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ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYONE TO OUR THERE GO I'M ON SPEAKER NOW.
[Budget Town Hall on August 29th, 2023]
SO WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EVER TOWN HALL BUDGET MEETING THAT I KNOW OF ANYWAY, THAT I CAN REMEMBER.I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT, BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL STAFF WHO HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER, BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THEM.
AND SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS VENUE.
SO WE DO HAVE PARTICIPATION THERE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BASIC CITY BUDGETING 101, IF YOU WILL.
SO THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS REVENUES.
WHERE DO I SEE REVENUES COME FROM? SO YOU SEE TWO THINGS HERE.
YOU SEE A GOOD OLD FASHIONED PIE CHART AND THEN YOU HAVE A CHART ON THE RIGHT AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY, ALMOST HALF OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM PROPERTY TAX.
IN THIS CASE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER ALMOST $26 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING ELSE IS CALLED CHARGES FOR SERVICES.
AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY LINE OUT OF THERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE SALES TAX, OUR LICENSING PERMIT FEES.
FRANCHISE FEES WHICH WOULD BE VERIZON, ATMOS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IS INVESTMENT INCOME.
WE DO GET QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FROM THAT AND THAT'S JUST WHAT IT SAYS.
THE INVESTMENTS WE DO MAKE AS THE INCOME WE GET OFF OF THAT INTEREST MAINLY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE TOTAL OF JUST OVER $57 MILLION FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT.
NOW, AS FAR AS BREAKING DOWN THE ACTUAL PROPERTY TAX, THEY'RE AT THE TOP.
YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THIS YEAR IS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR IS 0.650416.
AND ON THE DALLAS COUNTY SIDE, AN THE COLLIN COUNTY SIDE, WE DID DECIDE TO BREAK THAT DOWN.
SOME OF YOU MAY LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY, SOME MAY LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHICH COUNTY YOU LIVE IN.
SO WE'LL TAKE DALLAS COUNTY FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PROBABLY MOST OF US LIVE.
IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY, YOU ALSO HELP FUND PARKLAND HOSPITAL .235.
AND THEN GARLAND ISD ON THE DALLAS COUNTY SIDE 1.17.
SO YOU GET YOUR TOTAL OF $2.30 AND CHANGE PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY.
NOW IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY, SIMILAR NOT QUITE AS MANY TAXING ENTITIES AS DALLAS COUNTY, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE CITY OF SACHSE, YOU HAVE COLLIN COUNTY, COLLIN COLLEGE, WHICH IS MUCH LIKE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND WYLIE ISD, MUCH LIKE GARLAND ISD, THAT PUBLIC THEIR PROPERTY THEIR TAX RATE 1.39.
I DO GIVE MY COHORTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A HARD TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE WAY MORE THAN WE ARE.
[LAUGHTER] SO NOT THROWING THEM UNDER THE BUS, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE CALL THAT [INAUDIBLE] LINGO, IF YOU WILL, AND INTERESTING AND SINKING OR I&S.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK IT MIGHT BE.
IT WOULD BE MONEY THAT WE USE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY, OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS PRETTY MUCH, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, IF YOU WANT YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH, IF YOU WANT THE POLICE TO COME SEE YOU HOPEFULLY DON'T WANT THAT.
IF YOU WANT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME HELP YOU HELPS PAY FOR THAT.
ON THE INTEREST AND SINKING SIDE THINK OF IT AS A PERSONAL MORTGAGE.
YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO GET A HOUSE.
AND SO IT'S THE SAME RESPECT THERE IN THE SENSE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OBLIGATIONS FOR INTEREST AND SINKING ON THINGS THAT WE DO BORROW MONEY FOR, LIKE TO BUILD A NEW ROAD. SO THAT IS WHAT THAT GOES TOWARD ALMOST $0.20, 19.24.
SALES TAX. SO SOMETIMES THIS GETS CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE THIS.
SELLS TAX LIKE YOU CAN IMAGINE IS DIFFERENT THAN PROPERTY TAX.
WE WANT TO GIVE A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU SEE IN SACHSE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE.
THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT YOU PAY IN SALES TAX, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS IS 8.25%.
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NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BIG DARK BLUE CHUNK, SIX AND A QUARTER.NOW, REMEMBER, THE TOTAL SALES TAX RATE IS EIGHT AND A QUARTER.
SO SIX AND A QUARTER GOES TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE NEVER SEE A DIME OR A PENNY OF THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU PAY SALES TAX.
JUST REMEMBER ONLY IN ESSENCE, NOT IN ESSENCE, BUT ONLY 2% OF THAT SALES TAX IS GOING TO SACHSE.
AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN WHICH NOT EVERY CITY HAS.
SO WE HAVE THREE OTHER FUNDS THAT SELL SNACKS, GOES TO HELP FUND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS EDC OUR STREET MAINTENANCE TAX 0.25 AND OUR MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 0.25.
SO JUST TO BREAK THOSE DOWN JUST FOR A MOMENT, BREAK THAT DOWN JUST FOR A MOMENT.
STREET MAINTENANCE WAS A TAX THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS MANY YEARS AGO.
NOW 0.25% HELPS MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT STREETS AND ALLEYS.
AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OR EDD IS A FAIRLY NEW, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, TAX.
AGAIN, HELP MAINLY FUND OUR PARKS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD.
WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD THAT HELPS DECIDE WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR.
NOW, AGAIN, DIFFERENT FROM PROPERTY TAX.
OKAY. SO WE TALKED ABOUT REVENUES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT EXPENDITURES.
SO WHAT DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON? SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE A NICE PIE CHART HERE.
AND ONE OF THE KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN FOR YOU.
AND SO THE MAIN THING YOU SEE THERE IS CAPITAL.
SO WHAT DOES CAPITAL MEAN? THAT'S $30 MILLION OF THE $76 MILLION THAT YOU SEE.
SO CAPITAL IS REALLY WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF.
IT'S RELATED TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE OUR TRUCKS, OUR VEHICLES, OUR ROADS, THINGS WE SPEND MONEY ON FOR CAPITAL PURPOSES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING A NEW VAC TRUCK THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT. SO ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON FOR FOR WHETHER IT'S VEHICLES, ROADWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY.
NOW, YOU DO SEE SOME OTHER THINGS ON THERE.
YOU SEE MOST OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY THERE IS FOR EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THAT MONEY GOES TOWARD.
AND SO THERE'S ALSO A PERSONNEL COMPONENT OF THIS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA FROM A PERSONNEL STANDPOINT, 57% OF OUR PERSONNEL COSTS GO TO GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN 28% OF IT GOES CITYWIDE. WE DO HAVE A GENERAL FUND AND A UTILITY FUND.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.
AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE AGAIN.
WHEN WE DO BORROW MONEY, WE DO HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON THAT.
SO THAT GOES TOWARD PAYING THAT DEBT SERVICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK.
SO I WOULD NOTE THIS IS LAST YEAR WE HAD AUDITED, SO THAT'S YEAR 21, 22.
SO IT'S NOT THE CURRENT NUMBERS, BUT IT'S THE CURRENT NUMBERS WE HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN AUDITED.
SO YOU SEE THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM, THE 0.16 PER RESIDENT PER DAY.
THAT'S WHAT THAT GOES TOWARD IN THIS CASE, LEISURE SERVICES.
SO LEISURE SERVICES IS MADE UP OF THE SENIOR CENTER LIBRARY.
AND ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE PARKS.
BUT YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
SO ON THE SENIOR ACTIVITY SIDE, OVER 3000 MEALS SERVED A YEAR, 1300 ACTIVITIES.
TYPICALLY WE HAVE OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS EVERY WEEK.
AND SO IT'S JUST A GREAT ASSET THAT WE HAVE.
AND YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GREAT AT WORK TO HELP MAKE THAT A GREAT LIBRARY.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WE HAVE OVER 35,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS OVER THERE.
AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR DOWNLOAD OUR EBOOKS OVER 73,000, 850,000 DIGITAL EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS, MOVIES, DVDS.
YES, WE STILL HAVE DVDS OVER THERE.
NOW, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL LIKE FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, WE CAN SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT MONEY? WE HAVE 197 PROGRAMS OFFERED DURING FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, 197.
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AGAIN, I THINK FOR A LIBRARY OF OUR SIZE THAT'S AMAZING.SO IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT.
MONEY FROM A PARKS AND RECREATION STANDPOINT.
WE HAVE SAID WE HAVE 197 PROGRAMS WITH THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE OVER 300 PROGRAMS WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO SACHSE, I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY WE HAD [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS. WE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE YEARS GROWING THAT PROGRAM.
2000 CLASS PARTICIPANTS, WE HAVE 11 SPECIAL EVENTS PER YEAR, OVER 15,000 PARTICIPANTS AND 231 INDOOR FACILITY RESERVATIONS IN 21-22. IT'S JUST WE HAVE 13 PARKS IN 30 PLUS ACRES, 72 PAVILION RESERVATIONS.
WE DO HAVE PAVILIONS THAT YOU CAN RESERVE TO USE.
THAT'S OUR NEWEST PARK PARK AND OUR SPLASH PAD.
AND OUR SPLASH PAD IS VERY, VERY POPULAR.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT PERSONALLY.
AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY A CROWN JEWEL OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.
PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TOP NOTCH.
WE HAVE A FULL SERVICE ACCREDITED POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER 10,000 HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY.
THAT IS A LOT TO COVER IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
AND WE DO IT FLAWLESSLY AND WE HAVE OVER 9100 RESPONSES TO 911 CALLS AND AGAIN IN 21-22.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WE HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM, WE PARTNERED WITH BOTH GISD AND WYLIE ISD ON THE GARLAND ISD SIDE, WE HAVE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
ANIMAL SERVICES, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU DID.
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR NEW ANIMAL SHELTER THAT'S COMING UP.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2024.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARD SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
THE OTHER SIDE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, A TOP NOTCH FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD OVER 3000 RESPONDED CALLS IN 21-22.
OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT WORKS 24 SEVEN.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF.
JOB 56 COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WERE ATTENDED IN 21-22.
AND SO IT'S JUST A VERY AMAZING DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE FUNDS HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
AND SO WE HAVE 184 LANE MILES, 140 MILES OF SIDEWALK.
IT COSTS ABOUT $75 TO FILL ONE POTHOLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT $1,100 TO REPLACE A SIDEWALK PANEL.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE UTILITIES, BY THE WAY.
THAT'S NOT THE PLAN, BY THE WAY DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
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AND I LIKE THIS GRAPHIC BECAUSE IT KIND OF PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE.ALL THE THINGS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, HOW YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE AT WORK.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, PROBABLY NO BIG SURPRISE.
YOU SEE 53% OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS GOING TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY, 16% TOWARD THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PERSONNEL, OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
MUNICIPAL COURT, 13% FOR PUBLIC WORKS, 12% FOR OUR LEISURE SERVICES, WHICH AGAIN IS PARKS, OUR LIBRARY, OUR SENIOR CENTER AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SURPRISE THAT IT'S OVER HALF OF OUR PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS GO TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED WITH THAT, AS YOU SAW.
SO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS SEPTEMBER 5TH.
THAT'S A TUESDAY. WE NORMALLY MEET ON MONDAY, BUT WITH LABOR DAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, SEPTEMBER 18TH, THAT IS A MONTH.
AND I SAY GO WELL, IN THE SENSE THAT WE WILL ADOPT A BUDGET AND WE WILL ADOPT A TAX RATE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE IT IS.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS. SO WHAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO DO, WE DO HAVE A MICROPHONE UP FRONT HERE.
OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT MIC ON FOR YOU AND.
YOU GO BACK TO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTY TAXES? IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT TAXES FOR THE COUNTIES.
WHAT'S THAT THIRD ITEM? DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT QUESTION. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS IS AN ENTITY, A TAXABLE ENTITY THAT HELPS SUPPORT ACTUALLY DALLAS ISD.
SO THIS IS THAT IS NO LONGER IN PLAY.
BUT THIS IS A TAX THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT SUPPORTS DALLAS SCHOOLS.
TAX FOR AN ENTITY THAT HAS BEEN DISSOLVED.
THEIR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.
I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT AT MY AGE, IF THEY'RE NOT ASKED QUICKLY THEY DON'T GET ASKED, CAN WE GO? OH, MY GOSH. YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.
WELL, COME ON BACK BUTCH IF WE THINK ABOUT IT.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE RUNNING A SURPLUS OR DEFICIT.
I COULDN'T GET THAT FROM THIS CHARTS.
AND ALSO, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE HOSPITAL ON THE BUDGET IF WE ARE SEEING ANY TRENDS IN EITHER DIRECTION? OKAY. SO YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT SURPLUS OR DEFICIT, IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? YEAH. SO WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET SO WE DON'T HAVE EITHER IN THAT REGARD.
I LIKE TO JOKINGLY SAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS THAT LUXURY, BUT WE DO NOT.
SO BY OUR CHARTER, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE HOSPITAL? HOSPITAL, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN LINE ITEMS HERE.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET? I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO TRINITY.
YEAH, THERE'S NO IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET.
THEY'RE NOT A TAXING ENTITY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET PER SE.
HI, MY NAME IS TIFFANY VELASQUEZ.
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I AM A MOTHER.I HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO SEWELL.
I ALSO TEACH YOGA RIGHT OVER HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD OPEN UP A POSITION FOR AN ADDITIONAL CROSS GUARD RIGHT IN FRONT OF SEWELL AT THE MILES ROAD. THERE'S ONE THAT'S THERE.
AND THAT INTERSECTION IS SO BIG AND IT'S SO DANGEROUS.
JUST PERSONALLY, I WAS WALKING MY KIDS, AND I MEAN, THERE WAS A CAR THAT ALMOST HIT US.
NOTHING WAS ABLE TO COME FROM THAT.
BUT EVEN TODAY, THE CROSSWALK, THE CROSS GUARD WAS ON ONE SECTION HELPING KIDS CROSS.
AND THEN THERE'S KIDS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IT'S REALLY A BAD SITUATION.
AND I KNOW THE FIRST DAY IN DALLAS ISD, A KID GOT RAN OVER AND DIED AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN UP ANOTHER POSITION FOR TWO CROSS GUARDS THERE.
YEAH, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE JUST HAD AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR MORE CROSSING GUARDS.
I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO GET THAT POSITION FILLED.
BUT YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERSECTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE A CROSSING GUARD AT THE LIGHT.
SO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS.
IS THAT. NO. RIGHT THERE ON MY RIGHT, RIGHT IN FRONT OF HUDSON CROSSING.
MAYBE HAVE ONE ON EACH SIDE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
GOTCHA. OKAY. I THINK ONE COULD.
YEAH. AND I WILL TELL YOU FROM A BEST PRACTICES STANDPOINT, WHEN WE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT SACHSE, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, YOU DO SEE THAT IN VERY BUSY INTERSECTIONS AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE ON EACH SIDE FOR THAT VERY REASON.
PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CROSSING GUARDS, IT SEEMS LIKE.
BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
LOOK ON THE JOBS THAT ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
AND THERE'S NOT ONE FOR A CROSSING GUARD RIGHT NOW.
I WAS THINKING THERE WAS. I MIGHT BE DREAMING ABOUT THAT, BUT.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVE A PART IN THE ONLINE QUESTIONS OR NO.
OKAY. I THOUGHT THOSE WOULD BE THE FUN ONES.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS YOU COULD SEE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE BUDGET AND I'LL LET ME PUT THIS ONE BACK UP HERE. LET'S SEE.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD SLIDE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR PERSONAL BUDGET.
BUT AT ITS CORE, IT IS ABOUT WHAT WE BRING IN IN REVENUES AND WHAT WE USE ON EXPENDITURES.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, LIKE I SAID.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE HAVE A CHARTER, AS MOST MUNICIPALITIES DO, THAT REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, BECAUSE I THINK THAT TAKES ANYTHING, ANY KIND OF PHILOSOPHY OR THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT OUT OF THE PICTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REVENUES TO PAY FOR IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHECK AND BALANCE ON WHAT WE DO.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT WITH SACHSE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF CITY DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN? AND IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT HERE ALREADY, THEN IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT QUESTION IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU LIKE SACHSE THE WAY IT IS? DO YOU WANT IT TO KEEP GROWING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE? AND YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CROSSING GUARD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DO A TOWN HALL MEETING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS GET A QUESTION LIKE THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE IT DOES TEND TO GET TECHNICAL SOMETIMES, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF INPUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND WHETHER IT'S THE BIG TICKET ITEMS LIKE BUYING A FIRE TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHILE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU DID MENTION THE FATALITY, WE I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS FRISCO, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE CITIES.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT WE NEVER, EVER, EVER WANT TO SEE HERE.
AND IT'S IDEAS LIKE THAT THAT CAN HELP PREVENT THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO OUR BUDGET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHILE IT LOOKS COMPLICATED, IT'S WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY. SO. QUESTIONS ONLINE.
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NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
IF THERE'S I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MR. KEMPER, IF YOU THINK OF IT, WHEN WE'RE DONE, YOU CAN COME FIND ME.
OKAY. THINK YOU'LL COME BACK? [LAUGHTER] I'M PRETTY SURE. SO I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK.
IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG ALL SEVEN OF US.
AND LIKE WITH ANY GROUP OF SEVEN, WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME OPINION ABOUT THINGS.
AND WHILE THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY HEALTHY, I THINK IN AN OVERALL STANDPOINT, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND COME TO A COMPROMISE, IF YOU WILL, TO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS QUESTION IS FROM MISS LINDA.
AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS THERE A TWO YEAR WAIT AND THERE ARE STILL NO SIDEWALK REPAIRS OR ARE WE NOT BUDGETING ENOUGH FOR SIDEWALKS? OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD A TWO YEAR WAIT FOR A SIDEWALK.
THAT IS WHAT SHE STATED. OKAY. YEAH.
IT'S REALLY A BUDGETARY ITEM AS FAR AS REVENUE.
SO IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT A COUNCIL MEETING AND SO COVID DID A LOT OF WONDERS ON EVERYTHING, AND IT USED TO BE POST COVID.
IMMEDIATELY EVERYTHING WAS BACKED UP, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE COST OF CONCRETE HAS GONE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MATTER OF FACT, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUYING OUR CONCRETE IN BULK AND THAT WILL HELP THE WAIT PERIOD IS BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCRETE REPAIRS AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THEM THE BEST WE CAN.
GREAT QUESTION. I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE ONLINE RIGHT SO FAR.
YES. SO, MR. EMMANUEL, HE IS COMMENTING ABOUT THE 7TH STREET AND HE IS WONDERING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR THAT STREET VERSUS PUTTING A PATCH ON IT? OKAY. I CERTAINLY COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
IT'S DEFINITELY PART OF OUR CIP PROGRAM OR IT WOULD BE PART OF OUR CIP PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND WE WILL GET YOU THAT ANSWER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD REPAIRS AND THINGS.
THE WALL, THE BRICK WALL ON HUDSON CROSSING.
THAT WALL IS FALLING APART AND IT'S BEEN FALLING APART.
I KNOW PERSONALLY IN MY HOUSE, WE'VE LIKE, WE'VE CONCRETE PATCHED IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALL THAT.
SO JUST SINCE WE'RE MENTIONING IT, I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT ALSO.
YEAH, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ACCUSE HER OF THROWING A SOFTBALL HERE.
SO GOOD NEWS AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DID APPROVE FUNDING TO REPAIR THAT WALL.
WHAT'S THAT? I'M SORRY. YEAH. THANK YOU.
STILL, THE R-WORD REPLACE THAT WALL BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT SO MUCH REPAIR.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S SUBCONSCIOUSLY IN MY MIND.
AND SO THAT'S A VERY TIMELY QUESTION.
SO YEAH, AND I JUST WOULD SAY TO TO THAT POINT IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A SIDEWALK REPAIR, THE ALLEY REPAIR 7TH STREET, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, WE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INTERACT WITH THE CITY EVERY DAY IS THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, AND SOME ARE WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE.
BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU FROM EVERYTHING FROM OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM TO TYPICAL LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, IT IS ALWAYS TOP OF OUR MIND, HEY, HOW CAN WE DO THIS? AND YOU SAW A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO WE DEFINITELY KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE.
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IRE IS THAT THEIR ROAD IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BE.SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE AWARE OF.
WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO BE BETTER AT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE JUST TO WAIT FOR QUESTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AGAIN, OUR GREAT STAFF, OUR COUNCIL.
ARE YOU COMING UP? OH, MY BAD.
MY BAD. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE LEAVING.
SORRY. MY NAME IS ADDIS GANTE.
SACHSE RESIDENT 4810 LEE HUTSON LANE.
AND MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY NETWORK OR SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ACCESSIBILITY OR REPRESENTATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY OR SUPPORT GROUPS? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SACHSE FOR SINCE 2001, AND I GOT INJURED IN 2008.
AND SINCE THEN I'VE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE MY CITY TO FIND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AND COMMUNITIES TO LIKE EMPOWER EACH OTHER.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS HAS THERE EVER BEEN A THOUGHT OF ORGANIZING A OR HAVING A CITY ACCESSIBILITY COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I WILL TELL YOU IN A NONSPECIFIC SENSE, A LOT OF TIMES PRIVATE GROUPS, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR QUESTION, DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THAT THAN GOVERNMENT DOES.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE MYSELF.
IT'S ACTUALLY BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT MUCH LIKE THE OTHER QUESTION.
WE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE'S WHETHER OTHER CITIES HANDLE THAT OR IF IT'S COME UP IN THOSE OTHER CITIES, IF THEY DON'T ADDRESS IT THEIRSELVES, WHAT MEANS DO THEY USE THERE? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. MIKE KEEPS GOING OUT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE YOU WORK, AMANDA.
THERE YOU GO. SO, AS I WAS SAYING, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
I THINK THE REASON I HOPE THAT THE REASON IS YOU LIVE IN SACHSE IS BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST COMMUNITY OUT THERE.
I THINK WE DO A LOT OF THINGS GREAT, BUT ONE REASON I WANTED TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING WAS JUST, AGAIN, GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT THE ISSUES ARE OUT THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S YOU DON'T WANT TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU MIGHT FEEL INTIMIDATED.
AND WAY BACK WHEN I USED TO FEEL THAT WAY MYSELF.
SO AND HAVING SAID THAT, ONCE WE CONCLUDE THE MEETING, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BUDGET EMAIL THAT I MENTIONED AND MATTER OF FACT, I'LL PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP THERE REAL QUICK.
AND SO JUST AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP THE SCHEDULE WE HAVE COMING UP.
SO LET ME JUST RE-EMPHASIZE THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU COME TO A MEETING LIKE THIS, YOU THINK OF A QUESTION AFTER THE FACT.
AND WE WILL APPROVE A BUDGET AND A TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
LIKE I SAID, WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP A FAQ FOR THIS FOLLOWING THE TOWN HALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR BUDGET ON OUR WEBSITE.
CITYOFSACHSE.COM/BUDGET AND THEN THAT BUDGET EMAIL.
THE QUESTIONS FOR BUDGET IS BUDGET@CITYOFSACHSE.COM.
WE ARE RIGHT THERE ON THE WEBSITE.
WE ALL HAVE EMAILS, WE ALL HAVE CITY ISSUED PHONE NUMBERS.
SO IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A GREAT COUNCIL AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AMONG OURSELVES TOGETHER, COLLECTIVELY, INDIVIDUALLY AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT, IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL HERE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SACHSE AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY THAN IT IS TODAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF.
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AND I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME.NO. OKAY, SO THAT'LL BE A WRAP.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, JUST COME SEE US.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE DONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.