HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/25/2022 - WorkshopI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 25, 2022, which were
approved by the City Council on September 13, 2022.
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City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
9:00 AM Council Chambers
FY 2022-2023 BUDGET WORKSHOP - Economic Development Department, Hotel
Occupancy Tax, American Bank Center, Visit Corpus Christi, Airport and Potential
Adjustments from Community Input Sessions
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Assistant City Secretary Ruth Bocchino called the roll and verified that a quorum of the
City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Charter Officers: City Manager Peter Zanoni, City Attorney Miles K. Risley and Assistant
City Secretary Ruth Bocchino
Present: 9 - Mayor Paulette Guajardo,Council Member Roland Barrera,Council Member Gil
Hernandez,Council Member Michael Hunter,Council Member Billy A. Lerma,Council
Member John Martinez,Council Member Ben Molina,Council Member Mike Pusley, and
Council Member Greg Smith
C. BRIEFINGS:
1. 22-1453 FY 2022-2023 BUDGET WORKSHOP - Economic Development Department,
Hotel Occupancy Tax, American Bank Center, Visit Corpus Christi, Airport and
Potential Adjustments from Community Input Sessions
Mayor Guajardo referred to Item 1.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on the
following topic: City Council.
Council Members and Director Houlihan discussed the following topic: a Council
Member's request that At -Large Council Members have a larger car allowance than
single district members.
Director of Finance Heather Hurlbert presented information on the following topics: city
property tax rate definitions; truth in taxation; FY 2023 tax rate comparison; adjustments
to I&S; allocation of capacity; general facts; the City of Corpus Christi receives 25% of
the property tax bill; options; and recommendation.
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Council Members, Director Hurlbert and City Manager Zanoni discussed the following
topics: the no new revenue rate would be $57.87; in the 2018 bond program there were
three street projects that were put on hold because of the bridge project, but the street
projects will now go forward; MIG Consultants will present a drainage solution for North
Beach; in response to a Council Member's concern about how the decision for this
project was made as opposed to other projects, staff stated that there is a master list for
the most important drainage projects; a Council Member recommends that the Hotel
Occupancy Tax (HOT) not be transferred over to the general fund; and Council Members
are in support of the North Beach improvements.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan and Assistant Director of
Construction Management Brett Van Hazel presented information on the following topics:
fee adjustments and charges; general fund -fee changes -Fire -EMS; solid waste; other
funds -fee changes -development services; engineering -public improvement inspection
fee; engineering public improvement inspection scenarios; inspector additions -option #1;
inspector additions -option #2; other funds -fee changes -marina; other funds -fee
changes-metrocom-911 wireline services; streets -right-of-way; and water rate -public
agency fee.
Council Members, City Manager Zanoni, Director Houlihan, Assistant Director of
Construction Management Brett Van Hazel, Director of Engineering Services Jeff
Edmonds, Assistant Director of Development Services Michael Dice, and Assistant City
Manager Neiman Young discussed the following topics: currently staff is spending 2.5
hours inspecting subdivisions and 30 minutes at commercial sites; staff recommends
spending three to four hours on a subdivision is efficient; a Council Member's concern
that the fees will be charged to the homeowner and not the developer; that specifications
need to be updated; hiring more inspectors will ensure that shortcuts are not being taken;
street standards need to be improved; the amount of time a contractor spends on an
inspection varies for each job; a Council Member's concern about neighborhood streets
falling apart so quickly; and the solution is better designed standards.
Director of Finance Heather Hurlbert presented information on the following topics:
economic development department; current ED touchpoints; ED support positions; ED
service gap identified; best practices; organizational overview; initial focus areas;
departmental responsibilities; FY 2023 economic development department proposed
budget: $705.8k; and FY 2023 enhancement.
Council Members, Director Hurlbert, City Manager Zanoni, Interim CEO with the Regional
Economic Development Corporation (REDC) Mike Culbertson discussed the following
topics: in order to incentivize more businesses, staff needs to determine what the
strategic plan is; creating an economic development department will not duplicate
services with the REDC; a Council Member is not in favor of adding two more people to
the economic development department; the City's goal is to create a strategic plan for
economic development; a Council Member suggests that the Port of Corpus Christi pay
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for the economic development department; downtown has a $1.5M budget; and a
Council Member is not in favor of how this department is structured.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on the
following topics: Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT); HOT revenue history; and FY 22-23 HOT
expenditures.
Council Members, Director Houlihan, President and CEO of Buccaneer Days Johnny
Philipello, and Chief Financial Officer Constance Sanchez discussed the following topics:
the $100k for Buc Days would go into marketing for the Air Show and PBR; this $100k
request came in after the proposed budget; if the 2% dedicated to the convention center
covers any debt services; and capital improvements can be used to secure bonds.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on the
following topics: community input; budget public input sessions; public input session
summary; and City Manager recommended additions -based on community input
sessions.
There were no comments from the Council.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on the
following topics: potential adjustments and related budget amendments; council
ryorkshops; staff amendments -general fund; enterprise fund; internal services fund; debt
service fund; special revenue fund; and capital budget.
Council Members, City Manager Zanoni, and Director Houlihan discussed the following
topics: in FY 2023, $7.6M is being spent on the arena and convention center for big
items like the roof, the chiller system and the kitchen.
D. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned this meeting at 12:56 p.m.
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