City Council - Special Meeting

Good afternoon, everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started. Councilwoman Jessica said she's running a little behind schedule, so we're going to go ahead and get started without her. So the first item on the agenda is establishing quorum.

Okay, thank you. And just for the record, today's day is September the 22nd, 2026. Next item is invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand.

Next item is the Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest. Ms. Ana, was anything filed? There is none. Okay. Next item is our presentations, and the first one is Constitution Week. They're at the end. Yes.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for Constitution Week. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0. Thank you. Is there someone here that can take that? Okay. All right.

Okay, the next item is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. And you all do an amazing job.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read for National Gear Up League. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you.

Thank you for being here. So the program has been in place since 99?

Can we say it's probably one of the longest standing programs in the school system? It might be. I mean, that's a long time. It is. Yes. Yeah. Very good.

That's amazing. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. And we'll go down for a picture.

Oh, I'm sorry. I checked off. Sorry, Chief. Yes, yes, yes, yes. The next item is a proclamation for a Rotary Club for the 106th anniversary.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation as read. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Thank you. Thank you. Okay, would you all like to step up for a picture?

Okay, the next item is the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. And this is a proclamation, Che Torres.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims as read. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Yes, absolutely. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. We're going to go down for a picture. Picture? Yes. it's for them

OK, the next item is a very special recognition of Mission High School FFA President Benny Garza. I'm skipping again. I'm sorry. I wanted to get to Benny already. Sorry. Sorry. OK. All right. So it's a proclamation for Mission Fire Department Fire Prevention Week. Chief Silva. Yeah, I know we could skip you, but no.

There's a motion and a second to approve the proclamation for fire department as read. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0.

So our next recognition is Benny Garza and he is the FFA president at Mission High School.

Yes, I think you should. So I'm sure y'all are familiar with a little book that's called Everything I Learned I Learned in Kindergarten.

Okay, so your book is going to be called Everything I Needed to Know in Life. I learned it in FFA. How about that? All right. We know you're going to do great things. Many congratulations and thank you for everything that you've done. You have a huge support team, obviously, and we can only imagine the things you're going to achieve.

Okay, the next item is the report from our Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce.

Okay, the next item is our departmental reports. Those were in our packets. Does anyone have any questions, comments? If there are none, may I have a motion?

There's a motion and a second to approve the departmental reports as presented. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously, 5-0. Next item is citizen's participation. Ms. Anna, has anyone signed up?

OK. Please state your name and address for the record.

Anybody else? The next item are announcements. JP, do you have any announcements this time?

Okay, thank you. Andy, do you have anything? Nothing on there yet.

If anybody, any of our residents, constituents have any type of issue, we have an app with 311 and we do have staff that regularly look at that so that they can provide the services or any questions that you may have. I don't have any comments either. So we'll go right into the public hearing. This is a public hearing on our 2026 proposed property tax rate.

Thank you, Andy, for that presentation. This is a public hearing, so is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak in reference to the proposed tax rate? Or are there any questions? Okay, I don't see anyone coming up to the podium. So we will close that part of the public hearing and we'll move on to item number 12. Okay, yes, I am going to pass the parliamentary procedures to legal.

We also have an opportunity to say something.

Okay, the next item. We don't have any planning and zoning recommendations, so we're moving on to consent agenda. And those are items number 13 through items... 30.

And item number 16 has resolution number 2083. Okay, so there's a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda items as presented. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. I just want to point out that we do have Manuel Cruz here from the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council. He is our executive director and he was here for the Leo Pena Placita item that we just passed on consent agenda. So they will be having their vets festival here in Mission. So thank you for doing that. Appreciate that. Thank you.

Thank you for coming. Okay, item number 31.

So this is just a compliance thing? Correct, yes. Thank you. Are there any questions? Second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 5873. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.

A little further back. I'm just wondering, where are our lines? So obviously there are more fields, right?

Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other?

Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the interlocal agreement between the City of Mission and Sherryland Water Corporation regarding water service for the proposed The Grove on Moorfield subdivision. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Thank you. Okay, next item.

To administer the program? Yes, effectively.

When do you think it will be 100% implemented?

All right. Are there any more questions? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 5874. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Second. There's a motion and a second to authorize a purchase of a three-year subscription and implementation services with the GovWell software. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the installation and purchase of a custom-built irrigation pump. for Sherry Municipal Golf Course. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously, five zero.

Second. A motion and a second approving the rates and fees for the Sherry Municipal Golf Course. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.

Yes, I do have a motion. Is there a second? And a second. Amending the mission code of ordinances in reference to solid waste. All in favor say aye. Aye. Nay. All opposed say no. Nay. Okay, so. I want to do nay too. Okay, it's 3-2. Motion passed. And that's ordinance number 5876.

That's all right. There's a motion. Second. And a second to approve the year end budget amendments as presented. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0. Next item.

Okay, thank you. Any other questions or comments?

There's a motion. Second. And a second. to amend the City of Mission's Purchasing Policy and Procurement Manual as presented. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0. Next item.

There is a motion and a second to ratify the engagement letter with Burton McCumber and Longoria. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 4-0.

Mayor, I would like to see if we could take this into executive session. I have a question.

I was going to postpone the vote anyway, because council member, I'd rather have everybody. I mean, he didn't leave, so he's here.

I'm going to wait until he comes back, and then we'll go into executive session.

Andy, in the future I would like to see somebody present from the Chamber of Commerce.

Is there a second? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the publicity and tourism agreement with the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce for an amount not to exceed $442,000. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0.

There is a motion and a second to approve the agreement between the City of Mission and the Boys and Girls Club of Mission. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously. 5-0.

There's a motion and a second to approve the meet and confer agreement with the Mission Firefighters Association Local 3906. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Thank you. Next item.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 2085. Amending and restating resolution number 1294, establishing the city's fund balance policy.

We're doing the allowance methodology, correct?

All right, so all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.

This is pretty much a self-imposed mandate. Yes, correct. Basically. Yeah. It's setting your own bar, I guess, basically. Correct. Yes. By doing this, you're making sure that policies are taking place.

Okay, any other questions? Is there a motion?

There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 2085. And this is amending and restating resolution number 1294, establishing the city's fund balance policy. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously, 5-0. Next item.

Okay, so no action on this? No action on this item, yes. Okay.

It can help with their marketing, actually.

And a second to approve the fiscal year 26-27 for National Butterfly Center with the addition of quarterly reports. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next item.

There's a motion and a second to approve resolution 2086. Yes ma'am. Amending resolution number 1935 regarding reporting requirements for organizations receiving city funding. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Next item.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 2087, amending the existing solid waste fund reimbursement authorization. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Next item.

There's a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 2088 amending. It's ordinance 5877. My goodness. What is it? 5877. Okay, I was giving you a resolution number. Okay, I'm sorry. Ordinance number 5877, amending ordinance number 5710. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.

Okay, we do have a couple of things that we do need to go into executive session, one being. No, no, we need to come back with a response on the hearing and then also on item number 41. Actually, there's a third. So is there a motion to go into executive session? Motion to go into executive session, ma'am. There's a motion and a second to go into executive session. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.

Okay, but just to be clear, the interest and sinking rate is .0706, maintenance and operation is .4947, and the total tax rate is .5653. Yes, correct.

Okay. Is there a second? Second. All right, there's a motion and a second to approve .0706 as the interest and sinking rate. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously, 5-0.

Is there a second? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the maintenance and operation tax rate at 0.4947. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously. And the total tax rate, is there a motion to approve?

There's a motion and a second to approve the total tax rate At 0.5653. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously 5-0. Okay. And there was one item that we need to take care of.

There's a motion and a second to approve the motion as recommended by our legal counsel. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Motion carries unanimously.