City Council - Regular Meeting

all right we will call this regular city council meeting to order um roll call mayor attorney here april rn here jane ridgeway here alex guesquivel here dr pam sardo here gary chapel here all right if you'll stand for the pledge of allegiance please

Amen. Alright, one adjustment for the agenda tonight. Item 4.5 is being removed from the agenda. I'll make note of that. And we'll move to citizens comments. Do we have any place cards? Could you just come up and state your name and address, please? I have three minutes.

Thank you. anybody else in the audience who would like to come up and speak tonight we will move to the consent agenda I'm going to do that first Lisa and then

We have a motion. move that we accept the consent agenda reports second all voting signs in favor all in favor okay new business we're gonna move item four point two three to the top which is yeah the building code yeah building codes

at this time i'll open the public hearing for at 6 0 7 p.m for case number ca-26-002 adoption of updated technical and construction codes anybody who would like to come up and speak not I will close the public hearing at 6 0 7 p.m. discussion you said we have

And these builders and developers, they already follow these codes.

voting signs opposed motion passes 3-2 we'll go back to the beginning of the packet all right item 4.1 this is Order of election for November 3rd, 2026 for Collin County and Hunt County. Any questions? If not, we need a motion.

I have a second. Voting signs in favor? All in favor? Motion passes. all right 4.2 this is discussed considering a professional service agreement between the city of josephine and tc tcci hunt county mud number three llc

I'm not even sure. Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand your motion. What are you saying?

We have a motion. Do we have a second? No second. All right. Any other motions? Okay. Item does not pass, so we'll just carry on to the next item.

We'll just have a follow-up, I guess. We'll move on.

Thank you. No action on the report. Motion's not carried. Next item is 4.3, receive the monthly engineering report from Dunaway.

We have a second motion. Voting signs in favor? All in favor? All right. Next item. This is 4.4. Receive the monthly planner report from City Planner McGill.

that's it we have a motion I move that we accept the planning report second voting signs in favor all in favor all right item 4.5 has been pulled from the agenda so we're moving to 4.6 This is discussed. Consider an act on consideration of an annexation service agreement between the City of Josephine and Marvin Rector for a .84-acre tract of land, contingent to the city limits, also known as 5792FM6.

Voting signs in favor? All in favor? So 4.7 is still on there? Lisa?

Just clarifying, that's still on there, because I had other notes.

well i had double notes all right i will open a public hearing at 6 34 p.m for the annexation for 0.84 acres located in a0170 copeland john track 11-1 this track is one half mile in width or less and is within the exclusive extracurricular jurisdiction of city of josephine is there anybody who would like to speak anybody in the public And I will close the public hearing at 6.35 p.m. This one needs a motion. Is this on the next item, Lisa?

Okay. it's for the annexation ordinance okay the ordinance number is the rector track okay so we're making a motion to accept the annexation ordinance 5792 fm6 dash rector track i'll second yours was a motion yeah okay we have a second voting signs in favor all in favor Okay.

There's nothing to be taken on this item, though, correct? No.

Thank you. That also includes the item 4.9. No.

Oh, okay. I see that now. All right. Wow, too many public hearings all mixed together. All right, 4.9, I will open a public hearing at 6.37 p.m. for case number zone-26-002-A for 5792FM6. If anyone here would like to speak. We are conducting a public hearing to consider your testimony and act on the rezoning request to amend the zoning ordinance and zoning map of the city of Josephine, each being a part of the code of ordinance to provide initial zoning classification of Class C general commercial business other than local retail to a parcel of land under a petition for voluntary annexation to

It's just there's so many different ones, it's confusing.

Do we have a motion if there's no discussion? Yes.

All right. We have a second. Voting signs in favor? All in favor? All right. Item 4.10. We're going to open the public hearing at 6.39 p.m. for case number zone-26-002-B, 5792 FM 6. Conduct a public hearing to consider testimony and act on rezoning requests to amend the zoning ordinance and zoning map of the City of Josephine, each being a part of the code of ordinances from M1, Manufacturing, Industrial, Light to see general commercial businesses other than local retail on a parcel of land totaling approximately 1.16 acres located at 5792 FM 6. Public hearing is open. Does anybody want to com

Voting signs in favor? All in favor? surprise surprise item 4.11 open a public hearing at 641 p.m. and receive public input for a fiscal year 2026 2027 budget this budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of one hundred and seventy seven thousand seven hundred eighty five dollars which is a twelve point two percent increase from last year's budget and of that amount seventy four thousand four hundred eighty two dollars is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year public hearing is open if anybody would like to spea

um, gets an accreditation or they've gotten, you know, I agree.

And then there's a merit that you can get based on performance. Correct. Which is standard. That's how most municipalities work. That's based on performance. But the 2.8 is basically the COLA is the cost of living.

What would you want to move the truck for? What would be your reasoning?

And then as your crews grow, most crews run a crew leader and two to three guys. So as they grow, their crews are going to become three to four man crews. Therefore, you know, four people.

Or 4.11, I thought. 11. 11. Yeah, okay. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve the fiscal 2027 proposed budget, 8-4-2026.

Okay, so this is going to require, so we're going to do the motion. Hold up. So we're going to do the motion on 4.12, correct? And this will be a roll call. Okay. So we have a motion and we have a second. We have a motion by Gary. And he's second. So now we need a roll call vote. Roll call. Should we call your name?

It's to ratify for the budget because the budget is currently representing that tax rate.

This is also a roll call. Yeah, this is a roll call.

Okay. item 4.13 we'll open the public hearing at 7 0 1 p.m receive public input for the fiscal year 2026 2027 budget for the municipal development district public hearing is open do we have anybody who would like to speak in the public

All right. So we will move to item 4.14. This discuss consider an act on adoption of an ordinance approving the budget for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the MDD.

I have a second. Voting signs in favor? All in favor? Okay. Item 4.15, discuss, consider, and take appropriate action regarding approval of an agreement between the City of Josephine and Schaumburg and Polk Incorporated for engineering and related professional services for two previously identified and funded drainage improvement projects located on County Road 640 and County Road 596, West Hubbard Road.

No, there's not four anymore. The one was completely taken off because it was just out of scope on cost. So there was three that were deemed. So yes, that is two that you're seeing the cost of.

move second we have a second voting signs in favor all in favor all right this item 4.16 this is discussing consider proposed community center reservation options intended to balance resident and taxpayer access with recurring organizational use and provide direction to staff regarding which option or combination of options is should be incorporated in the community center rental policy.

I like option two. Just put that out there. I'll open it up to council.

The issue is if when they tie it up long-term, then it's not open. Residents can't use it. I mean, to me, it kind of defeats the purpose of what the location was for. The location is for residents to be able to use it also, not just one entity, whether it's a church or it's a business. They come in and they can just tie it up for six months and then nobody can use it. That's the way I see it. I'm not opposed to them being able to use it, but I think, you know.

think initially this was you know council just kind of like hey let's just see how it goes and let it you know and now we've kind of seen how it went and you know people are wanting to call and rent it and they just it's I mean they can't use it I mean most people have baby showers and stuff like that they do it on weekends Saturdays Sundays it's not available

I mean, the school has a rentable, the school's rentable. I mean, you can rent those. If we had three or four different rooms or, you know, like, you know, a bigger area, it would be different. Yeah, you can tie that one up, but it's one location. Multiple people can't be in there.

does anybody want to make a motion now I'll make a motion for option two I'll second so we have a motion for the community center for option two we have a second do we have voting signs in favor voting signs opposed motion passes for option two

We are on 17, 4.17. Discuss, consider and act upon adopting the revised City of Josephine Donation Acceptance Policy and Associated Resolution.

That would be fantastic. The fire department would appreciate that very much, would you not? Yes. And I'm sure the PD would too. Yay, new uniforms. I don't understand why you would be opposed to that.

So the chief or the administration would be the ones who know who donated. The officers in the field, 90% of the time, they don't know what's going on in the operation.

And let's be clear it's not that it's this is not gonna be like under the table a thousand though but just just for the record I'm still it's still gonna be on record it's just not gonna be coming it wouldn't be coming to council the way it's presented is all.

I just want yeah I agree I think that's the whole quarterly they can they can state what they spent the money okay perfect so the only change we're looking at is the forward bringing a quarterly to quarterly report yes thank you thank you very much do we want to adopt that resolution with the amendment now yes please that would be awesome

We have a second. Voting signs in favor? All in favor?

4.18 discuss consider an act to adopt a resolution to adopt the new master fee schedule for physical year 2026-2027 I have the new minimum rates I don't have any questions this is following the fee schedule we set up last year and the year before

Which was a request from the council, correct?

Voting signs in favor? All in favor? Okay, 4.9, this is Civic Plus, so there's no action, but you're here to talk about the option?

And we're, this is a, you know, this is a pretty low, a lot of municipalities use, so if we're moving this direction.

I'm talking about for having the multiple tabs and the premium.

okay when we got a second voting signs in favor all in favor okay and then just next month i'll bring you the diligent side that we have now to get that cancelled okay thank you okay next item is 4.20 this discuss and receive an update from the city administrator regarding legislative priorities advocacy efforts and related matters um just so council's aware this was in your um this update was also in your packet

Well, since this is an update, unless you just have small questions, I'd prefer you email your questions and ask for updates through Lisa.

Thank you. Next item is 4.21. This is discuss considering an act to adopt a resolution to rename Josephine Volunteer Fire Station to be the Wayne Allen EMS Station.

Do you want to be the honor one to make the motion?

motion and a second voting signs in favor all in favor energetic motion passes thank you okay 4.22 receive a staff briefing on alcohol related land uses and provide policy direction to staff Miguel

Can you bring something back to the council for the next meeting or, you know, put something together with different options, you know, and then council can use that to give you yes, no directions or?

There are some places that have... You could also have like, you know, like the trailer that's set up at events and stuff that sell margaritas. You know, then that would kind of knock them out of being able to sit over there and sell margaritas.

It gives the council a little bit. It doesn't immediately deny it. It gives you the ability to look at the situation and make a decision.

So I think answer some of these questions and then come back. The council can send their, you can either email them or bring them back to the next council member at a meeting.

Okay, we already did 4.23, so we are now on 4.24, which is...

Yes. That doesn't really have to be a motion. We can just direct council to do that. I mean council, staff.

Does anyone else have anything they want to add to the next agenda?