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CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2024
GRAPEVINE CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS
200 SOUTH MAIN STREET
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
5:00 p.m. Dinner - City Council Conference Room
5:30 p.m. Budget Workshop - City Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 p.m. – City Council Chambers
CITIZEN COMMENTS
1. Any person who is not scheduled on the agenda may address the City Council
under Citizen Comments or on any other agenda item by completing a Citizen
Appearance Request form with the City Secretary, or by being acknowledged
through the videoconference app. A member of the public may address the City
Council regarding an item on the agenda either before or during the Council’s
consideration of the item, upon being recognized by the Mayor or upon the consent
of the City Council. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City
Council is restricted in discussing or taking action during Citizen Comments.
BUDGET WORKSHOP
2. City Council to conduct a workshop relative to the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget.
ADJOURNMENT
In accordance with the Open Meetings Law, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551,
I hereby certify that the above agenda was posted on the official bulletin boards at
Grapevine City Hall, 200 South Main Street and on the City’s website on August 9, 2024
by 5:00 p.m.
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Tara Brooks, TRMC, CRM
City Secretary
If you plan to attend this public meeting and you have a disability that requires special
arrangements at the meeting, please contact the City Secretary’s Office at 17.410.3182 at least
24 hours in advance of the meeting. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your
needs.
This meeting can be adjourned and reconvened, if necessary, the following regular business day.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Special Session on this the 13th
day of August, 2024 in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South Main Street,
with the following members present:
William D. Tate Mayor
Darlene Freed Mayor Pro Tem
Sharron Rogers Council Member
Chris Coy Council Member
Duff O’Dell Council Member
Paul Slechta Council Member
Leon Leal Council Member
constituting a quorum, and with the following members of the City Staff:
Bruno Rumbelow City Manager
Jennifer Hibbs Assistant City Manager
Jeff Strawn Chief Financial Officer
Tara Brooks City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor William D. Tate called the meeting to order at 5:39 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
Item 1. Citizen Comments
No one wished to speak during citizen comments.
Item 2. City Council to conduct a workshop relative to the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget.
City Manager Bruno Rumbelow introduced the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget which will
be entirely cash funded. No debt funding is proposed. The budget contains a property tax
rate decrease, keeping compensation in the 50th percentile, and changing six positions in
the Animal Shelter from contracted labor to regular City employees.
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Strawn provided more details to those items highlighted by the
City Manager, and presented the proposed budget detailing the expenses and revenues
for each department and fund. The proposed ad valorem tax rate is 0.241165 per $100.
Chief Financial Officer Strawn, City Manager Rumbelow, Fire Chief Darrell Brown, Parks
and Recreation Director Chris Smith, Assistant Finance Director Matt Feryan, and Golf
Director Robert Singletary answered questions from Council.
No action was taken.
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The Budget Workshop scheduled for August 14, 2024 was canceled since no additional
discussions are necessary at this time.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 6:56 p.m.
Motion: Freed
Second: Rogers
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O’Dell, Slechta, and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas on this the 20th
day of August, 2024.
APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tara Brooks
City Secretary