HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 9/2/2025CITY OF LUBBOCK
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
September 2, 2025
2:00 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 2nd of September, 2025, in
City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas at 2:00 p.m.
2:14 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas
Present: Mayor Mark W. McBrayer; Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia; Council Member Tim
Collins; Council Member David Glasheen; Council Member Gordon Harris; Council Member
Brayden Rose; Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson; City Manager W. Jarrett Atkinson; City
Secretary Courtney Paz; City Attorney Matt Wade
Note: City Council addressed agenda items in the following order:
•1.1-1.4
•Item No.'s 1.3 and 1.4 were amended.
1. Regular Agenda
1. 1. Public Hearing - Finance: Hold a public hearing on the Proposed FY 2025-26 Operating
Budget and Capital Program.
Public Hearing Only.
Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered questions from City Council.
Mayor McBrayer opened the public hearing at 2:15 p.m.
Mikel Ward appeared to speak on this item.
Mayor McBrayer closed the public hearing at 2:36 p.m.
1. 2. Public Hearing - Finance: Hold a public hearing on a proposal to adopt a tax rate of $0.479365
cents per $100 valuation, which is effectively a 3.77% increase in the tax rate (percentage the
proposed tax rate exceeds the no-new-revenue tax rate).
Public Hear�ng Only.
Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council.
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Mayor McBrayer opened the public hearing at 2:47 p.m.
Mikel Ward appeared to speak on this item.
Mayor McBrayer closed the public hearing at 2:52 p.m.
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1. 3. Ordinance lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00112 approving and adopting a
budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26; approving summary of estimated and forecasted revenues,
appropriations, and use of available reserves for all funds of the City; providing for necessary
transfers of funds between accounts and departments, if required; authorizing reduction of
spending by the City Manager if necessary; re-appropriation of balances which support
authorized obligations or encumbrances; providing for filing of the Adopted Budget;
establishing civil service classifications and positions; appropriating funds for the Fiscal Year
2025-26 Operating Budget and Capital Program of the City of Lubbock; providing for
continuation of appropriations for projects in the Capital Program; approving all permit, license,
fees, and charges for service recommended to be adjusted; approving the pay plan and positions;
approving personnel; amending subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.041 of the Code of
Ocdinances by revising Animal Service fees as contained therein; amending of Section 8.06.034
and 8.06.035 of the Code of Ordinances by revising City Secretary fees as contained therein;
amending section 10.08.033 of the Code of Ordinances by revising Fire fees as contained
therein; amending subsection (c) section 22.03.095 of the Code of Ordinances by revising the
Water fees as contained therein; amending subsection (b) of section 22.06.051 of the Code of
Ordinances by revising Solid Waste Landfill Service fees as contained therein; amending
subsection (a) of section 22.06.185 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock by
revising the Solid Waste Collections Service fees as contained therein; providing for the
reconciliation of the transfer of funds from the General Fund to Enterprise Funds; accepting the
budgets for Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Market Lubbock, Inc., Civic Lubbock,
Inc., and Vintage Township Public Facilities Corporation; fnding that proper notice of the
meeting provided by law and ratifying such; providing a penalty; providing for publication; and
providing for a savings clause.
This item was amended.
Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council.
Erik Rejino, assistant city manager; and Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered
questions from City Council.
Main Motion by Council Member Tim Collins, seconded by Council Member Dr.
Jennifer Wilson, to approve Ordinance No. 2025-00112, as presented at the dais.
Amendment No. 1: Motion to Amend the Main Motion by Mayor Mark W. McBrayer,
seconded by Council Member David Glasheen, to make the following amendment to the
proposed budget:
•to move $1.7 million from the discretionary $2 million street bond contingency fund
into the general fund revenue; to move an additional $600,000 from the Interest and �
Sinking fund into the Maintenance and Operations fund; to decrease the city council
budget by $45,000; to decrease non-civil service salaries by $140,000; and a 3.98%
reduction from non-public safety non-personnel budgets in the amount of $1,112,726
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to be determined by the city manager.
Vote on Amendment No. 1:
Vote: 2 - 5 Failed
NAY: Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia
Council Member Tim Collins
Council Member Gordon Harris
Council Member Brayden Rose
Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson
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Amendment No. 2: Motion to Amend the Main Motion by Council Member Dr.
Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member Brayden Rose, to make the following
amendment to the proposed budget:
•to move $1.7 million from the discretionary $2 million street bond contingency fund
into the general fund revenue; decrease the city council budget by $15,000; and
reduce the transfer to Market Lubbock by an additional $100,000.
Amendment No. 3: Motion to Amend Amendment No. 2 by Mayor Pro Tem Christy
Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon Harris, to make the following
amendment:
• to remove the additional $100,000 reduction in the transfer to Market Lubbock from
the proposed Amendment No. 2.
Vote on Amendment No. 3:
Vote: 5- 2 Motion carried
NAY: Mayor Mark W. McBrayer
Council Member David Glasheen
Amendment No. 4: Motion to Amend Amendment No. 2 by Council Member Tim
Collins, to make the following amendment:
•to move only $700,000 from the discretionary $2 million street bond contingency
fund into the general fund revenue from the proposed Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 4 died for lack of a second.
Vote on Amendment No. 2 as Amended by Amendment No. 3:
Vote: 5- 2 Motion carried
NAY: Mayor Mark W. McBrayer
Council Member Tim Collins
Amendment No. 5: Motion to Amend Amendment No. 2 as Amended by Amendment
No. 3 by Council Member Tim Collins with the following amendment:
•to reduce the $1.7 million transfer to the general fund to $1.61 million,
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leaving $279,000 to fund a 3% pay increase for employees.
Amendment No. 5 died for lack of a second.
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Vote on Main Motion with Amendment, to approve Ordinance No. 2025-00112:
Vote: 5- 2 Motion carried
NAY: Mayor Mark W. McBcayer
Council Member David Glasheen
1. 4. Ordinance lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00113 setting the tax rate and levying
a tax upon all properly subject to taxation with the City of Lubbock for 2025; apportioning said
levy among the various funds and items for which revenue must be raised; fixing the times in
which said taxes shall be paid and assessing penalty and interest for nonpayment of such taxes
within the time provided.
This item was amended.
Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave comments and answered questions from City Council.
Motion by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member Tim
Collins, to approve Ordinance No. 2025-00 1 1 3 as follows:
•"I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of
$0.107586 for the City's Interest and Sinking Fund; and $0.364605 for the City's
General Fund for Maintenance and Operations, which is effectively a 2.22 percent
increase in the tax rate."
Vote: 5- 2 Motion carried
5:51 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, Mayor McBrayer adjourned the meeting.
The September 2, 2025 Special City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on the 14th
day of October, 2025.
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Courtne az, City Secretary
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MARK W. McBRAYER, AYOR