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[I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call]
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EVENING, EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 531. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. WILL THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL? MITCHELL.
HEIZER HERE. RESO. PRESENT. ZUNIGA. PRESENT. HARRIS. MCKINNEY. TOBIAS. I'M HERE. CAN YOU READ HARRIS AGAIN? HERE. HARRIS. THANK YOU. ALSO, MAYOR, JUST TEXT ME AND SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE THE LINK FOR THIS MEETING. HE ONLY HAS THE ONE FOR THE EXEC. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST RELAYING THE MESSAGE. OH, TRAVIS NEEDS THE LINK FOR THIS HERE. UP NEXT IS. ACTUALLY, LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SORRY. APOLOGIES. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT IS CITIZEN COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO
[II) Citizen Comment Period with City Council]
WISHES TO COME UP TO SPEAK? I HAVE TWO FORMS. I WILL START WITH KENNETH ROCHA ROCHA. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I'M KENNETH ROCHA, HOMETOWN KYLE. SO TWO WEEKS AGO I SUBMITTED A SERIES OF BUDGET RELATED INQUIRIES TO COUNCIL AND WITH NO RESPONSE UNTIL A FEW OF Y'ALL REACHED OUT LATE LAST NIGHT. BUT STILL NOTHING FROM MY DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE LAURA LEE, CITY SECRETARY, SAID I HAD APPEARED TODAY IN ORDER TO GET MY QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD. SO HERE IT GOES. I'M GONNA TRY TO SQUEEZE IT IN. WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE GOALS THAT CITY OF KYLE AND KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTED AT THE TIME THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER WAS APPROVED? I KNOW THEY'RE ALL LISTED ON THE WEBSITE RELATED TO THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS THE ACCREDITATION OR STATUS OF THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THE DRONE PROGRAM? WHAT IS THE PRIORITY AND RESPONSE MATRIX IN DECIDING WHAT CALLS FOR SERVICE OR USE CASES REQUIRE OR NEED DRONE DEPLOYMENT? WHAT IS THE HOW MANY OF THESE IDENTIFIES CALLS FOR SERVICE OR USE CASES THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THIS FISCAL FISCAL YEAR. HOW WOULD A DRONE HAVE HELPED IN THESE CASES? WHAT WILL BE THE TRANSMITTING DISTANCE FOR THE SPECIFIC UAV BEING CONSIDERED? DOES IT PROVIDE THE COVERAGE SQUARE MILES AS BEING PROMOTED BY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE USE CASES FOR DRONE DEPLOYMENT? WHO WILL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW WILL REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT? IF THERE IS A LOSS OF LINK GPS FAILURE, FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE, ETC. RELATED TO THE K-9, DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE K-9 SERVICES? WHAT ARE THE COSTS FOR THOSE SERVICES? ARE THESE SERVICES BEING DIMINISHED, REQUIRING THE NEED FOR KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE AN IN-HOUSE K-9 UNIT? WAS A K-9 UNIT REQUESTED AND USED DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MULTIPLE THREATS IN JULY RELATED TO CITY OPERATIONS. OVERALL, THE STRATEGY COUNCIL CHOSE IN APRIL WAS TO FRONTLOAD THE POTENTIAL TAX RATE NOW IN FISCAL YEAR 2526, TO MINIMIZE THE LONG TERM IMPACT IN THE FUTURE. WITH THIS STILL BE WHAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES, KNOWING THAT WE ARE ALSO HAVING TO SUPPORT A 20% TAX RATE OR RATE INCREASE IN WATER, A 6% RATE INCREASE IN WASTEWATER, A DOLLAR INCREASE IN STORM DRAIN AND A 2.5% RATE INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE SERVICES. WE ARE ALL EAGER TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE CERTIFIED TAX RATE CALCULATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT NEXT WEEK RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND TRIAL. THE TRAIL SYSTEM SHARE HOW ROUNDABOUTS ARE CONSIDERED THE MOST SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC METHOD FOR MEETING SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM HAYS CAD OR FROM HAYS COUNTY ESD NUMBER FIVE IF THERE'S AN IMPACT ON FIRE MEDICAL RESPONSE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON RIGHT SIZING OF ANY DESIGNED ROUNDABOUTS, WHAT WOULD ROAD PRESERVATION PROGRAM ANTICIPATE THE INCREASE IN COST BE, IF CURRENTLY ANNUALIZED AT 1.5 MILLION TODAY FOR TODAY'S ROADS, ONCE THE NEW ROADS ARE BUILT, IF 1.5 MILLION IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN A FEW YEARS AGO BASED ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION STUDY, WHAT ANTICIPATED COSTS WILL BE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF 82.5? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THAT IT? THANK YOU. YEAH, OKAY. I APPLAUD THE CITY FOR FUNDING, COST SAVINGS AND OVERALL SERVICES.THAT. AWESOME. NOW LET'S BE INTENTIONAL AND GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONIES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, MR. ROCHA. UP NEXT WE HAVE PAUL HILL. OH, MY SHIRT'S NOT TUCKED IN. I CAN SEE IT ON THE CAMERA. I WAS LOOKING FOR A TIMER. OH, OKAY. HELLO. CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PAUL HILL. I LIVE IN POST OAK. I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO POINT OUT SOMETHING. KIND OF A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION OR AMENDMENT FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER, SPECIFICALLY IN PROPOSITION D THAT RELATES TO ALLOWING FOR DIRECT PAYMENT OF CITY COUNCIL EXPENSES FOR CITY BUSINESS AS A METHOD OF COVERING CITY COUNCIL EXPENSES, IN ADDITION TO REIMBURSEMENT BY THE CITY. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT THAT LANGUAGE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR ON WHAT EXACTLY A DIRECT PAYMENT IS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REVISIT THE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD DO THAT, BECAUSE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE LANGUAGE FOR DIRECT PAYMENT IS IN A SENTENCE THAT INVOLVES REIMBURSEMENT. SO IT READS AS IF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS INTENDED. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REVISIT THE LANGUAGE ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, ON SECOND READING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HILL. AND THAT IS UP FOR THAT. IS IT FOR CITIZEN[IV) Executive Session]
COMMENTS? THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS TWO A THROUGH G PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.