City Council - Regular Meeting

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the regular meeting of the Irving City Council for September 10, 2026. It's a pleasure to have each one of you with us. Thank you for being here with us. Organizational service announcements. Sinead, do we have anyone signed up to give an announcement?

Thank you. Invocation, we will... You please stand. The invocation this evening will be given by Mr. Bharat Dave with BAPS Sheri Sawami Aran, Mandir in Irving.

Thank you very much. This time, I'd like to ask Councilman Mark Conaway to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

City Manager, do we have a city operations update? Thank you. This time, we have item number two, which are items on budget adoption. Item number two, ordinance adoption of the 2026-2027 City of Irving fiscal year budget. Sinead, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

I have a, who's, Mark, are you making the motion?

I move that the fiscal year 2026-2027 total budget of $1,161,629,229 be adopted.

Any comments? Seeing none, gentlemen, show the vote. Thank you, passes unanimous. Item three, ordinance, ratifying the fiscal year 2026-27 budget, which increases property tax revenues. Shanae, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

Go ahead. I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of .589100, which is effectively a 14.65% increase in the tax rate.

Any comments at this point? Seeing none, show your vote, gentlemen. Ordinance, item number five, adopting the 2026 city of Irving tax rule as required by the state of Texas property tax code. Shanae, do we have anyone sign up to speak on this item?

I'm getting there. Okay item number four Ordinance setting 2026 tax rate and levying the tax as required by the state of Texas property tax code Sinead do we have anyone signed up to speak on this sir? Okay motion

Move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of point five eight nine one zero zero dollars Which is effectively a fourteen point six five percent increase in the tax rate Show your vote, please

Pass unanimously. Item number five, ordinance. Adopting 2026 City of Irving tax rule as required by the state of Texas property tax code. Shanae, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

Show your vote, please. Passes unanimously. We're now moving to consent agenda items, items 6 through 27. The next item on tonight's agenda is the consent agenda item. Is there any council member wishing to pull an item from the consent agenda?

Okay. Okay, what we're gonna do at this point We'll go ahead and take a motion to move this aside and then we'll bring it up at the end of the of the agenda on this item That's what I'm gonna do that I make a motion to approve all the items on the agenda except number 10 Yeah, let's be sure we got the right items or we're doing item six through nine and 11 to 27. Okay, that's your motion.

I'll signify by showing your vote, please.

Okay, so at this time, Councilman, Web, you requested that we poll and discuss item 10?

Thank you, Chair. I make a motion to approve item 10 on the consent agenda.

Second. Show your vote, gentlemen. Thank you. Unanimous vote. Thank you. We're now moving to individual consideration items 28 to 31. Item 28, ordinance public hearing and second reading of the ordinance amending chapter 33 entitled refuse garbage and weeds sections 33-33. 33-34 of the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances of the City of Irving, Texas, providing for new solid waste services rates and fees. Sinead, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

Is there a second? Thank you. Please show your vote. Passage Anonymous. Item 29, Ordinance, Public Hearing and Second Reading and Ordinance Amending Section 41-57 of Article 9, entitled Municipal Drainage Utility System of Chapter 41, entitled Water and Sewer Systems of the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinance of the City of Irving, Texas, setting a new schedule of draining charges. Sinead, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

Motion to approve. Show your vote, please. Item 30, ordinance, public hearing and second reading, an ordinance amending chapter 52 entitled water and sewer rates and the code of civil and criminal ordinances of the city of Irving, Texas, providing for new monthly water and sewer rates. Sinead, do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?

Second. Show your vote, please. Passes unanimously. Item 31, ordinance. Take any necessary action relating to the fiscal year 2026... twenty twenty six gives me dash twenty twenty seven vacant municipal court judge positions shanae do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item no sir motion to approve second show your vote point of order mayor there should be

Second. Is there a second? Yeah. Okay. Show your vote, please. Pass this unanimously. Okay. We're on ordinance item number 31, ordinance. Take any necessary action relating... I just read this. Excuse me. We just did that. Next. Zoning cases and companion items 32. At this point... We will ask anyone wishing to speak for or against any of our zoning cases to stand and be sworn in by the city secretary, Shanae Jennings. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak? If you would, if you would please stand to take the oath.

Okay, we have nobody speaking on this item. Am I correct?

You want to speak on this item? Or a question? Please come up and identify yourself and ask your question.

Jocelyn's got it. Jocelyn, did you hear the question?

Thank you. Shane, did you have a comment?

Very good. Does that answer your question, sir? Yes. Okay, thank you. Thanks for coming down.

Okay, again, Item 32, Ordinance 2026-194-UDC, amendments to the Unified Development Code relating to rooming house and boarding house. Sinead, do we have... Well, we just had a gentleman speak on it, so thank you. At this time, any comments from... Yes, Abdul.

Thank you. Is there a second? Second. We have a second. Please show your vote. Okay. That passes unanimously. That completes the items that we were taking up at this evening. At this point, Sinead, do we have for public comments, are there any comments or individuals that would like to speak?