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City manager briefs council on events, preliminary budget workshop and several consent-agenda contracts
Summary
City Manager Melissa (last name not specified) outlined upcoming community events, budget timing, property-tax collection pressures and several contracts on the consent agenda, including a drainage contract ($316,739), a pavement survey ($60,899) and professional services for Lead and Copper Rule compliance ($159,548).
City Manager Melissa provided the Cedar Hill City Council with calendar items, budget scheduling and details on consent-agenda contracts during the June 24 briefing session.
Melissa told council that staff will host a preliminary budget workshop on Tuesday, July 15 at 6 p.m. at the Trapine Hickman (library) and said the administration will recommend options to address council's top priority of narrowing the general employee pay gap; she said the pay plan is "about 10% under market" and staff will present options for council direction ahead of a final budget workshop in August.
On city finances, Melissa said property-tax revenue collections have been lower than usual for the last two years because of protests and exemptions; she said collection rates are currently in the mid-90s and that "we'll probably land about 98%" though the transcript reported figures of roughly 96% to 97.7% in the current cycle. Melissa said staff…
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