Aug 10, 2026 Special City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2026. WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 2 P.M. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PUBLIC COMMENT. CITY SECRETARY, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR THE ITEMS

[(a) Receive a Presentation - Fiscal Year 2027 Proposed Budget]

THERE'S BEEN SOME PROBLEMS IN GETTING IT IMPLEMENTED. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO STAY THE COURSE, BUT WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE IF WE MADE A CHANGE BACK TO THE WAY THAT IT USED TO BE. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON, SO THAT WHEN THE BUDGET IS FILED, IT'S AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ONE THING I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, CYNTHIA RUSHING. CYNTHIA, IF YOU PLEASE, STAND.

CYNTHIA COMES TO US FROM TEXAS CITY. SHE HAS EXTENSIVE MUNICIPAL FINANCE EXPERIENCE AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM. THANK YOU CYNTHIA. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO BERTHA TO BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY, BERTHA, AS AS YOU BEGIN. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK COLLEAGUES IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE WRITE THEM DOWN. AND THEN IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR. ON THE. Q AND SO THIS WAY, ONCE THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET ME JUST SAY THERE WILL BE ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE NUMBERS BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY AND THEN WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL FOLLOW.

BERTHA, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE BUDGET IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT ARE STILL COMING UP. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PERSONNEL REQUEST OR A PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE GETS FUNDED. THIS IS A COMPLETE PICTURE, BUT IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SO WE'LL PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS, AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THESE PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU. SO OF COURSE, THIS IS A TWO DAY WORKSHOP. TODAY. WE'RE HOPING TO COVER THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WHICH WILL BE EASY. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES, FUND STRUCTURE OVERVIEW, PROPERTY TAX RATE. ALL SOURCES.

BUDGET. GENERAL FUND OVERVIEW. THE POLICY ISSUES. DISCUSSIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER MANAGER MENTIONED, DEBT SERVICE OVERVIEW AND CIP OVERVIEW. TOMORROW WE'D LIKE TO START OUT

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OUR GOAL IS FOR NOW, IS ALWAYS TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE BETWEEN THE 20 AND 30% RANGE, PER OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY. WHAT THE FUND BALANCE DOES IS THAT IT HELPS US TO RESPOND TO UNANTICIPATED NEEDS, EMERGENCIES AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. WE WANT TO REMAIN PHYSICALLY CONSERVATIVE WITH REVENUE PROJECTIONS. WE DO NOT WANT TO BUILD ONGOING EXPENDITURES AROUND REVENUES THAT MAY NOT MATERIALIZE. SO AS WE PROJECT REVENUES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAN FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WE USE A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE SERVICES. SO THE PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES OUR RESIDENTS CAN DEPEND ON AND WHERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY. WE WANT THOSE INVESTMENTS TO BE TIED TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES IN THE CITY'S PRIORITIES.

ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF CORE SERVICES IN TERMS OF A ROBUST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. A STRONG CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND PREPARING FOR FUTURE GROWTH. SO TOGETHER, THESE FOUR PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR BUDGET PROCESS. FUND STRUCTURE. SO THINK OF THE CITY OPERATING IN MULTIPLE CHECKING ACCOUNTS. IN OUR CASE, WE OPERATE USING 86 CHECKING ACCOUNTS. WHILE WE ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO ALL 86 FUNDS FOR THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE HAVE GROUPED THE FUNDING ACCORDING TO FUND TYPE. SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR CORE OPERATING FUND. IT FUNDS POLICE, FIRE, PARKS ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH ARE RESTRICTED REVENUES.

AND SUCH EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE HOT TAX FUND TOURS, PITS, THE PEG FUND, SEIZURE FUNDS AND PARK ZONES. OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS USED STRICTLY TO REPAY DEBT. AND WITHIN THAT FUND, THAT IS WHERE WHENEVER WE ISSUE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WE MOVE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR THOSE BONDS INTO THAT FUND OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. WE USE THAT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND EXAMPLES WOULD BE ROADS, PARKS, FACILITIES, DRAINAGE, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THOSE ARE BUSINESS TYPE OPERATIONS THAT USUALLY INCLUDES UTILITIES, SOLID WASTE IN OUR GOLF CLUB, AND FINALLY, REPLACEMENT FUNDS. THESE REPLACEMENT FUNDS, THEY SUPPORT CITY DEPARTMENTS. IT'S MAINLY FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND IT IS OUR FLEET REPLACEMENT, TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT AND FACILITIES. MAKE SURE. I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I HAD SKIPPED ONE. SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES. SO OUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE IS 0.570825. THE M AND O COMPONENT, WHICH IS USED FOR OPERATIONS IS 0.4 $0.06. THE DEBT IS $0.11. AS YOU MAY RECALL, LAST MONTH WE CAME TO YOU WITH A PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY BUDGET WHICH INCLUDED A PROPERTY TAX RATE WITH AN INCREASE OF TWO AND A HALF CENTS. WE TOLD YOU THAT WE

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WELL, WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DON'T NEED TWO AND A HALF CENTS. WE NEED THREE FOURTHS OF A CENT. AND SO WHAT THIS BUDGET WAS BASED ON WAS A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.578363. NOW YOU STILL NEED TO SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE AT THE AUGUST 17TH MEETING. SO THAT RATE MAY CHANGE. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO DISCLOSE TO YOU WHAT WE'RE USING FOR THE BUDGET. AND SO THAT .578363 IS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN M AND O, OF WHICH WE MAINTAINED THE M AND O RATE FLAT. AND THE DEBT RATE IS WHAT IT IS. SO 0.123334 IS THE REQUIRED RATE IN ORDER TO FUND OUR EXISTING DEBT, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL OR THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THE ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE ALL SOURCES 2027 BUDGET. SO OUR ALL SOURCES REVENUE BUDGET BY FUND TOTALS 274.8 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST FUND IN THE BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY UTILITY FUNDS AND OF COURSE, CAPITAL PROJECTS. OUR ALL SOURCES BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTALS 299.4 MILLION. ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE WHERE THE BULK OF THE EXPENDITURES ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND, FOLLOWED BY THE UTILITIES FUNDS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, WE ARE USING FUND BALANCE. SO LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND. FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT STAFFING. THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 15 NEW POSITIONS, OF WHICH TEN OF THOSE ARE FOR PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN THE TEN. NINE OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS ARE BEING FUNDED FROM THE METRO FUND. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE ADDED A DETENTION OFFICER FOR FIRE. WE'VE ADDED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPERVISOR. I MENTIONED THE TEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO POSITIONS FOR STRIPING AND TWO CREWS, AS WELL AS ONE CIP MANAGER. THE GOAL HERE IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO MOVE AWAY FROM CONTRACTING OUT STRIPING SERVICES AND CONCRETE SERVICES, AND BUILD THE CAPACITY SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT WORK IN HOUSE. SO WE SHOULD SEE A REDUCTION IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. I'M GOING TO SAY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, TWO YEARS. INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES A POSITION FOR CYBER SECURITY. AND THEN HUMAN RESOURCES HAS A SENIOR HR GENERALIST, AS WELL AS TAKING A PART TIME POSITION AND CONVERTING IT TO A FULL TIME POSITION. SO THAT'S REALLY AN INCREASE OF ONE AND A HALF. SO AS WE CHART OUT THE FULL TIME STAFFING, AS YOU CAN SEE, APPROXIMATELY 31% OF THE FULL TIME POSITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POLICE, FOLLOWED BY 22% FIRE AND RESCUE. AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE PUBLIC WORKS AS WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THEY MAKE UP 10% OF THE FULL TIME POSITIONS. SO OUR OUR NEW POSITIONS WILL GO WELL WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW POSITIONS. WE WILL GO FROM 468 TO 483. SO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVERALL THERE'S A 2.4% INCREASE IN REVENUE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BULK OF THE INCREASE IS IN THE CELLS AND OTHER TAXES CATEGORY. PROPERTY TAX IS SLIGHTLY INCREASING. YOU SEE A DECREASE

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AND AS WE GO THROUGH THEM, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS. SO THEN WE'LL START WITH BERTHA NOW. AND YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT WHEN WE COME BACK. OKAY, SO BERTHA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. RHONDA AND I FORGOT THE NEW PERSON'S NAME, BUT CYNTHIA. CYNTHIA. CYNTHIA. RIGHT. CYNTHIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. YES. AS YOU, I THINK THE MOST HIGHLIGHT WAS YOU SAY INSTEAD OF TWO AND A HALF CENT THAT MUSTAFA WAS PUSHING FOR JUST GOT US A QUARTER. SO, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO HEAR

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SO THAT MEANS THE THE $0.50 THAT IN RETURN THAT WE GET BACK BECAUSE THEY ARE WE CAN ONLY SPEND IT ON TRANSPORTATION. SO IT'S RIGHTFULLY GOING BACK INTO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL DO THE WORK INSTEAD OF CONTRACTING US OUT AND WHERE WE LOSE. ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE UTILITIES, THE SLIDE, I FORGOT WHAT PAGE IT WAS, KEEP GOING. BUT YEAH, THE OTHER WAY. OH, YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST, BERTHA. GO ONE MORE. SOMEWHERE IN HERE. I SAW THAT UTILITIES RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE. SO THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF SEVEN. I BELIEVE THAT'S SEVEN. 7000. YES 7000. JUST A 7000. SO I KNOW ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD IN LINE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY PARTS OF HIGHWAY SIX AND AND THE NEW AREAS, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH SHASHI TO SOME POINT OF THINKING ABOUT PUTTING UTILITIES BEING READY. SO THAT WAY WHEN YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS AND HAVING BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR LAND IS UTILITY READY. SO THIS WAY WE CAN GET OR ATTRACT SOME OF THE MAJOR BUSINESSES THAT DO COME IN. SO IF I CAN HAVE SOMEONE TO IF I COULD ADDRESS THAT, MAYOR, THIS IS JUST THIS GROUPING OF EXPENSES ARE OUR OPERATING EXPENSES. SO IT'S THE COST OF UTILITIES IN OUR BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH. SEPARATELY, WHEN WE GET TO THE CIP, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A QUITE ROBUST PROGRAM OF UTILITY EXPENDITURES. GOT IT.

OKAY. AND MY LAST OBSERVATION FOR ME WAS IN THE BOND THAT WE HAD IN 2022 WITH, RIGHT, 2021, SORRY, 21, WE HAD ROUGHLY AROUND 22 MILLION OR 30 MILLION. WE HAD 26 MILLION FROM 2021.

AND THEN WE HAD 4 MILLION FROM 2014. SURE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I GUESS PUTTING ALL OF THOSE WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR, I THINK IN HERE. OKAY. SO IN THE DISCUSSION, THAT'S WHERE THE TWO AND A HALF CENT WAS COMING TOGETHER. CORRECT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, AND THEN THE TAX RATE HASN'T CHANGED. GONE UP TO 2.5%? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. THE $30 MILLION ADDITIONAL. EXPENDITURE, ISSUANCE OF BONDS ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR OBLIGATIONS FROM THOSE EARLIER BOND ELECTIONS, BOND ELECTIONS, AND SETS YOU IN A POSTURE TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH A NEW BOND ELECTION. BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE COMPLETING ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS FROM THE PAST. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. SO I GUESS I'M GOING TO TAKE THE CREDIT AWAY FROM MUSTAFA AND GIVE IT TO CYNTHIA FOR DOING THIS. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

SO YOU CAN CHOP ME OFF OR CUT ME OFF IF YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING UP. SO THE SAVINGS ON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, THIS IS METRO DOLLARS CURRENTLY. BUT AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THEM WITH WE'RE INTEGRATING THIS INTO OUR BUDGET. AND SO WHEN WE REDUCE THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COME OUT AHEAD.

RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND OKAY. AND SO THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO CREATE A, YOU KNOW, A LARGER DEPARTMENT THAT'S EATING OUR DOLLARS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HELP US SAVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING SPENT WILL BE SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE AND. INCREASING, I THINK, THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE OUR STREETS ARE DETERIORATING AND NEED WORK.

BUT THE THE GOAL HERE IS TO DO THIS IN-HOUSE AND BE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN OUR. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE GOAL. OKAY. AND SO THE THE CAPTURING THE THE FUNDS LOST ON

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AND NOBODY KNOWS IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF STATE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOST RETAIL SALES TO E-COMMERCE, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO, TO, TO GET THAT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE ON A STATE DOCKET OR ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. BUT WE WILL FIND OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN OKAY, SO WE HAVE THIS, HAVE HAD THIS COME UP IN THE PAST THAT CITIZENS WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DOLLARS GO FOR VACANT POSITIONS. IF WE DON'T, IF WE'RE NOT FILLING POSITIONS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, WE'VE DESIGNATED THOSE DOLLARS, WE'VE SET THEM ASIDE IN THE BUDGET, BUT THEN WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SPENDING THEM IN THE WAY THAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD. HOW IS THAT? HOW DO THOSE DOLLARS GET ALLOCATED? AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY FALL TO THE BOTTOM LINE. HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE TO BRING IN INTERIM HELP OR PAY OVERTIME TO MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE, THOSE DOLLARS ARE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I'VE TALKED WITH BERTHA AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RESERVE THOSE DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED, OR THEY WILL FALL TO THE BOTTOM LINE AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING STAFF IN THAT IN THE WAY YOU'VE MENTIONED, AS YOU KNOW, BACKUP POSITIONS, CON CONTRACTING, SOME, EVEN SOME STAFF THAT HAVE LEFT. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE LATER, BUT DOES THE FIRE STAFFING INCLUDE THE POSITIONS THAT WERE FILLED THROUGH GRANT FUNDS? ARE WE HANGING ON TO THOSE POSITIONS OR ARE WE ATTRIBUTING THOSE POSITIONS, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED WHEN THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY THAT POSITIONS WERE ALLOCATED? ONE TIME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE PROJECT OF OUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. OKAY. AND THAT LOSS OF THE GRANT OCCURS IN 28. SO IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TO DEAL WITH IT MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE FILLED AND FUNDED IN ANOTHER WAY, OR WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THOSE POSITIONS TO FALL OFF. OKAY, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT AS AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT IN THE COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOOD. MAY I CLARIFY ONE THING THAT I SAID? THAT LARGE TRANSFER INCREASE OF 6 MILLION, NOT ONLY DOES IT INCLUDES THE INCREASE IN THE TIRES, BUT WE HAVE A LAND BANKING INITIATIVE IN THERE. SO THAT INCLUDES 5 MILLION THAT WE WOULD TRANSFER OVER TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERICH, A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THROUGH THE BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO END WITH 33.9% SURPLUS IN THE THE THE GENERAL FUND, 33.9 MILLION. I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT PERCENT. IT IS $33.9 MILLION. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT REPRESENTS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE 30% TARGET. THAT'S MY POINT. IF WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN HUNG UP ON THAT, WE WANTED 30%. BUT THE STANDARD IS 2230. THAT IS CORRECT, IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED SOME DOLLARS TO HELP US WITH STAFFING, ANY INCREASE IN TAXES, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER USING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN, IN FACT, MAYBE MINIMIZE WHATEVER INCREASE THAT WE HAVE ON YOU? YOU TYPICALLY WOULD NOT USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE ONE TIME DOLLARS. THEY'RE NOT RECURRING. IF YOU SPEND THEM TODAY, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THEM AGAIN. SO YOU CAN'T USE THEM FOR THINGS LIKE SALARIES, WHICH MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR GENERAL FUND. SO

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SO WHEN WE'RE AT A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HELP US MAYBE SOFTEN SOME OF THE POTENTIAL TAX INCREASES, HOWEVER WE MIGHT DO THAT. I THINK TO ME, THAT IS AN EMERGENCY. I MEAN, WHEN WE RAISE IT, WHEN WE RAISE RATES, TAX RATES, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOU LATER, IT WON'T BE PART OF THIS. THE TIMING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE A CHANGE IN EXEMPTIONS, BUT I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE OVER 65 EXEMPTION AT SOME POINT. THERE'S A LOT OF SENSITIVITY TO PROPERTY TAX INCREASES THERE, AND OUR OVER 65 EXEMPTION COULD POSSIBLY BE INCREASED, BUT IT HAS TO OCCUR IN JULY. SO THAT TIME IS BEYOND US NOW. BUT WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT IT MOVING FORWARD IN THE COMING YEAR. OKAY. WELL WHATEVER WE CAN DO, LIKE I SAY, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REASON WHY WE SET UP THE THE SURPLUS IN OUR GENERAL FUND. AND LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S TO ADDRESS EMERGENCIES IF WE HAVE THEM. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT TAX INCREASES IS AN EMERGENCY. OKAY.

IF WE IF WE'RE DOING THAT. SO LET'S DO WHATEVER WE CAN WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HOW WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS TO, TO HELP US OUT ALONG THAT, THAT LINE. THE OTHER IS LICENSING PERMITS STAYS THE SAME. WELL, WE KEPT THE BUDGET FLAT BECAUSE WHEN WE ANALYZED THE ACTUALS YEAR TO DATE, IT DOES WE WE'RE SLIGHTLY OFF BUDGET. SO INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR 2027, WE JUST ELECTED TO LEAVE IT FLAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES THAT FLUCTUATES. AND SO THE BEST WE CAN DO IS USE HISTORICAL TRENDS TO TRY TO PROJECT WHAT THOSE FEES WILL BE. SO THE INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE. NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES, NONE OF THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED OR WOULD IMPACT THE LICENSE AND PERMITS CATEGORY. IT WOULD IF IF WE WERE SEEING THE REVENUE ON THE BOOKS LIKE IT SAYS, SO FAR WE'VE NOT MET BUDGET THE 2026 BUDGET FOR THOSE FEES. WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING. BUT TO ME, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET, THE UPCOMING BUDGET, IF WE'VE NOT MET THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE THE PIPELINE THAT CAN HELP THIS REVENUE SOURCE. BUT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THE EXPLANATION I'VE BEEN GIVEN IS THAT THE THE LARGE SUBDIVISIONS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PLANS, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND SO NOW WE'RE SEEING JUST SMALLER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING. SIR ROBERT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE BIG DOLLARS ARE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE FORMER. THERE WOULD BE ONE THING. YOU KNOW, I THINK AT

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SECOND, SAY ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE DO AN ANALYSIS OF OVERTIME AND THOSE REPORTS ARE SENT OUT TO THE DIRECTORS SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS COMPARED TO ACTUALS. AND I TELL THEM, STAY WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. OKAY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW THAT THE EYES AND THE EARS ARE ON THAT. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH METRO GOING FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND FOR THE 2027 FISCAL YEAR THAT THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH METRO. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 2027? IT IS INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH METRO AS AN ONGOING TRANSFER. OKAY. AND SO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE DOLLARS CONTRACTED TO GET WORK DONE, THEY WILL BE DONE WHAT'S CALLED FORCE ACCOUNT, WHICH IS OKAY, PAID FOR. AND THEN THE MONEY TRANSFERRED IN. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S CONTRACT ENDING, OKAY, THIS IS ONGOING. OKAY. AS LONG AS WE GET SALES TAX OR AS LONG AS THAT AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, ONE HALF PERCENT OF METRO'S RECEIVES, THEY GET THE HALF PERCENT BACK TO US. THAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.

AND BASED ON YOUR REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR SALES TAX IS TRENDING UPWARD. SO OKAY. GOOD DEAL. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS. SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS CUT OR PUT ON PAUSE. I BELIEVE THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. DOES THAT IMPACT ANY OF THE BUDGETING FOR ANY OF OUR PROJECTS? I KNOW IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE SAFER GRANT. AND SO I'M LOOKING AT POLICE BECAUSE I DON'T IN THE PAST, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON IS NOT IMPACTING OUR GRANT FUNDING. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MY LAST MORE IS MORE OF A COMMENT. I KNOW CITY MANAGER, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE LOOKING AT THE 65 AND UP EXEMPTION. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE DISABLED EXEMPTION BECAUSE YES, WE DID TYPICALLY GO TOGETHER LAST. MY THINKING, OKAY, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED THAT WAS IN 2021, THAT INCREASE WAS IT 22? AND IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS I SHOULD HAVE PUBLICLY.

OH, OKAY. YES. BECAUSE OUR DISABLED POPULATION IS ON A FIXED INCOME AS WELL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU,

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BECAUSE IT'S NOT SET UP TO HOUSE ASSETS. AND SO ANY FUNDING THAT WE ALLOCATE FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WE WOULD SHOW IT AS A TRANSFER OUT, OKAY. AND PUT IT INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH DEALS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECTS. AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT SEPARATELY. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT LATER. OKAY. THAT'S FAIR THEN I WON'T I WON'T DWELL TOO MUCH INTO THAT. I DO WANT TO KIND OF TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE $12.7 MILLION SHORTFALL, AND I CALL IT A SHORTFALL BECAUSE IT'S IN BRACKETS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE FUND THAT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IF WE CONTINUE MOVING IN THIS TREND. NO. OKAY. WELL, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

YES, WE ARE LIKE LASER FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN RECURRING REVENUE AND RECURRING EXPENSES. OKAY. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS ONE TIME DRAWDOWNS OF THE FUND BALANCE TO FUND THINGS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER IN DETAIL AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DAY. OKAY. THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COST OF THE GOVERNMENT DOING ITS BUSINESS. OKAY. THAT IS SEPARATE.

SEPARATE AND APART. YES. IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY. YES, MA'AM. AND SO THINK OF THOSE BUCKETS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE FINANCIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY WERE 65% OF THE FUND BALANCE OVER AND ABOVE THE 30% GOES TO PMMP. WE HAD LIKE 6% FOR FACILITIES. SO THERE WERE LIKE SIX BUCKETS. THAT'S WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE LIKE. WE HAVE 800,000 BUDGETED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLICY WAS SLATED TO GET, I BELIEVE, 6%.

SO LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE SPENT THE WEEKEND MAKING SURE FOR EVERY RECURRING DOLLAR OF EXPENDITURES, WE IDENTIFIED A RECURRING DOLLAR OF REVENUE. OKAY, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I THINK THEY HAVE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THE COMMENTS THAT I TEND TO RECEIVE IS THAT YOU'RE RUNNING A BUDGET IN A DEFICIT. BUT AS LONG AS I CAN EXPLAIN THAT BACK, I FEEL CONFIDENT IN IT. AND SO ONE MORE QUESTION, I DON'T I KIND OF CHEATED A LITTLE AND I WENT AHEAD. I WANT TO LOOK FOR I'LL DO THAT. DON'T DO THAT PART. OKAY, SO I, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND IS THAT ALREADY CALCULATED INSIDE OF THIS OR. NO. OH, IT IS ALREADY IN. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I WANT TO GO BACK IN AND OF ITSELF. OKAY. IS $1 MILLION DRIVE A TAX RATE INCREASE OF THREE QUARTER CENTS.

OKAY. BY COINCIDENCE. OKAY. GOT IT. GOING BACK TO THE BASICALLY ABLE TO COVER THAT JUST THROUGH OUR GROWTH IN REVENUES WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE THE NO TAX, WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AT OUR LAST BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO YOU COMING ABOVE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT TWO AND A HALF CENTS. THAT IS POTENTIAL INCREASES, AND TO ALSO LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST WHERE WE WERE TO BE ACCUMULATING INCREASES. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE SHOULD REALLY BE AT ABOUT 63, $0.64. SO TO HEAR THAT WE CAN HOLD ALL OF THIS AND STAY AT 58 AND KEEP OUR OUR FUND BALANCE AT 30% OR A LITTLE HIGHER IS FINE. MY LAST COMMENT, AND I'LL BE BRIEF, THE INCREASE IN FEES, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THESE FEES FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS NOW. THE LAST TIME, THE LAST POLICY THAT I SEE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WAS FROM 2024. AND I KNOW, BERTHA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GUYS WORKED AND YOU TOOK A LOOK AT FEES ACROSS SEVERAL OF OUR SISTER CITIES, IF YOU WILL. AND WE SAW THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY LOW. SO PLEASE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET BACK THERE BECAUSE WHAT'S A LITTLE TROUBLESOME IS UNDER LICENSES AND PERMITS. WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN FLAT AGAIN. DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW YEAR TO DATE, WHAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? I HAVE AN

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YES, SIR. CAN WE ALSO TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER EACH ONE IS DONE? ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD PREFER THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR 2027 BUDGET. THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS WHEN I FIRST CAME, I THINK ANY TIME A MUNICIPALITY CAN GET OUT OF THE JAIL BUSINESS WHEN YOU'RE ONLY HOUSED IN CLASS C, YOU SHOULD. I HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND WITH THE THE SHERIFF, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY LIKE BACK A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN HARRIS COUNTY BUILT A JOINT OPERATION CENTER, IT WAS BUILT TO HOUSE ADDITIONAL AGENCIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY. SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S DEAD. YOU GOT TO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT OUR CLASS C PRISONERS. AND IF WE CLOSE IT DOWN, WE WON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT TO REST. NEXT SLIDE. TO ME EVERYTHING STARTS WITH STAFFING. AND WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE I SAW THE STAFFING SHORTAGES. THIS IS TOO GOOD OF A CITY WITH GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO GREAT POLITICAL LEADERS. AND I WANTED TO TACKLE THAT. AND BEFORE I GET INTO THE NUMBERS, I WANT TO THANK OUR RECRUITING TEAM AND ALSO ALVIN HR. THANK YOU ALL FOR STEPPING UP. SO JUST A QUICK BREAKDOWN ON WHERE WE ARE ON STAFFING RIGHT NOW. AUTHORIZED STAFFING IS 113.

OFFICERS CURRENTLY HAVE 14 VACANCIES. WE HAD TWO OFFICERS THAT HIT THE STREETS TODAY. OF THOSE 14 VACANCIES, WE HAVE SIX IN THE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO WE ALSO HAVE A TESTING PERIOD THAT'S ENDING TODAY, AUGUST THE 10TH.

THERE WERE 144 APPLICANTS THAT SIGNED UP FOR THAT. BUT DON'T GET TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ANYBODY THAT CAN GO ON TO THE COMPUTER AND SIGN ON AND SAY THAT THEY WANT TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER. YOU NORMALLY LOOKING AT TRADITIONALLY 5 TO 10% OF THE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT COME IN, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED 144. WE NEED ABOUT ADDITIONAL 8 OR 10 IF EVERYTHING GOES ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO TOUCH ON

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HOWEVER, OF THOSE SIX, THREE ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING AND WE HAVE SIX MORE APPLICANTS THAT ARE IN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. SO WITH THOSE NUMBERS, I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET THAT FEEL. I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GETTING MOST OF ALL OUR POSITIONS FILLED BY END OF YEAR, AND THAT TAKES ME INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. I THINK THAT IF WE CONCENTRATE ON BRINGING IN LATERALS AND WHAT LATERALS MEAN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALREADY CERTIFIED, COMING IN WITH EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO IF WE CAN CONCENTRATE AND SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS WILL BE IN THE TESTING PERIOD, SO WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON THEM, IT'S A TEN, 10 TO 12 WEEK PROCESS AS COMPARED TO 8 OR 9 MONTHS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RUNNING CADETS THROUGH THE ACADEMY. SO FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. LEADS ME IN TO MOVING AWAY FROM 12 HOUR SHIFTS TO TEN HOUR SHIFTS THAT STARTED BACK IN 20 2017. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SOME OF OUR YOUNG OFFICERS LIKE IT, BUT AS POLICE, ADMINISTRATORS AND POLITICAL LEADERS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL WELLNESS. AND THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THING. YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THEM INTO A HOLE EVENTUALLY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO. BUT THERE IS SOME COST AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE JUST ONE SHIFT GETTING ON AND ONE SHIFT GETTING OFF. SO YOU SAVE ON SOME OVERTIME MONEY BECAUSE WITH THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, I THINK IT'S EIGHT HOURS PER PAY PERIOD. THEY HAVE OVERTIME ON THAT. SO WE'LL SAVE ON THAT.

AND ALAN, I'M SORRY, OUR CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER, LET'S HOLD OFF ON TO THE NUMBERS UNTIL WE GET PROPER ANALYSIS, WHICH IS SMART BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PRESENT THE WRONG NUMBERS. BUT THE NEXT TIME WE GET UP, WE'LL HAVE THOSE CORRECT NUMBERS. SO WE WILL NEED BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A THIRD SHIFT AND IT OVERLAPS. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. ALSO, YOU NEED A LIEUTENANT, A SHIFT LIEUTENANT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TWO SERGEANTS. I WILL NOT MOVE TO THE TEN HOUR SHIFTS UNTIL I GET ADDITIONAL EIGHT OFFICERS, THOUGH. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE. YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT MOVE UNTIL YOU HAVE THE PROPER STAFFING. SO, AGAIN, WE COULD GET THERE AS EARLY AS AS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND I'M GOING TO HOLD TO THAT. I WENT OVER SOME OF THE BENEFITS FOR THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, MORE ALERT OFFICERS, REDUCING FATIGUE, BETTER LIFE BALANCE. ALSO FOR THE MID RANGE OFFICERS, NOT OLD GUYS LIKE MYSELF BECAUSE I WANT EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS. I KNOW LAST TIME I WORKED EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS I RUN 10 TO 12. BUT SERIOUSLY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LATERALS AND THINKING ABOUT COMING IN, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THEM, THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS. THEY WANT TO WORK A TEN HOUR SHIFT OR TO A TRADITIONAL EIGHT HOUR SHIFT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR OFFICERS OVERALL WELLNESS. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT REDUCTION OF OVERTIME AND MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TRAINING. YOU NORMALLY GIVE THEM A PIECE OF WEEKEND. SOME WILL HAVE MAYBE A SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY OFF OF THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. SO ON WEDNESDAY YOU GOT EVERYBODY IN AND YOU CAN REALLY KNOCK OUT TRAINING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND YOU WON'T LOSE ON, ON, ON STAFFING. SO AND THIS IS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. YES, SIR. WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU ON THIS ONE ONCE THE FULL PICTURE IS.

NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT THAT COMPLETES WHAT MY REPORT AND I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DETAILED REPORT, CHIEF. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO PAGE THREE ON YOUR SLIDE. YES, MA'AM. AND I WAS TRYING TO CATCH ALL OF THIS, BUT 14 VACANCIES AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. YES, MA'AM. OF THOSE 14, THERE ARE SIX IN THE POLICE ACADEMY. THEY'RE GRADUATING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. OKAY. OKAY. SO

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SO THAT MOVES TO MY NEXT QUESTION ABOUT THE LATERALS. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THAT THAT IS THE ULTIMATE STRATEGY IS TO, TO, TO BRING IN MORE LATERALS. WHAT IS, I GUESS, WHAT IS THE, WHAT HAS THE STRATEGY BEEN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IS PHENOMENAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PULLING LATERALS IN, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE STRATEGY THAT YOU'RE USING? WELL, I THINK ME PERSONALLY, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CREDIT. IT'S OUR ENTIRE TEAM. AND WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I SAID, IT'S EVERYONE'S DUTY TO RECRUIT, NOT JUST THOSE PERSONS ASSIGNED TO RECRUITING. EVERY TIME WE GO OUT, WE SHOULD BE RECRUITING. BUT I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND MY DISCUSSION AND WHATEVER. I MAKE A PUBLIC EVENT, IT'S THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR CITIZENS. I THINK THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE RECRUITER PIECE FOR ME, AND I DON'T HAVE TO BE UNTRUTHFUL. IT'S REALLY TRUE. WE GET A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND FROM CITIZENS AND POLITICAL LEADERS ALIKE, BUT ALSO THE THE CITY WITHIN ITSELF. Y'ALL KNOW I COME FROM HOUSTON. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF REST IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. IT'S NOT THE JUST YOU BURNING THE CANDLES ON BOTH ENDS. IF I MAY SAY IT'S A BIT SLOW AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SELL OUR AGENCY IF IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF IT'S JUST GETTING OUT WORD OF MOUTH AND RECRUITING. BUT I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME RESULTS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY HERE. I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. BUT WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT I DIDN'T SAY, IF WE DON'T GET THE LATERALS THAT WE WANT, YOU PUSH THAT BACK, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO GET THEM THROUGH. BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG. I'M PRETTY COMPETITIVE. I TALKED TO OUR FIRE CHIEF ALL THE TIME. HE'S GOT HIS ASSISTANTS HERE. I'M TIRED OF HEARING THEY JUST HAVE ONE VACANCY, SO I WON'T SAY ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. VERY GOOD. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. OKAY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE REPORT. I LIKE YOUR GOAL TO FILL ALL YOUR POSITIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I KNOW EARLIER YOU SAID DON'T GET EXCITED ABOUT 144 APPLICANTS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HEARD THAT MANY IN THE POOL FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT POLICING. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING THE THIRD SHIFT. DO YOU FORESEE ANY ISSUES WITH YOU FILLING THOSE SHIFTS EVEN FROM OUR CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE? NO, THAT'S WHY I SAID I WANTED TO WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL EIGHT OFFICERS. I WOULDN'T FEEL IT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO BE CLOSE TO FULL STAFFING BECAUSE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, YOU KNOW, HALF GET ON, HALF GET OFF. AND IT'S YOU CAN STAFF UP AND MORE LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THREE ROTATING SHIFTS, THERE ARE SOME OVERLAP. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AS WELL. AND IF YOU GO TO THE EIGHT HOUR WAIT A MINUTE. SO NOW YOU WANT SOME PATROL CARS, I CAUGHT THAT THIS ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. ALL RIGHT.

HE SAID HE SAID EQUIPMENT. Y'ALL SEE HOW HE SNUCK THAT IN THERE? I LOVE IT. THAT'S OKAY.

APPROVED. NO, I'M TEASING YOU. OKAY. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD IT. I'M SORRY. OKAY. IF. AND GOING TO EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS. IF YOU WERE EVER ABLE TO DO THAT, WOULD THAT PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IN THE CITY WITH THE OVERLAPPING? I JUST THINK THE TEN HOUR SHIFTS BASED ON STUDIES AND EMPIRICAL DATA AND ALSO BEST PRACTICES, THAT IS THE BEST SHIFT. AND I WOULD PUSH FOR THAT INSTEAD OF EIGHT HOURS. OKAY. VERY WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. THANKS. YES. THE INFORMATION CHIEF, YOU KNOW. I THINK THIS. YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY WHETTED MY APPETITE. ANYWAY, WHEN I SAW THE 144 THAT WAS GOING THROUGH TESTING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A DEMONSTRATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, TO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AS TO THE

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SITUATIONS WHEN WE'RE DRIVING IS RED LIGHT RUNNERS? DO WE HAVE ANY PROGRAM THAT WE CAN OR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THAT THOSE OCCURRENCES? THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT I'VE GOTTEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IS UNSAFE DRIVING, RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. SO I'VE BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR TO MY TEAM, NOT ONLY THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR OVERTIME AND ALL THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE IN OUR DNA. A FEW YEARS AGO, BECAUSE I LIVED OUT HERE AND I USED TO DRIVE THROUGH MISSOURI CITY AS AS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, YOU DIDN'T SPEED THROUGH THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE GOING TO RECEIVE A CITATION. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO. AND THE WAY THAT YOU DO THAT, EVERYONE HAS TO STOP TRAFFIC. I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE CHIEF TO TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY A DAY. BUT THERE IS A PRODUCTIVITY STANDARD, AND MY STANDARDS ARE HIGH, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THE PATROL CAR, IN A UNIFORM TO THAT STANDARD TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER. HOW ABOUT MOTORCYCLE UNITS? WHAT'S YOUR FEELING IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF I LOVE THE MOTORS. I CALL THEM SOLO MOTORS. THEY CAN GET PLACES QUICKER WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT A VEHICLE CAN'T. THEY CAN HIDE. AND WHEN WE NEED THEM TO DO ESCORTS AND WHATNOT, THEY. THERE. SO WE I THINK WE HAVE SIX, 6 TO 8 RIGHT NOW. IS IT SIX? YEAH, I WAS RIGHT ON IT.

SO AS WE GROW, I WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY GOOD IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. AND WE NEED TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. I YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY, YOU HATE TO SAY THAT THEY HIDE, BUT THEY GET TO A POINT OR A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PULL YOU OVER. WELL, YEAH, WITH THAT, THAT'S THE EXTENT O MY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE PRESENTATION UPDATE. I

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AND SO I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS, FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVING SUCH GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR TRAFFIC STOPS, AS WELL AS HOW YOU'RE DOING MORE PATROLLING. MY QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE VACANCIES, WITH THERE BEING 14 VACANCIES, AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH FILLING AT LEAST HAVING EIGHT VACANCIES FILLED BEFORE YOU CONSIDER GOING TO THE TEN HOUR SHIFTS.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT THAT YOU EXPERIENCE RETIREMENTS OR PEOPLE MOVE ELSEWHERE OR, YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO RESIGN AND YOU YOU'RE KIND OF AT THAT BARE MINIMUM. WE ARE I TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. SO RETIREMENTS DON'T HAPPEN AROUND HERE EVERY DAY, BUT THEY ARE HAPPENING. AND WE WE WILL HAVE A FEW RETIREMENTS, BUT THAT'S CALCULATED IN THERE. I'M NOT SAYING LIKE IF WE LOSE TWO TO RETIREMENT NEXT MONTH, THAT NUMBER GOES TO TEN. AND I STILL FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IN THE I CAN'T PREDICT FUTURE OF OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO OR WHATNOT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GO BELOW 14.

I'M THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD OVER THE NEXT 90 TO 120 DAYS. SO. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO ANY RECRUITMENT SPECIFICALLY TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES? I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF STUFF IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SO I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'RE RIGHT, SOME OF YOUR OTHER TARGETS THAT THAT RECRUITMENT IS, IS, IS HAPPENING NOW. BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE 144. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE Y'ALL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S DON'T GET SO HAPPY. IT IS A GOOD THING. HOWEVER, I WANT TO BE REALISTIC, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES IN THERE. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THESE SPOTS REAL QUICKLY HERE, ESPECIALLY. I DON'T THINK WE'RE SCARED. I THINK WE'RE MORE EXCITED AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT, YOU KNOW, FILL THOSE VACANCIES FOR YOU. SO COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO THE VACANCIES IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS. ARE Y'ALL DOING ANY RECRUITMENT OR ANY SPECIAL FOCUS ON FILLING THOSE VACANCIES? A LOT OF RECRUITMENT HAS, HAS OCCURRED THE LAST AND REALLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE I'VE GOTTEN HERE. BUT WE HAVE THREE IN TRAINING AND THEN SIX CURRENTLY IN BACKGROUND WHEN WE ONLY NEED SIX. SO PRETTY. AND THE ONES IN TRAINING ONE OF THEM IS IS DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD ON THAT IN A FEW MONTHS.

BUT I WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE TO UPDATE Y'ALL. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE YOU HAVE SOME PLANS TO BRING AN ANNEX AREA TO THE DISTRICT, A PART OF THE HARRIS COUNTY, OR MAYBE EVEN ADD ON A SECOND BEAT IN DISTRICT A. I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU. YOU ASKING MY CITY MAN? THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. NO, NO. ONE MORE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I FORGOT TO ASK THIS EARLIER. THIS MAY BE A QUESTION, BUT ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANYTHING IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET THAT YOU MAY

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THERE'S MORE. SO COURT ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY. BUT I THINK A LOT MORE HAS TO DO WITH POLICE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SEEING ON THAT SIDE. SO THOSE ARE MY JUST MY COMMENTS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. BUT OTHERWISE, GREAT JOB ON THE ON THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT CAUSE? GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS STRATEGY. BACK IN 2025, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP BEGAN LOOKING AT OUR COMPARABLES TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE THROUGH THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION. DURING THAT TIME, WHAT WE FOUND WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONCERNING TO OUR DEPARTMENT WAS FROM WHEN IT CAME TO PROGRAMS, WE WERE ALMOST DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE OFFERING. BUT THEN YOU TAKE INTO COMPARISON OF THAT. WE WERE HALF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WHEN IT CAME TO COST RECOVERY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO WHAT WE FOUND IS WE OFFERED A LOT OF PROGRAMS, BUT WE WEREN'T GETTING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE WERE HONESTLY EXPECTING. AND SO OUR DEPARTMENTS BEGAN TO PUT INTO A PLAN INTO PLACE, A PLAN TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON THESE ITEMS FOR US. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON WAS, RATHER THAN BEING A VOLUME BASED DEPARTMENT, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IMPACT. HOW ARE WE IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY? WE ARE CONCENTRATING OUR RESOURCES ON THOSE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOODS. WE ARE LOOKING AT OUTSOURCING OUR PREMIUM AND COMMERCIAL OFFERINGS. WE LOOKED AT OUR OUR MEASUREMENTS AND OUR DATA. AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO STARTED TYING EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TO OUR COST RECOVERY PLAN. LASTLY, WE ALSO BEGAN FOCUSING ON FIVE CORE AREAS OUR SENIOR AND SOCIAL ENRICHMENT AREAS SAFE, AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE, ADAPTIVE AND INCLUSIVE PLAY, FOUNDATIONAL RACKET SPORTS. AND THEN LASTLY, OUR DISCOVERY PROGRAMING, OUR INTRODUCTORY AREAS FOR PROGRAMS OF SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF THIS THIS WORK. IN 2025, WE HAD 513 PROGRAMS. IN 2026, WE MOVED TO 425 PROGRAMS. AND IN FY 2027, WE'LL SEE THAT NUMBER CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AS CONTRACTS END. AND WE SUNSET ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS IN 2025, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WE HAD 31 TOTAL SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2025. IN 2026, WE ARE WE ARE DOWN TO 20 SPECIAL

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SOME OF THE EVENTS YOU GUYS GET SPONSORSHIPS FOR. NOT EVERYTHING COMES FROM OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SPONSORSHIPS THAT SOME OF OUR EVENTS TO OFFSET SOME COSTS? ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN YOU SEE NUMBERS LIKE THAT, LIKE IN ATTENDANCE, ESPECIALLY, RIGHT, IT'S ALL ABOUT FACES. THE NUMBER OF FACES THAT SEE THE THE SPONSORS, THEN WE CAN INCREASE THOSE SPONSORSHIPS. SO WHEN YOU DOUBLE AN EVENT LIKE FOURTH FEST, WE CAN GO BACK INTO NEXT YEAR AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE SPONSORSHIPS, INCREASE THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IF YOU'RE A SPONSOR THAT NOW SEES THAT YOU HAVE A DRONE SHOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THEIR THEIR LOGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT? THERE'S WAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR SPONSORSHIP LEVELS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THE FIVE FOCUS AREAS. HOW DID

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NUMBER ONE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT VOLUME BASED VERSUS IMPACT, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE FIVE AREAS WHERE WE CAN REALLY HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. AND THEN ALSO WE BEGAN LOOKING BACK AT OUR MASTER PLAN. AND THEN THE PROGRAMING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID, HEY, THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE REALLY ARE ASKING YOU TO FOCUS ON. AND SO WE'RE LISTENING TO THAT FEEDBACK CONSTANTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, GOOD. THE SECOND QUESTION, YOU ANSWERED THAT WHAT WERE THE BIGGEST PROGRAMS THAT WERE BEING ELIMINATED? AND I AM IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE DECREASING THE PROGRAMS, WE SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE. SO THAT LETS YOU KNOW RIGHT THERE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND YOU'RE GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY. MY LAST QUESTION FOCUSES AROUND NUMBER OF PROGRAMING, DEFINING THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE JUNETEENTH. THAT IS A WEEK LONG. IS THAT IS THAT CONSIDERED A PROGRAM? BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY SIX DAYS OR SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE GET A BREAK IN THERE OR NOT, BUT IS THAT A PROGRAM OR IS THAT BY DAYS? SO AND AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S A DEFINITION QUESTION. WE ACTUALLY DEFINE JUNETEENTH AS A SPECIAL EVENT. SO IT FALLS UNDER THE SPECIAL EVENT CATEGORY BECAUSE IT'S A ONE TIME THING THAT HAPPENS DURING THE YEAR. AND SO IT FALLS UNDER THAT CATEGORY. OUR PROGRAMS ARE YOUR TYPICAL ONGOING ACTIVITIES. A GUITAR CLASS OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMING, EDUCATIONAL TYPES OF THINGS, YOUR BINGO, THOSE ARE YOUR PROGRAMS. AND SO JUNETEENTH ACTUALLY FALLS UNDER SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY. AND ARE WE LOOKING AT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WE HAVE A CONTRACT UNTIL 2027, BUT WE HAVE BLACK HISTORY THAT THAT WE HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE ALL MONTH LONG. JUNETEENTH IS SEVEN DAYS. ARE WE LOOKING AT THE EFFICIENCY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR RESOURCES? ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT TO ASSESS, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT IS. IF THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED, IF IT IS WORTH IT FOR OUR CITY, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE EVENTS ARE NOT IMPORTANT. I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IS IT IS IT BEST AT THREE DAYS VERSUS SIX DAYS? YEAH. AND WHEN IT COMES TO ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER OF STAFF CITY WIDE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIKE LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL. YES, ABSOLUTELY. LIKE ALL OF US WERE INVOLVED IN THOSE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO WE ARE EVALUATING NOT ONLY OVERTIME, BUT WE'RE ALSO THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ATTENDANCE OF THOSE AS WELL.

AND SO TRYING TO MAKE THOSE COMPARISONS AND HONESTLY WEEDING OUT THE ONES THAT JUST DO NOT GET THAT ROI FOR US. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD PRESENTATION. AND I AGREE, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH WITH YOUR FIVE FOCUS AREAS, I THINK THEY'RE SPOT ON. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER WAS THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE DOING A LIKE A 31% COST RECOVERY. IS THAT RIGHT FOR OUR REVENUE COMING IN VERSUS THE, THE COST OF THE, THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT WIDE? RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 20% THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT 2025. WE WERE ABOUT 12.7%. HAVING SAID THAT, DO YOU HAVE A TARGET THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO? I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BY ELIMINATING SOME OF THE THE PROGRAMS, YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COST THAT YOU HAD. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE RUNNING AT A 12 TO 15% RECOVERY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REDUCE ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY SAVING SOME SOME DOLLARS. SO DO YOU HAVE A, A BUDGET OR A PLAN OF WHAT OR A TARGET THAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR THAT YOU WANT TO. YEAH. SO LIKE, LIKE BERTHA TALKS ABOUT WITH HER BUCKETS. WE HAVE OUR BUCKETS AS WELL. SO DEPARTMENT WIDE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET TO 30% COST RECOVERY. THAT WOULD PUT US JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. BUT THEN ALSO WE LOOK AT AREAS LIKE THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER.

AND FOR US, WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A FIVE YEAR PLAN RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

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RECOGNIZING. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER IN REGARDS TO YOUR FIVE FOCUS AREAS. AND YOU SAID THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS PRIMARILY DATA DRIVEN FROM WHAT THE CITIZENS STATED THAT THEY WANT. BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? SO FIRST OF ALL, LIKE WITH OUR MASTER PLAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW AT OUR FIVE YEAR MARK ON OUR MASTER PLAN AND A HUGE PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN REVIEW. EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY. AND SO WE ARE DOING A FULL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, OUR PARKS, THE WORKS. AND SO THAT STUDY IS ACTUALLY OPEN RIGHT NOW. BUT PROGRAM WISE, WE TYPICALLY DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT EVERY OTHER YEAR. OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF WHERE ARE WE WITH FACILITIES? AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING YOU THAT. OFTENTIMES IF I COME DOWN TO THE TENNIS REC, ESPECIALLY EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE. SO DO YOU FORESEE THAT YOU WOULD EVER COME BACK AND DISCUSS WITH US POTENTIAL EXPANSION NEEDS THERE? OR YOU'RE SMILING? IS THIS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE I COULD BE LIKE, CHIEF AND BE LIKE AND EQUIPMENT AS NECESSARY? OKAY, THAT'LL BE FUN. ME TRYING TO HELP. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND SO PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN, THAT MASTER PLAN REALLY IS A HUGE PART OF THAT IS THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY SAYING WE'RE MISSING IN THE CITY. AND SO WE EVALUATE THAT PRETTY HEAVILY. AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE WE CAN EVENTUALLY TIE HIS MASTER PLAN ON ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY HAVE A FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN TOWARDS OUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER GRASP ON IT. AND IF I COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY WITH OUR FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN THAT LISTS OUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO, SO OUR TEN YEAR PLAN LISTED OUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, 80% OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IN THAT MASTER PLAN WERE DONE BECAUSE THEY WERE ADDED TO THE BOND PROJECT AND TO THE CIP ALREADY. AND WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE LOOK AT WHAT THE NEXT LINE OF PROJECTS IS THAT ARE LISTED OUT IN THAT MASTER PLAN AND ADD IT TO THE CIP. OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS WITH YOU REDUCING PROGRAMS TO GET DOWN TO THE IN THE 300 LEVEL, DO YOU FORESEE THAT THAT WOULD IMPACT STAFFING? WELL, WE NEED TO REDUCE STAFFING OR ARE YOU OKAY? WELL, I DO NOT SEE US REDUCING STAFFING. WHAT I SEE US DOING IS JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SPECIAL EVENTS, PUSHING THOSE STAFFING TO THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STRONGER AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THOSE AND FOCUS ON THOSE TO MAKE THEM STRONGER. OKAY. AND THAT'S FAIR. MY LAST COMMENT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THIS STATEMENT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. INSIDE OF YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT CALCULATIONS, DO YOU ALSO INCLUDE SALES TAX DOLLARS FROM WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM THE OUTSIDE INTO OUR CITY? WE DO FROM THE ASPECT OF WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PARK STATISTICS. OKAY? BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PARK STATISTICS, WE LOOK AT NOT ONLY WHO'S ATTENDING THE PARKS AND USING THE PARKS, BUT ALSO WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT FACILITIES THEY'RE USING AFTER OR BEFORE THEY'VE COME TO OUR PARKS. FOR EXAMPLE, RIDGEVIEW PARK, WE SAW LAST YEAR THAT WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING AND USING THAT FACILITY. WE ALSO SAW JUST A LITTLE OVER 50% OF THOSE PEOPLE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY. AND SO THEN WE WERE ASKING OURSELVES, WELL, GOSH, IF THAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE EFFECT THERE?

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THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL IN MY OPINION. YOU BROUGHT UP RIDGEVIEW BECAUSE WITH THE USE OF RIDGEVIEW AND SO MUCH OF THE OUTSIDE INFLUX, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF I KNOW THAT I CAN SEE A SALES TAX BASE THERE, NOT ONLY TO HELP WITH REVENUES INTO OUR CITY, BUT TO ALSO OFFSET THE COST TO MAINTAIN THE PARK. YES, THE CONSTANT TRASH, THE JUST EVERYTHING OVER THERE, THE THE LOAD IS JUST VERY, VERY HEAVY. SO CONSTANTLY WATCHING THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, ALAN, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS OF REDUCTION, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DOES BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY HAVE MENTIONED IT TO ME IS THAT DURING SUMMERTIME, THEY RUN THESE CHILD CARE, CHILD CARE FACILITIES, RUNS CAMPS. AND WHEN WE DO IT FOR SUCH A LITTLE MONEY, AND THAT'S TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM THEM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE CHILD CARE FACILITIES WHERE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO USE THAT AS A POTENTIAL INCOME FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL. RIGHT? SO SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. I LIKE THE EFFICIENCY THAT MAYOR PRO TEM TALKED ABOUT. I THINK IN ALL PROGRAMS I THINK WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT I KNOW WE GIVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT THEN THERE'S PROGRAMS, THERE'S DAYS AND THERE'S FACILITIES THAT PROGRAMS THAT ATTAIN TO WHAT I LIKE TO SEE ON A LONG RUN, THIS MIGHT BE A CIP THING, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A PROMISE OF A SECOND GYM AT THE RECREATIONAL PLACE WHERE WE HAVE BECAUSE OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS SAYING THAT WAS PROMISED BACK IN 2012 OR I FORGOT WHEN IT WAS, WHENEVER IT WAS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BUILT PARKS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR, THE NEWEST ONE, TROXELL PARK, IT DOESN'T HAVE A RESTROOM. SO IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF YOU'RE COMING INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE THAT PARK, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO LEAVE THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO GET TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. SO WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PAVILION, 1 OR 2 THAT'S THERE, BUT IT BECOMES KIND OF A, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENT, THEN YOU CAN GO TO YOUR HOME AND THEN COME BACK. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STAFF, WHAT I THINK PUBLIC WORKS IS TRYING TO DO. MUSTAFA, USING THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, METRO FUND TO HIRE WITHIN. SO THIS WAY CONTRACTS ARE NOT GOING OUT AND IT'S TAKING HIM LONGER TIME WHERE HE CAN'T CONTROL THE PROJECTS EITHER. I THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK AT SOME OF THESE MOWING CONTRACTS AND PERSONNELS THAT WE HAVE HIRING FOR OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING. YOU WANT TO GET THAT? OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL GET TO THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT PERSON. ALRIGHT. YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME. OH WE ARE. LET'S TRY TO MAKE YOU GO AWAY. BUT GO AHEAD. DARN IT. RIGHT AWAY. MOWING UPDATE AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.

BACKGROUND. THE NEW ORDINANCE WENT INTO PLACE ON JUNE 1ST. AFTER THAT, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN, WHICH WAS FAIRLY UNUSUAL. THAT IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY, WHERE A LOT OF OUR MAIN CORRIDORS SAW A FAIR AMOUNT OF OVERGROWTH. THE CITY'S RESPONSE WAS TWO PHASED.

THE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE PRIORITY THOROUGHFARES. WE SENT OUT PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF IMMEDIATELY TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS, AND NOW WE'RE IN PHASE TWO, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE SECONDARY THOROUGHFARES. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND AND THAT'S BEING DONE. PARKS AND RECREATION. AND ALSO WITH A CONTRACTOR. AND SO THIS JUST WALKS YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED ON FROM PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. COST WISE, IT COST US JUST A LITTLE OVER $45,000 IN STAFF TIME. AND

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE RIGHT OF WAY MOWING PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENS IS EITHER WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT, CODE ENFORCEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT EITHER RECEIVES A COMPLAINT OR PROACTIVELY SEES A VIOLATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY INVESTIGATE, PROVIDE NOTES ACCORDING TO THAT INVESTIGATION, AND BASED ON THAT INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD EITHER PROCEED WITH SENDING A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, ADVISING THEM OF THE VIOLATION AND ALLOWING THEM AT LEAST TEN DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THAT TIME WHERE THE LETTER IS SENT. ALSO, BY THE TIME THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVES A LETTER, WHETHER OR NOT THEY COMPLY, STAFF IS ALSO FOLLOWING UP FROM THERE AT THE TIME, STAFF FOLLOWS UP AND THE PROPERTY IS STILL NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THEN WE START THE CITATION PROCESS WHERE WE SEND A NOTICE TO OF INTENT TO THE COURT, WHICH STARTS THE CITATION PROCESS. THE REASON WE INCLUDED THIS PART IN THIS, THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO ADVISE THAT NOT ALL ENFORCEMENT YIELDS COMPLIANCE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THIS PROCESS COULD START FROM THE TIME A VIOLATION IS NOTICED ALL THE WAY TO THE END COULD LEAD YOU TO ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS. IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, THE GRASS IS STILL GROWING. AND SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE THE CITY TAKE ON OR, YOU KNOW, YIELD THE FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE METHODS. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST, I GUESS I GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER. I, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A BUDGET DISCUSSION. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO DISCUSS THE MOWING AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PART IN THIS PIECE. UNLESS IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR WE ARE NOT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO CHANGE ANYTHING. OKAY? WE'RE JUST TELLING WE KNOW IT WAS AN ISSUE. IT REQUIRED REMEDIAL ACTION. IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN POLICY, IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. OKAY. GOT YOU. AND I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE MONEY TO RESUME RIGHT OF WAY MOWING. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS DOUBLING DOWN ON CODE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. AT. YOU HAD SOME NUMBERS EARLIER THAT I SAW. OH EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. I DID IT AGAIN. I'VE GOT ANOTHER THIS SLIDE. OKAY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS? YES SIR I APOLOGIZE. I MISSED THAT SLIDE. SO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHERE PARKS HAD TO KIND OF RESUME SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY MOWING, THERE WERE ABOUT 56 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WERE TECHNICALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY MOWING ORDINANCE THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE ON THE MOWING FOR. ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY FOLLOW UP TO BE MONITORED ON A WEEKLY BASIS BY STAFF, AND NOTICES OF VIOLATION HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO ABOUT 44 OF THEM. SOME OF THEM. THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT EQUAL, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM OWN MORE THAN ONE PARCEL OF LAND. SO ONE OWNER CAN OWN MULTIPLE PLACES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN THE CITY DECIDES TO ABATE THESE TO ABATE THESE PROPERTIES, IT'S AT THE END OF THE LINE IN TERMS OF WE'VE REACHED THE THE POINT OF NO RETURN TO WHERE WE'VE NOT MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY RESPONSE. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN SPECIFICALLY TEXAS PARKWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE ARE OUR MOST VISIBLE AREAS. AND SO TO SOME PEOPLE, IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME, EVERY DAY, IF I DRIVE DOWN AT FIVE DAYS A WEEK, IT'S LIKE THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING. BUT INTERNALLY, STAFF IS ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES VIA THE NOTICES. SURE. OKAY, SO NOW WE ESTABLISHED THAT. SO LET ME GET TO MY QUESTION. SO WE JUST CREATED AN ORDINANCE, RIGHT? THAT'S FORCING THE HOA TO MOW THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. CORRECT? NO, SIR. WE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN IT. OKAY. SO THEN WHAT TRIGGERED THE HOMEOWNERS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS COMING OUT AND SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT FORCING THAT NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND DO IT. THE CITY HASN'T DONE IT. OH, SO THE

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AND THEN WHEN WE ADD IT COMMERCIAL TO THAT COMPONENT, THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT SAYS, NOW I'M GOING TO FOLLOW EXACTLY ALL ALL PROPERTY, INCLUDING RESIDENTIALS THAT WE WERE MOWING AND COMMERCIALS. NOW WE'RE REQUIRING THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES TO, TO MOW.

AND WHEN WE STOPPED AND THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE WERE SAYING LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THE GRASS IS GROWING HIGHER, HOW COME NOBODY'S COMING IN? SO HOW MUCH, HOW MANY PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT WE WERE DOING? AND WHAT WAS THAT COST? I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S $300,000 THAT THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SAYING, IF YOU WANT IT DONE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THE BUDGET. SO HOW MUCH HOW MUCH OF THAT AMOUNT BEFORE WE ADDED THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT TO IT THAT WE WERE ALREADY SPENDING? DO ANYBODY KNOW PARKS MANAGER? YEAH, WE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WE RENEGOTIATED OR NOT RENEGOTIATED, BUT WE REBID OUR CONTRACT LEADING UP TO THAT JUNE 1ST DATE. DATE? AND SO WHAT WE SAW WAS WHEN WE GOT OUR BIDS BACK, THEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'D BEEN PAYING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT BY MAKING THIS CHANGE THE RIGHT OF WAY, THAT WE WOULD SAVE ABOUT $100,000. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE SAW THE BIDS COME BACK, THAT WAS JUST NOT THE CASE. AND SO LOOKING AT THOSE BIDS SPECIFICALLY AND THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT WE WOULD BE DOING RIGHT AWAY WISE AND LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL COST PER ACRE THAT THOSE BIDDERS PROVIDED TO US, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND $300,000. OKAY. SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONFUSION. YEAH. SO IF I'M COMING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF IT WAS BEING MAINTAINED OR MOWED BY THE CITY, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STOPPED. AND NOW THOSE GRASS IS GROWING HIGHER AND I'M COMING BACK AND ASKING MY HOA, HOW COME YOU GUYS ARE NOT MAINTAINING IT? WHERE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S THE CITY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINING IT, BUT IT'S NOT CITY'S PROPERTY. IT IS OWNED BY THE RESIDENTS OR THE RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OR OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT WE'RE DOING IT. SO. SO THE $300,000 THAT YOU'RE ASKING, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO MAINTAIN? WHO AND WHAT. WELL, FIRST OFF, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR IT. OKAY. WE'RE TELLING YOU THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE CHANGED. OKAY. SO IF WE RESCINDED THE ORDINANCE. SURE. SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DO THAT. OKAY. SO FOR FOR EVEN FOR ME TO SAY THAT 300 000 OR LET'S JUST SAY NOT 300 IS 100,000. OKAY. THAT THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO ALLOCATE. WHERE IS THAT? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WE CAN GO ZERO. WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY OR WE CAN GO 100,000 OR WE CAN GO 300,000 TO MAINTAIN. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHAT AREAS ARE WE REALLY GOING BACK AND DOING THIS? OKAY. DONNY, IS IT IS IT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OR RESUME I THINK IS A BETTER WORD.

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THAT IS CORRECT. THAT WOULD INCLUDE MAINTAINING EVERY RIGHT OF WAY IN THE CITY, ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINING, MAINTAINING. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT US TO STAY, OF COURSE. LEAVE IT ALONE WHERE IT IS. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 40 DAYS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS FROM FROM THE TIME WE SEE IT LOOKS UGLY UNTIL PERHAPS THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT'S THE THE MAIL PROCESS. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT AS IF YOU SEE IT. WE ISSUE A LETTER AND THEY GET IT TOMORROW. RIGHT. IT TAKES MAYBE 3 TO 5 BUSINESS DAYS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE. A LOT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. SO YOU ALSO HAVE THE COMPANY. AND SO YOU HAVE NOTIFIED YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU SAID ABOUT 40 WHAT, 44 NOTICES OF VIOLATION? YES, MA'AM. IN THAT THAT TIME, LIKE WHEN WHEN DID YOU INITIALLY SEND THOSE? IS THAT WAS THERE WERE THOSE ALL AT ONE KIND OF LUMP? SO IT'S IT WAS PROGRESSIVE OVER A FEW WEEKS. BUT DID YOU NOTICE PEOPLE FIGURING OUT, OOPS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS NOW AND GETTING IT DONE? OR WAS IT STILL THIS MASS? DID DID PEOPLE PICK UP ON THIS? SOME DID IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, SOME DID. AND IT WAS QUITE VISIBLE OF THOSE WHO DID NOT. OKAY. THE $45,000 THAT WAS EXPENDED FOR US GOING BACK AND JUST MOWING TO GET IT DONE. THE REMEDIATION, I GUESS YOU CALLED IT. ARE WE TRYING TO RECOVER THAT FROM THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT, OR ARE WE LETTING THIS ONE SLIDE? IS THIS A FREEBIE? IN SOME AREAS YOU COULD RECOVER IF NOTICE WAS RECEIVED WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW US TO PLACE LIENS AND PURSUE RECOVERY AND COSTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS IF IT GETS TO A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND THE PROCESS DOESN'T PLAY OUT AND PARKS COMES AND CUT IT, IT'S KIND OF STOPPING THE PROCESS AND STARTING IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SO WE BY INTERVENING, WE HAVE STOPPED THE PROCESS OF EVEN BEING ABLE TO COLLECT IN SOME CASES. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WE BALANCE THAT OUT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM COUNCIL, WENT FORWARD AND GOT IT DONE. YEAH. AND WE'RE KIND OF STARTING AGAIN. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING AGAIN. I SEE NOWHERE ON HERE

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MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD INTERVENE, IF IT'S OKAY. IF WE COULD. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M SETTING UP ONE ON ONES WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION THAT YOU HAVE CONCERN ABOUT, AND THEN ADDRESS THEM SPECIFICALLY RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. JUST TO TRY TO CONSERVE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU MAYOR. LET ME PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE. THE 30 TO 45 DAYS THAT IT TAKES YOU GUYS TO ENFORCE. I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE PROCESS, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS TO DRIVE DOWN FM 2234, ANY OF THE INDEPENDENCE'S, ANY OF THAT STUFF. AND GRASS IS TALLER THAN MY KNEES. I SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THIS, THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING. THOSE AREAS OVER THERE HAVE BEEN MOWED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR OVER 30 PLUS YEARS. SO SOMEWHERE IN THERE WE WE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AND I ALWAYS SAID THAT IF WE STOPPED DOING IT, WE WOULD LOOK LIKE HOUSTON. WE ARE TOO CLOSE TO HOUSTON. AND SO I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL AS SOON AS I PASS UP HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY THAT I AM IN HOUSTON. AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RAIN WAS TOO MUCH THIS, THAT AND ALL OF THIS STUFF. THERE WAS TRASH. THERE WERE TIRES. ONE DAY WHEN I DROVE DOWN INDEPENDENCE PILED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO TO ME, IN MY MIND, WHAT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO IS TO PLEASE CONSIDER, IS $300,000 REALLY WORTH US LOOKING ANYTHING LIKE HOUSTON? AND TO ME, IT IS NOT SOME OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS OVER THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL ARE GETTING US. THE AREAS IN WHICH YOU'VE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, TO SEE THOSE AREAS UP ON A MAP, BECAUSE THEN I CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION FOR ME TO, TO SEE, IS THIS REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO? WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT WHEN I LOOK ON THE MAPS OVER IN, OVER IN THESE AREAS, MISSOURI CITY OWNS THAT.

THOSE SUBDIVISIONS DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS STUFF. SOME OF THEM DO. AND THOSE SHOULD BE EDUCATED TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, THIS STUFF IS YOURS. REGARDLESS IF WE'VE DONE IT FOR THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS OR NOT. BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG DOES THE ABATEMENT PROCESS TAKE? I LOVE YOU, JARRELL, I REALLY DO, BUT I'VE WATCHED THE ABATEMENT PROCESS MOVE FORWARD IN THIS IN THIS CITY. AND IT'S TERRIBLE. IT'S LONG, IT'S SLOW.

AND RESIDENTS HAVE TO GO AND THEY HAVE TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THAT BEFORE WE GET THERE. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US MOVING WITH THIS. I DON'T, BUT WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE IT OUT THERE AND HOW IT LOOKS UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A SITUATION WHERE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS THERE. THIS IS ALSO THEIR PROBLEM. YES, MA'AM. HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. WE DECIDED TO DO THIS AND PUT THIS INTO EFFECT JUNE 1ST. THAT'S FINE. SOME HOA'S DON'T HAVE BUDGETS LIKE WE DO. AND THEIR BUDGETS BEGIN IN JANUARY. SO YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REACT. SOME OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ARE MUCH OLDER. SOME OF THEM OUT THERE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO UP HIGHER THAN $96 A YEAR. WE HAVE ONE SUBDIVISION OVER HERE OFF OF OFF OF 98. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN HOA AND WE HAD TO WATCH THEIR PORTION LOOK LIKE CRAP.

SO I WANT TO SEE THE MAPS BEFORE WE DECIDE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. IF I IF I COULD. I BELIEVE THAT STAFF NEEDS TO ADMIT IN FRONT

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THEM. THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY, THE ONLY CHANGE IS I DON'T WANT TO SEE GRASS GROW TALLER THAN MY KNEE. SHE'S TALLER THAN ME. SO THE THE EXPECTATION IS MY KNEE. I'M FIVE TWO, BUT I DO WANT TO SEE WHERE THERE IS SOME REVISION BEING DONE. WHETHER WE DO IT ON OUR ONE ON ONES OR WE PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE INFORMATION BECAUSE ALL THESE STREETS ARE NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT 90% OF THESE STREETS ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. SO AGAIN, EVERYTHING SHE SAID, GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO BECAUSE THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR SAYING THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, ALLEN, SINCE YOU SAID THIS, LET ME JUST ALSO ADD ONE THING. THEN YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND YOU OPENED UP A CAN OF WORMS. THE STAFF DID. AND WITH THAT ORDINANCE, THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT EVERY OTHER AREA IN OUR CITY THAT HAS A SIMILAR ISSUE, BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE FROM A NORTH SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTH. SO THIS HAS TO BE COMPLETELY RELOOKED AT AND THEN BRING IT BACK BEFORE US, BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE WHERE UNLESS YOU UNLESS YOU GUYS GOT TO MAKE A DECISION THAT YOUR GRANDFATHERING IN SOMETHING AND THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE ASKING, WE CAN SAY, THIS IS WHY THIS IS BEING CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. YES, SIR. SO WITHOUT THAT, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE ENTIRE CITY. I'M THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT AND DIVIDE THIS CITY. AND THAT'S NOT THE OBJECTIVE HERE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GET IT DONE RIGHT. AND I WOULD HOPE MOVING FORWARD BEFORE ANY, ANY ORDINANCES ARE CREATED, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE DIRECTORS AND WITH STAFF BEFORE COMING FORWARD, BECAUSE NOW WE APPROVED SOMETHING THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING DONE. WE WENT BACK AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOW IT, AND IT'S A MESS. AND WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE ON, ON, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEY DID A VIDEO TALKING ABOUT JUNE 1ST, OR I THOUGHT I SAW A VIDEO. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE TWO. I'M GOING TO END IT WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON. THANK YOU. ALONGSIDE WITH THIS AS WELL, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL PROCESSES WITH THIS? IT'S PROBABLY FOR LEGAL. WHAT I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF IT, BUT WITH THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THIS 40, 45, 90 DAYS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES ME AND GERALD IS WORKING ON SOME STUFF AS WELL. BUT I KNOW IT HAS TO BE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO WE'RE LEGALLY ABIDED BY. SO IT MAY BE FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT PART. SO THAT'S CORRECT. UNDER I MEAN, WE HAVE TO AFFORD PROPERTY OWNERS DUE PROCESS THAT IS DELINEATED IN THE CITY CODE SECTION. WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM SEVEN DAYS NOTICE TO EITHER ABATE THE NUISANCE ESSENTIALLY, OR THE HIGH WEEDS, OR TO ESSENTIALLY FILE KIND OF AN APPEAL WITH THE WITH CITY MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S LETTER FORM, RIGHT BY THE MAIL. YES.

SO IT'S LETTER FORM. AND THEN ALSO SOMETIMES WE HAVE IF WE CANNOT GET AHOLD OF A PROPERTY OWNER, THEN WE HAVE TO DO A KIND OF PUBLICATION. BY LIKE IN A, I MEAN WE CALL IT A KIND OF PUBLICATION BY MAIL, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF NOTICE THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE CAN I MEAN, IN DIRECTOR HAWES CAN PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THIS. WE CAN GO IN. IF THEY FAIL TO ABATE THE NUISANCE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. BUT THEN THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME INVOLVEMENT OF THE COURTS FOR US TO GO IN AND ENTER THE PROPERTY AND THEN ABATE THE NUISANCE OURSELVES. SO THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO INCUR COSTS WITH THE MOWING. WE CAN THEN USE WHATEVER EXPENSES WE HAD FROM MOWING TO EITHER PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. BUT OF COURSE WE WON'T COLLECT ON THAT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SELLS THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE PUT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS A LEGAL PROCESS BEFORE WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO BUDGET, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. SO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE VERY QUICK. ONE OF

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WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE FACILITIES PROJECTS, AND YOU WILL SEE FROM THE FUTURE UPDATE THAT'S COMING FROM MUSTAFA, THERE IS ADDITIONAL MONEY ALLOCATED OR WE HAVE NOT ISSUED ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS BEEN ALLOCATED. SO THERE IS MORE IN THE WORKS. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE OR IN THE WORKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSED DEADLINE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH YOUR MASTER'S PLAN? SINCE I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON THIS COUNCIL TO ADOPT A NEW BUDGET AND FUND THIS PROJECT. AND ONCE IT'S DONE, I BELIEVE WITHIN THE 3 TO 4 MONTHS TIMELINE, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE THAT STUDY WRAPPED UP AFTER WE'VE APPROVED THE PROJECT HAS BEEN OR THE BUDGET HAS BEEN FUNDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. GO AHEAD. AND FOR ME. BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE THE COUNCIL, VERY MUCH A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU MY FIRST TIME. SO PLEASE BE KIND. I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, VERY, VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY BEFORE I GO, BEFORE I GO INTO THE COUPLE SLIDES I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. I JUST WANT TO HIT A COUPLE, A FEW OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT. THERE WERE SEVERAL, SEVERAL ITEMS. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THOSE AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THEM. AND I'M GOING TO END WITH A LITTLE REVIEW OF THE VACANT POSITIONS AND THIS COP STUDY THAT WE NEED TO DO. WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. FIRST MATTER WAS JUST THE FY 27 POLICE AND FIRE INCREASES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. THE POLICE AND FIRE POLICE PRIMARILY IS LARGELY CONTRACTUAL PART OF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. SO THOSE GO INTO EFFECT BASED UPON THE CONTRACT PROVISIONS. SO NOT MUCH TO DISCUSS THERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT. NOTHING ON THOSE. I'LL HOP INTO THAT. NEXT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. LIKEWISE NOT UNDER THE MEET AND CONFER YET. WE DO PLAN TO ENTER INTO A MEET AND CONFER ON THEIR PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S 3.5% AND THEN 3%, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THOSE TWO GROUPS. AND THAT'S, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REQUIRES THE COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, WE'LL ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEGOTIATIONS WILL START AROUND MAY FOR THAT. OF COURSE, THEIR CONTRACT MEET CONFER ENDS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027. SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE THERE MOVING FORWARD. THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO SPEAK TO WAS JUST THE GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR ALL OF THE OTHER POSITIONS HERE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN.

A 3% IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED WITH A 2% RESERVE FOR RESULTS OF THE COMP AND CLASS STUDY. AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE AGREED TO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY MANAGERS, THAT WE WANT TO DRIVE THE PAY INCREASES TO BE A REQUIREMENT THAT EVERYONE HAVE A PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DOCUMENT COMPLETED AS THEY AWARD THAT. NOW, TO BE QUITE HONEST, WE'RE NOT READY TO PUT IN SOME OF THAT, WHAT I CALL MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES BECAUSE THE YEAR IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. I CALL THIS OUR LANDING STRIP. WE'RE GOING TO LAND WITH SOME DISCIPLINE AROUND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.

WE HAVE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE CITY, SOME VERY GOOD EFFORTS IN SOME DEPARTMENTS.

BUT WE FEEL THIS IS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THIS IN PLACE GOING FORWARD. AND THEN WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE CONNECTION TO GOALS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN A

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SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS AS WE AS WE GO INTO THE 2027 FISCAL, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPENSATION STUDY. THIS IS REAL KEY BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. I THINK I'VE HEARD A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND THIS, BUT WHAT WE INTEND TO DO HERE IS TO HAVE DEVELOP A MODERN MARKET ALIGNED COMPENSATION STRATEGY. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY BULLET. THERE'S A THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, STOP ON AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE WANT TO GET CREDIBLE, WELL KNOWN COMP STUDY PROPOSALS. WE'VE ALREADY HAVE ONE IN FROM MERCER THAT I HAD PUT OUT, A COUPLE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE COME IN THAT AREN'T LISTED HERE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE ROBUST IN THAT AND GET THE BEST WE CAN TO DO THAT. LOOK AT PRICING, EVALUATE THEM. AGAIN, THIS TIMETABLE CAN SHIFT, BUT THIS IS THE INITIAL PLAN. AGAIN WE WANT TO ENSURE COMPETITIVE POSITIONING IN THE LABOR MARKET.

LOOK AT EVERYTHING NOT JUST WAGES BUT THE TOTAL REWARDS. THAT'S A THAT'S OUR EMS SYSTEM.

THAT'S OUR 457 B. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR BENEFITS AND HEALTH PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

THOSE ALL ARE PART OF THAT TOTAL COMP PICTURE. WE WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, THIS PARTICULAR TIME FRAME MIGHT SHIFT DEPENDING ON HOW ROBUST WE NEED IF WE NEED TO DO AN RFP OR IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AFTER SOME SELECTION CRITERIA IS IDENTIFIED AND WE AND WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT AGAINST THAT CRITERIA, AGAIN, QUICKLY THROUGH THIS IS JUST THE THE TIMING OF HOW THESE WORK. AND THERE'S SOME PREPLANNING REQUIRED FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF STUDIES, I'M GOING TO POINT A COUPLE BULLETS OUT. AND THAT PHASE ONE, I'M REQUESTING THAT WE'D HAVE TO FREEZE SOME OF OUR STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND PAY CHANGES. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT REQUESTS FOR REORGANIZATIONS. RECLASSIFICATIONS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO JUST HAVE A FULL STOP. OF COURSE, WITH EXCEPTIONS, SOME THINGS IN EMERGENCY, WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS IT. WE WILL. BUT BUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE TO SAY, LET'S STOP, STABILIZE, SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT, SO THAT WE CAN THEN IMPLEMENT THAT APPROPRIATELY. AGAIN, PHASE TWO IS MARKET ANALYSIS. PHASE THREE IS INTERNAL STRUCTURE REVIEW.

PHASE FOUR. AGAIN, A REAL CRITICAL STOP THERE IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY, REALLY LOOKING AT THE, THE FINANCIAL SCENARIOS BASED UPON THE RESULTS. AS YOU GET RESULTS IN, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT IMPLICATION WOULD BE. THAT'S A REAL KEY THING. IT'S VERY EASY TO DO THE STUDY, QUITE HONESTLY, NOT EASY, BUT IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE CAN FOLLOW PRETTY EASILY. THE DIFFICULT PART WILL BE IMPLEMENTATION. HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THESE INCREASES THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY AS WE DO THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE AT THE FIFTH PHASE IS WHERE WE WOULD DO THIS AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, COUNCIL APPROVAL OF ANY OF THOSE RESULTS. IF WE GO TO THE FINAL SLIDE HERE. SPEAKING OF IMPLEMENTATION, THESE ARE THE KEY ISSUES TO LOOK AT. SOMEHOW THAT THAT LITTLE BULLET GOT REDUCED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MINDS. IT'S A FULL BULLET. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S SMALL THERE, BUT I'LL READ IT. BUT PRIORITY ONE WOULD BE HIGHEST NEED. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO THE STUDY AND WE GET RESULTS BACK, SIGNIFICANT MARKET GAPS, INTERNAL EQUITY CONCERNS, CRITICAL RECRUITMENT, RETENTION RISK. PRIORITY TWO WOULD BE COMPRESSION ALIGNMENT. THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SEEN THESE SYSTEMS, ONCE YOU MAKE THE INITIAL DECISIONS AROUND MAKING THE FRONT END CHANGES, IT COMPRESSES THE WHOLE TEAM. AFTER THAT, PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU HEAR IS WHEN THESE STUDIES HAPPEN AND

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WHY DID THOSE BULLETS GET SMALLER? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING.

PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THAT. WHAT A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SHOW YOU MY DOCUMENT. NO, JUST. JUST COME UP A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS FOR YOU REAL QUICK. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE PERFORMANCE INDICATOR NOW IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE AND WHATEVER COUNCIL APPROVES. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE THE CONTROL GOES BACK TO THE THE ACMS AND THE DIRECTORS AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY MANAGER AND AND THOSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED.

SO ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD JUST JUST A NOTE IS I'M GLAD TO SEE THE COMPENSATION STUDIES ARE BEING DONE. MAYBE IF WE CAN HAVE A PROCESS HOW YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT IN TIME DO WE DO THESE COMPENSATION STUDIES? IS IT EVERY THREE YEARS, EVERY FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE THAT PROCESS IN PLACE. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS YOU HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SAYS, OUR JOB POSTINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. READILY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, OR THEY DON'T SEE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE LINKEDIN, WHERE THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE MISSING OUT ON ANY OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO BE PROACTIVE GETTING THESE THINGS POSTED. BECAUSE SOMETIMES ONCE A PERSON LEAVES, WHAT I FIND IS THINGS ARE NOT POSTED FOR LIKE 25, 27 DAYS BECAUSE IT'S SITTING ON SOMEBODY'S DESK. AND, AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T RUN OPERATIONS. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT TAKES A LONGER TIME TO COME THROUGH. SO YOUR PUBLIC WOULD SAY THAT I DON'T SEE ANY POSITIONS THAT'S BEING OPEN. WELL, THEY HEAR FROM STAFF LEVELS THAT THERE ARE POSITIONS YOU KNOW IS OPEN.

SO JUST KEEP MINDFUL OF THAT, BUT CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO YIELD MY COMMENT AND RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO WELL FOR YOU. OKAY. MY I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THEY'RE NOT IN PARTICULAR ORDER, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO POSITION SALARY CAPS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MUNICIPALITIES OR ABLE TO DO OR BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IN SOME OTHER MUNICIPAL ENTITIES, THEY CAP A POSITION AT A CERTAIN SALARY JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY COME IN HIGHER. BUT THAT POSITION SALARY ONLY GOES TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO I'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUICKLY. OKAY. THE COMPENSATION PLAN SHOULD HAVE RANGES AND THEN THE SLOTTING OF THE POSITIONS WITHIN THE RANGE.

THAT GIVES A STARTING MIDPOINT AND TOP MAXIMUM. OKAY. THERE IS A MAXIMUM ON EVERY JOB HERE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE PLAN NO LONGER MEETS THE MARKET. AND SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS, IS WE'RE REGULARLY BRINGING PEOPLE IN AT THE MIDPOINT OR ABOVE, WHICH CREATES COMPRESSION PROBLEMS FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEES. YES. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS COMPENSATION PLAN, RIGHT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO BE. DILIGENT IN STICKING TO IT. OKAY. THERE'S NO REASON TO VARY FROM IT ONCE WE GET IT RIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE. SOME ARE COMING IN AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONFUSION.

SO I COULD ALSO, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THESE STUDIES. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BAND IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY'RE TOO RESTRICTED? YOU CAN'T ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THESE STUDIES. YOU WANT TO MAKE

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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ADDRESS IT OVER PERHAPS MORE THAN ONE BUDGET CYCLE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE RESULTS WILL SHOW US. BUT YES, THIS THE START 2027 TO START THE STUDY. AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE EFFECTS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AFTER THAT. AND THEN I CAN I'M GOING TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY THAT. OKAY. WE ARE REQUESTING A BUDGET TO FUND THE STUDY ON OCTOBER 1ST. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET AS AS MUCH LINED UP BEFORE THEN AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN ACCELERATE GETTING IT STARTED. OKAY. WE EXPECTED IT TO BE COMPLETED IN THE SPRING TIME, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DEFINITION. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED 2% OF NON CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION TO ATTEMPT TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT. WE NOT MAY NOT COMPLETELY IMPLEMENT IT WITHIN THAT CAPACITY. SO IT WOULD BE FOLLOWING YEARS WHERE IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND UPDATE IT REGULARLY. EVERY YEAR EVERY TWO YEARS IT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. OKAY. AND THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO MY CONCERN IS WHEN OR AND SUGGESTION CAN WE DO THIS COMPENSATION PLAN AROUND THE SAME TIME WHERE IT MATCHES SALARY PERFORMANCE REVIEWS AND INCREASES SO THAT ALL THAT IS IN ONE PARTICULAR ALIGNED BUDGET VERSUS HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, A BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND BECAUSE THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS ARE WE DOING THE CONSULTANT FEES AS WELL AS THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THE NEW COMPENSATION PLAN MAY STATE AS WELL AS THE NEW SALARY INCREASES? WE DO NOT INTEND TO DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. OKAY. WE INTEND TO DO THE STUDY, WHICH IS IN THE 27 BUDGET. WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT IT WITHIN OUR REQUEST FOR 2%. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION WE NEED TO DO IT WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF THE BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. AND WILL THIS STUDY ALSO INCLUDE PART TIME? THE STUDY USUALLY DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PART TIMERS, BUT IT'S A FACTOR OF THE FULL TIME POSITION. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOURS PARTICULAR PARTICULAR ROLES THAT THEY HAVE. AND IT'S USUALLY EASY TO ADOPT THOSE TO PART TIME POSITIONS. SO YES, IT DOES INCLUDE THEM. IT'S NOT THE TARGET OF THE STUDY. YES, I DO KNOW IT'S NOT THE TARGET, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF OUR BUDGET. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE HOW SIGNIFICANT HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON PART TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ARE THOSE POSITIONS THAT YOU KNOW, OF SOME VALUE FOR LONG TERM USE. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU, MR. PIERCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FIRST TIME OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF STUDY WE DID BACK IN 2023. I KNOW IT HAD TO DO WITH A DISPARITY STUDY. ARE YOU ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT DATA IN ORDER TO BUILD ONTO THIS NEW PLAN? IT'S A BASELINE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE GALLAGHER. GALLAGHER WHO DID THE STUDY. THAT WAS 2023. AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MORE TARGETED, FOCUSED FOR A REASON. OKAY. LOOK AT DISPARITIES. BUT YES, IT'S A GOOD BASELINE. OKAY.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES NOW, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE SO RAPIDLY, THE NEW COMPANY COMING IN WOULD WOULD TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO I SEE. AND SO UNLESS WE WENT BACK TO GALLAGHER, WHICH THEY

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YEAH. ARE YOU HIDING SOMETHING? NO, I'M TEASING YOU. WILL IT HELP US TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF, OR DOES THE COMPETITIVENESS COME WITH US? MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SALARY RAISES? I THINK IT'S BOTH. I THINK IT'S GOING TO I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO TO COMPENSATE YOUR STAFF ON A REGULAR BASIS GIVEN FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO DO THAT. I MEAN, IN PRIVATE SECTOR, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES IF THE MONEY'S NOT THERE, THEY'RE VERY SHREWD, YOU KNOW, NO PAY INCREASES THIS YEAR, NO BONUSES. RIGHT. AND WHEN THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, IT'S THE COUNTER THEY GET THEY GET A LOT. I THINK WITH THE CITY ENTITY GOVERNMENT YOU'VE GOT TO BE MORE STEADY, PREDICTABLE, GET YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THE COMMUNITY IN MIND. SO WE WANT TO STAY WITHIN A GOOD, YOU KNOW, RESPECTABLE, YOU KNOW, CADENCE IN THERE. BUT YES, I THINK THESE STUDIES WILL HELP US BE VERY COMPETITIVE. AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY LAST COMMENTS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE BEING WITH THE CITY AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT PAY STRUCTURES, BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY, AND RETIREMENT PROGRAMING, IT'S A NICE PACKAGE. AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO SELL AND WE TIGHTEN UP THE COMPENSATION PIECE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE JOIN ORGANIZATIONS FOR CAREER GROWTH. WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME? HOW DO I GROW LATERAL OR UP? WE SOLVE THAT. I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD STORY TO TELL AROUND THE TOTAL LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR YOU IN A CITY OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY. SO, OKAY. AND THIS WILL BE MY FINAL QUESTION, MAYOR, WOULD WE THIS COMPENSATION PACKAGE, WOULD IT ALSO HAVE A LAYER IN THERE TO KIND OF REDIRECT AND POINT THEM FOR POLICE AND FIRE? OR IS IT TOTALLY SEPARATE? SO THERE IS A PLAN FOR A DIFFERENT COMPENSATION STUDY BE DONE BY A DIFFERENT CONSULTANT JUST FOR THOSE CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AND POLICE AND FIRE. SO THIS WOULD JUST BE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERICH. YEAH. HAVE WE SELECTED THE THE FIRM THAT WILL BE DOING THE COMPENSATION STUDY? NOT YET. NO. WE'RE JUST IN ACTIVE STAGE OF GETTING THIS PROPOSALS IN. AND AGAIN, I'LL TALK TO CITY MANAGER ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO TURN IT INTO A MORE FULL BLOWN RFP. BUT WE HAVEN'T SELECTED YET. NO. OKAY. AND SECOND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH IN THE PAST IS HAVING A COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE THE, THE HR TEAM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BEING FROM OTHER OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE THE CITY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT.

NO. MR. THAT'S. GOING TO BE MR. PEARCE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WORKS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S INTEREST IS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

YES. HOW HE DOES THAT, WE WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED HE MAY USE A COMMITTEE. HE MAY FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT AT HIS DISCRETION. SO, YOU KNOW, AND BEING THE THE LOCAL EXPERT, YOU KNOW, WILL WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO.

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DEFINITELY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, ALVIN, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BERTHA. ALL RIGHT. BERTHA. I FAILED TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE ONE PROPOSED POLICY

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WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO RESET THE UNASSIGNED FUND.

BALANCE THOSE BUCKETS. WE WANT TO REASSESS THEM AND RECALCULATE THEM ANNUALLY. OKAY.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THAT RIGHT NOW IN OUR LAST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PMMP FUND BALANCE WAS 14 MILLION. OKAY, WE'RE ALLOCATING 3.5. SO THAT LEAVES AROUND, YOU KNOW, NINE AND A HALF. WELL, ALL THAT'S DOING IS JUST GROWING THE FUND BALANCE. WHEN WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN USE THAT ADDITIONAL ONE TIME MONEY TO FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAND BANKING, 5 MILLION. IT'S THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE FUND BALANCE TO FUND. OKAY. SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT EACH TO HEAR FROM EACH OF US AS TO IF THAT'S A ROUTE THAT WE WANT TO GO OR I'M NOT? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK. OKAY.

WELL, I, I GUESS I'M ALREADY ON. YES, THAT'S FOR ME OTHERS. I WILL GO. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON YES, I GUESS. YES, YES. WOULD WE BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE MOVING FUNDS AROUND THIS.

THIS WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS EACH YEAR. YES, MA'AM. YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WHO'S NEXT. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT POLICY CHANGE AT SOME FUTURE DATE. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS CONDITIONS ARE NOT ARE GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE AS WE SPEAK. AND SO THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE PROPOSED TWO OPTIONS IS PRIMARILY WITH OPTION A, WE WOULD CLOSE THE ANIMAL SHELTER DOWN, OPERATING WITH THE FIELD MODEL SERVICES ONLY, WHERE WE WOULD EVALUATE POSITIONS AND ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH A REGIONAL SHELTER. OPTION B WOULD BE A PARTIAL REMODEL TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE PRIORITY ISSUES WITH THE SHELTER, MAKING IT HABITABLE FOR NOT ONLY THE ANIMALS, BUT FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL. WHAT WE HAVE KIND OF GATHERED WITH BOTH OPTIONS IS THAT THE NET IMPACT EITHER WAY, WOULD BE AROUND $900,000, CONSIDERING WITH OPTION B, YOU WOULD HAVE TO STILL TRANSFER THE ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER WHILE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS. AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING IN THE BUDGET THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OPTION A, BUT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM FOR NOT JUST OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE VOICING, BUT THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR ADDRESSING THIS. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS? YOU KNOW, THIS. SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL COMMITMENT AND IT COULD BE IT COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE INTAKE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER FACILITIES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO THIS AMOUNT IS SORT OF THE DELTA IN WHICH WE WOULD SUPPLEMENT THE COST WITH OPERATIONS WITHIN THE SHELTER. AND THIS COULD EITHER GO UP OR DOWN. THIS JUST ALLOWS US A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO WORK WITH EACH YEAR. OKAY. AND SO USING OPTION A WE HAVE FUTURE. THE FUTURE PLANS COULD BE MADE WHETHER WE OPEN ANOTHER SHELTER IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER WE HAVE LIMITED SERVICES, WHETHER WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A FULL BREADTH OF SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. THIS COULD CHANGE. THIS COULD THIS IS JUST RIGHT NOW GIVING US A BASELINE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANIMALS IN A NASTY, FILTHY AND EMPLOYEES IN A FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE CONSIDERED IN THE PAST THE BOND ELECTION, INCLUDING AN ANIMAL SHELTER COMPONENT,

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ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THE VOTERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANTED TO ALLOW THAT TO BE VOTED ON, THEY COULD GIVE YOU DIRECTION. AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE WOULD BE CONTRACTING THOSE SERVICES OUT. SO OPERATING UNDER OPTION A UNTIL WE CAN FIND AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION, UNTIL YOU COME TO A CONCLUSION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY ONE MORE THING TO ELLEN SO THAT SO THAT THIS IS OUR PUBLIC THAT AWARE OF. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT OUR CURRENT ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE CONDITIONS FOR THESE DOGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, THEY WANT SOMETHING TO BE DONE WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING THAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, THE FOUNDATION TO AC, TO ALL OF THAT. BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE DOING PATCHES OF REPAIRS, IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY. AND WE DON'T HAVE A NEW FACILITY WITH WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO WE'RE GOING TO THE MODEL OF WHAT BASICALLY WHAT STAFFORD IS DOING. AND, AND THE REASON I SAY STAFFORD IS BECAUSE STAFFORD USED TO HOUSE THEIR DOGS WITH US. AND ONE, ONCE WE GOT PACKED IN OUR FACILITY THAT WE TOLD THEM THAT THERE'S NO LONGER WE HAVE ENOUGH OUR OWN ISSUES AND OUR OWN DOGS THAT WE'RE CATCHING. SO THEY WENT TO THAT CONCEPT OF GOING TO HUMANE SERVICES, AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND DO IT. SO THIS WAY WE KNOW THAT EVERY DOG THAT THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OR WHOEVER THEY ARE, THEY GO OUT THERE AND, AND THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD CATCH AND THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE, THESE RIGHT FACILITIES. THAT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF. YES, SIR. UNTIL WE'RE KIND OF LATE FOR OUR BOND ELECTION FOR THIS YEAR. BUT IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THIS ITEM AND THEN ALSO TO HAVE A CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE, LIKE IN EVERY BOND FOR THEM TO, TO GO BACK AND RELOOK AT AND SAY AND AND TO SEE THAT IF THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS JUST SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE ANIMALS ARE SAFE AND THEY'RE NOT IN A CONDITION THAT SOME OF OUR PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. SO IT'S REALLY TO PROTECT, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN THE $900,000 IS BASED OFF OF A NUMBER THAT YOU SUGGESTED. YES, SIR. OF $1,400, ROUGHLY AROUND PER DOG THAT THE CITY WOULD COST TO MAINTAIN. SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. YES, SIR. THAT IS ALL CORRECT, MAYOR. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING OPTION A. OF COURSE, YOU STILL HAVE CONSIDERATION THAT YOU CAN MAKE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US BEFORE US. AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR GATHERING THE INFORMATION. A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO THAT IF YOU GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF DOING SOMETHING ALL OF THE TIME, IT BECOMES THE NORMAL. SO THE $900,000, I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT US PUTTING MAYBE A TIME FRAME ON HOW LONG DO WE THINK WE WOULD PAY THIS $900,000 SO THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME THE NORMAL? IF WE LOOK AT IT OVER, I THINK WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF BUILDING A NEW FACILITY, SAY, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9 AND $12 MILLION. YES, MA'AM. IF THIS BECOMES OUR NEW NORMAL, WE COULD EASILY SPEND $10 MILLION IN ABOUT NINE YEARS IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL HELP US GET TO A QUICKER RESOLVE SO THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME OUR NEW NORMAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. SO AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE DEBT SERVICE COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE IS 0.123334. THAT RATE WILL GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE FOR US TO SERVICE OUR EXISTING DEBT, PLUS THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE 30 MILLION AND AN AUTHORIZED BOND AUTHORITY, AND

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AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE CASH AS WELL AS ASSETS. SO AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MUSTAFA TO TALK ABOUT THE CIP AND CLOSE US OUT FOR TODAY. THAT'S FOR LAST. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR THE DAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE CIP PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON FY 2027. WE'LL ALSO SHARE THE THE OTHER FOUR YEARS THAT ARE UNFUNDED PROJECTS. SO WHAT DOES CIP PLAN? CIP PLAN IS REALLY A DOCUMENTATION THAT HOUSE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD WITHIN THE CITY. IT HAS THE THE YEAR WE WANT TO BUILD THAT PROJECT, THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE PROPOSED FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE PROJECTS. OUR CITY CHARTER REQUIRES US TO UPDATE OUR CIP PLAN EVERY YEAR. ALSO, OUR CHARTER REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE FY 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO TODAY WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU ALL AND SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT. SO A QUICK GLANCE OF OUR CIP PROGRAM, $84.4 MILLION IS WHAT THE PROJECTS WERE PROPOSED FOR FY 2027, 276, $276 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS. THAT WILL BE SORT OF WISH LIST FOR THE YEARS AFTER. OUT OF THAT $3.95 MILLION, THOSE ARE THE DRAINAGE BONDS PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE GEO BONDS, $7.54 MILLION OF FACILITIES THAT WILL BE COVERED BY GEO BOND, AS WELL AS FUND BALANCE. THAT INCLUDES THE $5 MILLION FOR THE LAND BANKING THAT BERTHA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, $5.1 MILLION FOR PARKS THAT'S FUNDED BY GEO BOND, 18.9 FOR TRANSPORTATION, $14.35 MILLION. THAT'S FUNDED BY METRO, 34.5 MILLION. THAT'S FOR UTILITIES THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY CEOS AND TERS. SO REALLY, THE CIP PROCESS, AS YOU HAD HEARD IT FROM THE OTHER THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS LIKE PARKS, THEY DO ASSESSMENTS FROM THE ASSESSMENT THAT WILL IDENTIFY

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SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BONDS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. WE HAVE AUTHORIZED UNISSUED DEBT, AND THIS IS BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF THE 2014 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT BOND THAT WAS ISSUED AND THE 2021. SO THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS IS $30 MILLION. AND THIS IS THE LAST PORTION OF THE BOND THAT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED.

SO, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WILL PROCEED TO ISSUE THAT, AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR BOND SALES.

FOR THAT, WE HAVE FOR THE PAST. SO FOR DRAINAGE, AS I SAID, $3.9 MILLION, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOUR PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED USING THE DRAINAGE BOND, THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S $200,000. WE HAD PRIOR ISSUANCE OF $500,000 FOR THAT ONE. THE GREGORY MCLEAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PINE MEADOWS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S $1 MILLION EACH. AND THE NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK DETENTION IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S $1.7 MILLION. SO THE TOTAL 3.95 OUT OF THE $30 MILLION THAT WILL BE THE GEO BOND FOR FACILITIES. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS. AS YOU HEARD FROM BERTHA, OUR FACILITIES ARE AGING, SO WE WANT TO SPEND SOME DOLLAR VALUES TO TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES. SO WE ARE ALLOCATING THE $2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE GEO BOND, SPECIFICALLY FOR CITYWIDE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. NOW WE ARE DOING LAND BANKING, SLASH PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, $5 MILLION SET ASIDE THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE THE FUND BALANCE, AS WELL AS PUMP STATION FACILITY UPGRADE OF $500,000. AND THAT WILL BE FUNDED USING THE BOND REVENUE, INTEREST REVENUE THAT WE HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS. SO WE HAVE SOME REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE INTEREST OF THE BOND THAT WE HAVE SOLD IN THE PAST. SO THE TOTAL WILL BE $7.5 MILLION, AND I'LL QUICKLY JUST GO OVER THOSE PROJECTS.

FOR PARKS AND RECS, WE HAVE $5.1 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OUT OF THE 2021 BOND STABLE. PARK IS $3.9 MILLION, AND HUNTER'S GLEN IS 1.8 STATE PARK. WE ARE IN THE TAIL END OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, SO THAT'S BEING WRAPPED UP. WE HAD ISSUED IN PRIOR PRIOR BOND ISSUANCE OF 7 MILLION. SO WE'RE JUST MISSING 3.9 TO FULLY FUND THAT PROJECT AND TAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. THE HUNTER'S GLEN PROJECT IS $1.1 MILLION. THAT ONE. WE HAVE PRIOR ISSUES AT 1.1, BUT WE ARE GETTING A GRANT FROM A C THROUGH METRO OF 1.1. SO THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY, METRO METRO WILL HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS LISTED IN FRONT OF YOU HERE. SO AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE SIDEWALK AND THE AND THE CONCRETE PANEL PLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT'S $7 MILLION APPROXIMATELY. WE ARE DOING OTHER TRAFFIC LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, AND IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE PRESENTED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MAP PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAD IDENTIFIED PROJECT IN THE SIENA AREA THAT NEEDS TO NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITHIN 1 TO 5 YEARS. SO THE LAST PROJECT YOU SEE IN THE LIST IS A SIENA MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, THE BEAST PASSAGE BRIDGE. WE DO HAVE FUND BALANCE ON THE METRO ACCOUNTS OF $6 MILLION, SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE THAT TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO IMPROVE THE MOBILITY AREAS OF THE SIENA. SO THE MOBILITY PROJECT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS LISTED HERE. THE TOTAL IS 18.9 $18.8 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM THAT WE THAT THE CITY HAD COMPLETED BACK IN 2020. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAST PORTION OF IT. SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS HERE ARE TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION. SOME WILL BE FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. AND THE LAST THREE PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN THERE IS TO ONLY FUND THE DESIGN. THAT WAY THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE SHOVEL READY FOR FUTURE FUNDING. AND THOSE ARE JUST THE LOCATION MAPS THAT COULD QUICKLY SCAN THROUGH IT. LASTLY, UTILITY PROJECTS UTILITY PROJECT. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS. OUR KEY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY, $34.5 MILLION OF PROJECTS THAT WE WANT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEXT YEAR. OUT OF THE $34.5 MILLION, $28 MILLION WILL BE FUNDED BY CO BONDS. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD INCREASED THE RATES BACK IN JUNE. SO THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING TO SELL THOSE BONDS.

THE REMAINING 6.6 POINT $5 MILLION WILL BE FUNDED BY TERS. SO WE ARE GETTING TERS MONEY FROM TERS TO THAT WILL SUPPORT THE TWO MAIN PROJECTS PROJECTS IN THIS LIST. IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNFUNDED CIP PROGRAM. THIS IS THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A WISH LIST OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE AND WHAT PROJECT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.

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$275 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. AND I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THEM FOR THE DRAINAGE, $60 MILLION. WE ARE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN THIS ONE YET BECAUSE WE ARE CONDUCTING A MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY. SO OUT OF THAT, WHATEVER PROJECT COMES OUT, WE'LL WE'LL ADD IT TO THE LIST HERE. FACILITIES, $6.9 MILLION. MR. MAYOR. IF I COULD INTERJECT SOMETHING, HE'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY, VERY EFFICIENTLY. I DON'T WANT TO MESS HIM UP TOO MUCH. BUT THE $60 MILLION ON DRAINAGE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN HELPING FUND THAT. OKAY. AND SO THIS 275 TOTAL IS NOT ALL TO BE PAID FOR BY THE CITY, BUT IT'S PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE DONE. CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S VERY CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE TOURS AND OTHER MUDS ENTITIES WILL WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR FACILITIES, $6.9 MILLION. THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT, AGAIN, IN THE WISH LIST, PARKS AND REC $14.5 MILLION. FIRE DEPARTMENTS, 9.2 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. THAT'S WHERE THE ANIMAL SHELTER SHOWS UP IS. 10.5 THE TRANSPORTATION $74 MILLION. AND LASTLY, SORRY. AND UTILITIES IS 49 MILLION. AND LASTLY IS POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS 47 TO SUPPORT THE BUILD OF THE NEW HEADQUARTER. AND THE LAST ONE IS QUAIL VALLEY $3.4 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, DID I GO QUICK? THANK YOU. MUSTAFA, YOU WENT SO FAST AND NOW I CAN. IT WAS INTENTIONAL. OKAY. SO AT ONE TIME WE HAD SOME SMALL DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO A STATE PARK AND MAKING A DETERMINATION ON IF WE COULD MAYBE SHIFT SOME OF THAT MONEY INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 3.9 AND IN IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET YEAR, WE HAVE ENOUGH IN HERE TO TAKE CARE OF STATE AND TO DO THE LAND BANKING. CORRECT. YOU FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT? CERTAINLY. AND IN EVEN HOLDING IT AT THE 5.8 RATE, YOU FEEL GOOD. I'M SORRY. WELL, THE NEW TAX RATE AT THE NEW PROPOSED TAX RATE.

YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS IN ORDER TO TO PULL BACK ON. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF HAVE A SMALL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAND BANKING, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING VERY NEW TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, NOT NEW TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THOUGH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS SO THAT WE CAN PUT PLACE OURSELVES IN A MUCH BETTER STRATEGIC POSITION OF WHERE WE WANT TO SEE OUR FUTURE CITY CITY FACILITIES TO GO. SO ONCE WE GET THIS BUDGET ACROSS THE LINE, WE'LL THE NEXT STEPS BE TO START LOOKING FOR TO IDENTIFY THAT LAND AND THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PLAN, HELPING US TO DEFINE THE GENERAL. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

I NEED A KEEPER. THANK YOU. YES. AND THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PLAN HELPING US IDENTIFY THE GENERAL AREA. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO WHAT PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE NEED FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND THEN HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACQUISITION. PERFECT. AND THEN I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE HERE TO GO THROUGH THE LIST SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S INSIDE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE FUTURE AT 74 MILLION AND DRAINAGE AT 60.5 MILLION, CAN YOU COVER JUST A FEW FEW ITEMS IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES FOR THE FUTURE? FOR THE FUTURE, OKAY, JUST A FEW. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. SO AGAIN, THE DRAINAGE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECT IDENTIFIED. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF WRAPPING UP THE MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY. SO ONCE THAT'S FINALIZED, WE WILL KNOW WHAT PROJECTS WILL COME OUT FROM THERE AND WHAT ENTITIES NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT $60 MILLION. SO NOT ALL OF IT WILL BE ON US. OKAY. AS A DRAFT PLAN. OKAY. THAT HAS YOU ALL HAVE NOT YET SEEN, OKAY, THAT HAS A $60 MILLION PRICE TAG THAT INCLUDES OTHERS PARTICIPATION. AND THAT'S WHY HE'S PUTTING THAT NUMBER IN HERE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. HOW DID YOU GET THE 60 MILLION? OKAY. AND FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, JUST A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE

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RONDA. CYNTHIA, THIS IS GREAT NEWS TO HEAR. THE FACT THAT WE WERE THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO TWO AND A HALF CENTURY TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT'S FOR 2021 BOND. NOW, JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION. I KNOW MUSTAFA, IN THE TWO AND A HALF CENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IT WAS ROUGHLY AROUND 22 MILLION, BUT IN TOTAL IT WAS 3032 MILLION IF I'M NOT 30 MILLION.

SO WITHIN THIS JUST A VERY, VERY SMALL SPIKE. ARE WE IS IT ON IS IT 22 MILLION OR IS IT 3030? SO SO WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING. WE'RE DOING IT ALL. YES. WOW. YEAH.

SO THIS, THIS IS REALLY THE LAST AUTHORIZED UNISSUED BOND SALE THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE AFTER THIS. IT'S DONE. YEAH. I THINK SOPHIA SHOULD WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE WE HAVE THIS GOING ON, BUT ONE JUST ONE COMMENT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT TRANSPORTATION AT HEART. COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL ASKED. IT'S IT'S IN THE FUTURE, BUT UTILITIES. I THINK THE REASON I STARTED OFF EARLIER BY SAYING THAT IN ORDER FOR MISSOURI CITY TO GET THESE LAND DEVELOPED, WE NEED TO HAVE UTILITY READY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO BYPASS US, GO TO OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOCAL IN ORDER TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THE OTHER QUESTION, I THINK I WOULD SAY TO THE CITY MANAGER IS UNDER THE CIP, WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE, WHENEVER IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL ADOPTS IT OR PASS IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT SOME OF THESE CIP PROJECTS ARE NOT GOING MULTIPLY AT THE SAME TIME. IF IF IF NOT, WE WAIT FOR ONE PROJECT TO GET COMPLETED AND BEFORE WE TOUCH ON SOMEONE, BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SAME CONTRACTOR OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

IT'S JUST BEEN MY IT'S JUST AN INFORMATION THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND I THINK I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU, MUSTAFA. WE GOT TO HAVE A LIST OF CONTRACTORS THAT CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE TO A CITIZEN, WHEN THIS COMES OUT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE $30 MILLION THAT THEY VOTED FOR, THEY WANT IT TOMORROW. OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T GET IT TOMORROW BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS TO GET WHAT THEY VOTED FOR IN 21, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START FIXING THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF A COMMUNICATION OR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING ON. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET GLEN LAKES ROAD, GLEN LAKES DONE BEFORE WE HIT ROBINSON ROAD. IT. THERE HAS TO BE. IF THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT'S DOING IT. THAT'S JUST MY JUST THE COMMENT ONLY OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET TO THAT PROJECTS THAT WE THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET OURSELVES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER CIP PROJECTS, WHY DOES THAT GET DONE SO FAST? AND WE'RE NOT. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING. COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MUSTAFA. GREAT DETAIL. I SAW SOME OF IT. I'LL JUST LOOK AT THE REST LATER BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY FAST AND EFFICIENT. I HAD THREE QUESTIONS REALLY FOR CITY MANAGER. WE'RE LOOKING AT LAND BANKING SLASH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS. I KNOW IN MY ONE ON ONES AND EVEN WHEN WE'VE HAD OTHER DISCUSSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT LAND BANKING, NOT JUST FOR THAT ONE SPECIFIC ITEM, BUT ALSO FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. IF WE WERE GOING TO FUTURE, IN THE FUTURE, BUILD IT, BUILD SOMETHING OUT.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT LAND BANKING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY CONTROL IN OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT TYPE OF DEVELOPERS AND WE CONTROL THAT NARRATIVE. SO IS THIS 5 MILLION LAND BANKING STRICTLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, OR ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE WE'VE DISCUSSED OR THAT I'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU RIGHT NOW? IT'S CONTEMPLATED. AS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT NEW INFORMATION WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO MAKE OTHER DECISIONS. BUT THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING IT AT THIS POINT.

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SO THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING. BIRTHDAY. DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE US OUT AND WHAT TO EXPECT TOMORROW? AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. YOU STILL HAVE 54 MORE MINUTES. WELL, THIS CONCLUDES DAY ONE OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP TOMORROW. YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO. THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WHICH CONSIST OF TERS. WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM SERGIO ON THE GOLF CLUB BUDGET AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AS WELL AS WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE FUND, AND DIRECTOR DAVID WILL TALK US THROUGH THE HOT FUND, IN PARTICULAR, THE STRATEGY FOR UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT I GUESS I CAN CLOSE IT OUT. THE TIME IS 5:07 P.M. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

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