[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
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AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET, STARTING OFFICER PAY IS MORE THAN 4% OF THE LOAD.
AND TODD IS MORE THAN 9% COMPARED TO THE AGENCIES IN OUR REGION.
SERGEANT PAGE IS 14% BELOW 6% AND BELOW COMPARED TO THE REGION, STARTING WITH HUNDRED IS MORE THAN 14% BELOW IT.
TOP OUT, MORE THAN 8% BELOW THEIR PARENTS OF OTHER AGENCIES IN THE REGION, STARTING TO CAP IT'S MORE THAN 6% BELOW IT TALK ABOUT IS MORE THAN 3% BELOW STARTING TO SISTER.
SHE WAS 12% BELOW AND ONE OF THE 6% BELOW COMPARED TO
OUR CITIZENS HAVE GROWN TO EXPECT FOR
[(a) Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget]
OUR STAFF REPORTS.WE HAVE THE ADOPTION WE DO HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET ON THE CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH,
AND THEN OUR OTHER LAST ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT WE HAVE HAS THE CITY MANAGER
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ALL SOURCES SURFACE UTILITY, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN 2023, IT IS APPROXIMATELY $193.6 MILLION.THE GENERAL FUND TO BE APPROXIMATELY 35% FOLLOWED BY ALMOST 29 PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR ALL SOURCES.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY $2.4 BILLION IN REVENUE.
AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES ARE IN THE GENERAL PLAN AT 36%, 27%, AND THEN CAPITAL CONTRACTS AT 15, ALMOST 16 OKAY.
ALWAYS ANOTHER GENERAL FUND, UH, FUND BALANCE.
OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS BE YOUR 2022 IS APPROXIMATELY 32.7 MILLION AFTER ALL OF OUR ESTIMATED REVENUES AND TRANSFERS AND ALL THE SOURCES FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $97.20 AFTER THE EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 64.8.
THIS AGAIN, AS AN ESTIMATE, BUT DID ANY FUNDS BALANCE DERMA $2.2 MILLION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 53% ARE UNBALANCED REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICY IS THE ONLY AMOUNT IS 19.4.
THE POLICY IS ALMOST $13 MILLION WITHIN HIS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $4.6 MILLION IN ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE BE FUNDED FROM THE FUND BALANCE.
WHEN LOOKING AT YOUR TOTAL ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST AND THINKING ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATING, HOW MUCH WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAN EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WOULD ACTUALLY BE TO BE IN POVERTY, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT TO DEAL WITH.
LOOKING AT THE REQUESTS INCREASED BY 24 CENTS, LOOKING AT THE RECURRING RECURRING, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN OLDER BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO TO START THEM OUT, WHICH IS AN EXPECTATION ON PROPERTY TAXES, UM, UH, KUBOTA'S ACCOUNT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN GENERAL WAS 19.5 ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, CONSIDERING MOST RECURRING GENERAL PLAN BUDGET INCLUDES TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSPORTS IN APPROXIMATELY $68 BILLION.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE AT THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE OF
AND SOMETIMES SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE TRANSFERS FROM THE UTILITY FUNDS AND PAY FOR OUR, TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR OUR STREETS, TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
AND THEN WE TRANSFER $72.7 MILLION OF PERSONNEL IS A MAJOR EXPENSE AT 61%.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER EXPENDITURES OF 3.5 MILLION, AND I'VE HEARD THEM SOMETIMES QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE OTHER'S FINISHER,
AND THEN WE SHOULDN'T SUBSCRIPTIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND OTHERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE AND OUR INSURANCE, WE TRANSFER OUT BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT.
THEN WE
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE TRANSFER NUMBERS, BECAUSE THE REVENUE IS GOING INTO THE JURORS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 401 APPROVED FULL TIME.
YOU DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 27 POSITIONS, THE BUDGET AS BRING THE TOTAL AMOUNTS WITH 428
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FINANCE DEPARTMENT.WE HAVE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH HAVE FIVE POSITIONS POSITIONS TO FEEL THE EMPHASIS WITH THE ONE-STOP SHOP.
WE HAVE SEVEN POSITIONS, AWESOME CIP, PARKS, AND RECREATION.
YOU HAVE NINE ADDITIONAL CREWS.
AND THEN IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE A SENIOR PLANNER.
SO THAT'S 27 POSITIONS BRINGING THIS HOME FULL TIME.
THERE'S A 22ND CHANGES IN THE STREET TECHNICIAN FOR YEARS, THREE POSITIONS.
SO IT WAS NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T LIKE APPROVED OR PARKS AND RECREATION, WHEREAS IT'S 12, THERE'S TWO PARKS CARETAKER POSITION, ONE OF THE LOWER APPROVAL RATE FOR
MAJOR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU DO HAVE ANY INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BASED ON VALUATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE A SALES TAX INCREASE IN THAT SPACE, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RAISE YOUR SWITCHER ASSUMPTIONS.
WE START WITH THE BASE BUDGET.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET, 27 POSITIONS.
THERE'S ALSO A 3% SALARY INCREASE AND THERE'S FUNDS APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION OR ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE SALARY SURVEY THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THERE'S ALSO THE STEP INCREASE CIVIL SERVICE, WHICH IS AUTOMATIC ON OCTOBER ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE FUNDING FOR SOME OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE
UM, AGAIN, THE TOTAL REQUESTS INCLUDE NOT JUST THE GENERAL PLAN WAS APPROXIMATELY 21.4 BILLION, BUT THE GENERAL FUND AT 1, 190 6,000, UM, THE RNC IN PLACEMENT IS FUNDED BY PLACEMENT CONTRIBUTES TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE, MAKE REPLACEMENTS WITHOUT NEEDING.
SO IT'S BASED ON DEPRECIATION.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR GENERAL PLAN, INCLUDING EIGHT WAS 10 MILLION THOUSAND 900 OF WHICH 5.4 IS NOT PLACEMENT THAT WAS FUNDED INTO PROPOSED IS 11 950 $6.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET BALANCE, THE AMOUNT THAT EXPENDITURES EXCEED, THE AMOUNT THAT EXPENDITURES EXCEED REVENUE ASIDE, A BUNCH OF TIME AMOUNT, WHICH IS THE INTENTIONAL USE OF FIVE GROUNDS
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SO WE HAVE SEVERALOF COURSE, THOSE VEHICLES, THAT EQUIPMENT.
AND AS JODY MENTIONED, WHEN WE WERE PLACING KEY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT HAS REACHED ITS USEFUL LIFE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UPGRADE TO THE CAD AND RMS SYSTEM FOR POLICE AND FIRE RMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS.
SO FOR THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CLEAN NIT REPLACEMENT, UH, THEY HAVE TOTAL OF 7.6 MILLION AVAILABLE, AND THE EXPENDITURES BEING 3.1, EVEN A FUND BALANCES, $4.4 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE IS ACCUMULATED TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR MAJOR REPLACEMENT AS THEY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE OUR TERMS, OUR KIDS, SOMETIMES THEY COULDN'T AGREE.
INVESTMENT SONGS ARE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S A RECENT NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS.
I MEAN, I'M GOING TO STRIP IT KIND OF SUCH AS GRANTS OR FUNDS OUR PROGRAMS. UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SOURCES AVAILABLE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS $49.3 MILLION WITH EXPENDITURES OF 15.4, LEAVING A FUND BALANCE OF $33.9 MILLION.
AS FAR AS REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS, YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRANSPLANT OR SOME CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR THE TURKERS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH WITHIN THE TERMS. AND SO OF COURSE, TRANSFERRING THAT MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND ANDREW SURFACE.
AND THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR PAYMENT OF DEVELOPER AGREEMENT EXPENSE.
AND SO FOR SOME OF THE FUNDS, INCLUDING, UH, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE DETAIL, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S LOW AT 15.4, FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PROJECTS AND ARE CODED AS PROJECTS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, THE REMAINING AMOUNT OR THE EXISTING BUDGET FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR ROLLS OVER.
AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE YOUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THEN REVISED BUDGET, REVISED BUDGET INCLUDED SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE ROLLED OVER.
SO LET'S SAY THAT, ARE YOU BUDGETING FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN OUR BUDGET AT $6.9 MILLION? IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS 15.4 BECAUSE IT ROLLS YOUR CREW TO THIS YEAR.
AND IT GOES INTO MIXED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR BOND FUNDS, UH, METRO AND OUR IMPACT FEES, ELLA TOLL SOURCES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING FUND BALANCES, APPROXIMATELY 41.7 MILLION WITH EXPENDITURES OF TRANSFERS OUT AT 31.2, LEAVING AN ESTIMATED BUDGET AT ANY FUND HOUSE OF 10.3.
AND SOME OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN, A SALES TAX HAS BEEN INCREASING AT METRO.
WE DO RECEIVE MONEY FROM SALES TAX.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
WE ALSO HAVE ESTIMATED BOND PROCEEDS FOR THE NEXT DEBT ISSUANCE TO FUND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS WITHIN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE DEBT EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 DEBT ISSUANCE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS FROM THE $20 MILLION BOND ISSUES THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, THE PUNISHMENTS IS FOR NEXT YEAR THAT SERVICE, THIS IS A FUND WHERE WE USE OUR IMS PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE TO FUND ALL OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.
THE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE 19.6 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT 13.9 MILLION, BUT AN ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE OF 5.6 MILLION, UH, ASSUMPTIONS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES
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ENROLLED INTO PROPERTY.WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE IN THE SPRING OF 2022.
SO NOW WE HAVE THOSE TO INCLUDE IN OUR DEBT SCHEDULES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS FOR THE DEBT ISSUED EARLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE TRANSFERS OUT TO THE TOURISTS BECAUSE WE TRANSFERRED THE INS PORTION THAT IS RECEIVED IN THE DEAD SURFACE, INTO THE TOURIST FENCE TO LET YOUR FRIENDS OR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE THERE, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN IT COMES TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS, RETAINED EARNINGS IS NOT MONEY.
IT'S NOT ALL DOLLARS BECAUSE ASSETS, UM, COUNTING FOR THE ENTERPRISE SIDE IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ALREADY IN THE BANK.
UM, BUT TOTAL SOURCES, INCLUDING RETAINED EARNINGS, WE HAVE 124.9 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 54.9 WITH AN INDIE RETAINER NEEDS OF $70 MILLION.
AGAIN, REMEMBER A LARGE PORTION OF SMT DELIAN IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR WATER SEWER SYSTEMS. OR WE DO HAVE PROCEEDS FROM A DEBT ISSUANCE.
THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUDGETED, UH, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COST OF A MAJOR FACILITY, EXPANSIONS UM, WE, WE MOST DEFINITELY CAN THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CIP, WHICH WILL BE A PART OF THE DOCUMENT AS WELL TOMORROW, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE ANOTHER LIST.
ONE LARGE ITEM THAT'S IN THE METRO IS A PAYMENT TO PARK EIGHT 90, WHICH WILL BE THE LAST PAYMENT FOR PARKING ID FOR THEIR ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS YEAR THEY REACHED, UH, THERE THE CAP BASICALLY ON THEIR CONTRACT, AS FAR AS THEIR ASSESSED VALUATIONS.
AND THERE'S A CALCULATION THAT GOES INTO EFFECT AND THE TOTAL CONTRACT IS 7.7 MILLION AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT ASSESS VALUATION THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE BALANCE OF THEIR CONTRACTORS, APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MILLION.
SO JUST WANT TO PUT IN THE HARD TIMES THAT'S WITHIN METRO IS THAT PAYMENT OKAY, HOW READY ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND OUR EVERY ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THIS INCLUDES THE LGC AND SOLID WASTE.
WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR THE LGC AT DUE TO INCREASE ACTIVITY.
NOW WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR THE LGC TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE, AGAIN, THIS A SOLID WASTE AND LGC MINUS 0.6 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES 9.1.
WE'VE BEEN ESTIMATED IN FUND BALANCE OF 500, $10,000.
NOW, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS HIGH LEVEL.
UM, I KNOW IN YOUR PACKAGE YOU DO HAVE A ROBOT WHERE IT HAS ALL OF OUR EXPENSES BY PHONE, BY ANDRE CLASS.
UM, BUT IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE FILED TOMORROW.
WE HAVE THE LINE ITEM DETAILS FOR EVERY SINGLE TIME AND EVERY DEPARTMENT, UM, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UH, THE BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED ON THE 25TH AND THEN ON THE 19TH, WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR BUDGET AUCTION FOR THE LGC AND OR THE CITY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE TAX RATE AS WELL AS THE TAX RATE HEARING ON THE 19TH.
SO THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET OVERVIEW, FAVORABLE TO ANSWER COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL GO BACK TO, YOU CAN GO BACK TO SITE.
SO LET'S START OFF WITH TWO OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE W THE 32 PHYSICIANS SAY THAT YOU HAVE 27, 27 32 THAT'S LISTED HERE WHERE THE ONES THAT WAS GIVEN BY RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHERE DID WE GET THIS? SO, OKAY, SO THE 32 IS A TITLE.
SO IT WAS THAT REQUESTED BY THE POLIO WAS MORE THAN 32 REQUESTS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, WE COMPLETED A DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO YOU THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE REQUESTS FOR POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENT, AND YOU SHOULD PROCEED THAT, UM, TO MOVE THE CV.
AND I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT OUT OF THIS, THE REASON I WENT BACK TO THIS SLIDE, YOU TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND INSTEAD OF NINE OVER SEVEN RIGHT NOW, AND THEN PARKS RECREATION, I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY.
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NINE.SO WHERE ARE THERE, WERE THERE MORE, UM, POSITIONS THAT WASN'T IN THIS ONE WHERE THEY WERE 12 INITIALLY TO BEGIN WITH, AS FAR AS THE 27 WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE, THAT WAS JUST A TITLE AND THE NUMBER OF CREWS.
IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WAS PLACED IN THE BUDGET.
WE NEVER BUDGETED FOR THE ADDITIONAL FIVE POSITIONS.
SO, UM, GOING BACK TO THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, WELL, AT LEAST ON HERE WITH THE NUMBERS SHOW, A PUBLIC WORKS OF ART SCHOOL EQUATION.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE, UM, WAS THAT THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT CAME WAS FOR HER? NO, THERE WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTS FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 12 POLICE OFFICERS MANAGEMENT, 15, 15 TOTAL.
SO THIS IS A PHASING IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN FOR FIRE AS WELL, WAS THAT THE PI, WAS THERE MORE, THERE WERE MORE, THERE WERE MORE REQUESTS.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, NOT COMING BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE WE HEARD THIS TODAY, UH, ON RETENTION RETENTION, IN MY OPINION, THAT REALLY COINCIDED WITH THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR EACH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT.
SO LAST MEETING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I HEARD, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD ASKED SADDLES.
AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT BY SAYING SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE, UH, THE 10,000 SIGNING BONUSES.
SO WITH, WITH, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH JUST RAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WE HAVE THIS ISSUE.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PLAN? OR YOU TALKED ABOUT RETENTION.
HOW, HOW CAN WE ADJUST THAT? Y'ALL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SALARIES TO SEE IF THERE CAN BE ADJUSTED.
IN MY OPINION, IF YOU PUT A 10 CAP, 10,000, BUT WHAT I'M CONCERNED BY LOOKING AT THIS IS OFFICERS HERE THAT WE TRAINED USING OUR RESOURCES, USING OUR ONE TO TRAIN, AND THEN WE'LL LOSE THEM TO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE HALL, THAT TREND.
UM, SO WHAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR RETENTION? AND CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR YOU LOOK AT, TO SEE USE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IF WE CAN USE THE SALARY SAVINGS TO BRING THAT, UM, WHICH MEANS NEW OFFICES STARTED AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, THE BASIC, SHOULD I SAY, BASIC PAYMENTS INCREASED? WHEN CAN YOU WITH THE NEW, THE NEW PROPOSAL? BUT THE EXISTING THING WE HAVE IS I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL POSITIONS AND CAN WE GO BACK INTO THAT TO GET OUR OFFICERS? I FEEL LIKE ONE POINT IS GETTING THAT BONUS IS ONE THING THAT'S OKAY, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR THE NEW, BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS, THIS VISIT WE HAVE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S SOME FUNDING OUT THERE FROM SALARIES THAT SOME FUNDING COMES FROM THE RURALS WE I'M ASKING BECAUSE I HEARD LINDA AT THE LAST, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT WE HAVE A SALARY COST SAVINGS.
SO I'M ASKING TO SEE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS AND CAN WE CAN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT TO SEE THAT, HOW CAN WE BASICALLY PUT IT IN THIS CURRENT SALARY NOW, POLICE OFFICERS, IF WE HAVE THIS, ELENA IS THE SALARY THE SAME BECAUSE THERE ARE VACANCIES.
SO THOSE POSITIONS STILL NEED TO BE FIELD.
SO IF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FIELD, THERE WON'T BE A SALARY SAVINGS OF EVERYONE.
ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE $2 MILLION THAT'S
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IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. WE WANT TO HAVE A, UH, A CONSULTANT, WELL, DO THE SALARY STUDY AND NOT JUST FOR, UM, CIVIL SERVICE OF THE PROBLEM EMPLOYEES.AND THAT MONEY WAS TO BE USED TO, UM, ASSIST WITH POTENTIAL COMPETITIVE SALARY, INCLUDING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER,
PREVIOUSLY, WE PAY 49,000, BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE POSITION.
AND SO THIS TIME I BELIEVE THE MENTORING THAT'S GOING TO BE USED AS MORE OF A DEEP DIVE THAN ANY OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY POSITION AND, UM, ADDRESSING THAT FOR ALL STAFF.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THE LAST THING I CAN KEEP GOING BACK TO THE LAST MEETING.
IT WAS, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE THERE, BUT I THOUGHT I'VE HEARD THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM SAID THAT THEY DID THIS.
THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY COUNTY.
SO WHY ARE WE GOING BACK IN THE DOOR TO SURVEY AGAIN? YES, WE CAN, UM, UTILIZE THEIR INFORMATION, BUT IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH THE NEXT PART, SO YOU CAN ALSO HOLD THAT, EVALUATE THEIR INFORMATION IN SECRET, RIGHT? SO THE WAY YOU HAVE IT IN THIS BUDGET, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A 3% FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, BUT WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAVE A 2.5%, BECAUSE THE REASON IS THAT EVERY YEAR THERE'S SERVICE, CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET AFTER THIS BUDGET IS HOPEFULLY THIS PAST AND FORWARD.
AND BESIDES THAT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE SAYING IS THAT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT SALARY STATEMENTS AND I GET IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A POSITION, SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SALARY SAVINGS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVEN'T BUILT IN ROLLING INTO THE NEW BUDGET? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND GO INTO THE FUND BALANCE.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE FUND BALANCE GROWS BECAUSE OF ALL THE VACANCIES THAT YOU'VE HAD RECENTLY, ONLY THING IS A SALARY SAVINGS IS ONE TIME.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO INCENTIVES, WE KNOW THAT, OKAY, IT'S $10,000.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ANNUALLY.
SO WE SAVED $10,000 BECAUSE THE POSITION WASN'T FIELD FOR THREE MONTHS, THEN THAT MONEY IS THERE.
IF YOU TAKE THAT AND SHIFT IT TO ANOTHER POSITION, HIGHER POSITION.
SO SUMMARY STATEMENTS IS BASICALLY ONE TIME.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE TO OTHER POSITIONS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ELIMINATING OTHER POSITIONS BECAUSE YOU NO LONGER HAVE FUNDING FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
WE BUDGETED FOR SPECIFIC POSITIONS AT CERTAIN SALARY RANGES OR LEVELS.
UH, AND SO BASICALLY THE ONLY WHEN WE SAY THE SALARY SAVINGS, IT'S NOT, IT'S A SHORT-TERM THING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEONE, I SHOULD JUST MENTION MONEY AND OWN IS WHATEVER, PRETENDED WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
AND THEY GO TO HIRE THAT PERSON FOR THAT POSITION.
WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THAT SALARY AND BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT PARTICULAR POSITION TO EXISTING EMPLOYEES, OR TO RECRUIT NEW EMPLOYEES, THEN WE HAVEN'T TAKE THAT MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO IT'S NOT A WISE PRACTICE IN MY OPINION, TO SIT UP HERE AND CALL THIS OUT AND SAY, IT'S JUST TEMPORARY SALARY.
SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FILLED POSITIONS.
SO YOU CAN'T ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL.
HIS IS OUR TIME INTO FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, ADDRESS THE SALARY GAPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? A SALARY SURVEY? ARE WE GONNA UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER GROUPS TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY RESEARCHED AND DEVELOPED, UH, BROUGHT FORTH? I MEAN, THE KEY IS THOUGH WE, WE JUST GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT SET SALARY SAVINGS.
AS IF SOMEHOW WE HAVE ALL THIS MONEY SITTING AROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT TOWARDS SALARIES, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY COLLEAGUES, WE CAN USE THEM FOR THE TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS OF THE SOUTH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BICKERING.
SO LIKE, IF YOU INCREASE SOMEONE'S SALARY USING THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO USE THAT MONEY THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THAT'S ALSO, WHEREAS IT'S ONE TIME LIKE AN INCENTIVE.
YOU JUST GIVE IT THAT ONE TIME IT'S DONE.
SO I THINK JUST FOR CLARITY IS WE'VE GOT A BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE
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USED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FILL POSITIONS AND TO PUT IT INTO SOMEONE'S SALARY.AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CARRIES ON.
HOWEVER, IF THAT BUCKET OF MONEY CAN BE DISPERSED AS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE AND GIVE IT TO THE OFFICERS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEN THAT'S OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING.
SO LIKE THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO SAY, I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ON FOR THE LONGEST.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I WAS EXPECTING US TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PLAN OF ACTION, AS OPPOSED TO JUST DISTURBING.
UM, WE ALWAYS DO A SURVEY AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT EVERYONE HAS THESE LOWER COMPENSATION RATES AND THEN WE DON'T ADDRESS IT.
AND THEN IT'S PUSHED UNDER THE RUG.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE HERE AGAIN.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT LIKE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ADDRESSED? AND THEN THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT COME BEHIND AREN'T REALLY FIGHT FOR THE SAME ISSUE.
SO, SO THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE US THE NEXT STEPS.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THE STUDY AND IT'S NOT JUST WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE'S OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SOME, UM, THERE'S $2 MILLION, THAT'S WITHIN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 6% OF ALL THE SALARIES WITHIN THE CITY, ALL THE PARTS, NOT ALL POSITIONS WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED OR ADJUSTED.
SO WE BELIEVE AT THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET.
NOW PUT THAT $2 MILLION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUT THE FIRST THING IS TO ACTUALLY GET THE DATA, THE FACTS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE BUDGET.
AND THAT'S WHY THE SALARY SURVEYS, ESPECIALLY THAT 120,000 SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK INTO EVERY POSITION IN PRIOR YEARS, COURSE, WE HAVE A DECISION AND BPM.
THERE WERE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WERE SELECTED.
IF YOU LOOKED AT IT IN AFTERWARDS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF THAT.
SO THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT ALL CLASSIFICATIONS AND BRINGING ALL THE CLASSIFICATIONS TO COMPETITIVE SALARY RANGE.
AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT 2 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE THE BRIEF, AS SOON AS I MENTIONED, THAT WORD ALSO ASSISTED IN BRINGING US CLOSER.
ONCE THEY GOT THE 3%, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SALARIES BASED ON PAID, YOU SHOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER.
UM, AND AS FAR AS LIKE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, YOU KNOW, WITH CIVIL SERVICE, THEY HAVE THEIR STEP PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT CIVIL SERVICE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE STEP PROGRAM.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE USED, OKAY, EVERY OTHER YEAR OR SOME YEARS YOU HAVE TO STOP.
WE STARTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL COMPETITIVE AND ATTEMPT TO GIVE.
UM, I CONSTANTLY LIVING INCREASES OFF.
HE WAS ANOTHER HOPE THAT WHERE WE WOULD GET, AS LONG AS WE'RE FUNDED IS $2 MILLION.
AND WE GET TO A POINT WHERE OUR SALARIES ARE COMPETITIVE WHEN WE KEEP THAT UP.
BUT I'M CONSTANTLY DOING ADJUSTMENTS WHEN WE GO OUT AGAIN, THERE ARE NO ISSUES BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY THERE, UM, HISTORICAL PORTION.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN CITY MANAGER OF THE SHELVES WAS HERE, WE HAD A SALARY SURVEY AND THOSE STAFF EVER COMPENSATED FOR THEIR, UM, I GUESS, LACK OF SALARY AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHY I'M SPEAKING UP.
I JUST WANT US TO BE CONSISTENT AND FOLLOW THROUGH OR WHATEVER THE FINDINGS ARE, QUESTION, UM, SOMEWHERE RIGHT.
OR DO YOU HAVE THE QUESTION? THANK YOU.
SO WITH THE, THE SALARIES SALARY SURVEY THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY DOING DOWN THE LINE, HOW DOES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE SALARIES TODAY? RIGHT NOW, THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO, YOU CAN IMPROVE BECAUSE BY THE TIME THAT CELL IS DONE AND WE SPENT THAT $120,000, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY BY THE TIME WE GET THE DATA, WE'LL REVIEW IT.
AND IT GOES BACK AND FORTH FOR CONSIDERATION.
IT'LL BE ANOTHER CHANGE BY THAT TIME.
AND IT STILL DOESN'T COMPENSATE OUR COUSIN'S SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
I LISTENED TO SOME NEGATIVE DEVASTATED PUBLIC COMMENT THEY ASKED IS THAT WE ARE A MINIMUM FOR NINE 12.
UM, I THINK IN ONE CASE IT WAS 15% BEHIND IN OUR SALARIES FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
AND THAT IS JUST UNHEARD OF, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE SELLERS OR IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTINGENCIES AND PLAN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE FOR THESE SALARIES RIGHT NOW TODAY TO MAINTAIN THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS WHAT WAS STATED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
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THESE PEOPLE? 3% DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT.AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM CITY MANAGER, OR YOU WILL LIKE WHERE THE BUDGET MONEY CAN COME FROM TO BRING THESE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
AT LEAST CLOSE TO 3% IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE OF THE BACK INFLATION HAS GONE UP.
WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMPENSATE THEM.
THAT'S THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
WE HAVE ANY ISSUE ACROSS THE WHOLE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
PEOPLE ARE NOT OR FEEL THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE IN RIGHT NOW, PART OF THE VISUAL NOW IN SUMMARY SURVEY STARTED EXACTLY ON OCTOBER 1ST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE FIT IN WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION COMPARED TO OTHER ENTITIES OR AGENCIES.
AND THEN IN MY HOLDING CENTER, JANUARY FIX EVERYBODY PUT MONEY IN PLACE THIS YEAR, PREVIOUS FOR HISTORY, IT ALWAYS IS HOW WE SURVEY SAY 20, 20, ANY TURNAROUND AND FIX EVERYBODY.
THIS WAS THE YEAR TO COME, THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO VERSUS WINNING THE LEAD HERE.
AND THEY BRING TO THIS ENTIRE ISSUE.
ARE WE TRYING TO FIX EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW VERSUS WAITING UP TO HERE? PROBABLY RIGHT.
WITH EVERY POSITION BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE FOR EIGHT YEARS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN ONE POSITION.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T COMPETITIVE THIS ORGANIZATION AGAINST PEOPLE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE.
AND I, I ASKED YOU IN YOUR RESPONSE, BUT IT STILL DID NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION.
AS IT RELATES TO MINES WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND I, AND ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE BEHIND ON A LOT OF AREAS, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE JUST OPERATING AS OUR OWN SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
BUT MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE NUMBERS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.
AND THEN YOU JUST MENTIONED, I JUST SAID THAT IN MY COMMENT THAT WE'RE BEHIND IT, BY THE TIME WE GET THIS DATA, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU, YOU JUST SAID IT FOR YOURSELF, YOU ALL CITY MANAGER, CEDRIC, AND WE'LL GET THIS DATA IN DECEMBER.
AND HOW DOES THAT FIX IT? RECTIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE MORE THAN FOUR OR FIVE, 10 OFFICERS WALK OFF TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING BETTER OFFERS IN NEIGHBORING CITIES OR COUNTIES.
HOW DOES THAT, THAT IMPACTS IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT RIGHT NOW.
JUST LIKE LAST EVENING, HAD SHE HEARS IT CAME FROM, HE SAID, HE KNEW WE DID THIS RIGHT NOW.
HE'S STILL BEHIND BECAUSE THEIR FISCAL YEAR COME UP, THEY GET RAISES TRYING TO CATCH UP STILL, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MARKET IS AND WHERE IT FITS IN TO BE ABOVE THE MARKET OR RIGHT AT THE MARKET EFFECTIVELY AROUND THE HOUSE IN TWO HOURS.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE DATA AND WHERE WE ARE? AND HONESTLY THEY GET THE DATA FOR SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE REALLY DOING IN MARKETING.
WE'RE CONSIDERING IT, BUT YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
IT STILL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NEEDS.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONTHS DOWN THE LINE AND THE BOARD HAD SIX MONTHS AGO, UH, DATA THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
HOW DOES THAT, YOU'VE HAD THESE, THESE NUMBERS AND SALARIES RIGHT NOW AND ON IT, ARE WE, IF WE ARE THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, HE SALARY INCREASES.
IS THAT GONNA BE FOR BRINGING THEM UP TO THE BARE MINIMUM OF THE SALARY BASIS BASED ON THAT OLD DATA? I DON'T THINK SO.
AND I DIDN'T ANSWER VERSUS I WASN'T AT SAME MEETING, SO I KNOW WHAT WAS STATED, AND I KNOW WHAT THE DATA AND THE SLIDES ARE SHOWING ME, BUT MY QUESTION IS VERY SPECIFIC.
DO WE HAVE FUNDS IN OUR BUDGET, IN THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING ON CAN BE INCREASED MORE THAN 3% TO ADDRESS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
$2 MILLION IS IN THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE NEED, IN MY OPINION, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL STAFF, IF WE TAKE A SPREADSHEET THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TO ADDRESS THE FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS, AND LET'S SAY IN FINANCE OR UNDERPAID, I GO HOME AND I DO THE SAME THING.
ARE WE GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY,
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GIVE US RAISES TO DEVELOP THESE SERVICES.WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT THERE'S ISSUES WITH RECRUITMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT $30,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING IT'S EVERYWHERE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ONE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T VALUE THE OTHER.
SO WHEN THEY COME WITH THE SAME INFORMATION, I, IN MY OPINION, IT SHOULD BE CONSISTENT.
A SALARY STUDY THAT ADDRESSES EVERY SINGLE POSITION IN THE CITY THAT SHOWS THAT ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE BEING VALUED.
I UNDERSTAND, AS FAR AS POLICE OFFICERS AND POTENTIAL, WE HAVE A RETENTION ISSUE WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF.
AND SO DOING IT WITH ONE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES WITH OTHERS.
AND AT WHAT TIME YOU WANT TO BE STOPPED, WHEN DID WE SAY WE'RE DOING ONE CONSISTENT PLAN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS EVERYBODY.
SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT SOME OF YOU WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
ALL WE CAN, WE CAN DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, UH, 20TH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THEN IT WON'T BE IN PLACE UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO I MEAN, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO IS TO DO SOME SORT OF, UH, A BUDGET AMENDMENT UTILIZING, UH, BUDGET CUTS OR SOMETHING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT AGAIN, DOING SOMETHING CONSISTENT FOR ALL STAFF, UM, THROUGH A MARKETING STUDY, THROUGH A SALARY SURVEY, WHICH WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND THEN ACTING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE SINCE WE'RE BUDGETING FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, IS RETROACTIVE TALKED OVER MONTHS, WAS THAT IF THEY HAD THAT CRAZY OCTOBER, THE ONE, UM, UH, THEN THAT WOULD, WOULD ADDRESS SALARIES FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THE $2 MILLION IS IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AND I MAYBE MISUNDERSTOOD IS, AS IT RELATES TO THE SALARY SURVEY, I'M NOT SEEING THE NUMBER ONE DEPARTMENT I'VE SEEN AS A WHOLE.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE STATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT'S ALL IN, DOES NOT MEAN, AS I SAID, IN MY STATEMENT EARLIER, IT DOES NOT MEAN I DON'T VALUE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, OR FEEL THEY HAVE PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY ARE, BUT MY QUESTION WAS SPECIFIC TO ONE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT OBJECT CLASS 56 ON 39 SLOT, OTHER EXPENDITURES, MAYBE IF I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WHAT DOES OTHER EXPENDITURES? 3 MILLION, UH, 5, 5 47, 2 0 2.
SO THAT INCLUDES, UH, TRAVELING, TRAINING, UH, RECRUITMENT EXPENSES, MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS, UH, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS OR SUPPORT TEXAS, UH, CARTWRIGHT THAT 1 MILLION, UH, IS INCLUDED IN THERE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY WIDE INSURANCE, THE LIABILITY INSURANCE IN THAT.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS AGAIN.
SO YOU GOT THE NEXT TIER, YOU HAVE 2.2 MILLION THAT'S FOR IT'S FOR ALL STAFF, ALL STAFF.
SO IT'S 2 MILLION, THERE'S 2.4 IN THERE, BUT 400,000 OF THAT IS THE 3% FOR KNOXVILLE SERVICES, 2 MILLION IT'S IN THERE FOR, FOR CITIZENS, FOR ALL STAFF, UH, ADDRESSING THE SALARY STUDY.
AND THEN HOW MUCH WAS THAT EQUATES TO THIS EPISODES? UH, IT WAS ABOUT $460,000 FOR THE 3% LET'S DO FOR THE 3%.
SO THAT'S WHAT, SO IF YOU GO BACK TO AGAIN AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY, TAKE THE SALARY SAVINGS THAT WAY AND CUT THOSE POSITIONS, IT'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET GOES INTO OCTOBER 1ST.
SO USING THAT TWO MONTHS WAS HIS BIGGEST SEPTEMBER.
WELL, I SHOULD SAY TO ROLLOVER, BUT CAN YOU USE THAT? AND PLUS THE 2.2, 2 MILLION IN GENERAL AND ONE DAD AND GET US THE HIGHER BASE RATE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RETENTION PIECE, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ON ONE HAND WE DID I GET IT, I GET THE ONE HAND WE DID THE 10,000 TO ALLOW OTHERS, BUT THERE'S STILL BASIS, WHEREAS THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
AND THAT THAT'S THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE HAVING, BECAUSE THEY CAN GO, LET'S JUST SAY OFFICER'S AT 54,000.
THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GET 60, 60, 60 1000 LIKELY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OFF IF THEY GET OFFERED, PICK THAT UP.
SO I GUESS YOU QUESTION, I'M TRYING TO, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THAT BASE AND THAT WILL GIVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER POSITIONS WHEN, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED? AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU NOW, I'M ASKING YOU AS A DIRECTOR OF FINANCE,
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WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS NOT GIVING EVERYBODY AT THIS RATE, BUT IT CAUSES A RIPPLE EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE ENTIRE PD FIRE, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE AREA.SO IS THERE A WAY TO DO IT? AND IT'S SO HOT CAN BE HARD.
UM, WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE TO USE THE SALAD SAVINGS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO KNOWING THAT THAT SAME AMOUNT IS ALREADY COMPLICATED IN THAT $2 MILLION NOW, WHETHER OR NOT DATA THAT'S BEING USED TO COME UP WITH THE NEW BASE IS ACCURATE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE COULD USE THE SALARY SAVINGS AND THEN USE A PORTION OF THAT $2 MILLION SAYING THAT THIS IS FOR CIVIL SERVICE USED IN SALARY STATEMENTS.
SO LET'S SAY IT COSTS $300,000, $300,000 IN SALARY SAVINGS.
AND WE STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES.
AND THEN WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE $2 MILLION IS OBLIGATED FOR FUTURE YEARS.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY.
IF WE DO THAT, IF WE DO THAT, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE THAT INCREASES? I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT.
THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING AN INTERFACE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS SEEING, UM, THE APPROXIMATELY $300,000, AND THAT IS WITH THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
SO THAT, THAT MAKES A RIPPLE EFFECT AS IT GOES DOWN FROM, UM, BASE OF THE PERSON WHO'S COMING INTO THE DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO CHASE EVERYONE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT SPREADSHEET.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO REMEMBER IF THAT WAS RATED FOR LIKE THIS YEAR OR THE WHOLE YEAR.
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT TO GET THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS 300 POUNDS.
WELL, THAT WAS ONLY FOR PD, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.
AND I, AND I GET THAT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO LOOK AT, TO FACE THIS, I MEAN, NOT TO SAY THAT THE BAR IS NOT AN ISSUE, LIKE, UH, WE HAVE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ONE TIME FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE.
UH, SOME OF IT COULD BE VACANCIES, BUT IT'S HARD TO FILL.
AND SOME OF IT COULD BE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT NOW, HOPEFULLY NOW WITH THE INCENTIVES THAT, THAT IT WOULD COME IN, BUT WOULD THAT DOING THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT WOULD HELP TO GET THAT BASE PLATE? AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT IS THE BASE TO START THAT AND CAUSES A RIPPLE EFFECT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SO NOT THAT YOU KNOW, SO THE SIDEWALLS, THAT'S ONLY AFFECTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN HERE, AND THOSE WERE HERE ARE STILL HERE.
IS UNTIL THEY GET 8%, UH, RAISED.
BUT, BUT WHAT I LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS, AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO, I'M SURE YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT EFFECT THAT WOULD BE IN HOW MUCH, THE AMOUNT, BUT USING SOME OF THAT SALARY GATLIN DECK THAT YOU HAVE AND TAKE IT AND COME BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING AND SHOW US WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE WITHOUT CAUSING BACK TO THE FACTUAL.
SO AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS JUST USING LIKE 15, $50, 50,000 IN AND OUT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A BASE KIND OF RIPPLE EFFECT.
ONCE YOU HAVE A CAPTAIN THAT'S TO ME THAT THAT 700,000, THAT ONE, ONE TIME, WHICH WILL CAUSE A DECENT REPORT, UM, RATHER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY.
AND I THINK WITH GIVING THE FACT OF THE 10,000 TO HOPEFULLY BRING IN MORE PEOPLE THAT SEE ME AS A, I THINK THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ATTRACT, BUT ALSO NOT JUST ATTRACT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE AND NOT JUST A FEW, BUT LET'S JUST LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD COST ACROSS, ACROSS THE ENTIRE PHYSICIANS THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I SEE IS THAT THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION.
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I'VE GOT IT.YOU HAVE TO CALCULATE IT THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS BODY RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO APPROVE THAT TOO.
RIGHT? SO GRANTED THE FACT THAT THEY DID APPROVE THAT TOO, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE WITHOUT, WITHOUT AFFECTING IT? AND THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY IN THAT DEPARTMENT, THAT RIPPLE EFFECT TO GO UP.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN FIX IT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT THE REST OF THE
AND I'M NOT SAYING, DON'T LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR EXAMPLE AS A FINANCE, BUT WE'RE ALSO, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SITTING HERE THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.
BUT I THINK WHAT TO OUR CITIZENS IS PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S NOT JUST FEEDING, BUT WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE A DISADVANTAGE IN THIS CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT SHE'S ASKED FOR 6,000 SIGNING BONUS, BE UPDATE TO 10.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR DOING THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT WILL KEEP US AHEAD OF THE GAME A LITTLE BIT.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KEEP US OUT OF THE GAME FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT ALSO TO CAUSES RIPPLE EFFECT, BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFRAID IS IF WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT RAISING THAT TIES, YOU CAN USE THAT TAX SAVINGS.
I MEAN, POSITION, SALARY SAVINGS, AND THEN COME BACK IN HERE INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED AND YOU GOT A 750,000 PLAY, WHICH WOULD GET EVERYBODY IN THAT TEAM AND UPHOLD.
AND OF COURSE THEN USING, AND THOSE OTHER, YOU SAID IT'S PD, BUT USING FIRE ALSO IN THAT COMPONENT TO SEE COMPANY COME BACK, GIVEN THE FACT THAT I KNOW YOU'RE SKEPTICAL GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS BODY WILL MOVE THAT 2 MILLION ITEMS WHERE IT IS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THAT BECAUSE I LIKE TO GO AWAY WITH, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO VERSUS YOU CAN'T DO IT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU AGREED TO USE THAT, THAT SALARY SURVEY TO GO BACK AND REDO THE TWO MONTHS AND THEN SUPPLEMENT THAT INTO AS A ONE TIME AND GET THAT REPORT BACK.
SO BASICALLY EVERYBODY ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SO AS FAR AS REPORT BACK, IS THAT FOR SEPTEMBER 6TH OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MUCH LEADING TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG, THIS IS SO CRITICAL AND UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE SOMETHING NEEDS MORE TIME RATHER THAN SENDING INTO AN EMAIL RULE OR NOT EMAILED THAT CONTACT, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN ASK THEM THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND WE LOOKED AT THIS, I WOULD NOT MIND HAVING ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN YOU GOT TO LET US KNOW WHEN THE DEADLINE IS GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE DO IT AND TO HAVE IT AS LONG AS I CAN GET A QUORUM.
UM, AND I KNOW I MAY NOT BE FULL, BUT WHAT I LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS SUCH A CRITICAL POINT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
AND IT MAY ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE ENTIRE BUDGET DOCUMENT WHERE IT CAN ACTUALLY BE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOPS WHERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT DISCUSS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT MENTIONED IN THE PAST AROUND SURVEYS THAT WE SURVEY AT ALL OR MORE, UH, AGENCIES DOES, WE MAY SURVEY PARALLEL.
RIGHT? CAUSE IT WAS THAT SAYING, WELL, WE'RE LOSING OFFICERS, OTHER AGENCIES.
SO AS WE LOOKED AT THAT STUDY, I'D LIKE FOR THAT INFORMATION, OR LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTIC, SO WE KNOW.
UM, AND I THINK THAT
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE THING GOING BACK TO, UH, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ON THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAD, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THOSE DIRECTORS TO SEE IF THEIR OPERATIONS, UM, WOULD THAT WORK FOR THEM BECAUSE I'D GONE HOME BEFORE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, THERE IS IT POSSIBLE I CAN GET A FOLLOW UP ON THIS.
UM, A LAYMAN, CAN YOU KIND OF PLAY BACK WHAT YOU HEARD SO THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS AS TO WHAT MIRROR IS WANTING.
WHAT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND FORTH THIS BODY.
SO I AM GOING TO COUNT AS LATE, UM, WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GREEN, ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS UP TO THAT RANGE THAT WAS IN THE MATERIAL THAT WE RECEIVED, INCLUDING THE REAL ATTACK ON ALL THE OTHER
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POSITIONS, UH, THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT FOR TWO MONTHS.UM, AND THEN, UH, FULL, WE'LL SEE HOW TO USE THE $2 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT WAS TO BE DONE WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 2022, IT WOULD BE USING SALARY SAY SO JUST, AND WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CALCULATING WHAT IT WOULD COST BASED OFF OF WHAT, WHAT, UH, STUDY THEY PERFORMED.
AND ARE NOT A STEADY LEAGUE AS A CITY HAVE, BUT WE WILL STILL DO OUR OWN STUDY, BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE THAT UNTIL THE SAMUEL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO USE THEIR INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO YOU AT THIS SPECIAL NATURE.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT STUDY THAT THEY FOUND ME
I'M NOT SURE IF I JUST USE THE INFORMATION AS I GUESS SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING US BACK AS A BODY INFORMATION BASED OFF OF SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE VETTED, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEDDED IN A CITY OF THE DEAD HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, UH, BASED OFF OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION MADISON BRANCH.
I CAN, UM, WITH YOUR FEELINGS THAT THEY CHARTER BABY, GO TO THOSE.
I THINK IT'S MAYBE FIVE STUDENTS THAT WERE LISTED THAT ONE, SEE IF THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION ONLINE TO CONFIRM THE SALARY RANGE.
AND I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT THE PLA, UM, THAT THEIR STUDY, BUT ALSO, UM, ON CURRENT LEGAL, THE CITY DID, OH, IS THIS THE SAME STUDY YOU JUST REFERENCED? YOU SAID THERE WAS A STUDY DOWN FOR SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO DID YOU GET IT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP? YOU SHARE THAT WITH US.
UM, LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION AND STARTING BASE WAS BY SYSTEM 1000.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING, I BELIEVE 55,000.
SO LIKE YOU HADN'T SEEN THAT TODAY.
I'VE SEEN THE SPREADSHEETS AND I DID SOME CALCULATIONS BASED ON THAT EXPRESSION.
WELL MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, UH, A MEMBER OF COUNCIL WAS STATING THAT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE.
I DID NOT GO IN AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED WAS ACCURATE, BUT I USED THE DATA THAT WAS ON THERE THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AVERAGE STARTING PAPER RANGE.
I USE THAT INFORMATION TO CALCULATE THAT INFORMATION BASED UPON OUR PAIN RANGE, POLITICAL COSTS TO BRING IT UP TO THAT AVERAGE.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHETHER OR NOT THE DATA GIVEN TO ME WAS ACCURATE, THAT'S THAT IT'S NOT ACCURATE.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT
UM, WHY YOU'RE COLLECTING THIS DATA WITH CANDIDATES THAT HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND YOU HAVE A HISTORICAL GRAPH THAT CAN SHOW, UM, THE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE THOSE SALARIES.
WE HAVE UTILIZED IN THE PAST AND JUST KIND OF COMPARING AND CONTRAST AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, CHEAP AS A HANDLING DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL THINK THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AS YOU'VE HEARD, UM, POA A COUPLE FOR US SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, WE SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, UM, OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, THANK GOD SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
I MEAN, THEIR LABS ARE ALL ON Y'ALL'S CLASS ARE ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO I'M VERY MOTIVATED TO DO SOMETHING QUICKLY.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS HEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT? WELL, WE ARE, WE'RE AT A CRITICAL STAGE, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO A MIRACLE TO OWNING SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE SALARY SAVINGS AND THE ONE-TIME EXPENSE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMMIT THE MARRIAGE, TRYING TO DO TO A HIGHER PAYING STARTING SALARY.
AND THEN THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION TO ADJUST THAT, TO ADJUST COMPRESSION.
IF WE WERE USED SALARY SAVINGS BASED ON SOME COMMITMENT THAT YOU ALL COME UP WITH, WE CAN DO THAT NOW BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO FILL ANY POSITIONS ARE A LOT MORE, THE PROCESS TAKES
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LONGER THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THIS CURRENT, THIS, THE PROCESS OF THIS HERE.SO EVEN IF I GOT ASKED FOR 15 POSITIONS HERE, GRANT THOSE, I COULDN'T FILL THOSE.
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T DO THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT BEFORE NOW, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, BECAUSE OUR ONBOARDING PROCESSES DOES IT LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, WORK.
IT, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET SOMEONE READY AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY BEFORE THEY COME TO WORK FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT, THE SALARY SAVINGS WE HAVE NOW VACANCIES COVERED, HE COMMITTED THAT YOU MAKE NOW, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE AT THE CRIMINAL STAGES, I AM BELIEVING EXPERIENCE NOTHING BAD ABOUT ANY EXPERIENCED OFFICERS.
AND I THINK I CAN, I WAS JUST SURPRISED HOW THAT SINCERELY APPRECIATED THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ME KEEP THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE IS WHAT KEEPS YOU OUT OF NEWSPAPERS, THE CARROTS, WHAT KEEPS YOUR CITIZENS FROM YOU RAISING CANE AND BRINGING IN OUTSIDE PROTESTORS, ORDINARY, SAY DOWN, AND SOME YOUNG OFFICER WHO DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE LOSES CONTROL.
IF SOMEONE'S PUSHED HIS BUTTONS, ONLY EXPERIENCED OFFICERS ARE CAPABLE OF AVOIDING THOSE PITFALLS.
THE ONLY THING EXPERIENCED OFFICERS CAN'T PULL THAT OFF.
I DON'T CARE HOW SUPERSTAR THEY ARE.
YOUR BUTTONS GET PUSHED PEASY.
YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THAT EARLIER, EARLY ON.
IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS, THIS IS CRITICAL AND I'M NOT BASHING INTO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT MY PHONE BLOWS UP EVERYDAY.
WE'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEGGING FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS ALL I CAN DO TO TELL THEM BY THE CODE, PUT AS MUCH GRAVY ON IT.
AS I CAN NOT TO TELL HIM, I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PULL OFF THE TRASK.
YOU'RE LOSING TIME TO 10 OFFICERS SHORT AT THREE IN THE POLICE ACADEMY.
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO GET FOUR.
I ASKED FOR 15, YOU ASKED ME DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WHY I DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE? I DIDN'T REALLY THINK I WAS GOING TO GET FOUR.
SO IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT SALARIES, YOU COULDN'T GIVE ME 400 AND I CAN'T FILL THEM.
THEY CAN SEE AS OUR SALARIES ARE HORRIBLE FOR A WALK AWAY.
SO ELAINA, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO WHAT MAILBOX AND BOEING WAS TALKING ABOUT AND GET, UH, GET THE HR ON THE SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE CHECKING AND THEN COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE TIME IS, UH, WE'VE GOT TO ACT AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST CAUSES THAT RIPPLE EFFECT, BECAUSE WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS WE TRAIN AND WE'LL LOSE IT.
SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING ALL THIS FREE TRAINING AND THEY'RE USING OUR OFFICERS TO GO OUT THERE AND WHERE THEY HAVE NO COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT YET AND TRAINING THEM.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD MESSAGE TO PEOPLE OUT THERE TO THE CITIZENS OUT THERE.
I DON'T MIND I'LL WORK WITH CRYSTAL ROGERS, THE SECRETARY SHE CALLED FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
ANGIE PROBABLY GET A CORN AND TO GET THIS.
I DO HAVE TWO MORE THAT TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS, SO I CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS OR PARTS OF WHEN I'M GOING TO COME UP.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAD.
UH, I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED FOR, UH, HOW MANY POSITIONS DID YOU HAVE AS GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AUTO FOR A BUDGET REQUEST, ALL THE COURSE AND ASK FOR 10 POSITIONS.
AND AS I MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER, THE CITY IS GOING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE CITY MANAGEMENT.
AND THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT I WILL SAY IS THIS CITY WAS CAUGHT UNGUARDED FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN AND OTHER RADIUS FREDDY'S COMING TO THE LINE ON THE MONTHS, THREE EXTENDING WERE CONSISTENT.
NOW THE CITY IS IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND EXTENDING
WON'T BE ABLE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS IF NOT EXTENDED.
I WAS TOLD THAT WE ARE GETTING 97.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED NOW, I STRONGLY REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT YOU GOING TO DO? SPANISH POSITION MINUS DISPOSITION.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EXTENDED LEAVE ON THE SECOND ONE.
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A LONG WAY IN SINCE ANNUAL SHELTER.I WILL SAY IT WAS PLAYED WITH, UH, MEATS AND, UH, CITIZENS CONSULTS.
OR WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REQUESTED THERE IN THE HANDBOOK AND WE CALL CITIZENS REQUEST.
UH, OTHER THAN WHAT'S BEEN ALREADY PROPOSED HERE.
UH, ONE LAST THING IS, UH, THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN THE STREET.
UH, TRADITIONALLY RELIED ON THE METRO MONEY FOR STREET REPAIRS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATION THIS YEAR.
WE ASK FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.
I DON'T HEAR THAT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THE NUMBERS YET.
SO IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES POSITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALREADY PROPOSED PERIOD, YOU GO TO EAST MANAGER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE, UH, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION, AND ONLY FOR MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW A LOT OF THIS COUNCIL HEARS IT ON A DAILY BASIS HIRING ON A DAILY BASIS.
WHY IS THE PANEL
I WILL TELL YOU THAT LAST CITIZEN SERVING ADMONITION, PUBLIC SAFETY OF ANYTHING, OUR CITIZENS, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS THE CONDITION OF PAYMENTS AND CYCLES BACK AS ONE OFF CITIZENS, I WILL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THE ONLY, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAVE A COMMENT ON SOME OF HER CLOSET AND I WAS, UH, AT THE VICKSBURG HOA, AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, POSITIVE, THEY HAD COMPLETED HOA ANNUAL MEETING.
IT WAS, THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, GIVE YOU, UM, MOTTO WORK THAT YOU GET, NOT JUST FOR THE SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO THE CUTOUT THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF EXPERT, AS WELL AS THESE DEEP QUESTIONS, ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY WERE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO GO BACK AND LOOK UP THIS DEPARTMENT AND YOU SEE THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT YOU ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU GETTING AN UPDATE THAT SIDE? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DEPARTMENT, THAT'S JUST A COMMON COMPANY.
UM, NOTHING ELSE, LIKE SAY, IF I CAN RESPOND TO COMMENTS, MAYBE THE
CHIEF BEARS IN USED OR MEETING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS JUST SAW ABOUT MARKINGS AND WE ALWAYS WANT MORE.
BUT WE NEVER REALLY WANT TO ADD MORE TO THE TAX BASE, WHICH IS THE RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A VERY CAREFUL, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE AT A POINT THAT WE NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO INVESTIGATE.
BECAUSE ELENA MENTIONED WE'RE AT 57 CENTS.
NOW ELENA MENTIONED THAT IF IT GOES SLIGHTLY OFF, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN ORDER TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, CRITICAL THINGS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO REACH THAT 50 CENTS.
SO MAYBE IT'S TIME, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND LET THEIR VOICE BE HEARD AND LET THEM TELL US WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE THEM.
I COMMEND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT FOR, FOR, FOR FIGHTING POLICE.
I FEEL VERY, VERY BAD THAT WE DO SOME AMAZING PEOPLE, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S DIRECTORS OUT THERE ON THAT AND APPLY FOR A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP THAT AND WE'VE LOST JEREMY, WE'VE LOST COMMUNICATIONS.
WE LOST A GERMAN AND HE MADE ME NOT KNOW THAT, OH, WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE LEFT.
SO MY OPINION IS TIME TO GO TO THE TAXPAYERS.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF LEVELS, WE HAVE REALLY, REALLY GOOD DATA BECAUSE OUR NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION HAS A HEART METRICS PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN INPUT ALL YOUR INFORMATION AND COMPARE TO CITIES YOUR SIZE.
AND, UH, SO WE FOUND THAT IN MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE COMPARED TO CITIES OUR SIZE, WE HAVE ABOUT TWICE AS MANY PARKS, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE PARKS WITH HALF AS MANY PEOPLE AS, AS OUR SIZE.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR BIGGEST DEFICIT IS IN THE PARK PAYMENT SIDE.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN GUYS WANTING TO COME UP TO THE LEVEL OF OUR PEERS.
UM, WE ASKED FOR, UH, TWO, TWO GROUPS THIS YEAR.
UM, A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT OUR STANDARD 21 PARKS THAT WE BRAG ABOUT A LOT.
UM, WE ALSO DID THE TEEN PARKS THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED, THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED, UM, AND A COUPLE OF THEM COMING ONLINE.
UH, SO WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT THEME COMING UP.
SO WE ASKED FOR TWO CREWS OPEN THAT, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RAISE OUR STAFFING.
WE ALSO LONDON CREW, OUR PARK MAN DECIDED, AND THEN, UH, LEBANON CREW, UM, OR FOR WEEKENDS.
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AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE, WHAT WE ASKED FOR, UH, WE ASKED FOR, UH, NINE POSITIONS AND NINE POSITIONS WORK IN THIS THREE PEOPLE TYPICALLY AGAIN, FLEXIBLE THREE OR FOUR, UM, USE FOUR.THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ONE LEADER IN THREE, UH, UM, TECH ONES OR CARETAKER ONES, AND, UH, REDUCE YOUR COST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY, UH, CREW LEADERS, BUT, UH, A GOOD CREW WAS, IS ESPECIALLY MOLDING.
SO YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD PUT IN, YOU GOT NINE, WE GOT NINE THAT'S WHEN WE PUT IN FOR, UH, THERE WAS THAT TITLE WITH THE THIRD CREW, UM, W WHICH IT IS A DEFICIT FOR US, THAT THAT THIRD GROUP IS A DEFICIT, BUT MAYBE FIVE WINNERS AND BELOVED ELIMINATE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT PROBLEM.
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, UM, ON SLAB NUMBER, YOU LIVE IN THE SLIDE, NUMBER 12, UM, AS I SAY, THERE'S 32 POSITIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, AMASSED AS YOU HAVE LISTED BELOW, ARE THOSE, UM,
IT WAS JUST A TYPO ON THAT SLIDE.
I JUST WANT TO
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RELATIVELY, SECONDLY, MOVING FORWARD, ANY TYPE OF MONETARY MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THEM BUDGET RATHER THAN INPUT OTHER COMMUNITY, HAVE TO MARK HAVE TO USE THOSE.
WE HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR PLATFORM WITH BASICALLY, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE HAS MENTIONED IT, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT HYSTERICAL BACKGROUND OF WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
SO THEY'RE SEEING, OH, HERE WE ARE IN PRISONS, THE TAXES, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM BACK ON THEM, BUT THE SURFACE BY JUST SHOVING THAT IN YOUR FACE, BUT NOT EVEN PROVIDING.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THE BUDGET IS ON THE SAME DATE AS BUDGET ADOPTION AND A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TAX RATE.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN FUTURE YEARS, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY HAS WE'VE HAD, UM, DISTRICTS, TOWN HALLS THAT WERE, I THINK AT SOME POINT SOME BUDGET INFORMATION WAS GIVEN.
WE ALSO HAD LIKE YOUTH TOWN HALL, BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF CITY MANAGEMENT AND TRANSITION.
SO I WOULD CONSIDER THIS TO BE LIKE ONE OF THOSE TRANSITION YEARS.
UM, AND SO, UH, DEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY, WELL NOW THOSE TWO PARENTS, I ENCOURAGE YOU UTILIZE OUR TENURED STAFF.
UM, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, PUTTING UP FLYERS, WHATEVER IS NEEDED, HONESTLY, TO NOT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, UM, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE FULLY PAID.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION WITH REALLY NO ONE PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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ARE RAISING THEIR TAXES WITH THE TIME THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, REALLY TIGHT AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU GUYS COME BACK AND TELL US THAT WE NEED TO RAISE THAT.SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I GUESS WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS THE BUDGET HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO YOU.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
SO THESE ARE, UH, INTO THIS, UH, NO TONIGHT YOU WILL ADOPT THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOUR DOCTOR TAX RATE CANNOT EXCEED THAT AMOUNT OF WHEN WE HAVE OUR PREJUDICE WORKSHOP, ADDITIONAL BUDGET WORKSHOP.
MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT IN TIME ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPACT THE COMPANY TAX RATE.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS AT THE SAME RATE AS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, HOW DO WE ADOPT A MAXIMUM ABOUT IT'S KIND OF NEEDED THAT'S NUMBER? WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS YOU HAVE TO ADOPT WHERE IT IS TODAY, IS IT 0.5, SEVEN, RIGHT? SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESCRIBED TODAY WITH ALL YOUR ADDITIONAL POSITION, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH PARKS WITH PUBLIC WORKS WITH EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE FOUND A WAY TO KEEP IT WITH HIM, THE 0.57 THAT IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE ONLY THING THAT I'M ASKING IS FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS PD TO SEE THAT IF YOU CAN USE THIS OUT OF, AND THEY COME BACK TO US, LET US KNOW THAT IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY, LOOK, COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER PENNY TO DO THIS, OR WHAT HAVE HAPPENED.
AND AT THAT POINT, OR IT COULD BE ANOTHER MOTION THAT CAN BE MADE TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP OR WHEREVER IT IS CORRECT.
SO IF WE WANTED TO, IF YOU WANT IT TO ADOPT A PROBLEM TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE 58 CENTS, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY AUGUST 29TH.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A, UM, FIVE DAY NOTICE, UH, IN THE NEWSPAPER WE'RE ALREADY ON THE 24TH.
WE HAVEN'T, SO IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO ADOPT A BREAK THAT'S OVER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
THERE MAY BE MAYBE A HALF A CENT WITHIN, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
UM, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S NO REALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH THIS, ESPECIALLY, I GUESS I'M MORE SUPPLEMENTAL THING, BUT AS IT STANDS, THERE, THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR THE HIGHER RODNEY JACKSON.
SO THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN WE CAN GO INTO THAT.
BUT I WANT TO THINK IN TERMS OF YOUR MANAGER AND ELENA, YOUR DEPARTMENT, ALL OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, OR WORKING PAST THREE MONTHS, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - The 2022 proposed maximum ad valor...]
NUMBER FIVE IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, A 900 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, 2022 PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE THIS YEAR.SO TO START THIS DISCUSSION, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRUTH AND TAXATION PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES DOING THE TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATION, WHERE YOU GET THE NO NEW REVENUE BRAIN AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT PROPERTY TAX CAPITAL THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THAT HAS BEEN, UH, BENNETT WITH THE COUNTY.
AND SO WITHIN YOUR PACKETS, YOU DO HAVE THAT CALCULATION, AS FAR AS THE CERTIFIED ROLL COMPARTMENT COUNTY, UH, THE CERTIFIED, UH, TAXABLE VALUE IS 80.8 MILLION.
WHEN YOU INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS NOT, IT'S HARD FOR ME SOMETIMES AT 9 MILLION, 78,000,347 MILLION IS A NEW PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUE.
UH, THIS IS ALL COMPARED TO THE VALUE LAST YEAR, 7.8.
SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY A 16% INCREASE IN THE TEXTBOOK VALUE IN FORT BEND COUNTY OR
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HARRIS COUNTY.THE TOTAL ESTIMATE OF TAXABLE VALUE IS 566 MILLION OF THAT 10.8 MILLION IS FROM NEW PROPERTY.
AND JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, THAT CERTIFICATIONS, UH, HARRIS COUNTY WAS 500, 2 MILLION.
EVERYONE LOOKS AT THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS RESTATING CURRENTLY IS ABOUT 25% OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WITH ISDP 52% OF FORT BEND COUNTY AT 19.
AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ACT FOUR.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE TAX RATES, WHICH VARIED THE MONTHS, AS FAR AS THE MISERY CITY, WE'RE AT 25%.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A RATE OF 5 7 8 0 3 5, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE CURRENT RATE.
UH, THIS INCLUDES A MAINTENANCE OPERATION, A RATE OF 46 TO 66, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT THAT GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE INS IS THAT 1 41 76 OR TOTAL RATE OF 5 78, 0 3 5, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WHAT THE TOTAL RATE THIS RATE WOULD APPROXIMATELY $53.6 MILLION IN TAXES, WHICH 35.2, APPROXIMATELY 35 FOR ME TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND 7 MILLION, WE'LL GO INTO THE TERM RESPONSE OF WHICH THERE ARE THREE AND THE REMAINING 11.4 WE'LL GO INTO DEBT SERVICE.
51 MILLION OF THIS TOTAL AMOUNT IS BEING GENERATED FROM EXISTING PROPERTIES.
WHILE 2.6 IS GENERATED FROM NEW PHARMACIES, VALUABLE 1 CENT IT'S ASKED MANY TIMES WHAT IS THE VALUE OF 1 CENT.
IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE RATE AND THAT VALUE IS 800, 6,048, NP GENERAL FUND OUR TAX RATE HISTORY.
THE TENURE AVERAGE IS 58, APPROXIMATELY 58 CENTS.
THE PROPOSED RATE IS LESS THAN OUR TEN-YEAR AVERAGE COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES.
ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE THAT'S BELOW THE AVERAGE.
UM, I HAVE TO USE THE 2021 TAX RATE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE IS ADOPTING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE AVERAGE RATE IS 57 CENTS.
I WILL SAY THAT SUGARLAND KIND OF SKEWS THE NUMBER OF BEING AS LOW AS THEY ARE.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO EXCLUDE SUGARLAND, THE AVERAGE IS 59 8.
SO IN SUMMARY, UH, BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLES ARE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE WOULD BE 53, 3 6 1 3.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 58 MONTHS OR 36, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING IS BELOW THE VOTER, WHICH IS 57.
AGAIN, ONE SENSE IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT A LOAN, RIGHT, WITH THE 800, $6,000.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IF YOU WANT IT TO GO ABOVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADOPTED, ACQUIRE AN ELECTION.
I TRIED TO GO FASTER BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.
IS THERE A MOTION? WELL, UM,
IS THERE A SECOND, UM, SETTING UP A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL? YES, MA'AM
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AND WE HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US HAVING A HIGH TAX RATE, MISSOURI CITY, WHICH AS WE LOOK AT THE COMPARISONS IS NOT AS HIGH AS MANY OTHERS, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS TOLD OUR CITIZENS IS THAT THE REASON WE COULD NOT REDUCE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE HIGH ENOUGH SALES TAX REVENUE.
AND SO IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE HAD INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOWER OUR CITIZENS TAXES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SITUATION AND I APPRECIATE STAFF OR WORKING WITHIN, UH, THE BUDGET OR WORKING TOWARDS A BUDGET THAT WOULD GET US AT THE SAME OVERALL TAX RATE, SEEING THAT WE, UH, FORCING THEM TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY INCREASED, UM, INS RATE FROM, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR GOING FROM 0.1, 3, 4 8 1 0
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0.1 4 1 7 6 9.YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE CAN'T BE LOOKING AT CONSIDERING AT LEAST GOING BACK TO, WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, THE HISTORY OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN THIS CITY, GOING BACK TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2014 FISCAL YEAR, WHERE WE HAD A 0.5 7 3 7 5 0 OVERALL TAX RATE.
THAT'S A LITTLE, UH, LESS THAN 0.0 0 4, 2 8, 5, AND A DECREASED.
I THINK THAT OUR OBJECTIVE AS, AS A COUNCIL SHOULD BE TO DO OUR BEST TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF PROPERTY TAXES ON OUR CITIZENS, NOT, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM BURDEN WITH PROPERTY TAXES, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE, AGAIN, SO THEM AS TO WHY WE WERE DOING THE THINGS WE WERE KNOWING ABOUT PROVIDING INCENTIVES, UH, AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO TRY NOT TO INCREASE SALES TAXES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND SECOND THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY CONSIDER, UH, HAVING THE OVERALL TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR TO BE REDUCED BY THE 0.04 TO 85%, WHICH WOULD MAKE THAT OVERALL TAX RATE.
IF YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND HERE,
YEAH, I AGREE WITH, AS FAR AS THE WHY, I GUESS WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL AMENDMENTS COME BEFORE US.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
THE EASIEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FOR THE SALARY STUDY, BUT HEARING THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD TONIGHT.
UM, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECREASE WHERE YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO RETIREMENT.
OUR REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION IS LESS THAN 10% AND CONTRIBUTE 12% SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AREN'T THAT'S POSITIVE.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE OUR CONTRIBUTION IN THAT AREA, THAT IF WE DON'T WANT IT TO IMPACT THE SUPPLEMENTALS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UM, IT'S BEING SUBMITTED IN A PROPOSED BUDGET, ELENA, I'M SORRY.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, OUR, UM, GOAL FOR OUR STANDARD OR OF THE GENERAL FUND IS 30, 20 TO 30% WITH THIS TAX RATE.
AND WITH THIS BUDGET, WE'RE SITTING AT WHAT PERCENTAGE, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THE ANTICIPATED PERCENTAGE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IS 53%.
AND AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2023, 5%.
WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE EXTRA DOLLARS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TO MOVE IT DOWN TO THE STANDARD OF 30%, UH, AND TRY TO UTILIZE THOSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND TRYING TO DO SO WHEN YOU GET THAT'S ONE TIME.
UM, AND SO CURRENTLY THE ONE-TIME REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET ARE UTILIZING THAT FUND BALANCE.
SO IT'S NOT BEST PRACTICE OR WISE TO USE PLAN BALANCE FOR RECURRING EXPENDITURES.
WELL, IT DOES, I GUESS I'LL HAVE A DIFFICULTY IN HAVING A STANDARD AT 30% FOR A GENERAL CLIENT AND RUNNING IT AT 57% THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE SALARIES THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE THE RESULTS OF TAXES FROM OUR CITIZENS AND SALES TAX REVENUES.
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SO, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS TO, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY ONE TIME, BUT HOW CAN WE MAYBE LOOK FOR AREAS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS TO HELP US MEET SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM POLICE PUBLIC WORKS PARKS AND ALSO FROM FINANCE.SO I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR SOME RATIONALE AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING A 57% GENERAL FUND BALANCE WHEN OUR GOLD STANDARD IS THERE.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING FOR YOUR SYSTEMS. YEAH.
OUR RECOMMENDATION AGAIN, WOULD BE TO USE FUND BALANCE FOR ONE TIME, UH, EXPENDITURES, UH, IF, UH, DECIDED TO CHANGE THE MOTION AND PRODUCE THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH WOULD BE $400,000, WE COULD, UH, REDUCE THE RETIREMENT RATE, BUT THEN DO A ONE-TIME PAYMENT FROM FUND BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED, BUT I WOULD NOT USE, I SAW THAT IS SAYING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S NOT SUSTAINED OR AFFECT ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I'D RATHER USE THAT SO WE CAN KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT AT OUR INS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS GO IN THERE.
OTHERWISE I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD,
SO THERE IS A, SO THERE WAS A MOTION WAS SECONDED BY PROVIDE.
I BELIEVE I MADE THE MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO IT.
I HAVEN'T DONE MY MOTION TO ADOPT THE 0.5 7 3 7 5 0 WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND THE RIGHT STAFF FOR THE $400,000 ONE TIME APPLICATION TOWARDS MY MOTION FOR, UH, TRY TO FIND SOME SURPLUS FUNDS IN THIS MOTION.
WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SEE IF THERE IS A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT.
WHERE ARE YOUR TWO REMEMBER RULE IS YES.
I MADE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO, UH, SET A MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.5 7 3 7 5 0.
THAT'S THE OVERALL TOTAL TAX RATE.
AND THEY'RE PRETEND THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, I NEED TO SETTLE IN THAT BEFORE THE DIFFERENCE BE, UM, WOULD BE A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE, UH, PAYOUT.
I MEAN, THE SECOND ONE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, PRETTY MUCH
UM, THE, WHAT WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING FOR THAT $400,000 JUST IMPACTS BECAUSE WE WOULD USE ON TIME TO MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTION.
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SO THERE'S AN EMOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOMENT COMPANY AND THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT TAKING SALARY AND PUTTING IT INTO, UH, OTHER SALARIES IS STILL IN PLAY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE DISCUSSING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND REDUCING IT BY HALF A SIN, WHICH IS 100,000 AND THE WAY THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT IS IN THE RETIREMENT.AND SO I MIGHT, I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S, IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THAT RETIREMENT.
CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW IMPACTFUL WILL IT BE BEFORE? SO THE CURRENT BUDGET IS AT OTHER TIMES THAT CONTRIBUTIONS AT 12% REPORTED CONTRIBUTION RATE IS 10%.
UM, WE PAID 12% BECAUSE, UM, WHEN ACTUARIAL STUDIES COME OUT BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET AND THE INVESTMENTS AND THE PENSION FUNDS ARE UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
SO IF WE PAY A TOTAL PERCENT, WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR FUNDING LEVELS WITHIN OUR TIME.
IT'S NOT 100%, SO IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO 12%, BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, UH, UH, A DECREASED RP TAX RATE, THERE IS THE ABILITY TO REDUCE WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO CMRS, AND THAT WILL ABSORB THAT AMOUNT.
AND IF WE WANT TO DO A ONE-TIME ONCE, SOME WHICH ARE UNBALANCED, UM, IS RECOMMENDED FOR ONE-TIME USES, WE CAN USE OUR FUND BALANCE TO MAKE A ONE-TIME LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S PAID IN THE TMR TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED, IT'S JUST, IT WON'T BE, IT'LL ONLY BE 10% PER PAY PERIOD, BUT WE'LL HAVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT BEFORE.
AND WILL THAT BE A CONTINUATION FROM YEAR TO YEAR? YEAH.
SO IF NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION BACK TO 12%, THEN THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THERE.
THAT'S BASED ON THE INCREASED REVENUES, DECREASE EXPENDITURES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ALWAYS CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF UNBALANCED.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO SPEND IT ALL THE WAY DOWN, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS A COUNCIL IN FUTURE YEARS, IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT A LOT OF TIME, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE UNBALANCED.
SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF RETIREMENT, YOU CAN HAVE OPEN, WHICH IS OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, WHICH IS A BENEFIT WHEN SOMEONE RETIRES THAT'S UNDER THAT 0%, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A $9 MILLION LIABILITY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD, UH, AS FAR AS HOW CAN WE USE OUR FUND BALANCE, BEING ABLE TO FIND OUR OWN KIDS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, CAUSE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE FUNDING, I THINK IS IMPORTANT, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SOLVE IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AMENDMENT DOES THE ORIGINAL MOTION STAY IN THAT.
SO IF THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED,
WOULD IT BE THE PORTION ABOUT SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
I, ALL, THOSE ARE POSTS THANK YOU.
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AND IF THE SECOND IS OKAY WITH THAT, EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL EMOTION AND JUST ABOUT THIS
I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING CAUSE SPEAKERS AT ALL.
SO IS IT THE ORIGINAL MOTION? THAT CONSTANT NUMBER BURROUGHS HAD FUN.
AND THEN YOU HAD SECOND MINUS THE POINT, THE TAX RATE,
THE MOTION PLACED ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, TITLE NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND I TURN THIS MEETING IN 6 48.