City Council - Regular Meeting

Order. All council members are present. Councilman O'Sullivan will lead us in the invocation.

Let us bow our heads. Father, we wanna thank you today. This is the day that you've made and we are certainly glad in it. We pray your wisdom, your guidance in this meeting. We thank you for our soldiers. We thank you for this community. We pray your choice blessings upon it. We pray for our soldiers everywhere, those that are at war now. We pray for their safety. We pray for their protection, and we pray for their families that you would keep them. Bless this great city of Killeen. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Amen.

Please join me as we honor our nation's flag.

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.

Thank you, council member Sullivan, everyone. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda? Council member Alvarez.

Mayor, I move to approve the agenda as presented.

Council member Kendrick? A second. It's been moved by council member Alvarez, second by council member Kendrick to approve the agenda. Any discussion? All in favor, choose yes. All opposed, so no. Mhmm. Motion carries four to zero. Presentations. We have presentation from P r 26Dash006. Presentation from pioneers in patient care to Killeen Fire Department, chief Kovinsky and miss Hollowell.

Good afternoon, and I apologize for having my back to you, mayor. Thank you, mayor and council. At this time, I'd like to ask, members from Zohl Medical Group, Kelly Trahan, Christy Hollowell, Pierce Stagneaux, Chuck Bowman, and Mike Borkowski to come and join me along with deputy chief of emergency medical services from the Killeen Fire Department, James Chambers. Before I turn the microphone over to, Christy Hollowell, this is a quite the honor. And, well, we have recently implemented a technology that is first in the state of Texas and one of only 10 in the world.

It's not just the technology we've implemented for our EMS division. It is a number of different things that Christy is going to share. It's a very proud moment for the Killeen Fire Department to be at the forefront of emergency medicine. And with that, I turn the microphone over to Christy Holloway. Thank you.

Hi. Thank you for having us here today. ZOLL Medical is incredibly proud to be partnered with the Killeen Fire Department. Xenix is ten years' worth of customer feedback. It is our first monitor defibrillator that we've released in The United States in over a decade.

Clean is one of the first agencies in the world to take possession of it and have it out in the field. Their decision to make this groundbreaking decision for the community is one that they should be incredibly proud of. It will improve patient care in the community, and we are so glad that they are providing feedback to us on the device, and we look forward to seeing how they improve patient outcomes in Killeen. We would like to present Chief Kubinski with a plaque honoring Killeen as one of the first pioneers in patient care in the world, certainly the first in Texas and in the Western Part of The United States.

Once again, thank you to Zohl Medical Corporation. Again, just wrapping up. It takes a lot of bravery by a team of Killeen firefighters to go outside of their comfort zone to be a pioneer, no different than cowboys in the West as they traversed across the the Prairies hundreds of years ago. And I equate that to you, deputy chief Chambers, in your courage to lead your team, our EMS captains, firefighters of the Clean Fire Department, and not just deploying a brand new technology, technology that the citizens 23,000 times a year are going to receive that technology, be diagnosed by the finest paramedics, not only in the state but in the country, but the other technologies, the whole blood, the antibiotics, all the things that you lead, the men and women, this is a testament to you, Chief Chambers, and your leadership. So this is truly your award to you and your team, and I thank you for that.

Thank you, everybody.

Thank you, Chief Kovinsky and Zoe Medical and to our Clean Fire Department. Once again, great job. Next item on the agenda, we're going to go into our work session. Council, you have three minutes to speak, three times each. We would be discussing agenda items two through 11 for the 03/03/2026 regular session.

And counsel is reminded that if one of us will get up, the meeting will have to pause. First item, m n 25 dash zero zero nine and m n twenty five zero zero zero one zero. Any discussion on the minutes? Those are the minutes for council meeting 02/03/2026 and the special meeting and then the regular meeting. Seeing no discussion. Okay. Moving on to r s 26 dash zero three eight, consider a memorandum resolution approving the investment reports for the quarter ending 12/31/2025. Miss Tengla?

Good afternoon, mayor, council members. In accordance with the governance policy and the Public Finance Act, we are required to present a quarterly report for investments. And we have Mr. Scott Gruber from MEDA here to present that report.

Mr. Gruber, thank you. Hello. Any questions? Figured to start off a little different this time. Just naturally, I want a quick update as far as how we closed out last year. So you may or may not have seen the Fed did cut interest rates in December. During our last quarterly update. We were expecting the Fed to continue with their rate cuts going into the end of the year, so that was that was, you know, expected. On this chart here, you can see that, you know, since 2024, you know, the interest rate cycle has continued lower at a gradual pace.

I find it ironic, you know, two years ago, everyone was questioning if the Fed would actually be able to accommodate a nice gradual policy cycle, you know, soft landing, so to speak. I think that was the key term. Right? Can can they achieve a soft landing? It would appear we're kind of in the midst of that, barring any sort of, you know, key events, which, obviously, there are some things that have just surfaced over the last weekend that, you know, if that continues to escalate, could be a big event.

But so far, from our perspective, it's not having an immediate impact on the economy, but obviously more to come on that as as it, you know, develops. As we're watching what the Fed is expected to do this year, they have cited that they are primarily focused on the employment picture, not as concerned on the inflation front, which we all know inflation continues to be slightly elevated than their target, but they seem to be more focused on the employment side. Overall growth in the economy continues to, you know, perform better than expected. GDP was much higher than some of the forecasts we're we're putting out. So from a overall, you know, health of the economy, things seem pretty strong at this point.

But, certainly, there are gonna be a number of things to watch this year, such as the ongoing tariff discussion. We now have the conflict in The Middle East that has escalated, which is putting a burden on energy prices that would then become a catalyst for inflation. So there's definitely a lot of things that the Federal Reserve is gonna be watching. And for that reason, we expect the Fed to be a little more patient this year, as far as further cuts go. This chart, you know, gives a nice snapshot of how the yield curve moved last year.

So from our purposes, when we're investing for the city, we're primarily focused five years and in. And what the Federal Reserve is doing every time they cut interest rates, it's affecting essentially rates inside of a year. So if you hear the Fed cut interest rates a quarter percent, you should expect the front end of this yield curve to shift by that same amount. Now longer end, you can see it hasn't really moved. So ten year, twenty year, thirty year bonds, relatively stable throughout last year despite some of the big headlines.

You know, so from our purposes, we're still remaining disciplined. We want to be well balanced across that zero to five year portfolio area, but we still want to make sure we're taking advantage of some of those longer term interest rates so that we can continue to create, stable interest income for the Citi's portfolio. Quick highlight on the quarter over quarter changes. So we mentioned the Fed did cut interest rate 025% in December. We've seen some of those interest rates impacts working themselves through.

Now if you look at this from September to December, the Fed actually cut three quarters of a percent, but the portfolio only moved about one quarter of a percent. So that just shows what we've done over the last year, being able to lock in rates. We've insulated the portfolio to not be as sensitive as some of those decisions from the Fed, and that is gonna be the the continuing focus going into this year, locking in rates for as long as we possibly can without sacrificing liquidity. Lastly here, just showing you the quick snapshot. So not a significant change on our side.

We are actively pursuing investments in the three- to four-, four- to five year area. That overnight bucket is intentionally high. We want to make sure, at the point of December, the city had a debt payment in February. We needed to make sure those obligations were met. Therefore, we're keeping a sufficient amount of cash on hand to cover those outflows and then ongoing, at this point in this quarter, trying to identify cash to get put out and locked into an investment.

Any questions for me that I may not have touched on that you may have interest on? I know there's a lot going on right now, so I may not have answers, but I'll do my best.

No questions so far.

Okay. Well, great. Well, overall, everything looks great from our perspective. So we'll continue the course, and we'll see you soon. Thank you, sir.

Next item is RS25-thirty nine, consider a memorandum resolution approving an interlocal agreement with League of Oregon cities to participate in the National Purchasing Partners government cooperative. Miss Luciano.

Good afternoon, mayor, city council. So I stated this item is a recommendation to join the National Purchasing Partners Government Cooperative. A little background. Texas Local Government Code two seventy one authorizes local governments to participate in cooperative purchasing programs that satisfy competitive bidding requirements by entering into an interlocal agreement with the lead public agency. NPP gov is a public sector purchasing cooperative administered by national purchasing partners established by the League of Oregon Cities and conducts competitive best value solicitations.

NPP gov provides access to vendors supporting municipal operations including facilities, information technology, fleet, public safety, and other operational needs. There is no cost to join NPP gov purchasing cooperative. A few benefits of joining a cooperative utilizes contracts that have been competitively solicitated and awarded by another governmental entity in compliance with procurement laws, leverages collective purchasing power to secure pre negotiated volume based pricing, provides potential cost savings of approximately 10% to 65% on certain contracts, and reduces administrative time and resources associated with issuing separate solicitations while maintaining full compliance. The recommendation is to approve the item as presented, and I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Counsel, any questions? Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Alright. RS26Dash040. Consider a memorandum resolution consenting to the creation of an emergency services district proposed to be known as the Bell County Emergency Services District number three, which includes a portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city of Killeen. Mister chief Kobinsky, excuse me.

Good afternoon, mayor and council. This item might look familiar to some of you who were here about a year ago. This is regards to an area in the Northeast corner of town in our ETJ. A group of citizens organized by Brian and Matthew Henry have initiated the process of creating an emergency services district that's planned to include the city of Nolanville and surrounding unincorporated areas, which would also include a portion of the city Of Killeen's extraterritorial jurisdiction, otherwise known as the ETJ. Because the proposed ESD includes that portion of the city's ETJ, the city must provide consent to the creation of the ESD and the inclusion of that portion within the ETJ.

This is required so it may be included for the proposed ESD's creation election, which is going to be called by the Bell which is potentially to be called by the Bell County Commissioners Court upon review and related hearings pursuant to Section 775.014 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which is copied in your packet. Petitioners anticipate the creation election would be called on 11/03/2026, and a copy of the petition was also included in your packet. The area that is to be included would butt up in this green area here. This is our corporate city limits. The blue area that you see right here is unincorporated area, but in the ETJ, and that is the area that we are discussing tonight.

So the creation of a district that includes municipal territory states that before a district may be created that contains territory in the municipalities limits or ETJ, a written request has to be included, presented to the municipalities governing body and then after the position is filed under Section seven seventy five, Except as provided by Subsection C, that territory may not be included in the district unless the municipality's governing body gives its written consent on or before the sixtieth day after the date on which the municipality receives the request. I typically don't read word for word, but we're required to do so for this process. The proposed area is not currently within our corporate city limits. It does not affect current fire department response plans as it's currently covered by the Nolanville Fire Department. And if any of the proposed area becomes annexed in the future into the City Of Killeen, the city would remove the territory from the ESD and then the City Of Killeen would just resume responding for any fire or medical response to that area if it's annexed in.

So your alternative either consent or not consent to the creation of the ESD proposed and known as Bell County Emergency Service District three, which includes a portion of the ETJ of the City Of Killeen. If the consent is not given, then we would assume responsibility for all fire and EMS response for proposed area upon creation of the new ESD. Our recommendation is to approve the petition as presented. I'm here for any questions.

Counsel, do have any questions? Councilwoman Gonzalez.

Thank you for that information, chief. Just a question regarding, the funding for this type of district. Is it typically done by property taxes, or how how does the funding mechanism work for this?

Correct. So once the ESD is created by if the voters approve that ESD

Yes, sir.

Then the the the board is created, and they do levy a tax up to whatever the board, approves. Most typically, it's a zero one zero dollars tax. And then that taxing body establishes the fire district and however they determine the fire response for that area.

Thank you. And who typically provides oversight for these ESDs?

A board that's appointed by the Bell County Commissioner

It's appointed by the commissioner's office. That's what I missed. Okay. Thank you so much. Correct.

Appreciate it.

Seeing no other questions. Thank you.

Thank you.

Alright. RS26-forty two. I'm sorry, RS26-forty one, consider a memorandum resolution approving a design build agreement with Synergy Commercial Construction for the construction of two box hangers at Skylock Field Airport in the amount of $206,000 and 520 $206,528.40.

This is a very exact number. Yes, sir. Good afternoon, mister mayor, city council. Before you design build agreement of box hangers to finish out with Synergy Construction. In August 2017, city council approved a resolution accepting federal and state grant funding from the TxDOT Aviation Division for design and construction of a 10 box hangar facility at Skylark Field.

And although the original project included all 10 hangar units, due to funding, we'll only complete eight out of those units and finish off the slab. In November 2025, the Aviation Department issued an RFQ for design build services for two additional box hangers and a restroom at Skylark Field. Four proposals were received in January and evaluated by a selection committee comprised of aviation staff. Synergy Commercial Construction was selected as the most qualified contractor for the project. Aviation staff project consultants in Synergy Commercial Construction conducted meetings to determine the design requirements for additional hangars and associated site improvements.

And funding for the box hangars finish out will be provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bill, Airport Infrastructure Grant and the Aviation Capital Improvement Program. The restroom component will be delivered under a separate contract fund it through TxDOT's routine airport maintenance program, the ramp grant, and revenue from this airport's CIP funds. After reviewing conceptual plans, Synergy developed and submitted a proposal design build agreement in the amount of $206,528.40 for the completion of the two box hangars. Of that, 178,000 will come from the FAA, bill grant, and the city share will be $27,778.40. Skyler Field is a general aviation airport under the FAA state block grant program, and TxDOT Aviation will administer the grant on behalf of the FAA.

And the staff recommendation is to approve the presentation as presented.

Thank you, Mr. Provost. Any questions, counsel? You can hang tight there, sir. Sir. RS26-forty2, consider a memorandum resolution approving a design build agreement with Synergy Commercial Construction for the finish out of the restroom in an existing box hangar at Skylok Field Airport in the amount of $143,373.05.

Yes, sir. So this will sound like a carbon copy almost. So in August 2017, city council approved a resolution accepting federal and state grant funding from TxDOT division for design and construct of a 10 box hangar facility at Skylark Field. And although the project would include a 10 hangars, the bid result only showed available funding for eight and also the build out of the restroom portion. In November, the Aviation Department issued an RFQ for design build services for two additional box hangers and a restroom at Skylark Field.

Four proposals were received and evaluated by the selection committee, and Synergy Commercial Construction was selected as the most qualified contractor for the project. Aviation staff, project consultants and Synergy Commercial met to establish design requirements for the restroom and associated site improvements. And funding for the box hangers finish out will be provided through bipartisan infrastructure bill, infrastructure grant, and the aviation capital improvement funds. The restroom component will be funded through their TxDOT routine airport maintenance program rent grant revenue and available aviation CIP funds. After reviewing several conceptual plans, Synergy Commercial Construction developed and submitted a proposal design build agreement in the amount of $143,373.05 for completion of the restroom project.

TxDOT's gonna provide a $100,000 of that, and the city share is $43,373.05. And staff recommends the approval of the design build agreement with Synergy Construction as presented. Any

questions, council? I want everyone to understand the the money that comes that pays for this from the city comes from the enterprise fund, and not the general fund. And that money is generated by the activities at the at the airports.

Yes, sir.

Alright. Thank you, mister provost. Alright. RS26Dash043, consider a memorandum resolution electing a mayor pro tem. Miss Clemens.

Thank you. Good afternoon, mayor and city council. This is the item to elect a mayor pro tem. So the city charter provides for the position of the mayor pro tem who shall act as the mayor during absence or disability of the mayor. And if a vacancy occurs, shall become the mayor until the next regular general election.

The charter provides for the council to elect a mayor pro tem from their number. Mayor former mayor Debbie Nash King resigned from her position on 02/13/2026 with mayor pro tem Adams becoming mayor as of 02/21/2026. A new mayor pro tem needs to be elected amongst the members of the city council. Staff does recommend council consider election of a mayor pro tem. If council has a nomination to name now, the person can be voted on with the consent agenda item in the regular session later tonight, later today. However, if you choose to pull the item from consent, you could choose to move to, pull the item from consent, vote separately on this item.

Alright. Councilwoman Gonzalez.

Thank you. Considering the role of mayor pro tem and its essential need for stability and continuity of government, I move to nominate council member next in line, which would be Ramon Alvarez for mayor pro tem.

We have a nomination for councilman Alvarez. Is there a are there any other nominations? Yes. Councilman councilman Solomon.

I'm sorry. You're nominated, but I wanted to second that.

Oh, you don't necessarily need a second number, but I got you. I'll we'll accept you a second.

I'm sorry.

That's alright. You're right. Okay. I with any no other nominations? Any other nominations? Hearing none, nominations closed on the said name. Councilmember Alvarez. This will be placed in the consent agenda for council consideration during the regular session. Alright. That was quick and easy. R s two six zero four four, consider memorandum resolution appointing a council member council members to various boards, commissions, and committees. Miss Calcote.

Good afternoon, mayor, council.

Previous mayor Debbie Nash King served as a city representative on several boards, commissions, and committees. Mayor Nash King's resignation went into effect on February 21 as miss Clements pointed out. Therefore, vacancies have been created on the following boards, commissions, and committees. The first committee is the audit committee. The position available is for mayor.

The next positions available are on the Central Texas Council of Governments. Then we have the Killeen Economic Development Corporation and the tax increment reinvestment zone number two board. And I can entertain who you would like to fill those positions at this time.

Councilwoman Gonzalez.

First, please confirm if I I think it'd be appropriate if I move to appoint mayor Adams to fill the committee positions that were vacated by the, former mayor, Nash King. Would be audit, terrorism, EDC.

No. Any objections? Alright. Seeing no objections, that will be listed for the consent agenda. For

sit cog? Do. Mayor Adams already is one of the appointments.

Yeah. I was the alternate, so we need to appoint a.

So can So I like

to nominate then Anthony Kendrick for council member Kendrick, I apologize, for the odd Sit back.

The alternate position, ma'am? Yes, ma'am. You. Alright.

And then alright. That should well, there are actually a couple we have to do another one for audit.

I I have mayor Adams on the audit committee as the new member.

Yeah. I was a current member too, so we have to replace me. The mayor's position was is permanent, and then are there any nominations to replace Riakos Adams on the audit committee? Nominate Mr. I can't nominate anybody, but all right, let's please consider that. Mr. Solomon, you got I see, miss Gonzales.

So just to confirm, does that take away the positions with the nomination of having the mayor fill in the former mayor's positions? Does that still leave a seat on EDC and k, TERS too, or are those filled then by him?

You made a recommendation to have him fill those vacancies.

So those will be filled on those two, so those are gone. So it looks like it just leaves us with the Audit Committee and then one on Sitcock. Is that correct?

For Sitcock, now I have the elected official representative as Mayor Adams and the alternate as Councilmember Kendrick.

So there's not an extra one there, and so just audit then that we're looking at?

Yes, ma'am.

Awesome. Thank you.

And then we probably, I guess, at the next meeting discuss the vacancies from Ms. Cobb. Would that be now?

We don't have any of those available right now.

No. Those are Okay. The subcommittee positions mostly.

Got it. Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Alright. Seeing no other recommendations, this will be included in the consent agenda.

Were you going to fill the audit committee position?

Didn't Yeah. Is there anybody interested?

Not make any nominations.

I just wanted to

make sure.

Okay. Yes. Thank you.

I would recommend I'm already on there. I also commend Kendricks.

You nominate he well, let's do nominate some Kendricks. You wanna serve on the audit committee, sir? And, yes, sorry. I was a current member, and the mayor's position is statutory. Alright. Council member Kendrick added to the audit committee. So he don't back out. Alright. You had that misconduct a miscount code. I'm sorry.

Yes, sir. Yes, mister mayor. I do. Alright. And I will make those changes.

Thanks. Moving on to o r '26 dash zero zero six, considering orders ordering the May for the purpose of electing a council member for District 3. City secretary.

Thank you. On Saturday, February 21, District 3 council member Nina Cobb resigned her position. The resignation took effect on Sunday, March 1, creating a vacancy for the District 3 seat. The Texas election code chapter two zero one provides for the ordering of an election to fill a vacancy. If a vacancy in office is to be filled by special election, the election shall be ordered as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs.

Filing for the District 3 vacancy will begin tomorrow, March 4, and continue through March 23 by 5PM. A web page has been created on the city's website with information concerning the special election. To note, there is a different candidacy application required to file for a special election seat. The early voting dates and times are the same as the general election. Election day will be Saturday, 05/02/2026.

The early voting polling locations are the same as the general election. And for election day, there are two precinct specific polling locations for District 3. Here is a polling locations map for both early voting and election day. The voting equipment utilized is the same as the general election, and staff recommends approval of the special election ordinance for District 3. And I'm available for any questions.

Any questions from the council? Seeing none. Alright. Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

Alright. We're gonna move on to citizen comments. Each citizen has three minutes to present on items related to on the agenda. Council members will then be allotted one minute if necessary or requested to respond with explanation or factual or corrections without engaging in dialogue. The first person we have is mister Michael Furnino. You have three minutes, sir.

I was hoping to be able to comment on the quarterly financial report, but we didn't get to see that before. So there's a comment.

Yes, you do that. I don't remember on that. Can still comment on that.

I don't know what's in it. You haven't presented it. That's kind of unfair. But too fiscal on that, I'll make some comments anyway. Time and again, I'm a disabled veteran, and I'm sick and tired of being blamed for what I earned and many others in this town have earned as far as the tax credit.

And constantly hear about we don't have enough revenue. And once again, two years in a row, we're already looking at a budget deficit. But the genius in charge of all this always tells the citizens that we don't know what we're talking about. Well, let me broach again. I've sent e mails to you folks, and you framed us for not addressing, replying with the slightest bit of interest in anything other than those who line up like a conga line that kiss your backsides.

If you look at Google Maps, there are dozens upon dozens upon dozens of businesses in this town that are listed quite plainly on Google Maps as businesses. Some of them, I'm pretty sure, received ARPA funds. They're not noted by the city. They're not taxed by the city or the state. They don't have business licenses.

They don't have the special inspections. For some, I have one on my street that nobody seems to care about that hits many, many marks as far as what the city is supposed to be getting in terms of inspection fees, oversight, etcetera, plus state licensing. State licensing is a state tax. State tax, that increases the amount of money that we get back from the state. But no, certain folks up here time and time again, oh, we got to raise property taxes, got to raise property taxes.

Enough. There are more ways to make money in this city. Maybe if we built some businesses and had people earning an above average wage of what they are now, where mean and average incomes don't collide at the same intersection. Maybe if we had some businesses rather than houses, people would have more disposable income. I'll say it again, and I'll say it before. We're in no danger of Ethan Allen setting up shop here. We're in no danger of a Rolex dealership within city limits. We're we're the Cadillac dealerships. We're the Mercedes Benz dealerships. That's a reflection of our buying and earning power combined. This nonsense from the real estate only perspective has got to go and needs

to go, or you need to go. Thank you for your comments, sir.

Next, we have mister David Bass.

Thank you, mayor. I'm speaking regarding agenda item 11. As a resident of District 3, I'd like to thank Nina Cobb for the great job she did representing us. I did not agree with Nina on every vote she made, but Nina was willing to carry the load to represent us. She showed up and did the heavy lifting for many years.

And when I had a concern, Nina sat down right here and discussed it with me. Being a City Council member is a hard job, and Nina Cobb stepped forward to do the job. Thank you, Ms. Cobb, for all your hard work for District 3. I plan to file to finish Nina's term, but in advance, I want to thank anyone else who files and is willing to represent our district. I'll support whoever our voters choose. And thank all of you for doing a great job, for everything you do for our city. We appreciate it. God bless you.

Thank you, mister Bass. Are there any comments from the council? Seeing none. Alright. We will move on to regular session. Again, council member, remind you you have three minutes to speak for three separate times. First, we're proceed with the consent agenda. We need to read all that together. Back in the record. Here we go. Consent agenda, m n 26 Dash009. Consider minutes of city special city council meeting of 02/03/2025. And then '26. Excuse me. Twenty twenty six.

That's why I wear glasses. And then twenty six zero one zero, consider minutes of regular city council meeting of 02/03/2026. RS 26 dash zero three eight, consider a memorandum resolution approving the investment reports for the quarter ending 12/31/2025. RS26-thirty nine consider a memorandum resolution approving an interlocal agreement with the League of Oregon Cities to participate participate in the National Purchasing Partners government cooperative. RS 26 dash zero four zero consider our memorandum resolution consenting to the creation of an emergency services district proposed to be known as Bell County Emergency Services District number three, which includes a portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city of Killeen.

RS twenty six dash zero four one, consider a memorandum resolution approving a design build agreement with Synergy Commercial Construction for the construction of two box hangers at Skylock Field Airport in the amount of $206,528 and $40 RS 20 Six-forty2 consider a memorandum resolution approving a design build agreement with Synergy Commercial Construction for the finish out of the restroom in an existing box hangar at Skylock Field Airport in the amount of $143,373.05. RS twenty six dash zero four three, consider a memorandum resolution electing a mayor pro tem. RS twenty six dash zero four four, consider a memorandum resolution appointing council members to the various boards, commissions, and committees. In o r 26 dash zero zero six, consider an ordinance ordering the May for the purpose of electing a council member for District 3, the secretary will read the ordinance the caption of the ordinance.

An ordinance ordering the holding of an election in the city of Killeen, Texas for the purpose of electing a council member for District 3, providing for the filing of written application to have their names printed on the official ballot, specifying that the provisions of the special election law shall control all questions pertaining to such election, designating the polling locations, prescribing the contents of the official ballot, providing for election worker compensation, and providing for posting and publication of notice of election and containing miscellaneous provisions.

Counsel, what is your pleasure? Mister mayor. Councilman O'Sullivan.

I move that we approve the consent items.

Been moved by council member O'Sullivan to approve the consent item. Second is there a second, mister Alvarez?

Mayor, I'll second that motion.

And seconded by mister Alvarez. All in favor say yes, and all opposed no. Motion carried forward to zero. Alright. Discussion items. Again, council members, three minutes and three times each. DS 26Dash020, quarterly financial report. Miss Tengler.

Thank you mayor, council members. Oh, let me look for the clicker. This item is for the first quarter financial report for fiscal year twenty twenty six. This is our accounting calendar. As you can see, we're in the first meeting.

Next meeting, we're going to see the annual audit results for fiscal year twenty twenty five and so on. The overview will be the staffing indicators. We're to review major operating funds and then some special revenue funds. The staffing indicators turnover. As you can see, the total classified field for the last twelve months as of December 2025 were six eighteen, a 72% field for classified.

For our public safety position for fire it's 102 and for police, it's 103 due that they have an overhiring program. The overall turnover for the last twelve months was 16.8. For general fund financials for general fund revenues, we have total revenues of 66,500,000.0 As you can see, the appropriate taxes, we already collected 84% of them. This is normal since we collect our taxes, the appropriate taxes from the first quarter, second quarter. You see a 26% in sales excise taxes.

And the franchise taxes is a timing issue. Sometimes we receive it in the first quarter. Sometimes we start receiving it in the second quarter. And then for the miscellaneous income and then the intergovernmental is also timing. Sometimes we receive those revenues early in the year, sometimes we receive it in the year.

The total for the increase for the last the prior year is 4.3%, but we are 50% of budget. For the expenses, we have spent $29,300,000 22% off budget, and then we have a net change of $27,100,000 For water and sewer fund, for the revenues, we have collected 23.6% of the revenues and we have expensed 24.16% from the budget, an increase of 4.81% from last year and a decrease from expenses of 6.53% with the net change on $290,000 to 2018 net deficit. Solid waste fund. We have collected 24,560,000.00 of the budget, a total of $6,900,000 on revenues. We have expensed 7.3 at 25 of the budget.

It was an increase of revenue of 10% from prior year and a decrease of 10% from prior year for the expenses. We also had an exchange of negative 289,000 For the Drainage Utility Fund, we have collected 1,300,000 a 24% of the budget, 7.2% increase from prior year, dollars 1,400,000.0 for expenses, 26% of the budget and 4.71% from prior year increase with an exchange of negative $122,000 For aviation fund, we have collected 28% of the revenue, an increase of 28% from prior year. And for expenses, we have spent 25% of the expenses, an increase of 21% from prior year. The next change is 326,000 in the positive. From golf course fund, we have collected a 28% of the budget, a decrease from last year of 6.88.

The expenses, we have expended 25% of the budget, an increase of 13% from prior year with an exchange of $15,000 For hotel occupancy tax fund, we have collected a 20% of revenue, a decrease of 10.9% from prior year. The expenses we have expensed 15%, a decrease of 30% with an exchange of 159,000 For a street maintenance fund, we have collected a 25% off other revenue with an increase of 11.25% from last year. For the expenses, we have expensed 1%, actually an increase of $16,000 from prior year. That means we're just doing I'm sorry, an increase of 529%. We're just doing more maintenance at the beginning of the year instead of the end of the year, with an exchange of $2,500,000 And those are the funds I have.

You have any questions? I would be happy to answer any questions.

I have a quick I'll let Councilmember Solomon go ahead. I was going to ask, I noticed on a couple of funds where the revenues or the expenses are the percentage of expenses being spent is higher than when you compare them to the revenues. Can you explain for the public?

Yes. Yes, definitely, sir. So, what happened in, let's say, for example, in water and sewer, let's see, this is the expenses. You see we have 50% expense on other financial uses. The CIP transfers out.

All the budget that we actually budgeted to transfer out to the CIP fund is done at the beginning of the year. So it shows 50% that we already transfer out. Still, if you see at expenses, we only had 24% of expense and in a quarter, if you see 25% or higher, you may be a little bit worried that we're spending too fast. But most of the expenses over here, you're going to see also solid waste is the same 57% of the other financial uses is because the whole CIP transfer was done at the beginning of the year.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Yes, sir.

Any other questions, counsel? Okay. Alright.

Thank you.

Next discussion item, DS twenty six dash zero two one. Mister Kagle.

Yes. Mayor and council, as you know, this is our whole mayor and council here tonight, and if we lose anybody, we don't have a quorum. And some time ago, we had two people planning to go to NLC next week. At the time, it wasn't a problem, but it is now because we don't have we don't have a quorum. So the recommendation or if you have anything else, happy to entertain it, but just move the meeting from the seventeenth to the twenty fourth for our next council meeting.

Counsel, I think that was a it's the we have to have two meetings in a month, so and that's the next Tuesday meeting. Following So to the twenty fourth. Council member Solomon.

Make a motion directional, make a motion that we move the meeting from the seventeenth to the twenty fourth.

Moved by Councilmember Solomon that we move the meeting, March, the second March meeting to the twenty fourth. Councilmember Gonzales.

I second that.

Seconded by Councilmember Gonzalez. Any discussion? Seeing hearing none, all in favor? Vote yes. All opposed? Vote no. Motion carried. The next so everyone knows the next meeting will be on March 24 at three p. M. Alright. All business now completed. Council, I need a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

It's been moved by council member Alvarez. Is there a second? Second by everybody. Give it to councilor McKendrick. Councilman Kendrick. All opposed, say aye. Aye. All oppose I got you. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, say no. Motion carried. Meeting's adjourned. Thank you, everyone.