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Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding Preliminary Proposed Operating and CIP Budgets for FY 2023-2024. ~ Bryan Langley, City Manager
Backup Material to be added Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
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SO FROM THAT, UH, THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS BUDGET TO HELP US, UM, BEGIN, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE PRIORITIES.
UM, THE INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
UM, MORE FOCUSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSI BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM, ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY, MARKET-BASED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROGRAM, UH, INCREASED STREET MAINTENANCE OR REHABILITATION, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENT EXCELLENCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
SO FOR EACH OF THESE, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THESE MORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
SO ON INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RACHEL AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS HOW TO REACH MORE OF THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION.
I KNOW AT VARIOUS TIMES, UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM, UH, YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SOME EVENT OR THERE'S SOME, UH, PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT NOT EVERYONE HAD GOTTEN TO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS PROPOSE A MAILER, BE SENT A NEWSLETTER, A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER, BE MAILED TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND THIS WOULD HAVE A VARIETY OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION OUT TO, UH, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET INFORMATION FROM, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY GET IT FROM THE WEBSITE, BUT SOME STILL RELY ON, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL PHYSICAL, UH, PAPER WHEN THEY GET THAT IN THE MAIL.
SO THIS WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY TO PROVIDE MORE COMMUNICATION.
THE COST IS ESTIMATED ABOUT $75,000 A YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS, UH, FOUR TIMES A YEAR, ALL THE POSTAGE, ALL THE MAILING, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE ADVERTISING BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, BY ABOUT $15,000 TO BETTER SUPPORT PROMOTION OF SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN A, UM, A MORE, UM, DEFINED WAY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING A, UH, AUDIO AND FILM PRODUCTION SPECIALIST POSITION.
UH, THIS WILL EL HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVESTREAM MEETINGS, CREATE MORE PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS, CITY EVENTS, PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY VIDEO CONTENT.
AGAIN, TRY TO PROVIDE A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC IN A BETTER WAY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING SOME FUNDS FOR, UM, SOME EQUIPMENT IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UH, SLIDE 10 NOW IS THE, UH, FOCUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS RETENTION.
I WANTED TO MENTION JUST A FEW OF THE AREAS THAT I THOUGHT WERE, UH, TAKEAWAYS THAT I'VE HAD AS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AREAS THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON WORK ON.
AND ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE PROMOTING, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROVIDED DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS AND PRICE POINTS.
UH, SO AGAIN, AS GOING BACK TO THE SURVEY, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND TYPES OF HOUSING THAT'S, UM, THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE'VE ALL ALL HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN EMPHASIS FOR US, IS TO TRY TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE, UH, TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO WANNA SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS TO INCREASE WAGES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS ANYTIME WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN INDUSTRIAL, UH, USER OR A MAJOR, UH, MANUFACTURER, OR SOME COMPANY THAT HAS LOTS OF JOBS, THAT INCREASES THE WAGES, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO BRING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE A FOCUS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE AN INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC CORRIDORS.
AND AS PART OF THAT, I WANTED TO SPECI SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RETAIL CENTERS AND GROCERY STORES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.
I KNOW WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL DIVISIONING WORKSHOP.
SO THAT'S, AGAIN, GONNA BE A FOCUS FOR US.
A LOT OF THAT IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, ABOUT WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE ALSO WANT TO COMPLETE THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS UNDERWAY AND LATER ON IN THE BUDGET.
UH, AS, AS PERVEZ GOES THROUGH THE FINANCIALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED ABOUT 10.5 MILLION IN CASH FOR THE DOWNTOWN C I P PLAN, WHICH IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE, UH, DISCUSSIONS WE'LL BE HAVING WITH YOU TO SEE WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP US REALIZE SOME OF THOSE DOWNTOWN INITIATIVES.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO PUT IN THERE A FACADE GRANT OF $75,000 IF A BUSINESS WAS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR BUSINESS AND, AND, AND DRESS THAT UP, ADD AN AWNING, INCREASE SIGNAGE, DO SOMETHING, LIGHTING, SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.
THE CITY WOULD TRY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEM TO HELP THEM DO THAT.
UM, FOR SMALL BUSINESS RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAM OF $50,000.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, KYLE CASH THAT VICTORIA HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, UM, BACK ON, I BELIEVE MAY 13TH.
AND THEN PERMIT, UH, FEE WAIVERS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE'VE INCLUDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THOSE.
AND WE'LL, THE CRITERIA FOR THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO
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HELP US DECIDE WHAT WOULD A SMALL BUSINESS BE, WHAT WOULD THE CRITERIA BE FOR WHAT, UH, THAT WAIVER WOULD BE.UM, BUT WE'VE INCLUDED FUNDS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, $150,000 IS INCLUDED FOR, UH, DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT WOULD COME THROUGH, SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH YOU, THE COMMUNITY, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AND PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION ORIENTED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR US TO, UH, CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? OKAY.
CAN YOU, UH, REMIND ME WHAT IS THE, THE $50,000 FOR THE KYLE CASH THAT VICTORIA TALKED ABOUT? HOW IS THAT GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED? SO, UH, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING BACK SOME CRITERIA TO YOU.
SO, UH, YOU COULD DEFINE THAT PROGRAM, BUT THE IDEA HAS BEEN, UM, IF, UH, PEOPLE ARE, ARE, UH, CUSTOMERS ARE USING, AND CAL RESIDENTS ARE USING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SHOPPING LOCAL, THEY COULD BE ENTERED IN SOME KIND OF DRAWING AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GIFT CARD TO A LOCAL BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
UH, AND IT WOULD ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL BUSINESSES IN, UH, SMALL TOWN, SMALL, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ON THE DOWNTOWN FACADE GRANT.
UH, THE 75,000, WE'VE DONE DOWNTOWN FACADE GRANTS, I THINK TWICE NOW IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
BUT, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE GIVING THOSE GRANTS OUT WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED.
AND, UH, ALL THE DOLLARS THAT WE SPENT ARE NOW GONE WITH BUSINESSES THAT FAILED.
SO I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ALLOCATING THOSE RESOURCES, UH, JUST BECAUSE THE, UH, I THINK OUT OF FIVE OR SIX THAT I PARTICIPATED IN, JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE, THOSE SIGNS ARE NOW IN THE DUMPSTER THAT WE PAID FOR.
SO, UH, OR WORSE, MOVED OUT, MOVED OUT OF TOWN, AND ON DISPLAY IN ANOTHER CITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS TRYING TO MAKE IT SOME KIND OF PERMANENT, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS NOT SO MUCH A, A, UM, A BUSINESS SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENT.
SO IF, IF SOMEONE COMES AND GOES, A RESTAURANT COMES AND GOES, THAT THE IMPROVEMENT IS STILL THERE, THAT STILL COULD AID THE, THE AREA.
BUT AGAIN, THE SPECIFICS OF THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU AND SEE.
MOVING ON TO, UH, OTHER AR AREAS OF THE BUDGET.
UM, I WANTED TO TO MENTION TO YOU THAT ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PERSONNEL IS A KEY ELEMENT OF THIS BUDGET, PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'M GONNA BREAK THAT DOWN INTO, UH, REALLY THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE'RE PROPOSING THREE NEW POSITIONS AND OPERATIONS.
ONE IS A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR, ONE IS A RECRUITING AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR, WHICH, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, RECRUITING POLICE OFFICERS.
GETTING THEM THROUGH THE BACKGROUND PROCESS AND GETTING THEM ACTUALLY ON THE STREET TO BEGIN WORK IS DIFFICULT.
AND ALSO A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING CONCERN FOR US, OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE, UH, SEE.
AND THIS IS SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.
I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, MENTION I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER ON TRYING TO, TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, UM, POTENTIALLY PARTNERING WITH COUNTY OR OTHER AGENCIES, AND THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO RECOMMEND FOR THAT.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT, I, I'D LIKE TO JUST OPEN THAT UP FOR YOU.
UH, I HAVE BEEN, I JOINED, UH, SOMETHING CALLED THE BEHAVIORAL ADVISORY TEAM.
IT'S A COUNTY LED INITIATIVE WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH CITY IN THE COUNTY.
AND WE'RE THE, THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES TO, TO RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, POLICING THE JAIL SYSTEM OR FOR, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, REGULAR PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE LOOKING TO, UH, SEEK MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY.
I JUST WAS AT THE FIRST MEETING, UH, WELL, IT IS EXISTED, BUT I WAS AT MY FIRST MEETING A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SET ASIDE, UM, A A DOLLAR FIGURE.
AND I, I'M GONNA BE REALLY HONEST, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA BE SPENT, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST PUT IT AS A LINE ITEM.
AND IF WE END UP NOT USING IT, WE DON'T USE IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK WE, THROUGH VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE ALL BEEN AGREEMENT IN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WE COULD DO MORE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES TO, TO RESIDENTS OF KYLE.
SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE SETTING ASIDE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, AND THEN WE CAN FURTHER DELIBERATE WHEN I HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
I'M GONNA BRING BRIAN TO ONE OF THE
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MEETINGS, UH, SO THAT HE CAN BE MORE CLUED IN, IN CHIEF.UH, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM YOU HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH, SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA LEAN ON YOU, UM, FOR, FOR, UM, SOME DIRECTION THERE AS WELL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP NOW.
UH, SO WE CAN, AND WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT LATER.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, BEGIN INCLUDING SOME FUNDS IN THE BUDGET, AND I THINK AS, AS WE DEVELOP THAT FURTHER, AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, DISCUSS THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH.
SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE THREE POSITIONS I MENTIONED IN OPERATIONS, ALSO IN SUPPORT, UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT FUNCTION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CHIEF ABOUT A FLEET AND FACILITY COORDINATOR.
UH, THERE'S A LARGE GROWING FLEET OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO, UH, MANAGE A QUARTERMASTER POSITION.
ALSO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND HR, UM, SPECIALIST, UH, TO HELP THEM THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, ISSUES THAT, THAT THEY HAVE OF MANAGING A LARGE AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE CHIEF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A STAFFING STUDY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US, UH, IDENTIFY A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT POSITIONS DO WE NEED NOW? WHICH ONES DO WE NEED OVER TIME BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, CALL VOLUMES, UM, GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, TRANSPORTATION, WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE? WHERE DO THEY NEED TO BE DEPLOYED AND WHY? UH, WE DID A STAFFING STUDY WITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS MATRIX CONSULTING BACK IN 2018.
SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS, UH, OR SO SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT.
UM, BUT THE CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY SINCE THEN.
AND, UH, WHAT CHIEF AND I ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS HAVING A STAFFING PLAN GOING FORWARD.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO ADD THIS YEAR, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADD IN FUTURE YEARS SO WE CAN BEGIN PLANNING FOR THAT.
AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED $250,000 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT OF THAT STUDY.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, THE PLAN, AND THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
I DO HAVE A CHART FOR YOU THAT I'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
I, I'VE FOUND THESE TO BE USEFUL OVER TIME OF JUST A, UH, IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF STAFFING DO WE HAVE AND IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE OF POPULATION, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART THAT KYLE IS, IS RIGHT ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE, ABOUT 1.3 OFFICERS FOR EVERY THOUSAND CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN IS 0.8, UH, SO, UH, QUITE A BIT LESS THAN THE CITY OF KYLE, BUT YOU HAVE OTHER CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS HIGHER.
SO THESE ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON, AGAIN, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE CALL VOLUME, THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT IT'S A SNAPSHOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE, WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF STAFFING, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
UM, BUT I THINK WITH THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE ADD AND THEN LOOKING AT THE STAFFING STUDY AND THEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN INVESTMENT AND STRATEGY PLAN OVER TIME, WE CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN, UH, VERY COMPETITIVE THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, PERSONNEL THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, THERE'S ALSO, UH, QUITE A FEW ITEMS IN FOR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GONNA COVER JUST A FEW OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS, AGAIN IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE LIST THAT, UH, PEREZ WILL COVER IN A MOMENT.
BUT WE, UH, REPLACING SOME OF THE OUTDATED COMPUTERS, RADIOS, CELL PHONES, UH, FOR, FOR AUTHORIZED STAFF, UH, REPLACING AND ADDING BULLET RESISTANT VESTS.
UH, THOSE VESTS DO EXPIRE AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND SO THESE ARE BEING, UH, REPLACED AT A COST OF $60,000.
THERE IS SOME SWAT EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT IS NEEDED AS PART OF A REGIONAL TEAM THAT'S ABOUT $50,000.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE FOR, UM, INVESTIGATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ABOUT $160,000.
AND THEN THE AXON CAMERAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON ALL OF THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY WEAR SOME PREMIUM SERVICES FOR THOSE BODY CAMERAS IS ABOUT $93,000 AS WELL.
SO I MENTIONED TO YOU AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT WE, UH, WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON MARKET BASED, UM, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DEFINE, WELL, WHAT, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY MARKET BASED, WHAT IS YOUR MARKET? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YOU IS TO LOOK AT THESE 10 CITIES THAT WOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED TO BE OUR BENCHMARK CITIES THAT WE WOULD COMPARE TO.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTED HERE ALL IN THE, THE AUSTIN, UM, SAN ANTONIO AREA.
BUT OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO BENCHMARK THESE CITIES TO ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A, A CULTURE HERE THAT THE, THIS IS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, THAT WE HAVE GREAT PAY, GREAT BENEFITS, GREAT CULTURE, AND GREAT PROJECTS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, THAT PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO US BECAUSE WE DO PAY WELL AND WE'RE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND A GREAT TEAM TO BE A PART OF.
SO THIS WILL HELP US DO THAT MOVING
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FORWARD.SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PERVEZ.
SO AS PART OF THAT, WE HAVE A 6% MERIT INCREASE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR EMPLOYEES FOR THE COMING YEAR FOR ALL FUNDS.
THAT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT COST.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE YEAR TWO OF THE POLICE STEP, UH, CONTRACT.
AND THIS IS $245,000 FOR THE MEET AND CONFER CONTRACT.
UH, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A 4 57 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.
UH, THAT'S UH, SIMILAR TO A 401K PLAN IN, IN, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
BUT WE NEED TO DO A REVIEW OF THAT PLAN AND BENCHMARK, UH, THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE AGAINST OTHER COMPARABLE AGENCIES AND THE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED FOR THE FUNDS AND POTENTIALLY LOOK AT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO DO AN RFP AND SELECT ANOTHER FIRM TO DO THAT.
WERE YOU LOOKING AT THE 10 PIERCE CITY? I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL AUSTIN CITIES.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A COMPARISON WITH THEIR GENERAL FUNDS? UM, SO WE CAN SEE WHERE OURS IS COMPARED TO THEIR SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, O CERTAINLY LIKE AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO IS, ARE GOING TO BE MUCH LARGER.
BUT I, I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND, SO WOULD THAT MEAN THEY COULD COMPENSATE BETTER? NOT NECESSARILY.
SO SOME OF THOSE CITIES DON'T PAY AS WELL, UM, DEPENDING ON THE POSITION.
UM, THEY'RE CLEARLY IN THE MARKET, THEY'RE JUST A FEW MILES AWAY FROM US MM-HMM.
SO I, I FOUND THAT PARTICULARLY IN THE METROPLEX WHERE I CAME FROM, DALLAS AND FORT WORTH WERE CLEARLY THE LARGEST CITIES, BUT IN MANY CASES THEY DIDN'T PAY THE BEST.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST ASSUME YOU CANNOT LARGER THEIR GENERAL FUND.
THEY PAID BETTER, A BETTER PAY SCALE.
UM, YOU, YOU'LL FIND, UM, PARTICULARLY IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, THE CITIES, I, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY DID NOT PAY AS WELL MM-HMM.
BUT THEY WERE IN THE MIX BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT AREA.
SO BRIAN, THE 6% MERIT INCREASE IS THAT IT SAYS MERIT, WHICH MAKES ME THINK IT'S, IT'S DIVVIED OUT BASED ON JOB PERFORMANCE.
IS YOUR PROPOSAL, IS YOUR, YOUR, SO THIS WOULD GO 6% ACROSS THE BOARD, OR THIS IS YOUR, YOU ENVISION IT TO BE DISCRETIONARY, SOME KIND OF PROGRAM TO TRY TO TAKE A PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PERFORMING BETTER OR AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND INCREASE.
SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, BASED ON, UH, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS BY THEIR SUPERVISORS AND WOULD NOT BE AN A ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE.
SO WOULD YOU HAVE A SCALE BRAND? IS IT, CAN YOU HAVE, BE ANYWHERE ON THE SCALE THAT MAYBE A 3%, 4% YOU WOULD YES, WE'D HAVE SOME CRITERIA OF WHAT THE PERFORMANCE IS AND HOW THAT TIES BACK TO THE INCREASE? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, ALTHOUGH I AGREE THAT I THINK PAY NEEDS TO BE INCREASED, UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST OF GREAT PAY, GREAT BENEFITS, GREAT CULTURE AND GREAT PROJECTS, WHAT I WANNA SEE FRONT IS GREAT CULTURE.
I THINK IF WE BUILD A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY AND EXCITED TO COME TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY, THAT PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY INCONVENIENCE THEMSELVES.
SO COME TO WORK, MEANING THEY WOULD COME WHEN THEY'RE NOT FEELING WELL, OR THEY WILL COME THE DAY AFTER THE SUPER BOWL, OR THEY'LL SHOW UP ON TIMES THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY, UM, A TIME THAT PEOPLE WANNA SHOW UP.
UM, SO WHAT CAN WE DO? AND I THINK MORE OF A FOCUS NEEDS TO BE PUT ON CULTURE.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THE CULTURE AND MAKE THAT OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL AS OPPOSED TO PAY AND BENEFITS? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GAVE A 20% INCREASE LAST YEAR.
AND THE, THE BENEFITS, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE REALLY HEARD OF A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BENEFITS AS I SIT IN THE BATHROOM IN THERE.
I SEE THAT THERE'S LIKE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THAT IS OFFERED TO THE CITY, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
UM, BUT I THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE NEED TO BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A REALLY GREAT CULTURE.
UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PAY AND BENEFITS TO BE IN THE MIX.
AND THEN CULTURE IS WHAT REALLY GETS YOU TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND IT GETS THE ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE HERE.
BUT YOU'VE GOTTA BE COMPETITIVE TO BE EVEN IN THAT MIX.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY NUMBERED THAT CULTURE'S NUMBER THREE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY PART OF WHAT THE, THE MIXES THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UH, GOING BACK TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, UM, FOR BENEFITS, BENEFITS ARE GOOD HERE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE COSTLY AND THEY'RE COSTLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, THE COST OF EMPLOYEE FAMILY COVERAGE FOR OUR, OUR GROUP OF EMPLOYEES VERSUS THESE OTHER CITIES WERE VERY HIGH AND VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO THAT'S A, A CONCERN FOR ME IS MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET HEALTHCARE AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM AND MORE COMPETITIVE FOR THEM.
UH, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON CULTURE.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S NOT A SINGULAR ANSWER ON IT.
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A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.I DO THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT CULTURE HERE, A GOOD TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
PEOPLE DO LOVE WORKING HERE, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT.
WELL, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GONNA BRING BACK THINGS AS WELL FOR CULTURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SHOW US THAT YOU'RE GONNA INCREASE IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S UNDER, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE THAT A PRIORITY? YEAH.
I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE SOMETHING COMING BACK TO YOU ON CULTURE.
IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO INDICATE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS IT'S A PART OF BEING A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND, UH, REALLY BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICES, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE GREAT CULTURE.
I THINK WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE EMPLOYEES TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DEFINE CULTURE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU LIKE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF? AND WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING SOME THINGS BACK TO TRY TO ENHANCE THAT.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT CULTURE.
CAN WE START WITH THE SURVEY THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE GONNA GET BACK, UH, FOUR MONTHS AGO SURVEY? SO IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS A, THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN'T JUST SAY WE HAVE A GREAT CULTURE.
YOU HAVE TO, IF YOU COULD DEFINE FOR ME WHAT CULTURE IS AND, AND IN THAT WAYS THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS GREAT CULTURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'D BE GLAD TO, UH, BRIAN, THE QUESTION, UH, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION STUDY.
75 K, IT'S, AND I'M ONLY ASKING CUZ IT'S LISTED BELOW THE, THE INCREASES ARE WE GONNA DO THE COMPENSATION STUDY AND THAT'S GONNA DRIVE THE POTENTIAL, THE INCREASES? SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS WE, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING FOR THIS, THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAVE SOME BASIC INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO BENCHMARK TO THE MARKET FOR EACH POSITION.
AND THEN THE COMPENSATION STUDY WILL PROVIDE A MORE IN DEPTH REVIEW OF THAT AND LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CLASSIFICATIONS OF HOW POSITIONS ARE GRADED, WHAT ARE THE MINIMUMS AND THE MAXIMUMS OF THOSE POSITIONS, WHAT, UH, PAY BANDS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES NEED TO BE ON.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE PAY BANDS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF EMPLOYEES? UM, SO THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TYPE OF A STUDY.
UM, AND POTENTIALLY FROM THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE'RE HAVING THE $400,000 IS A PLACEHOLDER NUMBER FOR, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND KIND OF, UM, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE MARKET REVIEW THAT WE DO AND, AND THE, UM, BENCHMARKING THAT WE DO.
BUT WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ONES AFTER WE COMPLETE THE STUDY.
I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING A LOT OF NEW POSITIONS, RIGHT? THAT THE MORE, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, LIKE I, EVERYONE HERE DESERVES TO BE COMPENSATED, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR TIME SPENT AND TIME SERVED HERE IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, BUT WE GOTTA LOOK AT BENCHMARKING THE STARTING SALARY FOR SOME OF THESE NEW ROLES BECAUSE THEY, IN TERMS OF ROLE RESPONSIBILITY, THEY MIGHT BE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW.
SO HOW ARE WE INCREASING BEFORE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, I SUPPOSE, TO BE HIRING NEW ROLES AT, UH, SALARY RATES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO WHAT, LIKE STARTING SALARY OR WHAT THE SALARY IS FOR PEOPLE? ARE, ARE PEOPLE GONNA BE HIRED MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS ROOM, BEEN WORKING HERE FOR 10 YEARS? CAUSE I JUST WONDER LIKE HOW BIG IS THE DELTA GONNA GET? YEAH.
BECAUSE OF THAT 20% INCREASE LAST YEAR.
AND I'M NOT SAYING DON'T GIVE EVERYONE HERE THE RAISE.
I'M JUST SAYING, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DO IT NOW? UH, WE DO.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE MARKET BASED, UH, COMPENSATION FOR, UH, EMPLOYEES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND ROLES.
AND THOSE MARKET BASED POSITIONS ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AND YOU'RE QUALIFIED TO DO THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS.
SO YOU CAN BE OVER MARKET BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANY MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DOING A CERTAIN ROLE.
BUT THAT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO FIND CANDIDATES IN ALL THESE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LISTING, THAT ARE EXPERIENCED AND ARE READY TO COME IN.
AND THEY SHOULD BE AT MARKET BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERIENCED, THEY HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO DO THAT.
BUT IF EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY OTHER YEARS AND, AND GAINED OTHER SKILLS AND, UM, ABILITIES, THEN THEY COULD BE, UH, HIGHER THAN THOSE AS WELL.
BUT, BUT ARE WE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR THE MARKET TO COMPARE IT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR? THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS VERY COMPETITIVE AND, AND THERE IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO STAY IN THERE TOO.
SO ARE WE TRYING TO MOVE TO THE SALARIES AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? IT'D BE THE 10 CITIES THAT I'VE LISTED, THAT'S GONNA BE THE BENCHMARK FOR US.
UM, WE DO COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE COMPETE EVERY DAY FOR, UH, POSITIONS.
SO THAT'S PART OF THAT MIXTURE.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A BENCHMARK FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
IT'LL BE THE 10 CITIES, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF POSITIONS THAT WE COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS,
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UH, UH, DRIVERS FOR OUR, OUR VEHICLES CREWS THAT DO OUT WOR UH, WORK, UH, FOR STREETS.THOSE ARE, THEY'RE ALSO PRIVATE JOBS LIKE THAT ACCOUNTANTS, IT, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
I'M SAYING IF WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP ENGINEERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WORKING FOR TESLA AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THE SAME PAY SCALE, I MEAN, TESLA'S ALWAYS GONNA, YEAH.
I, I, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 10 CITIES, THE BENCHMARKS THAT I, THAT ARE LISTED FOR YOU, THAT'S GONNA BE THE CITIES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT, BUT WE ARE, WE DO COMPETE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE WON'T HAVE THAT AS A SPECIFIC BENCHMARK NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TIE TO, BUT WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE IN THE MARKETPLACE.
UM, ONE OF THE LAST POINTS ON THAT I WAS GONNA MENTION TO YOU IS LOOKING AT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, I TALKED TO YOU SOME ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA LOOK AT IS GOING POTENTIALLY TO A SELF-FUNDED HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT PROVIDES INSURANCE TO THE CITY.
UH, AS YOU GET TO A LARGER ORGANIZATION, YOU HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES.
IN MANY CASES IT MAKES SENSE TO GO TO A SELF-FUNDED MODEL.
AND THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT IS YOU WOULD HAVE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, A TPA THAT WOULD PROCESS ALL OF YOUR CLAIMS, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE STOP-LOSS INSURANCE ON THE BACK END TO PROTECT THE CITY WITH SOME CASH BALANCES.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK SOME RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA FOR THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD COMPETITIVE BENEFITS AND THAT WE HAVE GOOD CONTROL OF THOSE COSTS.
I MIGHT JUST QUICKLY YES, SIR.
UM, HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF IN-HOUSE PROMOTIONS TO BENEFIT SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT, THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HIRE? I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND THEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE STEP, LIKE WHAT HE'S BRINGING UP, LIKE, WHERE'S THE CAP GONNA BE? OR WE GONNA BRING SOMEBODY AT ENTRY LEVEL, OR WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT.
WE WANT BUILD OUR EMPLOYEES UP TO WHERE NEW POSITION THAT WON, WE GIVE 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE, WHICH INCREASES THE SALARY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHICH THEN LEADS TO THIS CULTURE QUESTION WE HAVE.
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD CULTURE, YOU GOTTA HAVE A GOOD MORALE.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY OPINION IT IS, IS WHEN YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR A COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION, IT'S THE MORALE OF THIS, OF THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS THE CULTURE.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN HERE, OHIO, THE CITY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INHOUSE BEFORE FOR PROMOTIONS, IT MIGHT GIVE THAT PERSON THAT EDGE TO SAY, I WANT TO GET AN INCREASE IN MY SALARY, I'VE GOTTA WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN VERSUS HIRING SOMEBODY STRAIGHT OFF THE STREET AT LET'S SAY 80,000 A YEAR WHEN YOU'VE HAD EMPLOYEES HERE FOR 12 YEARS, BARELY MAKING 75.
THAT AFFECTS THE MORALE MM-HMM.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO, TO THINK ABOUT.
LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BASELINE POSITIONS, WE CAN HAVE, THIS IS WHERE THE SALARY IS, AND THEN YOU CAN DO REALLY GOOD AS A CITY WHILE LOOKING AT PROMOTIONS FROM WITHIN TO BUILD THE ORGANIZATION.
THAT WAY YOU KEEP YOUR RETENTION THAT WAY.
YOU COULD ALSO KEEP, UH, UH, FAMILY OF PEOPLE HERE.
WE CAN ALSO INCREASE, UH, HELP WITH THE INSURANCE AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP IT OUTTA BASE ON THAT.
AND THAT'S, UM, I'M A BIG BELIEVER ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT YEAH, THE MIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR OR NOT.
I'M A BIG BELIEVER ABOUT, UH, GROWING OUR EMPLOYEES, INVESTING IN THEM, DEVELOPING THEM SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THOSE INCREASING ROLES IN THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A BIG FOCUS FOR JERRY AND AMBER AND I, IS TO GROW THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I AGREE WITH ALL THAT, THOSE THINGS.
UH, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATION, IT'S REALLY CHANGING RAPIDLY AND GROWING RAPIDLY.
LAST YEAR WE ADDED 58 POSITIONS, 58, ALMOST 60 PEOPLE.
AND THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD ABOUT 30 POSITIONS.
SO THAT'S ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN TWO YEARS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF THEM TO BE, UH, POSITIONS THAT WERE ALREADY HERE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
SO THERE'S A LARGE NEW INFLUX OF EMPLOYEES COMING IN, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE CULTURE.
WE REALLY WANT TO GROW PEOPLE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STAFF.
SINCE WE'RE AT THAT LEVEL TO WHERE WE'RE BRINGING ON NEW ROLES, NEW EMPLOYEES YES, SIR.
IN DUE TIME, FIVE TENURE PLAN DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE ABLE, THOSE POSITIONS WILL, WILL STILL BE THERE.
AND IT COULD LEAD TO PROMOTIONS LATER ON.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS IS INCREASED STREET MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION.
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AND SO I WANTED TO, TO MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS BUDGET.YOU, WE, YOU OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM, THE ALMOST 300 MILLION BOND PROGRAM TO WIDEN AND REBUILD AND, AND ACTUALLY BUILD SOME NEW, UM, STREET IN THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXISTING ROADS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED ATTENTION TO.
SO THIS BUDGET PROPOSES 2.3 MILLION IN CASH FUNDING TO RECONSTRUCT GOFORTH AND HIDE AND RIKE.
THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD ABOUT, UH, THAT, UH, NEED HELP, UH, TO RECONSTRUCT.
SO THIS BUDGET WILL PROPOSE THAT THOSE WILL BOTH BE DONE, UH, THIS COMING YEAR BY, UH, IN-HOUSE TEAM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD, UH, ARE PROPOSING THAT STREET MAINTENANCE BE INCREASED FROM 750,000 TO 1 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THAT.
RANGER DRIVE, AMBERWOOD, STAR OF TEXAS, GREG ROAD, BUNTON, EAST POST ROAD, OPAL, ROWLAND, ASHWOOD, PRAIRIE
SO QUITE A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE HERE.
AGAIN, WE WANNA TRY TO, UH, REHABILITATE SOME OF THOSE ROADS AS WELL.
SO IN THE NEXT FEW CHARTS, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE LOCATIONS FROM, FROM WHERE TO WHERE, HOW LONG THE, THE ROAD IS, AND WHAT THE COST IS FOR THOSE REBUILDS.
I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON IT, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT PRECISION OF THE ROADS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DO OBVIOUSLY HAVE HARPER AND STAFF HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT.
UH, BUT ON THIS SLIDE, UH, 17 $2.8 MILLION FOR THE FULL DEPTH REPAIR, IT'S 12 INCHES OF, OF THE BASE AND THEN TWO INCHES ON THE SURFACE IT WOULD BE REPAIRED.
SO AGAIN, GO FORTH AND HIDE AND RIKE ARE THE TWO LARGEST SEGMENTS OF THAT.
SO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE ROADS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE CHIP SEAL.
IT'S ABOUT $125,000, A MUCH CHEAPER COST FOR, FOR THESE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING THE FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN ON SLIDE, UH, 19 PERVEZ, THIS IS THE MILL AND OVERLAY, UH, ABOUT $314,000.
THESE ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE SELECTED, UH, FOR THAT REPAIR.
AGAIN, UM, ALL IMPORTANT ROADWAYS, BUT NOT AS SUBSTANTIAL AS DOING THE RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IF YOU LOOK, GO TO SLIDE 20.
UH, THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REPAIRS AND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
AGAIN, ALL OF THAT IS CASH FUNDED.
UH, THE FULL DEATH REPAIR, THE 2.8 MILLION.
AGAIN, 2.3 OF THAT IS FOR GOFORTH AND HIDEN.
THAT YOU SEE, UH, SO SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU.
BUT BEFORE I CONTINUE, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT STOP AND SEE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT OR ANY CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, JUST MAYBE A LITTLE CLOSER.
I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT ANY REPAIR, JUST SO, SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW OFTEN MM-HMM.
SO THE GOFORTH AND HENRI, THESE ARE RECONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS SINCE THAT WAS, WAS DONE, BUT YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY OVER 20.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO LAST MM-HMM.
SO THEY, SO THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY CITY WORK ON NO.
SO THIS WILL GIVE US A GOOD BENCHMARK NOW, I GUESS, TO SEE, I GUESS WHAT THE RECONSTRUCTION DOES.
WE DONE, WE'VE DONE ROADS HOLD THIS FOR ALL OF LAST YEAR.
UH, WE DONE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.
ACTUALLY, WE JUST DID THIS, UH, ALL THE DOWNTOWN AREA BACK HERE, UH, ON THE EAST, YOU KNOW, SOUTHEAST OF, UH, CENTER STREET RIGHT HERE, DOWNTOWN.
SO, UH, EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE TALKED TO OVER HERE HAS BEEN REALLY PLEASED.
UH, THE GUYS HAVE COME ALONG VERY WELL, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE NUMBERS THERE, THOSE ARE OUR NUMBERS.
IN HOUSE NUMBERS, YOU WANT TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THOSE COSTS.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR CONTRACTOR NUMBER MORE THAN LIKELY.
WILL, WILL THIS HAVE MORE STRIPING ON IT NOW? WE CAN, WE CAN STRIPE, DEFINITELY STRIP, IS THAT INCLUDED IN HERE? I GUESS TO SEE THE PART OF THAT? IT WILL BE, IF THEY'RE STRIPING ON THE STREET THAT WE'RE DOING, THEN YES, IT'LL HAVE STRIPING.
IF I MIGHT ADD TO THAT, ONE THING YOU MIGHT NEED TO THINK ABOUT ZUNIGA IS THAT THESE ROADS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH.
SO I, WE HAD THAT ISSUE WHEN WE WERE DOING BUNTON BACK IN 2021, WHERE WE, YOU DID, UH, A GREAT JOB THERE.
WE SAVED OVER, I CAN'T REMEMBER, LIKE THREE, $400,000 DOING IT IN HOUSE VERSUS HAVING A CONTRACTOR OVER THERE IN FRONT OF LAYMAN.
BUT THE STREETS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH.
SO IF YOU PUT A, WE ALL WANT TURNING LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE VERY NARROW AS IT WAS.
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THE BIG ISSUE.SO WE MAY JUST HAVE TO JUST GO IN THERE AND, AND JUST RESEAL IT.
IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING TO POINT, TO POINT OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE, THESE ROADS WERE NOT IN THE, IN THE BOND.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY PUTTING BACK WHAT'S THERE.
THERE'S NO WIDENING, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, ALL THAT.
JUST WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE AND BETTER WHAT'S THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DONE SUNGA.
ARE YOU, WERE YOU DONE ASKING QUESTIONS? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, DO WE HAVE A, AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH THIS WILL BE IF WE WERE TO HIRE, LIKE OUTSOURCE THIS? AND I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED, I I DON'T KNOW IF, HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE AND HOW MANY, LIKE, MANY HOURS AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING STAFF TO DO THIS.
UM, AND I, I KNOW HARPER MENTIONED BEFORE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THEY COULDN'T SOMETIMES GET THIS DONE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE PULLED TO DO OTHER THINGS.
SO I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA DO IT LIKE IT GETS DONE,
IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER FOR US TO DO IT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY WAS EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT IN HOUSE, IT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
AND SO WE WOULD HIRE IT OUT IF THAT WASN'T, UH, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY, I'D RECOMMEND THAT TO YOU, BUT IT WOULD BE A HIGHER COST.
WE THINK WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY PLUS THESE NEW ROADS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD IS, WELL, DO WE NEED ANOTHER CREW? DO WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT? MM-HMM.
UM, JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES FOR ME AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE GOOD STUFF WITH, UH, PEREZ.
HE'S ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO JUMP IN
SO, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
JUST HOW WE'RE STAFFED, HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED IN THE ORGANIZATION.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO THIS BUDGET RECOMMENDS, UH, ELIMINATING TWO VACANT POSITIONS.
THAT'S AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST POSITION.
THAT'S A SAVINGS OF ABOUT $310,000 ANNUALLY TO ELIMINATE THOSE POSITIONS.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT OPERATION.
I'M GONNA BE RECOMMENDING A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES POSITION IN THIS BUDGET, UH, THAT WILL OVERSEE BUILDING INSPECTIONS, PLANNING RELATED DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.
IT'S A WORKING TITLE FOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
IT MAY BE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, WE, WE BELIEVE WE NEED MORE BANDWIDTH THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT STAFF HERE.
UH, BUT WE NEED SOME HELP IN THOSE AREAS TO HELP US MANAGE THAT.
I'M ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE CREATE A PURCHASING AND CON CONTRACT COMPLIANCE WORK UNIT.
SO THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING I THINK IS, UH, UH, AS THE CITY HAS GROWN, BECOME MORE COMPLEX, MORE CONTRACTS, MORE PURCHASES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, MORE DOLLARS BEING SPENT, WE NEED MORE FOCUS ON THAT TO MANAGE IT.
UM, RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE PURCHASING AND CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES ARE ESSENTIALLY BEING DECENTRALIZED ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT DOES THAT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, HOW ITEMS COME ON THE AGENDA.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON WHOEVER'S PREPARING THOSE ITEMS. AND WE WANT TO HAVE SOME BETTER OVERSIGHT OF THAT AND BETTER CONTROL OF THAT BY CENTRALIZING THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS, A PURCHASING MANAGER AND A, UH, A BUYER POSITION THAT WILL BE, UM, WORKING UNDER PERVE PEREZ'S DIRECTION.
IT'S ABOUT $236,000 IS THE TOTAL FOR THAT.
BUT THAT WILL HELP US MANAGE ALL THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ORGANIZATION MOVING FORWARD.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES, SIR.
SORRY TO BE SO IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, BECAUSE THE ROADS DIDN'T HAVE STRIPING BEFORE.
WERE YOU SAYING LEAVE THEM ALONE WITH NO STRIPING? I'M SAYING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND TO SEE HOW WIDE THEY ARE.
SO SOME ROADS MAY NOT, MAY NOT WORK WITH THE STRIPING THAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT SOME MIGHT.
BUT I KNOW WITH BUNTON, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT THAT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND SO WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO LOOK AT IT CAUSE I, I WANTED IT.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW YES.
TO IMPROVE THEM TO BEAUTIFY THE ROAD WITH ANY TYPE OF STRIPING MM-HMM.
AND SO IF, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT THE SAME, THEN WE DON'T EVER IMPROVE THAT ROAD.
THAT THAT'S NOT THE POINT I'M MAKING.
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE TO YOU IS THAT THE ROADS THEMSELVES, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL ROAD ITSELF RIGHT.
MAY NOT BE WIDE ENOUGH FOR THAT STRIPING.
BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TECH.HERE.
WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M JUST SAYING IS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ENGINEERS HERE.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE COULD BE ROADS MM-HMM.
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TO GET RID OF ALL THE POTHOLES AND ALL THAT STUFF.JUST LIKE WHAT HARPER WAS SAYING, THESE ROADS ARE NOT PART OF THE BOND TO WHERE WE CAN EXPAND THEM OUT.
AND SO BY REDOING THESE, AND IF WE PUT A STRIPE DOWN, WE'RE MAYBE CUTTING HALF OF THE ROAD OFF WHEN WE GOT LARGER VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING DOWN THERE.
SO I THINK THE MAIN PURPOSE WAS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, WHAT HARPER WAS SAYING, TRYING TO GET AT, IS THAT THESE ROADS NEED, NEED RECONSTRUCTION.
BUT THEY MAY NOT BE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WIDEN THEM ENOUGH TO WHERE WE CAN GIVE THAT EXTRA SPACE FOR THE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM ALL LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
I WOULD ALL LIKE TO HAVE BUNTON TO HAVE NICE STRIPES WITH TURNING LANES, BUT THE ROAD ITSELF MAY NOT BE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THAT.
SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STRIPE OR WE MIGHT NOT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON, ON WHAT THEY SAY.
AND DON'T MAKE THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE IS ASKING.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SHORTCUT THAT RIGHT THERE.
HE'S SAYING IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT? DON'T DO IT.
WELL, DON'T, DON'T CREATE OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T DO IT.
WE'RE ASKING WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT? I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE OR WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THAT TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT I CAN'T.
JUST SAYING THAT THERE COULD BE A ROAD THAT WE, THAT MAY NOT BE WIDE ENOUGH.
YOU NEED TO HERE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE MAY BE A ROAD THAT MAY NOT, IT'S NOT SAYING I'M SAYING NO, NO, I'M NOT SAYING NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WHATEVER GETS YOU TO JUMP IN QUICK.
WELL I JUST DON'T WANT S ON THESE ROADS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE AND NO ONE, NO ONE TRAVEL.
IT'S STILL A DANGER TO PEOPLE.
MR. COUNCIL MEMBER SUNGA, I PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WITH A NARROW WIDTH, UH, UH, YOU CAN LIKE IT IT TO SANDERS AND PLUM CREEK.
IF THE ROADS TOO NARROW AND THEN YOU GO PUT A CENTER DOUBLE LINE DOWN THE CENTER.
I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU, I'M SAYING THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS WHY CAN'T WE WIDEN IT IF WE'RE GONNA, OR WHY CAN'T WE WIDE IT? WHY CAN'T WE JUST MAKE IT WHAT IT SHOULD BE? BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENGINEERING, BECAUSE YOU GOTTA LOOK AT DRAINAGE BECAUSE THERE'S THE OPEN CUT DITCHES ON EACH SIDE.
WHEN YOU WIDEN IT, THEN YOU TAKE AWAY THAT CAPACITY FOR THE DRAINAGE TO FLOW AND, AND CAPTURE THAT WATER.
SO THEREFORE WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT'S THERE.
THE OVERALL, I THINK, AND I, AND Y'ALL DON'T HOLD ME TO THIS.
I WANNA SAY THAT THE OVERALL WAS LIKE 24 MILLION FOR THAT ROAD.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT, GET THAT FROM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT FOR A MILLION SOMETHING.
SO WE CAN DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS NOW OR Y'ALL CAN WAIT RESPECTFULLY.
Y'ALL CAN WAIT TILL THE NEXT ROAD BOND AND TRY TO GET THAT DONE LATER.
WE'RE JUST OFFERING Y'ALL SOMETHING TO HANDLE IT.
RIGHT NOW, WHERE DID THE 24 MILLION COME FROM? I, IT'S A, IT'S A, SO A BALLPARK NUMBER.
WE PUT A, WE PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT KIND OF GAVE US A, UH, AN ESTIMATE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID DON'T HOLD ME TO IT.
BUT IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH.
IT WAS UP IN THAT, THAT RANGE.
UM, THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD UTILITY.
SO THE WAY WE CAME UP WITH THE ESTIMATE, THOSE HIGHER ESTIMATES THAT WE USED, THE ROAD BOND AS A MODEL, HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING THE CITY PER MILE TO HAVE FIVE LANES TO ON EAST SIDE A TURNING LANE, STREET LAMPS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, UTILITIES, FULL FLEDGED GOLD STANDARD.
SO THAT'S HOW THOSE 36 MILLION COST ESTIMATES CAME ABOUT.
WHAT HARPER IS DOING, HE'S JUST OVERLAYING WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
SO WHY, WHY WOULD YOU BASE THAT OFF OF FIVE? WHY WOULD ANYBODY BASE IT OFF OF FIVE LANES INSTEAD OF TWO? THAT WAS THE BEST ESTIMATE.
YEAH, THAT'S ESTIMATE WE HAVE.
THAT'S THE 24 MILLION THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD.
BUT WHAT IF IT'S CHEAPER JUST TO REDO IT TO INCLUDE THE DRAINAGE WITH TWO LANES AND NO SIDE? I DON'T KNOW.
JUST WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THE MAX CAPACITY? BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING 1.2 MILLION.
I SEE THE CONCERN OF WANTING, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, LET'S DO IT.
WE DON'T WANNA SPEND ALL THIS MONEY.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A DIFFERENT SOLUTION AND THEN JUST REPAVING AND SAYING, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE FOR NOW BECAUSE THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT OUT THERE IN
SO LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, THAT ROAD IS GONNA NEED IMPROVEMENTS.
WELL, WE CAN, I MEAN, TO THAT END, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING YOU BACK OPTIONS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE.
AND IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO FUND THAT, WE CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO FUND THAT.
UM, BUT UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING YOU OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF LANES AND WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
BUT THIS, THE THING YOU DON'T WANNA DO IS, IS INVEST, LET'S SAY IT'S 10 MILLION TO BUILD THREE LANES WHEN IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FIVE OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN THAT'S MONEY THAT YOU'D HAVE TO CHANGE JUST 10 YEARS LATER.
SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR THAT? WHAT SHOULD IT BE LONG TERM? AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPTION FOR IT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR YOU FOR HIDEN.
RIKE IS THE, THE ROAD THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT FOR.
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CAN LOOK AT THE FUTURE PLANNING OUT THERE, CUZ A SCHOOL IS GONNA BE BUILT OUT THERE.THERE'S MORE DEVELOPMENTS OUT THERE, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED SIDEWALKS AT SOME POINT AND A AND A AND A WIDER ROAD.
RIGHT? DOES THAT ROAD, IT'S, SO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ROAD, IS THAT ETJ, IS THAT COUNTING THE OTHER SIDE? IS THAT COUNTING OKAY.
DOESN'T GO OFF TO THE BRIDGE EVEN.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST WHERE OUR NEW ENTRANCE IS TO OUR PLANT.
SO THEN NOW I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TIME BEING, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENTS COMING YET, THEN WE CAN PROBABLY LOOK INTO THE OPTION TO DO THIS IN HOUSE WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES.
THEN WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE THOSE REPAIRS OR RECONSTRUCTION ONCE IT COMES.
UM, ONE GOING, UH, ON THE SIMILAR TOPIC AND THEN ONE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
SO, UM, HARPER'S FAVORITE THING TO DO I KNOW IS TO PAINT CURBS, RED
UH, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A, UH, A CURB PAINTING PROGRAM OF SOME KIND, SOME, SOME, UH, ALLOCATION OR SOME SOME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IN THE BUDGET THAT SAYS, BECAUSE WHILE IT IS A, UH, ANNOYING TO HAVE TO, UH, MAINTAIN THOSE CURBS, THEY DO FADE QUICKLY.
THEY GET TIRE MARKS AND SCUFFS AND, BUT THE, THE REALITY IS THEY'RE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY AT MANAGING AND ENFORCING NO PARKING AREAS IN OUR CITY.
AND SO WE HAVE, I HAVE SEEN THE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT UP NO PARKING SIGNS, THEY ARE IGNORED.
AND WHEN YOU PAINT THE CURB RED, UH, THEY ARE ENFORCED.
UH, AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STREET CURBS ARE NOT THE ENFORCEABLE MECHANISM.
I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT IN TERMS OF PRACTICALLY HOW PEOPLE RESPOND, THEY RESPOND TO THOSE VERY WELL.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES AND STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO HAD CURBS PAINTED RED AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT YOU CAN BARELY EVEN TELL THAT THEY'RE RED ANYMORE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO ABOUT GETTING THAT PRIORITIZED IN THE BUDGET.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN CONSIDERS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS AN ACTUAL PROGRAM, JUST LIKE OUR MICROSURFACING PROGRAM, UH, TO UH, MAINTAIN AND EXPAND OUR CURBS AND KEEP THEM LOOKING FRESH.
CUZ NOTHING, IT IS SORT OF A LIPSTICK, I GUESS THE COLOR EVEN MATCHES, BUT IT'S, UH, IT MAKES ROADS LOOK BETTER WHEN THE, WHEN THE CURBS ARE FRESHLY PAINTED.
WELL, WE COULD CERTAINLY BRING YOU BACK SOMETHING ON THAT AND AT THE END OF JULY WE COULD HAVE A MORE PRECISION ABOUT WHAT THAT COST IS AND THE MATERIALS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AT THE COUNCIL.
SO, AND THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS ON YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
UH, THE PURCHASING CONTRACT COMPLIANCE WORK UNIT.
UH, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE.
UH, THAT WE'RE, WHERE IT HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME DEFICIENCIES IN, IN STREAMLINING OUR, UH, PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND OUR CONTRACT, UM, STANDARDIZATION, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST STAY ON THAT CUZ I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A DEFICIENCY IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
UH, AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME SKILLS TO HELP BRING THAT ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WAS THE DIRECTION ON HIDEN RAICH TO BRING YOU ENGINEERED OPTIONS OR TO PROCEED? NO, NO.
I WOULD SAY NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN ON OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT GO FORTH? GO FORTH IS GOING TO BE A FULL REBUILD, BUT IT WILL NOT BE WIDENED.
AND AND THAT WILL BE ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE.
WE CAN BRING YOU OPTIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT A PROPULSION.
YEAH, NO, BECAUSE HAY AND RAI AND GULF FORTH ARE NOT THE ONLY STREETS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE IN HOUSE.
SO IF WE DUMP ALL OF OUR MONEY INTO, INTO INCREASING THOSE TWO ROADS, THERE ARE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS.
SOME THAT ARE IN, IN EVERY DISTRICT WHERE, SO THAT THE IN-HOUSE PROGRAM IS ABOUT KEEPING THESE ROADS IN A, IN A GOOD, GOOD STATE WHILE WE ARE PREPARING FOR MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS, I I I THINK THE PROGRAM IS GOOD, BUT YOUR LIST OF ROADS FAR EXCEEDS JUST GO FORTH AND HIDE AND ROCK.
BUT WE CAN EVEN INCREASE THAT BUDGET TOO, IF WE SEE FIT.
SO EVEN THOUGH I, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I AGREE.
I'M SAYING DON'T LIMIT OURSELVES TO THE DOLLAR.
WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WELL I, IT'S SUCH A HYPOCRITE.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE CAPACITY OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY LINEAR FEET THEY'RE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT, UH, AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME.
SO WE WANT THEM TO GET THROUGH GOFORTH IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO INCREASE TO, TO, TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC, UH, THERE.
BUT WE'RE WANTING THEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK ON OTHER ROADS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, SO THE PLAN IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THE TEAM WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GIVING 'EM, THEY CAN DO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE LISTED FOR YOU, BUT THEN THESE ONCE GO FORTH AND HIDE AND
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IKE ARE DONE.THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ADDITIONAL ROADS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE BASED ON THAT STREET SURVEY AND INDEXING PLAN THAT WE HAD.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO TO OTHER ROADS, SO WE'LL HAVE MORE FUNDING, UH, FOR OTHER ROADS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THIS IS MORE OF LIKE A MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT AND NOT LIKE A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT WHERE YOU'RE MAKING IT WIDER.
CUZ THIS IS NOT GONNA FIX TRAFFIC.
NO, THIS IS GONNA MAKE THE ROAD PRETTIER AND, AND BETTER TO RIDE ON TO DRIVE ON IS MY CONCERN.
I JUST WANT NOT, THAT'S NOT MORE LANES.
UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING IS ALSO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT I'VE, I'VE TASKED JERRY WITH, WITH HELPING US WITH, WITH HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I THINK I'VE TALKED TO MOST OF YOU ABOUT IS LOOKING AT BRINGING AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR, FACILITATOR TO CONDUCT A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL THIS FALL.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE COMING INTO THE ORGANIZATION, A STRATEGIC PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
SO I'M TRYING TO BUILD SOME KEY FOCUS AREAS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, START WORKING ON.
BUT THAT'S JUST REALLY FROM THE DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH YOU AND THE INTERACTIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE STAFF.
I REALLY THINK WE NEED A STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES WHAT WE WANNA DO, NOT ONLY NEXT YEAR, BUT REALLY DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THIS WILL BE A, UM, UH, SOME MONEY IN HERE FOR US TO HAVE THAT FACILITATION AND THEN TO START THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL DEVELOP THAT CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN HELPS US GUIDE DECISION MAKING FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE'LL INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALL THOSE COME TOGETHER.
SO THESE ARE NOT PLANS THAT SIT ON THE SHELF.
THESE ARE PLANS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER IN ACTION, UH, FRAMEWORK FOR, UM, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT PUTTING IT TOGETHER, THE STAFFING, ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE SUPPORT AROUND THOSE AREAS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THOSE OVER TIME.
FINALLY, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I'LL JUST MENTION TO YOU IS ONCE YOU HAVE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU BRINGING BACK TO YOU PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE FOR EACH OF OUR MAJOR AREAS, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THEY'LL MEASURE AND TRACK OUR, OUR STATED PERFORMANCE GOALS, AND THEN HELP US, UH, MANAGE GOING FORWARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
SO LAST SLIDE FOR ME, UH, LONG TERM BUDGET FOCUS IS SOMETHING I ALSO WANTED TO, TO MENTION TO YOU IS I, I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT YEAR IMPACTS ALL OF THE OTHER YEARS IN OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS PREVE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING IS PUTTING TOGETHER FIVE YEAR, UH, FINANCIAL PLANS FOR ALL THE MAJOR FUNDS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THOSE IN HIS PRESENTATION IN A MOMENT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MAKE A DECISION TODAY THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TOMORROW.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, NOT ONLY THE, THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AS WELL, THAT WILL BE IN THAT PLAN.
I'VE FOUND THAT TO BE VERY VALUABLE AS WE START LOOKING AT, UM, OUT IN THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND HOW WE CAN DO IT.
UM, SO THAT'S AN EMPHASIS FOR US.
THAT'S PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PAST, UH, BUDGETS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA WRAP UP.
UM, THIS IS, UH, NOW KIND OF GETTING INTO THE, THE FUND FINANCIALS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES HERE, A LOT OF THESE YOU'VE SEEN.
SO IT COULD GO, UH, RELATIVELY QUICKLY DEPENDING ON YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT I'M, THAT'S MY COMMENTS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PERVEZ TO GO THROUGH THOSE.
SO IN THIS SEGMENT OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WILL BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR JULY 29TH.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW WITH YOU THE CITY'S FUND STRUCTURE.
THIS IS HOW THE CITY OF KYLE SETS UP ITS BUDGET, HOW IT ACCOUNTS FOR ITS FUNDS, HOW IT REPORTS AND MONITORS BUDGET.
SO WE'LL GO OVER THAT WITH YOU.
WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE UPDATED FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.
WE DID THAT WITH YOU ON MAY 13TH.
HOWEVER, AS EACH MONTH GOES BY, THE NUMBERS CHANGE.
SO WE WILL SHOW YOU THE UPDATED FINANCIALS THROUGH MAY 31ST.
THIS WILL INCLUDE THE FOUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS OF THE CITY.
AND WE WILL ALSO SHOW YOU REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND FUND BALANCES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE WILL SHOW YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU THE PROJECTED AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
THIS WILL BE THE FOUNDATION OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN EACH ONE, EACH ONE OF THOSE MAJOR FUNDS.
AND THEN BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE REASON I CALL IT PRELIMINARY IS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE'LL FINALIZE THAT AND BRING BEFORE YOU ON JULY 29TH.
THE MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS TOTALS ABOUT 30% OF THE CITY'S FUNDS, OTHER FUNDS TOTAL ABOUT 70%.
AND WE'LL GO OVER THOSE, SHOW YOU WHERE THOSE MONIES
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ARE AND HOW WE BUDGET.WE'LL REVIEW WITH YOU TODAY, THE CITY MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDED LIST OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE MADE.
AND FINALLY, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, WE WILL QUICKLY REVIEW THE KEY DATES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS.
SO FROM HERE UNTIL THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, WE WILL QUICKLY GO OVER THOSE.
BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST REAL QUICK TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, RACHEL SONIER, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
SHE'S DONE A MARVELOUS JOB AT THIS IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRESENTATION WITH THEIR NUMBERS AND THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT SHE PULLED IT TOGETHER.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, WE'RE STILL GONNA HOLD BACK.
SO THE CITY'S FUND STRUCTURE, WE SHARED THIS, THIS CHART WITH YOU ON MAY 13TH, BASICALLY SIMILAR TO A ORG CHART THAT SHOWS IN ORGANIZATIONS, UH, STRUCTURE, HOW THE EMPLOYEES ARE SET UP.
THIS CHART SHOWS YOU HOW THE CITY OF KYLE'S, UH, FUND STRUCTURE OR THE CITY'S FUNDS VARIOUS FUNDS IS SET UP.
SO WE'VE COLOR CODED THIS FOR YOUR EASE.
THE DARK BLUE REPRESENTS MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS.
THE GREEN REPRESENTS OTHER OR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AND THE GOLD REPRESENTS C I P FUNDS.
THESE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
SO THE CITY OF KYLE HAS ABOUT 48 PLUS FUNDS.
THE CITY, LIKE ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES, USES A FUND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
AND BASICALLY, THIS FUND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM HELPS US BE MORE TRANSPARENT, HELPS US BE ACCOUNTABLE, AND HELPS US SEGREGATE SPECIAL PURPOSE FUNDS.
SO WE DO NOT CO-MINGLE FUNDS, UH, BETWEEN WHAT THE INTENDED PURPOSE IS OF THOSE FUNDS.
THE CITY OF KYLE HAS THREE TYPES OF MAJOR FUNDS, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, PROPRIETARY FUNDS, AND FIDUCIARY GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE GENERALLY TAX SUPPORTED FUNDS.
THESE ARE CITIES, GENERAL FUND, UM, RELATED C I P FUNDS, GRANT FUNDS.
THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC, SO WE HAVE TO KEEP 'EM SEPARATE.
PROPRIETARY FUNDS ARE THOSE THAT ARE SIMILAR TO A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY FEES AND USER CHARGES.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE FIDUCIARY FUND IS OUR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT FUND.
SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE SET UP OUR CITY'S, UH, BUDGET AND THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SCALE OF THIS, LARGER CITIES HAVE MORE FUNDS.
WE ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
WE LOOKED AT THE 10 CITIES THAT BRIAN WENT, WENT THROUGH EARLIER.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT GENERAL FUND FIRST.
THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS, THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE PREMI PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT.
SO ON THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS, SOME OF THESE MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE.
FOR, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE WON'T GET THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL UNTIL JULY 25TH.
BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'RE WORKING WITH A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FROM HAYES CAD.
WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THE EXISTING PROPERTIES, MEANING NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION, SAME PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON THE TAX ROLL LAST YEAR, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THAT VALUATIONS WILL BE 15% INCREASE IN 24.
AND OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE HAVE TAPERED IT BACK DOWN TO 10% A YEAR FROM YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE.
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PEREZ.SO I WAS TALKING TO SOME TAX ASSESSORS YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID NEXT YEAR IT'S STARTING THE LEVEL.
SO HOUSES WILL BE SOLD FOR LESS OR ASSESSED LESS.
SO THIS MODEL, YOU HAVE INCREASES, RIGHT, FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MY TAX ASSESSORS TOLD ME YESTERDAY.
DID THEY EXPECT AND, AND MORE SALES TO BE GOING DOWN ONCE YEAR.
SO THIS MODEL IS SET UP SUCH THAT IT'S FLEXIBLE.
SO WE KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT 24 IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN ADJUST OUR MODEL TO WHATEVER THE TREND WE SEE.
CUZ THE VALUATIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH SET ON WHAT'S ON THE GROUND JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL IN A HOT MARKET.
THERE'S PLENTY PROPERTIES IN THE PIPELINE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT YEARS TWO, TWO THROUGH FIVE, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADJUST OUR FORECAST.
SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE TWEAKING THESE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT FOR 24, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ASSUMING ABOUT A 10% INCREASE, ABOUT 380 MILLION ADDITION TO OUR TAX ROLL.
AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS WE'VE PULLED BACK ON THAT ASSUMPTION SALES TAX.
WE'RE ASSUMING NEXT YEAR A 10%, 10.2% GROWTH IN OUR BASE SALES TAX REVENUE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS, ABOUT 10% DEVELOPMENT REVENUE.
THESE ARE PERMIT FEES, PLAN REVIEW FEES, AND, UH, WE'RE ASSUMING ABOUT 9% NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN PULL BACK AT 5% EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
NEXT YEAR WE'RE ASSUMING A 6% MERIT INCREASE, AND THEN WE'RE TAPERING BACK TO 5% PER YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY NORMAL FOR MOST, UH, GOVERNMENTS.
SO THIS IS OUR CITY OF KYLE PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY.
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 35 YEARS.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGH HIGHLIGHT, IN 1992, THAT'S OUR TALLEST BAR ON THIS CHART.
THAT WAS OUR TAX RATE AT THAT POINT WAS ALMOST 70 CENTS.
EVALUATION IN THE MIDDLE IN 2008 IS OUR LOWEST TAX RATE, WHICH WAS 27.07 CENTS PER $100.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT TOWARDS THE END, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE'RE AT 50.82 CENTS PER $100 VALUATIONS.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE 2008 WHAT THAT WAS A HOUSING MURDER CRASH REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, THERE, I CAN, I CAN
SO YEAH, THE, SO THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A PART OF A, A CHANGE IN SORT OF PHILOSOPHY, IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE RED WAVE.
UM, SO THERE WAS A, A MENTALITY BACK THEN, UH, TO LOWER THE CITY'S TAX RATE TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT EVERY YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW.
AND THAT CAME AT THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, WHICH IS WHY IT JUMPED BACK UP WHEN THEY FINALLY MADE THE, THEY REALIZED THAT THEY HAD NO MONEY TO INVEST IN ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S, IT WAS, IT WAS ALL POLICY DECISIONS MM-HMM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2009 10 IT, IT INCREASED AND THEN WE LEVELIZED STARTING IN 2015, OUR, WELL, AND SO THE, THE THINKING AT THAT TIME, JUST SO YOU CAN UN UNDERSTAND, SO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS HADN'T CHANGED THEIR TAX RATE IN LIKE 10 YEARS WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED.
AND I CONSIDERED THAT TO BE A REALLY GOOD MODEL FOR, UM, BUDGET PREPARATION, IS TO MAKE AS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE AS YOU CAN AND USE THE REVENUES THAT YOU GET FROM MAINTAINING THAT TAX RATE TO, UH, MAKE INVESTMENTS.
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SO IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ON MY PART, FOR THE INFLUENCE THAT I HAD TO TRY TO KEEP THE TAX RATE LEVEL, UH, THE CHANGES SB TWO REQUIRES THE TAX RATE TO COME DOWN NOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP IT LEVEL.AND SO YOU'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN ACROSS MANY JURISDICTIONS? YES.
SO THIS NEXT GRAPH, THIS PIE CHART SHOWS YOU IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER WITHIN THE CITY OF KYLE CITY LIMITS, YOU'RE PAYING APPROXIMATELY $2 AND 43 CENTS IN YOUR TAX RATE.
AND THE JURISDICTIONS, THIS HAS THE, THE EIGHT TAXING JURISDICTIONS ON THIS GRAPH, THE LARGEST BEING THE BLUE PIE, WHICH IS THE HAYES CONSOLIDATED, UH, THEIR, THEIR TAX BILL ON YOUR AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS ABOUT 55%.
THEN THE NEXT HIGHEST IS CITY OF CAL.
AND THEN THE THIRD HIGHEST WOULD BE THE COUNTY.
SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT THE EIGHT TAXING JURISDICTIONS ON A TYPICAL HOMEOWNER'S TAX BILL, MOVING ON TO SALES TAX, WE HAVE STEADILY CLIMBED, UH, IN SALES TAX COLLECTIONS AS WE'VE GROWN.
WE HAVE MORE RETAIL BUSINESSES, BOTH BRICKS AND MORTAR, AS WELL AS ONLINE SHOPPING.
THE COVID REALLY HELPED THE, THE INCREASE IN ONLINE SALES, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
AND WE SEE THAT QUITE NOTICEABLY.
BUT SALES TAXES AT DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO PROPERTY TAX, WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, WE'RE NECK AND NECK PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AND SALES TAX REVENUES, SALES TAX REVENUE.
THE REASON I SAY IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD IS, IS THAT DURING GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES, WE'RE MAKING GOOD MONEY, BUT ALSO WHEN THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SLOW DOWN, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE SEE COME DOWN.
SO SALES TAX REVENUE IS A VERY VOLATILE SOURCE OF REVENUE.
SO AS WE GROW, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THE DEPENDENCY SHOULDN'T BE AS MUCH ON SALES TAX AS IT SHOULD BE ON PROPERTY TAX.
AND WE CHANGED THAT PHILOSOPHY TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR PROJECTIONS.
UH, AS A RESULT, I THINK SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE, WE JUST WENT 36 MONTHS IN A ROW WITHOUT A SINGLE MONTH OF SALES TAX REVENUES, UM, FAILING TO EXCEED SALES TAX, UH, BUDGETED FORECAST, WHICH IS, UH, A VERY GOOD SIGN AS FAR AS OUR BUDGETING PRACTICES.
BECAUSE WHAT IT, WHAT IT REVEALS IS THAT OUR, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT COUNTING ON MONEY THAT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE DID JUST HAVE THE FIRST MONTH WHERE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO I, I NOTICED THAT YOUR PROJECTIONS SEEM A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE ON THIS NEXT YEAR'S GROWTH JUST BASED ON THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE REASON TO BE VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR PROJECTIONS JUST BASED ON OUR HISTORIC ABILITIES, ESPECIALLY ON SALES TAX.
WE NEED, WE NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
SO AFTER SALES TAX, UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING YOU THE PROJECTED DEBT ISSUANCE FOR GENERAL FUND.
AND GENERAL FUND TYPICALLY IS ISSUING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
SO ON THE FIRST LINE, UH, VOTERS AUTHORIZED IN 2020 NOVEMBER, 2020 GO BONDS.
AND WE ARE PROJECTING THAT NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE ISSUING AROUND 9 MILLION, WHICH IS THE, FOR THE PARKS IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS FOR OUR, OUR PARK PROJECTS THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED.
THERE WAS $10 MILLION, UH, FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT IS THE 2022 ROAD ROAD BOND PROGRAM THAT THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED.
THESE PROJECTIONS ARE FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGER KAY FREEZE AND COMPANY.
HOWEVER, BOTH BRIAN AND I ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THESE WILL TAPER BACK.
I THINK THEIR, THEIR PROJECTIONS ARE A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT IN 2024, THEY'RE PROJECTING THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED AN ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION.
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UH, I THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY GET, MOST LIKELY WE'LL GET PUSHED TO 25 OR 26.CUZ IN 23 WE SOLD 40 MILLION, WHICH WAS FROM BOND AUTHORITY 45 MILLION.
THAT MONEY IS STILL IN THE BANK.
SO THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE ENGINEERING, THE DESIGN, THE PRELIMINARY STUFF.
I THINK THAT 40 MILLION WILL CARRY US THROUGH COMFORTABLY IN NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S GONNA SLIDE A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF THESE PROJECTIONS STAY ON COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING $303 MILLION TO OUR DEBT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS WILL SHOW YOU NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE ADDING.
SO I'M, I'M ADDING LAYERS TO THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE.
SO NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE ADDING NEW DEBT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW COUNSEL WHAT WE'RE PAYING OFF EACH YEAR.
SO IT'S THE SAME SLIDE, BUT NOW WE'VE ADDED THE PROJECTED PRINCIPLE PAYOFF.
SO THE NET ADDITION, WHICH IS THE LAST LINE, IF THE PROJECTIONS STAY ON COURSE, WHICH WE KNOW IS GONNA CHANGE, IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 322 MILLION FOR GENERAL FUND PROJECTED PROPERTY TAXES.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT EXPENDITURES AND DEBT WITHOUT PROPERTY TAX RATES BECAUSE IT, IT RESULTS IN PROPERTY TAX RATE IMPACT.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS THAT CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR COMPLETED IN DECEMBER AND SHARED WITH COUNCIL, UH, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE ROAD BOND PROGRAM, THEIR PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR IS 56.99 CENTS AND 59 CENTS.
THEREAFTER, THIS WILL CHANGE, UH, THIS WILL CHANGE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL YET.
ONCE WE GET THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, BY THAT TIME, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE FINALIZED THIS, THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE STILL PENDING OUT THERE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON HAYES COUNTY, NO, SORRY, SAN MARCUS TO GIVE US THE ANIMAL SHELTER COSTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
THOSE SHOULD BE IN ANY, ANY DAY.
UH, WE'RE WAITING ON HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG TICKET ITEMS AS WELL AS SMALL TICKET ITEMS THAT WE'RE WAITING ON.
BUT WE'LL FINALIZE THOSE BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 29TH.
SO TAX RATES WILL CHANGE AND IT WILL ALSO DEPEND ON CITY COUNCIL'S POLICY DECISION AS TO WHAT Y'ALL WOULD WANNA SEE IN THE TAX RATES.
IS THERE A WAY TO FIGURE OUT, IS THERE A WAY TO FIGURE OUT, UM, CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE DEBT ISSUED AND THEN THE DEBT PAID OFF IN FIVE YEARS.
CAN WE HAVE A NUMBER REGARDING HOW MUCH A AVERAGE PRICE HOME IN KYLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE IN DECREASE OF THE BONDS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME? WE CAN, BUT THOSE WILL BE STRICTLY ESTIMATES.
BECAUSE WE'RE PROJECTING, DEPENDING ON WHAT GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS WE USE AS YOU WERE SHARING, IF, IF THE VALUATIONS DIP DOWN OR WE CONTINUE WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE ASSUMING.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE CAN.
BUT IT WILL BE STRICTLY ESTIMATES.
THEY WILL CHANGE JUST LIKE THE REST OF IT.
ANOTHER GOOD CALCULUS TO DO IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH DEBT WE'RE PAYING OFF VERSUS WHAT OUR TOTAL IS TO DIVIDE THE GENERAL FUND DEBT POSITION BY THE PROJECTED PRINCIPLE PAYOFF.
SO IF YOU, IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, IF YOU TAKE 110 MILLION AND DIVIDE IT BY 8.9, IT GIVES YOU 12.35 YEARS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU REPEATED THAT, UH, IT WOULD TAKE, UH, IF YOU ADDED NO NEW DEBT, IT WOULD TAKE 12 YEARS TO PAY A DEBT TO ZERO.
SO THE, THE IDEA OF THE IN JUST IN, IN TERMS OF OUR FISCAL POLICY, WHICH AGAIN PREVENTS AS THE MASTER AT THIS, UH, IT GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA THAT WE ARE, UH, DOING, EVEN THOUGH OUR DEBT IS GOING UP, OUR CASH FLOWS ARE STRONG AND WE ARE PAYING BACK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DEBT EVERY, UH, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
IT'S NOT LIKE A, IT'S IT'S GONNA TAKE 30 YEARS TO PAY IT OFF BASED ON HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANNA SEE.
SO I WANNA SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS WITH THE BALANCE OF THE PAYOFF AND, AND THE NEW DEBT.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY SHOW YOU THAT.
IT, IF YOU TAKE FISCAL YEAR 2028, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS AWAY, 319 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOTAL DEBT POSITION, MINUS A 20 POINT OR DIVIDED BY A 20.6 MILLION PRINCIPLE REDUCTION, THAT'S 15.5 YEARS.
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NO, NOT ANY FUTURE DEBT.THAT CONSIDERS OUR, SO OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND DEBT POSITION THIS YEAR IS 110 MILLION.
IT'S PROJECTED TO BE 319 IN 2028.
BUT OUR, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE STILL PAYING BACK AND WITH OUR FORECAST, WE ARE STILL PAYING BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, ON A 15 YEAR SCALE, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE DEBT IS BEING BORROWED AT A 30 YEAR AMORTIZATION, IT GETS REFINANCED AND REPACKAGED.
AND WE, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL DEBT PAYMENTS ON THE OVERALL DEPOSITION.
BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, SO WE HAVE THAT PROJECTION FOR 2028 JUST INCLUDING THE CURRENT DEBT.
AFTER WE ISSUE ALL THE BONDS, LIKE FOR THE ROAD AND ALL OF THAT, NOT ACCOUNTING FOR ANY NEW RIGHT.
IF WE WERE TO GO FOR A FUTURE, UH, BOND, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT, THAT TOTAL AMOUNT.
BUT ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THE, UH, OUR DEBT CAPACITY HAS CHANGED REALLY DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE FROM 2016 TO 2021, UH, OUR CITY INCREASED ITS TOTAL VALUATION BY ALMOST A, YOU KNOW, ALMOST TWO X AND YET OUR DEBT POSITION REMAINED THE SAME MM-HMM.
SO OUR, OUR OVERALL DEBT CAPACITY, UH, DOUBLED.
I, I THINK, UM, ONE THING I WOULD, WE CAN CERTAINLY PREPARE FOR YOU AND I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IS, IS DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF A ASSESSED VALUATION OR PER CAPITA, BECAUSE THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS GROW, BUT THE POPULATION IS GROWING, THE ASSESSED VALUATION'S ALSO GROWING.
SO THE RELATIVE LEVEL OF INDEBTEDNESS MAY NOT CHANGE AS MUCH AS YOU THINK.
UH, IT'S CERTAINLY GROWING A LOT HERE BECAUSE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS JUST THE SIZE OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
SO IT'S $80 MILLION A YEAR IS PROJECTED BY, UH, 2028, I BELIEVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, WHAT'S THAT NUMBER OVER 20 YEARS? MM-HMM.
SO IF YOU PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BONDS, I KNOW 300 MILLION, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY ANYWAY, YOU SLICE IT.
BUT IF THAT CONTEXT OF THE REVENUE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AS YOU START KIND OF GETTING A BETTER FEEL FOR IT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES A LITTLE SENSE.
IT'S JUST, UH, THE NUMBERS GET BIG, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CONTEXT TO PROVIDE AROUND KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHEN WE ISSUE GENERAL FUND DEBT, WHICH ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PAID WITH PROPERTY TAX, WE DON'T GO BEYOND 20 YEARS.
NOW WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT THAT IS SUPPORTED BY EITHER TS REVENUE OR UTILITY REVENUE, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE WITH THE LIFESPAN ECONOMIC USEFUL LIFE OF 50 PLUS YEARS.
SO THOSE TYPES OF DEBT WE ISSUED 30 YEAR DEBT.
SO, BUT FOR GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE PAID WITHIN 20 YEARS AS WE ISSUE NEW DEBT.
IS THIS NEW, UH, TAX RATE INCREASE HAVE TO BE VOTED BOND BY THE VOTERS? NO, NO.
BE VOTED BY CITY COUNCIL SO THE VOTERS DON'T.
WELL THEY VOTED THE VOTERS SHOT A BOND PACK.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT ANY OF THEM CHANGED TAX RATE THEY HAVE TO, VOTERS HAVE TO AGREE.
THE VOTER, THE VOTERS LOOKED AT THAT WITH THE BOND PACKAGE AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT WAS BEFORE ME, BUT ALL OF THAT, UH, WAS CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO THE, THE POPULATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE TAXES ON THE, THE BONDS? AND SO THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED THAT MM-HMM.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE NO NEW TAX RATE THIS YEAR.
SO I, I THINK, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM NOW.
NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, RIGHT? IS SO WHAT USED TO BE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS NOW CALLED A NEW NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE USED TO BE.
OR WHAT IS THE ROLLBACK TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE VOTER AUTHORIZED TAX RATE, UHHUH
IF IT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, THEN WE MUST GO TO THE VOTERS.
NOT UNDER MY, THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT.
RIGHT? NO, WE WILL ALWAYS BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN.
WE DO THAT BY DECREASING IT RIGHT.
BY SAYING WE'RE GONNA DECREASE IT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S GONE UP AND IT'S GONE UP PAST THAT THRESHOLD.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN GET NEW BONDS FOR RATE WOULD JUST ROLL IT BACK, IS WHAT HE SAYING.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS TWO COMPONENTS.
MNO TAX RATE AND INS I NS IS THE DEBT SERVICE RATE AND MNO IS THE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
ONCE WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE EQUATION, THE ONLY
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PIECE THAT YOU CAN TWEAK IS THE M AND O TAX RATE TO STAY WITHIN THE, UH, VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.THAT, THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR.
SO WHEN THE CITY MANAGER BRINGS THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE COUNCIL, IT WILL HAVE THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS AND YOU WILL SEE VERY CLEARLY MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COUNTY YES.
AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT? YES.
SO ON JULY TWO, THEY'RE STILL DOING THEIR CALCULATION, RIGHT? I DON'T WANNA HEAR THE RESIDENTS TELL ME YOU RAISED MY TAXES.
MS. HOUSE, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO GET ALL THE INGREDIENTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY PROPOSE TO US NEXT MONTH.
EVEN IF WE DON'T RAISE THEM, THEY'RE STILL, THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR TAX RATES.
THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO MOVING ON, I PAY HIM TOO FOR GENERAL FUND.
NOW WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE FIVE YEAR UPDATED FORECAST AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
SO THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
UM, THERE'S LIKE, I WOULD SAY A GOOD THOUSAND LINES THAT WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED INTO 17 LINES FOR YOU.
AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF 'EM, BUT I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU THIS, THIS STRUCTURE OF THIS FORMAT.
SO WE START WITH THE BEGINNING BALANCE.
WE ADD REVENUES, WE ARE SHOWING YOU THAT THE, THE KEY REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAX, SALES, TAX DEVELOPMENT, REVENUES AND OTHER REVENUES.
OTHER REVENUES IN INCLUDE COURT FINES, LIBRARY FEES, RECREATION PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, FINES, AND THEN EXPENDITURES HERE AGAIN AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, UH, ANY FUTURE SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FUNDING OF C I P, ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA CASH FUND AND THEN SHOW YOU THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SHOW YOU THE FIVE YEARS.
THE CLOSEST ONE IS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS YEAR NUMBER ONE.
WE ARE ESTIMATING OR PROJECTING 63 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUES FROM ALL SOURCES FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IF YOU MOVE DOWN TO LINE NUMBER 10, FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE EXPENDITURES, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE AROUND 68.7 MILLION.
AND THEN THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT ON LINE 12 IS 70.5 MILLION.
THAT LEAVES US A FUND BALANCE OR ESTIMATED PROJECTED FUND BALANCE ON LINE 14 OF 22.9 MILLION.
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION.
AND THE CITY IN GENERAL, I KEEP REMINDING BRIAN, THAT IS AN ENVY OF OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, IT'S A VERY, VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION.
SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL HAVE $22.9 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.
LET'S TAKE THAT ONE STEP FURTHER.
THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT WE SHALL MAINTAIN NOT LESS THAN 25% OF OUR TOTAL REQUIREMENTS IN RESERVE.
MEANING IN THE FUND BALANCE, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO CALCULATE WHAT 2020 5% WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE 17.6 MILLION.
ON LINE 1520 5% OF OUR TOTAL REQUIREMENTS IS 17.6 MILLION.
AND SINCE WE ARE PROJECTING OUR FUND BALANCE TO BE 22.9 MILLION, WE HAVE OVER AND ABOVE THE POLICY REQUIREMENT BY 5.2 MILLION FOR THAT YEAR.
WE'RE BASICALLY EX EXCEEDING THE CITY CHARTER REQUIREMENT.
BY HAVING THAT FUND BALANCE AT THAT LEVEL, IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO 30% RATHER THAN 25%.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU GO ACROSS THE FUND BALANCE LINE, WHICH IS ON LINE 15, ALL FIVE OF THE FISCAL YEARS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING HERE, THEY ALL HAVE SURPLUS FUND
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BALANCES OVER AND ABOVE THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS OF 25%.THIS IS A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL PICTURE FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
OH, DID YOU HAVE THAT? I'M SORRY.
THIS MONEY DOESN'T SIT IN A BANK ACCOUNT.
CORRECT? IS IT INVESTED? IS IT ON LIKE EARNING SOME SORT OF INTEREST? HOW DO, HOW DO WE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? THAT CASH? OKAY.
WE INVEST IN DAILY FUNDS, WE INVEST IN MID MATURITY FUNDS, AND WE ALSO INVEST IN SOME LONG-TERM FUNDS.
BUT MOST OF OUR MONEY IS IN, UH, INVESTMENT POOLS.
YOU WILL SEE EACH YEAR I BRING FORWARD THE INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT AND APPROVE.
GOVERNMENTS ARE RESTRICTED IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN INVEST IN.
WE CAN'T GO TO VEGAS, SO WE CAN'T TAKE HIGH RISK INVESTMENTS.
SO THESE ARE LOW RISK INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE RESTRICTED TO CDS, AGENCY BONDS.
HOW MUCH TESLA STOCK DO WE HAVE? I KNOW THAT'S, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THE MONEY ANYWAY? OKAY, THANK YOU RED.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, FOR LINE 10, YOU HAVE T'S INCREMENT TAX REVENUES.
UM, IS THAT WHAT YOU, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN? OKAY.
SO LINE 11 IS 10, SO MAKE SURE YOU OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
LINE 11 IS THE TRANSFER OUT FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE TS FUNDS.
REMEMBER WE HAVE SEPARATE FUNDS, RIGHT? SO WHEN THE TAX PROPERTY TAX IS COLLECTED, IT'S ALL COLLECTED FOR THE M AND O PORTION OF IT IN THE GENERAL FUND, INCLUDING FOR T AND THEN FOR EACH TS WE HAVE TO SEND IT BACK, TRANSFER TO THE INDIVIDUAL TS FUNDS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON LINE 11 IS THE MNO PORTION OF TS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND PERHAPS FIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN FIVE WILL BE CREATED, BUT WE MAY HAVE FIVE ALSO INCLUDED.
IT WHATEVER TS GENERATES IN MNO TAX REVENUES, SINCE THEY'RE ALL COLLECTED IN ONE AREA, WHICH IS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, NOW WE HAVE TO SEND IT BACK OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL TS TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM SEPARATELY.
SO IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE COLLECT FORTER NUMBER ONE, 50,000, THESE ARE JUST ROUND NUMBERS, $50,000, EXACT SAME $50,000 WILL GO OUT EACH YEAR.
SO WHERE DO WE SEE THE EXPENDITURES FOR, FOR T EXAMPLE, FOR LIKE T TWO, WE WILL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.
SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE UNDER THESE NO EXPENDITURES.
IT'LL NOT BE, SO REMEMBER WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE FUND STRUCTURE.
EACH FUND IS SEPARATE, SO WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR IT SEPARATELY SO IT'S NOT CO-MINGLED.
SO FOR EACH TS YOU WILL SEE THE REVENUE COMING IN AND THE EXPENDITURES FOR THAT TS IN THAT YEAR AND THE FUND BALANCE FOR EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.
BUT WE SHOULD SEE THAT ON THIS FORECAST AS WELL, RIGHT? YES.
SO WHEN WE GO TO THE ALL FUND SUMMARY, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK IN A MINUTE.
WELL, I, I THINK I WANT TO MAKE SURE I I ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
SO THE MONEY COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S TRANSFERRED OUT AS IT SHOWS UP THEN AS A REVENUE TO THE TURS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL THE EXPENDITURES THERE.
SO THIS IS JUST AN IN AND OUT FOR THE GENERAL FUNDS YOU'RE SEEING ON BOTH THE REVENUES AND THEN WE THAT THAT REVENUE IS TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE OTHER FUND.
OKAY? SO WHEN WE SPENT AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT IN, SAY SAY, UH, 1.8 MILLION IS BROUGHT IN TO, TO AURS, BUT THEN 5 MILLION WAS SPENT OUT, WHERE DO I SEE THAT EXPENDITURE ON THIS FIVE-YEAR BUDGET FORECAST? YOU WON'T SEE IT ON THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE IT ON THET, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE IT.
BUT THE MONEY COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? IT'S DEPOSITED INTO THET AS A REVENUE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL THE EXPENSES THERE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO EXPENSES RELATED TO THET INTO THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THEN THIS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY.
SO WHEN YOU AS A HOMEOWNER, YOU PAY YOUR TAX BILL OR YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY PAYS YOUR TAX BILL, THAT MONEY GOES TO THE HAYES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, HAYES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR WILL COLLECT ALL HOMEOWNERS MONEY, PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN HAYES COUNTY.
THEN THEY WILL SEND IT OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS.
SO WE ARE ONE OF THE JURISDICTIONS, RIGHT? SO HEY, UH, CITY OF
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KYLE GETS THIS PORTION OF PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED WITHIN CITY OF KYLE.SOME OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS ARE WITHIN T RIGHT? SO THEIR MONEY ALSO GETS DEPOSITED IN ONE BANK ACCOUNT, IN ONE TRANSFER FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR.
THEN IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE THREE OF US HERE, CONNIE, ANDY AND I, UH, WE ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN BY GENERAL FUND AND THE INDIVIDUAL TSUS, WHAT MONEY BELONGS TO EACH TS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LINE 11 IS THAT ALLOCATION THAT STAFF IS NOW DOING FROM TAKING THAT LUMP SUM MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR TO ALLOCATE BETWEEN THE TSUS.
OKAY? SO LET'S TAKE OUT LINE 11, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
NOW, SO WHEN THE GENERAL FUND PAYS INTO THESE TS, WHERE IS THAT ON THIS, THAT GENERAL FUND FORECAST? IT WON'T BE IN GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GENERAL FUND ACTIVITY.
SO I THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AS AN EXAMPLE, HERE'S MEMORIAL PARK AND LAVERDE, RIGHT? SO YES, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE THERE WHERE WE CONSTRUCTED HEROES MEMORIAL PARK, THAT WAS A GENERAL FUND PROJECT, GENERAL FUND PAID, BUT IT'S BEING REIMBURSED THROUGH THE TS.
SO THE C I P THERE WAS GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE.
IS THAT CORRECT, PEREZ? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THAT HEROES, MEMORIAL PARK AND ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT 8 MILLION, $10 MILLION, WHATEVER THE NUMBER ENDED UP BEING 17, THAT UH, WELL FOR HEROES AND LAVERDE, 17 MILLION, THOSE ARE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
AND THE, THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE TS DOESN'T SHOW NEGATIVE 17.
BUT NOW THERE'S WHERE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR IS A REIMBURSEMENT PLAN.
SO THE CASH FLOWS THAT ARE BEING DEPOSITED INTO TA NUMBER TWO FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE COUNTY, A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AS A REVENUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK YOU IN A WAY THAT'S SIMPLIFIED, FOR EXAMPLE, HEBS AND A TERS, IT DID NOT START, UM, PAYING FOR ITSELF UNTIL THIS YEAR, RIGHT? MAYBE LAST YEAR.
SO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, GENERAL FUND MONEY WAS BEING SPENT ON THAT.
WHERE IS THAT EXPENDITURE? WHERE WOULD THAT BE ON THE SHEET? OKAY, SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO TURS NUMBER ONE.
I'M REFERRING TO ANY TS THAT WE HAVE ANYWHERE THAT THAT TAKES GENERAL FUND MONEY AND, AND GET SPENT.
LIKE I DON'T WANNA SEE THE PAYBACK, I WANNA SEE THE PAYOUT.
SO THEN WE CAN JUSTIFY THE PAYBACK, RIGHT? SO WHERE, SHOW ME WHERE IT'S BEING PAID OUT AND WHAT LINE IT'S ON.
LINE 11 IS THE PAYOUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND WHAT IT COLLECTED FOR THE TS TO THE TS.
SO, OH, OKAY THEN, BUT WHEN WE SPEND MORE ON IT, WHERE IS THAT MONEY? OKAY, HOLD ON.
THAT MONEY GOES IN AS THE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THAT TCE, RIGHT? THEN WHEN THE TCE STARTS WRITING CHECKS, WHETHER IT'S FOR A ROUNDABOUTS OR BEAUTIFICATION OR MAINTENANCE OF A PARK, IT WILL BE SHOWING UNDER THAT TS YOU WILL SEE THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THAT TS AS IN A SEPARATE FUND.
SO WE DON'T CO-MINGLE WITH GENERAL FUND IN THE PAST.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS GENERAL FUND HAD TO MAKE TRANSFERS TO COVER THE DEBT SERVICE OF TS NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH REVENUE GENERATED TO COVER THE DEBT SERVICE.
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I MEAN, THAT HAS TURNED AROUND.
SO YOU WON'T SEE ANY TRANSFERS OUT TO EXTRA TRANSFERS OUT TO ANY T.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TRANSFER IN LINE ITEM TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR, FOR THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR FOR THE, THAT IS GENERATING REVENUE TO OFFSET THE INITIAL.
BECAUSE WHICH ONE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS, OKAY, SO GENERATING REVENUE, RIGHT? LET, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT QUESTION.
YOU REMEMBER I TOOK ALMOST 1200, 1500 LINES AND CONSOLIDATED INTO 14 LINES.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE DETAIL.
IT'S ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS SUMMARY.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TER, I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD, UM, CALCULATION TO SEE THAT THE TS REALLY ARE GENERATING REVENUE, THAT INCREMENT TAX REVENUE THAT IS COMING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT EXHAUSTING DETER
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THIS, UM, WE ARE EXHAUSTING THE WELL GENERAL FUND.WELL, WELL THEY CREATE SOME VALUE.
HEY, MAYBE INSTEAD OF FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, I KNOW CONSOLIDATING NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT MANY LINE ITEMS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UH, GIVEN THAT TS TWO IS GONNA BE MORE ACTIVE IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE ONE LINE ITEM FOR EACH TS TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR? FOR SURE.
IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT, AND THAT IS IN YOUR BACKUP, UH, THE ALL FUND SUMMARY WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY THE REVENUE, THE FUND BALANCE, REVENUE EXPENDITURES, AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR.
TA ONET TWO, TA THREE, TA FOUR I LOT THAT
I RECENTLY, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
WHY DOING THIS? AND WE'LL BRING BACK ON JULY 29TH, WE'LL SHOW YOU FOR EACH TAS THE DETAILS.
WHEN YOU SEE THE TAS FUNDS, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS AN EXPENSE TO THE TAS OR THE TRANSFER THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
BUT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HE'S POINT, WE COULD JUST ADD A LINE HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, TURS CONTRIBUTION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR TOS REPAYMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE IT ON THIS SUMMARY.
YOU'RE SEEING IT ON THE TUR SIDE, BUT YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE, THAT THE TURNERS BORROWED MONEY.
YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT THEY, THEY'RE GONNA PAY IT BACK.
WHERE DOES THIS, DOES THIS SHOW THAT IT WAS TAKEN OUT? IS IT ONLY ON THE FORM THAT WE GIVE TO THE COMPTROLLER THAT SAYS THIS MUCH CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? CUZ I'M NOT SEEING IT ON THIS REPORT.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A BALANCE SHEET ITEM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IS LIKE A LIABILITY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAID.
SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE BALANCE SHEET THAT WOULD BE, BUT IT'S AN EXPENDITURE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
IS THAT ALSO IN THE BACK? NO, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EXP THE EXPENSE WAS MADE TO THE C I P PROJECT FOR THE TS AND THEN IT'S BEING REPAID BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND OVERTIME.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT AS AN EXPENSE TO THE GENERAL FUND HERE BECAUSE IT'S OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
THESE ARE REVENUES NOW COMING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND GOING FORWARD.
SO THEN HOW DOES THE, HOW DOES THE TURS EVEN PAY IT BACK WHEN THERE'S NO DEBT PROVIDED TO IT? IT'S A C C I P.
WELL, IT'S TO THE C I P AND NOT, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE PAST BUDGETS RIGHT.
TO SEE ACTUALLY WHICH YEAR HOW MUCH WAS TRANSFERRED OUT ON BEHALF OF TER NUMBER TWO.
SO LIKE JUST TO, TO, AND IT WILL ALSO SHOW UNDER GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT'S WHAT NEED SAYS UNDER, IT'S GONNA BE UNDER IT WILL ALSO SHOW UNDER GENERAL FUND VERY SPECIFICALLY, WE DID THIS VERY INTENTIONALLY AND CLEARLY TO BE TRANSPARENT IN PAST YEARS, YOU WILL SEE A SPECIFIC LINE THAT SAYS TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND TOTS NUMBER TWO X AMOUNT EACH YEAR.
AND WE CAN GO BACK AND SHOW YOU THAT AND RECONSTRUCT THAT FOR YOU.
CAN WE GET SOMETHING SIMPLY LIKE A SUMMARY THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT HOW IT WAS CREATED, BROUGHT BACK IN, JUST SO WE CAN TAKE THE MYSTERY OUT OF THIS.
BUT, BUT SO THAT THERE'S, THERE'S VERY CLEAR ACCOUNTING AND QUESTION ANSWERS.
YOU ARE DIGGING AT SOMETHING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SO WE'RE KINDA, I I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WORKSHOP, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND OVERVIEW RIGHT? FROM 60,000 SQUARE, UH, FEET.
AND WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR THE, UH, CONVERSATION TO MOVE ON, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK IN THE WEEDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ABOUT TRANSFERS FROM YEARS PAST.
I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT.
WE'LL PUT THAT IN A FUTURE FRIDAY REPORT AND THAT WAY YOU'LL HAVE, HERE'S WHEN IT OCCURRED, WHAT THE TRANSFER WAS, WHAT BUDGET.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST, JUST TO ASK A GENERAL QUESTION.
SO IF WE WERE TO USE FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND ANYTHING THAT IS WITHIN ANY OF THE TTES, IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A REQUEST TO FUND TS YES.
2, 3, 4, UH, CERTAIN EXPENSE AND IT WILL GO UNDER AN EXPENSE AS A C I P, CORRECT? VER VERY CLEARLY LABELED AND COUNSEL WILL REVIEW IT.
COUNSEL WILL MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER THAT SHOULD HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN.
AND AT THAT POINT, COUNSEL CAN ALSO DECIDE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE REPAID BACK TO THE GENERAL OR NOT.
SO JUST A, A SURGICAL DISSECTION OF IT WE, THAT WE COULD LOOK AT LATER.
AND IN AN UNDERSTOOD MANNER, THIS IS WHAT IT'S DONE.
IT'S, IT'S STILL OUR MONEY IS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE JUST CREATING A DIFFERENT WAY TO FINANCE THOSE.
ISN'T THAT ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE, CITY WEBSITE ON THE TER PAGE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT.
I, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION OF, AGAIN, IT'S THE FUND ACCOUNTING MAKES IT A LITTLE, UH, UH, CONFUSING, BUT WE WILL SHOW YOU WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED AND THE TRANSFERS BACK AND IT'S VERY, VERY CLEARLY WE'LL SHOW YOU.
SO THIS WAS THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR GENERAL FUND, LIKE I SAID, VERY STRONG HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION.
SO BASED ON THIS FIVE YEAR FORECAST,
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WE'RE NOW DEVELOPING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.SO WE WILL NOW FOCUS ON NEXT YEAR'S, WHAT THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
UH, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IT'S PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT.
THE CITY MANAGER IS STILL WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO FINALIZE THE REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE 63 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE.
THE TWO, AND I'LL GO HIGHLIGHT THE THREE LARGEST SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AS I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY, GETTING VERY CLOSE TO PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE BLUE SLICE OF THE PIE REPRESENTS PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS ABOUT 29% FOR NEXT YEAR SALES TAX IS LOOKING RIGHT AT IT.
SO THEIR NECK AND NECK, THE TWO LARGEST PIECES.
AND THE THIRD PIECE IS THE DEVELOPMENT FEES, WHICH IS ABOUT 18%.
AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THE GREEN TO YOUR LEFT OF THIS PIE.
THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER, UH, TYPES OF REVENUES, FRANCHISE FEES, COURT FINES, INTEREST INCOME, AND THEN SOLID WASTE.
SOLID WASTE IS A PASS THROUGH BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT WITH TDS TO PROVIDE TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES AND, UH, RECYCLING SERVICES.
SO THAT'S ON THE REVENUE SIDE FOR NEXT YEAR.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT'S AT THIS POINT THE PRE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 70.5 MILLION.
AND HERE AGAIN, THE THE THREE LARGEST REQUIREMENTS ARE ONE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS ABOUT 25%, THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN AND GREEN.
THIS TRANSFER OUT HAS TWO PIECES TO IT.
ONE IS CIP, THE CASH FUNDED CIP PROJECTS, WHICH IS THE BULK OF IT.
AND THEN THE 1.8 MILLION THAT Y'ALL SEE GOING OUT TOTS FOR THEIR M AND O PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY TAX.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, UH, LIBRARY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STREETS PROGRAM IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION, IT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING FOR THE WATER UTILITY FUND.
THIS IS ALSO A, ONE OF THE MAJOR FUNDS OF THE CITY WATER UTILITY FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
IT IS PAID WITH USER FEES AND USER CHARGES.
UH, GENERAL FUND DOES NOT TRANSFER ANY MONEY TO THE WATER UTILITY FUND.
KEY ASSUMPTIONS WE ARE USING FOR THE WATER UTILITY FUND, UH, REVENUE GROWTH IS ABOUT 6% A YEAR.
EXPENDITURES INCREASING ABOUT 5% A YEAR.
COMPENSATION IS THE SAME AS YOU SAW FOR GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE'RE TREATING ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY WORK OR WHICH FUND PAYS FOR THEIR SALARIES.
WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND IS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE GENERAL FUND IS THE OWNER, THE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS OF KYLE, UH, THE OWNERS OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
SO THEY GET A DIVIDEND BACK ON THEIR INVESTMENT.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS IF THIS WATER UTILITY WAS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, THEY WOULD BE PAYING PROPERTY TAX TO THE CITY.
SO THERE IS A TRANSFER FROM THE UTILITY TO THE GENERAL FUND TO TO THE OWNERS OF THAT SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE LAST ASSUMPTION IS FOR DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS WE DON'T GROW.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL DESK SERVICE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT EACH YEAR TO THE BOND HOLDERS.
SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT SAME, SAME FORMAT AS WHAT I SHOWED YOU FOR GENERAL FUND.
THE FIVE YEARS PROJECTED LINES ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE THE REVENUES, THE TYPES OF REVENUES THAT WE BRING IN INTO THE WATER UTILITY, WATER SALES, MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES AND INTEREST.
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IF YOU LOOK AT YEAR NUMBER ONE IS 17.5 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE.IF YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES IN YEAR NUMBER ONE IS 15.9 MILLION.
AND THEN THE TRANSFERS OUT FROM THE WATER UTILITY, THERE ARE SOME TRANSFERS OUT.
SO LET'S GO OVER THOSE REAL QUICK.
$650,000 IS TO THE OWNERS OF THE SYSTEM.
GENERAL FUND, 650,000, $500,000 A YEAR IS TO C I P AND THEN DEBT SERVICE OF ABOUT $400,000.
SO TOTAL EXPENDITURES ON LINE 21 FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT IS 17.5 MILLION.
SO THIS, THIS BUDGET GETS NO MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY NONE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT PAYS THE GENERAL FUND DIVIDEND FEES.
YEAH, BUT MY, MY CONCERN IS THERE'S ONLY $500,000 FOR CIPS.
THERE'S ONLY $500,000 FOR CIPS.
HOW IS THAT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN UHHUH? GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE ALSO HAVE A FUND CALLED WATER IMPACT FEES AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER FUND FOR WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.
SO BULK OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROJECTS ARE FUNDED WITH IMPACT FEES.
CITY MANAGER WILL BE BRINGING FORTH A PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THAT FEE STRUCTURE.
SO EVERY THREE YEARS, THREE TO FIVE YEARS, YOU SHOULD BE UPDATING THE IMPACT FEES.
SO COUNSEL WILL BE SEEING THAT VERY SHORTLY.
THE NEXT UPDATE IS DUE, BUT THAT'S HOW WE PAY IN CASH BULK OF OUR WATER WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS.
AND IS THAT WHY THAT FEE IS SO HIGH RIGHT NOW? ARE WE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP? BECAUSE THAT MAKES ME REALLY NERVOUS.
NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PLUG NUMBER.
THOSE FEES ARE BASED ON ACTUAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
THERE'S A 10 YEAR C I P PLAN FOR IMPACT FEES AND IN THAT 10 YEAR, WHATEVER YOU SPEND, YOU CAN RECOUP FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT YOU AS A BODY COUNSEL, AS A BODY, YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU WANNA COLLECT FROM IMPACT FEES, WHATEVER YOU DON'T COLLECT.
REMEMBER THIS IS SELF-SUPPORTING FUND, IT HAS TO COME FROM RATES.
SO EITHER RATES GO UP OR IMPACT FEES GETS ADJUSTED.
SO THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TOO IS THERE'S ALSO DEBT THAT'S A COMPONENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER.
SO AS WE LOOK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WASTEWATER MOMENT, THE, UM, PLANT EXPANSION THAT WE NEED TO DO, THAT'LL BE DEBT FINANCE.
SO YOU HAVE CASH IMPACT FEES AND DEBT THAT ARE PROVIDING THE C I P FOR, FOR THESE FUNDS.
SO WHEN THERE ARE LARGE INVESTMENTS LIKE PLANT EXPANSION, IMPACT FEES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THOSE.
CUZ IT HAS TO HAPPEN WITHIN A THREE TO FOUR YEAR WINDOW.
AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CASH TO FUND THOSE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE TRASH FEE THAT RESIDENTS PAY? IS THIS INCORPORATED IN OUR WASTEWATER FEE? I KNOW THEY GET A BILL AND ONE OF THEIR COMPLAINTS IS PICKING UP TRASH IS GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE, UM, EVERY MONTH.
SO, OKAY, SO HOW IS, HOW DO WE GET THAT DOWN? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S A CONTRACT THROUGH TBS.
IT'S A 10 YEAR CONTRACT THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO WITH TBS.
CAN WE JUST RENEW THAT LAST AND THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN IN COST STRUCTURE FOR TDS EACH YEAR.
I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR IS MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TRASH FEE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS AGREED TO.
WELL, YOU CERTAINLY COULD GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT RENEGOTIATING THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CAPITAL COSTS RELATED TO THAT WITH ALL THE TRUCKS AND THE EQUIPMENT SURE.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE QUICKLY.
BUT REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT YOU ADDRESS THAT IS THE NUMBER OF PICKUPS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, WHAT KIND OF WASTE STREAMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PICK UP.
IT'S A, IT'S A MORE COMPLICATED ANSWER.
BUT, UM, SO CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE OVERSIGHT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IS A SEPARATE FUND, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE.
AND, AND PROFESS WE'LL COVER THAT TO SHOW YOU THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT.
IT'S NOT REFLECTED BY YOUR WATER BILL.
WHEN YOU SEE, WAS THERE ANY CONNECTION WITH THESE THINGS WITH WASTEWATER AND TRASH? NO, NOT AT ALL.
SO THE ONLY CONNECTION IS THAT WHEN A CUSTOMER CITY'S UTILITY CUSTOMER GETS THEIR BILL, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS ON THAT BILL.
WATER, WASTEWATER, TRASH AND DRAINAGE FEE.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE STANDALONE INDEPENDENT FUNCTION AND ACTIVITIES.
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TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ASK ABOUT THE TRASH FEE IS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE, IT'S A PASS THROUGH IN AND OUT.OKAY? AND WE'VE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS WHEN WE, THE CITY WAS NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING THE CONTRACT.
WE'VE HAD MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND EACH YEAR WE BRING THE TRASH RATES FOR COUNCIL TO, TO REVIEW.
AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THOSE RATES IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES TOO.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE SERVICE IS, HOW MANY PICKUPS, AND THEN WHAT THE RATE IS VERSUS THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE MIX.
SO BASED ON THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST OF THE WATER, YOUR UTILITY FUND, WHICH HERE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S VERY STRONG, UH, FINANCIAL POSITION, THE 25% REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT EACH YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
AND THEN BASED ON THIS REVENUE OR FUNDING AVAILABILITY, WHAT DOES THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOKS LIKE? SO WE'LL SHOW YOU PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET FOR WATER, YOU UTILITY FOR NEXT YEAR.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, IT'S $17.5 MILLION.
96% OF THE REVENUE IS WATER SALES OR WATER SERVICE REVENUES.
UM, ABOUT 4% IS OTHER FEES AND CHARGES.
AND MISCELLANEOUS, IT SHOWS UP ZERO HERE IS BECAUSE OF ROUNDING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IS 0.285%.
SO THAT'S THE REVENUE PIECE OF IT.
NO TRANSFERS IN FROM GENERAL FUND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE USER FEES ONLY ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, 17.5 MILLION.
THE THREE LARGE SLICES OF PIE HERE ARE ON YOUR LEFT, THE GREEN, WHICH IS 51% FOR WATER SUPPLY.
THIS IS THE CITY'S POTABLE WATER CHARGES THAT WE PAY TO THE WATER PROVIDERS THAT ARE IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
G B R A, UH, ALLIANCE REGIONAL, EDWARDS AQUIFER, BARTON SPRINGS, EDWARDS AND SAN MARCOS.
IS THAT GONNA GO UP WHEN WE ARE WITH ARWA? ARWA IS GONNA GO UP SLIGHTLY AS THE DEBT DEBT SERVICE INCREASES ON THOSE DEBT THAT WE HAVE ISSUED.
THAT THEY HAVE ISSUED ON OUR BEHALF.
UH, THOSE WILL GO UP AND GBR A'S COSTS WE'RE RATING ON THE FINAL, UH, RATES THAT THEIR BOARD SETS.
UH, IT MAY STAY THE SAME OR IT MAY GO SLIGHTLY UP.
DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET OUR WHAT IN FROM G B R A? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, NO, NO, NO.
CAN I JUST QUICKLY ASK, WHAT IS WATER SUPPLY? I MEAN, IT'S $9 MILLION, SO JUST CAN I GET CLARIFICATION? UH, 12.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE WATER THAT WE BUY TO DISTRIBUTE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRINGING THAT WATER TO KYLE IS THAT TOTAL WATER SUPPLY COST.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE, ON THE PIPE GRAPH.
THAT'S ABOUT 51% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES THAT THE WATER UTILITY SPENDS EACH YEAR.
THE NEXT UH, BIG SLICE IS THE MUSTARD YELLOW, UH, 21% FOR WATER OPERATIONS.
THIS IS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW AND ASSOCIATED COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FROM PUMP STATIONS TO FIRE HYDRANTS TO WATER LINES.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL EMBEDDED IN THIS COST CENTER.
AND THE THIRD, UH, NEXT BIG SLICE IS 8% FOR UTILITY BILLING.
THIS, THESE, THIS IS THE GROUP OR COST CENTER THAT READS THE WATER METERS, PREPARES THE WATER BILLS, SENDS THE WATER BILLS, COLLECTS MONIES, AND PROVIDES CUSTOMER SERVICES AT THE WINDOW AND ONLINE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER PIECES YOU CAN SEE HERE, ENGINEERING, UH, DEBT SERVICE, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER, AND ADMINISTRATION.
NOW WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON WASTEWATER REAL QUICK.
WE'LL GO OVER THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS REAL QUICK.
GROWTH, WE'RE ASSUMING THE SAME AS THE WATER SYSTEM,
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ABOUT 6% A YEAR.O AND M EXPENDITURES, WE'RE ASSUMING WILL INCREASE, HAS INCREASED BY 5% EACH YEAR.
COMPENSATION IS THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE CITY.
HERE AGAIN, WASTEWATER UTILITY TRANSFERS $650,000 AS A DIVIDEND TO THE OWNERS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE TAXPAYERS OF KYLE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
OR ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
HAD THIS BEEN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, IT WOULD'VE PAID CITY OF COLLEGE TAX.
AND THEN DEATH SERVICE IS ACTUAL WHATEVER THE TAX, UH, DEATH SERVICE BILL IS.
SO THIS CHART IS A LITTLE HARD TO READ, BUT I'LL READ YOU THE NUMBERS FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE REAL QUICK HERE.
AGAIN, THE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE FROM WASTEWATER SERVICE REVENUES, INTEREST INCOME, ABOUT 11.1 MILLION.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE AS PROJECTED AS ABOUT 8.7.
AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD THE TRANSFERS, TRANSFERS OUT TO GER FUND, C I P DEBT SERVICE, THE TOTAL REQUIREMENTS IS NINE POINT, UH, 9.9 MILLION FOR YEAR NUMBER ONE.
HERE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT LINE NUMBER 20, SORRY, 26, VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION IS PROJECTED FOR THE CITY'S WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEM.
IT EXCEEDS THE 25% REQUIREMENT EACH YEAR IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
SO BASED ON THIS FINANCIAL FORECAST, WHAT DOES THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR LOOKS LIKE? SO WE HAVE PEREZ, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? SURE.
SO WHEN I SEE ITEM, UM, WHEN I SEE LINE ITEM 26, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO REMAIN IN ON THE WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND.
SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY THAT IS RELATED TO THE WASTEWATER, COULD IT COME OUT OF THAT FUND? YES.
AND EVEN IF WE HAVE TO DIP, DIP BELOW BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY BELOW THE 25%, WE CAN BUILD IT BACK IN, IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
SO IN THAT 25% FOR NEXT YEAR, THE FORECAST IS AT 2.42 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE IS 9 MILLION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AS WELL.
SO THE REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR IS ESTIMATED FOR THE WASTEWATER FUND AT $11.1 MILLION.
98% OF THAT IS FROM WA WASTEWATER SERVICE REVENUES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT IN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, THE TOP THREE REQUIREMENT, LARGEST REQUIREMENTS OF THE UTILITY SYSTEM, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR NE UH, NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 9.9 MILLION, BUT WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THE LARGEST PIECE HERE WOULD BE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE PAYING OUR CREWS, THEIR SALARIES, THEIR FUEL FOR THEIR TRUCKS, THEIR, UH, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UH, AND FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IN OUR CITY.
THE NEXT BIGGEST SLICE IS DEATH SERVICE, 1.7 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT 17%.
AND THE THIRD PIECE IS THE MUSTARD, UH, YELLOW WASTEWATER OPERATIONS 15%.
THE GREEN ON TOP, THAT WAS 28% IS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS.
WE OPERATE OUR OWN TREATMENT PLANT, SO THAT'S WHERE THE SALARIES AND CHEMICALS AND POWER COSTS ARE INCLUDED.
SO THE FOURTH MAJOR FUND OPERATING FUND THAT THE CITY HAS IS THE STORM, STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THAT SAME THING.
WE'LL START WITH THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS HERE REAL QUICK.
UH, THEY'RE PRETTY IDENTICAL TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM GROWTH AT 6% A YEAR.
EXPENDITURES INCREASING AT 5% COMP, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AT SIX AND THEN TAPERS OFF TO FIVE.
THERE'S NO TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND FROM THE STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY
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FUND.SO THE ONLY TRANSFERS ARE FROM WATER TO GENERAL FUND AND WASTEWATER TO GENERAL FUND.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH STORM DRAINAGE YET.
SO THERE'S NO, UH, DEBT SERVICE.
SO WHAT DOES THE FORECAST LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BASED ON THE REVENUES THAT WE BRING IN? SAME FORMAT AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE FOR THE OTHER SYSTEMS, TOTAL REVENUE AND YOUR NUMBER ONE IS $1.9 MILLION.
THE SOURCE OF REVENUE IS FROM DRAINAGE FEES.
IF YOU LOOK AT LINE ONE AND TWO, IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
RESIDENTIAL IS ABOUT 808 $900,000.
COMMERCIAL IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE FEES.
REVENUE REQUIREMENTS ARE EXPENDITURES IS 1.7 MILLION ONLINE 12, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TRANSFERS OUT.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR FOR C I P PROJECTS.
AND THEN $400,000 FOR A, UM, IT'S ALSO A C I P, SO ABOUT $500,000 IN C I P TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 2.2 MILLION.
THIS LEAVES YOU A FUND BALANCE OF 648,000.
HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE EXCEEDED IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR MORE THAN THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS.
SO BASED ON THIS FINANCIAL FORECAST, STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY, HOW DOES THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOK LIKE? SO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AT THIS POINT, REVENUE IS ABOUT NINE 1.9 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED IS THE DRAINAGE FEES FROM COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, SLIGHTLY OVER A MILLION OR 53%.
UH, AND THE BLUE IS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE PAYING DRAINAGE FEES, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 47% ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UH, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IS RED, ABOUT 47%.
THESE ARE THE CREWS AND THEIR SUPPORT COSTS IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT WORK.
BLUE IS THE ADMINISTRATION 30% AND YELLOW IS C I P TRANSFERS FOR STORM DRAINAGE.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR MAJOR FUNDS.
NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE, WHAT DOES THE PRELIMINARY FIVE YEAR C I P PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH 28.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON.
THE CITY MANAGER IS STILL WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS AND CITY ENGINEER TO REFINE THESE NUMBERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, WE HAVE ABOUT 132 PROJECTS IN THE FIVE YEAR SPENDING PLAN.
IT TOTALS 680 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF THAT.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE 4 470 2 MILLION OR 69% FUNDED.
AND THE LAST LINE, 209 MILLION OR 31%.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING, WHICH MAY INCLUDE FUTURE BONDS, UH, FOR THE TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION, UH, AS ONE BIG EXAMPLE OF THE UNFUNDED PORTION.
SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE FIVE YEAR SPENDING PLAN THAT ADDS UP TO 680 MILLION.
THESE ARE PROJECTIONS ESTIMATES.
IT'S A BUDGETING TOOL FOR US STAFF AND COUNCILS TO SEE THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT THE STAFF WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
AND THIS ALSO SHOWS YOU AT THE BOTTOM WHAT EACH YEAR THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE IS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO NEXT YEAR FOR EXAMPLE, WE BELIEVE IF WE WERE TO WORK ON ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS AS PLANNED, IT WILL COME TO ABOUT 176 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
THIS SLIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I WENT OVER WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL DURING THE INVI, UH, VISIONING SESSION.
UH, BUT WE HAVE UPDATED IT SINCE THEN.
SO BY FUNDING SOURCE, WHAT DOES THAT PICTURE LOOK
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LIKE FOR GENERAL FUND OF THAT 680 MILLION GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 73.5 MILLION.PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND IS 6.1 MILLION.
WATER UTILITIES IS TWO AND A HALF WATER IMPACT FEE.
THIS, THIS GOES BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE.
YOUR QUESTION, HOW DO WE FUND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS? IF YOU LOOK AT LINE FOUR, WATER IMPACT FEE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS GONNA BE FUNDING ABOUT 43 MILLION IN, IN UH, PROJECTS.
AND THEN WASTEWATER WITH RATE REVENUES ABOUT 2.7 FROM THE IMPACT FEE FUND, ANOTHER 45 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER TYPE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, STORM DRAINAGE, UTILITY FUND TWO AND A HALF MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
STREET REHABIL REHABILITATION FUND.
THE SOURCE OF THIS MONEY IS THE ALM OR, UH, ADJACENT LANE MILE FEE OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS ABOUT 7 MILLION TRANSPORTATION FUND.
AND CAMPO, IF WE RECEIVE THOSE FINAL FUNDS FROM THEM, IS ABOUT 9.2 MILLION.
OUR PARK GRANT FUND IS 12 MILLION IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
WE'RE GONNA USE THIS MONEY TO SPEND ON THE WATER TANKS THAT LEON IS DESIGNING AND WILL BUILD ON 1626 TO, TO RECEIVE THE ALLIANCE WATER LINE 11.
TDOT CITY HAS APPLIED FOR THE COUNCIL APPROVED THREE SEPARATE FUNDS, UH, GRANTS REQUESTS TO TDOT IF THEY FUND, THAT WILL TOTAL ABOUT 43.5 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
WE, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE LEFTOVER MONEY IN 2008 G BOND THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO SPEND, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION IN ROUND NUMBERS 2020 GEO BOND, 9 MILLION NEXT YEAR, 2022 GEO BOND.
THIS IS ALL ROAD BOND PROGRAM, 278 OR 279 MILLION.
LINE 15 IS THE NEXT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION THAT WE ARE PROJECTING IS GONNA COST THE CITY APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE'RE SHOWING THIS AS A FUTURE CO BOND THAT THE CITY WILL ISSUE.
SO THE LAST LINE IS THE SUM OF ALL THOSE FIVE YEARS, 680 MILLION.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT COLUMN IS NEXT YEAR, 176.
SO THOSE BONDS AREN'T EVEN IN THE OTHER BONDS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
THAT'S ALSO, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
I'M JUST CUZ THAT'LL AFFECT TAX RATES AS WELL.
SO THEY COULD, IT SHOULD HAVE THE BONDS THAT WE SHOWED WERE GEO OR GENERAL FUND BONDS.
WHEN WE WENT OVER THE WASTEWATER PROJECTIONS AND WASTEWATER PROPOSED BUDGET, THE ESTIMATED DEBT SERVICE OR WHAT WE THINK WE WILL ISSUE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEAR WINDOW ARE INCLUDED AS FUTURE DEBT SERVICE IN, IN THE FORECAST.
AND THAT DEBT'S PAID FOR BY THE FEES OUT OF THE WATER WASTEWATER.
IT WON'T, IT WON'T BE ANY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS JULY 18TH, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ENGINEER WILL BE BRINGING FORTH A AGENDA ITEM FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WORK FOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT EXPANSION.
SO HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S IN THE FIVE YEAR C I P DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 10.5 MILLION IN CASH IN THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
NUMBER TWO COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITY PROJECT.
THIS IS THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO US BY COUNCIL TO CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK WITH A PLAN.
SO WE HAVE PUT IN SOME SEED MONEY, ABOUT 1.3 MILLION IN CASE CITY MANAGER NEEDS MONEY FOR CONSULTING SERVICES, FOR SURVEY WORK, FOR CONCEPTUAL PLANS, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, WHAT HAVE YOU TO PREPARE FOR THAT PLAN TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR WITH OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
SO WE FUNDED ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
THIS IS FROM COTA RANCH, ROUNDABOUT TO BB ROAD, 1.1 MILLION.
THAT CITY MANAGER AND HARPER, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WENT OVER NUMBER FOUR, HEIDEN RIKE.
THIS SHOULD BE LANE UH, RECONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS FROM FM ONE 50 TO HAYES COUNTY BRIDGE, 1.2 MILLION.
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NUMBER FIVE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM.IF YOU RECALL, CITY MANAGER SAID THAT WE INCREASED THE FUNDING FROM 750,000 TO A MILLION A YEAR.
THAT'S 5 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
STREET MICRO SURFACING PROGRAM IS ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DAISY LANE ILLUMINATION PROJECT.
MAYOR PROAM, THIS WAS OF INTEREST TO YOU.
THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT IT IS FUNDED, FULLY FUNDED.
WE HAVE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW TRAFFIC CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
KOHLER'S CROSSING REHAB, THIS IS FROM FM 27 70 TO I 35 FRONTAGE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION SET ASIDE IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW THAT LEON IS GONNA BRING FORTH A PLAN BEFORE COUNSEL COUNCIL.
SO THE ELIMINATION PROJECT WOULD BE FOR THE BRIDGE, UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE BRIDGE ON DAISY.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WE, THAT AS FAR AS WHAT WE KNOW OR IS IT JUST SO IT'S A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN HAYES COUNTY YES.
BUT SPECIFICALLY, I'LL LET LEON ANSWER WHAT'S INCLUDED.
WANTED TO SEE WHERE IT'S AT CUZ CUZ RIGHT NOW THE, THE LIGHTS ARE, ARE UP ON THE DACI GOING TOWARDS CHAPPA.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, IS THAT PART OF THAT PROJECT OR IS IT GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL FOR DACI LANE ALL THE WAY UP TO SEAT MAYOR PRO TIM, JUST FOR THAT, UH, DAISY LANE PROJECT THAT WE, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, COUNTY ON.
I WENT BY THE PROJECT YESTERDAY AND VISITED WITH THE, UH, UH, STAFF FROM HAYES COUNTY.
THEY JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE GAPS TO FILL IN ON THE SHARED USE PATH.
AND, UH, MOST OF THE LIGHTS ARE UP.
AND ACTUALLY THEY WERE LIT UP.
BUT THEY STILL HAVE A FEW MORE LIGHTS TO PUT UP.
THEY STILL HAVE TO WRAP UP THE SHARED USE PATH.
AND, AND ACCORDING TO, UH, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO WRAP THAT UP, WRAP THAT UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.
WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THAT PROJECT.
ARE WE BUDGETING THIS YEAR? UH, NO.
WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE POSSIBLE TEMPORARY ILLUMINATION FOR COLLARS CROSSING.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THAT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE COST FOR IT YET.
AND SO, UM, IT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE SPECIFICALLY CUZ I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED MONDAY WITH, UH, INTERNALLY TO DISCUSS WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE, UH, ASKED TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL FOR THAT PROJECT.
THEY GAVE US A PROPOSAL FOR THE WHOLE THING, COMPLETE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FROM BEGINNING TO THE END.
AND WE ACTUALLY JUST NEED A 30% TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IT, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST US AND HOW MUCH, UH, WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING CAN WE PROVIDE THERE.
SO, UH, WE, WE HAVE, UH, ENGAGED A CONSULTANT FIRM TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AND, AND JUST TO LET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW, ON THE ONE 50 SIDE, WE'VE GOTTEN A QUOTE FROM, UM, PC'S CONTRACTOR, UHHUH
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP THAT UP SO WE CAN GET SOMETHING BACK TO YOU ON THAT ALSO.
IS THAT 10, 10 MILLION FOR UH, I'M SORRY, 10 AND HALF MILLION FOR THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WAS THAT ALSO, WAS THAT THE MONEY FROM 1 0 4 SOUTH BURLESON? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'VE REED CAUSE NO NEW MONEY WOULD BE GOING IN THERE.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU, UM, THERE'S INFORMA LINE 12 IS, UH, THE FIRE STATION PROPERTY ACQUISITION RENOVATION.
SO THAT, AND THE 10.5 ARE REALLY DOWNTOWN PROJECTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF THERE.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED ON THAT ON PAGE, I THINK IT'S ON SLIDE 65.
DID WE GET AN UPDATE FROM THAT? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING.
UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SO AS WE COME BACK FOR DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE MORE SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS.
THE POINT I WAS MAKING IS YOU HAVE, UH, SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN THAT YOU COULD USE IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS.
BUT THAT'S A LINE ITEM THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, UH, BASED ON A PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WE HAD.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED ON.
IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE STATION ACQUISITION THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
DO WE HAVE A LINE ITEM IN HERE IN THE FIVE YEAR C I P MAYBE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN ADD AS, AS WE SEE NEXT YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED? SO THIS IS A, THIS IS JUST THAT A PLAN.
IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE AS THINGS COME UP MM-HMM.
SOMETHING MOVES BACK BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SLOW IN ACQUISITIONS, RIGHT AWAY.
ACQUISITIONS OR, OR, UH, OTHER FACTORS.
WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR JUST LIKE A MIS MISCELLANEOUS, SO THERE'S LACK, THERE'S A LACK OF, UM, WASTEWATER OR, UM, LIFT STATIONS WHEREVER IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS IN ORDER TO SPEED UP SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF THIS IS THE TIME TO HAVE A LINE ITEM SET ASIDE FOR WHERE WE SEE, MAYBE WE
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CAN, UM, CREATE A PROJECT TO, TO SPEED UP SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME DEVELOPMENTS.WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT HARPER WILL ADD ON TO THE BUDGET IF IT WERE TO BE NECESSARY? YEAH, AND I, I THINK IT COULD.
AND, AND I WELL CAUSE IF WE'RE ALREADY TARGETING PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN CIPS, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A RESERVE AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN TARGET, UM, SPECIAL AREAS THAT NEED MAYBE, UM, CONNECTIONS TO WASTEWATER.
HOW DO WE GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT? YEAH.
I I THINK THAT'S THE POINT I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE EAST SIDE SPECIFICALLY IS FOR RETAIL AREAS AND THE GROCERY STORES THAT I KNOW WE'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS ON, I DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS YET.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AND BRINGING BACK TO YOU AND NOT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
CUZ THIS IS OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
CAN WE AMEND THIS? CAN WE ADD, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING ASIDE WHERE IT SAYS MAYBE A 5 MILLION SET ASIDE? YES.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE FIVE YEARS, IF WE FIND THAT, HEY, MAYBE IT'D BE BENEFICIAL, I HAVE WASTEWATER HOOKUPS HERE.
WELL, I'M THINKING, I'M SORRY.
I'M THINKING IF WE WERE TO HAVE A PLAN RIGHT, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN, WE SHOULDN'T BE.
I MEAN THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND.
IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO DIG, DIP INTO SOMETHING JUST TO PUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE, IT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS JUST LIKE, PUT MONEY IN POCKETS AND THEN IDEALLY WE WANNA HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT.
I, SO JUST TO ADDRESS THE COUPLE OF OTHER COMMENTS, YES.
I WANT TO HAVE A PLAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MM-HMM.
I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT A PLAN, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, RIGHT? YES SIR.
AND I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO WITH THE PLAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER.
AND SO REALLY IT WOULD BE JUST PURELY SPECULATIVE TO THROW OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.
CUZ I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
I WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU.
AND THIS PLAN CAN BE AMENDED, UH, FOR FUTURE YEARS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN IT.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE WASTEWATER FUND AND THE WATER FUND, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RESERVES THAT ARE THERE THAT IF YOU WANTED TO PROGRAM THOSE AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO HAVE MORE CASH FUND THAT, OR IF YOU WANTED TO ISSUE DEBT TO BUILD THOSE WATER AND WASTEWATER LINES, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT.
I JUST SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW.
I COULD, WE COULD PLACE HOLD SOMETHING, BUT IT WOULD BE A PURE GUESS OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
AND UM, I'D RATHER HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER AND SPECIFIC PLAN THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH MM-HMM.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
CUZ I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE MEETING WHERE WELL, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, RIGHT? SO THEN THERE YOU GO.
AND WE HAVE 25 MILLION BUDGETED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA EVEN GET, SO MY, I MY FRUSTRATION IS WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE TELL ME ALL THE TIME, I'M ANTI RETELL.
I DON'T WANT RE RETAIL ON THE EAST SIDE.
I VOTED AGAINST IT WHEN IT'S REALLY JUST THE HOUSING THAT I'M VOTING AGAINST.
AND I'VE ADVOCATED FOR RETAIL TO BE IN THAT AREA FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST THE VISION WORKSHOP THAT I REALIZED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF RETAIL.
SO AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON HOW DO WE GET THAT NOT JUST THE EAST SIDE, BUT ANY SIDE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE CAN BRING THAT RETAIL.
HOW DO WE BRING THAT TO ZERO SO WE CAN START TO BRING THOSE KIND OF IDEAS IN? RIGHT.
AND, AND MY POINT IS I'LL BRING YOU A PLAN AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT.
WHAT HE SAID BEFORE THOUGH, IS ON PAGE 62, THE, THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS FOR WASTEWATER AND WATER, THAT MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN, THAT DEVELOPMENT MONEY THAT'S COMING IN TO SUPPORT THE, THE HOUSING ALSO CAN BE TAPPED INTO BY RETAIL.
CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE IN SIMILAR AREAS.
SO THOSE DOLLAR FIGURES ARE LISTED RIGHT HERE.
WE JUST, IF, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTEXT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE PROJECTS WOULD EXIST RIGHT NOW TO, TO GIVE YOU THE DETAIL THAT YOU'RE, FOR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WE WANT, THAT'S WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WHY? WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT MONEY'S THERE OR NOT.
THERE'S NO WAY ANY OF THAT, YOU COULD ADD ALL THAT TOGETHER AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WHY HAVE WE NOT BEGUN TO, TO PLAN FOR THAT? BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S PROPOSING TO.
BUT IT'S NOT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S NOT IN HERE.
WHERE IS THE PLAN? WHEN IS IT COMING TO US? BUT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, HE JUST GOT HIRED.
BUT IT'S A PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
HE'S PROPOSING TO BRING UP SOMETHING.
WE REQUESTED IT, WE JUST NOW BROUGHT IT UP YOU UNDER, LIKE, THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER ZUNIGA SAID, HEY, WHERE'S THIS AT? WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET SESSION COMING UP, RIGHT.
SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE JUST CREATE A BREAK.
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IT COULD BE HYPOTHETICAL, BUT, BUT WOULDN'T, IF WE NEEDED WASTE A LIFT STATION OR WASTEWATER HOOKUPS, WE WOULD KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED AND WOULDN'T THE BALANCE ON EACH OF THE CIPS ACCOUNT FOR THAT.WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE MONEY AROUND.
NO, IT'S LIKE GET THAT THE WASTEWATER HAS A FUND, HAS A BALANCE.
AND WE JUST SAW IT'S LIKE $9 MILLION.
IT'S FOR NEW AND EXISTING PROJECTS.
WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW IT CAN GET DONE.
I MEAN, THERE'S MANY WAYS TO CARVE IT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S ALREADY FIVE YEARS HERE WORTH OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO FUND THAT PEREZ TOLD US DURING THE VISIONING WORKSHOP CAN BE AMENDED.
YOU WANT IT TO GET DONE, I WANT TO GET IT DONE FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S WHY IT WAS ONE OF THE KEY FOCUS AREAS FOR ME THAT I IDENTIFIED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE EAST SIDE.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
IF I THROW OUT $2 MILLION AND PUT, WE CAN THROW A LINE ON 'EM, IT'S COMPLETE GUESS I JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
AND THEN IF IT'S 20 MILLION, ARE YOU WILLING TO DO IT? DO YOU WANT TO PUT HOW YOU WANNA FUND IT? THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WE NEED TO HAVE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE, UM, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT ISSUE.
I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS A STAFF.
I JUST NEED TO GET YOU A PLAN THAT'S ACTIONABLE.
AND RIGHT NOW, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
GOING BACK TO SLIDE 65, UM, PROJECT 10 OR ITEM NUMBER 10, THIS IS THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROGRAM WE HAVE IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, 10 MILLION.
UH, NUMBER 11 IS PROPERTY ACQUISI SPECIFIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR A FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT.
4 MILLION IN THE FIVE YEAR C I P.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER 13 IS CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, ABOUT 5 MILLION IN TOTAL.
FESTIVE LIGHTING IN CITY PARKS IS 1 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
NUMBER 15 IS THE SPORTSPLEX PROJECT HERE AGAIN, UH, THIS WAS THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM.
UH, 50% IS GONNA BE FUNDED BY, UH, THE COUNTY.
NUMBER 16 IS THE PLUM CREEK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
SIMILARLY HERE, IT'S FUNDED FROM THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM.
AND HAYES COUNTY IS PARTICIPATING BY ADDING ANOTHER 50% OF THEIR MONIES.
17 IS A PLANNED, UH, BMX BIKE.
BMX PARK, UH, MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
18 IS PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS AT VARIOUS CITY PARKS.
THERE ARE FIVE PARKS THAT THE PARKS BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED.
IT'S IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ADDS UP TO 2 MILLION.
AND THEN 19 IS VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT, AT, UH, CITY PARKS.
NUMBER 20 IST NUMBER TWO C I P.
UH, 8 MILLION WAS ISSUED IN TER BONDS.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT, WHICH IS CASH FUNDED NEXT YEAR FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS, YOU SEE UNDER OTHER $25.3 MILLION FOR FUTURE, UH, C I P FOR FOR TER NUMBER TWO, WHICH INCLUDES ROUNDABOUTS AND UM, PARKING GARAGE.
MOVING ON TO 21, LINE 21 IS 2022 ROAD BOND PROGRAM.
AND IN THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR 279 MILLION.
22 IS WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
45 MILLION WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION IS 101 MILLION.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WILL, UH, ISSUE, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. 47.7 MILLION.
DE NUMBER 25 IS DEMOLITION OF THE POLICE.
UH, NEXT DOOR TO CITY HALL, WE HAVE, UH, BUDGETED 1.3 MILLION, UH, FROM LEFTOVER BONDS FROM 2008 THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT BUILDING AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, ALL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN THAT FUND.
NUMBER 26, UM, 27 AND 28 ARE ALL, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS PENDING AT TEXT DOT IF WE RECEIVE THEM.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE SHOW IT UNDER OTHER COLUMN.
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TRAIL SHARED USE PATH ON FM 1 50, 21 0.2 MILLION AND THE PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, UH, AT MARKETPLACE 8.5 MILLION.AND THEN VERY QUICKLY I WANNA TOUCH ON, IF YOU RECALL, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS, GENERAL FUND, WATER WASTEWATER, STORM DRAINAGE.
THERE ARE OTHER 44 FUNDS THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT.
SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS.
SO THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 250 MILLION.
OF THAT 168.5 MILLION IS IN OTHER FUNDS.
SO WHAT ARE THESE OTHER FUNDS I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE FULLY AWARE OF AND THAT WE FULLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
SO IF 250 MILLION, A HUNDRED PERCENT, THE FOUR MAJOR OPERATING FUNDS THAT WE WENT OVER IS ABOUT 33% OR 81 MILLION.
SO THE REST OF IT, 168 MILLION IS FOR OTHER FUNDS.
SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE OTHER FUNDS ARE.
DEBT SERVICE FUND, THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX RELATED DEBT THAT WE PAY IS 13 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
TUR NUMBER ONE, 1.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES NEXT YEAR.
ALL OF IT IS FOR, UH, DEBT SERVICE PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST TER NUMBER TWO, 14.2 MILLION.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE RETAIL ROADS, THE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OF THE PAYBACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ALL OF THOSE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE DETAIL PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND, 5.7 MILLION.
HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND, 220,000 GENERAL FUND CIP.
15 MILLION BULK OF IT ARE ARE CIP TYPE PROJECTS.
STORM DRAINAGE, 500,000 STREET REHAB, MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE ARPA FUND, 12 MILLION WATER IMPACT FEE, 21 MILLION WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE 14.2 2020.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE ROAD BOND, 46.6 MILLION.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER 44 FUNDS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL LISTED HERE, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP DOCUMENT.
SO PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE BY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDED LIST.
SO SOME OF THESE ARE GONNA BE HARD TO SEE.
UM, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS NOT GO THROUGH EACH LINE BUT BY DEPARTMENT I CAN SUMMARIZE FOR YOU WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.
SO FOR THE SEVEN CITY COUNCIL COST CENTERS, WE HAVE ESTIMATED COST INCREASES THAT WILL NATURALLY GO UP NEXT YEAR FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES, FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ABOUT $10,000, ROUGHLY $10,763.
SO LET ME FIRST SHARE WITH YOU THE FORMAT, HOW THIS WORKS.
SO WE HAVE LINE NUMBERS TO YOUR LEFT, YOU CAN REFER, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU CAN REFER TO ANY LINE NUMBER.
THEN WE HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT ITEM IS.
IF THERE IS A FTE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
IT WILL SHOW THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST FOR AN FTE, WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
AND THEN THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS FURTHER BROKEN DOWN IF IT'S A RECURRING TYPE EXPENDITURE OR IF IT'S A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A TOTAL AGAIN.
AND THEN WHAT IS THAT DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY? IF THEY REQUESTED 10 DIFFERENT ITEMS, HOW DO THEY, WHICH ONES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THAT DEPARTMENT? SO YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT PRIORITY LISTING.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO COLUMNS ARE WHAT'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
AT THIS POINT, THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND THE FTE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S COST CENTERS, LIKE I WAS SAYING WE'RE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $10,000 IN TOTAL FOR ALL SEVEN COST CENTERS.
COST WILL GO UP FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND ALL OTHER ITEMS. THE CITY MANAGER'S
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PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT NOW INCLUDES THAT ENTIRE ESTIMATE THAT FINANCE CAME UP WITH.THEY, IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR TOTAL, WHICH IS BELOW LINE 17, THEY REQUESTED ONE FULL-TIME POSITION AND $443,000 IN NEW REQUEST.
OF THAT 437 IS RECURRING TYPE EXPENDITURES.
MEANING THEY WILL HAPPEN EV IF IT'S APPROVED, THEY WILL HAPPEN EVERY YEAR FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
AND OF THAT 443,000, 6,000 IS 6,000 IS ONE TIME.
MEANING IT WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S PROBABLY SOME EQUIPMENT THEY'RE BUYING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED COLUMN.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING EVERYTHING THEY REQUESTED, INCLUDING THE F T E, SKIPPING DOWN TO CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
SO I'M GONNA PAUSE HERE REAL QUICK.
NOW ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PEREZ FOR, UM, HIRES, NEW HIRES, DOES THAT INCLUDE THEIR, UM, BENEFITS OR IS THIS ONLY SALARY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? UH, IT'LL BE BOTH.
SO EVERYTHING COMBINED, BENEFITS BASE PAY, FRINGE BENEFITS, HEALTH INSURANCE, PAYROLL TAXES, AND ANY SUPPORT COST THAT GOES WITH IT.
IF IT'S EMPLOYEE THAT NEEDS A TRUCK, THE TRUCK COST IS IN THERE.
IF IT NEEDS A COMPUTER, THE COMPUTER IS IN THERE.
SO ANY NEW FTES THAT IS INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ON YOUR SCREEN NOW, THESE SHOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER TO READ.
SO I WAS GOING TO CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
IF YOU LOOK AT HER BOTTOM LINE, SHE REQUESTED ONE NEW POSITION, A TOTAL OF $77,506.
OF THAT 71,000 OR 72,000 IS RECURRING.
AND IN THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED IS THE POSITION IS BEING RECOMMENDED RIGHT NOW.
AND THE TOTAL, UH, REQUEST REQUESTED BY CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED LIST.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE OVERTIME NEXT MEETING? THE OVERTIME THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN PAYING WITH SIX SECRETARIES? SURE.
OVERTIME FOR CITY SECRETARIES, ACTUAL, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO WE PAY EXTRA TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHEN THEY HAVE TO WORK DURING HOLIDAYS? IT DEPENDS WHICH DEPARTMENT THEY'RE IN.
UM, LIKE PARKS HAVE TO WORK ON 4TH OF JULY.
DO THEY GET PAID EXTRA FOR THAT? MARIA, HOW DO Y'ALL PAY? YES.
IF WE SUBMIT A MEMO REQUEST AND IT'S APPROVED, UM, BY CITY MANAGEMENT, THEN YES.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR.
THEY HAVE TO GO WITH THE FIREWORKS AND LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE POSITION IF IT'S HOURLY OR SALARY POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN THE CASE.
MARIANA, THAT'S BEEN IN THE PAST THAT THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN PAID FOR ALL THE OVERTIME, CORRECT? YEAH.
AT LEAST IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THE COURT HAS BEEN OVERTIME, PAID OVERTIME, PAY FOR, WORKED FOR OVER 40 HOURS OF THAT PAY PERIOD.
BUT EVEN IF IT'S NOT, SINCE THEY THEN, SINCE THAT'S A HOLIDAY, DON'T THEY GET LIKE TIME AND A HALF FOR THE DAY? THE HOURS THEY WORK DURING THAT DAY? SO THE OVERTIME PAID FOR WORKING 4TH OF JULY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE ON THAT PART YOU'RE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY THAT THEY'RE PAID TIME AND A HALF FOR THOSE HOURS, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T, WERE WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS DURING THE WEEK.
IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, WELL, SO IF THE REST OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, HOURLY STAFF MEMBERS DO NOT WORK ON 4TH OF JULY, BUT TURNS OUT THE STAFF MEMBERS FROM PARKS GET PAID,
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YOU KNOW, THE DAY IF THEY WERE TO GET THE DAY OFF MM-HMM.I THINK SA SANDRA'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
THAT'S WHY I KEEP LOOKING BACK THERE.
BUT I THINK SANDRA'S TRYING TO CHIME IN.
SO I THINK IT OCCURRED TO ME, CUZ I KNOW THEY WERE WORKING TILL LATE, MA'AM, LATE THAT DAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE, UM, NON EXAM MEMBERS, YEAH, SO THAT TIME IS PREMIUM PAY.
SO EVEN IF IT'S LIKE 4TH OF JULY WAS ON A TUESDAY UHHUH, UM, EVERY HOUR THAT THEY WORKED FOR 4TH OF JULY, IT'S AT TIME AND A HALF.
SO WE WERE ON COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
THEY REQUESTED ONE NEW POSITION, UH, AND A TOTAL OF $114,000 RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED, UH, AS HE WENT THROUGH EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, HE'S ADDED NEW COMMUNICATION, UH, NEWSLETTERS AND EQUIPMENT.
UM, SO THAT HAS INCREASED THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSED BUDGET TO ABOUT $200,000.
AND THE FTE IS INCLUDED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, RIGHT BELOW LINE 44.
THEY DID NOT REQUEST ANY NEW POSITIONS, HOWEVER, THEY REQUESTED $208,000 FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE FACADE GRANT, THE SMALL BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM THAT THE CITY MANAGER WENT OVER.
ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AS HE DISCUSSED ABOUT HIS FORWARD-LOOKING PLAN, HE'S ADDED SOME LINE ITEMS IN THEIR BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, THEY REQUESTED TWO POSITIONS AND A TOTAL OF $450,000 IN NEW COST.
AND RIGHT NOW AS WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, IT INCLUDES $155,000 IN NO NEW POSITIONS.
I DO YOU MIND IF I INTERACT ON THAT ONE REAL QUICK ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES? SURE.
UM, MAYBE I NEED TO SEND, SEND AN EMAIL ON THIS.
BUT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VEHICLES, THE ALL-TERRAIN, UH, TAB BOSCH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE REQUESTING TWO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, BUT AT THIS TIME YOU, DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN, UM, VEHICLE LIKE WORK VEHICLE THAT YOU COULD GET TO IN CASE WE HAVE CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN CITY? OR ARE YOU STILL USING YOUR OWN VEHICLE AT THIS TIME? I'M USING MY PERSONAL VEHICLE, SIR.
WOULD IT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER MAYBE INVESTING IN A CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VEHICLE THAT HAS LIFE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT INSIDE? LIKE THE, LIKE WE HAVE AT, AT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, ROPES, RADIOS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
THAT'S WHERE, CAUSE I KNOW YOU GOT TWO OF THEM HERE FOR 130.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE WERE TO, HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU WOULD NEED MAYBE AN ACTUAL VEHICLE ITSELF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.
BECAUSE I ALSO SEE THAT THE E A MASS, UH, CARA STOCKPILE IS LESS THAN 8,000.
WHICH I WOULD PROBABLY ASSUME THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GO HIGHER ON THAT ONE.
BOTTLE BOTTLE WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE MASS CARE STOCKPILES ARE SOLD BY PROP PACK.
THEY'RE TWO, I GUESS IMAGINE A DUMPSTER, BUT THINNER THAT HOLD UP TO I THINK 60 COTS, 60 BLANKETS, PILLOWS, UM, MEALS READY TO EAT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE NOT TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE.
UM, COTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AN INDIVIDUAL COT COSTS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THAT HIGH.
THE VEHICLE, THE REASON IT COMES OUT TO SO MUCH, IT'S ABOUT 65 PER 50,000 JUST FOR THE BASE VEHICLE.
AND THE REST IS FOR UPFITTING IT WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
UH, RADIO MOUNTS, COMPUTER MOUNTS, UM, LIGHTS, SIRENS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, UH, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO MAY I ATTEMPT TO, TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN THE ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES WERE DELETED OR REMOVED, WE ADDED A, A LEASE TRUCK.
FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP, IT'LL HAVE THE, UH, LIKE PD FLASHING, FLASHING LIGHTS, SIGNAGE, UH, EXTRA EQUIPMENT ON BOARD.
UH, ON THE NOTE WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE, UM, STOCKPILE, UM, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE STILL TO WHERE IF WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOES OUT, GOES DOWN LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THAT, UH, MONARCH WHEN THE WATER WENT OUT? YES SIR.
THAT WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO GET WATER TO THE RESIDENCE LIKE WE DID AT THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT CHOPPA.
DO WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING STILL SET UP TO WHERE WE HAVE THOSE EMERGENCY FUNDS READY TO GO TO DEPLOY WATER, TO DEPLOY, UH, THOSE TYPE OF RESOURCES TO NEIGHBORHOODS? CUZ THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IS AS WE'RE GONNA START DOING THE CONSTRUCTION FOR
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THE ROAD PROJECTS, LET'S SAY THEY HIT A A WATER PIPE AND THEN LET'S SAY WATER LEAF IS GONNA BE OUTTA WATER FOR AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO.UH, THE REASON IT NEVER WOUND UP GOING BEFORE YOU TO RATIFY AFTER THE FACT IS BECAUSE MONARCH OR, YEAH, I THINK MONARCH JUST PAID FOR IT.
THEY SENT US A CHECK AND REIMBURSED US THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST SOMETHING READY TO GO FOR THAT IN, IN THE EMERGENCY BUDGET.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FOR YOU, UH, MR. TABBA, WHAT ARE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING GOING TO DO? UH, ONE IS THE DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
SO LIKE TODAY, THIS PURSUIT THAT LED TO POWER OUTAGES AND STEEPLECHASE, THEY WOULD BE HANDLING THAT.
WHILE I'M HANDLING THIS, THE PLANNER IS TO KEEP US ON TRACK FOR GRANTS, UH, FOR THE VARIOUS CYCLES.
WE HAVE THE HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE'RE A PART OF WITH THE COUNTY.
WE SUBMIT AN ANNEX FOR THE CITY OF KYLE THAT'S BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE I'VE JUST BEEN DEALING WITH STUFF AS IT COMES UP RATHER THAN BEING VERY PROACTIVE.
UM, THE PLANNER IS BASICALLY THE ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR THE GROUP.
THE DEPUTY AND MYSELF WOULD HANDLE, UH, SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM PLANNING AND PROCESSES.
AND INDEED, UH, IF I CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE REQUESTS, BUT IF WE COULD FILL THOSE BY MYSELF IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DO, LIKE CO PLANNING, EMERGENCY PLANNING, I BROUGHT IN THE EQUIVALENT OF MY OFFICE'S BUDGET IN GRANTS AND EQUIPMENT, EXPAND MY, UH, PROGRAM.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IN THE SAME THING YOU BRING US TO.
UH, I THINK I ASKED FOR FOUR 50 FOR EVERYTHING TO INCLUDE THE SIRENS IN THREE YEARS.
THOSE WILL BE GRANT FUNDED IF I HAVE THE TEAM TO PUT IT.
DID YOU, YOU GOT A APPROVED A COUPLE OF GRANTS THIS YEAR, YOU SAID? YES, MA'AM.
UH, BETWEEN PA AND THE POLICE ONE THAT'S $180,000.
I'M STILL WORKING ON HAZARD MITIGATION.
WE'RE ABOUT TO START A NEW CYCLE FROM WINTER STORM MARA.
AND HOW DID YOU PUT THOSE GRANTS TOGETHER? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS ISSUED BY THE GRANTING AUTHORITY.
UM, I RECEIVE THOSE THROUGH EITHER THE FEDERAL GRANTS PORTAL, THE STATE'S GRANTS PORTAL, OR THROUGH CAP COG WHERE I REPRESENT US FOR THE, UH, HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE.
FROM THERE, I ASSESS WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, HOW MUCH WORK I EXPECT IT TO BE.
I HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO TACKLE ANY COMPLEX GRANTS BECAUSE I'M JUST ONE GUY TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT INTO A WORK WEEK.
WELL, YOU CERTAINLY SEEM MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE LOBBIES THAT WE HAVE, SO I'M HAPPY.
UH, GOING, JUMPING BACK TO, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, IT, IS THERE A WAY TO OPEN THAT UP SOONER THAN WHEN WE WOULD APPROVE THIS BUDGET GIVEN ALL OF THE THING THE, I MEAN, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE VISION WORKSHOP ON HOW HELPFUL GRANTS COULD BE IN TERMS OF FUNDING THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, HIRING TAKES TIME.
I I, UH, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T SPEED IT UP AND, UH, IF THE COUNCIL FEELS LIKE THAT'S A POSITION YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT IN THE BUDGET.
THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE FOR THAT POSITION.
AND THAT WAY, UH, THE POSITION WILL BE FUNDED ON OCTOBER ONE AND CAN BE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A CANDIDATE IN PLACE AT THAT TIME RATHER THAN STARTING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO ADVERTISE.
AND IT MIGHT TAKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT.
SO IS THERE AN ACTION ANOTHER OPTION YEAH.
IS TO ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE THE FTE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND AMEND THE BUDGET SO THAT THAT'S JUST ALREADY DONE.
SO DO WE NEED TO DO THAT ON THE 18TH OR DO CAN WE DO THAT? YEAH, YOU CAN'T BETWEEN THE SEVEN OF US RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I, I THINK IF ALL SEVEN OF YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DIRECTION IS YOU WANT ME TO PROCEED, WE'LL PROCEED, UH, AND GET TO GET TO WORK ON THAT RIGHT AWAY.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THAT POSITION WILL BE LOOKING AT GRANTS CITYWIDE.
AND TO HELP DO SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WILLIAM'S TALKING ABOUT TO GET US ACTIVATED ON THAT.
AND YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEISER IS SAYING IS WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.
AND WHATEVER WE GOTTA DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE'LL DO WELL, MIGUEL? YES.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A SHOT IN THE DARK.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? NO, WE DO.
WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GRANT WRITER.
WELL, I'M JUST BEING OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
I MEAN, IT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS USED ON, ON WHAT I BROUGHT UP.
SO, WELL, I, I GUESS I WOULD SAY A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ABOUT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS WE DO HAVE A CDBG PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER GRANTS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE PURSUING RIGHT AWAY.
DO, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR WILL CLAIMS? YEAH.
SO, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UM, BRIAN, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER ARE WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THERE IS A PRIORITY, UH, IF
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I READ THROUGH THESE NUMBERS RIGHT, FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT OF WHAT THEY WANTED FIRST MM-HMM.IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT, YES SIR.
OKAY, WELL I NEED HIM TO COME BACK UP HERE,
OH, I DON'T, MY OUTLOOK IS WE ARE TOO BIG OF A CITY TO HAVE A ONE PERSON DEPARTMENT IN ANY DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I COMPLETELY SUPPORT, UM, ANY MORE PEOPLE.
BUT, UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU TOOK OUT THE REQUEST FOR THE EMERGENCY TRUCK? THE EMERGENCY TRUCK? OH, THAT'S HIS CALL.
THAT'S HIS, OKAY, SO YOU ARE GONNA, IT'S NOT IN HERE THOUGH, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT'S THE VERY LAST SLIDE ON HIM.
THE 15,000 THAT'S THE LEASE TRUCK.
SO WHY ISN'T IT IN THERE THEN? IT'S ON THE VERY BOTTOM COLUMN ON THE LEASING THE VEHICLE OF THE TRUCK.
THAT'S WHAT VEZ WAS REFERRING TO BEFORE I RECOMMENDED.
SO ARE THEY GONNA GONNA ADD THAT IN THERE TO IT THEN? IS IT THAT, THAT'S RECOMMENDED.
OKAY, SO THAT WASN'T, I THOUGHT YOU HAD, YOU HAD REQUESTED IT AT ONE POINT.
I HAD REQUESTED, UH, TWO VEHICLE PURCHASED AFTER A DISCUSSION RIGHT BEFORE BUDGET SEASON.
I WAS, UH, LED TO BELIEVE THAT A LEASED VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE INSURABLE FOR THE KIND OF WORK IT WAS DOING.
I MEAN, UNLESS HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TORNADO, I DON'T SEE HOW WE CANNOT USE A TRUCK FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AND SIGNAGE BECAUSE OKAY.
WELL WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK HIM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TORNADO.
EMERGENCY HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL IS GONNA HAVE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT OF YOU LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST PUTTING SOME FLASHERS AND HOPING THAT PEOPLE RESPECT YOU ENOUGH TO LIKE PULL OVER AS OPPOSED TO HAVING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE? THE PURPOSE OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VEHICLE IS IN A TRUE SENSE TO ESTABLISH A COMMAND POST, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FIRE COMMAND VEHICLES DO.
SO YOU FLIP OPEN THE BACK, THE BOARD COMES OUT, YOU HAVE A MOBILE RADIO BOOSTER.
UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH COMMAND AND CONTROL WHEREVER THAT VEHICLE IS AS WELL AS BROADCAST.
UH, WHICH WE, THERE IS AN OPTION TO DO THAT WITH A LEASED VEHICLE.
I WAS JUST UNDER THE BELIEF THAT A LEASED VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE INSURED OR NOT BE ABLE TO BE INSURED FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
CUZ YOU'RE GOING LIKE ON A RIVER FLOODING, YOU'RE GOING TO WHEREVER THE ICP IS, WHICH IS USUALLY NEAR THE IMPACT ZONE.
UM, INTENTIONALLY TAKING YOUR VEHICLE SOMEWHERE DANGEROUS MAKES THE INSURANCE COMPANIES KIND OF HESITANT.
THAT'S A LEGIT, THAT'S A LEGIT CONCERN IS WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING THIS, HE'S GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND NOW THIS CAR IS WRECKED AND IT'S LEASED OR SOMETHING HAPPENS.
AND SO FOR ME, I'D RATHER WE'RE, WE'RE GROWING, THIS IS A BRAND NEW DEPARTMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE YEAR INTO IT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE IN MY OPINION BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO BUILD IT.
AND SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN EMERGENCY CAR WITH ALL THE TOOLS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN CASE AN EMERGENCY.
UM, THAT'S BECAUSE I'D RATHER BE SAFE THAN SORRY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE REQUESTED.
HE REQUESTED TWO RUGGEDIZED MULTI TERRAIN.
THESE ARE LIKE ATVS, RIGHT? UH, NO SIR.
ONLY INSTEAD OF THE RIFLE AND ARMOR IN THE BACK, IT'S COMMAND AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT.
I, I DID HAVE, AND I, I GAVE IT TO YOU GUYS THE UH, QUOTE RIGHT.
CAN WE DO A FINAL ONE QUOTE FROM MAL TECH FOR THE UPFITTING RIGHT.
SO THAT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THIS PACKET TO, TO REITERATE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY WAS TO HAVE THE ATV.
BUT, BUT I, I MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG.
BUT YOU ARE, UH, I DO REMEMBER WHEN YOU DID HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT SITUATION BY SIMON WHERE THEY HAD THAT FIRE AND YOU HAD YOUR VEHICLE AND YOU WERE BLOCKED CUZ YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE DECALS AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK THE OVERALL ISSUE IS, WELL OVERALL, ANYTHING IS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT HAS CITY OF KYLE LOGOS ON IT WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO WHERE YOU COULD ALSO SET UP A COMMAND CENTER TO WHERE IF YOU NEED TO HELP DISPATCH CITY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S FOR ROADBLOCKS OR WHATEVER, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION THERE ALREADY, PLUS ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PASS OUT.
AND THEN WORK WITH THE COMMAND CENTER WITH IF, WHETHER IT'S KYLE POLICE OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU'D ACTUALLY BE THERE TO HELP FACILITATE IF NEED BE ON THAT END.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, BRIAN, WOULD BE WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE ONE OF THOSE THAT'S RECOMMENDED WITH A LEASE VEHICLE, THE 15,000, BUT THE, BUT THE LEASE MIGHT COME INTO AN ISSUE IF DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE WITH INSURANCE.
UM, ON THE LEASE VEHICLES, ALL OF OUR PD VEHICLES ARE LEASED.
THEY, THEY ARE INVOLVED IN HOT PURSUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF, OF SUSPECT AND IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIM EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDS.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PLAN BECAUSE EMERGENCIES ARE NEVER PLANNED.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WILLIAMS, UM,
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IS PART OF A LARGER TEAM TOO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SCENE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF VEHICLES, A VARIETY OF STAFF THAT ARE THERE TO HELP RESPOND TO THAT.
SO I DO BELIEVE THE VEHICLES NEEDED AND THAT'S WHY I, I RECOMMENDED IT.
SO MOVING ON TO ENGINEERING SERVICES, THEY REQUESTED ONE NEW POSITION AND, UH, $360,000 IN NEW, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, WHICH THE LARGEST PIECE OF THAT IS A $250,000 E COLI SLASH NUTRIENT REDUCTION STUDY.
IT'S A TWO YEAR STUDY AND THE POSITION IS $93,000.
AND THE MANAGER'S, UH, RECOMMENDED LIST INCLUDES ALL OF THAT.
THEN WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADE, UH, DIVISION.
THEY REQUESTED THREE POSITIONS, $407,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THE MANAGERS RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES ALL THREE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED AND, UH, $285,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
NOW CAN WE CONFIRM THAT, THAT THOSE POSITIONS WILL HELP WITH THE OVERSIGHT OF NEW BUILDING AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF GOES FOR? WHICH ONES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR IS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES? YEP.
YOU WANNA ADJUST CHANCE ADDRESS THAT? SO THIS IS NO LONGER THE BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION MA'AM?
SO I THOUGHT HE WAS IN, IS THIS, DID WE ALWAYS CALL IT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I JUST KNOW IT AS A BEAUTIFICATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT, I GUESS WHAT WERE THE THREE NEW EMPLOYEES BE USED FOR? SURE.
CHANCE BEFORE, BEFORE I LET YOU TO ANSWER, I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
UM, YVONNE IS ONE IS ON THE EST POSITIONS, WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND THE OTHER ONE I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS FACILITIES.
WHICH IS, WHICH IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE IN THE FACILITIES PIECE ON THE TWO FTES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY.
NO, NO, NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON THE FACILITIES.
IT'S MORE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRADE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE, I THINK THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS, WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, WITH THE OVERSIGHT OF ANY KIND OF, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTIONS THAT MAY BE, UH, IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT? LIKE IF THEY HAVE THEIR STUFF EVERYWHERE, THE GARBAGE GOES INTO THE STREET, OR OH, YES MA'AM.
WE, WE DEAL WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS FAR AS THE BUILDING ITSELF, UM, THAT WOULD FALL UNDER STORMWATER DRAINAGE, I WOULD IMAGINE.
DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WOULD ARISE.
UM, WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR BUILDINGS.
UH, WE'RE ON THE OUTSKIRTS ON THE OUTER AREAS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, BUT YES, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WOULD THIS DO, WOULD THIS HELP ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR BRIGHTVIEW? UH, THE THREE WOULD NOT, IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE THREE EMPLOYEES IS, UH, HELP DOWNTOWN FOR LUKE.
HE DOES A LOT OF THE WATERING OF PLANTS, OUR GATEWAY SIGNS, TAKING CARE OF DOWNTOWN, CLEANING UP DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO WOULD BE ABLE TO FILL ANOTHER TRUCK.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER DIVISION, UH, WITHIN THAT TRUCK FOR RIGHT AWAY.
AND I'M GONNA BE TAKING ANOTHER SET OF GUYS TO DO BEAUTIFICATION SPECIFICALLY.
SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RECLASS OF EIGHT GUYS FROM A ONE TO A TWO.
HOW LONG IN TRAINING DOES THAT NORMALLY TAKE? UH, TO BE CONSIDERED A TWO? BECAUSE I DON'T, UH, IT I WANTED, I WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANTED IT, BUT IT WAS NUMBER EIGHT ON YOUR PRIORITY.
SO, UH, THERE WAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH MYSELF AND CITY MANAGER ON HOW WE WANTED TO DO THAT.
I, I JUST PUT IT A LITTLE LOWER.
BUT BASICALLY WHAT THOSE POSITIONS HAVE DONE HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE WE STARTED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY VERSED AND THEY ACTUALLY HELP EVERYBODY WHO'S NEW COME IN.
SO THEY TRAIN EVERYBODY ON OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, OUT IN CERTIFICATION FOR HERBICIDE TRAINING AND, UH, ARBORIST TRAINING AND STUFF THAT I'M SENDING THEM TO.
SO THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE WELL VERSED AND HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO, TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I COULD JUST ADD ON TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, PAY INCREASES THROUGH CERTIFICATION PAYS AND OTHER MORE TRADITIONAL WAYS INSTEAD OF JUST GENERAL RECLASS.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ON HOW TO REDO IT.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR SKILLED PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THIS NOW AND THEN, THEN YOU'RE RETRAINING NEW PEOPLE AND THERE WE ARE AGAIN.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH MERITS AND YES SIR.
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DIVISION REQUESTED 253 OR $254,000 AND ONE NEW POSITION.HOWEVER, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT ONCE WE BRING THE NEW POLICE FACILITY ONLINE, THAT WE MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL CUSTODIAL PERSON.
SO INSTEAD OF ONE, WE MADE IT INTO TWO POSITIONS, TWO NEW POSITIONS.
SO FOR FACILITIES, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, AMOUNT IS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY INITIALLY REQUESTED, AND THE NUMBER OF POSITION IS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY INITIALLY REQUESTED.
CHANCE, UH, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES, WE CAN SKIP THAT.
SO, FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, A CITY MANAGER EARLIER ON DISCUSSED AS PART OF HIS, UH, PROGRAM, HE WANTS TO ENHANCE THE PURCHASING, UH, PROGRAM IN THE CITY.
RATHER THAN A DECENTRALIZED MODEL, HE WANTS TO BRING INTO A CENTRALIZED MODEL WITH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROCUREMENT.
SO WE'RE ADDING TWO, WE REQUESTED TWO POSITIONS AND THE CITY MANAGERS BUDGET INCLUDES, ACTUALLY THE REQUEST SHOULD BE THREE POSITIONS CUZ I REQUESTED A CITY CONTROLLER.
UH, TWO PURCHASING, ONE, YES, TWO PURCHASING AND ONE CITY CONTROLLER.
AND THOSE THREE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, RECOMMENDED LIST.
SO THE COST INCLUDES THE PURCHASING STAFF AND THEIR SUPPORT, UH, COSTS.
SO IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS FINANCIAL SERVICES.
MOVING ON TO HUMAN RESOURCES, THEIR TOTAL REQUEST DID NOT INCLUDE ANY NEW FTES.
HOWEVER, THEY HAD SEVERAL LINE ITEMS THAT ADDED UP TO $55,000 IN NEW REQUESTS.
AND, UH, AS CITY MANAGER DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, HE HAS INCREASED THAT FUNDING THAT TO INCLUDE, UH, COMP STUDY AND OTHER ITEMS. SO THEIR TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST IS ABOUT, IN ROUND NUMBERS $200,000.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE, DID NOT REQUEST ANY NEW POSITIONS.
THEIR TOTAL REQUEST WAS $80,000.
AND HERE AGAIN, TO IMPLEMENT THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEIR REQUEST IS NOW BEING AT INCREASED TO $99,000 LIBRARY SERVICES.
THEY REQUESTED ONE NEW POSITION AND $164,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.
THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES ALL OF THAT, INCLUDING THE NEW POSITION, ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, IN THE CURRENT APPROVED BUDGET, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $65,000 A YEAR.
SO IN THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED LIST, YOU WILL SEE THAT AMOUNT TO TO BE INCREASED TO 65 WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THAT COMMISSION.
MOVING ON TO NON-DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY CITY DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE ARE CITYWIDE, UH, COSTS.
SO I WON'T GO OVER THOSE, THOSE MOST.
MOSTLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, MERIT INCREASE IN, UH, TRASH COLLECTION AND PAY PARITY PARTS AND RECREATION.
THEY REQUESTED A TOTAL OF NINE POSITIONS AND $1.3 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL COST.
THE CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED LIST AT THIS POINT IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGE INCLUDES SEVEN OF THOSE NINE POSITIONS AND 1.2 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
SO THE RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST AND THE CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST, UH, WE'RE REMOVING THEM, BRIAN, CUZ I THINK THAT THOSE ARE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY HELP WITH, WITH THESE KINDS OF EVENTS, TO, TO MAKE THEM, TO OUTREACH TO MAYBE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE SPECIAL NEEDS OR, OR SELECT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
YEAH, THOSE WERE RATED LOWER BY, UH, THE DIRECTOR ON, UH, THE LIST.
UH, CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING THEM BACK IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
I THINK THE LACK OF RECREATION SPACE IS A, IS A CHALLENGE FOR US.
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WE WERE TRYING TO FOCUS ON IS SOME OF THE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMMING.AND, YOU KNOW, MARIANA, IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT FURTHER ON THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC REC SPECIALIST AND A RECREATION SPECIALIST.
HOWEVER, IN OUR ORDER PRIORITY, THEY WERE TOWARDS THE LOWER END.
UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE STAFF PROGRAMMING CERT, UH, THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS, AND WE ALREADY HAVE RECREATION PROGRAMMERS.
SO WHAT THESE TWO POSITIONS ARE, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY SUPPORTING POSITIONS TO THE EXISTING POSITIONS WE HAVE.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY A NEED AND A WANT, BUT ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES, THEY WERE AT THE LOWER END.
I, I STILL, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE GREAT.
I'M JUST CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC JUST SOUNDS PRETTY COOL.
CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALISTS WOULD DEFINITELY HELP US WITH OUR ADAPTIVE AND OUR INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OFFERING ALL INCLUSIVE DANCES, BUT REALLY THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS WITH US NOT HAVING AN INDOOR FACILITY.
EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE OUTDOOR NATURE BASED, LIKE, UH, ADAPTABLE, UM, BIKING AND JUST MM-HMM.
I MEAN, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH LEARNING ABILITIES, I THINK, UH, IF WE HAVE A SPECIALIST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN KIND OF CENTER THEMSELVES ON, ON HELPING THOSE RESIDENTS, DO, DO YOU HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT THE POSITION, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN EXACTLY WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THAT.
ONE 20 CERTIFIED, UH, THE CERTIFIED WHAT? THERAPEUTIC? THE THERAPEUTIC.
SO I WOULD LIKE A DEFINITION OF THAT.
DID YOU ADD IT TO THE BUDGET? ANY SORT OF, UM, DEVICES OR, UM, MOBILITY EQUIPMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LIKE THE ONES THAT WE SAW ON THE TRAIL SUMMIT MM-HMM.
SO FOR THIS BUDGET REQUEST, WE DID NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING LINE ITEM FOR RECREATION SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND SUPPLIES.
AND ALSO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A C T R S ON STAFF.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RECREATION PROGRAMMER AND A CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST IS OBVIOUSLY THE CERTIFICATION.
THE CT R S HAS EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH, UH, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER MORE INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE REPLICATION PROGRAMMING.
UM, THAT WILL MEET THOSE ABILITIES OF ALL PEOPLE.
THAT MEANS WHEN YOU DO THE OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING, IF SOMEBODY HAS CERTAIN DISABILITIES, THAT PERSON WILL BE ASSISTED BY THE CERTIFIED.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHIL, UH, INDIVIDUALS CEREBRAL PALSY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH BULLYING.
IT WILL BE MORE WITH THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES.
BUT ALSO CTRS IS, ARE CERTIFIED, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITH COGNITIVE AND MENTAL DISABILITIES AS WELL.
IF COUNSEL'S AMENABLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ONE KIND OF LOOKED AGAIN IN THE NEXT BUDGET SESSION BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS LIKE, THAT'S NOT KILL IT YET.
I JUST NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THE, THE ROLE WAS.
IT'D BE LIKE IF YOU SUFFERED A STROKE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO SOCIETY AND, AND WORK, WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A, SOMEONE WHO'S HELPING YOU IN YOUR OUTDOOR EVENTS WELL WILL BE MORE WITH YOUR NEEDS MORE.
SO WE CATER TO A A, A WHOLE BIGGER GROUP OF PEOPLE.
LIKE THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSIONS, WHEN THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, ESPECIALLY ADULTS, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE WORK COACHES.
THEY ARRIVE AT THE JOB SITE AND WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AT THE JOB.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE, IF WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS, HAS SPECIFIC TYPES OF NEEDS OR DISABILITIES SUCH AS AUTISM, SO FORTH, THAT PERSON IS TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON OR BE ON SITE WHENEVER THEY HAVE THESE EVENTS.
WHETHER IT'S A SUMMER CAMP THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY KNOW HOW TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY KIND OF MELTDOWNS OR ANY KIND OF, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH SUMMER CAMPS, SPRING BREAK CAMP, LIKE IT OPENS A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
IF WE HAD A CTS BECAUSE OF RATIO, THAT'S WHAT I INTO TO, UM, SUPERVISION CHANGES, THE CAMPER SUPERVISION RATIO CHANGES.
I I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT JUST BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT SUMMER CAMP OR ANY O OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO OUTDOORS TO HAVE, HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CENTRALIZED FOR THAT SPECIFIC STU PERSON OR CHILD.
WE CAN CERTAINLY NO, NO, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH.
UM, I WAS JUST TALKING LIKE I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER BAYER ABOUT THE, UM, INCLUSIVE DANCE THAT WE HAD MM-HMM.
AND THAT IS LIKE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE TIMES THAT WE COULD USE THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYEE MM-HMM.
AND SO IF WE CAN MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE AND WE CAN HAVE THEM IN OUR OUTDOOR RECREATIONS, I, AGAIN, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHY NOT? WHY WOULD, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THAT? I AGREE.
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I JUST NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROLE WAS.WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT PUTTING IT BACK IN AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR EVERY SINGLE POSITION AND EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM.
IT'S, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY FUNDS, BUT, BUT THIS IS RELATIVELY SMALL IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
AND WE CAN LOOK AT PUTTING IT BACK IN IF THAT'S THE CASELESS DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL RECREATION CENTER, THE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS, THE BETTER.
SO NEXT UP IS PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THEY REQUESTED A TOTAL OF $630,000 AND ONE NEW FTE AND THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET CITY MANAGERS, UH, RECOMMENDED LISTING INCLUDES $520,000 AND NO FTES.
SO I HAVE, SO DO RECLASS DO, IS THAT AN OPEN POSITION FOR ANYBODY TO APPLY TO IF WE RECLASS THE POSITION? OR IS IT JUST MOVING UP AN EMPLOYEE? BECAUSE MY ONLY FEAR IS WHEN WE REARRANGE EMPLOYEES AND DON'T OPEN UP A POSITION THAT COULD BE SEEN AS A FAVORITISM.
THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO THE MORALE AND THE CULTURE OF, OF THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SUPPORT OUR MOVEMENTS AROUND WITHIN THE, THE, THE CITY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT CHANGE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT MOVE WITH THE DUTIES THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE THOSE AROUND AND RETITLE THINGS AND RECLASS THINGS.
UH, THIS IS BASED ON LOOKING AT, UM, THE MARKET FOR THE, THE POSITION, THE DUTIES THAT ARE BEING, UH, PERFORMED AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAY IS EQUIVALENT TO THE MARKET.
SO IT'S TO, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT'S, IT HELPS WITH THE CULTURE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO REWARD PEOPLE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE PAID APPROPRIATELY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT.
AND, AND, AND IN, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE PUTTING OUT FOR THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS GONNA MATCH SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THESE RE CLASSIFICATIONS? UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SET FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND I UNDERSTAND IF THEY DO CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT I SEE A COUPLE OF RECLASSIFICATIONS AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY ON A HU A HUMAN RESOURCES LEVEL IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TELLING THAT EMPLOYEE EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECT.
AND, AND UH, TO YOUR POINT, YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT ALMOST 400 EMPLOYEES NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RECLASSIFICATION POSITIONS CHANGE NEEDS CHANGE.
AND TRYING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE, WE TRY TO DO THAT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT PLANNING.
UM, DO WE ALWAYS OUTSOURCE LIKE THE LAND SURVEYING WHENEVER WE HAVE TO DO THAT? UH, WILL ATKINSON, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE RECORD, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SURVEYING, TYPICALLY, UM, AT LEAST IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE, THE LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR IF THE CITY NEEDS ANY SURVEYING DONE IS ACTUALLY IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
BUT, UM, WE, UM, MY, MYSELF AND LEON, IF, IF SOMETHING, IF A PROJECT IS NECESSARY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO SOME SURVEYING, WE DO COORDINATE TOGETHER.
UH, WE WE'RE JUST A COUPLE DOORS DOWN FROM EACH OTHER, SO.
SO WE'RE NOW MOVING TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHY THIS SO SMALL?
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE SLIDE OUT OF IT, THERE WERE SO MANY LINES THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT.
SO IT, IT MAY BE BETTER TO LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
I, I'LL PUT IN A DIFFERENT FONT SIZE.
HOPEFULLY IT JUST MEANS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL FUNDED SHOULD BE THE TAKEAWAY.
SO POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED A TOTAL OF 13, UH, NEW POSITIONS AND A TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
THE PRELIMINARY CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED LIST INCLUDES SIX POSITIONS BEING RECOMMENDED AND A TOTAL OF 2.2 MILLION IN, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, WHICH MOST OF IT HE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER COVERED IN HIS PRESENTATION QUESTION.
IT GOES BACK TO MY, UM, ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT IN-HOUSE PROMOTIONS CHIEF, HAVE YOU HEARD OR HAVE, HAS YOUR DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER? UM,
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THOSE OBVIOUSLY ARE NEW POSITIONS.WOULD YOU HAVE TO HIRE THEM OUTSIDE, BOTH OF THEM? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOUR OFFICERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY DOING? UH, AN IN HOUSE PROMOTION FOR THAT, INCLUDING THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, JEFF BARNETT, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE RECORD.
AND BOTH WILL COME FROM WITHIN IN-HOUSE.
SO THAT WAY WE JUST SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HAVING TO AGGRESSIVELY AS WE'RE DOING RECRUITING RIGHT NOW, THAT WE'RE ALSO HAVING TO SAY, WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE MENTAL HEALTH.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, WE COULD YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING AN OFFICER IN THAT'S COULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT POSITION THAT KNOWS THE CITY, THAT KNOWS THE PEOPLE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE A PROMOTION FOR THEM ON THAT END, BUT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SECTION EVENTUALLY.
NO, THESE OFFICERS FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS WOULD BE SELECTED FROM WITHIN THE CURRENT, I MEAN FROM WITHIN THE PD STAFF.
CHIEF IS THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.
IS THAT A BADGED OFFICER? IT IS, YES.
CHIEF WHO RESPONDS TO THE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, OR DOES IT DEPEND WHO RESPONDS TO THAT? IT, IT DOES DEPEND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A NEIGHBOR DISPUTE, NOT NECESSARILY A, AN IN PROGRESS EMERGENCY, BUT WHO'S GONNA COME OUT AND TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TRY TO HELP 'EM RESOLVE THEIR CONFLICT OR, UH, LOUD MUSIC, NOT NECESSARILY AN EMERGENCY, BUT WHO'S GONNA RESPOND TO A LOUD MUSIC CALL AT 1:00 AM YES MA'AM.
THOSE ARE ALL POLICE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFOR, I MEAN ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT CAN RESPOND TO OTHER TYPES OF CALLS FOR ORDINANCES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT YOUR GENERAL DAY-TO-DAY CALLS FOR A POLICE OFFICER OR HANDLED BY OFFICERS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY NEW POSITIONS IN HERE FOR OFFICERS? I, I NOT, UH, THE SWORN STAFF THAT WE ASKED FOR IN THE, OUT OF THE TOTAL 13.
UH, WERE, UM, NOT NOT NEW POLICE PATROL OFFICERS.
THEY WERE, UM, THE ONES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE ONES THE CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDING, THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, THE NARCOTICS OFFICER AND SUCH, THE POLICE SWORN, THOSE ARE ALL, THOSE ARE ALL SWORN POSITIONS.
AND I THINK AS THE CHIEF IS SAYING, HE, YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE PROMOTING, UH, FOLKS FROM WITHIN TO THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN NEW POLICE OFFICERS WILL ULTIMATELY GET BACK FILLED INTO THOSE POSITIONS, UH, AS YOU GO DOWN INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S EFFECTIVELY MORE SWORN POSITIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
IS THAT, I KNOW I'M ONE TO CALL A LOT SO
SO NEXT DEPARTMENT AND OUR LAST DEPARTMENT IS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY REQUESTED A TOTAL OF FIVE NEW POSITIONS AND A TOTAL OF 3.1 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.
THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED LIST INCLUDES THREE NEW POSITIONS AND A TOTAL OF 2.3 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
YEAH, I REALLY DO LIKE, UH, 2 32, 2 33 AND EVEN 2 35 AND 36.
I THINK THESE WOULD BE WAYS TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AS WE'RE GROWING AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT.
SO, HARPER, WHICH ONES ARE YOU? 2 32.
I MEAN, I COULD, I COULD SEE A LOT OF BRAKE CHANGING AND A LOT OF, UM, STRUTS AND STUFF.
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS, IF THAT'S PER, IF THIS PERSON CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN JUST WITH SO MANY VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET, UM, HAVING A TIRE CHANGE, TIRE CHANGING WHEEL BALANCER WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME THERE.
I KNOW THERE'RE AT THE LOW END OF THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT YOU DID PUT THEM IN THERE HARPER.
SO WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE? I AND THEY'RE ONLY, AND YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE MANY RECURRING EXPENSES EITHER.
YOU HAVE ONE TIME EXPENSES, SO JUST KEEP COUNCIL IN MIND ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO, SO THERE WAS A FLEET MANAGER AND THEN THE FLEET ASSISTANT ALSO THAT WE SCRATCHED AND WE DID THAT BEFORE WE DID THIS FINAL HERE.
CUZ TALKING TO THE DIVISION MANAGERS, WE FELT LIKE WE'RE NOT READY TO BE ABLE TO, NUMBER ONE, SUPPORT THEM IN THE, IN THE, IN THE MAINTENANCE BAY.
UH, AS WELL AS WE HAVE NO ROOM RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, OUTSOURCE AND PUT PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND, UM, ANOTHER BUILDING THAT, THAT IT HAS A BARS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT HE MOVES, THEY MOVE TO THE PD PRETTY QUICK SO WE CAN GET THAT BACK AND PUT ALL OUR INSPECTORS OUT THERE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, YES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
THAT PERSON WILL MAINLY BE STUCK TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND NONE OF THAT OTHER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, THE OIL CHANGES, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL EVEN, THEY'LL EVEN GET TO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
SO LATER, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE ROOM AND WE BETTERLY WHEN WE HAVE BETTER GROWN AND ADAPTED TO OUR SPACE TO SEE WHAT
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WE CAN PUT OUT THERE, UM, HOW MANY WE CAN HOUSE AND WHATNOT, UM, AND THEN DEDICATE BASE TO THAT FUNCTION, THEN THAT WOULD BE A, I THINK A BETTER PURSUIT AT THAT TIME.SO, SO, SO THE VISION IS LATER TO HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE SHOP, WELL ACTUALLY OUR OWN VEHICLE, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT HAVING A UNITED ONE.
UM, THAT WE TAKE IN EVERYBODY OF SORTS, NOT NECESSARILY US, BUT ITS OWN PLACE, A LARGE FACILITY, UH, KINDA LIKE AUSTIN AND, UM, IT COULD HAVE A, A, A FUELING STATION, EVERYTHING THERE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLAN IN THE FUTURE.
I I THINK IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE PURCHASING FUNCTION THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT, IT'S VERY DECENTRALIZED RIGHT NOW MM-HMM.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT HAVING IT IN-HOUSE, UH, FLEET OPERATION AND A FUELING CENTER WHERE WE WOULD BUY OUR OWN FUEL AND WE WOULD HAVE A STORAGE TANK WHERE VEHICLES WOULD BE FUELED THERE AND, AND MAINTAINED IT CAN HAVE A COST SAVINGS.
BUT THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HARPER'S TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR IT AND HAVE A BETTER FACILITY PLAN OUT THERE.
THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL COME BACK MOST LIKELY NEXT YEAR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND FROM A FACILITY AND A CAPITAL COST.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE IT? I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN JUST YET.
UM, BUT WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THAT AND THE STAFFING THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR IT.
I KNOW THE, THE CHIEF HAS ASKED FOR A, UH, FLEET MANAGER.
HE'S GOT 85, 90 VEHICLES THAT HE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING AND OIL CHANGES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THOSE.
IT'S, IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE A STAFF THAT'S DEDICATED TO THAT.
I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY YET FOR THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE.
NO, YOU ARE, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE STREET MAINTENANCE AND THE TECHNICIANS SINCE WE ARE PUTTING IN THE BUDGET FOR THOSE LARGE PROJECTS.
DO YOU HAVE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT IN HERE THAT I DON'T SEE THAT ENOUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THOSE ROADS.
HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR, LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY TERM AND THOSE ROADS ARE DONE.
WHICH, WHICH EXACT ROADS ARE WE TALKING? MAKE SURE AND RIGHT.
MAKE SURE JUST HIDE AND RIGHT.
IT GO FOR THAT'S OUR, THAT THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR PRIORITY FOCUS.
AND DO YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY AND STAFF RIGHT NOW? WE DO.
UH, AS WE, AS WE MAYBE, UH, JUST JUST TO EXPLAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW, BUT CITY MANAGER, WE'VE DISCUSSED MOVING OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET FROM THE SEVEN 50 K LAST YEAR WAS FIVE, THEN WE MOVED TO SEVEN 50 AND NOW WE'RE THINKING THE 1 MILLION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FROM HERE ON OUT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUSH TO THIS TO DO AND, AND ACHIEVE THAT GOAL EACH MONTH.
WE DIDN'T WANNA SET IT AT TWO OR THREE, WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO RAMP UP, RAMP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THINGS AND NOT HAVE MONEY SITTING THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN FIND THAT, THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AND THE MONEY THAT'S GIVEN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S A PRIORITY.
I KNOW FOR RESIDENTS, THE ROADS ARE RIGHT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO I MEAN, IF, IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO ASK, PLEASE ASK FOR IT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE GONNA APPROVE EVERYTHING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS.
SO IF, IF THERE IS ANY NEED FOR, FOR MORE STAFF MEMBERS TO GET THOSE DONE, I, IF I COULD DO ANYTHING, IT'D BE JUST TO MAYBE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO NEXT YEAR IF WE'VE BETTER ASSESSED AND, AND UH, WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF.
BUT IF WE DO NEXT YEAR SEEING HOW WE'RE MOVING, UM, THEN MAY COME TO Y'ALL.
BUT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN HANDLE IT WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE ON THE BUDGET, BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED A LONG TIME AGO, IS ONCE WE GET THE BUDGET APPROVED, HOPEFULLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TIMELINE ON HOW THE ROADS ARE GONNA BE FIXED, YOU KNOW, AND HOW LONG, WHAT THE STATUS OF EACH OF THE PHASES IS.
SO I THINK FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SEGMENTS THAT WE SHOWED YOU, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE'LL GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC TIMELINE THAT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
HOW DO YOU GUYS CURRENTLY LAY CONCRETE? HOW DO WE LAY CONCRETE? YEAH.
UH, WE CALL IT IN WE, WE CALL IT IN, I MEAN, WE'LL OUR CONCRETE CREWS ARE MOSTLY, UH, CONSISTING OF OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
SO LET'S SAY A SIDEWALK FOR EXAMPLE, OVER IN, IN PLUM CREEK OR SOMETHING.
I'M SAYING PLUM CREEK BECAUSE THE, THE TREES AND THE ROOTS ARE ALWAYS MOVE THE, MOVE THE SQUARES.
SO THEY'LL GO AND MAYBE TAKE UP TWO OR THREE SECTIONS, UM, THEN THEY'LL GO TO HOPEFULLY NEARBY OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'LL BREAK EVERYTHING UP, FORM IT, GET IT READY FOR POUR, THEN WE CALL IN CONCRETE TRUCKS AND THEN THE, THE CONCRETE TRUCKS, DEPENDING ON THEIR AVAILABILITY.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BE AVAILABLE TO GIVE US WHAT WE NEED AND TO STAFF A DRIVER THAT HAS TO MOVE WITH US AND DO EACH JOB WITH US.
CUZ IT'S NOT LIKE YOU JUST GO DUMP IT ALL AND YOU'RE DONE.
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TO GET THEM TO GO TO EACH SITE, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO GET THEM TO STAY WITH YOU AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT SITE AND STAY WITH YOU AND DO THE PORES.UM, SO I, I ASSUME THAT'S YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CONCRETE TRUCK.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CONCRETE TRUCK AND I'M THINKING, HOW COME WE CAN, IF WE'RE LAYING ALL OUR OWN STUFF, WHY ARE WE NOT, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CON? THERE MIGHT BE A PERFECTLY GOOD REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A CONCRETE TRUCK.
YOU KNOW, THESE METERED CONCRETE TRUCKS THAT COME OUT, UM, HAVE BEEN GREAT.
UM, BUT THEY ARE GREAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT HAVING THEM AVAILABLE IS THE PROBLEM.
AND DO WE PAY FOR THAT? IS THAT A BUDGET? YES, WE PAY FOR IT.
IT COMES OUT OF OUR HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IS, HOW MUCH DO WE PAY IN THAT? AND FOR CONCRETE FOR, FOR THE TRUCK TO COME.
I MEAN, I CAN GET YOU AN INVOICE, I CAN GET YOU INVOICES FOR WHAT WE PAY, BUT, WELL, CUZ MY QUESTION IS IF IT'S MORE THAN THE $210,000 THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I WOULD'VE TO PULL TOGETHER NUMBERS FOR BRIAN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T GET A TRUCK IF WE'RE PAYING $500,000 OR, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST MADE UP A PRICE, UM, FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WAITING ON TIME AND IF OUR CITY HAS TO LIKE BREAK THAT UP, THAT BECOMES A LIABILITY AS WELL.
UNLESS IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE HERE AND THEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE PEOPLE SIT AND WAIT WHILE WE BREAK UP THAT CONCRETE.
YEAH, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU A BETTER ANALYSIS THAT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I THINK IT'S THE TRUCK COST IS ONE THING THEN IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE AND IT'S THE MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE ITSELF AS PART OF THAT COST.
WE CAN GET YOU AN ANALYSIS OF IT.
IF I COULD JUST FINALLY ADD ABOUT THE, THE, TO MAYBE GO ON COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KALE'S COMMENTS AND THEN ZUNIGAS COMMENTS AND THEN ABOUT THE FACILITY ITSELF.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUY, YOU AND CITY MANAGER AND JERRY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT A FACILITY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONCRETE, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STUFF TO STORE THE, THE, THE SAND, THE GRAVEL.
THAT COULD BE A LOCATION THERE.
YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLEET, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BREAKS BEING CHANGED AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT.
IN THE COUNTY WHERE I WORK AT, WE HAVE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES AND THEY HAVE LITTLE BASICALLY SUBSTATIONS THERE.
MM-HMM
NOT ONLY THAT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THE CITY, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S THE OFFICERS THAT NEED TO PUT FUEL IN THEIR VEHICLES INSTEAD OF GOING TO A GAS STATION, THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR, THE SUBSTATION THERE TO WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR FUEL FROM THERE.
EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF HAS TO STAY IN LINE, PUT CERTAIN CODES IN AND BOOM AND IT KEEPS TRACK OF ALL THE FUEL USAGE OF EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE THAT THE CITY OWNS.
WHICH I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT KEEPS A BETTER RECORD KEEPING OF, OF, OF ALL OF THAT.
SO GOING BACK TO THE CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO COULD BE A SITE WHERE ALL THE TRUCKS CAN BE HOUSED AT AS WELL AND THE MAINTENANCE DONE AND SO FORTH.
BUT THEN I GET THAT BRINGS UP THE GOOD, UH, QUESTION WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL THE, WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY ACQUISITION, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO FIND SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY TO WHERE THOSE, THAT AREA COULD BE BEST SERVED OR WHERE THE LOCATION COULD BE AT TOO.
SO CUZ YOU KNOW, AS OUR CITY'S GROWING FAST, A LOT OF LANDS GETTING BOUGHT UP AND A LOT OF ELEMENTS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA BE BE ABLE MAKE THAT FACILITY, UH, FEASIBLE AND ALSO THE LOCATION TO WHERE IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE BIG TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE AS A CITY ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT LONG TERM.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FIVE, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FOR THAT.
OKAY, TO WRAP UP THIS, THIS PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION, THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED LIST.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE, UH, OF ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENT REQUEST WAS FOR 10.2 MILLION AND 42 NEW POSITIONS OF THAT 8.9 MILLION IS SO FAR IS IN THE RECOMMENDED LIST.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK TODAY.
AND A TOTAL OF 30, UH, NEW POSITIONS, THAT'S 90% OF THE FUND, SUPPLEMENTAL FUND REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET AT THIS POINT AND 72% OF THE NEW POSITIONS REQUESTED.
SO I'M GONNA SWITCH BACK TO THE PRESENTATIONS REAL QUICK.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE, SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
SO NEXT STEPS REAL QUICK ARE TUESDAY, JULY 25TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE CHIEF APPRAISER OF HAYAT TO PROVIDE US CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUATIONS.
SO WE'LL GET THAT AND HOPEFULLY SOON THEREAFTER WE'LL GET OUR TAX RATES FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR.
TENTATIVELY WE ARE LOOKING AT CITY MANAGER WILL BE SENDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND C I B SPENDING PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, JULY 29TH, AS OUR WORK
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SESSION NUMBER THREE STARTS AT 8:00 AM THIS IS WHERE THE CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR NEXT YEAR.THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY CHARTER, SO WE WILL BE COMPLYING WITH THAT REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN AUGUST 15TH, THIS IS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS WHERE COUNSEL IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET AND TAX RATE AND ALSO HAVE THE FIRST READING ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND BUDGET ORDINANCES.
AND THEN THURSDAY, AUGUST 24TH, UH, WORK SESSION NUMBER FIVE AT 6:00 PM IS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET AND TAX RATES AND SECOND READING OR FINAL READING ON THE ADOPTION OF PROPERTY TAX RATE AND BUDGET ORDINANCES.
SO WITH THAT I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO BRIAN.
THE FINAL, THE FINAL SLIDE THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING FOR.
UM, LOTS OF DISCUSSION TODAY AND KIND OF JUST THE OVERALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNOW I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET? DOES THIS DO A GOOD JOB OF OUTLINING SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO, TO FOCUS ON? I THINK IN GENERAL WHAT I'VE HEARD, YES.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, IT DOES FOR THE MOST PART.
I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS AND I I DO UNDERSTAND ON THE CIP PIECE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ON THE, THE EAST SIDE, WE WERE CLEARLY WORKING ON THAT, BUT THAT WAS REALLY JUST GIVEN TO US ON JUNE 25TH.
UM, SO I JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER FOR US, BUT I WILL BRING THAT BACK.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING OUT OF THE CI CIP THAT I'VE HEARD THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I KNOW, UH, THAT WE HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRE STATION, THE DOWNTOWN, SO WE'LL DO THAT.
BUT JUST IN GENERAL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PRIORITY ITEMS THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT? ARE WE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? I REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE COME COME IN TALKING TO ALL OF YOU, MY COMMITMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN NO SURPRISES.
SO WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE END OF JULY, UM, LARGE PART, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS, THE SAME NUMBERS.
THERE'LL BE SOME TWEAKS BASED ON, UH, THE CONVERSATION TODAY, BUT IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING OR THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, NOW'S THE TIME TO LET US KNOW SO WE CAN EVALUATE THOSE AND, AND CONSIDER IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, CUZ WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING THE VISION AND WORKSHOP AND IF WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET SESSION AND ADDRESS THIS.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT BIG BUILDING LIBRARY SLASH REC CENTER.
SO IF WE WERE TO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WILL WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DRAFT MM-HMM.
YEAH, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS WITH OUR BONDING CAPACITY THAT I KNOW THAT, UH, PEREZ WENT TO, WENT THROUGH WITH US, BUT I CAN, I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU.
YEAH, IF IF WE CANNOT DO IT, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BUT SINCE IT WAS DISCUSSED THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IS IS A COMBINATION OF ALSO THE SENIOR CITIZENS THING OR IS IT GOING TO BE ALREADY? I THINK WE NEED TO THREE AND DISCUSSED.
CAUSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A, A, A, MAYBE A POSSIBLE WORKSHOP ON THAT, UH, TO OUTLINE EVERYTHING.
I, WE, WE DIDN'T REALLY COVER THIS, UH, WITH YOU CUZ I, I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT A LITTLE BIT THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO LEASE SOME SPACE FOR PARKS FOR SOME, UH, ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, JERRY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME OF THE STAFF THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE CURRENT BUILDING OVER HERE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.
THEY BE RELOCATED, WHICH GIVES 'EM A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM AND CAPACITY.
NOT A LOT, BUT SOME, UH, WE COULD LOOK AT LEASING SOME OTHER SPACE.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE QUICKEST WAY TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR YOU.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE JOINT FACILITY, THE NUMBER THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR WAS THROWING OUT AT THE VISIONING WORKSHOP IS THIS IS AN 80 TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY WITH RECREATION CENTER, LIBRARY, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS TOGETHER.
SO IT'S A BIG NUMBER THAT WOULD BE OUT THERE THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE WOULD FUND IT.
SO I THINK WE MAY HAVE A SHORT TERM SOLUTION AND A LONGER TERM, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER PLAN FOR THAT.
I JUST WANNA KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO DESIGN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IF WE DO HAVE THE BONDING CAPACITY IN THE 2020, CUZ WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ISSUING ANY BONDS FOR THIS IF IT WERE TO PASS UNTIL 20 25, 20 26.
UM, WE CAN GIVE YOU, UM, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY AND SOME OPTIONS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'VE USED, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE COMBINING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY 2020 BOND.
IF WE COULD MAYBE FINALLY WHEN WE HAVE ALL OUR PROJECTS FROM OUR SPLASH PAD TO OUR SKATE PARK, TO ANY OF THE UPGRADES WE HAVE THAT WE CAN HAVE A FINAL NUMBER OF ACTUALLY WHAT'S LEFT.
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NEXT YEAR WE CAN SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH IS LEFT FROM ALL THE, UH, PROJECTS WE'VE DONE THIS PAST TWO YEARS.UH, THIS IS WHAT OUR PORTION HAS BEEN FROM THE BOND.
AND THEN THAT WAY GOING FORWARD, ANY OTHER NEW PARKS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT'S LEFT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET OR THE BALANCE LEFT OVER FROM THE, FROM THAT 2020 BOND.
SO WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT, SO WE HAVE A TRACK RIGHT NOW WE THAT INCLUDE IN THE WEEK OF REPORT.
IT'S ALREADY SO IT'S IN THERE ALREADY.
OH, CAN WE BUDGET FOR NEW CHAIRS?
OH, I, I HAD FOR A NEW CHAIR I AGREE WITH.
LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M PLANNING MY FLAG ABOUT NEW CHAIRS.
WE WILL GET YOU SOME NICE CHAIRS.
WE'LL ADD IT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S COST CENTER.
DOESN'T PLACE HAVE A QUESTION? CAN WE TAKE IT OUT OF ANY UNFIT BUDGET COUNCIL, BRIAN, CAN WE GO BUY ONE RIGHT NOW PLEASE? WE CAN BUY IT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ADJOURNED TO WASHINGTON.