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I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS.
UH, MARK MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, YOU'VE RECEIVED A MEMO ABOUT THIS IN YOUR PACKET.
WE'VE RECEIVED NEWS RECENTLY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROPOSAL TO START CLAWING BACK AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED THESE FUNDS TOWARDS SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ACROSS MULTIPLE FUNDS.
OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT IS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, BENEFIT FROM THESE FUNDS, THAT WE APPLY THESE TO PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WILL CREATE SOME, UH, FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND MOVING FORWARD, BUT ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND CAPTURE AND CLAIM THESE FUNDS, UH, APPROPRIATE THEM IN A WAY THAT WE KNOW IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, THE, THE ARPA, UH, OR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
UM, WE'VE RUN THIS BY OUR, UH, AUDITORS TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT, UM, REPLANNING AND REPURPOSING THESE FUNDS IS ALLOWED.
DAVE CONFIRMED THAT IT IS ALLOWED.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE THESE FUNDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES, WHICH WILL THEN CREATE, UM, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR THOSE OTHER PROJECTS AND FUTURE YEARS.
SO THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT.
UH, CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.
ANY ITEMS, UH, ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? MR. MAYER? I JUST HAVE ONE.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL DISCUSSION ON, UM, US 75, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCIL AND WHOMEVER THAT MIGHT BE, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE DESIGN WORK IS ON 75 AND ALSO WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN TO THE CORRIDOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, I'LL REFERENCE JUST ONE ITEM.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF, UH, MOVING THE LIGHTING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THAT, BUT THE SCHEDULING WAS SUCH THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE THE LIGHTING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR FIRST, AND THEN INSTALL THE LIGHTING ON THE OUTSIDE CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD'VE LEFT 75 IN THE DARK FOR, FOR ONE YEAR.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, THAT TIMEFRAME IS CHANGING AT THE RTC.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH GETTING A BRIEFING.
WE'LL DEFINITELY GET MICHAEL HERE TO, TO GIVE US A, A BRIEFING, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.