May 13, 2023 City Council Special Meeting

I WAS THINKING JULY 8TH.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKENDS MAYBE IN JUNE TO REALLY GIVE US SOME MORE LEAD TIME TO DEVELOP WHAT THE COUNCIL, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER MAYBE DOING ONE OF THOSE WEEKENDS.

WE DO A YES.

THIRD AND DO A, A SMALL VISIONING WORKSHOP.

DO YOU THINK THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEKEND WOULD BE BETTER? I KNOW I CANNOT DO IT THE THIRD.

SO YEAH.

FIRST I DON'T, DON'T HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON.

MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE THE NORMAL THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

YEAH, NO, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, AN TOWN WOULDN'T.

SOMETHING SMALL.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT SO WE CAN ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

AND THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE THE MEETINGS GO BY FASTER, HOPEFULLY.

UM, BUT YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A BIG VISIONING LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.

DAY OR TWO THAT WE WOULD DO THAT.

BUT I, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I'D ALSO LIKE THE, UM, UM, WE HAD LIKE A MODERATOR THERE LAST TIME AND HE WAS REALLY GREAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MR. LANGLEY KNOWS OF ANYBODY, UH, THAT COULD ASSIST.

BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, THOSE ARE MY TWO REQUESTS THAT THEY'RE NOT AS LONG AS NORMAL AND THAT WE STILL HAVE A MODERATOR.

WELL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING.

AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION TO HAVE OF HOW WE WANT TO, UH, LOOK AT THE VISIONING FOR THE BUDGET'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN I WOULD HAVE ABOUT GETTING A MODERATOR OR A FACILITATOR FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST A TIMING.

IT'S, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW OF, AND TYPICALLY THE, UH, FACILITATOR WOULD WANT TO INTERVIEW ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, GET THEM SCHEDULED AND THEN, AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE THE

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SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOME TYPE OF SESSION IN JUNE, UM, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE LIMITED TO TALK ABOUT PROJECT C I P VISION FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FOR THE COUNCIL.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT IS HAVING SOME KIND OF STRATEGIC VISIONING SESSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE FALL.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO.

IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN, UH, WITH A FACILITATOR, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER.

PROBABLY JULY MIGHT BE IT, BUT THEN IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER BY THE END OF JULY BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.

I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

MAYBE DOING A SPLIT ONE.

WE DO A SMALL ONE FOR THE WORKSHOP SLASH YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WE CAN DISCUSS THE IDEAS OF WHAT WE WANNA PUT IN THE BUDGET AND THEN WE DO ONE LATER ON WHERE WE DO HAVE A FACILITATOR.

IS IT SO THAT WAY WE CAN, THE IDEAS ABOUT, UH, PUTTING EVERYTHING FOR THIS BUDGET, CUZ I WAS KIND OF ON THE FENCE OF HOLDING OFF.

I'M DOING A WORKSHOP UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET SEASON.

THE REASON WHY WE ARE ALREADY COMING UP ON JUNE WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS APPLICATIONS COMING AROUND.

WE'RE GONNA START REVIEWING ON THAT FOR US.

ALSO, UH, THE RESPECT FOR THE CITY STAFF.

CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A VACATION TIME THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP.

AND SAME THING FOR US AS WELL.

UH, AND NUMBER TWO, UH, LIKE MR. LANGLEY SAYING WE'RE COMING UP ON REALLY, REALLY TIGHT DEADLINES AND HAVING TO HIRE A COMPANY OR FACILITATOR OR THE LOCATION, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALWAYS, I DON'T WANNA SAY DEVIL ADVOCATE ON THAT END, BUT IT'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY PUSHING THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.

MY THOUGHT WOULD ALWAYS TO HAVE IT AFTER WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET TO WHERE WE CAN GIVE MR. LANGLEY ON BOARD WITH EVERYBODY, GIVE CITY STAFF THE TIME FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO US AS COUNCIL, WE CAN SEE WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE.

WE CAN SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S AT, WE CAN SEE WHAT'S PROPOSED.

AND THEN AFTER, LET'S SAY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR, WE CAN THEN GIVE A VISION OF LIKE, OKAY, GOING FORWARD WITH THE FOLLOWING YEAR MM-HMM.

, THESE ARE THE PLANS THAT WE WANNA COME UP WITH, WITH THE VISIONS THAT EACH ONE OF US WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU ON.

AND CITY STAFF.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS IT'S TIMING.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AGAIN, UH, WE'RE JUST COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND FOR US TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR VISION AND LET'S START GETTING IT DONE WITHIN THREE MONTHS SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OR OCTOBER 1ST.

I THINK WE'D BE KIND OF PUSHING EXCUSE A LITTLE BIT JUST ON THAT END.

SO THAT WOULD BE JUST THE REASON WHY I WOULD, I WOULD CONSIDER WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET SEASON AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH OUR VISIONS AS FAR AS GOING FORWARD.

WELL THAT'S JUST MY IDEA.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE OF JUST TRYING TO GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND PRIMARILY ON CIP P PROJECTS.

AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THAT DETAIL TODAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS OUT THERE AND IT'S, UH, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE FROM THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THOSE.

SO MAYBE IT'S A MORE LIMITED TYPE OF, OF DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE.

AND MAYBE THE VISIONING IS PERHAPS THE WRONG WORD.

MAYBE IT'S A, UH, PLANNING SESSION ABOUT CIP P AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO.

UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROJECTS.

AND MAYBE THAT COULD BE AS PART OF THE, THE OTHER BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT JULY 8TH, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE MORE I CAN HAVE IN, IN THE JUNE TIMEFRAME, THE BETTER.

SO MAYBE HAVING ONE AT THE NON I AM AVAILABLE THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THAT WEEKEND SOMETHING THAT WE DO A SLASH BUDGET AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE WANT.

BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT IS NOT PUT ON OUR NEXT BUDGET SEASON, WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR 2024 MM-HMM.

OOH.

THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE IS FATHER'S DAY.

BUT I THINK A FRIDAY SATURDAY MIGHT BE GOOD.

AND I THINK IT'S TO, TO TOBIAS'S COMMENT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT MAKE OUR BUDGET SESSIONS LONGER IF WE DON'T COLLECTIVELY TELL STAFF WHAT IT IS WE WANNA SEE ON CIP P AND CERTAIN THINGS.

SO MAYBE NOT LIKE A NORMAL VISIONING WORKSHOP.

JUST AS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE IMMEDIATE.

BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER FOR, YOU KNOW, THEM NOT TO TAKE INDIVIDUALLY WHAT WE WANT AND COLLECTIVELY INSTEAD TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, MEETING.

I AGREE.

AND THEN NOT, NOT SO MANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS AT RIGHT.

THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE WANNA ASK THIS OR THAT.

SO I AM AVAILABLE THAT 16TH.

I MEAN IT'S A, UH, FRIDAY AND THEN THE 17TH IS A SATURDAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

UM, THE SUNDAY HAS TO BE OFF THOUGH.

LIKE IT'S, UNLESS WE INCLUDE PARENTS YEAH, WE CAN, YEAH, WE CAN INCLUDE OUR HUSBANDS.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

TIGHT SHIP WITH, WITH THE FIELD THAT I'M IN, UH, A SATURDAY WOULD BE BEST FOR ME CAUSE I, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO REALLY TAKE OFF ON A FRIDAY.

WITH, WITH RESPECT WITH, AGAIN, EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES AND FAMILY SCHEDULES.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS FOR MYSELF, WE, WE ARE SO

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ME, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

17TH TOO.

SATURDAY.

WE JUST DO A SATURDAY.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALL FOR COMPROMISING ON THAT.

I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S POINT.

I, AGAIN, LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING AT IT IN THE SENSE OF LIKE GETTING THE BUDGET DONE AND GETTING ALL THE OTHER WORK DONE AND THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS UP, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT.

SO THE 17TH FOR ME IS REALLY TOUGH.

24TH WOULD BE BETTER.

24TH JUNE 24TH SATURDAY.

YEAH, I THINK I'M AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY.

I GOT SOMETHING ON THE SCHEDULE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S FLEXIBLE.

SO YEAH, WE COULD TENTATIVELY DO IT FOR THE 24TH.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I COULD SCHEDULE THAT AT TIME LEVEL AS WELL.

IF I'M NOT AVAILABLE, I WOULD JUST, UH, SEND INFORMATION.

I, WELL I THINK I ALREADY HAVE IN MIND WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO C I C I P.

SO I COULD DO THE 17TH.

I WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL CUZ I'M OUT OF TOWN.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AS MANY PEOPLE BE HERE.

SAME WITH SUNGA.

IF YOU WERE TO DO THE 24TH AND THE 25TH, WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE THAT SINCE HE'S NOT FATHER'S DAY? MM-HMM.

SO THEN I CAN WORK AROUND THAT.

IF WE DO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 24TH AND 25TH, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL WANT, I I COULD WORK WITH IT FOR THAT WEEKEND.

OUR OVERALL BUDGET AND FUND STRUCTURE.

SO THAT, THAT WILL BE THE WEEKEND THEN.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? OKAY.

UH, JERRY, IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY TIGHT TURN TURNAROUND.

IT'LL BE A TIGHT, YEAH, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.

BUT JUST SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING AS FAR WE CAN SCHEDULE AHEAD OF TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE SLIDES THAT, UM, REVIEW COUNCIL'S BUDGET PRIORITIES FROM THE LAST PLANNING SESSION.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL BUDGET AND FUND STRUCTURE, INCLUDING OUR KEY ASSUMPTIONS, OUR FIVE AND A FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR A GENERAL FUND AND PROTECT PROJECTED AVAILABLE FUNDS.

THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE NEW BUDGET NEEDS BY EACH DEPARTMENT.

OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS ARE HERE TO GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS WITH YOU OR THEIR, THEIR REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE SLIDES THAT GO THROUGH OUR FIVE YEAR PRIORITY CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS, OUR CIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF OUR CRITICAL PROJECTS IN THERE.

AND THEN, UM, PRELIMINARY REVENUE OUTLOOK AS WELL AS FUNDING GAPS WITH GENERAL FUND, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, OTHER FEES, AS WELL AS OUR UTILITIES.

AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE OUR MR. LANGLEY WE'LL PRESENT, UH, NEXT STEPS IN BUDGET PROCESS, KEY DATES FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FOR COUNSEL DIRECTION ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT STEPS.

SO OUR DISCUSSION OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY INCLUDE OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS FOR AVAILABLE FUNDS.

THEN THE DEPARTMENTS PRESENT THEIR NEW BUDGET NEEDS, THEN COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE ON THE BUDGET NEEDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BLESS YOU.

BALANCING NEEDS FOR THE FUNDING GAP, OUR PROPERTY AND UTILITY TAX RATES.

AND THEN DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET, OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS COST CONTAINMENT AND EVALUATING THE VACANT POSITIONS TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE STILL RELEVANT AND NEEDED OR IF THEY CAN BE RE-TASKED TO OTHER POSITIONS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO FILL ALL THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WAS APPROVED IN THIS BUDGET AND WE'VE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THOSE.

THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING THAT, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT VERY CLOSELY.

AND, UM, A BIG PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH OUR BUDGET IS BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE.

AND THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENCES AND INCLUDES THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH.

IT INCLUDES OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, WHICH ARE OURSELVES.

AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT OUR, UM, OUR DIFFERENT CIS AND HOW WE MIGHT FURTHER EXPEDITE THOSE CIS.

AND IN ACCORDANCE TO THE COUNCIL PRIORITY, FOCUS ON IMPROVING STREET CONDITIONS, INCLUDING STREET LIGHTING, LANE MARKINGS, SEAL COATING, POTHOLE REPAIRS, AND STREET CONSTRUCTION BASED ON CONDITION OF OUR ASSESSMENT REPORT.

OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN TALKING ABOUT OUR STREET CONDITIONS IS POTHOLES WAS NUMBER ONE ON THAT LIST, BUT PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS IF WE'RE REALLY MAINTAINING OUR STREETS PROPERLY, THEN WE'RE REPAIRING FEWER POTHOLES.

SO FOCUSING MORE ON STREET MAINTENANCE AND PREVENTIVE CARE AND, AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON POTHOLES.

AND THEN INVESTMENT IN OUR CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

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I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO BEBE THAT KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR INCOMING CITY MANAGER, BRIAN LANGLEY, TO DISCUSS OUR BUDGET, CITY OF KYLE'S BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT PROCESS BETTER.

SO HE'S GIVEN US QUITE A FEW FEEDBACK AND, AND IDEAS AND BASED ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE ADDED A NUMBER OF SLIDES ON THE FRONT END OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WILL HELP GIVE YOU BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON OUR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL TRENDS THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUR, UH, TRENDS ON MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUES FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW WE HAVE PROSPERED OVER THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

WE'LL GO OVER THE CITY'S, UH, DEBT POSITION, ESPECIALLY TAX SUPPORTED DEBT POSITION, HOW WE PLAN TO ISSUE DEBT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND WHAT OUR DEBT PICTURE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH ON A FEW KEY ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'LL BE USING, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THESE ARE ALL PRELIMINARY, SO WE WILL BE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK AND TWEAKING THE ASSUMPTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP BEFORE THE DEPARTMENTS PRESENT THEIR, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, NEW NEEDS.

WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH A FORWARD LOOKING FIVE YEAR WINDOW OR PLANNING HORIZON FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WHAT THAT PICTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR REVENUE, EXPENSES AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH THE OVERALL CITY'S BUDGET STRUCTURE.

THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL SLIDE, UH, IS A FUN STRUCTURE CHART.

JUST THINK OF IT AS A ORGANIZATION CHART FOR, UH, ENTITIES THAT SHOW THEIR FUNCTIONS AND PEOPLE.

BUT THIS HAPPENS TO BE A CHART THAT SHOWS HOW THE CITY STRUCTURES ITS ACCOUNTING BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE TO ACCOUNT FOR ITS OVERALL BUDGET.

SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE CITY'S APPROVED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

OUR TOTAL APPROVED BUDGET IS 212.8 MILLION.

THAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET.

AND HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR, HOW DO WE TRACK, HOW DO WE MONITOR, HOW DO WE REPORT? THIS CHART SHOWS YOU HOW THE BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE IS SET OUT IN THE CITY OF KYLE.

SO STARTING ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF PRIMARY FUNDS, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, PROPRIETARY FUNDS, AND FIDUCIARY FUNDS.

SO IN THE FIRST BUCKET, THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT EG SEGREGATE AN ACCOUNT FOR PRIMARILY TAX SUPPORTED FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

SO THE CITY OF KYLE HAS A TOTAL OF 49 SEPARATE FUNDS.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS ABOUT 31 FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLAPSED, UH, LIKE FUNDS TOGETHER, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS SLIDE WOULD'VE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY.

SO OF THE, LET'S STEP BACK.

WHAT IS A FUND? I THINK THIS WILL HELP.

SO ALMOST ALL GOVERNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER IT'S AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, COUNTY LEVEL, OR LOCAL LEVEL LIKE US USE FUND ACCOUNTING WITH EXCEPTION A FEW.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOME EXCEPTIONS.

AND THE FUND ACCOUNTING IS A TOOL THAT PROVIDES CITY GOVERNMENTS, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO SEGREGATE FUNDS IN SEPARATE BUCKETS FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.

SO INTENDED PURPOSE COULD BE FROM THE GOVERNING BODY.

THE INTENDED PURPOSE COULD BE COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IF IT'S A GRANT, FEDERAL GRANT OR A STATE GRANT, UH, THERE MAY BE INTENDED PURPOSE COMING DOWN FROM STATE LAW BASED ON STATE LAW.

SO EACH FUND IS A SEPARATE SET

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OF BOOKS THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

AND BY DOING SO, WE ARE PROVIDING ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE ARE PROVIDING COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY, AND IT HELPS US TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR TAXPAYERS, HOW THOSE RESOURCES ARE BEING SPENT OVER TIME.

SO ON THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND SIDE, ALMOST 81ST 80% OF OUR BUDGET IS ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE OR TYPE OF FUNDS.

AND WE HAVE COLOR CODED THIS FOR YOUR EASE.

THE BLUE REPRESENTS OPERATING TYPE FUNDS.

THE CITY OF KYLE HAS FOUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS DURING BUDGET, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, I MEAN GENERAL FUND, WATER, UTILITY, WASTEWATER, UTILITY, AND THE STORM, UH, DRAINAGE UTILITY.

THE YELLOWS ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDS.

SO WE HAVE CIS THAT ARE FUNDED BY A GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE CIS THAT ARE FUNDED BY, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS UTILITIES.

AND THE GREENS ARE BASICALLY OTHER THAT MAY FALL UNDER THE GOVERNMENTAL TYPE FUNDS.

AND THOSE ARE LIKE, WE HAVE CREATED A NUMBER OF PITS.

SO WE HAVE PIT FUNDS, WE HAVE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM THE STATE FUND, UH, STATE LEVEL.

UM, WE HAVE TURS, WE HAVE COURT REVENUES.

THESE ALL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY AND REPORTED SEPARATELY.

SO 80% OF OUR BUDGET ARE 171 MILLION ARE GOVERNMENTAL TYPE FUNDS, MEANING THEIR TAX SUPPORTED FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

TOWARDS THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

AND THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR BUSINESS TYPE, UH, FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE.

IN OUR CASE IT HAPPENS TO BE WATER UTILITY, WASTEWATER, UTILITY.

AND BASICALLY THESE ARE SELF-SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES, MEANING THE RATE PAYERS OR USER FEES ARE USED TO COVER THE EXPENSES IN THESE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR WATER UTILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CHARGE RATES TO THE CUSTOMER FOR USING OUR WATER.

SO THEY PAY THEIR WATER RATES, AND THAT'S HOW WE COVER OUR EXPENSES FOR PROVIDING THAT WATER TO THE CUSTOMER.

IF WE HAD, LET'S SAY, THE CITY DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE HAVE OUR OWN AIRPORT, THAT WOULD BE UNDER ENTERPRISE FUND OR IF WE HAD OUR OWN GOLF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE AN ENTERPRISE ACTIVITY.

AND TOWARDS THE FAR END IS A FIDUCIARY FUND, ONE LONELY FUND BY ITSELF.

, UH, THIS IS OUR OPE OR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT TRUST.

THIS IS A TRUST WE HAD TO CREATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN ELIGIBLE CITY EMPLOYEES.

THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS TERMINATED IN 2009 BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE EMPLOYEES, SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT PROGRAM.

SO IT IS AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST CREATED AND SET ASIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE EMPLOYEES UNTIL THEY, UH, RETIRE OR ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

AND UNDER EACH ONE OF THESE TYPES OF FUNDS, THERE'S ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS AND SUB CLASSIFICATIONS.

WELL, WE WON'T GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, BUT THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL VIEW OF HOW OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IS SET UP AND HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE FUNDS.

NEXT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? SO, UM, WHEN I SEE THESE, UH, NUMBERS, IT MEANS THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THAT ACCOUNT OR THAT'S HOW MUCH IS ALLOTTED TO THAT ACCOUNT FOR THIS BUDGET HERE? FOR THIS BUDGET.

AND THEY'RE IN MILLIONS.

SO SOME YOU'LL SEE ZERO BECAUSE IT, IT DIDN'T ROUND UP TO OH, TOO ENOUGH TO BE OKAY.

AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST SLIDE IS OUR DEVELOPMENT FEES, WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VERY RAPID GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

THANK YOU PERVEZ.

THE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF OUR REVENUE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BIGGEST SLICES OF THIS PIE ARE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY EVEN, WHICH IS, UH, A A SIGN OF GOOD STABILITY AND STRUCTURE IN OUR REVENUE STREAM.

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AND THE, THE DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE PRETTY MUCH DIRECTLY OFFSET TO COVER COST ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT.

AND A LOT OF THAT GOES TOWARDS INSPECTIONS AND REVIEWS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE OTHER PIECES OF THAT PIE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE OTHER PIECES, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT IS, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE EXPENDITURES, UH, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT AND, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. YOU SEE, THE BIGGEST CHUNK IS, IS ACTUALLY TRANSFERS OUT, WHICH IS FOR, UH, MOSTLY CIP P PROGRAMS THAT WE TRANSFER OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THOSE SPECIFIC, UH, CIP P PROJECTS.

AND THE NEXT BIGGEST SLICE IS OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 24%, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL OF, OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS TOWARDS THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN WE GET INTO THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU SEE WHERE WE SPEND THE MONEY.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE, UH, PIECES OF THE EXPENDITURE PIE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

HEARING NONE JUST, UH, QUICK SLIDE.

ON THE 10 YEAR PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY SINCE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2014 15, YOU CAN SEE OUR, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE HAS BEEN VERY STABLE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THEIR STATE LAWS THAT REFLECT HOW WE STRUCTURE OUR TAX RATE AND JUST BECAUSE THE TAX RATE GOES DOWN DOESN'T NECESSARILY BE MEAN.

THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER GOES DOWN AS WELL BECAUSE YOUR VALUE FOR YOUR HOME IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

AND AS WE KNOW, UH, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE BEEN GOING UP, UH, DRASTICALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

MA'AM.

, SORRY.

UM, AND THE CHART THAT IS BEFORE THAT PAGE, THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVES THAT AMOUNT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING ON THE INCENTIVES WE'RE GIVING OR IS THAT OKAY? WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING THAT TO ME? CERTAINLY.

SO IN THAT CATEGORY, WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET PLUS THE INCENTIVES THAT THE CITY IS GIVING OUT UNDER THE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.

AND THOSE ARE INCREASING EACH YEAR BECAUSE SOME OF OUR, UH, INCENTIVES ARE BASED ON TAX VALUES.

SO AS TAX VALUES INCREASE, THE INCENTIVES INCREASE.

LIKEWISE ON THIS, THERE ARE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS THAT ARE BASED ON SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO AS SALES TAX GOES UP, THE INCENTIVES PAY OUT ALSO GOES UP EACH YEAR AND YOU'LL SEE FURTHER DOWN.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, SO THIS IS THE EXPENSE FOR THOSE AGREEMENTS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE REVENUE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.

THAT'S GOING UP IN CONCERT WITH IT, BUT YOU'RE ISOLATING JUST THE EXPENSE HERE TO SHOW IT.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS WELL.

SO WERE 8 MILLION ALREADY SPENDING OF FROM THE, UH, APPROVED BUDGET TO THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, RIGHT? OH, YOU'RE SAYING, SO IT'S ALREADY CAPTURED MILLION DOLLARS OF OVERSPENDING, THAT'LL PROBABLY, IF THE REVENUE HASN'T BROUGHT UP YET.

SO THAT'S CAPITAL, RIGHT.

ALL OF OUR THREE 80 IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES ARE REBATE BASED.

SO WE COLLECT THE MONEY FIRST.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE REVENUE.

AND, AND THEN TIED TO THAT ARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT HAVE TO BE MET BEFORE WE PAY OUT THAT REBATE.

THAT'S WHY WE DO REBATES AND NOT JUST FLAT CASH OUT.

THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? WELL, I THINK THIS IS WHY IS THE EXPENDITURE IS 61 MILLION IN THE REVENUE 53? WELL, THE APPROVED BUDGET WAS 53 OF THE, UH, GENERAL FUND.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE REVENUE SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND WAS 53 MILLION.

, THE EXPENDITURE IS ALMOST, UH, 61.2 MILLION.

SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 8 MILLION.

SO WE HAD SOME ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE DREW DOWN THE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE ONE TIME EXPENSES LIKE CIP P OR EQUIPMENT HEAVY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

SO YOU'RE BASICALLY USING YOUR, YOUR SAVINGS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INCENTIVES BESIDES THREE 80 S THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVES? NO.

WE HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, UH, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.

WE HAVE SOME SMALL ONES, $5,000 ONES, UH, BUT WE'VE INCLUDED SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, UH, ALL OF THOSE INCENTIVES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.

UH, SO THEY'LL ADD UP AND WE'LL SHOW YOU IN A FEW MINUTES WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS.

YOU'LL HAVE SOME NEW ONES NEXT YEAR.

THEY'RE COMING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, LIKE COSTCO.

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IF I WAS LOOKING FOR, UM, FOR UNDER TRANSFERS OUT, LIKE IF WE HAD SERVICE CONTRACTS, UH, LIKE WE DO WITH LIKE, UM, THE LANDSCAPING COMPANY, WOULD I FIND THAT UNDER TRANSFERS OUT OR WHERE WOULD THAT BE LOCATED? THEY WILL BE PART OF THE CITY DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTERS THAT CONTRACT IN THEIR LINE ITEM BUDGET.

SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT TRANSFERS OUT? I MEAN, IF TRANSFERS OUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND PRIMARILY ARE FOR CIP P FUNDS, THEY ARE TRANSFERS OUT TO THE TUR FUNDS.

REMEMBER WE COLLECT INCREMENTAL TAX REVENUES AND THEN WE SEND IT BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL TURS FUNDS WHERE THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

O AND M, WHAT HAVE YOU.

THE OTHER TYPES OF TRANSFERS OUT ARE ONE TIME TRANSFERS OUT THAT WE DID FOR HEROES MEMORIAL PARK, UH, LA VERDE PARK, BECAUSE GENERAL FUND WAS FRONTING THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE LARGE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S IT'S FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER FUND THOUGH.

IT'S NOT TRANSFERRING IT OUT LIKE TO A THIRD PARTY.

A THIRD PARTY.

IT'S JUST MOVE.

IT'S JUST AN ACCOUNTING MOVE FROM ONE FUND TO THE OTHER.

NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS WHEN WE DO, WE, THE CITY HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UM, CONTRACTS, SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE I WOULD FIND THOSE AT UNDERNEATH THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION.

ALL OF THOSE SERVICE CONTRACTS, DEPENDING ON WHICH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS IT MM-HMM.

, THEY WILL BE IN THEIR LINE ITEMS AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THOSE AS YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SERVICE CONTRACTS, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A PIECE OF THE PIE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING.

YEAH, WE CAN IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, FAIR.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, PARTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, WE INTERNALLY HAVE IDENTIFIED PLAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, THOSE TWO MAKE UP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION IS A SEPARATE SLICE OF THE PIE THAT YOU SEE.

I THINK, I THINK I FIGURED IT, KIND OF FIGURED IT'S LIKE A HOUSEHOLD BUDGET.

EACH COLORED ITEM IS LIKE YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL, YOUR CAR PAYMENT, YOUR TUITION AND SO FORTH.

SO THE TRANSFERS OUT ARE FOR THINGS THAT COME UP THAT HAVE TO GO TO EACH ONE OF THOSE, WHETHER IT'S EXTENDED WARRANTY OR BRAND EQUIPMENT THAT YOU GOTTA PAY FOR FOR YOUR KID AT THE LAST MINUTE.

IT'S THOSE.

SO YOU USE THAT KIND OF BUN FUND FOR EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS ON IT? YEAH.

THAT'S TIED.

TAKE IT DOWN IN MY HEAD.

AND THE ADMINISTRATION, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY COVER? THAT COVERS THE CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, THE CITY COUNCIL.

WHAT ABOUT LIKE ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE PIS AND PUTS THAT WE ALWAYS, UH, PASS ARE HOW IS IS THAT PAID FOR? DOES ANY CITY? UM, DOLLARS, UH, SOME PITS? WE, WE RECOUP OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

, UH, THE NEWER PITS, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING.

SO THE DEVELOPERS HAVE GIVEN US ADVANCED FUNDING AND WE HAVE THOSE IN OUR BANK.

SO AS WE SPEND THAT DOWN, WE WILL ASK FOR RE UH, REPLENISHMENT OF THOSE FUNDS.

UM, LIKEWISE, SAME THING FOR TARS.

SOME TARS HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, OTHERS DON'T.

AND WHAT IS THE OTHER ACCOUNT FOR? SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PIE PRESENTABLE AND NOT TOO BUSY.

OH, ALL OF THE LITTLE PIECES ARE IN THAT OTHER BUCKET.

I CAN GIVE YOU SOME FEW EXAMPLES LIKE KAYAK, PLEASE.

OF OUR WHOLE BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE PART HAS GOTTEN BIGGER AND THE YELLOW PART HAS GOTTEN SMALLER.

IT'S ONLY $10,000, SO IT GOES IN THAT, IN THAT BUCKET.

ANYTHING ELSE? WE ALREADY COVERED 10 YEAR PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU OVER THE PAST 36 YEARS HOW OUR PROPERTY TAX HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO IN NS, WHICH IS DEBT SERVICE AND OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING THE, UH, THE BLUE PART IS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING.

AND THE YELLOW IS IN NS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW OVER TIME THE, IN ITS PERCENTAGE

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NOW AT THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR ROADS THROUGH THE, THE ROAD BONDS THAT WE SOLD OR THAT WAS PASSED BY VOTERS LAST YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT YELLOW PARTS START TO RISE.

AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE PART OF ADMINISTRATION OF THAT, UH, VOTER APPROVED PROJECT AND SELL AND, AND SALES OF THOSE BONDS AS NEEDED.

WHEN WE FIRST SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH BRIAN, HE WAS GONNA SURPRI, HE HAD A SURPRISE LOOK, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 36 YEARS? BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY DO 5, 10, 15, 20, 30.

HE WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 36 YEARS? THE ANSWER IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THAT'S HOW FAR BACK I COULD FIND IN TRACTION.

OH, , I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MORTGAGE.

35 YEARS.

30, OKAY.

HAD CENTURY IN, UM, 1988.

I THINK OUR POPULATION WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 3000.

AND TO, AND TO JUST, UM, TOUCH ON THAT, THE HISTORY RATE IS AFFECTED BY LAW AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GONE DOWN.

THE LAW HAS INTERVENED AT SOME POINT IN, I MEAN, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOW RATE, BUT I DO WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

IS THERE A, A CAP ON THE 53 CENTS? I, I THINK THAT WE CAN ONLY GET TO LEGALLY 65 CENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

60 CENTS.

IT'S, IT'S NOT A DOLLAR OR CENT CAP.

BUT THE LAW PROVIDES THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR'S TAXES FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES WITHOUT A VOTE FOR, FOR M O ONLY.

IF YOU RECALL, THE PROPERTY TAX RATES HAS TWO COMPONENTS.

M O, WHICH IS FOR OPERATIONS AND I NS, WHICH IS INTEREST IN SINKING FUND FOR DEBT SERVICE.

SO THE LARGE SAYS YOU CAN GO UP TO THREE AND 5% OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE EQUAL TO, AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF RIGHT FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES THE YEAR BEFORE EXISTING PROPERTIES.

DO YOU HAVE A PIECE TO THAT? THE LAW, THE STATE LAW DOESS PROVIDE A LIMITATION FOR THE TAX RATE FOR DEBT.

IT'S A DOLLAR 50, SO IT'S VERY HIGH.

IT'S PROBABLY NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE IF IT'S A DOLLAR 50 .

LET'S DO IT.

THE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE START TALKING ABOUT TAX RATES AND, AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATES IN KYLE AT, AT 2.43380 SINCE IS, MOST OF THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS YOU'LL SEE NOW IT'S GONNA GO A LITTLE MOVING HIGHER.

WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAX RATE AND WHAT OUR CITIZENS PAY, YOU SEE A BIG CHUNK OF HIS AT, AND THE NEXT CHUNK IS THE CITY OF KYLE.

BUT, UH, I ALWAYS POINT OUT THAT, THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

WE PROVIDE THE MOST SERVICES TO CITIZENS AND KYLE DIRECTLY.

AND I, I THINK THE SIDE REPRESENTS THE VALUE OF THE TAX RATE VERSUS, VERSUS OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR SERVICES PROVIDED NEXT SLIDE.

HI JOHNSON.

, THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE FIVE YEAR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATIONS FOR THE CITY ONLY EXCLUDING THE TOURISMS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE GROWTH IN OUR, OUR VALUATIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE 2019.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE CAN ANSWER.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK, I MEAN, I REALIZE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING, BUT COULD THIS CITY, UM, KIND OF WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THOSE RATES TO KIND OF KEEP US IN HARMONY OR IN A, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEIR OWN AGENCY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MM-HMM.

, WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OR AUTHORITY OVER THEM.

WE WE'RE, WE DO CONSIDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A PARTNER MM-HMM.

IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO CITIZENS OF KYLE.

BUT WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO AFFECT THAT.

NOT FOR JUST FOR THE PEOPLE, BUT FOR THE KIDS IN, IN GENERAL.

I THINK WHAT HE WAS ASKING, WHICH IS A SOLID QUESTION, CUZ WHEN WE WENT TO FRISCO, WE SAW THE SCHOOLS AND THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY.

FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE TO BRING A REC CENTER OR TO BRING SOMETHING, UH, THAT THE, THAT'S COMMUNITY ORIENTED THAT'S ALSO GONNA BENEFIT THE KIDS.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY, AND FOR THE RECORD, I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS TABLE WOULD EVER SAY THAT WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY.

UM, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM? SO MOVING FORWARD WE CAN KIND OF, UM, BALANCE WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST AMENITIES.

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I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A, A DIRECT ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT WE DO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A LOT AND AN EXAMPLE IS OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM WHERE WE USE THEIR, THEIR GYM FACILITIES AND OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS USE SCHOOL FACILITIES A LOT.

AND, AND ALSO IN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE KNOW WE DEPEND ON THE SCHOOLS IF WE HAVE TO, UH, START SHELTERING PEOPLE.

SO, SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL, IF ANY RELATIONSHIP WOULD ALSO BE BETTER AND WE'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO IMPROVE THAT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO WITH OUR NEW 300 ROAD BARN, WILL OUR CITY, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE NEXT YEAR? NO.

IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER IN OUR MESSAGING ABOUT THE ROAD BOND IS THAT, THAT 59 CENTS WAS THE MM-HMM.

WAS, WAS WHERE WE PROMISED TO KEEP THE RATE BELOW TO TAKE IT UP TO 59 MM-HMM.

SO, SO OUR MESSAGING WAS THAT YOUR RATE WILL GO UP AND OUR PROMISE WAS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLAR AND THAT WAS THE CAP THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH.

SO HOW WILL THAT CHANGE AS WE BOND OUT? WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT.

YEAH, WE GOT SLIDES ON THAT.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S IN THE SLIDE DECK.

I'VE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH IT.

SO THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS TO GO THROUGH.

YES, THERE IS.

THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE EXCEPT WITH THE TURS ONLY.

AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW THAT'S BEEN GROWING AND IS PROJECTED TO GROW EVEN FASTER AS THOSE TOURS GET BUILT OUT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NEXT SLIDE.

THAT'S THE REVENUE 10 YEAR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE HISTORY.

THIS IS A REALLY PRETTY SLIDE.

YOU SEE, YOU SEE, UM, THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, ESPECIALLY HOW MUCH OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE HAS, HAS GROWN AS A RESULT, MOSTLY OF GROWTH SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE CAPPED AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FROM PREVIOUSLY TAXED PROPERTIES.

THAT OUR GROWTH IS REALLY WHAT'S PROVIDING NEW REVENUES FOR THE CITY.

FOR THE NEW PROGRAMS INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE.

THIS SHOWS OUR 15 YEAR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS HISTORY IN THE FORM OF A BAR GRAPH.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE STEADY CURVE OF OUR COLLECTION AND SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.

UM, THIS, THIS LITERALLY HAS BEEN, UH, A MOVEMENT OF THE DECIMAL POINT TO THE LEFT SINCE I STARTED WORKING HERE 17 YEARS AGO.

THAT, UM, SALES TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN A, A REAL, A REAL BOOM FOR, FOR OUR BUDGET AND OUR ABILITY TO GROW PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.

THIS IS SHOWING THAT SAME SLIDE AND SHOWING, PUTTING PERCENTAGES INTO THAT GROWTH FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE 10 YEAR GROWTH IN OUR DEVELOPMENT COLLECTIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO YEARS.

THE LAST ONE THAT WE SAW DECLINE WAS BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2018, 2019 WITH THE FEES WE FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT FEES IS, THE GROWTH IN THIS FUND IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MASSIVE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN KYLE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.

KEY ASSUMPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

I'M GONNA TURN THIS BACK OVER TO PERVEZ.

TALK ABOUT THESE SL.

SO THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE'RE LOOK LOOKING FORWARD, FIVE YEARS FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES, THE VALUE GROWTH, SAME PROPERTIES FROM YEAR TWO.

NEXT, UH, IN 23 WE SAW A GROWTH OF 23.7%.

LOOKING AT OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH WE'RE PREDICTING IN 2024 AT 15%.

AND THEN BEING CONSERVATIVE, UH, IN YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, UH, AT 3% NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN A BOOM FOR, FOR CITY OF KYLE.

UH, MOST CITIES IN, IN TEXAS.

NVS, UH, FOR OUR GOOD FORTUNE.

IF YOU LOOK AT NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE IN 23 WENT UP BY 342 MILLION IN 24.

THE PRELIMINARY TAX ASSESSED VALUATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HAYAD INDICATE THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 378 OR 375 MILLION.

AND THEN WE'RE ASSUMING IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS OVER

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THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON, ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 300 MIL, 350 MILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION EACH YEAR IN TAXABLE VALUE SALES GROWTH THIS YEAR.

AND 23 THE YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT'LL BE 12.7% HIGHER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE THE SLICE THAT JERRY WENT OVER.

ESPECIALLY THE BAR GRAPH IS STEADILY INCREASES EVERY YEAR.

AS WE ADD MORE RETAIL OUTLETS, MORE PEOPLE MOVE INTO, UH, KYLE.

SO IN 23 WE'RE LOOKING AT 12.7%, AND 24, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 5.7% IS GONNA TAPER OFF SOME, UH, BECAUSE YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE ALL THE RETAIL OUTLETS ARE NOW OPEN, THEY'RE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.

AND, UH, UNLESS THE POPULATION REALLY INCREASES, OUR ONLINE SALES INCREASES, UH, WE'LL SEE A, ON A CONSERVATIVE SIDE, AT LEAST 5% ANNUAL GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT REVENUE FOR CURRENT YEAR.

UH, OUR ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 9% FROM YEAR BEFORE NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE ASSUMING THE SAME 9% GROWTH BECAUSE MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVENUES ARE ALREADY THE, THE, THE PLAS, THE PLANS, THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE.

SO WE'RE GONNA SEE 9% FOR SURE, AROUND 9% NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.

AT FIVE PER, WE'RE ASSUMING 5% GROWTH IN DEVELOPMENT, REVENUES, COMPENSATION, THIS IS OVERALL CITY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, UH, WHETHER IT'S POLICE OFFICERS OR WORKERS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.

UH, IF YOU RECALL, IN 23 COUNCIL APPROVED 20% INCREASE IN BASE COMPENSATION FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.

WERE TAPERING THAT BACK OFF TO AN AVERAGE OF 5% TO AT LEAST KEEP UP WITH THE CPI.

THE 12 MONTH ROLLING AVERAGE THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST.

UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH BRIAN YET.

WE'D LIKE TO GET HIS FEEDBACK AND THOUGHT ON COMPENSATION PACKAGE, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, ARE BENEFITS INCLUDING MEDICAL INSURANCE.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS GENERAL FUND MOVING FORWARD.

SO UNDER NEW CONSTRUCTION, IS THAT HOMES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YES.

IT INCLUDES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTIES.

SO IF A NEW BUSINESS COMES IN, THEY BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING, THEY PUT IN EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, ALL THAT IS INCLUDED.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW IN PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE PROJECTED DEBT ISSUANCE EACH YEAR.

YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT? OKAY.

SO GOING FORWARD, UH, THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT, SO ON THIS SLIDE WE ARE SHOWING BASED ON WHAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE INDICATING ON THE FIVE YEAR CIP P PLAN, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT THE BONDS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED IN 2020 FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE ISSUING 8 MILLION NEXT YEAR.

THAT WILL FULLY ISSUE THE ENTIRE 10 MILLION.

WE'VE ALREADY ISSUED TWO THIS REMAIN.

THIS IS THE REMAINING $8 MILLION.

THEN FOR THE ROAD BONDS, YOU'LL RECALL, COUNCIL APPROVED THE ISSUANCE.

THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS 45 MILLION IN AUTHORITY.

WE HAVE ASKED OUR PROJECT MANAGER CARE, UH, K FREEZE AND COMPANY TO GIVE US THEIR BEST ESTIMATE BASED ON THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE THAT THEY SHARED WITH COUNCIL IN MARCH, WHERE THE, THEIR DESIGN TEAMS ARE, WHERE THE, WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE FOR REMOVING UTILITIES, ACQUIRING, ACQUISITION, UH, EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS.

SO ALL OF THOSE, UH, THEIR PREDICTION, THEIR ESTIMATE IS THAT THEY WILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION NEXT YEAR AND THEN INTO THE FUTURE, UH, BASED ON THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADS, WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE FUTURE BOND ISSUANCE.

SO AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE BOND AUTHORITY OF 294 MILLION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE, WE'LL BE ADDING 45, UH, 40.

WE'VE ALREADY ADDED 45 THIS YEAR, 33 MILLION ESTIMATED NEXT YEAR AND SO ON.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CITY'S TAX SUPPORTED DEBT? SO THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR, RIGHT NOW WE OWE ABOUT 110.2 MILLION WITH TAX SUPPORTED DEBT THAT COMES FROM GENERAL FUND OR PROPERTY TAX IS WHAT WE USE TO PAY THE PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST BACK.

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AND THEN WE SUBTRACT THE PRINCIPLE PAYMENTS WE MAKE IN THE SAME FIVE YEAR HORIZON.

SO THE NET DEBT POSITION, WHICH IS THE LAST LINE ON THIS TABLE, SHOWS YOU IN 23.

WE ARE AT 146 AFTER PAY MAKING THE, THE PRINCIPLE PAYMENTS THIS YEAR WE'LL BE AT 146.4 MILLION.

AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEARS AND WE SPEND MORE IN CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS FOR THE ROAD BONDS AND WE HAVE TO ISSUE MORE DEBT, UH, BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2028, IT'LL BE AROUND 338 MILLION TAX SUPPORTED DEBT.

NOW MIND YOU, THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WILL MOVE.

WE KNOW THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF UTILITY CHALLENGES, EASEMENT CHALLENGES, UH, SO, BUT IF THEY STAY ON THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE AND NOTHING CHANGES, THIS IS OUR BEST GUESS OF THE DEBT POSITION, TAX SUPPORTED DEBT POSITION FOR THE GENERAL FILE.

CAN COUNSEL GET A COPY OF THAT ROAD IMPROVEMENT MASTER SCHEDULE? YES.

UH, I MEAN THEY SHARED IT WITH COUNSEL.

I, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT AFTER THIS MEETING.

OH, IF THEY'VE ALREADY SHARED IT, LIKE THEY, YEAH, IT WAS A PRESENTATION THAT K FREEZE DID IN MARCH TO COUNSEL, BUT WOULD YOU STILL HAVE THE A DOUBLE A MINUS RATINGS AT THAT POINT? OR IS IT ALL DEPENDS.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE DEBT.

IT ALL DEPENDS MM-HMM.

, UH, ON OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, OUR TAX VALUES, OUR, UH, I'M GONNA ASK BRIAN IF YOU WANNA ADD .

WELL, I, I THINK, UH, S AND P UH, AND THE OTHER RATING AGENCIES, THEY KNOW OUR BOND PROGRAM'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

THEY KNOW OUR CAPITAL PLAN, THEY KNOW ALL OF THOSE.

SO THOSE ARE ALREADY KIND OF LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY RATE THE CITY PERSPECTIVELY GOING FORWARD.

UM, I THINK AS YOU KNOW, PERVEZ SAID IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF DETERIORATION OF OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION OR SOMETHING DOESN'T, WE DON'T GROW AS MUCH AS PERHAPS AS WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GROW, WELL THEN THAT COULD HAVE A POTENTIALLY, UH, AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE ASSUMING WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME BOND READY MOVING FORWARD.

I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DOWNGRADE ON MY WATCH .

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL STILL BE IN A VERY POSITIVE RIGHT.

CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT.

WE THINK FOR A BOND UPGRADE.

WELL, IT'S NOT, YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY I DON'T THINK IT'S ENTIRELY, I MEAN, IT'S ALL WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL THE BELIEVERS.

SO IF THE GROWTH IS NOT HAPPENING AT THE RATE THAT WE ANTICIPATE MM-HMM.

, WE DON'T HAVE TO ISSUE THE DEBT.

IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT.

SO IT'S KIND OF, IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT MANAGING IT AS WE GO.

AND HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THANKS TO OUR VENERATED AND THIS IS DIRECTOR OVER THERE.

SO IT'S FOR THE CITY ROADS AND, UH, .

ONE THING THAT BOND BOND RATING AGENCIES DON'T LIKE IS WHEN YOU ISSUE DEBT WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING REVENUE SOURCE COMING ALONGSIDE.

SO IF YOU ISSUE NEW DEBT AND THEN DON'T RAISE THE TAX RATE, THEY'LL DING YOU FOR THAT.

BUT IF YOU RAISE THE TAX RATE IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEW DEBT, NOW IF THE, IF THE DEBT IS BEING PAID DOWN IN YOUR ACTUAL OVERALL, IF YOU CAN JUSTIFY ABSORBING IT WITHOUT RAISING THE RATE, THEN THAT'S FINE.

BUT I JUST MEAN LIKE IN A SIMPLISTIC VIEW, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOUR EXPENSES ARE GROWING, YOUR REVENUES ARE GROWING AT THE SAME RATE AND THEY DON'T TYPICALLY DEEM FOR THAT IF YOU WANNA HAVE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME COMING IN TO PAY BACK THE DEBT.

SO LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU GUYS THIS MONEY FOR ROAD BOND PROJECTS.

WHAT KIND OF GROWTH IN YOUR CITY ARE YOU EXPERIENCING TO WHERE YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE AGAIN, KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE ON TRACK WITH PAYING THAT BACK.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, KEEP THAT BALL ROLLING FOR LONGEVITY.

LIKE 10 YEAR PLANS, FIVE YEAR PLANS, 10 YEAR PLANS, ALWAYS LOOK 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

WELL, MY HOPE IS THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T LEAN ON PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP YEAH.

EVERY YEAR.

CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A SCARY, THAT'S A SCARY PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

ESPECIALLY THE LONG TERM THAT LIVE IN KYLE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THOSE HIGH TAXES.

UM MM-HMM.

SO THAT, THAT, EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT'S A, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

LIKE, YAY, ALL OUR HOMES ARE WORTH A LOT, BUT IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA SELL.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE INCOME BASE TO WHERE YOU'LL, YOU DON'T WANNA SET YOUR VALUES TOO HIGH AND THEN IT'S JUST LIKE SO OUTTA REACH, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON STAYING HERE, IT, IT TAKES A BIG HIT ON, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ON FIXED INCOME.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS

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THAT'S TRUE.

AT A REASONABLE RATES AND SO FORTH.

THAT'S AFFORDABLE.

WELL, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER SCARY PART IS ECONOMICALLY, THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS NOT IN A REAL GREAT PLACE.

IF YOU LOOK YEAH.

INFLATION IS TERRIBLE.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH I, I'VE RECEIVED MY HAYE CAD APPRAISAL AND IT'S GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO, TO, UM, DISPUTE THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO FINANCIAL REASON WHY HOUSING VALUES HAVE GONE UP WHEN OVERALL IN THE COUNTRY THEY'VE GONE DOWN.

AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LARGE GROWTH IN, IN THE TAX REVENUES FOR THE HOMES.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE I HAVE ONE LITTLE QUICK QUESTION.

SO THIS GOES LINEAR PEREZ AND WE HAVE A $50 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

WHICH SLIDE ARE YOU ON, SIR? I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE PROJECTED DEPOSITION.

SLIDE 23.

SO IF WE ARE IN THE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WOULD OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET LOOK NOW MORE LIKE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR GENERAL FUND? AND THEN WHERE WE SLICE THE PIECES IS GONNA BE, HOW MUCH OF IT IS JUST FROM, IS FROM PROPERTY TAX? HOW MUCH IS IT FROM PROPERTY TAX? RIGHT.

TO SUPPORT 3 37? OUR GENERAL FUND IN FIVE YEARS HAS TO BE RIGHT.

DOUBLED.

AND WE'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO NOW WHERE DO YOU GET THAT MONEY? , THE TAXPAYER? YEAH, RIGHT PORTION.

YES SIR.

BUT IT'S VERY HEALTH, VERY HEALTHY, UM, VERY HEALTHY BALANCES AND UH, I WOULD AGREE IT'S LOTS OF LIQUIDITY IN THE FUND.

SO LOOKING DOWN FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS, BASED ON OUR GROWTH PATTERNS, OUR TRENDS, UH, THIS SLIDE IS A FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

SO I, WE ALL REALIZE THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE, BUT I LIKE IT.

IN OUR FORECAST MODEL, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 10,000 LINES, ANDY.

SO WE'VE SUMMARIZED IT FROM 10,000 LINES TO ONE PAGE HERE, 17.

SO 17 LINES.

SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T CONSOLIDATE ANYMORE.

SO THIS BASICALLY, THIS SHOWS YOU STARTING WITH OUR APPROVED BUDGET, WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED THIS YEAR, WHAT WE EXPECT TO FINISH THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR PROJECTED YEAR END, UH, ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE AND EXPENSES, AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD FIVE YEARS NEXT YEAR AND FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, WHAT THE REVENUE PICTURE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE BASED ON THOSE KEY ASSUMPTIONS WE'VE MADE AND WHAT THE EXPENDITURES ASSUMPTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE INTO THE FUTURE.

NOW PLEASE, AS I'VE ALWAYS CAUTIONED Y'ALL IN THE PAST, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.

THESE ARE NOT, UH, CONSTANT DOLLARS.

THEY ARE FLEXIBLE, THEY WILL CHANGE.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.

UH, HE HASN'T GONE AND REVIEWED EACH DEPARTMENT'S EXPENDITURE RATE OR LINE ITEM BUDGET.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR OR YEAR AFTER THAT.

SO A LOT OF THINGS WILL CHANGE IN THIS FORECAST.

BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 15, THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT WE MAINTAIN IN OUR CITY GENERAL FUND AT LEAST 25% OF OUR TOTAL ANNUAL REQUIREMENTS IN RESERVES.

AND LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, MOST CITIES IN TEXAS WE ARE ENVY OF FOR, FOR WHERE THEY ARE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 16, THAT'S IN EXCESS OF THE ANNUAL RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

SO YOUR, YOUR GENERAL FUND IS VERY HEALTHY, UH, IN TERMS OF FUTURE FORECAST.

IT GIVES COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, GREAT FLEXIBILITY IN DECIDING KEY DECISION POLICY DECISIONS AS TO CAPITAL SPENDING, OPERATING BUDGET EXPENDITURES, YOUR PRIORITIES FOR, UH, FUTURE.

BUT THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST, IT'S PRETTY MUCH CONSTANT EACH YEAR WE'VE BEEN, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE FUND BALANCE AROUND 30, $33 MILLION A YEAR.

THAT'S VERY HEALTHY.

VERY HEALTHY.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPS US IN OUR RATINGS WHEN WE GO BEFORE THE RATING AGENCY, THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH EXTRA RESERVE AND CASH LIQUIDITY WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOME? YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, THEY'RE VERY HEALTHY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THE ENVY OF THE WHOLE STATE,

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AND AS YOU'LL SEE ONLINE EIGHT CASH FUNDING OF THE CIP P THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT SOME OF THE CIP P PRIORITIES.

IS YOU DO HAVE 15 MILLION A YEAR, PROJECTED 15 MILLION CASH THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS CIP P THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, AMOUNT OF, OF FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS VERY ATYPICAL TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY IN YOUR OPERATING FUND TO HAVE THAT.

SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND UH, ALLOWS YOU TO FUND PROJECTS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT WITH YOU AND THEN BRINGING BACK SOME OPTIONS.

AND THEN AT THAT WORKSHOP IN JUNE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS WITH YOU IN DETAIL TO SEE HOW, HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, SO THAT C I P, THE 11 MILLIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, UM, HAD WE PLANNED ON THAT LAST YEAR? YES.

SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, WE DISCUSSED ALL OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO THESE CIP P THAT YOU SEE, 11.9 MILLION, THESE ARE ALL GENERAL FUND FUNDED, FUNDED CIP PROJECTS.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE WATER OR WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS OR PARK DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, GOT FUNDED WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

HAVE WE ALREADY PLANNED LAST YEAR THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE GONNA BE PAID OUT OF GENERAL FUND? YES.

WITH THIS AMOUNT? YES.

AND HOW MUCH ARE WE PROJECTING ON C I P PROJECTS FOR 2024? FOR 24? UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CARVING OUT, UH, AT LEAST LIKE BRIAN WAS SAYING EARLIER, 15.

AT LEAST 15.

BUT THAT'S ALSO FLEXIBLE DEPENDING ON WHERE COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO.

I THINK THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO GO WAY UP, , BECAUSE WHAT I'M GETTING CON CONSENSUS FROM ALL OF US AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT LITTLE PROJECTS HERE AND THERE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS COUNCIL GOES, AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT SCREAMING AND YELLING ABOUT, BUT WE DRIVE THE ROADS EVERY DAY.

WE SEE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE WE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WHEN WE DO THE VISION WORKSHOP THAT UM, CIP P PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WILL BE PROBABLY THE, THE THE NUMBER ONE TOP PRIORITY.

AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH DANIELLA.

IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHERE DO WE SEE THAT NUMBERS? ARE WE NOW AT THAT POINT TO WHERE WE NEED TO INCREASE IT SO THAT WAY WE CAN JUST, NOT ONLY JUST MAINTAIN IT, BUT MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE CITY? YES SIR.

WE ALREADY HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CIP P PROJECTS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

BOTH OUR FIVE YEARS BOTH FUNDED AND UNFUNDED THAT WE'LL REVIEW AT THE END OF THIS MEETING TODAY.

600 PLUS MILLION I THINK IS WHAT I SAW.

HALF OF THAT IS THE ROAD BONDS, BUT IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LIST.

SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR HARPER.

UM, DO YOU REMEMBER , WE DISCUSS, UM, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT HIDE AND RIGHT.

HIDE.

AND HIDE AND, RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROAD I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT I CANNOT PRONOUNCE, UM, WILL THAT BE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? SO, AND WILL THAT BE A CIP P PROJECT? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, THE SEVEN 50 THAT'S GIVEN TO OUR CONSTRUCTION GROUP.

AND IF THAT'S A PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN START THAT.

IT WON'T COMPLETE IT.

I DON'T THINK I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW FOR HOW MUCH THAT TOTAL COST WAS.

UM, AND I MAY BE GETTING CONFUSED WITH GO FOR IT CUZ GO FOR IT.

I THINK BLEW THE BUDGET, BUT, YEP.

YEAH, NO, IT WILL BE THAT HEIGHTENED, RIGHT? THAT IT'S LIKE HALF COUNTY OR IT'S HALF OF EVIDENCE COUNTY AND THE OTHER HALF BELONGS TO US.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE ONE ROAD I'VE GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS.

I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT WE ON OUR, SO THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR THE WORKSHOP, BUT, BUT THAT CIP P PROJECT, I FEEL LIKE MINE ARE PERFECT.

TALK ABOUT AND MINE, OURS, YOU KNOW, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, BECAUSE I AGREE THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND WE COULD SPEND MAYBE TWO DAYS GOING THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD HERE WAITING AND READY TO PRESENT THEIR DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON ALLOWING FOR THEM TO, TO, TO SPEND.

SO WE, LET'S MAKE NOTES.

IT'S A LISTENING EXERCISE AND ABSORBING WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO SAY.

SO, OKAY.

THIS IS, UH, I BELIEVE THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DEPARTMENT,

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UM, BUDGETS.

BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE THE PROJECTED PROPERTY TAX RATES THROUGH 2020 2028.

AND YOU'LL SEE US, UH, CAPPING OUT AT THE 59 CENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED REGARDING THE MAX PROPERTY TAX RATE RELATED TO THE EFFECT OF THE ROAD BONDS.

SO, UM, AND THIS SLIDE WAS PREPARED BY OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AT SAM CO, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

JUST ONE NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THIS SLIDE FOR COUNCILS BENEFIT IS THAT THIS FORECAST OF TAX RATES WAS, WAS DONE IN DECEMBER, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ROAD BONDS.

SO AS CERTIFIED TAX ROLES COME IN, UH, AND THE NEW PROPERTY ADDITIONS, THE FINAL PROPERTY EDITION NUMBERS, WE GET, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE, THE TAX RATES WILL CHANGE.

IT'S NOT ABSOLUTE GUARANTEED THAT IT WILL BE EXACTLY THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DEPARTMENT REQUEST? ALL RIGHT.

FIRST UP WILL BE OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THOSE REQUESTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AMBER SMITES.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, THIS IS THE 20 23 20 24 BUDGET FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE ITEMS PROPOSED AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET.

UM, IN THIS BUDGET, I'M REQUESTING A RESTRUCTURING OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SERVICES AND CREATE A LEAD INSPECTOR POSITION.

UM, GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UM, HAS BEEN TO PURSUE, UH, AND SUCCESSFULLY IN MORE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN KYLE, THIS RESTRUCTURING WILL PROVIDE AN ATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE TO THOSE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS.

THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY WORKING, SORRY, I'M DONE ON PURPOSE.

I DUNNO.

WHY.

UM, WORKING TO KEEP PACE WITH THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH KYLE'S EXPERIENCING JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED WAS 1,669.

SINCE THEN, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS HAS SKYROCKETED TO 4,209 IN 2021, THIS IS TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE VOLUME.

UM, THIS CURRENT FIRST FISCAL LITTLE YEAR, THE CITY IS ON TRACK TO ISSUE OVER 5,000 PERMITS.

INSPECTIONS.

WERE JUST 13,018 AND WE ARE ON A CHAT FOR 44,000 INSPECTIONS THIS YEAR.

WHILE THE VERY SMALL STAFF IS MANAGING TO KEEP THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL AND EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT STATUS QUO AND PUT LEADING EDGE MEASURES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THE GOLD STANDARD LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE BUILDING EXPERIENCE IN KYLE, SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPERS.

THIS NEW PROCESS WILL ENSURE THAT WE SAVE DEVELOPERS BOTH TIME AND MONEY, DEVELOP AND NURTURE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GROWING OUR RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BASE.

UM, SO THIS BUILDING SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL BE THE LEAD LIAISON BETWEEN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER AND BUILDER FOR TOP TIER PROJECTS.

AND KYLE.

THEY WILL WORK ON COMMERCIAL AND VERTICAL MIX USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED, LIMITED TO, UH, TARGET INDUSTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN PROJECTS, RECEIVING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS OF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, THE FIRE DISTRICT, COUNTY, ET CETERA, AND PROJECTS DESIGNATED AS HIGH PRIORITY.

THIS POSITION WILL EXPLAIN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CAUSE OF BUILDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS, SORRY, AND PROMOTE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY MENTALITY FOR TARGET INDUSTRIES.

THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SERVICES WILL FOSTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT CLIENTS AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA CHAMBER COMMERCE.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS POSITION WILL ASSIST IN NEGOTIATING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, PUBS, AND THREE 80 AGREEMENTS FROM A BUILDING PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY WILL MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS.

UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT IN THIS BUDGET IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP AND ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES.

THIS MONEY WOULD BE USED TO WAIVE FEES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHO WISH TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUILDING FACADES, PERFORM REMODELS, UPGRADE SIGNAGE, ET CETERA.

UM, DETAILS OF THIS PROGRAM COULD BE FULLY FLUSHED OUT AT A LATER DATE, BUT THE PROGRAM GOAL WOULD BE TO OPERATE INCENTIVE TO SMALL BUSINESS IN SO THEY CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT WAS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET? SEPTEMBER WAS THIS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET? NINE 18.

THIS, THIS BUDGET IS AN ADDITIONAL NINE 18 ABOVE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

OH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR NINE 18? YES.

ABOVE LAST YEAR.

WHO PERFORM INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE CITY.

THE INCREASE FOR THE THIRD PARTY INSPECTION SERVICES IS, IS A PASS THROUGH.

UM, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED BY TWO THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS

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THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP PACE OF THAT KIND OF GROWTH.

UM, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW WITH INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, IT'S BASICALLY A PASS THROUGH.

UM, WE, WE RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR INSPECTION AND THEN WE PAY OUT FOR INSPECTION SERVICES.

WHAT IS THE OVERALL BUDGET? 2.5 MILLION FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT 2.5.

UM, AND SO IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULD DO 3 MILLION COUNCIL? 3 MILLION? THANK YOU.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WENT AND HIRE MORE INSPECTORS INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE DIFFERENCE BY 65% FOR THIRD PARTY INSPECTIONS? YES MA'AM.

WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO, UH, WE, UH, HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING INSPECTORS.

WE CAN'T PAY FOR THEM.

SO EVERY TIME WE, WE CAN'T MEET THEIR SALARY, EVERY TIME WE TRY TO HIRE AN INSPECTOR, IT SEEMS LIKE THE THIRD PARTIES, THEY CAN UP THEIR SALARY, HIRE THAT INSPECTOR, AND THEN WE END UP PAYING, PAYING FOR THAT HIGHER, UM, INSPECTOR.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, TWO, TWO, UH, VACANT POSITIONS.

WE HAVE AN OPEN PLANS EXAMINER POSITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.

HOW LONG HAVE THOSE POSITIONS BEEN TAKEN? SIX MONTHS.

SO SIX MONTHS.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR SERVICES, UM, AND, UM, IF WE KEEP IT CONSISTENT, IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF OUR CITY'S CODES OR THEY'RE NOT AS APPRISED TO OUR CITY'S COATS.

UM, AND AND NO DOUBT THEY, I'M SURE THEY WILL SAY THEY ARE, BUT, UM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION DRIVING AROUND AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF THAT.

UM, AND I'VE TAKEN PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO, TO STAFF.

UM, EITHER THAT OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE.

AND SO EITHER WAY, THAT'S NOT, IF WE HAVE STAFF, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A 33RD PARTY INSPECTOR.

UM, THAT, THAT, TO ME, THAT AMOUNT IS JUST A GENUINE CONCERN.

THERE'S A LOT IN THAT.

I WOULD SAY THERE'S, THERE'S CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THAT THESE INSPECTORS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THESE INSPECTORS ONLY WORK ON BUILDING PERMANENT INSPECTIONS.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PULL IN, THEY ISSUE, THEY ASK FOR AN INSPECTION AND WE SEND OUT THE INSPECTOR.

WE'LL HAVE EIGHT OR NINE INSPECTORS IN TOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, WHILE OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS DO US A REALLY GREAT JOB, IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO GROW OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, HAVE OUR OWN STAFF, AND WE WOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING ACCOUNTABLE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA OF THE BUILDING SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION BECAUSE THINGS CAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD PARTIES DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WISH TO HAVE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND THEY MIGHT, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUES.

THEY MIGHT FILL AN INSPECTION.

SO JUST SAY COSTCO FOR EXAMPLE, COSTCO WAS A HUGE PROJECT FOR THE CITY WE MADE, YOU KNOW SURE.

WE WERE GONNA FAST TRACK THEM THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS AND HAVING A THIRD PARTY MAINTAIN THAT IS MAKES IT DIFFICULT CUZ WE MAY NOT KNOW WHEN PROBLEMS OCCUR UNTIL THEY'VE ALREADY OCCURRED TO A POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, MAKE MAJOR CORRECTIONS.

SO THIS BUILDING SERVICES DIRECTOR WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF HANDHOLDING THOSE PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING, UM, ACTIVELY, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT COME ABOUT ARE BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY'LL THROW UP, SAY IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY'S FAULT BY THE TIME WE GET INVOLVED.

IT REALLY WAS THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PERMITTING PROCESS OR SOMETHING, BUT THIS, THIS DIRECTOR WOULD HELP ENSURE THERE WAS LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION AND THAT THEY WERE INFORMED ABOUT THE CITY'S BUILDING CODES AND ALL, ALL THE THINGS.

AND THEN I'M ONE MORE QUESTION THEN I'LL BE DONE.

UM, FOR THE PERMIT FEE WAIVERS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I DO THINK THAT SHOULD BE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF THE BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S, AND THAT'S JUST FOR BUILDINGS WITH STOREFRONTS? CORRECT? IT CAN, I MEAN, IT COULD BE, OH, FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO BE OPENING US FOR STOREFRONT, WE CAN BRING THAT UP BACK A POLICY AT A PROGRAM DESIGN AT A LATER DATE.

IT CAN BE WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT IT TO BE.

BUT IT WAS JUST, WE HAD HEARD THE COUNCIL SAY, Y'ALL WANT TO, TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES MM-HMM.

, AND THIS IS A WAY THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT CAN DO THAT, OR FOOT TRUCKS, I WOULD SAY THAT WILL APPLY TO ANY SMALL YEAH.

AND I, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CAP THAT LIKE, LIKE WHAT WOULD DEFINE WHAT A SMALL BUSINESS IS, UM, THAT WAY THERE'S A OR MICRO BUSINESS.

CONTRACTS FOR IS ANY KIND OF SURGE AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS, UH, BEYOND WHAT OUR CAPACITY WAS TO HANDLE.

BRIAN, WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE HAVE YOU HAD IN THE PAST WITH HIRING INSPECTORS IN HOUSE VERSUS CONTRACT? I HAD BOTH.

UM, TYPICALLY WHAT I'VE USED

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BUT YOU ALWAYS HAD SOME ON STAFF.

UH, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MARKET.

THE MARKET IS THE MARKET AND WE'VE GOTTA PAY AT THE MARKET IF WE'RE GONNA BE IN THAT BUSINESS MM-HMM.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE COMPENSATION AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS TO DO THAT.

AND IF WE WANT TO HIRE THOSE POSITIONS, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN, IF THAT'S IMPORTANT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I'M WILLING TO PAY FOR GOOD EMPLOYEES.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO, YEAH.

RESOURCES.

SO , SANDRA DURAN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, WE ARE COUNCIL HAS TOLD US TO LOOK AT OUR SALARY SURVEYS WITH CERTAIN CITIES.

UM, IT'S ABOUT FOUR CITIES AND FIVE, BUT WITH THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, WE ARE COMPETING WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO WE DO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PHILOSOPHY ON WHAT POSITIONS WE NEED TO COMPARE OUTSIDE OF OTHER CITIES TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO THANK YOU.

AND I LIKE TO ADD, WE DID, WE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH OUR, OUR DISPATCHERS A FEW YEARS AGO MM-HMM.

THAT WE COULDN'T KEEP DISPATCHERS AND WE WERE LOSING THEM TO OTHER AGENCIES.

AND WE CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR DISPATCHERS THAT TOOK THEM OUT OF THE CALCULATIONS FOR, FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHERE WE COMPARED THEM DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE LOSING THEM TO.

AND WE PUT A, A PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT GUARANTEED THAT OUR DISPATCHERS WOULD BE PAID THE SAME OR MORE THAN THAN OTHER DISPATCHERS IN THE AREA.

AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS AS WELL AND BRING BACK A PROGRAM IF YOU LIKE.

I THINK SANDRA BRINGS UP A REALLY LEGIT CONCERN.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T JUST COMPARE TO SAN MARCOS AND BUTTA TWO TOWNS THAT HAVE GROWN AND ARE HESITANT TO GROW.

I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO LIKE, UH, MAYBE LEANDER OR FASTER GROWING CITIES THAT ARE MORE COMPARATIVE TO KYLE AS OPPOSED TO JUST LOCAL CITIES, RIGHT? WE'RE LOSING BUILDING INSPECTORS TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY, SO THEY'RE HIGHLY IN DEMAND.

SO FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THE REASON WHY PEOPLE COME TO, UM, THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR OF IT IS, IS FOR BENEFITS.

AND SO I DON'T, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS A 4 0 1 OR, I KNOW WE, WE ALREADY HAVE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS AND WELL, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS CANCELED, UM, BY THE CITY.

YOU GUYS SAID IN EL PEP.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING GOOD AND PROBABLY THE CITY DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CANCELED IT.

SO, SO OPEP IS THAT WE RETIRED FROM THE CITY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

WE CONTINUE TO PAY FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE UNTIL YOU REACH THE AGE OF 65.

I MEAN, , IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

UM, ANYWAYS, IF THERE'S SOME OTHER BENEFITS, I, I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.

UM, I, I LAID THAT UP TO STAFF, BUT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK FOR THE STATES AND THE CITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR BENEFITS, NOT SO MUCH FOR THEIR PAY.

ALTHOUGH I, I WOULDN'T MIND DOING BETTER PAY TOO.

I AGREED.

AND WE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, OF THE GAP IN OUR, OUR PAY SCALES THROUGH OUR CULTURE AND OUR BENEFITS.

BUT THAT GAP'S INCREASINGLY GROWING AND WE MAKE GREAT HEADWAY WITH THE 20% AND THE OTHER, UH, ADD ADDED BENEFITS FOR STAFF THAT COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THE LAST BUDGET.

BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING PRESSURES IN THAT, PARTICULARLY IN, IN THESE TYPES OF, OF HIGH DEMAND JOBS.

AND I THINK, JASON, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ADD ABOUT THIS.

UM, IT WAS JUST TO THE COMMENT ON WHETHER THE, THE, THE DISCOUNT OR PERMIT FEE WAIVER WOULD BE UNDER EDC.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EEC, UH, THE, SORRY.

UM, THE REASON WE PUT IT UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING SIDE WAS BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT THIS MORE OF A, A WAIVER OF, OF FUTURE REVENUES VERSUS, UH, AN ACTUAL HARD COST EXPENSE.

UM, SO THAT WE FELT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO TRACK UNDER THE BUILDING SIDE, UM, THAN EDC.

BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WANT US TO LOOK AT, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH, WITH EDC AND, AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING INSPECTORS.

SO WHAT WE NEED TO CAP THAT OR NOT, BECAUSE IF, IF WE ARE NOT JUST GONNA ACTUALLY BE PAYING FOR IT, BUT IT WILL BE A WAIVER OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA HAVE HAVE THAT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

SMALL ONLY SMALL BUSINESSES THOUGH.

THAT WAS THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WAS, LIKE YOU SAID, MICRO BUSINESSES.

, UM, UH, WE'D PROBABLY PROGRAM SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A, A CAP PER PER APPLICANT SO THAT WE COULD TRY AND GET, GET MORE PEOPLE TO, TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

UM, BUT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THESE, THESE SMALL MOM AND POPS, THEY, THEY GET THEIR LOAN, THEY, THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS MODEL, THEY HIRE THEIR ARCHITECTS AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO FUND THAT HARD COST.

AND THEY COME TO THE CITY AND DON'T REALIZE WHAT, WHAT THOSE PERMIT FEES, INSPECTIONS,

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PLAN REVIEWS MM-HMM.

, THOSE CAN GET QUITE SIGNIFICANT FOR THOSE.

AND SO WE DON'T WANNA TURN AWAY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS TO BE BETTER THEMSELVES OVER A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A, IN A PERMANENT FEE.

SO I AGREE.

I LIKE THAT.

NICE.

SO, SO BUILDING INSPECTION INSPECTIONS AND, AND EVEN ENGINEERS ARE PARTICULARLY HARD COMMODITY THESE DAYS TO MM-HMM.

NEED TO ADDRESS, I BELIEVE SPECIFICALLY BY THOSE WORK GROUPS AND SPECIFICALLY BY WHO WE'RE COMPETING WITH.

IT'S ISN'T JUST CITIES, I HAVE A THEORY, BUT I COULD SAY FOR TIME , DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION? NO, TODAY, NO, THIS IS NINE 18.

THAT'S JUST DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION.

THIS DISCUSSION.

AND JUST FOR NEW COUNCIL'S BENEFIT THIS, ORIGINALLY THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS TO PRESENT A, UH, A CITY MANAGER, WHAT IS IT? HIS GROUP ROLLED AWAY, AND I WAS LAUGHING AT HIM.

, UH, TO, TO PRESENT A, UH, CITY MANAGER VETTED FIRST DRAFT OF A BUDGET, WHICH MEANS THE PRESENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS, UH, WAS BALANCED AGAINST WHAT THE BUDGET WAS BEING PREPARED TO PRODUCE FOR US.

SO THIS IS AN UNVETTED, UNCUT, UNFILTERED VIEW.

EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THEIR, I WOULD ASSUME NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT PROBABLY WILL HAVE THEIR, UH, TOTAL REQUEST PAIRED DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A FUNDING GAP THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ROCK YOUR WORLD.

IT HAS DONE US FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO SHOW US IF MONEY GREW ON TREES, THIS IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS SAY THEY NEED IN ORDER TO FUNCTION AT PEAK EFFICIENCY SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS.

AMBER.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE IT TO YOU BUT HAVEN'T HEARD EVERYTHING .

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD AND ON WHAT THE MAYOR JUST SAID, THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE REQUESTS IS, IS, IS A NEED BY EACH DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING IT DOWN TO THEIR NEEDS, BUT THEY ALSO REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T DO ALL THE NEEDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

BUT FOR THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST, THIS IS UNFILTERED FROM THEM TO YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT? ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS THE CITY COUNCIL SLIDE.

AND, UH, WHAT, AND GOING THROUGH BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING WISH WISHES FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL LINE ITEMS WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD 5% TO THE CITY COUNCIL LINE ITEMS FOR EACH OF YOUR COST CENTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 5% INCREASES GENERALLY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, FOR SIMILAR ITEMS. UH, COUNSEL CAN ADJUST THAT AS YOU WISH.

YOU MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO MAKE AN INCREASE IN YOUR STIPEND THAT YOU USE TO PAY FOR THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST STAB AT ADDRESSING YOUR COST CENTERS.

SO THIS WILL BE AN INCREASE FOR EACH OF THE LINE ITEMS WE HAVE.

OR CAN WE, LIKE, AS WE PLANNED LAST YEAR, THAT WE COULD KIND OF ADJUST IF WE RAN OUT OF ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS? WE COULD, WE CAN MOVE FROM A DIFFERENT POCKET.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE USED LIKE, BUT 30 40% OF WHAT WAS ALLOCATED, I DON'T REMEMBER.

SO THE, THE BUDGET CAN MOVE BETWEEN LINES.

WE JUST CAN'T, ONCE THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, WE CAN'T INCREASE THE BOTTOM LINE OF EACH CALL CENTER FOR COUNCIL UNLESS THERE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO IS THIS 10,000 PER COUNCIL MEMBER? THAT'S TOTAL.

TOTAL, YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S 1537 PER COUNCIL MEMBER.

A YEAR INCREASE.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN THINK ABOUT AND GET BACK TO US LATER, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENTED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO STOP NEXT UP IS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO WE ONLY HAVE REALLY TWO REQUESTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, GOT INPUT FROM OUR NEW CITY MANAGER YET.

BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH, PARTICULARLY THIS PAST YEAR IS WE'VE PUT MORE AND MORE FOCUS ON GRANTS IS BEING, BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE THOSE GRANTS AND NOT ONLY THE GRANT APPLICATION'S, ONLY PART OF IT, ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE GRANT, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT AND REPORT ON THAT GRANT.

SO WE'RE PUTTING IN OUR BUDGET, UH, POSITION AND SUPPORT COSTS FOR THAT POSITION FOR $103,000 FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE GRAND RIDER ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY.

OH, WE NEED THAT BADLY.

TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, WHATEVER.

SO WHAT IS THE SUPPORT COST FOR ONE NEW POSITION? WHAT IS LIKE, LIKE EVERYTHING THAT IT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

LIKE IT'S COMPUTER, TELEPHONE, SO SUPPLIES, YEAH.

WAIT, THEY SHOULD COME WITH THAT.

I'M NOT PAYING 103,000 OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DEPEND

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WHAT, WHAT KIND OF GRANT WE HAVE THAT MAY REQUIRE OUR TIME FOR ONBOARDING.

I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR.

LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA PAY GOOD, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TRAIN OR CERTIFY ANYBODY UNLESS I DON'T.

NO, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ONBOARDING, LIKE WELCOME TO THE CITY OF KYLE.

NO, I GET THAT.

OUR CULTURE CURRENT TRAINING, HE TALK ABOUT BEING CERTIFIED.

I KNOW WELL, WE WOULD, WE WOULD PRESENT THAT POSITION DESCRIPTION TO YOU AS FAR AS THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH HIRING INDIVIDUALS FOR, FOR OUR TEAM IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU LOOK FOR FIT AND THEN YOU CAN TRAIN FOR THE SKILL.

SO JUST TO THE EFFECT ABOUT BEING CERTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE ASK FOR THE CERTIFICATIONS, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A GREAT JOB, WE DON'T MIND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN THAT CERTIFICATION AS PART AS THEIR, I DON'T MIND.

I MEAN, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT MAKES SENSE.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA PAY AN EXTRA 10,000 FOR SOMEBODY TO, TO CERTIFY THEM AND GET THEM READY FOR THE POSITION, WHY DON'T WE JUST ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10% TO THAT SALARY AND SEE IF WE CAN HIT A DIFFERENT RANGE OF EMPLOYEES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? SURE.

THE, THE FORECAST TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND, AND HARD AND HARD COST.

AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I THINK YOU PROBABLY SHOULD JUST NOT LISTEN TO ME WHEN I WILL NEVER.

NEXT UP IS OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, PRESENTED BY JENNIFER KIRKLAND.

JENNIFER KIRKLAND, CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD.

UM, WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ESSENTIALLY FOR CLERICAL TYPE DUTIES THAT FALL UNDER MY OFFICE.

AND, UM, WE, IT WILL ALLOW FOR, IT'LL BE LIKE FOR PAYROLL THINGS, FOR ACCOUNTING THINGS, UM, PROCESSING PAYMENTS WITH ACCOUNTING AND ALL THAT.

UH, ALONG WITH ANY KIND OF, UM, TRAVEL COORDINATION, THINGS THAT GENERALLY FALL IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE MORE CLERICAL IN NATURE.

SO THAT IS A REQUEST.

UH, THAT'S MY LARGEST REQUEST AS OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN OVER FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

WHILE IT WAS JUST ME, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO THROW A SHIRT IN FOR ME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE OF A DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ASKING FOR A VERY SMALL $600 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.

AND THE NEXT THING IS MEDIA CONVERSION.

THIS LAST YEAR WE HIRED A, UH, RECORDS RETENTION CLERK, RECORDS MANAGEMENT CLERK.

AND SHE HAS BEEN PULLING ALL OF OUR HISTORICAL RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE.

AND WITH THAT WE'VE FOUND SEVERAL VARIOUS TYPES OF MEDIA THAT ARE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE DEVICES TO PLAY THEM.

THERE'S, UM, LIKE TWO AND A HALF INCH CD TYPE DISCS.

THERE'S CASSETTE TAPES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING, IF WE CAN'T FIND PAPER VERSIONS OF WHAT IS ON THOSE, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM CONVERTED.

UM, SO THAT IS WHAT THE MEDIA CONVERSION REQUEST IS FOR.

THE FURNITURE IS JUST FOR SMALL THINGS, UH, THAT WE MIGHT NEED AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPENS AND DIFFERENT THINGS GET MOVED AROUND.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S COVERED AS FAR AS IF WE NEED AN EXTRA ROLLING CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

COULD THE MEDIA, I'M SO SORRY, JENNIFER MM-HMM.

, COULD THE MEDIA CONVERSION WILL FALL UNDER IT? NO.

MAYBE I, I'M SURE IT WILL HELP SUPPORT THAT, BUT, UH, ACTIVITY FALLS UNDER THE CITY'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

UM, SO IS, IS EVERY WE DONE MAKE SURE I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT.

SO MEMBERSHIPS AND DUES, WHY IS THAT NEGATIVE? SO LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD PROPOSED SEVERAL NEW POSITIONS AND WE, UM, THE, THE MEMBERSHIP IN, IN DUES GOT INFLATED FOR THOSE SEVERAL NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT GRANTED.

AND SO WE HAVE REEVALUATED EXACTLY WHICH ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN, WHICH IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATED CHAPTER.

AND, UM, WE HAVE, THERE'S CERTAIN OTHER THINGS LIKE NOTARY SERVICES THAT WE PAY OUT OF THAT LINE.

UM, AND, AND WITH ALL OF THAT INCLUDED, WE DON'T NEED AS MUCH AS WHAT WAS BUDGETED OKAY.

FOR THE LAST YEAR.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS GONNA BE, ARE WE, IF YOU, IF WE HIRE A SPECIAL ASSISTANT, IS WE'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO CUZ IT LOOKS LIKE EMILY IS CURRENTLY ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.

THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING HAS BEEN OUTDATED FOR A LONG TIME.

SO SHE DOES A LOT OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS COMING ON.

ONE IS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, HAVE A NEW AGENDA, SOFTWARE AGENDA MINUTES.

UM, BOTH OF THE, THE ONE

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AND I PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS FAR AS LIKE GETTING USERS ON BOARD.

THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE USE FOR EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION WITH THE WHOLE CITY.

SO, UM, WHICH WE HAVE QUITE A FEW AT THIS POINT.

AND, UM, IT'S LIKE MAKING SURE ALL THE TEMPLATES ARE SET.

I'LL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THAT IT COMPANY TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE IN-HOUSE INFORMATION FOR THAT.

UM, I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE AND THE SOFTWARE DIDN'T WORK AT THE END OF IT, I REMEMBER.

SO IT TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF HARDCORE TIME, UM, DEVELOPING THAT SOFTWARE THAT DID NOT WORK IN.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THAT KIND OF STUFF? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME EFFICIENT OR STAFF EFFICIENT TO HAVE OUR CITY SECRETARY WORK ON SOFTWARE, WHICH I THINK IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO THE THAT COMMENT.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE THE WORKFLOWS AND PROCESSES OF GETTING AN AGENDA SET.

AND SO IT'S LESS SO MUCH OF, UM, IT AS MUCH AS IT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT USE THE SOFTWARE.

SO THAT'S ONE LARGE PROJECT.

THE OTHER LARGE PROJECT IS ALL OF THIS BACKLOG OF RECORDS THAT, UM, OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT CLERK IS WORKING ON.

WE ARE LOOKING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF ALL THE NEW RECORDS THAT WE'RE CREATING SO THAT, UM, EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO WHAT THEY NEED AND THAT IT'LL HAVE AUTOMATIC WORKFLOWS TO NOTIFY THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF, HEY, IT'S TIME TO REVIEW THIS.

IT MIGHT BE TIME TO DESTROY.

AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER HUGE PROJECT THAT I PERSONALLY WILL BE WORKING ON.

THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS OF WORKFLOWS AND MAKING SURE ALL THOSE SCHEDULES ARE CORRECT.

UM, SO EMILY IS MY BACKUP FOR MEETINGS.

SHE, UM, DOES, RIGHT NOW SHE DOES THE PRIMARY BULK OF OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, WHICH WE GET QUITE A FEW AND THEY'RE ONLY INCREASING.

UM, SO SHE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND I, I'M HOPING TO HAVE A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT CAN HANDLE THE CLERICAL THINGS TO FREE.

SHE'S VERY COMPETENT IN DOING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S COMPLEX.

AND SO I WANT TO USE HER ABILITIES FOR THAT.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T? CUZ THOSE ARE SHORT TERM.

SO I'D HATE TO HIRE SOMEBODY AT $67,000 A YEAR, UM, WHEN WE COULD.

THAT INCLUDES THEIR BENE THEIR BENEFITS AS FAR AS, OKAY, SO LIKE IF, IF WE HAVE PROJECTS, UM, CAN WE CONTRACT THAT OUT? CAN WE HIRE SOMEBODY BASED ON A CONTRACT? SO YOU COULD DO THIS AND THEN DO THIS AND THEN KIND OF FILL OUT LIKE, DO WE NEED TWO ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY SECRETARY? SO WE ARE DOING, WE ARE CONTRACTING OUT FOR THESE SOFTWARES.

UM, WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING THEM IN-HOUSE.

UH, BUT THERE HAS TO BE AN IN-HOUSE EXPERT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SET UP PROPERLY FOR, UM, FOR THE CITY'S USE.

SO THESE THINGS ARE LIKE THE CLERICAL THINGS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENS REGULARLY IS WE'LL GO OUT FOR AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, IT HAS TO BE INTERPRETED.

UM, IT HAS TO BE, IT'S VERY, UM, DOES OUR LEGAL DO THAT? THEY DO AND THEY PROVIDE US A MEMO AND THEN WE TAKE THAT MEMO AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE AG OPINION.

SOMETIMES, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE AG WILL SAY, GO BACK TO THIS OTHER OPINION MM-HMM.

AND, AND USE THAT AND USE THIS AND PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S VERY COMPLEX WORK TO DO.

AND, UH, SO THAT HAS GENERALLY FALLEN, FALLEN ON ME.

AND I AM PRETTY BOOKED UP WITH, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BLESS AND THE, UM, CONTRACTS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES STAY UP TO DATE AND ARE ACCURATE.

UM, I, I DO A LOT OF THE MORE COMPLEX TYPE THINGS AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER THOSE THINGS TO EMILY AS A BACKUP AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT CAN DO THE CLERICAL STUFF.

SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH ALL THE AGS OPINIONS AS WE SPEAK.

I'VE REQUESTED THOSE AND I'M REVIEWING THEM AND I WILL SAY, I'VE, I'VE READ EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY, GO AHEAD AND, UH, REFER TO THIS.

AND I, AND, AND WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO ARE LITTLE THINGS LIKE WHEN YOU ENTITLE A DOCUMENT, YOU USE THAT, THAT NUMBER THAT THE AG GIVES YOU TO SAVE IT AS FOR A QUICK REFERENCE BECAUSE I'M HAVING TO OPEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHERE'S THAT REFERENCE NUMBER.

AND SO, AND WE DO DO THAT.

UM, ALL OF OUR STUFF IS SAVED THAT WAY.

THE ONES THAT WERE SENT TO YOU, I HAD TO PULL FROM THE EMAILS THAT WERE SENT FROM LEGAL BECAUSE WHENEVER I GET THOSE, I'LL RENAME THEM APPROPRIATELY AND PUT THEM INTO OUR SOFTWARE THAT, FOR EACH

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OF THOSE REQUESTS.

AND SO THEY ARE RENAMED FOR QUICK REFERENCE.

HOWEVER, I JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE THOSE.

YOU DID, YOU RECEIVED ALL OF 'EM.

THEY'RE JUST NAMED THE WAY THAT THEY WERE NAMED FROM NO, NO.

ALL I'M SAYING IS LIKE, YEAH, I'M HAVING TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM AND LOOK AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SIMPLIFY THE JOB OVERALL.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD RENAMED THEM TO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT I RECEIVED.

AND SO THAT WAS THE QUICKEST WAY FOR ME TO FIND ALL OF THEM WERE TO SEARCH FROM LEGAL.

MAYBE YOU AND JERRY AND BRIAN CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME.

WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED A SPECIAL ASSISTANT USE OF TIME FOR BUDGET GOING THROUGH HER PROCESS.

IT REALLY ISN'T.

WELL HER PROCESS IS, IS GONNA HELP US DECIDE IF WE NEED THIS, REMEMBER SPECIAL ASSISTANT, BUT YOU IT, IT'S FINE.

BUT WE, WE NEED TO BE LIMITED TO LIKE ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS PER PER DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS NOT A 30 QUESTION KIND OF SITUATION.

SO HE'S, HE'S NOT WRONG.

THERE'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH AND WE CAN'T GET SO FOCUSED ON THE MINUTIA.

YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A MINUTIA.

I LITERALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SHOULD WE SPEND $67,000 ON AN ASSISTANT, IS THAT NEEDED? I I UNDERSTAND.

THAT WAS OVERALL MY QUESTION.

AND THE LAST REQUEST IS OVERTIME PAY.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO OVERTIME BUDGET AND, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, EMILY AND AMBER, THEY'RE BOTH HOURLY.

SO IF THERE'S ANY EXTRA PROJECTS, UM, OR EVEN COORDINATING FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AFTER HOURS, THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY OVERTIME BUDGET.

IF YOU DID GET AN ASSISTANT, COULD YOU SHARE IT IN A IN DEPARTMENTS OR, OR WOULD YOU BE FULL-TIME WITH YOU, WITH YOUR GROUP? HUH? WOULD THE IT'S WITH THE ASSISTANT HAVE ENOUGH TO DO? YES.

FOR SURE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FOR THE PERSON TO DO.

, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK, THANK YOU.

AS Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW, OUR WONDERFUL VIDEOGRAPHER HAS PUT OUT A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR AND WE'VE WON FIVE AWARDS LAST YEAR AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS.

NEXT UP IS REQUEST FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PRESENTED BY RACHEL SONIER, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

HELLO, COUNSEL.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, PRETEND.

UM, SO OUR FIRST, UH, ITEMS ARE FOR A REQUEST FOR A NEW AUDIO AND FILM PRODUCTION SPECIALIST.

UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FILMING, UH, IN THE CITY, ALL VIDEO EDITING WORK.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE ALSO IS THE ONLY LICENSED DRONE OPERATOR IN THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO ALL C I P REPORT PHOTOS, UH, OR VIDEOS, ALL DEVELOPMENT IMAGES AND VIDEOS THAT WE TAKE FOR, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING ONLINE OR BEING BUILT ARE TAKEN BY HIM.

UH, HE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR BROADCASTING ALL LIVE MEETINGS, SO COUNCIL P AND Z ETHICS COMMISSION.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HE ALSO PROGRAMS OUR PEG CHANNEL SINGLE-HANDEDLY AND IS THE ONE THAT ALSO UPLOADS ALL COMMISSION COMMITTEE AND BOARD VIDEOS THAT ARE NOT BROADCAST LIVE.

UM, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY REQUESTING THIS POSITION TO HELP SPLIT THAT WORK TO TWO PEOPLE BECAUSE HE'S WORKING OVERTIME PRETTY REGULARLY, UM, EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE RECLASS OUR CURRENT VIDEO SPECIALIST TO A AUDIO AND FILM PRODUCTION MANAGER SO THAT HE COULD OVERSEE THIS ONCOMING POSITION.

AND IT WOULD ALSO JUST BETTER ALIGN WITH SOME OF THE, UH, JOBS THAT HE'S FACILITATING, SUCH AS OVERSEEING CONTRACTS FOR VIDEO CREW AND, UH, ACTORS THAT WE HIRE IN ADDITION TO HELPING, UH, ASSEMBLE OUR EQUIPMENT BUDGET EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND ADEQUATELY, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE THOSE, MAKE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, VENDORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IT WOULD JUST BETTER ALIGN WITH HIS POSITION AND THE, UH, JOBS THAT HE'S FULFILLING FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME AS WELL.

WE ARE ALSO ASKING TO RECLASS OUR, UH, MARKETING AND MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST TO SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

UH, THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS IS THAT HE'S CURRENTLY FULFILLING SEVERAL FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION, INCLUDING OVERSEEING, UM, GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN LAST SUMMER, AS WELL AS ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE THIS SUMMER.

AND, UH, POSSIBLY ONE IN THE FALL IF WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT.

UH, HE ALSO IS THE PERSON THAT IS MANAGING BUILDING AND, UH, OVERSEEING ALL OF OUR, UH, LARGE ADVERTISING CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THINGS LIKE TOUR TEXAS COMMUNITY IMPACT TEXAS MONTHLY.

UM, THESE ARE LARGE ADVERTISING CONTRACTS THAT TAKE A LOT OF COORDINATION AND OVERSEE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING US OUR SHARE OF THE MARKET AND ALL OF THAT.

SO HE'S BEEN VERY GREAT IN STEPPING UP INTO THOSE ROLES AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO UP OUR TRAINING AND CONFERENCE MONEY.

SO, UH,

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BUT WE'D LIKE TO STEP IT UP AND ENTER OUR WORK INTO THE NATIONAL WORK.

AND WITH THAT COMES WITH INCREASED FEES AS WELL AS, UH, WITH EVERY SUBMISSION THERE'S AN INCREASE FEE FOR ESSENTIALLY SUBMITTING THAT TO BE IN THE RUNNING.

SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $386 IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR TRAINING AND CONFERENCE FUND TO UH, FUND THAT NA MEMBERSHIP.

AND THEN, UM, OUR OTHER BUDGET LINE ITEM ON HERE IS FOR, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY AN INCREASE, IT'S JUST KIND OF A RE DIVVYING OF THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

SO, AS Y'ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS BUDGET ONLY HAD OUR, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS MARKETING BUDGET, SORRY, ONLY HAD $10,000 IN IT AND THAT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

BUT, UM, COUNCIL VERY GRACIOUSLY TOOK THE BRAND AMBASSADOR CONTRACT THAT WE HAD AND REPURPOSED THAT $50,000 TO GO TOWARDS SPECIAL EVENTS MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT RE DIVVIED UP WHERE, UH, WE MOVE APPROXIMATELY 15 THOUSANDS OF THAT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING LINE THAT GOES TOWARDS REGULAR EVENTS AND KEEPING 45,000 OF THAT IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS MARKETING LINE.

UH, SO JUST RE DIVVYING NOT REALLY NEW FUNDS IN THAT SENSE.

UH, AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT ALSO, UM, WITH THAT INCREASE OF BUDGET THAT WE GOT THIS YEAR, I THINK IT WAS REALLY THE SPECIAL SAUCE THAT GOT US ON INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND NATIONAL NEWS FOR THE KYLE GATHERING.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT MORE, UH, CONTRACTS FOR TOUR TEXAS, TEXAS MONTHLY, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT REALLY HELPED US GET THE WORD OUT FAR AND WIDE AND ACTUALLY GIVE US A CHANCE TO GET THE KYLE GATHERING WORLD RECORD THIS YEAR.

SO, UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT BUDGET LINE ITEM IS FOR AN INCREASE OF $5,000 TO OUR VIDEO PRODUCTION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES LINE, UH, CURRENTLY THAT SITS AT AROUND $10,000 RIGHT NOW.

AND IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF THE VIDEO WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

UH, THE GRINCH VIDEOS, UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD JUST REALLY GREAT PRODUCTION VALUE WITH THOSE AND THAT WAS THROUGH, OH SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PARSLEY.

OH, OKAY.

UH, THAT WAS THROUGH BEING ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE FOR AUDIO EDITING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AN EXTRA CREW MEMBER TO HELP SHOOT DIFFERENT SHOTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NOT REALLY POSSIBLE WITH ONE PERSON ON A CAMERA AND DIRECTING.

UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THAT TO ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE PHOTOGRAPHERS AT EVENTS, MORE VIDEOGRAPHERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE BIG EVENTS LIKE KYLE FAIR AND, UH, HIGH IN SKY AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S SOMETIMES MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING AT ONCE AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ONE PERSON TO CAPTURE.

SO, UH, AND THEN OUR OTHER LINE ITEMS ARE PUBLIC NOTICES.

WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC LINE, UH, NOTICE LINE ITEM AND COMMUNICATIONS AND WE KIND OF RAN INTO A STUMBLING BLOCK THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT BEC UH, WE POSTED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RFPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR SERVICES AND THIS WILL ACTUALLY HELP US, UH, NOT HAVE TO EMAIL PERVEZ AND ASK, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT MONEY FROM FOR A PUBLIC NOTICE .

AND THEN, UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE, UH, A DIALOGUE EVENTS IS ON THERE.

WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE AN EVENTS BUDGET LINE UNDER COMMUNICATIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE DIALOGUES PER YEAR.

UH, NATIONAL PIE DAY IS IN P P I E AND THE NATIONAL PIE DAY IS IN 3.14 AS WELL.

SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CREATE AN EVENTS BUDGET LINE THAT HAS $900 IN IT THAT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT $300 PER, UH, DIALOGUE EVENT AND ABOUT $150 PER PIE DAY EVENT TO JUST KIND OF, UH, INVEST IN THOSE EVENTS AND ACTUALLY MAKE THEM FUN AND WORTHWHILE.

UM, UH, IT WOULD ONLY BE AN INCREASE OF 5 85 BECAUSE WE'D BE, UM, COMBINING OUR MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES BUDGET LINE ITEM AND OUR, UH, MISCELLANEOUS OCCASION SUPPLIES LINE OF $315 TOGETHER TO MAKE A $900 LINE ITEM ALTOGETHER.

AND THEN OUR LAST REQUEST IS FOR, UH, AN ADDITIONAL 10,368 FOR OUR AUDIO INVENT, UH, AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE GET $21,318 PER YEAR.

UH, WITH THAT BUDGET THAT Y'ALL ALLOWED US LAST YEAR, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO, UH, SO OUR CURRENT VIDEOGRAPHER HAD BEEN MOSTLY USING HIS OWN PERSONAL EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NOT INSURED BY THE CITY.

UH, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, TO GET THOSE REALLY GREAT QUALITY VIDEOS THAT WE HAVE.

THE BUDGET LINE ITEM Y'ALL GAVE US LAST YEAR ALLOWED US TO REPLACE ALL THAT AND WE NOW HAVE ALL CITY OWNED EQUIPMENT THAT IS INSURED BY THE CITY IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS TO IT.

UH, NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO UP THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

UH, SO ALLOWING US TO HAVE THAT EXTRA 10,000 IN PEG FUNDS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO, UH, IMPROVE CINEMATIC QUALITY BY GETTING A 4K CAMERA.

UH, WOULD GET A MACBOOK THAT IS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF HA UH, HANDLING

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HIGH VIDEO DEFINITION EDITING, UH, TAKES A LOT OF RAM TO DO THAT AND THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE LAPTOP A LOT OF TIMES THAT ARE NOT REGULAR EQUIPMENT FOR A CITY EMPLOYEE.

UM, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO BUY A SPECIALTY CART FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT SO THAT IT DOES NOT GET DAMAGED BECAUSE UH, THOSE HIGH QUALITY LENSES AND CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE VERY FRAGILE AND THEY REQUIRE VERY SPECIALTY CASES A LOT OF TIMES TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND PROTECTED AND WHATNOT.

AND THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR LINE ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS ? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I'LL BE QUICK.

UH, SO WHAT ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING ARE WE DOING TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC NOTICES THAT IT'S NOT DIGITAL? SO, UH, FOR PUBLIC NOTICES SPECIFICALLY, WE PUBLISHED IN THE HAS FREE PRESS AND UH, ABOUT, IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THE PUBLIC NOTICES.

THE LAST TWO THAT WE RAN THIS YEAR WERE EACH ABOUT 585 TO $700.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR THREE PUBLIC NOTICES IN A YEAR IF WE NEED THEM FOR ANY RFPS, RFQ OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT COMMUNICATIONS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR SOME EVENTS THAT PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL HEAR SOME RESIDENTS I HAVEN'T, FIRST TIME I HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENT OR FIRST TIME I HEAR ABOUT THAT EVENT, HOW, HOW CAN WE INCREASE BUDGET FOR THAT TYPE OF ADVERTISING SO WE CAN REACH, OH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARKETING ADVERTISING MARKETING, YES.

IT'S A DIFFERENT THING FROM PUBLIC NOTICES FOR US.

SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE, LET ME GO PULL IT UP MY BUDGET WORKSHEET RIGHT NOW.

SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN THE UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE KIND OF TWO, UH, SO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS IN ADVERTISING MONEY.

IS UNDER ACTUALLY PARKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS WITH THAT THEY ONLY HAD $10,000 UNTIL COUNCIL ALLOTTED $50,000 EXTRA FROM THAT BRAND AND BRAS CONTRACT.

THAT WE DECIDED TO NOT GO FORTH FOR.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD $60,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, BUT IT WAS JUST FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.

WITH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TEXAS MONTHLY, UH, ADVERTISEMENT, DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT, WHICH GOT US A LOT OF SHARES AND A LOT OF PUBLICITY THIS YEAR.

UH, FOR KYLE FAIR.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO UH, UP OUR TEXAS TOUR PAGE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR OKAY.

SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT INCLUDED KYLE FAIR PIE IN THE SKY AS WELL AS UH, OUR FOUNDERS PARADE, OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE, UH, AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE RUNNING ON THAT TEXAS TOUR PAGE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A, UH, WAIT ON, SORRY, GOING BACK TO MY NOTES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME EVERYTHING.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ALLOCATED TO SHARE YES.

THIS YEAR.

LIKE EXPLORE THE ADVERTISING FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS OR ANYTHING.

DEFINITELY THAT $50,000 HELPED A LOT AND HONESTLY THE RECLASS FOR THIS IS JUST TAKING 15,000 FROM SPECIAL EVENTS AND PUTTING IT INTO NORMAL EVENT ADVERTISING.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PARKS REGULAR EVENTS THAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE MONTH AS WELL AS OUR LIBRARY EVENTS.

JUST THOSE RUN IN THE MILL EVERY WEEK EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ALLOWING US TO REALLY INVEST IN ADVERTISING FOR THEM IN THE PAPER CUZ PAPER ADS, DIGITAL ADS, THEY CAN ALL GET VERY EXPENSIVE VERY QUICK.

AND THEN NEXT ONE WILL BE, SINCE WE ARE DOING THIS VIDEOS AND WE WERE SO, SO POPULAR LAST YEAR WITH THE GRINCH VIDEOS, CAN ANY NEW GRINCH CUSTOM BE UNDER ITEM BE UNDER OUR UH, YES.

SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY A VIDEO, SO UNDER THAT 10, NOT 10,000, SORRY, UNDER THE ADDITIONAL 5,000 FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN AND UH, VIDEO WORK THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES A PROP BUDGET AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE FOR THAT? UH, 1500 FOR PROPS, 1500 FOR PROP.

YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GRINCH COSTUME CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF TORN CAUSE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A LATEX THING, BUT IT WAS ALSO VERY DIFFICULT.

IT WAS LIKE, UH, OUR WONDERFUL ACTOR THAT PLAYS THE GRINCH, HE WASN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE GRINCH SHOOTS.

SO WE OFTEN HAD K P D OFFICERS THAT WERE NOT, UH, OFFICER PAYS FILL IN FOR A LOT OF THOSE SCENES.

SO WE WERE THINKING LIKE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST IDEA TO GET THE LATEX.

IT'S ALSO HAS A VERY LIMITED LIFE, LIKE FOUR WEAR THING FOR THE LATEX.

SO WE'RE THINKING JUST GETTING A BETTER SUIT THAT'S FULL BODY STILL, BUT HAS LIKE FULL CLOSURE IN THE BACK AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND WHEN YOU SAY PROPS 1500, ARE WE DOING PROPS FOR WHAT? LIKE FOR ONLY FOR CHRISTMAS OR? NO, IT'S, UH, IT'S PROPS FOR ALL OF OUR VIDEO WORK .

SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE PIRATE TREASURE HUNT STUFF, UH, THAT WE DO FOR NATIONAL PI PIE DAY, UH, TREASURE CHESS FOR THAT WORK, UH, PIRATE'S COSTUME FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT BUDGET NEEDS TO GO UP.

, , I MEAN WE CAN DEFINITELY ALLOCATE.

SO THAT'S ALL, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS UNDER THAT ONE BUDGET ITEM THAT'S VIDEO CREW PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE, UH,

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PROPS FOR IT.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY, UM, I, I DON'T, I NEVER HEARD A NEGATIVE COMMENT LAST YEAR , IT WAS THE ONE THING THAT LIKE ALL THE GRINCH VIDEOS WENT SO VIRAL AND PEOPLE LOVED IT.

SO DEFINITELY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING THE MONEY ON NEW AUDIO AND FIELD PRODUCTION SPECIALIST AND YOU KNOW, GRAPHIC DESIGNER RECLASS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE BUDGETS A LITTLE HIGHER TO GET GOOD QUALITY PROPS.

NO, DEFINITELY.

UH, WE CAN EITHER REORGANIZE THOSE PROP, UH, BUDGET TO KEEP IT AROUND THE SAME IF Y'ALL WOULD PREFER THAT OR WE CAN UP IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SPECIFICALLY THE PROPS BUDGET.

I THINK.

SO.

AND THEN LAST WITH UM, DIALOGUE, ARE WE INCLUDING ALL THE THREE DIALOGUES FOR 5 85? SO IT, SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE WOULD BE MAKING THAT A $900 BUDGET IN TOTAL, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 300 SOME ODD DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ESSENTIALLY BEEN USING FOR THOSE DIALOGUES BEFORE THAT COMES FROM OUR MISCELLANEOUS OCCASION SUPPLY AND MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES BUDGET.

SO WE WOULD JUST BE COMBINING ALL OF THAT WITH THE ADDITIONAL 5 85 TO MAKE AN EVENTS BUDGET LINE THAT COVERS ALL THREE DIALOGUES FOR $900 PLUS OUR TWO PIE DAY EVENTS THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.

I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK OFF OF, UH, DANIELLA'S COMMENT REGARDING ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.

SO, UM, WHAT, HOW DOES KYLE CURRENTLY ADVERTISE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY? UH, NOT SO MUCH.

I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT TEXAS MONTHLY AND TEXAS TOUR PAGE AND, AND THOSE MAY BE SUBSCRIPTIONS, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM LIKE THE WALL THAT HILLS AND AND LOCAL ADVERTISING IS THAT THE ADVERTISING IS JUST NOT OUT THERE.

AND SO AS A COUNCIL, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP SUPPORT GETTING LOCAL ADVERTISEMENT TO THE RESIDENTS? THAT'S WHAT THE $15,000 BEING MOVED UNDER REGULAR EVENTS IS FOR ALSO CUZ UH, CURRENTLY, RIGHT.

WE USE COMMUNITY IMPACT A LOT CAUSE THEY HAVE THESE POSTCARDS THAT GO OUT TO EVERY SINGLE MAILBOX AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEET PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ANYWHERE DIGITALLY WITH ADVERTISEMENT.

THERE'S ONLY SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN REACH THEM.

YOU CAN REACH THEM THROUGH MAIL AND YOU CAN REACH THEM THROUGH BILLBOARDS AND YOU CAN REACH THEM ONLY THROUGH REALLY PHYSICAL ADVERTISEMENT, WHICH ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE FORMS OF ADVERTISEMENT.

SO FOR US, THAT WOULD BE INCREASING OUR, UH, ADVERTISEMENTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS LIKE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND HAS FREE PRESS.

AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, DOING THINGS LIKE HAVING, UH, MORE BILLBOARD TIME, WHICH WE GOT PRETTY DECENT BILLBOARD TIME, BUT WE HAVE TO SPARE IT OUT FOR THINGS LIKE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE ONLY GET SO MUCH RUN TIME PER MONTH AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT $15,000 BEING MOVED FROM SPECIAL EVENTS OVER TO OUR REGULAR ADVERTISING LINE IS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF USE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE INDISCRIMINATELY, UH, FOR LOCAL EVENTS SUCH AS LIKE ANYTHING PARKS IS HOSTING ANYTHING, LIBRARIES, HOSTING, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANNA THINK OUTTA THE BOX OUTSIDE OF THE BOX FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE COMMUNITY IMPACT IS, IS THEY'RE NOT WEEKLY.

I MEAN THEY'RE NO, THEY'RE MONTHLY.

THEY'RE MONTHLY, WEEKLY.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERN THERE.

AND, AND I KNOW HAS FREE PRESS IS ALSO WEEKLY THEY, OR THEY'RE WEEKLY WENT ONCE A WEEK.

WEEKLY, YEAH.

WEEKLY.

AND SO I JUST WANNA, WHAT CAN WE DO, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING? WE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO GORILLA ADVERTISING, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THAT KIND OF, UH, INVOLVES THINGS LIKE, UM, WE BOUGHT CHALK SPRAY PAINT AND MADE SURE WE GOT APPROVAL FROM K P D BEFORE WE WENT AROUND AND SPRAY PAINTED.

SO NO ONE GET ARRESTED, BUT, UH, DOING , BUT LIKE FOR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'S UH, A LITTLE MORE GORILLA MARKETING.

SO POSTERS, UH, WE GOT, UH, UP IN OUR PRINTING BUDGET LAST YEAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN USING THAT TO PRODUCE MORE POSTERS OR POSTCARDS TO HAND OUT AT CITY EVENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ATTENDING WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, THAT GORILLA ADVERTISING COULD INCLUDE ANYTHING LIKE, YEAH, SPRAY PAINTING, SIDEWALK, UH, NOTES AND THINGS ABOUT EVENTS COMING UP LIKE KYLE FAIR OR ADDING, UH, FOR INSTANCE, LAST YEAR FOR PIE IN THE SKY, WE UH, WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF OUR HOT AIR BALLOON ARTISTS TO, UH, GIVE US THEIR BASKET FOR A MONTH TO PROMOTE IT, THE LIBRARY, UM, IN THEIR LOBBY FOR PIE IN THE SKY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE JUST TRY TO FIND LITTLE CREATIVE WAYS TO GET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AROUND TALENT, PHYSICAL MARKETING.

SO WOULD YOU ALSO GET MORE MERCHANDISE, KYLE MERCHANDISE IN THIS BUDGET? SO WE ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU MM-HMM.

NEED TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY.

SO THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT UNDER US.

THE, UH, WE HELP, HR ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HANDLES THE KYLE STORE, BUT WE HELP THEM DESIGN SHIRTS AND OTHER MERCHANDISE FOR, UH, THE KYLE STORE.

SO WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF WE GOTTEN UP IN THAT BUDGET MM-HMM.

UM, BUT IT WOULD TECHNICALLY STILL BE UNDER HR, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE PROBABLY COULD PUT OUT MORE THINGS LIKE, UH, BRANDING WISE FOR KYLE, STORE HATS, SHIRTS, STICKERS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ROBUST AB CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING LIKE PROJECTING SPEECHES, UH, SPEAKERS, PLATFORMS, VARIOUS THINGS, DO YOU JUST RENT ALL OF THAT AT EACH AND EVERY YES.

RACHEL, ON YOUR, ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE DO WHERE

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EVENT? WE OFTEN DO THAT THROUGH VENDORS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT IN-HOUSE FOR PROJECTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE OR, UH, YEAH, LARGE, LARGE AV NEEDS .

SO IS THAT, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO PIECE TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, CERTAIN WE HAVE ACTUALLY, YES.

WE, SO THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY, WITH THE BUDGET Y'ALL GAVE US LAST YEAR, INVESTED IN A HIGH QUALITY PA SYSTEM.

WE JUST ORDERED IT LAST MONTH AND I THINK PARTS OF IT HAVE COME IN, NOT THE FULL THING YET.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING.

AND IN THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR, IT HAS AN ADDITIONAL TWO SPEAKERS TO ADD TO THAT PA SYSTEM SO THAT WE COULD DO LARGER SCALE EVENTS.

SO THE TWO, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE NOW THAT WE JUST ORDERED, THAT HAS TWO BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS THAT COME, UH, CONNECT TO IT, SO WE COULD REACH, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR LIKE 200 PERSON EVENTS, BUT IF WE GOT THE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS IN THE BUDGET REQUEST WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD MAKE US MORE CAPABLE OF, UH, PROJECTING, UH, ONTO LIKE 500 PERSON EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO RELY ON PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM ALSO FOR RIBBON CUTTINGS, GROUNDBREAKINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

RACHEL.

NEXT IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR VICTORIA IS READY FOR THAT.

VICTORIA VARGAS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.

UM, THAT IS FOR, UM, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN THAT LINE ITEM AND I'D LIKE TO USE THAT.

UH, WE HAVE AN ED COORDINATOR POSITION THAT WE'RE HIRING FOR.

UM, I'LL START INTERVIEWING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THERE.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURSE TRAINING, THAT'S, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM TAKE THAT.

UH, THERE IS A BUSINESS RETENTION, UM, CERTIFICATION ALSO THAT I WOULD LIKE LAUREN TO GET.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED.

AND THEN THERE'S A, UM, CERTIFICATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE MYSELF.

SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN, IN THAT REQUEST.

UH, THE SECOND REQUEST IS FOR AN INCREASE OF $2,500 IN CITY SPONSORED EVENT SUPPLIES.

UM, AND THIS PRIMARILY THIS INCREASE.

WE HAVE MONEY CURRENTLY THAT WE USE FOR OTHER ITEMS, BUT THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAMS. UM, I REALLY WANNA PUT A, A STRONG FOCUS ON OUR CURRENT BUSINESSES IN THOSE THAT ARE, ARE HERE NOW.

AND, UM, THAT POSITION IS LAUREN'S POSITION.

UM, AND SO I'D LIKE HER TO START HOSTING QUARTERLY, UH, BUSINESS RETENTION EVENTS SUCH AS EMPLOYER APPRECIATION EVENTS, UH, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ROUND TABLES, AWARDS AND OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT SHE CAN THINK OF.

AND THAT, UM, THAT REQUEST WILL BE MANAGED BY LAUREN, SO WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT THAT GOING FORWARD.

AND THEN, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THE NEXT LINE ITEM IS THE DOWNTOWN FACADE GRANT.

UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THE PROGRAM EXPIRED, BUT AT LEAST FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO.

UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK THE DOWNTOWN FACADE GRANT.

AND THAT IS, UM, MAINLY TO HELP BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN, A DESIGNATED DOWNTOWN AREA, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR FACADE.

UH, WITH THE PENDING APPROVAL OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.

I THINK THIS INITIATIVE WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT APPLICATION.

WE, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT WE USED TO USE PRIOR, SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THAT ONE, JUST MAKE SOME TWEAKS.

BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD TO, UM, PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN VETTING THE APPLICATIONS AND, UH, REALLY MANAGING THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT, UH, TASK FOR THEM TO TAKE ON.

I REQUESTED $150,000, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN THE, UH, PREVIOUS GRANT, THE MAXIMUM AWARD PER BUSINESS WAS $25,000.

UM, SO IT CAN BE AS LOW AS 3000 ALL THE WAY UP TO 25,000.

UM, JUST DEPENDING ON THE, THE WORK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING INTO THE BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE OUTWARD FACING.

ITS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS OF, UH, PAINT, LANDSCAPING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR AWNINGS, ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE FROM THE STREET THAT WOULD BEAUTIFY OUR DOWNTOWN.

UM, AND THE, UH, NEXT REQUEST IS FOR THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BUDGET, UH, REQUEST OF MINE IS VERY FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

I SPENT TIME WITH JASON TALKING ABOUT THE PERMIT FEE WAIVERS, WHAT CAN WE DO MORE FOR OUR SMALL

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AND MICRO BUSINESSES? UH, SO THAT WAS ONE THING JASON PUT IN HIS BUDGET.

AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, PROGRAM THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT IN HERE IS A $50,000 REQUEST FOR WHAT I'M CALLING KYLE CASH.

THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, AROUND THE NATION THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.

BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, UH, BUSINESSES WOULD APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND BASED ON THEIR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR BASED ON THEIR, UM, THEIR CAPITAL, UM, THEIR REVENUE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THEY QUALIFY FOR.

AND WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO IS PAY THE BUSINESS THE GRANT AMOUNT OF UP TO $25,000.

SO LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY A BUSINESS APPLIED, WE WOULD PAY THEM 25,000, $2,500 AND THEN, UM, WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE WHAT WE CALL KYLE CASH FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO USE.

AND SO WE CAN, WE COULD DO THAT BY DIFFERENT MEANS.

UM, PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS THAT LEADING UP TO SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, DURING NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

UM, DEPENDING ON HOW WE FIGURE OUT HOW THE DISTRIBUTION HAPPENS, WE CAN GIVE OUT KYLE CASH THAT'S WORTH $25 OR $50.

AND THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY TO GO AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR KYLE CASH AND TURN IT IN, AND THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO, TO THAT BUSINESS.

SO WE WOULD FIGURE OUT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM BOARD TO MANAGE THE APPLICATION AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

THIS WOULD ALSO GIVE THEM, UM, ANOTHER TASK THAT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON.

UM, THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE SPECIFICS.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST ALL SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND THEN THE LAST REQUEST IS, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN OUTSIDE PRINTING FOR THE CASH VOUCHERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE DOWNTOWN.

UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE RENT FROM, THEY WOULD NEED OWNERS TO GET YES.

SO IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE GRANT PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO GET THEIR, UM, THE OWNER TO SIGN OFF ON THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND LIKE, UH, MILTS USED IT, AND WHEN WE HAD THE, UM, LONE STAR KETTLE CORN USED IT TO DO LIKE THE LITTLE WAGON WHEEL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUILDING, MILKS USED IT TO DO THE COWBOY AND ALSO TO DO THEIR SIGN.

UM, BUT THEY JUST GOT, UM, APPROVAL FROM THE, FROM THEIR LANDLORD.

AND THEN, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO SEE OLD HIGHWAY 80, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FIXED UP.

AND TO SOMEHOW INCENTIVIZE, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE.

SO IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A BOUNDARY FOR THE DOWNTOWN? YES.

THERE'S ONE ATTACHED THAT TO THE, TO THE PREVIOUS, UM, APPLICATION THAT WE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I THINK I CAN WORK WITH PLANNING AND FIGURE OUT, I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION ALSO WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.

IS LIKE, WHAT IS DOWNTOWN? WHAT DO WE IDENTIFY? SO WE CAN MAYBE COINCIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR MAP TO MATCH WHAT, WHAT THEY IDENTIFY.

UM, AND I THINK THAT, THAT WE CAN MAKE A VERY STRONG, UM, SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHERE WE HAVE THIS GRANT ON TOP OF, WE HAVE FEE WAIVERS, YOU KNOW, TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR THEM TO, TO INVEST AND FOR US TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.

I NOTICED YOU DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, LIKE COULD YOU, DO YOU NEED ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANOTHER PERSON AND YOU'RE GROWING FAST.

SO FAST AND SOMETIMES THE PROJECTS ARE OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH THEM.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO LURE THESE BUSINESSES IN RETAIL, SO MM-HMM.

, JUST TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, UM, WOULD YOU ADD ANOTHER, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT IN YOUR BUDGET? I COULD CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE I THINK YOU WOULD NEED IT AS, AS, AS WE'RE MOVING AS FAST AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITION THAT I'LL BE, UM, DOING INTERVIEWS FOR IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UM, AND THAT COORDINATOR POSITION IS GOING TO DO A, UM, LOT OF MARKETING, UM, FOR US IN, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON OUR, ON OUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UM, WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, FOLLOW UP ON PROJECTS THAT I WOULD NEED A LOT OF HELP WITH.

AND, AND THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE, SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

RIGHT NOW, LAUREN IS MY ONLY PERSON AND SHE'S MY GO-TO FOR, FOR EVERY, SHE'S MY BACKUP FOR EVERYTHING.

AND, UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE COORDINATOR POSITION ONLINE.

AND THEN IF WE HAD ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT COULD DO MORE OF THE, THE DAY-TO-DAY, UM, OFFICE CLERICAL WORK, THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.

UM, BUT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE'RE GROWING

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UM, AS MANY AS WE HAVE AND WHAT WE KNOW THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE THAT'S COMING, UM, IS JUST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, INUNDATE OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

UM, BUT YES, I'D SAY CONSIDER IT AND BRING THAT BACK IS WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT AGAIN.

YEAH, I THINK I CAN MAYBE, UM, READJUST THE, THE ROLE OF THE COORDINATOR AND THEN THE, UM, ASSISTANT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, BRINGING THAT UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

NEXT DEPARTMENT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LIKE TO WILL PABA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

FOR THE RECORD, UH, WHAT I HAVE HERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEW POSITIONS.

UH, ONE IS A DEPUTY TO TRY AND SORT OF DEFRAY THE HOURS THAT I, UH, SORRY.

I WAS LIKE TODAY.

UH, I AM HERE FOR THIS BUDGET MEETING.

I WAS AWAKE SINCE ABOUT EIGHT 30 LAST NIGHT TO TRACK STORM PROGRESS AND CHECK ALL THE FLASHERS AND MAKE SURE ATX IS UPDATED.

SO THAT'S REALLY HARD TO DIVIDE WITH ONE PERSON.

UH, THE PLANNER POSITION IS MORE OF A SUPPORT ROLE.

THAT'S TO HELP, UH, CRACK DOWN ON THE GRANTS.

CURRENTLY I'M WORKING WITH PD TO FINISH OUT THEIR SHIELD GRANT, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I'M WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO TRY AND COMPLETE, UH, THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS, UH, TOTALING AROUND 2 MILLION FOR A NUMBER OF GENERATORS.

AND I AM WORKING, UH, WITH STUDENT FINANCE AND FEMA TO GET OUR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR WINTER STORM.

MARA.

THIS IS PUTTING OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING, THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN ON THE BACK BURNER WHILE I TACKLE THESE THINGS WITH LOOMING DEADLINES.

UM, SO IT'S HELPFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS WORKLOAD.

UH, THE REGULARIZED VEHICLES ARE, BECAUSE I KEEP TAKING MY PERSONAL VEHICLE OUT TO VARIOUS SCENES.

I'VE BEEN OUT ON A NUMBER OF CALLS WITH, UH, FIRE FOR GAS LEAKS AND WHATNOT.

AND IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY WHEN MY, UH, MY NISSAN JUST PULLS UP AND, YEAH, NO, I SWEAR.

HARPER'S TRUCK NEXT TIME.

BIG NOBBY HARPER'S TRUCK.

HE'S GOT THE BIG, IT'LL HANG.

I'LL BE BORROWING HARPER'S TRUCK.

THEN THE FIFTH ITEM IS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL.

UH, IT'S A WHILE AGO THOUGH, THE SIREN SYSTEM WE HAD EXPLORED LOOKING AT THAT AS GRANT FUNDED.

THERE ARE NO GRANTS FOR THIS SYSTEM.

I ASKED GODDARD, WHICH IS A REPUTABLE BUSINESS IN THE AREA, WHAT THE PRICE POINT WOULD BE FOR TWO SIRENS, EAST SIDE AND WEST SIDE, UH, TO COVER QUAIL RIDGE AND THE NAME OF THE NORTHERN, UH, COMMUNITY IS ESCAPING ME, BUT IT WOULD COVER EAST SIDE PRETTY WELL.

THE OTHER ONE WILL BE SITUATED RIGHT HERE ON THE WATER TOWER DOWNTOWN.

AND THAT'S, UH, ABOUT 123,000 JUST TO INSTALL.

UM, THESE ARE VERY MODERN VOICE-BASED SYSTEMS. THE, THE GUY CALLS 'EM LIKE THE VOICE IN THE SKY OR THE GOD VOICE .

THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LAUGHING CAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO.

, UM, HAZMAT RESPONSE MATERIALS IS IN RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED EARLIER THIS YEAR ON RARE OCCASIONS.

UM, THERE ARE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS LIKE, NO, NO PARTY HAZMAT SPILL.

NORMALLY WHEN HAZMAT SPILLS IN OUR CITY LIMITS, WHOEVER SPILLED IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOUPING ALL THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOUND UP EATING THAT COST BECAUSE THE GUY DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD SPILLED ANYTHING.

THERE WAS NO RESPONSIBLE PARTY AT THE SCENE.

WE EXPENDED NOT ONLY ALL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HAZMAT SUPPLIES, BUT ALL OF HARPER'S HAZMAT SUPPLIES, UH, WHICH ARE A BIT LESS SPECIALIZED.

AND SO IT TOOK A LOT MORE OF THEM TO, UH, SOAK UP ALL THE HYDROCARBONS.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN A STOCKPILE ON THE EAST SIDE, ON WEST SIDE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE EVENT THIS DOES HAPPEN AGAIN, WE DON'T JUST RUN DRY AND RISK GOING WITHOUT FOR THE THE NEXT ONE BEFORE WE CAN REPLENISH OUR SUPPLY.

UH, THE MASS CARE STOCKPILE TIES INTO SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE MARIANA WILL WILL BE PRESENTING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AT REC CENTER.

I HARDLY ENCOURAGE THIS.

WE HAVE, IN TERMS OF CITY FACILITIES, VERY LIMITED MASS CARE OPPORTUNITIES.

THE RECREATION CENTER WILL HAVE BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR MASS CARE AND SHELTERING.

AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, STOCKPILE SUPPLIES FOR THAT.

YOU HAVE COTS, BLANKETS, UH, MRES, THAT SORT OF THING.

BOTTLED WATER, PARDON ME.

UH, PORTABLE RADIO WILL BE FOR THE DEPUTY, UH, TO BE MOUNTED INTO THEIR VEHICLE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS GENERAL OFFICE SUPPLIES.

UM, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ABOUT 200.

I'VE UPPED THAT A BIT, UH, TO COVER A FILING CABINET FOR THE E O C AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS FOR EXERCISES.

UH, WE WOUND UP SPENDING A ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON JUST RANDOM SUPPLIES FOR THIS YEAR'S ACTIVE SHOOTER EXERCISE.

UH, NEXT YEAR I'D LIKE TO DO A HAZMAT EXERCISE AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, MANAGE WHATEVER COSTS COME UP.

ANY QUESTIONS? THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE.

UM, WILL THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER BE UTILIZED, UM, TO BE VERY BUSY, VERY BUSY PERSON? OH, YES.

THEY'RE GONNA, IN ADDITION TO THE GRANT WORK, THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE COUP PLAN WHILE I AM TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SINCE WE DO FALL UNDER THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE LONG-TERM PLANNING AS WELL AS ANNUAL REVIEW AND THEY'LL BE LIAISONING WITH THE COUNTY

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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

BRINGS UP THE GOOD QUESTION CUZ UH, I'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND WE'RE ASKING IN CITY STAFF WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR NEW POSITIONS, UM, IT IS HELPFUL TO GIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE.

BECAUSE, UM, TO YOUR POINT WITH JENNIFER SAYING, IS THE PERSON THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, ARE THEY BUSY ENOUGH? AND SHE SAYS YES.

AND THEN YOU GO TO VICTORIA AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY ON BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE BUSY.

I THINK YOU'RE BUSY ENOUGH.

AND THE SAME THING HERE.

IF THIS PERSON COMES ON BOARD, IS THIS PERSON GONNA BE BUSY ENOUGH? WE CALL IT FULL-TIME EQUIPMENT FTS, LIKE HOW LONG? SO I SEE THAT WE HAVE 42 NEW, UH, POSITIONS THAT THE CITY'S WANTING.

UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR US AS COUNCIL IS WHEN WE GO THROUGH EACH, UM, EACH DEPARTMENT'S NEW PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT, THAT WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT THEIR JOB TITLE IS GONNA DO.

THIS IS WHAT A PLANNER'S GONNA DO.

AND SO FORTH.

BECAUSE IF WE GET QUESTIONED BY THE RESIDENTS AND THEY SAY, HEY, I SAW YOUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

I SAID, YOU GUYS WANNA HIRE A COORDINATOR FOR $115,000? WHAT IS THAT PERSON GONNA DO? AND I'M GONNA BE LIKE, UH, WELL I'M GOING BY WHAT I WAS TOLD IN THE BUDGET.

SO I, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL, I THINK AS WE DO THE SECOND BUDGET, UM, AMENDMENTS OR THE, THE BUDGET TALKS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED.

UH, AND THAT'S WITH, WITH ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING LIKE IF THERE'S A NEW POSITION, WE HAVE AN IDEA.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN SAY, WELL, COULD WE COORDINATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S POSITION? CAUSE IF IT ALL SOUNDS THE SAME, SHOULD WE COMBINE, COMBINE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY JUSTIFY THE, THE ACTUAL POSITION.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE THE RESIDENTS THAT ASK US WHY YOU'RE HIRING SOMEBODY AT 88,000 AND ANOTHER PERSON AT 77,000 ARE IS THE DEPUTY EMERGENCY COORDINATOR AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGER PLAN PLANNER, THERE'S TWO POSITIONS, BUT COULDN'T THEY DO THE SAME JOB? SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST THE DESCRIPTIONS ON THOSE THINGS.

UH, MAYOR PERIM, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DIVISION PROGRAM MANAGERS WERE ASKED TO DEVELOP POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR EACH NEW POSITION THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE, BUT BEFORE ANY POSITION MAKES IT INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET MM-HMM.

THERE WILL BE AN ACCOMPANYING POSITION DESCRIPTION.

AND THEN ON THE, ON THE TERRAIN VEHICLES, AGAIN, THERE'S A OF 130,000 AGAIN, UH, WHEN THE TIME COMES AGAIN FOR THE NEXT BUDGET, IF THERE IS QUOTES OR VENDORS OR SPECIFIC TYPE OF, UH, TERRAIN VEHICLES.

AND I GUESS THIS WOULD ALSO GO WITH ANY PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T LEASED.

SOMETHING TO GO ON BESIDES JUST A MAYBE GENERIC VEHICLE NEEDED ONE 50 FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO GO ON.

I PULLED THESE, UH, FOR THE VEHICLES.

I TOOK THAT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR COME COMMAND CONTROL VEHICLES.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I JUST WANTED TO PIGGY BACK ON WHAT MAYOR PRETEND JUST SAID.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MERGE THOSE TWO POSITIONS, UM, AND HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE ROLES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION THEY'RE GONNA BE? THAT WILL BE ONE FOR ME.

AND TWO, DO WE NEED TWO MULTI TERRAIN VEHICLES? UH, MY GUESS IS YES.

HOWEVER, IF WE CUT DOWN ON ONE VEHICLE, THEN WE'LL JUST SHARE THE VEHICLE.

I MEAN, I'LL MAKE WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOUR DIRECTIVE IS, I'LL MAKE IT WORK.

AND SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND STUFF? YES.

WILL THE COUNTY BE ABLE TO HELP FUND THIS POSITION? THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING THE COUNTY'S WORK, SO I DON'T IMAGINE THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE FUNDING IT.

IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAUGHT UP ON WHATEVER THEIR EMERGENCY PLANS ARE SO THAT WE ARE NOT OUT LOCKSTEP WITH THEM.

COST OF THAT IS, BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST THE COST OF, UH, TWO PREFAB UNITS THAT FIT INTO A GIANT ROLLING STORAGE CONTAINER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, FOR MASS CARE STOCKPILE, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THAT NUMBER.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S KIND OF LOW.

UH, DURING COVID O IT'S SNOW V D OF 2021, UM, I SAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO THE CHURCH AND WE HAD NO BLANKETS, NO COTS, THE WATERS.

WE WERE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE COUNTY FOR A LOT OF THAT.

AND SO I THINK, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING, YOU KNOW, POLICE DEPARTMENT IF OUR, IF OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UH, A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER.

UM, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MASS CARE STOCKPILE IS, UM, A JUSTIFIED NUMBER.

CUZ I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUGHT AND BLANKETS AND ESS AND WATER, THE

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UM, I LITERALLY WENT ONLINE TO ONE OF THESE, UH, VENDORS AND JUST SAID, I WANT TWO OF THESE FOR 112 PEOPLE AND THREW THAT COST ON HERE.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL, I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME KIND OF, UM, SHELTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MODULAR HOME COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND SO I'M, I'M ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

UM, AND SO FOR ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, UM, I GUESS IF YOU COULD JUST BRING TO US WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE, IN THREE, ALMOST THREE YEARS, YOU'RE THE FIRST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR I'VE GOT TO MEET AND, AND WORK WITH.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW.

UM, COMPARABLE GROWING CITIES WOULD BE NICE.

UM, I GOT THESE COSTS AS WELL AS THE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS.

UH, SANDRA HELPED ME OUT AND JUST TAKING WHAT OUR SURROUNDING CITIES PAY THEM, WHAT THEIR JOB DUTIES ARE, AND I JUST COPY PASTE IT, THAT THEY'LL HAVE IDENTICAL DUTIES.

AND, AND, BUT SURROUNDING CITIES DO HAVE, UH, BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS.

UH, SAN MARCOS I BELIEVE HAS A STAFF OF FOUR FOUR.

AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE JUST A STAFF OF ONE.

SO THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME.

ALSO.

I DO NOT WANT YOU DRIVING YOUR OWN PERSONAL CAR.

AND, UM, I, I, FOR SURE, I THINK YOU, WE NEED ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HARD IF SOMEONE'S WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY FOR YOU NOT TO USE YOUR CAR.

I THINK A MINIMUM OF TWO MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

IF, IF, IF YOU'RE A ONE PERSON, UH, DEPARTMENT, I CAN UNDERSTAND ONE.

BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GROW, I THINK TWO IS, IS REASONABLE IN THE SENSE THAT IF THEY'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO HAVING AVOID YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE GET INTO THEIR OWN PERSONAL CAR AND THEN DRIVE TO THAT.

UH, THIS WAS BORN OUT OF ACTUALLY LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.

I HAD COME TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER A SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

I WAS IN AUSTIN, DROVE MY PERSONAL VEHICLE DOWN.

UM, ONE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN EASIER TO NAVIGATE TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE, BUT TWO, HAVING A DEPUTY LOCAL WITH THEIR OWN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT THERE IS I WAS STOPPED BY THE SHERIFF'S, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY.

OH MY GOD.

THEY DID THEIR JOB.

UM, IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, WOULD YOU HAVE LIGHTS ON IT TO LIKE HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH TRAFFIC? UH, THEY ARE FULLY KITTED AND THAT'S WHAT THE QUOTE REFLECTS.

THEY'RE KITED THE SAME AS THE, SO THIS IS NOT JUST A REGULAR WE'RE OF THE MILL TRUCK THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET FROM A DEALERSHIP.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WHICH WILL HELP YOU GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO FASTER.

DECALS AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEN, BUT THAT WILL, THAT NEED TO BE ADDED, THAT WILL BE YOUR OWN VEHICLE.

CUZ IF YOU'RE HOME AND THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, YOU'RE GONNA COME TO CITY HOP, PICK UP THE CAR, AND THEN GO TO THE EMERGENCY THAT I HAD ASKED JAMES IP WHEN HE WAS STILL HERE.

UH, THE CITY HAS I GUESS, A SOMEWHAT VAGUE POLICY ON THAT.

SO I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT POLICY IS CLARIFIED IF A VEHICLE CAN BE A TAKE HOME VEHICLE.

THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEED TO THEN DISCUSS IF WE ARE GONNA BE APPROVED THIS VEHICLE.

COST OVER TO THE DEVELOPER.

OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS NEXT.

LEON BARBARA, OUR CITY ENGINEER, WILL PRESENT.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

LEON BARBARA, CITY ENGINEER.

UH, I'LL GO OVER ITEM ONE AND TWO.

AND THEN I'VE ASKED KATHY RAKER, SHE'S OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UH, ADMINISTRATOR TO HELP ME WITH ITEM THREE AND FOUR.

UH, LEMME START OFF WITH ONE AND TWO.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 10 BUDGETED POSITIONS.

NINE OF THOSE ARE FILLED.

I'M STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

UH, WE'VE HAD FOUR REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES AND, UH, THEY, THE COMPANIES I WORKED WITH EITHER COUNTER, THEY DIDN'T WANNA MOVE TO THE AREA.

UH, THEY WERE HIRED BY THEIR FIRMS. SO WE LOST, UH, REALLY FOUR REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES, UH, THAT WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AND LOOKED AT.

BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING, UH, THIS ENGINEER AND TRAINING POSITION THAT I'M REQUESTING IS, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A PERSON DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS POSITION.

UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE PURCHASED SOME VERY EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE FOR WATER MODELING AND WASTEWATER MODELING.

10 TO 15 YEARS AGO WHEN DEVELOPERS CAME IN OR SUBDIVISIONS CAME IN AND THERE WAS AN EIGHT INCH LINE OR A 12 INCH LINE WATER LINE OR WASTEWATER LINE NEARBY IF THEY NEEDED TO, UH, KNOW IF THERE WAS CAPACITY TO TIE INTO THOSE LINES.

NOT A PROBLEM.

10 TO 15 YEARS AGO, WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

THE LINES ARE STARTING TO FILL UP.

WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA CAPACITY AND WE NEED TO RUN THOSE MODELS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING IS NOT GOING TO, UH, CAUSE AN INCREASE IN THE SIZES DOWNSTREAM OR, OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO OUR LIFT STATIONS.

OR WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE SAY YES.

YES, COME ON IN.

WE NEED YOU AND WE WANT YOU HERE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ASITA DAL.

SHE'S BEEN WITH US A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

UH, WHEN ASITA STARTED WITH THE CITY, I EXPECTED AND HOPED THAT SHE COULD HANDLE THE WATER MODEL AND THE WASTEWATER MODEL I KNEW WAS PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

AND SURE ENOUGH, I WAS RIGHT.

SHE'S BECOME VERY PROFICIENT NOW WITH THE WASTEWATER MODEL.

AND LATELY WE HAVE BEEN, DEPENDING ON THE CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE WATER MODEL AND WASTEWATER MODEL CALCULATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.

AND UH, TYPICALLY WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT

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BUT THERE'S A TIME THAT'S INVOLVED WITH, UH, MR. DEVELOPER, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THIS.

ENSURE THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO PAY FOR IT.

THEN I NEED A PROPOSAL, THEN I NEED TO TAKE THAT PROPOSAL TO THEM.

I NEED TO WAIT FOR THEM TO PAY FOR IT.

AND THEN THE UH, UH, CONSULTANT HAS TO HAVE TIME TO WORK ON IT.

SO THAT'S BASED ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULE.

THEY HAVE OTHER WORK THEY HAVE TO DO.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR THE DEVELOPERS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

UH, LIKE I SAID, ASITA IS STARTING TO BECOME MORE PROFICIENT WITH THE WA UH, WASTEWATER MODEL.

UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LEARN IN SCHOOL.

YOU DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC CLASS FOR MODELING.

AND SO THEY HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE THE BASICS.

THEY KNOW THE HYDRAULICS, THEY KNOW ABOUT PRESSURE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LEARN IN SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE AN ENGINEER OR SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT THAT CAPABILITY.

THERE ARE STUFF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE INDUSTRY THAT DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEGREE, BUT THEY COULD PROBABLY DO THIS KIND OF WORK.

UM, I DON'T THINK I WANNA TAKE ANY OF HARPER'S PEOPLE, BUT , UM, THEY COULD PROBABLY JUMP IN AND START LEARNING THIS MODELING.

BUT IT TAKES TIME TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN THIS SYSTEM.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERSON, UH, TO HANDLE THE WATER MODELING.

WATER MODELING'S A LITTLE BIT DIF MORE TRICKY.

YOU'VE GOT PRESSURES, YOU'VE GOT, UH, ELEVATED STORAGE, GROUND STORAGE, PUMP STATIONS.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKY.

SO I NEED THE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

ASHA IS MY SPA.

I'VE CALLED FOR OUR SPA.

SHE'S A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE.

IF AS MEETHA OUT, UH, I HAVE NOBODY TO DO THE MODELING WHATSOEVER.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE IS THE SECOND PERSON BE THE BACKUP FOR AS MEETHA.

AND HOPEFULLY BOTH CAN TRAIN BOTH ON WATER AND WASTEWATER AS BEST AS THEY CAN SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE QUICK, RAPID RESPONSE TO THE, UH, DEVELOPERS AND, AND, AND NOT HAVE TO GO OUT TO CONSULTANTS AS MUCH AS WE ARE NOW.

I'LL DO IT FOR YOU, .

MAKE SURE THAT I GET APPROVED FOR SPENDING BEFORE I PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, AND TIME AND ENERGY.

SOME SIDE, THAT'S ONE AND TWO, UH, KATHY, UH, WILL HELP US WITH THREE AND FOUR.

SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE, SO I, THAT'S WHY I ASKED HER TO DO THIS.

HI, KATHY RAGER STORMWATER PROGRAM.

THE REASON I'M BRINGING FORWARD, UH, STORMWATER SOFTWARE TO YOU GUYS NOW IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY'S STORMWATER PROGRAM IS PRIVATE POND MAINTENANCE.

SO THAT IS ALL HOAS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE PONDS.

UH, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN IN ORDINANCE.

SO NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ME CREATING ALL THE FORMS, UM, VETTING ENGINEERS AND INITIATING THAT PROGRAM ALONG WITH THAT PROGRAM.

IT IS GONNA BE, UM, VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT IN ONE PLACE.

AND AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO USE OUR TYLER SOFTWARE, SINCE WE HAVE HAD TYLER SOFTWARE FROM THE BEGINNING, I'VE WORKED WITH IT LITERALLY FOR YEARS, DANIELLE SET SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME AND WE, UM, CREATED IT AS BEST AS WE COULD.

IT IS DEFINITELY WHEN, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TYLER SOFTWARE, WAS DO CITIES USE IT FOR STORMWATER PROGRAMS? AND OF COURSE THEY ENTERED JESS.

SO OF COURSE AFTER GETTING IT AND REALIZING IT, IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT DESIGN DESIGNED FOR STORMWATER.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE IT WORK.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS THAT I SHOULD BE DOING, UM, IT JUST, IT IT, TO HAVE ONE PERSON DOING THAT VOLUME OF INSPECTIONS USING THAT SOFTWARE IS INFEASIBLE.

SO LOOKING AT OTHER STORM WATER THAT ARE MORE PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS, THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT SPECIALIZE SPECIFICALLY IN MS FOUR PROGRAMS. SO NOT ONLY WOULD IT TRACK CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, IT WOULD TRACK ILLICIT DISCHARGE INSPECTIONS.

IT COULD, IT WILL TRACK POND MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS.

UM, AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD NOW.

IT'S, I'VE REALIZED THAT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO USE TYLER, IT IS JUST NOT BUILT FOR STORMWATER.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT ONE? SO DO YOU HAVE A SOFTWARE ALREADY IN MIND ON WHAT YOU'RE GONNA USE? I DO.

I'VE LOOKED AT TWO COMPANIES.

IN FACT, I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY DEMOED BOTH OF 'EM.

UM, ONE IS SECOND NATURE AND THE OTHER ONE IS MS FOUR WEB.

I'M LEADING, UM, MORE TOWARD MS FOUR WEB.

I DO WANNA GET WITH STEVE AGAIN BECAUSE THERE WAS A GIS TYPE QUESTION AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, BEFORE COMMITTING TO ONE THAT HE AGREES THAT, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.

CUZ AGAIN, SECOND, THE, THE OTHER COMPANY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CLUNKY, IN FACT, NEW BRAMBLES USES IT.

AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO NEW BRAUNFELS JUST PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF OR SO AGO AND MET WITH THEIR STORMWATER PERSON.

AND CUZ I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HIM USE IT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER THING.

WATCHING SOMEBODY ACTUALLY USE IT IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A DEMO DONE BY A COMPANY.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE GONNA SELL IT TO MAKE IT LOOK PERFECT.

UM, SO I ACTUALLY WENT, MET WITH NEW GRUMBLES AND UNFORTUNATELY IT REMINDED ME OF TYLER.

HE WAS LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE TO DO THIS WORK AROUND AND THEY'RE FIT, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX THIS AND THEY'RE DOING THIS.

AND I WAS LIKE, I'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THAT.

AND SO I'M, I'M, IT KIND OF BACKED ME OFF OF SECOND NATURE.

UM, MS FOUR WEB HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN ME THE RIGHTS TO JUST USE THEIR SOFTWARE.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD AN ACCOUNT, UM, AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE WANT YOU TO USE IT.

UM, I, I HAVEN'T PUT TOO MUCH INTO IT BECAUSE OF COURSE I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS AND

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AND PART OF THAT $10,000 TOO IS, IS THEM ACTUALLY HELPING US SET IT UP, YOU KNOW, JUST THEM ACTUALLY INPUTTING IN A LOT OF OUR DATA.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT $10,000.

WHEN YOU TRY THIS OUT, UM, I, I REMEMBER TAKING A RIDE WITH YOU AND HARPER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED AND I SAW THAT IT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO GO, UM, TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND SAY, I WENT, I GAVE 'EM A WARNING.

YOU COULDN'T DO THAT.

AND SO THAT CUTS OUT ON, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT.

AND SO IF THE, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO WITH THE MS FOUR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOFTWARE WHERE YOU CAN EASILY ACCESS IT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, NOT ONLY JUST TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY AND TO MAYBE, I THINK THE STATE HAS TO BE APPRISED OF IT AS WELL.

WELL, THAT IS ONE THING BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN, WHEN YOU WERE OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, WITH HARPER AND I, WE DROVE AROUND AND I, AND I ACTUALLY DO THAT A LOT.

I'LL DRIVE BY A CONSTRUCTION SITE.

I'M LIKE, AH, AH.

SO I IMMEDIATELY PULL IN AND I GO UP AND I'M LIKE, YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS FIXED BY TOMORROW AT NOON.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FIX IT AND I'LL BE BACK BY TOMORROW.

I'M NOT DOCUMENTING THOSE INSPECTIONS.

SO I'M DOING A LOT OF WORK THAT WHEN I GO TO DO OUR ANNUAL REPORT, I'M NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR, BECAUSE T C CQ, IF IT IS NOT DOCUMENTED, THE CITY DID NOT DO IT.

SO I'M DOING A LOT OF WORK THAT IS JUST NOT DOCUMENTED, BUT I'M, I'M NOT GONNA DRIVE BY A SITE THAT I COULD SEE A LOT OF NON-COMPLIANCES.

I JUST, IT'S JUST NOT IN ME.

SO I DO A LOT OF INSPECTIONS THAT WE GET NO CREDIT FOR, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.

BUT DO YOU THINK THE MS FOUR WOULD GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY? YES.

AND AGAIN, I WANNA DEMO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I DID WANNA PRESENT TO YOU GUYS, UM, BUT I HAVE, I HAVE BEEN USING IT, IT DOES SEEM A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY.

AGAIN, I WANNA GET WITH STEVE ONE MORE TIME.

UM, AND THEN ALSO TOO, I HAD FOUND OUT I NEED TO GO GET WITH SAM MARCUS.

THEY USED IT AND SHE SAID THAT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT SECOND NATURE.

SO I, AGAIN, BEFORE I JUMP OFF, UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE RESEARCH THAT I KIND OF WANT TO DO, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS BUDGET TALKS, I WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD.

AND BOTH OF THE SOFTWARES WERE VERY SIMILAR IN PRICE.

SO I THAT $10,000 WOULD, WOULD ALLOW ME TO GO WITH EITHER ONE.

WAS ACTUALLY HEAVILY INVOLVED BECAUSE OF MY OLD T C Q EXPERIENCE WITH THE, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COORDINATORS OF THE, UH, PLUM CREEK WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP.

THEN WHAT IS NUMBER FOUR GONNA DO? AH, NUMBER FOUR.

OH, NOW THAT'S MORE OF A PASSION PRODUCT PROJECT.

UM, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER LAST SUMMER I CAME TO Y'ALL RE UH, PROPOSING A GRANT THAT WE WERE GONNA SUBMIT.

IT WAS A THREE 19 GRANT, WHICH IS A WATER QUALITY GRANT.

UM, TWO T C Q TO SEE IF WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR, UM, TRYING TO ACTUALLY TREAT FOR, UH, BACTERIA AND, UH, NUTRIENTS.

INSTREAM.

IT'S A REALLY NEAT IDEA.

AND, AND THE REASON I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IS PLUMB CREEK STARTS IN KYLE.

WE ARE THE HEADWATERS OF PLUM CREEK.

IT IS A VERY LARGE WATERSHED.

BACK IN 2008, IT WAS, UH, IMPAIRED FOR BACTERIA.

AND SO EVER SINCE THEN, WE WERE THE STATE'S FIRST WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN.

A WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT'S VOLUNTARY MEASURES.

USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN IMPAIRMENT, YOU GET PUT ON A LIST AND THAT LIST IS A TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD.

TM DLS TOTAL, MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS ARE VERY PRESCRIPTIVE.

IT'S NOT VOLUNTARY.

IT IS A, YOU WILL DO THIS.

SO THAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE ON THIS WPP A WATERSHED PROTECTION PLAN.

HOWEVER, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE PAST NOW 10 YEARS.

AND SO AS PART OF THE PLUMB CREEK WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO WONDER HOW LONG THE STATE'S GONNA LET US CONTINUE ON A WPP.

UM, ALSO TO THE HEADWATERS BEING IN KYLE AND WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WATERSHED.

WE ARE AN EASY FINGER TO POINT AT FOR THE, FOR THE REASON PLUM CREEK IS POTENTIALLY IMPAIRED.

SO I WOULD LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TO BE ABLE TO START DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND I WOULD PARTNER WITH TEXAS STATE.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTING THIS ARE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.

AND AGAIN, IT SAYS 250,000.

THAT'S A TWO YEAR PROJECT, SO IT'S $125,000 A YEAR.

SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR $250,000 THIS YEAR.

AND ALSO TO BOTH OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PROPOSING RIGHT NOW CAN COME OUT OF THE STORM DRAINAGE BUDGET.

IF, IF THAT IS WHERE WE DECIDE TO, TO PULL IT, THEY ARE WATER.

BOTH OF 'EM ARE WATER QUALITY RELATED.

SO THAT IS A LITTLE BENEFIT THERE.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO HIDE AND REICH AND START SAMPLING.

AND IF WE CAN IMPROVE WATER QUALITY WHEN IT'S LEAVING KYLE, WE CAN GO BACK AND SAY, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR SECTION.

WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS AFTER US.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'RE JUST AN EASY FINGER TO POINT OUT.

YEAH, I SAT THROUGH THAT TCEQ MEETING AND PEOPLE WERE ANGRY IN THE REMA, BUT WHAT DO WE DO WITHOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO PROVE THAT IT'S NOT? WELL, IT'S INTERESTING TOO, CUZ SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE BELOW US.

BUT NOT TO MENTION, BECAUSE I

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THERE'S WHAT THEY CALLED A CAO.

IT'S A, IT'S A CHICKEN CAO, WHICH IS A, UM, CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION, WHICH IS A HEN HOUSE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY DISCHARGED THEIR HEN WASTE INTO PONDS.

AND THEN IN THE EVENT OF RAINS, THEY CAN DISCHARGE THAT WASTE.

THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THIS CAO WAS, AND I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP AND I WAS LIKE, NO, BECAUSE I'VE DONE THOSE INSPECTIONS BEFORE.

I'M LIKE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERMIT SAYS THIS, THEY CANNOT DO THAT.

SO THEN T C Q DID GO OUT AND THEY DID GET VIOLATIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED, BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT THOSE FACILITIES ARE DOWNSTREAM OF US.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER IMPAIRMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ARE THE HEADWATERS AND WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE WATERSHED.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

I HAD ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION.

IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, BUT, UH, I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT I WANTED TO ADD TO THE BUDGET.

BUT, UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE HAD 130,000 IN OUR BUDGET TO UPDATE THE WASTEWATER MODEL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THE CONSULTANT WAS THAT WE GAVE 'EM ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS, ALL THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, ALL THE NEW, UH, UH, GIS INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO PLUG INTO THE WASTEWATER MODEL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT, UH, UPDATE WAS THEY NEEDED TO PUT SOME METERS IN THE MANHOLE SO THEY COULD MEASURE THE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION INTO OUR SYSTEM.

AND JOKINGLY, I SAID, IT'S GOING TO STOP RAIN AND I'LL BE DARNED IF IT DIDN'T STOP RAIN .

UH, SO THOSE METERS WERE IN THE GROUND FOR FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.

WE DID NOT GET ANY RAIN WHATSOEVER.

AND SO IN EFFECT, WE, WE SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY, WE UPDATED THE SYSTEM, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE MOST CRITICAL THING THAT WE NEEDED.

WHEN YOU NEED, WHEN YOU DESIGN A WASTEWATER LINE, YOU NEED TO DESIGN FOR TWO THINGS.

YOU DESIGNED FOR YOUR, UH, DRY WEATHER PEAK FLOW.

THAT'S JUST WHAT THE NORMAL, UH, PEOPLE PUT INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO DESIGN FOR YOUR WET WEATHER FLOW BECAUSE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, OUR OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT PERFECTLY SEALED.

WATER DOES GET IN THROUGH THE, UH, UH, UH, FROM, FROM UNDERGROUND.

IT ALSO FROM OPEN, UH, CLEANOUTS, OPEN MANHOLES, THE WATER GETS INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE TO DESIGN FOR THAT.

AND WE CAN USE, UH, ROUGH NUMBERS TO ESTIMATE THAT.

UH, CITY BOSTON, FOR EXAMPLE, IS USED 750 GALLONS PER ACRE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THAT NUMBER, BUT WE REALLY NEED BETTER INFORMATION.

AND WE DO NEED TO KNOW HOW OUR SYSTEMS ARE REACTING TO WHENEVER IT RAINS.

AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, UH, AND IT, EVERY TIME THAT WE DO HAVE RAINFALL, YOU CAN CHECK WITH THE PLANT FOLKS.

THE PLANT DOES HAVE THAT INCREASE IN, IN THE FLOWS INTO THE PLANT.

AND SO NOW IN TREADING, INSTEAD OF TREATING SEWAGE, WE'RE TREATING RAINWATER.

AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A GOOD EXPENSE TO HAVE OUT THERE.

SO I DID TALK TO THE CONSULTANT, UH, THEY HAVE GONE UP ON THEIR PRICES, YOU WOULD GUESS.

AND SO NOW I NEED ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND ON TOP OF THAT TO GET THAT DONE.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I STRUGGLED WITH THIS BECAUSE EARLIER THIS YEAR WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

AND I SAID, NO, IT'S JUST NOT RAINING.

SO HERE IT IS NOW IT'S GETTING ALL THE RAIN THAT WE CAN GET.

AND, UH, SO I WANT TO TRY TO AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN, I, I REALLY DO THAT WITH CROSS FINGERS AND HOPE WE GET, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LA NINA'S GOING OUT, EL NINO'S COMING IN, SO I'M HOPING THAT WE DO START GETTING SOME RAIN.

SO WHEN WE DO THIS WASTEWATER MODEL, WE'LL GET BETTER DATA, UH, FOR OUR SYSTEM IN OUR WASTEWATER MODELING SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LEON OR STAFF? NEXT IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE.

QUICK QUESTION, SUPER QUICK.

UM, YOU SAID THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR 10 POSITIONS.

WE HAVE FILLED TWO OF THEM, RIGHT? WE HAVE, OR DID I NOT POSITIONS FILLED.

WE HAVE ONE VACANCY.

OH, JUST ONE VACANCY.

THAT'S THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER POSITION.

CONTINUING TRAINING TO LOOK AT TREE SERVICES, TREE TRIMMING, POSSIBLY LOOKING AT AN ARBORIST, UH, OUT OF THAT TO HELP US OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NEXT UP IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES AND CHANCE PADER, WE'LL PRESENT.

GOOD MORNING CHANCE, PADER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.

UM, RIGHT, CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP FILL OUT ANOTHER TRUCK THAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE'VE GOT DIVISIONS SEPARATED INTO BEAUTIFICATION AND RIGHT OF WAY.

AND, UH, WE NEEDED JUST A FEW MORE TO FILL OUT ONE MORE TRUCK AS WELL AS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN TO HELP DOWNTOWN.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY ONE STAFF MEMBER DOWNTOWN WHO TAKES CARE OF ANY OF OUR WATERING OR ANY CLEANUP DOWNTOWN TRASH WASTE DOWNTOWN, UM, LEFTOVERS FROM ANYTHING OVER THE WEEKEND FOR MONDAY MORNING.

SO HE'S BY HIMSELF ON THAT ONE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO HELP HIM OUT.

UM, OF COURSE, SUPPORT COSTS FOR THAT.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO RECLASS EIGHT MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING.

UM, A LOT OF TRAINING HAVE GONE INTO THESE GENTLEMEN.

UM, EVERYTHING FROM RUNNING EQUIPMENT TO NEW TRAINING FOR WEED CONTROL, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP AND LOOKING TO RECLASS THEM TO, UH, SHOW SUPPORT AND GET THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY FOR THEIR, THEIR HARD WORK.

AND, UH,

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I KNOW WE LOST ONE A FEW YEARS AGO IN HOWARD.

UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT IN FOR, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WITH PART AS WELL TO HELP THEM OUT THROUGH ANY OF THEIR, ANY OF THEIR ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.

UM, TWO NEW PICKUPS.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO TRUCKS THAT ARE A 2010 AND A 2009.

THEY'RE F ONE 50 S.

THEY ARE NOT RATED TO HANDLE ANY OF THE WORKLOAD OF PULLING TRAILERS AND MOWERS AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE'VE SPENT PROBABLY UPWARDS OF $10,000 TO FIX THEM FOR THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO KEEP THEM GOING AT THIS RATE.

AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP TO CHANGE THOSE OUT.

UM, THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

UM, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES INCREASE.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY AND A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND, UH, COMMUNICATION LINES GOING IN THAT ARE TEARING UP ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR WIRING, TEARING UP THE LIGHT POLES THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE.

AND WITH THE COST OF INFLATION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS OR EVEN A YEAR ON LIGHT POLES COMING IN, DEPENDING ON WHAT VARIATION AND HEIGHT, IF IT'S A DECORATIVE LIGHT POLE, IF IT'S A STANDARD LIGHT POLE FOR ALUMINUM LIGHT POLES AT 25 FOOT.

AND, UH, IT, IT'S INCREASED OUR BUDGET LINE A LOT TO WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE NEGATIVE CURRENTLY ON THAT.

AND WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THOSE LINES TO HELP WITH THAT.

SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE, KEEP OUR CITIZENS HAPPY, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SEE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, UM, MOTOR, MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR INCREASE.

UM, THAT LINE COULD ACTUALLY NOT BE USED GOING FORWARD.

I PUT THAT IN THERE IN CASE WE DO NOT GET THE TWO TRUCKS.

UM, IF WE REPLACED THOSE TWO VEHICLES, THAT LINE, WE WOULD NOT NEED IT ALL.

WE WOULD NOT NEED THE INCREASE.

UM, THE LEASE TRUCKS COMING IN WOULD ACTUALLY HELP A LOT IN THAT AREA WHERE THOSE TWO VEHICLES ARE BEING REPAIRED ALMOST ON A YEARLY BASIS.

UM, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, WE ONLY HAVE, UM, ONE OTHER VEHICLE THAT'S OWNED, UM, THAT NEEDS REPAIRS AS WELL.

IT'S A 2017, SO IT'S GETTING TO WHERE ITS NORMAL USAGE IS GONNA COME INTO AN EFFECTIVE WELL FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT INCREASE.

UM, THE TRUCK AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT COMES IN WITH THAT AS WELL.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF A LOT OF COUNCIL IS AWARE, BUT WE TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE STREET SWEEPING, UH, PARTICULARLY IN PLUM CREEK WITH LEAVES.

UM, RESIDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE LEAVES OUT OF THEIR YARD AND CLEAN THEM UP AND TAKE CARE OF 'EM AND DISPOSE OF THEM PROPERLY.

WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY BLOWING ALL THE LEAVES INTO THE STREET.

AND OUR STREET SWEEPER IS NOT DESIGNED FOR PICKING UP THE LEAVES.

UH, IT IS A 12 INCH INDUCTION, UH, VERY SMALL AND A LOT OF THE TREE LIMBS, BRANCHES AND THINGS THAT ARE BEING BROKEN IN THERE.

WE'VE PROBABLY SPENT $25,000 REPAIRING THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR MACHINE.

AND, UH, IT IS BEEN A BIG ISSUE THIS YEAR.

UM, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS ON DOWNTIME JUST FOR PARTS TO COME IN.

UM, EVERYTHING'S ON BACK ORDER FROM TIMCO AND FOR US TO INCUR THAT KIND OF WORK.

IT IS, IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THAT MACHINE.

IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR IT.

UH, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GENTLEMEN COME BY AND, UH, PROMOTE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF VACUUM TRUCKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND CONTINUING WITH PLUM CREEK, THEN THAT WOULD BE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO $750,000 FOR JUST THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALONE.

UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH PLUM CREEK, UH, PLUM CREEK TO TRY TO GET THEM TO LET THEIR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO CLEAN IT UP AND NOT FORCE THAT ON US.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT ISSUE WITH OUR MACHINE.

UM, UNIFORMS BUYING RIGHT NOW THAT IS TO INCUR THE COST OF, UH, NEW STAFF COMING IN.

UH, WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE A FEW THINGS WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS COMING IN THAT OF COURSE NOT EVERYBODY'S THE SAME SIZE.

SO WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE A FEW DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FROM MEMBERS LEAVING AND NEW GUYS STARTING.

AND THEN OUR GENERAL OFFICE SUPPLY LINE IS TO INCREASE THE, UH, SUPPLIES FOR OUR ADMIN AS WELL AS, UH, THINGS MOVING FORWARD, UH, IF WE CAN GET TO A NEW BUILDING AND, UH, WORK OUT SOMETHING WITH PART AS WELL SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SHARE SUCH A, SUCH A SMALL SPACE.

WERE THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

THEY'LL HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATION.

WHEN WE, UM, WHEN STAFF IS RECLASSED, DO THEY SHOW YOU THEIR CERT CERTIFICATIONS? LIKE YES MA'AM.

HOW DOES THAT WORK OUT? SO I ACTUALLY SCHEDULE ALL OF THEIR TRAININGS.

UM, WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, OR SIX STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING IN FOR, UH, WEED CONTROL.

UH, THEY'VE DONE THEIR TRAINING, THEY JUST NEED TO FINISH THEIR TESTING.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND TESTING CLOSE ENOUGH DURING OUR TIME TO SEND THEM OUT.

OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO UPWARDS OF DALLAS AND BE GONE FOR MULTIPLE DAYS.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO WAIT FOR ONE TO COME IN CLOSER TO THE HORN TO BE BEND SO THEY CAN GO FOR A DAY, MAYBE IN THE MORNING, BE DONE, AND THEN GO FOR THE SECOND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND THEN THEY'LL BE STAFFED AND READY TO GO.

THEY CAN DO A, A LOT MORE VARIATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO NOW WITH BUYING CHEMICAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE LICENSE FOR.

UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE HAD BEFORE MOVED ON WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.

SO WE'RE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS WE CAN USE THAT ARE LABELED CORRECTLY THAT THEY CAN USE.

SO ONCE THEY'RE HIRED, THEN WE CAN USE A LOT BETTER CHEMICALS THAT'LL LAST LONGER AND TAKE CARE OF THAT WEED MITIGATION.

CURRENTLY THERE'S, THERE'S SIX THAT ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFIED BUT ARE NOT CERTIFIED? YES, MA'AM.

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THEY JUST NEED TO TEST.

THEY NEED TO TEST.

AND THEN, UM, IF WE COULD GET DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ES AND T TECHNICIANS, THAT WOULD BE, UM, GREAT.

HOW, WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STAFF NUMBER? CURRENT STAFF RIGHT NOW IS 15.

WE ARE SHORT ONE, UH, SPOT.

WE WERE LOOKING TO HIRE GENTLEMEN, UH, DID NOT MEET CRITERIA, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUSH THAT OUT AND HIRE ANOTHER ONE TO FINISH THAT OUT.

BUT WE'RE AT 14 CURRENTLY.

NOW, I KNOW I'VE REQUESTED SEVERAL TIMES FROM JERRY LIKE WHAT IT IS THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT DOES.

BECAUSE WE ALSO PAID BRIGHTVIEW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

PEREZ.

COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH WE PAID BRIGHTVIEW, UM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR? DO YOU HAVE THAT AMOUNT? UM, WE CAN LOOK IT UP.

UM, I KNOW IT WAS AT LEAST $700,000 MM-HMM.

THAT WE WERE PAYING BRIGHTVIEW A YEAR.

AND SO IT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF I CAN'T DO BOTH BRIGHTVIEW AND A LOT OF STAFF, I UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF WE COULD REALLOCATE THAT, YOU KNOW, 700,000 TO HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES, GET NEW, UM, GET NEW STUFF TO, TO WORK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO, TO TO LOOK AND SEE ALL THIS SPENDING THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION.

SO UNDERSTAND IF WE COULD GET, I KNOW WE USED TO GET LIKE ED UPDATES EVERY WEEK.

WE CAN NOW GET THAT EVERY TWO WEEKS.

I REQUESTED UPDATES ON THE BEAUTIFICATION.

UM, SO MY DISTRICT IS RIGHT DOWN DOWNTOWN AND SO I GET THE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME OR LIKE, HEY, CAN, CAN YOU FIX THIS OR CAN YOU FIX THAT? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE CITY CAN GET, IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF SYSTEM WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN ALSO TRACK AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION, MY CONCERN WITH THE PAY INCREASE IS GONNA BE WE JUST PAY, WE JUST DID 20% MM-HMM.

AND SO TO DO ANOTHER, I THINK WHEN I BROKE IT DOWN, IT WAS GONNA BE ANOTHER 15,000 A YEAR FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DISPERSING PAYS AND INCREASES, UH, EQUALLY OVER ALL DEPARTMENTS.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TECHNICIANS AND THE RECLASSIFICATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S $400,000 ALMOST.

AND SO YES MA'AM.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT VERY, AND IF, IF I COULD ANSWER YOUR, UH, QUESTION A LITTLE BIT ON BRIGHTVIEW.

SO WHAT BRIGHTVIEW BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS A STAFF OF ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 50 WHEN THEY COME OUT.

UM, THEY HOUSE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE.

IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THAT KIND OF STAFF TO COME HERE, I WOULD'VE LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY UNDER ME AND CONTROL IT IN-HOUSE.

THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

WHAT BRIGHTVIEW BRINGS IS THE AMOUNT OF STAFF, BUT WHAT THEY ALSO BRING IS THEIR EQUIPMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE, UH, TRACTORS AND SHREDDERS, JUST THE EQUIPMENT ALONE.

IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THAT, UH, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT HALF OF THE COST OF THE $700,000 TO PUT THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE.

UM, WE, I WOULD LOVE TO INVEST THAT IN THE CITY.

WE COULD, I WOULD BELIEVE IT'D BE FANTASTIC IF THE CITY BOUGHT THAT.

WE COULD USE IT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWICE.

I THINK THEY COME OUT EVERY TWO WEEKS.

UM, BUT IF YOU, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 700,000 A YEAR MM-HMM.

JUST TWO YEARS, THAT'S $1.4 MILLION.

WE COULD GET WHATEVER EQUIPMENT I THINK THE CITY NEEDED.

AS LONG AS IT'S MAINTAINED AND, AND KEPT RIGHT.

AND TO AND ALSO TO INCLUDE STAFF.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, UH, SPENDING IN OTHER PLACES WHERE WE CAN IN-HOUSE IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S ULTIMATELY MY GOAL.

OH, YES MA'AM.

TO BE CLEAR.

AND THE, AND THE REASON IT STARTED OUT THAT WAY IS WHEN WE STARTED, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH STAFF, WE WERE AT 10, 10, 12 PEOPLE AND WE ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS.

SO WE ACTUALLY TOOK STAFF FROM THOSE AREAS AND MR. I, BEFORE HE LEFT US, THAT WAS HIS VISION, WAS TO HELP US OUT UNTIL WE COULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD INCUR THAT AND TAKE THAT COST IN.

BECAUSE I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO BE THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE STAFF THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR SECTION OF 35.

UM, I'M, I MANAGE THAT CONTRACT AS WELL AND, UH, THOSE TWO CONTRACTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT FOR, FOR BID HERE SHORTLY.

UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS THAT IN-HOUSE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY INCUR THE COST BECAUSE GOING FORWARD WE ACTUALLY HAVE A C I P IN MOTION WITH TECH DOC TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE GATEWAY SIGN AT HOME DEPOT AT WENDY HILL ALL THE WAY TO YARRINGTON TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE INCURRING A LOT OF THAT IN THIS, IN THE ROADWAYS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PUSHING THAT FORWARD IN 2024 WITH TECHO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

UM, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBLEMS THOUGH WITH THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE IRRIGATION IN THOSE AREAS.

AND SO A LOT OF THAT COSTS ON TECH STOCK WILL BE IN THE BEGINNING, BUT AFTER I BELIEVE A TWO YEAR TURNAROUND, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT COMING FORWARD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO, TO OBTAIN THAT AND KEEP IT GOING.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT INFORMATION TO TELL US THAT WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO PREPARE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE CHECK OUT'S GONNA DO IT FOR TWO YEARS, THAT GIVES US TWO YEARS TO FINANCIALLY PREPARE FOR THAT KIND OF, RIGHT.

TREE CARE IRRIGATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF, IF WE TOOK THAT MONEY FROM BRIGHTVIEW, WE COULD DEFINITELY INCUR THAT INTO WHERE WE HAVE STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS CHECKING THESE AREAS, KEEPING IT DOWN, KEEPING TRASH DOWN.

RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT THAT STUFF ALLOCATED.

UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY FOUR MEMBERS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION SITES.

SO OUR GATEWAY SIGNS ARE COMING ONLINE TO BE PLANTED RIGHT NOW.

UM, SOME THINGS IN THAT CONTRACT THAT I'M LOOKING THROUGH WITH BRIGHTVIEW TO HELP US OUT AS WELL AS THE PACK, UM, THE PACK WAS ADDED ONTO THAT.

SO THAT COMES INTO THE INCURRING COST ON THAT WITH

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UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE SIGN AT THE PACK AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THERE AND THE MEDIANS THAT ARE BASICALLY BARE RIGHT NOW WITH GRASS AND WEEDS TO ROCKS.

SO ALL OF THAT IS INCURRED IN IT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT PUSHING THAT FORWARD AND, AND, UH, AND UPPING WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE BU THE BEAUTIFICATION GOLD STANDARD.

SO THE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS, AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE THE PACK MM-HMM.

THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE HERO'S MEMORIAL.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S A VERY DEFINED, THIS IS WHAT THE BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT DOES AND THIS IS WHAT PARKS AND, UH, PARKS IN REC, I GUESS THEY WHAT THEY DO.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THE ACTUAL PARK, BUT THEN IT'S GONNA GET, KIND OF GET SKEWED AND CONFUSED WHEN WE DO THE PACK AS AS WELL.

SO.

I THINK A MORE DEFINED AREA, EVEN FOR ME, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT IS GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS EVERYBODY IS, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

TO EVEN INCLUDE THE BRIGHT VIEW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE IT'S EVERYWHERE.

LIKE YES MA'AM, EVERYBODY'S EVERYWHERE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU KNOW, SO I CAN DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT.

I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

AND I KNOW WE WERE GIVEN THE MONTHLY, UH, UPDATES BEFORE, UH, WE HAD SOME CHANGING WITH A LOT OF STAFF GOING ON AND TRYING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

MY ADMIN WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A BETTER PROGRAM TO PUSH THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

SO WE'RE GETTING ANYWHERE FROM A BIMONTHLY TO A MONTHLY UPDATE.

SO YOU GET PICTURES AND SLIDES OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT WE ACTUALLY INCURRED.

AND I HAVE A NEW MAP COMING OUT, UH, THAT I'M WORKING WITH STEVE WITH GIS TO ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT, WHAT IT'S, THE DELINEATION LINES ARE AND WHAT WE TAKE CARE OF AND WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE TAKES CARE OF.

THAT WAY YOU HAVE AN IDEA.

I HAVE MY HAND UP.

I'M SORRY.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION PER ITEM, BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER GONNA FINISH THIS MEETING, SO IF WE CAN MAYBE DO ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS PER PERSON, THAT WILL BE AMAZING.

MAX 10 MINUTES.

THAT WILL BE.

AND THEN, UH, QUICK QUESTION.

DO, IS THERE ANY RE REASON WHY WE HAVE LEASED AND NOT OWN THE CHEVY TRUCKS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR? UM, THE CITY MOVED TO ENTERPRISE LEASING.

UH, SO WHERE WE'RE NOT INCURRING THAT COST IN THE BEGINNING.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THREE YEARS NOW, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.

PERVEZ.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF IT FINANCIALLY MAKES SENSE, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

IT'S IT'S A LOT.

IT'S A LOT LOWER AND, UH, WE GET A TURNAROUND IN FIVE YEARS ON THE TRUCK, SO WE'RE NOT INCURRING THAT.

THAT, THANK YOU.

UH, BRIAN, UH, THE THREE 11 PROGRAM THAT YOU HAD, UH, TALKED TO US ABOUT A WHILE BACK, AND I MAYBE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS DURING THE COMMUNICATIONS MM-HMM.

SECTION AND I, BUT I'M NOT SURE, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE WAS BRINGING UP PROJECTS AND THE STATUS OF PROJECTS.

WHERE COULD THAT GO IN OUR, THIS BUDGET, IN OUR POTENTIAL BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR, I GUESS I AM SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE, BUT I WON'T, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IS THAT THE QUESTION? YOU'RE ASKING FOR INFORMATION? YEAH.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.

IT'S, UM, SOMETHING I DEFINITELY WANT TO CONSIDER.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE LOOK AT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME BASIC IDEAS OF WHAT THE COSTING WOULD BE.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT BELONGS IN THE ORGANIZATION JUST YET, BUT, UM, BUT DEFINITELY I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE GET SOME PRICING OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING FORWARD TO YOU.

BE LAST THING I'LL SAY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE BUDGET.

I THINK IT WAS VERY REASONABLE FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO GET ON TOP OF ALL THE VIOLATORS OF THE LEAF BLOWERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YES SIR.

I SEE IT EVERYWHERE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNSEL LAST YEAR WE WERE, UH, GRANTED SOME EQUIPMENT AND IT HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY IN GETTING OUR, OUR BEAUTIFICATION CREW RUNNING.

THAT WAY WE CAN FIX ALL OF OUR DRAINAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HELP OUT WITH PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE CAN.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE USED THAT EQUIPMENT EXISTENTIALLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, LAST YEAR AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

A NEW FORD TRANSIT VAN THAT WILL BE LEASED.

NEXT STEP IS OUR NEXT STEP IS OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND SINCE OUR MANAGER FOR THAT PROGRAM LEFT LAST MONTH, I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS.

AND I ALSO WANNA ADD IS, UH, WE BRING ON THE NEW FACILITIES MANAGER, WHICH WE EXPECT TO DO INTERVIEWS NEXT WEEK ON.

WE MAY DO SOME REORGANIZATION OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR WORK, WORK GROUP.

SO THIS IS WHAT, UH, FORMER MANAGER HAD PRESENTED IN HIS BUDGET.

ONE IS BRINGING ON A NEW MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.

THIS WILL A BE ADDED TO THE TWO THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.

WHEN IT OPENS UP, THE TWO THAT ARE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET HAVE BEEN HIRED.

AND WE BEGIN ORIENTATION, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK, IF I'M BEING HONEST.

UM, GIVEN THE NEW, THE SIZE OF THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THAT IT'S A 24 7 BUILDING, UH, I MIGHT WANNA ASK FOR TWO NEW TO FULFILL THAT, THAT WORK GROUP.

AND THE SUPPORT CAUSE FOR THAT POSITION IS INCLUDED HERE.

WE, UH, RECLASS ONE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN TO A SUPERVISORY POSITION.

THIS GOES BACK TO THE DEDICATED CREW FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.

SO WE'LL WANT A SUPERVISORY PERSON FOR THAT CREW.

UH,

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THE ONE YEAR COST FOR THAT IS INCLUDED RIGHT NOW.

UH, THEY'RE WORKING OUT OF, UM, A TINY VAN AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S, UM, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

SO WE PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET, A 26 FOOT SCISSOR LIFT AND TRA TRAILER.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO GO OUT AND, AND RENT A SCISSOR LIFT TO DO THE VARIOUS MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AROUND TOWN AND CITY FACILITIES.

IT'S, IT'S TIME THAT, UH, WE OWNED OUR OWN, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND LEASE IT ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE, UH, I HAVE ONE MORE, UH, H V A C UNIT AT CITY HALL TO BE REPLACED, AND TWO AT THE LIBRARY TO BE REPLACED AS PART OF OUR ROTATING MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND ALSO FIVE NEW CONDENSERS AT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, TOTALING $253,000, $254,000 IN ROUND NUMBERS.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP IS, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND VEMO, HE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT.

SO FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. THERE ARE PLACEHOLDERS.

AND THE REASON I SAY PLACEHOLDERS IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER AS TO HIS INSIGHT OF THE FINANCE, FINANCE ORGANIZATION.

SO, NUMBER ONE, PRIORITY ORGANIZATION, AND YOU'LL HEAR THIS COMMON THEME FROM EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT.

AS THE CITY IS GROWING, EACH CITY DIRECT DELIVERY OF SERVICES ARE BEING IMPACTED AND THEY NEED MORE POSITIONS.

THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS LIKEWISE, ARE ALSO FEELING THE PINCH BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING SO FAST.

SO FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IF WE HAD THE SPACE, THAT IS THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS OFFICE SPACE.

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OUT OF SPACE.

SO YOU WILL SEE WE'RE MOVING EQUIPMENT INTO THE HALLWAYS.

YOU WILL SEE EQUIPMENT GETTING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM.

UM, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SHORT OF SPACE.

SO ORGANIZATIONALLY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE A CITY CONTROLLER BY THIS TIME.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE'RE BEEFING UP THE ORGANIZATION AND ADDING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION IN EACH DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE, OUR REQUEST INCLUDES A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION AS A PLACEHOLDER.

AND NUMBER THREE IS THE SUPPORT COST FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

NUMBER FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.

UH, THESE ARE BUDGET LINE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING, UH, DEFINITELY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

NUMBER FOUR IS TO RECLASSIFY A POSITION WITHIN FINANCE, UH, THAT WOULD RESPOND TO OUR BUSINESS NEEDS AS WE ARE GROWING.

NUMBER FIVE IS SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASE TO OUR AUDIT FEES FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT WE ROTATE OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO THIS LAST AUDIT WAS THEIR NUMBER FIVE.

SO WE WILL BE GOING OUT WITH AN RFP, BRINGING THE SELECTED AUDITOR TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, CUZ WE WANT THE NEW AUDITORS TO BE ON BOARD BY THE TIME WE ADOPT A BUDGET.

AND THE LAST ITEM I HAVE IS FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES.

AS OUR BANK BALANCE INCREASES, WE HAVE MORE INVESTMENTS AND TYPES OF INVESTMENTS.

UH, SO THOSE FEES ARE BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INVESTMENTS.

SO THOSE WILL BE GOING UP NEXT YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT? THANK YOU.

YEAH, SO THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE PAID MORE THAN THE CITY CONTROLLER.

WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK, CAN YOU HAVE LIKE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? SO WE CAN DEFINITELY.

PROJECTS THAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED NEXT YEAR, THE HPI AGREEMENT, THE E N F AGREEMENT AND THE COSTCO AGREEMENT.

DEFINITELY.

AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE I CAN ASK THEM NOW OR I CAN ASK 'EM LATER.

BUT THESE ARE IN QUESTIONS THAT I FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE ASKED.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE LONG MEETINGS, WHETHER IT BE NOW OR NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER THAT.

HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ONE GOES BY A LITTLE BIT FASTER BECAUSE, UH, I AM MORE INFORMED.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, I AM BRINGING THESE ITEMS FORWARD BECAUSE THESE ARE NON-DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PARTICULAR TO ANY SPECIFIC CITY DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY AFFECT CITYWIDE.

AND THESE ARE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT.

NUMBER ONE, AS WE TOUCHED ON EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO INCREASE THE INCENTIVE, THE THREE 80 INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR BY APPROXIMATELY $300,000.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE.

UH, THE THREE

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UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE.

I JUST SEE THE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE.

SO THIS IS A, A CONVENIENCE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO CITYWIDE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE IS USING CREDIT CARDS, UH, UTILITY BILLS, MUNICIPAL COURT FINES.

AND THOSE HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE REVENUES GOING UP, THE CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS ARE GOING UP AS WELL.

SO THE CREDIT CARD FEES ARE INCREASING AND WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THOSE.

OUR ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST $250,000 MORE.

NOT ALL OF IT WILL BE ON THE BACKS OF GENERAL FUND.

SOME OF IT'LL BE ALLOCATED TO THE WATER UTILITY, WASTEWATER, UTILITY, STRONG DRAINAGE.

IS THAT WHEN THE CITY USES CREDIT CARD FEES OR CREDIT CARDS? I'M JUST CONFUSED CUZ WHEN I PAID MY BILL, MY WATER BILL, IT ALWAYS CHARGES LIKE TWO 50, $2 AND 57.

SO IS THAT, IS THAT THE SAME THING? YES.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE CITY IS CHARGED WHEN YOU FIRST SWIPE THROUGH THE PORTAL AND THEN ON THE BACK END WHEN THE MONEY GOES TO THE BANK, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN ENCOURAGE, LIKE, ACHS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAS A SMALLER FEE, DOESN'T IT? YES.

OR IF ANY, NO FEES.

ECHECKS, THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

CAN WE PUSH IT? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT WILL TAKE MORE TIME THOUGH FOR US TO GET THE FUNDS AVAILABLE THOUGH.

OH, DOES IT? YES.

WELL, ACH WILL CLEAR FASTER.

ECHECKS WILL CLEAR ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

I'M, BUT, BUT WE PROVIDE ALL THOSE OPTIONS TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS PREFER USING CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE THEY COME WITH POINTS.

MILEAGE.

UH, NUMBER THREE, SOLID WASTE CHARGES NEXT YEAR WILL BE INCREASING BASED ON OUR CONTRACT WITH TDS.

UH, IT'S INCREASING BY 2.5% APPROXIMATELY, SO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

BUT AS BRIAN WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU HAVE THE REVENUE SIDE OF THIS.

SO THE CUSTOMERS THAT WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR RATES, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.

HEALTH INSURANCE, THIS IS EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE.

FOR OUR, UH, OUR EMPLOYEE CITYWIDE, WE HAD ESTIMATED 5% INCREASE NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, TALKING TO SANDRA JUST YESTERDAY, UH, WE ARE SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND HUB WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGERS TO GO OVER THEIR PROJECTIONS.

UH, THIS MIGHT CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

UH, THE BALLPARK ESTIMATES THEY WERE TALKING OVER THE PHONE WITH US ARE WITH HR, IS THAT IT COULD BE BETWEEN SIX AND 8%.

NUMBER FIVE, PROPERTY LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMP.

WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE ASSETS.

WE'RE ADDING TO OUR COVERAGE ON THE LIABILITY SIDE, WE'RE ADDING MORE VEHICLES AND WE'RE ADDING MORE EMPLOYEES ON OUR PAYROLL.

NUMBER SIX IS LONGEVITY PAY.

UH, WE'RE INCREASING IT BY 75 CENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT FI UH, 5%.

NUMBER SEVEN IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

RATHER THAN INCREASING, WE'RE SHOWING A REDUCTION OF 1.6 MILLION CITYWIDE.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET, IT'S A DECREASE BECAUSE WE HAD 20% INCREASE IN BASE SALARIES THIS YEAR.

NEXT YEAR, UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER 20% .

BUT I THINK BRIAN IS GONNA PRESENT SOMETHING LESS THAN 20%.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 5% AVERAGE.

UH, SO NET REDUCTION OF 1.6 MILLION.

SO OVERALL WE'LL SEE A REDUCTION ABOUT $640,000 IN CITYWIDE ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR PROFESS? NEXT UP IS SANDRA D. DURAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, PRESENTING HER BUDGET REQUEST.

HAVE, UM, THEIR CERTIFICATIONS FOR HR, YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATIONS, YOU HAVE TO GET 60 HOURS EVERY THREE YEARS.

GOOD MORNING.

THE ITEMS THAT, UM, I HAVE PRESENTED HERE IS TRAINING AND CONFERENCES WITH HAVING FOUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT

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SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATION FOR CIVIL SERVICE AS WE HAVE OUR CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR AND WE HAVE PRIMA, WHICH TAKES CARE OF OUR RISK MANAGEMENT BECAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF THE WORKER COMPENSATIONS FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE OF 5,600.

AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP TO GO UP BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ALSO TO COVER THE MEMBERSHIPS IN THESE DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH IS FOR LABOR RELATIONS, SHRM, WHICH IS HUMAN RESOURCES, TEXAS MUNICIPAL.

AND FOR PRIMA, WHICH IS THE RISK MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL SERVICES AND DRUG TESTING.

WE ARE NOW, RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IN THE NEGATIVE.

UM, SO WE NEED TO ADD MORE ON THAT.

WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE MEDICAL SERVICES AND THE NEW HIRE LINE ITEM.

SO THAT HAS HELPED ME, UH, BE IN BALANCE WITH THE BUDGET.

UH, BUT AS WE ADD NEW POSITIONS, WE HAVE TO PUT THEM THROUGH WORK STEPS, WORK STEPS, ASSESS, ASSESSES THE DE THE, UH, POSITION TO SEE WHAT THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS ARE.

AND, UH, THAT HELPS WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO DO ANY PRE-EMPLOYMENT ASSESSMENTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN PHYSICALLY DO THE JOB WITHOUT THE, UH, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ADVERTISING.

AS YOU KNOW, UH, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE BIG FOCUS ON HIRING.

EVERYBODY'S ADVERTISING EVERYWHERE THEY CAN.

SO WE WANNA CONTINUE DOING THAT.

WE WANNA CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE JOB FAIRS THAT WE CAN.

AND THOSE DO COST.

AND WITH HAVING JOB FAIRS, YOU NEED TO HAVE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GATHER PEOPLE AROUND YOUR TABLE AND ASK ABOUT THE CITY OF KYLE.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 TO GO TO THE ADVERTISING BUDGET FOR THE RECRUITING BUDGET, AND THEN TRAINING SERVICES.

THAT MONEY GOES TO TRAINING THE WHOLE CITY, EVERYBODY, UM, IN OUR ORGANIZATION, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL $4,000.

WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THE ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT LAW SUPERVISOR TRAINING EVERY YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE DONE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND COLORS ASSESSMENT, BUT TWO OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT I KEEP GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SUPERVISORS IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TRAINING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

SO HOW TO DEESCALATE ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR CITIZENS.

UM, SO THAT IS WELL NEEDED.

SO THAT IS PART OF THE REQUEST.

5,000 ADDITIONAL FOR TESTING CERTIFICATION.

THAT'S ALL K P D.

UM, THAT IS FOR PROMOTIONAL TESTING FOR POLICE OFFICERS DUE TO CIVIL SERVICE.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE TO DO A PROMOTIONAL ASSESSMENT CENTER WHERE WE HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO CONDUCT THAT.

AND JUST OUR ENTRY LEVEL TESTINGS.

WE ARE AVERAGING ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT TESTINGS A YEAR.

WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A TEST RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK IN THE IT SYSTEMS FEES.

WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, 30,000 TOTAL, 15 FOR THE WORK TANGO.

THAT IS THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT COUNCIL HAD ASKED US TO CONDUCT.

AND THEN WE ADDING ANOTHER, WELL, WE ADDED ADDITIONAL, UH, USERS TO HAVE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

AND THE OTHER 15,000 IS FOR A NEW APPLICATION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO ATTAIN FOR YEARS ALREADY.

UH, BUT WE'RE DOING IT IN PARTS.

SO WE HAVE NEIL GOV THAT PROVIDES THE SYSTEM FROM, UH, WHEN THE EMPLOYEE GETS HIRED ALL THE WAY THROUGH RETIREMENT.

SO IT'S A WHOLE CYCLE.

SO THE CYCLE THAT WE WANT TO GEAR TO RIGHT NOW IS THE APPLICATION SYSTEM.

WE ARE A BIG ORGANIZATION NOW AND, UH, THIS PROVIDES WHERE YOU CAN DO SCHEDULE YOUR INTERVIEWS WITHOUT SOMEBODY HAVING TO CALL EVERY SINGLE PERSON FOR THE INTERVIEWS.

SO THAT WOULD HELP THE TOTAL ORGANIZATION ON THAT.

IT HELPS WITH JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

IT'S JUST VERY AUTOMIZED AND, UM, ALL THE MAJOR CITIES AROUND US USE THAT.

AND SO WE CAN ALSO SHARE INFORMATION LIKE SALARIES, UM, AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

GENERAL SUPPLY SUPPLIES WE'RE ASKING FOR 1700 LAST YEAR.

FOR SOME REASON IT WAS CUT.

SO WE JUST WANNA RECOUP THAT.

WE WERE LEFT ONLY WITH 250 AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A FOOD AND MEALS, UH, BUDGET.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR A 500 ON THAT.

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AND AS USUAL, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD BUDGETED 150,000 FOR OUR, UM, PARODY PAY.

SO EVERY YEAR WE CONDUCT A SURVEY THAT WE DO WITH THE COMPARI CITIES OF LEAN ANDERS, SAN MARCOS, NEW BRAUNFELS, AND PFLUGERVILLE.

AND, UH, WE'LL GO AND DO DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE PAYING.

AND IF WE NEED TO DO, DO ANY PARODY PAY, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE USE, UM, TO TRY TO KEEP US IN PAR WITH COMPETING CITIES AND BEING ABLE TO, TO HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE, THE BEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, FOR THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY? YES.

UM, I KNOW IT WAS ALREADY GIVEN OUT THIS YEAR.

HAVE WE GOTTEN THOSE RESULTS YET? YES, WE HAVE.

AND THEY'VE BEEN SHARED WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR MR. LANGLEY TO JOIN THE TEAM SO WE CAN SHARE IT AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO WHAT IS THE 15,000 FOR NEXT YEAR? FOR FOR THAT? WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE HAVING THOSE.

SO ARE WE GONNA BE DOING A YEARLY SURVEY FOR THE EMPLOYEES? CORRECT.

WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE IN SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT SHORTER TO ENGAGE.

HAVE WE IMPROVED IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE SCORED LOW? UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, AND THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR LATER ON, HOW THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY GOES AND IF EACH LINK IS THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY, IF THOSE LINKS CAN BE TRACKED.

BUT I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK THAT SOME EMPLOYEES MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT STAFF KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WHAT LINK WAS SENT TO WHO AND IF THEY CAN BE REALLY TRUTHFUL.

UM, YEAH, WE COMMUNICATE TO ALL STAFF THAT THIS IS A THIRD PARTY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PAYING THIS MUCH MONEY WORK.

TANGLE HANDLES ALL THAT.

I DON'T, SO THERE IS NO WAY OF US TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHO ANSWERED WHAT.

AND THEN WHAT WAS THE, UM, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY? A A PERCENTAGE? WE HAD 76%.

YES, YOU'RE WELCOME.

NOW, IF YOU DID THAT BY DEPARTMENT AND THERE WAS A DEPARTMENT OF THREE MM-HMM.

, WOULD IT BE HARD NOT TO KNOW WHO THAT PERSON WAS? THE RESULTS ARE MASS WHERE YOU CAN'T TELL.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN VICTORIA WENT TO GO LOOK AT HER RESULTS, SHE HAD NO RESULTS, RIGHT? SO HER DEPARTMENT GOT GATHERED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE BELOW FIVE.

SO THEN HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE? WELL, IF IT NEEDS TO BE CONFIDENTIAL, WE CANNOT KNOW IN THOSE LITTLE DEPARTMENTS.

BUT WE WILL KNOW THAT VICTORIA WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH HR AND IT AND 75% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN KNOW AND YOU CAN ASSESS AND YOU CAN GO DOWN AND GRILL DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

SO THEN WE WOULD PUT AN ACTION PLAN TOGETHER FOR THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS TO WORK ON WHATEVER THEY SCORED LOW ON THAT.

CLOSING OUT TICKETS WITHIN THEIR IPADS.

ONE NUMBER ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST SENDING ME A FOLLOW UP EMAIL OF THE TRAINING AND THE CONFERENCES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NEXT.

YES, THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR SANDRA? THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WITH MARCO FORTE, OUR INFORMATION DIRECTOR.

UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNSEL.

SO THE FOLLOWING, UM, THAT YOU SEE IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUDGET REQUEST NEEDS FOR UPCOMING YEAR FISCAL, UH, 2024.

UH, THESE REQUESTS WILL BETTER MEET THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE IT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS BETTER SUPPORT THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OF THE CITY TO MEET ITS GOALS AND, AND IN INITIATIVES.

UH, THE FIRST ONE ON THE SLIDE YOU SEE IS, UM, MICROSOFT OFFICE 365, UH, LICENSE INCREASE.

SO THE AMOUNT OF $4,675.

SO THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS AND SOME EMPLOYEES THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, OFFICE OR EMAIL LICENSES.

THOSE ARE USUALLY LIKE YOUR TECH ONES, TECH TWO S IN PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, ES AND T, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, WE WANT TO GO AND PROVIDE, UH, EMAIL LICENSES FOR THOSE USERS.

UM, AS WE IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS THE CARDIOGRAPH SYSTEM WORK ORDER SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THOSE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE EMAIL ADDRESS TO GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS FOR, UH, BASICALLY THE, MY WORK SCHEDULES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, THE AMOUNT OF 4,675 WILL GIVE US, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ALL THOSE LICENSES TO EVERY SINGLE USER.

UH, THE SECOND ONE THAT YOU SEE ON OUR, UH, SLIDE HERE IS CARDIOGRAPH FOUR QUARTER SYSTEM INCREASE.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CELLULAR SERVICES.

UM, SO PART OF THIS NEW SYSTEM IS TO ALLOW THESE TECHNICIANS TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD WITH IPADS AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON AND THEN GO ON OUT AND START, UH,

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SO THIS AMOUNT OF $5,926 IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CELLULAR SERVICE PLAN THAT THEY NEED TO ON THOSE IPADS.

IS THAT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK ON WIFI ONLY? EXACTLY.

THEY CAN BE OUT IN THE FIELD AND, AND CONTINUE TO DOING THEIR THEIR WORK.

UM, THE THIRD OPTION, UM, ON HERE THAT I HAVE IS FOR, UH, THE FIREWALL NETWORK SWITCHES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER OF THE AMOUNT OF $6,595.

SO WITH THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER COMING ONLINE THIS YEAR, UM, THE INITIAL IT HARDWARE AND LICENSING HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT.

THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS FOR THE RENEWAL OF THESE LICENSES AND MAINTENANCE FOR SUPPORT FOR THOSE DEVICES.

UM, AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES ANYTHING FOR OUR FIREWALLS, OUR NETWORK SWITCHES FOR THAT SPECIFIC BUILDING ITSELF.

UM, THE NEXT FINAL TWO ARE BASICALLY NEW INITIATIVE REQUESTS.

UM, I AM REQUESTING $32,298 TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT NETWORK SWITCHES FOR CITY HALL PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR LIBRARY.

SO, UM, THESE ARE THE MAIN COMPONENTS THAT KEEP OUR NETWORK SECURE.

UH, THE CURRENT DEVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THOSE FACILITIES ARE ROUGHLY SEVEN YEARS OLD, SO THEY'RE ABOUT END OF LIFE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE UP TO DATE SO IT COULD CONTINUE GETTING UPDATES, UH, FOR THOSE UH, DEVICES.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, I PROMISE I DID NOT PUT THIS ON THERE TO SWINDLE COUNCIL, I PROMISE , BUT, UH, I'M REQUESTING $30,510 TO UH, UPGRADE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UM, THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO DEVICES FAIL, MAJOR DEVICES FAIL US IN THE BACK ROOM OVER THERE.

UH, THAT GRANT USUALLY HELPS FACILITATE THOSE.

UM, AND IT, WE'VE HAD THOSE UH, ITEMS FOR ABOUT SINCE 2017.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME TO, TO START REVAMPING THOSE DEVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE WANT TO BUY MICROPHONES, VIDEO ENCODERS, SWITCHERS, UM, THE NEW SCREENS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM IS NOT JUST FOR COUNCIL.

WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS IN THIS ROOM, SO PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY ALL USE THE SAME EQUIPMENT.

SO, UH, I'M REQUESTING THAT MONEY TO REPLACE THOSE ITEMS. AND THAT'S IT.

I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LICENSING.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SEE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I THINK EVERY EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE AN EMAIL FOR THE CITY TO GET COMMUNICATION LIKE FROM EVERY SINGLE POSITION, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.

SECOND WAS, UM, HAVE WE, DID WE LOOK INTO MAYBE THE STREAMING OPTION OF THE MEETINGS TO HAVE THE CLOSED CAPTION IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? YES.

I'M CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE MICROSOFT STREAM OPTION THAT WHERE IT IS PROVIDED.

UH, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE LICENSING FOR IT, BUT WE DO HAVE BUDGET FOR THAT THIS YEAR TO ACTUALLY GO AND IMPLEMENT THAT.

AND RIGHT NOW MY TEAM IS WORK WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT.

UM, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE THAT EVEN WITH ENGLISH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF THAT WOULD WANNA BENEFIT HUGELY FROM THAT, NOT A, LIKE MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THE SPANISH CUZ WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, BUT THEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM THAT TOO, JUST TO HAVE IT IN ENGLISH.

SO, UM, AND THEN SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE CAN PUT A CAMERA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE SO I DON'T GET THE AWFUL LOOK.

I GET IN EVERY COUNCIL MEETING FROM , THE CAMERA AS IN HERE MAYBE GAVE UH, RACHEL AN OPTION TO HAVE A CAMERA THAT COMES FROM THE CENTER SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO USE LIKE A STEPPING STOOL TO TAKE A PICTURE HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS.

I ALWAYS FEEL BAD WHENEVER I SEE HER STRUGGLING.

SHE THE PODIUM, YOU KNOW, SO , I LIKE THAT'S PART OF THE MEETING RIGHT? .

SO THIS THING, UM, SO, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THESE THINGS IN THE AGENDA, UM, FOR THE BUDGET.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

DEFINITELY.

UH, I, I NOTICED YOU DON'T HAVE AN IT ASSISTANT IN THE BUDGET.

DO YOU NEED ANOTHER PERSON? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, I THINK OUR, IT'S ALWAYS OVERWORKED OR, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS, WE JUST HIRED SOMEBODY.

NO.

SO YEAH, SO RECENTLY WE JUST HIRED AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

UM, HE JUST STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

UH, HE'S BEEN DOING GREAT.

UH, AS FAR AS TOTAL, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN MY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING MYSELF IS SIX.

WE HAVE TWO CURRENT VACANT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TWO ANALYSTS, TWO TECHS THAT'LL DO THE DAY-TO-DAY TICKETING AND THEN, UH, MYSELF AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO HELP FACILITATE PROJECTS, NOT JUST WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT BUT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TOO.

WELL, SO YOU FEEL GOOD WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AS OF RIGHT NOW? YES.

UM, IN THE FUTURE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR, UM, AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER HELP DESK TO HELP FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, THE TICKETING.

UM, BUT I MEAN WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, WITH UH, MY CITY MANAGER AND OUR NEXT ONE-ON-ONE.

UM, MR. HEER, YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THREE 11.

INITIATIVES TO GO TO THE 31 1 1 ASPECTS OF IT.

SO, UH, THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP FOR, SO IMPLEMENTING THAT.

SO WE NEED TO FACILITATE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WORK ORDER SYSTEM FOR POLAR WORKS.

SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY GET THOSE REQUESTS IN, UM, THAT IS SCHEDULED TO GO LIVE ACTUALLY THIS YEAR.

SO ONCE THAT GOES LIVE, THEN WE CAN START TAKING THE

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WELL THANKS.

WE FOUND RED COULD LAND IN THE BUDGET .

SO FOR NUMBER THREE, UM, ARE THOSE SWITCHES GONNA BE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER? YES.

UH, THEY CURRENTLY ALREADY WE'RE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.

THOSE ARE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.

IS THAT GONNA COME OUT OF THE BOND? UH, THE HARBOR'S ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED OUT OF THAT BOND.

UH, THIS IS JUST MORE FOR RENEWAL AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THAT'S USUALLY BOND? YEAH, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE BOND.

OH, ONE THING, I'M SORRY.

UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY SYSTEM THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TO DO THE CLOCKING THROUGH TEAMS CUZ I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY, I DON'T KNOW, PAPER PUNCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SOME DEPARTMENTS DO THEIR TRACKING OF THE HOURS.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME.

UM, AND NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY WILL MAKE SENSE FOR THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT TO HAVING CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT USING TEAMS APP.

UM, WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT.

I KNOW I'LL, I'LL TEAM UP WITH HR.

UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR SPECIFICS.

THEY, THEY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SOFTWARES TOO AS WELL.

UM, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM.

AND SINCE, SINCE IT'S A PART OF THE LICENSING, RIGHT? HOW DO THEY CURRENTLY CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT? NOT EVERYBODY DOES THE SAME.

LIKE THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED THAT SOME PEOPLE, SO CURRENTLY THEY HAVE A SYSTEM WITH UH, IS IT HILL HILL COUNTRY PAYROLL? YEAH.

AND THEY USUALLY EITHER CLOCK IN AT THE CLOCKS OR THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WEBSITE THAT THEY GO TO AND CLOCK IN AND OUT.

AND IS THIS LIKE AN UM, PRIVATE COMPANY THAT JUST CREATED A SOFTWARE FOR CLOCK IN AND CLICK OUT? I BELIEVE SO.

THEY'RE DEDICATED JUST FOR UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE TIMEKEEPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO IF WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IS IT WILL BE, UH, DOWNLOADING AN APP IN TEAMS JUST TO DO THE CLICK IN AND CLICK OUT AND THAT WAY WE CAN REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW, BUT GOTCHA.

PROBABLY IT'S VERY OLD, OLD SCHOOL SO SOME OF US CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT AND SOME OF THEM CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT UNIVERSAL? THAT BE IDEAL? YES.

WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY BE ON THE SAME, WHOEVER IS NOT SALARY.

WAIT, YES, WE HAVE EVERYBODY CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT UNLESS YOU'RE SALARY, THEN YOU TURN IN WHAT VACATION OR SICK LEAVE YOU USE THROUGH A SPREADSHEET.

UM, BUT IT IS VERY TEDIOUS, UH, WHAT WE USE WITH HILL COUNTRY.

THE CODES JUST WITH CIVIL SERVICE.

UM, CHIEF CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

IT IS VERY TEDIOUS.

IT'S, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT FOR US TO TRANSFER ALL THAT TO TEAMS AND THEN THAT FEEDS INTO OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM, WHICH IS INCODE AND THAT'S ALREADY SET UP AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES WITH IT THAT I SEE.

I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE COMP TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING REALLY COURTEOUS.

UH, BECAUSE COMP TIME IS JUST TIME THAT YOU GUYS EARN AND YOU CAN USE WHENEVER YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU WORK EXTRA HOURS.

BUT IF THERE'S, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, THERE'S WHAT NORMAL CITIES DO, DO OTHER CITIES NOT HAVE? I MEAN CUZ IF YOU'RE TELL TELLING ME AND MAYBE YOU DO IT DIFFERENTLY THAT THEY GO IN AND THEY JUST WRITE DOWN THEIR HOURS.

I COULD DO THAT ON FRIDAY WITHOUT ANY REAL CONFIRMATION OR VERIFICATION.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SALARY PEOPLE? IT, WHOEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF HOURLY EMPLOYEES, ANYBODY THAT COULD DO THAT.

IF THEY'RE HOURLY EMPLOYEES, IT CALCULATES THEIR OVERTIME AUTOMATICALLY.

AND SO, AND THEY CLOCK IN EVERY DAY? THEY CLOCK IN WHEN THEY COME IN, I THINK SEE THAT FOR EVERYBODY.

THEY CLOCK OUT, THEY DO FOR LUNCH, THEY CLOCK BACK IN AFTER LUNCH.

SO NOT DIRECTORS.

WELL DIRECTORS ARE SALARY.

YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING BUT THEY GET COMP TIME.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT, THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALLOCATING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COMP TIME.

EITHER WE CANNOT HAVE SALARY EMPLOYEES TO CLOCK IN THE MINUTE THAT WE DO THAT THEY BECOME HOURLY.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

BUT WILL THEY, SO ONCE THEY, UM, NOT THE SALARIED EMPLOYEES MM-HMM CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT.

DOES ANYBODY NEED TO GO AND VERIFY THAT WITH LIKE A SHEET AND PUT IT IN EXCEL AND SEND IT TO PAYROLL? IS THAT HOW WE'RE DOING IT? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? SO IF THEY USE HOW I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE HILL COUNTRY PROCESS GOES FOR THE CLOCKING AND CLOCK OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES.

THERE'S TIME CLOCKS IN THE BREAK ROOMS. OKAY.

LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIELD EMPLOYEES.

AND THEY CLOCK IN AND THEY CLOCK OUT WHEN THEY GO TO LUNCH AND THEY CLOCK BACK IN WHEN THEY COME FROM LUNCH AND THEY CLOCK OUT WHEN THEY LEAVE FOR THE DAY.

AND THAT INFORMATION, WHERE DOES IT GO? THAT INFORMATION FEES? STRAIGHT TO PAYROLL AND FINANCE.

DOES ANYBODY NEED TO VERIFY THAT? IS THAT LIKE EXCEL SHEET? SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? A PAYROLL TEAM MEMBER IN EACH DEPARTMENT AND THEY LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING, LOOK AT THE MISSED PUNCHES AND ALL THAT EVERY TWO WEEKS.

AND THEN, UH, THEY GIVE IT TO THE DIRECTOR.

THE DIRECTOR LOOKS AT IT AGAIN, LOOKS AT THEIR OVERTIME, APPROVES IT, AND THEN IT GETS SENT TO OUR PAYROLL TEAM AND FINANCE.

, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AGAIN AT LOOKING AT IT AGAIN FOR THE THIRD

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TIME.

AND THEN THEY GO BACK AND ASK ME, HEY, IS THIS PAID CORRECTLY? THEY ASK ANY QUESTIONS, WE TALK BACK TO THE DIRECTORS AND THEN IT'S PROCESSED THROUGH FINANCE.

AND HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE? RIGHT NOW IT'S MINIMAL.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A WHOLE LOT.

IT'S UNDER $500 A MONTH.

SO IF THAT COULD BE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INCLUDED INTO THE LICENSING.

IT'S ALL I'M SAYING CUZ I WORKED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

SO I THINK IT WILL BE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS AND THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY CLOCKS IN OR CLOCKS OUT USING TEAMS, THEN THE REST OF THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF THE PERSON IS AVAILABLE OR NOT, OR TIME OFFS OR SCHEDULES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING I USED TO DO FOR OTHER COMPANIES.

SO I THINK THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY MIGRATE TOWARDS MM-HMM.

IT, SAME SERVICE OVERALL.

THAT'S ALL.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO DISCUSS LIKE SINCE, SINCE WE GET PAID SINCE NOT WE, BUT SINCE, UH, STAFF GETS PAID OUT SICK TIME AND VACATION TIME, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY USE THEIR COMP TIME AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERPAYING AS SICK OR, UM, VACATION TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE COMP TIME IS BEING PROPERLY UTILIZED.

SO, UH, MAYBE ONCE MR. LANGLEY GETS BROUGHT ON, HE CAN KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN BURLESON, BUT HERE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERPAYING IN, IN VACATION OR SICK TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR COMP TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THEY BECOME, WELL IT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT TO PAYROLL, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SALARY, IT GOES TO THEIR SUPERVISOR.

THE SUPERVISOR KNOWS THE SCHEDULE OF WHAT THEY WORKED AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T, AND THEY APPROVE THAT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I TOOK VACATION ON TUESDAY, JERRY HAS IN FILE THAT I REQUESTED OFF ON TUESDAY FOR EIGHT HOURS, AND THEN WHEN I DO MY TIME SHEET, HE'LL MATCH IT, THEN I'M USING THE EIGHT HOURS FOR VACATION AND THAT I REQUESTED IT AND ALL THAT IS AN OFFICIAL RECORD.

NOW IF I'M LYING, THEN THAT'S ON ME AND IF I GET CAUGHT, I GET FIRED.

BUT I, WE DON'T QUESTION, UH, IF WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS THERE THAT THIS PERSON DID TAKE OFF AND IS TAKING THEIR TIME.

THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

UM, YEAH, I'LL I'LL JUST SAY, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WITH THE TEAM, UH, TIMEKEEPING IS A COMPLEX PROCESS.

UH, EACH DEPARTMENT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT SHIFTS, DIFFERENT RULES FOR WHAT'S OVERTIME, WHAT'S NOT.

UM, SO THERE, THERE'RE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT PROBABLY ARE SOUNDS LIKE ARE BEING USED AND, UH, YOU CAN TRY TO PUT THOSE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA WITH ONE SOFTWARE.

UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THOSE THINGS.

SO I'LL, I'LL VISIT WITH A TEAM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS, GIVE YOU A BETTER EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT IS.

I THINK THE POINT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS A GOOD ONE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT TIME WE'RE PAYING, WHAT TIME WE'RE NOT.

IS IT ACCURATE? I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SANDRA'S SAYING IS SHE BELIEVES IT IS.

BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION.

A SECURITY SYSTEM THROUGH NIGHT, UM, SECURITY AND NIGHT SECURITY SYSTEMS. IT WOULD BE THE SAME, UM, CALIBER AS, UM, THE ONE WE HAVE HERE AT CITY HALL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? FRIED TEA NEXT IS OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, UH, BUDGET REQUEST AND COLLEEN TYRANNY WILL PRESENT THAT.

I WANT TO A, I JUST NOTE THAT THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE BUDGET FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION WOULD, AND THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

PRE PRESENTED BY VANESSA WESTBROOK, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S COLLEEN TYRANNY, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES.

UM, AND MR. LANGLEY, I JUST, UM, AM THIS IS, I'M IN MY SIXTH MONTH AT, UH, THE CITY OF KYLE.

SO THIS IS, I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY FIRST BUDGET YEAR.

AND SO, UM, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE RESOURCES THAT, UH, THE LIBRARY HAS AT THE MOMENT.

UM, I, UH, HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN THE WHOLE FULL YEAR COME TO FRUITION, SO I, UM, AM ASKING FOR THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD ENHANCE OUR LIBRARY BASED ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UM, I AM, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART IT'S BEEN, UH, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN VERY SUFFICIENT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE GREAT LIBRARY SERVICES TO THE CITY OF KYLE.

UM, MY FOCUS THIS YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN ON, UH, SECURITY AND SAFETY AT THE LIBRARY.

UM, SO I HAVE SPENT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS REALLY WORKING ON MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING ALL THE DIFFERENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND TRAINING THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A STAFF IN A FACILITY THAT IS A SOFT TARGET, AS WE ALL KNOW.

AND, UH, SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF MINE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MY ATTENTION DURING THAT PROCESS WAS THAT WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY USING A SECURITY, UM, CAMERA THAT IS, THAT IS UPGRADED, LIKE THE ONE AT CITY HALL OR THE PD.

SO WHAT, ONE OF THE THINGS IN MY BUDGET LINE I'VE WORKED WITH MARCO ON IS GETTING A QUOTE FOR

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UM, IT, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS, UH, MONITORING IN REAL TIME.

IT WOULD GIVE US MORE STORAGE FOR VIDEO AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, VIEW THE FOOTAGE, UM, FROM THE SERVER, THE SAME SERVER THAT'S BEING USED AT CITY HALL.

UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A RECORDING THAT'S GOING ON, NOT, UM, REAL TIME SECURITY.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD INCREASE THE, UH, SAFETY FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO THAT IS, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF MY FOCUS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I, UH, AM WORKING TOWARDS IS, UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FRIENDS OF THE KYLE LIBRARY THAT, UM, HAVE A THRIFT STORE THAT RAISES MONEY OR THAT IS A NONPROFIT THAT MA RAISES MONEY, UM, TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY.

AND, UH, I HAVE, UM, BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT THE LIBRARY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WITH EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THEY WERE WILLING TO DO FOR US IS PURCHASE A BOOK MOBILE.

AND, UM, THROUGH THE FAR, UM, THROUGH FARBER, UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOME COATS FROM THEM AND SO THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT FOR, FOR THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A OUTREACH LIBRARIAN THAT WOULD SERVE ON THE BOOK MOBILE.

UM, AND IT WOULD BE, UH, THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN, IN THIS IS I'VE JUST DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE AN OUTREACH LIBRARIAN FOR BOTH ADULT AND CHILDREN.

IT WOULDN'T JUST BE FOR CHILDREN.

I ORIGINALLY, I WAS THINKING THAT ONE STAFF PERSON THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE WOULD, UM, WANTED TO DO THE ADULT PART AND THEN I WOULD HIRE SOMEONE TO DO THE CHILDREN'S PART.

AND I'VE NOW DISCOVERED THAT THIS PERSON ISN'T INTERESTED IN, IN THE BOOKMOBILE.

AND, UM, I WOULD HIRE SOMEONE TO JUST BE OUR OUTREACH LIBRARIAN, UM, IF, IF THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.

UM, I HAVE ATTENDED, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS ON BOOK MOBILES IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, UH, THERE ARE OTHER DIRECTORS IN THE AREA THAT I HAVE TALKED TO AND MET WITH TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A BOOK MOBILE AND, UM, ALL THE PITFALLS AND ALL THE KIND OF CHALLENGES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THE FUEL AND MAINTENANCE FOR A BOOK MOBILE WOULD BE.

UM, AND IT WOULDN'T BE ONE THAT IS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE LIKE A CDL LICENSE.

IT WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE LIKE A SORT OF TYPE OF VAN KIND OF THING.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A INCREASED, UH, LEGAL OR A BUDGET LINE FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

UM, I, IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HASN'T BEEN USED, BUT, UM, IF LEGAL SERVICES HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRED FOR LIBRARY, UM, RELATED EXPENSES.

BUT, UM, THIS YEAR I, UM, WAS WORKING WITH DELL CHILDREN'S, UM, MEDICAL SCHOOL TO, UM, BRING IN A TEEN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER.

AND THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY ASKED ME TO SIGN WAS VERY, UM, INVOLVED WITH, UH, FERPA AND HIPAA TYPE THINGS.

AND I NEEDED TO HAVE OUR LEGAL TEAM LOOK AT IT.

SO I ENCOURAGE SOME LEGAL EXPENSES THIS YEAR AND I, I SUSPECT THAT IN THE, IN THE HOPES THAT WE CAN DO MORE PARTNERING WITH, UM, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO BRING IN PREVENTATIVE WORKSHOPS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH I'M LOOKING INTO, UM, THAT THERE IS THE, UH, LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME, UM, LEGAL SERVICES TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS FOR AGREEMENTS THAT WE MAY, UH, VENTURE INTO.

AND THAT IS ALL OF THE BUDGET QUESTION FOR, SO WHY IS THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION NOT INSIDE? THEY THEY ARE UNDER THE LIBRARY'S, UH, DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? THE LIBRARY IS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR, FOR THAT COMMISSION.

THAT'S, UH, COUNCIL DID AWARD THEM A BUDGET AND THAT COMMISSION HAS REQUESTED SOME, SOME CHANGES TO THEIR BUDGET AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST THAT THEY PRESENTED THAT ON THEIR OWN SEPARATELY.

UM, YEAH, AND, UH, YEAH, WELL, TO, TO BE, TO ELABORATE ON THAT.

DO THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSION HAVE BUDGETS? NOT THAT I THEY DO NOT, THEY DO NOT.

JUST THIS ONE.

THE PLANNING AND ZING HAS, UH, BUDGET FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO NATIONAL AND STATE CONFERENCES.

THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER COMMISSION THAT OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THEM ALL A FAIR BUDGET OPPORTUNITIES.

SAME FOR PARTS OR,

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THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF A BUDGET.

THEY'RE NOT MAKING THE COMMISSION'S, NOT MAKING PRESENTATIONS FOR ALTERING AN AMENDMENT, AMENDING THAT BUDGET.

THEY'RE MAKING THOSE, THOSE REQUESTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AS PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.

SO THIS ONE IS THE ARTS AND COMMISSIONS IS JUST AN OUTLIER THERE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT OF AWARDING MONEY.

THE INTENT OF AWARDING MONEY WAS TO ALLOW FOR A BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS ART.

ART, PHYSICAL ART.

SO MY QUESTION REAL QUICK WILL BE NUMBER THREE, SECURITY CAMERA UPGRADE.

SO ARE WE LOOKING JUST AT THE SOFTWARE OR ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING THE CAMERAS? IT'S EVERYTHING.

IT WOULD BE EVERYTHING.

CAMERA PLACEMENTS AND ALL THAT.

, IT WOULD BE, UM, MAINTAINING THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, BUT JUST, UM, HIGHER QUALITY AND, UM, THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE IMPROVED.

THAT WOULD BE NOT BEFORE THAT.

THANK YOU, COLLEEN.

JUST LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE POSITION OF THE LIBRARIAN, IF IT HAS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLES, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I I SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A OUTREACH LIBRARIAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, I PROVIDED THAT TO HR AND YOU WILL GET IT IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

UH, ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION HAS SOME, UH, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEIR EXPENSES AND, UH, BELIEVE VANESSA WESTBROOK IS HERE TO PRESENT THOSE.

I AM HERE.

GOOD MORNING.

SO, UM, HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING, DOING WELL THIS MORNING.

UM, WE HAVE JUST MADE OUR YEAR AS BEING APPOINTED AS THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO US.

UM, AND I DID WANNA SAY, BASED ON THE QUESTION THAT I JUST HEARD A MINUTE AGO, WE HAVE A LIAISON, WHICH IS THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR THE MOST PART, BUT WE'RE KIND OF LIKE HERE.

UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE LIBRARY AS WE WERE DETERMINED, UM, EARLIER AS WE WERE BEING, UM, ESTABLISHED.

SO THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR IS A LIAISON TO THE CITY.

AND THEN WE WERE GIVEN A BUDGET THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH STARTED IN OCTOBER.

AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE WERE GIVEN FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.

I MEAN, TW SCHOOL YEAR, I'M SORRY, I WAS IN ANOTHER BUDGET MEETING , UM, THE 2223 FISCAL YEAR.

SO NOW LOOKING AT THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR, AND BASED ON THE MONEY THAT WE HAD FROM 2223, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH A BUDGET OF, UM, ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES, ITEMS, EVENTS, ET CETERA, FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION.

OUR PRIMARY GOAL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO THE CITY OF KYLE.

AND WE'VE, WE JUMPED IN OCTOBER 1ST WITH OUR VERY FIRST EVENT, WHICH ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPENSES TO IT BECAUSE WE TACKED ONTO SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, WHICH WAS THE, UM, QUILT SHOW, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL OVERALL.

AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUDGET THAT WE PROVIDED, WE HAVE BASICALLY FOUR AREAS AND, AND MY, UM, MY BUDGET THAT WE DEVELOPED DURING ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS JUST LOOKS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CUZ I DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE FORMAT, BUT I THINK IT FITS IN.

OKAY, IF, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE ART ACTIVITY AREA, THE CULTURAL ACTIVITY AREA, WE HAVE A RHETORICAL ACTIVITY AREA AND THEN WE HAVE A THEATER.

SO WE HAVE FOUR GENRES OF ART THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 22 AND, UM, 2324 YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ARTS ACTIVITY AREA, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ADDING THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THIS FIRST TIME UP.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ART PIECES AROUND THE CITY.

WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THREE AREAS IN THE CITY OF KYLE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME

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KIND OF PHYSICAL ART.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE A STANDALONE, NOT SO MUCH OF A MURAL JUST YET BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES WALL SPACE WOULD, WE DON'T QUITE HAVE IDENTIFIED, BUT WE DO HAVE ACTUAL LAND PIECES THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND AS WELL AS A, SOME KIND OF PLAN TO PUT SOMETHING PHYSICAL, A SCULPTURE, UH, UP PERHAPS.

WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED ART BOXES.

WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BOTH OF THOSE MURAL, NOT MURALS, BUT THE SCULPTURES AS WELL AS ART BOXES IS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES.

AND WE ARE AS A COMMISSION LOOKING TO SEE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTH TEXAS IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING, UH, THE PERSPECTIVE OF ART TO OUR CITIZENS.

UM, THE ART EXHIBITION IN KYLE PUBLIC SPACES, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT, AS YOU COULD TELL IF YOU LOOKED OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY.

UH, WE DO HAVE THREE MORE, UM, EXHIBITIONS THAT WE WILL BE DOING, UH, UP UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2023.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING, UM, TO THE ART SPACES, THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER SPOT THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO.

AND SOMETHING ELSE ON OUR RADAR IS PERHAPS THE NEW SAFETY, UM, CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING UP KIND OF BASED ON WHAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE WITH THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN SAN MARCOS.

THEY'VE USED THEIR OPEN SPACE TO ALSO HAVE, UM, ART PUT UP ON THE WALLS FOR OUR CITIZENS TO ENJOY.

UH, THE QUILT SHOW IS NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE UTILIZING SPACE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AN OTHER GROUP.

AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, UH, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT ENHANCING THE FOUNDERS DAY, UH, UH, PARADE THIS YEAR AND ADDING AF FLOAT CONTEST TO IT.

AND THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE ON THERE IS BASICALLY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE PLAQUES AND CERTIFICATES TO THOSE WHO WANNA PARTICIPATE.

UH, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANT TO ESTABLISH BRAGGING RIGHTS ON WHO WON THE FLOW CONTEST FOR THIS, THIS FIRST TIME.

WE HAVE CULTURAL EVENTS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE PUTTING MONEY INTO, AND THAT'S GONNA COVER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS JUNETEENTH, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY, AS WELL AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

SO DOING SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WOULD ENHANCE, UM, ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS EVENTS FOR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND FREE OF CHARGE.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE MLK CELEBRATION THAT WE DID FOR 2023, UH, FOR 2024.

ENHANCE IT A LITTLE BIT, HAVE TWO PARTS TO IT.

THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY HERE AT, UM, CITY HALL.

WE HAD STANDING ROOM ONLY.

IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE IT INTO A TWO-DAY EVENT AND WE BRING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SECOND PIECE OF IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UM, SOMETHING ELSE WE WANT TO INSTITUTE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS A FOUNDER'S DAY, UH, AUDITORIAL CONTEST WHERE STUDENTS AROUND OUR CITY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVIDING INFORMATION OF A HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE CITY OF KYLE.

AND IT'LL ACTUALLY BE A CONTEST FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE ESSAYS AND THEN, UH, DO A PERFORMANCE OR PRESENTATION HERE IN CITY HALL, UH, FROM THE, UM, THEATER EVENT.

AND WE HAVE TWO AREAS ACTUALLY.

ONE IS A COMMUNITY THEATER, THE OTHER ONE IS A MUSICAL EVENT.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE, UM, AMPHITHEATER TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH OF THESE.

SO THOSE COSTS ARE, ARE LOW FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AMPHITHEATER.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR, BUT THE AMIT THEATER PRESS WASN'T QUITE READY FOR US YET.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND PROVIDE SOMETHING TO THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY.

SO OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, OUR TOTAL BUDGET OF $60,000, WHICH IS ACTUALLY $5,000 LESS THAN WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US FOR 2223.

AND THAT'S IT.

QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO UNDER THE, UM, RHETORICAL ACTIVITIES MM-HMM.

, IT SAYS CAL, UM, MLK CELEBRATION.

, ARE WE PLANNING ON CELEBRATING ANY OTHER, UM, EVENTS? UM, OR SHOULD WE THAT GO UNDER

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PARKS? I'M NOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF, SINCE WE HAVE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS, FIREWORKS, UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR NEW YEAR'S.

I'M SEEING THE MLK BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER THING ADDED TO THAT.

SO, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WILL THAT GO UNDER YOU UHHUH? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING LIKE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, 4TH OF JULY, WHAT ARE LIKE, OR IS THIS THE ONLY ONE WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE? WELL, IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE THE, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY WERE DIVIDED UP BECAUSE ONE OF THEM, THE MLK CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE A, A ESSAY TYPE THING WHERE STUDENTS ARE GONNA COME IN AND DO PRESENTATIONS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU REFER TO THE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE HISPANIC HERITAGE ONE THAT'S IN THE CATEGORY ABOVE.

SO WE WILL BE DOING SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY FOR THAT ONE.

CAN WE DO THE SAME ONE FOR LIKE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OR THE 4TH OF JULY TO HAVE AN ESSAY? THINGS LIKE THAT? WE COULD, BUT RIGHT NOW THE 4TH OF JULY IS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

I MEAN, SURELY WE CAN COMBINE BECAUSE AS WE LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, AT THE FOUNDER'S DAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY A PARKS DEPARTMENT.

OUR PART OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE THE FOUNDER'S DAY FLOAT, UH, COMPETITION.

SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, WITH A LOT OF, UH, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE MOST PART.

AND, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FOUNDERS DAY ONE, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE TALK TO PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT ADDING A FLOAT CONTEST, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE PARADE.

WE JUST SAID, HEY, COULD WE DO A FLOAT CONTEST ADDED TO IT? AND THEN WITH THAT BEING, WE'LL JUDGE IT, UM, AS THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION AND THEN COULD WE, UH, THEN PUT SOME MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO PAY FOR THE PLAQUE THAT THE GROUP IS GOING TO GET.

SO SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU SEE ON HERE IS A COMBINATION THAT WE'RE DOING WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.

I JUST, I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

SO I'M, I I DON'T, I'M NOT READING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE HERE OR OH, OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE CULTURAL AWARENESS.

THAT'S ON THE CULTURAL AWARENESS.

I THINK WHAT SHE'S ASKING IS WHY IS IT SEPARATE? SO WHY DO WE HAVE ONE UNDER RHETORICAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AND THE REST ARE UNDER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.

I THINK THAT'S QUESTION.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE OKAY.

THEY CAN BE COMBINED, UH, FOR THE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING FOR EACH OF THE, YOU KNOW, UM, GOVERNMENTAL HOLIDAYS THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING.

WELL, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS LIKE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY CULTURAL IS 4TH OF JULY.

BUT THAT'S DONE BY THE PARKS.

SO IF WE COULD ADD ART TO THAT, WE WE'RE GONNA, YEAH.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE EVERYTHING COMBINED UNDER ONE, UNDER LIKE ONE ITEM FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.

NOT JUST HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUNDERS DAY FLOW, CULTURAL CULTURAL AWARENESS MM-HMM.

AND SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS ADDED TO THAT.

I JUST DON'T SEE WHY THE MLK ONE IS AND THE CALC CITY FOUNDERS DAY STUDENTS.

IT'S JUST IN A SEPARATE MM-HMM.

WE CAN COMBINE THEM.

YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT LIST.

SO THAT, I WAS JUST TRYING TO PULL 'EM APART A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU MORE OF A DESCRIPTION, BUT THEY TECHNICALLY ARE THE SAME THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT 'EM.

SO WE COULD EASILY COME BACK AND SAY UNDER CULTURAL AWARENESS, PUT BULLETS UNDER EACH ONE FOR EACH OF THEM.

CAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR.

SO WE HAVE JUNETEENTH, WE HAVE ASIAN AMERICAN SPECIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND WE HAVE INDI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.

THOSE ARE THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO DO SOMETHING FOR, FOR CULTURAL AWARENESS.

BUT I CAN EASILY GIVE YOU THE CULTURAL AWARENESS ACTIVITY EVENT AND THEN BULLET IT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IS THERE AS WELL AS WE CAN MOVE UP THE MLK INTO THAT PARTICULAR ONE ALSO.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UM, AND IS THERE, DO WE DO ANYTHING FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY? I, I DON'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING ON I AGENDA TO DO FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY PROCLAMATION.

SO IF, IF COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO GO THIS WAY WITH A BUDGET SEPARATE LIKE THIS, UM, THEN I WOULD ALSO NEED TO SEE, UM, A BREAKDOWN OF LIKE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING WHAT.

UM, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE HOPE FOR THIS, UM, COMMISSION WAS TO PUT ART PIECES AROUND THE CITY.

UM, AND, AND THE, THE REST IS REALLY GREAT.

BUT, UM, IF THAT WAS THE GOAL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL CAN CONFIRM AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW, BUT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPEDITE AND SEE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

UM, AND SO, AND I, SO IF WE WERE GONNA DO 30,000 FOR THE ART PIECES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE SPENT, HOW THAT'S GONNA BE SPENT, YOU KNOW, THE EXHIBIT.

JUST A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE ALL THIS MONEY IS GONNA GO.

CUZ IT'S REALLY AT THIS POINT, GENERIC.

SO THE SAME WAY WE WANT A DESCRIPTION OF THE JOBS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE A DESCRIPTION OF, UH, HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA BE ALLOCATED.

IN REGARDS TO HOW WE WERE TO FOCUS OUR TIME AND PUTTING PIECES OF ART AROUND THE CITY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S LISTED ON THOSE EIGHT BULLETS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSING.

AND THEN, UH, SO ALSO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE GUIDELINES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY

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SO WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THESE FOUR AREAS, WE MATCHED THEM UP TO THOSE NINE BULLETS THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE ORIGINAL GUIDELINES THAT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION WAS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON.

SO ONE OF THEM WAS TO PLACE ART AROUND THE CITY, BUT WE HAD EIGHT OTHERS THAT WE ALSO HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO FOCUS ON AS A WHOLE TO HAVE A MORE WHOLESOME DISTRIBUTION.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE ONLY A YEAR OLD, SO WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND FIGURE IT OUT.

HOW COULD WE USE PUBLIC SPACES IN ORDER TO BRING ART TO THE CITY? AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS WAS TO BEGIN PUTTING, UM, ART EXHIBITIONS IN CITY HALL BECAUSE THAT'S A PUBLIC SPACE THAT THE PUBLIC COULD EASILY ACCESS.

AND WE'VE DONE TWO THUS FAR, ONE OF WHICH IS ALREADY OUTSIDE OUR FIRST ONE IN FEBRUARY FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH WE'LL BE DOING ON AN UPSCALE VERSION THIS NEXT TIME.

BUT THE SECOND ONE THAT'S OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN ACTUALLY DONE WITH A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST.

AND SO WE HAVE THREE MORE OF THOSE SET UP TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

I'M SORRY, NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR, DECEMBER, 2023.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT WE WERE TOLD TO DO IN THAT DOCUMENT IN REGARDS TO BRINGING THE ARTS TO THE CITY OF KYLE.

I'M THINKING THAT IF, YOU KNOW, CUZ I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE CAN CONSIDER HAVING A DEPARTMENT FOR ARTS PARK AND ARTS MARIANAS.

YOU GUYS ALREADY KIND OF DO THAT, RIGHT? WITH LIKE THE LOT ALREADY.

SO YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A DEDICATED BUDGET AND WE CAN, VANESSA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND, AND, UH, JUST MY, MY QUESTION OR JUST, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ME MM-HMM.

, WE DID CHANGE THE NAME MM-HMM.

TO ARTS AND COMMISSIONS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

ARTS AND CULTURE, RIGHT.

ARTS AND CULTURES.

ARTS CULTURE.

AND THE REASON WHY WE DID IS CUZ WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY GOING FOR GRANTS, RIGHT.

STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO HELP WITH FUNDING THIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT RIGHT THERE? DO WE HAVE ANY, ARE WE GONNA, CAN WE WORK WITH THE CITY ON THAT? UM, TO, TO KIND OF SEE THE, WHERE WE CAN MAYBE NOT ONLY OFFSET SOME OF THESE COSTS FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT GOING FORWARD.

REMEMBER CUZ THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

IS GOING AFTER GRANT MONEY TO HELP WITH THESE KIND OF FUNDS.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT.

AND ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO, THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, GETTING A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS HUMANITIES.

AND THAT ONE IS GOING TO KIND OF FOCUS ON HELPING US WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

UM, ONE BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN I BELIEVE IT WAS YOU WHO DID THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY, WHICH WAS IN NOVEMBER, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT PERHAPS THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION COULD HELP DO SOMETHING NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY THAT PROCLAMATION.

AND SO, UH, IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE TEXAS HUMANITY ONES POPPED UP BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A NICE DATE SET ALONG IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT AS, AS WELL AS AN ACTUAL, UM, PROPOSAL FOR $20,000 TO HELP WITH SUCH THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE GOING AFTER BECAUSE, UH, SAN MARCOS ACTUALLY YOU DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR AND THEY GOT A TEXAS HUMANITY GRANT TO HELP DO AN ACTUAL TWO DAY POWWOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA DO A TWO DAY POWWOW, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HONOR THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT BELONG TO OUR CITY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.

, APPRECIATE IT.

VERY NICE JOB WITH THE ART DISPLAYS Y'ALL DID LAST YEAR AND THE, UH, THE MLK CERTIFICATION TOO.

YOU IT WAS REALLY NICE.

THE KIDS, WE HOPE THE KIDS DID GREAT.

THE KIDS, YEAH.

WE HOPE TO INCREASE THAT.

AND WE DID JUST ONE SCHOOL FOR THAT ONE.

WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK AT DOING MORE SCHOOLS, UM, IN, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THAT AND HOPEFULLY DO MORE SPACES IN ADDITION TO CITY HALL AND THE ART PIECES WOULD JUST BE A ONE TIME, WOULDN'T THEY? THE 30,000 ART PIECES OF THE CITY? NO, THOSE ARE GONNA BE PERMANENT.

NO, I MEAN, WAIT, WHICH ONES YOU TALKING ABOUT? IT'S 30,000 FOR ART PIECES ONE TIME, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, RIGHT? WHATEV, YEAH.

THAT WHATEVER WE DECIDE ON MM-HMM.

, THAT THING WOULD GO UP, OR THOSE THINGS.

WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THREE OF THEM.

AND I GUESS THE BEST EXAMPLE I COULD GIVE YOU IS IF YOU LOOK OVER AT THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, ON BURLESON MM-HMM.

10,000 A PIECE FOR THE MOST PART, OR SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK THAT WOULD BE PLACED SOMEPLACE AROUND THE CITY.

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, THAT KYLE, THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ART PIECE.

, UM, THAT IS SITTING ON PROPERTY THAT WE OWN.

WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN BURLESON, THEY CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KYLE STRUCTURE, UH, THAT IN OUR EYES, THAT'S ART.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PROVING AND ADDING TO THE CITY WHERE WE CAN FIND A SPACE THAT THE CITY OWNS, WHERE WE CAN SAY, OKAY, GO AHEAD.

LET'S PUT SOMETHING THERE.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TALKED TO, UH, SOME CITY STAFF AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT A DESIGNATED SPACE.

COULD WE PUT SOMETHING HERE? WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS TO IT? ALL THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE WANT TO HAVE BEFORE WE EVEN SAY, HEY, CITY COUNCIL, HERE'S A SPOT WE FOUND.

AND ACCORDING TO THE POWERS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY, UH, ENGINEERS AND WHATNOT, THEY SAY, IT'S OKAY TO PUT SOMETHING HERE.

AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN SAY, OH, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

AND WE SAY, WELL, WE HAVE THREE POSSIBLE ARTISTS OR SCULPTORS THAT COULD PUT SOMETHING UP.

WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.

UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THANK MM-HMM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR VANESSA? ALL RIGHT.

NEXT DEPARTMENT IS, HANG ON, JERRY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT SLIDE 45.

, WE'RE AT THE HALFWAY MARK.

WE ARE FOUR HOURS IN, IT'S NOW 12.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS.

WE'RE GONNA NEED LUNCH BREAK, UH, AND TO CONTINUE FORWARD, UH, WE JUST, WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH THESE, UH, DEPARTMENTS VERY QUICKLY, SO, AND THE EXPENSIVE ONES ARE COMING UP.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, MAYOR, UM, WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION DEVOTED TO C I P AND WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO, WE COULD FOREGO SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION TO THE NEXT MEETING ON THE C I P.

THAT MIGHT HELP SOME, JUST MANAGING THE LENGTH OF THE MEETING TODAY.

THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT? WE HAVE PARKS, POLICE.

HOW'S THAT? WORK PARK PUBLIC WORKS.

GET THROUGH THOSE.

DO WE WANNA JUST GET THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT GOES TO SLIDES, WHAT? 60? YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THOSE THREE? WERE YOU, WERE YOU ASKING FOR A TIME OUT? TIME OUT .

15 MINUTE BREAK.

WELL, IF WE DO THAT, ALL THAT DOES IS PUSH US FURTHER INTO, UH, LUNCH HUNGERS.

SO, UM, NO, I'M NOT, WE CAN JUST ALL, WE CAN ALL JUST KEEP, KEEP PLOWING FORWARD AND TAKING BREAKS AS, AS NEEDED.

IF WE'RE ONLY GONNA GO THROUGH THE NEXT THREE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, IT WORKS.

PUT THE CS TO THE END, THEN, THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.

IF WE JUST GO TO 58, THAT'S LITERALLY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

JUST AN IDEA.

NO, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

ALL, JUST CUT THE CS ANOTHER TIME.

RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

MARIANNA, YOU HAVE PROBLEMS HERE.

SO THE STAFF THAT'S WAITING AROUND, ARE THEY YOU OKAY WITH? YEAH, CAN, THEY CAN GO, YOU CAN SKIP MINE TOO IF YOU WANT.

WE'LL JUST APPROVE IT.

JUST APPROVE IT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU, I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD SKIP HIS AND DENY IT ALL.

DENY IT ALL.

WELL, I, THE, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THESE ONES IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT THAT'S GONNA GET PROPOSED.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU, WE CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD AND A REFINEMENT PROCESS THERE.

SO THIS IS, IT REALLY IS MORE OF A LISTENING EXERCISE TO HEAR FROM, TO HEAR FROM STAFF.

MARIA ESPINOZA, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, BUDGET REQUESTS AND GO MORE DETAIL IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.

ALL OF OUR BUDGET REQUESTS HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD, REVIEWED BY THE PARK BOARD, AND THEY DID VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR ME TO BRING, BRING THESE TWO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS POSSIBLE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.

SO OVERALL, WE ARE ASKING FOR NINE NEW POSITIONS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR FOUR NEW LEASE TRUCKS.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A LEASE SPACE, NEW EQUIPMENT WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COSTS, AND NEW CI PS.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THREE NEW PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.

I CURRENTLY HAVE 16 WITH ONE STARTING ON MONDAY FOR A TOTAL OF 17 PARK MAINTENANCE TECHS.

AND THOSE 17 PARK MAINTENANCE TECHS ARE COVERING A TOTAL AREA 544 ACRES OF PARKLAND, BOTH UNDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED, INCLUDING

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THE PLUM CREEK TRAIL, WHICH IS ABOUT SEVEN MILES LONG, THAT'S CURRENTLY BUILT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A POOL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, UH, FOR ALL POOL MAINTENANCE NEEDS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE ADDING THREE SPLASH PADS ALONE.

ONE AT STEEPLECHASE PARK, ONE AT GREG CLARK PARK, AND THE SPLASH FEATURE AT LA VERDE PARK.

IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING POOL, UM, CHEMICALS AND MAINTENANCE AT THE, UH, GREG CLARK PARK POOL, WE'RE ASKING FOR A CERT CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS ONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS, SO WE'VE BROUGHT THIS ONE BACK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAMS. AS YOU ALL SEE IN THE POPULARITY WITH THE INCLUSIVE DANCES, UH, WE'D LOVE TO JUST EXPAND IT, UM, SO THAT IF A CHILD COMES TO SUMMER CAMP WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, IS AUTISTIC OR HAS OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS, WILL BE ABLE TO SERVICE THEM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO C T S ON STAFF.

UM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO DO A LOT MORE OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING.

UM, SOME INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE TRAILS.

JUST THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

AND, UM, SERVING THE UNDERSERVED, UM, POPULATION IS ONE OF OUR GOALS.

AS A DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE ARE NOW AT 24 STAFF MEMBERS WITH FOUR DIVISIONS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE COVER 544 PARK ACRES.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE MAINTENANCE CREW LEADER THAT WOULD LEAD, UM, PART OF THE PARK MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

UM, OUT OF THOSE 17 PARK MAINTENANCE WORKERS, THE RECREATION PROGRAM DIVISION IS ASKING FOR ONE RECREATION SPECIALIST.

IDEALLY, THEY LIKE TO HAVE THREE, BUT, UM, AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, WE FELT THAT ONE WOULD BE OUR IMMEDIATE NEED.

UM, THEY ARE TASKED WITH PROGRAMMING RECREATION PROGRAMS. UM, INHAB BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

IT'S COME TO THE POINT NOW WHERE THE RECREATION PROGRAMMERS NEED AN ASSISTANT TO HELP THEM.

UH, THE SUPPORT COST FOR THE NINE NEW POSITIONS.

UM, AND THEN AN INDOOR LEASE SPACE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AN INDOOR FACILITY NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, IN THE FORM OF A RECREATION CENTER.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INDOOR SPACE DO OUR RECREATION PROGRAMMING.

WE DO SHARE THE CREW ACTIVITY CENTER WITH THE KYLE AREA SENIOR ZONE, AND THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS WELL AND THEIR EVENTS.

UM, SO WE OFFER TWO CLASSES OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW, JUST A KINDER GYMNASTICS CLASS, BATON TWIRLING, AND I HAVE TO TEACH BATON TWIRLING OUTSIDE.

AND KINDER DANCE OFTENTIMES HAS TO SHARE.

SO WE JUST WANT AN INDOOR SPACE.

AND SO THE REQUEST HERE IS FOR A WAREHOUSE LEASE.

UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, WE REALLY LOVED ONE OFF BB ROAD IN 35, RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, UM, WHERE WE CAN DO, UH, RECREATION PROGRAMMING INSIDE AND WE COULD HOUSE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT ON THE BACKSIDE.

SO THAT IS OUR REQUEST FOR THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS WHEN IT COMES TO RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE HAD AN INDOOR SPACE, WE'RE ASKING FOR 104 INCH MOWER FOR MOWING OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, AND A 72 INCH MOWER FOR REPLACING OUR OLD MOWER, OUR OLD MOWERS.

UM, AND THOSE ARE BOTH JUST IN THE ROTATION SCHEDULE.

THE CURRENT MOWERS THAT WE HAVE ARE DUE, UM, TO BE GOING TO SURPLUS.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY OLD.

UM, WE ARE ASKING AGAIN FOR A PORTABLE RESTROOM WITH A GENERATOR AND WATER TANK, SO THAT WAY WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RENT OUT THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT.

AND THEN THIS WAY, WE CAN JUST HAVE ONE, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS.

AND THEN AGAIN, FOR DUMP TRAILER, AS WE LEARNED DURING THE, UH, WINTER STORM, WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A DUMP TRAILER.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING ONE OR BORROWING FROM PUBLIC WORKS WITH THE NEW STAFF.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE FOUR ADDITIONAL, UH, LEASE VEHICLE LEASE TRUCKS.

UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW SKID STEER.

WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A SKID STEER IS VERY, VERY OLD.

WE'VE RECENTLY, UM, NOT THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE, GOT A NEW SKID STEER ATTACHMENT, UH, FOR OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR OLD SKID STEER, WHICH WE'VE SINCE LEARNED.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW SKID STEER AGAIN, AND FOR ALL THIS NEW EQUIPMENT, A POLE BARN, NOTHING THAT'S ENCLOSED, JUST A COVERING FOR THE NEW EQUIPMENT TO GO UNDER AND A MINI EXCAVATOR FOR THE TRAILS SO THAT WE CAN PLANT TREES EASIER, DIG TRENCHES, AND GET IN NARROW SPACES, UH, WITH MORE EASE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND STAFF REQUESTS.

AS FAR AS OUR C I P REQUEST, WE'RE ASKING AGAIN FOR A RECREATION CENTER.

AND NOW WHETHER, UH, THIS FACILITY IS A RECREATION CENTER, COMMUNITY CENTER, OR ANY TYPE OF INDOOR SPACE, UM, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS STILL IN NEED OF AN INDOOR SPACE.

WHATEVER KIND OF CENTER WE, IT COMES, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A LIFE-CHANGING CENTER AND IT, IT WILL CHANGE MANY LIVES.

SO WE HAVE PUT THAT AS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US.

AGAIN, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR RESTROOMS AT HEROES MEMORIAL PARK PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS AT GREG

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CLARK PARK, STEEPLE, CHASE LAKE, KYLE PARK, WATER LEAF IN HEROES, MEMORIAL PARK, PARK PLAYGROUNDS.

EACH YEAR WE HAVE MONEY BUDGETED FOR PARK, UH, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT USUALLY GETS US ABOUT A PIECE PER PARK OR ONE PIECE FOR ALL PARKS.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AT, UH, GREG CLARK, STEEPLECHASE LAKE, KYLE WATER LEAF IN THE NEW PARK COMING ON BOARD, MASON WOOD.

UH, THIS YEAR COUNCIL FUNDED OUR INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT LAKE KYLE, WHICH WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

NOW, UM, RIGHT AFTER KYLE FARES OVER, THEY'LL START WORKING ON GETTING THAT PLAYGROUND IN.

BUT IT IS A SMALL ONE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, A MUCH REQUESTED DOG PARK AT WATER LEAF PARK, A FISHING PIER AT THE LINEBERGER LAKE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AN UNDEVELOPED PARK THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING, UH, EXPANDING THE KENSINGTON TRAIL IN DEVELOPING THAT.

WE'VE RECENTLY, UH, STARTED CLEARING OUT KENSINGTON TRAIL AT REQUEST AND FOUND THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT THAT TRAIL SYSTEM.

SO IT LEADS OVER TO SEATON HOSPITAL, UH, WHERE THAT TRAIL, SEATON PARK, WHERE THAT TRAIL, UH, WALK-IN LUPUS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAIN, PICKLEBALL COURTS.

SO WE'RE COMING BACK WITH Y'ALL FOR A C I P PROJECT FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.

WE'D LOVE TO PUT FOUR.

WE ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING TWO.

UM, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE, BROOKSIDE CREEKSIDE AREA.

UM, WE LIKE TO PUT SOME THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL.

AND THEN TENNIS COURTS.

RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE TENNIS COURT.

AND WHILE, UM, BELIEF MAY BE THAT IT'S NOT VERY POPULAR, IT IS VERY POPULAR.

YOU CURRENTLY CAN'T PLAY A STANDARD GAME JUST BECAUSE OF, UM, RENOVATIONS THAT IT REQUIRES.

SO WE LOVE TO GET A NICE SET OF TENNIS COURTS AT THE PARK, A BIKE, B M X PARK, WHICH WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARK BOARD, UM, BASED OFF CITIZEN INPUT AND, UM, NEED.

AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE CURRENTLY GET $200,000 FOR FESTIVE LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATION.

UM, AT THE REQUEST, UM, OF COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO EXPAND THAT TO ALL CITY PARKS OVER THE YEARS AND TO LOOK AT OUR DECORATION THAT WE GET AT MARY CAL HARTSON PARK AND START TAKING IT TO OTHER PARKS AS WE START TO GET NEW EQUIPMENT OR NEW DECORATION.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DECORATE ALL THE OTHER PARKS, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MONEY TO DO SO.

UM, AND THEN DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT POST OAK PARK.

AND THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR C I P REQUESTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M EXCITED ABOUT 25.

I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I'LL BE BRINGING THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP.

I'LL ELABORATE MORE ON THAT.

DID YOU HAVE A, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HANDS.

UM, MIGUEL.

UM, SO ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS IF WE CAN GET ILLUMINATION AT THE HEROES MEMORIAL PARK FOR ALL THE TREES DURING CHRISTMAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL TAKE FOR US TO HAVE ELECTRICITY DOWN THAT HALL ROW OF TREES THAT WE HAVE, CUZ THAT WILL BE PHENOMENAL TO SEE DURING, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS IF EVERY CITY OF KYLE PARK HAD CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO AND VISIT ALL THE PARKS IN THE CITY AND THERE IS DECORATIONS IN EVERY SINGLE PARK.

SO IF YOU NEED TO UP THAT FESTIVE LIGHTING DECORATIONS, GO FOR IT.

SO OUR PARK MAINTENANCE, I'M JUST SAYING GO FOR IT.

LIKE HOW MANY TAKE MY MONEY? MARIANA, OUR PARK MAINTENANCE, UM, SUPERVISOR HAS MET WITH, UH, THE ELECTRICIAN THAT'S IN CHANCE'S CREW.

WAS ONE ON BOTH SIDES OF TOWN.

, AND THEY LOOKED AT ELECTRICITY.

THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GREG CLARK PARK IN STEEPLE.

CHASE PARK HEROES.

MEMORIAL PARK IN LAKE CARL ARE MUCH MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE NEITHER PARK HAVE ELECTRICITY AT THE PARK.

BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, WORK ON A PROJECT AND RE-LOOK AT.

WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HEROES MEMORIAL, SINCE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A MEMORIAL, LIKE A KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A SOMBER PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW, DO WE RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA DECORATE THAT FOR CHRISTMAS.

I DON'T WANNA, AND I'M NOT SAYING LIKE DECORATE THE PARK, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING TO THE PARK, THERE IS A LINE OF TREES THAT WILL BE OH, DO THE TREES REALLY PRETTY TO, YEAH.

SO THE ACTUAL DO DURING THE HOLIDAY NOW THE ACTUAL TREES INSIDE THE PARK, CUZ YOU KNOW, IT ALREADY HAS ENOUGH LIGHTING, UM, DURING THE EVENING.

BUT I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE ARE SO BUSY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT MIRACLE HARSON, IF IN THE OTHER PARKS OF THE CITY WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF DISPLAY CHRISTMAS DISPLAY SO EVERYBODY COULD GO TO EVERY SINGLE PARK IN THE CITY AND HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

WELL, MY FEAR IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, CUZ I KNOW STAFF IS AT ITS WIT'S END BY THE TIME CHRISTMAS IS DONE AT MARY CROW HARTSON.

SO IF WE WANNA BE STRATEGIC, MAYBE ANOTHER LIKE THE HEROES MEMORIAL AND THEN MAYBE ONE OTHER PARK, BUT TO DO ALL OF THEM, HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE? SO, UM, WELL FIVE DEVELOPED PARKS, BUT LAST YEAR WITH THE HOLIDAY DECORATION TOPIC CAME UP, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WE DO MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK AND THEN LAKE KYLE OR GREG CLARK MM-HMM.

UM, SO THAT THERE

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YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, AND THAT WE COULD USE ANY LEFTOVER DECORATION FROM MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK AT THE ENTRANCES AT THE OTHER PARKS.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

WE LIKED THAT IDEA.

AND THEN DO YOU THINK THAT FOR DOING THE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, FIVE LOTS WILL BE ENOUGH.

SO THE FIVE LOTS WE IDENTIFIED ARE GREG CLARK PARK.

STEEPLE, CHASE PARK LAKE, KYLE PARK, WATER, LEAF PARK BEING HEROES MEMORIAL PARK.

SO OH, THOSE THREE, THOSE ARE GRAVEL OR JUST DIRECT.

AND LAKE KYLE WILL BE MORE OF AN EXPANSION.

WHEREAS THE OTHERS WOULD BE REPEATED, ESPECIALLY IF WE EVENTUALLY WILL WANT TO DO FIREWORKS DOWN THERE.

UM, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'VE GOTTEN RESIDENTS TO ASK FOR IS PARKING AT LAKE KYLE.

I DUNNO.

SO, AND THEN THE BMX PARK, SO THEY'RE NOT, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SKATE PARK MM-HMM.

, WHERE WOULD WE PUT THE BMX? SO WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A LOCATION YET.

UM, PARK BOARD, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, KYLE VISTA WHERE THE RECREATION CENTER WAS PROPOSED TO GO AND IT'S NOT BEING USED.

WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION FOR THE BMX PARK OR MAYBE SUMMER ON LINEBERGER.

UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, INVOLVED IN BIG BIKE COMMUNITY MM-HMM.

THAT ARE BUILDING A BIKE TRAIL ALONG THE PLUM CREEK TRAIL.

THEY'VE ALSO COME TO PARK BOARD.

AND PARK BOARD LOVE THE IDEA OF BUILDING A BMX PARK BECAUSE IF, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU NOTICED, UM, AT HEROES MEMORIAL PARK OR CITY SQUARE PARK, UH, THEY WALKWAY ALONG THE PROMENADES.

THEY'VE KIND OF BECOME BMX PARK FEATURES.

UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BMX AND SKATEBOARDERS THAT LIKE TO USE 'EM.

SO IF WE GIVE THEM A PARK THAT THEY COULD REALLY GO TO, IT'D BE A GREAT, UM, ADDITION.

WILL YOUR C I P INCLUDE, UM, ELECTRICITY AT, I KNOW I WROTE JERRY REGARDING BRINGING ELECTRICITY TO LAKE KYLE BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS THERE AND IT'S, WHEN I WENT TO THE WALL AT HILLS, IT WAS, UH, KIND OF SILLY TO SEE THOSE, UM, GENERATORS THERE.

, I NOTICED THAT TOO.

SO WE NEED TO FURTHER EXPLORE THAT.

LAKE HILL IS, UM, LAKE KELL PARK IS CONSIDERED A NATURE PRESERVE MM-HMM.

, AND IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH, UM, GRANT MONEY MM-HMM.

AND SO I JUST HAVE TO LOOK AS LONG AS WE DON'T INTERFERE WITH ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OR AFFECT THE WILDLIFE IN ANY WAY, UM, I JUST HAVE TO HONESTLY CHECK AND THEN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

I, WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA ADD THE ELECTRICITY, CAN WE, CAN WE LOOK AT SOLAR? SOLAR? BUT I CAN GET ON THAT BE LESS INTRUSIVE.

I THINK YOU GONNA MAR DID YOU ALREADY A SOLAR FIELD TO, TO RUN LIKE AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT, DID YOU HAVE AN OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER BUDGET ITEM ALREADY IN HERE? UH, WE, UH, STAFF TO DISCUSS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY.

UM, AND WE PLANNED TO JUST PROPOSE OUR NEEDS, OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

OUR OUTDOOR NATURE CENTER IS A HUGE WANT.

UM, IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE STILL WANT TO DO.

NOW IF WE DON'T GET AN INDOOR LEASE SPACE, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROGRAM ANY INDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMMINGS, THEN WE NEED TO GO STRONG AND FOCUS ON OUR OUTDOOR NATURE PROGRAMMING, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE OUTDOOR NATURE CENTER.

AND THEN, UM, LIKE AT WATER LEAF, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE BATTING CAGES.

SO THE KIDS LEARN HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL AS THEY'RE GROWING UP, UH, AT WATER LEAF.

BECAUSE WE HAVE BASEBALL FIELDS THERE.

I'VE SEEN THEM GO TO THE HAYES COUNTY YOUTH CENTER AND THE KIDS ARE THERE PRACTICING, UM, HOW TO HIT THEIR BALL IF IT HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IN ADDITION, IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? IT IS.

I LIKE THE IDEA TOO.

WE HAVE PARK IMPROVEMENT MONEY EACH YEAR, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD FALL UNDER PARK IMPROVEMENT, HIT THE BALL.

AND THEN MM-HMM.

, IT'S JUST , DANETTE ON THE, PROBABLY COVER SOMETHING INDOOR WOULD BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE, BUT, OKAY.

SO WE DO GET THAT CALL, UM, OFTEN IN THE OFFICE IF WE HAVE BATTING CAGES.

CAGES.

SO PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WE READY? YEP.

UH, WILL ATKINSON, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.

FOR, UM, JUST KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT OUR, WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE.

SO WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN ITEMS ON OUR, ON MY PROPOSED ASKS.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A CDBG PROGRAM MANAGER.

UH, WE'VE RECENTLY BECOME A CDBG ENTITLEMENT CITY, WHICH MEANS WE GET MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A CERTAIN PORTION OF IT TO, UH, THAT WE CAN APPLY TO, UH, REHABILITATION OF, UH, OLDER HOUSING, ADDING SIDEWALKS IF NEED BE, THAT KIND OF STUFF, UH, FOR LOWER INCOME AREAS OF THE CITY.

SO, UM, IN RELATION TO THAT, WE NEED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S SPECIFICALLY WORKING ON THE CDBG PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UPKEEP,

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SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE OVER $200,000 THIS YEAR.

UM, AS IN THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, Y'ALL APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR, UH, A GROUP TO, UH, COME IN AND PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR US.

SO THEN WE CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD WHEN WE DO GET THE REST OF THE MONEY FROM THE CDBG PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO THE SUPPORT COSTS RELATED TO THAT.

UM, NUMBER THREE, UM, FOLLOWING, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SLIDE, UH, WE REALIZE WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR A RECLASS OF OUR CITY PLANNER.

IT'S MORE OF A JUST A, A PAY INCREASE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXTRA JOB DUTIES THAT SHE'S TAKEN ON ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OTHER DUTIES ASSIGNED.

UH, SHE'S BEEN COORDINATING WITH, UH, AMBER AND HELPING HER OUT WITH, UH, SOME OF HER DUTIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO, UH, VERY, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SHE'S PAID APPROPRIATELY.

UH, WE NEED A NEW PLOTTER.

SO WHAT A PLOTTER IS, IT IS A PLOTTER SLASH SCANNER FOR BIG MAPS.

SO WE CAN PRINT OUT THESE MASSIVE MAPS OR WE CAN SCAN, UH, SUBDIVISION PLAS INTO OUR SYSTEM AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

OUR PLOTTER IS REACHING, UH, THE END OF ITS LIFE FRAME THAT IT HAS.

THEY'RE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.

AND SO THIS IS A KIND OF MIDDLE OF THE ROAD MODEL THAT WE BELIEVE IS, UH, GONNA BE ONE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE EFFECTIVELY.

UM, THE BIG TICKET ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON HERE, NUMBER FIVE, IS THE DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH ROD.

UM, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND ON THIS $500,000 CODE REWRITE, THIS WILL FOLLOW TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE COMP PLAN.

WE ALREADY HAVE $155,000 OF THE $500,000 ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO IT'D BE MORE OF A ROLLOVER TO THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 345 TO BRING IT UP TO FIVE TOTAL.

THAT'S ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

I WAS ASKING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IF, UH, WHAT A TYPICAL CODE REWRITE WOULD BE.

THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'RE AS LOW AS 300 AS HIGH AS 800,000.

AND I FELT LIKE TO BE, UH, FISCALLY MINDED AND FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE, OF OUR GREAT CITY THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T GO TOWARDS THE TOP END EITHER.

SO HALF A MILLION SHOULD GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

UH, I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN LEGAL SERVICES ADDING, UH, 500,000, OR EXCUSE ME, 5,000 TO THAT BUDGET.

UM, WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THEM A LOT MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND SO I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A STRETCH TO GET TO THE END OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR IF WE DON'T ADD MONEY.

AND THEN I WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL $8,000 TO THE TRAINING CONFERENCES, UH, FOR STAFF.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF TO GO TO TRAINING AND TRAVEL DEALS, SO WHERE THEY CAN, UH, STAY UP ON THEIR, ON THEIR LICENSING THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR, UH, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LEARN AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT.

WHICH POSITION IS GONNA GET RECLASSED? IT'S NOT SO MUCH A RECLASS.

UM, WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD FURTHER DISCUSSION AFTER THESE BUDGET, THESE SLIDES CAME THROUGH.

IT'S JUST MORE OF A PAY INCREASE FOR THAT TO ADD EXTRA DUTIES THAT, THAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING, SO.

AND WE'LL SEE A LIST OF THOSE.

UM, I CAN SEND THOSE TO YOU.

UH, MANAGEMENT.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLANNER AND A MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS, PLEASE.

HER TITLE WILL STILL BE CITY PLANNER.

IT'S JUST ADDING DUTIES TO IT, SO.

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING? LIKE WOULD YOU NEED A PLANNING ASSISTANT? AS WE'RE GROWING AND WE HAVE SO MANY DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN HERE TOO, I DON'T WANT OUR DEPARTMENTS SQUEEZED AND WE'RE GOLDEN STANDARD.

WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE MORE MONEY FOR FUNDING EVERYBODY, DEDICATED PEOPLE TO HANDLE THE PERMITS, THE PERMIT.

NO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW.

THAT'S, BUT THE, THE STAFF MEMBER THAT WE DO NEED IS A, THE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COORDINATOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE THE REST OF THE STUFF WITH THE STAFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, SO.

UH, NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE HIGH PRESENCE OF ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FENTANYL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PLANNING? NEXT UP, IS CHIEF BARNETT PRESENTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUEST? YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, MARION COUNSEL, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.

WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL BEGIN ON, UH, SLIDE 52 BECAUSE IT, IT, THAT'S WHERE THE BREAKDOWNS BEGIN.

UH, WE BEGIN OUR REQUEST FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH POSITIONS WITH STAFFING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF I CAN REMIND YOU, WE, WE PROVIDE 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAY A WEEK POLICE SERVICES TO INCLUDE PATROL, TRAFFIC, UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND MUCH MORE FROM THE SWORN SIDE, AS WELL AS OUR NON-SWORN SIDE OF, UH, 9 9 1 1 DISPATCH, ANIMAL CONTROL CODE ENFORCEMENT, CITIZENS ZONE PATROL, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS POSITIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR THIS YEAR IN THE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE THEM.

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AND THE DAMAGE THAT THAT IS DONE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBERS THAT LIVE HERE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR AND HE PARTNERS WITH THE SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, BECAUSE IN NARCOTICS WORK, YOU DO NOT NEED TO WORK ALONE.

UH, YOU NEED TO HAVE PARTNERS WATCHING YOUR BACK AND SUCH WHEN YOU'RE OUT DOING YOUR INVESTIGATIONS.

WE'VE REQUESTED ONE ADDITIONAL NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE NEXT POSITION IS A TACTICAL SERGEANT.

WE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE REGIONAL SWAT TEAM, UH, THAT HAS BEEN HEADED UP BY MANY YEARS AND STAFFED FOR MOST YEARS BY THE HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.

THEY PROVIDE THAT SWAT TEAM SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

UH, IN RECENT YEARS, UH, WE HAVE BEGAN TO, UH, HAVE MEMBERS THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT SWAT PARTICIPATION TO INCLUDE THE HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION TEAM OR THE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM.

PEOPLE WITHIN THE PD AS WE TRY TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC EDUCATED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HAZARDS.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I BELIEVE, SIX MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE ON THE TACTICAL SIDE OR THE NEGOTIATION SIDE OF THAT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, WELL, LEMME BACK UP.

THE HAYES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RUNS THAT PROGRAM WITH A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER, AND THEN MOST OF THE OTHERS ARE PART-TIME TEAM MEMBERS THAT COME TOGETHER WHEN THEY NEED TO TRAIN OR DEPLOY ON A MISSION.

UH, THIS ASK WOULD BE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A FULL-TIME MEMBER ASSIGNED TO THE SWAT TEAM TO HELP RUN THOSE OPERATIONS.

THE NEXT POSITION IS A FULL-TIME RECRUITING AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR.

THE WAY WE DO BACKGROUNDS NOW FOR ALL OF THE DIVISIONS, WHETHER IT'S SWORN, NON-SWORN FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I MENTIONED, UH, IS WE HAVE VARIOUS MEMBERS.

THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE OTHER FULL-TIME ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE TASKED WITH CONDUCTING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS FOR THEIR DIVISION.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS, IS BEGIN THE PROCESS TO EMPLOY FULL-TIME BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS, AND THEY WOULD DO THAT WORK FOR ALL DIVISIONS SO THAT OTHERS CAN DO THEIR FULL-TIME ASSIGNED DUTIES.

THE NEXT POSITION IS A TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATOR.

CURRENTLY, OR, OR IN 2022, WE HAD 458 HIT AND RUN ACCIDENTS IN CALL.

MANY OF THOSE WERE UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES, HOWEVER, SOME WERE OCCUPIED.

THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR POLICE MOTORCYCLE UNITS TO FOLLOW UP ON AND INVESTIGATE.

HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF, UH, COMPLAINTS OR CALLS FOR SERVICE OR REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC PATROLS FROM THOSE UNITS, UH, HAS INCREASED.

AND NOW WE'RE SIMPLY HAVING A MOTOR OFFICER SIT IN THE OFFICE AND CONDUCT HIT AND RUN INVESTIGATIONS RATHER THAN BE DEPLOYED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ALL OF THOSE FROM THOSE MOTOR OFFICERS AND PUT THOSE TO ONE INDIVIDUAL.

THE NEXT POSITION IS THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.

WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY ONE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.

UH, THE CALL VOLUME AND THE NEED FOR THEIR SERVICES HAS CERTAINLY EXCEEDED THE CAPABILITIES OF ONE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.

IN FACT, WE'VE HAD RECENT MEETINGS WITH, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP ON TRYING TO ADDRESS MANY NEEDS, UH, THAT COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT UP IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, OR FARTHER COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE, ADD ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICE OFFICER TO GIVE US A TOTAL OF TWO.

THE NEXT ONE IS AN EQUIPMENT MANAGER, QUARTERMASTER.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 121 EMPLOYEES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WITH ANY ADDITIONS THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE APPROACHING A 130 TO 150.

SOON.

THE EQUIPMENT MANAGER IS THE PERSON WHO ORDERS ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS, SUPPLIES, BATTERIES, FLASHLIGHTS, THINGS THAT PEOPLE WEAR, UNIFORMS, UH, VESTS AND SUCH FOR ALL OF THOSE 121 PLUS POSITIONS.

CURRENTLY, THAT IS A, UH, IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB THAT IS BEING MANAGED IN A PART-TIME CAPACITY BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.

AND WE WANNA PUT THAT ALL UNDER ONE POSITION.

THE TRAINING MANAGER, WE, AGAIN, FOR THOSE 121 POSITIONS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT DIVISION SUPERVISORS THAT ARE MANAGING THEIR TRAINING.

IF WE HAD ONE TRAINING COORDINATOR, THEY COULD FACILITATE THE SCHEDULING, THE COORDINATING, THE HOSTING, AND THE, UH, I GUESS ALL OF THE BACKEND WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SCHEDULE TRAINING AND SEND PEOPLE TO TRAINING TO INCLUDE THEIR TRAVEL AND SUCH.

SO WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WORK FOR ONE EMPLOYEE IF WE PULL THAT BACK FROM ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS AND LET ONE PERSON DO IT.

THE NEXT POSITION IS A POLICE FACILITY SLASH FLEET COORDINATOR.

WE HAVE, WE'RE APPROACHING 70 VEHICLES UNDER OUR OPERATIONS.

AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE THAT REQUIRE IS REQUIRED FOR 70 VEHICLES TO INCLUDE YOUR DAILY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, TIRE CHANGES, ROTATIONS, OIL CHANGES, JUST SIMP THE SIMPLE FACT OF AUTO ARE REGISTERING YOUR CAR.

IF ANY OF YOU REGISTERED YOUR CAR IN THE COUNTY, YOU PROBABLY HAD TO WAIT 45 MINUTES UP TO TWO HOURS AT OUR LOCAL REGISTRATION.

WE HAVE 70 CARS TO DO THAT WITH.

SO WHEN WE SEND OUR STAFF, THEY'RE HAVING TO WAIT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO WE WANNA, WE WANNA BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER UNDER ONE PERSON SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR CARS IN GOOD ORDER.

THE NEXT ONE IS A COUNCIL LED INITIATIVE.

UH, AND, AND WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT.

WE THINK WE CAN DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THIS POSITION.

COUNSEL HAS ASKED THAT WE, UH, SHARE MORE INFORMATION.

WE, WE BECOME MORE COMMUNICATIVE WITH OUR, UH, CITIZENRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHARING THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING.

AND SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST, SOCIAL MEDIA CREATOR.

RIGHT NOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS RAN BY ABOUT FOUR

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SO WHETHER IT BE WEATHER OR WHATNOT.

AND RACHEL AND HER TEAM DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BUT IF WE HAVE A DEDICATED POLICE PERSON, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND UPCOMING EVENTS.

THAT POSITION WOULD MEET THAT, UH, COUNCIL REQUESTED ISSUE.

THE NEXT ONE IS WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, ANNOUNCE A, A POLICE RECORDS MANAGER.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POLICE RECORDS SUPERVISOR.

THAT DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 10 EMPLOYEES NOW.

AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A A LOWER LEVEL SUPERVISOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE THE MANAGER POSITION AND, UH, PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

ALSO ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL SEE IN HERE, WE WOULD BE BACKFILLING THEIR SUPERVISORY POSITION TO GIVE US TWO LEVELS OF SUPERVISORY STAFF.

THE NEXT ONE IS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HR SPECIALISTS.

WITH 121 EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S A LOT OF HR FILES TO UPKEEP.

THERE'S NOBODY AUDITED ANYMORE THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY THE STATE.

OUR DISPATCHERS ARE AUDITED.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FILES ARE AUDITED, AND IT'S ALL DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THOSE FILES HAVE TO BE KEPT IN, IN TIP TOP SHAPE.

UH, THIS PERSON WOULD DO ALL THE ONBOARDING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND SUCH.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO MANAGE OUR HR FILES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE NEXT ONE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

UH, YOU MIGHT CALL THIS LIKE A C I D SECRETARY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONE AND ANOTHER LINE ITEM DOWN HERE IN OPERATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO PLACE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN BOTH THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION AND THE POLICE OPERATIONS SIDE.

THEY WILL PERFORM ROUTINE, UH, OFFICE WORK FILINGS, SCHEDULING, RETURNING PHONE CALLS, MAKING CERTAIN THAT ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS IN THOSE TWO DIVISIONS ARE, UH, ASSISTED WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

I'LL SKIP ON DOWN.

UH, LET'S SEE.

LET'S SEE HOW WE HAVE IT.

NO, THAT COVERS THAT.

I'M SORRY.

MAXIMUM CAPACITY IN ORDER FOR OUR EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS TO BOTH PLACE AND THEN RETRIEVE EVIDENCE FROM THAT HIGH OF A LEVEL, WE NEED TO GET THEM A MACHINE THAT WILL, UH, BASICALLY LIFT THOSE BOXES UP AND DOWN AND PLACE THEM ON THE SHELVES.

SO MOVING ON.

WE HAVE SUPPORT COSTS OF 24,000 FOR ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED ABOVE.

THOSE ARE BROKEN OUT.

I COULD DO IT BY INDIVIDUAL, BUT YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT COSTS FOR THEIR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, LAPTOPS AND SUCH.

THE RECLASS I MENTIONED, UM, OH NO, I'M SORRY, THE, THE NUMBER 16, THE RECLASS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, MS. LAURA HERNANDEZ HAS WORKED FOR OUR AGENCY FOR APPROXIMATELY 18 YEARS, AND SHE HAS SERVED IN HER POSITION AS SUCH.

DURING THAT TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE HER POSITION TO THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT LEVEL WHERE SHE WOULD SERVE THE THREE NEW COMMANDERS OR THE TWO NEW COMMANDERS, PLUS THE THIRD EXISTING, AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THE CHIEF AND, UH, UH, RECOGNIZE HER ACCORDINGLY FOR THE WORK THAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF HER.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, WE HAVE THE RECLASS OF A SENIOR RECORD SPECIALIST TO CRIME ANALYST.

SHE'S BEEN A, A UH, SLASH PERSON.

SHE'S BEEN A RECORD SPECIALIST SLASH CRIME ANALYST FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND AS WE GROW, WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE RECORD DUTIES FROM HER PLACE.

THOSE ON THE POSITION THAT I MENTIONED ABOVE AND LET HER FOCUS ON HER CRIME ANALYST WORK MORE TO ASSIST C I D.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT DETECTIVES GO TO THAT RUNS ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, GATHERS, UH, SUPPORT INFORMATION TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

THE NEXT ONE IS A RECLASS OF THE SENIOR RECORDS SPECIALIST TO RECORD SUPERVISOR THAT I SPOKE OF AS WE CREATED THE MANAGERIAL POSITION FOR RECORDS.

ITEM 19 IS REPLACEMENT OF ARMOR VESTS.

POLICE VESTS ARE TYPICALLY GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.

UH, AND THEN THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS MOVING THEM, UH, OUT OF SERVICE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR WARRANTY.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE HAVE SOME THAT NEED TO BE, UH, ROTATED OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME VESTS THAT ARE REACHING THEIR END OF LIFE.

AND YOU'LL SEE THIS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

AND THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT OF ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR POLICE VESTS THAT ARE IN SERVICE NUMBER 20 RADIO UPGRADES.

LAST YEAR, COUNCIL GAVE US THE 171,000 TO BEGIN A THREE YEAR PLAN TO REPLACE HANDHELD RADIOS AND IN-CAR RADIOS WITH THE NEWEST, LATEST, GREATEST VERSIONS AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PARTNERS IN THE REGION AS THEY'RE DOING THE SAME.

THE FERAL CRASH SYSTEM SOFTWARE IS SOFTWARE THAT AL IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY CRIME SCENE AND ACCIDENT SCENE RECONSTRUCTION.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY, VERY QUICKLY DIAGRAM A CRIME SCENE OR AN AN ACCIDENT SCENE USING DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT ARE USED FOR EVIDENCE IN COURT.

UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT YOU AS A CITIZEN, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A FATALITY ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN WE CLOSE THAT DOWN AND THEN WE RE-MARK IT AND PAINT IT, AND THEN BRING OUT OUR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM TO DO ALL THE MEASUREMENTS, THAT MAY TAKE THEM THREE TO FOUR HOURS.

THAT MEANS THE INTERSTATE IS CLOSED AND TRAFFIC IS REDIRECTED.

THIS SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BASICALLY, UH, CONDUCT THAT SCENE AND MEASUREMENTS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN YOUR INTERSTATE IS BACK OPEN MUCH FASTER.

NUMBER 22, THE APOLLO MINI ORDER PICKER.

THIS IS FOR OUR EVIDENCE ROOM AT THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.

THE CEILING IN THERE I BELIEVE IS 22 ISH FEET IN THE AIR, AND THUS IT HAS SHELVING THAT GOES HIGH INTO THE AIR TO ALLOW FOR

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NUMBER 23 UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT FOR TWO MOTOR OFFICERS.

LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL GAVE US TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE MOTOR UNITS.

UH, WE DID NOT INCLUDE THEIR UNIFORMS AND SUCH IN THAT, AND WE'RE ASKING TO FUND THAT FOR THIS, THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AXON PREMIUM SERVICE.

THIS IS TO ADD BASICALLY TO CATCH UP TO WHAT WAS AWARDED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO GET US TO FULL AXON SERVICE FOR ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON STAFF.

THIS IS NOT FOR ADDITIONAL, THIS IS FOR WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN, IN OUR NUMBERS TRAINING DIVISION.

THEY'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL $20,000 TO, UH, COVER THE, AGAIN, THE EXISTING OF THE EXISTING STAFF, STAFF THAT WAS AWARDED LAST YEAR AND TO COVER THE COST OF THE POLICE ACADEMIES.

SO TWO YEARS AGO, I SAT HERE AND TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE OFTEN, UH, AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A FREE POLICE ACADEMY.

UH, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITING NOW WITH THE NUMBER OF POLICE AGENCIES THAT ARE HIRING AND EVERYBODY NEEDS A POLICE ACADEMY.

UH, THE LOCATIONS THAT OFFERED US FREE SEATS IN THEIR ACADEMIES BECAUSE THEY HAD EXTRA ROOM, THEY NO LONGER HAVE EXTRA ROOM.

SO NOW WE ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR POLICE ACADEMY SEATS, AND THOSE ARE ABOUT $5,000 A PIECE TO SEND SOMEBODY TO THE BASIC POLICE ACADEMY.

THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER 26 IS TRAINING EQUIPMENT FOR SWAT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE $15,000 BUDGETED.

WE'RE ASKING TO INCREASE THAT TWO 50,000.

AND HERE'S THE, UH, BACKGROUND ON THAT.

SO AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT HAYES COUNTY AND SAN MARCOS HAVE COVERED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS FOR ACTUALLY FOR DECADES.

SWAT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF CO AS WE ARE NOW A PARTNER MEMBER OF THAT REGIONAL SWAT TEAM.

UH, THERE'S EQUIPMENT TO BUY AND THE CITIES OF SAN MARCUS AND HAYES COUNTY HAVE JUST SIMPLY ASKED US TO DO OUR SHARE AND PURCHASING EQUIPMENT THAT IS FOR THE TEAM.

INDIVIDUALLY, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EQUIPPING OUR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL.

THIS IS A POT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN BUY EQUIPMENT THAT IS JOINTLY SHARED BY THE JOINT TAX, UH, JOINT TEAM.

UM, LET'S SEE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I COVER A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

$245,000 OF THIS BUDGET REQUEST IS TO COVER THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS YOUR, OR THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE YEAR TWO OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT.

AND THAT COVERS, UH, WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ASSOCIATION HAVE AGREED TO IN TERMS OF PAY AND POSITIONS.

UH, I WOULD BE REMISS, THERE'S ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT I NEED TO BRING UP.

LET'S SEE.

UH, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A, A FAIR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, $50,000 TO ALLOT FOR A ANY TYPE OF A A L P R SYSTEM.

FLOCK IS THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT IN RECENT WEEKS.

UM, WE ALSO HAD THAT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO IT IS OUR, OUR INTENTION TO, TO CONTINUE THAT AND ASK FOR THAT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE OF.

AND IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING YOU NEED OF ME FOR THIS YEAR OR THAT I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, WE WE'RE CERTAINLY PREPARED TO BRING FORTH AN ITEM IF COUNCIL CHOOSES.

AND I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTIONED THAT AS WELL.

WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

OH, NO, NO.

THERE IS ONE MORE BIG, BIG ITEM.

UM, I'M SORRY.

NUMBER 27.

IT'S TO COVER THE TRAINING FOR THE TWO MOTOR OFFICERS THAT WERE APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

THERE IS A REQUEST FOR NUMBER 28.

I'M SORRY CAUSE I MISSED THIS PAGE.

ON 28, THERE'S A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH AN ON-CALL PAY SYSTEM FOR DISPATCH WHEN NEEDED.

UH, CURRENTLY IF WE TELL SOMEBODY WE NEED THEM TO BE READILY AVAILABLE TO COME IN IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'D BE BAD WEATHER, OR IF WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF FLU OR OTHER ILLNESS SWEEPING THROUGH DISPATCH AND OUR NUMBERS GET LOW, WE BASICALLY ASKING PEOPLE TO BE ON CALL WITHOUT COMPENSATING THEM.

AND THE STAFF IS ASKED TO BE COMPENSATED IN AN AMOUNT WHEN THEY'RE ON, WHEN THEY'RE PLACED ON CALL AND THEIR PERSONAL LIVES ARE RESTRICTED.

WE'VE ASKED FOR POLICE RECRUITMENT EXPENSE, MONEY SO THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE OUR OPENINGS AND UTILIZE OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL HELP US ATTRACT NEW CANDIDATES FOR ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.

UH, WE HAVE CD HARDWARE ON NUMBER 30.

THAT'S TO HELP US EXTRACT DATA FROM, UH, AN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE STANDPOINT.

UH, LET'S SEE.

I'LL SEE IF I CAN COVER ANY OF THESE OTHERS.

SEVERAL OF THOSE ARE HARDWARE RELATED.

THAT'S FOR A STAFF THAT WERE GIVEN TO US IN THE MOST RECENT BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR THAT DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THAT HARDWARE.

THE REMAINING ARE VEHICLES.

UH, I'LL ADDRESS THE POLICE MOTORCYCLES.

WE CURRENTLY LEASE THREE POLICE MOTORCYCLES AND WE ARE MOVING TO LEASE THE, THE ADDITIONAL TWO.

SO FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE.

WE'VE BEEN LEASING THOSE, UH, SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2012 FOR $390 PER UNIT PER MONTH.

UH, HARLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER HAS UH, INFORMED US THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE.

I THINK IT'S GONNA GO TO FOUR 50 A MONTH PER UNIT PER EACH BIKE.

SO WE'VE INCLUDED SOME LINE ITEMS TO ADDRESS THAT.

PLUS THE EQUIPMENT IN LINE ITEM NUMBER 37, THAT WOULD GO ON THE TWO

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NEW ADDITIONAL BIKES FOR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH MOTOR UNITS.

YOU'LL SEE LINE ITEM 38.

UH, THAT IS A REQUEST FOR TWO POLARIS RANGER CREW MODEL, UH, ATVS OR UTVS FOR STAFF TO USE AT A VARIETY OF OUR EVENTS.

UH, AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM.

UH, CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING OUR PATROL CARS ARE GONNA MAKE THEIR WAY INTO AND PATROL REGULARLY.

SO IF THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF POLICE OFFICERS TO RANDOMLY OR REGULARLY PATROL THOSE AREAS, UH, THESE TWO TYPES OF VEHICLES WOULD COVER THAT NEED.

THEY'LL ALSO COVER A NEED FOR SEARCHING FOR OUR, FOR SUSPECTS, MISSING CHILDREN AND ANY OTHER NEED TO GET IN AN OFF-ROAD TYPE SITUATION.

THE NEXT ONE IS A GOLF CART.

THAT'S NUMBER 39.

THERE'S A REQUEST FROM OUR, OUR PS C GROUP, WHICH IS OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUP.

THAT'S OUR CITIZENS OWN PATROL, THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS AS THEY GO OUT TO A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY'VE ASKED FOR A SMALLER GOLF CART, NOT NECESSARILY AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE, NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD TAKE DOWN IN THE WOODS OR SEARCHING, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD STAY ON THE TRAIL OR BE USED AT A COMMUNITY EVENT.

OH, THAT'S COOL.

UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE VEHICLES, UH, AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, I DO HAVE COMMANDER GRIFFITH HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR WANNA DIVE INTO THE WEEDS OF IT.

BUT WHAT OUR INTENTION IS TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S LEASE PROGRAM FOR OUR POLICE VEHICLES FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE PLAN TO REPLACE VEHICLES THAT ARE AGING OUT OF THE CURRENT LEASE PROGRAM, MEANING THAT WE HAVE TO RETURN THEM BASED ON OUR LEASE AGREEMENT.

AND THE MILEAGE ARE TO, UH, REPLACE VEHICLES THAT WE OWN THAT ARE, UH, OUT OF SHELF LIFE AND OUT OF USE OF LIFE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO PROVIDE OPTIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED IN REGARDS TO A POTENTIAL TAKE HOME VEHICLE POLICY FOR SWORN STAFF.

AND WE, WE'VE, UH, COMMANDER GRIFFITH HAS PREPARED THREE OPTIONS FOR COUNSEL TO CONSIDER AT THE RIGHT TIME WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO HEAR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PURCHASE, OR I'M SORRY, LEASE THE VEHICLES FOR THE POSITIONS IN WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY AWARDED.

AND SHOULD YOU AWARD ANY THIS YEAR THAT REQUIRE VEHICLE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY ADD THAT AS WELL.

THE, THE LEAST VEHICLE THING IS A BIG DISCUSSION, BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, FOR THOSE FOR POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE THAT YOU AWARD OR THOSE THAT NEED TO BE ROTATED OUT BASED ON THE AGREEMENT.

AND I TRIED TO GO AS FAST AS I COULD ON THAT .

SORRY, I KNOW I SPOKE QUICKLY, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALRIGHT.

IT'S OKAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE ALL TIRED.

I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

CHIEF ON NUMBER 19, UM, DIDN'T WE BRING AN AGENDA ITEM? UM, I, I WOULD SAY BACK IN OCTOBER ABOUT GETTING THE VEST REPLACED OR THERE WAS A NEW TYPE OF VEST THAT YOU GUYS WERE, THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING AT.

WAS, IS THIS PART OF THAT BUDGET OR IS IT, UM, I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DECIDE ON, ON THE TYPE OF VEST THAT YOU GUYS WANTED.

IT WAS A DIFFERENT STYLE CAUSE IT WAS MORE DURABLE.

SO IS IT, IS IT ALSO WITH THIS HERE OR, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE PURCHASED THEM OR IF THIS WAS THE ACTUAL LINE ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING BACK.

SO THE OFFICERS HAVE, UH, NOW BASED ON A GRANT THAT DID NOT SUPPLY ENOUGH FOR OUR 77 SW, THEY, THEY HAVE A R RATED VEST WITH AN OUTER VEST CARRIER.

YOU MAY SEE THEM, THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OFFICERS MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO THAT HAD THEIR VEST UNDERNEATH THEIR UNIFORM.

, UH, THEY WEAR 'EM IN THESE EXTERNAL CARRIERS NOW.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT HA THAT ARE FIVE YEARS AND OLDER MM-HMM.

ARE REPLACED WITH THE NEWER STYLE THAT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER PREVIOUS GRANTS.

SO THAT WAS THROUGH A GRANT? IT WAS, YES, SIR.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WAS, YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, CHIEF.

UM, SO ONE IS LIKE FROM THE, UM, POSITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO FILL LAST YEAR, DID WE FILL THEM ALL UP? WE DID NOT.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE REWARDED 21 POSITIONS LAST YEAR TOTAL.

UM, WE HAVE 13 POLICE OPENINGS NOW.

WE FILLED MOST OF ALL OF THE OTHER POSITIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SWORN, AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME OPENINGS IN DISPATCH.

SO WE HAVE A FEW THERE THAT WERE NOT PART OF LAST YEAR'S PLAN, WHAT Y'ALL REALLY GAVE US WERE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL THAT WORKED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE PD AND THEN I THINK IT WAS 16 SWORN STAFF MEMBERS.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

WE NOW HAVE 13 OPENINGS.

I CAN TELL YOU TODAY, WHILE WE'VE BEEN SITTING IN HERE IN THE DRY, WE'VE HAD A TEAM OF STAFF MEMBERS OUT AT THE HAYES HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY WERE CONDUCTING A POLICE TESTING TODAY IN THE RAIN.

I, SO WE, WE OFFER THAT TEST, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.

, UH, WE'RE CONSTANTLY RECRUITING.

IT'S A BIG THING WE RECRUIT.

THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE OF THE POSITIONS HERE, IT'S A, IT'S A PART-TIME JOB FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT TO ONE PERSON WHO DOES THAT YEAR ROUND.

UH, BUT YES, WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE HIRING MODE AND WE HAVE 13 VACANT SWORN VACANCIES TODAY.

POLICE FACILITY, FLEET COORDINATOR.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I HAVE LIKE THE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, RECRUITING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR, MENTAL HEALTH EQUIPMENT MANAGER,

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ARE THESE SWORN POSITIONS? SOME ARE AND SOME ARE NOT.

SO THE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER AND THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR AND THEN THE TACTICAL SERGEANT, THOSE FOUR ARE SWORN.

I THINK ALL OF THE OTHERS PRIMARILY WERE NON-SWORN POSITIONS LIKE THE FLEET MANAGER, THE QUARTERMASTER, UM, LOOK, I'LL GLANCE ON MY LIST.

UM, THE EQUIPMENT COULD BE, YEAH, THE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BY, IT CAN BE MANAGED BY CIVILIAN.

UH, WE HAVE THE TRAINING, UH, MANAGER POSITION AS A CIVILIAN POSITION AS WELL.

THERE'S A BENEFIT TO CIVILIAN, UH, PERSONNEL.

TWOFOLD CAN SOMETIMES BE SALARIED DEPENDING ON WHICH OF THESE POSITIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEN SECOND TO THAT, WE CAN ACTUALLY HIRE THOSE QUICKER.

UH, RIGHT NOW WITH THE COMPETITION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND DEFINITELY ACROSS OUR REGION BECAUSE EVERY AGENCY AROUND US HAS MULTIPLE OPENINGS.

AUSTIN IS PROBABLY IN THE HUNDREDS OF OPENINGS.

UH, AND THE HEAVY RECRUITING AND ALL OF THE SIGN BONUSES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE THAT TOUGH.

UH, I THINK HIRING SOME OF THESE AS CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WOULD SUIT US BETTER CUZ WE CAN GET THEM EMPLOYED FASTER AND THE PAY RATE MAY BE MORE SUITABLE.

SO I'M ASKING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT I, AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM ALL MM-HMM.

, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER HIRE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

DO THEY NEED TO PASS A POLICE TESTING? THEY DO.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THE PHYSICAL TESTING, THEY, THEY DO.

IF WE GO THAT ROUTE, SO IN A MEETING THAT WE HAD THIS WEEK WITH, UH, MR. HENDRICKS AND OTHERS, WE TALKED WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER ABOUT SOME, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING TO BE CREATIVE AND TO STILL SERVE THE NEEDS.

SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES ARE EMPLOYING A CIVILIAN MENTAL HEALTH, UH, STAFF MEMBER.

AND UH, THEIR ROLE IS BASICALLY TO DO FOLLOW UP AND TELEPHONE CALLS WITH SOMEBODY THAT WE KNOW MAY NEED OUR SERVICES IF THEY WERE TO MISS THEIR MEDICATION OR MISS AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEIR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.

SO WE, WE ARE EXPLORING THAT OPTION.

I HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED THIS PRIOR TO THIS WEEK'S, UH, MENTAL HEALTH MEETING THAT WE HAD, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY THAT OPTION.

IF WE WERE TO HIRE A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER AS AN ADD-ON POSITION, IT WOULD LIKELY TAKE A WHILE TO FILL IT.

AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN PARTIAL YEAR FUNDING.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SUGGEST THAT WE STAFF THAT AND PAY FOR THAT EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UH, THINGS TO ALLOW US TO GET SOME OF THESE POSITIONS HIRED.

THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIRE THE INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS A PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF.

, WE NEED TO GET THEM THROUGH OUR POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROCESS AGAIN, OF SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE A POLICE OFFICER.

WE NEED THEM TO KNOW HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE POLICE OFFICER IN KYLE WITH OUR OWN PROCEDURES, OUR OWN OPERATIONS.

THEN THEY ARE MORE SUITABLE TO MOVE INTO A SPECIALTY SO THAT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE.

WHAT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, IF YOU AWARDED ON OCTOBER THE FIRST, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THEM IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

IF THERE IS ANY OTHER ROUTE THAT WE CAN GO, SO WE CAN GET THIS, THIS, UM, POSITIONS FILLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ROUTE WOULD, WOULD PERHAPS, UH, GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL FTE THAT WOULD SUIT US QUICKER.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS THAT MR. HENDRICKS IS, HAS SCHEDULED FOR US TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE EXPLORING ALL THE OPTIONS, BUT A CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBER EMPLOYED IN THE PD RIGHT.

AS RIGHT, BELONG, OR RIGHT ASIDE MM-HMM.

, THE CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON THE JOB THAT THEY'RE ASKED TO DO.

IF I, IF I MAY, CHIEF, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE VACANT SWORN POSITIONS THAT YOU NEED TO FILL.

COULD YOU DEDICATE ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS TO A MENTAL HEALTH POSITION? WE COULD, YES.

THAT WOULD SPEED UP THAT PROCESS.

WE COULD, IT WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE AWAY WITH WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR TO GET THAT PERSON TO START WITH.

BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL THOSE THIS YEAR ANYWAY.

UM, YES.

IT, IT'S JUST A PROCESS CUZ HERE'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE A BASIC NUMBER.

HERE'S THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HIRE, THEY HAPPEN.

WE RECRUIT, HIRE AND TRAINED, THEN WE GET 'EM ON BOARD AND THEN WE RUN 'EM THROUGH OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM.

AND PATROL HAS A MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON PATROL.

WE EXPECT THAT TO BE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THEIR DEPARTMENT.

YOU WANT 'EM THERE.

WE CAN'T RELIEVE SOMEONE FROM THEIR PATROL POSITION TO MOVE INTO THE SPECIALTY POSITION UNTIL THIS OTHER PERSON IS RECRUITED, TRAINED, HIRED THROUGH OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND RELEASED.

AND THAT JUST TAKES SOMETIMES A YEAR.

UM, OTHERWISE WE'D BE SHORTING PATROL.

SO WE COULD DO IT AT THIS SHORT OF PATROL.

WELL THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER OPTIONS WE CAN EXPLORE AND WE'LL MEET, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.

TO FAST TRACK THAT POSITION.

WHERE IS THIS MONEY BEING ALLOCATED? SO WHEN WE SEE A HUGE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME IT MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LIST OF POLICE EXPENDITURES FOR 2022 AND 2023 SO WE CAN COMPARE, UM, WHAT WAS, WHAT WE'VE GIVEN AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, WHEN WE TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO, UM, THE FINANCING OF IT, UH, OR THE BUDGET OF THIS DEPARTMENT.

UM, LIKE A BETTER BREAKDOWN OF WHERE OVERTIME OR WHERE TIME IS SPENT.

SO LIKE ARE THEY ON CALL? IS IT A POLICE REPORT, ARE THEY AT COURT? LIKE WHERE,

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AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CLASSIFYING THAT? LIKE UP HERE YOU PUT ON-CALL PAY FOR DISPATCH MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE PART LIKE LITTLE EXPLANATIONS OF WHERE ALL THIS OVERTIME IS GOING TO.

AND THEN I THINK FROM THERE THAT WAS A CONCERN AT ONE POINT, BUT FROM THERE WE CAN KIND OF DECIDE, OKAY, IS THIS NEEDED OVER TIME OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE? ABSOLUTELY.

AND I I CAN GIVE YOU JUST A VERY QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT TODAY CUZ I HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT RIGHT HERE.

UM, SO OPERATIONAL OVERTIME WAS 800 SO FAR FOR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 828 HOURS.

CALL OUT TIME HAS BEEN 242 HOURS.

COURT HAS BEEN 151 HOURS.

TRAINING AND TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING IS 1,166 HOURS MEETING MINIMUM STAFFING IS 40 HOURS.

SPECIAL PROJECTS 359.

OTHER IS 1,360 HOURS FOR A TOTAL OF 4,000 HOURS OF OVERTIME THIS YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BIG NUMBERS ARE TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL, WHICH MEANS THE OFFICER GETS THE FIVE O'CLOCK CALL AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT CALL AND THEY'RE ON THE INTERSTATE WORKING THE ACCIDENT OR THEY'RE ON THE FAMILY VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, ARREST HOURS BEYOND THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.

SO THAT TENDS TO TAKE OUT, AND I CAN REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE A STEP GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT WAS AWARDED BY THE STATE THAT THEY REIMBURSE US FOR ALL OF OUR HOURS THAT WE WORK SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT FITS INTO THIS IS THE FACT THE MEETING CONFER AGREEMENT.

SO SPECIAL HOLIDAY PAY AND SUCH THAT WHEN THEY WORK CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S AND THOSE IDENTIFIED HOLIDAYS DOES ALSO GET FACTORED INTO THE OVERTIME BUDGET.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY RETURN A REPORT TO YOU THAT SHOWS YOU THE BREAKDOWN CUZ WE TRACK IT.

I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

I CAN GIVE YOU THE PERCENTAGES, THE EVERYTHING AND IT TAKES.

SO WHEN IT SAYS OTHER, IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK THAT DOWN EVEN FURTHER TOO? I BELIEVE WE CAN GIVE YOU THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF WHAT THAT WOULD COMPRISE OF.

CHIEF, IF YOU, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AT A LATER DATE.

MAYBE YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT, UH, POSSIBLE AREAS, UM, IN WHICH VICTIM SERVICES OR VICTIM SERVICE VOLUNTEERS.

COULD ASSIST IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS, UH, WITH THAT, THAT A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER HAVE, SHED THE OFFICER, BUT A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SOMEONE WHO WOULD FILL A ROLE LIKE THAT.

TO FORM SOME OF THOSE PHONE CALLS, THINGS, UH, OF THAT VARIETY, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WE SURE WILL.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD CHIEF, IF THERE WAS MORE, UM, LIKE A BUDGET OF ITEM FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OH, YEAH.

AS WE'RE GROWING, THERE'S MORE VIOLATORS, MORE, MORE DAMAGE BEING DONE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OVERWORKED AS WELL, AND MAYBE WITH OUR ANIMAL CONTROL, SOME SORT OF BEEF THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

CERTAINLY.

SO WE HAVE MORE PROTECTION FOR YEAH.

IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL OR THE MARKETING, WHATEVER.

UH, THEY MIGHT NEED ON THEIR SIDE TO, WITH THE, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALISTS.

I THINK THAT THAT'D BE GOOD IN GETTING MORE OUTREACH IN, SIR, THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO A LOT MORE THERE.

WORK THAT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL.

YOU BET.

PIGGYBACKING OFF OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, SORRY, BUT, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG ONE.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE VIOLATIONS AND WE'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO PICK THAT UP.

AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS THEY'RE BUILDING OR AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING, AS OPPOSED TO CATCHING IT ON ACCIDENT.

I'LL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE.

SOMEONE REPORTED MOTOR OIL WAS BEING DUMPED IN THE WASTEWATER, UM, DRAINAGE.

, UH, I'M SURE NOBODY INVESTIGATED IT BECAUSE, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S A ONE THING THAT HAPPENS.

AND SO MAYBE WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND SURE.

FIND THE PERSON FOR, FOR DOING.

WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANNA INVESTIGATE THAT.

AND IN PARTNER WITH KATHY, I THINK KATHY MAY HAVE LEFT, BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY PA PARTNER WITH KATHY, UH, ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

I, I ACTUALLY WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT TOO, AND JUST SAY THAT I, I REALLY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE HAVE SO MUCH NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, AND I KNOW, AND KATHY HAS MENTIONED TO ME, UH, BEFORE THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO.

AND OFTENTIMES THE CONSTRUCTION SITES IN NEW DEVELOPMENT, JUST THEY TEAR UP THE ROADS, THEY'VE GOT TRASH AND DIRT AND DEBRIS, THEY GET LEFT IN THE ROADS, AND THOSE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS.

BUT THERE'S NO ABILITY, UH, FOR US TO GO OUT AND BE PROACTIVE TO INSPECT THESE SITES.

AND, UH, I I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE BUDGETING FOR, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OBVIOUSLY ISN'T REALLY GONNA SLOW DOWN, UH, OVER THE NEXT FIVE, 10 YEARS.

UH, BUT WE ARE, WE, WE DEFINITELY ALLOW OUR DEVELOPMENTS TO OUR DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS TO GET AWAY WITH TEARING UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT BEING PROACTIVE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES.

WHEN WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO ABOUT

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AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY ON THE OVERTIME, JUST, I, JUST TO CLARIFY SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, I, I HAD NO WAY BELIEVE THAT OUR OVERTIME IS INAPPROPRIATE OR TOO HIGH.

I, I, YOU SAID SOMETHING IN YOUR STATEMENT THAT WE TRACK THAT IN THE BUDGET.

THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE.

THE STATEMENT THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS WORKSHOP, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T TRACKED IT.

IT'S BEEN A POLICY FROM A, A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, UH, TO NOT PROPERLY BUDGET FOR OVERTIME.

AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH SAVINGS AND UNFILLED POSITIONS, SO YOU NEVER EXCEED YOUR BUDGET.

UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH OVERTIME THAT WE ARE PROJECTING IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE VOTING ON.

AND SO THERE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GO ABOUT MAKING THE BUDGET MORE TRANSPARENT AS IT RELATES TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE SPENDING.

ONE IS JUST, IS TO JUST BUDGET FOR THE OVERTIME BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET VERY CLOSE TO IT, UH, AND PUT THAT NUMBER IN THERE BY INCREASING YOUR BUDGET OVERALL, BY ADDING THE OVERTIME.

THE OTHER IS TO, IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE UN, THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN A FISCAL YEAR, BUT YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH LEAD TIME TO DEVELOP, UH, OFFICERS AND GET THEM HIRED MM-HMM.

, UH, YOU COULD CREATE THOSE FTES, UH, BUT NOT FUND THEM IN THE BUDGET AND ALLOW FOR THAT SAVINGS TO BE REFLECTED IN, IN THE OVERTIME BUDGET, KNOWING THAT THE NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GONNA, YOU, THEY WILL BE FUNDED.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE POSITION, BUT IT'S, IT'S A MORE, UM, TRANSPARENT WAY.

IT'S, IT'S NOT AS TRANSPARENT AS THE FIRST WAY, WHICH IS TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THE POSITIONS AND FUND THE OVERTIME.

BUT IT'S EITHER OF THOSE TWO SCENARIOS ARE MORE TRANSPARENT THAN JUST, THAN JUST NOT BUDGETING FOR OVERTIME AND TAKING THOSE OUT OF SAVINGS FROM SOME COMP A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUNCTION OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO YES, SIR.

I COMPLETELY, I WOULD ADVOCATE AND I'M, I'M ASKING US TO CONSIDER, UM, UH, PROPERLY NOTING THAT IN THE BUDGET.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR POLICE? ALL RIGHT.

LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, HARPER WILDER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MAN, THIS IS SHORT.

HIS FIRST REQUEST IS BIGGER TIRES ON HIS TRUCK.

MAYOR, COUNCIL HARPER WILDER, ROLLING TIRES.

THE JET MACHINES, THE SEWER JET MACHINES AND WHATNOT INSIDE THE BAYS WHEN IT GETS COLD SO THAT THEY DON'T FREEZE.

UM, GOING TO, UH, OUR FIRST REQUEST IS THE, UH, FIVE POSITIONS.

THE FIRST 2, 1, 2, 5, UH, 1, 2, 7, 8, AND NINE WILL BE ALL RELATED.

AND THAT'S OUR IN-HOUSE MECHANIC THAT WE WERE REQUESTING.

THIS HAS COME TO Y'ALL BEFORE IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT BACK AGAIN.

UM, BUT THIS IS IN-HOUSE MECHANIC THAT WE'LL BE DOING OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT THERE AT PUBLIC WORKS AND TRY TO GET, UH, SOMETHING BACK TO US IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER, AS WELL AS THE COST, COST SAVINGS.

SO, UH, WE HAD A FLEET SHOP MANAGER AS A FIRST POSITION FLEET MECHANIC.

THESE AREN'T IN ANY KIND OF PRIORITY, UH, SYSTEM.

NONE OF, NONE OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO Y'ALL HAS BEEN CALLED YET.

UM, A FLEET SHOP MANAGER, UM, THE FLEET MECHANIC, WHICH IS BASICALLY HIS ASSISTANT WORKS, WORKS ALONG WITH HIM AND UNDER HIM.

UM, THE NEXT ONE'S THE IT, THE INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN.

THIS IS THE SCADA, ANOTHER SCADA EMPLOYEE, UH, TO HELP OUT VINNY AND THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING I SAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, I'M JUST RUNNING THROUGH WATER PRODUCTION OPERATOR.

THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE TAKING CARE, CARE OF THE WELL SITES, THE, UH, THE GROUND STORAGES, ANY OF THE CHLORINE, UM, DEVICES THAT, THAT ARE AT MANY OF THE SITES.

AND FIVE IS A WASTEWATER PLANT OPERATOR.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPERATOR DUE TO THE, UH, PLANT EXPANSIONS THAT WERE, THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY COMPLETED AND ABOUT TO UNDERGO AGAIN.

AND SIX IS A SUPPORT COST FOR THOSE FIVE NEW POSITIONS.

SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE ARE ALL PART OF THAT FIRST ONE, THE FLEET SHOP MANAGER AND THE FLEET MECHANIC.

SO ALL THESE ARE TIED TOGETHER.

AND NUMBER SEVEN, IT'S A FOUR POST VEHICLE LIFT.

THAT'S JUST A LIFT TO LIFT THE VEHICLES UP IN THE AIR SO THAT THEY CAN DO ROUTINE OIL CHANGES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, NUMBER EIGHT, TIRE CHANGER AND WHEEL BALANCER.

TYPICAL AT ANY KIND OF MECHANIC SHOP THAT REPAIRS, UH, FLATS AND, UH, BALANCES YOUR WHEELS.

UH, NUMBER NINE, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S ALL THE WRENCHES, WHATNOT THAT THEY'LL NEED TO PERFORM THE WORK.

NUMBER TENS HEATERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE BAYS, THE OUTDOOR BAYS.

WE DON'T HAVE HEAT OUT THERE, SO WE ASKED FOR THIS IN THE PAST AND IT GOT REDUCED DOWN.

UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING SUFFICIENT.

AND WHERE THIS IS IMPORTANT, UM, WE KEEP, UH, THE, THE JET,

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UM, BECAUSE IF THAT FREEZES, IF THE TANKS ON THOSE FREEZE, THEN UH, WE'RE UNABLE TO PERFORM ANY, UH, ANY, ANY METHODS OF UN STOPPING THE WASTEWATER, UH, WHEN WE HAVE STOPPAGES, UH, BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE.

UH, NUMBER 11, PUBLIC WORKS YARD EXPANSION.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR A WHILE NOW.

UM, EXTEND OUR FENCE, MAKE AN OUTSIDE PERIMETER FENCE GOING AROUND THE BACK AND THEN EXTEND OUR YARD OUT.

WE HAVE FAR SURPASSED WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED, UH, ANOTHER TWO OR THREE LANES INTERNAL TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS, AS WELL AS EXTEND OUR PARKING LOT, OUR EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT.

UM, SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE HOUSE CLEANING WITH US, UH, TWELVES FUELING STATION.

UM, WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT PUTTING SOME KIND OF FUEL STATION FOR EMERGENCY USE, UH, OR EVERYDAY USE OVER THERE AT PUBLIC WORKS.

IT, IT NEVER SEEMS TO FAIL WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND EVERYBODY MAKES A RUN FOR ALL THE FUEL.

UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET FUEL AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN A BAD SPOT, NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WITHOUT THE FUEL.

SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT TO, TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AT PUBLIC WORKS.

AND IT WOULD BE A, AN ABOVE GROUND, NOT A BELOW GROUND.

SO THERE'D BE A CONTAINMENT BASIN AND WHATNOT INVOLVED IN THAT.

EMERGENCY SHUTOFFS NUMBER 13 IS A PATCH TRUCK.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SCOTT EGGBERT AND OUR STREET DIVISION, UH, ASKED FOR ALREADY PREVIOUSLY.

WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU, AN ADDITIONAL PATCH TRUCK TO REPLACE.

UH, OUR ORIGINAL PATCH TRUCK'S, A 2010 MODEL.

UM, THIS THING'S USED ALMOST DAILY BASIS.

SO, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY SEEN SOME LIFE THERE.

NUMBER 14, THE CONCRETE TRUCK.

UM, AS MUCH AS OUR STAFF AND ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR STREET MAINTENANCE CREW DOES THE CONCRETE WORK, HAVING OUR OWN CONCRETE TRUCK WOULD SAVE TIME AND BE MORE EFFICIENT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE FOREMANS WERE AGREEING ON, UM, LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HAVE OUR OWN FIFTEENS A PAVER.

UM, THIS IS A LARGER PAVING MACHINE.

WHEN WE TALKED IN THE PAST, WE, WE GOT THE SMALLER PAVER.

UM, THAT PAVER HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL.

OUR STAFF IS GROWING AND ADAPTING AND, AND CONTINUING TO IMPROVE.

UM, SO THEY'RE NOW LOOKING AT THE LARGER PAVER MACHINE AND UTILIZING THAT SMALLER PAVER NOW FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR MINOR PROJECTS.

SIXTEENS A BACKHOE, TWO OF 'EM.

THESE ARE JUST REPLACING OLDER, OLDER BACKHOES, UM, THAT, UH, THAT GO IN THE SHOP.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE BACKHOES, YOU KNOW, ARE 15,000 FOR REPAIRS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A BIG CHUNK OUT OF A BACKHOE COST.

SO, UM, THIS IS TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OLD DILAPIDATED BACKHOES.

NUMBER 17 STREET SWEEPER.

UM, OUR STREET SWEEPER WENT TO E, S AND T.

UM, SO ANYTIME THAT WE DO THINGS OUT IN THE ROADWAY, WHETHER IT'S A, WHETHER IT'S A CROSSING, A ROAD CROSSING OR OR ROAD WORK, THAT, THAT THERE'S DUST AND DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING ON THE ROADWAY.

WE HAVE TO CONTACT S AND T WITH CHANCE.

AND THEY'RE REAL GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP US OUT AND WHATNOT.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDAS AND THEIR OWN SCHEDULES AS WELL.

SO AT SOME POINT, IT'D BE NICE TO, TO HAVE OUR OWN STREET SWEEPER BACK THERE AT, AT, AT PUBLIC WORKS TO HANDLE EVERYTHING OURSELVES, NOT HAVE TO RELY ON ANOTHER GROUP.

EIGHTEENS A BACK TRUCK.

UH, THIS WILL BE BUDGETED OUT OF THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT AND UTILIZED BY BO AND THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE FORM IN HIS CREW TO CLEAN OUT ALL THE, THE, UH, DRAINAGE WAYS THAT WE HAVE.

THE, UM, THE CULVERTS.

SO THOSE CULVERT PIPES, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH AND CLEAN OUT ALL THE CULVERT PIPES USING THE BACK TRUCK, UM, WHICH IS VERY NON-INVASIVE.

IT'LL REMOVE ALL THE DEBRIS AND MATERIAL WITHOUT HAVING TO USE A BACKHOE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO DIG IT UP.

UH, 19 PORT OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS.

UM, WE JUST, WE JUST HAD TO RENT MESSAGE BOARDS AGAIN, UM, RECENTLY FOR KOHLERS AND, UM, COUNTY ROAD 1 58.

WHEN WE PUT THOSE NEW STOP SIGNS OUT.

WE DO NOT HAVE OUR OWN, UH, ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS.

SO THIS IS JUST, UH, PUTTING IT OUT THERE, AN ATTEMPT TO GET OUR OWN TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO RENT 'EM ANYMORE.

NUMBER 20, STRIPING AND STREET SIGNS.

UM, THIS IS INCREASED AND THIS IS JUST A, BASICALLY A LINE ITEM INCREASE.

AND WE WERE JUST SHOWING A, ANY KIND OF INCREASE.

21, UM, BFD.

UM, THAT'S YOUR VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PUMP THAT'S GONNA TURN ON, UM, THIS, UH, WHAT A B FD DOES, IT ALLOWS IT TO BE A CONTROLLED STARTUP.

SO IT DOESN'T JUST HAMMER IT IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT COMES ON IT,

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IT PROVIDES, UH, POWER TO IT AND THEN SLOWLY RAMPS UP SLOWLY AND IT PRESERVES THE LIFE, UH, OF THE MOTOR.

SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR TIM, UM, IS ASKING FOR, UH, A BACKUP ONE, I BELIEVE, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE.

SO IF SOMETHING FAILS, THEY CAN PUT IT IN AUTOMATICALLY.

UM, THE MONTHS THAT IT'S TAKEN TO RECEIVE, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IN PUBLIC WORKS AN ISSUE NOT ONLY THERE, BUT IN TRANSFORMERS, SOMEBODY WAS SAYING WAS OVER A YEAR, A YEAR OUT.

SO, UM, THINGS ARE GETTING, GETTING INTERESTING ON HOW WE'RE GONNA PLAY SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE TO START MAYBE, MAYBE WAREHOUSING THINGS, UM, AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE IT SO THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN THE SITUATION, HAVE AN EMERGENCY, AND HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR FOR SOMETHING TO GET US BACK ONLINE.

WELL, NUMBER THREE, UH, ELECTRICAL.

AND, WELL, THREE IS THE ONE ON STAGE COACH ELECTRO CHLORINE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS ALSO TIM SANFORD, UM, DIVISION MANAGER.

WAIT, I'M SORRY, IT'S NOW, IT'S DEREK TURLEY.

HE'S THE DIVISION MANAGER OVER, UH, OPERATIONS NOW.

UM, BUT THIS IS TO INCREASE THE, UM, LET'S SEE, APPROPRIATELY SIZED CHLORINE FEED ROOM ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, CURRENT BUILDINGS UNDERSIZED AND IS CREATING SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE INABILITY TO PROPERLY HOUSE ALL THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS, UPGRADES TO THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CONTROL CABINETS.

THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ROTTEN WOOD SUPPORTS.

EXISTING CABINETS ARE BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIVE CORROSION THAT IS AFFECTING INTEGRITY OF THIS EQUIPMENT.

UM, NOW THE THING THAT TIM WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT TAKING THIS OUT OF THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE, TO THE, UH, ELEVATED THE STORAGE TANK, THE WATER STORAGE TANK REHAB, BECAUSE WE'RE UP TO SPEED, I BELIEVE ON EACH OF THOSE.

NOW WE'VE MADE A FULL ROTATION.

AND SO HE WAS LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S MONEY THAT'S ALREADY COMING TO US.

SO, JUST A THOUGHT.

NUMBER 24 IS A TRACTOR.

UH, IT'S A MOWING TRACTOR.

THERE'S 80 SOMETHING ACRES OUT THERE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, WE HAVE AN EXISTING VERY, UH, OLD, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE YEAR WAS ON THIS, BUT, UM, THERE'S AN OLD TRACTOR THAT'S OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE USING RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WHEN THEY GO TO TAKE OFF, THE FRONT END COMES OFF THE GROUND AND THEY HAVE TO RIDE IT LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S IN IT'S INTERESTING .

UH, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO RIDE IT ANYMORE.

NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S TO TRY TO BRING US UP TO SPEED AND, AND A LITTLE SAFER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

NUMBER 24, THE PACKAGE PLANT BLOWER, BLOWER BUILDING.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AS WELL.

THE BLOWERS FOR THE PLANT.

VERY IMPORTANT AND A CRUCIAL PART OF, OF, OF YOUR TREATMENT OPERATIONS.

THE WASTEWATER TRA WASTEWATER PLANT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT COVERING THOSE, SOME TYPE OF LEAN TO SHELTER SORT, UH, TO COVER THOSE, UH, MEAN, UH, UH, PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION AGAINST THE ELEMENTS AS WELL AS THE, THE, THE SUN THAT'LL BE COMING HERE WITH OUR SUMMER NUMBER 25, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT STORAGE BUILDING OFFICE.

UM, THEY'VE GOT A, A, I DON'T KNOW A BETTER WORD FOR IT.

IT WAS A SHED THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE.

UM, THEY WERE USING FOR, UH, HALF OFFICE, HALF MEETING ROOM, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE THAT INTO A REAL OFFICE.

UH, A REAL SOMETHING THERE.

SO THAT, THAT WAS TIM'S, TIM'S IDEA NUMBER 26.

UM, THIS IS THE HENRIKE.

IT SAYS HENRIKE ENTRANCE, BUT REALLY WHAT IT IS, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, THEY DID THE PAVED ROAD UP TO THE, THE, UM, INTERIOR SECURITY FENCE FROM THAT FENCE GOING TO THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, THE, THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY FROM THAT CORNER ALL THE WAY OUT TO HIDE AND REICH IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAVING, UH, DOING THAT, UH, INTERNALLY.

AND I THINK TIM WAS IDENTIFYING THIS TO TRY TO, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT AS WELL AS TO PUT IT ON THE RADAR SO THAT SCOTT WOULD HAVE FUNDING TO DO IT WHENEVER, IF OUR IN-HOUSE CAN DO IT.

NUMBER 27 GENERATORS, UH, FOR EIGHT WATER AND WASTEWATER, UH, PUMP STATIONS AND LIFT STATIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US AFTER THE FLOODING THAT COUNCIL ASKED AND WE CAME UP WITH, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, HOW MANY PLACES, WHAT THE COST WAS.

IT WAS THEN ASKED IF WE COULD GET A GRANT TO TRY TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.

AND THAT HAS, HAS, HAS, HAS BEEN AN ONGOING INTERESTING THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF WILL'S STILL HERE, BUT I WILL, THE OTHER WILL.

UM, BUT HE'S INVOLVED IN IT NOW TOO, AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH HIM TO ASK HIM WHERE EXACTLY THAT IS.

BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A CHORE.

UH, MS. AMBER, DID YOU HAVE SOME RIGHT? I THINK THEY REJECTED OUR APPLICATION FOR A FAULT THAT WAS NOT OURS.

AND SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PURSUE IT, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S SUCH AN ESSENTIAL, UM, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO HAVE THAT

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WE JUST CAN'T WAIT ON GRANT FUNDING FOR IT.

WE CAN, WE CAN IDENTIFY OTHER PROJECTS FOR GRANT FUNDING THAT IS NOT AS CRITICAL AS THIS.

AND WE, WE PUT THIS BACK ON HERE SO THAT IF IT WAS COUNCIL'S DECISION TO BUY THESE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE IF THE GRANT DOESN'T WORK OUT AND WE WISH TO PURCHASE, THEN HERE IT IS.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE, UM, IF, IF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER ON THE WINTER STORM ISSUE, UH, AND NOT HAVING POWER GOING TO THESE SITES, AND THAT BEING A KEY ISSUE ON MANY OF THE REASONS WHY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SUPPLY WATER.

UM, THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE NEEDED AND NECESSARY GENERATORS AT THESE DIFFERENT PUMP STATIONS AND LIFT STATIONS SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE WORKING.

I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY FUNDED THAT.

YEAH, IT WENT TO A, Y'ALL, I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BUT I, I THINK IT WAS APPROVED BACK THEN.

BUT THEN SOMEBODY SAID IN THE COUNCIL MEETING, LET'S SEE IF WE COULD GET GRANT.

AND THEN EVERYBODY AGREED, YES, LET'S MOVE TOWARDS LOOKING FOR A GRANT.

THE GRANT PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING AND HAS STILL NOT, NOT COME THROUGH.

SO THE GENERATORS THAT WE STARTED TO PURSUE AFTER THE WINTER STORM HAS STILL NOT BEEN ACQUIRED.

NO, SIR.

NO.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING EVERY, THE ENTIRE TIME WAITING ON THE GRANT PROCESS.

DO WE KNOW WHY? IT WAS DENIED.

THEY, UM, GAVE US A REASON THAT SAID THEY, WE DIDN'T MEET A DEADLINE, BUT THEY CHANGED THE DEADLINE AND DIDN'T INFORM US.

SO I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING, I THINK THEY WERE, UM, OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS, TETUM THAT IS AFTER THE WINTER STORM.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANY AND EVERY WAY TO DENY APPLICATIONS.

SO THEY'RE MOVING, WE'RE STILL PURSUING THAT FUNDING, BUT I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A RELIABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

ARE WE, WHO ARE WE RELYING ON TO THE, TO GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE JUST IN GENERAL? SO DO YOU KNOW WHY WE MISSED A DEADLINE? IT, IT WASN'T OUR FAULT.

IT WAS THEM CHANGING A DEADLINE ON US.

AND SO WE'RE PURSUING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEFENDING OUR APPLICATION, BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO DEFEND OUR APPLICATION AND THEN EVEN SEE IF WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE FUNDED.

BECAUSE THIS WAS, THIS HAS BEEN THIS, THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE, COUPLE YEARS NOW.

2021.

WOW.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO HAVE THE GENERATORS ON SITE ONCE YOU EVEN ORDER THEM.

IT TAKES AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET A GENERATOR, I THINK.

OH, WOW.

JULIE AND WHO WAS THE OTHER, UM, MISS JULIE? HMM? I MISS JULIE.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN START LIKE, BUDGETING FOR THIS AND IF WE DO GET THE GRANT, CAN WE JUST REIMBURSE OURSELVES? UM, MOST GRANTS ARE REIMBURSABLE.

SO IF WE STARTED THE PROCESS AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN A GRANT, WE'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.

ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK WHY HARPER HADN'T HAD THIS IN THE BUDGET BEFORE IS THAT TETUM HAD EXPRESSED TO US THAT THEY WOULDN'T, THEY WOULDN'T RANK OUR APPLICATION HIGH IF IT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR IN THE BUDGET.

SO IF WE WERE A, WE BUDGETED AND WE SHOWED THAT WE HAD THE FUNDING FOR IT, THEN THEY ARE, THEY WERE GOING TO REJECT IT ON THAT BASIS AS WELL.

I, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN FIND GRANT FUNDING FOR.

UM, BUT NOT, NOT A, NOT PARTICULAR, YEAH.

SO WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WE WERE HEARING THAT THERE'S GRANT MONEY THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE WAS GONNA HELP US OR CITIES THAT NEEDED THIS.

SO WHEN WE PUT IN FOR IT, WE'RE TIED UP IN THIS RED TAPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPLICATION.

BUT NOW IF YOU DON'T PUT IT ON A BUDGET LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW, CAUSE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, HEY, I THOUGHT WE ALREADY PAID FOR THIS.

I THOUGHT WE WERE ALREADY GETTING IT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT LIKE, WELL, YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO BUY IT ANYWAY, SO WHY SHOULD WE PROVE YOU ANYWAY? ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

WELL, I THINK, WELL, I THINK SECONDARY POWER UNITS TO OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO, TO CREATE.

CUZ WHEN THEY FAIL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK P C IS AS BAD AS AUSTIN ENERGY, BUT THEY, THEY WEREN'T MUCH BETTER IN THE POWER STORM, YOU KNOW, AND WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT ON THEIR EMERGENCY RESERVE GRID.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

SO THAT IF WE DID HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM WIDE POWER OUTAGE.

PROLONGED YES SIR.

WE PROVIDED 'EM A LIST.

IT IS, BUT SAY IT AGAIN.

WE PROVIDED 'EM A LIST NOW.

SO THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S CRUCIAL TO US MAINTAINING.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DONE AND I CAN ASK QUESTIONS NOW.

DOES THAT THAT MEAN THAT IT WOULD STAY ON? NOPE.

IT MEANS WE HAVE A LIST.

, THEY HAVE THE LIST.

SIR LIST.

LET'S KEEP THOSE GENERATORS IN THE BUDGET.

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UH, NO, I, I I I'M NOT DONE, BUT IF YOU WANNA ASK THE QUESTION, I'M SORRY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

I'LL WAIT.

UM, 28 IS THE LEAST THREE QUARTER TON TRUCKS.

UM, THIS WAS STREETS, STREETS HAD TWO AND THAT WAS TO REPLACE UNITS ONE 19 AND ONE, UH, 1 21.

AND THEN WATER OPERATING REQUESTED ONE.

UM, THAT'S TREATMENT OPS IS CURRENTLY USED IN A LOANER TRUCK FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO FULFILL CURRENT STAFFING NEEDS.

UM, THIS VEHICLE WILL BE NEEDED IF THE REQUEST FOR A NEW WATER PRODUCTION OPERATOR IS PR APPROVED.

SO THAT'S TIED TO, SO THAT ONE'S TIED TO THE WATER PRODUCTION OPERATOR NUMBER 29 LEASED F THREE 50 TRUCK.

UM, ADDITIONAL WORK TRUCK NEEDED TO OPTIMIZE STAFF PRODUCTION NUMBER 30 LEASED F THREE 50 HYDRAULIC WORK TRUCK.

ONE ADDITIONAL WORK TRUCK NEEDED TO OPTIMIZE STAFF PRODUCTION.

31 LEASED CHEVY, COLORADO.

THESE ARE THE SMALLER TRUCKS.

UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE PRE-TREATMENT COORDINATOR.

UH, EXISTING BACKFLOW PREVENTION COORDINATOR DOES NOT HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE A VEHICLE AND THE EXISTING WATER PRODUCTION OPERATOR WHO DOES NOT HAVE A VEHICLE, UH, TREATMENT OPS USING A LOANER FROM ANOTHER DIVISION.

UM, THE PRE-TREATMENT, UH, THE PRE-TREATMENT COORDINATOR, UM, THEY WANTED ME, TIM WANTED ME TO POINT OUT THAT THIS POSITION, UH, AT A MINIMUM 50% FIELD WORK THAT REQUIRES TRANSPORTATION.

31.

IS THAT IT? YEP.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL.

UH, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THERE? WHAT DEPARTMENT WILL I FIND THIS STREET ROAD REPAIRS THAT FALL UNDER CIP P WILL THAT BE UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT? MM-HMM.

IT.

WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ROAD BONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, NO, NO ROAD REPAIRS.

IF IT'S, IF IT'S REPAIRS THAT WE CAN DO OR RECONSTRUCTION, IT'S UNDER US ON THE STREET CONSTRUCTION, THAT'D BE UNDER WITH ME.

BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THE C I P BUDGET OF 7 MILLION, BUT I SEE THAT A LOT IF IT'S FOR LIKE HEATERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS, YARD EXPANSION, FUELING STATION.

SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE BUDGET FOR ROAD REPAIRS OR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.

THESE ARE OUR, THESE ARE, THIS IS OUR WISHLIST HERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THAT SEVEN 50 FOR THE CIP P ROADS THAT WE WOULD DO INTERNALLY.

AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO TALK BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT TO DO REPAIRS, LIKE THE GUYS RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE BEEN ALL WORKING OVER HERE IN THE OLD TOWN KYLE AREA AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE ON FRONT STREET.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GOFOR ONE, LIKE I HAD SENT THAT EMAIL A WHILE BACK ABOUT GOFOR AND AS WELL AS HE AND WRIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT GOFOR ONE, WHICH WAS WELL OVER THE SEVEN 50 THAT WE WERE BUDGETED THEN, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT A LITTLE HELP.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING, IF WE DID DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE SECTION OF ROADWAY THAT WE WOULD DO THAT ENTIRE YEAR AND NOTHING NO OTHER ROADS WOULD GET DONE, NOTHING ELSE WOULD GET DONE.

JUST THAT AND THAT LONG AND THAT LENGTH OF A ROAD WOULD TAKE US, IT WOULD TAKE US A WHILE.

WE WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND WORK THROUGH IT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING.

SO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WILL THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS WOULD BE, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR 2024 IS TO HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF ROWS THAT ARE IN REALLY NEED OF REPAIR, RESURFACING OR HELP POTHOLES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, WE COULD DO THREE, FOUR PER YEAR.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SCREAMING FOR THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING BUDGETED.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS OR WHERE CAN I SEE THAT FOR THIS NEXT UPCOMING BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE UNDER DOING IT IN-HOUSE OR IF WE NEED TO HIRE HELP.

AND THAT'S WHEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, SCHEDULE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT AND FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END SO THE RESIDENTS KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHEN MY ROAD IS GOING TO BE FIXED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE CAN BUDGET THAT FOR OR UNDER WHAT DEPARTMENT WILL THAT BE? I I, I WOULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, THAT EMAIL THAT I SENT ABOUT THE TWO ROADS, THOSE TWO ROADS THAT YOU AND, AND MR. TOBIAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE TALKED ABOUT WITH UH, GOFORTH ROAD AND WITH HEIDEN, RIGHT? THOSE ARE TWO ROADS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED.

ROADS? UM, CAN WE DO ALL THAT IN ONE BUDGET YEAR? UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT Y'ALL COULD ASK.

, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT VERY MUCH.

UM, THERE'S COSTS THAT WE ALREADY GAVE FOR THE IN-HOUSE COSTS.

SO IF COUNCIL CHOSE TO, THEN YOU COULD TAKE THAT SEVEN 50 THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE ALLOTTED AND LOOK AT HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO BUMP THIS? DO WE WANNA BUMP THIS TO GET ONE OF THOSE ROADS DONE THIS NEXT BUDGET AND THEN LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING ROAD THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, DO WE WANT TO TRY TO TACKLE TWO

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I WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN BUDGET FOR THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS OR ROAD REPAIRS.

THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT HEY, YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT, YOU HAVE OUR INTERNAL AMOUNT, WHAT IT'S GONNA COST.

SO WE GET SEVEN 50.

SO IF THAT COST IS UNDERNEATH THAT, THEN THEN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WOULD LIKE US TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

AND, AND, AND SOME SORT OF REPAIR THAT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOLES AGAIN.

SOMETHING REALLY WELL DONE TO TO, TO JUST BRIEFLY COUNTER ON THAT, UM, THE GOFOR BUNTON IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING IN HIGH RIFLES THERE.

BUT IT IS TRUE BECAUSE IN 2021 WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REPAVING, BUNTON, REMEMBER THAT WE WERE GONNA GO WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS GONNA COST US 1.2 MILLION, BUT WE ENDED UP GOING AHEAD AND THEN DOING IT IN, IN-HOUSE.

AND WE HAD THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT CAME IN AND WE DID IT FOR UNDER LIKE 400,000 AND WE DID ALL ABUNDANT TO WHERE IT WAS RIGHT.

BY THE ROUNDABOUT.

SO MAYBE WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM DANIELLE IS SHE SEES YOUR BUDGET HERE OF SEVEN FOUR AS FAR AS ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE ACTUAL WORK AND MATERIALS TO THE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A BUDGET OF UNDER 700,000.

7 57 50.

YEP.

SHOULD WE START LOOKING AT IN INCREASING THAT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY A SECOND AGO.

INSTEAD OF SEVEN 50, WE NEED TO INCREASE IT NOW TO MAYBE ALMOST 2 MILLION, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN TIME.

BUT BE BESIDES THE ROAD BOND MONDAY.

YES SIR.

LIKE, IS IT TIME NOW TO WHERE WE SAY, OKAY, 750 BEEN LIKE THIS, THIS WHOLE TIME, BUT NOW SHOULD WE NOW START LOOKING AT IT THAT ALL THESE ROADS NOW ON THE INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, THIRD STREETS OVER THERE BY PALM CREEK, POSSIBLY ROUNDABOUTS AND ALL THAT STUFF, SHOULD WE STILL AND START LOOKING AT THAT AND WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT IT DURING THE WORKSHOP? YES, SIR.

IS IT TIME FOR US TO START RAISING THE CEILING ON THAT? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK IT HAS TO BE IN HARMONY.

CAUSE THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S THREE COMPONENTS TO STREETS CONSTRUCTION.

THERE'S THE WORKFORCE, THERE'S THE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN THERE'S THE MATERIALS.

AND IF THE WORKFORCE ISN'T SUFFICIENT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE OR MATERIALS MM-HMM.

, THEY CAN'T PUT IT IN THE GROUND.

AND IF YOU HAVE A GREAT WORKFORCE, BUT NOT ENOUGH EQUIPMENT AND TOO MUCH, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO GO.

SO THAT REALLY JUST, THE QUESTION IS, IS ARE YOU IN HARMONY OR IS THERE A SITUATION WHERE YOU, YOU HAVE THE WORKFORCE, WE'VE GOT A NEW PAVER MAYBE, AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, BUT THE THE MATERIALS BUDGET, THEY COULD GET THROUGH MORE THAN THAT IN A YEAR AND THEREFORE WE NEED TO INCREASE IT.

OR WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO ALL BE SYNCED UP IN ORDER FOR THE MONIES THAT WE ALLOCATE TO BE EFFICIENTLY USED.

UH, I, I THINK I, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A SOMETHING THAT IF, IF COUNCIL SAID, LOOK, WE WANT TO LOOK AT GOFOR, WE WANNA LOOK AT BUNTON, COPE FORTH, WE WANNA DO THIS FROM, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT TO BB ROAD, UH, HARPER, WHAT'S COST? HEY, HERE'S THE COST.

UM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE? WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IS THIS GONNA TAX YOUR MANPOWER OR WHATNOT? ARE YOU GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS? IF THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU WANT, THEN I CAN GO BACK AND TALK TO JESSE AND SCOTT AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, REALISTICALLY INCLUDING BAD WEATHER THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS YEAR AND WHATNOT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? AND THEN HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE REST OF THE CITY? THE REST OF, UH, CUZ IF WE USE THAT BUDGET, THAT'S SEVEN 50 AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

THEN THERE'S, THERE'S, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BEING DONE.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, I SEE, I SEE IT AS LIKE THE STREETS CONSTRUCTION IS LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A, LIKE A ROOMBA, LIKE A, IT'S, YOU'RE LIKE, JUST LIKE AN ANT EATER.

YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST THAT THAT'S THE WAY WE, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROAD IT IS.

THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

I WANT WORKING AND PUTTING MATERIAL IN THE GROUND, WHETHER IT, I DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS.

SO HOW MUCH MATERIAL XED UP MATERIAL CAN YOU PUT IN THE GROUND WORKING 12 MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR? CAUSE THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.

IT'S 12 MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR.

YOU'RE PUTTING MATERIAL INTO THE GROUND, YOU'RE REHABILITATING ROADS IS 750, ARE YOU GONNA RUN OUT OF $750,000 BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? PROBABLY.

AND IF YOU ARE, WE NEED TO THE BUS AND PLANE AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

MORE THAN LIKELY WE'RE GONNA EXCEED THAT ON THESE LARGER ROADWAYS.

ANOTHER THING THAT COMES INTO PLAY IS WHAT IS THE BASE? WHAT'S THE, WHAT ARE WE WORKING WITH? ARE WE ON THE EAST SIDE OR ARE WE ON THE WEST SIDE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ROCKER? ARE WE 20 FOOT OF BLACK CLAY THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF? SO LIGHTSTONE VERSUS BLACK DIRT MM-HMM.

DO WE NEED TO HIRE ANOTHER CREW MEMBERS TO DO THIS? AND HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET? YEAH.

FARM.

AND, AND, AND YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU START GETTING IN THERE AND TEARING THIS APART AND YOU FIND OUT, HOLY, HOLY COW, WE'RE IN A FULL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FULL DECK REPAIR WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ALL THROUGH HERE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF VERY CRITICAL ROADS.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO DO THE REPAIR? DO WE NEED TO DO IT IN-HOUSE?

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BUT THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ON THEIR, WE CAN, WE CAN, THOSE TWO ROADS, WE CAN PUT ON OUR, I MEAN SERIOUSLY WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR RADAR AND THEN I CAN GET IN WITH THEM AND I'LL SEND YOU SOMETHING AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING, WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET.

AND I'M TALKING TIME-WISE, CAN WE KNOCK ONE ROAD OUT? CAN WE KNOCK TWO ROADS OUT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, HYDEN RIGHT'S NOT THAT BAD.

YOU KNOW, HENRIKE WON'T BE AS DIFFICULT AS THE BUNTON GO FORTH ROAD.

UM, THE, THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION THAT IT'S GONNA REQUIRE AND THE TRAFFIC, THE CONTENDING WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE UP AND DOWN THERE.

IT'S GONNA BE GONNA BE A FUN ONE.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

WELL, WE CAN BRING THAT SO WE CAN BACK WHEN WE BRING THE CIP P BACK.

PUT THOSE, THOSE TWO ROADS AND WE'LL HAVE, AND WE CAN START THERE.

CAN I ASK REAL QUICK, HOW LONG HAS THE BUDGET BEEN AT 750,000? LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR WE GOT IT MOVED FROM, IT WAS 500 AND WE GOT IT MOVED FROM 500.

WE ADDED TWO 50 AND IT BECAME SEVEN 50.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT SEVEN 50 WAS REALLY LOW.

SO TO HEAR THAT IT WAS EVEN, EVEN LOWER OH YES.

IS REALLY CONCERNING.

SO I THINK MAYBE IF, IF YOU COULD BRING BACK THREE OR FOUR ROADS THAT YOU, YOU HEAR THE MOST MM-HMM.

AND THEN GIVE US, UM, AMOUNTS FOR THAT, THEN WE CAN DECIDE COLLECTIVELY AS COUNCIL, WHAT ROADS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BE WORKEDED ON, ON A C P PROJECT.

UM, AND PLEASE NEVER COME BACK AND JUST ASSUME THAT SEVEN 50 IS GONNA BE YOUR BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ROADS.

I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS NOW WHY WE NEEDED ALMOST A $300 MILLION ROAD BOND.

BUT I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN IN 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR REAL ESTATE, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR ROADS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE OUR WANTS AND OUR NEEDS.

AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREE THAT THE ROADS ARE OUR NEEDS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ARE OUR NEEDS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.

AND EVEN TO INCLUDE THE, THE CREW MEMBERS THAT YOU WILL NEED FOR THAT.

THAT WILL BE A, UM, PRIORITY, AT LEAST FOR, FOR ME.

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL NOW SINCE THE, UH, THE, THE INCREASE THAT THE COUNCIL OF PROOF, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO GET STAFF, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT'S A GREAT THING.

MR. LANGLEY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT, UH, THIS IS FAIRLY A FAIRLY NEW CREW.

UM, WE STARTED A STREET CONSTRUCTION GROUP TO DO EVERYTHING ON OUR OWN.

STARTED LOOKING AT GETTING OUR OWN EQUIPMENT, UM, COUNCIL AND, UM, MAYOR'S BEEN ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, SO THAT, THAT THAT'S BEEN A PROCESS, A LEARNING PROCESS.

AND NOW THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THEY'RE COMING ALONG AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY DOING IT.

UM, SO, SO MAYBE, MAYBE TO HELP CLOSE THIS DISCUSSION WITH HARPER, I THINK THE QUESTION WE OUGHT TO BE ASKING PUBLIC WORKS IS GIVEN YOUR MANPOWER MM-HMM.

, GIVEN YOUR EQUIPMENT, HOW MANY LINEAR LANE MILES CAN YOU PUT DOWN EVERY YEAR? OKAY.

MONEY COMES AFTER THAT.

BECAUSE IF YOU ADD MONEY EXACTLY.

IF YOU ADD MONEY UP FRONT AND HE CAN'T DELIVER MM-HMM.

, IT'S IDLE MONEY SITTING.

HOW MANY LANE MILES DID YOU PRODUCE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE? AND YOU'RE GONNA SAY, WELL IT MATTERS CUZ WE DID THIS PROJECT AND GOT PULLED ON THAT PROJECT AND ALL THE STUFF, BUT WE NEED SOME KIND OF STARTING POINT YEAH.

TO DETERMINE HOW, UH, WELL OUR INVESTMENT IS PRODUCING, YOU KNOW, FOR US, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT UP AND IT'S RUNNING, LIKE YOU SAY AND DOING WELL, LIKE LET'S GET, LET'S GET, YOU KNOW, UH, STATISTICAL OKAY WITH IT, THAT REALLY HELPS US.

BECAUSE IF WE GIVE YOU $2 MILLION IN A BUDGET, HOW ARE WE GONNA KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE A BUDGET THAT WE CAN'T MM-HMM.

WE CAN'T.

WHERE WE CAN'T SPEND THAT.

UNDERSTOOD.

LET'S JUST FIX HALF A MILE A YEAR.

AND DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A DEDICATED CREW THAT IS JUST FOR ROADS THAT THEY DON'T GET PULLED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE? YES.

BUT DO ROADS TW THAT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM IN THE PAST? YES.

AND SO THE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WAS APPROVED IS JUST STREET CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAVE A STREET MAINTENANCE THAT HANDLES EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THE STREET CONSTRUCTION, WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE HAVE TO GO, WE NEED TO GO OVER HERE IN CHIPS HILL OR, OR, OR, OR, OR PAVE SOMETHING OVER HERE OR A PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

IF WE HAVE TO GO DO THAT REAL QUICK AND GET PULLED OFF STUFF THAT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING, IT CAN BE IMPORTANT THINGS.

IT CAN BE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO DO.

UNFORTUNATELY IT PULLS 'EM OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IN THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE ON.

SO THAT'S WHAT WAS HARD ABOUT WHEN WE TRY TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SAY IT'S, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS MUCH AND THIS MUCH TIME, BUT IF YOU'RE PULLED OFF THESE PROJECTS ON A SEMI-REGULAR BASIS, NEIL, THEN, THEN YEAH, IT'S DIFFICULT.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG.

I AGREE.

WELL, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK BAD.

BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY'RE GETTING PULLED OFF AND THEY'RE NOT, THAT JUST MEANS THEY'RE NOT BEING EFFICIENT.

BUT YOU CAN STILL MEASURE WHAT WAS PRODUCED BY THE STREETS CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE STILL, THOSE GUYS ARE AT IT EVERY DAY.

I'M I, I'M, I'M SURE I

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KNOW THEY ARE.

YOU KNOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR EXPECTATIONS SET REALISTICALLY.

SO THAT WE CAN BE REALLY GOOD STEWARDS OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN IF WE THINK THAT WHAT'S BEING PRODUCED IS NOT ENOUGH, THEN WE CAN INCREASE IT.

BUT WE REALLY DON'T EVER KNOW.

IT WAS JUST TO DANIELLE'S PART HAVE A MEASURE ABOUT GETTING, GETTING INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE KNOW MORE OF WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS PRODUCING.

MONTH BY MONTH.

, THIS IS HOW MANY LINEAR FEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER INGLESBY DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THE PROJECTS THAT SHE IS OVER.

SHE WILL POST EVERY SO OFTEN.

THIS IS THE WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED.

WE DON'T NEED IT TO THAT, THAT DE LEVEL OF DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S A CONTRACT THAT SHE'S JUST REGURGITATING MM-HMM.

BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW WHAT OUR STREETS CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS UP TO.

AND THEN NOT JUST IN TERMS OF PICTURES AND BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF GRAPHICALLY WHAT, WHAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING AND SEE THAT BUILD OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT THERE AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT DID WE PRODUCE IN THAT YEAR? AND WE CAN COMPARE ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

UH, AND THEN IT'S LIKE OUR MICROSURFACING, IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SEE THE MAPS WITH MICRO SURFACING MM-HMM.

THAT WILL SHOW YEAH.

WE CAN PROVIDE THAT STREETS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MM-HMM.

BUT YOU KNOW, IN, WHEN WE DO THINGS INTERNALLY, A LOT OF THAT AN, UH, ANALYSIS GETS LOST.

THEN YOU, YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE OVERALL GENERAL PUBLIC.

LOOK WHAT WE DID AT MARTINEZ STREET.

, LOOK WHAT WE DID ON THIRD STREET.

LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER HERE ON RO LANE.

LOOK WHAT WE'RE FINISHING UP ON POST OF.

IT'S THAT VISUAL THAT WE CAN DONATE THESE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO US AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE NEXT IN LINE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE WORLDS ARE BAD, BUT LIKE I'M TELLING THE PEOPLE, LIKE WHEN LEON AND SAY I'M GETTING UPDATES ON THEY AND BB NOW THE THING IS THAT FEBRUARY, 2024, I CAN AT LEAST GIVE THEM TIMELINES INSTEAD OF THEM SEEING CONES ALL YEAR LONG.

THEY CAN KNOW THEIR PROGRESS.

AND, AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING IS LIKE, AT LEAST FOR THEM TO GO TO THE CITY OF CAL BEIJING AND HAVE ROADS AND REPAIR AND SEE THAT TIMELINE AND LIKE, I KNOW MY ROAD COMES NEXT AND THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, FIXING THIS ROAD.

IT GIVES THEM INFORMATION.

SO IT'S, UM, LESS FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW? YES MA'AM.

FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

AND TO YOUR POINT, UH, WE DO HAVE THE CHOREOGRAPH MM-HMM.

THE CHOREOGRAPH, UM, SYSTEM, AND IT WILL GENERATE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.

I KNOW THAT HARPER ALREADY HAS THAT INFORMATION AND HE CAN FEED IT TO YOU, BUT THIS CHOREOGRAPH SOFTWARE WILL BE PHASING IT IN SO YOU CAN HAVE THOSE, UM, STATISTICS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF BUDGETARY DECISIONS AND PRIORITIZATION.

AND TO, TO GO BACK TO WHAT MICHAEL'S SAYING ABOUT GETTING IT TO THE RESIDENTS, IT WOULD BE GREAT ON OUR WEBSITE STREETS CONSTRUCTION DIVISION MM-HMM.

TO HAVE GRAPHICS THAT SHOW UP.

THIS MANY LANE MILES PRODUCED SINCE TWO, SINCE INCEPTION.

THIS MANY PRODUCED THIS YEAR.

I MEAN, YOU CAN, I MADE EYE CONTACT WITH, OH, OKAY.

WELL I'M JUST, I IT'S A, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT TO, BUT IT'S, THE TEAM EFFORT IS WHAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE HAVE AN EASIER JOB.

UM, RELAY THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE UP TO.

UH, AND THAT ACTUALLY MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER BECAUSE THEN WE'RE NOT HAVING TO COME TO YOU ON A, ON A CONSISTENT BASIS ASKING FOR YOU TO COMPILE INFORMATION.

IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST A SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE A PAVEMENT CONDITION ANALYSIS, UH, OF THE STREETS.

IT'S ONGOING.

IT'S HAPPENING.

I WAS, AND SO GETTING THAT INFORMATION BACK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KEEP THE PAVEMENT AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.

AND WE CAN TELL YOU FROM A MORE PRECISE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER, WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUDGET TO KEEP US WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO RAISE THAT YES.

LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE.

AND I, I THINK ALL OF THAT WITH THE COMMUNICATION OF IT AND GOOD METRICS, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH A GOOD PLAN.

SO I IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.

AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE DOING THESE PROJECTS, BUT YEAR OVER YEAR, ARE OUR STREETS CONDITIONS IMPROVING? RIGHT.

OR ARE THEY DETERIORATING AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

AND THEN IF WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE IT GRAPHICALLY.

AND THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE IT PUBLIC.

YEP.

I, I'VE DONE THOSE EXACT THINGS IN THE PAST.

I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT HERE.

IT'D BE GREAT.

AND HARPER, I DID NOT SEE A LINE ITEM FOR TRAINING YOUR GUYS.

MAYBE GET 'EM MORE CERTIFICATION MORE SO THAT THEY CAN DO, LEARN MORE ABOUT WASTEWATER OPERATIONS OR MAYBE TRAINING TRAINING'S IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

SIR, IT'S IN YOUR OPERATING.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, SIR? ALL

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SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 83.

WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK THE C I P AND YOU CAN REVIEW THE, THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND THE SLIDE DECK THAT I RESENT TO YOU GUYS THIS MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNSEL TO EXCUSE THE REST OF THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG AND BEEN SO PREPARED AND PATIENT.

I WANNA, UH, THANK THEM FOR THEIR PREPARATION FOR THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT THEY'VE, UH, GIVEN TO COUNSEL THIS, THIS MORNING.

AND THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR WEEKEND.

STAY SAFE AND STAY DRY.

AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. LANGLEY TO GO OVER OUR NEXT STEPS.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

A LOT OF INFORMATION'S BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR ME JUST TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE NEEDS.

AND, UM, I HAVE NOTED WHICH DIRECTORS WERE ASKED IF THEY NEEDED MORE PEOPLE.

UM, ONLY WILL AND MARCO, I THINK WE'RE THOSE TWO DIRECTORS.

SO EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, THE COUNCIL SEEM SATISFIED.

YOU HAVE PLENTY OF PLENTY OF FOLKS.

VICTORIA.

OH, OH, VICTORIA.

SORRY, I MISSED ONE.

BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE C I P, UM, AND TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME FRAMEWORK TO HELP YOU PRIORITIZE, UH, THOSE PROJECTS FOR US.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ON.

UM, I CERTAINLY HEARD SOME OF THE THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.

UM, AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO, TO PUT OUT THERE FOR US BEFORE WE WRAP UP? I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH LEFT.

UM, IN TERMS OF HER INFORMATION, DO CIS HAVE TO BE PUT IN BEFORE THE BUDGET IS FINALIZED OR CAN THEY COME IN PRO AFTER THE BUDGET? YOU CAN CERTAINLY ALWAYS DO THEM AFTER, BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW SOMETHING ELSE IS GONNA HAVE TO GIVE.

THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH MONEY AND SO MUCH CAPACITY.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PRIORITIZATION IS GOING FORWARD.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ALL DONE IN THE, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IF POSSIBLE.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU.

UNLESS YOU WANT MORE GOOD EXECUTIVE, RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR I THINK SO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

PLEASE.

WHAT DO WE HAVE EXECUTIVE? SO OUR NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION IS JULY 8TH.

THAT'S STILL ON.

AND THEN WE'RE DOING OUR VISIONING, CONDENSED VISIONING WORKSHOP JULY 24TH AND 25TH.

OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUNE.

JUNE.

I SAID JUNE.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR JUNE YOU SAID.

I SAID JUNE.

DON'T, DON'T RECORD IT.

UM, SO WHAT COMES IN THE NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY? NO, THE NEXT IS, OKAY, PROJECT AMOUNT BE BROUGHT OR IS THIS, SO, UM, AND, AND YEAH, PART TWO IN JUNE 24TH, 25TH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE LIST OF THE CIP P PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT SO YOU CAN PRIORITIZE WHAT THOSE REQUESTS WOULD BE.

AND THEN WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL HAVE PAY THE LATEST SALES TAX NUMBERS, PROPERTY TAX, WE'LL GET BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WATER WASTEWATER RATES.

WE CAN CONTINUALLY BRING THAT BACK.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE PIECES AS THEY COME.

UH, BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING IS ON THOSE CIP P PROJECTS, UNDERSTANDING WHERE ARE SOME PRIORITIES.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD TODAY ABOUT PRIORITIZING MORE ON SOME OF THE STREET SIDES, IT AFFECTS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.

SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WEIGH ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER.

UH, SO WE'LL TRY TO CARVE OUT SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WERE ONE TIME IN NATURE AND, AND GIVE YOU A, A WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO HOW'S IT GONNA WORK? ZUNI? GUYS? WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE NOW THE VISION WORKSHOP FOR JUNE.

UHHUH.

AND THE BUDGET SECOND BUDGET IS GONNA BE IN JULY.

SO WE'LL COME ACROSS WITH THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE AND SO FORTH ON THAT END TO BRING TO THEM.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT C I P CAUSE I THINK WE WERE, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ALL ON BOARD ON THAT.

AND THEN, AND THEN ONCE WE GO FROM THERE, WE CAN GO BACK TO BUDGET TWO AND THEN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS THE TALKS GO.

CUTTING.

OR MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST I LIKE IT.

LET'S DO IT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

YOU ARE.