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The City of Carrollton City Council met on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, for a combined Regular Worksession and Meeting. Key highlights included a discussion on the proposed $235 million 2026 Bond Referendum, a public hearing and approval of a controversial mixed-use rezoning at Hebron Parkway and Marsh Lane, and the adoption of a prospective ban on new Short-Term Rentals (STRs) and Bed & Breakfasts (B&Bs). The council also recognized the Fire Department for maintaining its ISO Class 1 rating and presented environmental awards to local industries. The consent agenda, including a 7.5% blended utility rate increase, was approved unanimously.
The council unanimously approved the consent agenda (Items *10-*23), which included:
On the STR Ordinance (Items 19/20/28): Philip Haig and Angela Haig expressed concerns regarding the new short-term rental regulations. They argued that requirements for noise monitoring devices and mandatory background checks on all adult guests were burdensome, costly, and impractical, noting that booking platforms do not currently facilitate such checks for hosts.
On the IBP 9 Rezoning (Item 27): Over a dozen residents from surrounding neighborhoods (including The Highlands, The Estates of High Country, and Oak Creek Estates) spoke in opposition to the proposed rezoning. Their primary concerns included:
2026 Bond Referendum (Worksession Item 5): Karim Ali, chair of the Capital Improvements Plan Advisory Committee (CIPAC), and Jonathan Wheat, Director of Engineering, presented the committee's recommendation for a $235 million bond package. The proposal maintains a historical 70/30 split between infrastructure ($164.5 million) and facilities ($70.5 million). Key projects include residential street reconstruction, Hebron Parkway improvements (leveraging a Denton County match), Fire Stations 4 and 9, a Police fitness facility, Municipal Court renovations, library expansions, a senior center expansion, trail funding, and parks improvements. The council discussed the traffic analysis and city-wide distribution of projects. The formal call for the election is scheduled for February 2, 2026.
Utility Fund, Water and Wastewater Rates (Worksession Item 4): Finance Director Melissa Everett presented a recommended 7.5% blended rate increase for water and wastewater services. The increase is driven by rising wholesale costs from Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) and the Trinity River Authority (TRA) and is intended to maintain the city's policy of a 90-day operating expenditure fund balance. Staff noted that this incremental increase avoids a sharper spike in future years. The average residential customer is projected to see a monthly increase between $1.73 and $3.67.
So my budget is blueberry. All right, we are officially starting our work session, guys, for the uh December second uh meeting. Appreciate y'all being here. Um council, we will start with our consent agenda items. We have a few work session items. Uh full agenda tonight, we have a lot to cover. Um, but we will start with uh item number uh ten, which is our minutes from September 9th. Um these were uh delayed, but any regardless are here now. Uh nothing contentious that I saw. Any comments or questions? Yes. I had just asked the city secretary if she could put the names of who did the presentation from Text thought in there. It just said people presented. Oh yeah. Okay, so we'll lie who so we'll we'll get those uh modified just indicate that it's as stipulated. Thank you. Okay. That's a fair point. Um number eleven, uh consider approval of the purchase of a new swap vehicle and accessories from Lenco Industries through a US general services admin GSA purchasing contract and amount not to exceed three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. It's an old one, so it'll be nice to have a replacement. Number twelve, uh consider authorizing the city managers to enter into a uh an agreement with various furniture vendors through interlocal co-op agreements with the Collin County government purchasers forum and collin county college in an amount not to exceed seven hundred and thirty thousand dollars for fiscal year twenty twenty-six um goes in line with our upgrades here at the city hall, far cheaper than building a new one and um throughout the city. Any uh any questions on this particular item? No. Okay. Uh for vehicle cameras and an amount not to exceed 96,600 sixty dollars and seventy-four cents annually for a total three year contract amount not to exceed two hundred and eighty-nine thousand nine eighty-two and twenty-two cents. You'll recall this was uh presented during our budget session, but it's uh been incremented slightly as some of the departments have um loosened up some of their contingency funds to get on board with this program. So any questions? Number fourteen, uh consider authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Signa Health and Life Insurance Company pursuant to RFP two five does zero five six for stop loss insurance and an amount not to exceed million two ninety-three eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and zero cents. Yes. Um would this be incremental to the existing um PPO or GMO transfer staff or is it is it separate from that? It good question. It's this is stop loss, so this is incremental coverage for um deals like that. But do we have somebody from staff that wants to address that? Still with that question, yes. Samantha I think you'll you might have a one another question or two on the sure, sure. Samantha Dean, director of workforce services. Um, yes, council member. This is essentially like an insurance plan for the health plan.