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I DON'T KNOW.I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS, OH, THERE WE GO.
IT IS THURSDAY, MAY THE 12TH, AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE STATE SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ROLL HERE.
RIZZO ELLISON FLORES, KALE HERE, BRADSHAW HERE, PARSLEY PRESTON TIBIAS.
WE HAVE A CORN NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WE SHOULD SPEAK, UH, TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND THAT YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
I THINK I JUST SAID THAT, UH, I DO NOT HAVE ANY FORMS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? I JUST, UH, EVERYONE, AS FAR AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M REFERRING MORE TO THE COUNCIL, UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE MEETING MAY 3RD ON THE AGENDA AGENDA WHERE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FLORES KALE PRESENTED ITEM 26, REPRESENTING FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK INFORMATION REGARDING OBTAINING CONFLICT CHECK SOFTWARE.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE VOTE.
IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH, I THINK ALL MEMBERS, ALL STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S THAT'S NOWADAYS USED.
I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO GET THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS NEEDED.
SO, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERIOD.
NEXT STEP IS, UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION.
FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF C CALLED TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT, BUILDING REGULATIONS, ARTICLE THREE, UNSAFE BUILDING ABATEMENT OF THE CITY OF KYLE CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, MEANING REGULATION OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY IN ITS ENTIRETY, ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND MAKING AMENDMENTS THERE TO ADOPTING CHAPTER TWO 14 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BY REFERENCE AMENDING PENALTY PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION AND SECURING OF PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR DILIGENCE NOTICE, PROVIDING FOR HEARINGS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR APPEALS TO DISTRICT COURT, PROVIDING FOR REPAIR AND DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SAVINGS, OPEN MEETINGS, CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE A SPONSOR ON IT, BUT I ASSUME THIS IS GOING TO BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OR SCOTT OR WHO, WHO WHO'S PRESENTING ON THIS AMBER.
UH, AMBER LEWIS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, WE WERE ASKED TO UPDATE THE CITY'S CURRENT, UM, UNSAFE BUILDING CODE.
AND WE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
THE LEGISLATURE MADE SOME CHANGES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND SO NOW IT IS CURRENT AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE BY MAYOR SECONDED BY, I GUESS COUNCILMAN FLORES, KALE.
UM, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP, UH, JANETTA NUMBER TWO, CITY MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WILL PRESENT NEW BUDGET REQUESTS FOR OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION MR. SELLERS.
THIS IS OUR FIRST OF FIVE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR THIS, UH, ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP AND, UH, EACH YEAR WE HAVE A, A LOT OF REQUESTS THAT COME TO US FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT.
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THIS IS ON, UH, SO TO BEGIN THIS BUDGET SEASON, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS THAT OCCUR.I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS THE MEETING WHERE YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ME SPEAK AS MUCH AS YOU WILL IN FUTURE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS WITHOUT ANY SORT OF REVIEW.
RIGHT? SO, UH, IT WAS ASKED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HEY, WE APPRECIATE THE BUDGET THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD.
UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY BALANCED BUDGET.
UH, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE ORIGINAL REQUESTS WERE JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THE NEEDS OR THE DESIRES THAT EACH DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS FIRST BUDGET KICKOFF MEETING THIS WORKSHOP IS TO PRESENT WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT FEELS, UH, IS THE, THE TRUE NEED WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT.
NOW, THIS MEETING ISN'T MEANT TO SCARE ANYBODY.
UH, THE REQUESTS FAR, FAR OUTWEIGH THE, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AND WHAT WE'LL DO OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS IN MEETINGS IS HOW WITH YOUR INPUT WITH CITIZEN INPUT THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, UH, AND THEN INTERNALLY WITH FINANCE, WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH, EACH DEPARTMENT, UH, AND CALL THOSE REQUESTS DOWN TO WHAT WE FEEL WE CAN BE PRESENTED TO CONTINUE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY THAT, UH, CITIZENS EXPECT AND IN DEMAND OF US, BUT ALSO PRESENTS A BALANCED BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, UH, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF SLIDES HERE ON YOUR COMPUTERS OR UP ON THE SCREEN.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE, ARE AT HOME WATCHING, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE, THESE SLIDES.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH, HERE'S KIND OF OUR AGENDA, UH, TALK ABOUT OBJECTIVES, PRIORITIES, NEW BUDGET NEEDS, AND DESIRES.
GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU, UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ITEM? WE JUST VOTED ON BEING FINALLY PAST SEEING NONE.
JUST STEAL THIS ONE MORE TIME.
UH, NO PROBLEM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND JUST FOR THE COUNCIL'S UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT REMEMBER THERE ARE MULTIPLE FUNDS, UH, MAYBE 30, SOME ODD FUNDS WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, UH, THAT MAKE UP THE BUDGET OF THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THE GENERAL FUND BEING THE MAIN FUND FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND FEES, FINES, AND FEES, UH, BUT THEN WATER AND WATER AND SEWER, UH, FEES ARE IN A SEPARATE UTILITY FUND, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE NOT TAXPAYER DRIVEN REVENUES.
THOSE ARE, UH, CUSTOMER REVENUES, CUSTOMERS OF THOSE UTILITIES.
UH, SO, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH OTHER FUNDS LIKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH IS A SEPARATE FUND, UH, THAT IS SEATED WITH MONIES FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL FUND AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 22, UH, BOND ELECTION FOR ROADS AT THE ENGINEERING COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED ARE ACTUALLY ON THE 20 OR THE 17TH COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO THIS NEXT TUESDAY, THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THOSE PROPOSALS AND, UH, GET THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD KEY DAYS FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTION FOR 23.
SO THE OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY, AGAIN, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO GET COUNCIL DIRECTION ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU, YOU HEAR NOW, AGAIN, THERE ARE GOING TO BE CERTAIN REQUESTS THAT, UM, ARE HIGH PRIORITIES, SOME THAT ARE LESSER PRIORITY, BUT STILL IMPORTANT.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BRING BACK, UH, AN EXPENDITURE IN THE FUTURE, UH, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
IT'S JUST, UH, NOT AS HIGH AS A PRIORITY OF SOME OTHER EXPENDITURES.
AND THAT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROCESS EACH YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THE NUMBER THAT WE'LL GO OVER, DON'T LET IT SCARE YOU.
UM, WE WILL HAVE EACH DEPARTMENT SPEAK TO THEIR NEEDS.
SO NUMBER ONE, UH, FROM A PRIORITY STANDPOINT, WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS.
AND ALSO THE COUNCIL'S GOAL FOR THE NOVEMBER 22 GEO BOND ELECTION.
AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THE MAJOR ROADS.
WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE GET, UH, WHAT WE'LL CALL IT 10% DESIGN FROM OUR ENGINEERING FIRMS, UH, BY JULY TIMEFRAME AND, UH, HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE, THOSE ESTIMATES AND DETERMINE WHICH ROADS TO BRING BACK ALSO WITH THEIR POTENTIAL,
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UH, FUNDING, UH, OBLIGATIONS, THE, UH, ENGINEERING AND DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE COUNCIL ARE, ARE ALSO HIGH PRIORITY IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OUR BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE THAT A HIGH PRIORITY AND, UH, WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S STILL A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL AND IN THIS BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVES THAT WE'LL BE ROLLING FORWARD INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET PROPOSAL.
UH, WE DO CONTINUE TO, TO STRIVE TO BE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE GOLD STANDARD OF HAYES COUNTY.
UH, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT DESIGNATION, THAT STANDARD AND CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND THEN, UH, THE ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT AND DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE IS ALSO PART OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVES.
UH, BUT IT'S AN INCREASED ATTENTION TO CODE ENFORCEMENT CONTINUING ON.
WE WILL NOW GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
SO THEY'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, NOT PRIORITIZING ANY DEPARTMENT OVER ANOTHER.
SO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT WE AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO TIM PROPERLY.
SO ON MY, UH, MY NAME IS GAYE SOUTHERNS.
I AM THE BILL OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY.
I'M THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF HOW I'M ON MY, UH, BUDGET REQUESTS.
I HAVE FOUR ITEMS. UM, ONE NUMBER ONE BE A PERMIT COORDINATOR.
UM, WE HAD TWO PERMIT COORDINATORS NOW AND, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
THE, UM, THESE NUMBERS SHOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS REALLY, UM, INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS ALSO.
SO JUST BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A WELL OVER, UH, I WANNA SAY 18% INCREASE IN THE YEAR BEFORE IT WASN'T EVEN A 39% INCREASE.
SO I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE, UH, ONE OF THE CLERKS DOES GO ON VACATION OR CALLS IN SICK FOR ANY REASON, UH, THE OTHER CLERK REALLY HAS TO HUSTLE TO KEEP UP.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEHIND THE OTHER, UM, ITEM I'M ASKING FOR IS THE TRAINING OF CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATIONS.
UH, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATIONS AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR C USE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A RATHER LARGE, UH, RUN A SMALL BUDGET ON THAT.
SO, UM, TH THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND I, AND I'M, I'M BIG ON EDUCATION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE CERTIFIED PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE AND DOING THE INSPECTIONS.
I LIKE TO GET EVERYBODY FULLY CERTIFIED AND ALSO TO MAINTAIN THEIR SEAT USE.
WE ALSO HAVE ON THERE THAT WE HAVE, UH, AIR GOV SOFTWARE, USER LICENSES.
WE HAVE ATS, WE HAVE SAFE BUILT, UH, THEY ADDED TWO INSPECTORS, A PIECE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY INSPECTIONS.
UM, AS OF, UH, LET ME SEE AS OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTED TO HAVE OVER 40,000 INSPECTIONS DONE.
UM, WE RELY ON THEM HEAVILY AND BOTH OF THEM, UH, DECIDED TO ADD ON TWO MORE INSPECTORS.
UM, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, WE'D HAVE SATE BUILT THEIR INSPECTORS, UH, DO HAVE THE LICENSES TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON ETS AS WE SPEAK, BUT THIS IS A YEARLY FEE THAT'S INCREASED THAT WE'LL KEEP ON GOING ON.
I THINK IT AVERAGES OUT TO 800 AND, UH, OH FIVE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY $8 A YEAR ON THAT.
UM, MY FINAL, UH, REQUEST WAS FOR, UH, FOOD MEALS.
I HAVE A RATHER SMALL BUDGET ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, THE REASON I WANT TO INCREASE THIS, CAUSE I, I, I BELIEVE IN THE CORE VALUES OF, OF, OF KYLE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A TEAM BUILDING EVENTS AND LIKE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE EVERY SIX MONTHS TO BRING THE TEAM OUT, UH, TELL THEM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.
UH, THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD AND, UM, THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW MY, MY, UM, MY GRATEFULNESS TO THEM.
UM, I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE THEM.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST, UH, COULD YOU REPEAT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT DEPARTMENT? I HAVE,
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UH, TWO INSPECTORS AND HEALTH.I HAVE TWO, UH, PERMIT COORDINATORS AND WE HAVE A THIRD, THE THIRD PARTY.
WE HAVE ATS AS FIVE INSPECTORS AND A SEATBELT HAS TWO, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE IS ADDING TWO MORE INSPECTIONS.
SO HAVE A TOTAL 11 INSPECTORS AND THE TWO IN HOUSE, TWO IN-HOUSE.
AND SO NINE THE ATSS, UH, FIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TWO MORE.
AND THEN EIGHT HAS NOW A CPL HAS 2 79 AND THEN 11.
UH, SO YEAH, I'M NOT ASSUMING I TAKE THAT BACK.
ATS WILL HAVE FIVE DASH THREE RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 11 THIRD-PARTY AND IN-HOUSE INSPECTORS FOR THAT WHOLE CORRECT.
SO THEN WE HAVE TWO, UM, PERMIT COORDINATORS ALSO.
COULD YOU, UM, BRIEFLY JUST GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT YOU GUYS, WHAT YOUR DUTIES ARE AS INSPECTORS, AS BUILDINGS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? THEY BASICALLY DO THE EXACT SAME THING AS ATS ATS WERE COMBINATION CITIES.
SO BASICALLY, UM, THE ATA, THE THIRD PARTY IS SERP FULLY CERTIFIED, RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD.
THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN BUILDING, UM, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.
AND TO BE UPON THE SPECTRUM, THAT'S, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE STATE CERTIFICATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REQUIREMENTS ON THAT.
UM, MY INSPECTORS ARE CERTIFIED IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A CERTIFIED PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
WE WILL ONCE ONE OF MY INSPECTORS WHO IS, WHO HAS, UM, PROVIDED ALL THE HOURS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE STATE TEST.
UM, HE JUST HASN'T HAD THE STATE GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH HIM AS FAR AS WHEN HE'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
BUT AS SOON AS THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, HE PASSED THE TEST.
SO IT'D BE A LICENSED STATE AND SPANKER FOR PLUMBING.
SO YOU GUYS PERMIT ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT HERE IN KYLE? YES MA'AM.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT, I JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT IS THEIR NEW NEEDS IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN THEIR BASE BUDGET.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THEIR BASE BUDGET.
THERE'LL BE ONLY DISCUSSING WHAT THEIR NEW NEEDS ARE.
SO WITH THAT, OUR NEXT DEPARTMENT IS CITY COUNCIL.
SO AS DISCUSSED IN A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING BY THE COUNCIL, THIS NEXT BUDGET WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE COST CENTER OR LINE ITEMS FOR THE MAYOR AND THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL THEN BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN ALL SEVEN.
SO THAT IS UP TO COUNCIL TO DETERMINE HOW TO DO THAT.
UH, WE'RE JUST TAKING THAT NUMBER FROM THIS YEAR AND WE'RE IT FORWARD, SPLIT IT SEVEN WAYS.
SO THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THIS AND DETERMINE HOW YOU WANT THOSE DOLLARS ALLOCATED, WHETHER YOU WANT THE SAME BUDGET AMOUNT REVISED, ET CETERA.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UNDER NUMBER FIVE HERE, THE LINE ITEM BUDGET INCLUDES, UH, THESE SIX ITEMS, UH, THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CHARTER, ANY TRAVEL THAT IS INTENDED TO BE MADE YOUR MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT, OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND FOOD AND MEALS.
SO AS YOU ALL ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE LINE ITEMS, GENERALLY NOT DOING HANDS ON WORKSHOPS, SO YOU CAN JUST BUTT IN, BUT WE ARE EVER SPEAK, BUT PLEASE BE OKAY.
SO TO CONFIRM THIS IS 224,928, MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR, THAT IS THE CURRENT APPROVED BUDGETS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE WILL START THE BUDGET PROCESS BY ALLOCATING THE BASE BUDGET BETWEEN THE SEVEN COST CENTERS AND THEN CITY COUNCIL, IF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO AMEND THOSE LINE ITEMS, WE CAN DO THAT UP OR DOWN.
AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE $1,000 MONTHLY STIPEND OR NOT SAY THE SALARY? YES.
NEXT DEPARTMENT, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS NOT JUST ME, IT'S JUST LABELED THAT WAY.
SO IT INCLUDES MYSELF AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE ARE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE OVERALL OFFICE OF, OR DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THESE REQUESTS, UH, ARE PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE ACS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM SHARE THOSE REQUESTS.
THE FIRST IS JAMES, I'M LOOKING AT THAT LIST.
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE ALL JAMES, JAMES.
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UH, JAMES EARTH FOR THE RECORD, THE ACM EVIDENTLY LIKE THE, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, REALLY WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU, BUT BEFORE I GET INTO WHAT THESE ARE, UM, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE AND, AND, AND HIT A NARRATIVE, WHICH IS WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR OF CITY HALL IN 2006, MY JOB DESCRIPTION WAS VERY SIMPLE AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.I LITERALLY WAS TOLD YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION IS FIND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND DO IT.
AND I HAVE EFFECTIVELY BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
NOW, GRANTED, IF YOU READ MY JOB DESCRIPTION, IT'S GOTTEN MUCH LONGER IN VERBOSE NOW, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WHAT I STILL DO.
UM, MANY OF THE DIVISIONS AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT Y'ALL KNOW AND HAVE COME TO LOVE HAVE BEEN BUILT, UM, BECAUSE OF WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, FROM MY OFFICE, HR PLANNING, IT, UH, ENGINEERING, GIS, YOU, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
WELL, TONIGHT, I GUESS THIS TIME LAST YEAR I WAS ADVOCATING FOR TWO NEW HCMS. YOU ASKED ME WHAT MY OPINIONS WERE.
NOW I'M TELLING YOU, AFTER GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR MORE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, WE, WE NEED MORE HELP IN THE SENSE OF HIGHLY SKILLED, TRAINED, UM, MANAGERIAL TYPE CANDIDATES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO OUR ORGANIZATION TO DO THE SAME THINGS THAT I WAS BROUGHT IN TO DO, WHICH IS TO GO FIND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND DO THEM.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER WHEN TRANSPARENCY.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER IN SYSTEMS. BUT WHENEVER I LOOK AT MY JENNIFERS OF THE WORLD OR MY PREVENTATIVES OF THE WORLD, AND I SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO DO X.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST KIND OF CRUMBLE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THERE IS.
AND THAT'S WHERE HAVING A STRIKE TEAM OF VERY CAPABLE AND TALENTED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN RECRUIT MASTER LEVEL TYPE STUDENTS, MASTER LEVEL TITLE, UM, CANDIDATES, IF YOU WILL, TO BRING THEM INTO THE ORGANIZATION AS EFFECTIVELY LIKE DEPARTMENT HEAD TRAINEES, ACM, TRAINEES, AND, AND USE THAT SKILLSET FOR A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT'S, IT'S HOW I BECAME AN ACM.
I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PROFESSION BY A CITY MANAGER WHO HIRED ME AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED ME TO WORK FOR HIM FOR TWO YEARS TO LEARN EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW, AND TO LEAVE AND GO BECOME AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR CITY MANAGER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND EFFECTIVELY THAT MODEL IS REPEATED TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN OUR PROFESSION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE PUT HERE TOGETHER FOR YOU.
NOW, I HAVE TWO MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT FELLOWS.
WHAT THOSE ARE A MANAGEMENT ANALYST IS EFFECTIVELY SOMEONE WHO HAS COMPLETED THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OR AN EQUIVALENT TYPE DEGREE.
UH, THEY ARE TYPICALLY VERY NEW TO THE PROFESSION.
UH, YOUNGER PROFESSIONALS, UH, EXCITED, LOTS OF ENERGY, WANTING TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY, ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GET INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND FIX THINGS.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FELLOWS ARE, ARE HIGHLY, ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, UH, FELLOWS.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE ANY TYPE OF FELLOWSHIP THAT YOU MIGHT GET, UM, THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION.
SO YOU APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM, YOU GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS, AND THEN THEY SELECT FELLOWS AND THEY LOOK FOR COMMUNITIES TO PLACE THEM TO COME WORK.
YOU MIGHT PULL FROM ANYWHERE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, POTENTIALLY INTERNATIONALLY, BUT USUALLY IT'S ANYWHERE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
I'M LOOKING FOR DIVERSITY IN GENDER AND ETHNICITY.
AND IN THE WAY PEOPLE THINK I'M LOOKING FOR A GROUP THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO GET IN HERE AT DAY ONE AND TO DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THAT'S WHAT THE REQUEST IS FOR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FELLOWS.
THE NEXT ONE, THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, SO GRANTS ARE EVIDENTLY EXTREMELY NICHE.
AND, UH, THE MORE THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, THE MORE I REALIZE THAT WE ARE WOEFULLY UNDER, UH, EDUCATED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ON WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO MANAGE GRANTS, UH, AFTER HAVING SPOKEN TO SOME FOLKS WHO DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY, IT IS PAINFULLY EVIDENT THAT WE NEED ACTUAL GRANT PROFESSIONAL, NOT SOMEONE THAT WE ASSIGNED TO DO GRANT ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ISN'T NICHE WORK.
SO THAT THAT REQUEST IS ADDED IN HERE AS WELL FOR THE NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PURSUING.
SOME OF THESE, OUR SUPPORT COSTS FOR THE POSITIONS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DOING A WHOLE LOT OF IS TAKING OUR JUNIOR STAFF AND DEVELOPING OUR JUNIOR STAFF, UH, TAKING THEM TO CONFERENCES WITH US.
SO THEY GET TO NETWORK AND THEY GET TO BE EXPOSED TO THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPOSED TO.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DOING THAT IN THE LEVEL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO THERE ARE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED IN THERE.
AND THEN THERE, ACTUALLY TO, TO, UH,
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVE PUT IN HERE THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.SO ONE OF THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT I PULLED TECHNICALLY IT'S COMMUNICATIONS, BUT I PULLED IT BECAUSE A YEAR OR TWO AGO, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM AND THEN THE, THE 3 1, 1, WHICH WOULD LET CITIZENS SUBMIT WORK ORDERS.
THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER COMPONENT, WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, GAGING PUBLIC OPINION.
BEING ABLE TO, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THINGS ARE TRENDING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE BASED OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS REALLY THE THIRD LEG OF THAT THING THAT I TOLD YOU THAT I WOULD BE DELIVERING ON.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE IS.
AND THEN NUMBER SIX IS THE SHAREPOINT RECORD RETENTION SYSTEM CONSULTING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE INCREASINGLY AWARE OF IS THAT RECORD RETENTION MATTERS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE CREATING A LOT OF DIGITAL RECORDS RIGHT NOW.
AND OUR SHAREPOINT IS PART OF OUR OFFICE 365 PRO YOU KNOW, OUR PACKAGE THAT WE USE AS PART OF OUR TOOLS AND IT, AND IT EFFECTIVELY IS THE CLOUD.
IF YOU WILL, OF ALL OF OUR STORAGE, HOWEVER, WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THE TOOLS AND LEVERAGE THEM ALL THE WAY THAT WE REALLY COULD, BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE ACTUAL PROFESSIONALS IN SHAREPOINT OR ACTUAL PROFESSIONALS AND WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHAT SHAREPOINT CAN DO IF YOU ACTUALLY SET IT UP CORRECTLY, IS IT CAN, IT CAN TIMESTAMP DOCUMENTS.
IT CAN IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF RECORD RETENTION SCHEDULES THOSE DOCUMENTS NEED.
IT CAN MOVE THEM INTO FOLDERS.
IT CAN ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT AND IDENTIFY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT FOR, FOR DESTRUCTION OR FOR REMOVAL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST NOT DOING RECORDS RETENTION, AND YOU'LL HEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WE DO RECORDS RETENTION, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING RECORDS RETENTION THE RIGHT WAY, IN MY OPINION.
SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY SECRETARY TO, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN THAT AREA.
UM, THE, THE LAPTOPS ARE FOR THE POSITIONS, THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS ARE FOR A JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT, JUNIOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE, UH, ADOBE AND RINGCENTRAL AND OFFICE 365.
I WANT IT TO BE AS COMPLETE AS I POSSIBLY COULD IN THE ACTUAL COST OF ADDING THINGS.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS SLIDE.
AMBER, DID YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR ITEMS? OKAY.
AMBER IS LIKE ZERO, LIKE NOPE.
UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, JENNIFER HOME CITY SECRETARY.
SO I TOO WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
I'VE BEEN THE CITY SECRETARY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF FISCAL YEAR 16.
AND FROM THAT TIME, I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW EVERY ASPECT OF MY DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN ENORMOUSLY SINCE THAT TIME.
SO FOR IT, FOR A FIRST EXAMPLE AND FISCAL YEARS, 17 AND 18, WE HAD 30 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS PER YEAR.
TOTAL THIS YEAR, WE'RE ESTIMATING 62.
I ATTEND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
I ALSO ATTEND ETHICS COMMISSION AND THERESE BOARD MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE AVERAGE ITEMS PER MEETING WENT FROM BETWEEN 20 AND 25 TO THIS YEAR, UP THROUGH APRIL, WE WERE AVERAGING 35 ITEMS PER MEETING THAT EQUATES INTO, UM, SO BACK TO THE, THE MEETINGS, THAT'S GOING TO BE MINUTES THAT'S AGENDA POSTINGS.
THAT'S ALL THESE COORDINATIONS OF CALENDAR INVITES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT THESE NUMBER OF ITEMS EQUATES TO RECORDS.
SO EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, IT HAS A RECORD THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED.
IT HAS TO BE, SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY.
SO IT HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.
OUR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST IN FISCAL YEAR 2017, WE HAD JUST UNDER 200 OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, AND THESE ARE JUST THE, CITY'S NOT INCLUDING PD AT ALL.
SO MY OFFICE IS OVER ALL OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS THAT ARE NOT PD REQUESTS.
UM, SO WE HAD JUST UNDER 200 BACK IN 2017.
UH, TODAY WE ARE AT ABOUT 4 25 PER YEAR.
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AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY'VE INCREASED AS FAR AS LIKE PEOPLE ASKING FOR DIGITAL THINGS LIKE EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, THOSE TAKE SIGNIFICANT TIME TO GO THROUGH REDACT.UM, IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED PROCESS AND HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE LAWS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M ASKING FOR, AND BACK TO JAMES'S POINT, LET'S TALK ABOUT SHAREPOINT AND RECORDS RETENTION.
UM, EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAS A LIAISON.
THEY ALL COME TO ME FOR TRAINING AND FOR LIKE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCESS THOSE RECORDS AND WHAT THE PROPER WAY IS TO GET RID OF THEM.
AND ANY TIME SOMEBODY ISN'T SURE WHAT THAT PARTICULAR RECORD SCHEDULE SHOULD FOLLOW, UM, CAUSE THE RECORDS IS KIND OF THERE THEY'RE ENCOMPASSING.
AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S THIS RECORD SCHEDULE OR ANOTHER ONE.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE COME THROUGH MY OFFICE AND UM, WITH THE SHAREPOINT THING, THERE'S ALSO AN ABILITY.
SO RIGHT NOW I GO THROUGH AND PUT THOSE IN THE PROPER FOLDER THAT THEY BELONG IN.
THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR ERROR, UM, HUMAN ERROR AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHERE IF WE DO THE SHAREPOINT SOFTWARE, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN THINGS AND DO THINGS MORE AUTOMATED, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE, YOU KNOW, EXISTENCE OF HUMAN ERROR.
IF IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S NOT ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT, THEN IT'LL GO INTO A FOLDER WHERE I WOULD THEN GO AND ASSIGN IT, THE PROPER SCHEDULE, AND THEN I CAN TWEAK THE SOFTWARE.
SO THAT NEXT TIME IT'LL LOOK FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT FOLDER.
SO THAT'S SOME OF WHAT IT IS WE NEED.
UM, I'VE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED ME IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PERSON THAT JUST DOES OPEN RECORDS SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE OF THE CONTACT THAT CAN EVEN TRAIN IN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SOFTWARE SO THEY CAN PULL THOSE RECORDS THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF HAVING THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, ALL, HAVING TO PULL THOSE RECORDS IN ADDITION TO THEIR NORMAL EVERYDAY DUTIES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A RECORDS OFFICER, UH, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF A LEAD, AN OPEN RECORDS CLERK, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, LIKE A SECONDARY, THEY WOULD HANDLE ALL THE ROUTINE THINGS.
AND THEN THE OFFICER WOULD BE MORE OF A SPECIALIZED PERSON TO DEAL WITH THINGS THAT AREN'T ROUTINE.
UM, SAME WITH THE RECORDS RETENTION, OFFICER, A LEAD, AND THEN A CLERK UNDERNEATH THEM.
UH, THE RECORDS SCANNING WE HAVE JUST THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HAS A HUNDRED BOXES IN STORAGE THAT WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO PULL IN AND DEAL WITH.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS BOXES THAT ARE LIKE HISTORICAL RECORDS THAT ARE IN STORAGE.
WE NEED TO GET THOSE ALL ONLINE.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE RECORD SCANNING IS FOR, UM, OUR AGENDA MINUTES AND, UH, AGENDA MINUTES SOFTWARE.
WE ARE THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING IS OUTDATED.
IT'S GOING AWAY, THEY'RE NOT UPDATING IT.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOMETHING BETTER AND THEN FIREPROOF SAFE.
SO WE HAVE CERTAIN RECORDS THAT ARE PERMANENT OR, UH, RESOLUTIONS ORDINANCES, UM, EVEN OUR LIKE DEEDS AND EASEMENTS THAT ARE PERMANENT.
WE HAVE THEM STACKED ON TOP OF FIREPROOF SAFE RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M ASKING FOR SOME MORE FIREPROOF SAFE SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE SAFEGUARDED AND THEN MEMBERSHIPS.
WE WOULD PROBABLY DEPENDING ON WHICH, UM, IF Y'ALL APPROVE SOME MORE STAFF, WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER SUPPORT COSTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? JUST GO TO BASE FOR THE RECORD, UM, REFERENCING THE SALARIES ON ALL OF THESE, IS THIS THE AVERAGE FOR THESE TYPES OF CLERKS TO HAVE AT THIS ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS, 80,000, THE OTHER ONE WAS 67, THE ANOTHER ONE STEADY.
SO JUST TRYING TO GET A BALLPARK FIGURE, THESE WOULD BE, UM, THESE INCLUDE THE SOFT COST FOR LIKE INSURANCE AND OTHER BENEFITS.
GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION.
SO THE SALARY AMOUNT YOU'LL SEE IS SALARY.
THAT INCLUDES THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING TO TALK ABOUT.
WELL, ACTUALLY TO ADD TO THAT, IS THERE LIKE A STANDARD, SO ARE THE SALARIES BEING PROPOSED BY EACH DEPARTMENT, LIKE VETTED THROUGH HR IS, OR SOME KIND OF STANDARD FOR, OR SOME DEPARTMENTS MAY BE BUMPING UP OR SHE'S ONLINE.
YOU JUST GET TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING GOOD TO KNOW MARY MARY, WE HAVE USED,
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UH, THE, THE CLASSIFICATION THAT CURRENTLY CITY OF KYLE USES FOR SUPERVISORY LEVEL POSITIONS FOR TECHNICIAN LEVEL POSITIONS FOR CLERKS.SO AS YOU SEE THROUGH ACROSS THE CITY REQUESTS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT, IF IT'S A CLERK IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF IT'S A SUPERVISOR, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
I THINK IN, IN PAST, UH, BUDGETS, WE'VE KIND OF ASKED TO SEE WHAT THE BASE SALARY WOULD BE.
AND THEN WE WOULD GO FROM THERE TO KIND OF SEE LIKE HOW MUCH IT IS PER HOUR THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING, OR LIKE IF IT'S A BASE 40,000 THEN OF COURSE THE VISUAL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE AND IT'S SHOWING THAT TOTAL NUMBER WHEN IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW THE BASE SALARY.
AND WE'LL SHOW THAT IN THE NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR EVERY POSITION, YOU WILL SEE THEIR BASE PAY WHAT THEIR PAYROLL TAXES ARE, WHAT THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IS ALL AT.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, THE ROOM FOR MORE SAFES? WE DO.
UM, WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN, UH, DOWNSTAIRS STORAGE ROOM THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S, TO BE HONEST, IT'S KIND OF JUNKY, BUT WE DO HAVE SPACE FOR THOSE.
UM, AND HOW MANY ARE YOU LOOKING AT, UH, PURCHASING? HOW MANY SAVES ARE YOU LOOKING TO? UH, HOW MUCH WOULD WE HAVE ROOM FOR A COUPLE MORE? WE DECIDED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT SPACE, HOW BIG THE SPACE IS AND HOW MANY WE COULD ADD.
WE DO HAVE IN THAT ROOM, WE HAVE SEVERAL FILE CABINETS THAT ARE EMPTY, BUT THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE NOT FIREPROOF, YOU KNOW, FIRE RESISTANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING, UH, STUFF STACKED ON TOP OF THE SAVINGS ONCE WE PURCHASE THESE WELL, THAT FILL THAT UP AND THEN HAVE THAT NEED AGAIN.
MAYBE I, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I THINK IT WILL GET US THROUGH THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR FOR SURE.
AND THEN WE CAN REEVALUATE THEN PART OF ALSO WITH THIS BACKLOG OF RECORDS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THAT ROOM IS KIND OF A MESS.
AND SO I NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN COME IN AND REALLY JUST FOCUS ON NOTHING BUT HISTORICAL RECORDS.
SO THAT ROOM, OUR OFFSITE STORAGE, UM, AND THEN START COORDINATING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ON RETENTION POLICIES.
HISTORICALLY, THINGS WERE FILED BASED ON LIKE PROJECT-BASED AND NOT DOCUMENT BASED.
SO SEVERAL, LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A FILE THAT HAS MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS.
I'LL USE ELECTIONS AS AN EXAMPLE, SOME ELECTION DOCUMENTS, YOU ONLY KEEP FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ELECTION, SOME ELECTION DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE TO KEEP PERMANENTLY IN.
WELL, THEY WOULD TAKE THE WHOLE ELECTION AND PUT IT IN ONE FILE ONCE AND DROP IT IN THERE.
SO WE NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH AND PULL OUT THE STUFF THAT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYMORE AND JUST KEEP THE STUFF THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND THAT'S FOR EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT PLANNED, SO THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE RACHEL, THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING.
BLUE, RACHEL SUNNY, UH, INTERIM DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, SO FOR OUR FIRST BUDGET EYELINE ITEM IS TO RECLASS OUR VIDEOGRAPHER TO SENIOR VIDEOGRAPHER.
AND THEN, UH, AS WELL AS RECLASS, OUR MARKETING AND MULTIMEDIA SPECIALISTS TO SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, UH, BOTH THESE POSITIONS ARE OVERSEEING CREW, UH, INTERNS WORK WITH VENDORS.
SO WE FEEL IT'S FIT TO RECLASS THEM IN THAT WAY.
AND THEN OUR NEXT BUDGET LINE ITEM IS FOR THREE INTERNS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, SPECIFICALLY ONE FOR VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY AND THEN, UM, MARKETING.
UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF BENEFITS WITH WORKING WITH PAID INTERNS IN THE PAST, UH, BOTH FOR THEM AND FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR BUDGET LINE ITEM FROM, UH, 2020, UH, BY $200 FOR TRAINING AND CONFERENCES.
UH, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO RECERTIFY AND, UH, CERTIFY TO A DRONE FLYING CERTIFICATIONS FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT BUDGET LINE ITEM IS FOR A VIDEO PRODUCTION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES.
UM, THIS CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM LIKE, UH, HIRED CREW WHENEVER WHEN VIDEOGRAPHER OR PHOTOGRAPHER WON'T DO TO AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE PIE IN THE SKY, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT REQUIRE LOTS OF COVERAGE, UH, AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE VIDEO PROMPTS FOR ANY OF THE PRODUCTIONS WE PUT OUT FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING A, UH, INCREASE
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FOR PRINTING AND SERVICES SPECIFICALLY.UH, WE WANT TO SEND OUT TWO DIFFERENT POSTCARDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO RESIDENTS' MAILBOXES.
THAT WILL JUST INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS, RESOURCES, PROGRAMS THAT COME DIRECTLY TO THEIR MAILBOX INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS A, UH, BILINGUAL RESOURCE GUIDE FOR 23.
UH, AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, UP OUR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING BUDGET, UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE SPECIAL EVENTS, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING SUCH AS PIE IN THE SKY AND THINGS LIKE THAT FESTIVALS AS WELL AS, UH, REGULAR CITY EVENTS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING AND RIBBON CUTTING BUDGET OF 15,000, UH, 4 23.
WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER, UH, RIBBON CUTTING COMING UP IN 2023.
SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO, UH, GIVE THAT A NICE WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THE OTHER TWO BUDGET ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM HERE ARE CAMERA LIGHTING AND ACCESSORIES, AS WELL AS AUDIO EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE A CITY STAFF MEMBER THAT'S BEEN USING PRIMARILY THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT PURCHASED BY THE CITY AND INSURED BY THE CITY, IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO IT.
UH, AND THEN OUR LAST BOTTOM, UH, BUDGET LINE IS A INCREASE IN JUST SUPPORT COST.
UM, THIS REALLY JUST COVERS, UH, IT SOFTWARE THAT WE USE PROGRAMS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE USE TO PUT TOGETHER NEWSLETTERS, GRAPHICS, ALL THAT SORT OF THING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE THEM.
SO YOUR GUYS ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $144,000.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR CURRENT BUDGET IS? YEAH, ANDY'S LOOKING AT IT.
WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, I'LL JUST ASK MY OTHER QUESTION.
UM, THE THREE INTERNS, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME THAT THEY'RE INTERNING WITH THE CITY? SO, UH, WE'VE HAD SUMMER INTERNSHIPS THAT TURNED INTO LONGER THAN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS.
UM, BUT GENERALLY IT STARTS OUT WITH A MINIMUM OF LIKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND, UH, CAN PROGRESS FROM THERE IF THEY'RE REALLY GREAT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, MY CONCERN FOR THAT IS AS A PREVIOUS INTERN, $2,000 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY PART-TIME BASED IN THAT SENSE, BUT YEAH.
AND IF YOU COULD TELL ME THE CURRENT BUDGET.
THE APPROVED BUDGET IN ROUND NUMBERS IS 476,476.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT THE NEW BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE FOR SEVEN.
THESE ARE VERY RAW NUMBERS AT THIS STAGE.
I JUST, I I'M JUST, I'M CURIOUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR RACHEL? OKAY.
NEXT IS DIANA WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DIANA TORRES, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RECORD.
UM, YOU WILL SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, ACTUALLY A MUCH LARGER REQUESTS THAN YOU NORMALLY SEE FROM, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT.
ONE IS THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOW OUTDATED BY NEARLY TWO YEARS.
UM, WE PUT THAT OFF LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE COMP PLAN AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MARKETS WITH COVID WANTED TO GIVE THAT SOME TIME TO KIND OF SETTLE DOWN.
UM, SO KIND OF PRICED THAT OUT WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THEM RECENTLY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I CAME UP WITH THIS BUDGET AMOUNT.
WE ARE REQUESTING A, UH, ONE FTE AS A PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, THAT PERSON WOULD BE DOING, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL THE HUNDRED AND 40 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND CONTACTING THEM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD, I'M CYCLING OUT ANY OTHER ONES THAT ARE EITHER EXPIRED OR HAVE LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
UM, THAT KIND OF THING, UH, BASICALLY WOULD BE MY BACKUP.
SO OF THE THREE STAFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ONE THAT IS, UM, PRETTY MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, AS WELL
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AS RESPONDING TO RFPS AND RFPS, WHICH FOR AVERAGING PROBABLY FIVE TO 10 A WEEK, UH, WHERE BEFORE COVID WE WERE AVERAGING MAYBE TWO OR THREE A WEEK PRE COVID TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS WOULD AVERAGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 30.AND AGAIN, WE ARE OVER 140 PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO BETTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE, ALL OF THESE ACTIVE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS, BUT WE'RE KIND OF IN FIRE, UM, MODE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST FIRE FOR THIS WEEK OR TODAY, EVEN AS THE NATURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS.
UM, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT COULD COME IN AND HELP US KEEP THOSE MOVING ALONG AND NOT LET THEM, UH, DROP THROUGH.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS IN MEMBERSHIP DUES.
SO THIS $3,000 REQUEST IS A DIFFERENCE FOR TEAM TEXAS.
LAST YEAR, WE UPPED THE $3,000, WHICH IS JUST A BASE MEMBER LEVEL TO 5,000, WHICH WOULD HAVE BECOME A BRONZE PLAYER.
WELL, AFTER WE HAD BUDGET APPROVED, THEY CHANGED THEIR MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURES.
AND SO NOW THERE IS NO $5,000 MEMBERSHIP.
YOU ARE EITHER A BASE MEMBER AND YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY, WHICH IS KIND OF HOW IT IS REFERRED TO, UM, IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ANY EVENT, ANYTHING THAT THEY HOST, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A TRADE SHOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SITE SELECTION, CONSULTANTS EVENTS, YOU HAVE TO PAY SEPARATELY.
SO IT ADDS UP, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU ARE THE BRONZE MEMBERSHIP LEVEL, THAT ADDS, UM, UM, BENEFITS, INCLUDING FIVE REGISTRATIONS TO DIFFERENT TEAM, TEXAS EVENTS, WHICH ARE ABOUT $1,500 A PIECE.
IT INCLUDES THE ROAD SHOWS AND TRADE SHOWS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM A ONE REGISTRATION TO TEAM, TEXAS EVENTS THAT ARE, UM, THE BIGGER EVENTS FOR LIKE SITE SELECTION CONSULTANTS SAY SOMETHING CALLED, UM, PARTY UNDER THE STARS AT ONE OF THE BIG TRADE SHOWS WHERE THEY INVITE SITE SELECTION, CONSULTANTS THAT ARE IN KEY TARGET MARKET INDUSTRIES, AND YOU'RE THERE TO NETWORK WITH THEM.
AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER ALL TEAM, TEXAS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE BENEFITS IN ADDITION TO THE BASE, UM, LEVELS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR THIS YEAR.
FOOD AND BEVERAGES, WE ARE REQUESTING A SMALL INCREASE OF 1050 $6.
UM, PRIOR TO COVID, WE WERE HOSTED VERY NICELY HOSTED BY SETON ASCENSION HAYES FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, WE MEET DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THAT IS THE MOST CONVENIENT TIME FOR THEM TO GET AWAY IS, IS DURING LUNCH AND SETON WOULD COVER THE COSTS OF ALL THOSE MEALS PRIOR TO, UH, THIS REQUEST.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF, UM, LOOKING FOR WE'RE BOOTSTRAPPING IT.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK THAT WE UTILIZE THE LAYMAN CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS, WHICH I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
UM, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND WE HAD THE MEETING AT LAYMAN SCHOOL.
SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S A $500 MILEAGE INCREASE.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE OUR BRE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, MANAGER IS NOW DOING A LOT MORE DIRECT MEETINGS AND TRAVELING TO THE EMPLOYERS AND DOING TOURS AND, AND SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE TO COVER THAT MILEAGE COST.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT'S ON HERE IS $50,000 TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF WHETHER KYLE NEEDS A BUSINESS SLASH INDUSTRIAL PARK, WHICHEVER TERM YOU WANT TO USE.
UM, AND IF IT DOES, WHERE SHOULD THAT BE? AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THAT 50,000 IS THE CITY'S MATCH PORTION FOR A FEDERAL PLANNING GRANT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PLANNING GRANT THAT SOME OF Y'ALL HEARD ABOUT IN WASHINGTON.
SO THIS IS THE CITY'S MATCHED FOR A MUCH LARGER STUDY, PROBABLY ABOUT A $250,000 STUDY.
SCOTT, ANY QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM.
SO, UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T DO ONE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR HERE, COULD YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AS TO WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND SURE.
SO IT, THE, THE COST IS GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MEETINGS TO GET COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF BUMPS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, THAT MAY BE LIKE A $50,000 RANGE.
HOWEVER, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IDENTIFIES
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WHAT YOUR TARGET MARKETS SHOULD BE, WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WILL BE EMBRACED BY YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT IS DESIRED BY THE LEADERSHIP? UM, IT GOES INTO DATA RESEARCH AND DETERMINES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN KYLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING EVERY DAY.WHAT JOBS ARE THEY WORKING AT? SO IT CONSIDERS THAT WHEN IT'S DETERMINING YOUR TARGET MARKETS, IT DOES A, AN IN-DEPTH, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC REVIEW.
UM, THEY DO A METRIC LAYOUT THAT SHOWS THESE ARE YOUR STRATEGIES.
THESE ARE THE GOALS UNDER THE STRATEGIES.
THESE ARE YOUR SHORT-TERM GOALS, WHICH IS USUALLY YOUR YEAR 1, 2, 3 ISH, AND THEN YEARS THREE TO FIVE ARE YOUR LONG-TERM GOALS.
AND IT WILL PUT A PRICE TAG ON EACH OF THOSE.
IT WILL IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH THAT PERHAPS WE'RE NOT, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT I'M MISSING IS IT IS A VERY DEEP AND FULL ENCOMPASSING, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT ONE, UM, FOR ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED, IT IS ACTUALLY VERY READABLE.
IT HAS LIKE A VAGINA AND PAGES LONG, BUT IT'S VERY READABLE.
UM, AND IT HAS ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION IN THERE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING, BRING THAT BACK, UM, WITH EACH DETAILED SECTION, THE NEXT MEETING, IF YOU LIKE, HOW OLD IS OUR, THE ONE THAT'S ON, ON THE WEBSITE? UM, IT WAS DONE IN 2015, ADOPTED IN 2016.
WE WERE A MUCH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY NOW THAN WE WERE THEN.
SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT AS A LIVING WORKING FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT.
SO WE KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON TRENDS AND MARKET TRENDS AND KIND OF HAVE BEEN EITHER UPDATING OUR TARGET MARKETS BASED ON THAT, OR KIND OF IDENTIFYING SUBCATEGORIES TO THOSE ORIGINAL TALK, TARGET MARKETS TO KIND OF ADD, UM, OUT OF CURIOSITY, THE DEMOGRAPHIC REVIEW.
UM, CAN YOU, WHAT ALL DOES THAT ENTAIL? THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE WHAT HAS CHANGED IN KYLE SINCE WE DID THE LAST ONE, UM, WHAT IS, UH, WHAT IS OUR COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT LOOK LIKE? UM, BY ETHNICITY, UM, BY, UH, WHAT JOBS PEOPLE WORK BY AVERAGE HOME INCOMES AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO IN AND DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING TO HELP BRING THIS COMMUNITY UP FROM A, WHAT IS STILL KIND OF LOOKED AT AS A VETERAN COMMUNITY TO A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, AM I CORRECT IN REMEMBERING THAT YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE, WILL YOUR DEPARTMENT? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.
SO IF YOU EDIT, YOU JUST HAVE FOUR WITH THIS ONE, RIGHT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE THAT ALSO REPLIES TO RFS, WE HAVE, UM, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND WORKFORCE MANAGER.
SO WHAT IS KIND OF, UM, HURTING IN THE WAY OF BEING ABLE TO REALLY SEPARATE ROLES IS THAT THOSE OTHER TWO ARE HAVING TO HELP WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THEN THEIR ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BEING PUSHED AND PRIORITY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BUDGET PRAYER LAST YEAR WAS PROFESSED? YOU'D HAVE THAT I CANNOT APPROVE 431,000.
DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, THREE 80 PAYMENTS ARE, ARE NOT ACCURATE.
AT ONE POINT WE WERE INCLUDING THE THREE 80 PAYMENTS IN OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
WE WILL HAVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS IS A NEW DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'VE GOT WILLING HOWDY EVERYONE, UH, WILLIAM PIES TO BOSCH FOR THE RECORD.
SORRY, IT'S THIS THING, BROADCASTING WILLIAM
SO I'M COMING BEFORE YOU, THIS IS A NEW DEPARTMENT, UH, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF UPFRONT, SO DON'T BE ALARMED BY THE LARGE FIGURE AT THE BOTTOM.
A BIG PORTION OF THIS IS COVERED UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION BOND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, IDEALLY, UM, AND A BREAKDOWN CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT I AM SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR ARE TWO STAFF MEMBERS, A DEPUTY AND A PLANNER.
I AM TRYING TO CATCH UP ON GRANTS.
UH, I WAS CHASING DOWN HM, YEAH.
HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM GRANTS FOR JAMES EARLIER.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THERE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT FOR THIS YEAR, WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY GET A STORM SHELTER REIMBURSEMENT
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PROGRAM THAT IS GRANT FUNDED.SO I INCLUDED IT IN THE BUDGET ASK IT'S THE STORM SHELTER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
I MODELED IT AFTER THE EXISTING ONE, WHICH IS 50% TO A CAP OF 5,000 FOR AN ESTIMATED 17 HOMES AND 170 HOME COMMUNITY.
UM, THE EXPECTATION IS ABOUT 10% ADOPTION RATE OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, MUCH LIKE THE FEMA MODEL CITIZENS WOULD HAVE TO FIRST CONSTRUCT TO OUR STANDARD, TO THE P 360 1 STANDARD JUST SET FORTH BY FEMA AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEERS, AND THEN SUBMIT THE PROOF OF THIS CONSTRUCTION TO US FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, WE DON'T COVER THE WHOLE COST, BUT IT'S TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION.
WE DID PURSUE WITH JAMES HELP AND WITH THE HELP OF, UH, OF THE PLANNERS AND, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO FIGURE OUT, CAN WE SET UP COMMUNITY SHELTERS? UH, THEY DO COST A BIT MORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS A GUIDELINE OF NO MORE THAN 0.5 MILES OR A FIVE MINUTE WALK, WHICH IS ABOUT 0.2, FIVE MILES FROM THE INTENDED AUDIENCE.
SO I WOULD LITERALLY LOOK AT QUAIL RIDGE IF I PUT IT AT THE SOUTH END, WHICH IS THE ONLY LAND AVAILABLE, WHICH IS ALSO A FLOOD ZONE.
SO THAT WOULD CREATE ITS OWN CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS. THE PEOPLE AT THE NORTH END OF QUAIL RIDGE WOULD BE BY THE STANDARD, UNABLE TO ACCESS THAT IN TIME IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO.
SO WE DEEMED THE COMMUNITY MODEL TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, INEFFECTIVE, UM, ASKING FOR VEHICLES.
UH, YESTERDAY I WAS UP AT THE STATES.
I WAS AT TETUM, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH EAST PART OF AUSTIN.
I RECEIVED NOTICE FROM A CHIEF BARNETT THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT GOING ON THAT MAY RESULT IN THE EVACUATION OF SIMON.
MIDDLE-SCHOOL CAME RUNNING DOWN HERE AT 80 MILES AN HOUR IN MY PERSONAL VEHICLE, UH, ABANDONING THAT MEETING TO TRY AND MAKE IT TO THE COMMAND POST, TO LEND WHAT ASSISTANCE I COULD.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT WOULD ONE, NOT BE MINE, BUT TWO PEOPLE WOULD MOVE OVER FOUR.
AND LET ME GET THERE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS JUST SUPPLY.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY JUST SUPPORT SUPPLIES.
YOU HAVE RADIOS, YOU HAVE THE USUAL ACCOUTREMENTS OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
UM, THE LAPTOPS ARE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, SHOULD ME.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME MODEL, ACCORDING TO MR. DAWSON FROM IT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ACCURATE ENCOMPASSMENT OF ALL OF OUR COSTS.
YOU HAVE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE TRAINING CERTIFICATES, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGERS COME FROM A VERY DIVERSE ARRAY OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS.
I CAME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, A NUMBER COME FROM FIRE EMS, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CPAS, UH, MILITARY OFFICIALS.
AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MILITARY OFFICIALS, OFTENTIMES THERE IS A COST TO KEEPING UP YOUR CERTIFICATIONS LIKE T COAL IS NOT EASY TO KEEP UP YOUR EMT.
UH, ADVANCED IS NOT EASY TO KEEP UP.
SO IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD OFFER A METHOD OR AT LEAST A ROADWAY TO MAINTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATIONS AND KEEP THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND TRAINING.
UH, THE OTHERS ARE THINGS LIKE MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS, WHICH IS THE LEADING EDGE, THE, THE PREMIER AGENCY, UH, WE DO HAVE IN TEXAS EMACS, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS.
THEY WANT TO BECOME THE COMPETITOR TO IEM.
THEY OFFER THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGER CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS SEEN AS EQUIVALENT TO THE CM OFFERED BY AM.
UM, BUT THAT'S, MY BUDGET IS INCLUDING A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING INTO NITTY GRITTY HERE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? YES, SIR.
UM, REFERENCING THE TWO JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR AND PLANNER, WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE? THE DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WOULD FULFILL THE SAME AT DUTIES THAT I WOULD, IF I'M TIED UP TRYING TO GET RADIOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT AND H AND PG GRANT STUFF, WHILE I'M AT THE STATE AND A FIRE KICKS OFF DOWN HERE, THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY SLOT IN FOR ME AND I CAN EFFECTIVELY SLOT IN FOR THEM.
WE WOULD DIVIDE DUTIES BETWEEN, UM, KEEPING UP THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND ALL 24 ANNEXES.
WE CAN DIVIDE THOSE UP WHEN IT COMES TO LIAISING WITH THE HAZMAT TEAM FIRE, ET CETERA.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO INTERCHANGE VERY EASILY.
THE PLANNER IS NOT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION.
THAT'S WHY I DID NOT ASK FOR A VEHICLE FOR THEM.
UM, THEY WOULD BE TACKLING THE PAPERWORK, THEY'D BE TACKLING GRANT CYCLES.
UH, IDEALLY THEY WOULD BE GETTING US AHEAD OF THINGS LIKE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR H AND P G THAT'S THAT WAY WE WON'T MISS OUT.
LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR ON TRYING TO GET APPLICATIONS OUT TO CITIZENRY TO BUILD THEIR SHELTERS, TO APPLY TO US FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
WHICH ONE OF THESE WOULD WORK WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TO BUILD AN EMERGENCY PLAN FROM WITHIN, UH, THAT WOULD BE MY JOB, THE DEPUTY'S JOB, AND THE PLANNER CAN ASSIST WHEN IT COMES TO RECORD RETENTION AND OTHER SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
SO THE, THE EOC SOFTWARE, THE 1.8 MILLION THAT'S PR THAT'S PROJECTED TO COME OUT OF THE 37 MILLION IS SO WE HAVE THE SPACE THERE FOR THAT ALREADY.
CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE FINANCIAL, HOW THAT'S COMING OUT OR IS THERE A ROOM, IS THIS PROJECTED TO COME FORWARD AT? LIKE, CAUSE WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE, IF WE'RE DOING THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CAN EVEN
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WAIT UNTIL THE BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.SO THAT'S, THAT IS PART OF THE FFNE BUDGET FOR THE CENTER.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET.
SO THIS IS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE FACILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MASSAGE THAT INTO THAT FFNE TOTAL LINE ITEM.
THERE'S, THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT THERE FOR, SORRY.
IT'S FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR THE FACILITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE AS MUCH OF A PRIORITY AS POSSIBLE.
CAN, CAN WE GET SOME KIND OF, UH, NOT NOW, BUT UH, KIND OF AN EMAIL UPDATE ON JUST THE BUDGET OF WHERE THAT IS, INCLUDING THE FFNE AND THEN WITH THIS CONTEXT.
CAUSE DO YOU THINK THIS IS A PRIORITY? YEAH.
JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE BOB FARMER.
WHO'S COMING TO PRESENT TUESDAY NIGHT TO COUNCIL ABOUT THIS.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE LEON BARBA AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
I'M LEON BARBRA CITY ENGINEER, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, ONE IS THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, HAS ANYBODY KNOWS THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING WITH TRAFFIC LATELY? IF YOU HAVEN'T LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN SO I CAN GO THERE TOO.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, WHAT IS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER? MAYBE I CAN HIDE THE TUNNEL OR SOMETHING, BUT ANYWAY, THERE WE GO.
A BIOTRACK WHAT IS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER? SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DO, THE TRAFFIC.
ENGINEER'S NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW DEEP OF A STRUCTURE YOU NEED FOR YOUR ROAD.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR LINES.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR AREAS.
WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP IMPROVE THE SAFETY? DO WE PUT MORE SIGNS? DO WE, UM, UH, MOVE, WIDEN THE LANES.
DO WE NARROW THE LANES? WHAT DO WE DO THERE? SO THAT'S WHAT YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER DOES.
THEY HELP YOU WITH YOUR, UH, SOMEBODY WANTS TO STOP SIGNS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE STOP SIGNS UP, WHERE THEY BELONG, WHERE THEY'RE WARRANTED.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, UH, THE, UH, PLANS THAT WE GET FROM THESE DEVELOPERS.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM? WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC THAT'S FLOWING AROUND THAT SUBDIVISION? AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT GOING TO BE THAT SUBDIVISION WILL BE WHEN WE HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC, THOSE ADJACENT ROADS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DOES.
HE'S NOT GOING TO BE DESIGNING YOUR ROAD AND TELLING YOU HOW DEEP OF A PAYMENT STRUCTURE YOU NEED.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DOES.
WHEN WE START TAKING OVER THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR DUTIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START COORDINATING WITH TXDOT AND WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO START MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S CERTAIN CITIES JUST TO THE NORTH OF US, THAT I GO THROUGH.
THERE'S FOUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE SUNDAY MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
I WENT THROUGH ALL FOUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
I GOT STOPPED AT EACH AND EVERY ONE, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLOW RIGHT ON THROUGH.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT'S WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER LOOKS AT.
UH, ON THE SECOND ITEM THAT YOU'VE GOT UP THERE, THAT'S THE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT STUDY.
THE LAST STUDY WE DID WAS BACK IN 2016.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT 140 CENTERLINE MILES OF ROAD.
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OUR MATERIALS EVERY YEAR.
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CITY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OVERALL, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE ROADS TO ASSESS WHAT KIND OF CONDITION THEY ARE.
THEY ARE IN THE, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO? WELL, WHEN WE HAVE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE 80 TO A HUNDRED SCORES ARE FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED, TYPICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR ROADS IN SAY FROM THE EIGHTIES TO A HUNDREDS, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ROAD.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN 80 TO A HUNDRED.
SO WHEN WE HAD THOSE 80 TO A HUNDRED, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THOSE ROADS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY GOOD.
SO WHAT WE DO IS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE GET OUR PAYMENT ASSESSMENT, WHICH FOR ROADS IN THE EIGHTIES, WHICH WAS, CAN WE USE A SEAL OR MICRO SEAL OR WHATEVER, THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT AT THE END OF OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT UPDATED.
AND THE REASON I PUT IN TWO 50 THAT YOU WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU HAD 81 IN 2016, WE ONLY HAD 140 MILES.
WE HAVE INCREASED 281 CENTER LINE MILES.
THAT'S ONLY A 30% INCREASE IN ROADWAY NETWORK.
UM, BUT EVEN THEN 250, THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT.
THE REASON I WENT UP TO THE HIGHER NUMBER AND WE CAN LOOK AT ADJUSTING THAT DOWN.
THE REASON I DID THAT IS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU GET A SURVEY OF YOUR ROADS, YOU CAN ALSO GET A SURVEY, GER YOUR STOP SIGNS, YOUR ALL YOUR SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE, YOUR STRIPING, YOU CAN GET THEM TO MEASURE YOUR SIDEWALKS FOR YOU.
THEY WON'T TELL YOU THE CONDITIONS OF THE SIDEWALKS, BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE BLANK MILES OF SIDEWALKS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
SO WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE SURVEY WHEN THEY DO THAT SURVEY FOR A ROAD ASSESSMENT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON I PUT THAT NUMBER IN JUST TO MAKE SURE IF WE WANTED TO PICK UP THAT EXTRA STUFF, WE COULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO EYES, BUT BEFORE I TURN OVER FOR QUESTIONS, UH, MANDELA AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A SUCCESSION PLAN FOR MY POSITION.
THE, UM, UH, I'M LOOKING AT MY PLAN WAS TO RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT SEVEN REPORTS.
TYPICALLY YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THREE TO FIVE IS WHAT I'VE READ FOR PEOPLE REPORTING TO A CERTAIN SUPERVISOR.
IF I WAS GIVEN THIS EXTRA POSITION, NOW I'M UP TO EIGHT REPORTS.
UH, SCOTT, THAT'S A LITTLE TOO MANY FOR ME TO HANDLE AT ONE TIME
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AND BE ABLE TO MANAGE EFFECTIVELY.SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS, UH, NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT THE YEAR AFTER THAT IS A CITY ENGINEER, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER POSITION.
SO THAT'S MY ONE YEAR AND TWO YEAR PLAN THAT I HAVE.
UH, IF I GET TAKEN OUT BY A TRAIN, I NEED SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE UP, TAKE UP AND JUST KEEP RUNNING WITH THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON THAT WE JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
JUST A ONE PERSON TO HANDLE ALL THE 30, 40 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT HE PUT IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO ASK FOR TOO MUCH CAUSE THAT'S LEON, BUT HE REALLY NEEDS THE HELP.
AND WE REALLY WOULD BE, UH, IN A BAD SPOT.
IF, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE LEON, HE JUST DOES SO MUCH FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, SO WE NEED SOMEBODY LEARNING WHAT HE DOES.
AND SO WE CAN CARRY ON THE SAME LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT LEON SHOWS EVERY DAY, BY THE WAY WE LOST ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS.
HE, UH, WENT ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, 40% INCREASE, AND WE COULD MATCH IT.
WE, WE BEGGED, WE OFFERED COUNTERED AND WE STILL LOST HIM.
SO, UM, HE'S, HE'S LEAVING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO WHATEVER WORK HE'S DOING, WE'VE TRIED TO SPREAD IT OUT AMONGST THE REST OF US THAT ARE LEFT IN THE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO HANDLE IT.
SO WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WHEN THE ROAD BOND PROJECTS GONNA TALK ABOUT LATER, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US.
LEON, THANKS FOR, UH, THINKING ABOUT BEING PRODUCTIVE ABOUT IT REALLY HAPPENS TO YOU.
GOD HOPES NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOU TOMORROW BECAUSE WE WOULD BE IN A PICKLE, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, I LIKED WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE IT AND AS YOUR BUDGET, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THOSE LIGHTS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED THAT WAY, PROBABLY THE TOURIST FEEDERS TO SAY THAT.
CAUSE IF IT WAS, IF IT FLOWED, THEY PROBABLY FLOW A LITTLE TOO FAST, BUT, UH, USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SEE THOSE LIGHTS, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY.
I LOVE TO SEE IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING A, ADDING A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
WE'RE MORE LIKELY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO PROBABLY NEED ADD AN ASSISTANT TO GO ALONG WITH THEM PLUS, UM, EXTRA, LIKE A VEHICLE AND SO FORTH.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST THE ONE POSITION FOR NOW AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR A SECOND.
YOU THINK PROBABLY IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, YOU CAN MEET THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER ENGINEER TO, AND, AND THIS WILL BE AN ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
THAT WAY I CAN, UH, SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT I HAVE NOW, THEY WOULD WORK UNDER THAT, UH, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER POSITION.
BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE HAVING AND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND JUST THE CHALLENGES THAT EVERYBODY IS FACING.
YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHTS THAT ARE NOT IN SYNC.
THERE COULD BE ROADS AND BROUGHT THIS UP TO A COUNSELOR REASON OR THE OTHER DAY ON BB, THAT THERE WAS A LARGE CRATER WHEN YOU PULLED IN, THANK YOU TO WHOEVER WAS WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THAT FIXED.
SO AS BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE LITTLE LOOPHOLES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, TO THE END TO BE ABLE TO HELP GET, GET, UM, GET THE CITY BACK ON TRACK.
SO I THINK IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT GETTING SOMEBODY LIKE THAT WITH THAT TYPE OF EXTRA EXPERTISE AS OUR CITY'S JUST CONTINUOUSLY JUST EXPLODING.
SO I, I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE, THE ENGINEERING PART, BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING TO FRISCO AND SEEING HOW THEY WORKED THEIR LIGHTS AND THE WAY THE MECHANICS, IT WAS JUST GENIUS THE WAY THEY, THEY RAN THAT CITY ON IT AND WE CAN BE THERE AS WELL, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BUDGET FOR IT.
I, I DON'T, UH, I DO REMEMBER THE 80,000 FOR THE PAVEMENT STUDY.
AND I REMEMBER OVER THE YEARS THINKING THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST MONEY WE SPENT ON ANY STUDY, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS ACTIONABLE AND IT TURNED, IT HAD BUDGETARY IMPACTS IT TOLL.
I MEAN, AND SO THERE WAS NO REAL GUESSING ABOUT WHICH ROADS WE NEEDED TO FIX NEXT BECAUSE IT GRADES THEM ALL, MAPS THEM ALL AND, AND, AND PUTS THAT PLAN OUT.
SO I WISH IT DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, QUADRUPLE IN PRICE THOUGH.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY, THEY REALLY, THEY GO AND THEY HAVE, LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE PLANNING, BUT ARE ACTUALLY LIKE GOING IN THE STREETS WITH ROLLERS AND FILMING.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THEY DO, BUT IT IS A REALLY GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THE CONDITION OF OUR ROADS.
SO I CONCUR, I THINK YOU SAID THERE WAS A 30% INCREASE ON THE OVERALL ROAD COVERS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE COSTS COMES IN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE JUST MORE EXPENSIVE.
UH I'M I JUST WANTED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT MY SUPPORT ON THESE, THESE ITEMS. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT, MAYBE IT CERTAINLY IS THE CASE WHERE SOME LIGHTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ARE NOT TIMED WELL.
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UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THESE TWO.NEXT, WE HAVE CHANCE PATIO WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRAITS.
CHANCE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, CELEBRATING HIS DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY, AND I COULDN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM.
SO, UM, JERRY HENDRICK SAYS THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, UH, PRESENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES BUDGET.
UH, TOP THING ON OUR BUDGET IS FIVE TECHNICIANS AND A CREW LEADER FOR A NEW CREW THAT WOULD DO THINGS LIKE PLANTING FLOWERS, PLANTING NEW TREES, TRIMMING EXISTING TREES, REMOVING DEAD TREES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALSO PART OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION PLAN THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO MOWING RIGHT NOW, ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES NEED TO HAPPEN.
AND WE HAVE TO PULL PEOPLE OFF THE MOWERS TO, TO GET THOSE DONE.
UH, PART OF THE ADDITIONAL CREW AND, UH, EXISTING CREWS IS NEW TRUCKS.
WE ASKED FOR FIVE NEW THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE CHEVY TRUCKS THAT CAN BE FORGED DODGES.
WE DON'T CARE, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GETTING VERY OLD AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE SHOP.
UH, BEING IN THE SHOP COSTS MONEY AS WELL AS TAKES, UH, TIME AWAY FROM GETTING OUR CREWS AND EQUIPMENT AROUND TO THE PLACES THEY NEED TO BE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW BACKHOE.
A BACKHOE IS CRITICAL AT OUR, AS WE'RE GOING AND WE FIND MORE AND MORE ILLEGAL DUMPING SITES.
WE NEED TO CLEAN UP REMOVING DEAD TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN AND RIGHTS OF WAYS AND, UM, AND MAINTAINING DITCHES AND DIGGING FOR ELECTRICAL REPAIRS.
UM, WE WERE ASKING FOR, FOR NEW EXMARK MOWERS, HE SAID MOWERS THAT THEY RIDE.
IF, UM, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MONTHLY REPORT WE SENT OUT LAST MONTH.
AND LAST PAGE SHOWS ALL THE MOWING THAT, THAT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL TRAITS DOES AS WELL AS THE MOWING THE BRIDE FEW DOES.
AND YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF RED ON THAT MAP, WHICH SHOWS WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRAITS, FOLKS, MOE AND KEEP IN MIND ALSO BRIGHT VIEW MOST EVERY OTHER WEEK.
SO IF THERE'S MOWING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN BETWEEN THEIR VISITS, THEN THEY DO THAT AS WELL.
EXCUSE ME, UH, GOING DOWN THIS LIST, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST, UH, CONSUMABLES ARE COMMODITIES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR INCREASES IN BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PRICES ARE GOING UP AND WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF ACTIVITY IN THESE AREAS, SO WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN THESE LINE ITEMS TO COVER THOSE THINGS.
AND THE LAST ITEM IS A CHEMICALS, SPRAYER, AND SPREADER, AND THAT'S FOR APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND JUST REAL QUICK, JERRY, ON THE SPRAYER OF WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT, PUTTING THE SPRAYER ON? IS IT A VEHICLE? IS IT A TELE VEHICLE OR, AND WHAT IS THE REACH ON THE SPRAYER? I'M SORRY, I DON'T TELL YOU THAT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW WE WILL BREAK THAT INFORMATION.
AND WHEN YOU SEE HIM ALSO ASK HIM WHY HE WANTS TO GO WITH EXMARK HOURS.
SO I CAN THINK OF, IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME REASON HE WANTS TO GO TO CHEVY, BUT WHAT'S WHY THE POLICE WANTS TO GO WITH HARDLY SAYING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
WHY DON'T YOU GET THE RIGHT STUFF? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST JUGGLING, WE'LL END UP WITH THE RIGHT STUFF, MAN.
UM, UH, THE, THE FACILITY, THE BUILDING, UH, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE STORED IN.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
REMEMBER, I THINK JAMES IS DISCUSSING, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING WHEN WE WENT.
AND, UM, AND WE HAD HELP FROM CONNIE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO START WORKING ON SCOPE OF THAT BUILDING AND, UH, BROUGHT IN AN ENGINEER TO HELP US DESIGN THAT.
AND, AND THE HALF MILLION DOLLARS WASN'T GOING TO COVER THAT HALF MILLION DOLLARS WOULD COVER MOST OF THE, OUR, THE ENGINEERING PART OF THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN A FULL FLEDGED BUILDING WITH OFFICES, SHOWERS, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD SCOPED WOULD BE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO WE'RE REEVALUATING HOW TO BEST SPEND THAT HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO STORE THAT EQUIPMENT AND, AND DO WITHOUT THE OFFICES, THE SHOWERS AND STUFF FOR NOT, IT'S JUST, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD A BUILDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECT ALREADY.
WELL, WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT WE WERE RACKED ALREADY, PARKS YARD.
AND, AND THAT BUILDING WOULD REPRESENT PROBABLY HALF OF THE NEED OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRADES.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT INITIAL ESTIMATE WAS BASICALLY FOR ERECTING THAT TYPE OF POLE BARN, BUT NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE OTHER UTILITIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE IT AND GET SO, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, COUNCIL DID APPROVE IN THE PAST A POLE BARN TYPE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO AN ENGINEERED BUILDING WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AS A
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FULL CIP CITY FACILITY.AND THAT WOULD BE A METAL BUILDING AS WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND IT'D BE A METAL FRAME AND A METAL EXTERIOR, BUT INSIDE IT WOULD BE FINISHED OUT FOR OFFICES, A TRADING ROOM SHOWERS, LOCKER ROOMS, AND THEY COULD CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES AND ENGLAND, AND ALSO USING THE, UM, THE AREA OUT WHERE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS AS THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR NEXT EXPANSION.
WELL, THAT'S ALL GOOD, BUT WHERE DO WE, IF WE, IF THIS ALL GETS APPROVED WITH THESE AND WE DON'T HAVE SPACE TO STORE IT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, I MEAN, THIS IS, WE'VE GOT TO PUT THESE UNDER ROOF.
WE'RE NOT LEAVING THIS STUFF OUTSIDE.
SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS REPLACEMENT, REPLACING EXISTING EQUIPMENT, THE REPLACEMENT.
SO WE'RE, BUT WE'RE ALREADY INFRINGING ON OTHER BUILDINGS, CORRECT.
WE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY.
WE'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF WORK, CLEANING IT UP AND MAKE IT SPACE AND, AND IT'S US ADEQUATELY SERVING US RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU THINK THAT WITH THESE REQUESTS, EVERYTHING WILL BE ABLE TO BE STORED ON THE, OKAY, THANKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL BE UNDER A ROOF, BUT IT WILL BE STORED IN A YARD AND BE SECURE AND WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS TO CREATE SHELTER FOR THEM.
NO MOWERS GET RAINED ON NO BOLTS, GET SEAWATER, NO GREASE JOINTS GET RAINED ON.
WE WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR PROTECT OUR EQUIPMENT.
LAST QUESTION IS, UM, THIS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES LARGELY IS SO WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.
IN-HOUSE THAT CURRENTLY WE SUBCONTRACT TO BRIGHT VIEW AS WELL ON CORRECT.
WE USE BRIBE VIEW TO FOCUS ON OUR ALL CALL, OUR BEAUTIFICATION CORRIDORS, WHICH ARE THE MAIN CORRIDORS GOING IN AND OUT THROUGH THE CITY THAT MOST PEOPLE DRIVE ON IN.
AND THAT'S SUPPLEMENTS ABOUT THE REST OF OUR CREWS.
DO WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL TRADES? CURRENTLY WE HAVE 14 PEOPLE THAT INCLUDES OUR DIVISION MANAGER AND A HALF OF A ADMIN ASSISTANCE.
SO THAT LEAVES 12 TO GO OUT CURRENTLY AND DO ALL THE OTHER MOWING AND GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, UM, ILLEGAL DUMPING, CLEANUP, TREE MAINTENANCE, AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT THEY DO.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, UM, IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT WE'VE SUBCONTRACTED OUT.
I DON'T KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO BUILD UP OUR STREET DIVISION TEAM.
UM, SO I SEE THIS AS KIND OF THE SAME THING, SO WE CAN GET AWAY FROM CONTRACTING OUT TO THIRD PARTY SERVICES.
SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE HAVE A SHELTER FOR ALL THESE THINGS.
IF THIS ALL WENT THROUGH, WE STILL WOULD ALSO BE SUPPLEMENTING WHAT WE DO WITH A THIRD PARTY, LIKE BRIGHT VIEW.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY THE GOAL, I DON'T THINK BACKHOES AND TRAILERS NEED TO BE COVERED, BUT IF IT'S A MOWER OR ANY KIND OF LIKE PRESSURE WASHERS OR, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
ANYTHING WITH AN ENGINE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE JUST TO TWO YEARS IT GETS THE SUN FADING AND THE, AND THE RAIN RUST AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THAT A, YOU KNOW, A PRIORITY AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, BUDGET FOR SURE.
WE HAVE THAT HALF MILLION DOLLARS STILL TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE COVERAGE FOR THOSE, THAT EQUIPMENT.
IT'S NOT THE BIG ISSUE I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAVE BEEN EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET THOSE OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND COVERAGE AS WELL.
UH, CAUSE WHETHER IT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, SO WHICH COUNSELORS WERE LIKE, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT INCREASE FROM HALF-A-MILLION TO LIVE MORE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER EVERYTHING UP.
WELL, FROM UP THAT NUMBER AND FIND OUT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE TO COVER THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO I HAVE THE SAME EXACT, UM, CONCERNS AS DECKS REGARDING, UM, HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES IN ADDITION TO WLA.
UM, CAN I ASK HOW MUCH WE CURRENTLY CONTRACT OUT AS FAR AS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CALL IT BRIGHT VIEW OR WLA AND WASN'T THERE A CONTRACT THAT WAS POOLED.
IS THAT GOING TO COME BACK? I THINK IT HAD INCORRECT IN ENTITY.
NOW, UH, PAIGE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A PRIVATE USE ATTORNEY TO, TO TRACK THE PRIVITY OF CONTRACT.
SO WHAT THE LEGAL TERM IS, I CALL IT CHAIN OF CUSTODY FROM WLLE TO
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BRIGHT VIEW.SHE SENT ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT, AN EMAIL, A LOT OF LEAVE YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, ALL THE, ALL THE CONTRACTS WITH WLC, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IRRIGATION, WHICH I SENT AN EMAIL OUT ABOUT YESTERDAY ALSO HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AS WE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS TO PROVE THE PRIVITY OF CONTRACT, WHICH WE'VE DONE.
AND NO NONE OF THAT WORK HAS, HAS MOVED FORWARD.
YET WE'RE WRITING OFF RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL ON THE EMAIL SENT BY PAGE.
AND IF YOU WANT US TO BRING IT BACK FURTHER, WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
BUT I THINK OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE RESPONDED TO COUNCIL'S REQUEST, BUT THIS DIDN'T GET AN ACTUAL VOTE.
THIS WAS PULLED, BUT NOT VOTED ON THE, THE, THE ACTION WAS TO CORRECT THE NAME ON THE PO.
AND I THINK PAGES ADDRESS THAT IN HER, HER EMAIL.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AT THIS POINT TO MAKE THE PO VALID IT WAS APPROVED.
BUT THE CORRECT NAME INITIALLY.
SO THE IRRIGATION WILL COME BACK, THE IRRIGATION WILL COME BACK.
UH, THE PO FOR THE FOUR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, IT TURNS OUT INITIALLY WAS CORRECT AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION.
SO CAN I GET THE, UM, COSTS THEN WE HAVE THE PO RIGHT NOW FOR 744,000.
THAT'S IS THAT ALL THE, NOT ALL BUT NOTHING CURRENTLY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
SO ANYTHING CURRENT, UM, PRIOR TO HAVING US APPROVE THIS, THIS IS ALL PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE ONE-YEAR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACT, COBB PARKWAY, MARKETPLACE AVENUE.
THAT WAS SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES.
SO IF WE TAKE THE CURRENT AND THEN WE ADD IN THE 2 57 TO 92, FOR THEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT $1 MILLION BETWEEN WLA AND HIRE HIRING FIVE, UM, TECHNICIANS.
AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT GETS THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE.
WELL, A BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS SCORED ALMOST THE HIGHEST AS A PRIORITY.
AND OUR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN LOWERING.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE 2 MILLION JUST TO, SO, SO DOES WASTEWATER AND, UM, I HAVE A PULLED UP, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT AS WE SPEAK I'M CLIMATE PREVENTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
SO MY WHOLE POINT BEING, I WANT KYLE TO BE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIND A STRATEGIC WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS JUST ON MAINTENANCE.
SO JUST, JUST TO POINT OUT, I THINK IT'S NOT JUST ON BEAUTIFICATION.
I THINK IT'S ALSO FOR SAFETY FOR ME.
IT'S UH, WHEN YOU SEE FIRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE OF OVERGROWN GRASS, STUFF LIKE THAT ON THE ROADWAY.
SO IF VARGOS TO PULL BACK FROM THAT, I WOULD REALLY DETER AGAINST THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, ANYTIME YOU'VE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, ANY AREA THAT YOU TRAVELED BY ITS NEAR ROADWAY, UH, USUALLY GOES UP IN PLANES WHEN YOU DON'T ADDRESS THOSE GRASS NEEDS.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD WORRY ABOUT PULLING AWAY FROM THAT.
SO I GUESS MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF WE DID NOT HAVE WLLE, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES COULD WE, COULD WE GET, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT $257,000 FOR A FIVE EMPLOYEES.
SO WITHOUT WLA, WE COULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK THOSE EMPLOYEES COULD DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK.
WE WOULD JUST BE HAVING THEM HERE IN KYLE INSTEAD OF, UM, YEAH.
AL SO, SO W E WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY BRING IN ALL THEIR CREWS AND DO IT ALL IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UM, WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT WITH EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'D BE GONE ONGOING, SO WE'D JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT'S EMPLOYEES, THAT'S MOWERS, THAT'S STORAGE, THAT'S INSURANCE, THAT'S BENEFITS WE'VE WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS AND WLA FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT AND A RATIO OF EIGHT YARDS MODE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT ACRES MODE TO, UH, TO COST IF YOU REALLY BREAK IT DOWN, LIKE REALLY TO THE NUMBERS AND NOT HAVING AN AGENDA, IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
IF WE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO, IF WE COULD SEE THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I, I CERTAINLY CONCUR WITH THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE WHAT BRIGHT VIEW DOES AND ONE ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT I THINK THE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTION OF GETTING THERE EVENTUALLY.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF THAT TRAJECTORY.
AND IF THAT IS ALSO THE ULTIMATE GOAL, I'M
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NOT SURE HOW MANY YEARS THAT THAT TAKES TO GET THERE.WELL, IT'S ALSO THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WE GET WITH, WITH WLT, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE GET TO SAY, THIS IS HOW MANY TIMES THAT EACH PIECE OF GRASS GETS MOWED.
AND WHEN IT'S STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GET BACK SOMETIMES IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH COVERAGE, UH, AND WLA, BUT PER CONTRACT, YOU CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, YOU KNOW, UH, TO A CONTRACT BASED ON A SPECIFIC AGREED UPON OUTCOME, WHICH WAS A BIG, A BIG PART OF HOW WE MADE THIS TRANSITION IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST SIMPLY TOLD WE COULDN'T, COULDN'T MOW LIKE THIS, NO MATTER HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WE ADDED, UH, BACK THEN, BUT THAT STANDARD HELPED.
AND THEN L YOU SHOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED A REPLACEMENT TO ANY PARTICULAR DIVISION.
IT SHOULD BE SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS UNDERNEATH THE DIVISION.
AND THIS IS WHERE JAMES, YOU KNOW, IN THE CREATION OF THIS THING, IT'S, IT'S NOT MEANT TO REPLACE A DEPARTMENT.
IT'S MEANT TO BE A TOOL AND THESE EXTRA, UM, UM, UH, ITEMS ARE, UH, ALSO PART OF AN OVERARCHING PROGRAM THAT HAS A LARGER OBJECTIVE.
THEY'RE THERE TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I WORK 10 CROP LEAF FACILITY TO DO THIS HERE.
HI, TIM CRAPPILY, FACILITY MANAGER.
I WORK HAND IN HAND WITH CHANCE QUITE A BIT.
AND I SIT ACROSS FROM HIM IN THE SAME OFFICE AND I WATCH WHAT HE DOES.
UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT BRIGHT VIEW DOES.
AND THEY COME IN AND THEY BRING LIKE 40 PEOPLE IN, IN ONE SHOT ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THEY KNOCK OUT ALL OF THOSE CORRIDORS IN ONE DAY.
SO THOSE QUARTERS ARE CUT TRIMMED AND BLOWN ONE, ONE TIME, ONE DAY, AND IT TAKES CARE OF THE WHOLE THING THAT FREES UP THE REST OF HIS DIVISION FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK TO HIT ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS, PLUS THE TROUBLE SPOTS THAT COME UP.
SO IT DOES SERVE A VERY VALUABLE PURPOSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FLOOD THE CITY WITH 40 EMPLOYEES WOULD COST US A FORTUNE, UM, FOR, FOR THAT AMOUNT OF WORK, WITH WHERE THEY CAN COME AND KNOCK IT OUT, THEY PAY FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF OUR EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
THEY'RE PAYING OFF FUEL COSTS, COSTS OUT OF THE CONTRACT, BUT IT'S COVERED THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THAT IS WE'RE GETTING A REALLY QUICK, BIG BOOST AND WORK ON THAT ONE DAY, THAT'S THEN ALLOWING US TO TAKE OUR EMPLOYEES AND GO OUT AND FINISH AND DO THE FINISHED WORK FOR THE REST OF THE CITY AND HIT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING CONTRACTED, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, OF ON THAT KELLY SMITH ROAD OR OUT ON A BUTTON LANE WHERE IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR CORRIDORS, BUT THEY ARE CORNERS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF.
SO I'M ALSO TIED, THIS WAS, I USED TO DO WHAT CHANCE DOES ON THE PARK SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AND WE USED TO DO ALL OF THE, UH, A LOT OF THAT MOWING.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY TO KIND OF SEE IF I COULD MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT.
I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THE 700,000 PLUS THE FIVE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO IF IT WANTS TO BE EITHER, OR I'M OKAY WITH THAT, IT'S JUST KIND OF HARD TO JUSTIFY SPENDING THAT MUCH ON MOST.
WELL, I CAN, WE CAN BRING BACK THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BRINGING THAT ALL IN HOUSE.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT BRINGING ON THAT MANY EMPLOYEES IS, UH, SURE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW AND BRINGING IN EMPLOYEES FOR WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN THE CURRENT LABOR MARKET THAT'S RETAINING EMPLOYMENT IS, IS HARD.
THE STRAIN ON THE HR STAFF FOR BEING ABLE TO ADVERTISE, BRINGING BACK WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BRINGING IT FOR ELIMINATING WLLE NO, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD IS THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION.
I THINK WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS JUST A COST ANALYSIS AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I HOPE IT DOES SHOW WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IS WORKING.
AND JUST SHOWING US THAT THE $745,000 WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR CITY REALLY IS THE BEST USE.
I MEAN, MAYOR MITCHELL CAN TELL US, BUT I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TALK TO MY RESIDENTS, I'D LIKE, YEAH.
AND WHEN WE DID THAT, WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED PROGRAM, WE'LL UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS AND WE'LL BRING THEM.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE STILL AT THE MIC.
THANK YOU, TIM CROWLEY FACILITIES MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, MOST OF MY REQUESTS ARE RELATED TO, UM, MANPOWER AND SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IS RELATED TO US BEGINNING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE NEW POLICE, UH, JUSTICE CENTER.
AND THAT'S GOING TO ADD A LARGE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO MY, UH, MY EMPLOYEES, CURRENT WORKLOAD.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING FROM 97,000 TOTAL RIGHT NOW TO OVER 158,000.
NOW WE'RE ADDING BUS 64,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW IS, UM, ONE LEAD BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.
THAT WOULD BE A CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR WHO WOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JUSTICE BUILDING, UH, FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, WHICH ARE AGAIN, CUSTODIANS TO PROVIDE THE CUSTODIAL SERVICE AT THAT BUILDING.
AND ONE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN WHO WOULD BE ANOTHER, UM,
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UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, ACTUAL MAINTENANCE WORKER WHO WOULD HELP REPLACING THE LIGHT BULBS, FIXING, FIXING EVERYTHING THAT BREAKS AND KEEPING UP WITH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHILLER PLANT AT THE NEW PLANT FOR THE HVAC SYSTEM.SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN OPERATE AND, AND KEEP UP WITH THE CHILLER PLANT.
UM, WITHIN THE, UM, EQUIPMENT NOW, THE RESTAURANT CLEANING MACHINES, THAT'S A WORKFORCE MULTIPLIER.
UM, IT'LL ALLOW THE CUSTODIANS TO COME IN AND KNOCK OUT THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE SHOWER ROOMS, THE ALL OF THE, UM, ALL THE BATHROOMS, MUCH AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS AND DO IT MUCH FASTER.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB, DO IT FASTER, WHICH IS GOING TO WORK OUT TO HELP US AND MAKE THE MOST USE OF THESE FTES.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS IN THERE FOR I'M REPLACING SIX HVACS.
THAT WILL BE THREE HVACS ON THIS FACILITY IN CITY HALL HERE IN THREE AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, I'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST COURSE.
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE BEEN PHASING OUT THE, UM, ORIGINAL UNITS THAT WERE ON THOSE BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR.
MY MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE GOING UP.
I WOULD RATHER REPLACE THESE GUYS AND KEEP PUTTING EXPENSIVE PARTS INTO THEM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING ABOUT 3000, $4,000 JUST FOR A COMPRESSOR UNIT.
UM, WHEREAS TO, TO REPLACE SOME OF THESE UNITS, THEY'RE ABOUT $8,000 TO $9,000 PER UNIT.
UM, THAT COST OF COURSE, IS PROBABLY GOING TO ADJUST HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, I HAD THE, UM, OUR HVAC COMPANY GIVES ME THE PRICING AND THEN I ADDED 20% JUST SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE SOAK UP SOME OF THAT EXTRA COST IS COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
MY LEAD TIME ON UNITS IS 26 WEEKS.
IF I ORDER THEM TODAY, I'LL HAVE THEM IN SIX MONTHS.
YES, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I HAVE SOME MONEY IN THERE, 125,000 LOOKING AT REPLACING THE FLOORING HERE IN CITY HALL.
UH, THIS ROOM HAS, IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS NEW CARPETING IN IT.
I'D LIKE TO REPLACE THE CARPETING AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S BEGINNING TO SHOW ITS AGE.
UM, WE HAVE PROBABLY 40,000 GALLONS OF COFFEE ON THE FLOOR AND WE CAN'T GET IT ALL OUT.
UM, IT'S IT'S TIME, UH, VFW BUILDING.
UM, ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THERE KNOWS THAT THE VFW BUILDING THE ROOF IS A SHAMBLES.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE WALKING ON A SPONGE, IT NEEDS A WHOLE NEW ROOF.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STRIP THE DECKING OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OFF ALL OF THE SHINGLING ON BOTH SIDES, EAST AND WEST SIDE STRIP THAT CLEAN.
I'D LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE DORMERS COMPLETELY.
WHOEVER PUT THEM IN THE BEGINNING AND JUST GO TO A FLAT ROOF, A FLAT SURFACE UP THERE AND DO THAT, UH, CAME UP WITH SOME BUDGETS ON THAT ONE.
IT'D BE ABOUT $70,000 TO REPLACE THAT ROOF AND FIX THE INTERIOR DAMAGE THAT WE'VE HAD INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM PLANS ARE FOR THAT BUILDING TO SEE WHAT MONEY WE SHOULD SPEND IN THAT AND MAKE IT RIGHT.
UM, THE BUILDING IS OLD AND IT SHOWS, IT DEFINITELY SHOWS ITS AGE, UM, COMPACT PICKUP TRUCKS, UH, FOUR VEHICLES, UH, CURRENTLY I'M DRIVING A 2009 F150, UM, WITH HALF A STEERING WHEEL IN IT.
UM, IT'S NOT A BAD VEHICLE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE GOLD STANDARD WHEN YOU DRIVE HER DRIVE AROUND IN, IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO VEHICLES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET A FOUR, FOUR NEW COMPACT PICKUP TRUCKS ON THERE'S NO NEED FOR MY DIVISION TO HAVE LARGE THREE QUARTER TON TRUCKS WE CAN GET BY WITH A CHEVY COLORADO OR A FORD RANGER, PERFECTLY FINE.
I BURNED MY FUEL BUDGET ALREADY.
UM, THE ENTERPRISE, THIS WOULD BE THROUGH ENTERPRISE, LEASE THEM THROUGH ENTERPRISE, UM, AND THEN BE FORTUNATE THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO HAVE, UM, TO, FOR THE NEW NEW FACILITY, REPLACE MY VEHICLE, ADD ONE TO MY CURRENT CUSTODIAL TEAM.
AND THEN, UM, I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR MY SUPERVISORS AND PEOPLE TO MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT BACK AND FORTH.
AND, UH, A WET ROOM REPAIRS AT PUBLIC WORKS CURRENTLY IN THE SERVICE BAY AT THE PUBLIC WORKS.
WE, THEY, THEY CREATED AN AD HOC WET ROOM, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT PROOF.
SO WE HAVE ROTTED WALLS AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS I'M GOING TO NEED TO GO IN THERE AND CUT THE WALLS OUT, GO UP ABOUT FOUR FEET, STRIP EVERYTHING OUT, REBUILD IT.
AND THEN I WANT TO SEAL IT UP WITH TILE AND PUT IN THE POOL DECKING ON THE FLOOR AND, AND PUT AN ACTUAL DRAIN RATHER THAN DISCHARGING THE SINKS ONTO THE FLOOR AND HAVING THEM HIT A FLOOR DRAIN.
AND THAT'S GOING TO COST US ABOUT $40,000.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I GOT SO FAR FOR Y'ALL.
UM, I AM ANTICIPATING MY SUPPLIES TO GO UP, UH, BETWEEN 11 AND 12% THIS YEAR FOR TOILET PAPER, CLEANING SUPPLIES, EVERYTHING ELSE, UNLESS WE NEED TO INSTITUTE A, BRING YOUR OWN ROLE DAY.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'RE GOING HAVE TO SOAK UP THOSE COSTS CHANCE REAL QUICK.
HOW OLD ARE THE UNITS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OBVIOUSLY TEMP.
UM, THESE WERE PUT IN, UM, THE ONES HERE, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM 2006, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT IN THERE.
UM, THE, THE, THE OLDER TECHNOLOGY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY THINGS.
AND THEN I HAVE HUMAN TROLL UNITS CURRENTLY AT THE LIBRARY, AND THOSE, THOSE ARE NEWER, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE SUCKING UP ENERGY.
I, MY LARGEST PER USER OF ENERGY IN THE CITY IS THE LIBRARY.
UM, THEIR, THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS ARE OUTSTANDING.
UM, AND THE HEAT IS NOT SUPER.
SO AS, AS WE'VE BEGUN TO REPLACE THOSE UNITS, UM, IT'S GETTING WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME ACTUAL POSITIVE CHANGE.
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THERE ARE BILLS OVER THERE.THE TECHNOLOGY NOWADAYS IS GOING TO BE A WIN FOR US.
ONCE WE CHANGED THESE UNITS OUT, THE ENERGY SAVINGS WILL PROBABLY PAY FOR ITSELF.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW OLD THEY WERE.
SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND THEY'RE AT THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LINE.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT IN ORDER THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE WAIT TIMES ARE RIGHT NOW ALL BEFORE, AND THIS I'M IN THIS CHANGE WILL LEAVE ME WITH THEM.
THREE MORE UNITS ON THIS BUILDING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
AND THAT WOULD LEAVE ME WITH FOUR MORE ON THE LIBRARY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE.
THEY HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE CHANGE OUT.
UM, SO I GUESS ONE OF MY FIRST CONCERNS IS THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.
UM, I THINK 47,000 IS KIND OF LOW, UM, THAT I GET MY NUMBERS FROM.
MY CONCERN IS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP AND THEN IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO GET FILLED.
I AGREE WHERE WE'RE BUMPING UP.
YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PAY MORE, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY MORE.
I GET THESE NUMBERS FROM SOME OF US.
I'LL TELL YOU THE, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, MR. NATHAN WARMAN.
HE TAKES CARE OF ANYTHING YOU SEE IS BROKE ALL THE WAY.
HE CHANGED ALL THE LIGHT BULBS IN THIS BUILDING BY HIMSELF.
UM, THERE'S 795 LIGHT BULBS IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, HE DID THE LIBRARY CHANGED ALL THOSE.
HE'S CHANGED EVERYTHING AT THE PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET HIM A PARTNER.
SO WHEN, CAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF NATHAN SICK, I CHANGED ALL THE LIGHT BULBS AND DO ALL OF THAT AND PLUNGE OUT THE TOILETS AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT STUFF.
SO MY MANAGEMENT DUTIES GO OUT THE WINDOW AND I BECOME THE NEW TECHNICIAN.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT SO THAT I CAN FOCUS MORE ON SOME OF THE LONGER TERM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS.
AND SO IF I COULD GET THE CURRENT BUDGET FROM PURPOSE 0.149 1.1.
AND SO YOU GUYS MAINTAIN ALL THE CITY BUILDINGS.
UM, HOW MANY CITY BUILDINGS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE WE HAD 11 THAT WERE SERVICING.
AND THEN, UM, IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLES ALSO BUDGETED IN FOR THAT? I BELIEVE ON THE ENTERPRISE.
IT IS THAT THAT IS WORKED INTO THAT COST.
HE SAYS NOT OIL CHANGES AND STUFF, SMALL MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, SO HOW DOES THE CITY DO THAT? BECAUSE I THINK MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING A NEW CAR IS NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU NOT TO KEEP IT, BUT IS TO MAINTAIN IT AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF IT.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, MY, MY VEHICLES DON'T GET A LOT OF MILES ON THEM.
THEY'RE NOT MINE IN 2009 HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT.
UM, IT, AT ONE TIME IT WAS A PARKSVILLE, SO IT IDLED A LOT, BUT IT'S, YEAH, IT'S NOT HAPPY, BUT, BUT THE NEW ONES THAT I GOT LAST YEAR, I THINK I'M JUST OVER 3000 MILES ON THEM.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TALKING TO HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLE BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
WE'LL GET GOOD MONEY ON THEM WHEN WE TURN THEM BACK IN AT THE END OF THE LEASE TIME.
SO PEREZ, IF YOU CAN, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REQUESTS IN HERE FOR NEW, FOR NEW CARS.
CAN WE GET A COST ON MAINTENANCE OF THESE NEW CARS? SURE.
AND WE DO HAVE THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAM AT DISCOUNTED MAINTENANCE RATE WITH LOCAL, UH, MAINTENANCE SHOPS.
SO HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN NOW, THEN? HOW DO WE, SO THEY'RE ON A ROTATION.
THE VEHICLES ARE, SO WHEN THEY'RE UP FOR MAINTENANCE, WHEN WE GET PINGED THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THEM IN AND THEN WE'LL JUST TAKE THEM TO ANY ONE OF THE SHOPS AND THEY'LL GIVE US THAT GO RIGHT.
FOR WHATEVER MAINTENANCE IS NOT BUDGETED, WHERE'S THAT MONEY COME FROM? NO, AS MUCH AS IT'S JUST, NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS A MAINTENANCE BUDGET LINE UP.
IT'S JUST NOT OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE CONTRACT.
UH, NUMBER SIX, THE REPAIRS BUILDING FOR THE ROOF AND INTERIOR.
UH, I THINK YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL'S GOING TO NEED TO START LOOKING INTO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING.
WE DID A FUNDRAISER THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD THAT AC PUMPING AT 74 AND IT WAS STILL A SAUNA.
AND SO, AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S A, IS THAT A NEW SYSTEM BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED IN? UH, WE TEACH OUR BUDGET TO HAVE THAT UNIT REPLACED.
TH THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH WITHIN THE CITY ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THAT BUILDING.
I MADE PERIOD WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUILDING THERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
I KNOW WE'RE SEVERELY RESTRICTED IF WE WANT IT, WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE OF THE LEASE WE HAVE WITH THE RAILROAD, WHEN WE CAN'T CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, OH, IT'S, THE FOOTPRINT HAS TO, IT CAN'T GO ANY BIGGER.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT THE BUILDING WILL, WILL BE GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO IF WE WERE GOING TO LOOK TO, UM, CREATE A BIGGER BUILDING FOR THE VFW OR CREATE A BIGGER COMMUNITY BUILDING SPACE, THAT'S NOT A PLACE THAT WE CAN DO IT.
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TO THAT.SO, UH, I KNOW THAT THE BMW CURRENTLY HAS, UM, A BUILDING THAT MUELLER, UM, HAS PROMISED THEM.
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW IS LAND TO BUILD IT ON.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY'RE JUST PAYING FOR THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING AND THAT'S IT.
BUT, UM, DEFINITELY IS WHAT I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW IS THE LAND BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING READY TO, UH, BUILD THEIR OWN FACILITY.
THEY JUST, THEY'RE JUST NOT LAND POOR RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'D BE GREAT.
SO I THINK LONG-TERM, I REALLY WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THAT BUILDING FIXED UP FOR LONGTERM.
CAUSE I DON'T, I REALLY, I HATE TO SEE US EVEN SPEND ANYTHING ON IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEIR GOAL IS TO GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
THEY NEED MORE ROOM AND I'M OF THE SAME MIND.
UM, IT'S JUST THERE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OCCUPANCY IN THE BUILDING, I HAVE TO MAKE IT SAFE.
THANK YOU TO DON'T HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ROOF YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING, WHETHER IT BE JUST, YOU KNOW, 30 YEAR COMPOSITE, BUT I PERSONALLY, IF WE WERE GOING TO GO THE DIRECTION WITHOUT I'M IN AGREEMENT, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE SHOULD A METAL ROOF WITH A SIMILAR TO RAIL HOUSE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE SQUARE WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE THAT SORT OF CONSISTENT THING THAT BE, YEAH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BE A COMPOSITE SHINGLE, RIGHT.
UM, GO INTO METAL WOULD PROBABLY DOUBLE IT.
I LOOKED AT ONE FROM MY SMALL HOUSE.
IT WAS LIKE 30 GRAND, RIGHT? YEAH.
JUST, JUST, JUST FOR THE METAL.
NOT FOR, CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE METAL, YOU CAN'T FIND METAL THAT'S IT'S A BIG ISSUE.
WELL IT WAS LIKE 40 GRAND JUST FOR THE GAZEBO.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WHAT WAS IT? DESERT.
UH, FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS A CATCH ALL BUDGET.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS LARGEST, NOT FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ALMOST 90% OF IT IS FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO FIRST UP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, THESE ARE THE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED OVER THE YEARS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO BE PAID OUT NEXT YEAR.
COMBINATION OF REASONS ONE, A SALES TAX ARE IMPROVING.
SO THOSE THREE EIGHTIES THAT ARE TIED TO SALES TAX, THEY'LL HAVE MORE CASH OUTLAY, PROBABLY TAX VALUATIONS THAT ARE GOING UP.
SO THOSE THREE EIGHTIES THAT ARE TIED TO PROPERTY TAX BASED REIMBURSEMENTS, OUR PAYOUT WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW THREE EIGHTIES THAT WILL KICK IN SUCH AS COSTCO AND ENF.
SO THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
UH, BELIEVE BY THE TIME WE GET TO WORK SESSION THREE, THESE WILL BE MORE REFINED BY THAT TIME CITIES AUDIT FEES WILL INCREASE.
WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FUNDS.
WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF DEBT, SERVICE PAYMENTS.
WE HAVE, SO EVERYTHING IS INCREASING.
SO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO COVER, UH, THE AUDIT FEES ARE GOING UP BY 18,500.
THAT'S ALSO A VERY EARLY ESTIMATE BANK CHARGES, CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES.
WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR FINANCE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT THE MAJOR CREDIT CARD USER DEPARTMENTS ARE YOU'RE TOTALLY BILLING.
UH, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE PERMITS PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHERE THEY FILED THEIR PLAN REVIEWS, UH, THESE ARE THE THREE LARGE CREDIT CARD USERS IN THE CITY.
AND AS WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CREDIT CARD USAGE, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE, NOT AUTOMATED THE SWIPE FEES AT THE FRONT END, BUT ALSO AT THE BACKEND WHEN THE MERCHANTS ARE ACTUALLY PROCESSING THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
SO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GO UP TO ANOTHER $135,000 NEXT YEAR, BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS OF, OF, OF, UH, CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS, PLUS BANK CHARGES ARE GOING UP, UH, ALONG WITH THAT NUMBER FOUR INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES.
THESE ARE FOR OUR OPEB FUNDS AND THE CITY'S, UH, GENERAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE FEES ARE, ARE BASED ON THE INVESTMENT BALANCES WE'RE DOING FAIRLY WELL IN OUR INVESTMENTS.
SO AS THE CARRYING BALANCES GO UP, SO DO THE FEES.
NUMBER FIVE IS OUR GENERAL PROPERTY AND LIABILITY AND WORK WORKER'S COMP INSURANCE.
WE'RE ADDING MORE EMPLOYEES, WE'RE ADDING MORE FACILITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A MAJOR FACILITY NEXT YEAR TO OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.
SO HENCE THE GENERAL INCREASE OF 22,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER SIX, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO POSTPONE IT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
AND AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WILL BE ASKING
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CITY COUNCILS, UH, PERMISSION TO START THE PROCESS FOR ISSUING $37 MILLION IN GEO BONDS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER FACILITY, THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.UH, AT THIS TIME WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $3.6 MILLION A YEAR FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYBACK, BUT THIS WILL ALSO WILL CHANGE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE BOND MARKET OR THE BOND SALE DATE.
IT TAKES US ABOUT BY THE TIME I GET CITY COUNCIL'S PERMISSION, UH, IT TAKES US ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO CLOSE ON THE BONDS AND WE DO IT IN TWO STEPS.
I COME BEFORE YOU BASED ON CITY CHARTER COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO PROCEED.
AND ONCE THAT IS GIVEN, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SEEKING THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INVESTORS, THE BANKERS, THE AGS OPINION, AND ALL THAT.
THEN WE GO TO THE BOND MARKET TO SALE TO SELL THE BONDS ON THE SALE OF THE BONDS.
WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL, IS THIS NOW YOUR FINAL APPROVAL TO BE ISSUED THE BOX? SO THE DEBT SERVICE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 3.6 MILLION IN CODE WORK, ORDER MODULE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE ADDING TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACCOUNTING CAPABILITIES.
AND THAT WILL COST US ABOUT 27,600, BUT THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION COSTS PLUS THE ANNUAL LICENSE FEE, NUMBER EIGHT, UH, WE TYPICALLY DO MERIT INCREASE IN THE CITY OF KYLE, AND THAT HAS TWO COMPONENTS, A CPI COMPONENT, AND A PERFORMANCE-BASED INCREASED COMPONENT.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CPI, OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX HAS JUMPED TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE MONTHS.
AND WE TYPICALLY USE THE LAST 12 MONTH MOVING AVERAGE JANUARY TO DECEMBER, LOOKING AT THE JANUARY TO DECEMBER CPI AVERAGE IS 8.5%.
SO HERE AGAIN, THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO HAVE TO ASSESS IF HE'S GOING TO GO STRICTLY MERIT PAY OR A COMBINATION OF GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TO KEEP THEM AT THE MARKET AND NOT LET THEM FALL TOO FAR BEHIND AND THEN HAVE SOME KIND OF MERIT.
UH, IF WE GO WITH AN 8.5% GWI CITYWIDE, THAT'S ABOUT $530,000 NEXT HERE.
AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME CITY-WIDE REQUEST.
UH, WE ARE NO LONGER IN KANSAS ANYMORE.
UM, WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 60,000 POPULATION, WE HAVE DESPERATE NEEDS FOR STAFF CITY ATTORNEY SUPPORT FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR FINANCE.
UH, SO I AM PROPOSING THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AND THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS PROPOSED BUDGET TO CITY STAFF ATTORNEYS, ALONG WITH LAW CLERKS TO SUPPORT THE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM POLICE TO PUBLIC WORKS TO FINANCE, EVERY ONE OF US NEEDS, UH, ATTORNEY ASSISTANCE ON A DAILY BASIS ON CONTRACTS, ON DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS, ON, UH, PURCHASE PROCUREMENT.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING LEGAL SUPPORT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CONTRACT AT CITY ATTORNEY, YOU ARE IN A QUEUE WITH ALL OTHER CITY CLIENTS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A NUMBER UNTIL WE GET OUR NUMBER.
UH, WE, OUR NEEDS ARE GETTING SUCH THAT WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CITY ATTORNEY ASSISTANCE ON OUR DAILY BUSINESS.
NOW, UH, CONTRACTED LAW FIRMS CAN ASSIST US ON JUST LIKE WE DO ON ENGINEERING CONTRACTS.
WE HAVE A CITY ENGINEER AND THEN WE HAVE SPECIALIZED CITY, UH, ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT HELP US ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE CAN DO THE SAME WAY IF WE GO WITH WHEN JUST CITY ATTORNEY, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT DO IT.
WE'VE TRIED THAT MODEL BEFORE IT DOESN'T WORK.
WE HAVE TO SET IT SUCH THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THERE NOT ONLY THE ATTORNEY, BUT ALSO THE CLERK THAT WILL SUPPORT THEM AND SOME SUPPORT COSTS.
SO ONE, TWO AND THREE ON THIS PAGE IS FOR SETTING UP A LEGAL STAFF ON, ON A DAILY BASIS, SUPPORTING ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NUMBER FOUR IS FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO STAFF ACCOUNTANTS, AS WE'RE INCREASING OUR BUDGET, AS WE WERE ADDING MORE EMPLOYEES, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEDICATED STAFF ACCOUNTANT FOR MONITORING THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
THE TRANSACTIONS REVIEW MORE THOROUGHLY, THE SUPPORT,
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THE INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND THEN ANOTHER ACCOUNTANT THAT WAS SUPPORT DEDICATED TO SUPPORT, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR FIXED ASSETS.AS WE'RE INVESTING MORE IN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE NEED TO ADD, EMPHASIZE THAT IN OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, WE'RE DOING IT ON, ON A PART-TIME BASIS.
WE'RE PULLING STAFF FROM HERE THROWING IN A NEW TASK WHEN THEY'RE DONE HERE, WE'RE PUTTING THEM BACK.
THAT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S RUN ITS COURSE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO HAVE DEDICATED STAND-ALONE STAFF.
SO THE SECOND ACCOUNTANT WILL BE FOR A FIXED ASSET, ACCOUNTING, PIT ACCOUNTING, TURDS, ACCOUNTING, INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING.
UM, ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS ARE DONE BY ME AND I THINK IT'S TIME.
OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THE TWO ACCOUNTANTS ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN WE'RE ADDING TWO METER TECHNICIANS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE METER TECHNICIANS THAT NOT ONLY INSTALL METERS, READ METERS, MAINTAIN METERS, BUT ALSO TROUBLESHOOT METERS.
UM, WHEN WE HAD THREE METER TEXTS, WHEN WE HAD 9,000 CUSTOMERS, WE ARE NOW NORTH OF 15,000 CUSTOMERS.
SO WE DESPERATELY NEED, UH, AT LEAST TWO MORE METER TECHNICIANS TO SET UP THIS ORGANIZATION.
AS WE THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S, UH, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE'LL HAVE TO REORGANIZE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, I'M REQUESTING RECLASSIFYING, A SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST OR ACCOUNTING MANAGER.
AND THEN IN THE UTILITY BILLING AREA, AS WE ADD MORE METER TECHNICIANS, WE'LL HAVE TO REORGANIZE THAT DIVISION, UM, SEEKING RECLASSIFICATION OF A SUPERVISOR TO A MANAGER AND A LEAD CLERK TO A SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN FOR THE LAST ITEM IS THE TWO TRUCKS FOR THE METER TECHNICIANS.
SO ALL OF THIS ADDS UP TO ABOUT 5.4, 6 MILLION OF THAT FOR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WHY ARE THE WATER METER TECHNICIANS UNDER? YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT.
WHY IS IT UNDER YOUR SO IN FINANCE, WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS, THE BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING DIVISION, THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE.
SO UTILITY BILLING OFFICE HAS THE MEETING TECHS.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, YOU'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT, UM, OFFICES AND ROOMS. SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT SPOTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THEY, WHERE THEY OFFICE, BUT FOR, OKAY, SO THE RECLASSIFICATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE, THEIR EXISTING STAFF, THE METER TACKS, THEY OPERATE OUT OF THEIR METER TECHNICIAN TRUCKS, AND THEY HAVE A DESK THAT THEY SHARE, UH, FOR WORK ORDERS, SERVICE ORDERS.
SO THE TWO STAFF ACCOUNTANTS WILL NEED OFFICE SPACE.
I WAS THINKING OF THE SAME OFFICE THAT JENNIFER SPOKE OF.
SO SHE MADE REQUESTS FOR THREE OR FOUR AS WELL, RIGHT? W W WERE ALL THESE FOLKS GOING TO GO? SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS ONCE PD MOVES TO THEIR NEW FACILITY THAT WILL RELEASE SOME OFFICE SPACE, UNLESS COUNCIL HAS A SPECIAL, UH, NEED FOR THAT BUILDING.
WE MAY USE THAT BUILDING AS A CITY HALL ANNEX.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER PLACE.
THE THIRD OPTION IS TO TAKE AWAY THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AND CONVERT THAT INTO AN OFFICE AND MOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE BEHIND THE PARTITION TENTATIVE PLAN HAS MOVED CITY SECRETARY OFFICE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AS WELL.
SO I THINK ONCE PD MOVES TO THE NEW FACILITY THAT WILL GIVE US A LOT MORE OPTIONS THAT WOULD TAKE THE RECORD RECORDS ROOM OVER TO THE PD AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE FILE CABINETS THERE WOULD BE ROOM THERE FOR THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF, UM, RECONSTRUCTING THIS BUILDING AND MAKING IT? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WASTED SPACE, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WALK UPSTAIRS AND THERE'S TABLES AND WHATNOT.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF JUST RE UH, PLANNING THAT OUT? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UNLESS SCOTT IS CONSIDERING THEM WELL, CURRENTLY WE'VE MAXIMIZED THEM, ALMOST EVERYTHING WE CAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE BADGE TO ENTRANCES.
SO ONCE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER DOES OPEN UP, UH, WE WILL VACATE SOME OFFICES.
THERE'LL BE SOME ROOM TO EXPAND.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS LIKE DOWNSTAIRS.
THERE'S LIKE A RECEPTIONIST AND THEN YOU WALK UPSTAIRS AND THERE'S ANOTHER RECEPTIONIST.
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WONDERING, CAN WE ELIMINATE, UH, THE ONE UPSTAIRS AND JUST KIND OF REORGANIZE WITH THAT? UH, WE CAN, UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING, SO Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THE WORKPLACE IS CHANGING, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE'RE ADDING FLEX WORKSPACE TO THAT INTO THE LOBBY.I JUST RECENTLY STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH TIM ABOUT BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL POWER SUPPLIES SO THAT WHERE THERE'S, CAUSE USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN A FLEX SPACE, THEY NEED LAPTOPS AND THESE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT BETWEEN SHARED SPACE AND BOOKING DESKS, WE CAN ACTUALLY FIT DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE CITY HALL WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND A DOLLAR MORE.
SO THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HAVING OFFICE 365 AND SHARED FOLDERS AND TEAMS AND ALL THESE OTHER TYPES OF TOOLS WHENEVER THEY'RE LEVERAGED PROPERLY.
SO BETWEEN ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AND LEVERAGING THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, WE LITERALLY COULD DOUBLE THEM THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT WORK HERE IN CITY HALL WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING.
SO THAT'S A BIG, BOLD STATEMENT.
YEAH, WELL, MIKE AND MY CONCERN IS, UM, A LOT OF PLACES ARE GOING TO WORK FROM HOME.
AND, UM, BUT FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE AS A CITY, THE PERMANENT WORK FROM HOME, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT WELL, IT'S ALL RELATIVE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT REALLY NEVER HAVE TO STEP FOOT IN CITY HALL.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE SOMEONE WHO'S DOING A WATER MODEL.
LIKE THEY NEVER INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE ONES THAT INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC, THE MOST WHO ARE CERTAINLY NEEDED.
AND THE OTHER ISSUES THAT COME WITH BRINGING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ON, ON CAMPUS, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BETTER TERM THAT'S BEEN USED, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT EVOLVING AND CHANGING TOO, YOU KNOW, IN CITIES ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL WE'RE WE'RE AS FAR AS KYLE IS CONSIDERED, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY FAR AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS COMPARED TO OUR ARE COMPARABLE CITIES IN THINKING FORWARD, LIKE OUR CAMPUS, IF YOU WILL, AS MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST THE CITY HALL FOOTPRINT, IT INCLUDES COFFEE SHOPS AND OTHER THINGS TOO, WHERE PEOPLE ARE HERE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO FLEXING OUT AND THEY'RE OVER AT SOME OTHER PLACE OR THEY'RE AT THE LIBRARY, OR MAYBE THEY'RE OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE STILL CITY FACILITIES TOO.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WOULD END UP WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT EMPLOYEES, NOT IN A FACILITY, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MUNICIPAL COURT BEFORE COVID, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS VIRTUAL MUNICIPAL COURT THAT, THAT WASN'T A THING THAT YOU COULD DO, BUT NOW WE CAN.
AND THAT IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO IT'S A LOT OF TROUBLE TO GO FIND CHILDCARE MAYBE, AND TAKE OFF WORK AND THEN TRY TO DRIVE DOWN HERE AND WAIT FOR YOUR HEARING THAT MAY HAPPEN SIX HOURS FROM THE TIME OF YOUR ARRIVE.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DO THAT WE CAN DO VIRTUALLY THAT ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN'T DO IF WE DON'T EMBRACE THOSE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A BALANCE THAT HAS TO BE FOUND.
I GUESS IT WASN'T AWARE THAT COURT WAS NOW VIRTUAL.
WE STILL HAVE IN-PERSON COURT, BUT WE CAN DO VIRTUAL COURT.
AND THAT'S KINDA MY POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO VIRTUAL MEETINGS, WE CAN HAVE, UM, AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE HYBRID SPACE TOO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, MAYBE WE'RE WORKING FOUR TENS, YOU KNOW, PD WORKS 12 HOUR SHIFTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, PARKS IS COMING IN EARLIER AND GETTING OFF EARLIER BEFORE THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS VERY MUCH THE PATH THAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING IS, IS MORE ABOUT EMPLOYEE AGENCY.
I JUST REMEMBER BEING IN WASHINGTON DC AND IN A ZOOM CONFERENCE CALL, IT WAS, I DON'T, I THINK WE ALMOST FELL ASLEEP YEAH, SCOTT, HE WAS AWAKE AND WAS KIND OF THE GLUE TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT AS FAR AS BEING A C AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF AVAILABLE.
I DON'T THINK IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE IN PERSON, BUT I THINK, UM, THE LUXURY OF WORKING FROM HOME, YOU KNOW, EVEN ONE EMPLOYEE FULL-TIME ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SEE AS A CITY.
UH, WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS, UM, AND I'M THE SAME AS YOU, LIKE, I HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO HAVE MY MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY I DON'T WANT TO SEE CITY HALL BE A VACANT PLACE.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL EVER BE VACANT.
LET'S BE, LET'S KEEP MOVING ON.
HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS BEEN ANSWERED OR CAN I GET YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD? NEVERMIND.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, SANDRA HR, THE MAYOR COUNCIL,
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SANDRA DURAN, DIRECTOR OF RECORD.AM I? WELL, MY APOLOGIES THAT I CAN BE THERE IN PERSON.
I HAD TO FLY OUT TO GEORGIA TODAY TO BE THERE, UH, HERE FOR MY SON.
UH, HE IS GRADUATING IN ARMY HE'S IN BASIC TRAINING, AND I WANT TO MISS THIS CEREMONY TOMORROW MORNING, CONGRATULATIONS, AND LOOKING AT THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, UH, EXPENSES OR THE ADDING, THE ONES THAT I'M PROPOSING, I'M PROPOSING A COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THIS INCLUDES, THIS IS BASE SALARY, PLUS THE BENEFITS AND PAYROLL TAXES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
UM, IT CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY FOR 200,000 AND THE PAY PARODY IMPLEMENTATION AS, UH, IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, EVERY YEAR WE'VE BEEN ADDING 150,000, UM, TO BE IN PAR WITH THE CITIES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, THAT WE COMPARE TO, WHICH AS A REMINDER IS NEW BRAUNFELS, SAN MARCOS LEANDER IN PFLUGERVILLE, AND, UH, WITH DE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY THAT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A YEAR, UM, TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE DATA.
SO, UM, WE, WE WILL ALSO NEED TO BE FUNDED, UM, AS WE GO TO STAY IN PAR WITH THE CITIES THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO COMPARE TO, OR THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED US TO COMPARE TO THE POSITION OF COMPENSATION AND ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE, UM, BECAUSE AS WE KEEP ON ADDING DIFFERENT TITLES TO THE SALARY GUIDE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE UP TO 50 DIFFERENT JOB TITLES.
AND, UM, THIS PERSON WILL ADMINISTER THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PROGRAM, UH, PLAN PLANNING, DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, EVALUATING THE PAY PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND STRATEGIES, AND COORDINATING ALL THESE SALARY SURVEYS THAT WE HAVE, UH, EVERY SIX MONTHS, UH, WITH THE CITIES AS THEY CHANGED ALONG WITH THE TOTAL COMPENSATION, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE BENEFITS IN THERE.
UM, THEY WILL ALSO HANDLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENTS, UM, DEALING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR DIFFERENT, UH, PAY ISSUES.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS, ON THESE THREE NEEDS.
AND LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST, AND THIS IS AS MUCH FOR ME CAUSE I, I KEEP THE TIME GOING, BUT FOR CONTEXT, SO WE'RE IT, WE'RE TWO HOURS IN AND HOW, HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS HAVE WE GOTTEN THROUGH? JUST SO WE KNOW, BECAUSE FOLKS AT THE END WE'LL GET THE WORST HOUSE.
IF WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS, I PROBABLY HAVE ZEN LOOK LIKE EVEN HALF YET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST AS JUST SOME DEPARTMENTS, HALF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL ITEMS AFTERWARDS.
SO IF WE COULD ALL, AND THAT INCLUDES ME AND THE COUNCIL AS WELL, LET'S JUST, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL AND LET'S JUST BE EXPEDITIOUS.
UM, MATT DAWSON, DIRECTOR OF IT, UM, FOR THE RECORD.
SO I'M GOING TO START BACKWARDS HERE.
UM, SO THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR US WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER OPENING.
UH, WE FINALLY GET SOME OFFICES AND SOME FLEX SPACE FOR MY TEAM.
UM, BUT ALSO THIS, UH, NEW CENTER REALLY IS THE, UH, CENTER OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CITY OF KYLE, UH, REALLY WILL BECOME OUR NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE PURCHASING A LOT OF, UH, NETWORKING EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE PD BONDS.
SO THIS BUILDING CAN BE OPERATIONAL ON DAY ONE.
UM, THAT FIGURE ON US, IT WILL BE AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT THAT WILL BE EVERYTHING FROM SWITCHES TO FIREWALLS, TO ACCESS POINTS TO SERVERS, UH, FOR THAT BUILDING, UM, THAT SEGUES NICELY INTO OUR INTERNET CONTRACT NEGOTIATED JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT OUR FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH SPECTRUM IS UP, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, INTERNET AND FIBER TO MOST ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO THIS ACTUALLY FALLS ON FACILITIES, BUDGET, NOT IT, BUT I KIND OF ADMINISTER IT.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, FORTUNATELY WITH COMPETITORS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH FRONTIER, UM, GRANDA AT AND T AND, UM, SPECTRUM TO BASICALLY DO AN RFP TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHAT SERVICES WE NEED AND ALSO CUT COSTS.
UM, THE DESIGN OF THIS NETWORK WAS REALLY DONE BY MY PREDECESSOR.
SO I THINK ULTIMATELY I CAN CUT COSTS AND IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I WILL TRY TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND LEVERAGE OUR POSITIONS WITH ALL THOSE COMPETITORS.
UM, THOSE WILL BE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS, SO THEY
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WILL BE COMING, UM, TO COUNSEL.UM, SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE IN THE COMING WEEKS OR MONTHS THERE.
UM, MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 SUITE UPGRADE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE USE OFFICE 365 FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE, UM, ACCOUNTS FOR EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY.
AND THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO UPGRADE TO THE HIGHER LICENSING, WHICH UNLOCKS A LOT OF THE TOOLS AND FEATURES, UM, WITHIN OFFICE 365.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS SECURITY RELATED, UM, ITEMS THAT I'M EXCITED FOR TO PREVENT RANSOMWARE ATTACKS AND THINGS SIMILAR TO THAT.
UM, THAT PAIRS, WELL WITH OUR PHONE SYSTEM UPGRADE, WE'RE CURRENTLY USING RINGCENTRAL FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN UNHAPPY WITH THE SERVICE AND THEY'RE KIND OF GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH US, UH, FROM US WHAT THEIR VISION.
AND SO I'M LOOKING TO MOVE ALL THIS INTO THE OFFICE 365 SUITE.
SO THIS NUMBER ACTUALLY, THE GOOD NEWS IS WITH THAT UPGRADE TO OFFICE 365.
IT INCLUDES A PHONE SYSTEM FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE BAKED INTO THAT COST.
SO THAT ACTUALLY $30,000 IT'LL BE A LOT LESS THAN THAT.
AND HONESTLY, I THINK THOSE TOGETHER WILL ALMOST BECOME NEUTRAL WHERE WE'RE MAYBE PAY AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 THAT WE THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, UM, MOVING INTO POSITIONS.
UM, FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE, UH, I HAVE FOUR POSITIONS UNDERNEATH ME AND MY DEPARTMENT THE LAST TIME.
AND THE ONLY TIME I ASKED FOR A NEW EMPLOYEE, IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO AND WE CREATED OUR FIRST SYSTEMS ANALYST POSITION AND THAT POSITION VERY MUCH AS A LIAISON, UM, TO DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE, UM, IN THE CITY TO ULTIMATELY WORK WITH THEM, TO ROLL OUT NEW TECHNOLOGY, IMPLEMENT IT, DESIGN IT, UM, THEIR PROJECT MANAGER, THEY'RE A TRAINER AND SOMETIMES EVEN A THERAPIST.
UM, AND I'VE LEARNED, UH, LOOKING AT OTHER SUCCESSFUL CITIES THAT THEY ULTIMATELY HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE.
I THINK SAN MARCUS HAS FIVE AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ONES FOR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS IN THE CITY, SO THEY CAN REALLY CONCENTRATE THEM.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW, DANIELLE IS JUST SUPER OVERWORKED, UM, AND TRAINING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SPREAD SO THIN, BUT YOU CAN HAVE ALL THESE GREAT TOOLS, BUT IF NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO USE THEM, THEN IT'S KIND OF POINTLESS.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET TO A POINT WE CAN TRAIN AND DO MORE TRAINING THE TRAINERS.
UM, AND AGAIN, DON'T FORGET THIS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THE CITY.
SO AS THE CITY GROWS, AS THESE DEPARTMENTS GROW, AS WE GET THIS PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER WHERE UTILIZE MORE AND MORE, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE HELP DESK TICKETS THAT COME IN, WHICH LEADS TO KIND OF A, IT SUPPORT LEAD.
THIS PERSON WOULD BE KIND OF TIER THREE OF OUR SUPPORT AND IT WOULD REALLY ALLOW US TO HANDLE THOSE TICKETS AND HANDLE ALL THE GROWTH THE CITY'S HAVING WITH ALL THESE NEW EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE RECLASSIFICATION OF OUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TO ASSISTANT IT DIRECTOR.
UM, MARCO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OVER EIGHT YEARS AND HE'S A VERY LOYAL, DEDICATED EMPLOYEE, VERY MUCH MY RIGHT HAND, MAN.
AND, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT GROWING, UM, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO START ADDING A KIND OF NUMBER TWO.
HE WOULD KIND OF HANDLE MORE OF THE DIVISION OF, UH, SUPPORT.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD, UH, ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO GROW, ALLOW ME TO FOCUS ON BIGGER INITIATIVES WITH THE CITY AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, KEEP A GOOD CANDIDATES, UM, WORKING FOR THE CITY AND NOT LOSE THEM.
UM, SO THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M PAUL FAILING DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES.
UH, WE'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF NEW ASS FOR YOU THIS YEAR, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR LONG RANGE PLAN THAT WE JUST COMPLETED.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY LOOK THAT OVER AND MAKE THESE REQUESTS.
BUT, UH, FIRST THING WE'D LIKE TO DO, UH, IN ORDER TO BETTER ORGANIZE THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY, ASIDE FROM MYSELF AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND, UH, OUR ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN, WE REALLY HAVE, WELL, AT LEAST UNTIL I GOT HERE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LIBRARY CLERKS.
WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE ALL LIBRARY ASSISTANTS WITH THE SAME TITLE AND SORT OF AS THE LIBRARY GREW, THEY WOULD JUST TAKE ON LITTLE THINGS.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS START ORGANIZING THAT STAFF A LITTLE BETTER.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT IS TO RECLASSIFY A LIBRARY ASSISTANT TO CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS PROVIDE A PERSON TO WORK THAT CIRCULATION DESK TO, UH, THAT WOULD DIRECTLY SUPERVISE, UH, THE FOUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
AND BASICALLY JUST TO, UP TO UP THE STANDARD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THE WAY WE SHOULD AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF DUTIES LIKE THAT AND KEEPING AN EYE ON CERTAIN THINGS.
SO WE'VE, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE NOT ONLY ADVANTAGEOUS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT AS WE GROW AND PERHAPS LOOK AT A NEW FACILITY, WE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO START CREATING DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN BE MANAGED A LITTLE BETTER, AND THIS WOULD BE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS ONE OF THE, ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT ON THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
AND OF COURSE, WE GET THIS ON A FAIRLY
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REGULAR BASIS.ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THE LIBRARY AND THE KIDS LOVE TO COME HERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HAPPY PLACE.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO STUDY OVER HERE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOUD AND CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS? AND WE DO HAVE A QUIET ROOM, BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S KIND OF BEEN PUT TOGETHER, IT, IT, IT TENDS TO THE FURNITURE AND SO FORTH.
AND OF COURSE IT'S GETTING OLD NOW, ANYWAY, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, BUT IT TENDS TO, PEOPLE TEND TO VISIT IN THERE OR DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TO ADDRESS, UH, WHAT THE CITIZENS TOLD US THEY WANT IS A GOOD PLACE TO STUDY.
A VERY QUIET PLACE, HAS GET SOME STUDY CAROLS UP TO SIX OF THOSE, PUT THEM IN THAT ROOM, THAT QUIET ROOM AND MAKE THAT JUST FOR STUDY.
AND OF COURSE, FOLKS WILL TAKE THEIR TESTS, WILL PROCTOR EXAMS AND DO THAT SORT OF THING AND, AND HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, WHERE THEY CAN PLUG IN THEIR LAPTOPS AND DO ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE JUST MORE EASY CONTENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING, OF COURSE, IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
UM, THE HOOPLA INITIATIVE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
OF COURSE, THAT'S, UH, A STREAMING PLATFORM, UM, FOR MOVIES, UM, YOU KNOW, FILMS, BOOKS, AUDIO BOOKS, YOU NAME IT, UH, MAGAZINES AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THAT BY ABOUT 5,000 AND THE OVERDRIVE CONTENT THAT WILL ACTUALLY, THAT 4,000 WOULD BE FOR OUR ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT, WHICH WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A CONSORTIUM.
BUT, UH, THAT RIGHT THERE WOULD ALL THE TITLES THAT WE'VE PURCHASED WITH THIS 4,000 IN ADDITION TO THE OTHERS WOULD BE JUST FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE ON A WAIT LIST, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WITH THE WHOLE CENTRAL TEXAS CONSORTIUM.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THE LIBRARY HAS IS WE HAVE THE THRIFT STORE OVER THERE AND THE FRIENDS AND WE HAVE PUT IN ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THIS YEAR.
SO WE DID HAVE MORE NEEDS, BUT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY, THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, WE'VE MADE A REQUEST TO THE FRIENDS.
SO WE DIDN'T BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOTTEN ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARIANA SPINOZA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
I WILL CUT MY NARRATIVE IN HALF FOR TIME SAKE, AND I WILL JUST BEGIN WITH, UH, OUR BUDGET REQUESTS, NOT ONLY REFLECT OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT AND PART PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE IN DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOALS TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS OUR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND OUR GOLD STANDARD.
AND WE HAVE SEEN WITH JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOW WE HAVE POSITIONED PARKS AND RECREATION HERE IN THE CITY OF KYLE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OF KYLE PASSING THEIR FIRST PARKS BOND EVER WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY-WIDE TRAIL MASTER PLAN AND WENT TO THE OPENING OF JUST 3.8 MILES OF TRAIL.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 18 EMPLOYEES IN THREE DIVISIONS OF THOSE 18 EMPLOYEES.
ONLY 13 OF THOSE ARE PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND ABOUT 555 ACRES THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE TRAILS.
AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UPCOMING HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK OR LAVITA.
THEY PARK A SUMMARY OF OUR REQUESTS INCLUDE SIX NEW POSITIONS, TWO NEW SEASONAL POSITIONS, ONE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION TO LEASE TRUCKS, A 15 PASSENGER VAN, THREE MULES, NEW EQUIPMENT, OTHER SUPPORT COSTS AND NEW CIPS, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL.
NOW WE'RE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF FIVE NEW PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.
ONE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN WILL GO LAVA.
THEY PARK ONE TO CITY SQUARE PARK AND WANT TO HEAR AS MEMORIAL PARK.
THE OTHER TWO WILL ASSIST THE THREE PARKS AND ROTATE, AND THEY ALSO HELPED WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK BRIGHT VIEW WILL BE MAINTAINING THE PARKS ONCE A WEEK.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THESE FIVE PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS IS TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS WHEN BRIGHT VIEW IS NOT THERE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THERAPEUTIC THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALISTS THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAMMING INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTABLE RECREATION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SEEN THE GREAT NEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST SPECIAL NEEDS DANCE.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE INCLUSIVE AND THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAMMING.
WE WERE ASKING FOR TWO SEASONAL RECREATION AIDES THAT WILL REPORT TO THE RECREATION PROGRAMMERS.
THE RECREATION PROGRAMMERS CURRENTLY HAVE NO STAFF.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY PROGRAMS OR EVENTS, THEY HAVE TO RUN THEM THEIRSELVES.
THE THOUGHT IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ONE SEASONAL AID OR A CATHETER YEAR, AND THE OTHER SEASONAL AID WORK.
THE OTHER HALF OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECLASS A PART MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN POSITION TO A PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN THAT HAS A, UM, A HUGE BACKGROUND IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND GRAPHIC ARTWORK.
UH, THIS APARTMENT, HIS TECHNICIAN HAS DESIGNED NUMEROUS PROJECTS FOR US, INCLUDING BANNERS FLYERS.
AND THIS PERSON HAS DESIGNED ALL THE BANNERS ON CENTER STREET AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE ARTWORK AT THE POOL, THE NEW MURAL.
UM, SO REQUESTING THAT POSITION GETS REPROGRAMMED TO A PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
WE ARE REQUESTING A PORTABLE RESTROOM WITH A GENERATOR IN WATER
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TANK FOR EVERY SPECIAL EVENT.WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO RENT RESTROOMS. WE REQUESTED AN LED MOBILE SCREEN, WHICH IS LEADING EDGE AND INNOVATIVE.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO USE SIX PEOPLE TO BLOW UP THE INFLATABLE SCREEN ANYMORE.
THIS LED MOBILE SCREEN WILL ALSO, UM, CAN BE USED FOR JUST OTHER PROMOTIONAL EVENTS.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY UP MOVIES PLAYING ON IT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONLY 13 PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, MORE THAN 555 PLUS ACRES OF LAND.
UM, WE PREFERRED EXMARK MOWERS JUST FOR COMPARABLE PRICING, BUT WE COULD DO FERRIS CHARLES SPARTANS.
UM, BUT ALL OF OUR MOWERS ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE OUTDATED AS WELL AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT.
SO THESE WOULD BE REPLACEMENT MOWERS AND DIFFERENT SIZES DUE TO, UM, WHETHER OR NOT REMOTING, JUST A CITY PARK OR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, UH, FOR THE TWO CHEVY TRUCKS, THEY'D BE REPLACEMENT TRUCKS AT TWO OF OUR PARKS.
AND OUR 15 PASSENGER VAN WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE RECREATION DIVISION, UM, EITHER FOR PROGRAMS OR EVENTS AND EVEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MOBILE RECREATION.
SO THERE'LL BE DAYS WHERE THE 15 PASSENGER VAN WILL GO OUT TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOSTS AND DIFFERENT RECREATION PROGRAMS. SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY, WE'RE ASKING FOR THREE MULES, WE DID GET TWO MULES AND A PREVIOUS BUDGET REQUEST, BUT WE WERE STILL IN NEED OF THREE, ONE REPLACEMENT MULE, MON ONE MULE FOR REC AND ADMIN IN ANOTHER MULE, PHARR PARKS.
WE WERE ASKING FOR A WATER TRAILER IN A DUMP TRAILER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY BORROWING, UM, SHARING THE WATER TRAILER.
UH, AND WE ARE IN NEED OF A DUMP TRAILER.
WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ALTOS TREK BRUSH MOWER THAT WILL BE USED FOR, UH, MOSTLY AREAS OF SPACE FOR MOMENT WHERE IT'S TIGHT FOR US TO GET TO.
WE CURRENTLY USE THE BENCH VENTRIC.
AND SO OUR VENTURE REC IS GOOD FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
AND INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE VENTRAC, WE'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE BRUSH MOWER.
AND AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, SATISFACTION SURVEY, THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UM, HAVE SHOWN THAT THEIR SATISFACTION WITH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS HAS INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, WITH OUR NEW RECREATION MANAGER POSITION TO OFFER MORE RECREATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE AT TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO NEED RECREATION SOFTWARE, WE'RE USING ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
WE'RE STILL DOING RENTALS BY EXCEL SPREADSHEET IN HAND IN CALENDAR.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE SOFTWARE THAT DOES ALL OF OUR CAMP REGISTRATION.
ALL OF OUR RENTALS AND RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK ONLINE TO SEE A PAVILIONS.
OUR BALL FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE.
THEY'D BE ABLE TO BOOK ONLINE AND, UM, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'D LIKE TO LEAD WITH THE RECREATION SOFTWARE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH THE PARK RECREATION BOARD ON, UH, SELECTING A MASCOT FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UH, PERVEZ EDIT OUR LITTLE FOX THERE.
UH, SO WE'D LIKE TO GET A MASCOT COSTUME.
UH, ONE OF THE LEADING TRENDS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING ARE GAGA PITS.
SO WE WERE ASKING FOR TWO GAGA PITS AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER EQUIPMENT SUCH AS, UM, BLOWERS AND JUST SMALL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AS FAR AS IRC IPS.
AND ALSO THAT WAS NOTED AS ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
WE ARE AGAIN ASKING FOR A RECREATION CENTER FACILITY.
WE ARE WANTING TO PUSH OUR RECREATION PROGRAM TO GOLD STANDARD AND LEADING EDGE, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INDOOR FACILITY TO DO SO.
HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROGRAM NEW PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, SUCH AS OUTDOOR YOGA, OUTDOOR BATON TWIRLING, AND PARTNERING WITH CENTER FIELD TO HOST INDOOR TRIVIA NIGHTS.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE OUR PROGRAMMING EFFORTS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR FIVE NEW PARK RESTROOMS AT ALL OF OUR PARK RESTROOMS. AND SO YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EXISTING RESTROOMS WILL THEY WOULD TURN INTO STORAGE FOR OUR NEW EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP FOUR SEASONS IN BROOKSIDE PARK WHERE THE PLAN IS TO PUT SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UH, WE HAVE POOL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO PROGRAM AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND FOR PEOPLE OF ALL NEEDS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR ANNUAL FUNDING FOR FESTIVE LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS FUNDING FOR OUR BALL, FIELD LIGHTS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
SO BALL, FIELD IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT INCLUDE THE PLAYERS' BENCHES, THE DUGOUTS, UM, FENCING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE MORE FISHING AT COOLSPRINGS AND LINEBERGER LAKE AND TO DO SO WE WOULD NEED AERIATION.
WE ARE, UH, ARE ALREADY STARTING WITH IRRIGATION AT GREG CLARK PARK IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE SOME MONEY FUNDED FOR STEEPLECHASE PARK, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT TO BOTH, UH, TO OUR OTHER PARKS, INCLUDING WATERLOO PARK.
WE DO NEED SOME INDOOR IMPROVEMENTS AT CREW, INCLUDING NEW TABLES AND NEW CHAIRS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FOR A OFFICE BUILDING AT LAKE KYLE, BUT IF YOU WANT A PICTURE, IT'S REALLY JUST A MINI LOG CABIN, BUT A SMALLER SIZE OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW JUST FOR MORE SPACE AND STORAGE AND OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, INCLUDING SHADING, PICNIC, BENCHES, SHADE STRUCTURES, AND THOSE ARE REQUESTS.
MARIANNA JUST REAL QUICK ON THE TRAILER, THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING? WHERE ARE WE GONNA USE THOSE AT THE EVENTS? OR ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOWNTOWN? YEAH, THE PORTABLE RESTAURANTS SHOULD BE, WOULD BE FOR EVENTS, BUT WOULD BE HOUSED DOWNTOWN.
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SOUNDS GOOD.WHAT ARE THESE DEPARTMENT BATHROOMS LOOK LIKE? THEY LOOK LIKE REGULAR PARK RESTROOMS, BUT I'M MORE OF LIKE THE UPDATED, INNOVATIVE STYLE.
UM, I CAN EMAIL YOU A PICTURE.
LIKE I'VE SEEN SOME, I'VE SEEN SOME REALLY GREAT ONES, UM, AT VARIOUS PARKS REALLY NICELY BUILT.
AND, UM, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATED PARK, UH, UPDATED RESTROOMS AND ALL THE PARKS, I GUESS.
SO, SO TO GET THESE NUMBERS, WE'VE PUT THIS ON.
SO TO GET THESE NUMBERS, WE'VE LOOKED AT RESTROOMS AND OTHER PARKS AND, AND GOT PRICES BASED ON THAT.
BUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE THEM, WE'LL BE DOING SOME DUE DILIGENCE.
WE'LL BE BRING IN THE OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW.
SO THESE RESTROOMS WOULD BE IN ALL THE PARKS.
WE WOULD GET NEW RESTROOMS AT EACH PARK.
SO THE, IT WOULD BE A PORTABLE TRAILER, WHICH WOULD BE HOUSED AT CITY SQUARE PARK AND THEN WATER LEAF, STEEPLE, CHASE, GREG CLARK PARK.
THEY WOULD ALL GET NEW RESTROOM FACILITIES, NEW BUILDINGS.
BUT SO NOW WE'RE RUNNING YOU A LINES, WATER LINES, SEWER LINES.
WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO JUST UPGRADE WHAT WE HAVE NOW? ARE THEY JUST SMALL? I THINK, YEAH.
SO WE ARE APART MAINTENANCE MANAGERS HERE AS WELL.
AND WE DID LOOK AT QUOTING UPGRADES VERSUS NEW RESTROOMS, AND WE'RE LIKE, WE NEED MORE STORAGE.
SO BY THE TIME WE ASKED FOR MORE STORAGE AND UPGRADE OUR RESTROOMS, IT JUST MADE MORE SENSE TO US TO ASK FOR NEW RESTROOMS AND USE OUR EXISTING RESTROOMS AS STORAGE.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE UTILITIES, CAUSE THAT'S A BIG COST.
SO RUNNING UTILITIES, IT WAS STILL A BETTER NUMBER THAN THAT.
THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW THAT.
SO, SO THE IDEA ON THE RESTROOMS AGAIN IS WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, JUST TURN THOSE INTO STORAGE AND THEN BUILD A SEPARATE RESTROOM WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA.
JUST RUN THE LINES CORRUPT, OR JUST STILL HAVE THEM CONNECTED.
NOW WITH, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, STEEPLECHASE WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE MAYBE EXPANDING THAT PATIO, THE ACTUAL AREA THERE IN PAVEMENT AS WELL? PAVING THAT AREA.
AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE EVEN WIDER THE, THE PATIOS OR ACTUALLY WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED NEEDLE, UM, AND, AND USE IT AND THEN PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY USE IT MORE, ADD MORE PARK BENCHES IN THERE, OR JUST OPEN IT UP FOR A SHADED PLAY.
THAT'S THE WORD? THAT'S GREAT IDEA.
UH, JUST ONE LAST THING, IF NO OTHER CUSTOMER WAS TO GO YET, I WANT TO GIVE HER EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'VE I HAD A RESIDENT, UH, REACH OUT TO ME AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'VE GOT A PARK HAZARD IN AN AREA OF TOWN.
UH, I REALLY THOUGHT WE HAD, AS A CITY HAD DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT IF YOU GO DOWN BB ROAD, BEFORE IT TURNS INTO HIGH ROAD, THERE ARE NO PARKS WHATSOEVER IN THAT AREA.
UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE FOREVER TO GET TO A PARK.
THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PLANS IN THAT AREA, BUT I'VE REALLY LIKED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION IN REAL TIME.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD ADD THAT TO THIS BUDGET YEAR WOULD BE GREAT.
IF WE COULD IDENTIFY AN AREA, GET A PARK STARTED.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT THE BALL FIELDS.
SO IS THERE A PARK AT THE OPTIMIST IT'S RE IT'S A REAL TINY ONE IT'S REALLY CHEAPLY MADE.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT TO.
IT'S JUST A BASEBALL COMPLEX, BUT IT'S VERY HEAVY POPULATED AREA.
AND TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CIP LISTS YOU HAVE HERE.
UH, LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER FIVE.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THINK THE IDEA OF AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IN CALA HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS, EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PORTIONS OF LIKE KYLE, WHERE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND COULD GO AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IS ESSENTIALLY AN ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND.
SO THE PLAY PIECES THAT ARE IN THE PLAYGROUND WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AMPUTEES OR FOLKS WHO COME INTO WHEELCHAIRS.
THE SURFACING WILL BE SPECIALIZED.
THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OUT AT THE PLAYGROUND WOULD HAVE TRANSFER LEVELS.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS ON A WHEELCHAIR THAT COULD EASILY TRANSFER ONTO THAT PIECE OF APPARATUS, THE SWINGS WOULD BE MORE LIKE IN A DISGUST SHAPE WHERE YOU COULD ROLL OFF YOUR WHEELCHAIR AND ONTO THE PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE SURFING IS SURFACING IS A HUGE DEAL.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, AND EVENTUALLY MEET OUR TEAM.
WE WOULD LOVE TO GET ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS TO HAVE INCLUSIVE PLACE, INCLUSIVE PIECES.
SO THAT WAY ANYONE OF ANY NEED CAN GO TO ANY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
YES, MA'AM THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
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KAYAK GROUP CAME TO US ABOUT INCLUSIVE PLAY PLAYGROUND.WE ADDED MONEY IN THAT BUDGET TO ADD A FEW THINGS TO EXISTING PARKS.
AND WE HADN'T REALLY BUILT A NEW PARK SINCE THE VERY DAY TO MAKE THAT AN ALL IN CLOSE TO PLAY PLAYGROUND.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY IS MY, MY QUESTION WAS POOR.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT FOR THE AUDIENCE.
UM, WOULD THIS BE GOING IN TO ADD EQUIPMENT TO ALL OF OUR EXISTING PARKS? SO THAT, THAT, UH, THE GROUND, SOME OF LIKE WE HAVE DOWN HERE AT MERRY HEART CALLED, UH, THE PARK DOWNTOWN, ADDING THOSE SWINGS AND ADDITIONAL THINGS TO EXISTING PARK, UH, TO THE EXISTING PARKS.
THIS PARTICULAR CIP REQUEST IS FOR ONE INCLUSIVE PARK.
HOWEVER, WE'D HAVE ASKED IN OUR CIP LINES FOR PARK IMPROVEMENT, MONEY, EVERY SINGLE PARK, SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO BUY INCLUSIVE PLAY PIECES AT THE PARK.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT 200,000 NUMBER FIVE IS FOR A PLAYGROUND.
AND DO HAVE WE, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT'S FINE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT MOST LIKELY WILL BE THE PARK BOARD.
WE STILL LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE KYLE.
UM, NEXT, MOVING DOWN TO ITEM SIX ON THAT SAME CIP.
UH, SO THIS WOULD SO FESTIVE LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS.
THIS WOULD BE HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, VARIOUS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THIS IS MORE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS OUR, UH, A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY LIGHTING EVERY YEAR THAT THE IDEA WAS EVERY YEAR WE WOULD BUY NEW HOLIDAY DECORATION FOR CITY SQUARE PARK IN CENTER STREET.
AND THAT THE OLDER DECORATION WOULD GET REUSED AT ANOTHER PARK.
IT WOULD BE LIKE KYLE OR GREG CLARK PARK.
IT WOULD GET THEY'LL, THOSE PARTS WOULD TURN INTO DRIVE THROUGH HOLIDAYS.
AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS WAS THAT THIS FESTIVAL LIGHTING WOULD BE MOSTLY FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO YOU DID GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THAT, RIGHT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PUTTING THAT ON THE CIP.
I'M GOING TO JUMP ON NUMBER NINE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE LIST DECKS BECAUSE, OR, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES AND THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING IRRIGATED.
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? IS THIS DESIGNED LIKE OUT AT THE DOG PARK AT STEEPLECHASE AND YES, THIS IS, UM, THIS ARROGATION REQUEST IS MOSTLY FOR BALL FIELDS.
UM, WE LIKE TO HAVE THE BALL FIELDS AT STEEPLECHASE AND WATER LEAF IRRIGATED AS WELL, SO WE CAN START RUNNING THEM.
AND THEN AS BENITO STARTED TO MENTION ALONG THE ENTRANCE GRASS LINES OF EACH PARK, THE GATEWAYS TO THE PARKS, IS THERE CURRENTLY A PLAN OR IN PLACE TO TRY AND GET IRRIGATION ON THE DIFFERENT TREES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANTING LIKE AROUND STEEPLECHASE.
AND I, I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO GO AND HAND WATER THOSE THINGS, RIGHT.
WHAT WOULD THAT CONCERN THERE? UH, IMPLEMENTING A IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON THE PLAINFIELD, WOULD WE HAVE ISSUES OF PLAYERS BREAKING THEM OR RUNNING INTO THEM OR DAMAGING THEM? IF WE SET UP A WHOLE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE FIELD, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AS FAR AS, OKAY, WE GOT OUR TREE WE PLANT, RIGHT.
AND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE WE'RE WE'RE HAND WATERING THEM.
VERSUS ACTUALLY, IF WE, IF WE INSTALL LANDSCAPING IN GENERAL, WITHOUT IRRIGATION, I THINK WE'RE MAKING A MISTAKE BECAUSE WE'LL LET IT DIE.
UH, OR WE WILL HAVE TO EXPEND A LOT OF STAFF TIME.
RECENTLY WE HAVE TO SPEND SIX HOURS, FOUR TO SIX HOURS A DAY.
AND THOSE TREES THAT WE HAVE, ARE THEY DONATED OR ARE THEY GIVEN TO US, OR WE SPEND MONEY ON THEM.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I MEAN, TDS CONTRACT, WE ARE ABLE TO REQUEST THROUGH THEM AS WELL.
WELL, I SHOULD STILL THEY'LL, THEY'LL GROW UP BETTER IF THERE'S A CONSTANT IRRIGATION FEED ON THEM, DRIP LINES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I JUST, I WAS EXCITED WHEN I SAW CITYWIDE PARK IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF FOCUSING ON LANDSCAPING PARKS.
UM, SINCE WE HAVE, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIBE AND WE HAVE A TON OF GROWTH, AS FAR AS OUR PARKS ARE CONCERNED.
I SEE THERE'S A, YOU'RE ASKING FOR SIX NEW POSITIONS.
ARE ANY OF THOSE FOR AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR? THEY CURRENTLY ARE NOT.
WE DO JERRY AND I HAVE BOTH DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, I THINK THE VERY LAST MINUTE, UM, WE PULLED IT IN HOPES THAT WE COULD GET A THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALISTS, BUT WE DO NEED AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE FUTURE.
CAUSE WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE DISCUSSING AND LOOKING AT IT FOR PIE IN THE SKY, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASSUMING A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITIES.
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JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.IT WAS DEFINITELY SUPPORTED BY JERRY AND AT THE END, IT WAS MY DECISION.
I WANTED A THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST.
I THINK THAT THE PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A CTRS ON STAFF ARE ENDLESS.
IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY TO HAVE A CTRS.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO I WANT TO, TO SAY AS WELL, UM, I'M A SUPPORTER OF THAT.
NUMBER EIGHT, THE AERATION AT COOLEST SPRINGS IN LINEBARGER LAKE FOR THE, UH, FISHING OPPORTUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY POPULAR IN OUR CITY AND ATTRACTS ATTENTION THERE.
UM, I'M IN SUPPORT AS WELL OF THE TECHNICIANS, UM, ALL OF THEM, AS WELL AS THE RECREATION THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST.
UH, CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES IT'S TOUGH CALLS ON THE SMARTY ON THEM, BUT IT'S A YEAR TO YEAR.
AND SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA PUSH OFF TO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT YOUR, UH, DECISION, UH, IN GOING WITH THE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO THE ASSISTANT, UH, I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF LARGER THAN SUPPORTIVE.
MOST OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS, THE RECLASSIFICATIONS, UM, IF NOTHING MORE THAN I THINK, UH, THE, I T DIRECTOR MENTIONED IT, UH, IN HIS SPEECH, BUT I THINK IT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD WITH EVERYONE, UM, RETAINING, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, IN, IN THAT ARE, HAVE EXPERIENCED INSTITUTION, KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT'S INVALUABLE.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS A NECESSARY EXPENSE.
CAN I ASK YOU IF WE HAVE AERATION BEHIND TOBY'S IN THAT WE DO NOT, NOT IN LINEBERGER.
UM, YEAH, WE DO NOT HAVE VARIATION IN LIBRARY.
WELL, I KNOW LAST YEAR THEY HAD ALL THOSE DEAD FISH, UM, PUSH BECAME A HUGE ISSUE AND THEN THE SMELL WAS REALLY BAD.
OUR GOAL WAS, UM, WE REQUESTED TO GET AERATION
WE CAN PROMOTE SOME WATERCRAFT ACTIVITY, LIKE CANOEING, KAYAKING, AND THEN BE ABLE TO WORK WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ON STOCKING IT AND PROMOTING IT AS A FISHING LOCATION.
BUT TO GET THERE, WE NEED VARIATION.
SO I, I, I MISSED THE ONE COME FROM CONVERSATION.
I'M GOING TO GO, BUT YEAH, AERATION IS VERY IMPORTANT AT ALL OUR, UH, I GUESS, TANKS, PONDS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM LAKES.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT ANYTIME YOU HAVE STANDING WATER AS NOT GETTING OXYGEN AS YOU NEED IT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MOSQUITOES, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A HEALTH ISSUE.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ERASING EVERYTHING THAT EVERY BODY OF WATER THAT WE HAVE THAT IS IN OUR CITY IS PROBABLY VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON.
BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY AERATION IS, IS PROBABLY KEY TO SAFETY AS WELL.
UH, WELL, WELL, I CAN SEND SENIOR PLANNER, UH, BEFORE YOU, WE GOT THE, UH, INCREASE REQUEST FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY $504,000.
UH, THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THE CHANGE IN THE END IS THE COMP PLAN REWRITE, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION OF A BUDGET ITEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO SOME EXTENT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, AN ESTIMATE FROM THE, UM, VIRGINITY, UM, AND, UM, WITH THE INCREASE, UM, IN ADDITION FOR THE NEW, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR ON THAT ASPECT OF 360,000, THAT'LL COVER THE CONTINUATION AND CANOEING COSTS OF THE COMP PLAN WITH A CODE REWRITE AS WELL ON THE HEELS OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, ASKING TO, UM, THROW IN APPROXIMATELY $50,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES.
UH, WE ARE USING THIRD-PARTY SERVICES QUITE A BIT, UM, FOR SUBAREA PLANS WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING CONCEPTS TOGETHER.
UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IS HELPING QUITE A BIT FROM, UH, FROM, UH, GETTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, PRESENTING IDEAS TO DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE AREA IT'S, IT'S BECOMING QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST OPTIONS THAT WE DID WITH THAT WAS, UH, THAT THE BB ROAD PUD THAT CAME THROUGH A FEW MONTHS AGO, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS WITH MONEY THAT WE HAD FROM THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE LEGAL SERVICES ON THERE, BUT I GUESS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY GET STRUCK IF, UH, WE ENDED UP HIRING A LEGAL TEAM.
UH, BUT WE ARE FROM THIS YEAR, UM, WE, WE INCREASE IT'S, WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED
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THE, UH, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO KEEP PAYING LEGAL.UM, AS PREVIOUS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ALMOST EVERY ASPECT HAS, HAS NE HAS A NEED FOR LEGAL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
SO, UM, WE'RE INCREASING, UH, TRAINING AND CONFERENCES.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL CONFERENCES, WE GET THESE MASSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE STATE CONFERENCES AS WELL.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING TO MAKE, TO COVER THE COST OF HOTELS AND TRAVEL AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND GO INTO THE CONFERENCE AS WELL.
UH, WE THREW IN ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $10,000 FOR OFFICE FURNITURE.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON, ONE POSITION NOT FILLED, AND WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE.
AND FOR, WE MAY NEED A COUPLE MORE, UM, PLACES FOR DESKS, UM, FOR STANDING DESKS FOR CHAIRS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO WE THREW SOME MONEY IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, OTHER, UM, SUPPORT COSTS TO APPROXIMATELY 14 FOR THAT'S A MIX OF, UM, OF GAS MONEY FOR MILEAGE, UM, A NEW LAPTOP FOR GIS, UM, FOOD COSTS FOR THE COMP PLAN CONTINUATION.
WE THREW SOME OF THAT IN THERE, JUST VARIOUS NEEDS, JUST A LITTLE, UH, I'LL CALL IT NICKEL AND DIME STUFF THAT WE NEED TO NEEDED TO ACCOUNT FOR.
UH, AND THE LAST THREE ITEMS. UM, WE'RE WANTING TO RECLASSIFY, UM, OUR GIS ANALYST, WHICH IS STEVE TO THE GIS MANAGER, UM, OUR GIS TECH, WHICH IS CHAD RAMOS TO AN ANALYST AND, UM, RECLASSIFY DEBBIE FROM A PLANNING TECH TO A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
THEY'RE ALREADY DOING ALL THESE JOBS.
UM, AND THEY HAVE, THEY'VE TAKEN ON A LOT OF EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS NOT PART OF THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.
AND SO THESE WRESTLER RECLASSIFICATIONS, UM, EFFECTIVELY GIVE THEM THE PAY THAT THEY QUITE FRANKLY DESERVE.
UM, AND, AND THE LAST ONE, UM, I THREW IN AN EXTRA, WELL, I SAID SIX, BUT I GUESS THIS IS WHAT THE BENEFITS AND ALL THAT, UM, FOLLOWING RECEIVING MY AICP AND INCREASE IN PAY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT? UM, WHY IS THE, WHY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THERE'S WHEN COUNCIL REQUESTED IT? LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE TO COVER AN EXPENSE THAT I THINK REALLY IS LONG OVERDUE AND THAT WE, I KNOW AS COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE COMP PLANS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, CORRECT.
THIS IS WELL ACTUALLY STRADDLE THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, IT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S CALLED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN THIS BUDGET, BUT, UM, BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME MONEY IT'S GENERAL FUND GENERAL FUND.
SO LINE ITEM, UM, IT'LL HELP WE'LL AND I'LL KEEP TRACK OF EXPENDITURES.
IF IT'S IN OUR BUDGET, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MEETING THEIR GOALS AND WE'RE PAYING ACCORDINGLY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T COVERING THAT.
THAT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT WE, WE KNOW WHERE TO TIE THOSE DOLLARS INTO.
SO THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REQUEST WAS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE HAVE A COMP PLAN THAT'S IN VICIOUS BUDGET FOR 250, I THINK.
OR IS IT MORE, IT'S 150 THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 360 TO CONTINUE WITH THE COMP PLAN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 360 PLUS ONE 50 FOR THE 360 PLUS 1 55.
CAN WE PUT THAT INTO THE STREETS PLAN? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL GET OUR MONEY BACK ON THAT.
UH, A BIG PORTION OF WHAT VIRGINIA IS DOING THOUGH, THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IS THE FINANCIAL MODELING WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USES AND HOW THAT INTEGRATES INTO APPROPRIATE DECISIONS TO BE MADE.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME THEIR CURRENT BUDGET PLANNING DEPARTMENT? YES, PLEASE.
THANK YOU JUST REALLY QUICKLY WHILE WE'RE ON THE COMP PLAN SUBJECT.
SO THIS NEXT YEAR INVOLVES A FULL CODE REWRITE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S PARTIALLY WHY THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
THIS IS A WE'RE AT, WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE BASED ON A FULL COTERIE, RIGHT.
ON THE HEELS OF THE COMP PLAN.
WE WANT A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE AND
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THE COST DOES ACCOUNT FOR THAT.SO I HOPE Y'ALL CAUGHT THAT THIS INCLUDES A FULL CODE REWRITE IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS A CODE REWRITE AND THAT'S THE EXPENSE FOR THE REWRITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WILL? OKAY.
JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD, UM, AS WE GET STARTED ON OUR BUDGET, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST HERE IS THAT OUR 2023, UH, MEETING CONFER IS UNDERWAY.
SO THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION IS WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MEETINGS, BUT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING.
AND OBVIOUSLY THEY TAKE APPROVAL BY BOTH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO HAVE ANY OF THAT, THAT INFORMATION IN HERE AT THIS POINT, UH, YOU'LL FIND IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE 37 AND A HALF NEW POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, EQUIPMENT, A FEW RECLASSIFICATIONS VEHICLES AND SOFTWARE AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT MEET AND CONFER INFORMATION IS TO BE DETERMINED.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING EIGHT PATROL OFFICERS.
THIS IS TO FUND THE, THE POWER SHIFT POSITIONS THAT WERE FROM THE 2016 AND 2017 STAFFING STUDY.
THE FIRM INDICATED THAT OUR BUSIEST PEAK HOURS OF THE DAY ARE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY WELL IN THE EVENING HOURS TILL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AND THEY SUGGESTED A POWER SHIFT TO PROVIDE, UH, PEAK STAFFING DURING THOSE LEVELS TO MATCH THE CALL FOR SERVICE VOLUME.
THE NEXT YOU WILL SEE FOUR SERGEANTS.
TWO OF THOSE ARE TO MANAGE THOSE TWO POWER SHIFTS.
EACH SHIFT IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS SUPERVISED BY A SERGEANT, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE ONE SERGEANT FOR THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION.
WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE SERGEANT AND I BELIEVE HE'S DIRECTLY SUPERVISING 14 DIRECT SUBORDINATES.
AND THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN HIS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION.
YOU HAVE YOUR DETECTIVES, YOU HAVE YOUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS, AND YOU HAVE YOUR VICTIM SERVICES UNIT.
SO THAT'S A BROAD SCOPE FOR ONE SERGEANT TO SUPERVISE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THEIR CASES.
SO WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR ONE SERGEANT FOR CID, THE TWO POWER SHIFTS SERGEANTS, AND THEN ONE SERGEANT YOU SEE THERE FOR A TACTICAL SERGEANT.
UH, I KIND OF NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THAT'S A NEW ONE.
MAYBE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT ONE, WE ARE MEMBERS AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS ON THE HAYES COUNTY, REGIONAL SWAT TEAM.
UH, FOR MANY YEARS, HAYES COUNTY IN SAN MARCUS COVERED THAT BILL THROUGH THEIR PERSONNEL WITH RESOURCES AND SALARIES AND OVERTIME.
AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS CALLED, HAS GROWN INTO A MUCH LARGER CITY WITH MUCH DIFFERENT NEEDS.
UH, THEY ASK US TO SUBMIT MEMBERS TO THAT TEAM.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE ACTIVE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE TACTICAL TEAM.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM.
SOME MAY CALL IT HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION, TEAM NEGOTIATORS.
UH, SO WE ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO THAT WITH STAFFING.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THEIR CALL VOLUME IS INCREASING, UH, WITH THE NATURE OF OUR JOB.
WE, OUR TACTICAL TEAMS ARE BEING CALLED AND DISPATCHED MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HAYES COUNTY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES, AS THEY RELY ON HAYES COUNTY'S EXPERTISE.
UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW OUR SENIOR SWAT PERSON WHO IS A SERGEANT TO FOCUS MORE DUTIES WITH THAT TEAM.
AS WE BEGIN, AS WE ALREADY TAKE ON A MORE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE FOR THAT TEAM.
UH, WE STARTED OUT AS MEMBERS AND OPERATORS AT THE ENTRY LEVEL, AND WE'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP ON THE SWAT TEAM.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT TIME THAT THAT SERGEANT CURRENTLY SPENDS AWAY FROM HIS DUTIES WITH US AND SPINS THOSE WITH THE SWAT TEAM FOR BOTH TRAINING AND APPLICATION.
THE NEXT ARE FOR CORPORAL POSITIONS.
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED.
IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ITEM IN HERE THAT I PUT IN HERE BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT WANTS THEM, UM, WITH, OR WITHOUT ME TO CONFER FOR CORPORALS, THAT WOULD BE TO COVER ONE FOR EACH PATROL SHIFT.
THOSE ARE ENTRY LEVEL SUPERVISOR POSITIONS, AND THEY REPORT DIRECTLY TO A SERGEANT WHEN SERGEANTS TAKE OFF FOR VACATION OR TRAINING OR COURT DUTIES OR WHATEVER THEY MAY MISS THEIR SHIFT FOR THAT LEAVES THE SHIFT ON SUPERVISED.
THIS WOULD GIVE US AN ENTRY LEVEL SUPERVISOR TO STILL MAINTAIN SOME SUPERVISION FOR OUR PATROL STAFF.
WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO LIEUTENANTS.
ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE OVER THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, WHICH IS A LONG TIME COMING.
THE LAST TWO BUDGETS WE'VE DISCUSSED THOSE AT THAT POSITION AT LENGTH AND NARROWLY MISSED GETTING THAT MUCH NEEDED LIEUTENANT.
THE OTHER WOULD BE A LIEUTENANT OVER THE SPECIAL SERVICES AND THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISIONS.
I'M ASKING FOR TWO DETECTIVES, ONE TO MANAGE THE GROWTH OF CASES AND THE VOLUME OF WORK IN THAT DIVISION.
AND THEN ALSO ONE MORE TO BECOME A COMPUTER CRIMES
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AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TECHNOLOGY IS EVER INCREASING IN OUR FIELD OF WORK AND HAVING SOMEONE WHO IS AN ABSOLUTE EXPERT IN OBTAINING DATA FROM CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS TO USE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND INTERNET RELATED CRIME TO TRAFFIC OFFICERS, TO INCREASE OUR EFFORTS WITH DWI ENFORCEMENT AND THE CON THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS THAT WE ALL GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THE EVER-INCREASING TRAFFIC THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TO NOT ONE CANINE POLICE OFFICER, WE SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR.
WE WANTED TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU THAT TO CONSIDER.
WE THINK IT'S A VERY VALUABLE POSITION.
UH, THE PRESENCE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS IN OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AS OUR POPULATION GROWS.
AND AS WE HAVE ALL WITNESSED AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OVERDOSES AND ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA, UH, YOU CAN CATCH THAT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT A, AN EPIDEMIC IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND A HEALTH, UH, EMERGENCY FROM ALL OF THE OVERDOSES.
AND WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE HERE IN KYLE AS WELL IN RECENT MONTHS.
WE'VE, UH, EACH YEAR WE CONDUCT ABOUT 90 FULL INVESTIGATIONS ON APPLICANTS FROM ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU MUST HAVE A FULL POLICE BACKGROUND BECAUSE YOU'RE INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE AROUND POLICE COMPUTERS AND RADIO TRAFFIC.
SO ALL OF OUR POSITIONS GET A FULL POLICE BACKGROUND.
AND, UH, WE DO THAT NOW WITH PART-TIME WORK FROM VARIOUS EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE NOW REACHED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE DOING RECRUITING AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS IN THE, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING SOME OF OUR POSITIONS FROM SWORN TO CIVILIAN.
THIS IS THE TRAINING COORDINATOR POSITION.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM, PART OF THAT COMES WITH OUR NEW POLICE FACILITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THE RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE OUR FACILITY DID NOT MEET THE STANDARDS.
UH, ALSO AS PART OF THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM AND A COORDINATOR TO MANAGE ALL OF THE RECORDS.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING THIS YEAR AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NEXT YEAR TO HAVE THAT TRAINING COORDINATOR IN POSITION TO HELP US WITH THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION, TWO TELECOMMUNICATORS ADDED FOR THE CALL VOLUME AND OPERATIONS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION SUPERVISOR.
AGAIN, THIS YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY NINE 11 SERVICES, WE HAVE POLICE SERVICES, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION WOULD BE A NEW DIVISION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS SUPERVISOR WOULD BE A SINGLE SUPERVISOR OVER ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
YOU WILL SEE ITEMS 13 AND 14 BELOW WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND TWO ADDITIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS.
IF ALL OF THESE POSITIONS WERE FUNDED, THAT WOULD GIVE THAT POSITION THAT WOULD GIVE THAT, UH, DIVISION, UH, ABOUT EIGHT EMPLOYEES TO SUPER EIGHT TOTAL TO SUPERVISE.
UH, THEY CURRENTLY REPORT TO A POLICE SERGEANT WHO IS ALSO WELL OVER TASKED WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, OFFICERS UNDER HIS COMMAND.
NUMBER 15 WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HR SPECIALIST THAT WE REQUESTED LAST YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, MS. LAURA HERNANDEZ HERE IN THE ROOM, SHE HAS BEEN OUR SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.
UH, FOR MANY YEARS, WE NOW HAVE 100 EMPLOYEE POSITIONS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S BEEN DOING THE PAYROLL, THE ACCOUNTING AND THE HR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DUTIES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MANAGE FROM A T PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE NEED THE HR SPECIALISTS NOW TO HELP US MAINTAIN THE FILES AND ONBOARD AND TRAIN NEW EMPLOYEES.
THE NEXT ONE IS CONVERTING A OR ADDING THE FLEET MANAGER AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT TECHNICIAN.
WE CALL THOSE A QUARTERMASTER.
WE CALL THEM QUARTERMASTERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WILL BE CONVERTING THE POSITION FROM A POLICE POSITION TO A CIVILIAN POSITION AT A LOWER PAY RATE.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL.
THE RECORDS COMPLIANCE CUSTODIAN TECHNICIAN WOULD HELP US MANAGE OUR RECORDS FROM DISPATCH.
SO THERE'S AN EVER EVOLVING SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISPATCH COMMUNITY MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WOULD FILE CASES AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, VERY RARELY WERE, UH, RECORDINGS AND COMPUTER INFORMATION NECESSARY FROM THE POLICE DISPATCH CENTER.
AND VERY RARELY WOULD A DISPATCHER EVER HAVE TO TESTIFY IN COURT.
IT WOULD ONLY BE UNDER THE MOST SEVERE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT A DISPATCHER WHO MAY HAVE OVERHEARD SOME VERY, UH, IMPORTANT INFORMATION, WOULD THEY HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT AND WAIT THEIR TURN TO TESTIFY.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANY LONGER, ALMOST EVERY CASE WE GET.
THEY SEND A SUBPOENA FOR EVERY PERSON WHO IS INVOLVED IN THAT CASE, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR HOW BIG, WHICH MEANS THE PERSON IN DISPATCH, WHO IS A DISPATCHER THAT COLLECTS THESE RECORDS AND SERVES AS THE CUSTODIAN HAS
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TO GO AND APPEAR IN COURT.THAT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK.
IF WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR DISPATCHERS FOR THAT, THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN MOST OF OUR DISPATCHERS ARE SITTING OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, WAITING ON THEIR TURN TO TESTIFY, AND THEY WILL NOT BE IN THE EMERGENCY DISPATCH CENTER.
WE'RE ASKING HERE TO DESIGNATE A CUSTODIAN OF THE DISPATCH RECORDS AND LET THAT PERSON BE THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL RECORD SPECIALIST TO HANDLE THE WORKLOAD AND VOLUME.
AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE RECORDS CLERK AND ONE PART-TIME REP A RECEPTIONIST TO HELP US COVER THE FRONT WINDOW.
THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFICES, AND THERE'LL BE A LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT COME THERE SEEKING TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, SO OUR FRONT WINDOW IS GOING TO GET A LOT BUSIER THAN IT IS NOW BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WILL COME INTO THAT BUILDING.
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO COVER THE WINDOW AND NOT HAVE A SIDE DUTY OF PREPARING RECORDS FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FILING.
SO THAT COMES ALONG WITH A NEW PD.
YOU'LL SEE SOME ITEMS IN HERE RELATED TO, UH, IMPROVING THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, OUR DISPATCH, UH, FOR DISPATCH OVERTIME AND SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL.
HERE'S THEIR REQUEST YEARS AGO, THE DISPATCHERS WORKED 12 HOUR SHIFTS.
THEY WOULD WORK TWO ON THREE OFF TWO ON TWO OFF THEY'RE ASKING TO RETURN TO THEIR 12 HOUR SHIFT ROTATION.
THEY HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THAT YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE OVERTIME REQUIREMENT.
WHEN BASED ON THE DISPATCHER SCHEDULE, WHEN YOU WORK THAT TYPE OF ROTATION, YOU WORK WHAT'S CALLED A SHORT WEEK AND A LONG WEEK IN THE SHORT WEEK, YOU WORK 36 HOURS.
AND IN THE LONG WEEK YOU WORK, UH, I THINK IT'S 48 HOURS.
WHEN YOU WORK THOSE 48 HOURS, YOU WOULD BE BY FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED TO GET OVERTIME FOR YOUR EIGHT HOURS.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE A SHORT WEEK ON YOUR 36.
THE DIFFERENCE TO ALLOW THAT PLUS SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $56,500.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO RETURN AS THEY WANT.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD WANT TO WORK A 12 HOUR SHIFT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WORK SHIFTS NOW WHERE THEY WORK FOUR AND A HALF, SOMETIMES FIVE AND A HALF DAYS, AND THEY HAVE TO A TAKE OFF FOR THEIR LUNCH MANDATORILY.
AND THEN THEY COME IN AND WORK A FEW HOURS ONE DAY DURING THE PERIOD JUST TO MAKE UP THEIR MISSING HOURS.
SO IT REALLY IS NOT A COMFORTABLE SCHEDULE FOR THEM.
AND THE 12 HOUR SHIFT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO WORK IN PAIR WITH THE POLICE SHIFT FOR WHICH THEY DISPATCH.
SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS OUT OF THAT.
AND THE SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL WOULD COVER THOSE WHO WORK NIGHT SHIFT.
UH, IT IS NO LONGER, UH, EASY TO FIND PEOPLE WHO DESIRE TO WORK OVERNIGHT NIGHT SHIFT IN THE DISPATCH CENTER.
AND THIS WOULD HELP US FOR RETENTION AND KEEPING PEOPLE HAPPIER ON THE NIGHT SHIFT RADIOS.
OUR, OUR CURRENT POLICE HANDHELD AND MOBILE RADIOS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING OBSOLETE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO OBSOLETE NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER OR THE YEAR AFTER, BUT WE NEED TO THINK FOR THE PLANNING PURPOSES, THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WOULD REPLACE ALL OF OUR HANDHELD RADIOS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE ALREADY THE NEW MODEL AND WOULD REPLACE ALL THE NECESSARY MOBILE RADIOS.
UH, WE DID EXPLORE WITH LCRA OUR RADIO SUPPLIER.
IF WE COULD BREAK THIS, IF WE COULD PLACE THE ORDER AND THEN MAKE THE PAYMENTS OVER A TWO OR THREE-YEAR PERIOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT STRUCTURED THAT WAY.
UH, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY STRUCTURE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS AN ALL IN REPLACEMENT COST FOR ONE YEAR, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY TRY TO STRUCTURE THAT OVER TWO OR THREE YEARS AND REPLACED THE RADIOS BASED ON IMPORTANCE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS RELATED TO THE NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THESE ARE THE DISPATCH CONSOLES THAT WE WOULD BE PLACING IN OUR EMERGENCY DISPATCH CENTER, UH, SHOULD THEY BE, UH, NEEDED FOR, UH, FOR DISPATCH PERSONNEL? THE NEXT ITEM IS AN UPGRADE OF OUR CURRENT BODY CAMERAS IN CAR CAMERAS AND TASERS.
THE COMPANY THAT WE CALL AXON PROVIDES ALL OF THOSE SERVICES.
PLUS THE CLOUD-BASED STORAGE FOR ALL OF OUR VIDEOS, WHICH IS WHICH AMOUNTS TO A LOT OF DATA.
SO THIS WOULD CURRENTLY WITH THE ADDITIONAL $86,000, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCT, REPLACE ALL OF OUR BODY CAMERAS, ALL OF OUR IN-CAR CAMERAS AND TASERS WITH THE NEWEST AND LATEST GREATEST EQUIPMENT.
NUMBER 27 IS A CONGLOMERATION.
I CAN SEPARATE THOSE OUT HERE FOR YOU IN JUST A SECOND, BECAUSE I HAVE THEM ON A SLIDE IN FRONT OF ME FOR VARIOUS SOFTWARE PACKAGES.
NUMBER 28, YOU SEE THE K9 PROGRAM SUPPORT COST AT $19,000.
UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT EVEN LOWER.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE DOG FOR FREE.
MANY MILITARY PROGRAMS WILL OFFER THE CANINE WITH TRAINING FOR FREE TO AGENCIES, BUT WE PRICED IT OUT JUST IN CASE WE COULDN'T FIND THAT THE VARIABLE CRASH PROGRAM IS A CRASH AND CRIME SCENE DIAGRAMMING SOFTWARE THAT WILL, THAT WILL DIAGRAM CRIME SCENE AND FATALITY ACCIDENTS.
AND IT WILL DO IT MUCH MORE QUICKLY.
IT CAN DIAGRAM AN ACCIDENT SCENE SOMETIMES IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES.
THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY IS IF WE HAVE A FATALITY ACCIDENT ON A MAJOR ROADWAY, ARE THE INTERSTATE INSTEAD OF SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF CLOSURE OF AN INTERSTATE OR FOUR HOURS OF CLOSURE, WE CAN PROBABLY DO THE WORK IN ONE HOUR OR LESS, UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS NEW ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE, PLUS IT GIVES YOU TWO OR 3D VISUAL THAT YOU
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CAN USE TO PRESENT IN COURT.A REPLACEMENT LEASED VEHICLES YOU SEE AT 10, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED BASED ON THEIR MESSAGING OUT OF EITHER OUR CURRENT LEASE PROGRAM ARE THEY'VE REACHED END OF LIFE.
SO THOSE ARE CURRENT VEHICLES.
ADAM 31 IS NEW LEASE TO VEHICLES AT 19.
THAT IS ENTIRELY BASED ON THE POSITIONS THAT YOU ADD TO THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER, UH, POSITIONS THAT WE ASKED FOR ARE DEPENDING ON WHICH POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH DETECTIVES, WHICH ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU MAY INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS LINE ITEM AND ADJUST THAT APPROPRIATELY.
IF YOU GAVE US EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAD ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 32 PARKS TRAILS, SPECIAL UTILITY VEHICLES.
THIS IS ALL IN WITH TRAILERS, LIGHTS, RADIOS, EQUIPMENTS, FIRE, EXTINGUISHERS, BACK BOARDS, MEDICAL BAGS, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT ON AN EMERGENCY UTILITY VEHICLE.
WE PLANNED TO USE THESE ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
WE PLAN AS WE PATROL THAT, WE PLAN TO USE THESE AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE THE 4TH OF JULY, THE PIE, THE PIE IN THE SKY FESTIVAL AND THE LONG LIST OF THINGS WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES.
ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL HELP US LOOK FOR LOST PEOPLE.
LOST CHILDREN, CONDUCT SEARCHES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLED ON FOOT FROM POLICE CUSTODY, ANY SUCH SEARCHES, BUT IT'S AN ALL IN PROCESS AS WELL.
INCLUDES THE TRAILERS IF NECESSARY AS WELL, UH, CAN BREAK DOWN THE VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF EQUIPMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT ME, IF YOU WANT ME TO DIVE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE 76, BUT I HAVE THE LIST OF THAT TOTALITY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO THE ONE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SOFTWARE UPGRADES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR SOFTWARE ITEMS MOVING FORWARD ARE UPGRADING THEM.
UM, I'LL, I'LL HIT, I'LL HIT THE BIG ONES IF YOU'D LIKE.
OR DO YOU WANT ME TO START? CAUSE I KNOW YOU COULD EMAIL THOSE TO US.
FOR BOTH, FOR BOTH OF THOSE TWO, UH, REAL QUICK CHIEF, UM, IF YOU WERE TO ADD, IF YOU WERE TO GET THE TWO DETECTIVES, WOULD ONE BE ALEC, COULD ONE BE ALLOCATED JUST TO PROPERTY THEFT? UM, I THINK THE OTHER DETECTIVES HANDLE MOST OF THE CASE LOADS AND ADDING SOME HELP TO THEM WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE ONE DEDICATED TO PROPERTY THEFT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE ONE AREA THAT GETS KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT THROUGHOUT CITIES.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE DETECTIVES TIME.
MOST OF THEIR TIME IS SPENT ON PROPERTY CRIMES.
I MEAN, ON PERSONS CRIMES, WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THIS NEW STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE NEW SERGEANT IS WE WOULD DIVIDE CID INTO TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS.
YOU WOULD HAVE CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ON ONE HALF AND CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS ON THE OTHER HALF.
AND THAT WAY YOU WOULD HAVE TWO FOCUSED UNITS TO TWO SEPARATE THEIR DUTIES AND CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON PROPERTY CRIMES.
THE, MY NEXT ONE IS, UH, TRAFFIC.
OFFICER'S ADDING TO, WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW? YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ONE SERGEANT AND YOU HAVE THREE MOTOR OFFICERS.
AND, UH, WE SOMETIMES BRING THEM OFF TO PATROL.
SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT DIVISION STAY SOLELY INTO, UH, TRAFFIC WITH THE INCREASE OF BAD HABITS ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE INCREASE OF POPULATION.
I JUST FEEL LIKE WE, WE NEED TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT AND SEEING THEM BEING DEDICATED TO THAT ONE AREA AND STAYING IN THAT AREA WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT THE CITIZENS.
YOUR VISIBILITY WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO TECHNIQUES TO CALL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WE'D BE DOUBLING THAT TO FOUR.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, COMPLIANCE PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
PART OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
UM, SO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF SKILL AND CERTIFICATION WITH THE STATE.
YOU SEE THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TECHNICIANS, IT'S ONE STEP BELOW THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE DIFFERENCE BEING THEY WOULD FOCUS ON YOUR, YOUR DAY TO DAY VIOLATIONS.
YOU'RE TALL WEEDS AND GRASS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND SEE EASILY.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WOULD WORK ON YOUR MORE MAJOR PRODUCT, UH, PROJECTS, UH, WITHOUT NAMING BUSINESSES AND SUCH BUT PLACES WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION THAT ARE MUCH LARGER PROJECTS THAT TAKE ON A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEDICATED TIME.
THEY WOULD FOCUS ON THAT TYPE OF WORK.
AND THEN JUST ONE LAST QUESTION REAL QUICK IS THAT WE ADDED FOUR OFFICERS LAST YEAR.
UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
THEY WOULD DO A, UH, LIKE A ROTATING SHIFT WHERE THEY WOULD BE ON WHEN OTHER OFFICERS WERE ABOUT TO GET OFF LIKE, UH, TWO HOURS BEFORE THE OTHER SHIFT GOT OFF.
UH, DID WE ADD THAT DIVISION? SO THOSE FOUR OFFICERS THAT YOU ADDED LAST YEAR OR IN THE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY GRADUATE IN JUNE, LATE JUNE WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM LATE JUNE, THEY WILL GO THROUGH AND APPROXIMATELY 20 MEEK, 20 WEEK FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.
SO THEY WILL DO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETIME NEXT WINTER, PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH ISH.
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THE YEAR IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THEM HIRED AND SELECTED.
AND THEN OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LOCAL POLICE ACADEMY IS STARTING.
AND THEN WE GET THEM INTO THAT NEXT LOCAL ACADEMY.
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SO WE HAVE FOUR IN THE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW, WHETHER THEY'RE GRADUATION IN THE SUMMER.AND IT'S ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT.
SO SOMETIME BEGINNING AFTER THE NEW YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THOSE FOUR OFFICERS DO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING.
WELL, THAT'S A LONG PROCESS, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY WE, THAT WE WOULD BRING THE RIGHT I'LL PROBABLY TRADING IN.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THIS SO I CAN SEE WHERE, UM, I WANT COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBER NINE, 10 AND 15, THOSE ARE ALL COMBINATION TOGETHER.
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT RECRUITING BACKGROUND INVEST INVESTIGATOR BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE APPLICANTS THAT COME IN, YOU HAVE TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS, YOU HAVE TO DO OTHER SCREENING CHECKS.
AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES SOMETIMES YOU'LL GET THE APPLICANTS THAT'LL SIGN UP.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET THEIR APPLICATION FILLED OUT PROCESS ALL THE WAY WHEN YOU GET THEM HIRED ON, YOU ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH YOUR HR COORDINATOR WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PAYING YOUR BENEFITS AND ALL THAT.
SO ONCE YOU GET THEM INTO THE ACADEMY, THAT'S WHERE THE TRAINING COORDINATOR COMES INTO PLAY.
IT'S WHERE IT ALL TIES IN TOGETHER.
THE CANINE OFFICER, I KNOW LIKE W W W IT DIDN'T COME LAST YEAR, BUT NOW LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE REQUESTING IT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE ANIMAL ITSELF, I KNOW, REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW CAME UP WITH A GREAT SOLUTION TO TRY TO LOOK AT GETTING SOME GRANTS.
TO SEE IF WE CAN PROBABLY BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THOSE ARE THE ONES I THINK THAT WILL, THAT I MENTIONED THAT WOULD SUPPLY THE FREE DOG MOST ARE FROM THE MILITARY.
THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT WILL OCCASIONALLY OFFER A, A PRIVATE COMPANY GRANT, AND WE FOLLOW THOSE AS WELL.
SO OUR OFFICERS, THEY MAINTAIN A SEARCH ON THAT REGULARLY.
I DO THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE DOG FOR FREE AND THE TRAINING, WHICH IS A IT'S AT LEAST TWO WEEKS AND COULD BE MISTAKEN.
IT MAY BE FOUR WEEKS, BUT WE CAN GET IT.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, SECTION OF MY 23 OF YOU, MY LAST ONE TO DISPATCH OVERTIME, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OFFICERS THAT WORK THESE 10 HOUR OFF SHIFTS, IT REALLY THROWS THEM OFF BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO COME IN FROM SIX IN THE MORNING, SOME DAYS, AND THEN YOU GET OFF AT NOON, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME IN THE NEXT DAY AT, FROM 12 AND WORK TILL SIX.
AND IT'S JUST, AND IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT OR YOU GOT TO COVER THEM, IT JUST REALLY THROWS THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OFF.
SO, UH, I THINK LOOKING INTO THE OVERTIME IN THIS SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL, WE'RE REALLY HELPED BENEFIT TO KEEP SOME OF THAT RETENTION FOR THE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, THOSE CHANGES AND KEEP THEM ON A CONSISTENT BASIS BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT TIME OFF.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK THAT OVERTIME TO GET THE EXTRA FUNDS FOR THEMSELVES IN RETIREMENT, EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, IT WOULD HELP BENEFIT ON THAT END.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN ON THAT END.
I'VE GOT, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, HOW MANY FULL-TIME STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN DISPATCH RIGHT NOW? UH, WE'RE AUTHORIZED 20 AND WE HAVE FIVE OPENINGS AND WE INTERVIEWED EIGHT THIS WEEK.
UM, I GUESS THAT THEY WILL BE MOVING TO THE SAFETY CENTER ONCE IT'S FINISHED CORRECTLY.
UM, SO THAT AS I'VE KIND OF ALLUDED, I'M, I'M EQUIPPING THE FACILITY.
SHOULD COUNSEL MAKE THAT DECISION TO BRING STAFF THERE, WHETHER IT BE ON A PERMANENT BASIS, A FULL-TIME BASIS, OR WHETHER THERE'S AN, A NEED TO EVACUATE OR TEMPORARILY MOVE FROM THE CURRENT FACILITY TO THAT FACILITY, I WILL HAVE IT EQUIPPED AND READY FOR YOU.
SHOULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION? YES.
I MIGHT JUST HAVE ONE CONCERN AND THAT IS FOR THE RECEPTIONIST THAT'S PART-TIME YES, MA'AM.
AND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO, I KNOW THE ONE ABOVE IT IS INCLUDED WITH THAT.
IT'S A TITLE CLERK BECAUSE IT'S FULL-TIME, AND IT'S THE OTHER ONE'S RECEPTIONIST THAT ONE AND A HALF PERSON WILL WORK THE FRONT WINDOW AREA TO ACCOMMODATE PHONE INCOMING PHONE CALLS AND WALK-INS AND ASSIST PEOPLE.
DIRECTING THEY'LL HAVE OTHER TASKS AS WELL WHEN THE PHONE'S NOT RINGING AND SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT AT THE WINDOW SUCH AS PERMITS AND OTHER REGISTRATIONS, BUT YES MA'AM.
SO THE RECORDS CLERK AND THE RECEPTIONIST, OR ONE PERSON IT'S ONE AND A HALF, SO IT WOULD BE ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME.
SO WE'LL HAVE ONE FULL-TIME WHO WORKS TYPICALLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EIGHT TO FIVE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LUNCH HOUR AND WE NEED THAT COVERED.
SO WE WANT A PART-TIME PERSON TO COME IN ABOUT FOUR HOURS A DAY FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM, AND ALSO COVER WHEN OUR FULL-TIME PERSON IS ON VACATION OR IN TRAINING.
SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE PAY IS $15 AN HOUR, AND I KNOW WE CAN GO TO THE HOME DEPOT AND MAKE 16.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK, COLLECTIVELY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IF THAT'S A POSITION THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FILL.
I'LL MAKE SURE I GET WITH HR AND THAT THEY PUT IT IN THE RIGHT CLASSIFICATION THAT FITS THE SCALE INSIDE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF BURNETT? OKAY.UH, CHIEF, COULD YOU HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR ANY OTHER THINGS IN YOUR BUDGET THAT, UH, GO TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVES? UM, ACTUALLY WHAT SOME OF THIS WILL DO WILL ACTUALLY FREE UP SOME OF OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT CURRENT FULL-TIME ASSIGNMENT NOW, BUT GET PULLED AWAY FOR OTHER DO OTHER DUTIES.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE, OFFICER JAMES PLANT, THAT YOU KNOW, VERY WELL HE'S PART OF THE, HE'S THE FACE OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICING.
UM, HE AND SERGEANT BONE, HOWEVER, UH, JAMES PLANT GETS PULLED IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.
HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE LEAD BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS.
SO WHEN I MENTIONED THAT WE DO ABOUT 90 BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.
HE'S PROBABLY DONE HALF OF THOSE THIS YEAR HIMSELF.
UM, SO HE'S PULLED AWAY FOR THAT DUTY WHEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT HE'S HAD TO DO FROM, UH, COVER PATROL, COVER SHIFTS, DO ANY ASSIGNMENT, OTHERWISE HE'S PULLED FROM THAT COMMUNITY POLICING.
UM, LET ME GET, LET ME FIND ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU TOO.
THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE HELP.
SO THE SERGEANT THAT OVERSEES THE DIFFERENT DIVISION, UH, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHO HAS, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL CONTROL WARRANTS, YOU NAOMI, I'M SORRY, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUCH UNDER HIM.
IF WE GET THE POSITIONS UNDER HIM TO FREE HIM UP, HE COULD JOIN SERGEANT BONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY EFFORTS AS WELL.
UM, OUR WARRANT OFFICER JUMPS IN AND HELPS WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY STUFF AS WELL.
UH, AS MUCH AS HE CAN WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS, LET ME FIND SOME MORE, THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT.
WE GET THE PATROL OFFICERS AND WE, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THOSE SPECIALISTS TO LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DUTIES AND GO BACK TO PATROL.
THAT'LL HELP THEM A LOT AS WELL.
THAT'LL HELP HIM FOCUS ON THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW YOU HAVE SPECIALIZED PERSONS THROUGHOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD DO THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO GET ALL OFFICERS ENGAGED IN SOME KIND OF, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, PLACING AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT.
SO ADDING PEOPLE TO YOUR POINT, ADDING PEOPLE, IT FREES UP THE TIME FOR NOT ONLY THOSE THAT ARE SPECIALIZED TO DO IT, BUT ALSO TRAINING AND OTHER THINGS FOR THOSE OFFICERS TO GET AWAY TO DO THAT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
THOSE PATROL OFFICERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE, THEY'RE RUNNING, RUNNING IT AT OR BELOW WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR MINIMUM STAFFING, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GOING FROM CALL TO CALL, TO CALL.
THEY'RE NOT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH FREE TIME, UH, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, STOPPING AND TALK TO THEM, TALKING TO CITIZENS WHILE THEY'RE OUT ON PATROL, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING FROM CALL TO CALL THE THEY'RE BUSY.
THEY HAVE CALLS WAITING ON THEM WHEN THEY REPORT TO SHIFT AND THEY HAVE CALLS HOLDING WHEN THEY LEAVE FOR LEAVE AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID ALL POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ARE CURRENTLY AT, AT THE VERY LEAST IN THE ACADEMY, IF NOT ALREADY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE FIVE OPENINGS.
WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SOME DEPARTURES FROM THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE REPLACING SOME OF THOSE AS WELL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE OPENINGS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN BACKGROUND FROM OUR LATEST OR MOST RECENT TESTS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE TESTING ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE FOURTH AGAIN.
HARPER WILDER POKE WORKS DIRECTOR.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY THREE DIVISION MANAGERS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME, UH, WARREN, TIM AND SCOTT EGBERT.
THE FIRST PAGE, IF YOU SEE THE THING THAT REALLY STANDS OUT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR ON IS THE NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS YOU SEE.
JUST, I WAS JUST, I WAS MAKING SURE Y'ALL SAW THAT CLARIFYING.
UM, OUR CHIEF DIDN'T HEAR YET.
HE'S GOING TO ASK HOW MANY YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE ON THE NEXT PAGE, AS SOON AS THE, UH, WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DIVISION MANAGER, UM, THE TASK FOR OUR TREATMENT OPERATIONS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DIVISION MANAGER, UM, HAVE MULTIPLIED TREMENDOUSLY.
UM, IF YOU GO TO OTHER CITIES, THE, THE, UH, TREATMENT PLANT, WHATEVER IT'S WATER TREATMENT, PLANT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SUPERVISOR, OWN DIVISION MANAGER RUNS THOSE PLANTS INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, THE TASK IS VERY DAUNTING RIGHT NOW FOR TIM.
UH, WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT LAST YEAR AND WE WAITED UNTIL THIS YEAR WITH THE PLANT EXPANSION.
THAT'S GOING TO EVEN FURTHER, UH, PRESENT BIGGER OBSTACLES, UH, AS WELL AS WE HAVE TO START ANOTHER EXPANSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO, TO, TO BRING FORTH
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THIS OTHER DIVISION MANAGER NOW AND SPLIT THOSE TWO, UH, TO PROVIDE THE, UH, PRODUCTIVITY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT TO BE BETTER THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, UM, WHICH, WHICH IS INVOLVING OUR PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ITS OWN.ONE OF THE OTHER PAGES I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT THIS GROW PROGRAM MANAGER WILL TAKE OVER THAT PROGRAM.
UM, ONCE WE HIT FIVE MGD, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE MTD.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH TCQ AND HAD IT HAS TO BE IN PLACE IN, UH, BEING RUN.
SO THIS IS OUR PART TO STAY AHEAD AND GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS, THAT PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A COMPANY COME IN THAT MIGHT BE, LET'S SAY A METAL PLATING COMPANY OR, OR, OR EVEN ALSCO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU LOOK FOR AND IDENTIFY IN THE WASTEWATER STREAM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT CREATING A PROBLEM FOR YOUR OWN FACILITY.
WE DON'T HAVE A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS.
UH, KATHY RAKER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB HELPING US OUT AND KIND OF INSTIGATING THIS.
UM, WE'VE EVEN TALKED TO AN OUTSIDE FIRM AND DISCUSSED MANY THINGS WITH THEM ON IT.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AND GET MOVING.
AND IT'S A PROTECTION FOR THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN IN THE FUTURE, UH, DRAINAGE FOREMAN.
UM, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT MEET OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER STREET MAINTENANCE AND, UH, STREET CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS, MAKING THEM ALL THE SAME.
THAT'S ALL THAT IS BRINGING THAT UP, UH, LEAD PUMP AND MOTOR TECHNICIAN.
UM, THIS IS, WE HAVE A PUMP AND MOTOR TECHNICIAN, HOWEVER THAT PAYS VERY LOW, OUR PUMP AND MOTOR TECHNICIAN THAT WE HAD, UH, LEFT FOR $14 MORE AN HOUR, UM, DOING THE SAME EXACT THING AND GOT A COMPANY VEHICLE ON TOP OF IT.
SO, UM, YES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS, IT NEEDS TO BE BUMPED UP.
UH, THEY ALSO NEED AN ASSISTANT DUE TO ALL THE LIFT STATIONS, ALL THE WET WELLS, ALL THE PUMP STATIONS THAT THEY'RE NOW TAKING OVER.
UM, THE GENTLEMAN, I BELIEVED HIM, LET ME KNOW IF I'M WRONG.
UM, BUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT HE INTERVIEWED HERE RECENTLY, UH, ST POSITION, WOULDN'T START UNDER $30 AN HOUR.
SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FIGURE IF WE BRING IN A LEAD PUMP AND MOTOR, AND THEN HAVING AN ASSISTANT AND WE'LL BE MORE IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE, UTILITY LOCATOR.
I BROUGHT UP TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST RIGHT NOW, OUR LOCATIONS ARE, ARE TREMENDOUSLY MULTIPLYING.
AND AS THE CITY GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND MORE CONSTRUCTIONS COMING IN, UM, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND LOCATE WATER AND WASTEWATER AND STORM DRAIN UTILITIES FOR EVERYONE.
ANYTIME THAT THEY PUT IN A REQUEST AND ASK FOR THESE LOCATES, WE HAVE TO DO IT.
OUR TWO BEST LOCATORS ARE CURRENTLY, UM, OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FOREMAN, MICHAEL BRISTOL, AND, UH, CIRO.
UM, HERE ARE TWO OF OUR SUPERVISORS THAT ARE SPENDING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME OUT LOCATING LINES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, UNABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
UM, THIS IS A POSITION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING ON SOMEBODY THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THEY DO.
UM, STEVE CLEMONS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF UPDATING OUR MAPS AND SUCH.
UM, THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL DO 24 7, AND THERE'S ENOUGH TIME THAT THEY COULD DO THIS EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG, DRAIN HIS TECHNICIAN TOO.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE IN THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT AND REMEMBER THE DRAINAGE IS SEPARATE IT'S OWN FUNDING.
UM, THE DRAINAGE TECHNICIAN TOO IS MAKING THIS THE SAME AS THE WATER, THE WASTEWATER STREET CONSTRUCTION AND STREET MAINTENANCE.
ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ALREADY HAVE.
THESE DRAINAGE DOES NOT ASSISTANT WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR.
THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, ASSISTANT OUT THERE FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT.
WE WERE GOING TO BRING ONE NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE SAID THAT WE COULD WAIT AND HOLD OFF UNTIL THE PLANT EXPANSION IS COMPLETE.
THE PLANT EXPANSION IS ABOUT TO BE COMPLETE KNOCK ON WOOD AND FINGERS CROSSED.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE THAT ASSISTANT NOW THAT WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH RIGHT, UM, RECLASS OF A RIGHT-AWAY INSPECTOR TO A SUPERVISOR.
I HAVE A INSPECTOR THAT CITY OF KYLE WAS FORTUNATE TO GET, HE WAS RETIRED CITY OF AUSTIN INSPECTOR FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, PHILLIP, UH, HE DOES A GREAT JOB, ALL THE REST OF THE, UH, INSPECTORS, ALL GO TO HIM.
HE IS BASICALLY THE, UM, NOT ON BOOKS SUPERVISOR FOR THEM.
AND HE IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF ALL THE RIGHT AWAY PERMITTING, UH, HIM HE'S DOING THAT ALL HIMSELF.
SO HE MEETS WITH ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE, UH, UNDERGROUND WORK THAT'S GOING ON THE CITY AND THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR WAS, UM, MAKING THAT POSITION,
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A SUPERVISORY POSITION AND TAKING CARE OF PHILLIP THE WAY HE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN, UM, FOR WHAT HE'S DOING, HE IS DOING A MASSIVE AMOUNT, UH, AND IT'S GETTING THE SAME THING AS ANY ONE OF THE OTHER INSPECTORS, MY HATS OFF TO HIM.ANYBODY WHO KNOWS HIM KNOWS HE'S WELL WORTH IT.
UM, ASSISTANT WAIST, UH, WHERE ARE WE AT? I'M SORRY.
UM, THIS WAS MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
JULIE CROOKSTON HAD BROUGHT THIS UP, UM, TALKED ABOUT HAVING OUR CLERKS RECLASSIFIED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS.
AND THIS IS SO THAT THEY COULD GET MORE IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY, UM, ON CALL PAY.
SO THIS WOULD PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO BRING UP.
IT'S NOT ON THE LIST HERE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS.
UM, SO THIS WASN'T ON HERE, BUT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN.
AND WHEN WE GO OVER THIS IN THE FUTURE, UM, I I'VE COME IN, TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE LOW PAY, UH, OF THE GUYS IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, WE WERE UNABLE TO HIRE, WE WERE UNABLE TO KEEP STAFF AND NOW THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAD GOTTEN MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THEM WARREN WAS AT 40% OF HIS STAFF FOR YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER.
WHEN YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF CITY, WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, YOU NEED TO BE, YOU NEED TO BE STAFFED.
UM, THE PROBLEM IS TRYING TO HIRE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT PAY WITH WHAT THESE GUYS ARE MAKING AND YOU CAN GO RIGHT UP THE STREET TO SONIC AND MAKE THE SAME THING.
IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE.
UM, THESE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, UH, ARE, ARE STATE LICENSED.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A CONTINUED EDUCATION THAT THEY GO TO YEAR ROUND, UH, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON WHAT THEY DO, UH, AND VERY VALUABLE TO THE CITY.
SO THE, UH, THAT THE THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHICH WE TALKED TO MR. SELLERS AND MISS AMBER, UM, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN FIX THIS AND HOW WE CAN BETTER IT.
WE WANTED TO RAISE THE WATER WASTEWATER, UH, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE SAME THING AS THE STREETS WERE GETTING SO THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF KEEPING PEOPLE AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO HIRE THEM.
EVERYBODY KNOWS RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ABLATION AROUND HERE.
UH, AND THEY'RE LEAVING US LEFT AND RIGHT.
I SENT EMAIL AFTER EMAIL TO MR. SELLERS AND MISS AMBER, UM, TELLING THEM EACH ONE THAT'S LEFT US FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE PAY.
UM, AT SOME POINT THE STARTING PAY WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN WORK THAT AT SOME POINT THAT WE, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED, THIS IS THE COMPRESSION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, 2, 3, 4, 5 YEARS, UM, THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE MAKING, UH, OUR, WHAT THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS, THEY CAN GO RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKING CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I LOVE IT, BUT THIS INFLATION AND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, AND THE JOB, THE JOB COMPETITION THAT WE'RE FACING IS CREATING A HUGE HABIT OVER HERE AT PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY.
I'M TELLING YOU ALL, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO GO INTO DETAIL WITH YOU LATER.
WELL, NO, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON THAT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MONITOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
THERE'S ONE DIVISION IN THAT IS THE WATER WASTEWATER DIVISION, THIS, THE UTILITY TECHS, AND WE ARE LOSING THEM AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY.
UH, WHAT HARPER SAYING IS, IS ACCURATE.
UH, WE DID IT INCREASE THE STREETS CREW BUDGET THIS LAST YEAR.
AND THAT ACTUALLY SEEMED TO PLUG THE CRITICAL GAP THAT WE WERE FACING.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, UH, AS A MIDTERM AMENDMENT.
SO IF WE DO THAT, UH, IT IS $33,500 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR THOUGH, BEGINNING, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS ISN'T JUST A ONE-TIME FIX.
UH, IT IS $77,500 JUST FOR THIS DIVISION WITH COMPRESSION, AS HARPER MENTIONED, IT'S $87,000 FOR, YOU KNOW, ONGOING.
NOW THE GOOD THING IS, AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE WATER WASTEWATER UTILITY, RIGHT? SO THIS IS NOT A GENERAL FUND IMPLICATION.
IT'S IT'S UTILITY IMPLICATION, UH, BUT AT RUNNING AT 40%, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AT CRITICAL LEVELS RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BRING FORWARD A MIDTERM BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SALARY SAVINGS ALREADY IN THE DIVISION TWO TO COVER IT.
SO I JUST KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS DECISION, WE'LL BE ADDING $87,000 TO THAT, THAT SALARY LINE FOR THESE POSITIONS.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET COUNSEL'S INPUT ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND BEFORE I DO THAT, UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, SINCE 2015, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POSITIONS AND POSITIONS AND POSITIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING CATCH UP.
UH, THE CITY WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO CATCH UP TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
UH, AT SOME POINT THINGS WILL,
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WE'LL GET, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK TO STATUS, BUT IN OUR ATTEMPT TO CATCH UP ON NUMBERS, WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN ON SOME OF THE PARODY, UH, NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT.AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB COUNCIL.
LAURA, REMEMBER WE DID A THREE YEAR PARODY ADJUSTMENT FOR CIVIL SERVICE, AND THEN WE DID, UH, AN IN-HOUSE PARODY STUDY FOR OUR NON-SWORN POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT DEPARTMENT HEAD LEVEL.
YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER A FEW SLIDES BACK IN THE HR BUDGET.
THERE WAS A CHUNK THERE FOR PARODY THAT IS FOR DEPARTMENT HEAD LEVEL POSITIONS IN ACM, RIGHT? SO OVER THE LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS, UH, THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS WHO HAVE ONLY RECEIVED THE SMALL COST OF LIVING INCREASE, UH, BUT HAVE NOT EVER HAD A PARODY ADJUSTMENT.
AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS AS WE HAVE COMPARED THEM TO OUR FOUR COMP CITIES ARE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF PAR.
UH, BUT SOMEWHERE AT A PARCEL, YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IN THIS BUDGET YEAR, YES, WE KNOW WE NEED THE POSITIONS, BUT IF WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP, KEEP SEEING SOME OF THIS HEMORRHAGING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT KIND OF AS A PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET, UH, AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, THIS, THIS, UH, UTILITY TECH IS, IS A VERY CRITICAL POSITION AND WE NEED TO SHORE IT UP.
I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO SHORE THAT UP QUICKLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GOING BACK IN HISTORY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE, UH, STREET DIVISION, UH, DURING THAT MEETING, I TALKED ABOUT PAY PARITY AND BUMPING EVERYBODY UP AND IT WENT NOWHERE.
IT WENT ON DEAF EARS AND EIGHT MONTHS LATER, WE HAD TO ADDRESS THAT BAT AND PUT A BANDAID ON IT, TRYING TO FIX IT.
SO ADDRESSING THIS EARLY IS AS EARLY AS WE CAN, IS ACTUALLY KIND OF LATE.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSING THIS AS SOON AS WE STARTED LOSING PEOPLE.
SO, UH, I'D DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THIS COME, UH, UH, GET CAUGHT UP BEFORE, EVEN THE NEXT BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY MORE STAFF BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET STAFF MEMBERS RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO THROUGHOUT ANY CITY IN TEXAS AND THEY'RE, SHORT-STAFFED EVERYWHERE EVERY INDUSTRY, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE LOSING ANYONE.
SO WE LOOK AT THIS, WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN TWO WAYS.
IS IT THE PAY ITSELF OR THE ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN PUT SOMEBODY ON A SALARY OF 80,000 A YEAR, BUT IF THIS PERSON IS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO SHOW UP ON CHRISTMAS EVE OR ON A RAINY NIGHT OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND HE'S THE ONLY PERSON THERE, OR THEY'RE THE ONLY PERSON THERE THAT BECOMES A WORKING CONDITION THERE TO WHERE PEOPLE SAY I'M OUT, I'VE ACTUALLY TALK WITH PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE MADE ABOUT THAT MUCH 80, 90,000 A YEAR, BUT IT'S JUST THE WORKING DISHES, THE LONG HOURS TO THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN THOSE, IN THAT CONCEPT AS WELL.
LIKE WHAT OTHER BENEFITS ARE WE PROVIDING AND WHAT OTHER, UM, STRUCTURED TYPE OF POSITION THAT YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GOING TO BE DRAWING THEM AND RETAINING THEM BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO THINGS.
YOU HAVE YOUR SALARY, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR WORKING CONDITIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS HAVING TO BE ON CALL AGAIN, YOU COULD PAY ME 85,000, $90,000 A YEAR, BUT IF I'M NEED MY TIME OFF IN I'M WITH FAMILY, AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO GO HANDLE THIS EMERGENCY TO 10 EXTRA HOURS, THEN IT JUST BECOMES DRAINING.
SO WE'LL KIND OF LOOK AT IT LIKE, YEAH, LET ME JUST KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THE EXAMPLE.
I WISH WE WERE TALKING TO $80,000.
SO UTILITY TECH, ONE, WE'RE PAYING $16 AND 45 CENTS FOR THE POSITION, OUR PARODY AMOUNT, JUST WITH OUR OTHER CITIES IS 1859.
SO, SO WE ARE DEFINITELY LOW FROM A PARODY STANDPOINT.
HARPER, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE, THE WORKING CONDITIONS? UH, I HAVE A GREAT GROUP.
THESE, THESE MEN AND WOMEN THEY'LL WORK.
THEY'RE NOT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT I THINK FOR NEW PEOPLE COMING IN WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, BUT YOU CAN GO WORK FOR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN THE AC, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SODA OR MAYBE EVEN SOME FOOD DURING YOUR WORK.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING, UH, OR YOU CAN COME OVER HERE AND YOU CAN BE OUT HERE IN 105 DEGREE WEATHER, UH, WORKING HARD ALL DAY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES COME IN AT NIGHT BEING ON CALL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, IF YOU DO THAT FOR THE SAME PAY FOR THAT SAME $15, $16 AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEBODY NEW COMING IN, IT'S GOING TO ASK WHY, WHY WOULD I DO THIS? WHY? SO, IF WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO MEET THE MARKET, WE WOULD BE UP AT $20 AN HOUR, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
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DID THE STREET DEPARTMENT, UM, MR. RIZZO WAS TALKING ABOUT, AT LEAST IT KEEPS US TO WHERE THE GUYS ARE STILL, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE IT HERE.THEY LIKED THE BENEFITS, THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY LIKE WORKING FOR THE CITY.
BUT IF YOU OFFER ONE OF MY GUYS, PROBABLY THE SAME WITH PARKS OR ANY ONE OF THE OTHERS, IF YOU OFFER THEM FIVE 10, OR THIS CASE, 15, $14 AN HOUR, MORE, I ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO THEM IS, HEY MAN, I, I, I'M SURE GONNA MISS YOU.
YOU KNOW, I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD, CAUSE I WOULD DO THE SAME.
BUT IF YOU BUILD THAT DYNAMIC, LIKE YOU SAID, RAISE THE BAR AND A BIT MORE ON THE SALARY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THAT WORKING CONDITIONS.
IT ALSO IS YOUR TEAMWORK, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH EVERY DAY, DID SHE COME IN AND JUST KNOCK THE NON-US THE SAME THING.
AGAIN, YOU CAN WORK AT A FAST FOOD BUCKY'S OR WHEREVER IT'S AT.
IT'S THE SAME THING YOU DO EVERY TIME.
BUT WITH THIS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE CHARACTER OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT FROM THESE EMPLOYEES.
YOU'RE ALSO MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE PART OF THE TEAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT, BY INCREASING THE SALARY.
YOU'LL ALSO HAVE, YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A BETTER IMPROVED WORKING CONDITION.
AND I THINK WE COULD RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE'RE RUNNING AT 40% STAFF, THE WORKING CONDITION THAT WE'RE CREATING, BECAUSE THE SALARIES ARE SO LOW IS DEMORALIZING, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S CREATING AN, A MORALE ISSUE.
SO PAY DOES HELP THE WORKING CONDITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE MORE SUPPORT AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME PERSON ANSWERING A CALL ON CHRISTMAS AND ON NEW YEAR'S AND YOU KNOW, SO FORTH.
SO I THINK, UM, IT LENDS ITSELF PAY LENDS ITSELF TO BOTH ISSUES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PAY ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE IF I'VE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS WITH THE CITY AND THIS NEW GUY COMES IN AND IT'S MAKING, YOU KNOW, JUST 25 CENTS, LESS THAN ME, THAT DEFINITELY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR MORALE.
SO MAKING SURE WE DO THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT'S THE COMPRESSION THAT, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHICH, WHICH THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH COMPRESSION, WHICH I'M 110% FOR THE COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE DIVISION MANAGERS.
AND I'VE SAID THIS, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A MUCH LARGER NUMBER.
MS. SELLERS KNOWS VERY WELL IT'S A MUCH LARGER NUMBER, BUT IF COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD APPROVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, WE'D LOVE THAT.
LOVE THAT MY STAFF WOULD LOVE THAT.
UM, SO THE ON CALL PAY, AND I'M SORRY, I'VE KIND OF SEGWAYED OFF INTO THAT, BUT THE ON-CALL PAY, UM, IS FOR THE GUYS THAT ARE COMING IN, UH, AFTER HOURS, IT'S TYPICAL IN MOST CITIES, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING EXTRA, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE PAY TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, IT'S A LITTLE STIPULATION, UH, YOU KNOW, STIPEND THAT JUST KIND OF HELPS HIM OUT, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT TO WHERE THEY GO OUT AND HE'S ON CALL.
THEY GET AN EXTRA AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, EXTRA EACH TIME THEY GO OUT TO DO THEIR OWN CALL AND THEIR CHECK.
UM, AND WHERE I CAME FROM BEFORE WE HAD THIS, IT WAS A STANDARD DEAL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I CAN GO TO DEEPER.
UM, THE NEXT ONE'S A BACK TRUCK.
THIS IS FOR OUR, UH, DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT AND THE BACK OF TRUCK IS USED TO CLEAN OUT ALL THE SO I'VE, I'VE HAD BEAU GRANT.
THEM IS MY CREW LEADER RIGHT NOW.
AND THE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT, UM, GO AROUND EACH OF THE STORM DRAINS, UH, LIKE, UH, THE, UH, DRIVEWAY CULVERTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, CLEAN ALL THOSE OUT, ESPECIALLY HERE IN OLD TOWN.
UM, THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING IS, IS THE, UH, LOCATES.
UM, YOU GOT TO ASK FOR A LOCATE NOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THREE DAYS.
HECK IT MIGHT BE WORN WHAT TWO WEEKS, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A LOAN IF YOU'RE LUCKY, IF YOU'RE LUCKY.
UM, SO THAT REALLY PUT HIM ON A BIG HOLE, TRYING TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
WHEREAS IF THEY CAN USE THE VACTOR TRUCK, THEY SOMETIMES BORROW FROM WARREN AND THEM AND TRY TO USE IT.
BUT THE VACTOR TRUCKS USE REGULARLY WITH THE, WITH THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.
UM, IF HE HAD A BACKER TRUCK, THEN HE WOULD GO THROUGH AND CLEAN ALL THESE OUT AND NOT HAVE TO REALLY WAIT FOR THE LOCATES BECAUSE THE BAXTER DRUG DOESN'T DIG.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SUCKS IT UP, YOU KNOW, SUCKS THE DIRT UP.
SO, UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY AN ISSUE THERE WITH BUSTING A LINE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, STREETSWEEPER, UH, AS WELL AS FOR THE DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, COME IN AND CLEANED THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING AND ASSIST.
AND, UH, UH, THE, ANOTHER REASON FOR THIS AND THE STREET SWEEPER IS CURRENTLY UNDER, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP AND THEY DO A FINE JOB SWEEPING AND ALL THAT.
WE JUST FIND THAT PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS STILL FOR IT.
UM, WITH A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS, WE NEED TO SWEEP HER OUT THERE DOING CERTAIN THINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF THERE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR WORK.
AND SO, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT ONE SWEEPER TO DO EVERYTHING IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD USE REGULARLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO, UM, BACKHOE, UH, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER,
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UM, ONE FOR EACH BACKHOES, I THINK WHAT WAS THAT YEAR? DO YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR ON THAT OLDER 1009 MO MULTIPLE HOURS? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU FIGURED THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, BACKHOES THAT GET USED, YOU KNOW, UH, I SAID AT SOME POINTS EVERY DAY, UM, THEY RUN FOR LONG PERIODS, UM, CONSTANTLY RUNNING WHEN THEY'RE DOING WATER LEAKS AND WASTEWATER THINGS LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY UTILIZE THE LIGHTS OF THE BACKHOE FOR THE PEOPLE DOWN IN THERE WORKING IN THE HOLE.SO THEY JUST SIT THERE AND RUN AN IDOL A LOT OF THE TIME.
COULD WE ALLOCATE REALLOCATE THOSE TO A DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T NEED THEM EVERY DAY? UM, IS THERE A DEPARTMENT THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY THAT COULD BRING YOU USE THOSE GIVEN A BACCO BEFORE? AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO MARIANA ABOUT MAYBE EVEN GIVING HER ANOTHER ONE.
UM, THE, I REALLY NEED WARNED AWAY IN HERE LATER IF WE LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GIVE HER ONE THAT IS CONSTANTLY BREAKING DOWN.
THAT'S BEEN THE RDO OVER AND OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THEN THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
AND NEXT PAGE, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR BY THE DIVISION MANAGERS, UM, A PATCH TRUCK FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT, CONCRETE TRUCK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAME NOW, SCOTT, BUT THE SIDEWALK COMPANY THAT USED TO DO A POLY LEVEL.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS POLY LEVEL.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING BACK OURSELVES AGAIN, ABEL AND THEM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THESE KNOCKED OUT.
UM, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO WAIT FOR CONCRETE TRUCKS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ONE, TWO SECTIONS, A SMALL SECTION, IT'S A SIDEWALK.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU IT'S TOO SMALL.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT YOU TO WAIT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO SEVERAL OF THEM.
AND, UM, SO THIS WAS A THOUGHT THAT SCOTT HAD, IF WE COULD GET OUR OWN CONCRETE TRUCK AND WE, WE MIX OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR STUFF OURSELVES AND DO IT AND YOU KNOW, MORE PRODUCTIVITY, UM, UH, PEPPER HAUL TRUCK.
UM, I BELIEVE WARREN BROUGHT THIS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE PUMPING HALLS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR IN VARIOUS PLACES.
UM, OVERALL IN TIME, IT'D BE A GOOD THING TO BE ABLE TO HAUL OUR OWN WASTEWATER, UH, IF NEEDED, IF WE NEED TO RUN AND WE HAVE A SPILL OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO PUMP OUT A LIFT STATION, YOU KNOW, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET ONE OF THESE OUTSIDE COMPANIES THAT COME IN TO PUMP FOR US, WE DO IT OURSELVES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAUL IT OURSELVES AND SEND IT OFF.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING IN HOUSE.
AND IS THAT THE EMPLOYEE INCLUDED AS WELL WITH THAT WOULD RUN THE TRUCK? UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CDL DRIVERS TO SIR.
SO YOU WOULD JUST PULL SOMEBODY OFF THE CREW.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER HIRE OR JUST USE SOMEONE.
UM, UH, TRAILER, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, WHEN WE DID, UM, CORTEZ OVER HERE, UM, RIGHT UP THE ROAD, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD STACKED OUT THERE, UH, LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
I WAS PRETTY PROUD ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ONE HAUL TRUCK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT THERE.
SO YOU'RE SPINNING A DAY BACK AND FORTH MOVING EQUIPMENT JUST TO GET IT OVER THERE.
UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TRAILER TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS QUICKER, FASTER, MORE, MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE STREET CONSTRUCTION CREW, UM, THE ZERO-TURN MOWER AND THE GAS, POWER GOLF COURT CART.
UM, THE MOWERS FOR THE MOWING OUT THERE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, THE GOLF CART IS, UH, TIM GOT TIRED OF WALKING INTO EVERY HOLE WHEN HE'S PLAYING GOLF.
AND I SAID, YOU WANTED A GOLF CART NOW.
IT'S UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLANT EXPANSION, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE YET TO SEE THAT PLANT EXPANSION, HOW MANY BIG IT IS NOW.
UH, THEY WANTED SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD GET AROUND BACK AND FORTH TO BRING SAMPLES AND STUFF AND MOVE.
AND INSTEAD OF WALKING THAT ENTIRE WAY BACK IN WAR, TIM WAS DESCRIBING TO ME, HOW YOU'RE, YOU SAID YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO GO.
MAYBE YOU HAVE TO GO HERE AND THEN TURN AROUND AND GO RIGHT BACK OUT TO THAT PLACE THEN BACK AND FORTH.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO FACILITATE THEIR OPERATION, AND HE'S SAYING GAS, WOOD, ELECTRIC BE BETTER.
CAUSE NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO TAKE GAS OUT THERE, FILL IT UP, EVERYTHING BETTER GAS WOULD BE BETTER OR A PROPANE.
SO I'M THINKING PROPANE GAS OR ELECTRIC.
I CAN SPEAK TO THAT TIM SANFORD FOR THE RECORD.
SO SOMETIMES WE RIDING MANY LONG SHIFTS SUCH AS YESTERDAY.
I WAS HERE TILL ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SO RUNNING ANY BOWER OPERATED VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
SO ON THE CONCRETE TRUCK HARPER.
TO, I MEAN, IS THAT, I MEAN, ARE Y'ALL REALLY THINKING THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO ON THE SIDEWALKS TO START DOING YOUR OWN CONCRETE MIXING AND ALL THAT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, UH, IF, IF, IF ABEL'S GROUP CONTINUES AT THE RATE, THEY'RE GOING AND BE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT THESE SIDEWALKS, LIKE THEY'RE DOING,
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IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.WE PUT IT IN HERE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE WANTED YOU TO SEE IT AND WE'RE INTERESTED.
UM, SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ANY ON IT, THIS IS MORE FOR, OH, SORRY, SCOTT, FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THIS IS MORE FOR OUR OWN HAULING.
WE WOULD GET CONCRETE FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS, BUT NOT MIXING ON SITE.
THEY WOULD ALREADY HAVE IT MIXED.
WE WOULD JUST HAUL IT TO OURSELVES.
SO YOU JUST PICK IT UP AND IN YOU'RE IN A PICKUP, CORRECT.
IT'S LIKE GOING TO GET BASE MATERIAL ON OUR DUMP TRUCKS, GOT DELIVERY TRUCKS.
THEY HAVE THOSE METERED METERED, CONCRETE.
YOU EVER SEEN THOSE TRUCKS? THEY'RE METERED CONCRETE TRUCKS.
WELL, I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M THINKING LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BIG COST.
AND DO YOU, ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE YOUR OUTPUT AS A RESULT OF HAVING A CONCRETE? LIKE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE SIDEWALKS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH GETTING CONCRETE DELIVERED BECAUSE THERE'S NO DRIVERS AND ANY OF THE STUFF WE DO IN NEXT BY HAND.
YOU KIND OF MADE ME WORRY WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE MIXED AND I'M LIKE, ARE WE GONNA PUT A PLAN TOGETHER? BUT NOW WE'RE JUST PICKING UP.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY A MUST CAUSE I'VE SEEN IN THE TRADES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WAITING A LONG TIME FOR CONCRETE TRUCKS.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I SEE HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE AT THE LARGE JOB SITES THAT ARE NOW COMING ONLINE.
UH, SO DEFINITELY I THINK THIS WOULD BE A WIN FOR US WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING MORE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND UH, I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUTPUT.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY WOULD BE GREAT.
AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING EVERYTHING FROM.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, I'M TRYING TO GAUGE WHERE THAT IS.
AND YOU SAID WE'RE INTERESTED IN IT.
THE WAY YOU ANSWERED AS, AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS WITH THE VIBE COMING ONLINE.
HOW MUCH OF IT ARE WE DOING? IN-HOUSE SO YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ARE WE REALLY GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH DOING SIDEWALKS OR NOT? THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
CAUSE I, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR ABEL'S KNOCKING OUT SIDEWALK BUT THIS PAST YEAR, UH, DOING MAINTENANCE IN HOUSE SO LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONVERSATION HAD ABOUT GRADING CREW WITHIN OUR CITY TO DO SIDEWALKS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING OFF OF THIS CONVERSATION WAS FROM THAT CONVERSATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING OUT THE, THERE, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD HERE IN THE CITY.
WELL, REGULAR ASSIGNMENT RIGHT OUT.
JUST MAINTENANCE, NOT BUILDING.
CAUSE I, I HEARD LAST TIME THE CONVERSATION WAS BUILDING, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CREWS, IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL.
SO, SO BECAUSE OF WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE WITH OUR STREET CONSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE STREET MAINTENANCE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW AND GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION CREW THAT Y'ALL APPROVED, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING.
JUST WISH THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE REPORT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
BUT IT'S JUST A PSYCHOLOGICAL THING.
TRAFFIC GETS BROUGHT INTO THE WHOLE THING BY, BUT GO SEE, GO SEE ABLE AND HOW MUCH THEY'VE DONE AND WE'RE ME AND SCOTT ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEM AND THEY'RE KNOCKING IT OUT.
UM, THE ONE 10 TRUCKS, THE LEAST ONE, THESE ARE LEASE LEASE TRUCKS.
UM, THERE'S THREE OF THEM, ONE FOR THE DRAINAGE FOREMAN AND ONE FOR STREET CONSTRUCTION AND ONE FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE WORN OF THOSE.
THOSE ARE TRADE OUTS FROM THE OLDER ONES.
THE NEXT ONE IS A NEW WATER METERS.
THIS IS, UH, THIS WAS JUST A INCREASE RIGHT WARREN AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, AND IT'S A PASS THROUGH THAT SHOULD BE A PASS THROUGH AND NOT EVEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY COME IN AND PAY.
SO YOU GET THE MONEY RIGHT BACK.
I THINK THEY'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST NOTING IT.
UM, THIS VARIOUS OTHER SUPPORT ITEMS, THERE WAS A, A MISTAKE ON HERE THAT I TALKED TO ANDY ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED.
UM, IT ACTUALLY HAS, IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME IMPORTANT THINGS ON HERE, BUT IT'S ABOUT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND MORE ACTUALLY AND THERE'S LABORATORY SUPPLIES, CHEMICALS.
THE TCEQ PERMIT IS ON THEIR CHEMICALS FOR THE PLANT.
THE UCMR FIVE SAMPLING FOR THE VPA.
UH, ALL THESE ARE TCQ REGULATED.
UM, THERE WAS THE IPADS, THE WHOLE RAM ATTACHMENT FOR THE SKID-STEER, THE MICROPHONE MICROBIAL SAMPLE STATIONS THAT IS A TCQ AS WELL.
UM, HE DID CABINETS FOR THE LEVEL TRANSMITTERS.
THAT'S PART OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UH, OUR, UM, OUR TANKS AND STUFF, ELEVATED TANKS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRANSDUCER AND STUFF.
DON'T FREEZE UP DURING THE WINTER, I BELIEVE.
IS THAT MY RIGHT, TIM? DID I LOSE THAT BECAUSE I LOVE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TIM IS.
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SO I'LL TRY TO GET THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED CORRECTLY.UM, ON THE NEXT ONE
UM, THE WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, WHEN WE TURN TO FIVE MG AT FIVE MGD ANYWAY, UM, THE YARRINGTON AND LAYMAN PUMP STATIONS, UM, CHLORINE FEED SYSTEMS AND SCADA UPGRADES HAVE TO BE DONE AT BOTH SITES.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AWARE YARRINGTON AND LAYMAN ARE WHERE WE RECEIVE THE GBRA WATER.
UH, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SITES THAT WE RECEIVED GBRA WATER, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, FEEDS BASICALLY ALL OF THE EAST SIDE OF 35 WATERLINE REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADES.
UM, MORE THAN THIS WAS A PUMP HOUSE ROAD, RIGHT? OKAY.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL, WE GET THIS ANNUAL FOR PUTTING IN NEW LINES.
UM, THE NEXT PROJECT THEY'LL BE DOING IS PUMP HOUSE ROAD AND MELINDA LANE, THE WASTEWATER LINE REPLACEMENT UPGRADES.
IT'S THE SAME, THAT'S AN ANNUAL ALLOTMENT.
UM, THAT IS THE SLIMMER AND SLIMMER THAT, UH, LEON HAS GOING.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO GET, GET, GET THAT STARTED AND IT'S, IT IS STARTED AND THE MONEY WILL COME OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THE STREET MAINTENANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHAT THE GUYS IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN BUILDING ALL THESE ROADS FOR, UM, SCOTT EGBERT, AS WELL AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT, JESSE SHROYER HAVE ASKED FOR A 250 K INCREASE, UM, BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW THIS YEAR AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THEY'RE THINKING THEY CAN DO A LOT, MAYBE EVEN MORE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, JOSE ADDITION THAT WE JUST FINISHED IN THAT ONE JOB THAT WE WERE THERE, NOT VERY LONG, I THINK 75.
WHAT WAS IT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AROUND 75,000 IN SAVINGS IN JUST THAT ONE JOB IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME? SO, UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE ASK TO INCREASE SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE ROADS REBUILD, MORE ROADS I BELIEVE IS THAT IT, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL ON MY PART.
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? FOR WHAT ITEMS SIX THERE IS IT ANNUALLY? YOU ALREADY HAVE HALF A MILLION IN THERE.
SO THE INCREASE IS ACTUALLY 200 TO TWO 50 INCREASE.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT SCOTT AND JESSE WERE THINKING THAT THEY WILL NEED NEXT YEAR.
IF THEY KEEP GOING AT THE RATE, THEY'RE GOING THEY ALL FOR THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'VE ASKED SOME AS WE'VE GONE ALONG.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE DEPARTMENT HEAD SIDE? CAUSE I'M GOING TO START SPEEDING THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PERSONALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK, STRETCH OUR LEGS JUST FOR A MINUTE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG ONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
JUST LET EVERYBODY WALK AROUND FOR A MINUTE.
SO I'M GOING TO SET THE ALARM AND I'LL, I'LL BE BOSSY AND BRING HIS BACK.
SO, UM, YOU GOT SEVEN MINUTES.
IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, YOU'RE LATE BUMPING THEM.
MY DAD SAYS THAT ALL CIP IS LIKE HIS FAVORITE THING TO SAY I WAS BORN AT NIGHT, BUT IT WOULDN'T LAST.
SO THE CIP FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING, AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US THIS LONG, UH, STANDS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND WE HAVE LISTED HERE IN OUR DOCUMENTATION, UH, AS IT SAYS, HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.
THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, PROBABLY IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ON THE CIP, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL.
THEY'RE JUST PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT.
SO STARTING AT NUMBER ONE, I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THESE HERE.
MICROSURFACING WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THAT, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE AND REHAB, UH, OF SEVEN 50.
THAT IS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN THROWING INTO OUR NEW STREETS, CONSTRUCTION CREW.
UH, WE WILL, THROUGH THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX SURVEY, CONTINUE TO GENERATE NEW LISTS OF ROADS TO MAINTAIN A CENTER STREET RAISED MEETING THAT IS FOR THE QUIET ZONE CROSSING AND IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE FRA AND TXDOT.
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BEAUTIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS AS OUR ANNUAL ALLOTMENT OF $500,000 TRAFFIC CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING, UH, A AT LEAST ONE NEW FULL INTERSECTION AND POTENTIALLY OTHERS WITH SIGNALS.HOWEVER, BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITY OF LOOKING AT THINGS FIRST FROM A ROUNDABOUT OR SINGLE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THOSE STUDIES.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, COMING UP ON TUESDAY FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL LANE IMPROVEMENTS FOR
AGAIN, THIS CAME OUT OF THE RECENT ENGINEERING, UH, THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE COST TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SOUTHBOUND AGAIN, MARKETPLACE TO FURNITURE WHERE WE HAVE SOME DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE EXITING DIRECTLY ON TO THE FURNITURE ROAD.
THERE DEFINITELY NOT A SAFE IMPROVEMENT OR SAFE ENVIRONMENT NEEDS IMPROVED SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING ONGOING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS AS, AS WE'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THE BUDGET.
UH, WE DO HAVE THAT NUMBER STILL IN THE CIP FOR THE DESIGN, THE CITY'S PORTION OF DESIGN, UH, ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES.
THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT, UH, THE ARTS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO PETITION THE COUNCIL AS AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION FOR ARTS, UH, FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT, THAT IS FORTHCOMING AND WILL BE A REQUEST FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION DRAINAGE PRIORITY PROJECTS IS OUR ANNUAL ALLOTMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING THOSE ON DOWNTOWN PROJECTS.
PORTER SWIMMER STREET HAS BEEN OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT THERE.
QUAIL RIDGE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS OUR AMOUNT THAT WE, UH, HAVE KIND OF LOOKED AT AS A REALLY JUST A HABIT OR REHABBING THE CULVERTS.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT, THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE AREA THAT WILL HOPEFULLY RESOLVE MUCH OF THE QUAIL RIDGE AREA.
BUT THIS 500,000 IS THEN TO LOOK AT THE REMAINDER OF QUAIL RIDGE AS WE GO AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE STREET, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THOSE, UH, DRIVEWAY CULVERTS UP UPGRADED AS WELL AS LOOK AT THE OUTFALL, UH, PLUM CREEK CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS OUR AMOUNT THAT IS, UH, IDENTIFY THAT $9 MILLION IS IDENTIFIED IN THE DRAINAGE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, OUR DRAINAGE, THE DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO, TO BEING ABLE TO RETIRE A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR DEBT SERVICE ON THIS.
HOWEVER, UH, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET WITH, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SEE IF WE CAN'T FUND THIS AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT.
CITYWIDE, FESTIVE LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THAT'S 200,000.
UH, THE KYLE POOL IMPROVEMENTS OF 550,000, UH, WAS, WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, CITYWIDE PARK PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S JUST, UH, AN ADDITION OF A PLAYGROUND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT EACH YEAR AT A DESIGNATED PARK.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF AS A VERY SMALL NUMBER, UH, CITYWIDE PARK IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS EACH YEAR.
WE WANT TO REALLY BEGIN GREENING UP THE, THE PARK AREAS BY ADDING IN A IRRIGATION IN EACH ONE WE'RE STARTING WITH GREG CLARK PARK, AS YOU ARE VERY WELL AWARE, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL AMOUNTS TO ADD IRRIGATION TO EACH OF OUR PARKS.
OUR PLAN IS TO BRING PURPLE PIPE, MEANING RECLAIMED WATER TO EACH OF THOSE TO KEEP THE COST DOWN AS WELL.
UH, BARTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS IT COUNSELOR CALLS.
THERE'S A, I BELIEVE IT WAS A $25,000 GRANT.
WE RECEIVED FOR A FITNESS STATION THERE AT BARTON PARK.
UH, THIS IS A NEW PARK THAT WILL BE BUILT AT THE WORD PLACE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT COMING OUT OF A FUTURE SPECIAL DISTRICT TO FUND THE REMAINING PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOUR SEASONS AND BROOKSIDE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, MARIANNA JUST REALLY QUICK.
DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE? THAT IS THE LOCATION RIGHT ACROSS FROM LAKE KYLE AND BROOKSIDE CREEK SIDE.
AND THAT IS WHERE THEY PICK A BALL COURTS ARE PROPOSED TO GO TO BE PAID FOR BY THAT DEVELOPER, THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD BUILD THE PARK.
UH, SO, SO MUCH OF THAT COST IS COMING OUT OF THE DEVELOPER, THAT PARK PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND MASON WOOD PARK IS A PARK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT APPROVED BY PARKS BOARD FOR AWHILE.
UH, THIS WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND THE, UH, OAKS ON PHILOMENA, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THAT, THAT LITTLE AREA, THAT DETENTION AREA BEHIND THERE, UH, YEAH, RIGHT BEHIND
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THE, THE MAILBOXES THERE, UH, PARKED VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM, SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR, FOR A WHILE, AND NOW WE HAVE A GOOD PRICE OR GOOD COST ESTIMATE ON THAT SYSTEM.THIS WILL ADD SECURITY SURVEILLANCE, UH, TO EACH OF OUR PARKS THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO, TO DISPATCH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL SYSTEM, UH, PARK TRAIL, MASTER PLAN.
UM, MARIANNA, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT YOU ON THAT ONE JUST BEFORE SHE STARTS ON THAT.
CAN I JUST REEMPHASIZE A PARK UP OFF OF THE END TO BB ROAD, JUST TO MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER IT FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE? YOU GOT OUR CURRENT PARK RECREATION OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2016.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A TEN-YEAR PLAN, HOWEVER, WITH ACCREDITATION EFFORTS, AND THEN JUST AS FAST AS THE CITY IS MOVING, WE'RE TRYING TO REVISE IT AND REVIEW IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND TO YOU THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE THE MOST RECENT CITYWIDE TRAIL MASTER PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED.
UH, PARK RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
UH, BUILDING FOR LAKE KYLE IS AS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING IN THE, UH, IN THAT AREA BALL, FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WHICH IS THIS GREAT CLARK THAT IS FOR ALL THE BALL FIELD, ALL BALL FIELDS.
NEW DIRT, DART PLAYERS, BENCHES, UM, DUGOUTS FENCING, BLEACHERS, AND THEN BALL, FIELD LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL THE PARKS.
AND WHEN CAN YOU GO INTO THAT GOING IN? STEEPLECHASE GREG CLARK'S, THAT'S ALL.
UM, ALL THE OTHER PRODUCTS ARE ABLE TO BE RENTED OUT IN THE EVENINGS, NOT JUST GREG CLARK PARK.
SO IN STEEPLECHASE AS WELL, YOU'LL HAVE LIGHTING IN THE, ARE YOU KIND OF JUST EYEBALLING THE FOOTBALL FIELD OR THE PROPOSALS FOR THE BALL FIELDS IN THE BIG FOOTBALL SOCCER FIELD? OKAY.
SO THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION BECAUSE 75 WOULD JUST DO A FIELD, I THINK.
UH, AIRATION AT COOL SPRINGS IN LINEBERGER, WE DISCUSSED INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE DISCUSSED THAT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO THAT? OKAY.
THE KRUGER PARK PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, MARY KYLE HARTSON PARK, UH, AND TABLES AND CHAIRS INSIDE OF INSIDE OF CRAIG.
SO IT'S CREW CREW BUILDING RECREATION CENTER FACILITY.
UM, EASY RIGHT THERE THAT WON'T, THAT ONE'S LOW HANGING FRUIT, UH, $80 MILLION DOWNTOWN MIXED USE BUILDING IS OUR ONE, A FOUR SOUTH, UH, COST ESTIMATE, WATERLINE UPGRADES, AND REPLACEMENTS.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF $500,000.
UH, AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, COST HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD 2.9, WE HAVE 3.5 AND THIS IS TO BASICALLY RETROFIT ALL OLD METERS WITH NEW IT RADIOS AND ANTENNAS TO BE WHAT WE CALL AMI, MEANING THEY CAN ALL BE READ FROM CITY HALL.
PUSH OF A BUTTON, A WATER TANK REHAB PROGRAM.
UH, LEON MENTIONED THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WOULD WE TRY TO DO ONE TANK A YEAR? WE'RE ABOUT DONE WITH OUR ROTATION.
WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM AFTER THIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ONE TOWER AFTER THE PLUM CREEK TOWER THOUGH, THAT WE STILL NEED TO HIT URGENTLY A WATERSTONE WATER TANK UPSIZE.
THAT IS A, UH, THE DEVELOPER IN WATERSTONE IS BUILDING AN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
THE CITY NEEDS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE AREA.
SO A MILLION DOLLARS IS, IS, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE, THAT TANK BUILD TO ENSURE THAT THAT ENTIRE AREA HAS SUFFICIENT CAPACITY FM 16, 26 WATER TANK AND PUMP STATION THAT $12 MILLION IS FROM ARWA.
SO THAT THOSE ARE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, UH, TO BUILD THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT TAKE POINT FROM ARWA RIGHT.
SO THIS WILL, WILL PROVIDE, UH, UH, LEON, HOW MANY GALLONS IS THAT STORAGE TANK, 1000001ST TANK, AND THEN, AND THEN 3 MILLION.
AND THIS 12 MILLION IS FIRST PHASE.
SO THERE THERE'S MORE COMING AFTER THIS, BUT THAT IT'S, IT'S A GREAT START HERE TO TAKING WATER, TO BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE WATER FROM ARWA IN 2024, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE 20, 25 YARRINGTON AND LAYMAN PUMP STATIONS, UH, BASICALLY, UH, JUST RETROFIT OR REHAB, THE PUMP STATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA HARPER IS THAT CORRECT? YERINGTON AND LAYMAN PUMP STATIONS IS JUST TO, TO REHAB THE EXISTING PUMP STATIONS YEP.
WITH THE NEW PUMPS, K UH, WASTEWATER LINE UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENTS.
THAT'S AGAIN, OUR, OUR STANDING LINE ITEM, PLUM CREEK GOLF COURSE, WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR.
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WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S FINALLY TIME TO PULL THE TRIGGER.WE'VE GOT ENGINEERING PRETTY MUCH DONE ON THAT WHOLE PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO BRING A RECLAIMED WATER LINE, UM, AND A WASTEWATER LINE THROUGH THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, NORTH TRAILS, WASTEWATER UPGRADE, UH, IS A, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL PER OUR MASTER PLAN, BUT THIS IS A VERY LARGE WASTEWATER LINE, UH, LEADING DOWN TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FINALIZING THE, THE LAND ACQUISITION FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN IT'S THE UPGRADE AT THE LINE, UH, SAME WITH THE FOUR SEASONS, UH, WASTEWATER UPGRADE AND REALLY SAME AS, YOU KNOW, STEEPLECHASE WAVE WASTEWATER UPGRADES.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING THE MAIN TRUNK LINE FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO UPSIZE IT FROM THE PLANT ALL THE WAY UP INTO, YOU KNOW, FROM EAST KYLE ALL THE WAY UP TO WEST KYLE, TO WHERE WE GET INTO SOME OF OUR SMALLER INTERCEPTORS.
SO THAT 36 INCH LINE IS, YOU KNOW, THINK OF A THREE FOOT DIAMETER PIPE, UH, THAT IS TO CONVEY THE ADDITIONAL FLOW THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM OUR, OUR GROWTH, UH, DACEY WASTEWATER UPGRADE TO AN 18 INCH.
UH, LEANNE, I BELIEVE THAT'S FROM INDIAN PAINTBRUSH LIFT STATION.
UM,
A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT INTERCEPTOR PHASE ONE IS $3.9 MILLION.
UH, AND THEN INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO IS 2.9 MILLION.
THESE ARE BOTH PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, OKAY, GREAT.
SO VERY CLOSE TO THE, THE WASTE RICHMOND PLANT, UH, QUAIL RIDGE WASTEWATER LINE AND LIFT STATION, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STILL FIGURE OUT WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
WE MAY NOT NEED THIS TO BE HONEST BECAUSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT MAY BE INSTALLING THEIR OWN LIFT STATIONS.
WATER LEAF, WASTEWATER, INTERCEPTOR.
THIS IS THE LEG THAT COMES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE UP THE, UH, THE WATERSTONE AND COOL SPRINGS FLOW.
AS IT DROPS DOWN INTO THE WASTEWATER BASIN, UH, WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT DISK FILTRATION SYSTEM.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS VERY RECENTLY WITH COUNCIL, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, DISK FILTRATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED AS WE, UH, GO TO, UH, TYPE ONE RECLAIMED.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, WE NEED TO DISK FILTRATION TO CONTINUE TO, TO FILTER OUT PARTICULATES, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT THIS, THIS, UH, RECLAIMED SYSTEM.
WE ARE SEEKING A FEDERAL AWARD FOR THIS AMOUNT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
AND, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS CURRENTLY INTERVIEWED BY ONE OF OUR SENATORS, UH, WASTEWATER TRIM, PLANT GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS IN REHAB.
THAT'S OUR STANDING ITEM, UH, TO KEEP OUR PLANT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER FACILITY, THERE'S OUR $37 MILLION FOR THE BONDS, KYLE REGIONAL SPORTSPLEX.
UH, THAT'S THE 2020 BOND, 20 21, 20 20 BOND, UM, THAT WE ARE, UM, STILL WAITING ON THE MATCH MONEY FOR THAT, UH, PLUM CREEK TRAIL.
THAT'S OUR, THAT THE GAIN FROM THE SAME BOND, 2 MILLION OUT THERE.
IT SAYS, YEAH, SORRY, I CAN'T EVEN READ 20.
IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME, 2020, UH, AND THEN OUR GREG CLARK SKATE PARK, A MILLION DOLLARS IN, AGAIN ON EACH OF THOSE WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON, UH, UH, AN ILA FROM HAYES COUNTY, UH, TO BE APPROVED.
AND THEN ONCE THAT IS, HAS HAPPENED, WE'LL HAVE DOUBLED EACH OF THOSE AMOUNTS FOR OUR PROJECTS.
SO MET WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTY LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, THE DOCUMENTS ARE BASICALLY ON THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DESK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
UH, OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PHASE TWO TO 9 MILLION GALLONS.
NOW THIS ONE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT IT'S $25 MILLION.
UH, THAT IS A, PROBABLY NOT THE FULL ESTIMATE TO BE HONEST.
UH, AND IT ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ENGINEERING
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NOW TO GO FROM WHAT WE ARE GROWING TO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO FOUR AND A HALF MGD, RIGHT? HYDRAULICALLY.WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS UPGRADE TO TREAT SIX MGD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A 4.5 MGD PLANT.
AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW AWESOME TIM AND HIS CREWS ARE ABLE TO KEEP THAT WATER, UH, UNDER TREATMENT.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND NEED TO TAKE THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BASED ON OUR GROWTH TO NOW GO FROM THE FOUR AND A HALF TO THE NINE MGD.
AND WE HAVE A PERMIT APPLICATION TO TCQ SO THAT WE CAN BE APPROVED TO MAKE THAT DISCHARGE INTO PLUM CREEK.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT PLANT IN 20, 25 BASED ON OUR GROWTH AGAIN.
SO THAT GIVES US SEVERAL YEARS TO GET TO THAT CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
SO THAT BY THE TIME WE GET ONLINE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT STRAINED AGAIN, PUSHING UP TO 80, 90% CAPACITY, EVEN THOUGH THE 4.5, RIGHT, AGAIN, SIX HYDRAULICALLY, BUT 4.5 BY ACTUAL PHYSICAL CAPACITY.
WITH THAT SAID, WE PROBABLY BACKING INTO THAT NEED TO ADD SOME MONEY INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR STARTING THE ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT TO BID, GETTING THE ENGINEERING MOST LIKELY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE A MILLION DOLLARS OR SO, UH, AND THEN WE'LL KEEP PUSHING THAT ON THE BACK END, BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING ROUGHLY 10% OF $35 MILLION.
LEON IS PROBABLY MORE ACCURATE ABOUT 40 MILLION IS, IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF OUR PLANT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT $4 MILLION, YOU KNOW, PLUS OR MINUS FOR ENGINEERING THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO GET STARTED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO MASSAGE IT INTO THE BUDGET AND BRING THAT BACK.
SO, YEAH, FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T HEAR THAT, SO TH THAT'S, THAT'S A SAFE, SAFE YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO THAT, THE BETTER I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO HAVE THINGS PROLONGED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T BE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, RIGHT.
SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET THAT DESIGN STARTED CONCLUDED IN CONSTRUCTION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE SAFE, SAFE WILL BE, OKAY,
AND THEN YES, SIR, 18, 18 TO 24 OPERATING BY 2025.
THE GOOD THING IS WE, WE DID IN THIS PHASE, WE, UH, BUILT THE HEADWORKS, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A BIG COMPONENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NEXT TIME AND, AND A LENGTHY AND EXPENSIVE COMPONENT.
SO THAT'S ALREADY CAPACITY NINE MGD.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BUILD MORE TREATMENT TRAINS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE ELECTRICAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, MAYBE IT WILL BE QUICKER NEXT TIME, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE REAL COMPLEX BUILD WAS KIND OF DONE A IT'S MORE OF A CAPACITY BUILD UP TO THIS POINT.
UH, BUT YEAH, 18 MONTHS IS PROBABLY SAFE, CORRECT? YEAH.
IT WILL, IT'LL BE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND, CORRECT? UM, YES.
SO WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THE RATE HERE, HERE, AS WE, WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER, I'VE GOT 15 MINUTES TO, UH, TO GET TO THE ENDURE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE UPTOWN RETAIL ROADS, JUST FOR EVERYONE LISTENING.
UH, AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS ON THIS NEXT TUESDAY TO HAVE EACH ONE OF THOSE VENDORS OR, OR ENGINEERING FIRMS SELECTED, APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, TO GET US TO 10% ESTIMATE FOR, UH, JULY SELECTION BY COUNCIL ON WHICH ROADS ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, TO PLACE ON THE AUGUST, UH, AGENDA TO GET TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONTO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THAT'S THE C I P SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH REVENUES.
HEY, HEY SCOTT, YOU SAID THAT THE, OF THE 11 PROJECTS, THE PLAN IS TO BRING EVERYTHING WITH THE OVERPASSES, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE OVERPASSES FOR THE BONDS.
UH, WELL, SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE BOND, UH, WITH THE CONVERSATION, WE HAVE TWO FIRMS WORKING ON THE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE THE OVERPASSES ARE BOWLING AT 20% FUNDING, CORRECT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE BALLOT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AUTHORIZATION, WHICH THEN GIVES
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CREDIBILITY WE'LL WE WILL NEED A, A FEDERALLY REQUIRED 20% MATCH AND A CAMPO REQUIRED MATCH.SO THAT THE MOUNTAIN AT MINIMUM WOULD BE ADDED TO THE BOND.
SO, UH, PERVEZ KIND OF HIT ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE'VE, WE RECEIVED OUR PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED ESTIMATES AND, UH, ASSESSMENT ROLE FROM HAYES CAD.
THE ESTIMATED VALUATION OF THE CITY IN 2022, UH, IS $5.6 BILLION, 33%.
UH, SO 33% INCREASE FROM, UH, 2021.
WE HAVE, OUR CITY WENT UP BY 33% IN ONE YEAR.
IT'S A YEAH, $1.4 BILLION INCREASE TO THE VALUE OF THIS, THIS CITY THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S A PRELIMINARY NUMBER.
WE SET TAX RATE TAXABLE VALUATION IS WHAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SET, CORRECT, OR THE VALUE OF ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE SET THE TAX RATE ON THE BASIS OF THE VALUATION, RIGHT? SO, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ABILITY TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO KEEP SERVICE DELIVERY, MOVING FORWARD, IT'S IT'S, UM, GOING TO EQUAL NEW REVENUES.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, NEW OPERATING TAX REVENUE AT THE CURRENT RATE, AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE THAT MUNICIPAL TAX RATES ARE BROKEN UP INTO TWO SEC SEGMENTS, THAT M AND O, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, AND THEN THE INS INTEREST IN SINKING, WHICH IS OUR DEBT RATE.
SO WE HAVE OUR 33 CENT M AND O RATE OF 4.6 MILLION.
WELL, I SHOULD SAY THE RATE OF 33 CENTS, UH, AND $4.6 MILLION OF NEW MONEY TO BE ADDED TO THAT, UH, MNO RATE.
THE NEW DEBT NUMBER IS ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AS WELL FOR TOTAL OF $7.1 MILLION OF NEW REVENUE TO THE CITY.
BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER, IT'S BROKEN UP IN THE TWO RATES AND ALSO REMEMBER WE HAVE SB TWO THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WHICH IS THE ROLL ROLLBACK.
THAT'S THE 4.6 MILLION THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED.
AND THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY NOW IN OUR HISTORY, HISTORICALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY CHANGED AS A NET ADVANTAGE TO THE CITY'S FAVOR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL JULY 24TH, ROUGHLY, WELL, IT'S 20.6 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE ON THE BACK OF HOW MANY MILLION AND ASK.
SO THE SALES TAX 10 TIMES THAT MUCH REQUESTS SALES TAX ESTIMATE IS, IS ABOUT $2 MILLION.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING AGGRESSIVE, BUT WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN THAT ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE SIGNIFICANT SALES TAX GENERATORS.
SO I THINK IT'S A VERY FAIR ESTIMATE.
SO THERE, YOU SEE THE, THE BUDGET, UH, OF $13 MILLION, UH, WITH ACTUAL COLLECTION, UH, CURRENTLY OF $8 MILLION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WE AVERAGE OVER A MILLION A MONTH IN SALES TAX, CORRECT.
WE CELEBRATE 1 MILLION FOR THE YEAR, FOR THE YEAR, THE YEAR IN 2005.
UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
MARCUS HAS OVER 3 MILLION F F Y UH, OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUES IS A ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE FEES, FINES, ET CETERA, WATER.
I'M GOING TO SHIFT NOW TO THE ENTERPRISE UTILITY ENTERPRISE FUND WATER RATE INCREASE OUR FOUR-YEAR PLAN WITH ARWA.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR PLAN WAS 10% IN 21, 6%, 20 TO 10% THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN 23, 8 AND A HALF PERCENT 24, UH, OUR WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE.
OUR THREE-YEAR PLAN WAS 10% IN 2019, 10% IN 21.
AND THEN, UH, WE WERE GOING TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE GROWTH WAS, UH, AND THEY LOOK AT A 25 OR 26 INCREASE IT'S CETERA.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S CONTINUING ON NEEDS AND GROWTH.
SO IT PROVIDES, YOU SAID GOALS TO DEFER THE INCREASE THIS YEAR FOR 23.
SO WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT NO, NO RATE INCREASES ON THE UTILITIES.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE TO START A BUDGET SEASON WITH THAT AS THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NORMALLY LIKE, AND THAT THAT'S KIND OF DEPENDENT ENTIRELY ON THE DIRECTOR'S PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
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HE SAID THAT ON THE RECORD, DOES THAT EFFECT SAVE EXTRA FOR FUTURE WASTEWATER? NO, THAT WOULD BE ONLY EXCLUSIVELY FOR WATER UTILITY.SO THE RATES ARE SEPARATE FOR THE TWO SYSTEMS. SO FOR WASTEWATER, WE'RE NOT FORECASTING ANY RATE INCREASE THE NEXT YEAR TO BEGIN WITH WATER, WE WERE A 10%.
SO OUR GOAL IS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT ABLE TO DEFER.
SO THE QUESTION THOUGH IS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, HAVE WE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT IN? WE HAVE NOT.
SO, ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE IT, RIGHT, MOST LIKELY WE'LL COME BACK WITH AN INCREASE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, BUT I SAID A LITTLE EARLIER, CORRECT? NOT THE WATER SIDE AND THAT THERE'LL BE A FEW YEARS AWAY, SO IT'S FIVE YEARS OUT.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE SYSTEM GROWTH WILL HELP.
IF WE CAN ABSORB THE ENGINEERING THIS NEXT YEAR, THEN WE CAN DEFER STILL, BUT HAHN'S POINT, UH, JUST SOME HISTORY LIKE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR, TO GO AHEAD AND INCREASE THE WATER RATES BEFORE ALL THE DEBT FOR OUR WAY HIT TO START THAT.
AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND USE IT ELSEWHERE AND ELIMINATE IT.
AND WE WERE WARNED, WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUSHING THE INCREASE AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE COULD HAVE SCALED IT IN SLOWER.
COULD WE SCALE THE SAME, MOST LIKELY, YES.
MOST LIKELY I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME SORT OF A NOMINAL INCREASE, THREE, 5%, RIGHT.
A LITTLE SMALLER INSTEAD OF THE BIGGER ONES.
SO YES, BUT WE COULD INCREASE IT GRADUALLY.
THAT'D BE BETTER FOR HER BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN BUDGET FOR, WELL, IT JUST KEEPS UP WITH CPI, FRANKLY, EVEN WITH THAT, RIGHT.
PROVIDERS SAID 8% IS POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ESTIMATED REVENUE WOULD BE WITHOUT THE PROPOSED INCREASE.
AGAIN, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SMALLER INCREASE ON THE SIDE TO, TO PREPARE FOR THAT NEXT PLANT EXPANSION SLIDE, 47 NEW STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY REVENUE IN 23.
UH, WE'LL BE UP TO ABOUT $170,000 OF NEW REVENUE.
SO, UH, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALLOWING US TO REALLY TAKE CONTROL OF SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE 20 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS THAT WERE IN OUR STORM DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.
SO THE SUMMARY GOING TO SLIDE 49, UH, THIS IS AGAIN FROM WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, RIGHT? FIRST, FIRST BLESSED REQUESTS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS, UH, LOOKING AT NEW POSITION REQUESTS OF 87.5, JUST IN THE PD ALONE, JUST GETTING THEY'RE ALL COMING BACK.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS JUST FOR OFFICERS.
YEAH, NO, WE, WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE PDS REQUEST AS WELL.
SO 87.5 REQUESTS, UH, POSITIONS, THE NEW BUDGET NEEDS IS $245 MILLION.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE NEW BUDGET REQUESTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT INTO, AND I'VE SEEN WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM.
MOST OF THEM CAME FROM ARIANNA'S REC CENTER, UM, 80 BILLION OF THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO, WE DID SEE IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT THERE'S A STRONG, STRONG DEMAND FOR A REC CENTER, EVEN OVER A LIVE, REPHRASE THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU PAY TAXES FOR AN $80 MILLION REC CENTER? AND THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
MAYBE I DO THINK THAT STREETS ARE STILL GOING TO TAKE PRIORITY IN THIS.
WELL, THE WAY TO FIND OUT IS TO PUT IT ON A BALLOT FOR SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE OF THAT 245.
IF WE LOOK AT SLIDE 52, UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THOSE RED PROJECTS ARE IN THAT ANTICIPATED AMOUNT.
UH, AND WE, WE WON'T UNTIL JULY, RIGHT? SO, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY MILES OF CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED, UH, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ESTIMATES FOR THE 10% THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT NUMBER MAY NOT BE TOO FAR OFF 200, CORRECT.
UH, GET SLIDE 53, NEW REVENUE AND FUNDING ESTIMATES OF 213 MILLION.
NOW YOU CAN SEE AS THAT'S BROKEN OUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S OFFSETS FOR SOME OF THESE SUCH AS BOND REVENUE, THE GEO BONDS OF 47 MILLION IN, IN 2020, UH, FUTURE CEO'S THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO, TO, UH, APPLY TOWARD THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TOURS, REVENUE, UH, GEO BOND FOR REC CENTER.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE REVENUE SOURCES ARE BEING PUT.
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ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AS WELL.SO YOU CAN KIND OF BRING THINGS DOWN, UH, EVENLY, UH, AS PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT SITE, 54 IS THE GRAND REVEAL, THE ESTIMATED NEW REVENUES, 213 MILLION, UH, AND LESS NEW BUDGET NEEDS A 2 45.
SO THE GAP IN THIS BUDGET IS ACTUALLY $31 MILLION, WHICH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NOT A HUGE GAP.
UM, AGAIN, MANY OF THE, THE LARGE, UH, THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, UH, DO OFFSET THEMSELVES IN THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES.
AND THAT'S WHERE IN THE BONDS, IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A $200 MILLION BOND IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM HAVING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN, BUT IT BASED ON SLIDE 54, IT MAKES ME THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE.
IT COULD BE THAT'S A HAND ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST DID IT, BUT WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE AND THEY WON BY LIKE 50 BUCKS.
WELL, AND HERE'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE'LL NEED TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LOOKING AT, UH, THE ROLLBACK RATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CAPACITY, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE INS RATE THAT COULD KEEP THAT TAX RATE THE SAME.
SO THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BEFORE WE BRING BACK, UH, I NOTICED HOT SNOTTY, EVEN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ISN'T EVEN A SLIDE ANYMORE.
IT'S IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF JUST FALLEN OFF IT'S IT'S REALLY DEG DEDICATED TO HOTEL LINES ALREADY PUMPING IT OUT TOO MUCH.
WE NEED SOME MORE HOTELS WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE ALL THE DATES FOR OUR FIVE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS.
UH, SLIDE 56 IS SOMETHING FOR YOU JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS TONIGHT.
UH, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PLAN TO GO THROUGH ALL OF COUNCIL REQUESTS, BUT THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT'S FROM THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT? OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE THIS HOME AND, AND, UH, SIMULATE IT ALL, BUT WHICH POSITIONS ARE PRIORITIES FOR YOU? WHICH EQUIPMENT OPERATING REQUESTS? UH, AGAIN, WE, WE THREW OUT A QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO WE WANT TO ARRANGE THE COUNCIL, UH, NEW, NEW COST CENTERS AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE.
SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, REALLY THINK ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION.
WE'LL, WE'LL ASK AND GO THROUGH THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT, UH, REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE, TAKE ALL THE REQUESTS THAT YOU RECEIVED TONIGHT, UH, WITH EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD.
AND AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR PRIORITIES, RIGHT? SO THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO, TO GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, AND WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IT'S 9 59.
UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU EMAIL THIS TO US BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET? YES, SIR.
MOTION TO ADJOURN, GOOD MEETING.