Jun 16, 2025 City Council

RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL.

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IT IS 6:00. FIRST UP IS DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. SO, COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT YOUR AGENDAS. I'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER TROYER WITH THE INVOCATION.

WE ARE HERE. OKAY. AND THEN I'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES WITH THE FLAGS.

IF COUNCIL MEMBER JONES IS NOT HERE. CAN I HAVE A VOLUNTEER? I'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU. ITEM C, GRADUATION OF OUR LEWISVILLE CITIZENS UNIVERSITY.

ITEM. THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ARE REZONING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT D ONE? I BELIEVE IS THERE IS FORUM ITEM F CONSENT AGENDA ITEM F TWO, WHICH IS THE MINUTES THAT THREE LETTER AGREEMENT REGARDING THE FUTURE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE SLALOM SHOP.

IT'S FUNNY TO ME WHERE THERE'S OTHERS, SO THERE'S ALWAYS THE BUILDING.

IT'S HARD TO WRITE IN THE MEMO. IT WAS VERY COMPLEX.

YEAH. SO THERE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO A COMPANY THAT OWNS THE BUILDING, AND THEY USED TO OPERATE THE SLALOM SHOP.

THAT WAS THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL. THEY THEN SOLD THE BUSINESS TO ONE.

ONE WATER VERSION, I THINK, IN THE COMPANY. SO NOW THE OPERATOR OF THE BUSINESS IS A SUB LESSEE OR SUB LICENSEE OF CONCESSIONAIRE TO THEM. SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE. OBVIOUSLY PLAYING A MARKET IN THAT BUSINESS. I'M FOR APPROVAL OF A REVOCABLE LICENSE FOR USE OF PREMISES IN US AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. ITEM FIVE WRITTEN BETWEEN THE CITY AND JOHN R MCADAMS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE KINETIC DESIGNS. AS FOR THE CATSKILLS TRAIL CORRIDOR.

86 AGREEMENT WITH CAROL FOR DESIGN SERVICES. FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE FOR THE GRAND THEATER.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OLD TOWN DESIGN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BACK, BUT IN THE PARKING LOT.

OKAY. ITEM SEVEN RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING OUR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS JUST A THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION ESSENTIALLY.

YES. SO SO WE THERE ARE OTHER GRANTS WE DON'T PAY TO YOU GUYS.

WE JUST WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE AMOUNT.

OR IT MIGHT JUST BE BECAUSE OF TAX STUFF. SURE.

IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. YEAH. BUT IT ALSO IF WE GET IT IT'S IT'S A $1.2 MILLION.

I MEAN, HOW MANY OUR CHANCES ARE AMAZING BECAUSE WE'RE LEWISVILLE PRETTY GOOD.

YEAH. PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD IS PRETTY GOOD.

RICHARD IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE PERSON. ALSO NOTE THAT.

DAVID IS ALSO PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.

TIKTOK TOLD US THAT WE HAD A GOOD CHANCE AND ADVISED US TO SUBMIT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, IS IT 20% MATCH? IT'S A SO YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

ITEM EIGHT ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS WITH LANDSCAPING FOR NORTH SIDE AIR CONDITIONING.

SO NOW WHERE ARE THEY CURRENTLY AT MOVING TO THIS LOCATION.

IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? I'M NOT SURE WHERE. THEY ARE IN LEWISVILLE THOUGH.

DID I NOT READ THAT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING SINCE THEY'VE OPERATED IN LEWISVILLE SINCE 2004.

DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. THERE YOU GO. AND THERE'S THE WAY THAT'S ALL LAID OUT. THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE MARKERS. THERE'S REALLY JUST NO WAY THEY CAN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT. AND SO THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO DO IT AT ALL.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I'M NINE. INITIATING THE BOARD PERMISSION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

COUNSEL, I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE AT YOUR SEAT. I'VE CREATED TEAMS THIS YEAR AND THE BOARDS TO OVERSEE.

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NO IT DOES, BOB. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS THING, AND I HAVE TO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. ITEM H. REPORTS. JENNIFER, I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT ANY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS ON ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS.

OH, HERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE. NEW PROCESS FOLKS.

SO JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS ON REPORTS AS OPPOSED TO WALKING THROUGH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIRECTORS JUST FILE THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING A REPORT, AND THEN I'LL JUST CALL THEM OFF ON THE AGENDA.

THIS. THIS LOOKS GREAT. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THIS, SO THAT'S PERFECT. IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT. OKAY.

THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM A. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM B, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS UPDATE WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, TED PHILLIPS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, IT'S 37 SLIDES.

I'LL TRY AND DO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME. WE DON'T LIKE TO, BUT I REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON KIND OF ON MARKET DYNAMICS AND HOW THEY HAVE THEIR PAY STRUCTURES.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND PREMIUMS FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN CLOSE OFF WITH THE TOPIC AROUND TMS AND RETIREE COLA.

AND IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX AND NEW TOPIC. SO I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SLIDES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S 37 SLIDES. I'LL MOVE THROUGH FAIRLY FAIRLY QUICKLY.

IT'S GOING TO START FOCUSED ON THE COMPENSATION PIECE AND PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT OUR MARKET DATA OUT IN THE EXTERNAL MARKETPLACE.

BEFORE I REALLY GET DEEP INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN HERE. I WANT TO THANK LAUREN DE LA LUZ AND SHARLA REEVES FROM MY TEAM, PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET TEAM AND CITY MANAGEMENT OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO, PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT LET'S START WITH WITH EMPLOYEE PAY.

THIS IS A REMINDER YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE IN PAST YEARS.

BUT PRIMARILY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW IS PAY DELIVERED TO EMPLOYEES WE LOOK AT TWO MAIN THINGS.

ONE IS IS THE MARKET DYNAMICS. THAT'S THE EXTERNAL FORCES.

SO THAT IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT FOR ANY EMPLOYEE, HOW DO YOU SET THEIR PAY STRUCTURES.

YOU LOOK AT EXTERNAL FORCES AND IDENTIFY WHAT'S COMPETITIVE OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE MARKET. LOOK, WE'LL DIG DEEP INTO THAT HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS.

THE SECOND PIECE IS HOW DO EMPLOYEES PROGRESS THROUGH WHATEVER STRUCTURES YOU CREATE? FOR A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, THAT'S THROUGH A STEP PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OPEN RANGES AND MERIT MERIT MOVEMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN WE CREATED A THIRD BUCKET A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THAT IS KIND OF A UNIQUE PIECE.

IT'S KIND OF OUR IT'S OUR OUR PROGRAM IN-HOUSE TO GROW OUR OWN.

AND THAT'S OUR JOB FAMILY PROGRESSIONS. AND SO APPRECIATE COUNCIL SUPPORT TODAY FOR US CREATING THAT PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE IT'S RETENTION TOOL CREATING LINE LEVEL POSITIONS AND CREATING A SENIOR LEVEL CORRELATE WHERE AN EMPLOYEE MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA CAN MOVE UP AT THAT LEVEL DURING THEIR TIME HERE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A ONE TIME EVENT THAT HAPPENS FOR THAT EMPLOYEE.

THAT'S NOT A YEAR AFTER YEAR THING LIKE THESE OTHER TWO PIECES.

SO LOOKING AT LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID IS THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE MOVED A POLICE OFFICER BY 5.73% LAST YEAR.

FIREFIGHTER BY 6.2. OUR DISPATCH AND DETECTION SIMILAR SIMILAR PERCENTAGES.

FOR THE LARGER PORTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEES, WE DIDN'T MOVE OUR STRUCTURES LAST YEAR.

WE LEFT THOSE WHERE THEY WERE. SO NO MOVEMENT THERE.

BUT WE DID CHOOSE A SUBSET OF EMPLOYEES WHERE THEIR POSITIONS WERE CLEARLY BEHIND AND ADJUSTED THOSE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THIS SLIDE. BUT WE ALSO MOVED OUR AQUATICS POSITIONS WITHIN OUR PART TIME STRUCTURES LAST YEAR.

ON THE MERIT SIDE AND STEP SIDE, WE HAD STEPS, AS USUAL FOR SWORN AND DISPATCH DETENTION, AND THEN WE HAD A 3% MERIT LAST YEAR FOR ALL THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, A 3.5% MERIT, EXCUSE ME.

AND THEN THE NEWER PIECE, JOB PROGRESSION THAT WE CREATED IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE HAD 65 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE PROGRESSED TO THAT SENIOR LEVEL.

AND WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HELP FOR RETENTION OF STAFF OVER TIME.

SO THAT'S LOOKING BACKWARDS NOW. LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT'S THE MARKET SHOWING US? WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. AND JUST TO REMIND YOU OF KIND OF OF EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE MARKETPLACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 7017 COMPARATOR ORGANIZATIONS.

YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE COULD LOSE PEOPLE TO OR PULL PEOPLE FROM IN OUR LOCAL AREA.

THIS COUNCIL BACK IN 2023, IDENTIFIED AS WE WORK THROUGH THE COMPENSATION STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY AROUND HOW WE WANTED TO APPROACH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.

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AND THEN TWO CAVEAT THAT WITH THE LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP IS TO BE DETERMINED ANNUALLY BASED ON BUDGETARY AVAILABILITY.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE START FROM, BASED ON HOW YOU ALL HAVE SET THOSE HISTORICALLY.

SO AS WE OPERATIONALIZE THOSE IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE SAY GETTING TO TOP THIRD WHEN YOU SEE THE FUTURE SLIDES HERE.

NOT INSTEAD OF REFERENCING A BUNCH OF PERCENTAGES HERE, CALLING IT MARKET PLUS IS THAT TOP THIRD LEVEL.

AND THEN WE BUILT IN A SECOND LEVEL IN THE SLIDES THAT COME AHEAD.

JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR. SO WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A SECOND OPTION THAT'S MODIFIED MARKET PLUS THAT ISN'T QUITE THE LEVEL OF MARKET PLUS.

YOU'LL PROBABLY SEEN THESE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER TIME.

IT THEY CIRCLE AROUND EVERY FEW MONTHS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN TAKE FROM THIS.

NOT ALL THE DATA POINTS ARE ENTIRELY ACCURATE.

THESE ARE DONE BY THIRD PARTIES. SOMETIMES THEY GET THE DATA POINTS RIGHT, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. BUT I SHARE THIS WITH YOU TODAY TO SAY WE SHOW UP ON A LOT OF THESE LISTS. AND I THINK AS TIME HAS GONE BY, WE ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING UP MORE ON THEM ON THE, THE SIDE BY SIDE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THIS IS THEN AND NOW THIS IS THEIR WEBSITE LOOKING AT A AT THE DATA SET OF TOP SALARIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS ONE YEAR AND THEN A YEAR LATER AND YOU SEE THAT LEWISVILLE SHOWS UP AS NUMBER FOUR ON TOP STARTING SALARIES THIS YEAR AND WAS NOT ON THE LIST THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S A POSITIVE SHOWING THAT THIS COUNCIL, THIS MANAGEMENT TEAM, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS REALLY PUT SALARIES AS A COMMITMENT AND THAT WE'VE BEEN PROGRESSING IN A LOT OF THESE OUT.

THERE CONTINUES TO BE A TIGHT MARKETPLACE. FOLKS ARE COMPETING ALL THE TIME.

THEY JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO LET'S LET'S DIG INTO WHAT IS POLICE LOOK LIKE.

SO I MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THESE SLIDES IS WE'RE BREAKING THEM UP INTO MARKET.

PLUS IS IS THE IDEAL TO GET TO TOP THIRD. AND OUR CURRENT STATE IS IN THIS CASE POLICE OFFICER.

OUR TOP STEP FOR POLICE OFFICERS 105,007 TO 5 AGAINST OUR 17 CITIES.

I BELIEVE THAT PUTS US 10TH CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS TODAY.

SO IF WE MOVED TO THE MARKETPLACE LEVEL, THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE UPCOMING YEAR 3.1%.

AND SIMILAR TO THE RANKS ABOVE, ON THE POLICE SIDE, WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM HERE IS UNDER THAT STRUCTURE, WHAT WE WOULD BE HIRING NEW POLICE OFFICERS $86,000 A YEAR AND TALKING THEM OUT AT ALMOST $109,000 A YEAR.

WE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STEPS.

WE HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE PHILOSOPHY HERE. WE JUST HAVE OUR FOLKS PROGRESS WITHIN ABOUT SIX YEARS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.

OR IF THEY'RE A LATERAL HIRE FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THEY PROGRESS EVEN FASTER TO GET TO THEIR TOP OUT.

AND SO THIS YEAH MARKETPLACE GETS US TO THE TOP THIRD, WHICH IS SIXTH MODIFIED MARKETPLACE IN THIS CASE, GETS US A LITTLE BIT LOWER, I BELIEVE, TO NINTH.

AND THAT'S JUST A PERCENT LESS THAN THE MARKET.

PLUS, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. BECAUSE SO I KNOW THAT THESE, THESE TOP SALARIES THAT GET POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE VERY THEY'RE VERY HIGH LEVEL AND THEY COULD BE REALLY MISLEADING.

YES. AND I'VE SEEN THEM MORE THAN ONE TIME BEING USED AS A WAY TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S A DISCREPANCY THAT'S NEVER TALKED ABOUT AT ALL IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT HOW WE HAVE FEWER, FEWER OR SHORTER TIME FRAME TO GET FROM YOUR STARTING SALARY TO THE TOP OUT ON THIS LIST OF ON SLIDE EIGHT ON THIS LIST THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE COMPARE, ARE THESE CITIES ALL WITHIN THE SAME TOP OUT SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE OR THEY ALL VARY? YEAH, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF STEPS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE'S A GOOD POINT OF REFERENCE ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. YOU SEE, PLANO IS A 20 YEAR 20 STEP, SO THEY'RE DOING 20 YEARS AND WE'RE DOING SIX YEARS.

GARLAND PD IS EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE SIX YEARS.

ALLEN PD IS FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE SIX YEARS. SO THEY'RE SIMILAR.

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S VARIABLE ACROSS THE GROUP I DON'T HAVE THE FULL DATA SET ON ME.

BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT I THINK WE'RE TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF THAT.

LIKE BUT SHOULD WE BE TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SALARIES, THOUGH? BECAUSE WE COULD TAKE IT IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME SIX YEARS TO GET THERE VERSUS 12 YEARS TO GET THERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER BENEFIT TO ME. YOU KNOW, ON THE LEWISVILLE SIDE THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO I'VE JUST WHERE DOES THAT FACTOR IN OR DOES IT? WHEN STRICTLY SPEAKING, RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT MAX TO MAX.

SO IF WE IF WE IDENTIFY THAT LIKE I'VE SEEN SOME SIDE BY SIDE WHERE YOU'D SAY YOU TAKE YOU TAKE TWO AGENCIES AND YOU PUT ACROSS A 20 YEAR TIME

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AND SO WE MIGHT HAVE A MORE COMPETITIVE EDGE THAN WE THINK WE DO.

YEAH. LET'S DO IT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY I MEAN, WITH OUR WITH OUR BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION, WE'RE ATTRACTING PEOPLE. IT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE GOING.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT. WE'VE HAD MANY EXIT INTERVIEWS OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT HAVE SAID, HEY, WHAT WAS THE REASON? NO, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY POLICE, SPECIFICALLY POLICE. I THINK WE'VE HAD A FEW FOLKS LEAVE IN RECENT MONTHS, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT KIND OF A MIXED BAG. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT ARE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE NEWER, THAT ARE PURSUING LARGER AGENCIES.

WE'VE GOT A FEW OF THOSE AND A FEW FOLKS THAT JUST WANT TO CHANGE THE SCENERY, BUT NOT A LOT.

SAME SALARY? NO. AND ARE THESE ARE TODAY'S PAY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT'S TODAY'S PAY? THIS IS WHERE THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

YEAH, THIS IS TODAY. THIS IS TODAY'S. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE ONE THAT'S GOT THIS I'VE GONE OUT AND I'VE ACTUALLY ANALYZED THIS DATA AND THESE ARE PULLED FROM ACROSS THE BOARD. SOME ARE FROM 2024, SOME ARE FROM MID 2025.

ABSOLUTELY. SOME FROM 2023. IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO AN ALBATROSS COMPARISON WITH THIS DATA.

AND I'M CONVINCED SOMETIMES THIS GETS POSTED.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING. I THINK SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT IT MONTH TO MONTH, AND AS SOON AS WE LOOK AS BAD AS POSSIBLE, IT POPS UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING STOCK, BUT IT'S SO MUCH BEHIND THIS DATA THAT WE DON'T LIKE IT.

YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THAT'S POLICE. I WANTED TO ADD THIS SLIDE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS TO SHOW YOU, LIKE WE SAID HERE A YEAR AGO AND HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WHAT'S CHANGED OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO FOR POLICE OFFICER YOU SEE LEWISVILLE HIGHLIGHTED THIS IS YEAR TO YEAR PERCENT CHANGE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY.

SO WE'VE MOVED FIVE PLUS PERCENT ACROSS THE 17 CITIES.

YOU SAW MORE THAN A 4% AVERAGE INCREASE. BC SOME REAL VARIABILITY HERE.

YOU SEE A FEW FOLKS MOVE AGGRESSIVELY. SOMETIMES IT'S FOLKS THAT WERE WAY LOWER THAN US.

BUT BUT WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ON THIS CHART.

NOW, LOOKING AT FIRE DATA, IT'S A SIMILAR STORY, JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW.

TODAY. AT OUR TOP PAY FOR FIREFIGHTER 99 905.

WE'RE DOWN HERE ABOUT 12 AGAINST THE GROUP. SO IF WE MOVE TO MARKET PLUS PUTTING US IN THE TOP THIRD OR SIXTH, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE 99.9 TO 130 6 OR 3.74% INCREASE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER RANK.

TAKING THAT SAME METHODOLOGY UP TO THE RANKS ABOVE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS AT THOSE HIGHER RANKS.

AND THEN IF WE BACK THAT OFF A PERCENT, THAT WOULD PUSH US BACK TWO SPOTS HERE.

AS FAR AS OUR RANKING, IF WE DID THE MODIFIED MARKET PLUS AND IT DECREASES THOSE NUMBERS BY 1%.

LET'S DO SIMILARLY ON FIRE. WE WERE FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE LAST YEAR.

ACTUALLY A FEW CITIES WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE ON ON THE AVERAGE, IT WAS ALMOST 5% OF MOVEMENT AT OUR COMPARED TO ORGANIZATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

SO I'LL KEEP GIVING YOU MORE GOOD NEWS. DISPATCH AND DETENTION.

WE THESE ARE OUR OTHER CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE PUT ON STEPS.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR MOVEMENT THERE. WE'RE SEEING AT THE, AT THE MARKET PLUS LEVEL OF 4% FOR OFFICER, FOR DETENTION OFFICER, A 5% FOR DISPATCHER, AND SIMILAR NUMBERS FOR THE SUPERVISORS ABOVE THEM.

TO SHOW YEAR TO YEAR ABOUT A 3.8% INCREASE ON DETENTION OFFICER AND ABOUT A 4.8 ON DISPATCHER PAY ACROSS OUR COMPARATOR ORGANIZATIONS.

SO GENERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IMAGINE WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE VERY SPECIFIC JOBS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 220 OTHER JOBS THAT WE'VE GOT TO THEN FIGURE THAT OUT ON OPEN RANGES. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BENCHMARK THOSE. SO WE LOOK AT 30 INDIVIDUAL JOBS THAT ARE GOOD BENCHMARKS ACROSS THESE GROUPS.

AND WE'LL BE IDENTIFIED ON THIS CYCLE AS THE MARKET HAS MOVED SINCE WE INITIATED THE COMPENSATION STUDY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND SO HAVE HAVE A BASIS FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR UP TO 3% OF MARKET MOVEMENT FOR THOSE POSITIONS AT THE MARKET PLUS LEVEL, OR A 2% MOVEMENT FOR THE MODIFIED MARKET PLUS LEVEL.

THERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SUBCATEGORIES. WE HAVE OUR TRADES MECHANIC JOBS THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MARKET COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE CHANGES THERE. AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET TEAM.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHEN YOU'LL DO YOUR COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITIONS A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT BUDGETED. SO WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY ASIDE RIGHT THERE, JUST IN CASE YOU'LL WANT TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON YOUR COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITIONS AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE WHILE,

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WORKING AT THE CITY TODAY, WE'RE AT 1870 IS OUR IS OUR LOWEST PAID FULL TIME EMPLOYEE.

AND THAT IS ONLY BENEATH THREE OTHER OF THE 17 CITIES.

AND THEN IF WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT BY EITHER 2 OR 3%, WE REMAIN IN THAT SAME SPOT, BUT OVER $19 AN HOUR FOR OUR FULL TIME LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE.

ON OUR PART TIME STRUCTURE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE MADE MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR WHOLE AQUATICS AND LIFEGUARDS POSITIONS LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED MORE ON OUR LOWEST LEVEL PART TIME POSITIONS, OUR LOWEST PAID PART TIME POSITIONS, I SHOULD SAY. AND SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDED A SLIGHT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT WHERE IT JUST GETS THE START PAY OF THIS GROUP UP BY ABOUT $0.50, CHANGES THEIR STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY, INCREASES THEIR PAY SLIGHTLY, AND THEN KENDALL TECH PUSHES UP A LEVEL FROM THE PART TIME ONE TO PART TIME TWO.

SO THAT'S ALL THE MARKET STUFF. SO NOW WE SWITCH TO HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN.

SO STEPS IS WHAT WE DO FOR POLICE OFFICERS FIREFIGHTERS DISPATCHERS AND DETENTION OFFICERS ON THIS SIDE.

HAVE YOU ALL SEEN SLIDES LIKE THIS BEFORE. BUT IF YOU DON'T RECALL BECAUSE WE PUSH PEOPLE IN FAIRLY AGGRESSIVELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY TOPPED OUT. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 22% OF POLICE AND 24% OF FIRE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STEPS, BUT SO THEY WOULD TYPICALLY GET DEPENDING ON WHAT WHAT RANK THEY'RE AT, TYPICALLY LIKE A 4% STEP FOR THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE DURING THE YEAR IF THEY'VE NOT, NOT YET TOPPED OUT. AND THEN A SIMILAR THING FOR DISPATCHERS.

SO JOB FAMILY PROGRESSIONS. I'M PLEASED TO SHARE WITH THIS NEWER PROGRAM, WE HAVE 28 DIFFERENT JOB TITLES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION THAT NOW HAVE A SENIOR LEVEL. WE HAVE 65 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NOW PROGRESSED TO THE SENIOR ROLE IN THE VARIOUS TITLES THAT ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

WE ANTICIPATE JUST MAINTAINING THAT EXISTING PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

WE ACTUALLY TRACK WHERE FOLKS ARE AT ON THEIR JOURNEY OF BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THAT HIGHER LEVEL BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, THEIR SKILL SET, ETC. AND SO WE EXPECT ABOUT 35 MORE FOLKS TO GO IN THE IN THE COMING YEAR AND PROGRESS TO THEIR HIGHER LEVEL POSITIONS.

WE HAVE A FEW THAT WE HAVE EIGHT NEW POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE INTEND TO ADD AS PART OF THE JOB FAMILY PROGRESSIONS IN THIS CYCLE.

AND IT'S THE POSITIONS ON THE RIGHT HERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE A PATH FOR OUR ADMIN POSITIONS.

SOME OF OUR ENGINEERING POSITIONS PERMIT LAB TECH, ENGINEERING TECH, COMPUTER OPERATIONS WORKERS.

SO WE'VE GOT THOSE BUILT IN FOR CREATING A PATH FOR A SIMILAR TRAJECTORY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT OVER TIME, THAT WILL IMPACT UP TO 40 EMPLOYEES, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST 28 JOBS WE HAD ON THE PRIOR PAGE.

WHAT'S THE SO WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A PERSON TO GO FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO A SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE IDENTIFY WHICH ONES WE WANT TO DO, AND THEN WE AND WE BUDGET THEM.

AND THEN WE GO BACK AND WE BUILD THEM OUT. SO WE HAVEN'T BUILT THESE OUT, BUT WE'VE BUILT ALL THE ONES ON THE PRIOR BEFORE. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SAY LIKE IF YOU HAVE A JOB WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT LET'S JUST SAY BUYER.

IF I HAVE A REGULAR BUYER THAT REQUIRES A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

THE SENIOR BUYER MIGHT REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, PLUS EITHER A CERTIFICATION AND OR AND OR A COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL DEMONSTRATED SKILL SETS LIKE LEADING ON PROJECTS, ETC.. SO WE'VE BUILT UP SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME.

AND THEN WE ALSO BUILD THE CRITERIA THAT YOU CAN ONLY PROGRESS AFTER YOU'VE BEEN WITH THIS ORGANIZATION FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

SO YOU CAN'T JUST WALK IN THE DOOR IN THAT NEW ROLE. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE HERE AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR CAPABILITIES BEFORE YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE TO MOVE TO THAT. OKAY, GREAT. SO ALL THESE THINGS COST MONEY. THIS SLIDE ALWAYS COMES WITH THE CAVEAT THAT SOME THINGS MAY BE FUNDED. AGAIN, WE'RE SEVEN WEEKS OUT FROM BUDGET.

A LOT OF A LOT OF HARD WORK AND PREPARATION IS UPCOMING FOR THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS THEY GET AS THEY GET THINGS TOGETHER TO BRING TO YOU ALL IN EARLY AUGUST.

THE ONE THING I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ON HERE THAT I DIDN'T ALREADY GO THROUGH IS WE DID NOT HAVE MERIT IN THE PRIOR SLIDES.

THAT IS FOR PROGRESSION FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND IDENTIFYING IF THERE'S FEASIBILITY FOR IT.

AND WE'LL CLARIFY THAT BEFORE WE GET TO AUGUST.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, LIKE ESPECIALLY WITH GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN WE'RE MOVING THE MARKET, WE'RE ALSO MOVING PEOPLE WITH THE MARKET. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING AN INCREASE IN THEIR SALARY.

IF THE MARKET MOVES BY 3%, THEIR SALARY ALSO MOVES BY 3%.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT GOVERNMENT WITHOUT MERIT GETS NOTHING.

YES. SO THAT'S PART OF THAT. THE BENEFIT TO MARKET FOR MERIT, THOUGH IS MOVING PEOPLE.

WHAT IF THE IF THE MARKET MOVES 3% AND THE PEOPLE MOVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARKET AND 3%, THEY'RE ALL SITTING AT THE BOTTOM. SO MERIT PUSHES YOU INTO THE RANGE SO THAT YOU AREN'T HIRING PEOPLE AT THE SAME PAY AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

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I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING LOOKED AT LOOKED AT ALL OF THE REQUESTS TODAY IT IS IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT WITH REGARD TO GETTING ALL OF THAT IN, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE OTHER COMPENSATION YOU'VE GOT KIND OF LAYERED ON TOP OF IT.

BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST, BEST PRACTICE NOT TO HAVE THAT COMPACTION OR COMPRESSION.

ALL RIGHT. I MOVE ON FOR COMPENSATION. WE'LL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT OR SHOULD I KEEP GOING? KEEP GOING. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK STOPOVER IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON THIS SLIDE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THIS.

WE CHANGED OUR THREE PLANS TO TWO PLANS IN 2024.

WE MOVED TO THE PURPLE AND GREEN PLANS. THESE WERE IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM EMPLOYEES. WE THEY'VE GONE REALLY WELL.

BUT IN OUR WE KNEW WHEN WE MOVED FROM THREE PLANS TO TWO PLANS, YOU DON'T DO IT.

IT DOESN'T GO PERFECTLY AS FAR AS IT'S A IT'S A PHASE THING OVER TIME THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE THE COST SHARE ON OUR PURPLE PLAN.

SO AS COST RISES, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SHIFT SOME OF THOSE COSTS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PURPLE PLAN, NOT TO THE GREEN PLAN.

SO AS WE SEE COSTS DO DO CONTINUE TO RISE AS WE SPEND MONEY ON HEALTH CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE WANT TO PASS ON A RELATIVELY SMALL BUT SOME COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE PURPLE PLAN NEXT YEAR.

THE INCREASES ARE WHAT'S SHOWN DOWN HERE. OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS COMPARING IT TO THE CURRENT RATES.

WE ALWAYS DO AN ANALYSIS ANYTIME WE LOOK AT MOVING.

AND RATES HAVE NOT MOVED IN A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.

NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PREMIUMS TO LEWISVILLE EMPLOYEES SINCE 2020.

I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW FROM YOUR IF YOU IF YOU'RE COVERED BY YOUR EMPLOYER, THEY USUALLY GO UP EVERY YEAR OR EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AT THE LEAST.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MODEL GOING FORWARD IS MORE OF A CONSISTENT, SMALLER INCREASES EVERY YEAR VERSUS WAITING EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND POSSIBLY HAVING A LARGE INCREASE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IN FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE ALWAYS DO AN ANALYSIS OF OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES AND THE IMPACT.

AND IF THERE'S A PAY INCREASE, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE NET PAY BEYOND ANY INCREASE TO THEIR MEDICAL PREMIUMS NEXT YEAR.

LAST TOPIC. BEFORE I GET THE LAST TOPIC. SO Y'ALL DID A BUNCH OF GREAT WORK BACK IN MARCH, AND Y'ALL APPROVED US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RETIREE MEDICAL PREMIUMS. AND SO WE DID. CHARLOTTE DID A BUNCH OF GOOD WORK IN APRIL.

WE DID OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR OUR CURRENT RETIREES AND UNSOLICITED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A NUMBER OF RETIREES JUST GIVE KUDOS AND FEEDBACK, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT BACK TO Y'ALL. SINCE Y'ALL WERE THE DECISION MAKERS IN THAT PROCESS, WE HEARD YOU'RE THE GREATEST.

YOU AND ALL OTHERS INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THIS IS AWESOME.

PLEASE THANK THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGERS AND AIR STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND CITY STAFF. WHAT A BLESSING.

YAY! AND ONE PARTICULAR RETIREE WHO WE WILL NOT NAME SAID SWEET JESUS.

THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. NOPE NOPE NOPE. SHE WOULDN'T CARE IF WE TOLD YOU.

YEP. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT. AND I KNOW THE CURRENT RETIREES APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW CITY EMPLOYEES ARE SOME OF OUR FUTURE RETIREES.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO GO OVER, IT'S A BUNCH OF SLIDES, BUT I'LL TRY AND GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY IS SO TALKING ABOUT NON RETROACTIVE COLA.

SO I'M GOING TO IMPACT WHAT IS TMS. WHAT IS THE COLA.

WHAT IS NON RETROACTIVE. AND WE'LL WE'LL WALK THROUGH HERE IN A MOMENT.

SO WHAT IS TMS. TMS IS THE TEXT RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

IT CONSISTS OF OVER 930 PARTICIPATING CITIES.

WE PARTICIPATE IN IT. IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO IT'S OUR PENSION SYSTEM. EFFECTIVELY, IT'S A CASH BALANCE PLAN.

IT'S NOT A DEFINED BENEFITS, NOT DEFINED CONTRIBUTION TO MIX THEREOF.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHILE OUR EMPLOYEES WORK HERE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY HAVE 7% OF THEIR SALARY.

PULLED TWO TMS GOES INTO THEIR ACCOUNT. THAT ACCOUNT EARNS INTEREST EVERY YEAR.

WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY DO RETIRE, THAT GETS DOUBLE MATCHED ON THE CITY SIDE TO WHATEVER NUMBER THEY HAVE IN, AND THEN THAT GETS SECURITIZED BASED ON THEIR AGE.

AND AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY PUT IN UP TO THAT POINT AND THE INTEREST EARNED.

SO THAT'S HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS. PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE THAT WE PARTICIPATE AND THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO OUR RATES IS WE ALSO SAY WHEN THE RETIREES TAKE THAT ANNUITY AND THEY START COLLECTING IT EVERY YEAR, THAT WE DO BUILD IN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COLA FOR THEM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY HAVE NO INCREASE TO THAT EARNING OVER THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

SO COLA IS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE COLA WITH TERMS IS A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INDEXED ITEM.

SO CITIES CAN CHOOSE THREE TEAM RATES TO SELECT 30%, 50% OR 70% OF CPI.

SO WE HAVE SELECTED 70%, AS HAVE MOST OF OUR OR THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES OF THE SLIGHT MAJORITY.

AND SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE PROUD THAT WE ARE ON THE HIGHER LEVEL OF BENEFITS FOR OUR RETIREES, AND THEY GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT 70% COLA BENEFIT CURRENTLY.

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AND IT'S QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD HOW YOU WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD WORK.

SO BASICALLY, EACH RETIREE RECEIVES A DIFFERENT PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR BENEFIT DEPENDING ON THEIR YEARS OF RETIREMENT.

IN GENERAL, THE LONGER RETIRE THE PERSON, THE GREATER THE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE CURRENT BENEFIT.

SO FOR 2026, A RETIREE IN THAT YEAR WOULD RECEIVE A COLA BENEFIT OF ANYWHERE FROM 2.02 TO 2.46%, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN RETIRED. SO IT'S INDIVIDUALLY CALCULATED ON A PERSON BY PERSON BASIS, THEREBY CREATING DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES FOR EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE.

I'M SORRY, RETIREE, NOT EMPLOYEE. SO BACK IN LAST SESSION, HB 2464 PASSED AND THIS ORDINANCE GAVE CITY SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE FROM THIS RETROACTIVE COLA TO A NON RETROACTIVE COLA.

SPECIFICALLY, THE SECOND BULLET POINT HERE BY ORDINANCE, CITIES CAN HAVE 70% RETROACTIVE COLAS.

THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEM, BUT IN NON RETROACTIVE FASHION.

BUT HOWEVER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO.

IT WAS SET TO SUNSET THIS YEAR. THIS CALENDAR YEAR THEY TRIED TO GET SOME MORE LEGISLATION PASSED THROUGH THE 89TH SESSION.

THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. AND SO THIS DOES ACTUALLY SUNSET AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO IT PUTS US AT A DECISION POINT ON WHETHER WE WANT TO MOVE INTO THE NON RETROACTIVE CALCULATION.

SO WHAT IS THAT. THE NON RETROACTIVE CALCULATION IS REALLY WHAT YOU WOULD IMAGINE A COLA TO BE.

IF YOU JUST KIND OF PUT IT OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER.

AND THIS EXAMPLE, THE 2024 CPI WAS 2.89%. IF YOU TAKE 70% OF 2.89%, YOU GET 2.02%.

SO IN THIS SCENARIO, THE NON RETROACTIVE EVERY RETIREE ON THE PLAN WILL GET 2.02% INCREASE IN THEIR CURRENT ANNUITY IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THAT'S THE NON RETROACTIVE COLA. IT'S A LOT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF WORDS. SORRY. YOU CAN DO IT.

OH, YEAH. SO TAMARA'S NEW NON RETROACTIVE COLA FEATURE IS LESS EXPENSIVE.

AND IT'S MORE EQUITABLE THAN THE TRADITIONAL RETROACTIVE COLA.

AND SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE RETIREES RECEIVE THE SAME PERCENT AS I JUST SAID. THIS ALSO IF WE MOVE TO THE NON RETROACTIVE IT ACTUALLY SAYS THE CITY CANNOT LOWER THAT 70% WHICH IS A BENEFIT TO THE EMPLOYEES.

AND I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THE SUNSET. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES IS A MODEL. IT WAS CREATED ROUGHLY 11 MONTHS AGO.

IT IS NOT CURRENT. WE'RE GOING TO GET CURRENT NUMBERS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT IT DOES ILLUSTRATE AND IT'S AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY ACCURATE.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF ON THE SLIDE. THE TOP HALF IS JUST OUR BENEFIT COMPARING OUR BENEFIT.

AND IT'S ONLY MAKING ONE CHANGE IN THIS SCENARIO, WHICH IS CHANGING FROM RETROACTIVE TO NON RETROACTIVE COLA.

AND WITH THAT ONE CHANGE WHAT YOU SEE HAPPEN DOWN HERE IS THIS IS THE RATE THAT THE EMPLOYER IS PAYING PER EMPLOYEE, THE PERCENT OF EMPLOYEE SALARY THAT WE'RE PAYING TWO TIMES EVERY YEAR.

1805 IF WE SWITCH THE NOTE TO NON RETROACTIVE, IT WOULD DECREASE BY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT.

SIMILARLY, OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY LIABILITY GOES DOWN BY ABOUT 4.3 MILLION.

AND OUR FUNDED RATIO GOES UP BY ABOUT A BY ABOUT A PERCENT.

SO FINANCIALLY IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE LONG TERM FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE PLAN.

PUT ANOTHER WAY, IF YOU PUT THOSE SIDE BY SIDE AND YOU SAID WE SWITCH TO NON RETROACTIVE IN THAT SCENARIO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR WON'T BE EXACTLY THIS, BUT IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THIS. IT WOULD DECREASE HOW MUCH THE CITY WOULD CONTRIBUTE BY $656,000.

SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG YEAR TO YEAR CHANGE, AND IT ALSO CHANGES THE OVERALL UNFUNDED LIABILITY AND FUNDED RATIO.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT TO RETIREES. SO WE HAVE 592 RETIREES RECEIVING A PAYMENT FOR TMS. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU WHEN I SAY 592, IF I SHOWED YOU THE WHOLE SHEET, YOU'D SEE SOME RETIREES THAT ARE GETTING $10 A MONTH.

THEY JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAD AND AND THAT'S THEIR IT'S NOT THEIR FULL RETIREMENT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH LARGER DOLLARS. BUT WHEN WE GO ACROSS THE GROUP, THE MEDIAN ACROSS THE 592 RETIREES IS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THEY'RE GETTING A MONTHLY BENEFIT OF ABOUT $916 A MONTH. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABILITY WITHIN THAT DATA SET.

SO WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND TOOK FOUR EXAMPLES HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

BUT ACROSS THIS WHOLE GROUP ON AVERAGE THIS CHANGE FROM RETRO TO NON RETRO WOULD IMPACT THE RETIREES IN THE UPCOMING YEAR BY ABOUT $2.50 PER MONTH. SO AS YOU SEE IN RETIREE A THIS IS A LONG RETIRED EMPLOYEE.

THEY'VE BEEN RETIRED 34 YEARS A RETIREE. EXCUSE ME.

THEY'VE BEEN RETIRED 34 YEARS. THEIR MONTHLY BENEFITS ABOUT $1,500.

UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN, THAT WOULD INCREASE FROM 1468 TO 1504.

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BUT THEY GET THE SAME 2.02 THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS AND THAT INDIVIDUAL CASE IS $6 AGAIN ON MEDIAN ACROSS THE WHOLE GROUP IT'S $2.50.

BUT IT'S NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY.

BUT IT IS DECREASING SOME OF THE COLAS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS DOWN THE ROAD.

HOWEVER, IT CREATES A MORE EQUITABLE AND CONSISTENT PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL THE RETIREES AND ALIGNS WITH WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK AND ALIGNS WITH WHAT I ASSUMED BEFORE I DUG REALLY DEEP INTO IT. I THOUGHT THAT'S HOW IT WAS WORKING.

SO SHAME ON ME. BUT SO, SO FAR, 64 CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE NON RETROACTIVE COLA, INCLUDING TWO OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, IRVING AND GARLAND. 41% OF THOSE DID THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, WHICH IS WE'RE AT 70% STAYING AT 70%, BUT JUST CHANGING FROM A RETROACTIVE TO NON RETROACTIVE.

AND SO OUR POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THIS I KNOW THIS IS A PRETTY WORDY SLIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH IT.

THE NEW NON RETROACTIVE COLA CALCULATION IS MORE EQUITABLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE. EVERYONE GETS THE SAME PERCENTAGE GOING FORWARD.

SO IN THAT EXAMPLE 2.02 FOR EVERYBODY OR WHATEVER THE FUTURE CPI IS, THIS BILL OFFERS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLA AT 70%.

MOVING TO A NEW NON RETROACTIVE COLA CALCULATION MAKES MAINTAINING THIS BENEFIT MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE.

SO IT PUTS US ON A LONG TERM PATH TO STAY AT THAT HIGH LEVEL OF BENEFIT.

WE'VE MENTIONED EARLIER THE RETIREE MEDICAL PREMIUM.

SO THIS COUNCIL AND THIS TEAM PUT A GREATER COMMITMENT TO RETIREE MEDICAL PREMIUMS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO BE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $152,000 ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET.

AND SO MOVING TO A NON RETROACTIVE COLA WILL HELP ENHANCE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE EXCELLENT TEAM'S BENEFIT WITHIN THAT CONTEXT.

AND THEN JUST THE REAL WORD FOR OUR BUDGET PREPARATION ON THIS CURRENT CYCLE IS, AS WE'VE ADDED IN, THAT RETIREE MEDICAL COST. THAT AND OTHER INCREASES HAVE CAUSED DEPARTMENTS TO NEED TO CREATE ADD BACK ACTION STEPS AND SOME OF THE INSIDE BASEBALL ON OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS, BUT EFFECTIVELY BY FREEING UP SOME MONEY HERE THAT THAT PUTS US IN POSITION TO GIVE TO FUND A NUMBER OF THOSE ASPECTS GOING FORWARD. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS THIS IS A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY.

IT SUNSETS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING IT ON THIS SITE.

SO WHAT WE'VE GOT BUILT IN AS A PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'LL GET UPDATED RATES.

I TOLD YOU THAT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE AGED, BUT I THINK THE UPDATED RATES WILL STILL BE SIMILAR. WE WILL BUILD THEM INTO BUDGET PREPARATIONS FOR FY 26. AND THEN OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO COME BACK AT THE SAME TIME ON SEPTEMBER 8TH WITH THE BUDGET, AND COME WITH A RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE COLA TO NON RETROACTIVE.

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. AND LET ME MAKE SURE I HEARD THIS RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS WE CANNOT BY STATE LAW DROP BELOW THAT 70%.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S AN ADDED BENEFIT. THE BENEFIT FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE RETIREES.

YES. BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE FOR THE RETIREE TODAY THAT WE STAY AT 770% FOREVER.

RIGHT. WE WENT SIDEWAYS. WE COULD DROP A 50 OR 30.

RIGHT. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO IT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR.

SO IT'S GOING BACK TO THE HOURLY RATES SLIDE.

OKAY. YOU KNOW THAT POINT AND I'M LOOKING AND I'M TRYING TO CUT TO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT CONTRACTORS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE STAFF? THE REASON I ASK IS THAT PLANO, WHICH IS ROUGHLY TWICE OUR POPULATION THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

AND GRAPEVINE, WHICH IS 40% OUR POPULATION, GIVE OR TAKE AT 55,000 OR SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

SO I, MY, MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS THAT THEY'RE MORE THEY'RE MORE HEAVILY RELIANT ON CONTRACTORS FOR THE HIGHER SALARIED AREAS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRACTORS INVESTIGATIVE FTE VIEW OF OUR WORLD.

SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE CITIES DO A LOT OF CONTRACTORS.

IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT A BIG PIECE OF THE BUSINESS.

I WOULD AS YOU SAY IT, I THINK PART OF THIS IS GRAPEVINE SAYS 929.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THE FULL TIME PEOPLE. 929 SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO WORK.

YOU CAN'T FIND A TEENAGER TO WORK FOR. 921 OH NO.

SO THEY DON'T WORK TO CHECK FOR ANYTHING. EXACTLY.

SO I THINK THERE'S A PART OF MAYBE THAT'S NOT GREAT DATA WE GOT BACK FROM THEM.

OKAY. BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GETTING TO THE HEART OF YOUR QUESTION. SO. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M TALKING TO.

SO CONTRACTORS, YOU THINK DON'T DON'T PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN WORKFORCE RUNNING THE CITY. SO IT'S NOT DIRECTLY I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PLAY AROUND WITH THAT.

I MEAN, I WE DO HIRE ON OCCASION YOU KNOW, CONTRACT LABOR TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, FOR A SINGLE PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME IN.

IT'S NOT HEAVILY RELIED UPON BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'RE DOING, WE NEED THE EXPERTISE AND GROWTH OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.

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I WOULD IMAGINE THEY ARE COMPARABLE TO US AND THAT IN THAT REGARD.

BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WHAT WE'RE WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GET IS A BAGGAGE ON THE TABLE FOR FIVE DAYS, AND I WOULD BE BORED OUT OF CASTLE HILLS. THERE WAS A BIG CELEBRATION FROM MY BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEE RATE HAD GONE DOWN. WE SCRATCHED THAT.

THEY JUST POPPED UP THE CONTRACTORS. SO THEY DROPPED THE EMPLOYEES AS THE COUNT. BUT THEY UPPED THE CONTRACT TO COUNT. THE OVERALL NET COST TO THE CITIZENS OF CASTLE HILLS WAS THE SAME AWARD. AND SO I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT STAFFING.

I SEE, SO YOU'RE REALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE HOURLY RATE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, JUST LIKE FULL BUDGETARY COST, TIME EQUIVALENTS, WORKFORCE NUMBERS. I WAS I WAS MAKING A ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE NUMBERS VARIED SO MUCH BECAUSE OF CONTRACTORS.

BUT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE OF THAT. I MEAN, THERE ARE POCKETS IN EVERY CITY, BUT I THINK ON THE WHOLE, IT'S NOT A HUGE PIECE OF THE BUSINESS.

THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THAT 929 MIGHT BE THEIR MINIMUM, BUT THEY MAY NEVER BE HIRING SOMEONE THAT MAYBE THAT IS NOT AN AVERAGE.

IT'S A MINIMUM, RIGHT? OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, WE ALSO GOT SOME INFORMATION ON NORTHSIDE AIR CONDITIONING, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 619 EMBRY STREET, NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORIC CHAPEL, CME CHURCH.

OH, THE CHURCH. CHAPEL? YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS UPDATE.

AND THIS IS ASHLEY ACTUALLY A BEAR. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE LIGHTHEARTED THAN THAT.

HEY. COME ON. BUT GOOD STUFF OBVIOUSLY. SO AGAIN, I'M ASHLEY, FAIRY, NEIGHBOR SERVICES MANAGER.

I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR GRANTS AND PROGRAMS. WE DO AN ANNUAL SURVEY. SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT.

AND THEN I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN MCBRIEN. HE'S GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS. SO FIRST THINGS FIRST. EVERYONE KNOWS PEP, OUR PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR EXTERIOR PROJECTS OF FOR HOMES.

IT'S ABOUT REVITALIZATION. IT'S ABOUT REALLY BEAUTIFYING OUR COMMUNITY.

THE MINIMUM GRANT IS $250 WITH A MAX OF $5,000, DEPENDING ON YOUR PROJECT AND INCOME.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS PROJECT.

I JOKE THAT THIS WE ALWAYS HAD THIS PEPPY BECAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR PROGRAM WE HAVE COMPLETED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF PEP, OVER 396 PROJECTS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WE ARE THIS CLOSE TO REIMBURSING $1 MILLION.

AND PETS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE MAIN PROGRAMS, PROJECTS THAT WE DO ARE GOING TO BE FENCE OR EVEN WINDOWS.

THIS IS SOMETHING FROM THE LIST, AND WE ARE NOW TRACKING RACE AND ETHNICITY.

IF THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. WE DO PROVIDE PEP APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE STILL NON-HISPANIC AND WHITE.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROMOTE INTO THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OUR THE TYPICAL APPLICANT FOR PEP.

THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS PEP PLUS. SO THIS IS KIND OF A STEP UP OF PEP.

WE IT IS A 25% MATCHING GRANT, UP TO $20,000, AND IT IS FOR HOMES THAT ARE BUILT IN 1980 OR OLDER.

SO THIS PROGRAM WE RECENTLY UPDATED, WE ASKED COUNCIL FOR SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT.

AND ONCE WE CHANGED TO IT WAS THE FIRST IN JUST THE NEXT TWO, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT ZONE WHICH IS MAIN TO BEL AIR AND 35 AND GARDEN RIDGE. IT WAS NOT VERY POPULAR IN THAT AREA, BUT ONCE WE MADE IT CITYWIDE AND 1980 AND OLDER, IT BECAME VERY POPULAR. SO HERE'S SOME NUMBERS FOR THAT.

WE'VE COMPLETED 28 PROJECTS. AGAIN, FENCES AND WINDOWS.

WINDOWS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY UTILIZING OUR PROGRAMS FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, OUR MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE NOT HISPANIC AND WHITE.

ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICATIONS OR A GOOD CHUNK ARE 62 AND OLDER.

AND THEN WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OR AN HOA THAT HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, BECAUSE THEY CAN GET UP TO $12,500 TO REALLY REVITALIZE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE DONE NINE. WE'VE ACCEPTED NINE PROJECTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ENTRYWAY FEATURES. WE'VE DONE SOME SOLAR LIGHTING.

WE DID A A FOUNTAIN REPAIR. WE HAVE DENIED A FEW PROJECTS, BUT IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR APPLICATION WASN'T COMPLETED OR THERE.

THE PROJECT WASN'T REALLY ELIGIBLE. THEN WE HAVE CODE ABATEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM, IS THERE NOT NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE? THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE LOW INCOME.

THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE CODE VIOLATION THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE PET PROJECT, AND THEY WOULD GET UP TO 100% REIMBURSEMENT UP TO $7,500.

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HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOT REALLY HELPED THIS PROGRAM, SO WE STILL HAVE ONLY DONE THREE.

REALLY? YEAH, REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT THIS ONE.

THIS ONE I HAD ONE THAT WAS THAT WERE TWO. YEAH.

SO SURPRISING. WE'VE DONE THREE MAJORITY AGAIN FENCE AND A DRIVEWAY AND THEN A RETAINING WALL.

ARE WE GETTING ANY FEEDBACK AS TO WHY? SO BRIAN HAS DONE A TON OF OUTREACH.

HE WORKS WITH OUR CODE OFFICERS IN THAT AREA.

HE EVEN PERSONALLY REACHES OUT TO THE HOMEOWNERS, AND THERE'S JUST NEVER THAT FOLLOW THROUGH OF COMPLETING THE APPLICATION AND GETTING THOSE QUOTES, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH OUR APPLICATION. SO IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. BUT THEY DON'T GO THROUGH.

THEY NEVER FINISHED THAT PROCESS. SO CAN YOU TELL IF THEY START.

SO BRIAN WILL GO AND EVEN HAND THEM APPLICATIONS AT THEIR HOUSE.

SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. I WONDER WHY THERE'S A BLOCK THERE.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED WE NOT. WE HAVE NEVER ASKED PEOPLE WHY DID YOU NOT FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION? WHY DID YOU NOT WANT TO DO THIS? I'LL SAY CURRENTLY WE HAVE A HOMEOWNER THAT HAS TO DEMO HER POOL DUE TO IT BEING FULL OF WATER AND IT'S A CODE VIOLATION, BUT $7,500 WON'T COVER THE COST, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO COVER THE REST.

AND SO SHE'S WORKING TOWARDS FINDING A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL GET TO THAT RATE.

AND EVEN WHEN SHE FOUND A CONTRACTOR THAT GOT TO THAT RATE, THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO TAKE PAYMENT AFTER THE FACT.

THEY WANTED A 50% UPFRONT. AND SO IT JUST WASN'T IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY MAKING THAT IMPACT.

WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, FOR EVERYONE. AND THEN FOR THE LOVE OF THIS BILL, THIS IS OUR DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THREE YEARS NOW. YEP.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE OUR LAST EVENT WAS ON OCTOBER 19TH OF 2024.

WE HAD 15 DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM EXTERIOR PROJECTS AT HOMES.

WE HAD PARK PROJECTS. WE'VE DONE SIDEWALK ART.

WE'VE DONE A LOT. WE HAVE LOTS OF IT. AND WE HAD OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT EVENT IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.

SO LIKE I SAID, WE DO AN ANNUAL SURVEY JUST TO KIND OF GET A TOUCH POINT ON HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.

SEE IF THERE'S SOME TWEAKS THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

SO WE REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.

SO FIRST QUESTION, WE ALWAYS ASK WHAT IMPROVEMENTS OR ACTIVITIES WOULD BENEFIT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE MAJORITY SAID NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR GRANTS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT.

SO AND THEN SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A 50% GRANT FOR EXTERIOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING FENCING.

SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE WANTS THAT KIND OF PROGRAMS. OKAY. WOULD YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS BE MORE LIKELY TO UTILIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IF MAYBE WE AS A CITY PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MATCH.

WE'RE REIMBURSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH HOW WE DO WITH CODE ABATEMENT. WE PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY.

SO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT HOA COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID YES, 79%. AND THEN CURRENTLY PET PLUS IS FOR HOMES THAT ARE BUILT IN 1980 OR OLDER.

BUT WHAT IF WE TWEAK THAT TIME TO 40% OR 40 YEARS, SORRY, 40 YEARS OR OLDER AND 68% SAID YES.

THERE ARE SOME THAT SAY OTHER, AND IT'S MORE LIKE WE WOULD WANT MORE INFORMATION OR WE WANT EVEN NEWER HOMES TO GET THAT 25%.

SO SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRIAN TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO EVERYTHING IS SUPPORTED BY THE SURVEY THAT WE COMPLETED.

AND SO FOR THE LOVE OF LEWISVILLE IS SUCH A IMPACTFUL PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.

AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE OUR BIG SORRY, OUR VIDEO TO HELP WITH LOGISTICAL PLANNING VERSUS JUST THE CLEANUP OR JUST THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

AND WE WOULD UTILIZE THE NEW CITYWIDE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND THAT WE WOULD OPEN THIS UP CITYWIDE.

SO HISTORICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MEET TARGETED NEED WHERE THEY HAD A DEFICIT, WHERE THEY WERE LOW INCOME OR OLDER HOUSING STOCK.

BUT WE WANTED TO OPEN THIS UP CITYWIDE AND SHARE, SHARE THE LOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

ANY ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? ANY IDEA OF THE DATE FOR THIS? YEAH. WELL THE THE NEXT ONE IS OCTOBER 18TH. SO

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SO IF WE OPEN THIS UP CITYWIDE WE CAN THE THE CODE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT HAS A NEED ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE A STRONGER SUCCESS.

THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AGREES TO THIS, AND IN LINE WITH THIS, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT NEXT TWO WOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO IS CURRENTLY TIED TO WOULD BE CODE ABATEMENT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND.

WITNESS TO THAT ALLOWED US TO DO SPECIFIC BENEFITS IN ONE AREA THAT WE'RE NOT FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.

SO WE SAID, OKAY, THIS ONE AREA. AND THAT WAS PART OF COUNCILMAN FERGUSON'S PITCH BACK IN THE DAY FOR COUNCIL, WAS THAT THIS ONE AREA WOULD GET THESE BENEFITS AS WELL AS PEP PLUS.

BUT THEN WE JUST DIDN'T SEE THE, THE, THE RETURN OF PEOPLE WANTING TO BE TO, TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY NEXT TWO WOULD THEN BE DELETED.

WE WOULD NOW MAKE IT CITYWIDE. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD GET INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL VENDORS LIKE BE PROACTIVE AND LIKE GIVE THEM INFORMATION? I THINK WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO THE CHAMBER.

YEAH. I MEAN, DID TOP OF VENDORS THAT WOULD MAKE AN INFORMED PEOPLE IF THEY GET A QUOTE? YES. A LOT OF THEM AREN'T CHAMBER MEMBERS. THAT'S FAIR.

AND I MEAN, SO THE ONES THAT YOU SEE, LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I'M GUESSING A POOL COMPANY AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH. THERE MAY BE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT WOULD TAKE PAYMENT FROM THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE THINKING IT'S SOME SORT OF SCAM OR SOMETHING.

IF WE COULD GET BE PROACTIVE AND LET THEM KNOW TO THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF VENDORS, WE'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING ON KNOWN AS AN APPROVED VENDOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

YES. YEAH. WE COULD LET OUR REGISTERED CONTRACTORS KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING. YEAH. JUST THINKING IS WE'VE GOT THAT REGISTERED CONTRACTORS LIST.

I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY CONTRACTORS THAT GIVE A PERCENTAGE BACK. THEY CONSIDER THAT PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO HELP THEM GET MORE BACK.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IS THE OTHER PROGRAM.

AS YOU SAW WITHIN THE SURVEY RESULTS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF, AND THEY WOULD WANT IT TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.

SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS OFFER A DIRECT PAYMENT OPTION TO THE CONTRACTOR OR TO THE VENDOR AT A $5,000 MAX, AT 100%. THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT.

AND THERE ARE SOME ADJACENT CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS AND WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS.

CURRENTLY, THE LEWISVILLE HAS 205 RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OF THOSE 57 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND 148 NON HOA NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO A LOT OF A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE. I THINK WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.

BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM SO THAT THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS PROGRAM? AND JUST REALIZE WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH LEGAL ON ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY CREATED THIS PROGRAM, THE IDEA WAS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO GIVE RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE HOMES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER, AND COME UP WITH PROJECTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BECAUSE OF THE NEED OF SOMEONE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT. THERE'S BEEN OKAY.

YOU NEED TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR YOU NEED TO HAVE AN HOA.

BUT IT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE'RE BENEFITING THE GROUPS THAT HAVE HOA AND NOT.

SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RIGHT SIZE THAT TO ACCOMPLISH THE ORIGINAL GOALS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND THEN THE PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM WAS THIS ONE.

THIS ONE IS SIMPLE. THIS PROGRAM YOU GUYS HELPED US EXPAND IT OUT CITYWIDE, AND IT IS JUST FLOURISHED.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR WITHIN THE CODE ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

BUT SO OVER 500% INCREASE IN AWARDS FROM 2022 TO 2024 COMPLETED 30 PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED DURING 2024

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WE'VE HAD EIGHT APPLICANTS IN 2025 THAT IF WE IF YOU APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATION THEIR HOMES WERE BUILT FROM 1980 TO 1985. SO IF WE CHANGE OUR POLICY TO HOMES THAT WERE BUILT FOR 30 YEARS OR HOMES THAT ARE 40 YEARS OLD, THEN THIS WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR THOSE EIGHT HOMEOWNERS THAT APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN PET PLUS.

SO GREAT PROGRAM. WE'RE JUST MAKING IT EVERGREEN SO THAT IT WOULD STAND IT WOULD ADJUST AS THE YEARS GO BY.

AND WE'RE ALSO INCREASING TO ALLOW FOR FIVE MORE YEARS OF AGE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND LASTLY, IN LINE WITH THE PARKS AND OUR PARK DEPARTMENT WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD A REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE A TREE IF IT IS REMOVED.

CURRENTLY, IT IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION IN OUR GUIDELINES.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. ANY THOUGHTS? ANY QUESTIONS? HOW MANY? HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF I GUESS.

REIMBURSEMENT FOR REMOVING DEAD TREES. FOR TREES.

SO WE'VE HAD ACTUALLY ONLY TWO TREE REMOVALS SINCE I OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME PROMOTION. THEY'RE TARGETING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING PROMOTION WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, TO PLANT TREES, TO REMOVE TREES IF NEEDED.

SO WE'RE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT WOULD BE. THE COST OF REMOVING TREES IS UNREAL. IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S. YEAH, IT SURPRISES THEM MORE.

PEOPLE HAVE. AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STORMS WE'VE HAD. AND I'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YEAH.

WELL AND I, I CORRECT MYSELF. THEY'VE WE'VE ONLY PLANTED TWO TREES.

SO REMOVING DEAD TREES AND TRIMMING THEM DOWN TO LIKE, THE STUMP.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE. OKAY, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, AND I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN.

SO FOR THE CODE ABATEMENT PROGRAM, I ASSUME THAT WE HAD FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

AND IF IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED, IS IT STILL THERE? IT IS. IT IS A P ACCOUNT. SO IT IS THERE AND IT CAN BE USED AND IT'S GOOD.

WE COULD. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD APPROVE VARIABLE.

I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 7000. BUT IF THERE ARE SOME BARRIERS WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST NATURALLY GOING TO BE MORE AND, YOU KNOW, WE RUN INTO ISSUES LIKE THAT, BUT COULD WE DO SOMETHING VARIABLE? WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAM AND TOTALLY LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GET A ONE OFF, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAM TO HAVE.

NOT A LIMIT. IT'S NOT A LIMIT. AND A WHOLE STRUCTURE OF RULES ABOUT WHAT GETS TO BE IN THAT HIGHER LIMIT.

I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT THOUGH. I MEAN, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO? SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO DO. SO AT THIS POINT, SHE'S LOOKING FOR A CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE IT ON AT 7500.

AND WITH RECEIVING THE PAYMENT FROM, FROM THE CITY, THAT MIGHT END UP BEING A WORSE.

OH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR SORT OF DEAL, WHICH CAN CAUSE MAJOR ISSUES WITH FOUNDATIONS AND EVERYTHING.

RIGHT. AND IT COULD IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS, TOO.

I KNOW ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, MY NEPHEW HAD TO DO THAT ON WALTER'S, AND IT COST.

YEAH, A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT. WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL.

[A. Invocation - Councilmember Bob Troyer]

FIRST UP ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BOB SHROYER.

PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAG.

[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Councilmember Brandon Jones]

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ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SEE THE TEXAS ONE SAVED.

MY GOD. ONE INDIVIDUAL.

[C. Graduation]

AWESOME. SO TONIGHT, I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF CELEBRATING OUR 2024 2025 CITIZENS UNIVERSITY GRADUATING CLASS.

SO WE HAD A PILE OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SPENT A PROBABLY MORE TIME THAN MAYBE THEY THOUGHT GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CITY AND REALIZING THAT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN A CITY OF 137,000 PEOPLE.

AND I'M SO PROUD AND EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TIED IN, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR CITY WORKS AND WHERE THEY CAN MAYBE FIND THEIR PASSION OR THEIR CALLING AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BUILD. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SITTING IN A ROOM HERE.

THIS IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO COME ON UP.

I'M GOING TO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHAKE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE. JENNIFER WILL HAND YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

AND THEN I'D ASK YOU TO JUST STAY UP HERE BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET A PHOTO AT THE END. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE I THINK IT'S BY LAST NAME.

SO SOFIA ANWAR. WE'LL GET IT. WE'LL GET IT. HEY, SOFIA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GRAB THAT. ALL RIGHT.

I'VE GOT KIRA. KIRA! I'M SORRY. KIRA. CARSON.

HI, KIRA. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT SHERILYN COX. ABIGAIL CRAFTON.

LOOK AT YOU. CONGRATS. ERIC FRANDSEN.

THANK YOU. SIR. YEAH, IT'S MY LEWISVILLE. PURPLE WILL HAWK.

CHRISTINA HEARN. DANIEL LAU.

SONNY LINDSAY. DAVID MARGULIES.

HEY, DAVID. SEE? YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET RID OF ME.

NO, THAT'S. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM. IT GETS YOU SUCKED IN. NOW YOU'RE ON A LIST. I KNOW, ARACELI QUEZADA, THEY MADE IT. THEY MADE IT PHONETIC. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I'VE GOT DARRYL.

DENISE WILSON. AND JEFF WOODS.

THANK YOU. NOW, WE DO HAVE A FEW OTHER GRADUATES WE'VE GOT WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.

SO DIANA BROWN, DANIEL SPENCER, GERALD BUICK, AND JOANNA BUICK.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING.

I'M GOING TO STEP BACK HERE. WE'LL GET A COUPLE OF PHOTOS REAL QUICK. YES.

SQUEEZE IN THERE. DID YOU LIKE EACH OTHER? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK.

CAN YOU DO IT? EVERYBODY. IF EVERYONE FROM THE LEFT WANTS TO LEAD RIGHT, EVERYONE FROM THE RIGHT WANTS TO LEFT.

THE PICTURE WILL TURN OUT REALLY NICE. THERE'S A DECK OF CARDS.

IS THAT A GOOD SIGN? AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. AND I'M NOT.

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AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THERE WAS A TIME IN THIS CITY WHEN WE HAD TO PULL TEETH TO GET PEOPLE TO COME ONTO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO IT WAS BACK AND BACK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN 2004, 2005.

AND SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PIPELINE OF FOLKS THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR CITY, THAT CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR THE CITY, THAT MAYBE CAN RESPOND TO NONSENSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH FACTS BECAUSE THEY'RE EDUCATED ABOUT THE CITY.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS. AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR TAKING TIME AND INVESTING IN LEWISVILLE, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM.

GOOD GOOD GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I MEAN I MEAN, YOU COULD STAY. THERE'S PLENTY OF SEATING.

EATING. THAT'S ONLY FAIR. OH, WAIT FOR THAT BACKGROUND.

I'M.

SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PROGRAM FLOURISH.

IT'S A GREAT JOB BY STAFF. IT'S OBVIOUSLY BECOMING THE THING TO DO.

[D. Public Hearing]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.189 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE EDMOND ADA SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 11, LOCATED AT 563 BENNETT LANE, FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT ZONING TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONING.

CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, PRESERVING ALL OF THE PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE IN MAINE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OF SEVERABILITY AND A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AS REQUESTED BY STEPHEN BROUGHTON, PB HOLDINGS LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

CASE NUMBER 25 023Z. THIS SMALL LOT IS SURROUNDED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, BUT MAINTAINS AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE ZONING, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

REZONING THIS LOT WILL ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE LOT TO THE SOUTH.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON MAY 20TH, 2025, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. WE DO HAVE MR. RICHARD LEWICKI, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD FROM KEN LAMBERT P HE IS HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M COMPLETELY CLEAR.

THIS PROPERTY. IT SAYS THE. WITH THE REZONE OF THIS PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH CAN BE REDEVELOPED.

BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IS THAT TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF A VACANT LOT.

AND THEN THERE'S A BUILDING ON ONE VACANT LOT TO THE SOUTH THAT IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT OWNER REQUESTED THIS OWNER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO BECAUSE THE THE ZONING DOES IMPACT THE SETBACKS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT.

IT JUST I UNDERSTAND NOW. OKAY, I GOT IT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER THAT OWNS THIS BUILDING.

WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH? YES. THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH. OKAY, I GET IT NOW.

I GOT IT ALSO REAL QUICK FOR CLARITY, RICHARD, WHEN WE SAY SURROUNDED BY IT IS LITERALLY SURROUNDED BY.

THIS IS AN ISLAND OF AOE, COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSED BY BY ALLIES.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE NO. I HAVE NO FURTHER. PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. TO SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU'D PLEASE VOTE. NO. NO, I DON'T NEED NO ATTORNEY ON THIS ONE.

BRILLIANT. SIX. NOTHING PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LAMBERT. YOU'RE EXCUSED IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN HANG OUT HERE.

WE LOVE HAVING VISITORS. YOU SAW ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING TO DO A POST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

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[F. Consent Agenda]

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM G REGULAR HEARING EIGHT.

[G. Regular Hearing]

IN 2500 SQUARE FOOT MIDDLE BUILDING IS PROPOSED ON THE SITE.

SINCE THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS DO NOT ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER DUE TO ITS PARKING LOT LOCATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD TO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL ON MAY 20TH, 2025. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. LUCKY, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATE STANDARD AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF INITIATING THE BOARD COMMISSION, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND THE CREATION OF CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES ON JUNE 30TH, 2025. VARIOUS TERMS OF OFFICE ON THE CITY'S BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES WILL BE EXPIRING. THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND CURRENT APPOINTEES NOTIFIED DUE TO THE RUNOFF ELECTION.

THE INITIATION OF THE BOARD COMMISSION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WAS POSTPONED TO ALLOW THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR TO PARTICIPATE. CURRENT BOARD. COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025.

CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES TO REVIEW ELIGIBLE APPOINTEES, NEW APPLICANTS AND PROVIDE NOMINEES FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION DURING A FUTURE MEETING. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INITIATE THE BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING, APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND CREATE THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OKAY. MAYOR, I MOVE TO INITIATE THE BOARD COMMISSION, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND CREATE THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AS FOLLOWS.

MAYOR PRO TEM KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEREDITH FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LIBRARY BOARD, PARK BOARD, LEWISVILLE PARKS AND LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR B AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOR MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN AND FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBER, TIPTON FOR THE OLD TOWN DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, LEWISVILLE LOCAL AND THE LEWISVILLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, AND THEN DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CADE AND COUNCIL MEMBER TROYER FOR THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE.

COUNCIL I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

[H. Reports]

I DO HAVE THE FOLLOWING REPORTS BY DIRECTORS.

MR..

MAYOR GILMORE AND CITY COUNCIL. LAST FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, WE HAD THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OUR CITY MANAGER AND FIVE STAFF MEMBERS ATTEND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

AND AT THAT MEETING THEY HAD AN AWARD CEREMONY.

THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL CLYDE AWARDS.

AND CLYDE STANDS FOR CELEBRATING LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE.

AND OUT OF ABOUT 36 ENTRIES, SIX WERE SELECTED AND LEWISVILLE RECEIVED TWO OF THOSE SIX.

[01:15:02]

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT IN PUTTING TOGETHER THAT PLAN AND FOR CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

JUST SOME SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JONES BECAUSE HE DEFINITELY HAD HIS EYE ON ON THAT PIVOT OF INVESTING IN THAT CORRIDOR.

AND HE'S HE'S CARRIED THAT STANDARD AND REALLY BROUGHT THAT FORWARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NUMBER TWO, I DID GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. I KNOW SEVERAL OF THOSE FOLKS, AND I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL THREE.

I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU NOW. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS CREATES, BECAUSE WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE WORK REGIONALLY, IS THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THAT INTO WHAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WAS TO APPLY FOR A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO ACTUALLY WORK ON THAT CORRIDOR PLAN.

SO THERE'S SOME GREAT SYNERGIES THAT COME OUT OF THINKING REGIONALLY AND PUTTING THAT STUFF UP THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. AND MR. MCGINN WILL GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON THE SECOND AWARD.

OURS ISN'T OURS IN FRAMED YET, BUT THE AWARD WAS RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARENESS FOR THE LEWISVILLE BACKYARD COTTAGE DESIGN COMPETITION. AND JUST A REALLY CREATIVE STAFF THAT CAME TOGETHER UTILIZED THE GRANT FROM AARP.

YOU KNOW, GOT FOLKS INVOLVED FROM PROFESSIONALS.

WE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR BACKYARD COTTAGES, ALL DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

WE HAD OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED. AND WE EVEN HAD A PARADE TO YOU.

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PARADE FLOAT. AND SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THE, THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.

AND GETTING A RESPONSE TO THIS, OUR SENIOR VOLUNTEERS, EVERY TIME I WAS IN AN EVENT, THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO BE PARTICIPATING.

THEY REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. SO APPRECIATE STAFF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. GREAT JOB GUYS.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. AND OUR. OUR FINAL DIRECTOR REPORT IS FROM MISS STACY ANAYA. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARK FANS, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS SATURDAY IS OUR THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.

SO WE HAVE SERVICE SATURDAYS, AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON A CLEANUP OF PRAIRIE CREEK FROM I-35 BACK TO OLD ORCHARD OR EVEN VALLEY PARKWAY, DEPENDING ON HOW AMBITIOUS WE GET.

BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO REGISTER, YOU CAN GO TO PLAY LEWISVILLE.COM AND SIGN UP FOR SERVICE SATURDAYS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR SATURDAYS AT THE CABIN HAPPENING AT 10:00, SO CLEAN UP AT EIGHT.

HEAD TO LILA AT TEN. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOUD AND PROUD ART FESTIVAL AT THRIVE.

SO YOU CAN GO ON ANOTHER PARK CRAWL THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING THIS SATURDAY.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I'M JUST GOING TO START ON THE FAR LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY GREEN.

I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK FOR THE WHERE WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE VISION 2035 PLAN.

BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S TIME TO GET MOVING. I THINK THE FIRST MEETING IS SET IN LESS THAN A MONTH.

TO GET STARTED ON THAT EFFORT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT YOUR APPLICATION IN YET, PLEASE DO SO.

AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS ALSO AN APPLICATION THAT FOR THE YOUTH YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL THAT IS ALSO OPEN.

YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO THAT, BUT MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT WHILE IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. SURE.

SO THIS WEEK WE'LL BE HAVING A FEW EVENTS FOR JUNETEENTH.

ON THURSDAY, WE HAVE A SCREENING AT THE GRAND THEATER THAT SOLD OUT.

AND THERE'S A SECOND SCREENING THAT WILL BE ON THE 21ST FIRST THAT YOU CAN GET.

THE TICKETS ARE FREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET A TICKET TO GET IN.

AND ALSO WE HAVE THE FRIDAY CONCERT IN WAYNE FERGUSON.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. MEMBER.

MEREDITH. I WAS THERE FRIDAY FOR THE FOR THE EVENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE RICHARD AND CHRIS AND THEIR TEAMS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE LEWISVILLE MENTIONED TWICE.

AND AS WE WENT UP THERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARDS, THERE WAS A LOT OF EYES ON US.

AND CONGRATULATIONS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. SOME LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK.

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NO TICKET OR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS INTRO TO MEDITATION FOR ADULTS.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2 TO 3 P.M.. CRAWFORD MEETING ROOM.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND CROSS STITCHING OUTSIDE THE HOOP.

TEEN EDITION FOR TEENS AGES 13 TO 18. FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2 TO 3:30 P.M.

AT THE HIVE MAKERSPACE. NO REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER.

YES, SIR. AS COUNCIL MEMBER JONES ALREADY MENTIONED.

WELL, I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER.

THE FIRST THING IS THE SACRED GROUND, THE LEGACY BENEATH THE LEWISVILLE, OUR JUNE 19TH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHICH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER JONES INDICATED, HIS WAS SOLD OUT FOR JUNE 19TH.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF THAT ON JUNE 21ST.

SECONDLY, WILL HEARN'S GRAND OLD AMERICANA SHOW PRESENTED BY THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER ON THE 21ST.

SUSAN GOLD, PRESENTED BY THE OUTCRY COMMUNITY THEATER JUNE 26TH THROUGH THE 29TH, WITH TWO PERFORMANCES ON BOTH THE 2020 EIGHTH AND THE 29TH AND BLACKBOX SONGWRITER SERIES TISH HINOJOSA PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE ON JUNE 29TH AND AS ALWAYS, THE FRIDAY NIGHT ACOUSTIC JAM SESSION PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE.

ACTIVITIES. THE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH TISH HINOJOSA.

IT PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, IS ON JUNE 28TH.

AND THEN THERE ARE TWO EXHIBITIONS RIGHT NOW SACRED GROUND FRAMING THE FORGOTTEN.

PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE JUNE 19TH THROUGH JULY 12TH AND THEN LEWISVILLE.

FACE OFF EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA THROUGH JULY 12TH.

AND THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU SIR, I APPRECIATE IT.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD IS I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THE THE LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL BE COMING TO TOWN, AND WE'RE HAVING TO SIT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT LOCATIONS IN LEWISVILLE AND NEXT STEPS IN DENTON COUNTY.

SO VERY, VERY PLEASED TO TO HAVE STAFF CONTINUING TO BE WORKING ON THAT AND GAINING MOMENTUM.

TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS ALREADY PERFORMING CLASSES IN DENTON COUNTY WITH ACME BRICK CURRENTLY.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

BUSINESSES THAT NEED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, CERTIFICATE TRAINING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO IF YOU KNOW A BUSINESS OR HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THAT SPACE WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BRING THIS TO DENTON COUNTY AS SPECIFICALLY LEWISVILLE.

[J. Closed Session]

SECTION 551 .072 REAL ESTATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

SECTION 551 .087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

NEGOTIATE NEGOTIATIONS. WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSE SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK AND RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION COUNSEL. IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO TAKE ALL,

[K. Reconvene]

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN.

ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THAT'S 7:46 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.