07-11-2019 (City Council) Minutes (Work Session) W
Wylie City Council
CITY OF
WYLIE
Minutes
Special Called Work Session
July 11,2019—6:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex—Council Chambers
300 Country Club Road,Bldg. 100
Wylie, TX 75098
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Eric Hogue called the work session to order at 6:03 p.m. The following City Council members
were present: Councilman David R. Duke, Councilman Matthew Porter, Mayor pro tem Jeff Forrester,
Councilman Timothy T. Wallis (6:29), and Councilman David Dahl. Councilwoman Candy Arrington
was absent.
Staff present included: City Manager Chris Holsted; Assistant City Manager Brent Parker; Assistant City
Manager Renae 011ie; Police Chief Anthony Henderson; Chief Building Official Bret McCullough;
Public Information Officer Craig Kelly; Parks and Recreation Director Robert Diaz; Finance Director
Melissa Beard; Fire Chief Brandon Blythe; Public Works Director Tim Porter; Planning Manager Jasen
Haskins, Library Director Rachel Orozco; Human Resources Director Lety Yanez; Project Engineer Wes
Lawson; City Secretary Stephanie Storm, and various support staff.
INVOCATION&PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Assistant City Manager Parker gave the invocation and Assistant City Manager 011ie led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
WORK SESSION
• FY 2019-2020 Budget Discussion and Department Presentations to Council - WFR/911,
Public Works,Parks,Finance,HR,City Manager/Council,WEDC
The following departments provided presentations for City Council regarding their FY 2019/20 proposed
budget, including expenditures and revenues. Additionally, the departments provided accomplishments
completed in FY 2018/19 and objectives for the new FY 2019/20 budget. Staff answered questions
regarding their proposed FY 2019/20 budget.
• WEDC
• Public Works(Utility Admin/Engineering/Water Utilities/Wastewater Utilities/Streets)
Councilman Wallis took his seat at the dias at 6:29 p.m.
Mayor Hogue recessed the Work Session at 7:19 p.m.
Mayor Hogue reconvened the Work Session at 7:28 p.m.
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• Parks and Recreation (Recreation Center/Senior Recreation Center/Brown House/Stonehaven
House/Parks)
• Finance(Finance/Municipal Court/Purchasing/Utility Billing)
• Human Resources
• City Manager(City Council/City Manager/Combined Services)
Mayor Hogue recessed the Work Session at 8:57 p.m.
Mayor Hogue reconvened the Work Session at 9:09 p.m.
• Fire Department(WFR/Dispatch)
• Discussion regarding Wylie Fire Station Two's remodel and expansion.
Fire Chief Blythe addressed Council stating $1.3 million was set aside last year to remodel Fire Station 2
in order to add three new drive-thru bays in the rear of the current building to accommodate the increased
space requirements of additional apparatus and sizes of apparatus, address living quarters to accommodate
eight personnel, and reconfigure bedrooms and bathrooms to accommodate additional personnel and
address gender-specific living issues.
Blythe reported the design of the project has been completed and the Construction Manager at Risk
(CMAR) has received bids for the remodel, which are totaling $3.4 million. The options presented to
Council included:
1) Fund the complete construction of new apparatus bay, living quarters, and front façade as
designed- $3.4 million
2) Fund the construction of a new apparatus bay on the back of the current building- $2.3 million
3) Sell the property and relocate Station #2 to City-owned property on W. Brown Street - $5.5
million
Blythe reported if Option 3 is chosen they would need to immediately modify the current bay to
accommodate the new 109-foot aerial arriving late summer 2019.
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Direction from Council was to move forward with bringing additional information back to Council on
Option 3.
RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION •
Mayor Hogue reconvened into Open Session at 10:17 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
•
A motion was made by Councilman Porter, seconded by Mayor pro tern Forrester, to adjourn the meeting
at 10:18 p.m. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 with Councilwoman Arrington absent.
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