Jul 31, 2023 Special City Council

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WELCOME, EVERYONE, OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

[1. Call to Order: The City Council of the City of Sachse will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 6 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]

THE TIME IS GRANGER, 6:00.

IT IS NOW 6:00 P.M.

I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PRELIMINARY 2023 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE SACHSE PUBLIC

[2. Consider a resolution accepting a preliminary 2023 annual service plan update for Operation and Maintenance for the Sachse Public Improvement District No. 1, including a determination of cost, a service plan, and assessment rolls; directing that the Preliminary 2023 annual service plan update be made available for public inspection; ordering a public hearing for August 21, 2023, to consider an ordinance levying assessments against that assessed property within the District that is specially benefitted by authorized services being financed; authorizing and directing the publication and mailing of notices for the public hearing; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.]

AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN BY AN ATTORNEY.

SO WITH THAT, MISS NASH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS PUT BEFORE YOU IN PREPARATION FOR ULTIMATELY BEING ABLE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 21ST.

BUT IT'S ALSO SO THIS IS A TWO PARTER TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PRELIMINARY 2023 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PID NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS AN OVERLAY ON THE STATION.

AND SO KIRK MCDANIEL FROM P-3 IS HERE.

THEY ARE PID ADMINISTRATORS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN YOU ALSO WILL ALL BE ABLE TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 21ST.

HELLO, WELCOME. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. GO RIGHT AHEAD.

SO AS AS MS. NASH SAID, THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ALSO ACCEPTING THIS PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN THE STATUTE REQUIRES FOR THE O AND M PID TO RE LEVY THE ASSESSMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND SO THIS HAS ALL BEEN PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO WITH THE DEVELOPER IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

BUT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE O AND M PID AND WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRES FOR IT.

AND SO THIS CREATES A SPECIFIC FUND CONTROLLED BY THE CITY FOR THE OVERALL.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE. THAT WE ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY 2023 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN AS PRESENTED.

I WAS GOING TO SAY AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARTH TO APPROVE.

I READ ALL THAT. YEAH, BECAUSE IF YOU READ IT, I GOT TO READ IT.

SO. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. BUHLER? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MS. BUHLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE.

[3. Discuss the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Preliminary Budget.]

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WOULD MAKE A NOTE THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

JUST TO RECAP A COUPLE OF DATES UPCOMING, WE HAVE A THE BUDGET WILL BE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL AND ON THE WEBSITE.

AUGUST 15TH, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 21ST.

OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

THAT'LL BE THE BUDGET, PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET DISCUSSION AND THE BUDGET SET THE RATE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.

THEN ON THE MEETING ON THE 18TH, WE'LL HAVE THE TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING, HOPEFULLY ADOPT THE BUDGET, RATIFY TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.

AND THEN SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR WE ARE HAVING A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING ON AUGUST 29TH, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND ANY OF THOSE.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE AVAILABLE 24 OVER SEVEN WITH YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.

SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. NASH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING YOUR 23-24 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO YOU ALL, THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PARTS.

I WILL PRESENT DAVID BALDWIN, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, WILL PRESENT AS WELL AS LAUREN ROSE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

SO REALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS KIND OF A REVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

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WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS AND ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE ANALYSIS, OUR DEBT CAPACITY AND SOME CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES.

THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGETS.

WE'LL TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR, GO INTO THAT AGAIN, THE BASE BUDGET OF WHERE WE ARE SPECIFICALLY ALWAYS WE FOCUS AND TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION.

AND THEN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT I AM RECOMMENDING TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THE NEXT STEPS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST LOOK AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL OF AUGUST AND MOST OF SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET IN DETAIL.

AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST LOOK TONIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID BALDWIN.

AND HE IS GOING TO FLIP THE SLIDE.

SO HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL UPDATE AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT BACK AROUND AS WE SEE FIT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST SLIP AND SLIDES, APPARENTLY.

NO, SIR. OKAY. JUST CHECKING.

OKAY. THEY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BEING VANNA WHITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HELLO, MR. BALDWIN. HELLO.

HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

SO FOR TONIGHT TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR THE BUDGET, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS A FINANCIAL UPDATE.

LOOK AT OUR RESOURCES, WHAT'S AVAILABLE BEFORE WE THEN GO INTO THE BASE AND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGETS AND LOOK HOW THOSE RESOURCES MIGHT BE SPENT.

I'LL SAVE YOU THE CLIFFHANGER.

SACHSE IS IN A HEALTHY POSITION.

SO, A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO PRESENT IN MY UPCOMING SLIDES.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS FIRST SLIDE PREVIOUSLY, AND THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE SOME CONTEXT OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THE LARGEST OF OUR OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS.

IT SHOWS THE PIE CHART OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

THE LARGEST REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS PROPERTY TAX.

THAT'S CURRENTLY AT 57% OF THE REVENUE COLLECTED SHOWN.

HERE ARE THE COLLECTIONS FOR 2022.

SO THESE ARE ACTUAL THIS IS THE ACTUAL PIE CHART BASED ON ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.

OUR SECOND LARGEST REVENUE IS SALES TAX WITH 11% FRANCHISE AT 9% AND THEN IT TRAILS OFF FROM THERE.

TOTAL, THOSE THREE LARGEST REVENUES ARE 77% OF THE REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

OVER THE YEARS. FROM 2018, THAT LARGEST PIECE OF THE PIE HAS GONE FROM 64% TO NOW WHAT IT'S SHOWING HERE AT 57% OVER THE YEARS FROM 2018.

SALES TAX HAS GONE FROM 9% TO THEN WHAT NOW SHOWS AS 11%.

LOOKING AT OUR COLLECTIONS TO DATE THROUGH JUNE, NOW THROUGH JUNE, FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR, THAT WOULD BE THREE QUARTERS IN.

SO YOU WOULD EXPECT THINGS TO TREND MORE OR LESS AT 75%.

PROPERTY TAXES ARE COLLECTED EARLY.

SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, WE'RE 9,092% COLLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

PROPERTY TAXES HAVE ALL COME IN, THOUGH MORE WILL TRICKLE IN IN THE REMAINING MONTHS.

SALES TAX IS LOOKING STRONG AND ON TREND AS WAS BUDGETED, FRANCHISE REVENUE ALSO REMAINED STRONG.

OVERALL COLLECTIONS ARE STRONG.

WE DO SEE, HOWEVER, LOW COLLECTIONS IN LICENSES AND PERMITS AT 25% CURRENT YEAR TO DATE AND THEN SERVICE FEES.

AND THAT'S REALLY DUE TO THE TIMING OF ANTICIPATED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.

WE DO EXPECT A LOT OF THAT REVENUE TO COME IN.

HOWEVER, THE TIMING MAY FALL TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN OTHER REVENUE IS STRONG IN THERE.

WE HAVE HIGH INTEREST EARNINGS.

YOU'VE SEEN IN QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS WITH FED RATES INCREASING.

WE'RE GETTING STRONG COLLECTIONS IN OUR INVESTMENTS AND ALSO INSURANCE RECOVERY REVENUE IS PART OF THAT 139% AS FAR AS OUR EXPENDITURES, THEY'RE TRENDING BELOW BUDGET AT 72%.

OUR ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GROWN 11% AN AVERAGE OVER THE PAST YEARS FROM 2017 TO THE CURRENT YEAR 2023.

THEY'VE GROWN AN AVERAGE OF 11% AND THAT'S BROKEN DOWN FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN 3.7% FROM 20 TO 21, 11% FROM 21 TO 22, AND THEN 22% FROM 22 TO 23.

SO WE'VE SEEN STRONG GROWTH.

YOU SEE THAT LINE INCREASING AND IT ONLY CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN THE TIFFS.

WE SEE 30% GROWTH IN MORE RECENTLY IN TIFF ONE, 57% GROWTH IN TIFF TWO.

AND AS FAR AS TIFF THREE, DALLAS IS SHOWING 29% GROWTH AND COLLIN, 65%.

SO STRONG GROWTH THROUGHOUT IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

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OUR SALES TAX RECEIPTS.

SO ON THIS CHART, THIS BAR CHART IS BREAKING DOWN THE VARIOUS SALES TAX THAT WE RECEIVE IN THE FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS OF GENERAL FUND, STREET MAINTENANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND OVERALL, THOSE COLLECTIONS HAVE GROWN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AN AVERAGE OF 16% PER YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S COLLECTIONS ARE ALREADY AT 9% GROWTH THROUGH JULY.

OVER THE PAST YEAR.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING STRONG, STRONG CONDITIONS HERE.

LOOKING AT A THREE YEAR OUTLOOK.

SO THIS THIS LINE CHART SHOWS REVENUES IN BLUE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS FROM OUR 2024 BUDGET, CURRENT PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND THE GREEN LINE SHOWS EXPENDITURES.

OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS GOING FORWARD ARE THAT TAXABLE VALUES.

SO WE'RE BUDGETING OR PROJECTING CONSERVATIVELY, WE'RE SHOWING THAT TAXABLE VALUES WILL GO UP AT 4% GOING FORWARD.

THAT SALES TAX WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG, THOUGH WE'RE LEAVING SOME ROOM FOR MUTED GROWTH AT 7%.

ALL OTHER REVENUE IS AT 3%.

EXPENDITURES GOING OUT.

WE SHOW. SO FIRST OF ALL, IT'S EXCLUDING ANY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT ARE IN THE IN THIS BUDGET.

IT SHOWS HEALTH EXPENSE CURRENTLY AT 13% AND THEN OVERALL EXPENDITURES AT 4%.

NOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE'S WONDERING WHAT THIS BIG FIRST YEAR SHOWS OF EXPENDITURES MUCH LARGER THAN THAN REVENUES AND OVER FROM 24 TO 25, IT SHOWS A DECREASE OF $7.1 MILLION.

COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT STAFF PRESENTED IN 2022 A FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWN PLAN, AND THIS IS SHOWING THAT DRAWDOWN.

SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DRAW DOWN A LARGE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE? WELL, IN ANY BUDGET YEAR, YOUR EXPENDITURES EXCEED THOSE RESOURCES.

AND SO THIS BUDGET DOES SHOW US DRAWING DOWN, TRANSFERRING SOME DOLLARS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS TO GET TO GET COUNCIL'S WISHES DONE. AND SO HERE IS ANOTHER VISUAL OF HOW THAT LOOKS.

SO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE OF THAT PRESENTATION COUNCIL'S ACCEPTANCE OF THAT DIRECTION, WE'RE SHOWING IN 2023 THAT LARGE BLUE AREA IS THE UNRESTRICTED ENDING FUND BALANCE AND THAT GOES FROM 2023, THE YEAR END ESTIMATE OF 16 MILLION DOWN TO A PROJECTED $8.9 MILLION.

AND THAT'S WITH MOVING FORWARD ON WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY, HERITAGE PARK, PUBLIC WORKS PARKS FACILITY AND SCREENING WALLS.

LOOKING AT THE UTILITY FUND AGAIN, YOU WOULD EXPECT THROUGH JUNE 30TH THAT WE'D BE ABOUT 75% COLLECTED AND SPENT.

AND REALLY NOTHING, NOTHING MUCH TO SPEAK TO HERE WHERE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT ON TREND WITH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

LOOKING AT THE OPERATIONS, SIMILAR PICTURE HERE AS FAR AS THE LINE THE UTILITY FUND WAS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY THAT WAS A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWN PLAN.

AND SO THAT CONTRIBUTION OF $4 MILLION IS THE REASON FOR THAT GREEN LINE INITIALLY SHOWING HIGH IN 2024 AND THEN DROPPING IN 2025.

RATES ARE SHOWING AT 3% GROWTH PER YEAR.

THAT'S PROJECTED GOING FORWARD, AND THAT IS PER THE NEW GEN RATES THAT THEY THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FIVE YEARS AGO.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST YEAR OF THAT PREVIOUS RATE ANALYSIS IN THE BUDGET FOR 2024.

IS NEW GEN AGAIN COMING TO REVIEW THE UTILITY FUND SITUATION AND TO PROJECT WHAT OUR RATES SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD.

FOR EXPENSES.

THESE EXPENSES EXCLUDE CIP AND ANY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.

LET US KNOW OF THEIR INTENTION TO INCREASE RATES 11% IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.

SO WE REFLECT THAT IN 2024, AND THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT MUTING OFF GOING FORWARD.

GARLAND HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR RATES FOR SACHSE WILL INCREASE 4.25%.

AND AGAIN, AS THAT HEALTH EXPENSE ON THE AGENDA, IF I CAN JUST TAKE A SIDE NOTE, NEW-GEN ALSO WILL BE LOOKING WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR REVIEW OF THE UTILITY FUND AS FAR AS OUR FUND BALANCE, AS FAR AS POLICIES AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD STRUCTURE GOING FORWARD AS WE THEN LEAD INTO THE RATE REVIEW STUDY.

AND SO THEY'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE SIXTH.

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THE NEXT COLUMN OVER IS THE COMBINED TOTAL OF THE MILL RATE AND THE INS RATE CALLED THE TOTAL RATE AND THEN A RATIO.

SO OVER THE YEARS, FOR THE MOST PART, THE INS RATE HAS REMAINED THE SAME.

THE MILL RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

AND SO THAT THAT CREATES A RATIO WHERE DEBT BECOMES A LARGER PART OF THE OVERALL RATE.

AND SO I'M JUST MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE IN 2023, OUR RATIO OF DEBT TO THE TOTAL RATE RIGHT NOW IS 30 TO 70%.

CURRENT POLICY IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES NOTES THAT THE COMPONENT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 TO 70%.

WE'LL LOOK AT THIS RATE GOING FORWARD.

IT SAYS THAT THIS LIMIT SHOULD BE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE SEXY, SEXY NEEDS.

AND SO WE MAY BE BACK WITH COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES TO REQUEST AN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS RATE JUST PENDING THE RATE MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT LEVY RATE TIMES THE ANTICIPATED TAXABLE VALUE, THAT GIVES US OUR GREEN LINE HERE SHOWING GOING FORWARD. AND SO THAT'S THE THE CAPACITY FOR DEBT THAT WE HAVE IN GRAY IS THAT AREA IS THE OUTSTANDING DEBT.

AND THEN DOWN BELOW IN BLUE, THE LINE IS OUR OUR DEBT CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ON NEW DEBT.

SO THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE, THE GENERAL DEBT SHOWS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT SHOWS THE YEAR OF FINAL PAYMENT FOR THOSE DEBT ISSUANCES.

WE HAVE TAX NOTES THAT ARE GOING TO ROLL OFF OUR BOOKS, THE 2016 TAX NOTES THAT ARE GOING TO ROLL OFF THE BOOKS IN THIS YEAR AND OTHER DEBT WILL BE PAID OFF AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, A GOOD, HEALTHY FINANCIAL SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT.

LOOKING AT OUR UNSPENT CAPITAL CAPITAL SOURCES.

THE NUMBERS HERE INCLUDE PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMED BUT UNSPENT FUNDS.

SO THIS IS THE TOTAL UNIVERSE OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE CIP PLAN WILL WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'LL SEE ON AUGUST 15TH.

AND THEN WE'LL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON THE 21ST.

SO WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND LOOK TO THE NEW CIP PLAN GOING FORWARD IN FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS.

WITH THAT, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET.

MR. PRESTENBERG? JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF WHAT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE FOR GROWTH OR WHATNOT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO LIKE RECESSIONARY TALKS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ALL THE BIG THING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE KIND OF NOT TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND THEN THE FED THEN RAISED THE RATES A QUARTER POINT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.

DO WE THINK WE'RE BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THE 3 TO 4% GROWTH OR DO YOU THINK SHOULD A RECESSION HIT, THAT COULD HIT US MORE OR WE ARE LAYERING IN CONSERVATISM WITHIN THE BUDGET COUNCIL POLICY, WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES, SAYS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE OUR PROJECTIONS AND THEN TAKE 95 TO 98% OF THAT AND USE THAT AS OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD.

SO THERE'S THAT BUILT IN AND THAT'S FOR ANYTHING BUT INTERFUND TRANSFERS AND PROPERTY TAX.

SO ALREADY THERE IS BUILT IN CONSERVATISM IN THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR BALANCE.

DO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD? NO, NOT. RIGHT, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF HISTORICAL NOTATIONS FROM 2010 TO 2011 WHEN WE LAST WENT THROUGH ONE THAT HOW THE CITY REACTED? I REALIZED DIFFERENT BALLGAME WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

BUT HOW DID THE CITY REACT AND THAT SORT OF FIELD? I HAVE NOT GONE BACK THAT FAR.

I'M NOT SURE SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS DO.

I DO THINK THAT WE ARE IN A UNIQUE FINANCIAL SITUATION, OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION, WITH MANY, MANY PEOPLE MOVING TO TEXAS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FORESIGHT THAT COUNCIL HAS FOR THE AREAS OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE.

SO I THINK THAT MUTES ANY, YOU KNOW, LARGER OR EVEN DECADE AGO RECESSION ANALYSIS.

AND SO THE PROBLEM IS EACH EACH SITUATION IS UNIQUE.

AND IT REALLY EVEN IF THERE WAS A CERTAIN DROP IN REVENUES, I WOULD STRUGGLE TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOING FORWARD.

WE ARE WE HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR WHAT THUMB TO THE WIND OR SOMETHING.

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AND IN THE FUTURE.

SO IF A BUDGET IS ADOPTED AND WE SEE REVENUES NOT COMING IN, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO DECREASE THE EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATION IF WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE REVENUES COME IN.

SO THIS ISN'T A BUDGET THAT WE'RE STUCK WITH IF WE'RE SEEING TRENDS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

MR. LINDSEY YEAH.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEBT RATIO, BUT YOU ANSWERED THAT ONE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE POLICY COMING BACK FOR REVIEW ON THE REVENUE SOURCES FROM DALLAS COUNTY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT ONE OF THE SOURCES.

IT'S ON PAGE 56 HERE, BUT IT'S FROM THE DCAD AND IT SHOWS B11, WHICH IS APARTMENTS THAT ARE IN JUST THE DALLAS COUNTY APARTMENTS, GOT ONLY 14 MILLION LISTED.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THAT NUMBER WAS SO LOW.

IS IT ADJUSTED BECAUSE OF THE TIF VALUE THAT'S GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND? OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN CATEGORIZED BY DALLAS COUNTY CORRECTLY? I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THE DETAILS OF THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I KNOW THAT A YEAR AGO YOU ASKED ABOUT COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY, SO MAYBE IF I CAN'T ANSWER ONE, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE NUGGET IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH RATES FOR DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTIALLY, WE'RE SEEING 14% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR WITH THE LATEST CERTIFIED VALUE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED COMMERCIALLY.

THAT'S 17%.

SO 14 AND 17 FOR COLLIN, RESIDENTIAL IS 15% GROWTH AND COMMERCIAL IS 19% GROWTH.

AND THEN OVERALL COMMERCIAL REPRESENTS 82% OF THE PROPERTY VALUE IN IN SACHSE FOR DALLAS AND 86% FOR COLLIN.

COMMERCIAL REPRESENTS 82% AND OVERALL 82% IN DALLAS, 86 AND COLLIN COUNTY.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU.

MS. BUHLER? ON PAGE 13, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, HE SAYS STAFF PRESENTED A DRAWDOWN PLAN TO COUNCIL.

ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER, OR IS THAT ALREADY APPROVED? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD HEARD THE A NUMBER ON PARKS FACILITY ON PUBLIC WORKS.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 WAS THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.

IT SHOWED STAFF'S PLAN TO THE DRAWDOWN.

GINA, DO YOU HAVE MORE TO ADD ON THAT? I THINK AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE COMING INDIVIDUALLY TOWARDS THAT END AND OF COURSE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO SAY ON INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW.

SORRY. YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY. YES.

SO AN UPDATE TO THAT HERITAGE PARK, THE COUNCIL ALREADY VOTED ON THAT PIECE FOR THE 1.7 MILLION.

THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS FACILITY THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

MY HOPE WAS AUGUST, BUT PROBABLY SEPTEMBER.

SCREENING WALLS WILL BE BACK TO YOU ON AUGUST THE 7TH.

AND THEN ON WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE I THINK I SENT A MEMO UPDATE TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WE DID NOT GET THE COLLIN COUNTY GRANT FOR WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS ON HOW WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND TRY TO FUND THAT.

I DO KNOW THAT COLLIN COUNTY IS GOING TO DO ANOTHER BOND IN THE FALL IN NOVEMBER, AND SO WE WILL TRY TO APPROACH THEM AGAIN, BUT WE'LL TRY TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN SINCE OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST TIME AROUND WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET THE FUNDS.

SO MORE TO COME ON WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. I REMEMBERED THE HERITAGE PARK AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE OTHER ONES, BUT I DIDN'T I DIDN'T REMEMBER HEARING FINAL NUMBERS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP? ON YOUR SHEET THAT SHOWS YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE PIE CHART.

HEY, FRANK, CAN YOU GET? CAN YOU GET THE? OKAY. ON YOUR PIE CHART GRAPH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMPARISON OVERLAYS FOR SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE ALWAYS USE AS COMPARABLE CITIES LIKE COPPELL AND GARLAND AND TO SEE HOW OUR PIE CHART COMPARED TO THEIRS BASED ON SOURCES OF INCOME.

I DON'T, I'D BE HAPPY TO PULL THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S BASED ON ACTUALS, SO I VERY WELL CAN.

I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE'RE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE CITIES THAT WE'RE USING AS COMPARISONS.

AND IF NOT, MAYBE WE NEED TO PROBABLY EITHER LOOK AT ADJUSTING OURS OR LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES THAT WE'RE MORE COMPARABLE TO. I'D BE HAPPY TO.

THAT WOULD BE NEAT. I'D APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BET. I JUST HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

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YOU TALKED ABOUT IN 24, 11% INCREASE IN RATES.

I HESITATE TO ASK THIS.

I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT ANY JUSTIFICATION ON THEIR PART FOR THAT PERCENTAGE? I DON'T RECALL FOR FOR THIS YEAR.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THEIR RATE WAS 13.1% AND THAT WAS DUE TO CHEMICALS WERE A LARGE ONE AND THEN SUPPLY CHAIN.

AND SO I THINK TALKING WITH NEW GEN, THEIR ANTICIPATION WAS THAT THIS WOULD DECREASE.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY TACKLING THOSE THOSE PREVIOUS ISSUES AND WE'RE SEEING THAT.

AND YOU DO SHOW 8% POTENTIALLY IN 25, 26.

ARE THOSE LOCKED IN YET OR THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY THINK? NOT AT ALL. 11% IS LOCKED IN.

WAIT A MINUTE, WE DIDN'T GET THAT LOCKED IN? RIGHT. IF THEY PASS A PAPER ON, I'LL SIGN IT.

COLOR ME SHOCKED. AND THEN ON THE GARLAND SEWER, WE HAVE A PLUS 4.25%.

AGAIN, HISTORICALLY, IS THAT IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CHARGING US? 3% LAST YEAR.

SO I THOUGHT 4.25.

I HOPE THE TREND GOES BACK DOWN.

BUT I WAS THINKING IT WAS 3%.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. OKAY.

YEAH. AND YOU TALK TO YOUR BUDDY OVER THERE.

OKAY. MR. MILLSAP? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS PORTION OF THE BUDGET? SEEING NONE. WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. NASH. ALL RIGHT.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL JUST GO OVER WITH YOU BRIEFLY.

AGAIN, THE BUDGET CALENDAR THIS WAY, IT'S IN WRITTEN FORM SO PEOPLE CAN SEE, BUT KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING.

SO AUGUST THE 7TH, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, DALLAS COUNTY WILL SUBMIT THEIR COMPLETED NO NEW REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE WORKSHEETS TO THE ENTITIES. SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME DRAFT NUMBERS OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT IS NOT FINAL, WHICH IS WHY WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKETS.

THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THOSE NUMBERS AND WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A FINAL NUMBER UNTIL IT'S FINAL.

SO THEY HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 7TH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AUGUST 10TH. THERE IS AN MDE MEETING TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THEIR FINAL BUDGET.

AND THEN AS WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ON AUGUST THE 15TH, WE HAVE A CHARTER REQUIREMENT THAT I AM TO GIVE MY PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE WILL DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE IT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO VIEW.

AND THEN AUGUST 17TH, THE EDC MEETING WILL OCCUR AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR APPROVAL OF THEIR FINAL BUDGET NUMBERS AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 21ST, WHERE WE WILL DO A FULL BUDGET PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL BASED ON ALL THE FINAL NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVED ON TAX RATES AND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU WILL HAVE HAD AT AUGUST 15TH IN THAT PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WILL THEN FORMALLY SCHEDULE THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CALL THOSE.

YOU'LL DO THE RECORD VOTE ON THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT YOU WILL WANT TO CONSIDER.

AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER ON THAT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE THAT THAT'S YOUR RATE, BUT YOU CAN'T CONSIDER A RATE ANY HIGHER THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S THE RATE THAT YOU WILL TALK ABOUT IN THAT RECORD VOTE.

AGAIN, ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF THE BUDGET PRESENTING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, AND OF COURSE THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL TAX RULES AUGUST 22ND POST THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AN EXPLANATION OF TAX RATES ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN OF COURSE PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH.

WE'LL BE BACK ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

SEPTEMBER 4TH IS LABOR DAY.

SO WE YOU ALL HAVE VOTED TO MOVE THE COUNCIL MEETING TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET DISCUSSION SET THE DATE FOR ADOPTION.

AND THEN ON YOUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 18TH, YOU WILL AGAIN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, ADOPT THE BUDGET, RATIFY YOUR TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN OF COURSE APPROVE YOUR PROPOSED TAX RATE, ALL OF WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST.

ONE OF THE DATES THAT'S NOT IN THIS CALENDAR BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED DATES IS THE NEW BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST THE 29TH AT 7 P.M.

AND WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE STREAM THAT MEETING.

PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS THROUGH THE LIVE STREAM, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE MEETING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME AND BE HERE IN PERSON.

SO MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON THE BUDGET.

SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE BUDGET.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BASE BUDGET.

AND AS A REMINDER AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S WATCHING THE BASE BUDGET IS REALLY OUR PRIOR YEAR BUDGET LESS ANY ONE TIME OR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING EXPENSES FROM THE

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THE BASE BUDGET STRIPS ALL OF THAT OUT AND GOES BACK TO ESSENTIALLY THE BASE.

WHAT IS THE BASIC OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED.

SO THAT IS THE COST OF ESSENTIALLY CONTINUING OUR EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND IT OUTLINES OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES FROM THAT.

THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, WHICH WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, ARE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL BUDGET, AND THAT'S FOR ANYTHING RELATIVE TO ENHANCING A PROGRAM, ENHANCING ANY SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AND MAKING IT BETTER OR SOMETHING NEW.

AND THEN ANY ONE TIME ITEMS THAT WE NEED AS PART OF THE BUDGET, AGAIN, OUR SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUESTS.

SO LET'S DIVE INTO THE BASE BUDGETS.

THESE ARE REALLY THE TOP GENERAL FUND ASSUMPTIONS, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE OPERATED ON IN WORKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET.

SO IN TERMS OF REVENUE ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE, DAVID SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT OUR CERTIFIED VALUE.

WE'RE AT ABOUT $4.13 BILLION IN CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUE ACROSS THE CITY.

WHAT I AM PROPOSING AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS IS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.650416.

AND I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THROUGH SHOWING YOU THIS BUDGET TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD KEEP OUR TAX RATE FLAT.

KEEP THE SAME RATE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

SOME MORE ASSUMPTIONS IS THAT OUR SALES TAX IS GROWING, BUT WE DID BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY, AS DAVID REFERRED TO EARLIER.

THERE ARE MORE BUSINESSES AND MORE RESTAURANTS AND THINGS OPENING.

SO OUR SALES TAX IS GOING TO GROW, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN HOW WE BUDGET FOR THAT.

OUR FRANCHISE FEES ARE STRONG, AS DAVID POINTED OUT.

LICENSES AND PERMITS ALSO ACTIVITY IS SLOWING.

BUT WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE'VE KNOWN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LIMITED LAND AVAILABLE AND THAT AT SOME POINT ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL SLOW DOWN.

SO WE ARE SEEING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN A STOP TO GROWTH, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT SLOW DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

NO SURPRISES THERE.

AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, REALLY WHAT THE FOCUS WAS IS BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND YOUR RETREAT BACK IN JANUARY IS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE QUALITY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AND SO THAT WE KEPT A MIND TO THAT.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR EXPENDITURES.

AND SECOND, WE REALLY HAVE A LIMITED BASE BUDGET GROWTH.

THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS STORY HERE AS WELL.

DESPITE INFLATION, YOU DO SEE SOME GROWTH IN THAT, BUT A LOT OF THAT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THINGS COST MORE RIGHT NOW, OUR OUR CONTRACTS, OUR INSURANCE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR DAY TO DAY, THEY DO COST MORE.

AND SO WE HAD TO REFLECT THAT AND COUNT FOR THAT WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, IT WAS LIMITED OVERALL.

FURTHER ASSUMPTIONS.

AS I TALKED ABOUT, OUR GROWTH IS LEVELING OFF, BUT INFILL AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AT FIFTH STREET THAT ARE COMING FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE GOT AT WOODBRIDGE CORNERS RIGHT NOW. AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF AVAILABLE LAND AT THE GEORGE BUSH.

ALL OF THAT IS STILL ANTICIPATED.

SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO.

THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD QUALITY VALUE AT A HIGH ANTICIPATED VALUE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL AN EXIT FROM THE HIGH GROWTH PHASE.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS THAT YOU ALL EXPRESSED, THE RESIDENTS EXPRESSED IN THE RESIDENTS SURVEY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND CERTAINLY THE NEEDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SIMILAR SNAPSHOT FROM WHAT DAVID SHOWED YOU, EXCEPT WE'VE ADDED IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE REFLECTED SOME SOME GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS THAT DAVID POINTED OUT.

CERTAINLY GROWTH IN PROPERTY AND SALES TAXES AS WELL AS FRANCHISE FEES, LICENSES AND PERMITS IS DOWN.

BUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN PUT OFF TO NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT NOW.

IT'S JUST LATER.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, MODEST INCREASES IN COURT, FINES AND FEES.

INTEREST CERTAINLY HAS WORKED IN OUR FAVOR, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN ALLOCATED OVERHEAD AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER DECREASES IN SOME OTHER SMALLER REVENUE ACCOUNTS.

BUT AGAIN, OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT AN 8% GROWTH.

SO YOU FLIP OVER TO THEN THE DEPARTMENTAL SIDE OF IT ON OUR EXPENDITURES.

AGAIN, THERE'S A FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM THAT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS DOES EXCLUDE ANY ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE SHORTLY.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDING THAT WILL COME IN LATER IN AUGUST THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND ANY VACANCY ASSUMPTIONS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MODEST GROWTH AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT WERE ABLE TO TRIM SOME THINGS AND MAKE SOME

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AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU HAVE ALL THE SPECIFICS IN YOUR BUDGET PACKET OF EACH OF THOSE LINE ITEMS AS TO WHAT THE CHANGES WERE OVERALL.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO DIVE INTO ANY OF THOSE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, MORE THINGS ON THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL IN THESE DEPARTMENTS.

YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF REDUCTIONS AND THEN SOME INCREASES.

AGAIN, THIS EXCLUDES ALL OF THE ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDING AND ANY VACANCY ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.

SO OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR REVENUES, WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN 8% GROWTH AND OUR OPERATING EXPENSES OVERALL ABOUT 2%.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE PREVIOUS YEAR IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND THEN OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME SURPLUS HERE TO DO SOME OF THE PROGRAMING AND SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WITHIN THE CITY.

SO QUICKLY LOOKING OVER AT THE UTILITY FUND ASSUMPTIONS.

AGAIN, AS DAVID POINTED OUT, WE OUR REVENUE, OUR WATER RATES, THERE'S THE 3% INCREASE IN OUR SEWER RATES, 3% INCREASE.

AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, NORTH TEXAS HAS THEIR WHOLESALE WATER RATES.

THEY'VE GIVEN US AN INCREASE OF 11%.

AND GARLAND TREATING OUR SEWER WITH AN INCREASE BY 4.25%.

SO THE UTILITY FUND REVENUE, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S ALL BASICALLY A REFLECTION OF ALL OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE JUST OUTLINED.

SO OVERALL, THOUGH, REVENUE GROWTH WILL BE AT ABOUT 14% WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER $2 MILLION IN THE UTILITY FUND.

AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, A MUCH MORE MODEST INCREASE AT 6%.

BUT YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SOME FOOTNOTES HERE.

SO IN WE ON THE OPERATING BUDGET WE SHOWED THIS YEAR, AND EXCLUDING ANY ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS AND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDING THAT'S SEPARATE. AND THEN IN OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE DID EXCLUDE ANY PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY FOR THE GENERAL FUND DRAWDOWN.

WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THIS AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU ALL SEPARATELY AS A SEPARATE PROJECT.

AND THEN THE DRAINAGE FUND, THE STORM WATER UTILITY FUND, THOSE ARE NOT PUT INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

FUNDING, AS YOU RECALL, THAT FUND IS NOT ANY OPERATIONS BUDGET, BUT ONLY FOR PROJECTS.

AND SO ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN HERE.

THEY'LL BE INCLUDED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CIP.

SO AGAIN, ANOTHER POSITIVE NEWS STORY RELATIVE TO THE UTILITY FUND.

WE'VE SEEN GROWTH IN REVENUE AND REALLY A MODEST INCREASE IN OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES OVERALL.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DEBT SERVICE ASSUMPTIONS, WE PART OF THE TAX RATE, OF COURSE, IS THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PORTION, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

BUT THIS IS THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE AND I'M PROPOSING NO CHANGE IN THAT.

SO WE WILL STAY AT THE 0.194207 FOR OUR OUR DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE.

AND THEN THE TAXABLE VALUE IS LESS OUR TIRZ CONTRIBUTIONS OF 3.3 BILLION.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFIED VALUES OF 4.13 BILLION LESS.

OUR TAX FREEZES 525 MILLION AND OUR TIRZ VALUES AT 315 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON OUR DEBT SERVICE, AGAIN, REVENUE GROWTH THERE AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT REFLECTS THE BIG ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH WAS THE BOND 2021.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, REVENUE HAS CERTAINLY GONE UP BECAUSE OF SALES TAX, WHICH IS WHERE THEY GET THEIR REVENUE GENERATED AND THEN OPERATING EXPENSES.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A 43% GROWTH, BUT THAT IS AN ADDITION OF A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE IN HERE THAT THE EDC IS STILL CONSIDERING AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THAT WAS DETAILED ALSO IN YOUR BUDGET INFORMATION.

VPF ALLOCATIONS.

AS A REMINDER, THAT'S THE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015.

WE'VE UPDATED THAT MODEL AT THAT TIME.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CITY, WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DESPERATELY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS AND A NEW VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY AND WE ESTABLISHED A REPLACEMENT FUND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS REGULARLY AND BE ABLE TO PAY AS WE GO AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOW US TO DO OUR BUSINESS.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THOUGH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAD TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IS IT REALLY NEEDED TO UPDATE THE CURRENT MARKET VALUES.

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AND SO OUR MODEL DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE COST OF VEHICLES.

AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN OUR MODEL TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE INCREASED OUR FUTURE VEHICLE GROWTH, COST GROWTH RATES FROM 3% TO ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8% TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SWINGS IN SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE WERE OPERATING AT PUTTING IN A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE INFLATION.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE COST OF VEHICLES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE BY DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT THAT TO ACCURATELY DO THE ALLOCATIONS ACROSS THE FUND. SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THOSE CURRENT MARKET VALUES AND THE GROWTH.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT WITHIN THE MODEL. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS GROWTH MODEL IS THAT.

WE ONLY INCREASED IT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO START A CATCH UP.

WE BY NO MEANS HAVE THE FUNDS IN HERE TO REPLACE EVERY VEHICLE IN THE CITY AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.

WE ARE JUST STRIVING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP FUNDS IN THERE SO WE CAN WORK TOWARDS A REPLACEMENT PLAN THAT WORKS.

IF WE WERE TO TRY TO GO BACK AND HANDLE ALL OF THAT INFLATIONARY INCREASE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INSURMOUNTABLE.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE SOME BIGGER BITES AT IT THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THESE VEHICLES AS WE NEED.

AND WE'VE EVEN CHANGED SOME OF THE MODEL TO STRETCH SOME YEARS OUT AS APPROPRIATELY JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO CATCH UP, BUT NOT TO A POINT WHERE IT'S CREATING A HARDSHIP. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ESSENTIALLY DONE AND WHY WE MADE A BIG JUMP THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR IN REPLACEMENT COSTS.

IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES.

THESE WERE THE EXPENDITURES FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS SO THESE ARE THE APPROVED SUPPLEMENTALS FROM LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE'RE JUST AS HAS BEEN DONE TRADITIONALLY, WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE THE SUPPLEMENTALS YET.

YES. LIKE I WAS OFF MY OFF MY I WAS OFF MY GAME THERE.

THANK YOU, DAVID. WELL, YOU GOT SAVE THE GOOD STUFF FOR LAST, RIGHT? UM, THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION BEFORE WE MOVE TO COMPENSATION? THANK YOU, MS. NASH.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

MR. MILLSAP. JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION.

HOLD ON. VEHICLE REPLACEMENT OR DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS OR ANY THOUGHT LONG TERM GOING TO EVS? ELECTRIC VEHICLES? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO, THANK YOU.

I SOUND LIKE A LOADED QUESTION TO ME, MR. LINDSEY. I HAD A QUESTION ON MUNICIPAL COURT FEES.

I SEE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING 250,000 REVENUE.

IS THERE A PAYOUT THAT HAS TO GO TO THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR A PORTION OF THOSE FEES, OR HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN ADJUSTED IN OUR REVENUE? THERE IS A PAYOUT.

THAT BUDGET, AS I RECALL, WENT OR WENT FROM 205,000 TO $250,000 WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL COURT DEPARTMENT SHOULD SHOW EXPENSES AS A PORTION BEING PAID OUT.

OKAY. YEAH, I MAY HAVE MISSED THE LINE ITEM THERE.

I CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN. SO BUT IT WOULD BE LISTED IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS AN EXPENSE, AS I RECALL.

YEAH. OTHERWISE, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

OKAY. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND SEE THAT THERE.

THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. THANK YOU, MS. BUHLER? THERE YOU GO. ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE SHEET, PAGE 19.

CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE INTEREST REVENUE AT 664%? GOOD NEWS STORY.

I'D LOVE TO TELL IT.

THAT NUMBER DOES STAND OUT, DOESN'T IT? IT STANDS OUT. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR SECRET.

OVER THE YEARS, PREVIOUS BUDGETS HAVE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS.

AND FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE INTELLIGENT.

AND IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE BUDGETING BASED MORE OFF OF FUND BALANCES AND MARKET RATES.

YOU'VE SEEN THE FED INCREASE RATES.

YOU MENTIONED A RATE AND IT GOES UP.

SO SO PART OF IT IS JUST RATES HAVE BEEN SO HIGH.

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AND WE'RE TURNING THOSE DOLLARS AROUND INTO FIVE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

MONEY MARKET RATES ARE, I THINK, FIVE AND THREE QUARTERS AND MORE.

SO LET ME BACK UP MY PREVIOUS ANSWER.

AND REALLY, IT'S JUST THE RATES ARE GOOD RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO LOCK THOSE IN, THOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN THE FED RATE STARTS TO TICK DOWN AND THE ECONOMY SHIFTS OUT, THEN THAT MONEY MARKET RATE YOU'RE CHECKING ACCOUNT OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT KIND OF BALANCE WILL GO DOWN QUICKLY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOCK IN CDS OF LONGER TERMS 18 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, TWO YEARS, TWO LATTER FUNDS SO THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, BUT THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE HIGHER RATES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE MARKET ADJUSTS.

SO SUFFICE IT TO SAY, WE'RE REFLECTING WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.

WE SEE THAT TREND CONTINUING TO COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTENBERG REVENUE QUESTION BEFORE WE WE SEE INTEREST RATES AND THE INTEREST COLLECTIONS COMING IN HIGHER, BUT WE'RE BUDGETING IT CONSERVATIVELY, EVEN EVEN AT THIS GROWTH THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

OKAY. AND ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

IS THAT INCREASED DUE TO JK SACHSE PARK? CAN I ASK YOU FOR A PAGE NUMBER? YES. PAGE 20.

SO IN THE SLIDE, LOOKING AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD AN INCREASE, BUT WE DID OPEN A BRAND NEW PARK.

IS THAT TO REFLECT THAT CHANGE.

AN INCREASE OF $120,000? WE OPENED A NEW PARK, AS I RECALL, $7,800 IS DUE TO, I THINK IT WAS CHEMICALS AT JK SACHSE PARK.

WHAT ELSE? NO, THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD. MY QUESTION.

THERE WAS NEXT YEAR WHEN HERITAGE PARK IS MUCH BIGGER.

I'M SORRY. WHAT? I APOLOGIZE.

NEXT YEAR, WHEN HERITAGE PARK IS MUCH BIGGER AND MORE ACTIVITIES AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, ARE WE GOING TO HIT GET ANOTHER HIT NEXT YEAR FOR PARKS AS WELL? SO PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTALS IS ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PARKS TO ADDRESS JK SACHSE AND ALSO HERITAGE PARK.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT AS THE O&M PID GROWS, USING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR HERITAGE PARK.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

BUT WE ARE PLANNING FOR IT AND WE HAVE SOME STAFFING THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS THAT WE'LL BE ASKING NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO, TO BE ABLE TO TO MAINTAIN THAT PARK.

AND IT COULD BE WE DON'T HIRE MORE STAFF.

IT COULD BE WE DO CONTRACTS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW LANCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO PAY TO MAINTAIN THAT.

IS IT MORE PEOPLE OR IS IT CONTRACTING OUT THOSE SERVICES? OKAY, AWESOME. I MEAN, WE'RE OFFERING MORE AMENITIES, SO THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE ONGOING EVERY YEAR OR THAT'S SOME ONE TIME FEES IN THERE, BUT I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES THIS NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU. AND MY QUESTION BACK TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT POLICY.

I KNOW, GINA, YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HELPED INSTITUTE WHEN YOU GOT HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS CRAZY, AS WE KNOW.

SO WE'RE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8%.

IS THAT VARIABILITY BECAUSE DIFFERENT VEHICLES COST DIFFERENT THINGS? IS THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT.

YES. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF VEHICLE.

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT CERTAINLY THE COST OF POLICE VEHICLES HAS EXPONENTIATED AND DEFINITELY THE TYPE OF SPECIALTY VEHICLES THAT PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS HAS HAS GONE WAY UP.

WE JUST COULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THE COST INCREASES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD. I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT BUYING A PERSONAL VEHICLE AND WHAT YOU PAID EVEN FOUR YEARS AGO AND WHAT YOU WOULD PAY IF YOU WALKED IN TODAY, IT'S JUST ASTRONOMICAL, THE CHANGES.

RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. SO I BELIEVE YOU.

AND HERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY PICK ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO PICK ON THEM.

OH, NOT YET. YEAH. ONE OTHER LITTLE PIECE OF THAT INCREASED CONTRIBUTION IS THE THE ASSET ADDS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO YOU ADD A NEW VEHICLE AND THEN THERE'S THE NEW REPLACEMENT COST FOR THAT VEHICLE.

SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER PIECE.

WELL, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE PROGRAM WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO REPLACE ALL VEHICLES IN ONE YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT. WE'RE IN AS I RECALL, WE HAVE ABOUT A $4.5 MILLION FUND BALANCE.

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AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEALTHY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. MR..

LINDSEY YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER MILLSAP GOT ME THINKING ON THIS LEASE QUESTION THOUGH, AND JUST KIND OF HAD ME THINKING ABOUT THE ROOF AGAIN.

SO YEARS AGO BEFORE THE BIRTH AND EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE BIRTH THOUGH.

LET ME JUST THROW THAT IN THERE THOUGH.

BUT MANY YEARS AGO WE RAN VEHICLES WAY PAST THEIR USABLE LIFE.

BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE WITH THEM, THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH ZERO VALUE.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WE HAD TO PAY SOMEBODY TO TAKE THEM AWAY FOR US.

BUT NOW THAT WE'RE REGULARLY REPLACING VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, DO WE HAVE MUCH OF A RESALE VALUE WHENEVER WE TAKE THESE THINGS TO AUCTION? AND IS THAT A LINE ITEM THAT I MISS SOMEWHERE OR SOMEHOW THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR? HOW MUCH ARE WE ABLE TO RECAPTURE WHENEVER WE FEEL THAT WE'RE DONE WITH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT WE'RE WE'RE.

BELIEVE ME, YOU'RE PAYING MORE FOR A NEW VEHICLE.

YOU'RE PAYING MORE FOR A USED VEHICLE.

AND THAT MEANS EVEN WHEN WE TURN IN A USED VEHICLE AND PUT IT TO THE AUCTION, YOU BET WE'RE GETTING SIGNIFICANT RETURN.

AND SO THE PRIOR BUDGET HERE ON THE ON THE SLIDE SHOWS THE AUCTION PROCEEDS OF $10,000.

THAT WAS THE BUDGET LAST YEAR AND WE WENT AND UPPED THAT.

NOW, IT DEPENDS WHAT VEHICLES ARE UP FOR AUCTION RIGHT NOW.

WE WILL AT AN UPCOMING AUCTION, HAVE A FIRE TRUCK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A FIRE TRUCK BRINGS THESE DAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS MIGHT BE UNDER BUDGETED AS IT IS.

YEAH, I SEE THE NUMBERS STARING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME NOW.

I DIDN'T REALIZE. THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET.

YEAH. WE GOT THE 664 BEAT.

WE GOT 900% INCREASE THERE.

MR. PRESTENBERG? YES. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL STUFF FOR THE VEHICLES.

DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE LIKE A SPECIAL DEALERSHIP THAT WE GO TO EVERY TIME FOR DISCOUNTS OR ANYTHING? BECAUSE LOOKING AT THESE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GO FROM CHEVY TO TAHOE, TAHOE TO CHEVY.

EXCUSE ME. THIS IS CHEVY FORD EXPLORER, THE CHEVY, THINGS LIKE THAT, BACK AND FORTH.

I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING AWAY FROM A DODGE CARAVAN TO AN EXPLORER.

THAT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE ENTERING RECENT TIMES.

BUT JUST CURIOUS, THOUGH, DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF WAY TO GET DISCOUNTS ON THIS? IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT WE PAY A THIRD OF THE COST JUST TO RETROFIT THE POLICE VEHICLES TO BE SERVICEABLE.

SO IS THERE A WAY THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS PAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO GET POLICE VEHICLES UP TO SPEED OR? THEY DON'T, BUT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE FALL WHEN WE COME BACK, TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE IN THE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IS WE USE DIFFERENT WHAT WE CALL BUY BOARDS, DIFFERENT AGGREGATORS, IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PRICE OF THESE VEHICLES AT A GOOD NEGOTIATED PRICE.

WE USE THE HOUSTON GALVESTON COOPERATIVE OFTENTIMES FOR VEHICLES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE CO-OPS AROUND THE STATE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO THEY THE STATE NEGOTIATES A PRICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'LL THIS WHOEVER IT IS, WILL SELL X NUMBER HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF THESE VEHICLES SO THEY CAN GET THEM DOWN TO A CERTAIN PRICE.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE MOST OF THESE IS THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND GET THREE QUOTES TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW PROCUREMENT LAW TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.

WE GO TO THESE DIFFERENT, LIKE I SAID, PURCHASING AGGREGATORS, IF YOU WILL, WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED THE LOWEST PRICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SELL MORE THAN THESE ONE OFFS. SO THAT'S HOW WE DO IT TYPICALLY.

AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU AS A COUNCIL WON'T SEE THEM IF THEY'RE UNDER $50,000.

SINCE THAT'S WITHIN MY PURCHASING THRESHOLD.

IF IT'S OVER 50, IT COMES TO COUNCIL, BUT OFTEN IT'S THROUGH THESE AGGREGATORS THAT WE BUY THEM FROM.

NOW ONCE WE HAVE TO GO AND GET THEM UPFITTED, THAT OBVIOUSLY THEN INCREASES WITH THE LIGHT PACKAGE AND ALL OF THE EXTRA THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED CERTAINLY FOR POLICE VEHICLES. IS THERE SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT HAVING THE FLEET ALL ONE TYPE OR DOES IT EVEN MATTER? DO WE LIKE HAVING A MIX AND MATCH TYPE? WE WE HAVE TRIED REALLY HARD TO TO FOCUS INTO ONE TYPE OF VEHICLE IN DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE, GET THEM REPAIRED, IDENTIFY ISSUES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT WAS A TRIAL SITUATION LAST SUMMER WHERE THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK FROM OFFICERS ABOUT WOULD WE PREFER NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FORD INTERCEPTORS, WOULD WE LIKE TO TRY THE TAHOES? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER BUT WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PREFERENCE TO MOVE TOWARDS THOSE.

AND WE WERE DOING IT AS A PILOT PROGRAM BASED ON FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM OFFICERS.

THE UPFITTING WAS DEFINITELY AN EYE OPENER TO ME.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT COST THAT MUCH.

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SO THERE WAS COUNCIL ACTION EARLIER, I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS YEAR WHERE WE ADDED MANY MORE BUY BOARDS THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZED.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE MAKE A PURCHASE.

POLICE VEHICLES, YES, IT'S ABOUT $10,000 JUST TO ADD THE CAGE IN THE BACK.

AND SO IT'S NOT ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, LABOR AND LIGHTS, BUT THERE'S THERE'S REAL METAL AND STRUCTURE THERE THAT THAT ADDS TO THE COST GOING INTO THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE FLEET.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS STILL COMING OUT OF COVID IS JUST AVAILABILITY.

AND SO WE STRUGGLE. SOMETIMES WE WANT TO GO WITH A CERTAIN STANDARD, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AVAILABLE OR YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HALF A YEAR OR A YEAR DELAY.

WE BROUGHT TO YOU A BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND I THINK THAT WAS FOR AN ANIMAL SERVICES TRUCK THAT WAS APPROVED, I THINK, TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE FINALLY JUST GOT RECENTLY.

SO TIMING PLAYS INTO A FACTOR, TOO.

AND I'M ASSUMING WE GO TO THE DEPARTMENT TO ASK THEIR SPECIFICS OR THEIR [INAUDIBLE] WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT SAYS CLOTH ON THE FRONT.

I WAS LIKE, THEY CANNOT BE PUTTING CLOTH IN THE BACK.

AND THEN I SAW VINYL LATER ON I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR LIKE FOR LIKE VEHICLES.

SO IT STARTS A WHOLE NEW CONVERSATION.

IF THERE'S AN UPGRADE, YOU WANT TO GO FROM A STANDARD TWO WHEEL TO A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.

THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION IN THE MODEL JUST BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT A VEHICLE IS UP FOR REPLACEMENT.

THAT JUST STARTS THE CONVERSATION.

NOW WE LOOK AT WHAT'S YOUR NEED, WHAT'S THE MILEAGE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAVING EVERY RESIDENT PENNY THAT WE CAN.

SAVING US, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL AND THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE SAYING, MAN, CLOTH IS FINE, BUT MAN, WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT OUT.

IT JUST TAKES FOREVER AND MAYBE GET A BETTER PACKAGE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AS OFTEN.

RIGHT. I WON'T BEAT IT DOWN, BUT JUST.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. NASH ON THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

IS THAT YOU, MS. NASH? TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE SECTION COMPENSATION.

AND I KNOW I SHOW THIS CHART EVERY YEAR, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY NEW THAT HASN'T SEEN IT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR.

SO REALLY, WHAT'S THIS IS OUR COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY.

THIS IS THE PHILOSOPHY WE'VE HAD REALLY ESSENTIALLY SINCE I GOT HERE BACK IN 2015, WHICH IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION, IT IS REALLY THERE'S TWO PARTS TO IT. THERE'S THE WHOLE PAY RANGE MOVEMENT OR LOOKING AT WHAT THE MARKET HAS AND SAYING MARKET INCREASES OR IN GRADE ADJUSTMENTS OR THE COST OF LIVING PIECE. AND SO REALLY THAT'S HOW YOU LOOK AT BALANCED COMPENSATION.

YOU'RE SEEING WHAT IS OUT THERE IN THE MARKET AND WHAT PEOPLE COULD BE PAID IN THE MARKET AND KEEPING US COMPETITIVE, BUT ALSO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR FOLKS INTERNALLY WITHIN THE PAY GRADE THAT THEY'RE IN.

AND SO THAT WHOLE RANGE MOVEMENT, AGAIN, IT HAS TO DO WITH MARKET INCREASES.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE THAT CLASSIFICATION APPROPRIATE IN THE APPROXIMATE MARKET VALUE.

AND SO YOU DO THAT BY ADJUSTING THE PAY RANGE AND THAT'S A WHOLE RANGE MOVEMENT.

AND THAT REALLY ALLOWS US, AGAIN, TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THE CITIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITH AS OUR MARKET COMPARERS, ESPECIALLY FOR RECRUITMENT.

THESE ARE THE MARKET CITIES THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED BACK IN 2019.

AND THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ONES THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD RECALIBRATE OUR PAY PLANS AND WE LOOK TO THESE CITIES AS COMPARATORS.

THEN THERE'S THE SECOND PIECE, THE IN GRADE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S LOOKING AT SHOULD WE MOVE SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR PAY RANGE RELATIVE TO GOALS, ACHIEVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT REALLY ALLOWS AN EMPLOYEE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR PAY RANGE.

BUT IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPRESSION ISSUES WITH SALARIES AND THAT WE RETAIN OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS YOU DON'T WANT TO HIRE IN SOMEONE NEW BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PAID HIGHER THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE SAME JOB FOR A FEW YEARS.

AND SO WE CALL THAT SALARY COMPRESSION.

WE DON'T WANT TO COMPRESS DOWN ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE POSITION THAT THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY MAKING POTENTIALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OR EVEN LESS OFTENTIMES THAN IF WE'RE BRINGING SOMEONE ELSE IN.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE THERE'S LEVERS.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE IN TOTALITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FAIRLY COMPENSATING ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND SO BASED ON LOOKING AT THAT AND BALANCE COMPENSATION, I'M RECOMMENDING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE IS BASED ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE MARKET ANALYSIS FOR OUR SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WANT TO CREATE A NEW STEP PLAN TO REFLECT THE MARKET INCREASE, TO ESSENTIALLY

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM FOLKS IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES OUT THERE DO ANNIVERSARY DATE STEP INCREASES AND NOT ON FISCAL YEAR. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT BACK TO NOW THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE AND THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE BECAUSE YOU'RE MANAGING THAT ON A PERSON BY PERSON BASIS.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE BACK TO THAT ANNIVERSARY DATE STEP INCREASE DURING THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR.

ON THE GENERAL SCHEDULE, EMPLOYEES, BASICALLY ANYONE ELSE WHO'S NOT IN SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE AND FIRE, WE WOULD ADJUST THE PAY RANGES BY 3% AND THEN PROVIDE IN GRADE INCREASES AT THAT PERCENTAGE.

BUT GOING BACK TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SETTING OUR MINIMUM HIRING PAY TO $18.24 AN HOUR FOR ALL OF OUR FULL TIME NONEXEMPT POSITIONS, THAT WOULD REFLECT THE 2023 LIVING WAGE FOR DFW.

AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE WENT IN AND MADE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR PAY PLAN TO REFLECT THE 2022 LIVING WAGE.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY IN 2023.

SO THAT'S REALLY AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO THE COMPENSATION REQUESTS.

AND I CAN SHOW YOU HERE IN A MOMENT HOW ALL THAT REFLECTS FINANCIALLY.

SO NOW WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

NEXT SLIDE. AND LAUREN AND I WILL SORT OF BE SHARING THIS.

SHE'S ACTUALLY, I THINK, UP FIRST.

BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ARE REALLY REQUESTS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL BUDGET.

SO AS I SAID, THIS WOULD BE ANY PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS, ANY SERVICE LEVEL ENHANCEMENTS OR ANY ONE TIME ITEMS THAT AREN'T CONSIDERED IN THE BASE BUDGET.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE AS AN OVERALL IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAD 47 REQUESTS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $3.6 MILLION.

AND THE UTILITY FUND, WE HAD SEVEN REQUESTS AT ABOUT 587,000.

AND THEN IN THE VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, WE HAD FIVE REQUESTS FOR $418,000.

SO WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ARE THE REQUESTS THAT WERE REVIEWED AND ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD.

NOT ALL REQUESTS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE FUNDED.

AND SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LAUREN AND SHE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE UNDER HER PURVIEW.

AND THEN I'LL WRAP UP WITH THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER MY.

HELLO, MS. ROSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

LAUREN ROSE. AS MS. NASH ALLUDED, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTALS AND SHE'LL ROUND IT OUT ONCE I'VE CONCLUDED.

I WILL GO THROUGH THESE.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

OTHERWISE I'LL PAUSE AT THE END OF MY SECTION TO KIND OF GATHER SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

SO AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WE ALWAYS CONSIDER IS A COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

THAT'S A SECTION MS. NASH JUST CONCLUDED FOR YOU ALL.

ROLLING RIGHT OFF OF THAT, WE WILL GO INTO THE IT SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT AV UPGRADES FOR BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE CONFERENCE ROOMS. YOU ALL MAY RECALL A FEW TIMES NOW AT THIS POINT UPGRADING AV THROUGHOUT THE FACILITIES HERE ON THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.

YOU MIGHT ALSO RECALL THAT WHEN THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 2010, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TO GO WITH ANALOG TECHNOLOGY, EVEN THOUGH DIGITAL WAS KIND OF ON THE CUSP OF TAKING OVER.

SO SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE CONFERENCE ROOMS ARE QUITE OUTDATED AND IT MAKES THE FUNCTIONALITY JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE MEETINGS THAT ARE TRYING TO BE CONDUCTED IN THERE.

OF COURSE, WITH COVID, WE'VE SHIFTED TO A LOT OF CAMERA AND CONFERENCE CALLING CAPABILITIES, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT THOSE MEETINGS AS NEEDED.

IN ADDITION, OUR SECURITY CAMERAS, CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX ARE AGING, AS ARE MANY THINGS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THE SYSTEM AND IMPROVE SOME SITE LOCATIONS JUST BASED ON ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE SEEING.

LASTLY, FOR IT, WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THE VERF TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE AV UPGRADES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON THE CAMPUS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE APPROPRIATE, USEFUL LIFE OF A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT.

IT'S ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THAT WE'RE ADDING AND ADJUSTING TO THE VERVE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? REQUEST. OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD. SURE.

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SOUNDS GOOD. SHIFTING OVER TO LEISURE SERVICES AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE IN PARTICULAR, WE'VE GOT A REQUEST FOR GENERATOR MONITORING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS FACILITY, THESE THE CAMPUS SEEMS TO BE PRONE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND THAT IS SOMEWHAT CONCERNING WHEN WE HAVE 24/7 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT APPROPRIATE GENERATORS IN PLACE.

THIS IS JUST A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR US TO KEEP TRACK OF THE HEALTH OF THOSE GENERATORS AND THE BACKUP GENERATORS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE SECOND REQUEST, THERE IS A UTILITY VEHICLE FOR THE CITY CAMPUS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE WITH A CAMPUS OF THIS SIZE.

SO OUR STAFF IS CONSTANTLY DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THIS IS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE FOR ONE THAT THEY INHERITED PREVIOUSLY.

OKAY. SHIFTING OVER TO LEISURE SERVICES IN THE LIBRARY, IF COUNCIL WILL RECALL BACK IN MAY, YOU ALL WERE PRESENTED WITH PACKAGES FOR BOTH THE LIBRARY AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WERE IN RESPONSE TO THE RESIDENT SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE END OF 2022.

HERE YOU WILL ALL SEE THE OPTION TO PACKAGE THAT THERE WAS COUNCIL CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD ON.

THESE ITEMS ARE BUNDLED TOGETHER BECAUSE AS THEY WERE PRESENTED BACK IN MAY, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATED FUNDING FOR PROGRAMING EXPANSION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO BRING THE OPTIONS TO FRUITION.

SO FOR THE LIBRARY, JUST AS A.

THE LIBRARY EXPANSION OPTION, I BELIEVE, WAS TO EXPAND HOURS TO 60 HOURS A WEEK, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL EVENING PROGRAMING AS WELL AS EXPANDED PROGRAMING FOR TEENS AND STEM THAT WERE SPECIFIED IN THE RESIDENT SURVEY.

ADDITIONALLY AS AND AS A COMPLEMENT TO THAT LIBRARY PACKAGE, WE HAVE THE RECREATION REQUESTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH OPTION TWO THERE.

THOSE ARE DELINEATED THE SPECIAL EVENT EXPANSION THAT WE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED STAFFING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO EXPAND HOURS OF OPERATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO 66 HOURS A WEEK.

THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF A MONDAY TIME SLOT AND SOME EXPANDED EVENING HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO OPTION TWO WITH LEISURE SERVICES, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALSO FUND A PICKLEBALL COURT RESTRIPE.

WE ARE SEEING IMMENSE USE OF THAT FACILITY.

IT IS QUITE POPULAR WITH THE RISE OF PICKLEBALL POPULARITY ACROSS THE METROPLEX AND REALLY THE NATION.

WE ARE SEEING THAT FACILITY BE HEAVILY UTILIZED AND WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR PICKLEBALLERS ABOUT THE COURT AND THE STRIPING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR ACTIVE NET UPGRADES.

THIS IS A CUSTOMER INTERFACE PLATFORM AND THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR CUSTOMER ENHANCEMENTS ON ABILITIES TO SEND OUT MESSAGING AND BOOKING OF CLASSES.

OKAY. SHIFTING OVER TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BUHLER ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE HAVE BROUGHT ON A NEW PARK ONLINE.

IT HAS BEEN WILDLY POPULAR AND WE ARE SEEING LOTS OF ACTIVITY AND HEAVY UTILIZATION, WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE TO COMPLEMENT THAT ACTIVITY AND THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW PARK.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE FUNDING OF TWO MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS TO HELP SUPPORT PARK SERVICES.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR SOME FIELD EQUIPMENT TO HELP MAINTAIN SOME OF THESE FACILITIES.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE MACHINES, I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO.

LANCE. I HAVE NOT USED A SOD CUTTER BEFORE, BUT I'M SURE HE COULD SPEAK TO THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE ROUNDING OUT LEISURE SERVICES.

WE HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER.

AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, DURING COVID, WE HAD TO CEASE OPERATIONS THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION.

BUT WE ARE PLEASED THAT ACTIVITY AT THE SENIOR CENTER IS BACK UP TO PRE-COVID LEVELS.

THEY ARE QUITE BUSY OVER THERE.

WE WOULDN'T DARE MOVE OUR CAR DURING A WEDNESDAY POTLUCK BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARK AGAIN OVER AT CITY HALL AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.

THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS TO CONVERT A PART TIME REC AIDE TO A FULL TIME REC AIDE AND THAT SO WE CAN EXPAND SERVICES OVER THERE AS WELL.

EVENTUALLY WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE SENIORS OUT ON MORE ROBUST TRIPS AND THIS POSITION REQUEST WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND UP HERE AND ADVANCE THE SLIDES FOR MS. NASH TO TAKE OVER HER DEPARTMENTS.

UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

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IT'S A SHORT LIST, BUT THEY COST A WHOLE LOT MORE.

SO WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF REQUESTS FOR FIRE RESCUE, THERE WOULD BE THERE'S I AM RECOMMENDING THREE NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS AND THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE AT FIRE STATION TWO, AND THAT WOULD BE TO FULLY STAFF AN APPARATUS AS WELL AS THE AMBULANCE.

THEN YOU HAVE DIVISION CHIEF RESPONSE VEHICLE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WILL BE PUTTING IN THE VERF.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER DIVISION CHIEF NOW WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BEING RESPONSIVE 24/7, AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A VEHICLE CURRENTLY.

AND THIS IS ADDING A VEHICLE TO THE VERF AND GIVING HIM THAT VEHICLE.

SCBA THOSE REPLACEMENTS AND BEING ABLE TO REPLACE THEM INTO THE FUTURE AND NOT WHEN WE NEED THEM, BUT ON A CONSTANT BASIS, OUR COVERT ARMOR, TACTICAL EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE IN A WORLD NOW WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE EQUALLY AS PROTECTED AS OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS.

WE HAVE TO PUT THIS AS A PLACE IN THE BUDGET, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY ASKING.

THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT SO IT WOULDN'T BE ANY FUNDS TO THE CITY.

BUT WE DO NEED TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

AND THEN AEDS ACROSS THE CITY AND AGAIN, EXPANDING PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE KINDS OF EQUIPMENT CITYWIDE.

AND SO THAT IS INCLUDED THERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER YEAR OF REQUEST.

AS YOU RECALL, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, WE HAD A POLICE STAFFING STUDY DONE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADD TWO OFFICERS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND THIS IS TO ADD THOSE TWO POLICE OFFICERS ADDING ANOTHER DISPATCHER TO OUR DISPATCH DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, THE CALLS ARE INCREASING AND WE'RE IN A SITUATION THERE WHERE WE WANT TO BE STAFFED IN A WAY WHERE WE ARE NOT SO TIGHT ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE VACATION OR EVEN BE SICK.

AND STAFFING DISPATCHERS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT.

IT'S VERY HARD TO RECRUIT FOR AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY ARE WE STAFFING IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DISPATCHERS TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY STAFF THAT DEPARTMENT.

THE RMR THAT'S LISTED THERE.

THOSE ARE RED DOT IMAGES FOR OUR RIFLES AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENTLY.

SO THAT'S THAT PROGRAM.

RAD AGAIN, A PROGRAM EXPANSION FOR RAPE, AGGRESSION AND DEFENSE THAT WE WOULD OFFER.

WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IPHONES IN OUR PATROL VEHICLES, WHICH WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO OUR OFFICERS.

THEY HAVE RADIOS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO RETURN PHONE CALLS TO FOLKS, TO RESIDENTS ON ISSUES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

IT KEEPS THEM IN THEIR CAR AND NOT HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE STATION.

AND THEN OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE SRO VEHICLE TO THE VERF.

IT'S THAT TIME WE NEED TO TO DO THAT AGAIN.

REMEMBER, WE ONLY HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT IS THE TIME TO TO DO THAT REPLACEMENT AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

I'M RECOMMENDING ADDING A NEW ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR WITH ALL OF THESE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING AND ALL THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY DOWN IN THE STATION, BUT PARTICULARLY OUR CIP, WE NEED A SECOND INSPECTOR AND A TRUCK AND THIS WOULD ONLY BE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AT 50%.

THE OTHER 50% WOULD BE BY THE UTILITY FUND.

SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUESTS, WE HAVE 14 POSITIONS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING.

SO YOU HAVE A REQUESTED DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE.

AS WE SHOWED IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAD ABOUT $3.6 MILLION IN OVERALL REQUESTS.

I'M RECOMMENDING ABOUT 2.58 MILLION.

WE DO HAVE THAT REVENUE OFFSET OF THE GRANT FUNDED ITEMS. SHOULD WE RECEIVE IT FOR A TOTAL NET REQUEST OF ABOUT 2.5, FOUR 5 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE.

AND THE FUNDS REMAINING THAT YOU SEE THERE, THIS IS AGAIN AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD KEEP OUR TAX RATE FLAT.

AND WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT.

BUT RECALL WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE EARLIER, WE STILL WILL NOT HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS ON OUR TAX CALCULATIONS FROM THE COUNTIES UNTIL NEXT WEEK. AND SO WE ARE GOING WITH A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN US PRELIMINARILY WITH OUR PRELIMINARY ROLES THEY HAD TO GIVE US ON JULY 25TH.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.

AGAIN, INCREDIBLY CONSERVATIVE WITH A FLAT TAX RATE.

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SO THERE IS A LINE THERE FOR THE 3% THAT WE WOULD BE DOING FOR OUR GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES.

SAME THING.

THE UTILITY RATE STUDY, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON COUNCIL, WE DID A STUDY BACK IN 2014, DID ANOTHER STUDY BACK IN 2019, AND IT IS GOING TO BE TIME AGAIN IN 2024 TO STUDY OUR UTILITY RATES AGAIN.

AND SO THAT IS THE COST OF THE STUDY AS REFLECTED HERE.

THEN AGAIN, AS I ALLUDED TO BEFORE, THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR WOULD BE PAID 25% FOR THEIR SALARY AND BENEFITS, ET CETERA, AND THE TRUCK FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THEN AGAIN ALSO FROM SEWER.

SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED AT THE BOTTOM.

A FORD F-250 REPLACEMENT, A FORD F 150 REPLACEMENT SORRY, F 550 AND AN F 150 REPLACING THOSE.

AND THEN WE ALSO NEED A PORTABLE MESSAGE BOARD MESSAGE BOARD REPLACEMENT THAT WE NEED WHEN WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT TOTAL THERE OF 0.5% WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTALS FOR A TOTAL OF $587,171. AND THEN FINALLY, I TALKED ABOUT THE REPLACEMENTS, AND THIS IS THE LIST OF WHAT THOSE ARE.

SO COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS, IT'S TIME AGAIN TO CYCLE, TO START THE CYCLE OF REPLACING A PORTION OF OUR COMPUTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR $81,965.

RECREATION HAS A FORD EXPLORER THAT IS UP TO BE REPLACED THROUGH THE ROOF.

AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR MOTOROLA VEHICLE AND HANDHELD RADIO REPLACEMENT.

IT'S ALREADY TIME TO START REPLACING THOSE.

I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY I NO, NO, WE'RE JUST GETTING OLD.

AND THEN TO CHEVY TAHOES FOR PATROL AND THEN THE CHIEF'S VEHICLE AND FORTUNATELY WAS RECENTLY TOTALED IN A HAILSTORM.

AND SO HE IS GOING TO BE GETTING A CHEVY TRAVERSE TO TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE INTERCEPTORS OR THE TAHOES.

SO A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE FOR HIM AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THOSE REPLACEMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS.

AND SO WITH THAT ANSWER, ANY QUESTIONS AND I GUESS WE NEED TO TAKE THE SYSTEM DOWN THE MIX OR ACTING UP.

WE FIRST.

I WAS AFRAID TO HIT A BUTTON.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SO, MR. PRESTENBERG, YOU WERE UP FIRST.

THE CHIEF DOESN'T WANT TO DRIVE A CAR THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOLF BALL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST MAKING SURE I THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.

HEY, SO ON THE SALARY, ANYTHING THAT'S SALARY RELATED, IS THAT OR COMP RELATED? ARE THOSE LOADED RATES OR IS THAT JUST PURE SALARY THAT'S ON HERE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE WHEN YOU'RE REQUESTING TWO OFFICERS FOR 207,000, IS THAT JUST SALARY OR IS THAT ANY SORT OF BENEFIT? IT'S EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.

OKAY. EVERYTHING. JUST ASKED AND THEN.

AND IT'S EVEN THINGS LIKE ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.

IT'S EVERYTHING. OKAY.

I WASN'T JUST SINGLING THEM OUT BUT JUST ALL THE LIBRARY? ABSOLUTELY. AND EVEN A FIREFIGHTER OR SAME THING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE GEAR.

I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE CONTEMPLATING EVERYTHING.

THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE ON DAY ONE.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD, THE F 550 REPLACEMENT FOR WATER.

JUST LOOKING AT BRAND NEW ONES, THEY'RE 50 TO $70,000.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RE RETROFITTING THIS THING WITH LIKE A HUGE WATER TANK OR WHAT.

IT HAS A PRETTY SIZABLE WATER TANK ON IT.

THE BACKUP DETAIL IN YOUR PACKET OUTLINES THE NUMBER OF NOZZLES AND HOSES AND TANKS ON THERE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A TRUCK, IT'S A TRUCK WITH A PRETTY SIZABLE WATER TANK ON IT WITH SOME HOSES AND JETS.

AND I'M LOOKING TO PUBLIC WORKS IF THEY WANT TO.

I BELIEVE IT'S A SEWER QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL THE IT'S THE VAC TRUCK.

IT'S THE WHAT? THE VAC TRUCK.

THE VACUUM TRUCK.

OH, OKAY. WELL, STILL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S VACUUMING, RIGHT? LIKE A PORTA POTTY TYPE THING, OR.

YEAH, YOU COULD SAY THAT. YEAH.

SEWER. BUT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE ATTACHMENT, YOU KNOW?

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IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.

MR. LINDSEY, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

LET'S SEE. I KNOW THIS WAS ONE THAT WASN'T RECOMMENDED ON THERE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE I'M REFERENCING IN THE IN THE PACKET THAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE UNDER THE BUDGET SITE.

SO EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE INFORMATION TO THE SAME.

THAT'S WHERE I FIRST READ IT THIS MORNING.

BUT LOOKING AT WI-FI IN THE PARKS AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A HUGE EXPENSE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE ENTERTAINING THIS YEAR, THOUGH.

BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY SUCH A WIDE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR HERITAGE PARK AT 44,000 AND SALMON AND SALMON AND SACHSE PARK AT 94,000, AND THAT WAS ON PAGE 279 THERE.

AND THIS IS A PUBLIC WI-FI.

YEAH. FOR THE PUBLIC DIFFERENCES IN THE COST, LANCE, BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PARKS, WHY THE WI-FI COSTS MORE IN CERTAIN PARKS AND NOT OTHERS? YEAH, IT WAS JUST. HERITAGE PARK SEEMS TO BE A MUCH BIGGER PARK AND IT'S ONLY I SAY ONLY THIS IS STILL RIDICULOUS.

PRICE BUT 44,000 COMPARED TO 94,000.

THE DENSITY OF THE ACCESS POINTS AND THE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS FOR BACKHAULS.

OKAY. THAT'S THE BULK OF THE DIFFERENCE.

SO WHILE YOU'RE HERE ON THERE, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DOING OUR OWN WIRELESS BACKHAULS I THINK WE ALREADY DO THAT.

I HAVE AND I JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A QUOTE FOR IT.

I JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE IT IN TIME FOR THIS.

OKAY, SO IT MIGHT COME IN MUCH CHEAPER THAN 232,000 EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHAT IF WE'RE? IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS IF WE JUST GET THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY JUST FOR TO CONTROL THE IRRIGATION AND POSSIBLY SECURITY CAMERAS? HOW MUCH ARE WE HAVING TO GO ABOVE WHAT THAT BUDGET IS IN ORDER TO OFFER THE PUBLIC WI-FI? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE CURIOUS HOW IT GOES ON, I GUESS PROBABLY THROUGH THE THROUGH THE YEAR.

AND DEFINITELY I KNOW WE NEED TO GET INTERNET OUT THERE FOR THE VARIOUS MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I DEFINITELY SEE IT BEING WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT AT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH ON THERE.

HOW MUCH DO WE TYPICALLY SPEND TO PROVIDE INTERNET FOR, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S SAY JUST LIKE THE ANIMAL SHELTER BUILDING, IS IT IN LINE WITH WHAT IT'S TAKEN TO COMMERCIAL? COMMERCIAL INTERNET ACCESS IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN WHAT YOU PAY FOR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL.

OH, YEAH. SUBSTANTIALLY MORE.

YEAH. BUT FOR LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER, LIKE A REMOTE, NOT THINKING.

I'M SURE OUR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT RIGHT HERE ON THIS CAMPUS.

BUT IF WE'RE SAYING WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET INTERNET TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER OR TO FIRE STATION TWO, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IT IN LINE WITH WHAT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET BASIC INTERNET SERVICE TO A PARK? I THINK WE CAN GET SOMETHING FROM SOMEBODY LIKE FRONTIER.

PROBABLY 7 OR 800 A MONTH BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH YOU WOULD UTILIZE OUT THERE.

BUT IT'S JUST A IT'S A MOVING TARGET UNTIL WE FIND OUT HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY USED.

OKAY. YEAH. JUST I MEAN, THE COST JUST SEEM, I KNOW COMMERCIAL IS OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THOUGH, BUT WE'RE TALKING AT THESE RATES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE PER WHOLE YEAR IN 232,000.

THAT'S LIKE 20 GRAND A MONTH JUST FOR THREE PARKS.

AND SO THAT WAS JUST SEEMED A LITTLE OUT OF THE BALLPARK.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T RECOMMENDED THIS YEAR.

FOR THIS YEAR. YES. SO WHAT WHAT WE DID IS, IS WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY WITH HERITAGE PARK AS WE'RE DOING ALL THE CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. AND WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

AND SO THE IDEA WAS WE KNEW THIS WAS AN INTEREST AND WE'VE HAD INTEREST IN DOING THIS.

AND IT'S WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT, BUT IT'S A NOT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS ON HOW WE COULD FUND IT AND JUST DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

SO WE COULD DO IT MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVELY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

I THINK THAT'S THE ALL FOR THE IT PART.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE EXPANDED PUMPKIN PROWL FALL EVENT, AND I SEE THE BREAKOUT UNDERNEATH HERE.

THIS IS STAGE ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

WOULD THIS BE TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALL FEST THAT'S CURRENTLY HELD IN THE CITY OR WOULD THIS IS THIS LOOKING LIKE JUST A COMPLETELY SEPARATE EVENT? THIS WOULD BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE EVENT.

IT'S BASICALLY TAKING OUR PUMPKIN PROWL EVENT AND EXPANDING IT AND MAKING IT A BIGGER EVENT THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

IT WAS PART OF THAT OPTION TWO PROPOSAL THAT WE DID THAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL RECENTLY, WHERE IT WAS ONE OF THE EVENTS LISTED.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DOING A BIGGER EXPANSION AND MAKING THAT A MUCH BIGGER EVENT THAN IT IS CURRENTLY.

[01:25:01]

THE CHAMBER EVENT THAT'S HELD AT HERITAGE PARK FOR FALL FEST AND AND PUMPKIN PROWL.

SO THAT'S WHAT GOT ME THINKING OF MAYBE THIS IS A COMBINED EVENT, BUT IN THAT CASE, THEY'RE HELD AROUND THE SAME TIME.

SO IS IT THE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ROOM FOR TWO EVENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WOULD THIS BE COMPETING WITH THAT EVENT OR IS IT TO SAY WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE AN EVENT ANYMORE IN OCTOBER? OH, I DON'T I DON'T IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT EVENT.

THIS IS REALLY KIND OF LISTING WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT EVENTS AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO EXPAND.

AND THERE'S BEEN TALK THAT THE PUMPKIN PROWL IS SO WELL ATTENDED AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE COULD DO WITH IT WITH THAT MORE HALLOWEEN THEME.

BUT IT WOULD BE IN THE FALL THAT THAT'S THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED IN OPTION TWO TO DO.

IT WOULD BE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE OTHER EVENT.

I WOULD JUST ADD, HISTORICALLY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A SEPARATE EVENT.

WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A SEPARATE EVENT THAT'S OCCURRED IN THE EVENING AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IN THE DAYTIME.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S, I'M SEEING A LOT OF THINGS WHERE THERE'S MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SHARING.

37,000 JUST FOR EVENT.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CHAMBER SPENDS ON THEIR EVENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, A WEEKEND OR TWO EARLIER IN THAT TIME FRAME AND THEN WE'RE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY ON IT AS WELL.

I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS TOO, AND IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHERE REALLY THEY FALL INTO THE BUDGET, THOUGH, BUT I DON'T SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, OVERTIME SERVICES.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR OVERTIME FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT OR POLICE FIRE TO BE ABLE TO HELP RUN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT? SO IS THAT WOULD THE COST BE EVEN MORE THAN THE 37,500 IN THERE TO THE TOTAL EXPENSE TO THE CITY? THIS WAS JUST AN ESTIMATE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY.

AND LANCE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT AND WHAT THE SERVICES THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND INTO.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE POLICE OVERTIME NECESSARILY WAS CONSIDERED WITH THIS.

I THINK THIS WAS REALLY MORE JUST STRAIGHT UP PROGRAMING.

YEAH, THIS IS STRAIGHT UP PROGRAMING, JUST ENHANCING WHAT WE HAVE, EXTENDING THE TIME THAT WE'RE OUT THERE, ADDING SOME OTHER PROGRAMING OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS OUT THERE AND JUST TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER, LIKE WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR MAJOR EVENTS.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE SMALLER OF OUR MAJOR EVENTS.

WE WANT TO KIND OF EXPAND ON IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

OKAY. WOULD YOU SEE IT BEING AS BIG AS FALL FEST WHERE WE NEED LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, STREET SHUT DOWN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE.

HUDSON IS IT TO THAT MAGNITUDE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SHUT DOWN WILFORD ROAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE'LL DEFINITELY NEED WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS AS WITH LAUREN IS HAVING SOMEWHERE TO PARK CARS JUST THE EVENT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AS IT IS SO YEAH I DEFINITELY THERE'S EVEN BEEN SOME THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING IT TO JK SACHSE PARK JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PARKING THERE.

SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF THROWING AROUND ALL SORTS OF IDEAS ON HOW THIS EVENT WOULD BE BEST DONE AND BEST PARKED AND ATTENDED AS AN ALL DAY KIND OF SITUATION.

OKAY. SO THE PARK HASN'T BEEN DECIDED BECAUSE I'VE READ NEW FALL FEST TYPE EVENT AT HERITAGE PARK, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS THE DECISION WAS TO GO TO HERITAGE.

SO OTHER PARKS ARE STILL POTENTIAL? ABSOLUTELY. YES, FOR SURE.

SOME OF THE POPULAR THINGS AT THE PUMPKIN PALACE IS THE HAUNTED HAYRIDE.

YOU CAN'T REPLICATE THAT REALLY ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO DO THAT ANYWHERE ELSE.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S OUTGROWN SALMAN PARK, BUT I LOOK AT IT AND THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE FOR THAT HAYRIDE AND KEEPING IT SMALL.

SO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT BIGGER AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN REALLY GO FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S A $37,000 EVENT WOULD BE AT THE BIG HERITAGE PARK. SO I JUST ALL IN ALL, I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON THAT ONE.

I THINK IT COULD BE COST SHARED.

I THINK THE CHAMBER COULD DO THESE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE DAYTIME AND THEN TRANSITION INTO THE EVENING EVENTS.

SO THAT'S JUST MY MY $0.02 ON THE ON IT OUT OF THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTALS, THE ONLY THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THERE THAT WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OPTICOM UPGRADE.

WE MIGHT BE PARTNERING WITH OTHER CITIES.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THIS BUDGET YEAR AND WOULD IT COME BACK TO US LATER, LIKE FOR AN AMENDMENT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CIP BECAUSE IT IS AN ASSET AND DAVID AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD RELATIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE APPROPRIATELY PUT THINGS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET VERSUS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

AND SO WE THINK THAT THAT'S A BETTER EXPENDITURE TO PUT IN THE CIP.

AND SO THAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE DO THE CIP BUDGET HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THAT BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

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THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

MR.. MILLSAP OKAY.

I THINK ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH, BUT I UNDER THE PUMPKIN PROWL.

I WAS JUST THINKING WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS THINKING WE WEREN'T BUYING JUST 37,000 MORE DOLLARS OF MINIATURE PUMPKINS.

NO, THAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH, THAT'S LIKE A PER CAPITA.

JUST A MATTER OF OBSERVATION.

OKAY. IN THE LEISURE SERVICES, THE FULL TIME RECREATION SPECIALIST IS $91,000.

THAT INCLUDES SALARY BENEFITS AND THE TOTAL.

OKAY. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GUIDELINE RIGHT THERE.

AND TO DO THAT, THEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OVER IN THE ENGINEERING FOR AN INSPECTOR AND A TRUCK IS $80,000, HALF OF IT TO ENGINEERING AND HALF OF IT OR A QUARTER OF IT IS TO WATER AND A QUARTER TO SEWER. SO I'D BE 40 AND 40.

SO I'D BE $160,000.

WHAT I'M THINKING IS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, JUST QUICK MATH TYPE THING.

THAT'S ABOUT $160,000 FOR A EMPLOYEE AND A VEHICLE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT'S ABOUT A $60,000 VEHICLE.

IF THE SALARY IS COMPARABLE TO THE LEISURE PERSON.

AND THEN YOU WE LOOK AT A VEHICLE FOR THE.

DIVISION FIRE CHIEF IS 71,000.

HERE'S A $71,000 VEHICLE FOR A DIVISION FIRE CHIEF.

A $60,000 VEHICLE FOR AN INSPECTOR AND A POLICE CHIEF IS ONLY GETTING A $37,000 CAR TO RIDE AROUND IN.

THAT'S ALL HE WANTED.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALMOST DEGRADING.

I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.

I WAS JUST THINKING THAT ON THE SURFACE, I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT ON THE SURFACE, IT JUST REALLY DOESN'T MAKE GOOD, GOOD, COMPARABLE SENSE.

MS. BUHLER? I HAVE ANOTHER PARKS QUESTION.

SO ON THE PIP, THE POOR IN PLACE FIREFIGHTERS PARK, I KNOW THAT WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT WAS NOT APPROVED.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE NEWLY FORMED MDD, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BEEN OUR SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR PARKS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM IN THE BUDGET.

BUT AND I NEED TO GO TO AN MDD THE NEXT MEETING TO SEE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

BUT WITH SO MUCH MONEY GOING TOWARDS THE NEXT PHASES OF JC SACHSE PARK, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR? YOU KNOW, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, REPAIRS OF OUR PARKS LIKE.

LIKE WE DO OUR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

WHERE ARE WE PLANNING AND SAVING FOR, FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO OUR AGING PARKS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, LANCE AND I AND LAUREN HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SUMMER IS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE PHASES OF SACHSE PARK, WHICH WE HOPE TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 6 YEARS, THAT A PORTION OF THE MDD FUNDS AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A TOPIC THAT NEEDS TO BE THE BOARD NEEDS TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IS DOING A SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS FOR PARKS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU WILL GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE NOT BUILDING ANY NEW PARKS AND YOU'RE NOT DOING ANY EXPANSIONS.

AND SO WHAT YOU DO WOULD DO WITH THOSE MDD FUNDS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH OR DOING WITH THE VERF IS YOU'RE USING THOSE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT BREAKS OR A BIG PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT BREAKS.

IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN THROW IN YOUR YOUR OPERATING BUDGET THERE BIG COSTS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, START SETTING ASIDE SOME MONEY NOW WITHIN THE MDD AND ULTIMATELY START TO BUILD THAT WITH A PLAN FOR WHEN THINGS BREAK OR IT'S JUST TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OPERATIONAL ANYMORE OR FUNCTIONAL ANYMORE THAT YOU'LL HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE MDT BOARD AS A RECOMMENDATION TO START SETTING ASIDE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE KINDS OF REPLACEMENTS MOVING FORWARD. I JUST THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE US NOT START PLANNING FOR IT AND BE SIX YEARS OUT AFTER JK IS FUNDED TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THESE, BECAUSE THESE ARE BIG TICKET ITEMS. THIS IS $200,000 AND MDD MONEY IS NOT THAT PLENTIFUL AT THIS POINT.

WE WOULD LOVE IT TO GROW, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE PLANNING TO FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT.

AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WE'RE DUE FOR A LARGER PLANNING PROCESS RELATIVE TO OUR PARKS.

THIS WASN'T THE YEAR TO DO THAT, BUT WE ARE EXITING THAT GROWTH MODE AND SHIFTING OVER INTO MAINTENANCE.

AND NOW WE WANT TO START LOOKING AT LONG TERM STRATEGIES WITH OUR PARKS AND OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES AND THE TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT WE OFFER.

[01:35:02]

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

YEAH. ON THAT COMMENT, LANCE DIDN'T SAY.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS CONFERENCE DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PARKS AND THE MDD YOU LOOK AT HERITAGE PARK, THAT EQUIPMENT'S OVER 20 YEARS OLD, IT'S BEEN REPAIRED TO DEATH AND IT'S GETTING TO A POINT WHERE SOME OF THE THINGS AREN'T REPAIRABLE ANYMORE.

YOU SWITCH GEARS TO THE NEW PARK.

JK SACHSE LANCE HAD A BUDGET IN HIS HEAD FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND IT WAS EASILY OVER DOUBLE.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE REPLACEMENT, IT'S THE COST OF ADDING NEW SERVICES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, TOO, WITH THE RESIDENTS SURVEY AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED RELATIVE TO THE TYPES OF QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE DESIRE TO SEE MORE.

SO I THINK AGAIN, MORE TO COME.

I WOULD JUST NOTE AS A REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL THAT AS MISS BUHLER AND MR. LINDSEY POINTED OUT, THERE ARE SOME SUPPLEMENTALS THAT WEREN'T RECOMMENDED FOR GOING FORWARD.

HOWEVER, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH MS. NASH ABOUT, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT.

SO YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU MIGHT SEE IT AFTER ALL.

OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO MS. NASH. YOU'RE ON. SO I'M GOING TO LET DAVID BRING IT ON HOME IN HIS SUMMARY SLIDES HERE MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.

GOT TO MOVE OUT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF.

SO THIS LIST PREVIOUSLY, WHEN I WAS UP HERE ADVANCING SLIDES FOR GINA, WE WERE SHOWING THE BASE BUDGET.

WE'RE SHOWING THAT THERE WERE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

THEN WE SHOWED YOU THE SUPPLEMENTALS.

AND SO THIS IS THE THE BUDGET WITH THE SUPPLEMENTALS INCLUDED.

IT DOES EXCLUDE THE $7.1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN APPLES AND ORANGES BETWEEN YEARS AND IT EXCLUDES THE $4 MILLION TRANSFER IN THE UTILITY FUND.

SO THAT'S THAT'S STILL IN THE BUDGET.

ALL'S WELL BUT JUST SHOWING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THOSE ITEMS, THEN YOU STILL HAVE REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES IN THE BUDGET YEAR IN EACH OF THESE VARIOUS FUNDS.

THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, SO I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT I DO AGAIN WANT TO DRAW OUT THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET AGAIN WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 15TH.

IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON THE 21ST, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE DATE WHEN WE'LL ASK COUNCIL TO SET THE MAXIMUM RATE TO CONSIDER FOR PROPERTY TAX FURTHER DOWN THE LINE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH DUE TO MY MISTYPING, IT SAYS SET RATE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION THAT SHOULD BE SET DATE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO TWO THINGS GOING ON THERE.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT ONE LETTER DIFFERENCE.

RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WE'LL BE BACK.

THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE.

AND AS WAS MENTIONED, ON AUGUST 29TH IS THE SCHEDULED BUDGET TOWN HALL.

SO WITH THAT, HOW'S THAT FOR A SUMMARY? ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN.

THIS DOES CONCLUDE STAFF'S PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO ENTERTAIN THEM.

SEEING NONE. I WILL JUST SAY THIS.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND MR. BALDWIN AND MS. NASH AND MS. ROSE DID A GREAT JOB IN OUTLINING THE SCHEDULE WE HAVE AND PLENTY OF TIME FOR INPUT FOR NOT ONLY COUNCIL BUT OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE STAFF PERSON.

AND I WILL SAY THIS STAFF DID A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AS MR. PRESTENBERG ALLUDED TO IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE'VE HAD SOME PRESSURES OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL THAT WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST FOR.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IN TALKING TO OTHER MAYORS OF OTHER CITIES, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.

I HAVE HEARD STORIES THAT LET'S JUST PUT IT THIS WAY.

I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THEIR SHOES IN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

AND WHILE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS ULTIMATELY PLAYS OUT AND IS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED.

SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT.

MS. GRANGER, THE TIME? 7:40 P.M.

WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 7:40 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.