There is a Special Called Meeting beginning at noon to interview applicants for Chief Municipal Judge. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, this will be conducted in Executive Session and not open to the public.
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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Legal advice regarding the case of City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising: solicitation and sign regulation
- Discuss a financial incentive for a business prospect to move to, stay in, or expand in Plano
- Real Estate: Spring Creek & Avenue K
- Collin Central Appraisal District Board Member
- Evaluation of Chief Municipal Judge Candidates
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Departmental Report – Engineering, Compliance and Transportation Divisions
- Discussion and possible direction about volunteering program changes
- Discussion and possible direction on charter amendments/charter review
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
(Review agenda here)
- Proclamation: May is Building Safety Month
- Proclamation: May is National Historic Preservation Month
Comments of Public Interest: every meeting, anyone can speak about anything for up to three minutes, with 30 total minutes allotted for this segment.
Items for Individual Consideration
- Item (1): Nomination to fill a vacancy on the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors
- Item (2): to amend the 2021-2022 Action Plan for HUD funds to increase the maximum home value for inclusion in the program from $280,000 to $418,000. The value may not exceed 95 percent of the area median purchase price for single-family homes. This item was tabled at the Apriul
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $37,847,695 of your money in proposed expenses (Yowza! To be fair, though, $34,500,000 of that is for vehicle fuel over the next six years, Item (c)).
- Item (b): $318,140 for Pickup Trucks (if you say “pickup trucks” at least 10 times within a couple of paragraphs, “pickup” starts to sound a little strange)
- Item (c): $34,500,000 over six years ($5,750,000 per year) for vehicle fuel
- Item (e): $725,310 for security fencing at the Ridgeview and Shiloh Pump Stations
- Item (f): $1,162,760 for screening wall and sidewalk replacement, and alley repairs along Ohio Drive at Hedgcoxe Road and McDermott Road
- Item (g): $370,801 for six Service Body Trucks
- Item (i): $473,200 for Neptune Water Meter Registers to complete the commercial portion of the Water Meter Replacement Project
- Item (l): $288,150 to replace approximately 7,200 linear feet of water mains and associated pavement in the Steeplechase neighborhood
- Item (m): $321,900 for intersection improvements at four locations in the city
- Item (n): $363,000 for water line replacement and paving repairs on the following streets: Middle Cove, Lookout, Westridge, Carrington, and Early Morn
- Item (o): $468,830 to replace 4,495 linear feet of screening wall and sidewalks in Willow Bend Estates
- Item (t): to approve a contract with HUD to receive $1,988,051 usable toward the following: the production or preservation of affordable housing; tenant-based rental assistance; supportive services, including homeless prevention services and housing counseling (I have previously stated that this is my preference, as “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”; and, the purchase or development of non-congregate shelter for individuals and families experiencing homelessness
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
