It’s all about the budget, baby! (and CoServ…)
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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Litigation: Discussion of legal issues and related tax abatement challenges re: City of Plano and Plano Independent School District v. Plano Housing Authority et al
- Economic Development consideration
- Personnel Evaluations
- Municipal Court Judge
- City Attorney
Nothing of note in Preliminary Open Meeting (after Executive Session ends)
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
(Review agenda here) Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
- Proclamation: September is Hunger Action Month meant to mobilize the public to action on the issue of hunger.
Comments of Public Interest: at the end of every meeting, anyone can speak for up to three minutes by Zoom, with 30 total minutes allotted for this segment.
Items for Individual Consideration
- Item (1): Second Reading of an Ordinance to grant CoServ Electric a non-exclusive franchise to City of Plano rights-of-way and easements
- Item (2): Public Hearing on the FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget, Proposed Community Investment Program (CIP) and the Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate
- Item (3): Discussion and direction re: FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget
Access proposed budget information here.
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $27,377,079 (!!!) of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (c): $684,200 for Bob Woodruff Dog Park Shade and Drainage Improvements
- Item (d): $1,156,967 for Bob Woodruff Park South Restroom Replacement
- Item (e): $1,455,987 for Glen Meadows Park Renovation
- Item (g): $14,363,106 for Sewer Improvements Plano Parkway Parallel Interceptor
- Item (h): $838,124 for 61 Hurst Rescue Tools for forcible entry and vehicle extrication
- Item (i): $1,029,000 for a four-year contract for on-board vehicle video cameras
- Item (l): $3,775,960 over five years for pavement markings (stripes, crosswalks, traffic buttons, etc.) along our roadways and in our parking lots
- Item (o): $755,192 increase to the current contract for $16,372,694 for Shiloh Road Expansion – Park Boulevard to 14th Street
- Item (p): $1,366,482 for 41 LIFEPAK 35 cardiac and respiratory monitors for Plano Fire-Rescue
- Item (t): To approve the Project and Financial Plan for Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) #5 (the EDS campus and immediate area)
- Item (u): To approve a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy regarding Atmos’s 2024 Rate Review Mechanism filing and declaring existing rates to be unreasonable
- Item (v): Lower the speed limit on Hedgecoxe between Legacy Dr and Robinson Rd from 45 to 40
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
