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ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A 6:00 START TIME, AND IT IS 6:00.
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WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I'M MAYOR MIKE MCQUISTON.AND IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME. SUSIE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY? ALL RIGHT. WELL LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON PERSONNEL POLICY OR REVISION PROCESS AND
[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE PERSONNEL POLICY REVISION PROCESS AND TIMELINE]
TIMELINE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT ITEM TWO AND THREE GO TOGETHER.AND I'LL PRESENT EVERYTHING FOR A PROCEDURE OR A PROCESS, IF YOU WILL.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, BACK IN 2022, I BELIEVE JULY, AUGUST OF 2022, YOU HAD JUST CHANGED CITY MANAGER, AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS WELL UNDERWAY AT THAT TIME WAS A COMPLETE POLICY REWRITE.
AND THOSE POLICIES WERE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE, OF 22.
AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A HANDFUL OF UPDATES, CHANGES, ADDITIONS.
BUT REALLY, IT'S TIME FOR KIND OF A DEEP SCRUB.
AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR POLICIES LOOK, FEEL AND PERFORM ALSO.
SO, JOSEPH, IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME MY PRESENTATION, PLEASE, SIR.
IN YOUR PACKET, I GAVE YOU A MEMO WITH A NEW PROCEDURE TO CONCEPTUALIZE, AND PART OF THAT WAS ASKING IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN BRINGING POLICIES TO YOU.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE A CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING, CLASSIFYING, REVIEWING AND APPROVING POLICIES WITHOUT OVERBURDENING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE'S WELL OVER 100 ITEMS IN OUR POLICY MANUAL.
BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO LET YOU HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY CHARTER, HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE THINGS THAT CHANGE THE EMPLOYEES BENEFITS, THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR YOU TO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER ACCORDING TO STATE LAW OR LEGAL COUNSEL OR QUITE FRANKLY, BEST PRACTICES. SO WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU IS A PROCEDURE.
AND I'LL START BY KIND OF DETAILING WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS.
IT'S YOUR CURRENT CHARTER. AND THIS IS NOT PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED AS A BALLOT ITEM, SAYS THE CITY MANAGER WILL PREPARE PERSONNEL RULES SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE DRAFT PROCEDURE AND THAT STARTS ON PAGE THREE OF YOUR PACKET, IF YOU'RE IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE PACKET.
AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOUR COUNCIL DATES MOVE ON, YOU'LL EVENTUALLY REVIEW THE ENTIRE POLICY MANUAL ALONG WITH STAFF, HR AND MYSELF AND LEGAL, AND HAVE A BRAND NEW EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ALL YOUR POLICIES OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026. AND SO I TALKED ABOUT CLASSIFYING THE CHANGES.
SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH CHARTER, IF IT'S JUST A TEMPLATE CHANGE OR IF WE'RE JUST SIMPLY MOVING SOMETHING AROUND IN THE DOCUMENT, THE WORDS AND THE MEANING AND THE VALUE TO OUR STAFF IS NOT CHANGING.
THEN IT WOULD BE A NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE THAT AFFECTS THE EMPLOYEES RIGHTS, THEIR BENEFITS, IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE AND WOULD STILL GO THROUGH HR, CITY MANAGER, LEGAL THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND THEN UP TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.
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SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE CLASSED THE CHANGES COMING FORWARD.SO THESE ARE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES REVIEW ELEMENTS.
SO IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LABOR CODE, GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CHARTER, CITY ORDINANCES STANDING, ANYTHING TO DO WITH FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LAWS, ALL OF THOSE, ANY ITEM LIKE THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND YOUR APPROVAL, WHETHER IT'S JUST AN EXISTING POLICY THAT WE'RE REORGANIZING OR WE'RE MAKING SOME SORT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION. SO BY THE TIME A POLICY WOULD COME HERE, EITHER IT'S BEEN THROUGH HR, LEGAL MYSELF AND THROUGH OUR SENIOR TEAM, WHICH IS POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, BUILDING, FINANCE AND THEN EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT GROUP AS WELL.
SO THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE THEORY THERE IS IF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AGREE AND DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES, WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING ALONG AS A CHANGE. ONCE APPROVED, EITHER UNDER MY AUTHORITY OR UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY, WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE THE POLICIES USING A TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MICROSOFT SUITE CALLED FORMS. FORMS WOULD ALLOW US TO DISTRIBUTE EACH OF THESE POLICIES OUT AND TRACK ELECTRONICALLY WHO'S RECEIVED THEM.
THEY CAN VERIFY THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED THE POLICIES, READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE POLICIES.
HR WILL HANDLE ALL THE TRACKING RELATIVE TO THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF A POLICY CHANGES ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE TRAINING OR A WORKSHOP WE'LL CERTAINLY FACILITATE THAT AS WELL, AND OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO GET US INTO A CYCLE WHERE WE'RE RENEWING POLICIES A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS REVIEW AND AMENDMENT PIECE ALSO SPEAKS TO THIS PROCEDURE THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO PASS TONIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE STREAMLINING THE WAY WE REVIEW OUR POLICIES ALTOGETHER.
SO THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN TERMS OF HOW OUR POLICIES LOOK, AND THIS IS THIS IS LIVE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE THE SEVEN POLICIES THAT CAME IN YOUR PACKET ON THURSDAY.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER HISTORICALLY, AS WE'VE APPROVED OUR POLICY REVISIONS, THEY'VE BEEN IN ONE LARGE DOCUMENT AND THE DOCUMENT IS JUST A LITTLE DATED. IT'S OVERLY CUMBERSOME FOR ME AND STAFF, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING AND WE'RE USING A BENCHMARKING CITY HERE THAT DOES IT VERY WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND JUST THAT ONE POLICY DOWNLOAD IT, PRINT IT, SAVE AND FORWARD WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED TO DO WITH THAT ONE SPECIFIC POLICY.
IT'S MY THOUGHT, TOO, THAT THIS WILL MAKE FUTURE REVISIONS MUCH EASIER AS WE'LL JUST BE PULLING THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES, REVISING THEM, CIRCULATING THEM FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN PUTTING THEM BACK ON THE WEBSITE.
SO ALL OF THOSE WORDS TO SAY, IF YOU APPROVE ITEM TWO, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TIME, IF YOU ALLOW US TO TAKE A STREAMLINED APPROACH TO UPDATING OUR POLICIES, EACH OF THE BLUE BOXES REPRESENT A POINT WHERE ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. SO ADMIN REVIEW, MANAGEMENT REVIEW APPROVALS, WHETHER THAT'S YOUR APPROVAL OR MY APPROVAL SIMPLY THEN ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IT WOULD GET PDF AND TAKEN TO THE WEBSITE, AND THEN FROM THERE IT LANDS IN HR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
AND I'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
OKAY. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL CALLS ON THIS AS YOU KNOW, AND SO AT ANY POINT, ARE THE EMPLOYEES GOING TO HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THIS OR IS THIS STRICTLY GOING TO BE YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS? SO DURING STEP TWO, WHICH WOULD BE MANAGEMENT REVIEW, THAT'S WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MYSELF WILL HAVE MEETINGS OVER THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND DECIDE IF THEY COME TO COUNCIL OR IF THEY'RE APPROVED DIRECTLY WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
THE EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT CALLED ME SAID, THIS IS ALREADY A DONE DEAL. AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NO, MA'AM. IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE POLICY BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1ST, POLICIES WILL COME TO YOU IN CHUNKS, PIECES OF CHAPTERS TO BE APPROVED.
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ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED, THEY'LL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE EMPLOYEES, AND THEN THE TEAM WILL START THE BACK AND FORTH OF CLARITY COMMUNICATION AS NEEDED.SO THE EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE NO INPUT UNTIL AFTER IT'S A DONE DEAL.
THAT IS CORRECT. YOU'RE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME UPSET EMPLOYEES, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN TOO MANY CALLS. I THINK IT WOULD, AS SOMEBODY THAT'S DEALT WITH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TOO, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A PROCESS IN WHICH YOU CAN DISCERN GOOD POLICY VERSUS NOT A GOOD POLICY.
BUT AS FAR AS ACTION WHERE YOU'RE HAVING A DELIBERATION OVER THAT WITH EMPLOYEES, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A VERY COMMON PRACTICE AS FAR AS MAKING IT, I WOULD THINK WE COULD AT LEAST DO A SURVEY MONKEY OR SOMETHING TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY FEEL. AND THE PEOPLE THAT CALLED ME ARE SPECIFICALLY UPSET ABOUT THE HOLIDAY CHANGES.
I THINK THERE THERE'S A GREAT, THERE'S A DELINEATION, IN MY OPINION, ABOUT AND EVEN IN THIS POLICY THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING THE POLICY ON POLICY IS SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.
AND I'LL JUST DEFER TO HR. I'M SURE WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING HOLIDAYS, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD PUT IN PLACE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS MAKES IF THIS WOULD BE A VIABLE CHANGE FROM THE EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE.
AGAIN, I'LL, I CAN REFER TOO AS MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ANY CHANGE WITH HOLIDAYS, WE DID SEEK OUT OPINIONS OF STAFF FOR THOSE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.
THE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S A DONE DEAL AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INPUT.
AND AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
I JUST STARTED GETTING HIT WITH PHONE CALLS ALL OF A SUDDEN.
LET ME PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, MAYOR, IF I MAY.
ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ASKING FOR THIS PROCEDURE TO BE APPROVED.
AND NONE OF THEM INVOLVE INVOLVED PTO. NONE OF THEM INVOLVE PAY OR BENEFIT AT ALL, AND THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE HERE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THEY REFERENCED COUNCIL SIGNING FOR CONTRACTS WITH CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES SUCH AS MYSELF.
AND SO AN ITEM LIKE PTO OR HOLIDAY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO COUCH THAT, WOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL BODY AND WE WOULD DISCUSS THE FEEDBACK WE'VE LEARNED, WHETHER IT'S WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, OR DOWN INTO THE EMPLOYEE POPULATION. SURE. AND AGAIN, NOT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF IT.
I MEAN, I THINK AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, BUT. WELL, I'M GLAD TO BE CLARIFIED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES THINK. SURE. AND I MEAN, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHENEVER WE'VE MADE CHANGES TO THOSE THINGS, WE IMMEDIATELY, I MEAN, BEFORE DOING THAT WAS TALK TO THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO RESEARCH WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO. AND TYPICALLY A LOT OF TIMES THOSE THINGS DO EVEN HAVE COST TO IT.
SO THERE'S NOT EVEN A BENEFIT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT'S BETTER, TYPICALLY BETTER THAN THERE'S THE COST THAT CAN BE INCURRED FINANCIALLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP TO DO SO. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THE POLICY AND POLICY PROCESS DOESN'T, DOES HAVE ALL THOSE STEPS FOR US TO MEDIATE, TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, LIKE ON A HOLIDAY OR PTO, AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MISS DEBRA? OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. SO APPARENTLY I'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK.
OBVIOUSLY, HOLIDAYS ON THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR ARE THERE.
WHAT IS THE PROPOSED CHANGE? OR THERE IS NO PROPOSED CHANGE ON HOLIDAYS? HE'S TALKING ABOUT A POLICY ON POLICIES AND A PROCESS FOR POLICIES.
WHAT IS THE. AND APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN MISCOMMUNICATION SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE OUR EMPLOYEES THINK THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY AND THAT IT'S A DONE DEAL. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK.
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AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION. THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION OVER THAT AND NUMEROUS OTHER EFFICIENCIES TO BE GAINED ON DEALING WITH PTO BANKS, ETC. BUT NOTHING HAS PASSED BEFORE THE COUNCIL, NOR HAS IT BEEN FINALIZED IN DRAFT FORM.ALL RIGHT. I WILL JUST SAY, THE UPSETTING THING TO ME WAS THAT THEY ALL FEEL LIKE IT'S A DONE DEAL.
AND AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT OR THAT IT WAS EVEN BEING DISCUSSED.
WELL, AND I WAS LEFT. THIS IS OUR TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
LIKE, YEAH, IT'S GREAT COMMUNICATION. I TEXTED YOU IMMEDIATELY.
YES, MA'AM. TO LET YOU KNOW. BUT I DON'T. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW EMPLOYEES CAN BE TOLD THAT BY ANYBODY WHEN WE AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE, BECAUSE I GOT NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS.
YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEIR HOLIDAYS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY? LIKE CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING, THAT WHATEVER HOLIDAYS ARE THERE.
RIGHT? MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WHAT'S.
WE HAVE HAD NOTHING ABOUT IT. HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN. THERE'S BEEN HOLIDAYS DISCUSSIONS IN OUR BUILDING BETWEEN FINANCE, HR, SENIOR LEADERSHIP ABOUT CLEANING UP HOW HOLIDAYS ARE COMPENSATED FOR CURRENTLY. I WOULD FEEL IT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO BE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT CURRENTLY THE POLICY ALLOWS FOR HOLIDAYS TO BE BANKED AND THEN USED AT A LATER PERIOD FINANCIALLY AND ACCORDING TO OUR AUDITORS, IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE FOR US TO PAY THOSE HOLIDAYS OUT IN TIME AND DO AWAY WITH THE CAPACITY FOR A HOLIDAY TO BE BANKED AND MOVED FORWARD, BECAUSE THEN THAT STARTS INTERRUPTING OTHER PTO BANKS, AND WHICH WE HAVE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE LOSING PTO TIME.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE HOLIDAY INSIDE OF THE PAY PERIOD THE HOLIDAY OCCURS, IT WOULD BE STRAIGHT TIME ON TOP OF THE OTHER EARNINGS THEY HAVE IN THAT PAY PERIOD, AND THE HOLIDAY PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE PUSHED TO A FUTURE PAY PERIOD, OR PUSHED INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT AFFECTS YOUR PTO BANK.
YES, SIR. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THAT IS CORRECT. FOR THIS PROCESS, THAT IF THAT'S DECIDED ON THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH US SEVERAL TIMES AND WE'D GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS HR ABOUT IT AND IT'D BE OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH US.
IT WOULD BE. SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE THE I DON'T KNOW, THE TITLE OF THIS POLICY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING ON ITEM TWO IS WHAT? SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A FACEBOOK POST OR SOMETHING TO TELL THE EMPLOYEES THAT THIS IS NOT ANY PART OF THIS.
JUST AS EASY TO DO AN EMAIL FROM. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE.
YEAH. I WOULD, LET ME. GO AHEAD, NATE, LET ME CLEAN UP WHERE WE'RE AT.
JUST A MOMENT, JAKE, TO TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY HERE.
WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. I UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY WATCH THIS LATER OR ANY STAFF THAT COMES BACK TO THIS VIDEO AND HEARS ME COMMUNICATE, THIS CHAPTER FOUR IS WHERE PTO, HOLIDAYS, BENEFITS OF THAT NATURE ARE DISCUSSED.
THAT'LL BE COMING IN NOVEMBER. SO BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, OUR DESIRE WILL BE TO CONFIRM THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE SAYING IN CONCEPT, OUT OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH FINANCE AND HR ARE VALID TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF THERE IS ANY FEEDBACK THAT'S NECESSARY FROM STAFF, WE WILL GAIN THAT FEEDBACK, BUT IT WON'T COME TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION UNTIL ONE OF YOUR NOVEMBER MEETINGS, UNLESS FOR SOME REASON WE REALLY SPEED THIS PROCESS UP.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
AND FOR CLARITY, WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT CHAPTER ONE ITEMS AND MAYOR, I WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AGENDA ITEM TWO IS POLICY REVISION PROCESS AND TIMELINE.
I'M ASKING FOR A PROCEDURE TO BE APPROVED THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO A LITTLE BIT MORE SWIFTLY BRING POLICY CHANGES THAT REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL TO YOU. OTHERWISE, ALLOWING FOR CITY MANAGER WITH HR AND LEGAL TO APPROVE THINGS.
YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE LEGAL REVIEW AND THEN OF COURSE, COUNCIL APPROVAL IF CHANGED. VERY GOOD. SO I MAY HAVE NOT READ THIS CORRECTLY, SO I READ IT IN THE PACKET BUT ON YOUR PRESENTATION SO DID SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES INCLUDE FEDERAL LAW AND TEXAS CODE, OR WAS
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THAT UNDERNEATH THE NON-SUBSTANTIVE SUBSTANTIVE SUBSTANTIVE THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL COUNSEL TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH. GOTCHA. I GUESS I WAS I DID MISREAD THAT.SO THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, MAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON WE SHOULD HAVE A REVIEW FROM COUNCIL ON IF TEXAS LAW, FEDERAL LAW, ETC. IS IN PLACE THAT DOESN'T NEED OUR APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE BY A HIGHER AUTHORITY OF AND LEGAL REQUIREMENT. GOOD CATCH THOUGH. WE PUT THIS IN HERE SO THAT IF ANYBODY PICKS THIS PIECE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING UP ON RECORDING IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LEGAL IS REVIEWING AHEAD OF TIME.
SAID DIFFERENTLY, WE WOULDN'T BRING IT TO YOU IF IT'S NOT IN A FORM THAT WE'RE READY TO PUBLISH.
I THINK THAT'S AN EASIER WAY TO SAY THAT. SURE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF MANAGING IT AND BEING EFFICIENT AND PROFICIENT.
YES. THANK YOU PAM. AND WE, AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE ON ITEM THREE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SEVEN POLICIES IN YOUR PACKET, BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE ASKING, ASSUMING THAT YOU APPROVE ITEM TWO TONIGHT, WE MOVE TO ITEM THREE.
ONLY THREE OF THOSE WERE ASKING FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL ON BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBSTANTIVE IN NATURE.
THE OTHER FOUR THAT ARE THERE ARE JUST SIMPLY FORMATTING CHANGES TO OUR NEW FORMAT AND TEMPLATE.
VERY GOOD. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM TWO? AND WE'LL STAND FOR A MOTION. YES, MA'AM. APOLOGIES FOR ANY MISCOMMUNICATION.
AND WE'LL COMMUNICATE TO STAFF MS. REEVES. THOSE ARE GOOD POINTS YOU BROUGHT TO US.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, TO APPROVE PERSONNEL POLICY REVISION PROCESS AND TIMELINE.
SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
[3. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 1 OF THE PERSONNEL POLICIES: a. CHAPTER 1 SECTION 5 b. CHAPTER 1 SECTION 6 c. CHAPTER 1 SECTION 7]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GREAT DISCUSSION.THE DISCUSSION CONTINUES ON POLICIES UNDER ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO IN YOUR PACKET STARTING ON PAGE SIX YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU HAVE SEVEN POLICIES HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE SIX IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN YOUR PACKET, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW YOUR POLICIES WILL LOOK MOVING FORWARD.
THEY'LL ALL HAVE A HEADER. THEY'LL HAVE A REVISION SECTION, AN APPROVAL SECTION, AND THEN THE REVISED DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE IT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ALL THE POLICIES THAT WE WANT TO BRING YOU BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1ST WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, IF SO APPROVED BY YOU OR UNDER MY AUTHORITY.
SO TONIGHT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SECTION FIVE OF CHAPTER ONE FIRST.
THIS IS UPDATED LANGUAGE IN SECTION FIVE OF CHAPTER ONE.
THERE POLICIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR.
AMENDMENTS OF SUBSTANCE REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT'S JUST A NOD TO THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE PIECE.
UNDER SECTION FIVE, WHICH IS TITLED AMENDMENTS TO POLICIES, SECTION SIX AND SECTION SEVEN, THE EXISTING LANGUAGE IS PRESENT. IT WAS GRAMMATICALLY CLEANED UP.
IT WAS PUT ON YOUR NEW HEADER WITH THE NEW FORMAT AND GIVEN A NEW EFFECTIVE DATE, BUT THESE TWO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYEES SUCH AS MYSELF OR LEGAL COUNSEL.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT MOST APPROPRIATE HERE TO SHOW YOU SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IS PRESENT.
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ONE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THREE POLICIES.HR AND I FAILED TO MENTION THAT, THANK YOU TO HR, OUR HR TEAM.
SO I'LL STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OR THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE PERSONNEL POLICIES IN CHAPTER ONE, SECTIONS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN, AS PRESENTED WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM PASSES.
[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE PROCESSES AND DOCUMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD: a. MINIMUM STANDARDS DOCUMENT b. RULES & REGULATIONS DOCUMENT c. TIE DOWN AGREEMENT d. HANGAR LEASE AGREEMENT e. LAND LEASE AGREEMENT]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ITEM FOUR IS ALL ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE AIRPORT BOARD.IF YOU'LL RECALL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, COUNCIL GAVE US AUTHORITY TO STAND THAT BOARD BACK UP.
THEY WERE WORKING ON MINIMUM STANDARDS, DOCUMENTS, RULES AND REG DOCUMENTS.
SO ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE SETS OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE POSITIONING THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT BOARD TO EFFECTIVELY GRAPPLE WITH GROWTH AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT COME. BUT THESE ITEMS A AND B, YOUR MINIMUM STANDARDS AND YOUR RULES AND REGS WERE, HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE SOME TIME. SO SINCE THE AIRPORT BOARD GOT TO WORK ON THAT, THEY HAVE SEEN THESE DOCUMENTS.
THEY AGREED TO SOME MINIMAL CHANGES, WHICH STAFF AGREES WITH LEGAL HAS REVIEWED AND AGREES WITH.
AND I'LL JUST REAL QUICKLY WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE MINIMUM STANDARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MINIMUM STANDARDS, THIS IS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE FAIRNESS ACROSS HOW THE AIRPORT OPERATES, PROTECTS THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT. THIS DOCUMENT, IF USED CORRECTLY, WILL SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT WILL MAINTAIN THE OVERALL OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY OF THE AIRPORT. SO IF THERE ARE ISSUES THERE, THE IDEA IS THAT STAFF OR THE AIRPORT BOARD CAN LEAN ON THE MINIMUM STANDARDS TO SOLVE FOR THOSE ISSUES. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS, THIS IS WHERE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY COMES INTO PLAY.
THIS THESE ARE THINGS LIKE HOW DOES THE AIRPORT PHYSICALLY OPERATE? ARE WE STORING THINGS WHERE WE SHOULDN'T BE? ARE THERE NON AIRCRAFT RELATED ITEMS HAPPENING ON THE AIRPORT? THIS GIVES US SOME TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, IF YOU WILL, TO MAKE THE AIRPORT A GOOD PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, TO FLY INTO AND OUT OF AND MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT RELATED OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RULES AND REGS AND MINIMUM STANDARDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOUR TIE DOWN LEASE, YOUR LAND LEASE AND YOUR HANGAR LEASES WERE UPDATED.
THE MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THOSE THREE WOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE OF YOUR LAND LEASE.
YOUR LAND LEASE WAS UPDATED FOR 20 YEAR INITIAL TERM, WITH THE OPTION FOR THAT SAME LEASING PARTY TO LEASE TWO MORE TIMES, SO 20 AND THEN 10, AND THEN ONE MORE 10 TO A MAX OF 40 YEARS.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN SOMEONE DECIDES THEY WANT TO LEASE LAND FROM US FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING SOMETHING A HANGAR, IN THIS CASE, AT THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT.
AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT THEY GET THAT INVESTMENT BACK OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO THE AIRPORT BOARD AGREED THAT 20 YEAR INITIAL WITH 2 10 YEAR RENEWALS WAS FAIR.
AND OUR CONTRACTORS AT WOOLPERT AGREED THAT THAT PROBABLY MATCHED THE MARKET FOR US.
AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION HAD AT THE LAST AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ABOUT THAT BEING A GOOD FOOT FORWARD, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR. SO AND I WOULD ASK COUNCILMAN HAYES, IF YOU REMEMBER IT DIFFERENTLY OR IF I'VE LEFT ANYTHING OUT, PLEASE CHIME IN. NOPE. IT'S ALL GOOD. AND ANOTHER REASON TO UPDATE THESE IS FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND YEAH, FROM THE STATE, BECAUSE IF THEY COME IN AND DO AN INSPECTION AND WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEY COULD, WE COULD LOSE OUR FUNDING. SO THAT WAS A BIG ONE.
MOST OF THE STUFF OUT THERE IS FUNDED BY THE STATE.
YES, SIR. THAT'S A THAT IS A GOOD POINT. AND ANY GOOD GRANT LOOKS TO, ARE YOU FOLLOWING OUR RULES AS THE GRANT BODY? AND ARE YOU FOLLOWING YOUR OWN RULES AS THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION?
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SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. JAKE.VERY GOOD. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. AND YOU CAN APPROVE ALL THESE TOGETHER.
OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL, YOU MAY CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE AIRPORT PROCESSES AND DOCUMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AND STAFF AS PRESENTED.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM PASSES.
[5. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO REPEAL AND REPLACE ORDINANCE 2025-03-10 AMENDING AND ADOPTING A NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES. ORDINANCE 2024-09-31]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM FIVE IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE ADJUST OUR FEE SCHEDULE AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADJUSTMENTS.SO BEAR WITH ME AND I WILL PASS US IF WE NEED TO.
I'LL PASS THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LISA FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THESE ARE STARTING ON PAGE 123 OF YOUR PACKET.
AND WHILE JOSEPH'S NAVIGATING, YOU'RE SEEING ONLY PORTIONS OF THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE THAT ARE BEING AMENDED AND THEY'RE REPRESENTED IN YELLOW. SO OUR WHOLE FEE SCHEDULE IS NOT HERE, ONLY THOSE PORTIONS THAT ARE BEING ADJUSTED.
SO UNDER BUILDING PERMITS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FIRST ON PAGE 123 HERE.
AND I APOLOGIZE, WAYNE IS NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT HE MAY BE ONLINE.
I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS ABLE TO HOP ONLINE OR NOT, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEY APPLIED THE CPI INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR TO OUR BUILDING FEES, BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS FEES, AND THAT IS WHAT IS REPRESENTED ON PAGES 123, 124 AND INTO THE TOP OF PAGE 126. MOVING ON.
YOU WILL SEE ON PAGE 127 BULK WATER RATES WERE ADJUSTED.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE JUST HAD OUR WATER WASTEWATER STUDY COMPLETED EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND WE ALIGNED OUR BULK WATER RATES WITH OUR DATA FROM THAT STUDY. SO NOW YOUR BULK WATER RATES HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT THAT'S IN LINE WITH THOSE THAT STUDY THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND GREG, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE TWO INCH METER IS WHAT WE UTILIZED.
THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THANK YOU GREG. SO THAT WAS DATA WE ALREADY HAD ACCESS TO, IT WAS EASY JUST TO APPLY IT TO OUR BULK WATER RATES WITH A MINOR ADJUSTMENT ON OUR METERED WATER OUT BACK HERE AT CITY HALL. SO GOING FROM 15 TO 20 FOR YOUR FIRST THOUSAND AND THEN EVERY SUBSEQUENT THOUSAND AFTER THAT. AND THAT WAS BULK WATER.
JUST A REMINDER, THE CITY SELLS BULK WATER IN THE FORM OF THEY CAN PULL UP HERE TO CITY HALL AND LOAD OUT BACK AT THE METERED CONNECTION, OR THEY CAN GET A HYDRANT METER FROM US FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE WATER RATES REALLY COME IN.
ONCE THEY HAVE THAT HYDRANT METER, HOW MANY GALLONS ARE THEY USING ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
MOVING ON TO PAGE 129 OF YOUR PACKET, WATER AND SEWER METER, TAP FEES, YOU CAN SEE THOSE WERE ADJUSTED UP. AND THEN ONTO PAGE 130, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION AND PERMIT FEES. AND I'M GOING TO LEAN ON LISA TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT HERE, BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE. NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU.
COULD WE BLOW IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BRING OUR PACKET WITH US. I'M SORRY, GUYS. SOME OF US ARE OLD. AND JUST NOT TO GET OFF TOPIC, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, ARE YOUR PCS FUNCTIONING? THEY ARE BUT TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
I UNDERSTAND. IS THAT GOOD? THEY'VE HAD A BETTER DAY.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THEY ARE ON THE REPLACEMENT LIST.
IT WOULD BE PROUD OF ME FOR REMINDING YOU OF THAT. YES.
I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT. ANYWAYS PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION FEES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE STAFF IS TRYING TO SIMPLIFY WITH THEIR MODIFICATIONS HERE, AND LISA, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US JUST KIND OF THE, THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW.
AND WHILE SHE'S GETTING READY, I WOULD JUST SAY THESE HAVEN'T BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE 2015.
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NOTIFICATION FEES AND MAILING FEES AND RECORDING FEES.WE'RE ROLLING IT ALL INTO A FLAT RATE APPLICATION FEE, LIKE A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES DO.
SO THIS SORT OF TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT FOR ANY APPLICANT AND EVEN STAFF HAVING TO SAY A MAILING IS $0.70 A MAILING. WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE 15, YOU MIGHT HAVE 55.
WE DON'T KNOW. SO THEN WE BILL AFTER THE FACT.
AND THEN SO IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON. THIS IS GOING TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND TO COVER ALL OF OUR FEES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE IN LINE. WE TOOK SEVERAL COMPARISONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE COME INTO LINE ALIGNMENT PRETTY WELL.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LISA. AND THAT CARRIES FROM PAGE 130 ON DOWN TO PAGE 131.
AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE BEGINS ON PAGE 133, WHICH IS WHERE FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES BEGIN TO COME INTO PLAY. SO UNDER CO INSPECTIONS THERE, THERE WAS NO CO INSPECTION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE. SO NOW THERE IS, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING ADDING THAT.
AND THEN OVER ON THE VERY LAST PAGE OF THIS DOCUMENT, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE CONTRACT WITH A FIRE RECOVERY COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSES OF BILLING CERTAIN LEVELS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE INCIDENTS.
AND THESE WOULD BE FOLKS WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH AND THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF INCIDENT, AND THE BILL WOULD GO OUT TO THEIR INSURANCE AFTER THE FACT. SO THIS IS PART OF THEIR FIRE RECOVERY BILLING.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU GUYS USED THE RECOMMENDED CPI FROM FIRE RECOVERY.
CHIEF, IF YOU WANT TO CORRECT ME THERE, IF I'VE MISSPOKEN.
YES, SIR. THAT IS COMPLETELY CORRECT. THEY SUPPLY US.
WHAT IS SAID IS THE MINIMUMS. JUST ONE POINT OF CLARITY THAT I JUST SAW THAT IF YOU IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S UNDER THE NEW MINIMUM FEE, UNDER, YOU SEE, NEW CONSTRUCTION, SIGNIFICANT REMODEL, THAT MINIMUM FEE IS NOT IN THE CORRECT LOCATION.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO MODIFY WHERE THAT GOES. GOT THAT.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON PAGE 133, CHIEF. YES. THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU. AND AS YOU CAN SEE. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? NO, SIR. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS DOCUMENT IS IT'S KIND OF AN ANIMAL, SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH POLICY REVISIONS, GUESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE NEXT. THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY REPORT.
AND JUST A REMINDER THESE ARE APPROVED BY ORDINANCE.
SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST READING TONIGHT, AND I WOULD ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR NEED ANY CLARITY ON ANY OF THE FEES, ANYTHING STAFF CAN PROVIDE FURTHER FOR YOU. WELL, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT THOSE AND AND MAKING THEM MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.
[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, ADOPTING TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION 2025-09-23]
CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR ADOPTING TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES.JOE, YOU TRIED AWFUL HARD. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S TIME FOR THAT. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT IS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION. IT STARTS ON PAGE 135 OF YOUR PACKET, AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. BUT ALL THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAD IN THE VERSION OF 2023 ARE PRESENT HERE IN THE VERSION OF 2025.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE TAX ACT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OTHERWISE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE R 2025. 0923. SECOND.
I'M NOT, SORRY. THAT'S 0930. YOU MOVED. WHEN IT MOVED, I LOST, I LOST MY ALL RIGHT.
0923. THANK YOU. 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 THAT ITEM PASSES.
ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DECATUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
[7. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DECATUR CODE OF ORDINANCES IN APPENDIX A, “DECATUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE,” APPENDIX V, “CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS,” PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL STYLE OF DRIVEWAY TO ALLOW HORIZONTAL CURB CUTS AND RELATED SIDEWALK DESIGN.]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LOOSE ITEM AT YOUR AT YOUR DAIS LOCATION LABELED ITEM SEVEN.IT'S NOT LOOSE ANYMORE. I HAVE IT IN MY HANDS.
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YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'RE JUST APPROVING A NEW CURB CUT OPTION TO GO INTO THE DESIGN STANDARDS.AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE US.
WE'RE JUST UPDATING THE ORDINANCE THAT SUPPORTS ITS USE.
AND THIS IS A FIRST READING ITEM. IT'LL COME TO YOU AGAIN AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
WELL. VERY GOOD. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA]
THIS IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'LL STAND BY IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL ANYTHING? OTHERWISE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION.MR. MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO UNLESS, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
[INAUDIBLE]. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM PASSES.
THANK YOU. ITEM NINE. COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. AND HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT 6:41.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.