[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.]
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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS 6:00 P.M. AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, THIS SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. IF COUNCIL WILL LEAD US IN
THE PLEDGE AND INVOCATION. >> PRAY WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WHICH THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY TONIGHT WOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO FOR EVERYONE WE ARE GIVE THIS EVENING TO YOU TO LEAD US TO GUIDE US TO DIRECT US THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TONIGHT.
BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR WILL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF ALL THE CITIZENS SO GOD WE GIVE THIS MEETING TO YOU. WE LEAN ON YOU TONIGHT IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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>>> 2022-380. CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FIRST SPEAKER IS VICTOR CUNNINGHAM.
>> THANK YOU MY NAME IS VICTOR CUNNINGHAM THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME HERE. AND THE JUSTIFICATION THIS WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE MY LAST TIME HERE.
SEVERAL OF YOU I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. I HAVE ASKED MANY TIMES FOR A MEETING WITH YOU TO DISCUSS THE ANNEXATION OF THE SPRING BROOK SUBDIVISION WHICH I HAVE PROVEN AND GIVEN YOU THE PROOF IT WAS AT THE OTHER END BUT I GAVE YOU THE PROOF AND NO RESPONSE WAS TAKEN.
THEREFORE, THAT BRINGS ME BACK HERE AGAIN.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY YOU WOULD TAKE MONIES FROM A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS FRAUDULENTLY ANNEXED.
ZERO REASON. I GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM YOUR RECORDS. I THEN ADDED ONE PIECE OF PAPER. THAT PIECE OF PAPER WAS FROM ARTICLE 43, I BELIEVE IT'S SECTION 212, I COULD BE MISTAKEN ON WHAT SECTION IT IS, BUT IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO. YOU ANNEXED MORE THAN WHAT YOUR POPULATION WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO.
IT'S YOUR OBLIGATION TO FIX IT.
NOW I CAN HELP YOU FIX IT BUT I CANNOT DO IT FOR YOU.
PERIOD. I JUST CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE VOTE YOU HAVE THE VOTES.
AND YET WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU CONTINUALLY EVERY YEAR SINCE 2016, COLLECT REVENUE THAT WAS STOLEN REVENUE. THAT VIOLATES ALL THAT YOU SHOULD BE. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
DO YOU NEED THE MONEY THAT BAD THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO STEAL IT? YOU SAY IT DOESN'T GO IN MY POCKET. INDIRECTLY IT GOES INTO YOUR POCKETS, SOME OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE GAINING MONETARY INCREASES IN SALARY EVERY YEAR.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW MANY SALARIES ARE OVER $100,000 A YEAR? HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW? WOULD YOU GUESS 10? WOULD YOU GUESS 20.
WOULD YOU GET 21. 21 SALARIES IS BEST I CAN
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COLLECT AND GATHER IN ARE OVER $100,000 A YEAR.MANY OF THOSE PLUS, BENEFITS. ONE OF THEM IS OVER 250,000.
AM I CORRECT? >> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ED FOSTER.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBERS GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. I'M HERE ON KIND OF A RATHER UNUSUAL -- VICKIE CAN YOU BRING THE MIC DOWN CLOSER TO
YOU. >> I'M HERE ON A RATHER UNUSUAL TOPIC THE EXPANSION OF FM 1387.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY YOU GUYS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH.
KIND OF LOOK AT THIS LIKE IT'S A SHIP THAT'S BEEN SET ON COURSE AND THE COURSE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BUT IT'S NOT LEFT THE DOCK AND IT'S NOT GOT SPEED GOING.
SO I WOULD LIKE, AND I WOULD INVITE TO YOU PLEASE REEVALUATE YOUR DECISION TO ADOPT THE SOUTHERN ROUTE.
I HAVE THIS IS ACTUALLY A FLYER.
IT'S A POSTER THAT WAS POSTED AT THE TEX-DOT MEETING LAST TUESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WELL, TO THE LEFT IT SAYS STAKEHOLDER INPUT. CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ARE LISTED THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN ALIGNMENT WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU.
HAVE YOU PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE INPUTTED FOR TEX-DOT TO MAKE THE DECISION TO GO WITH THE SOUTHERN ROUTE.
I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT SOME THINGS ON THIS CHART.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU WILL LOOK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTE. FIRST ONE AT THE TOP WE MANAGE THE CONGESTION DOWN A LITTLE BIT WE IMPROVE SAFETY. WE GO DOWN TO THE DISPLACEMENTS THERE ARE NO DISPLACEMENTS RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS. NOW WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE SECTION OF ROAD BETWEEN LONG BRANCH SO THAT'S WHERE THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN IN CONTENTION.
AND THE LAST THING IS THAT BOTH ACCOMMODATE FUTURE TRAFFIC. SO THEY BOTH WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL IN A SAFE WAY, IN A GOOD WAY.
BUT LET ME POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
FIRST OF ALL, IMPROVE THE EAST WEST MOBILITY.
IT'S A NEUTRAL FOR THE NORTH LINEMENT BUT IT'S A POSITIVE, A GOOD FOR THE SOUTH. I WANT TO POINT OUT YOU TO THIS ROAD IS INTENDED TO COME FROM INTERSTATE 35 TO MIDLOTHIAN. OUR CONCERN IS WITH THE SOUTHERN I LINEMENT WHICH WHICH -- ALIGNMENT WHICH IS MUCH MORE DIRECT WE'RE INVITING 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC.
WHEN 287 IS BACKED UP WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE IT.
YOU ARE TAKING IT THROUGH IN THE BACK OF THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IN FRONT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. YES, SIR.
>> YOU NEED TO WRAP IT UP. >> OKAY, SIR.
>> LET ME LEAVE THIS WITH YOU AND JUST SAY TO YOU THE SOUTH ALIGNMENT IS 30% LONGER IT HAS A 1500THS OF A MILE BRIDGE WITH 27 MORE ACRES AS REQUIRED.
THERE ARE TWO MORE CREEKS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THERE'S 8.5 ACRES FOR THE SOUTHERN THAT IT WILL CONSUME. IT GOES IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN ALIGNMENT AND IT IS $5 MILLION MORE OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY TO BUILD THAT ROAD.
I WOULD INVITE ANY OF YOU I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU MORE. I KNOW WE'RE VERY LIMITED ON TIME HERE. BUT LET ME SAY TO YOU I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF I HAVE OVER 150 AND I'LL GET 200 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION. SO I'M NOT HERE ALONE.
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I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS A MAJOR TREE LINE THAT IS GOING TO BE REMOVED WHICH REMOVES PROTECTION, SAFETY, PRIVACY, A WIND BLOCK AND A NOISE BLOCK.>> BACK TO PAT FOSTER. >> I APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM [LAUGHTER]
>> I AM HERE ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF 1387 TO THE SOUTH. IT IS A BAD PLAN OVERALL IT DISRUPTS FAMILIES, IT DISRUPTS THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. IT ALSO IS A NOISE AND A WRECK SITUATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE AT THIS POINT ON 1387. AND I DO CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT VICKIE SAID. TOTAL AGREEMENT.
IT IS A DISRUPTION AND A NOISE.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 500 FEET FROM MY HOUSE.
NOT IN MY BACKYARD BUT IT'S STILL A PROBLEM.
>> ZACH WRIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
I'M ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT 1387 ROAD EXPANSION.
>> NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. >> IT IS ZACH WRIGHT AT 7881 HOPE LANE. 1387 NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING NOT ONLY TO MIDLOTHIAN BUT WAXAHACHIE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT THE NORTH OPTION THAT ADDRESSED THAT THERE ARE AS A NORTH OPTION AND SOUTH OPTION NEAR WALNUT GROVE.
I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE SOUTH OPTION TO CHANGE THE ALREADY EXISTING 1387 INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF TRAVEL THAT EVERYONE IS ALREADY USED TO.
THE SOUTH OPTION NOT ONLY CHANGES THE EXISTING DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC, BUT IT AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF MORE FAMILIES IN A PERSONAL WAY. THE NORTH OPTION SHOULD BE THE ONLY OPTION. IT IS $5 MILLION MORE SO IT'S QUITE A BIT CHEAPER. IT DOESN'T AFFECT NEARLY AS MANY PEOPLE AND THEREFORE, SHOULD BE LOOKED AT CONSIDERABLY BY YOU GUYS. LIKE, VICKIE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT AFFECTS A LOT OF THE CURRENT NATURAL HABITATS, DRAINAGES, AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE RIGHT IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS WHO HAVE MOVED OUT INTO THE COUNTY FOR A DIFFERENT MEANS. SO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND TO HEAR OUR VOICES.
[INAUDIBLE]. >> NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> S&P SAGE BRIGHT. GOOD EVENING I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL LABOR DAY WEEKEND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD.
I WILL BE HERE FROM THE 1387 EXPANSION PROJECT.
SO I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY OF MID-LOGAN FOR PAST SIX YEARS. MY HUSBAND AND I WANTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY LIMIT INTO THE COUNTY TO RAISE OUR FUTURE, -- THIS IS REALLY ON MY HEART.
TO RAISE OUR FUTURE CHILDREN IN A QUI ED AREA AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE CITY AS WELL AS MAJOR ROADS WE ONCE LIVED ON. ING HAVING LIVED OFF 1387 FOR SIX YEARS I HAVE NOTICED IT IS IN DIRE NEED OF EXPANSION. I AM ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THE OPTION TO REDIRECT 1387 CREATING A SOUTH OPTION FOR THIS PROJECT. THE SOUTH OPTION NOW GOES DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR PROPERTY THAT WE WORKED VERY HARD TO BUY TO BUILD OUR FAMILY FOR OUR FUTURE FAMILY.
THE SOUTH OPTION IS $5 MORE MILLION OF MY HARD PAYING TAXPAYER MONEY AFFECTS MANY MORE FAMILIES THAN JUST ME.
THE SOUTH OPTION WILL ENVIRONMENTALLY BE CATASTROPHIC TAKING OUT A CREEK, A RETENTION POND,
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HUNDREDS OF TREES THAT ANIMALS SEEK REFUGE IN.THE AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE SAVES OUR HOUSES AND LAND FROM FLOODING. WHAT WILL BE DONE ABOUT THAT? THIS SOUTH OPTION WILL CREATE ANOTHER WAY FOR 18 WHEELERS TO GO AROUND THE INTERSTATE TRYING TO GET 67. WHAT DAMAGE WILL BE DONE ABOUT THAT AND WILL BE THE UPDEEP OF THAT ROAD.
THE NORTH OPTION SHOULD BE THE ONLY OPTION.
THE NORTH OPTION IS $5 MILLION LESS.
THE NORTH OPTION AFFECTS FEWER FAMILIES AS WELL AS IT DOESN'T PUT IT IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S YARDS.
THE NORTH OPTION ALSO HAS NO ENVIRONMENTAL AFFECTS.
THE NORTH OPTION ALREADY WHERE 1387 LIES ON A ROAD THAT IS PERFECTLY USABLE CAN BE EXPANDED RIGHT WHERE IT IS. I ASK Y'ALL COUNCILMEMBERS THAT I ONCE VOTED IN WHEN I LIVED IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO REEVALUATE THE SOUTH OPTION.
I JUST ASK MYSELF HOW IS IT THAT I'M NOW LIVING IN THE COUNTY AND I CAN'T VOTE ON Y'ALL ANYMORE BUT Y'ALL HAVE A SAY ON WHETHER OR NOT A YARD CAN GO IN THE BACK OF MY HOUSE IN COUNTY LININGS WHERE I ONE DAY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE PEACEFULLY WITHOUT THE FEAR OF A CAR RUNNING INTO MY BACKYARD LET ALONE MY HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PORTION. WE DO HAVE THREE SPEAKERS BUT THEY WILL BE FOR 382. OPENING ITEM 2022-381
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CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. WE ARE NOW OPEN IF ANYBODY WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> I WILL BE ON TOPIC.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT IF I ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS? YOU MAY ASK QUESTIONS. WHAT IS OUR CURRENT FOOD INCREASES WHAT PERCENTAGES? 13%.
WHAT ARE OUR PROPOSED ELECTRICAL INCREASES? 15%. WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S BUILT INTO YOUR BUDGET FOR AUTOMATIC PAY INCREASES? 4%. WHAT IS INFLATION RATE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AND YEAR BEFORE THAT? HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE IT DIDN'T AFFECT YOU.
BUT I GUARANTEE -- >> IT AFFECTED ALL OF US.
>> BUT YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IS NOT ALL OF US CAN ABSORB THAT AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 12% INCREASE IN YOUR COLLECTIVE REVENUE, 12%. SHAME ON YOU.
YOU OUGHT TO BE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT COME HERE AND TRY AND CUT OUR EXPENSES INSTEAD OF ADDING ANOTHER 12%. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE NUMBERS? WHEN MY WIFE SITS DOWN AT THE TABLE SHE HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE SHE'S GOING TO PAY THE BILLS FROM NOT FROM SHE'S GOING TO COLLECT THE EXTRA REVENUE FROM. YET THAT'S WHERE IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOUR JOB IS IS TO COLLECT MORE REVENUE.
IT'S NOT. IT'S TO SERVE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY JOB.
THE TROUBLE IS IS YOU SEE THE CITY AND I SEE THE PEOPLE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY DOORS I KNOCKED ON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 10 6.
I'M AN OLD MAN YET I WENT OUT AND I KNOCKED ON DOORS TO GET SIGNATURES SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANNEX EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT WAS
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HAPPENING IN MIDLOTHIAN. I GO AND I ASK OTHER COUNTIES WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY SAID WELL, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO DO LIKE MIDLOTHIAN DID.POSTER CHILD OF ANNEXATION. >> PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC.
>> THE TOPIC IS YOUR BUDGET. CORRECT? WHY, WHY DO YOU WANT TO CRUCIFY US BY PULLING EVERY DIME FROM US THAT YOU CAN GET? PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP WHY? PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE MIDLOTHIAN HAS ANNEXED AND THEN ALL THESE INVESTORS COME IN, THEY'RE HERE FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEY'RE GONE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE HIGH PRICES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE TAXES.
THEY PAY THEIR IMPACT FEES, AND THEY PAY THEIR OTHER EXPENSES. THEY HIRE THE CHEAPEST LABOR THAT THEY CAN FIND AND A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW IT AS WELL AS I DO, ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY TAXES HERE LET ALONE ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO YOU. I THINK I'M PROBABLY DONE.
I WENT PROBABLY FURTHER THAN I SHOULD HAVE.
>> RELATIVE TO THE 2022-'23 ANNUAL BUDGET ANY OTHER CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK? I HAVE THREE SPEAKERS BUT THE NEXT TOPIC IS TAX RATE THAT'S -- THE OTHER THREE SPEAKERS ALL SAID TAX RATE.
A MOTION TO CLOSE THE OPENINGS.
>> MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECONDED. THE ITEM PASSES 6-0.
WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT IDEA.
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ITEM 2022-382 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 TAX RATE AND SCHEDULE AND ANNOUNCE THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF THE MEETING TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE.WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. LISA HEALING.
>> ME AGAIN. LISA HEALING 418 MULLIGAN DRIVE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW THAT YOU SAVED US ALL A PENNY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DIDN'T UPDATE THE WEBSITE WITH THAT INFORMATION AND JUST POST IT IN WAXAHACHIE BUT I GUESS THE WAXAHACHIE LIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DO A LOT OF THINGS. I REALLY HOPE MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW AFTER THIS VOTE MY EFFORTS ARE GOING TO START TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS EDUCATED ON THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. I'M GOING TO ATTEND AS MANY MEETINGS AS I AM FISCALLY ABLE TO.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO EDUCATE MYSELF AND INVEST MYSELF AND I DON'T FEEL EVERYONE HAS DONE THE SAME.
I FEEL A GRAVE, GRAVE ERROR AND DISSERVICE WAS DONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND THE CITIZENS.
THE CITY MANAGER WORKS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU GUYS WORK FOR ME. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS OWN YOUR POSITIONS AND DON'T LET THE CITY MANAGER
RUN YOU GUYS. >> PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC.
>> THIS IS ON TOPIC. >> THE TOPIC IS TAX RATE.
>> THE TOPIC IS THE TAX RATE WHICH THE CITY MANAGER ABSOLUTELY GOT WRONG AND YOU BUILT THE BUDGET AROUND A
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LIE. WRONG INFORMATION AND THAT WAS UNFAIR TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT. A POST ON FACEBOOK THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY.SO I REALLY HOPE, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO WHAT YOU DID BUT AFTER JUST SITTING THROUGH THE WORKSHOP ON THE CITY HALL BUDGET, THAT WE'RE $7 MILLION OVER ON WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING SOURCES, I THINK YOU GUYS GOT TO SLOW IT DOWN. REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE BACK AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE WATER BILL, AND THE SEWER BILLS BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON. THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE CONTROL THE RESPONSE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY PRONUNCIATION.
GABRIELA. >> HI, GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS GABRIELLE MACUSSO ADDRESS 2601 MAPLE LEAF DRIVE.
IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FROM THE AGENDA AND EVEN TRYING TO RESEARCH ON-LINE HOW THE EXISTING OR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS GOING TO IMPACT EXISTING HOMEOWNERS. IT JUST SAID THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A 12.78% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR BUT IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY INDICATE HOW THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO EXISTING HOMEOWNERS OF ANYONE OR IF IT'S JUST FOR NEW PROPERTY. SO IT WAS NOT VERY TRANSPARENT HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY UNCLEAR AND FOR CITIZENS HERE THEY'RE PAYING TAXES IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS NOT OUT THERE ON EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. BRENT BUTTERWORTH.
>> GOOD EVENING. BRENTBUTTERWORTH 1114 TAHOE LANE. I'M HERE FOR THE TAX RATE.
I WILL SAY FOR THE YOUNG LADY THAT WENT EARLIER THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY IT'S CALLED ELECTIONS.
WE JUST PUT SOME OF THESE FOLKS IN BECAUSE OF
SOMETHING THEY SAID. >> SIR, PLEASE SPEAK TO THE
TOPIC, THANK YOU. >> SO I GOT ONE OF YOU GUYS GOT THE ATTACHMENT THAT I SENT YOU CAN PASS IT AROUND YOU CAN READ IT LATER OR TOSS IT IN RECYCLE BIN IF YOU WANT. I'M IN OPPOSITION AT FIRST GLANCE THE PROPOSED RATE IS A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR WHICH SEEMS TO BENEFIT US PROPERTY OWNERS, HOWEVER, APPLYING THE RATE TO THE FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE CITY THE RATE IS A SIGNIFICANT TAX INCREASE AND A WINDFALL FOR THE CITY. THE PROPOSED RATE RESULTS IN AN AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 8.13%.
THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUES ARE PROPERTY VALUES ROSE 10%.
DUE TO THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH THE NEW PROPERTIES WITH THIS PROPOSED RATE THE CITY WOULD ACHIEVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GROWTH OF 16%. WE INCREASE 10, YOU GET 16% INCREASE. THANK YOU.
FOR THE CITY IN DOLLAR TERMS THAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WOULD BE ALMOST $5 MILLION. I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO ADOPT A NO NEW RATE BUT I UNDERSTAND WE GOT A CITY TO RUN. NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS SOMEWHAT OF A MISNOMER AS EVEN IN THAT SCENARIO PROPERTY TAX REVENUES INCREASE BY $1.3 MILLION TOM BRING THE CITY TAX REVENUE GROWTH MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THAT OF PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AND THE NO NEW REVENUE SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE.
WITH THIS RATE YOUR PROPERTY TAX GROWTH, REVENUE GROWTH OF 10.50% IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR GROWTH OF 10% IN DOLLAR TERMS YOUR REVENUES INCREASE BY MORE THAN $3 MILLION THIS INCREASE OF 2.65 COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TODAY AND I GUESS YOU WILL TAKE A VOTE ON OF 8%. FOR PROPERTY TAX -- FOR PROPERTY OWNERS THE CITY RATE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WARRANTS AN UNDERSTANDING TO THREE QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE WHIC THE CITY TAX REVENUES MUST INCREASE BY ALMOST $5 MILLION AND OUR PROPERTY
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TAXES INCREASE BY 8%. HAVE WE NOT CAPITALIZED ON EFFICIENCIES AND NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE THE AIRPORT, MAYOR, THE PARK, DURING THE GROWTH FOR THE CITY TO MINIMIZE THE BURDEN OF INCREASES ON US PROPERTY OWNERS. WHY IS IT MORE APPROPRIATE TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY ALMOST $5 MILLION AS COMPARED TO SAY 3.1, 3.5 MILLION? IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU GUYS COULD DISCUSS AND MAYBE ANSWER THOSE THREE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD AT THIS TIME? COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
>> THE ITEM WAS CLOSED 6-0. I WILL GO TO THE REGULAR
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AGENDA. ITEM 2022-383 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2022; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID BONDS, APPROVING THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND APPROVING ALL OTHERMATTERS RELATED THERE TO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE HAVE MARK WHO WILL GIVE US THE RESULTS OF THE BOND SALE THAT WAS DONE EARLIER TODAY.
>> AS A STARTING POINT THIS IS A BOND ISSUE THAT WAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND COUNCIL DIRECTED TO US GO PROCEED WITH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR PROPOSITION B WHICH IS CITY HALL LIBRARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $22.5 MILLION, PROPOSITION A WHICH IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE, BALANCE OF THAT WAS $41.4 MILLION AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS TOTALLING $7,225 FOR A TOTAL OF $71,225.
AT THAT DIRECTION AND USING YOUR AUD AND ITS FINANCIALS WE WENT OUT TO THE RATING AGENCIES STANDARD & POOR'S.
I WANTED TO JUST BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION THERE'S A FEW NEWCOMERS COUNCILMEMBERS.
YOUR RATING REMAINS THE SECOND HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING TO HAVE. AA+.
AAA IS OF COURSE THE HIGHEST RATING.
AAA IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY CAN PRINT MONEY, YOU ALL CAN'T PRINT MONEY. YOU HAVE TO MEET BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES.
THEY DO -- THEY REVIEW LOTS OF THINGS AND THEY PUT IT IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR PAGES AND I WAS LOOKING AT THIS EARLIER TODAY AND I THINK ONE OF Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE HIGHLIGHTED ONE THAT I WROTE ON.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTING TO MYSELF.
THE CREDIT OVERVIEW WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS WHAT THAT RATING REPRESENTS. NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT HEARD THIS BEFORE AGAIN THERE'S THE AAA THEN THERE'S THE AVS A CATEGORY, AA+, AA, AA-.
THEN IT GOES TO A, A+, A, A-, THEN BBB PLUS, REGULAR AND MINUS. OUR RATING WAS OUTSTANDING.
VERY FEW COUNTIES IN TEXAS MAINTAIN THAT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE BOND MARKET IT.
>> MEANS LOWER RISK TO BONDHOLDERS WHICH MEANS LOWER INTEREST RATES TO THE CITY.
ULTIMATELY, LOWER ANNUAL PAYMENTS WHICH OF COURSE HAS TO BE PAID BY TAXES AND/OR WATER AND SEWER, UTILITIES AND REVENUE. SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE BOND RATING.
VERY UNLIKELY FOR THE CITY TO EVER GET TO AAA AGAIN BECAUSE WE CANNOT PRINT MONEY.
THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT ON WHAT DRIVES OUR CREDIT RATING. 40% OF IT IS THE ECONOMY.
THIS IS THEIR MATRIX, NOT MY MATRIX.
40% OF THE ECONOMY YOU ALL HAVE EXTREMELY HOT ECONOMY.
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THAT INCLUDES LOCAL BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE METROPLEX. THE METROPLEX ALLOWS OUR CITIZENS TO GET THE BENEFITS OF WHAT'S IN THE METROPLEX SPORTS, OPERA, WHATEVER ARTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR RESIDENTS HERE CAN STILL HAVE THAT WITHOUT HAVING THOSE PAY FOR THOSE THROUGH TAXES OR WATER AND SEWER REVENUES SO THAT'S A REAL BENEFIT.YOUR SCORE ON THAT IS ALMOST THE HIGHEST THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET. THE SECOND -- THAT'S 40% OF THE RATING. 20% OF THE RATING IS MANAGEMENT. AND YOU WILL SEE HERE MANAGEMENT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST GRADE THAT WE CAN GET ON MANAGEMENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS WHAT NOT ONLY YOUR STAFF DOES BUT HOW THEY MEET BUDGET, HOW THEY OPERATE WHEN YOU SET YOUR BUDGET, HOW IT COMPARES TO WHAT YOU DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT YOU MEET YOUR BUDGET, THAT YOU PUT MONEY ASIDE, THAT YOU MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED FUND BALANCES THAT YOU SET AS TARGETS.
YOU HAVE A 25% FUND BALANCE WE MAINTAIN THAT.
THAT YOU DON'T GET STRUCTURALLY IMBALANCED.
MEANING YOU HAVE EXPENSES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR NORMAL REVENUES. CERTAINLY OKAY TO HAVE ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR CAPITAL, FOR A LARGE PURCHASE OF SOMETHING. THOSE ARE ONE TIME ITEMS BUT IT'S THE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE THAT THEY'RE SEARCHING AND LOOKING FOR. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.
I'LL GO TO THE QUICK TO WRAP UP THIS ITEM ON THE RATINGS THE OUTLOOK. IT'S ON PAGE 3.
DOWNSIDE SCENARIO. WE CAN LOWER -- STANDARD & POOR'S HAS THE ABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO REVIEW US EVERY YEAR AND THEY TYPICALLY DO. DOWNSIDE SCENARIO WE COULD LOWER THE RATING OF THE CITY'S BUDGETARY PERFORMANCE AND AFFECTED BY THE HIGH DEBT BURDEN OR GROWTH-RELATED PRESSURES FORCING THE CITY TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE RESERVES.
SORRY, MY COULDN'T GET THAT OUT.
UPSIDE SCENARIO, AND I THINK THIS IS VERY UNLIKELY, WE CAN RAISE THE RATING IF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC METRICS INCREASE TO LEVELS COMMENSURATE WITH THOSE OF HIGHER RATED PEERS IN ADDITION TO LOWERING ITS DEBT BURDEN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEBT BURDEN. SO THAT'S BROUGHT UP.
MOST CITIES IN THE GROWTH CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT TEXAS CARRY A HIGH DEBT BURDEN. THE AMAZE THING IS IN THE CATEGORY THAT'S THE LEAST WEIGHTED ITEM IT'S 10%.
THEY REALIZE THAT IN A GROWTH ECONOMY, IN A GROWING COMMUNITY YOU HAVE TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE.
UNTIL YOU GET OVER THE GROWTH THEN THE DEBT STARTS COMING DOWN. THAT'S VERY, VERY COMMON THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND THROUGHOUT TEXAS IN FAST GROWING COMMUNITIES. THE FACT IS THAT OUR RATINGING IS AAA+ IS ONE OUT OF GREAT STRENGTHS IN THE BOND MARKET IN SELLING THESE BONDS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE WENT OUT TO MARKET TODAY.
IT WAS LED BY RAYMOND JAMES LED THE SYNDICATE WAS CONTROLLED AND MANAGED BY RAYMOND JAMES.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST UNDERWRITERS OF TEXAS CITY MUNICIPAL BONDS. THEY CAME OUT WITH A SCALE EARLY THIS MORNING THEY WENT OUT TO MARKET.
FROM 9:00 TO 11:30 THEY WERE WORKING WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS AND IT WAS A SYNDICATE THAT WAS RAYMOND JAMES, PIPER JAFFRAY, AND FROST BANK SO THREE POOLED AS A TEAM.
FROM 9:30 TO 11:30 THEY WERE IN AN ORDER PERIOD GETTING ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WHEN THE SALE WAS DONE THERE WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED BY ABOUT ON AVERAGE TWO TIMES PER MATURITY.
SO BASICALLY, THEY HAD $150 MILLION WORTH OF ORDERS FOR $UN$71 MILLION. SO THEY ARE CLOSER TO FOUR TIMES OVER SUBSCRIBED. WHAT THAT DID IS THEY LOWERED THE YIELD ONE TO THREE BASIS POINTS ON ABOUT 15 OF THE MATURITIES. THE ONES THAT WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED TRYING TO GET THE UNDERWRITERS TO OR THE SALES TO SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER THE PRICE MEANING RAISING INTEREST THE RATE, THEY GO THE OPPOSITE WAY SO IF THEY DO THAT THEN WE GET FEW PEOPLE TO DROP OUT.
SO THEY START LOWERING THE INTEREST RATE TO GET RID OF ORDERS UNTIL THEY GOT THAT EQUILIBRIUM.
SO THE NET RESULT TO THE CITY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE WAS A BORROWING COST, WE CALL IT A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 3.854%. THAT'S A FIXED COST.
THAT'S THE AVERAGE COST BUT THAT'S THE FIX OF INTEREST
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RATES WON'T CHANGE FROM NOW TILL THE END.THIS IS A FIXED RATE. WE WILL PUT $71,125,000 INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT AND AGAIN THAT'S TIED BACK TO THE EXACT VOTED BONDS THAT THE CITIZENS APPROVED.
THEN WE HIT THE TARGETED TAX RATE WITHIN $10,000, WE'RE ACTUALLY $10,000 PLUS OR MINUS OVER WHAT YOUR TAX RATE WILL BRING IN. WE'RE GOING TO USE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT SHORTFALL.
SO THE TAXES THAT YOU'RE SETTING ARE NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN WHAT OUR BOND PAYMENT WILL BE. THE LAST THING I POINT OUT IT COMPLETELY FOLLOWS WHICH WAS OPTION 4 ON THE TAX RATE DIRECTION THAT WE GOT WITH THE ABILITY TWO YEARS FROM NOW TO ISSUE THE BALANCE OF THE VOTED BONDS WITHOUT ANY IMPACT ON THE BONDS, I'M SORRY ON THE TAX RATE.
SO YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINISH THE $5 $52,175,000 THAT ARE PLANNED FOR 2024 THAT ARE VOTED BY YOUR VOTERS AND UNISSUED. YOU'RE NOT PAYING INTEREST THEY'RE BASICALLY ON THE SHELF WAITING FOR COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE AND TO PROCEED. THAT $52 MILLION CAN BE LAYERED INTO THIS BOND ISSUE WITHOUT ANY INCREASE ON THE I.N.S. TAX RATE. SO, IT ALL FITS THE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PROGRAM WE STARTED WHEN WE WERE TAKING THIS TO THE VOTERS. SO, THAT'S THE GENERAL OVERVIEW. I CAN GO INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL BUT THAT'S THE OVERVIEW OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THE BONDS TO RAYMOND JAMES AS THE BOND UNDERWRITER ON THE $72,125 BOND ISSUE.
THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, I KNOW, MAYOR.
>> I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> I HATE TO INTERRUPT BUT I NEED TWO SIGNATURES.
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>> ITEM 2022-384. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE BY RECORD VOTE TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND PLAN FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022 AND SENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 102, APPROPRIATINGING MONEY TO A SINKING FUND TO PAY INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON THE CITY'S INDEBTEDNESS, OPERATING
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VARIOUS AMOUNTS THERE OF REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING A SERVERABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.>> SO THIS IS THE MOTION FOR THE ACTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. SO WE WENT THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO BRING BACK A BUDGET THAT WOULD HAVE A 65 CENT TAX RATE BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN THE M.N.O. RATE AND I.N.S. RATE TO TOTAL SO THE 65 CENT TOTAL WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET AT 66.3 WITH RAISES OF 65 WOULD BE MADE UP WITH THE ARPA FUNDS TO COVER SOME OF THE ONE TIME EXPENSES.
SO THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU TOTAL WHICH IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS $47,599,787 TOTAL APPROPRIATED FUNDS. UTILITY FUND $38,560-032.
$66,400. SENIOR CENTER $380,412.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $6,838-163.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $4,070,000.
THE CONFERENCE CENTER OF $287,231 AND MIDLOTHIAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY $59,890,753 THIS ACTION WOULD SET THOSE AS THE APPROPRIATED DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BUDGETS.
>> COMMENTS OR I WILL TAKE A MOTION.
>> I'M SORRY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR. WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WASN'T A POLITICIAN.
I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT MOST OF MY LIFE THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DO. WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE YOU COME UP WITH THESE CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND WORDS THAT GO ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF THEM.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU THINK THOSE MEAN NOTHING TO A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVANTS BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.
ONE OF THE WORDS AT THE TOP OF MINE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY.
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE TIME BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION BUT I'M GOING TO READ DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF MY CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND IT SAYS MY PRIORITIES IF ELECTED, MY PRIORITIES IF ELECTED WOULD BE ONE, PROMOTE CONSERVATIVE FISCAL DECISIONS RELATED TO THE GROWTH AND OVERALL OPERATION OF OUR CITY.
TWO, TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO KEEP TAXES LOW.
THREE, PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS, FOUR, STRIVE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST. AND FIVE, MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE HERE BUT I'M GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE IT'S ON HERE. HELP MAINTAIN OUR CITY'S SMALL TOWN FEEL BY PROTECTING ITS HISTORIC BUILDINGS AS WELL AS PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE NEW GROWTH. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TAX RATE AND THESE NEXT THREE VOTES.
I WILL VOTE ACCORDINGLY TO THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
>> THANK YOU. >> DO YOU HAVE A MOVE.
>> APPROVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. THIS IS A RECORD VOTE AND THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
>> ITEM PASSES 4-2. THIS IS SIMPLE MAJORITY.
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ITEM 2022-385 CONSIDER AND TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY -- THIS IS NONRECORDED VOTE, I'M NOT SURE OF THE WORD SEPARATE, VOTE TO RATIFY A PROPERTY[00:50:02]
TAX REVENUE INCREASE AS REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET WHEN COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $4,248-968 WHICH IS A INCREASE OF 12.78% FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, AND OF THAT AMOUNT $1,712,282 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
>> MR. MAYOR. SO AS THE CAPTAIN STATES YOU HAVE TO TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THIS TOTAL INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OVER THE LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET. >> SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION,
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> AS THIS VOTE REQUIRES 60%. I STAND CORRECTED THIS AGAIN IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY. IT'S A TAX RATE THAT REQUIRES THE 60%. SO THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY AND IT'S REGULAR VOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM PASSES 4-2.
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ITEM 2022-386. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE BY RECORD VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEX, LEVYING AND ASSESSING MUNICIPAL AD VA VALOR EMTAXES FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 AT $0,30590 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND $0.309410 FOR INTEREST AND SINKING FUNDS FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $0.650000 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHICH SAID TAXES MAY BE EXTENDED AND DIRECTING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION THERE OF REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING ANEFFECTIVE DATE. >> THIS IS THE VOTE FOR THE TAX RATE WHICH DOES REQUIRE THE FIVE OR 60% VOTE.
SO WE'LL TAKE FIVE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
IT DOES SET THE RATES ACCORDINGLY.
THIS IS THE 2.50 CENT DIFFERENCE FROM THE TAX RATE WE SET LAST YEAR. AS THE MAYOR STATED THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN MNO AND INS THERE DOES REQUIRE A CERTAIN MOTION AND THAT IS I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF INCREASE OF 65 CENTS WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 9.08 INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. THAT'S THE MOTION THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
>> THE MOTION IS REQUIRED IS IN OUR BOOK?
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. >> I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK IF YOU DON'T MIND. CHRIS, WHAT IS THE ON THE MNO SIDE OF THE TAX RATE WHAT IS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE FOR THE NMMNO PIECE? THIS IS THE CALCULATED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
>> SO IF WE ADOPT THIS 65 CENT TAX RATE WE ARE ADOPTING A NO NEW REVENUE RATE ON MNO SIDE, CORRECT?
THAT'S CORRECT. >> WHAT YEAR DID OUR VOTERS APPROVE THE BONDS? 2021.
>> OKAY. >> THAT WAS FOR AN ESTIMATED
AMOUNT THAT TOTAL? >> THE TOTAL BONDS THAT THE
VOTERS APPROVED? >> YES, IT WAS I WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT UP IT'S ABOUT $125 MILLION.
>> JUST TO CONFIRM, AT OUR LAST DISCUSSION THIS IS
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OPTION 4 THE OPTION THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST.>> I'M THAT IS CORRECT FROM THE MNO.
>> ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET
THE 60% VOTE? >> THE LAST DAY, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE YOU CAN ADOPT THE RATE NO LATER THAN BASICALLY SEPTEMBER 13TH SO IT WILL BE
BACK ON THE AGENDA. >> IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE
WHAT HAPPENS? >> PROBABLY GOING TO -- WELL, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE NOW SO WE BASICALLY ESTABLISHED THE DEBT RATE BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT WE WOULD BE CUTTING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PIECE DOWN.
SAY WE WANTED TO GO TO THE TOTAL NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF
59 CENTS. >> IS THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED
IF WE DON'T GET CONSENSUS? >> YEAH.
>> IT WOULD I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE VOTERS COULD GO TO VOTER APPROVED RATE.
>> WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE 65 CENTS? THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING SITUATION IN THAT WE'VE GOT BOND PAYMENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT RATE IS SET. KIND OF AN INTERESTING SCENARIO. SO BASICALLY ALL ANY EQUIVALENT TAX CUT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE WE NOW NEED TO COME OFF THE OPERATION SIDE.
>> BELOW THE NOTED REVENUE RATE.
[INAUDIBLE]. AS THE COUNCILMAN POINTED OUT WE'RE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR MNO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT BACK IN '2021 WHEN THE BONDS WERE VOTED ON AND ALL FOUR PASSED THE COMMITMENT BY COUNCIL WAS TO MAINTAIN THE THEN EXISTING TAX RATE OF .675.
IT WAS BEING PROPOSED HERE .65 IS 2.50 CENTS LESS THAN WHAT WAS STATED WHEN WE WENT TO THE BONDS.
THE BOND IS FOR ROADS, PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, THE CITY HALL LIBRARY, AND THE FUTURE REC CENTER.
WE'RE A GROWING CITY. THE BUDGET WENT UP 12% BUT 6% OF THAT BUDGET WENT UP 15% MEANING THAT WAS SALARIES MEANING THE OTHER 40% ONLY NOT WITH UP 7.50%.
SO, I DO BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS WORKED LONG AND HARD.
WE'VE HAD VIGOROUS DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MATTER.
WE HAVE HAD INPUT FROM CITIZENS IN IS WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. SO I WILL READ THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF .65 DOLLARS WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY 9.08% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
>> WE WILL HAVE A RECORD CALL NOW.
THE 60% OR FIVE VOTES REQUIREMENT.
AT THIS POINT SOMEBODY CAN TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE ISSUED DEBT. WE WILL PICK THIS UP NEXT TUESDAY ON THE 13TH IN THE REGULAR COUNCIL SESSION.
>> MAYOR, MAY I ADD SOMETHING.
>> PLEASE. >> WE'RE MISSING A COUNCILMEMBER. IF WE CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK WE CAN VOTE ON THIS AGAIN, CORRECT?
>> IF YOU DID THAT, SATURDAY WOULD BE THE EARLIEST WE
COULD CALL THE MEETING. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN MEET ON SATURDAY OR WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY.
OR WE COULD DO IT FOR MONDAY DOES COUNCIL HAVE A
PREFERENCE? >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
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WITH TUESDAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE HEREANYWAY. >> WE ALL MADE THIS MEETING LET'S JUST CHECK THE -- WITH THE ONE THAT DIDN'T.
NOT SO SURE WHAT THE RIGHT WORDING IS.
WE WILL TABLE THIS TILL TUESDAY 13TH.
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ITEM 2022-387 ADJOURNMENT. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IS:0 1 THIS COUNCIL STANDS -- 7:051 THIS COUNCIL STANDS ADJOURNED WITH A VOTE OF 6-0.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.