Sep 16, 2024 Town Council

TO AGENDA ITEM C DASH ONE, RESOLUTION TWO FOUR DASH SIX FIVE.

SO WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TONIGHT TO HAVE JAMES AND JOSHUA MILLER WITH US, UH, TWO OF OUR PYP STUDENTS.

UM, JAMES IS A FOURTH GRADER AND HE'S IN MS. THOMPSON'S CLASS.

AND SHE DESCRIBES HIM AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES TO READ AND LOVES HISTORY, SAYS HISTORY IS HIS PASSION, AND ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR IB TRAITS IS BEING AN INQUIRY.

AND SHE SAID THAT HE IS THE BEST, ONE OF THE BEST INQUIRIES THAT SHE'S EVER SEEN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT, JAMES.

UH, JOSHUA IS A SECOND GRADER IN MS. ORMAN'S CLASS, AND HE HAS LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS OF A RISK TAKER, AND HE WORKS REALLY HARD AT SCHOOL AND ENJOYS FOOTBALL, HIS HORSES, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS.

AND HE PUTS HIS HEART INTO EVERYTHING HE DOES.

SO, BOYS, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD IN .

I LOVE THAT PART.

THAT'S JUST THE BEST.

UM, GOING

[C.1. Consider and act to approve Resolution 24-65 Making an appointment to Council Member Place 2 to serve until the next Municipal Election]

CONSIDER AN ACT, APPROVE RESOLUTION, 24 DASH SIX FIVE.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

PLACE TWO TO SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION

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24 DASH SIX FIVE TO APPROVE MICHAEL YAKIRA TO COUNCIL PLACE TWO.

HE HAS A-C-E-O-C-F-O BACKGROUND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION, CARRIE, THIS JUST TELL YOU REAL QUICK ABOUT WE ARE SO PLEASED WHEN WE HAD THIS OPENING ON COUNCIL, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE APPLY AND, UM, MICHAEL YARA HAS BEEN IN WESTLAKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

HE'S IN QUAIL HOLLOW.

HE HAS BEEN ON NUMEROUS BOARDS FROM UNITED WAY OF SOUTH, UH, SOUTHERN NEVADA TO THE STATEWIDE MEDICAL SCHOOL STEERING COMMITTEE.

HE IS STILL ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, A FOUNDATION FOR UNLV.

HE'S ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE SMITH CENTER PERFORMING ARTS, AND HE IS ON THE FOUNDATION FOR LEHMAN COLLEGE.

AND NOW HE IS A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER OF WESTLAKE.

AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.

HE'S ACTUALLY HAD A MEDICAL PROCEDURE TODAY, UM, ONE THAT I'VE HAD THE, UH, THE SPINAL UH, INJECTION.

WE HAVE BAD BACKS, WE HAVE THAT IN COMMON, BUT HE WILL BE, UH, READY TO GO IN TWO WEEKS.

BUT MICHAEL, GET BETTER AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ON COUNCIL.

AND, AND IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, DURING HIS INTERVIEW PROCESS, MICHAEL REALLY DOES HAVE A HEART TO SERVE AND HE HAS A PASSION FOR EDUCATION.

SO HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT WESTLAKE ACADEMY AND, AND MORE ABOUT OUR TOWN.

HEY, UH, ANY CITIZEN AND PARENT COMMENTS? I DID NOT SEE ANY

AND I THINK WADE, HE'S COMING UP HERE TO GO OVER THE FINANCIALS AND KIND OF GET, WE HAD LUNCH WITH HIM LAST WEEK AND KIND OF GOT HIM UP TO SPEED.

AND YOU'RE SIR, AS SOON AS HE GETS RECOVERED, WE HAVE A DATES SET ASIDE FOR HIM TO COME UP AND GO THROUGH ALL THE FINANCIALS FOR THE, OKAY.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU ALL.

UH, DEREK MILES, IS HE HERE? UH, WE'RE GONNA

[Proclaiming September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (Mayor Kim Greaves)]

DO A PROCLAMATION.

DEREK, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

THIS IS, UM, WE'RE GONNA PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2024 IS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CANCERS IN AMERICA, AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS FOR TEXAS MEN, IT'S A SERIOUS CONDITION THAT PLAYS THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF MEN, THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST FREQUENT DIAGNOSED CANCER AMONG MEN IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE ONE IN EIGHT WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH THIS PROSTATE CANCER IN SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE, WITH MOST CASES OCCURRING IN MEN OVER THE AGE OF 45.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT CAN INCREASE A PATIENT'S RISK, SUCH AS FAMILY HISTORY, PROSTATE CANCER, AND BEING OVERWEIGHT.

AND WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH PROSTATE CANCER GIVES JUST CAUSE FOR CONCERN, MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS CAN CURE THE DISEASE, AND SCREENING CAN HELP DETECT CANCER IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES BEFORE IT IS SPREAD.

AND ACCORDINGLY, ALL TEXANS AND WESTLAKE RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE ANNUAL PROSTATE SCREENING AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE GATHER.

WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TEXAS LOSS TO PROSTATE CANCER, THEREFORE, I, KIM GRAVES, MAYOR OF WESTLAKE, TOWN OF WESTLAKE, UH, WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL DUE HEREBY PROCLAIMED SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2024 TO BE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

OR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ANY COMMENTS OR? SURE.

JUST, JUST QUICKLY.

FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK WADE CARROLL AND THE COUNCIL BECAUSE PROSTATE CANCER IS PERSONAL TO ME.

UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MY FATHER IN THE MID SIXTIES FOUND OUT HE HAD PROSTATE CANCER, BUT THE SILVER LINING THERE WAS, HE FOUND OUT EARLY.

SO FINDING OUT EARLY HAS BECOME A PET PROJECT FOR ME.

SO THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGIES TODAY THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT AS EARLY AS STAGE ZERO.

IF YOU FIND OUT ANY TYPE OF CANCER AT STAGE ZERO, THERE'S A 99% SURVIVAL RATE.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA THANK, SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

AND LET ME JUST SHARE A PERSONAL STORY.

MY STEPFATHER PASSED OF PROSTATE CANCER YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY DILIGENT, BUT I HAD AN ELEVATED PSA SCORE AND I WENT THROUGH ALL THE RIGHT THING, BUT I HAVE AS MILD AS YOU CAN GET PROSTATE CANCER.

AND LUCKILY IT'S ON, YOU KNOW, OBSERVATION EVERY SIX MONTHS.

BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THOSE ISSUES, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET CHECKED.

THESE THINGS ARE, IF YOU CATCH 'EM EARLY AS THEY TELL US THEY'RE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THEM.

SO, AND YOU'RE WITH WHERE, EXCUSE ME, WHAT GROUP ARE YOU WITH? I'M WITH A COMPANY CALLED COREED.

WE'RE A PRIVATE CLIENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLATFORM.

SO WE PRO WE PROVIDE HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO PRIVATE CLIENTS.

SO TYPICALLY IN A BANK, YOU'RE A CUSTOMER UNTIL YOU HAVE AT LEAST $1 MILLION IN INVESTIBLE ASSETS.

ONCE YOU HAVE 1 MILLION INVESTIBLE ASSETS, YOU BECOME A PRIVATE CLIENT.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOMES.

SO GOING ON THE DAYS OF WAITING IN CLINICS, SENDING IN TRAFFIC, WAITING FOR A PLACE TO PARK, WE SEND WORLD CLASS HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS TO YOUR HOME OFFICE OR ON THE GO.

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[F. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

GOOD.

AND MR. SASSER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

UH, WE'VE GOT A, UH, BUSY NEXT FEW WEEKS.

UH, I KNOW WE, UH, WE, WE, UH, MENTIONED A LOT OF THESE THINGS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT, UH, THE, THE TRAIN KEEPS ON GOING.

THERE'S, UH, TONS OF, UH, GREAT ACTIVITIES GOING ON AND, UH, NOT ONLY THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, BUT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE'LL BE POSTING THIS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL, UH, RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING, AS WELL AS YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE CALENDAR ON THE FRONT OF OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY WEBSITE AS WELL.

SO LET'S START OFF WITH THE, UH, WITH, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

BLACKSMITH GIVING DAY, UH, HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY.

UH, THE GOAL IS TO RAISE $1.25 MILLION FOR, UH, THE, THE, THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THE ACADEMY AND DR.

RICHIE ARE DOING THERE, UH, FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO, UH, TO, TO, TO KEEP, UM, TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING FOR, UM, FOR, FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING ON EVERY, UH, EVERY DAY, EVERY CLASS.

UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN IF, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STUDENT AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW DAVE, BECAUSE THE, THE SUCCESS OF WESTLAKE ACADEMY IS THE SUCCESS OF WESTLAKE AS WELL.

UH, SO WE HOPE EVERYBODY COULD DONATE.

UH, COMING UP HERE, WE'VE GOT, UH, FOUR MEETINGS, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING, PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP HERE IN SEPTEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AGAIN, SO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

WE SENT OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALREADY, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, WA PARENTS, UH, TO, TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD REGARDING THE FUTURE OF WESTLAKE WESTLAKE ACADEMY, UH, FOR RESIDENT AND PARENT FEEDBACK.

UH, IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT.

SO WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN ATTEND, UH, SOME OF THOSE DAYS.

WE HAVE TWO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND TWO VIRTUAL PD UH, MEETINGS AS WELL.

UH, THE FIRST, UH, IN-PERSON MEETING IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM SIX TO NINE.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE HELD AT 1500 SOLANA BOULEVARD BUILDING SEVEN.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE, UH, RIGHT DOWN THE HALL.

IT'S GONNA BE THOSE MEETING ROOMS WHERE, UH, WHERE THESE MEETINGS ARE GONNA BE HELD.

UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM SIX TO NINE.

THE SECOND IN-PERSON MEETING WILL BE THE VERY NEXT DAY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH.

AND THAT'S FROM 10 TO 12 IN THOSE SAME MEETING ROOMS. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN CHECK OUT ALL THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I'M SURE, UH, RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN THAT EMAIL ALREADY GO OUT.

UH, THE TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS, IN CASE YOU AREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, THE ONES THAT ARE IN PERSON ARE GONNA BE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND FROM 10 TO 1130.

LINKS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND THOSE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

UH, ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR FALL CLEANUP, AS WE GET INTO OCTOBER ACTIVITIES OCTOBER 5TH, THAT'S A SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 12, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE TWO BIG DUMPSTERS FOR BULK WASTE, ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, A SHREDDING TRUCK, UH, HAZARDOUS WASTE DROP OFF TRUCK.

AND, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE A WESTLAKE RESIDENT AND SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY TO TAKE PART.

THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S 100% FREE.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO, UH, TO CLEAN OUT YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR GARAGE, WE'RE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AGAIN.

THAT'S, UH, OCTOBER 5TH.

ON OCTOBER 19TH IS THE MONSTER MASH, TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT.

UH, THAT'S A SATURDAY AS WELL.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE WESTLAKE, UH, ACADEMY FIELD HOUSE PARKING LOT.

UH, FOLKS CAN DECORATE THEIR TRUNKS HAND OUT.

CANDY, CANDY, UH, ACADEMY, UH, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND WESTLAKE RESIDENTS ARE ALL INVITED.

SO THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

THAT'S ALWAYS PRETTY VISUAL.

KIDS HAVE A, A GREAT, GREAT TIME.

UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO, UH, TO, UH, TO MENTION AS WE CLOSE THIS OUT.

UH, OUR WESTLAKE TOGETHER CONCERT SERIES IS, UH, KICKING OFF ON OCTOBER 9TH AND THE 23RD.

WE HAVE TWO CONCERTS COMING UP IN OCTOBER.

HAZARD COUNTY PLAYS THEIR TOP 40 AND, UH, COUNTRY HITS ON OCTOBER 9TH.

AND THEN WE HAVE A TAYLOR SWIFT COVER BAND COMING UP, UH, ON THE 23RD.

AND BOTH THOSE CONCERTS ARE SIX TO SEVEN THIRD, UM, ON THE NINTH AND THE 23RD.

IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT OUT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND OUR COUNCIL.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NICE STAGE FOOD, DRINKS, UH, VENDORS.

IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT, A LOT OF FUN.

AND I'M HOPING THE WEATHER WILL BE TURN OUT AND MAYBE IT'LL COOL DOWN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, I'M SURE.

UM, WE ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING TO FUN THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING.

IT'S, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUNCIL SOCIAL HOUR TONIGHT IN THE TERRA LOUNGE, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND US, RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL HERE AT 1500 SOLANA BOULEVARD.

UH, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A TON OF FUN.

IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, UH, TO, TO GET OUT AND MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, UH, STAFF AND SO FORTH, UH, FOLKS FROM WESTLAKE ACADEMY, AND KIND OF GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

EVERYBODY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORS

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HERE.

AND WANNA, UH, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE ON YOUR MIND AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WESTLAKE AND WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, KIND OF GETTING BACK TO THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE WILL BE HANDING OUT, UH, THESE FLYERS, UH, AT THIS, UH, AT THIS, UH, LITTLE GATHERING RIGHT AFTERWARDS THAT, UH, KIND OF GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING.

SO, OH, GOOD.

UH, IF YOU WANTED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN COME BY THERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

UH, ALSO WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT A, UH, AN EMAIL THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S CALLED INFO@WESTLAKETX.GOV.

AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE KUDOS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, UH, CONCERNS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY, UH, TAGGED ON THAT.

UH, ALL THESE, UH, UH, STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO ACCESS THAT AND ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, LEAVE SOME INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND SOME OF THESE MEETINGS, UH, OR, OR ONE OF THE GATHERINGS LIKE TO, UH, UH, TONIGHT, THEN YOU CAN, UH, USE THE INFO@WESTLAKETX.GOV, UH, TO LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO, UH, INTRODUCE OUR BRAND NEW COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, UH, ALEXIS, UH, ALEXA IAN, UH, RIGHT OVER HERE.

UH, SHE, UH, JOINED US LAST WEEK, AND SO THIS IS HER SECOND WEEK.

WE'RE KIND OF THROWING HER TO THE DOGS, OBVIOUSLY .

UM, BUT SHE HAS, UH, ALEXA HAS A GREAT, UH, BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM, BOTH, UH, BOTH ON AIR IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, AS WELL AS, UH, WRITTEN PRINT.

UH, SO THAT'S GONNA SERVE US WELL FOR STROLL MAGAZINE AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS.

UM, BUT, UH, BUT NOT TO GET, UH, EVERYBODY TOO HYPED, BUT SHE'S GOT A GREAT VIDEO COMING OUT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL TRAIL SYSTEM AROUND WESTLAKE.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR ALL YOU GUYS.

I KNEW THE MAYOR WOULD GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA EVEN MORE EXCITED AFTER YOU SEE THIS VIDEO.

SO SHE'S ALREADY DONE A, A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO PLEASE WELCOME HER.

UH, AND THOSE ARE YOUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

LIKE SAID, WE MET LAST WEEK.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

SO THANKS FOR JOINING THE WESTLAKE FAMILY.

UH, JOHN, I JUST WANNA WRAP UP, UM, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I WANT TO THANK KELLY AND MAXWELL AND JAMES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD TRAGIC EVENTS OF THE SUMMER.

WE LOST A CURRENT STUDENT AND AN ALUMNI.

UH, WE HAD A REALLY NICE CEREMONY AT THE FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT TO JUNIOR HIGH.

HAD THE PARENTS THERE, IT GAVE 'EM, UH, THEIR JERSEY.

WE HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE HELMETS FOR JUNIOR HIGH AND VARSITY RESPECT RESPECTFULLY, BUT REALLY SHOWED WELL, UM, OUR, I THINK WESTLAKE ACADEMY FAMILY, HOW WE TREATED THAT.

AND, UM, AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

UM, JAMES AND JAMES AND MAXWELL REALLY TOOK THE LEAD ON ALL OF THAT AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

VERY APPRECIATIVE, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHEN'S THE VIDEO COMING OUT ON THE TRAILS? THE WEEK BE THE FIRST.

I JUST, I ASKED FOR VERY LITTLE .

NOW A GEN ITEM G PRESENTATIONS, UH, WA 24 DASH 3 0 7 WESTLAKE ACADEMY, IB VIEW BOOK PRESENTATION.

UH, WE'RE

[G.1. Westlake Academy IB Viewbook Presentation (Michelle Briggs, Westlake Academy Director of Innovation and Development)]

MICHELLE BRIGGS FAIR UP HERE.

TWO MEETINGS IN A ROW.

LIKE I SAID, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.

UM, AS PROMISED, UH, IT'S NOT ANOTHER VIDEO THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT OF KIND OF WHAT I'M HOPING.

UM, OUR IB WESTLAKE ACADEMY, IB WORLD SCHOOL LOOKBOOK WILL.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE MINUTES TO KIND OF, OR JUST A COUPLE SECONDS TO SCROLL THROUGH AS I TALK ABOUT IT.

UM, JUST AS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS, UM, IT IS GONNA BE A BOOK.

AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT PRICES AND SIZES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT TELLS ALL ABOUT THE IB PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY A VISUALLY APPEALING WAY, UM, AND IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MARKET WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

JASON, DO I HAVE, HOW CAN I, ALRIGHT, SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS WHY DO WE NEED IT? ONE, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT A NEED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO INVEST IN.

UM, DURING MY EXTENSIVE RESEARCH PROCESS, I FOUND THAT MOST SCHOOLS IN GREATER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A WAY FOR THEIR STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY EASILY TAKE IN AND CONSUME INFORMATION IN A FUN AND KIND OF EASY AND REALLY DYNAMIC WAY.

UM, OUR GOALS WITH THIS IS GONNA BE ONE, TO PROMOTE WESTLAKE ACADEMY, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR RESIDENTS, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE BUY-IN, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, UH, WHERE WE CAN GET PEOPLE FROM WESTLAKE TO REALLY BUY IN TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY.

SO ONE IS TO PROMOTE, TWO IS TO EDUCATE,

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EDUCATING OUR STAKEHOLDERS, EDUCATING OUR PARENTS, EDUCATING OUR TOWN COUNCIL ON WHAT IB IS, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO WHAT WESLEY ACADEMY CAN OFFER.

UM, AND THEN ALSO TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH THIS IS PUT THESE IN THE HANDS OF THE CHARLES SCHWAB, UH, TRANSITION TEAMS OR THE FIDELITY TRANSITION TEAMS, UM, TO HAVE THESE, UH, PROFESSIONALS BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OUR SCHOOL CAN OFFER AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY KIND OF IS AND CAN ENGAGE IN.

AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE OUR THREE GOALS.

THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OPTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION.

UH, DR.

RICHIE AND I ARE LOOKING INTO OUR BUDGET TO SEE, UM, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING WE HAVE, BUT THE BEST, I GUESS OUR, THE FIRST THING IS FREE.

UM, ALL OF THESE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THERE, I'VE DONE.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE FREE, UM, TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY WHO GOES TO OUR WEBSITE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO CONSUME IT, SEE IT, UM, ENJOY IT AND LEARN FROM IT.

UM, KIND OF THE SECOND LEVEL IS GONNA BE MATERIALS FOR EVENTS AND TOURS.

SO IF WE HAVE A TOUR, IF WE HAVE AN EVENT, UM, IF WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE HOME WITH ACTUAL TANGIBLE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT IB.

AND THEN, UM, IF WE DO HAVE, HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE EVENTS, BUT ALSO MAILERS TO WESTLAKE RESIDENTS.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON DO WE LIKE THIS SIZE? DO WE WANT IT TO BE KIND OF THAT, THE HALF BOOKLET SIZE, WHAT'S THE MOST, UH, WHAT'S THE MOST ATTAINABLE THERE? AND SO WE HAVE, AGAIN, OUR THREE OPTIONS.

FIRST, IT'S FREE, IT'S UNLIMITED.

EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE.

EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.

IF WE WANTED TO DO THE MATERIALS FOR THE EVENTS AND TOURS, IT'D BE ABOUT 1200 FOR ABOUT 300 OF THESE.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S STRIKING.

IT KIND OF LEAVES A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION.

WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, WE KNOW WHO WE ARE, WE WANT YOU TO COME BE HERE WITH US.

UM, AND THEN THE MAX THAT WE COULD DO, IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A THOUSAND IN THIS SIZE, WOULD BE ABOUT 3000.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING, THIS IS NOT LIKE A, WE'RE NOT PITCHING, BUT WE ARE JUST WANTING TO INFORM YOU GUYS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP PROMOTE THE IB, UM, AND HELP PROMOTE WHAT WE ARE DOING IN WITH THE IB.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THIS IS REALLY A NEED, NOT A WANT BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BECAUSE WE ARE SPECIAL, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING.

NO OTHER TOWN IN WESTLAKE HAS, NO OTHER TOWN IN TEXAS HAS DONE, YOU KNOW, OWN AND OPERATE AN IB SCHOOL.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO WHEN THEY COME.

G TWO WA TWO FOUR DASH 3 0 8 2024 WESTLAKE ACADEMY, STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON STAR AND EOC, ASSESSMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS, MS. HUGHES, MAXWELL, JAMES, AND BETH.

SO HAVING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, WHAT THE CURRICULUM'S ABOUT, WHAT THE SCHOOL'S CULTURE IS LIKE, IS HUGE.

AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, ANNA.

SO TAKE, OH, SORRY.

I, I, I, THIS IS JUST OUTSTANDING.

I MEAN, WE JUST OBVIOUSLY GOT IT AND FLIPPED THROUGH, BUT IT'S SO WELL DONE.

AND I LOVE THE PATH Y'ALL ARE GOING ON.

WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS TO EVERY WESTLAKE RESIDENT SO THEY KNOW, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME FUNDRAISERS FOR ATHLETICS AND WE'VE DONE OTHER, I MEAN, THE SCHOOL IS PART OF WESTLAKE.

IT IS.

I MEAN, AS ANNA SAID, WE'RE THE ONLY TOWN THAT RUNS A PART A, A, A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THREE OTHER ISDS, YOU KNOW, THAT OVERLAP WESTLAKE, IT, IT IS OUR TOWN.

UM, SO WE WANT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I, I LOVE THIS.

THIS IS SO WELL DONE.

AND YOU GUYS, AGAIN, MICHELLE, YOU, YOU'RE DOING THIS STUFF REALLY QUICK, SO THANK YOU.

IT IT'S FIRST CLASS.

IT'S BETTER THAN ANYTHING CLASS, BETTER THAN ANYTHING OUR CORPORATION EVER TURNED OUT.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THAN, UH, ALL THE UNIVERSITIES THEY WENT TO GO SEE BEFORE OUR DAUGHTER CHOSE TO GO TO TCU.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT THEY OH, FROGS AND GREAT JOB.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

YEAH, THANK YOU MICHELLE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS SEE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT, OR, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE GOOD.

PLEASE SEND IT MY WAY OR DR.

RICHIE'S WAY AND SHE CAN PASS IT ALONG.

YEAH, AS MICHELLE SAID, I MEAN, THIS IS A DRAFT.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME IN PRINT, BUT FOR SURE TAKE IT HOME, SPEND SOME TIME WITH IT, AND ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE, UH, WE CAN MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.

WELL JUST OUTSTANDING, UH, AGENDA ITEM

[G.2. 2024 Westlake Academy Student Performance on STAAR and EOC Assessments and discussion (Mrs Beth Hughes, PYP Principal, Mr. Maxwell Ituah, Middle School Principal and Dr. James Owen, High School Principal)]

HOW ARE Y'ALL? GREAT.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GREAT.

I'M, UH, JUST OVER A MONTH ON THE JOB.

I, UH, STARTED AS THE NEW PYP PRINCIPAL ON AUGUST 5TH.

SO IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND

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OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT.

UH, BUT I HAVE LOVED BEING WITH THE LITTLES, AND I WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE LAST YEAR WITH OUR STAR DATA.

UH, FIRST SLIDE HERE IS SHOWING THAT FOR MOST SUBJECTS WE ARE, WE'VE STAYED ON PAR.

UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PASSING RATES.

UM, AND MATH HAS STAYED FAIRLY CONSISTENT, BUT THE PART THAT MATTERS FOR THE STUDENT WHO'S GOING TO BE ENTERING THE MYP AND THE DP IS REALLY THE STUDENT WHO IS, UM, HAVING A MASTER'S LEVEL SUCCESS.

ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOT A, A SCIENTIFIC CORRELATION BETWEEN SOMEONE SCORING MASTERS AND DOING WELL IN THE DP, WE KNOW THAT THOSE KIDS ARE READY AT A HIGHER RATE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR STUDENTS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, AND WE'RE ABOVE THE STATE IN EVERY CATEGORY.

SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE IB EFFECT, WHICH WE SEE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

THE PLATFORM OF THE IB IS AN EDUCATION OF INQUIRY.

SO KIDS ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.

UH, IF YOU GO IN TO SPEAK TO, TO THESE STUDENTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE PREPARING QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT VERBAL COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS WRITTEN.

AND THAT COMES THROUGH IN OUR SCORES.

UH, THE CLASS OF 2031, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT SIXTH GRADE CLASS, HAD A MASTER'S LEVEL IN ENGLISH AT 62% WHEN THEY WERE IN THIRD GRADE, BUT EVERY YEAR THEY GOT BETTER.

WOW.

AND THEN WHEN THEY LEFT IN FIFTH GRADE, 82% AT MASTERS.

SO THAT SHOWS THE FORTITUDE THAT THOSE EDUCATORS HAVE AT TAKING KIDS FROM GOOD TO GREAT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON, IS THAT, UM, MOVEMENT TO THE MASTERS.

AND, UH, IN THE APPENDIX, YOU'LL NOTICE A COMPARISON TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND TO SOME IB COMPARABLE SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE ABOVE ALMOST ALL OF THEM, UM, IN EVERY CATEGORY.

SO THAT'S, UM, A NICE COMPARISON.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IS IN MATH AND SCIENCE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, UM, FROM US IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON THAT.

UH, WE ALSO, IN THE PYPI WAS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNCOVER THE EXACT ACTION PLAN WHEN WE HAD MID-YEAR RESULTS SHOWING THAT WE WEREN'T EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT IS A BIG FOCUS THAT I HAVE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THE KIDS ARE NOW, WHERE ARE WE IN DECEMBER, AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN RESPONSE TO IT.

UM, THAT IS A BIG PIECE, AND WE MAY BE RIGHT ON TRACK, BUT IF WE'RE NOT, WE ARE GONNA BE TAKING ACTION.

AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THE NEW SCIENCE TES, THAT'S A, UH, A, A BIG PORTION BECAUSE THINGS ARE NEW IN SCIENCE FOR US.

UM, OUR ACTION PLAN INCLUDES PRO MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE AND MORE STANDARDS BASED ASSESSMENT, UM, TRACKING.

AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF TRACKING HAPPENING IN THE PYP, THE CONSISTENCY OF THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE UPON.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SEVERAL WAYS THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN ASSIST US IN DOING THAT WORK SMARTER.

UH, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A NEW SCIENCE CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE SPENT LIKE $30,000 ON, AND WE ARE DIVING IN HEAD FIRST, UH, GETTING IMMERSED IN ALL OF THE GREAT CAPABILITIES THAT A CURRICULUM HAS FOR US.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON ACADEMIC VOCABULARY.

SO WHEN YOU SEE ME IN CARLINE IN THE MORNING AND I'M FLASHING UP DECOMPOSER AS THEY WALK IN, THAT'S ME WORKING.

UM, EVERYONE PE DOING RELAYS, I'VE ASKED EVERY SUBJECT, HOW CAN, HOW ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SCIENCE SUCCESS? AND THAT'S, THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN NEW.

SO I HAVE SOME SCIENCE RELAYS GOING ON NOW.

I'M GONNA PASS IT IN UNLESS YOU WANNA DO QUESTIONS NOW.

I WAS JUST GONNA PASS IT ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THANKS, BETH.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, DATA RESULTS FOR THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR IN WHICH IT COVERS A THREE YEAR TRAJECTORY OF OUR PAST PERFORMANCE.

SO BETWEEN THE 2022 TO 2023 DATA, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STAR REDESIGN.

AND FOR THE OVERALL PASSING, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE FALL WITHIN LINE OF PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE FOR THE 2023 ACADEMIC YEAR, AS WELL AS THE 2022.

GOING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE MASTER PASS RATE AND FOR THE ACADEMY, UM, FOR THE PAST THREE ACADEMIC YEARS, AND THEN TO THE FAR RIGHT IN THAT COLUMN, WE HAVE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE MASTERY LEVEL ON THE RESPECTIVE STAR EXAMINATIONS.

UM, FOR THE, THE GRADE EIGHT ALGEBRA ONE, SORRY THAT THE SLIDE DIDN'T UPLOAD PROPERLY, I PUT A NOTE THAT THERE WAS AN ALGEBRA ONE READINESS COURSE LAST YEAR, AND WE DID THAT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ON-LEVEL

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INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN THEN TAKE, UM, ALGEBRA ONE IN NINTH GRADE, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAY.

UM, HOWEVER, AT THE ACADEMY, WE ACCELERATE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BEGINNING IN GRADE SIX.

TRADITIONALLY WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, ACCORDING TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 28, ONLY THE TOP 40% ARE REQUIRED TO BE ACCELERATED.

HOWEVER, WE ACQUIRE, WE ACCELERATE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT SHOWS THE PA UH, THE MASTERY PASS RATE FOR OUR RESPECTIVE GRADE LEVELS.

UM, IN TERMS OF SUCCESSES FOR THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR, WE FOUND OUT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, OF COURSE, UM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION OF THE ACADEMY WAS RANKED THE NUMBER ONE TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL AMONGST MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS STANDING AND THE NUMBER EIGHT TEXAS PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS FOR OUR TEACHERS FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT THEY DID THAT ACADEMIC YEAR.

UM, THIS PAST ACADEMIC YEAR, WE SEE, WE SAW THE SUCCESS OF HAVING AN ALGEBRA ONE READINESS COURSE IN WHICH WE HAD 100% OF OUR STUDENTS PASS ALGEBRA ONE.

UM, WE HAD 99% PASS THE NINE, THE GRADE EIGHT, AND THE GRADE SEVEN, UM, STAR READING.

AND WE HAD AN OVERALL 8% INCREASE IN THE STAR MASTER RATE, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.

AND THEN ACROSS THE BOARD, WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE PERFORMING SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND IN COMPARISON WITH OUR, UM, RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE STAR ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL FROM MEETS TO MASTERS RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

ALL RIGHT, MIKE, DON'T HOG THE ACTION.

NOW.

SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M LIKE, MIKE, DON'T STILL SHOW.

JUST MAKE SURE HE IS STILL THERE.

THEY'RE FINE.

YOU'RE FINE.

SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, UH, MIKE, HE'S BACK AT IT, .

SO, UM, ONE PARTICULAR SUBJECT IS THAT BEING PRE-ALGEBRA, INCREASING THE MEETS TO MASTERY RATE FOR OUR GRADE SEVEN MATH IN WHICH THEY SIT FOR THE GRADE EIGHT, UM, STAR.

UM, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH FROM THE LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT IS GIVING TEACHERS MORE TIME TO EVALUATE, UM, CURRENT, UH, PRACTICES AND DATA SOURCES IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT GOING FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN, UM, DR. OWEN WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S MESSAGE WITH THIS, BUT ADHERING TO OUR CAMPUSWIDE T TEST GOAL OF MONITOR AND ADJUST, SO INFORMALLY AND FORMALLY COLLECTING DATA AND UTILIZING THAT IN ORDER TO DRIVE AND ADJUST INSTRUCTION.

SO WITH THAT, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN WORKING WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. PHILLIPS, UH, WE GENERATED A, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO PRETTY MUCH IT PROVIDES THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR A YEAR AT A GLANCE OF PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS, ANALYZE AND REVIEW DATA IN ORDER TO SEE THE GRADUAL CONTINU IMPROVEMENT OR THE, OVER THE COURSE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

SO THUS FAR, WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH TEACHERS AS A TEAM, COLLECTIVELY TO DISCUSS DATA IN AUGUST.

AND WE RECENTLY HAD A LUNCH AND LEARN SESSION, UM, JUST LAST WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

AND THEN MOVING INTO OCTOBER, WE'LL START, UH, FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS JUST REVIEWING THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND THEIR SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, JUST TO SEE THE GRADUAL PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST IN THE CORE TESTED SUBJECTS.

UM, THAT THIS JUNCTURE, I'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO DR. OWEN TO REVIEW THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MR TWO AT THAT PLAN IS NEW, ISN'T IT? THAT PLAN IS NEW.

UM, FOUR COURSES IN QUESTION.

THAT WAS SOMETHING WE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR BEFORE.

UM, LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE, IN THE SPRING SEMESTER, UH, WE HAD, UM, SPRING INTERVENTION SESSIONS IN WHICH WE HAD SOME AFTERSCHOOL SESSIONS TO MEET WITH STUDENTS.

BUT THIS YEAR WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES, SO THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE CAN PUSH FROM MEETS TO MASTERS OR APPROACHES TO MEETS MM-HMM, , UM, AS WELL AS THE INTERVENTION SESSIONS OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT.

SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, BOTH SPECTRUMS OF THE LEARNING POPULATION.

THAT'S AWESOME.

WELL DONE.

REALLY AWESOME.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, STAR AND EEOC RESULTS, UH, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THIS ENGLISH ONE, ENGLISH TWO, UM, BIOLOGY AND US HISTORY.

THE DATA IS SHOWING THAT IN TERMS OF OUR PASS RATE, WE ARE MAINTAINING, UH, BETWEEN 199% PASS RATE FOR THE,

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WHAT WE REALLY HONE IN ON, THOUGH, IS THE RATE OF, UM, MASTERY.

UM, SO, UH, FOR ALL THE FOUR IDENTIFIED SUBJECTS, WE'RE STILL EXTREMELY COMFORTABLY ABOVE THE, UH, STATEWIDE, UM, AVERAGES.

ALSO, UH, UM, LAST YEAR WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN BIOLOGY WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.

WE, UM, HAD A NEW TEACHER WHO CAME IN LATE.

SO AS, UH, MR. IWA AND I SPOKE TO THE BOARD LAST YEAR, WE EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE GONNA GIVE, UH, SUPPORT, UM, TO THIS TEACHER AS THEY TRANSITIONED INTO THEIR NEW ROLE.

THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR MASTERY RATE HAS ACTUALLY, UH, JUMPED UP TO THE HIGHEST THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

IN TERMS OF, UM, PARTICULAR SUCCESSES, UM, A PARTICULAR SUCCESSES IN ADDITION TO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND 99% PASS RATE, UH, THERE IS ONE THING IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANT TO DRAW THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO, WHICH WAS, UM, IN THE FALL OF 2023, OUR NINTH GRADE ENGLISH ONE TEACHER, MRS. WATSON, CAME TO MRS. HUGHES AND I, UH, WITH SOME CONCERNS.

UM, THE, THE DATA WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T ON TRACK TO PASS THE ENGLISH ONE EXAM.

UH, 50% OF THE STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFIED WERE NEW TO WESTLAKE ACADEMY AS WELL.

SO THEY HADN'T HAD THE, UH, BENEFIT OF THE, OF THE CONTINUUM.

SO, UH, WE WENT THROUGH SOME OPTIONS, FIRST OF ALL, WHICH WAS ADDITIONAL TUTORING FOR THE STUDENTS, HAVING A SPECIAL ADVISORY GROUP TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AS WELL.

BUT THIS STILL FELT LIKE IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

SO WE FELT THAT THE BEST, UH, COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A SPECIAL READING CLASS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER WHERE THE STUDENTS IDENTIFIED, UH, COULD GO INTO THAT CLASS AND BE SUPPORTED.

UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY HAD A MONETARY IMPACT.

AND WE CAME TO THE BOARD WITH A REQUEST THAT THE BOARD WAS FANTASTIC ABOUT IT, APPROVED IT STRAIGHT AWAY, AND OF ALL THE 18 STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFIED AS AT RISK BECAUSE OF THAT READING COURSE, OR 18 PASSED THE, UH, ENGLISH ONE.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING US ON THAT.

AND SAME THING AS WELL WITH, UM, WITH OUR, UM, AS MR. EXPLAINED THAT OUR, UM, WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENTS TAKE THE ALGEBRA ONE IN GRADE EIGHT.

WE HAD GRADE NINE STUDENTS NEW TO WESTLAKE ACADEMY, WHO HADN'T TAKEN THE ALGEBRA ONE AGAIN, WE HAD DATA THAT SHOWED THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING.

SO WE MADE A SPECIAL COURSE FOR THEM IN THE SPRING FOR 11 STUDENTS.

ALL OF THEM PASSED, UM, AS WELL.

SO THESE INTERVENTIONS DO WORK, AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE INCREASING OUR MASTER'S RATE AS WELL BY 11% IN ENGLISH, 15% IN BIOLOGY TOO.

UH, AND AS THE DATA SHOWED ACROSS THE BOARD, WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE, UM, STATES AND COMPARISON SCHOOLS AS WELL.

DR. OWEN, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THE FOLLOW UP BECAUSE WHEN THE BOARD PASSED THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, I'D NEVER SEEN ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL GO TO SUCH LENGTHS TO HELP ELEVATE STUDENTS WHO NEEDED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

THE SAME GOAL, UH, OF IMPROVING STAR PERFORMANCE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THIS REALLY, UH, COMES DOWN TO, UM, FOCUSING ON THE LEVEL OF, UH, MASTERY THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE EOC.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT A SCIENTIFIC LINK, BUT THE MORE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVING MASTERY, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM, AND THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT COLLEGE.

SO FOCUSING ON THE MASTERY LEVEL IS REALLY KEEPING IN LINE, UM, WITH OUR VISION OF SUPPORTING COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS, UH, ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, POTENTIAL.

SO LAST MONTH WHEN MR. LUAN AND I ADDRESSED THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE DO FOR AP EXAMS AND FOR IB EXAMS AS WELL, WE WANT TO BRING THAT, UM, SAME DEGREE, UH, OF, OF BEING INTENTIONAL TO, TO USING EOC DATA AS WELL.

SO IN TERMS OF OUR ACTION PLAN, WE, WE, WE, WE, UH, BROKE THAT DOWN.

UH, SO WHAT, UH, WE CAN DO AS A LEADERSHIP IS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR WEEKLY WALKTHROUGHS, WE CAN COLLECT DATA BASED ON MONITOR AND ADJUST.

THIS HAS BEEN A CAMPUS WIDE, UH, UH, GOAL, UH, THIS YEAR TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND ALSO LEADERSHIP CAN HELP DATA ANALYSIS, WHICH IS TIED TO THE ESC TS AS WELL.

SO WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO IS MODEL THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE DID WITH THE ENGLISH ONE COURSE LAST YEAR TO USE DATA TO IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES BY THE END OF THE FALL SEMESTER SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT ANY INTERVENTIONS AS NEEDED IN THE SPRING.

SO THAT'S OUR ACTION PLAN TO REPLICATE THE DATA ANALYSIS AT IB AND AP AND TRANSFER THAT TO THE EOC.

BUT ALSO AS, UH, MRS. HUGHES, MS. ETRA AND MYSELF ARE WORKING ON OUR ACTION PLANS, WE WANTED ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAD A, THAT WE HAD A CROSS CAMPUS ACTION PLAN AS WELL, AND THAT WE WEREN'T ALL WORKING, UH, INDIVIDUALLY WHEN WE ALL HAD

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SO IN AUGUST THE 24TH, UH, THE THREE OF US MET, UH, AND WORKED ON THE FORMS THAT WE USE FOR CAMPUS WALKTHROUGHS.

WHEN WE'RE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND GIVING FEEDBACK, WE MADE SURE THAT OUR FORMS ALIGNED.

SO THERE WAS CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE IB, UH, UH, UM, CONTINUUM AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE AGREED TO HAVE T-TEST 2.5 MONITOR AND ADJUST AS A CAMPUS WIDE PRIORITY.

THAT'S HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY GOT THIS? THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE OUR PRIORITY.

AND ALSO 'CAUSE THIS IS, UH, A, A YEAR WHERE WE WILL BEING, UH, EVALUATED BY THE IB IN MARCH.

WE ARE HAVING STUDY SESSIONS CAMPUS WIDE WHERE TEACHERS FROM P-Y-P-N-Y-P AND DP ARE COMING TOGETHER.

SO WE WANT, WANT, WANTED TO ACTUALLY USE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ARE HAVING CROSS CAMPUS, UH, COLLABORATION TO HAVE CAMPUS WIDE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR TEACHING AND OUR LEARNING.

WELL, AND CORRECT ME ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS KIND OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL ALIGNMENT IS RELATIVELY A NEWER ENDEAVOR WITH THIS PARTICULAR K THROUGH 12 CAMPUS WALKTHROUGH AND ALIGNING THE FORMS. IS IT Y YES, IT IS.

I MEAN, UM, UH, UH, WE'VE ALL WORKED ON DATA ANALYSIS BEFORE, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME TO, TO, UH, UM, YEAH, TO ALIGN THAT.

SO THE, THE THREE PRINCIPLES HAVE MADE THAT A, UH, PRIORITY.

YEAH, I LOVE THIS.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM.

THANK YOU GUYS.

GREAT JOB.

SO THERE IS AN APPENDIX THAT WE ALSO ATTACHED, UH, WHICH SHOWED THE DATA WITH, UH, COMPARISON SCHOOLS, UM, AS WELL.

BUT WE'LL ALSO BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS A WHOLE.

COULD YOU TELL ME WHO THOSE COMPARISON SCHOOLS ARE? I'M NOT, I'M NOT UP THE, THE THREE OF THEM.

THERE WAS, UM, MERIDIAN, IF, IF I CAN JUST REALLY QUICKLY, SO YOU'VE INCLUDED SOME.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT AS LEADERSHIP TEAM IS THERE ARE THE COMPARISON SCHOOLS THAT THE STATE SAYS ARE A COMPARISON GROUP, WHICH ARE SOMETIMES VERY RANDOM SCHOOLS YES.

THAT ARE NOT, UM, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR COMPARISON SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW SITTING HERE WITH THREE DISTRICTS THAT PULL FROM US OUR TRUE COMPARISON SCHOOLS ARE THE PEOPLE WE SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN COMPETITION WITH.

RIGHT.

SO I THINK THAT THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

THE GROUP HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF INCLUDING THOSE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN ALSO YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SOME CHARTER SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT ARE MORE COMP MORE COMPARABLE TO US THAN THAT'S THE ONES THAT I NOTICED.

MAYBE THE STATE.

SO WHAT, WHAT ABOUT WORLD CLASS THROUGH WORLD CLASS LEARNING INSTITUTIONS? THERE'S SOME SCHOOLS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, HOUSTON, OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, ST.

MARK'S.

ST.

JOHN'S, YEAH.

I CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE NAMES THEY'RE KNOWN NATIONALLY.

WHAT ARE THEIR PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THOSE? IT'D BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO COMPARE DIRECTLY WITH THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY DON'T USE THE SAME MEASUREMENTS THAT WE DO.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE HELD TO KIND OF THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ALSO IB REQUIREMENTS.

SO UNLESS WE'RE COMPARING DIRECTLY TO AN IB SCHOOLS, THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND THAT WE CAN DO SOME COMPARISONS AROUND OUR A-C-T-S-A-T SCORES, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THOSE ARE DATA POINTS THAT WE COULD DO FOR SURE.

UM, AS A POINT OF COMPARISON, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WE RANK WITH SOME OF THOSE MORE, UM, WHAT ARE CONSIDERED A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD INSTITUTIONS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND WHERE WE WANNA BE FOR SURE.

SO WE CAN LOOK THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

FELT LIKE THREE SCHOOLS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TELLING US TODAY, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE ALIGNED WITH A LEADERSHIP AND IT'S ONE SCHOOL GOING THROUGH LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA.

GREAT JOB ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THE, THE QUESTION OF WHAT, WHAT DO Y'ALL NEED? WHAT DO Y'ALL NEED GOING FORWARD? OUR, YOUR LAST REQUEST WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL, , SO, OKAY.

UM, I MEAN, CERTAINLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE ALL THE ACTION PLANS HAD IN COMMON WITH THE USE OF DATA.

MM-HMM.

AND SO IT IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT IF THE DATA IS TELLING US SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, THEN THE BOARD IS THERE TO SUPPORT US.

SO, SO KNOWING THAT IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

SO YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THESE THREE.

THE WAY BETH HAS JUMPED IN AND KIND OF BROUGHT SOME STANDARDS THAT WERE BEING USED, UH, IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CAMPUS TO HER SECTION OF THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S, IT'S PAYING OFF IN SPADES.

THE TEACHERS ARE VERY EXCITED.

THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE, UM, JUST TRUE PROFESSIONALS AND, AND BETH AND WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A DREAM TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AND HAVE THEM TAKE THE LEAD.

ONE OF OUR FIRST ADMIN MEETINGS, THEY SAID THEY REALLY OWNED THIS 2.5 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, T TES IS THE STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS.

SO LAST YEAR THEY STARTED A PROCESS OF ADOPTION AROUND THAT AND THIS YEAR IT'S GETTING A LOT MORE FORMALIZED AND THEY PICKED THIS CAMPUS-WIDE GOAL OF MONITOR AND ADJUST BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST LEVERAGE POINT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE SOME THINGS FORWARD.

AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN ALL IN ON THAT.

AND I CAN'T, I REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW THEY'VE JUMPED INTO THAT WORK.

AND LOOK, I'VE BEEN A PARENT AROUND FOR 14 YEARS AND THIS MIGHT SOUND CRITICAL, I DON'T MEAN IT TO BE, BUT IT'S, IT'S NEVER FELT LIKE ONE SCHOOL.

IT'S

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I COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASED ABOUT THAT.

THANK Y'ALL QUESTIONS.

OKAY GUYS, THANK YOU AGAIN.

OUTSTANDING.

UH, SEN AGENDA,

[H. CONSENT AGENDA]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? EXCELLENT.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO PASS THAT CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.

CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

UH, AGENDA ITEM

[I.1. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and act to adopt Ordinance 1005 approving the Annual Operating & Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (Finance Director Cayce Lay Lamas)]

I PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UH, GO TO, I DO ONE ORDINANCE 1 0 0 5, UH, WHOLE PUBLIC HEARING.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 1 0 0 5 APPROVING THE ANNUAL OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 AC.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE AT THE FINISH LINE FOR ALL THE BUDGET STUFF FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE GONNA DIVE RIGHT IN.

UM, TONIGHT WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A REAL QUICK REFRESHER ON WHAT IS IN THAT BUDGET BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, WE'RE PROJECTING 28 MILLION IN REVENUES ACROSS ALL FUNDS AND 24.5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS RESULTING IN ABOUT A 4.6 PROJECTED CONTRIBUTION TO FUND BALANCE.

AND WITHIN THAT 4.6 WE'VE GOT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION THAT WE'RE EARMARKING TO GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL SPENDING.

THE REMAINING 3 MILLION OR SO, MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, MEANING THAT WE HAVE THIS SET ASIDE REVENUE SOURCE THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SOMETHING IDENTIFIED AT TIME OF ADOPTION, IT JUST GOES INTO THE FUND BALANCE.

THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A FLAT TAX RATE OF 16.79 CENTS.

IT'S ADDING FIVE AND A QUARTER FTES, WHICH ARE THE THREE FIREFIGHTERS TO PUBLIC WORKS CREW MEMBERS.

AND THEN THAT 0.25 IS THE TOWN SHARE OF THE BUILDING TECHNICIAN THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE ACADEMY'S BUDGET.

WE ALSO HAVE THE STAFF COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDED.

THE $1.7 MILLION SUBSIDY, THAT'S THE DIRECT TRANSFER FROM THE TOWN TO THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT 1.4 MILLION IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND IT'S REALLY JUST TWO PIECES.

IT'S A VAC TRAILER AND A REPLACEMENT FIRE ENGINE.

THAT INCLUDES THE FIREFIGHTERS.

AND THEN WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT $150,000 IN PROJECTED REVENUES.

THE REAL REASON FOR THAT IS FISCAL YEAR 24 HAD ABOUT $4 MILLION IN ONE-TIME DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT WON'T BE RETURNING FOR A FISCAL YEAR 25.

THAT'S MOSTLY OFFSET WITH INCREASES IN SALES TAX RECEIPTS AND SOME INTEREST EARNINGS FOR THE EXPENDITURES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.1 MILLION AND THAT INCLUDES THE CAPITAL.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S NOT A ONE-TO-ONE, BUT WE ALSO JUST THROUGH DUE DILIGENCE OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK THROUGH LINE ITEMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN THE BUDGET ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.

AND THEN I JUST ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE THIS HAD BEEN A QUESTION, THE SUBSIDY TO THE ACADEMY WENT FROM 1.4 IN FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 1.7.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL SLAS AND THE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS OUR LARGEST OPERATING FUND.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX RECEIPTS ARE WHAT FUND MOST OF THOSE REVENUES.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT FEES GO.

THE $15 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES INCLUDES THE 1.7 MILLION TO THE ACADEMY.

IT INCLUDES THE THREE FIREFIGHTERS, THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE, AND ALL THOSE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.

THE UTILITY FUND IS OUR SECOND LARGEST OPERATING FUND.

THE REVENUE SOURCES HERE ARE BASICALLY THE WATER AND SEWER BILLS THAT EVERYBODY GETS EVERY MONTH.

AND DON'T FORGET TO PAY THOSE 'CAUSE WE'LL ASSESS A 10% LATE FEE AND US THOSE RECORDS.

BUT THAT'S SOLELY BECAUSE WE SEPARATED OUT THE DEBT SERVICE INTO ITS OWN FUND FOR BETTER ACCOUNTING AND CLARITY.

WE'LL , THE 5.7 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES INCLUDES THE COST TO PURCHASE WATER AND TO TREAT SEWER.

THOSE COSTS ARE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR THE TOWN.

IT ALSO HAS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COSTS.

THE VAC TRAILER AND THOSE TWO CREW MEMBERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

IT IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT $500,000 YEAR OVER YEAR.

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RIGHT.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? OKAY, NOW OPEN UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHES? WISHES TO SPEAK? I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1 0 0 5.

ALL IN FAVOR A.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

CASEY.

HOLD PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 1 0 6 0 6 TO LEVY AN AN ADD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2024.

THINK YOU'RE UP HERE FOR THE NEXT ONE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

I'M STICKING AROUND.

ORDINANCE 1 0 0 6.

[I.2. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and act to adopt Ordinance 1006 to Levy an Ad Valorem Rate for the Tax Year 2024 (Finance Director Cayce Lay Lamas)]

SO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING IS FOR THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE.

THIS RATE THAT WE ARE ASKING TO LEVY IS WHAT WILL FUND THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS WE ARE PROPOSING THE RATES STAY FLAT AT 16.79 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS A VALUATION.

THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR CONSECUTIVELY THAT IT WILL BE FLAT WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TAX RATE.

WHAT IS REQUIRED LEGALLY IS TO ADOPT A RATE TWO PARTS, ONE BEING M AND O OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

THAT PORTION GENERATES THE REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

THE OTHER SECTION INS INTEREST IN SYNCING OR DEBT SERVICE IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PAY PROPERTY TAX PAID DEBT.

AND SO DURING FISCAL YEAR 24, WE ACTUALLY HAD A TAX NOTE, UM, ALL OFF OF OUR BOOKS.

WE PAID IT ALL OFF.

SO THAT REQUIREMENT ON THE INS SIDE IS LESS AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A FLAT TAX RATE FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES AND STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FUNDING THOSE CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE DO NEED AND THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WE REALLOCATED AND WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR JUST BASED ON THOSE ANNUAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, WHICH IS THE TAX YEAR 24 RATE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 5 CENTS ON THE INS SIDE AND THEN 11.79 CENTS ON M AND O.

AND THEN AGAIN, JUST FOR CONVERSATION, UM, IF WE WERE SAYING THIS IS AN EQUIVALENT CALCULATION, THE $1.7 MILLION SUBSIDY FROM THE TOWN TO THE ACADEMY WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT SEVEN AND A QUARTER CENTS.

THE PROPERTY THAT IS TAXABLE WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS TOTAL THIS MUCH FOR TAX.

AND I SPOKE ABOUT THAT INS PORTION.

SO A, A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE DEBT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ARE $4.2 MILLION AND THAT'S GONNA BE SPREAD OUT OVER 11 DIFFERENT ISSUANCES.

AND AS OF OCTOBER 1ST WE'LL HAVE $46 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL.

UH, OUT OF THOSE 11 ISSUANCES, THE ORIGINAL TOTAL WAS ABOUT 63.2%.

SO WE PAID OFF A, A QUARTER OR SO OF OUR OUTSTANDING BALANCE.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WILL HAVE THAT UP TO 50%.

WITHIN 10 YEARS WE'LL HAVE ALMOST 70% OF THE OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS PAID.

AND THEN BY THE TIME WE HIT 20 YEARS, WE'LL BE AT 95.

AND FUN REFRESHER, A LOT OF THESE DEBTS THAT WE ISSUE, THE SMALLEST LENGTH OF TIME IS SEVEN YEARS.

THE LONGEST IS 30.

OUT OF THOSE 11 ISSUANCES, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN JUST FOR SOME CLARITY AND DISCUSSION POINTS.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE PURPOSE.

WHY DID WE ISSUE THOSE INSTRUMENTS? SO THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OVER ON CAMPUS.

Y'ALL RECALL THE SCHOOL JUST CELEBRATED ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY ARE ABOUT TO START PAYING OFF SOME OF THAT DEBT.

THE REMAINING QUARTER TWO QUARTERS ARE FOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE TOWNSIDE, MOSTLY RELATING TO STREETS AS FAR AS HOW WE PLAN TO PAY FOR THESE PAY, UM, PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST REQUIREMENTS NEXT YEAR, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT FALLS UNDER THE SALES TAX CATEGORY.

THE 1.2 MILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX, THAT SPECIFIC PORTION IS THAT 5 CENTS OF THE INS RATE.

AND THEN THE REMAINING ON UTILITY REVENUE IS ONLY FROM THOSE WATER BILLS THAT WE SEND OUT.

AND HOW ALL OF THIS IS CALCULATED IS IT SUPER FUN, CRAZY LONG LITTLE FORM THAT WE HAVE TO FILL OUT EVERY YEAR AND WE DON'T MAKE IT UP OURSELVES.

SO HOW WE DO ALL OF THE ALGEBRA STARTS WITH OUR NET TAXABLE VALUE.

THESE FIGURES ARE GIVEN TO US EVERY YEAR BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.

WE FALL INTO THE TARN APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO AROUND TOWN AND THEY SAY ALL

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YEAR 24, WE'RE LOOKING AT $2.4 BILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 206 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND OF THAT 206 MILLION, ALMOST 70,000 OF IT IS JUST BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AROUND TOWN OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR FOLKS LIVING IN TOWN IS YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE A LITTLE INCREASE ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL.

SO THE AVERAGE TAXABLE HOME VALUE FOR THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE IS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 8% YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT THOSE HUGE JUMPS THAT WE SAW IN 20 20, 20 21, IT'S STARTING TO COME DOWN TO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE.

IT ALSO MEANS THAT FOR THE TAX YEAR 24, THE AVERAGE WESTLAKE RESIDENT WOULD SEE A TAX BILL OF LESS THAN $4,000, ONLY ABOUT A $300 INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST PROPERTY TAX RATES IN THE STATE.

AND NORMALLY WHENEVER SOMEBODY IN THE STATE GETS THEIR TAX BILL, THE PORTION OF THE TOWN IS 20 TO 25%.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, IN TOWN, WESTLAKE TAKES UP LESS THAN 10% OF THAT TOTAL BILL FOR YOU ANNUALLY.

AND BY APPROVING THE 16.79 CENT TAX RATE TONIGHT, WE WILL BE PROPOSING A LEVY OF JUST OVER $4 MILLION WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT GOING TO M AND O.

AND THAT 1.2 MILLION GOING TO INS THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON PROPERTY TAX RATE? HEY CASEY, IT'S MIKE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

UM, ON THE LAST SLIDE, THE UH, AVERAGE TAX BILL, UH, THAT WAS JUST THE WESTLAKE WESTLAKE PORTION, CORRECT? AVERAGE TAX BILL.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

AND IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO OUT ON TARRANT TAX INFO.COM AND YOU CAN LOOK UP ALL THE RATES THAT APPLY TO YOUR HOUSE.

YEP.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED YET.

SO ALL THE ENTITIES WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO GO TELL YOU WHAT OUR PROPOSED RATES ARE TOO.

AND CASEY, WE'VE HISTORICALLY SAID THAT 6.5% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES GO TO WESTLAKE.

IS IT HIGHER THAN THAT NOW? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

6% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES GO TO THE TOWN ABOUT ALMOST 10%.

IT'S, IT'S USUALLY LIKE NINE AND A HALF.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU'RE IN.

OH, OKAY.

GOT IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1 0 0 6.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

I COULD HAVE WARNED HEELS AND EVERYTHING.

THAT'S FOR NOT LOWERING IT.

ABOUT RAISING IT.

RESOLUTION

[I.3. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 24-69 approving the Final Plat of the Villaggio Addition (Jason Alexander, AICP, CEcD, Deputy Town Manager)]

24 DASH SIX NINE.

HOLD PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION.

TWO FOUR DASH SIX NINE APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF THE BELLAGIO EDITION.

JASON, HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL.

HOW ARE YOU? MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT FOR THE BELLAGIO EDITION.

HERE IS JUST A PHOTO OF THE SITE GETTING YOU ACCLIMATED VISUALLY TO WHERE IT IS LOCATED.

IT IS A FINAL PLAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 37 AND A HALF ACRES THAT WAS APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2023 BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 65 FOR 17 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, ALL A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE, AN AREA THE FINAL PLAT DOES CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, THE POLICIES AND THE PLANS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN.

HERE IS THE FINAL PLAT DEMONSTRATING CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THEY DID MEET ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THE SAME.

I'LL PAUSE THERE, MARITIME COUNSEL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I DO BELIEVE THE APPLICANT OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? WELL DONE.

I WILL OPEN IT UP TO, I'LL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION TWO FOUR DASH SIX NINE.

SO MOVED AND I GET A SECOND.

SECOND.

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I DASH FIVE, ORDINANCE 1 0 0 8.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[I.4. (CONTINUED FROM 8/19/2024) Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and act to adopt Ordinance 1002 approving amendments to Ordinances 928 and 939, as amended, regulating PD7 Zoning District, known as “Westlake Ranch”, for an approximate three-acre portion of land platted as Aspen Estates, Tarrant County, Texas. The property is generally located east of Pearson Lane and South of Aspen Lane.]

1 0 0 2 DASH C.

THIS IS CONTINUED FROM AUGUST 19TH.

THERE'LL BE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM WILL BE CON CONTINUED FROM UH, THE EIGHT 19 MEETING.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A NEW PROPOSAL, WHICH IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

SO AGENDA ITEM

[I.5. Hold public hearing, discuss, consider and act to adopt Ordinance 1008 approving proposed amendments to Ordinances 928 and 939, as amended, regulating PD7 Zoning District, known as “Westlake Ranch”, for an approximate three-acre portion of land platted as Aspen Estates, Tarrant County, Texas. The property is generally located east of Pearson Lane and South of Aspen Lane. (Jason Alexander, AICP, CEcD, Deputy Town Manager)]

HOLD PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT ADOPT ORDINANCE 1 0 0 8 APPROVING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TWO.

ORDINANCE 9 2 8 AND 9 3 9 AS AMENDED REGULATING PD SEVEN ZONING DISTRICT KNOWN AS WESTLAKE RANCH FOR AN APPROXIMATE THREE ACRE PORTION OF LAND PLANTED AS ASPEN ESTATES, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF PEARSON LANE AND SOUTH OF ASPEN LANE.

JASON, THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS IS A REQUEST AS WE'RE GETTING THAT PRESENTATION UP ON THE SCREEN FOR A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GO FROM THREE LOTS TO ONE LOT AND HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY YOU CAN SEE THAT IS JUST OFF OF ASPEN LANE AND NEAR NORTH PEARSON LANE.

A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE SITE.

AND IN TERMS OF THEIR REQUEST, AGAIN, IT'S TO GO FROM THREE LOTS TO ONE.

IT WOULD BE ACCESSED VIA A PRIVATE STREET THAT TERMINATES AS A HAMMERHEAD.

THE SITE WOULD CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES.

AGAIN, DIRECT ACCESS ONTO ASPEN LANE.

THE LOT WIDTH IS 125 FEET WITH THE BUILDING SETBACKS OF 40 FEET FROM ALL LOT LAWNS.

THE PROPOSED FLOOR AREA OF THE HOME IS 4,500 SQUARE FEET AT A MINIMUM.

THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET AND A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE STANDS AT 35%.

AS PROPOSED UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS SHOWN IN FRONT OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT DID COME FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEN THIS ITEM WENT TO THEM FOR REVIEW, CONSIDERATION AND A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.

THE FIRST DEALT WITH THE PERMITTED USES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES, ENSURING THAT THE SPORTS COURSE AND ATHLETIC TRAINING FIELDS DID NOT PROVIDE TOO MUCH NOISE OR DISRUPT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME.

I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT AND STATE THAT THOSE ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THE TOWN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES DEALING WITH LIGHT AND NOISE.

THOSE CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN SECTION 1 0 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ALSO, AS PART OF THAT A SITE PLAN SHOWING WHERE THOSE STRUCTURES WOULD GO, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE LIGHTING PLAN AS WELL AND THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED AND ENFORCED IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE.

IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT ALL CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 9 3 9 SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, EXCEPT THAT SPECIFICALLY AMENDED AND NOTED HEREIN AND THAT IS A PRELIMINARY SITE EVALUATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT THE LANDSCAPING AND TREE SURVEY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 28, THAT THAT BE SATISFIED CONTINUE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

REVISED CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT WILL COME IN AT THE SAME TIME AS REVIEWING THE PLAT.

AND THAT RE PLAT WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO A BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ADOPTED BY THE TOWN FOR PLAT REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AGAIN, THEY DID MEET ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024 AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE ACTIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU, MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL, ARE AS FOLLOWS AND GENERALLY SUMMARIZED.

IT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 10 0 8 INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED, A MOTION TO APPROVE 10 0 8 WITH MODIFICATIONS OR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

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AS DESIRED BY YOU AS THE ELECTED BODY.

A MOTION TO TABLE ORDINANCE 10 0 8 OR A MOTION TO DENY ORDINANCE 10 0 8.

I'LL PAUSE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I DO BELIEVE THE APPLICANT OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS BECAUSE WE'RE COMBINING THESE THREE LOTS BACK INTO ONE, WHAT ABOUT THE FENCING? THE FENCING WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.

SO DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S A IRON FENCE OR STONE FENCE? I THINK IT'S AN IRON FENCE IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY.

AND IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE UM, WESTLAKE RAMP THAT'S JUST TO THE, I GUESS WEST OF THIS PROPERTY? I BELIEVE SO.

I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY'LL SHARE, I BELIEVE THEY'LL SHARE A BORDER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO.

AND IF NOT, WE'LL DEFINITELY CONFIRM THAT WITH THE APPLICANT WHEN THE SITE PLAN COMES IN.

OKAY, PERFECT.

IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU'VE LOOKED IT OVER? NO MA'AM.

I DID NOT.

JASON, UH, HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, UH, AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, UM, ASK THE, UH, OWNER JUST TO SUBMIT LANDSCAPING AND HARDSCAPING PLANS TO THE CITY BEFORE INSTALLATION? THAT MIGHT GIVE US A CHANCE, UH, TO REMEDY ANYTHING IF THERE'S A CONCERN WITH THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.

YES, SIR.

AND THOSE PLANS WILL HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS.

I THINK THAT WAS IN ORDINANCE 9 28.

YES, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1 0 0 8, INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, JASON.

ITEM J ONE, ORDINANCE 1 0 0 4.

OKAY, AGENDA

[J.1. Discuss, consider and act regarding adoption of Ordinance 1004 Approving a Negotiated Settlement Between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division regarding the Company’s 2024 Rate Review Mechanism Filing; declaring existing rates to be unreasonable; adopting tariffs that reflect rate adjustments consistent with the Negotiated Settlement; finding the rates to be set by the attached Settlement Tariffs to be just and reasonable and in the public interest; approving an attachment establishing a benchmark for pensions and retiree medical benefits; requiring the Company to reimburse ACSC’s Reasonable Ratemaking Expenses; determining that this Ordinance was passed in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; adopting a savings clause; declaring an effective ate; and requiring delivery of this Ordinance to the Company and the ACSC’s Legal Counsel.]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1004, APPROVE IN A NEGOTIATED SETTLE BETWEEN ATMOS, CITIES, ATMOS, CITY STEERING COMMITTEE, AND ATMOS ENERGY COURT, MID TEXAS DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2024 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING, DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE, ADOPTING TARIFFS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT.

FINDING THESE RATES TO BE SET BY THE ATTACHED SETTLEMENT TARIFFS JUST TO BE REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST APPROVING THE ATTACHMENT, ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS, REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE ACSC REASONABLE RATE MAKING EXPENSES, DETERMINE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.

ADOPT A SAVINGS CLAUSE DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND REQUIRING DELIVERY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COMPANY AND AS ACS C'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER, I THINK TO WADE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT WAS A LOT.

THANK YOU FOR READING THAT.

MAYOR .

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

UH, ATMOS ENERGY IS REQUIRED BY STATE LEGISLATION TO, UM, COME UP WITH THEIR ANNUAL BILLING USING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S, UH, COST OF SERVICES.

UM, ONCE THEY LOOK BACK AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S COST OF SERVICE, THEY PROJE THEY, UH, COME FORWARD WITH A REQUEST FOR NEW BILLING PRICES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE IS IN A CONGLOMERATE WITH 181 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT, UM, HAS HIRED A, UH, A COMPANY TO COME IN AND NEGOTIATE FOR US ON, UM, THE TOWN'S BEHALF.

BY, BY WORKING TOGETHER IN A LARGE GROUP, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, SAVE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY OFF OUR, UH, AT BILL.

AND, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU'LL SEE FROM THE STAFF REPORT THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS IN THIS YEAR'S AT MUST CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY HAD DESIRED CHANGE TO THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT CHANGE.

SO THAT IS REALLY THE PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THIS NEW RATE, UM, AS PART OF THIS SETTLEMENT TONIGHT.

MAYOR, ALSO, UH, BEFORE I ANSWER QUESTIONS, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US, UM, ANDREA CRAWL FROM ATMOS ENERGY.

SHE'S THE, UM, MANAGER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER, SHE'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WAIT, UH, HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS? I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE COUNSEL IN THE PAST, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

YES, THAT HAVE BEEN.

THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SETTLED AND THIS RATE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, BUT WE JUST NEED TO ADOPT IT.

YEAH, I DON'T RECALL IT.

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN.

I THOUGHT I HAD A MEMORY LAPSE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR WADE OR SO WADE? JUST CLARIFYING

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THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

YES MA'AM.

GREAT SUMMARY.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1 0 0 4? SO MOVED.

TWO, RESOLUTION TWO FOUR DASH SIX SIX, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION TWO FOUR DASH SIX SIX APPROVING FY 25 FINANCIAL POLICIES.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES AND, AND MAYOR, I WILL SAY ATMO ENERGY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US.

WE'RE A VERY LONG TIME AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM HERE IN TOWN.

RIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, AGENDA ITEM J

[J.2. Discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 24-66 approving FY25 Financial Policies (Finance Director Cayce Lay Lamas)]

COME BACK.

THIS ONE SHOULD BE QUICK.

UM, LET'S SEE.

SO RESOLUTION 24 66 IS PRESENTED TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WE USE AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UM, HISTORICALLY THIS HAD BEEN AT ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE BROKE IT OUT AS ITS OWN SEPARATE ITEM FOR CLARITY, FOR DISCUSSION, FOR TRANSPARENCY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON TONIGHT ARE THE SAME FIVE POLICIES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR.

THE ONLY CHANGE OF SUBSTANCE YEAR OVER YEAR IS THE REFLECTION OF RESOLUTION 24 60 THAT MOVED THE TOWN MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO SPEND FROM THAT $20,000 CAP BACK TO THE 50 THAT IT HAD BEEN.

ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THERE ARE SIMPLY GRAMMATICAL OR CLARIFYING IN NATURE.

THE FIVE POLICIES THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE THE FINANCIAL POLICIES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR STEP ONE POLICY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAYS THIS IS HOW MUCH WE WANT FOR FUND BALANCE.

THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR DEBT SERVICE.

UM, IT ALSO HAS THE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING AND IT TELLS US WHO WE'RE REPORTING TO AND WHEN OR PURCHASING AUTHORITY.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE POLICY THAT SAYS WHO CAN BUY WHAT AT HOW MUCH.

UH, THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE DEFINE WHAT WE ACCEPT AS A TOWN AND AS AN ACADEMY FOR EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES FOR THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.

SO THOSE THAT, THAT'S JUST THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO DO.

IT DOES HAVE A SECTION IN ON RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES, SO NOT THINGS THAT WE EXPLICITLY SAY NO TO, BUT DEFINITELY WARRANT MORE DISCUSSION IF WE EVER HAVE ANY OF THOSE.

THAT POLICY ALSO SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH Y'ALL.

THE NEXT POLICY HAS TO DO WITH CONTRACTS AUTHORITY.

SO WHO CAN SIGN WHAT? AND A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT POLICY SAYS VERBAL CONTRACTS ARE NOT BINDING.

GOTTA HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN, IT'S GOTTA BE EXECUTED AND IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPER CHANNELS.

AND THEN THE LAST POLICY THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE PCARD POLICY.

THIS ISN'T NORMALLY BROUGHT TO MANY COUNCILS, BUT BECAUSE PCARDS ARE SUCH A HEAVY AREA OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.

UM, ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE DID THIS CURRENT YEAR ARE ISSUING BANK OF THE CREDIT CARD SWITCHED PROVIDERS.

SO NOW WE ARE ROLLING OUT ALL BRAND NEW CARDS.

THERE'S A BRAND NEW PORTAL, SO EVERYBODY WITH A CARD GOT TO LISTEN TO ME TALK AT THEM FOR 45 MINUTES THROUGH TRAINING AND THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW CARD WITH BRAND NEW POLICIES IN PLACE.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, CASEY, THESE POLICIES REALLY DO REPRESENT THE FINANCIAL OVERHAUL THAT YOU STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE HUGELY IMPORTANT TO THE TOWN.

I THINK MOST RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THIS.

I'M REALLY GLAD YOU DID PULL THIS OUT SEPARATELY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT 10 YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL STILL NEED THESE PULLED OUT SEPARATELY, BUT I'M HOPING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, EVEN IN 2025, YOU'LL LET US KNOW IF ANY OF THESE POLICIES NEED TO BE UPDATED OR TWEAKED OR EVOLVE AS OUR TOWN MATURES.

ABSOLUTELY.