City Council - Regular Meeting

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D so hard? You give us a notice. Thank you, Rich. Well, welcome everyone. I'd like to welcome you and call to order the regular city council meeting for Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. If we could, we'd stand for an invitation. George, you Yes, sir.

Please join us in prayer. Dear heavenly father, Lord, we thank you for the blessings that you continually bestow upon us, Lord. And forgive us where we fail to recognize your care and your oversight for our lives and for the city. We ask that uh the community and this nation and the state as a whole would be a community of peace. Lord, that we would u see an end to uh fighting and and disturbances and trouble amongst people and cause stirred up by each other. uh Lord that that we would um love you more dearly, walk more humbly before you and love our neighbor as ourselves. We ask all these things in Jesus name and for his glory. Amen. Amen.

Thank you, George. Pledge to the United States of America. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. to the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag. I aliance to the Texas one under God. One and indivisible.

Roll call for members, please. Council member Mes. Council member Schultz, present. Mayor Pro Tim man, present. Council member Freeze, present. Council member Brunie present.

We have a quorum. We're going to start with our citizen vis visitor comments. We don't have many tonight, but just to remind you, I ask that you each address the city council in an orderly manner and respectful manner. Please attempt to address any issues and concerns or suggestions in the public comment section of the meeting. Public comments outside of this section will be limited. All speakers shall approach the podium. Provide your name and address for the record. Comments for the public during the agenda items for the public hearings and individual consideration will be limited to three minutes each. Each person will be allowed to speak once. Your time cannot be shared. Please silence your cell phones for the duration. And if you don't mind, please give the council members your undivided attention when they are speaking. We'll do the same for you. Thank you. First public comment, Dennis Moore. you will have a record of what I've said.

I want to say exactly what's on this piece. Thank you, sir. And there's a picture on the second page, but there's one for the record. Thank you.

I'm Dennis Moore. I live at 301 Mission Street. Uh on Monday, December the 5th, uh a week ago, uh at 4:30 p.m., Carol McCoy, a 79year-old woman, was about her evening walk. She's walked that walk for 5 years. At Elman Second Street, she was attacked by a dog and bit on the hand. She was traumatized and required a visit to the emergency room and required multiple stitches for the injuries she received. The dog was not vaccinated for rabies, nor was it on a leash. The dog and owners had only lived in the city 3 days at the time of the incident. The city has an ordinance 2.01.09 rabies control a vaccinations one required. Every owner of a dog or cat three months of age or older shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies. All dogs or cats vaccinated at three months of age or older shall be revaccinated at one year of age and every three months years thereafter. Any person moving into the city from a location outside the city shall comply with this section within 10 days after having moved in to the city. If the dog or cat has inflicted a bite on any person or any other animal within the last 10 days, the owner of the dog or cat shall report the fact to the veterinarian and no rabies vaccine shall be administered until after 10 days observation period. That is your ordinance. That is our ordinance. Unfortunately for my mother, who was the person bitten and injured by the unvaccinated dog, this ordinance has a big flaw. There is no remedy as to how the new resident makes it known that they own pets or if they're vaccinated for rabies.

There must be a provision that requires them to present documentation proving the dog or cat is vaccinated within a 10-day period. How will they be made aware of the ordinance and who will they report to with the documentation with proof of vaccination? I expect this to be dealt with and remedied at the next city council meeting on February the 10th, 2026 because I've been on council and I know how slow they can drag. There's no need for this to drag. There's already an ordinance I got off my script. Uh it is your responsibility to create, delete, or amend ordinances. This issue is the mayor and council's responsibility. No other citizen should have to experience or go through the ordeal my mother had to endure. I thank you for your prompt attention that you will that you will take on this matter. Thank you.

We're going to move one item in individual items for cons. We got number one first. Thanks. Thank you Dennis. You're welcome. discussion consideration of possible action regarding the reappoint of the municipal judge and associate municipal judge Marshall.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. My name is Jim Marshall. I'm the presiding judge of your municipal court, and this is Judge Ray Balman, your associate judge. We're here tonight because our two-year term is about to expire and we're both asking for the privilege to continue to serve the city of Glenrose as your municipal court judges for another two-year term. In addition, we wanted to provide you with a brief status update of your court and then answer any questions that you might have of us. We're pleased to say the status of your municipal court is very good. Should the Glen Rose Municipal Court be selected for audit by the state, we would receive a stellar rating as our we are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations. There are no backlog cases in the monthly docket is processed on time. This is primarily because of your court clerk, Miss Joe McFarland. Joe works very hard to keep the court running smoothly on a daily basis and has done an excellent job of bringing all of our past cases current and maintaining an accurate and timely monthly docket. Over the past two years, we've initiated a method for collecting fines on past two cases and warrants. We've streamlined the deferred deferral process, making it easier on defendants to comply with court orders and thus reducing the number of cases that migrate to warrant status. With input and cooperation from Chief Martin, we've instituted a court security plan that is utilized monthly when we conduct open court here in this chamber. We've established written standing orders. We have a written juvenile diversion plan. We have formalized the appeals process with the county court and we have a method of conducting both bench and jury trials in open court. We've instituted community service as an option for dependence or defendants during sentencing. And we now conduct juvenile hearings in open court as well as hold pre-trial hearings, show cause hearings, and pre-trials.

Judge Balman, Miss McFarland, and our city prosecutor, Mr. Alex Crowley, who's not present tonight, and me. We're all like-minded in that we desire the court to be a gold standard, and we've worked very hard these past two years to accomplish that. We want to also thank you for considering the security enhancements you're planning for this building after you transition to the new city hall at its new location. The municipal court currently has about $25,000 in our court security account to help fund with security upgrades. The court security fund was established by the Texas legislation to protect court staff and is collected as part of court costs for adjudicated cases. The upgrades will enhance our court security plan by providing a secondary exit out of this chamber while court is in session and it also provides a barrier between public access and the back offices of the judges chambers and police department. We look forward to the upgrades.

Subject to your questions, this concludes my briefing. Do you have any questions of me or Judge Bal? What I'd like to say is thank you for cleaning. It was quite an ordeal to get where we are today. Yes, sir. So, thank you and Joe for for getting there and we appreciate it. Makes your job a little easier now, I think. Yes, sir. Thank you for your time. Anything else?

I I have just one quick question. Yes, sir. Can you can you give a without giving any names or descriptions or anything, but your juvenile diversion process? It it is a state legislative direction directive and there was a template that Texas Municipal Courts Education Center provided for us and it's basically if a juvenile is cited for a non-tra violation, we must put them in the diversion program. Now, they can refuse, but we we're compelled to offer it to them. And if they accept and and they and we do and then they comply with the terms of the diversion plan that we we establish in court, then at the end of that term, there's no record on that juvenile's record that that the incident ever occurred. And it's the legislation's intent to try to give juveniles a second chance and not penalize them with something that follows them around the rest of their life. Once that thing's memorialized in court records, it's it's there unless they go through the expungement process.

Interesting. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you for your time. Thank you, judge. Continue to take action on the RI. and or you can just let it go and you'll be automatically reappointed. Up to you guys. Take a vote. I make a motion to reappoint our municipal judge and associate municipal judge for another two-year time.

I'll second by mayor pro Tim man. All in favor 50 passes. Okay, we're going to jump and do item 15 to accommodate scheduling discussion consideration and possible action tender into a new contract for electricity. So mayor council um Todd Malcolm, he's with ADK Solutions and the energy broker. um he's been watching I guess the the market demand right now is is causing prices to increase and we we have pretty good rate locked in until June of of 2027. Um he's advising that we look at at maybe renewing our contract and locking in the current rate which is is almost double what we're currently paying but we can lock that in. He's he's worried that if we wait until June of 2027, the the market is going to go up drastically. And so he's going to I guess. Are we

He's on. He's on now. If y'all have any questions for him on the big screen. I can't. No. I have a question for him. Please go. Uh, Mr. Malcolm, can you hear us? How are you? Yes, sir. Doing well. Thank you. Thank you for attending. Um, if we go into a contract, would it would it displace the current contract or would it extend from June 1?

Yeah, that's a great question. So, what you guys have now with TSU is you're contracted through June 1st of 2027 at a fixed rate of the 0.0379. 0379685. So if we sign another contract now, that contract will start when this one ends in June 27th. So it's not going to uh interrupt what you have now. We obviously don't want to cut this contract short because you have a rate, right? Um what I've been telling Jim, I've been pricing out this renewal probably for about a year and a half now, just to track it over time. And each time I priced it, it's never been under seven cents. So my concern is potential concern is demand continue to get higher in Texas. Let's say we waited and just said, hey, you know, there's there's other important things we're dealing with right now, let's let's just wait till the spring of 27. My concern with that potentially when when you look at these projected demand from it's getting higher year after year. My concern would be in the spring of 27 instead of mid7s it could be something like mid8. So I know when you look at these rates it's hard it's hard to look at them and not say man this is really high but this is something that's not um exclusive just y'all. Anybody on their next contract, I don't care what city it is and you know central Texas or whatever it is, everyone's current contract is probably really really good, but that next one is going to be the problem. You would just rather that next one since it's going to go up anyways rather be in the mid7 versus the mid.

Mr. Malcolm, what what are other municipalities doing in this in these type of like-ized cities like us? Are they committing out to further contract?

Right. It would be very rare for you to find a city that has a 2025 end date, for example. Um, you know, most of the cities that I have as customers, um, most of them you would probably find that's already extended out probably from 2030 or on. Um, you will find some like yourself, uh, that I have as customers that are in that 2027 range. I have another city of Rh Ranger, Texas. They got a June, 2027 start. I got a few that have an expiration date, you know, 2028. But, um, it's more common than not that you're going to find more customers that are going to extend out. I don't I don't see too many cities that have an expiration date of 12 months or less.

Okay. Have another question. Is this an all-in Is this an all-in rate? I was the one who called and left you the voicemail. Is this an all-in rate delivered or is there additional charges TDSPS or tariffs on it?

Yeah, that's a great question. So on your energy contract or commercial rates, the only thing that you can your contracting is just the fixed rate from the electric provider. Okay? Uh we can't you can't bundle in the Texas New Mexico power delivery charges and the fixed rate. So like right now with the current rate that 3.79 it does not include the uh uh to Mexico uh delivery charges to bundle those fixed price. Those are always going to be a separate line item. You know, none none of us up here have a crystal ball, but when you hear the news of data centers and the need for electricity, transmission towers that are coming to to to power, my sense is that these rates are going to go up. Just supply and demand, I think, make it pretty clear that's what's going to happen. Is that what the industry believes or is that just me? At least I mean that's what I see too. I mean just can tell you too the market information I've said and I've tracked it like I said for a year and a half. I've never seen it in a year and a half. It's never dropped under seven. Not one time. So when I look at the market information that's something I do on a daily basis. I if I was going to tell you what I would do a and what I would would do would be conservative. If I was doing something conservative here, I would say at least consider a 36-month extension from June 27 to June of 2030. Uh something more aggressive would be even I said aggressive, but I still think it's a bad idea if you did 89 month term, right? So it really just depends on which tolerances like you said the data centers more

people moving here as you have that kind of demand projecting record demand from year to year which is very different from I don't see how mathematically you could have have a sizable drop in the future but um everything you just said is what I see on the market as well and that's what's being related um from the providers I work with. Anyone else have a question? My friend,

I have just one other question. Just one other question, Mr. Malcolm. Well, two, actually. Are you the person who uh did this original contract for us? Right. I've done the last three. I've done I've done this one and then um I did the last two uh before that when it was with Reliant Energy.

And then the second question just I I mean and I think it probably goes to the mayor's point, but when you look at the if you put the rates on a curve and you see five years is more expensive than two years or three years. that you're asking why that's happening. Yeah, you can speculate why.

Yeah, that's a great question. So, I'll give you an example. In the 14 years I've done this, when you're in a great market, which is what it was when we signed this contract, okay, that's a 3.7 when the market is really good and I send a customer a proposal sheet and it's got turned from there from 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60. Okay. the 60-month term in a good market should be always a lot less than the 12 month. So that's a great question. I'm glad you brought that up. So now we're looking at this proposal. Well, why is the 60 month but even the 89 month 89 month is lower than 12? How's that possible when you're buying that much more quantity? Well, that's what they're telling you is they're not in the demand to slow down anytime soon. So that's why the providers are less aggressive on hedging on those longer terms because they're more concerned about the back end of the demand getting higher. So that's why you said that pricing is not coming down as even the terms get you know significantly longer comparing from 8 to 9 to 12 months. So they're simply trying to tell you on these longer terms we don't see future pricing coming back down. That's why we're not hedging it or aggressively like we would as a uh a more competitive market.

Any else? Well, I don't understand why you didn't sign us up for 10 years when you did this the last time. I think it was pretty long at that time. I don't want to, you know, 2020. Um, let me look at real quick. No, that's all right. It was just a a bit of humor to get this crowd in. I think it's eight. I think it was eight or nine. Yeah, probably was eight or nine.

You know, I got right here. U January of 20. Let me give an example how we got ahead of this one to help you guys give you some, you know, a good reference point. the current QU contract where you're on now. This was signed on July 10th of 2018, but it didn't start until January 1st of 2020 and it obviously runs through June of 27, right? So, we even watched the market then like what we did in July 2018. This wasn't coming up, you know, um that summer, you know what I mean? But this is what I've always done. I've always watched the market ahead of time. If you jump over and you know kind of how to read the market information important interpreted, you can kind of easily tell where this is going. But you know, even at that time, the counselor could have said, "Hey, this is too far out." You know, there's a lot of lot of different things. But I think overwhelming market information between now and your end date. you have a greater chance of it getting higher than what's on the commercial sheet today versus dropping. I think that's the best way I can.

All right. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Jim, if you have any questions, just let me know. Okay. We'll do. Thank you, sir. All right. Thank you guys. Have a good night. Thank you. You too. Thank you. So if you kind of look at his chart, the break even between what TXU's rate at 60 months and the next lowest one of energy at only three months. Yeah. You can have some certainty for five years for basically the same rate. Yeah. You're talking about for three years below. Yes, sir. Compared comparatively. Yeah. I mean, it seems worth the risk to me, but

I think we got to stretch it out as far as we can get it. There's nothing but growth coming. I I mean, there is some production going to come on by 2032 of of actual energy production. I mean, there will be some, but it's the trend line is like this for demand. If we jump up to eight and a half in between that time and it doesn't come down, you know, based on where where these numbers start, can could we just have the 48 or the 60 or we have to take this whole 89? No, you can choose whichever one. Yeah, you could go to 89, but your rate's going to be 00782823. But it will lock you in till 2034.

I'll be dead by then. But I think it's a great idea. You might not make it to the first 12 months. I mean, I made it to the end of this contract. I'm right there with you. Jim, you've done a lot of studying. We've talked about this. I mean, I I just think uh you don't roll the dice with our citizens and the cost of energy and I know what usage is going to be. We all do. We hear it every day in the news. It's going to come down to these people taking a lot of energy and then being able to charge more each year. And did you get anything else out of your conversations with with him?

It says here uh the the data center load analysis shows over 380 data centers connected to the grid in Texas. 3.1% annual growth rate. You know what we failed to ask him? Jim, do you know is there a termination cost if if this market if we guess wrong and the market moves significantly lower by 2032?

I got I think it's non-cancellable, but guess he's going to buy this forward. Okay. I know that's in that's in contract, right? No termination. That's what I would expect for this type of contract.

Well, we can review that contract and and do this in February if you want to look at that. And I don't think we have much risk going into the next month. But being prepared and you guys thinking about it, do your research. I think it needs to be done. Look at them all out there thinking, "How much are my rates going up out here?" The delivery charge that gets that distribution charge. I wish we could fix that. We do what we can. But yeah, that's the first line I look at when I open that bill. That's the line that gives me the hardest.

I don't know who delivers what. I've never seen anything delivered. Monday. I would not wait. In my opinion, the the rates are fluctuating daily. I'm getting calls. It's moved from, you know, I was 0059 two years ago for my lowly small commercial and now it's they're coming back at me at 0.08. council, what do you want to do?

Um, you can discuss besides if all the daters come in, we won't be here as a city. So, man, come on now. I can in fact the 89 month and just if it's forward contract it's even if it even if even if supply ramps up tremendously we're not going to see the rates go down significantly once they're up they'll never go down just like like the price of bread not coming down a Snickers is only 2 and a half ounces now used to be four a

and you pay more. Yeah, you pay more. So, was that a motion for that? Yes, that's a that's a motion. That's a motion to Let's clean it up just a little if you could. Yeah. Okay. No sticker stickers. I make a motion to enter in contract for TXU Energy at 89 months at 0782823 beginning June 1st, 2027 and November 1st, 2034. Second, second by council member Brenn. All in favor?

5 passes. Make a right decision. Okay. All right. We're going to go into items that require public hearing. And if I could to start with the first item uh number two, if we could have staff read that please.

Public hearing regarding a request for a specific use permit for short-term rental at the property located at 410 Southwest Bernard Street, acres 0.217, tract G9-9, abstract A47. A47 James H. Hay tract G9-9 to operate in an R1 single family district. Any questions for staff? I'm going to recuse myself. Okay. Councilman Fraser recusing himself conflict property.

Okay. Do we have an applicant that'd like to speak? I'm here. Would you like to speak? Hi everybody. Come on up here if you want. Oh gosh. Remember you in front of us a small I just thought I did it that time recording. I warned you. You did tell me to come. Um I don't have a script. Ma'am, if you'll state your name and your address, please.

I am so sorry. My name is Abby Hyman. 410 Southwest Bernard Street. We purchased the house I think back in October. Before we purchased the house, the house had operated as a successful B&B for several years. Almost all fivestar reviews brought a lot of people to the city. We purchased the house because we own the apartment complex across the street. It is an independent senior living river apartments. We tried to stay at an apartment there. I have three kids and a dog, so every time we came, it was chaos. I felt bad for the residents. So, the house has allowed us to be here more, but we are not here full-time. So, we thought because it was such a successful B&B, why not continue it as that? I It doesn't add to the B&B count. It was already in your count. And we also want to open it up to our residents families, hoping to get some of them to come and be more present in our residents lives.

Wow. So, that is the plan. Any questions of applicant? I believe I talked to your husband at the pink door, right? That's right. And so there there is possibly a chance y'all come move here at some point when the kids are Yeah. So we have more in high school and he begged us not we've been spending more and more time here. He said, "Please don't move me yet. We love Glen Rose. We I've actually met so many people here just in the last couple of months. We would love to be here full-time." I can't 100% say that is what we will do, but I that is what I'm trying to push for eventually. Yes. Yeah. Any other questions, council?

Thank you. Appreciate it. Oh, can I sit down? I'm going to open the public hearing for this item at 6:02 p.m. Do we have anybody would like to speak? Okay, public hearing is closed. 6:02 p.m. See, we go down to item number five. If you want to repeat that, Veronica will want me to read the discussion part. Yeah. Discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding a request for use permit

for short-term rental at the property located at 410 Southwest Bernard Street, acres 0.217 tract G9-9 to operate in an R1 single family district. Council members, what do we think? Would you like PNC's? Go ahead. PNC just offering. You don't have to. I'd be glad to. I've got your sheet right here.

So, um, this was, uh, the Airbnb. Um, it has been four years. It has been, um, we truly, so, a couple of things. We don't have ordinances in place yet to not approve Airbnbs. I will tell you that we're taking it under um PNZ at our meeting this month to bring to you guys at your February meeting. Um some control factors, but even with that, this one is in the count of B&Bs, Airbnbs already. Um, so we truly did say let it go. We liked what they were talking about with uh being able to use it for the senior apartments and get more senior involvement because we always think they're vacant and she assures me they're not.

We're almost completely full. Trick or treat. My grandmother lived for years. Okay. So, um, so we did we did say in a 5 this was a this wasn't acceptable. We recommended you guys approving it. Okay. Any questions, council? I'm okay accepting it because it was already that's what it was whenever they bought it. So, we're not necessarily taking a house off of the market. It could be a rental. Mr. Simman, is the sign still in the front yard? Uh, it says what is it? Glen, Gway Vacations something.com something.

It is still there. I don't know where that website leads you. I think I've broken URL right now, but it is still there. Yes.

Y'all got anything? Y'all want to read all that? Uh move to move forward as presented on the SU for um property located at 410 Southwest Bernard Street. A second. Second by council member Mes. All in favor? Four. All against one abstain. One abstain. Passes.

Now you're good. Veronica, can you ring item number three, please? Public hearing regarding a request for a specific use permit for a short term short-term rental at the property located at 62 East Elm Street, acres 0.157, lot 0011, block 024, subdivision F01 0, abstract A41, FAR, block 24, lot 11 to operate in an R3 single two to four in manufactured home residential district.

Any questions for staff? You have an applicant. They're right there. You like to speak, please. Are we in public hearing? No.

Hello. My name is Tiffany Wood. I'm at 1340 County Road 2004. Uh, so I've owned this home um for several years. We had long-term tenants in it. Uh, we're requesting for it to be made uh reszoned uh to allow for short-term rental. Um, just in our family and our experience, we have a large family. Uh, we have five children. So, um, that's kind of what we were wanting to offer to the community of VBO for families, a more family accommodating setting, uh, to come here to Glenrose. And, um, in addition to that, we've had it as a long-term rental for several years. Um, good tenants, bad tenants, um, a lot of work in between. So, turning it, you know, or reszoning it into this VBO or short-term rental will allow us to be more present in the facility. um maintain it, upkeep it as as often as you know we can and we want to as it's vacant in between rentals. So council you can address the applicant. Any questions?

It's an SU not a reszone, right? Yes, it's an SU not a resone. A technical thing. So uh is this 6 is this okay 602? Because there's a 601 or do you have the properties that are split with an A and a B or no? So they were it got it this kind of came up with the city as we were making this request that it was never addressed correctly. I mean everything that I purchased at the documentation had it split as a AB but it is not. So corner was the A and this this white house is the B.

It was a 600. They just went by 600. We always went by 600A and then we just recently got them all changed. Well, we changed and then the neighbors that rent next to us, they just told their tenants to update what was on the house at 604, but they were always 602. Any other questions? Do you have the house that's further down? Because it also has a sign in the yard saying specific use. No, we don't. We just have one. Okay. So, the house that's further down on M Street has not is not being it may have just gotten it was say to us.

It has the same sign that was in your She's been before PNZ that one. Okay. Has not Okay. Yeah, we just have the one. Is Is that one also being asked, Pam? Is that one also being asked for short-term? We don't know. Okay. I can't speak to that. I see. Anything else for the applicant? Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate it. Okay. Open the public hearing on this item at 6:10 p.m.

Cheyenne Edwards, 2002nd Street. I live just outside of the 200 foot notification and I didn't realize this was actually coming. Um, but I live in that neighborhood and I it's one of those neighborhoods that I really don't want to turn it into. I I get it's just one Airbnb now, but if Lori says there's another one coming, we're a pretty close-knit community right there and it's mostly full long-term renters that live around me. I live in one of the only houses that's actually owned and like lived occupied by the person that owns it. I'm not saying anything wrong with that. I just I'm one of the only ones in that area because I live cut a corner to duplexes. Down the road are more homes that have just sold to families that live there. And I do like the idea of people being able to bring their family. However, it is on Elm Street and there's already very limited parking in that area. And Jim can tell you how long those streets are going to take to go back to concrete, but on all the roads next to that are still all dirt. And it makes parking even worse. My neighbors haven't been able to park in the street in the better part of three months. So, at this point, really worse the last like two and a half weeks that they've been having to park all along Second Street and you can't really get through. I know that doesn't really necessarily affect them, but if if we're having Airbnbs and a lot more traffic than we already have, it's very congested as it is. I do worry. And like I said, we are all close. We're all out walking around doing things. I don't know, strangers in our neighborhood. Everybody feels that's weird, but it's especially weird, I would think, in this neighborhood in particular. So, I just want you to keep that in mind.

Thank you. Have a comment.

We do. Um, we have a lot actually on this one. One, this is an R3. We have never allowed a short-term rental in R3. Um, we looked at the location and the walking distance to the square. Um, and the safety of the walking distance to the square. Um, so we don't we don't necessarily consider it a tourism area because you have no sidewalks coming down Elm there. Then you have to cross the bridge, then you have to come into the downtown. However, once again, the commissioners voted this one approved at four four or 41. Well, 341 against um because they didn't feel they had a way to say no. You guys are the final say. Um

I'm up for discussion. So, I I really don't like turning a short-term uh or turning a long-term rental or a house into a short-term because right now I think about Let me close it. You always go to discuss. Did you have anything else, Pam? We need No, you close the public hearing on this discussion for council. I ask you if I could discuss. Go ahead. again please. But uh because I think we're like at 1/5if of our of our market right now as short-term rentals, but at the same time, as she just stated, we we don't have nothing in place. So it it really shouldn't be on them at this time. That's my opinion

and and I get what you said, Cheyenne. I get the the responses that we've had uh from the letters that we sent out, but at the same time, we have failed the people that are in opposition of it by not having the things in place that we should have in place. And that is why it went the vote went to re to recommend as opposed to but we're going to fix that.

So, I have a question. I've rented a lot of places. Where did she go? There she is. I've I've rented a lot of Airbnbs and stuff and many times there's a maximum number of cars, parking spots. Would that be something that could be added? Because it is, you know, right across the street is that big, you know, Christmas thing and, you know, we're doing this. I live down from that, so I pass it every day. And um it really is a pretty good size street, but at the same time, would that be something that you'd be willing to do is to put into place if they were they were only allowed to have you you know, you might could get three cars in there. Kind of won't be one of them. But how many bedrooms did you guys have?

It's three bedroom, two bath. Okay. So, ordinance on single family homes is that they have to have a a parking spot for every room. So, if you went with the three cars, that would follow what we already do for single family. I'll be willing to put that in your lease or short-term rental thing. So, so fun fact, I lived there for eight months in that house. So, it's a cute little house. It could be done, you know. So cute. So, could we take it to two? Okay. What if it's if it's a short-term rental, could we take it to two cars?

Sure. Absolutely. And actually I prefer that to be honest with you. The whole purpose of this is give us that maintenance. Make sure that we are, you know, we have our strict rules or criteria that it's going to be met and us being able to be in and out of the residence as often as possible. Making sure that, you know, we're local as well. So we go by there all the time. We'll make sure that as this progresses through there can be done as necessary changes. for some reason outside. So, two parking and no straight parking. Two two parking spots, no straight parking. Go ahead. Is the garage going to be available? I mean, parking spot.

I'm not going to throw that in on all this stuff. I'm just curious if the garage is going to be available. The garage is available. Anything else? Seems reasonable. Are you all done with discussion or you have another question, George? No, you go ahead and do it. No, no, no, no. I'm good. You do it, Rich?

Oh, I uh I have more thoughts than questions. I just have a a concern about us losing a rental for a short a rental property for a shortterm rental property. um because I don't think we have enough rental properties that are reasonably priced for our residents. So, I understand that that it's it's kind of a a a mixed bag between rent some renters where you've had to fix destruction. Um so, I mean I have sympathy for that. I just have a lot of I don't know if that's a geographical area for STRs. It's just me thinking, not uh I see both sides of it.

So, the only thing I will keep in have you keep in mind um is that the STR is only good for them as the owner. If they sell that property, it does not continue and we'll have things in place to stop it moving forward. So, I'm just throwing that out there. Okay. Anybody want to make those are all the concerns that we all discussed on commission too. I'll move to uh move forward as presented with the short-term for those SU for the short-term rental the property of 602 East Elm Street. Do we need to add in here with the contingent

parking spots and no street parking? So, what that will do is that if that's violated, it can mean the city council will pull your SU. No problem. Okay. We're going to drive by every day, too. I just want everybody to know what that means. Have a motion. I'll second it. Second by Council Member Schultz. All in favor? 5. You guys are good. All right. Item number four, Veronica.

Public hearing regarding a request to reszone as submitted by owner Georgia Odin for property located at 800 Herford Street, also known as acres 1.0000, tract E3-17, abstract A136. A136 Milm County School LD tract E3-17 acres 1.0 from R1 single family residential district to R2M single and two to two four excuse me 224 residential district and multibu residential district Yes.

Hi, my name is Georgia ODM and uh this property at 800 Her Street. It sits near the Big Cup. There's the uh old well the original twostory motel there and the other town homes. Right next to it is my home that I purchased. Uh and then I because that lot is right at an acre. It also back in the 70s 80s it has two utilities on that one lot. At one time there was a mobile home sitting there. So I have two uh water meters there and now I have two completely separate um electric utilities there. Um but I sat a tiny house in the backyard set up kind of like a mother-in-law's quarters. Um, I would like to now rent both of those out versus I've been living there. Um, and that that would require me to reszone it to the R the R2 or two R2M.

Council members, any questions? Um, so if you if you're turned into the driveway and um that the cabin or the what you call a mother-in-law suite is in the the back of that. Is that what I'm seeing here? What the separate entrance. Uhhuh. And this would be longterm, both of them. Longterm. So it's got the entrance off of 56. Then it's also got the entrance off Mockingbird. Yes, sir.

You have the questions. Council, one more just for clarification. Both are going to be long-term rentals. Yes. Do you already have um I have one rented. Oh, you have the front one rented, correct? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? All right. I open the public hearing on this item at 6:21 p.m. Anybody PNZ have a an opinion?

Okay. So, a couple. one. This is coming before you because she did break the R1 rule and put that second dwelling in without permission. She was explained that that was we had to fix it that in R1 you cannot have two dwellings on one lot. So we gave her her options. One was changing her zoning or one was dividing the land. Um and so she chose the reszoning option. Um when you look at all of the surrounding around her, you've got the plan development that belongs to the River's Church. You've got the apartments that were part of the the Glenn Hotel, the Glenn Hotel, and you've got some single family just on the other side of Herford. Um, so when we looked at zoning because precedent has been set and our city attorney has told us that an R1 and an R2 to change to an R2 or an R2 to an R3, whatever, does not constitute spot zoning. So, we felt that based on everything else that was going on in that area and the fact that she has not applied for an SUP to do a short-term rental on it, that this was a good um avenue to move forward where that she can either live on the property and rent one, but she has to change the zoning to do that. So, we recommended unanimously to change the zoning. Um, we looked at it carefully and said, "Okay, taking what she wants to do out of the picture because we're not allowed to make the decisions based on what she's doing with the land." If that were to turn to an R2M, it is an acre lot.

Multiple housing could be put on it. Um, and so it would fit some of the needs and be what is around it already. So we felt that taking anything else out of consideration that piece of land as an R2 R2M made sense. So we recommend the approval. A public hearing on this item, item number seven, discussion by the council. I just really have one question about her application. Miss Odum.

Yes. Um your application you say for a rental property for two or more homes. That is the definition of R2M. Okay. She could technically put a third home on the lot based on an R2M definition as long as the third dwelling met all of the setbacks and sizing that was required. Would this be one that could what we did last month with the small lots could fit?

It could. Well, being as what you said about uh last month or two months ago, it kind of brings back the same we're in the same dilemma with the I think it was 86 session or 87 session 87 that that had the uh can't remember if it was a Senate bill or an assembly bill, but we are way past the 30 days to resolve an issue from the date the applicant applies. eyes for a change. So, we're basically back in the exact same situation that uh council or PNZ we

No, because it actually came to us. So, we've been taking action along. So, that isn't but but once the application's filed, at least my my understanding of that bill is that once the application is filed, they have to take action. We took action. So, I thought it was a resolution action, not not just a hearing. Well, then we have to relook at all of our Yes, ma'am. I think we need to do that because I I read it the same way you read it. Okay. So, then I will get with TML tomorrow because we have to change all of our meeting procedures because that was when when we when we dealt with this before when we dealt with this before we talked about waiting until two days. Well,

when we dealt with it before was that PNZ couldn't have the meeting and so it pushed out further for any action to take place. When I talked to TML about that, that was what their wording was. But I'll talk again. We'll check on that, Pam. And I'll talk again and find out exactly if we have to completely change our meeting scheduling to accommodate. Yeah. It wouldn't be just be us too. The shot clocks will have to do that. But regardless of that particular issue, this is one that, you know, we actually liked. All I say is if I interpret if I interpret that bill correctly, then you have to take this anyway. It's it's already

Yeah. It's already a done deal. So, I mean, we can take action if if council chooses. Um, we would prefer you take action so that we have paperwork and minutes saying this is what happened rather than getting lost in I agree. Any other questions? I don't have make a motion to uh accept the reszoning of the property located was it 800? 800. Yes. 800 Herford from R1 to R2M. Second.

We have a second by council member Freeze. All in favor? 5 passes. If y'all want to leave, y'all don't have to just keep hanging out. Well, we do like you here. You're more than welcome to stay or follow us online, whatever, but y'all don't have to stay for the whole thing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Veronica. Individual items for consideration. We will continue on those. On number eight, discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding the MS wonderful MS bike race scheduled in May of 2026. Sandy,

good evening. Um, my name is Sandy. I'm representing multiple sclerosis for bike ride. It'll be May 2nd and 3rd. We're asking um to use the Plexi Heritage Park as our overnight. Um there will not be people staying in the park. Um but that will be our finish line for day one on years past. You have had people stay. I have had people stay. I have. Okay. I'm going to answer for you.

New company doing this. So I don't um so on Saturday we expect uh the finish line will be riders will be coming in about 11:00 until 5 and then uh on Sunday the 3. Uh our employees will be on site about 5:30 and the ride and there it will not be a lot of people. It'll just be to get things set up ready to go. Um, and then we're expecting the ride to start at 7:30 and everybody should be out of here by 8:00 and then our team will clean out the finish line. We will have tents that we will be putting up and

we're very familiar with it. It's a great operation. I didn't know they had a new direct uh operator. Okay. But it's been a great event for the last two years. It's served the community. It's been wonderful. So, you got a great thing on you there. Great. Thank you. Can I add to what she's asking for? Sure. Cuz she has failed to ask for something important. Okay. In your contract, you allow no alcohol. They're going to need We did pass that last year as well. They're going to need alcohol because I was going I'm I'm your on the ground person for Kathy. Okay. It's kind of interesting. They have teams that actually represented by alcohol sponsors. So,

and and I watched it last year. There was no, you know, it's very calm. It's very nice. And anyway, council, I don't think she ever finished. Oh, you have more. So, she's asking to wave. She She never asked to wave the fee. I'm asking I'm asking to wave the fee and I'm also asking uh for approval. We'll we'll get that subcoh

I think it's a great event. I would make the motion to uh comp the rental of the pavilion. And I will I will tell you just for those who don't know it has filled every single hotel room and all the Airbnbs B&Bs for the last two years. So you what you comp in the pavilion you will make up in the occupancy tax. Come rain or shine has filled them up with your motion. Yeah. Almost uh the Heritage Park pavilion for the benefit of the MS bike ride.

We need to add the alcohol pardon. Separate agenda item. We'll do it next month. Question. Go ahead. branch. Second by council member Brunie. All in favor? 5. Thank you. We look forward to it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Item number nine, discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding year end 2025 facade grant recipients.

Good evening. I am here to present the recipients of the facade grant program which you approved last year. We had I want to say nine. One, two, three, eight. Eight um applications that were put into the sport commission. Our um design committee met and looked at all eight and decided since it was the first year and all eight seemed worthy that we would divide the 20,000 up um and award some to each of the applicants. And so this is just a summary of the application. If you want full details, I do have them all here with me with pictures, but I didn't know if y'all wanted to get into that kind of detail. Um, but I can walk through them real quick. 104 Southwest Bernard is the country peddler. They'll be getting 1,900. And remember, they have to match and so they have to spend at least 1,900 to get the 1,900 you're giving. Um, they're going to be repainting the outside of the storefront with light colors. And each of these will also have to come back to the historic commission for approval of the work they're doing. Um once they have all that information, we are also approving 204 Northeast Bernard Street, which is the Masonic Lodge. They'll be getting $3,500. They're going to put up some new signage to um closely resemble their current. They're going to pressure wash their building and prime and paint the building. Um 212 Northeast Bernard, the green pickle. We are um requesting 3,000. They're going to replace the board and batton on the front window exterior wall, add some new awnings, and move lighting. 307 Southwest Bernard, the Bernard Mill and Art Museum 3100. They're going to replace uh repair and replace the front entrance sign. They're going to restore and paint the gazebo and also work on some um cracked sidewalks. I don't think it's sidewall. I think it's sidewalk

and new lighting. Sorry for the typo. Um 202 Northeast Bernard which is MJ and Company and Winery is in there. Um replace awnings with same color and style. 108 Northeast Bernard which is Dime Store Cowgirl 3500 to repoint the wall on the back side of the building. And 110 Northeast Bernard which is Tracks and Time is getting 2500 to repair patio awning and replace with meport. Any questions? I just think this is awesome that y'all are doing this and that's really neat that everybody's going to be able to and hopefully that'll encourage

just wanted to encourage people to really look at that and it's exciting when new things come up in the in the town area. So, thank you. Any idea how long it'll take like start to finish? That's a good question. probably each of these um I would hope within the year. I'm not sure we put a time frame on it. It has to be done within a 12 month period and when they come and apply for the certificate of appropriateness that's 180 days and if it takes longer they have to have to be completed with completion completion for a COA 180 days

or but they do have the opportunity to get that extended to get an extension of it up to the 12 months. We're going to encourage the year to be done and see results before we go through hopefully get to go through the process again. Yeah. Head into summer. So when they apply the historical preservation committee's already decided yes that meets all of our criteria, right? We have we have not done that. I mean their application looked to meet the criteria but they still have to do a formal COA. So they have another before they do the work. There is another Yes. Yes. Any other questions for Heather?

No, I just d what you've already heard that I love the the fact that we're we've got this program now in effect and that we're starting to make happen and and exactly it's exciting times and I look forward to what the future brings to you. Yeah, great for downtown. Thanks. Thank you. Item number 10, discussion, consideration, and possible action on appointing members to the planning and zoning commission. Didn't you have to um have to approve that money? Do we have to approve? I thought we already had I think you approved the money, but I think you have to approve here's how we want to use it. Yeah.

Oh, I didn't realize we had that power or y'all had that power. I think that's part of our we have to bring it back to you all for Okay, we'll fast rewind and go back. Make a motion to approve the 2025 facade grant recipients as presented. I'll second. Second by mayor pro Tim man. All in favor 50 passes. Now, planning and zoning. Pamela,

um I know that last year there was a lot of back and forth um from the previous administrator on how planning and zoning and PNZ or and preservation and CBB appointments happen. Um we did not get to see any applications and we have not had the privilege of hearing anything yet. Um but we still um last year had the ability to give comment. So is that something that we will still have this year? Is that something that we won't? Are we revisiting back to the way we used to do it? I just wasn't sure they want to go to the same time frame that everybody still in the same

Well, they were, but that was that the issue was that um previous administrator felt that we should have no say. Well, and so we're just asking before you start this appointment since it affects I don't know that's that's council's decision. I know did not receive any applications until this morning. Yeah, I understand. Well, they're all there unfortunately. How many applications did we receive? One. And there's three terms that are up. There's three, I believe, though. Two. Are the others interested in being re one's leaving? And and and Rex who wants to stay and we have one applicant. Correct. Right.

So, there we go. Looks like we got a winner in the crowd. who's who's

so the current commission is made up of Tony Gosden, uh Greg Clanton, Rex Miller, um Megan Schulky, um and myself. Um Greg Clanton and Rex's terms are up. Rex is willing to um stay and he was supposed to get his application into you guys. I will I will have to slap him for that. Um, but Greg has asked to step down completely. We weren't sure whether you guys were going to have anything. We asked him last month if he would just attend one more meeting um so that we can get all of this resolved. Um but uh if you've got one applicant, I don't really care who they are. We'll take them. I do have one other thing to bring to your attention though.

Is this pertinent to this? It is. Okay. In the fact that we have one member who has missed seven meetings. as well. And so we do leave that to council to make decisions, but it is in our opinion that we would like a full board who is currently to stay present. So perhaps you guys might want to ask for some a couple of extra applications and then make a decision on whether seven missed meetings in a 13 meeting year um warrants a change. Just my thoughts. The ordinance. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. They're supposed to, but if we don't be taken upon free. So, yes. But we don't have an applicant for that position. So, stuck until something changes. I also think when somebody gets to three, we probably ought to know before they get to seven, we're expected to do something about it. Hey, Dave, that's your problem. Whoa. Jack. So, we have one applicant. We got the winner right there. Greg Clinton. Who? I make a motion to reappoint Rex Fields. Miller. Miller. Miller. Fields was a guy who went to college. Sorry, that came from way back.

Yeah. Yeah. Once. And and is the second spot. I'll second that. Okay. Sec. All in favor of the two appointments. Is that enough? One, two, three, four, five. Passes. Congratulations. I served on that committee and it's no fun. Our next meeting is next Wednesday. We will expect you here at 9:30. All right. Discussion number item number 11, discussion, consideration of possible action on appointing members to the Historic Preservation Commission. Do I receive that or does she have applications?

Either way, uh, we received two applications, one from Ann Carver and one from Melinda. Thank you. And the historic commission did give their opinion. They would like to accept those. I don't know that that matters. I guess that does leave us with one opening because Scott did. We still have one. Scott said down Scott Cole felt that he would better served in other places in the city city. Okay, there

I'll move to appoint Ann and Belinda back to the historic preservation commission. Second second. Who was that? Council member Mates second. All in favor? 5 Z passes. Shoot. I thought we were going to get Ann off after a while. I just read all the grants. You ain't getting her off anytime soon. I know. I just did grants for the city. You did great. Should be nice.

Number 12. Congratulations. And tell Melinda. Congratulations, too. discussion, consideration, and possible action on appointing member members to the CBB advisory board. We had zero. No. Oh, wait. One. I'm sorry. One. We got one. She's right. So, as I just stated, your open position is your B&B position in the downtown. Correct. Nelson left. He was um he was the he was the hotel person from the downtown area.

Well, the person that left also was the um attractions. Um oh, world valley. I am an attraction. It was valley. Yeah, we can count as an attraction. So Nelson Roberts left like in August and then your attractions person left. So you actually have two seats.

So as I said, Scott Cole, who is at In on the River, a hotel and B&B in the downtown area, which replaces Nelson Roberts, was willing to be on the CVB board. Did he apply? He did not know this until tonight. Okay. So, we got Cheyenne. That's the only applicant. That's the only one we can act on at this point. And how many seats are open? Because Because who's all on the board that's here right now?

There's It's like a seven or eight person board now. Nine. Yeah. And I think we're having problems. And I technically fall under either the nonprofit category or the attraction category. So I could fall under either if that's why you're basing them off the way they are. No. So you're the meetings are at 4:00. I got a babysitter and I don't have a job. So she does have a job. But I'll sell myself for you if you really want me to. I know I'm your only applicant, but y'all look concerned.

Does anybody have questions for Cheyenne concerning the position on CVB board? Come on, George. I know you have a question. No, I don't. I don't. I was prepared to answer somebody's question. I figured there'd be more fight for this, though. I really did. How about we fill the one applicant with I mean the one one seat with the applicant that we have and then if another applicant wants to come forward and submit an application we could handle it in February.

Can you see who you actually have? Can we one if they're attending meetings? Apparently we have an issue with that and two who you're actually needing on the board if you're going to keep it narrowed down to the very specifics. Well, as you said, you can go either way. I can go either way. So, that gives us a little flexibility if we need to. Yeah. I'll make a motion to appoint Cheyenne to the CDB board. I'll second. Second by Mayor Pro Tim. All in favor? 5 Z. Cheyenne. Thank you. Thank you. We need more volunteers obviously in this city.

I just want to make a comment. It it has been challenging because, you know, we had Rita, you know, in here handling things. We lost Rita, we lost Troy, and now Tix. So, there hasn't been a lot that's been able to get accomplished with all of the changes coming through. And I I think that's kind of part of the issue with some people coming the attendance or maybe losing interest in what they initially signed up for. Um, so that's just an insight. you know, we're time and we're leaving work to come to meetings to get things accomplished and we're constantly having to table decisions and topics that we're discussing. It makes it challenging.

Yeah. I think maybe the the next meeting let's have a a discussion of who really wants to commit to this and and then let's shore it up. We we intend to shore up and and make those meetings meaningful because it's very important. Yes. Very important. 30 seconds. No, we also need to make a couple of changes in the bylaws. Okay. If you'll address those with me later. Got it. Thank you. All right. Where are we? 13. Yes. Discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding the official name of the new city annex building. Is that this one

or that one? That's the new building. That's considered annex. Well, that's just terminology. The lane building. The lane building. Somehow her name should be in it. What you got? Do you have one, Veronica? One. I have a couple of different ones. City of Glenrose Lane annex building. City of Glenrose Lane Municipal Building. Something like that. I think we all agreed that it needed to have City of Glenrose first and then Lane, whatever we want to call it.

Yeah. We didn't want people coming to the town and seeing the lane building and thinking, are we in Lane, Texas or Glen Rose, Texas? And so, I think you're right. I prefer the municipal myself, city of Glen Rose. Lane municipal lane municipal building, but that's just my preference. The other one was what main annex building. Those are just two. I think if we use the word annex, we're going to get crossed up with people saying go to the annex or go to the building.

And they already everybody already walks circles around till I can try to see. They don't even know where they need to go. Then they come here and they need to go there. So I would rule out Annex, but that's just my own that's I came up lane memorial building just just from a standpoint of we're memorializing the family that owned the building for so many years. That was so the name or after Glenrose? Uh after Glen Rose. Okay. Yeah. City city of Glenrose. City of Glenrose. Lane memorial building. You could you could you could put it underneath you could put it for a dash you could you know do any number of things.

You know when when we talked with her she just said if you could put the name lane I mean we we really didn't get into memorials or anything and it seems just to me just a little on the morbid side. How about the lane building city of Glenrose the lane building? It's another option. I'm I'm better with that than I am the memorial. Just me. You guys come on. You have to think. Are people going to go there to pay their water bill with the name? Is it going to have three lines or is that what we're thinking now or considering? Because I mean somewhere in there we got to say city offices or city

city administration building department. Um there it's going to be on your door. It could be it could be Glenrose city offices at the lane. At the lane. No, we're getting too close name. I think city um lane city office. That's why I like Memorial because it means that it was not just that was the name that was used. They'll just think it they'll they'll kind of with that wording I think it pulls more of of community.

Well, that's just my opinion and I I wouldn't be against putting municipality as third line. Jim, you got any ideas? I just like City of Gleno's Lane building myself. Where is this going to go on the building? Like Google search. Well, we we've looked at doing a standalone monument sign and then as you come in, it'll be like a a bronze plaque when you come in the building. From the when you're coming into the office part or into the Yeah. When you come in through doors into the lobby.

Okay. But on the outside, we we looked at doing a a two-sided monument sign kind of where you can see it coming from either direction. This name will was designed to be on that sign, not on the building. City of Nero's Lane Municipality offices. That's about municipal offices. That's that's sterile. I I personally I personally think we need to recognize the Lane family who gave us a huge gift. I agree.

And we've spent a lot of money to rehab it and kind of bring it back to a good usable building. And I I I mean, it's just because it's mine, but I don't like I don't mind memorial because I think it I think it memorializes what Joanne wanted was their name on the building. You know, Lenny and Lane and and I mean, they was their building for decades. Their home. Yeah. What was your second? City of Glenrose Lane Memorial Building. Yes. Make a motion. I make a motion. A second.

You You're going to keep the second because I was No, no, no. Yeah, I'm just being Yes. City of Glenrose Lane Memorial Building and that's what's going to be our our Google Maps, our Map Quest, things like that. The official name of the building. Make a formal motion with that name. I make a formal motion that the name of the building is the formal name of the building is the city of Glenrose Lane Memorial Building. I'll second. Second by Mayor Pro Tim man. All in favor? 5. That was easier than I thought.

Okay, we're going to move the consent agenda. All the items on the consent agenda are considered routine by 14. 14. Where's 14? Last one after 13 before we'll do that. Discussion number 14, discussion, consideration, and possible action regarding the increase in the TMRS rate from 7% to 8%.

Did you all have a chance to look at the information on the packet? Okay. Uh, so they have allowed an increase 1% increase um for employees to put 8% of their pay in but then we have to match um so that will increase our budget and I think the numbers are in there for um the amount that we contribute into our employees they elect the additional one and we match the additional one they don't have an option to elect

they do There's a reference to a the sentence says as reflected in the plan study change. What is that document? Uh that was was it not attached? I I don't know. Is is that this is that this rate comparison? Yes. Oh, okay. I thought maybe they might give you something that was like looking out over

and I didn't um keep looking at additional information. Um when I spoke to the the person at TMRS, uh they're the ones who have to prepare the ordinance and the proposal. Um so if there's additional information that you all want to see, just let me know and I can bring that back to the next meeting. So, I nosed around on the TMRS site today and this change would would kind of increase our unfunded liability and it puts us a little bit lower than kind of some of the other what they consider cities of of comparison or something like that. I I' I'd want to see I I personally would want to see, you know, can we actuarily look, you know, how far out to get our unfunded mandate or unfunded liability to to 100%. Even with this change, what it would take? And then second question is if we went with this, can we change the cola and take it out of the repeating and make it voted on once a year?

I have to find that out. And that cola is for your annuitants. You can't change you can't change on the people who have already retired. But for any new retiree, you can you can have a different program. look into that. Are you not allowed to increase it for those that have already retired? Is it this that you can't decrease it? Uh so the COLA the COLA works. You take the CPI and because we're in this repeating they look back 10 years take the CPI

multiply it by 70%. And that becomes your your COLA. Now once and then it's it's weighted against what your originally retired what your original annuity value was and then it's applied to that and then it's netted. So it's not it's not really a cumulative cola but it is so it's a little bit less than a cumulative cola. Did that answer your question? So it doesn't it's a it's a fraction of the CPI. Yes. 70% of the CPI is where it begins. the way we the way we do it. You can go 50 60 70.

And so you're asking that we look at and adjust that annually as opposed to locking it in as it is right now. If if we went to an 8% and we looked at it, you know, looking at it every year, how long would it take to get the unfunded liability to 100%. And you had mentioned that um our unfunded liability is less than what the standard is with other like communities. What is theirs? Like what is the standard? Just out of curiosity. I thought I mean how far are we off the mark? I guess that's what I'm trying to say. We are the middle of the pack. Okay,

we are we are the middle of the pack where we are today. If we went to this, it moves down to 86.5 based on 2024 numbers which moves us to the bottom to the to the about the 40th cile. So there's 60% who are funded above us. Some of them only fractionally, some of them at 115 to 120%. It's kind of a scattershot. And I I printed that from their website. I should have I should have emailed it. I apologize. Interesting. Because I thought, well, that's kind of an interesting stat and we're currently at 90%.

Right now, we're at 90.2. And that has been, if you look back at your um if you look back at your um audits, you see we've been tracking kind of chasing that 90.2% number of of an unfunded liability. We just kind of never really gaining on it, but we only have four annuitants. So, it's it's you know, it's a it's a numbers game. If you have more annuitance, you have a larger unfunded liability. You have less annuitance, it goes away. And depends on what their election was. So, all kinds of all kinds of scenarios. Depends on what their election was when they took their annuity.

How many employees do we have that are actually vested and could receive the retirement annuity? Five. How far away are they from retirement? We only have one who's at retirement currently not. So, do you want to you want to wait on this? I personally would, but I'm just one vote. whatever yall want to do. It's fine to table it and I can come back with that information and and represent

see if you know if they could if they would do an actuarial study for us like how how quickly can you get to 100%. That' be great. I have to ask. I'll move to table item 14. Yeah. Second. We really need to vote on it. We're table. Yeah. You can take no action on it. Yeah. Take no action on it. Just bring it back.

Thank you. All right. Consent agenda. All items on the consent agenda are considered routine by the city council. be an enacted one motion can enact all of them and their acceptance. There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member request an item be removed and considered separately. I move pass the consent agenda as presented. Second by pro Tim man. All in favor 50 passes. Are they doing this?

No, I don't know. You might ask because I think that's why a lot of been sitting here all night. They all been sitting here waiting for this workshop. I think I thought you all knew that it's due to lack of quorum we couldn't address this. So, you're just here for the fun of it all. I said that we could be mid to February.

Yeah. Okay, that's what we're going to do. Staff reports, public works director. Y'all have all been provided copy. Y'all have any questions about any of that? The only question I have is what's going on with is it Third Street that's been torn up so long? Yes, ma'am.

What's happening with that? Third Street, Clay Street, and Webster Street. So, and then a portion of Second just recently, which they were working on paving some of that today. Um the curtain and gutter has all been completely poured. Um we're now waiting the schedule to put the hot mix in. They're their substantial completion is scheduled for no later than January 31st. So does that come with a penalty? Of course. Yes. When was it supposed to be finished? Ma'am,

when was it supposed to be finished? Um, December 31st. They they filed for an extension through the the TVA and it was granted. So, the drop dead date is January 31st. I did receive another quote for the lights on the water tower today. So 34,000

34,000 a little less. We need to put that on the agenda for February. And since we're you mentioned the water tower, just a citizen brought up to me the fact that we don't have a flashing light on the top. Yeah, because it and I'm just quoting them it being an FAA requirement because of the height of that thing that should have a red flasher on it. It's not high enough. It's not high enough. It's got to be 200 ft. I

checked. So, thank you for that. Um, side note for for council, Jim and I met with a bunch of text reps here a week or so ago. It was a great meeting. Just it was just basically open Q&A forum. A lot of just something comes to mind. We were talking about it. Um, you probably saw an email I I kind of inquired about a traffic study on 67 to see whether or not it would be feasible to lower the speed limit 5 miles an hour or less than what it currently is. Um, so we have requested a traffic study on 67. Um, hopefully they let us know when it is going in so that we can make sure our u law enforcement is aware of it so that they are um making sure the citizens are driving the appropriate speed during the time of the traffic studies. the the caution that we got from TexOT is you ask for a traffic study and now all of a sudden everybody's going through town at 55 that study is going to show that hey you need to have a faster speed limit not slower. So um they give us basically a caution to the wind type of thing saying hey you really need to uh be proactive in this or have some effort out there. So, um, talked about the crosswalks. Well, anything else that was real and the big one that he's working on is the, uh, ADA sidewalk where our Texas New Mexico power pole is sitting down by riverhouse.

Anything else to leave out of that? Um, no. I mean, that's the gist of it. We talked about um they they confirmed that um their study warrant to the light up here in front of the intersection of Live Oak and 67. So as soon as they uh obtain funding, I think they're planning on getting started on that on a lot or on a stud traffic. I thought they kept ruling it out. It's been it was approved according to them. So, are we going to need to widen our road right there by the bank? I guess we'll see what their plan show. I mean, I think it needs to be widened. Yeah,

there's big trucks turning in and out and it's just not wide enough for that. Bank will probably donate some of that. We'll be all right. Sarah, she ain't even paying attention. Oh, sorry. You just gave us a half, but she said yes. All right. Anything else for Jim? Thank you, sir. Buck? Yes, sir. Any questions for our law enforcement?

I I do have one question and maybe you can just check in when it's your free time and then just get back to me. I noticed that uh on officer Giles's report, I think he's got in there, it's either five or six, I believe it was six times as a bullet point for different dates of reckless drivers. And I'm just curious to know, is that somebody that he might have pulled over for as reckless driving or is that something that he got on a 911 call to to respond to the area and what was the outcome of it? because obviously if somebody's driving reckless I mean I'd love to see that we're being proactive and taking action on or I guess I'd be reactive reactive and taking some action on that issue. Yeah, I can do that. Thank you.

I just have two questions because I need clarification. Um but the first question is for Rich. You asked for a traffic study to reduce the speed limit on 67. Yes, ma'am. Even though it is a major thorough fair, four lanes, you want to take it from 45 to 40. Correct. And the intent in that is for what? Less accidents to our citizens. We have a lot of major accidents on 67. We've had people be having to be flown out on 67 or like just to slow down the speed limit a little bit so our people are safer. I would hope we'd come back for 35. Then you'd have a you'd have a 45, a 30 for a school zone, and a 35 for the remainder.

Okay. I have a second question, and it's just because I couldn't hear. Okay. Um, the light proposal is for where the light that has been approved. The traffic light is approved for where? It's basically a three-way signal is scheduled to go at the corner of Live Oak and 67 up here by at the corner. First Baptist Church, First Financial Bank intersection over to come to downtown. Is that what we're talking about? Or are we further down the high

comes into Okay. Anything else for Buck Street? You got a new car. Very pretty. You want to talk about a new car? Hey, ask him about private detectives that are hanging around my property. What? That's a later conversation. Okay. Thank you, Chief. Building and planning department report. David, how y'all doing? We're great. Thank you. Present something but working today. We don't get to see.

So, y'all got any questions? Guess you'll have to email it to us. We can just look at it at our leisure.

How you settling in? You've been here what, six, seven, eight months? It's like going to Six Flags, you know? You enjoy every ride. Here you go. That was the best answer. Here's the U. So, y'all are asking for the planning department to have like a, you know, system set up. So, when you get in, this is kind of just a preview of it. I had a whole presentation, but

it would have been long. Um, so you can request code enforcement, inspections, you can submit your plans, various things. We can add on to that like, you know, other departments that may want to add on to it. But when you go on to the website, you'll click on there and then you just go from there. Kind of like you see in the bigger city. Request code enforcement is in my neighbor up on there. Oh yeah. Now you can put a map or So when will that be live?

Well, I'm trying to get it on the website. I'm also fighting the county to allow us the information uh that we need for the GIS system. So I got to try to integrate that and then working with it to kind of get our system working with their technical side is kind of holding us up right now. But it's set up. It's ready to go. It's got the checklist. It's got everything you were asking for. Okay. Uh you should be able to upload everything. When I go out and do an inspection, I can take photos, submit that. It'll go instantly to the contractor and uh you'll be able to see my inspection report. Wonderful.

That's going to be an art GIS system, right? I mean, Ezri. Ezri, are we are we doing Ezri for the Oh, for the GIS? Yeah. You mean like for the zoning map? Yeah. So, we haven't dealt with that yet. That's another thing on my list. But that that's one of the issues there like with the uh county. They already share that information with uh whoever does the map. So I'm just trying to get that. Okay.

And then we got to figure out are we going to do it weekly? Are we going to do it quarterly? You know, because you know, properties change hands all the time. So, as you know, like with planning and zoning, like as we change thing or any ordinances change, you're able to update that on your own. Well, that's a whole different battle on MUN code. So, we got to, you know, that's why I work with Pam and everybody else and we're trying to figure that out, too. We're gonna talk to Veronica and figure that. Yeah. So, you can find online. Yeah. You should be able to have a link to it, you know. Okay. Anything else for building part?

And then I think you asked me last time about the sub sander stuff. I got a placard ready to start putting those up, but there's a lot behind that. Uh, which we'll still have to go over. Uh, and also through the ordinance once you start enforcing it. And then on the animal control side, we have a sign. Y'all want to look at it? because I remember you asked me about that last time. Yes, sir. That's kind of like the final product there, but you know, we can still tweak it a little bit, but I just thought I'd like to get your input on it. How big and what's the placement?

Well, that's the question. Um because Christy has to get in and out um to her shed. So if you put it down there, it has to be on the inside of the fence and then she can't fully access her shed. So we were thinking like right by the gates when you come in like a monument sign, same thing. And almost like Jim was saying, so you can have it a certain way to where you can see it coming from both ways. The only thing I would add to that at some point and we can be probably right on the very bottom is the address. Oh yeah, just a quarter. Yeah, I put that paw on there. I didn't know it. I like it.

I I was like, can we just turn it like just a quarter? Well, try to get AI to do it. You know, I was I had to put all that together with Photoshop and get the seal. Is that the right name? Yeah. Doesn't say established on any date. Don't worry. On to look at. I'm not going to put a date on it. I had asked Veronica to look up because a previous city council had voted to change the name based on a school group coming. I see. And after a lot of work they had done and I see that it was found and so thank you and I can't wait to send a message to that teacher and say yeah it's going to have that name. Did you was it 2016? Do

you remember? It was a while ago. It was a while ago. Yeah. So cool. And also, I don't know if y'all knew that Christy entered some contests. She won. So, we're supposed to get a dog park there, but it's not going to be for it's going to be for the animals that are sheltered there. Uh, but their expected date is Valentine's Day. One more thing on the sign there. Are you all stuck on the certain font? And the only reason I asked Oh, yeah. Yeah, I really like Well, I don't care about what the font is, but I'm thinking of to to make Glen Rose and Animal Shelter bigger.

Yeah, you pro it probably needs to be two two lines. So, you can make that at least that was like 10 minutes on the phone. That's I made that. I got you. I got you. But we're working with the sign company JRC and they're supposed to be getting getting us something, but you know, we're in line with everybody else. Will be lit or no? What's that? Will be lit. Nah. See, I don't know when you talk about that. It should be. Uh, but then you'd have to go through concrete or I guess you could do solar. I mean, it's as out there as Thank you for all your hard work.

That website's amazing. I'd like it to be eliminated. I think it should just, you know, it makes sense. And Christie has something down the line where she plans on changing that fence so it doesn't look so aggressive with the, you know, razor barb wire on. And so once we get that done, it's going to kind of match. We plan to match it with whatever fencing we put in the back for that dog park. So essentially, you'll come out the back and then access that dog park and it has like green space and all kinds of stuff for the animals to play with. It has a catio. Yeah, we're getting a catio.

He also like an area for Hey, if some a citizen's going to adopt a dog that they can play with that dog that I assume so that's what it's for. Yes. I mean, I would have liked it to be public, but I think you run into a lot. Well, headache in my

No, but I I foresee that facility possibly become bigger, you know, over time because um through grants or something like that. I'm also working with all this stuff that's going on with the, you know, the dog, you know, SOPs and things like that kind of getting a complete stance. And just to touch on that topic, animal is in quarantine, hasn't shown any signs of illness, does come out of quarantine on the 14th, uh which they will then be taken to the uh vet for further evaluation and then if the vet sees it fit, they will, you know, administer the baby shows. So unfortunately, she got bit. I can get to apologize to but you know we did issue a citation immediately the next day. So but I do agree with them there should be something funny or

so I just wrote a quick question uh when when someone comes in for a water sewer account can we ask them if they have a if they have an animal and to show proof of vaccination when they get a when they get a I mean a water meter. Well, the way I've seen it done in Bel um is where they have it is it's just kind of like anformational based uh deal where you kind of come in, you get your water file. Um they hand you a form that kind of gives you like code of ordinances for the city, you know, basic information. A lot of people don't read it, but you know, it's there and then post it on the website and just kind of, you know, make it be known all around. Um, and then if you do get your animal, you know, it's caught out, you know, you'll have to get it chipped, neutered, uh, rabies shots, everything. And then you'll also get fined on top of that. Then they'll give it back to you if you pay your fine everything else that comes with that. But I don't know if you get that serious with it. The problem is somebody

Yeah. They'll chip them and that way, you know, if we catch them again, it's like they can scan them and but then you got to get a chip breeder and all kinds of stuff. Probably going to be like if they were already here and they got a dog for Christmas, right? I think I think you're on the right track with that because they they signed that. Yeah, they signed that. And so you just make them aware, hey, if you don't have a pet now and you get one in the future, y must have a rabies vaccine. And they sign it and date it. Sign it and date it. Yeah. Because the only other way is really like riding around like code for like, oh, I see a new animal in this backyard and I've never seen it here before. Let me call in on my neighbors. Yeah. No.

So, was that an adult dog that bit? Uh to my understanding I I think it was just I don't know how old it was. The dog that should have had had it it should have had it shot because it was old enough to have had shots whether it lived here or not. It also didn't void the ordinance because they had only been there three days just moved into that house. But still it needed I mean common sense you get the dog ra. Yeah. And who knows it may have or it may haven't you know but they couldn't prove it. Oh they couldn't prove it had shot. So that's where the issue lies and that I understand it from his side. I mean this is his mother. I mean I'd be scared too but

I mean we can only do so much and the local rabies authority which is Christie made the but I think we can put them I think we can put them on notice when they come in for a water sewer meter. Just add another block on there that if you have a if you have an animal Yeah. Well, not just a meter, but an account. An account. You're right. Yes. An account. If they come in and establish a new account, that should be part of what they what they receive. Yes. All we need is one of you council members to do an agenda item, we'll do it. Sounds good. There you go, Veronica. I'll do it next year. Next week. Next week. December. remember he said he'll be back.

Thank you David say one thing about David. I know we've had a lot of people trying to go out of the office. Um David is getting s done. Thank you Sam. Thank you. Can I ask a question? Is this was the citation for not being registered or for not having the rabies? Yeah, it was Amway, right? Yeah. I'm sorry. I wasn't there. I didn't see the dog was running around, not on the property. And no leash. Basically, something that happens about once a week with my dog, and I'm very lucky I keep finding it. And Buck doesn't catch it first.

Okay. So, the citation was because the dog was not on the leash. Correct. And then and then you further asked if the dog had a rabies vaccine. Yes. And that's why we quarantined it. Okay. for the 10 days or 240 hours. Okay. What you're asking for is that people register their dogs. What exactly? Not not register talk about this. That's going to be an agenda. Okay. We got we got to take action to alleviate this issue. What they ask what Well, some cities do actually require you to register. Well, it's a state law as well. So, yeah. When George comes next month and tells us what he wants us to do, we will learn. That's not true. All right. Thank you, David. I will have some suggestions as well.

I will. Yes, because we will help you. All right. Item 27, Convention of Visitors Bureau director report. Good evening and happy new year. Happy new year.

Uh, I sent you a major document as Tracy and I are putting together a work report. So, it's going to be a living document that we'll keep adding to and even since uh I did that last week for my the bullet point report that I added to uh we we've had some new things that happened. We got the golf balls back printed correctly at no extra cost to us. So, they corrected that. So, I put a dinosaur egg on each of your places and that's the survey we're going to get. It's not going to be in that graphic form. It's going to be a smaller version for people. But we'll distribute that all around town so we can start tracking visitors and finding out more information about why they come from where and how much they're going to spend and where they're going to stay and all that. So, if y'all have any questions about the big document or the bullet point, I'm happy to answer questions. Looks like a lot of work went into it

and it's still going and y'all will have access to that too because as we add it I mean I don't I don't know if it's real time as we're typing things in. Yeah. So, if we're editing things or updating something and uh you know, we'll give you but we just needed to I needed to do a better job of of reporting what we're doing because as we're marketing outside the city, people don't see all of that, but we're also doing the things that you will be seeing here. So, where will this document reside if it's going to be?

It's a Google Slides document. And so, we'll I don't know, Veronica, was the link included on that or Well, didn't see it. No, I can give it to all of them now. PDF. So, where are they going to see this? I mean, where are they going to see the like the QR code or whatever to go in and do it? There'll be a QR code on that. And those will be boxes they can check. That was just where where are they?

Oh, they'll be at the hotels, at businesses, everywhere people go around town, even here at the city, restaurants. And I think I included that in the Google Slides document. I just wasn't sure since I had put that thing together last week to get it in time for the uh meeting to meet the deadline. And so I wasn't sure if y'all had seen it, but uh I think it's going to do us do us well because it's based upon the visitor numbers of the biggest attractions and the things most likely for people to see. And we I didn't want to make it too long. People don't they may check a few boxes and give up. But any of them that are willing to do it, we're happy to get the information.

I I think number one, it might be helpful to also put um school related event because I think a lot of people do come and spend a week in here if there's a a tournament or something like that maybe. All right, that's a good point. Is any of this going to be digital or it's just going to be papers that people fill?

It'll be it'll be digital, but we also have that element on the on the new website too, which we are still tweaking. You know, the old website was 12 pages long and the new one is 21 pages. And we also have added constant contact so that people can contact us. And Tracy's still putting together the bandwo. It's an odd name, but that's the the dinosaur contest where we attract visitors and they if they get so many how many?

Uh well, the initial launch is actually coming this week and it's uh 30 dinosaurs that that we're going to allow people to to get and find. They geollocated. They answer a quick question, a multiple choice question, and then they get points based on how they answer the question, and then those points accumulate, and you can win a prize. So, it's actually going to be ready to launch Friday. And she wrangled all kinds of prizes with it. Is anybody Is anybody eligible to participate? I love Pokemon.

It's actually Yeah, it's Tourists and locals can play it. Not you, George. That's not what she said. Tourists and locals except city council members. Are they all are all of them that are being included in the city limits or is it in and out of city limits? Uh they're all Let me think about that for a second. Most of them are in the city limits that I that I launched the program with. So there's 88 dinosaurs and I've chose 30. Uh, oh shoot, no. Uh, Kasa de Malagros is not in the city. So, there's one that's not in the city, but everybody everywhere else is in the city.

And there's new dinosaurs coming online all the time, right? Yeah. So, that's just the initial launch is 30 and then I'll continually put more of the dinosaurs in. But, see, there were some dinosaurs that weren't available. For example, Son Female has theirs indoors. Three bees has theirs indoors. So, I went and talked to them on Sunday and talked to the owners and asked them, "Please set those outside so we can play. We can include them in the game." So, now that they know it's a priority and they understand they're they're going to be relocating those dinosaurs. Feel free to include mine. It's in my front yard, but feel free to include mine.

Then some sit on private property. So I'll be talking to the for individuals after I get the businesses launched. But he encourages people to go to different parts of town. They say that tourism is built on 15minute increments. You get somebody going one place 15 minutes and then they decide, oh, I'll go to this other place. You're either pushing them towards lunch or pushing them towards a refreshment break or making a decision to stay to see something else. So, you know, we get them trying to get as many of those as possible. They're not only going around town seeing different things, but spending more money on beer keg out there.

Yeah, really lemonade stand. All right. Anything else for text? Anything else? Text. I've gotten lists and everybody gives me grief about taking too long at the staff meetings every Monday. Right, Veronica? But we're doing a lot. I just Yeah. And I needed to do the report in that form. And I know it may be tedious to go through, but I want y'all to see all of the things we're doing and uh and the challenges we're overcoming. All right. Do you have any thing any plans at all in the near future to reutilize the banners? Yes.

I mean, I know the the banners that were up got destroyed by winds whatever six months ago, but u the ones on the poles or the the ones on 67. Yes. The two that go across the highways. I went to JRC this morning to talk about printing uh these and our rack cards that we've got to redo. So, we have something out there and talk to them about getting some the bid on some new new banners.

Thank you. We need some at I I've talked to Jim about we have brackets at 67 and Bernard and Perford and another place and we just need in the meantime something that says hey historic district downtown you know with an arrow pushing people this way and the ones out there are empty right now but you're right some of the other ones are a little bit careorn All right, Veronica. City Secretary report.

We did implement a new UV module um that allows all the service orders to go directly to the um technician. Instead of them having to come in, pick up a paper copy, they just get it in the field and they can go directly and handle it. And then it alerts Lupita and then she can enter in whatever she's entering. So saves on a lot of time. We just did that. Uh I go to election law training next week. All week.

Um Thursday and Friday. I'll be gone for that. Our audit is next week in the beginning of the week. Sounds like we're on track for that. And then once I'm done with election law training, I will obtain my city secretary certification. When do we open package from city council? See uh if you may turn your packet in tomorrow. No, I'm not turn. But is it you may turn your packary 14th is the start date and you'll drop it off city hall and when's it? Uh February 13th. Thank you.

Friday. They have changed some of the um rules for early voting uh which may uh cause us to be open for voting on Saturday and Sunday. I'm going to go and get some clarification on that, but looks like we're going to have to be open Saturday and Sunday early voting. We're going to work schedule with possibly the school, possibly the hospital if they have a election. Any questions? Thank you, Veronica. Jim, just quick just to just occur to me, you said the hospital district. Have you reached out to the water district if they want to hold their election with us?

Uh, no, but I can I can give them a call. I know for sure the school will probably the more the marrier. Yes. Okay. city administrator. I kind of combined my report with the public works director report and I don't have a lot to add. I did want to mention I received word from uh public management who had prepared the application for the Texas Parks Wildlife grant for the soccer park and it looks like we scored well and we were expecting to receive that grant. Oh, awesome.

Um, I received an email from Parks and Wildlife Department and it's not a requirement, but they sure appreciate city representation at a meeting where they announce recipients. Just thanking them for their consideration and it's open to city council members or city staff. So, I don't know if any of y'all are interested in going. When is that, Jim? That's on the 22nd this month. Yes, sir. In Austin. In Austin. Yeah. Well, I can someone will be there. Yeah. Yeah. Somebody should. Yeah.

I'll take a day and go. I think that's a I may go to Georgia Drive. Thursday. Thursday. Yeah, that'd be perfect. Yeah. Get a six pack of beer head. So, it's early. How much did we get? Uh, I think 750,000. And we put in an overmatch. Yes. I can send you the details on that. Excellent. If Kim couldn't move stuff around, could you guys slip in with you? I'd have to take my car seats out. My grandkid car seat. Sure.

You made me ride one of TMO. But it wasn't far.

Okay. Thanks, Jim. We're going to move to executive session in accordance with the provisions of Texas Open Meetings Law Subchapter D Government Code Vernon's Texas Codes annotated in accordance with section 551.074 074 personnel matters deliberate employment employment evaluation res reassignment duties disciplinary dismissal of a public officer or employee to wit convention of visitors bureau director 551072 deliberations regarding real property uh for real property and potential impacts in city tax revenue related to annexation exemption status properties in 551074 and additional personnel matters to deliberate their appointment employment evaluation for assignment duties discipline or dismiss of a public officer to employ to w city administrator. We will close the regular meeting at 7:38 p.m. We will move to executive session now.

I guess too long or something. I didn't flip and flop over. I do. I flip all night. I have to get this on.

And then coming back he got recruited from Schwab to there and he's now manager for a team with Fiser. Yeah. Send me his resume. Okay. We're going to recommence our regular schedule meeting for January 13, 2026 at 9 something time. 9:12 9:12 9:12 p.m. this last. Huh? Let's do this last.

Okay. Item number 31, section 551, deliberations regarding real property. deliberations regarding real property and potential impacts to city tax revenues related to annexation and exemption status of properties. We have directed a council member Freeze to receive uh further information and contact Texas Municipal League with uh history on that item. Thank you.

Item 32551.074 Z74 personnel matters to deliberate the appointment employment evaluation reassignment duties discipline or dis dismissal of a public officer employee to wit city administrator. We've directed staff to re-engage with our one uh prospect for city administrator and offer additional terms of the contract as voted by councel. Item number 30, section 551074, personnel matters to deliberate uh appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee to wit convention and visitors bureau director. We have accepted the resignation from our current director of convention and visitors bureau and uh take a vote on that.

We'll have to vote. I'll make the motion and I'll second. Seconded by council member Schultz. All in favor of accepting the res resignation of CBB director. 50 passes. That's accepted. That is immediate. And with that any council?

Can I have just one just one minute? You can. So, um, the Atmas Energy franchise agreement, uh, we've been kind of researching it and we're going to need a little bit more additional information before we go back to Atmos with some changes, but they have a u uh there's a couple of couple of clauses in the um franchise agreement that they have offered. It is actually similar to what we signed 10 years ago, but um this new franchise agreement is requesting 25 years and the ability to basically subleasase our uh subleasase our easement, which is I think a non-starter. I looked at some other cities and other cities don't have those kind of clauses in there. So, we'll engage with um Atmas and kind of talk about some of the outlines of an agreement and hopefully I'll have you something back in February.

Yeah. Can we talk about fixing the road when they tear it up too or So, it it says, you know, back to a normal condition and a reasonable time. I think we need we need to define what is reasonable. You know, 15 days or 30. Yeah. There's a there's a number of things that are very biased obviously because they drafted the they drafted the the agreement. So, uh there there's a number of Flower Mounds got a good one. Um Cybill had a good one. So, there's a number of things that we could kind of pull from that I think would be more equitable for us. And I wouldn't necessarily be in favor of a 25-year agreement either.

Okay. So, we'll consider it further. Any other council member have a comment? No. All right. I'm sorry. Meeting is adjourned at whatever time have 9:16. 9:16. Thank you.

Oh, yeah. How's our contest coming? Well, I delivered everything and I won. It's good.