Resolution - Business Development: Resolution No. 2024-R0420 authorizing a Downtown Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to the YWCA of Lubbock, located at 1500 14th Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. 

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager; Brianna Brown, director of business development; Matt Wade, city attorney; and Glenda Mathis, chief executive officer of YWCA of Lubbock, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. 

Resolution - Business Development: Resolution No. 2024-R0421 authorizing a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to YWCA of Lubbock, located at 1500 14th Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. 

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager; Brianna Brown, director of business development; and Glenda Mathis, chief executive officer of YWCA of Lubbock, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. 

Resolution - City Manager: Resolution No. 2024-R0422 to ratify and confirm the appointment of Richard M. Stewart as Fire Chief for the City of Lubbock.

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager; and Richard M. Stewart gave comments and answered questions from City Council. 

Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. 

Ordinance 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-O0128, approving and adopting a budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25; approving summary of estimated and forecasted revenues, appropriations, and use of excess reserves for all funds of the city; providing for necessary transfers of funds between accounts and departments, if required; authorizing reduction of spending by City Manager if necessary; re-appropriation of balances which support authorized obligations or encumbrances; providing for filing of Adopted Budget; establishing civil service classifications and positions; appropriating funds for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget and Capital Program of the City of Lubbock; providing for continuation of appropriations for projects in capital program; approving all permit, license, fees, and charges for service recommended to be adjusted; approving the pay plan and positions; approving personnel; amending subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 4.02.041 of the Code of Ordinances by revising animal service fees as contained therein; amending subsection (a) of section 22.04.041 of the Code of Ordinances by revising the wastewater base charge as contained therein; amending subsection (a) of section 22.04.133 of the Code of Ordinances by revising the sewage disposal permit fee as contained therein; amending subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k) of section 22.04.174 of the Code of Ordinances by revising the septic load fees as contained therein; amending subsections (b) and (c) of section 22.06.051 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the solid waste landfill service fees as contained therein; amending subsection (a) of section 22.06.185 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by revising the solid waste collections service fees as contained therein; providing for the reconciliation of the transfer of funds from the General Fund to Enterprise Funds; accepting the budgets for Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Market Lubbock, Inc., Civic Lubbock, Inc., and Vintage Township Public Facilities Corporation;  finding that proper notice of meeting provided by law and ratifying such; providing for publication; and providing for a savings clause.

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. 

Resolution - Finance: Resolution No. 2024-R0423 ratifying the adoption of the FY 2024-25 Budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the previous year.

 

Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered questions from City Council.

Ordinance 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-O0129, setting the tax rate and levying a tax upon all property subject to taxation within the City of Lubbock for 2024; apportioning said levy among the various funds and items for which revenue must be raised; fixing the times in which said taxes shall be paid and assessing penalty and interest for nonpayment of such taxes within the time provided.

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager; and Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered questions from City Council.

 

Motion by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member Brayden Rose, to approve Ordinance No. 2024-O0129, to approve a property tax rate to be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 0.470120, which is effectively a 0.72% increase in the tax rate.

 

Vote: 4- 3 Failed

 

NAY: Mayor Mark W. McBrayer

           Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia

           Council Member David Glasheen 

 

*State law requires a supermajority of 60%, which is 5 votes, to approve a tax rate that is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate.

 

 

Without objection, City Council considered items 6.6-6.7 prior to reconsideration of motions below.

Resolution - Finance: Resolution No. 2024-R0424 amending the allocation of the Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenues for FY 2024-25 and distributing receipts, net of collection expenses, as authorized in Subsection 18.03.001(b)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.

 

Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. 

Resolution - Lubbock Power and Light: Resolution No. 2024-R0425 adopting the Delivery System Electric Rate/Tariff Schedule (Tariff) of Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L), the City of Lubbock's municipally owned electric utility, applicable to all rate classes, effective November 1, 2024.

 

Harvey Hall, chief financial officer for LP&L, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council.