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September 16, 2010
PRESENT: Mayor Laura Wheat and Council Members, Tim Brittan, Clif Cox, Carol Langdon
and Rick Rennhack.
OTHERS PRESENT: Town Manager Tom Brymer, Town Attorney Cathy Cunningham,
Town Secretary Kelly Edwards, Assistant .to the Town Manager
Ginger Awtry, Public Works Director Jarrod Greenwood, Municipal
Court Administrator Amanda DeGan, Facilities and Recreation
Director Troy Meyer, Finance Director Debbie Piper, Interim Fire
Chief Richard Whitten, Planning and Development Director Eddie
Edwards, Director of Human Resources and Administrative
Services Todd Wood and Management Intern Scott Dixon.
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Mayor Wheat called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
Mayor Wheat led the pledge of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags•
Mayor Wheat read the proclamation declaring Arbor Day on September 25, 2010.
Facilities and Recreation Director Meyer provided an overview of the event.
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There was no one present wishing to address the Council at this time. Persons signed
up to speak will speak during the Public Hearing.
CONDUCT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED TAX -11
RATE / TAX INCREASE. ANNOUNCEDATE AND PLACE OF
MEETING AT WHICH THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE PROPOSED
TAX RATE.
Town Manager Brymer provided a presentation and overview of Financial Sustainability
and Ad Valorem taxes. During his presentation he referred to pages 5 and 9 of the
Financial policies adopted by the Town Council.
Interim Chief Whitten provided an overview of outsourcing Fire and EMS services, the
impacts to Mutual Aid if the department was outsourced and community risk
assessment.
Town Manager Brymer provided an overview Keller Proposal stating that Keller would
respond from their current stations.
Mayor Wheat opened the public hearing
Scott Bradley, 1 Paigebook, quoted sales tax revenues he reviewed and the retail sales.
He stated he does not agree with the day time population or sales tax as presented. He
asked the Council if the property tax is adopted and they chose to issue bonds if they
would allow residents to vote on those bonds
Allan Werst, 4035 Aspen, asked what the population of Westlake is since it is listed
different in several publications. He would like Council to delay the tax giving the
economy a chance to rebound and continue negotiations to outsource the Fire
Department.
David Rollins, 13239 Roanoke Road, has two children enrolled in the Academy and he
opposes the tax. He asks the Town Council to postpone the tax, live within our means
and eliminate an inequity that weights heavily on a community.
Stef Mauler, 1855 Broken Bend Drive, opposes the property tax and asked Council if
they could collect property taxes from our corporate residents, if there are any
additional exemptions for HOA members or families with children and if they knew for
certain that no one could assume the Academy debt.
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Warren Bonham, 1818 Broken Bend Drive, opposes the property tax. He feels that
there needs to be more of an emphasis on cutting expenditures. Reviewing salaries at
the academy, privatizing options, the cost to employ international teachers, if we should
continue to push the HS program, letting more students to the school, athletic
programs, and the bus.
Pat Cockrum, 1825 Broken Bend, opposes the property tax. He applauds the share
services model. He feels the Town needs to make real decisions such as other entities
and that we should not eliminate the unique factor of not having a property tax. He
asked the Council to make the hard decisions and give the residents the opportunity to
save the unique factor of no property tax.
Rebecca Rollins, 13239 Roanoke Road, stated that most Charter Schools pay rent. So
to be fair to residents a lease payment should be paid back to the Town for the facility.
Linda Bjorn, 6010 Stagecoach Circle, opposes the property tax. She asked the Council if
anyone has acknowledge that they are in favor of the property tax and if so the reasons
they support the tax.
Darcy Anderson, 2005 Wood Thrush Ct., asked the Council if we waited one year and
we are going through the same process next year when and revenues would hit the
budget.
Discussion ensued regarding the calculation of resident and daily population, the Fire
and EMS response time and if there are standards method used to calculate the time,
outsourcing the academy and the conservative forecasting of sale tax.
Mayor Wheat provided information regarding block scheduling and increasing the class
size of that school, how the Council is addressing the issue by placing the direct cost
covered by the Town into the Academy budget and the indirect cost will be moved to
the Academy's 2011-2012 budget.
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107-11 11.1
- Arbor Day
September 25, 2010
- Westlake Baja at Vaquero
September 27, 2010
- Council Meeting (adoption of budget)
September 29, 2010
- Council Meeting
October 25, 2010
- Annual TML Conference (Corpus Christi)
October 26-29, 2010
There being no further business before the Council, Mayor Wheat asked for a motion to
adjourn the meeting.
MOTION: Council Member Rennhack made a motion to adjourn the
meeting. Council Member Langdon seconded the motion. The
motion carried by a vote of 4-0.
Mayor Wheat adjourned the meeting at 10:22 p.m.
ATTEST:
Kelly ltclwar{s), Town Secretary
Laii6 Wheat, Mayor
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