Mar 26, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PRESENTATION.

WOULD YOU REMAIN ALLEGIANCE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL? LIBERTY.

LIBERTY, TEXAS, TEXAS.

FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL.

TAKE CARE.

YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

[a. Presentation by Cedar Hill Police Chief Ely Reyes of Medal of Valor and Medal of Honor Awards to officers of the Cedar Hill Police Department, as well as a special recognition for a community member. ]

PRESENTATION BY THE CEDAR HILL POLICE, CHIEF ELI RES OF MEDAL OF ALLURE AND MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDS OF OFFICERS OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HELLO, CHIEF

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AND

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THANK YOU CHIEF.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL?

[b. Present a Proclamation designating the month of April 2024 as Autism Acceptance Month in Cedar Hill.]

WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIT A COUPLE MINUTES UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO EXIT.

BEFORE I READ THE MAYOR'S PRO, I'LL TAKE A STEP INTO MY, I I WAS READING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, UM, MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ROAD.

MY FAMILY, UH, IT MENTIONS THAT ONE IN 36 CHILDREN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING, BEING ON THE AUTISM FOR INSPECTION.

MY SON WAS BORN IN THOUSAND FIVE, 2005.

THAT NUMBER WAS 10 IN THERE, AND LATE SEVEN, MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED.

SO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING DIAGNOSED AS BEING ON THE SPECTRUM CONTINUES TO TO GO UP, AND THAT MAY BE COMBINATION OF IDENTIFY ALSO TO BE THAT WE'RE, THAT ARE DEVELOPING, COMING.

AND SO I, I HOPE YOU'LL REFLECT ON THIS AND I HOPE

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THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

YOU KNOW, HE LOVES GIVING HUGS AND HE LOVES GETTING, UM, HE A GUY JUST A BIT ON MY STORY.

READ THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

WHEREAS AN ESTIMATED ONE IN 36 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH HAVING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, A COMPLEX NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS STRENGTH AND CHALLENGES.

WHEREAS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER CAN AFFECT OF RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

IT'S MORE THAN FOUR TIMES MORE COMMON AMONG.

AND WHEREAS AUTISM, SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES, AUTISM EARLY INTERVENTION TREATMENT SERVICES TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL REDUCE SYMPTOMS INTERFERE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE.

WHEREAS ACCORDING TO CDC, OFFICE DISORDER BEGIN BEFORE THE AGE OF THREE YEARS AND MAY LAST THROUGHOUT ONE'S LIFE.

SYMPTOMS MAY, AND ACCEPTANCE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW WE CAN BE MORE INCLUSIVE BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR TALENT CITY PROVIDING ALL RESIDENTS VISITORS WITH A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF ACCESS TO SERVICES AND RESOURCE.

AND WHEREAS EACH PERSON FAMILY AFFECTED BY AUTISM DISORDER SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO RELIABLE INFORMATION SUPPORT THEY NEEDS AND TO LIVE THE OF ACCEPT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND BY THEREFORE, I TEXAS, I DON'T THINK HE HAS A ACTUALLY OPEN IN THE MONTH OF OXYGEN WILL BE THE FIRST, UM, FACILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL HAVE A NATURE OF THE, UH, FOREVER LIBRARY.

WE ALSO ARE THE ONLY LIBRARY IN THIS REGION THAT IS CULTURE CITY CERTIFIED.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE MORE WITH YOU ABOUT CULTURE CITY IT FOR ALL D TYPES OF ABILITY AND IT THAT WE CAN SERVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MATTER WHAT THEIR NEEDS

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JUST OPEN UP NEW.

UM, WE DON'T SEE THEM AS A DISABILITY SUPERPOWER ABILITY.

UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE IS PROFESSOR HOW THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE THANK YOU.

UM, MS. TURNER, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

COUNCILOR MCCURDY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE GENTLEMAN CITIZENS FORUM.

THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY COMMENT THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

REMEMBER, ITEMS CAN'T BE, NOT BE, UH, DELIBERATED BY COUNCIL.

UH, BUT IF THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA, THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT IN GREATER LIMITS.

THERE ARE NO ITEMS THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN PERSON AND NONE THAT WAS SUBMITTED ONLINE.

SO I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS BOND MATTERS, I'M SORRY,

[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a joint election agreement and service contract with Ellis County Elections Department to administer and conduct the City of Cedar Hill General Election on Saturday, May 4, 2024.]

ELECTION MATTERS.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ELLIS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER AND CONDUCT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024.

COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS? YES, MA'AM.

UM, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE VOTING LOCATION.

WELL, THE LOCATION IS OKAY, BUT THE, THE, THE AREA IS IT ANYWAY, I MEAN THAT WE COULD MOVE THAT VOTING LOCATION INTO A MORE SECLUSIVE AREA OF THE BUILDING.

LIKE IN THOSE ROOMS, IT'S, IT'S HORRIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE ARE LINED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, ENTRANCE OF THE BACK ENTRANCE.

AND THAT IS NOT A SECURE FOR VOTING.

UH, IT'S JUST NOT PEOPLE WALKING IN BETWEEN THE, UH, VOTERS GOING TO EXERCISE.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS TO SEE, SEE THE HILL HAVE A VOTING LOCATION THAT IS, IS JUST OFF THE CHAIN.

SO I'M ASKING IS, IS IT ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT YOU ALL COULD HAVE THE VOTING IN A ROOM WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THE ROOM WITHOUT BEING IN THE HALLWAY, UH, HAVING TO GET RAN OVER BY PEOPLE COMING TO EXERCISE AND IT'S, SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE WITH THIS BECAUSE, UH, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, IT OUT BEEN THAT HALLWAY THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE TO BE OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY WAITING TO VOTE AND, AND, AND GETTING RAN OVER.

I MEAN, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY NO.

PEOPLE COMING TO EMPHASIZE THEY'LL STEP ON YOUR FEET AND WHATEVER.

THEY TRYING TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

SO THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

COUNCILWOMAN, UM, I GUESS TO, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT THE, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS FOR, UH, TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ELLIS COUNTY.

UM, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE LOCATION IS IN DALLAS COUNTY, BUT ALLOW ME TO, ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU LOCATION IS IN CEDAR HILL.

YEAH, I MEAN THE, THE AGENDA IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY.

THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE, THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE, THAT'S THE ACTION THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING RIGHT NOW.

TONIGHT IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY ELECTION, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

VOTINGS, THEN IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IT IN THE MEETING ROOMS OR IN THE OTHER HALLWAYS, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE, I GUESS THE PRECINCT JUDGE THAT'S AT THAT LOCATION.

SO, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO, UM, I GUESS IT'S THE PRECINCT CHAIR OR THE PRECINCT JUDGE.

UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL WE, ALL WE DO IS WE DETERMINE YEAH, WE, WE DETERMINE WHERE THE ELECTION IS GOING TO BE.

WE DETERMINE THE LOCATION WITH THE LOCATION.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH.

THE LOCATION IS ALREADY SUBMITTED.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY DONE.

THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A COUNCIL ACTION.

SO THE LOCATION IS ALREADY SUBMITTED.

C-H-I-S-D ALREADY SUBMITTED, UH, THEIR PREFERRED LOCATIONS, THE CITY, CITY HILL SUBMIT THEIR PREFERRED LOCATIONS.

DALLAS COUNTY WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER SAY AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR THE LOCATION.

NOW, IF CITY, IF THE CITY HILL REC CENTER IS THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AT EARLY, EARLY

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NO, THEY DON'T DECIDE THAT.

THE CITY DECIDES THAT.

WELL WE, WE GOT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ACTION TONIGHT.

THE ACTION TONIGHT IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND.

SECOND.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND HONOR RAISE RIGHT HERE.

NO UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

AND WE'LL TALK LATER ABOUT THAT CUSTOMER MEETING.

IN CONNECTION WITH, AND YOU REVIEW IN ENTIRETY, THEY DO FOCUS ON THE VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL, ALL IN ALL, VERY GOOD NEWS.

UH, NEXT

[a. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of City of Cedar Hill, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024, including the adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-805 authorizing the issuance of such certificates of obligation.]

ITEM IS BOND MATTERS.

CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE IN SALE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUES CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 4 8 0 5, AUTHORIZING AN ISSUANCE OF SEARCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.

HELLO, MS. WATTS.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MASON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MARTY SUE WITH THE HILLTOP SECURITY AND CHRIST FROM NORTHERN ROSE IN FULBRIGHT.

UH, THEY'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME BACKGROUND, UH, ON THIS ITEM AS WELL AS THE RESULTS OF OUR RATING AGENCY MEETINGS AND THE SALE, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

MARTY ALWAYS BRING THE GOOD NEWS.

GOOD EVENING, PASTOR, BUT THAT WAS A GREAT INTRO.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT SOME SALE BOOKLET WOULD BE INFORMATION THAT I'M GONNA GO OVER REGARDING YOUR SALES.

SO YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS WERE SOLD THROUGH A SALE, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY PUT OUT ON THE PUBLIC MARKET.

UM, YOU'LL SEE AS PART OF BOOKLET, UH, RIGHT BEHIND THE FIRST TAB A, WE HAVE THE BID RESULTS I FOUR DIFFERENT BID COMING PROPOSED 2.71%.

UH, WE DO HAVE AN ANALYTICS REPORT THAT TELL THAT YOUR DOCUMENT 20, UM, THESE ARE JUST LIKELY THERE ARE OTHER FIRMS AND PARTICIPANTS AS PART OF THE DIC.

UH, THE THREAD ARE VERY TIGHT BEHIND.

UH, THE BID WE DO HAVE A INTEREST IN THE BONDS ARE BEING TO ANNUAL PAYMENTS OVER 20 YEAR PERIOD.

SO THE INTEREST RATES WILL BE FIXED FOR THE LIFE OF THE, I THINK, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE RATES ARE.

ONE, WE'D MINIMUM SUCCESS.

AND IN TERMS OF RATES, IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOW THE HEADLINES, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RISING RATES A LOT VOLATIL IN OUR, I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU BONDS THIS TIME LAST YEAR, YOU THAT 3.64%, SO YOU HAVE REALLY RECEIVED A LOT OF CONSISTENCY IN TERMS OF YOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE.

VERY LARGE OF YOU'RE RECEIVING IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE CREDIT RATING.

SO PART OF THE NORMAL BOND PROCESS HAVE BOND RATING MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF AND THE MAYOR DOWN A LOT INFORMATION, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO THAT FIRST CREDIT ON THE, AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT, DID AFFIRM THE CREDIT WRITING SIGNIFICANT THAT THERE, THAT IS ONLY ONE, THE PERFECT SCORE.

S THEY UPGRADED VERY NEW ONE, NOT BELOW THAT AT THEA LEVEL.

SO WE'RE KEEP OUR FINGERS AS PART OF THE, UH,

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THIS IS POSITIVE.

UH, THIS IS THE LAST OF THE PROCESS.

SO BY ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, UPDATE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.

WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, SO, UH, THE FINAL STEP IS FOR US TO, UH, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT IS THE, YEAH.

THE ORDINANCE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YEP.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, FINANCE TEAM, UH, ALSO OUR CONSULTING TEAM, UH, FOR US, BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ONE NOTCH LEVEL.

UM, NOT, NOT SEE AS LOT OF THINGS.

DON'T GET A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

COUNSEL, THIS IS GOOD WORK.

UH, SO WE DO OUR MOST OF IT.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND.

MM-HMM, .

THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH 8 0 5 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF CEDAR HOPE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BY THE LEVY OF AN VALOR TAX UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.

IN A LIMITED PLEDGE OF THE CITY'S COMBINED WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM, PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, PAYMENTS, SECURITY SALE AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFIC OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT, AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT PERTAINING THEIR TWO AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

YOU, UH, MARIE? OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND CUSTOMER CURRENT.

YES.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS, UH, I THINK GAIN SOME THE BOND RATING THAT WE GOOD FINANCIAL.

WE ARE STILL GOING AND I JUST WANTED TO ALL RIGHT.

DULY NOTED.

UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MCCURDY.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND CUSTOM GLOVER.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL MY FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MARTY AND YOUR TEAM COME THROUGH.

CHUCK, KEEP UP.

GOOD WORK SIR.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS

[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.]

CONSIDER AGENDA.

THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THE SINGLE VOTE.

UH, ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FOR CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO BE PULLED THAT IS ITEM B.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS, COUNSELS TO BE CONSIDERED OR TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSED? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT I WOULD, UM, LIKE THE ASSISTANCE OF MY MAYOR PRO TO READ ITEMS A C AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE REST OF THE ALPHABETS PRO,

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THANK YOU PROTEL.

AND, UH, WHAT WAS THAT? OH, YOU NEED HIM TO READ IT OVER AGAIN? .

THOSE ARE YOU CONSIDERED TO THE ITEMS COUNCIL, UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL FAVOR RAISE RIGHT HERE WE'LL HAVE MOTION, OH, SORRY.

OH, SORRY.

WE HAVE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, THE CONSIDERED TO THE ITEMS. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND ALL THE, THE PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOVE UNANIMOUS.

UM, NEXT IS ITEM

[b. Consider authorizing purchases related to audio-visual systems upgrades for the City Council Chambers, Courtroom, and Executive Briefing Room for an amount not to exceed $302,972 from Infinity Sound, Inc.]