(First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1) amending

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

(First Reading) Consider approval of an Ordinance (Budget Amendment #1) amending the City’s approved budget for FY 2025-2026 by increasing total appropriations in an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the City's Water Utility Fund balance and the City's Wastewater Utilities Fund balance for legal services related to PUC Docket No. 58988, pursuant to the City Council’s May 19, 2026 approval of an amendment to the engagement letter with Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. (Item Presenter: Victoria Vargas, Director of Economic Development) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Resolution Exhibit 4 - PILOT Agreement (Item Presenter: Julie Beggs, Director, Human Resources and Civil Service) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Resolution Exhibit 4 - City Manager Employment Agreement Exhibit 5 - Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement Exhibit 6 - Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement Exhibit 7 - Resignation Letter Exhibit 8 - Payout Calculation (Item Presenter: Jimmy Johnson, Emergency Management Coordinator) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Resolution Exhibit 4 - TEMAT MOU (Item Presenter: Holly Holt-Torres, Assistant Director of Finance) Exhibit 1 - Staff Memo Exhibit 2 - Presentation Exhibit 3 - Ordinance - Budget Amendment #1 Exhibit 4 - Reference - Item 20 - 05.19.2026 Exhibit 5 - Agenda - May 19, 2026 5

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.3/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).