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[A. CALL TO ORDER - MAYOR]

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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. THE TIME IS 6:00.

TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2026, AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER MS. DAVID-GRAVES. HERE. MISS TODD IS NOT HERE. MR. JOHNSON. HERE. MR. WASHINGTON. HERE. MR. RUTLEDGE.

HERE. MR. DEFFIBAUGH. HERE. MR. LONG. HERE. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER ON THIS ONE.

[E. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO EXECUTIVE OR STARTING OFF.

THIS WILL BE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL SO. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM. CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, 551.076 AND 551.089 TO DISCUSS AN ACTIVE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INTRUSION OF CRITICAL CITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. AND DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE FOR THE OTHER ITEMS OR JUST THIS ONE? FIRST, WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE FOR THE OTHERS. WELL, WE'LL GO IN JUST FOR THIS ONE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH THE OTHERS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THE TIME IS 6:00. ALL RIGHT.

THE TIME IS 6:22. AND THIS WILL TAKE US OUT OF EXECUTIVE.

[C. WORK SESSION AGENDA]

AND THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM C12026-211. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. KELLY WILSON, CFO FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

I'LL FIND THE CLICKER HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.472959, WHICH WAS THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GAVE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS A RATE CHANGE OF 0.032733 FROM OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.

YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE N&R RATE IS EVEN HIGHER THAN OUR CURRENT TAX RATE N&R COMES IN AT .445102.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BREAKOUT OF THE M&O RATE AND THE I&S RATE HERE AS WELL.

WHILE WE MAINTAIN OUR RESERVES AT 25%, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME REVENUE THAT WAS NOT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN AUGUST.

WE HAVE CONFIRMED THE ESD WILL BE PROVIDING THE CITY OF PRINCETON $1,234,310.

THIS DOES PROVIDE A CAPACITY OVER BUDGET OF $1,000,197.75.

HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING THE REVENUE AT 37.15 MILLION.

THAT DOES INCLUDE THE ESD REVENUE. OUR EXPENDITURES AT 36.2, WHICH PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 943,000 TO ROLL INTO THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE SHOW AS THE ENDING PROPOSED FUND BALANCE OF $10,000,241 WITH THE RESERVE OF 28.29. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THAT THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT SERVICES BY DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE IN THE AGENDA PACKET A VERY DETAILED LIST OF WHAT MAKES UP EVERY DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACT SERVICES.

THAT AMOUNTS TO 4,750,970. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT ARE YOUR LARGEST CONTRACT SERVICE ACCOUNTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE ALSO HEARD FROM COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS SO THAT WE COULD SHOW A DETAIL OF WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET. SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 26.

THE ESTIMATES PROVIDED IS FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THEN 2027, WITH A DETAILED LIST ON THE RIGHT OF WHAT MAKES UP THAT NUMBER.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE NON-DISCRETIONARY ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT AMOUNTS TO $804,088. THESE ARE COMMITMENTS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND WE HAVE DETAILED THAT LIST HERE IN THE PRESENTATION.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. OKAY. AGAIN COUNCIL DIRECTION HERE.

STAFFING IS LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS OF THE FUNDING.

BUT WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT 25%.

WE DID RECEIVE 40 REQUESTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS THAT AMOUNTED TO 3.33 MILLION.

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AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE A BAR GRAPH HERE WHERE POLICE SERVICES WAS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE REQUESTS.

THAT DETAILS ALSO IN THE AGENDA PACKET. BUT WE DID HEAR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE COMPILED A LIST ENSURING THAT WE'RE MEETING THE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS WITH COUNCIL AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND.

THIS IS STILL MAINTAINING OUR RESERVES AT 25%.

THIS DOES PROVIDE A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER, TWO PATROL OFFICERS, A CID ADMIN ASSISTANT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE UDC SHARE OF 170,000 IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND AN ADMIN ASSISTANT FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

I'M OPEN TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.

YEAH, I THINK THIS COVERS WHAT WE ASKED FOR AT THE LAST MEETING.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE STUFF WAS TAKEN OUT DUE TO US NOT HAVING THE BUDGET FOR IT, BUT I KNOW WITH THE ADDED ESD, WE WAS ABLE TO ADD KIND OF THE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL WANTED.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU FINDING THIS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DIRECTION HERE, KELLY, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, KELLY. THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE AS PART OF THE ESD.

IS THIS A RECURRING OR IS THIS IS A THING WHERE WE GO BACK ANNUALLY AND RENEGOTIATE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK OUT? I DO KNOW THAT ILA THAT YOU WILL HAVE BEFORE YOU WILL BE AN ANNUAL THING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO RENEW EVERY YEAR.

OKAY. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE I'M GETTING A LOT OF NODS AND GOOD DIRECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM C2 2026-212.

PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.

PROPOSED ANNUAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. TONIGHT BEFORE YOU WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR A WORKSHOP ITEM TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL RATE ADJUSTMENT.

WE'RE SEEING A CHANGE OF $0.47 FROM LAST YEAR.

AGAIN THIS IS A 2.3% INCREASE. SO GOING FROM $20.45 TO $20.92.

SO YOU MIGHT ASK WHY THE CONTRACT DOES PROVIDE THIS, WHERE WE LOOK AT THREE FACTORS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WAS INITIATED MAY 13TH OF 2024, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CPI, THE CNG FUEL AND THE DISPOSAL COSTS THAT MAKE UP THIS CHANGE FROM CWD. AGAIN, THIS IS AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT. THIS DOES NOT ADD ANY EXISTING SERVICES.

THIS IS JUST MAINTAINING THEIR CURRENT SERVICES. SO NO NEW SERVICES WILL BE ADDED WITH THIS INCREASE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE CPI INDEX DID INCREASE BY 2.1.

THE CNG DID GO DOWN. AND THEN THE LANDFILL WAS THE BIGGEST ONE OF A 4.44 INCREASE.

BUT THERE'S THE BREAKOUT OF THOSE FACTORS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ADJUSTMENT.

THEN THERE IS A WEIGHTING FORMULA ON THAT. SO 76% OF THE 2.1 IS THE CPI.

THEN THERE'S THE 2% WHICH IS ON THE FUEL AND THEN 22% ON THE LAND DISPOSAL.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP THOSE CHANGES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TRASH ITSELF, $0.35 PER MONTH. SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE CHANGES, THE $0.35, AS I MENTIONED, THE RECYCLING WILL GO UP $0.09.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE YEARLY EXTREME GREEN EVENT OF TWO CENT INCREASE AND THE TRASH YEARLY OF A PENNY.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHANGE OF 2.3% OR $0.47 MORE A MONTH.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED THE CNG CONTRACT CNG, I'M SORRY, CWD CONTRACT.

COUNCIL ASKED US TO DO A SURVEY. SO HERE'S THE REPRESENTATION OF THAT SURVEY.

WHEN WE ASKED IF THEY WERE AS MORE SERVICES THAT THE RESIDENTS WAS WANTING TO LOOK AT, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY IT WAS OVER 60% SAID, NO, THEY DO NOT WANT TO LOOK AT ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES DUE TO THE COST.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND COUNCIL ABOUT THAT SURVEY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND THEN IF THEY WERE TO DO ANY OF THOSE CHANGES, STILL VERY MIXED PARTICIPATION INTEREST IN THAT.

SO AGAIN WE'RE JUST REVIEWING THE RATES. WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS RATE ADJUSTMENT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING,

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THE 28TH TO GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WILL IS ALSO HERE WITH UTILITY BILLING. HEY, KELLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO ON PAGE SIX OF THE SLIDE UNDER THE TOTAL NET RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL SHOWS $19.93. AND THEN IN THE MEMO THAT IS THE FIRST ATTACHMENT.

IT SHOWS $19.14. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SLIDE REPRESENTS THE ACCURATE AMOUNT.

THE SLIDE IS THE ACCURATE AMOUNT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THIS IS MORE OF A JUST AN FYI. THESE RATES ARE GOING TO INCREASE.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THIS AT ALL. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO UPDATE US. UPDATE US ON THE STATUS OF WHAT IT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.

RIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, JUST AN FYI. I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM C3.

2026-213. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.

PROPOSED REROUTE AND RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, INCLUDING PROPOSED ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS INTENDED TO BALANCE COLLECTION ROUTES, IMPROVE OPERATION EFFICIENCY, AND PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICES TO PRINCETON RESIDENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS RIFAT ALAM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THIS ITEM WOULD BE PRESENTED BY THE CWD REPRESENTATIVE.

I'M WELCOMING THEM IN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ROBERT MEDIGOVICH WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL [INAUDIBLE] AND MUNICIPAL COORDINATOR WITH JB SWEENEY. HE'S THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REROUTE. HOW COULD. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. AS YOU REALIZE, IN 2019, WHEN WE STARTED, APPROXIMATELY 05,000 HOMES IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, CURRENTLY THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 14,500.

THAT'S A HUGE GROWTH SINCE WE'VE STARTED THE CITY OF PRINCETON OF THE HOMES HAVE GROWN 160 HOMES PER MONTH.

THAT MAKES A LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR STAFF AND EVERYBODY.

IT REALLY MAKES SOME CHALLENGES FOR THE TRASH GUYS.

AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TOOK OVER. USUALLY YOU DID IT ON THURSDAYS.

WE BROKE IT DOWN TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK SERVICE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, IN AUGUST OF 2024, WE DID SOME REROUTES CONCERNING BULK.

THE SITUATION IS THIS YEAR WE CUT THE STAFF IN AUGUST IN THAT WE HAVE AROUND 20 ROUTES.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 HOMES AND WE NEED TO DO SOME PARDON ME, SOME ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS.

IF YOU SEE THE MAP THERE BEFORE. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

IS APPROXIMATELY 900 HOMES WILL BE AFFECTED ON MONDAY.

300 HOMES ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES AT ALL.

ON THURSDAY IT WILL BE 250. AND THEN ON FRIDAY YOU CAN SEE IT WILL BE A BREAKDOWN OF 840 HOMES, 1200 HOMES AND 900 HOMES. SO APPROXIMATELY AROUND 400 HOMES WILL BE AFFECTED IN THIS ROUTE CHANGE.

AND THOSE WILL KIND OF BE THE AREAS THAT WE WILL BE DOING IT.

NOW LAST TIME WE DID IT, WE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF AND DID A LOT OF EDUCATION.

WE PLAN TO DO THE SAME THING THIS TIME. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A PRINCETON CWD QR CODE.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE HOA AND GETTING THE WORD OUT, AND WE'LL BE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR WEBSITE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S WEBSITE AND THE WEEK BEFORE STARTING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO START EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS BY PUTTING YARD SIGNS OUT.

AND WE'LL ALSO, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY DID THIS AFFECT ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST TIME OF THE ROUTE CHANGE.

WITH THE HOUSES WERE EVERYBODY GOT A CART ON ALL THE CARTS THERE WAS A TAG ON THERE AND SO THEY COULD USE A QR CODE AND SEE EXACTLY WHEN THE NEW CHANGES WILL BE DONE. AND WE ALSO PUT INTERSECTIONS SIGNS SIMILAR TO THIS AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND AARON AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO DO THIS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS. GOOD.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO FOR ME CAN YOU GO BACK TO THURSDAY.

I JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I YEAH.

RIGHT THERE. YEAH. IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY RECYCLE WEEK, RIGHT? SO IF WHAT'S THE CHANGE? IF YOU JUST GO JUST INTO THAT ONE DAY, BECAUSE I SEE IT AS JUST RECYCLING ONLY.

THAT'S ALL THE 250 HOMES RECYCLING IS GOING TO MOVE FROM THURSDAY WEEK BECAUSE YOU HAVE EVERY OTHER WEEK TO DIFFERENT FROM

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B WEEK TO A WEEK. SURE. SO IT WAS OKAY. IT'S JUST THE DAY.

IT'S JUST. NO, NO, I'M SAYING IT'S GONNA BE EVERY TWO WEEKS, BUT JUST ON A DIFFERENT WEEK BASICALLY.

YES, SIR. GOTCHA. OKAY. I JUST MAKING SURE IT'S STILL GOING TO BE ON THE THIRD THURSDAY. JUST. YES, SIR. JUST A DIFFERENT WEEK. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION.

WHEN WERE THE BECAUSE I GENERALLY JUST USE THE VIEW MY SCHEDULE ON YOUR WEBSITE AND CHECK THE DAYS OF WHEN YOU'RE ALL DOING IT.

WHEN WILL THAT BE UPDATED WITH THESE PROPOSED CHANGES? WE'RE GOING TO START DOING IT EARLY MID SEPTEMBER, SIR.

OKAY. AND THEN BY THE TIME IT ROLLS OUT IN NOVEMBER, EVERYTHING WILL BE UPDATED. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM C4 2026-214 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.

CWD2026 ANNUAL REVIEW INCLUDING SERVICE PERFORMANCE, OPERATIONAL UPDATES, RECYCLING EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

ROBERT MEDIGOVICH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL I'M HERE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER JB SWEENEY.

AND EVERY YEAR WE SHOW UP AND KIND OF DO A. ALL RIGHT.

EVERY YEAR WE ALWAYS SHOW UP. WE ALL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF WHAT CWD HAS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE STARTED LIKE IN 2019, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 4500 HOMES.

NOW THERE'S 15,000. IT WAS A HUGE GROWTH. TRASH SERVICE ONCE A WEEK IN 95 GALLON CART.

AND ALSO WE DO BULK RECYCLING IS SERVICED EVERY OTHER WEEK.

RECYCLING TONS SO FAR IN 2026 THROUGH AUGUST, YOU DID ALMOST 1927 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE PRORATED TO AROUND 37 POUNDS PER HOUSEHOLD PER HOME.

PRINCETON RESIDENTS DIVERTING MATERIALS FROM THE LANDFILL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN NORTH TEXAS.

SERVICE INQUIRIES. THIS IS WHEN RESIDENTS CALL IN AND HAVE A GRIEVANCE FOR TRASH RECYCLING OR BULK.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT'S INCREASED A LOT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE TALKED ABOUT THE REROUTE.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WHEN WE SAW THESE NUMBERS, WE GOT TOGETHER WITH STAFF AND WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING.

IN THE PAST 60 DAYS, THEY'VE DROPPED 33% DUE TO SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES AND SOME MORE EYES ON THE ROUTES DRIVING INCIDENT REPORTS. THIS IS WHEN THE DRIVERS ARE DRIVING UNSAFE TALKING ON THE PHONE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

APPROXIMATELY OUT OF 92,000 INCIDENTS LAST YEAR, OPPORTUNITIES ONLY HAD SEVEN INCIDENTS.

WE THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE AT CWD, WE'VE DONE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

OUR BIG THING IS OUR RECYCLING FACILITY. IT'S LOCATED AT 2010 CALIFORNIA CROSSINGS WHERE THE TEXAS STADIUM USED TO BE.

WE PUT $10 MILLION INTO THAT IMPROVEMENT. WE WOULD LOVE FOR CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL.

MAYBE WE CAN WORK THE CHAMBER ONE TIME AND DO A FIELD TRIP AND COME LOOK AT OUR NEW BRAND NEW RECYCLING FACILITY.

WE ALSO DONE SOME MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, AND ONE UNIQUE THING ABOUT CWD IS ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE HAD 27 TRUCKS ORDERED IN 2026 AND 30 IN 2027.

ALL THESE REPLACEMENTS AND FOR INTERNAL GROWTH.

AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A SOFT PACK SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE DRIVERS HAVE A REROUTE AND KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

AND WE ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE AN APP, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, MAYBE YOU WERE LOOKING AT FOR YOUR SERVICE DAYS. AND ALSO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES CAN PAY THEIR BILLS ONLINE IN THE APP.

ONE BIG THING ABOUT CWD IS WE HAVE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS.

KELLY UP HERE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMPONENTS OF THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT WITH CNG TRUCKS.

THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES THROUGH LOWER FUEL COST EMISSIONS AND ACQUIRED ENGINE.

BUT ALSO IT'S A HUGE. EVERYBODY SEES THE NEWS TODAY ABOUT THE HIGH PRICES OF DIESEL OUR CNG IT WENT DOWN ACTUALLY 3%.

IF WE WERE RUNNING DIRTY DIESELS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT 25% OF THAT COST WOULD BE DRAMATICALLY HIGHER.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE SHOWED OFF OUR BRAND NEW FOUR CNG TRUCKS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE CHAMBER.

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I BELIEVE THE MAYOR WAS THERE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS, THE COST OF 1.5 MILLION.

PARDON ME HALF $1 MILLION. SO THAT'S A $2 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PUTTING IN THE COMMUNITY IN RUNNING CNG TRUCKS IN THE ANNUALLY IS TAKING OFF AROUND 1400 TRUCKS. PARDON ME. TRUCKS OFF THE NORTH TEXAS ROADS IS EQUIVALENT TO THAT.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CPI INDEX. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS BECAUSE KELLY DID A GREAT JOB TALKING ABOUT THAT ALREADY.

ONE THING MAKES CWD IS UNIQUE, LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED AND REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A EXTREME GREEN EVENT THAT WAS DONE IN APRIL.

IF YOU REMEMBER. IT STARTED RAINING THAT DAY. SO WE REDID IT AGAIN IN MAY AND IT JUST DISCARDED AROUND 7,900 POUNDS OF MATERIAL.

AND THE PAINT PROGRAM IS REALLY GREAT. WE WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [INAUDIBLE] STAFF.

ALL THE PAINT THAT'S COLLECTED AT THAT EVENT IS TAKEN BACK TO CWD, AND WE TURN IT INTO REMIX PAINT, AND WE GIVE IT AWAY AT THE CHAMBER. AND IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB DOING THAT.

IF YOU REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE YOU GUYS WON AN AWARD ABOUT THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

YOU GUYS ARE DONATING AROUND 1500 GALLONS OF PAINT PER WEEK.

I MEAN, PARDON ME, PER MONTH. ACCORDING TO BETH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A WAITING LIST OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THE PAINT, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. THE AVERAGE GALLON OF PAINT IS BETWEEN $30 TO $50 A GALLON.

THEY CAN GO TO THE CHAMBER AND GET IT FOR FREE.

AS YOU AS I SAID, WE REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A COMMUNITY EVENT DONE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE CHAMBER OF THE CITY WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN.

WE INVOLVE THE STATE OF THE CITY, THE CASINO NIGHT, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS.

WE ALSO DID, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE, THE TOYS FOR TOTS EVENTS, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES.

AND WE ALSO GOT INVOLVED WITH AARON'S. THEY DID THAT THE DAY OF PURPOSE.

WE WENT AROUND WITH CLEANED UP ENVIRONMENT, SOME PICTURES OF SOME LOCAL PEOPLE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE.

AND THE BIG THING IS WE ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR IN JULY OF THE FLOOD VICTIMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

WE WORKED WITH ALL THE CITIES AND WE MADE A DONATION TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON, MS AND THE OTHER CITIES OF $42,000.

AND CWD WAS AWARDED THE CHAMBER OF THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR.

BUT THE BIG DEAL IS THE CITY OF PRINCETON. THE PRINCETON LOWRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WERE AWARDED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AWARD FOR RECYCLING FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PAINT DIVERSION PROGRAM.

AND EVERY YEAR WE WANT TO SAY GIVE YOU. THANK YOU. SOMETHING WE HAVE ARTISAN CHAIR AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH CITY HALL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS TIME? NO, I THINK I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

MR. LONG? YEAH. ROBERT. THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON CWD HAS BEEN A VERY PRESENT PARTNER AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING YOU GUYS AT ALL OF OUR CITY EVENTS AT ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EVENTS.

YOU HAVE A VERY CHALLENGING JOB KEEPING UP WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.

SPECIFICALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I LIVE IN A CUL DE SAC, AND SO YOU GUYS HAVE NAVIGATED OUR CHALLENGES IN MY LITTLE, LITTLE SPOT WITH MY NEIGHBORS. YOUR DRIVERS ARE ALWAYS VERY PLEASANT TO DEAL WITH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE YOU BRING HERE AND THE INVOLVEMENT YOU BRING TO THE CITY HERE IN PRINCETON APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. I REALIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LONG AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID-GRAVES ARE GOING TO STEP OFF COUNCIL.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

YOU REALLY WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NOT A QUESTION. BUT ROBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST ONLY YOU KNOW, BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY, BUT YOU PARTICIPATE AND YOU CARE AND YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT.

AND FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT BUSINESSES COME ALONGSIDE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS TAKEN CARE OF. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOUR HONOR, IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING.

I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL GOT YOU GUYS DO AND ESPECIALLY THE, UP AT THE PARK WHERE WE HAVE THE, THE I CALL IT THE TRASH OFF EVENT, BUT IT REALLY HELPS IN CLEANING UP OUR CITY.

YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB UP THERE. THE STAFF. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST GREAT.

A LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. I KNOW IT RAINED LAST YEAR, AND IF YOU COULD KIND OF MAYBE SCHEDULE ONE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT RAIN BACK. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT.

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BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AWESOME. THE THING THAT YOU GUYS DO.

YEAH. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOOD. THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE WILL BE SKIPPING ITEM D AND SKIPPING ITEM.

WELL WE ALREADY SKIPPING ITEM E. TURN THAT TO THE REGULAR MEETING.

AND AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS RUTLEDGE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY NAYS? THE TIME IS 06:47. ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.