City Council - Regular Meeting

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to welcome everyone, come on in, Nina, to the Tuesday, August 4th pre-council meeting. We have a number of significant executive session items. engagement manager Rachel Reynolds. Any comments on item D1? I'm going to give you such a hard time tonight. I can't believe you're leaving for whatever you're doing. You can announce it later. All right. Persons to be heard. F1, consider approval of the minutes from the July 7th meeting. F2, consider a resolution approving an MOU with Division of Emergency Management. F... four we re reordered four and three i guess consider resolution approving the purpose of an has needed concrete cutting services so make sure we get that right so whoever moves for consent approval is f1 f2 f4 f3 all right um and then f3 consider resolution approving the purchase of utility billing bill printing mailing and related services with metric images imaging solutions question on that yeah so is that

take it, there's opportunity to get out of that if we're not happy.

Correct. We usually always have a 30-day clause, I'm looking at Stan's notification, but yes, there's always going to be an exit opportunity for those contracts. Okay, thank you. And this is, while the name has changed, it's the same company we have been using, and we're using it to a greater level. So there's not a lot of utility building companies left.

Thank you. I had somebody ask me, he said, With it being a set amount that we're paying, and people that are on auto-draft are still getting an envelope in the mail with their bill, does that affect us or not?

Well, I'm going to say yes. of the more and more people are going to an electronic option. But we surprisingly have a lot of people that still want actual mail.

And it's also the one side thing of that for the people that still like the mail is we can put fillers in there for messaging to help us get the word out on some things, especially people that maybe don't use their phone as much.

I remember, I think, last time we discussed this, that it actually costs more for the printer to try to remove the envelopes from the people who are on autodraft because it's just faster for them to do everybody with an envelope than it is for them to... Yeah. So you get a free envelope. That's just the kind of service we offer.

Any questions on... Councilman Wally, how are you? Good, sir. Thanks for being here. Yes, sir. Any questions on... We just got to know you didn't miss anything. Besides some dry humor, maybe. Consent items, any other questions on any of those items? Good question on the utility billing. Just as a follow-up, are we pretty certain that if that... there's not any intent. I mean, we're just understanding the procedure and the language in the contract. You know, if we needed to cancel that contract, is it just a 30-day notice requirement? That's it. Does it have to be for cause or anything like that? Or is it just, you know, hey, the City of Keller is not happy, so we're going to go a different direction and here's your 30-day notice. What's the Yeah, that'd be awesome, and if we need to pull from consent, we can to go through it, but I think, at least speaking for myself, you know, probably ask more of these questions now that we've gone through the railroad improvement contract. We had three meetings on that, so I think they're good questions. All right, unless there's anything else, H-1, consider a resolution expressing support for the establishment of the Keller Youth Council as a student-led civic engagement organization. Any questions?

I have one. Yes, sir. And I happen to see it on the website that there was something designated for a quorum established Friday meeting, July 29th, for that particular thing. Did I miss something?

No, you didn't miss anything. I think you're talking about... that we're complying with all the state laws. And that was more related to youth sports. This, and I'll just give you the really brief synopsis in case y'all have questions. It's a youth council. It's not something that, it's not a city appointed board or commission. Councilman Brown, I think you and I were in that meeting together. So if I missed something, please chime in. But it's a really, I think a pretty neat presentation. I don't want to spoil the presentation, but Avani is going to come. I think, is she a high school junior? She's in high school at Keller High, and she's going to come present on her idea. And you guys ask questions and see if you like it or not. But it's just really an idea to get a group of students together and engage them in a leadership role. And they'll lead it, separate and apart from city government, but to bring us ideas and things that they see could be benefits for the community. So really kind of a good thing. Good question, Councilman. All right, H2, it's a public hearing, considered an ordinance for an SUP for an approximately 2.259 square foot detached accessory building. Any questions on H2? H3, also a public hearing for an SUP with a variance for approximately 1,501 square foot ADU located on 2.67 acres. Any questions on H3? All right, H4. This is the meeting we were going to call the Sarah meeting. We have all these UDC amendments. So Sarah, hope you had your coffee this evening. Or not. It's probably healthier to not have coffee in the evening. But H4, consider an ordinance approving amendments to the UDC for home occupations and medical spas. Any questions for Sarah or her team on H4 at this moment?

Did we make any changes to it after P&Z? P&Z was more involved in it. home occupations?

We did not. Stan and I discussed this pretty extensively and worked through all of the P&Z recommendations. I have. So the only condition P&Z made with their vote was to add that three months delay ineffective. And that has been written into the ordinance, which is in there. I can speak to, or Stan and I can probably tag team kind of going through what the P&Z concerns were, what we felt like, especially because I had with the commission, some of them were divided on some of those, so I was hesitant to add additional red line into the definition, but that's certainly something kind of talk through what their concerns were and where staff and Santa, you know, kind of ended up on each of those.

So probably, yeah, I mean, I'm definitely probably discuss that during the regular meeting. Is there any questions that we need to research though? I'll give you an example. Some of us have been here longer or shorter, but if you have a suggested language change that you want Sarah to go track down and say, hey, I'd like to have an is instead of war or whatever, that would be a good time to let staff research the impact. Any other questions on H3?

I'm so sorry, but I should mention, we did make the changes requested by Dr. Scott for the medical spa definition since P. and I'll walk through this, but I've got in red the changes we made going into P&Z, and then in green I've got the changes he suggested since P&Z. So you guys can accept all of it, part of it, modify it if you want to. Great.

Yes, sir. So then... I understand probably the minimally invasive kind of language that's in there. Where did the mileage come from? That's 75 miles. Where was that from?

That was a recommendation from Dr. Scott, who is a physician on the commission. I guess that's, I don't guess, his comment was that that is what the Texas Medical Board requires. the distance that a director can be from a medical spa, I guess, for responsiveness. Staff can go either way. I understand why he suggested putting that in there. We felt like just saying that they had to abide by the guidelines of the medical board was probably sufficient because then if the medical board changes their guidelines, we don't have something that's out of sync.

Yeah. But in the presentation, you have it all kind of laid out of, you know, here's where it was at the last time council saw it, here's based on P&Z, some ideas. Perfect. Great question. All right. H5, consider an ordinance approving amendments to the UDC. This one related to Article 8, talent center, allowable uses and screening law requirements. This one I think the staff brought forward, right?

Right, so the first part related to allowable uses is for veterinarian clinics and grooming facilities. We realized for humans, any type of medical procedure or spa, salon treatment, you have to have an SUP to have that type of business in town center, but we don't have the same guidelines for those types of businesses for animals. So it's just adding the SUP requirement for grooming and veterinarian clinics. um and then for the screening wall requirements there's just as it relates to talent center just we're being clear that is correct one thing we didn't do if we didn't catch the medical overlay in town center which has a separate use chart that includes those uses so you'll see that on the next agenda just to make that all consistent for the screening wall requirements we're not changing any requirements or the content but if you remember during the McAllister's first watch development we realized we had screening wall requirements tucked in under parking lot landscaping and layout so and then we had some kind of conflicting language so it moves everything under the fencing and screening section of town center but keeps that that same requirement the eight foot requirement adjacent to residential all of that

H6, public hearing for amendments to the UDC as it relates to departments and boards involved in land development relating to the role of the P&Z Commission. Honestly, remind me what this one's about.

This is just a cleanup. If you remember at the last legislative session, they changed where P&Z can no longer serve.

Oh, it was the CIAC, yeah.

We changed that in the Code of Ordinances, but we failed to change it in the UDC, so this just syncs the UDC up with Code of Ordinances.

H7, hearing on a resolution approving the CCPD budget. And they always do such a great job. I don't know if we've had one single thing changed. I'd wonder how long it's been since there's actually been a change at the council level from the CCPD proposal. I don't think there has been.

So as a reminder, with crime control, you either accept it as it is or you sit it all the way back, which complicates that of... even if you have a line item veto, again, that's state law, that you have to send it all the way back to the board, and the board then re-approves it just as needed and brings it back to y'all. Yeah. Well, they do great work.

Yeah, CPD does, our board puts a lot of work into it. Yeah. I've really enjoyed being a liaison to that board. Thanks.

Are these new ones from those ones we got a couple years ago?

Yeah, so we approved it. Initially, we only got 35, which was no one. Remember, they weren't issued to each officer. Now, as we've expanded Kettle Lights, holidays, we were having officers that did not have tasers. And this is a new program that they're offering with the axons, a bundle. We get all these tasers, so every officer will now be issued tasers so they can take care of them. So we'll have plenty.

consent and meeting items except for work session and executive session. So we will go ahead and adjourn into executive session. Kelly, where's the little language I have for you?

Mayor, if I may, I have that contract language. It is 30-day

Good look up, great question. Anything else? All right, so we'll go ahead and get an adjournment to executive session under Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code. Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code and Section 551.071 under the Texas Government

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to the Tuesday, August 4th, regular city council meeting. As we always do here in Keller, we'll have our meeting start with an invocation from the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Mr. Sanders. Thank you for being here this evening.

Good evening, y'all.

Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we want to start a meeting tonight by recognizing your presence here and your sovereignty. And Father, we thank you for your providence that has made it possible for us to have the health to be here. Lord, you tell us in your word and you don't lie that to whom much is given, much is required. And Father, we have been given much. We have been given the privilege of being American citizens and living in the state of Texas and living in Keller. And Lord, what a great blessing all those things are. And Lord, we also recognize that government is your idea and you give it to us to help us. And so, Lord, we want to lift up our mayor and the city council and all those who work for the city. Pray your blessings on them. Pray for good health and safety for them in their lives. And Father, we pray especially for their wisdom. We know they have important decisions to make tonight and every day. And you tell us in James chapter one, verse five, if anyone needs wisdom, we can ask you and you'll give it freely. And this is our prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

Thank you, Pastor Sanders. Next up, we'll have Troop 937 come up and lead us in the Pledges of Allegiance. And if you don't mind sticking around, gentlemen, we'll ask you a few questions after the pledges, all right? If you could please stand.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag.

Thank you, gentlemen. We are so excited that you're here. If you wouldn't mind staying up, colleagues will probably or will have some questions for you. But as I understand it, you have a pre-decided negotiated spokesperson for the troop. Mr. Michael Ford, if you wouldn't mind telling us a little bit about the projects you have going on and a little bit about your troop.

Thank you, Mayor. Troop 937 is based in South Lake, but the majority of our staff actually live in around Delaware area. scouting is a lot about learning how to camp in the woods and cook your own food and most people know about those aspects of it but all these scouts tonight here are working on their citizenship in the community merit badge which is a required merit badge for the eagle scout rank which is our highest rank in scouting so in addition to attending a public meeting they have to listen to the issues that are discussed here tonight they have to form their own opinion and then after the meeting is completed we're going to go over to uh this sweet frog frozen yogurt place and have our own debate on the issues um what time uh well right after the meeting sir you're welcome after the meeting yes sir all right we'll see you there okay um so they're gonna work on that they also have to for the merit badge complete eight hours of community service with one of our local charities we've talked to community storehouse and some of the other local charities and we're going to be participating with them in addition to understanding where all of their local utilities are and where the different aspects of how their government functions. So they're accomplishing that tonight.

That's great. That's great. Amazing work, actually. So what kind of age group are we dealing with? Everybody.

seventh and eighth grade or going into eighth grade this year for scouting we start right around 10 years or fifth grade and we have scouts that go all the way up they have to have all their completions done by 18 so as they get ready to graduate from high school these guys are all on track they'll probably make eagle scout rank by the time they're in ninth or tenth grade wow that's really impressive well um

Council, you have any questions or anything like that? I'll just briefly say, you know, we're always happy to recognize our neighbor in South Lake, but we're especially proud of our Keller residents and our youth for everything that you do. And so if you ever need anything, if you ever have any questions for any one of us on council or on staff, just reach out. We're here to serve, and we appreciate all you do. Mayor Pro Temp.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. In addition to the mayor's point, when y'all are doing your Eagle Scout project, if y'all are looking for projects, don't hesitate to come ask the mayor or city council. We might know some citizens that need some help, or there might be something around the city that y'all could participate in. So I'm sure staff could find some good things for y'all to do for the public good. But don't hesitate to reach out.

Absolutely. Well, hey, you gentlemen have anything you'd like to say? Do we all have our pocket constitutions? Councilman Will was asking you, do you still have them? You still have them? Okay, good. Well, hey, thanks for leading us in the pledges. Thanks for being here tonight. And if you don't mind, we'd like to take a quick picture, all right?

Come on in, Charles. I'm squeezing in.

So I was actually going to make a motion to table item D1. It's the presentation of a certificate of recognition to communication and public engagement manager Rachel Reynolds. However, I don't think you would change her decision because she has an opportunity. So Rachel, are you here? So, you know, the City of Keller, we operate together as a team and that doesn't mean that we always agree on every issue, but At the forefront of our communications efforts and our public engagement efforts for 14 years, we've had Rachel, who's been helping us lead the way. And I can tell you firsthand that the city of Keller would be much worse off without her efforts. When I first got elected to city council in 2021, we had no idea that the winter storm would hit, winter storm Yuri. And, you know, between some of the Things going on in the background with Sarah Hensley at the time. Hi, Sarah. Coordinating all the utility efforts. We also had Rachel, who was up all hours of the night communicating with people who were, you know, honestly probably scared, distraught, not knowing when the power's going to come back on, when they're going to get water and things of that nature. And so, Rachel, were you going to offer any remarks? We didn't coordinate on this one.

All right. I can say hi. I was not planning to offer remarks.

Unfortunately, but also fortunately for Rachel and her family, she's been recruited by the city of Pflugerville. And we are really proud of not only her work, the opportunity to work with her, but also really excited for you, Rachel, and your family. I know I speak for everyone on city council when we say we're going to miss you. um, a great deal. We're sorry to see you go, but when you get an opportunity to go, uh, take on, um, another city, we'll just put it that way. Um, maybe a little bigger. I wouldn't argue any better, but when you get a new job opportunity that allows you to be closer to family and continue to raise your beautiful family, like you will, I think it's a can't miss opportunity for you and your family. And so we really just want to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you've done the last 14 years. Um, It means a lot to all of us, all 47,000 of us, and wish you nothing but the best. I can tell you that in the past six years, I'm not aware of a lot of times where we've taken a council meeting and set aside an item to recognize an employee. But we all felt it was really important, given everything you've done for this city, that we recognize you. So on behalf of the City of Keller, I'm proud to recognize you. along with council with the certificate of recognition. But before we get to any applauses, I think we're gonna probably have some colleagues who would like to speak a little bit about everything you've done. And then of course, as always, the microphone's yours at least one last time before you set sails to another endeavor. So council, anything?

I'll just real quick speak. I've only been on council about two years now. And so I worked at a real job for a long time before this and didn't much pay attention to details of a lot of the city stuff as much as I do now. And I remember reading Facebook posts And somebody would respond to like a real contentious Facebook post. And I'm like, you know, ready to slug somebody. And somebody named City of Keller Government responds. It's just beautifully. And I'm like, wow. And then it took me months after I became on city council determined that was you. You did a really good job of communicating issues that were valid and to the point. that were not matching the emotion that they were they were sometimes brought up as and so i appreciate your being calm and collected under the pressure of some of the things that pop up on social media and we'll miss you greatly thank you councilwoman councilman whatley thank you rachel um i was on council when you started

You've been awesome, professional, to the T, a pleasure to work with. Thank you. Thank you very much. We're going to miss you. Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Rachel. Two things. One, just for the citizens out there, whether the face or the words of the city, the role you've done for us. I can't imagine trying to be the funnel for seven different voices up here getting communication out. You've done a great job. And sometimes the best advice you can give us is no, don't say that. No, don't do that. We've had a lot of those over the years. Yeah, and you do that eloquently and you protect us from ourselves sometimes. But I'd like all the citizens out there to know that with her, it was always what's best for the citizens. And one of the things, you know, we call the Keller difference, you know, might sound trite but very serious. We take transparency and communication very seriously. We already had software that put the videos out there. You helped us get it on YouTube so it was easier for citizens to get. Our communications to putting notes on doors, all that stuff goes through her. And even just this year on our new project on the Citizen Awards, you've been so helpful, and you care about the little guy, making sure they get recognition. You love Keller, and I know it's going to be hard for you to leave, but we'll miss you, and I know that citizens will as well, so thank you.

Well said. Rachel, I'm going to miss you. You were probably one of the first staffers that I was able to build a relationship with and get to know when I was first running for council in 2019 and then after getting on council a couple years ago successfully. And for those of you who don't know, any time The city of Keller, whether it's public safety, nine times out of ten it's going to be Rachel. And you've done it with grace and wisdom and even a little snark when it was deserved. And I'm just going to miss laughing when I see you engaging with residents or non-residents on social media. I'm excited for your opportunity and your next adventure, but I'm going to miss seeing you around Town Hall. Well said. Rachel?

I told Ross I was 99.999% sure I would be crying tonight, and here we go. Yeah, it was a very hard decision to leave. I love Keller. I think you guys all know I love Keller. And it's just been an honor and a privilege to serve. I've had the opportunity to serve four mayors now. Fun fact, all Mayor M. It looks very fun in my phone. I've had three city managers. I've had, I think at last count, 27 council members in my time here. And then just, you know, countless staff over the years that I've had the opportunity to work with. And it's been a great opportunity for me I've grown a lot as a person and as a public servant in my time with Keller and I will take all of the skills and all of the learning that I have done from all of my colleagues and all of you into my next role in Pflugerville. So, very excited for it. My kids and my husband are actually here in the audience. And had both of those kids in my time working for the city as well. And it's actually my 14th wedding anniversary today as well. Happy anniversary. But my husband felt like it was important for us to spend it here and let me have one last meeting with you guys. So thank you very much. And I'll be saying my goodbye to the residents through social media later this week.

Well, Rachel, I don't know if I can add anything more than what counsel and we've already said, but I thought I knew you pretty well, and then we got to know each other even better this week. And there was a little project, well, a big project that was announced. And you once again have showed that your commitment to transparency, open communication, the truth is at the very top of your list. You're the consummate professional. I've worked around a lot of communications professional in my time, and you're at the top of the list. You do your work with integrity. You don't hesitate to push back if you see something is wrong, and I know that's not going to change. So that's why the city of Pflugerville is very fortunate to have you on their team, and we want you to know that because you're always going to have a place to come back to in the city of Keller. We hope you'll stop by frequently. But you're a great person with a beautiful family, and we want to send you out of here on a very positive note, and we want all of our residents to know how much we're going to miss you. how happy we are for you. And so, with that being said, Rachel Reynolds, thank you for everything you've done for the city of Keller. All right, now you have to take a picture that you teared up a little bit.

Is this the first time you've been on this side of the camera in this regard?

Probably never as good as what she would have done, but...

I should not be standing here.

I remember being about your age as kids and I was like so excited to move and I never understood why everyone around me was so sad, but we're excited for you. Thank you, Rachel. All right, so next up is Persons to be Heard. This is a time for the public to address the city council on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the city council from discussing issues, which the public has not been given three business days notice. Issues raised may be referred to city staff for research and possible future action. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. Do we have anyone signed up for persons to be heard? Eric Zarico? Zarico, my apologies, sir. If you don't mind coming forward, name and address for the record.

No, that's fine. But I'll make up that I moonlight with the Lucas Family Funeral Home. But my day job is working for a nonprofit called Families to Freedom. And since 2015, we have transported thousands of domestic violence victims, sexual assault victims, and trafficking victims to safety. We partner with area law enforcement A couple weeks ago, I met with Captain Fortune up here, and I shared with him that last month I picked up a color resident from Coles. So I am here today, and I'm touring all the city councils in Northeast, Tarrant, HEB, to go, we are here to serve our residents and our neighbors. It's familiesoffreedom.org. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. All right. I think that's our only speaker. Is there anyone else who would like to speak during persons to be heard? Seeing none, we'll move on to the consent agenda. Item F1, consider approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 regular city council meeting. F2, consider a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Division of Emergency Management for participation. the texas emergency management assistant teams program and authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the city of keller f4 consider a resolution approving the purchase of as needed concrete cutting services from precision concrete cutting of dallas texas through the interlocal purchasing system cooperative purchasing program for the city-wide concrete repair project for the public works department and authorizing the city manager to execute all documents relating thereto on behalf of the city of keller texas And I do know how to count to four, but this is item F3 on the agenda. Consider a resolution approving the purchase of utility bill printing, mailing, and related services from Matrix Imaging Solutions of Coppell, Texas for the finance department through an interlocal agreement with the city of Plano and authorizing the city manager to execute all documents relating thereto on behalf of the city of Keller, Texas. Any questions on items F1 through F4? Seeing none, we'll have a motion by Councilman Will.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I motion to approve items F1, 2, 4, and 3 as presented. Thank you, Councilman.

Do we have a second? Mayor Pro Tem? Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Let's vote. All right. Consent agenda is approved. We do not have any old business. New business, item H1, consider a resolution. expressing support for the establishment of the Keller Youth Council as a student-led civic engagement organization. And Avani, if you don't mind coming up, introducing yourself. This is your item. Typically, you probably know this, Avani, but we have a staff presentation, and today, that's your job. So thanks for being here and making your presentation heard.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Avani Pant. And just to tell you a little bit about myself, I have lived in the city of Keller for about 10, 12 years now. And I'm an incoming junior at Keller High School. And I thank you all for taking the time to listen to my presentation today. So today I would like to discuss my proposal presentation regarding KYC or the Keller Youth Council. Firstly, I'd like to start by talking about what is the council. So of Keller's population, 30% is comprised of youth. And this is most certainly not a small number, nor one we can simply push aside. And as someone who is a part of this population myself, I have found that students truly are passionate about their community and have valuable perspectives that they would like to share. Yet in Keller, we don't have a formal and structured voice for these children to share their ideas. which is exactly what KYC aims to do. With KYC, students would have a reputable platform to share their ideas for programs to better our community, turn those ideas into proposals, and then real programs that will empower students to be active in their communities. Now let's talk about the why. Why do we need Keller Youth Council? As I stated, I'm a rising junior in high school myself, and I'm very interested in law and public policy and a core believer that everybody should have the opportunity to share their opinions and have their voice be heard. We've seen that students truly do care about their community and want to make a positive difference, so I urge you to imagine the change these like-minded individuals can make together. I would like to make it clear I am aware Keller does have several existing city advisory boards. However, what makes KYC different is this is a youth-led initiative that aims to better an already great city through the creation of new programs. To talk a little bit more about how exactly we would implement this change, at KYC's monthly meetings, specifically the first and second meeting of a year-long run, students of the council will be able to present their ideas for programs they would like to see within Keller. in hopes of creating change. So once we discuss different ideas, an example is the Adopt a Grandfriend program, where students may be able to go to the local senior center and spend some time with seniors after school doing crafts, activities, and games. So that's just an example of an idea a student might have. And then, you know, once we discuss a bunch of different ideas, the council will decide which one we like best, and then that will be proposed to the city council to then review, is this an idea that is feasible? Is this an idea that will improve color for all? And if we get the green light on that, the council will then move forward with researching and creating a proposal, and that will be during the duration of the school year. Once that's done, we will present this proposal to city council again to get that final green light and hopefully create an awesome new program. While KYC is a student-led initiative, this program will benefit everyone in Keller. Firstly, students, they will be able to be more involved and aware of what's going on in their community. They will gain public speaking, collaboration, and leadership skills. Residents will get knowledge on what's going on in Keller from a fresh youth perspective, and they will reap the benefits of the community programs created. Finally, city officials and local leaders will get a better knowledge on the youth perspective and the priorities and interests of young people because ultimately the youth are the future. I have created a tentative structure here, but I am 100% open to feedback on this. I think it would be wonderful to have our meetings at Kellertown Hall so that students can see what the environment is like for our actual city council members. Looking at our Keller City calendar, I saw that the second Monday of each month is open, and that 6 p.m. time gives students to be done with clubs and organizations so they can attend. Membership would be open to any individual age 14 to 21 and to join they can simply fill out this form Membership will be capped at 13 that way we can make decisions efficiently and effectively and all Organizations need a strong group of leaders. We can see this with City Council, right? So within these 13 people, we will have four leadership roles, a president, vice president, community outreach director, and a secretary, which can apply through filling out that form below, as well as an in-person or virtual interview. Another thing that any great organization needs is support. Keller Youth Council needs support for success. I would like to ask of you all today to be willing to review proposals that the council creates and viable policies and be able to provide feedback. Additionally, help with assisting connecting students to community partners so we're able to conduct the best research and create the best programs possible. Additionally, help promote and make students and parents aware that they have this great opportunity in Keller. And finally, help provide guidance during KYC meetings and events. Here is an estimated timeline of the creation of the council. For the first couple months, we have the foundation getting it approved, getting feedback from city officials. Then we have outreach, a time where we can promote and market KYC to the people of Keller. Our launch month will host the first meeting to decide membership and leadership. And all of this will eventually lead to a successfully developed council with the next generation of civic-minded leaders. Through the support of the City Council, we take one step forward in making Keller a great city for generations to come. By investing in the youth voice, Keller invests in a great future. Thank you for listening to my presentation. I would now be happy to answer any questions or concerns.

Well, Avani, great job in all seriousness. That's one of the Best presentations I've personally heard in a while, and you're very confident. You're a rising junior?

Yes.

Okay. Probably a little too young to join our team here at Town Hall. I'm a staff member, but I was going to say, you've got the timeline down, you've got all the policy, practical considerations, so excellent job. As is customary with any item, we're going to entertain any questions, comments, compliments, or critiques. Mayor Pro Tem?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'll be really quick on this. First of all, outstanding presentation. Thank you so much. Sometimes when people put these groups together, they just have a lot of assumptions. I like how you thought to go up to age 21, because when people hear youth, they usually cut it off at 18. I'm not going to go into why I think that's smart, but I think that's good for sustainability and also impact. And I'll just say this, for anyone out there listening, I think we're doing the Killer Citizen Awards this year, and one of the awards is for Youth of the Year. Bev Dixon's here, and the organization she's with is helping us with it, but One of the awards is Youth of the Year, and we might open that award up for nominations again, and I'd recommend someone nominate her because this is amazing. Thank you. Councilwoman Brennan and Councilman Will are helping all of us with that leading council on the way. If anyone's out there listening, I recommend you nominate her because we can't nominate, but great work. Thank you.

That's a strong start, honey. You just potentially nominated for Youth of the Year, so I think your resolution is going in a good direction. Any comments or questions from colleagues on council? Councilman Brennan joined us for the meeting. Councilman Brennan?

Yeah. Hi. Thank you so much for your presentation. We met in the mayor's office about a month ago. Very impressed with your intelligence and your ingenuity and coming up with such a thing. And doing something new and different is always hard, right? And so I think it's nice to get the Boy Scouts here. You guys are... seventh, eighth grade. And so this starts at the age of 14, which would be high school, ninth grade. So if you're civic-minded, this may be a good place to get some experience and get involved in the community a little bit more after tonight. Thank you again for doing this. Appreciate it.

Of course. Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Whatley?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Very well done. Very well done. Well presented, well thought out. I'm excited about this and look forward to contributing whatever I can. Thank you for coming forward. Thank you.

All right. Any other comments? I'll just add one more thing. So what really impressed me when we were first introduced and we met was your ambition for results. I have absolutely no doubt that you, your team on the Keller Youth Council, are going to come forward with some really neat ideas for this governing body to consider. And I'm excited that we get the opportunity to work with you. Our youth have always had a seat at the table, but you're taking that to a much greater level. And so for that, I just really want to compliment you. Procedurally, we do have to vote. And you know this, but I feel like you're in a good spot, so I'll go ahead and recognize a motion and a second. Councilman Wilk?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm just blown away by your presentation. You would not have found me addressing city council or really anybody as a junior in high school. I think your interest in law and policy are great, especially if you go to A&M Law School. So I am proud to move to pass, what is this, G1? H1, item H1 as presented. Thank you, Councilman.

Councilman Whatley? Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? If not, let's call for a vote. All right, the resolution passes 7-0. Congratulations. Thank you so much. So this is pretty neat. Is your family here? Yes. Okay. So pretty proud, very proud parent moment. Your daughter just passed policy in the city of Keller, Texas. I'm actually going to go ahead and I have the resolution. Thanks to our city secretary typed up. I'm going to fill it out and sign it real quick so we can get to work. Okay. Thank you so much. Seven to zero signed by our city secretary, our city attorney. Stan, you approve of this to the form? All right. All right, you mind taking a group picture? This is pretty exciting for us. Yes, of course. All right, I have to deliver you your policy real quick.

Great job. Great job.

Thank you.

Mom and dad, great job.

That was awesome. Okay. Item H2 is a public hearing to consider an ordinance approving a specific use permit for an approximately 2.259 square foot detached accessory building located on 2.46 acres on the west side of Keller Smithfield Road South, approximately 3,065 feet northwest of the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Keller Smithfield Road South, legally described as Lot 1 Block 1 of the FOBKEY HILL SUBDIVISION, ZONED SINGLE FAMILY, 36,000 LOTS, SIZE OR GREATER, AND ADDRESS 912 KILLERSMITHVILLE ROAD SOUTH. CHASE HALL IS THE APPLICANT. JERRIANN AND JOEL FOHM IS THE OWNER. ALL RIGHT. STAFF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I HAVE THE AERIAL AND ZONING MAPS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED SF-36. The applicant this evening requests an SUP for a 2,259-square-foot detached accessory building with an average height of 18 feet. The proposed structure is to be used for residential storage, workshop, garage, and recreational space. There are two SUP triggers for this structure, the first for an accessory structure to exceed 1,200 square feet in the SF36 zoning district, and the second for the maximum height of that building to exceed 15 feet. Here is the proposed site plan that shows the structure will be located behind the front facade of the existing home and will conform to the setback requirements of the SF 36 zoning district. The structure is proposed to be located approximately 415 feet from the front, 15 feet from the south side property line, and 170 feet from the rear property line. Here are some elevations provided by the applicant. The accessory structure was designed to match the materials of the main home on the property. And again, the average height of that structure is approximately 18 feet. That is, of course, measured from the average of the base and peak of the roof. And here are some more detailed elevations. As I mentioned, the proposed structure is to be used for residential storage, workshop, garage, and recreational space. No commercial business activity, retail use, or industrial operations are proposed. Here is a floor plan showing the use of that structure. For existing structures on the property, the main home is approximately 4,859 square feet. It is still under construction, still going through the inspection process. But there are no other accessory structures on the lot. The proposed structure is less than 50% of the square footage of the main structure, so an additional STP is not required in this case. On July 2nd, we mailed out 25 letters of notification for this public hearing. The staff has received no written public feedback in response to this request. Again, the request before you this evening is an SUP for the proposed accessory structure to exceed 1,200 square feet in the SF 36 zoning district, and an SUP for the height of the structure to exceed an average of 15 feet tall, with that proposed average height of approximately 18 feet. At the July 14th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the SUP request as presented. Section 8.02 F2A of the EDC states that when considering an SEP, the City Council shall consider the following factors. Whether the use is harmonious and compatible with surrounding existing uses, the activities requested by the applicant are normally associated with the permitted uses in the base district, the nature of the use is reasonable and appropriate in the immediate area, any negative impact on the surrounding area has been mitigated, and that any additional conditions specified ensure that the intent of the district purposes are being upheld. City Council has the following options when considering an STP request. Approve as submitted or with modifications, table or deny. Staff and the applicant are here if you have any questions.

Thank you. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public who would like to speak on item H2? All right, seeing none, we have a motion to close the public hearing. Councilman Whatley? Motion to close the public hearing. I'll second. We have a motion to second. Let's vote. All right, public hearing is closed. Any questions for staff or the applicant? If not, we have a motion from Councilman Wally. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Motion to approve H2 as presented. All right. Thank you. Councilwoman Brennan, excuse me.

A second.

Motion to second. Let's vote. All right. That passes. Do we have everyone? Everyone voted. Okay, I saw six, so I didn't. Oh, the mayor pro tem. He abstained, incidentally. So the applicant here? Oh, congratulations. Thanks for being with us tonight. You didn't have to answer any questions because you did a very nice job on your project. So thanks for coming to town hall and working with the city of Keller. We really appreciate it. All right. H3, also a public hearing for an ordinance approving a specific use permit with a variance for an approximately 1,501 square foot accessory dwelling unit located on 2.67 acres on the east side of Florence Road, approximately 1,900 feet east of the intersection of Florence Road and Ottinger Road, legally described as lot 1R, block A of the Anderson addition, zoned SF 36,000 square feet, lot size or greater, and address 1743 Florence Road. April Hansen is the applicant. Jeff and April Hansen Family Trust is the owner.

Thank you again. I have the aerial and zoning maps. The subject property for this is SF 36. The applicant this evening requests an SUP for an approximately 1,501 square foot accessory dwelling unit with an average height of 17 feet 4 inches. There are three SUP triggers for this proposed structure. The first to construct an ADU or accessory dwelling unit in the SF 36 zoning district. And then the second for the square footage of that structure to exceed 1,200 square feet, and the third for the maximum height to exceed 15 feet. With this application, the applicant does also request a variance to allow for more than two accessory structures on the property. The proposed site plan shows that the structure will be located behind the front facade of the existing home and will be approximately 15 feet from the south property line. The structure will conform to the setback requirements of the SF 36 zoning district. Also to note, The property owner does also own this property here, 1745 Florence Road. This ADU was designed to match the materials of the main home on the property. The average height of the structure is approximately 17 feet 4 inches, which again is measured from the average of the base plate and peak of the roof. And here are the elevations provided by the applicant. The structure will consist of a living area, kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom, and utility areas, and a covered porch. Here is a look at that floor plan. There are three existing accessory structures on the lot. The first is an approximately 705 square foot detached garage. Second, an approximately 362 square foot metal shed. And third, a detached pool patio that's approximately 414 square feet. The applicant is requesting a variance to allow for more than two accession structures in the property. If this ADU is a previous AD, they would have a total of four accession structures. The combined square footage of all accession structures on the lot, however, is less than 50% of the square footage of the main home, which is approximately 5,995 square feet. On May 14th, we mailed out 15 letters of notification for this public hearing, but staff has received no public feedback in response to this request. Here is a reminder of the request before you this evening for the ADU to exceed 1,200 square feet and the average height of 15 feet tall, and then the variance to allow for more than two accessory structures on the property. This actually went before the Plains Zoning Commission back in May of, May 26, 2026, where the commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the SDP request as presented. Here's a reminder of the UDC criteria to consider when looking at an S2P request that I read earlier. And again, city council has the following options when considering an S2P request, approve as submitted or with modifications, table or deny. Staff and the applicant are here if you have any questions.

All right, this is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public who would like to speak on item H3? Seeing none, Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move we close the public hearing on item H3. Thank you, sir. Councilwoman Brennan.

I second.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Motion to second. Let's vote. Public hearing is closed. Any questions for staff or the applicant? Okay, I don't have any questions on this one. Mayor Pro Tem?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Sometimes I get a little nervous when the height of an accessory structure is higher than the 15 feet, but this one is literally behind where the road is, it's behind the house, so I have no problems there. So I move we approve item H3 as presented.

Thank you, sir. Councilman Whatley? Second. Motion is second. Let's vote on item H3. Okay, that passes 7-0. Applicants here, I assume. Thank you as well for coming to the City of Keller and doing business. Nice job on the project. Thanks for working with the team. So you're approved. Have a great evening. See you sweet frogs, right? H4. This is, we're going to call this the Sarah Hensley part of the meeting. UDC amendments. We're going to keep on a roll. H4, it's public hearing to consider an ordinance approving amendments to the City of Keller UDC adopted by ordinance number 1746, dated July 7, 2015, by amending Article 3 definitions related to definitions for home occupations and medical spas, providing penalties, authorizing publication, and establishing an effective date.

Thank you, Mayor.

Sarah, thank you.

We'll start. We'll tackle medical spas first. This one's a little bit more straightforward. Back in 2024, several of you were on council and we made some changes to the UDC related to spas, just general spas all across the city, and then we added a medical spa definition, which we did not have previously. We realized the first time I think we took a medical spa specific use permit through the process, our physician on the Planning and Zoning Commission pointed out that in the definition we call medical spa somewhere you would have non-invasive procedures despite the fact all of these medical spas were certainly offering different types of injections. And so that sparked us to make sure we revised that. I think what was always intended was minimally invasive. Just unfortunately none of us that worked on that draft language were physicians and realized the conflict there. So did get that recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission. What we took forward to them just a few weeks ago is what is shown in red. So we changed that non-invasive to minimally invasive medical cosmetic procedures. And then we added the following the regulations of the medical board. Following the PNZ meeting a few weeks ago, one of our commissioners suggested the language in green that the licensed medical professional must be a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine within 75 miles of the facility. This is the current guideline within the, with the Texas Medical Board. Moving on to homework.

Can we pause right there? Absolutely. I think it would be easiest for us to break this down on this council. You want to kind of get through, but kind of, if you have questions, you know, piece by piece, I would go ahead and suggest we raise them now. Speaking for myself, I actually prefer the red language, mainly because the Texas Medical Board could change the regulation. And so you have to come back to us in a couple years, you know, and then have to re-update it. It just seems like an extra process and paperwork. So I would suggest that we stick with the red language. But that's my opinion. Any thoughts on that?

I agree, Mr. Mayor. Also, our council recommends that, but it just seems smart. Okay.

Yeah.

All right, so I think council feedback is let's stick with the language in red following the regulations of the Texas Medical Board and minimally invasive.

Sure.

All right. So we'll keep moving into home occupations. Earlier this year, we had some work session conversations about resident concerns that have been brought to co-compliance about commercial activities in single-family residential neighborhoods. As a reminder, we only have a definition in the UDC that deals with home occupations. There's really nothing else in the code giving any guidance to either staff or to residents when navigating complaints like that and just trying to figure out what is allowed and what is not. Most common complaints that we get are increased vehicular traffic on the street, sometimes concern over the number of vehicles with company wraps or vehicles, and then also vehicles that are belonging to employees that don't actually live at the residence, so people that are coming into the neighborhood to report to work at a house they don't actually live at. Some complaints about work materials and equipment on single-family lots, a lot of times concerns over trailers, construction materials, and pool chemicals in the back of trucks. And then, as I stated before, employees reporting to work at single family homes that they are not residents of. So current definition for home occupations is here. It's just a big paragraph. A little bit vague, but does have a handful of things at the end of the definition that are specifically prohibited. As I've shared with council before, you know, whenever someone is doing one of these things, which doesn't happen very often, that's a pretty cut and dry case. If somebody's cutting hair in their living room and has a sign out front that says Susie's you know, beauty salon. Well, that's a real simple case. Most of these cases are a little bit more complicated because they're not doing something so blatant. So many of you know Melinda and co-compliance. I tasked her with reaching out to about, I think she talked to 15 different cities about how they are handling home occupations, what they have on the books. And so... If you remember, we had that attachment back at the beginning of our discussion on this, I think, back in April with a pretty detailed list of all these different cities and what they're doing. For the purposes of this discussion, we're just showing these kind of neighboring cities that we often look to to see what they're doing. And some of the things that are pretty consistent is the language about you know, not increasing traffic and then also the language about not allowing family members, or not allowing people that are not residing at the residence to be participating in the home occupation. What we got from council at the last work session discussion was that, you know, that paragraph form of the definition was not very helpful, that we wanted more of a bulleted list, and then adding a few of those things that we had seen in other cities to the language. This is the definition that we took to the commission last month. The changes are shown in red. So I'm just going to work through this and I'll also make notes where the commission had some concerns and then either city attorney or myself can kind of respond to some of those things. So any occupation or activity carried on principally by the inhabitants of a dwelling on the premises, which is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, provided that the existence of the occupation or activity does not change neighborhood character as measured by factors that include but are not limited to the following. The occupation or activity is carried out by inhabitants of the dwelling on premises. No substantial increase in on-street parking or traffic to and from the dwelling occurs. No outdoor assembly of employees, clients, or equipment is allowed. No trading and merchandise or selling of goods or services is carried out on a regular basis. No merchandise is displayed. No mechanical equipment is used except types that are customary for purely domestic or household purposes and which do not create obnoxious conditions such as noise, odor, smoke, or electrical interference. Uses that are not considered home occupations include but are not limited to beauty and barber shops, tea rooms or restaurants, rest homes or clinics, bed and breakfast facilities, cabinet repair shops, metalworking shops, auto repair shops, HVAC plumbing and other mechanical supply and contracting businesses and commercial stables. All parking used for the home occupation must be met off street. So one of the first concerns that the commission had was the addition of the HVAC plumbing and other mechanical supply and contracting businesses. This was a suggestion from our city attorney based on the types of cases he's dealt with over his career. Some commissioners, and I actually had the commission kind of split on this particular addition, some felt that it might prohibit HVAC or plumbing companies from using maybe their home office to do their payroll in it. Others felt like what we were really getting at, which is true, the intent is that you're not using your home to store all your HVAC equipment and having your employees arrive at your home for that HVAC business. But if you as the owner of the business live at the home and you do payroll in your office, you're not violating any of those other factors that we've listed there. Again, we're happy to workshop this definition a little bit this evening. We felt like I didn't, you know, coming out of P&Z, it would be best to leave this as the red line and then let council direct staff on any further changes you'd like to see. There was also a comment from the commission about possibly adding language in here to carve out clerical or administrative work as being allowed. It's certainly the intent that if someone owns a business, any type of business, and they want to use their home office for whatever administrative task they need to do as the homeowner, that's perfectly acceptable. And again, not violating any of those factors up there. The concern the city attorney and I discuss is not wanting that to be used in a different way where someone was justifying that call out as reason to do a call center or something else that would be clerical and administrative, but clearly not what we want to have operating in a single family home. There was also some concern over the additions, both in red, but are not limited to, in both the top paragraph and the bottom paragraph, I think the way that we were approaching this is it gave us the ability to say there are things that we are not going to anticipate. One of the examples I've shared with council is the operation of a food truck business out of a single family home. We never would have anticipated that. So wanted to, but I think most people would agree that you reasonably don't move into a single family neighborhood and expect that to be going on next door. So it just gives a little bit of flexibility there to not just staff, because these decisions to pursue cases are not just made by staff. It's in conjunction with the prosecutor, the city attorney, the city manager, and ultimately it would go to the municipal court if we went all the way through the process. There was some concern about not addressing people picking up items from homes. This is not a complaint that we've received. much at all in Keller. We do have language in here about not trading in merchandise or selling of goods being carried out on a regular basis, so we felt like that was probably sufficient to address that concern. And then we also had a few commissioners that were interested in having a limit on the number of company vehicles parked at the residential property. This is something, again, the city attorney and I discussed. Very difficult to enforce whether it's in someone's private driveway or on the street, if it's parked legally. I think there was also concern about how many vehicles that could have a wrap or labeling. Again, very difficult to enforce and possibly would create some free speech challenges for us. So I'm hoping I generally summarize everything from the commission. Again, these were not If you watch the video, I don't think there was consensus from all commissioners on every single one of these points. And in fact, a few of them, they were kind of split on.

Sarah?

Yeah?

Do you mind if we go back to the language real quick? I don't know if anyone else has any questions, but if you do, jump in. You know, just really kind of quick feedback, and I always reserve the right to be wrong. So if Stan has a better opinion or you have a better opinion than me, I'm happy to agree to it. So I guess, I mean, the whole idea was put a little bit more teeth so that way code enforcement can dutifully prosecute the most egregious cases. And so conceptually, it's pretty narrowly tailored, the language as is. They're pretty light edits to the UDC. But I'm wondering if there's ways we can simplify it even further. I'll give you... example, but first I just want to understand the I have like a plumbing hypothetical in my mind and Hypotheticals are dangerous because if you play with them too much you can lead to a three-hour discussion, but I don't that's not my intent But I guess if there's a plumber you know single-member LLC plumber parked in his or her driveway with a van that has a wrap on it and they keep their equipment in the garage and I guess I would read this, tell me if I'm interpreting it correctly or incorrectly, I would read it as they're not a home occupation that's authorized because plumbing is listed as one of the business endeavors on the bottom of the code. So uses that are not considered home occupations include plumbing. So okay, so a plumber's not a home occupation, are they in violation of the code?

Based on the scenario that you just described, I would say no. They own the property. They're parking in their driveway. They're not doing any of those other things that you've listed there unless somehow they are storing things outside, which is outside storage is prohibited in Keller no matter what you're storing outside. So I would, again, based on the scenario that you just described, I would not say that was the case that we should be pursuing.

Okay, so then the only other question I can think of immediately is then why would we call them out in the code, which is, I think, where you weighed in, Stan.

Yeah, I think what we would probably do is not call out any, because we were trying to add in ones that we've had problems with, but you either... create a larger laundry list or you provide no examples and just go by the criteria above. And we can go either route. Just historically, those have been the ones we've had the problems with. We could probably modify the language as well to make sure that you're OK with these uses down here below if you don't meet the other requirements above.

Sure. Okay. I guess I, the reason I ran through that very limited scenario, obviously a plumbing business can be a lot larger in scope, right? The, some of the others, you know, tea rooms, restaurants, barber shops, rest homes, bed and breakfast facilities, cabinet repair shops, metalworking shops, auto repair shops. It gives the impression that this is like a, almost a, it's a very large use service, you know? And I could see, you know, the, I think it was the mayor pro tem that said, you know, the little man, HVAC company, plumbing, even contracting business, that's such a broad term. I would hate to, not for your team, because you understand how you're going to move forward. I would just recommend personally, unless there's a better idea, that we just basically take out the stands point. everything from HVAC to contracting businesses. So it would read metalworking shops, auto repair shops, and commercial stables. All parking used for the home occupation must be met off street. I think I would be pretty comfortable with the language and the factors if we didn't call out the additional types of business.

So can you just repeat? You said take out from HVAC all the way through contracting businesses?

Yeah, that's personally where I would land. I don't know if there's other folks that there's a hand up here. Well, not a hand up, but a comment from Councilman Rankleaf. Thank you, Mayor.

Yeah, so real quick, just because I want to make sure the mayor raised a really good question in the beginning, which is when we talk about the changes, are we talking about simplifying and clarifying existing standards, because this will lead into my second question, or are we looking at trying to change some additional home occupations, which I think is some of the language also that's within the proposed changes? Because that'll dictate kind of where I go next with a couple of questions.

So I think we understood the direction from council to to be take the kind of narrative form definition that we had and create more of a bulleted list that would be easier for staff, residents, you know, anyone trying to navigate the code and figure out what is and what is not allowed in Keller. So some of the content is just taking what we already have and putting it in bullet form. But certainly some of it is adding, you know, the factor that the, Home occupation needs to be carried out by people that live on premises, which we didn't have before. And also prohibiting the outdoor assembly of employees, clients, or equipment. I think the other big add is what we just discussed with the mayor in terms of the HVAC and other types of businesses.

So then if I understand, it would be kind of to clarify kind of existing standards and kind of something that's a bit more objective, correct? Sure. And so then based off of this, because this kind of touches on the HVAC stuff, So then do we anticipate, if we were to adopt these tonight, that there would be any home occupations that would become nonconforming?

So I don't know that you can have a home occupation become legal nonconforming if there's never anything entitling them to do that in the first place. So it's not like we've given anybody a permit, like, you can do this, and now we're revoking.

So I guess maybe let me rephrase the question. Would there be somebody that would kind of face scrutiny that they didn't beforehand or be... Because I think this gets to his question about the plumber. So I'll give you an example. And I think we talked about this at one of the previous work sessions. So if we have, say, for example, somebody that provides tutoring for kids, like math or English or what have you, and That increases traffic within the neighborhood as they're dropping kids off or picking kids up. And again, like the word substantially right, I mean, you know, you can interpret that however you'd like. But is that going to negatively affect that individual?

In my opinion, and as the director, I would not advise my staff. to pursue a case against somebody that's doing tutoring because they're not hitting any other factors. There may be a little bit of extra traffic to and from their house, but the same traffic would be generated at any other type of service coming to their, you know, home health person or a nurse or something like that going to their normal residential activity. Okay. That's why I think the factors are there is if there's one that's kind of on the bubble like increased traffic, but none of these other things are going on that are negatively impacting their surrounding neighbors, I don't think that's a case that we should pursue.

And so then kind of like to follow up with that, so then if we had somebody who is operating kind of like a landscaping lawn care business and they were parking their stuff out in front of their home, how would this impact them, if at all?

That would probably, it depends on what kind of trailer they're part, you know, what they're using for their business because anything on the street is going to ultimately be addressed by the police department and not code compliance. So if there's nothing out, there's no other complaints other than what's on the street, then we would get Chief Fortune's opinion on is this a trailer that can even be parked regularly on the street? Because if there's no other impact, there's really not a code compliance role in the scenario that you've described.

Okay. Yeah, I mean, so I do like that the standards are a lot more objective than they were beforehand. I think, like, my questions were really just kind of clarifying kind of who may or may not be impacted. Yeah, because I think, like, I share the Mayor Pro Tem's kind of sense that at the end of the day, like, you know, home occupations and small businesses, a lot of them, they start out of their house or garage. And, you know, I just want to make sure that we're, you know, we're still protecting that opportunity.

And I think you all know this, but it's worth saying that the passage of this ordinance will not affect our approach and philosophy to code compliance at all. We're not going to be Googling home occupations. We're not doing sweeps or going out and looking for problems. We are still very much complaint-based and reactionary. And so while it may help us navigate future complaints, I don't anticipate some huge uptick in us starting cases on home occupations. And Ultimately, our goal is always compliance and education and working with people that have, you know, potential violations. It's not, oh, we got this complaint and now we're immediately issuing notices and citations. It's just not how we approach it in Keller. Thank you.

Yeah, I think those are really good questions. Kind of shows the balancing act of enforcement versus policy. That's great stuff. Conversation, Councilman Brennan.

Okay, so I have a suggestion, and I think what I'm hearing for the HVAC plumbing part of it, because there was a lot of discussion in P&Z that I listened to as well, is it's action sorts of things. So it's mechanical operations associated with putting together an air conditioning unit or assembling a series of pipes or something like that. It's more action oriented versus the guys getting the pipes out of his garage, sticking it in his truck and driving them to the work site, wherever that may be. So I wonder if we could just reword it in some sort of more action way. It's more of an action that the activities are associated with HVAC and plumbing versus generically HVAC and plumbing. Just a suggestion. I don't have the exact words in front of me, but I just think that's what we're trying to get at here is that the guy that's got the wrap around his truck that the mayor alluded to is sticking a bunch of equipment in the back of his truck and driving it to a work site should be fine. It's only if he's sawing at the pipes and assembling air conditioning units in his driveway that that's an issue. Fair enough? Yeah. Okay.

Stated. Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, staff, for this. I appreciate these additions. I just want to say, and for the scouts that are here and the citizens listening, this is a lot of information. I'm very in the weeds. But suffice to say, you know, when we zone areas residential, that's for people to live, not for people to run businesses. However, there are some unique circumstances where some of the best businesses in the world were started in garages and What we're trying to do here is parse between, you know, protecting the neighbor's property rights. And so in this case, staff, I just, to kind of what Councilman Brennan was speaking to, I know, you know, as long as someone's not assembling 20 people outside to go to a different work site in a day and leave their cars out there. I know we've had some citizens complain about people smoking outside their house, leaving it. Once it starts bothering or affecting neighbors is really a problem. And I definitely don't want to be punitive or go after people, but at the same time, when someone buys a house in a residential area, they expect it to be residential. So thank you for these changes.

Okay. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Just so I'm clear, is council comfortable just sticking with the factors but removing the HVAC, plumbing, and other mechanical supply and contracting businesses language? Okay. I'm getting head nods.

Repeat what you just said.

So like on the screen, it's up there. Just want to make sure everyone has it. So that bottom paragraph, the red language from HVAC, plumbing, and other mechanical supply and contracting businesses, I would just suggest we remove that piece of it, keep the rest, because to me that strikes the right balance of, you know, giving staff policy guidance to enforce against the most egregious cases without opening up, you know, kind of, open-ended questions about, you know, how to define the this, that, or the other with HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical supply and contracting businesses, which is kind of where I think Stan was. That's what I heard Stan say. So if you disagree, Stan, I need you to be quiet. I'm just joking. Is that kind of in line with what you were?

Yeah, I mean, we're probably going to focus on those bullet points up above anyway to meet the elements. So no matter how big or small our laundry list is at the bottom, we're going to have to prove those elements up top.

Okay. All right. I'm okay with that as long as you keep, you know, my concern is maybe HVAC and plumbing that are running out of their house and they have people that are assembling outside. But as long as we maintain, as the council is speaking to, you know, outdoor assembly of employees, and keep those items in there, and that's the guiding principle for staff. I'm okay with that, but that's the key.

I agree.

All right.

All right. So, Sarah, you did the highlighting in yellow?

I'm sorry, say that again?

Did you do the highlighting in yellow? Okay, thanks for doing that. So we'll just move forward then with the changes and remove the language that you highlighted in yellow. Thank you. And well said, Mayor Pro Tem. Our soon-to-be Eagle Scouts are like, what are these folks talking about? Why are they doing this? This is like torture, right? No, it's very important that we're treating each other well as neighbors.

So commissioners voted 5-2 to recommend approval of the proposed amendment. They did make that condition for the three-month. delay in the ordinance taking effect. They wanted a little bit of time, I guess, if there was someone that felt that they were going to be affected. Again, there's no legal non-conforming status for something that wasn't already permitted, but we did write that three-month or 90-day delay of effectiveness in the ordinance, so it's in the draft. And then options for council this evening. Approve is submitted, which includes that P&Z recommendation approved with modifications as we Discuss, table, or deny.

All right. Thank you, Sarah. I don't think we opened the public hearing yet, did we, on this item? All right. So this is a public hearing. If anyone from the general public would like to speak on this item, now is your time. All right. Seeing no one, we have a... Yeah, come on forward. If you don't mind, sir, thanks for being here. Name and address for the record.

Marvin Washington, 41 Dodge Trail.

Thank you. And I've lived here 40 years. We've got, does having assisted living, home, is that affect this? Go with this? Is this the kind of, we've got a house on Dodge Trail and they're, they're using it as an assisted living. And, I mean, it doesn't cause a lot of traffic or anything like that, but a lot of people have wondered if it was legal for them to do that.

Yeah, I think it's a great question, and Sarah or Stan might be able to weigh in a little better, but my interpretation sitting up here tonight is, you know, assuming that the amendments pass the code, they'll look at the factors and then, you know, see if it lines up the actual use at that specific property. Sarah, how would you?

So an assisted living facility is a completely separate use. And there are some federal protections and other, a lot more robust language in the UDC to deal with assisted living facilities. There's other different requirements they need to follow. So I'd like to get with you after the meeting and make sure we've got the address because we can check and see if they've gone through the proper permitting process through the city. But we would not use the home occupation definition to address assisted living facilities because we've got a whole other separate section of the code to deal with those on.

Does that go along with the Airbnbs? I mean, how many can you have on a street?

Yeah, so that's a great question. We're soon, our staff is working.

We've got like four. Yeah. For sure.

Yeah, so we actually talked about this pretty recently, I think, Sarah, in terms of short-term rentals is how folks refer to them. And staff is currently working on going through data, information. Resident feedback, obviously, is paramount in that. It's like you being here tonight and letting us know about that in your neighborhood, extremely important. But whenever staff is done collecting their data and information, they'll bring that forward to us just like they have tonight. So it would be a separate issue that we will consider.

All right. Does that help? That's it. Thank you.

Thank you for being here, sir. All right. Great questions. Is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak on the item? Seeing not, we do have a motion to close the public hearing from Councilman Armstrong. Motion to close the public hearing. Thank you, sir. Councilman Rankleaf.

Second.

Motion to second. All right. Public hearings closed. Any additional questions for staff on item H4?

I do have a question. So when we say we're motion to approve, we're approving the scratched out yellow highlighted, and we're approving the three-month delay? That's part of what we're approving, or does that have to be added as a modification to what we're approving?

So my understanding is what you are voting on is the removal of the highlighted text and the inclusion of the 90-day delay in the effectiveness of the ordinance, along with the medical spa definition that we looked at earlier with the red changes but leaving the green out.

Okay.

Because these are all in the definition section of the UDC is the reason we put them together.

All right, so I'll take a stab at a motion for approval, and then if we need to reword it, Kelly or Stan, motion to approve item H4 as discussed by the city council this evening. Does that work? All right. Councilwoman Brennan?

I second the mayor.

We have a motion to second. Let's vote. Any further questions? No? All right. All right, and those are approved, 7-0. Thank you, Sarah. No rest for the weary. H5, consider an ordinance approving amendments to the City of Calgary Unified Development Code adopted by Ordinance Number 1746, dated July 7, 2015, by amending Article 8, Section 8.17, Town Center, relating to allowable uses and screening wall requirements, providing penalties, authorizing publication, and establishing an effective date. So I have 30 minutes at Sweet Frog's. You're good to go. Duly dismissed. Thank you, gentlemen. No, you're good. Thank you for being here tonight.

All right. Thank you, Mayor. So two separate things within the Town Center Code that we're proposing some changes to. The first is with the use chart. Back in 2024, as part of that UDC amendment I mentioned on the previous item, where we created the new medical spa definition, we modified how spas were dealt with throughout all of the non-residential zoning districts. That same amendment included some changes to the town center use chart, mostly driven by recommendations from economic development at the time. One of the things that we did not do is address anything related to veterinarian clinics and grooming-only facilities, which are currently allowed by right in town center. What we're proposing is to change those from by right to SUP that mirrors the SUP requirement you have for medical facilities for humans and, of course, for grooming, barber, salon, male salons, all of those types of facilities in Town Center require an SUP currently. Now, the reorganization of the Town Center design standards, this is all related to screening walls. As I think most of you remember, during the review process of a recent project, it's the first watch in McAllister's development going on across the street, realized the screening wall requirements i think in large part due to councilman armstrong bringing it to my attention um that we actually had two different uh sections of the town center zoning district dealing with screening walls and unfortunately a part of it was in the um parking lot layout landscaping and lighting and that was the most important part that included um that requirement for an eight foot screening wall adjacent to residential so We're not changing any content or requirement. The screening walls will still have to be eight feet when it's adjacent to residential. We're just moving all of that language under the fences and walls section, which is the natural place to look when you're looking for screening requirements. So again, the summary here, changing the use veterinarian clinic and grooming only facilities from permitted by right to SUP. In town center and then also moving all of the language related to screening wall requirements under the fences and walls subsection Did notice this Text amendment to the UDC in the Fort Worth start telegram. We have not received any comments on the proposed amendment Commission unanimously recommended approval of the amendments as presented last month and And options for the council, again, approve as submitted, approve with modifications, table, or deny.

Thank you, Sarah. This is a public hearing, so is there anyone from the public who would like to comment on item H5? Seeing none, do we have a motion? Councilman Rankleaf?

I move to close the public hearing.

Sir, Councilman Armstrong? Second. Motion to second, let's vote. All right, public hearings closed. Any additional questions for staff? Otherwise, we'll entertain a motion. All right, Councilman Armstrong.

Motion to approve H5 as written. Thank you, sir.

Councilman Brennan.

I second that motion.

All right, motion to second. Let's vote. And that passes 7-0. Right, Kelly? Okay. All right. Item H6, also a public hearing. Same ordinance. Same time, actually. Interesting. Consider an ordinance approving amendments to the City of Keller Unified Development Code adopted by Ordinance No. 1746, dated July 7, 2015, by amending Article 1, Section 1.05. departments and boards involved in land development relating to the role of the Planning and Zoning Commission providing penalties, authorizing publication, and establishing an effective date.

Thank you, Mayor. And we save the last for hopefully the most straightforward of the three amendments we've got this evening. As you may recall, the last legislative session down in Austin, they changed guidelines for the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee. We used to just have the Planning and Zoning Commission serve as that CIAC, but that was changed. during that 2025 legislative session, we did change the code of ordinances, but did not get to the unified development code amendment. So this just takes the designation of the commission as that CIAC out of the UDC, and it also adds that CIAC definition that is pulled directly from the code of ordinances into this section talking about boards involved in land development. So again, summary, just declaring that the P&Z, or removing the language declaring P&Z is acting as CIAC and adding that definition of the CIAC. This was also noticed in the Star-Telegram back on July 19th that we have not received any comments on this amendment. Commission unanimously recommended approval at their July 14th meeting, and a reminder on the council options this evening.

All right. Thanks, Sarah. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public who'd like to discuss item H6? Seeing none, we do have a motion. Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move we close the public hearing on item H6.

Thank you, sir. Councilman Rankleaf.

Thank you, Mayor. I second.

We have a motion to second. Public hearing is closed. All right. Any questions for staff, or do we have a motion?

Mayor Pro Tem, he's getting the motions going. All right, Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move we approve item H6 that's presented.

Sir, Councilwoman Brennan.

I second the motion.

All right, motion is second. Let's vote. I will say, please extend our sincere, so that passed the 7-0, please extend all of our sincere appreciation to the folks who have stepped up to serve on that committee that's an additional group of people who are volunteering more time for our city so and also thank you Sarah for bringing these forward by my count your amendments passed 21 to 0 nice work H7, public hearing, consider a resolution approving the fiscal year 26-27 City of Keller Crime Control and Prevention District Board. I don't know why we always do this to last, like on the agendas. Y'all are always here for this presentation, and I'm like, they're always long meetings, and then you're here, and I'm like, man, it's almost 9 o'clock, and they're still here. So, thank you for being here tonight.

Well, good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of council, and, uh, As I mentioned, we're going to be covering the CCPD budget. I'm going to go, I know you all had the packet to power the presentation. I'm going to go fast through certain portions because there are portions that I do need to slow down a little bit to explain that are new this year. Before I get started, I just want to thank Councilman Will for being the liaison on CCPD Board, and we do have members of our CCPD Board present too, so I want to thank them for all the work that they've done. So for the new members on Council, we started this CCPD history Back in 2001, the authority to have this kind of district was from the local government code, section 363. And what we did is we allowed 3.8 cents of sales tax to go to this special fund that's specifically for the crime control efforts. We initially did it just to expand the PD. It was a success. So then we went and the law allows us to go up to 15 years. So we did that in 2006 to create the Jail and Animal Adoption Center. And then that was renewed finally in November 2021. We're currently in another 15-year stage of this, and we also reduced it down to a quarter cent of all sales tax goes into this fund. So just in a brief summary, our total revenues are estimated to be at $2.5 million. That includes South Lake Collierville payments for our computer-aided dispatch and our vehicle auctions, as well as... And that estimated total expenditure of 2.4 million. So we're going to be our total revenue exceeds our expenditures by 134,000. You'll see that currently the only personnel that we fund under out of the CCPD is our accreditation manager who is a part of our accreditation program. That entire program is funded through CCPD. So she has the salary up there with benefits. And then you see the fees there for both not only our national accreditation which is CALEA but also our Texas Police Chiefs Association accreditation program for state accreditation. Moving into operations, we fund all of our vehicles through CCPD. This year our plan is to replace some of our patrol vehicles, Tahos and Durangos, as well as some of our administrative and CID vehicles. You see the total there of $439,000. That does include the upfit cost of turning those into police vehicles. We also fund all of our equipment through for our SWAT team. So for our new members, again, we have five members. You see the different agencies there that are represented on our SWAT team, and you also see how many from each of those agencies, how many members are on our team. We have five from Keller. So any of the individual equipment that those operators need are funded through the CCPD and Keller. So each agency funds their pieces of equipment for them. Anything that's team-related, we as the chiefs will get together and we will budget effectively. For instance, the armored vehicle that is coming, we budgeted a couple years back so that we would have all equal portions towards that cost. And so you can see some of the pieces of equipment that we buy and we make sure that our operators have as a part of the team. So we consistently budget $15,000 to cover those recurring costs. Moving into equipment and program enhancements, We had a lot of success last year getting one of our stalker radar trailers. Those are not, as you all know, one of our biggest, our biggest complaint from residents is traffic and speeding in neighborhoods. So we are constantly deploying our trailer, our speed trailers, to do speed studies on different locations. The additional benefit of this trailer is it also is a message trailer. So wherever we need to send messages, whether it's Keller Lights, Holidays, or any other messaging that we need to take place. The e-bikes on the trails, we put that out and we've received a lot of positive feedback from the residents about those, so we're buying one more because it was deployed almost every week this year. You'll see PD branding. Last year we completed our renovation of our police department. It's an old building, but we also knew that with this new rebranding, the renovation that we did, we wanted to create an environment that helps with our retention and recruiting that people can be proud of our history. And so we've put a really concerted effort inside the building of branding. We have an area dedicated to officers, our timeline, our history, our retirees. And so we're doing all that. And then with the anticipation that on, as we all know, October the 6th is National Night Out, which is a plug. But the second is on October the 17th, which is Saturday, is going to be an open house to the community. And we're going to bring in demos of different things with the police department. We're going to bring the fire department, a lot of our partners. let them see the facility, et cetera. So I think it's going to be something to be very proud of. But right now we're still in the process of rebranding different aspects. That is a picture of our new badge that we are going to. That was the idea of one of our line-level officers to create something that's not generic, that every badge around the country looks like, but something that's very specific to Keller. And it was very well received from the officers in our organization. So these are little things to help with the morale, the culture of our department. Chief, that's awesome.

And, you know, it kind of gets me fired up. I know it has you fired up. I love the branding efforts and I know the other folks do well, but way to go on your leadership, but also the team, you know, the suggestion for the badge change because, you know, the little things are the big things. So I just wanted to say that's fantastic. everything you're doing on the branding side of it. So I know because it's important, you're kind of waiting to unveil it all at once. Could you remind me the date of the open house? The open house is going to be October the 17th. October 17th? Yes, sir. OK. That's great. Yes, sir.

Some of these items you're going to see are just recurring costs that we're trying to do to make sure all of our vehicles have the patrol shields. Some of these items, ticket riders, lasers, just recurring costs of doing business. You'll see some additional items over here. These are lower cost, but these are a lot of these things are training items, just cost of doing business. Facility improvements, we routinely, again, our building, even though we did the renovation, our building is still quite old. So we recurrently put in $75,000 for FF&E funds. So technology, again, there are some items in here that are new, some are recurring. You see the big ticket items up there, our CAD and RMS system. Luckily, this is year five of our five-year commitment with our Central Square team, and you can see that this is a partnership. We pay $187,000, and then Colleyville and Southlake pay their portion based on cost. This is our second to last year with our FLOC ALPR system, and you can see some other technology Software products that are, some of them are new. The GovWorks is a new product for our NETCOM dispatch to help with the hiring and then the onboarding as well as training and quality assurance throughout the year. And so another new product on here that I'll, is third from the bottom in time yearly scheduling software which has been real crucial to really monitor how much our guys are working but also overtime. and just make sure they're not working more than they should in a certain period of time, and just having a better control of their work hours, both on-duty and extra-secondary employment. You see we are also the operative IQ inventory system. That's going to be a new, basically to help us better control all of our inventory, which is, that's going to make our job a lot easier. We did move the fourth bullet down, AFR engine, which is we moved, we've always had an AI component investigative tool software program that allows us to search social media with certain photographs looking for certain criminals, and then they got very proud of their product, so we found another product that we've had very good reviews from, and so we're going to them, which is the AFR engine with a lot better price. You see the IA Pro is our new personnel management system that helps us track incidents of pursuits, uses of force to make sure that we're identifying officers that are in these events more after they hit a certain amount. It triggers us to review to make sure there's not a recurring, an underlying problem with a specific officer, but these are isolated incidents unique to themselves. So it keeps us better aware of how often our officers are being involved in those critical incidents. It also tracks the IA internal affairs investigations and our administrative investigations that we completed at the police department. You can see online reporting there. That is up and running, and because it was challenging to get it going and they didn't produce it the way they said, fiscal year 27 is free, but it's going to be resuming the cost in fiscal year 28. Again, a lot of these are recurring products. I'll be happy to go into detail on any of them that you guys have questions of that you're not familiar with. Chief, on the AFR engine, how is that tool implemented?

Is it an online? It's software on a computer.

Does it scan social media platforms? Pictures. For example, we had an incident of a child porn suspect. We had the picture. We put it into this. It searched it, and it found this guy's Facebook page in Nevada. We were able to then generate warrants and And because of his pictures on his Facebook page and the identifying of tattoos and things, we were able to get a warrant for him.

Yeah. I mean, I would imagine that would save some time. Absolutely. A lot of time.

So it's a huge effort. And most law enforcement agencies have this technology. We needed to find a better cost because, like I said, the other one was a little bit more expensive. Yeah. Thanks. Yes, sir. This is a very important slide because this is in 2027, this 15-year note. of our building is going to be paid off of the $6.4 million worth of debt that we had. So that's going to free up some good money in our CCPD. How much is that? It was half a million dollars. Half a million? Yes, sir. We have plans for that money. You have plans for it? Yes, sir. This is the one I want to take just a second to explain. So right now, our NETCOM dispatch is a part of Northeast Tarrant County Consortium. It involves Keller, Bedford, Colleyville, Ulis, Grapevine, and Southlake. And this is a consortium to help our radio system through the COG, North Central Texas Council of Governments. So through these partnerships, running a dispatch center with the radios and the consoles is not cheap. And Motorola has... Big investment in this and so they've made us aware several years ago that it is about a time It's called lifecycle planning that it's about time to get new radios new consoles Not just the handheld radios, but our consoles and dispatch and it's a significant cost And so we started planning and incrementally implementing these changes in preparation that we have to have it all done by fiscal year 31 so you can see last year which is complete in fiscal year 25 we took care of pillars one and two and This year for fiscal year 27, we are going to get two of the six consoles listed at the very bottom there that are going to be required. Those are $175,000 each. After fiscal year 27, fiscal year 28, we're going to get pillars three and four. Now, it shows there that there was a DOJ grant that the consortium had submitted. It was initially approved. It has been unfunded. So the Congressman Beth Van Dyne's office advised us that they are going to be still looking for other opportunities. It passed Congress, the House. It just didn't go into law. So they're still looking for other grants to help us out. But as of right now, that specific grant was unfunded. So we're still planning for the worst, hoping for the best. So that will be in fiscal year 28. And then fiscal year 29 and fiscal year 30, we plan to each year buy two more consoles for the total of six that are required and then we'll have satisfied everything by the fiscal year 31. So this is just an example of one of the consoles. So the last big-ticket item is we are at the end of our Axon. We all have Axon body-worn cameras. We've had them for several years. Axon now is creating a package that they also are ownership, they've partnered with tasers. And so like we talked about in the work session or in the review of the agenda, so currently we got tasers. We didn't have enough for every officer. And so we had them for shifts, but if you had a major event like Keller Lights, holidays, there wasn't enough for everybody. And so they're giving us a package to replace all of our Axon body-worn cameras with all the current, benefits that they provide, but also they're going to upgrade to new Taser 10s. We have Taser 7s now. These are Taser 10s, and they're going to give us 60 of them, which will allow us to issue each one of our officers their own Taser, which is significant. The other benefit of these TASER 10s, I won't get into a lot of the weeds. I'll be happy for you guys to come over and I'll demo and share these TASERs with you. But it gives us a better range on distance that we have to be to the suspect before we can deploy them from 25 feet to a 45-foot range. We also realize that there are incidents when officers will unholster their TASER and just the presentation of it will be a deterrent and de-escalate situations not having to use it. And so this now will start to activate axon body-worn cameras in proximity once you take it out of the holster. So we can start tracking the de-escalation aspect of it. The other part of it is once you take it out, there's a bright pulsing light and a loud noise to hopefully alert the suspect of what it is and what's going on as another deterrent before we ever have to use the device. So these are all really just great tools. that Taser has done based on current uses throughout the country. They're constantly evolving, and it's a great tool. The other benefit is on this slide of this different, we're getting VR training, which they demoed to us when they brought and showed us the Taser 10s. It's incredible, and it's not just for Tasers, but it's for handgun use, and we're going to be able to sit in briefing and do VR training with our guys indoors and just for decision-making purposes and de-escalation purposes. It's a great tool. FUSIS is another system that we're going to be getting is that it's going to be able to stream 150 CCTV integrations to include body-worn cameras or any kind of community and camera registrations from the community. So our community camera program that we currently have, obviously it's voluntary. If citizens want to register and provide access to their cameras, it will give us real-time access into those camera systems like a command center and our squad cars. The drone is something I'm really looking forward to. It'll help us identify, enable, and track unauthorized drones in a certain area. So Keller Lights, holidays, we'll be able to start now. It doesn't give us the ability to disable them. That's coming. But it helps us identify where they're at so we can address it if they are around us. So there's a lot of training that goes on with that that we're going to be exploring. But we are getting that product. That's a part of this package. And then finally, the Axon fleet camera system, that's the camera system that's inside of our car. And we're going to be continuing year three of five with those. We've been consistently doing well with those. And so basically, the estimated fund balance at the end of fiscal year 27 will be 3.4 million. We have an estimated recurring cost of 1.9. And I know I went through that extremely fast, but if you have any questions.

Thank you, Chief. So this is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public who would like to speak on item H7? Not? Mayor Pro Tem?

I move we close the public hearing on item H7. Thank you, sir. Councilwoman Brennan?

I second.

Thank you. Call for a vote. Public hearing is closed. Just as a reminder, as Chief Fortune likes to negotiate, this is a take it or leave it. You got to approve it or send it back. Well done, sir. In all seriousness, I mean, that's, you know, it seems like the presentations are as good or even better every year, you know, thanks to the work of everyone involved. And so, yeah, I'm pretty excited by it, to be honest with you, and love the direction we're headed. Councilman Whatley.

Yes, sir. Chief, I just want you to know how much we appreciate you. Keller is blessed to have you in charge of our police force here. I really appreciate the work you do, and I'm never... not impressed when you come before this council. And I love the new badge. That's pretty cool.

I wish I could take credit for it, but it is creative guys within our department. Like I said, this idea and that design was from a line-level officer. That's awesome. Thank you so much. Yes, sir. Thank you.

That's great. Councilman Armstrong? Proud of all of public safety in Keller. Out on the campaign trail, that is the one thing that everybody said is keep our PD and keep our fire department doing what they're doing and more. And only other thing I would not recommend is Mr. Washington will take my place for the taser.

Mr. Washington, you know, the mayor pro tem was doing a joke on the new councilman about, you know, you know, So I guess we should tell them, Shannon, you don't actually have to get tased if you're newly elected to city council. So you're clear, you're clear. But if you do, we will record it. Yeah, well done. Councilman Will?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. As the chief mentioned earlier, I have the fortune of being the liaison to the CCPD, and I just wanted to... One, thank the members of the CCPD board and the work that they've put into this. They dedicate a lot of hours to supporting our officers and making sure that they have the things that they need to do the jobs to keep us safe. And so I just wanted to recognize them and the work that they put into this budget.

Thank you, Councilman Will, and thank you for the extra time and effort that you put in behind the scenes to make sure that our public safety officials are supported. We really appreciate it. Mayor Pro Tem?

There we go. Just one question. Do you have everything you need, or is there anything you need that's not on here? Sir, we're good to go. All right, thank you.

As far as public safety goes, he means. Yeah, public safety. It's almost nine. Exactly, exactly, exactly. All right, so we do have a motion. Councilwoman Brennan?

Yeah, I just want to real quick also say I'm really amazed at the conversation about the tasers. And how when you take it out, it activates cameras all around. Because that's the age we're in right now, right? You've got to have everything documented and proof.

From all the different angles. And what's best is if it's Axon from an agency that's not even ours. If they have Axon cameras, it activates their cameras. Okay. It's incredible.

So with that, I would like to approve item H7. Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Rankleaf.

Thank you, Mayor. I second.

All right, we have a motion to second. Let's vote. All right, H7 is approved, 7-0. Chief? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. Almost got you out of here before 9. That is our last item for the regular session. So we'll go ahead and adjourn into work session.

this afternoon a digital copy of the same thing, of the hard copy that you have in front of you now. This is our monthly update. The last couple of months we either spent through it or skipped over it. I'm not going to make up for that time, but if you have any questions, by all means let me know. I have expanded the radar to include what is currently being reflected in the 27 budget, what we're pushing off the 28, We've got several items that are in design, and you can see that. Not the least of which, of the most important one, is the town hall patio. We're refining costs and getting that lined up. You can see there are several projects that we're still teeing up for start. Construction continues on Mount Gilead with our SWIFT project. SWIFT being the state water... infrastructure revolving fund financing. And we still expect the paving to start this week. The channel that has been replaced, the cut in the road has been covered. All services have been restored or transferred over. That's getting cleaned up today, tomorrow. By the end of the week, we'll have paving underway to repave the entire width of Mount Gilead. We still think that will take probably a week or two. We'll have at least a week overlap with school. So we're still on schedule. We knew we were going to be working in August, and so here we are. The good news is pay-to-work is fully completed and operational before school starts. Willis is up and running as well. One of the things that I'd like to bring to your attention on the back side of the page or the second page of the digital that I sent is the road work that we have addressed this summer. This evening there was an approval in the consent item for sidewalk repairs. That's yet to be accomplished, but we have about 2,900 repairs that we expect to complete. But we have repaired and reconstructed just over six miles of roadway this last summer with partnership with the county. We have a third party contractor outside of that. We have our own crews helping with some smaller things with that as well. have there I bring that to your attention because I know that the council retreat we had some discussions about you know how we deal with the streets can we do more and we're doing what we can certainly nothing to turn our nose up at Under construction as well is the Elm Street. A reminder that a lot of that is underground. And so we've gotten the water, the wastewater, drainage on the east side has been taken care of. Utilities continue to move overhead into the duck banks. And so almost all of the work that we've been doing up to this point is stuff that you're never going to see anyway. And that's the point. It's going to be underground and covered. Some paving activities have already started at the northern end, and that's so that we can coordinate better with the utility company. The bridge is still anticipated to come down, but we're probably a few weeks away from that. We want to make sure that we stay on top of that and make that a media broadcast when that happens. It's not often we have a bridge that gets to go down. We'll make sure we stay on top of that.

Alonzo, is there plans to advertise the over six miles of reconstructed roadway to the general public?

There is nothing that I'm aware of. I put this together this afternoon just as a summary.

Yeah, I think I got another day out of Vernon.

Yeah. But I'm happy to answer any other questions. I'm trying to hit the highlights. Sidewalk projects continue. We have representatives from Kimberley and Moore. Yeah, Kaylee. Do you have any idea, roughly?

I know that their subcontractor said initially it was eight months, but I have not heard recently.

is done it's yeah and it was done before school opened up so I'm most happy about that other things of interest are the sidewalk work I've also included that on there a couple points I want to make on that one is we've done considerable sidewalks around the city Right now we're working around the Keller Middle School to make sure at least one side of all the roads surrounding the middle school has a sidewalk so that students can get to and from school on a sidewalk. You'll notice also the project that was awarded this evening for repair of our sidewalks. We have identified 2,900 locations that are going to get repaired. I want to make sure that there's a, let me anticipate the questions. how is it that we have 2,900 areas to repair in a singular quadrant in the city? And the answer is what we did over the last several years were the big trips, the remove and replace, the reconstructions and things like that. What we're doing now is we are making sure that we are adhering to the ADA requirement of nothing more than a quarter inch separation. between panels. And so the 2,900 locations are shaving locations, not a remove and replace. And so that's why that number is so high.

When we're measuring, how are they measuring that? Are they literally walking around?

They're walking and measuring physically each square foot of that sidewalk. A quarter inch is what is required by ADA to be ADA compliant. And that's why we are targeting that quarter inch. When you say separation, you meant cracked, right? Separations are different than Yeah, if it's just cracked and there's no vertical displacement, it'll be noted, but it doesn't rank high on that list unless it starts to crumble and fall apart. Got it. Okay.

Thanks.

All right. Any other questions, I'm happy to take them. The one project of particular note is a separate item, and that's Mount Gilead. That's a significant capital project, and unless there are questions about what's been handed out, I'd be happy to move to that. We've got a presentation and the goal for this evening is to update everybody where we're at and what can be expected. Mount Gilead has been under design for the last 18 months. Kimberly Horn and the design team represented here. What we're gonna look at tonight is an overview of the project, talk about early tree removal, we'll talk about that in a moment, and then update the schedule. As a reminder, the Mount Gilead project was from 377 on the west side to the roundabout at Marshall Ridge, Marshall, Fort, at Worland. We'll go the other direction. What has been designed is a three-lane section in front of the new development center stage and in front of Milestone. We're going to keep the existing and then a roundabout at the intersection. This is probably the fourth presentation that we've had on this. And the reason I say that is that what we started with is not what we ended up with. The most recent discussion was a value engineering discussion in May where costs were getting out of hand. We came back and readjusted what the scope was so that we points if you have to remember our points discussion several months ago and that's what this represented we you know the project was costing 17 points we only had 13 to spend how did you want to distribute it a lot easier to say points than millions yeah what we ended up with was a three-lane undivided and we'll talk about what that looks like this is a bit more doing the finishing touches on this design. It's going to be three lanes across here with a left turn lane, a through, a through right, and a right. We have turn lanes for the residential drive that has been constructed with center stage. And we'll continue that three lane all the way through. And then we'll have a turn lane for the two milestone entrances, as well as a right turn lane from the other direction. I don't want to overlook this, but we also have sidewalks on the south side, a trail on the north side, two crosswalks, which will be supported by the rapid rectangular flashing beams, the RFVs that we see on trails around town. Is that in front of the church? That is in front of the church, correct. And then once you get past the church, transition back down to the existing two-lane configuration. Right now, the proposal is that we're going to just clean this up, resurface it, remark it, because we're going to have a brand new road on either side of it, and then we'll transition to the roundabout on the far east side. The good news about the roundabout is that we have adjusted, readjusted, modified avoided we completely avoided any of the takings up here to the north west to the northeast we had enough room here and we were able to reduce it to just this little triangle which has been acquired so everything that we need to build this we can within current right-of-way and easements I will say this though as we get to the bidding part of this project This section, because it's being overlaid and we've got a sidewalk on the south side as well, this is the pedestrian connection between the three-lane section and the roundabout and sidewalks to the east and north to the school. If costs come in higher, what we're contemplating is doing a bid alternate or separating this. At the end of the day, we only have so much money. There's no more well to go back to. And so unless all the costs come in, this is likely going to be the first thing that we would consider pulling out, unless I hear otherwise from this body. Say that again. Unless I hear otherwise from this body, we're going to do, that's our next value engineering. If the costs after the bidding. The sidewalk would be the first thing to go. The sidewalks and the overlay. Correct. Which pains me to say it, because I'm an advocate for sidewalks, but at the end of the day, I can only spend what I have. If bids come in too high, this is first on the list. And to repeat what you asked me to repeat, Mayor, unless I hear otherwise from this body, this is the first value engineering target. What would be the other value engineering targets? I would hope I won't need to, but if we're talking about options, it's either the overlay and or the sidewalk. And maybe what we don't do is the overlay at all, and maybe that's what gets us within budget. If we need to, then we pull the sidewalk. If that still doesn't do it, then we get creative.

Remind me what the overlay is.

It's just taking the top surface of the road down and putting down a new coat of asphalt on top. It makes it look new. Yes, it's most cost-efficient plus. There's the expectation.

I've got a brand new road on either side So are you just going to tell us before we do the value engineering and say hey look we're cutting whatever side of walks?

We won't know until after we bid So at the conclusion of this meeting Assuming we don't get off the rails on this or into the ditch or whatever metaphor you want We're ready to finish the design and go to bid and I'll share that Because maybe it comes in under. Yeah, I am hopeful. One of the questions that I want to anticipate from his body is, you know, 12, 13 million, that's still a lot of money. This is not a lot of road for that kind of money. And that's because it's a rural cross-section and we've got a lot of utilities that are here. We are either replacing or relocating the storm system We are replacing or relocating the water through the majority of this and we're installing new sewer on the west side. All of those things cost significant money and lateral space to put it in. The problem is you don't ever see this and that's what makes it feel more expensive. But this is the inevitable reality of modernizing what is otherwise a rural cross-section to a modern urban roadway.

I think in the future, if someone does something like Center Stage, they should try to get some of it paid for when that comes in. But that's me that can ignore there.

they want to postpone doing their work until after all the trees are gone, which means after the project is underway, which means they won't be out until February, March, April, sometime. We don't know when. what we are proposing tonight is instead of giving tri county the opportunity to delay their work we want to pull tree removal out of the project do that now before we let the larger project and take away any reason for tri county to delay their work so they're still going to have they're still going to have poles they're not going to bury that's correct so what they are concerned about is moving their poles right now they're on this side of the trees side of the other side of the trees but they don't want to because they're too close to the trees and they don't want to try to negotiate through those I'm not sure I follow the entire logic of that but nonetheless that's position they've taken so what we're recommending is to address those trees that are between the edge of pavement and that yellow line or essentially the right-of-way line that we've determined for this road opposing is that it's already part of the project. If this happened a year from now, nobody would think twice about it because the road would immediately go in that same location. Trees removed, widen the road, you understand why the trees are gone. The challenge that we're going to face is that we're going to remove the trees now. And then there's no road for another six, eight months, nine months. So we're doing this to make... But we're doing this to take away the impediment or the hurdle for Tri-County to get out of the way. What if we just tell them we don't want to do that? Then we have a massive uncertainty early 27, whether or not Tri-County is out of the way when we're ready to do the work. This gets them out of the way now.

So whether... So it just makes it messy for the contractor and the utility.

Correct. Which is what we're facing now in Elm. Because the utilities weren't out of the way by the bridge, fortunately it's a big enough project, the contractor went to start paving on North End for Elm. Had he not had something else to go to, that project comes to a stop until the utilities are done. That's the risk we run here.

I guess I just don't understand why they can't better synchronize the schedules. Because a year.

I agree, we've been talking to them for two years.

Preemptively cutting for a year in advance, it's a weird, those are weird optics.

Which is why it's important to have this discussion.

synchronize our calendar so that way we don't have a year lull of trees gone and no construction because regardless of the trees residents are gonna naturally and understandably be curious about why is it taking so long for the project to start so I just like me personally I think we should really press on them to better harmonize their calendar to get it more like a two or three month window not a year and it is probably somewhere in between but that's me and it may be impractical so I realize it's a big project

And this just further elaborates. We do have a number of trees. I know the question will come up while we see the graphic with a bunch of green on the aerial. We're pushing 200 trees that we're impacting. I'm not saying we shouldn't do it. I just want to make sure that if we do it, and I think we should, that we understand what we're doing. So this is on the far west end where the current residential street has been constructed already, looking to the west. That's the area we're talking about clearing. That's the area from the edge of pavement to where the new utility poles would go on the north side, which is the left side of the photo. That's going to be rough. Same thing is here. Going further up the hill, you can see the area that would be widened for the street. And then looking from the east side, looking west, it would be that area between the trail and the edge of pavement. And you can see already, while utility companies are doing stuff, we just need to make sure that they don't have a reason to say, we'll get to it in the next three months, six months, or whatever that is. Our goal is to... do this so just a recap of where we've been October 25 we had direction we had to revalue engineer that early this year we're here today we hope to have approval for the tree removal contract that means we're ready to go in September award in October, it'll take a couple of months to get all of the contract signed, bonds issued, et cetera, for insurance. But we want to start after January 1st, wait until after the holidays. And if all goes well and the trees are out of the way, that means by January 1st, Tri-County will be out of the way. And then we just start blowing it going. We estimate this to be about a 24- to 30-month process to get through. That puts us in early 29. If we can't start by January 27 because utilities aren't out of the way, the contractor might still be able to do some things. But inevitably, there's going to be somewhere, at some point, they're going to have to stop until Tri-County is truly out of the way.

Because it's the entire length of the project.

That's correct. is that we move forward in removing these trees now. I, just like everyone else here, understand the sensitivity of public perception of trees, but at the same time, I'm also just as sensitive, Mount Gilead notwithstanding, how long patients can wear thin when projects go longer than expected.

Do you guys have a, like, when they're doing their little Gantt charts and everything, how long are they saying they need to do it all, tri-county?

They are not very great at telling you exactly how long they're going to take, but they said three or four months they could do it in, but they had a lot of stipulations when it came to when they wanted to do it, and it had to do with powder load during the summer, and if we could move the trees, it would aid that, so it was very convoluted answer. And then I wanted to add to make sure you guys knew, there are two utility providers at least on the tri-county poles. So it's not like you move tri-county out of the way and we're good. Then utility company one, utility company two has to come through and move to the new poles. So we're not just waiting on tri-county, we're then waiting for the ripple. So the Gantt chart you're talking about gets stacked.

Several levels, yeah. But you're looking at four months. Yeah.

Like, yeah. Yeah, yeah. The four months later, though, is with a construction that's already underway. And that's four months for Encore to do their part. I still have the other two to follow afterwards.

I'll tell you up front, the electric utilities, whether it be Encore or Trout County, they have no teeth when it comes to getting the cable attachment people to move off and move. Oh, really? I've battled that for a long time. If you just go further east on that road, there's still cable attachments on standalone poles that don't have electric on them when that neighborhood paid for underground utility.

I just assumed they did have teeth, actually.

There's no teeth. I've asked Giovanni to look into it. Still fell on dead fears because those companies are powerful.

to bring a proposal for action, i.e. the tree removal, without you first hearing it. You're hearing it this evening. Our goal is to come back at the next council meeting with a recommendation to move forward with the tree removal, at which time we'll update our plans, separate tree removal and grubbing from the current set of plans, and finalize those plans and get ready for our advertisement.

Anybody need firewood?

the trees out now because track county especially they offer no aid they're asking the contractors to pay for everything so they're not willing to work with anybody so and you know your experience with their board so you know firsthand not really experienced with the current one because they removed me but still you understand a lot when I was there, and it seems to have gone the wrong route for member representation. We are a member as this city, as most of us sitting here, and the current management has it in his pocket that he is the sole voice for Tri-County.

No, but I mean, we have the choice of the bad optics of the trees versus the risk to the project It's going to slow the project. Right.

I'm sorry, if I would have realized this was basically, I didn't realize where your questions comment slide was at. So why can't we just tell them to do better? Because I just don't understand. I get what Councilman Armstrong is saying about, I don't know an applied way to say it this hour, to cut down a year early how does that guarantee a delay and that's kind of rhetorical like can we take that to them and just say between now at least between now and next council I'm trying to hold them a little bit accountable because these like one-sided relationships is what they sound like that we end up entering into as a city or they're kind of frustrating for our residents and so I think we should just press them more and say look you know this is a sensitive area of our I mean every area is sensitive and I mean, I think all of us in here, we don't want to delay the project based on optics. But the reality is people get frustrated. And so at least I want to know that we've really pressed on them and said, please do better. And you can quote me or anyone else and make, because you've got to preserve that relationship. That doesn't mean their answer's going to change.

I share your perspective. I hear you. I feel the same emotional angst with it. But at the end of the day, we don't have an agreement with Tri-County or Encore. They have an agreement with the state that says they could be in there right away and to do what they want to do. And so the... We are roommates on the same piece of right. Not partners that agree that this is how we should live together.

Okay, so I was just looking for feedback. So it sounds like what you're saying is that's a waste of time to go to them. And if that's me just speaking, you're not putting those words in. But it just sounds like a waste of time to go to them and even make the ask.

I would agree with that.

Okay, well I'm not trying to waste your time, but at some point we need to engage Tri-County relationship with tri county so that way hopefully you know you're doing your job alonzo and we really appreciate you bringing this forward and thinking this thing thing through but that's that's me and i don't think i said anything anyone could really disagree with but in the spirit of using you your name what we'll do is uh what i propose we'll do is return back to tri county let them know this is what we're doing but as part of this not only do we want you to move but we need you to come to business yeah i mean that'd be great and it's not a you know, antagonistic thing is just, like, can we build an even better relationship so that way when these things come up, you know, we at least have good communications. I mean, communications are, as I'm learning, are extremely important when it comes to public projects.

So, come here, I will clarify. Part of Keller is covered with a director, and that's from Johnson Road North with Don Lambert. Oh, okay. Johnson Road South has nobody.

Okay. Yeah, good catch.

We should loop in Mr. Lambert as well. Directors have been advised that they are not the voice for track counting. Mr. Scott Spence is. We can have the CEO come in again.

Just a polite invitation. Any other questions on Alonzo? We have four more topics. Thanks Alonzo. Thanks Kaylee as well for your updates. It's kind of we're working in reverse. Let's stay on a roll. I would like to leave the city council strategic goals as a, you know, after the budget. So heads up.

Okay. Hello again.

Hi. Hello.

Okay. I have a bit of a longer one, but I'm going to make it worth your time. All right, so we had eight new businesses that got certificates of occupancy in July, starting with a state farm insurance agent, Michael Day Reinhart at 310 North Main Street, Suite F. We also have professional home kitchens at 1075 Chisholm Trail. It's a showroom for kitchen appliances. Worth It Pilates at 790 South Main Street, Suite F. For 17, that opens August 23rd. Panther City Plumbing, this is their main office, but there won't be any vehicles there. It's just an office at 120 North Main Street. Brain Body Well at 1670 Keller Parkway, Suite 170. It's like hormone therapy and women's health. Top Turf at 714 Petey Road, Degree Wellness at 242 Roof Snow Drive, Suite 140, that one's opening August 22nd. And then AutoZone got their CO at 2131 Roof Snow Drive. So far we've had 65 COs that have been issued through the end of July. And then as far as building permits currently under review or in process, we have Pilates Addiction. We have a lot of Pilates, which is exciting. So Pilates Addiction, that one's going here at Town Center at 121 Roof Snow Drive, Suite 117. That one's under review. Then we have Tech Flex Offices, 2000 Whitley Road. This is a shell building on commercial zoning with tenants to be determined. We'll keep you posted. We talked about this one last time, Unzi, Vine, and Vive at 444 Keller Parkway. They're in the inspections part of the process. We will definitely let you know when we know that they're going to open. They're still doing a contest online.

I was going to say be careful because there's a contest. Right. None of us can play.

But they're really engaging people. And then Orbinspire Games at 800 South Main Street, Suite 240. Their permit was issued July 22nd. Pickleman's, we talked about it last month as well. They're giving us a better ETA aiming for an October-November opening, so we'll keep you posted on that one. They don't have a contest, so I can tell you in advance. First Watch is aiming for a November opening. McAllister's, they are still under plan review addressing some life safety requirements, but we'll let you know as soon as we find out. And the last one, not least, Samantha Springs has submitted their plan development documents.

So they did submit the PD.

It just hit the portal yesterday, so we did two rounds of preliminary review for them, and it did look very similar to Corridor, but I think, well, so far, preliminarily, the concept set looks the same, but it'll be the development standards that probably are the most important part of that whole thing.

That's a big one. The advice council will look at it big time. It's huge. Yeah.

Okay, and I'm sure y'all have been waiting for this. I have a few stats on Killer Lights and our July 3rd event. So we got some information from Placer AI.

40,000 people.

Close to, oh wait, you already know.

That's amazing. He's been sitting on that all night. Yes.

I'm driving the Oklahoma.

You should go find out, or you should go enter the Uzi opening.

So how many?

So it was close to 38,000. And this is, yes, and this is between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. So at the peak time, it peaked at 9 o'clock, which makes sense, that's when we had the fireworks, at 30,000 people during fireworks. So some people came and left. And as expected, 76248 and 76244 accounted for the larger zip codes that were represented, and that's about a combined 45% of visitors from the two zip codes. The top six zip codes accounted for 64%, and a lot of folks from Keller, North Fort Worth, NRH, Northlake, and Watauga.

Are you all going to send that out like you did last time, or no?

that we'll send you. And then, this one's just kind of a fun fact. Visitors had an estimated median household income of 143K. Drawing people that will hopefully spend money.

Shop a little bit, yeah.

Okay, so next.

Let's do the sales tax for July versus for now.

Yeah, and I am actually going to be showing you some sales tax information. I just want to remind you all that when I show you a particular month, that's three months behind because that's how the reporting works. So two. Two? Two. Oh, it's two. OK, so we're going to be providing some sales tax data focusing on key geographic districts and industries of interest. This will be a new addition to the economic development update. And I will be giving this to you quarterly. So here is a heat map of where sales tax is generated in color and where it's been generated over the past 12 months. I'm sure this is no surprise to you. These are some of the key businesses that are frequent self-tax producers at the top. I just wanted to give you that context. Okay, so next, if you look at this scale here, the changes are not as dramatic as they look. It's relatively flat, but we definitely wanted to go upwards. This tells you a good story about phase one of OTK. New businesses like Wabi House, Gertogi, as well as others have brought some new activity to this side of OTK, and this is exactly what we were hoping would happen with the improvements and investments that have been made to the west side. And then this is the other side of Old Town Keller. It looks scarier than it is. If you look closely, this is just a really large graph, but it's really just going by tens. It's about a 30p difference from August 2024 to now. However, this shows you that even just one business closing, what it can do to overall collections. Now, with all the investment into the east side, we definitely expect this to go up, especially as construction wraps up in the next couple of years and more businesses establish a presence here. You know, example, Shannon Arbor, they closed, and now we have an amazing new venue, the Cala. So we'll start seeing some movement here. And then this is the Town Center and Keller Parkway area. As we know, Town Center has definitely had a bit of vacancies in the last year or two, as well as some in Keller Parkway. For example, Maple Street Biscuit Company, Tropical Smoothie, both of which are going to be filled with really great concepts. So we're also expecting to see this go up some. And then this geographic region is not just town center. This also goes through Keller Parkway, portions of Keller Parkway as well. I'm going to show you a few more slides, but I just want you to keep in mind we have a lot of different data available to us. So if you think of something that you want to see for the next quarter report, just send it to us. Send it to the three of us, and we'll see if we can get it for you.

Nice to know, like, sales tax revenue per restaurant. That's always so glad you asked.

It's like you read my mind.

This is the kind of stuff we talked about putting in our charts that trinket is going to be great.

Just like you knew, Karen. So for this one, I'm going to show you March through July. I didn't want to just give you a quarter since this is the first time. I wanted to give you kind of a longer picture of the last five months. And just as a reminder for what I'm going to show you, this is for the $175,000. that's collected by the city. So it's not the entire sales tax that businesses owe. It's just what the city, the 175. So this is the retail portion of this. And as you can see, year over year growth over those five months is 5.2%, which is great. And April and May generated most of the increase. And then here is food. Food encompasses a lot of different food categories. So you've got full service, limited service, caterers, drinking places. I didn't name it that. That's its official name. And miscellaneous food services, amongst others. And this one's also positive. And then this is the mixed beverage sales tax allocations from the comptroller's office. This number is encouraging because we've had a few new establishments recently. We've had Soho, we've had Aquario Pizza, Pasta, among others that serve mixed beverages. And the industry as a whole is down with mixed beverages. So it's nice to see that we have slight growth slash staying flat because we know this industry is definitely being affected right now just with current trends. And last, this is the overall sales tax collection year to date. So this one's not just March and July. So a couple of key takeaways from this slide. The fiscal year to date net sales tax payments are essentially flat at 0.3 below last year. Current collections are up by 4.3%. And then the July payment was 1.27 million down 10.6%. So we will continue watching the monthly trend. So there's lots to look at. I just gave you a lot of information. I'm going to make sure that this gets emailed in the Thursday report. And we're going to continue to tweak what we want to show you and what you want to see quarterly as far as sales tax collections. Any questions?

No. This is really good data. Any questions, counsel? We're doing great, guys. To be honest with you, this is a full agenda. I know it's a late night, but stay awake as riveting as all this material is. It's just a lot on the agenda, and we're getting through it. So, thank you, staff. Let's go to D1, Budget and Strategic Planning.

Tonight we will be going over our post budget. We will kind of do a brief overview, not get into too many details. We do have a tourist meeting and a budget workshop scheduled for August 26th. So I'll definitely have more details there. But if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to just interrupt, speak up, ask, and we will answer for you. So here is the proposed budget, total citywide $112.5 million. We will go into more details for the general fund, water, sewer, drainage fund a little bit later. But we have the other funds there. Just for point of reference, last year this budget was $111.3 million. Our revenue by source, overall 110.5 million. Property taxes, our single largest revenue source. We have a lot of slides. in a little bit about property taxes, but you can see we're projecting a decrease of about $651,000 there. That'll be offset by some increase in sales taxes and other sales tax and other taxes. Charges for services, most of that is in the water and wastewater funds. That intergovernmental of $600,000, that is made up primarily of transfers to the self-insurance fund to cover the increases in the health insurance plan. And then down at the bottom, other revenues, that's primarily comprised of interest revenue, just being conservative there. Total expenditures, again, we're looking at about $112.5 million. Personnel is our largest expenditure, same for any city. Budgeting an increase there of 4.25%. We'll have a lot of slides later on that Marshall will go over. We have three different that services and other, and that is mostly comprised of health insurance, cost increases. Transfers to other funds are going down. We've had a lot of big projects that have finished. This is getting more into a kind of operational type budget. So kind of starting that transition. So that's why those transfers are down. Kind of same thing with the capital outlay. fewer big one-time type expenditures for capital assets. So overall, a budget increase of 1.15% on the expenditure side. And I also want to point out in the middle there that wholesale water purchase, that's the big That's the big increase there in the water fund. Remind me, Brian, again, what services and other? Most of that increase is just in general. Health insurance, landscape, third-party contractors, things like that. Utilities. And the insurance was the big game this year and now, right? Yeah, so that was about a 20%, 22% increase.

So the water, that's increases that we knew that we were going to get from Polar.

Yes. It should also include software and general or insurance, other things. A lot of the contractual activities are there or things that are third-party.

expenditures by fund, general fund, main operating fund of the city. We've got an overall increase of 1.13%. Water, wastewater, about 4.93%. Again, the cost of water we're projecting for just under 7%. The street and sidewalk improvements fund is going down $550,000. That was a transfer each of the last two years from the general fund. For that amount, for additional sidewalk improvements, we will still maintain a transfer from the general fund of $375,000 in that fund. Again, kind of towards the bottom, that self-insurance fund, keep mentioning it, but cost went up about 22%. So that million dollar increase there. And then other funds, most of that decrease is the fleet replacement fund.

Thank you.

You're welcome. And they will give us a binder towards the end, Chair?

Yeah. The estimated fund balance at the end of 26 is $7.7 million, and then we're expecting it to go decrease again in 27 down to just under $7.2 million. So what's the current? I didn't quite... So again, our... $7.7. $7.7. Okay, thanks, Councilman. Estimated year-end.

And that's based on the 26, 27 proposed. Cause it looks like we're dropping like over a million.

Uh, we have additional transfers from the other operating funds going into that, um, into the self insurance. So,

yes sir i believe we will discuss that insurance but as a reminder we we budgeted and that's why our personnel increase was was a little more significant this year and we had a 10 percent what more significant than more significant yes so we had to budget a 10 increase on the operating side um to make up for that and that's half of what was needed it was a 20 increase is what we estimated year over year that's why you see the 21.4 there sir Well, I know it is.

Every year until it's true. I don't mean on an annual basis.

I mean collectively over the five years. Yes, sir. It's still been a better product. Collectively. Yes, sir.

Yeah, but it flipped out earlier this year.

Unfortunately, because we've been fighting medical inflation. We've been very blessed in that. We've had some claim – medical inflation finally caught us and then also had some large claims. And I kind of warned executive staff today that this time next year, we'll probably – or earlier on, have to go out to bid again. We've been within the same carrier for X amount of time, and it's time to start looking at – even if we stayed at the same carrier, just to see what we can do, because we can't sustain a 20 percent increase long term. Yes, sir.

And if I may add, since we're talking about it now, we have put some other mitigation efforts in place to help the self-insurance fund. We're increasing deductibles, as well as the employee premiums, which we were blessed to have not done for five years now. So the city's absorbing a 10% increase. The employees are observing a 3% increase. And we're also changing our premium structure based on salaries of the employees that make

more pay a little bit more for the towards the insurance as you watch it revenue yeah so general fund overview this will just show um where uh fund balance um we're projecting that to end we have a operationally balanced budget. We are projecting to use some fund balance. We'll get into some of those one-time expenditures in a little bit. But right now, operating revenues are about $16,000 greater than operating expenses. So this decrease in fund balance is related to one-time expenditures as we use fund balance for. So always good to use that for one-time things, not operationally.

there's a sudden...

And that's what we've done this year, sir. That's how it goes. Again, we were walking into the year, we were about $8.6 million. We were very healthy fund balance. We had about two years' worth of coverage. That's why we were able to absorb even this year's increase and decrease it. And then that's why we felt comfortable only increasing the expenditure 10% into the upcoming year rather than going to the full 20%. So that's what we do last.

This next slide is a real important one as we start kicking off our property tax discussion. So typically, we will get estimates in April, May, and June from TAD. We'll get the July certified values. That's what these numbers are all based on, the budget. So historically, we will kind of get our highest value in that April estimate. The May estimate will go down a little bit. The June estimate will go down a little bit more. As more and more protests come in, and then once those get resolved, we'll see an uptick in the July certified value to get a little above May. This year, you can see we, for the first time on this slide, we did not get that uptick from July to June. going back to June. So this year it was a 6.95% decrease from the original April estimate to July.

Do you think this is going to be continued with the new policy of only 5% every other year? Like we're going to continue to see this over the next several years? I worry that, yes, that this is going to be part of the norm.

I think the other thing I also worry about if we're doing if you're not appraising every year, but you're also being very generous with protests, which is what we, we kind of got a one-two punch of that, so here you're capped, and then if you protested, you got decreased, and we saw that, and I think one of the things that worried me, and is worrying me as I look at this, which is always a very stable and kind of grows each year actually decreased by about two hundred thousand that's though that's the levy that we've seen on those that have a ceiling and that was the one that was really kind of the sticker shock to me of that when you start looking at where we lost on the levy that was as dramatic as even the homes I mean it's a it and I think we're gonna see this out of a lot of the cities here as they're doing their budgets that they are having to, you know, this model's kind of a standard process of like, well, June looks like this, this is your trend, and so you can kind of plus it up a little bit, and when you're going down, it's a, I think it is a problem. Yeah, and that's what you see out of other states that have gone with that method of X amount of years, we work the other side, you work the rate, and then we do the revalue, then readjust the rate, and so it's, yeah.

Just to add a little perspective on this, like I said, for FY27, we saw a 6.95% decrease from April to July. Back in 21, that decrease was 6.01%, but that's when City Council adopted a homestead exemption from 12%, increased that up to 14%. And in 22, there was a decrease of 8.31%. Again, city council went from 14% homestead exemption to a 20% homestead exemption. So that was a conscious choice by the city to reduce those values. And we kind of got that this year without that choice, as we're maxed out on the homestead exemption. So we were expecting a little bump, but didn't get it. New construction, so for 27 our new construction is about $53 million compared to about $55 million last year. That $53 million equates to about $160,000 in new levy based on our proposed tax rate. This chart just kind of illustrates how we're approaching build-out and that new construction is trending down overall.

What was the spike in 24 attributed to? So why was it flatter in 22 and 23? They didn't recognize the revenue. That must be it. I just didn't know.

This is just the new construction value. This chart shows our average market value versus taxable home history. We're starting a downward trend the last few years on that average taxable value and average market. You can see This year we had about a $20,000 decrease in the average home value.

Substantial.

Yeah. So every year after we get the July certified values, we fill out the Truth in Taxation form with the state. There's a lot of numbers on here. So just as a reminder, our current tax rate is 28.7 cents. and an average home value of $478,600. The average home bill, $1,374, or $114.47 per month. If we were to keep that 28.7 cent tax rate, our levy decrease would be $1.2 million. based on the decrease in values. And since our average taxable home decreased to $459,000, that average bill would be $1,319, or about $110 per month. This red box, this is the state's no new revenue rate. This is what this budget is, this proposed budget is based on. It's just over 30 cents. It would result in a levy decrease of $363,000. Average taxpayer's bill would only go up $7.34 for the entire year.

But the levy goes down.

Yes, the levy goes down. Overall, just real quick, voter approval rate, that's the max rate to go to the voters. Voter approval rate with the incremental tax rate, Yes, good catch. Thank you. Without going to the voters. Council could go up to that rate. That voter approval with incremental rate is the difference between the voter approval rate in prior years and the no new revenue rate. And of course, the city has adopted below either at or below the no new revenue rate for the past nine years, I believe. So we get to bank that increment for three years. Technically, without having a vote, the city could adopt this right here. But that's with that. But we are proposing this new revenue right here.

So technically, we could

That's with three years of that increment added together.

We'll highlight that it takes a super majority. Six of you would have to vote for that in order to go above the no new revenue rate. So you can draw straws if that's something that you're interested in. But again, that's why we've recommended at the no new revenue rate. that was brought in last legislative session. Yeah, it's a good change.

All right. Besides just some of the... I was going to make a joke.

So, well, I know it's kind of hard to understand how the levy decreases of what is it 60 cents per month looks like but it's still nothing no no that's what I'm saying but it's counterintuitive but yeah basically it's nothing yeah because the values go up then the rate to get no no I get that I'm just saying it's a weird thing that hasn't come up in Keller yet since they changed the terminology not um

But again, we are... I mean, from a messaging perspective, if this council decides to

Quick on the property tax history, the red line, it's the voter approval rate. It includes that incremental rate. So that's why that's so much higher than the no new revenue rate or proposed tax rate. The law changed right here to allow that incremental rate.

And I apologize, this will be year nine of going at the, I don't know, below no due revenue rate. We said 10 a second ago. I'd have to pull it up to make sure that it's still at nine, which I think still is a record.

Nine years of learning. When was the last time that we were at the no due revenue rate and not below it? Because it looks like on this slide, 2018, 2019. 18, 19, yes, sir. Yeah. to think about if you want to be below the no-due revenue rate.

We could.

I wouldn't recommend very much below the no-due revenue rate, but we could go a little bit. So just as a reminder, that would be a, and we saw that on the slide before, if you were to go to that, at least what would be the traditional, I mean, He did. I'm talking about .300417. Okay.

I mean, you're below the revenue revenue rate, so if that's a messaging thing you want to embrace, we could. You guys good? Any questions?

It would be the 10th year we actually lowered the rate.

Yeah, I mean, if we did .300417, then it would be...

You're talking about $50. To the city?

To the city, yes. So it would go negative $363,658 instead of $608.

I mean, it's up to you guys. Yes. You're elected to do this, so what do you think? Yeah. Yeah. No new revenue rate as a max tax rate, the Chris Watley rate of .3004 months. I'll stop saying that if you don't want me to.

What are we saying, 417?

state no new revenue rate for nine years like we've actually exceeded like most cities are like no new revenue we've done what's called the killer but that will maintain our record of doing that it's minuscule but it matters communicators so but now you just say it's nine years in a row below the no new revenue

planning zoning commission meeting all right any questions did you just get back yeah that's how late it went yeah

Yeah, we're going to go to that. Yeah, okay.

This is the start of it.

The city taxpayers have saved a little over $1,200 on their tax bill for about 5.67 months. Quick pie chart to show what citizens are getting for their average bill. Police and fire make a combined 51%. Of that, that's pretty typical ratio for the city's public safety.

What's the difference in the number of employees of those two departments?

Police and fire. Police and fire?

Three or four.

Three or four.

Three or four.

Fifty-seven versus fifty-five. Say again? Fifty-seven.

98 employees. The fire department has 57.

The police also has dispatch and jail. Correct. And all services. That's included on the 98. Yes.

General fund expenditures personnel, again, makes up the largest difference there. Marshall will go into some more details here in a few minutes. Also mentioned earlier the transfers to other funds are decreasing. That's mainly the, we do a big general fund transfer each year of almost 1.2 million for streets and that's an every other year thing. So we did that this year in FY26, do it again in FY28. These are just compensation and one-time expenditures that we have in the general fund for next year, the economic development incentives that is made up of city sports and flex. I believe we'll be talking about city sports here soon in a future meeting, at the next meeting. TOWNHILL PATIO REPAIR, $500,000 TO FIX THE PATIO UP. OUTBACK, $500,000 JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND. OVERALL PROJECT, $750,000.

I WANT TO CHIME IN ON THE PATIO REPAIR. I THINK ALONZO IS LOOKING INTO SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT AND MAYBE EVEN SOME POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE THE POND AREA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE. patio repair and then some, but I'll take this to opportunity with all these purchase items that you get two bites at the Apple. So we put them in the budget here, but then they also, anything that's over $50,000 also still comes before council for approval. So we would not just go and do these things. We'd make sure we get your blessing on

different ways to enhance obviously we know the patio itself needs to be repaired but look at that pond and see if there's some options I know it's not the biggest thing in the world but I put this out here I don't think we need a website chat bot those things are annoying that pop up on websites and they're not that useful and I would think most of our citizens would call a you know want to speak to a just by not doing that, but I'm just throwing that out there.

And that's why we put it in italics, because we had kind of heard similar. So if everyone's in agreeance, we can, as we go to the proposal, we can yank it out and move on.

aware of.

So that will allow us to fix potholes using fewer employees. Alonzo, you want to give your... Alonzo's over in that corner.

The easy answer is it allows us to go from our pothole operations, which could take two or three vehicles,

and be able to be more efficient and get some of these things done. And then the backhoe is a replacement backhoe. This is a hands-on.

Yeah. Backhoe is a replacement. And then we're going to still fully fund our vehicle equipment replacement schedule, but we're going to treat 10% of it as a one-time expenditure from the balance. And that's that right there. Then we will replace one warning siren I'm looking to add an agenda meeting kiosk.

I'm sorry. In lieu of the person?

I still plan we need to at least have part-timers there and that's in the budget so we can have a live body but when people walk in here they can get to a kiosk to at least see where they need to go find the agenda because one of the things that we have we still have to post paper agendas over here this would allow you to electronically post them people can come and see that but we still have enough foot traffic and really call traffic is the call volumes that people still call in so we still need some live

So they are...

This will be my last slide. Just as a reminder, we saw something very similar earlier on when we had revenues, expenditure, and fund balance for the general fund. But since we just talked about one-time expenditures, you see our projected fund balance at the end of FY27 is about $27 million. That's about $8.6 million over our reserve. So just wanted to point that out. one more time. Anyone have any questions about the revenues, expenditures, fund balances, tax rate questions?

Next we'll be discussing compensation. First we'll start off with general government. This looks very similar as we've done for the past few years, and I have a slide in a few minutes that will show you our compensation history for the past 10 years. So for general government, those are your employees here at Town Hall, Public Works, Parks, Recreation, the Library, Senior Center. The proposal is a 2% market, so the entire pay plan will go up by 2%. And then a 2% merit, which is based on their performance and their performance evaluation. The merit increase minimum is $1,500, so we'll make sure that our lower paid employees receive at minimum a $1,500 increase. This is an increase from last year. Last year it was at $1,250. This year we're increasing that to $1,500. And then along those same lines, the merit increase will be maxed at $3,000. There will be a lump sum for those employees that have been with the city for usually about 20 plus years that are maxed out at their pay rate. So they'll receive a lump sum for that 2% merit. Any questions on that? Okay, so moving on, public safety is our next section. On the left, we have the proposal for our police officers and firefighters. Very, very important to note here that this proposal is the highest that we have done over the past 10 years for public safety. So something to be proud of. And this is included in all the budget numbers that you are seeing today in this presentation. So the market is a 5.83% increase. The officers and firefighters will receive their step, if you recall seeing the step plan that I emailed to you last week. So if they're still moving along in their step plan, they'll also receive that 2%, so that would be up to a 7.83% increase in pay. Anyone that is maxed out or that last step will receive a lump sum of 1%. And the same exact theory will apply to those that have promoted through the ranks at the, for example, sergeant level or captain level in the fire department. Off to the right is our net common detention, so our dispatch center and jail. Their proposal is a hybrid, I would say, of both general government and public safety. So this one here is a 2% market to the step plan, so the entire plan will go up by 2%. We are going to be removing one step. So for the New York Council members, the last few years, We've committed to removing or reducing the number of steps that we've had specifically for police and fire. and are currently down to 10 steps. Initially, we had 14 steps. We are committed to doing that one more year because our NETCOM and detention are still at 12 and 11 steps. So that's an additional 2% increase in pay. And then, of course, their step when they move through the step plan. So that's a total of about 6% increase for our dispatchers and our jailers. And of course, anyone that is maxed out will receive a lump sum of 1%.

Any questions?

So the compensation committee met several times this year. We did look at several proposals to see what would work, what looks better on paper. And we did decide on the final one, which is what's labeled the FY26-27 proposal. But just to show you the steps that we went through and the exercises, we started off with an initial proposal of a 2.75% market increase. And then we actually wanted to take those 10 steps down one more to nine. With feedback from members of the police and fire departments, they informed us that they'd rather stay at 10 but apply that increase to the market. So we've done that. And then, of course, their regular merit that they would receive. One different aspect that we tried to take this year was to increase that merit that they receive when they go from step to step. Right at year two, when they're moving to step three, we've bumped that up to a 2.75% increase. And the reason for that is because right around year two is when our police and fire are usually fully trained, they're off of probation, and that's when it tends to get a little enticing to look at other cities, so we wanted to try to use this. as a retention tool by giving them a little bit of a larger bump in pay when they move to that step three. So that was the initial proposal we started with. We had a hybrid, which looks exactly the same, but it was a higher market of 3.6. Then we had a final meeting yesterday with the committee and landed on the proposal that I mentioned to you earlier.

And as a reminder of the strategic session, that was a – all of council said they – we walked in with that initial proposal. It's a strategic session. Everyone recommended and pushed for a – to do more for public safety compensation, which is why we came up with a – created the two other proposals. So I just wanted to remind you that that was a push from a strategic session.

So you think that – go back to that 5.83 market – You would also, I mean, keep the 10 steps. You're removing the bump up at step three because you just think the 5.83 market is such a universally high number that they'll be okay. Because I know you instituted that to give them a little bit of incentive to stay and not at that time frame in their career.

And based on the feedback, they wanted us to focus on the market because that not only benefits the entry-level firefighters and police officers, but it also affects the entire pay plan. So the promoted positions will benefit from it as well.

Having spoken to the representatives from the two departments, are very pleased with this proposal.

They are pleased.

Chief Stagg was very supportive and James was. Nobody from PD was at the meeting.

I did meet with Chief Fortune that morning or earlier that afternoon because he had another engagement and he was very much in favor of this proposal.

I'll let him speak.

He was very much in favor of the proportion.

I'll just say this. I'm really proud of the 5.83% market increase because it's And I think it sends, it's not, for full context and transparency, it's not everything that was thrown out there and was asked for, but we worked overtime, the compensation committees, No, I definitely agree.

I think nobody gets everything they want, but I think that this is a huge step towards what we've been trying to do for a few years now. And I think the department

We're trying to do our best to keep on policing fire, but in the coming years, I would like us to look at our non-public safety personnel. I mean, 4% is good. It's four times what I'm getting. But just comparatively, that we can remember them in the coming years. If there's anything we can do. Because they haven't had an adjustment in a while. 4% is good, but we're looking at coming on a decade. So, almost.

Yeah, I was kind of skeptical we'd be able to get this much because I knew our revenue and stuff.

I cannot stress enough that when we make decisions this year, it makes the next year even more difficult. And so we will, I've already kind of warned staff that as soon as this budget's adopted, we need to already start game planning of what our opportunities are for FY28. This carries over and the expectation is, We'll have to do something similar because I mean, you guys all alluded to this. There is a level of chasing the tail that needs that is going to keep occurring. So we have to recognize that. I think the other, and I appreciate Councilmember Dover and Lee saying this, we need to start addressing the civilian side as well. I would even encourage someone to think about a, even if it's a one time in 27, maybe providing some sort of additional funding for a civilian just to recognize that they've been holding onto the same while public safety has been higher, and maybe there's an opportunity to at least give them some sort of merit or reward at that point. Again, just something to think about as we're crafting the budget. Again, it's something to think about, and I recognize that we also get the advantage of the four-day work week, and that helps a lot with mitigating some of that, but it's still the cost of inflation that's catching up with a lot of employees.

I understand.

All right. All right.

Good stuff. So I don't want to spend a whole lot of time on this today, but this has been a topic that the compensation committee has been discussing for these past few years. Our plan is to bring this as an agenda item or work session item for the council to review to help us establish benchmark cities, as well as consider whether we want to use Tarrant County as well as part of our benchmark. So just for your reference, These are the current benchmark cities, obviously on the column on the left. One proposal that we did have was to remove Farmer's Branch and the Colony, which are non-Tarrant County cities, and add Haltom City and Watauga, which are. This is one proposal. We'll definitely bring this to council for further discussion, and this will be probably after the fiscal year starts, after we're done with budget and all the other meetings. Any questions on this? All right, so the question was asked about... So this slide's a little bit busy, so I tried to make it as easy to see, but the purpose here is to illustrate the differences in the changes that we've made with our full-time positions, or FTEs. For a quick point of reference, you had asked about police and fire, so there's your police right there, your total number. your fire right there and those have not changed this year but starting at the top with community development so we have reclassified a position a permit technician position and we'll reclassify that to a development specialist position in the economic development department as well as using the funds from a part-time ED position This position will assist with economic development services of course and with business retention. Another change that we have proposed is we have various part-time positions at the Keller Point that we will be unfunding in order to create a recreation coordinator position. And by the way, for point of reference, the items in red are being taken away and the items in black are being added. So this is essentially a wash, so no effect to the budget. It just changes the FTE numbers. Additional position in the KDC budget, we have yet to define what that is, but it is an additional FTE. And then we have added one position for parks maintenance to the sports park, and this will be coming from the street maintenance position here in public works. So it's coming from here and being added to the sports park. Moving on to the public works department, in addition to that position in the streets department, We will also be funding a construction inspector position. However, we are adding contract services for this. So we will still, of course, maintain that function. We'll just be using contract services for it. And in addition to that, we have a environmental services technician position that is currently part-time. We'll be moving that to a full-time position. The last change is in our utility billing department, our water department. Due to the use of the AMI meters and just advances in technology and automation in that department, we are able to run with a three-man crew now instead of four. So we are reducing one position there. And it's a net of a 1.91 difference. So there's your current FTEs right now, 349.22. And then we'll be, based on the proposal, at 347.26. And that was a lot. Any questions on that? Moving on, back to the other funds, other than the general funds. So in the water and wastewater fund summary, here is a quick illustration. The two major things I want to point out here, and we have a slide that actually has the details, are of course the expenditures. The one big time that's coming out of here is $875,000 to fund the Alta Vista project with Southlake. And then we also have the increases in the rates for water, which are about 4.75%, and wastewater, which are 3.5%. So that illustrates the increase in the revenue coming in. Another illustration of that fund, Brian had mentioned the rates that were increasing from the wholesale of water from Fort Worth. That's the light blue section here. It shows an increase. And then of course we have all the other expenditures in here such as the Alta Vista project. Here's a better view of that data with numbers. Again, the big ones to point out here are the wholesale water increase of 6.9%. We do have some debt falling off, so that will be an adjustment to the budget there. And then those are the two major ones to point out on this fund. Any questions there? So this is a depiction for you of an average monthly bill for a citizen. So right now, the average monthly bill is about $130.53. The proposal will be $144.55. So it's an increase of about $6.02, about 4.35% increase. That's based on those rates that we just discussed that are being proposed as an increase. Again, just as a reminder, it was 4.75% on the water and 3.5 on wastewater. Drainage fund, kind of the same graph here to show you. We are proposing an increase to the drainage fund. I believe this was discussed during the strategic session. It's a dollar increase. So that is illustrated here in the blue under the revenues. And then we do have a higher fund balance in the last couple of years and that is due to less transfers that are taken out of this fund as well this coming fiscal year. There's a decrease in expenditures in other words. And same information, but with numbers to help you better see those.

Just a reminder, this is proposing to increase the drainage fee from $7 a month to $8 a month. No other comments out of the strategic session? Correct. $7 to $8? Yes, sir.

$1 increase.

Right.

Briefly, just to touch on these other funds, have you seen these numbers? Today you saw the CCPD, KDC was seen a few meetings ago. These are the revenues and expenditures for those and fund balances that are all within policy, of course. Once we have our budget work session, we will go into these in a lot more detail for you. A few highlights of our capital improvement projects. We talked about the town hall patio repair a few times. So the way that this information reads is you have the project, the amount, and then the funds that it's being paid from in parentheses. So starting off with the patio repair, then we have the Old Town Keller water tower painting coming out of the general fund.

And that was something that y'all were hoping for us to look into in FY27 is to refurb the old water tower painting and make it look nice again. So we've gotten some estimates on there. Again, two bikes at the Apple, so we'll bring that forward so you can look at that as well. Yes, sir.

Didn't we previously see a slide that said town hall patio repair was $500?

I was going to say that. That's a typo, so we'll keep it at that $500. I'm telling you, that's inflation.

So continuing to fund street reconstruction, sidewalk repairs, Elm Street, of course, continuing with the revitalization of Killer Sports Park. These were all part of the KDC presentation, the synthetic turf replacement, trail expansion, The playground replacement and restroom at Johnson Road Park renovations. And then one more slide on that. The annual water line replacement, $200,000. The Alta Vista water line replacement. Knox Tank lift station. the annual wastewater line replacement, the erosion repair at Bear Creek, and then annual drainage improvements.

So that was considered a community build with Leathers and Associates. So we have a Johnson and Row playground committee that interviewed three different companies and got proposals from all three to see what the best fit for Keller would be. Leathers was one that we interviewed, so we'll have a presentation. We have a joint KDC parks meeting where we're going to present those findings to KDC and see the recommendation to come to council to move forward with one of the three companies. So that is an option that we have researched and we will be presenting that to KDC.

Okay. Some highlights of the proposed budget. So we tied these into our strategic goals and these will likely The numbers will be changing after your discussion today, so we're using the old strategic goal numbers for reference here, but we'll update this for the next slide when we present this again to you. So the budget is operationally balanced, meeting the council's goals and directions. That hits goal 3.1. proposing the tax rate at this point below the no new revenue rates and hitting up 3.3. Total personnel net increase is about 4.25 this year and under that we have the maintaining the self-insurance, the largest public safety compensation adjustment in 10 years and then the additional position to KDC. Further along, continuing our streets and sidewalks infrastructure projects, you see those there. Fifth year with the TURS fund, the read adjustments to the water and wastewater, fees and then maintaining the all replacement funding. So talking about the patch hole, the patch hole, the pothole patch truck and the backhoe and then of course the repair of the town hall patio which is going to be corrected at $500,000. And this is actually falls under one of our newer goals that we don't have in the current as far as keeping the aesthetics and the experience at town hall. Okay, so moving forward, this is the last slide just to know what council can expect. So we will have the proposed budget published next Thursday and we'll have binders for you with the actual budget in hard copy. Next council meeting hopefully we'll vote on that max tax rate.

We have to vote on the max tax rates for publication purposes.

You will vote on the max tax rate. And then we have that budget workshop along with the TURS number two board meeting on the 26th. We have the budget town hall occasion on the 2nd of September. Council will adopt the budget and tax rate on the 15th, and then our fiscal year starts on October 1st.

So will we get meeting notices, please?

calendar if not they will be ma'am yes yeah any questions yeah the staff if you add your outlook to the phone your phone staff we've had a couple years ago we had them where they add all the meetings not just these but even the openings or anything so they'll start adding into your calendar budget time

The presentation or the actual proposal?

No, he means the binder where we go to itemize.

Next Thursday, the 13th.

And we'll put it in your box.

Yeah, it'll be upstairs. Don't email us when it's ready.

And by law, we'll put it online, we'll file it with the city secretary and we'll file it at the library.

I didn't know we filed it at the library.

So as far as the council's feedback, just to make sure that we captured everything so we can start working on this proposed budget for you. We looked at the rate ending with a seven, right? And then removing the chat box. Anything else other than that?

I mean, I think everyone wanted to go

that we were talking about for the civilian employees.

The civilian employees stayed at 4%. Next year is when we'll look at doing the civilian. Okay.

Does anyone else by chance have plans for the 18th? I'm being serious for quorum purposes. So Councilman Brennan and Councilman Wiley are out. What's the date? 18th. 18th of August. Next week.

I'm in Washington. Where are you?

You're free. by the mayor of Pro Tem. Like no other council member before. 100% attendance. I mean, that's worth like a certificate of appreciation. Recognition, absolutely.

I think I should get some free shrimp at Tayton or something. Work on it. Some monkey ball. All right, so, Marsha, is that... I have the opposite reputation as anything. Everything... Do you guys have anything else for Marsha or Brian or anyone else?

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'm as excited as anyone to get the D2 to City Council strategic goals. To be honest with you, I think to give it the consideration it deserves, we should set it up as a future item. I'd like to get deeper into that discussion than we can get tonight. Are you guys okay with pushing that one item? But it's not to just push it because it's late. I literally would like to We will adjourn to executive session.

Thank you.