1. Hold a public hearing to receive comments and or questions relating to the 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (Consumer Confidence Report).

[1. Hold a public hearing to receive comments and or questions relating to the 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report (Consumer Confidence Report). ]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND OR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE 2025 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT.

GREG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

PROBLEMS THEY HAVE. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO DO THE CCR CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT.

THIS IS FOR 2025 DRINKING WATER. WE TEST IF YOU READ THROUGH THE REPORT, IT SHOWS ALL THE REGULATED CONTAMINANTS THAT WE TEST FOR WHAT OUR RESULTS WERE AND OF THE REPORT, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO.

WE HAD TWO VIOLATIONS IN 2025. YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD E.

COLI AND WE HAD A BOIL WATER NOTICE IN MAY. IT WAS DETERMINED, MOST LIKELY IT WAS JUST OUR SAMPLING METHOD AND OUR, THE LOCATION. WE WERE GETTING OUR SAMPLE FROM ITS, IT WAS DOWN IN A METER BOX IN THE GROUND TRYING TO TEST AFTER RAIN.

AND I THINK IT WAS JUST A BAD SAMPLE. ALL OUR OTHER SAMPLES PASSED.

TCEQ A CLERICAL ERROR. SO AFTER WE SEND NOTICE OUT TO RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO CERTIFY THAT WE SENT THAT NOTICE OUT TO TCEQ.

SO I FILLED ALL THE PAPERWORK OUT AND SENT IT TO THE WRONG EMAIL. SO A MONTH LATER I GET A VIOLATION.

HEY, WE DIDN'T GET YOUR CERTIFICATION OF DELIVERY, SO.

GOT THAT CLEARED UP. SO THAT WAS THE TWO VIOLATIONS FOR THE YEAR.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GOOD. AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE GOOD DRINKING WATER HERE ON OUT.

AWESOME. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO SIR AWESOME. THANK YOU, GREG. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM ENJOYING DECATUR DRINKING WATER RIGHT NOW.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR US TO GET RIGHT OUT OF THE TAP WONDERFUL WATER.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT 6:17, WE WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A SECOND READING ON AN ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ALLOWING A CARPORT TO

[2. Consider and take appropriate action on a second reading of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP), in accordance with Appendix B, “Zoning,” Section 7.6 “Accessory Structure Regulations,” Subsection 7.6.5, “Carports,” (A) “Residential Uses,” (5) to allow a carport be constructed that is sixty feet (60’) in length, which is in excess of twenty-four feet (24’) in length permitted by the zoning ordinance, and (6) to allow a carport to be constructed that is thirteen feet (13’) in height, which is in excess of twelve (12’) in height permitted by the zoning ordinance, on a legally platted lot, in an SF-2, Single-Family Zoning District, on approximately 0.61 acres of land located at 1600 S College Avenue, Decatur, Texas. (KAVICKY, PROPERTY OWNER) SUP-26-0002 ORDINANCE 2026-06-17 ]

BE CONSTRUCTED. LISA.

GOOD EVENING. LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

THIS IS A SECOND READING IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AGAIN.

I CAN, BUT THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM THE LAST MEETING FOR THIS.

AND THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR EITHER APPROVAL OR DENIAL.

OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THEY'RE JUST REMOVING REPLACING CARPORT THOSE IN THE SAME PLACE, JUST LARGER THAN WHAT THE CODE PERMITS. AWESOME.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LISA? NO QUESTIONS.

BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST ONE CLERICAL ITEM.

IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT. IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.

JUST NOTE THAT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER CHANGED FROM 2026-06-17.

18.

NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED TO LISA'S POINT. THANK YOU, LISA THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ANYBODY GOT A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-06-18.

SECOND. SECOND, WE HAVE A FIRST BY WILL AND A SECOND BY MELINDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE SAY NO.

THE AYES HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 3. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A VARIANCE REQUESTED BY PRIME SIGN OR PRINCE

[3. Consider and take appropriate action on a variance request submitted by Prince Signs, LLC, on behalf of LV Petroleum, property owner, to allow an increase in the permitted sign height for the existing Multi-Tenant Pole sign located at 3400 S US Hwy 287, per Chapter 15 Sign Ordinance, Sec. 15-36 – Multi-Tenant Pole Signs, (4) Maximum Height: Thirty (30) feet for monument sign or pole sign. V-26-0003]

SIGNS LLC ON BEHALF OF LV PETROLEUM. YES, SIR.

LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR. WE'LL ENTER OUR STAFF REPORT INTO THE RECORD IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE.

SO THIS IS AT THE TA TRAVEL CENTER. IT'S FOR THEIR MULTI-TENANT POLE SIGN.

IT'S AN EXISTING SIGN THAT'S IN PLACE. SO IN 2024 THERE WAS VARIANCES APPROVED FOR THIS SPECIFIC SIGN FOR HEIGHT TO BE 75FT INSTEAD OF 30FT, AND SIGN AREA TO BE 1345.5FT² INSTEAD OF 200FT².

AND TO ALLOW TWO SIGNS INSTEAD OF ONE AT THIS LOCATION.

SO THE PERMITS WERE ISSUED. THE POLE SIGN WAS CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AT 76FT INSTEAD OF 75FT.

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SO A NEW VARIANCE IS REQUIRED. THEY ARE DOING SOME FACE CHANGES IN THE ON THE EXISTING SIGN.

SO THIS IS WHERE IT HAS COME TO LIGHT FOR STAFF.

SO THE CODE ALLOWS COUNCIL TO GRANT VARIANCES FOR SIGNS PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE VARIANCE DOES NOT PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH SPECIAL PRIVILEGES NOT ENJOYED BY OTHERS, SIMILARLY SITUATED OR POTENTIALLY SIMILARLY SITUATED.

SO THIS AGAIN, IT'S AN EXISTING SIGN. THE VARIANCE WAS APPROVED FOR 75FT.

IT WAS BUILT AT 76FT, WHICH WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED VARIANCE.

SECOND CRITERIA IS IT NECESSARY BECAUSE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT PREVENT THE REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY? AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A BROKEN RECORD ON IT.

SINCE IT'S AN EXISTING SIGN AND IT WASN'T CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE VARIANCE THAT WAS GRANTED BACK IN 2024.

WE JUST NEED A NEW SIGN VARIANCE TO CLEAN UP ALL THE PERMITTING FOR THIS.

WILL NOT HAVE ANY ADVERSE EFFECT ON ANY NEIGHBORS SINCE IT'S EXISTING.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO IT ARE TO THE SIGN FACE ONLY.

NOTHING ELSE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ANY OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, AS THIS IS ALONG 81-287, JUST RIGHT OFF THE SERVICE ROAD, AND IT WILL NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN CONFLICT WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE CHAPTER.

AGAIN IT DOES. THE CODE DOES ALLOW 30FT IN HEIGHT.

IT WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE IN 2024 FOR 75FT. AND AGAIN IT WAS BUILT A FOOT TALLER.

SO THE SIGN ORDINANCE DOES PROVIDE FOR THE VARIANCE PROCESS.

AND BASED ON THE LITERAL CRITERIA UNDER CHAPTER 15, STAFF BELIEVES IT DOES MEET ALL FOUR REQUIRED CRITERIA.

SO WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND THEY ARE THEY HAVE A SIGNED PERMIT IN HOUSE FOR REVIEW.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOT A MOTION? MR. MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

AND SO IT GETS BUILT.

MIC].

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THAT CONSIDERATION. NO PROBLEM.

WE'RE GOOD? WE'RE GOOD MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 26-0003.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JAKE AND A SECOND FROM WILL.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU

[4. Consider and take appropriate action on a government lease purchase agreement with American National Leasing Company for a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 for the City of Decatur Police Department and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents. ]

TAKE A. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASE COMPANY FOR A 2026 SILVERADO.

EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU HAVE SEEN THESE LEASES FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL BEFORE.

THIS ONE IS REPLACING A COMPONENT OF THE POLICE FLEET.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, WE HAD AN OFFICER VERY HEROICALLY USE HIS VEHICLE TO STOP THE FORWARD PROGRESS OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS DRIVING IN THE WRONG LANE.

AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE CLEANING UP OUR LEASES AND OFFERING A NEW LEASE HERE FOR THE FLEET.

MOVING A FEW VEHICLES AROUND. SO THIS IS ONE PIECE AND THERE VERY WELL COULD BE ANOTHER IN THE FUTURE.

SO IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IT WOULD ALLOW THE CHIEF AND STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD ON PURCHASING A 26 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FOR A TOTAL CAPITALIZED COST OF $38,850, AND THAT WOULD BRING THEM TO AN ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT OF $14,486.

THAT IS BUDGETED. IT IS REPLACING A PORTION OF THAT TAHOE THAT WAS COVERED UNDER OUR TML RISK POOL INSURANCE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY FOR A 2026 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM MELINDA AND A SECOND FROM WILL.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 5.

[5. Consider and take appropriate action on a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the 287(g) Task Force Model for the Decatur Police Department. Resolution R2026-06-13 ]

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING.

ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT UNDER 287(G).

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANT TO GO OVER THE PROGRAM REAL QUICK.

I'M KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS SOME THINGS AND I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH OUR SIDE OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD.

BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND GIVE YOU SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WHERE THE PROGRAM ORIGINATED FROM, KIND OF WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

AND THEN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW AS IT RELATES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE HISTORY OF THE 287(G) PROGRAM. IT ORIGINATED BACK IN 1996 UNDER THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED THE INA. BASICALLY THAT ALLOWED AT THE TIME, VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION WITH US WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THAT WAS EXPANDED.

THAT PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED LATER ON UNDER BUSH AS IT RELATES TO THINGS THAT WERE, THAT WERE FOUND DURING THE 9/11 COMMISSIONING.

AND SO ONCE THAT GROUP MET, THAT PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

AS OBAMA TOOK OFFICE THAT PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND IT WAS CREATED TO SHIFT A LOT OF THE ATTENTION TO JAILS AND WHAT COULD BE DONE WHEN INMATES AND INDIVIDUALS WERE BEING BOOKED INTO JAIL FACILITIES ON LOCAL AND COUNTY LEVELS.

THEN FROM THERE WE HAD A LITTLE DEVIATION BETWEEN THE OBAMA, OBAMA AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS DURING THAT FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HE BROUGHT THE PROGRAM BACK FULL SCALE.

UNDER BIDEN, IT WAS ROLLED BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

AND THEN AGAIN, THIS LAST TIME WITH TRUMP, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL OF BASICALLY OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND SEE TODAY.

SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM, IT'S NOTHING NEW.

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

BASICALLY WHAT, HOW THIS WORKS. LOCAL OFFICERS RECEIVE SOME TRAINING AND SUPERVISION.

SUPERVISION AS IT RELATES TO IMMIGRATION AND HANDLING OF IMMIGRANT STATUS.

SO TRAINING INCLUDES LEARNING IMMIGRATION LAW, DOCUMENTATION, HAVING ACCESS TO DATABASES ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. AGENCIES FOLLOW THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

AND THERE'S ALSO SOME FEDERAL OVERSIGHT THAT COMES WITH THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HELPS US TREMENDOUSLY IN WHAT WE DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

THERE'S THREE PARTS TO THIS PROGRAM. THERE'S THE JAIL ENFORCEMENT MODEL, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHEN SOMEONE'S ARRESTED, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE JAIL. THE JAIL BASICALLY TRAINS THEIR JAILERS.

THEY HAVE THIS TRAINING AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND DO A LOT OF THAT IMMIGRATION WORK RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO US. WE DON'T OWN OR OPERATE A JAIL.

AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND PART WITH THE WARRANT SERVICE.

AND BASICALLY THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GUARANTEED OR AFFORDED THE ABILITY TO GO OUT SERVE WARRANTS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL.

AGAIN, NOT THE MODEL WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TASK FORCE MODEL, WHICH ALLOWS LIMITED IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY WITH HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE OVERSIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT BEFORE WE CAN STILL DO ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM IMMIGRATION.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE OUR OFFICERS CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS PERSON AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO JAIL AND PLACE AN IMMIGRATION HOLD THAT DOES NOT WORK.

IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS SET UP.

BASICALLY, HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS IS, IS IF OUR OFFICERS COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY IN A CRIMINAL MANNER THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, IS WE WILL REACH OUT TO OUR FIELD AGENT THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO US.

FROM THERE, WE WILL GET, THEY WILL RUN THE GAMUT THROUGH ALL THE FEDERAL LEVEL COMMUNICATION STUFF THAT THEY HAVE THEIR DATABASES, IF THEY DETERMINE THAT THE PERSON IS HERE ILLEGALLY, OR PERHAPS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOLDS OR SOMETHING ON THEM,

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THEN THEY GIVE US THAT PERMISSION AT THAT TIME TO PLACE A DETAINER.

AND SO FROM THERE, THEN WE CAN TAKE THEM TO THE COUNTY JAIL, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY PASSED THEIR ASPECT OF THIS TO WHERE THEY CAN BE A HOLDING FACILITY FOR ON THAT IMMIGRATION SIDE. THE BIGGEST THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS DRIVEN BY OUR POLICY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO WE ONCE, IF THIS GOES THROUGH THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL SET UP OUR DEPARTMENT POLICY ON HOW WE DO THIS, HOW WE CONDUCT IT, EVERYTHING FROM START TO FINISH.

THAT WILL ALL BE DICTATED IN HOUSE BY WHAT WE DO.

SO THAT WAY WE HAVE OPERATIONS FOR OUR OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND SEE HOW TO CLEARLY MONITOR ON THEIR END.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? DO YOU USE A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE, OR HOW DO YOU GET INPUT ON SETTING THAT UP? SO BASICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE'VE TALKED IN HOUSE A LITTLE BIT ALREADY ON A COMMAND SIDE OF KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OF HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, THAT GO. AND SO FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS LIKE, THIS IS NOT BEING USED ON TRAFFIC STOPS ON FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT OR NOT HAVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE. THAT'S NOT WHERE THIS ON OUR END.

THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION WE WANT THIS TO GO. OURS IS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE COME ACROSS WHO HAVE COMMITTED FELONY OFFENSES, WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS IN WHICH THEY'VE COMMITTED FELONY OFFENSES.

THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS, NOT FOR JUST OUR NORMAL CITIZENS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION COMPUTER. SO WHAT IS IT FEDERALLY THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

SO MEANING IF SOMEBODY IS DETAINED AND YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS OR YOU HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE AND THE VISAS MAY CHECK OUT OR THE OCCUPANTS, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS, WHAT CAN THAT SEE THAT YOU CANNOT ALREADY? WHAT WOULD THAT ARMY WITH? SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THAT FEDERAL DATABASE LIKE ILLEGAL REENTRIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE OCCURRING.

WE DON'T SEE THOSE. GOTCHA. WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES AND IN SOME INSTANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A AS AN EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD GET TO IN JUST A SECOND, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE EXPERIENCE HERE BEING ON THE MIDDLE OF TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING VEHICLES WHO ARE TRAFFICKING INDIVIDUALS FROM MEXICO OR OTHER PLACES.

AND THIS IS NOT JUST A HISPANIC THING AT ALL.

THIS COMES FROM A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN WHICH THIS IMMIGRATION WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE STOPPED VAN LOADS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEFORE.

ONE OF THE THINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU STOP THOSE IMMIGRANTS THERE MAY BE 15, 16 PEOPLE CRAMMED INTO A VAN.

WELL, TYPICALLY WITHIN THOSE 15 OR 16, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 4 OR 5 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WHAT WE CALL THE COYOTES, WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENSURING THAT THESE, THESE MIGRANTS YOU KNOW, THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE ILLEGALLY BRINGING ACROSS THE BORDER, ENSURING THAT THEY GET TO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET.

THAT'S USUALLY TO ENSURE THAT EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO GET FULL PAYMENT, SOMETIMES THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK OFF SOME OF THEIR PAYMENTS OR WHATEVER.

FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, THERE'S USUALLY SOME OF THOSE MIXED IN WITH THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN IS THAT IF WE STOP THEM AND IT'S TWO IN THE MORNING, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TRIED TO REACH OUT TO A FEDERAL AGENCY OR A STATE AGENCY AT ANY TIME AND ACTUALLY GET THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO? NEVER. WE ONLY HAVE THOSE SAME CONTACT NUMBERS A LOT OF TIMES.

SO AND WE ARE LIMITED ON TIME WHEN WE MAKE TRAFFIC STOPS AND OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OR WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE GO.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE HAD, WE'LL TOW THE VEHICLE OR SOMETHING, AND WE ARE BASICALLY TURNING OUT 15, 16 PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR WHICH WHO ARE FIVE, WHO ARE POTENTIALLY CARTEL MEMBERS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO ROAM AROUND UNTIL THEY HAVE OTHER AVENUES FOR PEOPLE TO COME GET THEM.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO NOT HAVE HAPPEN.

YOU CAN SEARCH IT AT 3:00 A.M. IT'S ALL. SO THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT ARE BUILT INTO THAT.

BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE A SPECIAL AGENT WHO IS KIND OF OVER OUR AREA, THAT WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO AND MAKE A CONNECTION DIRECTLY TO,

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AS COMPARED TO HAVING TO DIAL A 188 NUMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CHIEF, HOW LONG AGO DID THE COUNTY IMPLEMENT? THEY DID THEIRS ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.

OKAY. AND GETTING POSITIVE FEEDBACK? NEGATIVE FEEDBACK? I THINK THEY'RE STILL FAIRLY YOUNG IN IT BECAUSE THERE'S THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS.

WITH THE TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THAT TRAINING, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 32 HOUR TRAINING CLASS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DO THIS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEY STILL HAVE TO GET SWORN OFF BASICALLY BY DHS.

SAYING THAT, YES, YOU CAN DO THAT. AND SO IN YOUR SCENARIO, SINCE THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY APPROVED FOR THIS, YOU HAVE THIS TRAFFIC STOP. CAN'T YOU JUST CALL THE COUNTY AND THEY CAN COME OUT? INDIVIDUALS AS A SPECIFIC UNIT, SO THERE MAY NOT BE ANYBODY ON THAT WE CAN EVEN REACH OUT TO.

AND SO WE'RE STILL STUCK WITH, I MEAN, IF THE COUNTY HAS, LET'S SAY, SIX PEOPLE AND SIX OF THEM ARE WORKING DAY SHIFT, OR THREE OF THEM HAPPEN TO BE WORKING THE OTHER NIGHT SHIFT JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY STAFFING IS.

WE STILL WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES.

AND IF YOU LISTEN TO COMMISSIONERS COURT OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES AND ALSO US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUSY. COUNTY IS JUST AS BUSY AS AN INCREASING, YOU KNOW, COUNTY.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THE BUSYNESS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND THE SAME FOR THEM.

SO WOULD THIS ENABLE THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TO LIKE, WORK TOGETHER BETTER? I MEAN, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP NOW ON SOME THINGS. SO AGAIN, IT DEPENDS UPON.

EXCHANGING OF INFORMATION AND THINGS. YES. THAT'S ALWAYS AN EXTRA ASPECT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.

AND THEN EVEN WHEN WE BOOK SOMEBODY INTO JAIL THEY HAVE EVERYTHING ALREADY GOING.

SO THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT TIME OF US AGAIN HAVING TO SPEND WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OR SOMETHING OF BEING ABLE TO GET A DETAINER.

WE DROP THEM OFF. WE'VE ALREADY GOT APPROVAL.

THE COUNTY HANDLES THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

CHIEF ONE QUESTION, TWO PARTS. SO PERSONAL QUESTION, HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN OFFICER DURING A SHIFT CHANGE LIKE, HEY, HAD TO STOP 3:30 IN THE MORNING, WHATEVER TIME RAN EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING LOOKED OKAY, BUT I JUST HAD A VERY UNSETTLING FEELING ABOUT IT.

WHETHER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A QUESTIONABLE VISA OR PAPERWORK, SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T WANT ONE OF MY COWORKERS TO GO HOME AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SCRATCH THEIR HEAD OR JUST LIKE, DID I, DID I DO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY DID IT RIGHT BY THE RULE OF LAW, BUT JUST INTERNALLY AS A PERSON, JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE I MISSED THE MARK? MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK ALL THE TIME, AND JUST FOR ME ALONE, FROM HAVING WORKED THE STREET, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WOULD DO CERTAIN THINGS AND I'D BE LIKE, MAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR AFTER THE FACT. REFLECTION. YEAH. I MEAN, AND THERE'S THOSE OFFICER INTUITION THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SOMETIMES YOU JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MAY NOT BE RIGHT. AND THEN OTHER TIMES IT HITS YOU A FEW MINUTES LATER OR AFTER THE STOP OR AFTER THE ENCOUNTER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED WHAT. IT DOES.

SO SECOND PART, THIS IS JUST BEING ARMED WITH MORE TOOLS TO DO THE JOB BETTER, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH.

THIS PROGRAM. THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MENTIONED IT.

MIRIAM MENTIONED IT ABOUT TRUST, AND TRUST DOES MATTER.

OF COURSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCUSS A LOT IS ROBERT PEEL'S PRINCIPLES.

SO ROBERT PEEL IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BACK WITH THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LONDON.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TALKS ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS, IS BASICALLY BUILDING THAT TRUST.

AND I LOVE ALL NINE OF HIS PRINCIPLES, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE THAT I REALLY, THAT I REALLY ENJOY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE, THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC ARE THE POLICE.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT BOILS DOWN TO IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN DOING WHAT WE DO AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S BUILDING THAT TRUST AND THAT LEGITIMACY.

YOU KNOW, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, OFFICERS, THEY CAN, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE THE POWERS THAT WE HAVE.

IF THE TRUST IS THERE WITH THE PUBLIC, RIGHT.

AND IF YOU STUDY ANY AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OFF, BUT IF YOU STUDY ANY OF THE MAJOR INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH POLICING, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK TO THE FERGUSON INCIDENT AND YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM DYNAMICS THAT WERE BUILT WITHIN WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

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IT REALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INCIDENT ITSELF.

IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAD A PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND A PREDOMINANTLY ALL WHITE CAUCASIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS THAT WERE BULLYING WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.

AND THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE OFFICER AND THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT WAS JUST WHAT CAUSED EVERYTHING TO SPILL OVER.

BUT THERE WAS UNDERLYING ISSUES TO BEGIN WITH OF LACK OF TRUST.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE THERE. AND SO AGAIN, WHEN THESE ISSUES LIKE THIS GET BROUGHT UP, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF HISPANIC OFFICERS THAT WORK AT OUR DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I THINK BEING INGRAINED IN WHAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A BIG DEAL.

AND I VALUE THE HECK OUT OF CYNTHIA AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PART TODAY TO JUST KNOW I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ABOUT THINGS.

AND THE COOL THING ABOUT HERE IS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS THAT WHEN WE GOT DONE WITH OUR CONVERSATION, WE STILL MAY NOT HAVE AGREED. BUT REALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS, IS THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, AND I'M COMFORTABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

AND WE CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THINGS MEAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO REACH OUT AND TO HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I TOLD ONE OF THEM, WHEN WE'RE DONE, I'M STILL GOING TO GIVE YOU A HUG THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY IS.

BUT THEY'RE DEAD SET, RIGHT? THERE'S GOT TO BE THAT TRUST BUILT INTO THAT.

AND BY NO MEANS DO ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.

DO WE WANT TO JEOPARDIZE WHAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BROTHER REX, I'M.

AND THEN IF YOU. OKAY, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BENEFITS AGAIN FOR US.

THE ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS, WE HIT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

JUST HAVING ACCESS TO THAT SHARING OF INFORMATION THROUGH THEM.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, THIS IS A BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OF A VALUE TO ME.

IT'S EXTRA THAT IS THERE. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS FOR ME IS, IS THAT WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET.

BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCENTIVIZED A LITTLE BIT FROM DOING THIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE. BUT AGAIN, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES BY US BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO.

FOR US, AGAIN, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH PENDING OR ACTIVE CRIMINAL CHARGES, THOSE WITH FELONIES. THIS IS NOT OUR NORMAL TRAFFIC STOPS THAT WE RUN INTO NOW.

SOMETIMES THOSE NORMAL TRAFFIC STOPS CAN LEAD INTO OTHER THINGS.

BUT JUST YOUR RUNNING STOP SIGNS AND JUST TICKETABLE OFFENSES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE. AGAIN, OUR LOCAL POLICY, OUR IN-HOUSE POLICIES WILL GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR PROGRAM AND OUR OFFICERS OF HOW WE WANT THIS THING TO BE DONE. AND THEN AGAIN, THE BIGGEST THING UNDERSTAND AT THE END IS THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME WE CAN OPT OUT OF THIS. BASICALLY IF YOU READ AT THE VERY END IN THAT LITTLE SPOT THERE IS A SPOT TO WHERE AT ANY POINT IN TIME WE OPT OUT.

BASICALLY, I SEND A LETTER TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND WE CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE'RE DONE. SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG THAT IS NOT IN THE DIRECTION OR WHATEVER THAT WE THOUGHT THE PROGRAM REALLY WAS, WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT. SO MY QUESTION IS JUST GOING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE HOMELAND SECURITY HAS A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THIS PROGRAM AND IT ALMOST SIGNING IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT AS A WHOLE, BUT OVER THIS PROGRAM. THEN WE WOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER IT.

SO WHEN THAT'S AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST PERCEPTION THAT HAS BEEN THROWN BACK TO ME.

AND I DON'T SEE IT AS THAT WAY. I SEE THAT WHEN YOU READ SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND THIS IS MY PERCEPTION OF IT, IS THAT WHEN YOU READ SOME OF THOSE, THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE ACTIVELY DOING OPERATIONS WITH THEM, NOWHERE IN THERE DOES THAT SAY WE ARE FORCED TO ENGAGE IN OPERATIONS WITH HOMELAND SECURITY.

THAT'S FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING AND THIS WAS ME TALKING TO THE AGENT AGAIN.

HE SAYS, HEY, LOOK, IF WE'RE DOING AN OPERATION, WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER.

WE WILL REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, CAN YOU SPARE SOME PEOPLE? BUT UNDER NO DEAL, ARE WE OBLIGATED THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, LOOK, YOU GUYS ARE GOING.

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THAT'S AND THAT'S MY PERCEPTION OF HOW I READ IT.

AND LIKE THE SCENARIO THAT YOU GAVE, HOW OFTEN IS THAT HAPPENING PER YEAR? JUST BALLPARK. WHICH SCENARIO? LIKE WHERE YOU PULL A VAN OVER AND IT'S LOADED WITH COYOTES AND.

THAT. IT VARIES. I MEAN, THOSE THINGS, THEY COME IN, I MEAN. TWICE A YEAR, 50 TIMES A YEAR? SAY COYOTES YOU'RE PEOPLE COYOTES NOT. YES.

WE MAY GO A YEAR WITH NOT HAVING IT. BUT AGAIN BEING ON THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

THE LIKELIHOOD OF US ENCOUNTERING IT IS A LITTLE GREATER THAN SOME OTHER CITIES BY NOT BEING ON THAT.

AND TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME TODAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY 78 AGENCIES OR SOMETHING ARE PARTAKING IN THIS.

WELL, THE REALITY OF IT IS. 76. NOT ALL. YEAH.

WHATEVER IT MAY BE, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE.

SO IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE FOR ANOTHER SMALL AGENCY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHO DOESN'T DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES TO, TO BE ABLE TO WANT OR NEED ACCESS TO SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND THINGS.

CHIEF CAMPBELL, WHAT ARE SOME BENCHMARK CITIES WITH MULTIPLE MAJOR HIGHWAY ACCESS THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS? AND HAS ANYBODY GIVEN FEEDBACK THAT THIS IS THE BEST THING WE'VE EVER DONE? OR I KNOW IT'S. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE BEST THING WE'VE EVER DONE. FAIR.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT IT'S A TOOL THAT WE ALL HAVE AT OUR BELTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES AROUND, SO WISE COUNTY OBVIOUSLY HAS GONE TO THEIRS.

AZLE PD HAS IMPLEMENTED IT HERE IN THE LAST SIX, EIGHT MONTHS.

DENTON SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY USE IT. I'VE SPOKEN AT BREAKFAST A FEW TIMES WITH ONE OF THEIR DEPUTIES WHO THEY USE IT OVER THERE.

AND SO I'VE KIND OF SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY UTILIZE IT.

AND SO I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THOSE AGENCIES ACTUALLY THAT YOU CAN GET ON THE DHS WEBSITE, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WEBSITE. TALKING ABOUT THE 287(G) PROGRAM, OR IF YOU FOLLOW OUR LOCAL LIBERAL LEAN WEBSITE, HE PUT A PRETTY GOOD LINK ON THERE THIS MORNING.

SO I FEEL LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUR OFFICERS AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAVE AS MANY TOOLS AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.

I DO NOT WANT TO PUT OUR CITIZENS, OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, AT RISK.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT YOU CAN ASSURE THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING HERE? SO THAT'S I MEAN, THAT IS NOT MY GOAL AT ALL.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I SIT RIGHT NEXT TO CYNTHIA ONCE A MONTH. AND SO I HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH A LOT OF HISPANIC PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND BY NO MEANS IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AT ALL.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FURTHER COMMUNICATE THAT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO CYNTHIA ABOUT THIS MORNING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE A CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A ALL HISPANIC CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND ENGAGE OUR HISPANIC SPEAKING OFFICERS TO TEACH THAT PROGRAM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I'VE DONE OR THAT WE CAN DO.

ALSO JUST BEING A PART OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT PREVIOUS YEAR I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DO THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

I CAN'T SAY THE NAME. I DON'T HAVE THAT ROLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT WAS A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE OF GOING UP AND JUST BEING A JUDGE AND JUDGING THEIR CONTEST AND THEIR OUTFITS.

AND ME AND MY DAUGHTER WENT UP THERE AND IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.

AND DOING THOSE THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'LL TAKE IT OFF OF THE FIRST DAY OF OPENING DEER SEASON, I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO BUT THOSE STUFF LIKE THAT IS WHERE WE DO THAT AND WE DO THOSE ENGAGING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE. I DO.

WELL, IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT, I GUESS. MAYBE A QUESTION.

WELL, FIRST OFF, I THINK WHAT YOU AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE, I MEAN, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST PART, JUST LIKE EDDIE DID EARLIER, GIVING OUT THAT COIN.

I MEAN, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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UP AGAINST A LOT OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH AGAIN.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT AS A COUNCIL OVER THE PAST 5 OR 6 YEARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE FAILED NOT DUE TO US, BUT DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU'LL NEED.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALL THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO OPERATE, TO OPERATE AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU DO OPERATE.

SO I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEFINITELY IN THE COUNTY, PROBABLY IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND I TRUST YOU. I TRUST DELVON, I TRUST ALL THESE GUYS, BUT ON RULES LIKE THIS, I HAVE A TOUGH TIME.

BECAUSE WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU? AND THE NEXT GUY GETS IN AND HE HAS ALL THIS POWER AND HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS? I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS GIVING A LOT OF POWER TO THE POLICE.

AND I, I'M 100% KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND BEAT DOWN DOORS AND PULL PEOPLE OUT.

I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU WOULD ONLY DO IT ON THE STREETS OR ON THE THOROUGHFARES, BUT AS MUCH TRUST AS I HAVE IN YOU, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE NEXT GUY? THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE THIS, AND I DON'T THINK I CAN.

BASICALLY THE WAY I.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT AS A CITY THAT OPT OUT COULD TAKE PLACE.

I WOULD I WOULD REFER THAT TO LEGAL FOR PAM. I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.

MY UNANSWERED QUESTION IS REGARDING WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUNDS, IF ANY, THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BASED ON THE MOA.

CHIEF, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID WHEN SOMEONE WAS DETAINED UNDER A CRIMINAL MANNER.

WHAT IS OUR DEFINITION OF THAT? SO. A MISDEMEANOR IS A CRIMINAL MANNER AND A FELONY IS A CRIMINAL MANNER.

YEAH SO WHAT I'M SAYING BY THAT IS, IS IF WE GET TO AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IN WHICH WE SHOW UP AND THAT'S THE OFFENSE AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WOULD BE A FELONY OFFENSE.

AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN THAT'S WHERE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO, OF BEING ABLE TO USE THAT.

MIKE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, AND I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH JAKE. I APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF.

ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, ALL OF OUR POLICE STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF AND LOOKING AT POSSIBLE WAYS TO HELP OUT OUR CITY WITH OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND REALLY JUST EVEN LOOKING AND RESEARCHING ALTERNATIVES.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

BUT LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THE 287(G) AGREEMENT ITSELF, I HAVE CONCERNS AND I'VE MADE COMMENT ON THOSE. SO IF YOU WOULD BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.

SO THE 287 AGREEMENT, AS YOU BASICALLY OVERVIEWED HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO POLICE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICES SINCE 2002.

SO OVER TWO DECADES, TWO DECADES. AND AS REPORTED THE THERE'S A 76 MUNICIPAL AGENCIES THAT HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SINCE 2025, JANUARY 2025. THERE ARE, ACCORDING TO THE TEXASPEDIA.INFO 788 MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS AND YOU.

YOU COULD PROBABLY CONFIRM THAT THERE'S A GREAT NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

BUT WHAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THAT TO ME IS THE LACK OF OVERALL PARTICIPATION AND PARTICULARLY NOTABLE.

I LOOKED AT THE TOP 150 POPULATED CITIES IN TEXAS, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CITY PARTICIPATING OUT OF THE 150 LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS. AND I THOUGHT, WHY IS THAT? SO I FOUND A REPORT FROM NBC 5.

THEY WERE AT THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 25TH EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER OF 2025.

AND THE POLICE CHIEF OF DALLAS STATED, THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY ARE NOW. THEY. PARDON ME? THEY ARE NOW. HE'S.

THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE CITIES ON OUR LIST. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THEY ARE NOW.

OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE FIFA WORLD CUP THEY, I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THE PROGRAMS. THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

I WILL JUST MAKE. AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I'LL JUST MAKE THE STATEMENT.

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THE LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED IN OUR PACKET DID NOT INCLUDE THAT.

AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE HIS STATEMENT THAT HE MADE IN NOVEMBER 2025.

AND I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT. HIS CONCERN WAS THAT IT WOULD HARM COMMUNITY TRUST AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT BY SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.

THE REASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS UNDER FEDERAL OVERSIGHT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT RESPONSE TIMES.

THE DEPARTMENT MUST STAY FOCUSED ON LOCAL CRIME AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND NOT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DUTIES.

HE ALSO STATED THERE IS A PERFORMANCE BASED REQUIREMENT FOR THESE TYPES OF REIMBURSEMENTS.

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SEARCH ICE.GOV FOR THAT.

AND UNDER THE HEADING OF HOW CAN I CONVINCE MY CHIEF OR SHERIFF TO PARTICIPATE IN A 287(G) WAS A BROCHURE.

AND THAT BROCHURE SPECIFICALLY STATED POSSIBLE ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL PAYMENT.

IT DOESN'T SAY YOU WILL RECEIVE PAYMENTS, IT JUST SAYS POSSIBLE ELIGIBILITY.

AND THE $7,500 FOR EQUIPMENT PER TRAINED OFFICER, $100,000 FOR NEW VEHICLES PER MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. SO THE FURTHER THOUGHT WAS, WHAT? WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? IF WE DON'T GUARANTEE PAYMENT? WHAT IS THIS ABOUT BEING REIMBURSED ON PERFORMANCE? SO I FOUND ON A FLORIDASHERIFFS.ORG PDF, AND IT ENDED UP BEING A TASK FORCE MODEL REIMBURSEMENT PLAN FROM THE US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. AND IT SAID THESE ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS PARTICIPATING OFFERS CAN RECEIVE.

OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTERLY PAYMENT BASED UPON THE SUCCESSFUL LOCATION OF ASSIGNED TARGETS.

TFOS WILL RECEIVE UNDER A 90% TO 100% LOCATION RATE, $1,000.

AT AN 80% TO 89% LOCATION RATE, $750, AND AT A 70% TO 79% LOCATION RATE, $500.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING AS PAY FOR PERFORMANCE BASED ON SUCCESSFUL ASSIGNED TARGETS.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. JAKE MENTIONED THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ITSELF.

SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD TELL YOU I WOULD NEVER SIGN A DOCUMENT OR AN AGREEMENT LIKE THAT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY SAYS ON PAGE 4, UNDER COST AND EXPENDITURES, PARTICIPATING PERSONNEL THAT ARE. PARTICIPATING POLICE.

LEAS. WHAT WAS LEA STAND FOR SIR? LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THANK YOU. SO PARTICIPATING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PERSONNEL WILL CARRY OUT DESIGNATED FUNCTIONS AT THE LEAS EXPENSE, INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS, LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AND OFFICIAL ISSUE OF MATERIALS.

WHETHER OR NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECEIVES FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH COSTS THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT OR OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS, IS NOT MATERIAL TO THIS MOA. SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF ANY REIMBURSEMENT.

RIGHT WHICH. I'VE GOT ONE MORE THING. ALSO, THE SAME MOA STATES UNDER TRAINING AND ASSIGNMENTS.

UPON THE LEAS AGREEMENT PARTICIPATING LEA PERSONNEL PERFORMING IMMIGRATION RELATED DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS MOA WILL BE ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS UNITS, TEAMS OR TASK FORCE DESIGNATED BY ICE.

SO THERE IS NO LIMITATION STATED IN THIS. THERE'S NO CAPS.

THERE'S NO DEFINED A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF HOURS OR DAYS.

THERE IS NOT ANY LOCAL CONTROL THAT'S STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, MY STAFFING IS A LITTLE LOW TODAY.

I CAN'T HAVE YOU ENFORCE THIS. I CAN'T HELP ENFORCE THIS.

BUT IN MY BELIEF, THERE'S JURISDICTIONS FOR A REASON.

I FEEL LIKE LOCAL POLICE SHOULD REMAIN SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I AM AT THE END OF MY STATEMENT. CHIEF, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AS I LOOKED AT THIS FROM THE BEGINNING AND THE PRESENTATION, IS THIS MORE ABOUT TRAINING AND TOOLS, OR IS THIS ABOUT BEING REIMBURSED FOR BEING PART OF PROGRAMS? SO IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IS, LOOK, THE REALITY OF IT IS,

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IS THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR OUR OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

IF WE GET NOTHING BACK, THEN I DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW WHAT, AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, WHEN OUR OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND MAKE A CONNECTION AND BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THAT THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T MENTION OR SPEND MUCH TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR THING AS FAR AS WITH THE FINANCES. AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID THEN I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

THOSE ARE PERKS THAT IF YOU GET, YOU GET. IF NOT, IT'S STILL HAVING THAT RESOURCES.

TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

HOW MANY CARS A DAY HEAD ACROSS 287 IN FRONT OF OUR CITY EVERY DAY? IT DEPENDS ON REALLY WHICH DAY YOU DO IT. BUT SOMETIMES WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, STUDIES WHERE THERE'S 45 TO 50,000 CARS A DAY.

AND THAT TAKES 380 OUT. AND I STRUGGLE WITH THIS PROGRAM AND I'VE TALKED TO NATE ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE SIDE OF THE SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

287 IS A DRUG CORRIDOR. 287 IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE AND DRUGS ARE TRAFFICKED.

AND IF YOU GO TO ANY OF THE WEBSITES AND USE AI OR NOT, THOSE ARE THE PLACES THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES.

WE'VE HAD THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE HAD THESE TOOLS.

WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THEM. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IT IMMENSELY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED YOU NEVER DID TALK THOUGH, ABOUT WAS BEING REIMBURSED FOR MONEY. IT WAS MORE ABOUT TRAINING AND TOOLS IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR BELT TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER AND HOPEFULLY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF OUR CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY SAFER.

I BELIEVE IN YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOUR OFFICERS.

WHEN I GAVE OUT THAT COIN TODAY AND I'M A ZAPPY GUY, HONESTLY, WHEN I DROVE BY THAT DAY, IT HONESTLY BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE THAT HE WAS OUT THERE IN 100-DEGREE HEAT HELPING A GUY DO THAT.

AND IT MADE ME PROUD THAT I WAS PART OF THIS CITY.

AND I BELIEVE IN ALL OF OUR OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE ILLEGAL COMMUNITY, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT IT, AND I STRUGGLE WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE ALSO. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY ANY MORE THAN THEY ARE ANYONE ELSE'S SAFETY.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

ONE, YOU MENTIONED TRAINING. HOW LONG IS THAT TRAINING PERIOD? SO I BELIEVE IT'S 32 HOURS IS WHAT THE TRAINING IS.

YEAH. THE RESOURCES I SAW STATED 40 HOURS. DO WE GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT TIME? NO. DOES THAT TIME IS DONE ON OURS BUT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS ME. I JUST FEEL LIKE I WANT OUR, OUR DECATUR COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE INVOLVED IN DECATUR COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LEAVE THE IMMIGRATION TO IMMIGRATION. I WHEN A CRIME IS BROKEN IN THE CITY OF DECATUR.

CRIME. WHEN A CRIME IS BROKEN, THE POLICE ARE THERE TODAY.

THEY WERE THERE IN 2002 AND THEY'LL BE THERE TODAY.

CORRECT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE REINVENTING THE WHEEL WITH THIS.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ALL READING THINGS WE FOUND ONLINE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL WE CAN TALK TO ABOUT. AND I'M WITH 100% WITH WHAT COUNCIL HAS SAID AND EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE LOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE TRUST YOU.

BUT THE PROBLEM WHEN THIS MOU IS SIGNED, IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE THE.

THEY ARE IN CONTROL. YOU'VE GIVEN UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT THOSE.

THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

WAS THE REASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS. WE'RE NOT DEDICATING OFFICERS TO ANY TASK FORCE.

SO THIS IS DIFFERENT IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM AGENCIES WHO HAVE SPECIALIZED UNITS WHO DO THAT.

SO. PRIME EXAMPLES WE HAVE DANIELSON DANTE, WHO IS ASSIGNED TO THE DEA TASK FORCE.

LIKE HE IS GONE. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES ALL THE TIME.

THE SAME THING. HE IS UNDER DIRECT CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THEM.

OUR OFFICERS ARE NOT GOING AND DOING THAT. THE.

NOR.

NOR AM I GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO GO AND DO THOSE THINGS.

THAT IS NOT WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT ANSWERING TO YOU ANYMORE. THEY'RE ANSWERING TO ICE.

NO, THEY ANSWER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TAKE OVER OUR LOCAL PEOPLE.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT

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CODE. WE I'M REQUESTING THAT WE HAVE LEGAL ADVICE AND WE CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 07:05 P.M.

THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE TIME IS NOW 08:10 AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

SUSE, YOU SAID WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. SANDRA RAGOSA. MY NAME IS SAMARA RAGOSA. AND JUST TALKING AMONGST OURSELVES, THERE WAS SOME CASES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WHICH IS THE FEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS.

ERICA LET ME KNOW ABOUT MARTIN. HE WAS PULLED OVER, GOING TO WORK.

HE HAD NO CRIMINAL HISTORY. HE DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE.

AND HE WAS HANDED OVER TO ICE AND DEPORTED. HE WAS A HARD-WORKING CHRISTIAN MAN.

AND THIS IS JUST THE FEAR OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND TALKING TO THE CHIEF.

WE DID TALK TO HIM ABOUT THIS, AND HE DOES SAY THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.

AND WE GET IT. IT'S JUST WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN OFFICER TO OFFICER THING, WHICH IS THE FEAR OUR COMMUNITY HAS.

ANOTHER CASE WAS GUSTAVO. HE WAS WITH HIS SON AND PULLED OVER AT AUTOZONE FOR A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT.

THE OFFICER ASKED FOR HIS LEGAL STATUS. AGAIN, HE HAD NO CRIMINAL HISTORY.

SO WHY ASK FOR A CRIMINAL? HIS LEGAL STATUS? HE IS A US CITIZEN AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR LIKE 25 YEARS.

AND IT'S JUST. THE FEAR. THE FEAR THAT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY.

EACH STOP IF WE DO BRING THIS PROGRAM ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND ONCE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE. WELL, ONCE ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND WE FEEL BETTER ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON GOING FORWARD. ITEM NUMBER 6.

[6. Consider and take action to grant an easement to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, on Bennett Road for overhead and/or underground electric supply and communications facilities and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents. ]

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCOR ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC ON BENNETT ROAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU'VE HEARD US OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS CLEANING UP EASEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT ONCOR.

THIS SPECIFIC ONE HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT. ITEM 6 STARTS ON PAGE 62 OF YOUR PACKET.

AND THIS IS JUST A CLEAN UP OVER ON BENNETT ROAD, WHICH IS AT OUR WASTEWATER PLANT PROPERTY.

SO THE ONCOR HAS THE RIGHT AS A FRANCHISE PARTNER.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD, MAINTAIN OR UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND THIS JUST GIVES THEM THE EASEMENT THEY NEED TO GET THAT DONE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCOR ELECTRIC ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY ON BENNETT ROAD FOR OVERHEAD AND OR UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC SUPPLY AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM MELINDA AND A SECOND FROM WILL.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 7. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO REQUEST ON A REQUEST TO APPROVE A CITY PARTICIPATION IN AN

[7. Consider and take appropriate action on a request to approve the city’s participation in the increased 10% local match for the Airport Rehabilitation Project, a grant, for Decatur Municipal Airport, including TxDOT’s funding increase from $3.8 million to $6.3 million. ]

INCREASE OF 10% LOCAL MATCH TO THE AIRPORT REHAB PROJECT.

GREG.

EVERYBODY ELSE. SO BACK IN 2024, WE GOT A GRANT FOR A REHAB AT THE AIRPORT ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS.

AND THIS WAS THE PROJECT, LIKE I SAY IT WAS TO REHABILITATE THE RUNWAY TAXIWAYS AND CONNECTOR TAXIWAYS.

AND THEN THAT CROSSOVER. DEMOLISH THE CROSSOVER AT THE TOP.

KIND OF EXIT OUT IN RED AND MOVE IT. THE FAA DOESN'T LIKE A DIRECT CONNECTION WHERE YOU CAN JUST COME OFF THE RAMP AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE RUNWAY.

THEY WANT YOU TO MAKE A TURN SO THAT THAT WILL BE OFFSET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, LIKE IT'S SHOWN.

IT MAY NOT GO THERE. IT MAY GO IN ANOTHER LOCATION, BUT IT WILL BE OFFSET TO WHERE YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT WITHOUT MAKING A TURN.

THAT THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST AT THAT TIME WAS $3.8 MILLION.

YOU GUYS BACK IN 2024 DID A RESOLUTION FOR THE 10% MATCH.

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AFTER SOME ENGINEERING AND SOME DESIGN WORK FIELD WORK OUT IN THE FIELD THE ENGINEERS CAME BACK AND RECOMMENDED A FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION. SO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS JUST A MILL AND OVERLAY.