Council backs work sessions to study AI data centers and firefighter pension/dispatcher issues
Council members supported staff work sessions: one to examine how Denton should handle AI/data center applications including infrastructure and environmental impacts; another to study a COLA for retired firefighters and transferring 911 dispatchers from the fire pension system into TMRS, with actuarial and fiscal analysis requested.
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Two separate "two-minute pitches" on June 2 led council to request further study rather than immediate policy changes. Council member Stevens (speaker 8) asked for a work session to examine city policy toward AI/data center applications and whether a temporary moratorium is warranted while the city evaluates projected infrastructure demand, environmental impacts and fiscal returns tied to two already-approved data centers. Stevens emphasized this was a request for information and discussion rather than a commitment to policy. Council treated the item as a medium priority.
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