All right.

Welcome as I call to order the October 7th City of Murphy Regular City Council meeting.

Time is 6 p.m.

Rise with me as I offer the invitation to leave the pledge of allegiance.

Our heavenly father bless us as we consider the agenda in front of us tonight.

Give us the wisdom to act with compassion and vision for what is best for the community.

Bless and watch over our public safety officers and the community they serve.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Mayor Scott Bradley?

Here.

Mayor Pro Tim Elizabeth Abraham?

Here.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tim Janay Butler?

Here.

Councilmember place to Scott Smith.

Councilmember place three, Andrew Chase.

Here.

Councilmember place four, Ken Oldman.

Here.

Councilmember place five Laura Deal?

Here.

Mayor certify the presence of a quorum.

Thank you, Susie.

All right.

Item four public comments is time we said candy.

Keene.

Oh well.

Thank you.

Thank you for calling that out.

I appreciate it.

Public comments.

This is the time we set aside on the agenda to allow residents to adjust counsel on an item not on the agenda this evening.

I do have a number of public comment forms.

We're going to work our way through those, and if uh anyone else would like to address council, I will uh give them the opportunity at that time.

Uh first uh public comment form I have is Mr.

Maynard Little.

Good evening.

My name's Maynard Little.

I reside at 1004 St.

Mark Drive.

At the last council meeting on September 16th, 2025, I stated that Murphy has a spending problem.

The evidence is crystal clear.

Year over year, 10% increases in the budget, with taxes and fees increasing 20 to 50 percent to fund it.

I asked each of you to estimate how much these tax and fee increases would add annually to an average household.

Initially I estimated it was resulting in an additional 500 uh dollars sent to the city, and have since revised it to 1,000 dollars.

Not one of you replied with an estimate.

Of course, this negative fiscal impact on residents is not just for 2026.

It has been reoccurring for the last several years.

During these years, the city has dedicated dictated, dictated spending on numerous non-essential projects, including millions of tax dollars on Roxford Earth medians, redundant sidewalks, the loop project, and tennis courts, all without approval from those who must pay for them.

The nonessential vanity spending has been approved by council to continue in 2026, with millions to be spent on bridges to nowhere, a floodable tunnel, more redundant sidewalks, solar lights for a basketball court, bike repair stations, overhead netting for a volleyball court, etc.

That's council members.

You are supposed to represent all residents.

How are you representing those who do not approve of tax dollars being spent in this manner?

I look forward to hearing an explicit answers from each of you.

At the last meeting, I also asked for justification abstantiation of the annual transfer of 20% of the projected general fund budget from the utility fund to the general uh fund for quote administration unquote.

Additionally, I asked for sub substantiation of the 20% reserve balance for the utility fund.

Why isn't it 10%?

Why isn't it 30%?

How and when was either of the 20% figures calculated?

I also asked for a list of peer cities that require their utility fund to carry similar burdens.

I have not received answers to any of these questions or the data to justify the amounts charged to the utility fund.

I am again requesting the answers, data and explanation.

I look good forward to receiving them.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Little.

All right.

Next is uh Jeton Patel.

Oh no, that's item number four.

I'll call you up with item number four.

I apologize.

What's up?

Oh.

Oh, it is a come on up, Jaden.

This is four.

It's very hard.

Counting to ten is difficult.

Hello, Mr.

Patel, your name and address for the car for the show.

Thank you very much, uh, council members.

My name is Jatin Patel, and I am uh a resident of Wiley, uh, address 3217, trailing wines band in Wiley.

So I'll read my statement now.

Good evening, Mr.

Mayor and esteemed council members.

My name is Jatin Patel, and I'm here on behalf of Swami Narayan Guru Kul USA.

Dallas Center in East Plano.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today.

I would like to extend a warm invitation to you, Mr.

Mayor, and all council members to join us for our upcoming Diwali celebration at our temple.

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Indian community.

It symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.

Homes, temples, and streets are illuminated with lamps and lights during this festival in India, representing the inner light that protects us from the spiritual darkness.

Beyond its spiritual significance, Diwali is a time for families, friends, and communities to come together to share joy, gratitude, and goodwill.

It is a celebration that transcends religion and culture, promoting unity, peace, and spirit of giving back to the society and community.

At Sri Swamina Guru Kur, our mission is to nurture both moral and spiritual values while building bridges within our broader community.

Our Diwali celebration is a vibrant family-friendly event featuring cultural performances, music, traditional food, and community fellowship.

It offers a beautiful opportunity to experience India culture, learn about its values, and share in the collective joy of the season.

We would be truly honored by your presence at this celebration.

Your participation would mean a great deal to our community as it symbolizes partnership, inclusivity, and mutual respect.

The very values Diwali, the Festival of Lights stands for.

Once again, we warmly invite you to join us at Sri Swamina and Guru in East Plano on October 25th, 25th at 6 p.m.

to celebrate the Fist Festival of Lights together.

Thank you for your time, and we look forward to welcoming you in the city of Murphy to our Diwali celebration.

Thank you.

All right.

Next is Mary Lang.

Good evening, Ms.

Lang.

Good evening.

My name is Mary Lang.

I live at 804 Easter Drive in Wiley, Texas.

And I've come to let the City of Wiley know that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the traveling wall at Hills, is coming to Wally.

It will be escorted in on October the 28th.

It will be set up on 29 the 29th of October in Founders Park.

Starting on the 30th, the 30th, 31st, and 1st, and being taken down at 2 o'clock on Sunday.

It will be available for viewing 24 hours a day.

For those of y'all that do not know, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the wall has over 58,000 names on it of veterans who were killed, soldiers who were killed over in Vietnam.

Of that, there's eight ladies on the wall, and they were nurses that were killed at the time.

Over three million veterans of the United States served over in Vietnam.

I'm here to say that I hope y'all will come and see it.

I sent all of y'all a small flyer.

But this is what it will look like.

We are honored to have it come to Wiley, and I hope y'all will come and visit and see it.

It is you'll be amazed at how easy it'll be to find a name on there if you're looking for a certain name.

I served during that time, um, but I did not have boots on the ground in Vietnam, but my husband did.

Also, they have started in 1993 an honor wall for those veterans that came back and later died that you can have your name on there.

There's 7,000 on that honor roll right now.

Thank you again.

If you have any questions, I'm sure you all can get a hold of me.

And I'm also, I'm not in uniform, but I'm also the commander of the American Legion Hale Combat Post in Wally, Texas.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Lincoln.

All right, next is uh Mr.

Mohammed Kasim, uh, and he wants to do a presentation to me.

Mr.

Kizzy.

Mayor Bradley, um Councilmember, we're here with Maidwood Companies and um on a very special occasion for us as we uh stood behind this chamber a few years back getting the entitlements for our uh Enclave of Maxwell Creek project uh back then we didn't never realize we always taught ourselves to be community developers, but we never realized what our development would sort of turn and lead into.

And I still remember the day that I received a call from Mayor Bradley, he was actually enjoying his vacation, and uh all of a sudden we were speaking on the phone where there was an opportunity where HEB could do a bigger project than they actually had originally envisioned.

And today is a testament for us to not only complete our project, but actually to see a great economic development component set up in the city and to commemorate that occasion of us completing our development in the shadows of an economic development achievement for the city.

We're here to provide a small gesture of appreciation by naming one of our streets, which is facing the HEB as Bradley Street.

Bradley Drive.

Thank you.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

I'm an absolute pleasure to work with you guys.

We try to reach out, we try to do the best we can for all the developers.

We'd like to be partners.

Sometimes it's an easy conversation, sometimes it's not an easy conversation.

Uh so I accept this.

I accept it really in the name of all of council because it's the work that we try to do to make sure that we're welcoming city for our partners.

And we we echo that, and we really appreciate the support of all of the city members, but especially people come and they see huge developments, but they really don't realize after decades what it took for members like yourself, Mary like yourself to actually envision an economic development for city like Murphy, and many decades from now, we can all come back and share and see what uh what the achievements were under the shadow of these names.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

All right.

All right, I'm gonna move on to item five, mayor's report.

I do not have anything for mayor's report.

Is there anything from council?

Yeah, I was there anyone else who wanted to make a public comment tonight that didn't have a chance to turn in a form.

Great.

Nothing from Mayor's report.

We'll move on to presentations.

Item six, a presentation, community planning month.

Yeah, that's you.

We have Morgan here with us.

Join us.

Anyone else?

Whereas community planning provides an opportunity for all residents to be meaningfully involved in making choices that determine the future of their community.

And whereas the full benefit of planning requires public officials and citizens who understand, support, and demand excellence in planning and plan implementation.

And whereas the month of October is designated as National Community Planning Month throughout the United States of America by the American Planning Association as an opportunity to highlight the contributions that sound planning and plan implementation make to the quality of our communities and environment.

And whereas the celebration of National Community Planning Month gives us the opportunity to publicly recognize the participation and dedication of the members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and other citizen planners who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of the City of Murphy.

And whereas we recognize the many valuable contributions made by the community development staff at the City of Murphy and extend our heartfelt thanks for the continued commitment to public service by these professionals.

Now, therefore, be a result, the month of October 2025 is hereby designated as Community Planning Month in the City of Murphy in conjunction with the celebration of National Community Planning Month.

Proclaimed this seventh day of October 2025.

Thank you so much.

I'm so sorry.

All right, we're gonna do uh proclamation uh B uh 6B proclamation fire protect prevention month.

Well thank you for being here.

Sorry, I think we would have had more fire here tonight, but for national not out, I know they're scattered across the city now doing what they do.

So let me read this proclamation.

Uh whereas the city of Murphy is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living in Murphy and visiting.

And whereas fire remains a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally, and the presence of lithium on batteries in many household devices introduce unique fire risk, and whereas most electronic devices used in homes daily, including smartphones, tablets, laptop, power tools, e-bots, e-scooters, and toys are all powered by lithium island batteries, which if misused, damaged or improperly uncharged, can properly charge, can overheat, start a fire, or explode.

And whereas the National Fire Protection Association NFPA reports an increase in battery-related fires, underscoring the need for public education on the safe use of lithium island batteries.

And whereas residents should follow three keys, three keys calls to actions by only listed products, charge batteries safely, and recycle them responsibly to prevent battery-related fires.

And whereas lithium on batteries store a large amount of energy in a small space, an improper use, such of overcharging use off-brand chargers without safety certifications or exposing batteries to damage can result in fire or explosion.

It's a long one.

Whereas the proper disposal and recycle of lithium-on batteries can prevent environmental hazard and risk fire risk in homes and communities.

And whereas the City of Murphy, first responders are dedicated to reducing the occurrence of fires through prevention, safety education, community outreach, and whereas the 2025 Fire Prevention Week theme, charge into fire safety, lithium batteries in your home serves to remind us of the importance of using charging, recycling lithium batteries safely to reduce the risk of fires and homes in community.

Now, therefore, I Scott Smith, on behalf of Scott Bradley, mayor of the City of Murphy, do hereby proclaim October 5th through 11th 2025 as fire prevention week throughout the city of Murphy.

I urge all citizens of Murphy, Texas to recognize charge into fire safety lithium island batteries in your home.

We also urge you to participate in the public safety activities and efforts of Murphy Fire and Rescue Open House Public Education Event October the 11th, 2025, and help celebrate 52 years of service to the citizens.

Jugging on that.

All right, on to the item 6C presentation.

Employee of the Quarter.

Chelsea Montgomery.

You win this every month.

Every quarter.

What could I say?

All right, so good evening, Mayor and Council.

Um tonight I have the pleasure of introducing our next employee of the quarter in efforts to publicly recognize a Murphy team member who is known to consistently go above and beyond and demonstrate a commitment to our core values of being Murphy cool.

So as a reminder, each quarter of the fiscal year, employees have the opportunity to submit nominations for those they think are deserving of this recognition.

And the final selection is made by our city manager's office.

So without further ado, I am pleased to announce the selected recipient of the employee of the fourth and final quarter of the fiscal year 2025 is Melvin Capers, Recreations and Historics.

So I will now hand it over to Kayla McFarland.

She's going to officially present Melvin's award.

Okay.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

I'd like to invite Melvin up for his award and just say a couple words.

Melvin is by far the glue that holds our team together.

He is the idea man.

He is always going above and beyond, helping everybody all the time.

We greatly appreciate him.

He actually, fun fact, has been poached by many people, or try to be poached by many other cities.

I won't allow it though, because he is a great team member, and we are very lucky to have him with the Park Tower Creation Department.

So congratulations, Melvin.

It is a well-deserved award.

Mayor, would you like to come down and get a photo with Kayla and Melvin?

I would.

Okay.

Thanks.

All right.

Reagan.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

It is a true privilege of mine to stand before you tonight and provide you an update of the progress of the design and implementation of the Murphy Veterans Tribute as of now.

Just to give you a timeline of where we are.

On September 16th, City staff was directed by City Council to work with the tribute committee to formulate a plan of action for selecting a site and a design of the tribute.

Two days later, we being assistant city manager Mayfield and I, City Staff, had an initial meeting with Mary Pat Elledge regarding a conceptual design and a site was agreed upon.

On the 24th, City Staff had a second meeting with a more form finalized design for the committee to review, and the committee consented to the design that will be presented tonight.

The site that is proposed is the eastern island of the City Hall parking lot.

It's east of kind of what could almost be called the plaza of the open area on the east side of City Hall.

The location offers a few benefits for this kind of improvement that's being proposed.

It's currently irrigated.

There is electricity service to the site.

It's tree-lined.

It already has some pretty substantial growth.

Trees there.

It's a graded relatively well prepped and ready to go.

And it has a very unique view of City Hall and the flagpoles.

It really is a great spot for something unique.

This two-dimensional look doesn't uh explain or show much.

So let me step through the general design and what's being proposed.

Starting is probably the spine, so to speak, of the design is a uh accessible six-foot-wide sidewalk from the what would be the eastern end to the western end.

The design is in such a way where someone could begin at the eastern end and walk towards City Hall and take it in as you walk that direction.

Both ends will have an ADA accessible ramp for individuals to be able to proceed up and down the sidewalk.

The design shown here shows some stones.

I'll talk more about those in just a moment.

The purpose behind those.

They would be spaced out more.

This is just to give you an idea of massing.

Each of the six stone benches would represent one of the six six branches of the of the United States military.

These particular stones, uh, this picture on the left is a picture of uh one of the stones right out here in front of City Hall on the west side.

You'll see some of these large central Texas granite blocks that are located elsewhere on the City Hall site.

We did identify the supplier of those blocks 20 years ago, and they are available for purchase today.

So this would continue the theme of the site, but would also give us an opportunity to make each of the stones representing again a branch of the military and a place for people to sit and reflect.

A major component of this tribute from the beginning has been a way to remember honorees for those who give towards a paver.

As it stands now, the placement of these is proposed to be between these six stone benches.

The idea is you could sit there and no paver would be any further than about 15 feet away from where you sit, so you could sit there and reflect on your loved one who you gave towards.

There'd be approximately 120 available as of as of now that should be enough to supply those who are interested so far.

There are two forms of remembrance that are being considered.

I think the general consensus right now is the stone stylistic design on top.

There are some here for your consideration if you'd like to look.

There's also a metal panel that is etched engraved.

It does have the QR code.

I believe it's a form for someone or an ability for someone to scan that and learn more about the person being honored.

The you could go out of the way, perhaps the stone would last longer, but these kind of details can be worked out as we go along.

Just wanted to point out that there will be a way to remember those who would like to be honored for those who would like to give towards the project.

And then finally, the key element of the design would be a monument at the western end of the site that after much discussion was determined to be best facing inward.

The idea is so that when people are within the site, they would be able to admire it and enjoy it.

And the flags on the flagpole would be behind the monument.

A particular monument has been identified.

There's a company in Yonkers, New York called the Randolph Rose Collection that would create this particular statue.

It is virtually unique.

There's only two existing in the United States currently.

They were both placed from what I understand at VA hospitals in the middle in the Midwest.

So they could have been federal orders, I'm not sure about that, but still very significant placements.

The company has created several works located in Texas.

They did a work for the Houston Public Library and the Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation honoring Barbara Bush.

You can see that's a very significant monument that was placed in Houston.

And if anybody cares to go look, there are several of these works in the city of Colleyville.

The city of Colleyville and South Lake have a bit of a rivalry in their public art, and they have lots of traffic circles, and they love to cram those traffic circles with really expensive art.

They have gone to great lengths with this company, the City of Colleyville, to play several of their works in these traffic circles.

So if you'd like to go see, I can give you those specific locations if you're ever interested.

These are a few of the details of the monument.

I think the committee and myself and Jared all agreed one of the favorite things, and it's unique among the monuments that we could find was the folded flag of honor under the right arm.

We could not find anything else quite like that.

It's almost as if the soldier is taking it from the flagpole behind and bringing it to the site.

It's kind of a cool tie-in.

And so we hope that this really quality bronze monument can really bring a heightened sense of quality to this area, to the town, and also it would really be our first major installation of public art.

So we have to think of it like that.

So it's really going above and beyond.

So when you put it all together, the idea is that it complements the municipal complexes, kind of bucolic open design, nothing too vertical, but a little more heavy, has some weight to it.

It's contemplative, places to sit and admire.

It's calm.

I've gone out there in the evenings about this time to kind of listen.

It's very quiet.

You can kind of hear maybe you know children playing on the fields or something, but other than that, it's quiet, and that's that's quite a nice thing.

And it's it's clean.

I'm a believer less is more.

I think if you look at um tributes like the uh Vietnam veteran memorial, um, you know, very nice and clean.

We're trying to keep that here as well.

And again, there are just some pragmatic aspects.

There's lots of parking.

Um it's prepped for construction.

It's a nice site for this.

Um the city has little need for this particular uh parcel at this time.

And uh it actually has a slight rise to it as you go from east to west.

I think it's gonna make for a kind of interesting view as as you're walking up the walkway to uh the circle and the monument.

The cost right now is estimated to be just under 100,000.

That's taking into account some contingencies.

Obviously, we're still in the early stages.

We're expecting to move and repair a lot of irrigation that's on the site, um, increasing the electrical service capacity so you could have events out there necessary, uh some lighting for the monument and and things like that.

Um we don't know exactly what those would cost at this time, but we're working on that.

And uh there's a possibility of replacing a tree or two.

Uh one, at least one is looking kind of diseased at this time.

All funds of this time are expected to be from Murphy Veterans Tribute Cash on Hand on the Collin County Parks grant, subject to design change approval, still waiting on the final approval from Collin County.

I think um the board could speak to that now.

But we do expect some additional donations to come along uh as this continues to progress.

Uh again, this is the overall design and the site, and then just to kind of give you an idea of a little bit of massing, it's not the scale, but this is uh kind of the idea overall.

Um the blocks would again be spaced out more, the monument would be a little further back.

But um we expect it to be uh a unique location, a great place to gather and to remember uh those who deserve it most.

So this concludes my presentation.

I know that there are several members of the committee here tonight uh who may want to speak and say a word or two about this design, but we're here to seek direction from council if you agree with this uh design conceptually.

There's still many details to iron out, but to give staff direction on um on whether to proceed.

Well, it's it's not an action item, but what I will say is council uh gave staff direction to find uh uh uh a new site that was um that was acceptable to the Veterans Committee and acceptable, but something that we could do uh within scale within the city.

And I think you guys knocked it out of park.

I love this.

I love the way it's laid out.

I love kind of the uh uh the utilitarianism of it.

That it is very useful.

So very excited about what you guys have come up with here.

Um so uh Reagan, I know this was a big thing for you.

You're the one who kind of took the rose on this.

So my thanks and council thanks for for the effort that you put in on this.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

I think it looks fantastic.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Reagan, I think every year with my kids, not every year, when they get eight go to eighth grade or they're leaving eighth grade, they go on a Washington trip.

And so I always volunteer to go because I love to go and I see the monuments there.

So it never gets old, even though I've been there before many, many times.

But I really like this.

Um it's very serene.

Um, it it really is a place for reflection, and it reminds me of some of those monuments there, and really simple is better, you know, to me.

You know, they have the big ones that are nice, but I really like those really quiet spaces where you can really sit, reflect, you know, take in the nature, and to hear those kids on the field, you know, because that's what those people fought for was to have those kids out there playing on the field.

So I think it's great.

I I really do like it, look forward to hearing what uh you all have to say, but I I think you guys came up with a great, great idea, concept here.

Thank you.

Regan, I just wanted to say as well.

Great job.

I think this is a better than a great compromise.

I think this is something that uh between the committee and this and the staff has worked.

I think y'all have done a great job.

My only question uh is there any planned signage?

Uh so uh right now we would plan uh a dedicatory plaque of some kind um honoring uh those who've been involved in the project and saying what this is.

Um there would definitely be room as this moves along to consider certain forms of signage, um, pointing people towards it.

Um perhaps that could even tie into some revamped site signage in general.

You know, we have our entry signs as you come in off Murphy Road.

Maybe we add another layer there, Murphy Veterans Tribute, this direction, something of that.

Um so we're not quite that far yet, but I would expect that there would be signs to make sure people understand what this is for sure.

Reagan, I just want to say I I really do like the monument, the statue, uh selection.

There's a lot of them out there when I did a little research.

So this one is really nice, and I like that that you incorporated.

I think the tribute committee wanted to have like a circle of honor, so I think that got incorporated here as well.

So appreciate all the um the feedback and especially taking into consideration what they they wanted in in the design.

Absolutely.

So with the when we were looking back, you have the pavers, right?

So you had so there was one, the metal one that has a QR code.

Right.

So who then collects that, puts that up, who maintains that that space where you would go and look at through this information.

I think um maybe Mary Pat Elledge or someone on the committee could explain what the QR code purpose is for.

What I will tell you is as we develop um the parameters and guidelines of how the city and the tribute committee are going to work together on this, um, and we create a contract and all those kind of things.

Um the actual management of who gets a paver in general will be the responsibility of the tribute committee.

We as a city do not want to handle people's personal documentations and documents and trying to file all that away.

So the commit the tribute committee will be helping manage all of that.

Right.

Very good.

Thank you, Reagan.

Don't go anywhere because I think you're next.

A presentation has something to say.

Did you guys have any comments you want to make?

Mama.

I really appreciate what the city council has done, especially with Jared and Reagan.

They really worked hard to satisfy a lot of our questions and our emotions that I presented over the last few uh months, but we're very pleased with this.

In response to about the information, um, in order to make sure that there'd be no stolen valor, we're going to be requiring a DD 214 showing that they were honorably discharged.

And I am responsible for maintaining that information for their Wally Veterans Memorial.

So that is something that if somebody says we want a a stone, we want a paper.

That sounds really good, but we want to make sure that those people that get a stuff uh paper are eligible for that.

And um, as in the uh memorial in Wally, um they're not going to have to be dead to have their memorial, their stone.

Um if y'all have any more questions, but no, we they're gonna have to have proof that they were audibly discharged.

Well, here we are.

And um we are so thankful for Reagan for kind of taking the lead on the design and for Jared to sit down with us and uh also with Aretha that uh helped with some early on decisions that we made.

And um I'm I'm glad to hear your comments, and um I appreciate your encouragement, and we are just very thrilled about what the City of Murphy and the Murphy tribute have worked together, and um that's the main thing I just wanted to say.

Uh there's a lot of questions that we might have and a lot of ideas that we still might uh contribute to this, but I think that uh Reagan has presented to all of us a top-notch memorial tribute to our veterans, and that's really what we wanted during this whole time.

So uh we're pleased, we're happy to work with the city, and I believe that we will um come up with the funds and uh have this done.

So just thank you all so much for working with us through these times, and I appreciate every one of you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Tamary Pat, I just wanted to I just saw an example of this.

Yes, so I'm just gonna let you know.

Technology changes, and so I just feel like the scan code eventually over time will just become colete.

And so I just feel like the scan code eventually over time will just become just something to think about while you this profit.

Well, it's left.

It's very popular now, as you know, but we've thought about that.

And through that code, we were going to maintain a list of the people and tell a little bit about them.

But at this time, everything's kind of up in the air.

This particular plaque that's going the silver plaque, that would be attached to the paper.

And I think you've seen the papers, have you the heavy paper?

And that would go on top of that with a glue that we hear would not go away, you know, I'd be there.

But they also mostly this is kind of a thinking forward idea with with the silver plaque on the top.

But our sources say that they would not come off and they would be not rub off or anything.

But the paper itself, that's also an option.

So that's something to work through.

And if any of you have any ideas about that for us, we're, you know, we're happy to uh talk to you about that.

The QR code is I kind of agree.

You know.

So if any of the audience wants to see that, maybe um Reagan, we could put it on your desk.

It's pretty heavy.

It's pretty heavy.

Yeah.

But that's the one that one of the two designs that we've thought.

And with the silver on the top, it would be a stone like that, but it would just be glued to the top.

So all those things can work out.

But just uh my last comment is we're so appreciative of being able to work with you through these years and to make this something that the City of Murphy and all of us with the Murphy Veterans Distributor will be proud of.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

All right, we're gonna move on to item B E presentation of the annual economic development report.

Good evening again.

Um how many presentations do we have tonight?

Okay.

So people love coming to Murphy and opening their business here.

Okay, good night.

We will we will move along.

No, um good evening, everyone.

As part of staff's commitment to being uh open and transparent to the community and you, we do want to just highlight some of the uh you know economic statistics of our city and give you a quick uh idea of of what's going on.

Um these are some of the same statistics you see uh every year, but we have roughly the same population.

We have an average home value of 620 now, uh which is um quite mind-boggling.

I remember a headline in the newspaper when I was here in 2018 when I think homes had 400,000 average value, so how far we've come.

Our average household income is 160,000, and we have a very educated community as well.

It's a great place to live, and I know we all know that.

Our region continues to grow, uh, the retail trade area is I think for the first time over 200,000 uh this year as Wiley and St.

Paul uh and Parker and Lucas continue to grow.

A lot of people wanting to come here and spend their dollars here.

Um commercial development conditions are still very good.

What I will tell you is our occupancy rate um is gonna be a little lower than what's up here.

We do know of some pending vacancies will probably be more in the 95% range before long.

Um but we s you know to to be a city above the 95% uh occupancy of our commercial corridor is quite astounding and a testament to the desire of companies wanting to come here and be a part of this market.

Our sales tax revenue as projected uh is uh pretty much flat line at this point.

We did see a slight increase year over year from fiscal year 24, about 5.8 million.

Uh we do know for certain reasons there will be uh slight bump next year.

We're looking forward to that with new retailers coming to the city, and we expect uh a very healthy um uh amount of money from these uh companies.

Do we have any dates for any of the the new big retailers?

So any dates for the new big retailers.

So um HEB in particular is we're still saying late spring, early summer.

I will say um if you go out there today, the building, the framing is moving along.

Um it could be a little earlier.

That's the rumbling I'm I'm hearing, but we will see.

Okay.

So thank you.

Local investment is still quite high.

We have had quite a few single family permits this year.

Crescent Hill has been the primary contributor to that with 42 single family permits for fiscal year 24.

Most of those homes were valued well above 750,000 apiece, some upwards of a million.

Significant investment in our community.

We've had several new major construction projects that were completed.

Obviously, we have more underway.

And Toll Brothers is effectively sold out at this point with only probably three sites for sale at this point, maybe maybe less.

So that's very exciting.

The enclave will soon be pulling permits.

They have permits in, so that will be, I believe the total number of homes once completed would be always get that number because it changed, it was different from when I was here the first time, but it was about 80 home sites in there, including both phases.

I can't remember what the development's called, but the one at Betsy and Murphy Road looks like it's making some progress.

Yes.

Uh the site prep is still moving forward.

And Oasis Springs has had several homes completed this past year.

That's what's contributed to the other single family permits beyond the Enclave.

Some very significant homes have been completed if you haven't driven by.

I noticed our building officials have been pretty stunned by what by way by what he's saying.

They're quite beautiful.

Thank you.

We've had 22 new businesses, a few of them located here.

Most recent, you heard a specific use permit for pixel speed, sim racing.

We've heard they've uh hit the ground running.

I don't know what the, you know, they've taken off.

Maybe they're trying to find some joke here, but they've they've done uh quite well.

Um Torchies Tacos seems to be quite busy.

You can't find a parking spot on a Friday.

That's a good problem, but uh they are doing well.

We'll see what their sales tax revenue looks like in a in another month or so.

City Vets open, um Pinchapenny, some of these are great sales tax revenue generators for our city.

One stop India and Nueva Leone are quite uh made quite a big impact to our bottom line, and we're excited to have them here.

So in 2025, uh early this year, Murphy began the development of the strategic plan for the city.

Um we're now stepping away from the you might recall the economic development strategic plan, which is now over four years old, and moving towards wrapping our economic development plans really in two main components that would be our overall strategic plan for the city and the Murphy Master Plan, which you will hear a little bit more of an update later.

The strategic plan has a few particular uh goals that are related to economic development that I'll just speak on very quickly.

The corridor at Murphy, uh we continue to realize there are more opportunities to continue to forward this brand.

Staff understands that.

We hope to explore that more throughout this next year.

We do have new banners that have gone up.

You may have noticed those, taking advantage of uh the actual branding colors, and we're pleased with those.

They still did a few tweaks, but uh we're excited to see those go up.

The corridor social media page, uh, Morgan Barclay, our planning administrator has really uh done a great job trying to get the page active and up and running again.

Our follow or followers could be over 4,000 by now.

I don't know.

Are we?

Yeah, we so we could be over 4,000 by the time this was updated.

So uh we on uh we're starting to see some more traction there and involvement.

As you can see, um, as you can imagine, or posts about HEB and Torchies had tens of thousands of views engaging people throughout the region and telling them to come and shop here uh at Torchies now or HEB in the future, right?

Uh we do want to continue to encourage initiatives to enhance economic vitality.

We would expect um over the course of the next year or two, and some of the discussions I'm having with potential redevelopment opportunities for this to come back.

We really only have two active agreements now.

HE B Murphy will when they receive their CO, that agreement will close, and Murphy Marketplace is really closed out.

Our interpretation is the new construction would not count towards this.

Um you also may recall revamp grants.

This was something we staff came up with in probably 2020, revive and advance Murphy's prosperity.

These are site enhancement grants.

Um we're hoping to uh revamp this grant program and get that out into the community so people understand its purpose.

The combined MDD MCDC board have reviewed uh some revisions to that program, and I plan on bringing those back to you sometime this uh fall, winter to to get those down so we can start promoting this to the community again.

Partnerships.

I am working to build our relationship with the Murphy Chamber of Commerce more and more day to day.

We're working with them on they are really helping with having some boots on the ground in hearing from the business community of ways that we can help promote them.

So we're trying to find ways to use the corridor page to promote Murphy business through the chamber.

So we're building upon that relationship.

And one of the strategic goals is to also build up relationships with neighboring cities.

You can see a picture here.

I know you don't need to see another picture of me.

But this is this is Jared Potts, who's the economic development director in the city of Saxe.

We had lunch last week to kind of talk about what's going on in the community.

Just trying to build those relationships with these communities.

Jared and I actually just missed each other in South Lake.

He's a fellow South Lake staffer who went on to be a director and just a great guy and a great resource as we really work together to make this area a great place to live.

Murphy Master Plan, you're well aware this is underway.

You'll hear an update in just a moment.

This is really one of the key focuses of mine right now.

In June, we kicked it off.

We've had first of our community engagement sessions, which went well.

We've had two meetings of the Master Plan Advisory Committee, the Impact, and LJA will uh Abra Nusser will be here to give you an update on the progress after me.

So what's next, just to hit the high points.

This map is showing some of the mods.

That's part of the master plan.

Uh kind of particular sites in the city where we're trying to figure out long term.

What do we hope to see there?

So these are sites of particular importance to me right now and talking with developers, people who want to invest in the community.

We're working to ensure the smooth opening of major developments.

I will say you know, HEB is important, but we can't forget we have a 60,000 square foot retail center being added in Murphy Marketplace, uh, which they broke ground probably yesterday.

The ground has been turned over out there, so quite exciting.

And we are working to create a new EDC website, economic development focused website under our main Murphy TX website right now.

So to try to find more ways to promote City of Murphy.

Do we have any timelines on the Murphy Marketplace?

I do I do not.

It will definitely be next calendar year, but I couldn't quite guarantee it was going to be this fiscal year.

Okay.

And then uh one other little thing.

Um we're trying to think of ways to enhance gateways and visual appeal and create engaging places to gather.

These are some strategic goals as part of the master plan.

And you might recognize the site on the right as a potential place for this to happen.

But staff's also kicking around some ideas of some other ways to create engaging places.

And this little dirt patch in front of City Hall might be one of those places.

So we hope to keep you updated soon and uh give you an idea of what we're hoping to do to continue to rejuvenate the Murphy Municipal Complex in its 20th year of service.

It was dedicated 20 years ago, a couple weeks ago.

So with that, uh that concludes my presentation.

Are there any questions for me?

I don't have any questions, but I'm I'm happy to see the partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and the other cities, because I think that we can do a lot together if all the neighboring cities got together and really band it together.

And I do like that we're looking forward, you know, looking to the future, um, especially as we build out, and then we have these little unique spaces that you uh showcased here that we need to you know see what we can do with that and have longevity with that too for the future.

And so it's no easy thing.

You've done welcome back.

I can't believe it's been a year already.

Yeah, thank you.

Great.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Can I backtrack to presentation C for just a second?

Okay.

Because we didn't get to say anything for that one.

And that is dealing with Mr.

Melvin there.

Still here, yeah, anyway.

So I want to say that thank you for all you do.

You know, you always are just so personable, always fun, always helpful.

Um, and in this day and age, it's great to have people that have great customer service and people service skills.

So thank you for that.

He even talked to me when we're at Sam's.

He doesn't run away.

But yeah, so just to know that we we do appreciate you and everything that you do.

All right.

Then we are going to move on to item.

Yeah, L IAA engineering.

L GAANARI Master Plan update, right?

Good for you.

I don't have to say very much on this one.

I'll hand it over to Aber Nusser, who's the project lead on behalf of LGA Engineering to give you an update on the Murphy Master Plan.

Thank you, Reagan.

And good evening, Mayor and City Council.

Happy to be here tonight to just touch base as we're kind of midway through, almost uh you know, 60% of the way through, and um gonna go over some just project background, feedback highlights to date, gonna talk about the vision guiding principles.

I put those at each of your spots.

So if you just want to start flipping that around and looking at it, um you're welcome to do so.

And I also put a little stack, your own personal stack of flyers at each spot this evening that we can talk about as well.

Going to try to be brief, so feel free to uh circle back to anything you have questions on tonight.

But in terms of what we're doing, this is our planning area here, City of Murphy and our two little spots of BTJ.

Uh but the master plan was adopted in 2008.

Again, this is a long-range vision doc long range vision document that sets the stage for the next 15 to 20 years in terms of budgetary priorities and just priorities in general, but also for rezoning requests and how the land in Murphy is going to be used in the coming years.

Uh, we have had multiple engagements.

This is just a sample of things that we have done in the process.

We're here tonight checking in.

Um, as Reagan mentioned, we've had two impact meetings, which is the Master Plan Advisory Committee, but on the same days, we also had two technical advisory committee meetings.

So those will also be done another time to present the draft concepts and highlights coming up here next before community forum two.

So again, looking at our planning and design approach, uh trying to operate at the intersection of these three spheres, uh the economic and fiscal vitality piece, nature and scenery, and the people of Murphy, just recognizing that when one of these spheres gets neglected, it doesn't have as uh good of a result or as meaningful as of a result, and then design thinking.

We've really done a great uh deal of listening to do that empathize stage before we figured out what needed to be done.

So it's really quick for people to jump to that stage of oh, let's do this, this, and this, but really uh getting that comprehensive look at hey, what's going on, what is the existing status, what are the actual problems that need to be solved before we figure out how we're gonna do that.

So key groups, uh just the Murphy community at large, city leadership, the advisory committees, and stakeholders.

I'm gonna talk about each one of these a little bit more, but um just we we invite everyone to collaborate, and we're trying to make sure that if people have feedback, they have the opportunity to provide it.

So not every one person, you know, will present, will uh attend the every community forum or you know, get on the map and participate, but they have the opportunity to do so.

So again, these are our uh this is our master plan outline.

These are the topics that we're gonna be covering with the update economic and fiscal vitality, land use and design, mobility and connectivity, infrastructure and facilities, and implementation.

So here's some feedback highlights, gonna go uh through these.

We have had the project website up.

Uh the collaboration map has been up for months now.

Um we've got some really good feedback on that, but we've also had the event timeline, question comment form, all the things.

Uh here's some here's a just a look at our collaboration map that was just recently closed, and we had 336 likes, 77 comments.

Uh the map was available on mobile and desktop, and they could add discussion or comments to each person.

So here's just a sampling here.

Something I like uh parks and trails and the connection at Maxwell Creek there, improvements to trail safety in recent years, banner signs on light poles for Murphy events, needs improvement, just traffic signal timing adjustments, additional lanes and areas of congestion, areas for trail maintenance, requests for street lights, and then some ideas, bike lanes, park improvements, more public art, and then input on the Murphy opportunity districts, too.

So just a sampling there.

Uh, we have conducted multiple stakeholder interviews as part of the project.

So um just strong identity in the community and safety are core strengths, limited land, aging infrastructure, and congestion on 544 are top challenges.

Redevelopment opportunities should include placemaking and trails.

Again, those little touches that uh Reagan was talking about, and then lack of local dining entertainment and gathering places.

So this one is an interesting.

I just wanted to pause here for a second.

Although people are wanting more, there's also a broad recognition that Murphy has a lot to offer already.

So although people are looking for some refinements in what we have to offer here today, it really is a great place to live, and people recognize that.

So just pointing that out.

And then success depends on proactive planning and engagement, which obviously we're trying to do, but people are really looking for that follow-through and to see some visible changes from the planning effort.

And then community forum one, uh, they're just gonna go through some things here.

This was in the summer.

People are really looking for uh walkability trails and connectivity, uh desire for green space, strong interest in community gathering spaces and family friendly designs and programming, and then balancing identity design and development, and then mixed support and opinions on design style and mixed use housing.

So we'll talk about that here in a second.

Murphy in one word, quiet, friendly, safe, uh, most frequently words to describe Murphy, but also some other interesting ones in there.

Um I think there were a couple of people who did not appreciate that people did not follow the directions and only use one word.

Uh so that was kind of funny, but um, you know, there's some great stuff in there and also some things to work on.

Big bold ideas, uh, a town center, a library, green space, mixed-use housing, walkability, all sorts of fun things, um, but really just a focus on refinements at this stage, no huge, huge uh big glaring problems that uh people are looking to identify uh solutions to except uh traffic on 544, so that's at top of mind for people.

Where do you shop and eat out?

Again, uh people are looking to for for more options, but they are spending their money elsewhere.

Uh you can kind of see a sampling there, but going to Wiley, Plano, Garland to spend their sales tax dollars.

So I think part of this effort is trying to figure out how we can capture more of that and keep it here.

Map the gap.

I think one of the things that was interesting here is or two things actually.

One was people didn't realize the trail system that is in Murphy and near Murphy.

Uh they hadn't actually seen an aerial image of the city, and that's something that we take for granted, right?

Um, some of us are on maps all day, every day, but it was kind of an awareness that they got at the community forum, like, oh, I didn't realize that this trail system goes all the way to Brecken Ridge Park, and um, so it was kind of an interesting thing, and then people looking for more connections across Maxwell Creek East and West, I think uh was one of the takeaways.

So Murphy's future development style didn't get a ton of consensus on this.

Um, people a lot of people liked the farmhouse chic, but some people uh were really almost paralyzed by the idea because they're like, where's left to build something?

Um so we we kind of walked them to the Murphy Opportunity District station and were able to kind of conceptualize that a little bit better, but still hard to use our imaginations on this one and didn't really get a consistent theme, except uh farmhouse chic could be okay, and modern stuff could be okay too, but really just looking for high quality in general uh use of high quality materials, and they want it to look nice.

Uh destination Murphy, some of the same, really took a parks and wreck uh slant at this station, not necessarily what it was intended to do, but it's a product of Murphy's stage of evolution, right?

Um, there's not a ton of stuff that is wrong.

So people are looking for those quality of life enhancements and more fun stuff to uh spend money on in Murphy, like uh entertainment and uh things to eat, walkable multi-story.

Um, people generally open to mixed use, so like with the ground floor commercial and maybe some residential above, but the biggest concerns that people had were just putting more traffic on 544, and then also that it would look good.

So people definitely open with the right concept to mixed use housing or even multi multi-family in certain cases if it was done right.

Youth advisory committee.

This is uh a fun part.

We had this meeting in September.

It was their first meeting.

They had a great time.

There was uh a group of kids in high school, they had strong interest and more activities in the city.

They're looking to roll up their sleeves and dig in and volunteer.

They want internships and they want places to plug in.

Uh so that was really nice to hear, but they are concerned about traffic and walkability.

Uh we took them on a journey on the Kenny Drive tract, which was one of the mods, and it was so interesting because we didn't tell them what the Master Plan Advisory Committee had thought of, and they thought of something very similar.

So they actually ended up refining impact's idea.

So it's just the beauty of the process and um to see the collaboration at work.

So here's some more pictures of that.

They were very engaged.

Um so it was a fun, it was a fun meeting.

Vision guiding principles.

Uh again, trying to go through this quickly.

TAC and Impact recommended this for your approval.

This is an action item this evening, looking for your direction at this middle stage of the process.

Uh what these represent is a set of key themes that are used in the planning document.

They're set as guideposts, and they are meaningful, so they are really these pillars that the planning effort will stand on and should tie all of your other efforts together.

So this is the vision statement you just approved in 2025 for your strategic plan.

Um, and we feel like this encapsulates the feedback that we've also been receiving on the planning effort.

But for a master plan, we also like to distill it into vision guiding principles so that we can kind of pull out some of those themes.

So here's what Impact has done and the TAC has done.

Um neighborly and unique, thriving local economy and fiscal health, connected and walkable community, engaging open space and recreation, distinctive destinations and activity hubs, balanced growth and land use, engaged and informed community, and resilience and adaptability.

So happy to go through any of these you actually have questions on, but I don't want to belabor them because I know you still have several agenda items.

So I'm just going to click through these again, happy to circle back on any of these that you might want to talk about, but they are recommended for your approval tonight.

Uh Murphy Opportunity Districts.

So we are looking at these 10 sites.

We've done extensive uh looks at these with the TAC and Impact and at the community forum and on the collaboration map.

So got a ton of feedback on these.

Um and this slide really, I just wanted to showcase the process these mods are going through so that when they do come out at the community forum, you know that they have been thoughtful.

Uh so all of these stages, I there are a couple of more that uh we've had with even Reagan and Morgan and um some other stages too.

So when it does get to the community forum two in the draft plan and the public hearing, they will have been really thought out in terms of future.

Next steps, uh, we are here tonight for that feedback recap and the vision statement uh action item.

So yay, nay, refinements tonight on those because uh they really set the stage for the rest of the planning effort.

Uh we are going into that the next round of committee meetings heading into community forum two, which will be on Zoom.

So that's um November 20th, that's the week before Thanksgiving from 6 to 8.

And if you miss the live Zoom, then it'll be recorded.

So you can watch it uh for convenience purposes, and we get a lot of play on that.

So looking forward to that.

Uh we will have more information coming up on the website with the Zoom link and all that fun stuff, but right now it's really a save the date.

So happy to answer any questions.

Gonna go back to this timeline.

Questions.

I just like to see that folks do like to see quality of life things in the community.

You know, so you know, I know that it is a balance, you know, on council trying to take into consideration everybody's thoughts and what they want to see in their community.

Um, but we we do listen to what the majority of the community likes, even those that are not the majority.

You know, everyone has a voice, and we're up here to represent that.

So I just thank you for presenting that and um encapsulating you know the thoughts of our community that really aligns with the visions of council.

Thank you, and thank you for your participation on the impact.

Yeah, I I was happy to see some of the things that were mentioned were things that we do have in our our current plan for even this budget year, like few of them.

So that's nice.

I think I think we're doing a great job on the center direction for you.

Great, thank you so much.

Sure.

I am going to work.

You're going to lose counsel here pretty quickly.

We haven't even made it out of presentations.

And it's day is uh national night out of that.

And Taco Tooth, what national tackle day to do?

It's National Taco Day.

Another reason to G H and I.

All right.

So I'm going to move on to item 7.

Uh City Manager staff reports.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh just a few announcements for you.

Uh this upcoming weekend, our fire department open house will occur over at the fire station from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

Uh their activities include tours, a medical helicopter landing, some several demonstrations, movie, uh face painting and food and whatnot.

So uh and before you do that, you can stop over at the cleaning green, which also happens this weekend.

Drop off your uh items that you need to dispose of.

There's more information on the website, so you can hit the cleaning green and then go over to the uh fire department open house.

We also have celebration coming up on October 27th.

Uh that'll take place out here in front of the city hall complex from 6 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

This is our trunk retreat uh event that'll feature a variety of activities with inflatables, uh an obstacle course, face painting, uh a haunted alley as well.

So there's more information available on the website.

And then uh that weekend as well.

There are two more activities, our drug take back that's happening over at the police department from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

and then the animal shot clinic also from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

It's more information on the website for those as well.

And then last but not least, your next council meeting is in two weeks, October 21st.

Okay, thank you.

All right, moving on to item eight, the incentive agenda.

Would anyone like to remove an item the consent agenda uh this evening?

So you can go on and take a motion.

Mayor move that we approve the consent agenda as presented.

Second.

I have a motion second.

All is in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed.

9A.

Consider and our act on a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a professional engineering services agreement between the city of Murphy and Burkhoff Hendricks and Carter LLP for design work associated with the East Renner Road uh at Tall Tree Drive Intersection modification in an amount not to see $64,500.

Okay.

Good evening, Mayor, members of council.

Uh as you said, this is a design contract uh with uh Murphy Burkhoff Hendricks and Carter LLP to uh make some intersection improvements at the at East Renner Road and Tall Tree.

Uh these modifications are not to exceed uh or the uh design work for these modifications are not to see $64,500.

And they're basically the scope of the services are to provide uh design bidding and construction administration.

Uh the T intersection there has had some challenges in the past, and so the concept is to come up with a a uh design that's going to mitigate those traffic hazards, and um the money is in this year's budget, it's available in fund 10, and staff is uh recommends approval of this resolution.

Any questions?

Okay.

All right, take a motion.

Wait, wait, no, I didn't have any questions for him.

Oh so we got citizen feedback today about this, and there were some valid points that I thought maybe we should at least discuss again.

So it was spending this amount of money.

This is 64,500 for the design only.

Um for one house, and do we have other options that don't redesign the road?

So they mentioned some bowler, the little the I remember when they used to have the little um wrought iron, and then it was the bridge.

The last car just blew right through that.

Is that what happened?

Yeah.

Okay.

So I didn't that was before.

Was that before after the fire?

Was that that was after the fire?

After the fire, yeah, because I remember that being.

The last car took out two of the pylons that were 12 feet buried in the ground and ended up in the house on top of uh uh the wife.

They were still there when that happened at the end of that room.

Okay.

Any other questions?

Okay.

Anything else?

Mayor move that we approve the resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a professional engineering services agreement between the city of Murphy and Burkhoff, Hendrickson Carter LLP for design work associated with East Renner Road at Tall Tree Drive, intersection modifications and amount not to exceed $64,500.

Most second all the paper.

Aye.

Any unanimously out of me.

Consider and our act on casting an official ballot for the election of Region 13 Director of the Texas Municipal League Board of Directors.

Candy, I don't have any recommendations on this to you.

Other than the guy that sent the other than the guy that sent the multiple things sent to us, though.

We got two different resumes, right?

I believe that you all we got state.

And all of the people nominees did send you all their bios, and they did send an email asking for your vote.

Yeah.

And so who is the current one?

Your incumbent is going to be Stanley Jackowski.

That's my guy.

So I was leaning towards just going with the incumbent.

Um I'll have a counterpoint to that.

Okay.

Yeah.

Because one of one of the other ones that emailed us directly was the mayor of Capel.

And I do feel like Capella's more of a peer city to us than Lancaster is with where the other gentleman is.

And so I I would I would go with the Capell person, but also too, he had recommendations from other mayors, including the mayor of Saxe and the Mayor, former mayor, or a council member of Planned O was Otto Muns is the mayor.

Mayor Planck.

Yeah, I think he's to be he's like a leader of a mayor association.

Yes, you're right.

That's all that.

So that would be that would be my I'm not opposed to that.

That would be my recommendation.

I agree with Ken on that as far as representation.

And let's take a motion then.

Go ahead, Ken.

I have to find his name, hold on.

I know because that was Mays.

Mayor Mays.

Mayor Mays.

You want me to do it?

Yes, why don't you do it if you have our okay?

I move.

We are casting an official ballot for the election of Mr.

Mays for Region 13, Director of the Texas Municipal Lead Board of Directors.

Second.

I have a motion to second hold in favor.

Any of them?

Aye.

Motion passed again.

That's the item Consider and our Act upon a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a three-year agreement for services with the possibility of a two-year extensions to splendid Christmas lighting company.

We amount of $39,000 per year billed annually for Christmas light installation and takedown services.

Kayla.

Good evening again, Mayor and Council.

It's actually better.

Okay.

It is the exact same contractor that we just recently had our three-year contract with.

We I think gave him one extension, and then we were like, okay, we actually need to change it up a little bit and add across the street and a couple more things over here.

So we did take it out to bid and he was the low bidder.

Um we did do his reference checks and everything, and again, like I said, he was the previous year contract.

Um we did actually add a couple things and came in lower.

Um the previous contract with him was actually 45,000.

Um and the shares at 39.

So he really wanted to get the uh condition with keeper anymore.

So all right.

Any questions for Caleb?

No.

Take a motion.

Mayor move that we approve this resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a three-year agreement for services with the possibility of a two one-year extensions to splendid Christmas lighting company in the amount of 39,000 per year, billed annually for Christmas light installation and take down services.

Aye.

Any opposed motion passes unanimous.

Moving on to item 10 executive session, according to text government code chapter 551 and sub chapter D, but the city council will now recess into executive session to discuss the following.

Item A551.074, deliberation regarding the appointments, employment, evaluation, reassignment, due to municipality, or dismissal of a public officer, or employee.

Same section.

City Secretary Candy Jackson, and some under the same code, uh City Manager Aretha Adams.

Mayor, I move to approve that we um do a um a merit adjustment increase for the city secretary in the amount of three percent.

And for the city manager, a market adjustment of two percent and a merit increase adjustment of uh three percent.

I have a motion, I have a motion, second all is in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

All right, moving on to item 12, future agenda items.

Council members may request topics on future agenda meetings.

No member of the city council may adjust uh discuss any of the requested subjects until such uh matter has been properly placed on agenda.

Would anyone like an item put on a future agenda at this time?

Seeing none time is 741.

We are adjourned.