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TIME TODAY'S WEDNESDAY, JULY 20TH, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM.
CERTIFY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL ITEM, NUMBER THREE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? NO, SIR.
[(a) Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget overview.]
WITH ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BEFORE WE START, ELENA, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK.UM, SO I WANT SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YESTERDAY.
UH, TODAY I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MYSELF TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION SO WE CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT PERTAIN TO.
SO EACH DEPARTMENT'S THAT, IF YOU GO, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT AND THEN TAKE THE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
SO THIS IS WHERE EVERYONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WAS HERE YESTERDAY, WE COVERED, AND I'M SURPRISED TO SEE ALL OF YOUR BACK AGAIN.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WANT US TO GO BACK OVER HALF TIME.
WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE YOU TOO, BUT IT JUST SHOWS REALLY THE TRUE LEADERSHIP OF THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE DONE YESTERDAY, YOU REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE NICE TODAY AND NOT JUMP ON ANY OF THOSE OTHER COLLEAGUES.
UM, BUT LET'S JUST GET READY TO START.
SO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING TODAY IS PUBLIC WORKS AND THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE INVALUABLE PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, TO CONTINUALLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF THE PHASE TWO EXPANSION OF THE REGIONAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE FOREFRONT OF FORMULATING THE $86 MILLION BOND PACKAGE INITIATED A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE CITY'S PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND NOMINATED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR TRANSPORTATION AT THE APWA ANNUAL CONFERENCE IMPLEMENTED PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE UTILITY BILLING AND THE TRUE-UP PROCESS AND IMPLEMENTED A FLOOD ALERT SYSTEM, WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
THE GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO COMPLETE THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR BEAUTIFICATION, LANDSCAPED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PROACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH THE MUDS AND ADDRESSING REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
PHASE TWO PHASE TWO EXPANSION OF THE MUSTANG BY YOU WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROGRAMMING AND IMPLEMENTING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN A 2021 BOND PROGRAM AND COMPLETE UPDATING THE THOROUGHFARE AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MASTER PLANS.
SO THE BUDGET, THE BASE BUDGET, UM, FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS 7 MILLION, UM, $10, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 3.1.
THERE IS A DECREASE IN PERSONNEL BECAUSE THE GIS DIVISION WAS MOVED INTO IT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
AND ONE TIME ALLOCATIONS IN PRIOR YEAR CARRY FORWARDS WERE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET.
THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF 41 FTE AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, A TOTAL OF 4 MILLION, $135,108.
AND BEFORE GOING INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AS A TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET.
SO WE, IT ALL STARTS WITH A MEETING OF STAFF WITH THE BUDGET TEAM, PROVIDING BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS.
OF COURSE, THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY PUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THEIR SUPPLEMENTALS INTO THE SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING IS COMPILED AND REVIEWED WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
THERE'S DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AS LONG WITH THE BUDGET TEAM, WE REVIEW ALL OF THE REQUESTS AND SUPPLEMENTALS AND START NARROWING SOME OF THE THINGS DOWN AGAIN.
UM, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED WAS $21 MILLION.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THESE WORKSHOPS IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INPUT OR COMMENTS.
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IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THERE THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN AUGUST.SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE PUB, PUBLIC WORKS, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, OKAY.
THEY DO HAVE REQUESTS FOR STAFFING.
WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.
THEY HAVE APPLE IPAD AIRS TO BE USED WITH A NEW SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE CARDIOGRAPH.
THEY HAVE A BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, ONE POSITION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
THERE'S ALSO BUILDING REPAIRS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, FIRE STATION, ONE MUNICIPAL COURT, PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR AND PARKING.
THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FOR A CIP ADMINISTRATOR POSITION AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, INCLUDING SECURITY IN LIFE, MONITORING SOFTWARE FOR DATA LINKING AND ANALYSIS AND STREETLIGHTS.
ANOTHER POSITION IS A CREW LEADER POSITION.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO INCREASE ELECTRIC UTILITY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR OUR AGING FACILITIES, THE ELEVATORS, GENERATORS, HVAC, HVAC MAINTENANCE, LIFE SAFETY, LIFT STATIONS, OVERHEAD DOORS, PLUMBING, ROOFING, AGAIN, WE'RE PROVIDING YOU.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A FACILITY SUPERVISOR POSITION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FLEET REPAIR COSTS, AS WELL AS A FLEET SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE-TIME COSTS OF GRANT WRITING SERVICES DUE TO INCREASE COSTS AND INCREASE FOR MINOR TOOLS AND INCREASE FOR TREE TRIMMING SERVICES, UH, INCREASE FOR UNIFORM AND UNIFORM SERVICE AND, UH, INCREASE IN HOSPITALITY SUPPLIES.
UM, THEY ARE THE DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES ALL OF THE COFFEE FOR THE CITY.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY DRINKING THE COFFEE.
WE HAVE NICE COFFEE NOW INCREASE IN PRINTING AND PUBLICATION COSTS AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, A JANITORIAL SERVICE WHERE CITY FACILITIES, A MOSQUITO SPRAYING OUTSOURCING OF STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE IT'S AN EITHER OR, OH, SORRY, I KEEP FORGETTING BECAUSE I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME SO I CAN SEE, UM, THERE'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTION WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO FOR THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THERE'S MONEY FOR A RECLASSIFICATION OF POSITION, ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, MORE SERVICE AND REPAIR AGREEMENTS, AND THEN A SIGNAL TECHNICIAN STREET TECHNICIAN ONE AND TWO UPGRADE.
SO THE AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM, UH, UTILITY MANAGER'S POSITION AND WEARING APPAREL FOR STAFF.
SO THE TOTAL REQUESTS AGAIN IS APPROXIMATELY 4.1 MILLION, UH, $3,500 OF THAT IS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT, MEANING THE COST THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE OBLIGATED TO DO SO.
THE RECURRING COSTS REQUESTED ARE APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION AND THE ONE-TIME COSTS ARE 1.9, ALMOST $2 MILLION.
I'LL ALSO GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
SO OUR FLEET EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, THIS IS FUNDED FROM TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE TRANSFERS AND OTHER SOURCES, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY, UH, INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE IS 584,300 TOTAL EXPENSES.
AND THIS IS FOR THE FLEET REPLACEMENT.
THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE SCHEDULE 494,000, THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS 898,000.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING TO THAT.
AND SO INCLUDED IN THIS SCHEDULE, WE HAVE, WELL, THERE'S ADDITIONAL, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT SCHEDULE, BUT THESE ARE THE REQUESTS FOR FLEET CITYWIDE REQUESTS, TOTAL 4,986,243.
SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE FOR SOME NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
AND IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT FUNDED, THEN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE FUNDED.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE REPLACEMENT FOR, UH, TWO FIRE TRUCKS.
UH, NOW, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A REQUEST TO REPLACE THEM IS NOT ACTUALLY AN EXPENSE AS SOON AS WE, UH, DECIDE TO PURCHASE THEM BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY ISSUE DEBT OR HAVE SOME SORT OF A LEASE AGREEMENT WHERE WE'RE PAYING FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE ANY INITIAL, UM, COMMITMENT OF $3 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE A MATCH FOR A GRANT THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR.
AND SO IF THEY'RE AWARDED THE MATCH FOR THAT GRANT IS $38,182.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING AN EXCAVATOR ROLLER SKID STEER, SMALL TRUCK, CONCRETE MIXER, AND A VACUUM TRUCK.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE VEHICLE TRAILER AND EQUIPMENT FOR MOWING, UH, THERE'S A NEW MORNING CREW.
AND THEN AGAIN, SOME VEHICLES FOR POSITIONS, THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE
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ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE VEHICLES AND THE VEHICLES WERE NOT PURCHASED.AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING THE VEHICLES FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS WITHIN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN, WELL, THERE'S ALSO A VAN FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION, UM, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE REST ARE PRETTY MUCH VEHICLES FOR NEW EMPLOYEES.
WE DO HAVE INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CIP, BUT YOU DID RECEIVE A IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION ON THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER THAT.
AND BEFORE GOING INTO UTILITIES, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO STOP FOR QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THE UTILITY FUNDS.
ALSO, LET'S JUST HAVE, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET'S TAKE AFTER UTILITIES.
SO UTILITIES A FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET, BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TOTAL REVENUE AT 17 MILLION, $53,050, TOTAL EXPENSE OF TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THREE.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, FUNDS WITHIN THE UTILITY FUNDS THAT ARE DEBT FUNDS, WHERE WE STILL HAVE PROCEEDS TO BE SPENT, SO THAT MONEY WOULD BE IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE TOTAL EXPENSE.
THAT'S 21 MILLION AND OVER THE REVENUE BECAUSE WE HAVE FUND BALANCE IN SOME OF THESE FUNDS.
AND SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC WORKS, ELENA? I HAVE A, IT'S A REAL SIMPLE ONE.
I NOTICED THAT TONIGHT THERE WAS AN APPAREL LINE ITEM THREE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND I THINK IT WAS AN APPAREL ITEM IN YOUR BUDGET AS WELL FROM, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.
WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO MAYBE TAKE THAT AND PUT THAT IN MAYBE IN HR OR IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND HAVE A LARGER BUDGET FOR APPAREL THAT WAY WHEN NEW EMPLOYEES COME IN, WE ALREADY HAVE DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, MAYBE FUND A LITTLE EXTRA FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
SO THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE TAKE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN BUNDLE IT AND PUT IT INTO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAVE A BETTER LINE ITEM IF YOU WILL, ON APPAREL.
THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO, I WILL SAY FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPAREL THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GET.
SO, YEAH, AND THEY ALSO DO THE POLOS AND, UM, THERE'S OTHER, UH, LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, APPRECIATION MONTH WHERE THEY HAVE T-SHIRTS.
AND SO THEY, THEY, THEY PURCHASE LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, MARSHALL, THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, THAT THERE IS MONIES ALLOWED TO DO SHIRTS AND STUFF.
THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.
AND ANOTHER THING IS, UM, IF IT'S NOT ALL IN ONE PLACE, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT VOLUME DISCOUNTS.
IF WE HAD ONE CONTRACT THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, PAID OR ORDERED OFF OF TO GET BETTER PRICING.
SO ELENA, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND I, AND I SEE IT THAT YOU PUT PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORIZED FTES OR 41 AS OF TODAY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO HOW MANY, AND I KNOW THERE WAS THAT LIST OF ALL THE POSITIONS, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WERE THEY? I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL, DO YOU HAVE TRACI STAYS NINE AND, UH, BERTHA IS GOING TO CONFIRM THAT'S CORRECT IF THEY WERE ALL APPROVED.
BUT, AND ONE MORE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ONE TIME, NOT THE REOCCURRING, SO ONE TIME COST IS 1.9531 1.9 MILLION.
THAT'S COMING INTO THIS THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
YES, WE HAVE THAT WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM.
SO THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCE.
SO IS THAT THE HIGHEST THAT'S GOING INTO THIS DEPARTMENT OR IS THERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR, I WILL SAY FOR THE ONE-TIME FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO BE TYPICALLY ANNUALLY CONTRIBUTE THE $1.2 MILLION FOR THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
IT'S ONE TIME, BUT WE TYPICALLY DO IT ANNUALLY TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT PROGRAM.
OTHERWISE IT'S WHAT 600 BUCKS FOR CYLON 600,000 GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE BUMPED 1.5 AS OUR DEPTH SERVICE REDUCED LAST YEAR.
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THIS YEAR.IF THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS NOT APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO BE $2 MILLION AS WE CAME AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE CURRENTLY HAVE CLOSE TO $3.2 MILLION ALREADY.
SO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE ASKED WILL HELP US CATCH UP WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S A ONE TIME IT'S A ONE TIME.
YES, ONE TIME YOU SAID TWO, HOW MUCH WE HAVE ASKED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL AT ONE TIME FUNDING OF $1.2 MILLION FOR THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOTHING BUT STREET REPAIRS, BECAUSE WE'RE BACKLOGGED.
AND WE GOT TO HIT THE BACKLOG WITH THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THAT.
I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
I'M DOING WHAT A GOOD THANK YOU.
UM, I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU DIDN'T REMOVE THE GIS SYSTEM FOR IT.
WE HAD GIS, BUT RECENTLY IT WAS REORGANIZED AND IT WAS MORE UNDER IT TOO.
UM, HAS THAT IMPACTED OPERATIONS IN ANY TYPE OF WAY? NO, HE DOES NOT.
UH, AGAIN, GIS PROVIDE SERVICE FOR DIFFERENT OPERATIONS IN THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE BIGGEST USER IS PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THAT THE MANAGEMENT HAS A VISION TO EXPAND THE ROLE OF GIS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UH, AND, UH, IT IS A TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER.
AND THE REASON THAT THE DECISION WAS MADE I UNDERSTAND IS, UH, BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY RECITES IN IT TO DO THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE GIS.
AS OF NOW, IT HAS NOT IMPACTED US.
WOULD YOU WISH TO HAVE IT BACK IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ADVERTISING? UH, I WISH TO HAVE EVERYTHING BACK NOW, BUT, BUT I ALSO DO REALIZE THAT, UH, IT HAS TO SERVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WHATEVER IS THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR WISHLIST? UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE SMALL COMMENT.
UH, IT MAY SOUND LIKE PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING FOR 4 MILLION PUBLIC VERSUS AS A PROVIDER OF SERVICES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
WE PROVIDE FACILITY SERVICES FOR A NUMBER OF FACILITIES IN THE CITY.
WE CATERED TO THE FLEET SERVICE NEEDS ROUGHLY ABOUT IN EXCESS OF $1.5 MILLION IS FOR THE OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE ASKED FOR THE NEEDS IT'S WITHIN OUR BUDGET, BUT IT'S MORE OF THE FACILITY STUFF.
SO THAT IS 1.5 MILLION 1.2 MILLION IS FOR THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND I WILL JUST TAKE ANOTHER TWO MINUTES TO TELL YOU WHAT THE BIG ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE WHO STREET CREWS, TOTALLY NINE PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE DURING A HURRICANE, OR WHEN THERE IS PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT.
WE CANNOT MANAGE OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A THIRD CREW, NOT ONLY WHICH WILL PROVIDE US A BACKUP.
NOW STREET SWEEPING IS DONE ON A PART-TIME BASIS WITH THAT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO PERMANENT STREETS WEEPING.
NOW THE OTHER KEY POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE HAST IS THE CIP ADMINISTRATOR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BOND PROGRAM ABOUT $86 MILLION.
NOW HAVING A BOND PROGRAM IS ONE THING, BUT DELIVERING IT ON A TIMELY BASIS IS ANOTHER THING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR A CIP MANAGER TO ADMINISTER IT.
THE REST, ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE CITY IS GROWING.
THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS GROWING.
NUMBER OF LANE MILES OF STREET IS GROWING.
THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES IS INCREASING.
AND THAT IS WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR THESE STAFF POSITIONS TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS REQUESTS.
I DO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER REQUESTS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE MADE A VERY OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT IS EXPECTED BY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS.
AND THAT IS WHY WE MADE THIS REQUEST.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU, UH, SASHA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, YOU, UH, UH, ASSIGN A PRIORITY ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THERE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE THE ASSUMPTION, YOU WON'T GET ALL OF THE DOLLARS, BUT YOU HAVE A, A WAY OF LISTING THE PRIORITY ITEMS. YES, SIR.
UH, PART OF THE BUDGET IS OF COURSE WE ASKED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKED RANKED OR SUPPLEMENT.
SO THE LIST THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS AND ULTIMATELY WILL BE PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL IS RANKED BASED ON OUR PRIORITY.
I HAVE A, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, RELATIVE TO THE, UH, THE REQUEST WE HAVE THE NINE POSITIONS, UH, JUST, YOU ANSWERED THE ONE ABOUT THE CIP ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, YOU HAVE AN ASK FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
I SEE WE ALREADY HAVE AN ADMIN ASSISTANT TO WHO IS THIS GOING TO BE? THIS IS FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION.
AND, UH, UH, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER HAS BEEN ASKING THIS FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, IT IS TAKING A LOT OF CALLS, UH, AND SHE MANAGES THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE BEING A, UM, UH, ANIMAL
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SERVICES MANAGER.NOT ONLY, UH, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANOTHER POSITION, BUT THE FLEET DEPARTMENT RESIDES RIGHT ACROSS ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO THIS WILL NOT ONLY PRIMARY FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, BUT WE'LL ALSO HELP FLEET AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
UH, AND I ALSO SEE, WE ALREADY HAVE A BUILDING MAINTENANCE, UH, ASSISTANT TECH AND A BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECH, AND YOU'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECH.
WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES WE ADDED FAR STATION SIX, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT OUR STAFF IN IN-HOUSE IS ABLE TO SAVE COSTS BY PERFORMING AND NOW SERVICES.
THERE IS A LOT OF REMODELING YOU HAVE NOTICED ON CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR THAT'S GOING ON.
THAT IS ALL DONE BY IN-HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS CREW RIGHT NOW.
OUR BUILDING SERVICE STAFF IS A STAFF OF FOUR FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE.
AND FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE AT 30 PLUS YEARS OLD, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP OR PAYING A LOT OF OVERTIME AND THOSE HOURS ARE INCREASING DRASTICALLY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVING ANOTHER CREW, SO TO SPEAK ON THE BILLING SERVICES SIDE WILL REDUCE THE OVERTIME HOURS.
AND A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OUTSOURCE IN TERMS OF REMODELING CAN BE PERFORMED.
AND ALSO WE HAVE THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
AND THEN I NOTICED WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CREW LEADER FOR, UH, STREETS AND YOU'RE REQUESTING A CREW LEADER, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFY FOR WHAT.
SO, YES, UH, AS I SAID, THERE ARE TWO CREWS, THERE'S A STREET SUPERINTENDENT IN TWO CREWS OR TRYING TO CREATE A THIRD GROUP.
AND AGAIN, WHAT I SAID IS THIS WILL PROVIDE US A BACKUP DURING EMERGENCIES, UH, TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF FOR THE LEAF.
THEY WILL ALSO PERFORM STREET REPAIRS AND POTHOLE REPAIRS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE DO STREET SWEEPING ON A PART-TIME BASIS.
MOST OF OUR STREETS SWEEPING HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WEEKEND.
WITH OVERTIME HOURS, WE WILL, WE LOOKED AT TWO OPTIONS.
THE COUNCIL HAS COME TO US AND SAID, WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE STREET SWEEPING.
WE WENT OUT, GOT A COAT, WHICH IS ALSO IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL.
AND WE WANT TO DO STREETS WEEPING OUTSOURCING ONCE A MONTH.
IT'S GOING TO COST US HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
NOW I PERSONALLY DON'T RECOMMEND THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT, RATHER WE HAVE ANOTHER STREETS CREW.
WE CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER SERVICES AND THAT STREETS CREW CAN PERFORM OTHER SERVICES.
AND IT IS A LOT MORE VALUE ADDED SERVICE THEN OUTSOURCING THE STREETS, WEEPING OPERATIONS.
AND MY LAST QUESTION ON THE POSITIONS, UH, I'M NOTICING, UH, YOU'RE REQUESTING A FACILITY, SUPERVISOR, FLEET SUPERINTENDENT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AND THE, I GUESS, FACILITY SUPERVISOR THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED, A LOADED QUESTION.
BUILDING SERVICES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CREWS.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A SECOND ONE.
SO INTERNALLY WE WANT TO PROMOTE SOMEBODY TO A SUPERVISOR AND HIRE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT'S NEEDED TO PERFORM THE CREW SERVICES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A TECHNICIAN AND THE CREW LEADER.
SO TO SPEAK ON THE FLEET SIDE, SOME OF YOU KNOW, MIKE DUBBS, HE WAS THE FLEET SUPERINTENDENT.
HE WAS PROMOTED AS THE FLEET AND, UH, BUILDING SERVICES MANAGER.
WHAT, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DID NOT TRULY FILL THE FLEET FLEET SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.
SO, UM, MIKE HAS TAKEN BIGGER ROLES.
HE'S INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE REMODELING EFFORT AND, UH, HAVING OVERSIGHT OVER BOTH FLEET AND FACILITIES.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, AGAIN, ON THE FLEET SITES, AS THE CITY GROWS, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE WAKIDS WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE FIRE TRUCKS.
AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING BACK A LOT OF THE REPAIR IN-HOUSE.
UM, SO WE SEE A NEED FOR HAVING A FLEET SUPERINTENDENT TO OVERSEE THOSE.
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
CAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE AN INCREASE LIKE THAT, FTE, UH, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW PROBABLY SHOULD WANT TO KNOW WHY.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAVE ONE LAST THING UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL THERE SAYS, UH, ROOFING EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR ROOFING FOR ONE TIME, 44,000 BODIES.
WELL, UH, AGAIN, UH, WHAT ARE BUILDING SERVICES, MAINTENANCE PROJECT CITYWIDE.
I THINK WE HAVE 17 PLUS BUILDING TRADITIONALLY OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO HAS BEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND UNDER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS EVERY YEAR WE REQUESTED SUPPLEMENTALS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FY 22 BUDGET OR APPROVED FUNDING, THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET IS TO THE TUNE OF $600,000.
SO ONE THING, WHAT I REQUESTED CITY MANAGEMENT AND, UH, AND FINANCES TO UP OUR BASE BUDGET, TRULY, WE CAN'T BE USING THE BASE BUDGET.
WE HAD 10 YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING NEW BUILDINGS.
OUR BUILDINGS ARE GETTING OLDER.
IF YOU COMPARE TO THE FY 22 TO WHAT WE HAVE ASKED NOW, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BASE BUDGET AND THE SUPPLEMENTALS WE ASKED, IT FEELS LIKE THE DELTA IS BIG.
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THANK YOU.THE NEXT DEPARTMENT THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING IS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE ONE-STOP SHOP.
FIRST I'LL GET STARTED, BUT THEIR MISSION, THE MISSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL, EFFICIENT AND POSITIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.
WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS, HAVING A PREDICTABLE, RESPONSIVE, AND TIMELY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS BUILT ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES HIRING A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT HEALTH SUPERVISOR, LAUNCHING A PERSON TO PERSON CODE ENFORCEMENT APPROACH RESULTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NOTICE OF CITATIONS WRITTEN AND AN INCREASE IN REACHING COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT WIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE INITIATIVE, LAUNCHED TO ESTABLISH AND TRAIN DEPARTMENT STAFF ON PROVIDING A PROFESSIONAL EFFICIENT AND POSITIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING WAS APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED TO SUPPORT TWO NEW PROGRAMS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TOOLS FOR BUSINESS, INVESTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT WITHIN THE CDBG TARGET AREAS.
THE GOALS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR FIVE OF THE GOALS INCLUDE CLARIFYING AND UPDATING SERVICE DELIVERY GOALS TO IMPROVE TIMELINESS, MAINTAIN QUALITY AND EXHIBIT PROFESSIONALISM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE-STOP PLAN REVIEW PERMIT, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ACQUIRE ACCREDITATION FOR PLAN REVIEW, PERMITTING INSPECTIONS AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
WITHIN THREE YEARS, ESTABLISH A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WITHIN FIVE YEARS TO PROVIDE A ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND REVIEW UPDATE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND ADOPTED CODES.
ANOTHER GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT RATING SYSTEM TO REFLECT BEST PRACTICES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISH A SYSTEM PROCESS FOR BUSINESS TRACKING TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY RATING PROGRAMS AND CODE COMPLIANCE INITIATIVES.
THE BASE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 IS APPROXIMATELY $2.6 MILLION.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF $80,000.
AGAIN, THIS REFLECTS SALARY INCREASES CHANGES IN THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION RATES AND THE REDUCTION THAT'S IN PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS DUE TO A PRIOR YEAR CARRY FORWARD, BEING REMOVED.
AND AGAIN, AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY LIABILITY INSURANCE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN ALL OF THAT.
MOST DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 31 FTE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED $776,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
THIS INCLUDES TWO SENIOR PLANNER POSITIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS AND OFFICE MANAGER POSITION PART-TIME PLANS, EXAMINER PLAN PLANNER, ONE POSITION, UH, FUNDING FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL.
I SENIOR PLANS, EXAMINER, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE P AND Z COMMISSION AND OTHER BOARDS THIRD-PARTY PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION SERVICES AND PRINTING OF BUSINESS CARDS AND FORMS. THEN WE ALSO HAVE CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS UPDATING THE CON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCES.
UH, THAT IS THE ONE TIME THAT 78,000, UH, THE REQUEST INCLUDES 698,000 IN RECURRING AND 78,001 TIME FOR A TOTAL OF 776,000.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER GOMEZ, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE-STOP SHOP AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS IS BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A WELL FIRST THAT ONE OF YOUR, UM, PRIORITIES WAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FIRE NECKS, AND THEY'RE BOTH INVOLVED IN THE ONE-STOP SHOPS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS CONCEPT TO YOU, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE HEAR THE CONCERNS, WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, WE UNDERSTAND THE GOALS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE FOCUS.
SO WHEN IT KIND OF JUST PUT INTO PLAY, UM, WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, OR WE'RE TALKING NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES GOING IN, UM, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
SO ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES, ALL OF THOSE PIECES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO AND ACHIEVE OUR FINAL RESULTS.
UM, SO THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR TEAM PLAYERS, MISSOURI CITY HAS PROVIDED THIS ONE-STOP SHOP,
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UM, SERVICE.UM, FOR MANY YEARS IT HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE SERVICE, UM, IN TERMS OF BRINGING EVERYBODY INTO ONE PLACE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE HAVING TO GO TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND OF WHAT OUR PROCESSES ARE OR, UH, WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLES ARE.
THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES WITHIN THAT ONE-STOP SHOP.
SO I KNOW IT CAN GET A LITTLE CONVOLUTED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE USE THE TERM DEVELOPMENT QUITE A BIT, UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES PLANNING.
SO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THOSE ARE PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS THAT WORK WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND TO, UM, LOOK FOR WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO GO ESTABLISH THOSE GOALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE PLANNING PROPERTY, THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ALL OF THAT ALIGNS.
UM, SO THAT SERVICE IS PROVIDED OUT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THE PLANNING DIVISION PROVIDES BOTH LONG WHAT WE CALL LONG RANGE AND SHORT TERM PLANNING, WHICH IS TODAY OUR PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, WHICH IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY OUR FRONT OFFICE, THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF THAT YOU'LL INTERACT WITH FIRST, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE, UM, THOSE, UH, THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTAKE, THE PROCESSING, THE ROUTING, UM, COMMUNICATING, UH, THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
AND THEN THE BACKSIDE OF THAT INSPECTING THOSE BUILDINGS, THOSE FACILITIES, UM, PRIOR TO A COMPANY OR A PERSON OCCUPYING THE SPACE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HEALTH TEAM, UM, HAVE BEEN, UH, BROUGHT IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, BROUGHT IN HEALTH, JOINING, UM, THE HEALTH TEAM.
UM, I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, WITH THE NEW HIRE OF OUR, UH, CODE HEALTH SUPERVISOR, UM, AND THE APPROACH THAT THEY'VE TAKEN, UM, ALL OF THESE, UH, SERVICES ARE INTERRELATED.
SO THE WORK THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES IS BUILT OFF OF WHAT PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS HAS DONE BUILT OFF OF WHAT PLANNING, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ZONING SUBDIVISION, AND ALL OF THAT HAS PROVIDED.
AND THEN WE ALSO ADMINISTER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF THE CONCERN IS ON RESPONSE TIME AND DELAYS.
ONE THING I WANT TO JUST KIND OF COMMUNICATE IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AT COMMUNICATING WHAT OUR TARGETS ARE.
SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTES A DELAY, WHAT CONSTITUTES, YOU KNOW, GETTING AND MOVING, UH, PROJECTS FROM POINT A TO POINT B, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ONE-STOP SHOP.
SO ALL OF THE PROFESSIONS THAT ARE PART OF THAT SERVICE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY WE'RE HERE, UH, NOT ONLY TO ENFORCE, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, UM, IMAGE OF ITSELF, ITS VISION OF ITSELF MOVE THAT FORWARD, BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE FOR LIFE SAFETY.
UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THE PROCESS FLOWS SMOOTHLY, BUT THAT THE END RESULT IS A SAFE BUILDING, SAFE ENVIRONMENT, UH, FOR US TO INHABIT.
SO THESE ARE OUR TARGET, UH, PERFORMANCE.
I WANT TO CLARIFY, I'M THE FIRST LINE, THE RESPOND TO CUSTOMER QUESTIONS.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW IF YOU'VE CALLED IN OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS, SOME CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN OTHERS.
UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, HAVE MULTIPLE MOVING PIECES.
UM, SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AS EASY AS LOOKING AT ONE PARTICULAR AREA, UH, FOR INFORMATION.
UM, SO OUR TARGET IS TO, UM, RESPOND FULLY TO A CUSTOMER QUESTION, UM, WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS, UM, PROCESS APPLICATIONS BETWEEN THREE TO SEVEN WORKING DAYS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THAT APPLICATION, THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT APPLICATION, UM, MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER 10 TO 14 DAYS COMPLETE ALL PERMITS ISSUE.
THOSE PERMITS WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS, FOLLOW THEIR APPROVALS, UM, INSPECTIONS, RE INSPECTIONS, UH, BEING, UH, PERFORMED WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE REQUEST.
UM, AND WE DO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITED SERVICE.
THE EXPEDITED SERVICE DOES STILL INCLUDE COMPLETENESS CHECKS.
AND THEN ONCE THAT APPLICATION IS DETERMINED TO BE COMPLETE, UM, THAT IS THE SCHEDULE THAT IS OUR TARGET.
SO THE BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A BUDGET REQUESTING POSITIONS, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE TARGETS.
SO THESE ARE THE TARGETS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY BACKLOGS AND BEHIND ON.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES, MATERIAL RESOURCES, SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE, UH, THESE TARGETS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVERNIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF IT OVERNIGHT, BUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE, WE'LL BUILD A STRONGER, UM, DEVELOPMENT
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TEAM.SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE WANT TO BE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR PROCESSES ARE, UNDERSTAND THE MISSION AND THE GOALS OF THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE LAUNCHED A CUSTOMER SERVICE INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE LAST, UH, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU'VE SEEN A TAGLINE FOR A SURVEY, WE ARE USING THOSE SURVEYS, USING THOSE RESULTS.
WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY, UM, BUT WE'RE USING THOSE PROCESSES AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN TARGET OUR RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY.
WE'RE BUILDING A DEPARTMENT CULTURE, UM, THAT IS PROFESSIONAL, EFFICIENT AND POSITIVE.
SO YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT PEP, UM, BECAUSE WE WANT THAT TO BE THE EXPERIENCE TO TAKE AWAY.
WE DON'T WANT THE REPUTATION THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IT'S HARD TO BUILD A MISSOURI CITY, OR IT'S HARD TO DO BUSINESS.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE, UM, A GOOD TAKEAWAY, UM, OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH MISSOURI CITY.
SO OUR BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE, UM, BT BETWEEN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CUSTOMERS AND ACTUALLY PROCESSING INFORMATION.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE LONG-TERM LONGER-TERM SHORT TERM NEEDS, UM, THAT ARE EXPRESSED THROUGH OUR BUDGET.
UM, FULL-TIME SENIOR PLANNER POSITION AND INCREASING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
UM, THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WAS ON LOOKING AT THE CODE REVIEWS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK THIS YEAR ABOUT ZONING, A LOT OF TALK ON, UM, YOU KNOW, OLD ZONING OR MAYBE OUTDATED ZONING.
THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AREAS, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND SEE WHERE AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED ON THE PERMITS INSPECTION, HIRING OUR KEY POSITIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN THE INDUSTRY, RECRUITING AND MAINTAINING THE BEST OF THE BEST.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES, WITH HR, UM, ON THE HIRING OF KEY POSITIONS, UH, FOR THE INSPECTIONS TEAM AND THEN ALSO THE SUPPORT SERVICES.
SO THE ASK THAT WE HAVE OF, OF COUNCIL THROUGH THIS BUDGET IS FOR US TO TACKLE THIS BACKLOG FOR US TO BE EFFICIENT IN THE PROCESSES IS WE NEED THAT SUPPORT STAFF ON THE FRONT END.
THAT'S ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE CALLS, RESPOND TO THOSE EMAILS, BUT ALSO PROCESS THOSE PERMIT APPLICATIONS WHILE ALSO HAVING THAT SUPPORT ON THE BACK END THAT CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO INSPECT OUR BUILDINGS, TO CLOSE OUT THOSE PROJECTS.
SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER KEY ITEMS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, UH, THROUGH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT ROLE IS TO, UH, SEPARATE FROM OUR PERMIT STAFF OR FRONTLINE STAFF, UM, THE, UH, KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
SO THE ANSWERING OF PHONE CALLS, UM, ROUTING OF EMAILS WHERE UTILIZING, UH, THIS INTERN PROGRAM SO THAT OUR PERMIT STAFF CAN FOCUS MORE ON PROCESSING PERMIT APPLICATIONS, PERMIT, COUNTER HOURS.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR PERMIT LOBBY, WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE TOUCH POINTS THAT OUR PERMIT, UH, STAFF RECEIVES.
SO OVER TIME THEY CAN RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, INQUIRIES, UM, YOU KNOW, MESSAGES, GENERAL QUESTIONS IN THE LOBBY OVER THE PHONE BY EMAIL.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS.
SO THE, THE, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER SCHEDULE AND MANAGE, UM, AND REACT TO THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST YEAR IS INTER GOV.
YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE LAST TIME AS IT RELATES TO SEECLICKFIX.
UM, THIS IS A BIG, BIG, BIG STREAMLINING STEP, UM, IN COMMUNICATING TO, UH, APPLICANTS, COMMUNICATING TO CUSTOMERS AND ALSO WORKING WITH OUR REVIEW TEAM.
SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE FIRESIDE ON, UM, THEIR ASS THAT, UH, FLOWS INTO THIS ONE-STOP SHOP, PUBLIC WORKS AS PART OF THAT ONE-STOP SHOP.
UM, INTER GOV IS THE KEY THAT HELPS US COMMUNICATE THROUGHOUT THAT SYSTEM.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, TWO BIWEEKLY COORDINATION MEETINGS, UH, IN ORDER TO WATCH, UH, THAT NEW TOOL, UH, IN MAY, WE'VE DONE WEBSITE AND FOLDING SYSTEM UPDATES, AS WELL AS STARTING A TRACKING SYSTEM FOR OUR LOBBY.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INSTITUTED A LOBBY KIOSK BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR ONLINE PERMITTING SYSTEM.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD OF OUR ONLINE PERMITTING SYSTEM, UM, IT IS A TOOL THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN USE TO FIND STATUSES, FIND INSPECTION STATUSES, FIND A PERMIT STATUSES THAT CUSTOMERS CAN USE TO FIND THEIR STATUSES TRACK.
THEIR STATUS HAS PAID FOR THEIR FEES, APPLY FOR NEW APPLICATIONS.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD THE CONFIDENCE IN THAT SYSTEM, THE RELIABILITY IN THAT SYSTEM.
SO WHAT THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP SUPPORT, UM, THOSE KEY OBJECTIVES.
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AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.I NOTICED IN SEVERAL MILLIMETERS, THERE'S A, UH, UH, THE THIRD PARTY PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION IS THIS SOME TYPE OF AN OVERSIGHT PROCESS THAT YOU'LL HAVE THAT YOU'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, SYSTEM THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING AND TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE IN FACT, MEETING THE STANDARDS ARE IF WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS TO ISOLATE WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, KIND OF MAKE CORRECTIONS SO THAT WE NEEDED BACK ON STREAM TO, UH, FULFILL OUR, UH, OUR GOAL.
SO, IN PART, SO WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR CURRENTLY, UM, OR WORKING, LOOKING AT OUR ENTIRE PROCESS AND WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, IMPLEMENT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THIS THIRD-PARTY CONTRACT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON A REVIEW OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND DIFFERENT CODES, UM, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHOLESALE AMENDMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, UPDATES THAT MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TO HELP SUPPORT THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN A HIGH GROWTH AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE STILL HAVE MANY GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO STAFF UP AND BUILD, UH, THE STAFF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THOSE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS HELP TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE MORE TECHNICAL OR SPECIALIZED, UM, SERVICES THAT MAY BE NEEDED OVERSIGHT, WILL YOU BE IMPLEMENTING OR LOOKING AT, TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROCESSES THAT WE'RE STREAMLINING BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER, UH, TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE IN FACT, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETING OUR GOALS AND OUR, SOME OF OUR SCHEDULES, BUT JUST SO THAT WE GET THAT, UH, THAT REPORT CARD, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, HERE'S OUR GOAL, HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING THAT GOAL? AND IF WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS THAT WE NEED TO ISOLATE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THOSE SURE.
AND WE'LL USE THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UM, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT EVALUATION.
UM, WE DO COMPARISONS LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REGION.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH OUR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON PAR, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS IN THE REGION.
UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE THAT CONTRACT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE, UM, THE SOFTWARE THAT'S BEING PUT INTO PLACE FOR, UH, RELEASING DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, ON ACTIVITY LEVELS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT THOSE ACTIVITY LEVELS ARE, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GOING TO SEE I'M I KIND OF HEARD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT YOU FELT AS IF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE SUCCESSFUL AND THE PROCESSES COMPLETELY.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THAT PROFESSIONAL STAFF BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE PIECES MOVES IN AND OUT, UM, IT, IT COMPLICATES, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE MORE CHALLENGING, UM, PROCESSES.
SO YES, I BELIEVE THE ASKS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THOSE KEY POSITIONS PAIRED WITH, UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, UM, WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED THAT YOU WORKED ON WITH HR, SO ALL YOUR POSITIONS THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING, IF YOU'RE IN IT, YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE HR PROCESS, IT'LL BE HEARN.
YES, IT WAS AS BAD AS IF I ENTERED THOSE SYSTEM.
I AM EXCITED TO GET IT LAUNCHED OFF SO WHERE WE WERE THERE.
SO WE LAUNCHED, UM, WHAT'S CALLED REVIEW COORDINATOR, UM, THIS WEEK.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, WORKING THROUGH OUR PROCESSES TO ALIGN.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT REVIEW COORDINATOR IS, IT'S THE, IT'S THE COMMUNICATION TOOL.
SO IT'S THE ABILITY FOR A CUSTOMER ONCE A, UH, PERMIT RECORD OR PLAN RECORD HAS BEEN CREATED TO SEE WHAT THAT STATUS OF REVIEW IS.
AND THEN IT ALSO STREAMLINES EFFORTS ON THE BACK END.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ONE-STOP SHOP, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES AT PLAY.
SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE ACROSS ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TEAMS. UM, SO WITHOUT REVIEW COORDINATOR, THERE'S A LOT OF DUPLICATION OF PROCESSES.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, KIND OF MUNDANE PROCESSES TAKING IT FROM ONE LOCATION, PLACING IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION, UM, SENDING EMAILS OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO REVIEW COORDINATOR WILL STREAMLINE THAT ABILITY, UM, KIND OF STREAMLINE HOW THAT COMMUNICATION GOES OUT, STREAMLINE WHAT THE APPLICANT SEE STREAMLINED, WHAT INTERNAL STAFF SEES FULL ROLL OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, THE ONLINE SYSTEM IS ALREADY UP AND RUNNING.
IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A WHILE AND OUR GHOSTS BEEN UP
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AND RUNNING, BUT THIS PIECE HAS BEEN DOWN, UM, AS WE'VE REBUILT IT FROM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THE DIRECTION THIS DEPARTMENT'S GOING.UM, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COUNSEL ALWAYS HERE, RIGHT? COMMUNICATION.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SETTING EXPECTATIONS ON THE FRONT END ON WHAT THOSE EXPECTED TIMES ARE.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT IF IT DOES GO BEYOND THAT SEVEN DAY OR THIRD DAY, IS TECHNOLOGY GONNA RING A BELL? AND SO THEN THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT REVIEW COORDINATOR.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE CHALLENGE BEFORE WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO SEE SOMETHING, UM, OR TO PIECE TOGETHER SOMETHING.
AND, UH, WHAT THE TOOL THAT REVIEW COORDINATOR GIVES US IS IT CREATES TASK IN THE SYSTEM.
IT CREATES NOTIFICATIONS, IT CREATES LIKE ONE CENTRAL LOCATION, UH, THAT STAFF CAN GO TO, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DUE DATES, THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO BE BEHIND.
SO IT'S A MORE STREAMLINED, UM, APPROACH.
IT'S DIFFICULT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO KEEP EMPLOYEE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DAYS OF RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PAPER PLANS.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PAPER IN OUR OFFICE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT AND STREAMLINE THE VIEW THAT EVERYBODY HAS.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION, UM, TALK ABOUT THE KIOSK.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WALKS UP TO AND IS EASILY? YEAH, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, COUNSEL IT'S IF YOU COME TO OUR OFFICE TO THE LOBBY, UM, THAT VERY FIRST STATION, UH, IN THE PERMIT LOBBY, THERE'S A COMPUTER SET UP.
UM, IT WORKS WITH US TO SET THAT UP AND THE VIEW OF THAT COMPUTER IS JUST THE ONLINE PERMIT SYSTEM.
AND SO THE GOAL OF IT IS, IS REALLY TO, UH, UH, PUSH OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, TO UTILIZE THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST RELYING ON OUR PERMIT STAFF TO CREATE NEW RECORDS.
UM, BUT IT PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE IN THE LOBBY.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT TWO OF THE TOUGHEST DEPARTMENTS WAS TOWED IN THE THOUSAND SERVICES.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, IS THAT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VERY DETAILED, UM, PRESENTATION.
I, IT HELPS ME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ON Y'ALL'S BEHALF WHEN WE HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.
AND I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE, YOU HAVE VERY, UM, INNOVATIVE THINKING ABOUT POSITIONS.
SO YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE BETWEEN YOU AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENTS ARE THE MOST HANDS-ON DEPARTMENTS IN THIS CITY AND THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS RELY ALLOWING Y'ALL HEAVILY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING ALL OF THESE, UH, VERY MINUTE DETAILS TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT AT A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I TOO, AM EXCITED ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THIS DIRECTION.
UH, AND I WANTED TO THANK ELENA FOR EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROCESS WAS EARLIER AS TO HOW YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT'S NEEDED.
UH, I THINK MY QUESTION, UH, IS SURROUNDING HOW YOU CAME TO THIS, THESE DECISIONS.
UH, IT'S ONE THING OF COURSE, TO DEVELOP A NEW PROCESS, BUT IMPLEMENTATION IS ANOTHER THING AND THE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THAT IS ANOTHER.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A PILOT IN ESSENCE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT BEING LOOKED AT, AND I THINK WE HAD A LEAN SIX SIGMA PERSON THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT IT.
AND THEN WE HAD THE CHIEF, WHAT IS HIS POSITION NOW? STANDARD PERFORMERS, CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER LOOKED AT IT.
THERE WAS A CONSULTANT HIRED OR SOMETHING TO COME IN AND LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN DAVID JORDAN, THE COO WAS LOOKING AT IT.
AND SO WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF REVIEW, UH, DID YOU COME TO THIS DECISION BASED OFF OF ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND THEY'RE ASSESSING WHAT, WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT NEEDS, OR IS THIS JUST YOUR, YOU KNOW, IDEA OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS BEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT? SO NOW IT'S, IT'S ALL THAT INPUT, UM, TOGETHER.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
SO WE HAVE A VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN, YOU KNOW, GOING ON ON THE BACKSIDE, OUTSIDE FEEDBACK, LOOKING AT IT FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS, ALL PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTARY AND SOME, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTIONS TO US.
SO THERE'S THAT, THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, IT HAS NOT BEEN LOST ON US.
UM, I'VE SAID I DO NOT LIKE TO BE KNOWN AS THE BAD NEWS BEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LEADING, YOU KNOW, A LOW-PERFORMING OPERATION.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROFESSIONALS, WE'RE PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
UM, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PACKAGE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER HERE, UM, IS
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BASED ON THOSE EXPERIENCES, EXPERIENCES WITH SMALL BUSINESSES EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, WITH RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST DIFFERENT INTERACTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, THAT WE THINK, UM, WILL HELP BRIDGE SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE'RE SEEING.SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS, AFTER THE REVIEW, BY EVERYBODY THAT'S TOUCHED THE DEPARTMENT, AS FAR AS THE REVIEW IS CONCERNED, THE TEAM HAS DECIDED THAT THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED, ESPECIALLY THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.
MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW IT, UH, CEDRIC, UH, AT ONE POINT TALKED ABOUT AN APP OR SOME SORT OF A SYSTEM, UH, THAT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR MAYBE WHATEVER ISSUES, UH, WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD BE REPORTED ON, UH, THE ISSUE WOULD BE PUT OUT THERE AND THEN A STATUS REPORT OF WHERE, WHERE THOSE ISSUES ARE WILL, WILL, WILL THAT ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED HERE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SO THAT WHENEVER THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON, IS THAT A PART OF THIS BUDGET OR IS THAT ALREADY IN PLACE IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE SEECLICKFIX APP.
SO, SO, SO OUTSIDE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THOUGH, I'M TALKING ABOUT ANY ISSUES SUCH AS PLANNING OR PERMITTING.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS.
THE CSS PORTAL HAS THE NOTIFICATION FOR THAT.
SO WHEN CITIZENS GO INTO THE CSS PORTAL, THAT'S ALREADY LIVE ALSO.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THE DEVELOPERS, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CITYWIDE APP.
I JUST REMEMBER MAYBE SANDRA, YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE APP THAT SOLD, SO THE APP, WE DOWNLOADED IT.
SO THE APP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, INNER GOV.
SO IT DOES ENHANCE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH WE DO SMALL BUSINESSES WITH IT ALSO, UM, DO PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THEIR REPORTS FROM CSS AND ALSO SMITH ON ANYTHING THAT WE I'M GOING TO HAVE OUT THERE FROM SEECLICKFIX INTEGRATE INTO THIS.
SO, SO AS OPPOSED TO US GETTING A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL IS THERE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A PORTAL OUT THERE THAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO ONCE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE CSS PORTAL GOES TOGETHER.
SO ONCE THAT ALL TIES IN TOGETHER, THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND PUT IT OUT FOR THE CITIZENS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
SO ANY, I CAN DIRECT A CITIZENS TO THAT, NOT JUST CITIZENS, THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE DEVELOPERS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR PERMITS CAN GO TO THAT PLACE.
AND ONCE THAT'S INPUT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WILL GO TO WHATEVER DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AN ONGOING STATUS REPORT IS THAT'S.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS, WAS GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE IS WHAT, THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED AS I'M JUST ASKING.
SO YEAH, IT'LL BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE APP, UM, AND SAYS THIS WILL, OR STAKEHOLDERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CONTACT THOSE DEPARTMENTS FROM THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.
AND THAT GOES INTO EFFECT WHEN ONCE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE GOES INTO LIVE AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WOULD BE AROUND.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ON THAT APP IS ON THE EFFICIENCY SIDE.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT ON SECRET FIX OUTSIDE OF THE PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
WELL, NEXT QUESTION IS ON WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT ACTIVITY IS BRINGING THEM INTO INNER GOV SO THAT THEY'RE TIED WITH THE PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
THEY ALL HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION IS VISIBLE.
SO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MEMBER OF STAFF CAN GO TO THAT ONLINE SYSTEM.
THERE'S A MAP VERSION OF IT, YOU KNOW, SEARCHING THE CITY, PULLING UP INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE HISTORY ON THAT PROPERTY, THE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN TIED TO THAT PERMIT OR TO THAT PROPERTY, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS, ALL OF THAT, UM, WOULD BE ASSESSABLE FROM THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IS, AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, SUCH AND SUCH HIT ME UP.
AND THEY WERE SAYING THREE MONTHS AGO, OR THREE WEEKS AGO, OR WHATEVER THE STATE, UH, THE SITUATION IS, THEY DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM SOMEBODY OR THIS HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED OR HANDLED.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY EMAILS AND SAYING, OH MAN, I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ISSUE.
I HAVE TO KIND OF REMEMBER TO GO BACK TO THAT EMAIL THAT I MAY HAVE SHOT TO YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMEMBERING WHETHER YOU ALL RESOLVED IT OR WHETHER IT GOT RESOLVED AND NOT WITHOUT KIND OF BEING ABLE TO SEE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TOUCHING IT, SOMEBODY HANDLING IT.
AND PART, PART OF OUR ASS CAUSE FOR THE DEVELOPERS, THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, ACCESS TO IT.
SO SOME OF OUR MAJOR DEVELOPERS, WHEN YOU THINK OF LIKE THE FOUR BAND TOWN CENTER, UM, THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM IS SET UP IS EVERYTHING FOR THEM AS GROUP.
UM, SO PRETTY MUCH THOSE MAJOR PLAYERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY SINGLE RECORD,
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S TIED TO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.UM, SO IT'S PARTLY COMMUNICATION, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TOOL IS THERE, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TOOL, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN BECAUSE THEY CAN THEN SEE FEES THAT ARE DUE FROM ANY OF THE CONTRACTORS WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN ANY ASPECT OF THE PROJECT, THEY CAN SEE STATUSES INSPECTIONS, UH, STATUSES PERMIT, STATUSES, AND ALL OF THAT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO IN 2022, YOU HAVE 31 POSITIONS, RIGHT? HOW MANY ARE YOU ASKING NOW? IS IT BY SO, SO CRITICAL IS GOING TO BE ON, UH, THE THREE THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
UM, SO NEW SENIOR PLANNER POSITION, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CLERK POSITION AT THE BOTTOM AND RECLASSIFICATION OF A PART-TIME POSITION INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION BECAUSE THOSE THREE WOULD PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO SEPARATE SOME OF THOSE ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY I ASKED THAT ELENA ON THAT SLIDE 54, HOW MANY POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE LISTED ON THAT NEW POSSESSIONS? IT'S LIKE FIVE AND A HALF, INCLUDING THE PART-TIME PLANS EXAMINER.
SO MY QUESTION NOW BACK TO JENNIFER IS YOU'RE SAYING THE THREE THAT YOU NEED TO FLIP THE PROCESS IN PLACE.
I REMEMBER HAVING THESE SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT LAYER PROTON WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE RESIDENTS OR POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS THAT WOULD SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE SENDING IT OUT AND HAVE NOT HEARD.
SO MY QUESTION BACK TO YOU IS WHEN YOU SAY YOU NEED THREE, THAT IS THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT IS TO MAKE A ONE STOP SHOP WORK.
BUT IN ESSENCE IS THE THREE PLUS THESE POSITIONS THAT WILL GET YOU UP TO THE WAY IT NEEDS TO GO.
THE ASKS THAT WE'VE MADE IS TO SUPPORT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE TARGETS.
SO YOU NEED THE FIVE AND A HALF.
I WILL TAKE WHATEVER COUNCIL APPROVED.
BASICALLY I'M SAYING IS DON'T CUT YOURSELF SHORT BECAUSE IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS THAT COMES THROUGH SIMILAR TO WHAT MY PROTON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO DO YOU TRULY NEED THAT FIVE AND A HALF POSITIONS THEN PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY, I NEED THAT FIVE AND A HALF POSITIONS, NOT JUST TO MAKE IT WORK, TO GET THE THREE.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE SHORT SELL OURSELVES THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK AND IT DIDN'T WORK LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
I DON'T RECALL HAVING ANY POSITIONS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR.
UM, AND NOT THAT I AM TRYING TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD ADD MORE POSITIONS, IS THAT KEY TO THE ANSWER, BUT YOU THINK OF A LONG-TERM APPROACH OF GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO DO THE LEGWORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I'M FINE WITH IT, BUT THAT'S ME, I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE HERE, BUT MY ANSWER QUESTION, I GUESS NOT A QUESTION IS TO YOU IS WILL WITH THESE FIVE AND A HALF POSITIONS, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO TURN THAT WHOLE PROCESSES AROUND WITH THE ONES THAT ONCE STOP SHOP, UH, PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND WITH WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD DO? SO IS THAT YES.
OR IS THAT WE STILL NEED MORE OR IS THAT, CAN WE, YEAH, THIS, THIS ASS REFLECTS GETTING US A RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE TARGETS.
AND SO IF WE HAVE THOSE POSITIONS AND THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, THEN WE HAVE THE NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES, BUT THE MANPOWER, UM, TO HAVE POSITIONS, TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND YOU'RE NOT, YOUR VISIT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO GET THIS POSTED TO HR AND, AND HIRE THE RIGHT PERSON.
AND IT TAKES A LOT, BUT HOPEFULLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.
SO THAT WAY WE WENT INTO JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, 2023, AT LEAST SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'LL START WITH SMOOTH OUT THE WAY THE PROCESS WOULD GO.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
THAT'S MY COMMENT TO YOU AND NOT, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, I FOUND ONCE I GRADUATE LIKE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT WITH SUCH A SMALL NUMBER.
SO I THINK IT IS REWARDING FOR MORE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP MAKE THE CITY PROCESSES MOVE FORWARD.
SO I WANTED TO TOUCH BACK ON MY FIRST QUESTION WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HR.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
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UM, PROMOTE INTERNAL OR LIVE IN EXTREMELY OUTSIDE? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN WITH THAT? SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMOTING INTERNALLY, UM, AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HARDWORKING STAFF, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO PLATEAU OR GET BURNOUT.UM, SO PART OF THE ASK, UM, IS LOOKING AT, UH, TRANSITIONING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR PERMIT, UM, SERVICE REPS, UM, AND PROMOTING THEM, UM, INTO MORE SENIOR POSITIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE OPEN UP ALL OF OUR POSITIONS, UM, TO PROMOTE BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD WITH THESE TEAMS IS THAT CROSS TRAINING, UM, YOU KNOW, DO TEAM BUILDING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT MAY ULTIMATELY, UM, ACQUIRE THE SKILLSET TO GO ON TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ON BUILDING INSPECTIONS, GOING UP THROUGH THE RANKS, YOU KNOW, ON BUILDING INSPECTIONS, WE MAY HAVE A PERMIT TECH THAT MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, A PLANNING POSITION OR, YOU KNOW, UM, AN INSPECTION POSITION.
SO THESE TOOLS WILL REALLY HELP US TO BUILD THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE GAPS, WE HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND, WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHO TO HIRE.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PUT THE BEST PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE JOB APPROPRIATELY.
SO THIS WAY THAT ANY OF THESE POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE PRODUCT WHERE WE DELIVER IT AT THE EDGE.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES HAVE ONE, A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THAT'S THE CDBG, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
UM, AND SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE HAVE IS 1 MILLION 5 59 51, AND THAT REPRESENTS THE OUTSTANDING REIMBURSEMENTS THAT ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH ALL OF THE PROGRAM YEARS.
WE ONLY HAVE THE EXPENDITURES FOR, UM, THE MOST CURRENT, UH, PROGRAM YEAR, WHICH IS 298,600.
SO ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEGATIVE, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT NEGATIVE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE CARRY FORWARD, UM, FROM THE OTHER PROGRAM YEARS.
THE NEXT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE IS, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEIR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE LIFE, PROPERTY AND PROMOTE A SAFE COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES IMPLEMENTING THE VOTER APPROVED CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THE OPENING OF FIRE STATION SIX AND NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SUCCESSFUL OPENING OF MISSOURI CITY'S LARGEST FACILITY, AMAZON, WHICH INCLUDED PLAN REVIEWS, INSPECTIONS, AND THE OCCUPANCY APPROVAL OF 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET PLANNING, DESIGNING, PURCHASING, AND PLACED IN A NEW HIGH WATER.
YOU BACKWARDATION VEHICLE INTO SERVICE AND HIRING RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING 11 NEW FIREFIGHTERS.
THEIR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDES RECRUITING AND FILLING ENTRY-LEVEL VACANCIES ENHANCEMENTS TO THE, FOR PREVENTION OFFICE AND SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S ONE-STOP SHOP INITIATIVE, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CITIZEN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND EOC TRAINING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH PARKS ON EVENTS.
THEIR BASE BUDGET IS 10 MILLION TO $96,580.
THAT IS A REDUCTION OF 680 3009 42.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS DEALING WITH THE NEW FACILITY THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
ALSO SOME OF THE, UH, KERRY FORD PERSONNEL COSTS ALSO DECREASE DUE TO SOME RETIREMENT.
SO SALARIES ARE LESS THAN THOSE AREAS AND THE BUDGETED, UH, THE VACANT POSITIONS ARE BUDGETED AT A MINIMUM, UM, MEANING THE FIRST STEP.
SO IF SOMEONE LEFT AND THEY WERE AT A HIGHER LEVEL OR NATIVE REIGN, UM, THEN OF COURSE THEIR SAVINGS BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL COME IN AT THE FIRST STEP, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 92 FTE WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUESTS, UH, $1,124,840.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES NEW PERSONNEL AND SOME OF THESE PERSONNEL, UH, POSITIONS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE ONE-STOP SHOP THAT, UH, JENNIFER JUST REVIEWED.
THERE ARE TWO SPECIALIST POSITIONS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO ONE TIME, UH, EXPENSES FOR ONBOARDING THE STAFF, INCLUDING UNIFORMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY ALSO ARE REQUESTING SIX POSITIONS FOR AN EMS SQUAD PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT LAST YEAR, WHEN WE, UM, BUDGETED FOR NEW STAFF, THE NEW 12, THE 12 NEW POSITIONS, WE ONLY BUDGETED FOR
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EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE THERE WAS TIME BEFORE WE WOULD, UM, ACTUALLY HIRE AND HAVE THEM IN PLACE.SO ANY COSTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE STAFFING POSITIONS ARE NOW, UM, 12 MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURE.
SO, UM, WE'RE ADDING THE ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS.
WE HAVE A CONSULTANT FOR A PRE-ASSESSMENT FOR THE CLASS RATING.
ALSO HAVE A CONSULTANT FOR AN UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THEY HAVE A FIRE PERMITS, SERVICE REP POSITION.
THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, EMS SQUAD PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT, UH, LOGISTICS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION.
UH, OF COURSE YOU HAVE NEW STAFF, NEW OVERTIME AND A REPLACEMENT OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
AND AT THIS TIME THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF AND STAFF HERE.
YEAH, I HAVE QUESTION, UH, HOW ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS MAINTAINING OUR ISO? ALRIGHTY.
SO THE ISO, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, THE ISL REQUESTS FOR CONSULTANT IS THE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY, UM, IS OPEN TO RE-EVALUATION EVERY 10 YEARS.
AND WE RECEIVED OUR ISO RATING IN 2016 GOING INTO 17.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY REQUEST IS FOR, TO BRING THE CONSULTANT BACK IN TO KIND OF EVALUATE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL MEET THAT ISO ONE REQUIREMENT THAT SO IT'S KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THAT EVALUATION SHAVE THE, UM, OVERTIME ONE TIME EXPENDITURE FOR, UM, NOT EXPENDITURE, BUT A REQUEST FOR 42,000.
IS THIS, IS THIS A NORMAL ASK OR WAS THIS IN YOUR BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR? NO, THIS IS A NEW ADDITION.
SO WE HAVE REGULATORY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR ISO.
SOME OF IT ARE FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION.
AND SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO GO TO A FIRE FIELD, A PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY TO DO THOSE DRILLS.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS LIKE OUT IN, OFF OF BEL AIR AND HIGHWAY SIX TO COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR TO THE RICHMOND TRAINING FIELD IN RICHMOND, TEXAS, OR WE'VE NOW ARE SETTING UP A CONTRACT WITH PARALLEL TRAINING FIELD.
UH, SO, SO THIS WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE TAKE LIVE FIRE TRUCKS, LIVE STATIONS THAT WE'RE KIND OF SENDING ON DUTY.
SO WE'LL SEND TWO TRUCKS AT A TIME OUT OF THE CITY TO GO GET THAT MANDATORY TRAINING.
AND SO THIS REQUEST IS TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THIS SO THAT WE KEEP TRUCKS AND STATIONS IN SERVICE AND KIND OF SEND SOME OF THESE CREWS OFF DUTY AS THEY GET OFF OF WORK.
UM, BECAUSE SO THAT'LL HELP US PREVENT FROM, UM, KIND OF HAVING TO SHIFT STATION COVERAGE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF THE CITY TRYING TO DO THIS TRAINING, BUT IT'S ALL REGULATORY.
HOW ARE YOU 19 AWKWARD? AND THEN THE OTHER TWO AREAS ARE GROWING AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY PRESS CONFERENCES.
I HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED ON HOW WE PLAN TO COME BACK, THAT WE ARE PAID PRETTY HARD IN THE CITY.
I WANT TO HEAR THEM HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED IF YOU NEED EXTRA RESOURCES TO ACCOMMODATE.
UM, IN REGARD TO RESOURCES, WE HAVE PLENTY OF RESOURCES.
WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE, UH, FROM ALL THE DONATIONS AND KIND OF OUR BUILDUP OF STOCK.
WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10,000 KITS, UH, PPE STILL AVAILABLE, UM, AND THOSE EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER.
SO WE'LL BE TRYING TO GET THOSE OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, REGARD TO STAYING IN TUNE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, TAMIKA JEWETT, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER STAYS IN TUNE WITH THE CONFERENCE CALLS, UH, STAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT, UH, EFFORTS ARE GOING ON THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST TRYING TO BE AWARE AND THEN REALLY TAKING THE LEAD FROM, UM, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS OUR MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
HE IS, HE IS STILL OUR MEDICAL AUTHORITY AS WELL AS OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
MA'AM SHE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE SQUAD ENHANCEMENT FOR YOUR YES.
SO THAT, THAT, UM, MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR SQUAD PROGRAM.
OUR SQUAD IS A SMALLER PICKUP THAT WE ASSIGNED TO PERSONNEL TO, TO RUN MEDICAL CALLS, UH, FROM FIRE STATION ONE.
SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW FOR THE WHOLE, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT DOES GO OUT TO OREGON.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT VEHICLE IS TO REDUCE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE LARGER APPARATUS.
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WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH THIS REQUEST BECAUSE, UH, DUE TO COVID MATERIALS, UH, VEHICLE BILLS, AND YOU SAW TWO, TWO REQUESTS FOR NORMAL REPLACEMENTS OF FIRETRUCKS FIRETRUCKS HAVE GONE UP IN COSTS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 14%.UH, AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY ON A MILLION DOLLAR APPARATUS.
UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE, THOSE COSTS AND THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THOSE LARGE VEHICLES BY PROPOSING, STANDING UP A SECOND SQUAD UNIT TO RUN ADDITIONAL MEDICAL CALLS, KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO SQUAD UNITS TO TRY TO SAVE COSTS, AND THEN THE LIFE OF THOSE FIRETRUCKS AFTER DEDICATED RESPONSIBILITY OR THEY FLEX THAT'S THERE.
SO THEIR PRIMARY JOB IS TO RUN THOSE MEDICAL CALLS, BUT THEY ALSO ASSIST ON FIRES AS KIND OF THE RESCUE TEAMS AND SAFETY TEAMS. SO THEY HAVE, THEY'RE KIND OF A MULTI-USE TEAM TO GO OUT, BUT THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THOSE LARGE FIRE TRUCKS.
UH, IN LINE WITH THAT CHIEF, UH, THE SIX POSITIONS ARE BEING ASKED FOR WHAT ABOUT THE, WHETHER IT BE ANY VEHICLES? YES.
I THINK THERE'S A, I THINK IT'S IN THE, UH, FLEET CIP OR, OR THEIR PROJECT LIST.
IT'S A, ONE-TIME CORRECT FOR THE VEHICLE WITH FLEET, JUST ONE VEHICLE, IT'S ONE VEHICLE, ONE PICKUP, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OPERATING.
AND, AND, AND WHAT SIZE OF THESE, THESE VEHICLES, THEY MAY KNOW TRANSPORT PEOPLE OR NO, NO, NO.
IT'S IT'S FOR, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE UP TO THE PARAMEDIC LEVEL.
UH, BUT IT'S A CREW CAB PICKUP WITH A CAMPER AND THEY HAVE SOME RESCUE EQUIPMENT IN THE BACK, THEIR GEAR AND OTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE JAWS OF LIFE IN THERE.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF A MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE.
AND HOW, UH, THE 45,000 FOR THE FTE EX EMS SQUAD PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT FOR? I THINK THAT WAS FOR THE EQUIPMENT ALAINA OR THE VEHICLE FOR THE 42,000? NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S A TIME.
IT'S A RECURRING, UH, AMOUNT OF 45,000.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF VEHICLES WITH FLEET.
AND THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT LIKE THE, THE CARDIAC MONITOR, THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ON THAT TRUCK.
CAUSE IT'S A ONE-TIME EXPENSE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITIVE.
WE'LL GET YOU THE DETAILS ON IT.
IS IT ONE TIME OR IS IT REOCCURRING? CAUSE IT'S IN THE ROCHE SHOULD BE ONE TIME.
NO, THAT'S A REAL CAR AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S JUST SOME BLANK ON THAT ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, HOW WE, UH, UH, PERFORMING WITH A STATION SIX UP NOW WITH THE, UM, UH, RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE, UM, UH, THE AREAS THAT, UH, NOW BEING ABLE TO COVER.
SO WE'RE TRACKING THOSE TIMES.
NOW YOU CAN GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
CHIEF CYBER SHEILA DOES OUR PRIMARY DATA ANALYSIS ON RESPONSE TIMES AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY RIGHT NOW TO, WITH THE DATA AND STUFF.
I'M NOT A CALLS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT THREE, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME.
SO GIVE ME ANOTHER TWO MONTHS OR SO, AND I'LL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU AND I'M CITY MANAGER.
I HAD A QUESTION ON, ON THE, THERE THERE'S A REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE CONSULTANT FOR 2023 TO 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN.
DOES EVERY DEPARTMENT GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND HIERARCHY CONSULTANT TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN? OR IS THERE ONE CONSULTED? THEY REVIEWS EVERYTHING.
AND THEN HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND EVERY, NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT DOES THAT, OR IT DOESN'T DO THAT.
UM, WE DO IT IN THE HOUSE, UM, BUT FOR FIRING PD, UM, TO BE CREDITED, THEY ALL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I BELIEVE ALSO, UM, PARKS AND REC DOES IS EXCELLENT.
THAT WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW PARKS AND REC PROVIDES US WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN RUNS FROM 17 TO 22.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THE REQUESTS FROM DATE.
THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WE DID, WE DID FIND THE NOTES FOR THE, THE, UH, FTE EMS SQUAD ENHANCEMENT.
THE REOCCURRING IS FOR THEIR GEAR, UNIFORMS, SAFETY, VESTS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, BALLISTIC EQUIPMENT, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, ALL THEIR PARTIAL EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REOCCURRED.
UM, NONE OF THESE BUDGETS, UM, I DON'T SEE, OR LIKE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT HAPPENED
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WITH THE, UM, UH, WINTER STORM AND ALL OF THAT WITH GENERATORS, IS THERE, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? THERE IS A GENERATOR INITIATIVE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.I KNOW LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD THAT WINTER STORM, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS WOULD WORK OR NOT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS JEFF CORRECT.
ME AND MY MOTHER THERE WAS, WAS THERE SOMETHING FROM PORTLAND COUNTY THAT THEY WERE GONNA HELP US WITH OR ANTHONY? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK YOU WERE OUT FOR YOUR PERSONAL, BUT I KNOW THAT TODD CAME BEFORE COUNCIL TO TALK TO US ABOUT GENERATORS AND GENERATOR SERVICE.
UH, SO TOMMY CAN COME UP A QUESTION THERE ABOUT PARTNERING WITH CENTER POINT.
THAT'S A, AN ITEM THAT THE SENIOR MANAGERS TO FOLLOW UP WITH US WHERE WE STRATEGICALLY PLACED THEIR BACK UP.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
SO, I MEAN, WE DID MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF GENERATORS.
THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE PROJECT FOR THE CITY COMPLEX, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THE TWO GENERATORS HERE OVER TO REC CENTER.
AND WE PURCHASED A BUNCH OF ALSO ADDITIONAL MOBILE GENERATORS FOR LIKE, UH, INTERSECTIONS, BUT COORDINATION THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT OR AWARE OF A FOLLOW-UP THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT I'LL TAKE THAT OFF OFFLINE THE SASHA AND I MET THE CENTER POINT ABOUT POSITIONING THEIR SPECIAL TRAILERS DURING CENTER POINT, NOT THE COUNTY.
SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, SOMETHING THAT NIKA AND SASHA AND US TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YES, MA'AM, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING INITIATIVE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY'VE INVOLVED FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STATION GENERATORS ARE BEING UPDATED AS WELL AS THE ONE AT CITY HALL.
AS I WAS JUST TALKING TO MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I KNOW HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS TO GET WE, OR WE ARE TAKING A LOT OF ONE-TIME REQUESTS IN HERE.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, OR IF WE WERE NOT GETTING IT, I LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST ONE BUILDING A PART OF IT WHERE OUR CITIZENS IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN AROUND BORROWING SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE FACED WHEN WE MET WITH, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE, OR AT LEAST THE COUNTY JUDGE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WAIT ON, ON THE COUNTY JUDGE TO DECIDE ON IF AND HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP US.
SO WE WERE KINDA SCRAMBLING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BEST PLACE I KNOW YOU HAD TO GO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A, UH, A SPACING STANDPOINT, HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE AT WHATEVER LOCATION.
AND WE LANDED AT THE PARK CENTER PARK AND REC CENTER.
BUT MY QUESTION, I THINK WHAT MAYORS IS ASKING IS, I KNOW TODD JUST SAID THAT WE DID AN OVERALL REVIEW OF OUR GENERATORS, BUT DO WE HAVE ALL THAT WE NEED IN THE EVENT OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING AGAIN? AND ARE WE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DECIDED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT? YEAH, I THINK FROM A, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY FACILITIES, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THE SHORTFALLS WERE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE CITY FACILITIES ARE RUNNING PROPERLY WITH GENERATORS.
BUT I THINK THAT TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY IF, IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO, UH, COMMIT TO LIKE A WARMING CENTER OR A, UH, UM, UH, SITE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ARRANGE A GENERATOR THAT'S READY AND AVAILABLE TO PLUG INTO THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE LIKE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE REC CENTER WOULD ACCEPT THAT GENERATOR.
I THINK WE WERE ONLY LIMITED TO THE REC CENTER.
I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST PLACE TO GO.
AND THE ONLY PLACE REALLY WE COULD GO, I KNOW WE CONSIDERED FORT BEND ISD SCHOOLS AND, UH, I THINK THE Y MCA WAS THROWN OUT THERE AS A, AS A POSSIBLE DESTINATION SPOT.
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING ONE WARMING CENTER, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T GET TO THE REC CENTER, UH, SO MAYBE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SOLID GENERATOR AT ALL THOSE PLACES, EVEN IF IT'S THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH OUTSIDE ENTITY.
BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT, RIGHT.
SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH SASHI TO, UM, SEE IF THAT'S STILL THE PLAN TO EITHER PURCHASE STANDBY GENERATORS, UH, OR TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO, TO HAVE THOSE STAGED AT OUR LOCATIONS.
THE NEXT DEPARTMENT THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A VALUE-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE WITH A VISION OF MAKING MISERY CITY, THE SAFEST CITY IN THE NATION, SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR PURCHASING COORDINATED THE INSTALLATION OF 32 LICENSE PLATE READERS PURCHASE AN IMPLEMENTED LIVE 9 1 1, ENABLING THE OFFICERS TO GET REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT INCIDENTS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED TWO GRANTS FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE AMOUNT OF 39,000 9 64.THEY'VE ALSO APPLIED AND WERE AWARDED THE CRIME VICTIM LIAISON AND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 THAT GRANT CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE DEPARTMENT, SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND OBTAINED AND IMPLEMENTED A 3D SCANNER TO ASSIST WITH THE RECREATION OF CRIME SCENES AND MAJOR CRASHES.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE LIMITED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO FIVE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, AND SO SURE THEY HAVE A LOT MORE, THAT WILL BE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE.
THE 2023 GOALS INCLUDE MAINTAINING A NBI R S CLIENTS RATE ABOVE THE TEXAS AVERAGE, THE TEXAS AVERAGES, 13% AND MISSOURI CITY AT 32% COMPLETE ALL PSI AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS WITHIN POLICY RESPOND TO ALL NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICES WITHIN 15 MINUTES, 97% OF THE TIME RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THREE MINUTES, 60% OF THE TIME.
AND THAT HAS BEEN REVISED TO SEVEN MINUTES FOR 2023 DISPATCH, ALL EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN ONE MINUTE OF CALL FINISH, WHICH 85% OF THE TIME.
AND THEIR BASE BUDGET IS 15 MILLION, $19,099, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 360,000.
WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT, THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC STEP INCREASE, UH, FOR OCTOBER ONE, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE PERSONNEL COSTS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU DECIDED NOT TO GIVE, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, IT COULD BE REMOVED, BUT IT'S IT'S IN THE, UM, SYSTEM CURRENTLY, THERE WERE ALSO CHANGES IN THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION RATE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME PRIOR YEAR CARRY FORWARD THAT WAS REMOVED AND THAT ALL ACCOUNTS FOR THE $360,000 AND VARIANCE, THE AUTHORIZED FTE IS 141.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.
THE FIRST ITEM OF 70 1008 20, THAT IS RECURRENT IS ACTUALLY TASERS, NOT FIREARMS. UM, AND THE TASERS, IT'S ACTUALLY A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WHERE IT WOULD BE $71,820 PER YEAR.
THERE'S ALSO HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN LEASING COSTS FOR VEHICLES, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 15 NEW POSITIONS TO CREATE A NEW DISTRICT.
UH, THE TOTAL COST OF $1.5 MILLION INCLUDES ONE TIME COST OF OUTFITTING.
WE ALSO HAVE THE POLICE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY AT $150,000.
UM, THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE CIP AND ALSO UPGRADE THE DISPATCH CENTER.
SO THE TOTAL FOR THE POLICE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, IT'S APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
UH, THE FIRST BEING THE ASSET SEIZURE FUND, THE ESTIMATED REVENUE, WE HAVE 169,400.
THIS FUND DOES HAVE A FUND BALANCE.
AND SO THE EXPENSES ARE AT 281,000, AND THAT IS UTILIZING SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE.
THE NEXT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS THE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
THIS FUND INCLUDES ONE STAFF MEMBER.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, UM, FOR THIS RADIO SYSTEM TOWER.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUES, 230, 3,200 TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 227,000 3 41.
AND THERE IS A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF $210,000.
AND THAT ENDS THE SLIDES THAT I HAVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE THE POLICE CHIEF IS HERE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR 15 POSITIONS FROM 2022.
YOU HAD 141, AND THEN YOUR PROPOSED 23 IS 141.
ARE THE, ARE YOU NEEDING 15 ADDITIONAL TO THE 1 41? UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY PUT THE 15 PROPOSED POSITIONS IN THIS 2023,
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UH, DID YOU HAVE FISCAL YEAR 2023? I'M ASKING FOR 12 NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND THREE NEW SERGEANT'S POSITIONS TO BUILD OUT A DISTRICT PATROL DISTRICT FIVE.SO THEN THIS NUMBER SHOULD REALLY BE INCREASED BECAUSE, OKAY.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, UH, A MISTAKE IN THE HEADERS.
IT SHOULD BE 20, 20, 20, 21 AND 2022.
THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT ADDING UP.
IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION, UM, JUST SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR.
BECAUSE THAT ALLEVIATES MY, MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT MATCHING UP WITH THE, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR 23.
SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, CHIEF, THE, UH, MOTORCYCLE TWO MOTORCYCLE UNITS AND OFFICERS, AND THE 22 THAT'S CURRENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY YOU ALL THAT THAT'S CURRENT BUDGET, CORRECT? CURRENT BUDGET, CORRECT.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE? UH, I'VE GOT, UM, SIX OPENINGS IN NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
I'LL HAVE THREE MORE OPENINGS.
SO UNTIL I CAN FILL MY PATROL SPOTS, I CAN'T FILL MY SPECIALIZED UNIT SPOT.
SO THAT'LL, THOSE TWO POSITIONS WILL PROBABLY SIT VACANT UNTIL 2024.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE BIKES ACTUALLY.
THE BIKES ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED AND WAITING UPFITTING.
AND IT TOLD ME TODAY THEY HAD ACQUIRED ALL THE MATERIALS TO PUT ON THE BIKES.
IT'S JUST THE LIGHT SIRENS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO BEFORE YOU, SO YOU, YOU NEED TO, UH, I GUESS, UH, UH, FIGURE THE, UH, THE SHORTAGE OF YOUR HAIR AND YOUR COMPLIMENT NOW IN YOUR PATROL BEFORE YOU CAN CITE ANYONE TO THE SPECIAL UNITS.
IF I COULD FILL THE POSITIONS I HAVE NOW, BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, AND I'M CERTAINLY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, UM, HOPEFULLY WE GAIN MORE THAN WE LOSE THEN, UH, I'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND I'VE ALREADY GOT ONE PERSON THAT'S TRAINED AT ALREADY AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT.
SO IT'LL BE EASY TRANSITION TO TRANSITION THAT OFFICER OVERALL I'LL SIMPLY HAVE TO TRAIN ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE THE OTHER SPOT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY YOU ALL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, AS MY QUESTION ON THE NUMBER OF FTES, BUT MY SECOND QUESTION WAS THE FLUX SYSTEM.
UM, IS THAT THE LPR CORRECT? THAT'S THE, UH, 32 CAMERAS THAT I USED, UM, DRUG SEIZURE REVENUE TO ACQUIRE AS A FOLLOW-UP AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL KUDOS BECAUSE I THINK A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, ONE OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN HOUSTON, UH, WHICH IS OF COURSE THE BEHEMOTH IN THE REGION, UH, ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE GOING TO BE ACQUIRING ABOUT A HUNDRED, UH, LP, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS FLOCK.
SO ONE DISTRICT, AND, UH, IT'S NOT EVEN ACROSS THEIR CITY, UH, AT THIS TIME.
AND SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL FOR BEING KIND OF THE TRAILBLAZERS IN THIS REGION FOR, FOR GETTING THESE IMPLEMENTED.
I NOTICED YOU HAVE 32, UH, NO NEED FOR ANY OTHERS ACROSS THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
OH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE, BUT, UH, I THINK THE SPREAD THAT, UM, THAT NARCOTIC SEIZURE MONEY OUT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER.
UM, BUT NOW, UH, THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE NEED.
WE, WE HAVE LEVERAGED TECHNOLOGY TO OUR MAXIMUM CAPABILITY OVER THOSE LAST EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS OR SO.
THAT'S THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF LEVERING LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON FOR THE PERSONNEL REQUESTS.
NOW, EVENTUALLY WE HAD TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THAT'S WHY THAT HUGE REQUEST IS OUT THERE BECAUSE I NOTICED I HAD BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS FROM, FROM STAFF, PARTICULARLY YOUR AREA, UH, THAT SOMEONE GOT STOPPED AFTER THIS FLAT SYSTEM CALLED EVERY DAY.
OUR PURSUITS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO SLOW DOWN.
CAUSE I THINK THE CROOKS ARE REALIZING NOT TO DRIVE HERE WITH THEIR STOLEN CARS, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE WERE HAVING A FAIR NUMBER OF PURSUITS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THOSE STOLEN CARS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, YOU'VE MENTIONED ABOUT 15 NEW POSITIONS.
YOU MENTIONED THAT ANOTHER AREA OR SOMETHING FIVE, YOU MENTIONED, CORRECT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, DID I CUT YOU OFF? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE.
I KNOW THE NUMBER WAS FIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID.
AND WE'VE GOT FOUR PATROL DISTRICTS CURRENTLY IN OUR DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH RUNS FROM GLEN LAKES LANE ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN END OF OUR CITY LIMITS.
AND YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL WHAT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE LOT OUT THERE OTHER THAN,
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UH, FIELDS AND, AND A FEW ROADS BEING PROPOSED AND BUILT, BUT IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH OUT THERE BEFORE CREEK MOUNTAIN WAS THE BIG SUBDIVISION, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE ALMOST THE SAME SIZE OR LARGER EITHER ARE ALREADY IN PLACE OR COMING ONLINE, INCLUDING LIKE DRY CREEK AND ALL OF THAT.ALSO WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, WHEN WE HAVE ONE OR TWO OFFICERS COVERING FROM GLEN LAKES, ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN END, OUR CITY, IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN OUR, UH, GOALS EARLY ON, I MENTIONED THAT WE CHANGED OUR RESPONSE TIME FROM THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY HITTING IT ON AVERAGE 38% OF THE TIME.
WE'VE CHANGED IT TO SEVEN MINUTES AND REALLY HITTING THAT 79% OF THE TIME.
SO, UH, IF SOMEONE'S KICKING YOUR DOOR IN OR HER ROBIN, YOUR, YOUR STORE, YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE GET BROKEN INTO SEVEN MINUTES IS A REALLY LONG TIME.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET US BACK CLOSER TO THAT THREE MINUTE GOAL FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND I HAD MENTIONED PATROL DISTRICT FIVE, I'M SORRY.
YES, IT'S A PATROL DISTRICT FIVE AND WHERE THAT WOULD, UH, START INSTEAD OF GOING ALL OVER FROM GLEN LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN END OF OUR CITY, IT WOULD, UH, PATROL DISTRICT FOUR WOULD BE THE AREA BETWEEN GLEN LAKES AND TREMBLE FRESNO.
AND FROM TRAMMELL FRESNO, ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN END OF OUR CITY WOULD BE THE PATROL DISTRICT FIVE.
AND THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING FOR 12 OFFICERS AND THREE NEW SERGEANTS IS I HAVE SIX SQUADS.
THAT'LL BE TWO OFFICERS PER SQUAD ASSIGNED TO THAT DISTRICT.
SO THERE'LL BE TWO OFFICERS IN THAT DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE THREE SERGEANTS IS HISPANIC CONTROL.
WE USE THE HIGH END MILITARY STANDARD OF OH ONE TO SEVEN.
I'M ALREADY AT LIMIT AND A LITTLE BIT, OR OVER NOW WITH MY SPAN OF CONTROL.
WHEN I ADD THOSE 12, I'LL ADD THREE AND THAT'LL HELP ME WITH MY CURRENT OVER THE ONE TO SEVEN SPAN OF CONTROL SUPERVISOR, SUBORDINATE RATIO.
AND THEN THOSE OTHER TWO WOULD MATTE COVER THAT, UH, THAT ONE, THE SEVEN OF MY, UH, ADDITIONAL 12 OFFICERS.
MY FINAL QUESTION IS, UM, UH, SHAWSHEE, UH, PRESENTED US WITH THE CIP, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION ABOUT A MEETING OR TWO AGO.
AND IN THERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE 150,000, BUT I'M NOTICING IS HE LISTED HERE AS A CELTA SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS? UH, IS IT A PART OF THE CIP, UH, OR AS A PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 23 BUDGET, WHICH WHERE WE, WHERE ARE WE TAKING IT FROM? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ALENA QUESTION.
UH, I REALLY HAVE NO CLUE WHERE IT COMES FROM.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S CIP OR IS IT WANTING TO SAY SAME? CAN YOU, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SO WHEN SHAWSHEE DELIVERED HIS PRESENTATION TO US, UH, AT A MEETING OR TWO AGO, HE MENTIONED THAT AS PART OF THE CIP PRESENTATION, HE MENTIONED THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO IS THIS A PART OF THAT OR IS IT IT'S A, IT'S THE SAME ITEM? IT WAS, UM, SUBMITTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PLACED IN THE CIP.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE TWO DIFFERENT REQUESTS.
UM, CHIEF, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR, UM, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, I KNOW THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ON THIS PAST, UM, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT YOU NEEDING ADDITIONAL, UM, PEOPLE, DISPATCHERS, AND ALSO INCREASING THE PAY, UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 2023 TO HAVE 156 TOTAL, BUT THOSE 15, YOU MENTIONED FOR NEW POSITIONS WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR A, ANOTHER PATROL DISTRICT.
SO DO YOU HAVE IN HERE WHERE YOU'RE NEEDING ADDITIONAL, UH, DISPATCHERS AND THEN ALSO DOES YOUR BUDGET INCLUDE THE INCREASE IN PAY THAT THAT'S NECESSARY TO BE ON PAR AND COMPETITIVE? OH, THAT'S A TWO-FOLD QUESTION.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BREAK IT APART.
IF I, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE, THE PERSONNEL REQUEST THAT I'M MAKING IS MERELY PATROL, NOT, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
I HAVE SIX CURRENT OPENING OPENINGS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
UH, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL THAT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT YOU ALL APPROVE THE PAY INCREASE FOR THIS BATCH.
BECAUSE UP UNTIL THE LAST SEVERAL, UH, ACTUALLY THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WHEN WE WOULD PUT OUT A TEST FOR DISPATCH, WE WOULD ONLY END UP WITH LIKE ONE OR TWO PROBABLE CANDIDATES, AND THEN OFTENTIMES THEY WOULD FAIL THE BACKGROUND.
UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY BECAUSE THE WORD IS FINALLY GOTTEN OUT THAT WE WERE PAYING A VERY NICE SALARY FOR TELECOMMUNICATORS THAT JUST A YESTERDAY'S TESTING, OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY THIS MORNING, IT'S RUNNING TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH THIS MORNING.
WE HAD A 29, I THINK, UH, SHOW UP 19 PAST.
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OF FOR US.UM, SO THAT CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPACT.
UH, SADLY, WHEN WE TESTED FOR POLICE, WE HAD, UH, SEVEN PEOPLE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP THREE, ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND ONLY ONE PASSED AND I HAVE 7 0 6 OPENINGS NOW, AND I'M GOT TWO MORE COMING NEXT MONTH, ONE RUN ONE RETIREMENT AND ONE GOING TO ANOTHER AGENCY, POSSIBLY ANOTHER TO ANOTHER AGENCY.
SO TO THAT POINT, THE SIX CURRENT OPENINGS YOU HAVE, ARE YOU REFERENCING THOSE AS OFFICERS OR YOU'RE REFERENCING THOSE AS DISPATCH? I HAVE SIX CURRENT OPENINGS IN DISPATCH, AND I ALSO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF OPENINGS IN PATROL POLICE OFFICER.
SO I HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS THE INCREASE, THE INCREASE OF PAY FOR THOSE DISPATCHERS, UM, THAT YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO CURRENTLY FEEL.
UM, IS THAT HARD? IS THAT PAY ON PAR THAT YOU'VE ADDED? IS THAT INCLUDING YOUR NEW BUDGET OR IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAY THAT WE'RE OFFERING DUE TO THE INFLATION AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STILL ATTRACT PEOPLE FOR DISPATCH? I THINK WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
'CAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE SEE WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
I THINK WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR DISPATCH.
UH, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING A SALARY STUDY EVERY TWO YEARS, BECAUSE THAT REALLY TRANSLATES INTO THREE YEARS, BUT BEFORE IT'S IMPLEMENTED, THAT'S WHY EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTHER BUDGET YEAR WE'RE HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP BY ONE OF YOU, UH, YOU ALL ON THIS BOARD DURING OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE, UH, DISPATCH SALARY.
WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHASING EVERYONE ELSE, BUT DOING IT EVERY TWO YEARS, UH, MOST CITIES REALLY ARE NOT W THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, AREN'T DOING IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO DOING IT EVERY TWO YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE CHASING EVERYBODY AROUND FOR, FOR EONS.
WE STAY THAT STAY THAT COURSE.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, DOWN THE LINE COUNCIL'S IS GOING TO DISCUSS AND SEE HOW WE CAN APPROACH THAT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ADDING YOUR FEEDBACK TO THAT IS, IS DEFINITELY WELL RECEIVED.
UM, SO MY LAST QUESTION IS ONCE YOU FEEL THOSE SIX OPENINGS IN DISPATCH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FULLY STOCKED.
THAT'S, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL TO MAKE SURE THAT DEPARTMENT IS, IS WELL, UM, UM, STAFFED AND RUNNING EFFICIENTLY.
AS LONG AS OUR CALL VOLUME STAYS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD BE FINE.
IF I CAN GET THAT DISPATCH CENTER FULLY STAFFED WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALLOCATED THE POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALLOCATED.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, CITY OF OUR SIZE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE TRACKING AND THAT DATA BASED ON THE PAY THAT WE OFFER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF, HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT ALONE, SHOULD WE HAVE TO RUN EFFICIENTLY AND TO INCREASE THE, THE CALLS OUT TO, TO HOMES OR INCIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THAT, THAT RESPONSE TIME DOWN TO THAT THREE MINUTES? WELL, THAT'S KIND OF A LOADED QUESTION AND IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
I'M, I'VE GOT A STAFFING ANALYSIS.
WE DO IT EVERY YEAR TYPICALLY AND GIVE YOU A REAL CONSERVATIVE NUMBER IN MY 15 THAT I'VE ASKED FOR IS EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT THE FBI STANDARD IS, WHICH NO ONE REALLY RECOGNIZES, BUT I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU ANYWAY.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THREE OF THEM ARE TWO OF THE RECOGNIZED STANDARDS, INCLUDING ICM AND ISCP, WHICH I CMA.
YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR.
I'M ASSUMING THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION AND THE ICP IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.
BUT THE FPS STANDARD SAYS WE NEED 74 MORE OFFICERS RATHER THAN 15, THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, BASED ON OUR WORKLOAD ANALYSIS USING THEIR FORMULA SAYS, WE NEED 56 MORE POLICE OFFICERS, RATHER THAN 15.
THE ISEP STANDARD USING THEIR FORMULA SAYS WE NEED 68 MORE OFFICERS RATHER THAN THE 15.
I'M ASKING FOR OUR OWN IN-HOUSE WORKLOAD ANALYSIS.
IF WE JUST LOOK AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR OUR PATROL DISTRICTS.
UH, SO TRY TO GET THAT RESPONSE TIME EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME, BECAUSE I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSE TIME.
A LOT OF AGENCIES WILL PUT THAT OUT AND WE ACTUALLY DO A REMARKABLE JOB WITH THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME, BUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME IS IMPORTANT NUMBER, BUT IF WE MAINTAIN JUST FOUR DISTRICTS, WE NEED FOUR MORE POLICE OFFICERS, AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED DOWN SOUTH.
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UM, AND THIS IS JUST PATROL, THIS IS OVERALL, THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT A PATROL CREATES FOR CID AND FOR THE OTHER SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT.BUT IF WE GO TO FIVE DISTRICTS JUST TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY WITH THE SEVEN MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, NOT TRYING TO GET IT TO THE THREE MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, WE NEED FIVE YESTERDAY.
SO WOULD THAT BE FIVE ADDITIONAL JUST FOR PATROL? SO THAT'S WITHOUT TRYING TO BUILD OUT THAT FIFTH AT, UH, FIFTH PATROL DISTRICT.
SO CAN I ASK WHY YOU'RE, WHY YOU'RE SUBMITTING YOUR BUDGET SO CONSERVATIVELY, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADVANCE YOUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD CATEGORIZE ASKING FOR 15 NEW PERSONNEL AS CONSIDERING THE LAST EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
I'VE ASKED FOR ZERO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO KEEP IT FLAT AND NOT ASK FOR PERSONNEL.
SO, UH, WE WOULD TELL CITY MANAGEMENT AND IT WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO YOU ALL.
BUT I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON WHEN I APPROACHED YOU ALL ABOUT THE, UH, DISPARITY IN SALARIES WITH DISPATCH, BECAUSE I WAS ACCUSED OF NOT MAKING YOU ALL AWARE YET.
I WAS MAKING CITY MANAGEMENT AWARE AND HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS NOT MAKING IT UP TO THIS GOVERNING BOARD.
SO NOW I'M MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE NEED IS GOING PAST CITY MANAGEMENT AND STRAIGHT TO YOU ALL IN FORUMS, SUCH AS THIS USING A PLATFORM SUCH AS OUR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY DOING IS REALLY NOT THAT CONSERVATIVE, UH, CONSIDERING MY ASKING FOR WHAT WAS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR 15 PERSONNEL, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS HERE ALSO NEED PERSONNEL.
AND WE ARE AS DEPENDENT ON THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS W WE'RE ALL DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REALLY CUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROAT IN ORDER TO REALLY BUILD UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS MUCH AS I KNOW THAT THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ASK FOR AND A LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL.
AND I KNOW THAT IF IT WAS GRANTED, IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO IMPACT MY, MY, UH, COWORKERS, AND THEN PEOPLE THAT I CONSIDER IN HIGH REGARD THAT ARE SEATED BEHIND ME.
BUT AT SOME POINT WE'VE LEVERAGED TECHNOLOGY TO THE MAX.
WE'VE GOT TO START PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND, UH, WITH ALL THIS BUILD OUT, WE HAVEN'T ADDED POLICE OFFICERS IN ALMOST A DECADE THAT WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, UM, JUST USING YOUR WORD CONSERVATIVE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AS A WHOLE.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE TO LIVE HERE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LISTING WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE, I WOULD, THIS IS MY EXPECTATION THAT YOUR GOALS WOULD BE ON PAR WITH YOUR ASS.
AND SO IF, IF, IF YOUR IN-HOUSE ANALYSIS IS SAD THAT YOU NEED 20 MORE NOW GRANTED SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHER STANDARD LEVELS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REALISTICALLY.
BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE LISTED AS A SAFEST CITY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN THE STATE OR THE NATION, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DECREASE THAT SEVEN MINUTE RESPONSE TIME FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS DOWN TO THREE.
I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING CRITICAL THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT AND ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO ASK FOR WHATEVER THEY, THEY DESIRE AND MAYBE EVEN INCLUDE A FEW WISHLIST ITEMS. AND THAT'S DEFINITELY, UH, EVERYONE'S PREROGATIVE.
AND I CAN ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE IF OUR BUDGET CAN SUPPORT IT, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR IT.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO JUST ASK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE YOU NEED TO INCREASE YOUR PERSONNEL, UH, FOR PATROL OFFICERS SO THAT YOUR GOALS CAN BE MET, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN 2023 WHEN WE'RE DOING THE 24 BUDGET.
AND YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, NOW I NEED FIVE MORE OFFICERS FOR THIS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET THOSE GOALS.
THOSE GOALS ARE SET TO BE ACHIEVED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND EXCEED THEM SO THAT WE, WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND WE'RE GETTING RESIDENTS TO ASK US ABOUT WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG, ELDERLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE BREAKING INTO HOMES, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN, YOU KNOW, A RECESSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE CRIME OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY AND YOU AS OUR CHAIN, YOU ARE WELL-PREPARED TO RUN AN EFFICIENT DEPARTMENT WITH THE PERSONNEL THAT YOU NEED, THE PATROL OFFICERS THAT YOU NEED TO RESPOND.
AND THEN THAT OUR BUDGET CAN SUPPORT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE AS A WANT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THEM TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THAT
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AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO ADD.TWO MORE, THREE MORE OR FIVE MORE TO THAT 15.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS PARKS AND RECREATION.
THEIR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY.
THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS DEDICATION OF THE CITY'S VETERANS MEMORIAL ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2021 COMPLETED THE PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN COMPLETED A NEW SPLASH PAD AND RECONSTRUCTED RESTROOM AT BRIDGE VIEW PARK BUILT THE FIRST MULTI GOLF COURSE IN NORTH AMERICA IN MCNAUGHTON PARK, AWARDED THE TEXAS GOLD METAL AWARD CLASS THREE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXCELLENCE AND LONG RANGE PLANNING, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND THEIR ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
THEIR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDE COMPLETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROXELL PARK, COMPLETING RENOVATIONS OF RIDGE VIEW PARK, DEVELOPING FIVE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE MEDIAN AND CORRIDOR EXPERIENCES.
ADD ONE ADDITIONAL YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO INCREASE RECYCLING WASTE REDUCTION WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.
THEIR BASE BUDGET FOR 2023 HAS $3,861,235.
THIS IS A REDUCTION OF 884,000 9 48, AND THAT IS DUE TO THE PRIOR YEAR CARRY FORWARD BUDGETS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 REVISED, WHICH WOULD BE SOME ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
ALSO REMOVAL OF OTHER ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED APPROVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS 21 FTE AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED 2 MILLION, $393,863 IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS AMOUNT IS SIX POSITIONS.
UH, WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PARK ENTRANCE SIGNS.
WE HAVE, UH, WEEKEND CLEANING AND HAND SOAP DISPENSERS, UH, AT THE RESTROOMS, INCLUDING THE CLEANING CONTRACT.
THAT'S THE TWO ITEMS, THE 17 500 AND THE 2,500 ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT AT THE MCNAUGHTON PARK, A COMMUNITY CENTER, SECOND FLOOR RESTROOM AND CLASSROOM RENOVATIONS CONSTRUCTING A CONCRETE PATH FROM PARK'S EDGE BRIDGE TO BILLION, ONE AT COMMUNITY PARK CONVERTING COURT 13 TO PICK A BALL AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND CONVERTING WEST COURT AT MCLEAN PARK TO PICKLEBALL BLOWERS AND TREMORS.
ALSO AN INCREASE IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
THERE'S AN INCREASE IN CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE LANDSCAPE BED MAINTENANCE AND IRRIGATION REPAIR SERVICES.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONGOING COMMITMENTS.
I ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OVERTIME AND INCREASE IN THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION BUDGET INCREASE IN PARKS MATERIALS FOR EXISTING PARKS BECAUSE OF THE COSTS RISING AND FOR NEW PROPERTIES, WE HAVE AN INCREASED INSTRUCTOR PAY THE CONTRACTUAL ACCOUNT, AND THIS IS DUE TO A RISE IN PROGRAM REGISTRATIONS.
THIS ITEM IS OFFSET BY REVENUE.
SO THE, UH, TOTAL ASK A $70,000, BUT IT'S OFFSET BY $70,000 IN REVENUE.
ONE OF THE POSITIONS IS AN IRRIGATION LANDSCAPE.
TECHNICIAN THREE ALSO HAVE MAINTENANCE FOR PLANT LIFE AND WATER QUALITY IN CITY LAKES AND WATERWAYS.
WE HAVE A NEW SPLASH PAD THAT COMES WITH MAINTENANCE COSTS.
SO WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW SPLASH PAD.
AGAIN WITH STAFFING, WE HAVE TWO PART CARETAKER, ONE POSITIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PARKS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER POSITION THAT ASSISTS WITH THE CIP.
IN RELATION TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF AND ANOTHER POSITION, A RECREATION ATTENDANT POSITION.
THERE'S ALSO SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE DISC GOLF COURSE AT COMMUNITY PARK AND THE PARKING LOT AT QUAIL GREEN WEST PARK.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A REPLACEMENT OF ONE PLAYGROUND PER YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE ANNUALLY IS TO FUND $230,000 FOR A PLAYGROUND.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE REPLACEMENT OF THE BASKETBALL COURT AT COMMUNITY PARK, THE SAFETY LIGHTING AT THE REC AND TENNIS CENTER AND WAS GLEN PARK
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AND MOSLEY PARK.WE ALSO HAVE HANDHELD BLOWERS, UH, TREE REMOVAL AND SOD INSTALLATION, UNDERSTORY CLEARING, AND GRASS ESTABLISHMENT AT BUFFALO RUN PARK AND A CREW LEADER.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUESTS, UH, ONGOING COMMITMENTS IS $80,000 RECURRING.
WE HAVE 800, 7,415, AND ONE TIME WE HAVE 1,000,500, $6,448.
THEY DO HAVE ONE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
UH, WELL THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PARKLAND ZONE FUNDS, BUT FOR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE COMBINED ALL OF THEM.
THE TOTAL REVENUE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROJECTED IS $30,230 WITH AN EXPENSE OF 1,000,170 1009 36.
THIS FUND DOES HAVE THESE FUNDS HAVE FUND BALANCES.
UM, AS WE RECEIVE, UH, FUNDS TOWARDS THE PARKLAND ZONES AND THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE FUND BALANCE UNTIL THERE'S A PROJECT TO BE, UM, COMPLETED WITHIN THAT ZONE.
AND SO THERE'S SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE $1.1 MILLION.
AND THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TW SURE, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING, UM, THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT THEY SUBMITTED.
ANY QUESTIONS? LET ME ADD A COMMENT TO YOU.
I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA, ESPECIALLY THE AREAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD, THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL ESPLANADES THAT HAS NOT BEEN KEPT UP.
I MEAN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE CONTRACTING THIS OUT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, AND ALONG WITH, ESPECIALLY THE NEWER AREAS IN FRONT OF AMAZON, THOSE, UH, THOSE ESPLANADES HAS NOT BEEN KEPT UP.
OR MAN, I KNOW WE'RE EITHER NO ENFORCE MORE THAN LIKE THAT.
I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SHOW ME CITY AND THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT THESE CONTRACT SERVICES TO BE BROUGHT IN HOUSE.
SO THAT WAY IS THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE'S OWNERSHIP.
AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT GETS DONE APPROPRIATELY NOT, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LEAVING THINGS GARBAGE AND THINGS, THROWING IT ON THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR PUTTING IT IN, UM, AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE SHOULD BE A MUCH MORE OF A TOMAS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO BEAUTIFY THIS.
AND THAT'S MY COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION.
TW THE, UM, I'M ALWAYS STUCK ON ME STAFFING POSITIONS BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THE PRESENTATION, IT LISTED, UM, TWO ADDITIONAL, I CAN'T SEE, THIS IS TOO SMALL.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, UM, FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL, SO THERE'S THERE'S YEP.
SO FOR THIS ONE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS BEING REQUESTED FOR, FOR 23, BUT ON THE, UM, AUTHORIZED FTE FOR 23, THERE'S ONLY 21, BUT FOR 22, 21 AND 20 IS STILL BASICALLY THE SAME.
SO DOES THIS NUMBER REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL 21 IS OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL, SINCE NONE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, IT WOULDN'T BE REFLECTED IN OUR AUTHORIZED FTE POSITION.
SO IT'S ONLY WHAT'S AUTHORIZED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THAT'S INCLUDED ON THE CHARTS THAT ARE IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO BY THE 2023, WHEN IT SAYS PROPOSED 2023, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 2023, THESE ACTS OF POSITIONS, WOULD THEY BE A RE, SHOULD THEY BE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, FTE NUMBER FOR 2023? NO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY PROPOSED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS THE ASK FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST PRESENTING EVERYTHING TO YOU ALL, BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S AUTHORIZED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THAT'S WHERE I KEEP GETTING REALLY, CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER FOR PROPOSED AND SINCE WE'RE WHERE IT SAYS 21, AND IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR NEW POSITIONS, UM, FOR OUR 23 BUDGET, I WOULD THINK THOSE EXTRA PEOPLE YOU'RE ASKING
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FOR WOULD BE A REFLECTION UPON THIS, THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE.AND WE BECOME WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET THERE, IT WILL REFLECT THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING ACTUALLY PROPOSED.
SO THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZED, AUTHORIZED MEANS YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE STAFFING.
AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE CURRENTLY EXIST WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEN WE GO OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION THAT HELPS.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO PRESENT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW WITH YOU ALL SHOULD NOT TAKE LONG.
THE FIRST ONE BEING NON DEPARTMENTAL NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE COSTS THAT ARE CITY-WIDE THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC TO ONE DEPARTMENT.
THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET BASED BUDGET IS 6 MILLION, 9 45, 1 92, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 2 MILLION 8 64, 3 14.
THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE THAT'S A NON DEPARTMENTAL IS THE TRANSFER TO THE TOURIST FUNDS.
SO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE COLLECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN THE REVENUE IN GENERAL FUND, BUT WE TRANSFER THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT BELONG TO THE TERRORS, UH, THROUGH A TRANSFER.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE $5.5 MILLION.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO A REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS AND, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS CONTRACT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, THAT'S LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE DO HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR HEALTH INSURANCE ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASES OR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, WHICH INCLUDE $500,000.
IT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THIS SLIDE, BUT $500,000 OR A 3% INCREASE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE $3 MILLION, UM, THAT WE REQUESTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO BE ABLE TO FUND, UM, AS ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARIES BASED ON THE SALARY SURVEY, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL, ALL STAFF.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO NON DEPARTMENTAL HEARING, THEN I'LL MOVE ALONG.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
WE DO HAVE A CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET AT A 5.7 MILLION.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE OUR SECOND TRAUNCH IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE WILL HAVE $6.9 MILLION IN CASH, BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, REFLECT THE REVENUE, UH, BASED ON ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY IN A LIABILITY ACCOUNT UNTIL IT IS SPENT.
AND SO WE DO HAVE INVESTMENT EARNINGS HERE, BUT THE REVENUE WILL NOT BE, UM, REFLECTED UNTIL WE ACTUALLY USE THE MONEY THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERICAN RESCUE PLANET? OKAY.
THE NEXT ONE IS MCDA YOU ALL HEARD D A THE OTHER NIGHT, SO I'LL MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, THE BUDGETS HAVE GONE TO THOSE BOARDS AND THEY HAVE, UH, PROVIDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THE PIDS YOU HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING, ALSO THAT SERVICE FUND, THIS IS WHERE WE PAY FOR ALL OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR OUR DEBT.
UH, THIS INCLUDES PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE CERTIFIEDS.
TOTAL REVENUE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.8 MILLION EXPENSES, 14 MILLION.
WE, UH, NORMALLY AT TIMES WE HAVE, UH, EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS THAT WE WILL ACQUIRE US TO USE FUND BALANCE, TO PAY FOR SOME OF OUR DEBT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT THE EXPENSE IS, UH, EXCEEDS THE REVENUE.
THE LAST SLIDE IS FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND.
UM, THIS FUND IS USED ACCOUNT FOR USER FEES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE CITY'S GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICES.
WE HAVE TOTAL REVENUE OF 4 MILLION, 3 33, 7 24 AND EXPENDITURES AT THE SAME.
OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS ESTIMATED TO BE $690,000 IN SOLID WASTE.
I'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? NO, I JUST, I JUST HAVE A, A COMMENT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UM, IN PREPARING THESE, UM, WELL THOUGHT OUT BUDGETS AND BEING HERE AND BEING PATIENT, UM, YOU ARE APPRECIATED AND I WANT YOU, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES BELIEVE THAT THE SAME, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, YOUR HARD WORK DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED IN EVERYTHING AND ALL THE EFFORTS
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AND ALL THE RESEARCH THAT YOU PUT INTO THESE, UH, THIS BUDGET, UM, MAY NOT GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS MOST OF WHAT THEY NEED.SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU TO ELENA.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK HELLO, TEST, TEST, TEST.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AS WELL, UH, FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
UH, NO, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, ELENA, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO PULLING TOGETHER ALL THESE BUDGETS AND CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS AND MAKING SURE THIS PRESENTATION WAS PULLED TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU CITY MA INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR, FOR BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND TRYING TO, UH, HELP US THAT UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND, UH, I'VE ALWAYS EMPHASIZED.
AND I STILL, UH, FEEL THAT WAY THAT, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
UH, AND SO IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE CAN COME IN, UH, WITH A, A BUDGET AND, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, DOES NOT IMPACT OUR TAX RATE, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE IT INCREASES.
SO, I MEAN, WE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND WANTS AND ASKS AND WHATNOT, AND THAT'S ALL GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEMORRHAGE THE CITY TO THE POINT WHERE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD A BOND PASSED AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BE GOING OUT FOR THAT, THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE CITY WHEREBY WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER RAISING OUR TAXES AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE LOWERED OUR TAX RATE FOR THE LAST, I WANT TO SAY THREE YEARS, TWO TO THREE YEARS.
AND SO, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT BERTHA ALEXANDER, OUR BUDGET MANAGER PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN ALL OF THIS, INCLUDING PUTTING TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW VARSA, DOESN'T LIKE TO FREEZE, BUT I LOVE TO HEAR HER.
I TOLD HER, I TOLD HER SHE DON'T LIKE TO DO IT.
I TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE.
I WAIT AND WATCH THE, UH, THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS IN AUGUST, UH, WITH THE, UH, PRESENTATION TO ADOPT THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE.
AND SO USING THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR REVENUE, UM, SOLID AS FAR AS THE ESTIMATES.
UH, AND THEN IN, I THINK IT'S AUGUST, MAYBE AUGUST 19TH WE'LL HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO USE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE LINE ITEMS. UM, AND, UH, WE'LL DO A PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS PROPOSING TO YOU ALL.
AND THEN AFTER WE REVIEW THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS AFTER YOU SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PROPOSED, THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BUDGET ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH WHERE YOU CARVE OUT OR DOWN THE SUPPLEMENTAL THAT'S CORRECT? YES.
WELL, LENA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT TOOK PLACE BEHIND WHAT WE SAW IN LIKE SIX HOURS OR EIGHT HOURS MAXIMUM.
UM, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR YOUR HELP, PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY.
UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH A BUDGET, BUT ATLANTA, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE STRONG.
GREAT JOB KUDOS TO Y'ALL NO OTHER BUSINESS.
I LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT MAYOR.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND MY FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, I KNOW YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH A LOT, TRYING TO GET THE DATA SOLIDIFY AND PREPARE ALL THE DOCUMENTS.
UM, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL GETTING TO KNOW EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT'S YOUR PRIORITIES ARE YOUR NEEDS, UM, AS WELL AS SEEING HOW YOU GUYS ORGANIZE THIS WHOLE PROCESS, IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO TRANSITION AND UNDERSTAND, UM, SO THAT I CAN BETTER SERVE YOU GUYS AS WE SERVE THE CITY.
THAT WAS A LOT FOR A SOLO PRESENTATION, FAR AS VERBAL, VERBALLY PRESENTING IT ALL.
UM, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE CHIEFS, UM, AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT WAS HERE DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, BOTH DAYS AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO AS
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A WHOLE.UM, BUT I DO PERSONALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, CEDRIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING, YOU KNOW, THIS CITY, UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH TRANSITION AND JUST TAKING IT ON AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY WAS STILL STABLE AND WENT FORWARD, UM, AS WELL.
AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO CITY ATTORNEY III, JOYCE AND CITY, SECRETARY CRYSTAL, FOR EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS CITY.
THE RESIDENTS REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHO YOU ARE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES AND ALL OF YOUR NAMES.