I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put it on the table. I'm going to put to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. Good evening everyone. Welcome to the May 6th, 2025 City Council meeting. It is now 7 p.m. and I call the meeting to order. This hall would you please call the council member Bethel. Council member Wilson. Mayor Scorrow. Mayor Procenebri. Council member Sutton. Member Sutton, and Council Member Ops. Council Member Gary Moore has an excused absence and Mayor there is a and the required charter officers are present to conduct the meeting. Thank you Ms. Hawth. Item number three is our invocation and pledge of allegiance. I'm going to ask Alciman Wilson and I will lead us to the At least stand and join me in prayer. Father God, we thank you for this day, for the blessings you've bestowed upon this city and this community. Lord, we give thanks for the privilege of public service and we give thanks for those who give so much to our community. And to the safety of our citizens. Lord, be with us tonight as we deliberate the business of the city. Give us your grace and wisdom as we move forward. Be with the family that lost so much in the fire. We give thanks that everyone involved was safe and those that helped help serve that We ask this in cross name. Amen A pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America One nation under the eye With liberty and justice for all. Honour the Texas flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flagamations tonight and we're going to start up with a really good one with foster care awareness month. So we have two representatives in the audience. We have Shannon Murphy and Jordan Trip if they will come forward and how meet you down the path. I actually wanted to ask M. C. from Paul P. from the House of the House of the D. And I will, of course,clamation right here. Very good. So yeah, there's a lot of time. I'll get some help, I think. All right, here we go. Whereas we have a responsibility as individuals, neighbors, community members, and citizens of Portland to recognize that children and youth need unconditional love, support, security, and a place to call home. And whereas we must come together as a community to recognize the important role foster parents play in caring for children and youth who have experienced abuse and neglect, supporting family reunification and building strong communities. And whereas through partnerships with families, child welfare staff, and public and private agencies, there is a collaborative effort to ensure that children and youth in Portland are supported and thriving. And whereas Portland needs dedicated care providers who will partner with local nonprofits and agencies to identifying, connect children and youth in foster care to permanent lifelong relationships. And whereas during National Foster Care Awareness Month, we celebrate all those who have invited vulnerable children and youth into their hearts and homes, and we express our profound appreciation for all who help make foster care possible. Now therefore, I, Kathy Scarrow, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of Portland, new hereby proclaim May as foster care awareness month and urge all citizens to recognize the valuable service of foster families in their communities. Furthermore, we hereby commend a Gagapi ranch and local partnering nonprofits and agencies for their work to raise awareness and for supporting coastal-bin foster families foster and vulnerable children and aged out youth. In witness whereof I hereby here on to set my hand and cause the seal to be affixed this six day of May 2025. Thank you, Selen. So I would like you ready to say a few words. So I wouldn't expect any different, but we need to hear this. Thank you so much. I'm Shannon Murphy and I'm the community relations coordinator for Got Bay Ranch. I've been with Got Bay Ranch for about six and a half years. So I have been able to see firsthand how much our nonprofit is supporting foster families and foster children, but we really wanted to come to Portland because some of our programs have expanded in the Portland area. We just had a gopey connection, which is an adoption event this past Saturday, here in your community, and we had 45 kids come. So when children cannot be reunified with their families, they are now eligible for adoption. So we had 45 kids coming to look for forever family. And so being prayer with us, that every single one of those kids gets adopted. Some of them are teenagers and they're getting closer that age now, you know, age of 18. So we want them to get adopted before they age out. But we're in Portland. We're always looking for volunteers. We're having a foster parent day out in Portland in May. Go to agapewrench.org if you want to learn more and see how you can support either as a volunteer, a sponsor, a thrive coach for our aged out youth. We have lots of opportunities. I just wanted to thank MK. Thank you so much for supporting a Goppe Ranch with Senator in the Host. We really appreciate you coming tonight. Thank you so much. Again, go visit our website and thank you for having us. Thank you so much. Council, you want to get behind us so we can take a nice picture. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Another wonderful proclamation here. And this one, come on up, law enforcement. I feel real protected right now. Come on up. Very good. If you want to be down here, maybe. There you go, balances out. Perfect. Whereas in 1962, Congress and President John F. Kennedy designated the week of May 15th as National Police Week and May 15th of each year as peace officers memorial day by signing public law 87-726. The law was amended in 1994 with public law 103-322 directing the flag of the United States to be displayed at half staff on all governmental buildings on May 15th each year. Whereas the members of the Portland Police Department serving on the front line, safeguarding the rights and freedoms of citizens of Portland, and whereas all citizens should know and understand the responsibilities, hazards, and sacrifices involved in law enforcement, and that members of the Portland Police Department recognize their duty to serve the community by safeguarding life and property, by protecting against violence and disorder, and by protecting the innocent, against deception, and the weak, against suppression. And whereas the city of Portland wishes to honor the valor and dedication of its own officers, and now therefore, I proclaim the week of May 11th through May 17th as police week. And call upon all citizens of Portland to show their appreciation by word indeed for the police officers of this city. A further call upon all citizens of Portland to observe May 15th as peace officers Memorial Day in honor of those law enforcement officers who through their courageous deeds have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their community and have or have become disabled in the performance of their duty. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the city of Portland, Texas, this six day of May 2025. Thank you, chief. Thank you. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. Squish it. I'm sorry. I just wanted to say that I think honestly that we're the luckiest police department in the state because of the support that we get from the community and the city management. It makes our jobs tremendously better. And I think everybody just really enjoys working with this department with the support that we get. I'd also like to call Becky Stewart up here. Come up here Becky. Becky Stewart is the division coordinator, and she's been with the department for 44 years. Come here. And it's 44 years in July, and it's also Becky's birthday. So I thought that we'd all like to wish her a happy birthday. Well, she shares one with Councilman Bill Wilson too. Yes, sir. We cannot sing happy birthday together. All right. Keep the mic away from me. Here we go. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Becky and Bill. Happy Birthday to you. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Becky, come here. OK. Thank you all very much. Thank you for everything you do. You know we just I don't want to say we take these officers for granted but we don't think about it until we need it. And and so many times you know they are there when we don't even know it. They're outpourtrolling our streets. They're keeping us safe. And if you've never did a police ride along, you will have a different opinion of what these men and women go through after that experience. It only took me one time. And I was like, okay, yeah, it was a very awesome experience. And we did everything from answering a dog barking dog complaint to actually escorting a medical, we pulled somebody over and they had a medical condition and we escorted them over to the North Shore ER. And then the culmination of the night was wrong way driver coming in to Portland from the north side and I was in the car and I said what's the plan here? She said well normally we would be out in the middle of the street but since you're with me we're just gonna park in the center median and be on lookout. Okay so if any of y'all seen the Channel 6 wrong way driver, you know that these police officers will actually go out and put their lives on danger to stop that car coming into our community. So thank y'all for everything that you do. We know that you have your lives on the line every day and we certainly appreciate it. All right, I think Becky, are you receiving this one? Who's doing the fair housing? Kenny's receiving it. Okay. All right, here we go. Whereas Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits discrimination in housing and declares that it is a national policy to provide within constitutional limits fair housing in the United States. And whereas the principles of fair housing are national law and policy as well as fundamental human concepts and entitlements for all Americans. And whereas the national fair housing Law during the month of April provides an opportunity for all Americans to recognize the complete success in the goal of equal housing opportunities can only be accomplished with the help and cooperation of all Americans. Now therefore, the Portland City Council shall proclaim the month of April as fair housing month and do hereby encourage all citizens of this locality become aware of and support the fair housing laws proclaim the 6th day of May 2025. Dr. Banks, will you come and accept this proclamation? Council? Councilor. So thank you, everything our public works department does not only for our utilities, but just making sure that our community, our buildings are all up to standard, and that particularly people that are buying their homes or renting their homes have a safe place to live. All right, I'm gonna take a break, and I'm gonna ask Councilman Bill Wilson to come up and read this next proclamation, and this is to honor his work as an architect, a licensed or registered. I'm not sure what you call yourself. Here you go, Mr. Architect. Okay. Are we going to have anyone up here to do this? Okay. Come on up. Remember Cymetr, she's really after Cymetr. As an architect, I appreciate that. Whereas the City of Portland is committed to recognizing that our growth and Strength depends on the safety and essential role of our homes, buildings, and structure play, both in everyday life and when disaster strike, and whereas our confidence and resilience of these Buildings that make up our community is achieved through the devotion of building safety and fire prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers, plumbers, and others in construction industry who work year round to ensure the safe construction of buildings through the creation and implementation of the highest quality codes and standards. And whereas building safety month is answered by the International Code Council to remind the public about a critical role of code officials who assure us of safe, sustainable and affordable buildings that are essential to our prosperity. And whereas each year in observation of building safety month, people all over the world are asked to consider the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and economic investment at home and in the community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to us by local, state, tribal territorial, and federal building safety and fire prevention departments in protecting lives and property. And now therefore, our esteemed Mayor, Kathy Scroo of the City of Portland, does hereby proclaim the month of May 2025 as building safety month. And accordingly encourages our citizens to join as we participate in building safety month activities. Proclaim this day, 6th of May, 2025. I'll set that down for the photograph. We're going to do the council button on here. Yes. I'm not purple. I'm not sure if it's all right. Why do you think it's all right? I should have put the whole foul. Thank you, Mayor and Council for taking the time to recognize this very, very important month for us. I just wanted to introduce a couple of people that work behind the scenes to ensure that our codes are adhered to and followed for the health and safety of our citizens. To my left, I have Ms. Abigail Haso. She is our permit technician. We have Mr. David Haley, our combination building inspector, and our building official, Mr. Marco Flores. Thank you. All right. It concludes all of our presentation for tonight. So now we will go into council comments. Let's start with Councilman Albrek. all brick, Mary. And also just want to say thank you to the folks we just recognized, you know, kind of all of the above really, but especially the foster care folks. You know, that is a very difficult, very, very necessary job in any community. And also all of our first responders, particularly the police today in this month, but also I think probably everybody in town saw or heard about the house fire there that was actually on the same street I live on. But it was a very good job by everybody that responded, including the folks from Corpus. There was quite a few people all showing up and trying to get a good look at what was going on. And I guess they were able to, but in a safe manner, the area was cordoned off as needed. And even well after the fire was extinguished, traffic on that end of the street was blocked off, which really helped out. Because living on the other end of that street, you'd be amazed at the amount of car traffic that was going back and forth to people that were just curious, but really had no reason to be there. So just wanna give a thank you to everybody that responded and hope that the family is doing very well. They're all, as well as it can be. They all got out safe and everything. But also just, we're obviously in a large sustained drought, so just being prepared and making sure you take the time to kind of think through those activities that wouldn't necessarily be a fire risk otherwise, whether that be grinding or barbecuing or whatever, there's edging, there's all sorts of things that we do on a routine basis that now carry a little bit more of a risk and making sure we're prepared and also having that fire plan with your family because I think most of us, if we do an honest assessment that's probably a little lacking in that regard of do you have your documents somewhere safe is your insurance up to up to spec up to replacement value definitely will be taking an inventory of that myself Councilor Sutton we'd like to echo a lot of Councilman Albrecht comments about you know the the proclamations we've had this evening and all the groups and organizations within this community that just, they give so much to it. Truly is a great to have them with us. Police Department, fire department, everyone within those groups are first responders. They literally are top notch. We got the best around. So hats off to them daily on what they have to go through. As mentioned, you know, we had a catastrophic fire at home. There's actually been several families within our community that have suffered some pretty good tragedies throughout the week. So, I ask you, is everyone keep all the families, all the citizens of the area, and in a prayer or so tonight. There's a lot of them going through some more times. Mayor Prattim. I couldn't have said it. I echo their remarks as well. We couldn't ask for a better police force and for the foster care and things of that nature. Yes, definitely an necessity and putting prayers out to the folks that have folks that are in critical condition this week as well as the people lost in the fire as huge. Also when I add for those of you all that got to the attendance day of the city, thank you for being there. I'm sure you might make some comments about it too as well, but it was a lot of fun and And if you didn't get a chance to see it and see what's going on in the city and what the future looks like for Portland and how bright it is, take a look at social media. It's always a pretty neat event. We've got a lot of compliments on it. I want to compliment all my fellow movie stars. Your portions of the event was the first time that I really got to see it to the L.D. Everybody did outstanding and the contribution from everybody was great. So, happy work they built and happy work they back you. That's all I got. They're dedicated here. Councillor Wilson. Yes, I'll echo the comments you've heard about, particularly about the family and the fire and the fire department for being there to protect everyone else in the neighborhood. We should be mindful that that's something that they're ready to deal with on a daily basis. And I respect the proclamations. The foster care proclamation. I will tell you that I have family that participated in that. And the dedication and the commitment that people make is really astounding. And if you don't know much about it, you ought to look into it. And with respect to birthdays, the really important one is that today is Jose Altoves for that. Thank you. Council Member Bethel. Yeah, I'll echo the other comments that have already been made. And congratulating everyone that was here this evening and acknowledging the tragedies that have gone in the community. You know, it's unfortunate. It really does show the goodness that's in our community. And so just be a good friend, be a good neighbor, help those who need it and be there for them. Okay. I would be remiss too if I didn't say that councilman all correct had birthday yesterday. So this this is, and you know what John, you've got one. You just had a couple of weeks go and I got one. So this is like the Spring and Birthday Group, I guess. Spring and Summer Birthday Group. 29 again. 29 again. 29 again. So again, condolences to the family that had a tragedy this week and I want to echo Councilman Albrecht's comments about getting ready. This week also starts the week of Hurricane Preparing this week and you can think about these are the things we need to be doing now to prepare for not when, but you know, if but when a hurricane is going to happen, you know, so let's get through this next season. We're praying really hard, but that's be prepared. Also, want to echo comments about our state of the city. We did something a little bit different this year. We actually did like a full 30 minute news broadcast. So we had the news. We had the weather, which was really more of a financial forecast. Forecast. We had guest speaker Bill Vessi come and talked during the newscast. And of course, our sports reporter was John Sutton. We were kind of thinking that very be careful the news people might come still you Great he did a great to everybody did it great every council person participate. It was really fun This was spearheaded by our city Assistant city manager Kathleen Weisenberger and Production was done by night storm production which is a awesome job for the last several years in bringing these productions. If you would like to see it, it's on our city webpage. It was broadcast live, just like a news report. So we started that broadcast kind of early on in the event. So you'll have to kind of go through and start. You'll see that it starts about 30 minutes into when we started becoming live on air. But it was, I think John and I, who were co-anchors, we didn't see, we couldn't see the whole presentation like the others in the audience. So when I looked at it after it was done I was like oh this was pretty good. Turned out pretty good. So yeah so we didn't get to see it like on the live production like everybody else did and so it was pretty pretty interesting, pretty cool. So the challenge is what are we gonna do next year? So if you got any ideas let me know, let me know. So we'll be doing that. Mr. Wright, do you have anything? Thanks, Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to also thank Kathleen for all the work she did with Nightstorm. Also, all the staff, really, we got our IT staff, Shelby O'Brien, or Klonat. And really, thanks to y'all y'all are the face of the city. And it's unusual to have a city council so engaged in the public and to find new and innovative ways to communicate with our public. It's really important and it's one of the things, one of the many things that sets us apart in a lot of communities in areas. So we're real proud to be here and we're very very happy to see that come off. You guys did a great job. One let you know too we are in a drought but we did have a little rain the last couple weeks so that has created an outbreak of mosquitoes. We've had some difficulties spraying because the winds have been too high but we are putting out larvavicides pretty frequently and as soon as the winds die down, we'll be out spraying. I just want to encourage residents to make sure that they do have any standing water and pots and that sort of thing. The deer and the candy to eliminate those spots where mosquito larvae can be born and cause this trouble. That's it, thanks Mayor. Thank you very much. Move on to item number seven, public comments. They do not have anybody registered to make public comment. Did we receive anything online, Ms. Moore? Mayor, there were no comments received. Okay, then we will move on to our action items. Item number eight, Administration of Oath of Office. City Secretary will administer Oath of Office to Councilmember John Green, Councilmember Bill Wilson, Councilmember John Sutton, and Councilmember Martha Ruiz, all of whom were declared elected to two year terms of office. But before we do that, I would like to give Councilman Bethel an opportunity to say a few words to us. Thank you. I've got about 10 pages here, so get comfortable. I actually don't. My son has a band concert, and I think I might catch the tail end of it if I keep this brief so that's my plan. But I do, I do certainly want to thank everybody for the support over the last seven years. I can't believe it's been seven years. A lot has changed, a lot has happened. Personally, a lot has changed and happened in the world, a lot has changed and happened in here in the city but it's been a great seven years and of course I say that and I I owe that all to the six of you up here, the staff, that have made it a great experience for me. of the year and of course I say that and I owe that all to the six of you up here, the staff that have made it a great experience for me and it's funny. You know, most people know I'm getting ready to move outside of the city and a lot of people ask, are you going to run for city council? You know, again, I'm like, I know how well I have it and I don't take that for granted at all. You know, it's just been, the bar has been set so high, but it's really, really been a great experience. And... I have it and I don't take that for granted at all. So, you know, it's just been, the bar has been set so high, but it's really, really been a great experience. And to Martha, I wish you all the best as you take on this new endeavor and you're working with the best of the best. And I would put the council and the staff up against anybody, whether it be in city, state, or federal government, private industry, running a news broadcast, whatever they wanted to do, they could do it and do it well. So you're stepping into a really great team, and I wish you all the best. But for me, I appreciate it all, and thank you so much. Thank you, Councilman. And we wanted to have a more formal presentation tonight, but because of Jack's May and concert tonight, we, I wanted his family to be here and see that. So we are going to be doing something next council meeting and to honor Council and Bethel with his family. So wish you the best of luck. And we'll be in touch. We'll keep in touch. And I know where you're moving. So I'm gonna make a few calls calls to that to that governmental entity. All right thank you Troy. So at this time I'm going to ask the newly elected and the returning to go down for the administration of the the Oath of Office. If you will please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm to faithfully execute the duties of office, council member of the city of Portland, of the state of Texas and will to the best of your ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States and of this state so help you. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. I want to give the opportunity for those that were just sworn in to make a statement. So let's start with, let's go down the line this way. Councilman Son, we'll start with you. Really just want to express what an honor, what a privilege it is to serve this community. So this completes eight years for me and of course this will be my fifth term. I've learned so much over the last eight years of work with so many great people and I really feel the community has faith in the work that I've helped contribute to the team and will continue to contribute. Um, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it just want to say thank you and I will not let you down. Mayor Patin. I feel a lot of the same way. You know, I've been here for a while quite some time. I don't know. It's close to 19 or 20 years now, but I quit counting, but I tell you, I love this community and I am feeling humbled and blessed to know that the community still has my back and still has my support to continue this because it's truly been a blessing and I'm working with some great people great staff You I could ask to be in a better place right now to keep the city moving forward. So thank you again and I'll give you my best for the next couple of years and and beyond as long as you'll happen You know, it's it's great fun to be able to make a difference in your community and That's one of the things that I enjoyed so much about serving on this council and being able to work with so many people who do make a difference. And if you ever get the opportunity to give back and participate at any level, I highly encourage you. It's very fulfilling and I'm privileged to be sitting in this chair. Thank you. Let me be the first to say Councilwoman Ruiz. Well, thank you all, especially for my family and friends for being here tonight. I'm really excited to take in on this position and I look forward to working along with this wonderful group here with our City Council. I'm Mayor, our City Manager and all of the directors. I'm looking forward to the next two years and I hope that I fulfill the position well as the community would like to watch our city continue to grow. All right. Congratulations, everyone. And I think what really has truly benefited the city of Portland is particularly in long-term planning is that we have had the ability to work together for so many years and to bring the citizens, our communities, vision to fruition. And that's what's I think your point that it's really exciting to be part of that and to know that your boss is our citizens are supportive of what we are doing here so. Congrats to everybody and let the work begin. All right item number nine is our election of Mayor Pro Temp. The City Council will like one of its members as Mayor Pro Tem for one year term of office according to section 2.03 of the City Charter. Do I have a motion? Mayor I motion to select Councillor over John Green as Mayor Pro Temp. Second. Motion made by Councilman Sutton. Seconded by Councilman Wilson to elect Councilman John Green as Mayor Pro Temp for a term of one year. Is there any discussion on this motion? then we'll begin about with Councilman Albrek. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. All right, congratulations and get to be another mayor pro-tem. This is number three year in the row now. Third is two years, third year. Third year? Yeah, I guess opposed. We'll represent us well if we're sending you to Austin on Thursday. I'm not sure if it's a couple of four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four four service 850. All right. Item number 10 is minutes of the previous meeting. City Council will consider approval of the minutes of April 15, 2025 regular meeting. I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve the minutes of April 15, 2025 regular council meeting. Second. Motion made by Councilman Sutton, seconded by Councilman Albrecht to approve the April 15, 2025 regular meeting minutes. It's a discussion on this motion. Hearing none, we'll begin with the Councilor Ruiz. 4. 4. 4. 4. Motion is approved. Item number 11, ordinance number 20309, authorizing the issuance of up to $23 million or tax on limited pledge revenue certificates of obligation. City Council will consider ordinance number 20309, authorizing the issuance of up to $23 million dollars, combination tax and limited pledge revenue certificates of obligation series 2025, providing for the payment by the levy of an ad warm tax and further secured by a pledge of the surplus revenues and other matters in connection thereof. Good evening, Mayor and Council. The following two items pertain to the city's bond program. The first item, ordinance 2309, is the issuance of our 2025 Certificates of Obligation. If you recall back recall back in February the city council approved the notice of intent to issue these bonds to support our projects and our capital improvement program. And then the following item is ordinance 2310 which is a refinancing opportunity that was identified by our financial advisor of our outstandingstanding 2014 and 2018 bonds and this will generate cost savings for the city So mr. Victor Kiroga is here from specialized public finance ink. He's here via zoom and he will present the Results of those bond sales which did occur today? Victor Great. Thank you Honorable Mayor, members of Council, Mr. Wright. Thank you for having me. And thank you for allowing me to participate virtually in the meeting. In truth, I wish I was there in person because we asked to get used to share with the city with regard to regarding these finances. And so before I began, just wanted to congratulate the returning council members and new councilwoman Ruyis and look forward to working with you and welcome on board with that said and not respect for your time. I will move forward with the presentation that we prepared for you. And on the screen this is just an overview of the financing plan that we shared with you back in February as this Martin indicated you instructed us to move forward on two financing. The first one was to generate $23 million from the issuance of certificates of obligation. The second one was to potentially pursue a refinancing opportunity called general obligation refunding bonds. The third was to enter the market of May 6 and then based off of your action today assuming your approve it that'll set up a closing of these transactions on May 29th. To give you some information regarding the results of today's book excuse me, Boncel. We issued $23 million in certificate obligation and generated that amount in bond proceeds. This will be distributed through various revenue streams that the city will devote to repay this debt. 16 million of it will be paid by your property tax to your I.S. tax fund. The utility system and drainage from all also be participating in the repayment schedule. The repayment term that we use was a 25 year repayment term. We were able to lock in a favorable interest rate today of a 4.59 percent that is lower than our budgeted 5% interest rate that we were looking at initially. There's been some volatility in the bond market past few weeks with the tariff discussion but overall the interwriters in a wonderful job and that we're able to attain an act attractive interest rate through this process. I do very minimal work. It's really more the city and the your credit rating that does a lot of the job to get a good interest rate. And that's evident through standard of pours who who is an independent rating agency. They have firm the city's strong double a rating. And that is the main reason why we're able to get an attractive interest rate and plenty of buyers for your bonds today. When we last talked in February we were running some preliminary analysis we're estimating that the tax supported portion are $16 million of the CO transaction. The estimated INS tax rate impact for next year would be 4.21 percent. Based off of this lower interest rate they were able to attain. We're looking at a revised estimate of about 3.86 cents. We're hoping that it'll get better. This next page I know it's super small. These numbers you probably can't see them but I'll just illustrate to you. We were assuming a 3% growth projection for next year when we calculated that IONUS tax rate impact based on my conversations with Miss Martin the preliminary values are looking to be stronger than that. So we're hoping that your tax rate and get your certified values that the I know that's a great impact will actually be closer to three cents. We can't promise anything now but it's looking good in terms of minimizing that tax impact. The second transaction we're able to accomplish today was the general obligation refunding bonds. We were able to refinance a little over $10 million of existing principle. Had we done nothing with those bonds, we would have continued to pay an interest rate of 4.8%. But we took advantage of the interest rate environment. And we switched the higher interest rate to a lower one of 3.82%. that generated interest call savings to the city's taxpayers of $633,000. When we look at these refundings we look at a present value savings ratio the higher the ratio the better the refunding it is that ratio turned out to be 4.75 which is an excess of the minimum ratio that we like to see of 3 percent and we did not extend the repayment term of the original bonds and the right side chart. If you don't believe me that's the information we have here on an annual basis you're saving about 48 to $50,000 per year and we'll be paying it off as originally scheduled in 2038. The final page here ladies and gentlemen is just a three financing goals that we're about to achieve as discussed in this presentation twenty three million dollars will be delivered to your project account on May 29th. The I know tax impact is looking to be lower than what we projected. And also to we're able to save the city some interest cost savings through a refinancing. That is my presentation. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have financially, but also understand this Lauren Ferrerro is also in the audience and in attendance. She is the city's bond attorney and prepared the agenda language for the two bond ordinances that you're considering today. So she'll be happy to answer any legal questions you may have. Any questions? All good news. So thanks to Victor and his team and thank you for our city staff and for staying on top of the opportunities that even refinance some of our debt. All right. With that, I think we'll take, I'll do the, I'll take a motion on ordinance number 2309 first. I make the motion to approve ordinance 2309, authorizing the issuance of up to $23 million combination tax and limited pledge, revenue certificates of obligation series 2020. Motion made by Councilman Wilson, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Green to approve. Ordinance, summer 2309. It's any discussion on this motion? Erie, no, we'll begin the vote. Councilman Albrecht. Four. Four. Four. Ms. Hall, would you please read the caption into the record. In ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Portland, Texas, combination, tax and limited-led revenue certificates of obligation series 2025, providing for the payment of the certificates by the levy and advalorem tax upon all taxable property within the city and further securing the certificates by a lien on and pledge of the pledged revenues of the system providing the terms and conditions of the certificate and resolving other matters incidents and relating to issuance payment security sale and delivery of certificates, including the approval of distribution of an official statement authorizing the execution of a paying agent slash registrar agreement and the purchase contract, complying with the provision of the letter of representation previously executed with the depository trust company and providing an effective date. Thank you. We'll move on to item number 12, which is ordinance number 2310 authorizing the issuance of a $10,280,000 general obligation refunding bonds. City Council will consider ordinance number 2310 authorizing the avalorm tax delegating as necessary the authority to execute certain manage related to the cell of the bonds and other matters and connection thereof. We already had our presentation by Mr. Kyoga and Ms. Martin do you want to add anything additional? I have nothing to add, Mayor. Thank you. With that, I'll entertain a motion. Move to approve ordinance number 2310, authorizing the issuance of up to $10,280,000 in general obligation refunding bonds for series 2025. Second. Motion made by Councilman Albrecht, seconded by Councilman Sutton to approve on December 23, 10. Any discussion on this motion? Mary now will begin the vote with Councilwoman Ruiz. 4. 4. 4. 4. Motion is approved. Ms. Hall would you please read the caption into the record. Annorn by the City Council of the City of Portland, Texas, authorizing the issuance of City of Portland, Texas General Obligation Refunding Bond Series 2025, Levine and continuing direct annual and at the alarm tax within the limitations prescribed by law for the payment of the bonds, prescribing the form, terms, conditions, and resolving other matters incidents and related to the issuance, sale, delivery, and delivery of the bonds, including the approval and distribution of an official statement pertaining to there to authorizing the execution of the Paying Agents' Lash Registrar Agreement and ESCO and Trust Agreement and a purchase contract, complying with the letter of representation on file with the depository, the depository, I'm sorry, I lost my place. The depository, trust company, delegating it as necessary to the authorized to certain city staff and officials to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the bonds and providing for an effective date. Thank you. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, if you thought that was long, you should see the bond itself. I think it's an older this high. I mean, this is truly just a legal and financial undertaking from our staff and thank you to our bond council for helping with that. So, all right. We will move on to item number 13, which is an annexation petition public hearing. The City Council will conduct a public hearing to solicit comments from citizens and other interested parties concerning the proposed annexation of approximately 18.2 acres of land Being being within the George H. Paul subdivision, Coleman, Fulton, Pastor, Company, PT, N.E.S. slash 4, Section 84, San Francisco County, Texas. It is 751 PM. We're going to adjourn our council meeting. Go into public hearing, Ms. Vignose, you want to start us off? Yes. Good evening, Mayor and Council. This presentation will cover agenda items 13 for the public hearing and agenda item number 14 for the first reading of ordinance number 2308. The item before you this evening is a voluntary annexation of 18.2 acres located west of Lackie Road and approximately 600 and 19 feet north of Buddy Gannum Drive. The property is located within the city's ETJ. The property is north of the city limits which is owned R2 to the south and east as well. There is also a mixture of properties with R2 and R6 outing. In 2022, Phase II annexation of approximately 1200 acres was initiated and it included the subject 18.2 acre property. At that time, the property owner desired to remain within the ETJ and entered into a separate development agreement. The development agreement requires voluntary annexation to be initiated if there is a change of use or application for a subdivision. In late 2024 during a request for a building permit by one of the five property owners, city staff learned that an illegal subdivision plat had been recorded at San Patricia County in conflict with the annexation requirements of the development agreement. Council's been briefed on the situation and staff notified the county that the plat would need to be vacated and also followed by an annexation in a new subdivision plat submittal to the city. Once the applicants were made aware of the requirements they took the appropriate steps to rectify the situation. Confirmation was received early this year that the plat had been vacated by the county. Most recently a new plat for five lots has been submitted to the city which is pending completeness. The 18.2 acres is reflected by the image on the left with an image on the right reflecting the anticipated lot configurations. The currently assigned county ID numbers are also shown which are issued by the county at the time of the illegal plat I would like to mention that the plat submission will need to meet all cities and state planning requirements Which will include the extension of a waterline? Texas local government coach chapter 43 governs the voluntary annexation process Which stated that properties must be contiguous to the municipality it also allows voluntary annexation if petitioned by the property owners. Tonight's public hearing is the second of the required hearings for the voluntary annexation. Local government code chapter 43 requires the city to provide written notice regarding any fiscal impacts by the proposed voluntary annexation to specifically impacted public entities as prescribed by state law. Notice by certified mail was sent on March 28, 2025. Additionally, 46 courtesy notices were sent by regular mail on March 31. The first public hearing for this item was held during the April 15, 2025 City Council meeting. The second reading of ordinance number 20308 is anticipated to occur at the May 20th City Council meeting. And that concludes my presentation and I'm available for any questions you may have. The whole council questions tell the actual ordinance reading. Right now I do have one person that would like to make public comment during our public comment period, public hearing, Mr. Luzana, to come forward, state your name and your address for the record and please proceed. His name is Isaías Rosano and I'm an actress who's 2264 telegiars from Portland. I just came to get a little bit more clarification as far as the process to get those pieces of land annexed. Has it been annexed or are there still need have requirements that need to be met for the annexation? It hasn't been annexed yet. So I tell you what we're going to do. This is a public hearing for you to come and give us comments. And we can't really have legally have a dialogue with you during this part of the public hearing. But I would encourage you to talk with Ms. Munoz right here. But tonight's action, as a result of this, we are going to read just to give you the information. I can't have a discussion with you. We're going to be having the first reading of an ordinance that would annex this property. They will have to have a second reading of the ordinance at our next council meeting, and that should at that point conclude the process. Okay. Okay. If you have any other questions, Ms. Venios will help you with that. Thank you for coming to me. All right. Through anybody else, it would like to make public comment at this time. With that, it is 7.56 p.m. I'm going to close the public hearing and reconvene our city council meeting item number 14 is ordinance over 2308 annexation petition The city council will consider the first reading of ordinance on March 2308 Concerned to propose annexation of approximately 18.2 acres of land being within the George H. Paul subdivision Coleman Fulton pasture company, section 84, San Patricia County, Texas. Any other comments, Ms. Mioz? Yes, Mayor. As you mentioned, this is the first reading of ordinance number 2308. The second reading will occur at the May 20th City Council meeting. Once those two hearings are completed, the next step will include a recording of a plat. As mentioned during the presentation, the plat will have to follow state and city guidelines for platting, which will include the extension of a water line. Once that's completed, the property owners will have an opportunity to submit for building permits for those homes. Thank you very much. Mr. Lozano, I hope that kind of good. Thank you. All right. Council, any questions? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion. I could adopt a motion that approves the first reading. It's 2308. Second. So motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Green, seconded by Councilman Wilson to approve the first reading ordinance on 2308. It this motion. Hearing none we'll begin the vote with Councilwoman Ruiz. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. That motion is approved. Second reading will be in two weeks at our next City Council meeting. Mayor would you like me to read the council? Yes ma'am. In ordinance and annexing the here and after described territory to the city of Portland, Texas, and extending the boundary limits of said city as to include said here and after described property within said city limits. Granted to all the inhabitants of said property, all of the rights, privileges and burdens of other citizens and binding said inhabitants by all of the acts. Ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of said city, providing for the amendment of the official map of the city of Portland, providing for the repeal of ordinances and conflict here with, providing a severability clause, establishing a penalty for violation and specifically negating a requirement of couple mental state, providing an establishing and an effective date and providing for publication. Thank you. We will now move on to item number 15 ordinance number 2311 drought contingency plan. City Council consider the first reading of ordinance number 2311. Amending the city of Portland drought contingency plan. Dr. Binks. Good evening, Mayor. Members of the Council. The item before you denied is an update to our drought contingency plan. I will give you a little bit of background of kind of how we got here. The City of Portland purchases their water in directly from the City of Corpus Christi through a contract with San Patricio Municipal Water District. This contract does require Portland's drought contingency plan to mirror the plan of both Corpus Christi and San Patricio Municipal Water District. The Corpus Christi drought contingency plan was adopted on May 18, 2025. The adoption of the corresponding updated San Patricio Municipal Water District plan occurred on April 8, 2025. Following the adoption of the San Patricio plan, staff again reviewing both plans and incorporating the necessary changes into a revised Portland drought contingency plan and associated ordinance. I do want to comment that this plan has been prepared in accordance with TACE Title 30, Chapter 288, Section 28820, which is basically the TCQ's adoption process for a drought contingency plan. it will be filed with the TCQ after its full adoption. There have been a number of changes that have been made to the Corpus Christi plan and the San Patricia plan that have been adopted within our placed within our current draft drought contingency plan. I I wanted to get kind of a high view of what has gone on in the updates of the plan. There has been a voluntary stage that has been added that's called Water Shortage Watch. It is essentially an attempt to reduce water consumption by approximately 5% and that is a new stage. It has no regulatory components to it is simply based on public education. Stage 4 has been changed to water emergency. There are two levels within the water emergency. One looking at a 25% reduction of the current amount of consumption at the time of the actual declaration of emergency and the next one level two, a 50% reduction. Those are usually based on either extremely low supplies or an emergency associated with the water treatment or distribution. The reduction targets for each of the stages one through three were actually lowered. So it is a little bit less aggressive and a little bit less stringent than it has been before. Water use restrictions have been modified to reflect those reductions in percent to through the various drought contingency plan stages. Those are generally less restrictive as well. There have been some modifications that have been made to the surcharges that Corpus Christi implemented. Many of those are not related to our water distribution because we do not have large scale industrial customers or commercial categories like Corpus Christi has. The one thing that is interesting is that the optional search charge for residential will actually not kick in until 7,000 gallons per month if it's enacted. So it was 3,000 so essentially that means that there is a much higher ceiling above which you start getting charged additional money on the water if it is enacted. That was an attempt to try to minimize or eliminate the impacts on your typical three to four member families. One of the things that we wanted to put together and I think what everyone is interested in is what are we doing now in stage three under the new drought contingency plan rules that is that you know how do those compare to what we have grown accustomed to being in stage three under the old plan. So there's a number of changes and we've divided them through categories. I do want to say for the record, thank you to Shelby for putting all these together. I could have never done this myself and it was amazing how quickly she was able to put these together. But tree shrubs and vegetable beds now can be watered any day as needed, as long as you use a hose with a positive shut up nozzle and a water and counter bucket of five gallons or less to water these trees and shrubs, vegetable pets. This is supposed to be done before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. to avoid as much of operation as possible. Potted plants are in that same category as well. Landscape beds are done on recycling day underneath the stage 3, which is what we're currently in. Those are done via drip irrigation. I do want to point out that these drip irrigation systems are relatively inexpensive and can often be placed on hosens, and so they're relatively easy to implement. Oftentimes you'll see your landscape beds associated with your foundations and the foundation of watering is on the same schedule. If you have a tree or shrub and a landscape bed, then you are certainly allowed to go and water that plant just as you would as if it wasn't in a landscape bed. The watering of turf lawns is prohibited in stage 3. So if we move on to recreation maintenance, et cetera, at a home level, there's several different changes that have been made. If you recall, the washing of ATVs vehicles was significantly prohibited at home. Now you can do that on recycling day as needed before 10 or after 6. Washing done with a five gallon bucket containing your super detergent and and then rinsing with a hose with a positive shut off nozzle. Watering your home foundation, as I mentioned earlier, is via drip irrigation and is done on recycling day before 10 or after six. Pressure of power washing any day is needed that is a significant change to the prior plan. They simply asked everyone be cognizant of the amount of water that you're consuming. And then Fountains would be maintained to circulate water to make sure the equipment is okay. I do want to specifically address the filling or draining of pools in jacuzzi's as you recall in stage three initially, there was a lot of back and forth as this plan was being updated on how this issue would be handled. At one point, the filling was not allowed, then it was allowed to maintain structural integrity. And basically, their current plan says that you can fill your pool or Jacuzzi before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. trying to do everything you can, as we've noted with, for example, submerging a hose to make sure that that you're not having evaporation. This is to maintain structural integrity and the operation of the pool. So one very significant change is that they have requested that pools remain covered when non-inuse or have a water-s. A water saving feature is a pretty open-ended statement. The plan itself says that the pools should be approximately 100% covered. Water saving features can be a number of different things. Many groups are looking at the use of chemicals that will actually create a barrier on the surface of the pool that will allow for swimming. It's invisible. It is completely safe to swim in, but it does prevent evaporation. And so that's one example of a water saving feature. I've seen some other types that have been used like high efficiency anti-backwash and then also various types of cover that recognize that all pools are different shape and there are a variety of different ways in which you can cover most of the surface to prevent that of operation. For water saving feature, they are asking for a variance and it will be decided on a case by case basis. The financial impact of this plan to the city is non-existent and our recommendation due to our contractual obligations is to approve the first reading of ordinance number 2311. I will be glad to answer any questions that you may have. As the owner of a pool and concerns over covering the pool, I don't hurt myself, have a cover. And I would imagine most folks in the city don't have a cover for their pool or a water saving feature to help them. So I guess what I'm asking is, you know, upon the approval of this ordinance, when would we put it into effect? And are we going to honor folks or kind of give people time to adjust to the new rules? All right. The, I'm sorry, I ran into you. Okay, thank you. So we'll have to have the second reading. I think it will probably take 20 to 30 days to actually get the ordinance into Munich code after that that will be the time in which the ordinance becomes live and enforceable. We are heavily focusing on education to try to help with this. One of the things that will happen is the production of graphics like you've seen up here where it will tell people what to do. And you know, they're always capable or encouraged to call public works and discuss what their plans are to be able to meet the requirements of this ordinance. So keep in mind too that we're following suit because we're obligated to do so through the City of Corpus Christi's contract. The City of Corpus Christi has just now begun to actually implement this program. We have been in touch with them and we're staying in touch with them. We want to be sure that we are understanding how they're implementing this program, trying to be consistent and being sure to get the word out to people. The use of the chemicals is probably the easiest and quickest and least expensive way. If you want to go for a water saving feature, I have talked with them and they are already allowing those things to happen within the city. We are looking at those types of technology for our municipal pools. And so there's, but there are a lot of different options. You can have floating types. You can have a disk that is set on the surface of the water. So there are a number of different types of strategies that you can use. And we want to be sure that we get the word out so people can make an informed choice if they decide to pursue the covering or if they decide to use some other type of water-saving feature. We've almost completed our water meter, changing off the water meter. And I don't think we've started the software where people can start monitoring their own use. Has that gone into play yet? No it is there's there's some steps that have to occur. We want to get all the meters taken care of and make sure that all the information is in the database. So then I'm sorry, go ahead. Yeah, so our citizens will be able to monitor their usage. And as I'm looking here at the stage three and stage four search arches, on water use, is there? Now that we have this technology that's going to be in place very shortly. Our citizens will be able to monitor their own water usage fairly accurately and fairly precisely throughout the month. And so my question is really about surcharges and do we have information published where someone can look at their water usage and determine what kind of financial impact they might be subject to with surcharges if they exceed the recommended numbers. Is that information published on our website? So a couple of things that I would say about the surcharge component. That is an optional component and it has not been enacted at the city of Corpus Christi and it is up to the city manager to enact or not enact according to our plan. So I want to be very clear that I mentioned a change in the surcharge because I believe that it is an important change and one intended to provide some relief to our residents. But that in no way, shape or form means that that surcharge has been or even will be enacted. The data that is available right now on the website is probably not going to be at the level because we haven't converted over to be able to To drill down into that information, but people can track their usage by calling utility building checking on it We're certainly happy at public works to do that as well But I would say that it what we that what the plan is is to complete our meter change out, put the software program into place and make sure it's operational, test it as rigorously as we possibly can with real end users and make sure that that system is functioning flawlessly before we release it. And so that will take a little time and unfortunately, it does require the meters to be installed because we have to have the entire database in there to be able to perform that testing. Sure. So, but the surcharges whether or not they happen is unknown at this point. There, I have heard no discussions whatsoever about implementing those out of corpus. I know the city corpus has been pretty aggressively enforcing their lawn watering restrictions, because I know of a gentleman who moved from Ingallside to the city corpus Christi recently. And before he could get his houses, his new home's irrigation system, properly programmed, he received two different fines. So they're definitely enforcing it pretty rigorously. Right. All right. Well, I'm not too concerned about surcharges because if you're not allowed to water your yard, in reality, the generate 7,000 galas a month. There either has to be a leak or something seriously going on. And I would think that if you could show you how to leak and you repaired it finally, I think there's room for forgiveness on those types of things. I would like for you if you could, Kenny, just start looking at pull, help. I've been watching the City of Corpus Christi. I'm not sure that they have great ideas out there either yet. You know, the concept that you set up putting chemicals, that's a little concerning, you know, as far as chemical compatibility, different types of pools, chlorine, you know, the chlorination, you know, I've never heard of this before. And before I put a chemical in a pool, I think I'd want to know how that's going to affect my equipment and, you know, maybe doing more harm than good. So the other comment that I have on chemicals is most modern pools, and I don't know if it's a water-saving but most pools have autofills. These autofills are filling at either below the water surface or so it doesn't make any sense intuitively to fill your pool between certain hours. So that's kind of something that maybe city corpuscree can keep working out on these autofills. It doesn't make any sense to turn up up the auto fill and then go out there at 10 o'clock in the morning and put 50 gallons in your pool you know it's the same net result either way you're still having the same surface of evaporation okay and your comments all right with that we will move on to a motion. Motion to approve the first reading of ordinance number 2, 3, 1, 1, a minute in the city of Portland's drought contingency plan. Second. Motion made by Councilman Sutton, seconded by Councilman Wilson to approve the first reading of ordinance 2311. any discussion on this motion. You're in now, we'll begin the vote, Kelvin Albrecht. Or, or. Or, okay. Motion is approved. And this hall would you please read the caption into the record. In ordinance adopting the City of Portland drought contingency plan, providing for the repeal of ordinances and conflict herewith, providing a sever of reality establishing a penalty and specifically negating a requirement of couple mental state and providing for publication and an effective. Thank you. Okay. Item number 16 resolution number 931 civil rights. The City Council will consider resolution number 931 regarding civil rights in accordance with the requirements of community development Block grant contract number 24 or that 065-116-e 958 Dr. Banks Thank you mayor members of the council Resolution 931 is related to a community development block grant that we received it It's approximately $2,269,600. The CDBG grants tend to carry with them a number of rules and regulations designed to promote the goals of the community development program. This particular one grants recipients must comply with various provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act, Federal Rules and Regulations regarding citizen participation, Civil Rights Protection, Citizen Participation Agreements Procedures, Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and requirements regarding the use of excessive force. They also have added a limited English proficiency plan that must be in place and the recipient must comply with Section 8085 of the Fair Housing Act for any HUD funding as applicable. Written standards of conduct, sorry for these various requirements are included in resolution 939. I'm sorry 931 and will be adopted upon approval. This project does approximately provide $2,269,600 to the city. And staff's recommendation is to adopt the resolution 931. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Any questions or documents? Mary Neville will begin our motion. Motion to dropped resolution number 931 regarding civil rights. In accordance with the requirements of community development block rank contract number 24-065-116-E958. Motion made by Councilman Sutton, seconded by Mayor Pro-23 to approve resolution number 931. Is already discussion on this motion. Hearing none, we'll begin the vote with Councilwoman Reese. 4. 4. 4. 4. Motion is approved. Item number 17, Citywide Plumbing Services. City Council will consider a proposal for citywide plumbing services It was received open and publicly run on April 15th 2025 Thanks, thank you mayor members of the council the city of Portland does have contracts with multiple providers for plumbing services Those are typically done on a one-off jobs as they come up. We've been pursuing the goal of getting longer-term single-vendor contracts for these types of services. Cost of for the plumbing services tend to be on the very low end of our contracts. We're typically looking at $5,000 to $7,000 on an annual basis. So not a very large amount. Request for bid number 5282 for citywide plumbing services was advertised on February 10, 2025. We received one proposal and it was open and read publicly on April 15th of 2025. Staff did our due diligence research and determined that the respondent, Devon LLC made a met all the submission requirements outlined in the request for bid and demonstrated the ability to perform the work and offered competitive pricing. We do recommend entering into a service agreement for an initial 12 month term. We do have an option to renew for up to four additional 12 month terms if it's benefit to the city. The service agreement has a maximum annual value of $20,000. That is higher than what our normal spend has been traditionally on an annual basis. But we are adding a new facility and we're anticipating that we may have some issues with obtaining certain supplies that may drive the cost up. So we wanted to provide a little bit of room there. The agreement is based on contractor performance and it will allow for a city approved cost adjustments based on CPI as we've done in our other contracts that we have put together. It's difficult to estimate due to all the variables associated with when these repairs will happen, what they are, how much they'll cost. We're anticipating based on the prices that we've seen and where we expect that the industry is going, that're likely see roughly 10% of savings by going to a free-standing contract. So the funds for these services are included in the various departmental budgets. They are transferred to the facilities department through internal fund transfers and all the work orders associated with this are passed through the facilities department. Our recommendation is to accept the bid for citywide plumbing received from Devon LLC. And I'd be glad to answer any questions about that. Any questions from Dr. Banks? Mayor, along with our IDIQ contract, this will be the fourth. We have now would have electrical plumbing, landscaping, and HVAC. All common contracts, the entire city that helps contain our costs. We've been working on this for several years and we're really happy with the fact that we can have a common you know operator that does all the work for us throughout the city. Exactly. No questions all are retained emotion. The Citywide Commons Services received from Dave and LLC, the author of the City Manager to exit the all-time documents. Second. Motion made by Councilman Wilson, seconded by Councilman Albrek. To accept the bid for citywide plumbing services received from Dave and Albrek. As already discussion on this motion. Here we know we'll begin the vote with Councilman Albrek. Four. Four. Four. Four. Okay, motion is approved. All right. Number 18, ordinance number 2306, unified development ordinance revisions. City Council will consider the second final reading of ordinance. Summary 2306 provides revisions to the City of Portland Unified Development Ordinance. That's been yours. Good evening, Mayor and Council. This is the second and final reading of Ordinance 2306. Since the first reading on April 15, 2025, we have had one change to this proposal to be discussed this evening by Councilman Sutton. Councilman Sutton, you want to go ahead and make a motion and then we'll get a second and then we can do discussion. Okay, so I'm moved to approve the second final reading of ordinance 2306 with the following amendment, also the type of corrective corrections. In section 406, permanent use table on page 60 of the UDO. Add an end, SP for special, requirement to civic organizations private in the LED overlay district. I'll second that motion. Any discussion? Yeah. So just to give a little background on why asked for that amendment to it is, you know, through the special use permit requirement, it would give civic organizations, private organizations an opportunity to vet what they would like to do within the LED through the City Council and we can review it and, you know, act upon that. But I just wanted to open that opportunity rather than have it as previously stated where it was not permitted at all. Any questions? Everybody understand what he's okay? All right. All right. Well there is a motion and a second on the table. So if there's no further questions, we'll begin the vote with Councilman Paul Breck. Or. Or. Or. Or. Or. Or. Kind of motion is approved. All right, Ms. Hall, would you please read the caption. Inordinates adopting revisions to unify development ordinance providing for the repeal of ordinances and conflict here with providing a severability clause establishing a penalty for violations and specifically negating a requirement and a couple of mental state providing an established unit effective date and providing for a publication. Thank you. Okay, at number 19 ordinance number 2307 building code updates the city council consider the second final reading ordinance number 2307 adopting the 2021 editions of the International Building Code International and existing building code International fire code international residential code international mechanical code International plumbing code international fuel gas code international swimming pool and spa code International Maintenance Code, and the National Fire Prevention Association's 2020 edition of the National Electric Code, emitting the City of Ordnance, City Code of Ordnance just for the City of Portland to adopt local amendments. This video is for you. Thank you Mayor and good evening. This is the second and final reading of ordinance 2307. No changes have been made since the first reading on April 15th, 2025, and I'm available for any questions you may have. Just for councils, I think that I did make some comments to the city staff about some typographical and some wordsmithing, but no substantive changes were made or I'm not recommending substantive changes with that I'll entertain a motion. Motion made by Mayor Protum, Green Seconded by Councilman Wilson to approve the second final reading of the motion. discussion on this motion. Hearing none, we'll begin about with Councilwoman Reese. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. Okay. Motion is approved. Good job on that. I know that was a lot of work. So now we just have to make sure that everybody knows the new rules. Thank you. All right. Item number 20 is the executive session. City Council will conduct an executive session according to government code is authorized by Texas government code sections 551.071 consultation with attorney 551.072 deliberation regarding real property 551.073 deliberation regarding perspective gift 551.074 personnel matters to deliberate the appointment and employment evaluation resignation duties discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee the city manager 551.076 deliberation regarding security devices 551.087 deliberation regarding economic development negotiations. It is 8.30 pm. We're going to recess our city council meeting and convene an executive session. I do anticipate there may be some action taken as a result of the executive session. 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You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. Oh. You're coming, guys. Oh. You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. Oh. You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. You're coming, guys. You're without having to come out of here. I'm going to be it on here for the last 50 minutes. He said in all those big rounds. All right. We're back on the record. It is 10, 16 p.m. We have concluded our executive session. We're going to recombine our city council meeting. As a result of the executive session, is there any action the council wants to take? I'd like to make a recommendation to increase our city manager. Sorry about 13.5%. Second. So motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Green seconded by Councilman Wilson to increase the city manager's current salary to by 13.5%. Is there any discussion on this motion? I do so for the record. This will put him into the state average of city managers and keep us competitive as well as recognize his performance for the city as well. Okay. Any other comments? Okay. All right. No other comments will be getting about Councilman Albrecht. Four. Four. Four. Four. Four. Okay. That motion is approved. Congratulations, Mr. Right. We thank you for your dedicated services to the city of Portland. Mayor Council, thank you very much. It's an honor to work for you and to work for the city and I appreciate your confidence. All right. with all that being said is 1017 PM being no further business before the City Council and I call this meeting adjourned.