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WORK SESSION OF THE
EULESS CITY COUNCIL
July 31, 2021
A work session of the Euless City Council was called to order at 8:31 a.m. on
Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Texas Star Golf Course and Conference Centre,
1400 Texas Star Parkway, Euless, Texas, for the purpose of discussing the
proposed annual budget and related items for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
Those attending included:
Mayor Linda Martin
Mayor Pro Tern Tim Stinneford, Place 1
Council Member Jeremy Tompkins, Place 2
Council Member Eddie Price, Place 3
Council Member Perry Bynum, Place 4
Council Member Harry Zimmer, Place 5 (absent from 8:50 a.m. to 10:07 a.m.)
Council Member Tika Paudel, Place 6
City Manager Loretta Getchell
Deputy City Manager Chris Barker
City Secretary Kim Sutter
Finance Director Janina Jewell
City Manager Getchell provided an overview of the budget and advised this budget
will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $532,967 or 2.47%,
and of that amount, $293,021 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added
to the tax roll this year.
City Manager Getchell advised that the property tax rate is proposed to increase
to 47.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The proposed rate is lower than the
voter -approval rate, which is 47.6825 cents. Based on the average Euless
residential home value of $230,354, the average homeowner will pay $913.35 in
annual property taxes compared to the FY 2020-2021 average of $884.99, which
equates to a monthly increase of $2.36.
City Manager Getchell presented highlights of the proposed budget, including the
addition of public safety personnel, restoring funding of positions previously frozen,
and the recommended allocation of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act
of 2021 (ARPA). Additionally, she advised she is recommending restoring the
annual street improvements fund and the depreciation fund.
She addressed questions from the Council related to the proposed budget.
Assistant City Manager Barker presented and highlighted a few of the Capital
projects, including water and the replacement of a water well, wastewater line
projects, miscellaneous drainage improvements, streets repairs, and
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reconstruction, park projects, and a proposed future project related to the
reconstruction or construction of a new Fire Station No. 2.
Additionally, City Manager Getchell advised that funding has been allocated in the
budget to conduct an assessment on the current police department facility.
Deputy City Manager Barker advised of upcoming development, including
commercial and residential, including small cell sites (eight AT&T and two New
Cingular Wireless).
CLOSED SESSION
The City Council convened into closed session at 12:35 p.m. for deliberation
regarding the following:
The purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property as authorized by Section
551.072 of the Texas Government Code related to:
• Cresthaven Addition
• Kitty House Survey, Abstract 678
• William R. Loving Survey, Abstract 944
Mayor Martin recessed closed session at 1:05 p.m.
City Manager Getchell advised that city staff is currently working two open code
cases related to substandard housing structures.
Mayor Martin adjourned the worksession at 1:11 p.m.
PREPARED BY:
Sutte , TRMC, CIVIC
City Secretary