Jun 28, 2023 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AND TO ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors will hold a Regular Board Meeting on June 28, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., at the office of The Woodlands Township, 2801 Technology Forest Blvd, The Woodlands, Texas, within the boundaries of The Woodlands Township, for the following purposes:]

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

[2. Proclamations;]

[3. Call meeting to order;]

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>> PLEASE STAND BY. THE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP

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[4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;]

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AFTER 26 SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY HE RETIRED AND CHOSE TO PURSUE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AS HIS VOCATION.

HE HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM DALLAS THEOLOGICAL AND GRACE

[5. Recognize public officials;]

[6. Public comment;]

HE RESIDES IN WOODLANDS WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE KIMBERLY AND HIS TWO DOGS. THEY HAVE CALLED MONTGOMERY COUNTY THEIR HOME SINCE 1996 WITH PRIMARY RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS. WELCOME, PASTOR.

>> THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN, I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY IN MY HOMETOWN. AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE INVOCATION AND GO BEFORE THE LORD ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS A GREAT LABOR OF LOVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.

AND SO THE COUNTY, I CAN TELL YOU, AS THE COUNTY JUDGE, STANDS WITH YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO SUPPORT AND EVEN AS A LOCAL CHURCH, WE ARE HERE TO HELP AS WE CAN AS ISSUES COME UP.

IF YOU ARE WITH ME AND LET'S ALL BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY TOGETHER.

FATHER, I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO BRING REQUESTS AND THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU.

I THANK YOU TODAY FOR ALL THE CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE, FATHER, AS WE LOOK OUT AND SEE EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, THE TREMENDOUS INTEREST THEY HAVE IN THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS BOARD AND THE WORK THAT EACH MEMBER DOES AND WHAT THEY DID TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS PLACE.

BECAUSE THEY TRULY HAVE GOOD HEARTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, LORD.

BUT WE HAVE SERVANT HEARTS SERVING PUBLICLY.

LORD, I WILL ASK THAT YOU HELP THEM TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE WITH WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT.

FATHER, WHEN THEY RECEIVE CRITICISMS WHICH WE ALL DO, UNJUST CRITICISM, THAT THEY REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD THAT BY DOING GOOD, THEY WILL PUT TO SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF FOOLISH MEN.

THAT THEY WOULD STAND STRONG AND FIRM.

THAT THEY STAY THE COURSE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. AND I THANK YOU THAT THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DO YOUR BUSINESS.

FATHER, I -- I WILL BE HONEST IF I DIDN'T REMEMBER OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FIRST RESPONDER WHO ARE ALSO HERE WITH US TONIGHT. FATHER, WE ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THEM WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTIES AROUND US AND SOUTH OF US. AND FATHER, WE YOU PROVIDED US WITH A SAFE PLACE AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGH ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCEPT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, WE PRAY FOR THEM.

IN FATHER IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, PASTOR FOR YOUR INSPIRATION AND THOUGHTFUL PRAYER.

BUT ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US IN

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WE ARE -- MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WE ARE HONORED.

TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, BEN BELLA FROM CREEKSIDE PARK JUNIOR HIGH IS A CUB SCOUT AND WILL LEAD US TO OUR PLEDGE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GREAT STATE.

PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIV INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR OUR TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

AND INDIVISIBLE. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BEN. GREAT JOB.

WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING CONGRATULATIONS RATING SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY BEARKATS. WE ARE HONOR TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. DIRECTOR WATSON WILL READ THE

PROCLAMATION. >>KYLE WATSON: MY PROCLAMATION.

IT BE PROCLAIMED THAT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, A DISTINGUISHED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING HAVE RECENTLY EMBARKED ON AN EXCITING NEW CHAPTER BY JOINING THE ESTEEMED CONFERENCE USA. CONFERENCE USA REPRESENTS A INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE KNOWN FOR COMMITMENT OF EXCELLENCE AND PROMOTING THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS.

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIP AND CONFERENCE USA IS A COMPLEMENT TO THE STUDENTS ACCESS, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY'S ENTRANCE INTO CONFERENCE USA WILL PROVIDE STUDENT ATHLETES WITH ENHANCED COMPETITION FURTHER HONING THEIR SKILLS AND SHOWCASING THEIR TOLL INCIDENTS ON A NATIONAL STAGE. WHEREAS, THE SAM HOUSTON BEARKATS HAVE UNITED THEIR FELLOW ALUMNI, MANY OF WHOM RESIDE IN OUR REGION THROUGH THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS FOSTERING A SENSE OF PRIDE OF ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY.

THE ADDITION OF A SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO CONFERENCE USA WILL BRING A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF CONFERENCE, CAMARADERIE AND WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING TO HONOR THE SAM HOUSTON BEARKATS INTO OFFICIAL ENTRANCE INTO CONFERENCE USA AND DEDICATION OF ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE.

I KYLE WATSON OF THE BURIED OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2023, AS SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY BEARKATS DAY.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: BEFORE WE TAKE OUR PHOTO, WE ARE VERY HONORED THAT DR. WHITE, PROFESSOR OF SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, DR. WHITE, AS WELL AS BOBBY WILLIAMS, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ARE HERE, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US IN THE PHOTO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE. I THI

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>>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR, MY FRIEND RUSSELL MARTINEZ IS HERE AND GAVE US HATS.

ONLY ONE BIGGER BEARKATS THAN RUSSELL, BUT THIS GUY IS DIE HARD. THANK YOU.

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>>DR. ANN SNYDER: IT IS NOW 6:10 AND I DECLARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. IT OCCURRED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF THE STATE OFFICE BUILDING.

STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT FOUR ARE IN ATTENDANCE FOR ESTABLISHING A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. I ASK EVERYBODY TO INDICATE

THEIR APPEARANCE. >>BRAD BAILEY: HERE.

>>RICHARD FRANKS: HERE. >>LINDA NELSON: HERE.

>>DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: HERE.

>>KYLE WATSON: HERE. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: HERE.

BY THE ROLL CALL IT IS DETERMINED THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TO DECLARE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE MEETING TWO ITEMS THAT DIRECTORS HAVE ASKED ME TO CONSIDER. ONE DIRECTOR FRANKS HAS ASKED TO PULL CONSENT ITEM 8-E AND TO BE ON A LATER AGENDA.

AND DIRECTOR BAILEY HAS ASKED ME TO CONSIDER AS A BOARD ALL OF US TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM 11 AFTER AGENDA ITEM 13.

>> AGENDA ITEM 10. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: AFTER 12 UNLESS OFF DIFFERENT AGENDA. THANK YOU.

THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED .ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RESPOND BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WE HAD THE HONORABLE JUDGE KEYHOE WITH US EARLIER. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6. PUBLIC COMMENT.

PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OPEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.

A PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.

FIRST, EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY.

INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WHO WISH TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.

AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS.

SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN UP.

AND ANY SPEAKER ON A SINGLE SUBJECT MAY YIELD HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST.

STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM FORMALLY ACTING ON SPECIFIC ITEM ON PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEMS SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA.

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COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE PLACE THEIR CELL PHONES ON THE SILENT MODE.

AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH SIGN-IN. SIMON.

WELCOME, SIMON. I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE SOMEONE

YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE. >> YES.

>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TOWNSHIP STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AGAIN. I AM SIMON.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS FOR THE I GOT A SPECIAL GUEST. COACH KEITH JOHNSON IS TO MY RIGHT, HEAD COACH FOR OUR ADAPT I HAVE IT AND SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CLUB THAT HAS OPINION GOING ON SINCE 2005, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING HIM IN TO BRING A NAME TO THE FACE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AREA THE CLUB.

WE HAD A SOCCER CAMP AND COACH JOHNSON WAS OUT WITH 45 MEMBERS OF STAFF AND THEY WERE INVOLVED. ONE OF OUR HOME FACILITIES.

AND ACTIVITIES WERE PLAYED FOR THE CAMPUS.

AND IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

THE COACH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LEGEND HIMSELF.

HE PLAYED 100 TIMES FOR THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL PROGRAM HE IS STILL LOOKING TO PLACE. SO WANTING TO BRING HIM IN TO BRING A NAME TO A FACE. HE HAD FOUR WORLD CUPS THAT HE PLAYED IN. HE TRAVELED THE WORLD IN TERMS OF PLAYING FOR THE UNITED STATES FEDERATION.

AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM THAT WE PUT OUT ON A SATURDAY THROUGH THE FALL AND THE SPRING.

WE HAVE ABOUT TEN SESSIONS ON SATURDAYS HERE AT BRANCH ON FIELD 6 BETWEEN 12 AND 2 P.M. HE TRAINS THEM, SETS THE CURRICULUM UP AND SETS UP THE TRIALS AND THE GAMES.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.

AND WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THIS EVENT, THIS PROGRAM, SINCE 2005.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OFFERING THIS SERVICE TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS COME THE FALL SEASON. SO, AGAIN, IF YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT ON A SATURDAY, COME DOWN TO FIELD 6 AND SEE THE SMILING FACES AND THE ENJOYMENT THAT WE OFFER FOR THESE KIDS.

I WOULD LIKE INTRODUCE COACH JOHNSON AND THAT YOU ARE FOR

YOUR SUPPORT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, SIMON. AND WELCOME, COACH JOHNSON.

NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND -- AND I WILL APOLOGIZE. PRAKISH -- HELP ME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW WE MET BEFORE, AND I APOLO APOLOGIZE.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS PRAKASH.

AND I HAVE COPIES OF WHAT I AM GOING TO SPEAK TODAY FOR ALL OF YOU. RESPECTED DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS PRAKASH, AND I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF ALAN BRIDGE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FOREST DRIVE AND BRANCH CROSSING DRIVE. I AM THE FIRST OWNER OF THE HOUSE. BOUGHT IT IN JUNE OF '99, PAUSE

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AND VERY SAFE LOCATION. BUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THAT DIDN'T CONTINUE. SOME TIME AROUND 2010 OR 2011, FOREST DRIVE WAS -- 2978. AFTER THAT I STARTED -- ACTUALLY -- OUR NEIGHBORS STARTED EXPERIENCING ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF NOISES ON THE ROAD BECAUSE OF VARIOUS KIND OF VEHICLES.

AND TRAFFIC -- AUDIO DIFFICULTIES] -- WE HEAR ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES.

AND THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT HAS WORSENED. SOME KIND OF SOUND, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE. IT IS TOO LOUD.

I AM NOT ABLE TO SLEEP. AND I HAVE PROBLEMS. AND MY PROBLEM IS ON FOREST DRIVE.

FOR FOREST AND BRANCH CROSSING. I NEVER SLEPT SO WELL.

I HAD SUCH A GOOD SLEEP AND ALL DAY I AM TIRED.

I PRESENTED THE SAME PROBLEM. OF COURSE -- HOW MANY TIMES DO I CALL AND REPORT. BECAUSE IT IS TEN MINUTES, EVEN AT NIGHTTIME. AND TO MAKE A CALL.

EVEN IF I REPORT IT, IF THEY GO THE SPEED LIMIT.

[INDISCERNIBLE] EXCEEDS DECIBELS, OUR HOUSE

CANNOT REDUCE THE NOISE LEVELS. >> IF YOU CAN WRAP UP, THAT WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> MY QUESTION AND MY SUGGESTION IS TO BUILD A SOUND-PROOF WALL AROUND FOREST AND BRANCH CROSSING DRIVE AS WE HAVE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES HAVE THE SOUND-PROOF WALLS THAT BLOCK SOUNDS.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU. CAMILLA WRIGHT.

WELCOME BACK. >> HELLO.

>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS -- I THINK NUMBER 4.

SO OF MY TIME BEING HERE. HERE IS AN UPDATE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MY COMPLAINT IS, BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS BEEN CONFUSED BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. SO THE COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE WENTWORTH PARK. MY HOUSE IS ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 20 STEPS AWAY. ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT. I AM ON THE HOA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL.

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SIGNAGE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT TODAY

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THERE HAVE BEEN OFFICERS HERE AT THIS MEETING TODAY WHO HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE PARK TO LET THE INDIVIDUALS KNOW NOT TO PLAY LOUD MUSIC. IT DOESN'T WORK.

I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS DONE SO FAR AND ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOA AND OUR RESIDENTS TOO, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. NOTHING HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED.

THE SOUND LEVEL IS STILL COMING INTO THE HOME.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, NO ONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE USING THE PARK.

WE ALL USE THE PARK. WE ALL LOVE THE PARK.

BUT THE NOISE COMING INTO THE HOME IT INTERRUPTS OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. I RUN A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR COMPANY FOR WARREN BUFFETT. I HAVE MEETINGS ALL DAY LONG.

I AM JUST LIKE YOU GUYS. I AM COMING HERE -- I DRESSED DOWN AND I HAVE CORPORATE NEEDS TOO.

I AM AN EXECUTIVE TOO AND I HEAR THIS NOISE ALL DAY LONG.

AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS DONE, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

I ASK TODAY FOR REAL CHANGE. THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR.

THANK YOU. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, CAMILLA. RUDY JUSTICE.

>> HOW ARE YOU? >>DR. ANN SNYDER: VERY GOOD.

WELC WELCOME.

>> MY NAME IS RUDY JUSTICE. MY WIFE OVER THERE IS LUPITA JUSTICE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE WOODLANDS FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN THE WOODLANDS GROW.

I MET MR. MITCHELL BEFORE HE LEFT US.

WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THE WOODLANDS, AND I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE LIBRARY, AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS.

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. MY CONCERN TODAY.

FOR TEN YEARS, I AM ALSO -- -- SO TODAY UNIVERSITY IS AWESOME.

DO GRADUATE WORK AT SAM HOUSTON AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF IT. MY GRANDKIDS -- MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. AND MOST OF YOU AND I THINK I VOTED FOR ALL OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

I LIKE THE FELLOWSHIP. HERE IN THE WOODLANDS.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.

HAS DONE A LOT FOR US.

-- THE CHILDREN, OUR PARKS, OUR TREES.

STRUCTURE. THAT'S ALL I ASK YOU.

YOU HAVE THE POWER NOW. JUST BECAUSE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE WE LOVE IT AND THE CHILDREN AND SENIORS THROUGH THE YEARS.

I HOPE THAT THINGS GET BETTER. I WANT -- BECAUSE WE ARE THE

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AND 67 AND IN THE WOODLANDS. I AM GOING TO THINK OF THE FUTURE OF THE WOODLANDS. I WANT THE JUAN JUAN FELLOWSHIP TO CONTINUE. YOU ARE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB.

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THANK YOU SO AS MUCH. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, MR. JUSTICE. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, CADE EDWARDS. MR. EDWARDS, THERE YOU ARE.

>> GOOD EVENING, I AM HERE WITH PRAKASH AND MY MOTHER.

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THAT IS HOW BAD IT REALLY IS. ALL THE TIME.

ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. NOT EVEN -- ILLEGALLY MODIFIED VEHICLES ARE A HUGE PART OF THE ISSUE, ABSOLUTELY.

SPEEDING RACING BEHIND MY HOUSE IS A HUGE PART OF THE ISSUE, ABSOLUTELY, BUT NOT JUST ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

IT IS ALSO THE LEGAL ACTIVITIES. IT IS THE FIRE TRUCKS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AMBULANCES WHO NEED TO GET TO PLACES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AS WE JUST SAW, THEY COULD BE DISRUPTIVE AND A VERY SMALL TASTE.

MY BROTHER IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR EACH OTHER AND A DAILY I SHALL. YOU CAN'T EVEN SIT IN YOUR -- THERE WE GO. YOU CAN'T EVEN SIT IN YOUR BACK YARD AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. YOU CAN'T HEAR EACH OTHER.

WHENEVER YOU CAN'T HEAR SOMEONE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, IN YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM, WHENEVER YOU HAVE TO REWIND PARTS OF MOVIES, IT GETS FRUSTRATING AND WHERE IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE OVER THE YEARS WITH NO SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT.

THE SPEED LIMITS SIGNS FLASH. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE.

YOU CAN TRY TO CATCH MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEEDING AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE LOUD AIR HORNS COMING FROM FIRE ENGINES.

A CONSTANT ISSUE AND AS PRAKASH SAID A HEALTH ISSUE.

BEING WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY LOUD NOISES.

WE TRIED TO HELP OUT AND NOTHING REALLY HELPS AT ALL.

BUT IT IS A HEALTH ISSUE. PEOPLE NEED THEIR SLEEP.

WHENEVER YOU ARE BEING WOKEN UP AT NIGHT, MULTIPLE TIMES A NIGHT AT NIGHT, IT IS A HEALTH ISSUE. IT IS A PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUE.

AND LIKE -- LIKE PRAKASH ANSWER -- HIS SOLUTION TO THIS WAS TO BUILD A WALL AND WE SEE ON FM 2978 THERE ARE WALLS.

WE HAVE SEEN THEM AROUND. CARLTON WOODS HAVE WALLS AROUND IT. WE DON'T NEED A LARGE.

AS LONG AS IT IS TALL AND THICK. AS LONG AS THERE IS SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THE BLARING AIR HORNS FROM FIRE TRUCKS AND THE POPPING MUFFLERS OR LACK THEREOF -- OF TEENAGERS.

THERE IS JUST NOTHING BUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF TREES IN BETWEEN US AND THAT IF THAT IS A CONSTANT DAILY OCCURRENCE IT COMPELS YOU

TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT IT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, MR. EDWARDS. MISS EDWARDS, YOU ARE NEXT.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS BELINDA EDWARDS AND I WANT TO SAY I AM PROUD OF MY SON FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN OUR BACKYARDS TODAY. SO I THINK IT IS PRETTY CLEAR AND OBVIOUS BY THE WAY I TAUGHT BOTH OF YOUR DAUGHTERS, MR. WATSON. CLEAR THERE IS A PROBLEM.

I DON'T HAVE TO REITERATE THAT. WE MADE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT HE CAN ENJOY OUR HOME AND CAN'T ENJOY THE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME WITH THE POOL. YOU TURN ON YOUR WATERFALLS.

YOU TURN ON YOUR MUSIC, BUT IT IS STILL -- IT IS JUST NOISE

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I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE IN THE PAST. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SUPPORT MY NEIGHBOR. MY NEIGHBOR, HE IS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. WE HAVE MANY, MANY SIGNATURES.

I LITERALLY WALKED THE STREETS AND GOT SIGNATURES FROM THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO BACK FOR FOREST. I DON'T KNOW IF A WALL BARRIER WILL HELP OR FENCING, BUT NOT GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR BACKYARDS. ONE STREET OVER WHICH IS DAHLIA, THEIR STREET WAS WORSE THAN OUR HOURS.

KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR. HE SIGNED THE QUESTION.

AND HE WAS OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS.

AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM ON HIS FRONT PORCH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF HIS HOMES ARE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO RESEARCH FOREST, BUT WE COULD BARELY HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HIS PORCH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE HOMES THAT BACK ON RESEARCH FOREST, BUT IT IS -- IT IS OUT OF CONTROL.

I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT WAS. I LITERALLY WOKE UP AND THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE WAS BROKEN INTO MY HOUSE HONEST TO GOD TRUTH.

IT STARTLED ME. I THOUGHT SOMEONE BROKEN INTO MY HOME. I GO DOWNS STAIRS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS OKAY AND JUST A CAR.

IT WAS A CAR. IT WAS A CAR.

BUT, I MEAN, I AM JUST HERE IN HOPES.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE AND COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION THAT WE AS TAXPAYERS AND LOVE THE WOODLANDS.

I RAISED MY KIDS HERE. I AM A TEACHER, EDUCATOR.

I DEDICATED MY DAILY LIFE FOR YOUR CHILDREN -- PROBABLY A LOT OF YOUR CHILDREN. I'M HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED. ANYTHING THAT CAN MINIMIZE SOME

OF THE NOISE POLLUTION. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WHICH IS RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ACT OF REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. I THINK WE HAVE THE WRONG AGENDA. THANK YOU -- UP ON THE SCREEN.

APPRECIATE THAT I THINK THE ONLY ONE HERE TONIGHT IS YOU, MARIANNE. I HAD SEVERAL TEXT MESSAGES FROM THREE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE OUT OF TOWN AND UNABLE TO ATTEND. MARIANNE, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR BEING HERE AND ALL THAT YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT I AM NOT ONE TO TRAVEL A LOT, SO I -- I JUST LIKE TO STAY IN THE WOODLANDS.

GOOD EVENING CHAIRWOMAN SNYDER AND BOARDMEMBERS.

I AM MARIANNE AND HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

LAST MEETING ON JUNE 13. WE RECEIVED A LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT FROM SPECIALEST MCCREA AND MCKEE AND WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR VACATION WATCH PROGRAM WHEN THEY ARE GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR VACATION.

WE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM MR. SAJA.

YOU HEARD HIM AND THE EDWARDS FAMILY COME IN TONIGHT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEY ARE NOT THE FIRST RESIDENTS ALONG RESEARCH FOREST THAT HAVE COME AND SPOKEN TO US AT OUR MEETING I BELIEVE WE TALKED TO THE TOWNSHIP BEFORE ABOUT SPEEDING NOW THAT IT IS FOUR LANES AND VERY STRAIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO, AGAIN, THANKS MR. SAJA FROM COMING TO OUR MEETING AND EXPLAINING HIS PROBLEMS. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST IN THE PAST HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN THAT AREA FOR SPEEDING.

AND THAT -- BUT EVIDENTLY THAT HAS NOT RELIEVED THE PROBLEMS OF THE NOISE ON RESEARCH FOREST. I WANT THE BOARD, AS MISS HE EDWARDS SUGGESTED, ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD OR THE WOODLANDS CAN TO DO MAKE LIFE QUIETER FOR THESE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, WAKING UP AT NIGHT, LISTENING TO SIRENS, MOTORCYCLES, SOUPED-UP VEHICLES AND THAT.

THANK YOU. WIFE LIKE TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP FOR PROVIDING OUR FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THE COMMITTEE COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW AND I WILL BE

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THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO REMOVE AN INACTIVE BOARD MEMBER WHICH LEAVES US ONE OPEN POSITION ON THE BOARD.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT OUR POOL PARTY JUNE 3, 204 RESIDENTS CAME TO THE PARTY AND LUNCH EXAMINE CHIC, SNACKS, MAGICIAN AND BALLOON TWISTER. WRONG PAGE.

THE WINNER OF THE LAST YARD OF THE MONTH WAS ON 15 LAUREL LEAF PLACE WHICH IS THE STREET THAT THESE RESIDENTS LIVE ON.

>> VOTED FOR OURSELVES. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL MAKE OUR NEXT AWARD IN A FEW DAYS.

PLEASE SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS TO OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR THE YARD OF THE MONTH. JULY 30, WE WILL SEE THE ASTROS PLAY THE TAMPA BAY RAYS. THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION HAS PAID FOR THE BUS AND ALL THE IT IKTS HAVE BEEN TOLD.

56 OF US WILL BE GOING TO SEE THE ASTROS ON THAT SUNDAY.

CISC SUPERINTENDENT DR. KNOLL WILL BE THE SPEAKER AT OUR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 12. HE WILL BE GIVING US A PRESENTATION OF THE $$1.2 BILLION SCHOOL BOARD -- SCHOOL BOND, I AM SORRY. AND GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND THE CYNTHIA WOODS PAVILION WILL BE JOINING FOR THE HOLLY JOLLY JINGLE CONTEST.

THE CONCERT IS FREE AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME AND A SPECIAL AREA FOR RESIDENTS OF ALDEN BRIDGE.

OUR FALL FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 4 ON LAKESIDE PARK FROM 1 TO 4.

WE ARE BUSY SETTING UP THE INFORMATION -- SETTING UP ALL OF THE DETAILS FOR THAT EVENT. WE MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COME AND ATTEND AND SPEAK IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, MARIANNE THE POOL PARTY WAS ENJOYED BY MANY.

>> THANK YOU. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: I NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALDEN BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPORT.

>> I MOTION. >> SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AG AGENDA.

THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW AND WILL, CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP WITH ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER. A REMINDER, THE INITIAL MOTION REMOVED 8-E. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER

THE OTHER FOUR ITEMS? >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS USES TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

FIRST, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE. THIS REPORT FROM THE MONTGOMERY WOODLANDS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4 PROVIDES LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023. YOU MAY RECALL, THEY WERE SCHEDULED IN APRIL. WE HAD A VERY LENGTHY PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE ASKED THEM TO COME AT A LATER DATE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO FLEXIBLE AND WE WELCOME YOU. CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD.

>> SERGEANT RUBY AND ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE.

AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE SCHEDULED IN APRIL AND YIELDED OUR TIME TO RESIDENTS WHO I THINK DESERVE THAT TIME AND APPRECIATE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND JUST MOVING US ALONG. SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU MAY HEAR TODAY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DATED.

WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE SECOND QUARTER, SO YOU WILL GET KIND OF A QUICK ONE-TWO PUNCH ON THIS.

SO ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF HENDERSON AND CONSTABLE HERMAN.

TO BRING THE FIRST-QUARTER STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR CALLS OF SERVICE IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE.

I WILL PRESENT THE CALLS OF SERVICE BY MONTH AND DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE COLOR DIFFERENTIAL.

THOSE IN GREEN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THOSE IN BLUE TOWARD THE BOTTOM GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE CALLS OF SERVICE FOR EACH MONTH IN THE FIRST QUARTER IN HARRIS WOODLANDS COUNTY. MAINTAINING THE TREND LINES WE

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THE NEXT ARE THE CRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTE.

PREVIOUS BOARDS OF ASKED THAT CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF CALLS OF SERVICE BE NOTATED SO YOU COULD MONITOR THOSE.

THEY INCLUDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE LIKE AND THEY WILL BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN. AS A SUMMARY, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT YOU WANTED MONITORED AND PRESENTED TO YOU EACH QUARTER AND THOSE CALLS CONTINUE TO STAY AND THE SAME TREND THE FIRST QUARTER AND CRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTE, ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE. ASSAULT NONFAMILY VIOLENCE.

BURGLARIES AND DOWN THE LINE. THE ONES THAT I WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ARE THE FRAUDS AND FORGERY.

I MAY SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD THAT I CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE RESIDENTS FALLING PREY TO BEING VICTIMS OF FRAUDS AND SCAMS SO WE ASK FOR THEM TO BE MINDFUL WITH PHONE CALLS THAT REPORT TO BE IRS AGENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIKE, NOT TO FALL PREY TO THOSE AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL AS WE CONTINUE THEY ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

WE TRY TO EDUCATE. WE DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES, WE GET THE CALLS AFTER THE CRIMES HAVE A BEEN COMMITTED. NOT HURRICANE WATCH WE CAN DO WITH OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO NOT -- IF IT DOESN'T SMELL RIGHT, DON'T GIVE THE INFORMATION.

HANG UP AND CALL YOUR BANK AND DOUBLE CHECK.

WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE POSTAL INSPECTOR OFFICE ABOUT MAIL THAT IS BEING STOLEN OUT OF MAILBOXES.

WE KNOW THAT IS AN ISSUE AND HAPPENING MANY TIMES AT THE POST OFFICE AND THE DROP BOXES. SOME PEOPLE ARE DEPOSITING THEIR MAIL ON THE INSIDE. WE SAY DON'T GO ON THE OUTSIDE, GO INSIDE. SOME ARE COMING UP MISSING AND WE EVEN HAD MAJOR BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES MAILING CHECKS PERHAPS TO PAYS FOR LARGE SUMS AND EVEN THOSE ARE INTERCEPTED AND ONE WAS RECENTLY DEPOSITED INTO A ACCOUNT UNDER A FAKE NAME IN ANOTHER STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF STEALING MONEY.

SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE POSTAL INSPECTOR OFFICE DO WHAT THEY CAN TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.

BE AWARE THAT THOSE THINGS DO AND CONTINUE TOP OCCUR.

HOMICIDES, ROBBERIES, AGAIN, I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ROBBERIES, BECAUSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IF IN THE COURSE OF COMMITTING THEFT, YOU USE OR EXHIBIT A DEADLY WEAPON OR YOU CAUSE BODILY INJURY, IS CONSIDERED ROBBERY.

THOSE TWO THAT YOU SEE THERE COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE SOMEBODY IS SHOPPING FROM WALMART AND LOSS ESTABLISHMENT AND THE LOSS PERSONNEL TRY TO DETAIN THEM AS THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO UNDER ARTICLE 1816 OF THE CRIMINAL AND USE FORCE AGAINST THEM. THEY PUSH AND SHOVE THEM.

COUNTS AS A ROBBERY. YOU AND I MAY THINK ROBBERY IS WALKING IN A BANK WITH A SKI MASK OR A GUN, BUT SOMETIMES IN OUR LOCALE IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

>> CAN YOU JUST GO BACK. WHAT IS ALL OTHER CRIMINAL REPORTS. GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

>> OH, GOSH. ANYTHING FROM SOLICITATION OF A CHILD. ANY OTHER TYPE OF CRIME THAT IS NOT LISTED THERE THAT WE MAY TAKE A REPORT ON OR MAY HAVE REPORTED TO US. WILL FALL UNDER THAT ALL OTHER CATEGORY. THESE ARE THE ONES THEY WANTED.

>> WOULD THAT BE CAR ACCIDENTS? >> CAR ACCIDENTS ARE NONCRIMINAL. SO THOSE WILL BE INFORMATIONAL REPORTS SO THOSE TYPE OF REPORTS.

DEATH INVESTIGATION BECAUSE WE TAKE REPORT ON THOSE.

RUN AWAY JUVENILE IS ONE THAT IS A NONCRIMINAL AND STATUS OFFENSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE DOCUMENT IT.

>> OKAY. >> GREAT QUESTION.

HOW ARE WE TRENDING? WHERE ARE WE AT AND WHERE ARE WE HEADED? THIS IS A THREE-YEAR LOOK AT -- WHAT WE CALL QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES.

THOSE ARE BURGLARIES, BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES, ROBBERIES, THEFTS,

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SO IT IS KIND OF HARD TO REALLY GET A GOOD GAUGE ON THE FIVE YEARS SO WE KIND OF SHORTEN IT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA BUT YOU SAW THE SPOKE AFTER THE LOCK DOWN. AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY WITH OUR COUNTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH WE TEND TO GET SOME OF THE ISS ISSUES WHERE FOLKS ARE OUT ON BOND AND WE ARE A BOND AND PROMISING NOT TO COMMIT ANY MORE CRIMES AND THAT THEY ARE IN HARRIS COUNTY COMMITTING CRIMES.

A SHERIFF WHO WILL HOUSE THEM IN THE JAIL AND A JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR WHO WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE SO WE TEND TO HAVE GOTTEN THAT BACK UNDER CONTROL AND YOU THE LITTLE DIP.

BUT WE ARE STARTING TO TREND UP A LITTLE BIT AND YOU WILL HEAR IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS SOME REQUEST FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE WE WANT NOBODY FRONT OF A PROBLEM AND PREVENT IT RATHER THAN BE BEHIND A PROBLEM TRYING TO CATCH UP TO IT.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE ARE STILL STAYING ALMOST PLATEAUED BUT WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE SPIKE OR TRENDING WOULD BE BE A MORE ACCURATE TERM JUST REALIZE OUR CALLS WILL NECESSITATE ACTION ON OUR PART AND REMEMBER PARTNERSHIP TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

WHAT ARE THE CRIME TRENDS? I SPOKE OF THOSE EARLIER.

THOSE INCLUDED THE ONLINE FRAUD AND SCAMS. WE ASKED PEOPLE TO STOP, THINK AND VERIFY.

TRUST AND VERIFY. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SAYS THEY ARE WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE IRS THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS EACH APRIL. THEY GET A CALL FROM SOMEBODY WITH A IRS. THEY HAVE A WARRANT AND ARREST THEM IF THEY DON'T GO DOWN AND GET AN APPLE CARD.

NOT HOW WE TAKE CARE OF THINGS. NO ONE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL LET YOU PAY OFF A WARRANT WITH A AGREE DOT CARD OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE. AGAIN, IF IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT OR SEEM LOGICAL, IT IS NOT. AND REACH OUT AND HELP.

WE HAVE STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

THIS IS MEANT -- MADE FEDERAL OR LOCAL -- SORRY, NATIONAL NEWS LATELY OF SEXTORTION. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN INTO REVEALING INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHS OR SENDING INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEY ARE BEING EXTORTED FOR MONEY.

WE ASK PARENTS TO HAVE A SIMPLE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILDREN.

IF YOUR BATHING SUIT COVERS IT, YOU DON'T SEND A PICTURE OF IT.

AND FLAPS WILL HELP US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT IS STILL HAPPENING AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING, I READ ANOTHER REPORT WHERE IT HAPPENS. SO WE TAKE REPORTS ON THOSE, BUT MANY TIMES WE FIND THAT THESE ENTITIES AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE -- WHO ARE CONDUCTING THESE TYPE OF SCANS ARE IN FOREIGN COUNTRY. IT IS HARD TO REALLY GET OUT AND GET SOME, BUT WE HAVE OUR DETECTIVES WORKING TRYING TO

IDENTIFY THEM. >> CAPTAIN, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PARENTS WHO WOULD DISCOVER THAT THEIR CHILD MAY HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IS THEIR NEXT STEP.

WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? >> CERTAINLY CONTACT US.

YOU HAVE CONSTABLE GABLE'S TEAM. INTERNET CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN.

THEY WORK TIRELESSLY AND WE WORK WITH THEM.

REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THERE IS A PROBLEM TO REALLY GET IT DRILLED INTO THE YOUNG PEOPLE JUST TO AVOID SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MAY GET BAITED INTO PROVIDING SOME SORT OF INTIMATE IMAGERY OR PHOTOGRAPHS. SO COMMUNICATION.

HAVING OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE ALWAYS KEY FOR PARENTS, RIGHT. HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THERE IS A PROBLEM. AND MAKING THEM SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CAN UNDERSTAND THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO A TEENAGER. YOU DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT. SIMPLY IF YOUR BATHING SUIT COVERS IT, WE DON'T SEND PICTURES OF IT.

THAT IS MY ENCOURAGEMENT. FIRST CONVERSATION, COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, AND IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REVISE THAT SLOGAN.

HAVE YOU SEEN BATHING SUITS THESE DAYS?

>> POINT TAKEN. >>

>> SORRY. AS A FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS,

THAT IS AN ISSUE IN MY HOUSE. >> YES, SIR.

THE OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT WORKS CLOSELY WITH KRISTEN AND HER TEAM AT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

AND ATTENDING ALL THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETING PROVIDING

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NEEDS THAT ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE COMMUNICATING WITH NEIGHBORS AT VILLAGE MEETINGS IS SOMETIMES WHERE YOU GET THE MOST INFORMATION, RIGHT. YOU GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH CARS AND TRAFFIC AND SO MANY TIMES, PEOPLE MAY NOT MAKE THAT PHONE CALL OR MAY NOT GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON, AND THE VILLAGE MEETINGS ARE VERY CRITICAL FOR US AS HAVING A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING THAT COME BACK TO COMMAND STAFF. WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SHERIFF HENDERSON HAS CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF A MINUTE TALL HEALTH UNIT BECAUSE OF THE RISING INCREASE IN PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TRI-COUNTY THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP THERE.

AND THAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS BACK FROM APRIL, SO APRIL WAS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

AND WE TALKED OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP OF GETTING TRAINING AND WE TALKED OF SERGEANT MOORE AND HIS SON BEING THE CATALYST OF OUR AUTISM AWARENESS PROGRAM AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. GRATEFUL TO TANNER AND SERGEANT MOORE OF BETTER SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE SPECTRUM. WE TALKED ABOUT -- A SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVE LAKY. I DON'T SEE STEVE HERE TODAY.

BUT STEVE LAKY CONNECTED SOME DOTS.

HE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SHERIFF HENDERSON ON BEHALF OF PROJECT BEACON AND LONE STAR COLLEGE AND HAD A WONDERFUL PROGRAM DEALING WITH AUTISM AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THEY PRESENTED INFORM A DIFFERENT KEY VIDEO SERIES.

IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT BACK IN APRIL, IT WAS AMAZING, BUT IN A DIFFERENT KEY IS A STORY OF A YOUNG MAN.

MISSISSIPPI AND WHAT HIS LIFE WAS LIKE WHEN THE COMMUNITY EMBRACED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS IN A DIFFERENT KEY.

HATS OFF TO STEVE LEAKEY AND WITH THAT THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR

REPORT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD. COMM

COMMENTS. >> AS WE -- AS WE WORK HARD AT IT KEEPING GOING. EVERYTHING -- NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING IS DOING GOOD.

WE ARE UP ON STAFFING. THE CALLS ARE -- IT IS -- IT IS VACATION WATCHES. AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE THAT AS WELL. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN ADD TO THE LIST AND CONTINUE DOING THAT BUT REALLY KNOCK ON WOOD, STATUS QUO SO I AM NOT COMPLAINING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH ALL THE GROWTH GOING ON.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT MONTH COMERY WOODLANDS COUNTY SHERIFF AND HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4 AS WELL AS CONSTABLE GABLE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK AFTER THE SEVERE STORM, I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS WHO WERE OUT WITH OUR STAFF THE ENTIRE EVENING AND ENSURING THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. QUESTIONS FOR CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD

AND SERGEANT RUBY. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE DEPUTIES AND SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE.

I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE IS PASSIONATE THE BIGGEST JOB IS TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC SAFE. COMING UP ON BUDGET TIME, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HAVE BEEN INCREASED WITH THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND PATROLS OVER THE LAST NUMBER YEARS. HOW MANY?

>> FOR US, I GUESS, WE GOT ONE ADDED LAST YEAR.

JUST ONE DEPUTY. OBVIOUSLY OUR STAFF IS NOT AS LARGE AS THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SIDE BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUSLY SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY THEY HAVE TO COVER VERSUS US.

WE ARE GROWING AND GROWING RAPIDLY.

EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND SOME NEW BUILDINGS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST ONE FOR US LAST YEAR. AND I THINK WE PUT IN FOR A

COUPLE RECENTLY. >> BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR CONTRACT, IT IS HARD TO LOOK AT ACTUAL NUMBERS BECAUSE OUR

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HAND THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO A THIRD CRIME PREVENTION SPEC SPECIALIST.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: I BELIEVE IT WAS 2019, YES.

>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST INCREASE AS FAR AS OUR PERSONNEL ALLOCATION. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT IS KIND OF SHIFTED BETWEEN WHAT IS CONTRACTED VERSUS WHAT IS COUNTY FUNDED. BUT AS FAR AS OUR OVERARCHING NUMBER OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO SERVICE THIS AREA DOWN HERE, IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE PROBABLY THE LANDING BUILDOUT.

>> SAFE TO SAY THAT CRIME HAS EVOLVED SINCE 2019?

>> YES, SIR. IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THE EVOLVING CRIME TRENDS, BOTH FROM CADILLAC CONVERTER THEFT AND PARAMOUNT IN THE AREA TO VEHICLE THEFTS AND TO SHOPLIFTING AND SCAMS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING SOME INCREASE IN TRENDING, YES, SIR.

>> I JUST BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE I THINK OUR TRAFFIC HAS ALSO INCREASED A LOT SINCE 2019. YOU JUST LOOK AT THE TOWN CENTER AREA. THERE IS A LOT -- A LOT OF PEOPLE -- A LOT OF VISITORS. THAT IS GREAT.

WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE AND LIVE HERE AND VISIT HERE, WE WANT THEM TO FEEL SAFE AND ON THE BUDGET PROCESS AND LOOKING AT, PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT NEXT MONTH AND ANYTHING HE CAN TO DO TACKLE THESE INCREASED CRIME TRENDS OR NEW WAYS TO STEAL POSTAL CHECKS WHICH IS CRAZY FOR ME. WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY OPTION.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND WANT TO BRING SOLUTIONS TO IT.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: I THINK YOU HEARD TONIGHT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS ON BRANCH CROSSING AND RESEARCH HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE AND WOULD LIKE MORE PATROL IN THAT AREA ALSO.

>> JUST A LITTLE LESS SIREN RIGHT THROUGH THERE.

>> WE WILL USE LIGHTS WITHOUT SIREN.

I DO RECOGNIZE BOTH THE FAMILIES THAT WERE HERE, AND THOSE THAT WEREN'T HERE, THEIR CONCERNS. AND SITTING THERE WITH SERGEANT RUBY, WE WERE BRAINSTORMING ON DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT HELP, THAT WE COULD DO THAT COULD IMPACT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE QUIETER. I WILL TELL YOU JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT MY HOUSE AND IT IS A LITTLE OLDER.

MY WINDOW PANES USED TO BE DOUBLE INSULATED.

I THINK THEY LOST THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THEIR SOUNDPROOFING. SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AND THE FIRE CHIEF, I WILL HAVE A WORD WITH HIM ABOUT THE SIRENS.

NO, I AM JUST KIDDING. WE WILL ALL DUE OUR PART -- ALL SERIOUSNESS, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE QUIETER.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: I KNOW DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND HANDS IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK. OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURES DO NOT ALLOW AUDIENCE TO -- OTHER THAN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD OR SERGEANT RUBY, MR. JUSTICE, I KNOW THEY WILL SPEAK WITH YOU

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>>DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

MY QUESTION IS DIRECTED TOWARD PRESIDENT SHARP, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS OUR BUDGET QUITE WELL AS NO ONE ELSE DOES.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR HER TO COMMENT ON ANY KIND OF CHANGES OR ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET THAT MAY HAVE GONE ON IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.

AND I KNOW ONE THING WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR DEPUTIES TO DO PATROL AND WORK BASICALLY THE CROSSINGS AT -- IN CREEKSIDE PARK. THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY ITEM FOR US AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, I BELIEVE, FOR THE NEAR FUTURE ANYWAY WITH WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT, PLEASE, IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.

>> YES, I WILL TRY. CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD IS CORRECT, WHAT WILL BE A SIMPLE ANSWER TO A SIMPLE QUESTION WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE ALLOCATION OF WHAT THE CITY PROVIDED AND THE TOWNSHIP PROVIDED. THE TOWNSHIP PROVIDING THE PATROL STAFF, AND THE COUNTY PROVIDING THE COMMAND STAFF.

AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT STAFF. SO IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES, IT HAS REMAINED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT PATROL DEPUTY AT 92. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ARE TARGETED OVERTIME FUNDS AVAILABLE SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING UPTICK IN CRIME, THEN THE CAPTAIN HAS THE

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AND ADDITIONALLY THIS YEAR ON A TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL WE GET TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE DID ALLOCATE -- THAT THE CAPTAIN AND I WORKED TOGETHER AND ALLOCATED SAVINGS THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET TO FUND THE COUPLE OF PATROL -- THE DEPUTIES IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA. BUT AS FAR AS ACTUAL FULL-TIME INCREASE IT IS HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS AS THE CAPTAIN SAID.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WE HAVE ONE MORE REPORT WITH THE SERGEANT WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 3, BUT I THINK DIRECTOR

FRANKS, YOU HAD A COMMENT. >>RICHARD FRANKS: I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT DIRECTOR BAILEY SAID. TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DEDICATED STAFF. WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO

HAVE THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. I SENT A PICTURE TO STEVE LACKEY OF WHAT YOU SHOWED. HE SAID HOW GREAT YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE INITIATIVE AS WELL. IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> IT WAS. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: IF NO OTHERS.

THANK YOU BOTH. SERGEANT TERRELL WITH MONTGOMERY PRECINCT 3, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, DIVISION IS WITH US THIS ALSO. WELCOME.

>> HELLO. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU AGAIN SERGEANT HOLIFIELD AND IS THE IS THE RUBY. WHY IS THIS NOT ON YOUR SCREEN? GOOD DEAL. THIS IS THE FIRST-QUARTER 2023 STATISTICAL REPORT. I KNOW IT IS JUNE BUT THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER AND JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE DETECTIVES FUNDED BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. TWO IN SAFE HARBOR WHICH IS CHILD ABUSE. ONE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN DETECTIVES. I BROUGHT ONE OF MY DETECTIVES WITH ME. SAMANTHA ALVAREZ.

SHE DOES AMAZING WORK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MUCH BETTER. GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, FIRST QUARTER WE HAD NO CASE ACE SIGNED.

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16 COURT ORDERS AND 11 FELONY CHARGES.

11 FELONY CHARGES IN THE FIRST QUARTER IS -- NINE CASES FOR THAT ONE DETECTIVE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

A DETECTIVE RECEIVED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL FROM AN ADULT MALE LOCATED IN MAGNOLIA, TEXAS.

SHARING EXPLICIT MATERIAL WITH DETECTIVE HERE IN THE THE WOODLANDS. HE WAS DOWNLOADING MATERIAL FROM HIS HOME. ARREST WAS MADE AND MULTIPLE CHARGES ON THAT INDIVIDUAL. ONE OF THE NOTABLE CASES THAT WE HAD IN THE WOODLANDS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR SAFE HARBOR, SPECIAL UNITS. TWO CONNECTS, SAMANTHA SALVA RE AND JACQUELINE WYNN. 21 NEW CASES ASSIGNED.

TEN SEXUAL ABUSE CASES. EL ELEVEN CASES AND THREE FELONY CHARGES FILED IN THAT FIRST QUARTER. AS I TALKED TO YOU ALL BEFORE, THESE CASES ARE NOT JUST -- YOU GET A CASE AND OPEN AND CLOSE IT THE SAME DAY. THESE CASES CAN TAKE WEEKS, MONTHS, MAYBE EVEN LONGER. THAT IS QUITE GOOD FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FOR THE TWO DETECTIVES. NOTABLE OCCASION.

ONE OF THEM, A FEMALE CHILD WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER FRIEND'S FATHER DURING A SLEEPOVER. THE SUSPECT WAS A BOAT CAPTAIN AND BELIEVED TO HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN OVERSEAS. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION. RECENTLY IN MARCH, WE DROVE DOWN TO AUSTIN TO ARREST AN ADULT MALE WHO HAS BEEN ABUSING HIS STEPDAUGHTER OVER THE PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS AND RECORDING HER AND THE MOTHER AND BELIEVED INDECENCY WITH THE CHILD FILED IN THAT CASE. HE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS AND MOVED TO AUSTIN. WE 2R56D TRA-- WE TRAVELED TO AUSTIN AND MADE THE ARREST. THE STATS FROM 2023 TO 2022.

NOT COMPARING QUARTER TO QUARTER BUT QUARTER TO THE WHOLE YEAR.

CHILD ABUSE CASES, THAT -- THAT IS RIDICULOUSLY -- QUITE AN INCREASE. LOOK AT THAT.

YOU KNOW, ALMOST 20 JUST IN THAT FIRST QUARTER.

INDECENCY REQUEST A CHILD. A CASE THERE.

SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH A CHILD, 2023 STONE FOR IN THE FIRST

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2023, WE ALREADY HAD -- WHAT APPEARS TO BE 11 INJURY TO A CHILD CASES WHERE WE HAVE LESS THAN 20 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR IN 2022. THESE CHILD CRIMES ARE ON THE RISE RIGHT NOW. AND -- OKAY, 2023 VERSUS THE FIRST QUARTER -- VERSUS 2022. NEW CASES WERE -- AS YOU CAN SEE HALFWAY THERE THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.

SEARCH WARRANTS HALFWAY THERE FIRST QUARTER COMPARED 2022.

NEW CASES AT ABOUT 20% THERE OR MAYBE A LITTLE LESS VERSUS 2022.

THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR USUALLY ON OUR PEAK -- IS NOT OUR PEAK. WE ARE GETTING BUSIER AS YOU CAN SEE. AND GUYS -- FIRST-QUARTER STATS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: I CALL FOR A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM RECEIVE THE FINANCE REPORT.

KELLAN SHAW THE DIRECTOR OF WOODLANDS FINANCE WILL HAVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIVE MONTHS OF MAY 21, 2023.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SNYDER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I WILL BE PRESENTING THE TOWNSHIP FINANCIALS THROUGH MAY 2023. THE FIRST SLIDE IS REVENUES, YEAR-TO-DATE IS $73.7 MILLION. 82.3 MILLION.

YEAR-TO-DATE OF $8.6 MILLION. SALES TAX AND EMISSION TAX IS THE MAJORITY OF THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE THAT IS DUE TO HIGHER-THAN-ANTICIPATED TAX COLLECTION.

VARIANCE IN PROPERTY TAX WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLLECTION AND THE INTEREST OF PENALTIES SO FAR THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A -- WE HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT HAVE A FAVORABLE VARIANCE THAT IS HIGHER THAN BUDGETED INTEREST RATES AND INCREASE IN PROGRAM REVENUE IN THE TIMING OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND GRANT REVENUE.

NEXT SLIDE IS OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES $44.2 MILLION.

YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS $41. 2 MILLION.

WITH A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE OF $32 MILLION.

MOST FAVORABLE VARIANCE IS DUE TO THE TIMING AND ACTUAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES. A FEW OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAD A COUPLE OF OPEN POSITIONS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE OVER ON SALARY DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE OFFSET IN GRANT REVENUE AND REVENUE.

JUST REIMBURSING US FOR OUR TIME.

THERE WAS A HIGHER-THAN-BUDGETED EVENT EMISSIONS SALES TAX PAYMENT YOU TOO TO THE HIGHER THAN OPENED SALES TAX AND EMISSION TAX. NEXT SLIDE IS SALES TAX DEPOSIT.

YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET AMOUNT IS $33.4 MILLION.

THE ACTUAL IS $37.3 MILLION FOR A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $3.9 MILLION. YOU ARE COMPARING THAT TO 2022.

WE HAVE COLLECTED $3.8 MILLION WHICH IS ABOUT 11.5% MORE.

LESS IN 2022. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

YEAR TO DATE IS $3.3 MILLION. YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED $3.7 MILLION FOR FAVORABLE OF $418,000.

ABOUT -- ABOUT A 12.5% OVER BUDGET.

THAT'S ALL. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU,

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> SUCH GREAT NEWS.

QUESTIONS FOR KELLAN? IF

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>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. AND YOU ARE ON FOR NUMBER 12.

>> I AM. >> KELLAN SHAW, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING RELATED TO THE ANNUAL XREP HEN SIEVE REPORT AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 31,

2022. >> EACH YEAR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED, RECORDED AND ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH GAAP, THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

BLAZEK & VETTERLING IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND HAVE WRAPPED IT UP AND ARE EXPECTED TO ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION OF THE FINANCIALS.

THE REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE 110 PAGES OF IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUM VIES THE RESULTS THAT THEY FIND THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY AND ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.

THE RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT, EACH MAJOR FUND AND AGGREGATE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND THE RESPECTIVE CHANGES IN THE FINANCIAL POSITIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE BASIC AUDIT OPINION IS ON PAGE 1 OF THE AUDIT COMMUNICATION LETTER. N CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT, THE AUDITORS PERFORMED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS SPECIFIC TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

HAND THIS IS THE EXPENDITURE AND PRESENTS FULLY IN ALL RESPECTS THE EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL AWARD FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 IN ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THEY REPORTED THEY DID NOT NOTICE ANY DEFICIENCIES AND TEST SHOWED NO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

THAT OPINION ON THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS IS ON PAGE ONE OF THAT REPORT WHICH IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT IN YOUR -- IN YOUR PACKET. AND THE OPINION ON THE SINGLE AUDIT READS IN OUR CONTINUE, THE TOWNSHIP COMPLIED WITH ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THE MATERIAL PROVIDED THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT AND MATERIAL EFFECT ON THE PROGRAM DECEMBER 31, 2022. I COULD NOT REMEMBER ALL OF THAT, SO I HAD TO READ IT. BUT ALSO NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS AND THEY NOTE THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT WITH MANAGEMENT. SO AS A SUMMARY, EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN. AND THEY -- THEY EXPECT TO ISSUE

A GOOD REPORT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT DO. DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS SITS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS DIRECTOR MILNER.

YOU WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS?

>>DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: YES, I ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS IN THE BACK AND AS KELLAN REPORTED, THERE WAS NO DEFICIENCIES.

IT WAS A CLEAN AUDIT FOR BOTH AREAS, THE FEDERAL AND THE TOWNSHIP AUDIT. AND WE ARE -- I HAVE NO CONCERNS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD.

AND SO REQUEST THAT THE REPORTS ARE ACCEPTED.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORTS.

>> I THINK I JUST DID THAT. >> I WILL SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WE WILL LET YOU SECOND.

AND TO -- TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 10, AND OUR PRESENT CEO MONIQUE SHARP WILL PRESENT REGARDING THE HOMESTEAD AND 65 AND OLDER DISABLED EXEMPTION AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR US TO DETERMINE ACTION.

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HOW IS THAT HANDLED? >> IF WE CAN WAIT.

THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF RESOLUTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU.

DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR ACTION IS, I WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE

CORRECT VERSION. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. IN WAY OF HISTORY, ON THE -- IN YOUR MAY 19 OF THIS YEAR, YOU HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP IF YOU WILL, A FINANCIAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WHERE THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AND WE PRESENT IT AGAIN -- I PRESENT IT AGAIN LAST WEEK AT THE MEETING AND TONIGHT, WE DO -- AS THE CHAIRMAN JUST POINTED OUT, YOU DID APPROVE LAST WEEK INCREASING THE 65 AND OLDER DISABLED EXEMPTION FROM 3567,000 TO 50,000. WE WILL PRESENT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THERE DOES NEED TO BE A DECISION MADE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS ON JUNE 30.

AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING SOME DIRECTORS ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF YOU ARE IN PEER CITIES.

WHAT YOU SEE -- THESE PEER CITIES -- CAME FROM THE S SAME PEER CITIES WE USE IN OUR COMP STUDY AND ONES WE COMPARE TO. THE BARS IN YELLOW REPRESENT CITIES THAT HAVE ZERO PERCENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

ONES IN GREEN, OF TWO THOSE WITH 2.5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND FIVE THAT HAVE EXEMPTIONS. THE ONE IN BLUE HAVE BETWEEN 10 AND SAYS 15 BUT SUGARLAND HAS A 12.5 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND ONES IN BLUE 10% AND ONES IN RED 1 10%. ORGANIZED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND SHOWING NOT ONLY WHO HAVE HOMESTEAD BUT THE TAX RATES FOR EACH ONE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TOWNSHIP IS ON THE FAR LEFT AND OUT OF THE CITY WE BY FAR HAVE THE LOWEST TAX RATE AT 18.5 CENTS. THE NEXT LOWEST ONE IS OVER

$.30. >> MONIQUE, DO WE KNOW OUT OF THE GREENS -- FOUR GREENS BETWEEN 2.5 AND 5.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONES ARE THE 5?

>> I DO. IT THE FIVES ARE ALLEN AND

COLLEGE STATION. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS -- AND I AM GOING TO GO BACK TO THIS IN ONE SECOND.

THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. AND DIRECTOR WATSON POINTED IT OUT LAST WEEK. WHILE I AM SHOWING THIS AND A SNAPSHOT, NOT AN APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON.

SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THE ENTITIES CAN PACKAGE THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TOGETHER. THEIR FINANCIAL PHILOSOPHIES AND POLICIES AND THE BEST WE CAN DO OF THE A SNAP SHOP OF THE.

HE SPIFBLG THINGS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX PAID ON A $500,000 HOME WHICH IS THE AVERAGE PRICE HOME IN THE TOWNSHIP, COMPARED TO EACH OF OUR PEER CITIES AND THIS INCLUDES THE TAXES THAT ARE BEING PAID NET OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THE ONES WITH HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN GREEN, BLUE AND RED IS FACT EVERIED IN HERE.

THE TOWNSHIP ON THE FAR LEFT. WE DO NOT HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BUT THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF TAX BEING PAID ON AN AVERAGE VALUED HOME AT UNDER $1,000. AND THE REST OF THEM $$1500 AND

ABOVE. >> COMPARISON CITIES HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

WATER, SEWER TREATMENT PLANTS. POLICE, I FIRE, JAIL OF THOSE

TYPE THINGS THAN WE DO. >> THEY DO AND A GOOD POINT WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE NOT APPLES TO APPLES.

THINGS THAT YOU ARE MENTIONING ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THEY HAVE A REVENUE OFFSET TO THEM. THEY ALMOST ALL HAVE -- ARE OPERATING AT A NET ZERO FOR THEIR UTILITIES, AIR PORTS.

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>> LIKE STREETS. >> YES.

>> THINGS WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE WE ARE A TOWNSHIP. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE TO TAKE ON.

>> THEY DO. THEY DO, ABSOLUTELY.

HERE WITH ANOTHER DIFFERENCE -- BACK TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SO MANY TYPES OF THINGS.

LOOKING AT TAX SUPPORTIVE DEBT. WE ARE NOT SHOWING REVENUE BONDS WHICH WILL TYPICALLY PAY FOR YOUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS BY FAR CARRIES THE LOWEST DEBT LOAD OF ANY OF OUR PEER CITIES AND LARGELY DUE THE RESERVES THAT WE CARRY.

ABLE TO FUND OUT OF RESERVES WITH ISSUING BONDS AND THEREFORE, SAVE OUR RESIDENTS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST EXP EXPENSE.

>> SO RESERVES -- HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT

RESERVES PLAY. >> OUR LARGEST RESERVE BALANCE IS OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT RESERVE THAT IS BASED ON LOOKING OUT ON A STUDY DONE BY ENGINEERS WHO CONSIDER LOOKING AT ASSETS OF CITIES AND SCHEDULING OUT REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD. SO EVERY YEAR, THE TOWNSHIP PUTS IN ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS RESERVE.

IN SOME YEARS WE PAY OUT MORE THAN FOUR AND A HALF MILLION AND SOME YEARS PAY OUT LESS. THEY ARE DUE FOR REPLACEMENT.

A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WITH 15-YEAR LIFE.

CONTRIBUTING 15 YEARS IN THAT RESERVE AND WHEN IT COMES DUE FOR REPLACEMENT, THEN WE HAVE NOSE MONIES SET ASIDE ALREADY AND INVESTING THEM THE WHOLE TIME.

THEY ARE NOT JUST SITTING THERE IDLE AND GETTING THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND USE THE FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT CAPITAL THANK THAT PREVENT US FROM ISSUING BONDS TO KEEP UP -- TO KEEP OUR ASSETS TIMELY AND SAFELY.

>> WITH INTEREST RATES, ARE WE EARNING A LOT MORE THAN NORMAL

OFF THOSE FUNDS THAN TYPICAL? >> YES.

>> WHAT PERCENTAGE MORE? >> FOR A WHILE WE WERE AT HALF PERCENT IF WE WERE LUCKY ON THAT.

NOW THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATES, IT DEPENDS WHERE WE PLACE THEM.

ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4% AND 5%. THE ONES WE CAN LADDER OUT LONGER WE HAVE HIGHER INTEREST RATES ON, OF COURSE.

SO WITH THAT, THOSE WERE SPECIFICS, COMPARISONS THAT WE HAD AND I AM GOING TO MOVE BACK IN TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE AS A REFRESHER AND ADDITIONAL SLIDES. I WILL MOVE THROUGH THEM QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU SAW THEM TWICE AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.

STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WILL EFFECT THE PROPERTY TAX AND RATES ON THE RATE SIDE. OUR HISTORY WHERE OUR RATES HAVE BEEN. YOU CAN SEE A VERY STEADY INCREASE IN -- OUT OUR RATES, BUT VALUES.

STEADY INCREASE IN WHAT OUR VALUES HAVE BEEN IN 2024.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER INCREASE, THE MIDDLE YEARS.

VERY LITTLE INCREASE BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THE TAX PHILOSOPHY OF THE PREVIOUS BOARDS SINCE 2010, THAT FOLLOW AS THESE VALUES INCREASE, THE TAX RATE DECREASES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT REFLECTED HERE WHERE WE HAVE DECREASED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BY 56 OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND CURRENT RIGHT OF 18.5 CENTS.

WHAT IS EVEN AS IMPORTANT, TRACK IT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF THE SAME PROPERTIES TAXED IN BOTH YEARS.

NOT ONLY HAVE THE PREVIOUS BOARDS LOWERED THE TAX RATES, BUT THEY ARE LOWERED IT AT OR NEAR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

WHAT THAT HAS RESULTED IN WAS VERY FLAT REVENUE -- PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COLLECTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OVER THE COURSE OF THIS TIME PERIOD HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT DESPITE THE EIGHT YEAR, SEVEN-YEAR GROWTH OF ALL DIFFERENT SERVICES, ENHANCED SERVICES ADDED, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COMING INTO THE TOWNSHIP HAVE INCREASED BY $1 MILLION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR AN AVERAGE HOME $555,000. THE SAME HOME VALUED IN 2012 AT

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THIS IS FROM OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST YEAR SAND SHOWS THAT 95% OF OUR SURVEY RESPOND DENTS VALUED THE SERVICE THAT THE TOWNSHIP PROVIDES IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF THE MONEY AT EITHER GOOD OR GOOD.

ONLY 5% RATED IT POOR. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE FAR LEFT THAT THE VERY GOOD, THE -- THE RATINGS OF VERY FOOD

INCREASED FROM 35%. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

THE PROPERTY TAX RV PAGE THAT YOU HAD A MOMENT AGO AND SHOWS THE PROPERTY TAX FROM 17 TO 23. IT STAYED PRETTY CONSTANT AND WENT UP A BIT IN 2021-'22. IT HAS GONE BACK DOWN.

THERE YOU GO. THE COST OF THE SERVICESES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED CLEARLY HAVE GONE UP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ORDER TO STAY RELATIVELY FLAT AND JUST BE ABLE TO KEEP A RATE THAT -- A TAX RATE THAT KEEPS THIS REVENUE FLAT, THAT IS BEING SUBSIDIZED FROM THE REVENUE FROM SALES AND HOTEL.

>> PRIMARILY SALES TAX, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THAT CONTINUES TO GO UP AND HAS BEEN SINCE COVID.

>> IT HAS, SIR. >> BUT DO WE SEE A CONCERN THAT IN THE NEAR DISTANCE, IT IS GOING TO BE HARDER TO HOLD THE LINE EVEN WITH THAT IS UP ISMENTAL INCOME BECAUSE OF INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND OTHER THINGS?

>> YES, SIR, YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY ON THAT.

PARDON THE PUN. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.

WE HAD A GREAT RIDE. A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TOWN CENTER, HOWARD HUGHES, CREEKSIDE, BEFORE THAT STERLING RING. THAT HAS ADDED A LOT TO OUR SALES TAX BASE. NOT JUST RETAIL.

PEOPLE THINK SALES TAX -- GO TO TARGET AND NORDSTROM WHEREVER YOU GO AND RING UP -- 50% OF OUR INCOME.

BUT A LOT OF THE SALES TAX COMES FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE AND, LIKE, CONSTRUCTION GROWTH AND MANUFACTURING AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 234079 GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB AT THE LEVEL THAT IT WILL MAYBE IT WILL, BUT I WILL BE SHOCKED IF IT DOES. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

>> THAT AND THE AMOUNT LEFT TO DEVELOP WILL DECREASE.

>> RESIDENTIAL, AND 112 UNITS LEFT.

AND SOME BUSINESS LEFT, BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE WITHIN A FIVE TO SEVEN-YEAR TIME FRAME. AND WE ARE ALMOST WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT WE LOOK OUT TO THAT THAT GROWTH IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE THERE. IT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

IT IS GREAT TO ALWAYS LOWER TO IT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BUT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT US TO HAVE A GOOD VALUE FOR THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, BUT THEY WANT SERVICES.

YOU THINK OF THE REQUEST THAT YOU ARE GETTING AS BOARD MEMBERS AND WHAT YOU HEAR, PEOPLE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES. ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.

AND WE HAVE TO FUND THAT SOMEHOW AND WON'T ALWAYS BE ON THE BACK

OF SALES TAX. >> IS IT -- IS IT -- IS IT A WAY TO HAVE A LOW RATE IN ADDITION TO A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION?

>> SURE. YOU CAN.

>> YOU CAN -- THERE IS -- THERE IS AS WAY IN OUR DOESN'T REMEMBER FINANCIAL SITUATION TO DO BOTH.

>> IT ALL DEPENDS -- YES, LET ME GET TO THAT.

>> BUT IF YOU DO THAT -- IF YOU MAKE THE DECISION -- I HATE TO SAY IN A VACUUM. BUT IF WE MADE A DECISION IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. WHAT I DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. I AM NOT SAYING I WON'T, BUT WE MAKE A DECISION ON A VACUUM ON JUST THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ARE

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>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND I AM GOING TO HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT SHOW THAT EXACT THING.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WILL SHOW ALL THE BUDGET INITIATIVES THAT EITHER BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS HAVE

REQUESTED FOR THE 2024 BUDGET. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THIS GETS US BACK TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN WE TALK OF PROPERTY TAX, TWO WAYS TO TIM PACT AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO TAXPAYERS THROUGH WHAT THEY PAY FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO PROVIDE SERVICES. ONE OF THAT IS THROUGH THE VALUE SIDE THAT RELATES TO EXPERIENCES.

WE ARE IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EXEMPTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY.

THEY CAN BE RESCINDED. NOT LIKELY TO BE RESCINDED BUT THEY CAN BE. THEY IMPACT TARGETED GROUPS LIKE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD AND AS DIRECTOR WATSON POINTING OUT JUNE 30 WHICH IS PRIOR TO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

THE TOWNSHIP HAS DONE THE TARGETED EXEMPTION WITH 65 AND OLDER AND AS YOU KNOW YOU APPROVED THAT LAST WEEK.

IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE DEDUCTION, STATUTORY LIMITS ON THE RATE GROWTH. SO THAT AS WE LOWER THE RATE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE THAT.

THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THAT IS SEPTEMBER 13 AFTER OUR BOARDSHOPS. WE SAW ON PREVIOUS SLIDES.

WHAT THE PREACH BOARDS HAVE FOCUSED ON.

WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, EACH 5% OF EXEMPTION REPRESENTS $1.4 MILLION REDUCTION IN REVENUE.

OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IF WE WERE TO DO A 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO $2R8 MILLION LOST OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN CLEARLY SLOTTED FOR SERVICES.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: ONCE YOU DO A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, YOU CAN REMOVE IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR? > YES, IT CAN BE DONE.

>>KYLE WATSON: HOLD ON ONE QUICK.

IF IT IS 1.4 IT IN AN ANNUAL BASES, HOW IN FIVE YEARS DOES IT

GET TO $28 MILLION. >> I AM TALKING ABOUT $5.6

MILLION IF DO YOU IT 20%. >>KYLE WATSON: OH, I AM SORRY.

LOOKING AT THE 5% SLIDE AND IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE DONE MATH. WE HAVE TEACHERS HERE.

>> I WAS USING THE MAXIMUM IMPACT.

>> WE GAVE IT 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IT WILL COST UFRS

$1.4 MILLION REVENUE. >> APPROXIMATELY IN 2024, THAT'S CORRECT. SO A LOT OF THIS GETS DOWN TO WHAT THE BOARD WANTS THEIR TAX VELOCITY TO PROVIDE RELIEF.

PREVIOUS BOARDS SINCE 2010 HAVE CHOSEN TO GIVE TAX RELIEF TO ALL TAXPAYERS AND NOT JUST HOMESTEAD EXEMPT PROPERTIES.

625% QUALIFY FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHO WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR GET THE BENEFIT FROM A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ARE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, RENTALS, PEOPLE LIVING IN APARTMENTS, SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, THOSE ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THE PAST VELOCITY THAT THIS COMMUNITY THRIVES WHEN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THRIVES. THAT IS WHY THE RELIEF -- WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO BE PROVIDE THE TAX RATE AND PROVIDE RELIEF, IT IS PROVIDED TO ALL TAXPAYERS AND NOT JUST THE 66% TARGETED GROUP.

NOT TO SAY THAT THAT THE IF I LOSS -- PHILOSOPHY CAN'T CHANGE, BUT THAT GETS US TO THIS POINT. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE EXCESS REVENUE -- RIGHT NOW IF WE DETERMINE -- BEFORE YOU GO IN THE BUDGET, THAT, YES, NO MATTER WHAT, $1.4 MILLION IN EX-S}

>> HE REVENUES IN ORDER WHAT PETITION TO DO TO GET THAT.

THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE FUND AND STAY IN A BALANCE BUDGET TO AFTER A 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO THOSE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES OR GO THROUGH THE PROJECT PROCESS AND $1.4 MILLION REMAINING YOU CAN LOWER THE TAX RATE BY ABOUT A HALF A PENNY FOR ALL OF TAXPAYERS AND THAT IS WHAT THIS CHART IS SHOWING.

A FULL $5.6 MILLION, RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO DETERMINE TONIGHT

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THESE ARE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

ITEMS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL PRIORITIES.

SOME OF THESE ARE STAFF DRIVEN. SOME OF THESE ARE RESIDENT DRIVEN. AND I AM NOT SAYING ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR BUDGET, I AM JUST SAYING THESE A SNAPSHOT AND WAY MORE THAN THIS. WE CAN GO ON FOR PAGES AND PAGES WHAT WE ARE TRYING ANALYZE TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR TAX RATE.

YOU ASKED A LITTLE WHILE AGO DIRECTOR BAILEY DID WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON PROPOSING ANYTHING, THEY HAVE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT LISTED IN

TOTAL ABOUT $2.2 MILLION. >> THE YELLOW LINE IS A SUMMARY

OF THE ENTRIES ABOVE IT? >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REQUESTED. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE MUCH A LOOK AT THE WATERWAYS IN JULY.

INCREASED COST. THIS COST ESTIMATE IS WHAT COSTS CAN INCREASE BY. 234079 THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF PROVIDING THIS SERVICE. THESE ARE INCREASES TO THE BUDGET FOR 2024 THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

SO FOR THE WATERWAY. MONEY BUDGETED BUT WILL GO UP $500,000 NEXT YEAR. STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE.

A PRIORITY. ELSE FROMRY MANAGEMENT.

ALL TYPES OF THINGS OVER $500,000.

THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT WITHOUT CHANGING ANY LEVEL OF SERVICE DUE TO THE HE IS ASK ALATION FACT WILL INCREASE BY 400,000.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: GO BACK. SORRY, MONIQUE, TO THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT, HOW MANY OF HOW MUCH -- DURING THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION -- I KNOW NEXT YEAR $400,000.

WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS?

>> THERE IS A 3% HE IS CASS -- ESCALATION CLAUSE EACH YEAR. AND DEFENDING ON RECYCLING, NEW APARTMENTS COME ONLINE. A BUNCH OF FACTORS, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT -- THAT AMOUNT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE CONTRACT

GROWS. >> SO WITH THAT SAID, IN PAST HURRICANE IKE OR HURRICANE HARVEY OR SOME OF THE OTHER LARGE SEVERE STORMS THAT WE HAVE HERE, HAS THAT SERVICE, EXTRA

SERVICE BEEN ADDITIONAL? >> IT IS, YEAH, WHICH IS PROVIDED IN THE CONTRACT. WE HAVE RATES RELATED TO THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICE BUT IT IS. AGAIN, THERE IS A SNAPSHOT.

WE CAN GO ON FOR PAGES FOR THESE, BUT THESE ARE THINGS SUBMIT BY THE DEPARTMENTS ORVILLE LAGE ASSOCIATIONS OR OTHERS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ANALYZING.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL BE IN PRESIDENT BUDGET, IT MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY THEY ARE THERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THERE.

AND THEN WE ARE SOME OF THE LARGER ITEMS. THESE ARE POTENTIAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NEW, IF YOU WILL. SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE FUND AND BY THE RESERVE. THESE ARE FUNS THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED FROM -- FROM PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX -- INCREASE IN

PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. >> THE MONEY WE HAVE IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS NOT GOING TO COVER THESE?

>> NO, NO, SIR. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: EXPLAIN WHY.

>> THE MONEY IN THE RESERVE IS FOR EXISTING ASSETS THAT IS IN THIS REPLACEMENT CYCLE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ADD NEW AMENITIES THAT ARE REQUESTED BY -- YOU KNOW, THAT -- BASED ON OUR RESIDENTS' PRIORITIES. FOR INSTANCE, THE HIGHWAY 242 PATHWAY CONNECTOR, THAT IS NOT PART OF A RESERVE.

THAT IS SOMETHING NEW WE WILL HAVE TO FUND AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING SON SOME OF THIS. A LOT MORE DETAILS TO COME ON THESE IF THEY MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET.

JUST TRYING TO SHOW HERE, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND GETS BACK AGAIN TO DIRECTOR WATSON'S POINT THAT A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE FUNDED WITH SALES TAX IN THE PAST, BUT WON'T

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POLICY TO BE ABLE TO FUND. >> AS I RECALL, THE PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF -- OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT AMOUNT I

IS? >> THIS IS IT HERE.

PITS 'A BIG NUMBER, BUT I WILL LET HIM TELL YOU.

>> THANKFULLY YOU ARE ALL SITTING DOWN, BUT IT WAS CLOSE

TO $100 MILLION. >> YOU CAN WALK BACK OVER HERE

WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER. >> IT INCLUDES ABOUT $100 MILLION. AND THE BOARD HAS ALREADY EAR MARKED ABOUT 19.3, 19.8 MILLION OF THAT.

THAT IS IS THE FIRST PHASE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED.

AND THAT INCLUDES NUMBER OF FIELD UPGRADES, REST ROOM UPGRADES, A DOG PARK. COUPLE MORE TENNIS COURTS AND SO ON. ONCE WE GET AROUND THAT, WE LOOK AT EXPANSION OF THE RECREATION CENTER AND 50-METER POOLS AND BIG PROJECTS IN THERE, BUT, AGAIN, THAT IS A LONG-TERM PLAN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE TODAY.

AND PROJECTS THAT MONIQUE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN OUR PROJECT THAT ARE TBD RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING GENERATED RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF C COST.

>> MONIQUE, THIS MAY BE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS AND IF I AM, JUST SAY STOP. 66% OF THE HOMEOWNERS WILL BE AFFECTED IF WE DO SOME KIND OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

DO YOU KNOW OUT OF THE 66%, HOW MANY ARE ALREADY EAR MARKED FOR THE DISABILITY AND 65 AND OLDER AT THE 55% HOMESTEAD.

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND I DON'T HAVE A EXACT FIGURE.

NOT A LARGE PERCENTAGE BUT I WOULD SAY 10%.

AND GIVE ME A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS EITHER WAY.

>> WITH -- WITH ONE OF OUR -- OUR WORKSHOPS, YOU ARE PROJECTING EXCESS OF OVER $9 MILLION IN SALES TAX FOR THIS Y YEAR.

>> $5 MILLION THIS YEAR. >> $5 MILLION THIS YEAR? OKAY. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT -- HOTEL

TAX TO GROW AS WELL? >> WE ARE, HOTEL TAX HAS NOT GENERALLY BEEN USED FOR GENERAL TYPE OF PURPOSES.

IT IS RESTRICTED FOR THE -- THE BOARD HAVE CHOSEN TO RESTRICT IT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

>> BUT IN OUR BYLAWS, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH HOTEL

OCCUPANCY TAXES. >> YOU CAN.

>> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT?

>> ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IF YOU ISSUE BONDS, WE NO LONGER HAVE A MECHANISM TO FUND THE PRINCIPAL INTEREST ON

IT. >> BEAR WITH ME, I WILL GET IN THE WEEDS LIKE LINDA HERE. BUT IF WE ARE TALKING OF GOSLING FIELD AND SPORTS TOUR I678 IS IMPORTANT HERE.

CAN WE USE A PORTION TO FUND FIELDS.

>> YES, YOU ARE NOT RESTRICTED. SO HOTEL TAX THROWS OFF ABOUT $3 MILLION IN EXCESS EVERY YEAR. AFTER FUNDS DEBT SERVICE REQUIRED BY BOND COUNTY NANCE AND THE WOODLANDS.

>> ALSO, THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE BOND PAY OFF IN TWO YEARS.

>> '28. >> '28.

WHAT IS THE SAVINGS ON THAT? >> ONCE THAT ROLLS OFF, THAT IS $2.8 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING.

>> $2.8 A OVYEAR? >> YES.

>> I KNOW WE HAVE A WISH LIST. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT. I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM, BUT OF ALL OF THE THINGS APPROVED BY THE PREVIOUS BOARD, AND WE ARE OPERATING UNDER THEIR BUDGET, CORRECT.

HOW MANY PROJECTS THAT WERE FOUNDED IN THE BUDGET THAT DON'T GET -- THAT DON'T GET BUILT IN YEAR? LIKE A REST ROOM IN CAPSTONE IS ONE I AM TALKING ABOUT.

BUT THAT'S ONE. BUT I AM SURE A LOT THAT DON'T GET FUNDED AND GET CARRIED ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

AN APPROXIMATE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT IS?

>> VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT MAY CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND USUALLY TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS WE GET TO THOSE PROJECTS NOT LIKE ONCE THEY ARE APPROVED THEY GO AWAY.

VARIOUS REASONS, WEATHER DELAYS. SUPPLY CHAIN I SHALL PEWS.

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>> THE MONEY IS EAR MARKED. >> THE MONEY IS EAR MARKED.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS THE BOND RATING THAT WE HAVE BEEN SO PROUD OF?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. ALL OF THIS HAS A VERY BIG IMPACT ON OUR BOND RATING AND THE PHILOSOPHIES AND TAX POLICIES AND BUDGET POLICIES OF THE BOARD HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY QUOTED BY OUR CREDIT RATING AGENCIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR AA-PLUS RATING WHICH IS -- I REPORTED BEFORE.

THE HIGHEST RATING THAT ANY SPECIAL PURPOSE IN THE STATE OF

TEXAS HAS. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: I THINK WE ARE IN -- IF I RECALL CORRECTLY THE TOP 4% OF THE --

>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

>> IS $1.4 MILLION A 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX.

YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO SAY WILL AFFECT OUR BOND RATE SOMETHING

IN. >> I AM SAYING IT IS A FACTOR.

IT CAN BE A FACTOR. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO. I AM SAYING IT IS ONE OF THE

FACTORS THAT IS CONSIDERED. >> BECAUSE, MONIQUE, I WILL BE FIRST TO TELL YOU I WAS NOT A BELIEVER IN -- BUT YOU CONVINCED ME ON THE TAX RATE LOWER IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

I AM TELLING YOU PERSONALLY YOU EVER OPEN A CPA FIRM, I WOULD TERMLY HIRE YOU FOR A LIFETIME CONTRACT.

YOU ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AT YOUR JOB AND SO IS YOUR TEAM.

I AM IN NOT IN ANY WAY CHALLENGING YOU OR ANYTHING.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT. I WANT THAT TO BE KNOWN.

I AM JUST SAYING I REALLY THINK WE CAN DO BOTH.

I THINK WE CAN KEEP OUR TAX RATE LOW LIKE IT IS.

AND I THINK WE CAN GIVE 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX TO -- TO PROPERTY OWNER -- HOMEOWNERS. I THINK THAT CAN BE DONE.

BUT WE HAVE A -- WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY LEFT THE WOODLANDS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED AND SALES TAX CAN BE GENERATED IT. AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CAN BE GENERATED OFF OF IT AND RAW LAND, AND PROPERTY TAX GOES UP EVEN MORE THAT IS NOT EVEN BUILT.

TO SAY WE ARE ON A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I REALLY BUY THAT.

I THINK IT WILL LEVEL OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU SEE A HIGH-RISE GO UP SOMEWHERE. AND A -- AN ICE RINK TYPE THING AND SOME MAJOR FACILITY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES EVEN MORE.

IF YOU LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THEY CAN HAPPEN AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES EVEN MORE I DON'T THINK WE CAN

SAY WE ARE BUILT UP. >> LET ME CLARIFY IF THAT IS WHAT MY COMMENTS CAME ACROSS, THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT.

I MEANT WE WILL NOT CONTINUE ON THIS UPWARD TRAJECTORY.

WE WILL TREND UPWARDS. IF I EVER GET TO A POINT WHERE I AM PRESENTING ZERO PERCENT SALES TAX GROWTH, WE HAVE A LOT OF

PROBLEMS. >> YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN AMAZING AND VERY CONSERVATIVE THAT ALL BOARDS AND RESIDENTS HAVE BENEFIT READY FROM THAT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US THAT ARE NEW TO THIS BOARD WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

I CERTAINLY DON'T AND I SPEAK FOR MYSELF ONLY, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. UP KNOW THAT WHERE BRAD IS -- HOW HE IS THINKING ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK IT IS RIGHT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE THE WOODLANDS NUMBERS AND SAY TO THEMSELVES, MAN, IT IS EXCESSIVE AND THEY ARE SITTING ON MONDAY THAT SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE ALL HEARD THAT. WE PROBABLY ALL SAID THAT AT SOME POINT. I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THERE. MY CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THAT WE ARE TYING OUR HANDS THROUGH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WHICH DOESN'T BENEFIT EVERYONE IN THE THE WOODLANDS.

AND WE WANT TO CREATE BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY CREATE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME THAT WE ALL NEED.

I AM NOT ALL AGAINST IT WHICH I INDICATED EARLIER BUT I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT PUTTING MY FOOT IN THE WATER ANY MORE THAN 2.5% BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T GET OURSELVES OVER A OUR SKI TIPS SO TO SPEAK WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET PERHAPS NEXT TIME REVISITED THAT 2.5% WASN'T BAD AND WE CAN GO TO FIVE OR WHATEVER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT IS LIKE SITTING DOWN AT OUR HOUSE SO I DO THINK WE HAVE TO BE A BIT CAUTIOUS TO SAY WE HAVE ALL THIS EXCESS MONEY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE AM SO THE POINT, IT CAN HAPPEN SO FAST THAT WE GO, WE HAVE NO MORE ACCESS AND REVERSE

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THAT IS WHERE MY HEAD IS AT. >> ONE THING TO POINT OUT WE DIDN'T TALK AND THE INCREDIBLE BILL.

NOW TO HAVE A MIXED BEVERAGE TAX.

THAT IS A MILLION BUCKS AND COULD GO UP TO MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS YOUR HOME STEPPED STEAD EXEMPTION OF 5%.

GO TO YOUR CARS AND BUY A DRINK AND UP HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM THAT WE ARE NOT COMPARING IN HERE IN OUR BUDGET STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.

>> CORRECT, YES, SIR. >> MONIQUE, CAN YOU ADDRESS A PARALLEL DISCUSSION OR MAYBE IT WILL BE TODD.

BUT A PARALLEL DISCUSSION THAT SEEMS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE HAVING AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE THE SENATE PASSED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE AND THE HOUSE WORKED TO REDUCE RATES BY COMPRESSION, BY PROPERTY TAX COMPRESSION, AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH THIS VERY SAME THING.

A BUDGET ACCESS OF $30 BILLION. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES AND $33 MANY. HAMMERING THIS OUT TOO.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DEAL WITH THIS, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU -- HOW DO YOU GIVE MOST BENEFIT FOR MOST TEXANS AND HOW DO YOU GIVE MOST BENEFITS TO MOST TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS NOT JUST THE HOMEOWNERS BUT ALSO EVERY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.

SO IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO GET A SNAPSHOT?

CAN YOU DO THAT MONIQUE? >> I CAN DO THAT AND TODD CAN JUMP IN. THERE IS -- WHAT I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO IS THE PHILOSOPHY.

WHAT YOUR TAX POLICY AND YOUR TAX PHILOSOPHY IS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING RELIEF TO TAXPAYERS. SO IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, TWO DIFFERENT BILLS. GENERALIZING IT.

BUT BASICALLY ONE IS FOCUSED ON THE RATE THE COMPRESSION AND IN ORDER TO DRIVE THAT AND. I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN EITHER OF THESE SIDES. NOT SAYING ONE SIDE IS RIGHT OR WRONG. IT IS NOT REALLY A RIGHT OR WRONG, WHATEVER FITS IN THAT PARTICULAR ENTITY.

IN THEIR CASE THE STATE AND OUR THE TOWNSHIP AND HOW TO -- HOW TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND STAY FINANCIALLY HEALTHY EVERY DECISION I MAKE FINANCIALLY AND THE CREDIT AGENCIES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF MIND A COMPLICATED FORMULA AND AN ENTIRE DAY TALKING OF THE FORMULA AND WHAT YOU TO DO GO THROUGH IT.

IT IS NOT RIGHT. IT IS NOT WRONG.

2.5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS THAT -- IS THE -- IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

IT IS NOT MY DECISION, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.

THAT IS THE PARALLEL IS THE TWO DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES AND ONE OF THEM PROVIDE TAX RELIEF AS I SAID EARLIER FOR ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS. HAND THIS IS WHERE THE PREVIOUS BOARDS, THE 14 PREVIOUS BOARDS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE TOWNSHIP HAVE BELIEVED THAT PROVIDING TAX RELIEF TO ALL TAXPAYERS WERE EXTREMELY NORTHERN ORDER FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE. CAN IT DO SO ON THE OTHER WAY? THAT IS -- I ONLY KNOW THE ONE WAY AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS A BOARD DECISION. NOT MY DECISION.

>> THANK YOU. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: IF WE LOOK AT A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, CAN WE ALSO LOWER THE TAX RATE?

>> SURE. WE CAN.

JUST GOING TO GET -- YOU ARE GOING TO GET INTO -- ONLY SO MUCH MONEY. MONEY IS A LIMITED RESOURCE.

SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT WHAT AMENITIES YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE, SERVICE LEVELS, ALL THAT KIND OF ST STUFF.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WELL, CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING AND BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SINCE CAME ON THE BOARD IN 2018 A PRIORITY. ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES IF NOT THE LOWEST TAX RATE COMPARISON TO THE OTHER CITIES AND LOW DEBT PER CAPITA, WITH THAT SAID, WOULD CONSIDER A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IF WE CAN ALSO BENEFIT EVERYONE WITH THE LOWER TAX RATE. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS STAFF COMPENSATION. WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT TO

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WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE LAST YEAR TO GIVE A 6%, BUT PRIOR TO THAT WE DID NOT DO COST OF LIVING. PUBLIC SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS CONCERN TAKING ON THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS WATERWAY. IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE.

EXPENSIVE IT WILL IT IS OURS. BUDGET.

LIFE HAPPENS. THE OTHER IS THE FIELDS KNOW WE ARE LOOKING ATGOSLING SPORTS FIELD AND GROGAN MILLS CENTER IF TAT WORKS OUT WITH PUBLIC SPACE.

A LOT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES THAT, IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE LIST IS IF YOU FEEL WE CAN DO BOTH I WOULD LIKE TO --

>> HOW IS THE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT FACTORED INTO THIS IF

AT ALL. >> IT IS NOT.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND YOU ALL WILL MAKE THE DECISION ON.

>> IT WAS ON MY SLIDES THAT SAID "TO BE DETERMINED."

>> AN E-MAIL ARECEIVED THAT THE FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION ON SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR PAY.

AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED DIRECTLY IN THIS STUDY THAT ANGELA BRANCH PRESENTED. SO A CONSTANT EFFORT ONLY THE PART OF EMPLOYEES AND RIGHTFULLY SO THAT WE CONSIDER THEIR WORK

[13. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the 2023 Employee Compensation and Classification Study (C-2022-0393);]

THAT IS NUMBER ONE. >> WE SAW WITH -- WITH ALPHA AND OMEGA WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEIR NEEDS.

IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING HAS INCREASED AS FAR AS COST AND

EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM. >> SO HAS IT INCREASED ON THE RESIDENTS. YOUR UTILITY BILL IS HIGHER.

YOUR LAWN GUY IS HIGHER. YOU HAD A FENCE BLOWN AROUND ABOUT ATREE. I MEAN, I THINK $1.4 MILLION FOR US TO -- WHEN WE ARE OVER $5 MILLION IN EXCESS SALES TAX, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROOF.

WE HAVE A NEW TAX REVENUE. WE HAVE GOT PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE MORE SALES TAX TO BUILD MORE MOTELS, TO DO MORE RETAIL. I MEAN RETAIL -- YOU LOOK AT MARKET STREET ALONE, I CAN GUARANTEE THEY ARE GENERATING MORE SALES TAX THAN PRECOVID ANNUALLY.

AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF STORES GOING THERE.

I UNDERSTAND PUBLIC SAFETY. THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS HAVEN'T BEEN INCREASED IN MANY YEARS. ONE OF MY GOALS AND PRIORITIES, I WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS.

WANT TOP LOOK AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITH OUR -- THE WAY THINGS ARE LOOKING NOW AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP OR LOWER OUR TAX RATE AND GIVE A 5%, $1.4 MILLION BACK TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE FORM OF A HOMESTEAD

EXEMPTION. >> MONIQUE, IS THERE A MAXIMUM HOUSE PRICE WITH THE 5% ARE, 2.5% THAT THEY WILL GET THAT.

LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A $5 MILLION HOUSE.

IS THAT A 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

>> IT IS NOT A CAP. A LIMIT ON THE BOTTOM THAT HAS TO BE 5,000. ON THE BOTTOM AT LEAST THAT, BUT

THE 2.5% WILL COVER THAT. >> I GUESS I AM -- I DON'T COMPARE THE 1 $4 MILLION. BECAUSE SO MUCH THAT WILL EAT UP $5 MILLION TO $8 MILLION LIKE THAT.

I GUESS THAT IS WHAT IS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING IS ALL OF THESE REQUESTS AND THESE AREN'T ALL OF THEM, AND WE SAW JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 2.5. AND SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS MAKE A DECISION THAT THE BENEFIT FROM THAT DECISION CAN BE -- CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FULL LOOK AT THE BUDGET WHEN YOU ARE MAKING THE DECISION.

WITH THE RATE OPPOSED TO THE EXEMPTION.

YOU MAKE THE EXEMPTION NOW. YOU TIE YOUR HANDS AND THAT MONEY IS AUTOMATICALLY GONE AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CUT ELSEWHERE OR NOT DO BECAUSE WE DID THE EXEMPTION.

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>> YOU WILL LOWER YOUR TAX RATE BECAUSE BY LAW YOU HAVE TO.

YOUR VALUE WAILING WILL COME IN AT 3.5%.

BY LAW BECAUSE OF THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, YOU HAVE TO LOWER. SO NO MATTER WHAT -- I EXPECT TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE, BUT I CAN TELL THAT YOU WILL BE LOWER THAN 18.5 CENT. WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE WILL -- WHEN WE GO THROUGHOUT BUDGET PROCESS. THE BILLBOARD AUTOMATICALLY LOWER TO THAT RATE. THE QUESTION IS CAN YOU GO EVEN LOWER IF YOU IMPLEMENTED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX.

WE KNOW THAT MONEY WILL COME OFF OF IT AND GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND SEE HOW MUCH LOWER YOU CAN LOWER THE RATE.

THAT IS THE PROCESS. I THINK I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING.

>> OKAY. I SAW MISSOURI CITY YOU SAID WAS

12.5 AND PEARLAND WAS 2.5? >> CORRECT.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

>> I THINK WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVER 65.

I SAW THE TWO DIFFERENT ONES AND ONE SOMEBODY 50,000.

ALL IN AGREEMENT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: THE RESOLUTION NEEDS TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING OR MAY WE MAKE TWO SEPARATE

MOTIONS? >> A RESOLUTION -- IF YOU ONLY WANT TO DO THE 65 AND OLDER, THAT IS ONE RESOLUTION.

IF YOU WANT TO DO -- >> I GOT IT, I SEE.

>> YOU WANT TO DO -- YES, WE HAVE TO DO THE HOMESTEAD TONIGHT IF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO.

>> IT IS UNFORTUNATELY THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE PRIOR TO WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER; HOWEVER, LAW IS LAW.

AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE NO LATER THAN JUNE 30.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. >> STILL WITH DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS A BIT CONFUSING. SINCE THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS ON OUR -- ON OUR TABLE HERE, AND THEY ARE NUMBEREDED THE SAME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE WE PUT UP OR CAN WE PUT UP

BOTH? >> THEY ARE JUST DRAFTS.

ONE NO HOMESTEAD AND THE OTHER IS A HOMESTEAD.

>> I KNOW. BUT I AM ASKING, IF WE PUT UP ONE THAT HAS BOTH, WE DON'T A CHANCE TO VOTE ON ONE THAT HAS JUST THE SENIOR DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

YOU FOLLOW ME? >> TO MAKE ONE DECISION.

BOTH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE 50,000.

THE ONLY QUESTION ARE WE GOING TO COME UP --

>> THE TECHNIQUE OF THE VOTE IS WHAT I AM ASKING.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: WITH THAT SAID, IF ONE OF US MAKE A MOTION FOR EITHER-OR AND NO SECOND OR THE VOTE FAILS, THEN ANOTHER

MOTION CAN PASS. >> OKAY.

SO -- I WILL THEN THAT WE PUT UP THE RESOLUTION THAT HAS THE $50,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED ALONE.

THAT WE VOTE ON THAT FIRST. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: IS THERE A SECOND? MOTION FAILS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT A 3% HOME STEAD EXEMPTION TAX IN ADDITION TO THE 65 YEARS OR OLDER -- WHAT IS IT, THE $50,000, THE $50,000 APPRAISED VALUE.

>> SECOND. >> CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY

AMENDMENT? >> MADAM CHAIR, YOU CAN DO

ANYTHING YOU WANT. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: I WOULD LIKE

TO CONSIDER THE 2.5%. >> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF

MONEY BETWEEN THOSE -- SORRY. >> APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

>> NOT MUCH. >> IT WILL BE HOW MUCH, 1.5

MILLION? >> LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

>> 50,000 PER YEAR. >> INSTEAD OF 1.4.

>> CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, MONIQUE, THE DIFFERENCE?

>> I WOULD NEED TO -- NEED TO GO GET MY --

>> WHAT IS THE QUESTION? >> THE DIFFERENCE OF REVENUE GENERATED BY A 2.5 VERSUS A FIVE.

>> WE ARE TALKING OF 2.5 TO 3. THE DIFFERENCE IN 5, WITH 5 IS 2.4 MILLION. 5 IS 750,000.

>> WHAT IS WHAT YOU WRENT ARE MEANT, 750,000.

>> IN BETWEEN 2.5% TO 3%. >> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE

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FLOOR. >> AND AN AMENDMENT.

>> YES, 150. >> WELL-DONE.

>> YOU MUST HAVE HAD A GOOD MATH TEACHER.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THE 3.

>> WELL, NOT A SECOND TO THE 2.5.

SO -- >> SECOND.

>> SECOND TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

>> TO THE AMENDMENT. SO.

>> CALL FOR A VOTE. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO EXEMPT FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION $50,000 OF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF RESIDENTS HOMESTEAD OF THOSE UNDER A DISABILITY FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENT FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFIT OVER FEDERAL OLD AGE SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY OR 625 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. AND THEN SECOND PART TO IT IS HEARBY DECIDED TO ADOPT A GENERAL RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 8, TEXAS CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED AND SECTION 11.13 OF THE TEXAS CODE AS AMENDED.

2.5% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF RESIDENT HOMESTEADS SHALL BE

EXEMPTION. >> CAN I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION? SO THE 3 IS GONE AND JUST VOTING ON 2.5? I AM NOT FAMILIAR --

>> YES. >> AND WE CAN --

>> THAT'S FINE. I AM WONDERING HOW IT WORKS.

3% WON'T GET HURD. >> HE DID IT FIRST AND I SAID A

FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> AND RICHARD SECONDED IT.

>> MR. FRANKS SECONDED IT. >> SO THE VOTE GOES, YOU WORK UP THE LADDER AND DOWN THE LADDER. AND SO WHEN YOU DID NOT ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, DR. SNYDER'S MOTION GOT A SECOND FROM DR. SHELLEY, AND THAT IS THE TOP MOTION.

THAT GETS VOTED -- UP THE LADDER AND DOWN THE LADDER IN TERMS OF

THE ACTION THAT IS TAKEN. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: ALL THOSE IN

FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: OPPOSED, MOTION FAILS.

>> DO A ROLL CALL ON THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ALL THE VOTES. CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL.

>>. >>DR. ANN SNYDER: NO ONE ELSE VOTED AGAINS IT. THEY VOTED AGAINST.

4-2. WITH THAT SAID DIRECTOR BAILEY.

>>BRAD BAILEY: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR 3% HOMESTEAD

EXEMPTION. >> SECOND.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: MOVED BY DIRECTOR BAILEY.

SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS BY A 3% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND ALSO APPROVE THE -- INCREASING THE 65 AND OLDER DISABILITY EX-EARNINGS FROM 40 40,000 TO 50,000. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MONIQUE. YOU HAVE MORE?

>> I DON'T, NO. >> WAS THAT AS MUCH FUN AS YOU HOPED? THANK YOU, MONIQUE.

>>DR. ANN SNYDER: THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12 -- 13.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN UPDATE OF THE 2023 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

AS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD. ANGELA BRANCH DIRECTOR OF HR IS HERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF THE 2023 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED BY F EVERGREEN SOLUTIONS AT OUR MAY MEETING.

MISS BRANCH. >> THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO RESPOND TO THE BOARD'S QUESTION FOLLOWING THE LAST PRESENTATION BY EVERGREEN REGARDING THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE CURRENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND HOW THAT WORKS. WHAT DROVE US TO NEED THE COMP STUDY AND WHAT DRIVES US TO TAKE ACTION CONTINUE TO.

AND I WILL GO THROUGH THE COMP STUDY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

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THOSE PAY PLANS WORK TOGETHER. AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON THE GENERAL PAY PLAN. THAT PAY PLAN IS A BIT MORE COMPLEX. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYS AND THE VAST EMPLOYEE. AND THE GENERAL PAY PLAN IS AN OPEN RANGE STRUCTURE THAT MEANS 150 PLUS POSITIONS ARE ASSIGNED ACROSS 45 DIFFERENT PAY GRADES. THAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE TODAY. EACH OF THOSE PAY GRADES HAVE A MINIMUM MIDPOINT AND MAXIMUM THAT ARE ESTABLISHED ACCORDING THE MARKET. AND THE PAY GRADE FROM THE MINIMUM WHEN THEY HIRE ON TO THE MIDPOINT AND SEVEN YEARS AND THE MAXIMUM AT ABOUT 14 YEARS. SO HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR DOESN'T REMEMBER PAY GRADES FOR -- JUST A FEW OF THE PAY GRADES TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF POSITIONS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, ALL ASSIGNED IN DIFFERENT PAY GRADES BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET IS PAYING FOR THOS POSITIONS. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR PARKS TECHNICIAN AS AN EXAMPLE TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT PIECES. AND JUST SHOUT OUT TO THE SENIOR PARKS TECHNICIANS WHO MAY BE WATCHING TONIGHT.

THIS IS -- BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO US.

OKAY. SO FOR PARKS TECHNOLOGY IN THE CURRENT PAY PLAN, START AT A MINIMUM OF $16.53 FOR THAT PAY GRADE. WHAT A NEW HIRE WILL COME IN AT.

AT SEVEN YEARS 2106. THE MAXIMUM AROUND 14 YEARS, THEY WOULD BE AT $25.59 AN HOUR. THOSE THREE POINTS ON THE CONTINUUM IF YOU WILL WILL BE LINED UP ON THE MARKET.

THAT IS THE INTENT. SO AS WE LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE BOARD ASKED FOR INFORMATION OF THE PREVIOUS SALARY INCREASES WE GAFF EMPLOYEES.

THIS SHORT THROUGH 2016 AND 2023, WE WERE PRETTY STEADY AT 2.25% OF AN INCREASE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

HAND THIS DID PRETTY WELL TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION BUT THEN 2020 HIT AND A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED ESPECIALLY IN THE LABOR MARKET. SO AS THE CHANGES IN CPI THERE, YOU CAN SEE WENT UP MUCH LARGER JUMPS THAN WHAT WE OFFERED IN PAY TO EMPLOY EMPLOYEES. SO WHILE WE DID A GREAT THING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AT A 6% TO HELP US CORRECT, WE STILL ARE A BIT BEHIND. AND THAT IS WHAT THE COMP STUDY FOUND. JUST WANTON POINT OUT THAT IN 2019, JANUARY 1, 2020, THE LAST TIME OUR PAY SCALES WERE ADJUSTED ACCORDING THE MARKET. SO WHILE EMPLOYEES HAVE RECEIVED THOSE INCREASES, THE MARKET ALIGNMENT FOR THEIR PAY GRADES HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED. THE LAST TIME WAS THE LAST K06R7 STUDY IN 2019. SO THE BOARD ALSO ASKED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TURNOVER. THIS IS SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TURNOVER RATE.

WE DID SEE LIKE MANY ORGANIZATIONS AN UPTICK IN TURNOVER, POST COVID, 2021 AND 2022.

THE REASON THAT EMPLOYEES GIVE THAT DO GIVE US A REASON WHY THEY LEAVE, MOST OF THEM SAYS IT PERSONAL.

BUT THOSE THAT DO GIVE A SPECIFIC REASON ARE CITING PAY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVAN ADVANCEMENT. SO THE ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT OUR CURRENT PAY RANGES ARE NOT COMPETITIVE IN OUR MARKET. WHEN TURNOVER OCCURS, WE HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THE CANDIDATE POOL.

WHEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER A COMPETITIVE RATE, THE CANDIDATE POOL IS NOT THE QUALITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT -- OR THE QUANTITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. IN THAT SITUATION, WE HAVE FEWER QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT APPLY. WE END UP HAVING TO HIRE PEOPLE ABOVE THE RANGE MINIMUM. JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT. AND SO THAT CAUSES COMPRESSION WITH EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE BEING PAID LESS.

THAT CAUSES DISSATSFACTION AND TRUTHFULLY MORE TURNOVER.

THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING -- WE HAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THIS. WHERE WE HIRE SOMEONE AT OUR GOING RATE. AND THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AFTER

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ASSIMILATE AND TRAINING THEM AND IN A FEW MONTHS LEAVE TO A HIRE POSITION. THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS ARE LONG VACANCIES. WHEN WE HAVE VACANCIES WE HAVE OVERTIME EXPENSE. WE HAVE CONTRACTOR EXPENSE AND TEMPORARY WORKERS WE HAVE TO HIRE AT A HIGHER EXPENSE AND EMPL EMPLOYEES IF WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF EXPENSES TO CLOSE THE GAPS, WE ARE WORKING AND CAUSES BURNOUT AND DISSATISFACTION AND TURNOVER.

HOW DO WE CORRECT THE PAY RANGES AND MAKE THEM COMPETITIVE IN THE MAR MARKET.

WHAT THEY DO IN THE GOVERNMENT SECONDER .AND A BOARD LOOKS FOR A RECAP OF THE COMP STUDIES. THE FIRST ONE IN 2009, TEN YEARS LATER WE DID THE PREVIOUS COMP STUDY IN 2019.

THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE FROM THAT.

IN 2021, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED A CAMP STUDY IN 2022.

WHEN WE GOT INTO 2022 AND STARTED TALKING TO THE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE BIDDING ON THE WORK, THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU TO WAIT UNTIL 2023. THE LABOR MARKET VOLATILITY IN 2022 WAS STI THE HR DEPARTMENT DOES THAT AND BRING IT EVERY FALL TO DETERMINE WHAT THE JANUARY 1 INCREASE WILL BE AND APPEAR TO DO A FORMAL COMP STUDY EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. AT THIS POINT DUE TO A COMP STUDY GIVEN THE LABOR MARKET MOVEMENT.

WHEN WE I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT THEY HAV PROVIDED. THE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY IS TO ALIGN OUR PAY WITH OUR MARKET PEERS. THE BOARD APPROVED 27 MARKET PEERS AND GENERALLY SPEAKING OTHER CITIES, TO CREATE OUR MARKET. WE DID NOT ASK FOR THE PAY PLA TO BE PROPOSED AT THE TOP OF TH MARKET. WE ASKED FOR THEM TO MATCH US AT THE MIDDLE OF THE MARKET. SO OUR MINIMUM MIDPOIN AND MAXIMUM WILL BE ALIGNED WIT THE MARKET MINIMUM AT THE MIDDLE. HALF OF OUR CITIES WILL PAY MORE THAN US AND HALF WILL PAY LESS. I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A MISCONCEPTION THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET BUT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO BE PLACED AT THE MIDDLE. WE FACTOR IN THE PRIVAT SECTOR. BUT THE DRIVER IS THE PIERCE CITY. SO, HOW DOES THE N SUDY WORKS. WHAT IS OR ISN'T CONSULTANT LOO CURRENT SYSTEM. WHAT IS AND IS NOT WORKING. WINDOW THAT THE STARTING RATE FOR ANY OF OUR POSITIONS ARE BEHIND AND THEY COME STUDY CONFIRMED THAT. AFTER THEY LOOK AT THE CURRENT SYSTEM THEY DO THE MARKET SURVE AND THAT MEANS THEY GO OUT AND ASK THE PEERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THEIR JOBS THAT THEY FEEL ARE A GOOD MATCH TO THEIR JOBS. SO WE DEFINE THE MARKET AND THEY ASK FOR INFORMATION. AND THEY DO AN INTERNAL JOB FACTOR ANALYSIS AN THAT MEANS THEY LOOK AT HOW OUR JOBS COMPARED TO EACH OTHER. THAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION PIECE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WANT YOUR SUPERVISOR TO BE PAID MORE. BILLIKEN INTERNAL JOB FACTORS THAT WAY. THEY DEVELOP THE PAY GRADES AND THEN THEY ASSIGN THE POSITIONS TO THE PA GRADES BASED UPON THE MARKET AND THOSE INTERNAL JOB FACTORS.

ONCE THEY ASSIGN POSITIONS TO THE PAY GRADE, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW THE EXISTING CURRENT EMPLOYEES ARE PAID IN THEIR NEW PAY GRADE. THAT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OPTION THAT WILL GO THROUGH AND THAT IS WHERE THE COST COMES THROUGH.

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THEY FOUND FOR THE GENERAL PAY PLAN, AND THEN MY MINIMUM MINIMUM RANGE WE ARE PAYING 6. % BELOW THE MARKET AVERAGE. TH MIDDLE OF THE MARKET, WE ARE BIT BELOW THE MARKET. WE KNO THAT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE WE CANNOT HIRE PEOPLE WHEN WE WANT TO. SO, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT FIXING THIS SCENARIO? THAT IS

[14. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;]

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