SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE. OUR FIRST ITEM IS PRELIMINARY AGENDAS, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. NEXT ITEM IS APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. I'M MICHELLE HAWKINS, DOWNTOWN PLANO MANAGER. LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, THE COLLABORATIVE ARTS OF PLANO PRESENTED AN ARTS PLAN FOR THE CITY. THAT STARTED THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED A CITYWIDE, L-INUSIVE CULTUL ARTS PLA THAT WE CAN STRATEGICALLY BUILD OUR ARTS PROGRAM AROUND IN PLANO. FUNDING WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR A CONSULTANT, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH PURCHASING CURRENTLY, SECURING THAT CONSULTANT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IN EARLY 2024. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANTED TO RECRUIT A DIVERSE GROUP OF OUR CITIZENS TO SERVE AS A CONSISTENT BOARD FOR THE CONSULTANT DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS. THIS WOULD BE AN ADVISORY BOARD IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DIVERSE GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS. THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY MEET FOUR TO FIVE TIMES WITH THE CONSULNT TOUGHHE CREATION OF THE PLAN. SO THEN WE STARTED TO GET IN APPLICATIONS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THERE BE ABOUT 15 PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE. SO THEN WE STARTED RECRUITING FOR APPLICATIONS, AND THEN MET WITH OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TU AND COUNCIL PERSON HOLMER TO NARROW DOWN THE SELECTION TO 17, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE MEMO THERE. THE CRITERIA WAS THAT THEY MUST BE A RESIDENT OF PLANO AND THAT THEY CAN'T BE SERVING ON ANY OTHER KIND OF BOARD CURRENTLY. MAINLY BECAUSEUR ARTS ORNITIONS WILL HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC TIME WITH THE CONSULTANT, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING PLENTY OF PUBLIC INPUT. SO WE'RE JUST COMING TONIGHT TO GET APPROVAL FOR THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. >> Mayor Muns: THANKS, MICHELLE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MICHELLE? DOES EVERYBODY -- CAN I GET A NOD OR A HAND VOTE THAT YOU'RE OKAY MOVING FORWARD? ALL RIGHT. GOOD. >> THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. OKAY. COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBR OF 2023. HI DENISE. >> GOOD EVENING. SO I'M DENISE TACKE, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2023. THIS ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR-END NUMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A FISCAL YEAR YEAR END OF SEPTEMBER 30th. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW PRELIMINARY IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE DONE. THE AUDIT ISN'T TOTALLY COMPLETE SO THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR REVENUES COMPARED TO BUDGET BY FUND. THE GENERAL FUND HAS REVENUES OF 342.9 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS REPRESENTS 100.1% OF OUR TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET. WATER AND SEWER FUND HAS 212.7 MILLION IN REVENUES, AND THAT REPRESENTS 104% OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET. THIS SLIDE IS OUR EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO BUDGET BY FUND. THE GENERAL FUND HAS EXPENDITURES OF 320.1 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS REPRESENTS 99.5% OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET. SO WE DID KEEP THE EXPENDITURES UNDER THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND THE WATER AND SEWER FUND HAS EXPENDITURES OF 166.9 MILLION, AND THAT ALSO IS UNDER BUDGET. IT'S AT 96.7% OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THE FUND BALANCE HAS DECREASED BY 12.3 MILLION. THIS IS OVER $10 MILLION LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE TRENDING IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AT THIS TIME WHERE THE FUND BALANCE HAD ONLY DECREASED BY 3 MILLION. THE WATER AND SEWER FUND BALANCE HAS INCREASED BY $13.6 MILLION. THIS IS BETTER THAN PRIOR YEAR WHERE WE HAD A FUND BALANCE INCREASE OF 12.2, SO WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BETTER IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES FUND HAS DECREASED BY 200,000, AND THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE FUND HAS DECREASED BY 520,000. OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR BY 15.1 MILLION. THERE WAS A DECREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. THIS IS IN THE GENERAL FUND. YOU'LL SEE AN OFFSETTING INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. OVERALL OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE UP SLIGHTLY, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE PROPERTY TAXES OVERALL HAD DECREASED. THEY'RE PRETTY FLAT. THE SALES TAX REVENUE HAS INCREASED BY 5.8 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. FRANCHISE FEE REVENUE HAS INEASED BY ONE MILLION DUE TO INCREASED USAGE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY AND INTEREST INCOME INCREASED BY 7.6 MILLION. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR BY 29.2 MILLION. OF COURSE, A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY PERSONNEL COSTS THAT INCREASED BY 16.1 MILLION DUE TO A 3.5% SALARY INCREASE EFFECTIVE IN OCTOBER OF 2022. COST FOR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, OF COURSE, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THOSE HAVE INCREASED BY 901,000. AND THEN CONTRACTUAL AND PROFESSIONAL FEES INCREASED BY 6.9 MILLION, AND THAT'S DUE TO OUR INCREASED TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND MUNICIPAL GARAGE CHARGES. OUR HEALTH CLAIMS FUND HAD A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 2.6 MILLION. THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN HEALTHCARE EXPENSES, AS WE KNOW THAT INDUSTRY, THE HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING. WE HAD SEVERAL LARGE CLAIMANTS. THIS FUND HAS A FUND BALANCE OF 4.1 MILLION AT YEAR END. WE'RE INCREASING PREMIUM FOR EMPLOYEES BEGINNING IN JANUARY AS WELL AS PLAN DESIGN CHANGES THAT WE HOPE WILL PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE FUND. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN JUNE WERE AT 3.6% AND WENT UP SLIGHTLY TO 3.7% IN SEPTEMBER. OUR SALES TAX FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WERE UP COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR BY 3.84%. OVERALL, OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD. THEY'RE CONTINUING TO HOLD STEADY AND GO UP SLIGHTLY. HERE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET RECAP, WE SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON THE MARKET WAS 19 DAYS IN JUNE. THIS COMPARES TO 28 DAYS IN HE WANT IS, SO SEPTEMBER, THE HOUSING WAS ON THE MARKET JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. ASKING PRICE IN JUNE WAS 100%, AND THAT DECREASED TO 99% IN SEPTEMBER. THE MEDIAN SELLING PRICE FOR A HOME IN PLANO WAS AT 542,000 IN JUNE. AND THEN THAT DECREASED TO 506,000 IN SEPTEMBE THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IN JUNE WAS $224 COMPARED TO 225 IN SEPTEMBER. OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS UP BY 1.4 MILLION COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR EQUITY AND TREASURY POOL. IT'S OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND HOW MUCH OF THE INVESTMENTS ARE OWNED BY EACH FUND. THE LARGEST WILL BE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. E MORITY WILL BE THE BOND PROCEEDS IN THAT FUND. WE RECEIVE OUR BOND PROCEEDS IN JUNE, SO THERE'S ONLY BEEN A FEW MONTHS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO START SPENDING THAT DOWN. THIS IS OUR PORTFOLIO MATURITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIQUIDITY. THERE'S 49% IN THE 0 TO 1-YEAR CATEGORY. BUT WE'LL BE TRYING TO MOVE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE SOME RETURN, A LITTLE MORE YIELD ON IT FOR THE LONGER-TERM INVESTMENTS. THEN THIS IS OUR DIVERSIFICATION. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY ONE INVESTMENT BE GREATER THAN 50% OF THE PORTFOLIO. OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO BE MUNICIPAL BONDS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME PRETTY DECENT YIELDS ON THOSE. AND WE'RE VERY DIVERSIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Muns: THANKS, DENISE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> THANK YOU. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 4, PRESENTATION REGARDING POLICY GOVERNING REQUESTS FOR NEW AGENDA ITEMS. ANDREW? >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICY RELATIONS. IF YOU WILL RECALL, COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING FORWARD A NEW POLICY GOVERNING REQUESTS FOR NEW AGENDA ITEMS FOR COUNCIL. WE ALSO EXPANDED THAT TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL. SO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE TAKEN YOUR FEEDBACK. WE'VE DEVELOPED A PROCESS THAT WE THINK YOU WILL FIND SUITABLE. I'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT FIRST WANTED TO PROVIDE A COUPLE HIGH-LEVEL UPDATES. WE ARE WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO DIGITIZE THE PROCESS, ALTHOUGH THAT MAY TIME TIME. WE'RE DEVELOPING A FORM BASE TO DO IN THE MEANTIME ASSUMING IT YOU PASS IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE SMALL DIFFERENCE THAT WILL BE OUTLINED. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, OUR LEGAL TEAM RIGHTLY POINTED OUT OUR QUASI JICIA BRDS WOULD BE EXEMP THEY'RE GOVERNED BY A SEPARATE SET OF RULES. FOR THE MAJORITY OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THIS PROCESS WOULD BE APPLICABLE. IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FLOWCHART THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, BUT IT IS A VERY DETAILED PROCESS. SO THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS IF ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS HAD A NEW POLICY IDEA, THEY WOULD PUT TOGETHER A MEMO ON THIS IDEA. THEY'D ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND KIND OF PRESENT THAT. THEY ALSO, TRADITIONAL TO OUR PROCESS, WOULD RECEIVE A SECOND. THEY'D FIND ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER WHO WOULD SECOND THAT. AND WE WOULD AT THAT POINT DO A HIGH-LEVEL STAFF REVIEW OF THE WORK REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THAT REQUEST. SO IF MAJOR STAFF TIME WAS DETERMINED, REALLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN A TWO-HOUR KIND OF MEMO, STAFF TIME, THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AS A WHOLE. AND IF WE HAD A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF, THAT WAS IN FACT SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO RESEARCH AND REALLY INVESTIGATE FURTHER, WE WOULD MOVE FORWA WI TIME AND BRING FORWARD THAT ITEM AT A LATER DATE FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION. NOW, IF WE BACK UP IN THAT PROCESS, IF THE COUNCIL DECLINES AND WE DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE, THAT ITEM WOULD BE SHELVED FOR A SIX-MONTH PERIOD BEFORE IT COULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD AGAIN FOR RECONSIDERATION. SO MOVING OVER TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IT'S REALLY THE SAME PROCESS WITH SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES. WE'D HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD OR COMMISSION BRING FORWARD AN IDEA. WE'D GET THROUGH THAT MEMO PROCESS. THEY'D WANT A SECOND FROM THE SAME BOARD OR COMMISSION. AND AGAIN, IF MAJOR STAFF TIME WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THAT ITEM, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OR COMMISSION WOULD VOTE AT THAT TIME ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ADVANCE THAT AND IF A MAJORITY VOTED TO ADVANCE IT, IT WOULD THEN COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND NOW, ANOTHER ITEM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A PART OF THE RESOLUTION, THE MAYOR HAD APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, HAD OUR FIRST MEETING TODAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER RICCIARDELLI. I'LL BE VISING WITH COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS AS WELL FOR FEEDBACK. pWE DO HAVE ESTABLD PROCEDURES OUTLINED FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRAIN ON AS THEY COME ON BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY WHERE EACH MEMBER OF THE ELECTED BODY AND APPOINTED BODY FIT INTO THE PROCESS. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I LIKE HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS WITH REGARDS TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS THAT MAY BE THINKING IN OUR BRAINS MOVING FORWARD. BUT ONE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FROM THIS PROCESS IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS COME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEY ASK -- THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE, OKAY? AND WE SAY THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING FROM THAT, AFTER WE HAVE THAT DIALOGUE FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSSION, AS A FUTURE ITEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. TO ADDRESS THAT INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WRITTEN PROCESS? >> SO COUNCILMAN, GREAT QUESTION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THAT THERE IS BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO PROVIDE COUNCIL BEFORE DETERMINING THAT IT WARRANTS A FULL-BLOWN PRESENTATION, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS ADVISABLE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPLAINT AND MAKE SURE WE GIV THAT FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL OF WHAT SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS OR BACKSTORY MAY BE ON SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. THIS IN NO WAY PROHIBITS US FROM PROVIDING COUNCIL THAT INFORMATION AND DECIDING WHETHER A PRESENTATION IS NEEDED. >> AND JUST, AGAIN, TO HELP THE CITIZEN WHO BROUGHT -- CITIZEN OR CITIZENS THAT BROUGHT THAT ISSUE TO US, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FEEDBACK, NOT ONLY AS INTERNAL TO COUNCIL, SO WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING TO PREPARE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THAT COURSE OF THE MEETING, THAT WE BRING IT TO THE CITIZENS. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND TYPICALLY IN THOSE SORTS OF SITUAT IONS, WE ARE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE CITIZEN, AND WE TYPICALLY FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THEM AS WELL ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CORRESPONDING IN A WAY THAT HELPS ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Muns: COUNCILMEMBER HOLMER? >> Holmer: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. DO WE SUBMIT THE REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER OUTSIDE OF OUR PUBLIC MEETING? >> YES. TRADITIONALLY, THAT WOULD BE THE THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAME UP WITH AN IDEA AND YOU SAID THIS WOULD REALLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY MY CONSTITUENTS BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, YOU WOULD GET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE WOULD HELP KIND OF GUIDE, IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT THIS PROCESS FOR OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS STAFF COULD ANSWER PRETTY QUICKLY. >> AND I APPRECIATE -- I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POLICY. MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF YOU NEED A SECOND BEFORE IT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER BEING ABLE TO SECURE A SECOND WITHOUT VIOLATING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. COULD WE JUST SEND ITO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIM DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE COUNCIL? >> ACTUALLY, THE FIRST ASPECT -- I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE BECAUSE MY ATTORNEY ALWAYS TELLS ME NOT TO. TWO MEMBERS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OPEN MEETING. YOU'RE ABLE TO SOLICIT A SECOND. >> Holmer: WHAT IF THE SECOND SAYS KNOW AND THE THIRD SAYS NO AND THE FOURTH SAYS NO? >> YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN (SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKERS). >> Mayor Muns: IN OPEN MEETING. >> YOU CAN DO THAT AT THAT TIME AS WELL. >> Holmer: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. >> SO Y CAN DO IT AS PART OF THE MEETING AS WELL. >> Holmer: OKAY. >> Ricciardelli: MR. MAYOR, I HAD JUST A QUICK QUESTION AS WELL. >> Mayor Muns: GO AHEAD. >> Ricciardelli: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD -- LIKE COUNCILMEMBERS HORNE AND HOLMER, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL, WELL-THOUGHT-OUT POLICY. I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE DETAILS WOULD PLAY OUT AND I ASKED CITY MANAGER ISREALSON QUESTIONS OVER E-MAIL. ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES TWO COUNCILMEMRS M WAN TO PUT SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE STAFF WORK OR STAFF PREPARATION AND MAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WANT TO PUT ON ITEM ON A EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THESE BOXES THAT HAVE US HAVING A DISCUSSION IN PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE KIND OF MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THE CITY MANAGER CONFIRMED THAT THE INTENT IS STILL THAT TWO COUNCILMEMBERS COULD PUT THAT WHEREVER 'S PROPATE. DOESN'T HAV TO BE PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING. COULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION. COULD BE A WORK SESSION OR RETREAT, WHEREVER IT'S APPROPRIATE, THAT COULD GO. AND THIS IS REALLY TARGETED TOWARDS PROTECTING STAFF RESOURCES FROM BEING OVERUSED BY SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A PRIORITY FOR ONE OR TWO COUNCILMEMBERS BUT IS NOT A PRIORITY OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE. >> Mayor Muns: COUNCILMAN SMITH? >> Smith: >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, AGREE, I THINK THIS IS VERY WELL -- WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED ANY LESS FROM YOU. THOUGHT-OUT PROCESS. MY ONLY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE DO REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CITIZENS IN OUR CITY. AND THE PROCESS THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANY TWO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE A CONCERN AND THEY BOTH EXPRESS THAT CONCERN AND THEY SUBMIT THE REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER, THEN IT'S ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND WE DISCUSS IT. NOW, I UNDERSTAND BALANCING THAT WITH POTENTIAL TO USE HOURS AND HOURS OF STAFF RESOURCES. AGAIN, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING WE HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE OCCASION WHERE A REQUEST LIKE THAT HAS UTILIZED HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF STAFF RESOURCES. MY THOUGHT DOWN THE ROAD -- AGAIN, LOOKING NOT AT THIS COUNCIL BY ANY MEANS, BUT DOWN THE ROAD, JUST FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY WE DIDN'T ALWAYS OR WON'T ALWAYS HAVE A COHESIVE A RESPECTIVE STAFF, COUNCIL AS WE HAVE NOW. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THAT WERE THE CASE, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEBODY'S REPRESENTATION TOTALLY SHUT OUT BECAUSE COUNCIL WOULDN'T VOTE ON IT OR WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT AND NOT LET IT COME FOR DISCUSSIONS. BUT THAT MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY -- IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, WE WILL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT ITEM 6, COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION ON FUTURE AGENDAS, TO ADD IT THERE WITHOUT THIS PROCESS. IS THAT -- A INDERSTDING TH CORRECTLY? >> SO COUNCILMAN -- AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO SOLIDIFY THE STAFF SIDE OF THINGS AS FAR AS STAFF RESOURCES. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME PERIODS OF VISITING AND REVISITING AND REVISITING SOME TOPICS THAT HAVE TAKEN UP QUITE A BIT OF STAFF TIME. AND THE CONCERN IS TAKING STAFF OFF OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND KIND OF GOING DOWN WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AGENDAS THAT MAY NOT BE SHARED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. SO WE DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR EVERY COUNCILMEMBER TO HAVE A VOICE, BUT WE THINK IT STILL COMPLIES WITH THE TWO-COUNCILMEMBER RULE. SO THAT'S STILL THERE, AND YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH MULTIPLE PROCESSES. YOU CAN DO IT AT THE COUNCIL DAIS. BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT OF ACTUALLY REDIRECTING COUNCIL OR STAFF RESOURCES, WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALIGNED WITH THE BUDGET OR STRATEGIC PLAN WE'VE PASSED THAT WE GET FEEDBACK THAT Y'ALL WANTS TO REDIRECT RESOURCES AND MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AS A BODY. THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS. IT'S IN NO WAY MEANT TO DENY ANY ABILITY TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA. THE CHALLENGE BECOMES THIS ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADD THINGS TO THE AGENDA TIME OVER TIME, THAT DELAY, ESPECIALLY IF THE BODY HAS SAID NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DEDICATE RESOURCES TO THAT, IS GIVEN A COOLING-OFF PERIOD, IF YOU WILL, OR A STAYING PERIOD FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS SO COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REVISIT THE SAME . >> Smith: GOTCHA. AND AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH THIS BODY AT ALL. I HAVE NO CONCERN WITH THAT. AND I THINK IF IT IS PUT TOGETHER AND WE PUT THIS IN PLACE, THAT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT, YOU KNOW, AT COUNCIL COULD BE BENEFICIAL, AND IT MIGHT GET VOTED DOWN IF ENOUGH COUNCILMEMBERS THINK THAT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT. BUT AGAIN, AS LONG AS NOBODY GE HAVE SIX WHERE WE WILL STILL -- BECAUSE THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF WE THINK SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THAT ONTO THE AGENDA REGARDLESS OF THE TIME AND EFFORT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. BUT I THINK YOU'RE -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THIS GIVES US A CHANCE TO PUT IT IN WRITING AND KIND OF SET WHAT THE THOUGHT PATTERN IS, WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBER WISHES TO ACCOMPLISH. THEN COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS IT. IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT WHEN THE FEEDBACK COMES FROM YOUR OFFICE TO WHENEVER COUNCIL PERSON IT IS,HAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TWO DAYS OF SOMEBODY'S TIME. THEY MAY GO, OH, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THAT. AGAIN, I THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE HERE, I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT CONCERN THAT I HAVE, THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD -- >> SURE. >> Smith: IT COULD BE AN ISSUE. >> THIS IS A COUNCIL POLICY. AND THOSE THINGS CAN AND DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. SO IF THIS GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WORKING, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO BRING IT BACK WORKING IN AAY THAT MAKES SN'T SENSE FOR STAFF OR FOR COUNCIL. SO OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GO DOWN THIS PATH, AND WE THINK THIS ADDS SOME STRUCTURE AND SOME STABILITY TO HOW RESOURCES ARE USED. AND YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ALSO BRING THIS BACK AFTER A YEAR AND LET US REVISIT IT IN TOTAL AND SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS TO STICK WITH. >> Smith: THANK YOU. >> I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I'VE SEEN WITH WHEN WE JUST PIECE -- THE MAYOR SAYS ITEMS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, SOMEBODY JUST THROWS SOMETHING UP AND WE ALL -- OH, SHOULD WE DO THAT? NONE OF THE REST OF US HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON IF WE, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY ANALYZE. AND AT THAT POINT, WE CAN'T REALLY DISCUSS IT BECAUSE IT'S AN ITEM FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA. AND IT'S HARD FOR US TO MAKE A REALLY EDUCATED DECISION WITHOUT HAVING INFORMATION. SO I SEE WITH THIS POLICY, IT WILL COME TO US WITH MORE INFORMATION, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A MORE EDUCATED DECISION ON IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO SPEND TIME DISCUSSING VERSUS JUST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THROWING IDEAS OUT AND THEN US BEING AWKWARDLY, WELL -- SAYING WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT AND US BEING, LIKE, THEN I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD DO THIS OR NOT. I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL. >> Mayor Muns: APPRECIATE IT, ANDREW. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM FIVE, CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS. ANY ITEM COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? OKAY. ITEM SIX. COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, ACTIONFUTURE AGEAS. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN AT 7:00. (RECESS) >> Mayor Muns: I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION AND ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. COUNCILMEMBER RICCIARDELLI WILL BE ON ZOOM. WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY MICHAEL SLAUGHTER WITH HUNTERS GLEN BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY BSA CUB SCOUT PACK 221, CHARTERED BY NORTH TEXAS PIONEERS ROTARY CLUB. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? >> GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT. SINCE I'M THE WORSHIP PASTOR, I'M NOT GOING TO PRAY THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO SING THE PRAYER. ♪ OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME ♪ ♪ THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN ♪ ♪ OH GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS ♪ ♪ AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> SCOUTS, JOIN ME, PLEASE. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIEMBERS, TIZENS OF PLANO, WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF YOUR EVENT TONIGHT. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU. JOSH, WOULD YOU TAKE OVER? >> ALL RIGHT. SCOUTS SALUTE. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) (TEXAS PLEDGE) . >> DISMISSED. >> Mayor Muns: BE SEATED. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT IN FRONT. OKAY. YOU GUYS DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. >> THANKS. FIRST TIME AT CITY HALL. >> Mayor Muns: WELL, WHA DO YOU THINK? YEAHEVERYBODY. >> EVERYBODY. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Muns: GOOD TO SEE YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> (OFF MIC). >> Mayor Muns: OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AFTER CONSENT AGENDA. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. >> City Clerk: CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NONCONTROVERSIAL. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROTHIS AGDA FORNDIVUAL DISCUSSI BY A CO MANAGER OR ANY CITIZEN. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS. >> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER RICCIARDELLI, HOW DO YOU VOTE? THANK YOU. VOTES YES >> Ricciardelli: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 7-0. COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. >> City Clerk: COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION. THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA. AND AS A NOTE, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE MICROPHONE OR YELL INTO IT WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE IS MALIA COSMIE. >> GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND BASICALLY MAKE MY VOICE HEARD. ON OCTOBER 9th, THE CITY COUNCIL CONDEMNED THE ACTIONS OF HAMAS FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING 1400 PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SETTLER COLONY OFISRAEL. THIS NUMBER WAS THEN USED TO JUSTIFY RETALIATION AGAINST HAMAS. SINCE YOU CONDEMNED THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED, I WANT YOU ALL TO ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF INNOCENT PALESTINIANS THAT NEED TO BE KILLED FOR YOU TO CONDEMN THE ABHORRENT GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS BY THE SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL? A MONTH AFTER YOU CONDEMNED THAT ATTACK, THE DEATH TOLL OF THOSE KILLED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL WAS 1200. ISRAEL CLAED ONLY 60.A WAS PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED WERE CONFIRMED TO BE HAMAS. AS OF TODAY, THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IS 26,000. WITH AN ESTIMATED 10,000 TRAPPED AND LIKELY DEAD UNDER THE RUBBLE. OUT OF THOSE 26,000, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN JEWS, PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS, PALESTINIAN ATHEISTS AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT A JEW VERSUS MUSLIM ISSUE. SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INCLUDING THE THIRD OLDEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD, HAS BOMBED. MOSQUES, HOSPITALS, REFUGEE CAMPS BAKERIES UNIVERSITIES CITY BUILDINGS HOUSING CENTURIES' OLD DIVERSE CULTURAL AND HISTORY ARE RUBBLE. THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE BEING BACKED FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH TO THE BORDER OF EGYPT ALL WHILE ISRAEL CLEARS WAY FOR A NEW CANAL TO BE BUILT AND NEW SETTLEMENTS TO BE ERECTED. IT IS CLEAR ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND COUNTLESS WAR CRIMES WITH INDISCRIMINATE FIRE, ILLEGAL WHITE PHOSPHORUS, THE KILLING OF JOURNALISTS AND PROFESSORS AND MANY MORE WAR CRIMES I CAN'T LIST IN THE TIME LIMIT THAT I HAVE. IT IS CLEAR THE PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCIBLY DISPLACED, DISPOSSESSED AND THAT THE END GOAL IS TO TRANSFER THEM TO EGYPT WITH NO RIGHT TO RETURN OR EXTERMINATE WHOEVER REMAINS ALTOGETHER. CONDEMNING THE WAR CRIMES OF THE SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL IS NOT ANTESEMITISM. IT I CLEAR TS ISOT AND WAS NOT EVER ABOUT HAMAS. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY DESERVE TO HEAR YOU CALL FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN. ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS OF ALL FAITHS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Clerk: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LINA ASHWAS. >> THE ENTIRE GAZA SHOULD BE EMPTIED, LEVELED FLAT JUST LIKE AN AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP. COCIL HEAD.HE WORDS OF ISRAEL'S WE WILL ELIMINATE EVERYTHING AND THEY WILL REGRET IT. THIS WAS A PUBLIC STATEMENT MADE BY ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SEE THAT THESE STATEMENTS ARE EXTREMELY ALARMING. WE HAVE SEEN THIS EXACT TYPE OF LANGUAGE AND RACIST SENTIMENT USED BEFORE. AND IT ENDED WITH THE GENOCIDE OF OVER 6 MILLION JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE NEWS SOURCES, ISRAEL'S BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA H KILLED APPROXIMATELY 18,000 TO 20,000 CIVILIANS, 70% WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. OVER 50,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED. 85% OF GAZA'S POPULATION IS NOW HOMELESS. 2 OUT OF 3 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SPENT AT LEAST ONE DAY AND NIGHT WITHOUT FOOD. I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT IS UNFOLDING IN GAZA AND SEE WHAT IS THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN IMMENSE SUFFERING IN GAZA FOR OVER 2 1/2 MONTHS. WOMEN ARE HAVING EMERGENCY C-SECTIONS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA AND DYING. 900 OF THE CHILDREN HAVE HAD AMPUTATIONS OF LIMBS PERFORMED WITHOUT ANESTHESIA. THE MANY INNOCENTS SHOULD NOT PAY THE PRICE FOR THE CRIMES OF A FEW. I ASK YOU PASS AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDES AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, IMMEDIATE END TO INTO GAZA FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. THE RELEASE OF OVER 2800 PALESTINIANS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT CHARGE. AN END TO THE $3.8 BILLION A YEAR OF FOREIGN AID SENT TO ISRAEL EACH YEAR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE RELATION OF 200 CHILDREN, CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 17, CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN ISRAEL. LASTLY, AN END TO ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE. THANK YOU. >> City Clerk: THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. >> Mayor Muns: LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. >> City Clerk: ITEM NUMBER ONE. THE COUNCIL HOLIDAY MESSAGE, A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL WISHING ALL RESIDENTS A WARM AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND PROVIDING A JOY CLAUSE, A PEACE CLAUSE, A HAPPINESS CLAUSE, AND A SANTA CLAUS. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. THIS REQUIRES NO ACTION. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.