Remarks by Craig Morgan
142 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Yes. Thank you all. Thank you, Chief. F2, consider a resolution to authorize the mayor to issue a contract with Ratliff Hardscape LTD for the 2026 CDBG sidewalk project on Parkside Circle.”
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“Any other questions? Entertain a motion to adopt the resolution? So moved. Second. Motion made by Council Member Flores, second by Council Member Ortega. Any other discussion? And please poll the council.”
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“Yes. F3, consider a resolution authorizing Mayor to execute supplemental contract number three with Plumber Associates Inc. for the Brushy Creek East Regional Wastewire Treatment Plant Expansion to 40 MGD project.”
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“Any questions? I'm going to tell you most of the resolution. So move.”
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“Motion made by Council Member Ortega, second by the Mayor Pro Tem. Any other discussion? And please poll the council.”
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“Yes. Thank you, Michael. Yes. All right. We'll go to F5. because we want to do the F4 needs to go after all the other stuff. So F5, consider resolution to determine that patent construction LLC provides the best value for the city for the Heritage Trail East project and authorizing the Mayor to execute a standard form of agreement.”
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“Any other questions? I entertain a motion to adopt the resolution.”
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“Second. Motion made by Council Member Stephens, seconded by Council Member Ortega. Any other discussion? And please, public council.”
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“All right. Let's go to G1, considering ordinance readoption and amendment of Parks and Rec. Master plan update, playbook 2030, building a connected community. Add the Round Rock Trails plan. First reading.”
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“I don't know. It was pretty close. Okay. Any questions over here? Council Member Flores?”
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“Thank you. Mm-hmm. Any other questions over here? Questions over here? Council Member Stephens.”
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“This is how old school Tim is because it's now type B funding.”
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“Any other questions? All right. Thank you, Tim. Thank you so much. Thank you, Rick. All right. I'll entertain a motion to adopt the ordinance.”
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“Second. Motion made by Council Member Stephens, second by Council Member Ortega. Any other discussion? And please poll the council.”
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“Yes. I entertain a motion to dispense with a second reading. So moved. Second. Motion made by Council Member Flores, second by Council Member Lee. Any other discussion? And please poll the council.”
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“Yes. All right. G2. G2, consider public testimony regarding an ordinance adopting the fiscal year 2027 annual budget for the city of Round Rock. Second reading.”
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“Not to interrupt you, but 18% is what the residential property taxes were for the general fund revenue. So we're almost at $200 million. So if my math is correct, that's about $40 million in property tax, which doesn't even cover our fire department's cost of budget. Go ahead.”
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“All right. We may have some questions for you since you put all this together and have a conversation. So first of all, thank you for, again, your patience. Thank you for the time to put all this together.”
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“I appreciate that. So I know that, you know, for me, a lot of people, you know, it'd be nice to adopt the no new revenue rate. Right. But even like In cases this year, no new revenue rate has actually climbed in some places because values actually have decreased. So in Round Rock, a lot of people think that we have so much development that it actually adds a large bucket of money for new growth. So this year, it was about $1.9 million. So we have agreements with our police department and our fire department that involves pay raises on an annual basis. Those are negotiated between the unions…”
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“Yeah. And so, you know, and another thing is that, you know, usually we have been, you know, look, none of us, you know, trust me, none of us up here like to, you know, have tax increases. I mean, you know, it's just the cost. Everything has increased. We had someone talk to us the other day about water, an eight-mile line, pipeline that costs $20 million. 25 years ago has now cost $150 million. And so with our water rates, what we've been lucky to do is sell water to our sister cities that don't have water to pay off debt to help keep the water rates. Those are definitely some of the lowest…”
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“If there's one thing that you think we should cut out of the budget to lower that, out of that point, you know, the debts, we got to do that. That's what we have to do. But out of the general fund stuff, is there something that you see that we're really just, in your mind, in your opinion, is that you think we're a little bit too fat?”
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“Yeah. And, and we, we, we, we definitely, I mean, we really do agree with you that on the sense of just the kind of cost of everything for, for everybody, you know, and, you know, the, the, the, the, The rebates and the stuff that we've agreed to, I mean, you know, we violate that, and there's stuff that can come back and then cost us more money.”
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“And, you know, you're very intelligent. I mean, this is very well thought out. And we have a program that I think you'd be great at if you wanted to go through it, ultimately, is our university program. And it's a six to eight, 11-week deal on a Monday night. From 6 to 8, they serve you food. And you get to learn everything that the departments do and kind of how those things all come about. And so if you have any interest in that, there's a fall and a spring class. The current fall class has already started, but the next spring, you ought to look at that. Because this really is, you know,…”
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