>> IS THAT BETTER? GOOD EVENING.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.THIS WILL CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S.
TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 13TH, 2024.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL.
MYSELF, BRIANNE ECHERCONE IS PRESENT. MR. DEFOBA?
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR INVOCATION.
WE HAVE PASTOR HOOKS WITH US TONIGHT.
>> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU NOW THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND WHO YOU ARE.
LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE KING OF THE UNIVERSE, THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE ON EARTH THAT DOES NOT PASS THROUGH YOUR HANDS FIRST.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NO EMERGENCY MEETINGS IN HEAVEN, THAT YOU KNOW ALL, THAT YOU SEE ALL, AND THAT YOU GUIDE US.
HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING FOR CITY BUSINESS, LORD, WE PRAY FIRST YOUR BLESSINGS OVER THIS COUNCIL.
LET THEM MAKE DECISIONS JUDICIOUSLY AND WITH MERCY AND WITH THE FORETHOUGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS.
WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY WORKERS AND THE LEADERS OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE REPRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING.
WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, LORD, KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY SERVE, AND WE PRAY FOR OUR CITIZENS.
LORD BLESS ALL OF US AND MAY GOD BLESS THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON.
WE ASK ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
>> THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
[D. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.THE COUNSEL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THE SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
TONIGHT, I HAVE MR. ANTHONY LYNCH.
IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THERE YOU GO.
>> ANTHONY LYNCH, 2213 WAINWRIGHT STREET IN PRINCETON.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THAT RENEWAL AND TO INSTEAD ASK FOR A 6-12 MONTHS EXTENSION TO IT.
WITH THE REASON BEING, EVEN THEIR OWN REPORTING THAT THEY PROVIDE YOU SHOWS THEIR COMPLAINTS ARE UP 47% IN THE PAST YEAR, WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR THE CALL VOLUME.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARK TRAILS, RAGLEY, HAS ENTIRE SECTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MISSED, WHERE WE HAVE TO CALL IT IN AND ASK FOR BACKUP SERVICE TO COME IN THE NEXT DAY.
TO ME, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A RATE INCREASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CLINTON LAWRENCE.
>> CLINTON LAWRENCE 1304 EAST COLLEGE.
I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE CDC/EDC MANAGER POSITION AS LONG AS THE POSITION ANSWERS ONLY TO THE TWO BOARDS, AND AS LONG AS THE TWO BOARDS DO NOT OVERPAY FOR THIS POSITION.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND OUR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS NOT AS MUCH AS SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
THIS WILL LET THE EDC AND THE CDC FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF THE CITY TO FOCUS MORE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PARKS, AND PLANNING.
THIS WILL CREATE A MORE SEPARATION OF POWER BY LIMITING THE CURRENT MAYOR'S INFLUENCE OVER SUCH A POSITION.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE MANAGER POSITION TO OPERATE UNDER THE GOAL SET FORTH BY THE TWO BOARDS, INSTEAD OF BEING POLITICALLY PRESSURED TO WORK AGAINST THE TWO BOARDS BY THIS MAYOR.
ALSO, THIS COUNCIL HAS LOGGED OVER 50% OF ITS TIME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR.
DISCUSSING OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN SECRET DOES NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC WELL.
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC, STOP TRYING TO HIDE IT BEHIND THAT DOOR OR IN ARLINGTON.BY THE WAY, I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE SPONSORS FOR Y'ALL'S WEEKEND RETREAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[F. CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO REQUEST.
IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.
TONIGHT, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE 2024-086, 2024-05113R, 2024-0513R08, 2024-0513R02, 2024-0513R03, 2024-0513R04, 2024-0513R05, 2024-0513R06.
ORDINANCE 2024-051302, 2024-0317R07, AND ORDINANCE 2024-051303.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE REMOVED OR ADDRESSED ON HERE, IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ITEM F2 2024-0513R REMOVED RIGHT NOW AND MAYBE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> I'M SORRY. WHAT ITEM DID YOU SAY?
THANK YOU, MA'AM. OTHER THAN THAT, IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
>> WITH THAT, IF YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA MIND US ITEM F2, WHICH WILL BE PUT ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS WE WILL START WITH G.1 2024-087
[G. CEREMONIAL ITEMS]
PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 12 THROUGH 18TH 2024 IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, DURING WHICH WE WILL HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE NATION.FOR THAT, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2024 AND HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO POLICE OFFICERS PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS MAY 12 THROUGH THE 18TH, 2024 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF OF POLICE HAS DECLARED POLICE OFFICER SAFETY AND WELLNESS A TOP PRIORITY, AND THE IACP CENTER FOR OFFICER SAFETY AND WELLNESS PROMOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCY, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLNESS AWARENESS AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE OR DISORDER AND BY PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION IN THE WEEK AGAINST OPPRESSION OR INTIMIDATION.
AND RISE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON UNCEASINGLY PROVIDE A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BRIANNA CHACON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO OBSERVE THE WEEK OF MAY 12 THROUGH 18TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND COMMEMORATE POLICE OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT, WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE RENDERED A DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I FURTHER CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO OBSERVE MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY TO HONOR THOSE PEACE OFFICERS WHO THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OR HAVE BECOME DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT OUR CHIEF SITTING OVER THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE APPRECIATE YOU GREATLY.
NOW I'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 2024-088, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN PRINCETON.
WHEREAS, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, AND WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THEIR PRIVATE SECTOR, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITY ESSENTIALS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
WHEREAS, IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS,
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AND CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORK PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION/CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
BE IT NOW, I RESOLVED BRIANNA CHACON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE MR. MATT HERE, RIGHT OVER THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR TEAM YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU GUYS DROP THE WORKING SERVICE CALLS, AND YOU DO ALL THAT YOU CAN FOR OUR CITIZENS, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2024-091, ACKNOWLEDGE OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL WHO PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HONORING OFFICER NANCY DOMINGUEZ.
WE HAVE CHIEF WATERS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
>> MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JAMES WATERS CHIEF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, ON APRIL 20, THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE SUFFERED A DEVASTATING LOSS ONE OF OUR OFFICERS DIED IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WHILE OFF DUTY.
DURING THAT TIME FRAME, WE WERE CHECKED IN BY NUMEROUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, FAMILIES, FRIENDS.
WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY AT LARGE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME AND RECOGNIZE PUBLICLY WE DID IT LAST WEEK AS WELL.
SOME AGENCIES THAT ACTUALLY CAME IN AND FULFILLED SHIFTS FOR US WHILE THEY ALLOWED OUR OFFICERS TO TAKE TIME OFF TO MOURNING GRIEF.
WE DID ISSUE THEM A RECOGNITION LETTER AND GAVE THEM A RAS PILLAR AWARD.
THE LETTER WAS SIGNED BY MYSELF, THE MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER, THANKING THEM, THEIR MAYOR AND THEIR CHIEF AND CITY STAFF FOR COMING AND HELPING US OUT.
SO COLLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY FULFILLED OVER A 120 HOURS OF SHIFT WORK FOR US.
WILEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANNA POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DPS THEY CAME OUT AND THEY WORKED STREETS FOR US AS WELL.
IN FARMERSVILLE THEY CAME OUT AND WORKED STREETS FOR US.
ALSO ON THE BACK END, I'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF THEM, THEY CAME OUT AND THEY SHOWED US JUST A MULTITUDE OF LOVE, ALWAYS CHECKING IN ON US AND JUST TRYING TO BE SOME GREAT BROTHERS, I GUESS, TO US SO I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME AND JUST PUBLICLY THANK THEM.
>> THEN AGENDA ITEM 2024-092, RECOGNIZE THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE GRANTS THEY HAVE RECEIVED, INCLUDING MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, WATCH GUARD, JAG GRANT, $47,190 FOR UPGRADES TO THE BODY WORN IN CAMERA CAR SYSTEM AND STORAGE.
AND THEN THE SOUTHERN STATE K9 GRANT, $7,500 TOWARDS THE PURCHASE AND TRAINING OF BOT.
>> THIS IS JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THESE GRANTS, THE JAG GRANTS.
THIS IS THE GRANT THAT WAS SENT TO ALL FOR A RESOLUTION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR THIS TIME. IT WAS AWARDED TO US.
IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 90% OF THIS GRANT SO FAR, WE'RE FINISHING UP ON THIS GRANT WITH THE HELP OF RICK AND MATTHEW WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT SO THIS IS TO HELP US OUT WITH THE CLOUD, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OUR WATCH GUARD VIDEO STORAGE CAPACITY NEEDS MET.
ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR THAT WE ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT WAS WHENEVER WE IMPLEMENTED THE K9 PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING IN FOR A GRANT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REIMBURSEMENT ON THAT TOO AS WELL AND THE WAY EVERYTHING IS LOOKING, WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE $7,500 FROM THAT GRANT SO THAT WAY, WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE K9.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE PHENOMENAL AND ALWAYS GOING OUT FOR GRANTS AND I'M ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY AT THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IT DEPARTMENT, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO YOU GUYS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO AND SO FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT IT HELPS YOU GUYS.
IT KEEPS YOU SAFE. IT KEEPS YOU OUT THERE WITH OUR CITIZENS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN, BEFORE I MOVE ON? IF NOT, THAT'LL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER
[H. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER ENTER A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION[00:15:01]
TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.071, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, A SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY.UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER ON ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA AND OR SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW.
PEDC PCDC MANAGER POSITION, HOME RULE CHARTER REVIEW, AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THE TIME IS 6:45 PM AND THIS WILL PUT US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[I. ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE TIME IS 8:15 PM.THIS WILL PUT US BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION.
DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DID DISCUSS OUR HOME OR CHARTER REVIEW.
WE ARE AT THE TWO-YEAR MARK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT REVIEW, AND WE ARE STARTING THAT PROCESS.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED OUR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH AND FORMATTING THAT BOARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT.
LATER ON, YOU WILL SEE THE APPLICATION PROCESS IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT BASED ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
[E. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
WE'RE FINE RIGHT NOW. I APOLOGIZE.LET'S GO TO TAKE US TO OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
MOBILE RESIDENTS AGED 60 AND OLDER ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR SOCIALIZING, LUNCHTIME MEALS, AND MORE.
THE MEALS ON WHEELS CONGREGATE MEAL PLAN MEETS EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY AT 10:30 AM AT FIRE STATION NUMBER 3.
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT, PLEASE CALL STEPHANIE MCCALLISTER AT 469-699-8627.
ESL CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE LOUIS NELSON PUBLIC LIBRARY EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 9:00 TO 11:30 AM.
PLEASE STOP BY THE LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY CLASS 2, WHO GRADUATED ON MAY 9TH.
GRADUATES PARTICIPATED IN AN EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM WHERE THEY LEARNED FIRST DAY, TRAINED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S EQUIPMENT, AND PERFORMED A SIMULATED RESCUE.
STOP BY THE LOUIS NELSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH AT 10:30 AM FOR A POLICE SAME STORY TIME FEATURING GUEST READER, OFFICER PERIS.
LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND INVESTMENTS, BUILD WEALTH, PROTECT YOUR MONEY, AND MORE.
STOP BY THE LOUIS NELSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ON THURSDAY, MAY 16TH AT 5:00 PM FOR A FREE FINANCIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP.
CELEBRATE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND EXPLORE THE FIRE TRUCK MACHINERY AT OUR ANNUAL PUBLIC WORKS OPEN HOUSE.
STOP BY THE PRINCETON PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ON SATURDAY, MAY 25TH, BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 1:00 PM.
YOU'RE INVITED TO CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF FIRE STATION NUMBER 2.
JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MAY 30TH, FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT 700 MONTE CARLO BOULEVARD.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE THIS EVENING FOR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
THAT'S GOING TO PUT US INTO OUR REGULAR ACCESSION TONIGHT.
[J. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC HEARINGS.THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT, I APOLOGIZE.
ORDINANCE 2024-05-13, CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-05-13 OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON FROM CPO HOLDINGS, LLC, FOR A ZONE MAP AMENDMENT FOR PROPERTY BEING A 20.79 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SARA D. TERRY SUBWAY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 890, CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. MR. FISHER?
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR SCOON, COUNSEL, MY NAME IS CRAIG FISCHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE A 20 ACRE TRACT FROM AGRICULTURE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 44. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 447, JUST SOUTH OF THE MORNING RIDGE DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS TO CREATE A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 184 UNITS.
THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS SHOWN THERE ON THE SCREEN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF NINE UNITS PER ACRE.
THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL, AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AS THE STAFF, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
I HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THOSE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT? IF NO QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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>> YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J1 ORDINANCE 2024-05-13.
>> PEOPLE, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND VOTE AT THIS TIME.
THAT MOTION CARRIES, 6:1 FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2024-05-13.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO ORDINANCE 2024-05-13-01, CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-05-13-01 OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON FROM ADATOMY, OLAWALE, FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE HOMECARE AT 501 RAWHIDE WAY BEING BLOCK 14 BLOCK P, SITUATED IN WINCHESTER CROSSING PHASE 2, IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR SCOON, COUNSEL, CRAIG FISCHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN IN-HOME DAYCARE, PROPOSED FOR 513 RAWHIDE WAY, THAT'S IN THE WINCHESTER CROSSING SUBDIVISION.
THIS REQUEST WAS TAKEN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN APRIL, AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.
THE DAYCARE IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE, HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 12 CHILDREN, AND IT MUST MEET ALL FIRE AND BUILDING CODE OR HEALTH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING, AND THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS AM I, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, EITHER FOR MR. FISHER OR FOR THE OWNER? IF NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVERYONE. MY NAME IS [OVERLAPPING].
>> TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON. IT'S A BUTTON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THERE YOU GO, MA'AM.
I'M THE OWNER OF KID CLUB ACADEMY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DAYCARE FOR 12 YEARS.
I THINK THIS IS THE TIME FOR ME TO START MY OWN BUSINESS IN PRINCETON, AND I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU GUYS APPROVE IT.
>> IF NO ONE ELSE IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J2 FOR THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J2 ORD 2024-05-13-01 FOR THE IN-HOME DAYCARE AS PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND VOTE AT THIS TIME.
MOTION CARRIES 7:0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2024-05-13-01.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[K. REGULAR AGENDA]
WE WILL GO TO ITEM F2, THAT ORIGINALLY WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS ITEM 2024-05-13-R.CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-05-13-R, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH EPT COMMERCIAL NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 161,500, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
>> YOUR HONOR, BEFORE MR. BRYANT SPEAKS AND EVERYTHING, I WAS THE ONE THAT REQUESTED THIS.
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE $161,000 AND WHERE THE MONEY WAS GOING TO COME FROM, AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE SPENT.
IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXPLAINED TO ME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE MR. BRYANT HERE TO EXPLAIN IT FURTHER FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COUNSEL.
CHASE BRYANT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.
THE 161,500 IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE ROUGHLY 1.8 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED FROM DEVELOPERS UPON EACH PROPERTY AND PERMITS.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.I ALSO HAVE MR. BECKY HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> IF YOU'LL, PLEASE VOTE AT THIS TIME.
MOTION CARRIES 7-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2024-05-13R.
TAKE US TO K.1 2024-089, CONSIDER APPROVING THE RECEIPT OF PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBER PLACE SIX, AARON BARNETT'S RESIGNATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF HIS RESIGNATION LETTER.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE TO ACCEPT THAT.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AGENDA ITEM K.1 2024-089 APPROVING THE RECEIPT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBER PLACE SIX RESIGNATION LETTER.
>> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND?
>> PLEASE MAKE YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 7-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF 2024-089.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2024-093, DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION FOR THE CWD ANNUAL REVIEW AND COST ADJUSTMENT PRESENTED BY JASON ROEMER, VP OF OPERATIONS FOR CWD. GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR AND COUNSEL, GET THIS FLOW UP HERE. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JASON ROEMER, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE THIS EVENING.
I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH A FEW FOLKS FROM CWD TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE 2023 ANNUAL REVIEW.
I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. KEEP GOING. ONE MORE.
JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SERVICES CWD PROVIDES TODAY, WE PROVIDE [APPLAUSE] WEEKLY TRASH COLLECTION WITH THE CWD PROVIDED CART.
ONE SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT THAT IS ALL OF THE TRUCKS THAT CWD OPERATES IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON ARE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.
IN TOTAL, CWD OPERATES 156 OF OUR 200 TRUCK FLEET ON NATURAL GAS.
AND JUST AS A COMPARISON, BY RUNNING NATURAL GAS INSTEAD OF DIESEL, WE'RE TAKING THE EQUIVALENT OF 11 PASSENGER CARS OFF THE ROAD.
OUR ENTIRE FLEET IS REMOVING ROUGHLY AND 1,700 PASSENGER CARS OFF THE ROAD EACH DAY.
NOT ONLY IS THAT GOOD FOR THE AIR IN PRINCETON AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO QUIETER THAN THE DIRTY DIESEL TRUCKS, WE SAY.
THERE'S COST SAVINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PASS UPON YOU GUYS, AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE. WE OFFER MONTHLY BULK AND UNLIMITED BUNDLE BRUSH COLLECTION.
THERE'S A CALENDAR AND IT'S BASED ON YOUR COLLECTION DAY, AND IT'S ON A DESIGNATED, I BELIEVE, THURSDAY OF THE PARTICULAR WEEK.
SHOULD YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER HAVE ADDITIONAL BULK OR EXCESS BULK OR LOOSE BRUSH, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT CWD WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A QUOTE.
WE CAN USUALLY GET THAT COLLECTED WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.
NEXT SLIDE. RECYCLING COLLECTION IS OFFERED EVERY OTHER WEEK, AGAIN, WITH A CWD PROVIDED CART.
AN INTERESTING FACT I RAN INTO THE OTHER DAY IS OF THE EIGHT CITIES THAT WE DO EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING, PRINCETON RUNS NUMBER TWO ON THE HIGHEST POUNDS PER HOME PER MONTH IN RECYCLING, DOING THE EVERY OTHER WEEK PROGRAM.
SOME VERY GOOD NEWS THERE. AS FOR THE RECYCLING TONNAGE IN 2023, WE SAW A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THAT.
THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON WHY I WOULD SAY.
MAYBE JUST COVID EASING, PEOPLE LESS ON AMAZON, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BUT WE DID SEE THE RESIDENTS HERE IN PRINCETON RECYCLED OVER 1,700 TONS IN LAST YEAR.
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES.
I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT COMING INTO THIS, AND I KNOW HOW THIS GRAPH LOOKS AND HAVE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
WE DID SEE THESE NUMBERS COME UP.
WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.
WE REPORTED TO THE CITY EVERY MONTH.
WE TRACK IT IN A PER 1,000 SERVICE OPPORTUNITY RATIO.
THAT'S REALLY TO NORMALIZE THE NUMBER.
INSTEAD OF ME STANDING UP AND SAYING WE HAVE 99.99998% GOOD SERVICE, WE BREAK IT INTO A RATIO THAT'S EASIER TO MANAGE, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY MOVE WITH THE INFLUX OF AN INCREASED CUSTOMER SERVICE GRIEVANCE.
I WILL NOTE THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE NUMBERS THAT GOES INTO THAT RATIO IS WHAT WE CALL A GRIEVANCE.
IT'S NOT VERIFIED IN EVERY CASE.
IF YOU FEEL THAT THE DRIVER LOOKED AT YOU WRONG, IT CAN BE A GRIEVANCE, AND IT FALLS IN OUR NUMBER.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISPUTE THAT.
WE'RE HERE TO REPORT THAT AND TRACK THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY.
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WHAT DID WE DO ABOUT THIS? WELL, WE SAW IN ROUGHLY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 25% OF THE YEAR'S GRIEVANCES OCCURRED.WHAT WE DID IS IN NOVEMBER, WE MADE AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE.
WE REASSIGNED THE ROUTE SUPERVISOR OVER PRINCETON, WHO WAS OVER THE DRIVERS COMPLETING THE ROUTES, COLLECTING MISSED PICKUPS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT CHANGE WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER.
IMMEDIATELY SAW A DECREASE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
SINCE THEN, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS YEAR OVER YEAR, '24 TO '23, YEAR TO DATE, GRIEVANCES ARE DOWN 26% AND THEY'RE 40% DOWN OVER WHAT LAST YEAR WAS.
WE'RE BACK MORE TOWARDS THE 0.65 FOR THIS YEAR AND TRENDING DOWN.
WE MADE SOME CHANGES, WE RESPONDED, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO HANDLE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS BY AND LARGE, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING IN TEXAS.
WITH THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES, NEW STREETS, CEMENT TRUCKS, BLOCKING ROADS, YOU NAME IT.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO RESPOND TO THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S REALLY NO METRIC TO COMPARE THIS TO.
IT'S MORE THAT WE TRACK THESE.
THIS IS ANYTHING FROM A FENCE DAMAGE, A MAILBOX, TO A PERSONAL INJURY WHICH IS HANDLED INTERNALLY.
BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE TRACKING THESE BY THE CITY, BY THE DRIVERS, BY THE FOLKS OPERATING IN YOUR CITY.
IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT OR A PROPERTY DAMAGE, IT GETS INTO THESE NUMBERS AND WE RESPOND TO THOSE AND ADDRESS THOSE AS NEEDED.
THE ANNUAL EXTREME GREEN EVENT, WHICH WAS HELD ON APRIL 1ST OF LAST YEAR.
WE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF ALMOST 12,000 POUNDS OF TYPICALLY MATERIAL THAT MAY GET DRIED UP AND THROWN IN WITH THE TRASH.
THAT RANGES FROM PAINT TO PESTICIDES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TIRES, APPLIANCES, THINGS THAT WE'RE BREAKING OUT FROM THE WASTE STREAM AND RECYCLING OF RESPONSIBLY.
THAT COULD BE AN OLD REFRIGERATOR.
IT COULD BE FIVE GALLONS OF PAINT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO DRY OUT.
WE'LL TAKE IT, WE RECYCLE IT, WE ACTUALLY REPURPOSE IT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER AND GIVE IT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AT NO CHARGE.
AN HERE'S JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THAT EVENT FROM LAST YEAR.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M ROBERT MEDIGOVICH. NEXT SLIDE.
CWD HAS BEEN SERVICING THE COMMUNITY OF PRINCETON SINCE 2019.
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 5,300 HOMES THERE.
IN ALL THESE FIVE YEARS BEING LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED, WE GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS FIRST SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES.
WE DO THE PAINT PARTNERSHIP AS JASON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
EVERY SINGLE WEEK, WE TAKE THE PAINT OVER TO THE BETH AND THE CHAMBER STAFF.
CHRISTIE HOUSTON AND HER STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY PUT IT OUT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY GIVE AWAY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 GALLONS OF PAIN FREE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE A FULL TIME JOB NOW HAVE A PERSON JUST DELIVERING PAIN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO GET INVOLVED WITH EVERY OF THE MONTHLY MEETING SPONSORSHIP.
I BELIEVE JOHN LAND AND WILLIAM FROM THE CITY STAFF SHOWED UP.
LAST YEAR, WE DID THE GOLF PARTNERSHIP.
WE PLANNED TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO DO THE PARTNERSHIP AFTER HOURS.
THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, WE WERE PARTICIPATED IN THAT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WASHINGTON'S WIFE, TOYS FOR TAUGHT SPONSORSHIP.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR SHOWED UP FOR THAT EVENT.
ALSO CHAMBER RECOGNITION. LAST YEAR, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THAT AT CINNAMON RANCH.
THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THIS FRIDAY ALSO.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, CWD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FORMALLY FROM THE CHAMBER FOR OUR INVOLVEMENT.
THEN ON DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER YOU HAD THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AGAIN, AND CWD ACTUALLY GOT FIRST PLACE FOR BEING CREATIVE AND PUTTING LIGHTS ON OUR ROLL OFF TRUCK.
WE ALSO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY EVENTS.
IN THE NEXT HIDE, THE LIONS CLUB.
WE WORK WITH DONALD MACINTOSH ISD WITH MAY DATA GREEN EVENT.
WE PARTICIPATE IN RECYCLING EVENTS, MAKING BIRTHDAY EVENTS TO TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT.
WE'RE DOING THAT AGAIN WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
THE CITY OF FOURTH OF JULY EVENT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE MAYOR AND HIS WIFE.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH RYAN IN THE HOA EVENTS, PRINCETON FALL FESTIVALS, THE ISD.
BASICALLY, ANY EVENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY'S DOING, HOA DOING, OR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE DOING, THE ISD, WE TRY TO GET INVOLVED IN SPONSORSHIP AND MAKE THOSE GREEN EVENTS.
>> MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL. NEXT SLIDE.
FIRST THING, NEXT ITEM, I BELIEVE IS A VOTE ON THE CWD CONTRACT RENEWAL AND I WANTED TO MENTION JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT.
WE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY STAFF IN APRIL OF 2023 REGARDING THE CONTRACT COMING UP FOR AN END AND AN OFFER TO RENEW.
WE'VE OFFERED THE CITY A FIVE YEAR OR SEVEN YEAR RENEWAL.
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WHY WOULD I WANT TO DO SEVEN YEARS INSTEAD OF FIVE? THE ANSWER IS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE GUARANTEEING THAT RATE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ONLY ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENTS.OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL HAS PRODUCED A CHANGE IN YOUR RATES OF 20%.
DURING THE EXACT SAME PERIOD OF TIME, THE DFWCPI WENT UP 25%.
THE MODEL THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU IS AGGRESSIVE IN KEEPING COSTS DOWN, AND IT GENERALLY IS LOWER THAN THE CPI.
WE'RE UPDATING THE COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL, WHICH IS JUST TO REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY, HOW MUCH IS FUEL, HOW MUCH IS LANDFILL, HOW MUCH IS CPI, A VERY, VERY SMALL CHANGE.
IN THE NEW CONTRACT, WE'RE OFFERING COMMERCIAL CARDBOARD RECYCLING TO THE CITY.
WE HOPE THAT'S WELL RECEIVED, BUT THAT WILL BE A FRONT LOAD DUMPSTER, PAINTED GREEN, SAYING RECYCLING ON IT, AND SO A CUSTOMER THAT HAS AN EIGHT YARD TWICE A WEEK, MAYBE THEY COULD REDUCE THEIR TRASH DOWN TO ONCE A WEEK AND GET A RECYCLE BOX.
THE RECYCLE BOX IS GENERALLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN THE TRASH.
IN THE END, THEY COULD SAVE MONEY AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED CONTRACT VERBIAGE WHERE THERE'LL BE A COST SHARED SAVINGS IN THE EVENT THAT THE CITY ENGAGES WITH THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR TRASH.
NEXT SLIDE. THE ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT MODIFICATION IS BASED UP OF THREE PUBLIC INDICES.
WE LIKE THIS TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WE LIKE IT TO BE THIRD PARTY.
WE TAKE A PORTION OF YOUR CHARGE AND WE USE THE CPI TO ADJUST THAT PORTION.
WE TAKE A PORTION OF YOUR CHARGE, WHICH IS ABOUT 5%, AND WE APPLY IT TO FUEL, WHICH IS THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS HENRY HUB INDEX AND THAT SHOWS FROM MONTH TO MONTH YEAR TO YEAR, HOW MUCH NATURAL GAS IS GOING UP AND DOWN.
THEN WE USE THE GARLAND LANDFILL FOR YOUR DISPOSAL CURRENTLY, AND WE USE THE RATE THAT WE PAY THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR DISPOSAL OF YOUR TRASH.
THESE INDICES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS HAVE CHANGED BY, CPI 4.7 FUEL IS DOWN A LITTLE OVER 19% FROM A YEAR AGO AND DISPOSAL IS UP A LITTLE OVER 7%.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HOW THAT WORKS OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART AT THE TOP WITH FIVE BOXES, AND IF WE JUST LOOK AT RESIDENTIAL TRASH, RESI TRASH, IT SAYS, YOU CAN SEE THAT UPWARD ADJUSTMENT IS 3.4%, FUEL HAS GONE DOWN, SO THERE'S A CREDIT, A DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 0.6% AND DISPOSAL IS UP 1.64% FOR A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 4.5%.
AGAIN, THAT COMPARES TO THE DFWCPI AT 4.7.
COMING IN LOWER THAN THE DFWCPI.
A COUPLE OF RATES THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS CHANGING.
THE RESIDENTIAL TRASH GOES UP, I THINK, 75 CENTS FROM 1715-1790.
THEN THERE'S A COMMERCIAL FRONT LOAD CONTAINER THERE AND A ROLL OFF CONTAINER AND HOW THESE COST ADJUSTMENTS WOULD AFFECT EACH OF THOSE SERVICES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON FOR RECYCLING 1,700 TONS IN 2023, SAVING 30,000 TREES, 663,000 GALLONS OF OIL, 12 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, 5,800 YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE, AND OVER SEVEN MILLION KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY.
NEXT SLIDE. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY BY MAKING IT A CONTRIBUTION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ARTESIAN CHAIR MADE OUT OF 100% RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, MAYBE EVEN A BOTTLE FROM THE FINE CITY OF PRINCETON.
MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS REAL QUICK AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO YOU GUYS.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY, WE DID HAVE A RESIDENT COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TOO OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARD PLANNING A RETREAT.
THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY TONIGHT.
OUT OF THAT PLANNING RETREAT THAT WE HAD THE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, ONE OF OUR GOALS AND INITIATIVES IS TO HAVE PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS.
NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS DO EXEMPLIFY THAT, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH OUR ISD, OUR CHAMBER.
THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE NOT JUMPED IN AND SAID, HOW CAN WE HELP? I APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT.
WHILE IT MAY LOOK SINGULAR TO A STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, I RECOGNIZE AND I WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE INSTANCES OF A MISS TRASH CAN.
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IN THOSE TIMES. I'VE REACHED OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY, AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THE SAME DAY.THERE'S ALWAYS AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS ALWAYS FILLED THOSE CALLS.
I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP, LADIES.
>> YOUR HONOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THIS MAY BE FOR JASON, AND IT'S THE RECYCLING.
I KNOW IT'S EVERY OTHER WEEK, BUT I PULL UP THE APP LIKE THIS LAST WEEK AND IT SHOWED THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RECYCLING.
I SAID, WELL, NO ONE ELSE IS PUTTING OUT THE RECYCLING, AND SO I CALLED THE OFFICE AND THEY SAID, WHAT'S EVERY OTHER WEEK, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT INDICATED ON THE APP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE APP NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT EVERY OTHER WEEK BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE WAY THE WEEKS FALL IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY PUT OUT THERE ON THE CALENDAR.
ALSO, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S HARD FOR THE DRIVERS TO DO, BUT LOTS OF TIMES ESPECIALLY THE WINDS WILL ONLY HAVE TRASH AND THINGS BLOW FROM THE TRUCK AS THEY'RE DUMPING IT AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS.
PEOPLE DON'T PUT EVERYTHING IN A BAG AND THEY JUST THROW STUFF IN THERE LOOSE.
WHENEVER THAT STUFF COMES UP AND THE LID COMES UP AND THE WINDS BLOWING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STUFF THAT'S GOING TO FALL, AND YOU'VE GOT ONE DRIVER, AND I'M SURE HE CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING BEHIND THE TRUCK OR BEHIND EVERYTHING AND SEEING THAT STUFF, WHETHER IT'S FALLING OUT OR NOT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT JUST BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CHANGE THAT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN A TRASH BAG OR NOT, BUT ANYWAY.
>> WE DO ENCOURAGE ALL TRASH TO BE BAGGED, OF COURSE, RECYCLING IS TO BE LOOSE AND PLACED IN THE CONTAINER.
STYROFOAM CUPS, QUICK TRIP CUPS, THOSE FLY A LOT FASTER THAN A [INAUDIBLE] PEPPER CAN, SO IT'S ONE YOU'LL SEE AT THE MOST.
I WOULD ASK SO ON THE CALENDAR ISSUE THAT YOU NOTICED.
THE WEB APP OR I'M SORRY, THE MOBILE APP WE'RE YOU USING THE SEARCH TOOL OR WAS IT A CALENDAR? MAYBE [OVERLAPPING] WE CAN.
>> USING THE TOWN, USING MY ADDRESS.
>> THEN WE'RE TYPING IT IN, IT SPITS IT OUT.
>> IT SHOWED THAT WAS LAST WEEK [OVERLAPPING] THIS WEEK.
>> I'LL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE AND SEE IF THEY'RE SAYING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
I USUALLY TRY TO WATCH AND SEE WHO ELSE GOT THEIRS OUT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND THIS IS MORE DOWN TO THE INCIDENTS THAT YOU NAME WITH THE INCREASE OF THE INCIDENTS.
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
SEVERAL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I LIVE IN ARCADIA FARMS. AROUND THAT TIME TRASH WAS NOT PICKED UP BECAUSE THEY HAD EXCESS TRASH DUE TO CHRISTMAS.
I DO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A POLICY IF YOU CAN BUY ONE BIN OR EXTRA BIN OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING, SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
YOU HAVE FAMILY OR VARIOUS THINGS, BUT YOUR DRIVERS WERE MISSING TRASH BECAUSE I GUESS THERE WAS OVER FILL.
HOW DO YOU RIGHT FIT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE AN OVERFILL.
THANKSGIVING IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE OVERFILL.
OF COURSE, I HAD TO FEEL A LOT OF THESE COMPLAINTS.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IF YOU MISS A MAN'S TRASH, MY CHILDREN HERE IF THEY FORGET TO PUT THAT DUMPSTER BEING OUT THERE.
[OVERLAPPING] I SAY SHUTS DOWN THE WHOLE HOUSE.
>> JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OFF EVENT, HAVE FAMILY OVER AND YOU HAVE EXCESS TRASH AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE TOP OF THE CART.
>> ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE CHRISTMAS WHERE YOU EXPECT TO HAVE MORE WASTE.
>> WHAT I WOULD ADVISE IN THAT CASE.
ONE REASON WE CANNOT SERVICE AND OVERLOADED CART WITH THE LID FLIP BACK AND SIX BAGS ON TOP IS BECAUSE THOSE PICTURES WE SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH TRASH STRIPPED DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE THE BAGS FALL OUT BEFORE THE CART DUMPS AND IT CAN FALL INTO THE TRUCK, AND IT RIPS AND TEARS AND IT'S A WHOLE MESS.
A LOT OF TIMES DRIVERS WILL TAG IT, ELECTRONICALLY GETS TAGGED, GETS SENT TO THE CITY IN CASE THE RESIDENT CALLS THE CITY.
IF THEY CALL US, WE HAVE A PICTURE, WE HAVE WHAT HAPPENED, WE CAN COACH THEM ON THAT.
THAT'S MORE FOR THE, I DIDN'T KNOW SCENARIO.
IN THE CASE OF CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE THAT EXCESS TRASH, I WOULD SAY, WE'RE IN THE CITY, EVERY WEEK COLLECTING BOLT, FOR THE MOST PART, AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS OUT OF THE MONTH.
WE CAN ALWAYS DO A PAID PICKUP. WE'RE HERE EVERY THURSDAY.
EVEN IF WE'RE ON ONE PART OF THE TOWN, DOING A DIFFERENT BULK SECTION.
IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE FIVE BAGS, WE CAN QUOTE YOU $30 AND WE CAN COME PICK UP EXCESS BAGS PLACED OUTSIDE THE CART.
IF YOU WILL, OR COORDINATE EVEN SOMETHING WITH THE DRIVER.
ON A LARGER SCALE, IF THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THESE, WE CAN'T EXPECT HIM TO DUMP A CART, GET OUT, LOAD IT BACK, DO THAT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED TIMES IN A DAY.
HE JUST WOULDN'T SIMPLY FINISH HIS ROUTE, BUT IF SOMEBODY CONTACTS US ENOUGH TIME AHEAD, I THINK WE CAN COORDINATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I GUESS I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE DOING A BETTER JOB IN PROMOTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR ADVERTISING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU HAVE 30 BOXES OUT THERE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENT AND THEN THAT DIDN'T GET PICKED UP AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT
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ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A WEEK OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO GET YOUR [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S JUST MORE TRASH.WHAT DO YOU DO? THAT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING AROUND THAT TIME FOR A LOT OF CITIZENS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN PARTNER AS THE CITY WITH YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD STORM EVENTS, AND IT HAS TORN UP DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE HAD DEBRIS ITEMS, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN THEM ALL COLLECTIVELY OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS. I MAY HAVE BEEN THE PARK.
YOU GUYS DID ONE PICK UP CITY WIDE FOR US THEN.
MAYBE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, WE COULD CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH, A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS ARE BIG BOOK, LIKE CARDBOARD AND THINGS THAT YOU HAVE FROM UNDER THE TREE.
THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE ONE CONSOLIDATED AREA THAT YOU COULD BRING IT TO, AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD COME PICK IT UP THEN.
COULD WE CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND IN SOME COMMUNITIES, WE DO CHRISTMAS TREE DROP OFFS WHERE IT'S COORDINATED THAT WAY.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR STAFF AND SIGN THEM UP FOR A DROP OFF, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN FOR.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOT TO GET PICKED UP, AND IT'S GOING TO BE BY US, SO PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BRING IT TO US.
IT GIVES THEM AN OPTION AND GIVES US A WAY TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN.
>> THEN WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT TO COORDINATE SOME TYPE OF JOINT EVENT. THANK YOU.
>> LAST WEEK, I WATCHED ONE OF YOUR WORKERS.
WHEN HE CAME TO COLLECT THE TRASH, THE TRASH CAN JUST SPILLED THE TRASH ALL OVER THE STREET, AND HE GOT OUT AND HE PICKED UP EVERY BIT OF IT, AND IT WAS REFRESHING TO SEE.
TONIGHT, WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO CAME AND ASKED US NOT TO RENEW YOUR CONTRACT BECAUSE COMPLAINTS HAVE RISEN AND I'VE NOT CHECKED THIS OUT, BUT THE RESIDENT SAID IT'S RISEN 47%, AND THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PICKUPS ARE NOT DONE AND THEY NEED TO CALL.
YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR US TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, AND ALSO THERE IS AN INCREASE.
WOULD YOU SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS OF PRINCETON AS TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO REMEDY THAT AND THEN JUSTIFY THE INCREASE.
YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, BUT THEN JUST SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM, SO THEY'LL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. FIRST, I'D LOVE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT HE DID GET OUT.
HE CLEANED IT UP. THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE HER EMPLOYEES TO EXEMPLIFY.
WE WORK WITH A LOT OF CITIES OVER 34, AND WE TELL EVERY CITY WHEN WE DO OUR DRIVER LUNCHEONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE SEE A GARBAGE TRUCK GO DOWN THE STREET.
THEY DON'T THINK OF CWD OR SOME WILL SAY CDW BY ACCIDENT, BUT THEY THINK OF A SERVICE THE CITY OF PRINCETON PROVIDES THE RESIDENT.
THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT JASON ROEMER, GREG ROEMER ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY THINK ABOUT A CITY SERVICE.
THAT'S HOW WE LEAD THIS COMPANY.
WE ARE A SERVICE, A PARTNER OF THE CITY.
WE'RE NOT JUST HERE TO COLLECT A CHECK AND GO HOME.
WE'RE HERE AT YOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE'RE HERE TO BE PRESENT AND BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
WHAT THE RESIDENT DID SPEAK TO BEFORE THE MEETING AND WE DID SPEAK TO HIM WHEN YOU GUYS WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, GAVE HIM MY CARD, TOLD HIM CALL ME DIRECTLY IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY ISSUES, BUT THAT'S ONE SIDE OF THE SERVICE IS, WE'RE AVAILABLE.
AS OWNERS OF THE COMPANY, YOU CAN CALL MYSELF.
YOU CAN TEXT ROBERT. YOU CAN TEXT ME.
I WILL RESPOND, AND WE WILL GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'LL BE HERE WHEN YOU NEED US.
THERE'S A STORM. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, I WILL BE HERE.
WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, AND I CAME HERE PREPARED FOR THAT BECAUSE I SAW THE CHART MYSELF.
I PUT THESE TOGETHER IS HOW DID WE RESPOND? WE DID SEE THE COMPLAINTS GO UP.
WE MADE A CHANGE OPERATIONALLY.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN THEM SYSTEMATICALLY GO DOWN.
I WANT TO SEE IT KEEP GOING DOWN BECAUSE I'M NOT HAPPY.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE INDUSTRY WE'RE IN, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER.
WE ARE HERE AND OPEN TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS, FROM YOURSELF, WHATEVER THE CHATTER IS.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR AN IMPROVEMENT, AND I THINK WE STAND AS A COMPANY TO ACHIEVE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING? IF NOTHING FURTHER, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM K.2 2024-093 FOR APPROVAL OF THE CWD ANNUAL REVIEW AND COST ADJUSTMENT.
>> FIVE SECOND. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THE ACTION ITEM IS ACTUALLY UNDER K.3.
>> THEN WE WILL OPEN ITEM K.3, 2024-05-13-R01.
CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-05-13-R01, RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL LP TO PROVIDE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIAL COLLECTIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES TO THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
>> ONE QUESTION BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION.
HAVE WE DISCUSSED IF WE'RE DOING
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A FIVE YEAR OR SEVEN YEAR AND WHAT IS THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO?>> WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT, 5-7.
>> ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THAT, MR. MATT?
I WAS WAITING FOR THE, CONFUSION OF CHEMICAL.
GOOD EVENING.OVERLAPPING] MADAM MAYOR.
COUNSEL. MY NAME IS TOMMY MATT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
THROUGH THE CONTRACT RENEWAL NEGOTIATIONS.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT DEAL WITH CWD ON A DAILY BASIS, AND WE FEEL THAT THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE THE CITY IS IMPROVING YEAR OVER YEAR.
SPEAKING OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP, THEY'VE BECOME A GREAT PARTNERSHIP OR FORMED A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? IN SPEAKING TO THE INCREASE FOR THE COST OF SERVICES, WE ARE SEEING A RISE OF $0.75 IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT, WHICH IS FOR FIVE YEARS.
BUT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWER RATES IN THE SURROUNDING CITIES.
FOR INSTANCE, CITY OF MELISSA PAYS 1801, MCKINNEY'S 1861, AND GREENVILLE IS 2695 FOR RESIDENTIAL WASTE SERVICES.
IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT IT'S ON THE LOWER END.
IT'S NOT THE LOWEST IN THE AREA, WILEY PAYS 1676, BUT IT IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA.
WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CWD FOR A LITTLE BIT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING TO FORM NEW PARTNERSHIPS, REACH OUT TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS TO BECOME A MEMBER THERE, WHICH WOULD LESSEN THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH THEN THAT SAVING COULD BE PASSED BACK ONTO THE RESIDENTS.
WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL RECYCLING PROGRAMS, THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY CITYWIDE FOR WASTE SERVICES.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORKS FOR THE NEXT COST ADJUSTMENT, WE'RE HOPING WE'LL ACTUALLY BRING THE COST OF SERVICE DOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND IMPROVE SERVICE OVERALL.
WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE CWD HERE TO ANSWER ANY AS WELL.
>> FOR TIME FRAME, THE 5-7 YEARS, WHAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THAT?
>> STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR FIVE YEARS.
>> EARLIER WHEN MR. JASON PRESENTED, HE SAID THAT IF WE EXTENDED TO SEVEN, IT WOULD KEEP THE RATES AT THAT RATE.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME RATE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
WAS THAT CONSIDERED? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED AND WHAT THE SAVINGS TO THE CITY WOULD BE?
BUT IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS SET TO RENEW IN FIVE YEARS, I APOLOGIZE.
IT ACTUALLY AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COST SAVINGS GOING FORWARD WITH CWDS STAFF'S OPINION.
NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT GOING FORWARD, THAT THOSE COST ADJUSTMENTS ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH OR UP AND DOWN, BUT IT GIVES US A BRIEF PAUSE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND EXPLORE THE BEST OPTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
>> YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K.3 2024-05-13-R01.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-05-13- R01 RATIFYING APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL FOR A PERIOD OF I BELIEVE MR. SAID FIVE YEARS? FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
>> P WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR VOTE AT THIS TIME, PLEASE.
THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN, ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2024-05-13 R01.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM K.4, 2024-094.
CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FROM THE PEDC AND PCDC TO AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF THE PEDC PCDC MANAGER POSITION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM.
I WILL BE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE BOARDS AND THE CHAIRS TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION FROM COUNSEL BACK DOWN TO THEM.
AT THIS TIME, AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER TABLING THIS ITEM.
>> YOUR HONOR, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM K.4 2024-094.
>> THANK YOU. THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN,
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ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF K.4 2024-094 TO TABLE THAT ITEM.THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM K.5 2024-090.
CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.
COUNSEL, WHAT ITEMS DO YOU HAVE TONIGHT?
>> YES, I HAVE ONE. MAYBE SOME OTHER FELLOW COUNCILMEN RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM IT'S A JUVENILE, I THINK.
IT'S A YOUNG MALE WHO EMAILED US LOOKING FOR SOME POSSIBLE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
THEY HAD AN INTEREST IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OR WHATNOT.
I WANT TO ASK MR. MASHBOR IF YOU CAN EXPLORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT THAT MAY HAVE AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY HERE.
>> IN LIGHT OF THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH CWD AND THE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE AND ALSO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN TERMS OF A NUMBER THAT RESIDENTS CAN CALL FOR CONTACT AND ALSO ARRANGING MAYBE FOR PICK UP AT AN ADDITIONAL COST.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE POST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, A WEBSITE, THAT INFORMATION.
RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH CWD IF THEY DO HAVE A CONCERN.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOTHING ELSE, I'LL TAKE US TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.
[L. REPORT AGENDA]
THE NEXT SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2024 AT 6:30 PM.THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR ADJOURNMENT.
IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.