It is a cowardly way of hiding and handling things where only a few are involved in trying to control the council without the public knowing what is really going on. It does no good to budget a certain amount for street paving. As it stands now the city paved streets which are not budgeted and doesn't pave streets which are budgeted. It borders on being illegal. None of this is budgeted and the money this costs could be used to pave streets.
Annexation is almost certain to be an issue facing the next council and mayor.
But only then if it would be a benefit to the city. You may rest assured the city wants to annex only for the tax dollars, not to benefit those annexed. We still haven't provided paved streets, water, sewer, fire plugs, etc., to all those annexed in 1989. The issue will likely come up again in the next four years. I favor it.