[WORK SESSION 3:30 PM] [00:00:12] WE'RE GOING TO HOLD WORK SESSION, DISCUSS REGARDING WESTLAKE ACADEMY'S PROPOSAL TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL SECTION OF FOURTH GRADE CLASS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026. DOCTOR RICHIE. HI, GUYS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO, I WANT TO PREFACE THIS WORK SESSION WITH YOU WILL START SEEING MORE AND MORE INITIATIVES COMING FROM THE SCHOOL. WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS AND MY EGO PERSONALLY IS NOT WRAPPED UP IN ANY OF THESE. I'M BRINGING YOU THINGS FOR CONSIDERATION. I'M NOT AFRAID OF DIALOG. I'M NOT AFRAID OF QUESTIONS. I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THOSE. AND I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO LIVE OR DIE BY WHATEVER YOUR DECISION IS. SO HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT WE DO FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE BRING TO YOU. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO THEM. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LOT OF COLLABORATION AROUND THEM, SO I'M EXCITED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL TONIGHT. KELLY, WE'RE SO EXCITED. GOOD. WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. DO YOU WANT TO CO COLLABORATE WITH YOU? YEAH ABSOLUTELY. FANTASTIC. I KNOW THAT. AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER BOARD. SO, ALL RIGHT SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS THE PROPOSAL TO ADD ONE SECTION ONE ADDITIONAL SECTION OF GRADE FOUR FOR THE FALL 25 SCHOOL YEAR. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE SECTIONS OF GRADE FOUR. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO SERVE ABOUT 60 STUDENTS TOTAL AT THAT GRADE LEVEL. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE KIDS GO TO SIXTH GRADE WHEN THEY TRANSITION OUT OF FIFTH GRADE INTO SIXTH GRADE, IS WE GO TO A 75 STUDENT PER GRADE LEVEL MODEL. SO WE'RE ADDING THAT YEAR, NATURALLY 15 STUDENTS. THERE'S A THERE'S A 15 STUDENT INCREASE EVERY TIME A FIFTH GRADE CLASS LEAVES AND TRANSITIONS INTO A SIXTH GRADE CLASS. AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, ALMOST ALL 15 OF THOSE STUDENTS, IF NOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS, IS A STUDENT WHO IS FROM THE SECONDARY BOUNDARY. BECAUSE PRIMARILY WE'RE ALREADY SERVING THE WESTLAKE STUDENTS. SO THOSE 15 THAT ARE COMING IN BRAND NEW SIXTH GRADE YEAR ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SECONDARY BOUNDARY STUDENTS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT BASIC INFORMATION. NO IB, NO. YEAH. MOST YEAH ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY COMING FROM NON IB BACKGROUNDS. EXACTLY. SO, THE THOUGHT BEHIND ADDING THESE 20 STUDENTS AS THEY'RE COMING INTO GRADE FOUR IS REALLY A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DO SEE AS THEY TRANSITION UP TO THE SECONDARY LEVEL. IF WE CAN GET THEM EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS WE'RE ABLE TO INDUCT THEM INTO THE IB FRAMEWORK, THE IB CURRICULUM. THE IB PHILOSOPHY, WHICH WE KNOW IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN A TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM. IT REQUIRES MORE OF THE STUDENT. IT REQUIRES THEM TO DEVELOP A VOICE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT REQUIRES THEM TO BE MORE AUTONOMOUS WITH REGARD TO THEIR LEARNING AND MORE ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS. SO GETTING THEM THERE EARLIER PRESUMABLY WOULD INCREASE THE BUY IN TO THE PROCESS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IN JUST A SECOND. FOR THIS YEAR'S CLASS, THE CLASS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD BE INCOMING IN 25, 26, TEN OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS ON OUR WAITLIST ARE SIBLINGS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY IN OUR SCHOOL. SO, THIS THE IMPACT OF THIS FROM A FAMILY STANDPOINT, FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, WE'RE ALREADY SERVING STUDENTS FROM FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE YES. AND THEN WE ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FIGHTING AND WE'RE DIGGING INTO THIS ON A LOT OF LEVELS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-LAYERED ISSUE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES. ALMOST ALL OF OUR ATTRITION OCCURS DURING THE SECONDARY GRADE LEVELS. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THESE GRAPHS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE SURPRISING. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR ATTRITION FROM 21 TO 25. THE BLUE BARS ARE THE ELEMENTARY, THE PYP ATTRITION, AND THE ORANGE BARS ARE THE SECONDARY ATTRITION. SO, IT IS ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MANY STUDENTS THAT WE ARE LOSING DURING SECONDARY. NOW YOU GUYS KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME. THE RIGOR GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY ONCE YOU HIT MYP IT GOES UP EVEN MORE WHEN YOU HIT HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT IS AN IS AN ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING PROGRAM. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS WITH THE PROGRAM. THE CAS HOURS, THE EXTENDED ESSAY, THE PERSONAL PROJECT IN 10TH GRADE. [00:05:04] SO, THESE ARE ALL THINGS IF A STUDENT HAS COME UP AND THEY'VE DONE THE EXHIBITION AS A PYP STUDENT, THEN THEY KIND OF HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD ON AS THEY'RE GOING UP AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE ANCILLARY PROJECTS LOOK LIKE. YES. OF COURSE. YEAH. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN 10 TO 11 IS LIKE THE KILLER. YES. YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ORANGE AND WHAT THE ATTRITION IS BECAUSE MY GUESS IS IT'S VERY SKEWED TOWARDS THAT. YEAH. LET ME. POST TEN. I CAN PULL THOSE NUMBERS UP. I DON'T. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S 50% OF THE MY GUESS WOULD BE YEAH. THE MAJORITY OF THE ATTRITION WOULD BE THAT YEAR. D'ARCY THAT WORK WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS MY FRAME OF REFERENCE. BUT YOU GET A LOT. BUT YEAH. SO I'M AND I CAN SHARE. BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, TODD, I THINK THAT NDP IT'S PRETTY LEVEL. WE HAVE VERY FEW WHO LEAVE. ONCE YOU GET TO DP YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE EVERY FEW YEARS LEAVE, BUT IT'S VERY MINIMAL IN DP. 11. IT'S COMMITMENT TIME. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. THE TRANSITION. YEAH, YEAH. SO, ON MY AND HIGH SCHOOL. BUT. BECAUSE I THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, MOST OF OUR INFLUX FROM THE LOTTERY HAS BEEN IN THAT SEVENTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE AGAIN REFLECTING THE ATTRITION IN THOSE YEARS. YEAH. SO, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT, ANNA, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT STAFF HAS TOLD ME. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY FIRST YEAR HERE. SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE YET, BUT I TRUST. I TRUST DARCY, I TRUST THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KEEP HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS WHEN WE BRING KIDS IN, AT THOSE AT THE OLDER AGE LEVELS, THEIR ABILITY TO TRANSITION INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS VERY DIFFICULT. AND SO WHAT WE END UP GETTING ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER ACADEMICALLY NOT PREPARED SOCIALLY NOT PREPARED, BECAUSE WESTLAKE ACADEMY IS A DIFFERENT PLACE. AND SO, TRANSITIONING INTO THAT SOMETIMES IS NOT AS EASY AS WE MIGHT WANT IT TO BE. AND WE OFTEN SEE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN LATE THEN LEAVING AGAIN. AND SO THAT JUST PUTS US IN THIS CONSTANT ROTATION OF NEW FACES. AND LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT DEMONSTRATES THIS. THIS IS FROM A FIVE YEAR STANDPOINT, THE AGGREGATE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT IS I MEAN THAT'S STAGGERING. THE STUDENTS THAT WE ARE LOSING YEAR OVER YEAR ARE ESSENTIALLY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL. AND TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IN THAT MIDDLE AGE RANGE, WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE OR WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO OUR SCHOOL, THE BIGGEST COMMENT FOR KIDS COMING IN IS, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S NO MORE MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE ALL FILL IN THE BLANK OR ESSAY. AND ALSO THE FACT IS THAT YOUR GRADE YOU'RE GRADED ON THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO, WHEREAS YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST RESTED ON YOUR LAURELS WITH A 91% YOU, THAT DOESN'T GET YOU AN A AT WESTLAKE. SO THOSE ARE HUGE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS. I THINK. THEY ARE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE USED TO JUST A NORMAL SCANTRON TYPE TEST. AND ONE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH THIS ATTRITION WAS AROUND SOME TYPE OF ORIENTATION TO KIDS COMING IN SO THAT THEY WERE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO. YES. AND TO THE ADMINISTRATORS. YES. AND TO THE ADMINISTRATORS CREDIT, THEY HAVE DONE THAT. WE'VE DONE A, WE'VE DONE AN ORIENTATION NOW WITH SIXTH GRADE, WE'RE DOING ONE WITH NINTH GRADE SO THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THOSE KIDS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR BRAND NEW STUDENTS GET A PRETTY PERSONALIZED ONE. SO THERE ARE THINGS BEING DONE, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THIS IS MULTI-LAYERED. THIS IS NOT GOING TO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE FIXED BY ONE FRONT. THIS IS GOING TO BE MULTIPLE FRONTS. IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE DIGGING INTO THAT 75% OF THAT CIRCLE TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE MISSING, BECAUSE EVEN ADDING, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDING THIS ADDITIONAL CLASS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. IT'S ONE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. MICHAEL, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION. ARE YOU SURE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF WE GO OVER, IT'S FINE. WE CAN DELAY THE OTHER MEETING. KELLY, THE ONE THING I LIKE ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THE ATTRITION IS GETTING BETTER. RIGHT? JUST OVER THAT. IT IS SO. SO. YEAH. AND SO WE TALK A LOT KIND OF TONGUE IN CHEEK ABOUT THE COVID EFFECT. AND SO I THINK THAT POTENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE RIGHT AFTER THAT I MEAN WE'RE SEEING SOME OF SOME OF THOSE WORST YEARS HOPEFULLY STARTING TO FLATLINE A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND THEN LEFT TO DO. THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN MULLED AROUND HERE FOREVER STARTING THE TRUE IB PROGRAM EARLIER IS GOING TO SOFTEN. YES, EXACTLY. IT'S A SOFT LAUNCH. RATHER THAN THROWING THEM INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT WHEN THE STAKES BECOME MUCH HIGHER. [00:10:07] IS THERE A IS THERE A PRESUMPTION, OR SHOULD I MAKE A PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILDREN WHO ARE TRIPPED ARE NOT ONES WHO CAME FROM THE BEGINNING THROUGH WESTLAKE? SO NOT EXCLUSIVELY. I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE STUDENTS WHO START WITH US IN KINDERGARTEN, AND AT SOME POINT THEY REACH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S EITHER A DISCONNECT OF SOME SORT OR THERE ARE DIFFERENT DESIRES FOR SCHOOL. I MEAN, WE KNOW IF YOU GO, IF YOU WANT A HIGH LEVEL, EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE COLLEGE RECRUITING TYPE PROGRAM FOR ATHLETICS. WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE YOUR DESTINATION. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACADEMICS, I MEAN, YOU WILL SEE KIDS THAT KIND OF MAX OUT WITH EITHER NOT NOT NORMALLY THE ACADEMIC PROWESS, BUT THE MOTIVATION. THAT'S WHERE MOST KIDS THAT'S WHERE IT GETS MOST KIDS. MICHAEL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS LEAVING, IT'S THE ACADEMIC COMPONENT SHE TALKS ABOUT OR SOME PARENTS WANT TO HAVE TRACKING. THEY WANT THEIR KID IN THE HIGHEST TRACKED MATH PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE HIGHEST TRACKED FOREIGN LANGUAGE. WE DON'T HAVE TRACKING. THAT'S NOT THE IB STRUCTURE, BUT THAT OR SELECT SPORTS PROGRAM OR A SWIM TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE. WE DON'T HAVE A SWIMMING POOL. SO THOSE ARE. WE DO NOW. YEAH OKAY. SORRY. YEAH. THOSE WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF REASONS TO LEAVE. BUT I THINK THAT UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ORIENTATION WHEN THE CHILD COMES IN SO THAT THEY'RE THEY CAN ANTICIPATE SOME OF THESE THINGS HOPEFULLY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANYTIME WE BRING AN INITIATIVE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES IS HEY, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THIS IS, THESE ARE VERY RAW NUMBERS, AND I USED THE MOST CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS THAT WE COULD USE FOR REVENUE, BECAUSE I DON'T. I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU. THIS IS THESE ARE THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM FOR EVERY STUDENT FROM THE STATE, JUST THAT VERY BASE NUMBER YOU'LL SEE THAT AS 6160, AND THEN WE DO GET A SMALL SCHOOLS ALLOTMENT AS WELL AS A, A SMALL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE IN AND FACTOR BOTH OF THOSE TOTALS TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST UNDER 7400 A STUDENT. YOU TAKE THAT TIMES 20. YOU COME UP WITH THE NUMBER THERE OF $147,600. NOW FROM THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME A TEACHER. SO WE LOOK AT TEACHER SALARY AND BENEFITS. I FIGURED ON THE HIGH END THERE WITH ABOUT 90,000. AND THEN ROSIE HAS DONE A QUOTE FOR THE FOR THE FURNITURE. SO LOOKING AT FURNITURE, TECHNOLOGY, CONSUMABLES WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT ANOTHER 10,000. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT OUT YEAR ONE, WHICH WOULD BE 2526, BECAUSE THE PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE THOSE KIDS JOIN US IN THE FALL. WE'RE LOOKING AT A REVENUE OF 47,600. AND THEN FOR YEAR TWO, THAT WOULD GO UP SLIGHTLY BECAUSE THE CLASSROOM WOULD ALREADY BE OUTFITTED WITH FURNITURE. THAT WOULD BE A ONE TIME EXPENSE. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SINCE THIS IS ALL WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LATELY, OUR PER STUDENT, THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR 8800 IS THAT JUST SOME OTHER? THOSE ARE, YES. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. LIKE OUR AVERAGE OUR TOTAL AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 8800 PER STUDENT. I DON'T WANT TO USE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE TIED TO VERY SPECIFIC KINDS OF KIDS OR EVENTS. AND SO, I DON'T AGAIN, I'VE USED THE MOST CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS POSSIBLE. I SEE THAT ITS GOING THE WRONG WAY. IDEALLY, AND IF ANY OF OUR WORK PAYS OFF WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE LEGISLATURE, MAYBE THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP. AND THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TOO. I HOPE SO. WHY ISN'T THAT SECOND YEAR SIMPLY 10,000 MORE THAN THE FIRST YEAR? I'M SORRY. WHY IS IT SINCE THE 10,000 IS A ONE TIME COST, WHY IS IT NOT JUST 57,600 RATHER THAN 54,000? I'M JUST DOING MATH. I KNOW, DID I MISS THAT. CONSUMABLES, MIKE. 3%. MICHAEL. WHAT WAS THAT? THOSE CONSUMABLES THAT RECUR. OH. IT'S CONSUMABLES. YES, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME INTO THE CLASSROOM THAT WILL GET USED THAT YEAR AND THEN WON'T BE. YES, EXACTLY. THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I MADE THAT HARD. HE'S OVERLOOKING ALL OF US. HE'S KEEPING US. ALL RIGHT. SO WHERE ARE WE GETTING THIS SPACE? I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WONDERING, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC PLACES THAT WE NEED SOME MORE SPACE. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THIS SPACE EXISTS CURRENTLY. IT'S ON THE CAMPUS. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE IN JUST A MINUTE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF OF ALL OF THE WORKSHOP THAT WAS DONE AROUND BAKER TILLY IN THE FALL WAS LOOKING AT WASTE, REDUNDANCY, HOW TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFECTIVE. AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES. THERE ARE POCKETS OF SPACE ON CAMPUS THAT ARE EITHER BEING UNDERUTILIZED OR NOT UTILIZED FOR THE EXACT PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE INTENDED. CURRENTLY, THE SPACE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MISS HUGHES, OUR PYP PRINCIPAL. SHE IS OFFICING IN THIS CLASSROOM. IT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF SPACE. [00:15:04] IT'S AWESOME BECAUSE WE DO GET TO USE IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES. SO IF WE NEED A LUNCH MEETING, WE CAN PUT TABLES UP IN THERE. BUT PRIMARILY IT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, WHICH IS A CLASSROOM. AND WE WOULD RELOCATE MISS HUGHES FOR NEXT YEAR. SO LET'S LOOK AT AND I WANT TO PREFACE THIS WITH THIS DOES NOT NEGATE THE NEED FOR A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT SPACE. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I COME TO YOU AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT SPACES THAT WE WE NEED AND THAT STUDENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT. YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, FORGET THAT. I PREFACED IT WITH THAT. THIS IS THIS IS THE CURRENT SPACE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS IN THE PYP2 BUILDING. AND SO THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE HALL TOWARDS THE FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOMS OUT TO THE PLAYGROUND. THAT'S WHERE THIS IS LOCATED. IT'S THE DOOR ON THE LEFT. IT'S RIGHT BY WHERE THE LITTLE GIRL IS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE LOCKERS. IT'S THE GIRL ON THE LEFT, THE DOOR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THAT'S A LOOK INSIDE THE CLASSROOM. AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS MISS HUGHES OFFICE. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT ON A MAP, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE ACTUAL MAP OF THE BUILDING. SO AGAIN, THIS IS YOU COME IN THE FRONT DOOR HERE IT'S PIP ONE. AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS LOBBY THAT BECOMES THE PIP TWO BUILDING. AND IT IS IN POD F ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE THAT STAR IS SO THAT IS THE QUESTION THEN IF OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BEING USED AS HER OFFICING. NOW, WHERE WILL HER OFFICE SHIFT BACK TO WHERE THE THAT OFFICE WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE MARKED TEACHER? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS. WE WOULDN'T DISPLACE ANY. THERE WOULD BE NO TEACHERS DISPLACED IN THIS PLAN. I MEAN, THE PRIORITY, THE INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRITY OF OUR CLASSROOM SPACE AND LEARNING SPACE IS THE PRIORITY. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS IN MIND. I DON'T WANT TO PANIC ANYONE BY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY IF THEY HEAR THE RECORDING. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE. THE EASIEST ONE. JUST FOR POINT OF CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, BUT WHERE IT SAYS TEACHER ON THAT POD F THAT ACTUALLY IS A REALLY LARGE OFFICE AND IT CAN HOUSE MULTIPLE PEOPLE. SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THERE RIGHT NOW. WE COULD DO SOME PARTITIONS. IT COULD EASILY HOUSE A THIRD PERSON. DURING MY TIME IN THAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL, THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS. AND SO THAT COULD EASILY HAPPEN. AND WE COULD MOVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE AROUND, BUT THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH ADMIN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. BUT Y'ALL HAVE THAT COVERED. IT'S NOT. YEAH. IT'S A DISCUSSION. IT'S A PLAN. AND YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT PROBABLY ROSIE WILL KILL ME BECAUSE IT'LL BE SOME OF THE SAME STUFF WE'VE MOVED FOR THIS YEAR. BUT IT'S OKAY. WE'LL ADJUST, SO. QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. SO, I GUESS WE ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE IS ATTRITION. SO RIGHT ONCE THESE KIDS GO THROUGH THIS OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER SECTION OF FIFTH GRADE. YEAH. SO THAT'S CORRECT. SO ONCE THESE KIDS, IF THEY COME IN THE FALL, THEY'RE THEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO THEN HAVE THAT FOURTH SECTION OF FIFTH GRADE AND THEN WHEN THEY TRANSITION UP. SO, WE'RE KIND OF DOING IT A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO GET THEM HERE. FOURTH GRADE IS A REALLY CRITICAL YEAR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AT THE LEARNING CYCLE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING OUT OF KIND OF THOSE FIRST MEASUREMENTS FROM STAR AND THINGS THAT WE CAN BUILD ON, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME TO GET THEM. AND BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY THEN ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WOULD WE WOULD NEED TO SERVE THEM THEN IN FIFTH GRADE. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT DOING A PILOT LIKE THIS IS IF WE DID IT NEXT YEAR AND IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE JUST DON'T ADD ANOTHER FOURTH GRADE NEXT YEAR. YOU WE REVISIT WE REFLECT BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS WHAT WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME DOING. HOW DID THIS WORK? DID WE GET WHAT WE EXPECTED TO GET? DID IT WORK THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO WORK? AND THEN YOU JUST DECIDE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THEM ON UP TO FIFTH GRADE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD A NEW FOURTH GRADE. SO THEN AT THAT TIME WE WOULD HAVE YEAH, YOU COULD, WE COULD FOR SURE REVISIT. YES. I MEAN I THINK THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, IS IN TERMS OF SPACE, IT'S GREAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR. IT LOOKS LIKE LOOKS LIKE WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE SPACE, BUT CLEARLY THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 20 MORE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. SO WE NEED ANOTHER SPACE AND WE DO HAVE THAT. WE DO HAVE THAT WORKED OUT TO YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS. ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT THE ATTRITION WILL KIND OF CANCEL OUT THE EXTRA FOURTH GRADE CLASS SO THAT WE MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE IDEAL CLASS SIZE UP IN DP? YES. SO THERE IS NO THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF ONE OF TWO THINGS CAN HAPPEN THERE. EITHER THIS HELPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ATTRITION THAT IS COMING. LET'S SAY WE BRING THESE KIDS IN AND WE GET SUCH A RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT THEY ARE IN. [00:20:03] THEY ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE DOING THE CURRICULUM AND THE ACADEMICS THE WAY WE NEED THEM TO. THEY'VE ACCLIMATED. AND THEN WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS AT THE OLDER GRADE LEVELS. THE GREAT THING IS WE JUST YOU THEN ACCOMMODATE THEM IN SMALLER LIKE WE HAVE FOUR SECTIONS INSTEAD OF THREE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S A VERY DOABLE THING. OKAY, GOOD. VERY FEW OF THOSE CLASSES ARE A SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD NEED ENTIRE SECTIONS FOR AN ENTIRE CLASS, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENTIATION BECOMES SUCH THAT ONCE STUDENTS START SELECTING WHAT THEY WANT YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SO REGULATED THE WAY IT IS IN PYP. THAT'S GREAT NEWS BECAUSE OUR DP CLASSES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT ON THE SMALLER SIDE. I THINK WE'D BE HAPPY WITH THE LARGER CLASS SIZE FOR THE KIDS. YEAH. YEAH, SOMETIMES CLASSES CAN ACTUALLY BE TOO SMALL. FROM A PRIOR TEACHER, FROM A PREVIOUS TEACHER. IT IS IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO DO A VERY SMALL CLASS. AND KELLY, I THINK THE OVERARCHING GOAL HERE, AT LEAST HOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, IS GETTING THESE KIDS IN EARLIER. I LIKE THE THINGS ABOUT THE BROTHERS OR SISTERS. THAT'S A GREAT STORY. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT FOR THE KIDS AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET AND STAY IN OUR SYSTEM LONGER THROUGH GRADUATION. THAT'S THE GOAL. THAT'S FOR SURE THE GOAL. AND I LOVE THE TEST AND ALL THE DATA TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, BUT I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE. DO YOU WANT TO? WE'RE NOT GOING TO. WE WILL NOT VOTE ON IT NOW. WE'LL VOTE ON IT. THE REGULAR MEETING DOES THE STATE FUNDING COME, STUDENTS COME. SO THAT'S A THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, TODD. IT IS. ANY STATE FUNDING IS A YEAR DELAYED. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE GET FUNDED BASED ON PROJECTIONS. AND THEN ONCE THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE REALIZED, THEN THE STATE COMES THROUGH WITH THE FUNDING. SO. NO, I MEAN, WE CAN PROJECT IT WITH THE WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, TO HELP WITH THAT MESSAGING, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT KIDS IN CLASSES EQUAL MORE MONEY FOR US. BUT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY IT'S A PRETTY SAFE GUARANTEE. YEAH. MARLENE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? NO, NO. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY THE WAY ALL OF ALL OF SCHOOL FUNDING WORKS, UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH, YEAH. YES. ABSOLUTELY. WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR SURE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S. SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. SURE. THAT'S OKAY. SO IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR OF TEA FISCAL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, THEY PROVIDE OUR REVENUE BASED ON THE ADA FROM PRIOR YEAR. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WILL COME THROUGH. AND THAT'S HOW OUR PAYMENTS ARE BUILT ON THAT. AND THEN AS THE ATTENDANCE REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED EVERY SIX WEEKS, THOSE ARE CHANGED AS WE GO. ALSO, ONCE A YEAR WE DO ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS. SO, THE LAST ATTENDANCE PROJECTION WAS DUE IN DECEMBER, AND THAT IS TO PROJECT THE ATTENDANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR OR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 26 OR 20, 26 AND 27. SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE AN OVERLAY OF HOW WE'RE PROJECTING THE ATTENDANCE. AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE OUR FUNDING. THEY WILL DO A SETTLEMENT OR A SETTLE UP, WHICH COMES AFTER THE PEIM'S SUMMER SUBMISSION. SO IN THE SUMMER AND THEN USUALLY IN AUGUST SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME, WE MAY SEE A SETTLE UP. THEY TRUE IT UP. YES. THANK YOU MARLENE. THEY MAKE IT AS CONVOLUTED AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S AS I'M LEARNING. YES. OKAY, KELLY, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT. SO WE'RE ADDING 20 MORE STUDENTS. SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S 20 MORE STUDENTS FOR SPECIALS, FOR LUNCH, FOR PLAYGROUNDS, FOR ALL THAT. HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE? THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. SO I TALKED TO MISS HUGHES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T SPEAKING OUT OF TURN. AND SO THE WAY WE DO IT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE COLOR GROUPS IN PYP, AND SO EVERY STUDENT WHO'S IN A GRADE LEVEL IS DIVIDED AMONGST THREE COLOR GROUPS. AND SO, BETH TOLD ME THAT IT WAS VERY SIMPLE BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS THEY ADD A FOURTH COLOR GROUP INSTEAD OF THREE ROTATIONS. THERE'S FOUR. AND I SAID, AND THERE'S TIME IN THE DAY TO DO THIS. AND SHE SAID YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT IT'S JUST A NON-ISSUE SO THAT PARTICULAR THING IS A NON-ISSUE. SO DOES THAT MEAN, I MEAN, DO YOU THAT OBVIOUSLY PUTS MORE WORKLOAD ON THE SPECIALS TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXTRA SESSION. THERE'S TIME IN THE DAY FOR ALL OF THESE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO REDUCE THE TIME THAT THE STUDENTS. NO, IT WOULDN'T REDUCE THE TIME. WE HAVE REDUCED SPANISH A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR JUST AS A RESULT OF SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AROSE. SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADJUSTMENTS ALREADY THIS YEAR THAT KIND OF WOULD PAVE THE WAY TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE EASIER. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE JUST SPACE, CAFETERIA SPACE? [00:25:03] I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IN SOME OF OUR SPACES WE ARE. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE THE SPACE. REALLY. THE SPACE FOR CAFETERIA IS NOT FOR THE FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS, ELEMENTARY. THE SPACE IS OKAY. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE'RE FACING IN THAT AREA IS JUST THE SETUP TAKEDOWN. SO SETTING UP, TAKING DOWN IS GOING TO OCCUR WHETHER THOSE 20 STUDENTS ARE THERE OR NOT. AND IT TAKES IT TAKES ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN EVERY DAY. SO IS THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE SPACES ARE USED ON FOR PE? YES. YES, IT'S A YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SO THEY'RE HAVING PE, THEY HAVE TO STOP PE. THEY HAVE TO SET UP FOR LUNCH. THE FLOORS HAVE TO BE MOPPED CLEAN TABLES PUT BACK UP EVERYTHING, PUT BACK AWAY SO THEY CAN RESUME PE. IT IS. IT'S NOT AN IDEAL. SO HOLD THAT IN YOUR HEAD. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPACE AT SOME FUTURE POINT THAT IS THAT IS FOR SURE A PROBLEM AREA FOR US. AND THEN IN TERMS OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAYGROUND TIME IS FOR FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADE LEVELS, IS THIS DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF ISSUE THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR? YES, WE DO, BECAUSE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE 20 KIDS, RIGHT? THE FOLLOWING YEAR, REMEMBER, THEY WON'T ALL BE IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME. OKAY. SO IT'LL BE THOSE KIDS WOULD BE SPREAD OUT AMONGST THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES. OKAY, GREAT. AND NEW SHADES. AND WHAT? NEW SHADES? NEW SHADES. YEAH, EXACTLY. NEW SHADES, WHICH ARE AWESOME IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY TO SEE THE NEW SHADES. COME, COME SEE THEM. THEY'RE REALLY IMPRESSIVE. ALL RIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YEAH. NO IT'S GREAT. SO IN TERMS OF WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING A TEACHER FOR THIS CLASS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW FROM GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFFING IS OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PUTTING US TOP HEAVY. IS THERE GOING TO BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD? IS THERE GOING TO BE MAYBE SOME WAY TO ABSORB THIS OR TO SHIFT POSITIONS WITH. SO WE'RE GOING LINE BY LINE AND HAVE BEEN REALLY SINCE ABOUT SEPTEMBER TO SEE AGAIN WHERE THAT WASTE REDUNDANCY, WHERE CAN WE CONSOLIDATE, WHERE IS THERE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF REWORK THINGS. SO, WE'RE IN THE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A FULL LIST OF THAT NOW. IS THERE ALL YOU KNOW? IS THAT GOING TO BE THE MAGIC BULLET? NO. BUT I MEAN, THERE'S GOOD FAITH EFFORTS GOING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. YEAH. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE'RE TAKING IN 20 STUDENTS OFF ASSUME, I ASSUME OFF THE WAIT LIST. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE. SO IF WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO NEED, LIKE, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITH OUR CURRENT STAFFING OR WILL THAT POTENTIALLY BE. YES, THAT NEEDS MORE. THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZED THIS YEAR WAS WE REALLY NEEDED A BCBA. SO, A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN USING A CONTRACTED ONE. AND MARLENE COULD SPEAK TO THIS TOO. THOSE AMOUNTS HAVE REALLY TOTALED UP. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE POSTED FOR, FOR THE FALL IS TO HAVE ONE IN HOUSE SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY CUT THAT EXPENSE A LITTLE BIT. SO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SERVE SCHOOL WIDE, WHICH ARE MOST OF OUR COORDINATORS, MOST OF OUR SPECIALISTS. THEY'RE THERE ANYWAY. SO IN THE EVENT, WITHIN THIS 20 STUDENTS, WE HAD A STUDENT OR SOME STUDENTS THAT NEEDED THOSE SERVICES. WE ARE PAYING TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE ON STAFF ALREADY. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE IF IT INCREASES COST OTHER PLACES THEN YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. DOCTOR RICHIE? YES, SIR. SORRY TO BE THE VOICE OF DISEMBODIED. FROM ABOVE. VOICE? YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU PUT THE FINANCIAL PICTURE TOGETHER FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE FOURTH GRADE. BUT IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING ATTRITION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED EXPANSION AT THE UPPER GRADE LEVELS. AND I THINK THE ECONOMICS ARE DIFFERENT AS THE STUDENTS AGE AND GO INTO THE HIGHER CLASSES. SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE CONTEXT THAT WE'VE GOT A SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE WITH THE ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE GET TO IT. COULD YOU EXTEND THAT COST MODEL SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU KNOW, MORE STUDENTS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS IMPACTS OUR SUSTAINABILITY EITHER MAKING IT A TALLER ORDER OR AN EASIER ORDER. AS THE JUST AS THE DYNAMICS CHANGE WHEN THE KIDS GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE OR THE UPPER GRADES, RATHER. YES. AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT FROM A VERY GLOBAL STATEMENT THAT I WOULD NEED TO GET THE ACTUAL DATA TO YOU. BUT WHAT WE DO FIND TYPICALLY IN SCHOOLS IN K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS IS LOWER GRADES AND THE HIGHER GRADES, THE MORE DIFFERENTIATION THAT YOU HAVE TO ENACT. SO, SO BY THE TIME YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE DIPLOMA PROGRAM COURSES, THE MORE DIFFERENTIATION, THE MORE OPTIONS THAT WE ARE OFFERING STUDENTS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, BUT THAT IN THAT INHERENTLY RAISES YOUR COSTS. [00:30:01] WHEREAS ACROSS PYP, K THROUGH FIVE, YOU'RE OFFERING A VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS, A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENTIATION HERE AND THERE, BUT MOST OF THAT'S OCCURRING WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. YOU HAVE TEACHERS K THROUGH FIVE THAT ARE TEACHING ALL SUBJECT AREAS. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HIRE SPECIALISTS IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS THE WAY YOU DO AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PARTICULARLY AT HIGH SCHOOL YOU'RE JUST NOT SEEING THE INCURRED EXPENSES AROUND THAT THAT YOU DO SEE LATER ON. AND I KNOW THAT DOESN'T DIG INTO THE NUMBERS. WE CAN DO THAT FOR SURE, THOUGH. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BUT ANNA, KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, SAY THESE 20 GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE ROOM IN CLASS SIZE FOR LATER YEARS, RIGHT. YES WE DO. WE HAVE SPACE THAT OPENS UP. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, WE'VE SEEN THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOCTOR RITCHIE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. PERFECT ON TIME. I NOW ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. 04:01. I WILL NOW CALL THE [A. CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT] REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 4:01 P.M.. WELCOME TO THE WESTLAKE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. I'LL NOW HAVE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES THIS EVENING. INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR CLAYTON REED OF SOUTHLAKE BAPTIST CHURCH. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET'S PRAY. DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING AND FOR THIS COUNCIL. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AS THEY WORK ON THE AGENDA. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY CONSIDER A STRATEGIC PLAN. WE JUST ASK IN ALL OF THE WORKING THAT THEY PARTAKE IN TONIGHT, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM INTEGRITY AND WISDOM AND FORESIGHT, AND THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO PLAN FOR THIS CITY'S FUTURE. LORD, WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT WORK ACROSS THE AREA TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM. PROTECT THEM. BE WITH OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE STREET TONIGHT. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AND HELP AS THEY SERVE OUR CITIZENS. LORD, WE ALSO GIVE THANKS TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO US. LORD, WE GO HOME TO WARM HOUSES AND WARM CARS. YOU BLESSED US. YOU PROTECTED US. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THANKFULNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE AND THE PLEDGE OF THE TEXAS FLAG. AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR ACADEMY STUDENTS HERE WITH US, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM. WE HAVE EGAN SANCAR, AND HE'S IN GRADE ONE, AND SAWYER TIDMAN IS GRADE FIVE, CASSIDY TIDMAN IS GRADE SEVEN, JOCELYN TIDMAN IS GRADE NINE AND BECKY GOOBER, WHAT GRADE ARE YOU? GRADE FIVE. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THIS GREAT GROUP OF STUDENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE THE LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS. YOU WANT TO HOLD THE MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. GREAT JOB. ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN AND PARENT COMMENTS TONIGHT? DO NOT BELIEVE SO. SO, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. [D.1. Items of Community Interest (Communications Director Jon Sasser)] MR. SASSER. ALL RIGHT SIR. FANTASTIC. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, BUT A SPECIAL ONE, SO I'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. OUR NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, MARCH 3RD. PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH. [00:35:03] WESTLAKE ACADEMY SPRING BREAK IS GOING TO BE MARCH 17TH TO THE 21ST. AND THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 24TH. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT UP. ON MARCH 4TH WITH AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON MARCH 29TH, I BELIEVE IT'S AT BILLY BOB'S. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CAPTAIN ACOSTA AND EMILY MITCHELL FROM THE SALVATION ARMY WITH A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? WELL MY NAME IS EMILY MITCHELL, AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE SALVATION ARMY OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SALVATION ARMY OF NORTH TEXAS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SOCIAL SERVICES AREAS IN THE DFW. WE SERVE VERY MANY PEOPLE. AND I JUST WANTED TO START OUT BY SHARING OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THE SALVATION ARMY, AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT, IS AN EVANGELICAL PART OF THE UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH. ITS MESSAGE IS BASED ON THE BIBLE. ITS MINISTRY IS MOTIVATED BY THE LOVE OF GOD. AND ITS MISSION IS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS IN HIS NAME WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. AND TODAY I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MAYOR GREAVES HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISING TOTAL IN TARRANT COUNTY. YES. YES. FOR THE SALVATION ARMY 2024 RED KETTLE MAYORAL CHALLENGE. THROUGH YOUR DEDICATED EFFORTS, WE HAVE RAISED $1,277.67 TO SUPPORT THE NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CORPS. THAT'S AMAZING. AND WE'RE TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GOLDEN BELL. EXCELLENT. AND A PLAQUE IS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANKS. A LOT OF FUN. OH, GOOD. ALSO WITH US. WELL THAT HELPED. SHE'S A VERY PRETTY LADY. SO. YES. EXCELLENT. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. THAT WAS. THAT WAS. DO IT AGAIN. NEXT. ALRIGHT. THANKS, EVERYONE. AND THOSE ARE YOUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. MAYOR, HOW DO YOU LOOK IN A SANTA SUIT? HOW DO YOU LOOK IN A SANTA SUIT? I DON'T, I DON'T. WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT COME TREE LIGHTING. I GOTTA TELL YOU THE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAD A AN EVENT. WE WENT TO A GEARED FOR GREATNESS, WHICH WAS A WOMEN'S EVENT. AND CHARLOTTE JONES SPOKE ABOUT HOW SHE GOT THE SALVATION ARMY TO COME TO THE THANKSGIVING GAME AND THE WHOLE STORY. AND SHE TALKED ABOUT LIKE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SALVATION ARMY, IF YOU REALLY LOOK WHAT THEY DO, IT'S AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION. BUT WE WERE AT THE HASLET WALMART FOR THREE HOURS. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY FUN TO DO. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO DO. SO I'M GLAD WE COULD HELP AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE WON. SO ANYWAY, THANKS JON YOU GUYS. YEAH, I GOT TO THE OTHER BARS. CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES OR QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? [E. CONSENT AGENDA] CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION. COUNCIL. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. SHE DID YOU JUST. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. AND WE ALL SAID. YEAH, I THINK WE SAID AYE. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS, RECEIVED PRESENTATION, DISCUSS. [F.1. Receive presentation and discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 25-08 approving and adopting the Town of Westlake Strategic Plan 2025-2032 (Town Manager Wade Carroll)] CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION 25-08, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 TO 2032. MR. CARROLL COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE PRESENTING AS PART OF YOUR PACKET. THE COMPLETED STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REAL HARD ON THIS WITH BAKER TILLY OVER THE LAST SIX, EIGHT MONTHS. CAROL JACOBS WITH BAKER TILLY IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND IS GOING TO GIVE OUR FINAL PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIC DOCUMENT. AT THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO DISCUSS TONIGHT OR FOLLOW IT UP WITH A DIFFERENT SESSION IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT SESSION FOR A LITTLE DEEPER DISCUSSION. IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN. YES, SIR. I'D LOVE TO. MISS JACOBS TO GIVE HER FINAL PRESENTATION. YES. THANK YOU, SIR. WELCOME. THANK YOU. LOVELY WEATHER TO TRAVEL. YOU KNOW, I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CALIFORNIA. NO, I LOVE TO BE IN TEXAS WITH YOU ALL. I'M CAROL JACOBS WITH BAKER TILLY. [00:40:02] I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU SINCE LAST JULY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH YOU. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THAT HAS REALLY DONE A COMPLETE PACKAGE. AND SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT TODAY WITH YOU. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. HOW WE GOT HERE? SO YOU ALL TOOK A REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH MOST AGENCIES DON'T DO. THEY JUST DO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PART. BUT YOU ADDED FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES ARE AND THEN HOW THOSE ALL GET DONE BY WADE AND HIS STAFF. AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? SO AS I SAID, YOU HAVE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS, OF THIS PLAN, AND THEY ARE ALL IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAD A LARGE TEAM WORKING ON THIS, A TEAM THAT DID JUST FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. IT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WESTLAKE ACADEMIES FINANCES AS WELL AS THE TOWN'S FINANCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF LAND LEFT TO DEVELOP. SO, WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WERE. AND OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS, I THINK, FOR YOU TO MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN FINALLY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? LET'S TALK ABOUT FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FIRST. SO WHY DO WHY BOTHER. RIGHT. WHY DO THIS? YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET. BUT LIFE IS NOT AN ANNUAL BUDGET. LIFE GOES ON YEARS AND YEARS AT A TIME. AND SO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAN AND FORECAST YOUR FINANCES OVER, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS. AND AS, AS CONDITIONS CHANGE, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT PLAN. IT GIVES YOU CREDIBILITY WITH THE PUBLIC IF YOU IF YOUR FINANCES ARE IN ORDER. THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO TRUST YOU MUCH MORE THAN IF NOT. IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE. ANYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK THIS DOCUMENT UP AND UNDERSTAND IT AND WHAT IT MEANS. AND IT LINKS TO SOUND FISCAL PRACTICES. IF THERE ARE THINGS WITHIN YOUR FISCAL POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED, YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH THIS PLAN. AND FINALLY, IT ALLOWS YOU, YOU AS THE POLICY MAKERS TO REALLY MAKE GOOD, INFORMED FISCAL DECISIONS. EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE IS A FISCAL ONE. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCES OF ALL YOUR DECISIONS, BECAUSE OFTEN THE DECISION YOU MAKE TODAY HAS LONG TERM IMPACTS 15, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW. WHEN WE LOOKED AT YOUR PLAN, THERE WERE FOUR MAJOR THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, THAT THE FULL PLAN IS IN YOUR DOCUMENT. YOU'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, WHICH ALLOWED THE TOWN TO RECEIVE ONE TIME REVENUES. IT'S NEVER A GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE ONGOING PROGRAMS WITH ONE TIME REVENUES. THAT'S JUST KIND OF BASIC FINANCE 101. BUT THE TOWN HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE TO REALLY KIND OF IMPLEMENT A LOT, A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS. SO NOW, NOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DEVELOPMENT SLOWS? THINGS AND THINGS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. THE ACADEMY IS A UNIQUE AMENITY. THERE ARE NOT MANY TOWNS THAT HAVE THAT ACADEMY. AND AS I HEARD EARLIER, YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY PROUD AND ENGAGED IN THAT. AND IT'S A IT'S A HUGE COMMUNITY ASSET AND IT NEEDS TO WORK IN, IN CONCERT WITH THE WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOWN. FINALLY, WE MADE SOME REALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS. THEY'RE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. AND I KNOW MR. MAYOR, YOU AND I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. YES. AND THE REASON WE DO THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME BACKGROUND IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. WHEN YOU SEE A HALF $1 MILLION, A $500 MILLION PROJECT, GO BELLY UP. YEAH. IN FRONT OF, IN, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PUBLIC SHOWING UP ON A PROJECT AND YOU WERE COUNTING ON THOSE REVENUES. THAT'S A HUGE HIT TO YOU. SO AS THINGS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THIS MODEL CAN BE UPDATED QUARTERLY, MONTHLY, WHENEVER CASEY DECIDES IT'S APPROPRIATE AS THOSE REVENUES COME IN. SO THEN YOU HAVE GOOD SOLID NUMBERS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE PIE IN THE SKY NUMBERS. IT'S JUST NOT GOOD PRACTICE. AND FINALLY, IF NOTHING CHANGES, NOTHING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A $6.8 MILLION A YEAR DEFICIT AND YOU'RE GOING TO DEPLETE YOUR RESERVES. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW NOW YOU CAN PLAN FOR IT, RIGHT? IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THIS PLAN. FUTURE COUNCILS OR US SITTING AS A COUNCIL LATER WOULD GO, OH MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PLAN. AND IT'S A TOOL YOU CAN BE USING ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS ALMOST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR FINANCES ARE. SO WHEN WE SAW THAT $6 MILLION GAP, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST SOME GENERAL BUCKET OPTIONS. [00:45:01] AND THEY REALLY ARE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE IS NOT TOO COMPLICATED. YOU CAN ATTACK EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES YOU CAN ATTACK SERVICE DELIVERY. YOU CAN ALTER SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS, YOU CAN REDUCE EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN TRY TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUES OR YOU CAN DO SERVICE LEVEL REDUCTIONS. THAT'S THE LAST ONE. THAT'S THE LAST THING NOBODY WANTS TO DO. BUT THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS. AND AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THIS KIND OF FISCALLY UNCERTAIN TIME, YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE OPTIONS IN YOUR HEAD AS YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. THE THE NEXT PIECE OF WORK THAT WE DID FOR YOU WAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT CAME OUT AND VISITED. MANY OF YOUR STAKEHOLDERS DROVE AROUND TOWN. I THINK THEY EVEN GOT A HELICOPTER RIDE. I'M NOT SURE HOW I MISSED OUT ON THAT ONE, BUT THEY GOT ONE, BUT REALLY GAVE THEM A REALLY NICE VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S OPEN AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE. THERE WERE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS ONE. A COUPLE OF ONES THAT I REALLY THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT. YOUR HIGHWAYS AND CORRIDORS, DEVELOPMENT OF THAT MIXED USE, THOSE MIXED USE AREAS OUT THERE. AGAIN, YOU'RE ALREADY A PRIME LOCATION FOR CORPORATE CAMPUSES DEVELOPING A COMMON DESIGN STANDARD AND ESTHETIC FOR THE TOWN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD. WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WESTLAKE IS SUCH A SUCH A PRETTY COMMUNITY WITH SUCH HIGH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND SO HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER COMES IN NEXT HAS THOSE HIGH STANDARDS? SOME OTHER ISSUES WERE THINGS THAT THAT THE THAT YOU ALL CAN BE DOING NOW. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE YOUR PUBLIC. YOU'RE ALL BEHIND GATES AS YOU LIVE BEHIND GATES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. SO HOW DO YOU GET THOSE? HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY WESTLAKE AS A AS A COMMUNITY? YOUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STANDARDS POSSIBLE INCENTIVES FOR CORPORATE DEVELOPERS AND ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO THOSE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW TO KIND OF GET THOSE PRIME PEOPLE INTO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO BE HERE, TO HAVE A HOME HERE IN WESTLAKE. THE NEXT ONE, WHICH WAS THE BIG ONE IS THIS A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION? WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE INTERVIEWED WE DID A SURVEY WITH ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF BOTH THE TOWN AND OF THE ACADEMY. WE HAD SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO WE BELIEVE WE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, HAD A LOT OF STAFF INPUT. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THIS PLAN IS GOING TO DO FOR YOU. IT'S GOING TO GUIDE YOUR ACTIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. IT'S STRATEGIC. IT'S INCLUSIVE. IT'S VERY FORWARD THINKING. YOU GUYS ARE ON. YOU GUYS ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS. BUT YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS AND YOU HAVE CHALLENGES. AND SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GO FORWARD UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE? AND YOU CAN ONLY GO FORWARD IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WHERE YOUR WHERE YOUR GAPS ARE. RIGHT. SO WE CAME UP WITH A VISION MISSION AND VALUES. THIS IS YOUR PROPOSED NEW VISION. IT'S NOT YOURS UNTIL YOU VOTE ON IT AS A COUNCIL. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR WORKSHOP. WESTLAKE WILL PRESERVE ITS UNIQUE CHARM AND NATURAL BEAUTY. PROMOTING A VIBRANT COMMUNITY, CULTIVATING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS AND CORPORATE STAKEHOLDERS. AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT YOU ALL KIND OF HAD AGREED UPON BY CONSENSUS AT OUR MEETING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. NEXT WAS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. I REALLY LIKE THIS YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE. WESTLAKE PROVIDES A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH EXCELLENT MUNICIPAL SERVICE DELIVERY AND WORLD CLASS EDUCATION. AND THAT REALLY SAYS WHO YOU ARE. I MEAN, YOU ARE REALLY ABOUT PROVIDING EXCELLENCE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THE THIRD WAS ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES. WHAT IS IT YOU WANT YOUR CORE TO BE? AND YOU WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. YOU WANT INTEGRITY, INNOVATION, OPENNESS AND STRATEGIC THINKING. AND THOSE WERE THE FIVE THAT YOU ALL KIND OF AGREED UPON AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. NEXT, YOU CAME UP WITH SIX STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. AND THESE REALLY COVER THE GAMUT OF WHAT BOTH THE, THE ACADEMY DOES, AS WELL AS THE TOWN FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY WESTLAKE ACADEMY, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT, COMMUNICATION, RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT CAME OUT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY WERE. THAT'S WHAT KIND OF FLOATED TO THE TOP. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY IN OUR IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, THAT THESE WERE KEY THINGS THAT YOU ALL NEED TO FOCUS ON. THIS IS THE CORE OF WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOES, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON. [00:50:03] AND UNDER EACH OF THOSE PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO WALK THROUGH THESE WITH YOU BRIEFLY AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. JUST KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT IS IF YOU ADOPT THE PRIORITIES AND THE STRATEGIES. WADE AND, HIS TEAM AND KELLY AND HER TEAM ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO IMPLEMENT THEM. THAT'S THEIR JOB. THAT'S THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THIS DOCUMENT IS YOU SETTING POLICY FOR WHAT YOU WANT THE STAFF TO DO OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. SO FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT ME TO READ ALL THESE TO YOU. YOU'VE SEEN THEM? BUT THEY ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THOSE FINANCES AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, THE HIGHEST QUALITY, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SAFEGUARDS AROUND YOUR INVESTMENT, YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT NOBODY CAN WALK AWAY WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF MONEY. AND IT CAN HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE, IT'S MUCH, MUCH LESS LIKELY TO HAPPEN. WESTLAKE ACADEMY. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DOCTOR RITCHIE AND HER TEAM TO DEVELOP THESE. YOU WERE IN ON SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL? OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN HOW CAN YOU, AS A GROUP REDUCE THE FINANCIAL SUBSIDY THAT THE THAT THE TOWN'S GENERAL FUND MAKES TO THE ACADEMY. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING. WE TALKED YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER AND THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GROW, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF SPACE. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU AND HOW DO YOU FUND THAT? SO A LOT OF THESE ARE INTERRELATED AS WELL, RIGHT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES FOR THE ACADEMY. YOU'RE ALSO THAT ALSO IMPACTS YOUR FINANCES. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A REALLY NICE BALANCING ACT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PRIORITIES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. JASON IS GOING TO GET TO DO MOST OF THIS. WHERE'S JASON? I'M RIGHT THERE. THERE HE IS. AND JASON WAS REALLY WONDERFUL IN HELPING US DEVELOP THESE AND AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UPDATING YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCENTIVE POLICY. RETAIL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT DO YOU WANT IN TOWN? YOU'RE ALL VERY CLEAR ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND SO I KNOW JASON HEARD THAT AND SO DID WADE. AND SO AS DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT GETS TO BE HERE AND WHAT DOESN'T GET TO BE HERE. AND UPDATING, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH YOUR BUSINESSES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO HAVE AN ENGAGED BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH YOU THAN TO HAVE SOMEBODY LEAVE. IT CAN BE DEVASTATING. AND SO HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND YOUR LANDLORDS AND YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. THE NEXT PRIORITY WAS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH YOUR WATER SYSTEM NEEDS UPGRADING. AND SO YOU'LL WANT TO DO THAT. YOU NEED TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT. LIKE WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE OWN? HOW MANY MILES OF STUFF DO WE OWN? WHAT IS ITS CONDITION. AND THEN WE NEED TO PUT A PRIORITY LIST TOGETHER THAT SAYS, THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE WORST. AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THOSE FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN THE LIST AS MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE. FUTURE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION AND WESTLAKE ACADEMY INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. RIGHT? I HEARD FOOTBALL FIELDS AND MORE CLASSROOM SPACE AND KIND OF ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WHICH ARE WHICH ARE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ACADEMY. SO YOU'LL WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT FOR THIS, FOR THE TOWN AND THE ACADEMY, THERE SHOULD BE ONE PLAN BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE AGENCY, RIGHT? SO YOU GOT YOU GOT TO THINK IN TERMS OF ONE. AND YOU GUYS HAVE GOT MULTIPLE HATS ON. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK FINANCIALLY AS ONE PICTURE. FINALLY, A COMMUNICATION RESIDENT AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. JON WAS REALLY HELPFUL WITH US, WITH US, WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY MORE FULLY, REALLY HARD. YOU GUYS AREN'T THE ONLY TOWN WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT WANTING TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. ALMOST EVERYWHERE I GO, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNLESS IT IMPACTS THEM DIRECTLY AND YOU HAVE IRRITATED THEM. I CONSIDER THAT'S AS GOOD AS GOOD AS IT GETS. IT IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT MEANS YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE HERE. ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND YOU KNOW, BUT YOU ALL ARE THE AMBASSADORS OF THIS TOWN AS COUNCIL PEOPLE. AND HOW DO YOU GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY? AND HOW DO YOU TELL THE COMMUNITY ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ALREADY DO THAT. YOU CAN HOST FORMAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND FORUMS. GO TO WHERE THEY ARE. AND ESTABLISH A WESTLAKE TOGETHER INITIATIVE. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING JOHN THOUGHT UP, SO JOHN WILL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT LATER. [00:55:02] YOU ALREADY LEFT. WHERE IS HE? THERE HE IS. HI, JOHN. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IS FROM THE COMMUNITY IS YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE ENOUGH WITH US. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS SAY THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GO TO THEIR HOUSE EVERY DAY AND TELL THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY THEY STILL DIDN'T KNOW, RIGHT. SO. BUT YOU BUT IT'S THE EFFORT THAT MATTERS. AND WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS, YOU CAN SAY, YOU CAN LOOK HERE, AND YOU CAN LOOK HERE AND CAN YOU DO THAT? WE CAN DO THAT. RIGHT. SO SO THAT'S WHAT'S KEY. AND SO I THINK WITH JOHN'S HELP, YOU GUYS CAN REALLY KIND OF ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY MUCH MORE FULLY. THE LAST ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU DO HAVE CONTRACT, OBVIOUSLY. POLICE AND NO CONTRACT FIRE POLICE. CONTRACT POLICE. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FIRE. BUT THESE WERE SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT MUCH ABOUT THAT DURING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SAFE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S SO SAFE AND FOR THE MOST PART. AND SO BUT IT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF WHAT THE TOWN DOES. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING. WITH THAT, HERE'S THE FUTURE. WE HOPE THAT THIS PLAN WILL REALLY GUIDE YOU ALL FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS FULL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE BELIEVE THERE WAS ENGAGEMENT BY YOU ALL. APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU SPENT WITH US AS OUR BAKER TILLY TEAM. AND I KNOW THAT AS LONG AS WADE AND KELLY ARE AT THE HELM, THAT THIS PLAN CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND IT WILL MAKE WESTLAKE EVEN, YOU KNOW, 1,000% BETTER THAN IT IS NOW, WHICH WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, RIGHT. SO FINALLY YOU GET TO ADOPT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WHEN YOU DO THAT PART OF OUR PART OF OUR SCOPE OF WORK IS TO DRAFT KIND OF AN IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLAN OR A WORK PLAN. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT LISTS EVERY GOAL OR EVERY PRIORITY, EVERY STRATEGY, AND THEN IT PROVIDES THE TASKS THAT NEED TO NEED TO BE DONE TO GET THAT STRATEGY DONE. THEN WE'LL GIVE THAT TO WADE. WADE CAN USE THAT DOCUMENT TO TRACK PROGRESS, AND ALSO TO REPORT TO YOU ON WHATEVER SCHEDULE YOU ALL DEEM APPROPRIATE. THIS IS THE GROUP THAT HELPED YOU. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME HERE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB, BUT LET ME BE HONEST. OKAY. EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOCTOR WHITE, IS NINE MONTHS INTO THE JOB, AND, YEAH, SIX MONTHS FOR YOU. AND IN ALL HONESTY, WE WERE, WADE. THANK YOU. AND KELLY, THANK YOU. BUT WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE. WE GOT IT DONE. AND THEN WE SEE THE DATA, AND YOU GO, CRAP. I MEAN, LIKE, WE'RE NINE MONTHS IN THE JOB AND WE GOT A BIG HOLE IN A FEW YEARS, AND WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS THINGS WE NEED TO DO. SO I KNOW I WENT THROUGH SOME KIND OF EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTERS. I TOOK EXCEPTION WITH HOW THE ACADEMY WAS TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE ALL GOOD NOW, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WHAT IT TELLS US, I, YOU KNOW, WADE AND THE COUNCIL, I JUST APPLAUD US ALL FOR GOING THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME AND TALKED. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DO NOW. I PERSONALLY AM VERY BULLISH ABOUT WHERE WESTLAKE IS BECAUSE I KNOW IN YOUR PROJECTIONS AND YOU'RE RIGHT, BE CONSERVATIVE. BUT WE KNOW OF THINGS GOING ON, WE KNOW OF POTENTIAL. AND I KNOW WADE, IN CASE YOU'RE WORKING ON THOSE THINGS. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY VERY PRUDENT ON THIS THING. WE CANNOT. MY OPINION IS WE'VE LIVED OFF DEVELOPMENT FEES LIKE THEY WERE DRUG FOR 20 YEARS, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO COME TO AN END. SO WE HAVE TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE MODEL, WHICH IS WHY MOST OF US ARE ON COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT STUFF. SO THANK YOU. CAN I ADD TO THAT? YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I AM BULLISH ON OUR TOWN AND ON OUR SCHOOL AS WELL. MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE FINALLY COMING TOGETHER AS A TOWN AND A SCHOOL ENTITY. I THINK THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THINGS COST, AND THE DELTAS AND THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE WERE FACING, AND THE PUBLIC WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL AND THIS MAYOR HAS REALLY DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB IN REALLY BEING OPEN AND EMBRACING BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE PAIN POINTS THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATION IN SOME WAYS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DELTAS AND GAPS THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND AND FIND A WAY FORWARD TO OVERCOME OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN, AS LONG AS WE WORK TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL AND A TOWN, THERE ARE NO SIDES IN THIS GAME. [01:00:05] WESTLAKE IS AS MUCH A COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AS IT IS THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY, SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND GOING FORWARD. WE ARE A TEAM AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE POT, THERE ARE WAYS TO NAVIGATE AROUND THAT AND BUILD THAT POT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO GET DONE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. SO I'M VERY BULLISH ON THAT AS WELL. KIM. BUT I JUST WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY TOP OF MIND THAT THE NORTH STAR IS REALLY SUCCESS FOR BOTH THE TOWN AND THE SCHOOL OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. GREAT JOB CAROL. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK GETTING OUT OF HERE. CATCH YOUR FLIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN CONCLUSION, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO KELLY AND HER TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. THE REAL MEAT OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE IN THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN THAT'S CREATED, RIGHT? THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EACH ONE OF THESE PRIORITIES THAT WERE GIVEN TO US BY COUNCIL. IN EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES, AND WE'LL BE BREAKING DOWN THAT STRATEGY INTO ACTUAL TASKS THAT WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED EACH AND EVERY YEAR AS BUDGET ALLOWS. RIGHT? THAT'S WHY IT'S DONE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THAT VISION IS MET. AT THE END OF THE YEAR. RIGHT? OR AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO EACH YEAR WE'LL BE TAKING A BITE OFF OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. AND BUT EACH YEAR WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH THE COUNCIL WITH A WORK PLAN OR AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THAT SPECIFIC YEAR. SO THAT'S COMING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO LIKE, OKAY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF. YOU'VE BEEN HERE. KELLY'S BEEN HERE NINE MONTHS. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A WAKE UP CALL, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THINGS BETTER THAN WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THINGS BETTER THAN WE FOUND THEM. AND ABSOLUTELY PART OF THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I FOR ONE, AND I KNOW KELLY IS THE SAME WAY. WE ENJOY THE CHALLENGE. SO, I'D SAY WE PICKED YOU AND KELLY FOR THIS JOB. YEAH. SO TOGETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST. I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE TONIGHT. SURE. IF IT'S THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TODAY, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT WHATSOEVER. I THINK WE NEED TIME TO DIGEST THE FINANCIAL PLAN. SURE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT FOR COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE A WORK SESSION LONGER THAN WHAT KELLY DID TODAY TO REVIEW THE FINANCIAL PLAN AND THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITSELF, I THINK IS WELL DONE, WELL DOCUMENTED, WELL PRESENTED, AND ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND IT. BUT THE REST OF IT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY COME INTO BUDGETS AS YEARS GO ON IS A VERY CRUCIAL ELEMENT OF THIS. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DIGEST IT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. YOU SENT IT OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND MY GRANDKIDS CAME WEDNESDAY, SO I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. IF IT'S JUST A STRATEGIC PLAN YOU'RE ASKING US, NO ISSUE. IT IS. SO TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS APPROVED, RIGHT. SO THAT THE MISSION, THE VISION, THOSE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THOSE STRATEGIES THAT ARE VERY BROAD IN NATURE ARE ALL APPROVED. AND YOUR COUNCIL IS SAYING THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT YOU TO GO. AND THEN AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHEN CASEY AND I COME FORWARD, WE'LL BE PRESENTING A FIVE YEAR LOOK AT THIS. RIGHT. SO YOU'LL GET TO SEE OUR ESTIMATES OVER A FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD FOR BOTH THE ACADEMY AND FOR THE TOWN. WE'LL BE PRESENTING YOU WITH A FULL CIP LIST THAT'LL NAIL INTO THOSE EXACT AREAS OF THAT, THAT FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY WILL TELL YOU WHAT PIECE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN BITE OFF THIS NEXT YEAR. TOWARDS THAT, THAT END GOAL. THAT'S THE HARD WORK. YOU GOT TO GO DO THE HARD WORK. THIS WAS EASY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HARD. IT WAS THE EASY PART. THE REAL HARD STUFF. STARTING. AND IT'S THE REAL FINANCIAL PLANNING. AND THEN THE DETAIL BEHIND EVERY YEAR, EVERY LINE ITEM, THE EXECUTION AND BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. RIGHT. YEAH. GENERALLY YOU WOULD SAY THAT. AND WITH THIS GROUP, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS AN EASIER PORTION OF THAT. BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY COUNCILS ARE NOT ALIGNED THE WAY THIS COUNCIL IS ALIGNED. AND THAT THAT IS A VERY TOUGH ORDEAL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALIGNMENT. THANK YOU ALL. WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-08 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 TO 2032. SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WELL DONE. AGENDA ITEM F2. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING WA RESOLUTION 2502 TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL SECTION OF FOURTH [F.2. Discuss, consider and act regarding WA Resolution 25-02 to add one additional section of 4th grade to Westlake Academy for School Year 2025-2026 (Dr. Kelly Ritchie, Head of School)] GRADE TO WESTLAKE ACADEMY FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025 2026. [01:05:03] WE HAD THIS IN WORK SESSION. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 502? SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WELL, DONE, DOCTOR RITCHIE. F THREE DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION 2505, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH HOLT POWER [F.3. Discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 25-05 approving and authorizing the Town Manager to enter into a contract with Holt Power Systems - Caterpillar for procurement of a 700kw on-site backup diesel generator set for the Town’s water pump station in the amount of $342,481.28 utilizing Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Contract #092222-CAT (Cheryl Taylor, P.E., Director of Public Works).] SYSTEMS. CATERPILLAR. FOR PROCUREMENT OF A 700 KILOWATT ON SITE BACKUP DIESEL GENERATOR SET FOR THE TOWN'S WATER PUMP STATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $342,481.28 UTILIZING SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT NUMBER 092222-CAT. CHERYL OR KYLE? HEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING STANDALONE GENERATOR AT THE PUMP STATION. THE EXISTING GENERATOR HAS FAILED AS LOST COMPRESSION. THE TOWN CONSULTED WITH WALSHAW, PIERCE AND PARKER POWER, WHO ARE BOTH GENERATOR REPAIR SERVICE COMPANIES, AND BOTH HAD DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE LOST COMPRESSION. ENGINES COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE GENERATOR. THE GENERATOR WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED WHEN THE PUMP STATION WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2001. UP HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A LOCATION OF WHERE THE PUMP STATION IS. IT'S LOCATED ON STATE HIGHWAY 377. DUE TO THE GENERATE GENERATOR ENGINE FAILURE. STAFF HAD CONSULTED WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS DURING OUR PUMP STATION EVALUATION. THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SIZED THE GENERATOR APPROPRIATELY FOR FUTURE DEMAND TO MEET MAXIMUM DAY SCENARIO AND THE WORST OF CASES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GENERATOR THAT WAS EXISTING WAS UNDERSIZED. IT COULD ONLY RUN ONE PUMP AT ONE TIME. ONE OF THE LARGE PUMPS, THE NEW GENERATOR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL RUN BOTH BUT TWO LARGE PUMPS TO MEET MAXIMUM DEMAND. PUBLIC WORKS COLLABORATED WITH EVANS ON AN EXPEDITED REPLACEMENT FOR THE GENERATOR, AND DETERMINED THAT ORDERING THE GENERATOR EARLY AND PACKAGING THE INSTALLATION ON A SEPARATE BID SET WOULD BE THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS PLAN, AS THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE LEAD TIME TO ACQUIRE THE GENERATOR. IT'LL TAKE 26 WEEKS TO 48 WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE INSTALLATION PACKAGE, AND WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF THE OLD GENERATOR AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW ONE. WE ANTICIPATE THE INSTALLATION PACKAGE TO BID LATER THIS YEAR, AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET. WE PARTNERED WITH SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT. WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS. ONE WAS FROM HOLT POWER SYSTEMS, WHICH IS CATERPILLAR AND CUMMINS. FREESE AND NICHOLS, THE TOWN'S ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THE GENERATOR REPLACEMENT, PROVIDED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS SHOWN UP HERE AS THEY SUBMITTED CATERPILLAR SUBMITTED THE LOW BID WITH THE SHORTEST LEAD TIME FOR DELIVERY, WHICH IS 26 WEEKS. HOLT POWER SYSTEMS IS A REPUTABLE SUPPLIER AND GENERATOR MANUFACTURER. GENERATOR REPLACEMENT. THIS IS THE IMPACT. THIS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH ARPA FUNDS. THAT MONEY THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR THIS PURCHASE. THIS IS THE PRICE OF THE GENERATOR ITSELF, WHICH IS $334,157.78. IT COMES WITH A SET OF FILTERS FOR SERVICE AND A ONE YEAR SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $342,481.28. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK. YOU SAID THIS IS WE'VE SORT OF LOOKED AT THE FUTURE FOR THIS. THESE PUMPS TYPICALLY LAST 15 TO 20 YEARS, RIGHT? ARE THEY GENERATORS? BACKUP GENERATORS? IN MY EXPERIENCE YES. 20, 25 YEARS. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE BAD THING IS, IS WE DON'T KNOW THE SERVICE HISTORY ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF. WE WEREN'T HERE THEN WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED, SO LET'S JUST SAY 20. SO, AS I LOOK OUT 20 YEARS OF WESTLAKE, I'M GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE. A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE FREEWAYS. AND AS WE BUILD THAT OUT IN 20 YEARS, ARE WE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER PUMP STATION AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT? AND WOULD WE ADD THE PUMP STATION THERE? AND IF THAT HAPPENS, DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH THIS GENERATOR TO RUN MORE THAN JUST TWO PUMPS? OR IF A NEW PUMP STATION IS REQUIRED WITH THE INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IS IT GOING TO BE A NEW PUMP AS WELL AS A NEW BACKUP GENERATOR? SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE GROWTH IS OF THIS EXISTING SYSTEM. SO RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING A WATER EVALUATION [01:10:02] OF OUR WATER SYSTEM. THERE ARE KNOWN POINTS OF CONNECTION THAT WERE INSTALLED FOR FUTURE GROWTH FOR THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE. THOSE POINTS OF CONNECTION ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS TOWN. IF YOU WERE TO PUT BUILD A NEW PUMP STATION, YOU WOULD WANT TO BUILD ONE THAT HAD BACKUP POWER AT THE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR CIP PROCESS TO FOCUS IN ON THAT. SO A SEPARATE PUMP SEPARATE GENERATOR STATION SEPARATE FROM THIS ONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. SURE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR FREESE AND NICHOLS TO DETERMINE AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK IN THEIR DATA AND THEIR WATER MODEL AND THEIR PROJECTED GROWTH OF THE TOWN WITH ALL THE. OKAY. THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY. MR. GOODYEAR, YES, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF WESTLAKE AND THE WATER NEEDS THAT WE'LL HAVE, KYLE HAS BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. HONESTLY, WITHIN THE FIRST PROBABLY 6 OR 8 WEEKS HE WAS HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER IN TOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER ACCESS POINT FROM FORT WORTH INTO THIS TOWN TO BRING WATER IN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE. SO WE NEED TO DUPLICATE THAT ACCESS. WE NEED TO ADD SOME GROUND STORAGE OR SOME ELEVATED STORAGE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER PUMP STATION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER EMERGENCY GENERATOR TO RUN THOSE PUMPS IN THE EVENT THAT WE LOST POWER. YES, SIR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, YES, SIR. YOU SAY THAT THIS IS COVERED BY ARPA WITH ALL THE REVIEWS THAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. WHAT HAPPENS IF ARPA ISN'T THE FUNDING MECHANISM? ARE WE? MAYBE I SHOULD ASK CASEY THAT QUESTION. DO WE PHYSICALLY HAVE THE MONEY? EXACTLY. SO THIS IS PART OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE RELEASED TO THE CITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE'VE ALREADY CLAIMED IT AS REVENUE RECOGNITION. WE JUST HADN'T IDENTIFIED ANY PROJECTS. SO THIS IS LITERALLY JUST A BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THE BANK TO USE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. GOOD ANSWER. KELLY, YOU HAD SAID THAT THE INSTALLATION CHARGES ARE GOING TO COME LATER. ARE THERE FUNDS? ARE THERE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR THOSE TWO? OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-05, APPROVING THE HOLT POWER SYSTEM, CATERPILLAR CONTRACT FOR THE BACKUP DIESEL GENERATOR AND THE TOWN'S WATER PUMP STATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $342,481.20? SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. HOLD ON. THANK YOU. YOU'RE UP NEXT. THANKS. DISCUSS. F4. DISCUSS. CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION 25-09. [F.4. Discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 25-09 approving and authorizing the Town Manager to enter into a contract with Global Pump Solutions for emergency repairs and installation services for water and wastewater infrastructure throughout the town in an amount not to exceed $450,765.20 utilizing BuyBoard Cooperative Purchasing Contract #672-22 (Cheryl Taylor, P.E., Director of Public Works)] APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH GLOBAL PUMP SOLUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,765.20. UTILIZING THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT NUMBER 672-22. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES WITH GLOBAL PUMP SOLUTIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,765.16, UTILIZING THE CONTRACTUAL PRICING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT ALL FOUR OF THE LIFT STATIONS THAT HAD FAILED, COMPONENTS, AND EXISTING WIRING WHICH BYPASSED CRITICAL FAIL SAFE COMPONENTS THAT WEREN'T, WELL THEY'RE THERE IN PLACE NOT JUST FOR THE EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO US AS OPERATORS WHEN WE PUT OUR HANDS INSIDE THE CABINET. RIGHT. JUST TO SHOOT, A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A PINHOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF THE FILL VALVES AT THE GROUND STORAGE TANK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE WAS A CRACK AND THE HOLE WORSENED OVER TIME. WE WOUND UP HAVING TO SHUT THAT VALVE OFF AND REDIRECT FLOW THROUGH THE OTHER GROUND STORAGE TANK. AND THAT WATER IS EQUALIZING IN BETWEEN THE TWO TANKS THROUGH THE SUCTION HEADER. SO, WE'RE ABLE TO STILL HOLD AS MUCH WATER AS WE WERE BEFORE, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE IT THROUGH BOTH POINTS OF ENTRY. UNDER. WE MADE THIS WE'RE MAKING THIS PURCHASE UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 252 TO ORDER THE NEW CONTROL VALVES. WE'VE ALREADY PLACED THE ORDER FOR THEM, AND THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY. THEY SHOULD BE HERE IN APRIL. AGAIN, UP HERE IS ANOTHER MAP OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM. THE RED STAR. THERE IS YOUR PUMP STATION. AND THE FOUR GREEN STARS ARE YOUR LIFT STATIONS. WE HAVE FOUR OF THOSE SANITARY LIFT STATIONS THAT PUMP WASTEWATER INTO THE DENTON CREEK SYSTEM. [01:15:05] ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS IS THE PUMP STATION THAT SUPPLIES THE DOMESTIC DRINKING WATER TO THE ENTIRE TOWN, AS WELL AS FIRE PROTECTION. AND SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT FOLLOW THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF, REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT RIGHT HERE. THE RED BOX ON THE LEFT, THAT'S THE GSR ONE. THAT'S THE SMALLER TANK THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED FIRST. THAT'S THE TANK THAT'S GOT THE VALVE WITH THE HOLE IN IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE LARGER TANK THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED. SECOND, THIS VALVE HAS GOT A MOTOR ACTUATOR INSIDE OF IT THAT'S ROCKING WILDLY BACK AND FORTH. WELL, IT CAN'T CONTROL THE WATER OF AND REGULATE THE FLOW. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS OF THE PINHOLE, AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS OF THE ACTUATOR ON GSR TWO. THERE ARE FIVE PUMPS IN THE TOWN'S PUMP STATION. TWO OF THE THREE LARGE PUMPS. CONTROL VALVES HAVE FAILED OR ARE MALFUNCTIONING. THERE ARE NO SERVICE RECORDS OR MAINTENANCE ON THESE VALVES. WITH THE UNKNOWN CONDITION OF THE GASKETS, REPLACEMENT IS RECOMMENDED RATHER THAN REPAIRING EACH INDIVIDUAL PART. THERE'S FIVE PUMPS. YEAH, BUT THE THREE OUT OF FOUR ARE BROKEN. SO, TWO OF THE THREE LARGER PUMPS WE HAVE THREE 303,700 GALLON PER MINUTE PUMPS AND TWO 800 GALLON PER MINUTE PUMPS. SO TWO OF YOUR LARGER PUMPS ARE MALFUNCTIONING AT THIS MOMENT. WE CAN RUN THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT SHUTTING THEM OFF REMOTELY. THEY'RE SUSPECT. WE PRICED A REBUILD KIT, AND IT ONLY COVERS SOME OF THE. AND IT'S HARD TO SEE IT, BUT THE RED BOX ITEMS, THEY'RE JUST WEAR ITEMS. IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN WE. AND MY STAFF'S EXPERIENCE WHEN WE TEAR THESE THINGS APART, THERE'S A LOT MORE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THEM THAN. AND YOU WIND UP GOING OUT BACKWARDS ON IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT THE TWO OF THESE CONTROL VALVES BE REPLACED. THE FIFTH PUMP HAS A NEW CONTROL VALVE ALREADY ON IT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. OF COURSE THESE VALVES ARE ORIGINAL TO THE PUMP STATION AS WELL. SO THEY'RE 24, 25. YES, SIR. HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK OF MAINTENANCE? HOW SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN DONE? AND HOW WILL WE DO IT GOING FORWARD? SO TYPICAL OF MOST MUNICIPALITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS KIND OF THING. THEY HAVE A WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE THAT THOSE KIND OF ITEMS ARE TRACKED ALONG WITH THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. AND THEN THERE'S RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT VERSUS REPAIR BENCHMARKS FOR THOSE. THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS. WE HAVE NOTHING. NO, SIR. IT'D JUST BE ON PAPER. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING. I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. DO WE HAVE A WORK ORDER SYSTEM TODAY TO TRACK THIS? WE HAVE A BILLING SYSTEM THAT IS ONLY MADE, IT TAKES READINGS AND BILLING READS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. MAYOR, IF I MAY, FOR JUST A SECOND. I WOULD SAY HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE NOW, KYLE? BARELY OVER A YEAR. NOT EVEN A YEAR. YEAH, ABOUT A YEAR. ABOUT A YEAR. WE'VE BEEN FIXING THINGS UNDER EMERGENCY STANDARDS, BASICALLY. THE THINGS THAT ARE BREAKING AT FASTER THAN WE CAN IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM LIKE THIS. SO, WE HOPE TO BE AHEAD OF THIS CURVE VERY SOON. ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW EMPLOYEES WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE. IT WAS DEFINITELY NEEDED. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE WE'LL GET A WORK ORDER SYSTEM IN PLACE AS PART OF THE APPROVAL SYSTEM WITH THE NEXT BUDGET SESSION. WADE. I MEAN, ALL THESE ITEMS, TYPICALLY FROM HAVING DEALT WITH THEM ON A SHIP, THEY REQUIRE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. AND IF THINGS REQUIRE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, THERE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE LOG MAINTAINED FOR EVERY SINGLE ITEM SEPARATELY. CONSOLIDATED DATABASE FOR ALL OF OUR WATER PUMPING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. YES, SIR. SO DO WE. HAVE WE FOUND A TOOL BECAUSE THERE'S INEXPENSIVE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO DO THIS. EXPENSIVE TOOLS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE VOLUME OF WORK YOU HAVE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD THE RIGHT TOOL FOR US. IT WON'T BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TOOL, I PROMISE YOU. AND WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE RECORDS OF IT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO, BUT YES, SIR, STUFF LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO GET BROUGHT UP SOONER THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY MANAGE THE SYSTEMS. YES, SIR. THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN THE TOWN, EVERY BIT OF WORK THAT WE DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, [01:20:06] IT'S SORT OF TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK EACH TIME. RIGHT. WE'RE LOGGING THIS INFORMATION AS HE'S DOING IT NOW THROUGH AN INVOICE SYSTEM. BUT IT'S JUST NOT IT'S STILL SCARY. YEAH, YEAH. AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN HERE, BUT MAYBE CASEY CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS. THE COSELL WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I MAY HAVE SOME VALUE IN THIS. VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW ERP THAT YOU ALL APPROVED LAST SUMMER. I WAS TEXTING WADE AND TRYING TO BITE MY TONGUE BACK THERE, BUT IT DOES HAVE A WORK ORDER FUNCTIONALITY SYSTEM THAT WILL ACTUALLY TIE DIRECTLY TO OUR UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM SO THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE TRACK THESE DIFFERENT REPAIRS, WE'LL ALSO HAVE GIS LOCATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT TOWN. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TIE THAT, AS I SAID, TO OUR UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM, DIRECTLY WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS, WHICH ALSO TIES TO OUR FINANCIALS AS FAR AS REVENUE AND BUDGET GOES. IS THAT ERP SYSTEM PRETTY SIMPLE TO CONFIGURE TO US, OR DOES IT REQUIRE CUSTOMIZATION AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FROM CONSULTANTS? SO WE CHOSE A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE CUSTOMIZATION. RATHER IT FOCUSES ON CONFIGURATION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE WHENEVER IT COMES TO THIS SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. GOOD ANSWER. WE ALL DO THE SAME THING. SO WE SHOULD BE ALIGNING OUR PROCESSES TO BEST PRACTICES WHICH ARE CODIFIED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT WE PURCHASE. IT'D BE GREAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK AT DRP CAPABILITIES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TOWN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DATA WE'RE REALLY ACTUALLY COLLECTING AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE AREAS. IT'D BE INTERESTING. I HOPE TO HAVE LOTS OF UPDATES FOR YOU ALL IN THE COMING MONTHS. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. AND GOOD ANSWER ON THE CUSTOMIZATION. THAT'S ALWAYS A REALLY BAD SIGN. CUSTOMIZATION JUST MEANS IT'S GOING TO BREAK LATER. YEAH, WELL, IT COST YOU HOW MUCH MORE? WE ALL HAVE OUR SCARS. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. OKAY MOVING RIGHT ALONG. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF A CONTROL VALVE. RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIAPHRAGM. THESE ARE GLOBE VALVES. THESE ARE THE PUMP, THE PUMP STATION. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE PUMPS IN A IN A ROW INSIDE OF THE PUMP HOUSE. THESE PUMPS THREE AND FOUR ARE THERE IN THE MIDDLE. BOTH OF THESE PUMPS HAVE HAD FAILURES RECENTLY, AND SPILLED WATER RUSHING OUT THE VALVES ONTO THE FLOOR, FLOODING OUT THE PUMP STATION. STAFFS HAD TO RESPOND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND ON HOLIDAYS TO SHUT THE PUMPS OFF. WATER HAS BEEN RUNNING BACKWARDS BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATED WATER TOWERS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION, ITS BACK TRAVELING THROUGH THE PUMP AND MAKING THE PUMP RUN BACKWARDS AND DUMPING IT BACK INTO THE GROUND STORAGE TANK. ALL THESE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN OUR PUMP STATIONS. PUMP STATION EVALUATION THAT'S FORTHCOMING HERE, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THE FINAL REVIEW. ALL THESE THINGS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR ALL THESE COMPONENTS THE MALFUNCTION OF THESE TWO CRITICAL PUMPS THAT WERE INSTALLED WITH THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMP STATION WILL REQUIRE AN EMERGENCY REPAIR TO ENSURE CONTINUED RELIABLE OPERATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. AS THE TOWN ENTERS PEAK WATER USAGE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE ESTIMATED LEAD TIME ON THESE VALVES ARE ABOUT 20 WEEKS. SO AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THIS PURCHASE. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. YES. WITH RESPECT TO WASTEWATER, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF INITIATED A LIFT STATION PUMP ROTATION PROGRAM THIS FISCAL YEAR AND DETERMINED MAINTENANCE. AND DURING THE MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS THAT TWO OF THESE LIFT STATION PUMPS AT DELOITTE AND FIDELITY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. THE FIDELITY LIFT STATION PUMP HAS MOISTURE IN THE MOTOR DUE TO BAD SEALS, AND AS A RESULT, THE BEARINGS RUINED THE BEARINGS IN THE MOTOR. YOU KNOW, IT'S A $3 PART, RUINING A $20,000 PUMP THAT'S SUBMERGED IN WATER AND HARSHEST CONDITIONS AT THE DELOITTE LIFT STATION. THE PUMP FAILURE THERE, WE FOUND THAT THE PUMP HAD THE WIRE SPLICED. IT WAS ORDERED INCORRECTLY. THE DEPTH OF THE WET WELL WAS MUCH GREATER, AND SO THAT THE WIRES WERE SPLICED TOGETHER AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE MOTOR GOT HOT AND SHORT OF THE MOTOR WINDINGS. BOTH OF THESE PUMPS, WE PRICED OUT REBUILDS ON THEM, AND IT WAS THE SAME PRICE TO BUY A NEW PUMP AS IT WAS TO REPLACE THEM. RIGHT HERE. THIS BREAKDOWN WILL SHOW THE COST OF THE PUMP STATION, THE FILL CONTROL VALVES AT $159,000. THE PUMP CONTROL VALVES, THREE AND FOUR THAT ARE ON THE PUMPS 174,000. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE TWO LIFT STATION PUMPS RIGHT THERE. FOR ROUGHLY $370,000. THIS IS THE EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT TOTAL WITH THE [01:25:02] CONTINGENCY 10% FOR ANYTHING THAT IS UNFORESEEN. AND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE AT THE LIFT STATIONS FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $451,000. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS, BUT ONCE WE GET THIS DONE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME PRETTY LONG LEAD TIMES. ARE WE IN WE IN GOOD SHAPE? WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK. WE HAVE TO. NOT SURE I'M FALLING OVER WITH CONFIDENCE, BUT I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU. BUT. SO. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE NEW SCATA SYSTEM. SO THAT THING IS WORKING LIKE IT SHOULD. IT'S ALARMING OUR STAFF WAKING THEM UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THEY'RE RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, TO CALL INS. SO THAT PART, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT SOMETHING WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, RIGHT? WE ARE. WE ARE RUNNING PUMP THREE AT THE PUMP STATION. BUT WE'RE SPARINGLY. FIVE IS THE WORKHORSE RIGHT NOW. IT'S THE ONE DRIVING THE BUS. AND WE HAVE BEEN TESTING PUMPS ONE AND TWO. THEY ARE SMALLER. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR THE TOWN TO RUN IN UNISON WITH THE HYDROGEN TANK. THAT ALSO NEEDS TO GO AWAY. YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M SURE WILL SHOW THAT SOME OF THOSE PUMPS WILL NEED UPSIZING. SO PUMP FIVE. WHAT'S THE LIKE LIFE ON THAT? IS IT? I MEAN, ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT IT'S RECENTLY REPLACED OR IT'S A NEWER PUMP AND IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE IS IT IS IT IN GOOD SHAPE? YES, MA'AM. IT WAS A IT WAS AN ADDER PUMP TO THE TO THE SYSTEM. WHEN I GOT HERE, THAT PUMP WAS PUT IN AND WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE TCU. SO WE HAD TO BACK WALK THAT THROUGH THE TCU TO GET APPROVAL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF DURING THE EVALUATION AT THAT PUMPS AT THE PUMP STATION. THINGS THAT I NOTICED OFFHAND IS THAT THERE WAS SOME HOMEMADE PIPE FITTINGS THAT WERE MADE TO MAKE IT WORK, ADAPT, OVERCOME AND IMPROVISE THE WAY I LIKE TO PUT IT. THEY HAD MODIFIED THE DISCHARGE HEADER AND PUT AN IMMEDIATE BEND BEHIND THE PUMP. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PUMPS, BUT THAT CHANGES THE HEAD OF THE PUMP AND A LOT OF VARIABLES. IT PUTS ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE PUMP AND THE MOTOR. THOSE THINGS ARE NOT GOOD. SO THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE REMEDIED. ALONG WITH A MULTITUDE OF OTHER THINGS AT THE PUMP STATION. WHAT'S THE ETA ON THE WATER EVALUATION? IT SHOULD BE HERE WITH, WELL, ON THE PUMP STATION EVALUATION. WE SHOULD HAVE THAT WITHIN A MONTH. WE'RE ON THE WE'RE GOING THROUGH. AND THEN THE FINAL FOR THE ENTIRE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MODEL. THE WATER MODEL, I BELIEVE, IS IN JUNE OR JULY, MID-SUMMER. THIS SUMMER. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, KYLE. FIRST OF ALL, I COMMEND YOU AND WADE FOR DOING THIS. IT'S NO DOUBT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK TO GO BACKWARDS AND LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WERE MISSED. BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR TOWN. AND IT WOULD, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T THE ONES THAT WERE NOT DOING, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE OUR EYE ON THE BALL. WE'D BE THE ONES THAT HAD EGG ON OUR FACE IF SOMETHING REALLY FAILED. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. BECAUSE I'M A NUMBERS GUY. I HAVE TWO NUMBERS. QUESTION. THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBERS YOU PRESENTED. I'M ASSUMING THE NUMBERS YOU PRESENTED ARE THE RIGHT ONES. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND SECONDLY, AND I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE BECAUSE I'M STILL A NEWBIE TO THIS. WHENEVER WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, MY PRESUMPTION, THE IMPLICATION IS THAT CASEY CAN STAND IN FRONT OF US AND SAY, WE NEED AN AMENDMENT WHERE WE'VE GOT THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE APPROVING THIS MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC AT SOME POINT IN TIME. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO ANYTIME WE BRING FORWARD SOMETHING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY SAT DOWN WITH CASEY. CASEY AND I ACTUALLY, CHERYL AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND AGO, AND I MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS GETTING WITH CASEY. AND WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE WE SIT AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THINGS TO FIX, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. RIGHT? SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT GRAND TOTAL OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE WATER FUND. AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A CIP PLAN WHERE ALL THESE THINGS ARE FORECASTED AND THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO COME, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT, HEY, WE KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE FAILING AND WE CAN PROACTIVELY PREPARE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU'RE DEALT A TOUGH HAND AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE AT BEING THE ELECTRIC BUSINESS. BEFORE IN MY PRIOR LIFE, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DO A REPAIR VERSUS OVERHAUL DURING THE OVERHAUL MAKES A HECK OF A LOT MORE [01:30:09] SENSE THAN RUNNING ON THE FLY TO GET SOMETHING FIXED. SO, I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL JUST SAY IT IS QUITE SHOCKING TO HEAR ALL OF THESE REPORTS OF ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE HAD. I THINK FOR THE WHOLE TOWN FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES OR OUR UTILITIES. AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE LIKE MAKING AN EFFORT TO GO FORWARD IN THIS WAY AND TO MAKE THESE REPLACEMENTS. AND I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR PLAN AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS SITUATION AGAIN. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH THAT. SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WELL SAID. HAVE WE TOLD YOU WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE? WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE. REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I AM, I AM. I I'M HAPPY. I PROMISE YOU THAT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 5-09, APPROVING THE GLOBAL PUMP SOLUTION CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION SERVICES, THE TOWN'S WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,765.20. I GET A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BARRY. NEXT AGENDA ITEM. DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN ACT TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-01, AMENDING THE ESTABLISHED DATES FOR REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES [F.5. Discuss, consider and act to approve Resolution 25-01 amending the established dates for Regular Meetings of the Town Council | Board of Trustees through September 30, 2025 (Town Manager Wade Carroll)] THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. MISTER CARROLL. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS THE EASY ONE AFTER ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? SO DOES THIS COST ANYTHING? THIS DOES NOT COST YOU A DOLLAR. ACTUALLY, MIGHT BE A LITTLE. SAVE US SOME MONEY HERE. ACTUALLY, IT IS. HOW ABOUT THAT? WELL DONE. IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU SAW A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD GO. WE BELIEVE WE CAN GO TO A ONE MEETING A MONTH. SCHEDULE AND STILL BE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE IN THE TOWN AND AT THE ACADEMY. IT'LL TAKE SOME SCHEDULING CHANGES FOR US. THE ONLY THING THAT WE REQUEST IN THIS SCHEDULE CHANGE IS THAT WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH. THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS OUR PNC MEETING. TODAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PNC MEETINGS, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE OKAY TO TURN THOSE ITEMS AROUND IN A WEEK. BUT AS FRONT 44 BEGINS TO DEVELOP OUT, AND AS WE BEGIN TO DO MORE ON 377, THOSE CHANGE TIMES, THOSE TURNOVER TIMES MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO MEET. SO WE'D RATHER JUST GET US INTO A HABIT OF MEETING AT LEAST THAT THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF THE MONTH. AND THEN I WOULD PREFER AND KELLY AND I BOTH SPOKEN ABOUT THIS IS WE'D PREFER IT TO BE ON A TUESDAY RATHER THAN A MONDAY. AND FOR THAT REASON, OR BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE COUNCIL. ON THAT MONDAY PRIOR TO A MEETING, ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BACK, NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE ACADEMY OR A QUESTION FOR THE TOWN, SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA, WE'LL HAVE A 24 HOUR TIME PERIOD TO GET THOSE ANSWERS BACK TO YOU AND ENSURE THAT THOSE ANSWERS SATISFY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO THAT IS THE TWO BIGGEST REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE. MANY TIMES WE HAVE HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY, AS WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. SO TUESDAY MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. MAY I JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. CERTAINLY. AND MAYBE I'LL LOOK TO OUR COUNSEL ON THIS. HOW DID IT COME ABOUT THAT WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH. AND IS THERE ANY OTHER THAN US SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH? THERE'S NO OTHER REQUIREMENT NECESSARY FOR US TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE DON'T WORK UNDER A CHARTER, RIGHT? WE WORK UNDER THE STATE LAW AS A TYPE A MUNICIPALITY. RIGHT. SO TYPE A MUNICIPALITY ONLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE A SCHEDULE OF OUR MEETINGS. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEETINGS. RIGHT. SO THE TWICE A MONTH MEETING SCHEDULE IS JUST A GENERAL MEETING SCHEDULE THAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES USE A PLACE LIKE FORT WORTH PROBABLY NEEDS FOR A MONTH, RIGHT? PLACES LIKE SOUTHLAKE IS NEEDING TWO A MONTH, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH ONE A MONTH. AND I'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE, BUT I COULDN'T BE ANY MORE SINCERE BECAUSE OF THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE, WADE, WHAT YOU AND KELLY DO, WE'RE PREPARED FOR THESE MEETINGS, ASKING QUESTIONS. THESE MEETINGS USED TO LAST 4 OR 5, SIX HOURS. OKAY. IT WAS CRAZY. AND WE DIDN'T GET A 10TH OF THINGS DONE THAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST NINE MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S WAY THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING. WADE, YOUR STAFF, KELLY AND YOUR STAFF. AND I FEEL GREAT ABOUT GOING TO ONE MEETING. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LONGER. THAT'S FINE, BUT IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH. SO. BUT IT'S SOLELY BECAUSE OF YOU. YEAH. I AGREE THE ALIGNMENT ON COUNCIL AND THE PRODUCTIVITY BY STAFF MEANS WE GET A LOT DONE IN LESS TIME. I LIKE THE ONE A MONTH. WE CAN ALWAYS ADD ONE WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME FOR THAT THIRD WEEK IF WE NEED IT. [01:35:03] BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT FREES UP THE OTHER THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH FOR US TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT SCHEDULING WORKING SESSIONS FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP, ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH STUFF WE'RE DOING AT THE ACADEMY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE LEVEL OF EFFORT AND THE WORK THAT'S GOT TO GET DONE THERE. AND WE CAN FORMALIZE SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS. LOVE IT. YES, SIR. SO THERE IS. AND IT'S GOING TO SAVE YOU GUYS TIME. I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU SPEND PREPARING FOR A, AN EVERY OTHER WEEK MEETING. YES, SIR. IT WOULD SAVE US QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR YOU. THERE IS ONE ISSUE THAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF. IF WE DECIDE TO GO WITH THAT SECOND CALENDAR, WHICH IS THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, WE HAVE A CONFLICT WITH MR. LOWERY. SO, STAN WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE FROM HIS OFFICE. HE SAID HE'S WORKING THROUGH THAT. STAN, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT CONFLICT. YEAH, I HAVE A I HAVE A FREE STANDING MEETING ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY. I AM AVAILABLE ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY. JUST GENERALLY, NOT AVAILABLE ON THE FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD, BUT I AM ON THE FOURTH. WELL, I MADE ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. I'VE GOT ONE MEETING BEING COVERED, BUT ON A REGULAR BASIS I HAVE A KIND OF A STANDING COMMITMENT ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY. AND STAN AND I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MUCH ON THIS YET, BUT WE WERE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE ELSE IN HIS OFFICE THAT COULD STAND IN FOR US OCCASIONALLY, IF HE CANNOT. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AT THE THIRD WEEK? NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK THAT THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. THAT FOURTH WEEK. REALLY? NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT FOR US. EXCEPT THAT WE'D BE TURNING AROUND THE FOURTH WEEK AND THEN THE FIRST WEEK FOR THE P&Z MEETING. BUT USUALLY, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT OTHER DIRECTION GOING FROM THE P&Z MEETING TO THE COUNCIL THE THIRD WEEK, THIRD TUESDAY. WHAT ABOUT THE MARCH MEETING? WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO MARCH. I WOULD LEAVE MARCH IF WE WANTED TO WANTED TO GO TO ONE MEETING A MONTH, I WOULD LEAVE IT ON THAT. I THINK WE'RE ON THE THIRD MONDAY. CORRECT? FIRST IN MARCH, WE SCHEDULED FOR THE FOURTH MONDAY BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK IS THE THIRD WEEK IN MARCH. AND SO IF WE DO HAVE ONE MEETING IN MARCH, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD ROLL THAT FOURTH WEEK. IS THAT THE 24TH? YES. MARCH. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS UPCOMING MARCH 3RD MEETING WE ARE PREPARED TO HAVE ONE MEETING IN MARCH AT COUNCIL. DESIRES TO DO THAT ON THE 24TH. IS THAT AGAIN I'M SORRY DIANA? THE 24TH. 24TH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN. WE KNOW PEOPLE CAN EXCUSE ABSENCES. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE. AND I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE THIRD TUESDAY AND WE'LL MOVE MARCH THE 24TH. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-01, AMENDING THE REGULAR MEETING OF TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH BEGINNING APRIL 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025, AND HOLDING ONE MEETING IN MARCH ON MARCH 24TH. SO MOVED. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? WELL DONE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT. DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIELD TRIP IN AUSTIN A WEEK AGO. [G. DISCUSSION ITEM] MICHELLE BRIGGS IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH. WE HAD A GREAT TRIP. IT REALLY WAS GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU, GUYS. SO A WEEK AGO, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, CASEY, JASON ALEXANDER, MYSELF, DOCTOR RITCHIE AND MAYOR GRAVES WERE ABLE TO GO TO GO TO THE CAPITOL, TO THE LEGISLATIVE DAYS. I HEAR THAT, MISS PENNYWELL, IS SHE HERE? OH, SHE'S NOT HERE. WAS ABLE TO GET ALL OF OUR RESERVATIONS AND SCHEDULE OUR MEETINGS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE THERE. SO THIS IS JUST TO BE THERE IS SOME WORK DONE ON THE TOWN SIDE, AND THIS IS PREPARED FOR THE ACADEMY AND SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN. SO JUST AS A NOTE, IT WAS NOT ALL DONE THERE. THEY WENT AND ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN THAT WERE WAY OVER MY HEAD. SO ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE LEGISLATIVE DAYS? SO EVERY TWO YEARS THE LEGISLATURE MEETS THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE. REPRESENTATIVES GO AND THEY'RE THERE FROM PRETTY MUCH JANUARY TO JUNE, DEPENDING ON THEM GETTING ALL OF THEIR THINGS ADDRESSED. AND THEY MAKE THESE SPECIAL DAYS WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTIES AND TOWNS GET TO GO. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE TARRANT COUNTY DAYS, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GO TO THE DENTON DAYS. AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO DURING THIS PRESENTATION IS SHOW YOU HOW WE WERE ABLE TO ADVOCATE HOPEFULLY, HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT. SO WHAT WE DID WE MET WITH THE LEGISLATURES. WE NETWORKED WITH A TON OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM TARRANT COUNTY. [01:40:06] SO THERE WAS SOCIAL DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGHER ED, SOME BUSINESSES THAT WERE THAT WERE THERE ALSO LOBBYING. AND THEN CREATED A PLAN TO HELP FURTHER ENGAGE. WE LEARNED A LOT. SO, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND REALLY GET TO WORK ON WHAT WE CAN DO BEFORE JUNE COMES. SO AGAIN, WHAT WE DID MET WITH LEGISLATORS. WE MET WITH SENATOR KELLY HANCOCK, WESTLAKE REPRESENTATIVE AND RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE BEN BAUMGARDNER. SO, HE MAIN AREA IS FLOWER MOUND REPRESENTATIVE DAVID LOWE. LITTLE SPUR OF THE MOMENT. WE JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP. GOT A MEETING. WITH COLD CALL. WE SENT KIM IN TO DO HIS DO HIS MAYOR THING. AND HE IS OVER HEB, BIRDVILLE, FORT WORTH ISD IS SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT HE HAS IN HIS JURISDICTION. AND THEN WE MET WITH SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, SENATOR TIM PARKER. WE MET HIM KIND OF. WE CROSSED PATHS BUT MET EXTENSIVELY WITH HIS OFFICE STAFF AND THEN MET WITH MITCH LITTLE'S OFFICE STAFF, WHICH WERE ACTUALLY REALLY IT WAS A REALLY GREAT. BOTH OF THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT MEETINGS WITH THEIR STAFF PEOPLE FOR THEM. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. THESE ARE THE TASKS THAT WE HAVE DONE. AND I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF WHAT OUR PLAN FOR THEM IS. SO WE THANK THE LEGISLATORS PERSONALLY. PERSONALLY. TYPO THERE, MY BAD, WITH A MESSAGE FROM KELLY AND KIM. AS THE MAYOR AND HEAD OF SCHOOL, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THEM WITH SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY ASKED FOR. WE WERE TELLING THEM AND EDUCATING THEM A LOT ON THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON, WHICH WAS INTERESTING PLACE TO BE IN. AND THEY WERE LIKE, DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ON THAT? I'M LIKE, I CAN GET THEM TO YOU. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THEM, OR I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM. AND SO WE THANKED THE LEGISLATORS. WE ALSO GOT ALL THEM, ALL THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES, THE ONE PAGERS, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. WE HAVE ALREADY PLANNED AND KIND OF REALLY THOUGHT OF WHAT OUR DENTON LEGISLATIVE DAYS ARE GOING TO BE. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ENGAGING THE CHARTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. AND THEN WE HAVE SET A MEETING WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, TEXAS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, FOR NEXT THURSDAY, A COUPLE DAYS TO LEARN HOW WE CAN BE MEMBERS AND ALSO ASK WHAT THEY WERE DOING. ON A LOT OF THE WE LEARNED THAT SOME OF THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT THEY HADN'T QUITE HEARD FROM THEM. SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. AND ALSO LEARN HOW WE CAN BE, SIT ON COMMITTEES AND BE LEADERS IN THAT ASSOCIATION. IF THEY'LL HAVE US. AND THEN WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO DO? EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, CONDUCT THE MEETING THAT MEETING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. OKAY. SO ONCE WE GOT HOME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID WAS MANUALLY ENTERED ALL 933 CHARTER SCHOOLS INTO A DATABASE. I SEARCHED AND SEARCHED THE WEB. I ASKED CHATGPT. I LOOKED EVERYWHERE I COULD TO FIND A WAY THAT YOU COULD SORT ALL THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PUT THEIR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE THERE, SO THERE WAS NONE. THERE'S INTERACTIVE MAPS, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO IN AND TOOK QUITE SOME TIME, BUT PUT ALL OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN A DATA DATABASE TO WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SORT BY REPRESENTATIVE AND BY SENATOR, HOW MANY CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE IN THEIR DISTRICT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE CAN SEE ALL THESE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE 20, 29 TO 20 CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THEIR AREA. SO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRIAGE OUR DENTON DAYS AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST KIND OF USE OF OUR TIME. REALLY TARGET THOSE HIGH NUMBERS. NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, GIO GIOVANNI IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. HE ONLY HAS ONE. THERE'S ONE CHARTER SCHOOL IN HIS AREA, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THOSE RULES. AND I ALSO HAVE A COLUMN FOR ENROLLMENT WHERE WE CAN FIND SOME REALLY MAJOR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF HEAVY, HEAVY HITTERS. AND THEN THIS IS THE SENATOR. SO ALSO KIND OF YOU HAVE 60 OR ABOVE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN YOUR AREA. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TALK TO YOU BECAUSE THEN WE CAN SAY THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT AFFECTS THESE ARE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN YOUR AREA. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY. SO THIS IS THE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT LIST OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A PUSH, A GREAT PUSH TO REALLY ENGAGE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY WITH OUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE. AND SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE THE NEXT THE NEXT PUSH AND ALSO A WAY TO ENGAGE ALL 933 CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO IT TOOK SOME WORK. I HAD TO LEARN SOME CODING AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. WHAT I HAVE DONE IS I'VE CREATED A LINK WHERE, IF ANY ONE OF YOU CLICKED THE LINK AND FILLED OUT THIS FORM, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND GO TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR. [01:45:02] THAT THAT FORM IS FOR AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL OF IT. SO I'VE SET UP THE LINKS FOR THOSE FOR THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND FOR OUR, OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS, SO THAT NOT ONLY YOU PUT YOUR NAME, IT COMES FROM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, WHATEVER EMAIL ADDRESS YOU USE TO FILL OUT THE FORM, IT WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM THAT EMAIL ADDRESS AND GO TO THE SENATOR OR THE REPRESENTATIVES EMAIL ADDRESS. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE KIM CALLED IT THE SQUEAKY WHEEL. I WOULD SAY CARPET BOMBING. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FIRE TRUCK SIREN. WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE LOUDER THAN THE SQUEAKY WHEEL. BUT IT HAS A PREFABRICATED LETTER THAT WILL DOCTOR RITCHIE AND THE MAYOR AND I WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT THAT LETTER TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE WANT IT TO SAY. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO WRITE YOUR CUSTOM MESSAGE FOR THE SENATOR AT THE BOTTOM. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FILL OUT THIS FORM. IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OR THE SENATOR. AND I'M HOPING TO CREATE THESE FORMS FOR THOSE HIGH HITTING CHARTER SCHOOLS. IDEALLY, WE'D GET IT TO ALL THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. I'M SURE SOME OF THEM CARE MORE THAN OTHERS, AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M HOPING TO SEND AGAIN USING THAT TRIAGE SYSTEM AND ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS GIVE THEM A FORUM TO SAY, HEY, SEND THIS TO YOUR ADMINISTRATORS. IT'S ALREADY DONE FOR YOU, AND IT'S ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS CLICK A BUTTON AND FILL IT OUT. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. I RAN IT THROUGH MY EMAIL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CODING WORKED AND ALL. AND AGAIN THE FORMATTING WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IT TO SAY. BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT IT CAME FROM THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT I USED TO FILL THE FORM OUT AND THEN WENT DIRECTLY TO SENATOR HANCOCK, AND THEN MY CUSTOM MESSAGE AT THE BOTTOM. AND IT HAS AN EMAIL IF YOU WANT DIRECTLY TO REPLY. SO AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A CONFIRMATION AND ALL OF THAT IS DONE THE INSTANT THE FORM IS FILLED OUT. SO NOT ONLY WILL WE KNOW HOW MANY SUBMIT IT, I WILL. I'LL HAVE THE DATA ON HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS USE THE FORM TO SUBMIT THE LINK. SO IT'S SUPER EASY, VERY QUICK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A CUSTOM MESSAGE. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS PUT YOUR NAME AND EMAIL AND IT'S DONE. THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE US. WE'LL COME TO DENTON DAYS. THEY'LL BE VERY HAPPY THAT WE THERE'S A REALLY EASY WAY TO MAKE US GO AWAY. YES, EXACTLY. AND THAT'S FINE. OR JUST GIVE US SOME MONEY. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THOUGH, IS CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT IS CONTINUING TO MAKE THOSE NUMBERS SIMPLE, MAKE THAT DATA CONSUMABLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR. RITCHIE AND I HAVE PLANNED OUT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EXECUTE NEXT WEEK IS STARTING A PODCAST THAT NOT ONLY IT WILL BE WESTLAKE NEWS GENERALLY AND TYPICALLY LIKE THAT WILL BE THE TYPICAL FORMAT AND THE CONTENT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'LL START WITH MAJOR INFORMATION ON THE LEGISLATIVE DAYS, THE LEGISLATORS, AND HOW WE CAN REALLY BE STRATEGIC WITH THOSE EPISODES. WE HAVE A KIND OF A 5 TO 10 EPISODE PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT WILL DROP, AND WE'LL BE ABLE YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE HAVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS WHEN WE WERE GOING IN THESE OFFICES THEY WERE ONE MAYOR GREAVES WOULD ASK EVERY TIME, HAVE YOU SEEN WESTLAKE HERE BEFORE? THEY'D NEVER SEEN US THERE. AND SO THEY WOULD SAY, WOW, WE'RE REALLY IMPRESSED THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY HAD NEVER HAD NO MEMORY OF US BEING THERE. AND SO THEY ALSO SAID YOU'RE A ONE SCHOOL. AND SO THE MORE KIND OF POWER BEHIND THE PUNCH THE MORE PEOPLE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, THE GREATER THE IMPACT YOU HAVE. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO USE THE DATA ON OUR SIDE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU HAVE 70 CHARTER SCHOOLS IN YOUR AREA THAT AFFECTS THIS MANY KIDS. HELP US OUT. AND SO REALLY EDUCATING FORTUNATELY, HAVING TO EDUCATE THOSE LAWMAKERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS OR YEAH. MICHELLE, JUST GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. I MEAN, ONE, IT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN TO GO TO AUSTIN AND MEET AND TALK. AND WE DID GET FEEDBACK. IT'S LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THE STAFF WERE SO HELPFUL. GAVE US THE IDEAS TO GET THE REPS UNDER THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON AND I WAS IN AT A LUNCHEON EVENT TODAY. AND I MENTIONED TO SEAN MACASKILL, A GREAT GUY, THE, THE CURRENT MAYOR OF SOUTHLAKE. I SAID, LISTEN, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOUR SCHOOLS. THERE'S THIS HISTORY OF ISDS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS BUTTING HEADS. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. I WANT OUR CHILDREN EDUCATED AT THE BEST PLACE. AND IT'S. THE FIGHT IS OVER MONEY. BUT WE HAVE TWO FIGHTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE HAVE WON THE BASIC ALLOCATION THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED SINCE 2019. WE HAVE 20 PLUS PERCENT INFLATION THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY, ISDS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS FACILITY FUNDING THING. [01:50:02] THAT IS WE'RE GETTING ONE SIXTH OF WHAT WE SHOULD GET. AND I THINK THAT'S DIRECTIONALLY CORRECT. ISDS GET ABOUT $900 A KID AND WE GET ABOUT 90. OKAY. SO OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IF WE COULD GET 500 PLUS ADDED TO THE JUST BASIC ALLOCATION AND MAYBE $800 ON THE DEAL, WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH OUR SCHOOL AND OUR FUNDING AND CLOSING SOME OF THESE GAPS. SO I'M GOING TO SPEND EVERY, EVERY HOUR I CAN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO ASK SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS I'M GOING TO TRY TO TRY TO GET IN, GET US IN TO SEE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WHO'S REALLY THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE STATE, RIGHT, BECAUSE HE RUNS THE SENATE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THESE CONVERSATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK FOR DENTON DAYS IN APRIL, AND WE WILL NOT STOP. AND IF WE DON'T GET OUR WAY THIS SESSION, BY GOODNESS, WE'LL BE READY IN TWO YEARS AND REALLY ARM. BUT I ACTUALLY FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THE MAJORITY OF THE REPS WE MET WITH WERE REALLY WELCOMING AND LISTENED, AND I FEEL ENCOURAGED. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE SENDING ME STUFF. THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT A NOTE ABOUT FUNDING THE FACILITIES FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOL. THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS GOING AROUND. BUT I ACTUALLY THE WAY I'M SITTING HERE TODAY, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME HAY THIS SESSION. THE FACILITIES FUNDING IS DEFINITELY ON HIS RADAR, WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING. SO IT'S WHETHER IT IS REMOVED, THE CAP IS REMOVED ALTOGETHER OR TAKEN UP FROM 60 TO 120 MILLION. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WE'LL SEE, BUT WE'LL SEE. YEAH. AND KELLY, THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING THIS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN EDUCATOR AS HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR ALMOST 17 YEARS. SO BASICALLY NO ONE IN AUSTIN HAS SEEN US FOR 17 YEARS. IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GOOD WORK. WE LEARNED, AS MICHELLE SAID, WE LEARNED A LOT. I THINK WE ALL KIND OF WENT INTO IT. AND THANKS TO WADE'S TEAM FOR REALLY PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE IT WAS A PRIORITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE WALKING INTO. AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO BE THERE AND TO HEAR THE LACK OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS THAT AFFECT US EVERY DAY. SO IT IS WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO WASTE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS WILL AFFECT US FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. LIKE WE JUST DON'T. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A DAY TO WASTE WITH THIS. SO AND JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE LISTENING NOW OR THAT MIGHT LISTEN TO THIS. AND I TOLD EVERY REP WE MET WITH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PRETTY LOUSY JOB EXPLAINING THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. I'M NOT SURE THEY ALL APPRECIATED THAT, BUT THEY ARE. THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM IS GOING TO AFFECT 100,000 CHILDREN, RIGHT? WE HAVE 5.1 5.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND IT'S THE LOWEST INCOME LEVEL. AND EVERYTHING YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS, IT'S VOUCHER FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL. NO, IT'S FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT'S FOR TUTORS. IT'S FOR SUPPLIES. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE KIDS THAT REALLY NEED HELP, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY CAN BE AGAINST THAT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF AGAINST IT. IF THEY DON'T USE THE MONEY FOR THAT POPULATION, THEY WANT TO GO UP THE SCALE, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY GETTING $10,000 WHEN WE'RE ONLY GETTING 8800. SO AND KELLY REALLY CALLED OUT ONE OF OUR PEOPLE ON THE CARPET ON THAT COMMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY WORKED VERY WELL. I DID IT NICELY. YOU DID IT NICELY. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS HEARD. SO THAT'S THE HOT TOPIC AND ALSO THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. AND AGAIN I GAVE MY OPINION ON I THINK YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD SAY IT IN A BETTER LIGHT, THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE OPEN TO IT. BUT THE INFIGHTING ON THE ON THE MEDIA IN SCHOOLS IS BAD. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS. AND I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISDS, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAVING WITH OUR CHILDREN. WE ACTUALLY RAN INTO MAYOR MADDIE PARKER OF FORT WORTH AS WE WERE LEAVING SENATOR HANCOCK'S AND TALKED TO HER FOR A LITTLE BIT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH HER. I DO APPLAUD HER GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL ISSUES IN FORT WORTH, I REALLY DO. ANYWAY ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ON THAT? MICHELLE. GREAT JOB. WHAT? WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE FOR THE PODCAST? IT'S GOING TO BE THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY. AND BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT REACHES IT'S A BIGGER IT WILL BE FOR WESTLAKE NEWS, WESTLAKE RELEVANT NEWS, RIGHT. DR. RITCHIE. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS. YEAH. AND I THINK WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS WHILE WE WERE GONE. WE'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION HERE AS WESTLAKE ACADEMY TO HAVE ENTREE TO THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE. THERE IS A LOT THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVILEGE HERE. JUST THE JUST THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL, TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE DAYS ARE THINGS THAT OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE FUNDING FOR. AND SO UTILIZING THAT VOICE AND HELPING TO ENGAGE THAT LARGER CHARTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND REALLY [01:55:07] DISPERSING THE KINDS OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN WORK ON TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVING HISTORICALLY, CHARTER SCHOOLS DO SERVE A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF DEMOGRAPHIC THAN WHAT WE SERVE HERE IN WESTLAKE. AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SO TO WHOM MUCH HAS BEEN GIVEN, MUCH IS, YOU KNOW, MUCH IS REQUIRED. AND SO IT'S REALLY EMBRACING THAT AND HELPING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THESE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO PUSHING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS CAN RECEIVE IT. AND MY OTHER AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS WEEKEND. I MEAN, WE'RE THE ONLY I'M THE ONLY MAYOR THAT CAN REALLY TALK IN DETAIL ABOUT A SCHOOL IN THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. SO THESE LEGISLATORS ARE USED TO TALKING TO MAYORS. THEY'RE NOT USED TO, I MEAN, HOW MANY SCHOOL BOARDS PRESIDENTS GO IN THERE? BUT I THINK ONE THING I REALIZED FROM THIS TRIP IS I THINK WE HAVE A BIGGER VOICE THAN WE GIVE OURSELVES CREDIT FOR, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A SMALL SCHOOL. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND I DO WANT US TO GET IF THINGS WORK OUT WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, I WANTED, I WANT US TO HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP ROLES AND TRY TO HELP EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE. WE'LL SEE HOW WE DO. BUT WE WILL GO DOWN SWINGING. SQUEAKY WHEEL. OKAY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. WADE, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? [H. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS. 5:00 TONIGHT WAS THEIR DEADLINE TO FILE AS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE, WE SAW NO CANDIDATES APPLY. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO CANCEL OUR ELECTION. AND THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING. IN THE AUDIENCE, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. OKAY. STAFF RECAP COUNCIL DIRECTION. THERE'S BEEN ONE MAYOR THAT HAS WON A WRITE IN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? TROPHY CLUB. OUR BUDDY JEANNETTE TIFFANY. YEAH. TROPHY CLUB. YEAH. I HAVE NO RECAP AT THIS TIME. NO FURTHER INFORMATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY OTHER ISSUES? EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING. IT'S 5:27. APPRECIATE IT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.