City Council - Regular Meeting

very different. Let's see here. It is 4:30. Um, so I'm call the meeting to order. It's being decided. Can we establish quorum, please?

Uh, yes, ma'am. Uh, Mayor Nory Garza, present. Mayor Prom Ruben Plata, present. Councilwoman Jessica Ortega, present. Councilwoman Marissa Gerlac, present. Counciloman Alberto, present. Mayor, we've established quorum. Okay. And today's date is January 13, 2026. Um, the next item is invocation and pledge of allegiance. And we're honored to have Joe, our pastor Joe Domentos, lead us in prayer today. Madame Mayor Nori Gara, city council members, let us pray. Our heavenly father, we thank you that at the beginning of this wonderful new year, you have privileged these your servants to continue on serving you as they serve our community. We invoke your presence in this room. And in doing that, dear God, we ask that you would impart to them the wisdom that they need as they discuss, deliberate, and decide on matters that would affect this beautiful city of mission. Grant to them the love that you have shown to us that they too would impart those love to others. And we ask dear God that as they continue to serve you in the days ahead, weeks, months, and even years of their term. We ask that you will strengthen them and follow what you have laid in store for them to do. We lift up to you as well those people who work with them,

our police chief Cesar Torres and those men and women of the law enforcement that they would as they have stated in their vehicles to trust you as they protect and serve. We lift up to you our fire chief Mike Silva and all the other first responders under him. We thank you that they protect us well and for your protection upon them. We thank you for their safety. We commit everything into your hands this afternoon and prepare each one to give back to you all the praise, the glory, and the honor. For we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Be seated. Thank you pastor for being here with us and for your your inspirational words. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. The next item is disclosure of conflicts of interest. Miss uh Mayor Prom Ruben Plata has one uh regarding executive session item number four related to Simmeron.

Okay. All right. Uh next item is our presentations and the first presentation is uh Mission CISD, Sheridan ISD and Covenant Christian Academy. Thank you.

Good afternoon, mayor and city council. At this time, can I have Sher Nun and Mission ISD and Covenant please join me? Mission ID Sherland and cabinet as they join us today. Mayor and council, I would like to take a moment to thank these wonderful community members and students today. I would like to read a plaque that we are we are going to present to Mission School District, Sheridland School District, and Covenant Christian Academy. They were a wonderful asset to making our toy drive such a successful. At this time, I would like to read this. in grateful recognition of the of their outstanding generosity and joyful spirit of giving. With their donations, the city of Mission toy drive, you help fill the hearts of our children and wonderful with wonderful hope and holiday cheer. Your kindness is a shining example of what it means to take care of one another. Thank you for your uplifting families, inspiring our community, and making the city of Mission a brighter place for all. So congratulations everyone.

Our superintendent are here. Would would they like to if the superintendent would like to say a couple of words? Good afternoon, mayor, city council, members of the audience. On behalf of Mission CISD, our board of trustees, and all of our amazing MCISD work families, staff, and students, thank you for the recognition. I do want to say that a toy drive is more than just a toy drive. Uh, in Mission CISD, we're bu building great schools to change children's lives, their destinies, and their future. And what a more beautiful way than to give to others which builds empathy, builds responsibility, citizenship, and then that whole community connection just to make sure that mission is just the most beautiful city with the most beautiful and amazing citizens. Thank you.

Thank you, Madame Mayor, council members. Thank you for the opportunity of celebrating this day with you, but more than anything, thank you for being a role model. Um, we say something in education that little ears are always listening and little eyes are always watching and you have given our students at Sherland ISD the opportunity to learn and to um be a part of the good work that you are already doing in our community. So, thank you for being good role models. And to my students and my staff and my parents, you give and you give with your heart and you made us proud. So, thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you. Miss Millie, we can't we can't do it. That's right. We need to hear from I am Melie Bo and I am the junior class sponsor at Mission High School. And before I say anything else, I'd like to thank Jesse Ortega and Mayor Nory who have been with me from the very beginning over 30 years. We started at the Mission Boys and Girls Club with maybe 50 toys. And hi Andy. Thank you too. Okay. And this year because of the time constraint uh I wasn't able to give many to the city but in total to the um the mission fire fighters and the mission crimes stoppers and the city mission high school gave over,200 toys

and it is not me by it is not me by any means it is not me it is a whole army of people my teachers my admin uh but more than anything my students which give from their heart. So I thank you for allowing us to participate. It's always an honor for me to come here and I do want my principal just to say a couple of words if that's okay. Thank you so much.

Good afternoon Mayor Garza and the city councilman. My name is Jose Mia. I'm the proud principal of Mission High School. Uh I want to thank you for having us here today. Uh, I know in route coming over here, Miss Betto was like, "You need to talk." I was like, "Nobody wants to hear me talk. You're the star." And so, uh, Miss Betto does an amazing job. I'm so fortunate and privileged to have the opportunity to work with her. She's really impacted our students and impacted the community and mission. And I know when we have our homecoming parades and so I can't, she rides with me in in the golf cart. I can't even, you know, drive cuz everybody's Miss Bachelo, Miss Bachelo. know she does a great amazing job and we're so privileged to have her at Mission High School and uh you know she really impacts the lives of students and I know there's several uh uh you probably here in the audience and up here also that that know Miss Betel and so thank you so much for having us here and you have a great afternoon. Thank you. Thank you

mayor and city council. At this time, I also like to recognize that Covenant Christian Academy donated 200 toys to our toy drive. So, congratulations to them. I would also like to recognize Miss Bedo and her her team. They gave they donated 200 291 toys and 302 goodie bags. So, congratulations to them. Ruben and Ohosa donated 567 toys to the city of Mission, including 202 toys for Miss Thompson's class. So, thank you and congratulations to them as well. Come down. That's enough for you can turn around to take picture and girls will be joining. in the front. I'm good.

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Okay. The next item is a presentation uh by Parks and Rex, Mr. Benson. He's got a lot of good news today. Oh, yes. Thank you. Good evening. Mayor, city council, city managers. Uh Brad Benson, mission uh director for Mission Parks and Recreation and Parks. Uh today, I'd like to recognize two of our swimmers from our Texas uh amateur athletic federation swim program. First, I'd like to recognize uh 52-year-old Oscar Azante. Um who has been recognized as Texas Amateur male athletic athlete of the year for the city of Mission for the 50year-old age group and higher. Uh Oscar started swimming at the age of eight in his home country of Venezuela. He swam until the age of 17 when he took a small break before then returning to the water polo which he played for about three years. He received a degree in aonomy and then he pursued another degree in the United States in kinesiology. He is currently now physical therapist here in the United States. Oscar joined uh first joined our Marlins Taff swim team about 10 years ago as a swim dad. uh that he would ch twin cheer on his twin daughters during their swim meets. About 3 years ago, Oscar wanted to challenge himself to see if he could swim uh competitively. Every summer since then, Oscar has placed in the top three of all of his events, both in regional and state championships. for the 2025 uh tap season in College Station. Oscar won four first place medals, one silver medal, and in his relays, he finished with his team fifth and seventh place at the state games of Texas in College Station. For all his accomplishments, Oscar would like to thank his wife Carla, his daughters, Paola Baleria, uh the Mission Marlin swim team coaches, and the Taff swim pro the TAP program for dying. A swimmer at his age still reach the dreams and inspire others not to give up. Oscar. Next, I'd like to recognize Valadia Garza for accomplish accomplishments as

athlete of the year for city admission, athlete of the year for region two, and also state female for the year uh this year for TAF. Valeria Valeria is now a 17, but when she's competing, she was a 16-year-old swimmer for our Mission Marlins Taffft team. She had been on incredible journey since joining our swim team, both at the high school and Taff levels. Valeria has been swimming since age seven years old and has accomplished numerous achievements ever since. This year, Valeria won the RGBSCA female swimmer of the year for her accomplish accomplishments in UIL swimming. She competed in Austin, Texas for the M high swim team where she fish finished fifth place overall in the state for the 100 meter breast stroke best breast stroke. This summer she competed in state games of Texas where she won four first place uh medals, two second place medals in her events. Valletia continues to inspire and encourage her swimmers on her team with her dedication and hard work for both in and out of the pool. Valyia This is for uh the your city award. This is for your regional award. And this one, my dear, this for your state award. We're very proud of you. Thank you for recognizing us. It might be easier for them to come up here to get a picture, please. Congratulations.

Come on in. You might want to help her out some. There you go. There you go. It's a good problem to have. Okay. Smile.

Thank you. Jessica.

Next item is our November 2025 U employee of the month, Miss Mongia. Good afternoon, mayor and council. Today we are presenting to you our employee of the month for November 2025, which is Mr. Homer Selenas. He's a captain in our fire department and he was nominated by Mr. Richard Cruz and Chief Silva. I'd like to ask them to please join me up here. And to showcase this nomination, our media department has created a video for you all.

My name is Captain Homer Selenas. I'm with the Mission Fire Department. I've been in the training division. I've been here for 21 years. I make sure that we have the amount of training that these individuals need to do successfully. We're ready for anything that comes our way. Training is very important. Training is our survival and that's where I help out. I've been selected because I'm part of a team and part of that is doing beyond and above our duties. It's an honor and the honor is that and they selected me and it gives me a great privilege to be a representative for the citizens of mission and the department. Early in my career I wanted to make a difference in my community. So I selected mission and missions where I live and being part of this community serving the citizens. It is a great honor. Usually we show up when people are having bad days. We try to make a better day for them. It makes me happy knowing that I've been doing this for a while, but seeing the new individuals coming in and having the same hunger that I had when I came in and that gets me happy. I just want to thank everybody that's been part of my career development. When I came in, I didn't know anything of the fire service. But when I came in, somebody took the opportunity to show me to be a leader, to be a great mentor, to be an educator, to be an advocate for fire safety. I couldn't be who I am without the fire department. Without the chiefs, the captains, the lieutenants, the firefighters, having the recognition from them, I want to say thank you. It's an honor for them to pick me and to see that my achievements will last until they come and hopefully give them an example to achieve more

down there. Congratulations. There's some business. Thank you. the city manager of the year. Our our December employee of the month could not be here today. So, we're going to move on to the proclamation for Texas Citrus Fiesta. Citrus of the month. I mean, Citrus of the South. Sorry.

You're like, "No, that's not it." Good afternoon, Mayor and City Council. It is my great pleasure to be the Texas Citro Director. And with me today, I have our kings association uh king uh TJ Flowers, our other king, Ted Prru, uh our president of Texas Citrus Fiesta, Amanda Okana, our beautiful royal court, our queen Citriana Himea Lopez, and our duchesses. Today before uh Miss Himea reads her the proclamation for the celebration of Texas Citrus Fiesta Week, she has gifted our mayor and council a book that she wrote that it's on your desk right there that she wrote uh about Texas Citrus Fiesta in uh industry. Also, before we uh begin, mayor, I would like to give the opportunity for uh TJ Flowers and Miss and Ted Brook of our Kings Association to say a couple words along with our president, Amanda Oka. Thank you.

Thank you. And good afternoon. My name is TJ Flowers and I'm the vice president of Lonear Citrus Growers. And on behalf of the Kings Association, I want to thank Mayor Nory Garza and the council and the city of Mission for all that you guys have done for the Texas Citrus Fiesta. I can remember a time when I was these Duchess's age when we used to participate in the Texas Citrus Fiesta at the old Mission High School gym. And boy, have we come a long way under the leadership of Miss Amy Toddina, director of Texas Citrus Fiesta, we have absolutely reached for the stars. And it's critical in this day and time uh that we recognize our history, our roots, and all of that goes back to the citrus industry and the city of Mission. So, I thank you very much.

Thank you. I just want to say thank you to Miss Nory Nori and the city council. I can't express it any better than TJ did. So heartfelt thanks for all of you and Amy. Appreciate all you've done for us.

Thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. Uh once again, I have to echo all the comments that were made. I do really appreciate the partnership with the city of Mission and Texas Citrus Fiesta. Um there's been so much growth. Uh couple of examples is the new float that we got which is longer, bigger, safer. Um rededication of the building. We have a lot of great things in store for the community and the city of Mission. So cheers to moving on and keeping everything a tradition, legacy. Um, and we're just so happy that all of these young ladies behind us participate. It's such a a nice community and uh we we really looking forward to the events.

Thank you. Thank you. We also want to recognize this year mayor that we do have 34 participants this year. Unfortunately, not all our duchesses were able to join us today, but we're glad for the ones that attended. And now at this time we have our queen Citriana Himea Lopez. Um I will be reading the proclamation today. Whereas a Texas citrus fiesta was founded in mission in December 1932 to promote the bountiful winter harvest of grapefruits and oranges from the lush subtropical Rio Grand Valley. And whereas the theme of the first fiesta held outdoors against a backdrop of citrus bearing trees was corn and pageant of citrus with John H. Sherry considered the father of Texas citrus industry reigning over the one-day celebration that began with a concert and culminated in the proclamation fiesta coronation of king citrus and queen citriana. And whereas the Texas Citrus Fiesta established a lasting tradition of royalty in which a citrus industry leader is selected as king and a queen is chosen from Rio Grand Valley duchesses each representing a community and its product or industry. And now therefore we the city council of the miss the city of Mission Texas do hereby recognize and proclaim the month of January as Texas citrus fiesta month. With this year's theme, Citrus of the South, the city of Mission invites everyone to join the Texas Citrus Festa Celebration Week. Monday, January 26, 2026, Product Style Show, Mission Event Center, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026, Royal Coration, 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 30th, 2026, Flint Fair, Benson Community Park, 5:30 p.m. to midnight. Saturday, January 31st, 2026, parade of

oranges at noon. Fun fair day 2 and the Royal Bar ball at 7 p.m. Proclaimed on this the 13th day of January, 2026. Thank you. Thank you.

Before we take our picture, mayor, I have a special request from our tangerine court. They would like to address you all. Okay. Miss Oh my goodness. My name is Savannah and I'm Princess Santa Anna.

My name is Alina and I'm Princess of Lime Blossom. My name is Penny and I'm Princess of Lemon Blossom. My name is Delina and I'm Tangerine Blockton.

Okay. I need a motion to accept the resolution. I'm going to approve the resolution as read. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the resolution as read. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. There we right here.

Okay, if you all can just maybe Thank you. One more.

Thank you. Thank you. City. Okay. Okay, the next item is a uh recognition of fire department personnel. Chief Sila.

Good afternoon, Mayor, City Council. At this time, I'd like to bring up our uh staff from Mission Regional Medical Center. They do have an award uh recognition for our staff. And I'd also like to invite our medical director, Dr. Menendez, up to the front. How you doing? Good to see you. Couple years back, we're at Mission Hospital in the ER and we get a call from um on dispatch uh from Border Patrol and from EMS and they say a car has gone down in Los Seanos River and unfortunately the seventh month pregnant woman has washed away. The grandmother has swam to shore with the husband. The husband grabbed the grandmother and swam to shore and there's a child that's been swept away. We're in route with a uh seventh month pregnant woman and uh who has no blood pressure and no pulse and we have fetal heart tones in the child. So we're in the ER at your hospital. I think you were No, you weren't born yet, but almost there. And so the the chain starts. So we call the laboratory personnel who rush there. Uh we call the X-ray folks so the ultrasound machine can get there. Um we call the phabotamist who can be drawing the blood. We're on the radio with the EMS personnel and oh gosh about 20 minutes later, guess what shows up in the ER? A person without life with a baby inside her that's alive. So fortunately um I cut the baby out uh and the mother woke up and 10 days later both the mom and the baby walked out uh and lived happily ever after as far as I know. Um, we did get sued because we didn't use anesthesia to pull the baby out, believe it or not. But everybody walked out and everybody did well. Why am I telling you the story? True story.

True story. Uh, why am I telling you the story right now? First and foremost, Mission Hospital is an awesome hospital. And for our primary care needs, all my kids were born there, all four of them. And, uh, I'm very proud to be part of Mission Hospital. I'm very proud that you guys are here. I've known some of you guys for years. And so what great organization. Secondly, let's remember that what we do as medics, as uh health personnel depends on what what the previous person did. All the way from the border patrolman to the pharmacist to the phabotamist. It's a team team effort. When we're in the ER, uh this is my 40th year being a doc. And when we're in the ER, we depend a lot of what happens before the patient gets there. And in fact, a lot of the things that happen before they get there really helps determine what ends up happening to them. And so once again, it's I'm incredibly proud that those of us that are providing the prehosp care, uh are part of the community, live here, shop here, pay taxes here, we see each other driving down the street. Um when I first got here um to work at Mission Hospital as a doctor, guess what? You had to live in Mission. you actually had to live in mission. And so we're still, even though we're not as tight-knit as we used to be 39 and a2 years ago, we're still a tight-knit community. And so everything that these folks do, everything that these folks do, everything that these guys do, it it's it's not the doctor, it's the team. I just want to remind you that um day after day, I could tell you many many stories. You know, I never I never saw a microphone I didn't love. But uh they're just so important that we understand exactly uh how impactful these people are and when they take time to recognize us, it's a big deal. So please

Thank you, Dr. Thank you so much, Dr. Melendez. And good afternoon to Mayor Nori and our city commission. Thank you for having us here today. My name is Kathleen Ail. I'm the regional director for business development for Mission Regional Medical Center. We have three hospitals here in South Texas. Sorry. Uh today I'm joined with some of our administration. Our chief nursing officer Cesara, our emergency room director, Adah Romero, and Maggali Rocha, our trauma and stroke manager. Our leadership team works handinand like Dr. Melendez mentioned every day with your first responders and our nurses to deliver compassionate, highquality care in those critical moments and when patients and families need us most. Today, we are truly honored to recognize the extraordinary actions and dedication of our first responders whose swift, selfless care made a life-saving difference. This is a proclamation honoring life-saving medics of the city of Mission. On behalf of Mission Regional Medical Center, we are deeply honored to recognize the city of Mission for four extraordinary responders whose swift and selfless actions exemplify the various highest standards of emergency medical care. I'd like them to come forward so that we can recognize them. Firefighter Paramedic Gabino Pñena, AM Lyanna Rios, Firefighter Paramedic Jose Reinho, and Firefighter Paramedic Himeme Gonzalez. These are the tr these are the true heroes here that work for us every single day. On the evening of August 25th, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., emergency 911 services were dispatched

for an unresponsive 68-year-old patient Jose Era, who was gasping for breath. Responding without hesitation, firefighter paramedic Gabino Pñena and AM Lyanna Rios were the first to arrive on the scene. They immediately assessed the critical situation and began began life-saving interventions with urgency and precision. Shortly thereafter, firefighter paramedic Haime Gonzalez and firefighter Joseo, which is also a paramedic, arrived to assist. Working seamlessly as a team, they established and secured the patient's airway, continuing advanced life-saving care with remarkable efficiency, speed, and skill. Because of their decisive actions and unwavering commitment to Mr. Eera, the airway was the patient was stabilized and transported to Mission Regional Medical Center where he received continued care. After a 2-day hospital stay, he stayed longer, but after 2 days, he did gain consciousness, and as a result, his physicians and family described this as nothing short of a miracle. His family shared, "If there hadn't been life-saving treatment close to home, our beloved Jose would not be here today." Mission Regional Medical Center proudly honors Gabino Pña, Lyanna Rios, Haime Gonzalez, and Jose Trevinho. four true heroes whose courage and compassion saved a life every single day. As a small token of our immense gratitude, we represent each of them with our heroic challenge coins symbolizing our respect and appre appreciation and profound thanks for their service to our community. Your actions remind us all that heroes heroes walk among us. Thank you.

Okay, let's let's go down for a picture. For my behalf, I would just like to thank the city, especially uh the chief and Dr. Melendez, their the training that the firefighters and EMTs uh receive. You know, you guys have have set the standard and this is this is proof because of you guys. You know, there was a family that was able to spend one more Christmas uh with their loved one. There's a family that got to spend one more New Year's with a with a loved one. So, what you all do matters and we appreciate y'all very much. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Uh there's a Yeah, the next Well,

yeah, the other ones are just reports.

Yes. Okay. All right. The the next item on our agenda is a quarterly report by the ambulance board on EMS. We have Dr. Melendez, Chief Silva, and Tim Brown. Tim Brown.

I'm Tim Brown. I'm the chairman for the ambulance board. I want to say thank you to to Mayor Nory for reappointing me and I want to say thank you to this council for allowing me to do this for this community. Um I will say the there's not going to be a whole lot of changes. There's a few little things I'd like to highlight. I think you have the slides there in front of you. Um we'll go to the first slide here. So these totals are obviously from July 30 1st to September the 30th. Um some of our transports dropped a little bit in July. We had one unit that was in the shop for a significant amount of time and so that's why you see that. But we are being consistent in our pickups. It's a little over 500 each and every month. However, you see that drop just because one ambulance, one unit was in the shop. If we go to the next slide, this is our average response time. I'm still very proud of our response time. It is significantly lower than the national record. Um it is higher than it was our last report. Once again, we attribute that to being one ambulance short. Um we have that problem has since been resolved. We'll talk about that at the very end. This is where we take our patients. As you can see, um like Dr. Melinda said, we have a very good uh hospital right here in Mission. That is where the majority of our patients go. Um we try to make sure that we have the ambulances back on the road as quickly as possible. And so you'll notice that most of our deliveries, if you will, um, our transports are to hospitals where we can get back on the road, have that ambulance back in service. Okay, this is a breakdown of all the different ambulances and what how much they do. You can tell which ambulance in July was down. That was medic one. Um, that is the reason we had that lower uh transport rate during July as well. Um, one of the things that that the staff is really good about doing is monitoring these. They also monitor throughout the hours of the day to see if they need to move some ambulances from one place to another to make sure that each area of

the city is covered and that each ambulance is doing approximately about the same amount of work versus one crew getting all the work and another crew not. So, they've done a really good job of that. Okay, this is an example of our overlapping worksheet. Um since we don't have since we have several ambulances now you see this number is very small. Um overlapping is just one or two. We're doing very well in covering the city.

All right. This is always a scary one here. This is our cash collections. Uh Mr. Plat, I think the last time we this was some concerns that you brought up. Um I believe that since the last time we spoke, I believe has actually come and had a workshop with the council. Um, one of the things that that we learned was statutoily there's there's some items we just can't collect um due to to billing laws. We are in the same uh realm as we were before. We're still doing very good on our collections. It's not as much as we would like, but that being said, uh we're still doing very good compared to nationwide levels. Okay. Next. And that's it. I'll open it up for questions. But before we open up for questions, I do want to say that we now have Medic 5 is on the road. Um, it is working. So that gives us an opportunity to make sure that we continue to have all our ambulances out there. We can have a maintenance schedule now, whereas we could not have a maintenance schedule before. So now that that's being covered, we also now have in our possession Medic 6. It is not licensed yet, but it's well in the process of getting licensed. Um, so we're along those lines. One of the things, you know, you look at these numbers and those numbers are scary, but when you see presentations like you just saw the proclamation, you know, sometimes we have to count things and lives that were saved. And I want to say each and every one of you that are up here should should really take um pride in knowing that the city of Mission, the citizens of Mission are safer, lives are being saved because of your investment in this city. Anybody have anything you would like to ask?

I don't have any questions. Anybody any questions? And you can remain seated. You didn't have to take a picture with me, but thank you. Appreciate you all. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Do you have any comments? No. I have a reminder, just a big reminder. Number one in the entire country in poverty, one or two, number one or two in poverty. The current politicians running for Congress are are saying it's 52,000 per per family, it's about 36. Um, average age of a person in Delaware County is 27 years. uh number one per capita in diabetes, melace, hypertention, obesity and utilization of hemodiolialysis. So when you have and of course average educational uh levels about 8th grade. So when you have a community that historically has been um suffering because of poverty, educational uh access um and you see these type of numbers uh the collection rates um and what they've been able to accomplish by hiring professional people to do billing services and to run the system itself. I think um it adds a clearer picture than just pure numbers. Um, no one ever argued that this was going to be a a uh where's my accountant? That this was going to be a money-making service, but it certainly is a life-saving service. And uh I tell you, I go to all 13 hospitals in the area and I deal with the vast majority of the city um sponsored ambulance companies. We have the best reputation and I can vouch a little bit biased, but I can vouch that we have the premier service certainly above I won't give names, but certainly above the rest. So you guys should be very very proud of what these these young men and women are doing.

Thank you Dr. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. The next item is a Boys and Girls Club quarterly report.

Good afternoon, Mayor Council. Uh to piggyback off of what Dr. Melendis mentioned, Mission Hospital saved my life almost seven years ago. So, I can agree that it's one of the best hospitals we've got in our area. Um, what a fun two months it's been for me.

This is your first report. It is our first report. It is. Uh, I'm happy to be here. Uh, we're excited about the things going on at the club. We just started our uh after school program registration. Actually, today was our first day after Christmas break. It's amazing what's going on at the club. Just to give you an idea, we just brought a couple numbers here. Over the fall program, we serviced 162 kids daily at our three units. Uh in our athletic programs, uh we finished uh volleyball and flag football. We had over 600 kids. So all in all, in on a daily basis, we're serving between 700 to 800 kids, including both programs, not including their parents, not including the grandmas, the grandpas, and all the other little kids that aren't a part of our program. So to say that the club is doing its part to build a foundation for our future would be an understatement. We are pushing forward with everything that we've tried to do at the club. I do have a couple news and notes. Uh we are registering for basketball for anybody that hasn't registered yet. Uh go by the club. We'll get you set up. It is a fun fun league. uh couple times, you know, we got to remind parents that our kids are five and six years old and they probably won't be playing in the NBA for another 15 to 20 years. But, you know, that's something that we put up with and we're good with it. Our next fundraiser will be our BGC Mission Golf Classic. If you haven't played in it, it is one of the funner tournaments throughout the year for any organization. I'm a little biased, but it is. It's that one will be sometime in May. We are working on government relations grants through BGCA, through Texas Alliance, uh all different aspects to help us provide these programs that we provide for our kids in hopes that eventually our kids won't have to pay for any of our programs. That's after after school uh sites. Uh we have been uh appointed to

ao county prosperity task force that will uh target the underprivileged uh uh people that are still struggling, you know, with with mental health and with uh uh financial issues and and it is I think we've got 125,000 people in the in Idalo County that don't have a high school degree or a GED. This is our target area with this task force and and Boys and Girls Clubs of Idaho County uh have been appointed to reach out a little bit more and and try to get all these kids that are disadvantaged to get back into into school and and and find their path. Uh our teen program right now is the 13 to 18 years old. It's absolutely free for any teen that wants to come to our program. They don't have to pay anything. That's something that that is our target area with BGCA. That's where we have our biggest mental health issues. We were awarded $100,000 from Boys and Girls Clubs of America rural initiative. We will be soon expanding into our western areas, our more rural areas that don't have our kids don't have the opportunities there. So, that's something really big. Um we be uh targeting or partnering with Utrgv for their student interns to come in and do their interns at our club. Give us an opportunity to bring in more kids. You know we are a little capped with with our staffing. We just added three more. So that's going to bring in even more kids. Um biggest part or my what I'm happy about all of you all have your brochures. This January this month we'll be kicking off our Ramon Rosales Jr. Dream Big Project. This is our corporate sponsor program. Uh we invite any business, any individual, any community to help us out. Make sure we can provide our kids programming as cheap as possible because

the studies show that kids that come to be boys and girls clubs all have a better rock to our future. I think just about 80% of the people in this room or in this community have been through the boys and girls of a mission. And I our kids have been there. My kids I'm a club kid. My kids are club kids. There is no measure to what these clubs do. Uh I'll close up with this. Uh Andy I had mentioned something to him. He wanted to do a recognition. I'm I'm not really about that. But about less than a month ago, I was sitting in my office in my house and my wife walks in and trying to pull out my hair, you know, figuring out what what we're doing here. And I asked her, "Am I am I crazy?" and she's like after 30 years the crazy is not the word.

But then she reached on the desk and she grabbed a plaque and said this is why we do this. In November I was named the South Texas Alliance CEO or South Texas State Alliance CEO of the year. And if that says something, that means we're doing something right here in Mission. That's not my award. That's the city's award. That's our staff's award. That's something that we do for our kids. And and we are ever so grateful for the opportunity. look forward to just continued growth. That's Anybody have any questions? I'm more than happy to feel them. You're more than welcome to come to our office anytime you want. It's It's awesome.

Rick, I would just like to add thank you so much for your leadership. Um I'd like to make the donation to the Ram Rosales. He was such a great advocate for our kids and and uh our municipal court uh judge. And I want to challenge all of my colleagues up here to also give a donation to such a great cause for scholarships for our kids in our community.

That's amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you all. Uh, next item is a report from Mission Econ Economic Development Corporation, Mr. Garcia. Or who's doing the presentation?

Mr. Garcia is losing his voice. Okay. I'll be speaking on his behalf. Yes. Good afternoon, mayor, council, city managers. My name is Candace Rodriguez. I'm the communications and public relations manager for the Mission Economic Development Corporation here to give the economic development report. Starting off, we have our build mission fund. This cycle, we received 42 applications reflecting strong local demand for our program. In total, a total of 15 missionbased small businesses received up to $15,000 in grant funding totaling $225,000 invested back into the mission community. Our 2025 awardees are Salon 1518, Kayala Coffee, JM Curtain Designers, Mr. Corn Bet Court and more. Corason Consulting, Elpatio, RGB Decals and Ironons, BFF Hair Studio, Science Insurance, The Oak Nutrition, Savvy Designs, Palms 2 Lounge, Blue Bonnet Creations, Armadio Plaza, and Marvik Enterprises. So together, these investments reflect Mission EDC's continued commitment to empowering local small businesses and ensuring that homegrown companies remain a driving force in Mission's economy. We have our 2025 annual report officially out. It is released both in print and digital formats, which is the copy that you all have received today. This annual report highlights how mission remained in motion through partnerships, progress, and key projects. Throughout the annual report, you'll see that it embeds QR codes linking to different video project highlights. And this annual report reflects a collaborative team-driven effort showcasing mission's continued momentum. I know that this project is special to me because this is my first project coming onto the mission EDC team. So, please read through it, give us your feedback. Uh it's a labor of

love for us and our team there, the mission EDC, and we're very proud of it. In international relations news, our mission EDC CEO, Mr. Techlo Garcia, was recently named an honorary representative of the state of San Luis Potosi. This appointment was made by Governor Ricardo Guardo Dadona and economic development secretary Jesus Salvador Gonzalez. This appointment reinforces mission's growing role in international trade and crossber economic collaboration. So we just want to congratulate Mr. Garcia again on this appointment.

Congratulations. Congratulations. Mission EDC recently hosted the business over breakfast. This uh series was focused on our real estate forum. This topic fi focused on shifting market conditions, renewed lending activity and strategic growth planning. Uh featured insights included uh from real estate experts such as Nick Rhodess, Marana, Dolly Alzando, Bob Lozano, and Daniel Padya. Discussions highlighted commercial, residential, and industrial trends shaping mission's growth. This past Friday, Utrgv uh was ho Utrd Market Lab, excuse me, was hosted at the seed building where we welcome the newest cohort of the Utrdv market lab. The Utrdv market lab is a six-week nocost program in partnership with the Utrdv Robert C. Vaker College of Business and Entrepreneurship. This uh 6E program provides entrepreneurs with tools for branding, audience insights and datadriven uh decisionmaking. Of these 40 participants, 25 are missionbased. Many of them uh including some of our past MEEDC program participants. And so this program reflects strong and growing entrepreneur entrepreneur momentum here in Mission and we will be hosting them every Friday for the next five weeks. So we're excited to have them there at the seed. Um our next slide includes a video showcasing a recent ribbon cutting that the mission economic development corporation hosted in collaboration with the greater mission chamber of commerce and kllin development on the sherland business park. This ribbon cutting was held for the 175 acre industrial development by Kllum Development which is strategically located near Anundu's bridge. It's an estimated $275 million investment and this strengthens mission's position in logistics, manufacturing, distribution and international trade.

It is an exciting morning here in the city of Mission as we open Sherland Business Park. A dream come true for us here at the city. Thank you to the film Development for choosing the city of Mission. This park is an example of what happens when industry leadership and the community align toward growth. When complete, this development will serve as a keyhub for logistics, manufacturing, cold storage, distribution, as well as business opportunities and technology, data, and innovation. Thank you all for believing in this vision, for believing in us. We look forward to the growth and opportunities that Sherland Business Park will bring and represents. And we're just getting started together. And that concludes our economic development report. Are there any questions?

I don't have any questions. Anyone? Thank you all. Thank you. Uh the next item are uh departmental reports. Those were in our packets. Are there any questions? A move to approve the reports to present them.

Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the reports as presented. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next item is citizens participation. Has anyone signed up? Miss No. Okay. We will move on to announcements. Um Mr. Jess, do you have any any announcements?

No. No. No. No. Mayor, announcements. Let me ask Marissa. No. No. No. Okay. Yes. Mayor, I have a couple of events going on this next two weeks. We're going to have a groundbreaking ceremony for Luchia Drainage Project this Thursday, January 15th at 10:00 a.m. located at 8:35 Mile One South Road. Also, next week, we're going to have the groundbreaking ceremony for Taylor Road phase 2 from Business 83 to Mile 2 Improvement Project. It's going to be next Tuesday, January 20th, at 10:00 a.m. on the northwest corner of Bennis 83 and Taylor Road. That's all the events I have, Mayor.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All righty. I don't have any comments at this time. So, we're going to move on to our public hearing. And the first item is a um consideration from uh for a reasonzoning request. Mayor, city council. Good evening. The first is a reszoning case from R1 single family residential to R2 duplex forplex uh for a proposed triplex project. This is on Nicholson just north of Fourth Street. Soning is R1 all around. But as you can see, there's a lot of apartments in the area um legal non-conforming uses. Uh this went before the planning and zoning commission and based on all the apartments in the area and based on the no opposition from the surrounding property owners, a PNC recommended approval unanimously. Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions from the council? Mayor, I would like to make a motion to approve the recommendation of planning and zoning.

Okay. There's a motion and a second to approve the recommend planning and zoning uh recommendation of um all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's ordinance number 5753. Next item. Next item is a conditional use permit for a drive-thru service window for Takaria Oedo on the inspiration roads just south of the expressway. And basically they're just switching the drive-thru window from the north side to the south side.

Okay. And no opposition. And so we're recommending approval and PNC recommended approval. Okay. Uh is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or opposition to this request? Are there any questions or a motion?

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. Second. There is a motion and a second to approve the the uh recommendation as presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that is ordinance number 5754. Yes. Okay. Next item

is a conditional use permit for to allow immobile food unit named a loose coffee shop in a property own commercial. This is proposed in the mission bill commercial plaza which is on Bryant uh just south of the expressway. So there's some a green area there just north of the suits where the unit is proposed. It's in compliance with our ordinance. If you remember the one mile distance uh is outside the circle. So is in compliance with the ordinance and staff is recommending approval, a narrative provided by the applicant explaining the project, the site plan,

and a real cute real cute superv. Yes. Yeah. So no opposition. PNC recommended approval unanimously. Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions?

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. I'll second that motion for Ly's coffee shop. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit as presented. All in favor say I. I. All post say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's ordinance number 5755.

Good luck. Next item. Coffee time in preparation for the Texas Citrus Fiesta Funf Fair. This is a condition use permit for the alcoholic beverages. No opposition. PNC recommended approve.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Is there are any questions or a motion? I'd like to second. There's a motion and a second to uh approve the conditional use permit as presented. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that's ordinance number 5756. Next item

is a conditional use permit to allow the offering of alco al alcoholic beverages at the monthly events of the art league at the part of the library complex. And so here's the schedule of a monthly events for 2026. And based on a history of never having any issues with these events, uh we're recommending life over use.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions? May I move to approve? Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit for life of use. All in favor say I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. I know this is not, but I think they do something they do something about the landscaping on their facility. It will help. There's a lot of people that come from outside of the city to come and visit that place and it does need a lot of help

and the landscape. Brad, yeah, it's a city building. What does that means? No, that means maybe can you present something to us? I think it's something that needs to be done quick. I mean they do have a lot of activities, people that come from out of town and needs to need needs to be beautified, I think.

Okay. Thank you. And that's ordinance number 5757. Okay. Next item. It's a renewal of a conditional use permit for an event center which is Elise event center. This is at the Sherry business uh commercial plaza on Sherry south of Griffin Parkway. Uh there's no alcoholic beverages uh in this event center. There hasn't been any issues uh since they started. So PNC recommended the life of the use.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions? May I move to approve with a life of use as recommended? Here's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit as presented uh with the life of use. All in favor say I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's item uh ordinance number 5758. Next item is a condition to use permit renewal for the sale on onsite consumption of alcoholic beverages at the uh Elrono service car um building which is mostly it's a drive-thru. Most most of the alcohol sales are to go but they do have three tables in the front in case somebody wants to have a snack with an alcoholic beverage. So the their alcohol permit is for onsite consumption of of beverages. So we're recommended a three-year based on no issues and they improved the the traffic circulation. Uh we're recommending a three-year permit.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to the request? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition? There any questions? Mayor, I move to approve for the renewal of the conditional use permit for a Ronco service car.

Second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the conditional use permit. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that is ordinance number 5759. Next item. The next item is a a zoning ordinance amendment uh to not allow a bar in a in a property zone a neighborhood commercial district. I believe the agreement is the consensus is that that a bar should only be in a in a C3 zoning which is a more intense commercial zoning with the conditional use permit and not not in the neighborhood. So this will strike from the ordinance a bar in that in that zoning category. Okay.

Okay. Are there any anyone like to speak in favor or in opposition to the um change amendment to the zoning article number eight? Anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition?

I'd like to speak in favor. I mean opposition in favor of the ordinance. In favor of the ordinance. Well, I'm kind of confused in My 75 saying to adopt an ordinance amending the code of

Mhm. to use this district um is against neighborhood commercial districts. The what this ordinance uh amendment does it it uh does not allow a uh bar in a C2 zone. it would only be allowed in a C3 zone be with the ordinances the way they are now. It does uh allow for a bar to be in a C2 zone.

So, we're changing it to allow them only on a C3, which is a a higher level of an addition an additional restriction to a bar. Right. Well, I'm still kind of confused because I don't know if we're C2 or C3, but I do not believe anybody needs to have any kind of bar across the street.

Well, this doesn't allow it in a in a C2 zone, which is a lower U zone. I get it. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else in favor or in opposition? Are there any questions?

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. There's a second. There's a motion and a second to approve the uh ordinance amendment as presented. All in favor say I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. And that is ordinance number 5760. Next item,

so new ordinance amendment to place a restrictions for new car wash facilities to not be able to locate within one mile of an existing car wash and this is due to the uh drought conditions. So this is in line with our water conservation efforts. Uh we have a map where we mapped all the existing facilities. So there's still a few spots where a car wash could go could develop like South Bryan, South Conway, but most of Central Mission will not be able to establish a new car wash facility if this ordinance is is adopted.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this change? There any questions? May I'd like to make a motion to approve as presented. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve the amendment as presented. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's ordinance number 5761. Next item zoning ordinance amendment to not require a conditional use permit for a drive-thru window for new uh restaurants and fast food uh establishments. Uh so this will streamline the process for commercial permits for fast food restaurants. Uh there's still a site plan approval by PNC. So PNC still gets to review the site plan, but uh there will not be lengthy delays on new uh fast food restaurant projects.

Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to speak in favor or in opposition to this change in the ordinance? There any questions? I move to approve. Mayor second. Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve the ordinance amendment as presented. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously and that's ordinance number 5762. And that concludes our public hearing. Next item is consent agenda and that's items number 22 through 50. Are there any items that need to be pulled and considered separately?

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve items 22 through what is it? 54. It's with Miss Anna reading it for us because that's a lot. 50. It's item 50. Oh, 50. Okay. Miss Anna, would you do the honors?

Yes, ma'am. Item 22, approval of December 7 minutes. Uh item 23 acknowledge receipt of minutes Sherry Golf Course Advisory Board zoning board of adjustments citizens advisory committee sphere memorial library. Item 24 authorization to solicit bids for purchase of waterline maintenance supply. 25 authorization to award bid for ready mixed concrete to 57 concrete LLC. 26 ratification of emergency repairs to the Mada water tower in the amount of $30,100. 27. Authorization to execute first one-year renewal for printing and mailing services with Upper Valley Mail Services. 28. Authorization to engage a retirement consulting service provider for 457B program enhancements. 29. Authorization to submit program application for FY26 Eate. Item 30, authorization to solicit requests for proposals pertaining to FY26 category 2. 31. Authorization to solicit requests for proposals from vendors for professional services to provide grant writing administration management and consulting services. Item 32, authorization to award bid to pest lab for pest control services. Item 33, authorization to request proposals to provide temporary food truck or similar service at Cherry Municipal Golf Course. 34 approval to ratify interlocal agreement between city mission and mission CISD for procurement of goods and services. 35 approval of resolution 2024 accepting and filing certificate completion for co-interum city manager uh JP Terrasas and assistant finance director Za Garcia for TML public investment fund training. 36 approval to enter into anou with little club foundation. 37. Authorization to enter into mutual aid between City of Mission

Fire EMS and Medical and Trauma Specialist LP. 38. Authorization to enter into facilities use agreement for public service agencies between STC and Mission Fire Department. 39. Approval of ordinance 5763 providing for no parking signs at 700 block of South Glass Road and 700 block of Union Avenue. 40. Approval of resolution 2025 authorization authorizing mission uh police department to submit agreement for temporary closure of state rideaway for the Walk of Christ event. 41 authorization to continue purchases for FY2526 from vendors with forecasted expenditures exceeding 25,000. 42. Authorization to purchase 22 bodywn cameras from Motor Rotor Solutions with a 25% cash match from the city. 43. Approval of resolution 5764 repealing ordinance 5506 creating and establishing an audit committee. 44. Consideration and possible action to approve interlocal agreement with city of mission and city of Fort Worth for participating in Fort Worth purchasing pecart program. 45. Approval of resolution 2026, authorization to enter into lease purchase agreement with government capital for the purpose of financing frontend loader. 46. Approval uh plat approval for Conway Village subdivision. 47. Authorization to purchase 106 rifle resistant body armor with plates from GT distributors. 48. Authorization to purchase three Chevy pickup trucks from Sesame Laredo uh Chevrolet. 49. Authorization to purchase two Ranger crews and one Polaris expedition via source well contract. Item 50. Authorization to complete the

rebroof project for Children's Advocacy Center amount of 153,31147 uh subject to approval of MEEDC reimbursement agreement. And those are our consent agenda items.

I'll second all those. There is a motion and a second to uh approve the consent agenda as presented and read. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carried unanimously. Next item under approvals and authorizations.

Uh this is uh an approval for resolution number 2027. 4027 authorizing to liquidate surplus city owned real property by soliciting and receiving offers for it sale pursuant to Texas local government code chapter 272. Uh the city council desires to entertain offers for the sale of the following city owned properties. Lot two block two tolli number two uh which is off Adam Street. Uh I wasn't able to find out as to how long we've had it but we've had it for quite some time. Uh the other property is Carlos Chile subdivision lot 19 block 6 at 919 ranking. We've held it for 32 years. Uh the other one is Mission Palms Estate Lot 144 address of 1733 Dal Lobo Drive which had it for 23 years. And the nail to operation lot 14 uh which is address 1400 West Ray Circle we've held it for 36 years. Uh Stafen's co-inter city manager recommend approval.

I move to approve, mayor. Second. Uh there's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 4027 authorizing to liquidate surplus city-owned real property. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Next item.

Item number 52. Mayor calls for the authorization to solicit request for qualifications for the real estate broker services for marketing and sale of certain city owned properties beforehand mentioned. Uh the request for qualification will solicit statements of qualifications from licensed and real estate brokers with experience in municipal and or real estate transactions. Following the evaluation of the qualification, staff will negotiate commission percentages and contract terms with the most qualified respondents for city council consideration and approval. Staff and co-inter city manager recommend approval.

Any question? Move to approve. There's a motion second and a second to approve the um authorization to solicit for um RFQS for real estate broker services. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously.

Thank you. Next item. Uh good evening M council. Item number 53, approval of resolution number 2028, granting consent to the addition of land in Elm Magro Management District to include lot A of Sherland Plantation Village, Las Placita subdivision phase 1, which is located on the northwest corner of Sherry and Military. The city of Mission, Texas, previously consented to the creation of the municipal management district with powers and authorities of a municipal management district operating pursuant to chapter 375 Texas local government code section 42.042 042 of the Texas local government code provides the land within the city exploratory jurisdiction of corporate boundaries may not be included with the municipal management district without the city's consent. The additional slot A of the plat of Sherland Plantation Village Las Placita subdivision phase one staff and co-inter city manager recommends approval and we have in the audience uh Dr. Roelly Ortiz with Kllum's Development

if you have any questions or concerns. Okay. Thank you. I move to approve. Okay. Second. There's a motion and a second to approve resolution number 4028. All in favor say I. All post say no. I motion carries unanimously.

Thank you. Thank you. And that's resolution 4028. 20 2048 2048. Sorry. 2028. Sorry. No, I'm confused. It's 2028. Yes, ma'am. Yes.

Okay. Next item. Mayor, council, Mr. Teras, uh discussion and action regarding extension of the city's existing tax increment reinvestment fund. So there there's a consideration for the extension of the city's existing tax increment reinvestment zone for an additional 15 years moving the expiration date from December 30 31st to 2030 to December 31st 2045. The proposed action maintains a single turs without additional properties to the existing tur footprint and the proposed extension will also transitions the city's participation from 100% to 50% of its levy in the TUR. The resulting TUR extension will allow for a current capacity of 22 million for its first bond issuance. This is primarily just discussion. So as we discuss the TUR and a potential extension, as we know, we commit uh 100% of the city's property tax levy to that TUR within that TUR zone based off of the increment in the TUR. Um so uh the the what we currently pay to the TUR right now as a percent of of levy 100% of levy is about $5 million within the tur. So the tur itself approximates about 14% of the appraised value within the city alone. Um so it's a it's a pretty it's a pretty large uh geographical area and of course the growth has been substantial outpacing the city's current growth rate. Right. Um so right now um again the TUS is acquiring about uh 5 million directly from the city. The the intent of the participation uh agreement and the extension is to bring that down from 5 million to about 2.5 million. So right now one of the things that staff is currently doing and uh I've been meeting directly with the tax office the tax assessor collector as well as Estrada which is our city's financial adviser and uh TXP which is uh the TUR is uh basically their strategic planning and consultant. Um so we've been working together to see exactly how this change in the TUR would impact the property tax

within the city of mission. Um so ultimately um it's already kind of embedded directly into the the city's uh taxable basis right um but of course being the very first time that aurs expires in the valley even the tax office was somewhat went unaware of exactly how this would be affecting our tax worksheets for subsequent years right so before we actually discuss any type of uh related information on on the tax rates of course um and what the impact would be we wanted to go ahead and and possibly provide some additional information at a future workshop, but we did want to at least bring this to council to explain that that's going to be um approaching, right? Uh we have that tour basically expiring at 2030. So that's something that we'll need to consider and plan in advance um especially for the bond issuance, right? So currently what's in front of you today is the 22 million uh bond issuance that would be a product of that TUR's extension, right? So as you extend the TUR's extension u bond holders will buy um basically bonds that that are pledged against the future revenues of that TUR over the next 15 years. So the 22 the 22 million will be of course funding those particular projects that you have in your packet at least proposed and tenatively. All right. Um so we do have that and of course if this option were to go through of the TUR would have additional capacity in the future for for future for future bond issuances. I did want to give tech a chance. I also I know that you're feeling under the weather so hopefully I covered most of it.

No. Can you read the list of the projects and the dollar amount? Yes. Yes, I can do that. So the list of the projects starts with the brine road construction at 6.2 million. Taylor road construction at 4 million. Treated water line at Simron for 2.1 million. South water plant feasibility at 4 million. Citriana Street drainage at 1.3 million, Horner Street at 1.6 million, Benson Palm Park renovation at 1 million, and Los Eanos Road at 1.5 million for a total of 20 point 21.7 million.

Thank you. Yes. Okay. Um, any questions? Mayor, I would like to make a motion to approve. Okay. Second. There's a motion and a second um to approve the item that was just presented u in reference to the extension of the city's existing tax increment reinvestment zone. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose say no. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. And if I can comment on one thing. So there are going to be a couple of public hearings. I know Techlo is going to be kind of charged with getting that together and the council will be seeing us again soon. Thank you. Yes. U uh mayor city council uh I'm the executive director of the of the tur and we've been working handinhand with Andy and with our board uh our chairman and the consultants to make sure this goes through smoothly. So we'll we'll stay on that until we till we get it done and uh hopefully it'll be very fruitful for the city.

I guess just a little history on this. This was the the first step that needed to to happen in order to to u u um extend the the time of of the tours. Um so like like Andy said, there will be some public hearings that that u will be um give more detail and have the opportunity for our residents to participate.

Yes, ma'am. I think it's important uh for for you and the council to know uh and the public that um uh these um sort of extensions are very common um and this is um you know a process in which uh this is allow us as Andy said to um leverage um the um uh the TURS um to borrow money and to do projects immediately. Um the uh the the TURS has gone through several issuances of uh debt uh for for many projects and uh and by 2030 when the original um deadline for this touris would have been uh is u the end of 2030 was December 31st u we will have been able to get rid of most of our debt by that time and uh it's likely but doesn't uh mean that you must or the board there uh wouldn't do this. But uh with with that much um cleared off the decks um we will be able to uh probably formulate uh another issuance um if that's so desired by the boards and the council and likely we'll have a much higher uh ceiling on on the uh on the uh

capacity. Yeah. on the on the on how much we can borrow, maybe, you know, up to 50 million. Yeah. Uh so, uh we'll be able to do even more projects at that time, but this gets us through and addresses some key needs for the city and we're happy to do that.

Okay. So, there is a Did we already vote? I made a motion. There is a motion. Did we vote already? We already put it, right? Yes. Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you. Uh, next item is um unfinished business and we do have a tabled item. Is there a motion to

May I move to move the item from the table? Okay, there's a motion second and a second to remove item number 55 uh from the table. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries. Bless you. Thank you.

Yes, mayor. So tabled item um brought back in open discussion regarding section 500.06 of the city mission personnel policy related to vacation leave. The item is presented to allow for a comprehensive review of the current provisions, address any operational concerns or inconsistencies and determine whether amendments, clarifications or updates to the policy are warranted to ensure uniform application across all city departments in alignment with organizational needs. So I know that uh of course there there were a couple of uh concerns that were brought up you know as it pertains to to to personnel and the use of vacation leave. The purpose and primary purpose of this uh this leave policy was to transition from the advanced use of use of leave person for personnel to starting to to go through the acrruel process of leave which means that um personnel would actually acquire leave as they completed months days of service. Right? So that's what that policy had established, but open for any questions or concerns.

Mayor, after discussion in the workshop, I'd like to make a motion to go ahead and um reverse re reverse um what we approved at this meeting and kind of uh take a look at it again. Um bring it up in possibly a workshop um because several of us had some questions.

Yes. and and and also the the top um discussion what mayor mentioned and I I uh agree with her is that whenever these type of changes are done we need to make sure that our employees are aware with it aware of them and give them enough time to make those arrangements.

Understood. And so what we would do in this uh for coming uh to the next council meeting is we would bring this back as an item to to amend the existing policy. So since it is a part of the policy, we'll bring it as another item on the next agenda. Okay.

So it cannot be approved as of today since it was because this one says discussion regarding so it's not there's not it's not an actionable item. Well personal policies is a change by ordinance. So be on the 27th. Yes. But we'll bring that on the 27th.

So then no action is required at this time. No action required. Okay. All righty. Thank you. Thank you. Uh the next items are in executive session. Is there a motion to go into executive session? Second. There's a motion and a second to go into executive session pursuant to government code 551.071 and 074. All in favor say I. I. All say no. Motion carries unanimously.

I so move second motion and second to go into session at 7:15 in reference to items number one 2 3 and five. Is there a motion? I'll make a motion to proceed as discussed in executive session. Second

and a second. All in favor say I. All say no. Motion carries unanimously. And there is no action on item number four. And no action on item number six. I'm a motion to adjurnn. Second and a second. All in favor say I. All say no. Motion carries unanimously.