CITY OF CANADIAN CALLED MEETING AUGUST 22, 2024  Be it remembered that on the 22nd day of August, 2024, the governing body of the City of Canadian met in a Regular Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall with Mayor Terrill Bartlett presiding. Members present were Terrill  Bartlett, Ashlee Talley, Jonilyn Hanes, Wendie Cook, Matt Cipollone and Gary Prater.  1. Call to Order  The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bartlett.  2.  Invocation  The invocation was given by Mayor Bartlett.  3.  Public Comment  John McIntire said his and Salem Abraham' s proposal that will bei in the form ofal handout could help the City's budget by $2 million dollars by condemning the stock of SPS/Xcel. He added that they have hired Laurie Brown admitted she felt it was time to move forward with a City Hall as the current one is nearly 100 years old and has many issues such as a sewer smell when you walk in the building, sewer problems, heating and air conditioning that has worked for years in the council chambers, etc. She added that even though she is living on social security, she is willing to pay more taxes in order to move forward with the Salem Abraham announced that Xcel has $215 million to disburse for damages from the fire; however, these scenarios typically come with low pay and slow play. He believes there is a better way of dealing with Xcel, and he intends to speak with four different counties and six to seven cities. He gave council a Jocelyn Timmons remined the council oft the current hard times with the economy and inflation. Itisn'ta great time for tax increases, and the hospital has announced a 92% increase already. Please consider the Kay Watts added that the oilfield is down and they are cutting costs and laying people off. She was concerned about a tax increase with the economy going down; however, she also realizes city hall is a centennial building and would just like to appeal to the council to make the tax increase as less painful as Public Hearing Regarding the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Proposed Budget for the City of Canadian, Texas  attorneys and Salem is willing to take on all of the: risk.  current architect/plan.  handout.  sacrifices people are making when setting the tax rate.  possible.  4.  The public hearing was opened at 5:47 pm.  Jocelyn Timmons stated that she just sold al house on 4th Street that had been on the: market for three years. When people call to ask about the house, they want tol know) how much the taxes are for  Page 1 of2    August 22, 2024 Called Meeting  the property and they are high. She also thought an increase oft taxes would benefit more people with a Rob Talley agreed that the City should raise taxes because they have fallen behind; however, the County isn't contributing enough when you consider how many people live in the County that live in the City. He advised the council tol be careful on raising thei taxes too high because the City has already raised water, Salem Abraham had the same opinion as Rob Talley saying that 75% of county voters live inside city limits and implied that the County could contribute more to the City. They have a very high balance in  pool rather than ai municipal building that would only benefit a few.  sewer, and trash rates recently.  their savings account.  The public hearing was closed at 5:57 pm.  5.  Discuss and Consider an Ordinance Adopting the City of Canadian's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget There was a lot of discussion on the budget, and the tax rate that would be required to support the budget in various capacities. Jarosek gave five scenarios of tax rates and how each would affect the reserves if Wendie Cook made a Motion to Approve an Ordinance Adopting the City of Canadian's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget, seconded by Jonilyn Hanes. Record Vote as Follows: Prater- Aye; Cipollone e-Aye;  the expense budget were to. remain as is.  Cook - Aye; Hanes - Aye; Talley Aye No further business, meeting adjourned.  5 RN Mayor, Terrill Bartlett  City Secretary, Kimberly Sloat   age2of2