Jul 15, 2026 Community Development Corporation

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ALRIGHTY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START. TODAY IS JUNE, JULY 15TH.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

KAREEM EVANS HERE. MS. SAMUEL. PRESENT. MR. THORNTON.

PRESENT. MS. NED IS NOT HERE. MS. GUERRERO. PRESENT.

MS. HENDERSON IS NOT HERE. AND MS. PETTIS IS NOT HERE AS WELL.

BUT WE DO HAVE QUORUM WITH FOUR IN ATTENDANCE.

CAN WE GET SOMEBODY TO DO INVOCATION? FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE ONE MORE TIME.

GOD. GOD, AS WE PRESUME IN THIS MEETING, WE ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BE IN UNITY ON ONE ACCORD, IN THE SAME MINDSET. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY HELP US TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITIES GOD.

GOD, WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR THE MERCY AND THE GRACE, THE LOVE THAT YOU GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ANY AND OUR FAMILIES.

WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE LOVE YOU. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

ALRIGHT. WE'LL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[E. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]

MS. CRAIG DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE TONIGHT? YES, WE HAVE MAXINE ELLIS. ALRIGHTY, MS. ELLIS.

GOOD EVENING. CDC COMMITTEE. I COME TO YOU WITH A COUPLE THINGS.

SO THE CDC, WHICH MEANS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WAS BUILT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

HELP IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY HELP AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY WILL BE EXPANDING. THEY ARE USING THEIR $1 MILLION BOND.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE.

$1 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. WE'D ALL LOVE TO HAVE $1 MILLION IN OUR POCKET, WOULDN'T WE? IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO REVITALIZING OUR LIBRARY.

AND THEY MIGHT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO ASSIST THEM IF THEY COME, AS IT WOULD LOOK GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY.

THE OTHER THING IS OUR CHESS CLUB. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE CHESS CLUB THAT HAS STARTED.

THEY'VE BEEN MEETING AT THE LIBRARY, BUT THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.

I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD OFFER THEM THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO USE.

THEY'VE GOT A LARGE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WANT TO PLAY CHESS, AND EVEN IF WE COULD HELP THEM OUT, OR MAYBE ASK FOR DONATIONS FOR THE CITY TO DONATE MORE CHESS BOARDS SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE KIDS, IT'S A GREAT THING. ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY CHESS, BUT TO HAVE THE KIDS HAVING SOMETHING TO DO AND SOMETHING LIKE CHESS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.

SO JUST TWO ITEMS TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MINDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? IS THAT IT MS. GREG? THAT WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO SIGNED UP.

ALRIGHTY. PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS. NEXT REGULAR PEDC MEETING WILL BE JULY 21ST,

[F. PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS]

[G. STAFF REPORT ITEMS]

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. IN YOUR PACKET IS YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THROUGH JUNE 30TH,

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I DID PRESENT IN AS A HANDOUT, A PRESENTATION THAT I'LL GO OVER, IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU, CHAIRMAN. SO JUST AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION THAT THE CDC BOARD IS, AS OF THE 3RD QUARTER, REMAINS IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION.

YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENT TOTAL A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION.

EARNINGS TO DATE FOR INTEREST IS $134,713.82, TO BE EXACT.

YEAR TO DATE AND THEN YOUR SALES TAX. WE ARE SEEING THAT SALES TAX IS PERFORMING AND EXCEEDING OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS THROUGH THE JULY COLLECTIONS.

WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET BY 7.74%. THE FINANCIALS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS AS OF JUNE.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE LATEST SALES TAX INFORMATION.

SO HERE'S A REPRESENTATION, JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CDC REVENUE THROUGH THE 3RD QUARTER.

AS YOU AND I WANTED TO ALSO SHOW YOU WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN 2025 AT THE SAME YEAR TO DATE, ACTUALS, AS WELL AS IF WE WERE TO PROPORTIONALLY PUT YOUR BUDGET 1 12 TIMES, THREE QUARTERS ALL THE WAY IN.

SO THAT'S THE ORANGE COLUMN IS WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.

THE BLUE COLUMN, EVERYTHING BEING EQUAL IS. AND I ALSO NOTE HERE ON MY SLIDE THAT SALES TAXES ARE COLLECTED IN ARREARS.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER. WE WILL CATCH UP.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN EXCEEDS WHAT WE HAD COLLECTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

OUR INTEREST REVENUE. WE ARE EXCEEDING WHAT WE EVEN EARNED LAST YEAR AS WELL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND THEN I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE A BAR HERE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT YOU ARE GETTING RENTAL INCOME FOR THE CDC, FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. A LITTLE OVER $8,000 TODAY.

SO LET'S JUST GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS ON YOUR REVENUE.

AGAIN, SALES TAX IS TRENDING ABOVE PRIOR YEAR.

AND YOUR INTEREST EARNINGS. THE FUND IS IN AN INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT AND IT'S EARNING 3.643%.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BENCHMARK THAT AGAINST A 3-MONTH T-BILL.

WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER THAT BENCHMARK AT 3.74%, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE POOLS ARE EARNING FOR US RIGHT NOW.

IT FOLLOWS THE MARKET AND IS A SAFE INVESTMENT.

VERY LIQUID, VERY SAFE. OTHER REVENUE. I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

HERE'S A PRESENTATION AS WELL ON YOUR SALES TAX.

JUST SHOWS YOU THE TRENDS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AS SALES TAX FOR THE LAST SINCE 2021.

SO IT REALLY IS EBBING AND FLOWING THE WAY WE EXPECT IT TO IN THESE MONTHS.

SO JUST LIKE TO GIVE THAT VISUAL THAT WE AREN'T SEEING ANYTHING DECLINING.

IT'S FOLLOWING THE TREND, BUT IT IS EXCEEDING BUDGET.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME ANYTIME AS WELL. SALES TAX COLLECTION BY INDUSTRY SEGMENTS.

OVER ALMOST HALF OF OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS DOES COME FROM THE RETAIL TRADE.

THEN YOU COME IN WITH LODGING, FOOD SERVICES, UTILITIES, CONSTRUCTION, AND SO FORTH.

SO SALES TAX HIGHLIGHTS, 66 OF THE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET HAS BEEN COLLECTED ON OUR SALES TAX, WHICH IS THE EIGHT MONTHS. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE AT 7.74%.

THIS IS AS OF THROUGH JULY THROUGH JULY. AND WE ARE SEEING STRONG GROWTH IN THOSE TAXABLE SALES.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A POSITIVE TREND.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET LATER IN YOUR AGENDA.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT MY PROJECTIONS FOR THAT AT THAT TIME.

HERE'S A REPRESENTATION OF YOUR CDC EXPENDITURES.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT WE LIKE TO GROUP UP.

YOU DO HAVE A VERY DETAILED LINE ITEM BUDGET IN YOUR PACKET.

SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS ALL THE LINES. BUT I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A BAR GRAPH REPRESENTATION OF WHERE.

AGAIN, COMPARING TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND BUDGET, YOU WILL SEE I'M KEEPING MY EYE ON PERSONNEL BECAUSE IT IS EXCEEDING BUDGET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MONITORING THAT. WE HAVE SOME OPERATING EXPENSES THAT ARE UNDER BUDGET.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EXPENSES ON GENERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

MARKETING. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPENSE IN THERE, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY UNDER BUDGET.

OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR LEGAL FEES AND YOUR AUDIT EXPENSES.

WE ARE UNDER BUDGET AS WELL UNDER THAT. PROJECT FUNDING.

WE HAVE SOME MONEY SPENT ON THAT THAT I'VE OUTLINED IN THERE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFIC PROJECTS LIKE.

LET ME GIVE YOU EXAMPLES WHEN I SHOW THIS ON THE GRAPH.

THE ARMORED CAR THAT WE DID FOR POLICE IS IN THAT CATEGORY, AS WELL AS THE APPRENTICE JOB TRAINING AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I JUST KIND OF LUMPED THAT AS PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE FUNDING.

THEN THERE'S THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE OPERATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER ITSELF, VERY UNDER BUDGET THERE.

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I HOPE THAT WE WILL PRESENT YOU SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE ON THAT.

TRANSFERS. THAT GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S JUST TO PAY FOR YOUR SPACE IN THE CITY HALL, AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH INTERNAL SERVICES LIKE MYSELF.

IT HELPING THE CDC BOARD, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

MARKETING AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN YOUR DEBT SERVICE, YOU MIGHT SEE WHY IS THERE A BIG SPIKE? WELL, LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, BUT WE HAD TO CATCH UP ON THE DEBT SERVICE BECAUSE IT WASN'T DONE IN 2024.

SO THAT'S THE VARIANCE THERE. BUT WE ARE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE EXCEEDING BUDGET, BUT WE PAY OUR PRINCIPAL ALL IN FEBRUARY.

SO AGAIN, IF EVERYTHING WAS EQUAL YOU'RE DOING FINE.

YOU'RE STILL WITHIN YOUR BUDGET ON DEBT SERVICE.

WE JUST PAY THE PRINCIPAL IN FEBRUARY. WE HAVE ONE MORE PAYMENT IN AUGUST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE LAST HALF OF THE INTEREST.

SO TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR EXPENDITURES, YOU ARE AT 42% OF YOUR BUDGET, SO WAY BELOW BUDGET.

SO NO CONCERNS THERE. WE WILL CONTINUE AS I MENTIONED, THE PERSONNEL COST.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. YES, SIR.

OKAY. QUESTION ABOUT THE PERSONNEL COST. WHY.

IS THERE A REASON FOR YOUR NOTE THAT IT IS OVER THAT WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD LIKE PEOPLE IN CERTAIN POSITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE PORTION OF THE BUDGET CYCLE? SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WOULD WE BE EXCEEDING THAT AMOUNT? GREAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK THE BUDGET WAS CORRECTLY DONE FOR PERSONNEL, BUT I KNOW WE'RE ALSO STILL HAVING EXPENSES GOING OUT FOR PERSONNEL FOR SOMEONE THAT IS ON FMLA.

YES. NO. WHICH I WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT EVEN THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR, LIKE THAT PERSON. THE VACANCY? THE VACANCIES AT TIMES WITH GAP WHICH WOULD STILL ALLOW ME TO THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY BE PAYING SOMETHING FOR A CERTAIN THING, BUT WE'VE HAD OTHER POSITIONS.

ONE OTHER POSITION THAT THAT SPOT HASN'T BEEN FILLED THIS WHOLE BUDGET CYCLE SO.

CORRECT. CORRECT. LET ME GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, CHAIRMAN AT THE NEXT MEETING.

OR I CAN SEND THAT THROUGH. YES.

AS A COMMUNICATION. THROUGH EMAILS. I WILL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS, AGAIN THAT THE BUDGET AUTHORITY HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.

AS I MENTIONED, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

NO SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE CONCERNS AT THIS MID OVER MID YEAR.

ACTUALLY I SHOULD HAVE FIXED THAT THREE QUARTERS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

HOWEVER, I DO RECOMMEND YOU ARE IDENTIFYING SOME INITIATIVES AS WE ACCOMPLISH BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR IN YOUR NEXT YEAR BUDGET.

I WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE DEFINITELY ON THIS NEXT YEAR BUDGET.

INVESTMENTS HERE AT THE 3RD QUARTER. YOUR PORTFOLIO, AS I MENTIONED, IS AT $5 MILLION.

THE YIELD TO MATURITY HAS INCREASED TO 3.643%.

AND THAT INCREASE FROM MARCH. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE LAST SNAPSHOT, WHICH WAS MARCH.

YOUR INVESTMENTS INCREASED $72,000. THE PORTFOLIO REMAINS VERY LIQUID AND IN A CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO YIELD TO MATURITY AGAIN 3.643%. IT IS DOWN FROM THE MARCH FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT OF 3.688%.

AGAIN, IT FOLLOWS THE MARKET. AND THEN HERE ARE SOME BENCHMARKS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE DOING INVESTMENTS.

THE T-BILL, THE 3-MONTH, ONE YEAR AND ONE YEAR AND THREE-YEAR TAX NOTE, BUT IT REMAINS STABLE ACROSS OUR SHORT-TERM HORIZON.

I ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S THEY'VE HELD THE INTEREST RATE STEADY AT 3.5% TO 3.75%.

BUT THE POLICYMAKERS THEY'RE VERY DIVIDED RIGHT NOW.

IT'S WHAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH FUTURE RATES AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET. SO IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR CASH POSITION THAT WE HAVE INVESTED AGAIN THE $5 MILLION.

AND I LIKE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT IS YOUR NET EQUITY.

SO I TAKE OUT YOUR LIABILITIES THAT YOU DO SEE IN YOUR PACKET.

IT'S ON THAT BALANCE SHEET. AND THEN THE VARIOUS ENCUMBRANCES THAT WE HAVE TO DATE.

TAKE THAT OFF OF YOUR CASH. YOUR NET EQUITY IS AT $5,066,734.

SO AGAIN ANY. THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU REMAIN STRONG.

YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS TRENDING ABOVE BUDGET.

AGAIN, IDENTIFY ANY SORT OF INITIATIVES BEFORE YEAR END.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT IF WE NEED TO, AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND REPORT ANY VARIANCES AS WELL AS PERSONNEL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A DETAILED REPORT.

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[H. BOARD REPORT ITEMS]

[I. CONSENT AGENDA]

SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? CHAIRMAN I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS IS. MOTION MADE BY MR. THORNTON. I SECOND THAT MOTION.

MOTION SECOND BY MS. GUERRERO. ALRIGHT MOTION PASSES 4-0.

ALRIGHTY. REGULAR AGENDA. J.1 2026-2027. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.

[J1 2026-027 Executive Assistant Position Receive an update from Human Resources regarding the vacant Executive Assistant to the CEO position (presented by Director of Employee Experience Fallan Carrillo) ]

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE CITY OF PRINCETON, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE EDC AND CDC POSITION THAT WE HAVE. SO IN MY MEMO, THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

THIS VACANCY BECAME AVAILABLE APRIL 29TH OF 2026.

ONCE THAT BECAME VACANT, WE WERE REQUESTED TO POST A JOB AND IT HAD BEEN ADVERTISED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE FOR 30 DAYS.

THIS IS STANDARD POLICY FOR OUR PRACTICES IN HR.

WE RECEIVED PLENTY OF APPLICANTS AS YOU CAN SEE.

IN TOTAL, 56. PER MY POLICY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE VACANCIES NOT BE OVER 180 DAYS.

IT ALSO HELPS WITH RETENTION. WHEN PEOPLE APPLY, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THEIR APPLICATION IS.

YOU GUYS DID RECEIVE SOME QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BECOME UNINTERESTED.

HOWEVER, WE ARE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE CURRENTLY, BY YOUR BYLAWS, THE CEO HAS THE POWER TO HIRE AND FIRE THOSE WITHIN THE CORPORATION.

AND THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

SO JUST GETTING SOME DIRECTIVE AND ASKING IF YOU GUYS DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HIRING OF AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO DO SO.

AS ALWAYS, WE WILL FOLLOW YOUR BYLAWS. WE'LL FOLLOW ANY STANDARD HIRING POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS THE CITY, AND WE WILL CONSULT WITH YOU GUYS.

NOTHING WILL BE OUT OF BUDGET. AND IF IT DOES NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO YOU GUYS AND GET YOUR APPROVAL OR DENIAL ON ANYTHING THAT WE PRESENT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.

GO AHEAD, MR. CARRILLO WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET THIS DONE? SO IF WE HAVE YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD, ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HIRE, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS.

WE USUALLY LIKE TO GIVE CANDIDATES A TWO WEEKS NOTICE, JUST IN CASE THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING SOMEWHERE.

THEY CAN CALL OFF TO COME IN FOR THE INTERVIEWS.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT LEVEL OF INTERVIEWS YOU WANT TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO DO TWO INTERVIEWS, IF ONE INTERVIEW SUFFICES FOR YOU THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH AN OFFER AND GO WITH THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND ALL THE STANDARD PROCEDURES WE NEED TO GET THEM STARTED.

SO IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IF WE GET A YES TONIGHT [LAUGHTER].

WE SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS TWO WEEKS OUT. MAYBE THEY WANT TO GIVE TWO WEEKS TO A 30 NOTICE.

SO YOU MAY SEE LIKE A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS THAT YOU'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT THROUGH THE DOORS.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A, ANY TYPE OF DATE WHEN THE CEO IS RETURNING TO THE POSITION? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DO WE HAVE A DATE WHEN THE CEO IS TURNING TO THE POSITION?

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HE'S SCHEDULED TO RETURN ON JULY 21ST. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A JUST IN CASE.

I KNOW AGAIN PER THE BYLAWS WE DO HAVE TO CONSULT WITH THE BOARD IF WE WERE TO HIRE AND BRING ON SOMEONE SO THIS MAY NOT NEED TO BE DONE. NO, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE.

IF HE IS RETURNING ON JUNE THE 21ST, AND SINCE THIS IS A PERSON THAT HE WILL BE WORKING WITH, PERSONALLY, I WOULD PREFER THAT YOU KNOW, THE CEO ALSO BE A PART OF THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THE TWO PERSONALITIES WORK WELL. IF THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, THEN I AM GOOD WITH YOUR OFFICE MOVING FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWS.

OKAY. I THINK I AGREE SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MONTH, THAT WE MAYBE HAVE A CONTINGENCY THAT IF HE RETURNS, THEN THAT WOULD BE HIM TO CARRY ON. IF FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING HAPPENS NEXT WEEK AND IT'S.

HIS RETURN IS DELAYED, THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HIRING PROCESS SO IT'S NOT DELAYED ANY FURTHER.

OKAY. YEAH. SO I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE DIRECTION.

I WOULD AGREE. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF HE'S SCHEDULED TO RETURN ON THE 21ST, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

JUST GO BACK TO THE OLD PROCEDURES THAT WE HAD BECAUSE TODAY'S THE 15TH.

SO LIKE YOU SAY, IT'LL BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU GET TO INTERVIEW ANYBODY ANYWAY.

BUT IF FOR SOME REASON HE DOESN'T RETURN, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE YOU DIRECTION AND WE CAN TAKE.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? CHIEF, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? I KNOW BY YOUR BYLAWS I JUST NEEDED TO CONSULT WITH YOU GUYS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S GOT IT. THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED THAT I KNOW OF.

KELLY COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YEAH, PER THE BYLAWS, I JUST NEEDED TO CONSULT WITH THE BOARD.

SO I WANTED TO DO IT IN AN OPEN MEETING SETTING, JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU GUYS.

PERFECT. AND I AM GOING TO MEET WITH THE EDC ALSO.

I BELIEVE THAT MEETING IS JULY 21ST. BY THEN ON THAT MEETING, WE'LL KNOW.

[LAUGHTER]. WE'LL KNOW. HE'S BACK OR NOT. OKAY.

YEAH. PERFECT, PERFECT. SO THE DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE FROM US IS IF HE'S BACK, WE'LL ROLL WITH THAT.

IF HE'S NOT, WE'LL MOVE IN DIRECTION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM GOING AHEAD AND HIRING SOMEBODY IN THAT FORM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, FALLAN.

ALRIGHTY. J.2 2026-28. MELISSA NED RESIGNATION.

[J.2 2026-28 Melissa Ned Resignation Discussion and possible action regarding the resignation of Melissa Ned from the PCDC Board and Appointment of a new Secretary ]

AND APPOINTMENT OF A NEW SECRETARY. SO ARE WE, MS. KELLY. OH, OKAY, MS. CRAIG. I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AT THE CITY FOR A VACANCY.

I CAN GO OVER THAT. OR IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, I CAN SKIP AHEAD.

YEAH, YOU CAN SKIP AHEAD. SKIP AHEAD. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THE COUNCIL DID ACCEPT HER RESIGNATION, SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH ADVERTISING.

TONIGHT, BASICALLY YOU CAN DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE AS SECRETARY NOW, OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THAT VACANCY IS FILLED.

IT'S UP TO YOU. I WOULD SAY THAT WE JUST WAIT TO THAT VACANCY AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

OKAY. THEN THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MOVING RIGHT ALONG. J.3 2026-29. CITY ATTORNEY RFQ PROVIDES STATUS UPDATE ON REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR

[J.3 2026-29 City Attorney RFQ Provide status update on Request for Qualifications (RFQ #26- 100019) for City Attorney/Legal Services for the PEDC/PCDC and take possible action (presented by Maggie Metzner, Purchasing Officer) ]

NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

SO THE RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WAS CLOSED ON JUNE THE 11TH.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION BECAUSE WE RECEIVED FIVE RESPONSES FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS. SO WE NOW HAVE THE OPTION OF WHAT TO DO WITH THESE RESPONSES.

SINCE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW AS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, WE GET DIRECTION FROM YOU.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR THE BOARD.

WE'RE RELATED TO THE BOARD. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

SO I WANTED SOME DIRECTION. SO YOUR OPTION ONE IS TO CREATE A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE CDC AND THE EDC

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THE SECOND OPTION IS THAT THE SAME FIRMS THAT APPLY TO THE.

AN RFQ FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY AND LEGAL SERVICES IS THERE ALSO DUPLICATE IN ANOTHER RFQ, WHICH IS ALREADY BEING EVALUATED BY EXECUTIVE CITY LEADERSHIP. YOU COULD ALSO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR STAFF COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THEM, AND THEN INTERVIEW AND FOLLOW THAT RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO DO IT.

I REALLY JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OF WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS.

BEFORE WE DISSEMINATE AND GO FORWARD WITH ANY KIND OF FIRM NAMES OF WHO WOULD BE NAMED FOR THE CDC AND EDC, BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO BE A JOINT DECISION BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS.

CAN WE? CHAIRMAN, CAN WE NOT HAVE THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FROM BOTH BOARDS IN THAT PROCESS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO BOTH BOARDS ON THAT DECISION? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I KNOW WHEN WE GAVE DIRECTION LAST TIME, IT WAS FOR US TO GO OUT AND LIKE I SAY, GET INFORMATION BECAUSE WE MAY LOOK AT SOMEBODY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS SO.

MS. GUERRERO, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS? I THINK I AGREE, WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GO WITH THE SAME OPTION THAT THE CITY DECIDED ON, BUT WE WEREN'T AGAINST IT EITHER.

SO I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK SEPARATELY FROM THE CITY AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK AT THE SAME OPTIONS AS THE CITY, BUT AS A. SEPARATELY, BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY CHOOSE THE SAME ATTORNEYS THAT THE CITIES ARE GOING TO.

THE CITY IS GOING TO USE. SO WE HAVE A SOFTWARE THAT WOULD ALLOW EVALUATORS TO, AT INDEPENDENT TIMES AND THE PRIVACY OF WHEREVER YOU HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS, REVIEW THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS AND RANK THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE DIRECTION, IF THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF BOTH EDC AND CDC, OR EVERY MEMBER IS ABLE TO REVIEW AND VOTE, AND THEN IT BECOMES AN AVERAGE OF IN A RANKED SOFTWARE OF ALL THE EVALUATORS FROM BOTH BOARDS, WHICH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. I DON'T.

I'M FINE WITH EITHER WAY. I KNOW IT'S MAYBE GETTING, IF WE GO WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS, IT MAY BE GETTING EVERYBODY TO LOG IN AND DO GO THROUGH THE EVALUATIONS. SO I'M NOT AGAINST EITHER ONE.

I WOULD, I ACTUALLY DO LIKE MR. THORNTON'S THE BEST WHICH I WOULD SAY CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ON EACH BOARDS AS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO THOSE EVALUATIONS, BUT IF THE EDC CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE ALL BOARD MEMBERS, I'M FINE.

IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO DO THE EVALUATIONS LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

I THINK THE SMALLER NUMBER YOU KEEP IT, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET LOCKED IN AND DO THOSE EVALUATIONS, AND THEN YOU GET A GOOD SELECTION. SO THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON IT.

OKAY VICE CHAIR FROM EACH BOARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU

[J.4 2026-030 Fire Dept Grant Consideration and possible action authorizing staff to apply for the Community Development Corporation (CDC) Facade Improvement Grant for the future Princeton Fire Department Administration Building (presented by Interim Fire Chief Steven Gammons) (Part 1 of 2)]

PRESENTED BY INTERIM CHIEF STEVEN GAMMONS. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF CDC THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. TONIGHT WE COME TO YOU TO GET DIRECTION ON GOING OUT FOR THE FACADE GRANT FOR THIS BUILDING.

THIS BUILDING IS CURRENTLY IS BEING. THE PARKS AND REC IS CURRENTLY HOUSED IN THIS BUILDING.

IT'S THE OLD POLICE STATION ON. I LOST THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

THIS BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT.

OUR FIRE STATION ACTUALLY USED TO BE THERE. WE HAD TWO BAYS THE FIRE TRUCKS USED TO SIT IN.

IT'S BEEN USED FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. FIRE STATION HAS BEEN IN THERE. CITY HALL USED TO BE IN THIS BUILDING.

POLICE HEADQUARTERS USED TO BE IN THIS BUILDING. AND NOW THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS NOW HOUSED OUT OF THIS BUILDING. IN A FEW MONTHS, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WILL BE EXITING THAT BUILDING, GOING INTO THEIR NICE BUILDING THAT THEY BUILT OVER BY THE PARK. THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE LEFT VACANT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT FOR THIS GRANT TO BEAUTIFY THIS BUILDING, PAINT THE BRICK, DO THE FACADE,

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IT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE BAY DOORS STILL IN THERE.

FIRE ADMIN WOULD LIKE TO MOVE BACK INTO THAT BUILDING TO RUN OUR FIRE ADMIN OUT OF THAT BUILDING.

JUST A COUPLE THINGS ON THE BUILDING. IT'S BEEN USED IN THE CITY SINCE ITS ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.

THE EXISTING EXTERIOR IS VERY OUTDATED. THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING IS NOT GOOD.

IT'S VERY POOR. SO WE WOULD IMPROVE THAT. EXTERIOR LIGHTING WAS ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE LOOK OF DOWNTOWN.

THIS WHOLE THING IS TO START THE BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH WOULD GO PARTIAL WITH THE LIBRARY, WITH THE LIBRARY EXPANSION, BEAUTIFYING THAT AND OTHER FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD KIND OF TIE IN TO THAT, TO WHERE THE FIRE ADMIN BUILDING WOULD BE A HUGE PART OF THIS.

ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TAKING OUR OLD ORIGINAL 1966 FIRE TRUCK WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL TO HAVE THAT TRUCK REDONE AND PUTTING THAT TRUCK IN FRONT OF THAT NEW BUILDING TO HAVE THAT ON DISPLAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME BY AND LOOK AT IT.

SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE FIRE ADMIN, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE ALMOST LIKE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE COULD WALK BY AND SEE THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOW IT'S GROWN FROM VOLUNTEER TO WHERE WE SET OUT TODAY.

SO TODAY I AM JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO GO OUT AND START GETTING SOME QUOTES.

IT'S VERY HARD RIGHT NOW IN THESE DAYS TO GET CONTRACTORS EVEN TO COME OUT AND DO QUOTES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO QUOTES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE JOB, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET QUOTES AND START THE PROCESS OF THE GRANT AND COME TO YOU ON YOUR NEXT MEETING AND TURNING THE GRANT IN FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS FACADE GRANT. AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

OKAY. THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT PROBABLY AT THE END OF MIDDLE LAST YEAR WE PUT IN AN UPDATE TO THE FACADE GRANT, SO IT'S NOT EVEN AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND IT WENT TO THE LAWYERS AT THE TIME TO DO AN UPDATE, AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THAT UPDATE TO COME BACK.

OKAY. SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THAT UPDATE YET.

SO I WILL CHECK WITH NEW ATTORNEYS TO SEE IF THEY SEE IT IN THE BOOKS.

WE CAN CHECK THERE, BUT UNTIL THAT TIME, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVEN SAY GO GET QUOTES.

DON'T GET QUOTES UNTIL WE GET THAT FINAL UPDATE.

AND THEN TRY TO CALL THOSE CONTRACTORS BACK TO GET NEW QUOTES, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU ANYMORE. SO I WANT TO GET EVERYTHING. I WANT TO BE 100%. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WE CAN GET THE GRANT.

ARE YOU ALL APPROVED ME TO GO FOR THE GRANT? I'LL GET THE CONTRACTOR QUOTES.

I'LL TURN THE GRANT IN WHEN I GET THE QUOTES, AND THEN WE'LL START WORKING ON IT. AND WE CAN PROBABLY DOUBLE CHECK THAT ONCE JIM COMES BACK, IF HE COMES BACK ON TUESDAY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH HIM RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT OUT.

OKAY. HE MADE IT MAY BE THERE AND JUST SITTING IN SOME PLACE THAT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT ONCE WE GET THAT UPDATED AND WE CAN THEN POST IT, THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND PRESENT AND THEN WE CAN MAKE APPROVAL AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. YEP. ONE SECOND. I DO WANT AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET YOU WHEN I CAME IN.

KELLY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KELLY, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET US SOME INFORMATION ON? I KNOW MS. SAMUEL IS RIGHT ABOUT THE FACADE GRANT.

WE ARE IN LIMBO OF THAT. BUT ALSO, I KNOW WE HAVE MONEY FOR LIKE WHERE EVERYTHING WASN'T JUST TIED TO THE FACADE GRANT SO. YEAH, COMMUNITY READINESS THAT WE COULD TIE OR IS THIS JUST FACADE BECAUSE IT'S TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING OR INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, I AGREE WITH MS. SAMUEL BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT IN LIMBO WITH ALL THE MOVING PARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I DON'T, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN IT'S JUST. RIGHT THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE GET SOME ANSWERS FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT I THINK COME BACK WITH US IF MS. KELLY CAN GET US SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY.

BE USED FOR THIS. WE WOULD GO EITHER WAY AND GET THE QUOTES AND STILL WORK WITH YOU ON IT.

THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, TO PUT THE FIRE ADMIN BACK IN THE BUILDING THAT WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED, AND TO ALSO START BEAUTIFYING DOWNTOWN.

THIS WOULD BE THE CORNERSTONE THAT WOULD START IMPROVING THAT WHOLE LOOK OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH COULD IMPLEMENT FURTHER PROJECTS INTO VETERANS PARK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF,

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ALRIGHTY. J.5 2026-31 FY27 PCDC DRAFT BUDGET.

[J.5 2026-31 FY27 PCDC Draft Budget Presentation and discussion regarding the PCDC FY 2026-2027 Draft Budget (presented by Chief Financial Officer Kelly Wilson) (Part 1 of 2)]

IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT

[J.6 2026-33 Back to School Bash Discussion and possible action regarding PCDC's booth at the Back to School Bash (presented by Beth Willhite, President/CEO, Princeton-Lowry Crossing Chamber of Commerce) ]

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT.

ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH ANYTHING? THE BOOTH AND ALL OF THAT? THE BOOTH IS FOR US, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT THE BOOTH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR JUST THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH ALTOGETHER? I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF IT. [LAUGHTER] IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A BOOTH, THERE IS A LINK TO SIGN UP. IT'S A GOOGLE FORM.

LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO USE ONE OF THE TABLES THERE.

YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR OWN. DO YOU NEED ELECTRICITY? DO YOU NOT? WHAT TIME OF DAY? WHAT. WE HAVE TWO SIGN UP OPTIONS ON FRIDAY BEFORE.

THERE'S NO SETTING UP THE DAY OF. SO IT LETS YOU PICK WHICH TIME YOU WANT TO COME IN AND SET UP.

BETH, CAN YOU TELL ME THAT DATE AGAIN? SATURDAY, JULY 25TH.

FROM 9:00 TO 11:00 A.M. [LAUGHTER]. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SCREENSHOT THE BOARD. DO WE WANT TO HAVE A BOOTH OUT THERE OR NOT? OR? I WON'T BE IN TOWN THAT WEEKEND, SO I WON'T BE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THE BOOTH.

CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO HAVE A BOOTH.

IT WOULD SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HELPING THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AT CDC.

YES, THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THAT WE AT THAT WHEN WE AT THE BOOTH, WE CAN ADVERTISE FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOOTH UP THERE.

YES. JUST GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE BOTH OF YOU ON IT.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I. YES. SEND IT TO BOTH OF US.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO BE THERE. THE 25TH.

I THINK I'M IN TOWN THAT WEEKEND, SO I SHOULD BE GOOD.

BUT YES, WE'LL HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION OUT THERE.

OKAY. NO PROBLEM. PLEASE ALSO CC MS. CRAIG ON IT.

OH, OKAY. SURE WILL. YES ALRIGHTY, J.7 2026-34. LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CDC FUNDING OF

[J.7 2026-34 Library Partnership Discussion and possible action regarding CDC funding of a Purposeful Partnership with the Princeton Library]

HELLO, CHAIR, BOARD. MY NAME IS AMY MASSEY. I WORK WITH THE LIBRARY.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS REALLY A SURPRISE TO US.

WE WEREN'T TOLD ANYTHING OF WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TODAY.

HOWEVER, I DO WANT JUST TO IRRADIATE THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO THE EXPANSION.

WE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN $1 MILLION. SO ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL.

ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A NEW LIBRARY AS WELL IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY WITHIN 3 TO 5 YEARS POSSIBLY GOING WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AS WELL.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WORKS OUT. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE ON ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT. ALL RIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO YOU HAVE TO USE IT FOR THE CURRENT LIBRARY AT THE CURRENT LOCATION.

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CORRECT? WE DID PURCHASE THE LAND THAT IS TO THE LEFT OF US.

YES, MA'AM WE DID. SO PART OF THAT IS. I BELIEVE WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RENDERINGS DONE AT THE MOMENT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT PART OF THAT BEING EXTRA PARKING, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK BEHIND US BECAUSE THAT'S THE ISD'S LOT AND THEY PRETTY MUCH FILL IT UP.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT, AND POSSIBLY JUST ADDING A LOT OF OUTDOOR SPACE, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT FOR THE KIDS AS WELL. MR. JAMES WATERS CHIEF PLEAS FOR CITY OF PRINCETON. SO THE RENDERINGS WERE ACTUALLY PRESENTED, NOT LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THAT BY MS. GLENDA PUCKETT. AND SO IN WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT'S OUT THERE, THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY INCORPORATING THAT AS A SITTING AREA.

THE CURRENT LIBRARY WHERE IT SITS RIGHT NOW, IT'S UP UNDERNEATH 5000FT².

AND SO DO THE. DUE TO SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE LIBRARY, A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO END UP BEING SPENT ON MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY AND ALSO RESTRUCTURING INSIDE LIBRARY TOO AS WELL. BUT THAT OUTSIDE SECTION IS GOING TO BE LIKE AN EXTENDED KIND OF PATIO AREA AND ALL OF THIS STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE PARKING UP THE SIDE, HOW THE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND REDUCING THE PARKING LOT UP FRONT AS WELL.

IN DOING THAT AND WORKING WITH SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS POTENTIALLY AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

THE EXPANSION ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE FOR THAT LIBRARY IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BUILDING A BRAND NEW LIBRARY.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS SOME TALK THAT'S OUT THERE.

I'M STILL UTILIZING THAT SITE FOR EITHER KEEPING IT THE LOIS NELSON SENIOR CITIZEN LIBRARY, THE LOIS NELSON SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER, SOME OF THOSE LINES, RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH, TALKING ABOUT SOME AREAS FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER TO BE AT.

RIGHT? AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHASE AND MR. WASHINGTON IN THE BACK TALKING ABOUT THE REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, REALLY CARVING OUT A PART OF THE REC CENTER AS PART OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER. BUT THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY DEDICATE A SPACE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER WHENEVER WE DO END UP BUILDING THAT NEW LIBRARY.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? PERFECT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE EXPANSION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST OVER THE $1 MILLION? WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME. NO, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. J.8 2026-35. CHESS CLUB. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SPONSORSHIP OF THE CHESS CLUB TO HOLD EVENTS

[J.8 2026-35 Chess Club Discussion and possible action regarding sponsorship of the Chess Club to hold events at the Community Center]

CHASE BRYANT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT GOT BROUGHT TO ME A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

THERE'S A MEETING OF A CHESS CLUB. IT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY HELD AT THE LIBRARY.

THE SIZE HAS ACTUALLY OUTGROWN THE SPACE AVAILABLE.

FOR WHAT THE LIBRARY CAN ACTUALLY HOLD ROUGHLY IS RUNNING UP TO NEARLY 100 PEOPLE PER EVENING.

BASED ON THAT, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS AVAILABLE AND THE REQUEST CAME OVER TO PARKS AND REC FOR USAGE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

NOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS FROM A PARKS AND REC STANDPOINT, I'M TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEED AND THE DESIRE. CLEARLY, THERE'S A NEED AND A DESIRE WHEN 100 PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM PRINCETON TO THE CHESS CLUB ON A WEEKLY MEETING.

OPERATING THE PROGRAM UNDER THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT MEANS I'VE GOT OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

I'M PAYING FOR COACHING USAGE FOR THE OVERALL PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THERE WOULD BE A FEE ASSESSED BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, THAT DESIRE IS NOT QUITE AT THAT POINT.

WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST MORE SO USAGE OF THE FACILITY.

WHICH I CAN VERIFY MYSELF. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I WILL PARTNER WITH AS A CITY OF PRINCETON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS SOMETHING I GET BEHIND 100%. HOWEVER.

BUT TO KEEP IT AT A. NO COST TO THE RESIDENTS, IT'S WOULD COME TO THIS BOARD FOR USAGE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THAT NEED.

CURRENTLY THE AVAILABILITY IS ON THURSDAY EVENINGS FROM 5:00 TO 7:00.

SO IT'S TWO HOURS EACH WEEK. AND THEN BASED ON THAT, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AS A PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT,

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SO BASED ON THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FROM THE BOARD TO PROVIDE THE SPACE AVAILABLE.

BECAUSE FROM THE CITY SIDE, I CANNOT WAIVE ANY FEES TO RESIDENTS.

SO BUT THIS IS A FACILITY USAGE FROM THIS BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. THE BUILDING IS THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO USE FOR AS MUCH AS PROBLEM.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT STAYING OFF OF WEEKENDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE HIGH RENTAL DAYS, BUT THIS ISN'T THIS IS A CLASS THAT'S DURING THE WEEK.

SO ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING.

ANYTIME WE CAN GET KIDS ACTIVE INVOLVED AND DOING SOMETHING OFF THE STREET, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING IT.

SO YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR SPACE AND NO FUNDING? CORRECT. THAT IS JUST FOR NOW? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED FUNDING FOR IN THE FUTURE? I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WOULDN'T HAVE THE DESIRE AND THE NEED FOR FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AS WHEN THIS GOT BROUGHT TO ME.

LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS, THEY'VE OUTGROWN THE SPACE AT THE LIBRARY, SO PROVIDING CHESS BOARDS AND SOME EQUIPMENT, MAYBE SOME SMALL FEES ASSOCIATED LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING MYSELF AS A PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, I SUPPORT AND I CAN GET BEHIND AND I CAN OFFER AS A PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

BUT WITH THAT COMES FEES ASSOCIATED AND WITH FEES ASSOCIATED MEANS THOSE ARE PUT BACK ON THE RESIDENTS FOR SUPPLYING CHESS BOARDS, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL THEY'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST SPACE.

OKAY, SO YOU DON'T NEED ANY EQUIPMENT TO GO ALONG WITH NO BOARDS OR ANYTHING AT THIS TIME? I DON'T, NO. OKAY. AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REQUEST COME IN FRONT OF ME LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT EITHER.

DO YOU EXPECT THE NUMBERS TO INCREASE? I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT JUST.

EXACTLY, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED BY A RESIDENT FOR A NEED AND A DESIRE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE I SEE THE NUMBERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND IT HAS GROWN UP, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH AT A HOLDING AT THESE ARE KIDS. MOST OF THEM ARE KIDS. SO WITH THEIR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RUNNING UPWARDS OF CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE TOTAL ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

BUT PRINCETON IS GROWING, SO I CAN'T. I CAN ONLY PROJECT THAT PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO GROW OVER TIME.

YEAH. OH. OH, YEAH. NO, JUST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND I THINK IT WAS JUST STARTED BY LIKE SOME INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S JUST GROWN FROM WORD OF MOUTH. SO I JUST THINK THIS IS LIKE REALLY AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY TO HELP OUT.

YEAH. SO OH CHASE COULD YOU FIND OUT FROM THE PERSON WHO HAS STARTED THIS CLUB IF THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE CHESS BOARDS AND WHATNOT? YES, YES, I CAN REACH OUT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY EQUIPMENT NEEDED.

THAT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM AT A LATER DATE, BUT THIS WOULD BE JUST TO REQUEST THE FACILITY.

AND THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAD THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER GOES THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO MY STAFF HANDLES ALL RESERVATIONS. AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED THURSDAY EVENINGS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE THE FACILITY, YOU KNOW, ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT THE BOARD HAS BLESSED FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THURSDAY EVENINGS, THERE WAS NOTHING SCHEDULED.

KEEP IT CONSISTENT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE IDENTIFIED THAT DATE.

YEAH. SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY UP HERE.

MS. KELLY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON AND VOTE ON? YOU WOULD NEED TO. ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU. SO YEAH, CHASE, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS BEFORE WE GET READY TO TAKE ACTION,

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I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE REQUEST FOR USE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2028-36.

CHESS CLUB USE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THURSDAY NIGHT FROM SEVEN.

05:00 TO 7:00 P.M. I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALRIGHTY.

MOTION MADE BY MS. GUERRERO, SECOND BY MR. THORNTON.

I WOULD JUST SAY JUST USE IT ON A, YOU KNOW, AT A WEEKLY BASIS OR SO FORTH.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE GIVEN SPECIFICS, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME FRAME THAT I COULD A LOT FOR THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IDENTIFIED ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE.

I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT MAY NOT CHANGE DURING THE SCHOOL SEASONS OR WHATEVER WE HAVE.

BUT THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO GIVE JUST AN OPEN BLANKET TIME LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. YEAH. SO THAT I CAN SEE FACES UP HERE ABOUT OPEN BLANKET TIME WOULD WE BE OKAY WITH JUST DOING THURSDAY NIGHTS WITHOUT A TIME? I MEAN, IT'S. IS THAT YOUR ISSUE? THAT'S WE'RE SAYING THE TIME AND NOT THE DAY? OR IS IT BOTH? IT'S THERE'S NO ISSUE EVEN WITH THE SPECIFIC TIME AND DATE.

BUT IF A DATE WAS TO EVER NEED TO CHANGE TO A TUESDAY NIGHT, YOU KNOW, ON A GIVEN WEEK, I JUST LIKE THAT.

AND THEN IF THE ISSUE POPS UP, THAT IT NEEDS TO CHANGE TO A TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ONE TIME OR TWO TIMES, THEN WE CAN LET Y'ALL HANDLE THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COMING, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT CHESS CLUB IS EVERY THURSDAY.

SO WHEN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION COMES AND ASKS FOR SOMETHING, WE KNOW THURSDAYS ARE TAKEN AT THAT TIME, SO. BUT WE WILL. I THINK IT'S OKAY TO LET THEM SAY THAT IF THIS THURSDAY DOESN'T WORK, TUESDAY IS OPEN FOR NO PAID SLOT AND WE CAN ALLOW YOU TO MOVE TUESDAY FOR THIS WEEK. WE CAN LEAVE THAT UP TO Y'ALL.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IF WE CAN JUST KEEP IT AS A CONSISTENT THURSDAY, IT WILL HELP US WITH DECISION MAKING FURTHER.

ALRIGHTY. SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO RESTATE THE MOTION? OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD AN AMENDMENT THEN YOU'LL NEED TO ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT THE SAME, WE JUST GO AHEAD WITH OUR? THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE REQUEST THE SAME THAT MS. GUERRERO MADE. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ALRIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES 4-0. THANKS, CHASE.

THANK YOU. OH, CHIEF GO AHEAD. MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN RESPECTFULLY, CAN I ASK TO OPEN BACK UP J.4? I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE, JUST KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKETS.

ALRIGHT. YES. SO LET'S GO BACK TO REQUEST J.4 2026-030.

[J.4 2026-030 Fire Dept Grant Consideration and possible action authorizing staff to apply for the Community Development Corporation (CDC) Facade Improvement Grant for the future Princeton Fire Department Administration Building (presented by Interim Fire Chief Steven Gammons) (Part 2 of 2)]

SO REAL QUICK, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT THIS PACKET WITHIN THIS PACKET IS GOING TO BE Y'ALL'S BUDGET FORMS. WITHIN THAT BUDGET FORM, THE LINE ITEM IS GOING TO BE 10-500-000.

THE LAST FOUR IS GOING TO BE 8352. THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FACADE GRANT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT Y'ALL HAVE IN THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, THE EXPENDITURES.

THAT'S OUT OF THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ZERO IN THE OVERALL TOTAL, WHICH IS $100,000.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HE'S GOING TO. I'M BEING INFORMED IT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 4 OF YOUR PACKET.

PAGE 4 OF OUR PACKET. IS THAT AMOUNT STILL CORRECT? OKAY. I SEE IT ON THE SCREEN. YEP. $100,000. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS CHIEF FOR THAT UPDATE. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. J.9 2026-36. MAYOR'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

[J.9 2026-36 Mayor's Apprenticeship Program Event Discussion and possible action regarding an End of Summer event for the Mayor's Apprenticeship Program (presented by Beth Willhite, President/CEO, Princeton-Lowry Crossing Chamber of Commerce) ]

[00:55:08]

ARE YOU ALL LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS? DO YOU WANT THE CHAMBER TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON THIS? WHEN DO YOU WANT IT? WHERE DO YOU WANT IT? WHO DO YOU WANT THERE? [LAUGHTER]. YEAH. GO AHEAD, MS. SAMUEL. I'LL LET HER TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.

[LAUGHTER]. I WAS DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE OTHER MEMBER ON THE EVALUATION BOARD.

IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT. I WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE BANQUET TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S NOT LEFT ON THE CHAMBER. SINCE YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH SO FAR, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DATE SET UP AND HAVE IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND GET WHATEVER WE NEED.

SO THAT IS NOT AN EVENT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO.

THE CHAMBER WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. OKAY. IF I CAN HELP IN INVITING BUSINESS OWNERS OR THE INTERNS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU NEED FROM ME, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW AND.

I WILL BE CALLING YOU. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] I WILL HAVE MY PHONE ON JUST FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. SO BUT HAVE TOUCHED BASE. JUST. AM I ALLOWED TO UPDATE OR NO? AM I ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF? YES, PLEASE. SO INVOICES HAVE BEEN COMING IN.

SO YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS WORKING. I SEE ONE EVERY DAY.

SHE'S IN ONE OF THE BUSINESSES IN OUR OFFICE THERE AT THE BUSINESS CENTER.

I SEE POSITIVES. I'VE HEARD POSITIVES. SO. YAY.

[LAUGHTER]. SO GOOD JOB. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE THIS PROGRAM DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO GROW.

THE DEFINITELY GOOD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK BETH.

SHE HAS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THIS PROGRAM.

THIS WAS THE IDEA THAT WE HAD LIKE A YEAR OR SO AGO, AND WE FINALLY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND WE'VE HAD MOVING PIECES. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAD TO GO OUT AT CERTAIN TIMES.

AND, AND THESE KIDS ARE STILL SITTING HERE READY TO WORK AND ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING ON.

SO I WANT TO SAY, BETH, KUDOS TO YOU. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH HOW YOU HAVE HELPED SUPPORT THIS CITY, SUPPORT THIS BOARD SUPPORT THE CDC AND ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO GET THESE KIDS WORKING, GET THEM LIKE APPRENTICESHIPS AND CAREERS THAT THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT. YOU HAVE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE EXCELLENT NEXT YEAR AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

AND I'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE PARENTS.

AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM, FROM DOING IT THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO TO SEE HOW THEY'VE DONE IT ON THEIR SIDE.

SO I SEE BIG THINGS FOR THIS, BUT I THINK THE END OF THE SUMMER EVENT IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

WE CAN GET FAMILIES IN THEIR BUSINESSES. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THE MAYOR OUT THERE.

SO ABSOLUTELY THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING EVENT AND A LOT OF TEAMWORK EFFORT.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE COMMITTEES THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR WORK SCHEDULE TO GO TO THE SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

MS. SAMUEL, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.

AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THIS PROGRAM UP AND GOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. AND MR. HACKMAN THERE WITH THE HACKMAN HAS DIRECTOR HAS BEEN AMAZING.

AMAZING. SO AMAZING.

TEAM EFFORT. SO YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. J.10 2026-37. MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION.

[J.10 2026-37 Marketing and Communications Discussion and possible action regarding community marketing and communications initiatives funding (presented by Director of Parks and Recreation Chase Bryant) ]

GOOD EVENING BOARD. SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD BE A MORE SO A CITY WIDE COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING INITIATIVE.

WE'LL GET IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THAT INFORMATION IS POSTED OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

CITY WEBSITE ON A DAILY BASIS. ERIN MUDIE IS THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR.

SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT ON ALL CHANNELS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE,

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SO THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD BE MORE SO IDENTIFYING SOME SPACES AROUND THE CITY THROUGH OUR MAIN CORRIDORS TO ADVERTISE AND MARKET SITUATIONS, EVENTS, ROAD CLOSURES WATER, BOIL WATER.

YOU KNOW, THE SKY'S THE LIMITS. WHY THE INVESTMENT? OBVIOUSLY THE GROWTH OF PRINCETON. THAT'S, THAT'S NO SECRET TO ANYBODY.

AND NOT ALL RESIDENTS, AS I JUST MENTIONED, FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

IF YOU DON'T, SHAME ON YOU BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION, LIKE I SAID, IS IT IS PUT OUT THERE.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY RUNS SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU DON'T AND YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, YOU DON'T VISIT THE WEBSITE.

AS RESIDENTS I SPOKE TO THIS AS OUR PARKS BOARD AND TO COUNCIL THIS PAST WEEK.

AS A RESIDENT, YOU NEED TO AND WANT TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A LITTLE EFFORT TO SEARCH IT.

JUST FOLLOW THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE OR IF NOT, GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE. FOLLOW THE PULSE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.

YOU WANT TO RECEIVE IT, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND CORRIDORS, THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO GET THOSE INFORMATIONS OUT THERE TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A POLE BANNER PROGRAM.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THESE AND SEE THESE IN DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY.

WE DO HAVE THOSE ALONG YORKSHIRE DRIVE AND DOWNTOWN VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.

BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY LOCATION. WHAT WE LOOK AT IS ADDING 30 OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NOW WE CAN IDENTIFY THE SPACES. REALISTICALLY, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MORE SO SOME OF THE STREET LIGHT POLES DOWN MONTE CARLO, BEAUCHAMP AND MYRICK, PRETTY MUCH THE MAIN CORRIDORS IN AND OUT OF PRINCETON.

WE HAVE TO STAY OFF TECH STOCK RIGHT AWAY. SO I CAN'T RUN THOSE UP AND DOWN 380.

BUT PRIVATE OR PUBLIC STREETS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ONES I MENTIONED, MOST PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING THOSE THROUGHOUT ON A DAILY OR AT LEAST A WEEKLY BASIS. AND WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'RE SHOWING THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE BANNERS FOR AN EVENT, BUT WE LOOK AT ROUGHLY 250 BANNERS THAT'S WOULD SUPPLY ALL POLES AND CHANGING OUT WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT YOU SEE. FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS, PUMPKIN PALOOZA, MERRY MOMENTS, PARKS AND REC MONTH, FISHING FRENZY. SHOP PRINCETON, DAY OF PURPOSE AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE WHICH WOULD BE JUST MORE SO A STANDARDIZED PRINCETON THROUGHOUT THE OTHER MONTHS.

PORTABLE LED MESSAGE BOARDS. SO THIS IS ROUGHLY A SIX-FOOT MESSAGING BOARD ON A TRAILER.

THIS IS. THEY'RE VERY VERSATILE. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS ACCESS EGRESS IN AND OUT WHERE PARKING TRAFFIC CONTROL. BUT WHAT YOU ALSO SEE IS, FOR INSTANCE, I'M GOING TO USE BEAUCHAMP AS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, BEAUCHAMP IN COLLEGE. SO YOU'RE PULLING UP. IT'S UNDER ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

NOT ALL RESIDENTS MAY KNOW THAT IT'S UNDER ROAD CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY MAY WANT TO TAKE A DETOUR OR LOOK.

WELL, THESE CAN BE PLACED IN ADVANCE. NUMBER ONE SAFETY OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, AT LEAST GET LETTING EVERYBODY BE AWARE THAT, HEY, THERE IS SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON UP AHEAD.

SEVERE WEATHER, WATER OUTAGES, BOIL WATER NOTICES, TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, AND THEN OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY ALERTS. DURING EVENTS THESE COULD BE UTILIZED, YOU KNOW, A WEEK LEADING UP TO IT.

HEY, 4TH OF JULY EVENT, FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS, PUMPKIN PALOOZA AND SO FORTH.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS WOULD BE PRIMARILY USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN BILLBOARD MARKETING. THIS RIGHT HERE WAS A BILLBOARD THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST ON 380.

SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO ADVERTISE DOWN THE TEXTILE RIGHT AWAY.

384 CORRIDOR. LOCATED OVER THE JUST WEST OF THE GROUNDBREAKING OF KROGER TODAY.

YOU CAN RUN THIS THREE EVENTS A YEAR. THE EVENT ATTENDEES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST YEAR.

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CAN WE ADJUST? I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO.

YES, THE PORTABLE LED MESSAGE SIGNS. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE 4 DOUBLE SIDED. AND YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 32,000 FOR THE DOUBLE SIDED ONES VERSUS ONE SIDE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A LARGE UPFRONT EXPENSE.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN GAIN TRAFFIC BOTH DIRECTIONS.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A ROAD CLOSURE YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY TWO AREAS OF LOCATION ONE TRAVELING EASTBOUND, ONE TRAVELING WESTBOUND. LEADING UP TO THAT ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

GIVING A NOTICE AHEAD OF. HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S COMING UP.

BUT ONCE AGAIN. I'M ALL FOR WHATEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

TOTAL ON THE EXPENSES IF WE WERE TO IF THIS BOARD WAS TO MAKE THE DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE POLE BANNER SIGNS.

AND THEN FOR DOUBLE SIDE LEDS WHICH THAT IN ITSELF COMES UP TO 156,000.

IF YOU ADD TWO BILLBOARDS ANNUALLY, ANOTHER FIVE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 161,000 ANNUALLY.

WELL ON ONE TIME EXPENSE. AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT BILLBOARDS FOR WHATEVER EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE. AND I'LL GO BACK TO THIS.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHASE? YES. SO HAVE YOU LOOKED AT POSSIBLE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO CITIES TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE? THERE ARE SOME GRANTS OUT THERE. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THOSE? HAVE WE LOOKED INTO GRANTS? THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE.

THEY HAVE GRANTS AND OTHER PLACES HAVE GRANTS FOR CITIES TO DO SIGNAGE.

YEAH. I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO GRANTS FOR THESE.

NO, I MEAN, I CAN SAY THERE'S GRANTS OUT THERE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT NO, I HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO A GRANT FOR PORTABLE MESSAGING BOARDS.

AND EVEN FOR THE POLE SIGNAGE. AND THEN ALSO DOES ANY OF THIS FALL UNDER YOUR MARKETING BUDGET? DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET FOR THESE ITEMS? WE DO HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET AND WE DO HAVE PARKS AND REC BUDGET.

HOWEVER, THIS IS KIND OF. THESE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE THEY BUILD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS PROVIDES SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND IT'S AN INITIATIVE CITY WIDE.

SO IT'S. OKAY. IS PARKS AND REC TAKING, YOU KNOW, ONE IS MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS PULLING ONE PDFD.

SO THIS IS MORE SO A CITY WIDE. SO THAT'S THE REASON IT'S BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD FOR ASSISTANCE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ISN'T SOME OF YOUR MARKETING BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT, BUT A PORTION OF IT? CAN IT BE USED FOR PART OF THIS FUNDING? THE MARKETING BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IS REALLY MORE SO ASSOCIATED TO SMALL AMOUNTS ON WHERE OUR MARKETING BUDGET COMES IN IS SOME SOCIAL MEDIA

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YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE. I MEAN LIKE EVEN FROM THIS SINGLE SIDED VERSUS DOUBLE SIDED WELL THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE OF STORAGE. I MEAN, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A LARGE SIX-FOOT MESSAGING BOARD ON A TRAILER.

SO STORING EIGHT TRAILERS OR, YOU KNOW, IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN STORING FOUR.

THAT JUST BECOMES A SPACE. I WOULD SAY TO THE BOARD THAT WE PUT THIS ON HOLD FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS MAY FALL UNDER MORE OF LIKE THE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AS WE LOOKED AT FOR THE OTHER REQUEST FOR TONIGHT.

AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY BEFORE WE MAKE ANY.

JUST IN MY OPINION, BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON APPROVING THIS BUDGET.

BECAUSE THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WILL SUPPORT CITIES TO BUY BANNERS AND MESSAGING FOR LIKE BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN AND JUST FOR CITY ENHANCEMENT PERIOD. AND I JUST, WE NEED TO LOOK DEEPLY INTO THE CDC TO SEE THAT THIS FALLS UNDER THERE, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND INITIATIVES, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN THAT IT FITS OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR FUNDING. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO OUR CDC FUNDING BUDGET AND MAKE SURE ANY OF THIS LINES UP. AND THEN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE CAN GET FUNDING FROM OTHER PLACES, LET'S SEEK THAT ALSO. JUST MY SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD.

CAN WE ASK A QUESTION? SO ONE, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN FUND? TWO. DO WE HAVE FUNDS FOR THIS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED? MS. KELLY AS FAR AS THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE KELLY CAN SPEAK TO THAT ALRIGHTY. YES, MS. KELLY, COME ON. I RECOMMEND GOING BACK TO YOUR PACKET. I BELIEVE IT WAS PAGE 4 THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER.

YOU CAN SEE SOME VARIOUS LINE ITEMS. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS COULD BE A PROJECT FUNDING OR WE CAN EVEN IDENTIFY IT SPECIFICALLY THAT THIS IS FOR MARKETING, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE SPENT $32,172.

YOUR BUDGET IS $176,500. THAT LEAVES YOU $144,000 IN THAT LINE ITEM ALONE.

OKAY. THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED FOR? THAT IS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND THAT'S BUDGETED IN THE BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN NOW AND ABOUT TO CLOSE OUT? THAT IS CORRECT. BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. OKAY MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT THE MARKETING BUDGET WOULD BE MARKETING FOR THE CDC SPECIFICALLY, RIGHT? NOT SO MUCH FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

I MEAN, IT IS FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, BUT NOT FOR LIKE EVENTS FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

IT'S MORE SO FOR THE CDC, FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. AND THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY WITH THAT IS THE TWO KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.

YOU KNOW, SO. THERE IS NO CDC WITHOUT A CITY OF PRINCETON, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ON SEPARATE, LIKE WE'RE LIKE COUSINS. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF DO THESE THINGS THAT ARE TIED TOGETHER.

WE HAVE 170 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR MARKETING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND $170,000 FOR MARKETING.

NOW, DO WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AND SEE HOW THIS LOOKS AND GET MORE DISCUSSION? I WOULD THINK SO, BECAUSE THIS IS A LARGE EXPENDITURE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AM I TOTALLY AGAINST IT? NO. DO I WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND HAVE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH IT? YES. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL TOO, THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HELP THE CITY WITH TO ENHANCE.

NOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DRAW A LINE ON TO AS WELL.

BUT WE KNOW THE BUDGET IS, IS TIGHT. MY THING THAT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO ASK IS, IS IT LEGAL? CAN WE DO IT? AND DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT?

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THIS WOULD BE AN EXPENSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BUDGETED FOR.

THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY THIS YEAR.

SO JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT. I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S.

SO I KNOW PART OF THE MARKETING BUDGET WAS GOING TOWARDS A WEBSITE, RIGHT? FOR US. DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE WERE USING TOWARDS THE WEBSITE REDESIGN, AND THE PERSON THAT WAS DOING THAT JOB HAS FINISHED IT, AND WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ALL THAT MONEY AND WE'RE DONE SPENDING THAT MONEY FOR MARKETING TOWARDS THAT WEBSITE? I THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SOME THINGS THAT WE NOTICED WITH THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN THE LINE ITEMS AS TO HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT.

SO YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A LINE ITEM FOR WEBSITE MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE ENCUMBERED $16,430. SO THAT HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED FOR THAT.

OKAY, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WANTED A MARKETING OR NOT BECAUSE I KNEW WE WERE DOING THE WEBSITE.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT THE MARKETING OR PROMOTIONAL BUDGET IS TO BE USED TO ADVERTISE OR PUBLICIZE THE CITY FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING NEW AND EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. AND. WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU.

KELLY. SO OFF OF BASED OFF THE STATEMENT THAT YOU JUST SAID.

IS THIS A. IS THESE SIGNAGES EXPANSION PROJECTS OR THESE ARE MORE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT.

OBJECTS. NOT REALLY EXPANSION PROJECTS. IT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

DOES THAT LINE UP WITH WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? THESE WOULD BE ALLOWABLE EXPENSES. OKAY.

I WOULD JUST ASK THE BOARD IF WE COULD JUST TABLE THIS FOR A MINUTE SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT MORE AND JUST GET BETTER CLARIFICATION AMONGST THE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THEN WE ARE MISSING TWO BOARD MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE AT QUORUM.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THEM TO BE IN PLACE SINCE THERE IS SUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

SO WE CAN JUST GET THE WHOLE BOARD IN LINE WHERE BEFORE WE VOTE.

THAT'S JUST. THAT'S MY REQUEST. OKAY. GO AHEAD, MS. GUERRERO. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS.

ON AUGUST 19TH. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? I SECOND THAT MOTION TO TABLE THIS LINE ITEM TO AUGUST 19TH.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. JUST LET ME GET SOMETHING FROM CHASE.

SO IF WE TABLE THIS, HE CAN. WE'RE ASKING HIM TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND PRESENT AGAIN OR WHAT? BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING TABLE IT, YOU KNOW, OR TABLE IT TO NEXT MONTH.

SO ARE WE ASKING HIM TO COME BACK OUT BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR WHAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE HAS CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.

AND AGAIN, OUR BUDGET CYCLE FOR THIS DOES END, YOU KNOW.

SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER 30TH. I'M ASKING TO TABLE IT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE INVOICES FOR THE MONEY THAT HE'S ASKING FOR.

SO HE NEEDS TO PRESENT INVOICES AND EVERYTHING TO US.

AND I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED A FURTHER DISCUSSION AMONG THE BOARD.

YES. SO I GET IT. BUT ARE WE ASKING HIM TO COME BACK OUT NEXT MONTH, OR ARE WE TABLING IT OUTSIDE OF NEXT MONTH IS WHAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE HER MOTION WAS TO TABLE TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. YEAH. TABLE TILL NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN HE CAN COME BACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE.

WELL, MS. GUERRERO CAN YOU REMAKE THAT MOTION AGAIN FOR ME? YES.

BECAUSE IF. I CAN BRING BACK THE SAME INFORMATION.

I CAN BE MORE DETAILED AND AS FAR AS BRINGING THE INVOICE, BUT THIS WOULD JUST BE ALLOTTING THAT AMOUNT.

I MEAN, AND IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE OTHER OPTIONS AS FAR AS SOME LEDS, I MEAN, I. I THINK WHAT IT COULD BE, CHASE IS PROBABLY JUST QUESTIONS.

SO IF THE BOARD HAS TIME TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK THROUGH SOME THINGS AND TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS, I THINK HAVING YOU HERE NEXT MONTH, MAYBE NOT EVEN TO PRESENT TO JUST IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH, THAT WOULD BE MY TAKE ON IT. BUT I WOULD ALSO, AS I STATED BEFORE, I'D LIKE TO SEE INVOICES.

WELL, I DON'T THINK. HE HAS QUOTES OR SOMETHING.

WE HAVE TO SEE SOMETHING.

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I SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION MADE BY MS. GUERRERO.

SECOND BY MR. THORNTON, AND WE'LL GO AND TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ALRIGHTY. MOTION PASSES 4-0. THANKS, CHASE. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. J.11. OH. I'M SORRY. WE'RE BACK.

J.5 2026-31. FY27 PCDC DRAFT BUDGET. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PCDC FY 2026-2027

[J.5 2026-31 FY27 PCDC Draft Budget Presentation and discussion regarding the PCDC FY 2026-2027 Draft Budget (presented by Chief Financial Officer Kelly Wilson) (Part 2 of 2)]

I DID MY BEST. SO I THOUGHT WE COULD JUST EVEN WALK THROUGH LINE ITEMS. I CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS WITH YOU. I CAN KEEP IT AS HIGH LEVEL AS WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I CAN ALREADY START OFF AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SALES TAX I'M PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE A 6% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT MY PROJECTION IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I'M ACTUALLY SHOWING A 2% INCREASE FROM PROJECTED REVENUE ON SALES TAX.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR MAIN REVENUE STREAM THAT FUNDS THESE PROGRAMS. I'D LIKE TO BE CONSERVATIVE. I WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT THAT'S MY PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR.

I ALSO DON'T LIKE TO UNDERCUT AND NOT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL, BUT ALL OF THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS HAVE TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN YOUR OTHER REVENUE IS INTEREST.

I'M PROJECTING THAT YOU'LL BE IN AT ABOUT $179,000.

OBVIOUSLY THIS DEPENDS ON CASH FLOW AND HOW FUNDS COME IN AND HOW FUNDS GO OUT.

SO I AM BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH NEXT YEAR OF $165,000 IN INTEREST EARNINGS.

ANYTHING ABOVE THAT STAYS WITHIN THE CDC FUND DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE GOES BACK INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE.

I MEAN, WE ARE STARTING WITH A HEALTHY PROJECTED FUND BALANCE OF $5.8 MILLION.

THAT IS MY PROJECTION GOING INTO THE 2027 BUDGET.

THE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS IS YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS.

I JUST TOOK A STAB OF $15,000. I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE THAT.

I'M ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HERE, THE PERSONNEL WE TOOK, THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE THE TWO POSITIONS.

AND WE DO JUST WE KNOW HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING UP.

WE KNOW OUR TMRS RATE IS GOING UP. SO THERE IS SOME FACTORS THAT ARE INCREASING PERSONNEL COSTS.

SO THAT IS AN INCREASE. I KNOW IT SAYS NA. I SAW SOME OF MY ERRORS IN MY BUDGET PRESENTATION TO YOU, AND I APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY. I HOPE YOU GIVE ME GRACE.

IT IS A 39% INCREASE FROM THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY FOR PERSONNEL.

AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHY IS THAT SO HIGH? WE ARE SEEING TMRS INCREASE.

HEALTH INSURANCE ALONE IS 10%. I'M TRYING TO RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, FALLAN'S NOT HERE.

EXACTLY THE TMRS RATE INCREASED, I BELIEVE, FOUR BASIS POINTS.

I'M SORRY, 4%. OKAY. SO THAT'S AN IMPACT AS WELL AS THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THEN MID-YEAR BUDGET, MID-YEAR PERSONNEL INCREASES IS A 3%. OKAY. OKAY.

THEN WE HAVE YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES. YOU STARTED OFF WITH THIS AMENDED BUDGET IN 2026 OF $50,000.

I HAVE OUTLINED VARIOUS ITEMS AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT DETAIL AS WELL.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. IT IS YOUR BUDGET, NOT MINE.

APPRECIATE ANY OF YOUR INPUT, BUT THESE LINE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE VARIOUS THINGS SUCH AS YOUR MEETINGS.

IF THERE'S ANY COST FOR HOLDING THESE MEETINGS OFFICE SUPPLIES.

I HAVE CONTRACT SERVICES. WE ARE USING SOME CONTRACT SERVICES RIGHT NOW.

THOSE ARE IN THAT, THAT LINE ITEM TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

I HAVE $5,000 FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION. IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

DUES AND PUBLICATIONS. I HAVE $890. I EVEN PUT CONSULTING SERVICES IN THERE OF $25,000.

I JUST TRYING TO THINK AHEAD OF THINGS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE. SO IT CAME UP AT THE EDC MEETING A MONTH AGO, MAYBE EARLIER.

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IT'S BEING CURRENTLY LOOKED AT BY STAFF COMPARING, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY ALLISON AT THE TIME THAT SHE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE EDC FIRST LOOK AT OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES AND COMPARE STAFFING.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF SLOWLY LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT FOR US.

I THINK THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THAT CURRENTLY.

I THINK YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT PROBABLY WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

BUT THAT'S, I THINK SOMETHING WE'RE POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN.

SO WHEN, WHEN WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING AS FAR AS STAFFING, INCREASING OUR STAFF FOR THE EDC AND CDC AND SHE CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU MAYBE OR US WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT INTERNALLY.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO 16 DIFFERENT CITIES. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF RESPONSES, BUT I INITIALLY STARTED WITH EMAIL.

I'M GOING TO START MAKING PHONE CALLS IF I'LL EVEN GO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR IF I HAVE TO [LAUGHTER]. TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT POSITIONS THEY HAVE, WHAT SALARIES THEY'RE PAYING THOSE POSITIONS. AND THAT WILL BE COMPARED TO THEIR POPULATION, SALES TAX, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE'RE BUILDING THAT. AND I WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF YOU ON ANY OTHER METRICS YOU WANT TO MEASURE WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.

I CAN MAKE THAT A HIGHER PRIORITY AND SPEED IT UP FASTER.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO IS TALK TO JIM WHEN HE COMES BACK NEXT WEEK AND SEE IF HE WANTS TO BUILD THAT INTO THE AUGUST AGENDA TO DEVELOP THAT MORE.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE A QUICKER TIMELINE IF WE NEED TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR NEXT YEAR SO. SO TIMING WITH BUDGET.

WE ARE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL AT THEIR FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST.

THEY WILL NOT OFFICIALLY ADOPT, BASED ON THE TIMELINE OF THE BUDGET BEING PRESENTED GOING THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SO FORTH.

THEY WILL NOT HOPEFULLY BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY AT YOUR NEXT MEETING THAT WE COULD COME BACK WITH.

YES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY KELLY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN COME BACK NEXT MEETING WITH THINGS THAT WE THINK WE COULD LOOK AT AND GO OVER AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO DIGEST THIS? I THINK IT'LL JUST GIVE US MORE TIME TO BE FEASIBLE AND GO THROUGH THINGS.

I WOULD SAY ONE NOTE THAT I DID MAKE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD AND WE HAVE A LOT THAT HAVEN'T WENT TO ANY TRAINING.

I WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THAT TRAINING AMOUNT INCREASE FROM, I THINK YOU HAVE IT AT $5,000.

I THINK IF WE CAN AT LEAST TAKE IT TO $10,000 ON THAT, AGAIN, WE MAY NOT USE IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO GO AHEAD AND BE THERE BECAUSE IF PEOPLE WANT IF WE HAVE PEOPLE UP HERE VOLUNTEERING AND WE WANT THEM TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE, SO WE WANT TO INVEST IN THEM AS WELL.

AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO.

YEAH, NEW SEATS AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD.

IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. I'M LOOKING FOR ALL YOUR FEEDBACK. I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT IDEA TO.

I COULD SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS EVEN INDIVIDUALLY AND WALK THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEN I CAN BRING BACK IN AUGUST IS WHAT I'M HEARING WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. OKAY, SO DEFINITELY I WOULD LIKE TO SET UP SOME TIME WITH YOU PROBABLY BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN I CAN SIT DOWN AND JUST GO OVER SOME STUFF.

AND THEN IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SUGGESTIONS, YOU CAN EMAIL ME, ME AND MS. CRAIG AND WE CAN GO THROUGH STUFF AND THEN I CAN TAKE ALL THIS BACK TO KELLY SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR NEXT MONTH TO COME BACK AND WE'LL HAVE INSIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I AM WELCOME TO THAT.

I LOVE THE IDEA. OKAY. HEY, MS. KELLY, CAN WE GET A PRINTOUT OF THIS PAGE THAT YOU HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN PUT IT WITH OUR DOCUMENTS? IT'S IN YOUR PACKET SO I'LL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO ON OR WAIT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS AND COME BACK AND DISCUSS FURTHER? I'M HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE. I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT. AND THEN I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS COME BACK AND THEN EACH BOARD MEMBER CAN TAKE THIS HOME.

THEY CAN LOOK AT IT, DIGEST IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A TON OF TIME ON IT TONIGHT.

AND I THINK YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH IT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK, THEY CAN GIVE THEM TO YOU HERE ON THE SPOT.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK LATER, I'LL SCHEDULE TIME TO MEET WITH YOU LATER IN JULY OR THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST IF WE HAVE TIME,

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AND THAT WAY WHEN WE COME BACK FOR AUGUST MEETING, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING GOOD AND CONCRETE THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON.

CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO MENTION REALLY QUICKLY THAT THE EDC HAS ALSO REQUESTED A BENCHMARKING AND STAFFING STUDY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IT NEXT TUESDAY. AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN INCREASING THE STAFFING LEVELS AS WELL. SO I WILL MAKE SURE Y'ALL STAY ON THE SAME PAGE.

CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AS BEING THE TREASURER THAT I SIT IN WITH YOU WHEN YOU MEET WITH MS. KELLY? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE NEXT ONE IS THE GENERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAD A BUDGET OF $200,000. I HAD PROJECTED THAT WE MIGHT BE SPENDING ON THE FACADE GRANT.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT SOLIDIFIED YET.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. SO THAT WILL BE A REVISION YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT MEETING, AT LEAST FOR NOW, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT $100,000 FOR THE FACADE GRANT, SO THAT YOU CAN PROJECT OUT YOUR FUND BALANCE.

BUT NEXT YEAR I DID PUT DOWN FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OF $300,000, AND THEN ANOTHER $100,000 FOR THE FACADE GRANT FOR NEXT YEAR. YEAH, NO, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THOSE BEING BENCHMARKS.

AND IF SOMETHING CHANGES, WE CAN GO FROM THERE. VERY GOOD IN MARKETING.

I KNOW THE ATTORNEY DISCUSSED THE. OR TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW THE LAW ON MARKETING THAT IS CAPPED AT CANNOT EXCEED MORE THAN 10% OF YOUR REVENUE. SO I PUT THAT RIGHT AT 10%. THAT'S WHERE THE $240,000 COMES FROM.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. GET THE DETAILED LINES ON THAT ONE.

9294 WELL. AUDIT EXPENSES. AND CONSULTING SERVICES.

SO I BUDGETED $5,000 FOR AUDIT CONSULTING SERVICES.

WE HAVE THAT FOR $25,000. AND THEN LEGAL SERVICES.

FIND THAT LINE ITEM.

I HAVE THAT AT $35,000. AND I'M BASING ALL OF THESE BUDGETS JUST WHERE I ESTIMATE YOU'LL BE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO IF YOU ANTICIPATE ANYTHING MORE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

PROJECT FUNDING. THOSE WERE VARIOUS THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE THAT YOU APPROVED THIS YEAR, SUCH AS THE ARMORED CAR AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

SO THAT BUDGET WAS QUITE A LOT, BUT WE'VE ONLY ESTIMATED TO BE AT $456,066.

AGAIN, THE ARMORED CAR ALONE WAS $355,066, AND THE OTHER ONES WAS $100,000 FOR THE WOODY, I KIND OF GROUPED THAT IN THERE WITH THE, I THINK IT WAS THE WOODY DOES THAT RING A BELL? [LAUGHTER] THE. OH. OFFICER NANCY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP THAT WAS $50,000.

SO THOSE ARE WHAT MAKES UP THOSE ESTIMATES. I JUST PUT $375,000.

WE'LL GO OVER THAT DETAIL LATER. COMMUNITY CENTER.

I REALLY WANTED TO CAPTURE YOUR UTILITY COST IN A BUCKET THAT IS GROUPED INTO HERE, AS WELL AS ANYTHING YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY. SO THAT'S MY BEST ESTIMATE ON THAT AT THIS TIME.

HAPPY TO GO IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE CHAIRMAN LATER.

AND THEN THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I SEE THAT THAT'S ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES HAD HALF A MILLION THIS YEAR.

I REALLY HOPE WE CAN PRESENT YOU SOMETHING. SO I PLACE THAT BACK INTO YOUR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN TRANSFERS.

LET ME SEE WHAT THAT IS MADE UP. IT'S BEEN A HOT MINUTE SINCE I LOOKED AT THIS.

OH, YES. SO $75,000 GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR AGAIN THE RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE.

AND THEN THERE'S $150,000 FOR THE CORE PARKS MAINTENANCE THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND OF $150,000 FOR PARKS AND REC TO MAINTAIN THOSE. SO THAT MAKES UP THAT 225. AND THEN THERE'S YOUR DEBT SERVICE OF $351,547.

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AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE 2019 TAX NOTE FALLS OFF NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PROPOSED BUDGET AND EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU, KAREEM, OF GOING FORWARD AND PRESENTING YOU A MORE BENEFICIAL BUDGET FOR PROPOSED FOR 27. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLY? HEY, THANKS, KELLY, FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH ALL NOTES THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. J.11 2026-39. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST.

[J.11 2026-39 Future Agenda Item Requests CDC Member future agenda item requests (no action or discussion will take place for this item) ]

DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO PUT ON? YES, I HAVE ONE. WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO PUT IT BACK ABOUT DOING A TOUR OF THE CITY WITH THE CDC, EDC CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY WANT TO, WHERE WE COULD RENT A COACH, HAVE SOME HISTORIAN COME WITH US AND REALLY LAY OUT THE LAND OF PRINCETON. LET US KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETJ AREAS, JUST THE HISTORY OF THE LAND.

SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO PRESENT, WHETHER IT BE ABOUT ROADS OR ANYTHING, THAT WE CAN NOW HAVE A VISUAL IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE CITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

SO THAT CAN BE SET AND WE CAN PLAN THAT. CARRIE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE DOING A PRESENTATION FOR THE EDC NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE STAFFING.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK. BUT WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU WERE DOING SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION THAT IF YOU COULD DO IT FOR US TOO, BUT ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

YES. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND KAREEM AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER WAS ONCE I HAVE SOME METRICS IN PLACE, I WOULD LOVE FOR. LOVE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.

AND KELLY CAN ANSWER THAT. I CAN DO THIS. I GUESS AS LONG AS WE DON'T RESPOND AS A GROUP, I WANT TO SEND YOU THE METRICS THAT I'M CONSIDERING PUTTING IN THE SURVEY.

I DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE METRICS YOU WANT ME TO MEASURE FROM OTHER CITIES THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF, PROBABLY.

AND YOU'LL SHARE THAT WITH ME. I WILL BUILD ALL OF THAT OUT.

AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE SAME STUDY FOR BOTH GROUPS.

YOU'RE BOTH PROBABLY INTERESTED IN THE SAME THINGS. BUT THEY WILL DEFINITELY, IT WILL DEFINITELY BE ON YOUR AGENDA.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN I THINK THAT'LL COME IN JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO DETERMINE, EVEN WHEN WORKING WITH KELLY, WITH THE BUDGET, BASED ON WHAT WE SEE OTHER CITIES COMPARABLE TO OUR SIZE, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT INCREASE IN PERSONNEL AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD STUDY TO COME BACK. SO THANK YOU.

OKAY SO DO I. I DON'T NEED TO READ THIS BLOG, DO I? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. ADJOURNMENT. FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING.

I AM ADJOURNING CDC MEETING AT 7:42 P.M. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.