All right.

Ready?

All right.

Welcome as I call to order the what is today?

June 2nd, 2026.

City of Murphy, regular city council meeting.

Time is 6.01.

Rise with me as I offer the invocation to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

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 in the community they serve.

Your name we pray.

Amen.

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.

I will turn the time over to City Secretary for roll call and certification of the quorum.

Mayor Scott Bradley?

Here.

Mayor Pro Tim Elizabeth Abraham.

Here.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tim Janay Butler.

Here.

Councilmember place two, Scott Smith.

Here.

Councilmember place three, Debbie Ison.

Here.

Councilmember place four, Ken Oldman.

Here.

Council Member Place 5, Kevin Kelly.

Here.

Mayor certify the presence of a quorum.

All right.

Thank you.

With that, we're going to move on to public comments.

This is the time we set aside on the agenda.

Allow residents to address council on item not on the agenda this evening.

Um, were we going to do presentation on the uh on the chamber winners?

Why don't you come up?

We'll do that first.

Good evening, Mr.

Mayor, City Council, City Staff, City Manager, and all of our residents that are here this evening.

My name is Luke Trahan, and I am the co-chairman of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation, and I'm here with Steve Dault, who is uh my co-chairman of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation.

We are very pleased this evening to present to you six amazing youth of Murphy that have been awarded the Murphy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship.

We review the candidates based on scholastics, work history, community involvement, need, and an essay component as well.

It is a very competitive process, and each year we are blessed by the business community and the city of Murphy to provide the funds to award each scholarship.

The recipients this year are as follows.

So Macy has lived in Murphy her whole life, uh so about 18 years now.

She attended Wiley High School and will be going to Southeast Missouri State University, where she will be playing soccer while majoring in nursing.

Her favorite memory in Murphy is playing sports at the PSA or attending Murphy Mays Days with her family and her friends.

Thank you, Macy.

Next, Maha Risby.

Maha has been in Murphy for all 17 years of her life, attended Plano East High School.

She'll be attending the University of Texas at Dallas this fall with a major in healthcare studies on a pre-med track.

Maha's favorite memory in Murphy is rolling down the hill at Murphy Central Park with friends at Sounds of Sundown with the Emerald City Band.

Great job.

Steve, you want to present the trophy?

Well, just one.

Sevy is the Daltrahan Wealth Management named scholar for our uh the Murphy Chamber Scholarship.

He is a resident of Murphy for the last 11 years, graduate of Wiley High School.

He will attend the University of Texas at Austin and attend intends to study engineering.

His favorite Murphy memory is participating as a young entrepreneur twice at Murphy Mays Days to raise money for endangered animals.

Congratulations.

Next.

Surrey Lang.

They happen to be twins.

Congratulations, Surrey.

Suri's lived in Murphy also for 11 years.

She graduated from Wiley High School.

In the fall, she will attend Texas AM University to pursue a major in mechanical engineering.

Her favorite memories of participating as a young entrepreneur in Murphy Mainsday food and volunteering at local summer camps with her friends.

Congratulations.

It's easier over here.

Deanne the Quattle?

Diane.

Diane.

Diane.

Diane Quadler.

Diane has lived in Murphy for nine years and attended Plano East High School.

She will attend Purdue University in the fall of 2026 and hopes to pursue a degree in chemical engineering.

Her favorite memory of Murphy is going on morning runs with her cross-country team through Murphy Central Park and to preserve at Maxwell Creek.

Congratulations.

And last but definitely not least is Rohemet Aleya Mohammed.

Congratulations.

Raheemed has lived in Murphy for seven years, and she attended Plano East High School.

And if we could have all the recipients come back up, we're going to take a quick photo right here in front of City Council.

And do want to say a quick thank you, especially to our Parks and Recreations Department for all their support these many years for the Scholarship Foundation.

Without their support for Mays Days, these funds would not have been possible to be able to present these awards.

Also want to say thank you to Depp Proctor from PhotoPrint for printing all these programs for this evening, and a special thank you to the support that we get from Mayor Bradley for these programs as well.

Thanks so much.

You want to wing it?

Yeah, I know.

Come this way.

Go ahead.

Sorry, can you stand here?

No, no, up front.

So B4 in the back.

Just like that.

Okay, who's taking the next?

Okay.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

I think I think Mayor, I think, I think uh Janae wants to get some pictures with you guys too.

We just wait a second.

Is that it?

All right.

Okay.

I don't know.

Do y'all want to give the picture to me?

No, I I'm pictured out, so for record, you know, I've been doing this a long time.

And the city of Murphy, too, is tails and nails, punk and chunk, and everything that we have done.

Thank y'all so much for our support for your support.

Without it, we definitely would not have been so successful at handing out these scholarships.

Uh I don't even know where we are now.

60, 70 kids, like 120,000 dollars.

174,000.

Oh, 174.

See?

So thank y'all and thank all the businesses and the community for your support all these years.

And we appreciate you letting us do this in the chamber.

Thanks.

I have two public.

Oh, not a problem.

I have two public comment forms.

Let's start with Miss Mary Lang.

Good afternoon, council and people of Murphy.

I am here to say thank you to the people of Murphy and the City Council, but I'm here to especially say thank you to the parks and recreation, because they have done an outstanding job with the Murphy Veterans Tribute.

First of all, Matt Foster, as a leader for your parks and rec is outstanding.

And the crew that came and worked last Tuesday.

Last Tuesday?

Whenever we laid the stones.

Jared McDonald, Jacob Schenk, did I say that right?

S-H-E-N-K.

John Burton, Colton Nations, and David Lovato.

They were outstanding.

They worked really hard and it was hot out there, and they did an excellent job.

And I also wanted to thank North Texas Stonemasons and Water Gardens.

They put up the stuff the statue.

You all have so much to be proud of, but I just want to say thank you.

I am the commander for the American Legion Hill Combat's Post 315, but I'm on the board of the Murphy Veterans Tribute.

I also want to say thank you to Aretha for all her help.

And I'd like to say thank you to each individual one, but since my time is short, I'm just going to say thank you so much for all your hard work.

And Mayor, hope you'll enter your um the forum for your for your favor, just letting you know.

All right, very good.

And we've got Mr.

Mater, Mayor.

Maynard Little, 1004, St.

Mark Drive.

Good evening.

Congratulations to the new council members.

I look forward to positive changes.

These comments are not intended for you, although I would be happy to discuss them with you.

Apparently, many on staff and council choose the ostrich approach to respond to a resident who expresses a concern or requests an explanation.

I have been I had intended to make this my seventh seventh council meeting in which I am requesting a meeting with each of you to explain the details of the need for the uh storm water fee increase.

But it is clear that none of you can justify the increase or its approval, as witnessed by refusal to meet with me.

Please take your heads out of the sand.

I'm not going away.

Miss Fitzpatrick Walker, as finance director, why have you ignored my request to provide the basis for of the data inputs given to the consultant for the fee study?

Ms.

Adams, as city manager, why haven't you agreed to meet with me?

Not for an inquisition, but to clarify the need of the fee increase.

In a recent council meeting, you stated that council should be there to help residents understand to provide transparency.

I am merely trying to understand the need for the fee increase.

Can you provide it?

Miss Abraham, why won't you meet with me and explain the logic behind your approval for the fee increase?

Mr.

Smith, why don't you respond to any requests for answers or explanations?

What reason did you use to determine the store water fee should be increased?

Miss Butler, you have stated that you would meet me, meet with me twice, only to cancel each time.

It is disappointing that you cannot find the time to meet.

Similarly, when I asked you and other council members why some water rates were higher for residential versus commercial use, you stated that you would contact New Gen and get back to me.

That was over six months ago.

Were you not able to confer with new gen?

Mr.

Altman, you're the only member that agreed to meet and did.

Was it meeting an inquisition or a cordial discussion in which I presented data to support my concerns?

During our discussions, I provided several examples of input used for the rate study that were absurd.

You were going to gather additional information to get back to me.

I'm still waiting these data and look forward to receiving them.

Lastly, Mayor Bradley.

You have stated that my questions have been answered.

I simply do not like the answers.

To the contrary, rarely are the responses provided complete or intelligible.

Can you provide the details that justify the stormwater fee increase?

Specifically how the inputs were derived and the logic used to estimate each line item of projected expenses.

You have stated that my comments are only opinions because I do not have all of the facts.

Please explain how a resident can obtain all of the facts when you, the rest of council, the city manager, the finance director, and others on staff will not provide them.

I have tried to obtain numerous fracts regarding the input data used for the stormwater fee study along with line item values for revenue and expenses as shown in various fiscal year budgets.

I have been stonewalled.

Where is the transparency?

What is being hidden?

Here's another example of the lack of transparency.

I have requested a basis or methodology that was used to determine the inputs of the line item expense drainage improvements several different ways.

Seeking information as to how the budget estimates from FY23 through FY29 with values of 85K to 160K were determined versus other values.

Drainage improvements make up 25 to 35% of the stormwater budget.

Here's a typical response.

Drainage improvements are not specified.

This allows drainage improvements that are needed throughout the year to have budget appropriation to proceed without delay.

This response obviously does not provide the information requested.

Several other anomalous line item examples exists and requests for explanations have gone unanswered.

Let's review some of the facts that I have been able to attain.

These facts clearly demonstrate that the fee increase was not needed and should be rolled back.

Line item for drainage improvements.

FY23, budgeted $85,000.

$21,000 was transferred out, ending budget of $64,000.

Actual expenses, $13,930.

FY24, $110,000 budgeted, $100 transferred out, therefore ending budget of 109,900.

Actual expenses, $4,07.

FY25, 160,000 budgeted, 26 transferred out, leaving a hundred and twenty hundred and thirty-four thousand actual expenses, five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.

FY26, 110,000 budgeted.

Year to date, halfway through the fiscal year, zero spent.

The adjustment for the FY25 original budget was 21,000 for the this is I'm sorry, let me go again.

The adjustment for the FY23 original budget was twenty-one thousand dollars to repair a vacuum truck and overtime.

Can someone tell me how the repair of a vehicle is a drainage improvement?

Additionally, there are line items for machinery and equipment and for overtime.

Why was the drainage improvements line item hit with this budget adjustment?

Recapping the line item for drainage improvements, budget FY23.

208, my 85,000 budgeted, actual 14,000.

FY twenty four, hundred and ten thousand budgeted, four thousand actual.

FY25, 160,000 versus 5,000 actual.

And in 26, 110,000 budget, zero spent halfway through the fiscal year.

Averaging FY23 to FY25 budgeted, there was a hundred and uh eighteen K per year, actual less than 8K.

118K budgeted versus actual of 8K.

Stormwater Front FY25 projected a total budgeted expense of 522,000.

Which would result in a projected loss of 194,000 using the budgeted revenue fees, uh fees and expenses.

Uh the actual FY25 expense was $349,000.

That's $522 budgeted, $349 actual, and with a uh three $39,000 in revenue, which should not include the increased fee, leaving a $10,000 shortfall and a budget balance of $173,000, which far exceeds, far exceeds the 20% reserve figure at around 70,000.

Please return please rerun the numbers in-house using something much closer to actuals and include estimated incremental revenue from new construction since incremental revenue estimates were not used in the right study.

I'm gonna have to ask you to wrap up just a little bit quickly.

I'm wrapping it up.

I am certain the numbers will demonstrate that the fee increase was not needed and should be rolled back.

Take the correct action for the residents of Murphy.

I look forward to hearing from each of you.

Thank you all for your attention to this matter.

Thank you, Mr.

Little.

All righty.

Alright, uh, item five, Mayor's report.

I don't have anything to add for Mayor's report tonight.

Anyone have anything they want to add?

You've got something?

I do.

This is today.

All right.

So I will have my guest please stand up and come to the podium.

All right, Michael Black.

Yeah.

If you will just introduce yourself and then I'll do an introduction for you, Tanya, if you want me to.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Tanya Johnson.

I'm a resident of Wiley, Texas, and I am the treasurer of the Juneteenth organization of Wiley, and every year we do a Juneteenth festival in partnership with the City of Wiley and also Wiley PD.

And so I'm here today to invite all of you to join us on June 13th, Saturday from 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m.

at Old City Park in Wiley.

You're welcome to get a booth and just come out and hang with us.

And then I'm gonna let Miss Butler do some of her thing, and I'll just be the living billboard.

So thank you.

It's very nice.

Thank you.

We're kind of going back to um history and just showcasing some of the fun stuff that's happened in Collin County.

She said turn around she can't see.

All right, so I just want to take a moment just to recognize and introduce the Juneteenth organization of Wiley.

So as uh Ms.

Johnson said, they're celebrating their seventh annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration on June 13th from 10 to 4.

Is that still 10 to 3?

Yes.

All right.

At Old City Park, 112 South Ballard Avenue in partnership with the City of Wiley and the police department.

So the Juneteenth Organization of Wiley is a 501c3 nonprofit organization serving Wiley and the surrounding Colling County community.

Their mission is to create arts, culture, health, and literacy events that educate residents about the significance of Juneteenth and its unique Texas history while celebrating the diversity that strengthens our community.

They also work closely with the City of Wiley and local residents to support programs and events that promote inclusion and representation.

Their story began in 2020 when several local Wiley families led by Jacoby Stewart, gathered in Founders Park for a spontaneous Juneteenth celebration.

And so what started as a simple gathering around barbecue grills and community fellowship grew into a vision for something greater.

One year later, that vision became the Juneteenth Organization of Wiley and the city's annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration.

Today the organization is made up of dedicated volunteers who generously give their time, talents, and passion to serve the community.

They are parents, educators, small business owners, retirees, veterans, and public service professionals who are committed to educating, inspiring, and bringing people together through cultural events and celebrations that reflect the growing diversity of Wiley.

In addition to the annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, the organization hosts arts and cultural events throughout the year, creating opportunities for learning, connection, and community engagement.

So if you're interested in becoming a vendor for the Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, are there still opportunities to still do so?

Okay.

So there's still opportunities.

Yes.

So it is a fun time.

I went last year, had an awesome, awesome time.

We did a lot of dancing, did a lot of celebrating, did a lot of eating.

So I was very happy to connect there with so many people and actually a lot of people networking that I did there.

And so the organization also hosts um the other community event.

So they also include support for the Miss Wiley Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant.

And first Fridays in Wiley, which will be this Friday coming up, June 5th.

I will be there with my boots on.

And they'll be there from 9 to 12 at Tailgators in Wiley.

And so they'll have uh DJ Kevy Cav and the G Town Soul Line dancers.

And so guests are encouraged to wear yellow, green, or red and enjoy an evening of music, dancing, and fellowship.

So please join me in thanking the Juneteenth organization of Wiley for their dedication to preserving history, celebrating culture, and building a stronger, more connected community.

Thank you, thank you.

And I just want to say it's one of the best Juneteenth festivals in Colling County.

I'm a little biased, but it has the small town feel like a fair reunion, but with a big heart, live entertainment, great food, and we like to dance a lot.

So that is one of Wiley's favorite events.

So come out and join us.

And that's all I have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, come and dance with us because you know, Friday night, tailgators.

You'll be there.

Thank you.

Very good.

We will move on to an exciting thank you for letting us know about it.

Appreciate it.

Item six presentations.

Uh 6A presentation, capital improvement project.

Okay.

Good evening, Mayor, members of council.

Just give you a brief CIP update.

It's been uh a little bit a little while since I've been here.

So we'll uh go through this fairly briefly.

I've got I kind of reduced this uh presentation down a little bit to take out some of the things that you've seen several times that are already been completed.

Uh so just moving forward, we've got things that are currently in construction, currently in bidding and contracting or currently in design.

So starting with the 2025 street panel replacement and the gables road repair.

Uh that construction is actually complete.

Uh, we're just uh waiting to issue the final payment, all the closeout documents have been done.

So we'll be moving that into the uh complete section pretty quick.

Uh currently in bidding and contracting, we have the FM544 pedestrian bridge.

As I mentioned the council uh last time, this this project got slowed down a little bit.

So we're currently uh waiting on a consensus uh from Tex Dot to reject the bids, at which time that'll allow me to come back to y'all uh to actually reject those bids.

I don't have a time frame on that yet.

Um I'm again I'm waiting on TechSot.

East Turner Road and Tall Tree Intersection Improvement.

We uh have a pre-construction meeting uh this Thursday.

Uh, anticipate starting construction late June or early July on that, as soon as the notice to proceed is issued, we'll start uh letting the public know about that.

Same exact thing for the FY 2026 sidewalk repairs.

Uh we have that meeting scheduled at the same time, and we'll do and we'll start work on that about the same time period as well.

If there's any any time y'all want to ask a questions, just stop me.

Uh copper service line replacement, the bids, the second time, second round of bids are scheduled to open uh this Thursday as well.

So we've got a lot going on this Thursday.

Still in design, the uh FM 544 Mercury at right turn lane uh project.

Want to uh visit with y'all about this one just a little bit more.

Um we're currently waiting on Encore to move some of their utilities once they once we know what they're gonna do, we'll be able to finish our design.

Uh so we're hoping to advertise that one in uh September of this year.

The original budget for this project was 650,000.

Um the most updated estimate comes in at 682 516.

So we recommend increasing the budget by 32,516 from the MDD to cover the difference.

Uh that board uh approved the increase at their last meeting on May 21st, and we plan to bring that to y'all in the form of a budget amendment at the next council meeting.

Okay.

McMillan Road pavement and drainage.

Uh that one's moving along.

Anticipate uh advertising in October of 26.

Uh cast iron water main replacement again is moving along pretty rapidly.

Anticipate advertising that one in July of 2026.

The rodeo elevated storage rehab project.

Um that design is complete and we're just waiting on the right timing to uh to actually put that one out to bid.

We want to bid it late this this fiscal year that way we can start construction during the winter when the water water usage is low.

Um that original project, original budget for that was six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

The engineering contract was 107,000, which leaves us about 567, 568,000.

The updated construction estimate on that is 840,000.

So we are going to recommend an increase in the budget by 272,000 uh just to cover all the things that that actually need to be done on that project.

And we're recommend we'll be bringing that back to you as a budget amendment at the next meeting as well.

Um anybody have any questions on any of these projects so far?

Sure.

I've got a good please go ahead.

No, no, go ahead, quick.

So I have to ask, so what's causing like just related to the to the elevator storage tank at Don Rodeo?

What's the cop what's the difference?

Yeah, and in my professional opinion, I think that we didn't originally did not have a good idea of what the true nature of those repairs are gonna be.

Uh when you actually get inside that tank, we we spent a little bit of money about seven grand to hire a remote operated vehicle to go in and dive and see what the inside of that tank look like, and there's more uh corrosion that was originally thought, and so we need to replace some ladders, replace some hatches.

Uh there's some point repairs that need to be done.

Just some things are gonna take more money uh than originally planned.

Sorry, I don't know.

Sort of related question.

Is it corrosion or like calcium buildup?

It's corrosion, it's it's basically rust.

Yeah, it's it's true, it's not calcium build-up, it's true, true corrosion.

Typically on a surface, we're since we're on surface water, we don't typically surface water doesn't typically have a lot of calcium buildup.

That's typically from groundwater.

So what you're what we're seeing in there is just is corrosion and oxidation.

Okay, I don't have any other questions.

Donald, couple questions, sure.

Back and I know I've uh I've had this answer before, but I just forget.

So back up to the East Rental Road Tall Tree intersection.

I know the anticipate June or July.

What is the construction time on that?

That construction project I believe is a hundred and twenty days from start to finish.

Okay.

And okay.

So we're we're gonna be pushing to have that done before school starts.

I was gonna say that.

It's gonna be questionable.

It's gonna be closed, but we're gonna during that pre-con meeting, we're gonna ask them to uh work diligently.

Uh we may even give them a little bit of leeway on some working hours if we if we feel it's it'll work out for us.

And for the rot turn weight on uh McCreary, what was the increase over budget on that?

Was it time?

I think if I remember correctly, the increase it was mainly just because of additional engineering.

We had to spend a little bit more in engineering, which took took away from some of the budget, mostly because of some of those extra utilities are out there that we have to work around.

Okay, that's all.

Okay, very good.

So a few more items, Hawthorne pump station improvements.

Last time we talked to the we were in the middle of an engineering feasibility study.

Uh the results show that that installing a variable frequency drive uh on the existing high service pump is is probably our most economical option, but it also showed that it's not needed right now.

This is something that we can put off a while.

Uh so we're recommending uh just postponing this project for two or three years at that time, getting some updated data, running the uh the feasibility study again, see where we are.

Uh so in that case, we're recommending moving the remaining budget of that, which is 80,300 uh in 2018 COs to the water service line replacement project.

Um, we would we'll be bringing that back to y'all as a budget amendment on the next council meeting as well.

So this is a project that I feel very confident that uh is doable in the future, but there's no need to do it right now.

We have plenty of flow, plenty of capacity.

We're looking good.

Skyline sanitary sewer rehab, uh engineering design contract approved on the 20th, and anticipate advertising in August of 26, and then the timber sanitary sewer and paving rehab uh design schedule to be completed in November of 26.

So if you don't have any questions though, I would yes.

I'm sorry, I have one more question on the elevated pump station.

Maybe it's not a question, it's just a comment to look to see if there's any water development board funds that might be used to help cover to cover that if we haven't already looked at that.

Yeah, we can definitely look we can definitely look into that after that.

So much money, you know, for that one.

For sure we'll look into it.

Absolutely.

Can we go back uh one slide, please?

Yes.

And I've got if you want to see a picture of these, I've got pictures of these as well.

Yeah, can we go to that FM 544 in McCreary right turn lane if you have a picture of that?

Yeah.

So this is just a general idea of where it is.

So we now have that new signal light that's over there.

When is that going to be turned on?

Do you know?

Just you know when that textbook right now, that we're out there, uh, uh, they're working through starting process of that, and if we can't okay.

Okay, they're looking at if they're looking at the the signal timing right now, I would say they'll have it in they'll probably have it we're probably looking through three months.

Just they'll put it up operational just so people get used to it before they actually actually set it up and go.

Okay.

Because as we this area right here is just a troublesome area, like just trying to get out of there.

And a lot of people, I'm always thinking that there's gonna be a terrible wreck there because people are always turning left when they're not supposed to be turning left in the the lane.

Um, they're supposed to be going straight, but everybody keeps turning there.

I know we're going right with this one, but if I don't know if that will help.

So if you're are you talking about off of Mercury, turning left?

So they're actually as part of this project, we're working working with Text Out to make that two left, two left turns on the off of Mercury.

Thank you.

Yeah, okay.

I think that would alleviate a lot of that there, just because I see almost wrecks all the time of people turning and then turning into other people's lanes, and so I think that will help.

And then I was just wondering with turning on that light, um, what how that will impact the traffic now that you have those two lanes going right there.

Yeah.

Uh by that HEB light.

But I guess it's I'm being told that it shouldn't have much impact.

It's mostly it'll be the two lights on FM 544 should be timed fairly close together.

Uh so it shouldn't be a lot of uh issues there on flow, traffic flow.

Okay, but I'm sure once it turns on, we'll have to make some adjustments.

So yeah, we got to get used to it.

Thank you.

Yeah, absolutely.

So before we finish here, um we wanted to show you our CIP dashboard that's on our website now, just so you can kind of have an idea of what's out there.

And Carter, if you'll flip that over for me, sorry, we're gonna put you on the city's website real quick.

So this is our home page.

Scroll down here to these buttons, capital improvements projects.

And you can see that they're put into three categories projects and design, projects of construction, and completed projects.

So we've actually moved some of these down into to from construction into completed now.

Um I will tell you that as I was going through this to get today, there are a few errors, and so I'll work with IT to get these fixed uh soon.

But basically you can just go click on one of them.

It kind of brings up this box, it tells you the project name, gives you a description, funding source, how much it cost.

Uh now keep in mind these are design costs when we move into construction and the actual construction costs on them.

Um start dates, you know, tells you what you know what stage it's in, and then when you zoom in, it'll zoom you into the actual project site.

So this is the uh McCurry right turn lane that we were just or that we just talked about off of the FM 544.

And so all of them you can do that on any of these.

They take you right to it.

You know, McMillan paving and design gives you the same information, takes you the same, gives you some same information on the project.

And I'm sure we'll make adjustments as we as we move through this, we'll find things that we need to add or take out, or so we'll make adjustments to this continuously.

But wanted to let you all see this, let you know it was on the dashboard, or that the dashboard was on the website.

Okay, that's great.

So that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

All right, all right, item seven, city manager staff reports.

Mayor and Council Sun at uh, I'm sorry, sounds at sundown kicks off this Friday, June 5th with Emerald City Ban.

Uh they will be out there from 7 to 10, and this concert series does run throughout the month of June.

And then our next uh council meeting will take place on June 16th.

And for the public, please mark your calendar.

City hall will be closed on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Thank you.

There's I think there's rain scheduled for Friday.

Is there a rain date?

Uh, what what's the is it rain or shine or is it that's that?

Mr.

Foster, is it rain or shine?

No, it will not be rain or shine.

Not for not for Elmo City, I wouldn't think.

No, and they they have a one year quite reschedule.

Okay.

So we work on the reschedule.

Very good.

All right, thank you.

Anything else?

Are we there?

All right, very good.

I'm gonna go on to uh consent agenda.

All consent agenda items can be considered to be routinely by the city council and will be enacted by one motion.

There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member saw requests, in which event the uh item will remove from the consent agenda and voted on separately.

I am pulling item C, and I've been asked to pull item F.

So I will take it would anyone else like to uh to pull anything else from good side.

Seeing hearing none, I'll take a motion on A, B, D, and E.

Okay.

We approve the consent agenda items A, B, D, and E as presented.

Second, I have a motion.

Second.

All those in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

All right.

Individual consideration.

I am going to table item uh eight C until after exec.

So I will call item eight.

Um F.

Consider and our act on authorizing the addition of one full-time equivalent position within the police department.

Um, Kevin, you had uh you asked to have this one polled.

We can get a presentation, or you can ask your questions directly.

I just have a couple questions.

That's all.

Um I understand the importance of getting someone obviously to come in to fill in those two roles, right?

Because there's two roles that are currently away on military leave right now.

Um I'm trying to remember again how much overtime are we spending again to cover for those two people that are on military leave right now.

I don't have the exact number for you, but I can I can certainly certainly get that number for you.

Um the new position that's coming in.

I just wanted to see it.

The new position is going to be a full-time patrol officer, right?

That is correct.

Okay.

And then they will do full-time patrol.

How long will it take them to get off the training that will be able to stop the overtime or reduce it?

It'll have an impact, but it will not stop all overtime because we have a minimum staffing standard that has to be met.

And we have challenges such as uh individual calling sick, or in our case, right now, with stopping challenges, we're uh we're having to evaluate the management component of sending people to training and then backfilling those those patrol ships.

So it's certainly going to have an impact on that overtime.

I think it is important to look at the cost neutral aspect of this because this uh individual we're hiring is certified.

However, the officer that he would be replacing is at a step three on the compensation plan step program.

We're not paying that, we're not paying compensation, we're paying benefits.

So there is cost savings associated with this higher because they're coming in at a cadet level.

It's really legitimately a step zero uh until they get through training, which they'll move to step one.

Right.

Okay.

But I can follow back with you on the overtime.

Okay.

That was just my big thing.

I just want to make sure that they're going to be in a patrol capacity.

They are in patrol, yes.

That's where they're going to be time out.

Okay.

That's the only question I've had.

All right.

Do you want to make a motion?

Yep.

I make a motion to approve item F as presented.

Second.

I have a motion.

Second, all those in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

Moving on to 9A, considering correct on nominating and electing mayor pro tem to serve a one-year term.

So with that, I will take any motions for Mayor Pro Tem.

Mayor, I move that we nominate Scott Smith for Mayor Pro Tem.

Are there any other motions for Mayor Pro Tem?

Being done.

Uh uh is there a second for Scott Smith.

Second.

I have a motion and a second for Scott Smith as Mayor Pro Tem.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

All right.

Moving on to Mayor Pro Tem.

Where's Deputy?

Oh, there he is.

All right.

Consider and or act on nominating and electing a deputy uh deputy mayor pro tem for one year.

Do I have any motions for a deputy pro tem?

I make a motion to nominate Ken Altman.

All right.

I are there any other motions for Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

I have a motion for uh for Ken Altman to be mayor pro tem.

Do I have a second?

Second.

I have a motion second for Deputy Pro Tem.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion passes unanimously.

Congratulations to the two of you.

All right.

Moving on to executive session.

According to Texas Government Code Chapter 551, sub chapter D.

City Council will now recess an executive session to discuss the following.

Item 551.071, consultation with attorney and pending or conduited litigation on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body and the Texas disciplinary rules are professional conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly complex with this chapter.

Item one code enforcement nuisance of litigation of Texas Local Government Code Chapter 54.

Item 2, I 103 Pioneer Path Drive.

And the time is 646.

Okay.

City Council reconvene in regular session.

Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 551, sub chapter D, Texas Government Code.

Take any action necessary regarding item A 551.071.

Consultation with attorney on pending or contemplated litigation on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the text disciplinary rules of professional conduct, State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.

Item one code of enforcement nuisances and litigation on Texas Local Government Code Chapter 54.

And item two, 103 Pioneer Path.

There was no action taken in exact the time is 757.

With that, we will move on.

I'm going to recall item.

Consider and/or act on case number 2026005, an application submitted by JBI partners requesting approval of a construction plat for the enclave at Maxwell Creek Phase 2, consisting of 11.97 acres with abstract within abstract 579, Henry Maxwell Survey.

Yes, I move to disapprove the plat application because the Plat does not substantially conform with the approved concept plan for the project according to section 28.02.004 F of the Murphy Code of Ordinances, namely because the inclusion of detention ponds on the site.

I have a motion second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed.

Motion passes unanimously.

With that, we will move on to item uh uh 12 future agenda items.

Council members may request topics for future agenda meetings.

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

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

Yes, this may be more for an email back, but we shall see.

So one of those is you know, some of the e-bikes and scooters that the kids have.

Uh we're seeing a lot of talk about that in the community, uh, maybe some education about the youth and even adults about what's allowed on the roadways and what's not.

Um and then for the parks.

If there is a signage that says that they aren't to ride their e-bikes or whatnot in that area, there's been some talk that maybe that's not big enough for the kids or anyone else to see.

Um so if we can just revisit our visit that, and then the next would be for our health inspection process.

I know that when I look at it on my phone, it's formatted a little weird.

Okay.

So I can't quite get to all the little tabs there.

Um so if we can just take a look at that, and then um my other call out for that is is there a report for citizens to go back and look at exactly how they ended up with that score.

I would assume that's through the county.

Okay.

Wait, okay.

Jarrett, chime in.

Can you come to the mic?

Thanks.

Sure, we share the scores online, and I guess that's what we're talking about.

So we'll get with IT to see if we can uh work on the formatting of that so that it's mobile friendly.

Um, and then if there's a reinspection, if they fail, uh there's reinspection in that score is updated online.

So you're wanting to know what they filled for?

Yes.

Like, do you or is there a way to link if it is with the county to link to that?

Yes, it's it's through our third party inspector.

So we would have that information.

Sorry.

Um, that should be shared with them.

Or whatever grade they get.

That's not necessarily something you're saying you want that to be online.

Like, why?

Like if, you know, I was just looking at something the other day where someone was talking about Russian, not in Murphy, by the way, it's not in Murphy.

Um, but it was, you know, some restaurants in Dallas where they were like, hey, you know, the reason why they got this score was because they saw rat droppings, you know, by the food containers, or you know, the if they can have information like that, or if that's just not something that we have.

It's not something that we typically would share.

It's available.

Uh, I would caution you from an economic development standpoint.

Do you want to start having information out there that could be detrimental to some of our restaurants that may be able to correct that in 30 days and have a reinspection?

And they go from uh, you know, a score of 80 back to 97 because they I get your point there so something to think about I the information is available if someone currently if someone asks did a public information request absolutely it'll be shared okay but yes we have that information it is not it is a third party that does that for us okay uh not like the county so it is a little bit different if you go to Wiley the county does I believe still does their health inspections okay but for us it's it's we have that information.

Okay.

Just whether or not you want to publicly put all of that right information out there.

Okay.

Could could could cause you some issues.

Yeah I gotcha.

Okay.

Thank you.

But let us know what you want to do.

So I I hear a presentation needs to come back on um e bikes and scooter use throughout the city and then are you satisfied on the health inspection process that will make sure that's mobile friendly okay all right so we'll have a presentation come back.

Can I add a dog marks?

Okay we'll add that to the list that discussion yeah we've had that discussion we can have it again we'll have it again.

Anything else anything else we're adjourned 802.