[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GOING TO BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IT'S 6:00 AT ITS APPOINTED TIME.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK EMMY MERCER TO COME UP.
SHE IS GOING TO ASSIST IN DOING THE PLEDGE HERE IN A MOMENT.
SO IF YOU'LL STAND HERE WITH ME AND ME BEFORE WE GET STARTED, IS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE IN THE CROWD TODAY? YES. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY MOM WHO WORKS AT THE DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY DAD, WHO WORKS AT THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU'RE A STUDENT HERE IN DECATUR AS WELL AND SUPPORTING THE EAGLES.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR PLEDGE.
ALL RIGHT, EMMY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU.
I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR LEADING US IN PLEDGE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? [APPLAUSE] RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS THERE IS THERE IS NO WAY I CAN DO STAND UP WHEN WE HAVE HAVE YOU ALL THERE'S YOU ARE FOR SURE OUR OUR STAND UP. SO.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET READY FOR SOME OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? SO WE'LL OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. SO WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2022 AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 0.645258.
WELL, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[3. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER AND STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE BUDGET AS REPRESENTED IN “SCHEDULE A”; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PREMISES; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHAPTER AND THE STATE LAW PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE BUDGET AS REPRESENTED IN SCHEDULE A PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PREMISES PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL OR NEW INFORMATION REGARDING THIS? OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
VERY MINOR ON THE LONGEVITY PAY.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO IT.
SO WE THERE WAS A FEW CALCULATIONS THAT WERE A LITTLE WHICH WAY OR THAT.
VERY FINE. BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT IN ANY WAY.
AWESOME. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS FIRST READING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'LL GET US TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022 CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLE LIVING AND AD VALOREM TAXES FOR 2022 AT 0.645258 PER $100.
PROVIDING DUE AND DELINQUENT DATES.
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF PREMISES.
PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALING CLAUSE.
PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANYTHING NEW FOR THAT? NO CHANGES. ALL RIGHT.
[5. CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION 303, “PARKLAND DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT”, OF CHAPTER 3, “GENERAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT”, OF APPENDIX A, “SUBDIVISIONS”, OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF THE CITY’S PARKLAND DEDICATION REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PREMISES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF AND EACH AND EVERY DAY A VIOLATION OCCURS ON CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE VIOLATION; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION 303 PARKLAND DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT.DO WE HAVE ANY ANY REPORT OR COMMUNICATION ON THAT?
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THERE'S NO CHANGES FROM THE LAST FROM THE FIRST READING.THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER IS 2022-08-20.
MR. MAYOR NICE WORK. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE. WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-20.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.
OPPOSED SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO ACTION.
[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF DECATUR’S PERSONNEL POLICIES.]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING REVISIONS OF THE PERSONNEL POLICIES.GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO OVER A FEW CHANGES TO THE PTO.
LEAVE. FROM FROM THE WAY IT GOT APPROVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.
WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO 90 DAYS TO GO INLINE WITH KEEPING IN LINE WITH PROBATION PERIOD.
AND YOU CAN USE THE EMPLOYEE NOW, CAN USE PTO AS SOON AS HE EARNS IT OR HE OR SHE OWNS EARNS IT.
BUT YOU CAN'T GET PAID PAID OUT FOR THE PTO UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE 90 DAYS PAST PROBATION.
RIGHT. THAT I BELIEVE WAS THE LAST CHANGE.
ALL RIGHT. IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY AGREEABLE TO STAFF.
YES. AND THE MANAGERS AND CITY MANAGER MET AND DISCUSSED THESE THESE CHANGES.
AND JUST A QUESTION, THERE'S THERE'S NO SICK LEAVE ANYMORE, CORRECT? NO SICK LEAVE? NOT WELL. IS THERE A SICK LEAVE BANK THAT WE HAVE STARTED OR THERE IS STILL THERE IS STILL SICK LEAVE FROM OLD SICK LEAVE.
AND WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO YOU, TO YOU GUYS IN THE NEXT MEETING.
SOME CHANGES ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO GET USED.
SO THIS IS THIS THIS IS JUST REGARDING PTO SPECIFICALLY, I THINK.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY SICK LEAVE AT ALL FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ANYMORE.
BUT I THINK IT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PTO THEY MADE ACCRUALS TO REFLECT SICK AND VACATION [INAUDIBLE].
AND THOSE SICK DAYS DON'T CARRY OVER? IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD YOU NO PTO DOESN'T CARRY OVER.
BUT I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SICK LEAVE PART TOTALLY GOING AWAY.
WE WANT TO ADDRESS SOME CHANGES WITH THAT POSSIBLY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS NOT BEING IN FAVOR OF TAKING AWAY SICK LEAVE.
WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M ONE PERSON, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN ONLY GET SO MANY DAYS.
AND IF YOU HAVE CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS, THEN PEOPLE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOSE MONEY.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS, I THINK A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MOVED PTO IS THAT ENCOMPASSES TIME OFF FOR RECREATIONAL OR PERSONAL USE, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES FOR ILLNESSES.
SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT THOSE ALL IN THE SAME BUCKET.
AND THAT'S HOW THE ACCRUAL PROCESS GOING FORWARD WILL WORK FOR THE PTO PLAN GOING FORWARD.
I'M CONFUSED. IS IT GONE AWAY OR NOT GONE AWAY.
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IT'S THE ACCRUED TIME THAT EMPLOYEES HAD BEFORE THE PERSONNEL POLICY CHANGED IS STILL LEFT TO YOU.BUT WE FACTORED, NOT IDENTIFIED AS SICK TIME.
IT'S ALL IDENTIFIED AS PERSONAL TIME OFF OR PTO.
SO THERE'LL BE THE PTO BANK THAT'LL INCLUDE THAT.
BUT WE FACTORED IN SOME TIME IN PTO TO ACCOUNT FOR SICK LEAVE.
RIGHT. IT CAN BE CONFUSING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUCKET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN YOU EXPAND ON YOUR OPINION? BECAUSE I MIGHT BE LEANING TOWARD YOUR OPINION IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
AND IF THEY'RE SICK AND THEY NEEDED THEM, THEY STILL DON'T GET THEM BACK.
IT'S CITY FRIENDLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THE DAYS.
AND I DON'T THINK FOR THE EMPLOYEES IT'S ABOUT PAYING THEM FOR THE DAYS.
IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SICK LEAVE AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU HAD SOMETHING, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY CATASTROPHIC IS COVERED, YOU DON'T FEEL YOU STILL FEEL AT THE MERCY OF SOMETHING WHENEVER YOU DON'T OWN THOSE DAYS THAT ARE THERE.
BUT WHAT IF YOU, WHAT IF YOU NEVER WHAT IF YOU'RE A PERSON THAT DOESN'T EVER GET SICK? WOULDN'T YOU WANT THE PTO DAYS SO YOU CAN USE THOSE INSTEAD OF YOUR SICK DAYS? BECAUSE IF YOU ONLY HAVE SICK DAYS, YOU CAN ONLY USE THEM FOR WHEN YOU'RE SICK.
THAT'S TRUE. BUT TO ME THAT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR PEOPLE THAT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE ACCRUAL ACCRUAL IS FOR THE POLICY FOR AN EIGHT HOUR EMPLOYEE? IT VARIES EVERY FIVE YEARS IT GOES UP FOR AN EIGHT HOUR EMPLOYEE.
SO WE ADDED THAT WITHIN THE ACCRUAL PLUS TWO WEEKS OF VACATION TIME, WE COMBINE THAT TO FORM PTO AND IT DEPENDS UPON YOUR YOUR SHIFT.
IF IT'S AN 8 HOUR SHIFT, YOU GET 80 HOURS.
AND ARE YOU SHOWING? YEAH. AND THEN AS IT GOES ON TO 12 HOUR AND 24 HOUR, THAT CHANGES AS WELL.
BUT THE BASIS OF IT WAS THAT WE FACTORED IN TWO WEEKS OF VACATION TIME AND 48 HOURS OF SICK TIME.
SO IT'S A PRETTY GENEROUS IN MY OPINION.
IT'S A VERY GENEROUS THAT'S A VERY GENEROUS ACCRUAL MAX.
AND IN OUR FORMER POLICY, THE MAXIMUM SICK ACCRUAL WAS AT 240.
AND IF YOU LOOK IN YEARS, ONE THROUGH FIVE FOR A 40 HOUR EMPLOYEE, IT'S 256.
IT'S ACTUALLY MORE TIME OFF [INAUDIBLE].
CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN WHY WE'RE GOING TO THIS? WHY WE'RE.
WELL ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT IT IT SIMPLIFIES THINGS WHENEVER SOMEONE TAKES OFF IF THEY ARE SICK.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHY THEY'RE SICK OR CHANCE VIOLATING A HIPAA LAW.
AND ALSO, IT'S EASIER ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO DO IT THIS WAY FOR PAYROLL.
SO THEY AREN'T RESTRICTED BY THAT.
THIS. IF YOU DON'T USE IT, IT ACCUMULATES YEAR OVER YEAR TO A MAXIMUM TWO TIMES THE MAXIMUM ACCRUAL.
OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IF IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITHIN A DEPARTMENT THAT PRECLUDED AN EMPLOYEE FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR VACATION TIME, THEN THE DIRECTOR CAN PUT IN TO HAVE THAT EMPLOYEE PAID OUT FOR UP TO 40 HOURS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THEY WOULDN'T LOSE THAT PART OF IT.
YOU KNOW. IT WOULD TAKE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF TAKING NO TIME OFF TO ACTUALLY MAX OUT.
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DOES THAT HELP? AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE OLD WAY? WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT WOULD DO IS THAT PEOPLE COULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHETHER THEIR EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SICK OR VACATION TIME FOR THE EMPLOYEE.I DON'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT.
THERE'S NOT A BENEFIT FOR THE EMPLOYEE.
I MEAN, IT BASICALLY ENDS UP BEING THAT YOU'RE COMBINING THERE IS NO SICK.
THE SICK TIME IS WITHIN YOUR PTO BANK.
SO IT'S JUST IDENTIFYING IT AS A SINGULAR UNIT OF BUCKET AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
AND YOU'VE HAD YOU HAVEN'T HAD MUCH PUSHBACK FROM EMPLOYEES ON THIS NEW SYSTEM? WELL, WE HAVEN'T, EXCEPT FOR ACCESSING OUR SICK TIME THAT THEY HAD ACCRUED ALREADY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NEXT WEEK.
YEAH. YEAH. WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SIMPLER TO HAVE THAT SEPARATE.
OKAY. SO THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOOD WITH IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T BE.
WE. WE. YEAH, WE MET THE DIRECTORS ALL MEET ON A MONDAY MORNING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE ALL DISCUSSED IT AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH COLLABORATIVELY.
OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR US TO APPROVE THIS UPDATE IN THE PERSONNEL POLICY REGARDING PTO? YES, SIR. SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES GIVE A THUMBS UP.
THE DIRECTORS WERE GOING TO RELAY THAT TO THE EMPLOYEES TO GET THEIR BUY IN ON IT.
AND FROM WHAT THEY'VE HEARD, IT'S IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.
ALL RIGHT. JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T SPEAK TO EVERY EMPLOYEE, I DON'T WANT TO BE MISLEADING.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE YES. THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT WAS THE OLD WHAT I CALL THE OLD SICK LEAVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF DECATUR'S PERSONNEL POLICY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT GETS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.IT'S MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 8TH OF 2022.
APPROVAL REQUEST OF WILLIAM BROOKS FOR THE JERRY BROOKS MEMORIAL RUN TO OCCUR ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2022.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO PULL ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, YOU CAN DO SO.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT GETS US TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT THAT GETS US THAT GETS US TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS ANY REQUEST IN THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE LET THE CITY KNOW OR MYSELF.
AND THAT GETS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:19.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.