2020_08.11 Minutes_CC_SpecialKENNEDALE
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KENNEDALE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
AUGUST 11, 2020 AT 5:30 PM
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Brian Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
A. ROLL CALL
Participating via VideoConference: Mayor Brian Johnson; Josh Altom, Place 1 (arrived at 5:31 p.m.);
Chris Pugh, Place 2; Mayor Pro Tem Lee, Place 3; Linda Rhodes, Place 4; Chad Wandel, Place 5;
Absent: None. Staff Participating via VideoConference: City Manager George Campbell, City Secretary and
Communications Coordinator Leslie E Galloway, Finance Director Lakeita Sutton, Public Works Director Larry Hoover, Police
Chief Tommy Williams, Fire Chief James Brown, Library Director Amanda King, Director of Human Resources and
Administrative Services Danielle Clarke, Director of Planning and Economic Development Melissa Dailey (arrived at 5:35 p.m.),
Administrative Assistant Rosie Ericson
II. WORK SESSION
A. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the City Manager's Proposed Fiscal Year
2020-2021 annual budget
City Manager George Campbell gave an overview of the agenda items, noting that the
Council had been provided a hardcopy of the proposed budget and that staff would be
available to answer any questions. The Mayor noted that this was an introduction to the
budget and that additional meetings could be scheduled.
Finance Director Lakeita Sutton noted that corrected versions of pages 11, 12, and 13 of the
Proposed Budget had been sent to the Council via email and that the total cost of new
program requests (none of which were included in the Proposed Budget) would also need to
be updated within the Management Letter Sutton then gave a presentation including an
overview of the budget process, the fund structure, assumptions and highlights for FY20-21,
new program requests, impacts of various tax rates, 5-year projections, and next steps in
the budget process.
There was some discussion of the need for an Assistant City Manager position, the reduced
drawdown in FY19-20, the hiring freeze vacancies, travel and training cuts, franchise fees,
water and sewer projects, progress on the transfer of utility billing to Arlington, ad valorem
values, the recommended tax rate, the FY20-21 projected drawdown, increases in
permitting and development fees, furloughs and/or layoffs, the move of one part time
position from Court to Finance, the need to balance the budget, adjustments to the
accounting of the Stormwater Fund, a potential 2021 Certificates of Obligation (CO)
issuance, the EDC budget, increased valued in the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
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(TIRZ), salvage yards, funding of the Link Street project, the Beacon Hill drainage project,
and the effects of Senate Bill 2 on the tax rate options.
Mayor Johnson urged the Council to send questions to staff and/or set up an appointment to
meet with Sutton regarding any questions before the next meeting.
City Manager George Campbell reminded the Council that the Proposed Budget did not
include any salary adjustments nor step plan increases. He added that if the Council chose
to increase the tax rate to anything higher than what was included in the Proposed Budget,
that any additional revenue would be used to build the fund balance.
III. REGULAR SESSION
A. Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 574 of the City Council of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, approving the placement of a proposal on the September 15, 2020 City
Council Public Meeting agenda to adopt a 2020 tax rate that may exceed the lower of the
voter -approval rate or the no -new -revenue tax rate; calling a public hearing for September 8,
2020
There was no discussion at this time.
Motion Approve. Action Approve Resolution 574 of the City Council of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, approving the placement of a proposal on the September 15, 2020 City
Council Public Meeting agenda to adopt a 2020 tax rate that may exceed the lower of the
voter -approval rate or the no -new -revenue tax rate; calling a public hearing for September 8,
2020, Moved By Pugh, Seconded By Wandel. Motion passed unanimously.
B. Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 575 ordering the General Election for
November 3, 2020
There was no discussion at this time.
Motion Approve. Action Approve Resolution 575 ordering the General Election for
November 3, 2020, Moved By Rhodes, Seconded By Pugh. Motion passed
unanimously.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Motion Adjourn. Action Adjourn, Moved By Mayor Pro Tem Lee, Seconded By Rhodes. Motion
passed unanimously.
Mayor Brian Johnson adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m.
APPROVED:
BRIAN.IOhINSON, MAYOR
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