Aug 12, 2025 City Council Budget Workshop

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:00. THIS IS OUR MEETING FOR TUESDAY,

[2. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

[3.A. Consider an Ordinance ordering a bond election to be held on the 4th day of November 2025, in the City of Duncanville, Texas, making provisions for the conduct of the election and resolving other matters incident and related to such election.]

THAT'S A THIS ITEM IS JUST TO. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE PRESENTED THE BOND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THE NEXT STEP IN THAT THIS PROCESS IS TO ACTUALLY CALL THE ELECTION SO THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE ON NOVEMBER 4TH. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. IT IS TWO PROPOSITIONS, ONE FOR POLICE AND TRAINING FACILITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $12 MILLION, AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER, THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION. THE REASON THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS IS STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEY CAN'T BE MIXED USES. SO POLICE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY USE. AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER IS A SPECIFIC SERVICE TO SERVICE MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THEY HAVE TO BE TWO SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS TO BE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULDN'T HAVE PARKS, PARKS PROJECTS AND STREETS PROJECTS ON THE SAME BALLOT DATE. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES. I DID WANT TO ADDRESS, AS YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE ORDINANCE, ATTACHMENT, THAT IT DOES SAY THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE ON THE PROPOSITION BALLOT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IS REQUIRED NOW BY STATE LAW, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PLAN TO RAISE YOUR TAX RATE, WHICH IN OUR RECOMMENDATION, WE WEREN'T PLANNING TO DO THAT, YOU WERE STILL REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THE EDUCATIONAL AND FACTUAL INFORMATION THE CITY CAN PROVIDE ON THE BOND PROGRAM, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE, THAT RAISES TAXES. TAXES STATEMENT HAS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE PROPOSITION. AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, HILLTOP SECURITIES JASON HUGHES HERE. BUT THAT'S THAT IS JUST THE OVERVIEW OF WHY IT HAS TO BE ON THERE. AND THEN THE NEXT.

SORRY. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE JUST KIND OF NEXT STEPS IN ORDER TO GET IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, WE DO HAVE TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE CONTRACT FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO FINALIZE THE TRANSLATIONS FOR BOTH SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE, AND PUBLISH THOSE NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPER.

FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE CAN STILL ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE TRANSLATIONS ANY DAY NOW. AND THEN AGAIN AFTER THAT, IT PROVIDING THAT FACTUAL INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS REGARDING THE BOND PROGRAM AND THEN AND THAT THAT THAT IS THE OVERVIEW. SO REALLY AT THIS POINT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE AND CALLING THE ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 4TH.

COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS TODAY, THE DEADLINE OR THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE. YES. I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. I DID NOT MENTION THAT THE THAT THE WE HAD TO ADOPT AS EARLY AS AUGUST 6TH, AS LATE AS AUGUST 18TH. SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS DON'T FALL IN THOSE DATES. SO IN ORDER TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, WE HAD IT ON TODAY'S

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HAVING SAID THAT, YOU SEE THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SHORT ON TIME. AND TO ADD SOMETHING TO A CAREFULLY DELIBERATED DECISION BY THE BOND COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR ME TO INSERT SOMETHING IN THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED. ALTHOUGH YOU ASKED US TO PROVIDE THE TIME TO DISCUSS OTHER THINGS. I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT SPECIFICALLY THAT DAY, BUT YOU SAID WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REPORT, AND I'M EVEN. I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, 12 MILLION FOR THE POLICE STATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ENOUGH. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT JUSTIFIES THAT PARTICULAR AMOUNT. POLICE STATION AND TRAIN FACILITY. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE STATION. SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM. I HAD THAT DISCUSSION EARLIER WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS. AND NO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN ANYTHING THAT'S COME OUT OF THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BREAK

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THAT IN TURN, COST WENT UP AND THE CONTRACTOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THOSE COSTS RUNNING UP. SO WE SPENT A LOT MORE ON THAT FIRE STATION. SO YES, I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WHERE THE NUMBERS CAME FROM, HOW THEY WERE VETTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY MEET TODAY'S COST, TOMORROW'S COST, HOW FAR OUT ARE WE COVERED TO MAKE SURE. AND 18 MONTHS, SOMEBODY'S NOT COMING TO US AND ASKING FOR ANOTHER $2 MILLION? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE BRIEFING, IF IT WASN'T, IS THAT THE $12 MILLION DEFINITELY WOULD BE A DESIGN BUILD ON THE POLICE STATION TO COVER THAT COST. THERE WAS SAVINGS. SO THE $8 MILLION FOR THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS SOME SAVINGS FROM A PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAM THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE CENTER. THAT WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION, AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER $2 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNED ON BONDS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE $12 MILLION TO COVER FOR THE SERVICE CENTER. THAT'S MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.

I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT I GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BOND PRESENTATION WE DID. I THOUGHT IT WAS COVERED IN THERE, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. BUT I REMEMBER SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE. SO IT MAY HAVE I WAS JUST SAYING THE CHAIR, MAYBE HE CAN. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. MAYBE HE'S STARTING TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WORKED VERY EXTENSIVELY TOGETHER AND WITH MR. FINCH AT THE TIME.

I DO KNOW THAT MR. FINCH PERSONALLY WENT TO THE CITY OF SEGOVIA AND LOOKED AT THEIR POLICE STATION, ALONG WITH THE POLICE CHIEF. I WAS NOT I WAS NOT PART OF THAT VISIT, BUT HE DID SHARE THAT WITH ME. AND HE ALSO SHARED WITH ME THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FIRM THAT BUILT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF SEAGOVILLE. AGAIN, I WASN'T I WAS NOT PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT I DO KNOW IF SINCE THE TIME WAS TAKEN TO GO OVER THERE AND FIND THAT OUT, THEN I BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT THAT CAME TO THE BOND COMMITTEE WAS GOOD INFORMATION. NOW, THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT INTERNAL TRANSITIONS. AND SO UNFORTUNATELY. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE CITY MANAGER, WHO IS NOT PRESENTLY WITH US, HE DID ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ON MY MIND AS WELL. AND I ASKED, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO ANSWER FOR THAT. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE TRY TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AS WE CAN WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. I FEEL A LOT LIKE COUNCILMEMBER COMBS IS, IS THAT I'M CONCERNED. WE'VE GOT THINGS IN THE MARKETPLACE LOOKING LIKE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? I BELIEVE I HEARD OUR CHIEF SAY WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS BUILT, FAIRLY SOON AFTER IT WAS BUILT.

IT WAS IT WAS ALMOST OBSOLETE OR NOT QUITE UP TO DATE STUFF. AND SO WE'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS. AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT ALSO. COMING AFTER BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, I DO AGREE AS WELL. THE POLICE STATION IS A MUST AND NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE SERVICE CENTER IS A MUST. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE SERVICE CENTER. AGAIN, THEY HAVE WAITED AND WAITED AND THAT WAS 28. THAT WAS PART OF THE 2018 BOND. AND SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE EARNED MONEY OFF OF THIS, THIS STUFF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT I HAVE

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AND THAT'S WHY WITH IF THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONS FOR PARKS OR SOMETHING, THAT IT WOULD BE TO NOT TO GO UP TO 25, BUT JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE 29. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY AGAIN, IF WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY, I'M I MEAN, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS IF WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION, IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANY MORE INFORMATION OR TO LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONS, THEN I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT EXTRA TIME IF WE HAVE TO. I THINK THE DEADLINE IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND, MR. HUGHES, I THINK IF YOU HAVE THE DEADLINE IS THE 18TH, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY, SO YOU COULD WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO A SPECIAL CALL IN THE 18TH AND COME BACK, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE DEADLINE. SO WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT IF, IF PEOPLE IF EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE TO DO A SPECIAL CALL ON MONDAY THE 18TH AND GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS WE COULD GO. AND AFTER THAT IT'S THAT'S THE DEADLINE, I THINK. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE 72 HOURS TO POST THAT. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT 72 HOURS OR THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

THAT'S NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, IS THAT THAT CHANGES RIGHT NOW. IT'S STILL 72 HOURS. SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE 18, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE, THE LAST DAY THAT WE COULD CALL IT. BUT WE, WE COULD DO THAT IF YOU WANTED TO IF, IF COUNCIL WANTS MORE QUESTIONS OR WANTS TO EXPLORE THAT OTHER OPTION, WE COULD DO THAT. SO BUT WE'D ALSO HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND ALSO UPDATE THE BOND PROPOSITION, WORK WITH BOND COUNCIL TO GET THAT UPDATED AND HAVE THAT THAT OTHER PROPERTY. IF THERE WAS IF WE WANTED TO GO TO THE PARKS RIGHT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A THIRD PROPOSITION FOR THAT AND HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT LANGUAGE IN THE PROPOSITION. SO WE'D HAVE TO TURN THAT AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION. BUT YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NEAR THE DEADLINE. AND I THINK DURING THIS TRANSITION PROCESS BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY, MR. ROSSER. SO I THINK THE OTHER THE OTHER CONSIDERATION THAT COULD BE MADE IS GO FORWARD WITH THE $20 MILLION BOND PROGRAM AND THEN ALTERNATIVELY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, AT AT WHETHER IT'S TWO OR 3 OR 4 MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS THROUGH OTHER DEBT, SALES TAX NOTES OR SEALS THAT COULD BE DONE OFF CYCLE TO HELP FUND, YOU KNOW, PARK IMPROVEMENTS OR TRAIL ENHANCEMENTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I, I RECALL SEEING THAT AS KIND OF AN OPTION, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, IF WE DIDN'T DO THE $25 MILLION BOND AND INSTEAD 20, WE COULD STILL LOOK AT SELLING ADDITIONAL DEBT OUTSIDE THE BOND PROGRAM TO COVER OTHER THINGS FOR MY OPPONENT. AND ALONG THAT SAME LINE, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET SOME THOUGHTS FROM MAYBE CHIEF STOGNER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BRIAN ALONG THE SAME LINES OF THE PROJECT. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR, THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH FIRMS, SPECIFICALLY WITH ICP, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, AND THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR FACILITY PLANNING. I DON'T WANT LISTEN, WE NEED A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S NO QUESTION. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT.

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS DO THIS BLINDLY. AND I SAY THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I TRUST, MR. FINCH, I TRULY DO, BUT A FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO LET ME KNOW WHAT WE NEED. IF ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN TELL ME HOW BIG AN EVIDENCE ROOM WE NEED. I'VE BEEN IN POLICE WORK FOR 30 YEARS, AND I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S UNDER THAT UMBRELLA TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ME SO THAT WHEN WE DO MOVE IN, WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE INCREASING OUR STAFFING, AND I DON'T WANT A YEAR FROM NOW THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW WHERE I'M PLACING PEOPLE IN CLOSETS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ROOM. LET ME ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS SHOCKING

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I WAS FOCUSED, I WAS ASKING ABOUT POLICE STATION. THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THERE. THEY HAD THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAFETY PART, THE FIRE, NOR THE POLICE. IT WAS GOING TO BE A SEPARATE ONE. THEY'VE NEVER RECEIVED THAT. THEY DID THE MATRIX THING. RIGHT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF AND I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS, I'M NOT SURE IF ONCE THE BOND IS APPROVED BY Y'ALL, THEN WE DO ONE. I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS. AGAIN, I'M A I'M A PATROL OFFICER. THAT'S DEFINITELY THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M I'M IN A BIT OF A STATE OF BEING STUNNED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE WASN'T IT JUST WENT WITHOUT SAYING THAT TO GET THIS FAR, THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND I KEPT HEARING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. YES, SIR. THERE WAS A FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE POLICE STATION IN 2017, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS OLD NOW. BUT NO, IT WAS, IT WAS IT WAS PART OF THE 2017 FOR ALL CITY FACILITY. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. BUT THIS IS YEAH.

BUT AGAIN IT'S EIGHT YEARS OLD. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO ASK FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN THE WEEDS HERE THAN ME BECAUSE THE EXACT SAME THING THAT THAT CHIEF STOGNER HAS EXPRESSED THAT WE COULD GET THERE AND THEN FIND OUT WE NEED ANOTHER FIVE, $6 MILLION, REALISTICALLY, BECAUSE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WASN'T DONE ACCORDING TO POLICE STANDARDS. I GUESS THERE'S A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR EVIDENCE ROOMS AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE IN THERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WE HAVEN'T HAD IT BEFORE. WE CAME TO THIS DECISION ABOUT THIS BOND ISSUE. THAT'S THAT'S STARTLING TO ME. IT'S FRAUGHT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION TO FIND OUT, WE NEED TO ADD OR MAYBE EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT ROUTINE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM GETS TOGETHER, WE FIND OUT THAT WE UNDERBID THIS THING. IF I IF I MAY ADD LIKE FROM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE ESTIMATION OF THE PROJECT, I THINK THE WAY THIS PRACTICE WAS DONE IS REALLY TO LOOK BACK AT THAT LOOK. IT WAS REALLY CALCULATED BACK FROM THE CITY'S ABILITY TO FUND, BASICALLY. SO WITH CONSTRUCTION OR FACILITY LIKE POLICE OR EVEN THE SERVICE CENTER, THERE ARE A LOT OF LEVELS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO WITH SO MANY, LIKE A HUGE RANGE OF PRICE AND DIFFERENCE BASED ON HOW MUCH WE'RE ADDING OR REMOVING, HOW BASIC WE CAN GET, OR HOW MUCH OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND THINGS WE CAN ADD TO THE FACILITY. SO I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY WAS BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT HAPPENED, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT HAPPENS. YEAH, THAT WE HAVE SEEN I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN WE EVER STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WHICH IS THE OLDER ONES THAT THAT'S DONE SINCE 2017. I BELIEVE IT'S JUST BASED UPON THAT AND BASED UPON THE CITY'S ABILITY TO STAY WITHIN THAT $25 MILLION. IT WAS TAILORED TO LOOK THAT WAY. BUT IF WE WANT TO SAY IT'S A WISH LIST AND WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO GET AND WHAT'S THE BEST FACILITY AND THE SIZE, THE BIGGEST SIZE AND ALL OF THAT. YEAH, THERE WILL BE A HUGE PRICE RANGE TO LOOK AT FROM THE MINIMUM TO THE MAXIMUM. I KNOW YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUR YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA. SO THAT'S COMING IN DIRECT TO YOU. BUT I MEAN THIS ALMOST SOUNDS SOPHOMORIC IN APPROACHING A PROJECT WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE STANDARD NEEDS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF CONVERSATION WITH WHOMEVER TO ESTABLISH THOSE STANDARDS OF MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ROOM SIZES AND ANYTHING ELSE EQUIPMENT NEEDS. BEFORE WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE THAT WE BUILT TO A NEED AND NOT TO ACTUAL. FACETS OF FACETS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WERE PINPOINTED AND FINE TUNED, AGAIN, THAT'S FRAUGHT WITH US WALKING INTO HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW,

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MY POINT IS, HOW DID WE HOW DID WE WORK OFF OF IF WHAT MISS MOHAMMED IS SAYING IS TRUE AND WE WERE WORKING OFF OF A NEED AND A NEED TO STAY UNDER 25 MILLION VERSUS A REAL HARD CONSTRUCTION NUMBER. I'M WORRIED WE'VE WE'VE FAILED AND IT'S A TOUGH TIME TO BE FINDING OUT IF I'M RIGHT ABOUT THIS. I HATE TO BE SO HARSH ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY NICE WAY TO PUT IT. BUT IF WE'RE HEARING THAT THAT THERE WASN'T AN ASSESSMENT DONE TO THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S STANDARDS AND TO WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE OVER THERE IN TERMS OF SPACE, BECAUSE ONLY YOU CAN TELL US THAT, THAT PART OF IT. AND IF THAT WASN'T PART OF HOW WE COME UP WITH THE PRICE ON THIS, I THINK WE COULD BE WAY OFF THE MARK. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. MISTER. MISTER BRYANT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD AS WELL? MOST OF OUR NEEDS OF THE SERVICE CENTER ADDRESSED. WE DID. WE'VE DONE TWO FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, 1 IN 17, ONE RECENTLY. WE KNOW THAT OUR SERVICE GARAGE IS HALF THE SIZE IT NEEDS TO BE. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED A LARGER ADMINISTRATION PORTION, WHICH IS GOING TO HOUSE 90% OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHOP PERSONNEL, AND WE NEED A LARGER SIGN FABRICATION AREA. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED WITHOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO PERSONALLY I FEEL LIKE OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. BUT I ALSO KNEW A LOT OF THAT STUFF UP FRONT WITHOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND ALSO I'LL SAY THE 17 NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOCUSED ON PULLING THIS OFF WITH MINIMAL EXPANSION BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET, WHEREAS THE MOST RECENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOK OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS MORE IN FOCUS. SO, SO YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S WHEN I GO TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND I LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A PROJECT THAT WAS NEVER COMPLETED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND STUFF AND NEVER RESOURCES OR. BUT I, I OUR PROJECT MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AS WELL? I DO MAYOR COUNCIL CHIEF AND I HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME SINCE. I THINK DECEMBER WAS OUR FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CIP PROJECT. AND SO IN JUST OUR EXPLORATION, TALKING TO FIRMS ABOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, ONE OF THE FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS THEY GAVE WAS THAT WE HAVE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND BASED ON THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAD, THE 2017, THAT'S ALMOST TEN YEARS.

SO THAT THAT WOULDN'T EVEN BE RELEVANT FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW. THE MATRIX REPORT TO MR. BRIAN'S POINT WAS SIMPLY AROUND THE OPERATIONAL PORTION OF IT. AND IF I COULD JUST SPEAK VERY CANDIDLY, CONSTRUCTION ALONE FOR THIS FACILITY WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT $12 MILLION. WE HAVEN'T FURNISHED IT. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DESIGN. SO NOT TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT FURTHER OUT THAN IT DOES, BUT IT PROBABLY IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND THEN TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HAVE A FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO LAST MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OR SIX YEARS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S IN THE MATRIX REPORT, BUT THEN ALSO ALL OF THE EXPERT OPINION THAT CHIEF STOGNER AND I SPENT WITH SEVERAL OTHER FIRMS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT DOES THE ICF CONFERENCE. I MEAN, WE GOT DOWN TO SOME VERY GRANULAR ITEMS IN TERMS OF SOIL TESTING AND THE ABILITY TO HOLD THE FOUNDATION. AND SO ORIGINALLY THE IDEA WAS TO BUILD A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE 20,000FT■!S AND EXPANSION HE, AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS PIECE OVER HERE WITHOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, MOST PEOPLE WON'T WOULDN'T. AND AS I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CARRY THE CONVERSATION ON WITHOUT THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ABOUT THE SOILS ASSESSMENT. SO THERE ISN'T MONEY BUILT INTO THIS FOR A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT TO BE DONE WITHOUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE WOULDN'T WITHOUT AN EXPERT COMING IN TO TELL US ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO TEST. WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IT SHOULD BE BUILT INTO IT. BUT BECAUSE TO CHIEF'S POINT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT GRANULAR LEVEL, LIKE BASED ON THE, THE, THE POPULATION, BASED ON THE SIZE OF, OF OUR FORCE, THERE'S NO MAGIC FORMULA. SOMEONE LITERALLY NEEDS TO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME DO A WALK THROUGH. WE'D HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE NEEDS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAP THAT OUT AND THEN COME BACK TO US AND

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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT CHIEF STOGNER HAS ALREADY HAD TO KIND OF CROSS OFF THE LIST LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER. YEAH. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS COURTS FITS IN THIS AS WELL.

CORRECT. SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS. WE I WOULDN'T I WANT A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT I THINK WE NEED ONE. BUT I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE LIMITED INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS IF WE DON'T DO IT BY THE 18TH? WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME WE COULD GO OUT FOR A BOND? MAY OR MAY OF NEXT YEAR. WHENEVER I SAY MAY, THAT'S WHEN THE ACTUAL BOND ELECTION WOULD BE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BACK UP JUST LIKE WE'RE BACKING UP HERE.

AND IT'S ROUGHLY FEBRUARY 16TH TO 18TH THAT YOU'D HAVE TO CALL IT LIKE THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL THEM. SO WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A FACILITY ASSESSMENT COMPLETED BY THEN, WHICH I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD ONE IN THE WORKS. SO IF THERE IS ONE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS, THEN THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP THAT UP AND BRING US BACK. BECAUSE WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW IS THAT THE NEED ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID RECEIVE WAS ABOUT THE FORCE AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND MANPOWER WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO FULLY, SUFFICIENTLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO TELL US. THAT, MATT BRYANT, YOU FEEL THAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT THAT YOU'VE SEEN FOR YOUR FACILITY IS SUFFICIENT? I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE LACKING HERE IS GETTING INTO THE FINE DETAILS OF THE NEEDS AND SPECIFICALLY THE NEEDS THAT THAT PERTAIN TO INFORMATION THAT ONLY SOMEBODY FAMILIAR WITH POLICE ACTIVITIES WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE LAYOUT AND, AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ROOMS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET. SO I UNDERSTAND THE AS BUILT PART, BUT THAT COMES WITH THE ADDITIONAL COST. OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM NOVEMBER. ELECTION FOR THIS TO A MAY OF 2016. YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT AND READY TO GO IN FEBRUARY. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS. DO YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE ONE ALREADY IN THE WORKS? WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT WAS THE NEXT ONE COMING UP. SO HAS THAT BEGUN THAT I'M AWARE IT HAS NOT. BUT I WILL FIND OUT. LET ME JUST STEP IN REAL QUICK AND SAY SO. JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CONTRACTED WITH HEWITT ZOLLARS THAT DID ANOTHER NEEDS ASSESSMENT, A LITTLE MORE THOROUGH, BUT IT REALLY WAS JUST CITY HALL, SERVICE CENTER, LIBRARY, SENIOR CENTER. IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE POLICE STATION. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ALL MAY HAVE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, BECAUSE THAT WAS RATHER RECENT AGAIN, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S THE ONE THAT INCORPORATED MATT RYAN'S INFORMATION, BUT NOT MATT'S DOG. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE NEVER RECEIVED THAT. BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH CONVERSATIONS ON BUILDING AND GETTING THE BOND. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE COMPONENTS TO MAKE A WELL-INFORMED DECISION. AND THIS IS WHY TRUST IS HARD SOMETIMES. THIS IS NOT. WELL, I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS MY FINAL STATEMENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, ALL I'M HEARING IS THAT WE ALMOST DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO WAIT TILL UNTIL NEXT YEAR. SO SOMEBODY TALKED ME OUT OF THAT AND SOME SOLUTION THAT CAN GET US TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BUT NOT LOSE WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE. AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS ALL STARTED WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT INCLUDING SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THE BOND. YES. SO GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR. SO I GUESS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF YOUR LAST COMMENT, MAYOR, IT CERTAINLY IS THE PURVIEW OF THIS COUNCIL. IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD

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SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT A 15 MILLION OR 20 MILLION AND A 25 MILLION SCENARIO, AND ANY OF THREE COULD BE, COULD BE ACHIEVED, DEPENDING UPON, YOU KNOW, THE LENGTH OF TIME OF FINANCING, THE BOND AND SO FORTH. AND BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO WITH THE $20 MILLION, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY AND THAT IN THE INTERIM YEARS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BOND IS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL DEBT CAPACITY THAT COULD BE ISSUED OUTSIDE OF THE BOND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SALE OF CEOS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR TAX NOTES THAT COULD FUND SMALLER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SEEING PARKS AND TRAILS, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, PROJECT TYPE TO, TO SPEND FUNDS ON, MAYBE EVEN POTENTIALLY THE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME UPGRADES THAT WERE NEEDED THERE NOT TO DISREGARD THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, BUT CAN CAN THIS OPTION ALSO BE USED TO COVER SOME OF THE COSTS THAT MAY COME UP AS OVERRUNS ON THE PLANNED POLICE DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENTS? I'VE SEEN THAT DONE IN OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED IN WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF A PROJECT AND THE BOND IS RUNNING SHORT, THEN YOU SELL SOME COPS OR TAX NOTES IN ORDER TO SHORE UP THE GAP IN THE IN THE PROJECT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR 2 OR 3 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHENEVER YOU NEED THAT. I'VE WORKED ON SOME PROJECTS WHERE WE

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BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE WE NEED, MAYOR, HOW DO WE EVEN KNOW THAT THE INITIAL COST THAT WE HAVE OF 20 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH? BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR A FACILITY TO SAY THAT OUR FUTURE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH OUR STAFF FOR THE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW DO WE KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ENOUGH TO BE OF ANY SERVICE TO THAT SIZE THAT WE'RE HEADED TO IN 2040? OR ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BUILDING ANOTHER ONE? CHIEF STOGNER, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU THINK WE MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? I DON'T, I WISH I DID. I WISH I HAD THAT KNOWLEDGE. I KNOW BASED ON NEEDS AND FUTURE NEEDS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CERTAINLY TRY TO USE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGIES AND REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, AND THAT'S A WHOLE ROOM ITSELF. SO WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SHRINKING THINGS DOWN, OUR LOBBY WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SHRINK. OUR SOFT INTERVIEW ROOM IS MOST LIKELY WOULD BE GONE. SO THERE'S THINGS BECAUSE I AM FOCUSED ON PERSONNEL, MY PERSONNEL, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THESE CLOSETS. SO AS WE BUILD THIS AND AS WE DESIGN THIS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN OFF. AND OUR LOBBY ISN'T PLEASANT TO BE IN. THERE'S MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE YOU'RE STANDING. THERE'S NO SOFT INTERVIEW ROOM. SO AS WE'RE INTERVIEWING SOMEBODY WHO'S GONE THROUGH A TRAUMATIC INCIDENT, OTHER PEOPLE IN THE LOBBY ARE HEARING OR ELSEWHERE HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE NEED. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WITHOUT HAVING THIS, I CAN I CAN TRUST EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. BUT UNLESS I HAVE SOMETHING ON PAPER, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO CONCEPTUALIZE WHAT WE NEED. NOW THERE'S ANOTHER CITY THAT I JUST LOOKED AT, THAT BUILDING, A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND IT'S 15 MILLION. AND THE BOND WAS IN 2024. SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE NEED HERE WITHOUT WALKING THROUGH, I CAN'T SAY YES. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE NEED. I THINK WE USE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO COME IN FOR THE INTERVIEWS FOR OUR STATION AND SEE IF IT'S EVEN FEASIBLE TO BUILD SOMETHING ON THIS SITE. MR. EVERETT. WELL, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS WE CAN DO TO GO FORWARD. SO WE CAN WE CAN DELAY AND TRY TO DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON MONDAY. WE CAN LOOK AT EITHER YOU COULD GO FORWARD WITH JUST THE FACILITY, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FACILITY. NOW IS THIS JUST A SINGLE PROPOSITION. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE ONE ITEM. WE COULD GO BACK AND DELAY AND REVISIT THE POLICE STATION AND BRING IT BACK IN MAY. AND WE COULD DO THE SAME THING. EITHER DO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER NOW, OR DO ALONG WITH THE POLICE STATION. BUT JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION INFORMATION I'M HEARING, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO DO DEFINITELY SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE POLICE SIDE FOR SURE. SO CAN YOU DO BONDS BACK TO BACK LIKE THAT TO THE CITIZENS? CAN YOU BRING OR. I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE A TWO YEAR GAP OR SOMETHING I HEARD. NO. SO THAT'S THERE'S PROHIBITIONS AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF COPS IN THE EVENT OF A FAILED ELECTION. BUT AS FAR AS HAVING HAVE AS MANY BOND ELECTIONS AS YOU WANT, I MEAN, YOU ALSO GOT TO THINK ABOUT TOO, YOU HAVE A CHARTER ELECTION GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME IN NOVEMBER. SO YOU WERE ALREADY KIND OF COMPETING AGAINST THAT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I MOVED THIS FORWARD BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS HIGH PRIORITY. AND I'M, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TRYING TO KEEP THIS GOING, AND I APOLOGIZE. THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I MYSELF AM LEARNING SOME STUFF AS WELL. BUT IF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTS TO POSTPONE, COME BACK, RELOOK AT THIS THING IN THE FALL, DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, LOOK AT IT. WE CAN HAPPILY DO THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS A PUSH TO GET THIS DONE AND I DON'T WANT TO KILL MOMENTUM AGAIN. I THINK WITH THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER, WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, YOU COULD IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE POLICE, YOU COULD DO THAT AS A SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL BOND IN NOVEMBER. OR YOU COULD DO IT ALL AT ONCE IN MAY, BUT WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL CALL AND COME BACK WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE HAVE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE VOTES. YEAH. SO YEAH, I WOULDN'T POINT A FINGER TO ANYBODY IN THIS. AND IF ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS, PROBABLY HEAVIER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POLICE STATION. BUT IF WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR MONTHS AND IT'S FOUR MONTHS, IT'LL BE THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A FACILITY, NEEDS ASSESSMENT. EVEN IF WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT ISSUING A BOND. YEAH, THAT NEEDS TO SOUND LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ANY WAY. WE CAN GO OVER THERE AND SEE WHAT

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SO I WOULD SUPPORT GETTING ON TOP OF THAT ASAP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS BRIAN. I MEAN, IF, IF WE TOOK AN ADDITIONAL FOUR MONTHS TO APPROVE A PACKAGE WITH THE SERVICE CENTER, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO RIGHT AWAY? WE WAITED SEVEN YEARS, RIGHT? AND I MEAN, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T I'LL PUT THIS OUT THERE. I WOULDN'T HATE A SECOND OPINION. WE'VE HAD THE SAME FIRM DO BOTH OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. SO I WOULDN'T HATE A SECOND OPINION IF WE BROUGHT A DIFFERENT FIRM IN FOR THE POLICE STATION. YOU KNOW, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH AND WHAT THEY SAY ARE DIFFERENT IN THESE FIRMS, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND IN THE NEEDS OF, SAY, POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND DID THE GROUP THAT WE USE HAVE THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND WHEN THEY DID IT 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO? SO I GUESS THAT'D BE SOMETHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN. WHO WHO WOULD BE OUR MOST TRUSTED SOURCE TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WITHIN THAT THAT PRICE RANGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRY TO SATISFY THOSE NEEDS. SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BUMP THAT SOFT INTERVIEW ROOM AND, AND SHRINK DOWN THE, THE FOYER. SO I'D CERTAINLY HAVE A. THE FIRM THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO IS A FORMER CHIEF. HE'S ACTUALLY RETIRED. HE IS NOW WORKING WITH THEM. LIKE I SAID THIS IS A FIRM THAT. WORKS WITH IACP, DOES A LOT OF TRAINING WITH THAT. WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THEM. WE'VE ALREADY KNOW KIND OF THE TIMELINE ON HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT TO US. ALL I NEED REALLY, IS THE FUNDS AND THE GO TO DO IT. SO OKAY, SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT WHAT FUNDS YOU NEED. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND THEN HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FOUR MONTH DELAY IF WE HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE? WELL, I ECHO HIS COMMENTS. I'VE BEEN THERE AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A FEW DECADES. WE MAKE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND IF FOUR MONTHS IS GOING TO DELAY THIS FOUR MONTHS, THEN SO BE IT. BECAUSE NOW, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING SET FOR US TO WORK TOWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING, NOT THAT THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T THINK I'M GOING BEHIND THIS. THIS IS ME TALKING TO YOU ALL ON THIS. I'D FEEL REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK THE CHAIR OF THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR HIS THOUGHTS AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE SEEM TO BE HEADED. NO, I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD. I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT. AS AS MUCH AS I KNOW YOU ALL AND RESPECT ALL OF YOU, I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT ADVISE YOU ALL TO DO SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T DO. AND IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT A NEEDS ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT WILL PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION IN THE LONG RUN. YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS GUARANTEED. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE DONE ALL OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND WITHOUT A FACILITY ASSESSMENT, WE CANNOT SAY THAT. SO I'M I'M ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT RIGHT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NONE OF US, EXCEPT FOR JEREMY, WILL BE AROUND HERE WHEN THE NEXT POLICE STATION COMES UP. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, SIR. OKAY. SO COUNCIL. JOE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OH, WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR OWN FOLKS, BUT OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.

AND SO JUST LIKE THE FIRE STATION, WE INITIALLY TRIED TO GO WITH THE LESS EXPENSIVE OPTION, BUT IT WASN'T WHAT WE NEEDED AND WE HAD TO PAY THE MONEY, OF COURSE, A LOT MORE THAN WE THOUGHT. BUT IT IS WHAT WE NEED. SO FOR CHIEF HERE IN OUR FORCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUITING, RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MAYBE WE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SEEING ALL NODS HERE. SO YES SIR. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM RIGHT. YES, YES I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE APPROVAL. BUT I DO MOVE. YES, BUT A POSITIVE MAJORITY. WHERE'S OUR ATTORNEY?

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SO BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, THAT IN THIS ROOM SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT BLAME. THIS IS ABOUT A REALIZATION THAT COME TO OUR ATTENTION. MAYBE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE KNOWN OR MAYBE NOT. BUT WHATEVER IT IS, AND I APPRECIATE MR. HARVEY'S COMMENTS. WE GOT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT, THEN. WE HAVE NO ATTORNEY HERE TODAY.

CORRECT. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY MR. MCBURNETT TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE BOND. ORDINANCE NUMBER HERE. I'M SORRY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2545 MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A VOTE BY RAISE OF HAND. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. THE MOTION FAILS, AND WE'LL MOVE ON. WE'RE GOING TO DO A NO VOTE. YES OR NO VOTE. OKAY. A MOTION FOR A NO VOTE IS TO FAIL. YES. YOU WERE JUST VOTING NO, YES OR NO? NO. OKAY. SEVEN NO'S. AND SO NEXT STEPS AND NEXT STEPS IS WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL WE'LL SECURE FUNDING TO DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN I THINK WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND PROBABLY WE CAN RECONVENE THE BOND COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH AND REVIEW. WE WANT TO DO THAT OTHER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DEADLINE IS FOR THE CALL AND ELECTION FOR MAY, BUT WE'D HAVE TO PUT A SCHEDULE BACK IN PLACE TO DO THAT. BUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WOULD HELP US. MR. HUGHES MENTIONED MID-FEBRUARY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. AND SO WE VOTED ON THAT. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, GOING AHEAD, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAD SOME CONCERNS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING. IS THAT SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. WELL, WE COULD ALSO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A BRIEFING ON OUR NEXT STEPS, IF THAT'S EASIER. WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IF WE WANT TO ADD ARCS, OBVIOUSLY TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GENERAL SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD, OKAY? SO WE CAN GET THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.

BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO WANT TO MR. JACKSON AND MUHAMMAD BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING THAT $25 MILLION CAP THAT THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHY. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS THERE, THE BOND COMMITTEE. SO I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE STILL DOING. YEAH, WE'RE STILL DOING.

SHOOTING FOR CAP RATHER THAN NEEDS BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO STAY UNDER THAT CAP. AND SO THINGS GOT LEFT OFF, RIGHT? YEAH I THINK I THINK AGAIN IT'S A IT'S A COMBINATION. I MEAN THIS COUNCIL THIS ADMINISTRATION IS HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON A DAILY BASIS AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET, AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO PRESENT. AND CERTAINLY THE WISH LIST IS GOING TO EXCEED WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO FIT WITHIN WITHIN THE BUDGET. SO I SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THAT REGARD. OKAY. WILL THERE BE A WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WILL WE PUT OUT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY WHAT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH A VOTE ON BOND TONIGHT? WILL THAT BE ON OUR WEBSITE? SOME EXPLANATION. WE CAN PUT A COMMUNICATION OUT THAT SAYS THE COUNCIL CHOSE NOT TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW, TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER, THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND BRIEF AN UPDATE ON, ON THE ON THE ASSESSMENTS AS NEEDED AND PLAN FOR A MAY ELECTION. I MEAN SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE, BUT WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN GET SOMETHING OUT. WELL I THINK I THINK THAT'S APROPOS FOR THE KEEPING TRANSPARENCY OF THE PUBLIC. CAN WE APOLOGIZE TO THE

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[4.A. Present, discuss, and deliberate all revenues, expenditures, and projects for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Proposed Annual Budget. The City Council may direct staff to make additions, deletions, or corrections to the proposed budget and projects per current and future goals.]

ALL RIGHT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. SO HOW TODAY WILL GO IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WORK BACKWARDS. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY START WITH SOME OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND TALK ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND. AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY END ON THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX AND HAVING TO DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE LATER, FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE IN A FRAME OF MIND AT THE END OF THE MEETING, LEAVING THE GENERAL FUND PORTION TO THE LAST. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS TODAY. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TALK ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN FY 26. AS I STATED AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT THIS BUDGET REALLY IS A NO FRILLS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO START IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD PLANNING, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER THINGS TO DO. SO GETTING INTO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AGAIN, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THAT IS YOU HAVE A TAB IN YOUR BOOK FOR THAT. ALSO, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ONLINE, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK ONLINE AND PLAY AROUND IN THE SITE. BUT SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE OF COURSE ARE FUNDS THAT CAN ONLY USE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE. SO IT'S NOT JUST OPEN ENDED FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO USE IT FOR, BUT THESE HAVE SPECIAL REVENUES AND THEREFORE EXPENDITURES MUST BE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES TO BE USED. SO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE UP IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR, VICTOR HERRERA, COME AND TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION HAS BEEN DIVVIED UP TO MYSELF AND MR. GOFF. I'VE ASKED MR. GOFF TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. BUT BEFORE I ASK HIM TO GO THROUGH THAT, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THIS FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, GIVEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS FACED THIS FISCAL YEAR, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAD ONBOARDED THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WERE FOR AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE GROWN AND LEARNED TOGETHER AND REALLY BEEN IN THE POSITION OF REBUILDING. AND ON TOP OF THAT, SUPPORTING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEIR TIME OF NEED. BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW BEGINNINGS WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. BUT LIKE I SAID, AS I'M PUTTING TOGETHER SOME DATA FOR YOU, FOR THIS, FOR THIS EVENING OR THIS AFTERNOON, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT THE TEAM

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AND ACTIVITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE OUR MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.

RIGHT. SOME OF OUR SHOPPING CENTERS, RIGHT, THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INVESTMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ECONOMIC LIFE. AND SO, AGAIN, TARGETED ACTIVITIES, TARGETED CORRIDORS, RIGHT. AND TARGETED, EXCUSE ME ACTIVITY AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. THE NEXT CATEGORY ADMINISTRATION. RIGHT. SO WE GET TO TAKE THE INGREDIENTS AND MAKE THE PIE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE STAFF. SO PERSONNEL COST BUT ALSO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RIGHT. LINE ITEMS FOR LEGAL MARKETING OUR SOFTWARE. RIGHT. THE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WHERE WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, APPRAISAL, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE ALL INCLUDED INTO THAT LINE ITEM FOR ADMINISTRATION TO ADMINISTER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES. THIRD CATEGORY TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND. AND IT'S A CATEGORY THAT WAS OF RECENT DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE SEEN THIS LINE ITEM ALWAYS REPRESENTED FOR INDIRECT COST ALLOCATION. SO EVEN THOUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, THE STAFF IS FUNDED THROUGH THE ALLOCATED SALES TAX FOR THE CORPORATION, WE'RE CITY EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? ALL OF OUR MEETINGS HAPPEN IN THIS BRIEFING ROOM. WE MAKE USE OF HR, PAYROLL, COPYING, PRINTING, ETC.

AND SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR DEPARTMENTS LIKE OURS TO HAVE AN INDIRECT COST ALLOCATION FOR THOSE CENTRALIZED SERVICES. THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT AMOUNT THIS YEAR IS A NEW INITIATIVE WHERE WE'RE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. RIGHT. THEY WERE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING SOME OF THE DATA TO OUR BOARD, TO ADMINISTRATION, JUST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A LOT OF OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THEIR RESOURCES AND RESPONSE TIME, AND THEN WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE AND SUBMIT SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR TRADEMARK AND OUR ECONOMY, CRIME STATISTICS, THEY LOOK AT OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT'S A COMPONENT THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW WE CAN HOPEFULLY HELP IMPROVE THAT BY THIS CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY. NEXT UP SPECIAL EVENTS. AND I'M SORRY I'M GETTING STARTED WARMED UP. SO FEEL FREE TO PAUSE ME OR INTERRUPT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AFTERWARDS WE CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. SPECIAL EVENTS. WE JUST HAD ONE WHERE WE DID A POST-EVENT BRIEFING AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 4TH, AND WE GOT ONE QUICKLY APPROACHING HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL. THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF TWO SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM THIS ITEM. AS PART OF OUR SERIES OF SIGNATURE EVENTS THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST,

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OTHERWISE IT CAN'T BE RENEWED. WE'D HAVE TO DISCONTINUE THAT, THAT CONTRIBUTION. SO THAT IS OUR PLAN. WE WILL HAVE TO GET A PERFORMANCE MEASURE, AND THEN WE WILL DO QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE BOARD ON OUR PROGRESS. BECAUSE I WATCHED THAT MEETING AND I HEARD ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT THEY SUPPORTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE IN THE PAST, FOR A CAMERA FOR A CERTAIN AREA. DO WE HAVE ANY METRIC METRICS ON IT TO SHOW THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL? YOU KNOW, MY I APOLOGIZE, AND THAT WOULD BE PRECEDENTS FOR US GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS A ONE TIME DEAL AND THEY JUST PURCHASED THOSE CAMERAS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY METRICS THAT WENT WENT TOWARD AT THAT TIME. OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS IT WAS A ONE TIME COST. OKAY. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, CAN I ASK THE CHIEF SO YOU WILL HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO. QUANTIFY AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AFTER YOU HAVE THE INVESTMENT AND RECEIVE IT, AND THEN YOU START WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THE CRIME PREVENTION IN THAT AREA, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NUMBERS BACK? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALSO SAID YOU YOU DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK, AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND PULL EVERYTHING OUT ONE BY ONE TO. SO A GREAT QUESTION. I'LL TELL YOU.

WE ARE MOVING TO A SYSTEM THAT ENCAPSULATES A LOT OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CRIME ANALYST A LOT EASIER. I'LL TELL YOU HOW SHE HAS TO DO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES NOW. SHE HAS TO PULL

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COUNCILMAN, MIKE BURNETT, FOR THE RADIO SPECIFICALLY IS THE COMBINATION OF THE P25 THE CONTRACT THAT PAROLA CONTRACT SERVICE AGREEMENTS AS WELL. SO THOSE FOUR AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS, AS MR. ABERNATHY HAD HAD MENTIONED, THE CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE FLEET REPLACEMENT, BOTH THE PATROL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AREAS, RESPECTIVELY, AND IN THE FLOCK TEARS AGAIN, FLOCK CAMERAS, THE RADIOS AND THOSE FOR CONTRACT SERVICES AND THE FLEET REPLACEMENT CONTRIBUTION. SO AMONGST THOSE LINE ITEMS, THEY WERE BUDGETED FOR 26 AT AROUND $364,000. SO THE 358 WAS A CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT THOSE THOSE AREAS. AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF STOGNER, SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN CAMERAS, HOW EFFECTIVE HAVE CAMERAS BEEN? PRODUCTIVE? I'M JUST GOING TO STAND UP. I WILL TELL YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY THEY WERE FORCE MULTIPLIER. THEY HELP US EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT. YOU GOT TO IMAGINE THERE'S 40,000 PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. HOW MANY PEOPLE OR HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE THERE ON OCCASION? WE HAVE FOUR OFFICERS PATROLLING THE STREET. THEY AREN'T ABLE TO SIT IN THESE LOCATIONS. THIS IS STEP ONE OF STEP TEN. STEP TEN IS A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER WHERE NOW YOU'RE MONITORING A TREMENDOUS FOOTPRINT. SO WE HAVE TO DO IT IN MODULES. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST MODULE. AND IT HAS IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. YES SIR. OKAY. BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO VICTOR, THE LAST POINT I WOULD MAKE IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE IS THE CORPORATION'S STATEMENT OF FUND BALANCE. RIGHT. AND SO TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN MAKE MAKE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR CYCLE IN TERMS OF FUNDING, WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE A REQUEST AND THE BOARD APPROVED FOR US TO USE FUND BALANCE FOR DEDICATED SPECIFIC PURPOSES. AND THE EXAMPLE WAS GOING TO BE REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS AND STRATEGIC PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. RIGHT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT TO MATURE AND EXECUTE A CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHERE IN YEARS PAST WE HAD CASH SET ASIDE FOR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS, RIGHT. WE EFFECTIVELY MOVED THAT ALLOCATION INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. RIGHT. BUT IT'S ONLY TO BE USED. IT'S ONLY ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR THOSE DEDICATED PURPOSES. RIGHT. AND SO THAT AMOUNT IS EQUAL TO WHAT YOU SEE SHOWN AS TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL FUND, $600,000, WHICH IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS FORECASTED TO BE ABOUT $6 MILLION AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND SO, YES, MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ARLINGTON IN 2026. ARE THERE ANY PREPARATIONS WE'RE MAKING NOW TO PREPARE FOR THAT? THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I KNOW WE HAD OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION AT WORK IN THE CITY OF DALLAS YESTERDAY, AND IN THE CITY OF DALLAS BUDGET. FIFA IS INCORPORATED IN THERE

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THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ALONG THAT SAME LINE, MAYOR, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT IF YOU MADE CONTACT WITH THE CITY OF ARLINGTON SERVICE HOSTING US OF THAT. SOMEHOW THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE OR BE INVOLVED AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? KIND OF A CHANGE OF SUBJECT? LET ME FOR ONE SECOND. ALONG THAT SAME LINE OF NOTIFICATION AND BEING BEING INVOLVED AS A BENEFICIARY OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING HERE FOR FIFA. I RECENTLY TALKED TO A HOTEL OWNER AND HE'S OF THE OPINION THAT WHEREAS IN THE PAST WE HAD A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HOTEL OWNERS IN TOWN IN A CASE LIKE THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE HE SEES THAT THEY'RE MISSING OUT ON SOME EVENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE TO ENTER A CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING THEM SOME EXPOSURE TO THE VISITORS THAT MAY BE COMING IN. THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD BE MAJOR. I MEAN, I IMAGINE IT COULD BE PEOPLE RENTING OUT ROOMS AS THEY DID DURING WORLD CUP BACK IN. HE WAS AROUND THEN, BUT YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME? PROBABLY, YEAH. I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE RENTING OUT BEDROOMS. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF NEED. AND CERTAINLY TO PARTNER WITH OUR HOTELS AND TO THIS EARLY STAGE THAT YOU'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. GO. SOMEBODY KNOWS MESSI OR RONALDO.

MAYBE YOU DIDN'T DO IT. PROMO FOR US OR SOMETHING. SO KIND OF BACK TO THIS. SO THE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES DO WE HAVE ANY ONE DATA TRACKING THE ROI ON THOSE. AND WE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE FAIRLY NEW BUT SOMETHING I'VE ASKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE WE GIVE THESE INCENTIVES OUT WITH SOME EXPECTATION OF SOME KIND OF ROI. A LOT OF THEM ARE OKAY. IT'S AN ESTHETIC TRANSFORMATION. BUT SOME OF THEM, FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WRITTEN WITHIN THEIR APPLICATIONS, OKAY, WHAT WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO SEE? SO DO WE HAVE ANY ANY DATA SHOWING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RETURN IS ON THAT. SURE. SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT THERE ISN'T VERY GOOD DATA SHOWING THE ROI. THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH, WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND WE DID A WITH THEM, WE DID A THREE YEAR SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST BIG EVENT AND SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, SHOW US AND TELL US IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO PROCEED, AND THAT'S THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU WANT TO OPERATE. WE WANT TO BE MORE STRATEGIC OR CALCULATED. HAVE ROIS HAVE DATA POINTS THAT YOU CAN TRACK, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH, ETC. THE DIRECTIVE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS SHOW US SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE WANT TO GO ALONG A DIFFERENT LINE. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. WE RECENTLY OBTAINED APPROVAL FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE INCENTIVE POLICY. THAT IS A LOT MORE PERFORMANCE BASED, A LOT MORE MONEY GIVEN ON THE BACK END. YOU SAY WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU GENERATE THE MONEY THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE FROM THAT BUSINESS. YOU WILL GET IT IF YOU DON'T DO IT. WE DON'T GIVE. AND EVEN THEN WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS TOWARDS A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING. LESS FOR SIGNAGE, FLOWERS AND PAINTS. THE BOARD FELT THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF

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ONE I'LL START WITH OPERATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS PARTICIPATED IN A TOTAL OF 17 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. OF COURSE, THE FISCAL YEAR IS NOT OVER, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACKING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND WHEN YOU BREAK THAT OUT, WE PREPARED 56 AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT'S POTENTIALLY 56 TIMES THAT. WE'RE AT THE PODIUM WITH POWERPOINT PRESENTATION OR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AS IT RELATES TO OUR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PLANNING AND ZONING AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETINGS. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF NINE. AND WE ASSISTED WITH MANAGING 18 CASES. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 15 MEETINGS THIS FISCAL YEAR. THIS ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SPECIAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETINGS. THERE'S BEEN TWO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME GUIDANCE ON THE VACANCIES. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING DOWN THE NUMBER ON THE BOARD TO BE IN LINE WITH THE WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION OR NOT. BUT LIKE I SAID, UNFORTUNATELY WE WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT NUMBER TO BE HIGHER. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND THEN THE TIP BOARD MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD TWO SINCE THE BOARD HAS BEEN FULLY SEATED. IT'S BEEN NOW APPROXIMATELY 45 DAYS SINCE THE BOARD HAS BEEN FULLY SEATED, AND WE HAVE NOT WASTED ANY TIME WITH THEIR WITH THEIR HELP, WE'VE GOTTEN THE LAST THREE ANNUAL TOURS REPORTS APPROVED. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GUIDANCE ON A RFQ FOR A SUB AREA PLAN. SO ULTIMATELY AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE FINANCE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE ADOPTED 2017 PLAN THAT WITH THAT SUB AREA PLAN, WE WILL BRING FORWARD AND SEEK CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THAT, AND THAT WILL BE THE NEW BASIS POINT. WE'VE CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 34 BUSINESS VISITS. WE'VE HAD THREE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY TOURS, WE'VE MANAGED THREE SIGNATURE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WITH ONE MORE COMING. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, DEVON GAVE ME THE PIN FOR THE UPCOMING EVENT. AND IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN A PIN, FEEL FREE TO HAVE ONE. ALL RIGHT.

INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOWS. WE'VE ATTENDED FOUR AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WILL BE ATTENDING NEXT MONTH. IT'S THE INTERFACE DALLAS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FIRST PART? SO CONDUCT 34 BUSINESS VISITS. WHAT QUALIFIES AS A BUSINESS VISIT? AN ACTUAL TOUCH OF TALKING TO THE BUSINESS OWNER OR THE MANAGER. YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW'S YOUR BUSINESS DOING? ANYTHING WE CAN HELP. HERE'S OUR CARD. WE ARE NOW WORKING ON DEVELOPING A FORMAL MEETING SCRIPT. WE HAVE. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND PRESENTED TO THE EDC, OF WHICH THEY'VE APPROVED, AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO BE PART OF THE VISITS. AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED US TO PROVIDE THEM A LIST

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THOSE ARE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH WELL SUPPORTED AND SUCCESSFUL HERE. BUT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, I CAN SAY THAT'S A LEGITIMATE ONE IN BLUMFEST. THOSE WERE SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2025 AND FOR NEW RESTAURANT ANNOUNCEMENTS OPENINGS. WHAT ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPENINGS? THAT'S JUST THAT THAT THEY'RE COMING, THAT THEY'VE ELECTED TO MAKE. THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE COMING THAT THEY'VE ELECTED OUR TO CALL THEIR HOME AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE PERMITTING OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY. WOULD THAT BE LIKE BOJANGLES INSIGNIA? THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS, YES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST AND, YOU KNOW, A NEW BATCH OF RESTAURANTS. NO, THIS WAS FOR 2025. ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS WHAT IT WAS. YES, YES. MR. GIRLS AND SENIOR BOJANGLES. HE MENTIONED ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPENINGS. SO A COMBINATION OF BOTH OKAY. DON'T LEAVE ANY COMMENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT. KEEP GOING OR NO, YOU LET ME KNOW. JUST I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS. THE NEXT SECTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT I HAVE 45 MILLION IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS. THESE ARE CONTRACTS FOR PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SOME CITY OWNED, SOME NOT CITY OWNED. AND THE AMOUNT AND THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS, AGAIN, THAT'S 45 MILLION WITH ANOTHER CONSERVATIVELY, CONSERVATIVELY, I WOULD SAY THERE'S ANOTHER 25 MILLION THAT IS IN THE WORKS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. BUT I'M JUST WORKING OFF OF WHAT I CALL THE FACTS. THE FACTS ARE THAT YOU HAVE 45 MILLION IN CONTRACTED PROJECTS. AND I TOOK IT ONE STEP FURTHER, AND I ESTIMATED THE PROJECTED RENT, THE PROJECTED VALUE OF THOSE PROJECTS, AND I'M ESTIMATING 868 $860,000 IN NEW REVENUE FROM THOSE PROJECTS. SO THIS 86,000 860,000 IS TIED TO THIS 45. SO WE'RE GOING TO INVEST 45 MILLION BUT RETURN 860. THERE WILL BE AN INVESTMENT. YES, THERE WILL BE AN INVESTMENT OF 45 MILLION FROM OTHER ENTITIES, NOT US, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AND SOME

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RIGHT. AND SO I HAVE FOUND IN THIS LINE OF WORK THAT MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX AND STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES. BUT I'VE, I FOUND FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHAT WORKS IS JUST THAT PERSONAL TOUCH AND GOING OUT TO THAT ESTABLISHMENT AND SAYING, HERE I AM HERE FOR YOU, I'M COMING TO YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I DO? AS OPPOSED TO SENDING A FLIER, SENDING SOMETHING? IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHEN THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THAT'S WHAT'S WORKED FOR ME. JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE. BECAUSE WHAT THIS CONVERSATION, RIGHT, IS CIRCLING AROUND IS ONE OF THE CORE ACTIVITIES IN THE WORK PLAN, BUSINESS RETENTION, BUSINESS ATTRACTION, RIGHT, AND BUSINESS EXPANSION. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE BUSINESS AMBASSADOR VISITS, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE AREN'T TECHNICALLY SCHEDULED. WE'RE JUST AS THEY SAY, WE'RE JUST PULLING UP ON THE BUSINESSES. HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WE OFTENTIMES WE'RE PATRONIZING. IF THE MANAGER AND OWNER IS THERE, WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION. HERE'S THE CARD. HOW ARE THINGS GOING? HOPE THINGS ARE WELL. AND THAT'S GOODWILL. THE RETENTION VISIT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT MORE CALCULATED RIGHT. MAYBE

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THEY'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. WE DO A FOLLOW UP VISIT. WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE PAINS OF SUCCESS, OF GROWING THAT COULD TURN INTO A RETENTION, THAT TURNED INTO RETENTION, VISIT OR EXPANSION VISIT CONVERSATION. THE LAST PIECE IS ATTRACTION. SO THIS FRIDAY, RIGHT, I'M PARTICIPATING IN A FRANCHISE SYMPOSIUM. IT'S AT THE YUM! BRANDS CAMPUS UP IN PLANO. FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY'VE BEEN ORGANIZING THIS EVENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THAT'S THE EXAMPLE OF BUSINESS ATTRACTION, RIGHT? MODERATING A PANEL, WE'VE GOT DOZEN OR MORE FRANCHISE BRANDS. WE GET TO CARRY THAT BANNER SITE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES IN DUNCANVILLE FOR BOTH ASPIRING FRANCHISE OWNERS AND THE CORPORATIONS THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF LIKE HOW THAT ACTIVITY IN THE WORK PLAN IS COULD EITHER BE AN AMBASSADOR VISIT, A RETENTION CALL, AN EXPANSION VISIT, OR WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY EVEN IN FRONT OF THEM. LIKE WE MIGHT BE SUBMITTING A SITE TO A REGIONAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER WHO WHO REPRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT, RIGHT? THEY MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE TRADE MARKET. OKAY. YOU'VE GOT A SITE THAT'S AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY PEOPLE WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS. OKAY. YOU HAVE THESE, YOU CHECK THESE BOXES. OKAY, VICTOR, WE'LL SCHEDULE A CALL.

MAYBE WE'LL COME TO TOWN. MAYBE NOT. SO THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE ALREADY START TO QUANTIFY. RIGHT. SO WE CAN TRACK. SO CAN WE CAN REPORT OUT DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW HOW WE GET TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT. RIGHT. QUICK QUESTION. COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FORMALLY PREPARED. AND ALSO AND OR ON A WEBSITE THAT HAS THE SAME INFORMATION. WHY WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO DUNCANVILLE? THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS PART OF THE WEB PAGE REVAMP AND DOING FLOWCHARTS. BUT BEFORE WE NEEDED TO GET CERTAIN PIECES DONE FIRST. AND THAT'S THE POLICY. SO ONCE WE HAVE THE POLICIES APPROVED, WE COULD DO THE APPLICATIONS, FLOWCHARTS, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE ALL THAT DONE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO BEGINNING A NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE CAN ROLL OUT WITH IT AND JUST GO HEAVY ON THE MARKETING, CITY MANAGER TO COUNCIL MEMBER DON MCBURNEY'S POINT. THERE IS A BUSINESSES IN DUNCANVILLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT'S JUST A BLANK PAGE. COULD WE GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT PAGE SO THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE IN OUR CITY AND AT LEAST GET DRIVING SOME INTEREST IN COMING HERE AND SPENDING SOME. YES, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED TO UPDATE THE SITE. GENERALLY, YES, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL YEAR TO GET THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PUT TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY AS FAR AS. SO WE'RE WORKING OR ED IS WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED BLUE DOT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY THE PLATFORM FOR THE BUSINESS REGISTRY. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE. VICTOR, DO YOU ON ON WHEN THAT OPERATIONAL 30 TO 45 DAYS. OKAY. WITH THE EXECUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMPANY THAT THE CITY HAD PREVIOUSLY USED. SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE DATA.

IF ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF JUST UPDATING THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LEFT THAT HAVE COME. BUT IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ON THAT PAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE, SAM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN PUT SOME INFORMATION ON THE EXISTING PAGE. YES, I WAS GOING BEFORE THE BLUE DOT, BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY FILL THAT PAGE IN SO IT DOESN'T LOOK FAIR. ONE OTHER NOTE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW I HEARD CONVERSATION ABOUT A LEASE CAR AGREEMENT LEASING A CAR THE OTHER NIGHT, AND THEY'RE MEETING AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT HERE IN THIS BUDGET. ME OR WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT. WE HAVE A FORD ESCAPE HERE THAT'S UTILIZED BY CITY ADMINISTRATION. WE DON'T ALWAYS USE IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT EXISTING VEHICLE AND THAT'LL THAT'LL SAVE SOME COSTS AS WELL AS HAVING TO MAINTAIN ANOTHER VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LEASE, IT'S STILL ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT'S ON THE BOOKS THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED.

SO YEAH, WE WILL USE THAT VEHICLE. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MARK AND I SAID WE REALLY WE REALLY USE OUR OWN CARS A LOT TO DRIVE AROUND. SO IT'S AVAILABLE. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN, PROFESSIONAL LOOKING GAS AND THAT WAY IT CAN BE USED. BUT YES OKAY. AND I DO WANT TO ADD REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THE COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DUNCANVILLE BEING OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF. YOU KNOW,

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WE'VE OBTAINED. WE OBTAINED DIRECTION FROM THE CDC TO DO TO PROPOSE SOME CHANGES. WE DID THAT. WE BROUGHT THAT THAT TO THEM ON JULY 28TH. THOSE WERE APPROVED. AND THAT'S IN THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL NEXT WEEK. TIP BOARD MEETING. TIP BOARD. WE TALKED ABOUT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE STUDENTS WILL BE SEATED. WE'VE NOW BEEN ABLE TO APPROVE THE THREE ANNUAL TOURISM REPORTS THAT WERE PAST DUE. MARLON WAS WORKING WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO GET THOSE FILED SO WE CAN BE UNDER COMPLIANCE. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON OUR CALENDARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND THAT WHAT WE HAD OCCURRED DOES NOT HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON MAKING SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS BECAUSE ONE, THEY WERE NECESSARY. THEY WERE NOT IN LINE WITH CURRENT PRACTICES. THEY WERE NOT IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES. AND REALLY, THEY WERE NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CDC DESIRED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND THE DESIRE TO HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ONE OF THEM BEING CITY COUNCIL, ANOTHER ONE BEING TIF BOARD, AND POSSIBLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A PROCUREMENT POLICY. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO USE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THEIR TOOLBOX AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND FORMALIZE THAT THOSE ARE WORKS IN PROGRESS, BUT THOSE WILL BE COMING TO YOU SOON FOR YOUR FORMAL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT GOAL, HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS, IS STRENGTHEN STABLE GROWTH THROUGH DATA DRIVEN POLICY, ENHANCE GOVERNMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT DATA, THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA, KPIS BASED ON THAT, AND EVALUATING SOME OF OUR EFFORTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT WORKED. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO APPLY THAT TO OUR EVENTS. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AND RAISED AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT WHAT IS THE REGIONAL IMPACT OF OUR EVENTS TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES? ARE WE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH IMPACT REVENUE WISE THESE EVENTS HAVE ON THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS? AND WE ARE GATHERING THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT, TELL YOU THAT STORY AND THAT IMPACT. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE. COULD I GET COULD THE COUNCIL RECEIVE A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN? JUST LET US KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. IS THAT A POSSIBLE. WE CAN WORK ON IT. SOME OF THE DATABASES THAT WE HAVE JUST DON'T TELL THE FULL STORY OR NOT ACCURATE INFORMATION. SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A BALLPARK NUMBER, BUT WE'RE LOOKING DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES. I WANT TO COMPARE IT TO US SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 30 SITE VISITS AND FACE AND COMPARE IT TO HOW MANY WE REALLY HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE. I'M SORRY. SO YEAH, IF I COULD HAVE THAT THE COUNCIL, I'M SORRY. WE'LL COORDINATE AND GET GET GET DATA BACK. WE'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK. BUT YEAH WE'LL GET THAT. THERE IS AN OLDER LIST AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WAS COMPILED, BUT. AND IT MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SOME WITH THE CHAMBER TOO. BUT THAT'S PART OF THAT LISTING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO BLUE DOT AND THEN BE UPDATED. BUT YES, WE COULD SHOW THAT AT LEAST AS A BASELINE. THANK YOU. SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL OKAY. BECAUSE I A LITTLE WHILE AGO I REQUESTED JUST ONE CATEGORY OF BUSINESS AND IT WAS THE PERSONAL CARE. AND EVEN THAT LIST WAS KIND OF WAS KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHICH ONES WERE ACTIVE, WHICH ONES ARE REGISTERED, WHICH ONES ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, REPORTING THEIR SALES, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I KNOW THIS, THAT ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS HERE, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ALL THESE

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COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED A LIST AND THAT IT HAD SALES. SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WAS TIED TO THE LIST THAT I REQUESTED IN THE PAST? YEAH, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS JUST ONE CATEGORY OF USE. IT WAS FOR PERSONAL CARE. I THINK IT WAS. YES. YEAH. AND SO IT WAS JUST AND IT JUST SHOWED SALES TAX REVENUE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE CLASSIFIED WITH THAT USE, THAT THEY GENERATED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I KNOW SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF VICTOR WAS ABOUT TO SAY THIS, BUT WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A LISTING EARLIER TODAY OF SALES TAX REVENUES FROM VARIOUS BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I KNOW JENNIFER IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT LIST, TOO. AND THERE'S SOME STATE LAWS THAT KIND OF GOVERN HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN YOU SHARE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN SHARE INFORMATION, BUT NOT LIKE WHERE IT'S TIED TO THE BUSINESS NAME AND SO FORTH. BUT MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO STRUCTURE THAT, SO WE CAN GET YOU SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, AT LEAST BY CATEGORY. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, PERSONAL CARE SERVICES OR RESTAURANTS OR AUTOMOTIVE OR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. YES, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WITH THE USE OF THE BLUE DOT TOOL, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY BUSINESSES AND CATEGORIES AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS COMPANY DOES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, IF YOU WILL. AND THEY REPRESENT OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THERE'S ALSO OTHER ADDED ADDED BONUSES OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND, AND PERK SYSTEMS AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE PLAN ON ROLLING OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHECKING IN WITH EVERYONE.

Y'ALL FEELING OKAY. WANT TO KEEP GOING? WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. PROBABLY AFTER WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER FUNDS BEFORE WE GET TO THE BIG FUNDING TONIGHT. SO WE'LL JUST KEEP RIGHT ON GOING. OKAY. SO THE NEXT SPECIAL REVENUE SOURCE, OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS THE HOTEL MOTEL. NOW I WILL SAY THAT THIS FUND IN YOUR BOOKLET EVERYTHING WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY GOALS OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS PER SE ATTACHED TO THIS PARTICULAR FUND, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US AS A, AS A GROUP HERE TO KIND OF WORK ON BEING ABLE TO SPECIFY WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOTEL. MOTEL SPECIFICALLY, HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE FUNDS WHERE IT'S BEEN KIND OF A HYBRID, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT HAS A PORTION OF IT HAS A PORTION OF IT. SO SOMETHING TO WORK ON. SO HOTEL MOTEL COMES FROM HOTEL MOTEL REVENUES. WE HAVE EIGHT HOTELS AND MOTELS IN OUR CITY. THE COLLECTIONS REALLY HAVE BEEN STABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID. IT'S BEEN ON A STEADY INCREASE. SO I THINK THE GOAL, THE CONTINUED GOAL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE CONTINUED EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL COLLECTIONS AND SUCH AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS ALSO KIND OF IN YOUR BOOK. IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE ACTUALS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE BEEN

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ALSO, THERE WILL BE A REQUEST TO UTILIZE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS AGAIN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AS A PART OF THE HOLIDAY. CELEBRATION EVENT ON THE TRANSFERRED SIDE. IT'S IN THE TRANSFER CATEGORY, BUT SO BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, THERE WILL BE A TRANSFER OF APPROXIMATELY 189,000 THAT THAT DOES GO INTO THE ARTS FUNDS FOR THE ARTS RELATED THINGS. AND THEN ALSO, THERE'S 199,000 WORTH OF FIELD HOUSE REQUESTS THAT THE FIELD HOUSE WILL BE MAKING FOR HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. I HAVE THEM LISTED HERE. GREG IS ACTUALLY CRAIG IS ACTUALLY NEXT. SO HE WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. BUT THIS IS WHAT MAKES UP THAT 199,000, THE VARIOUS SIGNAGES AND PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF FIXING UP THE FIELD HOUSE. SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC WHEN IT COMES TO HOTEL MOTEL? AGAIN, HE WILL GO FURTHER DETAIL IN THAT REQUEST IN HIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS NEXT. DID I SEE SOMEWHERE IN HERE I THOUGHT I SAW WHERE SO THE ARTS FUND BECAUSE WE STARTED THAT FUND LAST YEAR. YES, SIR. SO NOW IS IT MAINTAINING A BALANCE? YES. AND WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF THAT.

SO CURRENTLY AND I WILL SAY I'VE ONLY MADE TWO TRANSFERS INTO THAT FUND TO DATE BECAUSE I'M MAKING IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. SO I HAVEN'T MADE THE THIRD QUARTER TRANSFER YET. IT'S ACTUALLY ON PAGE. IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE GRANT ON PAGE 154 55 SOMETHING 150. THAT'S THE PAPER.

SO YEAH. SO ARTS FUND THERE AND JUST SHOWING WHAT IS ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO COME IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND WITH THEIR 50,000 THAT THEY HAVE JUST EARMARKED FOR THIS YEAR. AND THEY'LL HAVE A BALANCE OF ABOUT 89,000 FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR. AND SO THAT BALANCE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND AS THAT PROJECT OR AS THE MOMENTUM OF THE ARTS FUND AND THE COMMISSIONS AND AWARDING GRANTS AND SUCH CONTINUES TO GO, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED TO TARGET AND WHAT WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR. BUT I DID PUT A PLACEHOLDER OF 95,000 JUST TO START. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE TRANSFERS REGULARLY AS WE RECEIVE THOSE REVENUES. SO AND I'LL SETTLE UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO, TO MAKE SURE WE TRANSFER EXACTLY THAT 15% BASED ON ACTUAL COLLECTIONS. SO TRANSFER SO AND I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF THE DESIGN BEHIND THAT FUND IS THAT DEVELOP A BALANCE AND MAYBE SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE OF $500,000 PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND THEN HOPEFULLY, MAYBE EVEN WITH MORE EVENTS AND THINGS AND DONATIONS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT MIGHT BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN OUTSIDE OF JUST THE. THOSE AMOUNTS CAN ALSO BE LEVERAGED. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GETTING GRANTS OR MATCHING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT SO THE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE. WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS AND IS IT NECESSARY. WELL AT THIS POINT. SO THIS YEAR WELL MAYBE MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR. BUT AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY LIKE, YOU KNOW, TOURIST SIGNS DESIGNATING, YOU KNOW, THIS DIRECTION IS CITY HALL OR, YOU KNOW, ARMSTRONG CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, YOU

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THE PRESERVE WHICH IS IN DEVELOPMENT PHASES, DOG PARK AND DEVELOPMENT, ALL THESE THINGS WOULD BE ON THAT KIND OF SIGNAGE. BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO AND SEE HOW THOSE PROJECTS DEVELOP BEFORE WE START APPOINTING PEOPLE, AND THEY CAN FIND THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $150,000 ON SIGNAGE, AND I WANT THEM TO GO TO SOME PLACE AND REALLY BE BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THEY FIND. RIGHT. AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A SCOPE, I THINK, OF WHERE AND HOW MUCH AND EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT. YES, I HAVE TO JUST IN REALITY, I'M SUGGESTING. YEAH, FIX THAT FIRST THIS YEAR AND PLAN FOR IT IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PUBLIC WORKS COMING UP FOR WAYFINDING SIGNS ANYTIME SOON? WAS THERE POINTING TO THE NEW SERVICE CENTER? AGAIN? I JUST KNOW IT'S BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT HAS YET TO REALLY REALIZE. SO IT ACTUALLY PUTTING IT OUT THERE DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK PLAN. AND I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT AT LEAST GETTING IT STARTED. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE DO WANT TO POINT PEOPLE TO, WHETHER IT'S ARMSTRONG PARK OR FIELDHOUSE OR. OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, PARKS IN THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO POINT PEOPLE TO OR ACTIVITY CENTERS. AND SO I THINK WE CAN WE COULD INITIATE THAT AND GET A DESIGN KIND OF A STANDARD TEMPLATE. AND I KNOW WE WERE WAITING FOR THE COMP PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IDENTIFY THAT FINAL BRANDING STRATEGY. AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PARLAY THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING OUR WAYFINDING PROJECT. AND MAYBE IT'S A PHASED APPROACH OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET NEW FACILITIES ON BOARD, LIKE DOG PARK AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT LAD NATURE PRESERVE AND SO FORTH. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THOSE SIGNS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND LOCATIONS THAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD GO AT LEAST INITIALLY.

BRING THAT BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATION AND THEN JUST KIND OF BUILD THE PROGRAM FROM THERE SO THAT THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WE'LL WE'LL JUMP ON THAT. TO ME, JUST KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE RIGHT NOW, I ALMOST WOULD RATHER YOUR STAFF BE INVESTING THEIR TIME IN SOME OTHER PRIORITY AREAS, SIGNAGE. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. YOU HAVE THAT.

YOU DO HAVE A HEADS IN BEDS PROJECT THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF. IT'S ACTUALLY COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL NEXT MONTH. AND SO BASICALLY THAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LOCAL HOTELS. AND SO WE STARTED WITH THE HILTON GARDEN INN. AND SO THAT WILL HELP CRAIG AND HIS TEAM AND ALSO BART AND HIS TEAM TOURNAMENTS COME TO TOWN. SO EACH OF THE HOTELS HAVE TO ENTER INTO INTO AN AGREEMENT. SO THERE'S LIKE AN INITIATION FEE AND THEN THERE'S A REBATE.

SO THEY HAVE TO BOOK A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ROOMS. AND SO FROM THAT BOOKING PART OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO TO THE CITY. PART OF THOSE WILL GO TO THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT WILL DEFINITELY GO INTO OUR INTO THAT FUND.

WELL, I WILL SAY WAYFINDING WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE CULTURAL DISTRICT APPLICATION.

SO MAYBE BY IT BEING HOTEL MOTEL FUNDING, IT COULD BE REASSIGNED TO SOMETHING THAT IS QUALIFIED.

BUT DO WE WANT TO REASSIGN OR REALLOCATE THE FULL 150? YEAH, THAT'S A QUESTION ON HOW MANY SIGNS WE WANT TO DO REALLY DO FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE. BUT I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD UTILIZE A PORTION IF WE WANTED TO. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GET OUR FINAL PRICING AND QUOTE ON IT, BUT WE COULD MAYBE START WITH A FEW OR, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO ALL THE MAJOR AREAS WE COULD, BUT IF THE FIELDHOUSE PROPERTY IS A CANDIDATE, THEY NEED PARKING BAD. THEY'RE THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR OVERFLOW PARKING. AND THAT WOULD HELP. THEY TAKE ALL THE QUALIFY.

SO YES, MA'AM. IN THE STATE STATUTE IT DOES SPECIFICALLY SPECIFY WE CAN USE HOTEL MOTEL FOR THE SPORTS VENUE SUCH AS THE I MEAN IT SPECIFICALLY STATES IN THERE THE DUNCANVILLE SPORTS VENUE. IS COUNCIL DIRECTION. SO THAT'S PERFECT EXAMPLE. AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE FIELDHOUSE WITHOUT WAYFINDING SIGNS. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. AND THEN. YES ABSOLUTELY SORRY I SEE TAKING NOTES. SO WE HAVE EIGHT HOTELS. AND THEN DO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW

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OKAY. AND THEN SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS. WE DO STILL HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDUAL FUNDING REMAINING IN THE ARPA FUNDS. THAT WAS INTEREST EARNED ON THOSE FUNDS RECEIVED. SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT WE'RE WE'RE USING UTILIZING THE REST OF THAT FOR A TRAIL AND TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN THAT PUBLIC WILL FIND OUT IN THE FALL IF WE GET THAT GRANT. BUT IT'LL GO TOWARDS A TRAIL AND MASTER PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS UPDATING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UTILIZE THE REST OF THAT SO WE CAN CLOSE THAT FUND AND BE DONE WITH THAT FOREVER. AND THEN POLICE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO HAVE A ASSET FORFEITURE FUND NOT GOING INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND THAT POLICE MANAGES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. YES. AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE HAD LIKE A NEGATIVE BALANCE OR HAD A NEGATIVE. AND THE FORFEITURE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HAD A NEGATIVE BALANCE, IS THAT NOT THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND, WHICH IS THEY HAVE QUITE THE FUND BALANCE IN THERE. BUT YES, MA'AM, I WILL SAY THE CHIEF'S ATTENTION THERE.

THAT THAT ONE. LET ME FIND MY TAB. BUT I WILL SAY LIKE, YEAH, IT DOES HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT AND I WILL SAY THAT, THAT 36,000, I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RESIDUAL INTEREST STILL THAT'S NOT EVEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE REVISED BUDGET, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T I DIDN'T BUDGET FOR INTEREST. BUT I KNOW WE'VE ACCRUED INTEREST STILL TO THIS DAY IN THAT FUND. SO I KNOW THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR THE 36,000. BUT THAT IS IF NOT, I WILL SAY THAT THE 36, 369,000 THAT'S IN IT'S ON PAGE 166. SORRY. AGAIN. THAT'S FOR THE TRANSPORTATION TRAIL AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN UPDATE. SO IF IT COMES OVER THAT AND WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE UP FOR THAT THAT. BUT I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED SOME INTEREST TO DATE. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTED FOR HERE IN THE FUND BALANCE OKAY. CONTAINS FORFEITURE SEIZURE. AND IT'S ON PAGE NINE. YEAH. THERE'S AN ASTERISK NEXT TO IT. PARENTHESES NET INCOME EXPENSES 183 200. AND I HAVE A QUESTION

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YES. BELIEVE ME OUR OUR SERGEANT DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN RECONCILING THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THEY HAVE MORE THAN 3 MILLION IN THEIR FUND BALANCE FOR ASSET FORFEITURE. SO. ALL RIGHT COME ON NOW. SO MOVING ON TO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE BUSINESS LIKE FUNDS. THESE ARE WE HAVE USER FEES THAT SHOULD COVER THE EXPENSES. SO LIKE THE UTILITY SANITATION AND FIELDHOUSE. SO KIND OF SEGUE INTO THE FIELDHOUSE MR. CRAIG. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY AND THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE ALL THE FUN AND WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON AT THE FIELDHOUSE. WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. SO I GO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS SLIDE HERE REPRESENTS A GRAPH THAT KIND OF SHOWS OUR REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES FOR 2025, ALONG WITH A GRAPH AT THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS CHART THERE. THAT SHOWS EACH YEAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AS WELL AS PROPOSED FOR 2026, NOT COUNTING THE 537,950 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSFER THESE GRAPHS REPRESENT. RIGHT NOW THROUGH JUNE, WE'RE JUST UNDER $1.2 MILLION IN REVENUE AND JUST UNDER 1 MILLION IN EXPENSES FOR A PLUS $223,469 THROUGH JUNE. AND OUR BUDGET REFLECTS 104. WE KIND OF EXPECT IT TO LEVEL OUT. WE'D LOVE TO LIVE IN THE 200,000 PLUS RANGE, BUT AUGUST IS A TOUGH MONTH AND SEPTEMBER IS NOT MUCH BETTER. WE HAD A GREAT JULY, BUT WE'RE BATTLING. DOG DAYS OF SUMMER AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO FINISH STRONG RIGHT UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH. SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY THE UPGRADE, THANK YOURSELVES FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN THE FACILITY, RIGHT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WITH THE HVA SYSTEM. WE REPLACED THE ROOF WHERE ALL THE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE HOUSED ON TOP OF THE FACILITY. AND I'LL SKIP DOWN REAL QUICK, THOSE AIR CONDITIONER, THAT AIR CONDITIONING REPLACEMENT IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THIS BEING REESTABLISHED. WE HAD LOST THE TWO BIGGEST TOURNAMENTS OF THE YEAR THROUGH THE LIVE PERIODS WHERE COLLEGE COACHES AND ALL THE FUN STUFF THAT COMES WITH OUR TOURNAMENTS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS SCARED OF NOT HAVING AC AND KIND OF WHAT WAS FUN ABOUT THAT. THIS YEAR, THE AC ISSUES WAS AT THE OTHER FACILITY. THEY WERE COMPLAINING THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL'S FACILITY, THE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE BREAKING, AND WE WERE LIKE, NOT US THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD TO THROW THAT PLUG IN THERE RIGHT ON. ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, WE CAN THANK OUR THANK OURSELVES FOR ALLOWING THE HUNTING GROUP TO COME IN AND GIVE US A ROADMAP OF HOW WE NEED TO LEAD THE FIELDHOUSE INTO THE FUTURE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THE RFP THAT'S ON. ON THE PROCESS OF BEING SENT OUT. I THINK LATER THIS MONTH. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT OUR SUMMER CAMP. WE FINISHED JUST UNDER $200,000 IN REVENUE THIS YEAR. THAT'S SLIGHTLY UP FROM LAST YEAR,

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FIELDHOUSE. THE CLUBHOUSE UPSTAIRS, THE FIELDHOUSE. CLUB. THE CARPETING FLOORING UPSTAIRS NEEDS TO BE DONE. WHEN WE CLEANED IT FROM THE LAST EVENT, IT KIND OF TOOK AN EXTRA DAY TO CLEAN IT BECAUSE FRANKLY, IT'S PRETTY DIRTY. BUT IT DID COME CLEAN AND IT LOOKS NICE. IT'S FELT NICE. GREAT EVENT. WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS, THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I GUESS LAST ON THE LIST IS

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WHEN YOU MARKET AND WE'RE WE'RE FULL. I'D LOVE TO SAY, YEAH, WE GOT THIS BIG GRANDIOSE MARKETING PLAN, BUT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE. I THINK SOME OF THAT IS STAFFING. WE DON'T HAVE A MARKETING PERSON SINCE ALEX LEFT US SOME YEARS AGO, BUT WE'RE READY TO DEAL. THE CARDS WERE PLAYED IF WE NEED TO DO MORE BASED UPON THE HUNTING REPORT. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE THE NOTE. THE NOTE IS PAID OKAY, 537 $750 IS GONE. BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU. IT'S ME AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST WRAP THE REST OF THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO TALKING ABOUT THE SANITATION FUND, AS YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE REVENUE FROM CUSTOMERS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTIONS. AND THEN THE EXPENSES GO TOWARDS WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUDGETED OUT OF SANITATION FUND. THAT'S ONE ADMIN ADMIN PERSON. I'M TRIPPING OVER MY WORDS. AND THEN A FOUR MEMBER LITTER CREW THAT'S MANAGED BY THE PARKS. SO WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE 26 BUDGET IS A 5% INCREASE ON THE RATES THAT ARE TO CONSUMERS OR TO CUSTOMERS. SO WITH THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE GARBAGE COLLECTION, THEY DO HAVE A CPI THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN PASSING IT ALONG TO THE CUSTOMERS AS IT IS PASSED ALONG TO US. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT REVENUE RATES. THERE'S ONE FOR CURBSIDE AND THERE'S ONE FOR ALI. SO THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 9000, 9500 RESIDENTS THAT ARE UNDER THE CURBSIDE RATE. AND THEN THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 2000 THAT ACTUALLY ARE ALI CUSTOMERS. AND YOU WOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A HIGHER PREMIUM ON YOUR BILL IF THE TRASH IS ACTUALLY BEING COLLECTED BEHIND YOUR HOUSE IN THE ALLEY. SO THIS EQUATES TO THE RATE GOING UP TO $30 ON CURBSIDE AND THEN $38 ON ALI. THIS RAISES REVENUE APPROXIMATELY 207,000. AND THE REASON TO RAISE THE REVENUE. AGAIN, WITH OUR EXPENSES GOING UP, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE SANITATION FUND AND TRYING TO TARGET AT LEAST THAT 90 DAYS IN THE HISTORY. THIS HAS BEEN A FUND THAT'S STRUGGLED, HAVING MUCH OF A RESERVE FOR OPERATIONS. SO I ALSO WILL NOTE THE REASON WHY THE ALI IS HIGHER THAN THE CURBSIDE IS BECAUSE A PORTION OF THAT GOES INTO AN ALI RECONSTRUCTION FUND THAT SUPPORTS RECONSTRUCTING THOSE ALLEYS. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE CYCLE OF THE ALI REPLACEMENTS, IT DOESN'T GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY. SO WE HAVE TO DO A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS. SO BUT THAT IS THE REASON WHY OUR CUSTOMERS PAY MORE FOR THE GARBAGE COLLECTION ON THE SANITATION. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, I ALREADY SAID THERE'S FIVE FTES OUT OF THIS FUND AND AGAIN, FUNDS THE GARBAGE COLLECTIONS THAT WE PAY LANDFILL. WE'VE BEEN SEEING HIGHER VOLUME OF THAT. SO THE CITY HAS TO PAY THOSE LANDFILL CHARGES. BUT IT ALSO COVERS, YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLD WASTE EVENTS, PARTNERING WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR THEIR EVENTS AND THEIR PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE A CONTINGENCY BUILT IN THERE FOR AN EMERGENCY BRUSH. HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH THE CRAZY BRUSH AND ALL OF THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE THAT BUILT IN, IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAP INTO THAT.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE PLANNING TO REPLACE PARKS IS PLANNING TO REPLACE TRASH RECEPTACLES AND BIGBELLY COMPACTORS, YOU MIGHT SEE, LIKE THE ONE JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL IS ONE OF THE REALLY BIG ONES. SO REPLACING PUTTING SOME OF THOSE AROUND AS WELL AS REPLACING TRASH RECEPTACLES THROUGHOUT THE PARKS AND HAVING IT MORE, I GUESS ART FRIENDLY I THINK IS WHAT I READ, YOU KNOW. SO JUST UGLY TRASH CANS STILL HAVE SOME LIFE IN THEM, I GUESS. SO THAT

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YOU KNOW I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT IN TERMS OF WHAT POSSIBLY WE CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

ULTIMATELY, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS. SO WE REALLY NEED TO STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT LOOK AT THAT, SOMETHING ELSE. WE CAN JUST JUST AN IDEA, NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT DO WE WANT TO RESEARCH THE FEASIBILITY OF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IS IT FEASIBLE NOT TO HAVE ALI PICKUPS ANYMORE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD SAVE COST, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW FEASIBLE THAT IS FOR THOSE HOUSES THAT HAVE ALLEYS. BUT IF THAT WERE THE CASE, THEN PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING EVENTUALLY WE COULD MOVE AWAY FROM NOT HAVING TO REPLACE ALLEYS, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WELL, IT'S ONE THING TO TOUCH ON EDO IN SEPTEMBER.

SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON THE RESULTS OF THE CART PILOT PROGRAM. AND YES, WE DO HAVE A YEAR LEFT ON OUR CONTRACT. SO I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO BRING BACK SOME MENU OF OPTIONS FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT, EITHER TRY TO RENEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT WITH WITH REPUBLIC, WHETHER IT'S CARTS, WHATEVER THE CASE, AND HOPEFULLY A LOWER RATE OR POTENTIALLY GO OUT TO BID AND SEE WHAT THE MARKET HAS TO OFFER. IN ADDITION, I THINK LONG TERM WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT DISPOSAL CONTRACT WITH, WITH, WITH WITH THE LANDFILL, WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL COST. AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT TOO, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, DO WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TO ONE LANE, OR CAN THE PROVIDER GO TO SOMEWHERE THAT CAN LOWER THE COST? AND I THINK IF WE CAN LOWER THE COST, THEN WE CAN AT LEAST MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD TO BUILD THE FUND BACK UP. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S COMING NEXT MONTH, BUT AGAIN, WANT TO DEFINITELY PRESENT THOSE MENU OF OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.

WELL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY FINISH PICKING UP THEIR CARTS. YES, I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT IF NOT. OKAY. IMAGINATION. YOU'RE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING UP ON SANITATION. SO WE WOULD POSSIBLY WE'D BE LOOKING AT A BUDGET AMENDMENT ONCE WE DECIDE ON THE CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT NOT BEING RENEWED OR CHANGING, WOULD THAT BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT? I THINK THAT WOULD RUN FISCAL YEAR. SO IT'S SOMETHING. YES, YES.

REALISTIC? REALISTICALLY. YEAH. WE ANY CHANGE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO AT THE END OF THAT CONTRACT. AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DECIDED TO CHANGE PROVIDERS, LET'S SAY WE WENT OUT TO BID, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOME RAMP UP TIME TO, TO MAKE THAT SWITCH. AND SO YOU'RE REALISTICALLY LOOKING NEXT FISCAL YEAR AT ANY MAJOR CHANGES. AND WE'D HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH REPUBLIC TO, YOU KNOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. THE DRAINAGE FUND.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND, BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS HOW WE CLASSIFY IT. BUT AS YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE FUND IS A STORMWATER FEE THAT GETS CHARGED ON CUSTOMERS. IT'S $5 A FLAT FEE FOR RESIDENTS. AND THEN BASED ON IMPERVIOUS FEET OR SQUARE FEET FOR OTHER PROPERTIES. SO AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE RAISED IT LAST YEAR, OUR REVENUE IS PROPOSED ABOUT JUST OVER 1 MILLION. AND THAT SUPPORTS WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME POSITION RIGHT NOW IN THE STREET POSITION THAT'S PAID OUT OF DRAINAGE. CONTRACTUALLY, WE DO STORMWATER COMPLIANCE AND THAT MS4 PERMITTING AND CONSULTATION COMES OUT OF THIS FUND. WE DO HAVE CONTRACT THIRD PARTY STREET SWEEPING OF 103,000. BUT I WILL MENTION THAT THERE WILL BE AN ITEM COMING TO Y'ALL FOR CONSIDERATION, I BELIEVE NEXT MEETING OR IN SEPTEMBER COMING TO SEPTEMBER. NOW WITH THE IDEA OF BUYING OUR OWN STREET SWEEPER AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN-HOUSE, THERE'S STILL LOGISTICS NEEDING TO BE WORKED OUT WITH THAT, WHETHER PUBLIC WORKS PARKS, SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP THERE. BUT IT'S STILL BUDGETED WITH THE THIRD PARTY IN HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THAT GOING, THAT COULD BE A SAVINGS AGAIN, ONCE WE WORKED OUT THE LOGISTICS AND ALL OF THAT TO THIS FUND FOR STREET SWEEPING CAPITAL WISE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST INITIATED A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DATA THAT COMES IN FROM THAT MASTER PLAN ONCE IT'S COMPLETE. SO WE'LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT CIP PROJECTS WE NEED TO TACKLE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S PLANNED AT LEAST IN 26. SO THE CEDAR RIDGE PROJECT IS ABOUT TO GO OUT ON THE STREET, IF NOT ALREADY, IN TERMS OF GETTING THE BIDS FOR THE BIG CEDAR RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION BOND PLUS

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HOWEVER, THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROBLEM, GIVEN THAT IT IS REALLY A CITY LIMIT WITH ANOTHER CITY AND THAT OTHER CITY LIKE, AND THERE'S A HISTORY OF 15 TO 20 YEARS TIME WHERE THE PROJECT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE, I BELIEVE, TO MULTIPLE CITIES PROJECT AND THEN ENDED UP BEING JUST THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PORTION, DUNCANVILLE PORTION DONE. SO ENDED UP DONE HALFWAY LIKE THE PROJECT WAS DONE HALFWAY SOMEHOW TO WHERE IT WAS JUST THEY DIDN'T DO WHAT IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE DONE AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT. SO IT WAS ENDED UP BLOCKED TO NOT. SLOPES. SO THE STREET KIND OF SLOPES INTO WHERE IT'S BLOCKED AND IT POOLS, AND THEN IT STARTS TO FLOOD INTO THE YARDS OVER THERE, BECAUSE THE CURVE IS ONLY SO HIGH AND THE WATER RISES ABOVE THAT. YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBLE TEMPORARY FIX. BUT WE IF WE WOULD RECOMMEND SOMETHING IS THAT WE LOOK AT IT FOR AN ENGINEERED PERMANENT FIX WHERE THERE IS A PROJECT THAT THERE'S A SUBSURFACE WORK THAT LINKS THOSE INLETS INTO SOMEWHERE THAT THEY CAN DRAIN. HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THE PERMANENT FIX. GET BACK ON TRACK WITH BUDGET. YEAH, I WAS WAITING

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SO THAT INCREASED IT BY FIVE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND THEN ALL THEIR NON PERSONNEL EXPENSES AS WELL. IT ALSO INCLUDES REALLOCATING ONE FULL TIME PURCHASING DEPARTMENT STAFF.

THERE ARE TWO PROCUREMENT STAFF MEMBERS. SO YOU KNOW A PORTION OF THEIR TIME AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IS SPENT ON UTILITY RELATED BIDS AND PROPOSALS AND PURCHASE ORDERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THEN ALSO ALLOCATING HALF OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OPERATIONS, WHO OVERSEES UTILITIES AS A PART OF HIS OVERSIGHT. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE MOVED OVER IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO THAT IS THE BIG INCREASE. AS YOU SEE. IT ALSO JOINS WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, WHICH IS AN ENGINEER WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FILLED IN QUITE SOME TIME, AND THEN ALSO A GIS PERSONNEL STAFF MEMBER. THE SECOND DIVISION IS THE WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS. THAT'S THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD. SO THERE'S 21 EMPLOYEE FTES IN THAT DIVISION, INCLUDING A PORTION OF OUR FLEET PROGRAM IS BEING FUNDED OUT OF THAT THAT COVER THE UTILITY VEHICLES AND THOSE ALL KIND OF OPERATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE TEN MEMBERS IN THE UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT AND THE SHARP, THE 41% INCREASE THERE HAS TO DO WITH A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT BULLET POINTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK THERE. BUT WE HAD WE ESTABLISHED A METER REPLACEMENT FUND AND WE WERE PUTTING MONEY INTO THE METER REPLACEMENT FUND TO FOR OUR INVENTORY AND KIND OF GEARING UP FOR WHAT ARMY COMES ALONG THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FUND TO WITHDRAW FROM WHEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE METERS AND HAVE THAT INVENTORY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE INTO THAT. SO IT'S AN INCREASE OF 500,000 SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE CONTRIBUTING INTO THE METER REPLACEMENT AND THEN NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS REALLY WHERE THE CIP TRANSFER COMES FROM. WE'RE BUDGETING 3 MILLION TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE UTILITY CIP FUND FUND FOR UTILITY PROJECTS. AND THEN ALSO THE UTILITY FUND PAYS THE GENERAL FUND FOR INDIRECT COSTS. THAT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION. AND THEN THE UTILITY FUND ALSO PAYS WHAT'S CALLED THE PILOT TAX, WHICH IS LIKE A FRANCHISE FEE. SO WE GET FRANCHISE FEES FROM LIKE CABLE AND FOR ELECTRICITY AND GAS. SO WE ALSO CHARGE UTILITY FUNDS CALLED THE PILOT TAX. THAT'S SIMILAR TO THAT. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S SOMETHING I BUILT IN JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A PLACEHOLDER. IT MAY NOT BE NEEDED NOW WITH OUR BOND CONVERSATION, BUT IN THE DEBT CATEGORY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL FUND SUMMARY, I HAD PUT A PLACEHOLDER OF 201,000 BECAUSE PER THAT, THAT DEBT SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE BOND COUNCIL AND FROM OUR BOND ADVISORS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DEBT PORTION IF THAT WERE TO HAVE OCCURRED IN 26. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL KNOW IN THE FALL AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL GET MORE INTO THAT LATER. BUT WE HAVE LOANS AND GRANTS AND APPLICATIONS THAT ARE WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR A LOT OF WATER, WASTEWATER AND MINE TYPE PROJECTS. SO THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF REPAYMENT THAT WILL NEED TO BE KIND OF BUILT INTO THAT AS WELL. SO WITH ALL OF THOSE CHANGES, WE'RE STILL SHOWING A NET REVENUE OVER EXPENSES TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THAT, SHIFTING OVER AND ACCOMMODATING, YOU KNOW, DEBT

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SO WHEN YOU SEE ME COME THE COUNSELOR, WHEN YOU SEE ME COME HERE AND ASKING MONEY FOR IAE STUDIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I'M TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER BECAUSE LOWER I CAN GET THAT. THE LESS THAT NUMBER IS. SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE'RE LIKE, HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO TO OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH. TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, AS FAR AS WHAT

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THE ATOMIC CLOCK. RIGHT? YES, YES, IT'S ON THE RIGHT. TIME'S UP NOW. OKAY, SO THIS IS IT FOR THE EVENING HERE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY WITH THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. SO JUST KIND OF DIVE RIGHT ON IN. THIS JUST SHOWS YOU A SNAPSHOT HERE OF AN ACTUAL SINCE 2021 TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY HAD HIGHER REVENUES THAN WE'VE HAD EXPENDITURES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT. AND YOU WALK FORWARD TO THE 25 REVISED, OF COURSE, THAT IS HIGHER, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED A FEW, HAD A FEW AMENDMENT REQUESTS TO USE FUND BALANCE RESOURCES, ONE TIME THINGS AND SOME PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT HIGHER. BUT 26 PROPOSED AS WE SAID, THAT WE DID WORK THE MAGIC OF TRYING TO GET THIS BUDGET BALANCED. SO WE'RE NOT DIPPING INTO FURTHER FUND BALANCE RESOURCES FOR THE 26 OPERATIONAL BUDGET. SO JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE HIGH LEVEL HERE, AND THEN WE'LL DRILL DOWN FURTHER. SO ON THE REVENUE SIDE, JUST COMPARING IT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET REVENUES 2.3 MILLION INCREASE. SO THAT'S ABOUT 5.5% HIGHER THAN IT WAS FOR THE 25 ADOPTED. AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES 2.3 MILLION. SO THAT'S 5.5% ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH A WHOLE 28,000 REVENUE OVER EXPENSES OKAY. SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE PIE CHART HERE OF HOW OUR DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES BREAK DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE AND ORANGE, THOSE ARE OUR TWO LARGEST REVENUE CATEGORIES. 53% IS PROPERTY TAXES AND 23% IS SALES TAX. AND THEN THE REMAINDER QUARTER OF THE REMAINING REVENUE SOURCES COME FROM THE REMAINDER OF THOSE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES. SO I'LL BREAK THAT DOWN. JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU A TABLE HERE A LOT OF NUMBERS. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN THE REVISED BUDGET AND THEN HOW WHERE WE ARE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALLY. SO AS OF THIS DATE, WHAT'S RECORDED IN OUR SYSTEM, YOU'LL SEE LIKE PROPERTY TAXES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE COLLECTED 98% OF OUR TARGET SALES TAX. AGAIN WE ACCRUE SALES TAX TWO MONTHS BEHIND. SO WE STILL HAVE FOUR MORE MONTHS TO

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CHARGES FOR SERVICES INCLUDE MEMBERSHIPS TO THE REC CENTER, EMS COLLECTIONS, EVENT PERMITTING, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE TRANSFER FROM FUNDS. THAT IS WHAT'S COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE CHARGE TO OTHER FUNDS, LIKE THE INDIRECT COST, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT FOR THE POLICE, THAT'S ALSO CAPTURED IN THAT NUMBER. AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCES, THAT'S REALLY EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE A CATEGORY, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AND SOME SMALLER AREA, SMALLER THINGS. SO BUT ALL IN ALL THAT LEADS TO A 5.57% INCREASE. SO DIVING ON TO THE NUMBER ONE REVENUE SOURCE PROPERTY TAX.

AGAIN AS YOU KNOW WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED VALUES IN JULY. OUR TAXABLE VALUE INCREASED 4.5%. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SINCE 2020, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR OWN HOUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, VALUES HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED JUST IN THE FIVE, SIX YEAR TIME SPAN. SO STARTING TO SEE THAT SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO THE MARKET VALUE, WHICH IS JUST WHAT THEY APPRAISE YOUR HOME TO BE, WAS ONLY ABOUT 3.5% MORE THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. OKAY. BUT TAXABLE VALUE IS KIND OF A WHOLE NOTHER THING. SO I'LL TRY TO BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT AGAIN TAXABLE VALUE INCREASED 4.5%. SO THAT'S EVERYTHING. CITYWIDE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENCE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS TAXABLE, WHAT IS LIABLE TO BE PAID. SO THAT CERTIFIED TAXABLE NUMBER AGAIN FOR JUST A LITTLE OVER 4 BILLION. AND NEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS CAME TO JUST ABOUT 8 MILLION, 8.9 MILLION. SO WHEN WE ADD NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHEN WE SELL SOME PROPERTIES AND THEY REBUILD AND THEY DO RENOVATIONS AND THEY DO SOME BIG CONSTRUCTION RELATED THINGS, THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN CAPTURE AND BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT. THAT'S HOW MUCH IS COMING ONTO THE TAX ROLL THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. IT WAS EXEMPT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO CAPTURE THAT THERE. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN OKAY. SO THIS IS KIND OF A WEIRD LOOKING CHART. SO THE BLUE LINE RIGHT HERE JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU HISTORIC IMPACTS OF TEN YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN THE TAX RATE YOU SEE IN BLUE. AND COMING TO 2026 YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S TAKEN A SHARP DIVE DOWN. SO SINCE THE TAX RATES IT WAS 2020, 2021 WHEN THAT STATE LAW PASSED, THAT CAPS THE CITY AT 3.5% GROWTH. SO WE CAN'T THROW THE TAX RATE OR GROW TAXES REVENUE ANY MORE THAN 3.5% WITHOUT THE ELECTION OR WITHOUT THE VOTERS. SO THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 20 2021. SO THIS IS THE VALUE OF LIKE A SINGLE VALUE HOME OR TAXABLE VALUE OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. AS YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S SHARPLY INCREASED. SO THE HIGHER THE VALUES GO, THE LOWER THE RATE GOES. AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S LIKE AN INVERTED CALCULATION KIND OF BACKWARDS TO THINK. BUT SO THE RATE DROPS. BUT INEVITABLY AS TAXES ARE HIGHER BECAUSE YOUR VALUES ARE HIGHER OKAY.

SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AFTER THIS CHART. SO WHAT THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE IS COMES TO 0.600166. IT'S DIFFERENT IN THE BOOK BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN I PUBLISHED THIS. BUT THIS IS THE CALCULATED TAX RATE. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD BE THIS 0.57.

SO THAT'S IF WE DON'T COLLECT ANY NEW REVENUE, AND WE ONLY EARN EXACTLY WHAT WE BROUGHT IN IN 25, THIS IS THE RATE THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING DEBT. BUT THE 0.600166 IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AND THAT'S THE MAX AGAIN THAT YOU CAN APPROVE WITHOUT HAVING AN ELECTION. SO THE TAXABLE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE. SO IT'S 263,000. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A JUMP ABOUT 20,000 MORE.

SINCE LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT'S ALL OF THE PROPERTY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ALL THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THE AGGREGATE IN THE AVERAGE COMES TO THAT NUMBER THERE. AND SO

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AND SO WHAT IT'LL DO IS IT'LL BRING UP ALL THE PROPOSED TAXES. IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU PAID IN 24. IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE PROPOSED RATES ARE IN 25. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE. YOU'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK AT YOUR OWN, BUT IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT YOUR LIABILITY POTENTIALLY COULD BE ON THE TAXES. SO ALL OF THE TAXES, THE TAX RATES ARE OUT THERE EXCEPT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEIR RATE IS NOT PROPOSED OUT THERE. SO THAT PORTION OF IT IS NOT CAPTURED UNFORTUNATELY. BUT ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES, THE CITIES, THE DALLAS COLLEGE, DALLAS COUNTY, PARKLAND, THOSE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ALSO GET A PIECE OF YOUR TAXES. SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD TOOL TO USE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT YOUR LIABILITY COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST POT, THEIR RATE IS NOT OUT THERE. SO IT DOESN'T CALCULATE AT THIS TIME. BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT'S OUT THERE. IT'S A GOOD INFORMATION. SO JUST GIVING YOU A SAMPLE AGAIN I CHOSE A PROPERTY THAT HAD THIS CAP SCENARIO. OKAY. LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR YOUR LIMITED TO 10% EVERY YEAR. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN 2024 THEIR TAXABLE VALUE WAS CAPPED AT 293. THEIR VALUE WAS ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. BUT AGAIN THEY WERE CAPPED. AND THEN THE 25 THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT NEW VALUE IS 323,000. THIS MAY BE MORE OF A RELATABLE EXAMPLE. SO THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE TAXES WERE IN 24. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WOULD HAVE PAID $5,200 IN TOTAL TAXES, WITH THE BIGGEST PORTION OF COURSE, GOING TO THE CITY OR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO JUST LOOKING AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THAT TRANSPARENCY PORTAL LOOKING TO 25 BASED ON THESE PROPOSED RATES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE ULTIMATELY. SO I JUST USED THE SAME RATE AS LAST YEAR. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY THAT WILL CHANGE, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID REDUCE OR DID INCREASE THE EXEMPTION FROM 100,000 TO 140. OKAY. SO THAT REDUCES THE LIABILITY IN YOUR TAXES. AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, THE COUNTY, THE HOSPITAL AND THE COLLEGE ALL HAVE A HOMESTEAD 20% HOMESTEAD. SO THAT COMES OFF OF YOUR TOTAL LIABILITY. AND SO COMPARING LAST

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AGAIN IT'S VERY INDIVIDUALIZED FOR EACH RESIDENT AND WHAT THEY MAY PAY. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUST, YOU KNOW, THROW OUT A CONSISTENT NUMBER. SO FOR A $250,000 HOME WITH NO OTHER EXEMPTIONS, ABOUT $1500 OR $4.11. IF YOU DO HAVE AN OVER 65 OR DISABLED EXEMPTION, THAT WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO 1260. IF YOU HAVE A $350,000 HOME. AGAIN, AT THIS TAX RATE, HERE IS $2100 OR $5 AND 76 A DAY, AND ON A $450,000 TAXABLE HOME, IT'S $2,700 AND ABOUT $7.40 A DAY. SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT RANGE COULD LOOK LIKE, AND I SHOWED THIS TO YOU BEFORE, BUT JUST KIND OF BREAKING IT DOWN AGAIN, REPEATING IT. SO WHAT DOES, YOU KNOW, USING THAT MIDDLE, THAT MIDDLE VALUE, THAT $5.76 PER DAY, WHAT THAT GETS YOU AGAIN, IT GETS YOU STREET MAINTENANCE TO FOR OVER 156 MILES OF STREETS. IT GIVES YOU THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH IS THE 24 HOUR POLICE AND FIRE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. IT GETS YOU THE DISPATCH AND THE TRI CITY JAIL AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT HAS OPERATIONS TO MANAGE AND TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY. BECAUSE YOU ALL ALL THESE QUALITY OF LIFE THINGS, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE ACREAGES AND THE PARKS AND THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LIBRARY AND THEIR VOLUME AND COLLECTIONS, AND ALSO ON THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, ALL OF THAT. SO ALL OF THESE SERVICES, PRETTY MUCH FOR THE COST OF A COFFEE. FOR $5 AND 76. AND JUST TO SAVE THE DATE, IT'LL BE A FANCIER FLIER THAN I'M ABLE TO PREPARE TO SEND OUT. AND THIS IS WAY IN ADVANCE. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IN FEBRUARY OF 2026, WHICH MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME WITH THE LEAD ON THE BOND STUFF, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOWN HALL WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND WITH THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT, WE'RE GOING TO HOST THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A TOWN HALL TO THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM, YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE APPRAISAL PROCESS IS LIKE AND HOW VALUES ARE DETERMINED, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO START GEARING UP ABOUT THAT TIME FOR THE NEXT TAX YEAR, WHAT THE APPEAL PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU CAN DO THAT, AND WHAT THE DEADLINES AND EXEMPTIONS AND ALL OF THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND DO A TOWN HALL FOR US.

I'VE ALREADY BOOKED THEM. THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR. THEY'RE ON OUR CALENDAR. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN SIX MONTHS. SO YEAH. SO IT'S GOOD INFORMATION I HAVE MONDAY. YOU HAVE MONEY MONDAY NIGHT I HAVE MONEY TOO. BUT I HAVE MONDAY THE NINTH. IS IT MONDAY TONIGHT? IT'S MAYBE I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. SORRY I PUT IN THE WRONG DAY, BUT THE NINTH SHOULD BE THE SO. BUT WE'LL CONFIRM IT'LL BE ON A ON A FLIER AND ALL THAT. AND WE'LL PROMOTE IT. AND IT WILL BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. OKAY. SO THAT'S PROPERTY TAX KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL. SO MOVING ON TO THE SECOND HIGHEST

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BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE ECONOMY MIGHT DO, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT MR. BARRERA REPORTED ON, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME MORE OF THAT KIND OF REVENUE COMING IN. BUT WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE. WE ALWAYS WANT LATER FOR RECEIVING A LOT EXTRA REVENUE. BUT TO BE CONSERVATIVE, WE'RE BUDGETING FLAT COMPARED TO WHAT WE EXPECT TO END 25. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A COPY FROM THE PUBLICATION. WE USE A COMPANY CALLED HDL COMPANIES, AND THEY KIND OF DO ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC FORECASTING WHEN IT COMES TO SALES TAX. AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING IN THESE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL RETAIL THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE SLOWEST GROWTH. THOSE ARE LIKE YOUR BRICK AND MORTAR KIND OF STORES. AND VERSUS YOUR INTERNET RETAIL, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO BOOM WITH AN 8% GROWTH EVERY QUARTER. BUT YOU KIND OF GET THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE FORECASTING IN THOSE AREAS. SO THESE ARE THEIR FORECASTS IN TERMS OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE. SO WHAT THEY ESTIMATE THE END OF 25 TO BE AGAIN 3.5%, WHICH IS WHAT I SHOW ON MY CHART AS WELL. AND THEN 26, THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT A 1% INCREASE. SO AGAIN JUST BE CONSERVATIVE JUST KIND OF KEEPING IT FLAT FOR NOW. THIS CHART HERE SHOWS YOU KIND OF HOW OUR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES DO BREAK DOWN THE ONES THAT DO REMIT SALES TAX. SO ALMOST HALF OF THE PIE IS ALL RETAIL TRADE. SO I MEAN THAT'S YOUR GROCERY STORES AND CONSTRUCTION AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT THE LAST FEW MONTHS MORE OF THE VOLATILE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GROWTH AND THEN THERE'S A REDUCTION AND THERE'S GROWTH AND THERE'S A REDUCTION. SO IT'S NOT REALLY, I GUESS, BEEN CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE OF WHERE MOST OF OUR SALES TAX COLLECTORS COME FROM. AND TO REMIND YOU THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF SALES TAX THAT WE DO RECEIVE. THERE'S A 1% THAT'S JUST GENERAL. THAT'S ABOUT 6.8 MILLION. AND THEN THERE'S A 0.5%. THAT'S PROPERTY TAX AND THAT'S 33.4 MILLION. SO TOTAL SALES TAX IS 10.3 MILLION OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST KIND OF GETTING REAL QUICKLY INTO THE REST OF THE REVENUES. SO PERMITS AND LICENSING AGAIN THIS IS WHAT BUILDING ELECTRICAL SIGNS HEALTH INSPECTIONS RENTAL REGISTRATIONS FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. THIS IS JUST SHOWS YOU ACTUALS AND THE KIND OF THE TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN A LOT. AND THEN SOMETIMES IT DIPS AND THEN IT GOES BACK UP. SO REALLY I THINK THIS AREA IS KIND OF VOLATILE DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND THE PERMITS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED. SO THAT CAN FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO THAT IS A PERFECT SEGUE TO WE HAVE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON PERMITTING WITH BUILDING FEES. I HAVE A MASTER FEE. HANDOUT TO GIVE Y'ALL. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING TO Y'ALL ON THE MASTER FEES FOR PERMITTING AND PLANNING. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START WITH STATE LAW CHANGES. THIS YEAR. WE HAD QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT CHANGED THAT AFFECT US IN PERMITTING. THE MAJOR ONES WERE HOUSE BILL 2844. SO NOW. WHICH TOOK QUITE A BIT OF AUTHORITY FROM CITIES AND GAVE IT TO THE STATE FOR REGULATING ALL FOOD TRUCKS AND SMALL SCALE FOOD BUSINESSES. SO THAT WOULD BE RESTAURANTS, FOOD PRODUCERS AND FOOD RETAILERS THAT MAKE A MILLION OR LESS PER YEAR. THAT'S QUITE A FEW RESTAURANTS IN DUNCANVILLE. AND OF COURSE, ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT NOW THE STATE ITSELF WILL REGULATE AND INSPECT AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO THAT'S I GUESS WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THE NEGATIVES. THAT'S

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YOU CAN KEEP ON WITH THEM. THIS TIME THEY DID THE OPPOSITE IN THIS OTHER BILL. AS PART OF IT, THEY REMOVED GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY FOR ANY LAWSUITS WHERE OUR LAWS DIFFER FROM STATE LAWS. SO THEY'RE LEAVING IT UP TO PEOPLE TO JUST SUE THE CITIES TO ENFORCE IT. BASICALLY, WE HAVE A YEAR TO MATCH ALL OF THE STATE LAWS, BUT SOME OF OUR LAWS DO CONFLICT WITH THIS. SO I'VE GONE THROUGH WITH THE RED LINE, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF THE COUNCIL BRIEFING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE TO MATCH THAT, AND WE CAN MATCH OUR EFFECTIVE DATE TO THE SAME AS THE STATE'S. SO WE GET IT ON THE BOOKS. WE'RE AHEAD OF THE TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SWITCH AND STOP REGULATING UNTIL THAT DATE WHEN IT KICKS IN. SO GOING BACK TO 2844. YEAH, WE RECENTLY PASSED THINGS SO BASICALLY THE STATE TRUMPS OVER ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE. THEY DID THEY TOOK THAT ONE. THEY ALMOST TOOK PERMITTING. THERE WAS A BILL TO ALLOW THIRD PARTIES TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO CHOOSE A THIRD PARTY PERMITTING INSPECTION EVERYTHING AND JUST BYPASS THE CITY. THAT ONE FORTUNATELY FAILED. BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE BILLS DO COME BACK AND THEY KEEP PUTTING THEM, TRYING TO PUT THEM THROUGH. BUT THAT ONE CAUSED A HUGE REACTION. IT DID GO AWAY. THIS ONE, THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT STATEWIDE THEY GET ONE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOOD TRUCK LICENSE. THEY CAN OPERATE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.

OF COURSE, THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THE PROPERTY OWNERS PERMISSION SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE CITY PROPERTY IF WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO. BUT ANY GAS STATION OR WHOEVER COULD ALLOW THEM TO PARK IN THE LOT, AND THERE WOULDN'T BE MUCH THAT WE COULD DO TO PREVENT IT. SO I KNOW THIS IS A BUDGET DISCUSSION, NOT ABOUT THIS, BUT WOULD. YEAH. SO WE WOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO THEY DON'T HAVE THE STATE REGISTRATION OR HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE. WE COULD GO IN. YES. AND WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE.

CORRECT. WE COULD HAVE THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE STATE ONE, AND WE CAN GO AND ASK FOR IT TO SEE IT. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO POST IT ON THEIR TRUCK, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL ALL HAPPILY GET IT. SO YEAH, THAT'S THE HEALTH PART OF IT. BUT THAT IS A BUDGET. THAT'S AN INCOME LOSS. YES. THE CITY. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT ALL OF MY DIVISIONS UNDER ME THE HEALTH, THE RENTALS AND PERMITS BUILDING TO EACH SUPPORT ITSELF THROUGH ITS OWN FEE STRUCTURES. THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HAVE A YEAR LEAD TIME TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE SUPPLEMENT IT FROM RENTALS OR OR BUILDING. SO WE HAVE SOME TIME. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT HEALTH IS SELF-SUSTAINING AFTER THESE TWO LAWS. SO THIS IS A MINOR ONE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ALCOHOL PERMIT INCOME, BUT WE CAN NO LONGER CHARGE PERMIT FEES FOR ALCOHOL PERMITS IF THEY'VE PAID THE TABC. THE BIGGER PART OF THIS BILL THAT AFFECTED US WAS. CITY CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE PERMIT FEES IN EXCESS OF THOSE CHARGED BY THE STATE, SO THE RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES THAT WE CAN STILL REGISTER AND INSPECT, BECAUSE THEY MAKE OVER A MILLION AND A HALF A YEAR. WE'RE ALSO LIMITED TO THE STATE'S AMOUNTS, WHICH WILL COME IN ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDES. WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS ARE, WHICH ARE SOME OF THEM ARE I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING. SO THAT'S THE STATE LAWS. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS MORE ABOUT HEALTH. YES. SO. BECAUSE TO DAN'S POINT, OUR LOST REVENUE COULD BE REGULATE PROPERTIES ON WHICH THOSE FOOD TRUCKS. USE THEM. SO PROPERTY HAS FOOD TRUCK ON IT. WE REGULATE AND HAVE THEM PAY A FEE. I THINK RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT CAN YOU DO, WHAT CAN YOU CAN'T YOU DO? AND SINCE

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SO I THINK WHAT PROBABLY TRIGGERED THIS IS THE 21 BUILDING CODES, WHICH ALL THE OTHER CITIES ARE NOW PRETTY MUCH ON. THEY CONTAIN THE NEW CHAPTER ABOUT MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS, FIRE INSPECTIONS. A LOT OF THINGS WENT ON WITH THAT, AND NOW IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH THAT THE PUSHBACK AGAINST THAT REGULATION FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS HAS HAPPENED. AND SO THIS HAS COME OUT NOW ACTUALLY RIGHT BEFORE WE'RE ADOPTING THE 21 CODE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE OUT PART OF THOSE CODES THAT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WENT BACK AND TOOK OUT. BASICALLY I THINK THAT'S WHAT SPURRED THIS, YOU KNOW, MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS THIS YEAR. SO YEAH, IT AFFECTS US ON THE HEALTH SIDE. THERE'S SOME STUFF WE CAN STILL REGULATE. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT MAKES A MILLION AND A HALF OVER A YEAR, WHICH IS GROCERY STORES, LARGE RESTAURANTS, CHAIN RESTAURANTS, BUT ALL YOUR MOM AND POPS ARE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVED TO THE STATE. SO YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO EAT A FOOD TRUCKS ANYMORE. YEAH, SOME OF THEIR WORDING SAID SPOT CHECK. SO YOU KIND OF KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING. THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY FROM OUR THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION. WE CAN PROBABLY SKIP IT BECAUSE IT WAS FOR THE CODE UPDATES. THESE ARE THE STATE HEALTH LEVELS THAT THEY ARE. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF RESTAURANTS. WE HAD A CLASS 1A2A3A. BUT THEY WERE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THOSE. SO NOW WE HAVE TO MATCH THEIRS AND NOT EXCEED THEIR PRICE. AND NOTICE MOST OF THESE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS. SO FOR OUR LARGEST THING 770 AND THREE FOR TWO YEARS, IF THEY FAIL AN INSPECTION LIKE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES SAID, YOU CAN ONLY CHARGE THEM FOR ONE REINSPECTION FEE EVERY 60 DAYS, EVERY TWO MONTHS. SO I MEAN, THIS WAS A BIG ONE, A BIG CHANGE. RENTAL FEES. SO I WAS LOOKING AT, I THINK WE PASSED OUT A FEE CHART TO YOU. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENTAL AREA ON THOSE, THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER IN THAT AREA, MOSTLY THE FEES DIDN'T CHANGE. THEY WERE JUST REORGANIZED AND CLEANED UP. WE HAVE AROUND 2000 LONG TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES IN DUNCANVILLE, AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE INSPECTED AROUND 200 OF THEM, WHICH IS NOT ON TRACK TO DO 2000, BUT THAT WAS BASED ON DOING IT WHEN SOMEONE MOVED IN. AND WE'VE REREGISTERED ABOUT 700 OF THEM. SO THAT'S ALSO NOT ON TRACK. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE EVENLY SPACED OUT. SO BY COMBINING THE REGISTRATION FEE, WHICH WAS 25 A YEAR, WITH THE INSPECTION FEE, THAT WAS 125 A YEAR ON THIS ONE INTO ONE, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE RENEWAL AND THEY WOULD STILL GET A CO IN THEIR INSPECTION PASSED. SO THE ORDINANCE REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE. BUT WHAT WOULD CHANGE IS THAT NOW IT WOULD GET INSPECTED EVERY YEAR. SO LANDLORDS DON'T TELL US WHEN THEIR TENANTS MOVE OUT, AND THEY DON'T TELL US WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO MOVE. SOMEBODY IN THE TENANT TELLS US THAT THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED IN. THEY DON'T HAVE POWER, THEY DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU KNOW, AND THE LANDLORDS WANTS TO TURN THE POWER OFF. AND SO REALLY THE TENANT GETS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INSPECTION PROCESS. AND SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE TO THE RENTER. WHEN THE LANDLORD HAD SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU KNOW, NOTICE THAT THEY WERE MOVING SOMEBODY OUT, MOVING SOMEBODY IN. WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO DO IS JUST TURN THE ANNUAL PERMIT, THE ANNUAL RENEWAL INTO ALSO THE INSPECTION. SO WE WILL INSPECT EVERY PLACE ONCE A YEAR. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT GETTING

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SO WE HAD, I THINK SEVEN AT ONE TIME. AND RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE'S TWO THAT ARE VALID AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND ONE THAT WE NEED TO INSPECT NOW OR IT WILL EXPIRE. SO IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE FOUND A WAY FOR THE SEP TO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE P AND Z AND COUNCIL EVERY YEAR, OR TO MAYBE GIVE THEM TEN YEARS OR SOMETHING AND LET THE REGULATION, YOU KNOW, WEED THEM OUT IF THERE'S PROBLEMS THERE. OR PROBLEMS WITH THEM, BUT NOT NOT MUCH INCOME COMES FROM THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SO FEW OF THEM. THERE IS A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RIGHT NOW, OUR SOFTWARE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE IF THEY PAY IT OR IF WE COLLECT IT. WE ARE WORKING ON BUILDING A RENTAL PERMIT WITH MGO RIGHT NOW THAT IS GOING TO TRACK WITH THE STATE IF THEY'RE PAYING THEIR STATE TAX. AND IF WE'RE GETTING THAT PART OF IT. SO WHAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW WITH MGO IS GOING TO TRACK IT BETTER AND GIVE US MORE VISIBILITY ON. BUILDING FEES. SO THERE WERE TWO MAJOR CHANGES. I'LL PASS THIS OUT. SO I DID A STUDY ON FEE STUDY ON COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION. AND. THIS IS THIS IS THE FEE STUDY. AND IT SHOWED THAT FOR THE EXAMPLES OF THE DHS ADDITION, THAT WAS ONE PERMIT, THE DHS RENOVATION AND THEN THE LIFE SCHOOL PROPOSED LAW SCHOOL. WHAT WOULD THE FEES LOOK LIKE FOR THAT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES? AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE SECOND TO THE TOP FOR OVERALL. BUT THAT KIND OF DISGUISES IT BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO THE VERY CHEAPEST FOR RENOVATION, COMMERCIAL RENOVATIONS AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, THIS IS ALL OF DFW, THE VERY CHEAPEST ON RENOVATIONS AND THE VERY MOST EXPENSIVE ON NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO WHAT THIS IS TELLING DEVELOPERS IS DON'T COME BUILD NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DUNCANVILLE BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE. HERE'S AVERAGE. I DO WANT TO STAY ABOVE AVERAGE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE HEALTH IMPACT, HEALTH FEE IMPACTS. SO.

IT'S THE PROPOSED NUMBERS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT AGAIN. IN THIS FEE SCHEDULE. THEY TRY TO RAISE THE RENOVATION PRICE AND LOWER THE COMMERCIAL FOR LARGE BUILDINGS. NOW I'LL SAY THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEE SCHEDULE, THE ONLY REASON THE COMMERCIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS SO EXPENSIVE WAS BECAUSE, AS THEY ORIGINALLY DID, A STEP DOWN. THEY FIND IT. ON THE SECOND PAGE. HERE YOU'LL HAVE THE FEE SCHEDULE. YEAH. SO IN COMMERCIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS HOW MOST PERMITS RUN. AS

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THAT ADDITION CAME IN. WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULD BE MUCH LOWER ON OUR NUMBERS. AND I THINK THAT BALANCING THIS WILL HELP IT BE MORE STABLE AND MORE EVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND MOST OF OUR WORK IS RENOVATIONS AND NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE'RE BUILT OUT. SO THAT'S THE TWO MAJOR CHANGES. AND OVERALL IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THAT TOTAL ON THE SIDE. BUT IF WE GET MORE RENOVATIONS THAN NEW, SO IT WOULD BE MORE OVERALL. THE LAST THING WE ADDED WAS JUST AN ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEW DEPOSIT. SO WITH LIFE SCHOOL, WE SENT PLANS OUT FOR ENGINEERING REVIEW. IT COST THE CITY MONEY. MY SCHOOL WASN'T BUILT, PROJECT WENT AWAY, BUT WE STILL OWED THE ENGINEERING REVIEW MONEY. SO THE DEPOSIT WOULD COVER THAT. IT WOULD COVER THE CITY. SO WE'RE NOT EXPENDING FUNDS. WHEN SOMEBODY COMES AND TELLS US WE WANT TO BUILD THIS AND THEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT AND THEY GO AWAY AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT, YOU KNOW, MONEY EVALUATING THE PLANS. SO FOR THE ENGINEERING REVIEW ONLY, THEY WOULD PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN AND IT WOULD BE BASED ON THIS 150 PER HOUR, WHICH IS THE GOING RATE FOR ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN AT MOST THIRD PARTY COMPANIES. AND THEN THIS IS THE GOING RATE FOR AN ENGINEER AT A THIRD PARTY COMPANY. SO. THAT WAS THAT'S THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUE. BUT TO JUST CLARIFY THE DEPOSIT WE INPUTTED FOR ANY BUILDING ACRE AND MORE. YEAH, I DID TAKE THAT OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF I THINK WE HAVE ONLY SO THIS IS PER ACRE. JUST TO CLARIFY, PER ACRE IS FOR EVERY WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE MANY OF THOSE LIKE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD HAVE A BUNCH OF THOSE, BUT YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF ACRES. BUT MOST OF OUR SITES WOULD BE AN ACRE OR TWO ACRES. THREE ACRES. YEAH. SO THIS THIS AMOUNT IS PER ACRE, THE HUNDRED ON TOP OF THE 2500 BASE WOULD BE THE SAME. OKAY.

OKAY. SO YEAH, 2500 BASE AS A DEPOSIT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE 100 ACRES, THAT'S ANOTHER. 25 I DON'T KNOW. 100 PER ACRE. SO THAT JUST KEEPS THE CITY FROM, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT COME IN AND THEN AREN'T APPROVED OR GO AWAY OR THEY BACK OUT OR WHATEVER. BUT WE'VE ALREADY PAID SOMEONE TO REVIEW THE PLANS, THE SCHOOL PLANS FOR THE BUILDING PLANS. IF I HAD SENT THOSE OUT FOR OUTSIDE REVIEW, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY $38,000 FOR A THIRD PARTY COMPANY JUST TO REVIEW THE PLANS. I WAS REVIEWING THOSE IN HOUSE, SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES. AS SOON AS SOMEBODY GIVES US PLANS, IT STARTS COSTING MONEY TO EVALUATE THEM. THAT'S THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU. KEEP THAT SLIDE.

I KEEP THAT SLIDE. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS A LOT. I KNOW IT DID GET INTO SOME OF THE CODE CHANGES, BECAUSE THE STATE LAWS DID THROW A WRENCH IN OUR CODE ADOPTION AND THE FEES. SO, SO. I GOT ARE YOU COMPARING THEM WITH OUR OTHER BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES AS WELL TO WHAT I DID? THEY'RE NOT IN THE FEE STUDY BECAUSE THEY'RE I COULDN'T FIND THEIR INFORMATION ONLINE. AND WHEN I CALLED THEM I COULDN'T COULDN'T GET IT. THESE WERE OFF OF THE ICC STUDY, THE NCT COG, EVERYONE THEY HAD INCLUDED. IT WAS OFF OF THEIR. COULD YOU REAL QUICKLY. I KNOW IT'S MORE BUDGETARY, BUT A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER LIKE SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR FTES NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT RENTAL PERMIT INSPECTION POSITION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL. WHICH POSITION? OH, SO THE RENTAL PROGRAM. YES, THE RENTAL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS, IS NOT SUPPORTING ITSELF, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO CREATE PERMITS AND INTERGOV AND STARTED DOING ALL THE INSPECTIONS. SO IT'S STILL IN LIKE THE BUILDING STAGES OF TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND. MGO SHOULD SOLVE

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WELL, RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE A HEADACHE. BUT MAINLY IT'S LIKE. YOU'RE ALWAYS YOU'RE ALWAYS THE BAD GUY WHEN YOU GO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE TENANT'S MAD, THEY CAN'T GET THEIR WATER TURNED ON. THE LANDLORD'S MAD, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T TURN THEIR WATER OFF SO THE TENANT CAN TURN IT ON. SO YOU REALLY ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH RENTALS. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. JUST QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE REST OF THE REVENUES HERE. SO FINES AND FEES IS ANOTHER CATEGORY. SO THIS IS PROPOSED TO ACTUALLY DECREASE FROM OVER THE ADOPTED. BUT IT IS STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT IT'S TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW AND BLUE COME ONLINE FOR 26. AND WE REALLY THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER FOR POLICE AS WELL AS COURT AND FOR COLLECTIONS. SO WE ARE BEING A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE THERE WITH OUR BUDGETING ESTIMATE. SO 720,000 TOTAL FOR 26 IS PROPOSED FOR FINES AND FEES. BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES RUCKER STORAGE FEES AND SOME OTHER FINES. THE BULK OF THAT IS COURT FINES. TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS WHICH KIND OF ALREADY. YES. I'M SORRY. ADOPTED. ASSUMED AGGRESSIVE COLLECTION. OUTSTANDING WARRANT.

I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AGGRESSIVE COLLECTIONS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT IS THAT? SO WE HAD BUDGETED FOR 500,000 IN THE 25 BUDGET WITH THE INTENTION OF UTILIZING THE FIRM THAT WE USE AND ALL THAT. MR. JACKSON, SPEAK MORE TO THAT. YEAH. LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, BECAUSE GOING FROM A FIRM THAT, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, DOES THE SAME THING, THAT AND I'M NOT I'M NOT PITCHING FOR THE OLD FIRM. I'M SAYING WE'RE GOING TO A NEW FIRM. BUT WHAT'S CHANGING SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE WHAT IN THE AREA OF $5 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING WARRANT MONEY, WHAT'S CHANGING BY HAVING THESE PEOPLE TO AGGRESSIVELY COLLECT? THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OF THE PROCESS. SO BY WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM THAT COINCIDES WITH THE POLICE NEW PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE DIRECT CONTACT AND USE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO SO. SO NOW THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO THEIR SMART DEVICE, AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESOLVE. SO WHETHER IT'S BY WAY OF TAKING CARE OF THE OUTSTANDING PAYMENT OR FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT PURPOSE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING RESOLUTION TO THEIR OUTSTANDING CASE. SO THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET INTO WHERE WE CAN HAVE MORE DIRECT CONTACT, AS WELL AS TO ALLOW THAT TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE THAT CONSTANT EMPHASIS TO THEM SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING AS OPPOSED TO THE RELIANCE ON THE THIRD PARTY COLLECTION AGENCY. OKAY. REALISTICALLY, WITH $5 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME, LET'S SAY TEN YEARS, WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN RETRIEVE? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THE FURTHER WE GET AWAY IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN ARREARS, THE HIGHER THE DIFFICULTY TO BE ABLE TO EITHER COLLECT OR BRING RESOLUTION. AND SO THAT'S WHY OUR IMPLEMENTATION

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WELL THIS IS JUST YEAR TO DATE SO FAR. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS. THE BUDGET IS STILL UP HERE, BUT WE'VE ONLY COLLECTED ABOUT HALF SO FAR. AND AGAIN IT'S JUST TIME THE TIMING OF WHEN WE GET IT BECAUSE WE GET IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND WE'RE NOT LIMITED RIGHT AWAY EITHER. SO IT COULD BE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THE PAYMENT. SO BY THE TIME THE YEAR IS SETTLED IN, THE FISCAL YEAR IS OVER, THE COLLECTIONS WILL BE HIGHER. BUT THIS JUST THIS IS JUST THE YEAR TO DATE. YEAH. IT'S NOT ACTUAL OR NOT THE BUDGET. YEAH. JUST QUICKLY IN THE OTHER AREAS AGAIN INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES, JUST A SMALL INCREASE THERE. THAT'S MAINLY AGAIN THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM OTHER AGENCIES. WE DO THE CDBG GRANT.

SO THAT MONEY COMES IN REIMBURSING FROM THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGER. THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES. WE GET MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS. WE GET FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE CHILD SAFETY FEE, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TOWARDS CROSSING GUARDS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S CAPTURED IN THAT REVENUE SOURCE. INTEREST INCOME. WE'RE KEEPING IT FLAT. WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, EARNING A GOOD, YOU KNOW, RETURN. IF WE START SEEING THAT TRENDING DOWNWARDS, WE'RE CERTAINLY WE MIGHT HAVE TO AMEND THAT. BUT FOR NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP THAT FLAT.

CHARGES FOR SERVICE DOES HAVE AN INCREASE THERE. AND THAT'S MAINLY ON THE EMS SIDE. A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DID RAISE THOSE RATES. AND I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE INCOME INCREASE BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT THIS ALSO INCLUDES MEMBERSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, ITEMS AND THAT THAT CATEGORY AND THEN OTHER SOURCES. LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. SO ALL OF THAT IS YOUR REVENUE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUE SIDE? FEEL FREE TO GET ABOUT THAT OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THE EXPENDITURES. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT YET WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU. SO THE TWO THE PIE CHARTS YOU SEE ONE IS THE EXPENDITURES BROKEN DOWN BY TYPE. SO AGAIN OUR EXPENDITURES IS 44.8 MILLION. SO THE LEFT ONE YOU SEE IS BROKEN DOWN LIKE LIKE I SAID BY TYPE. SO 67% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES REST IN SALARY AND BENEFITS OKAY. SO THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE ARE A PEOPLE TYPE ENTITY. WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE PEOPLE, WITHOUT THE POLICE, WITHOUT THE FIRE. SO AGAIN, 67% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE POLICE PERSONNEL. THE SECOND BIGGEST CATEGORY IS CONTRACTUAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO 20% OF THE PIE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE BIG THE BIGGEST ONES ARE OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. SO OUR TRI CITY JAIL ANIMAL SHELTER OUR REGIONAL DISPATCH CITY ATTORNEY, THOSE KIND OF CHARGES WOULD BE IN THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON THIS SIDE IS HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT. SO 27% YOU CAN GUESS THAT IS POLICE AND 23% IS FIRE, 18% PUBLIC WORKS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT LIKE AT LEAST YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OR ABOUT THREE

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SO IT'S GIVING A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD, INCLUDING PART TIMERS AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEN ALSO UP TO A 2% MERIT EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST AFTER OUR ANNUAL EVALUATION PROCESS. SO WHEN YOU ANNUALIZE THAT, THAT IMPACT IS ABOUT 997,000. WE TALKED ABOUT CITY PAID MEDICAL INSURANCE. SO FORTUNATELY WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THAT FLAT AND NOT INCREASE THE BUDGET. ON THE MEDICAL PREMIUM SIDE. TMRS OKAY, SO WANT TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESS THIS. YOU MAY RECALL THE CONVERSATION LAST YEAR. WE TALKED ABOUT RAISING TMRS. I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY PUT THAT SLIDE IN HERE. BUT THEN I CHOSE NOT TO. BUT THE STRATEGY IS OKAY, WE KNOW YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE THAT WE'RE BEHIND IN TERMS OF OUR BENEFIT PACKAGE WHEN IT COMES TO TMRS AND HOW WE COMPARE WITH AREA AGENCIES RIGHT NOW. LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS WHAT'S CALLED AN UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT AND A COLA TO RETIREES. SO TMRS HAS PRETTY MUCH A TIERED PACKAGE. OKAY, SO WE'RE AT THE LOWEST TIER AT THIS POINT. THAT MEANS SOME IT'S A 50% UPDATED SERVICE CREDIT. SO THAT AFFECTS EMPLOYEES. AND THEN 30% ANNUITY FOR RETIREES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT, WHICH IS 100% UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS AND 70% COLA FOR RETIREES. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO BUILD THAT BACK UP, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE QUOTING US WAS WELL INTO THE 20 ISH PERCENT THAT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE WOULD BE. SO THAT'S QUITE THE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET, TO JUST GO FROM NOT HAVING IT TO GOING TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT. SO THE STRATEGY WE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR WAS WE ADOPTED THE REOCCURRING MEANING.

IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AUTOMATICALLY FOR THE LOWEST TIER BENEFIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE TMRS RATE BY 2% OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS UNTIL WE REACH WHAT THAT MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION RATE WOULD BE. SO WE CAN THEN AT THAT TIME ADOPT THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT, AND THEN WE CAN BE ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD WITH ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES AROUND THE METROPLEX WHO ALREADY OFFER THAT. SO THAT WAS THE STRATEGY. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A FEW YEARS TO WORK OURSELVES UP TO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 400, 500,000 EVERY YEAR THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE BUDGET. AND YOU JUST GO UP. THAT COST GOES UP AS WELL. SO WITH THESE CHANGES IN THE POLICE

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OKAY. AND RED OAK WAS, YOU KNOW, BELOW THAT. BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS OFFERING AT LEAST OVER 70.

RIGHT. STARTING. SO FAST FORWARD TO 2025, I WENT OUT TO THE WEBSITES IF THEY PUBLISHED THEIR PAY PLAN ANYWAY TO SEE WHAT UPDATES THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IN 2025, WE MADE AN INCREASE. SO OUR PAY WENT UP TO 68,000 IN 2025. BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE OTHER AREAS, OTHER AGENCIES AND WHAT THEIR STARTING PAY IS. SO THEY YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCREASING THEIR PAY AND WE'RE STILL NEAR THE BOTTOM, IF NOT THE BOTTOM. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MADE ANY MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENTS OR WHAT THEIR PROPOSED RATES ARE. PAY PLANS ARE FOR 26. BUT I WILL SAY THAT CEDAR HILL IS PROPOSING A 2% AND DESOTO IS PROPOSING A 1%. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS NUMBER IS, WHAT THAT INCREASE COULD LOOK LIKE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE INTENTION WAS TO TRY TO BUILD UP THE POLICE AND FIRE STARTING PAY WITH THE FIRST THE 5% THAT WE DID IN JUNE AND THEN THE 3% IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THE 2% IN APRIL TO GET US AT LEAST TO TRY TO SOMEWHAT CATCH UP TO WHAT THESE OTHER CITIES ARE. SO THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SURVEY. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A COMPLETE SURVEY TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY IS AT CURRENTLY. BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO THROW THIS UP THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THERE, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEHIND THE CURVE A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES IN TERMS OF THE STARTING PAY FOR POLICE AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE PAY INCREASES. KIND OF THE SAME STORY ON THE FIRE. YOU CAN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS WHAT WHAT STARTING PAYS ARE FOR FIRE. AND I WILL SAY SOME AGENCIES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF STARTING PAY. SOMETIMES THEY START. THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED.

THEY HAVE A LESSER STARTING PAY HERE. WE START THEM REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE CERTIFIED OR NOT.

STARTING PAY IS STILL THE SAME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT DATA THAT BACKS UP AGAIN WHY WE DID THE INCREASE THAT WE DID. OKAY. SO JUST OTHER GENERAL OVERVIEW AND SOME DEPARTMENTS WILL KIND OF HIT ON THIS. SO REDUCTIONS TO MAKE THIS WORK AGAIN TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, WE DID REDUCE $10 MILLION, $2 MILLION OUT OF THE NON PERSONNEL SIDE ON EXPENDITURES ON THE SUPPLY SIDE. JUST YOU KNOW TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHY YOU MAY SEE SOME FLUCTUATIONS. SO WE DID SHIFT IT COSTS AROUND. SO IT HAD BEEN THE BEARER OF ALL THE FINANCIALS AND THE HR MODULES AND SOME VARIOUS SOFTWARES THAT ARE NOT REALLY IT OWNERS IF YOU WILL. SO WE SHIFTED THOSE BACK OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT. SO LIKE A FISCAL SERVICES WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN SOFTWARE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THE FINANCIAL PORTIO. HR WILL PAY FOR THEIR PORTION AS WELL AS THE CELL AND DATA PLANS. THOSE ARE GOING BACK OUT TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ON THE CONTRACTUAL SIDE. LIKE I SAID, THE CAD AND MMS SYSTEM IS A FIVE YEAR DEBT REPAYMENT TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO THAT'S ABOUT 300,000 THAT WE HAVE TO OWE EVERY YEAR. WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY PREMIUMS HAVE INCREASED. OUR PREMIUMS THAT WERE HAVE TO PAY.

WE, OUR MEMBERS OF HTML INSURANCE POOL FOR THESE THINGS, AND THE PREMIUMS THAT THEY'RE CHARGING US IS HIGHER. OUR EXPERIENCE AND CLAIMS HAVE BEEN HIGHER AS WELL. SO I HAD TO ADJUST THE PREMIUMS THAT DEPARTMENTS PAY INTO THAT FUND. AND IT'S STILL NOT REALLY ENOUGH. BUT THAT IS HOW MUCH THAT THAT WAS FLUCTUATED AS WELL. AND LIKE I SAID, UTILITIES, GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER, USING JUST THOSE BUDGETS TO BE MORE CLOSER TO WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY SPEND. SO THAT WAS 200,000 INCREASE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WORK PLAN ITEM FOR US TO WORK ON HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR USAGE. SO WITH THAT QUICKLY GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE

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SO IT. GOT ONE SLIDE. BECAUSE IT'S SO FUN TO KNOW Y'ALL ALREADY. WE I KNOW ONE OF THE

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THEY'RE ALL BACK. SO JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL AND MAYBE THE CULTURE OF THE CITY IN GENERAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR DEPARTMENT TO KEEP COSTS DOWN BY SAYING, WELL, MAYBE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THIS POSITION. LIKE, I KNOW A LOT OF I KNOW A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT USED TO HAVE ASSISTANTS AND ASSISTANTS TO ASSISTANTS. I NOTICED THAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE GONE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE WORKING HARDER, MAYBE SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WOULD GO INTO PAYING YOUR SALARY FOR AN ASSISTANT, SOME OF THAT MAYBE GOES INTO GIVING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HARDER FOR HIGHER SALARIES, THEY GET PAID MORE. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT

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THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE PAST WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO DEFINITELY THAT'S THAT'S ON OUR RADAR. SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REDUCE WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STAY COMPETITIVE ON TALENTED PEOPLE AND THE WORKING HARD, PAY THEM MORE AND NOT NEED THEM. EXCELLENT POINT. APPARENTLY I HAD A FACIAL RESPONSE TO YOUR REMARKS. SO. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT, BUT I. HE DIDN'T HEAR YOU. HE DIDN'T HEAR ME. SO NOW WE'RE AT THE LIBRARY.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES NOW. SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET IS NOW IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF APPROXIMATELY $66,000. THAT 8% IS $90,000 FOR BOOKS AND MATERIALS, WHICH I THINK IS $10,000 LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THERE IS A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. THERE IS ONE PERSON STILL ON THE CITY PAYROLL WHO IS RETIRING DECEMBER 31ST. SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, SOME THE LIBRARY POLICIES, REVIEW AND UPDATES ARE COMPLETE.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT DRAFT IS COMPLETE. THESE WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL AT A LATER TIME. THE SPACE ASSESSMENT AND CONCEPT PLAN DRAFT ARE COMPLETE AND THOSE ARE WITH CITY MANAGEMENT. CURRENTLY WE'VE IMPLEMENTED LIBRARY IQ, WHICH HELPS US EVALUATE OUR COLLECTIONS, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS. WE'VE INCREASED PROGRAMING AND OUTREACH, AND TWO OF OUR GOALS FOR FY 26 ARE TO FURTHER EXPAND OUR PROGRAMING, OUTREACH AND VISIBILITY OF THE LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO PREPARE A STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, I REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING TO THIS NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE LIBRARY, THAT THERE WAS SOME ACCOUNTING OF IT SEEMED LIKE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BOOKS THAT HAD BEEN ASSESSED. THEY HAD NEVER BEEN CHECKED OUT. IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? THERE ARE SOME. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE LIBRARY IQ HELPS US GET BETTER VISIBILITY ON THOSE NUMBERS. AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEVER CHECKED OUT OR WHAT HASN'T CHECKED OUT IN OVER THREE YEARS, STANDARDS FOR REMOVING THOSE ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION VARY, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH WITH CITY MANAGEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS WHAT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE TO REVITALIZE THAT COLLECTION BY TAKING OUT SOME OF THAT OLD STUFF AND ORDERING NEW STUFF.

AND WE ARE STARTING TO GET NEW ITEMS IN THAT SEEM TO BE ORDERED. WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THIS WEEKEND, THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, AND ABOUT 400 PLUS STUDENTS WERE SERVED AND WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE 400 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOORS. WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 238 FOR WHO RECEIVED SCHOOL SUPPLIES. BASED ON WHAT WE THINK THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WAS OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAD. SO THANK YOU AND EXCELLENT JOB. BUT I'LL SAY MORE IN MY COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORT. BUT I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT A BUDGET FOR THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COME OUT OF THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE AT LARGE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, IT'S HOUSED THERE RIGHT NOW. WE COULD WE COULD KEEP IT WHERE IT IS. WE COULD ALLOCATE IT OVER TO THAT LOCATION. BUT I MEAN, WE DO BUDGET FOR IT NEXT YEAR. BUT WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ALL PREFER IT LIKE IT'S IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION JUST FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES OR WHAT. WHAT TO INCREASE THAT. I JUST I WAS MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND FIRST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE IT. SECOND HOW MUCH WAS IT TOTAL? 5000. THAT ONE WAS. YES.

SO IS THERE ANYWHERE WE COULD NOW HOW IT HAPPENED THIS YEAR WAS IT CAME OUT OF OUR TWO BUDGETS, WHAT WAS REMAINING. BUT IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO AS A WHOLE FOR COUNCIL, OR IS THE LIBRARY CAN HANDLE THAT. SPONSORSHIPS. YOU COULD POSSIBLY. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLACE FOR IT. GOTCHA. SO THAT WAY WE PROGRAM FOR IT. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK NEXT YEAR WE COULD CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF GOT WE GOT STARTED A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT LATE. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE SPONSORSHIP FROM

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF NO OTHER QUESTION, JUST QUICKLY GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO. COUNCIL MEMBER GOODWIN'S POINT. DEFINITELY THE COMPLETED FINANCIAL AUDITS THAT HAPPENED

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CERTAINLY WITH THE GOALS, JUST I WON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO CONTINUE IN THE MOMENTUM OF ON TIME AUDIT DELIVERY. AND THEN THE SECOND POINT, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE UPDATE OF THE PROCUREMENT POLICY. IF YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING EITHER UPDATED POLICIES OR INTRODUCING POLICIES TO THIS BODY WITH RESPECT TO FUND BALANCE POLICY, PROCUREMENT CARD POLICY. WE DEFINITELY HAVE ON OUR RADAR AND UPDATE TO THE CITY'S OVERALL PROCUREMENT POLICY, AS THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN SOME TIME. SO IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL TURN IT OVER. THANK YOU TO BART AND TYLER. THANK YOU. BACK IN FRONT I'VE GOT EVERYBODY. YEAH. YOU GO DOWN TO GO. DOWN. SO IT'S WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR HIGHLIGHTS AND OUR GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TODD TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A MAJOR INITIATIVE UNDERTAKEN FOR NEXT YEAR. WITH THE TRANSITION OF OUR MOWING TO IN-HOUSE, AT LEAST A PORTION OF OUR MOWING CONTINUES. SO PARKS AND RECREATION, WE HAVE NINE DIVISIONS. WE HAVE 40.5 FTE. THAT INCLUDES 29 ACTUAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AND THE REST OF THOSE EQUIVALENTS ARE MADE UP OF OUR PART TIME STAFF, WHICH ARE HOUSING REALLY ALL OF THE DIVISIONS THAT YOU SEE. THERE ON THE RIGHT, OUR CHART, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF A PERSON, YOU KNOW, 62% AND THEN SUPPLIES MATERIALS AND CONTRACTUAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MAKE UP 16% AND THEN ALL THE REST. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GONE FROM ABOUT A $4.3 MILLION BUDGET TO $4 MILLION BUDGET. AND IF I LOOK AT THAT, HOW THAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKING ON EIGHT FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE STILL REDUCING OUR BUDGET BY $300,000. SO THAT'S A HUGE TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM AND THE WAY WE APPROACHED OUR BUDGET AND ADDRESSING THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED, BUT ALSO MOSTLY THE MOVING OF THE MOWING CONTRACT PORTION OF THAT IN-HOUSE. WE'VE ELIMINATED THE CITY FORESTER POSITION. WE WERE UNABLE TO FULFILL THAT A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN? WE GOT CLOSE ONCE AND THAT ONE FELL THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE. IT'S BEEN A IT WAS A REAL TOUGH POSITION TO HIRE. FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT WAS A GRANT. SO WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY MONEY. IT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. SO BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT $60,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET. AND THEN OF COURSE, TALK ABOUT THE ONE. 25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOND LAST, OUR LAST BOND PROJECT FOR HARRINGTON PARK TO INCLUDE THE TWO CONCESSION RESTROOM FACILITIES. WE POURED CONCRETE ON THE SLAB FOR THE BASEBALL CONCESSION STAND LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE WORKING ON RELOCATING THE WATER LINES FOR THE SOCCER CONCESSION STAND. AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE'LL GET THAT SLAPPED IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS WELL. SO WE'LL BE GOING VERTICAL VERY SOON. ON THE BASEBALL, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE BOTH THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETED BY JANUARY FEBRUARY TIME FRAME AND TIME FOR THE SPRING SEASON FOR BASEBALL AND SOCCER. WE UPGRADED THE CARDIO EQUIPMENT AT THE RECREATION CENTER, HAS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS OUR IT DEPARTMENT. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF STREAMING NOW. WE WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF ALL OF THE BOXES FROM SPECTRUM, AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE RECREATION CENTER. WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS THE STREET EQUIPMENT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. WE

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SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THAT BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION. SO PROBABLY MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT FOR YOU HERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR 26. AGAIN, WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO MOWING FOR OUR CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES. WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE BOND PROJECT AT HARRINGTON PARK. AS I NOTED, WE'RE FULLY TRANSITIONING FROM OUR CURRENT RECREATIONAL SOFTWARE REC TRACK TO EXPLORE THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE USER EXPERIENCES REMOTELY. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THEIR RESERVING OF PAVILIONS AND FACILITIES, AND SIGNING UP FOR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS ONLINE FROM THEIR HOME, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO COME INTO THE RECREATION SYSTEM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO INITIATE THE UPDATE TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND ADDING NEW TRAILS MASTER PLAN. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO TYLER, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE IN HOUSE OF MOWING OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, JUST TO GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY AND HOW THE PLAN IS FOR 2026. SO THE MOST RECENT MOWING CONTRACT RFP CAME BACK AT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 1.2 MILLION TO MAINTAIN ALL PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN FY 26. THIS REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL YEAR OVER YEAR COST INCREASE, LIMITED TO LIMITED CONTROL OVER SCHEDULING AND QUALITY OF CUTS.

IN RESPONSE, WE'RE PROPOSING A STRATEGIC SHIFT TO BRING IN A MAJORITY OF THE MOWING OPERATIONS IN-HOUSE, SO WE HOPE TO REDUCE LONG TERM OPERATIONAL COSTS, INCREASE SERVICE RELIABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS, BUILD INTERNAL CAPACITY FOR FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT AND SEASONAL DEMANDS, AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTABILITY. HOW DO WE PLAN TO DO THAT? WE WANT TO SPLIT UP THE MOWING CONTRACT AND ENHANCE THE CITY FACILITIES, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, WATER TOWERS AND A PORTION OF THE EDC LOTS BY HIRING SIX NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, ONE CREW LEADER AND FIVE CREW CREW MEMBERS PURCHASING TWO TRUCKS, TWO TRAILERS, AND FOUR COMMERCIAL MOWERS. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN MOWING OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT THOSE SITES, AND SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE ON HAND. THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS WILL STILL MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAYS MEDIANS, EASEMENTS AND TEXTILE PROPERTIES, AND THEN SOME OF THE NATIVE PRAIRIE AND WILDFLOWER AREAS. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A TRACTOR THAT CAN MOW SOME OF THOSE AREAS. SOME OF THE METRICS WE'RE USING TO KIND OF JUSTIFY THIS, THESE OPERATIONS. SO IN FY 2025, THIS YEAR, MOWING PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, CITY FACILITIES, EDC, GLASS, WATER LOTS WAS AROUND 518 K TOTAL FOR THE YEAR. OVER A TEN YEAR SPAN. WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT A 3% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR CONTRACTOR COST. THE MEDIANS RIGHT AWAY IS TEXTILE PROPERTIES. WE'RE ALL AROUND 531,000 WITH AN ESTIMATED 3% INCREASE AS WELL FOR THOSE CONTRACTORS YEAR OVER YEAR FOR OVER A TEN YEAR SPAN. SO SPENDING AROUND 325 K THIS YEAR ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FROM ONE TIME FUNDS ON THE TRUCKS, TRAILERS, MOWERS AND LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT. WE ESTIMATE AROUND 370 K FOR STAFFING AND BENEFITS IN FY 26. AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE WITH THE COLAS YEAR OVER YEAR. SO FY 27 MOVING FORWARD TO 435. THIS IS INCLUDING FLEET REPLACEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE 3% WITH THE 3% PROJECTED PAY RAISES. SO YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER A TEN YEAR SPAN, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT A 90 K PER YEAR DECREASE IN IN-HOUSE AND GET HER CONTRACTING IT OUT AND THEN 332 IN SAVINGS TOTAL. SO THIS INCLUDES EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS EVERY SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS GOING TO SPIKE THAT COST IF WE REPLACE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT EVERY THREE YEARS.

SOMETIMES WE MIGHT GET TEN OR EXTEND THAT AS LONG AS WE CAN. WE'RE NORMALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MAINTAINING MOST OF OUR EQUIPMENT. EXCUSE ME. TYLER? YES, SIR. UP ON THE TOP. YOU MENTIONED RIGHT OF WAY. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS WITH THE RAILROAD TO MOW ANY OF THE RAILROAD? RIGHT OF WAY? WE ARE THE CONTRACTORS ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAYS FOR THE RAILROAD. SO IT'S NOT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND BNSF, BUT WE THE OUR CURRENT CONTRACTORS DO MAINTAIN THOSE. OKAY. BUT NOT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CITY. OKAY. YES. IT'S THE ENTIRE RAILROAD. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YOU MENTIONED THE PRESERVED LAKESID. NOW THE LAKESIDE ORIOLE PARK. THERE'S A LARGE STRIP THERE.

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SO WHAT WE USE WITH DESOTO AND CEDAR HILL TO KIND OF SUPPORT THIS DECISION AS WELL. SO THEY UTILIZE ROTARY MOWERS FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND TO OPERATE MULTIPLE MOWERS WITHIN PARKLAND AND CITY FACILITIES. THEIR SUCCESS DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND THE NEED FOR MULTIPLE MOWERS TO MANAGE ACREAGE AND DEMAND. SO THAT COULD BE A STRATEGY ALIGNS WITH THESE REGIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND POSITIONS THE CITY AND POSITIONS THE CITY FOR LONG TERM EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND I'LL ADD ACCOUNTABILITY.

YES, SIR. THE CONTRACTORS SEEMED LIKE THEY KIND OF STRUGGLE AS WELL, MAINTAINING THEIR THEIR STAFF AS WELL TOO, WHICH CAN CREATE CREATE ISSUES WITH US AND CALL THEM AND SAY, YEAH, I'LL GET OUT THERE NEXT WEEK. AND WE GOT A FESTIVAL GOING ON. YEAH. NO, WE, WE STAY ON TOP OF IT FOR THE MOST PART, TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THINGS. THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO GOING TO IN-HOUSE, AS YOU JUST STATED, THAT THE ABILITY FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS HOT SPOTS OR ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN A IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS CERTAINLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE BOARD. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTE, AND I THINK THAT WAS AT THE TRASH TOWN HALL, AND I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT ON THE TABLE ABOUT FIELD TRIPS AND GOING TO GO TO PLACES OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN OR PROVIDE DETAILS ON BECAUSE WE I SAW IT WAS, WHY ARE WE GOING TO GO EAT OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE INSTEAD OF EATING AT A RESTAURANT LOCALLY AND KEEPING THAT SALES TAX HERE? SO I DO STAY LOCAL SOMETIMES, BUT THEY PREFER TO GET OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FROM KNOXVILLE BECAUSE THE SENIORS WHO DON'T LIKE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF DUNCANVILLE, THEY USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE A BUS AND GO WITH THEIR FRIENDS TO GO PLACES OUTSIDE DUNCANVILLE THAT THEY WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OTHERWISE BEING BY THEMSELVES. AND SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THAT PROGRAM REALLY IS FULLY SELF SUPPORTED BY THE FEES THAT THEY PAY. THEY PAY FOR THEIR MEALS. OBVIOUSLY THEY PAY A TRIP CHARGE AS WELL. IT'S $3 FOR SOMEONE LOCAL. IF THEY GET FURTHER OUTSIDE OF DFW, IT GOES UP TO FIVE EVEN MORE SOMETIMES. SO AND THOSE FEES GO BACK TO HELP RECOUP THE COST FOR THE GAS. OKAY, SO THAT PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED BY TAX DOLLARS JUST BECAUSE THEY PAY FEES TO SUPPORT IT. YEAH, IT JUST STOOD OUT TO ME. I'M THINKING, WHY ARE WE GOING WITHOUT A CHANCE FOR THEM TO GET GET OUTSIDE OF OUTSIDE? YEAH. KEEP MY SALES TAX HERE. FIELD TRIP. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND

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ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH I DON'T. THIS IS DOWN IS UP. YEAH. THANK YOU. HELLO.

HELLO HELLO HELLO. SO THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. CERTAINLY OUR BUDGETS. THIS IS THE CHIEF ARENA, CHIEF WILCOX AND DELILAH PUT A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. AND CERTAINLY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR BUDGET. SO OUR DEPARTMENT INCLUDES NINE DIVISIONS. GO THROUGH THEM THER. WE I'VE DONE SOME CHANGES. WE'VE DONE SOME CHANGES WHERE IT USED TO BE SPECIAL SERVICES. IT'S NOW PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. IT KIND OF FOLLOWS BEST PRACTICES A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED STAFFING 82. THAT INCLUDES OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. SO WHEN I SAW THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, HANG ON A MINUTE. AND THEN REALIZED IT INCLUDED THEM AS WELL. BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS. THANK YOU ALL. OR HOPEFULLY THESE TWO POSITIONS GET APPROVED. IT CERTAINLY FOLLOWS OUR MATRIX, A REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED. ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I THINK IT WAS CLAYTON THAT SAID HIS BUDGET WENT DOWN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID SOME HOMEWORK, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE OURS WENT DOWN AS WELL. A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH MOVING OUR REGIONAL ASSETS OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND INTO A NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET. AND THERE WAS MY REASONING WAS WHEN WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET, WELL, THAT WAS INCLUDED AND IT INCLUDED, I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST $2 MILLION OR CLOSE TO $2 MILLION. SO THAT WAS INCLUDED IN IT. SO IT HELPED US OUT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, THAT ON DUTY HEALTH ASSESSMENT. AND IT'S REALLY I'M PRETTY SURE I'M SURE THE FIRE CHIEF COULD COULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IT'S HELPED THEM MAYBE IDENTIFY SOME THINGS THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE HAD THEY NOT HAD THIS. AND THAT'S THE GOAL FOR US IS HOPEFULLY IT IDENTIFIES MORE CARDIOVASCULAR FOR US. OUR DALLAS COUNTY HIGHWAY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S THE ACCIDENTS WHERE THEY COME OUT AND WORK OUR ACCIDENTS ON 20 AND 67. IT IS A TIME SAVER FOR US. I BRIEFED YOU GUYS ON IT IN THE PAST. IF WE HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT, IT SHUTS DOWN THE CITY. AND FOR US SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, WE GET REIMBURSED 100%. SO OBVIOUSLY BUDGET NEUTRAL. BUT WHEN THEY ARE ABSENT, WE HAVE TO FILL THAT SPOT. AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US ON DAYS THAT WE JUST CAN'T DO IT. OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU GUYS HEARD THIS RECENTLY WHEN I GAVE THE QUARTERLY REPORT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HIRED 11 POLICE OFFICERS THIS YEAR THAT THAT'S WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. THAT IS HUGE. BECAUSE OF THAT, SOME OF OUR BUDGET WENT OVER BECAUSE WE HIRED THESE PEOPLE. WE'VE GOT A VERY CONSERVATIVE 10% REDUCTION IN GROUP A OFFENSES. WHEN YOU GUYS RECEIVE THOSE ON THE QUARTERLY REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THE GROUP A OFFENSES THOSE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE 10% REDUCTION WE WERE AWARDED OUR REACCREDITATION THROUGH TPCA. AND THEN OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING ARE DEMOGRAPHICS AS A WHOLE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE POPULATION OF DUNCANVILLE, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF, AND IT HELPS WITH THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

SO FY 26 CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES, OBVIOUSLY OCTOBER 1ST, IF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, WE'LL HAVE SIX. WE HAVE A TEST COMING UP OCTOBER 23RD I'M SORRY, AUGUST 23RD. WE HAVE WELL OVER 200 APPLICATIONS. 20 OF THOSE ARE CERTIFIED OFFICERS. SO THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE'RE GOING TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES EVEN INTO OCTOBER WITH THE TWO. THAT ALLOWS US TO NOW START FILLING OUR INTERNAL VACANCIES, OUR INTERNAL VACANCIES, CID TRAFFIC, NARCOTICS PARK, ALL OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PATROL IS CERTAINLY OUR BACKBONE. VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER AT 5% REDUCTION OF OVERALL CRIME AS WE START ADDING TO OUR EQUIPMENT WITH THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER STUFF, THE STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S GOING TO HELP DRIVE THAT NUMBER EVEN HIGHER. ON THE REDUCTION SIDE, WE'RE REDUCING OUR REINTRODUCING THE TASERS. WE WENT AWAY FROM TASERS YEARS AGO, PROBABLY A

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OH, IT'S NOT FUN. NO, THERE'S NO QUESTION. BUT WHAT COMES WITH THAT IS A VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING PROGRAM. SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TASE YOUR, YOUR YOUR STUDENTS. THEY CAN GO THROUGH THIS VIRTUAL TRAINING AND BE PUT THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. VIRTUALLY, VIRTUAL, VIRTUALLY TASE. YES. ALL RIGHT. QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU CHIEF. YOU SAID THAT SOME REALLY SOLID. YEAH. BUT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SHARE WITH. PRESENTLY WE HAVE FIVE DIVISIONS ADMIN PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION, WHAT WE CALL OPERATIONS. MOST OF OUR FOLKS ARE AT FIRE STATIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT WITH EMS STAFF AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE TWO FIRE STATIONS, QUINT STATION TWO AND ENGINE STATION ONE, AND BOTH STATIONS HAVE A MEDIC UNIT, AND OUR PERSONNEL ARE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS. EXCEPT ME. I'M AN EMT. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. AND A REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAUREN SANCHEZ DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB AND KEEPS US SAFE WITH ACTIVATIONS. WE LEAN VERY AGGRESSIVELY. THAT'S WHY IF YOU COME TO MY OFFICE, YOU'LL FIND A RECLINER. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M WATCHING THE PRICE IS RIGHT IN THE MORNING. IT'S BECAUSE AIR MATTRESSES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE.

AND SO I USE THAT IN PREVIOUS PLACES I WORKED. MY POINT IS WE GOT BAD WEATHER COMING IN. WE COME IN BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP WHEN ALL HELL HAS ALREADY BROKEN LOOSE. IT'S NOT PERFECT. SO LAUREN IS VERY MUCH A FAN OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE AUTHORIZE AND WE'RE VERY ECHO CHIEF STONER'S COMMENTS. IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TWO ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS AND VERY GRATEFUL GOING ON THE PATH TO GET ULTIMATELY FOR MEMBER STAFFING TO MEET WHAT WE CALL NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 1710 IS A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR STAFFING. SO PRESENTLY WE'RE AT 56. WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES CURRENTLY. OFFICER ASSISTANT CHIEF CHASE RETIRED. PREVIOUSLY THE FIRE MARSHAL STEVE BLANCHARD RETIRED. AND SPEAKING OF THAT,

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JAMES LEARY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROCESS IS A VERY DIVERSE PANEL. AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE SELECTION AND THE PROMOTION. AS I JUST MENTIONED, JAMES LEARY, HE JUST STARTED MONDAY AND HE'S DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE RIGHT NOW. AND THE PROMOTION OF FIRE MARSHAL DAVID CARPENTER WAS HIS DEPUTY MARSHAL WAS GOING FROM MARSHAL. AND THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL WAS LOGAN HENRY. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE CONTINUED GOOD THINGS IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND FY 26. I'M A BIG FAN OF I MENTIONED THIS QUARTERLY REPORTS AS WELL AND THIRD PARTY VALIDATION. YOU CAN BRAG ON YOURSELF ALL DAY LONG, BUT JUST LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ALREADY DO. THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES I WILL ADMIT, I WAS AT THE CRIME SCENE WHEN WE CREATED THIS THROUGH THE TEXAS FIRE ASSOCIATION. ME AND ANOTHER FIRE CHIEF FORMED A COMMITTEE, AND SO WE HAVE THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH ISO CLASS ONE THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE INSURANCE RATES ON AVERAGE 2% FOR BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES, 1% FOR RESIDENTIAL. AND SO IT'S A WIN WIN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'LL ACHIEVE THOSE BY 2027. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. COME ON JOE. THANK YOU THANK YOU. SIR. NO, THE LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST DEPARTMENT. AND WE'VE INHERITED PARKS AND RECREATION. MAYBE I

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SOME BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAVE FIVE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO THE UTILITY FUND, UTILITIES ADMIN, WHICH IS MYSELF AND SOME OF THE OTHER EXECUTIVE POSITIONS THAT WERE MOSTLY GENERAL FUND PUBLIC WORKS POSITIONS. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS UTILITIES, 25% OF FLEET PERSONNEL, FUEL AND REPAIR COSTS HAVE BEEN SHIFTED INTO UTILITIES FUNDS. AGAIN, MOST OF THEIR REPAIR WORK IS UTILITY TRUCKS AND UTILITIES EQUIPMENT. $1.5 MILLION BUDGETED IN STREETS, PLUS $200,000 IN ONE TIME FUND EXPENDITURES. JUST TO GET SOME PROJECTS MOVING. WE DID FREEZE TWO STREET POSITIONS. STREET DEPARTMENT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO FILL BECOME FULLY AT FULL CAPACITY. SO SINCE IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE AND WE'RE HAVING SOME LIMITATIONS WITH THE GENERAL FUND, WE WENT AHEAD AND FROZE TWO POSITIONS, BRINGING THEM FROM 16 TO 14, UTILIZING 194,000 FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. AGAIN, THERE'S NOT REALLY A CAPITAL PLAN IN PLACE IN TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, SO THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY LOST THEIR RED LIGHT FUNDING.

SOME 25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE IT. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT NOT TO PICK ON CLAYTON AGAIN AND THE CHIEF. OH YEAH. BUT IF THEY NOTICE THAT WE'RE. HERE AND ACTUALLY I WANT TO POINT OUT TOO. SO THESE ACTUALS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SHOW WHAT OUR PROPOSAL WAS. IT JUST SHOWS WHAT WE SPENT. BUT KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE GO IN. I'M GOING TO ELABORATE ON THAT. SO FY 25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERGOV FOR PERMITTING WE INITIATED CITYWIDE DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES MASTER PLAN. THOSE ARE KICKING OFF RIGHT NOW AS A MATTER OF FACT, SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR $119 MILLION IN GRANT, 34 MILLION FOR TRAFFIC, STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND ADA COMPLIANT RAMPS, 92 MILLION IN WATER AND SEWER. AND CREDIT TO SHEHAD, SHE IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE AWARDED 787,000 FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ADA RAMPS. SHE WAS THE PROJECT LEAD ON BOTH OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND ALSO WORKS ON DATA EXCHANGE, WHICH I'LL LET HER ELABORATE ON THAT LATER. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COOL TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION OF MGO SERVICE REQUEST 311. THAT'S RIGHT ON. WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT. WE'RE JUST FINE TUNING IT.

BUT WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT'LL BE UP AND RUNNING. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYING WITH IT IN THE BACKGROUND. I'VE GOT A RESIDENT ACCOUNT AND A JURISDICTION ACCOUNT. SO I'VE BEEN SENDING MYSELF SERVICE REQUESTS AND WORK ORDERS BACK AND FORTH. AND IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COOL. I LIKE HOW IT'S WORKING. COMPLETED CITYWIDE FLEET AUDIT. THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT. LIKE JUST FOR THE FLEET, I WAS ASTOUNDED AT HOW LITTLE INFORMATION WE HAD ON OUR FLEET. SO THAT WAS A BIG WIN FOR US. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE AWARE OF STEREO USA, THE SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION HAS BEEN A BIG WIN FOR US IN THE UTILITIES. ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE, GOING BACK TO WHAT WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SPENDING COMPARED TO WHAT WE STARTED OUT WITH. SO CREDIT TO OUR STREET SUPERINTENDENT. HE HAS WE'VE THERE'S 1.57, $1.67 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. HE HAS SPENT EVERY DOLLAR YOU'VE GIVEN HIM. SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE 2017, FISCAL YEAR 17. AND I ONLY KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AS FAR BACK AS MUNICIPAL GO. NO, NO. GOOD QUESTION. YES, SIR. ON THE ON THE ADA AWARD. WELL, WHEN IT'S AWARDED AND HOW DOES IT HOW DOES IT WORK. SO WE THIS IS UNDER THE CIP WHICH IS THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH TEXDOT.

WE HAVE WE HAVE APPLIED FOR IT BACK EARLY THIS YEAR LIKE AROUND MARCH TIME FRAME. AND THEN WE GOT NOTIFIED OF AWARD. ABOUT JULY. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THE AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS. BASICALLY THAT'S FIRST STEP. BUT ON THAT FIRST STEP, WE WERE ALSO

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WE CURRENTLY THE ONLY VACANCY WE HAVE IS THE CITY ENGINEER, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT ADVERTISED. SO WE'VE BEEN PULLING AHEAD THERE. BUDGET HIGHLIGHT I'M SORRY I GO THE WRONG ONE. THAT GOT ME. SO WHAT FY 26. SO WE'RE KICKING OFF CEDAR RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION, FINALLY KICKING OFF CHERRY ALLEY PHASE TWO, WHICH IS LARGELY FUNDED FROM THE DRAINAGE FUND.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION MONEY TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. NOB HILL WATER AND SEWER, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE AS WELL. WE'RE HOPING TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC MASTER PLAN.

ALSO IMPLEMENTING MGO FOR FLEET, WHICH IS KIND OF A PHASE TWO OF MGO. SO THAT WILL BE THE ENGINE ALERT MODULES WHERE WE WON'T. THE FLEET GUYS WILL ACTUALLY GET NOTIFIED IF LIKE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OR CERTAIN MILEAGE INCREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE FOR THE FLEET AND THEN HYDROMAX, WHICH IS A CONTRACT YOU ALL APPROVED FOR ME THIS YEAR. NEXT YEAR WE PLAN ON EXERCISING AND COLOR CODING EVERY FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH I THINK THAT WILL HELP YOUR ISO. YES IT WILL. SO IT'LL ENSURE ONE THAT THEY'RE OPERATIONAL AND TWO THE COLOR CODING SYSTEM. WHEN THEY ROLL UP ON A FIRE, THEY'LL SEE THE COLOR CODING SYSTEM AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF WATER CAPACITY THEY HAVE FOR THE ENGINE. SO THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND I HAVE SEEN HYDROMAX OUT. YEAH, YEAH. SO GOING INTO THE PROJECTS, JUST SOME TIMELINES, JUST PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR THESE PROJECTS. SO CEDAR RIDGE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT ADVERTISED IN SEPTEMBER. BRING IT TO YOU HOPEFULLY IN DECEMBER. NOTICE TO PROCEED IN NOVEMBER. START CONSTRUCTION LATE NOVEMBER EARLY DECEMBER OF 25. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF A YEAR WITH AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST OF $6.4 MILLION. ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IS AVAILABLE. CHERRY STREET ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION SAME THING.

OPINION PROBABLE CAUSE 640,000. ALL FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED HOPING TO EXCUSE ME. ADVERTISE

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JUST GOING BACK OVER SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR. SO THE GRANTS THAT SHAHADE WAS MENTIONING. SO THE REGIONAL GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL THROUGH TXDOT. AND THEN I'VE SUBMITTED TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS THROUGH THE DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND AND THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR CEDAR RIDGE RECONSTRUCTION AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WERE SHOOTING FOR. I THINK WE'RE ANTICIPATING REVISITING THIS IN 2 TO 4 YEARS. YOU MAY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AHEAD, BUT THIS IS SEEING IF WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING GRANT HELP FOR THE REST OF CEDAR RIDGE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON ONE SEGMENT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEEING IF WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT HELP FOR THE REST OF CEDAR. AND THEN A BREAKDOWN OF TEXDOT. YES.

SORRY, MATT, COULD YOU GO BACK? I SEE OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THE GRANT, THE BOND MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR MAIN STREET AND CAMP WISDOM. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS STILL THERE THAT WE ALSO SUBMITTED TO COG UNDER UNDER THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE ARE, THAT WE WERE HOPING THAT THE GRANT FUNDS OF $1.5 MILLION, THAT IS SORRY, NOT THE GRANT FUNDS, THE BOND FUNDS OF $1.5 MILLION WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED OUR 20% MATCH TO WHAT COG MIGHT CONTRIBUTE, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF IT MAKING A TOTAL PROBABLE COST AS OF TODAY OF $7 MILLION AND CHANGE. BUT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE GET BECAUSE THERE IS A Q, THERE WAS A LINE BEFORE US NOW. IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN GET THERE. IF WE GET SELECTED FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, WE MIGHT END UP WITH A NEW COST ESTIMATE. HOW MUCH IS THAT? HOW MUCH FOR THE BOND? HOW MUCH WAS IT? I THINK IT WAS 1.5, 1.5. YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT IS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S SHARING WITH US SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT FURTHER AND FURTHER DOWN THE LINE. I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT DO WE JUST RE-UP? WE REALLOCATE.

YEAH. TO ANOTHER PROJECT. SURE. I THINK I MEAN, YOU PIVOT WITH THAT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THAT WAS VOTED BY THE, BY THE RESIDENTS. SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. I KNOW IT HAS TO BE A SIMILAR VOTING. YEAH. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WITH THE TRAILS. WE USE THAT MONEY ON A BRIDGE. YEAH. YEAH. SO BUT BUT THERE'S A BRIDGE FOR TRAILS SO. YEAH.

YEAH. IT'S, IT'S BACK TO THE LETTER ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSITIONS. HAS TO BE FOR WHAT THAT USE. SO IF IT'S IF IT WAS VOTED ON FOR STREETS AND AS LONG AS IT FITS THE CRITERIA THEN IT WOULD GO TO ANOTHER STREET. I THINK THE COST KEEPS GOING UP FOR THAT PROJECT. I MEAN, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IT COULD BE $12 MILLION PROJECT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW BOUND WE ARE TO THAT SPECIFIC. BUT I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE PRICE GOES UP, RIGHT? YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING ANY CLOSER TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DO IT.

I'M GLAD WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT I MEAN, SHE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT ANYTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. SO AGAIN, GOING INTO SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS. SO JUST THE BENEFITS OF IT BOTH. SO THEY'RE 100% REIMBURSABLE. THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES IS THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR FROM DANIEL OR EXCUSE ME DANIEL ELEMENTARY IS THE DANIEL ELEMENTARY NOW. YES. SO DANIEL INTERMEDIATE WHEN I WENT THERE. YEAH. IT WAS THE SMITH ELEMENTARY AND DANIEL MIDDLE SCHOOL. YEAH. OR INTERMEDIATE. BUT SCHOOL CONTACTED US TO RE NAME IT. NOW SMITH ELEMENTARY IS NOT ANYMORE AN ELEMENTARY. IT'S GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER. AND DANIEL IS TURNING INTO THE ELEMENTARY WHICH IS JUST ADJACENT TO IT. SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR SCOPE THANKFULLY. SO THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING THIS FALL. SAME THING WITH THE SAME SAFE STREETS FOR ALL. CITY MATCH IS APPROXIMATELY $245,000 ANTICIPATED NEED FUNDING IN THE FY 2728, AND WE'RE NOT SURE YET WHEN THE AWARD NOTIFICATION WILL BE RECEIVED, SO WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT AS WE MOVE.

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AND WE WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY SUBMIT TO ADOPT THAT. AND WE GOT AWARDED TO WHERE IT'S A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TIME DATA THAT IS COMMUNICATING CLOSURES, MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTS THAT IS HAPPENING AND IMPACTING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. AND IT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE REGION TO INCLUDE TEXTILE DATA AS WELL AND OR ANY OTHER AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCY PROJECTS THAT IS HAPPENING. AND AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, DUNCANVILLE WORK AREAS WHERE WE CAN AND THAT IMPROVES, SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AS A RESULT, REDUCE CONGESTION AND CREATE TRANSPARENCY AND MORE INFORMATION TO OUR PUBLIC. SO THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL OF THE OF THAT PROJECT. THE OTHER PROJECT IS WHAT WE JUST WE JUST MENTIONED THE WHEATLAND ROAD AND INTERSECTION UPGRADES AND ADA. COMPLIANCE. AND THAT ONE IS BOTH OF THEM ARE IN THE STAGE OF CREATING THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE AGENCIES AND ACCEPTING THE GRANT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, FORMAL AGREEMENTS THAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL SOON. AND ALSO HAVING THE PAPERWORK FOR THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEM, GOING AT THE SAME TIME TO.

THAT'S ALL FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND I HAVE A QUESTION. OH GO AHEAD. NO, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT NOT TO SAY TO MAKE EVERYBODY STAY LATER, BUT TO I REALLY WANTED US TO BRAG ABOUT OUR STAFF IN PUBLIC WORKS. THEY ARE ROCK STARS. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY THEY MAKE US VERY PROUD. BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS UMBRELLA IN DUNCANVILLE IS NOT REALLY TYPICALLY THE SIZE OF PUBLIC WORKS RESPONSIBILITIES. EVERYWHERE ELSE WE TAKE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER CITIES AS ONE DEPARTMENT HERE. SO AND IT JUST IS IMPRESSIVE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND STAFF IS DOING NOW, SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENT, I WOULD WANT TO BRING UP OUR NEW HIRES IN SPECIFIC AND BRAG ABOUT THAT.

VERY PROUD OF THE NEW HIRES WE HAVE THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD MANY VACANCIES EARLY THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS A WE WERE VERY SHORT STAFFED AND IT HAD IMPACTED US. BUT NOW THAT WITH THOSE NEW

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DUNCANVILLE WAS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT WAS USING THE 2015 CODE. VERY FEW CITIES THAT ARE STILL USING THE 2015 CODE. SO GETTING ON THAT AND THAT WAS BIG. READY TO GET THAT ADOPTED HERE SHORTLY. AND ALSO THE UPDATES FOR THE FEE, THE ANALYSIS OF THE FEES, AND AS WELL AS VICTOR PIZARRO, HE'S OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE'S A NEW HIRE TOO. WE CAN WE CAN ALREADY HEAR FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM RESPONSE AND PROACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE JOHNNY MURRAY. HE'S OVER STREETS, AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR IN MANY YEARS, ABOUT TEN YEARS TO ENCUMBER EVERYTHING AND DO ALL OF THE ALL OF THE WORK ON THE COLLABORATION, HE HAD TO I PUT AN EMAIL OUT TO HE HAD TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE ALL OF THIS WORK. HE BROUGHT YOU FOR CONTRACTS AND GOT FOR POS, AND HE'S WORKED HERE FOR MONTHS NOW. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT, TOO, IS THAT THE FIRST YEAR WE ALSO REFER TO THE PLAN, TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE DONE THROUGH THE DATA COLLECTION. SO THIS IS A DATA DRIVEN SELECTION OF THE STREETS THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THIS YEAR. SO AND THEN ALSO JOY. SHE'S OUR COORDINATOR IN PUBLIC WORKS.

SHE'S ALREADY IMMEDIATELY GOT INTO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE HAVE MENTIONED HELPED US WITH THE MPO IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WE'RE VERY SOON TO GO LIVE WITH. AND LASTLY, OUR HIRE IS JAMERRILL, WHICH IS OUR GIS ANALYST. AND HE HAS ALREADY BEEN ALSO HELPING MULTIPLE TEAMS WITH GIS MAPS AND UPDATES OF MAPPING THAT WE HAVE OUTDATED FOR SO MANY MONTHS OR YEARS NOW. SO WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY THANK THEM AND SAY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHAT ONE, ONE QUESTION. WELL. WE HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY INSPECTOR NOW AT LEAST IS YES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE. SO SHE'S SHE'S TECHNICALLY SHE'S SHE'S BEEN UNDER PUBLIC WORKS THE WHOLE TIME. WE JUST WE'RE MOVING HER FROM BUILDING INSPECTIONS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT IT'S STILL PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH. IT'S THE SAME EXISTING POSITION. YEAH. SAME PERSON, SAME POSITION. WE'RE JUST SHIFTING HER TO A DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENT. YEP. YEAH. THANKS. YOU ALL. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU KNOW, ONE WORD POPS INTO MY HEAD IS TRANSFORMATION, RIGHT? ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE CITIES CHANGING, TRANSFORMED, AND ALL THESE THINGS, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES. YOU KNOW, ALL THE STUFF NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND IMPROVED. I SEE THAT HAPPENING PARALLEL WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH PARKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. GOOD WORK. THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT Y'ALL WE'RE WE'RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WANT TO GO BACK. NOT YOU'RE GOOD OKAY. FOR THE CITY MANAGER WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PLANNING. SO THERE FOR PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. SENIOR PLANNER. WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WERE HIRING A SENIOR PLANNER, BUT IT HAS HERE ZERO FOR THE SENIOR PLANNER POSITION. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. THAT'S THAT'S SHEILA JONES, DOCTOR JONES. AND THEN WE HAD A PLANNING TECHNICIAN POSITION THAT WAS VACATED BACK IN MARCH, I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND THAT'S BEEN RECLASSED TO A CITY PLANNER POSITION. AND WE JUST DID INTERVIEWS FOR THAT ROLE LAST WEEK AND HAVE MADE A SELECTION. AND SHE ACCEPTED EARLIER TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WILL START EARLY SEPTEMBER. UPDATE THAT THAT DATA. YEAH, I THINK I THINK JUST A MATTER OF TITLE CHANGES. YEAH. WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL MAKE IT. YEAH THAT DID HAPPEN. WE'LL UPDATE THAT AND YOU KNOW. YEAH NO PROBLEM. BUT AS YOU WERE SAYING. YEAH. BECAUSE IT SAYS PLANNING TECHNICIAN. SO YEAH WE'LL WE'LL UPDATE THAT. AND WITH ALL THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO WEAN OURSELVES OFF OF, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS JUST REASON THAT WE DID THIS. SO WE'LL UPDATE THIS FOR THE FINAL PLANNING. PLANNING WE'LL ANSWER TO IF PLANNING IS UNDER UNDER ME. YEAH. DIRECTLY. JUST LIKE ITS OWN STANDALONE DIRECTLY TO YOU. YES SIR. YES, SIR. NO.

IN-BETWEENERS. CORRECT, CORRECT. AND THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT. UNDER THE ADOPTED

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THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUESTED. WE CAN ALSO KIND OF PUT THIS CONVERSATION OFF UNTIL MAYBE AFTER THE 25 AUDIT. WE SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES SHAKE OUT TO BE I SAID RESULT OF BOND ELECTION. BUT I KNOW THAT NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DEFERRED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FOR REVENUE SOURCES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND NEW REVENUE SOURCES. AND WE BROUGHT Y'ALL SOME IDEAS. AND WITH THAT I DO HAVE TO GIVE YOU ALL A NEW SORRY I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF OVER HERE. GENERAL FUND SUMMARY BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT THE OUTER YEARS WAS WAS WAS NOT CORRECT, BUT IT'S CORRECT ONLINE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A NEW SHEET TO PUT IN YOUR BOOK. BUT WE KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING KIND OF THE DEFICIT SITUATION. SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW REVENUE SOURCES. SO WE BROUGHT YOU MAYBE SOME SALES TAX REALLOCATION IDEAS LOOKING AT OUR FEES, USER FEES, MORE GRANTS. THANK YOU PUBLIC WORKS, FOR ALL THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING IN TO HELP WITH THAT. THE IDEA OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. WE TALKED ABOUT STREET MAINTENANCE FEE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REVISIT THESE CONVERSATIONS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS WHAT WE CALL PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. RICHARD ABERNATHY THESE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN SOME OTHER CITIES, REALLY LOOKING AT OUR EFFICIENCIES, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE SPENDING OUR TIME THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR TIME IN, AND WHAT CAN BE DIRECTED TO? SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREATHER FOR A SECOND, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE, CONTINUING TO BE SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM. SO. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REALLY RELATING TO THAT? JUST JUST KIND OF A LEAVING Y'ALL TO LET IT MARINATE IN YOUR HEAD FOR A WHILE. SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING THAT WOULD BE KIND OF BASED ON WHATEVER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DETERMINES, RIGHT? YOU CAN. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY RANKING, PRIORITIZING ALL THOSE SERVICES. AND THEN YOU REALLY CAN ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A SHEET WITH THE FUNDING LINE AND WHAT'S ABOVE THE LINE, WHAT'S BELOW. BUT YES, YOU CAN TIE IT TO THOSE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITH THAT. THAT'S THAT'S MAINLY WHEN YOU FOCUS IT ON AND THEN THOSE DIFFERENT TARGET AREAS. IT'S A WHOLE BIG MOVEMENT IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF BUDGETING AND GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING, BECAUSE EVERY CITY, THERE ARE MANY CITIES ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. WE'RE NOT UNIQUE. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTE DIFFERENT PRACTICES. AND JUST REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF THIS REALLY HAS

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WELL, THE LAST ITEM FOR TODAY, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TAKING YOUR JOB AWAY. I'M SORRY IS I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT. SO THERE'S ONE OTHER. LAST YEAR WE FINALLY GOT CONSERVATION FUND ESTABLISHED. WE HAD MENTIONED THAT AND I THINK I THINK IT WAS IT'S ON THE BOOKS. THE FUND EXISTS IN OUR SYSTEM. I DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE IN HERE. THERE'S I MEAN, NOTHING TO REPORT ON IT YET IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DONATIONS OR SOMETHING SET UP, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SPEND IT ON THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT'S YEAH. SO THAT'S THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE REMINDED, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S THERE SO THAT IF WE WANTED TO PUT I KNOW THAT DOUG HAD RECOMMENDED, OKAY, IF WE TRANSFER, YOU KNOW, 2000, 3000 WHATEVER IT IS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LARGE AMOUNT. YEAH. BUT JUST EACH YEAR JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTION TO THAT, EVEN IF THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR NOTHING'S HAPPENING WITH IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN FRONT OF US SO WE KNOW IT'S THERE. AND WE DID PASS POLICY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS FOR AND HOW TO REVISIT THAT, AND I'M UP TO SPEED ON THAT, MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING AS MID-YEAR PROJECTIONS, IF WE'RE WE'RE TRENDING HIGHER SOMEWHERE, WE CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND MAKE A, MAKE A REVISION TO MAYBE CONTRIBUTE TO IT. I MEAN, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, SEEING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN HERE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO. I THINK IT WAS 20,000. SMALL. OKAY. SO THE LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I GUESS ROLL CALL VOTE. WELL, NO.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, TECHNICALLY WE'RE STILL ON FOR A AND THAT FINISHES UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR PROJECTS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GOALS. SO THE COUNCIL MAY DO ANY OF THOSE. I DID HAVE ONE. ONE QUESTION. I'M SORRY I'M JUMPING IN. WE DID MENTION EARLIER ABOUT EARMARKING MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE. AND, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TRADITIONALLY WE'VE WE'VE WE DID THIS LAST YEAR. I THINK WE USED SAVINGS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL OFFICE. WE CAN DO THAT. IF THAT IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, WE CAN TRY TO EARMARK ITEMS WITH $5,000, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE IN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S BUDGET, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO.

I KNOW Y'ALL MENTIONED IT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TRY TO GET DONATIONS ON TOP OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T WALK AWAY WITHOUT MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. IF THAT IS SOMETHING Y'ALL DESIRE, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING I DESIRE. I DON'T. WRESTLING COUNCIL. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SAY. SO I KNOW IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT. THAT LINE BUT. JUST KIND OF THINKING TO FUTURE COUNCIL STUFF. OKAY. SO AS FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR THEN IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO SEE CONTINUED. IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO SEE CONTINUED IN 2026. AND IF THAT MEANS THAT I NEED TO GIVE UP THE WHATEVER TRAINING, THEN I, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE FOR AND WE COULD ALSO DO WE DID THIS THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SEE WHERE WE ARE AND THEN EARMARK TOWARD IT. WE CAN ALSO WORK ON GETTING MORE SPONSORS TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP. WE COULD WE COULD TAKE THAT APPROACH, TOO, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S EASIER FOR THE COUNCIL, TRY TO, JENNIFER SAID. I MEAN, I NEVER KNEW THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, SO. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY OKAY. SO I'LL GIVE UP NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND I'M GOING HTML. THAT'S LOCAL. I'M TRYING TO THINK BECAUSE ALSO WHAT SPARKED THIS IDEA WAS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD SOMETHING

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[4.B. Announcement of and establishing a budget and tax rate.]

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AND AGAIN A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE IS ABOUT $400,000 IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY, BUT IT EQUATES TO ABOUT $26 ANNUALLY FOR THE. AVERAGE CITIZEN. SO AND ADJUSTING THIS PROPOSED IF AT SOME POINT WE WERE TO ADJUST THIS RATE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. RIGHT? RIGHT. YES, YES WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW MAKE UP FOR THAT REVENUE SOMEHOW OR CUT SOMETHING ELSE OR FREEZE POSITIONS. WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY.

[5.A. “The City Council shall vote to consider a maximum ad valorem tax rate for the fiscal year 2025-2026. This vote is NOT to adopt a property tax rate; that vote will be scheduled for a later date. The vote to consider a maximum ad valorem rate is a statutory requirement, per Texas Code 26.06, and is not a vote to consider adoption of a tax rate.”]

YES. TERRY BROWN. APPROVED. FOR FOUR. FOR FOUR. UNANIMOUS. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING. I WANT TO STAY A LITTLE LONGER. NOT 10:00 YET. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON ON BEHALF OF STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME TO BE HERE. I KNOW IT WAS A LATE NIGHT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO RICHARD, JENNIFER AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO SAY, IN SPITE OF THE LENGTH OF THE MEETING TONIGHT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE BETTER. COMPREHENSIVE AND TOTAL COVERAGE OF EVERYTHING. I THINK I'D EXPECTED TO GO OVER TONIGHT. SO EVERY EVERY DEPARTMENT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, IT'S TO ME, THIS WAS VERY WORTHWHILE SITTING THROUGH AND HEARING, AND I'M GLAD YOU TOOK DOWN ANY QUESTIONS OUT THERE BECAUSE I WANT TO END THIS SO, SO WITH THAT, I THINK OUR BUSINESS HERE IS COMPLETE AND WE WILL ADJOURN

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