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          TODAY IS JUNE. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER ]
I WAS JUST TELLING YOU. 
          WE GET STARTED. 
          TODAY IS JUNE 24TH. 
          THE TIME IS 5:01 PM AND WE WILL, UM, GET OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING. 
          UM, WE'LL START OUR SPECIAL MEETING. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A FORUM, 
          [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
CITY SECRETARY OR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OH, YES, MA'AM. 
          WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. ROSALYN HARRELL HARRELL, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU CAN STEP TO THE PODIUM AND AS YOUR APPROACH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR FULL ADDRESS AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. 
          I'M GONNA SIT ON MY PHONE HERE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOU GO AHEAD AND START. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, STATE TEXAS IN THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE. 
          FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT I STAND HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY MISSOURI CITY NEIGHBORS, WHO PREVIOUSLY APPEARED BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, OR WHO MAY BE LISTENING ONLINE, WHO OPPOSE THIS COUNCIL'S DECISION TO DECREASE THE SPEAKING TIME FOR NON-AG AGENDA TOPICS FROM THREE MINUTES TO A MINUTE AND A HALF, WHETHER I AGREE WITH THEIR COMMENTS OR NOT, I SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY PRESENT THEIR CONCERNS TO THE COUNCIL. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY FOR 21 YEARS, AND ONLY RECENTLY I HAD TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO OPPOSE A LARGE INTRUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THE, WHICH THE DEVELOPER PROPOSED TO BUILD TOO CLOSE TO MY HOME. 
          I WAS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL TO VOICE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD'VE INCREASED CRIME IN OUR AREA, SUBJECTED OUR CHILDREN TO DANGEROUS EXPOSURE TO STRANGERS, AND SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 
          I, ALONG WITH MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, ATTENDED AND SPOKE AT AS MANY GENERAL MEETINGS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS AS WE COULD. 
          MOST OFTEN, WE SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          THAT IS, WE SPOKE AS A NON-AG AGENDA TOPIC DURING OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          I RECALL HOW THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA WOULD CHANGE. 
          I SPECIFICALLY RECALL ONE TIME WHERE THE DEVELOPER'S PROJECT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA IN THE MORNING, BUT BY THE AFTERNOON, ACTUALLY WITHIN ONLY A FEW HOURS, THIS COUNCIL HAD REMOVED THE AGENDA OF THE DEVELOPER WITHOUT AND WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE SPEAKING TIME TO HELP WITH EFFICIENCY, NOR DO I BELIEVE THE DECISION WAS MADE SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WHAT THIS CHANGE SIGNIFIES TO ME IS THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR CHALLENGES TO THEIR PREFERRED PET PROJECTS AND PLANS. 
          IT SIGNIFIES THAT YOUR VIEW OR YOU VIEW YOUR CONSTITUENCIES CHALLENGES TO YOUR PLANS AS HURDLES THAT YOU NOW CONTROL BECAUSE YOU CONTROL THE AGENDA. 
          THIS CHANGE IS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND IT'S DISRESPECTFUL. 
          YOU ARE SILENCING OUR COMMUNITIES IN A TIME WHERE YOU SHOULD BE SEEKING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. 
          TIME. 
          MA'AM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU, UM, TELL US HOW, OR WERE REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA? I WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION. 
          I AM NOT SURE OF WHAT OCCURRED OR EVEN WHAT AGENDA WE ARE REFERRING TO, SO I, I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND REPORT BACK TO COUNSEL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JUST IN GENERAL, WHAT ARE SOME AGENDAS WHY AN AGENDA ITEM COULD BE REMOVED FROM, UH, FROM THE AGENDA? IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF, OF REASONS WHY AN AGENDA ITEM IS MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I, I WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT. 
          THANK PERFECT. 
          UM, ALL MY PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR 
          [(a) Receive a Presentation - Overview of Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Budget]
A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, THE OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL, I'M SORRY, A FISCAL YEAR 2025, PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, PRESENTER, BERTHA ALEXANDER, CHIEF BRIDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER. 
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SO, PRIOR TO TURNING IT OVER TO, UM, BERTHA, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, LEMME JUST MAKE SURE THIS IS ON. 
          SO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, RESIDENTS, STAFF, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. 
          BEFORE OUR CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER, MS. BERTHA ALEXANDER BEGINS HER DETAILED OVERVIEW. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          MY VISION FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE ALLOW ALIGNS WITH COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, ENSURING THAT MISSOURI CITY REMAINS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. 
          THE VISION FOCUSES ON BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH INVESTMENT IN COMPETITIVE TALENT, REVERSE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 
          MY PRIORITIES INCLUDE COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, EFFECTIVE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION. 
          IN PREPARATION FOR THE FY 25 BUDGET, STAFF WAS TASKED WITH EXPLORING VARIOUS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR KEY INITIATIVES. 
          RECOGNIZING THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SOURCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE HIGHEST TAX RATE THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT WITHOUT REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL IS THE VOTER VOTER APPROVAL RATE, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE DAR. 
          THIS TAX RATE MAY PROVIDE A VIABLE OPTION IF NECESSARY. 
          PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATES THAT THE VARIABLE APPROVAL RATE WILL EXCEED OUR CURRENT RATE BY APPROXIMATELY 2.50 CENTS. 
          HOWEVER, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS BASED ON THE CURRENT TAX RATE TO OFFER A CONSERVATIVE REVIEW OF THE FY 25 BUDGET. 
          SHOULD THERE BE CRITICAL PRIORITY NEEDS THAT DEMAND FUNDING BEYOND OUR ANTICIPATED RESOURCES, WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER ADJUSTING OUR APPROACH BEFORE SUBMITTING THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE WILL AWAIT THE CERTIFIED REVENUE AMOUNTS BEFORE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY OF EXERCISING ANY OPTION. 
          NEXT, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, CIP BUDGET, WILL BE PRESENTED BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MR. SASHI KUMAR. 
          THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE INCLUDED PROJECTS THAT WHILE NOT YET FUNDED, ARE VITAL FOR OUR FUTURE PLANNING. 
          IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE START DEVELOPING PAY AS YOU GO STRATEGIES, EXPLORE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND CONSIDER OTHER INNOVATIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS. LIMITING OUR FOCUS TO ONLY FUNDED PROJECTS WOULD BE SHORTSIGHTED AND COULD IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO MEET EMERGING NEEDS. 
          FURTHERMORE, WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE PROGRAM BUDGETING APPROACH IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR. 
          YOU WILL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND PRIORITIES. 
          THIS NEW METHOD AIMS TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED AND UTILIZED. 
          TONIGHT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET AND TO HIGHLIGHT ANY ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. 
          WHILE WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY FORMAL ACTIONS OR DECISIONS THIS EVENING, WE EAGERLY AWAIT YOUR INSIGHT AND FEEDBACK. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO OUR CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER, MS. BERTHA ALEXANDER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          SO, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          WE WOULD PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY 2025 BUDGET, FOCUSING ON AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME POSITIONS, THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED, AND WE'RE FOCUSING JUST ON THE GENERAL FUND TONIGHT. 
          UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED A QUICK OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM 
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BUDGETING AS WELL AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          THEN THE DEPARTMENTS WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS ALONG WITH THEIR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT SPEAKS TO THE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION, AND THEN WE WILL GO OVER KEY DATES. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SAHI KUMA TO GO OVER THE CIP PLAN. 
          THANK YOU, BERT. 
          GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          UH, BEFORE I MOVE ON WITH THAT, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW PEOPLE. 
          THIS PROCESS STARTED ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO. 
          UH, MY TEAM MEMBER MARCUS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND INPUT FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE BEEN FACTORED IN DEVELOPING THE CIP DOCUMENT. 
          SO WHAT IS A CIP? IT IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN LEADING TO A PROJECT THAT LEADS IN A CAPITALIST SET OF OVER 50,000. 
          NOW, UM, NOT EVERY PROJECT IS 50,000. 
          IT CAN GO FROM 50,000 TO A FEW MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UH, EVERY YEAR WE IDENTIFY THE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE UNDERTAKEN, UH, THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT IS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FIRST CITY CITY CHARTER. 
          OUR ANNUAL BUDGET REQUIRES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BE REVISED AND EXTENDED LAST YEAR. 
          SO THE LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET, WE PRESENTED A FIVE YEAR CIP PROGRAM, 2024 TO 2028. 
          UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE EXTENDING IT BY A YEAR IN THE SENSE THAT 2025 TO 2029, ALTHOUGH IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLANNING DOCUMENT, THE OUT YEARS ARE JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. 
          THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THE FY 25, IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BY THIS BODY. 
          AS I SAID, THIS PROCESS, UH, WAS KICKED OFF IN APRIL. 
          UH, THE FIRST THING THAT WE LOOK INTO IS ALL OUR MASTER PLANS, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TRAFFIC MASTER PLANS, UH, UH, THE STUDIES THAT WE HAVE DONE TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED. 
          WE COORDINATE THIS WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, AND THIS, THE NEXT PIECE IS TO LOOK AT OUR FUNDING SOURCE. 
          UM, WHAT KIND OF FUNDINGS DO WE HAVE? WHAT KIND OF BOND FUNDS DO WE HAVE, WHAT KIND OF GRANTS WE HAVE, WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, PART OF OUR PROCESS IS TO RANK THESE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING GRANTS, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MEETING PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS THAT ARE VITAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THESE PROJECTS RANK HIGH ON THE LIST. 
          WE PRESENT THIS LIST TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, GET, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S INPUT. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS THE DRAFT FIVE YEAR CIP THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL TODAY. 
          AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO DISCUSS WITH YOU OR PRESENT TO YOU THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSED. 
          SEEK ANY FEEDBACK AND FINALIZE THE CIP DOCUMENT AND ESPECIALLY THE FY 25 PROJECTS THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE 25 FY 25 BUDGET PROCESS. 
          I THINK THE CITY MANAGER TOUCHED ON THIS. 
          TRADITIONALLY, THESE HAVE BEEN OUR FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UH, WE HAVE RELIED ON BOND FUNDS. 
          GENERAL OBLIGATION BOSS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THAT 2021 WAS A BIG BOND PROGRAM FOR US FOR UTILITY PROJECTS. 
          WE RELIED ON CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, BUT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE ZONE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND TRYING TO ACTIVELY SEEK, UH, FUNDING SOURCES OF GRANTS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU COMFORTABLY THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS LOW AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, PARTS DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT 10 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE'RE NOT ONLY JUST LOOKING AT TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF GEO BONDS AND CEO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL MATCHING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM TD IM FROM A GAC FOR PIN COUNTY MOBILITY BONDS. 
          SO WE CAN LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS TO BUILD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SYNOPSIS, THIS WAS THE LAST GEO BOND ELECTION THAT WE DID. 
          86 MILLION, 52 MILLION FOR STREETS IN MOBILITY, 11 MILLION FOR FACILITIES, AND $23 MILLION FOR PARKS. 
          UH, THIS CHART KIND OF TELLS YOU WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO FUND, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND THESE ARE GEO BONDS. 
          UH, UH, BACK IN 2021, WE DID NOT ISSUE FUND BONDS FOR DRAINAGE BECAUSE THERE WERE, UH, $13 MILLION OF UNUSED DRAINAGE BOND FUNDS. 
          UH, BUT WE DID ISSUE 86, OR WE GOT THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE ORDERS FOR 86 MILLION. 
          THAT PUT THE NUMBER TO 99 MILLION. 
          NOW, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE CHARTS TO THE, TO THE RIGHT, 
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IN 2024, WE SEE ROUGHLY ABOUT $21 MILLION FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. 
          UH, NOW 2025, THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING ANOTHER 20 MILLION. 
          IF YOU MAY ALL RECALL, ALTHOUGH WE PASSED THE BOND PROGRAM IN 2021, THE INTENT WAS ALWAYS TO SPREAD IT OVER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, GENERALLY ISSUING ABOUT $20 MILLION IN DEBT. 
          SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO THE, TO THE RIGHT, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY STILL $4 MILLION WORTH OF BOND AUTHORIZATION WE HAVE IN DRAINAGE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK INTO STREETS, PARKS AND FACILITIES, UH, COMBINE THOSE THINGS, YOU HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT $21 MILLION LEFT. 
          UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE, UH, DEBT CAPACITY UNDER OUR INCREASED, UH, TAX RATES AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT, UH, POTENTIALLY AFTER 2026, THE CURRENT BOND AUTHORIZATION WILL EXPIRE. 
          SO THIS COUNCIL AND THIS BODY NEEDS TO KEEP LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, WHICH THE CITY'S MANAGER ALLUDED TO IN THE SENSE THAT WE GOTTA LOOK AT OUR LONG INCOME STRATEGY OF MEETING GROWTH FACILITIES AND OTHER DEMANDS. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT AND, UH, UH, VERY FORTHCOMING IN TERMS OF PUSHING FORWARD THE, UH, THE PROJECTS. 
          BUT WE'RE COMING ALMOST TO THE END OF THE 2021 BOND AUTHORIZATION. 
          I'M NOW GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR 2025. 
          NOW, THIS IS A SUMMARY CHART IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT $2.5 MILLION IN DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS SLIDE WILL TELL YOU WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PINE MEADOW DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2.6 MILLION. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE GREGORY AND, UH, MCLEAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD, UH, UH, HEAC GRANT FUNDING OF FOOD ON THESE PROJECTS, BUT THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE GOTTA FRONT THIS PROJECTS, BUILD THEM AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE A, THE GREEN SIGNAL FROM GEOLO TIME, AND WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS. 
          THE NEXT ONE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING IS 3 MILLION IN NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK DETENTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          JUST TO ORIENT YOU WHERE THIS IS, THIS IS 10 92 AND FIFTH STREET. 
          WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY IN TERMS OF THE DETENTION REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THIS IS A PROJECT TO ADD MORE DETENTION CAPACITY SO WE CAN, UH, KEEP THE DEVELOPMENTS GOING THERE. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE PARKS AND FACILITIES PROJECTS. 
          IN TERMS OF PARKS PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE TO THE TUNE OF 10.5 MILLION AND FACILITIES. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT HALF A MILLION. 
          I'M GONNA QUICKLY TOUCH ON THOSE PROJECTS. 
          ON THE PARKS SITE, YOU KNOW THAT THE STA PARK IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN. 
          WE'RE GETTING SOME MONEY FROM FORT PIN COUNTY, AS WELL AS SOME GRANT FUNDING. 
          THIS IS CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, SO WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE RIDGEVIEW PARK TRAIL. 
          UH, THIS IS SCHEDULED TO START THIS YEAR. 
          WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S REQUESTED IN FY 25. 
          OF COURSE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FREEDOM CREEK PARK. 
          WE'RE PRETTY MUCH, UH, DONE WITH THE DESIGN. 
          IT SHOULD BE GOING TO BID ANYWHERE SOON. 
          UH, THE, THEN THE DOLLAR THAT YOU SEE IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PARK UNDER TRAIL. 
          THIS IS TO CONVERT THE, WHAT WE CALL THE, UH, DG TRAIL TO A CONCRETE TRAIL. 
          AND THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS IN NEXT YEAR. 
          AND, UH, PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM WAS THAT, UH, WE, UH, ALLOCATED MONEY INTO FACILITIES UNDER DIFFERENT PARTS, A DA COMPLIANCE REMODELING AND ET CETERA. 
          THIS WAS ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. 
          EVERY YEAR WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO THERE IS HALF A MILLION DEDICATED FOR A A DA COMPLIANCE ISSUES. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE THAT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THESE ARE ALL THE METRO FUNDED PROJECTS. 
          NOW, UH, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE GET ONE SENSE OF OUR, UH, SALES TAX, OR ONE SENSE SALES TAX GOES TO METRO, AND WE GET ABOUT HALF CENT REIMBURSED MINUS SOME ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
          THAT PROJECT A DOLLAR FOR 2025 IS 6.3 MILLION. 
          UH, WE CAN TYPICALLY USE THESE FUNDS FOR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY INITIATIVES. 
          I'M GONNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          TRADITIONALLY, WE'VE USED METRO FUNDS TO FUND SIDEWALK REPAIRS FOR FY 25. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, ON THE PAYMENT, UH, REPAIR, OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE PMMP PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE USING 1.8 MILLION IN METRO. 
          THIS IS, UH, GRASSLY ADEQUATE, UH, WITH A PENDING LOG OF REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE FOR 6 MILLION. 
          UH, IN, IN MY FUTURE PRESENTATION, WE'LL SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, FUND THE REMAINING STREET REPAIRS, BUT, UH, WE'RE ALLOCATING 1.8 BILLION, 1.8 MILLION FROM METRO TO FUND STREET REPAIRS. 
          I'M GONNA TOUCH BASE ON SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          UH, THIS IS A POLICY THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN BLACK FORM. 
          UH, WE INTEND TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND ADOPT IT. 
          PRETTY SOON. 
          WE'RE DEDICATING SOME DOLLARS THERE FOR TRAFFIC CALMING CITYWIDE. 
          UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT I, THAT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION FROM COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS IS GUARDRAIL REPAIRS. 
          WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF GUARDRAILS 
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THAT ARE DAMAGED CITYWIDE. 
          SO WE'RE PUTTING A DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING TO REPAIR THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER, AS WELL AS BRIDGES. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BRIDGES, UH, WHICH NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. 
          SO WE'RE DEDICATING SOME RESOURCES FOR, UH, BRIDGE ENGINEERING AND REPAIRS. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE MOBILITY OF THE, UH, MOBILITY PROJECTS. 
          AND IF YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, JUST ABOUT 10.7 MILLION IS FOR STREETS RECONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 PROJECTS. 
          I'LL QUICKLY READ THEM, SOME OF THEM, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED. 
          LAND. 
          UH, UH, LET ME GO INTO THIS SLIDE HERE. 
          LANCOM LANE, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS NEEDED. 
          SO CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, KINGSBROOK LANE. 
          UH, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE, UH, WE ARE GOING. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN 25. 
          YOU'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, THE OTHER ONE, ROBINSON ROAD, NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE. 
          UH, THAT HAS BEEN NEEDING ATTENTION, UH, WILL BE, WE ARE DESIGNING THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR AS SEGMENT OF ROBINSON ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. 
          UH, THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE ARE SEEING, UH, UH, IN 25, WE'RE INITIATING THE DESIGN AND THE FUTURE YEAR. 
          YOU'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF THESE BIG STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          WE TRY TO DO DESIGN ONE YEAR AND DO THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE OTHER YEAR. 
          AND ALSO, OUR INTENT IS TO STAGGER THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          SO NOT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS CARTRIGHT ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS IS A FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECTS. 
          WE SHOULD BE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN 25. 
          THIS IS OUR SHARE OF FUNDING ON THAT. 
          THE NEXT ONE, UH, CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT SOME INNOVATING PROJECTS. 
          WE CALL THIS THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE, OR WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS. 
          UH, WE ARE, UH, IMPLO TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE SIENNA CORRIDOR. 
          AND I SIX. 
          WHAT THIS ENTAILS IS A SIGNAL THAT RESPONDS TO TRAFFIC VOLUME AND AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMS THE LIGHT. 
          UH, THIS IS A VERY NEW INNOVATIVE FEATURE, AND WE WANNA TRY THIS IN THIS CORRIDOR. 
          IN 2025, MORE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE ARE INITIATING, UH, DESIGN ON THE WESTPORT CIRCLE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, THE, UH, EVELYN CIRCLE RECONSTRUCTION, PEACH WOOD, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ONE THAT'S VERY CLOSE HERE. 
          LAQUINTA STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL IN THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. 
          THIS, THESE ARE ALL THE UTILITIES PROJECTS. 
          THESE ARE TRADITIONALLY FUNDED THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND OR, UH, UH, TOURIST FUNDS. 
          UH, WE CAME TO YOU JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND PRESENTED THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN A, AT A FUTURE RETREAT TO DISCUSS ABOUT UTILITIES AND HOW WE FUND THESE PRODUCT. 
          A HIGH LEVEL, UH, MUSTANG BIO SERVICE AREA. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT AT OUR REGIONAL SURFACE WATER PLANT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE TO THE TUNE OF $16 MILLION IN PROJECTS. 
          AND THESE PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST SLIDE. 
          AND CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE CURRENT, BUT LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE. 
          WHAT DOES OUR FUTURE, WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE NEEDS? UH, WE MADE A DELIBERATE EFFORT THIS YEAR TO MORE COMPREHENSIVELY CAPTURE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS CITYWIDE AND DEPARTMENT WISE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS TO ADD CO NEW READER SCIENCE. 
          THIS HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR IN RELAYING MESSAGES TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND WE INTEND TO USE WHAT'S CALLED THE PE FUNDS THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS LAND BANKING FOR FUTURE CIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. 
          NOW, WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS THERE MAY BE A FUTURE CIP PROJECT. 
          IT COULD BE A A POLICE HEADQUARTERS, OR IT CAN BE SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, THAT, UH, OUR TEAM NEEDS TO PURSUE. 
          BUT THE FIRST THING FOR THAT IS YOU HAVE TO BE STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT ANY OPTIONS WHERE THERE IS LAND AVAILABLE, AND YOU NEED TO SECURE THE LAND BEFORE YOU DO ANY DESIGN. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL LAND BANKING. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING IS THE, UH, PER WE REFER TO AS PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT FOR FUTURE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND MAYBE, UH, FIRE STATION AT ULTIMATE BUILD OUT. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE, WHERE WE CAN BUILD IT, THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY PRO PROGRAM AT THE NEXT, UH, UH, WHEN WE CALL THE NEXT BOND ELECTION. 
          SIMILARLY, UH, FOR SPACE PLANNING AT CITY HALL NOW, UH, WE ARE ADDING NEW STAFF. 
          UH, WE HAVE OUTGROWN THE SPACE AT CITY HALL. 
          UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS BOTH IN, IN CITY HALL AND OTHER PLACES WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, UH, STAFF AS WE ADD MORE STAFF INTO OUR ROLE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE GOLF COURSE CALLED PATH IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE IN THE BOND PROGRAM THERE IS 5 MILLION DE DEDICATED TO, UH, GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS, PRIMARILY IMPROVING DRAINAGE ALONG LAQUINTA. 
          UH, THIS IS DRAINAGE 
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AND IN THE PROCESS ADDING AESTHETICS. 
          BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS IS TO REBUILD THE CONCRETE CART PATH THAT WAS NOT IN THE, AND THE DOLLAR NUMBER FOR THAT IS 1.6 MILLION, AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNFUNDED. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE ARCHITECT IS TO THE EXTENT THE CITY WANTS TO BUILD IT, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT WHEN WE SHUT DOWN THE GOLF COURSE. 
          SO WE WANNA BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS ALSO GOLF COURSE RELATED. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTROOMS AND THE GOLF COURSE IN THE LA QUINTA COURSE. 
          I KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. 
          SO THIS IS TO RENOVATE, UH, RESTROOMS IN THE GOLF COURSE AND MAYBE IN THIS FACILITY. 
          UH, THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST HERE IS THE RECREATION AND TENNIS GYM EXPANSION. 
          THIS IS A REQUEST THAT HAS COME FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT COMING DOWN FOR THE 12 GREEN WEST PARKING LOT. 
          UH, WE DID ADD SOME AMENITIES THERE. 
          PARKING IS INSUFFICIENT TO EXPAND THE PARKING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.5 MILLION ON THIS PARKS, A DA COMPLIANCE. 
          YOU HEARD ABOUT A DA ON THE FACILITY SIDE. 
          WHEN WE WERE ELECTION, THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, UH, A D ASSESSMENT DONE ON CITY FACILITIES SUCH AS THIS. 
          UH, BUT I THINK SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT DONE ON ALL THE PS AMENITIES, UH, WHICH WAS NOT CAPTURED IN THE PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAM. 
          UH, THAT IS THE REQUEST TO DO THE A DA COMPLIANCE ON THE, TYPICALLY THE PS FACILITIES AND, UH, UH, FEATURES. 
          AND THE NEXT ONE IS ALSO A PARKING LOT EXPANSION AT THE . 
          SO IF YOU ADD ALL THE 2 MILLION, A MILLION OF THAT IS CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH THE PEC FUNDS. 
          SO THERE ARE $14 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS, AND THESE PROJECTS ARE NEEDED. 
          SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON THESE, AND WE HAVE ACCURATE, A DESCRIPTION, ACCURATE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE EVENT WE CALL A FUTURE BOND ELECTION. 
          WE CAN PROGRAM SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          ONE TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS THE NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS REACHED ITS LIFETIME. 
          THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD FOR YOU COUNCIL TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY FUTURE PLANS FOR NIGHT COURT? NIGHT COURT? WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED BITS FOR THE LEFT ON LANE. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S 1.5 MILLION PROGRAMMED IN THE FOUR PEN MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM FOR A, UH, EXPANSION OR SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE, INCLUDING WHAT WE CALL A MATO SIGNAL. 
          BUT IN THE SAME SENSE, THE CITY IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT LEFT TURN LANE BECAUSE WE WANNA BUILD IT DURING THE SUMMER. 
          WE, IN FACT, WE JUST GOT BIDS. 
          SO WE ARE APPROACHING THE COUNTY TO LET US MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN BUILD IT WHEN THE SCHOOL IS SHUT DOWN. 
          TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE'S PLANS FOR NIGHT CORPS. 
          IS THERE A, IS THERE A LARGER PLAN WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY? BECAUSE WHILE WE WILL ADDRESS TERMS, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THAT STREET, AND WE AS COUNCIL NOT BEEN IN FAVOR OF SOME OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE . 
          SO IS THERE A BIGGER PLAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE? THERE IS FUNDING FOR A BIGGER PLAN COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, 1.5 MILLION IS ALLOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO WHEN WE BRING THAT ITEM FOR YOUTH, UH, THROUGH AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, WE CAN PRESENT TO YOUR PLAN OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THAT FUNDING, POTENTIALLY WITH ANY OTHER FUNDING MATCH. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. 
          THANK YOU, SHASHI. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM, UH, SHAHIN AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, GOLF COURSE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ARE, ARE THERE ANY, UM, COLLABORATIONS WITH THE MUD TO HELP WITH THE DRAINAGE COST OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? I THINK THIS IS, UH, THE GOLF COURSE, ESPECIALLY THE LAQUINTA HAS BEEN A CITY PROPERTY. 
          I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS. 
          UM, THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN AT SOME LOCATIONS RAINING ON INTO HOMES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE INTENT IS TO REVERSE THAT GRADING SO IT CAN, THE DRAINAGE CAN STAY ON GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. 
          AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, WE CAN ADD LAKES AND DI AMENITIES. 
          SO IT IS A CITY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT WE TIE INTO THE MERGE STORM SILVER SYSTEM, WE'LL COLLABORATE WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE ANY FUNDING, UM, ON THEIR PART. 
          IF, IF, IF IT IS, UH, ON THEIR SIDE, WE WILL SEEK ANY PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE QUILL GREEN WEST, UH, PARK. 
          WHEN YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE, UH, PARKING LOT ITSELF, BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY TIGHT AREA AND IT'S NOT DESIGNED VERY WELL, WILL YOU BE EXPANDING OVER INTO SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ARCHITECTS HAVE OR YOU GUYS ASSESS FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA TO MAKE THERE TO BE ADEQUATE PARKING. 
          UH, BECAUSE THAT'S BECOMING, SINCE WE REDID 
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THE WHOLE PARK, IT'S REALLY POPULAR NOW FROM MY ASSESSMENT. 
          UH, UH, WELL, THE CURRENT, UH, AREA THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET INTO THE GREEN SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS IS WHEN WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO LOOK INTO ADDITIONAL, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PARKING WE NEED AND HOW MUCH LAND WE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          BUT THE CURRENT AREA IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE PARKING. 
          AND WILL YOU, UM, INCORPORATE SIDEWALKS, UM, ALONG THAT AREA WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING? WE  THE LAND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, THE TWO READER SIGNS. 
          DO YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON WHICH AREAS PART IN THE CITY? GREAT QUESTION. 
          I FAILED TO MENTION THAT AS PART OF THIS ONE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR THOSE STUDIO SIGNS, WHERE THERE IS A GAP AND WHERE WE THINK THE, UH, THESE TWO SCIENCE NEEDS TO GO. 
          I KNOW THERE IN THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, BECAUSE THAT'S A NEWLY REALLY HIGH, UH, TRAFFIC AND DEVELOPED AREA. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES OVER THERE, UM, AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          THAT WOULD BE AN AREA I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND LOOKING AT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, UM, I WAS JUST GETTING, I WAS JUST GETTING IN QUEUE. 
          SORRY, JUST, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT, CONSIDER THAT AREA AS WELL. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE, UM, IF YOU COULD PUT, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED AT OUR REQUESTED ABOUT HAVING THE SPLASH PAD AT THE HUNDRED GLEN PARK TO BE EXPANDED AND HAVING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES ON THAT PARTICULAR SPLASH PAD. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT IS A WELL USED, UH, SPLASH PAD, AND SO LIKE TO SEE OR, UM, EQUIPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTS OVER THERE WITH MAYBE SOME SLIDES AND SOME MORE, UM, FUN STUFF WHEN WE COME BACK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU, UH, FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AS OF NOW, WE HAVE NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SHAHI FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, GOING BACK TO THE LANDSCAPING FOR, UH, MAJOR CORRIDORS, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND IT, UH, INDICATED THAT THERE WAS, UH, UH, FOR 2026, UH, PROPOSED BOND FUNDED MOBIL MOBILITY PROJECTS, UH, LANDSCAPING ALONG MAJOR CORRIDOR. 
          CAN YOU BREAK THE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, EACH YEAR GOING, UH, INTO 2029? UM, CAN YOU ALL SOMEONE SPEAK TO WHAT THAT CONSISTS OF? UH, IS THERE A PLAN ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DONE OR ESTABLISHED? WHICH CORRIDORS AND, AND WHAT'S THE PLAN? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GLAD YOU NOTICED THAT ONE, WHEN WE, ON THE BOND PROGRAM, THERE WAS $2 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR LANDSCAPING ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          THE IDEA WE HAD THAT RESERVE FUNDING THERE WAS, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESENTS BE TECH START EXPANSION OR SOME OTHER PROJECT, WE CAN TAP INTO THAT. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH PARPS IS 10 92, UH, THE MEDIAN'S, LANDSCAPING AND OTHER LOCATIONS. 
          BUT WE ARE NOT PUT ANY DOLLARS IN FY 25, BUT THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE SHOULD THE COUNCIL WANT TO PARTNER ON SOME PROJECTS, UH, EITHER IN 2025 OR IN FUTURE YEARS, BECAUSE THAT WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN THE BOT PROGRAM. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE, UM, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH STAFF ABOUT AND MENTIONING, UH, THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, PARTICULARLY COMING OFF OF, UH, COMING INTO THE CITY FROM QUAIL RUN, UH, OUTTA HOUSTON. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I THINK THAT'S LEXINGTON, AND THEN OF COURSE OFF OF IT NEAR FOND AREA AND, AND OTHER MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          UH, AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A PLAN, UH, THAT WAS EITHER SUPPOSED TO BEING FINALIZED OR THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS SOONER THAN 2026. 
          SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT SOMEBODY, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, PROJECT THAT I HAD, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER, I THINK WE HAVE SOME MONIES PROGRAMMED IN 2026 AND HOW WE WANT SPEND THAT FROM 2026 THROUGH 2029. 
          NO, I BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          YES. 
          I'M SAYING AS FAR AS THOSE, SO IS THAT MONEY, IS THAT THE PLAN FOR THOSE AREAS THAT I JUST ASKED ABOUT? OR, BECAUSE YOU JUST BROUGHT UP 10 92 AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT I'M, I'M MORE SO SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT OTHER AREAS AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A, A PLAN ALREADY ESTABLISHED OR BEING WORKED ON THAT IS, AND PART OF WHAT, UM, I WAS CHARGED WITH WAS COMING UP WITH A BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY LOOKING AT 
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ALL THE MAJOR ENTRYWAY. 
          SO THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH PART OF THE, THE OPERATING BUDGET MORE SO THAN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS ON THE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS, UH, I SAW THAT, THAT THERE WAS THE, THE PLAN FOR THE TWO DIGITAL READER SIGNS OR READER BOARDS. 
          UM, ARE THOSE SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, THE THREE I THINK THAT WE JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED? CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER? OKAY. 
          SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS I'M ASSUMING THAT WE REACHED OUT TO THE ENTITY TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS AN ALLOWABLE USE AND THEY SAID YES, WE GO AHEAD. 
          CINDY MA, GO AHEAD. 
          WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, PART OF OUR ASSESSMENT IS TO SEE WHERE THE NEED IS FOR THIS TWO READER SIGNS AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR USE FOR EQUIPMENT AS IT RELATES TO PEG FUNDS AND AS LONG AS IT'S EDUCATIONAL. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, IS INCORPORATE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON THOSE READER BOARDS SO THAT WE MEET THE, UM, THE CRITERIA. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR NOT AND HOW THE, THE REQUEST OR USE OF PEG FUNDS WORK, BUT ARE WE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE RECENT, UH, DIGITAL SIGNS THAT WE HAD INSTALLED AND SPENT MONEY ON SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS USED WITH OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS OPERATING FUNDS? UM, IF, IF IT WAS ALLOWABLE, IF IT'S ALLOWABLE NOW, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWABLE, THEN IT, IT REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN. 
          AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT PART OF THE, THE, THE, UM, PART OF THE EMPHASIS THAT I, I NEED TO INSIST UPON IS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE INCORPORATE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND NOT JUST MARKET PROGRAMS. SO WE WILL SPECIFICALLY BE INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE READER BOARDS THAT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD. 
          I, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT, I WILL DEFINITELY CHECK TO SEE IF THAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN PUTTING, UH, FOCUSING ON EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EXISTING READER BOARDS. 
          BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE TO REVIEW AND SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO BE REIMBURSED, IF YOU WILL, FROM PEG FUNDS FOR THOSE. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD, ANGELA? NO, I, I WILL, UH, CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS WITH THE MANAGER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS RELATIVE TO THE LAND BANKING PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WAS, UH, LISTED 4 MILLION. 
          UH, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED AREAS OR DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY ED INITIATIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, UH, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE $4 MILLION? WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL CIP PRODUCTS PROJECTS, ED? I KNOW THAT IT WAS THE CITY MANAGER'S STRATEGIC VISION, SO I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGERS CHIME IN ON THAT ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE 4 MILLION IS A SWAG, THE SCIENTIFIC, WELL, YOU FIGURE OUT THE REST. 
          WE WANTED TO HAVE A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE TO START THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND AS WE START TO IDENTIFY LAND, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE NOW GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THE COMP PLAN, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL INFORM US IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION WE WANNA GO. 
          BUT WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A PLACEHOLDER IN THIS BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT ANGEL, SHE HAD IT. 
          NO, NO, I'M, I'M OKAY. 
          MAY APPROACH. 
          YES. 
          SO SESSION HOLD. 
          I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT, UM, WELL SINCE THIS IS THE LATEST TOPIC, THE READER SIDE, UM, I HAD SUGGESTED AND KNOW WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE US BEFORE I HAD SUGGESTED POSSIBLY PUTTING ONE IN ENA, UM, WITH THE, UM, UH, RECENT MONTH TWO ACQUISITION. 
          UM, WE HAVE MORE RESIDENTS IN SIENNA. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PLACE TO LOOK AT. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. 
          AND SIENNA, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T DRINK AND DROP, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. 
          EDUCATIONAL, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A, A PERFECT EXAMPLE OR OTHERWISE ADHERE TO THE SPEED LIMIT. 
          OKAY. 
          OR, UM, PLEASE, UH, OBEY TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNALS. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, IT COULD BE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS. 
          IT COULD BE, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD DEEM TO BE EDUCATIONAL THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS INFORMATION OUT IN ADVANCE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          IT COULD BE ABOUT FLOODING, IT COULD BE. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, JUST A HOST OF THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE PARKS AND FACILITIES BASED IN THE BUILDING. 
          AND 
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IF YOU CAN EXPAND, UM, UH, ON WHAT THIS 7 MILLION WOULD, UH, WOULD GO TOWARDS, IS THAT, UM, BUILDING ANOTHER FACILITY? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT NOW? COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, MAYOR PROAM, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT FOR, IT'S BEEN FROM, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE SHELF. 
          A PARKS, NEW PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS WE GOT SOME VERY GOOD BITS, UH, RECENTLY. 
          AND THAT ITEM IS COMING IN FRONT OF YOU IN JULY. 
          IT WILL BE A NEW BUILDING. 
          UH, NOT ONLY IT'LL BE A PARTS MAINTENANCE FACILITY. 
          THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, WILL BE A SPACE WHERE THERE'LL BE SHELF SPACE FOR FUTURE BUILD OUT, MAYBE TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER STAFFING NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          BUT I MUST SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME VERY FAVORABLE BITS THAT WERE A NUMBER OF BIDDERS AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING MORE ON THAT PROJECT IN JULY WHEN WE COME FORWARD IN FRONT OF YOU FOR AUTHORIZATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED? YES. 
          FOR, FOR FOR 2024. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BUR BROWN. 
          MARTIN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WELL, SHAHI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE MOBILITY PROJECTS. 
          UM, THE CARTWRIGHT ROAD, UH, PROJECT, I SEE THAT WE'RE PLANNING 2.5 MILLION. 
          WHAT IS THE TOTAL FOR THAT ENTIRE PROJECT? IT'S A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION. 
          WE DO HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY AND THAT SPECIFIES WHAT WE NEED TO PAY AND OUR SHARE IS ABOUT TWO AND HALF MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, WOULD THAT BE TO FINALIZE THAT PROJECT? IT IS UNDER DESIGN AND THE IDEA IS WE GO FIRST ON LEXINGTON BECAUSE THESE TWO PROJECTS FRONT BRIGHT, UH, WATER. 
          SO THE FIRST PROJECT WE WANT TO DO IS LEXINGTON. 
          WE ARE PRETTY MUCH READY WITH COURTRIGHT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THOSE TWO PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          WE'LL COME BACK WHEN LEXINGTON HAS PROGRESSED AND COME BACK AND DO THE CAR RIGHT SECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE I REMEMBER, UM, IN OUR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THESE SAME TWO PROJECTS AND EVEN SO WE'RE STILL IN DESIGN OR GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, AND THE, AND THE REASON BEING COUNCIL MEMBER, VERY QUICKLY TO TOUCH ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT JUST SIMPLE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, WE'RE IMPROVING DRAINAGE THERE ON THE LEXINGTON, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LES IS FAMILIAR, UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DRAINAGE, CAPTURING THE DRAINAGE ON THE CENTER POINT. 
          SO WHEN WE ARE DOING DRAINAGE AND BIG PIPES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UTILITY CONFLICTS AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE UTILITY COMPANIES TO GET CONSENT. 
          THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HOLDS US UP. 
          BUT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THAT. 
          LEXINGTON AND CARTWRIGHT CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL. 
          EARLIER YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE IDEA OF POSSIBLY HAVING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REQUESTING ANOTHER BOND OR PUTTING OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND AND, AND MAYBE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THAT. 
          AND MAYBE I'M JUST KIND OF STILL NEW TO THIS, BUT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE ISSUED BONDS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE LAST ONE THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2021, IT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED THAT IT WOULD BE OVER A FOUR TO FIVE YEAR TERM. 
          IS THAT STANDARD PROTOCOL OR CAN A BOND BE ISSUED AND THEN QUICKLY TAKEN CARE OF? I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN THE OVERALL SENSE. 
          UM, BASICALLY WHAT DETERMINES HOW QUICKLY WE ISSUE THE BONDS IS OUR ABILITY TO PAY THE DEBT. 
          SO, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW AND WHEN, HOW MUCH DEBT WE CAN ABSORB, WE COULD ISSUE ALL THE BONDS AT ONCE, BUT THE KEY IS WHEN YOU ISSUE THEM, ONE, PAYING THE DEBT, BUT TWO, ENSURING THAT YOU'RE SPINNING THE FUNDS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AVOID ARBITRAGE BY NOT SPINNING THE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE CHARGED BACK FOR WHATEVER YOU DON'T SPEND. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THE TWO THINGS, YES, WE COULD ISSUE ALL OF THEM IF WE COULD AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE DEBT, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, THAT WOULDN'T BECOME DUE. 
          AND THEN TWO, WE COULD SPEND ALL OF THAT, ALL THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, LIKE YOU ALLUDED EARLIER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI IS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THE LEXINGTON SITUATION. 
          IT'S TO THE PEOPLE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE TELLING THEM NEXT YEAR WE'RE IN DESIGN OR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO IT JUST HELPS ME BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER FEEDBACK TO THEM, UM, WITH UNDERSTANDING REALLY HOW THE BONDS WORK. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WILL BE, UM, PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO CITY MANAGER. 
          I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT OF THE EDC. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LAND BANKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND SO IT WAS KIND OF GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT DESIRE WAS HEARD AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE WE 
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GO WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OH, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, UH, COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, THAT I HAD, UH, WITH TRAFFIC ACCOUNTING, UH, EXPENDITURE, UH, HAVE WE HAD, UH, MUCH, UH, INPUT FROM, UH, HOAS WANTING TO BE A, A PART OF THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM? YES. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAD, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          WE HAD THE OPTION FOR THEM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE POLICY AND BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION. 
          SO WHEN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS, WE CAN COMMENCE THAT PROGRAM AND THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT INITIATIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE REASON I QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE HAVE, UH, A, UH, A REAL DE DESIRE FROM A NUMBER OF HOAS, IS $200,000 GONNA BE ENOUGH? 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT EACH, UH, CALMING, UH, PROGRAM IS WHAT, UH, DOLLAR WISE, WHAT WAS IT? IT CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 20,000 TO 40,000. 
          BUT, UH, PART OF THE POLICY IS THAT WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT WHERE THERE IS A NEED AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP FROM THE HOA TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS FUNDING IS NOT SUFFICIENT, BUT WE'LL MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS WHERE IT'S NEEDED. 
          WELL, LIKE I SAY, THERE WAS GREAT INTEREST, UH, IN THAT BY A NUMBER OF HOAS. 
          SO, UH, AND I, I THINK WE MENTIONED IT ONCE BEFORE, $200,000 REALLY IS, UH, SOMEWHAT, UH, LIMITED, UH, IF, IF WE GET A REAL, UH, UH, INTEREST AND, AND THEM BEING ABLE TO ALSO, UH, BE A PART OF THE FUNDING PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WE DO NOT WANT, UM, TO BE IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC CALMING ON EVERY STREET. 
          SO, UM, THIS WHOLE TRAFFIC CALMING DU JOUR, THAT'S WHY WE ARE, WE'VE CREATED THE POLICY TO GIVE GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND WHAT WE LOOK AT BEFORE WE DETERMINE WE MOVE FORWARD AND SPEND, UH, RESOURCES. 
          SO IT SHOULD HELP IN TERMS OF, UM, DEFINING THAT THERE IS TRULY, UH, A NEED FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          UH, PART OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I A WAS, UH, THE USE OF BEG FUNDS, UH, AND, UH, PART OF THE, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK, UH, PROJECT HAS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT, UH, WITH, UH, SIGNAGE, UH, ALONG THE, UH, UH, THE PATHWAY THAT GOES UP TO THE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY PARK. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING OR TRYING TO PLAN MIGHT BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD, UH, UH, QUALIFY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO USE PEG FUNDS FOR, 'CAUSE IT IS EDUCATIONAL AS IT WAS THE INTENT I WILL, UM, GET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR HOW AND WHAT WE ENVISION IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AND THE USE OF THOSE PEG FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LAND BANKING, UM, YEAH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET INTO LAND BANKING, BUT, UH, UH, TO ME, UH, AND I'M SURE WE WILL TO SET A, A PRIORITY, WHERE DOES THAT STAND? LAND BANKING OVER SOME OTHER CRITICAL PROJECTS THAT WE MAY HAVE. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN ENTRY INTO, UH, UH, SETTING UP, UH, THE CAPABILITY OF DOING SOME LAND BANKING, BUT, UH, TO ME THEY, THAT'S PRIORITY AND IT SHOULDN'T BE AT THE, UH, UH, AT, AT THE, UH, UH, DETRIMENT TO SOME OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE MAY HAVE, UH, THAT AREN'T ON THE BOARD, BUT MAYBE SHOULD BE. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS, IS REALLY ENSURING THAT WE STAY, UH, FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE FOCUS AS WELL AS TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR CURRENT NEEDS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHILE WE THINK OF LAND BANKING, UH, IN RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, BUILDING RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE LAND THAT MAY, UH, INCENTIVIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE ALSO NEED LAND FOR DOING ANYTHING THAT WE ELECT TO DO AS IT RELATES TO A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AS IT RELATES TO POTENTIALLY A NEW FIRE, UH, STATION OR EVEN JUST CAPACITY FOR CITY STAFF. 
          SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK BROADER AND, AND WHILE IT'S A PLACEHOLDER ON THERE, AND OF COURSE, UH, WE WANNA LOOK AT THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT FOR WHATEVER WE DO. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE NEED FOR OR TO, UH, TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE CURRENT, UH, REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE AND, UH, ABSOLUTELY FOR, UH, FOR PROJECTS THAT, UH, ARE, UH, FROM A PRIORITY STANDPOINT OR MAYBE 
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JUST AS CRITICAL OR MORE CRITICAL THAN, UH, THAN, UH, PUTTING A, UH, A SIZABLE AMOUNT TOWARDS LAND BANKING. 
          UM, THE, UM, QUESTION I HAD ON, UH, UH, HOW DID WE, UH, HELP ME OUT? HOW DID WE, UH, ESTABLISH THE, UH, PRIORITY, UH, FOR STREETS, UH, TO BE, UH, UH, REPAIRED OR REPLACED? UH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE HAVE TAUGHT THIS MANY TIMES, UM, ALL OUR STREETS HAVE A RATING INDEX. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT CALL THE PCI SCORES. 
          NOW I HAVE THE CHART UP THERE PULLED FOR YOU. 
          IF IT'S RED, THAT'S AS BAD AS IT CAN GET. 
          AND MOST IF NOT ALL, OUR STREETS THAT ARE RATED AND THAT ARE IN THE RECONSTRUCTIONS ARE BASED ON THE PCI SCORES. 
          AND AS YOU SEE THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STREETS IN DISTRICT DAY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE STREETS LOOKING TURN THE ROBINSON PIECE THAT WE ARE CONSTRUCTING, THEY'RE ALL IN RED, WHICH IS A PCI SCORE OF ROUGHLY ABOUT 10 ON A SCALE OF A HUNDRED. 
          SO THEY'RE BADLY IN NEED OF REPAIR. 
          AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITIZED SEATS STREETS, UH, THAT WERE RECONSTRUCT. 
          WELL, AND, AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AND WE'VE HAD SOME OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE'VE, UH, I THINK PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION. 
          BUT, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN WHEN WE PRESENTED IT AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, PEOPLE DON'T RE RECALL HOW WE DID THAT AND WHY CERTAIN STREETS WERE TAKEN OR WERE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED. 
          SO, UH, JUST, YEAH, I BRING IT UP JUST AS A REFRESHER. 
          SO, UH, OUR SYSTEMS KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE, UH, CALCULATED OR DETERMINED THE PRIORITY ON, UH, THE, THE STREETS, UH, THAT WE'VE SELECTED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ON, UH, THE CART PASS FOR, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE, UH, LATON GOLF COURSE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE ARE SCHEDULED OR NOT SCHEDULED. 
          THEY WERE PROJECTED TO BE, UH, EIGHT FOOT, UH, WIDE, UH, CART PATHS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND, UH, CURRENTLY I THINK WE HAVE SIX FOOT IN EL DORADO, SO I SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD, UH, GO TO EIGHT FOOT. 
          UH, IT MAY BE NICE, BUT, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN COST. 
          SO IN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ITEM, UH, WE SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE FUNDING, SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO PAIR DOWN THE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT EXPENDITURE AS BEST WE CAN WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, DEGRADATING AND TAKING AWAY FROM, UH, WHAT OUR, UH, ORIGINAL INTENT IS, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE CART PATHS AND THE, UH, RENOVATION OF, OF LA QUINTA. 
          SO WELL NOTED, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE BENCHMARK OF WHAT THE WIDTH OF SIDEWALK IS OR CART PATH IS IN EL DORADO VERSUS THE DELTA BETWEEN A SIX FOOT AND AN EIGHT FOOT CROSSWALK OR A CART PATH. 
          AND WE'LL PRESENT THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, BUT THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFERENCE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, ONE THAT, UH, I THINK, UH, K BON BROUGHT UP WAS THE LANDSCAPING ALONG SOME OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          UH, UH, I, I, I'M RECEIVING A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT 10 92. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE HAD TO EVEN SEND SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF OUT THERE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE, UH, UH, REMOVALS OF HIGH GRASS OR HIGH WEEDS THAT WERE, UH, STARTING TO, UH, HAVE A, A SAFETY IMPACT. 
          WE WEREN'T, UH, ONCOMING DRIVERS WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE WHO WAS COMING. 
          SO, UH, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND I KNOW THAT'S A TDOT UH, ROADWAY, UH, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH TXDOT, UH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND START LOOKING AT DOING SOME THINGS FROM A CITY STANDPOINT AS OPPOSED TO DOING, WAITING FOR TXDOT TO DO THEIR QUOTE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS PROBABLY, UH, A LOT MORE EXTENDED THAN WHAT WE WOULD, UH, EXPECT. 
          SO, UH, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, NOT, I, I MENTIONED 10 92, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S I THINK GETS THE MOST, OR GETS ATTENTION ANYWAY. 
          SO, UH, WE, UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT REQUEST. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO MOBILITY, UM, FUNDS, YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT COME, UM, THROUGH, VIA THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          UM, THAT WILL BE PRESENTED LATER AS A, AS A RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT DID THE, UH, I THINK THERE WAS EXPENDITURE FOR THE, UH, TENNIS AND, UH, UM, UH, RECREATIONAL 
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CENTER IS FOR, IS THAT FOR A NEW GYM OR WHAT'S THE GO AHEAD? CITY MANAGER, THAT'S FOR BUILDING THE, THE SECOND GYM THAT WAS, UM, INITIALLY PROPOSED BUT NOT FUNDED AS A PART OF THE CURRENT BOND. 
          UM, STAFF HAS GOTTEN, UH, UPDATED, UH, NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST TO DO THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO THE 2.5 MILLION IS THE COST THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL GYM. 
          AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S JUST THE GYMNASIUM. 
          UH, THERE'S NO NOTHING IN THERE FOR, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS OR I WILL LET, UM, THE STAFF SPEAK TO DIRECTLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS. 
          I JUST KNOW IT WAS THE SECOND, UM, GYM. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, SO THIS NUMBER IS JUST FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT EXPANSION. 
          UM, IT WOULD BASICALLY BE DOUBLING OUR COURT TO GIVE US A FULL, UH, SECOND COURT FULL SIZE, THAT'S EITHER ONE, VOLLEYBALL OR BASKETBALL OR THREE PICKLEBALL. 
          UM, THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS THE TENNIS COURTS AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, THAT WILL BE AN UPCOMING NEED. 
          UM, I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT WITH SACHI AND MARCUS. 
          UM, BUT AT THIS TIME, THIS IS JUST THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AS I RECALL, DO WE HAVE THE, UH, THE FOUNDATION, OUR PEERS OR SOMETHING FOR THAT SECOND, UH, GYMNASIUM? DO YOU, YOU KNOW, JASON, WE HAVE THE, THE DRAWINGS FOR IT, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL DESIGN. 
          UM, AND THEY DID GRADE THE BACK LOT, UM, LIKE THE GRADING PLAN, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE CANAL RUNNING RIGHT BEHIND IT. 
          UM, SO THE SITE IS, IS SOMEWHAT SET. 
          UM, BUT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS, SO THERE WILL NEED TO STILL BE SOME MORE GROUNDWORK AHEAD OF THE PROJECT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST LOOKING, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, GLEAN INFORMATION, UH, UH, FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT MM-HMM. 
           THAT COULD REDUCE OUR, UH, OUR COST FOR THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DID WHEN WE GOT THE UPDATED NUMBER, BECAUSE WE DID STILL HAVE THE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN PLANS AND SPECS. 
          IT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE AS A FUTURE EDITION. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD BE BUILT EXACTLY HOW IT IS NOW OR HOW OUR CURRENT GYM IS NOW. 
          UM, AND WE WOULD SAVE SOME ON DESIGN BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST, UH, HAD A FINAL QUESTION. 
          I, I KNOW YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED, UH, I HAD REACHED OUT TO YOU ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET THROUGH HJC AND YOU MENTIONED TWO, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, MUD 26 AREA, UH, STUDY FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY, UH, MUSTANG BAYOU, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK DETENTION IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          BUT I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE NOT IN, UM, UNFUNDED OR, UH, NEW PROJECT REQUESTS. 
          ARE THESE NEEDS THAT THE CITY HAS OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE SOURCES, FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE GREAT RECOLLECTION? COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, A FUNDING GRANT FROM EM FOR UPDATING OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. 
          PART OF THAT WE WILL ZOOM IN ON THE MUD 26 AREA WHERE ANOTHER ISSUE. 
          SO, UH, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PROJECT, BUT WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE CURRENT GRANT FUNDING AND WE CAN UTILIZE THAT TO FOCUS IN ON THAT AREA WHERE THEY HAD SOME ISSUES. 
          SO YOU, SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING A, A NEW STUDY CORRECT, UH, ON THAT? AS, AND AS FAR AS THE NORTHEAST, UH, OYSTER CREEK, THE, IT DOES NOT NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK IS A DIFFERENT THING. 
          THERE IS, UH, WHAT THEY CALL REGIONAL DETENTION THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 
          ALL THE DETENTION CAPACITY AVAILABLE HAS BEEN TAKEN. 
          WE STILL HAVE GROWTH COMING IN. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DESIGN AND EXPAND DETENTION COM, UH, CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH. 
          SO THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAN THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR SHA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN I HAVE ONE FOR DANIELLE. 
          UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE GRANTS, UM, THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER FOR, ARE THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE PLAN ON USING THE GRANTS FOR AS IT RELATES TO PARKS? UM, AND IF SO, WHAT DO THOSE EXPANSIONS LOOK LIKE OR WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THE PLAN LOOK? YEAH, THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN DRAINAGE IS THE, ONE IS THE PIKE ROAD AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE GREGORY AND LAN IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THESE ARE GLO FUNDED PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE'VE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION. 
          IT'S JUST THE GLO PROCESS. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR A GREEN SIGNAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS. 
          WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AT OUR COST, BUT THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND, UH, THAT'S HOW GLO WORKS IS WE GOTTA UPFRONT THE COST, JUST LIKE THE ONE WE DID FOR KOSI PROJECT AND COME BACK AND GET THE REIMBURSEMENT ON THE PARK SIDE. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN GETTING GRANTS TOO. 
          THERE IS SOME MONEY COMING IN FOR THE FREEDOM TREE PARK. 
          THERE'S SOME MONEY COMING IN FOR THE STA PARK. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW ANY, WELL PROBABLY THERE'S MORE IN THE WORKS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE PRO GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS THAT I CAN RECALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING FOR PIKE ROAD, WAS THERE 
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A REQUEST, UM, TO, TO UH, REPAIR THAT ROAD OR EXPAND THAT ROAD? SO THE NIGHT CODE BY ELKINS, UH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS A PROJECT REQUEST THAT THE CITY MADE IN THE CURRENT FOR BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM THAT IS 1.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO IT'S FOR THE CITY TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND CARVE OUT A PROJECT AND SECURE THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR NIGHT QUOTE, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON. 
          I SAID PIKE. 
          OH, PIKE ROAD. 
          I WAS LIKE SOMETHING. 
          NOW PIKE ROAD, UH, WAS NOT OUR TOP PRIORITY. 
          THERE IS STILL FUNDING ALLOCATED IN THE MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM FOR THE CITY SECTION OF PIKE ROAD. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY STAFFORD IS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN, UH, DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WHERE THEY'RE PROMISED TO WIDE THAT ROAD. 
          UH, I THINK WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT ENGINEER TO MAKE A TRANSITION, BUT OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK IN THE FUTURE AND EXTEND THAT ROAD TO TIDE TONER THROUGH THE CITY SECTION. 
          BUT AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT PROJECT IDENTIFIED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S NOT A PRIORITY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DANIELLE, YOU MENTIONED THE, UM, FOR THE RECREATION AREA THAT YOU'RE ADDING ON A BASKETBALL COURT, IS THIS TO, UM, AN EXTENSION OR EXPAND THE CURRENT BASKETBALL COURT? OR IS THIS TO ADD ON AN ADDITIONAL BASKETBALL COURT? UM, AN ADDITIONAL, SO THIS IS, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY IN THE PLANS. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE REACHED OUR, OUR EXPANSION, OUR, OUR MAX, UH, CAPACITY. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE FULL ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME AND WE'RE TURNING LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AWAY FREQUENTLY. 
          UM, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A HYBRID ACTUALLY. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE A GARAGE BAY DOOR IN THE BACK OF THE GYM. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE ADDING A SECOND ONE, UH, ON THE CLOSE SIDE, UH, CLOSEST TO THE FRONT DESK AND THE BATTING CAGE AREA, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR. 
          AND SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT, UM, THAT 70% OF THE WALL IN BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT IT WOULD BE OPEN FOR MOVEMENT IN AND OUT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE PART OF OUR FACILITY. 
          UM, BUT IT, WE CANNOT REMOVE THAT ENTIRE WALL DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF IT. 
          UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A SECOND GYM. 
          IT IS STILL ATTACHED. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL NOT HAVE THE FEEL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES WHERE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER FULLY OPEN. 
          UM, FOR A, FROM A OPERATION STANDPOINT, IT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL THAT WAY. 
          'CAUSE WE CAN RUN OUR PROGRAMS IN THE BACK GYM AND WE CAN HAVE OPEN PLAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND, AND DO RECREATE ON THE FRONT SIDE AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT IT WOULD BE CONNECTED, BUT IT'LL STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WALL IN BETWEEN IT, IF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SILLY QUESTION, IS THAT GONNA BE INDOOR AS WELL? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S FULLY INDOOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WILL BE, WILL YOU REQUIRE ADDITIONAL, UM, I GUESS STAFF OFFICES OR SPACE BACK THERE FOR, FOR MONITORING PURPOSES? NOT STAFF, NOT OFFICE AREA, NOT OFFICE SPACE OR ADMIN SPACE? UM, WE WILL LIKELY WANT TO ADD A, A ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF ON DUTY, UH, DURING OUR BUSY TIMES. 
          UM, IT WOULD NOT ADD TO OUR STAFF NUMBERS THOUGH. 
          WE WOULD JUST BRING SOMEBODY ELSE IN FOR THAT AFTER, AFTER SCHOOL SHIFT IS WHAT WE CALL IT. 
          IT'S OUR BUSIEST TIME OF THE DAY. 
          THAT IS PARTIALLY WHY ON THE OPERATION SIDE, WE WOULD PREFER WE WOULD PUT OUR PROGRAMS AND THE RENTALS IN THE BACK GYM SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE OPEN PLAY AND SEE THE, THE BUSIEST LIKELIHOOD FOR, FOR CROWDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, WAS THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, UM, AREA BACK THERE. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY HOPE OR ANY A REQUEST FOR ME IS TO HAVE THAT CHANGED OR MAYBE ADD THAT INTO A RACKETBALL COURT BACK THERE AND CLOSE IT AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE INNOVATIVE, UM, WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA? I'M SMIRKING 'CAUSE WE JUST BOUGHT NEW PITCHING MACHINES. 
          PLEASE. 
          WELL, IT HADN'T BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT Y'ALL WERE PURCHASING OVER THE YEARS WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET DETERIORATED AND BREAK DOWN. 
          YES, YES. 
          WE STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FROM WHEN THE BUILDING OPENED IN 2012, AND SO WE DID REPLACE IT. 
          UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER. 
          THE MACHINES THAT WE'VE BOUGHT ARE MORE OF A HYBRID MACHINE, AND SO YOU CAN DO BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FAST PITCH OR SLOW PITCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO IT'S MORE OPEN SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN USE IT. 
          UM, AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS TO KIND OF CARVE OUT SOME TIME FOR THEM TO COME USE IT. 
          THAT WAY IT BUILDS THAT INTEREST MM-HMM. 
           AND DRAWS THEM IN, IN THE OFF SEASON AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, IF, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IF IT DOESN'T GET BUSIER, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO LOOK INTO SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR THAT SPACE. 
          I THINK, UH, ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE 
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TO DO A, UH, EXTENSION OFF THE BUILDING AND COVER IT SO THAT, 'CAUSE MOST OF THE TIME YOU WANT BATTING PRACTICE WHEN IT'S RAINING. 
          AND IF WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SHELTERED PITCHING MACHINES, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE WHERE WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH. 
          YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE MEMBERSHIP OR USING THAT, THAT EQUIPMENT, UM, AND LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT IT IS BACK IN OPERATION. 
          UM, SO THAT IT'S JUST NOT AN AREA THAT'S DORMANT BACK THERE. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN THE OTHER ACTS THAT I WOULD ASK LONG TERM IS YOU GUYS LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ADDING ON OR BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S AT THIS FACILITY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, A RACKETBALL COURT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S A, A SPORT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO WORK OUT WITH. 
          PICKLEBALL IS REALLY HOT RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, BUT RACKETBALL AS WELL AS, UH, BATMAN COURT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS OLDER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND I'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT. 
          AND MAYBE EVEN LOOKING AT, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT UPSTAIRS AREA THAT'S UN UNDER UNDERUTILIZED AS WELL, CONSIDERING USING SOMETHING FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SHACHA. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          EVENING, UH, TDOT LANDSCAPING. 
          UH, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAD ASKED ABOUT THE QUESTION, I DO KNOW THAT SUGARMAN CITY OF SUGARMAN GETS TWO, UM, THAT THEY'RE USING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TDOT TDOT WOULD GO OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF SUGARLAND WHERE THEY HAVE HIRED, UH, TWO PEOPLE OR TWO OR THREE NOW TO, TO DO THAT WORK WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM T STOCK. 
          WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. 
          YES, MARY, YOU DID. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WITH TECHSTAR. 
          HERE IS THE THING. 
          MM-HMM, , TECHSTAR MOWS ON OUR CORRIDORS OR THEIR CORRIDORS THREE TIMES A YEAR, MAYBE FOUR. 
          SO IMAGINE THEM COMING AND DOING THE MOWING EVERY FOUR MONTHS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM TECHSTAR. 
          THE SECOND THING WE GOT THE CONFIRMATION FROM TECHSTAR IS SUGARLAND DID NOT WANT ANY PAYBACK. 
          THEY PAY FOR ALL THEIR LANDSCAPING IN MOWING. 
          SO WE HAD JUST A MONTH AGO WITH, UH, DANIEL THERE, UH, MEETING WITH TECHSTAR AREA ENGINEER. 
          SUGARLAND IS NOT GETTING ANY COMPENSATION FOR NOT MOWING IT. 
          THEY PAY 100% FOR THOSE SERVICES. 
          THIRD THING WE ASK TECHSTAR IS WE REALLY WANT TO GET BACK THE BENEFIT THAT WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR BOEING THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO US. 
          THEY SAY THAT THE NUMBER IS VERY SMALL IN THE EVENT THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITY. 
          BUT THEY SAY THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. 
          SUGARLAND CUR CURRENTLY DOES NOT GET ANY MONEY FROM TDOT FOR THE LANDSCAPING. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY THE AREA ENGINEER. 
          BY WHO? UH, THE TEXT, UH, THE FORT BEND AREA ENGINEER AND, UH, DANIEL, UH, UH, THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE HOUSTON DISTRICT, UH, ETHAN BE WHO'S THE IN CHARGE OF LANDSCAPING HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EITHER SOMEBODY'S LYING TO ME OR, OR YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME THE ACCURATE INFORMATION BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON WHEN YOU GO DOWN A HIGHWAY SIX FROM DALLAS ONWARDS TO 59, THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH SAME STREET GOING FROM MISSOURI CITY TO SHE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT OPTED ME TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR HAD CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF, UM, TDOT COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE TWO OR THREE, UH, POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TAKE IT OVER AND DO THAT. 
          AND TDOT IS EITHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY IS, EITHER FUNDING IT OR GIVING THAT THE ALLOCATION OF THAT MONEY BACK TO HERE OR NOT. 
          SO, BECAUSE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING TONS OF MONEY ON, ON MAINTAINING THAT, THAT CORRIDOR. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO AS TO WHAT IS THE RIGHT INFORMATION. 
          YEAH, SO I, I, UM, TALKED WITH THEIR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO USED TO BE THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO ABOUT THE SAME THING. 
          AND HE DID CONFIRM THAT, THAT, THAT THE TECH STOCK DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY FOR LANDSCAPING. 
          THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH TDOT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ENTER INTO THE RIGHT OF WAYS TO DO THE LANDSCAPING, BUT TXDOT DOES NOT PAY THEM. 
          THEY DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH TDOT, UM, RELATED TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          AND THERE IS A PORTION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT THE CITY OF SUGARLAND DOES INSTALL IN, IN THE, UH, TDOT, UH, HIGHWAYS WHERE THEY DO GET A PORTION BACK. 
          MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING TO, TO OFFSET MAYBE SOME OF THAT LANDSCAPING. 
          BUT THERE IS, UM, AND I, AND I JUST HAD HIM SEND ME, UH, A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT AND I, I RECENTLY RECEIVED IT, UH, I THINK THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION, SHAHI, IS TRAFFIC 
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IMPACT ON, ON THE WIDENING OF CENA PARKWAY AND GOING DOWN THAT WAY? HA. 
          HAVE, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A BIG COMMUNITY CONCERN OUT THERE. 
          UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT, OR ARE YOU WORKING ON SOMETHING IN THIS BUDGET OR, OR MOVING FORWARD OUT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN? GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED SIGNAL TIMING ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, THE NUMBER OF VOLUMES OF CALL. 
          IN FACT, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN EVEN A SINGLE COMPLAINT SINCE WE COMPLETED THAT. 
          WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT IM IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL TIME AND REDUCE IN CONCERTS. 
          NOW THAT'S AGAIN, A SHORT TERM FIX BECAUSE THE KEY THING WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER IS CNA IS A TWO LANE ROADWAY. 
          IT CARRIES THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AS IB SIX. 
          SO THE, THE ONLY LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS TO ADD CAPACITY. 
          AND AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNTY AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON THE EXPANSION PLAN. 
          BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE'VE DONE ALL WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE TIMING AND OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON TRAFFIC MOVEMENT THERE. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTEN VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE TIMING I IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE IMPLEMENT WE JUST COMPLETED ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN THE WATTS, UH, WIDENING OF WATTS PLANTATION, THAT'S ALSO IN THE WORKS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          MAYOR, UH, WE, WE JUST HAD A MONTHLY MEETING WITH, UH, COR BEND COUNTY. 
          WE ARE PUSHING AS AGGRESSIVELY WE CAN TO GET THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALSO ASKED THEM IS TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING NEARING TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THERE WILL BE A, UH, A PUBLIC MEETING IN FALL THIS YEAR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, CHACHI IS THE METRO, THE, THE MONEY THAT COMES BACK. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE, HAVE TO USE THAT FOR TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT MONEY AND WHERE IS THAT GOING? I THINK YOU MISSED MY SHOW, MAYOR. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, IT IS THE, IN ONE OF MY SLIDES HERE. 
          AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN QUICKLY, UH, GET THAT TO YOU. 
          UH, JUST, JUST TELL ME. 
          I DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S OKAY. 
          I'LL LOOK MAINLY FOR MOBILITY INITIATIVE, THESE ARE ALL THE, WE ANTICIPATE 6.3 MILLION COMING IN 2025. 
          IT'S GOING TOWARDS OUR SIDEWALKS, IT'S GOING TO OUR STREET REPAIRS. 
          IT'S, IT ALSO PAYS A PORTION OF THE SALARY FOR, UH, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE PUTTING, UH, THREE OTHER, UH, AREAS, WHICH IS THE TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          WE'RE PUTTING IT TOWARDS THE REPAIR OF GUARDRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE PUTTING IT TOWARDS, UH, BRIDGE REPAIR AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE BIG TAB ITEMS WHERE THE METRO FUNDS GOES PRIMARILY FOR TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY INITIATIVES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST HAVE TWO COMMENTS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT RECREATION AND TENNIS GYM BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED OR NOT ALLOCATED. 
          THAT SPACE WAS KIND OF FOUND IN THERE, UM, JUST NEVER HAVE GONE THROUGH IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO LOOKING AT THAT, AND THE OTHER COMMENT IS THE WINTER SIGN. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON DISTRICT A AND PART OF DISTRICT B, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE IN DISTRICT C IF I'M NOT SURE, THERE'S NONE IN DISTRICT D. 
          SO ON THAT, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WE WANNA SPREAD IT OUT EVENLY ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT WAY THERE'S, PEOPLE ARE ALSO SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT SEEING THESE SIGNS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          IF YOU'RE ON, YOU KNOW, THE FORT PATROL ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, LAKESHORE HARBOR, ALL THAT AREA, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST AND COMING BACK TO COUNCIL, ONCE WE, UH, COMPILE THAT LIST TO DETERMINE THE PRIORITIES FOR WE, WE WILL COME BACK WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE OVERVIEW, PRELIMINARY FI 2025 BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY BERTHA ALEXANDER, CHIEF AND PERFORMANCE. 
          I TRY GET TO YOUR TITLE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE BE PRESENTING IS PRELIMINARY, AND OF COURSE IT'S CONTINGENT UPON FINAL ALLOCATION DECISIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS TS BOARDS. 
          THIS PRESENTATION WILL ONLY FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH OUR CURRENT SITUATION AS IT RELATES TO AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME POSITIONS. 
          WE HAVE 435 POSITIONS. 
          OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF THE POSITIONS ARE IN POLICE, FOLLOWED BY FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, AND PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          IN THE FY 25 BUDGET PROCESS, WE RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25 NEW POSITIONS AS 
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THE DEPARTMENTS GO OVER THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. 
          55, 55, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ. 
          55 NEW REQUESTS. 
          UM, SO AS DEPARTMENTS GO OVER THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR THESE POSITIONS. 
          SO NOW TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WE'LL START WITH THE REVENUE. 
          THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET TOTALS 82.4, UH, 4 MILLION PROPERTY TAX. 
          UH, WE ARE ASSUMING A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 57 0 8 2 5, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT RATE. 
          WE PROJECT AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF 5.4 MILLION, WHICH IS 11.3% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR'S REVISED BUDGET. 
          OF COURSE, THIS INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO AN INCREASE IN TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUES AND NEW PROPERTIES. 
          OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 10.7%, FROM 14 MILLION TO 15.5 MILLION. 
          THE INCREASE IS DUE TO GROWTH IN SALES AS WELL AS OUR MIX OF BUSINESSES. 
          OUR FRANCHISE REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO REMAIN FLAT LICENSES AND PERMITS. 
          WE ARE PROJECTING A DECREASE IN REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 907,000, AND THAT IS DUE TO BUILD OUT OF LARGE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS. 
          WE HAVE OTHER LARGE SCALE PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE THAT MAY INCREASE THIS NUMBER, BUT FOR NOW, UH, WE ARE REFLECTING A DECREASE INVESTMENT EARNINGS. 
          ALTHOUGH WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE FAVORABLE RATES. 
          WE ARE PROJECTING INVESTMENT EARNINGS TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO OUR ASSUMPTION THAT OUR AVERAGE FUND BALANCE WILL BE LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          OTHER SOURCES AND DONATIONS, THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF REVENUE INCLUDES REIMBURSEMENTS SUCH AS THE ONE FROM FIRE, FROM IT INCLUDES CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE, TOWER LEASE REVENUE, AND OF COURSE, ANY INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          WE ARE PROJECTING A SLIGHT DECREASE DUE TO A ONE-TIME SPECIAL ALLOCATION RECEIVED IN 2024 IN TERMS OF, UH, TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS. 
          THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SUCH AS, UM, THE TRANSFER FROM THE METRO THAT SCI MENTIONED. 
          OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES PERSONNEL COSTS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 7.6% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET. 
          PUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE INCREASE IN COST IS DUE TO A TWO AND 5% STEP INCREASE FOR CIVIL SERVICE, A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE FOR CIVIL SERVICE, A 3% INCREASE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE, A 30% INCREASE IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND A 1% INCREASE IN OUR, UH, RETIREMENT RATE IN ORDER TO PAY DOWN OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY. 
          SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS PROJECTED TO DECREASE DUE TO ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS IN FY 2024 FOR SIGNAGE, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, FIREARMS AND BUILDING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. 
          PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES PROJECTED TO DECREASE DUE TO ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS IN THE PRIOR YEAR FOR DITCH CLEANING, MOSQUITO SPRAYING, PEST CONTROL SERVICES AND JANITORIAL SERVICES. 
          REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTED TO DECREASE DUE TO ONE-TIME ALLOCATIONS IN THE PRIOR YEAR, SUCH AS AN ALLOCATION TO CORRECT THE FIRE ALARM AS WELL AS, UH, GENERAT GEN GENERATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. 
          OTHER EXPENDITURES INCLUDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRAVEL AND TRAINING, AND PROPERTY LIABILITY INSURANCE. 
          THIS CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURES IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY 38.3% 
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DUE MAINLY TO A ONE-TIME ALLOCATION OF ONE POINT 0.2 MILLION, WHICH WAS IN THE 2024 BUDGET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES TOTALS $2 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. 
          THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR NEW REQUESTS OVER AND ABOVE THE CONTINUATION ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL JUST GO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. 
          AS IT RELATES TO, UH, YOU WERE MENTIONING WHAT THE INCREASE WAS, WAS FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITHIN THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WE HAVE FOR PERSONNEL, WE HAVE A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT STEP INCREASE FOR CIVIL SERVICE. 
          WE AUTOMATICALLY BUILD THAT IN WHEN WE RUN THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS PROJECTION MODEL. 
          WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 2.5% INCREASE FOR CIVIL SERVICE FOR A TOTAL OF 5%. 
          WE HAVE A 3% INCREASE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE. 
          WE HAVE A 30% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR WORKERS' COMP. 
          WE ARE EXPECTING INFORMATION IN LATE JULY THAT WILL, UH, GIVE US WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET, UM, IN ORDER TO CALCULATE WHAT THOSE RATES WILL BE. 
          AND WE HAVE A 1% INCREASE IN OUR TMRS RATE. 
          SO WE'LL BE INCREASING FROM 12% TO 13%. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS FOR THE VACANCIES AND MY QUESTION FOR THE FIRE, UH, REQUESTING 16 AND POLICE REQUESTING FOR 19 PHYSICIANS ARE, IS THIS INCLUDING THE CURRENT VACANCIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR IS THIS ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING OUTSIDE OF THE VACANCIES? THIS BUDGET INCLUDES JUST THE VACANCIES. 
          IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE NEW POSITIONS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING. 
          SO TO SPECIFICALLY RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OVER AND ABOVE THE VACANT POSITIONS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING. 
          UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE IT SAYS ON HERE NEW POSITIONS REQUESTED AND THAT WE ALREADY STILL HAVE, WE STILL HAVE CURRENT VACANCIES IN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GO OVER AND BEYOND THAT. 
          KEEP, KEEP IN MIND THAT THOSE ARE DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS. 
          THEY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED. 
          THEY'RE JUST THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS REQUESTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE FINAL WILL BE DIFFERENT. 
          SO DON'T, LET'S NOT GET HUNG UP ON THE, THE DETAILS OF THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLARIFIED IF THERE, IF THIS WAS VACANCIES INCLUDED. 
          YES. 
          OR NOT. 
          NO. 
          PLEASE. 
          LAST COMMENT OR QUESTION, MS. BERTHA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          IS ABOUT THE LICENSES AND PERMITS THAT YOU MENTIONED UNDER, UH, NUMBER 41 REVENUE, 40, EXCUSE ME, 43 WHEN YOU STATED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE DOWN 27%, YOU MENTIONED BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL. 
          CAN YOU, SO OVER THE PAST, I'M GONNA SAY MAYBE THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD BUILD OUT OF VERY LARGE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS. 
          AND SO WE ARE NOT AT THIS TIME ANTICIPATING, UM, REVENUE TO INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SOME LARGE SCALE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT MAY MATERIALIZE, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND UNTIL, AND I MAY NEED JENNIFER TO HELP UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE MORE ACTION, MORE ON WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERSTATE THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS 27, UH, PERCENT DECREASE IS BASED ON WHAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING. 
          THAT AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR ACTUALS, WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED SO FAR THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT DOWN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK 
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YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, JUST GO DOWN THE LIST. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL COME THIS WAY. 
          MAYOR, I TIME COUNCIL MEMBER MAR. 
          YES. 
          UM, ANGEL, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT I I, I STILL WANT TO ASK IT. 
          SO, UH, THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE FULL-TIME POSITIONS CURRENT. 
          SO ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS FOUR POSITIONS, AND I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IT TO HAVE THREE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UM, I LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS, I'VE NEVER SEEN NINE, AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY FUNCTION WITH LESS. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, I KNOW WE'RE BUDGETING FOR 4 35, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER? I KNOW THAT WE OUTSOURCE A LOT FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          MAYBE WE DON'T NEED NINE HERE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES NEED THE OTHER TWO, WHATEVER. 
          SO ARE WE DOING AN EVALUATION ON THESE NUMBERS TO DETERMINE, I'M GONNA SAY, DOES COMMUNICATION REALLY NEED NINE? UM, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BECOMING BEFORE COUNCIL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I FEEL IS PERTINENT, UH, FOR ME TO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND REALLY LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THE DEFICIENCIES NOTED OR HOW WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE, WE HAVE HAD, UH, THE NINE POSITIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS, UM, WHICH NEVER HAVE BEEN FILLED SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT IS A QUESTION TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THOSE, UM, KINDS OF CHANGES, UH, BASICALLY WE'RE LEAVING THOSE IN RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, BEFORE POSITIONS ARE FILLED, THEY HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHAT VALUE ADDED THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE, AS WELL AS EVEN LOOKING AT, UH, TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          I, I, AT THIS POINT, UM, PUTTING MORE STAFF, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE, IF WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE USE THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE RELY ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE MAY HAVE SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF STAFF, I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT DOLLAR SPENT WHEN WE HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO SUPPLEMENT OUR WORK. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, AND A LARGE PART OF THE REASON THAT, UH, WE HIRE A NUMBER OF THIRD PARTIES, ESPECIALLY IN PERMITS, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE QUALIFIED PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY BY HAVING THEM, UM, SHADOW, UH, UNDER AN EXISTING, UH, QUALIFIED PLUMBER OR ELECTRICIAN. 
          AND SO THAT WILL HELP US, UH, AS IF WE CAN MAINTAIN THEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY COMPETING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, BUT WE'RE COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL, TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE, UM, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INSTITUTE SOME KIND OF NO COMPLETE COMPETE CLAUSES. 
          IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH YOU, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO TAKE OUR EMPLOYEES . 
          SO, SO, AND I KNOW LEGAL IS GONNA SAY WE, WE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRAINING EMPLOYEES, GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED TO BE ABLE TO BE CERTIFIED, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN 'EM, UH, AND COMPETE AGAINST THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU HONOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE JUST A QUICK COMMENT, BERT, THAT IS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE PERMITTING, THE PLANNING, IF YOU WILL, JUST THE ONES THAT WE'RE HANDING IT OUT. 
          WHAT'S THE TOTAL? IS IT, IS IT AROUND 6 MILLION? HOW MUCH IS IT THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN THESE SERVICES? LIKE OUTSIDE SERVICES THAT COMES IN THAT WE MAY NOT HIRE? UM, JENNIFER'S GONNA ASSIST ME WITH THIS WHILE I HOOK UP SOME . 
          SO HOW MUCH ARE SPENDING SCHOOL SERVICES, AL SERVICES? HOW MUCH IS THAT? I'M, SO ON AVERAGE WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 300,000 A FISCAL YEAR. 
          A YEAR? MM-HMM. 
           FISCAL YEAR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S JUST INCLUDING YOUR DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR? THAT WOULD JUST BE PLAN REVIEWS, INSPECTIONS ON THE BUILD BOOK SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          I GUESS I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE IT A POINT OVER TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE HANDING IT OUT. 
          SO WHEN YOU CAN SHAVE THE POSITIONS ALL YOU WANT, RIGHT? AND, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GONNA, YOU ARE PAYING DOUBLE RIGHT? WHEN YOU START PAYING OVERTIME INTO IT. 
          SO I'D RATHER SEE SOME FULL-TIME CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE WORK GETS DONE RATHER THAN JUST PAYING MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND NO OWNERSHIP, NOTHING COMING BACK INTO THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE 
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A PRN. 
          THEY COME AND DO AS NEEDED. 
          THEY GET HIRED IN, YOU KNOW, FOR JUST THAT TEMPORARY JOB AND THEY'RE GONE. 
          THEY COLLECT THE MONEY AND THEY'RE GONE. 
          SO I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I HAVE IN HERE IS ALSO I'VE NOTICED THAT PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT JUST HAVE ALMOST ONE POSITION AWAY FROM PUBLIC WORKS. 
          IT'S, IT SHOWS PARKS AT 32 STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS AT 33. 
          SO IS DOES THE PARKS IS AT FULL-TIME, IS THAT PART-TIME? IS IT, IS IT PUBLIC WORKS AT FULL-TIME AT 33? BECAUSE I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE IN PUBLIC WORKS THAN IN PARKS BERTHA, THIS IS, UM, FULL-TIME, NO PART-TIME. 
          UM, PUBLIC WORKS DID USED TO HAVE FOUR POSITIONS, BUT WE DID A REORG AND MOVED, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO DIVISIONS OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WE CREATED THE INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          WHERE IS THAT ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES? INTERNAL SERVICES IS DOWN AT THE BUS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, MONT NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE WAS ONE DIVISION THAT ALSO MOVED FROM PUBLIC WORKS INTO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          SO PUBLIC WORKS LOST A TOTAL OF THREE DIVISIONS. 
          SURE. 
          IN REALITY, YOU'RE SAYING IS I, I'M, WHAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S 33 UNDER PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THERE IS 17 UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THERE'S 12 UNDER INTERNAL SERVICES. 
          THEY'RE ALL USED TO BE BUNDLED UP INTO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE MAJORITY OF THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION, CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT LEFT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND MOVED TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          ALRIGHT, LAST THING I HAVE CITY MANAGER. 
          I THINK BERTHA, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT 2 MILLION SOME, SOMEWHERE AROUND IN THAT, UM, IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S LEFT OR THAT YOU CAN, YOU, YOU HAVE ROOM TO WORK AROUND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY NEEDS HELP TO HAVE STAFF IN IT. 
          UH, RATHER THAN US ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND A A, THE CORNER, WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN FOR BEND COUNTY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND LARGEST WITH THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION WE HAVE COMPARED TO OUR CITIES, WE CAN'T EVEN COMPARE IT. 
          SHORELINE'S GOT 900 SOME PEOPLE, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, THE STUDY THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWED A CITY THAT'S COMPARABLE TO 70,000 PEOPLE OR 80,000, THERE WAS VARIATIONS IN THERE WHEN WE DID THE STAFFING RATIO WAS NOT AT 4 35, IT WAS MORE CLOSE TO FIVE 50 AND 600. 
          I'M NOT SAYING TO ADD IT TO THAT LEVEL, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH AND SEE WHERE WE NEED IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP TELLING OUR CITIZENS, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE OR, OR WE'RE WORKING THROUGH PEOPLE AND, AND THAT'S REALLY GETTING OLD, RIGHT? BECAUSE FOR A CITY OF, OF THIS BIG AND OF OF THIS MAGNITUDE, I THINK WE GOTTA BE STARTING TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE AMOUNT OF TAX THAT WE'RE THEY'RE PAID, RIGHT? AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING SALES TAX, BUT SALES TAX FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON. 
          SO I THINK PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES IS SOMETHING WITH FULL-TIME STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, TO ME, I I WOULD JUST END IT WITH THIS FULL-TIME STAFF IS COMMITTED TO THE ORGANIZATION. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT OTHERS AREN'T, BUT TO ME, A FULL-TIME STAFF COMES IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR JOB. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          A PART-TIMER IS JUST IN THERE FOR JUST TO GET A PAYCHECK AND A CONTRACTOR WORK IS REALLY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING THE MONEY ANYWAY. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY GETTING MORE MONEY THAN YOUR FULL-TIMERS. 
          SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU AND BERTHA TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE WITH THE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND I KNOW, I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM IN, IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          WITH THAT, I END MY COMMENT, WE'LL GO TO MAYOR PORTER. 
          THANK YOU, BERTHA. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, DIRECTED AT YOU CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THE CONSULTANT. 
          WHAT, UM, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT? UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF YOU ALREADY, UH, VETTED, UM, DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR THAT? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. 
          I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, I HAVE VETTED SOURCES WITHIN MY CONTRACTUAL, UM, BUDGET TO, TO FUND THAT AS WELL AS VACANCY SAVINGS THAT I HAVE. 
          I THINK IT'S PERTINENT, UH, FOR ME TO TAKE A STEP, UH, PAUSE IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN TERMS OF JUST HOW WE ROLL OUT OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND SO WANTING TO BE SURE THAT I HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS, THAT HAS THE TIME AND BASICALLY WILL DO A VERY SIMILAR ANALYSIS. 
          IF YOU RECALL, WHEN I FIRST 
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CAME ON BOARD, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AND, AND IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THAT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS, UH, PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR GO MOVING FORWARD. 
          WELL, I FEEL LIKE AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF WE'RE AT THAT STAGE AGAIN, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE AN EXTERNAL REVIEW OF THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE PROPOSAL YET. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST BRAND NEW, UM, THAT WE'VE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SO ONCE I GET THAT PROPOSAL, MY, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT BEFORE, UH, THE JULY ONE, UM, MEETING SO THAT, UM, I CAN PRESENT IT TO YOU AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM WITH THAT STRUCTURE AND, AND WHY I'M NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH FILLING, UH, THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT, AT LEAST THE A CM POSITION, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I DO NOT KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT THAT AND HAVING SOMEONE THAT CAN JUST FOCUS SOLELY ON THAT AND COMING BACK WITH A PLAN FOR ME TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT AND THEN BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT TO EACH OF, DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE THE CONSULTANT ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PRESENT THAT BACK? UM, I DO NOT THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN, WITHIN THIS BUDGET TIMEFRAME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I WILL JUST BE USING, UM, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, IN INTERIM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE, UH, POTENTIALLY INTERIM OR CONSULTANTS TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS? UM, AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, UM, WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC INPUT LOOK LIKE FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS? WE GO AHEAD. 
          WE DO HAVE A SLIDE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, I MEAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI AND, AND MAYOR PRO TEM KIND OF SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, UH, DELVE FURTHER. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE MY FIRST QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE RELATIVE TO THIS CONSULTANT THAT YOU PROPOSED. 
          UH, WOULD IT BE IN TIME FOR THE FINAL BUDGET PRESENTATION OR PRIOR TO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE A SOLID DECISION? BECAUSE, UM, WITH YOUR RESPONSE, I, I'M OF THE BELIEF THAT I STILL WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AS A CITY MANAGER TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MAR'S POINT OF POSITIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE NEEDED IN RESPECT, UH, DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME P POSITIONS LIKE YOU AFOREMENTIONED IN THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA THAT HAVE YET TO BE FILLED EVER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, SOME HAVE BEEN FILLED AND, YOU KNOW, BEEN VACANT FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY STAYED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN AND THEY LEFT. 
          SO I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO INCLUDE THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET IF WE DON'T FORESEE, IF YOU DON'T FORESEE RIGHT. 
          ACTUALLY NEEDING THOSE POSITIONS WHERE WE CAN, UH, PUT MORE, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES, EMPHASIS IN OTHER AREAS AND POSSIBLY EVEN FILL SOME OF THESE SUB SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR BY CERTAIN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, AND THE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I, THAT I, UM, WELL, I GUESS SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD MAKE IS, IS TO DO YOUR OWN PERSONAL ANALYSIS, UH, OF THOSE, THOSE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, IN ORDER TO BRING BACK TO US A MORE ROBUST, UH, CONFIDENT BUDGET, UH, THAT WE DON'T, UH, WASTE FUNDS AND RIGHT. 
          AND, AND, AND TIME. 
          I, I APOLOGIZE IF I MAY, UM, OR IT MAY HAVE APPEARED THAT I WASN'T GONNA BE LOOKING AT IT. 
          UH, PERSONALLY I AM GOING TO BE, THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO PROGRAM BUDGETING SO THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL THE PROGRAMS THE CITY PROVIDES. 
          AND I WILL HAVE, UH, FOR THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THIS BUDGET ON THE STRUCTURE, UM, COMPARING US TO THE, TO LIKE, UNTIL I CAN GET THE CONSULTANTS, UH, REPORT BACK. 
          SO THERE WILL BE SOME PRELIM, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS BASED OFF OF WHAT I KNOW. 
          BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, WE ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM AN OUTSIDE PARTY IN REGARDS TO HOW DO WE GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND WHAT DO THOSE RESOURCES LOOK LIKE? SO IT'S KIND OF TWO PARTS, IF YOU WILL. 
          FIRST MY INITIAL, BUT THEN SECONDARILY IT WOULD BE A CONSULTANT REPORT. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE WE DEVOTED, YOU KNOW, IN PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER RULE HAS VOTED AGAINST AN INCREASE IN THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. 
          'CAUSE WE KIND OF FORCED HAD THIS FORESIGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE CASE. 
          AND IT IS, UH, NOT THAT WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOSTRADAMUS OR ANYTHING, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE, THAT WE, 
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THAT WE  WE DID ACTUALLY SEE THAT THERE WAS REALLY TRULY NO NEED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. 
          UH, ALSO WE DEVOTED RESOURCES TO THE, THE ONE STOP SHOP, UH, APPROACH MM-HMM. 
          THAT HAS YET TO, I GUESS, REALLY BECOME WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 
          AND SO I JUST THINK IT WOULD REALLY BEHOOVE YOU TO, TO GO BACK AND YES. 
          AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, WHAT YOU SAID YOU WILL. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M, AND THE OTHER THING, UH, IS ON THE CONSULTANT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO HIRE, A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS GONNA BE BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU PROVIDE CORRECT. 
          WHAT YOU SHARE. 
          SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU ARE CANDID WITH THEM AS TO OH, DEFINITELY. 
          WHERE, WHERE WE TRULY ARE AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AND, AND BE, UH, OPEN YES TO THOSE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED. 
          UH, AND THAT WE KIND OF BECOME A MORE LEAN, UM, EFFICIENT, UH, ORGANIZATION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. 
          YES. 
          UM, LEMME KIND OF MAYBE A LITTLE FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY, UH, I NOTICED THAT THE PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ABOUT 18% OF, UH, OUR, UH, PERSONNEL COST. 
          SO IT, WHAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS, UH, ARE WILL WE BE GOING THROUGH OR YOU OR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING PROFESSIONAL AND, AND UH, UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN MAYBE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON ON STAFF TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE ACTIVITIES? I, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU HOLD THAT QUESTION UNTIL YOU HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEIR REQUESTS, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE, UH, EXPECTATIONS PROVIDED TO THEM THAT WE LOOK AT ALL AVENUES OF HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICE AND RECOMMEND IN THOSE PROGRAMS THE BEST APPROACH TO HOW WE, HOW WE, UM, GET THOSE SERVICES DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF IT'S NOT ADDRESSED, I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT. 
          I I'M SURE THEY'LL WOULD . 
          UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, THERE'S, UH, A REDUCTION IN TRANSFER TO OTHER FUNDS, UH, ABOUT, UH, ALMOST 5 MILLION. 
          WHAT'S, WHAT REPRESENTS THAT, UH, UH, THAT REDUCTION? OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS DUE TO ONE TIME ALLOCATIONS. 
          SO AS WE DID A 2 MILLION TRANSFER FOR PMMP, WE TRANSFERRED THAT OVER TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WE TRANSFERRED 2.5 MILLION FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY BUILDING THAT ALSO WAS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AS ONE TIME IN 2024. 
          AND WE TRANSFERRED THAT OVER TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ONES. 
          OKAY, FINE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO PROGRAM BUDGETING OVERVIEW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST A QUICK, UM, OVERVIEW. 
          THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR MOVING TO PROGRAM BUDGETING PROGRAM. 
          UM, THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE TOOL THAT IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND INFORM DATA DECISION MAKING IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          IT HELPS IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON EACH PROGRAM, THE SERVICES THAT THE PROGRAM DELIVERS AND HOW WELL THE PROGRAM IS PERFORMING. 
          ACCOUNTABILITY EACH PROGRAM HAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          PERFORMANCE MEASURES ALONG WITH THE BUDGETARY INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN ALSO IT IMPROVES DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE NUMBERS, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UH, THE PERFORMANCE DATA TO MEASURE HOW EFFICIENT THE PROGRAM IS. 
          UH, JUST TO PROVIDE A QUICK EXAMPLE USING PUBLIC WORKS. 
          IN THE PAST WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE BUDGET, YOU SAW PUBLIC WORKS AS A DEPARTMENT AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UM, TRAFFIC AS A DIVISION AND THEN YOU SAW AN EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, AND THEN YOU SAW AN AMOUNT 300,000 UNDER PROGRAM BUDGETING. 
          TRAFFIC BECOMES THE PROGRAM. 
          UNDERNEATH THAT YOU WILL SEE PERHAPS, UH, PMMP AND I'M GONNA STAY WITH THE SAME $300,000 EXAMPLE. 
          YOU'LL SEE P-M-M-P-A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          YOU'LL SEE MOSQUITO SPRAYING A HUNDRED THOUSAND, YOU'LL SEE SIDEWALK REPAIR A HUNDRED THOUSAND, YOU'RE SAYING 300,000, BUT MORE OF A DESCRIPTION AS TO WHAT SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED AND HOW MUCH THOSE SERVICES COST. 
          SO, UM, WE FEEL THAT THIS WILL 
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IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL TRULY SEE THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND HOW MUCH THOSE SERVICES COST. 
          SO NOW I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHAHI, WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS PROGRAMS AND HIS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS. 
          GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AGAIN,  AND CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO FIRST WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, MAYOR, I GOT THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT THIS SUPPLEMENTAL FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN THIS COMING FISCAL CLOCK. 
          30, 30 SECONDS THERE. 
          SO NUMBER ONE, ALL OUR REQUESTS ARE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM CITIZEN SURVEY. 
          IF YOU RECALL THE CITIZEN SURVEY, SIDEWALKS, STREETS, TRAFFIC, MOBILITY, THAT'S THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT TRUMPS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING. 
          AND OUR REQUESTS ARE BASED ON THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING. 
          AND I WANNA TELL YOU THAT YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A STICKER SHOCK OF 5.85 MILLION. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT IT REALLY IS. 
          UH UH, THERE IS 4.2 MILLION COMMITTED FOR THE STREET REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH IS COMING FROM THE EXCESS FUND BALANCE. 
          IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT OUT, IT'S 1.6. 
          SO I JUST WANNA CALM THAT DOWN FIRST. 
          UH, NOW WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO POSITIONS IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE MANAGING 150 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS, 45 PROJECTS. 
          LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION, LEXINGTON, CAR RIDE, FOX MAINTENANCE TIES, DEMO PARK. 
          WE'RE HAVING TWO PEOPLE MANAGE IT. 
          THAT IS NOT EFFICIENT. 
          THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO MORE POSITIONS. 
          TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, WE'RE WORKING SMARTER. 
          WE CAN'T TWEAK OUR SIGNALS REMOTELY THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, BUT WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS. 
          WE'RE 72, ADDING MORE SIGNALS, ADDING MORE LANE MILES OF STREETS. 
          UH, TO BE RESPONSIVE TO TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS, WE NEED TWO MORE POSITIONS. 
          UTILITIES, WE ARE CURRENTLY A STAFF OF TWO. 
          AS YOU KNOW, UTILITIES IS EXPANDING, BUT THIS POSITION WILL BE PAID OFF BY OUR PARTICIPANTS. 
          IT'S NOT A GENERAL FUND. 
          IMPACT STREETS AND SIDEWALK 4.2, I ALREADY COVERED THAT. 
          WE HAVE 11 MILLION SITTING IN EXCESS FUND BALANCE. 
          THERE IS A 6 MILLION BACKLOG OF STREET REPAIRS. 
          WE'RE ASKING 4.2 HERE, 1.8 FROM METRO THAT'LL MAKE IT 6 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY WE NEED TO WORK SMARTER. 
          UH, AGAIN, WHEN YOU ARE MANAGING 45 PLUS PROJECTS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SOFTWARE THAT CAN DO THE MANAGEMENT AND THE REPORTING AND THIS SOFTWARE, WHAT WE HAVE BENCHMARKED DOES THAT. 
          AND THAT'S FOR THE NEW SOFTWARE. 
          UM, THERE IS A CITY VEHICLE BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR NEW CREWS, UH, UH, PERMITTING AND ENGINEERING. 
          THAT IS, UH, FOR OUR INCREASE IN THE PERMITTING FEE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE STATE. 
          THAT'S A NOMINAL AMOUNT. 
          UH, DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPING NEW STREET SWEEPER. 
          UH, AT SOME POINT HERE, UH, YOU ALL CAME TO US AND SAID, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SWEEPER OUT AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF OUR SWEEPERS WERE DOWN AND WE WERE DOWN SWEEPING, UH, A MONTH OR TWO. 
          SO THIS WILL GIVE US THE LEASE EQUIPMENT IN CASE THE SWEEPER IS DOWN. 
          WE CAN BUY A NEW EQUIPMENT, MOSQUITO CONTROL THAT'S BEEN IN THE LIMELIGHT. 
          CURRENT CONTRACT IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          WE NEED 150,000, UM, UH, FOR A TWO TIME SPRING. 
          DURING THE SUMMER, UH, GRANTS, WE'RE CHASING $10 MILLION IN GRANTS. 
          MY TEAM IS OVERWORKED. 
          WE FEEL WE CAN DO BETTER IF WE CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE FOR, WE'RE ASKING 150,000. 
          THERE IS SMALL MONEY FOR SOME SIGNAGE AND EQUIPMENT, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALK. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO POSITIONS. 
          AS I SAID, STREETS, THE NUMBER OF LENGTH OF STREETS IS GROWING, THE CITY IS GROWING LARGER. 
          WE NEED TWO MORE CREWS. 
          WE'RE ASKING SOME FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND REQUESTS. 
          WE ARE THE FIRST TO RESPOND AND LAST TO LEAVE ANY SCENE. 
          BUT WE DON'T GET FUNDED FOR THOSE REQUESTS BE IT'S THE JULY 4TH OR THE UH, UH, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS OR ANYTHING THAT. 
          SO WE NEED SOME KIND OF FUNDING TO COVER FOR OUR OVERTIME AND SPECIAL REQUESTS. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS A MINOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND SENIOR PLANNER. 
          WE TALK ABOUT UTILITIES, WHAT WE NEED TO DO LONG-TERM IN UTILITIES, BUT THERE'S NOT A DEDICATED POSITION. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR UTILITIES. 
          DO WE WANNA GO ON THAT PATH? WE NEED TO FUND THAT POSITION. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO CITY MANAGER IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, I'M GONNA JUST GO DOWN THIS WAY AND ASK IF ANY ANY COMMENTS THAT THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE FOR YOU, UH, FOR THE, UH, WHOEVER'S PRESENTING IT. 
          SO THIS WHAT WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH AND, AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY RIGHT, UH, PROCESS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. 
          AND, AND WE CAN GO WITH THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. 
          OKAY. 
          SHATI THE, UH, CITY VEHICLE, 
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IS THIS, IS THIS FOR EQUIPMENT OR IS THIS FOR A POSITION? THIS IS, UH, FOR THE POSITION, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO POSITIONED STREETS, INCLUDING A CREW LEADER. 
          THIS IS A BIG TRUCK WHERE THEY CARRY EQUIPMENT, UH, TO DO SOME KIND OF REPAIRS ON STREET PANELS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          SO IT IS A VEHICLE TO SUPPORT A NEW POSITION. 
          WELL HOLD, HOLD ON. 
          YOU HAVE ON HERE, YOU HAVE ONE FOR, FOR TWO POSITIONS FOR ONE 86,000, BUT THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS CITY VEHICLE 60,000. 
          THAT VEHICLE IS FOR THAT, THOSE TWO POSITIONS CORRECT. 
          IS FOR AN ACTUAL VEHICLE? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, THE, THE STREET SWEEPER IS THIS TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE A STREET SWEEPER? WE WANT TO TRY THE LEASE OPTION. 
          ONE OF OUR SWEEPER IS GETTING OLD. 
          WE'LL LET IT RETIRE BY ITSELF, BUT WE'LL HAVE A LEASE OPTION WHERE IF SOMETHING WERE TO GO WRONG, THEY WILL GIVE US ANOTHER SWEEPER AND WE CAN GO UNINTERRUPTED SWEEPING THE CITY. 
          SO THIS IS A LEASE OPTION, UH, FOR LESS THAN ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MANY DO WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE? TWO. 
          WE HAVE TWO. 
          AND ONE YOU SAID IS, AND ONE OF THEM IS NEARING ITS AGE AND IT'S BEEN GIVING US A LOT OF PROBLEMS. SO WE'LL KEEP THAT AS A BACKUP EQUIPMENT AND WE'LL LEASE THIS EQUIPMENT SO WE HAVE A, A, A REDUNDANT SYSTEM IN CASE WE WANNA SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN. 
          AND IS THE THE WHAT WE'RE COST, UH, THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE AND THIS PARTICULAR NEW LEASE, IS THAT THE BETTER, MORE ECONOMICAL ROUTE TO GO VERSUS JUST CONTRACTING THAT OUT SO QUICKLY? UH, TO GIVE YOU A A PERSPECTIVE, A NEW SWEEPER WOULD COST US SOMEWHERE TO THE TWO AND HALF A MILLION AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GOOD FOR THE FIRST TWO, THREE YEARS AND AFTER THAT THEY START BREAKING DOWN. 
          SO WE'RE THINKING IF YOU CAN LEASE IT FOR LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE CAN STRETCH IT OUT FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS UNINTERRUPTED IF, IF IT WERE TO BREAK DOWN THE VENDOR PROMISES IS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE, WE THINK AT LEAST ON PAPER, IT'S A BETTER ALTERNATIVE. 
          SO WE WANT TO TRY THAT OUT THIS YEAR. 
          IF IT WORKS, UH, WE WANNA PURSUE THAT OPTION MOVING FORWARD. 
          GOT YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK COUNCILMAN BROWNIE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR SHAHI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CITIZEN SURVEY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS IN REGARDS TO THE 4.2 MILLION THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR, FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR, UM, CONCERNS, BUT THERE WAS ALSO CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO LIGHTING AND SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          UM, HOW DID YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT WOULD BE PUT TOWARDS, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS? NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE TWO PARTS OF MONEY HOW WE REST STREET BEAR ONE, YOU HEARD ABOUT CIP FIRST WHERE THE STREETS HAVE TOTALLY FAILED. 
          WE GO AND REBUILD THE ENTIRE STREETS. 
          YOU HEARD THE CARTRIGHT, YOU HEARD THE LEXINGTON. 
          WE HAVE SOME STREETS, THERE IS SOME LIFE LEFT IN THEM. 
          WE CAN GO TO SOME MINOR, UH, WHAT WE CALL PANEL REPLACEMENT. 
          WE CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF THOSE STREETS. 
          SO THIS PART OF MONEY, 4.2 MILLION IS GOING TO THOSE STREETS. 
          EXAMPLE LAKE OLYMPIA, OKAY, WE HAVE DRIVEN ON LAKE OLYMPIA, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF REPAIRS, WHAT WE CALL BANDAIDS THAT CAN PUSH THAT STREET FOR ANOTHER FIVE, 10 YEARS. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU WANNA BUILD, UH, REBUILD LAKE OLYMPIA, YOU'RE LOOKING SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF $40 MILLION. 
          SO, UM, THIS PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER WAS VERY PROACTIVE IN CREATING A FUND BALANCE, EXCESS FUND BALANCE TO BE RESERVED FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          SO CURRENTLY, OTHER THAN WHAT'S FUNDED IN THE UH, FY 24 BUDGET, WHICH IS TO THE TUNE OF $5 MILLION, WE HAVE $6 MILLION WORTH OF STREET REPAIRS ON OUR BACKLOG. 
          AND WE'RE ASKING THIS MONEY SO WE CAN GO AND ADDRESS THOSE. 
          AND WE DID THE SAME THING FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          WE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL OVER THE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE SIDEWALK PROGRAM UNDER CONTROL AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          THIS WILL TAKE THAT KIND OF A SUSTAINED EFFORT ON STREETS FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS, INVESTING FIVE, SIX, $7 MILLION WORTH OF UH, UH, OPERATING FUNDS TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG AND AT THE SAME TIME WORKING ON UH, NEW STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON OUR STREETS. 
          I, IF I MAY, YES. 
          I THINK THE QUESTION WAS WHERE IS THE REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THANK CITY MANAGER? UH, THERE IS NOT ONE HERE. 
          NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS CENTRAL POINT GIVES US AN ALLOWANCE FOR STREETLIGHTS ON LOCAL STREETS WHERE IT FRONTS HOMES. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR 40 STREETLIGHTS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. 
          THAT'S POINT OF, THAT'S PART OF OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. 
          NOW IF SOME REQUEST COMES OUTSIDE THOSE LOCATIONS, THE CITY HAS GOT A FRONT THOSE LIGHTS. 
          AN EXAMPLE IS NIGHT COURT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MURLI IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE OF THE ELKIN SCHOOL WE HAD TO GO THIS BODY AUTHORIZE SOME FUNDING TO GO INSTALL ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS THERE. 
          CURRENTLY WE'VE NOT ASKED FOR ANY REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS, BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD PART. 
          UH, MAYBE WE CAN PUT IN A A PART OF MONEY IF ANY WERE REQUESTS WERE TO COME 
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OTHER THAN THE ALLOWANCE THAT SENT POINT USES AND IF THERE IS A NEED WE CAN GO INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I GUESS THAT REALLY WAS TRULY MY QUESTION. 
          JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REALLY TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF JUST THE STREETS. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE BACKLOG, THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT WE HAVE A CURRENT CITIZEN SURVEY THAT'S SITTING RIGHT BEFORE US AND IF WE DON'T START TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, THEN THAT SURVEY WILL ALSO BECOME A BACKLOG. 
          SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          COUNCILOR. 
          THANK YOU SASHI. 
          SO JUST AS MY FIRST TIME VIEWING IT, I SAY, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, FIRST COLONY IS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS KILLS THE, THE STREET SWEEPER  AS MANY TREES BELIEVE WE HAVE THERE. 
          BUT MY FIRST TIME VIEWING THIS, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ADDING HEADCOUNT. 
          I KNOW A LOT PRIOR BUDGET SEASONS WE THAT ARE NOT GRANTED YOU ALL OR YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT FORTH. 
          UH, AS I LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE LOOKING INTO THIS CLOSER, I'LL FORWARD MY QUESTIONS TO ANGEL. 
          BUT I DO WANNA SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE GRANTS. 
          I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OF A CITY GRANT PERSON. 
          EXACTLY. 
          OR A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN DO PUBLIC WORKS AND MAYBE PARKS AND YOU HAVE ONE PERSON IN THAT SPACE RATHER THAN HAVING YOU HAVE A GRANT GUY AND THE OTHER. 
          SO, BUT I, I SUPPORT THE IDEA. 
          I JUST THINK WE CAN BE SMARTER WITH IT. 
          THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JOSHI. 
          I THINK I'LL GO BACK REAL QUICKLY WITH THOSE 40 CENTRAL POINT LIGHTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO IF WE'RE USING TAXPAYERS MONEY TO GET IT TO PUT IT INTO NICE COURT OR WHEREVER, ARE WE STILL GETTING THOSE 40 LIGHTS? I'M SORRY MA'AM. 
          I DO NOT, ARE ARE WE STILL GETTING THOSE 40 LIGHTS THAT YOU SAID? CENTRAL POINT THAT GIVES TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE A REQUEST WE GO CHANGE WITH WORK WITH CENTRAL POINT AND I'VE GOT ON THE LIGHTS, I KNOW THAT UH, LAST YEAR I PROBABLY THINK 2025 LIGHTS WE INSTALLED. 
          SO WHATEVER REQUEST COMES IN AND TO THE EXTENT WE CAN GET THAT FROM CENTRAL POINT, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THOSE LIGHTS. 
          WE HAVE DONE MANY LOCATIONS, SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE, WE ARE ALLOCATED TO GET 40 LIGHTS PER YEAR UP TO 40 LIGHTS PER YEAR TO 40 LIGHTS BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE BASED IT IS ON LOCAL STREETS AND WE GOTTA GET A REQUEST AND THERE IS A SPACING REQUIREMENT IN OUR DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          IF THAT SPACING REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET OR THERE IS UNDUE UH, ISSUE, THERE IS A MAILBOX AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LIGHTING, THEN THE STAFF WILL EVALUATE THAT, MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST TO CENTER POINT. 
          THEY EVALUATE IT AND IF THEY SEE THE NEED, IF IT'S NOT MEETING THE STANDARDS, THEY WILL INSTALL THE LIGHTS FOR FREE ON LOCAL STREETS. 
          BUT IF IT'S A THOROUGHFARE AND THOSE KIND OF STREETS, EXAMPLE, NIGHT COAT CENTER POINT WILL NOT DO THAT UNDER OUR CURRENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE BACKLOG, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD COMES FROM BROWN MARSHALL TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZEN SURVEY. 
          SO WHEN YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US ON THE SCREEN? SO DO YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE BACKLOGS THAT WE HAVE? BECAUSE THAT'S THE, I THINK THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION OF THE CITIZENS, RIGHT? WHERE THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TELLING THEM IT'S COMING AND IT'S COMING AND IT'S NOT REALLY COMING. 
          SO HOW DO YOU WORK THROUGH THE BACKLOG WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT PUT THESE IN FORWARD? WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR LIST OF REQUESTS BASED ON STAFF EVALUATION AS WELL AS CITIZEN FEEDBACK ON WHERE WE NEED TO FIX STREETS. 
          WHEN WE NEED TO FIX SIDEWALKS, WE PRIORITIZE THEM AND WE HAVE A BUDGET. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE CURRENT USE BUDGET, WHICH IS TO THE TUNE OF $5 MILLION TO FIX STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AS WE ARE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT, WE'RE GETTING NEW REQUESTS. 
          A, THOSE STREETS ARE AGING. 
          B THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE AND THEY'RE FAILING. 
          SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING THIS. 
          WE LITERALLY UPDATE THIS WORK ORDER LIST EVERY WEEK. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY PROGRAMMED AND BUDGETED, WE CURRENTLY SEE $6 MILLION IN STREET REPAIRS AND A MILLION DOLLAR IN SIDEWALK REPAIRS THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS IN THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM. 
          SURE. 
          SO THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR FUNDING. 
          ALRIGHT, NO PROBLEM. 
          I WOULD SAY A CITY MANAGER, MY COMMENT IS, I KNOW THIS IS WHERE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST IS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I THINK CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT A POSITION TO GET A GRANT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, PERSON WHO WRITES GRANT, I KNOW OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THEM AND THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE CAN GO AND TAP INTO. 
          WE HEAR THOSE AND NOT JUST FOR ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT SOMEONE THAT CAN LOOK AT THIS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSITION THAT I WOULD, I WOULD HIGHLY SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PORT, I THINK YOU CHEATED OFF MY PAPER CLEARLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, MATCHING GRANTS AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, BUT MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, WAS YOU MENTIONED THE, THE, THE, UM, STREETLIGHT, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME 
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SOMEBODY FROM THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DROVE AROUND TO ASSESS THAT THE NEED AT NIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT A QUESTION TO CATCH YOU UP, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH, I PERSONALLY DROVE AROUND LAST WINTER, UH, WHEN A RESIDENT HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A STREETLIGHT. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON, BUT WHEN IT COMES IN, UH, OBVIOUSLY STREET LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED DURING THE DARK AND WINTER IS THE RIGHT TIME. 
          UH, WE DO DRIVE AND EVALUATE THE NEED FOR LIGHTING. 
          UH, AND I PERSONALLY DROVE LAST WINTER. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A PLAN TO MAYBE DO THAT? UM, AGAIN, MAYBE SOONER. 
          UH, YOU SHOULD GO LOCATE SOME OF THE POSITIONS I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE CAN DO IT MORE OFTEN. 
           NOW, UH, I THINK, UH, UH, AGAIN, THERE ARE 350 LANE MILES OF STREET AND IT'S IMPRACTICAL TO, UH, DRIVE EVERY CORNER OF THE STREET. 
          BUT SHOULD WE HAVE A REQUEST, WE ARE SERIOUS AND WE EVALUATE THEM DURING THE, ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UH, TOO, UH, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MONROE IS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER OVER HERE. 
          UH, I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS AND ALSO ABOUT THE WHOLE CITYWIDE, UH, GRANT THING. 
          I MEAN THERE'S, UH, OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SO I THINK IT'S BEEN ECHOED. 
          UM, BUT THE, THE SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDING 60,000. 
          NOW, CAN YOU, SO I THINK IF I CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON IT AND WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS DOING IS THIS PROGRAM BASED FUNDING. 
          THAT MEANS TO SEE WHERE YOUR RE RESOURCES ARE GROWING. 
          NOW, IF YOU'RE DOING A JULY 4TH CELEBRATION, YOU'RE DOING ANY OTHER CELEBRATIONS HERE? OFTENTIMES PUBLIC FORCES CALLED POLICES CALLED AND EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO COST TO SEE HOW MUCH IT COST PER EVENT. 
          THERE ARE SIX MAJOR EVENTS IN THE CITY THAT PUBLIC WORKS ALWAYS PARTICIPATES. 
          THERE IS TRAFFIC, THERE IS STREETS, THERE IS LANE CLOSURE, THERE IS MOSQUITO SPRAYING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          SO WE PUT A NUMBER THERE OF WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON THESE SPECIAL EVENTS IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME, VEHICLE USAGE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE CAME UP WITH. 
          WELL, AND THIS IS, WELL, OKAY, I THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING, BUT TO ME, I'M LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO THESE EVENTS AS A CITY, I DON'T KNOW, I GET, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST AS IF IT'S SAYING, OKAY, WELL WE'RE NOT GONNA FUND THE 60,000, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S GONNA GO OFF ANYWAY. 
          SO PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE POLICE, EVERYBODY'S NEEDED. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SEGMENTED THAT WAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S ON THERE BECAUSE SPECIAL EVENTS CROSSES MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR, AND MOST OF IT IS OVERTIME. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS PULL THAT OUT OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND PUT IT IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL SO WE CAN MANAGE IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          MAKES SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY? YES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTIONS IS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE GRANTS. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WHAT HAVE $150,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. 
          UH, AND I, I WOULD AGREE THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. 
          SO, UH, IF, IF WE HAPPEN TO GO THIS AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE AN A PERSON WHO'S DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, IN ON STAFF, DO WE, UH, HAVE ANY METRICS THAT WE, UH, WILL APPLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, X PERCENT OF RETURN OF GRANTS IF WE ARE IN FACT SPENDING $150,000 FOR OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS? RIGHT. 
          UM, JUST BASED ON MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, UM, USUALLY WITH A GRANT, UM, FUNDED, UM, USUALLY WITH A GRANT WRITER POSITION, WE WOULD LOOK AT THE FIRST YEAR, UM, COVERING HALF OF THAT COST. 
          AND THEN EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVENUE NEUTRAL, MEANING THEY WOULD HAVE TO GENERATE GRANTS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE PAYMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE TO THEM. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW, UH, IT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          UM, WHETHER THAT WORKS HERE OR NOT IS STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED. 
          UM, BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE DO SEEK A NUMBER OF GRANTS, AND MOST OF THAT IS, IS BEING ADDED ON, UM, THE ASSIGNMENT OF EXISTING STAFF WHO'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND A, UM, GETTING THOSE GRANTS APPROVED. 
          UM, IF WE GET THIS POSITION, THIS WOULD BE A CENTRALLY LOCATED POSITION. 
          IT WOULD NOT BE IN ANY SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I THINK AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT A PLAN OF HOW YOU WANNA APPROACH THAT, UH, LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S GOES ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAH. 
          I, I THINK THERE'S COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT WE RECOGNIZE 
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WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT. 
          UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR SAATCHI IS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UH, WHEN WE ADDED, UH, THE, UH, SIENNA MUD TUBE AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER LARGE, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING ON STREAM OR ON STREAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL STREET, UH, AND, UH, AND SIDEWALKS, UH, WE'RE BRINGING INTO OUR, UH, PORTFOLIO? GREAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AS, AS YOU SPEAK, UH, UH, A CONTRACTOR IS ASSESSING THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE. 
          EVERY STREETS THERE WILL GET A SCORE. 
          EVERY SIDEWALK WILL GET A SCORE AND THEY WILL BE PRIORITIZED AND RANKED IN THE SAME WAY WE ARE DOING IT. 
          SO THERE IS A CONTRACT EVALUATING ALL STREETS AND SIDEWALKS WITHIN MUD TWO AS WE SPEAK. 
          YEAH, I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN ON A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY WITH OUR, UH, UH, ANNEXATION AND WITH SOME OF THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS COMING ON STREAM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, COAST ON WHAT WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          WE HAVE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, I THINK, UH, HANDLE ALL THAT ADDITIONAL DEMAND THAT'S, THAT'S EITHER HERE OR WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S THE POINT WHEN PERSONALLY I CAN SEE WHY WE NEED TO, UH, TO REALLY BIG, UH, HARD LOOK AT, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT DOLLARS WE NEED TO APPLY TO THOSE NEW, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S COMPLETES MY QUESTION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY. 
          YEAH, I, I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT THE 4.2 MILLION FOR THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          UM, THAT 4.2 MILLION IS THE OVERALL NEED ACROSS THE CITY AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY, I GUESS I'M, UM, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE WAY IT'S BEING DONE NOW. 
          'CAUSE IN THE PAST WE WOULD GET A PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK, UH, ON THE 4.2 MILLION THAT, THAT'S THE OVERALL NEED THAT'S NOT ON TOP OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET NEED OR WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED BY YOU AS CITY MANAGER. 
          AND I, I WILL LET BERTHA SPEAK TO THIS SOME BECAUSE SHE WILL HAVE THE, THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE FUNDED ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THE METRO AS ONE-TIME FUNDING. 
          SO THERE WASN'T A BASE BUDGET FOR PMMP. 
          AND THAT PART OF THAT $7 MILLION NUMBER THAT YOU SAW IN TERMS OF, UM, LAST YEAR WAS US FUNDING A LOT OF THOSE TIME, UM, REQUESTS, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE RECURRING BECAUSE THAT WAS A WAY FOR US TO BUY DOWN AND NOT FILL THE NEED TO HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES BECAUSE WE HAD THAT REVENUE TO BUY DOWN THAT YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE COMING BACK THIS YEAR, WE ARE BUILDING THOSE IN AS A PART OF OUR, UM, REVENUE REQUEST, BUT IT'S STILL TREATED AS, UH, ONE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT FUND, UM, SITTING THERE AND IT'S NO REASON TO JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD FUND BALANCE WHEN WE CAN USE IT TO DO PRIORITY PROJECTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I STATED SOMETHING THAT BIRTH WAS . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL, UM, POLICY, ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE OUR 30% MINIMUM FUND BALANCE, WE WERE GOING TO ALLOCATE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, 65, IN THIS CASE, 65% FOR PMMP. 
          THAT MONEY IS SITTING IN FUND BALANCE. 
          AND SO WE'VE ASKED ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING SOME OF THIS MONEY TO GIVE US A BUDGET BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND THE FUND BALANCE. 
          SO THIS, THE 4.2 IS ACTUALLY CREATING AN EXPENSE BUDGET IN WHICH THE FUND BALANCE IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT EXPENSE BUDGET. 
          BUT I THINK, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF I, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION, WHY WOULDN'T IT BE A PART OF THE BASE IT ONE TIME MONEY? SO WHEN WE, OKAY, SO WHEN WE RECEIVE YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET MM-HMM, , UM, YOU WOULD'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS BY THEN. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS 4.2 MILLION AS, I MEAN, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, I'M JUST ASKING WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS, WHAT FIGURE WOULD YOU COME BACK TO US WITH? 'CAUSE 65% OF MONIES, I GUESS SINCE WE MADE THAT DECISION, UH, AND, AND, AND CHANGED THAT ORDINANCE, UM, IS GOING INTO THIS BUCKET, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
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THE BALANCE IS, BUT SAY IT'S, IT'S 11 MILLION, THE, THE TOTAL NOUN IS 11 MILLION IN THAT, THAT PMP BUTTON YES. 
          BUCKET. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT THEN, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY TAKE CARE OF THE 4.2 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S THE PLAN. 
          BECAUSE LET ME, LET ME JUST TRY TO EXPLAIN IT A A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING FUND BALANCE OKAY. 
          AND NOT REALLY DESIGNATING IT FOR ANYTHING. 
          WE HAD FUNDS SITTING IN FUND BALANCE, BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON OUR TAX RATE, IT WOULD SHOW EITHER IN ORDER FOR US TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, IT WOULD EITHER SHOW THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A TAX INCREASE OR IT WOULD SHOW THAT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE ARE STRATEGICALLY USING THE FUND BALANCE TO FUND THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO OCCUR. 
          AND IT GIVES US TIME TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT OUR TRUE NEEDS ARE. 
          SO, SO, SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING DIRECTLY IS THAT THE 11 MILLION YES. 
          THAT WE HAVE IN FUND BALANCE FOR, EXCUSE ME, IN THE BUCKET FOR PMMP SPECIFICALLY, WE'LL COMPLETELY CATCH UP THEN ON ALL THE OUTSTANDING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE CITY. 
          THAT IS THE PLAN. 
          UNLESS IT'S DETERMINED THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER PRIORITY UNDER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT YOU WANT TO USE THAT MONEY FOR, BECAUSE THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WE PUT IT IN THERE FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PMMP. 
          IT COULD BE A STREET THAT NEEDS NO, I UNDERSTAND. 
          BUT I, I GUESS IN ESSENCE, IN ESSENCE, THE $4.2 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST WOULD BE IS ALL FUNDED BY THE FUND BALANCE. 
          WHAT THAT DOESN'T SHOW YOU IS WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM. 
          ALL THAT SHOWS YOU ARE THE REQUESTS. 
          SO THAT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE, IT WOULD NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO IT, SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP, SO I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. 
          SO REMEMBER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WENT BACK IN AND MADE SUGGESTIONS ON ALLOCATION OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN 30, 30% THAT WE HAD IN THERE, RIGHT? AND GOING BACK INTO THESE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CORPORATE YEAH. 
          CO DEPARTMENTS, IF YOU WILL. 
          YES. 
          SO WHAT I, I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S ASKING TOO. 
          SO THERE'S 4.2 MILLION, IT WOULD BE THAT OUT OF THAT, WHATEVER THE PERCENT THAT YOU ALLOCATED TO EACH RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, EACH TIME YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO, I FORGOT WHAT THE FIVE CATEGORIES OR FOUR CATEGORIES WERE. 
          YES. 
          SO YOU WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND YOU SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED THAT TO TAKE IT OFF. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND SO YOU'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE BUDGET AND YES. 
          AND ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, IF YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST, UM, ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT SHOWED THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE HAD FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS WAS $2 MILLION. 
          WELL, BECAUSE OF THIS, AND BECAUSE NOT ONLY THIS, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, POLICE AND FIRE EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS, UH, FACILITIES AND FLEET, WE WOULD PULL FROM THOSE SO THAT THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE $2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE THERE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TRULY ONE TIME REQUESTS. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, IIII, I GET IT. 
          BUT I GUESS WHERE I WAS, AGAIN, THIS IS NEW. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS NEW. 
          THIS IS VERY, VERY NEW. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BALANCE, UH, LEVERAGING THE MONIES THAT ARE IN FUND BALANCE IN THESE BUCKETS TO THE UPCOMING BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND TAX RATE, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. 
          SO WHEN, WHEN I PRO PRESENT MY PROPOSED BUDGET, AFTER WE GO THROUGH ALL THE ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT THE, WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, YOU'LL SEE A SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS ALL THE REQUESTS AND THEN FINAL DECISIONS AND WHERE THOSE FINAL DECISIONS WILL BE FUNDED FROM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IT WILL SHOW YOU EITHER A SPECIAL REVENUE, WHETHER IT'S THE FUND BALANCE OR IT'S REVENUE NEUTRAL, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA INCREASE FEES AND OR GENERAL FUND. 
          SO, SO LAST THING IS, SO 6% TO FLEET, 6% TO IT, 12% TO FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND 6% TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND 5% TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO ALL OF THESE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE MOVING FORWARD, UH, IF IT APPLIES TO ANY OF THESE BUCKETS, THAT'LL BE THE SAME PHILOSOPHY FOR THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ACTION TAKING AND, AND, AND OR IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL WANT TO USE TO START BUILDING SOME OF THESE OTHER INITIATIVES LIKE YOUR LAND BANKING PROGRAM OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE THERE 
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FOR BECAUSE IT'S ONE TIME USE AND IT WILL FUND ONE TIME REQUESTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE I'M JUST SO WE WILL NOT HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES FOR THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FUNDS SITTING THERE. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE IF WE'RE ABLE TO JUST COMPLETELY ERADICATE, UH, THE 4.2 MILLION, IF THAT'S THE OUTSTANDING MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WE WOULD NEED 65% TO GO TOWARDS THE P-P-M-M-P GOING FORWARD. 
          WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO GO TOWARDS ANY OTHER INITIATIVES. 
          TO ME, CLA NOT THE WAY, CLARIFY A LITTLE, NOT THE WAY THEY HAVE IT TIME. 
          NO. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          NOW THAT'S 65% OVER AND ABOVE. 
          THE 30% IS ALLOCATED TO THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ONE TIME. 
          SO WE WOULD NOT WANNA BE USING ONETIME RESOURCES TO FUND, SAY, ON RECURRING POSITIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT POSITIONS. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE ACTUAL PROJECTS. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          IS 4.2 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          SO I'M SAYING THAT THE MONIES THAT WE'RE NOW, I MEAN, THAT WOULD COMPLETELY, YOU GOT 11 MILLION IN THERE. 
          YES, EXACTLY. 
          AND, AND WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR, FOUR POINT, WHY STOP SASHA? 'CAUSE HE WOULD'VE ASKED FOR IT ALL  IF I DIDN'T PUT SOME PARAMETERS ON IT. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          SO I, I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SO COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I MAY QUICKLY CLARIFY ON THAT, WE ARE ASKING 1.8 OF THE STREET REPAIR IS COMING FROM METRO. 
          THE ADDITIONAL WE'RE ASKING FROM THIS EXCESS FUND BALANCE, TRADITIONALLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN PRIOR YEARS. 
          RIGHT? NOW THAT WILL MAKE IT 6 MILLION. 
          THAT IS EXCESS FUNDS. 
          THE REASONS, TWO REASONS WE'RE NOT ASKING IS WE CAN COMPLETE ABOUT $6 MILLION IN REPAIRS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO YOUR CAPACITY TO GET THE WORK DONE. 
          NOW, THIS IS NOT A, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THIS FUND IS BUILDING A FUND BALANCE. 
          WE MAY COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND IT'S A CONSTANT THING. 
          WE'RE GETTING NEW STREETS ADDED TO OUR LIST. 
          WE DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S GONNA BE 3 MILLION, 5 MILLION OR EIGHT YEAR, 8 MILLION NEXT YEAR. 
          SO BASED ON THE NEED, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU NEXT YEAR AND SEE HOW MUCH POINTS WE WANT TO TAP IN. 
          HOPEFULLY I CLARIFY SOME QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          SO LET ME, SO HOLD ON. 
          SO THO THOSE CATEGORIES THAT, THAT COUNCILOR RAMONI HAD TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? AND THE REASON WE DID THAT, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE IT BACK. 
          SO EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THIS. 
          YES. 
          THE REASON WE DID THAT, BECAUSE Y'ALL WERE COMING TO US FOR ONE TIME, AND WE WERE AT, WE WERE APPRO THESE ONE TIME, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WENT BACK AND THEY LOOKED, LOOKED AT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE BUCKETS THAT HE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT 6%, YOU KNOW, 5%, YOU KNOW, 6% INTO THESE BUCKETS. 
          THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS, I, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BUCKETS. 
          I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BUNDLING IT INTO HERE IS NOW YOU ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, 4.2 MILLION. 
          LAST TIME I ASKED ABOUT THE 1.5 MILLION, SHAHI TOLD ME, YOU TOLD ME THAT MONEY RAN OUT SO QUICK, WE STOPPED SOMEBODY'S SIDEWALK HALFWAY AND DIDN'T FIX THE OTHER SIDEWALK. 
          SO FOR ME, I'M NOT, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE PUT THOSE ONE TIME MONEY INTO THE BUCKETS, BECAUSE WE HAD IT ABOUT 47%, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE RESERVE, I STILL LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER CONTROL RATHER THAN A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THROWING IT IN HERE BECAUSE THE MONEY WILL MOVE QUICKLY AND IT GETS DONE QUICKLY. 
          I LIKE TO SEE THAT BE, UNLESS IT, IF IT WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE PUT IN, YOU ARE NOW MOVING THAT INTO, INTO THE SUB, YOU KNOW, INTO THIS AND SAYING THAT 4.2 MILLION WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL OF IT. 
          IT IS NOT. 
          IT'S TO YOUR, YOU JUST SAID IT'S GONNA COME BACK UP, THE CURRENT BACKLOG AND THIS BACKLOG IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED. 
          SO THE CURRENT BACKLOG OF STREET REPAIRS IS $6 MILLION. 
          WE GET THE 1.8 FROM METRO, THE 4.2 FROM THIS EXCESS FUND BALANCE, IT'LL TAKE THE BACKLOG. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S SAID AND DONE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE CONSTANTLY GETTING NEW STREETS. 
          RIGHT. 
          DURING THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. 
          WE'LL COME TO YOU AND ASK, OUR PURPOSE HERE IS NOT TO ASK ALL THE MONEY. 
          IT'S IN THE FUND BALANCE, BUT WHAT THE NEED IS TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS BODY HAS THE ABILITY TO AUTHORIZE THOSE TOOLS. 
          I I GET THAT CITY MANAGER. 
          WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IS, I KNOW THERE WAS A 47% THAT WAS IN THAT, IN THAT RESERVE. 
          EVERY TIME THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MADE A, UH, AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE THAT I KNEW WHAT WAS BEING MOVED. 
          NOW WE HAVE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE INANCE BUCKETS, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED. 
          WE'RE SAYING, Y'ALL GONNA MOVE IT BEFORE WE HAD THAT 47%, AND IF WE USE 2 MILLION OR WHATEVER, IT WENT DOWN TO 43% OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          THERE WAS A CONTROL. 
          RIGHT. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE, YES, BERTHA DID SAY THAT 30% 
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IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE RESERVE AT, WHICH IS FINE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT I LIKE TO HAVE THE CONTROL OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE DETERMINE WHERE IT'S GONNA GO. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THAT 6% OR 5% OR, OR WHAT IT IS, RATHER THAN FOR ME BUNDLING INTO THE, IN, INTO HERE. 
          I RATHER HAVE THAT COME BACK AS A LINE ITEM KNOWING THAT THAT 6% IS GOING TO THIS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFRAID IS, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, MM-HMM. 
          , THAT 4.2 MILLION IS GONNA RUN OUT SO QUICKLY, JUST LIKE THE 1.5 DID. 
          AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE CITIZENS THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THAT'S NOT BEING FIXED. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR FOR SIDEWALKS OR, OR WHATEVER THOSE PROGRAMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL THOSE PROGRAMS, THEN WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED THIS ALREADY, THAT COMING IN HERE BECAUSE A WHOLE YEAR GOES THROUGH, A WHOLE YEAR GOES THROUGH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS EVERY DAY. 
          AND THE NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTER DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WONDERING WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? SO FOR ME, I'M JUST, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE PROCESS. 
          I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE SPENDING, I'M JUST QUESTIONING THE CONTROL OF IT. 
          SO EACH OF US KNOW THAT HOW IT WAS BEING SPENT, IF YOU BUNDLE INTO THE THING, YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING IT AND WE'RE THINKING THAT SOME OF IT IS SPENT AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MONEY RUNS OUT. 
          THAT'S MY, JUST MY SUGGESTION. 
          I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT NOW, I THINK, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT BECAUSE WE ALLOCATED IT FOR PMMP STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THAT APPLIED TO THE CURRENT YEAR AND LET THE CALCULATIONS BE WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO BE. 
          THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          I MEAN, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GO BACK INTO IT AND, AND IT'S A CHECK AND BALANCE FOR ME. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT I, AND, AND PART OF IT IS A CAPACITY ISSUE, RIGHT? UM, PART OF IT WAS TO ENSURE IN SOME OF THE, IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS WE WERE ALLOTTING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR IT, WE, WE HAD A $2 MILLION, UH, I FUND, UH, GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION FOR IT FOR EQUIPMENT THAT WE WEREN'T, UM, REPLACING ON THAT REGULAR OF A SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE WERE BUILDING UP FUND BALANCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE WERE PROGRAMMING IT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AS A RECURRING CHARGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THOSE ITEMS AND SAYING, AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO NEED THIS? AND BEING ABLE TO PLAN FORWARD. 
          SO IT IT, IT REMOVES THE BURDEN FROM THE TAXPAYER AND PUTS IT ON US TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE PROGRAMS APPROPRIATELY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IF, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT, I STILL THINK THERE'S A CHECK-IN BALANCE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TEAM. 
          BECAUSE IF, IF WE SHOULD HAVE ALLOCATE MORE AND THERE'S, THERE'S A DESIRE THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE, THEN IT BECOMES A CAPACITY ISSUE. 
          WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          BUT AS IT STANDS NOW, THIS IS, WE, WE'VE SPENT OR HAVE PROGRAMMED FOR THIS YEAR 5 MILLION AND FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, WE'RE PROGRAMMING 6 MILLION. 
          SO, AND, AND WE'RE STEADILY MOVING THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT, I THINK OKAY, SO JUST TO, JUST TO, I MEAN, NOT TO, I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER PRESENTATIONS HERE. 
          THE IT BUDGET THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YES. 
          SO IF THE IT PERSON WANTS TO COME IN AND CHANGE OUT ALL THE LAPTOPS, WHICH AT SOME POINT IN TIME IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE THAT 6% OR 5% THAT'S IN THERE, I STILL LIKE TO HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE IT'S BEING SPENT, RATHER THAN PUTTING THAT 6% INTO THE IT BUDGET AND IT'S BEING SPENT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE STILL HEARING ON THE BACK END, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OLD AND IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, YOU CAN BUDGET THE WAY YOU WANNA BUDGET. 
          WE RESPECT THE BUDGET, WE PASS THE BUDGET, WE APPROVE THE BUDGET. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES AFTER, EVEN THOUGH WE PUT INTO THE BUCKET RIGHT? THERE STILL HAS TO BE A OWNERSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE IT GOES THROUGH. 
          AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT NEEDS TO COME AT LEAST A FINANCE COMMITTEE 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SUGGESTED THIS TO PUT IT IN. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I LIKE TO SEE THAT GO THROUGH RATHER THAN JUST, AND THE PROBLEM WITH BUNDLE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH BUNDLE IS? YES. 
          BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET WHERE IT WENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND A LOT OF IT GOES LEFT AND RIGHT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOKED, 4.2 MILLION IS GONE IMMEDIATELY IN SIX MONTHS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S A CONTROL OF IT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IN THE PLACE IS WRONG, BUT SOME TO YOU FINISH. 
          I'M HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          UH, SHAHI, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS THING IS ON OR NOT, BUT, UM, WHAT, WHERE YOU HAVE UNDER HERE THE, UH, PMMP PEAK, M PEAK IS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE FOR CURVE REPAIRS? YES, MA'AM. 
          WHEN WE GO DO THE STREET REPAIR, WE ALSO DO THE CURVE REPAIR. 
          AND ALSO COINCIDENTALLY, IF THERE IS A GUTTER REPAIR OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE DO IT AS WELL. 
          AND WHAT ABOUT CURVES THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR SCOPE OF WHERE STREET REPAIRS ALREADY TAKEN FROM? IT COMES IN THE SAME POCKET OF MONEY BECAUSE STREETS AND CURB GO TOGETHER. 
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OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I, I YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S WHERE Y'ALL ARE REPAIRING STREETS, YOU'LL DO CURB REPAIR. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHERE THERE ARE NOT BEING STREET REPAIRS DONE OR SIDEWALK REPAIRS BEING DONE, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR, UM, TO DO CURVE REPAIRS IN THOSE? WE DO REPAIRS FROM THE SAME PART. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          I THINK, UH, IF, IF WE CAN TAKE 10 MINUTE BREAK REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT, UH, 7 35. 
          THANKS. 
          TIME IS 7 37. 
          NEXT, UH, WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION 2025 SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO PARKS AND RECREATION SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ARE VERY FOCUSED ON, UM, MAINTAINING ENHAN, MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          UM, A LOT OF STAFFING. 
          UM, A FEW CONTRACT ITEMS. UM, SO OUR FIRST ONE IS RIGHT OF WAY CREW TRAININGS. 
          UM, PARKS AND FORESTRY BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM HAVE TWO CREWS THAT WORK ON THE RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE MINOR EQUIPMENT, BUT NO CERTIFICATIONS OR TRAININGS. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE THEIR STREET SWEEPER COURSES, CDLS, UM, AND RELATED SAFETY TRAININGS FOR THOSE CREWS. 
          UM, THE SECOND, SECOND PRIORITY FOR US IS OUR MOWING CONTRACT. 
          WE ARE NEARING THE END OF OUR CONTRACT MOWING, UH, UH, DATE. 
          AND THIS ITEM WOULD BE TO ALLOW US TO SEPARATE IT INTO A PARKS OR STANDARD MOWING CONTRACT AND A HIGH VISIBILITY MOWING CONTRACT. 
          UM, THIS WOULD PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE, THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN CITY FACILITIES TO ENSURE A A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT SCHEDULE WITH OUR CONTRACT MOWING. 
          THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE, UM, A NEW PARKS CREW AND RELATED ITEMS. UM, WE ARE STILL AT LESS THAN HALF OF NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR STAFFING IN IN PARKS AGENCIES. 
          UM, AND NOW WE ARE ADDING TROXEL PARK AND FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH WILL BE TWO OF OUR MOST LANDSCAPED AND MAINTAINED PARKS IN, IN THE CITY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A FOUR PERSON CREW. 
          THEY'RE FLEET RELATED EQUIPMENT, SO A TRUCK ZERO TURNS AND A TRAILER. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OPERATING AND UTILITIES ITEMS FOR THESE NEW PROPERTIES. 
          UM, THAT'S OUR WATER BILLS, RAW MATERIALS, UH, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM IS SPLASH PAD MAN, SPLASH PAD MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE A CONTRACT TO ASSIST WITH THE RICHVIEW PARK SPLASH PAD, INCLUDING THE CHEMICAL LEVELS, THE MONITORING, THE CLEANING, UM, CHANGING FILTERS AND, AND THE FULL WORKS FOR THAT. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY TECHNICIAN THREE. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE TWO CREWS. 
          UM, ONE IS A FOUR PERSON CREW FOR MOWING, AND ONE IS A THREE PERSON CREW FOR LANDSCAPING. 
          AND SO WHEN WE ARE DOWN ONE PERSON, WHETHER ILLNESS OR VACATION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY SHORT. 
          UM, WE, ADDITIONALLY, THAT IS A CREW LEADER IN TWO TECH ONES, UH, WHICH IS A VERY ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION, NOT MUCH EXPERIENCE. 
          SO THIS TECH THREE WOULD HAVE THOSE, THOSE SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS ABLE TO LEAD THAT CREW, UM, AND ENSURE SOME MORE EFFICIENCY MOVING FORWARD, THOSE TASKS. 
          NEXT ONE IS OUR FACILITY REPLACEMENT ITEMS. THESE ARE OUR REVENUE GENERATING FACILITIES, THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UM, WE HAVE NOT REPLACED THE TABLES OR THE INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT OR THE LOBBY FURNITURE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UM, AND OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          AND IT'S DEFINITELY TIME THAT WE, WE REPLACE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR RENTERS. 
          NEXT IS A RECREATION STAFFING. 
          THIS WOULD BE A THIRD RECREATION ATTENDANT. 
          UM, OUR COMMUNITY CENTER FRONT DESK IS NOT STAFFED. 
          UM, WE, WE KIND OF PULL STAFF FROM ALL OVER IN ORDER TO, TO GREET CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE A POSITION FOR THAT. 
          AND THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF A CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL AND PRIORITY. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS A PARKS CONTRACT INSPECTOR. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER POSITION THAT WOULD BE NEW. 
          UM, WE HAVE ALMOST $2 MILLION IN CONTRACTS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OVERSEES CURRENTLY THROUGH OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND OUR CITY FORESTER. 
          UM, AND THAT, THAT COULD BE A LOT BETTER MANAGED IF IT WASN'T THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SPENDING ABOUT 30% OF THEIR TIME TRYING TO DO IT WHILE ALSO SUPERVISING THEIR TEAMS OF SIX TO 15. 
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OUR NEXT ITEM IS SPECIAL EVENT FUNDING. 
          UM, SO THIS INCLUDES THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY NEEDS FOR CITY HALL, AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL DECORATIONS. 
          UM, NOT JUST FOR SNOW FEST, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON AS WELL AS ABOUT $10,000 EACH FOR SNOW FEST AND JULY 4TH. 
          OUR BUDGETS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, AND INFLATION HAS, AS WE ALL ARE AWARE, RISEN. 
          UM, SO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF EVENT THAT WE ALL WANT AND EXPECT, UM, AN INCREASE IN THOSE EVENT BUDGETS IS NEEDED. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE IS A PASSENGER BUS. 
          UM, SO THE RECREATION DIVISION RENTS A, A PASSENGER BUS ABOUT 18 TIMES A YEAR FOR SENIOR SERVICES AND FOR BOREDOM BUSTERS, WHICH IS OUR TEEN PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ABOUT 30 TIMES A YEAR FOR OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE DONE THE MATH AND WE COULD JUST, WITH CURRENT PROGRAM LEVELS, WE COULD PAY OFF THAT BUS, UM, JUST IN SAVINGS AND PROGRAM REVENUES IN JUST OVER THREE YEARS. 
          UM, SO THAT, AND NOT TO MENTION THE INCREASE IN PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD DO WITH HAVING OUR OWN BUS. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A FEW CDLS ON STAFF, UM, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE DRIVING OF THAT BUS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, FLEET EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS IS PRIMARILY, UH, EFFICIENCY EQUIPMENT FOR US. 
          UM, OUR LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION TECHNICIAN CURRENTLY DRIVES A TRUCK, UM, INSTEAD OF A A VAN, MEANING HE CAN'T STOCK UP AND GET LOW PRICES ON BULK ITEMS, AND HE HAS TO GO TO THE STORE EVERY TIME HE NEEDS A REPLACEMENT ITEM. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR BUILDING BEING TORN DOWN, UM, AS WELL AS A MINI EXCAVATOR AND A FEW MORE OF OUR MOWING ITEMS THAT WOULD REALLY JUST KIND OF SPEED UP OUR WORK AND ALLOW US TO GET THINGS DONE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. 
          NEXT WE HAVE OUR PART-TIME PAY. 
          WE HAVE 15 PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITIONS IN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAID $10 PER HOUR, UM, IN PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE HOUSTON AREA. 
          THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 13 OR $14 PER HOUR. 
          AND THEN JUST IN PART-TIME WORK IN GENERAL, WE ARE GETTING GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ARE PAYING 16 AND $18 AN HOUR. 
          SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO RETAIN, UH, PART-TIME POSITIONS OR PART-TIME STAFF. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED THEM TO BE THE FACE OF OUR CITY, AND SO AN INCREASE FOR THEM TO $14 PER HOUR. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION BUDGET. 
          UM, THIS WAS FUNDED AS A ONE-TIME ITEM LAST YEAR, AND WE WERE REQUESTING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE, WE FELT THAT OUR, OUR BUDGET WAS VERY ADEQUATE THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE GROWING THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA TRY AND OFFSET THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH SPONSORSHIPS. 
          UM, SO THIS FUNDING WOULD, WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AND CONTINUE SERVING THAT HIGH LEVEL FOR OUR YOUTH. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          COUNCIL ROLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          I THINK BEING FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE RIGHT OF WAY FOOD TRAININGS FOR 17 FIVE, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE TRAINING IS FOR? YES. 
          SO THAT IS, UM, STREET SWEEPER TRAIN, UH, STREET SWEEPER CERTIFICATIONS, AS WELL AS SOME SAFETY TRAINING. 
          SO WE DO HAVE TRAINING THAT WE GO THROUGH AS WELL AS A POLICY FOR OUR CREWS FOR THE SAFETY ELEMENTS FOR SHUTTING DOWN LANES. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IN-HOUSE IS ONLY UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. 
          AND SO WHEN WE START VENTURING INTO 10 92 AND HIGHWAY SIX, UM, AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, EVEN ON 90 WHEN WE'RE HAVING TO DO THINGS THERE, UM, OFTENTIMES EITHER TRAFFIC OR STREETS ARE HAVING TO COME CLOSE THE LANE FOR US, UH, BECAUSE WE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TRAINING TO DO IT. 
          AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO KIND OF BE A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE SELF-SUFFICIENT, EVEN THOUGH TEAMWORK'S GREAT, BUT WE'RE PULLING THEM AWAY FROM THEIR WORK AT THE SAME TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE MOINES CONTRACT. 
          WHAT IS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT? UM, WITH YELLOWSTONE? OUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS AT $648,000 PER YEAR, AND THAT IS FOR 74 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, PARKS, FACILITIES, AND RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          UM, THAT'S THE FINISH MOW CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 30,000 PER YEAR IN OUR ROUGH CUT JUST TRACTOR MOW CONTRACT. 
          UM, THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND. 
          THIS REQUEST WOULD ALLOW US TO SEPARATE OUT THE, AS I MENTIONED, THE HIGH VISIBILITY. 
          SO BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PULL OUT YOUR LAKE OLYMPIAS AND YOUR TEXAS PARKWAYS AND YOUR CART RIGHTS, UM, AND PUT THEM ON A CONTRACT BASED ON A SOLICITATION OF QUALIFICATIONS, NOT PRICE. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN TWO DIFFERENT QUOTES AND THIS NUMBER WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
          SO WHAT WOULD THE, THE CURRENT CONTRACT, SAY FOR INSTANCE, WE KEPT WITH THAT SAME CONTRACT, WHAT WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT AMOUNT BE AROUND THE SAME 200 AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS 310,000 IS FOR THOSE OTHER 
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BIGGER AREAS YOU JUST MENTIONED? SO THIS 310,000 WOULD ALLOW US TO DO, UM, BOTH CONTRACTS. 
          WHAT I'M MENTIONING IS KIND OF YOUR STANDARD MO CONTRACT, WHICH IS YOUR PARKS. 
          UM, A FEW RIGHT OF WAYS WOULD FALL UNDER THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN YOUR HIGH VISIBILITY ONE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT WOULD ALLOW, WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET THAT'S LISTED, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S NOT A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO BOTH. 
          UM, IF WE DID NOT SEPARATE THE RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACT, WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 150,000 AS OPPOSED TO 310,000. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST, UH, THE PASSENGER BUS, WHEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, IT WOULD, UH, GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, I GUESS, FLEXIBILITY TO DO YOUR EVENTS WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PASSENGER BUS, IS THAT WHAT, LIKE 18 OR IT'S A 36 PASSENGER 36, WHICH IS THE, IT'S THE LARGEST THAT WE CAN OPERATE WITH CURRENT STAFF LICENSES. 
          AND HOW WOULD BE, HOW WOULD IT BE USED YEAR ROUND? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE IT FOR THE CAMP, SO YOU MENTIONED SENIOR, BUT YEAR ROUND, WHAT WOULD BE? UM, SO WE TYPICALLY DO TWO TRIPS PER PER MONTH, UM, WITH OUR, OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET, UM, BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR RENTING THOSE BUSES. 
          AND THEN WE DO, DURING THE SUMMERS, WE DO FOUR TRIPS PER WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MATH IN, IN THE, THIS IS FOR A PURCHASE OR LEASE? PURCHASE. 
          PURCHASE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION FOR THE FURNITURE AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU REFERENCING FOR THE FURNITURE? UM, SO THE, THE, THE TALL TABLES IN THE LOBBY OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OKAY. 
          BUT THE COUCHES HAVE BECOME VERY WORN. 
          THEY HAVE SOME CHAIRS IN THEM AND THEY NEED REPLACED. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR, THE BANQUET CHAIRS AS WELL AS THE ROUND AND THE RECTANGLE TABLES, UH, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU GUYS ARE IN THERE, WE HAVE LINENS ON THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, BUT THEY'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BEING REPLACED. 
          WE STARTED TO HAVE SOME CRACK ON THE EDGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE TABLES AND CHAIRS AS WELL AS AN INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATOR. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A, AND A ICE MAKER AS WELL. 
          IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN, BUT THE REFRIGERATOR'S ABOUT THIS WIDE, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY DO TOO MUCH IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE CHAIRS, ARE THOSE BLUE ONES OR IS IT THE FLAT? THE IT'S THE BLUE ONES. 
          THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO THESE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE JUST HAVE THE NAVY VERSION INSTEAD OF THE GOLD. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTION FIRST MOTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE SPECIAL EVENT FUNDING, CAN YOU COVER THAT ONE MORE TIME THAT I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOLIDAY DECORATION AND PROFESSIONAL HOLIDAY DECORATING? YES. 
          YES, I DID. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS ON WHAT WE CAN DO AT, UH, THE CITY HALL COMPLEX, AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICAL CAPACITY TO REALLY MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT. 
          UM, SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE BRINGING IN AN ELECTRICIAN, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT IN VARIOUS AREAS WE WORKED WITH, WITH FACILITIES. 
          UM, AND VELMA WAS VERY HELPFUL AND WE IDENTIFIED KEY AREAS. 
          SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT OF THAT AND INSTALLING THAT, SO IT WOULD BE PERMANENT. 
          UM, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE, UH, PROFESSIONAL DECORATIONS SURROUNDING CITY HALL. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE GIANT FANCY, NOT THE BIG, UH, INFLATABLES, BUT THE NO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GIFT BOXES, THE INTERACTIVE THINGS, THE PHOTO, UH, STATION. 
          SO TO BRING PEOPLE TO CITY HALL IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THE, THE ARCHES, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THE TREES, AND ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT HOLIDAY DECORATING, ESPECIALLY FROM A PROFESSIONAL SENSE, IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO HAVE YOU GUYS ALREADY RECEIVED BIDS FOR THIS TYPE OF STUFF? WE HAVE RECEIVED QUOTES, NOT OFFICIAL BIDS. 
          UM, SO IF WE WERE TO DO A SINGLE YEAR, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $40,000, UM, HOWEVER, RIGHT. 
          HOWEVER, IF WE GO INTO A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT, UM, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE STORAGE AND THE SETUP, UM, AND THE BREAKDOWN. 
          UM, YOU CAN START OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20,000, AND THEN YOU CAN RAMP UP, IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU CAN SWITCH ITEMS OUT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          UH, YOU CAN KEEP IT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT. 
          BUT, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW QUOTES. 
          UM, THE, THE COMPANY THAT DOES, UH, RICE VILLAGE, WHICH IS VERY KNOWN FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, IS, IS ONE OF THEM THAT WE RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM. 
          UM, THEY WERE THE HIGH QUOTE AND WE'RE ABOUT 24,000 A YEAR. 
          UM, WE DID GET A QUOTE AS LOW AS 11 FIVE THOUGH. 
          AND IN, IN, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DECIDE TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN IN TIME FOR THIS UPCOMING CHRISTMAS SEASON? IT WOULD, BUT PROBABLY NOT TO THE FULL, UM, FULL ABILITY THAT IT 
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COULD IF WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME. 
          UM, I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE LOOKING INTO IT, IT WAS, IT WAS 1ST OF OCTOBER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD DO IT, BUT IT WON'T BE FULL ARCHES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          YOU'LL DO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THE TREES AND, AND THE SNOWFLAKES HANGING DOWN AND THE PHOTO STATIONS. 
          BUT IT'S NOT NOTHING CUSTOM. 
          UM, AND, AND NOT A FULL SETUP. 
          UM, BUT STILL IMPACTFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IN REGARDS TO THE MOWING CONTRACT, UM, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT, WELL, I'M HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR A FULL CUT, YOU KNOW, EDGING THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, ESPECIALLY ALONG FM 22, 34 LAKE OLYMPIA. 
          IT WAS LOOKING BAD EVEN THIS MORNING WHEN I LEFT, AND IT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE SO THAT WE CAN STOP RECEIVING SO MANY COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WHATEVER THAT GRASS STUFF THAT GROWS AND IT JUST LOOKS BAD. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES. 
          UM, SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE GOAL WITH HAVING TWO CONTRACTS IS, YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S A LITTLE UNREALISTIC TO DO THAT LEVEL OF A, A SERVICE AGREEMENT AT EVERY PROPERTY WE OWN. 
          UM, BUT THESE, THESE HIGH VISIBILITY, THESE FREQUENTLY USED SPACES, UM, THE SCOPE, I'VE ALREADY DRAFTED IT, THE SCOPE WOULD ENTAIL, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY PICKING UP THE TRASH AND NOT RUNNING OVER IT, EDGING IT, BLOWING IT, UM, CLEANING OUT THE, THE DRAIN INLETS, UM, AND PROVIDING, UM, AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK REPORTS TO STAFF ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR IT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, COULD YOU EXPLAIN NEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT? YES. 
          WHERE WOULD THEY YEAH. 
          SO WE ARE ADDING, UM, TROXEL PARK AND FREEDOM TREE PARK WILL BE OPEN, UM, IN FY 25, UM, AS WELL AS WHEN WE OPENED RIDGEVIEW, WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT WATER LEVEL WOULD BE. 
          UM, AND SO WE KIND OF NEED TO GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF A CORRECTION FOR THE WATER BILL AND THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY. 
          UM, SO THE NEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS, IS PRIMARILY THOSE THREE LOCATIONS. 
          AND IT'S EVERYTHING FROM OUR WATER BILL TO OUR ELECTRIC BILL TO THE MULCH THAT WE HAVE TO REFILL THE BEDS WITH, UM, THE PLANTS, YOU KNOW, RAKES, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MAINTAIN IN THESE NEW PROPERTIES. 
          UM, WE'RE KIND OF AT CAPACITY WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET, UM, AMONGST OUR, OUR, OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          YOU NEED PEOPLE AND YOU'RE GONNA DO SOME MAINTENANCE. 
          I GUESS MY QUESTION AROUND, UM, THAT CONTRACT INSPECTOR, SO IS THAT ALSO HOLDING VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE INSPECTOR, OR IS THAT JUST TS AND CS AND IT WOULD BE FULL INCLUSIVE? UM, SO WE HAVE BEGUN TESTING OUT HOW THIS WOULD LOOK AT LEAST THE, THE SURFACE LEVEL. 
          UM, EACH OF OUR PARKS AND FORESTRY CREWS HAVE A LIST OF FOUR OR FIVE SPOTS THAT THEY GO AND LOOK AT, UH, TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK AND REPORT ON, UM, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, UM, UNTIL THE RAIN LAST WEEK. 
          AND NOW WE'RE VERY BEHIND. 
          UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INSPECTING IT, THEY'RE HELPING WRITE THE SCOPE, THEY'RE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, THEY'RE MEETING WITH THEM WEEKLY, THEY'RE DOING THE REPORTS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THE INVOICING SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DANIELLE, GOING BACK TO THAT, THE INSPECTOR WHO CURRENTLY INSPECT THOSE TODAY, TODAY WE HAD OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES WERE INSPECTED BY ONE OF OUR PARKS CREW LEADERS. 
          UM, AND OUR RIGHT OF WAYS WILL BE INSPECTED BY ME AND WHENEVER WE GET DONE HERE AND US AND EVERY EMAIL THAT I GET ABOUT IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WHAT, SO I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY CONTRACT INSPECTOR, I WOULD ASSUME THAT ALL CONTRACTS THAT PARKS HAS? YES. 
          SO WE DO, WE HAVE, UH, LAKE MANAGEMENT, SO THE, UH, THE WATER SERVICE, UH, AND TREATMENTS, UH, OUR PARK RESTROOMS CONTRACT. 
          WE HAVE A LITTER COLLECTION CONTRACT, OUR MOWING CONTRACT, TRACTOR MOW CONTRACT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW SMALLER CONTRACTS HERE AND THERE FOR EITHER EQUIPMENT, PLUMBING, ELECTRIC, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EIGHT HOURS OF WORK BESIDES GOING OUT THERE AND CHECKING, WHAT ELSE DO THEY DO? THEY WOULD BE DOING ALL OF THE INVOICING, ALL OF THE REPORTING, AND ALL OF THE, UM, DOCUMENT FILING. 
          AND THEY WOULD ALSO BE TRAINED ON OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SO THAT IT, IF THEY GET CAUGHT UP DURING THE, DURING THE DAY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE CONTRACTORS, THEY WOULD BE ASSISTING WITH SOME OF THE, THE BACKLOG OF MAINTENANCE OR MOWING 
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OR REPAIR ITEMS, UH, ON OUR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IS THIS A NEW POSITION OF CITY MANAGER OR IS THIS ACTUALLY, THERE'S A POSITION LIKE THAT BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
          'CAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS POSITIONS BEFORE, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE TO COME FROM. 
          NEW POSITION. 
          IT HAS A NEW POSITION. 
          DO THEY HAVE THESE TYPE OF POSITIONS ELSEWHERE? OH YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THEY HAVE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WITHIN, SO TODAY HOW WE'RE MANAGING IT IS, SO TO SPEAK, OF SPLASH PADS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPENED ON MEMORIAL WEEKEND. 
          SO THIS INSPECTOR WOULD BE GOING OUT THERE AND CHECKING. 
          YES. 
          SO YEAH. 
          SO WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE ALL THIS TIME TO CHECK IT? UH, WE, WE PUT IT ON THE BACK, SO THE EXISTING PERSONNEL TO DO IT WHEN AND IF THEY FIND THE TIME. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHY WE RUN INTO SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO, LIKE THE SPLASH PAD BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND IT REQUIRES SOMEONE THAT'S MONITORING THAT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO IF THIS BEING DONE NOW AS AN ADDITIONAL DUTY, UM, THEN OF COURSE PRIORITIES CHANGE AND, AND SOME THINGS GET DROPPED OFF. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS? WHAT DO THEY DO? UM, SO HE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN TAKING ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR CONTRACT INSPECTION. 
          UM, BUT HE ALSO HAS, YOU KNOW, A, A STAFF OF 12 THAT HE MONITORS AND THEIR WORKLOAD AND ALL OF THE CITY'S TICKETING SYSTEMS. UM, SO ANYTIME AN INTERNAL, UH, SERVICE TICKET IS PUT IN, HE MAINTAINS THAT. 
          UM, HE, HE OPERATES THEIR, THEIR TRAINING SCHEDULES, THEIR STAFF SCHEDULES, UM, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ITEMS, UH, AND ARE ANY SORT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR EMERGENCY REPAIRS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, MY COMMENT TO YOU IS THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD SAY EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT CONSULTING AND ALL OF THAT. 
          I LIKE TO, I KNOW YOU, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THIS, BUT I LIKE TO SEE GOING BACK TO LOOKING AT A FULL POSITIONS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A HARD TIME PEOPLE PROBING POSITIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE MANAGING. 
          THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE MANAGING AND WE'RE KEEP ADDING, YOU KNOW, POSITIONS THAT, THAT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THAT IT TAKES ALMOST A MONTH TO OPEN UP A SPLASH PAD, WHICH WE WOULD'VE BEEN LOOKING. 
          AND THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR DIRECTOR PRESENTING TODAY, THAT TELLS ME EITHER YOU'RE THAT BUSY AND WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE, ARE THAT WORKING OR NOT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE KIND OF COMMENTS TO HEAR. 
          'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM. 
          I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MAYOR PRO. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, DANIELLE. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          UM, SO ALTHOUGH THIS QUESTION IS, UH, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES LIKE ON THE LOWER END OF THE TOTEM POLE, UM, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, UM, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. 
          SO I'M, I'M WONDERING, UM, IF MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT PUTTING A CAP BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE TO TAKE EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 200 KIDS, THEN WE'LL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER BUDGET. 
          AND THEN ARE THE KIDS REALLY GETTING THE, UM, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT THEY, THAT THEY NEED? UM, SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH US CONTINUING TO GROW THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          NOT TO BE, UH, EXCLUSIVE, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING, UM, THE EXPERIENCE. 
          AND WE, WE DEFINITELY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN FOR US AS WELL. 
          AND, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO PREPARE, UM, FOR INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR OF FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, UM, IS EITHER A CAP OR, UM, WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE ACCOMPLISH THAT, UM, IMPACTFULNESS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE, ARE IN LIKE A, A JUNIOR MYC AND THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE IN SHIP NYC OR MAYBE IT'S THAT THERE'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH FOR THOSE THAT ARE KIND OF JUST LOOKING FOR THAT CREDIT. 
          'CAUSE THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS ABOUT A FOURTH OF THE KIDS JUST NEED VOLUNTEER CREDIT. 
          UM, AND THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP IN THE GOVERNMENT AND MAYBE OFFERING MORE THAN JUST THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. 
          UM, AND SO STAFF WILL BE PREPARED, PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT AS WE BEGIN DISCUSSING THE NEW SCHOOL YEARS, UH, SCHEDULE AND, YOU KNOW, GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, UM, THE, UH, PASSENGER BUS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, UM, INVEST IN THE PASSENGER BUS. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, THE MAINTENANCE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED OR CONSIDERED THE MAINTENANCE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED AND PUT BACK IN THE BUDGET AS WELL? I HAVE NOT, NO. 
          UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY, I, 
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UH, RANDY AND I AND FLEET HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO CONNECT TOO MUCH YET. 
          UM, HE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL, BUT I'VE BEEN KINDA ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO THAT'S ON ME. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT, UH, TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT ONGOING MAINTENANCE COST FOR THE BUS. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 
          AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND I KNOW I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP, WELL, MAYBE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, BUT WITH US NOW HAVING, UM, PARKS REC, PARKS AND RECREATION BEING A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER, UM, THAT BROUGHT THIS UP A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND, UM, TAKE IT A STEP FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED TO FILL MAYBE SOME OF THESE PART-TIME POSITIONS. 
          BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA BE A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER, UM, AND, AND, AND BE CERTIFIED THERE IN BOTH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S HUGE. 
          WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER CITY IS DOING. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND GIVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO THESE DIFFERENTLY ABLED INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S A FANTASTIC, THEY'RE BRILLIANT. 
          IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          I'LL BE, UH, BRIEF, UH, ON THE MORNING, UH, CONTRACT. 
          UH, I KNOW BACK IN MARCH OF 21, THERE WAS A, UH, THE DECISION OF COUNSEL TO APPROVE HIRING A PART-TIME CARETAKER, UH, AS WELL AS SOME EQUIPMENT TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON AN AREA THAT I HAD EMPHASIZED BEING THE HUNTERS GLEN AREA, UH, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO GET COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN TO ME HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE DEDICATED RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT AND PERSON, WHAT'S TO BE FOR THAT AREA? HOW WILL THIS CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER OR MAKE IT ENHANCE IT? UM, HONESTLY, ONE, ONE PERSON IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE HUNTERS GLEN MEDIANS. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS ON STAFF EARLY ON, RIGHT? WE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, IT WASN'T. 
          UM, WE NOW HAVE A CREW DEDICATED TO IT. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME VACANCIES. 
          WE JUST RECENTLY LAST MONDAY BECAME FULL STAFFED ON THAT CREW. 
          UM, AND NOW WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR WITH THAT CREW DOING TWO THINGS, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK THE MOWING CONTRACT, CHANGING IT TO BE BASED ON, ON MERIT AND EXPERIENCE AND, AND PROVEN REFERENCES SO THAT OUR CREWS CAN FO CAN DO THEIR JOBS AS OPPOSED TO DO CONTRACTORS JOBS. 
          UM, WE'LL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT NOT ONLY IN HUNTERS GLEN, BUT IN OUR PARKS AND IN OUR LANDSCAPE BEDS AND THROUGHOUT, UM, THE FACILITIES. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, 25, 30% OF ALMOST EVERY DAY REACTING TO THE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTOR ISN'T DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE GET A, IF I GET A CALL ABOUT TEXAS PARKWAY, ABOUT CARTWRIGHT LAKE OLYMPIA, WHEREVER IT IS, 10 92, USUALLY AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY THERE, WE'RE DOING THEIR JOB. 
          UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM BILL US FOR IT, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THAT'S PULLING AWAY FROM WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALSO. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF SPREAD A LITTLE MORE THIN AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FULLY COMPLETE THAT ONE WEEK CYCLE WHERE I'VE, I'VE SEEN US DO OUR CREW, I'VE SEEN US DO IT IN A FOUR DAY PERIOD, SO I KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT. 
          IT'S JUST WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO PROVE THAT YET. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE, THE, UH, ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS SURROUNDING NON-CITY OWNED AREAS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE IN THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE UNKEPT REGULARLY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AND THEY'RE OWNED BY CENTER POINT OR BY, UH, HOAS OR OTHER THIRD PARTY ENTITIES, NOT THE CITY, BUT YET WE FIND OURSELVES HAVING TO FORCE MOW OR, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THOSE AREAS AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, AT ALL FOR THOSE OWNERS OF THOSE AREAS. 
          AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO THE CITY, UH, TO A COST TO OUR TAXPAYERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE UNDERTAKEN. 
          AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE DEDICATED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, STAYING ON TOP OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING COLLABORATIVELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OR, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PARKS IS THE ONE THAT TYPICALLY FINDS ITSELF THAT, THAT THE DEPARTMENT TAKING CARE OF THE ISSUE. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO WE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, IN THE FORCE MOS. 
          UM, I 
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KNOW, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T TAKE THOSE ON AS, AS PART OF OUR DAILY WORK. 
          WE TAKE THOSE ON AS AN ADDITIONAL INVOICE TO THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          UM, BUT THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING WITH OUR HOAS, UM, ON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. 
          UM, SO WHEN THEY ARE EITHER BUILDING OR IMPROVING THEIR, THEIR ENTRYWAYS, UM, WE'RE MAKING THAT OFFICIAL AND DOING, UH, AN AGREEMENT. 
          AND I KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'VE BROUGHT ONE OFFICIALLY YET, UM, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME COMING TO YOU GUYS SOON, UM, AS REQUESTING APPROVAL ON THEM SO THAT OUR HOA AREAS WHEN THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THIS, IT'S NOT JUST A, A HANDSHAKE DEAL, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN WRITING ON PAPER AND WE KNOW THEN GOING FORWARD THAT, HEY, THIS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IF IT'S NOT DONE, WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE SAYING THAT IT, THEY AGREED TO IT. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH, WITH CENTERPOINT AND WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE MUDS AND THE MUDS ARE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT. 
          UM, WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP, UM, ALONG OUR, OUR BAYOU AND OUR CANALS. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THE COUNTY ON, THEY WILL ALERT US IF THEIR MOWING SCHEDULE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY ONLY MO ONCE A MONTH. 
          UM, AND WE PREFER FOR MOST AREAS TO BE DONE AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          SO WE HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY GOOD AT WORKING WITH THEM WHERE THEY'LL ALERT US, HEY, WE'RE PLANNING ON MOWING THIS WEEK SO THAT WE KNOW, HEY, IN THREE WEEKS WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, MONTH AFTER THAT. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU THAT I'M, I'M READY. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THE, UH, ITEM THAT YOU GOT, UH, $37,000 FOR SPLASH PAD MAINTENANCE, I THINK THOSE ARE DOLLARS WELL SPENT. 
          UH, AND I'M ASSUMING MAYBE, UH, WELL MORE OF A QUESTION. 
          IS THAT FOR ALL SPLASH PADS OR JUST FOR, UH, THE, UH, THE RIDGEVIEW AND, UH, THE, UH, HUNTERS GLEN OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE UM, SO AT THIS POINT IT WOULD JUST BE, UM, RIDGEVIEW, UM, IT WILL BE THREE DAYS A WEEK THOUGH THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT AND INSPECT THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP AND RUNNING. 
          UM, SO MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS, UM, YOU GET A POST WEEKEND MIDWEEK AND THEN PRE-END, UM, TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR CHEMICALS ARE UP TO DATE, UM, AND ON TRACK AND IN A SAFE ZONE AS WELL AS ALL EQUIPMENT WORKING WELL. 
          AND IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE OUR WINTERIZATION AND OUR STARTUP. 
          UM, SO THEY WOULD COME IN AND SHUT IT DOWN, AND THEN COME SPRING THEY WOULD COME IN, CLEAN EVERYTHING REFILL, START IT UP, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL PRIOR TO OUR OPENING DATE. 
          UM, AND THEN IT WILL HAVE A, UM, AN ON-CALL ABILITY FOR THE RIDGEVIEW PARK SPLASH PAD. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE, SO, SO OUR, OUR QUOTE FOR THE RIDGEVIEW SPLASH PAD IS 32,000. 
          SO WE ARE ALLOCATING $5,000 FOR HUNTERS GLEN FOR THE ON-CALL. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR AS NEEDED. 
          SO THAT WATER COMES FROM THE MUD TREATED WITH CHEMICALS. 
          SO WE, WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTS THEMSELVES, NOT THE WATER. 
          UM, WHICH, WHICH DOES HELP US OUT SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT, BUT THE SPLASH PAD AND POOL MAINTENANCE COMPANIES TYPICALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER OF A TURNAROUND WHEN YOU DO NEED PARTS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S BEEN OUR PROBLEM IS, UH, IT JUST TAKES A WHILE TO GET PARTS. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY USUALLY ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE REPLACEMENT PARTS QUICKER. 
          SO IT WOULD INCLUDE ON-CALL SERVICES FOR HUNTERS GLEN, AND CONSTANT THREE DAYS A WEEK SERVICES FOR RIDGEVIEW. 
          WELL, I, I, LIKE I SAY, I THINK THAT'S DOLLARS WELL SPENT. 
          UH, WE, UH, I THINK WE WERE CLOSED OVER A MONTH BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, I, I'LL SAY LACK OF MAINTENANCE OR UN UH, PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM YES, SIR, WOULD BE AS A, A RESULT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SCREWED UP THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, WATER, UH, UH, CONTENT, UH, AS FAR AS ADDING THE CHEMICALS. 
          UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE THE ONE THING OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANNA DO IS, UH, CIRCULATE DIRTY WATER BACK THROUGH THOSE, UH, UH, UH, THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I, I THINK IT'S, UH, I SAY IT'S DOLLARS WELL SPENT AND, UH, IT'S, UH, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T, UH, I THINK WILL EVEN, UH, EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE, UH, THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO, YES, I AGREE. 
          I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN YOUR, UH, YOUR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST, UH, ON THE, UH, THE BUS. 
          DID YOU DO A LEASE VERSUS BUY ANALYSIS. 
          WE DID NOT DO A LEASE OPTION OR A LEASE, UH, EVALUATION. 
          UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE ON INITIAL SEARCH, UM, 
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IT WASN'T A TON OF PRICE DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE DID, UM, KIND OF A RESEARCH ON THE LIFE OF THEM, BASED ON OUR USAGE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET EIGHT TO 10 YEARS OUT OF THEM. 
          UM, AND IF THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE, WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE VALUE IN, UH, IN GETTING A LEASE FOR, FOR THREE YEARS. 
          IF IT'S ONLY 30% CHEAPER OF SOMETHING, WE COULD HAVE THREE TIMES AS THE, YEAH, THE LIFE Y UH, JUST A SUGGESTION. 
          YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          'CAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH THE BUS, IF YOU OWN IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAINTENANCE. 
          YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TIRES AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, LEASE IS STRUCTURED PROPERLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE ALL OF THAT, UH, HEADACHE OFF OF, UH, GOOD POINT YOURSELF. 
          SO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, JUST AS A SUGGESTION, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, WE'VE GOT SOME CITY LOTS THAT I KNOW IN QUAIL VALLEY THAT ARE, WERE PURCHASED BY THE CITY, UH, FOR AN OVERFLOW OF, UH, OF DRAINAGE. 
          AND, UH, THOSE ARE OUR LOTS. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS MAINTAINS OR IF THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, WHATEVER, WHOEVER IT IS, WE NEED TO PUT ALL THOSE LOTS ON A MOWING SCHEDULE AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, IF, IF WE ASK OUR CITIZENS TO, UH, KEEP THEIR GRASS AT NO HIGHER THAN NINE INCHES, THEN WE BETTER MAKE SURE THAT THE LOTS THAT WE OWN, UH, YOU KNOW, ADHERE TO THAT, THAT SAME RESTRICTION. 
          SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE, UH, AND I TALK A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, WALTER AND, UH, WALTER GRANT, AND, UH, HE, I THINK HE, HE MAY ALREADY BE, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT, UH, UH, WHAT PROCESS CAN BE PUT TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT REAL QUICK. 
          THAT'LL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE, AS PART OF THE NEW MOWING CONTRACT, IT WILL BE ADDING, UM, NINE LOCATIONS, UH, THAT ARE PROPERTIES SUCH AS THIS, UM, THE ONE ACROSS FROM MCNAUGHTON AND THE OT, THOSE EXACT PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY ON THE MOWING CONTRACT. 
          UM, AND WE CANNOT AMEND OUR CURRENT CONTRACT ANYMORE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF, BECAUSE OF THE, THE 20% INCREASE AFTER A BID. 
          SO AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABSORBING INTO CURRENT OPERATIONS. 
          UM, AND RAIN COMBINED WITH WORKLOAD, THEY'RE ON A FIVE TO SIX WEEK CYCLE, UM, ON THREE WEEKS ON A, ON A GOOD WEEK. 
          AND, AND KNOWING IT SHOULD BE WEEKLY, I, I WILL FULLY ADMIT IT SHOULD BE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO, TO FOUR WEEKS RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT IT, THE NEW CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THOSE SPOTS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. 
          GOOD. 
          UH, THE PARTS CONTRACT, UH, INSPECTOR, UH, UH, CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE MORE INPUT AS TO WHAT YOU, YOU EXPECT OUT OF THE, WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND WHAT YOU EXPECT AND WHAT THE VALUE OF, OF THAT, UH, POSITION IS? UM, YES. 
          SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING, INSPECTING, INVOICING, UM, AND COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OF OUR CONTRACTORS, UM, FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHERWISE. 
          UM, SO WHEN, WHEN I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON HOW SOME OTHER PARKS AND REC AGENCIES WERE HANDLING THEIR MOWING AND, AND RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPE CONTRACTS, UM, MANY OF THEM HAVE A, EITHER AN INSPECTOR OR A CONTRACT MANAGER OR, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. 
          UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT'S DOING ABOUT HALF SUPERINTENDENT WORK, MEANING TRAINING, SUPERVISION, SCHEDULING, UM, MONITORING OF OUR ACTUAL PRODUCTS IN OUR STAFF. 
          AND HE IS DOING HALF INSPECTION OF CONTRACTORS. 
          SO EACH ONE IS GETTING ABOUT 60% DONE, UM, BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO DO BOTH. 
          UM, AND JUST WITH A, WITH A CITY OF, OF OUR SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF ACRES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE MAINTAIN, UM, I MEAN, IT, IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB TO VERIFY, INSPECT, UM, TO DO, I MEAN, IDEALLY YOU'LL BE DOING SITE VISITS WITH EACH CONTRACTOR TO REVIEW THEIR WORK AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY DONE. 
          UM, SO THEY'LL BE DOING THOSE SITE VISITS, THEY'LL BE PROCESSING THE INVOICE, THEY'LL BE PREPARING THE NEW BIDS AND WORKING WITH PURCHASING FOR THE, FOR THE PAYMENTS, UM, AND THE, AND THE SCOPE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE A PARKS PROFESSIONAL, IT WILL ALSO HELP OFFSET A LITTLE BIT. 
          YOU KNOW, SAY WE HAVE A RAIN DAY AND NOBODY GETS TO DO ANY WORK, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THAT, EITHER FACILITY INSPECTIONS OR, UM, ONGOING MAINTENANCE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS IN ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS THAT IF, IF WE DO, UH, OR IF WE DON'T CONSIDER IT, AND MAYBE THIS PART, THIS INSPECTOR COULD, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR CON CONTRACTS 
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ARE BEING TO, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME CONTRACTORS LET THINGS SLIDE, UH, AND OF COURSE WE WE'RE STILL PAYING 'EM THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          TYPICALLY YES. 
          UNLESS IT'S PER, YOU KNOW, PER YES. 
          MOWING JOB. 
          SO, UM, SO WE DO HAVE, UM, I CALL 'EM CANCELLATION CLAUSES, UM, WHERE IF THEY'RE NOT HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE CONTRACT, WE ARE ABLE TO CANCEL IT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THAT IS, UM, WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT THEY DIDN'T DO IT. 
          UM, SO IF WE'RE NOT OUT THERE ACTUALLY DOING INSPECTIONS, GETTING PICTURES, SHOWING PROOF, UM, THEY COULD THEN LEGALLY COME BACK AT US, UM, WELL, MAYBE THIS INSPECTOR THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY ABOUT COULD BE, UH, NEED. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO THEY WOULD TO, UH, SHOW THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB. 
          AND YES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH IT. 
          UM, FOR A, A SOFTWARE THAT BASICALLY YOU CAN DO FORMS, INSPECTIONS, COUNTS, UM, WE WE'RE USING A DIRECT CENTER, UH, FOR USAGE LOGS, BUT THIS INSPECTOR WOULD, WOULD GO TO EACH LOCATION EVERY DAY, TAKE THE PICTURE IF IT'S NOT DONE, FILE THE REPORT, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK, HE CAN JUST AUTOMATICALLY PRINT OFF ALL OF THAT AND MEET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, HERE'S WHERE YOUR DEFICIENCIES WERE, HERE'S WHERE YOU NEED TO IMPROVE, OR HERE'S WHAT WASN'T DONE. 
          THE LAST THING IS, UH, I THINK THE DOLLARS THAT YOU GOT IN THERE FOR TRAINING, UH, IS, UH, IS APPROPRIATE. 
          UH, I SHUTTER EVERY TIME I GO DOWN CARTRIGHT AND I SEE ONE OF OUR PEOPLE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EDGE, UH, WHERE CARS ARE GOING. 
          MM-HMM, , YOU KNOW, SUPPOSEDLY 45 OR DOING 60, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ONE MISSTEP OFF OF THAT CURVE OR OFF OF THAT MEDIAN, AND WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A REAL PROBLEM. 
          SO I THINK, UH, HAVING SOME TRAINING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UH, THE, UH, THE DANGERS ARE, UH, WHEN, UH, WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, MEDIANS OR HERBS YEAH. 
          ON, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGH SPEED AND THEN HIGH VOLUME, UH, YEAH, UH, UH, STREETS. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          ITS, UH, IT'S DANGEROUS AND WE DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP SAFE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NEXT WE HAVE POLICE CHIEF HARRIS. 
          YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. 
          GROSS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE BASED ON THE CITIZEN SURVEY AS WELL AS THE, UH, CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CITY AND SUCCESSION PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE FIRST QUEST IS PATROL OFFICERS. 
          THIS WILL INCREASE OUR VISIBILITY, GIVE POLICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND HELP REDUCE OUR PART ONE CRIMES. 
          UH, NEXT QUEST, TWO OFFICERS TO CREATE A CRITICAL INCIDENT SCENE. 
          UH, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS ARE ON THE RISE, AND THESE TYPES OF CALLS ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS, A RECRUITING OFFICER. 
          UH, CURRENTLY WE USE ON-DUTY OFFICERS ON OVER TIME AND A ORAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH OFFICER. 
          UH, RADIO REPLACEMENT. 
          OUR CURRENT RADIOS ARE AT THE END OF LIFE. 
          UH, NO SURFACE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE OR REPAIRS. 
          AND THESE ARE ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS. 
          UH, TWO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC POSITIONS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CRASHES AND ADDRESS THE INCREASING NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE. 
          UH, AND ASSISTANT CHIEF'S POSITION, UH, TO ASSIST WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT AND PREPARE AND GROWTH FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          A TCO SUPERVISOR, THIS WILL ENABLE THE 9 1 1 CENTER TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR ON DUTY A MAJORITY OF THE TIME. 
          RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO SUPERVISORS AND ALSO, AGAIN, PREPARE US FOR THIS SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WILL HANDLE ADMINISTRATIVE PHONE CALLS FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CITIZENS AND OTHER AGENCIES. 
          THIS WILL IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALLOW OUR INVESTIGATORS SPEND MORE TIME TO DEVOTE, UH, TIME TO CASEWORK IN THE FIELD. 
          UM, DISPATCH CONSOLE REPLACEMENT. 
          OUR CURRENT CONSOLES OUR AT THE END OF LIFE, THEY ARE 10 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY OUT OF WARRANTY. 
          UH, A SERGEANT'S POSITION THAT WILL BE IN THE SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION. 
          UM, AGAIN, PREPARING FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          AND WE HAVE A NEED TO CREATE REDUNDANCY AND SEVERAL SPECIALIZED POSITIONS, INCLUDING OUR RADIO SYSTEMS MANAGER, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, OUR CRIME ANALYST, AND OUR DISPATCH MANAGER. 
          UH, A GRAPPLER RESTING BUMPERS. 
          THIS IS A DEPLOYABLE DEVICE TO ASSIST IN SAFELY ENDING PURSUITS. 
          THE RIFLE BUYBACK PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO, WILL COST THE COST OF THE RIFLE. 
          WE PAID THAT BY THE OFFICER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THEIR PAYCHECK. 
          THE CITY OUTLAYS THE MONEY. 
          ANGEL ARMOR RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR, THIS IS A DAILY WEAR BODY ARMOR THAT IS RIFLE RESISTANT RIGHT NOW. 
          IT IS, UH, 
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NOW IS JUST SHE GET CREDIT FOR THAT OR, YEAH, WE EFFORT . 
          AND LASTLY, THE SAFETY FOOTWEAR PLACEMENT PROGRAM. 
          UM, THIS IS AGAIN, A REIMBURSEMENT FOR OFFICERS, THE COST OF, UH, PURCHASING HIGH QUALITY SHOES AND BOOTS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ASK, HAVE SOME WRITING. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION WITH THE MENTAL, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. 
          UM, HOW MANY CURRENT OFFICERS DO WE HAVE THAT'S ALREADY TRAINED FOR THIS? WELL, EVERYTHING OFFICER WE HAD HAS HAD TO MAN YOUR 40 HOUR TRAINING, BUT WE HAVE NO OFFICERS DEDICATED TO THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY DEDICATED FOR THAT. 
          I THOUGHT WE HAD OUR PATROL OFFICERS HANDLE THOSE CALLS SERVICE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD, CREATE A UNIT THAT WILL HAVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF CALLS AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE AREA HOSPITALS. 
          AND THESE TWO OFFICERS WOULD BE, UM, IN ADDITION TO YOUR REGULAR OFFICERS, OR THESE WOULD JUST BE TWO ADD, THESE WOULD BE TWO OFFICERS THAT YOU CURRENTLY OR FUTURELY, UH, BRING ON STAFF TO THAT CERTIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE, UH, THE SAFETY FOOTWEAR PROGRAM, IS THAT A A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR WHAT? OR CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT AGAIN? UH, YEAH, SO THE OFFICERS PURCHASED THE, UH, FOOTWEAR. 
          WE HAVE A SET NUMBER OF, UH, SHOES THAT WE ESTABLISHED, AND THE CITY REIMBURSES THE OFFICERS. 
          IT'S A, IT CAME FROM RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          IT'S A PROGRAM TO RISK MANAGEMENT, UM, MADE US AWARE OF, BUT IN ORDER TO START IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE MONEY UP FRONT IN A LINE ITEM. 
          AND IT'S CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE IT. 
          SO IT'S REIMBURSED ONCE THEY PURCHASE IT? CORRECT. 
          DO THEY HAVE TO, UM, SHOW PROOF THAT THEY'RE WEARING IT? YES. 
          OR, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU . 
          MAYOR, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. 
          UH, CHIEF, HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? I'M FINE, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD. 
          HOW MANY OPEN POSITIONS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? 16. 
          OKAY. 
          16. 
          AND HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE YOUR CURRENT COMMAND STAFF TO SEE IF MAYBE SOME OF THESE REQUESTED POSITIONS COULD FILTER OVER TO THAT, UH, TO THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS? UM, THAT WOULD MEAN A DEMOTION. 
          UH, OH, WELL, WE DON'T WANNA DEMOTE 'EM. 
          SO OUR CURRENT COMMAND STAFF DOING THOSE POSITIONS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LIKE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, IS THAT YOU ADDING A, AN ADDITIONAL ONE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          AND ALL OF THE OTHER ONES YOU SAID THEY WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN? I'M GOOD. 
          I'M GOOD. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO, UH, THE, UH, TWO, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OFFICERS, ARE THOSE, UH, MOTORCYCLE UNITS OR ARE THEY IN THEORY? I THINK THEY COULD BE EITHER OR. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE THAT ARE MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT HAVE THEIR CLASS IN MOTORCYCLE LICENSE TO, UH, DO THAT TRACK POSITION IN A VEHICLE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THEY'D BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS THE MOTORCYCLE. 
          SO I GUESS BOTTOM LINE, DO, DO YOU FIND THAT, UH, THE MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS ARE MORE, UH, UM, PROFICIENT OR, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY PROFICIENT. 
          UH, UH, BUT THEY CONTROL TRAFFIC, UH, BETTER THAN, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          OUR OFFICERS SITTING IN CARS OR THEY ARE BETTER AT, I GUESS, HIDING, SO TO SPEAK. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT AS VISIBLE, SO, UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY MORE APT TO CATCH SOMEBODY OR SEE SOMEBODY CREATING A VIOLATION RATHER THAN A MARKED PATROL CAR. 
          BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR MARKED PATROL CARS DOING TRAFFIC AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AN INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHETHER ALL THE MOTORCYCLE UNITS GET IN A POLICE CAR. 
          WELL, WITH RED LIGHT RUNNERS, YOU DON'T NEED THEM TO BE HIDDEN. 
          THEY'RE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, OUR GUYS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT AND SEE THEM WITHOUT BEING HIDDEN. 
          SO, UM, I, I, I THINK, UH, THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS, THE TWO POSITIONS, UH, YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THOSE ARE GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, UH, DEMAND OR NEED? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER  CHIEF, UM, JUST ON THE 10 OFFICERS. 
          SO WHAT DO YOU SEE THE BENEFIT? DO YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN OVER TIME? DO YOU SEE BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE? WHAT DO WE SHOOTING FOR? IS IT JUST PURE DEMAND? ALL OF THE ABOVE THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          UM, WE, THERE IS NEED FOR US TO CREATE A PATROL DISTRICT DOWN SOUTH DUE TO THE GROWTH, AND THAT'LL GET TO THE 10 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE BANKS NEEDS NOW. 
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AND WE MAY HAVE TO PUSH THIS OFF TO ANOTHER BUDGET GEAR. 
          I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY THIS, WE NEED TO CREATE THAT FIFTH DISTRICT, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GET THE THREE OFFICERS IN EACH DISTRICT THAT WE'VE HAD A GOAL OF ALL ALONG. 
          YEAH, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY MEETING THE DEMAND AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SAID THAT EARLIER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE HAVE OUR FIRE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. 
          DO ME GO THROUGH OUR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND PRIORITY. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS A CIVIL SERVICE REQUIRED HIGHER CLASSIFICATION PAY, AND THIS IS FUNDING ANYTIME A PERSON TAKES OFF, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM WITH A, UH, CREDENTIALED PERSON THAT IS TRAINED TO DO THAT JOB. 
          SO DRIVE THE FIRETRUCK, BE AN OFFICER, OR BE AN INCIDENT COMMANDER. 
          AND SO CIVIL SERVICE REQUIRES PAY FOR RIDING UP IN THAT HIGHER CLASSIFICATION. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, FUNDING IS FOR. 
          UH, THAT'S FOR THEIR PAY, WHICH IS THEIR BASE SALARY, LONGEVITY, SENIORITY, EDUCATIONAL AND CERTIFICATION PAY, THAT'S REQUIRED BY CIVIL SERVICE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS AN AFG GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS FOR US TO TRAIN. 
          WE REQUESTED, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT TO TRAIN ADDITIONAL, UH, EMS PERSONNEL TO THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND THE PARAMEDIC LEVEL PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS WILL TRAIN 12 PERSONNEL. 
          UH, THE 81,000 IS OUR 10% MATCH, UH, THEIR FUNDING, UH, $810,000 FOR THAT TRAINING. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, TCF, TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION PHYSICAL EXAMS. UH, THE TCFP EXAMS, UH, WE DO ANNUAL EXAMS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          AND SO CURRENTLY THERE'S FUNDING FOR EXAMS, UH, BUT WE WANNA ENHANCE OUR EXAMS TO, UH, YEARLY CANCER SCREENINGS. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THE PROGRAM IS WORKING AND, AND, BUT WE WANT TO ACCELERATE IT TO EVERY YEAR DUE TO THE HAZARDS AND THE EXPOSURES THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THE NEXT ONE FOR MANDATED BUNKER GEAR REPLACEMENT. 
          UH, THIS IS A STATE MANDATED REQUIREMENT IN TEXAS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE OUR FIREFIGHTER GEAR. 
          EVERYTHING FROM HELMETS, BOOTS, GLOVES CAN, UH, PANTS AND COAT, UH, THAT THEY WEAR. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, UH, THAT COMES TO YOU EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, AND IT FLUCTUATES FROM 20, 40, 50 SETS DEPENDING ON OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE AND OUR PERSONNEL DIFFERENTIAL PAY. 
          THE NEXT THREE, UH, I'LL LUMP TOGETHER. 
          UH, THESE ARE FOR SPECIALIZED ASSIGNMENTS THAT PERSONNEL COME WORK IN THE OFFICE, SUCH AS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR INSPECTIONS, UH, INVESTIGATIONS, UH, TO OUR TRAINING DIVISION TO TRAIN OUR STAFF. 
          AND SO, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THESE OFFICERS MOVE FROM THE FIRE TRUCKS TO THESE OFFICE POSITIONS. 
          AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN FILLING THESE POSITIONS IS THAT AS SOON AS THEY MOVE FROM A FIRETRUCK TO THOSE OFFICE JOBS, THEY LOSE $12,000 IN PAY APPROXIMATELY. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE A PAY REDUCTION WORKING IN THE SAME RANK AS THE ONES ON THE FIRE TRUCKS. 
          SO WE WANNA TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH THIS REQUEST AND GIVE UP AN ASSIGNMENT, PAY THAT KIND OF, UH, FIVE, WE'RE REQUESTING $500 TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, UH, ASSIGNMENT PAY SO THAT WE CAN RECRUIT THEM INTO THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS. THE NEXT ONE IS ON-CALL RISK REDUCTION. 
          THAT'S OUR ON-CALL PAY FOR OUR, UH, FIRE INVESTIGATORS. 
          UH, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, OTHER CITIES. 
          AND CURRENTLY OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS GO ON A ROTATION PER WEEK, UH, ON-CALL. 
          AND THEIR MOVEMENT IS RESTRICTED. 
          UH, THEY CAN'T CONSUME ALCOHOL AND THEY HAVE TO STAY NEAR THEIR HOME, UM, TO COME BACK FOR INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND CURRENTLY THEY GET PAID ONLY OVERTIME. 
          SO IF THERE'S NOT A CALL, THEY'VE, THEIR MOVEMENT HAS BEEN LIMITED AND, AND THEY DON'T RECEIVE ANY PAY. 
          AND SO CONSISTENT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, A STIPEND OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER WEEK, THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND FIREFIGHTING, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE PROGRAM A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN PD WHERE YOU, THAN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS. 
          WE HAVE A PEER SUPPORT GROUP THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THAT ARE NOT PROVIDING THE TREATMENT, BUT THEY PUT THE RESOURCES AND THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER FOR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          AND SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE'VE BEEN ABSORBING THAT THROUGH OUR EXISTING OVERTIME BUDGET. 
          UH, BUT THEY USE OVERTIME FOR MEETINGS, UH, ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UH, FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER, FLSA OVERTIME. 
          THIS IS, UH, JUST TRYING TO BALANCE OUR LINE ITEM TO COVER THE FLSA COSTS, UH, AT OUR, ON OUR FIRE TRUCKS, UH, BASED ON THE, THE RECENT, UH, SALARY INCREASES. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT, THAT, THAT INCREASED. 
          AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS IS, UH, OUR STANDBY FOR FIREWORKS. 
          FIREWORKS INSPECTIONS, EMS STANDBY FOR JUNETEENTH 4TH OF JULY FESTS AND OTHER CITY EVENTS. 
          UH, AND THAT'S OUR OVERTIME 
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FOR THAT STAFF. 
          STAFF, THE UTI. 
          THE NEXT ONES ARE ENHANCEMENTS TO, UH, SERVICES. 
          UH, ONE IS A UTILITY ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE. 
          THIS IS AN EMS ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE TO GO OFF ROAD TO GO GET PATIENTS. 
          CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE IN OUR CITY. 
          AND THIS UNIT WILL HELP US GET INTO REMOTE AREAS IN OUR PARKS, UH, OUR CREEK AREAS, UH, ALONG THE GOLF COURSE. 
          UH, BUT IT'LL ALLOW US TO GO OFF ROAD TO GET TO THOSE PATIENTS. 
          RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO WALK IN WHERE WE'RE USING A UTV THAT'S REALLY MADE FOR FIREFIGHTING TO GO GET THEM. 
          AND SO THIS UTV HELPS US. 
          IT HAS A STRETCHER TYPE BASKET TO PULL THEM OUT AND AN ATTENDANCE SEAT SO WE CAN PROVIDE CARE WHILE WE'RE BRINGING THEM OUT. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE, UM, UH, I, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ON THIS ONE. 
          FOR THE SAFER GRANT, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR 16 PERSONNEL. 
          AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE ISO EVALUATION. 
          UH, OUR PRELIMINARY INFORMATION TELLS US THAT, UH, WE ARE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE AN IS O ONE AGAIN. 
          UH, AFTER OUR EVALUATION THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. 
          ONCE WE HAVE THAT LETTER, WE CAN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE AN ISO ONE AGAIN. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE, UH, THIS GRANT, UH, WHICH WE HAD PUT AS A PLACEHOLDER. 
          UH, IF WE DIDN'T GET THE ISO ONE, WE POTENTIALLY NEEDED THESE PERSONNEL. 
          SO WE MAY NOT NEED THESE PERSONNEL ONCE WE EVALUATE THE, THE ISO ONE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS A TETHERED DRONE. 
          UM, THIS IS A DRONE DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DRONE YOU'VE SEEN THAT THREE FLIES AROUND. 
          THIS ONE IS ATTACHED TO OUR BATTALION CHIEF SUPERVISOR VEHICLE. 
          THIS IS A PERSON THAT FIRST ARRIVES ON SCENE. 
          THEY'RE USUALLY BY THEMSELVES MAKING CRITICAL DECISIONS WITHIN THE FIRST ONE OR TWO MINUTES. 
          THIS DRONE GOES STRAIGHT UP, GIVES 'EM A, A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES ON A HOME THAT'S ON FIRE, OR THEY'RE SEARCHING AN AREA. 
          UH, IT GIVES 'EM IMMEDIATE VISUAL OF, OF THINGS AROUND THEM AS OTHER INCIDENT COMMANDERS ARRIVE ON SCENE. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE LUCAS AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. 
          THIS AMOUNT IS FOR THREE AUTOMATIC AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. 
          UM, THESE ARE CPR DEVICES THAT BASICALLY THEY, THEY, THEY PLACE 'EM ON THE PATIENT AND THEY WILL CONTINUE CPR ON THE PATIENT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          AND SO THIS FREES UP OUR PARAMEDICS AND EMTS TO DO OTHER INVASIVE, UH, PROCEDURES LIKE START IVS, PUSH MEDICATIONS QUICKER. 
          AND SO IT FREES UP THEIR STAFF SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND ANOTHER UNIT TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          CPR MM-HMM, . 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS FIRE WAS RECENTLY TASKED WITH, UH, I THINK APPROPRIATELY TO TAKE ON REVAMPING THE ENTIRE A ED PROGRAM FOR ALL THE CITY FACILITIES. 
          AND SO THE, SO, UH, OUR EMS STAFF IS WORKING, THEY'VE WORKED TO IDENTIFY WITH RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, THE QUANTITY, UM, AND THE QUALITY AND THE, AND THE TYPE OF, UH, AEDS FOR ALL OUR FACILITIES FROM THE GOLF COURSE TO REC CENTER, TO FIRE STATIONS, TO ALL OUR PUBLIC AREAS. 
          AND SO THIS IS TO REVAMP THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S OUR LAST ONE. 
          I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          IF EVERYONE HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          SET A QUICK QUESTION. 
          UM, THE CPR, IS THIS GONNA BE ON ALL THE EMT UNITS? NOT ALL. 
          THAT'S FOR THREE TO START WITH. 
          SO WE WOULD PUT IT ON, UH, KIND OF OUR, OUR HIGH RESPONSE UNITS, UH, LIKE OUR SQUAD UNIT THAT RUNS THE MAJORITY OF THE EM S CALLS. 
          AND THEN OUR, OUR OUR, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING HIGH VOLUME CALLS AND THEN WE, WE WOULD PHASE IN MORE OVER TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, YES, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          NO ELSE? YES, SIR. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE CITY SECRETARY. 
          OH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          GOT TWO MINUTES. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, OH, WE'RE NOT APPRO. 
          SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPERLY ARCHIVING DOCUMENTS, UM, THROUGH OUR NEW, UM, SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED LASER FISH, WHERE THE CITY HAS JUST TRANSITIONED FROM QUESTS FORMING, KNOWN AS QUESTS, AND, UM, THE 15 THOUSAND'S JUST ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BUILD OUT THE PUBLIC USER INTERFACE, WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE RECORDS, UH, READILY AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. 
          WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF I AS A CITIZEN WARNER REQUEST, UM, INFORMATION? SO PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS ARE HANDLED SEPARATELY FROM, UM, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, DO JUST, SO THAT'S A PUBLIC SOFTWARE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          OUR FINANCE CHAIR SAID IF EVERYBODY HAD 15,000, WE WOULD APPROVE ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE COURT. 
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR. 
          UM, ONE IS EXCLUSIVELY USING OUR SPECIALIZED COURT REVENUE FUNDS. 
          SO NO GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PAY THAT WE REQUIRE ALL OF OUR POSITIONS TO HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL FOR. 
          THE OTHER IS FOR A YOUTH DIVERSION SPECIALIST POSITION. 
          A PORTION OF THAT CAN BE FUNDED FROM ONE OF OUR SPECIALIZED, UM, REVENUE FUNDS, BUT NOT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS COMING FROM A STATE MANDATED LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED THE LAST LEGISLATIVE CYCLE RE UH, REQUIRING EVERY COURT IN THE STATE TO HAVE A YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          AND PART OF THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS NOW GONNA HAVE TO BE TASKED WITH, UM, INTERVIEWING THE PARENT AND THE CHILD, DEVELOPING THEIR PLAN WITH THEM, FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM WEEKLY, DOING REPORTING STATS TO THE STATE. 
          UM, SO BE PRETTY INVOLVED. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SEEING NO ONE ELSE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU BRITTANY. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT WE HAVE, NEXT WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          HERMAN RODRIGUEZ. 
          HERMAN. 
          THERE'S TOO MANY ZEROES OUT THERE. 
          YEAH, THE NINE, THEY'RE FINE. 
          TRUST ME. 
          I WISH IT WAS, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU GUYS ALLOCATED, UM, UH, WHEN YOU, UH, LOWERED THE RESERVE BALANCE. 
          AND SO THE REMAINDER THAT WE DEDICATED TOWARDS THE FIVE DEPARTMENTS, THIS WAS OUR PORTION FROM THE RESERVE BALANCE AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND CAPTURE IT. 
          NOW. 
          I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO FLOATING AROUND SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN I KNEW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED IT FOR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. SO I WENT AHEAD AND CAPTURED IT AND DEDICATED IT ALL TO THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM SO THAT AT LEAST IT'S HOUSE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR ANY FUTURE NEEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE YOU GONNA ELABORATE ON WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE? WHICH, WHICH PROGRAMS ARE YOU? SO RESTAURANT AND PATIO, ANYONE ELSE? WOULD THEY ALSO GO TOWARDS ANY, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER INCENTIVE. 
          UH, I, I HEARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IDEAS. 
          I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO, TOWARDS THOSE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE WERE AT, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, THE RETREAT SHOWED THAT WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, ENCUMBERING MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FUND RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE WERE LOOKING TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER REQUESTS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND I'VE TAKEN A COUPLE THROUGH LEGAL AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY REQUESTS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS JUST THE INCENTIVE APPLICATIONS AND THE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 
          CAN WE START IT OFF WITH 1.5 MM-HMM. 
          WAS IT EITHER FIVE THERE? ONE OR ONE FIVE? YEAH, IT WAS 1 3 5. 
          IT WAS ONE. 
          ONE USED TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO FORGIVE US. 
          I'VE NOTICED THAT. 
          I'VE NOTICED THAT IT WENT DOWN TO 900, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. 
          IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, MONEY THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR 1.5 PLUS THIS? NO, NO, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS DEDICATED BEFORE I EVEN GOT HIRED. 
          AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE BEFORE I GOT HIRED. 
          BUT SINCE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO ENCUMBER, ENCUMBERING THOSE FUNDS AND WE WANNA CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS, UM, WHEN COUNCILMAN BONY HAD REQUESTED THAT WE LOWER THE RESERVE AMOUNT, THERE WAS REMAINING FUNDS, YOU GUYS VOTED TO DIVVY IT UP BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. 
          THIS WAS OUR SHARE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CAPTURE IT BEFORE ANYBODY'S PRIORITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          INTERVENED ON WHAT YA'S INTENTIONS WERE. 
          SO YOU STILL HAVE THE 1.5? WE HAVE ABOUT UNENCUMBERED ABOUT 300. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          I GOT IT. 
          NO, NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          WE'RE JUST ASKING THIS . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. 
          IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, PLEASE DO. 
          JUST TO COMMENT. 
          I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS TO FIGURE, FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ROI SPEND WHERE WE PUT MORE CASH IN THERE, BUT THAT'S IT. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AGREE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU HERMAN. 
          YOU HERMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          NEXT WE HAVE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, FROM IT STANDPOINT, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, INCREASE IN OUR COPIER LEASE. 
          WE CAME TO COUNCIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND, UM, HAD A NEW CONTRACT TO REPLACE ALL THE STANDALONE COPIERS AND PRINTERS THAT THE CITY HAD TO A MANAGED PRINTER SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE OVERAGES AND PRINTER TONER COSTS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. 
          SO THAT'S THE INCREASE OF THE $54,000 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          THE SECOND ITEM IS 
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THE INCREASE IN OUR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          SOFTWARE, UH, AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS VENDORS GO UP ABOUT 3%. 
          WE USUALLY NEGOTIATE THE PRICE DOWN, BUT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE LEASE TO 3% INCREASE SO THAT IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE HAVE THAT. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR VMWARE SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS OUR VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTION, THEY GOT BOUGHT UP BY BROADCOM. 
          AND THE TALK OF THE TOWN IS, IS GONNA BE ABOUT A 10% INCREASE. 
          THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS OUR LICENSING AND MAINTENANCE COST. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF 83,000. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT MICROSOFT AS A CLOUD SOLUTION, AND THAT'S ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL LICENSE COSTS. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS OUR IT REPLACEMENT. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR $1.2 MILLION FROM THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND TO BE SPENT TO REPLACE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE SCHEDULE FROM THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. 
          SO JOBY, IT, IT REPLACEMENT. 
          WHEN YOU SAY 1.28, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IT ALL COMPUTERS? LAPTOPS. 
          SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE TUCK BOOKS THAT ARE REPLACED FOR THE POLICE VEHICLES. 
          WE HAVE SWITCHES AND ROUTERS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          IT ALSO THIS YEAR WITH CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL, WE'RE INCLUDING THE AUDIO VISUAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT, IT'S NOT WORKING IN THIS ROOM. 
          SO WE HAVE TO GET THEM REPLACED. 
          GOOD. 
          ONE LAST COMMENT FOR ME. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT INTO WHEN YOU WERE PREPARING FOR THIS BUDGET WITH NOW WITH AI AND WHAT ALL THAT CAN DO AND HOW SOME OF THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES AWAY, IF IT HELPS. 
          I MEAN, FROM A HARDWARE STANDPOINT IT DOESN'T BECAUSE YOU STILL NEED THE COMPUTE PROCESSING POWER TO DO IT EITHER ONPREM OR ON CLOUD. 
          IT'S JUST AUGMENTING THE COST ON EITHER DIRECTION. 
          BUT FROM A SOLUTION STANDPOINT, YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD BRING THAT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? JEREMY, WHAT ABOUT TEAMS? THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL LICENSING COST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD MAN. 
          UM, PARTS TO THE , OUR CITY AREA, UHHUH, ANY FUNDING AND REPLACEMENT FUND, THERE IS FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR REPLACING THOSE EQUIPMENT. 
          UH, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING AND, YOU KNOW, ENHANCING THOSE FEATURES. 
          THANKS. 
           CONTRACT? I DO. 
          AND THE IT MANAGER. 
          AND HOW DO WE GET THE WIFI TO WORK? IT WORKS. 
          YOU JUST NEED TO UPDATE YOUR PHONE. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US, UH, IF WE COULD GET A, A COPY OR UPDATE ON WHAT THE CURRENT BALANCE IS. 
          YES. 
          UH, IN THE REVISED COMPREHENSIVE OVERAGES. 
          YES. 
          FOR THE BUCKETS. 
          UH, BECAUSE I KNOW 6% IS DEDICATED TOWARDS THIS. 
          YES. 
          AND SO, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THE CURRENT BALANCE IN, IN THAT, UH, BUCKET IS? UH, BERTHA OR ANY FOR THE IT REPLACEMENT BUCKET OR, OR? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE IT REPLACEMENT HAS 1 MILLION 9 6 5 18. 
          WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          1 MILLION 0 9 6 5 18. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANY OF THAT MONEY YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO SPEND IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE DON'T SPEND IT UNTIL WE GET IT BACK. 
          HE NEVER LEFT IT, IT STAYS IN THE FUND BALANCE. 
          NEVER LEFT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MM, COUNCILMAN MORY, DO YOU HAVE ANY? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M ALSO PRESENTING THE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR INCREASE IN TRAINING AND TRAVEL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET BY $5,000. 
          THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF HAS, UM, THE RIGHT TRAINING FOR THE, AND, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ENHANCING THEIR SKILL SETS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CURRENT WITH THE CURRENT TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
           COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS, UH, INCREASE IN OUR CABLE SERVICES FOR $6,000 THAT COMES IN PLACE BECAUSE COMCAST, WE HAVE FOR ALL THE TVS PROVIDE CABLE SERVICES IS TAKING AWAY THE FREE CABLE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE USED TO PROVIDE AS A COMPLIMENTARY ITEM. 
          THEY'RE PHASING OUT THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT COST INCREASE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE AVAILABLE ON THOSE CHANNELS, ESPECIALLY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS THE $1 MILLION EXPENDITURES FROM THE PEG FUND. 
          UH, THAT'S FOR THE TWO READER BOARD. 
          THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER SO THAT THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED JOBY. 
          SO WHO ARE YOU GONNA TRAIN AND, AND TRAVEL WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING? YOU ARE, I MEAN, I THOUGHT YOU'RE DOING CONTRACT OR IS IT FULL-TIME OR HOW DOES IT, HOW DO WE TRAIN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR. 
          HOW MANY FULL-TIME HAVE YOU HAD? I MEAN, YOU HAVE TODAY. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. 
          AND TWO, 
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UH, CONTRACTOR HIRE, 200 CONTRACTOR HIRE. 
          AND THIS USED TO BE THE NINE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NINE POSITIONS. 
          YES. 
          WAS IT NINE? YEAH, THAT'S NINE. 
          FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          YES. 
          NINE. 
          YOU HAVE SIX VACANCIES. 
          DON'T USE THE, UM, TECH FUNDS FOR TRAINING. 
          JUST HE'S SAYING BASICALLY HE SAID HE GONNA AUDIT YOU AFTER WE HAD A NO, WE HAD A ISSUE. 
          HISTORICAL. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S WHY IT'S IN HOLD. 
          YEAH. 
          WE HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT YOUR, UM, WITH YOUR VACANCY AND FULL-TIME AND CONTRACTOR, HAVE YOU SEEN WHERE IT'S, UH, A BETTER USE OF FUNDS USING CONTRACTORS FOR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU WANT ME THAT BIG VAN THAT YOU HAVE, CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO DANIELLE INSTEAD OF THE BUS? THE, YOU KNOW, THE MC TV, THE BIG VAN? I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE. 
          IT WAS PURCHASED ON THE PEG FUND, BUT SURE. 
          IS THAT WORKING? NO SNITCH? YES. 
          WE USE IT ALL THE TIME. 
          IT IS? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE USE IT AT ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AND EVENTS THAT WE GO TO RECORD. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S MORE FOR EQUIPMENT TO TRANSPORT THE EQUIPMENT. 
          IT ONLY SEATS TWO PEOPLE. 
          CITY MANAGER MAY TRANSFER THAT TO CLARK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SERVICES. 
          HELLO MAYOR. 
          AND COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS DELMA ADAMS. UM, I'LL BE REVIEWING THE FACILITIES, UH, ITEMS WITH YOU. 
          I'M GONNA STAND ON MY TIPPY TOES. 
          I'M HOPING YOU CAN SEE ME. 
          THAT'S ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES. 
          SO OUR CURRENT, UM, BASE PROGRAM FUNDING DOES NOT, IS NOT ADEQUATE TO PUT, DO ALL OF THE, UM, SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR $568,000 FOR THAT. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT'S ROOFING, HVAC, UM, ON-CALL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL SERVICE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING, UH, BUILDINGS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. 
          UH, THE NEXT LINE IS FOR OUR HR PLANNING BUILD OUT. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY FOUR SMALLER PROJECTS. 
          THE BIGGEST OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD GIVE US ALMOST 4,000, UH, SQUARE FEET FULL OF SHELL. 
          UM, IN THE BACK OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          IT WAS AN OLD, UM, JAIL, UH, CELL AREA AND RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY USABLE. 
          WE'RE JUST KIND OF USING FOR IT FOR STORAGE. 
          BUT IF WE CAN, UM, BREAK ALL THAT OUT, IT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET FULL OF, UH, WORTH OF, UM, WHERE WE CAN PUT NEW STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          'CAUSE ONE OF THE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR NEW STAFF COMING IN, SO, UM, THAT WOULD GIVE US AT LEAST 4,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE NEXT LINE IS, UH, PARKS AND FACILITIES FURNITURE. 
          SO THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE, UH, GETTING READY TO, UH, PUT IN, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO PUT FURNITURE IN THAT BUILDING OR, UH, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ITEM FOR FACILITIES IS FACILITY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS. 
          SO YEAR AFTER YEAR WE SEE AN INCREASE ON, UM, WORK ORDERS THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE GETTING OLDER, WE'RE ADDING NEW BUILDINGS, OR WE TOOK ON LIKE THIS LOCATION HERE. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN, UH, WORK ORDERS AND, UM, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP US WITH, UM, THE ONGOING NEEDS FOR OUR BUILDINGS. 
          QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY. 
          UH, WHAT, UH, BERT, I'M SORRY. 
          WHAT'S THE, UH, BALANCE IN FACILITIES? BUCKET FACILITIES MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION IS 2,193,000 0 36. 
          WE'VE NOT SPENT ANY OF THOSE BUCKET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER BERTHA? 2 MILLION. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT THE NUMBER? YES. 
          2 MILLION 1 9 3 0 3 6. 
          AND WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, COULD YOU ALSO, SINCE FLEET IS NEXT, WHAT IS THE FLEET? FLEET REPLACEMENT IS 1 MILLION 0 9 6 5 18. 
          THE SAME AS IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ASK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WHAT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY? PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT? 1 MILLION 0 9 6 5 18 
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6%. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, AND REPAIR SERVICES, UH, DOES THAT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL CITY OWNED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING REC CENTER AND, AND QUA VALLEY CENTER? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SAMANTHA, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IS IT UNDER THIS DEPARTMENT WHERE WE LOOK AT, UH, GENERATORS AND YES. 
          AND ALL OF THAT? DO I, AND I KNOW THAT DURING THE LAST, UH, WINTER STORM WE HAD, UM, SOMEONE REMIND ME, I I FORGOT WHERE WE GONNA, WERE WE SUPPOSED TO GET SOME, UM, UH, GENERATORS? WE HAVE IT HAVE, HOW WE ARE WE LOOKING AT, INTO THIS? BECAUSE CONSTANTLY THE WEATHER NOW IS CHANGING IN HOUSTON, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT IS, UM, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I THINK THERE WAS, UH, A GRANT THAT WE WERE PURSUING TO, UM, PUT A GENERATOR IN CITY HALL TO COVER BOTH CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE BIDS CAME BACK BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT STATE OF CITY HALL, ALL THE ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, THAT BID CAME IN AT $3 MILLION. 
          SO IT WAS WAY, AND MAYBE IT WASN'T A GRANT, IT WAS THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH THE BOND. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE. 
          SO WHAT WE DID WAS PUT IN FOR TWO GRANTS, ONE FOR CITY HALL AND ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          THOSE GRANTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 
          OF COURSE, IT'S A SLOW PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE GOING FOR THOSE, UM, TYPES OF GRANTS, BUT WE'VE MOVED TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING REQUESTS ON THOSE GENERATORS AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET INFORMATION BACK SOON. 
          CRIC, I KNOW YOU WALKED UP THE, DO YOU ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, THE, THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT. 
          WE, UM, HAD ABOUT $1.2 MILLION FOR THE GENERATORS. 
          THE PRICE CAME IN A LITTLE BIT OVER $3 MILLION. 
          THE GRANT THAT WE, UM, LOOKING TO GET IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 600,000, UM, TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THIS, UM, THE COST THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO YOU SAY IT, BUT I, I KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          I CAME IN THERE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP. 
          SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITY. 
          I SAW SOMETHING THAT SAYS CITY HALL, UH, SOME STUDY OR, OR SOMETHING FOR THIS. 
          AND I'VE NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, HVAC AND ALL OF THIS, YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT BUILDING THAT WE HAVE, UH, BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THIS. 
          AT WHAT POINT IN TIME THAT WILL YOU COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKING AT WHETHER MOVING SERVICES OR WHETHER ADDING MORE, YOU KNOW, STUFF TO THAT BUILDING? UH, IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THE COST IS KEEP GOING UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OLD EXACTLY. 
          BUILDING. 
          UH, SO I, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IF YOU TALKED ABOUT IT THEN, THEN DON'T REPEAT IT. 
          NO, IT'S THE, THAT'S THE SPACE STUDY THAT WAS IN UNDER THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS, UM, CURRENTLY SITTING THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S ONE THAT, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH REPAIR ARE WE CONTINUOUSLY DOING IN OUR FACILITIES VERSUS DOING A RENOVATION OF SOME SORT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE REVIEW THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE? YES. 
          THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES. 
          IS THIS, UH, CONTRACT WORK FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OR THIS INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COST OF REPAIR? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. 
          SO IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME SUPPLIES THAT, UH, WE WOULD UTILIZE TO DO INTERNAL, UM, REPAIRS. 
          BUT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT WOULD BE FOR, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, VERBALLY THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM THAT INCLUDED HVAC, BUT THEN BELOW THERE'S A HVAC MACHINE. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE? YES. 
          SO I'M SORRY. 
          SO THE HVAC MACHINE THAT'S, UH, LOWER IS FOR FLEET AND, UM, RANDY WILL WILL HELP WITH THAT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE. 
          ALL OKAY. 
          AUTOMOTIVE USE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          RANDY, YOU'LL REPEAT THAT PLEASE. 
          I'M RANDY WEST. 
          I'M THE FLEET SUPERVISOR FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          UM, THE FIRST LINE ITEM WE HAVE AS THE REPAIR PARTS, WHICH IS A RECURRING DEAL EVERY YEAR. 
          THIS IS THE SAME AMOUNT WE HAD LAST YEAR AS A MILLION OH NINE, TWO AND TWO AND SIX, WHICH COVERS ALL PARTS THAT WE USE ON EVERY CITY VEHICLE. 
          UM, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, THE WHITE FLEET, TRACTORS, MOWERS, ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          ALSO COVERS ANY, UH, PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          TIRES, UM, PARTS WITH HELPING FORD PLASTIC LEAD CHEVROLET. 
          UM, ALSO ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY WE HAVE TO JOB OUT, UM, WRECKS OR, UM, FAILURES AND MOTORS AND TRANSMISSIONS 
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THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE IN HOUSE. 
          THIS IS ALL COVERED UNDER THAT, THAT 1,000,009, A MILLION OH NINE. 
          NEXT THE EXTRACT MACHINE IS A, UH, UNIT THAT, UH, RECAPTURES THE REON OUT OF AUTOMOBILES, FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS. 
          AND SO WE CAN WORK ON THE SYSTEM AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN OLD MACHINE THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD AND IT'S, UH, IT'S GETTING ITS WORKOUT THIS SUMMER. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 
          UM, THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE ASKING IS FOR OVERTIME. 
          UM, SINCE BEING IN THE DIVISION, WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND WE'RE SEEING HOW THINGS GONNA BREAK. 
          UM, WE'RE THERE WEEKENDS MOST OF THE TIME? UM, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST TWO TO THREE MECHANICS WE'RE THERE AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING TILL MAYBE THREE O'CLOCK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SOME OF THEM COME ON ON SUNDAY. 
          SOME OF 'EM COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          YOUR EBT TECHS TRUCK BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON THE STREET, THEY GET CALLED. 
          THEY GOTTA GO OUT THERE AND FIX IT. 
          SO THAT'S TO COVER THIS. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY LIST THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF THE SCORING BY THE OLDER VEHICLES BY MILEAGE, AGE CONDITION, MUCH MAINTENANCE WE'VE PUT ON THEM. 
          UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THERE. 
          IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTA GET WITH THEM, UM, AND SEE WHAT THIS IS. 
          BUT THAT'S STILL GONNA BE PROBABLY JUST ABOUT THE AMOUNT. 
          THE NEXT LINE ITEM IS NEW EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS IS STUFF THAT COMES INTO FLEET, LIGHT BARS, TOOLBOXES, TRAILERS, UM, STUFF THAT'S NEEDED DURING THE YEAR. 
          AND, UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE EATING THAT OUT OF OUR, OR SUPPLY THAT OUT OF OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IT'S, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE, ITS ONLINE ITEM TO, UH, GIVE US A FAIR SHAKE ON THAT. 
          UM, THE LAST ONE IS TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 
          THAT'S AN INCREASE OVER THE 25 YEAR, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, WHICH OUR PHYSICAL YEAR 25 BUDGET FOR FUEL. 
          THIS LINE ITEM IS FOR FUEL. 
          UH, WAS 650 K, UH, APPROXIMATELY. 
          RIGHT NOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE AT 400,000 ALREADY. 
          UM, THAT'S DUE TO INCREASE IN FUEL AND A EXPANDED SERVICE AREA TAKING OVER MUD NUMBER TWO. 
          SO WE'VE GOT MORE CARS GOING, MORE MILEAGE, AND SO WE'RE ASKING 50,000 MORE FOR THAT. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE'VE GOT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTIONS, HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? UM, IS THIS FOR PURCHASE FOR LINE OUT? ONE POINT? WE'RE TALKING, UM, TOTAL OF I BELIEVE 17. 
          17 NEW VEHICLES. 
          YEP. 
          AND THAT'D BE FOUR FOR PUBLIC WORKS, FIVE FOR PARKS, ONE FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, ONE FOR FIRE OPERATIONS, AND SIX FOR PD PATROL. 
          UM, THE FUEL OIL AND LUBRICANT, IS THAT FOR YOU GUYS TO DO IN-HOUSE, LIKE OIL CHANGES AND BASIC MAINTENANCE? THE AMOUNT IS TO BUY THE FUEL AND THE OILS THAT'S TO PURCHASE. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN ONSITE DIESEL TANKS HERE AND IT'S STATION FOUR JUST TO KEEP OILS THERE. 
          UM, THE OIL THAT WE DO PUT IN THE CARS IS TO BUY THAT ALSO AND THE FIRE TRUCKS. 
          AND IT ALSO PAYS FOR THE TOLLS FOR ANY OF THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE OKAY. 
          WHICH ALL OUR VEHICLES HAVE TOTAL TAX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT PAYS FOR THAT ALSO. 
          THANK YOU RANDY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. 
          IT'S 9:00 PM SO WE GOT, WE'RE JUST DONE WITH, UM, INTERNAL SERVICES. 
          I'VE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, RIGHT. 
          NINE NINE TO GO, UH, ON SMALLER DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK EVERYONE TO SEE, EVEN ALSO COLLEAGUES, YOU WANNA DO A HARD STOP OR DO YOU WANNA CONTINUE? I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING HERE TOMORROW. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          UM, SINCE EVERYBODY'S BEEN SITTING HERE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, IF MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN COME UP, GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, TAKE THREE MINUTES AND BE OUR QUESTION AND THEN TOMORROW WE CAN ASK. 
          THAT'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          I DON'T THINK IT POSTED FOR TOMORROW. 
          OR EMAIL POSTED. 
          HEAR CITY MANAGER THE QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT WE, THE FIRST PART, I'M HERE, CAN WE JUST HEAR THEIR PRESENTATIONS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, CAN WE JUST SUBMIT 'EM TO THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS? OR DO THEY ALL THE QUESTION HAVE TO BE PUBLIC? IT HAS TO BE, WHAT IS IT? BE JOYCE SPEC. 
          THE DISCUSSION SHOULD OF COURSE BE PUBLIC. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT CONSIDERING THE TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE MANAGER WILL PROBABLY SCHEDULE ANOTHER 
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MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          AT WHICH YOU ALL CAN DISCUSS THE ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND IT COULD BE PART OF THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING, UH, SPECIAL, SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE CAN FINISH IT OFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT, AND I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MAYOR, I MEAN CITY MANAGER'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE MEETING WITH THEM TO FLESH OUT THESE NEEDS. 
          SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ANYWAY. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. 
          I THINK WE COULD SEND, UH, THOSE TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, BUT I THINK IF WE COULD JUST ALLOW EVERYBODY TO JUST, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG FOR EVERYBODY TO JUST EXPLAIN THEIR REQUESTS AND THEN I'M NOT NO, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE HAVE IT ON IN FRONT OF US. 
          RIGHT? SO IF YOU CAN JUST SAY WHAT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IF YOU'RE PRESENTING, THEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE CAN ASK TO IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          LET'S GO TO HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          MOST OF THEM ARE RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE FIRST ITEM IS THE RISK AND SAFETY COORDINATOR. 
          THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING, UM, A RISK AND SAFETY COORDINATOR BECAUSE AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ONE DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND WE'RE REQUESTING THIS SO WE CAN ENSURE, UM, THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES GO HOME SAFELY AND WE PROACTIVELY REVIEW SAFETY MEASURES VERSUS BEING REACTIVE AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL POSITION WILL BE HELPFUL. 
          THE SECOND IS THE SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST. 
          OUR CITY IS RAPIDLY GROWING AND TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE, UM, SERVICE LEVELS, I'M ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL POSITION. 
          THIS POSITION WILL ASSIST WITH SPECIAL PROJECTS, VARIOUS INITIATIVES WITH RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND VARIOUS HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTATION FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SERVE FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          UM, THIS IS SIMPLY TO ENSURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDE FORWARD THINKING AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TO ALSO ENHANCE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND JUST CONTINUOUSLY, UM, PROVIDE THOSE, UH, SERVICES THAT ARE NOT ONLY A BENEFIT TO OUR ENTRY LEVEL EMPLOYEES BEFORE OUR EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSITIONS AS WELL. 
          FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS CITYWIDE TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IN THE LAST YEAR, NOT ONLY HAVE WE PROVIDED ROBUST ONLINE TRAINING, BUT IN PERSON TRAINING TOO. 
          SO AS EMPLOYEES ARE COMPLETING EXIT INTERVIEWS, THEY'RE COMING BY MY OFFICE. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY TO, UM, LEARN A LOT OF THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, WHETHER IT'S EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE KNOW, UM, MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL HELP WITH, UM, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR OUR CITIES. 
          UM, SO I DO HOPE, UM, THAT THESE REQUESTS, UM, ARE WITHIN YOUR SCOPE FOR HAVING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM AND DEFINITELY REFLECTS OUR CODE OF IDEALS OF SPIRIT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT. 
          IS IT, I'LL MAKE IT EASY. 
          WE HAVE ZERO. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING OVER THE BASE, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THIS IS, THIS STILL REPRESENTS THE COMMITMENT, UH, TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO ENHANCE OUR SERVICES. 
          UM, SO WHERE OUR FOCUS IS ON IS ENHANCING OUR ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE, OUR INTER GOV SYSTEM, UM, THROUGH REPOSITIONING SOME OF OUR POSITIONS. 
          UM, SO THAT THOSE POSITIONS, UH, CAN ASSIST OUR INTERNAL TEAM AND EXTERNAL TEAM ON UTILIZING THAT RESOURCE STAFF TRAINING THE CONVERSATION BEFORE ON CONTRACT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          OUR ABILITY TO NOT USE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES RELIES ON OUR ABILITY TO HAVE IN-HOUSE RESOURCES THAT CAN USE OR THAT CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 
          SO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT OUR INTERNAL, UH, TEAM AS WELL AS EXTERNAL, UH, CUSTOMERS CAN UTILIZE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          IS APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS APPROVED. 
          BYE. 
          SERVICES. 
          UH, EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS REQUESTING TWO FULL-TIME, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT'S A ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICER THREE, A VETERINARIAN TECHNICIAN TWO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN ON A LOT OF CALLS, A LOT MORE CALLS, PLUS TAKEN ON SNA UH, WITH THE EXPANSION. 
          SO, UH, 
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A THREE, HE WOULD, UH, ANSWER CALLS. 
          HE WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THE EDUCATION OUTREACH THAT WE DO. 
          THE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WOULD ADMINISTER MEDICINE, UH, ALSO ASSESS THE ANIMALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN, UH, GREAT CONDITION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT THAT 1.4 MILLION? I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A MISTAKE. 
          THAT'S A TYPO. 
          HE'S BUILDING A NEW ANIMAL SHIP, YOU SEE RIGHT? ABOUT THE ONE POINT? NO, NO, BUT I'M SAYING YOU'VE GOT TWO 70,000 POSITIONS THAT, AND YOU HAVE 180 4. 
          IT DOESN'T MATCH UP TO 1.4. 
          NO. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, YOU'RE DISQUALIFIED. 
          TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ALSO THERE. 
          I'VE GOT A QUESTION. 
          WAIT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, AS FAR AS VETERINARIAN TECHNICIAN, YES SIR. 
          UH, WILL WE STILL HAVE TO USE OUTSIDE VETERINARIAN SERVICES OR WILL WE BE ABLE TO BRING ALL OF THAT IN-HOUSE? WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO UTILIZE, UH, THE OUTSIDE VETERINARIAN, UH, VETERINARIAN SERVICE AT THE SAME, BUT, BUT, BUT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST REDUCE THIS WOULD HELP REDUCE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          WALTER, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 
          HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THESE SALARIES? UM, SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          SO THE VETERINARY SERVICES THAT WE USE AS ACTUAL VETERINARY, SO MY VETERINARY TECHNICIAN CANNOT PERFORM SURGERY. 
          THAT'S ILLEGAL. 
          GOTCHA. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE TO USE THE VETERINARY SERVICES FOR SURGERY PURPOSES. 
          SO THIS IS JUST REPLACING THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THE VET TECH THAT I'M CURRENTLY USING. 
          OKAY. 
          TABOR, I THINK YOU SAID, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THAT, WITH THOSE SALARIES? THE SALARY? UM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT WAS UTILIZED LOOKING AT WHAT HGAC HAS FOR THE REGION 13 COUNTIES. 
          SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALSO. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SALARIES FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDENCE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, HOW, HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH THEIR SALARIES? IS IT BASED ON THE SALARY STUDY STUDY THAT WE DID? OR IS THIS ANOTHER ENTITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE, THAT YOU PROVIDED TO YOUR STAFF TO USE? WHAT? NO, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THAT STUDY WHICH HAS THE DBMS IN IT. 
          AND BASED ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION, YOU WOULD FIND THE DBM THAT RELATES TO THAT POSITION AND THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES THE SALARY. 
          AND IS THIS, UH, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE USING THE LOW, THE MEDIUM, OR THE HIGH? UH, FOR VACANT POSITIONS, WE, UM, BUDGET THEM AT THE MEDIUM, BUT THIS IS FULLY LOADED. 
          THIS INCLUDES ALL THE BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSITION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST A BASE SALARY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WALTER? YES, MA'AM. 
          THANKS SIR. 
          ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          HOW MANY STAFF DO YOU HAVE TODAY? UH, 17. 
          YOU HAVE 17 STAFF IN, IN ALL FIELD POSITIONS OR YOU STILL HAVE VACANCIES? I STILL HAVE VACANCIES IN, UM, ANIMAL SERVICES AND ALSO AND, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO 17, WHEN YOU SAID 17 POSITIONS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A PERSON IN THAT 17 POSITIONS OR IS IT A TOTAL OF 17? TOTAL OF 17 MINUS WHAT YOU JUST SAID? YES, SIR. 
          SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE FILLED TODAY? WELL, I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO FILL, I NEED TO FILL TWO RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY, SO 15. 
          YOU HAVE YES SIR. 
          15. 
          AND THEN NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR THESE? YES, SIR. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVAN, YOU WANT TO GIVE ME MORE? JUST LET ME KNOW. 
          YEAH, 1.4. 
          YOU GOT A LOT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ANGEL, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REDOING THE CENTER, UM, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME COSTS FOR TRANSFERS FOR ANIMALS. 
          ARE WE OKAY IN THAT BUDGET ITEM STILL OR DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER MAYBE BUDGETING MORE FOR MORE TRANSFERS? I ASKED THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION AND WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO FINANCIAL SERVICES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'LL BE, UH, PRESENTING FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES TONIGHT. 
          UH, THE REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSISTS OF, UH, THREE POSITION. 
          TWO OF THOSE ARE SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYSTS. 
          THESE POSITIONS WILL BE PERFORMING COMPLEX ANALYSIS, UH, MODELING AND FORECASTING, UH, FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE STRICTLY FOCUSED ON OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE FOR ALL OTHER, UM, FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, THE SECOND OR THE THIRD POSITION THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES WOULD BE ACTUALLY A SHARED POSITION. 
          IT WOULD JUST, UH, LIVE AND BE FUNDED IN, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES. 
          AND THAT IS FOR SOME ADMIN SUPPORT FOR, UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, POOLING, UM, UH, ADMIN SUPPORT. 
          IT WOULD BE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, BUDGET AND HR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO IS THAT ONE, ONE PERSON DOING MULTIPLE AREAS 
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CORRECT. 
          IN THAT DEPARTMENT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          JASON, IS OUR GOAL ALSO TO MAYBE ROLL THESE FINANCIAL FOR LGC INTO THAT, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE UTILITIES, LGC, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, THREE OUR THREE ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU, OUR THREE, UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          JASON, HOW MANY POSITIONS DO, DO WE HAVE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES TODAY THAT ARE OPEN? THAT ARE OPEN? UH, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. 
          AT, AT AT LEAST TWO THAT I KNOW OF, UH, THAT ARE OPEN. 
          TWO, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR AND AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          POSITIONS THAT'S OPEN. 
          NO, WE HAVE A, A DIRECTOR AND WE HAVE A TREASURY MANAGER THAT'S OPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN THIS, SO THESE TWO SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT IS THE ROLE? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF ADDING THIS POSITION TO THE VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION? SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, THIS WOULD BE TO, TO DO MORE OF THE COMPLEX FINANCIAL MODELING. 
          UH, WE, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON STAFF THAT DOES THAT. 
          ELENA, UH, TYPICALLY WOULD FULFILL THAT ROLE. 
          UM, AND, AND SHE'S GONE. 
          AND SO WE NEED, UM, PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THAT COMPLEX, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, ANALYZATION AS WELL AS THE MODELING AND FORECASTING. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, OVERSIGHT OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          UM, THE ANNEXATION, UH, ALL, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, WELL, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. 
          THOSE TAKE A, A HIGHER LEVEL, UH, FINANCIAL ANALYST. 
          SO IF I, IF I GET IT RIGHT, YOU'RE SAYING WE HAD A CFO SLASH A DIRECT, YOU KNOW, FINANCE PERSON THAT WAS DOING, DOING THIS FUNCTION, NOW YOU'RE TAKING THAT OUT TO TWO PEOPLE TO DO THAT FUNCTION, RIGHT? UM, NOT QUITE. 
          UM, ONE IS THAT THE MODELING AND THE FINANCIAL ANALYST WAS BEING PERFORMED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          AND, UM, PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT THE PROGRAM WHERE IT SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE. 
          UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT TYPE OF MODELING, YOU SHOULD HAVE A SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST THAT CAN RUN ANALYSIS, THAT CAN RUN REPORTS. 
          IT SHOULDN'T BE A POSITION AT THE LEVEL OF AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES. 
          RIGHT. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          BUT I, YOU, YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN YOU COMING TO THE BOARD ASKING US YES. 
          TO FUND YOU A POSITION, RIGHT. 
          WHERE YOU HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS DOING IT. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT PERSON WHO'S DOING THAT, AND WHY DOES THIS NEEDS TO BE CREATED INTO A TWO POSITION THAT'S LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO DO THIS. 
          SO WAS THERE ANY SUCCESSION PLAN IN THE DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, WHY IS THIS COMING UP ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S COMING ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAUSE I'M, I'M SEEING THE GAPS. 
          AND, AND PART OF WHAT, UM, IS THERE IS, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN ON, UH, ADDITIONAL IS ADDITIONAL DUTY ON TOP OF STAFF WHERE THEY'RE GETTING, UH, A STIPEND TO DO THIS. 
          BUT YOU NEED SOMEONE DEDICATED TO PERFORMING THESE ANALYSIS ALL THE TIME. 
          AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A MISSING PIECE IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE DID NOT BUILD THAT CAPACITY, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 
          THERE ARE ALWAYS ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE FALLING ON ME. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND I'LL END IT WITH THIS, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES, THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT CAME BEFORE US TODAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF MONEY TAGGED WITH THIS. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND ALL OF THIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND HOPING THAT YOU WOULD COME BACK AND RECOMMEND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT YOU HEARD FROM TODAY MM-HMM. 
           TO FUND THIS AND TO COME BACK INTO IT. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE I THINK EARLIER, I, I, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY OR CONSUM RAMON HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CONSULTING AND GOING THROUGH THE, THE DEPARTMENT PER DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M SEEING AND WHAT I'M HEARING ON A HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATION ON A PRELIMINARY RIGHT. 
          I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME APPROVING A LOT OF THIS WITHOUT QUESTIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE OUR COLLEAGUES TIME SO MUCH TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST BEEN SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT LINED UP RIGHT. 
          THE WAY I SEE IT ON A, IN A HIGH LEVEL, NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE, THE, TO THE DEGREE OF BREAKING DOWN EVERY DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE SHOULD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE TAXPAYERS HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          IF YOU WILL. 
          BUT, BUT ALONG WITH THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD ONE CFO WAS DOING THIS, AND NOW WE NEED TWO PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING IT. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE HEAR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, PAYABLE, MM-HMM. 
          , WE ARE PAYING BILLS. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA BEAT IT TO THAT, BUT I THINK I, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE IN AND IN LINE WITH APPROVING THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE, THE FIRST READING ON THIS BUDGET, I, I KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE HEARING, ONE READING, RIGHT. 
          ON THIS, IT WOULD BE WHAT, SEPTEMBER SOMETHING 
          [04:05:01]
SOMETIME? UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, AUGUST, AUGUST 18TH, SOME. 
          YES. 
          IS THAT WHAT SOMEONE SAID? THE READING OF THE BUDGET IS SEPTEMBER 18TH. 
          SEPTEMBER. 
          THE SUBMISSION OF THE DETAILED BUDGET IS AUGUST 23RD. 
          SO I WOULD ALSO ASK, AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE IT, I LIKE TO, TO, FOR YOU TO BE PRIOR TO THAT, TO HAVE COME BACK AND, AND, AND GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH OF IDEA AS TO WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS KIND OF PRELIM, IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE HEARING THIS, SO WE CAN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK THAT ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS FOR . 
          I'LL RAISE IT TO ANYBODY ELSE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I JUST, UH, TWO THINGS, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I TO TOTALLY GET THE NEED FOR THE FINANCIAL ANALYST, UH, POSITION, UH, I'M NOT FULLY IN AGREEMENT WITH TOO. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, TO BE FRANK, UH, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU COULD FIND SOMEONE THAT COULD, COULD, COULD DO, I GUESS BOTH, UH, THINGS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT RELATIVE TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND, AND JUST KIND OF THE FORECASTING AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE JUST NEED TO DROP DOWN AND JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE, CREATE TWO NEW POSITIONS, UM, FOR THAT NEED. 
          JUST, JUST MY OPINION. 
          UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO, AND I THINK THAT AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A, UH, CFO OR A DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, THAT PERSON TOO NEEDS TO HAVE ELEMENTS, UH, OF, OF THAT. 
          UH, AND THE ABILITY TO, TO FILL IN THE GAPS IF NEED BE, IF NEED. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, THAT HAVING TOO IS, IS IS, UH, A SMART, PRUDENT DECISION AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, JUST MY OPINION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THE OTHER THING IS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SHARED RESOURCE ADMIN ASSISTANT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , YOU MENTIONED JASON, THAT THIS WOULD BE SHARED WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND HR, HOWEVER HR PRESENTED AND DIDN'T BRING THAT FORTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT'LL, BECAUSE IT'LL BE LIVING IN, IN THE, IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES BUDGET. 
          SO IT WOULD BE, UM, PAID FOR OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES BUDGET, BUT THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTING, UM, HR AND THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          BUDGET OFFICE. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ADMIN TODAY FOR HR? NO. 
          FOR NEITHER OF ANY OF THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS. 
          WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENT? UH, THE BUDGET OFFICE. 
          BUDGET OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          LEGAL. 
          NOTHING. 
          ZERO APPROVED. 
          YOU GOT MY VOTE. 
          . 
          AWESOME. 
          WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE LEGAL DIVISION ACTUALLY DID SUBMIT A CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, BUT THE MANAGER AND THE BUDGET OFFICER MM-HMM. 
           WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH US TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTED THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          THEREFORE, THERE ISN'T, UH, ANYTHING TO PRESENT. 
          THE SOFTWARE REQUESTS THAT WE DID MAKE, UH, THIS YEAR IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE IT DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE WILL PROBABLY BE SEEING THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IF IT PROVES TO BE, UH, FRUITFUL FOR THE CITY. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND CITY MANAGER, LET ME ALSO SEE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD ONE I'M SEEING WITH ZERO, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          , THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS THAT CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS HAVE GONE TO CITY MANAGER OR CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY DID NOT APPROVE ANY NEW POSITIONS. 
          WHILE I WANTED TO BE, WHILE THESE ARE ZERO, I WANTED TO RUN THAT CONVERSATION TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO ASK FOR POSITION. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING IN YOUR VISION, WHERE YOU WANT TO END UP IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S DISHEARTENING WHEN THINGS IS NOT WORKING. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR THE STAFF. 
          THEY GET OUT THERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE POSITIONS APPROVED, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. 
          SO I'D RATHER TO SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE. 
          SO THIS WAY WE CAN GO BACK AND SAYING THAT, WELL, IT DIDN'T GET APPROVED BASED ON WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THE NEED IS, IS BEING ADDRESSED. 
          BECAUSE I'VE SEEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I'VE SEEN NOW LEGAL, I'VE SEEN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HAS ZERO ON IT AND NO REQUEST. 
          AND, AND SOMETIMES YOU WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG OR, OR YOU KNOW, YOU CATCH IT ON THE BACK END AND THEN THAT'S WHEN SAYING, WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION. 
          SO I, I LIKE TO SEE THESE THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A TRANSPARENCY FOR US WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A PROPOSAL FROM LEGAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ZERO AND, AND AS WE GROW INTO THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT NOW IS GETTING SUPER BUSY, YOU DON'T, CAN'T GET THE WORK DONE ON TIMELY, WHETHER IT'S AN ADMIN POSITION OR WHATEVER. 
          IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT, WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT, BUT AT LEAST THAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR IT. 
          SO I'M JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO USE YOUR ZERO AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          I'VE SEEN IT DONE BEFORE WHERE IT WAS TOLD THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT APPROVE ANY POSITIONS. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY NEVER REQUESTED POSITIONS. 
          SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO Y'ALL TOO. 
          CERTAINLY IN THIS INSTANCE, THE LEGAL DIVISIONS, UH, TOP TWO PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN MET, UH, OR THOSE NEEDS WILL BE MET. 
          UM, BUT THE ADDITIONAL ITEM 
          [04:10:01]
IS UNDER REVIEW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE BIRTHDAY. 
          UM, BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE HAS ZERO BUDGET REQUESTS. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE REQUESTED TO SHARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO SUPPORT, THEREFORE, I DO REQUISITIONS. 
          I DO PURCHASE ORDERS AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT ADMINS ASSISTANT WILL ASSIST US WITH THAT TYPE OF WORK SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING AND, UM, THE BUDGET. 
          SURE. 
          AND CITY MANAGER, AGAIN, ANOTHER CONVERSATION BECAUSE THIS POSITION WAS NEWLY CREATED BY YOU AND MOVING INTO ANOTHER BUDGET YEAR WITH A SHARED ADMIN POSITION. 
          SO I WOULD THINK THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL PASSES THE BUDGET AND IF IT GETS APPROVED AND PASSED, THIS POSITION WILL BE FOR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, MAINTAINING THAT BUDGET. 
          SO ANY BUDGETED BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL WILL BE COMING THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT? YES. 
          AND AND YOUR OFFICE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE IT NOT THROUGH THE FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT SIDE, BUT IT'LL BE THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL, UM, WHICH IS OUR POLICY MAKING PROGRAM, HAS ZERO BUDGET REQUESTS FOR 2025. 
          NONE. 
          DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN WHERE TO GO. 
          COUNSEL? YES. 
          WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT'S THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY MAKING. 
          OH. 
          THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE ASSIGNED TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES. 
          UM, SO REMEMBER HOW WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING AWAY FROM A DEPARTMENT DIVISION BUDGET AND FOCUSING ON PROGRAMS. SO IN THIS CASE, YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL BODY, UM, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY MAKING, APPROVING ORDINANCES, APPROVING THE BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CLASSIFIED THE CITY COUNCIL DIVISION AS OUR POLICY MAKING PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WAS IN THERE BEFORE? UH, YOU WERE JUST CITY, YOU WERE A DIVISION UNDER GENERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          WHAT WAS THE BUDGET BEFORE? WELL, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BASE BUDGET. 
          YES. 
          WHICH IS 21 5, SAY A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED. 
          UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT JUST THE NON SALARY PIECE THAT COMES, COMES THE SALARY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YES, THERE'S ABOUT, UM, 51,000 IN, UM, SALARIES AND THEN SIX SEVEN STIPENDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM? , THANKS. 
          UH, CITY MANAGER IS REQUESTING ONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. 
          IF CITY COUNCIL ELECTS TO HAVE THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO LGC, THEN THIS POSITION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO TAKE SOME OF THE WORKLOAD OFF OF THE GENERAL MANAGER POSITION AT LGC AND ALSO TO PROVIDE PROPER OVERSIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET ME GET THIS RIGHT. 
          SO YOU ARE THE ACTING, I MEAN THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE A COI GUESS FOR THE LGC. 
          C-A-O-C-A-O. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE ARE THE CHAIR, CORRECT? BOARD? THE BOARD. 
          I MEANT THE BOARD. 
          RIGHT. 
          THE BOARD. 
          AND WE HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER FOR, UM, THE GOLF COURSE. 
          YES. 
          GOLF. 
          SO WHAT IS THIS POSITION? THIS IS THIS, THIS POSITION IS TO PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AT LEAST I'VE SEEN FOR TWO DIFFERENT GENERAL MANAGERS IS THE WORKLOAD IS TOO MUCH FOR ONE POSITION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT AS WELL AS FOR, FOR THE GOLF ACTIVITIES. 
          TRYING TO DO ALL OF THAT. 
          WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THAT IS A WORKLOAD ISSUE. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S THIS POSITION OR ANOTHER POSITION TO SUPPLEMENT THE GENERAL MANAGER, THAT'S UP TO THE POLICYMAKERS TO DETERMINE. 
          BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN ONE POSITION PROVIDING THAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY AS JUST THE GENERAL MANAGER. 
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OKAY. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE A FAC WELL, I'LL LET THE EXPERT SPEECH AND WHAT THAT IS BEFORE I, BEFORE RIGHT NOW, AT THE LGC, YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR, YOUR GENERAL MANAGER POSITION, THEN YOU HAVE A FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR POSITION, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR GOLF PRO OR, UM, GOLF OPERATIONS MANAGER, DIRECTOR. 
          DONNIE, I'M REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT LGC? UH, RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, BY THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AS JUST AN INTERIM POSITION, UM, REALLY JUST TO HELP INTERIM POSITION IS NOT THE CORRECT TERM, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST AS A TEMPORARY POSITION TO COME IN TO LOOK AT THE FACILITY, LOOK AT THE GOALS THAT ARE SET. 
          UM, REALLY ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS WAS TO PROVIDE WHAT THE ANSWER WAS, WHAT THE, WHAT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHY ARE THESE GENERAL MANAGERS LEAVING SO QUICKLY AFTER THIS PERIOD OF TIME? SO WHAT DOES THE LGC MANAGEMENT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? THAT'S, NO, I GOT YOU. 
          YEP. 
          SO YOU ARE STILL THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO YOU WERE JUST DOING AN INTERIM POSITION IN THIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, SO THIS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WOULD FILL A GENERAL MANAGER POSITION, WHICH WAS KELLY PRIOR. 
          KELLY PAST PERSON. 
          AND THIS PERSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT OR WOULD BE UNDERNEATH THE GENERAL? IT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL AS IT STATED, WOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT. 
          BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A CITY POSITION, NOT AN LGC POSITION. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO PROPOSED THIS? ME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSAL IS BECAUSE KELLY LEFT AND PRIOR TO THAT TYSON LEFT. 
          AND, AND, AND THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE ISSUE? YES. 
          BOTH OF THEIR ISSUES THAT THEY CITED WAS A WORKLOAD ISSUE. 
          I THINK. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST A WORKLOAD, IT'S ALSO SKILLSET. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT'S MAYBE OPERATIONAL BUT NOT FINANCIAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THIS ROLE IS REQUIRING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT INTO A DIFFERENT PROFESSION INSTEAD OF STICKING IN ONE BOX. 
          SO SKILLSET'S, ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU WOULD WANT EXACTLY. 
          CORRECT. 
          IF I COULD. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT TURNS OUT TO BE IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES, UH, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO HANDLE IT, YOU HAVE THE, AS YOU HAVE THE HEAD PRO DOING FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, RATHER THAN DOING WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, YOU'VE GOT AN EVENT COORDINATOR DOING THINGS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY RELATED AS OPPOSED TO WORKING ON FINDING EVENTS AND BOOKING THEM. 
          SO, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, PROBLEM WAS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN IS THAT YOU HAD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THE GENERAL MANAGER. 
          SO HE HAD TO MOVE THE, THAT ACTIVITY AROUND TO WHOEVER HE HAD AVAILABLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD THAT SKILLSET, UH, A HEAD PRO AT THE GOLF SHOP, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE THE SKILLSET, SKILLSET OF FINANCE, OF ACCOUNT PAYABLE OF PAYROLL OF THINGS THAT HE, THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO DO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS A, UH, A POSITION THAT TAKES OVER THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND GIVES THE HEAD PRO AND THE EVENT COORDINATOR TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO AS OPPOSED TO PICKING UP, YOU KNOW, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, THEY, UH, THEY, THEY WEREN'T HIRED FOR OR THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLSET SET FOR. 
          ACTUALLY, HE EXPLAINED IT BETTER THAN ANY ONE OF YOU STAFF. 
          YEAH, HE DID, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          HOW, HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HIRING FOR. 
          I TRIED, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I, I'M, UH, MAYOR, I'M, I'M NOT SOLD ON HIRING A, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS A, UH, OVERALL. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE OVERALL SOLUTION. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT PERSON ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST AFO MENTIONED EITHER. 
          I MEAN, SO, UH, YOU HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER, THEN YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          TO ME THAT'S PRETTY TOP HEAVY. 
          I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS TO HIRE SOMEONE THAT IS A GOLF MANAGER, UH, A GOLF COURSE MANAGER OR WHATNOT THAT CAN HANDLE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF, UH, THIS FACILITY, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THE COURSE ITSELF. 
          AND ALSO, UH, A FINANCE PERSON, SOMEBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON FINANCE, HR, AND ALL OF THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE BACK OFFICE, UH, THINGS OF, OF RUNNING THE LG, I MEAN, RUNNING THE LGC AND EVERYTHING THAT IT ENCOMPASSES. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HIRING ONE PERSON IS GOING TO ADDRESS IT. 
          UH, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PAYING BOTH A GENERAL MANAGER, UH, AS WELL AS A, A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 200 NORTH OF 200,000 
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FOR EACH OF, I THINK WE CAN GET OFF A LOT CHEAPER AS WELL AS DRILL DOWN AND HAVE THAT GENERAL MANAGER OVERSEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE KEY AREAS. 
          AND IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT CUTTING THE MUSTARD, WE FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO, UH, FILL, FILL THOSE ROLES. 
          BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT, AND JUST HAVING AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOLELY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT, THAT THIS ENTITY HAS. 
          WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR. 
          SO I JUST WANNA CLARITY, SO KEEP THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IN PLACE, BUT PUT A FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT OR SOME, WELL, WELL, CURRENTLY WHAT IS THE HIERARCHY? NOW IT'S YOU AND THEN WHO'S UNDER YOU. 
          AND THEN UNDERNEATH ME IS THE GOLF PRO. 
          AND THEN SO WHAT, EXPLAIN WHEN YOU SAY GOLF PRO, WHAT DOES THE GOLF PRO DO? SO THE GOLF PRO IS OVERALL GOLF OPERATIONS. 
          SO MAINTENANCE OF THE COURSE, TAKING CARE OF, UM, ALL OF YOUR TOURNAMENTS, UM, TRAINING, GOLF STAFF, TAKING CARE OF CART STAFF, BEVERAGE CART STAFF, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, THE PRO SHOP AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHO IS RUNNING THIS? THE ACTUAL BOOKINGS AND DAY TO DAY? AS FAR AS THE, SO WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS, YOU HAVE TWO STAFF THAT REALLY WORK TO GET HAND IN HAND ON EVENTS AND CATERING AND, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          THAT'S THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR. 
          AND THEN OUR SALES AND EVENTS DIRECTOR. 
          AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB? THEY ARE. 
          WELL, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHEN YOU DID, THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EVERYTHING WAS FLOWING SMOOTHLY. 
          BUT BACK OFFICE WISE, WHO'S HANDLING THAT? THE GENERAL MANAGER'S TAKING CARE OF ALMOST ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL AS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR AND THE GOLF PRO, TRYING TO MAKE SURE INVOICES ARE TAKEN CARE OF, FINANCES ARE LOOKED AT, MARKETING IS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          ALL THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THAT. 
          SO SCORE THREE. 
          SO YOU AS A GENERAL MANAGER OR, OR THE GENERAL MANAGER? THE GENERAL MANAGER, YEAH. 
          THE GENERAL MANAGER WOULD BE, UH, IN A GOOD POSITION IF IN FACT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF THINGS. 
          THE BACK OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE OVERSEEING THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE EVENTS, GOLF PRO, ET CETERA, THAT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANTLY HELPFUL. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE AGAIN, NEED A FINANCE, UH, HR PERSON, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT THE GENERAL MANAGER BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE POSITIONS IN PLACE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE EVENTS AND THE GOLF PRO THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          OR WERE  FOR THOSE THAT WERE HERE. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU ADD THAT, THAT BACK OFFICE COMPONENT, WHICH WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. 
          AND THAT PERSON, THE GENERAL MANAGER, WHOEVER THAT IS, UH, NOT DONNIE, UH, WOULD OVERSEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          YEAH, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY NOT WEDDED TO ANY, UM, UM, STRUCTURE AS LONG AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS BEEN ONE THAT'S 24 7 FOR ALL THE EVENTS. 
          AND UNLESS WE'RE, UM, LOOKING TO THOSE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT, UM, NONE OF THEM ARE CITY POSITIONS. 
          THEY'RE ALL CONTRACTED POSITIONS. 
          AND SO THE CHALLENGE IS ENSURING THAT ALL OF THAT IS DONE WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING THEM TO DO AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S SOME WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER, BECAUSE THAT IS A PROBLEM. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT BY ADDING A FINANCE PERSON, IT'S GOING TO HELP TO PROVIDE SOME OF, TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY SOLVE THE ISSUE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER HAVING TO BE WHERE EVERY TIME THAT THERE'S AN EVENT OR EVERY TIME THERE THAT, UM, THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          BUT IF YOU HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE CASE CAMPAIGN? IDEALLY, YES. 
          , IT SHOULD IDEALLY THE MANAGER A MINUTE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGN UP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF STRUCTURE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PUBLIC, UH, GOLF COURSES ARE DOING OR SUCCESSFUL TO SEE THE LEVEL OF STAFF THAT THEY HAVE VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF SALES? SOME TYPE OF COMPARATIVE STUDY? I, I THINK WE CAN, UM, OBTAIN THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT EXISTING, BUT, UM, I THINK THE THING TO NOTE IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE A HYBRID HERE WHERE IT'S PART, UM, CITY PART, UM, CONTRACTED, YOU KNOW, SO JUST AS LONG AS, AS WE HAVE, UM, CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, COMFORTABLE, 
          [04:25:01]
THEY CAN D ASK THIS. 
          I'VE NEVER RAN A THOUGHT, RIGHT? AND SO I CAN'T SAY WHY ME, WHAT'S DISTURBING TO ME IS TO HEAR YOU SAYING THAT YOU NEED HELP. 
          AND IN THE FORM OF, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, TO HAVE TO WORK 24 HOURS, STAY FOUR, AND CAN NEVER EVER GET YOUR KNEE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT GOOD WORK BALANCE OR MISSION WORK LIFE BALANCE. 
          AND IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT, THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO DO SO. 
          RATHER THAT'S IN THE BOX OF ANOTHER, OF THIS PARTICULAR POSITION OR TRYING TO FEED ROUTE. 
          LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION AND WE WROTE WHEN TYSON WAS LEAVING, WE BROKE TYSON'S JOB UP INTO LIKE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT DIDN'T REALLY WORK EITHER. 
          AND NOW WE BROUGHT IN COUNT THAT STILL DIDN'T WORK. 
          SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE YES. 
          MOST AWFUL. 
          SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE A, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          MM-HMM. 
           THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE IN THAT REGARD REGARDING THAT WE HAD A STUDY DONE BY NATIONAL GULF FOUNDATION WHO BASICALLY TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN 2019 19, CORRECT. 
          SO I, SO IT'S FAIRLY CURRENT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT MAY ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IS HOW ARE OTHER, WELL, OTHER GOLF COURSES BEING RUN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRIVATE GOLF COURSE AND A MUNICIPAL. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, BLEND THOSE TWO TOGETHER. 
          BUT I THINK THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AWESOME, RILEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY QUESTION, CITY MANAGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS POSITION AND WHAT THE GENERAL MANAGER WOULD BE DOING? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR THINGS, BUT JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 
          AND I, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS EVACUATION OF THE SALARY, BUT THE POSITION, AND THEN WHAT ROLE DOES THE GC ACTUALLY PLAY? AND IT'S, IT IS, IT'S COMPARABLE. 
          IT'S, IT'S ONE WHERE YOU HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD BE PROVIDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT AND THEN THE GENERAL MANAGER WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE OPERATIONS. 
          AND SO THERE COULD BE OVERLAP BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT OVERLAP. 
          SO THAT ONE IS NOT WORKING ALL THE TIME. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS POSITION. 
          I JUST CREATE, I JUST SUGGESTED THIS POSITION BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE THAT OVERSIGHT WHETHER IT'S THIS POSITION OR ANOTHER POSITION. 
          ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT FOR ONE GENERAL MANAGER, EVEN WITH THE OTHER, UM, EVENTS MANAGER AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER, IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO THINK THAT ONE PERSON CAN DO THAT. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT ONE PERSON SHOULD DO THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART FOR US TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THIS DEPART OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, FACILITY. 
          LIKE WHAT IS THEIR ACTUAL NEED AS FAR AS POSITIONS AND WHAT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES WOULD BE. 
          BEFORE YOU ASK COUNSEL FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON PETITION, I'M NOT ASKING, THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, RIGHT? ALL, ALL I'M GIVING YOU RIGHT NOW IS WORST CASE SCENARIO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE HAVE NOT VETTED ANY OF THIS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, I, I'M DARE SAY THAT ONCE WE FINISH OUR ANALYSIS MM-HMM. 
          , THIS MAY NOT EVEN BE ON THE TABLE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO ALL I'M DOING IS GIVING YOU THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE PRELIMINARY REQUESTS ARE AND, AND WHY THEY EXIST. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SO THAT I CAN GET THE FEEDBACK AND KIND OF GET A CENSUS OF WHERE YOU ARE ON THESE ITEMS TO HELP ME DEVELOP THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FROM ALL THE COMMENTS THUS FAR, BASED ON WHAT YOU HEARD DO, DO YOU SEE WHERE A BREAKDOWN IN ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING SOMETHING TO US GOING FORWARD THAT'LL BE MORE DETAILED ORIENTED AND IT'LL BE SUITABLE TO BE, UM, HELP THIS FACILITY TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE? AS FAR AS POSITION WISE, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE POSITIONS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD, AS WELL AS MY ASSESSMENT OF D DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE POSITIONS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE FINAL RESULT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          YES, TONY, OR THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. 
          I WOULD JUST TELL YOU ONE OTHER THING THAT IN THE PAST I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE TALK ABOUT TYSON WHEN HE WAS LEAVING. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THE GM OVER TO, SO THEY GET BENEFITS AND THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EMPLOYEES COMING, CROSSING OVER OVER, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, 
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YOU KNOW, SO MANY DISCUSSIONS COMING IN. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, FROM A PRE PRELIMINARY STANDPOINT, I CAN'T SUPPORT SOMEONE TO PAY $212,000 FOR THIS POSITION UNTIL BACK. 
          I WOULD SAY YOU AND WHOEVER UNION WANTED IN THERE WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEAGUES TO GO BACK AND REALLY GO DEEP DIVE ON LGC, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN HERE. 
          UH, THIS HAS BEEN A DIVIDER FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IN THE PAST WE'RE TRYING TO UNITE IT AND MAKE IT WORK. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THIS. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A GROWING PAIN TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          UM, I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO PUT ME TO FRONT THESE TOP HEAVY POSITIONS AFTER POSITIONS IS A NO FOR ME. 
          UH, BECAUSE I LIKE TO SEE A, A COMPLETE THOROUGH, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT, WE EVEN EVEN HAD DISCUSSIONS OF MAYBE WE NOT FRANCHISE IT, BUT HAVE SOMEONE ELSE RUN IT AND THEN COME BACK IN AND TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A LGC THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN LOOKING TO MAKE PROFIT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK EVEN. 
          AND THEN ADDING, KEEP ADDING MONEY TO IT. 
          AND, AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE SEVEN OF US PAY TAXES IN THIS CITY. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF YOU WHO LIVES IN CITY OR NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU LIVE IN OR NOT. 
          IF YOU LIVE, YOU PAY TAXES HERE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST THE SEVEN OF THE US PAYING TAXES, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE 75,000 THAT'S RECORDED THIS, PAYING TAXES IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE BEING ACQUAINTED. 
          LGC, THE WAY THAT, THAT, THIS IS WHY I KEEP ASKING WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OR WHO'S THE GM, IS IT ASKING IS THAT THE LONGER WE TAKE, THE LONGER THIS IS GONNA CONTINUE. 
          I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE CHALLENGES THAT WE BRING IT DOWN. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SPOKE TO YOU, JOYCE, ABOUT SOME OF THE EMAILS AND SOME OF THE THINK CONCERNS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH. 
          BESIDES ALL OF THAT, I THINK WE, AS COUNCIL AND LGC BOARD, I SHOULD SAY, WE NEEDED TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL BEFORE I WOULD APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          WITH THAT. 
          UH, AND MY COMMENT, I I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE'VE HAD TWO REVIEWS FROM DONNIE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY FORMAL AND VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE CONTINUE NEED TO HEAR AND MAKE A WISE DECISION. 
          WE ADMIT IT'S BROKEN AND YOU'VE BROUGHT FORTH SOME STUFF. 
          SO NOW YOU NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT SOLUTION IS, UM, AND BE TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT. 
          JUST TAKE TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          CITYWIDE. 
          IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE? UM, THE FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST AT CITYWIDE, YOU'VE SEEN IN MANY OF THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS WHERE THEY ARE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          THIS IS A REQUEST TO JUST COVER SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          FROM A CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD, UH, IF APPROVED, WE WOULD PUT THIS FUNDING IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL, AND WE WOULD, FROM A CENTRAL STANDPOINT, WE WOULD MANAGE THE FUNDS. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE NO SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDS OUT IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SURE. 
          I WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT AGAIN ON A PRELIMINARY PIECE. 
          I'VE ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT PARKS, LOOK AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS DOING EVENTS AND WHAT THOSE EVENTS ARE AND HOW MUCH OVERTIME AND HOW MUCH STUFF IS TAKING. 
          I JUST GENERALLY FEEL IN THE LAST, AFTER COVID, WE HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY ON OVERTIME AND PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          UH, I THINK WE NEEDED TO HAVE A CONSISTENCY JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES DO. 
          ARE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING FEST PARADE. 
          WE HAVE, WE SHOULD NEED TO HAVE CONSISTENCY THINGS THAT WE DO TO ADD TO THIS. 
          BUT KEEP ON ADDING, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS TO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE COME THROUGH, I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE KNOWN FOR THE FACT THAT WE DO S RATE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE KNOWN FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DO AND THEN, AND I GET IT IN BETWEEN, BUT TO CONDENSE IT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. 
          SO THAT, THAT IT, DOES THIS INCLUDE OVERTIME? DOES THIS INCLUDE POLICE STAFF ALL OVERTIME INTO IT? AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS, AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE EVENTS ONLY. 
          SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT ALL THE EVENTS TO SEE HOW MANY EVENTS THAT THIS WOULD EQUATE TO $200,000. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT, THAT'S PART OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE EVENTS AND COME UP WITH WHAT THOSE OVERTIME IMPACT NUMBERS ARE. 
          BECAUSE I'M PUSHING STAFF TO REDUCE OVERTIME AND HOW CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. 
          AND IF WE'RE NOT MANAGING HOW WE ARE TREATING THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, THAT'S A PART OF THAT EQUATION. 
          AND SO NOW WE WILL HAVE A CODE FOR PAYROLL WHEN THEY DO SPECIAL EVENTS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE THOSE HOURS TO SPECIAL EVENTS SO WE CAN START CAPTURING THAT DATA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND MY LAST COMMENT TO YOU, CITY MANAGER, I DON'T TAKE ANY OF THIS PERSONALLY TO THE STAFF BECAUSE 
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WE'RE HELD AT THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY OUTSIDE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO BY THE PEOPLE THAT WHO ELECTED US TO THIS OFFICE, AND WE GET CRITICIZED FOR IT, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE JOB THAT WE SIGNED UP TO, BUT EVEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO'S ASKING. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M COMING BACK TO YOU AND SAYING, PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS. 
          LOOK AT THIS. 
          THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PIECE. 
          IF, IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE 4 35 STAFF TO BE AROUND 600 BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION, OTHER ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR IT, BUT I KNOW WE CAN'T GET THERE. 
          UH, WE NEED IT TO BE SMART IN WHAT WE DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'D RATHER, I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S MANAGEMENT TOP HEAVY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO HAVING, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU HAVING THE CONSULTANT COME THROUGH, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE AND HOW THOSE GOES THROUGH WITH FULFILLING THIS. 
          AND WHAT I HATE TO SEE IS A, A DEPARTMENT LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE OR FIRE ASKING FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS AND WE DON'T FILL THOSE AND WE FILL SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE WHEEL WORK, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT. 
          SO I THINK HAVING THIS CONSULTANT SERVICES WOULD REALLY GIVE US A HIGH END OF WHERE WE ARE AT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY BECAUSE TO OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE, THEY DON'T CARE FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR GENERALLY MANAGER OR, OR ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS. 
          THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY COME TO THE GOLF COURSE, THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS MET AND EVERYTHING IS NOT, NOTHING IS BROKEN AND IT'S GOING WELL FOR THEM. 
          AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE OWE TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          I'M JUST USING THAT ONE THING. 
          AND AS AN EXAMPLE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE, BERTHA YING AND CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE STAFF. 
          THESE, YOU KNOW, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND TO ALL THE DIRECTORS BRINGING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND ANSWERS SO YOU CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM US. 
          AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABLE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PRIDE IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE TOO. 
          AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S MY COMMENT. 
          UH, I'LL END WITH THAT IF ANYBODY ELSE, UH, CAN I HAVE SOME ? YEP. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A REGULAR PRELIMINARY MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ALL THE REQUESTS. 
          I HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH AND DRILLED DOWN ON ANY OF THEM. 
          I HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS DEPARTMENTS TAKING A STAB AT THEIR DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR REQUESTS, WHETHER IT'S BASED ON GROWTH, WHETHER IT'S BASED ON WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR SOME OF THE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S BASED ON ENHANCED EFFICIENCY. 
          SO THIS MEETING HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. 
          I KNOW FOR ME AND I HOPE FOR STAFF AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT BOILS DOWN TO WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FAITH, KEEP OUR MIND ON THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO GET THERE. 
          AND RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF THAT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THE OBVIOUS THAT, THAT YOU POINTED OUT, THE ONLY ONE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY THAT'S COMPARABLE TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS, EVEN JURISDICTIONS WITH MORE POPULATION IS COMMUNICATIONS WITH NINE POSITIONS. 
          THAT IS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT HAS A COMPARABLE LEVEL OF STAFF, ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. 
          SO THAT'S VERY TELLING IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THOSE RESOURCES RIGHT SHOULD BE THERE AND WHETHER THEY COULD BE BETTER SERVED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          THAT'S THE ANALYSIS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 
          BUT, AND WE WILL DO SO BEFORE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IS PRESENTED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THE NEXT ITEM IS PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID IN HER OPENING, OPENING, UH, COMMENTS. 
          UM, WE BASED OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.5 7 0 8 2 5 BASED ON PRELIMINARY TAX INFORMATION. 
          OUR VOTERS APPROVAL RATE IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN OUR CURRENT RATE OF ABOUT 2 CENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'VE BUILT OUR, UM, BUDGET USING THE CURRENT TAX RATE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE KEY DATES. 
          UM, WE ARE ON OUR REGULAR, UM, BUDGET SCHEDULE. 
          SO OUR NEXT EVENT 
          [04:40:01]
WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED FY 2025 BUDGET, WHICH IS A VIDEO WE HAVE THAT SLATED FOR AUGUST 5TH PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFIED TAX RULES. 
          AUGUST 5TH COUNSEL TO DISCUSS AND SET PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE AUGUST 19TH. 
          ON AUGUST 23RD, THE CITY MANAGER WILL SUBMIT HER FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET, FILE IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND POST IT TO THE WEBSITE. 
          THAT IS THE LINE ITEM DETAILED BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER. 
          I'VE BEEN SAYING SEPTEMBER 18TH, BUT IT'S SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          UM, WHICH IS THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, THE PROPERTY TAX, PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE FY 25 BUDGET AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YEP, GO AHEAD. 
          YES, THIS IS REALLY QUICKLY. 
          YOU SAID THE, UH, PRESENTATION IS VIA VIDEO. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THAT FOR THE PUBLIC OR IS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING A VIDEO AT COUNCIL? WELL, IT WOULD BE AT A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE, UM, IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. 
          UM, AND WE DO THAT PRIOR TO YOU GETTING THE LINE ITEM 400 PAGE DOCUMENT. 
          AND THEN MY SECOND, I'M SORRY, MY OTHER QUESTION. 
          WE, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR ASKED ABOUT A COMMUNITY HEARING ABOUT THE BUDGET. 
          DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, UM, PROPOSED, UM, OPTIONS TO DOING A COMMUNITY BUDGET? UM, YEAH, I DID THIS LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. 
          COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP. 
          UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR 2025, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP THAT WILL WORK WITH US, YOU KNOW, ON THE BUDGET, TAKE INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BRING FEEDBACK TO US, UM, START, WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS IN JANUARY SO THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEET OF PULLING TOGETHER THE BUDGET, WE WOULD'VE ALREADY HAD THAT FEEDBACK. 
          IN ADDITION, ON OUR SCHEDULE, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR THE 2026 BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE, THIS YEAR WE WERE ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE AND WE STARTED ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE, WHICH WOULD'VE MEANT THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD THE PROPOSED BUDGET ADOPTED BY JULY, OR THE PROPOSED BUDGET SUBMITTED BY JULY THE 19TH, WHICH WOULD'VE PUSHED EVERYTHING UP A MONTH. 
          AND THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE THINKING THAT WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BUT BASED ON WHERE WE ARE PRELIMINARILY, UM, WE FELT THAT WE NO LONGER NEEDED THAT. 
          UM, WE NO LONGER NEEDED TO SUBMIT THAT BUDGET ON THAT ACCELERATED SCHEDULE. 
          AND SO THEREFORE NOW WE HAVE TIME. 
          BUT WHEN WE FIRST SET OUT TO DO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE JUST DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO FIT ANY INTO AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE. 
          LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION TOO. 
          SO WHEN WE SAY BUDGET, PUBLIC HEARING, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, RIGHT? YES. 
          AND JUST LIKE WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          HIJOS, OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FROM THE PUBLIC ON BUDGET HEARING? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT YOU TO CALL A BUDGET MEETING, UH, OF THE CONSTITUENTS AND THEN THEY ALL COME INTO A ROOM AND THEN YOU PRESENT WHAT YOU PRESENT AND THEN THEY GIVE YOU IDEAS? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU. 
          OH, FOR THE BUDGET, UM, ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, UM, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE AT THAT POINT WAS PRESENT KIND OF THE, THE BASIC B UM, BASIC INFORMATION AROUND THE BUDGET AND THEN SOME OF THE CITY'S PRIORITIES. 
          AND THEN WE ALLOW QUESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC TO SAY, WHAT WOULD YOUR PRIORITIES BE? WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TAXES FOR? AND, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. 
          SO IT WAS JUST WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUT, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, TO CONSIDER FOR THE BUDGET, AND THEN GETTING MAINLY TO GET, UM, FEEDBACK. 
          AND THEN THE, THOSE FEEDBACK WOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL OR, OR LIKE A WORKSHOP LIKE THIS, MUCH LIKE THIS, IT WOULD BE INCORPORATED. 
          I WOULD USE THAT FEEDBACK TO INCORPORATE INTO PROPOSED. 
          BUT, SO TODAY IS JUNE 24TH. 
          DON'T WE STILL HAVE TIME 
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TO PUT A WORKSHOP TOGETHER BEFORE PUBLIC TO, JUST TO HEAR WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE? I'M JUST ASKING IT, IT'S REALLY WHAT, HOW LONG IS THE WORKSHOP FOR? TWO HOURS, ONE HOUR. 
          UH, WE SCHEDULED, UH, TWO HOURS WHEN WE HAD IT LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING BEING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, SO WHAT IS IT GONNA STOP FROM? I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE TAKING TODAY, WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM US? AND BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUNE 24TH. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING, DO WE STILL HAVE TIME TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND BASED ON WHAT YOU PRESENT WHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THAT TIME OR NO? IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE FOR US TO DO A BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          OH, THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE DID IT LAST YEAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND I DON'T RECALL HONESTLY. 
          BUT WE MAY HAVE, AND THEN NOW I'M HEARING THAT WE HAVEN'T. 
          SO THEN THAT BRINGS UP TO OUR RESIDENTS AS TRUST AS WE'RE HIDING SOMETHING OR, OR WE'RE PURPOSELY NOT LETTING THEM KNOW WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT. 
          IS THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING MUCH MORE TOUGHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BODY OF COUNCIL HERE TODAY, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING BEFORE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          THEY'LL COME TO JUDGEMENTS RIGHT AWAY AS TO THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE HIDING IS WHAT IS THE ONLY REASON I ASKED. 
          WELL, AND AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M HESITATING ABOUT IT, WHEN I THINK OF, UM, JUST KIND OF THE, THE WORK PLAN GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO TO OCCUR AND THE FACT THAT THERE WAS VERY LOW TURNOUT AT THE LOW BUDGET ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP, I, I JUST DON'T SEE THE, THE BENEFIT OF DOING ANOTHER PUBLIC WORKSHOP WHEN WE HAVE A HOST OF OTHER ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE CAN EVEN PUT IT. 
          I MEAN, IF WE WERE JUST PRESENTING WHAT WE PRESENTED HERE TODAY, PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC FOR REACTION YES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S MORE LIKELY TO DO THAT. 
          BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE, WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN IN THESE NUMBERS NOW, RIGHT? WE TO GET WHERE THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS GOING TO BE. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF THAT'S OUT FOR VACATIONS SURE. 
          DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE A, A WAYS OFF, BUT BY THE TIME YOU BUILD IN VACATION AND ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR, I JUST DO NOT SEE WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          BUT LEMME JUST SAY ONE MORE THING. 
          I'VE SHOWED UP TO A, UH, WHAT IS A HURRICANE? UH,  FAIRNESS OR, OR IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE POOR FIRE DEPARTMENT EVEN BROUGHT IN A VEHICLE AND THE BOAT AND ALL THAT INSIGHT TO HAVE ME, I THINK COUNCILMAN O'REILLY AND MAYBE TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, IT WAS THAT THAT WAS IT, RIGHT? AND THEN THE REST WAS SHAHI AND THEN THE WHOLE STAFF THAT WAS THERE, IKA AND EVERYONE. 
          SO WE COULDN'T EVEN GET A GOOD PICTURE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE CROP. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SINCE THERE'S BEEN MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY BROUGHT THIS UP, I'M ALSO LOOKING FROM A PUBLIC PERCEPTION IS THE ONLY REASON THAT I'VE, I'VE ASKED THIS AND THIS IS A GOOD DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH. 
          IT IS. 
          AND I'LL OPEN IT UP. 
          I I WOULD SAY, UM, SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, PERHAPS A VIDEO, A VIDEO THAT REALLY TELLS A STORY LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMONE SAYS ABOUT WHAT WE PLAN ON ADDRESSING, WHICH IS CAME FROM THE FEEDBACK, UH, THROUGH THE SURVEY. 
          UM, JUST SOME REALLY GOOD HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE BUDGET AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, THAT'S MY OPINION, BUT EASY AND THE DETAILED BUDGET WILL ALSO BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. 
          AND I RECOGNIZE NOT EVERYONE, UM, GOES TO THE RIGHT WEBSITE, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATING THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ACT ON THE BUDGET. 
          GOT MEMORY MY QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, PRELIMINARY VOTER'S APPROVAL RATE, UH, THE, UH, M AND O RATE, DOES THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MM-HMM. 
          IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY IN EITHER. 
          WHICH ONE, WHEN YOU SAY DOESN'T INCLUDE? I, I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING. 
          WELL, HOW DO YOU, WHEN YOU CALCULATE THE DEBT RATE FOR , THE M AND O, SO ARE, ARE YOU SAYING THE REVENUES THAT WILL BE GENERATED? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THOSE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION TO COME UP WITH THE M AND O RATE? NO, THEY WOULDN'T BE. 
          OKAY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          WE CALCULATE THAT RATE. 
          IT'S BASED ON TAXABLE VALUE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE PLAN TO USE THE REVENUE FOR. 
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OKAY. 
          BUT TAX RATES GOTTA COVER YOUR EXPENDITURES? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WILL COVER THE REQUEST THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, THE THE SUPPLEMENTALS. 
          THE SUPPLEMENTALS, YEAH. 
          THE, BASED ON THE, UM, UM, THE PRELIMINARY VOTER APPROVAL RATE, IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT THAT, THAT WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY, IT WAS THREE, 3.9. 
          AFTER WE FUND ALL THOSE OTHER ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT THE STEP INCREASE, THE SALARY INCREASE, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 3.9 AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND LET ME POINT OUT, OUT, WE JUST ISSUED DEBT ON THURSDAY. 
          THAT, UM, DEBT RATE YOU SEE THERE IS NOT THE FINAL, THAT'S A PRELIMINARY DEBT RATE BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD IN WHATEVER PREMIUM PAYMENTS WE'RE GOING TO PREMIUM AND OR INTEREST PAYMENTS WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE IN 25 NEEDS TO BE I UNDERSTAND THE DEBT RATE. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR THE M AND O RATE, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH LIKE YOU SAY, UH, THE TAX RATE'S GOTTA BE ABLE TO COVER THE EXPENDITURES AND RIGHT. 
          MY QUESTION IS, ARE THOSE EXPENDITURES OR DO THOSE EXPENDITURES INCLUDE THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WERE ASKED FOR TONIGHT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT IN THERE OTHER THAN THOSE BASE THINGS THAT WE POINTED OUT THAT ARE IN THAT, THOSE NUMBERS, UM, THAT'S SHOWING THERE. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN THERE ARE WHAT WE, WE HAVE PUT NONE OF THESE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION TO FUND SOME OF THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF WE GO WITH THE VARIABLE, I MEAN VARIABLE VOTER APPROVAL RATE RATE, THEN THEY WILL BE MORE THAN $2 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT IT'D BE AROUND 3.9. 
          YES. 
          3.8, 3.9. 
          YEAH. 
          BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS. 
          BUT KNOWING THAT THOSE ARE GONNA CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY WITH THE CURRENT RATE THAT YOU CAN FUND IS AN ADDITIONAL TWO MIL, CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          AND IF ALL THE SUPPLEMENTS THAT YOU WERE TO ADDED TO IT, THEN IT WOULD'VE BE AROUND CLOSE TO FOUR, CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED OVER TO US TODAY, YOU REALLY HAVE ONLY TWO. 
          I MEAN, WITHOUT CHANGING THE RATE OR WELL, IT'S STILL A PRELIMINARY BECAUSE THE VALUES HAVE TO COME BACK IN. 
          THAT CERTIFIED VALUES COULD COME BACK MORE. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I WILL POINT OUT, UH, PART OF THAT NUMBER THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT AS THE PERSONNEL IN FOR FIRE, THAT WE KNOW WE DO NOT NEED ANY OF THOSE BASED ON THE ISO RATING. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE PURPOSELY BUILT THAT IN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT RATING WAS GOING TO BE. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF AND FIRE STAFF HAVE DONE TO CONVEY HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND, THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP MAINTAINING THAT ISO RATING OF ONE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS THAT I HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED. 
          NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE, INSTEAD OF A TAX ASSESSED VALUE, BUT YOU ALSO CAN SAY THAT YOU CAN TELL THE PUBLIC THAT INSTEAD OF 47% ON THE RESERVE, NOW WE'RE CONFIRMING THAT 30% AND OUT OF THAT, THE BALANCE OF IT IS REALLY GOING TO THOSE BUCKET LISTS THAT FINANCE CAME BACK WITH. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO THAT'S AN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY ADDITIONAL MONEY, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WAS IN THE RESERVE THAT YOU'RE FUNDING IT FOR ONE TIME RIGHT. 
          AND IS GOING INTO THOSE DEDICATED DEPARTMENTS UNLESS THERE'S A NEED. 
          CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YES. 
          SO YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, THE KEY DATES THAT WERE MENTIONED. 
          UM, WHEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUDGET, UM, EVENT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THAT Y'ALL WOULD BE DOING THIS ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED. 
          UM, AND I, JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR, UH, RESIDENTS AND OUR VOTERS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IS GOING ON WITH OUR UPCOMING BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR NEW, OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. 
          UM, AND FOR, FOR ME, I JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF WE BEING HOLISTIC AND APPROACHING THIS VERY TRANSPARENT SO THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR WHATNOT AS IT RELATES, UH, TO THIS BUDGET BEFORE WE GET TO THE ACTUAL FACILITATING OR VOTING ON IT. 
          BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE SAME DAY AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVING THE BUDGET. 
          AND EVEN IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT COME AND SPEAK, UH, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE, WE'RE SET TO VOTE THAT EVENING. 
          SO THERE DOESN'T LEAVE ANY ROOM FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTIONS, OR COMMENTS THAT REALLY CAN BE EVALUATED, 
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UH, THE SAME NIGHT. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S A VIDEO OR IT'S A MEETING THAT YOU CAN HAVE, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS OR YOU DO IT PRIOR TO A COUNCIL MEETING OR SOMETHING, UM, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A VALID EFFORT AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY PRE-PLANNED. 
          UM, AND GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY PROJECTED TO DO AND PUT ON THE BOOKS. 
          AND THEN ALSO MY RECOMMENDATION IS SOME OF THESE LOW TURNOUT EVENTS, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE A BETTER, UH, YOU KNOW, A MORE FIERCE MARKETING APPROACH. 
          UH, 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT 'EM UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE FLYERS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW ALL OF COUNCIL, WE LIKE TO PROMOTE OUR CITY EVENTS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S JUST, AND THIS IS NOT JUST THIS, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU BERTHA, BUT THIS IS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER, IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR EVENTS ARE BEING PROMOTED, THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT EMAILS ABOUT THE EVENTS. 
          WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, USING JUST NOT JUST OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE, WE NEED TO DO BETTER WITH OUR MARKETING BECAUSE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT I EVEN ATTEND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOW TURNOUT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY AFTER THEY SEE OUR PICTURES, OH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE BUDGET, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING PUSHED OUT OR AN EFFORT VALID, UH, DO A VALID EFFORT TO PUSH OUT SOME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS BUDGET SO THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PAYING THEIR TAXES, THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING. 
          SO, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          YEAH, SAME MANAGER I WOULD JUST SAY IS YOU CAN PUT ALL THE READER SIGNS IN THE WORLD, PAINT IT ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD TELL YOU THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          SO, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT. 
          I, I'VE HAD PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT. 
          SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO INSTEAD OF ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND A HUNDRED DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO, WE AS A CITY HAS TO BE UNDERSTANDING WHAT EVENTS, PARKS DO, WHAT EVENT PUBLIC WORKS DO, WHAT EVENT THAT. 
          SO COMMUNICATION IS UNDERSTANDING AND ANYTHING THAT IS A MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MYSELF, OTHER STAFF IS PUSHING FOR THAT HAS TO BE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WE APPROVE IT INSTEAD OF DOING, WE'RE DOING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND WE GOT WHAT, THREE PEOPLE I THINK IN COMMUNICATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, LAST TWO TO A MONTH OR SO, WE'VE SEEN DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR VIDEOS AND PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 
          YOU CAN PUT IT OUT THERE, BEAT IT TO DEATH. 
          IT'S STILL NOT GONNA HAVE ANY PEOPLE COME OUT. 
          I WOULD THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT STAFF'S VACATION TIME IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR VACATION TIME. 
          AND I GET THAT MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY DIRECTOR LEVEL OR SENIOR LEADERSHIP PRESENTING IT. 
          IT COULD BE BERTHA, YOU KNOW, YOU DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING IT, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          AND IT COULD BE THE VIDEO, IT COULD BE YOU AND COMBO WITH CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER IT IS. 
          AND THAT VIDEO COULD BE PUSHED OUT BY US TO SO MANY PEOPLE. 
          I THINK THAT'LL GO A LONGER WAY THAN TRYING TO HOLD UP A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE WE HAVE FOUR PLUS ONE FIVE PEOPLE SITTING THERE AND THEN WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS STAFF OVERTIME TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME UP THERE. 
          AND IT'S A DISAPPOINTING TO STAFF WHEN AND TO ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY. 
          SO I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS. 
          AND I STILL THINK I AGREE WITH MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ARIA. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT OUT THERE TO PUBLIC AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A VIDEO OF THAT MAGNITUDE WITH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE JUST REALLY HAUNTING DOWN AND THEN GIVING A EMAIL AT THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION SO PEOPLE COULD EMAIL IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING TO IT, AND, AND I DEFINITELY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. 
          BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, BASED ON OUR SURVEYS, 86% OF THE PEOPLE ARE, ARE DEFINITELY BY FAR PLEASED. 
          AND, AND SO WHAT WE TEND TO HEAR FROM ARE THOSE THAT ARE NOT PLEASED. 
          AND IT'S A SMALL MINORITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE CITY. 
          SO I JUST WANT US TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT IF WE WERE NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL A BUDGET ENGAGEMENT MEETING. 
          RIGHT? THEY WOULD COME VOLUNTARILY, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO YOU JUST CHECK, MAKE ME ON THIS WHOLE COMMUNICATION THING. 
          BUT THAT'S, THERE YOU GO. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          NO, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS BACK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST HEARING IT FROM RESIDENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IF YOU ALL ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD, LET US KNOW THAT TOO. 
          SO WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT? UM, NO SIR. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION JOB. 
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GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE, UH, SENIOR LEADERSHIP MANAGERS WHO, UH, COMMUNICATION TEAM, IT TEAM, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO MAKE THIS DAY, UH, ALL OF US TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. 
          I'M SURE THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU LEARNED THAT YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF. 
          LET'S GET THIS BUDGET PASSED, LET'S GET IT TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND I'M CONFIDENT. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL.
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