Feb 10, 2025 City Council

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WELL, WELCOME. I HAVE A 5:30 WORKSHOP. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

[QUARTERLY DEPARTMENT REPORTS]

GOOD EVENING SIR. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF THE CONCLUSION TO OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.

SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE IS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR YEARLY TOTALS.

AS WE GO OVER THOSE REALLY, REALLY QUICK. THIS IS A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR YEARLY TOTALS.

SO AS YOU LOOK IN 24 SOME OF THE ISSUES AND THINGS THAT KIND OF CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE DEPARTMENT AS, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE IS JUST THE INCREASE IN SERVICE DEMAND.

WE HAD 42,000 PLUS DISPATCH CALLS. THAT, YOU KNOW, COME TO DISPATCH 49,000 DISPATCH CALLS. SO THAT IS LIKE TELEPHONE CALLS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME DIRECTLY INTO OUR CALL TAKING CENTER.

691 ARREST. ALSO, I KNOW WE MENTIONED THIS QUITE OFTEN.

WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS AT WALMART. BUT THEY CREATE A LOT OF RETAIL THEFT FOR US.

AND SO A CONTINUAL SHOPLIFTING KEEPS REARING ITS UGLY HEAD FOR US.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 267 JUST THEFT CALLS. 207 ARE THEFT OFFENSES, WHICH RESULTED IN 161 ARREST.

SO OUR CID A PRETTY GOOD JOB ON CLEARANCES. AND WE'LL SEE THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.

TRAFFIC. WE HAD 564 DISPATCHED INCIDENTS FOR ACCIDENTS.

WE ENDED UP WORKING 327 OF THOSE. SOME OF THOSE OTHERS, YOU SAY, HEY, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THE REASON WHY YOU GUYS WOULDN'T EITHER.

THEY'D EXCHANGE INFORMATION AHEAD OF US BEING THERE OR WHEN OUR OFFICERS GET THERE, IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND THEY DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT US WORKING AN ACCIDENT.

WE HAD 6,546 CITATIONS 2,400 PLUS WARNINGS. ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN OUR OUTDATED FACILITY. BUT THERE IS A PLAN FOR THERE IS SOME GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON THAT ARE COMING.

OBVIOUSLY GROWTH, JUST IN THE CITY AND ALSO AROUND CONTINUES TO, TO BE A BIG ISSUE FOR US.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK ON HERE THAT IS VERY INTERESTING, IS WE TOOK THIS NUMBER FROM EDC AND KEVIN HOLZBOG.

WAS THAT 34,650 PEOPLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SPEND AN AVERAGE OF TEN MINUTES INSIDE THE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF DECATUR.

SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE THAT JUST PASS THROUGH.

THESE ARE 34,000 PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF SIT AND HANG OUT FOR AT LEAST A TEN MINUTE PERIOD IN THE CITY.

SO PRETTY INTERESTING NUMBERS. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR COUNTY GROWING, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH US BEING THE COUNTY SEAT. AND THE MAIN HUB FOR SHOPPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THOSE THINGS ARE ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS WELL.

OOPS. YOU LOOK AT 911 CALLS IS REALLY THE BIG THING ON HERE.

WE HAD 7,677 CALLS THAT WERE DISPATCHED FOR 911 SERVICES.

BREAKDOWN OF THE ENTIRE CRIME REPORTS. AND YOU START LOOKING AT THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS OUT OBVIOUSLY THE HOMICIDE.

YOU PROBABLY SEE THAT, AND, LIKE, HEY, THAT'S KIND OF A DEAL.

THAT WAS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE ASSAULTS, BURGLARIES, DRUG OFFENSES, WEAPONS FRAUD, MOTOR VEHICLE, ALL OF THESE ARE PRETTY WELL IN LINE.

SOME OF THEM ARE UP COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

BUT AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES IN A LOT OF THESE ACROSS THE BOARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT CLEARANCE RATES. ONE OF THE THINGS ON HERE.

EACH YEAR WE CONTINUE OUR CID DOES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF CLEARING CASES THAT THEY GET PRESENTED WITH.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE 140 THEFT CASES THAT ARE 41.4% CLEARANCE RATE, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.

THAT'S ABOVE AVERAGE. OF WHAT WE SEE ACROSS THE STATE AND OTHER PLACES.

WE HAD 44.3% ON ASSAULTS IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THOSE CASES.

AND THEN WE HAD A 20% ON OUR FRAUD CASES. FRAUD CASES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO, FOR SMALLER AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE.

THIS IS A LOT OF YOUR ONLINE TYPE INCIDENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT JUST FOR US WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO CHASE THESE PEOPLE THROUGH OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER

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ANYTHING, ANYTHING REALLY OVER ABOUT A 45% IS PRETTY MUCH A I HAVEN'T LOOKED THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT A NATIONAL AVERAGE LOOKS LIKE.

BUT LIKE LAST YEAR, IT WAS LIKE 42%. SO IF YOU'RE ANYTHING OVER THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

THIS IS THE RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS. I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU GUYS THIS BECAUSE YOU GET THE PRIVILEGE.

AS YOU KNOW, TO SEE ME AGAIN, HOPEFULLY NEXT COUNCIL TO DO AN IN DEPTH RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS AND PRESENT THAT REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION.

AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR SUMMER VACATION DAY CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US WITH OUR KIDS.

THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM SET UP WITH WALMART AND WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.

SANTA COPS AGAIN, WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES THIS YEAR THAT WE PRESENTED AND PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO FOR CHRISTMAS AND TOYS.

OBVIOUSLY OUR BACK THE BLUE TOURNAMENT IS OUR SOLE FUNDRAISING EVENT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR OUR BACK THE BLUE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, IN WHICH WE AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS OUT TO AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE DID LIKE ALMOST $8,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIDS AROUND DECATUR AND THE COUNTY. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ALSO.

AND THEN ONE THING THIS YEAR THAT WE DID THAT WE ALL REALLY ENJOYED WAS DODGEBALL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN WHICH THE STUDENTS TEAMED UP AGAINST THE PD AND STAFF.

AND SO EACH OF US GOT OUT AND PLAYED A LITTLE BIT OF DODGEBALL AGAINST THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS. THOSE KIDS RAISED LIKE $2,500 IN CASH TO GO TOWARDS OUR SANTA COPS PROGRAM ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF CANNED GOODS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THAT WAS THEIR REWARD WAS TO PLAY DODGEBALL AGAINST THE COPS AND THEIR TEACHERS.

SO YOU LOOK ON HERE, THIS GOES INTO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO BACK THE BLUE $7,500 THAT WE DID. YOU LOOK AT THESE AS WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WE DID 66 FAMILIES AND 177 KIDS FOR OUR SANTA COPS PROGRAM.

THE DRUG TAKE BACK WE HAD 190 POUNDS OF MEDICATION THAT WE COLLECTED ON THAT DAY.

SO THAT THAT'S A LOT OF A LOT OF MEDICATION. OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FINALLY IN DECEMBER WE RECEIVED RE RECOGNITION THROUGH THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR THE 5TH TIME WE ARE WE WERE THE 11TH AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO EVER RECEIVE THIS ACCREDITATION BACK IN ITS INCEPTION IN THE EARLY DAYS. AND WE ARE UP TO, I THINK, NUMBER 9 NOW IN THE STATE FOR CONTINUING AND MAINTAINING OUR ACCREDITATION STATUS.

SO HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE PRESENTED HERE AT THE COUNCIL BY A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ACCREDITATION PROGRAM, PRESENTING US WITH OUR 5TH RECOGNITION.

SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR THIS.

THAT IS A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR ME, I TAKE GREAT, GREAT PRIDE IN.

FOR ONE BEING AN ASSESSOR FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND KUDOS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND CAPTAIN GASTINEAU FOR HEADING UP BEING OUR PROGRAM MANAGER AS WELL.

FINALLY THE PD, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

TODAY WE HAD A GENERATOR THAT WAS HOISTED OVER THE WALL.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

ELECTRICAL IS ON ITS WAY. HOPEFULLY THE BUILDING WILL HAVE POWER HOPEFULLY BY WEEK'S END.

AS LONG AS EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POWER AND BE OPERATING WITH SOME SOME COOL STUFF INSIDE NOW.

SO TAO GUYS WILL BE ARRIVING EARLY MAYBE NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL START SOME OF THE INTERIOR TILING AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

I DO NOT MIND TAKING ANYBODY AND SHOWING OFF THAT FACILITY AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. SO, CHIEF, BACK TO THE DODGEBALL.

HOW MANY ASSAULT CHARGES WERE FILED BY THE PARENTS WITH PD? YOU KNOW WHAT? ABSOLUTELY NONE. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

OH, THERE WERE SOME PROBABLY THE SEVENTH GRADERS.

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I THINK THE SEVENTH GRADE GROUP WAS OUR TOUGHEST CHALLENGE.

BUT I WILL SAY WE DID NOT LOSE A SINGLE TIME TO EITHER THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, OR EIGHTH GRADERS.

WE WERE STILL STANDING IN THE END. GOOD TO KNOW.

THANK YOU SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WOULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE ONE, PLEASE? OKAY. OKAY. THE 42,771 DISPATCH CALLS. IS THAT AN EVENT OR VEHICLES.

DO WHAT NOW? THE 42,771 DISPATCH CALLS. IS THAT PER EVENT OR IS THAT PER VEHICLE. SO THAT IS PER EVENT. SO WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM THIS IS KIND OF YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TALKED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WITH OUR NEW CAD, WITH OUR NEW RMS SYSTEM IT GENERATES NUMBERS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

SO IN THE PAST, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH OUR OLD CAD SYSTEM IS THAT IF WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS THAT WERE DISPATCHED TO A CALL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS OUR DISPATCHER WOULD HAVE TO ENTER THE ONE AND THEN CREATE A SEPARATE CALL TO CREATE, IF WE WANTED TO THAT WAY. WITH THIS SYSTEM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY.

SO THE REALITY IS, IS THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS THAT ARE DISPATCHED TO A CALL, IT REPRESENTS ONE CALL IN THE SYSTEM.

SO THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT OUR GUYS ARE ACTUALLY THERE'S REALLY MORE CALLS THAN THAT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. AND IS THIS STRAIGHT POLICE OR IS THIS COMBINATION OF.

SO THIS IS JUST SO THIS IS JUST US. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT WE DISPATCH FOR EMS FIRE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THAT'S JUST ON THE PD SIDE. TOP YOUR HEAD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS? NO. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. BUT I MEAN, WHEN YOU ADD IN THE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FIRES.

I WOULD GUESS. I'M JUST GUESSING FROM WHAT I SAW.

THEIR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR. AND I KNOW EMS HAS KIND OF INCREASED AS WELL.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, TOO, NOW IS GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, WE STARTED TAKING OVER THE DISPATCHING AND STUFF FOR BOYD AND ROME. SO AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE DATA SETS START TO AMOUNT TO WHERE WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT DISPATCHING FOR THEM LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.

WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS NOT IT'S NOT HORRIBLE. BUT AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS, THE THING THAT I HAVE FOUND SO FAR IS TALKING WITH BOYD IN ROME IS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO.

AND SO THEY ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING OUT AND CHECKING OUT ON TRAFFIC AND DOING THINGS LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

SO I'M GUESSING SOME OF THEIR NUMBERS NOW WE'RE GETTING A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF EXACTLY WHAT DISPATCHING FOR THEM LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD WITH THEIR CALLS FOR SERVICE AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THOSE FOR THEM SINCE OCTOBER EITHER.

WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT OUT IN FUTURE REPORTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS DISPATCHED OUT TO ROME AND BOYD? I DON'T NECESSARILY CARE ABOUT BREAKING IT OUT BETWEEN BOYD AND ROME, BUT MORE OF JUST WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF DECATUR.

CERTAINLY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CHIEF, SERIOUS QUESTION. THE TRAILER THAT HAD THAT HAD THE LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY ON IT, EITHER I'M NOT DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE RIGHT STREET, I'VE NOT SEEN THAT IN A MINUTE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT BY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING WITH FLOCK AND EVERYTHING, IS THAT TECHNICALLY, BY LAW, BEFORE YOU CAN PUT AN LPR UP ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOU WITH TXDOT.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL THAT DOWN UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR MOU WITH TXDOT.

I HAVE I AM WAITING WE HAD TO GET PERMISSION THROUGH TCIC ON THE STATE SIDE TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE AND DO SOME UPLOADS WITH FLOCK.

LAST FRIDAY ALL OF THAT WAS APPROVED. I SHOULD BE GETTING A LETTER FOR TXDOT THIS WEEK.

AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLOCK LPR CAMERAS AROUND TOWN ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND THEN A FEW OF THE CITY STREETS AS WELL. AND THEN WE CAN START PUTTING OUR TRAILER BACK UP ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. JUST A NOTE, LAST WEEK WAS WISE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DAYS, AND WE HAD A

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AND THE TOPIC OF COLLABORATION CAME UP. AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF GOOD COLLABORATION WAS THE DISPATCH CALLS AND A GREAT APPRECIATION FROM BOYD AS WELL AS ROME. AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, THAT THAT'S THAT RELATIONSHIP IS VERY POSITIVE AND WELL RECEIVED.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH, NO, AND THAT'S THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE DISPATCHERS.

THEY HAVE THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT ON FULL BORE. AND AGAIN, I MEAN, I CAN NEVER BRAG ENOUGH ON MY STAFF.

BUT THE DISPATCH FOLKS ARE THOSE THAT A LOT OF TIMES ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GIVE THEM ENOUGH KUDOS FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND THEY, THEY REALLY, REALLY DO A FABULOUS JOB IN THERE.

AND ROME AND BOYD ARE SEEING WHAT A GOOD SERVICE CAN LOOK LIKE, SO.

EXCELLENT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT REPORT IS I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS MUNICIPAL COURT.

I DON'T SEE LISSET, BUT IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE.

HELLO? OH YOU'RE ONLINE. SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T SEE YOU.

IT'S MAGIC. THERE YOU ARE LISSET. HI. GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WILL BE PRESENTING THE COURT REPORT. THE QUARTERLY COURT REPORT FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

OKAY. ON THE FIRST SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE FIRST SLIDE.

DO YOU GUYS SEE THAT FIRST SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS CITATIONS RECEIVED? OKAY. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO ON THE LEFT ONE ON THE LEFT GRAPH, I'M SHOWING THE REPORT FROM OCTOBER 23RD TO DECEMBER 23RD. AND ON THE GREEN, THE DARK GREEN IS SHOWING THE CITATIONS.

AND THEN THE KIND OF LIGHT BROWN IS SHOWING THE OFFENSES.

AND SO I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW JUST KIND OF 23 AND 24 KIND OF SIDE BY SIDE ON THE CITATIONS THAT THE COURT HAS RECEIVED. ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON THE COURT, BY THE NUMBERS.

SO FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, THERE WERE 47 DRIVER SAFETY COURSE COMPLETIONS.

WE HAD 648 DEFERRED DISPOSITIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY EITHER THE DEFENDANT PLED NO CONTEST OR GUILTY, AND THEY HAD THE DEFERRED DISPOSITION WHERE IT DOESN'T GO ON THE RECORD BY EITHER DOING A DRIVER SAFETY COURSE OR MAYBE AN ALCOHOL PROGRAM OR TOBACCO PROGRAM. WE HAD 181 DISMISSED CASES THAT WAS EITHER DISMISSED BY THE PROSECUTOR EITHER COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE DISMISSALS IF THEY HAD TO RENEW THEIR REGISTRATION.

SO WE DISMISSED THOSE CASES OR IF THEY HAD INSURANCE AND WE JUST HAD TO VERIFY WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

WE HAD 1,530 CLOSED CASES. I'M SORRY. AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE DISMISSALS COMPLETION OF DRIVER SAFETY COURSE AND COMPLETION OF THE DEFERRED DISPOSITIONS, AND WE HAD 971 ONLINE PAYMENTS.

AND JUST TO REMIND YOU, JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN ONLINE PAYMENT, WE ALSO PROCESS EACH ONLINE PAYMENT.

SO EVERY ONLINE PAYMENT WE'RE TOUCHING OKAY. AND WE HAD 556 IN-PERSON AND MAIL PAYMENTS.

ON THE NEXT SCREEN. WE HAD TWO TRIALS. WE HAD 77 SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY MADE AN AGREEMENT AT ONE POINT, BUT THEY FELL THROUGH. AND SO THEY HAVE TO COME TO COURT AGAIN AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY DIDN'T SATISFY.

SO EITHER THE JUDGE WILL GIVE THEM MORE TIME OR DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION, THEY WILL CLOSE THE CASE OUT.

WE HAVE ONE INDIGENT HEARING. WE HAVE 15 JUVENILE HEARINGS, 39 ATTORNEYS THE ATTORNEY CASES ON THE DOCKET.

AND THEN 23 WERE TIME SERVED BY THE JUDGE. AND HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE FINES AND COURT COSTS THAT WERE COLLECTED FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

AND I ALSO PUT FROM 2023 AND 2024. SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF EACH YEAR.

SO THE 23 IS THE BLUE ONE AND THEN THE ORANGE ONE IS THE 2024 COURT COSTS AND FINES.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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SO WHAT MAKES UP THE OTHER ABOUT 750 CASES? LET ME SEE.

WHICH ONE? WHICH 750 CASES? 1,530 CLOSED CASES AND YOU ADD THE THE DSCS, THE DEFERRED, AND THIS DISMISSED THE DIFFERENCE IS A LITTLE OVER 700.

YES. SO WE HAD SOME EITHER THEY WERE DISMISSED BY THE PROSECUTOR.

ALSO, IF THERE WERE SOME WARNING TICKETS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALSO IN PERSON AND MAIL PAYMENTS AND THEN ONLINE PAYMENTS TOO.

ALSO LISSET, I THINK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HILTON IS WONDERING ABOUT THE CONVICTIONS ARE IN THAT NUMBER AS WELL.

YES, YES, THE CONVICTIONS ARE IN THE NUMBER AS WELL.

YES. I PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LISSET? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ARE YOU TESTING MY MATH? WELL, I THOUGHT I WAS HOPEFUL THAT IT WOULD ALL ADD UP.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR COUNCIL. ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE WITH MY RENDITION OF A 360 VIEW OF FOURTH QUARTER WITH A LITTLE BIT OF END OF YEAR NUMBERS. WE'LL START OUT WITH OUR FOURTH QUARTER INCIDENT.

THAT TOTAL WAS 661. AND AS ALWAYS, THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESCUE SIDE OF IT MEDICALS ACCIDENTS AND SO FORTH WILL FALL UNDER THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S TYPICALLY OUR BIGGEST NUMBERS. FOR THE YEAR ITSELF WE ENDED UP WITH 2,730 911 CALLS.

SO THAT'S THE TONES WENT OFF WE ROLLED OUT THE DOOR.

AGAIN, A LARGE NUMBER OF THAT 1,803 WAS ACCIDENTS AND MEDICAL CALLS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON WITH ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

GET OVER HERE TO THE FIRE RECOVERY. AND I'VE BEEN REPORTING EVERY QUARTER THAT WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN, I PASSED THAT ALONG TO CHIEF BOYD AND SAID RUN WITH IT.

I DON'T LIKE HOW 23 LOOKED, AND PART OF THAT WAS MY FAULT.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO FIRE RECOVERY MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE AMOUNT AND ALMOST DOUBLED IN THE RECOVERY BACK TO US. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF.

WE'VE EXPANDED A FEW TIMES, BUT ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND NOTHING GOES TO FIRE RECOVERY THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF DECATUR.

SO AS FAR AS PREVENTION, THIS WOULD BE CHIEF MERCER WHO'S JOINING US ALSO, HIS FOURTH QUARTER WAS 75 INSPECTIONS.

THE HIGHLIGHT IS ON THE END ARE THE YEARLY TOTALS, HE HAD 225, 58 MEETINGS DURING THAT THREE MONTHS AND 163 TOTAL.

THAT'S MAYBE SEEM LIKE 365 DAYS A YEAR THAT'S NOT MANY MEETINGS.

BUT WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS AT A TIME, THAT THAT ADDS UP.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING. AND DATA CAPTURE IS WE'RE GOING TO START THIS YEAR ALREADY HAVE CAPTURING THE HOURS SPENT BY EACH ONE OF THOSE THROUGH INSPECTIONS AND SUCH. FOOD TRUCKS, THERE WERE 9 DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 52 FOR THE YEAR.

PLAN REVIEWS, HE HAD 62, 258 FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S, I THINK MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LOW.

BUT I'VE REALIZED WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SWITCH, WITH SOME OF HIS REVIEWS AND THE DOVE WELL PROGRAM, OUR DATA IS A LITTLE SKEWED RIGHT THERE. SO WE'LL GET THAT SQUARED UP.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ALWAYS BIG BECAUSE OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.

WE ARE ALWAYS REALLY PROUD OF THE 48. THAT'S CLOWN SHOWS, THAT'S DAYCARES, THAT'S VISITS TO THE SCHOOLS.

BUT OUR CLOWN PROGRAM, WE ALWAYS TRACK THE SCHOOLS WE GO INTO BY DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND THIS YEAR, WE HIT 3,167 KIDS. SO THAT WAS 96 PREVENTIONS FOR THE YEAR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION'S.

CPR CLASS IS 1. SO I WANT TO TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT THE REMARK OF AGES 12 THROUGH 16 WITH 13 STUDENTS.

SO MY STAFF CAME TO ME ALL THE TALKING ABOUT GIRLS IN LIKE, THANKSGIVING BREAK OR BOYS THAT NEEDED FOR BABYSITTING. IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO GET TO SOME OF OUR CLASSES ON SATURDAYS DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL TIME.

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TRY TO PROTECT SOME OF THOSE YOUNGER KIDS THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF.

SO FOR THE YEAR, 13 CLASSES, 84 STUDENTS. AGAIN, SMOKE DETECTOR INSTALLS, THE HOUSES HAD 19 HOMES.

THAT'S 72 HOMES THAT WE GOT DETECTORS IN, INCLUDING MISS JACKSON'S HOUSE.

PERMITS CONSTRUCTION. THERE WAS 21 FOR THE QUARTER, $5, 525.

THAT ENDED UP 61 WITH $18,725. FOOD TRUCKS. THERE WERE 9, $510, FOR A YEARLY TOTAL OF $2,210.

KEEP IN MIND THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE FOOD TRUCKS IS DURING THE FOOD TRUCK CHALLENGE, AND WE DON'T CHARGE THEM FOR A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE ONE DAY.

SO THAT AMOUNTS LOWER THAT THAT FLUCTUATES THAT.

SO THE TOTAL COLLECTED FOR THE QUARTER $5,732, WITH A $20,935 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.

JUST REAL QUICK. OBVIOUSLY YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU'VE APPROVED IT, WE'RE IN CONCEPTUAL AND DESIGN WORK WITH THE FIRE STATION.

JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. WE JUST GOT BACK, TOOK THE BUILDING COMMITTEE WITH OUR ARCHITECT, AND TOURED ALL AROUND THE HOUSTON AREA AND AUSTIN AREA OVER FOUR DAYS.

IT WAS A WHIRLWIND AND A HOTEL DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT ABOUT 15 FIRE STATIONS.

WE PICKED FIRE STATIONS. AND I'LL SAY THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE ESD'S DOWN THERE, THEY CAN JUST BUILD ANYTHING THEY WANT.

FOR INSTANCE, ONE WE WENT TO WAS 45,000 SQUARE FOOT FOR A FIRE STATION.

BUT WHAT THAT DOES, IT ALLOWED US TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE, ALL THE NEW PRODUCTS, ALL THE NEW INTERIORS, ALL THE NEW DESIGN PIECES.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S COMING ALONG GREAT.

WE ACTUALLY HOPE TO HAVE IN ABOUT 6 OR 7 WEEKS THE FIRST CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION TO THE STATION.

SO WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY, SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD HAVE WENT A LITTLE SLOWER, BUT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TOLD ME I NEEDED TO HURRY BEFORE, SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF.

APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP IS FINANCE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. OKAY, WE'VE GOT OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

OH, WAIT, I GOT THIS. YOU DON'T USUALLY LET ME DO THAT.

OKAY. OUR PROPERTY TAX IS SITTING AT $2.4 MILLION.

HOTEL DRINK, MIXED DRINK FRANCHISE IS AT $173,000.

COURT FINES FINDS $179. BUILDING AND PLANNING WE'VE COLLECTED $129,000.

CONFERENCE CENTER, $140, AND SALES TAXES AT $1.1.

SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET SO FAR. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SALES TAX COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WERE ON TARGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT ABOUT 25%, WHICH IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES THE SAME. CITY SERVICES.

AGAIN, THE ADMIN IS A LITTLE HIGHER WITH THE USE OF THE ARPA FUNDS, WHICH WILL BE WINDING DOWN BY NEXT DECEMBER, THIS DECEMBER. OUR UTILITY FUND, COLLECTED WERE ON TARGET FOR THE MOST PART WITH THAT. CITY SERVICES, UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES.

WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET AROUND 25%, A LITTLE HIGHER WITH THE CO BOND FUNDS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE WATER.

UTILITY BILLING. THEY'RE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB THERE.

WE HAVE PRETTY CONSISTENT AROUND 300 AND SOME THAT ARE LATE EVERY MONTH THAT GET THE LATE NOTICES.

BUT THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN CALLING MAKING COURTESY CALLS.

AND BY THE TIME IT'S SHUT OFF WE GET IT DOWN VERY LOW TEENS TO THE 20S.

SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT.

THE ESCROWS, WE COMPLETED THAT IN DECEMBER. WE HAD RETURNED $92,410, ABOUT 39% OF THOSE FUNDS. SHORT AND SWEET. ANY QUESTIONS?

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PLANNING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

SO I'VE GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS FILLING THE OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAD.

I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LISA HANNON.

LISA COMES TO US FROM PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, AND BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE'S JUST BEEN A AMAZING RESOURCE FOR US, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER. SHE'S GOT 21 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND SHE'S SHE'S BEEN WONDERFUL. WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT IN CHAD MACKNESS, GIS ANALYST.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY WITH THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND DID SOME WORK WITH THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.

MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS A LITTLE BIT NEW TO HIM.

WE'RE WORKING HIM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND GETTING HIM ACCLIMATED TO THAT AND KEEPING HIM MOVING THROUGH THOSE THINGS.

HE'S GOT FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DOING THAT.

IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO HAVE A GIS DEPARTMENT WITH A TOWN THE SIZE OF DECATUR AND HAVING SOMEBODY THERE THAT CAN RUN THAT SYSTEM AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT AND HAVE IT IN HOUSE HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T GET ON HERE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE INTEGRATED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INTO THE GOV WELL SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING SIDE, PLANNING SIDE IS ALL COMPLETELY INSIDE THAT PROCESS AT THIS POINT.

SO WHENEVER YOU PULL UP THAT SYSTEM, YOU CAN OPERATE AND APPLY FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS STRAIGHT OFF OF THAT PAGE.

THESE ARE ALL ONLINE PROCESSES THROUGH ACROSS ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS.

THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AS HARD DOCUMENTS ON THE PLANNING SIDE FOR NOTARIZED DOCUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE GET UPLOADED ONTO THAT SYSTEM. IT'S STILL JUST A FORM THAT THEY DOWNLOAD.

THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT PROCESS AND THEN THEY UPLOAD IT ON THERE.

DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY HARD DATA ON WHAT THAT TIME FRAME IS MOVING THROUGH THAT, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME EFFICIENCIES AS IT GOES THROUGH THERE.

THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY TYPE FOR THIS LAST QUARTER ENDED UP WITH 39 APPLICATIONS THAT MOVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, 99 FOR 2024. YOU SEE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM 2023.

JUST THE THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

SO THE APPLICATIONS PROCESSED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO THESE ARE ALL APPLICATIONS THAT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL PROCESSES WHETHER IT BE STAFF INITIATED, ZONING AMENDMENTS, FINAL PRELIMINARY REPORTS AND SPECIFIC USE PERMITS.

SO WE HAD 11 CASES DURING THE LAST QUARTER THAT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. THIS IS ALL THE DATA POINTS THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT WE PROCESS THROUGH THAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S CREATING MAPS, PLAT REVIEW CASES, SCANNED OR FILED PLATS AT THE COUNTY.

YOU CAN SEE THIS QUARTER DID 133 OF THOSE, FOR A TOTAL OF 678 FOR THE YEAR.

THAT NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM 2023. THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A GIS ANALYST DURING A LOT OF THAT TIME.

AND SO THOSE CREATED MAPS, UPDATED MAPS AND PRINTED MAPS ALL KIND OF WENT BY THE WAYSIDE DURING THAT TIME.

SOME OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, WE HAD 8 OF THEM DURING THE LAST QUARTER.

THESE ARE OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHERE WE BRING PROJECTS IN AND WALK THEM THROUGH AND GET THEM TO THE THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THEY NEED TO TO START THEIR PROJECT. WE ALSO COMPLETED 45 PLAN REVIEWS FOR THE PLANNING SIDE OF THE HOUSE DURING THAT QUARTER. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THIS DESIGN STUDIO MEETINGS.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT LISA BROUGHT TO US FROM HER PREVIOUS CITY.

THESE ARE SMALLER MEETINGS WITH APPLICANTS. GENERALLY, WE'RE SEEING IT AS HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL

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IF THEY DON'T NEED THAT, WE CAN GET THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO START IN THAT PROCESS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

THIS SMALL MEETING FORMAT HAS ALREADY STARTED PAYING DIVIDENDS ON GETTING SOME OF OUR PROCESSES MOVED IN THROUGH HERE.

WE MEET WITH PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW. YOU CAN SEE LAST QUARTER WE CONDUCTED 8 OF THEM.

WE'VE GOT 11 SINCE JANUARY 1ST RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT 4 OF THEM THIS WEEK.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GAINING A LOT OF TRACTION OUT OF AND BEING ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT OF.

COMPLETED CASES OVER THE QUARTER. SEVERAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CASES FOR ENCROACHMENTS AND SETBACKS.

A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FOR DAYCARE AND DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME STAFF INITIATED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.

YOU REMEMBER THE TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING FOR THE C-1A REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD STAFF INITIATED AMENDMENT ON. SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS. YOU SEE THE ANNEXATION COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING CHANGE FOR THE SEWELL-HULING PROPERTY ALSO KNOWN AS KNOWN AS THE NATURE CREEK RESERVE. ON THAT WORKING THROUGH THE MEADOW CREEK.

ALSO HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THOSE GUYS IN A WHILE, BUT THEY ARE STILL ON OUR LIST.

THESE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE RANGE OF PROJECTS IN HERE, YOU SEE THE ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS IN THERE.

THAT PROJECT'S BEEN COMPLETED, AND THEY'RE FULLY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS NOW.

DECATUR TA IS WELL ON ITS WAY. POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MOVING ALONG NICELY.

CHISHOLM TRAIL. THAT'S THE APARTMENTS OVER ON DEER PARK.

THEY'VE MADE HUGE STRIDES. THOSE FOLKS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE MOVING IN THE CITY OF DECATUR.

WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS LIBRARY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. SO MINE IS A COMBINATION OF ANNUAL STATISTICS AS WELL AS LAST QUARTER.

SO FOR OUR CIRCULATION THE NUMBER OF MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE CIRCULATED IN OCTOBER THE FIRST SHOWS 2024 AND THEN THE SECOND IS 2023. SO 7,920 ITEMS WERE CIRCULATED JUST IN OCTOBER.

AND IN 2024 AND 2023, WE DID 4,030. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A COMPARISON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS AN ANNUAL TOTAL.

OUR NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE NUMBERS FOR 24 AND 23 ARE SOMEWHAT SKEWED BECAUSE OF THE RENOVATION.

SO THIS IS IMPORTANT. JUST LOOKING AT THE QUARTER OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

BASICALLY, YOU'VE SAVED THE CITIZENS OF DECATUR $320,000.

THAT'S JUST IN THREE MONTHS OF MATERIALS BEING CHECKED OUT AT THE LIBRARY.

THIS SHOWS THE NUMBER OF VISITS TO THE LIBRARY.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS 24, 23, 22. SO 2023 WAS LOW.

THAT WAS DURING, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUT, MOVING BACK OVER HERE FOR THE RENOVATION.

BUT YOU NOTICE THAT 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO GET RIGHT BACK UP THERE WITH OUR NUMBERS FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS AFTER WE MOVED BACK IN. SO BORROWING AND LENDING, THIS HAS TO DO JUST WITH THE BOOKS THAT WE SEND TO OTHER LIBRARIES.

AND THE LENDING, THAT'S THE LENDING. SO BORROWING ARE THE ONES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER LIBRARIES.

SO IN 2024, WE RECEIVED 4,568 BOOKS FROM THOSE OTHER LIBRARIES, AND WE SENT OUT

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AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY SAVING FROM HAVING TO BUY EACH ONE OF THOSE MATERIALS.

SO THE COURIER IS MUCH LESS THAN THAT. SO WE HAVE SAVED $ 275,000 FROM BORROWING FROM THE OTHER LIBRARIES. SO THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN THESE ARE ADULT PROGRAMS. AND OKAY, MY TITLE IS NOT UP THERE. WHAT IS IT? THE FIRST ONE IS THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES.

SO IN 2024, WE HAD 2,217 PROGRAMS AND 8,641 PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND THAT'S JUST ADULTS.

FOR THE CHILDREN WE HAD 2,217 PROGRAMS AND 8,641.

IS THAT RIGHT? NO, THOSE ARE THE THIS IS THE SLIDE.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SORRY. LET'S GO BACK. SOMEBODY MUST HAVE CHECKED THAT ONE OUT FOR YOU. YES, EXACTLY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY.

SO MUCH LOWER 81 ADULT PROGRAMS AND, SORRY, 1,740 ATTENDEES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THAT HUGE NUMBER. AND CHILDREN PROGRAMS. WE HAD 131 AND, SORRY, I NEED GLASSES, 5,504 ATTENDEES FOR THOSE.

AND THAT HAS SAVED CITIZENS $25,000. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION I'D COME ACROSS.

WHEN ADULT LITERACY SKILLS ARE LOW, TYPICALLY PEOPLE ARE UNDER OR UNEMPLOYED.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

THEIR CHILDREN MAY NOT GRADUATE, WHICH THEN PROMOTES IT, THEY GO INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THEN THE LIBRARY ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO TO BE OUT OF THE STREETS.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I JUST FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT THE LIBRARY DID RECEIVE THE 2024 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD.

SO I WILL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT COMING SOON.

ANY QUESTIONS? VERY NICE. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO THE END OF OUR WORKSHOP.

AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:13.

[CALL TO ORDER ]

AND IF YOU WOULD NOW JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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. SUSIE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, SIR. OKAY. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS INCENTIVES WITH LIBERTAS DECATUR LP REGARDING NATURE CREEK RESERVE, AND WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 06:14. ALL RIGHT. WE

[3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

HAVE APPARENTLY MANY SHEETS OF PAPER HERE. HANG ON ONE MOMENT.

ITEM THREE RECONVENING ITEM FOUR HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A FINAL PALOMA TRAILS

[4. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A FINAL PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 ASSESSMENT ROLL; MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO PROPERTY WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 OF THE PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST SUCH PROPERTY AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 ASSESSED PROPERTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED. ORDINANCE 2025-02-04]

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THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING HERE. AND JORDAN SAWYER, BOND COUNSEL, IS HERE TO PRESENT ON THESE ITEMS. YOU'LL NOTICE ON ITEM FOUR THE BENEFITED AREA IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE ASSESSMENT ROLL.

AND ON ITEM FIVE IT'S THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSMENT ROLL.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT 6:51.

AND DO WE DO WE HAVE A REPORT FROM COUNCIL OR FROM.

MAYOR. OH GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS THE SECOND STEP OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE GAVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. WE PUBLISHED THAT WE MAILED IT OUT TO THE LANDOWNERS SAYING THAT WE ARE COMING TONIGHT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO LEVY THESE ASSESSMENTS.

LATER ON IN THIS MEETING, THERE WILL BE THE ACTUAL ITEM TO SELL THE BONDS THAT ARE SECURED BY THESE ASSESSMENTS.

BUT FOLLOWING THIS ACTION ITEM, THOSE ASSESSMENTS WOULD BE LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON NOT TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TOO? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO SIR. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL CLOSE ITEM FOUR AT 6:52.

AND WE WILL OPEN ITEM FIVE AT 6:52. AND THIS IS TO TAKE ACTION ON AN

[5. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A FINAL PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, INCLUDING THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSMENT ROLL; MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO PROPERTY WITHIN THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA OF THE PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST SUCH PROPERTY AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSED PROPERTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED. ORDINANCE 2025-02-05 ]

THIS WOULD BE THE SAME BASIC STANCE AS ITEM FOUR.

ONE DIFFERENCE IS ITEM FIVE DISCUSSES THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSMENT ROLL INSTEAD OF THE IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE, AS DISCUSSED IN ITEM FOUR. ALL RIGHT. KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE LATER.

NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR COMMUNICATION. AND ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL CLOSE THAT AT 6:53. ITEM SIX HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING

[6. RP2024-13 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST REPLAT OF APPROXIMATELY 0.268 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 204 S. STRATTON IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. (REPLAT APPLICATION 2024-13—CAROL ANN CARSON) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 6-0, CONTINGENT UPON BOA’S ACTIONS AT THE JAN. 22, 2025, MEETING. BOA RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ALL THREE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS UNANIMOUSLY) ]

AND THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT 6:54.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LISA HANNON, SENIOR PLANNER.

FOR THE NEXT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE, I'D LIKE TO ENTER OUR STAFF REPORTS FOR BOTH CASES INTO THE RECORD IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE. THE FIRST ITEM IS A REPLAT FOR 204 SOUTH STRATTON STREET FOR MISS CAROL ANN CARSON.

THE PROPERTY, LIKE STATED, IS APPROXIMATELY 0.269 ACRES.

IT'S A REPLAT OF LOT 10-R IN BLOCK J MRS. E.O.

CATES ADDITION IN DECATUR.

CAN YOU JUST DO THE SLIDESHOW? OKAY. THANKS. THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO, 18 PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES. THE PROPERTY DID REQUIRE THREE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

AN ENCROACHMENT OF 1.5FT FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, AN ENCROACHMENT OF 5 FEET FOR AN EXISTING AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, AND A LOT DEPTH FOR THE NEWLY FORMED LOT. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY, CONTINGENT UPON THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DID APPROVE ALL THREE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AT THE JANUARY 22ND MEETING.

THE LOT MEETS NOW MEETS THE CRITERIA AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RP 2024-13.

ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THIS IS A FIRST READING.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR THIS ONE SINCE IT'S A REPLAT.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE. I MOVE TO APPROVE REPLAT 2024-13.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION?

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ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES, AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AT 6:56.

ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF PUBLIC HEARING, GIVING AN INTERESTED PERSONS RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX B.

[7. SUP-25-0001 CONSIDER FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B” “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW TO ALLOW PERMANENT MAKEUP APPLICATION, AS A SECONDARY USE, AND A TATTOO SHOP IN A C-1A, DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICT, ON APPROXIMATELY 0.523 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 206 N. STATE STREET, SUITE 203. (SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION 25-0001—MS. MAGNOLIA BICKFORD, ON BEHALF OF MAGNOLIA ROSE AESTHETIC) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6-0) ORDINANCE 2025-02-08]

THIS IS THE SECOND CASE. THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS A FIRST READING FOR AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX B, ZONING, TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, TO ALLOW A PERMANENT MAKEUP APPLICATION AS A SECONDARY USE, IN A TATTOO SHOP AT 206 NORTH STATE STREET, SUITE 203, WHICH IS LOCATED IN A C-1A DECATUR SQUARE BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT.

THE ZONING THE DECATUR ZONING ORDINANCE WAS REWRITTEN IN 2015 TO ALLOW PERMANENT MAKEUP AS A SECONDARY USE IN THE C-1A, C-1, AND C-O ZONING DISTRICTS, AND IN 2014, THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO ALLOW TATTOO OR BODY PIERCING STUDIOS WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE C-0, C-1, AND C-1A ZONING DISTRICTS. 26 PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED 0 RESPONSES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO NOTHING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SUP 25-0001 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THAT STATE LICENSING IS REQUIRED TO BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED. AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING.

VERY GOOD. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANYBODY IN PUBLIC? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A FIRST READING SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AT 06:58. ITEM EIGHT CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS.

[8. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025 (PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 PROJECT); APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING RELATED AGREEMENTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE 2025-02-06 ]

PERFECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM TO SELL THE BONDS.

I DID WANT TO CONFIRM AND TALKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY I THINK ON THOSE ASSESSMENT ORDER ITEMS WE DID EARLIER, THOSE WERE ACTION ITEMS. SO WE WILL WANT TO HAVE ACTION ON THOSE BEFORE WE APPROVE THE BONDS TO MAKE SURE THESE BONDS ARE SECURED FIRST.

SO CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU HAVE ANY. YES. WELL, WHAT I HAVE, JORDAN, IS FOR YOU TO PRESENT THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON FOUR AND FIVE ON THE ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL WANT TO CONSIDER.

YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO SO THOSE ORDINANCES, WHAT THOSE REALLY DO IS THEY APPROVE THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND LEVY THE ASSESSMENT. SO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT CAME FORWARD.

IT IS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL APPROVE THE FINAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THEN ACTUALLY FORMALLY PUT THOSE ASSESSMENTS ON THOSE PROPERTIES.

VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW BASICALLY IS GOING BACK TO FOUR AND FIVE AND THE CITY SECRETARY HAS ASSIGNED ORDINANCE NUMBERS. AND SO IF YOU SO MOVE THOSE ORDINANCES COULD BE APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT ORDINANCE 2025-0204 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025-0204 FOR ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ORDINANCE 2025-0205.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025-0205 FOR ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DID YOU GET THAT, SUSIE? YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THOSE PASS. SO ITEM EIGHT, WE HAVE A ITEM TO TAKE CONSIDERATION FOR.

YEP. AND JUST, JUST AS THE THE PIECE HERE. SO THIS IS REALLY IT'S APPROVING THE BONDS THAT WILL BE SECURED BY THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR HERE, MURPH, WILL COME UP TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE PRICING WENT THIS MORNING.

BUT REALLY, IT IS APPROVING THOSE BONDS, AND THOSE WILL BE SOLD OUT.

SO THEY WERE SOLD OUT IN THE OPEN MARKET THIS MORNING, SO.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH SOME OF THESE ATTACHMENTS THAT I GAVE YOU A MINUTE AGO.

AND THIS WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE DID AS FAR AS GOING TO THE MARKET.

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THAT'S A STANDARD RATE THAT BONDS ARE SPREAD OFF OF.

DOWN BELOW THE 1.85 BASIS POINTS THAT'S 1.85%.

SO THAT JUST SHOWS WHERE THESE BONDS WERE PRICED.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OTHER DEALS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

CITY OF BUDA DENTON COUNTY. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE.

THESE WERE DONE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY DONE THE SAME DAY AS OURS.

BUT THAT JUST IS TO SHOW THAT WE'RE COMPARING DIFFERENT RATES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AN APPROPRIATE RATE FOR THE PROJECT.

THE NEXT FEW PAGES JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

IT IS TELLING YOU ON THE SECOND PAGE A DISCLOSURE, FMS IS NOT THE UNDERWRITER, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW THE SALE WENT TODAY. SO DIFFERENT VARIANTS ON THE MMD.

SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE SCALE, WHAT IT'S DONE, IT DID COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE TO ISSUING THE BONDS.

AND THEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES ARE JUST SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENT INVESTORS THAT THAT INVESTED IN THE BONDS.

SO IN THE LARGER STRUCTURE WE HAD WHAT'S CALLED OVERSUBSCRIPTION.

THAT JUST MEANS THAT THERE WERE MORE BUYERS THAN THERE WERE BONDS, WHICH IS A GOOD, A GOOD DEAL TO HAVE.

AND SO WE CUT THE RATE BY 2 TO 5 BASIS POINTS ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND I THINK WITH CUTS FROM WHERE WE WERE FRIDAY, I THINK ON THIS DEAL, IT CAME IN AROUND $55,000 LOWER ON THE, THE [INAUDIBLE] IT CAME IN ABOUT $18,000 LOWER THAN WHAT WE ESTIMATED FRIDAY.

SO SO BOTH A BOTH A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THERE.

THE REST IS JUST OVERVIEWS OF THE PROJECT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME GOING THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY I JUST DID THE THE THE 1A PROJECT.

LET ME SEE. HERE WE GO. JUST TO SHOW YOU YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON IS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THE TIC, WHICH IS THE TRUE INTEREST COST AND THE ALL IN TIC.

SO THESE THESE ARE REALLY THE RATES THAT YOU'RE PAYING AT A PRESENT VALUE AS OF TODAY.

SO, SO THAT'S THAT'S THE IMPORTANT RATE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE YIELD ON THE, ON THE FIRST BOND THE OR THE, THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE TIC AT 591 ALL IN TIC, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE COSTS TO ISSUE THE BONDS.

THAT'S THE 623. THE ARBITRAGE YIELD IS JUST A YIELD THAT THEY DETERMINE WHERE IF WHERE THE BORROWER CANNOT GO AND MAKE A HIGHER RATE ON THE BOND. SO THAT'S JUST A TAX CALCULATION.

BUT SINCE THESE ARE TAX EXEMPT BONDS. SO NOT NOT REALLY AN IMPORTANT RIGHT THERE.

BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE THE RATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE PRICE THE BONDS, SO AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS CONSIDER TAKE ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. YES, SIR. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 -0206.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NINE CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR,

[9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025 (PALOMA TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA PROJECT); APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING RELATED AGREEMENTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE 2025-02-07]

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE 2025-0207. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I THINK THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M HERE TONIGHT. BUT YEAH, THIS THIS WILL BE AUTHORIZING THE BOND FOR THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE.

SO THIS IS A SEPARATE LEVY ON THAT PROPERTY OR SEPARATE BONDS SECURED BY ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE LEVIED ON THAT PROPERTY.

SO THIS WILL APPROVE EXCUSE ME THE INDENTURE.

THIS WILL IMPROVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPER. THOSE ARE THE RELATED AGREEMENTS THAT ARE REFERENCED THERE. BUT REALLY IT IS AUTHORIZING THE BONDS THAT WERE SOLD THIS MORNING. I'LL LET MURPHY GO INTO THE DETAILS. WELL, AND AND REALLY, THAT FIRST PAGE, IT'S JUST THE SAME AS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE LOOKED AT.

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BUT YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST APPROVING THE SAME THING JUST ON THE SMALLER BOND ISSUANCE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 -0207.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, COUNCIL. ITEM TEN CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.

[10. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES FOR FIVE YEARS PER THE 2025 WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STUDY, ESTABLISHING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE 2025-02-03]

THEN WE HAD A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE THE SECOND READING TONIGHT SO YOU CAN APPROVE THOSE WATER RATES.

THEY'LL BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 IF YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND YOU SHOULD ACT ON THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT TO YOU PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THAT'S AT YOUR SPOT. THIS IS ORDINANCE 2025-0203.

YES, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 -0203.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 11 CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

[11. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY FOR A 2024 FORD F-350 FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. ]

THEY'RE REPLACING A 2008 FLEET VEHICLE WITH MORE THAN 110,000 MILES ON IT THROUGH OUR LEASING PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE SEEN US DO WITH POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES. THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK WAS SOURCED LOCALLY FROM CARL CLEMENT FORD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY, AND THE DETAILS ON THIS ITEM START AT PAGE 696.

I DON'T GET TO SAY THAT TOO OFTEN. GREG IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

THIS WAS A BUDGETED LEASE ITEM, SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY FOR A 2024 FORD F-350 FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE . OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. ITEM 12 CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

[12. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.]

THIS IS STANDARD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE'RE AT JUST INVESTING THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OR DETAILING THE VARIOUS INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND JEN STANDING BY, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. ITEM 13 CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH LIBERTAS.

[13. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH LIBERTAS, LP REGARDING A PROPOSED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO BE KNOWN AS NATURE CREEK RESERVE. ]

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US. I'LL MAKE A SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? MAYOR. NO, NOTHING OTHER THAN JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BEFORE YOU TAKE A RECORD VOTE OR A VOTE.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO, OR WE BEGAN WORKING ON AT OUR LAST COUNCIL SESSION HAS BEEN UPDATED SPECIFICALLY IN ARTICLE FOUR UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCING.

JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS I WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.

THE DEVELOPERS HAVE ASKED FOR THEIR $30 MILLION PID TO BE CHANGED TO $32 MILLION.

AND THEN JUST I WANT TO READ SPECIFICALLY FROM THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SECTION 4.1 PID FINANCING ITEM E, THE TAX EQUIVALENT ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE ASSESSMENT LEVY SHALL BE AT LEAST $1 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE PER PARCEL UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUESTED IN WRITING BY THE DEVELOPER.

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PROVIDED HOWEVER, IN NO INSTANCE SHALL ASSESSMENTS BE LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY IF THE OVERALL VALUE TO LEAN OF THE ASSESSMENT LEVIED ON SUCH PROPERTY WOULD BE LOWER THAN 1.5 TO 1 WHEN COMPARED TO THE PROJECTED BUILD OUT VALUE OF SUCH PROPERTY BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.

AND IN NO INSTANCE SHALL BONDS BE ISSUED WITH A VALUE TO LEAN OF LESS THAN 2 TO 1 BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO BY THE CITY. OUR LEGAL TEAM, OUR PID ADVISORS, BOND COUNSEL, AND OUR MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS ALL KIND OF AGREED, ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPERS AT LIBERTAS, THAT THIS WAS A GOOD WIN FOR ALL.

YOU LAND THE TRE OR TAX RATE EQUIVALENT IN A IN A AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPERS COULD KEEP MOVING.

BUT THERE ARE SOME PROTECTIONS THERE FOR THE CITY JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE BUILDOUT MATCHES THE LEAN TO VALUE.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS VOTE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU NATE. ANY OTHER POINTS OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE THAT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM 14. IF THERE IS

[14. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO RESCIND RESOLUTION NO. R2025-01-04 WHICH SET FORTH THE DATES, TIMES, AND PLACES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 125.3262 TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE CITY’S ETJ IDENTIFIED AS THE SEWELL AND HULING TRACT LOCATED AT 1800 N. BUS 81/287 AND CONTEMPLATED TO BECOME NATURE CREEK RESERVE.]

HEARING NONE. WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON 14 AND MOVE ON TO 15.

CONSIDER A ITEM 15 CONSIDER REMEDIATION PLAN FOR 2002 DEER PARK ROAD.

[15. CONSIDER A REMEDIATION PLAN FOR 2002 DEER PARK ROAD AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF DECATUR, TEXAS.]

YES. OKAY.

MAYOR, COUNCIL ITEM 15 IS KIND OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK YOU THROUGH TONIGHT.

IT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN, BUT DECATUR IS FULL OF UNUSUAL SITUATIONS.

THIS IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 2002 DEER PARK ROAD.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROCK WALL. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THAT THE SOUTH SIDE ROCK WALL EXISTING HERE ON THE PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE METHODIST CHURCH OF DECATUR.

THAT ROCK WALL WAS BUILT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BEFORE CERTAIN CODES AND RULES WERE IN PLACE.

THEY HAVE A NORTH SIDE WALL THAT EXISTS. WELL, IT DID EXIST UNTIL THE WALL BEGAN FALLING DOWN.

AND THE THE METHODIST CHURCH WANTS TO REHAB THIS NORTH SIDE IN THE SAME FASHION THAT THEY REHABBED THE SOUTH SIDE.

NOW, THIS THE UNUSUAL PIECE HERE IS THAT THERE IS NO DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN ANYTHING THERE.

SO THE METHODIST CHURCH HAS BEAR THE BURDEN OF, OF MAINTAINING THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

SO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO TONIGHT IS ALLOW THEIR PROJECT TO MOVE ON, SECURE AN EASEMENT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OVER THROUGH THE THROUGH A REPLAT HAVE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD EXIST OVER THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN THESE IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THEIR WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED.

PAM MENTIONED A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. THAT'S TO PROTECT THE CITY IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL OR OR TO THE WALL AFTER IT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND THEN US TO EFFECTIVELY TAKE OVER AND MAINTAIN THE EASEMENT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

SO KIND OF A VERY UNUSUAL SITUATION. IT IS NOT ONE OFF.

THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR AREAS ACROSS TOWNS, AND I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO OTHER CITY MANAGERS WHO HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES LIKE THIS IN THEIR TOWN.

JUST AN OLD DRAINAGE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT HERE THROUGH SOME CREATIVE ACTIONS.

VERY GOOD. AND I WOULD POINT OUT, TOO, THAT THE METHODIST CHURCH IS PRESENT TONIGHT.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE. THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AT GETTING US TO THIS POINT AND THEY STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS, BUT OTHERWISE WOULD RATHER NOT BE AT THE PODIUM.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, WE APPRECIATE HAVING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH HERE AT CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, NATE, FOR THE EXPLANATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

ITEM 16 IS CONSENT AGENDA. WE CAN REMOVE ANY ITEMS IF IF NECESSARY OTHERWISE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

[16. CONSENT AGENDA]

SECOND AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ITEM 17. IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[17. COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.]

YES, MA'AM. I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE TO LAND THAT WOULD BE IN EITHER A BUDGET WORKSHOP OR MAYBE A FINANCE PRESENTATION.

AND WE'RE WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO KICKING OFF THE BUDGET SEASON AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO LET'S LAND THAT IN OUR FIRST WORKSHOP, AND I'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM, OF COURSE. SOUNDS GOOD.

ANY OTHER FUTURE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL GET US TO ADJOURNMENT.

AND WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT 7:17.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.