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TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021.
THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING AND WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY EVERYONE THAT THIS, UH, IS, UM, UH, OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND, UH, I DO HAVE SEVEN O'CLOCK TO
[1. Call meeting to order.]
CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FROM DR.
LESTER'S SIMILITUDE OF SAINT MATTHEW, UH, MINISTRY, SORRY, ST.
MATTHEW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND FOLLOWING, UM, THE INVOCATION WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM MS. ANGELA PHILLIPS.
UH, SHE IS HERE WITH, ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS, UH, OLIVIA AND JESSE.
SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAY IN AND RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION, UH, DR.
LESTER SUMRALL, TIM IS A SENIOR PASTOR OF SOUTH MATTHEW BAPTIST CHURCH IN FORT WORTH TEXAS.
HE IS A 21 YEAR RESIDENTS IN CEDAR HERE, A 21 YEAR RESIDENCY AS AN EDUCATOR.
UH, HE HAS A PHD IN PASTORAL LEADERSHIP, MASTER OF EDUCATIONS, EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, MASTER OF SCIENCE, SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE BACHELOR'S AND IT'S, UH, INTER DISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
AND HE IS ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE GIVE THE INVOCATION.
WE COME DEZEEN AND ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ALSO LORD, UP ON OUR CITY.
AS WE COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING TO PUT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TOGETHER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR CITY.
WE PRAY LORD, THIS EVENING, YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR MAYOR, EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERYONE WHO'S PRESENT IN THIS ROOM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE PRAY LORD THAT YOU WERE BLESSED.
I WAS GOING OUT AND I WERE COMING IN FROM THIS EVENING AND FOR EVER MORE.
AND THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS, WE PRAY AND ASK IT ALL.
YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT WITH YOU TODAY.
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 THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE STATE INDIVISIBLE.
UM, IS OUR FIRE CHIEF HERE WITH US TODAY? UM, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE, UH, UH, JOIN ME, UH, TODAY WE DO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, SO WE CAN ALL OWN THREE SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO BE HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO, ONE, TWO, THREE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY I ASKED ABOUT FIRE CHIEF WAS HERE CAUSE WE COULD BRING THE CANDLES IN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FOR DOING THAT.
SO WITH THAT, WELL, NEXT ON THE
[a. Present a Proclamation designating September 28, 2021, as National Good Neighbor Day in Cedar Hill.]
AGENDA IS PRESENTATION PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY IN CEDAR HILL.COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL'S WHEREAS HAPPENING NEIGHBOR, YOU CAN COUNT ON NO MATTER WHAT LIFE THROWS YOUR WAY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1970S WHEN BECKY MATTSON A RESIDENT OF LAKE SIDE, AND THEN TYLER DECIDED THAT NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY NEEDED TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER ON A MORE INTIMATE LEVEL THAN A QUICK WAVE OF SIMPLE HELLO.
AND WHEREAS AT NIGHT AND 2, 2 0 3, THE UNITED STATES SENATE FINALLY PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER THE 28TH AS THE OFFICIAL DAY TO CELEBRATE
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AND HONOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND WHEREAS NEIGHBORHOODS, USA AND PERVERTS, ALL BOATS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, TAKE PART IN NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY.NOW BAFOUR I, STEVEN MASON MAY HAVE SEEN IT.
HE'LL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS FURTHER.
I ASKED CITIZENS TO USE THE DAY TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS, TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BETTER AND TO CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP AND THE WORK WE DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE PLACE, TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY AND WITNESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HERE UNTIL YOU SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO AFFIXED THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TO WHAT THE 21 STEVEN MASON MAYOR.
IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE COMING UP.
UM, THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR THAT, UM, NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY AND CEDAR HILL.
AND WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR BY ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO, UM, ROLL UP THE SLEEVES AND DONATE BLOOD.
UM, THE BLOOD DRIVE WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AT AN ALLUMNI SIM CENTER.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECT AS MUCH BLOOD AS POSSIBLE AS CHANEL SAYS, COVIS UM, STARTED, UM, THE BLOOD DRIVE IS REALLY, UM, GONE DOWN AND SUPPLY AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, INCREASE THE BLOOD SUPPLY.
EVERYTHING THAT'S COLLECTED WITHIN 72 HOURS, WE'LL BE IN THE HOSPITAL.
SO PLEASE TRY AND DONATE BLOOD ON SEPTEMBER 24TH FROM NINE 30 TO FOUR 30.
ALSO THAT SAME WEEKEND, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE HOSTING OUR FOURTH ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE BIKES OF GAINS OF FORT WORTH BY DANIEL GHETTO.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WANT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REGISTERING, PLEASE REGISTER@CEDARHILLTHATTEXAS.COM SLASH NEIGHBORHOODS SUMMIT.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE AND PLEASE, LIKE I SAID, UM, DONATE BLOOD AND ALSO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT.
[b. Present a Proclamation designating September 2021 as Hispanic Heritage Month in Cedar Hill. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION A TO PRESENT A POLKA MENTION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER, 2021 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.UH, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
UM, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR WHERE I ASKED FIRST OBSERVED IN 1968, S AS HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK UNDER PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON AND EXPANDED BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A 30 DAY PERIOD AND THEN ACTED INTO LAW ON AUGUST 17TH, 1988.
AND WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE ANNIVERSARIES OF INDEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH FOR COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA, AND SEPTEMBER 16TH FOR MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 18TH FOR CHILE AND OCTOBER 12TH FOR COLUMBUS DAY OR DIA DE LA RAZA.
AND WE'RE AS THE THEME FOR THE 2021 FOR 2021 IS ESPERANZA A CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE AND HOPE INVITES US TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND TO REFLECT ON HOW GREAT OUR TOMORROW CAN BE.
IF WE ARE, IF WE HOLD ONTO OUR RESILIENCE AND HOPE IT ENCOURAGES US TO REFLECT ON ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS OUR HISPANIC BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE MADE IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.
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OF A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO FAITH, FAMILY AND HARD WORK IS SPENT THE COMERICA SLIPPED UP OUR COMMUNITIES.AND I KIND OF ME AS ENTREPRENEURS, EXECUTIVES, AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS IN AREAS SUCH AS SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC, POLITICS, ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, AND SPORTS.
AND WHERE I SUSPENDED ON BUSINESSES ARE THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESSES IN AMERICA, WHERE THE NUMBER OF OWNERS HAS GROWN 34% COMPARED TO 1% FOR ALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE HISPANIC POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AS OF JULY, 2019 WAS 60.6 MILLION OR 18.5% MAKING PEOPLE OFF HISPANIC ORIGIN, THE NATION'S LARGEST ETHNIC OR RACIAL MINORITY.
AND WHEREAS OBSERVING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN CEDAR HILL ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW ITS RECOGNITION AS SUPPORT FOR THE WORK LATINOS ARE DOING IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, STATE, AND COUNTY AND HELPING OUR COUNTY TO GROW NOW.
THEREFORE I, STEVEN MASON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 17TH, 2021 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND URGE THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILLS TO JOIN ME IN THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND TO HAVE CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, TO BE A FIXED THIS 14TH DAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021, AND ASSIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, STEVEN MASON THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL AND WE'LL GLOVER.
[5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 4pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS FORUM PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, NO OF, OF FORMS WAS RECEIVED ONLINE COUNCIL.UH, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THAT'S TURNED IN FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE, UH, KIM RIMMER AND SHE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT FREEDOM AND BUSINESSES.
UM, AS YOU AWARE TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND, UH, IN THREE MINUTES, UH, YOU MIGHT, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED.
THANK YOU, KIM RIMMER, 6 0 3 LEMON STREET.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL.
I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO SPEAK OF FREEDOM AND IDEAL.
OUR FREEDOM COMES FIRST AND FOREMOST FROM THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ONE, MAN, JESUS CHRIST, WHO WILLINGLY GAVE UP HIS LIFE SO WE COULD BE FREE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A CHOICE IN 17, 1700 YEARS LATER, A GROUP OF GODLY MEN HOLDING TO THE SAME BELIEF OF FREEDOM SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES, THEIR FORTUNES, AND THEIR SACRED HONOR.
SO THAT THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM, THEIR POSTERITY COULD LIVE IN A NATION FREE FROM TYRANNY.
LAST WEEK, I READ AN ARTICLE THAT STATED TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES HOSPITAL SYSTEM WOULD FIRE EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO DOES NOT SUBMIT PROOF OF THEIR COVID VACCINE BY SEPTEMBER 10TH.
LAST FRIDAY, THIS AMOUNTS TO THE FIRING OF APPROXIMATELY 19,000 EMPLOYEES OUT OF A TOTAL OF 30,000, THAT 63% OF THEIR STAFF.
THIS IS THE SAME TEXAS HEALTHCARE RESOURCES WITH WHICH OUR CITY HAS BEEN DOING BUSINESS REZONING AND REPLANTING A 40 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO THEY CAN BUILD AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL AND TWO MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS.
HOW WILL THEY STAFF THIS HOSPITAL WITH A 63% DECREASE IN STAFFING? AND HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT CEDAR HILL FORCING THESE EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINES OR LOSE THEIR JOBS IS NOTHING LESS THAN TYRANNY.
IT IS UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I HUMBLY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION STATING THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL ACKNOWLEDGES ITS CITIZENS FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHAT GOES INTO THEIR BODIES WITHOUT BULLYING OR THE FEAR OF LOSING THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
I ALSO ASKED THAT THE CITY CONSIDER SANCTIONS AGAINST TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES, SUCH AS DEED RESTRICTION, SUSPENDING ANY FURTHER REZONING OR REPLANTING OR HOLDING ON TO ANY APPROVAL OF ANY FURTHER PERMITS.
WE MUST DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE HOLD.
SO DEAR THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THIS NATION
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FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEEK.IF WE DO NOT, WE WILL SURELY LOSE THEM.
AND MY FINAL THOUGHT, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH YOU AS FROM JOSHUA ONE NINE, THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK OVER THE COUNCIL, BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS, DO NOT BE AFRAID, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED FOR THE LORD.
YOUR GOD WILL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.
NEXT IS, UH, PUSH A HARVEY HERE TO TALK ABOUT P IN CEDAR CHRIS' SUBDIVISION.
UNFORTUNATELY, HARVEY AND I LIVE AT 1331 NEWTON STREETS.
UM, I REALIZED THAT I COME KIND OF WITH A COMPLAINT AND NOT A SOLUTION.
UM, I READ THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED FOR THE PID IN THE, UH, SUBDIVISION AND THAT IT WOULD BE ADDED TOWARDS OUR TAXES.
NOW, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, OUR TAXES HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND ME AS A WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS PERSON, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE COULD NOT AFFORD THAT TO BE ROLLED INTO MY ESCROW AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF WAY OR AN ADJUSTMENT MADE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS BEING ASKED FROM EACH CITIZEN.
UM, I HAVE LIVED HERE IN CEDAR HILL FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
SO HAS MY NEIGHBOR TO MY LEFT AND MY NEIGHBOR TO MY RIGHT, WHICH WOULD BOTH BE HARMED, UM, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, INVESTMENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE INVESTORS MAY BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE TAXES, BUT WE CANNOT.
AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF FLEXIBILITY OR SOME KIND OF EXCHANGE AS TO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR, FOR EACH CITIZEN AND THAT SUBDIVISION.
UM, I BELIEVE THE LAST SENTENCE FORM THAT I HAVE IS WITH, UH, BERLIN TAYLOR, UH, TO TALK ABOUT CAPSTONE LODGE.
UH, VERLIN TAYLOR WOULD CAPSTONE LODGE NUMBER SIX, UH, 6 58.
WE DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL ADDRESS.
I WAS JUST COMING BACK TO REMIND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE FEEDING OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
IT'S THIS SATURDAY AT CRAWFORD PARK FROM 11 TO 3:00 PM, BUT TODAY I'M GIVING YOU THE MENU.
SO THE MENU IS BRISKET, RIBS, LINKS, CATFISH, FRIES, AND BAKED BEANS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO DO AND COME BY AND EAT WITH US, IF YOU CANNOT STAY, YOU CAN COME BY AND GET A CARRY CARRY OUT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED THE FOOD.
SO WE NEED YOU GUYS TO COME ON OUT AND EAT IT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, CAPSTONE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS FORM.
[a. Conduct a public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 proposed tax rate of $0.697029 per $100 of taxable value. ]
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE BUDGET IN TAX MATTERS AND, UH, THERE WAS A QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PH.SO ONCE WE GET TO THE PITCH SECTION, UH, WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
UH, THE BUDGET AT TAX MATTERS, UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 PROPOSE TAX RATE OF 6, 9, 7, I'M SORRY, NAME, STATE 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.
UH, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, UH, TO THE, UH, BUDGET AND TEXT MATTER OF NINE ITEM EIGHT, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME DOWN.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND AFTER THAT, YOUR MIC WILL BE MUTED.
UH, PHILLIP
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ONE THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THE LAST MEETING I CAME TO IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT ON PRESENTATIONS, MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.AND THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN WELL-DESERVING AS OF TONIGHT.
UM, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE SEEING THAT, BUT ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS WHEN IT CAME UP TO THE TAX MATTER AND IT'S TALKED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING, UH, THE ITEM WAS HOW MUCH APPRAISALS DID WE GET? AND THE ONLY THING I HEARD WAS A, UH, MOTION A SECOND, AND IT WAS APPROVED.
DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW MUCH, UH, THE LAST YEAR'S APPRAISALS WERE, HOW MUCH THE NEW APPRAISALS WERE WERE, OR WHAT THE INCREASES WERE.
AND I'M JUST REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, YOU LOOK AT THE PAST TAX STATEMENTS AND YOU SAY, WELL, THE TAX RATE HADN'T GONE UP, BUT THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE HAS GONE UP.
AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S NO CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
AND I GUESS YOU CALLED THE CITY HALL AND YOU GET, YOU GET TWO PROMPTS.
ONE OF THEM'S ABOUT COVID AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED IT THIS WEEK, CAUSE IT COULD HAVE CHANGED.
AND IT SAYS, CALL THE COUNTY, OR RIGHT NOW THAT'S AN ITEM THAT CITY'S NOT TAKING CARE OF.
AND WHAT IT'S REALLY SAYING THAT THIS OVER THE YEARS, CITI HAS DEFUNDED A NUMBER OF ITEMS, TAX ASSESSOR, AND COLLECTOR.
AND ALSO WHEN CITIZENS COME UP HERE TO ASK FOR SOMETHING, TO ASK FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THERE'S ANOTHER LARGE CORPORATION OR SO THAT HAS CODE VIOLATIONS AND THAT THE ACTION OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL ALLEVIATES SIDE CODE VIOLATIONS.
AND IT'S BEEN OVER THE YEARS AND YET THE CITY HAS CODE VIOLATIONS AND THEY'RE NOT ATTENDING TO WHAT A CODE SAYS ON KEEPING STREETS SAFE.
UM, IT'S A, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REAL CONCERN BECAUSE ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, THEY'VE GOT TREES GROWING INTO THE, UH, UM, UH, STREET AND THERE'S NO EFFORT OR SO EVEN ON CODE ENFORCEMENT ONE DAY HAVE BEEN INFORMED.
AND WHEN THEY SAY IN THEIR CODE LETTERS, THEY SAY, IT'S COME TO THE ATTENTION OF CEDAR HILL CODE ENFORCEMENT OR CITY THAT THERE IS A CODE VIOLATION.
DID THEY SEND THAT OUT WELL ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I'VE TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS, UH, ALL THIS VEGETATION GROWING OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF CEDAR HILL ROAD, BETWEEN PLEASANT RUN, THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY AND WHAT I'M REALLY GETTING DOWN TO IS THAT WHAT THE, THESE PROBLEMS, UM, IT MAY BE TIME TO SOMETIMES DEFUND THE WHOLE CITY AND GO TO A COMMUNITY WHERE WE JUST HAVE, UH, A FIRE DISTRICT AND A WATER DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE WATER AND JOE POOL THAT'S BEEN IN THERE SINCE 1979.
AND NO ONE'S MADE ANY EFFORT TO PULL IT OUT.
WE GET OUR, UM, UH, WATER FROM, UH, I GUESS, UH, DALLAS, UH, THE GARBAGE IS COLLECTED BY A CONTRACTOR WHO SUBCONTRACTS OUT.
IT APPEARS THAT THEY SUBCONTRACT OUT TO A, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO PICK UP THE BULK WASTE SEWER.
WE'VE GOT TWO JAILS HERE IN TOWN AND WE USE A THIRD PARTY JAIL AND ANOTHER CITY ANIMAL CONTROL, THE SAME THING.
UH, IT'S BEEN DEFUNDED TO A POINT THERE'S BEEN NO TAX RELIEF AND THE BACK FLOW DIVERTERS.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN CONTROLLED HERE IN CEDAR HILL AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE GOT AS A DEFUNDED CITY.
AND I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS BEING DEFUNDED, BECAUSE, UM, Y'ALL MAY SAY THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DEFUNDED, BUT WHEN YOU CALL ON, UH, ON CEDAR HILL ROAD AT SIX THIRTY SEVEN, YOU CALL AND, UH, RESPONSES AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
THEN THERE'S AN, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH GETTING, UH, OFFICER THERE ON AN ACCIDENT AND THIS SUSPICIOUS, SPECIFIC ACCIDENT SPOT OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA AND, UH, IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH VEGETATION GROWING INTO THE, TO THE ROAD.
AND I'M JUST REAL CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, DISPATCH HERE WHEN CEDAR HILL HAD 7,000 PEOPLE, THEY HAD A REGULAR DISPATCH HERE IN TOWN.
AND WHEN I SAY DEFUNDED, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE DISPATCH NOW, AND THIS PERSON ON DISPATCH SAYS, UH, I CAN'T, UH, EXCUSE ME, I'VE GOT TO TAKE AN EMERGENCY CALL IN ANOTHER CITY.
I SAY IT MAY BE TIME FOR THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO GO TO A COMMUNITY.
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ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO THE, UH, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 PEARL HOOD ON TEXT VALUE.IF YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THAT JUST WOULD RECORD GOOD EVENING.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CITY OF HOPE FOR 36 YEARS.
UH, THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I'VE COME BEFORE THE CONSOLE, UH, THAT MAY BE TAKEN AS EVIDENCE THAT I'M SATISFIED WITH THE WAY YOUR CITY IS BEING RUN.
BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE, UH, THE TAX RATE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THE 1.3% THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT SIGNIFICANT PER SE, BUT THE MENU SAY FOR EXAMPLE, A WEEK, DOES THAT GO BY? WHEN I DON'T HEAR TELEPHONE CALLS AND LETTERS TELLING ME HOW THEY, SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUY MY HOUSE AND THEY WANT TO GIVE ME A LOTS OF BORROW MORE MONEY THAN I PAY FOR IT.
AND THE REASON I'M MENTIONING THIS IS THAT THAT 1.3% HAS GOT TO BE MULTIPLIED BY WHATEVER TAX ASSESSED.
MR. AMES DECIDES IS WHAT THE VALUE OF MY HOUSE IS GOING TO BE.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT BIG OF A PART OF MY TAX ASSESSMENT THAT GOES TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT'S GOING TO BE RAISED.
AND THEN I'M WORRIED A LOT ABOUT THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE PARKLAND WITH THE COVID AND ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE ASKING FOR LOTS MORE MONEY.
I THINK SO MAYBE BERTHA ALTOGETHER, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON FACTS, FIXED INCOMES, AND WE DON'T GET THE ADVANTAGE OF COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO AND HAS A RESULT.
I THINK THAT I'M URGING YOU TO SHOW SOME RESTRAINT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE COMING UP WITH LIKE SOME $31.8 BILLION AS THE REVENUE THAT YOU EXPECT.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH MORE BECAUSE OF THE ASSESSMENTS AND THEREFORE MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CALCULATED INTO YOUR THINKING ABOUT THIS.
HOW MUCH MORE DO WE REALLY NEED? THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS TAX VALUE.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
IF YOU WILL, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1 0 7 HAMILTON COURT.
UH, I CAME FOR THE PEER THING, BUT, UH, SINCE YOU INCREASE IN THEIR IRREGULAR, YOU LOOKING FOR TO INCREASE THE, UH, REGULAR, UH, TAXES, I GUESS I'M HERE.
UM, MY THING OF IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE.
YOU WANT TO SEE 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS OF TAX VALUE.
YOU ALREADY INCREASED THE DEBT.
WHY YOU NEED THE PERIOD INCREASED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 16 YEARS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ALCOHOL, WE GOT THEM ALL.
WE GOT ALCOHOL, WE GOT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
THEY CLAIM, UH, CITY HALL WROTE A LETTER AND SAID THEY CLAIMED TOMATO.
SO MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM RECYCLE GARBAGE PAPER OR WHATEVER.
SO NOT THINKING OF IT IS IF YOU MAKING MONEY THIS WAY, THEN LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT I'M ON A FIXED INCOME TOO.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TAXES COME, COME UP, COME UP.
SO MY POINT OF IT IS WHAT AM I, WHAT AM I GETTING FOR THE MONEY BESIDES GETTING TAXED? SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
UH, JOHNNY RUFFIN, R U F F I N UH, 1 0 7 HAMPTON COURT.
NOT DRIVE, NOT, NOT HAMILTON DRIVE HAMILTON COURT COURT.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS TEXTBOOK.
YOU WANT TO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION AND I SEE ANYONE APPROACH, UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION.
UH, COUNSEL, THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE ON THIS ITEM, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT? UM, I WILL LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF, UH, OF ITEMS. UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UM,
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THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND I'M TRYING NOT TO TALK TOO TECHNICAL, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN, BUT THE STATE CHANGED THE CALCULATIONS WHERE IF THERE IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, RIGHT.
THEY CHANGED THE, THEY CHANGED THE FORMULA TO CHANGE THE TERM.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, WHEN YOU LIVE HERE, LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IT OR IT WASN'T THERE.
SO THE STATE CHANGED THAT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE 69 CENTS, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT OUR BUDGET, THE 69 CENTS HAS BEEN THE TAX RATE, UH, IN CEDAR VIEW FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AM I ABOUT RIGHT? MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER.
SO THE TAX RATE IS NOT BEING RAISED.
IT IS STILL MAINTAINED STILL THE SAME.
UM, THE STATE ALSO CHANGED THE FORMULA WHERE, UH, WE HAVE NOW WHAT'S CALLED A REVENUE CAP.
SO THE VALUATIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR YOUR HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, UH, NOW ACTUALLY TAKE LESS OF THE VALUATIONS OF THE PROPERTIES OF YOUR HOME.
SO NOW THE CITY IS DOING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT WE ALSO DO IT WITH LESS.
AND COUNSEL, IF I'M NOT CLEAR, PLEASE BACK ME UP ON THAT.
UM, THERE WAS SOME OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, DALLAS COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS.
I BELIEVE THAT I HEARD FROM THAT, UM, AS MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE STATE, THEY CHANGED A LOT OF FORMULAS.
SO THE SCHOOLS HAVE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, RATE AS IT RELATES TOWARDS, UH, THE COUNTY, UM, THE DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS AND DALLAS COUNTY ITSELF.
I HAVE NOT HEARD, UH, IF THEY'RE MAKING ANY CHANGES, UH, FOR THEIR RATES.
SO, SO, SO, SO THEREFORE I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK YOU ALSO ASKED ABOUT DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITALS, UH, DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITALS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THEY WAS GOING TO BE CHANGED IN THERE IF THEIR RATES.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE ONLY PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS, UH, CITY-SPECIFIC, WHICH IS THE 69 CENTS.
UM, COUNCIL DOES DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE OTHER CITIES TO SEE, UH, WHAT ARE THEIR RATES.
UH, AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE HERE, MITCH, WE DO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PRIDE OURSELVES ON TRYING TO DELIVER A PREMIERE AS A SERVICE PERMIT, A CITY.
UH, OUR RATES ARE VERY LOW THAN SOME OF OUR MARKET CITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT, UH, THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
UM, AND JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT COUNCIL DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND, UH, WE STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER YOU A SAFE, CLEAN, UH, CITY AS PART OF OUR CORE VALUES WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
UM, WHAT ELSE IS THERE COUNCIL, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT REGIONAL DISPATCH BECAUSE OF HOW THE STATE IS CHANGING THEIR CALCULATIONS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVEL, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY OUT, YOU KNOW, SERVICE LEVEL IS ABOVE PAR.
UM, SO THEREFORE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STILL DELIVER.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS.
UH, SO THEREFORE WE DO HAVE A REGIONAL DISPATCH AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IF WE DID HAVE REGIONAL DISPATCH AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CITIES NEIGHBORING BETWEEN, UH, NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER, UM, US BE ABLE TO ALREADY HAVE COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIP IN PLACE.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO, UH, EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, SERVICES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR OUR FIRE STATIONS, DEPENDING UPON WHICH WHERE THE REGIONAL LOCATION IS AT THE FIRE STATION.
UH, WE MAY GET ASSISTANCE FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO BE ABLE TO COME AND HELP US OUT FOR, FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES.
WE HAVE A TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER.
WELL, WE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH TWO OTHER CITIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO SEE OUR RESOURCES FOR THAT MATTER.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, IT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT GOING ON THAT, UH, COUNCIL DO ALSO KEEP IN MIND.
UH, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT CEDAR HILL ROAD, UH, COMING UP ON OUR COUNCIL ON THIS BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS, WE WILL APPROVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, JUST LIKE WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WE IDENTIFY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AREAS FOR OUR PROJECTS.
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ALSO, AGAIN END UP FOR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, UH, DALLAS COUNTY OR TXDOT TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO OUR AREAS AND TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE NOT JUST ON OUR ROADWAYS, BUT ALSO IN OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND OTHER REASONS AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I KINDA TOOK AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, DOING,
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UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, COUNCIL, UM, CUSTOM MCCURDY.YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD.
UM, THERE, THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE LACK OF DISCUSSION ON YOUR TAX RATE AND TAX MATTERS DURING, DURING THIS MEETING.
UH, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD TWO MEETINGS ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
ONE HELD ON JULY 6TH, ONE HELD ON AUGUST 13TH.
IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK THROUGH THE OPEN MEETING POSTINGS, BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WERE POSTED.
BOTH OF THEM WERE OPEN TO CITIZENS THAT WANTED TO ATTEND.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE HAD TO DO, I THINK WE MAY HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED ONE OF THEM.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A CULMINATION OF THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT ARE POSTED IN OUR PUBLIC AND, UH, THE MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, FROM THOSE, UH, MEETINGS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE BECAUSE WE RECORDED.
COUNSEL, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON TOO.
I THINK THE COMMENT WAS, WAS WHAT DO WE GET FOR OUR TAXES? WHAT DO WE, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A TAX BILL, BUT WHAT DO WE GET FOR IT? YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY, I THINK THERE WAS ALLUDED TO THAT.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, 7,000 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME AND WE HAD OUR OWN DISPATCH AND SO FORTH.
WELL, THIS CITY HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND PROVIDE WHAT WE FEEL IS PREMIER SERVICE OUT THERE.
WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO, TO, UH, PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE TO OUR EMPLOYEES OR TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND WE'VE NEVER, AT THIS POINT EVER REDUCED THAT FACT ALL THROUGH ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON A COUNCIL, EVEN WHEN WE HAD DOWNTURNS IN THE ECONOMY, WE'VE TRIED TO MAINTAIN THAT STABLE TAX RATE, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INCREASE OF, UH, UH, ABNORMAL TAXES AND SO FORTH.
YES, THAT CAUSES THE ACTUAL REVENUE TO COME INTO US, UH, DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT THE TAX RATE, YOU KNOW SAYS.
BUT WHAT DID WE GET FOR THAT TAX RATE? FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL AND SOMEBODY ALLUDED TO THE HEAD HOSPITAL TAXES AND SO FORTH, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TAX BILL AND YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL AND YOU LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL TAXES, YOUR CITY TAXES, WHAT WE'RE CHARGED WITH UP HERE IS JUST ABOUT 25% OF THAT BILL.
THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THAT BIG TAX BILL THAT YOU'RE SAYING WE PROVIDED, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL SERVICES IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR FUNDS GO TOWARD THE PROTECTION OF OUR CITY.
SO WE CAN BE SAFE IN OUR CITY.
UH, OUR, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST, UH, ASO RATING.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS CAN MAINTAIN, WHICH IS, WHICH REDUCES YOUR, YOUR HOMEOWNER INSURANCE.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, WHAT DOES IT COST ME, YOU KNOW, ON AN AVERAGE, BUT IF SOME OF YOU ARE ON FIXED INCOMES, MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BELOW, BUT ON AN AVERAGE, IT'S THE ONLY COST CITIZENS $4 A DAY TO MAINTAIN THE TYPE OF SERVICES THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS COMMITTED TO THIS BOND PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF AMENITIES TO THE CITY THAT, UH, WE CHARGED THEM NOT RAISING, UH, AND GOING BACK TO THE CITIZENS TO RAISE TAXES, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
WE WE'VE, UH, WE'VE DONE THAT.
UM, SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AROUND AND WHAT WE'VE GOT COMING DOWN THE PIKE WITH YOUR PARKS OUT HERE, YOUR, YOUR LIBRARY, THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN THE AREA.
I THINK THE VALUE OF YOUR TAX RATE OF ROUGHLY ABOUT ON AN AVERAGE $4 A DAY IS EXTREMELY GOOD.
AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS STUFF IS ON THE CEDAR HILL WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ON AND SEE THOSE DIFFERENCES AND HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT WHAT TAX RATES ARE AND WHAT THEY'D BEEN OVER THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED THE 69%, PROBABLY AT LEAST IN THE LAST 12 OR 13 YEARS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU, YOU, YOU ALL EXPECT FOR THAT, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS LOW RATE AS WE CAN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND TO THE OTHER CITIES OUT THERE AND START LOOKING AT WHAT LANCASTER'S TAX RATE IS AND WHAT MIDDLE ODIANS TAX RATE IS COMPARING THOSE CITIES WITH US AND DUNCANVILLE, YOU'LL FIND CEDAR HILLS TAX RATE IS LOWER THAN THEIRS.
AND I THINK, AND I CAN SAY THAT I FEEL WE HAVE A BETTER A SERVICE IF NOT BETTER SERVICE THAN ANY OF THOSE CITIES.
SO, UH, I KNOW ANY KIND OF TAX RATE OR ANY KIND OF INCREASE I'M HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE ALL CONSCIOUS OF TRYING TO KEEP THAT TAX RATE ON A CONSTANT LEVEL.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM.
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ONE FINAL THING BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE PEDE.UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THAT WHENEVER WE GET DOWN TOWARDS, UH, THE NEXT SECTION OF PUBLIC HEARING.
[b. Conduct a public hearing on the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.]
NEXT ITEM IS CAN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22, AND ONLY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH, GOOD EVENING, PHILLIP
I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD SAY REALLY TO START OFF WITH IS WHAT MY WIFE TELLS ME A NUMBER OF TIMES.
SHE SAYS, WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR HOUSE EVERY YEAR AND REFERRING TO THE TAXES? AND WHAT DO WE GET? LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE GARBAGE IS PICKED UP BY CONTRACTOR.
THE WATER'S DELIVERED FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, THE SEWERS SENT OUT OUTSIDE THE CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE A JAIL HERE IN TOWN ANYMORE THAT WE USE, YOU KNOW, WE PASS BOND ISSUES TO PROMOTE THESE THINGS, AND THAT'S BEEN ABANDONED.
UH, OTHER, THE FIRST ONE OVER THERE ON A NECK NEAR THE POST OFFICE HAS BEEN ABANDONED.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LIBRARY OVER HERE.
THAT'S BEEN BUILT, PASSED THE BOND ISSUE.
AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S, UH, IN MY ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY CLASS, WE DID A PROJECT ON AND WE HAD TO DO ALL THESE DRAWINGS OF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.
AND THE LAST PAGE WAS BLANK OR SEVERAL PAGES WERE BLANK.
AND INSTRUCTOR WROTE IN THERE.
WHAT ABOUT CURRENT? AND TO THIS DAY, I FEEL LIKE THE, UH, THE, UH, PAGE SHOULD STILL BE BLANK BECAUSE, UH, EVERY TIME WE GET SOMETHING WE SAY, WELL, WE'VE DONE DONE, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.
AND I THINK THE SWIMMING POOLS, THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABANDONED TO ARE THROWN AWAY.
AND, UM, I, I COULD, WHEN I LOOK AT MY TAXES AND I FIGURED OUT $1,460, I'D BE WILLING TO PAY THAT OR DOUBLE THAT I'D BE WILLING TO PAY THAT IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT'S NOT THAT.
AND, UM, DEFINITIONS, YOU CAN CHANGE THE DEFINITION, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DICTIONARIES.
WE HAVE DICTIONARIES TO DEFINE WHAT THAT WORD WAS WHEN THAT WORD CAME ABOUT.
AND THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS THE RATE THAT YOU PAY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR WHAT, WHAT IT IS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GET THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, WHAT DO WE GET FOR OUR TAXES? BASICALLY, WHAT I GETTING TO IS THAT Y'ALL PUT PROPOSALS FORWARD AND, UH, AND, AND Y'ALL REALLY DON'T FOLLOW UP.
I GOT A CERTIFIED LETTER HERE THAT PROBABLY DEFINES WHAT'S BEING DONE.
AND I, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT.
AND IT'S, IT'S FROM SECTION 16 DASH TWO NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF IN THE EVENT, THE LAND OWNER, LEASE OUR LEASEE RESIDENT OR ANY PROPERTY BARNEY ADJOINING, OR CONTINUOUS TO A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO CITY ENFORCEMENT, AUTHORITY OR DESIGNEE SHALL PROVIDE OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
IF THE LAND OWNER LEASE OUR LEASEE OR RESIDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS PROVISION OF THIS SECTION WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, THEY SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION AND SUBJECT TO PENALTY AND FIND THERE IN THE NOTICE SHALL BE IN WRITING AND MAKE, BE SERVED ON THE LAND LANDOWNER, LISA, OUR LEASEE OR RESIDENT BY PERSONAL DELIVERY OR BY DELIVERY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF THE LANDOWNER, EXCUSE ME, OR RESIDENT, I'LL JUST STOP THERE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, IS THAT ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, THE CITY'S NOT ENFORCING IT OR WHATEVER, OR TAKING CARE OF IT.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT ON CEDAR HILL ROAD.
YOU JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND I'M LIKE I SAID, IT MIGHT BE TIME IF THIS IS THE WAY IT IS THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THEN IT MIGHT BE TIME TO CONSIDER HAVING AN ELECTION TO HAVE CEDAR HILL GO TO A COMMUNITY, HAVE A FIRE DISTRICT IN A WATER DISTRICT, AND JUST LET THINGS GO AS THEY ARE, BECAUSE ANYTIME A LARGE CORPORATION COMES IN, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET A PASS ON CODE VIOLATIONS.
AND IF, UH, THEY GET A BREAK ON IT OR THEY, THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE WHATEVER
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EFFORT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE BENEFIT OF A RELAXED ENFORCEMENT.AND I MADE THIS COMMENT BEFORE, AND ANY TIME Y'ALL GIVE SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE AND NOT TO ANOTHER PERSON.
IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING A JIM CROW LAW.
AND I KNOW ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER BECAUSE I RECEIVED A LETTER ONE TIME DURING A PROJECT.
AND IT SAID THEY WERE GONNA MAKE ME FOLLOW EXACTLY TO THE ORDINANCE IN THE SAME TIME.
THE CITY GAVE RELAXED, UH, ENFORCEMENT TO OTHER DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS.
YOU KNOW, AND WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22, YOU WANT TO WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION NOW SEE ANYONE APPROACH, UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AGAIN, COUNSEL, THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THE INSIDE.
PRO-TEAM SIMS. THANK YOU, MARY.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
SO THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING.
UM, THEY PROPOSE A BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S SPENT ANYWHERE FROM 60 UP TO 65% OF THE BUDGET IS SPENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY POLICE AND FIRE, AND I WON'T HESITATE OR MAKE ANY APOLOGIES FOR THIS CITY PRIOR.
THIS CITY'S PRIORITIZATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I TOLD THE CITIZENS OF ATLAS, MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND I STAND BY IT WHEN I WAS A CITY MANAGER HERE FOR 15 YEARS, THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, WHICH A BUDGET IS MERELY A COMMUNICATION TO IT COMMUNICATES EXACTLY THE CITY'S PRIORITIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, UH, THE, THE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
ITS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE.
LET THAT BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THIS BUDGET IS ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME BY THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS THAT I'VE TALKED TO FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UM, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS IF I MAY.
UM, UH, I, I, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
I MENTIONED IT EARLIER SAYING THAT THE FORMAT HAS CHANGED, THAT CHANGED THE TERMINOLOGY.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, WASN'T SAYING THAT TO, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, TO POKE AT ANYBODY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IF HE WAS LOOKING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE SPECIFIC WORD, EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, YOU WON'T SEE IT CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THE STATE CHANGED THE RULES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY, IT REALLY MADE IT TOUGH FOR, FOR CITIES TO BE ABLE TO GOVERN AND BE ABLE TO PASS YOUR BUDGETS.
DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT MODELS OF HOW THEY RUN BUSINESSES, UH, IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, 60, 40%, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE, WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY GETS BACK.
UH, SOME CITIES IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THEIR SALESFORCE OR THEIR RETURN IS FROM THE, UH, FROM CORPORATIONS.
BUT IF THEY HAVE AN EX OUTSIDE SALES OR THEY HAVE IN THEIR SALES, UH, TO BE SENT OVERSEAS OR TO ANOTHER CITY, UH, THE CITY WHO'S WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO HOLD THE CITY, WHO HOLDS THE, UM, THE CORPORATION WITHIN THEIR CITY, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY CREDIT FOR THEIR TAX RATE, ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAW FROM THIS STATE LEGISLATOR.
SO AGAIN, THE FORMULAS HAVE CHANGED AND DEPENDENT UPON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ANOTHER, A LOT OF THEIR REVENUE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING WITHIN THEIR CITY, UH, IS GOING TO BE LOST.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR CITY.
I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS, UH, IN CEDAR HILL, I THINK THAT WE ARE PRETTY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIVERSITY.
WELL, YES, WE DO HAVE SOME SALES TAX.
UH, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, ABOUT, UH, HAVING NEW BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH ALCOHOL SALES TAX.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS NOT BRINGING A WHOLE LOT, NO TOWARDS, UH, CEDAR HILL, BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, CORPORATE, UH, SOME RETAIL AND ALSO RESIDENTIAL HAVING THAT DIVERSE ECONOMY ACTUALLY HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO BE IN BETTER POSITION, SOME CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO YES, THE TERMINOLOGY HAS CHANGED, BUT ALSO THE FORMULA HAS CHANGED.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT COUNCIL AND I HAD TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER.
AND ALSO WE ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE TAX RATES TO BE ABLE TO STAY THE SAME AS THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL LOST REVENUE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WE COULD MAKE YOU MAY RECEIVE JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES MAY RECEIVE.
UM, SO AGAIN, COUNSEL, THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM.
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS STAFF IS THAT I'M HITTING EVERYTHING.MA'AM JUST, BEFORE WE LEAVE THE, THE BUDGET ASPECT ON THIS, THE AGENDA, UM, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UH, SOME COMMENTS I STARTED OUT WITH A WHILE AGO WHEN SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A MAYOR PRO TIM SIM SAID, YOU KNOW, 65% OF OUR, OUR BUDGET IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE A TOWN OF 7,000, WE HAD OUR OWN DISPATCH.
UH, JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD COST US NOW TO DO EVERYTHING BY OURSELVES.
SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE CREATED THESE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE COMBINED, UH, FIRE TRAINING, UH, AND THE POLICE DISPATCH IN THE JAIL.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A MUCH MORE PREMIER SERVICE IN THOSE AREAS WHEN WE TAKE ON THE PARTNERSHIP AND, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT WITH ONLY ONE THIRD OF THE COST.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND STILL TAKE ON THEIR THIRD FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CITIES.
SO, SO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE GONNA CONTINUE.
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIPS, TRY TO WORK ON THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ALWAYS COMBINE, UH, TO, TO KEEP THAT TAX RATE DOWN.
JUST LIKE WE DID THIS BUILDING HERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ISD.
SO JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO THINK OF THINGS OUT OF THE BOX TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THE BEST TYPE OF SERVICE TO, TO OUR CITIZENS AT A REASONABLE TAX RATE IN THE LOWEST TAX RATE POSSIBLE.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, ADD REAL QUICK ALSO, UH, I OWN PROPERTIES IN OTHER CITIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I OWN SOME, SOME PROPERTIES IN JOSHUA, WHICH IS LARGELY UNINCORPORATED AT THE TRASH OUT THERE.
WE PAY $25 AT A PROPERTY FOR BASIC TRASH PICKUP.
UH, THEY WILL COME PICK UP BULK ONCE A MONTH, A SMALL AMOUNT IF YOU CALL THEM.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK W W THAT'S, UH, $8 MORE, THAT'S NOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S ABOUT 40, 40% HIGHER THAN, THAN WHAT WE GET.
SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS YOU GET OF, OF HAVING CITY GOVERNMENT IS THAT WE NEGOTIATE THOSE RIGHTS.
UH, WE HAVE A STAFF OF PEOPLE THAT NEGOTIATED THE NEW RATES WITH, WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO KEEP THE COSTS OF YO OF TRASHES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
EVEN IF WE WERE PICKING UP THE TRASH, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEPLACE TO TAKE IT IN THE CITY, DOESN'T OPERATE A LANDFILL.
WE DON'T HAVE SPACE WITHIN OUR CITY BORDERS TO OPERATE A LANDFILL.
AND SO WASTE MANAGEMENT TAKES THAT TAKES THAT WASTE AND THEY TAKE IT TO THEIR LANDFILL AND THEY PROCESS IT AND THEY DUMP IT.
UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE FOR RECYCLING, UH, ONCE A WEEK WHEN THEY PICK UP OUR TRASH AND THEN THEY ALSO PROVIDE FOR, UH, THEY INCLUDE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OTHER ITEMS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IN NORMAL TRASH.
SO I, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATING, THOSE RATES IS PART OF STAFF SERVICES.
THAT'S JUST ONE MORE THING THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR YOUR MONEY HERE, CUSTOMER AND KIRTI.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS COUNSELING AGAIN, NO ACTION ITEM ON THIS, UH, AGENDA.
[c. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-731, which approves and adopts a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022.]
I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 1, WHICH APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, AND ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 COUNSEL WITH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM HERE, A PROTEIN, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, 20 MORE INVEST 7 31.
UM, I GUESS, UM, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE CASTLEMAN.
HAYDEN SAID SOMETHING EARLIER, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW WITH THIS BUDGET THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO APPROVE, UH, IT GENERALLY, IT, I GUESS, APPROXIMATELY COST EACH CITIZEN $4 A DAY WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE CITY.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE ABOUT TO APPROVE THE COST, BASICALLY $4 A DAY.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR OUR NEXT BUDGET TODAY.
SO DO YOU GO FIRST OR DO I GO FIRST? I'LL GO FIRST.
YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND MOTION.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21, 7 31 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 TO PROVIDING THE EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SET BUDGET APPROPRIATING AND SETTING ASIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND OTHER REVENUES FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY PROVIDING FOR THE APPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND COMPLEX, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU, MARIE COUNSEL, I HAVE TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO I LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER SHOW DANIELS THAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.
UM, UH, SO I'M NOT DOING A VOCAL VOLT, IT'S ALL, UM, ON SOME SILENCE, UH, YAY OR NAY FOR THE, UH, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DAY OF 7 31.
OR NAY, UH, MAYOR MASON, PA, UH, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
OR NAY, UH, MOST UNANIMOUS CD MANAGER.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COME IN.
[d. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-732 establishing the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Budget. ]
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 2.ESTABLISHING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CIP, BUDGET COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, I HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND, SECOND, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21 7 32.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ADOPTING A 20 21 20 22 CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATE IT IN SUCH BUDGET, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES.
[e. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-733, levying the ad valorem taxes for the tax year 2021 (Fiscal Year 2021-2022) at a rate of $0.697029 per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Cedar Hill as of January 1, 2021.]
E KASOTA ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 3 11.THE ADD OF THE LOAN TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2021 FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 AT ANY RATE, OH 0.6 9 7 0 2 9 PER $100.
UH, UH, ASSETS VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
I MOVED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 69.70 CENTS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 7.65% INCREASE.
AND THE TAX RATE IS SO STAYED IN AN ORDINANCE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IT'S LIKE A CUSTOMER GLOVER.
THIS IS IN THIS NUMBER 2021 OR 7 33, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
I THINK TAX RATE FOR APPLE ON TEXAS FOR THE USE OF SUPPORTIVE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR 20 21, 20 22 FISCAL YEAR PROVIDING REVENUES FOR THE PAYMENT OF CURRENT EXPENSES AND INTEREST IN STICKING FUND REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING FOR SAVERS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE COSTS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, UH, BEGIN WITH YOU CUSTOMER MCDANIELS, YAY.
OR NAY COUNCIL MEMBER PROTEIN.
CUSTOMERS SAW YAY OR NAY MOTION MINIMUS.
[f. Consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-734 which ratifies the property tax revenue increase in the fiscal year 2021-2022 Budget as a result of the City receiving more revenues from property taxes in the 2021-2022 Budget than in the previous year.]
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DESK 7 3 4, WHICH RATIFIES THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE 20 21 20 22 BUDGET AND THE PREVIOUS YEAR COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEMS? WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 21, 7 34, WHICH RATIFIES THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 21, 20 21 22 BUDGET.AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN 20 21, 22 BUDGET THAN IN THE PREVIOUS THIS YEAR.
IF I GET FOR THAT, UH, PROTEIN MCMS A
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DAY ON THE SECOND, I'M SORRY.THIS IS THE ORANGE NUMBER 20 21 7 34 AND ORANGE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL TEXAS.
FIND THE PROPERTY TEST REVENUE INCREASE IN THAT 20 21 22 BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN THE 20 21 22 BUDGET.
THEN IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANY CONDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-735, adopting a 5-year plan, adopting a budget for FYE 2022, and levying a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 1, otherwise known as High Pointe PID. ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING.UM, WE'LL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 5 ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR PLAN ADOPTING I'M SORRY, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND LIVING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR A CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HIGH POINT PERIOD.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING? MY NAME IS DOLORES LLOYD SHAW HIGH POINT PRECEDENT PIT.
NUMBER ONE, I RISE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OUR PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 TO 2022 BUDGET.
THE HIGH POINT PERIOD HAS NOT INCREASED THE ASSESSED VALUE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PID IN 1988, OUR BUDGET DEMONSTRATE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE NOT INCREASED THE ASSESSED VALUE.
ALL ALTHOUGH LIVING EXPENSES HAVE HAVE INCREASED.
SO ALTHOUGH THE COST OF LIVING HAS INCREASED, WE HAVE NOT.
AND WE WORK WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
THANK YOU, MS. DOLORES, COULD I, I GUESS, COULD YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN BREAK DOWN? THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE PA TAXES VERSUS THE ASSESS, THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
COULD YOU KIND OF GIVE A, UH, I GUESS A CONTRAST OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE OF THE TWO WE, THE ASSESSED VALUE FOR HIGH POINT, I THINK IT'S 10 CENTS FOR EVERY $100 ASSESSED.
IT HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE 1988.
UM, ALTHOUGH OUR BABIES ARE LEARNING TO DRIVE AND THEY DISTORT OUR OFFENSES AND IT INCREASED OUR INSURANCE FOR HAVING ALL THESE REPAIRS, MAY WE HAVEN'T INCREASED IT.
OUR RESIDENTS HAVE VERY SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE DO WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT OUR RESIDENTS LIKE TO COME AND GRAZE.
THEN, UH, WE HAVE PROVIDED CAMERAS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPING, ALL OF THIS COST MONEY, BUT VENDORS THAT WE DEAL WITH, THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES.
SO WHEN WE GET AN INCREASE, WE DEAL WITH IT.
WE JUST MOVE AROUND IN OUR BUDGET, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DO IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE HAD NO COMPLAINTS SO FAR.
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, REPRESENTING, UH, HIGHPOINT PERIOD.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE, UH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? UH, FOR HIGH POINT P NUMBER ONE, JUST LIKE BEFORE YOU HAVE A FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
THANK YOU, PHILLIP BELLAMAH WITH 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I DON'T LIVE IN THE PID, BUT I LIVE ADJOINING TO IT.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, THE ASSESSMENT, THE CITY CUTS GRASS AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND THEN THEY CONTRACT OUT TO CONTRACTORS OVER THERE.
I'VE SEEN THE CREPE MYRTLES CHANGED.
AND IF YOU LISTEN TO NEIL SPERRY, HE SAYS, WHEN DO YOU TRIM A CREPE MYRTLE? AND THE ANSWER IS NEVER, I'VE SEEN THOSE TRIMMED.
AND THEN THE TREES OVER THERE, THE L LIKE OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, THEY HAVE THE CALL IT A VOLCANO OF MULCH AROUND THE TREES.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST DANGER TO THE TREES.
THERE WAS A TREE IN THE MEDIAN.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THE MULCH AROUND IT AND CAUSED IT TO ROT OUT.
BUT THESE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THIS.
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AND IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE AT THE CITY HALL IS ADDRESSING THIS.AND I ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PID AND WHO KNOWS, UH, SOMEONE MAY WANT TO PUT A PID AND BEING ADJOINING TO IT.
AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THIS IS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY THEN, UH, AND GIVING CONTROL TO SOMEONE ELSE.
ANYONE ELSE LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
I LIVE AT 1 0 7 HAMILTON COURT RIGHT OFF OF HAMILTON DRIVE.
I USED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE P IT 16 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS LADY, BUT, UH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I FOUND OUT SOON ABOUT A YEAR LATER THAT IT DID IT AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T LIVE ON, UH, CLARK ROAD, NEW CLOCK ROAD, WHERE ALL THE NEW FISTS IS GOING UP, MY FENCE BALLED DOWN.
YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LIKE, I GO, YOU GO DOWN CLARK ROAD, YOU SEE ALL THESE NIKES EXPENSES AND EVERYTHING.
I, I MEAN, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT WHILE I GOT TO PAY FOR IT, UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NATURE A LITTLE THE BEACH, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH, UH, UH, INCREASE.
IF YOU'VE GOT A PLAN, THEN JUST DO LIKE I DO.
IF I CAN'T DO IT NOW I DO IT LATER WHEN I CAN AFFORD IT.
BUT, UH, SO I'M NOT A PET PERSON, WHICH PERIOD IS, IS HAMILTON COURT IN WHICH PERIOD IS HAMILTON COURT IN? IT'S IN A ONE.
NO, WHAT I'M SAYING? WHAT'S P DO WE KNOW HIS PEER? THAT IS, I GOT THIS LETTER HERE, I GUESS IT'S IN HOT HIGH POINT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF INQUIRIES.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT'S STILL A FREE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, DON'T TAKE MY MONIES, FIX SOMEBODY ELSE'S STUFF.
ANYBODY ELSE? LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND FOR CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, NOT SEEDING ONE APPROACH.
IS THAT PORTION COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, OH, I'M SORRY, CUSTOMER.
SO, UH, SAY, UM, AND THEY SAY HE IS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I THINK VIEW.
AND THE LAST HOUR ROBIN ASKED ME INDIVIDUALLY, DOES YOUR MICRO NO.
HIT THE MICROPHONE BUTTON? YEAH, THE AMBASSADOR PROCESS DURING JIM CROW ISM.
AND YOU CANNOT CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO BE CONVINCED.
I THINK THE JOB THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE, WE HAD THE CITY OVER THE YEAR AND OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS ENDED UP BEING HERE.
WE TRIED TO TAKE WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SPEAKING FOR ALL 49,000 PEOPLE IS HE'S TAKING US UP ON HIMSELF TO DO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, UH, MR. RUFFIN, I GUESS YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT, UM, UH, CDO PAID AND, AND WHERE THE MONEY IS.
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I HEAR YOU, I GOT, I GOTTA KEEP A WATER THE PAST PUBLIC HEARING.UH, BUT I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, ATTAIN YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR PIDS BOARD MEETING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHENEVER IT COMES AROUND TO IT FOR THE BUDGET TIMES, AND YOU ASK THEM ABOUT WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE ALSO BEING SPENT, WHAT AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT TO IT AND WHERE IT GOES.
UH, I THINK THEY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT IN IT AS WELL.
UH, AS IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT THERE IS NO INCREASE, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE TEXT, UH, THE ASSESSMENT RATE.
UM, SO IF YOU NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT, JUST, UH, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR BOARD AND, AND TELL YOU A CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
ARE THEY IN ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, IF NOT ON A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HERE.
DID I MAKE A MOTION? UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CEDAR HERE, PUTTING A PUMA DISTRICT THE MORNING, MAYOR MIKE AND MOTIONS.
WE APPROVE, UH, THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 1 DASH SEVEN.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER.
SO THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 35, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS MEETING CERTAIN FINANCING CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSAL IMPROVEMENTS ORDER WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF BENEFITS, ACCRUED ACCEPTING A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET, RECORDING FINAL ASSESSMENT, OR TO TAX ROLE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT RATE, ESTABLISHING A METHOD OF PAYMENT, ESTABLISHING AN ASSESSMENT DUE DATE, PROVIDING FOR NEW PERMITS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AMPLIFYING FOR A PUBLICATION FAGAN MURRAY, WHO DO YOU HAVE A MOSTLY FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
YOU DO, YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER HIMSELF AND HE DISINFECTANTS COMMENTS COUNSEL OUT OF FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ANIMUS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, BECAUSE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING
[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-736, adopting a 5-year plan, adopting a budget for FYE 2022, and levying a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 2, otherwise known as Waterford Oaks PID. ]
AND CONSIDER ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 6, I THOUGHT THAT A FIVE-YEAR PLAY IN ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND LOVING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.NUMBER TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
A LOT OF PHOTOS, PUBLIC S P I D A.
IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR P NUMBER TWO? GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF WATERFORD OAKS PID.
I'M HERE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM.
AND WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE OR THE PID.
ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE PID, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A COMMUNITY MAKES ITSELF.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT WE FORCED ON.
ANYONE IN ORDER TO BECOME A PID, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT, YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE INPUT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOUR COMMUNITY VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ELECTIONS MATTER.
AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE BECOME A PID.
THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE IT IN A DEMOCRACY.
THE PID HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR WATERFORD OAKS.
WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT WE CAN DO, AND WE ARE VERY VISIONARIES AND WE LOOK TO DO EVEN MORE THAN, THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE WAY IT WAS SET UP, THE WAY IT'S FUNDED AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT SPENDING, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BUDGET TOO.
WE HAVE TO PLAN BUDGET AND SOMETIMES PROJECTS DON'T GET DONE.
AND A YEAR OR TWO, YOU HAVE TO BUDGET IT TILL YOU GET ENOUGH MONEY TO DO.
AND THAT'S TO WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE BEGINNING, FROM HIGH POINT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE'VE HELPED SOME OF THE PID THAT CAME AFTER US, THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING.
BUT TO ME, THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL I SEE AS POSITIVE THINGS COMING IN FOR.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, UH, SEVEN DASH 7, 3 6.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 6.
I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MIRROR.
I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, BEST 7 36.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I THINK CUSTOMER HAYDEN
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GOT IT ON SNIPER 2021 AT 7 36 AND ONUS OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS MAKING CERTAIN FINANCING CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ORDER WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.NUMBER TWO, PROVIDE A PROPER FINDINGS OF BENEFITS OF CROUP ACCEPTING A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET RECORDING FINAL ASSESSMENT ONTO THE TAX ROLE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT RATE, ESTABLISHING A METHOD OF PAYMENT, ESTABLISHING AN ASSESSMENT DUE DATE, PROVIDING FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM THE PROTIUM SAM'S THEY HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND WAS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, BECAUSE AT THE
[c. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-737, adopting a 5-year plan, adopting a budget for FYE 2022, and levying a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 3, otherwise known as Winding Hollow PID. ]
PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 7, I THOUGHT THEY HAD A FIVE-YEAR PLAN ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND LIVING IN A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER THREE OF THE LAST KNOWN IS WINNING HOLLY.PETE, DO YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF PIT NUMBER THREE TODAY? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH.
OH, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M JENNIFER HUTCHISON, A WHINING.
HOW TO PICK DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, PRESIDENT.
I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, FOR THE BUDGET.
UM, JUST A QUICK NOTE BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT HIGH POINT AND WATER FOLKS HAVE DONE IT.
WHAT, UM, PUSH ME TO HELP TO ESTABLISH PEER NUMBER THREE.
AND SO I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF PA NUMBER THREE.
UH, I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND MEETINGS IF THEY, UM, TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND YOU WOULD GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S BEING DONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SINCE PA NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, I BELIEVE IN 2015, WE HAVE NOT HAD A TAX INCREASE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN 10 CENTS.
UM, I THINK YOU ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN.
AND SO MY UNDERSTAND IS 10 CENTS OF EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME.
AND SO IF YOUR HOME IS VALUED AT $200,000 FOR THE YEAR IS ROUGHLY AROUND $200 A YEAR, THERE'LL BE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT PERIOD.
UM, BUT UM, IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 TO 7, 3 7.
UH, IN ADDITION TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 7.
AND I SEE ANYONE APPROACH, UH, WE'LL CODE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CATHERINE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THERE? WE GOT A COMMENT.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON PIT NUMBER THREE.
I KNOW A COUNCILMAN SHAW AND I HAD THE, UH, THE PLEASURE OF AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT GROUP WHEN THEY GOT STARTED AND TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE SINCE THEN AND THAT NEW WALL THEY HAVE OVER THERE.
I THINK, UH, THE PIT IS, UH, I THINK THE CITIZENS AROUND THERE ARE PROBABLY EXTREMELY EXCITED AND HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY DID.
SO, UH, AND IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 7.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, MOSTLY FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
HAYDEN WILL HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER, BUT GLOVER HURRY.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21, 7 37.
AND ERWIN SAYS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS MAKING SORT OF PINEY SAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ORDER WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER THREE, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF BENEFITS, ACCRUED ACCEPTING A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET RECORDING FINAL ASSESSMENT ONTO TAX ROLE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT RATE, ESTABLISHING A METHOD OF PAYMENT, ESTABLISHING AN ASSESSMENT DUE DATE, PROVIDING FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL ON A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HERE.
DID WE GET A VOTE? COUNCILMAN DANIELS.
[d. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-738, adopting a 5-year plan, adopting a budget for FYE 2022, and levying a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 4, otherwise known as Windsor Park PID. ]
NEXT IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER OF ADOPTION OF WHAT IS NUMBER TURNED 21 DASH 7 3 8 ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND LIVING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WINDSOR APART.P DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, A PIN NUMBER FOR THAT SCENE? ANYONE APPROACH? I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO, UH, ON THIS NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 8.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER
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2021 DASH 7 3 8.NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH BECAUSE THAT PERSON OR THE PUBLIC HEARING, CATHERINE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OVER MARY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 1 7 3 7 3 8.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER HAYDEN? LET'S TAKE IT FOR CUSTOMER EIGHT.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 BY 7 38 AND ORANGE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS MAKING SORT OF BIASING CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ORDER WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDING PROFILING OF BENEFITS, ACCRUED ACCEPTING A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET RECORDING, FINAL ASSESSMENT, LOTS OF TAX ROLLS, SETTING THE ASSESSMENT RATE, ESTABLISHING A METHOD OF PAYMENT, UM, APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING THE CONFLICT CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WE DID HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND OTHER FAVOR.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, IF NOT ON A PHONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WILL YOU DENNIS? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, THE FINAL LINES CONDUCT
[e. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-739, adopting a 5-year plan, adopting a budget for FYE 2022, and levying a special assessment for Cedar Hill Public Improvement District No. 5, otherwise known as Cedar Crest PID. ]
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 73 9 ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.I THE GAME BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND LIVING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CITYWIDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CEDAR CREST.
P DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? GOOD EVENING, MAYBE NIMBLE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M JACQUELYN IBM DEVICE CHAIR TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PROCEED.
I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR A SEAT OF CRISPY I'M TARA SNOWBALLS BOARD MEMBER.
WE STAND BEFORE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUDGET FOR CEDAR CREST.
WE'VE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PITT IN THE CITY.
WE'RE IN THAT GROWING PHASE OF, UH, OF OUR BUDGET.
UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY PROJECTS THEN STARTED, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT LARGE VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW, UH, RESIDENTS INVOLVED.
SO WE CHERISH AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR NEIGHBORS TO COME OUT.
UH, SIT WITH US, GIVE US YOUR IDEAS BECAUSE WE WON'T SEE THE CREST TO REMAIN A PREMIER, UH, COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN, UH, ENTICE FAMILIES TO COME AND GROW IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE STAND HERE ENCOURAGING AND, UH, FOR ALL BUDGET.
RPM MEETINGS ARE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS AND YOUR NEIGHBOR SAYS I'M IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL GET A LOT OF YOUR ANSWER.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE PD IS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS SITE? I DON'T REMEMBER.
SO ARE THERE ANY, I'M SORRY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANY ONE SPECIFIC WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF A ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7, 3 9.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 9? YES MA'AM I'M PORTIA HARVEY, UH, 1331 NEWTON STREET.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE YOUNG LADY EARLIER SAID THAT IT WAS 10 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, I MEAN, THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT MY LETTER SAID 10 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT, UM, DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
I'M ALL FOR PID BISH, SPECIALLY VERSUS HOA.
MY ISSUE IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THERE WOULD, THAT IS BEING ASKED FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE STATED.
ANYONE ELSE LISTENING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 9,
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UH, CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL, MAYOR.
I MOVE FOR, UH, UH, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 BEST 7 39.
JUST TO JUST PUT SOME CLARIFICATION THAT, UH, EACH ONE OF THESE PERIODS WERE APPROVED BY THE, THE NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS WAS THE NEIGHBORS THAT WALKED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
SO THIS WAS A SELF IMPOSED, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HAS CHANGED, UH, ON ANY OF THE PERIODS THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THE CITY.
AND SO I WOULD MAKE UP, AS I SAID, TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 22, 1 DASH 7 3 9.
WE DO HAVE THE SECOND, UH, THAT CUSTOMER DANIELS.
UH, MARIE, THIS IS ON DECEMBER, 2021 BY 7 39, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS MAKING CERTAIN FINANCING CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ORDER WITHIN THE CEDAR HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF BENEFITS, ACCRUED ACCEPTING A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET RECORDING FINAL ASSESSMENT ON THE TAX ROLL SETTING OF THE ASSESSMENT RATE, ESTABLISHING A METHOD OF PAYMENT, UM, PROVIDING FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE FOR FIGHTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR A PUBLICATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE A MOTION AND WE DID HAVE A SECOND.
AND I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, MS. HUTCHINSON DID SAY A THOUSAND.
YOU CAUGHT THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T, IT ACTUALLY IS 10 CENTS PER A HUNDRED, BUT THE FORMULA WAS STILL THE SAME.
SO SHE HAD THE RIGHT EQUATION.
UH, BUT SHE HAD, UH, SAID, UM, A THOUSAND, SO IT'S PROBABLY 10 CENTS OF A HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION TAXABLE ABOUT VALUE.
UH, AND ALSO, UM, WITHIN WHAT WE'VE BEEN APPROVED TODAY, IT IS NOT JUST THE BUDGET, BUT IT'S ALSO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, ATTEND, UH, THE BOARD MEETING, SEE WHAT'S IN THAT PLAN, SEE HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING ASSESSED AND ALSO BE A PART OF THE CHANGE THAT YOU ALSO WANT TO SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM AND JUST LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PROTEAM CMES MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IS ACTUALLY DONE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, THE NEIGHBORS IS ACTUALLY GETTING TOGETHER TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMMON AREA, UH, ITEMS. THAT'S NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBILITY NOR IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
SO PLEASE, UH, TRY TO GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR, UH, WITH YOUR BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMON AREAS, UH, THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT AREAS NOT BEING MOWED, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BEING, UH, LANDSCAPED.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THOSE ITEMS AND MAKE THOSE SUPPORT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, WHO GAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT.
SO TIM AND THEN COUNCILMAN DAVIS, GET A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMING IN JUST TO COMMENT, UH, MAYOR, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, UM, NOT TO REITERATE WHAT MAYOR PRO CAME SIM SAYS, BUT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN GLOVER AND I HAD THE, UH, THE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO, TO WORK ON THE BEGINNING OF THAT PARTICULAR BOARD AND TO SEE THESE CITIZENS COME FORWARD TO WANT TO IMPROVE, UH, THE PROPERTY VALUES AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL WE'RE AS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION OR A NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO COME IN AND, AND, AND GO AHEAD AND TRY TO DO, BRING IT TO AN ELECTION TO WHERE THEY CAN IMPROVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND, AND LIKE, UH, MAYOR, PRO-TEAM SAY W IF THIS ISN'T COUNCIL INITIATED, BUT TO SEE THESE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND TO FORM THE BIRD, AND NOW LAST YEAR HAD LAST WEEK, HAD THEIR ELECTIONS TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.
NOW THEIR FUNDING IS IN PLACE TO START GOING FORWARD.
SO, UH, SO I THINK THEIR CITIZENS WILL BE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE GOT PLANNED AS WELL, TOO.
SO GOOD JOB FOR PIN NUMBER FIVE AND MAYOR JUST AS A OF CLARIFICATION, THE OTHER PERSON MAY HAVE MISSPOKE ABOUT A THOUSAND VERSUS A HUNDRED, BUT THEIR RESULT WAS STILL THE SAME ON THE $200,000 HOME.
IT'S $200, WHETHER IT'S, UM, IT'S 200, $200 FOR 10 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS.
WE'RE KIND OF PAST THAT QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE TO TALK AFTERWARDS.
A BIGGER CUSTOMER OF GLOVER AND, UH, YEAH, I JUST EXPLAINED IT, BUT YEAH.
THANKS FOR BACKING ME UP ON THAT.
SO COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND, UH, NOW WE'RE READY TO TAKE A MOTION, WHATEVER YOUR PAST THAT YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WHAT WAS UNANIMOUS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
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UH, DEBBIE, UH, CITY MANAGER, I GUESS THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY WHEN YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING.[8. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.CAUSE THEN IT'S INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE REMOVED? NOT SEEING ANY I'LL GO AHEAD.
CONSIDER A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 24TH, 2021 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MEDA EXECUTED IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THAT AS COUNTY HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO CEDAR HILL RESIDENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, ITEM C CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER R 21 DASH 6 3 2, WHICH APPROVES A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, MID TEXT DIVISION ITEM D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH LINNWORKS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND HIGH PRO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
I DON'T EAT CASE NUMBER FP 3 7, 4 20 21 APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINTING IS ONLY COMMISSIONED RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE U S I C B HIGH 0.67 EDITION.
THAT'S ONE IN TWO BLACK, A AND LAST ONE AND TWO B BEING A REPLAT OF THE HUNTSMAN PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL LOTS TO R THREE R AND FOUR ARE OF A, OF BLOCK A, UH, PROPERTIES I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY AT THE SOUTH, UH, TERMINUS OF AMERICAN WAY WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 60 AND 49 SOUTH HIGHWAY 67.
UH, COMMEND IS A PARTICULAR COACH CONSULTING ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE.
K THE LAST HE'LL WOULD PROPERTY OWNER, TOBY ROGERS, U S I C V HIGHWAY.
THOSE ARE, YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MYRA, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YOU DO HAVE A SINGLE CUSTOMER, BUT GLOVER, UH, ON THE THERAPY'S RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION ENEMIES.
[a. Consider adopting Ordinance No. 2021-730 which provides for new monthly rates for residential, commercial and industrial trash and recycling collection services with Waste Management, effective October 1, 2021.]
ARE NOW IN THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, A CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 7 3 0, WHICH PROPOSED THE NEW MONTHLY RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2021.WE DID HAVE A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM EARLIER TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT? CLARA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 700.
WE DO HAVE A MULTIPLE CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND CUSTOMER GLOVER, A CUSTOMER WILL GO BY AND HAVE YOUR NAME MENTIONED, UH, IS IT STILL OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, MARIE, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DAY SEVEN 30 AND OREN SAID THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER NINE, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION NINE DASH 55 AND NINE DASH 57 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND REPLACING SAM WITH NEW RESIDENTIAL RATES FOR RECYCLING AND GARBAGE COLLECTION IN IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND NEW RATES AND CHARGES FOR COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION.
BUT THEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SERVICE CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND FROM CUSTOMER OF GLOVER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, IF NOT ON A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, MOVES DOWN TO MS. STICKY COUNCIL ITEM B, CONSIDER
[b. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Transportation and Disposal Contract Agreement for residential, commercial and industrial trash and recycling collection services with Waste Management]
AUTHORIZING THE MATTER SQT MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION DISPOSAL, CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.THIS WAS PART OF OUR BRIEFING EARLY TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT THE FLOOR IS OPEN, WE CONSIDER HORIZON THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSABLE CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES.
YOU GOT THAT MADAM SECRETARY WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PRINCIPAL HAYDEN.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
PRO TIP OF THE FAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[c. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Discretionary Service Agreement with ONCOR Electric Delivery Company LLC (ONCOR) for the underground infrastructure relocation for the Downtown Street Phase 1 Project.]
THE EVENING.CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SQ A DISCRETIONARY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC, ON CORN FOR THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE RELOCATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET PHASE ONE PROJECT.
MAY I HAVE A, A CONFLICT ON THIS ONE AND I WILL, UH, OWNING PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND SO I WILL ABSTAIN FROM DELIBERATIONS FROM THERE.
I HAVE NO CONFLICTS AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MISSIONARY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE.
YOU HAVE A MASSIVE FOR THE PENTIUM SALES.
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WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BISSAU, UH, AUTO PARAGRAPH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MOVES UNANIMOUS SIX, SEVEN WITH ONE UPSTATE WELL COUNCIL THAT CONCLUDES OUR COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY, UH, TO ONE OF OUR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE P THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE PUT TOGETHER BUDGET.REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT I ATTEND MOST OF OUR JOURNEY, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
OH, SO YOU'RE BACK THE MESS OF THE CUSTOMER AND THE CURRY.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND ON OF THAT MOTION? WE ARE, UH, ON A FAVORITE POSITION.