It isnât often that the public hears Killeen City Council members describe a program as appearing to be demonizing, but thatâs exactly how the proposed Multifamily Rental Inspection Unit was described Tuesday.
âItâs possible that some might feel that weâre demonizing people,â Killeenâs Development Services Director Tony McIlwain said Tuesday as the council workshop approached its seventh hour late Tuesday night.
âThatâs exactly what Iâm worried about,â Councilman Ken Wilkerson said.
The proposal in question is a new inspection unit, which would seek to improve the quality of life for residents in and around apartment complexes and quad-plexes by requiring landlords to register for inspections with the city, according to McIlwain. .
The Killeen City Council will discuss some changes to its water supply and water managing systems during a council workshop meeting Tuesday.
The council will go over the topics during a workshop meeting following a special council meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall in the Council Chambers.
One of the topics is a bid with Landmark Structures, a general contractor in Fort Worth, to construct an elevated storage tank to accommodate water from the new $60 million Stillhouse Water Treatment Plant that opened last month after being in the works for years. It will cost the city $5,253,000 to build the tank with Landmark.
Killeen City Council members are expected to vote on an interlocal contract for redistricting services and drainage improvements Tuesday, after several weeks of workshop discussions.
The items will be brought into consideration during a regularly scheduled meeting at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in City Hall.
Council members have discussed the possibility of entering into an interlocal cooperation contract with Austin-based law firm Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta to perform redistricting services for the cityâs voting boundaries.
Services would include Bickerstaff conducting an initial assessment of the cityâs districts to determine if there is an imbalance. Should any be determined, the law firm would work with Killeen city staff to create a redistricting process that would allow for voting boundaries to be redrawn so they are in compliance with federal law. This would be used to help bring the districts into a âone person - one voteâ balance, accordi
Though it was an underwhelming turnout, Killeen residents got their first chance to voice concerns at the first of two public budget hearings Wednesday.
Executive Director of Finance Jon Locke officially introduced the $244 million fiscal year 2022 budget before a handful of residents in attendance.
The City Council did not meet quorum, but Councilmembers Michael Boyd, Mellisa Brown, and Jessica Gonzalez were present at the outset of the hearing, as was Mayor Jose Segarra and Mayor Pro Tem Nash-King.
Nash-King left shortly after the hearing began, while Boyd and Brown stayed for the entire hearing.
Approximately 21 people in all, including city staff and public officials, were in attendance, Only three residents attended.
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