Feb 19, 2024 City Council

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

[A. Meeting Opening]

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TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024.

THE TIME MRS. GRANGER? 6:30 P.M..

THE TIME IS 6:30 P.M..

WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO.

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I WILL LEAD THE INVOCATION AND THEN WE WILL DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AFTER THAT, IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORD, FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER IN YOUR NAME TONIGHT.

LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR GREAT CITY.

LORD, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO OUR CITY.

LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY.

BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING TONIGHT.

LORD, WE SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LORD THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BRING THEM HOME SAFELY TONIGHT.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. WE HAVE A SPECIAL HONOR TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR COLORS AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY [INAUDIBLE] ARROW OF LIGHT DEN CUBS CUB SCOUT PACK 243.

GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.

SCOUTS ATTENTION.

SCOUTS ADVANCE.

SCOUTS HALT. SCOUTS POST THE COLORS.

SCOUTS FALL OUT.

OUR SENIOR PATROL LEADER, LUKE WELCH, IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SCOUT SALUTE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .

SCOUT SALUTE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE FOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

OKAY. EVERYONE MAY BE SEATED.

AND IF I CAN HAVE THE SCOUTS COME BACK DOWN TO THE FRONT.

HOPE THEY WON'T BREAK THIS THING.

WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF LEADING OUR PLEDGES OF THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAGS.

SO WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT.

AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HONORABLE SERVICE IN THE SCOUTS.

AND WE WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK GOING FORWARD IN YOUR SCOUTS CAREER, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO WITH THAT, I HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR YOU.

TO RECOGNIZE THE THE LEADING OF THE PLEDGES OF THE AMERICAN TEXAS FLAG.

I PRESENT EACH ONE OF YOU WITH A MAYOR'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COIN FOR WHAT YOU DO, NOT ONLY TONIGHT, BUT WHAT YOU DO FOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO LET'S SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

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BUT I DID WANT TO THANK MR. BROOKS, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND, OUR OLDER CHILDREN ARE PART OF THE MUSTANG BAND, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

BUT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I FELT LIKE IT'D BE AN HONOR TO BE LED, FOR THE CUB SCOUT PACK, TO LEAD THE HONOR, TO LEAD THE PLEDGES OF BOTH THE AMERICAN AND TEXAS FLAG.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN VERY MUCH.

AND MISS ESTHER RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO TAKE OUR PICTURE [APPLAUSE].

AGAIN THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.

NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM B PUBLIC COMMENT.

[B. Public Comment]

COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.

I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR MR. MARTY HOLBROOK.

DO ALL Y'ALL KNOW RULE NUMBER SEVEN? BECAUSE SOME OF Y'ALL DON'T LIKE IT WHEN Y'ALL GET LUMPED INTO THE DEADWOOD ALL TOGETHER.

RULE NUMBER SEVEN.

YOU MAY HELP IF Y'ALL KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU GET UPSET.

AND IT HELPS A WHOLE LOT BETTER WITH HIGH RIDGE ALLEY.

LO AND BEHOLD, THERE ARE SPEED BUMPS ON HIGH RIDGE ALLEY, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEBODY COME UP HERE AND CALL ME A LIAR, IT MAY HELP A WHOLE LOT BETTER IF YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU PUT LINES ON A MAP THAT SHOW YOU'RE FIXING THE WHOLE CITY, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LIMITS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SO IT MIGHT HELP.

HIGH RIDGE ALLEY HAS SPEED BUMPS, AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST TAXES IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND THE TWO TOGETHER KIND OF EXPLAIN EACH OTHER.

IT MIGHT HELP IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] I DID HAVE A SPEAKERS CARD FOR ANTHONY BRENKUS.

IS HE HERE TONIGHT? DID NOT SEE HIM. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME ON EITHER AN ITEM ON CONSENT OR NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C, COUNCIL STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES.

[C. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]

ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, IN CASE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO MINE.

OH, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

THANKS, MAYOR. PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OVER AT MICHAEL J.

FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER IS HAVING A GLOW IN THE DARK DODGEBALL NIGHT.

WE HAD A DODGEBALL NIGHT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND THAT WASN'T DANGEROUS ENOUGH, SO WE DECIDED TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND ADD GLOW IN THE DARK DODGEBALL.

IT'S ON MARCH 1ST, AND IT'S AT 7:30.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT AND WANT TO GO, I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

IT IS FOR AGES 16 AND UP BECAUSE WE'RE TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS FOR SOME REASON.

SO, WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS TIME? OKAY, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME.

THE 2024 SACHSE SCHOLARSHIP IS STILL OPEN FOR APPLICANTS.

WE DO ENCOURAGE ALL SACHSE RESIDENTS IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TO APPLY THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE.

AND AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, WE HAVE SOME SIGNS OUT THERE TONIGHT.

SO THE PRIMARY ELECTION STARTS TOMORROW AND THAT'S EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, HOWEVER, THAT THAT IS FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, NOT THE LOCAL ELECTION HERE.

THAT IS LATER ON IN APRIL, BUT THIS TOMORROW STARTS EARLY VOTING FOR THESE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

SO THERE'S NO LOCAL ITEMS ON THE BALLOT.

LIKE I SAID, EARLY VOTING STARTS TOMORROW, RUNS THROUGH MARCH THE 1ST AND ELECTION DAY IS MARCH THE 5TH.

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IF YOU LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY, LOOK AT THE DALLAS COUNTY SITE.

IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY, LOOK AT THE COLLIN COUNTY SITE.

NOW, AS FAR AS LOCAL ELECTIONS, THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACES ONE AND TWO HAS CLOSED.

THE DRAWING FOR ORDER ON THE BALLOT WILL BE AT 5 P.M.

IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND.

DETAILS ABOUT THE ELECTION ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU ALSO MAY CONTACT CITY SECRETARY LEAH GRANGER WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

HERITAGE PARK WILL BE THE SITE OF OUR FIRST POP UP PARK EXPERIENCE.

THE CITY HAS OUTFITTED A TRAILER WITH GAMES, EQUIPMENT AND FUN ACTIVITIES.

IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PARKS AROUND, BROUGHT TO THE PARK AROUND SACHSE FOR KIDS TO ENJOY FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

JOIN US ON MARCH THE 6TH FROM 4:30 TO 6.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

THERE'S NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

SPEAKING OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL EASTER EGG HUNTS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, MARCH THE 23RD.

CHECK OUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL EVENTS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A SENIOR FRAUD AND SCAM PREVENTION SEMINAR AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER FROM 1 TO 2 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH.

THEN FINALLY, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MARCH 29TH IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY.

ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA.

[D. Consent Agenda - All items listed on the consent agenda will be considered by the City Council and will be enacted on by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember so requests.]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUEST.

ITEM D ONE APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM D TWO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A RENEWAL OF THE MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT FOR THREE YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF $104,050.86 PER YEAR THROUGH THE SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC.

USING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MISS HOWARD. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HOWARD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MISS BUHLER. SECOND.

SECOND BY MISS BUHLER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E, REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS.

[1. Receive a briefing regarding the update to the contract with Community Waste Disposal, the City's solid waste and recycling provider.]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THE STAFF CAME BACK TO CAME TO YOU WITH A POTENTIAL RENEWAL OFFER FROM CWD WHO IS OUR CURRENT SOLID WASTE PROVIDER. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE SEVERAL POINTS WITHIN THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO SEE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON. MISS ROSE IS HERE TONIGHT.

JASON RAMER WITH CWD IS HERE TONIGHT.

LAUREN IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH RESPONSES TO THOSE ITEMS AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL AND IMPLEMENTATION, ACTUALLY, OF COMMERCIAL RATES AS WELL.

SO LOTS TO COVER IN A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. I LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

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

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE RAY MENDEZ, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER, WITH US HERE, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BULK IN GENERAL.

SO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS.

WE'LL GO OVER THOSE CONTRACT REMINDERS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

WE'LL DISCUSS VERY BRIEFLY SOME DETAILS ON BULK.

WE'LL LOOK AT A COMPARISON CHART COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

SO AS A REMINDER OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH CWD EXPIRES ON MARCH 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THAT CURRENT CONTRACT DOES INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR AN EXTENSION.

BUT CWD APPROACHED THE CITY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD ON COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS, AND ALSO OFFERED SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOKED AT THAT CONTRACT EXTENSION.

SO JUST A BRIEF REMINDER OF THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

THEY ASKED US IF WE WOULD CONSIDER CHANGING THE EXTENSION TERMS FROM TWO ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR TERMS TO EITHER ONE 5 OR ONE 7 YEAR, FOLLOWED BY THOSE SUBSEQUENT TWO 3 YEAR TERMS. THOSE OPTIONAL TWO 3 YEAR TERMS. THE COUNCIL DID CONFIRM THERE WAS CONSENSUS THAT EVENING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 5 YEAR OPTION ON THAT FRONT.

KEEPING THE ORIGINAL COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL TO ONCE A YEAR EVENT INSTEAD OF RATE ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

COUNCIL CONFIRMED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

UPDATING THE COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL TO REFLECT THE USE OF THE CNG TRUCKS.

YOU ALL CONFIRMED DIRECTION ON THAT.

CONVERTING SACHSE THE FLEET TO THE THIRD EYE VIDEO SAFETY TECHNOLOGY CONFIRMED DIRECTION ON THAT AND YOU ALL CONFIRMED DIRECTION ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE

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SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT IS TO GET INTO SOME DETAILS AND TO SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OPTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED BY CWD.

THEY OFFERED THAT IF WE WERE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL, INCLUDING THE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE, THEY WOULD CONSIDER DOING BOTH AN EXPANSION OF BULK WASTE FROM 6YD³ TO 10YD³ ONCE A MONTH.

AND IF WE WERE TO ALSO INCLUDE THAT COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE, THAT THEY WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A REDUCTION IN THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.

AT THAT TIME THE COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WERE SOME INQUIRIES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CWD COULD LOOK AT PROVIDING TWICE A MONTH COLLECTION, SO OFFERING TWO SIX CUBIC YARD COLLECTIONS EACH MONTH INSTEAD OF ONE TEN CUBIC YARD COLLECTION.

SO I'LL READ THROUGH THE SLIDE, BUT I HAVE A COMPARISON CHART THAT MAKES THIS A LITTLE EASIER TO DIGEST.

SO [INAUDIBLE] WERE EXPANDED TO THE TEN CUBIC YARDS, BUT REMAINED IN THE ONCE A MONTH FORMAT.

THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $0.62 PER RESIDENT PER MONTH PER HOME PER MONTH.

EXCUSE ME. ADDING A SECOND BULK TRASH COLLECTION.

SO TOTAL OF 12YD³ TWICE A MONTH, SIX CUBIC YARDS EACH TIME WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED RATE OF $1.37 PER HOME PER MONTH.

THESE FIGURES WOULD BOTH BE OFFSET BY THE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE RATE ADJUSTMENT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE IN A SECOND.

SO I REFERRED TO THIS EARLIER AS EITHER DUPLICATION OR EXPANSION.

SO WE'LL GO WITH DUPLICATION FIRST.

IF WE WERE TO ADD A SECOND BULK TRASH COLLECTION THAT WOULD RESULT IN $1.37 INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.

IF WE WERE TO EXPAND TO TEN CUBIC YARDS ONCE A MONTH, THAT WOULD RESULT IN A $0.62 INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.

AND EITHER WAY, WHICHEVER OPTION YOU CHOOSE, THOSE RATES WOULD BE OFFSET BY $2.88 PER MONTH PER HOME IF WE WERE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE.

SO EITHER WAY, IT'S A SAVINGS TO THE RESIDENTS, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE BY BRINGING THAT COMMERCIAL ON.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE DISCOUNT TO OFFER THEM.

I WILL SAY AFTER TALKING WITH RAY AND HIS TEAM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO STRONGLY CONSIDER THE ONCE A MONTH TO TEN CUBIC YARDS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REIN BULK TRASH IN AND GET PLACEMENTS OF BULK TRASH OUT ON TIME. WE CHANGED THE ORDINANCE TO REIN THAT IN AND THAT HAS HELPED.

STAFF HAS SPENT SOME TIME COACHING RESIDENTS, SAYING YOU ONLY PUT IT OUT ONCE A MONTH AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF WE EXPAND THAT TO TWICE A MONTH, THEN WE DUPLICATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SET OUT THEIR TRASH INCORRECTLY.

AND THAT WOULDN'T REALLY SOLVE THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE IN STAFF'S EXPERIENCE, THE BIG ISSUE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT TOO MUCH TRASH.

SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE FEEL LIKE THE TEN CUBIC YARD WOULD RESOLVE THAT ISSUE, AND THAT WOULD BE AT A LOWER PRICE PER HOME PER MONTH AS WELL.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS CHART USES THE BASE RATE OF $18.99.

THAT'S THE RATES AS OF FEBRUARY 2024.

OF COURSE, INCLUDED IN CWDS CURRENT CONTRACT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO AND SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THEIR COST EVERY YEAR, AND THEY USUALLY DO SO IN LINE WITH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THESE ARE ILLUSTRATIVE AT THIS POINT.

AND THOSE RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR NORMAL COST ADJUSTMENT.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE THAT SACHSE DOES NOT HAVE A NAMED COMMERCIAL EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER.

MOST CITIES DO HAVE THIS.

IT'S TO, GUARANTEE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BUSINESSES.

IT ALSO HELPS LOCK IN BETTER RATES.

AND IT GIVES, A GOOD DISCOUNT TO RESONANCE.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF ADVANTAGES.

BUT IN ORDER TO SECURE THE RATE REDUCTION THAT WE ILLUSTRATED ON THAT PRIOR SLIDE, CWD NEEDS TO HAVE A GUARANTEED REVENUE STREAM FROM THE COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS.

THIS MAKES SENSE. IF THEY'RE GOING TO LOCK IN A RATE FOR US, THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GUARANTEES ON THEIR END.

FOR REFERENCE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CWD ANTICIPATES THAT THEY ALREADY WORK WITH ABOUT 50% OF THE MARKET, SO WE'RE AT A REALLY GOOD STARTING POSITION.

IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO SET AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE FRANCHISE TO GO IN PLACE, AND THEN VOIDING CONTRACTS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD WITH ANY OTHER PROVIDERS, THUS PROVIDING CWD WITH THE EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE.

IT'S IMPORTANT REMINDER AS A HOME RULE, HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY, WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY, JUST LIKE WE DO, FOR SETTING A RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER TO SET A COMMERCIAL PROVIDER, SO

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WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE, UNTOWARD TOWARDS THOSE BUSINESSES.

ONCE THAT EFFECTIVE DATE IS ESTABLISHED, EXISTING BUSINESSES WOULD BE PROVIDED NOTICE VIA A LETTER FROM THE CITY AND CONTACTED BY CWD.

CWD WOULD BE THE PRIMARY FORCE CONTACTING THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM TO SET UP THOSE NEW CONTRACTS, AND THEN CITY STAFF WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ENFORCEMENT OR FURTHER COMMUNICATION IF NEEDED.

STAFF AND LEGAL DO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY PROVIDES A SIX MONTH NOTICE PERIOD.

WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A FAIR HEADS UP TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, THIS IS COMING TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.

OUR CONCERN IS IF WE TRIED TO GRANDFATHER GROUPS IN THAT SOME OTHER PROVIDERS COULD GO LOCK UP OTHER BUSINESSES IN A LONG COMMERCIAL CONTRACT, AND THAT BECOMES A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.

SO UNDER OUR PROPOSAL EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, CWD WOULD BE THE EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE PROVIDER FOR SACHSE AND ALL EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH OTHER PROVIDERS WOULD BE VOID.

THE CWD TEAM WOULD WORK WITH BUSINESSES WELL AHEAD OF THAT DEADLINE.

AND THEN THE CITY, OF COURSE, WOULD BE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

HERE'S A SAMPLE TIMELINE JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IF WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING AND GET COUNCIL CONSENSUS TONIGHT, STAFF WILL RETURN AT THE MARCH 18TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE UPDATED CONTRACT AND ANY ORDINANCE REVISIONS THAT NEED TO GO INTO EFFECT TO MAKE THIS, POSSIBLE.

AND THEN WE WOULD PROCEED WITH THE NEW CONTRACT APRIL 1ST, 2024.

FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER, WE WOULD WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE FORTHCOMING CHANGE.

AND THEN OCTOBER 1ST, CWD WOULD BE THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER FOR SACHSE ON THE COMMERCIAL FRONT AND ON THE RESIDENTIAL FRONT, AND THE NEW RATES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL DISCOUNTS INCLUDED.

SO ALL THAT TO SAY, NEXT STEPS.

YOU ALL CONFIRM DIRECTION ON THOSE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS. WE DO NEED SOME DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE BULK, AND WITH THAT FEEDBACK, WE CAN GO BACK AND WORK WITH JOE AND THE CWD TEAM TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISS ROSE.

QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

MR. PRESTENBERG, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

THE EXISTING CONTRACTS.

I THINK YOU SAID WE ALREADY BELIEVE THAT CWD HAS 50% OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. WHEN YOU SAY VOID CURRENT CONTRACTS AS OF AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, IS THAT ONLY THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT ARE ALREADY WITH CWD, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO RENEW WITH A NEW END DATE.

OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER 49 OR WHATEVER? 50? THE THE PROVIDERS, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER PERCENTAGE THAT ISN'T TIED WITH CWD, THE CONTRACTS WITH OTHER PROVIDERS WOULD BECOME VOID AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM THROUGH THE ORDINANCE CHANGE AND THROUGH A LETTER THAT THEY'RE VOID, AND THEY WOULD HAVE A WAY OUT OF THOSE CONTRACTS.

OKAY. IS THERE I'M SURE THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES.

AS YOU SAID, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY AN ODDBALL HERE WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT.

SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY HARM OR ANY ANY ISSUES, I GUESS, FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE, HEY, YOU GET OUT OF YOUR CONTRACT AND THE OTHER PROVIDER RAISES THE STENCH OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR THAT ONE.

THEY ALL DON'T GO, EXCUSE ME.

THEY ALL DON'T NECESSARILY GO AWAY QUIETLY.

BUT ESSENTIALLY WE DO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO SAY WE ARE THE YOU KNOW, CWD IS THE EXCLUSIVE, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.

SO THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE HERE RUNNING THROUGH OUR CITY THAT ARE GOING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, FOR, FOR, FOR PROVIDING COMMERCIAL ONCE WE HAVE THAT EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO CWD.

SO THAT'S OUR ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.

OKAY. I WORK WITH CONTRACTS ALL DAY AND JUST I KNOW I CAN IMAGINE THERE'S BEING A CLAUSE THAT THEY SIGNED THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T MATTER IF ANY CITY OVERRUNS OR WHATEVER. AND WE'RE GOING TO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE THAT WILL COMPLY RELATIVELY WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE THAT THAT DON'T.

AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WORK WITH THOSE ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS TO ADDRESS, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING IN AND VOID WE'RE NOT VOIDING THEIR CONTRACTS, BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE IN, THAT INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT HAVE.

THEY DON'T NOT HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY.

OKAY. AND THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, DO WE ENVISION, ANY CONSIDERABLE COMMERCIAL INCREASES WITH OUR BUSINESSES? SO THEY'RE LOCKED INTO, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE CURRENT PROVIDER? IS ARE THE RATES FROM CWD CONSIDERABLE OR EQUAL OR EQUIVALENT? CONSIDERABLY MORE OR LESS.

RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO WANT I DON'T WANT TO TELL THE BUSINESSES, HEY, OCTOBER 1ST YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY WAY MORE.

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SURE. I HAD IN PREPARATION BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT.

I HAD JASON PULL OUR COMPARATOR CITIES JUST AS A REFERENCE POINT.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE GARLAND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE EXCLUSIVE SITUATION SET UP.

ALL THE OTHER CITIES APPEAR TO HAVE THAT.

CWDS RATES ARE WELL WITHIN THE MIDPOINT OF THE MARKET, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING AND, JASON, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CWD WOULD LOCK IN THOSE COMMERCIAL RATES THROUGH 2025, SO THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF RATE GUARANTEE THERE.

CERTAINLY NOT THE HIGHEST, NOT THE LOWEST, BUT VERY MUCH WITHIN THE MIDPOINT OF THE RANGE.

OKAY. WELL, I THINK THE SAVINGS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE ARE FANTASTIC, RIGHT? IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER IN MY OPINION.

BUT, JUST THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS ROLLOUT GOES.

WELL, ASSUMING EVERYTHING RIGHT GOES THROUGH, BUT I'M ASSUMING, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THEY TAKE IT AND HOW THE COMPETITORS DEAL WITH IT.

[INAUDIBLE] YEAH.

OF COURSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR JASON, BUT TYPICALLY COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, ARE THEY ALWAYS ONE YEAR OR ARE THEY MULTI YEAR.

THAT IS PRESSING MY KNOWLEDGE OF COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS.

WE HAVE IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND PLACE OF BUSINESS CITY JASON RAMER COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL.

SO THE ANSWER IS IT CAN RANGE FROM ONE YEAR TO FIVE YEARS.

SOMETIMES WE ACCEPT. RIGHT NOW, SACHSE IS WHAT WE CALL AN OPEN MARKET LIKE DALLAS IS ANY HAULER CAN SERVE AS 7 ELEVEN.

SO WE'RE ALL YOUNG, GUNNING FOR THAT ACCOUNT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND, SOME BUSINESSES USE THEIR CONTRACT.

THEY MIGHT GET A HIGHER RATE IF WE HAVE TO AGREE TO A ONE YEAR TERM, VERSUS IF THEY TOOK A FIVE YEAR CWD OPEN MARKET CONTRACT.

BUT THIS FRANCHISE WOULD BASICALLY PUT IT ON CONTRACT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, SO WE WOULD BE THE PROVIDER SO LONG AS WE ARE THE CITY OF SACHSE'S FRANCHISE CONTRACTOR.

THE RATES WOULD BE LOCKED IN UNTIL NEXT OCTOBER AS LAUREN STATED.

THE ONLY THING ADJUSTING THIS OCTOBER WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL PER THE COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE PROPOSE KIND OF FALLS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK OF THE 11 CITIES AROUND HERE THAT I'VE LOOKED AT.

AND IT WOULD STAY AT THAT MIDDLE IF NOT DROP DOWN, BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING UP OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, WHEREAS OURS WILL NOT.

SO IF THERE'S A PLETHORA OF OPTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS ALREADY, JOE AND OR LAUREN, IF SOMEONE JUST SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, HOW DO WE OPTION THEM OUT OF IT? WE WE'RE NOT OPTIONING OPTIONING THEM OUT OF IT.

THEY THEY'RE WHO WHO THEY ARE NOW IN A CONTRACT WITH DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SERVE THAT BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

EVEN THE EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACT WAS MADE BEFORE THIS WENT TO EFFECT.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JASON DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

SO IT SAYS ON HERE CONVERSION TO CNG AND COST ADJUSTMENT MODEL.

WHEN YOU CAME IN HERE AND MADE THE FIRST PROPOSAL WE WERE PROMISED, ALL OF OUR TRUCKS ARE ALREADY CNG.

SO WHY IS THIS CONVERSION IN THERE? SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME THERE WAS BACKORDER ON THE TRUCKS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FULL FLEET HAS BEEN CONVERTED, AND THIS IS JUST AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT OUR FULL FLEET IS A CNG FLEET I DON'T THINK WE ALL WANT TO GET INTO THE NUANCES OF THE DIESEL MARKET, BUT IN SOME WAYS THAT COULD BE A COST BENEFIT TO US FOR SURE.

OKAY. AND THEN GOING BACK, JASON SIT DOWN.

AND GOING BACK TO THE BULK TRASH ISSUES.

YES. I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THESE OPTIONS FIXES OUR PROBLEM TO TO FOR ME.

THE PEOPLE AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A MEASURE.

RIGHT. WHERE YOU AT? RIGHT HERE. THERE YOU ARE.

I DON'T I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT PUT OUT TOO MUCH STUFF ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING THE BIG ISSUE.

I SEE IT AS PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN TO PUT IT OUT.

AND THEY PUT IT OUT TWO, THREE, FOUR WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

MY FAVORITE ONE ABOUT A DAY AFTER TRASH COMES AND THEY PUT IT OUT AND IT'S THERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

I'M NOT GOING TO POO POO ALL OVER IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF MESSAGING.

I DON'T KNOW IF BUT YEAH.

WELL LUCKILY WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNICATIONS PERSON, SO THAT'S LOVELY.

BUT RAY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME REALLY DRAMATIC, PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT WHERE THERE'S JUST ZERO TOLERANCE AND WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO ENFORCEMENT.

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YEAH. SO OKAY, SO I HAVE NO OPINION ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO HELP.

THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST ME, MISS BUHLER.

THANK YOU LAUREN.

I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMERCIAL, SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PRESTENBERG FOR ASKING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BUSINESSES WOULDN'T BE PENALIZED TO MOVE OVER THEIR CONTRACT TO CWD, AND HOPEFULLY THE PRICE WILL BE COMPARABLE.

OH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE PRICE IS VERY COMPARABLE BASED ON THE SURVEY THAT JASON PROVIDED.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF LOCKING A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT INTO PLACE IS THAT THEY DO HAVE SOME RATE ASSURANCES VERSUS WHAT'S OUT THERE ON THE OPEN MARKET.

OKAY. I STILL LIKE THE TWICE A MONTH OPTION FOR $1.37 A MONTH.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VALUE.

I THINK WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW THE RULES IN REGARDS TO BULK TRASH, AND I DON'T THINK PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT. I THINK IT WILL HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY NICE AND WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE REGULATIONS.

IT WILL GIVE THEM TIME IN THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO GET IT OUT TWICE A MONTH [INAUDIBLE].

I THINK IT COMES UP TO ABOUT $82 A HOUSEHOLD FOR THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

I THINK THAT'S VERY REASONABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION EVERY MONTH TO, YOU KNOW, TRIM YOUR TREES OR DO WHATEVER, BECAUSE I KNOW MY HUSBAND AND I, WE REALLY STRUGGLE TO TRIM OUR TREES ON THAT EXACT WEEKEND.

THAT BULK TRASH IS EVERY MONTH.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HOWARTH.

I, I AM OF THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP IT AS IS AND JUST TAKE THE DEDUCTION, OKAY? I HAVE THE EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKS HAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT PEOPLE DON'T READ THE CALENDAR.

WE HAD BULK TRASH PICKUP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK.

THERE'S BULK TRASH ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY, SO, I DON'T THINK MAKING IT MORE.

I DON'T THINK THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY OUR ISSUE.

THEY SEEM TO GET THE QUANTITY SEEMS TO BE IN HAND ALMOST ALWAYS.

IT'S JUST WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WEEK TO PUT IT OUT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT, BUT MORE ENFORCEMENT AND MAYBE SOME MAYBE AN EDUCATION LIKE WE DID WHEN WE SWITCHED PART OF WOODBRIDGE TO A DIFFERENT DAY AND JUST PRETEND LIKE THIS IS NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE.

AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE CAN'T I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN HOA HAS A BULK TRASH ISSUE, OKAY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ENFORCING IT.

AND IT JUST KIND OF GETS OUT OF HAND.

THAT'S SOMETHING RAY AND HIS TEAM CAN DO SOME ANALYSIS ON AND SEE, AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME PROGRAMMATIC OPTIONS.

AND THEN I THINK HAVING THE HAVING THE DISCOUNT [INAUDIBLE] TAKE THE WIN.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKS IF I COULD JUST GET SOME CLARIFICATION, DO YOU WANT TO REGISTER YOURS AS NO OPINION OR NO CHANGE? NO CHANGE. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ON THE BULK.

ON THE BULK. CORRECT.

AND I HEARD THE SAME THING FROM MISS HOWARD.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YEAH, I DO, MR. LINDSEY.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MY MY PREMISE ON DOING IT 2 TO 2 TIMES A MONTH WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD NEVER GO MORE THAN THREE WEEKS.

MOST OF THE TIME, JUST TWO WEEKS, AND PEOPLE JUST RANDOMLY PUT OUT THEIR BULK WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING THE CALENDAR.

YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO AVERAGE OUT TO MAYBE BEING OUT FOR A WEEK.

SO IT'S JUST MAYBE IT'S SIMPLIFYING IT TOO MUCH, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE OUR PROBLEM GOES AWAY AND WE CAN GO FOCUS ON OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.

SO AM I SEEING THAT WRONG? COULD WE NOT SPEND MORE TIME GOING AFTER OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES? HOW MANY, HOW MUCH DOES GOING AFTER ALL THESE BULK TRASH VIOLATIONS? HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY THEY TAKE UP? I WILL SAY YEAR OVER YEAR CONSISTENTLY.

THIS IS THE TOP OFFENSE IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

WE STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT BULK TRASH.

YOU ALL HAVE MODIFIED THE ORDINANCE TO RESTRICT THEM, AND TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT BULK TRASH CAN SIT OUT, AND THAT HAS HELPED.

I DO THINK IT IS THE CASE THAT WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMATIC NEIGHBORHOODS WHO, IN MY OPINION, ARE PROBABLY ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS AND ARE JUST COMMITTED, HAVE COMMITTED TO MEMORY THE OLD BULK TRASH SCHEDULE AND DON'T WANT TO LET IT GO.

THAT'S AN ANECDOTAL THING, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE, IS THEY JUST CANNOT ABANDON THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE SWITCHED THE SCHEDULE.

SO WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE BY AND LARGE, WHEN WE TOOK OVER, THEY REALLY TRIED TO KEEP A LOT OF THE REPUBLIC SCHEDULING TO NOT CREATE CONFUSION, BUT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. IT DOES.

IT AT LEAST HELPS.

SO THE, THE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH TEN CUBIC YARDS FROM STAFF.

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I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE PUT OUT TOO MUCH, IT'S LIKE WAY TOO MUCH.

IS THERE ENOUGH THERE IN THAT EXTRA FOUR CUBIC YARDS TO SAY, HEY, 50% OF OUR ENFORCEMENT ISSUES WOULD HAVE GONE AWAY.

IN ALL HONESTY, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD REALLY MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.

I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THE PIECE ABOUT THERE BEING EXCESS BULK HAS KIND OF GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL.

THE REAL ISSUE IS JUST THE TIME FRAME OF THE SCHEDULING.

I THINK IF WE WENT TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, IT WOULD JUST INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISREGARD THE SCHEDULE AND BASICALLY PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY ANTICIPATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP ANYWAY AND THEY THINK IT'S OKAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LAUREN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH ESTHER ON THIS IS WE WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, VIDEO TYPE PRESENTATIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULING TO KIND OF, PUT THAT EDUCATION PIECE OUT THERE, PUT THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE START KIND OF INGRAINING THAT INTO THEIR MINDS.

THE OTHER THING IS POSSIBLY LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT IS A LITTLE BIT RESTRICTIVE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE 48 HOURS BEFORE THE ACTUAL COLLECTION TO PLACE IT OUT THERE.

SOMETIMES THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE WITH PEOPLE'S WORK SCHEDULES OR WEATHER.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION GOING FORWARD AS WELL.

OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT SOME REVISIONS TO THE, ORDINANCE A NYTHING TO MAKE IT BETTER.

I GUESS AT THIS POINT, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY LEANING TOWARDS TWICE A MONTH, BUT, I WOULD RATHER GIVE YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OFFSETTING THE RESIDENTIAL TAX BURDEN WITH BUSINESSES.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN NOT ONLY GET A LOWER RATE, BUT IT ALSO HELPS HELPS THE REST OF US.

SO I WILL GO IN FAVOR OF JUST KEEPING AS IS AND TAKING THAT FULL DEDUCTION.

KEEP IT AS IS.

YES. THANK YOU.

WITH THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF IT.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. I'M BASICALLY IN FAVOR OF GOING TO THE TEN CUBIC YARD ONCE A MONTH.

TEN CUBIC. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE GET NOW SIX, WE COULD GO TO TEN.

THAT'S A 66% FOR $0.62 A MONTH.

THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD JUMP FOR THAT.

IF YOU GO TO THE 12, YOU ONLY GET 20% MORE THAN THAT FOR $0.75.

SO YOU'RE DOUBLING ACTUALLY YOU'RE QUADRUPLING THAT LAST TWO YARDS IN PRICE.

I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH.

TRUE, THE OLDER PART OF TOWN, THE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPRING CLEAN UP BULK TYPE PRODUCT, NATURALLY YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT. I THINK YOU SHOULD EXPECT MORE BECAUSE SIMPLY THE TREES ARE OLDER, THEY'RE BIGGER.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE MORE TRASH.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IN THAT CONCEPT IS THERE.

BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE GO TO 10 YARDS, THAT WILL ALLOW A 40%, 66% INCREASE FOR THOSE AREAS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE OLDER HOUSES THAT ARE MORE MATURE PLANT MATERIALS AND SPRING CLEAN UP TYPE STUFF, THEY'RE NATURALLY GOING TO GENERATE MORE AS I SAID.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONCEPT THERE.

GOING TO TWICE A MONTH.

AND IT'S LIKE RAY SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT EARLY.

IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THERE FOR TWO DAYS, TWO WEEKS.

WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S THERE FOR TWO WEEKS ANYWAY.

SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULDN'T HELP SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AT ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK FOR SURE.

IT STICKS OUT.

YEAH. GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, I APPRECIATE THAT.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

LAUREN AND GINA.

YES. LET'S CALL THEM ACTS OF GOD.

WE HAVE A BAD STORM.

DO WE STILL HAVE PROVISIONS FOR THAT? AND WE'VE HAD A FEW IN THE PAST YEARS.

DO WE STILL HAVE PROVISIONS FOR THAT? YES. WE HAVE A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET, AND CWD IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH US TO GET TRUCKS OUT IMMEDIATELY.

NO, I KNOW CWD DOESN'T JUST DO SACHSE, SO THAT CAN BE BACKED UP THOUGH.

YES, IT CAN BE, BUT JASON'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD AND PRETTY FAIR ABOUT GETTING OUT TO US.

AND IF I CAN ASK IF I'M STILL ON TOPIC HERE, I CAN.

CAN I ASK ABOUT THE CALENDAR, THE THE COLLECTION CALENDAR? YEAH. I MEAN WAS THIS CALENDAR AS I'M ON THE WEB CITY WEBSITE WAS THAT DEVELOPED THE COLLECTION CALENDAR DEVELOPED BY US DEVELOPED BY CWD IN COOPERATION BOTH.

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IT'S THE 2024 BULK AND BRUSH COLLECTION SCHEDULE.

SURE. SO THE ZONE. SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. THE ZONES WERE SET UP LARGELY, THEY WERE INHERITED FROM REPUBLIC BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE TOO MUCH DISRUPTION.

BUT THEN CWD LOOKED AT THE VOLUME.

I THINK YOU ALL REMEMBER AT ONE POINT WHEN THOSE MAPS WERE DRAWN, WOODBRIDGE WEST WASN'T FULLY DEVELOPED, AND THEN THEY HAD A TON OF VOLUME COMING OUT OF THERE.

SO WE HAD TO RECALIBRATE.

CWD SITS DOWN WITH STAFF EVERY YEAR, AND WE GO THROUGH AND SET UP THE CALENDAR AND PUBLISH IT OUT TO RESIDENTS.

OKAY. SO WHO SET UP ON THE SECOND? OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO CONFUSING.

THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE WEEK OR THE SECOND, MONDAY SECOND, THE WEEK OF THE SECOND, MONDAY OF THE SECOND, WHATEVER.

HOLD ON. IT SAYS UP HERE, YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY CONFUSING.

THAT'S MY POINT.

THE WEEK OF THE SECOND MONDAY, IT SAYS, OKAY, THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT IS IN YELLOW.

SO HALF THE CITY BASICALLY GETS PICKED UP THAT WEEK.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE FOURTH WEEK, THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH MONDAY, THE ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND OTHER HALF OF THE CITY GETS PICKED UP.

BUT THOSE ARE NEVER THE SAME WEEK.

IT SEEMS LIKE FROM MONTH TO MONTH THAT DIFFERS BECAUSE THE FIRST CAN BE ON A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY.

I COULD GO ON. YEAH, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE POINT.

WE SET THAT UP BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH PARTIAL WEEKS AND THAT WAS CREATING A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH RESIDENTS.

SO WE HAD TO SWITCH TO THE TERMINOLOGY OF THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH MONDAY.

SO THIS IS LESS CONFUSING THAN THAT AND EVERYONE'S OPINION EXCEPT FOR MINE.

YEAH. OKAY.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SEARCH TOOL.

THANK YOU JASON, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR NEXT COLLECTION IS.

YES. I LITERALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE CALENDAR EVERY TIME I DO BULK BECAUSE IT CHANGES.

IT'S NOT THE FOURTH WEEK OF THE MONTH.

SOMETIMES IT'S THE FIFTH WEEK, SO THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME, BUT IT MAY JUST BE ME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY.

THIS MAY BE THE LEAST CONFUSING WAY.

IF ONLY THEY WOULD JUST MAKE MONTHS WITH FOUR WEEKS IN THEM AND STICK WITH THAT.

OKAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

MISS HOWARTH. I JUST WANTED TO ASK JASON.

SO IF THIS CHANGES TO COMMERCIAL, LIKE, EVEN WALMART HAS TO USE YOU GUYS.

WHEN DOES YOUR COMMERCIAL TRASH PICK UP IN THE MORNING? WHAT'S THE EARLIEST YOU PICK UP? COMMERCIAL IN GENERAL RUNS EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT IF IT'S ADJACENT OR WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A RESIDENCE, OR YOU GUYS ARE CALLING ME SAYING, SOMEONE'S CALLING YOU, I'M TELLING YOU, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WRAPS AROUND THE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD WALMART.

YEP. THEY HAVE FOR YEARS PICKED UP THOSE DUMPSTERS THAT ARE ABOUT 20FT FROM THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES AT 4 A.M.

I CAN'T HEAR IT FROM MY HOUSE UNLESS I SLEEP UPSTAIRS.

IF I SLEEP UPSTAIRS, I HEAR IT CLANGING.

AND WE'VE CONSISTENTLY COMPLAINED.

THE CITY HAS WORKED ON IT.

THE NEIGHBORS KIND OF GIVE UP.

WALMART TELLS YOU TO GO TAKE A FLY AND LEAVE.

YOU COULD DRAG ME IN FRONT OF HERE AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU DOING IT? I CAN GIVE OUT YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE PICKING UP THE DUMPSTERS AT 4 A.M..

YEP. ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION ON THE BULK AND ALL THAT.

ONE THING WE'VE DEVELOPED IN OUR CWD MOBILE APP RECENTLY IS THERE'S A REMINDER TOOL, I NEED TO KIND OF PLAY WITH IT BECAUSE IT DOES GET TRICKY WHEN YOU HAVE THESE.

YOU'RE ON THE SECOND FULL WEEK OF THE MONTH OR THE SECOND MONDAY.

THE REASON THAT HAS TO BE DONE IS IF THE MONTH STARTS HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK, WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT MONDAY/TUESDAY RESIDENTS? YOU CAN'T SAY YOU'RE THE FIRST WEEK.

BUT USING THAT REMINDER TOOL YOU COULD SET LIKE THE SECOND MONDAY AND THAT NOTIFIES YOU THAT YOUR BULK PICKUP IS THAT WEEK ON YOUR TRASH DAY, WHICH I THINK MOST PEOPLE GET RIGHT THERE ON MY APP. YEP.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'LL GIVE YOU LIKE A BADGE APP REMINDER.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE TEXT FEATURE.

FIND A WAY TO ROLL IT OUT.

IT'S SOMEWHAT COST EFFECTIVE.

SO JUST ANOTHER TOOL WE'RE WORKING ON BUT.

MISS BUHLER.

SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE I'M OVERWHELMINGLY OVER VOTED.

I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET OUT THE WORD.

HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS DO WE HAVE IN SACHSE? OH, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

APPROXIMATELY. YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? THE ONLY REASON IT'S HARD TO ANSWER IS BECAUSE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IDENTIFY BY PHASES AND SOME IDENTIFY AS TOTALLY SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW I KNOW THAT.

YES WE DO, WE DO.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SIGNS MADE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM OUT AT THE ENTRANCE OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD? YES. BEFORE BULK PICKUP? OR IS THAT JUST TOO BIG OF A.

I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE.

THERE WAS THERE'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT WE CONVERTED ALL OF WOODBRIDGE WEST TO A NEW CYCLE.

AND I LIKE TO SAY IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT, BECAUSE IT WENT SO WELL THAT THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS.

TO ME THAT'S A SIGN OF SUCCESS.

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WE WERE PRETTY OBNOXIOUS ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATED THAT WE COULD MOVE TO THAT FORMAT, AND WHAT WE COULD USE IS SEECLICKFIX DATA TO TARGET SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND WE COULD DO WHAT WE CALL SWEEP A SOLID WASTE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, AND WE COULD MAKE IT PRETTY OBNOXIOUS WITH THOSE SIGNS, LET THEM KNOW WE EVEN PUT LITTLE FLAGS OUT IN WOODBRIDGE WEST BLUE FOR ONE SIDE, YELLOW FOR ANOTHER.

SO IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.

AND WE COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR SURE.

I ALSO THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ESTHER.

I USE THAT SITE TO SEARCH MY BULK TRASH SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH BECAUSE I CAN NEVER FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I USE THAT WEBSITE.

IT'S A GREAT TOOL, SO THE MORE WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MR. MILLSAP. DOES DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO SCHOOLS? WELL, I BELIEVE WYLIE ISD HAS THEIR OWN COMMERCIAL CONTRACT SET UP, BUT I MIGHT BE WITH YOU ALL.

YEAH, WE DO SERVICE WYLIE ISD, BUT I BELIEVE OUR INITIAL CONTRACT EXCLUDES GARLAND.

THEY INCLUDE ALSO GARLAND SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY WOULD CONTINUE.

YEAH THEY DO. I THINK COUNCILPERSON HOWARTH MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE NOISE FROM WALMART, THE SCHOOLS.

THE SAME THING THERE.

PICK UP AT THE GRADE SCHOOL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT 5:00 IN THE MORNING.

OF COURSE I'M UP.

SO IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME [INAUDIBLE] A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS IMPORTANT TO TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

MY FEELING IS YOU OUGHT TO BE UP ANYWAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GARLAND ISD.

YOU SAID YOU WOULD OR WOULDN'T IF WE IF WE WENT ALL COMMERCIAL, IF YOU WILL, YOU WOULD SERVICE THEM OR YOU WOULD NOT SERVICE GARLAND ISD.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER THAT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT.

OKAY. THAT'S DISTRICT WIDE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT WITH JOE ON THAT ONE.

CLASSIC POLITICAL SUBDIVISION VERSUS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

I BELIEVE SO, YES.

EXACTLY. YES.

OH, I GOT IT RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

SO THE LAST QUESTION THAT I THOUGHT OF IS, HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THIS BULK TRASH, THIS COMMERCIAL TRASH, I MEAN, DO WE WE DO NOT HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL TRASH EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL TRASH PROVIDER NOW.

SO HOW DO WE ENFORCE THIS? HOW DO WE DO THIS? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF WHO HAS WHAT IS GOING DOOR TO DOOR.

YES. AND DOING THIS, ARE WE DOING IT? WHO DOES IT? C.W.D WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR.

SO BASICALLY THEIR SALESPEOPLE WITH OUR LETTER.

YES. AND IF THEY NEED HELP FROM THE CITY, THE CITY, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE.

BUT YES, WE WILL WORK.

WELL, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHOSE RESOURCES ARE I MEAN, BECAUSE I GO TO A STRIP MALL AND THERE MAY BE FIVE DIFFERENT DUMPSTERS IN THE BACK OF IT, THERE MAY BE ONLY ONE, BUT WHO'S KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SAYING, HEY, WHO DO YOU GOT? AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALL RIGHT, JASON, CALL ME FOR LUNCH.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, SO LET'S GET TO THAT.

MARTY HOBACK.

MARTY HOBO, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE SAXY, TEXAS.

TOP OF THE HILL.

YOU SAY C.W.D.

HAS 50% OF THE MARKET NOW.

IS THAT BY DOLLAR OR IS THAT BY NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS? WHO DOES WALMART AND KROGERS USE? AND HAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD ANY INPUT INTO ANY OF THIS? YOU ARE TOTALLY.

AFFECTING EVERY BUSINESS WITHIN THIS CITY.

AND IS ANYBODY TALKED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? I KNOW YOU DIDN'T BACK IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE I ASKED AND THEY SAID, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO WHAT'S THE EDC INPUT INTO ANY OF THIS? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE.

HAS ANYBODY ASKED THEM? Y'ALL ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF ANYTHING THAT IT'S KIND OF AMAZING AND IT'S NOT.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF A COMMERCIAL MONOPOLY TRASH PICKUP IN THE CITY? NOBODY ASKED THAT QUESTION EITHER.

YOU PUT RESIDENTIAL NUMBERS UP THERE IN A HEARTBEAT.

BUT AS C.W.D.

MAKING A KILLING OFF OF THIS.

I'D LIKE SOME ANSWERS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. MICHEL. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? OKAY. MISS ROSE, DID YOU? I WILL TRY TO ANSWER AS MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS I CAN.

AS FAR AS THE MARKET QUESTION, IT'S 50% OF THE SHARE OF THE MARKET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

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AS FAR AS WHO KROGER AND WALMART USE, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S EASILY OBTAINED INFORMATION.

AS FAR AS CONSULTING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THIS IS A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND C.W.D, SO IT'S NOT REALLY A MATTER FOR DISCUSSION WITH THEM.

YEAH. NO NO NO NO.

GO AHEAD. YOU'RE NOT RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.

GO AHEAD, MR. RHODES. I BELIEVE THAT ANSWERS ALL OF HIS QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ASCERTAIN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS? I HAVE A FEW, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL SPEAKS.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM COUNCIL. THAT'S GOOD.

MR. PRESTENBERG, I DON'T THINK I GAVE MY OPINION ON BULK TRASH.

I WAS GOING TO SAY I NEED TO GET YOUR OPINION, I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S GREAT. THE TEN CUBIC YARDS PER MONTH, THE ONES PER MONTH WOULD WOULD BE MY MY RATHER.

BUT, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, MISS ROSE, IF CAN YOU PUT BACK UP THE SLIDE WITH YOUR BREAKDOWN? SURE. I KNOW IT'S RIGHT THERE.

THERE WE GO. OKAY.

SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BULK.

AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT, THAT DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON IT.

SO I.

WE HAVE AN ISSUE. I THINK STAFF HAS A GOOD PLAN TO DEAL WITH IT.

THE THING IS, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST THAT IT WOULD ADD TO RESIDENTS, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF REALLY CHANGING IT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

I DID SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE OPTION JUST TO EXPAND IT TO TEN CUBIC YARDS.

BUT AGAIN, EVEN THAT AND MR. MILLSAP POINTED THIS OUT THAT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A COST AND HOW MUCH MORE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY GET OUT OF IT.

I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE REASONING AND THINKING BEHIND IT.

SO I'M REALLY JUST IN FAVOR OF KEEPING BULK LIKE IT IS.

DO WE HAVE ISSUES WE HAVE TO ADDRESS? YES, BUT THE COST TO ME KIND OF TIPS IT OVER THE EDGE WHERE I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT ON A RESUME.

AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL PART OF IT, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT.

IT'S, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY CITY THAT DOES NOT DO THIS.

AND BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY MY MAIN REASON FOR LOOKING AT DOING IT REALLY IS IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS OUT.

IT'S A BIG SAVINGS TO THE RESIDENTS.

I LIKE HOW YOU PUT THAT IN RED.

YES, BECAUSE IT'S TWO ADA AND AND THE OTHER TWO THINGS ARE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

SO NOW I KNOW IF WE DID ONE OF THOSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OFFSET.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE 288 WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS IF WE'D DONE THAT.

NOW, I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE EITHER DUAL BULK PICKUP OR EXPANDED.

BUT I THINK I THINK THE SYSTEM WE HAVE WORKS PRETTY WELL.

SO, HOPEFULLY YOU GOT WHAT I WANTED.

I BELIEVE I HAVE EVERYTHING THAT I NEED.

I BELIEVE THERE'S COUNCIL CONSENSUS TO LEAVE BULK AS IS AND THEN TO PROCEED WITH THE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, MISS HOWARD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO RESPOND TO THE EDC QUESTION A LITTLE BIT.

NOT THAT THE EDC IS REALLY INVOLVED IN A CONTRACT ON THIS SIDE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN THE EDC BOARD GIVES INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES IN TOWN, WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN, TIED WITH THOSE INCENTIVES WHEN WE GIVE THEM MONEY IS NORMALLY A CLAUSE THAT THEY USE FOOD AS THEIR TRASH PROVIDER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF ANTICIPATION OF MAKING THIS CHANGE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING NEW BUSINESSES AS THEY COME IN, START WITH FOOD.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE EDC ROLE IN THAT.

YES. THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO BRING UP.

OKAY. SO THIS IS NOT A ACTION ITEM TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, MIXED OPINION ON WHAT TO DO.

SO THE TALLY I HAVE IS MYSELF, BRETT AND MYSELF, BRETT AND SHELL ARE BOTH ALL NO CHANGE OF BELT PICKUP.

I THINK WE HAD MR. LINDSEY ON THAT FRONT TOO.

DID YOU CHANGE? OH MY BAD.

OKAY. YEAH, OKAY.

WELL, THEN THAT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM.

OKAY. AND THEN COMMERCIAL.

I GOT THIS ONE.

OH. WE GAVE MR. PRESSMAN. OKAY.

AND ON COMMERCIAL, THE CONSENSUS I GOT WAS THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT.

YES, SIR. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY. NOW, AS YOU SAID, THOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS ON APRIL THE 1ST AS FAR AS MARCH 18TH.

WELL, MARCH 18TH, BUT IT WOULD THE POTENTIAL CONTRACT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT.

YES. YES, SIR.

GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE ON? HERE. CAN SHE FLIP TO THE LAST SLIDE TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT? SHE ABSOLUTELY MAY FLIP TO THE LAST SLIDE.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT CONSENSUS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CONVERSATION AND THE DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK.

IT'S HELPFUL. I KNOW THIS IS A NEBULOUS TOPIC AND A DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WITH THIS CHANGE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING A GREAT DISCOUNT TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO DO.

SO WITH PROCEEDING TONIGHT, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH THE AMENDED CONTRACT.

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THAT NEW CONTRACT WILL GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST.

WE WILL HAVE A SIX MONTH NOTICE PERIOD FOR THOSE BUSINESSES WHO ARE MOVING TO THE COMMERCIAL FRANCHISE.

AND THEN ON OCTOBER 1ST, C.W.D.

WILL BECOME THE EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL PROVIDER FOR SACHSE.

NOW, JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION POINTS ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON MARCH 18TH TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ALL THOSE CHANGES OFFICIAL.

CORRECT. YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS AMENDED BASED ON THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

RIGHT. AND I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYBODY TO CHANGE THEIR MIND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

BUT BUT AGAIN, IT'S STILL UP FOR DEBATE THEORETICALLY UNTIL WE ACTUALLY ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.

OF COURSE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

MR. MILLSAP, I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT I JUST SAID.

IF WE GO TO THE TEN CUBIC YARDS AT $0.62 EXTRA, WE'RE GETTING 66% MORE CAPACITY FOR 1/25 INCREASE IN COST.

SO AND THAT WOULD BE FOR AT LEAST A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO IT'S A PRETTY DARN GOOD INVESTMENT, I THINK, AT THAT STANDPOINT, TO GO TO TO THE 10%, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM, YOU GET LIKE I SAY, 66% MORE CAPACITY FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR 1/25 THE COST OF WHAT THE CURRENT RATE IS.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE.

YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT ONE MORE TIME.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. THANK YOU, MISS ROSE.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU JASON.

THANK YOU RAY JASON TOOK A LOT OF NOTES.

THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM E TWO.

[2. Receive the Sachse Police Department's 2023 year-end review presentation.]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CHIEF SYLVESTER IS HERE.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR TO GIVE YOU YOUR, 2020, 2023 YEAR END REVIEW.

AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK, SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT HE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

ALSO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMAND STAFF ARE HERE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASSISTANT CHIEF BAXTER AND, STEPHEN DOUGHER IS HERE.

YES, I'M.

YEP. IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO MY BEDTIME.

SHE MUST BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE CHIEF WADE IS SITTING IN BETWEEN THEM, SO.

OH, THAT WAS BY DESIGN.

STEVE'S. I MADE HIM DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID, BUT, I'M FOR YOU, CHIEF.

YOU'RE RIGHT. HELLO, CHIEF.

WE'LL BE GOING WITH US.

YEAH. YEAH. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, GO OVER SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMED THIS PAST YEAR, AS WE NORMALLY DO.

WE WILL GIVE A CRIME OVERVIEW.

THIS IS NOT A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF EVERY SINGLE OFFENSE CATEGORY.

HOWEVER IT IS, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT THAT REALLY I THINK OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND AFFECT THEIR DAILY LIFE. SO WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION OVER TOTAL CRIME, VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL CRIME CATEGORIES, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 2020 FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN GOING INTO 2025.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE FIRST RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND I'LL REMIND YOU AS WE TALK EVERY YEAR, PERCENTAGES ARE PERCENTAGES.

BUT THE REAL DISCUSSION POINTS IN MY MIND ARE IN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO FEW CRIME, SO FEW CRIMES RELATIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

CERTAINLY PERCENTAGE, PERCENTAGES CAN GET LOST IN TRANSLATION.

SO, YES, WE DID HAVE A 17% OVERALL TOTAL CRIME INCREASE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023.

HOWEVER, REALLY THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 100 OFFENSES, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, 51% OF THAT NUMBER IS LIMITED TO SHOPLIFTING AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ACTIVITY.

SO NOT, THAT REALLY TELLS THE TALE IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE, 51% OF THAT IS BASED ON TWO OFFENSE CATEGORIES, SPECIFICALLY RELATIVE TO SHOPLIFTING.

WE EXPERIENCED 65 OFFENSES THIS PAST YEAR COMPARED TO 14 IN 2022.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR LOCAL WALMARTS HAVE REALLY STARTED PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO, SKIMMING AT THE REGISTER.

WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? SKIMMING.

HE'S GOT THE CURRENT TERMS. WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL EITHER.

NOT WHEN YOU'RE SELF CHECKOUT.

YOU'LL NOT SCAN A PARTICULAR ITEM, OR YOU'LL SCAN A LEAST A LEAST EXPENSIVE ITEM AND SUBSTITUTE IT FOR A HIGHER EXPENSIVE ITEM.

THAT TYPE OF THING, PARTICULARLY OUR WALMARTS, HAVE STARTED PAYING A LOT CLOSER ATTENTION TO THAT, AND OUR OFFENSES HAVE RISEN SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT.

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WE'LL TALK MORE IN PARTICULAR ABOUT CRIME TRENDS, IN PARTICULAR OFFENSES, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THIS GIVES YOU A SIX YEAR SNAPSHOT OF OUR TOTAL CRIME NUMBERS.

I'LL TELL YOU, 1920 AND SOME OF 21 THAT'S REALLY OUR COVID YEARS.

WHAT I CONSIDER ANOMALIES.

IF YOU I DIDN'T SHOW IT HERE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK FURTHER BACK, 17, 16, 15, OUR CRIME NUMBERS WERE CERTAINLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY ARE EVEN THIS YEAR FOR TOTAL CRIME.

PART ONE OFFENSES HOMICIDE.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE THE DEFINITION OF A MURDER, THAT TYPE OF THING.

ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE ONE IN THAT CONTEXT LAST YEAR, IN 2022, WE HAD A DEATH RESULTING FROM A TRAFFIC COLLISION, AND THAT WAS REFERRED TO THE GRAND JURY, AND IT'S CONSIDERED A HOMICIDE IN THAT CONTEXT.

AND THAT PERSON HAS SINCE BEEN ARRAIGNED AND WILL FACE A TRIAL GOING FORWARD AT SOME POINT.

ASSAULTS ARE UP 25% AS NORMAL WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSES.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STRANGER ON STRANGER ASSAULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SEXUAL ASSAULTS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

ROBBERIES REMAIN CONSISTENT.

WE GENERALLY HAVE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT ANYWHERE FROM ZERO, WHICH IS THE IDEAL NUMBER TO 1 OR 2 OR SO.

WE HAD AN ANOMALY BACK IN 2014 WHERE WE HAD EIGHT, BUT GENERALLY WE TREND AROUND THIS NUMBER YEAR TO YEAR.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES UP SOME, BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE STILL OPERATING IN OUR BUBBLE, SO TO SPEAK.

OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND US HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HOME BURGLARIES.

YES, THESE ARE UP.

THERE'S NOT ANY REAL SIGNIFICANT TREND IN THAT CONTEXT.

WE HAD A LITTLE AREA IN, SALIMAN ESTATES THAT WE DEALT WITH AN OFFENDER THAT WE ENDED UP ARRESTING FOUR TIMES.

THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE THESE OFFENSES IN THAT AREA, INCLUSIVE OF OF THIS CATEGORY.

BUILDING BURGLARIES GENERALLY TRENDING HOW WE HAVE SEEN THEM YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

BUILDING OR VEHICLE BURGLARIES UP SLIGHTLY.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF NIGHTS WHERE KIDS WERE PULLING ON DOOR HANDLES AND MANAGED TO GET INTO.

94.8% OF VEHICLES THAT WERE BROKEN INTO LAST YEAR WERE LEFT COMPLETELY UNLOCKED.

SOME OF THEM WITH WINDOWS OPEN, KEYS IN THE SEAT, VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I SAY IT EVERY YEAR, AND WE TRY TO PROMOTE THIS THROUGH OUR PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND OUR, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ADVISORIES.

IF WE'LL JUST LOCK OUR CARS, THAT WILL PREVENT A LOT OF THE OFFENSES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT, SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT.

AUTO THEFTS UP SLIGHTLY, 21% IS THE PERCENTAGE, BUT THE NUMBER IS IS FIVE.

WE'VE RECOVERED A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES, IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

BUT STILL A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NUMBER WERE CARS LEFT UNLOCKED WITH KEYS IN THEM AND GUNS AND COMPUTERS AND PURSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO CERTAINLY I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS TO OUR PUBLIC, PLEASE LOCK YOUR VEHICLES, TAKE YOUR KEYS, TAKE YOUR BELONGINGS OUT OF YOUR CAR.

AND THEFTS. OVERALL THEFTS, OF WHICH THIS NUMBER INCORPORATES SHOPLIFTING, IS CERTAINLY UP.

PART TWO OFFENSES.

WE MENTIONED CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK HERE.

THIS INCLUDES EGGING OF CARS, TOILET PAPER AND HOUSES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S A CRIME OF INCONVENIENCE.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO FILE CHARGES FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.

SLASHING TIRES GENERALLY A BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND, OR RELATIONSHIPS OF SOME TYPE SITUATION THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED.

THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

OUR FORGERY AND FRAUD NUMBERS, GENERALLY CONSISTENT YEAR TO YEAR.

AND IN FACT, I WANT TO.

MAYOR, I THANK YOU FOR THE PLUG ABOUT OUR SENIOR FOCUSED SCAM SEMINAR COMING UP ON MARCH 12TH.

THAT'S OPEN TO ANYONE, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S FOCUSED TOWARDS OUR SENIORS.

THERE'S SCAMS OUT THERE LEFT AND RIGHT.

I'M SURE EACH OF YOU SEE THESE ATTEMPTS ON YOUR OWN, EMAIL ACCOUNTS.

I DO, EVEN AT THE CITY.

THEY'RE ALWAYS TEXTING, CALLING, EMAILING, TRYING TO GET PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.

PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

OTHER ALCOHOL VIOLATION IS PRETTY CONSISTENT.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR DWI OFFENSES, WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE STOPPING FOLKS THAT HAVE IMBIBED TOO MUCH AND THEY END UP GETTING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, THAT

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THIS NUMBER FLOATS AROUND THAT THAT 70 TO 90 FRAME YEAR TO YEAR.

A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OFFENSES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND WE GO BACK A LITTLE FARTHER SO YOU CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF OF TRENDING OVERALL.

AGAIN, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES HERE.

YEAR TO YEAR.

YES. EVEN ONE IS CONCERNING TO US AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR COVID YEARS THEY WERE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

THIS IS GENERALLY TRENDING WHAT WE WHAT WE AVERAGE YEAR TO YEAR VEHICLE BURGLARIES ARE STILL ON THE DOWNWARD TREND OVERALL COMPARED TO PRE-COVID NUMBERS.

OUR BUILDING BURGLARIES GENERALLY ARE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT OPERATING BUSINESSES IN THE MAJORITY.

YES. THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF THESE OFFENSES.

THESE ARE SECURED, GENERALLY CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE IT IS NOT HABITABLE IN THAT CONTEXT, BUT IT'S SECURED.

SO THAT'S CONSIDERED A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN BROKEN INTO.

AND AUTO THEFTS, HAVE BEEN RISING.

AND FRANKLY, ARISING.

ACROSS THE METROPLEX.

I LOVE THESE CHARTS. I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF HOW WE'RE DOING IN COMPARISON TO TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION.

AND CERTAINLY YOU'LL SEE THAT IN TEXAS, PROPERTY CRIME WENT UP THIS PAST YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, THIS WE GET THIS THROUGH THE FBI AND THROUGH NIBRS.

AND THIS DATA IS NOT AS UP TO DATE AS THE 2023 DATA.

THEY'RE UP THERE USUALLY TWO YEARS BEHIND YEAR AND A HALF IN THIS CASE.

BUT YOU'LL SEE PROPERTY CRIME IN TEXAS ON THE RISE.

OURS IS SLIGHTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS TEXAS.

AND VIOLENT CRIME.

WE STILL CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD AND IN MUCH GREATER PROPORTION TO TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES.

YOU'RE JUST NOT LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF A RANDOM VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

I THINK THIS ALSO IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TRACKING OUR POPULATION.

THAT RED DOTTED LINE UP FRONT THAT REPRESENTS A 4000 OR $4000, 4000 POPULATION INCREASE IN TWO YEARS.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT UPTICK IN ARRESTS.

OUR CRASH DATA IS REALLY CONSISTENT FROM LAST YEAR, AND OUR TOTAL CRIME IS, AS I VIEW IT, LESS OF AN INCREASE RELATIVE TO OUR POPULATION GROWTH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT RELATIVE TO SOME OF THESE OTHER METRICS THAT WE LOOK AT RESPONSE TIMES.

A KEY INDICATOR IN MY IN MY MIND REGARDING THE SENSE OF SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

OUR GOALS RELATIVE TO PRIORITY ONE CRIMES ARE A RESPONSE TIME OF LESS THAN 4 MINUTES OR 4 MINUTES OR LESS.

WE'RE HITTING THAT MARK THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN REALLY CONSISTENT WITH THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

OUR PRIORITY TWO CALLS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ARRIVE ON SCENE WITHIN SIX MINUTES OF DISPATCH, AND WE'RE HITTING IT AT LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES RIGHT NOW, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

TRAFFIC STOPS ARE UP 2% FROM LAST YEAR, 4900 TRAFFIC STOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I'LL TELL YOU THE GREATER STORY WITH THAT IS IT'S UP 21% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WHICH, FRANKLY.

THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR US IN THE CONTEXT OF WE WANT TO BE VISIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, IS PAYING ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

AND CERTAINLY I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF YOU ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS ARE STILL THE NUMBER ONE, CONCERN THAT I HAVE EXPRESSED TO ME BY CITIZENS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, IT'S SPEEDERS.

IT'S RUNNING STOP SIGNS, IT'S AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, IT'S THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ASK OUR STAFF TO FOCUS ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS BEING VISIBLE AND MAKING CONTACT WITH DRIVERS THAT ARE EXHIBITING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR THAT LEADS TO TRAFFIC CRASHES.

ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE OVER AGGRESSIVE WITH ENFORCEMENT OF THAT AT ALL.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC STOP DATA, 68% OF THE TIME THAT YOU GET STOPPED AND SACHSE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A CITATION, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A VERBAL

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AND IN MAKING THAT TRAFFIC STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THE POLICE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO DRIVERS IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IS A POSITIVE THING. CALLS FOR SERVICE.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE TRACK.

IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS ONE OF THE METRICS THAT WE LOOKED AT RELATIVE TO OUR STAFFING STUDY THAT WE INITIATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE TRENDED THAT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS GOING TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS A BIG JUMP.

THIS IS A MORE OF A SIGNIFICANT JUMP THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR.

BUT BECAUSE IN MY ESTIMATION, COUNCIL HAD THE FORETHOUGHT TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AND MAINTAIN THOSE ADEQUATE RESPONSE TIMES THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF.

THIS IS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING TIME PER OFFICER AND THIS DOES NOT COUNT FIELD TRAINING.

IT DOES NOT COUNT ACADEMY TRAINING.

THIS IS IN-SERVICE TRAINING.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR COMMAND STAFF AND SUPERVISORY STAFF, AMONG SEVERAL OTHER THINGS.

THE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED BY TIKAL IS 40 HOURS EVERY TWO YEARS.

LAST YEAR, WE ON AVERAGE PROVIDED 90 HOURS TO EACH OF OUR OFFICERS.

THIS YEAR IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 81 HOURS.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A METRIC OF ASSURING THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THE VARIETY OF TYPE OF INCIDENTS THAT THEY ENCOUNTER.

AND COMMUNITY POLICING ACTIVITY, ANOTHER IMPORTANT METRIC TO US.

UP 15%.

AND THAT IS CONTINUING THE TREND THAT WE SAW COMING OUT OF COVID.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AS YOU ALL WERE READING YOUR PACKET, I BET YOU WERE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT THESE NUMBERS MEAN.

RE-ACCREDITATION OUR FOURTH RE-ACCREDITATION SINCE WE WERE INITIALLY ACCREDITED IN 2009.

THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS OVER 2800 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN TEXAS.

OF THOSE, ONLY 196 ARE ACCREDITED.

OF THOSE 196, THERE'S ONLY 48 THAT HAVE BEEN RE-ACCREDITED FOUR TIMES.

THAT WOULD BE US. THAT WOULD BE US.

YES, SIR. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR CONTINUED STAFFING STUDY IMPLEMENTATION.

WE WE AUTHORIZED THROUGH COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION, WE REALLOCATED OR ALLOCATED TO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS IN ONE DISPATCHER.

WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO STAFF A PREVIOUSLY VACANT POSITION IN OUR GARLAND ISD CONTRACT, AND THAT ALLOWED FOR HAVING A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT EVERY SCHOOL WITHIN GARLAND ISD, WITHIN SACHSE THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TO THAT POINT. WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARDS.

A SECOND CROSSING GUARD LOCATION ON RANCH ROAD NEAR WHITT, AS WELL AS A SECOND AND SUPPLEMENTAL POSITION TO HUDSON AND MILES TO CREATE A MORE SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE STUDENTS MORE QUICKLY IN THAT AREA THROUGH THE ADDITION OF A SECOND GUARD AT THAT LOCATION. MANY.

ARE YOU AWARE WE THROUGH WORK WITH CHIEF WADE AND HIS STAFF AND PARTICULARLY CHIEF RICHARDSON.

WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON NARCAN PROGRAM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THUS FAR TO THIS POINT, WE HAVE AT LEAST ON TWO OCCASIONS IT'S BEEN CREDITED WITH SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY UTILIZED IT ON THREE OCCASIONS IN 2023 THAT HAVE REALLY BENEFITED THAT PATIENT AND ALLOWED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET IN AND WORK ON THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET CARE AND TREATMENT THEY NEEDED.

SO A GREAT PROGRAM, CERTAINLY IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH CHIEF WADE AND PARTICULARLY CHIEF LEE.

AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR OUR CITIZENS.

BODY WORN CAMERA AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE THAT WAS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE BACK END OFFICE OF IT, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, DOCUMENT ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT WITH OUR CITIZENS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WAS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERGO ALERT

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AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE COMPLETED THIS TRAINING WELL BEFORE THE DEADLINE BECAUSE WE MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

WE CONDUCTED ETHICS TRAINING, LEGAL UPDATE TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED EVERY TWO YEARS BY TCOLE, AS WELL AS THE SUPER SUPERVISORY MENTORING PROGRAM FOR ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS IN-HOUSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RECURRING THEME EVERY YEAR THAT WE WILL TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DE-ESCALATION TRAINING, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE TRAINING, IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, ETHICS TRAINING, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE EMBEDDED IN YOUR CULTURE SO THAT YOU CONTINUALLY FOCUS ON THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO EXHIBIT AS THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CONSCIOUS AND COGNIZANT, AND ADHERENCE TO NOT ONLY ACCREDITATION STANDARDS, BUT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND THAT IT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE AND NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO BECAUSE WE'RE MANDATED TO EVERY TWO YEARS.

SOME OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS YOU KNOW, WE REINSTITUTED OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY THAT HAD BEEN DORMANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

GREAT SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL, INAUGURAL PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED THIS PAST YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT THIS NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF HOW MANY FOLKS THAT WE BRING IN TO THE ORGANIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, A LOT OF FUN.

AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

WE INSTITUTED A MONTHLY OPERATION SNAPSHOT.

JUST, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THIS.

I HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY COMPLIMENTS ON AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR, BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND JUST TELL WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE SPAN OF TWO MINUTES, RATHER THAN TRYING TO RESEARCH AND LOOK AT PARTICULAR DATA POINTS.

ALTHOUGH THAT THAT AOR, SPREADSHEET IS STILL IN EFFECT, I THINK THIS TELLS A QUICKER STORY AND CERTAINLY PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.

HAD SEVERAL CRISIS PREPAREDNESS CLASSES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

OUR LEGACY PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE TO GO STRONG.

OUR COPS AND CAMPERS.

WEEKS WERE COMPLETELY FULL.

WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THIS NEXT YEAR.

THIS NEXT SUMMER.

PUBLIC SAFETY DAY, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

ALL OF OUR LEGACY PROGRAMS, WE CONTINUE TO SEE, PARTICIPATION IN AND DESIRE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO PUT THESE ON.

SO WE CERTAINLY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

OUR HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE.

I CERTAINLY WANT TO COMMEND LIEUTENANT DOOR AND SERGEANT MALONEY AND OUR CHAPLAIN, VERNON DOGGETT, FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON THIS PROGRAM.

EVERY YEAR, WE SET A NEW BENCHMARK FOR CHILDREN THAT WE'RE SERVING.

LAST YEAR OR 2022 IS 176 CHILDREN THIS YEAR, 211.

AND WE STILL HAD ITEMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE TO OTHER CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP WITH THEIR PROGRAM ONCE OURS WAS COMPLETED.

VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS ON THAT.

VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING.

CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.

THAT DOLLAR FIGURE, I DON'T.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BUT THAT DOESN'T TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.

THEY HAVE BECOME SUCH A PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WE WOULD NOT BE NEAR AS EFFECTIVE WITHOUT THEM.

THEY ARE ENGAGED WITH EVERY DIVISION THAT WE HAVE.

THEY SPEND TIME WORKING IN EVERY UNIT THAT WE HAVE.

AND CERTAINLY THE MOST VISIBLE UNIT IS OUR FIELD OPERATIONS UNIT, AND YOU'LL SEE THEM OUT THERE AS MUCH AS I DO, BUT THEY ARE FANTASTIC.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.

I WANT MORE OF THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT SERGEANT MERRYMAN IS CHARGED WITH, WITH WORKING ON THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN 2024? WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON A LOT OF THIS.

WE MENTIONED OUR CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT.

CHIEF BAXTER IS INSTITUTING, ALONG WITH SERGEANT GOODING AND OFFICER SHUFELT, A RAD CITIZEN CLAD.

THIS IS THIS IS A RAPE AGGRESSION DEFENSE CLASS.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ONLINE.

IT'S A PRESCRIBED CURRICULUM.

YOU HAVE TO BE TRAINED IN THIS AND CERTIFIED IN THIS.

WE HAVE SENT SERGEANT GOODING AND OFFICER SHUFELT TO THAT COURSE FOR THEM TO BE CERTIFIED.

THROUGH OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE ALL THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY.

AND I ANTICIPATE THIS PROGRAM COMING TO OUR CITIZENS HERE.

EARLY SUMMERY SUMMER, SUMMER SUMMER.

NOT SUMMER. SUMMER, SPRING.

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YEAH. SO THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE SUMMER.

BECAUSE I SAY SPRING.

HE SAYS FALL. YEAH.

HE KNOWS HOW IT WORKS.

BICYCLE RODEO PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUNG KIDDOS IN THE LATE SPRING.

WE ARE WORKING NOW ON OUR RADIO AND MOBILE UPGRADE PROCESS.

WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE EQUIPMENT TO COME IN.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN ORDERED.

I EXPECT THAT TO ARRIVE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

WE'VE STARTED OUR TASER UPGRADE CLASS TODAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

SOME TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES.

MIKE AND HIS TEAM HAVE ALREADY STARTED IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR MAJOR CASE CONFERENCE ROOM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE STARTED DEESCALATION REFRESHER TRAINING TODAY.

WE MENTIONED ONGOING IN-SERVICE CLASSES WITH OUR SROS BEING OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY, THEY WENT THROUGH SOME REFRESHER TRAINING ON DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES TODAY, A CRIME ANALYSIS SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION.

THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT I WANT TO, ROLL OUT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR CITIZENS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, HOW WE DO THINGS, THE REASONING BEHIND THINGS, WHAT OUR POLICIES ENTAIL.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY A WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR FOR US.

AND LIEUTENANT DORR WILL BE ATTENDING THE INSTITUTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.

MANAGEMENT COLLEGE IN PLANO AT THE END OF MARCH OR AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

MARCH 4TH.

I TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE GONE FOR 12 WEEKS.

HE ABOUT FLIPPED OUT.

BUT IT'S NOT 12 WEEKS, IT'S EIGHT.

BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMAND STAFF.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE LIEUTENANT D'AW ATTEND THIS.

AND SOMETHING THAT THAT I WORK WITH AND CHIEF BAXTER WORKS WITH ALMOST EVERY DAY NOW IS OUR ANIMAL SHELTER PROJECT.

AND I DID NOT WANT TO COMPLETE THIS PRESENTATION WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL STAFF, AS YOU KNOW, ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW HOUSE FOR OUR AND FACILITY FOR OUR ANIMALS UNDER OUR CARE AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A PICTURE THAT I TOOK LAST WEEK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS SINCE YOU GUYS WERE OUT THERE LAST.

AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET, AND I'M ANTICIPATING FALL.

OF 2024 AND EVERYTHING IS ROCKING AND ROLLING AS IT SHOULD.

AND SO I KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR NO BIG RAIN DELAYS.

AND, WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROGRESS.

SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WELL, SADLY, IN SOME RESPECTS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG, DRY SUMMER.

PROBABLY, SO THAT'LL HELP TOO.

WELL, IT'LL HELP CONSTRUCTION FOR SURE.

QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF SYLVESTER.

I JUST GOT ONE TO SYLVESTER.

OH, HOLD ON, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES.

THE, THE DATA YOU GAVE ON THE CRIME THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2023.

IS IT SAFE TO SAY, I MEAN, DO WE DO YOU PARTITION IT BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CITIZENS OF SACHSE, OR IS IT JUST CRIME? THE OFFENDERS. ARE THEY INTERNAL CITIZENS OR EXTERNAL? OKAY, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ARRESTED IN SACHSE ARE NOT SAXY RESIDENTS.

OKAY? NOW.

AS WE KNOW, THE METROPLEX.

METROPLEX IS LARGE.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ENTER INTO A CITY AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'VE CROSSED CITY BORDERS.

CERTAINLY, FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED OFFENSES ARE GENERALLY RESIDENTS HERE THAT THAT IF THEY'RE ARRESTED FOR THAT, THEN.

IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR HOME.

A LOT OF OUR OTHER CRIME ARE NOT COMMITTED BY SAXY RESIDENTS.

NOW, I ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS A DISCLAIMER.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO DECIDE TO BREAK INTO A HOME OR PULL CAR HANDLES OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.

RIGHT. SO. WELL, I THINK IT KIND OF GOES TWOFOLD.

IF THEY'RE EXTERNAL TO OUR CITY, AND YOUR PRESENCE KEEPS INCREASING.

NOT THAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW, A MILLION PULLOVERS A DAY.

RIGHT. BUT I THINK THE PRESENCE HELPS MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF A DETERRENT.

RIGHT. AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS JUST ON AN AGE, LIKE FOR THE SHOPLIFTING AND WHATNOT.

DO WE SEE THAT THERE'S IT'S MAINLY YOUNG, MIDDLE AGED, OLDER PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT.

I'M CURIOUS. THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S MORE OF AN ECONOMIC THING OR IT'S MORE OF A OPPORTUNITY THING.

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VISIBILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I'M. I'M GOING BACK TO YOUR TRAFFIC STOP QUESTION.

BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT OF THE VISIBILITY CANNOT BE, OVERSHADOWED BY OVER AGGRESSIVENESS.

AND SO CERTAINLY, WHAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING TO OUR STAFF AND WHAT WE SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, IS YOU'RE STOPPING FOLKS FOR THOSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE CRASHES, RIGHT? NOW, CERTAINLY THERE ARE REGULATORY STOPS.

BUT AS I SAID, 68% OF THE TIME, YOU'RE NOT ISSUED A CITATION.

YOU ENCOUNTER THE OFFICER.

THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

WE'RE HOPING TO EDUCATE YOU.

SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT EVEN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A HEADLIGHT OUT OR THAT YOU'RE YOU THOUGHT YOU USED YOUR TURN SIGNAL AND YOU DIDN'T, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT IS THAT IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE, INFORM, BUT PROVIDE THAT VISIBILITY TO THE REST OF THE PUBLIC PASSING BY THAT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING ATTENTION RELATIVE TO SHOPLIFTING.

I HAVE NOT DONE AN ANALYSIS ON EACH OF THE OF THE OFFENSES, BUT I CERTAINLY WILL TELL YOU THAT IT SPREADS.

DEMOGRAPHICS, AGE, GENDER.

IT'S ALL OVER.

OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS STOOD OUT TO ME LIKE IT IS A SINGULAR, OR MAYBE EVEN 1 OR 2 FACTORS RELATED TO YOUR QUESTION IN THAT CONTEXT.

OKAY. OKAY.

THAT HELPS EXPLAIN AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE STATS EVERY YEAR.

IT'S IT'S AMAZING, TO SEE ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DO AND IT'S FANTASTIC AND.

I THINK Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB.

WELL THANK YOU. IT'S A CREDIT TO THEM.

MISS HOWARTH, I SAID A QUESTION.

SO YOU SAID CALLS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE UP 21%? YES, MA'AM. ARE THEY KIND OF UP 21% KIND OF OVERALL.

LIKE IT'S COMING UP EQUALLY LIKE ALL IN ALL CATEGORIES.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING CALLS ABOUT WAY MORE OFTEN THAN THAT'S UNUSUAL.

SO IF YOU RECALL WHAT I USED TO PRESENT IS 911 CALLS.

THIS IS NOT. THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 911 CALLS, BUT IT IS ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT THE OFFICERS DO.

I THINK THAT IS A BETTER MEASUREMENT OF WORK THAN SIMPLY A911 CALL.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE INITIATED ACTIVITY.

THEY HAVE, PARKING WALKS, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES, THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERING TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THIS ALSO ENCAPSULATES AND IS A GOOD MEASUREMENT FOR TO HELP QUANTIFY HOW HARD THE DISPATCHERS ARE WORKING.

911 CALLS SOMETIMES.

I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE, BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 911 CALLS ARE PEOPLE THAT HANG UP ON THE DISPATCHER.

WELL, THEY HAVE TO SPEND THE EFFORT AND CALL THEM BACK AND TRY TO GEO LOCATE WHERE THAT MIGHT BE COMING FROM.

IF IT'S A CELL PHONE OR A LANDLINE, AND THEN DISPATCH AN OFFICER SO THEY DON'T PICK UP OR THEY'RE HAVING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH THEM, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

SO IT'S MORE OF A.

A HOLISTIC METRIC RELATIVE TO WORK PRODUCT THAN IT IS CALLS GENERATED ACROSS THE CITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. A COUPLE OF THESE AREAS WHERE THEY, AS YOU SAID, THAT THE PERCENTAGES SHOW A PRETTY GOOD SIZE INCREASE, BUT REALLY, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT BAD AT ALL.

BUT LIKE, ASSAULT OR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, VEHICLE BURGLARY.

ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING THAT LEADS YOU TO THINK THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE MORE DENSELY POPULATED PART OF TOWN, FASTER THAN THE AVERAGE OR LESS DENSELY POPULATED PART OF TOWN? I GUESS WHAT I'M REALLY SAYING IS, WHAT ABOUT OUR.

ARE YOU SEEING MORE OF THIS IN THE MULTIFAMILY AREAS OF TOWN AS OPPOSED TO SINGLE? SO THAT'S A COMPLICATED QUESTION, AND I WILL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT WITH THAT.

YES. WE LOOK AT CRIME ACROSS THE CITY, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CITY.

I MENTIONED A SPECIFIC AREA THAT THAT WAS HAVING ONE PARTICULAR OFFENDER RUN OFF WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT PERSON, AND WE ARRESTED THEM A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND THAT HAS CEASED.

YES, THERE ARE CALLS RELATED TO, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AFFILIATED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE, YOU WILL HAVE MORE OF THOSE CALLS, SUCH AS NOISE DISTURBANCES, FAMILY DISTURBANCES, ALARMS, SUSPICIOUS, SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I WOULD NOT I WOULD NOT ARBITRARILY SAY THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE THAT IS TIED DIRECTLY TO MULTIFAMILY IN THAT CONTEXT, AS FAR AS OVERALL CRIME IN THE CITY.

NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

I THINK WE CAN EXPECT WITH MULTIFAMILY THAT WE WILL HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE AT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES YOU WILL

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF SYLVESTER? THAT'S ONE QUICK ONE, CHIEF.

YOU MENTIONED IT. TOILET PAPER IN A HOUSE WAS CONSIDERED CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

WHAT'S THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS? THAT'S A PERFECT. ONLY AN EXAMPLE, MAYOR.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES.

AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS A TEAM EFFORT.

AND, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR TRAINING AND OUR PHILOSOPHY.

AND I'LL SAY IT, I'VE SAID IT 10,000 TIMES.

I'LL SAY IT 10,000 MORE. I'VE BEEN HERE 24 YEARS.

I HAVEN'T FELT UNSAFE IN THIS CITY ONE DAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE.

ADJOURNMENT. THE THOMAS GRANGER 8:01 P.M..

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:01 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.