Meeting Minutes Oak Point City Hall 100 Naylor Road Oak Point, Texas 75068 Wednesday, September 18, 2024 5:30P.M.  Regular Meeting of the Oak Point City Council  OAK POINT  A covntry place  1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Determination of Quorum Mayor Pro Tem Dufford called the meeting to order at! 5:30 p.m.  Dena Meek Scott Dufford Dave Klewicki Paul Bastaich Kirk Hawrysio John Lusk Greg Weiler City staff present: Stephen Ashley Jeff Moore Ed Voss Joni Vaughn Donna Boner Shanon Roach Joe Sippl Dustin Horne 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance  Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member City Manager City Attorney City Attorney City Secretary Finance/Human Resources Director Fire Chief/Assistant Police Chief Police Lieutenant Police Officer  Absent Present Present Present Present Present  Absent at Roll Call-arrived at 5:45 p.m.  And with a quorum present the following items were addressed.  Council Member Bastaich gave the invocation. Mayor Pro Tem Dufford led the pledges.  CLOSED SESSION  4. Recess into Closed Session in compliance with Section 551.001 et. seq. Texas Government Code, to wit:  a) Section 551.071 - Litigation Exception Consultation with City Attorney to receive legal advice regarding pending or contemplated litigation - Tiffany Maciejack and Mike Maciejack V. City of Oak Point, Texas, Cause No. 20-5992-431, 431st. Judicial District, Denton County, b) Section 551.071 - Consultation with City Attorneys regarding land use issues including site  Texas.  plans and the Fair Housing Act.  Mayor Pro Tem Dufford recessed the meeting to go into Closed Session at! 5:33 p.m. 5. Reconvene into Regular Session and take any actions necessary because of the Closed Session. Mayor Pro Tem Dufford reconvened the meeting into Regular Session at 6:14 p.m.  No action was taken from Closed Session.    REGULAR SESSION  6. Recognition and swearing in of new Police Officers  Lieutenant. Joe Sippl introduced new Police Officers Charly Sandoval and Gregory Churchill. Mayor Pro Tem Dufford performed a swearing in of the officers who then had their badges pinned by their City Secretary Vaughn reported that the Oak Point Community Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, Frank Sudduth, 940 Sapphire Ridge, addressed the Council to request a change in the City Code of Ordinances to allow Recreational Vehicles to be occupied in the City for longer than currently allowed.  wives.  7. Items of Community Interest  October! 5th and the City-Wide Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, October12th.  8. Public Input  REPORTS  9. Presentation and discussion of thet following reports:  Financial Report for August 2024 Investment Report fort the 2nd Quarter Municipal Court Report for August 2024 Permits Report for August 2024 Public Safety (DPS) Report for July 2024 Fire Report for July 2024  Officer Horne gave a presentation about First Responder PTSD and explained how Oak Point is partnering  with other entities to help First Responders dealing with trauma. a) Update on the PARC: September Meeting  10. Report from Council Liaison  Mayor Pro Tem Dufford reported that there was a discrepancy with the bid that the consultants had put out for the pickleball courts, sO the request for bids was withdrawn and a corrected one was published. Brad Harris, staff coordinator for PARC, is looking fora a consultant who willl help with the design phase for the boat ramp grant. The kayak launch was replaced and willl be installed int the Spring. PARC is contemplating: ai tree carving to be made from a dead tree in the Council Member Weiler reported that the EDC willl hold aj joint meeting with the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission on October 22nd. EDC has expressed their desire to have more regular communication and reporting from. Jason Claunch, Catalyst. The new wayfinding  park.  b) Update on the Economic Development Corporation September Meeting  signs should finally bei in place by the end of September.  CONSENT AGENDA  11. Consider and act upon the minutes fori the August 5, 21, and 28, 2024 City Council Meetings. Council Member Lusk requested that Item 11 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Council Member Lusk noted that the Vote on Item 12 of the August 21st minutes needed to be corrected. Council Member Lusk made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 5, 21, and 28th minutes with 12. Consider and act to approve pulling the bid for the Pickleball Courts and authorize republishing of the Council Member Lusk made a motion to approve Item 12 as presented; motion seconded by Council  The correction noted; motion seconded by Council Member Bastaich.  Motion Passed 6-0  bid.  Member Hawrysio.  Motion Passed 6-0    REGULAR AGENDA  13. Consider and act upon an Ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 City of Oak Point Budget. City! Manager Ashley gave a presentation on the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 proposed budget and answered Council Member Bastaich made a motion to approve the Ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025;  questions.  motion seconded by Council Member Lusk.  Motion Passed 6-0  14. Consider and act upon ratifying the property tax revenue increase reflected in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025  City of Oak Point Budget.  City Manager Ashley explained the need to ratify the property tax.  Council Member Lusk made a motion to ratify the property tax revenue increase reflected in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 City of Oak Point Budget; motion seconded by Council Member Weiler. 15. Public Hearing to hear comments on the City of Oak Point proposed property tax rate for 2024.  Motion Passed 6-0  Mayor Pro Tem Dufford opened the Public Hearing at 6:56 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Dufford closed the Public Hearing at 6:57 p.m.  No one came forward to speak.  16. Consider and act upon an Ordinance adopting the City of Oak Point 2024 property tax rate. Council Member Lusk made a motion to approve the Ordinance adopting the 2024 property tax rate;  motion seconded by Council Member Bastaich.  Motion Passed 6-0  17. Consider and act upon adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Oak Point Economic Development Council Member Bastaich made a motion to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Oak Point Economic  Corporation Budget.  Development Budget; motion seconded by Council Member Weiler.  Motion Passed 6-0  18. Consider and act upon adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Oak Point Municipal Development District Council Member Lusk made a motion to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Oak Point Municipal Development District Budget; motion seconded by Council Member Bastaich. 19. Presentation on facilities needs assessment by Randall Scott Architects.  Budget.  Motion Passed 6-0  Preston Scott, Randall Scott Architects, gave a presentation on the current and future facilities needs for 20. Consider and act to approve a Resolution authorizing a rate adjustment of 5.30% for Republic Services of Lewisville to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), Water/Sewer/Trash from July 2023 Cheryl Brock, representative with Republic Services, explained the request fora a rate adjustment.  the City of Oak Point and answered questions.  to. July 2024 as compared to the prior 12 months.    Council Member Lusk made a motion to approve al Resolution authorizing a rate adjustment of 5.30% for Republic Services of Lewisville to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), Water/Sewer/Trash from July 2023 to. July 2024 as compared to the prior 12 months; motion seconded by  Council Member Bastaich. Noes: Hawrysio  Ayes: Lusk, Bastaich, Dufford, Klewicki, Weiler  Motion Passed! 5-1  21. Consider and act upon an Ordinance to appoint Caprice Garcia as. Judge of the Municipal Court. City Manager Ashley reported that current Municipal Court. Judge David Moore expressed hisi intent to retire from his position with Oak Point at the end of September. Staff recommends the appointment of Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Klewicki made a motion to approve the Ordinance to appoint Caprice Garcia as 22. Consider and act upon a Resolution to nominate a candidate to serve on the Denton CADI Board of 23. Consider and act upon al Resolution to elect a Texas Municipal League Region 81 Director. Council Member Lusk made a motion to nominate Mary Sarver and. Jon McKenzie for Region 8 Director, motion seconded by Council Member Weiler. Council then voted bya a show of hands and. Jon McKenzie was the nominee selected as the Texas Municipal League Region 8 Director. 24. Consider and act on the previously planned road improvements to' Winchester Road, from the intersection at McCormick Road to the existing pavement to the North. Bob. Johnson, Winchester Road, requested assistance from the City regarding the dust problem on City Council directed City Staff to find a short-term solution for the dust problem on Winchester Road. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Klewicki requested the following topics be discussed at the next City Council  Caprice Garcia as. Judge oft the Municipal Court.  Judge oft the Municipal Court; motion seconded by Council Member Hawrysio.  Motion Passed 6-0  Directors. Council took no action.  Winchester Road and ask fori the paving of the road.  25. Consider and act upon topics to! be scheduled for at future City Council Meeting.  meeting:  Boat Ramp Newsletter  26. Adjournment.  Mayor Pro TemDufford adjourned the meeting at 8:36 p.m.  541 - Scott Dufford, Mayor/Pro Tem  ATTEST:  OF OAKA Po  B hidk Joni Vaughn, City Secretaly  EST, 1976 COUNTS