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DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN EXTRA PEN? I CAN BORROW.
ALL OF MY SUIT COATS HAVE PINS THAT I'VE KEPT, BUT NOW I'M NOT WEARING THIS.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE CITY MANAGER CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MITCHELL RIZZO, ELLISON FLORES, KALE HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, NEXT UP CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIOD.
AT THIS TIME WE ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WE SHOULD COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO PLEASE DO.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU DIRECT THOSE COMMENTS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CITIZEN COMMENTS FORM AND SUBMIT THAT TO EITHER MYSELF OR THE CITY SECRETARY.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WE SHOULD COME FORWARD SEEING NONE? I'M GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
IT'S NOW CLOSED NEXT UP, UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY REGARDING A CASH PAYOUT OF UNUSED ACCRUED.
LEAVE TIME UPON RETIREMENT OR DEPARTURE OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THIS CITY, MS. SANDRA DURAN
SANDRA DURAN FOR THE RECORD, HR DIRECTOR CITY COUNCIL ASKED US AT THE LAST MEETING TO BRING A PROPOSAL FOR CHANGES IN OUR ACCRUAL RATES FOR VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.
AND SO THINK JERRY'S GOING TO PULL IT UP AND WHAT WILL YOU, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS, UH, WE ARE SHOWING YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICY IS AND WHAT THE PROPOSED POLICY IS.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT VACATION LEAVE IS IN TEARS.
WE HAVE ONE TO NINE YEARS, 10 TO 19 AND 20 PLUS.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO BREAK IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER, ZERO TO FOUR YEARS, FIVE TO NINE, 10 TO 15 AND 16 PLUS YEARS, WE DID COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OUR SALARIES WITH AND, UH, MET IN THE MIDDLE WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TOO TINY FOR YOU TO SEE, I THINK YOU SENT IT TO, INTO THE BACKUP.
AND SO THE FIRST HERE, THE ONE TO NINE, CURRENTLY THE EMPLOYEE IS GETTING 80 HOURS PER YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ZERO TO FOUR WOULD BE 80 HOURS BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO GET THREE WEEKS OF VACATION.
IT'LL TAKE THEM UP 10 PLUS YEARS TO EARN THAT.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT NOW IT WOULD BE AFTER FIVE YEARS THAT THEY GET THE THREE WEEKS OF VACATION AND WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN PER, PER WORKING DAYS, BUT ALSO PER HOURS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME, UH, WORK SHIFTS THAT ARE ABOUT 12 HOURS.
AND SO WE ALWAYS ACCOUNT OUR BENEFITS BEING AN 8.0 HOURS.
SO VACATION SICK, LEAVE FUNERAL, LEAVE JURY DUTY, ALL THAT IS AN EIGHT HOUR BRACKET.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN THAT WAY.
AND THEN THE TIERS, THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BE 10 TO 15, THAT WOULD GET FOUR WEEKS.
AND THEN 60 PLUS YEARS, YOU GET FIVE WEEKS, WHICH EQUALS TO 200.
AND THEN ON THE VACATION, MAXIMUM, MAXIMUM ACCRUAL CURRENTLY, UM, SOMEBODY CAN GET UP TO 288 HOURS IF THEY WORKED, UH, FOR THE THIRD TIER FOR THEM TO GET PAID OUT, IF THEY WERE TO LEAVE THE CITY OR IF THEY WERE TO RETIRE.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT 720 HOURS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PAID OUT, UM, FOR THAT, UH, CRUEL UP TO 720 SAID, BLESS YOU, SORRY, A CURL UP TO 720.
UM, BUT YOU'LL ONLY GET PAID OUT.
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AT NUMBER THREE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT IT GETS PAID OUT, ALL EMPLOYEES ENDED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF KYLE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVING PAYOUT OF THEIR ACCRUAL UP TO 480 HOURS.AND THAT'S RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR OUR SICK LEAVE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON VACATION BEFORE WE GO ON SICK? SO I HAVE A QUESTION COUNCILMAN FOR THE RECORD, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACATION LEAVE, WHEN DOES THAT DO Y'ALL NOT OFFER, UM, ANY KIND OF PERSONNEL DAYS? LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, LIKE THREE DAYS OF A CURED PERSONAL DAYS, WE DON'T LIKE IN OTHER COMPANIES THERE'S PTO.
AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MEANING.
SO THE PTO IS SICK LEAVE AND VACATION HERE FOR THE CITY WE HAVE AT SEPARATE.
THERE'S A POLICY FOR SICK LEAVE THAT YOU CAN ONLY TAKE IT IF IT'S FOR SICK.
SO IF YOU JUST WANT A DAY OFF, JUST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT IN THIS CURRENT POLICY TAKE SICK DAYS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE VACATION OR WE HAVE FLOATING HOLIDAYS TOO, THAT YOU CAN TAKE FOR THAT.
AND WE HAVE TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS CURRENTLY, SO TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS.
AND SO FROM DAY ONE, UH, THEY HAVE TO DAY ONE HAS GOT TO BASICALLY BE BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE BEFORE THEY GET TO TWO WEEKS.
SO LET'S SAY AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OR AFTER THE FIRST MONTH, DO THEY, OR TWO WEEKS IN, WHEN DOES IT START? LET'S SAY SOMEBODY STARTS IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 1ST.
SO COME APRIL, UH, TWO MONTHS LATER.
DO THEY QUALIFY FOR THE 80 HOURS? NO, IT'S AN, A CRUEL, THEY ACCRUE.
SO THEY ACCRUE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE AMOUNT.
IT'S 3.67 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PER PAY PERIOD.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR TWO, TWO WEEKS.
SO FOR EVERY MONTH THEY WORK OR FOR EVERY 40 HOURS THEY WORK, THEY EARN THREE HOURS OF VACATION TIME FOR EVERY 80, FOR EVERY 80.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY EARN THEIR SICK LEAVE AS WELL.
AND JUST ADD THAT OUR POLICY, IF YOU'RE ON PROBATION FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE VACATION THAT FOR THAT SIX MONTHS WITHOUT APPROVAL.
SO THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO CREW IT UP SOMETIME AS I'M A BIG, UH, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE VACATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OR WHEN IT'S EARNED, BECAUSE IT'S, WELL-DESERVED, UM, IT ALSO HELPS WITH THE MENTAL FLOW OF THE PERSON IN THE EMPLOYEE THEMSELVES.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EASIER FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE HOURS AVAILABLE IN AND USE THEM WHEN NEEDED.
SO, SO FOR ME, IT'S A QUESTION OF, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UP TO 700 HOURS, THEY'RE ABLE TO ROLL THOSE OVER PER YEAR OR DO THEY DIE AT THE END OF THE YEAR? SO YOU CAN HAVE CURRENTLY YOU MAX OUT AT DOUBLE WHAT YOU EARN.
SO IF I'M AT THE TIER A ONE TO NINE, THEN 80 IS WHAT I ACCRUE FOR THE YEAR.
AND SO THE DOUBLE IS ONE 60, SO I STOP ACCRUING AFTER ONE 60.
SO YOU JUST STOP OCCURRING AFTER THAT ONE 60.
SO IT'S NOT SOMEBODY COULDN'T END UP WITH THREE, 400 HOURS.
IT'S GOING TO DIE RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE IT AND THAT THE MAXIMUM ACCRUE NOW IS SEVEN AND 20 HOURS, AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT NOW, THE HIGHEST TIER IS 288.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT, UM, FOR SOMEONE TO ACCRUE 720 HOURS, THEY WOULD LITERALLY NOT HAVE TO TAKE A DAY OFF FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS.
SO THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING IS I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE A DAY OFF IN NINE YEARS, THEN YOU DESERVE THAT MUCH TIME OFF.
WELL, WHAT I WAS GETTING WITH THAT IS THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR STEVE AUSTIN THAT ACCRUED THAT MUCH TIME AND NEVER TOOK A DAY OFF AND WHAT THEY DID AT THE END OF THE, UH, THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE RETIREMENT, UH, DATE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THOSE HOURS TO RETIRE EARLIER THAN POSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING WITH THAT AND GETTING THERE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS AN OPTION TO USE THE VACATION TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR CAREER.
I I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT TAKE OFF, UH, BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
UM, IT'S JUST HAS TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH NON NEGOTIATED, BUT APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISOR.
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UH, RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.IF WE, UH, IF THERE'S A WORK CENTER THAT'S, SHORT-STAFFED, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FEELS GUILTY TAKING OFF BECAUSE WHO'S GOING TO PICK UP YOUR WORKLOAD.
SO NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR ACCRUED LEAVE.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO, WE ALL NEED TIME OFF FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE OVERWHELMED AND NOT FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T TAKE IT OFF AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT OFF.
AND I'VE KIND OF DENOTES THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR DIFFERENT ENTITIES, WHERE THEY IS, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN AT WORK.
THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT'S LIKE THE JOB IS THEIR LIFE AND THEY LOVE IT.
I MEAN, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM HAPPY.
WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST MAKE YOU SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE SAVING ALL THESE HOURS, THERE'D BE A REWARD AT THE END.
MOVING ON TO SICK LEAVE RIGHT NOW, FOUR HOURS PER PAY PERIOD OR 96 HOURS, UM, IS THE ACCRUAL RATE.
AND SO THERE'S NO CHANGES WERE THERE WITH THE ACCRUAL RATE, THE MEXICAN MONEY THAT YOU CAN ACCRUE AGAIN IS FOUR 80.
AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HIT THAT MARK.
AND BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY SICK, THEY CAN'T ACCRUE ANYMORE.
UH, WE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAVE THEIR SICK LEAVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM OR TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE OFF IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP AND THEY NEED TO TAKE FMLA.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT IF FOUR 80 IS ENOUGH TO STOP THE ACCRUAL, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE IS AN UNLIMITED ACCRUAL OF SICK LEAVE HOURS, BUT NOT ALL HOURS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PAYOUT THE PAYOUT.
RIGHT NOW, AN EMPLOYEE HAS TO WORK AT LEAST 10 YEARS WITH THE CITY AND RETIRE OR GO THROUGH DISABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EARN A PARTIAL OF THOSE FOUR 80.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ENDING EMPLOYMENT AFTER FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND IN GOOD STANDING OR UPON RETIREMENT THROUGH TMR S OR UPON DEATH SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVING A PAYOUT OF THEIR ACTUAL ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE BALANCE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FOUR 80.
SO WHATEVER THEIR BALANCE WAS ON VACATION TO MATCH THAT IF THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR SICK LEAVE.
AND, UH, IF IT'S UPON DEATH, OF COURSE, IT GOES TO THE BENEFICIARY MAXIMUM HOURS, PAID AT TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT CURRENTLY IS ZERO.
AND SO LOWER OF ACTUAL ACCRUED SICK LEAVE BALANCE OR FOUR 80 AND MAXIMUM HOURS PAID A RETIREMENT OR DEATH AGAIN, FOUR 80.
AND IT'S A PORTION OF IT, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YEARS YOU WORKED.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE LOWER OF ACTUAL ACCRUED SICK BALANCE OF 480 OR 480 HOURS CAP.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PIECE? SO ORIGINALLY WAS 10 YEARS AND WE'RE GOING DOWN TO FIVE YEARS FOR THE PAYOUT.
IF YOU RETIRE FOR THIS MOVIE TO RETIRE WITH THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO WORK 20 YEARS OR BE 60 YEARS OF AGE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETIRE WITH THE CITY.
IF YOU WORKED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, THEN YOU CAN GET THAT AS YOUR PAYOUT.
SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS A REWARD FOR RETIRING WITH A CITY.
AND THAT WAS JUST A REWARD FOR BEING FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? AT LEAST, YEAH.
AND IN GOOD STANDING, CAN YOU EVEN ACCRUE THAT MANY HOURS AFTER FIVE YEARS? NO.
HOW MANY? I DON'T HAVE THE MATH ON ME, BUT I'M THINKING BASIC MATH TELLS ME NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I AM, UM, INITIALLY LOOKING AT THIS, YOU'RE THINKING, WOW, THAT'S A HUGE JUMP, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT'S GOING UP, BUT THEN WHEN YOU JUST FOCUS ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE ARE WAY BEHIND.
WE ARE TH TH PEOPLE DON'T WORK FOR THE CITY FOR THE PAY, RIGHT? USUALLY YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT OR THE CITY FOR THE BENEFITS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME HERE AND WE'RE STRUGGLING TO MEET, PAY, AND OUR BENEFITS LOOK LIKE THIS, UM, I THINK IT MAKES IT HARD TO RETAIN OR TO, TO HIRE PEOPLE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS POLICY THE WAY IT IS.
YOU MEAN THE PROPOSED POLICY? CORRECT.
SECOND, OUR MOTION MADE BY COUNSELOR FLOORS, KALE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR, PARTIALLY THAT WE APPROVE THE
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PROPOSED POLICY, CHANGES TO THE PERSONNEL FOR CREW ACCRUAL OF PAYOUT AND, UH, ACCRUAL AND PAYOUT OF VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, SOME SAY, SIR, UM, THIS GOES TO DO THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS PRETTY MUCH ALMOST THAT MUCH IN SICK TIME AND VACATION FROM, FROM YEARS PAST.
UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO DO YOUR BEST WHEN YOU DO QUALIFY FOR VACATION AND FOR SUPERVISORS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE, UH, EMPLOYEE.
AND IF THEY'RE NEEDING TIME OFF, UH, TO DO YOUR BEST, TO GIVE THEM TO THEM FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, AND ALSO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T USE SICK TIME, UM, MAKE SURE YOU, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
IF YOU'RE, IF, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ME AGAIN, IT HAS A LOT OF, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED, BUT, UH, SOMEBODY SHOULDN'T REALLY HAVE TO GET UP TO 480 HOURS OF SICK TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF EVERYBODY HAS ILLNESSES HERE AND THERE, BUT I, IT IT'S GETS TO THE POINT TO WHERE, UH, I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR VACATION TIME WHEN YOU CAN, UH, AND TO USE, UTILIZE THIS AND JUST DON'T LOOK AT IT LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO HOLD ONTO THIS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, OR WHEN I RETIRED, I'LL TAKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE AND, AND WHO MIGHT SAY, BUT JUST, UH, GOING FORWARD TO DO YOUR BEST, TO TRY TO GIVE YOURSELF THAT TIME OFF TO WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GET THAT HIGH.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT, UM, ACCORDING TO THE TMRMS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UNABLE TO DO IT RETROACTIVE.
SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY HANGUP, BUT I SEE IT.
IT'S IN THE POLICY BEGINNING, SEPTEMBER 25TH.
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER TWO, ESTABLISHING AND APPROVING NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE PER THE CITY CHARTER.
UH, WE HAVE MOST FOLKS WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR NAMES IN, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE, UM, CUSTOMER ELLISON'S NOT WITH US ANYMORE.
UM, AND CUSTOMER TOBY IS, DID YOU WANT TO ADD YOU? I THINK YOU'D ALREADY SUBMITTED A NAME AS WELL.
UM, APOLOGIES FOR NOT GETTING IN TIME.
I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF DOWN TO THE WIRE SO I CAN CLICK ADD MY NAME.
UH, THAT WOULD BE BRANDY HEIDEL OKAY.
AND CUSTOMER, UM, I EMAILED IT LATE, SO MY APOLOGIES.
IT IS GOING TO BE MARIO LOPEZ PEREZ, SORRY, MARA PEREZ.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PREPARATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IF WE'RE NOMINATING COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I, MY ONLY FEEDBACK ON YOUR NOMINEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT NOMINEES PREPARING TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AND THEN ON THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A SEPARATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CASE, BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, THERE MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION FOR SOMETHING.
SO THE COMMITTEE IS ONLY GOOD FOR HOW LONG, COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO DOES THAT INTERFERE IF IT, IF IT DOES HAPPEN? I WOULD, I WOULD PERSONALLY THINK THAT HAVING APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THAT IS PREPARING TO FILE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO RUN FOR AN OFFICE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY STAND TO, UH, BENEFIT OR WHATEVER FROM THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD JUST BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
I WOULD THINK TO BRING SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, THAT'S NOT POTENTIALLY, I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IF MY NOMINEE WERE TO RUN, THAT HE WOULD TRY TO GIVE MORE TO THE SITUATION THAN HE WOULD TO, TO BE FAIR.
I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THAT THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THE COMMITTEE, THE POINT OF THE COMMUNITY SPACE, SEPARATE BODY THAT STANDS TO NOT BENEFIT OR BE IMPACTED BY IT SO THEY CAN MAKE AN IMPARTIAL RECOMMENDATION TO THIS MOTION.
WHAT'S THAT, THAT WAS NOT IN THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE.
THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO LIKE HANGUPS IN HAT.
SO I DON'T ADD NO, I, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK HIM IF HE PLANS TO RUN, THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, I HAD NO POINT, I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY FEEDBACK.
BUT I MEAN, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE PEOPLE FROM ACTUALLY RUNNING SO
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WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, ADDRESS MY, UH, NOMINATION.UM, BRANDY HEIDEL IS, UM, SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVED IN THE CITY OF KYLE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, SHE IS ALSO PART OF THE HOA IN HER AREA.
SHE SERVED ON, UH, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND CHARITABLE EVENTS THAT INCLUDES 5K RACES AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, YES, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, AN OPPONENT OF PINE TWO YEARS AGO, BUT SHE'S, UH, WILLING TO SERVE THEN, BUT SHE'S ALSO WILLING TO SERVE NOW, UH, AS FAR AS HER PLANS OR IF THERE'S PLANNING THAT HAS NEVER CAME UP.
IT'S JUST, I FEEL THAT SHE WOULD BE A GREAT TO THIS COMMITTEE.
SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND I WOULD SUPPORT HER ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS SHE HAS.
UH, AND SHE WOULD BE, UH, MY OPINION, A GREAT NOMINATION.
AND I REALLY HOPE I WILL GET THE SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL ON HER NAME.
I MEAN, DOES THAT MATTER IF SOMEONE'S PREVIOUSLY RUN TWICE THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT BIAS? NO, I DO NOT.
I THINK IF SOMEONE IS PREPARING TO RUN IMMINENTLY AND IS GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY IF THEY'RE PREPARING TO RUN, WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, I'M VERY, THAT'S VERY GOOD.
BUT MY POINT IS, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE EMOTION.
AND I FELT LIKE IF SOMEBODY WAS, HAD PREVIOUSLY RUN, WHAT IF THEY PLAN TO RUN AGAIN? YEAH.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND IMMINENTLY RUNNING RIGHT AWAY AS A PART OF BEING ON A COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S PRETTY EASILY AND TURN THAT INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPEECHIFYING.
YEAH, I GUESS NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, WOULD I THINK THAT I JUST PICKED SOMEBODY THAT I REALLY BELIEVED WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT UNDERSTOOD.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, SIR? UH, THERE'S NOT, UH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR MR. PEREZ.
HE'S SKIN, IF HE'S GETTING READY TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, TAKE THAT ONE SEPARATELY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT Y'ALL CAN PUT HIM ON IF YOU WANT, BUT I, I JUST CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT, SO, OKAY.
BEFORE YOU SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD ASK HIM, ARE YOU PLANNING ON RUNNING? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN IT'S, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT.
AND IN THAT CASE, CAN WE PLEASE ASK EVERYBODY? WE COULDN'T ASK ALL OF OUR NOMINEES THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT DISCRIMINATORY, BUT I SAID, IT FEELS LIKE I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS, I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE GOING TO NOPE.
I, I FEEL, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WHEN I CHOSE MINE, WAS THAT THEY HAD NO POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS WHATSOEVER BECAUSE THEY, THERE IS A BIAS THERE.
IF PEOPLE THINK THERE'S A BIAS THAT WAS NOT EVER, THAT IS NOT, WAS NOT, WILL NOT EVER BE MY INTENT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S, SOMEBODY WHO'S USED THE CARD BEFORE.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY RELEVANT.
WELL, I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S USED THE CITY CREDIT CARD, SO HE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS LIKE THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE RULES.
LIKE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
I WASN'T LOOKING AT ANYTHING ELSE TO DO A NAME OUT THERE.
I JUST SAID, WOW, THIS PERSON KNOWS.
AND HE'S PRETTY WELL, HOW MANY? 15, 20 YEARS.
SO I THINK YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE HIM A GREAT NOMINEE.
I I'M STILL, I STILL DON'T GET LIKE POLITICS, I GUESS I JUST DON'T GET IT.
WELL, UM, ARE WE VOTING ON EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY? IS THAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO IT? THEN? I WASN'T PLANNING ON IT UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY GETTING READY TO RUN FOR OFFICE, WHO'S GOING TO BE NOMINATED TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE IDEAL SETUP FOR ME.
SO I'M JUST, WASN'T GONNA VOTE FOR THAT PERSON.
SO I WAS GONNA MOTION FOR THE REST, BUT I'M NOT INTENDING TO, TO MAKE IT THE WAY THAT I AM, BUT YOU'RE NOMINATING SOMEBODY.
WELL, MIKE, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL OUT MY CANDIDATE OR MY NOMINEE, WHY WOULD YOU NOT SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY RAN TWICE FOR HIM TO SEE WHAT POSITION CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DIFFERENT? SO I GUESS I, AGAIN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
MAY I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OR THE CHARTER, ACCORDING TO WHAT'S, UH, THE NAMES ARE LISTED SECOND MOTION BY CUSTOMER TOBY'S SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR FLOORS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP GENDER ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO THIS HAS BEEN THIS, WE'VE GOT A FORMATTING ISSUE ON THIS, UH, CONSIDER, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS. SO, UH, THIS ONE GOT PUT ON WEIRD, UH, BUT THERE'S THREE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A FOUR AND A FIVE.
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YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.SO CONSIDERING POSSIBLE DIRECTION TO STAFF, TO DIRECT AN ORDINANCE, CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED A DISCUSSION ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC.
JENNIFER, IS THIS ALL JUST ONE ITEM ON NUMBER THREE, I JUST ADDED EXPO LANGUAGE.
WELL IT'S JUST, UH, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON THIS BY CUSTOMER PARSLEY, UM, UM, TO TAKE ACTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER, TO INCLUDE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ALL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN THE DISMISSAL, UH, CONFIRMATION PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE THAT LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY AND SHALL HAVE CONTROL OF ALL THE CITY FINANCES, PROPERTY, UH, FUNCTIONS.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THIS SO THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT THE END IS A POINT SUPERVISE AND REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER AND CONFIRM DISMISSAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, ALL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS BY A MAJORITY, UH, UH, OFFICER HIRED, PAID VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS CUSTOMER PARSLEY'S PROPOSAL.
UM, SO WE ALL CURRENTLY KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A HUGE TURNOVER OVER THE PAST SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS, AND SOME OF OUR MOST VALUABLE EMPLOYEES HAVE REALLY, UM, BEEN EITHER LIKE PEOPLE WITH 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HAVE EITHER BEEN FORCED TO RESIGN OR HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.
SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS REALLY FLOWING, UM, SMOOTHLY.
UM, THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY AND THAT, UM, I JUST, WE WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS BEING FOLLOW TO THE T.
UM, I HAVE REQUESTED, I'M NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO, UM, DISMISS THE, UM, DIRECTORS OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED.
I REQUESTED INFORMATION, UH, JULY 19, ABOUT THE DISMISSAL OF, UM, A COUPLE OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING.
I BELIEVE HE'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO TRAIN AND HIRE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE HAD PHYSICIANS BACON FOR SINCE BEFORE I GOT IN COUNCIL AND ARE STILL NOT BEING FULFILLED.
WELL, I THINK THEY JUST, ONE OF THEM JUST GOT FULFILLED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE SAME GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR MR. PEREZ, WHICH I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT SOMEBODY DID THAT FOR HIM.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THAT TO THE DIRECTORS IN THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS TO INCLUDE, UM, THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND LET ME GET MY CHARTS, CD ENGINEER AND CD BUILDING OFFICIAL CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE A CHARTER AMENDMENT.
I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THIS IS THE WAY OF GOING ABOUT IT.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT WE WOULD BE MICROMANAGY.
WE WOULD NOW BE THE BOSSES OF THESE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY WOULD ANSWER TO US NOW.
BUT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO IS BY IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, NEVER DONE.
AND THAT'S PUTTING IN A POLICY TO, UH, EVALUATE THE CITY MANAGER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
IF WE WERE TO BRING IN A CLEAR POLICY, WE COULD EVALUATE AND RECTIFY A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ROAD THAT YOU YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING FOR.
UM, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SPECULATING.
I'M NOT, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, THEN THEY WOULD NO LONGER ANSWER TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DIRECTLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY, MY FEAR IS THAT YOU'RE ELIMINATING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND BECAUSE I ONLY KNOW THE CITY MANAGER COULDN'T HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, UH, WHICH IS HIS JOB.
AND NOW THEY COULD PRETTY MUCH DO WHAT THEY WANT.
LET ME, LET ME JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO'S GOING TO FIRE.
YOU KNOW, WHOEVER STAFF MEMBER IS NOT DOING THE JOB.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET FIRE, THEN SHOW ME WHAT WAS DONE.
HAVE YOU FOLLOW ALL THE POLICIES, YOU KNOW, DID YOU MAKE YOU, DID YOU MAKE THE DIRECTOR SIGN, UM, PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN? HOW DID THAT, UM, WHAT WAS THE FINDINGS FROM THAT? DID THE STAFF MEMBER LEARN THE LESSON, RECTIFY IT OR NOT? SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEING DONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE CITY LEFT BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING FORCED
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TO RESIGN IN ORDER NOT TO GET FIRED AND HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD OR NOT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM SO TRANSPARENT WITH THE POLICY.THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING TO WHERE, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT PEREZ, YOU TALK ABOUT PEREZ CANNOT BE TERMINATED, UNLESS COUNT IS A COUNCIL VOTE.
AND THAT THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THEN WHAT WERE, WHAT WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO SEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER TELLS YOU, HEY, WE'RE TRYING TO TERMINATE THIS PERSON.
NONE OF IT HAS WORKED AND YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPENSATION.
THAT'S YOUR PEOPLE DON'T NEED THAT.
YOU HAVE DONE IT, BUT SO IT'S JUST BRINGING DOCUMENTATION TO THE COUNCILS.
I'M NOT ASKING, HEY, YES, YOU'RE VOTING.
NO, YOU'RE ANOTHER, SHOW ME, SHOW ME BEFORE YOU DO IT.
AND ALSO IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
IF I'M GOING TO FIRE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU KIND OF LOOKED AROUND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITHOUT THAT PERSON? HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO BE? BUT WE HAVE LACK.
WE ARE LIKE FUNCTIONING AT 50% RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO PROTECT JOBS AND THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION SMOOTHLY.
I, I D I HONESTLY, WHEN I READ THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MICROMANAGING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING THAT.
BUT NO, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING YOURS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE TRANSPARENT WHEN THEY'RE DOING, UH, EITHER THINKING OF TERMINATING SOMEBODY TO WHERE WE GET THE PAPERWORK.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT ALL THE PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITHOUT DOING A CHARTER AMENDMENT.
I MEAN, ASKING FOR DOCUMENTATION, THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING EASY.
AND I DO THINK THAT YOU'RE COMING FROM A GOOD PLACE WITH THIS.
I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S TRULY COMING FROM A PLACE OF PROTECTION, BUT I DO SEE WHERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL OR DENIAL OR WHATEVER, IT MAY BE FOR THE TERMINATION OF AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS GOING, THAT'S BRINGING POLITICS INTO SOMEONE'S LIVELIHOOD IN SOMEONE'S CAREER, AND IT COULD GO SIDEWAYS.
AND YOU NEED TO ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT A CHARTER AMENDMENT IS NOT JUST FOR THIS COUNCIL, BUT FOR ALL FUTURE COUNCILS.
AND SO THINGS COULD GET WHILE THE INTENTION MAY BE GOOD AND FROM A GOOD PLACE, IT COULD GET, IT COULD GET POLITICAL AND IT, AND IT COULD GET UGLY.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY WHO IS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW FOR BEING HERE AND FOR DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO EVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY POLITICS FROM THE DIETS.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE COUNSEL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CITY FUNCTION? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO MAKE SOMEBODY RESIGN ARE BEING FOLLOWED? HOW, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING? I THINK WITH MY SUGGESTION, AND THAT'S BY CREATING A POLICY FOR AN EVALUATION OF YOUR CITY MANAGER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT'S THE BEST.
WE DON'T HAVE A REAL TRUE DIRECTION.
WE HAVE, UM, IN THE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE NEVER, UH, FILLED OUT SUCH AN EVALUATION FORM FROM THE COUNCIL TOWARDS OUR CITY MANAGER.
AND REALLY YOU WANT THE COUNCIL TO TELL YOU HOW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED, BECAUSE THAT'S HER CONCERN.
THE CONCERN IS NOT THE CITY MANAGER AND HOW WE THINK HE'S DOING HIS JOB.
THE CONCERN BOILS TO OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BEING, WHICH THE COUNCIL IS PER THE CHARTER RESPONSIBLE TO ENFORCE ARE THOSE BEING PROPERLY PROCESSED WHEN THERE WAS SOME OFFICER OF THE CITY TERMINATED, THAT'S ALL IT IS, IS NOT SAYING YES OR NO, YOU'RE FIRED.
WE COULD, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT PEREZ ON THE SPOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE NECESSARILY FEELS LIKE HIS JOB IS POLITICIZED.
MAYBE HE FEELS A LITTLE MORE PROTECTED BECAUSE HE KNOWS THERE WILL BE A PROCESS IF HE GETS FIRED.
AND AT THE CURRENT STATE, I THINK IT'S PRETTY RELEVANT.
IF THERE IS A, I MEAN, SOMEONE JUST SAID, WELL, WE CAN GO IN THERE AND LOOK, LET ME TELL YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO DID THAT, IT'S NOT THAT EASY.
AND DURING IT, I HAD TO CALL LEGAL, EVEN AFTER THERE WAS, UM, AN EMAIL SENT THAT SAYING WE COULD SEE IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A FEAR, THERE WAS A FEAR OF, OH MY GOD, AM I ALLOWED TO DO THIS? SO I THINK NOT TO MICROMANAGE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THAT'S AN OFFICIAL AND SAY, WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THEM.
THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, FIT FOR KYLE.
HERE'S THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE SAY, OH GREAT, EGOS.
I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE REALLY NO REAL REASON WHY WE WOULD SAY NO.
IF WE TRUST HER, YOU JUST HIT ON SOMETHING.
WHY ARE YOU EVEN SAYING THAT'S GREAT.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD JUST LOOK AT THE COMPETITION AND EVERYTHING WAS FILED.
WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE AN OPINION ON IT BECAUSE IF IT WAS FILED AND ALL THE DUCK PROCEDURES WERE DONE, WE'RE GOOD.
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ADDING AN OPINION TO IT NOW THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY.THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THE OPINION.
PART OF IT IS GOING BACK AND TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU DID IT ALL.
AND EVEN IF IT'S DONE RIGHT, DID YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T CARE FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T CARE FOR MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND I'M GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO TERMINATE SOMEONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF SOMEBODY THAT'S BAD CHARACTER, AND NOW WE'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ALLIES WHERE THAT ONE PERSON, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING TERMINATED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE TERMINATED.
NOW HAVE TO GET FOR SOMEONE'S TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON ON HERE.
I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MY PRO TIP ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, THERE'S NO SCENARIO WHERE FLIPPING IT AND REQUIRING COUNSEL CONFIRMATION OF DISMISSAL DE POLITICIZES THE SITUATION.
IT JUST CHANGES THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS.
AND IT PUTS STAFF MEMBERS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE, UH, THEY CAN GO AROUND THEIR CITY MANAGER IN ORDER TO GAIN BACKING FROM, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEIR TERMINATION AND CAN CREATE A EVEN WORSE, UH, WORKPLACE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, YES, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS HAPPENING.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAR BACK YOU LOOK IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF KYLE, FOR EXAMPLE, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION CAME FORWARD AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO REMOVE THE ONE PERSON WHO HAS THAT DISMISSAL CONFIRMATION, UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS TO TAKE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OFF.
SO GOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
AND IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE AT THE CHARTERS, LIKE 51 TO 49 IS THE ONLY CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT DIDN'T PASS.
UH, SO THERE WAS SOME PROTECTION THAT WAS STILL GIVEN, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO THINK LIKE, WHY DID THE COUNCIL WANT TO DO THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME? CERTAINLY IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNNIEST DIRECTOR, BUT IT DID HAVE TO DO WITH THE IDEA OF COUNCIL BEING WAY, WAY TOO INVOLVED IN THE MA UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL.
SO HOW DO YOU, WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION FOR FOLLOWING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU AND I FINISHED? BECAUSE I HADN'T GOT TO CUT IN.
SO THE WAY I COULD BACK SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP, IF THERE WASN'T THE OPINION AT THE END, IF WE PUT THIS IN PLACE, I'LL BE GOOD, BUT THE OPINION HAS TO COME FROM THE SEVEN, NOT FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUT REALLY EVEN THEN THE OPINION FROM THE SEVEN IS ONLY TO LOOK THAT IF THERE WAS AN ERROR IN PROCEDURE, THAT'D BE THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GIVE OPINION.
BUT IF SOMEBODY IS TERMINATED AND THEY FOLLOW ALL THE PROCEDURES, THEY NO OPINION FROM US.
THAT'S THE WAY I CAN GET BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE LIKE A CHECKLIST CHECKLIST.
I WOULD, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH CHECKLISTS.
GIVE COUNSEL THE COMMUNICATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPINION, BUT SHOW ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS FILED.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR NAME OFF.
AND WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW THE NAME OR THE INFORMATION AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT I CAN GET BEHIND.
I JUST, I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE POLITICS UP THERE AND GETTING IN THE WAY THAT, THAT KIND OF SCARES ME SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES AND CHAIN OF COMMAND.
UH, I GUESS I, EVEN THOUGH I NEVER WAS IN THE MILITARY, I'VE GOT A RESEARCH, A LOT OF MILITARY HISTORY, AND I LOOK AT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND I'VE SEEN THE BREAKDOWNS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND.
WELL, ACCORDING TO MAYOR MITCHELL, IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT TARTAR EMISSION.
SO, BUT THAT'S THE WAY I COULD GET BEHIND IT.
AS LONG AS THERE WERE AN OPINION BEHIND IT.
UM, TO THE EMPLOYEES OUT THERE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MICROMANAGE YOU.
CAUSE THAT'S KINDA WHAT IT'S STARTING TO SOUND UP HERE.
WE HAVE TO TRUST THE CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER IT IS THAT, OR WHOEVER'S ON TIME TO DO THEIR JOB.
BUT WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR HIS EMPLOYEES OR HER EMPLOYEES.
WE REPRESENT THE CITIZENS, BUT I DO NOT WORK FOR THE CITY.
I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS THAT MANY TIMES, WE DON'T LET THEM DO THEIR JOBS.
IF THEY FEEL THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT UP TO PAR ACCORDING TO THE GOLD STANDARD OR WHATEVER IT IS, OR MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES, WE DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE EMPLOYEE OR THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THEY GET PROMOTED OR THEY JUST DECIDE TO MOVE ON.
THAT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT OURS.
AND IF SOMEBODY LEAVES OR SOMEBODY RETIRES OR SOMEBODY, UH, ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS FIRED, THERE'S GOTTA BE A REASON FOR IT.
AND I HAVE TO TRUST THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO MAKE THAT DECISION BASED UPON THE POLICIES AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
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AND I HAVE TO LEAVE IT UP TO THEM.WE ARE HERE TO GUIDE THE CITY IN RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHARTER FOLLOW THE CHARTER RULES AND ALL THAT WITH ALL THIS RIGHT HERE, IT IS START.
YOU WOULD GET POLITICAL BECAUSE IT'D BE SAYING LIKE, OKAY, THIS PERSON, WE ENDED UP FIRING, OKAY, WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DID.
SO THAT'S NONE OF OUR CONCERN THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY THEMSELVES FEELING THAT THAT PERSON WAS QUALIFIED AND GOT A PROMOTION, OR IS NOT A GOOD FIT.
WHO AM I TO TELL THEM TO KEEP THAT PERSON ON BOARD WHEN I DON'T WORK FOR THEM.
AND I'M NOT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, SEEING WHAT THEY DO.
WE HAVE TO RESPECT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THEY ARE HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK FOR THIS CITY AND FOR US TO COME UP HERE AND START ACTING LIKE WE'RE MICRO-MANAGING.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THAT PERSON'S GONE.
HERE'S A TOTAL DISRESPECT TO THEM.
WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THIS CITY.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD JUST WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE INPUT OF LIKE, WHY THIS PERSON'S GOOD OR WHY THIS PERSON'S BAD.
THEY COME TO US FOR SUGGESTIONS.
THEY COME TO US FOR DECISIONS TO BE MADE, BUT LET THEM DO THEIR JOBS, BE RESPECTFUL AND LET THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS.
CAN WE, UM, MAYBE CONSIDER, UM, LEAVE THEIR CHARTER AS IT IS, BUT THEN AT THE END OF IT SAY, PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOLLOW FOR THE DISMISSAL OF DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
I W I THINK HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT CHANGING.
YOU WON'T KNOW BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
CAN WE ADD THAT LANGUAGE WITHOUT, IT WILL HAVE TO BE AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS TO COMMEND THEM.
SO MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER SECTION 4.03, SECTION EIGHT, TO SAY A POINT SUPERVISE AND REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER AND CONFIRM THIS MISSILE OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOLLOW FOR THE DISMISSAL OF DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND OFFICERS.
MOST OF OUR ACCOUNTS WERE PARTIALLY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE.
UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT AGAIN? ONE MORE.
I POINTED SUPERVISE AND REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER AND CONFIRM HIS DISMISSAL OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOLLOWED FOR THE DISMISSAL OF DIRECTORS IN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
IN CHIEF OFFICERS, THAT WILL BE THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL AND CHEAPER NET CHIEF OF POLICE.
WELL, I HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION MEANS.
SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU WANTING PERSONNEL ISSUES TO BE PROVIDED AND DISCLOSE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOW ME THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWED? YEAH.
BUT YOU SAID, YOU SAID PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND ALL THE DETAILS OF A DISMISSIVE AND THAT YOU FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES TO MAKE THAT DISMISSAL.
SO CAN I, CAN I ASK SANDRA, WHAT, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE EMPLOYEE'S FILE? I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT YOU GUYS TERMINATE SOMEBODY AND DON'T DOCUMENT IT.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE COULD RECEIVE AND JUST REVIEW.
SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR PERSONNEL POLICY DOES STATE THAT WE'RE AT WILL EMPLOYER.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THAT TO, IF YOU CAN, WE CAN EITHER TERMINATE FOR AT-WILL OR WE CAN TERMINATE FOR BREAKING UP PERSONNEL POLICY.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
WELL, IS THAT, IS THAT A LAW FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS? WE ARE AT WILL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THE EMPLOYER CAN CHOOSE, OKAY.
I ONLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DISMISS IF IT GOES THROUGH PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION, BUT WE CHOOSE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUST DO AT WILL.
MY CONCERN WITH AT WILL IS WHEN YOU FIRE SOMEBODY AT WILL AND THERE'S PREVIOUS, UM, ACTIONS OF SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DID THE SAME THING AND THEY WEREN'T FIRED SOMEBODY ELSE WAS MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS, WHEN YOU CREATE POLICIES, YOU CREATE LIMITS FOR YOURSELF, ULTIMATELY.
SO YOU CREATE A CAUSE FOR DISCRIMINATION.
AND SO I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF FIRING FOR AT-WILL, UM, THAT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND NOT THAT IT'S NOT THERE, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT IT'S A HUGE CAUSE FOR MAYBE A LAWSUIT.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY
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AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE CITY GETS SUED, IT IS NOT GOING TO GO TO SANDRA.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE EITHER OUR CITY, A CITY MANAGER, OR IT'S GOING TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL ON THERE.
SO REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR NAME ON THAT LAWSUIT.
IF YOU'RE DIRECTING IT TO ME, I'M DIRECTING IT TO WHOEVER.
UM, IF YOU'RE, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DIRECTED ME, BUT MY THING IS, THIS IS YOU HAVE TO GIVE THIS CITY, THEIR LEGAL, THEIR, THEIR AUTHORITY.
AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES HERE.
WE'RE SAYING IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S MAYBE NOT FOLLOWING OR DOING THEIR JOB, THAT THE CITY CAN NOT DISMISS THEM UNLESS THEY GET THE INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL.
NO, THEY JUST HAVE TO DOCUMENT IT.
THAT'S WHY SHE SAYS THAT THEY FIND THEY COULD, THEY COULD LET SOMEBODY GO.
BUT, UM, BUT THERE IS A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT, OKAY, YOU GET A VERBAL WARNING OR YOU GET A TALKING TO YOU, GET A VERBAL, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL, I'M SURE THE CITY HAS A THREE STRIKE OR A FOUR STRIKE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS CORRECT.
IT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT ALWAYS GOES.
BUT THEN, BUT THEN THAT, BUT THAT'S TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ADDRESSED TO THIS TOO.
AND THAT'S WHERE WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE, WHETHER IT'S HR, WHETHER IT'S A CITY MANAGER OR WHOEVER IT IS, THEY DESIGNED THAT POLICY FOR THEIR TEAM AND THEY BRING IT IN.
IF THEY WANT TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE, THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
BUT WE HAVE TO LET THEM DO THEIR JOB ON THAT.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIRECTORS, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT WOULD GO ACROSS TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
I MEAN, WHY JUST DIRECTOR IS JUST LIMITING THERE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FAIR, THEY'D BE ALL EMPLOYEES, MAKING SURE ALL PROCEDURES, EVERYTHING WAS FOLLOWED.
BUT NOW WE'RE, I HATE TO SAY WE'RE KIND OF MICRO-MANAGING THERE.
SO THAT'S, I JUST DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE BLUE COLLAR GUYS THAT WORKED FOR US.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE A SEGMENT OF OUR CITY TO A DIFFERENT POLICY THAN WE SHOULD HOLD THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT POLICY AS WELL, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR THEM, WE SHOULD CHANGE IT FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, I AS JUST ME ADVOCATING FOR THE BLUE COLLAR, UM, CAUSE THAT'S BEEN, MY BACKGROUND WAS SO HEAVILY.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS ALSO IN THE TERMINOLOGY.
SO OFFICIALS WERE OFFICIALS, UM, DIRECTORS OR OFFICIALS, UH, SWORN POLICE OFFICERS OR OFFICIALS.
SO THAT'S, I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S HOW IT GETS EXTENDED INSTEAD OF EMPLOYEES.
NOW SHE CAN AMEND IT TO SAY THAT, BUT I THINK OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TERMINOLOGY AND LIKE, I KNOW FOR ONE THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, IT, IT LABELS OFFICIALS IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY WE CAN DO IT.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO ASK THE STAFF CITY MANAGER? WHAT BARBARA, WELL, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THAT YOU HAVE A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS WHAT YOUR CHARTER HAS SET UP.
AS FAR AS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
YOU START TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM THAT AND YOU START DILUTING THAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND MAKING IT MORE, A STRONG CITY COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT, RATHER THAN A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN STRUCTURE IN THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU GIVE YOUR CITY MANAGER THAT, UM, AS, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM HAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT THERE, THAT THERE ARE STEPS TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED IN FIRING ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT YOU, YOU ARE BASICALLY CHANGING WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING AND TALKING ABOUT THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE AS A CITY PRESENTLY IN TAKING THE POWERS AWAY FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD BE INCORRECT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A CITY MANAGER SLASH CITY COUNCIL LED STUDY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE PART OF IT, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT DIRECTING EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WELL, I JUST WOULD SAY, I THINK THAT PUTTING THIS IN THE CHARTER IS, IS VERY MUCH THE WRONG PLACE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A POLICY ISSUE TRYING TO TAKE THIS TO THE VOTERS IS GOING TO BE CONFUSING TO THEM.
UH, NONETHELESS, BUT, UM, W WE'VE
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WE'VE DISCUSSED, IT WOULD, Y'ALL LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF, WHETHER, WHETHER ANYONE FROM STAFF WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.IF WE HAVE ANY STAFF MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD PUT THEM ON THE SPOT.
WELL, SEE YOU MANAGERS SHOULD, THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO, HAS TO RESPOND TO THIS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I ASKED YOU YET BECAUSE THIS, THIS DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE CITY MANAGER IN TERMS OF HIS ABILITY TO ADMINISTER HIS ROLE FOR MAYOR COUNCIL, THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRICKS, ACTING AS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GUYS ARE COMING FROM AND I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT, UH, FIRE AT AN INDIVIDUAL, EVEN IF IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS WE DO AS ADMINISTRATORS.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S REALLY HARD, BUT AS HARD AS IT IS TO MAKE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION, IF THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THAT AND SIGNING OFF ON IT, THEN IT COMES INTO AN EVEN HARDER POLITICAL DECISION, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE START COUNTING VOTES.
AND IF I'VE ONLY BEEN THE CITY MANAGER FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT I, AND I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, BUT IF YOU DON'T TRUST THE CITY MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO SHEPHERD THOSE TYPES OF DECISIONS, THEN, THEN THAT'S A CONVERSATION YOU NEED TO HAVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU DIRECT AND SUPERVISE.
MAY I ASK IF PEREZ IS INTERESTED IN TILLING? NEVERMIND, YOU'LL HAVE D HE'S THE ONE PERSON THAT THAT'S NOT I TO SAY PROTECTIVE, BUT HE'S THE ONE PERSON WHOSE JOB COMES TO US FOR, YOU KNOW, FINALIZATION AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT HE DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT.
WE COULD MAYBE CHANGE THAT BACK.
EVEN IT'S JUST, I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT HE FEELS LIKE.
SO THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN BEFORE I JOINED THE CITY OF KYLE OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME, BUT MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR A DIFFERENT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE THAT MAY BE HERE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DO NOT CONSIDER THE CITY CHARTER LANGUAGE IN MY DAY TO DAY, JOB RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DELEGATING THAT JOB RESPONSIBILITY OR PERFORMING MY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT HAS NEVER EVER ENTERED MY MIND TO CHALLENGE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
AND IF, IF, AND WHEN THAT DAY COMES, I'LL HOPE IT DOESN'T.
BUT IF IT WENT THAT DAY COMES THAT I AM NO LONGER WANTED HERE.
I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DONE.
I'M NOT GOING TO FORCE MYSELF TO WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M NO LONGER WANT IT THAT'S THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS HOW I FEEL.
BUT THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR ME PERSONALLY, HAS NOT MADE A, ANY DIFFERENCE IN MY PERFORMANCE OF MY DUTIES, MAYOR, IF I COULD ADD, UH, AMBER LEWIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AREN'T FOLLOWED, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THAT EMPLOYEE.
SO THEY CAN EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THAT PROCESS AND, AND CHALLENGE THAT DECISION.
AND IT ELEVATES UP TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THERE ALREADY IS A RELIEF VALVE.
IF THINGS AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED PROPERLY, ROLL CALL VOTE, FRIZZO, SORRY.
MOTION FAILS FOUR TO TWO, TWO TO FOUR.
I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW OUT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PARSLEY.
UH, I KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THIS.
I THINK YOUR HEART'S IN GREAT IN A GREAT PLACE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER STAFF.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE OVERREACHING, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND, UH, UH, I COMMEND YOU FOR TRYING TO LOOK AFTER THE STAFF.
WE'RE READY TO START A BUDGET.
Y'ALL WANNA, UH, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR AN HOUR.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME ALREADY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH THESE DRINKS, BUT WE'LL GET STARTED.
UH, NEXT UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TOTALING, APPROXIMATELY $206 MILLION FOR ALL CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING PROPOSED AVALARA TAX RATE.
NO INCREASE IN WATER SERVICE RATES, NO INCREASE IN WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES, NO INCREASE IN STORM DRAINAGE FEES.
2.49% INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE SERVICE CHARGES, TRASH COLLECTION PER CONTRACT TERMS WITH TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, ADDITION OF TWO, UH, TWO NEW FEES, UH, NO INCREASE IN ALL OTHER FEES AND CHARGES.
AND THE ADDITION OF, UH, 51 NEW POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 356
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FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, UH, PHYSICIANS NURSING THAT NUMBER BE SO BIG WHILE NOT INCREASING OUR FEES.MR. HENDRIX, MAYOR COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, JERRY HENDRICKS ACTING CITY MANAGER, MY PLEASURE TO BRING TO YOU MY FIRST EVER CITY BUDGET, BIGGEST ONE EVER WITH THE CITY OF KYLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR ALL THEIR INPUT.
THANKS STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT, PARTICULARLY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT HOURS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN AND HELPING US TO DEVELOP THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAD INSANE ALREADY AND IS OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS PRESENTED THEIR WISHLIST AT A PREVIOUS WORKSHOP.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WHERE WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND, AND PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS AND BALANCE THOSE WITH THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE ON HAND TO BE ABLE TO, TO FUND THOSE NEEDS.
AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF PUBLIC PUT TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE THE APARTMENT HEADS HERE TO BE ABLE TO ASK AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO, UH, JUST BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING IS RUNNING, UH, REVIEW THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR YOUR BUDGET, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL CITY FUNDS AND PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU 51 NEW POSITIONS.
THAT IS A LOT BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE WHEN I STARTED 16 YEARS AGO, UH, THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND OUR, OUR CIP SPENDING SUMMARY BY FUNDING SOURCE, THE BUDGETS ALSO GO INTO OUR BUDGET SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR, OUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS.
WE HAVE THE FOUR MAJOR ONES WITH OUR GENERAL FUND, OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES AND OUR STORM DRAINAGE UTILITIES.
THESE ARE FOUR OF 40, 44, 44 TOTAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS DETAILED IN YOUR BACKUP AND IN YOUR PACKETS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, BY GOING TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE BUDGET BY CITY DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE'LL REVIEW WITH YOU, OUR CURRENT DEBT POSITION AND ALL, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER CITY FUNDS.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND KEY DATES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ SLIDES TO YOU, BUT I'LL PRESENT THOSE SIDES TO YOU.
SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
GIVE YOU A FEW MOMENTS TO JUST KIND OF READ THE SLIDES YOURSELF.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL RESPOND TO THOSE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE BUDGET YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS ALIGNED WITH YOUR COUNCIL PRIORITIES.
THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS PLANNING RETREAT AND BUDGET WORK SESSION.
NUMBER ONE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON STREET AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS OUR PARKS AND TRAILS SYSTEM, OUR RIGHT AWAY, MOWING TRASH PICKUP AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR HIGH PROFILE CORRIDORS IN THE CITY, OUR DOWNTOWN MIXTURES BUILDINGS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS ARE UPTOWN CENTRAL PARK CULTURAL TRAILS, AND HERO'S MEMORIAL PARK AND PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE FOCUSED ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUDGET.
THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN CITY SERVICES AND WITH THE ADDITION OF, UH, 51 EMPLOYEES AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT, UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON FURTHER IMPROVING OUR CITY SERVICES AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE YET, BUT THIS BUDGET WAS DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE ANY TAX RATE INCREASE THAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD EXPERIENCE.
UH, THE PRIORITY WAS TO MINIMIZE A RATE INCREASES IN WATER AND WASTEWATER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE PROPOSING NO RATE INCREASE THIS YEAR FOR EITHER OF THOSE SERVICES.
IT WAS A PRIORITY TO MINIMIZE THE RATE INCREASE FOR STORM DRAINAGE FEES AND OTHER VARIOUS CITY SERVICES.
THE ONLY THEORY THAT'S BEING INCREASED IS THE SOLID WASTE FEE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO FOR THAT OUTSOURCED SERVICE.
THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING A NEW POSITIONS, EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE VERY STRATEGIC AND PRIORITIZE ACCORDING TO, UM, OUR VIEW OF WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE RETENTION, UH, RECRUITMENT OF THE TYPE OF TALENT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AND, UH, PAY PARODY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TALENT THAT WE DO HAVE IS BEING APPROPRIATELY COMPENSATED FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY DO.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A SUMMARY FOR THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS 206 MILLION IN ROUND NUMBERS, RIGHT? PREVENTION, YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST CHUNK IS THE GREEN PART OF THE DISC, WHICH IS OUR CIP.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ARMA, WHICH IS 61%, $123 MILLION IN CHANGE.
AND THEN NEXT BIGGEST A FUND AS A GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WATER UTILITY WASTEWATER OR DEBT SERVICE CENTER, STORM DRAINAGE FEE.
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THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE AURA OR WHERE YET? YES.WHEN DOES THAT, WHEN DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY? SO THE ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP, THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CIP PROGRAM.
THEY ISSUE THEIR OWN DEBT, THEIR DEBT, OUR PORTION OF THEIR DEBT IS NOT REFLECTED ON OUR BOOKS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SHOWING THAT THE CIP EXPENDITURES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF OUR PROJECTS OR ALLIANCE PROJECTS.
UH, WE PAID THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS THROUGH OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
SO WHEN YOU SEE, UH, THE YOU TOTALLY WATER, YOU TOTALLY BUDGET EXPENSES FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
WE WILL SHOW YOU THERE ARE LINE ITEMS FOR ALLIANCE REGIONAL PAYMENTS TO THEM FOR DEBT SERVICE, FOR OPERATING COSTS FOR CAPITOL CIP COSTS.
SO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2022 AND 23, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A $206 MILLION TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDING ALL THE CITY FUNDS 123.4 MILLION IN PLAN CIP, SPENDING 51 NEW POSITIONS BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO 356 TOTAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY, NO INCREASE IN OUR WATER OR WASTEWATER OR STORM DRAIN FUNDS.
THE 2.49% INCREASE WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO, TO TDS FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, NO INCREASE IN ANY OTHER FEES OR CHARGES FOR ANY CITY SERVICES.
BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW FEE ADDED BUYER OR ENGINEERING SURFACES FOR FLOODPLAIN REVIEW A QUESTION.
UM, I THOUGHT THE TAXES WERE CERTIFIED THIS WEEK.
IS THAT INCORRECT? I THOUGHT IT WAS MONDAY THE 25TH, THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUATIONS WERE DELIVERED.
BUT NOT THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS.
DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE? UH, NO.
UH, IN HAYES COUNTY, THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THE HAYES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR CERTIFIES, THE TAX RATE AND COLLECTIONS.
SO ALL OF THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO GET IN LINE TO GET THEIR STUFF AND WE TRY TO GET IN LINE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE SHOULD BE ONE OR TWO IN LINE.
CONTINUING WITH OUR HIGHLIGHTS, WE HAVE, UH, JUST UNDER 92 MILLION DEDICATED FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND RECONSTRUCTION 3.5 MILLION OF THAT IS IN OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
THE REMAINDER IS, WHICH IS, UH, JUST OVER 88 MILLION IT'S IN OUR CIP BUDGET.
8 MILLION IS PROVIDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARKS AND TRAILS SYSTEM.
5.7 MILLION IS DEDICATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS IN DOWNTOWN KYLE 7.6 MILLION FOR WATER SYSTEM, UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, 8.9 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
1.2 MILLION FOR OUR STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS, 2.4 MILLION FOR OUR CITY-WIDE BEAUTIFICATION.
1.6 MILLION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND 13.8 MILLION INCLUDED FOR OUR CITY'S DEBT SERVICE.
JERRY, DOES THE PARK PORTION OF THIS COVER, MAYBE FUTURE PARKS OR IS THAT ALREADY ALL DEDICATED? IS THERE A RESERVE THERE FOR MAYBE A DESIGN OF WHEN YOU PARK, DID I BELIEVE THERE'S ANY MONEY IN THERE CURRENTLY FOR DESIGN OF A NEW PARK? IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO THAT.
IF THAT'S COUNSELOR, I, I DEFINITELY WOULD, UH, LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A 500,000 CODE TOWARDS A DESIGN OF A NEW PARK, UH, REASON IS, OR THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF REDESIGNING A PARK INSTEAD OF DOING A CHARTER AMENDMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE THOSE DOLLARS THERE, READY TO GO IN CASE WE GO FORWARD WITH ANOTHER PARK.
SO WE'LL EXPLORE THAT AND BRING IT BACK AT OUR NEXT WORKSHOP.
ARE WE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS? THE STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS? BECAUSE 1.2 MILLION IS NOT VERY MUCH THAT WAY.
SO ALL OF THIS ARE JUST CIP, CORRECT? THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THE STUFF THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH IS A LOT OF IT'S CIP.
SO THE 5.7 MILLION DEDICATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVITALIZATION ORGANIZATION IMPROVEMENTS, DOWNTOWN TYPE HERE.
CAN I CONTINUE THEIR HIGHLIGHTS? I JUST LEAVE THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU.
IT'S KIND OF GETTING DOWN TO THE LOWER END.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SLIDE, WE CAN RESPOND TO THOSE AND THE FINAL SLIDE FOR OUR HIGHLIGHTS, UH, POINT OUT TO THE 302,000
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OR THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AT A LATER COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN THE 788, 300, 2000 FOR CIVIL SERVICE AND 788,000, UH, OR 14.4 INCREASE OVER THREE YEARS.THAT'S ALSO PART OF OUR MEET AND CONFER AND THEN 555,000 FOR AN 8.5 GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR ALL OF OUR NON CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES TO HELP BRING THEM UP ON PAR WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMPETITION, AS WELL AS $300,000 FOR PAY PARODY FOR NON SALES SERVICE EMPLOYEES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY'RE BEING PAID A COMPETITIVE WAGE FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY DO FOR US.
THEN 150,000 FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS? OOH, I WOULD, IF IT JUST, UM, KIND OF WISHFUL THINKING, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN 50,000 FOR ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR ARTS COMMISSION AND IT'S PRETTY NEW, EVEN IF WE COULD JUST INCREASE IT BY 10 OR 25, YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL, I LIKE TO SEE KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST BUYING PAINT FOR ARTISTS TO CAMPAIGN.
I HAD A QUESTION AS A QUESTION ON THE BRAND AMBASSADOR SERVICES.
UM, ARE WE STILL USING, UTILIZING THAT ONE PERSON? YES, YES, SIR.
FOR HOW LONG DO WE HAVE THEM AS A CONTRACT? IT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT AND THIS RENEWED THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER YEAR? UM, I WOULD FIGURED WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS LAST YEAR THAT WE WOULD SEE MORE OF THIS PERSON.
I HAVEN'T, I'VE ONLY SEEN LIKE TWO VIDEOS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DONE ANY OTHER, UM, THINGS AROUND THE CITY THAT PROMOTED.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE TOO.
SO, UH, THE PILOT RAN BASADUR IT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS MOSTLY ON HERE TO SEE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RENEWING THAT CONTRACT.
UH, HE HAS PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY ONE EVERY MONTH VIDEO AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL COMING OUT VERY SOON, MOSTLY ABOUT KYLE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
KYLE PARK ON KYLE BARKS, BUT, UH, A LOT OF HIS STUFF HAS BEEN POSTING, UM, ON NATIONAL PIE DAY.
UH, HE WAS OUR PIRATE TREASURE HUNT, UH, PERSON FOR, UH, NATIONAL PIE DAY IN MARCH, NOT THE JANUARY ONE.
AND THEN, UH, JUST MOSTLY, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ACTUAL PET PLAYING OF SHOWS, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE, UH, BASICALLY APPEARANCES AT FESTIVALS AND EVENTS SOMETIMES.
UH, THE PI KYLE PARK PLAYING AT THE PIE IN THE SKY FESTIVAL THIS YEAR IS A DIFFERENT CONTRACT THOUGH, JUST TO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY WE, HAVEN'T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING, UM, JUST PERFORMANCE MEASURES OUT TO YOU REGARDING THAT FUNCTION AND WE'LL PREPARE A REPORT AND GET IT TO, YEAH.
THAT'S WHY CAUSE NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE BAND THAT WILL BE PLAYING AT THE, UH, PIETIST SKY, WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT THERE.
BUT I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT WHEN WE HAVE THESE FESTIVALS THAT HE IS NOT PERFORMING.
UH, INSTEAD OF LIKE THAT I WAS FIGURING THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE CONTRACT WHENEVER WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON, WHETHER IT WAS THE 4TH OF JULY, I WAS KIND OF THINKING THAT MAYBE HE WOULD DO SOME KIND OF PERFORMANCE.
JUST THE CURRENT ONE DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT THIS IS THE CONTRACT I'M HERE JUST TO CONTRACT FOR HIM TO DO VIDEOS AND ESSENTIALLY PROMOTION VIDEOS AND, UH, LIKE AMBASSADORSHIP FOR THE CITY.
SO USING HIS OWN PERSONAL CHANNEL THAT, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL GET THAT REPORT TOO.
AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE OUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUILDING A BRAND IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WORK TOWARDS AND BUILD UPON.
SO IT USUALLY TAKES TWO TO THREE YEARS OR MORE TO REALLY, REALLY BUILD THAT AND CEMENT IT IN.
THAT WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO GET HIM OUT IN FRONT OF MORE PEOPLE.
I KNOW HE WAS A PART OF OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE AS WELL.
CAUSE HE ASKED ME TO MOVE MY FLOAT SO HE COULD GET BY, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, IT DEFINITELY WAS THERE, BUT NOW I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN HIM DOING SOME OF THE VIDEOS AND STUFF.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THAT.
UH, BUT YEAH, I THINK I'M IN LINE WITH COUNSELOR.
TOBY IS I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE EVEN DO A SONG OR TWO IT'S MORE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR A FULL PERFORMANCE, BUT JUST TO HAVE THEM DO A SONG OR TWO SOMEWHERE AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A PLUG AND PLAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MARK AND MARKET DAYS THIS PAST SUMMER WOULD MAYBE HAVE BEEN AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WASN'T A PART OF IT WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN, BUT WHENEVER THE CONTRACT ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022,
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WE CAN REVISIT WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE IN THAT CONTRACT.SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE PERFORMANCES AS A PART OF THAT, WE CAN BRING THAT TO THE TABLE WITH KYLE PARK AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM.
ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE HE WANTS TO PERFORM AT 103 DEGREES, SO MAYBE WE COULD DO IT IN THE BEGINNING OR THE END.
I MEAN, THE SUMMER IS NICE, BUT UH, I WITNESSED HIM DOING A PHOTO SHOOT AND VIDEOTAPING AROUND THE CITY AND IT WAS PRETTY HOT OUTSIDE AND HE WAS WEARING LONG JEANS, KIND OF BEST, BEST DOWN SWEATER AND A HALF, BUT HE'S PRETTY, THE VIDEOS I'VE SEEN ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.
HE'S A PRETTY GOOD PITCH MAN FOR THE CITY.
I WAS SUPER SKEPTICAL OF THIS CONTRACT AND THE FIRST TIME I STILL AM.
SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE THOSE METRICS AS WELL.
BUT THE VIDEOS I SAW WHERE I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, HE'S DO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO OVER REAL BRIEFLY, OUR 51 NEW POSITIONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS SLIDE UP AND LET YOU REVIEW IT.
I'LL POINT OUT SOME REALLY KEY, UM, NEW POSITIONS AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, UH, ON HERE.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
LEON'S USED THE WORD, UH, SUCCESSION PLANNING, BUT LEEANN'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON, BUT THAT THIS IS, THIS IS TO HELP, UM, WITH, UM, WITH THE SCOPE OF SUPERVISION AND MANAGING PROJECTS THAT WE SEE MORE AND MORE EARLY ON.
HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE YOU MANAGING RIGHT NOW OVER 30 PROJECTS.
AND THESE ARE VERY COMPLICATED, HIGHLY TECHNICAL PROJECTS.
SO, SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION, UH, FOR OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
UM, CAN I SAY THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH, WITH KYLE'S PARKS AND TRAILS GETTING REALLY BIG, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN THREE EMPLOYEES ADDED IT'S IT'S, IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT JOB.
AND, AND THEY'RE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF LIKE THE PARKS.
AND ESPECIALLY DURING CHRISTMAS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF.
SO, UM, SO PARKS AND RECREATION LOOKS LIKE THEY WANT TO DO LIKE CART MAINTENANCE.
SO WITH ALL THE, WITH WHAT WE HAVE COME IN TO KYLE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE START STACKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO PLAY CATCH UP.
UM, OUR PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HUGE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE SUPPORT FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE OTHER POSITION ON THIS FIRST PAGE, I WANT TO POINT OUT IS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BILLING MANAGER.
THIS IS SOMETHING PROPOSED PROPOSED BY A DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO TIE IT TOGETHER OR COURT STAFF AND OUR UTILITY BILLING STAFF PROVIDE A SINGLE POINT OF LEADERSHIP FOR BOTH THOSE GROUPS AND TO STILL SOME CROSS TRAINING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE NEEDS FOR STAFFING.
WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING ON VACATION, WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING SICK AND TO REALLY HELP SHORE UP THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS.
SO I GUESS THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE TOO.
THE BUILDING INSPECTION, WE HAVE SO MUCH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN KYLE.
IT REALLY WORRIES ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE.
I KNOW, I KNOW WE THIRD-PARTY IT OUT TO LIKE, BUT MY CONCERN FOR THAT IS THOSE PEOPLE AS GOOD AS THEY MAY BE, MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE ORDINANCES IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, AND IF KYLE CONTINUES TO GROW THE WAY IT HAS TO GET SOME FULL TIME, MORE THAN ONE, AT LEAST PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME PEOPLE IN THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BRING A REAL RELIEF TO THE BUILDERS.
UM, CAN, CAN I SHARE SOMETHING? I HAD A LUNCH AT THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON THIS PAST TUESDAY, AND ONE OF THE NEW BUSINESSES CAME IN, GAVE US PROMPTS AS A CITY ON HOW FAST AND HOW EFFICIENT OUR BUILDING MANAGER.
SHE SAYS IT'S FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE SHE'S BUILT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME COVERED THAT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
YES, WE'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH OUR INSPECTIONS AT THE MOMENT AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A PASS THROUGH WELL, BUT MY THINKING HERE IS TO LET STAFF EXPLAIN THEIR POSITIONS, THEIR THINKING BEHIND IT, AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF TABULATING AND AT THE END, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO, OKAY.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MANEUVER, BUT WE NEED TO TRY TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM STAFF, IF WE CAN.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, I'LL LEAVE THIS UP FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ADDING THREE NEW PARK MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS TO ADD TO OUR EXISTING STAFF.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH, UH, OUR PARKS AND OUR FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND OUT AND DOING THE FRONTLINE WORK IS, IS WHEN SOMEBODY GETS SICK, SOMEBODY GOES ON VACATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF PEOPLE, NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE VACATION
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AND BE SICK.AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR GOAL WITH THIS BUDGET.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CREATE WHOLE NEW CREWS THAT WERE ABLE TO CREATE PRESSURE VALVES FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE, TAKE THEIR TIME OFF AND BE SICK AND NOT CREATE HOLES IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
ALSO IN THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT, ADDING COMMANDERS AND CORPORALS TO, TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO REDUCE THE SPAN OF CONTROL WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING IN THE COMMAND STRUCTURE.
THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ADDING SIX NEW POLICE OFFICERS, UH, FOUR OTHER FOUR CORPORALS AND TWO COMMANDERS, UH, AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, A DETECTIVE, AND A CODE ENFORCEMENT TECHNICIAN.
OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS REALLY BEING TASKED NOT ONLY FOR THE THING THAT THEY USUALLY DO, BUT WE'RE LEANING ON THEM HEAVILY ALSO TO, TO HELP US WITH OUR BEAUTIFICATION AND REACHING OUT TO CUSTOMERS, WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, AND THEN ONLY WORKING TOWARDS, UM, CITATIONS AND COURT ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I THINK AS WE GET BIGGER, THEY NEED SOME HELP AND THE SAME THING WITH OUR ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT THAT THEY NEED AN INITIAL, AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON TO HELP WITH THAT FUNCTION AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS IN THERE.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS.
AND I JUST POINT OUT THAT THE TOTAL PURDUE POSITIONS RIGHT NOW IS 51 AND THAT'S JUST OVER 3 MILLION, $760,000 QUESTION.
FIRST, UH, MY FIRST QUESTION WILL BE FOR THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT OR ONLY GET, THIS IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TECHNICIAN.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED IT FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION, BUT I, I'M JUST NOT REALLY FEELING THAT POSITION.
ONE IS I, I THINK THE MORE CODE OFFICERS WOULD GET INTO THE MORE HEAVY AND WHO WE ARE AS A CITY, AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BEING HEAVY HANDED.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT POSITION GO AWAY AND INSTEAD HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR FOR ANIMAL CONTROL THAT COULD ACTUALLY WORK BOTH DIVISIONS, THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND ALSO HELP OUT WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I JUST, I'M JUST NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN PUTTING ANOTHER FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT TECHNICIAN RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE.
UH, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE TO, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
HOW MANY SQUARE MILES IS THE CITY OF KYLE? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? I THINK IT'S 30.
SO LIKE 30 ISH, RIGHT? THAT TOO IS NOT A LOT.
I MEAN, I THINK IF WE HAD FOUR, THAT WOULD STILL BE, NOT A LOT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE JUST PLAYING CATCH-UP AND THEY WILL COME A TIME THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD TO THESE KINDS OF DEPARTMENTS.
I'VE HAD REAL CONCERNS OVER CODE ENFORCEMENTS FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE CUTTING THAT POSITION.
I MEAN, TWO PEOPLE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TAKING VACATION.
SO, SO, SO IF SOMEONE TAKES A VACATION WITH CODE A GRASS, DOESN'T GET PENALIZED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOMEBODY WITH A TALL YARD, BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE ANIMAL CONTROL PART IS MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT TO RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEBODY GETS SICK, THEN WE'RE, UH, OR SOMEBODY TAKES A VACATION, YOU'VE GOT ONE AND YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT DAY.
SO NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A VICIOUS DOG SITUATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M MORE INTERESTED IN, IN FILLING IS THAT NEED RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT HERE.
CAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ALL ABOUT GRASS.
I THINK CODE ENFORCEMENT IS BUSINESSES AS WELL.
RIGHT? AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS REALLY GOOD AT IT'S MY DIRECTION TO THEM TO PURSUE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
SO, UM, THE HEAVY HANDED PART, IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
SO WE'RE ALSO ADDING AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TO, TO HELP WITH THAT FUNCTION AS WELL.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU BOTH LIKE, DON'T LET ME TAKE AWAY FROM THE OTHER.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM AN ALREADY SHORT STAFF TO GIVE TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT I FEEL IS ALSO SHORT-STAFFED.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT TOUGH.
UM, IT'S IT'S THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES, THE MORE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CUT THAT.
NO IT'S GRASS IS COMBINES WITH SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY IT, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SAFETY ISSUES, UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A VICIOUS DOG SITUATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIVESTOCK ON THE ROAD, MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF AT THAT TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN COME OUT AND HANDLE IT'S.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIRD, BUT REALLY WE NEED A
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SUPERVISOR IN THAT DEPARTMENT.WE HAVE, WE NEED A SUPERVISOR OVER, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS MAKING THAT SUPERVISOR.
AND THAT SUPERVISOR POSITION WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH CODE AND WITH ANIMALS.
I'M GOING TO ASK CHIEF BARNETT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE ADDING TWO CORPORALS AND FOUR CORPORALS AT TWO COMMANDERS TO HELP REDUCE SPAN OF CONTROL THAT CAN ADD THAT THAT'S SUPERVISION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT I'LL LET CHIEF TALK ABOUT THAT IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING BOOTS FROM PATROL TO COME SUPERVISE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S NURSING HE'S ON THE STREETS.
WOULD THERE OVER IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS THIS, THIS FUNCTION OF THE CITY TO WORKS MARIN MARIN COUNCIL AND JUST AS A PROCESS CHECK.
UH, NOT BECAUSE MY POSITION IS PROTECTED BY THE CITY CHARTER, BUT AMEN, BUT TO HELP OUT OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, THIS IS HIS FIRST BUDGET.
THE, THE ACTION TODAY BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ROLL OUT HIS PROPOSED BUDGET PER THE CITY CHARTER, THEN COUNCIL AS A BODY AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE AUGUST 16TH.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN YOU MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY, MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU DON'T WANT A QUOTE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THEN WE TAKE THAT VOTE BACK AND THEN MAKE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CITIES PER CITY.
SO THE EXERCISE TODAY IS BASICALLY HAVE THE CITY MANAGER ROLL OUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THEN Y'ALL DELIBERATE ON THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING AND TAKE ACTUAL VOTE ON SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND TO THE BUDGET.
IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S LET THEM GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION GUYS.
AND THEN WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS.
AND THEN HOW WE FEEL THAT THIS AND THAT THE OTHER, I THINK THIS POSITION DOES NEED TO BE THERE, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THE CHIEF, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED VERSUS WHAT I WANT KIND OF THING.
WELL, I'M DONE WITH A POSITION TO ASK A QUESTION.
YEAH, YOU DON'T PLAY AND BEEN ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDED.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I ONLY SEE ONE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY AND I KNOW PLUM CREEK IS CALLING ALAMO CONTROL ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY CALL ME TO CALL HONEYWELL CONTROL IS JUST ONE POSITION ENOUGH, CHIEF.
WHAT, WHY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.
JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE.
SO IN OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD PROPOSED A TEAM APPROACH THAT WOULD INCLUDE A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR THAT WOULD SUPERVISE AND PROVIDE CIVILIAN SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE REFERENCED THAT POSITION, UH, TO ANSWER THE DIRECT QUESTION OF, DO WE NEED MORE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD SAY BOTH DIVISIONS ARE AT THEIR MAX CAPACITY.
THE ANIMAL CONTROL ISSUE PROBABLY PRESENTS ITSELF MORE FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE DO ONLY HAVE TWO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS.
AND WHEN ONE IS ON VACATION OR OUT OF TOWN OR IN TRAINING OR, OR WHEREVER, THEN THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET.
AND WE HEAR MORE AGGRESSIVELY FROM CITIZENS WHO ARE UPSET THAT THERE'S NOT AN ON DUTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER ON THAT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WORKED SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WHATNOT.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS ARE TYPICALLY LESS EMERGENT.
UH, BUT NONETHELESS THEY DO MATCH AND GO ALONG WITH THE CITY'S PLAN FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE EMPHASIS AND THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT YOU WANT BOTH TO DO.
AND THEN THE, THE AMOUNT OF DIRECT SUPERVISION THAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
BOTH OF THOSE DIVISIONS ARE AT MAX CAPACITY.
THEY'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER YOU AS CITY LEADERSHIP AND THEIR SUPERVISORS WANT THEM TO DO BASED ON PRIORITY, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN A DAY FOR THAT TO GO AROUND.
IF WE DON'T ADD TO ONE OR THE OTHER, WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION TO THE CITIZENS, CORRECT.
THERE'S NOT AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER ON TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ON VACATION OR THEY'RE OUT SICK.
AND THE OTHER ONE HAS ALREADY WORKED THERE 40 HOURS THIS WEEK.
UH, SAME PARTICULARLY GOES WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE CAN ONLY MANAGE SO MANY PROJECTS AND HANDLE SO MANY CASES AT ONE TIME.
SO WE GET DONE WITH WHAT WE'RE GIVEN.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, CAN ONE DO THE OTHER'S JOB? NO.
AND THE TERMS YOU, YOU GENERALLY DO NOT COMBINE THE TWO THEY'RE BOTH SPECIALISTS IN THEIR FIELD AND THEY HAVE LAWS AND CERTAIN TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS.
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WOULD THAT HELP THEIR CASELOAD MUCH? NO.THE SUPERVISOR WOULD HELP PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY GUIDANCE.
THEY CURRENTLY REPORT TO A POLICE SERGEANT WHO HAS MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES THAT REPORT TO HIM FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF ASSIGNMENTS.
THAT PARTICULAR SERGEANT TENDS TO HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT AS A SUPERVISOR TO ANIMAL CONTROL, TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, TO THE FLEET MANAGEMENT, THE QUARTERMASTER AND OTHERS.
SO HIS SPAN OF CONTROL IS WIDE AND HIS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPECTATIONS ARE PRETTY BROAD AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY WE HIT, UH, PROPOSED INITIALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR, WHICH WOULD BE A CIVILIAN POSITION.
SO OUR ORIGINAL APPROACH IS A TEAM APPROACH.
HOWEVER, WHATEVER WE'RE GIVEN, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO THE BEST WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT SUPERVISORS COME BACK.
SO FOR A SUPER, FOR AN ASK FOR A SUPERVISOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON POSITIONS, THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, REVIEWS THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BY BY DEPARTMENT AND BY FUND.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE FOR A MINUTE.
THE TOTAL, UH, COMES TO 1.3, SIX, $4 MILLION IN NEW EQUIPMENT PROPOSED OUT OF, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDS AND RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARING NONE MOVING, MOVING ON TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SPENDING PLAN.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THAT PLAN BY FUND AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL FOR OUR CIP FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS PROPOSED TO BE JUST OVER $123 MILLION.
THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS THE 70 MILLION THAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THE 200, 2022, THE PROPOSED ROAD BOND ELECTION.
SO LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR YOU FOR AWHILE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND.
SO THE 2015 GEO ROAD BONDS TO TWO 50 THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT FROM THAT.
OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER IS WRAPPING UP LAYMAN ROAD CONTRACT.
EVEN THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON OUR CIP SPENDING PLAN? SO NEXT UP, WE'LL BE DOING OUR BUDGET SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I LET PREVIOUS REVIEW WITH YOU THE TAX INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PART.
SO WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE TOTAL TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION.
THE CERTIFIED IS ALMOST $5 BILLION AND THERE'S A LITTLE ASTERISK NEXT TO THE NUMBER.
AND BASICALLY THIS NUMBER EXCLUDES ASSESSED VALUATIONS WITHIN OUR THREE TERS THAT WE HAVE TERS ONE TERSE TWO AND THIRST THREE.
SO THIS IS JUST THE CITY OF KYLE PORTION THAT HELPS US WITH THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.
SO AS COMPARED TO 2021, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF $1.1 BILLION IN OUR ASSESSED TAXABLE VALUATIONS, WHICH IS ABOUT 27.43% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, JUST AS A COMPARISON, THE GROWTH WITHIN TERS 1, 2, 3, REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IS BASICALLY ONE AND TWO IN COMPARISON.
THE GROWTH WITHIN THOSE TWO TEASES WAS 53.9% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE THE AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME VALUE.
SO IT'S $388,506 IN 2022, AS COMPARED TO 21, WE HAD THE AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL HOME WAS VALUED AT 233,902 AN INCREASE OF $105,000 OR 45%.
THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, REFERS TO OUR TAX RATES.
HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATES YET, NOR DO WE HAVE THE NEW, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
WHAT WE USED TO CALL EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROLLBACK TAX RATE? UH,
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I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU OUR CURRENT TAX RATES, WHICH IS 50.82 CENTS.WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HEAR BACK FROM OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, HOPEFULLY BY NEXT WEEK.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN KYLE, THESE ARE THE VARIOUS TAXING JURISDICTIONS THAT SHOW UP ON YOUR TAX BILL.
OUR TOTAL TAX WITHIN CITY OF KYLE IS $2 AND 56 CENTS.
THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE TAX ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL IS FROM THE HAYES, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT 53% NEXT, UH, IS CITY OF COL 20% HAYES COUNTY, 14%.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE JURISDICTIONS, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESD FIVE AND NINE, AND THEN THE PLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
NEXT LIGHT IS OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY HERE.
I'M SHARING WITH YOU A 35 YEAR HISTORY, AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE YEARS, OUR TAX RATES HAVE GONE UP, COME DOWN.
THE TWO COLORS REPRESENT THE BLUE IS THE MNO PORTION OF THE TAX RATE.
AND THE YELLOW COLOR IS THE INS PORTION.
OUR HIGHEST TAX RATE WAS IN 1992, WHICH WAS ABOUT 69.26 CENTS.
OUR LOWEST TAX RATE WAS IN 2008 27.07 CENTS.
AND THEN IN 22, WE'RE AT 50.82 CENTS.
HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS? AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE CONCERNED WHERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO ON THE LOW END IS GRIPPING SPRING SPRINGS, CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS AND THE RIGHT THEIR TAX RATES IS SO LOW AS THEY DO NOT OWE ANY DEBT.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FINANCE, UH, WITH EXISTING CASH AND CURRENT REVENUES, BUT WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON FOR THEM.
THEY WILL HAVE TO BORROW THAT.
THEY JUST CANNOT SUSTAIN THAT.
SIMILARLY, BUDA IS PROBABLY ALSO IN THE SAME SITUATION, THEN THEIR TAX RATES WILL BE IMPACTED WITH THEIR FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND ON THE EXTREME END IS CITY OF MAINER AND OUR OWN CROSS WINDS MUD, WHICH IS AT 90 CENTS, OUR SALES TAX COLLECTION.
NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE PROJECTING A 15% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.
OUR $2 MILLION SALES TAX HAS REALLY SURPRISED US, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, DURING COVID WE ANTICIPATED SALES TAX TO DECLINE.
HOWEVER, IT WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
I HAVE A THEORY, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT IS THE REAL REASON WHY WE, UH, SEEN AN, A INCREASE IN SALES TAX.
SO MY THEORY IS THAT DURING COVID EVERYBODY WAS HOME-BOUND.
SO EVERYBODY THAT TRAVELED TO AUSTIN OR GEORGETOWN, OR TO SEND MARCUS TO WORK AND SHOP DURING THE DAY, OR BROUGHT GROCERIES DURING THE DAY, OR RAN THEIR ERRANDS DURING THE DAY, THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WHEN THEY WERE HOME BOUND, THEY WERE KINDA FORCED TO BUY WITHIN KYLE AREA.
THEY WERE ALSO FORCED TO BUY ONLINE A LOT OF ONLINE SALES HAPPEN BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO WE SAW AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OVER THIS TIME PERIOD.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY MY THEORY, BUT I CANNOT PROVE IT THAT THAT'S THE REASON, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES IN TOWN THAT IS GROWING AND WE'RE ADDING NEW BUSINESSES EVERY DAY.
I LEARNED THAT STORES LIKE TARGET ORDERED A LOT OF SUPPLIES AND CLOTHING DURING COVID THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE DURING THAT TIME.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE GETTING A BIG ABUNDANCE OF IT.
AND SO, AND THEY HAVE TO DISCOUNT IT BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH.
I DEFINITELY THINK YOUR THIRTY'S DEAD ON.
AND WE'RE STILL SAYING, FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT THEORY, BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME, PEOPLE DECIDED THAT THEY WERE WANTING TO STAY HOME, WORK FROM HOME AND WE STILL HAVE THAT GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
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PEOPLE DURING THE DAY.AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE INFLUX OF NEW RESTAURANTS WANTING TO COME TO KYLE, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THAT DAYTIME TRAFFIC THAT WILL HELP THEM JUST TO FIND OPENING THEIR DOORS HERE.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND, THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW SHOWS YOU THE SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT COMPRISE OUR GENERAL FUND.
YOU'LL SEE THE BIGGEST CHUNK IS OUR PROPERTY TAX INCOME, BUT JUST OVER 16 MILLION THAT ARE OUR SALES TAX INCOME, RIGHT? AT 15 MILLION KOREAN, YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER FEES TAX BIGGEST ONE IS DEVELOPMENT FEES.
SO I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART FOR JUST A BIT, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP THIS.
AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. HARPER WILDER, THE LARGEST SLICE OF THE PIE HERE IS BURNT ORANGE.
THERE'S NO MAROON COLORS IN THE BURNT ORANGE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY GOAL TO SEE THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF FUNDS IN THE CITY BE SALES TAX.
I JUST POINTED OUT WHEN I GOT HERE 16 YEARS AGO OR SALES TAX OR BANK SALES TAX GO GOAL WAS TO HAVE MORE THAN BUDA, WHICH WE DO NOT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE MORE DOLLARS, BUT NOT MORE PER PERSON.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT US DOUBLED UP, BUT WE'RE CATCHING THEM, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NEARLY ON A ONE-TO-ONE SCALE FROM PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAX IS ALSO VERY ENCOURAGING BECAUSE THEY DID NOT USE TO BE THAT WAY AT ALL.
IT USED TO BE, WE RELIED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON PROPERTY TAX AND WITHIN THAT, IT WAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO LIKE THE RESIDENTS TRULY SHOULDERED THAT BURDEN.
SO CERTAINLY A MUCH MORE DIVERSIFIED TAX BASE.
SO THE USE OF OUR FUNDS IS YOUR NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE POLICE IS OUR BIGGEST DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR USE OF OUR FUNDS AND THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE IN HOW WE'VE ALLOCATED OUR BUDGET AS WELL.
UH, TRANSFERRED OUT IS, UH, THE NEXT NEXT BIGGEST.
AND THAT'S, UH, PRIMARILY RCIP PROJECTS.
AND THEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND, AND SEE THE REST OF THE CHARTS AND THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ONE OF THOSE FEEL FREE TO ASK, OKAY.
I GENERAL FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR, FOR, UH, PROPOSED FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, 49.6 MILLION FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS.
AND FOR FYI, 2023, YOU CAN GO DOWN AND READ THAT LIST.
IT'S EVERYTHING WORKING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PROPOSE NEW EQUIPMENT AND PROPOSED LEASE VEHICLES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN NOW RESPOND TO THOSE FOR YOU.
WE'LL SEE THAT THOUGH, IN THIS PACKET, RIGHT? EVERYTHING IS, EVERYTHING IS DETAILED IN YOUR BUDGET PACKAGE.
I'M SORRY, MS. WE HAVE A SLIDE FOR ALL THE NEW PD STUFF COMING UP.
WE'RE GOING TO GO DEPARTMENT WITH DEPARTMENT.
SO GOING THROUGH OUR MAJOR FUNDS OR WATER UTILITY FUND BUDGET, SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS, YOU CAN SEE A PIE CHART SHOWING THE USES OF THOSE FUNDS AND 95% OF THOSE FUNDS GO TOWARDS ACTUALLY PROVIDING WATER SERVICE.
THE REST OF IT IS OTHER FEES AND CHARGES AND MISCELLANEOUS OR USES OF THOSE FUNDS.
YOU'LL SEE A 54% OF THOSE FUNDS GO TOWARDS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY.
THE NEXT BIGGEST CHUNK IS, UH, 19%, WHICH GOES TOWARDS OUR ACTUAL WATER OPERATIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE REST OF THAT BREAKS OUT.
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK, DOES THIS INCLUDE THE ROI OR NO, IT DOES NOT.
IT INCLUDES THE OPERATING COSTS THAT WE PAY FOR OUR SHARE TO OUR, OKAY.
THE WATER UTILITY FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, NO RATE INCREASE FOR WATER SERVICE, UH, 16.6 MILLION IN TRANSFERS IN 16.5 MILLION IN TRANSFERS OUT FOR UTILIZING A 0.1 MILLION, UM, FROM OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND, UM, AT LEAST A 7.8 MILLION ESTIMATED IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
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DOWN FROM THAT IT'S FOR ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENSES.SO IT'S NOT A REOCCURRING COST OUT OF OUR WATER FUND.
WE HAVE SOME 8.75 NEW POSITIONS AND $185,000 WORTH OF NEW EQUIPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S, THERE'S NO WATER RATE INCREASE THIS SYSTEM? NO.
WHAT? WE BOTH SAY NO RATE INCREASES FOR ANY SERVICE OTHER THAN TRASH IN TRASH.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING ONE NEW FUND FOR WA FOR FLOODPLAIN REVIEW.
SO JUST TRASH IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ACTUALLY BOUND UP FOR THAT.
THIS CHART SHOWS YOU A COMPARISON OF OUR WATER BILL COMPARE COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, OUTSIDE OF, UH, SOUTHWEST WATER THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST WATER RATES.
AND I THINK THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF OUR INVESTMENTS IN ACQUISITION OF WATER TO SECURE OUR WATER FOR THE FUTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR WATER SYSTEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? ONE THING TO NOTE ON THIS CHART IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON BUDA, HOW THAT MOVES WHEN WE SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE ON WASTEWATER.
SO OUR WASTE WATER UTILITY FUND SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS, YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN, 98% OF THE FUNDS THAT GO TOWARDS ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE WASTEWATER SERVICE.
THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN, UH, CIP TRANSFERS OR OPERATIONS OR WATER TREATMENT PLAN OPERATIONS AND UTILITY BILL LINES.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SLIDE? OUR UTILITY FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
ONCE AGAIN, NO RATE INCREASE FOR OUR WASTEWATER SERVICE.
UM, WE HAVE A $1.7 BILLION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR TRANSFERS IN AND OUR TRANSFERS OUT.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, IT'S BEING MADE UP FROM A HOPE WITHDRAWAL FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS VERY HEALTHY AND ALL THOSE GO TOWARDS ONE TIME EXPENSES TOWARDS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE TOTAL SPINNING FOR CIP IS 8.8 MILLION.
WE HAVE 4.75 NEW POSITIONS IN OUR WASTEWATER UTILITY AND JUST UNDER $400,000 PROPOSED FOR NEW EQUIPMENT.
HERE'S A PREVENTATIVE SLIDE SHOWING KYLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR WASTEWATER BILLS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND VIEWED A PROPERLY PLACED RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP.
I DO WORRY ABOUT OUR WASTEWATER AND THE DELAY IN INCREASING THAT RATE FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, THAT'S IT, I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT LATER.
SO OUR STORM DRAINAGE, UTILITY FUNDS, SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS IS PRETTY SIMPLE CHART.
YOU SEE THE STORM DRAINAGE FEEDS FOR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUND AND OUR RESIDENTIAL, UH, SLIGHTLY SMALLER, UM, PERCENTAGE AND THE USES OF THOSE FUNDS, THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACTUALLY GOING OUT IN THE FIELD AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, CIP TRANSFERS, AND, UH, 20% FOR ADMINISTRATION BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
ONCE AGAIN, NO INCREASE IN THAT THE 1.8 MILLION IN REVENUES FOR PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR, AT 1.9 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE DRAWING DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BALANCE THAT, TO PAY FOR ONE-TIME EXPENSES.
WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF NEW POSITIONS BUDGETED FOR THAT, THAT FUND AND A NEW LEASED VEHICLE FOR THAT FUND.
ANY QUESTIONS, THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES COMING UP, THESE ARE OUR DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT AND, UH, I'LL HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS ON EACH ONE OF THESE SLIDES.
ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN BRING UP THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT HEAD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN DECREASES IN THOSE FUNDS.
AND YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP OF THESE SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ACTUAL BUDGET LINE GIVING YOU ACTUAL SINCE 2019, THE DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE PERCENT INCREASE, UM, THAT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IN ACTS HERE.
SO THIS IS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, WE'RE ALLOCATING SEVEN SEPARATE COST CENTERS, ONE FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, SO THESE INCREASES, YOU SEE, WILL BE ALLOCATED ACROSS THE BOARD AND, UH, DIVISIONS OF SEVEN.
SO WE HAVE ALLOWED FOR FOODS AND MEALS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND DUES.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THAT, UH, WILL BE IN THOSE CALL CENTERS.
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WE'VE UM, MOVED, UH, P AND Z COMMISSION TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, FUN, AND, UH, ADVERTISING THE FACILITY FACILITATOR.AND, UM, HER NAME OF THE REBEL ROAD GRANT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS FUND.
NO, IS THIS, IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE? IF THE COMMITTEE COMES BACK AND THINKS THAT WE NEED MORE OR LESS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE BUDGET.
AND IF THAT COMMITTEE COMES BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU WANT IT ENACTED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THEN WE'D HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IF THE RECOMMENDATION COMES BACK BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS FINALIZED, COUNCIL CAN MAKE MOTIONS TO ADD OR SUBTRACT MONEY.
SO IF THEY COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER, WHO'S GOING TO VOTE FOR THAT US ON OUR OWN AMENDMENTS.
WELL, IT'S STILL, ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS TO DECIDE, BUT WE JUST CAN'T DECIDE UNTIL A RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN MADE PER THE CHARTER RULES, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WHO SET OUR PAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE CURRENT WAY WE'RE COMPENSATED IS NOT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS.
THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PAY THAT WE HAVE PLUS INSURANCE.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL TOOK THAT AWAY CHOSE TO NOT HAVE INSURANCE.
SO THEY COULD COME BACK AND SAY, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWANCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD SAY NO, OR THEY COULD RECOMMEND AN INCREASE IN PAY, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CHANGING THE BUDGET.
AND WE COULD SAY NO, OR YES, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO US, BUT THE COMMITTEE IS OUR WAY.
IT'S AN EXTRA STEP THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE OFFICE SUPPLIES.
I IS THE OFFICE SUPPLIES WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL AND MAYOR DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE ALL THE, ALL THESE FOLDERS, ALL THESE REPORT THAT WE GET, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE IN YOUR COST CENTER.
AND LIKE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BUYING PAPER AND TONER AND THEY GOT TO ALLOCATE THAT FROM THAT COST CENTER.
WELL, WE COULD JUST HAVE THE CITY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE GREAT.
CAUSE LIKE I'M OKAY WITH THE CITY BUYING IT AND CORRECT IT.
THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS TRYING TO PAY FOR IT.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS INCREASES IN THOSE PARTICULAR LINE ITEMS AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE DIVIDED BY SEVEN AND OF THOSE COSTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HISTORICALLY WE'VE USED, BUT WE HAVE MADE THE R THE REASON FOR THE COST CENTERS AND SEPARATING IT OUT THAT WAY IS BECAUSE IN THE PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POTENTIALLY HIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE SPENDING BY GOING THROUGH CITY STAFF.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE THIS GROUP HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO IS GET IT MORE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT SO THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOLLARS THAT YOU SPEND.
THAT'S WHAT THE COST CENTERS ARE ALL ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FALLS UNDER THIS CATEGORY.
UM, SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE TO TRAVEL AND I HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, UM, PERCEPTION.
CAN I BORROW A, UM, HOTSPOT FROM THE CT? SURE.
IS THAT OKAY? AND THEN JUST RETURN IT.
LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT TO RETURN IT.
UM, AND THEN IF THE CITY IS HAVING TO BUY EXTRAS IN ORDER TO GIVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOSE THERE'S JUST A GRAY AREA THERE, BECAUSE IT'S STILL THE SAME QUESTION OF IF WE'RE TAKING RESOURCES FROM THE CITY, THAT IS AN EXPENSE THAT THE CITY IS INCURRING, WHETHER WE'RE IDENTIFYING THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN OUR BUDGET OR THE CITY IS JUST PROVIDING THAT TO US COMPUTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALL HAVE COMPUTERS.
THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT THE CITY PAID THAT WE'RE SAYING, OH, WE DON'T TAKE EXPENSES.
BUT YEAH, WE ALL HAVE OUR COMPUTERS AND THEY'RE NECESSARY AND VALID, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.
IF WE'RE GOING FOR THE TRANSPARENCY MOVE, THEN THERE CAN BE A TECHNOLOGY BUDGET ALLOW FOR EACH, EACH PERSON AND THEY CAN SPEND THAT WAY.
SO JUST LOTS TO THINK ABOUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO THE WHOLE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, WE HAVE A $26,500 ITEM FOR SOFTWARE, FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER, AS THAT'S A FUNCTION WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PURSUE, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US AN ALLOCATION TO PURSUE THAT.
THE NEXT YEAR, THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR RECORD RETENTION SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT OUR, HER RECORDS RETENTION IS, IS
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IT'S GETTING KIND OF BIG AND THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH IT.AND SO THAT JENNIFER AND HER STAFF DON'T SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING THAT THEY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR MANAGEMENT IS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT MIGHT WANT TO PURSUE THEIR CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGEMENT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF, OF TRAINING.
AND WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO WE HAVE THAT PLACEHOLDER IN THERE TOO.
WE'VE TRANSFERRED OUT THE $103,000 FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO IT'S OWN SEPARATE COST CENTER.
SO IS THIS SOFTWARE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? IS THAT GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WAS A SOFTWARE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO OBTAIN WHERE PEOPLE COULD PUT IT ON THEIR PHONE AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING WRONG IN THE CITY, THEY COULD TAKE A PICTURE AND SEND IT TO US.
THAT'S PART OF IT BECAUSE NOT ALL OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THERE.
I'LL LET, JUST LET YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE AND REVIEW THE HISTORY AND THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING SURPRISING IN HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WE'LL NOTE THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER PERMIT COORDINATOR SO WE WENT ONTO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
WE ARE AT AN OPEN RECORDS CLERK AS A POSITION, AS WELL AS SOME EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE TO HELP WITH RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RETENTION, THAT THAT TITLE MAY CHANGE COUNCIL TO A RECORDS RETENTION CLERK.
YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR MENTIONED BRAND AMBASSADOR SERVICES, SOME ADDITIONAL AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT.
THE THING IS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'RE BUDGETING FOR, UH, AN UPDATE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND A BUSINESS PARK FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO DOES THE DIRECTOR GO IN THERE? I MEAN, LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK OR ARE WE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR? WE ARE, BUT THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS A FIRST FULL YEAR THAT WE REALLY HAVE THIS DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGET IS PRIMARILY FOR THE POSITION AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FURTHER TO FURTHER DEVELOPED AS DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ENGINEERING SERVICES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, A STREET PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT STUDY, AND THEN A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS WELL.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES.
THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, THE DETAILS IS IN YOUR BACKUP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO THEY WANT TO HIRE, LET'S SAY POSITIONS THROUGH, WE HAVE THREE NEW TECHNICIANS, AND THIS GOES INTO OUR PLAN TO, AS WE BUILD THAT DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO TAKE TIME OFF, TO BE SICK.
AND WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A FULL STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S THERE, IT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GET MORE WORK DONE.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE GOING TO HIRE MORE AND DO THE W L E I THINK THAT'S, I THINK, I THINK ONE HAS TO GIVE, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE WLA, WHICH I THINK MAYBE BENEFICIAL, UM, MAYBE NOT THREE, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THAT HAS TO BE TALKED ABOUT LATER, BUT I'M MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS FOR THAT, THAT WE CAN BRING BACK.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE WORK HAND IN HAND AND BENEFIT THE CITY TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM.
SO HOW BIG IS THAT DEPARTMENT? SORRY, THE COST ANALYSIS PRINTED OUT.
I RAN IT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES.
IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO HIRE, UH, EQUIP ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE WLA, BASICALLY WHAT THE COST OF THE, ALL OF THEIR CONTRACTS AND WHAT IT WOULD COST US.
JUST TO START WITH THAT SAME AMOUNT, IF YOU WERE LIKE, PASS IT UP, YOU.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL PASS THAT OUT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION.
CAN I, CAN JAMES, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? YES, MA'AM, UH, 14, INCLUDING MYSELF IN OUR ADMIN.
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UH, RIGHT NOW WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN AND THEN A STREET SWEEPER.SO THE ACTIVE AMOUNT THAT OF ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE RIGHT AWAY OR 10.
UM, WHAT I HAD ACTUALLY ASKED FOR IN THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY WAS SIX.
IT WAS A, ANOTHER CREW LEADER AND FIVE STAFF MEMBERS TO SEPARATE OUR RIGHT AWAY AND THEN OUR BEAUTIFICATION TO WHERE THEY WERE DEDICATED TO THE GATEWAY SCIENCE, LANDSCAPING, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE CITY WAS TO SEPARATE THAT ENTIRELY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADES? THANK YOU, SIR.
WE'RE ADDING, UH, BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, FACILITY, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.
A LOT OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AND, UM, AN INCREASE OF $128,000 FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES AND OTHERS SUPPORT.
YEAH, JERRY, UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN ADDED, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO BE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN 2013.
I'M LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THAT BUILDING.
I DON'T BELIEVE ONE'S GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR THAT.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY WOULD NEED TO JUST THINKING ABOUT, UM, SIZES OF BUILDING.
I'M THINKING ABOUT WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, MY MIND.
CAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE THERE'S A LEAD CUSTODIAN AND THREE CUSTODIANS UNDER THEM FOR THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER ONE ADDED TO THAT.
JUST WE'LL BE READY TO DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT SOUND STUDIO WORKSHOP.
I ACTUALLY CAN'T ARGUE THAT WITH US.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
LIKE I SAID, I KIND OF WANT TO JUMP IN BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE'RE NOT PREVENTED FROM MAKING MOTIONS AND DIRECTION GIVING DIRECTION HERE.
IT'S JUST THAT THE IDEA IS TO LET STAFF BE SORT OF THE LEADERS IN TELLING US THEIR OPINION FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GIVING SOME FEEDBACK.
BUT IF THERE'S THINGS WE'RE KIND OF ALL IN AGREEMENT ON, CAUSE THEY NEED, ONCE THE, ONCE THE BUDGET'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED DIRECTION FROM US IN ORDER TO CHANGE IT.
SO IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU'RE, ESPECIALLY, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD YOU, CAN'T JUST ADD WITHOUT ALSO HAVING THE, UH, THE SOURCE OF REVENUE IDENTIFIED OR A CUT OF SOME KIND.
SO EVERYTHING IS IN BALANCED THAT GETS PROPOSED.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ADD.
IF YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO ADD, IT'S A LOT HARDER WHEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT OTHER POSITIONS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CUT OR, AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE TAKING NOTES OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL BE READY TO DISCUSS THOSE.
TH THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A GOOD TIME, I THINK, TO GIVE THE MOTIONS FOR THEM TO BRING BACK PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC THINGS.
IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT QUESTION AND WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT OR, UH, MAINTENANCE, WE CAN GIVE THAT.
AND THAT WAY PERVEZ CAN TABULATE IT UP AND BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR US.
UH, AFTER W WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE BUDGET.
IT CAN BE IN THE FORM OF DIRECTION THOUGH.
ON THAT NOTE, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTH OF THEM ADDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, I'M SORRY, ANIMAL CONTROL.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE MANAGER.
THE SUPERVISOR WILL BE OVER ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE, UH, CODING INSPECTORS AS WELL.
WE LET'S HEAR WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
LET'S HEAR FROM STAFF, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
WELL ALSO WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND SAY, WE HEARD WHAT THEY NEEDED.
WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, ALLOCATE IF WE NEED TO ADD OR SUBTRACT, BECAUSE IT IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
WELL, BUT WHAT THEY'D HEARD IS INDIVIDUALS SAYING WHAT THEY INDIVIDUALLY WANT.
IT'S LIKE TO GIVE SOME KIND OF GENERAL FEEDBACK FROM THE BODY OF US, THE GROUP, SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW REALLY WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL IS FOR THEM TO BE BRINGING BACK, AS OPPOSED TO JUST EVERYBODY'S INTO VISUAL SORT OF OPINION.
SHARON, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT EVERYTHING YOU HEARD FROM ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AT OUR PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND THEIR, THEIR WISHLIST, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
AND WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS THERE'S ONLY SO MANY ASSETS AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO, TO ALLOCATE TO THOSE THINGS.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT STAYED IN AND WHAT DID THAT BEING SAID.
WE CERTAINLY ALSO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE CHANGES.
SO, AND THAT'S WHY WE COME TOGETHER IN THIS GROUP AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO COME UP WITH A WORKING BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP WITH THAT FINANCIAL SERVICES.
WE'RE GOING TO OUTSOURCE THAT ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
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SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE.UH, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BILLING MANAGER.
SO ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, ADDITIONAL MAJOR TECHNICIANS TO HAVE ACCOUNTANTS, UH, INCREASES IN FEES THAT ARE DRIVEN BY A HIGHER QUANTITY.
SO IN RECLASSIFICATION OF ONE POSITION, MOVING FROM AN ANALYST TO AN ACTUAL MANAGER.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR NEXT YEAR, HUMAN RESOURCES, YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT WERE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE? UM, DOES IT HAVE THE PAY PARODY IN THERE? WE HAVE A CLASSIFICATION COMPENSATION STUDY THAT A THIRD PARTY WILL BE DOING, WHO ARE BRINGING ON A COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIONS WE'RE TRYING TO FILL ALREADY, BUT WE'RE ADDING AN EXCESS OF 50 POSITIONS NEXT YEAR.
EACH ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS REQUIRES A COMPENSATION STUDY AND EVALUATIONS AS TO THE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN WITH THAT.
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER MOUNTS AND THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES HERE, NONE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE REALLOCATED SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM FEES TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, GRABBING A TRAINER AND RECLASSIFYING ONE POSITION LIBRARY OR RECLASSIFYING, UH, AN ASSISTANT TO A CIRCULATION, SUPERVISOR THAT INTO THE BOOKS, COLLECTIONS AND UPGRADING SOME FURNITURE.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET A NEW ONE THE NEXT YEAR, $15 MILLION FOR A NEW LIBRARY.
SO PARKS AND RANGE, IT PARKS AND RECREATION, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITION OF TECHNICIANS, A RECLASSIFICATION OF A TECHNICIAN TO A COORDINATOR, UM, EQUIPMENT.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SHOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
I'LL BE A HECK OF A SHOW PROMISE.
ALRIGHT, MARIANA, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 4TH OF JULY FOR NEXT YEAR, PLEASE GO FOR IT.
FIRST IT'S CHRISTMAS, ARIANA ESPINOSA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
SO THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, WHEN WE GET OUR BRAND NEW 11 OUT OF THE PARK OPEN IS TO HAVE A DAY-LONG 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WITH VENDORS ENTERTAINMENT AND ACCUMULATING WITH A NICE WOW FIREWORK SHOW.
IS THE PROPOSAL ADDING A 4TH OF JULY PARADE AS WELL? VERY LIKELY, SIR.
WE LOVE PARADES RED, WHITE AND KUDA.
SPECIAL EVENTS, MOVE SPECIAL EVENTS OVER TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
THEY HAVE, UM, THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR AND, UM, MONEY FOR THE ENHANCE, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE TEXT TRAVEL GANZA EVENTS AND WHAT THE PROJECTED DATE FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT DIDN'T RIGHT.
IT'S IT'S FOR, FOR SPRING, LATE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR ON IT, IT'S STILL IN THE PLANNING.
MARIANA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO HAVE? SO TENTATIVE PLANNING DATES FOR TEXTURE.
AGAIN, THERE AREN'T A SINGLE THERE MAYA WEEKEND AND WE ARE GETTING PREPARED TO POST THE RFP FOR A CARNIVAL.
AND, UM, OF COURSE POSSIBLE FIREWORKS.
I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS HERE.
CARNIVALS CARNIVALS ARE REALLY HARD TO COME BY AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET A CARNIVAL.
SO MARIANA, YOU JUST HEARD AN RFP FOR A FUNNEL CAKE MACHINE, BUT WE HAD TO BE COLLECTIVELY ON BOARD FOR THAT.
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ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UH, WITH ALL THE CARNIVALS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO, MOST OF THEM IN THE SUMMER ARE GONE.THEY GO TO WYOMING, MONTANA, SOUTH DAKOTA, THEY'RE ALL UP NORTH.
IF SOMEONE WANTS, THEY COME BACK TO TEXAS IN A WINTER MONTHS, CAUSE OUR WINTERS ARE PRETTY MILD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THEY TRAVEL IN.
IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE SAD BECAUSE WHEN YOU WANT A CARNIVAL HERE IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT.
RIGHT? AND THE, AND THE ONES THAT ARE HERE ARE GENERALLY BOOKS YEAR ROUND AND THEY, THEY COME BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO THEY USUALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ON THEIR CALENDAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET A CAR.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR, UM, PARKS AND REC.
SO, UM, IF, IF I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU ALL SOMETHING THAT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS BUDGET SEASON, WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS FOR THAT? YOU EMAIL US YOUR SUGGESTION.
CAUSE I KNOW I MESSAGED YOU GUYS ABOUT THE LIGHTS, BUT I HAVE, I SAW SOMETHING IN A DIFFERENT PART THAT I WOULD LOVE TO POST AND SEE IF IT'S, IT'S LIKE A GINORMOUS BUMPKIN AND KIDS COME AND TAKE PICTURES FOR FALL.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO COME ALL NOVEMBER AND TAKE PICTURES WITH THE PUMPKIN'S.
UM, SO I WILL EMAIL YOU THAT WAY.
DO YOU FEEL EMAIL THAT TO US? WE'LL LOOK INTO IT OR BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN.
YOU'LL BE CME, DRESS ORANGE, ALL.
NO FOR OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ADDING SOME CONSULTING SERVICES AND SOME OTHER MINOR THINGS.
WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF TWO DEPARTMENTS, IT HAS MORE THAN ONE SLIDE.
THIS IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE MEET AND CONFER.
THE PART OF THE OTHER PART OF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT IS RECLASSIFYING THE CAPTAIN POSITION, WHICH GOES AWAY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF AND YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WE'RE PROPOSING TO THIS BUDGET FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE TAKEN NOTE OF YOUR COMMENTS ALSO.
WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK SO YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY GOOD AT HAVING THE BUDGET ONE ADDITIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
WELL, THAT MAKES ME EXCITED TO SEE ALL THESE ADDITIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT BUILDING UP.
UH, JUST GO BACK TO THE ADDITION OF 51 NEW POSITIONS IN OUR ORGANIZATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN, IN HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES AND HOW WE MAKE OUR COMMUNITY EVEN BETTER.
AND IT'S A GROUP EFFORT WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I JUST NEED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION TO CHIEF AGAIN.
SORRY TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION AGAIN.
SO WHO WILL BE THE SUPERVISOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FOR ANIMAL CONTROL? WHAT WOULD IT BE THAT POSITION? THE CURRENT SUPERVISOR OF THOSE TWO DIVISIONS, ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THE SPECIAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR, WHICH IS SERGEANT GOODING.
AND IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SUPERVISOR, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE POSITION? I THINK THE PROPOSED POSITION THAT WE HAD IN EARLIER BUDGETS WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION THAT WE WOULD CREATE AND MOVE THEM OUT.
THEY WOULD BECOME THEIR OWN DIVISION AND IT'D BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
AND THAT PERSON WILL BE THE SUPERVISOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT IN ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, CORRECT? NOT ON THE SHEET BEFORE YOU NOW.
SO COULD I MAKE A MOTION TO TRY TO BRING, UM, NUMBERS OR PROPOSAL TO ADD THAT POSITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION? OKAY.
UM, TO ASK STAFF TO PLEASE BRING, UM, BACKUP MATERIAL, TO ADD THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PHYSICIAN TO BE ADDED TO THE POLICE BUDGET.
SO THE MOTION IS MADE TO ADD THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES POSITION TO THE POLICE BUDGET OR TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL, UH, AND UH, MADE BY CUSTOMER PARTIALLY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME AT THE END, AS WE WANTED TO MAKE OUR MOTIONS JUST SO THAT WE COULD KEEP THEM CLEAR.
SO, UM, CATS, REMEMBER FLUOROSCOPE, IS THERE ALSO A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A, LIKE A DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES? SO WE KIND OF COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I JUST WANT TO ADD IN TERMS OF MANAGING
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EXPECTATIONS, THAT THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU, THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE YOU IS BALANCED, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M, WE'RE NOT FINDING.AND THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT A LOT OF TIMES, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING TO TAKE OUT.
SO WE'LL LIKE FOR THE POSITION YOU JUST NOMINATED, WE'LL WORK WITH CHIEF BARNETT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITHIN HIS BUDGET.
MOVING INTO PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER TWO SLIDE DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THERE.
UM, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK WASTEWATER AND WATER TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HALF OF THEM PRIDE ON THAT.
YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THOSE ON THE SLIDES AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS DETAILED IN YOUR BACKUP.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON PUBLIC WORKS? ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AND HIGHLIGHTS OF RCIP SPENDING PLAN THAT HIGHLIGHTS THERE'S 112 NEW CONTINUING MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, TOTALLY IN $123.4 MILLION.
IT ESTIMATE HAS BEEN INDEXED YEAR FOUR.
THESE ON THE GROUND TIME, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR $70 MILLION ESTIMATED FOR OUR 2022 ROAD BOND PROGRAM.
AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE REST.
I WON'T READ IT TO YOU AND ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE, AND THESE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THIS CERTAINLY ISN'T ALL THE CIP PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE ALL DETAILED IN YOUR BACKUP.
OKAY, NEXT WE'LL GO OVER OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT AND I'LL LET PERVEZ WALK YOU THROUGH THIS ONE.
SO IN THE CITY, MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET $13.8 MILLION.
THIS IS PROVIDED FOR THE REPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL ON OUR EXISTING DEBT AND INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT WILL BE DUE IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DEBT SERVICE AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $8 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT TERM.
NUMBER TWO WILL ISSUE SOMETIME EARLY PART OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
OUR TOTAL DEBT OUTSTANDING WILL BE $123.8 MILLION ON OCTOBER 1 22, THE FIRST DAY OF FISCAL YEAR, THAT ASSUMES THAT WE WILL BE ISSUING $38 MILLION IN GEO BOND ISSUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS, UH, AND S AUGUST.
SO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND OUR BOND COUNSEL WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU IN, IN AUGUST FOR THE FINAL SALE OF THE BOND.
AND THEN THE LAST BULLET I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW WE HAVE BEEN REPAYING OUR DEBT.
IT'S ABOUT ROUGHLY $6 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE PAY BACK ON PRINCIPLE.
SO IN 2016, OUR LONG-TERM DEBT BALANCE WAS 90.5 MILLION.
AND SINCE THE LAST PAYMENT, IT WAS 91.8 MILLION.
AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK UP TO 1 23 0.8 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE $38 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE IN AUGUST.
37 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND ANOTHER MILLION AS FOR OUR PARKS PLANNING AND DESIGN, THAT COVERS THE DEBT POSITION.
I WANTED TO BRING UP AT THIS POINT, A COUPLE CIP CONSIDERATIONS FOR, UH, FOR US TO MAKE.
SO IN YOUR, IN YOUR BIG BUDGET ITEM ON PAGE TWO 18, UH, THERE'S THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION ITEMS. SO THIS IS ONE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND THAT WE, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN USING, WHICH IS WHY I'M KIND OF BRINGING IT UP.
IT'S UH, IT'S UH, LOOKS TO ME LIKE THERE'S NO REPLENISHMENT OF THAT FUND.
SO IF THE PROPOSAL IS GOING TO BE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY COMES FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON.
SO I'M LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER 14, IT SAYS LGC PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WHICH LDCS LOCAL GOVERNMENT COURT, WHICH WE NEVER ESTABLISHED, BUT IT IS STILL AN EFFECTIVE
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CIP CATEGORY.SO I BELIEVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, LAST YEAR WAS 1.2 WE'VE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE TWO ACQUISITIONS OUT OF THAT AND WE'RE WORKING ON A THIRD.
SO THE QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS, IS THERE A DESIRE TO SEE THAT ITEM REPLENISHED TO KEEP A BUDGET ITEM FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION? YEAH, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED YEARLY.
I GUESS WE HAVE TO REPLENISH IT.
WE NEVER HAD AN ITEM SUCH AS THE ONE WE JUST CREATED AND WE CREATED IT AND WE USED IT AND I THINK TO GREAT EFFECT, WE ACQUIRED TWO VERY STRATEGIC PROPERTIES FOR THE CITY.
AND IT'S EASIER WHEN IT'S BUDGETED, FRANKLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.
WE CAN DO IT OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET, BUT THIS AT LEAST SIGNALS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BUYERS WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES TO ACQUIRE STRATEGIC PARCELS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A YEARLY BUDGET THAT WE HAD ITEM THAT WAS BUDGETED AUTOMATICALLY.
BUT YEAH, I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO REPLENISH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A, IN CASE AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, UH, TO OUR WEEKEND, UH, EXPAND SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF CITIZENS OF KYLE WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY STRATEGIC AREAS.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
REPLENISH, REPLENISH BACK IN, IN THE EVENT THAT IN LATER TIME TO LET THE, LET THE PEOPLE KNOW AS OUR CITY GROWS, WE NEED POSSIBLE LAND FOR CITY STAFF OR A FACILITY OR A MAINTENANCE BUILDING OR SOMETHING.
WE IN YES, BUT ALSO BE A GOOD TIME JUST TO REMIND US THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET, IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT MINDSET THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE CIPS VERSUS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSITIONS BECAUSE YOU CREATE A POSITION, THAT'S A RECURRING COMMITMENT THAT GOES ON.
SO THAT'S WHY MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MILLION DOLLARS OVER HERE, BUT A CIP MIGHT BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT IT COULD BE EASIER TO DO A MILLION IN A CIP THAN A A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR A POSITION JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR O AND M AND MAINTENANCE WORK AND INTEREST WORKS.
BUT WHAT WAS THE INITIAL VALUE? WHAT, WHERE DID WE START HERE? I THINK IT WAS 1.2, OR IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 1.3 OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN 1.1.
SO, AND THAT NUMBER CAME BECAUSE THERE WAS A PARTICULAR PROPERTY WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING, WHICH WE NEVER DID, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE PUT IN, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT BECAUSE IT GAVE US OPTIONS FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY GOOD TO HIGH 1.5 IN THERE.
I DUNNO IF IT MAKES SENSE TO ANYBODY JUST TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, THE ISSUE WE'RE HAVING NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND OUR CURRENT BUDGET, POTENTIALLY IF WE ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING ACQUIRING, SO THAT WOULD HAVE SOLVED IT, THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR US TO DO IT.
SO PRETTY MUCH THIS TWO, UH, 2 52 IS LIKE OUR BALANCE.
WHAT'S LEFT JUST THE ONE, ONE POINT 25 MORE, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE.
SO THE 1.1, PLUS THE 2 52 WOULD TAKE US UP TO, UH, YEAH, ALMOST TWO.
I THINK MY PROFILE WOULD BE GOOD FOR FIVE.
I LIKED THE IDEA OF EXCELLENT.
I COULD BE, I COULD GET BEHIND CAUSE, UM, I THINK IF YOU SICK, JUST ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS IN THERE, IT'S STILL 150,000 MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND IF WE HAVE LEFTOVER THIS YEAR, UM, WE INCREASED IT AS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NO, NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU JUST, IF YOU PUT A MILLION DOLLARS BACK IN THERE, THEN NOW WE'RE STILL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AHEAD OF WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR.
I WAS JUST SAYING, DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTY IT COMES AVAILABLE.
WE WANT TO BUY IF WE HAVE LESS, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, SO WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IS WE, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUT FINANCE ON THE SPOT FOR HOW TO, HOW TO BALANCE IT IS THAT WE ALLOW FOR THEM.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY AMENDING IT.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO MAKE A PROPOSAL AND SHOW US HOW THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND THEN THAT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE MATH CAUSE THE NEXT ONE I'M GOING TO MAKE IS FOR THE NEXT ONE I WANT US TO LOOK AT IS 4 MILLION.
SO THERE IS, UH, UH, IN OUR VISIONING WORKSHOP, WE HAD A, UH, WE ACQUIRED BACK IN 2016, WE ACQUIRED 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON AND OUR VISIONING WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY, WE COMMITTED TO FUNDING A PROJECT FOR, UM, BUILDING.
AND WE ANTICIPATED BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES THAT WE DID A BUDGET OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND 10 MILLION, UH, STAFF HAS PUT IN A BUDGET OF SIX, UH, ON THE LOW END.
BUT I THINK WE ARE, WE HAVE INITIATED DESIGN.
WE, SO WE I'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY TO DESIGN
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1 0 4 SOUTH AND THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.BUT I THINK THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS THERE.
UH IT'S I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBER WAS.
I JUST HEARD, BUT I WANT US TO BE CONSIDERING THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE AN UNDER BUDGETED FACILITY OR, UM, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OR WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE IT TO, UH, COVER THAT COST.
UH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO BRING UP.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'VE COMMITTED TO FUNDING THIS THING AND BUILDING IT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S PROPOSED AT, IN THIS BUDGET.
AND THAT IS ON ITEM NUMBER, UM, RIGHT HERE ON PAGE TWO.
SO THAT IT'S PROPOSED AT A, AT A TOTAL OF SIX PLUS THE ENGINEERING, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SPENDING THE MONEY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE THE MILLION, I SUPPOSE.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DESIGNED IS ON THE HIGHER END, WHICH IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF WHAT WE CONSIDERED THAT IT MIGHT BE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO AT LEAST CONSIDER HAVING A PROPOSAL BROUGHT TO MATCH WHAT WE HIRED BTK TO DESIGN, RIGHT.
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU.
CAN I ASK, UM, HOW MUCH WE'VE ALREADY SPEND ON THAT BUILDING, UH, WITH PLANS THAT WE HAVE NOT USED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO CAMP.
MY WHOLE CONCERN IS JUST, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S GOTTA BE DYING.
WE'RE CHANGING OUR MIND BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PAST THAT.
I MEAN, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH
I THINK WE, WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS NOW AND WE NEED TO SEE IT TO FRUITION.
UH, SO YEAH, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR, UH, INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION TO 1.5 MILLION AND TO, UH, CONSIDER FULLY, UH, WHATEVER BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUIRED OR CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO FULLY FUND THE PROPOSAL FROM BG K ON 1 0 4 SOUND MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
IS, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? OH, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT, I WASN'T IN THE PAPER AND THE 1.5, I DON'T MIND STICKING, YOU KNOW, THE MILLION DOLLARS IN THERE AND INCREASING THAT.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THE 1.5.
WELL, IT'S A PROPOSAL, SO IT'LL BE, UH, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YES OR NO TO SAY YES OR NO AND A FUTURE.
THIS IS NOT AMENDING THE BUDGET.
IT'S JUST ASKING THEM TO BRING BACK UP PROPOSAL.
UM, DO WE WANT TO GO BACK? I KNOW YOU'RE WE'RE RIGHT AT THE END.
I THINK WHERE YOU WAS AT IT, PERVEZ HAS GOT A FEW MORE SLIDES, A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE OTHER CITY FUNDS, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE 44 TOTAL FUNDS.
THIS IS EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE OTHER FUNDS ARE.
CERTAINLY NO MAINTENANCE CLOSE TO AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'VE JUST PRESENTED FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2020 2, 23, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT LINK HERE ON YOUR SLIDE AND IT WILL BE PROMINENT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE HARD COPIES AVAILABLE FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET HERE AT CITY HALL AND AT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS IS WHERE THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE TWO MORE SCHEDULED WORK SESSIONS THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED, ADDED OR DELETED AS WELL AS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR OUR BUDGET, EIGHT BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAX RATES.
AND THEN THE 25TH, THE CURRENT SCHEDULED FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND FINAL CHANGES TO THE BUDGET.
UH, BEFORE WE CLOSE THAT, I'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD FOR A STAFF TO CONSIDER IN THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
AND THAT'S THE OPTICOM SYSTEM THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO, UM, CHANGE THE LIGHTS ON ARE A RED LIGHT SYSTEM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO HELP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN IT COMES TO HIM S FIRE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE COME TO FRUITION.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT MINUTES MATTER SECONDS MATTERS.
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ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE OFFICERS OR QUICKLY IS VERY IMPORTANT.IF SOMEBODY HAS A FIRE IN THEIR HOME, GETTING FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE WOULD BE A CRUCIAL MINUTES, COUNT A HEART ATTACK.
UH, AND I CAN JUSTIFY THIS ONE IN 2002, MY 36 YEAR OLD BROTHER PASSED AWAY IN MINUTES COUNTED.
AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE OFFICERS THERE AND IN TIME OR THE AMBULANCES, ANYBODY THAT COULD PERFORM LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES IS IMPORTANT.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO CONSIDER ADDING THE OPTICON SYSTEM.
IT WOULD BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE OPTICON SYSTEM IS, UH, ABOUT $94 PER MONTH FOR THE LIGHTS, 18 LIGHTS TOTAL IN THE CITY OF KYLE.
THAT COST WOULD BE ABOUT 20,000 A YEAR.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE WOULD HAVE AN EXPENSE FOR, UH, RETROFITTING OUR POLICE CARS.
WE'VE GOT 60 VEHICLES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.
UH, WE'VE GOT, WHAT IS IT RIGHT HERE? THEY'RE $60 A MONTH AND WE HAVE 35 VEHICLES CHIEF.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND WOULD UTILIZE THE OPTICON SYSTEM? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, BUT WE COULD SCALE THAT BACK IF NEEDED.
UH, THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT, UM, THE RED LIGHT, WE WOULD ONLY PAY FOR HALF, ONE $94 A MONTH.
THE, UH, THE FIRE DISTRICT WOULD PAY FOR HALF FOOD AS WELL.
SO THAT $20,000 A YEAR PER NUMBER WOULD COME DOWN TO 10,000 FOR THE CITY OF KYLE OVER 10,000.
AND, UM, THE ONLY THING WE'RE PAYING FOR IS, IS THAT 10,000 PLUS THE VEHICLES AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SYSTEM THAT WE NEED.
THAT'S LONG OVERDUE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US GO FORWARD.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF, TO TRY TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR THE OPTICOM SYSTEM, FOR OUR POLICE CARS, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, RIZZO SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARSLEY.
YOU DIDN'T DO IT THAT TIME EITHER.
RACHO NO COUNCILMEMBER FLOOR SCALE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE DOING IT.
IT'S EASIER WHEN I'M UP THERE STRANGELY ENOUGH.
UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I WOULD JUST GO QUICK.
IF I'M EVER GOING TO DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS DATABASE OR THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A, UH, A REVIEW OF WHAT IT WOULD DO, THE USAGE, HOW IT WOULD WORK AND TO SEE HOW, UH, THE FUNDING WOULD BE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING ALSO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR PART INTO THIS? WE'LL BE DOING THEIR PART.
SO THERE'LL BE PAYING HALF OF THE RED LIGHT SYSTEM.
SO THE RED LIGHT SYSTEM TO HAVE IT ON THIS SYSTEM IS $94 EACH, UH, PER MONTH, UH, WHICH AVERAGES OUT TO $20,000 A YEAR.
THE FIRE DISTRICT WOULD TAKE ON HALF OF THAT COST, WHICH WOULD BE 10,000.
SO THIS IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR EMT AND OUR FIRE DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THE COST, CORRECT? WE'VE, UH, I'VE TALKED TO CHIEF TAYLOR AND, UH, HE ACTUALLY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO OUR CALLS IN A TIMELY RESPONSE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN OUR CITY THAT KEEP US FROM DOING THAT.
ONE IS THE TRAIN, WHICH IS A NEW TREND, A REAL SIGHTING AS PROPOSED, UH, IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.
THE PD NOW BEING MOVED TO A AREA THAT CAN ACCESS OVER A BRIDGE PAST THE TRAIN IS KEY.
IT'S GOING TO BE CRUCIAL, BUT NOW AS WE ARE BRINGING IN MORE RED LIGHTS, UH, WE DON'T WANT OUR OFFICERS SITTING AT A LIGHT WHEN THEY CAN GET THROUGH QUICKLY.
UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE, BUT WE ALL KNOW WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT.
PEOPLE JUST DON'T, UM, ADHERE TO THOSE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE.
THEY DON'T PULL OVER, THEY JUST CONTINUE AS IF THEY'RE NOT THERE.
SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S LONG OVERDUE AS GREATLY NEEDED IN OUR CITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET COLLABORATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE FUNDING ON THAT, CORRECT.
EXCEPT FOR THE VEHICLES, THE VEHICLES, OUR VEHICLES WILL PAY FOR, UH, COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S OUR VEHICLES THEY'LL PAY FOR THEIR VEHICLES.
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PAY THEIR, THEIR SHARE, OH, THEIR VEHICLES.
AND THEN HALF OF THE LIGHTS AS WELL FOR THE RED LIGHTS THAT CHANGE.
YOU HAVE A SYSTEM IN THERE THAT HAS A COST MONTHLY COST.
THIS BE SOMETHING THAT, WITH THIS DIRECTION, AS THEY'RE BRINGING IT IN THE BUDGET, WE COULD ADD IT IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AND LET CHIEF AND CHIEF TAYLOR AS WELL COME AND PRESENT, PRESENT TO US.
IF THAT'D BE SOMETHING, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONTRACT ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND IT WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL WE'LL GET THE MORE IN DEPTH, BUT I THINK THAT'S A BETTER THAT THAN LICENSE PLATE READERS IN MY OPINION.
SO ANY CHIEF SMILES HAVE GONE ROUND AND ROUND, UH, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? I JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL.
UH, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK, UH, THIS MEASURE WILL HELP SAVE A LOT OF LIVES
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AND A LOT OF PROPERTY AS WELL.UH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, MEASURE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I, SO ARE THERE ANY MORE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GIVE, BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GIVING IN VOTES TO BRING BACK PROPOSALS.
BUT, UM, SO, BUT I'M TRYING TO, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING THAT UP THEN.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF RE RE-EMPHASIZE THE EARLIER WE GIVE CLEAR FEEDBACK AS A COUNCIL TO STAFF THE BETTER, BECAUSE THIS IS BUDGET NUMBER SEVEN, I THINK FOR ME, AND I'VE SEEN BUDGETS THE BEST BUDGETS HAPPEN WHEN WE GIVE FEEDBACK EARLY ON, SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MOVES LATE IN THE GAME.
LIKE ON SECOND READING AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN NOBODY HAS TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
SO THESE, THESE DIRECTION VOTES THAT WE'RE GIVING TO PROPOSE FOR STAFF PROPOSED THINGS GIVES THEM TIME AND IT ALSO GIVES US TIME TO BE PROCESSING.
SO WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING AS OPPOSED TO PLAYING THINGS CLOSE TO THE CHEST AND MAKING, YOU KNOW, MAKING, TRYING TO MAKE MOVES WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS OR JUST WAITING AROUND UNTIL THE VERY END.
SO MARIN COUNCIL, I CAN READ MY LIST AND Y'ALL CAN VOTE ON EACH ITEM AS DIRECTION.
THE FIRST ITEM I HAVE ON MY LIST IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO TO ADD, CONSIDER ADDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW PARK DESIGN.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT SECOND.
IT'S MOTION BY
SO WE HAD 500,000 FOR PARK DESIGN.
YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SOMETHING IN MIND THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING TALKS WITH THE, UM, WITH HAYES COUNTY ON BUILDING A PARK ON THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF OUR CITY, WHICH HAS A PARK VISIT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING COMES TO FRUITION AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
THIS WILL BE, UH, A VERY BEAUTIFUL PART, BUT IT'LL HAVE A LOT OF MENTEES AS WELL.
UM, AND UH, HOPEFULLY IT COMES TO FRUITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL JUST DIRECTION TO BRING PROPOSALS BACK.
NOT TO, WE'RE NOT EFFECTING THE BUDGET UNTIL WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED.
NEXT ITEM IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES, KALE TO CONSIDER ADDING $10,000 FOR ARTS AND PUBLICS PLACES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL, UH, FOR ARTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 MOTION MADE BY CASPER FLORES, KALE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO TO INCREASE THE, UH, HAVE STAFF BRING BACK A PROPOSAL THAT INCREASED THE ARTS BUDGET FROM 50 TO 65,000.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS ALSO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FLOREZ, KALE TO CONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL FTES FOR PARKS, MAINTENANCE POSITIONS, POSITIONS.
AND FOR YOU, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, HAVE STAFF BRING BACK, UM, A PROPOSAL WITH, UM, I GUESS ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PARKS TRAILS.
SO, SO HERE'S, HERE'S MY THING.
JUST LOOK AT, JUST BASED OFF THESE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE.
IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO IT IN HOUSE RATHER THAN INCLUDED IN A CON AND OUTSOURCING AND INCLUDED IN A CONTRACT.
SO I'M TEMPTED TO SAY MAYBE OPT FOR THIS AS THE VIBE IS BEING BUILT, BUILT OUT, AND THEN GRADUALLY ADD IN THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE I HEAR YOU AND I AGREED WITH YOU UNTIL I SAW THESE NUMBERS.
AND I WAS LIKE, HOLY COW, IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO, TO HIRE IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN THAN IT IS TO OUTSOURCE, BUT I'D LOVE.
SEE WHAT THE NUMBER COMES BACK.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD JUST, CAUSE WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT, ADDING NUMBER, WE'RE JUST, UH, VOTING TO BRING THE DIRECTION, TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.
COULD, COULD WE, COULD WE ADD MAYBE A COST COMPARISON TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE, WHAT IT WOULD BE TO FOR THOSE FTES VERSUS OUTSOURCE MAINTENANCE OF THE FIVE TRIPS FOR THE PROJECTED? SURE.
AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAILS.
BUT I THINK THAT WAS WHAT YOU SAID YOU HAD JUST BECAUSE THERE IS MORE TO ME, THERE IS MORE TO MAINTAIN FOR THEM, RIGHT.
YOU THERE IS, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE, SO MY FEAR, MY FEAR IS WE'RE NOT EVEN AT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE,
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MY HOPE WAS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT ONE OR TWO EACH YEAR UNTIL WE'RE AT THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN MEET.SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY KESSLER FORCE KALE.
AND SECOND ABOUT COUNCILOR PARSLEY THAT WE ADD TWO FTES TO THE PARKS, UH, AND MAINTENANCE, UH, BUDGET.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND WE WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO BRING BACK A COST COMPARISON.
I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST MAKE A MOTION SECOND.
SHE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CUSTOMER BRADSHAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK A COST COMPARISON AS TO WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAINTAIN THE FIVE TRAIL FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UM, I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY FIVE YEARS.
UH, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST KEEP IT ANNUAL, BUT NEXT ANNUAL BUDGET AND VERSUS THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KILLS PROPOSED.
MOTION BY KESSLER BRADSHAW SECOND AND BY MAYOR, UH, CUSTOMER WHERE TOBY IS THAT WE BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR FOR A COST COMPARISON, OUR COST ANALYSIS FOR MAINTAINING THE VIBE TRAIL.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM THAT COUNCIL HASN'T VOTED ON.
THIS IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZO, CONSIDER ADDING ONE BUILDING TECHNICIAN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE BUILDINGS GOING ONLINE 2013 RIGHT NOW WITH ONE, UH, CO UH, FACILITY, UM, MAINTENANCE PERSON, ATTITUDE.
THAT'S TOO LARGE OF A BUILDING FOR IT.
I THINK AT THE MINIMUM TO REALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THREE, BUT, UH, LET'S, LET'S GO WITH ONE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN A LOTS OF BUDGETS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD ONE MORE TO THE BUDGET MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO, SECONDED BY CUSTOMER FLOORS, KILL THAT WE STAFF BRINGS BACK A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN ALLOCATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM, UH, BY AN ADDITIONAL FTE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A JOB DESCRIPTION ON BOTH? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT, THERE IS ONE GOING TO BE WAXING THE FLOORS DEAL AND WE'LL BE MOPPING THE FLOORS, OR IS IT GOING TO BE OUTSIDE WEEDING OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, JUST AN OVERALL DIRECTION AS FAR AS IF WE REALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HALF THE BUILDING'S GOING TO BE EMPTY, UM, THE, THE DAILY DUTIES OF THESE PEOPLE, OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT WOULD THEY BE TASKED? YOU WANT TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT? WE CAN DO THAT.
LET'S, LET'S MAKE IT A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE MOTION FOR THE EXTRA FTE FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, IN REFERENCING THE TWO FTE POSITIONS TO BRING JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND JOB DUTIES FOR BOTH POSITIONS.
A SECOND ABOUT MAYOR PRO TEM RIZZO THAT WE BRING BACK, UH, JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND JOB DUTIES FOR THE NEW FTES THAT WE'RE ADDING.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO VOTE ON IT UNLESS I JUST DIDN'T WRITE IT.
UH, THIS IS FROM YOU AND MAYOR MITCHELL CONSIDER ADDING FUNDING FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND CONSIDER ADDING FUNDING FOR THE 1 0 4 SOUTH BERTLESMAN PROJECT.
WE VOTED ON THAT ONE AND THE MOTION WAS TO MATCH THE FUNDING TO THE PROPOSAL.
SO I DIDN'T GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER ON ONE TO FOUR.
SO I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, THE NUMBER, WHATEVER THE FUNDING IS.
I LIKE THAT BETTER BECAUSE IT GIVES CLARITY TO STAFF.
THEY KNOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS COMING FROM ALL OF US.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE TEMPTING TO WANT TO KEEP ADDING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND ALTERATIONS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FTES THAT WE POTENTIALLY ADDED THERE.
FIVE, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER FOR STAFF.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON THIS BUDGET.
SO, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO AGREE HERE.
UM, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE, WE'RE IN A KIND OF A LIMBO WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT THAT THIS IS IMPRESSIVE, HONESTLY.
I WAS WORRIED THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE ITEMS OMITTED OR THAT, BUT HONESTLY, UH, IT'S THIS IS A WELL PUT TOGETHER BUDGET AND, UM, AND I THINK I WANT TO COME INTO COUNCIL TOO.
I THOUGHT WE DID A REALLY THOROUGH JOB COMPARED TO WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CAUSE WE DIDN'T START THIS UNTIL SIX,
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SO IT'S TWO HOURS AND 10 MINUTES.UH, AND, AND WE GAVE A GOOD, GOOD LOOK AND GOOD FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD OF LAST TWO HOURS HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SEND YOU
THAT'S EVERYBODY FOR BRINGING BY BRINGING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BRING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE'S A LOT OF CUTS YOU DO MENTALLY YOURSELF.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN AND TO MAKE IT SO CLEAR THAT I'M BEING NEW.
SO THANK YOU HATS OFF TO PREVIOUS AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY DID THE THANK YOU.
HE'S THINKING OF A JOKE RELATED TO THE CHARTER RIGHT NOW.
HE'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH IT.
ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM AND WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YEAH, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM.
THAT IS IT TOO LATE TO GO BACK.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
I DID NOT REALIZE, AND I MAY HAVE TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO APPOINT AN ORDER.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WENT INTO EFFECT NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT LIKE IN SEPTEMBER I THINK IS WHEN IT WAS.
AND MY, MY INITIAL LIKE WANT WAS TO PUT IT INTO A CAUSE AND I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL BECAUSE IF IT PASSES SEVEN ZERO, THEN IT COULD JUST PASS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS.
SO DO WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND WHERE I CAN THEN? WELL, SO THE ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR CHANCE AT IT.
SO IT'S COMING, IT'LL COME BACK TO US FOR A VOTE, BUT WE CANNOT FINALLY PASS ANYTHING WITH THE SIX MEMBER BOARD.
SO, UH, NEXT UP IS AGENDA ITEM, MELTED, MOTION TO RETURN.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO RECORD CITY COUNCILS, VOTE TO PLACE A PROPOSAL ON THE AGENDA FOR OF A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS AN ACTION ITEM TO ADOPT AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 FOR THE CITY OF KYLE MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS, ROLL CALL, VOTE REQUESTED.
THIS HAS GOT MR. HENDRICKS ON IT, BUT I THINK THEY DID A FINE JOB THERE.
SO WE APPROVE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
SO THERE'S DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
WHO WANTS IT? I GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHTS TO CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
DURING THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO ANY LAWFUL EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 5, 5, 1 OTHER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS.
NUMBER ONE PENDING OR A COMPLICATED LITIGATION, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 1 2 POSSIBLE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF THE REAL ESTATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 2 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE, DOWNTOWN PROPERTY ACQUISITION, NUMBER THREE, PERSONAL MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 FORM TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE SECTION 5, 5, 180 7 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE OFFER OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE CITY.
UM, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 7 VETERANS DRIVE IN THE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO MOTION TO ADJOURN.