Printed Agenda

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS
Council Work Session Room, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 N. Fifth Street
Garland, Texas
August 12, 2023, at 8:30 a.m.

NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Garland, Texas, will hold a Budget Work Session on Saturday, August 12, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. The Budget Work Session will be held in-person as well as broadcast.

NOTICE: Pursuant to Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code, one or more members of the City Council may attend this meeting by internet/video remote means. A quorum of the City Council, as well as the presiding officer, will be physically present at the above identified location. Members of the public that desire to make a public comment must attend the meeting in person.

AGENDA:

(A)  Public Comment:

Persons who desire to address the City Council on any item on the agenda are allowed three minutes to speak. Speakers are taken only at the beginning of the meeting, other than invited testimony.

Speakers are grouped by item and will be taken in the order of the agenda. Speakers must submit to the City Secretary a completed speaker's card before the beginning of the meeting. Speaker cards will not be accepted after the Mayor calls the meeting to order.

Speaker cards are available in the lobby, at the visitor's side of the Work Session Room and from members of staff. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the agenda.

(B)   Overview of FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget and Navigating the Budget
Document – Judson Rex, Matt Watson and Allyson Steadman

(C)  Department Presentations:

Wastewater and Water – Brinkmann
Sanitation – Villalpando
GP&L – Cline
Streets – Irvin
Transportation – Luedtke
Landfill – Hoofnagle
Fire – Lee
Employee Compensation and Benefits – Smith
Animal Services – Munoz
Library – Archibald
Parks & Recreation and Recreation Performance Fund – Grubisich and Williams
Cultural Arts – Rosenthal
Hotel/Motel Fund – Lodge
Downtown Development Office – McNatt
Planning Initiatives – Guerin
Real Estate Management Office – Owens
Information Technology – Niekamp
Customer Service – Slay

(D) Council Discussion/Deliberation

(E) Adjournment

MISCELLANEOUS

NOTE: No formal action or deliberations between or among members of the City Council will take place. The City Council does not control the content of any communications made during the event and any public business or public policy to be discussed is not within the supervision or control of the City Council. Any discussion of public business at the event or function is incidental to the event.