August 02, 2021CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
August 2, 2021
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas
convened in a Work Session on Monday, August 2, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at
City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas.
PRESENT: Mayor Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor Pro Tern Paul Meltzer and Council Members Vicki
Byrd, Brian Beck, Alison Maguire, and Deb Armintor
ABSENT: Council Member Jesse Davis
Also present were Interim City Manager Sara Hensley and Interim City Attorney Catherine Clifton
Mayor Pro Tern Meltzer served as Presiding Officer until the arrival of Mayor Hudspeth at
9:16 a.m.
There was no public registration process as this was a work session only.
WORK SESSION
1. Work Session Reports
A. ID 21-854 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Streets
Fund and long-term funding strategies.
The item was presented and discussion followed.
Following discussion, City Council consensus was as follows regarding long term strategies:
• Include bike lanes into the infrastructure for road improvements;
• Provide information on caps for increase of franchise fees and their use;
• Look at how the 1.5 sales tax rate the City gets and how those funds can be
allocation ( opportunities);
• Focus more on the Low OCI versus the Middle;
• Maintain flexibility on use of general fund for road improvements (utilities not
affecting use of roadways);
• Look at inter-city roadways and not non-city to determine lane miles;
• Review possible adjustment of property tax rate, doubling homestead exemptions.
• Look at options for increasing revenue in the City
o Consultant approach on this -survey to City Council to set base level on what
the policy direction is (fees, long term analysis, street reduction to reduce lane
miles, if any)
• Continue with the proposed five-year plan
Specific to any changes affecting the FY 2021-2022 budget:
• Increase franchise fee allocations (other non-city)
• Roadway construction changes
B. ID 21-1595 Receive a report, hold a discussion and give staff direction regarding Fire Station
9.
The item was presented and discussion followed.
Following discussion, City Council consensus was to continue as presented.
The work session was recessed for a short break at 11 :28 a.m. and reconvened at 11 :57 a.m.
C. ID 21-1087 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the FY
2021-22 City Manager's Proposed Budget, Capital Improvement Program, and Five-Year
Financial Forecast.
The item was presented and discussion followed.
Following discussion, City Council consensus was as follows:
• Provide scenarios on the effect of raising property taxes for this upcoming budget;
• Look at effect of doubling the homestead exceptions for FY 2022-23.
With no further business, the work session ended at 1 :43 p.m .
GERARD fllJDSPETH
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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