FOR OUT-OF-STATE THAT WILL BE $22,500. THEN, FOR THE IN-STATE, THAT WOULD BE $750.
>> DIVIDE IT IN HALF, THAT IS MY REQUEST.
>> THAT WILL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM , WE DO NOT WANT THOSE ISSUES.
NO MORE THAN THREE, PARTICULARLY FOR OUT-OF-STATE .
>> YES, DEFINITELY LOCAL . >> RIGHT BACK TO THE $15,000 .
>> REQUEST $15,000? I AM THE CHAIRMAN.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE REQUEST $15,000 SO THREE COMMISSIONERS TO GO TO OUT-OF-STATE CONFERENCES.
>> WE CAN LIMIT THIS TO , HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU WANT?
>> TO REQUEST $15,000 FOR TRAINING NEXT YEAR? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. GO GET US SOME
MONEY . >> I WILL GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE COST, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT IS WHAT I WILL PRESENT.
THERE WILL BE SOME JUSTIFICATION.
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>> SATURDAY? >> 8:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
>> WE WILL GO, I WILL BE FIRST.
>> THAT BEING SAID, NO FURTHER ACTION,
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.