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Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1
August 28, 2014 Special Meeting Minutes
TROPHY CLUB MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO.1
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
August 28, 2014 at 2:00P.M.
100 Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, Texas 76262
The Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1 Board of Directors, of Denton and Tarrant Counties, met
in a Special Session on August 28, 2014 at 2:00 P.M ., in the Boardroom of the Administration Building,
100 Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, Texas 76262. The meeting was held within the boundaries of the
District, and was open to the public.
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF DENTON §
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Jim Moss
Jim Hase
Kevin Carr
Jim Thomas
Neil Twomey
STAFF PRESENT:
President
Vice President
Secretary /Treasurer
Director (arrived at 2:13 p.m.)
Director
Jennifer McKnight General Manager
Laurie Slaght District Secretary
Renae Gonzales
Terri Sisk
Karl Schlielig
Danny Thomas
Finance Manager
Administration Manager
Wastewater Superintendent
Fire Chief
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM
President Moss announced the date of August 28, 2014 and called the meeting to order and announced
a quorum present at 2:00 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION
1. Consider and take appropriate action to approve payment to Town of Trophy Club of $10,000 for
Fourth of July Festival held in 2014, to declare the public purpose for use offunds, and to include
funding for FY 2015.
General Manager McKnight stated that she spoke with District legal counsel and that counsel does not
recommend that the District provide any funds to the Parks department retrospectively. McKnight also
stated that she was informed that the District is authorized to participate in future years . She stated
legal counsel informed her that the District has the authority to fund parks but legal counsel
recommends an lnterlocal agreement with the Town of Trophy Club to declare a public purpose through
a "joint event."
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Adam Adams, Parks Director gave a presentation asking the Board to fund $10,000 for the fireworks for
2014.
Motion made by Director Hase and seconded by Director Thomas to continue to put the money in the
budget for future year's contribution for the fourth of July.
Motion carried unanimously
Motion made by Director Carr and seconded by Director Twomey not to expend the funds for the
2014 Fourth of July event.
For: Carr, Twomey
Against: Thomas, Hase and Moss
Motion failed
The Board directed the General Manager to ask legal counsel for more information regarding
contributions to the Town and present it at the next meeting. They requested this item be reconsidered
at that time.
2. Consider and take appropriate action regarding draft Fiscal Year 2015 budget.
a. Inclusion of one additional fire fighter (SO% shared with Town ofTrophy Club)
b.Status of IT Assessment performed by Town of Trophy Club
c. Updated information provided Town of Trophy Club effecting District budget
d.Revised capital projects list
Motion made by Director Carr and seconded by Director Twomey to not include funding for an
additional firefighter in the 2015 budget.
For: Carr, Twomey and Moss
Against: Thomas, Hase
Motion passed
Motion made by Director Hase and seconded by Director Thomas to commit to funding an additional
fire fighter for the A shift in the 2016 budget.
For: Moss, Hase, Thomas, and Twomey
Abstain: Carr
Motion passed
General Manager McKnight stated that she does not believe the Board can commit to include an item in
a future budget until they are actually reviewing and approving the budget, but that she will consider
this as direction to include the firefighter when drafting the FY 2016 budget.
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Motion made by Director Hase and seconded by Director Carr to remove the Town's requested
funding for a stipend for firefighters from the 2015 budget.
Motion carried unanimously
Motion made by Director Carr and seconded by Director Twomey to direct the General Manager to
send out an RFP for IT services and have information for the Board at the regular meeting on
September 16, 2014.
Motion carried unanimously
3. Consider and take appropriate action to approve employee health insurance benefit plan for 2015.
Motion made by Director Hase and seconded by Director Carr to maintain the current plan with Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of Texas.
Motion carried unanimously
4. Consider and take appropriate action to set date of September 16, 2014 for a public hearing to adopt
Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1 tax rate for Fiscal Year 2015.
Motion made by Director Carr and seconded by Director to set date of September 16, 2014 for a public
hearing to adopt Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1 tax rate for Fiscal Year 2015.
Motion carried unanimously
President Moss adjourned the Meeting at 3:57 p.m .
Jim Moss~sident
Kevin R. Carr, Secretary
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