Hey Friends!
I hope everyone is doing well!
We are currently in the middle of the primary voting season. As of right now, we have a 3.75% turnout. Here is the document showing all the early voting numbers so far: http://www.co.ellis.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/15686/PrimaryDailyReport?bidId= You can actually vote today, 2/19/22 and tomorrow, Sunday, 2/20/22 at various places in Ellis County. Voting locations, dates and times can be found here: http://www.co.ellis.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/15319/EV-and-EDLocations-2022Primary?bidId=
The filing for our City Council election (May 7th) is now closed. Every Council place is currently being contested. To see your Council candidates, please view this link on the city's website: https://www.waxahachie.com/departments/city_secretary/elections.php
If any meetings are posted after when this newsletter goes out, please refer back to the city's website calendar here: https://www.waxahachie.com/calendar.php
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Monday, February 21, 2022
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6:00 PM - City Council Work Session
Council Conference Room, City Hall
401 S. Rogers St.
* Hear update from Oncor on recurring power outages *
This is a public meeting and residents are encouraged to attend; however, it is not live-streamed at this time.
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6:30 PM - City Council Briefing Session
Council Conference Room, City Hall
401 S. Rogers St.
This briefing session is being held to discuss items for the 7:00 PM regular meeting.
This session is also public and residents are welcome to attend, but it isn't live-streamed at this time.
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7:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting
Council Chamber, City Hall
401 S. Rogers St.
Agenda Packet: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/document-uploads-001/uploads/video/agenda_file/154846/2-21-22_City_Council_Agenda_Packet.pdf
5g : Budget Adjustment for Midyear Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for all employees (civil service and non-civil service) for 5% instead of the 3% merit raise. I definitely have issues not giving merit raises, as I truly believe in rewarding those who work hard and have good work ethic; however, it has come to my attention, that things don't always work that way. That will be something I look into as well, but for now, I want to ensure that our city employees are taken care of. Happy city employees = better service for citizens.
9-11: Public Hearing on a request by George Salvador for a zoning change from FD (Future Development) to a PD (Planned Development) located at 3811 Black Champ Road. This is a pretty highly-contested case, but was approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission 7-0. Staff is recommending approval per comments.
12: Consider approval of Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for Fire Station 4 going to Steele & Freeman. After getting out of our previous CMAR contract for multiple reasons, it's good to see Chief Boyd is on the ball and making this happen. We will lose very little time in the process of getting this station built and in service.
15 & 16: Convene into Executive Session for consultation with attorney regarding pending or contemplated litigation and Reconvene and take any necessary action.
That's all for this meeting. This is an open meeting and residents are welcome to attend. It will also be live-streamed at the following link: https://www.waxahachie.com/government/city_council/city_council_meeting_live_stream.php
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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5:30 PM - CPAC: Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee Meeting
Council Chamber, City Hall
401 S. Rogers St.
Agenda Packet: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/document-uploads-001/uploads/video/agenda_file/154765/2-22-22_CPAC_Agenda_Packet.pdf
3 - Hear update on progress of the Comprehensive Plan and Guiding Principles
4 - Discuss the City's future growth strategies and policies related to development
To get up to speed with what's happened with the plan so far, please go to the website just for this comprehensive plan process. You can find that here: https://cityofwaxahachie.mysocialpinpoint.com/city-of-waxahachie-comprehensive-plan/home/
This is a public meeting and we would love for residents to attend; however, it will not be live-streamed at this time.
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That's all for this week so far! There is supposed to be a wintry weather change mid-week, so please be prepared for that.
*** It is campaign time yet again and unfortunately it does take funds to run a campaign. If you would be so inclined to donate to my campaign, I would greatly appreciate it! You can do so through the following link: http://paypal.me/olsonm (If you could please put your address in the comments so that I can do the correct reporting on it when I file my campaign finance reports, that would help me out a bunch!) Thank you so much for your support!!! ***
Have a great rest of your weekend and a wonderful week ahead!
Your Friendly Councilmember,
Melissa Olson, CMO
(text) 817-507-5162
molson@waxahachie.com
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