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WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, I PROBABLY COMMENTS MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ONES WISH TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOUR
[(a) Receive a Presentation - Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget.]
A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY BERTHA ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M BERT ALEXANDER AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO YOU AN UPDATED OVERVIEW OF THE F Y 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE CITY MANAGER HAD FOUR BUDGET DRIVERS IN MIND.
IT WAS COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS CREATE REDUNDANCY.
I MUST ADMIT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
UM, PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE KNOW IT AS P M M P AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REPLACEMENT FUNDS.
SO OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE BUDGET USING AN ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 59 CENTS BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE CERTIFIED TAX RULES.
WE'VE SINCE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR TAX RATES.
AND SO JUST TO PROVIDE A COMPARISON, OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.5 7 3 7 5 0 BASED ON THE CERTIFIED AND THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS ARE, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS 0.5 4 5 6 9 6.
NOW THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, IT IS THE RATE THAT WILL GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR USING THE SAME PROPERTIES.
SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW PROPERTIES.
AND THEN THERE'S OUR ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS 0.5 7 0 8 2 5.
SO THAT IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT CAN BE ASSESSED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.
SO THE F Y 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BASED ON THE ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.70825, WHICH IS STILL LESS THAN OUR CURRENT RATE.
SO JUST TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET FROM A PERSONNEL COST STANDPOINT, IT DOES INCLUDE THE ANNUALIZED COST FOR THE 2023 SALARY INCREASES OF 1.5 MILLION.
IT INCLUDES THE ANNUALIZED COST FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, 1.5.
IT HAS A SALARY INCREASES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BUDGETED AT 1.8 MILLION.
THERE IS FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX NEW FULL-TIME FTES.
THERE IS THE F SS L A BUILT IN OVERTIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A PROJECTED INCREASE IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION OF 207,000 AND THERE IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE MEET AND CONFER ITEMS. IN TERMS OF NON-PERSONNEL COSTS, WE'VE INCLUDED 2.5 MILLION FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY BUILDING.
WE'VE INCLUDED 2 MILLION FOR THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, HVAC REPAIRS, AND OTHER MAINTENANCE ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE'S A REPLACEMENT OF, OF THE CARDIAC MONITOR, 132,000.
WE'VE INCLUDED 110,000 FOR THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
THERE IS AN INCREASE IN OUR MOWING CONTRACT OF 185,000.
THERE'S MOSQUITO SPRAYING OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TREE TRIMMING A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, THERE'S DRAINAGE PROJECTS OF 2.9 MILLION FACILITIES, PROJECTS, 2.5 MILLION
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PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS OF 8.2 MILLION AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OF 13.8 MILLION.AND THOSE PROJECTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR C I P PLAN.
ALSO IN THE BUDGET UTILITIES IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF 28.7 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS TOTALING OVER $21 MILLION AND INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR 27 NEW POSITIONS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WHEN WE PROVIDED PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET INFORMATION, WE HAD INCLUDED FUNDING FOR 13 NEW POSITIONS.
NOW THIS BUDGET HAS FUNDING FOR SIX POSITIONS AND IT ALSO, UM, INCLUDE 14.
WELL, THE SIX PO FUNDING FOR THE SIX POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 14.1 MILLION THAT WAS FUNDED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, THAT LEAVES UNFUNDED NEEDS OF $7 MILLION.
SO IN TRYING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, WE'VE USED FUND BALANCE.
WE HAVE REPROGRAMMED THE RECURRING IT REPLACEMENT ALLOCATION, AND WE'VE REPROGRAMMED THE 444,000 OF THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUNDING.
SO ALL OF THAT WAS USED TO FUND 14.1 MILLION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE FUNDED 5.9 AS RECURRING AND 9.2 AS ONE TIME.
IT'S 4.0, I'M SORRY,
OKAY, LET ME LOOK AT MY PRESENTATION.
UM, IN TERMS OF BUDGETED REVENUE, ALL SOURCES, IT TOTALS $216.6 MILLION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST FUND IN THE BUDGET AT 35.6%, FOLLOWED BY UTILITIES AT 30%.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
NOW, THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEBT SERVICE AT 6.5%, THAT'S JUST THE FUND THAT WE USE TO MAKE OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR C I P PLAN, ALONG WITH THE SAME EXPLANATION FOR UTILITY FUNDS, WHICH MAKE UP 30% OF THE BUDGET.
THE O OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THAT'S SOLID WASTE.
AND L G C, THAT IS 4.3% OF THE BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REPLACEMENT FUNDS, WHICH REPRESENTS 0.7%.
IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMPARISON, LOOKING AT THE REVENUE, THERE IS A 12.6% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IS IN THE PROPERTY TAX AREA, AND THAT IS DUE TO INCREASED ASSESSED VALUES AS WELL AS NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL.
WE DO HAVE A 1.4 MILLION INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE.
UH, CONSUMER SPENDING HAS BEEN STRONG, SO WE'VE ADDED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE BASE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE EXPERIENCING A DECREASE IN LICENSES AND PERMIT REVENUE, AND THAT'S DUE TO THOSE LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WHERE THEY ARE BUILT OUT.
SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE KIND OF, UH, PERMITS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS ARE STRONG, HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT TREATING THAT AS RECURRING.
UM, WE ARE TREATING THAT AS ONE-TIME FUNDING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE MARKET.
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IN TERMS OF ALL SOURCES BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY FUND, IT TOTALS 214.7 MILLION.ONCE AGAIN, THE GENERAL FUND MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SPENDING AT 38.6%, FOLLOWED BY OUR UTILITIES BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET.
LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETED REVENUE, UM, BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY USE, IT TOTALS 82.8 MILLION PERSONNEL COSTS MAKES UP 66.1%.
WITHIN THAT 66%, 39% OF PERSONNEL COSTS IS ATTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
OUR NEXT HIGHEST IS, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AT 11.8%, AND THEN OUR TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS.
IF WE JUST FOCUS ON LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMPARISON, THERE'S A 7.5% INCREASE.
AND OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THE INCREASE IS IN PERSONNEL COSTS.
AND THAT IS DUE TO THOSE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND WAGES, AS WELL AS THE INCREASES IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER BENEFITS.
THE NEXT CHART IS OUR 2024 PROPOSED FULL-TIME STAFFING DUE TO THE REORGANIZATION, WHICH CREATED THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS INTERNAL SERVICES DIVISION.
UH, YOU SEE US MOVING FTES FROM ONE DEPARTMENT INTO THOSE TWO NEW ENTITIES, BUT OVERALL, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF SIX FULL-TIME FTES IN THE BUDGET.
SO NOW WE GOT TO LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUND GROUPS, SPECIAL FUND OR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
EXAMPLES WOULD INCLUDE TURS PIGS AS WELL AS THE POLICE SEIZURE FUND.
SO WE HAVE BUDGETED REVENUE INCLUDING TRANSFER IN OF 17.9 MILLION, AND WE HAVE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OF 8 MILLION, LEAVING A REVENUE OVER EXPENSE OF 9.9 MILLION.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WE HAVE BUDGETED REVENUE OF 14.1 MILLION, AND WE HAVE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OF 14.6 MILLION, MEANING EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING THE REVENUE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $6 MILLION.
CAPITAL PROJECTS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE C I P PLAN.
THE REVENUE TOTALS 31.6 MILLION AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF BOND PROCEEDS EXPENDITURES, TOTAL 33.6 MILLION, LEAVING A BALANCE OF EXPENDITURES, EX EXCEEDING THE REVENUE OF 1.9 MILLION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A, A LARGE, UH, FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UTILITY FUNDS.
THE ESTIMATED REVENUE IS 65 MILLION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES, UM, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS.
WE HAVE EXPENDITURES OF 62.9 MILLION WITH REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2 MILLION OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
L G C AND SOLID WASTE BUDGETED REVENUE IS 9.3 MILLION.
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, 9.3 MILLION.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT DEFICIT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THOSE TWO FUNDS DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT DEFICIT
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FLEET AND IT REPLACEMENT FUNDS.WE HAVE BUDGETED REVENUE OF 1.6 MILLION AND WE HAVE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OF 3.4 MILLION.
THOSE TWO FUNDS TOGETHER HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 5.3 MILLION.
ALTHOUGH I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE USE THE RECURRING FUNDING, UH, FROM FLEET OF 444,000 TO COVER OTHER, UM, PRIORITIES WITHIN THE BUDGET.
WE ARE PROVIDING ONE TIME FUNDING OF 1.4 MILLION TO COVER, UM, FLEET REPLACEMENT.
THE NEXT PAGE IS A STAFF POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING A POLICY THAT WILL ALLOCATE FUNDS IN EXCESS OF THE 30% OF OUR FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.
UH, WE WANT TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO CREATE A REPLACEMENT RESERVE.
SO WITHIN THAT REPLACEMENT RESERVE, THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF 75% OF THE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE P M M P PROGRAM, 5% TO FLEET REPLACEMENT, 5% TO IT REPLACEMENT.
WE WANT TO START BUILDING A RESERVE TO HANDLE, UM, REPAIRS TO FACILITIES AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE PUTTING 5% IN OTHER AND OTHER MAY INCLUDE, UM, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
SO THE ROAD TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION, AND THIS IS STILL, UM, PRELIMINARY, BUT JUST TO PROVIDE A REFRESHER ON MAY 15TH, WE HAD HNO TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON SALES TAX FORECAST AS WELL AS THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
ON JUNE 10TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP ON JULY 17TH.
WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET VIDEO.
TODAY, WE'RE PROVIDING AN UPDATED OVERVIEW ON AUGUST 31ST, THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE HER DETAILED LINE ITEM BUDGET AND WE WILL ALSO POST THAT BUDGET TO THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 18TH AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPTION, AS WELL AS THE TAX RATE HEARING AND ADOPTION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATES ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'LL JUST NOW, UH, IF YOU CAN PLACE YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER LES.
SO, UM, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE REPROGRAMMING CONVERSATION WHERE I THINK IT WAS ON SLIDE 12.
SO CAN YOU JUST SUMMARIZE THAT ONE MORE TIME? WE'RE TAKING DOLLARS OUTTA GENERAL FUND AND WE'RE REPROGRAMMING IT SO THAT WE USE THE RESERVE.
SO, SO ANNUALLY WE ALLOCATE $1.3 MILLION TO THE IT RESERVE, RIGHT? IT'S TO REPLACE THOSE ITEMS ON A 10 YEAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.
WELL, THE IT REPLACEMENT RESERVE HAS 4 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE.
SO WE ARE REMOVING THAT RECURRING ALLOCATION AND USING IT TO FUND OTHER ITEMS WITHIN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN ONCE WE CREATE THAT NEW REPLACEMENT POLICY, THEN WE WILL USE FUNDS IN THE REPLACEMENT FUND TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO IT.
IF, IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, UH, PART OF THE STRATEGY, UM, WITH THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS TO LOOK AT ALL THE FUND BALANCES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND DETERMINE HOW WE BEST COULD USE THOSE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO SET PRECEDENTS ON USING ONE-TIME FUNDS TO ADDRESS RECURRING, UH, EXPENSES.
BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ARE ALSO NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF GROWING FUND BALANCE, AND WE HAVE FUND BALANCE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO AS A PART OF THAT, WE, WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE IN AN INFLUX YEAR BECAUSE ONE, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE COMPETITIVE WAGES
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AND WE WANNA TRY TO GROW OUR STAFF TO DEAL WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE.AND WE'RE DOING IT WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF OUR KNOWN INFORMATION, MEANING WE DON'T KNOW THE DECISION THE COUNCIL'S GONNA TAKE ON ANNEXATION.
AND ONCE THAT DECISION IS MADE, THEN WE'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ASSESS WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO THIS BUDGET AS IF WE ARE GONNA BE BUSINESS AS USUAL BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY HIGH, UM, FUND BALANCES.
AND THINGS LIKE, UM, IT WHERE WE WERE FUNDING TO THE TUNE OF $1.3 MILLION ON A RECURRING BASIS.
WE WERE JUST BUILDING UP THE FUND BALANCE.
SO WE SAID THIS IS A GAP YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA USE THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE RES IN THAT FUND BALANCE FOR IT REPLACEMENT.
THAT WILL GIVE US SOME BREATHING ROOM AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO REASSESS.
AND SO WE DID THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
WOULD SALARY SAVINGS ALSO GO INTO THAT RES? YES.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FTES FOR ONE-STOP SHOP? THEY'RE STILL IN THE BUDGET'S, THEY'RE STILL IN THE BUDGET, THEY'RE VACANT.
UH, THERE'S SOME VACANT POSITIONS THERE.
UM, THAT'S WHY THERE ARE NO NEW POSITIONS.
UH, AND AGAIN, THE STRATEGY WAS LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
IF THERE WERE CURRENT VACANT POSITIONS, THEN THE, THE, THE POSITION WAS WE WERE NOT GOING TO ADD MORE POSITIONS UNTIL WE FILLED ALL THE POSITIONS TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN GET FROM THOSE EXISTING POSITIONS.
SO BECAUSE THEY'RE VACANT POSITIONS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE FELT THAT WE DID NOT NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, QUICK QUESTIONS.
UNDER THE LICENSES OF PERMITS, I NOTICED A DECREASE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF BUILD OUT.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT LINE ITEM WILL GO BACK UP OR SHOULD WE START PLANNING TO TREND DOWNWARDS? I'LL ANSWER THAT
IT DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO.
UH, OF COURSE ANY REDEVELOPMENT, ANY PERMITS THAT ARE ISSUED, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE THAT REVENUE.
BUT TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT THE WAY WE'VE HAD IT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS MM-HMM.
THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR.
UM, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE, UM, INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BAFFLED ON THAT ONE.
UH, DID WE PLAN ON 1.5 GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED, UH, BASED ON ACTUALS FOR 2023? WELL, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR PORTFOLIO BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY, UM, SMART IF, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, UM, INVESTMENT STRATEGY.
AND SO WE'VE LOOKED HISTORICALLY TO SEE WHERE WE WERE BY FUND AND THEN WE PROJECTED USING AN PRETTY MUCH AN AVERAGE AS WELL AS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CURRENT MARKET.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER IN OUR, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT YOU GUYS WERE EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE AND SO TO SEE THE JUMP, UM, GOOD TO SEE.
WELL, ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT 1.5 IN THE PAST, WE ALLOCATED INTEREST TO THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND AS WELL AS THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WITH SUPPLY ISSUES, WE'RE NOT GETTING VEHICLES IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO WE MADE A CHANGE IN THAT WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOCATING INTEREST TO THOSE TWO FUNDS.
WE'RE PUTTING IT IN A GENERAL FUND.
I RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN REILLY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR BERT, THAT WAS A, A VERY DETAILED, UM, PRESENTATION AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.
UM, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ANSWERED FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, QUESTIONS.
BUT MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE WITH THE FULL-TIME STAFFING WHEN IT'S, UM, YOU SAID YOU WERE REMOVING SOME POSITIONS FROM CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
IS THAT THE 15 FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR IS THAT A COMBINATION FROM DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS GOING OVER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES? CORRECT.
CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTIONS, THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION, THOSE CAME, WELL, ANIMAL SERVICES CAME FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN WE CREATED ONE NEW POSITION IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UM, DIRECTOR POSITION.
SO WITH THAT, HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE STILL, THESE
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NUMBERS REFLECT OF THE 21 THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR, UH, 24 WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THOSE ARE INCLUDING THE VACANCIES, CORRECT? CORRECT.AND THE SAME THING, WILL THAT LEAVE STILL VACANCIES WITH PUBLIC WORKS? UM, I BELIEVE WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE VACANCIES CITYWIDE.
CAN I, CAN I ALSO MAKE ONE POINT HERE? YES, PLEASE.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO VACANCIES, WE'VE BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET USING VACANCY SAVINGS.
SO THIS BUDGET THAT YOU SEE IS UNDERSTATED BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING FROM VACANCIES.
AND THAT'S, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A PUSH TO RISK, RISK TO GO BEYOND BEING CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO FILL POSITIONS BY HAVING COMPETITIVE WAGES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE CONSTANTLY WATCHING, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
AND THANK YOU BERTHA AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING NONSTOP WEEKENDS, NIGHTS ON THIS BUDGET, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND DURING MY ONE-ON-ONE, BUT, UM, I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION AND THAT RELATES TO THE PERSONNEL COSTS.
BREAKING DOWN, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR? IT'S ALWAYS AROUND 38, 30 9%.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING LIKE 38, YOU KNOW, 0.8.
SO IT'S THE SAME THIS YEAR? YES.
RECOGNIZING, MAY I APPROACH YOUR MEMORY? YEAH, UH, I, I BELIEVE, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAD, UH, YOU ANSWERED, UH, ANGEL, YOU ANSWERED TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, ROSE, AS FAR AS, UH, THE, UH, COMPLIMENT THAT WE HAVE, WE WON'T SHOW INCREASES.
WE'RE JUST GONNA BE USING, UH, POSITIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, APPROVED IN EARLIER BUDGET PROCESSES.
AND, UH, IS IT TOO EARLY TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF A, UH, RESIDUAL HAVE IN, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE WISE? UM, OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE 20 TO 30%, UH, ORDINANCE.
I THINK THAT THAT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IT THERE.
UH, OR THAT'S THE STANDARD, PUT THAT WAY.
WHERE WILL WE BE? OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO, TO KNOW WHERE WE'LL BE? WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE USING, THE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCES FAR, I THINK, UM, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RECALCULATE.
UH, THIS YEAR WE WERE ANTICIPATING ANOTHER 9 MILLION OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE 14 MILLION AN EXCESS FUND BALANCE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 30%.
SO IF YOU TAKE THE 14% PLUS THE 9% THAT WE ANTICIPATED THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD PUT US AT 23 MILLION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT USING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION OF THAT FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE STILL HAVE ROOM TO MOVE SOME FUNDS INTO THE REPLACEMENT FUND.
SO THAT, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING SET ASIDE FOR ANY MAJOR FACILITY.
UM, BREAKDOWNS, ELEVATORS, UM, OUR FIRE ENGINES, UH, JUST BASIC REPLACEMENT TYPE, UM, FUNCTIONS.
SO EVERYTHING IS, WE ARE DOING IT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS INSTEAD OF PLANNING FOR SOME OF THOSE, UM, REPLACEMENTS OR PLANNING FOR SOME OF THOSE MAINTENANCE, UPGRADING SOME OF OUR FACILITIES TO BE MORE COST EFFICIENT, ENERGY EFFICIENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR, FOR REPLACEMENT TO SAVE US MONEY DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, LAST QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, REVENUE AND EXPENSES, THIS IS ALL, UH, WITH THE, UH, UH, UH, THE BACKGROUND THAT THERE'S NOTHING, UH, FOR, UH, THAT MIGHT COME IN OR BE USED FOR ANNEXATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THIS IS STRICTLY MISSOURI CITY REVENUE AND, AND EXPENSES THAT ARE GONNA BE INCURRED OR THAT'S CORRECT.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO POSTED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.