Aug 08, 2023 City Council Budget Workshop

[1. City Manager's Opening Remarks on the Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget]

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STARTED. THANKS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND GETTING SET UP. UH LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP TODAY. THIS IS, UH, THANK US AT LEAST SECOND FULL WORKSHOP. UH ON THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS A LONG PROCESS NOW USED TO BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS AND NOW IT'S ALMOST A YEAR ROUND PROCESS, SO IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO GO INTO THIS. I LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND IN PARTICULAR, UM TAUGHT AND HIS STAFF OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. I KNOW IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE DURING THE BUDGET FOR SURE, SO WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND GETTING TOGETHER WITH THAT, UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO OVER DIFFERENT THINGS TODAY.

UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS OF THAT. AND YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED. TO WE'RE GONNA COURSE HERE FROM ME. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET PRESENTATIONS FROM A COUPLE OF CONSULTANTS ON KEY ISSUES. WE'RE FACING ONE'S LOOKING AT GREAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT INSURANCE LOOKING AT COMPENSATION STUDY. WE GET THE TECHNOLOGY TO WORKING CORRECTLY, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM EACH DEPARTMENT ON A BRIEF REPORT FROM FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DOOM. UM, WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. IT IS A DRAFT. IT'S A DRAFT OF AN ACTUAL BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TWO MONTHS AWAY. WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS TWO MONTHS. IT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS BEFORE YOU APPROVE A BUDGET. SO THIS IS BY NO MEANS A FINAL DOCUMENT.

IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE FOR YOU TODAY TO HEAR WHAT WE WERE. WE ARE AT THIS STAGE AND GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU. THIS CAN BE WORKED ON A MANDATE UP INTO THE TIME YOU APPROVE IT. MATTER OF FACT, AFTER YOUR PRIVILEGE, YOU CAN EVEN AMEND IT. BUT SO IT'S A LONG PROCESS, OKAY? LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS 2024 BUDGET BASIC CLUB ONE YEAR BUDGET, BUT IT PLANS WELL INTO THE FUTURE. IT'S ALSO INCLUDES OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS SO WELL, WE'LL BE PLANNING. FOR THIS ONE YEAR. IT ALSO, UH AH ALLOWS US TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND PLAYING WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

WE'VE GOT THIS RIGHT? DISCUSSION I HAD HIM TODAY. OF COURSE I'M MAKING OPENING REMARKS WERE TALK HERE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET A FINANCIAL AND ANALYSIS FROM WHICH CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CAUGHT SEMINOLE. THEN YOU GOTTA HEAR WATER AND SEWER MARLON PROPOSAL RATE PRESENTATION FROM MR GRADY READ WITH HDR. UH WE NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT OUR WATER AND SODA, SEWER GRATES AND MODELS. MM YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM HIM WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS. UM, PUT QUITE SIMPLY, YOU'RE NOT CHARGING ENOUGH TO RUN YOUR OPERATION YOUR RIGHT TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR COST AT THIS POINT. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO RUN A BUSINESS WHEN YOU DON'T CHARGE ENOUGH TO OPERATE IT. COMPENSATION STUDIED AS SOMETHING COUNCIL'S BEEN LOOKING ASKING FOR, WHEN SOMETIMES LISTENS. I'VE BEEN HERE. UNTIL WE'LL BE IN THE NEXT STEP OF THAT. YOU HEAR INFORMATION ON THAT, UM, THEIR HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. BEEN A BIT ON THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT'S USED CRP DEPARTMENT OF PRESENTATION THAN CLOSING REMARKS ABOUT YOU FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE END. SO UH , WELL, YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE END OF AN INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THINGS MOVING. AH! THIS IS A CHALLENGING BUDGET. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING BUDGET THAT'S A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR AND I'M GOING TO BE FRANK WITH YOU. TODAY YOU HAVE LIMITED DOLLARS TO WORK WITH. YOU DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS OF MONEY TO DEAL WITH. SO, UM YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, WE MADE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. WE ALREADY CUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT OF THIS PROPOSAL. SO YOU ARE FUNDING BUDGETS AS WE SPEAK WITH FUND BALANCE. HE'S BEEN DOING IT IN THE PAST. THAT'S HIS HISTORY OF FUNDING BUDGET WOULD FUND THEIR HEARTS AND FUND TRANSFERS. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE MUCH MOST OF THAT PROCESS THIS YEAR, BUT

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BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY. IF WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING, WE GET THE SAME RESULTS, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM ON IN A DIFFERENT LEVEL. THIS BUDGET IS BUILT AROUND CITY COUNCIL WANT WELL AND ONE OF OUR FIRST WORKSHOP. WE HAVE TO ASK YOU. WHAT WERE YOUR PRIORITIES? WE TOOK THOSE PRIORITIES AND BUILT THE BUDGET AROUND IT, AND SHE LOOKED THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL . THE THINGS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED FOR THE THINGS JUST IN ITS BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING. BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. YOU KNOW NEXT YEAR IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A SHORTFALL FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE STARTING. WE'RE PLANNING NOW TO ADDRESS THAT WE HAVE TO START TODAY. BASICALLY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO DO. PROPOSING A BUDGET NEXT YEAR. STUDENTS ZERO BASE BUDGET WHAT EVERYONE PROVES EVERY PENNY BASICALLY. AND PUT IN THE BUDGET TOGETHER THE WAY WE DO IT NOW, PRETTY MUCH THEY GET DEPARTMENTS GET THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY YEAR AND YOU START FROM THERE. BUT WE NEED TO THOUGHT START OVER. WE NEED TO GO FROM ZERO AND EACH APARTMENT PROVED WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE SERVICES WERE CURRENTLY DOING MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED

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THESE WERE THE TOP FIVE THINGS THAT WE THAT CAME BACK. YOU KNOW, WE KEPT SCORING SOME TOTAL THEM UP. AND THAT WAS IT. INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THE TOP ONE. YOU HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOTE YOU HAD SEWER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEM YOU CONCERNED ABOUT STREETS? CONCERNED ABOUT FACILITIES, ETCETERA, SO THIS THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS QUALITY OF LIFE. WE'RE PARTS OVER AND OVER QUALITY OF LIFE. WELL WE PUT THINGS IN THERE THAT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE. OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY BIG ONE AGAIN. MOST OF THE DOLLARS IN THIS PROPOSAL IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE DID A LOT OF THINGS TO INCREASE THE RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE AND E. M S. AH WE HAVE A FEW SYSTEM SYSTEM IN HERE. WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM IN HERE. WE GAVE THEM DOLLAR HAVE TASTERS TURNED $68,000 FOR TASTERS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

LIKEWISE THE M S TWO NEW AMBULANCES, UM, FOR PEOPLE TOLD HIM TO WORK WITH THE M S AND SOME OF THE NEW, UM, SYSTEM, SIR, PROPOSALS AND THEN NOT TO MENTION ALL THE EQUIPMENT. WE SHORED UP PUBLIC SAFETY. QUITE A BIT IN THIS PROPOSED FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW. THANKS LOOK DIFFERENTLY, BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE AGAIN. UH BEEN RESPONSIBLE THIS BUDGET AGAIN? IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET. IT'S ALSO, UM IT DOESN'T CALL FOR A TAX INCREASE. WE ALL KNOW WE CAN'T CONTROL THE PRAISE OF DISTRICT BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTROL THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SO THIS PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ABOUT IT'S SET AND A HALF LESS THAN THE ONE FOR THIS YEAR. AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S QUITE A BIT AND THEN TO BASED UPON OUR, UM TAX CALCULATIONS ARE ON HIM, RIGHT? WE HAVE FEWER DOLLARS TO OPERATE ON, OR NM, BASED ON PERCENTAGE. AND I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT TEXT DOUBLE CHECK THIS WITH TODD. BUT WE'RE ON THAT I'M GREAT, ALMOST ABOUT SEVEN CENTS LESS THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR, SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LOWER GREAT TO OPERATE YOUR CITY ON THAN YOU DID LAST YEAR AND NOW AND THEN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. WE TALKED ABOUT HER HOTEL PROJECTS, ETCETERA. SO THIS INCLUDES DOLLARS. FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. UH PERSONNEL CALL SON. PUT THAT ON THE SLIDE . YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROPOSING TO NEW POSITIONS. WE WANT TO REPOSITION THIS CITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND LOOK AT THOSE OLD A UNFAIR POSITION AND SEE IF THEY'RE NEEDED. BUT LET'S PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE THAT WE NEED NOW. SO WE'RE PROPOSING 14 THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE 13 CUPS ONE. WE TOOK TWO PART TIME TO MAKE 1/4 TIME. FOR EFFICIENCY IN THE COMPENSATION STUDY. UH, THIS ACCOUNTS FOR GETTING EVERYONE TO $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM. FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT IT ALSO, UM WE'RE LOOKING AT ADJUSTMENTS TO GET PEOPLE TO MINIMUMS. THREE YEAR PLAN TWO YEAR PLAN TO GET ALL OF

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THIS BUDGET PROCESS. WE WANTED TO MAKE IT. AN ACTIVE WITH COUNSELORS, THEREFORE WANTED STAFF TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THEIR NEAT AND WANTING TODAY, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU FOR A WHILE. BUT LIKE ONCE, I WANTED TO HEAR THINGS FROM COUNCIL NOW AND NOT LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY THAT THE BUDGETS UH, PRESENTED TO DO THAT, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT COUNSEL AND STAFF AND A INTERACTION AND AGAIN, THIS CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THESE PROPOSED UNTIL ADOPTION, YOU CAN RECOMMEND CHANGES. THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS A BUDGET TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND ONE ANOTHER THING WITH THIS POSITIVE THERE'S NO NEW DEBT ISSUANCE CALLED FOR IN THIS BUDGET. UM YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME DEAD ISSUANCE IN 25. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A POSITIVE FOR DRAWING DOWN THE FUND BALANCE, THAT COULD BE ONE OF THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T ISSUE AND IT DID THIS YEAR. AND WHEN YOU GET ON THIS UNIT THAT YOU DON'T GO OUT AND FOR ANY RADIO REWRITING FROM BOND AGENCIES, SO THE TIMING OF DRAWING IT DOWN IS A GOOD TIME BECAUSE IN 25 ON THE SHORE IT UP AS YOU KNOW ONE OF MY GOALS, SO IT'S SUIT. INCREASED THE FUN BALANCE, BUT, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AT THIS POINT, BUT BASICALLY YOU DON'T ISSUE ANY DEAD. UH, THIS YEAR.

UM WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BETTER THAN PROCESS AND MOVE ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM AGAIN, CHANGES CAN BE MADE UP UNTIL ADOPTION TODAY WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AND SPECIAL PRESENTATION WILL FILE THE BUDGET WITH THE CITY CLERK ON AUGUST 11TH. THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TWO POSTED BUDGET ON LINE AT OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. SO THAT WOULD BE AUGUST. 11TH CITY MANAGER MAKE A PRIEST FORMER PRESENTATION TO YOU. 15 WILL HELP PUBLIC HEARING JUST AT THE TAX RATE. REMEMBER WHEN YOU SET THE TAX RATE, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO DOWN BUT YOU CAN'T GO UP ONCE YOU SET IT, SO I'VE SET IT UP GREAT THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. GIVE YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY. TO ADJUST IF NEEDED BUDGET ADOPTION AND THEN NEW PHYSICAL USE STARTS OCTOBER HMM. WHAT IS THAT THING, TOO? MEMBER. BUDGETING IS SUCH A SERIOUS TOPIC YOU LIKE TRYING TO PUT A FUNNY WHO BETTER HUMAN HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET DEPLOYED. ALL RIGHT? UH HUH. HMM. NO. HOW DO I COME? LIKE A BIT OF FIND A BIT OF HUMAN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE THAT TALKS ABOUT BUDGET, BUT THIS ONE IS A REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE THING. YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE. FRANKENSTEIN PLAYS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARACTER THAT USED TO BE, UH ON ME, CAN YOU GIVE TO PLAY STATES DESTROYED? WELL, IF YOU CAN'T GET COME BACK TO NOW, MANY HERE IT'S NOT ON SCREEN. BY THIS. YEAH. OKAY WE'RE GOOD INTENTIONS THERE WE

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[2. Presentation and Discussion of Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget and CIP]

THIS NEXT PAGE AGAIN IS VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS OF THE CITY. THESE ARE A LOT OF THE FUN IS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU AT OUR WORKSHOP IN MAY OUT OF THE VISITOR CENTER. AND WHAT THIS ONE DOES. IT TELLS YOU WHAT ARE PROJECTED INCOME OR LOSS WILL BE FOR THESE FINDS IN FISCAL YEAR 23. AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU WHAT ARE ENDING FUND BALANCES WILL BE AND THEN HOW THEY COMPARE TO OUR POLICY REQUIREMENTS SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 41 MILLION ARE REQUIRED. FUND BALANCES 20% OF OUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. SO WE'RE OVER OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT BY 9.4 MILLION YOU CAN SEE THE SAME FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER FUND AND ARE SOLID WASTE FUND THOSE FUN BALANCE REQUIREMENTS, OR 15% OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER AND SEWER FUND IS OVER REQUIRED FUND BALANCE THE SOLID WASTE FUND. IS PROJECTED TO COME IN UNDER REQUIRED FUND BALANCE.

BUT THAT WILL GET SHORT UP IN FY 24 VERY QUICKLY. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE SLIDES TO COME. THIS BUDGET HERE AGAIN IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS. IT SHOWS WHAT ARE PROPOSED BUDGET IS FOR THESE MAJOR FUNDS, AND, UM IT WORKS THROUGH YOU'RE ENDING FUN BALANCE AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO OUR FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE GENERAL FINE.

THIS BUDGET WILL HAVE THE FY 24 BUDGET WILL HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 33 MILLION THE REQUIRED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THAT YEAR WILL BE 32.9. SO WE'RE JUST SHY. OF $85,000 OVER REQUIRED MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. YEAH I'LL SEE. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER AND SOLID WASTE FUNDS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVER THE REQUIRED MINIMUM FUND BALANCES OF 15% IN BOTH OF THOSE FINES.

NONE OF THE OTHER FUNDS HAVE ANY POLICIES REGARDING MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. EXCEPT THERE'S NO QUESTION SO FAR WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. THIS SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF THE 23 BUDGET. WHERE WERE AND THIS IS JUST A REVENUE PORTION. SO IT SHOWS THE FY 23 BUDGET. IT SHOWS THE FY 23 PROJECTIONS. AND THEN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. FOR FY 24. SO JUST GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THESE SO SALES TAX. HAS BEEN PRETTY FLAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFLATION, SO OR BUDGETING. BASICALLY YOU'RE 1.5% INCREASE IN SALES TAX FOR NEXT YEAR.

PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S GOING UP. ROUGHLY 6.2. THAT MIGHT SOUND CONFUSING BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS,

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AND SO THAT THAT RESULTS IN A 6.2% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES , AND I GOT SOME INFORMATION ON PROPERTY TAX RATES THAT WE CAN GO OVER IN A FEW SLIDES TO COME. INDUSTRIAL PAYMENTS. THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN FLAT THROUGH THE YEARS, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF HOLDING STEADY ON THAT. GROCERY CTV'S TAGS BASICALLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE EACH YEAR. OUR IN OUR IN LOSE THOSE ARE FINDS THAT THE SOLID WASTE FUN AND THE WATER AND SEWER FUND TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE GOING UP $400,000 COMPARED TO THE BUDGET. THAT'S BECAUSE THE SOLID WASTE FUN HAD HAVE SOME EXTRA CUSHION AND THEY'RE FUN BALANCE. SO UM AND YOU'RE SEEING ANOTHER SLIDE THINGS I DID TO HELP BALANCE THIS BUDGET. THIS WAS PART OF IT. SO THE CHARTER SAYS WE CAN TRANSFER UP TO 20. OF THE REVENUES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. FROM THE WATER FUND OR THE SOLID WASTE FINE INTO THE INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO UM, IT'S NORMALLY BEEN ABOUT 17% FROM EACH OF THOSE FUNDS FOR YEARS AND YEARS. BEFORE THIS ADDITION OF $400,000 FROM THE SOLID WASTE , BUT IT WAS DOWN TO 14% SO WE FELT AN INCREASE WAS WARRANTED. TO THE GENERAL FINE. CHARGES FOR SERVICES. THERE'S A LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES IN THERE, BUT BASICALLY THE INCREASE.

THERE IS E M S REVENUE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A MUCH GREATER CONCENTRATION CONCENTRATED EFFORT ON OUR AMS SERVICES, SO I THINK TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FIVE AMBULANCES ON THE STREETS. I THINK FIRE CHIEF AND CORRECT ME LATER, BUT I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SEVEN. MAYBE EVEN EIGHT AMBULANCES OUT ON THE STREET SO MORE AMBULANCES EQUAL MORE RUNS MORE RUNS EQUAL, MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. OF COURSE, IT'S A LOT MORE WORK. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR ALL OF THAT. FINDS AND FORFEITS. THAT'S BEEN PRETTY FLAT SINCE SINCE COVID. SO NOT REALLY A BIG INCREASE THERE. LICENSES AND PERMITS.

YOU'LL SEE THERE IS A YOU KNOW A LARGE INCREASE IN FY 23 PROJECTIONS COMPARED TO WHAT WE BUDGETED. MAINLY THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN I THINK WE HAD ONE TIME $600,000 PAYMENT FOR A PIPELINE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY. 2.7 MILLION COMPARED TO 2 MILLION IS IN THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. WE'RE KEEPING THAT REVENUE HIGH GOING INTO 2024 BECAUSE WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO A GAMING ORDINANCE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER WHICH WILL UM, BASICALLY INCREASED REVENUES. COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL. AND THEN THE TRANSFERS IN THAT'S USUALLY, UM, JUST $500,000 FROM THE HOTEL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT CIVIC CENTER ACTIVITIES YOU CAN SEE IN FY 20 FOR AN INCREASED BY 2.4 MILLION. OR ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TOTAL OF 2.9 MILLION. UM FOR FY 24, AND THAT'S PART OF IT IS BECAUSE 2.4 MILLION IS GOING TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES AND YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON EXPENDITURES, YOU KNOW COUNCIL APPROVED AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR SOME MORE SOME DRAINAGE WORK BEING DONE ON LONG STREET. MHM AND THAT THAT PROJECT TOTAL 7.3 MILLION. IT'S IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN. UM BUT THEY INITIALLY SPENT 2.4 MILLION, SO WE HAD TO RECORD THAT EXPENSE IN THE GENERAL. FINE WE PLAN ON REIMBURSING OURSELVES FROM A BOND ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SO THAT'S WHY THAT TRANSFERS IN THERE. HERE'S THIS PIE CHART OF OUR FY 24 REVENUES. OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE IS SALES TAX. THE NEXT LARGEST IS PROPERTY TAX. SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST SAY IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SALES TAX PROPERTY TAX AND

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GAS ELECTRICITY THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. AND THEN THE IN LIEU PAYMENTS COMING FROM THE WATERFRONT AND SOLID WASTE FUN. SO IF YOU HAD THOSE TWO THAT'S 13% SO 93% OF OUR REVENUE IS A LOT THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL. NOW. WE CAN'T CONTROL THE IN LIEU PAYMENTS. I THINK WE CAN GO UP ON THAT. IN UM IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN IN THE WATER. FINE. AND THEN THAT LEAVES 7. THAT WE DO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER WHICH IS CHARGES FOR SERVICES. UH FINES AND PERMITS FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH THESE UTILITY FUND IN LIEU OF PAYMENTS SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE LATER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WATER RIGHT HIKES. AND YET WE'RE TAKING MONEY. HOW DID THAT FUN? IN TRANSFERRING IT INTO THE GENERAL PHONE. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT. I MEAN, IF YOU LEFT THE IN LUKE PAYMENTS IN THE WATER FUN.

WOULD WE? POSSIBLY NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER WATER RIGHT HIKES SO WE SO WE DID NOT INCREASE THE IN LIEU PAYMENTS FROM THE WATER FUND IN THE FY 24 BUDGET, WE DID INCREASE IT FROM THE SOLID WASTE BUN. SO. SO, LIKE I SAID, SO. THE WATER FINE HAS TYPICALLY TRANSFERRED ABOUT 17. CLOSE TO 18% OF ITS REVENUE. TO THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THE GENERAL HAVE EXPLAINED TO YOU ALL IN THE PAST. WHAT? THAT IN LIEU OF HIS FOUR SO, BUT JUST TO RECAP, YOU KNOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RAN AS BUSINESSES SO IF THE WATER UTILITY COMPANY WAS A BUSINESS, THEY'D BE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES. THEY'D BE PAYING SALES TAXES, THEY'D BE PAYING THE CITY FRANCHISE FEES FOR USE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY'D BE PAYING FOR OUR LEGAL MAYBE PAYING FOR OUR FINANCE OR PURCHASING OUR HR CITY MANAGEMENT. AND I'VE CALCULATED THAT IN THE PAST FOR Y'ALL IN 17% IS PRETTY FAIR. RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ONLY PAYING ABOUT 14. SO . IT IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT YOU HAVE TO TREAT HIM LIKE A BUSINESS. AND THERE IS THERE IS NO INCREASE PROPOSED IN 24 FOR THEIR IN LIEU PAYMENT TO THE GENERAL PHONE. THAT WAS JUST FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUN.

HERE'S A SNAPSHOT. UM SAME THING FOR THE GENERAL FUND EXCEPT LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

TIRED I HATE TO BRING YOU BACK, BUT THE 2.2% OTHER CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO WHAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY CONSIST OF? THAT ONE PROBABLY IS, UM LIKE INTEREST, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. WHERE WE HAVE WE SELL SCRAP METAL. WE HAVE AUCTION PROCEEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S VERY MINOR REVENUE, OKAY? I JUST WANT TO BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. THANK YOU. OKAY SO BACK TO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE THE FY 23 BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE OUR PROJECTIONS. FOR THE YEAR.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY 24. YOU CAN SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 23 BUDGET AND THE 23 PROJECTIONS. ARE THE TRANSFERS OUT. SO THAT'S A MAJORITY OF THE DIFFERENCE. I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT I CAN GO OVER AND GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON THOSE TRANSFERS OUT. AND IF YOU ALL WANT TO, I CAN GO OVER SOME OF THE PROPOSED INCREASES FOR FY 24. IF ANYONE

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SO AS YOU CAN SEE. HERE. LET ME I GOT IT ON MY. OKAY SO THE POLICE BUT FROM BUDGET TWO BUDGET POLICES, INCREASING $2.2 MILLION. THOSE INCREASES INCLUDE A CONTRACTUAL INCREASE FOR THE SWORN OFFICERS OF 3.75. THAT EQUATES TO A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. UM ANOTHER $325,000 RELATES TO BENEFITS RELATED TO THAT INCREASE. SO IN THIS BUDGET OVERALL. ALSO THERE IS A 2% INCREASE. FOUR CIVILIAN SALARIES. NOW WHETHER WE DO ACROSS THE BOARD, 2% INCREASE, OR WE TAKE INFORMATION FROM THE SALARY SURVEY AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WHO GETS AN INCREASE.

THAT'S A TO MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL. WE ONLY HAD CERTAIN DOLLARS TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET, SO BASICALLY A 2% INCREASE. FOR ALL CIVILIANS IS IN THERE. LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID. WE'RE, UM BRINGING OUR MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR. AND R T M R S RATE FOR OUR PENSION INCREASED. BY OVER A PERCENT AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. BUT LET ME GET BACK TO POLICE. SO THEIR NORMAL OPERATION, UM, HAD INCREASES IN UNIFORMS. AS YOU KNOW THE NEW POLICE CONTRACT. I THINK THEY GET A VEST. AND THE OLD CONTRACT . THEY WERE REIMBURSED OF BALLISTIC VEST. I THINK THE PRICE WAS, I THINK IT WAS $800 AND I THINK IT INCREASED TO $1800. THAT'S JUST A HELPED OFFICERS COVER THEIR COST. UM. WE HAVE $185,000 THAT'S NEW IN THEIR BUDGET FOR A TASER PROGRAM. I THINK THEY MIGHT TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT THUNDER AWAY FROM HIM. YOUR COSTS ARE GOING UP. $50,000 THEY'RE BUYING MORE LICENSE PLATE READERS. ARMOR FOR $28,000. WE HAVE SOME. DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND MOVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE IN THE BUDGET. THAT'S ABOUT $70,000. SO IF YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES, I JUST WENT UP AT THAT. THAT'S THE INCREASE IN POLICE. AND FIRE.

THEY HAVE A 4% CONTRACTUAL RAISE THAT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR $815,000. THEIR PENSION. THEIR PENSIONS SEPARATE THEN POLICE AND T. M R S. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PENSION SYSTEM. THEIR CONTRIBUTION RATE THAT THE CITY HAS TO PUT INTO THEIR PLAN INCREASED BY 1.75% SO THAT EQUATES FOR $360,000. THE BIG ONE IS OVER TIME. I'M SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WITH THE E M S SITUATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF OVERTIME TO STAFF THE AMBULANCES. SO BASICALLY. WHEN A PARAMEDIC IS ON THAT AMBULANCE. IT'S $23 AN HOUR. WHEN A FIREFIGHTER HAS TO WORK OVERTIME TO MAN AND AMBULANCE RANGES BETWEEN 50 TO $60 AN HOUR SO THEIR OVERTIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET HAS AN INCREASE OF 1.2 MILLION. COURSE WE HOPE TO WORK ON THAT BY FEELING VACANCIES FOR THE PARAMEDIC POSITIONS. I THINK THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT AREA ALREADY, UM BUT WE HAD TO BUDGET FOR IT WAS. IT WAS MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION. THIS YEAR, WE LOWERED IT SO THEIR UNIFORMS. ANOTHER $100,000, YOU KNOW THEIR BUNKER GEARS VERY EXPENSIVE. IT GOT HIT WITH INFLATION DUE TO COVID LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. THEIR FUEL. THEY RUN A LOT OF FUEL. THAT'S UP, $140,000. THEY HAVE FOUR NEW EMPLOYEES. I THINK THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEIR SLIDES, BUT, UM, THAT'S

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YEAH UM, SO FIRE AND POLICE THEY TAKE ABOUT 58% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

ALRIGHT AND THE NEXT THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO X IN THE FUTURE, MR. MANAGER WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS. WE CAN WE CAN KIND OF DIVE INTO THE PERCENTAGE JUST TAKING IN HOW CAN AFFECT US IN THE FUTURE, WITH OUR REVENUE NOT ACTUALLY GROWING AND OUR CITY NOT GROWING IN POPULATION AND WE ACTUALLY DECREASING IN REVENUE WE'RE BRINGING IN, BUT WE INCREASING IN SOME CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, SO I LIKE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I SEE WHAT KIND OF SINKING. ALSO JUST ANOTHER TIDBIT OF INFORMATION. I'VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU ALL THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 75% WAGE AND BENEFIT RELATED. WE'VE HAD A LARGE INCREASES IN OUR HEALTH COST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO FOR FY 24. ABOUT 78% OF THIS BUDGET AS WAGE AND BENEFIT RELATED. JOHN 58% THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED , UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THAT DOES THE OBVIOUS IS IT DOES INCLUDE M S CORRECT. YEAH. AND THEN, UM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR 24 FOR FIRE. THE PART OF THAT IS THAT THE PENSION PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE GOING UP FROM 18 TO 20. AND WHAT DOES THAT KICK IN? THAT KICKS IN OCTOBER. 1ST. THANK YOU THAT ACCOUNT FOR $360,000 INCREASE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT BIG INCREASES IN FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM UNFORTUNATELY, KEITH GETS ALL THE UTILITIES AND HIS BUDGET MAKES THIS BUDGET LOOK BAD, BUT UM, INSURANCE AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN UP DRAMATICALLY, OF COURSE, WE ALSO IN IN KEITH'S BUDGET FOR FACILITIES MEANS THERE'S ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER SEWER.

ALL OF THOSE AND ALL OF THOSE INCREASED SO BASICALLY HIS ENTIRE BUDGET THAT UM, THAT INCREASED $985,000 IS BEYOND HIS CONTROL. IT'S ALL UTILITY AND INSURANCE RELATED. THE NEXT.

NEXT BIG INCREASE IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THEIR BUDGET INCREASED ABOUT $800,000.

SO A LARGE PART OF THAT IS, UM, THERE BASICALLY SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE. GOING THROUGH CONTRACT SERVICES. THAT JUST. THAT LINE ITEM INCREASED.

$605,000 I CAN'T SIT HERE AND PRETEND TO TELL YOU THE BACKGROUND OF ALL OF THAT. I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW TECHNOLOGY. AS FAR AS ALL OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AS WE HAVE, BUT I KNOW THESE ARE NOT NEW YES, JUST MAINTAINING OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S ALSO, UM, A NEW CYBER SECURITY AUDIT. WE HAVE TO DO THAT $68,000. UM. BASICALLY THAT'S ALL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY RELATED. HEY, THE NEXT. I GUESS WHAT YOU'D SAY A LARGE INCREASE FROM BUDGET TWO BUDGET IS PARKS. THEIR BUDGET INCREASED $526,000 . SO PART OF THAT IS IN THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THIS MIGHT BE ON ONE OF THEIR SLIDES APOLOGIZE IF IT IS, BUT THEY HAVE A PARKS AND TRAILS STUDY. TO STUDY ALL OF OUR PARKS IN THE CITY THAT COST $225,000. THEY HAVE SOME INCREASES IN WAGES AND BENEFITS OF $47,000 AND THEN WE'RE ADDING LOOKS LIKE ABOUT

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JUST GETTING BACK TO THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND. WE'RE BRINGING 46 EMPLOYEES UP TO $15 AN HOUR.

THAT'S A COST OF 135,000. ALREADY IN. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN THE TMR S RATE. PENSION CONTRIBUTION GOING UP A LITTLE OVER A PERCENT OF $365,000. AND THEN MONEY BUDGETED FOR WHATEVER INCREASES THAT ARE HANDED OUT THROUGH AND ACROSS THE BOARD, RAISE OR THROUGH SOME TYPE OF STRATEGIC ANALYSIS THROUGH OUR SALARY SURVEY. WE BUDGETED $700,000.

ALL THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. THIS WAY, TODD SO. OUR EXPENDITURES FROM, UH FROM 23 FROM THE BUDGET TO PROJECTED INCREASE $12,342,000. HOW MUCH DID OUR REVENUE INCREASE BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED? 1 45 TO 1 50. 5 MILLION, SO.

SO YOU'RE STILL SHORT 7.3 MILLION BASED OFF OF THE PROJECTED RIGHT. I MEAN, THE 12 MILLION MINUS 25 MILLION, RIGHT? SO IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES, YOU SHOWED US WHERE WE'RE TAKING OUR FUN BALANCE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BASICALLY 80 SOME ODD $1000 OF THE MINIMUM. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE RUN INTO ANY HICCUP AT ALL THIS YEAR? WELL IF WE RUN INTO A HICCUP WILL WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS OR IF WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO IMPLEMENT , YOU KNOW, LIKE MANAGER WAS SAYING, LOOKING AT POSITIONS FREEZING THEM. CUTTING THEM THROUGH ATTRITION. WHATEVER WILL DIP BELOW MINIMUM REQUIRED FUND BALANCE. YES WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, CITY MANAGER GIVE YOU A REPORT THAT THEY WERE HAVING SOME FINANCIAL THINGS WE NEED TO ADJUST AND I WILL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDED PLAN TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE LAND THINGS LIKE THAT OR WHATEVER, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS, I'LL COME TO YOU WITH THE PLAN. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS NOW, RATHER THAN I MEAN, THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL. THE PROBLEMS COMING I MEAN, THINK. OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS, THE COUNCIL'S WORKED HARD TO BUILD THE FUND BALANCE UP AND SEEING IT GOING FROM $48 MILLION AT THE BEGINNING OF 23 2. $84,000 ABOVE THE MINIMUM. IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD IS. NOT A PLAN THAT I CAN SUPPORT MHM. WELL, YOU KNOW THIS BUDGET PART OF THIS BUDGET PLAN IS TO. TO BUILD YOUR FUND BALANCE IN THE FUTURE , YOU KNOW, NOT THIS YEAR, THE DOLLARS OF THE DARE, YOU KNOW, BUT BASICALLY IN THE LONGER OR INTERMEDIATE TERM, MR BUILDING, I THINK LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP. I TALK TO COUNSEL. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD FEEL THAT WAY. FUND BALANCE. UH BUT WITH DOLLARS THERE AND YOU HAVE THINGS SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU HAVE NO CONTROL. OVER WHAT? YOUR PAN. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THESE THESE BENEFITS AND THESE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, ETCETERA. AND YOU SEE WHERE. WHAT DID THEY SAY? 7 8% OF YOUR

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BECAUSE TYPICAL OVER YEARS YOU BUILT A WASTE. GERMANY AMOUNT OF WASTE JUST GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVE IT UP. DO YOU SEE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS OF A MAJOR INCREASE IN REVENUES? THAT'S GOING TO HELP BUILD THAT BACK UP? BECAUSE EVERY YEAR. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. WE'VE USED A SMALL PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE I SAID THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE $84,000 TO PLAY WITH. YEAH WELL, AS I SAID, THOUGH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY LEADING THINGS ABOUT YOUR FUND BALANCES WHERE DECLINING THAT THEY DIDN'T JUST START THIS YEAR, RIGHT BEEN TO THIS POINT, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE PUTTING THE BRAKES ON. WE'RE SAYING OKAY, WE'RE HERE WITH THAT POINT. YEAH BUT WE NEED TO CORRECT IT. WE NEED TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO START BUILDING IT UP. YOU ARE. I MEAN, YOU HAD REQUIRED FUND BALANCE ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER, YOU SATISFYING YOUR CHARTER REQUIREMENTS WITH THIS THIS AMOUNT. YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE MORE . BUT THEN, TOO. YOU CAN PUT THAT MONEY TO WORK. SOMETIMES IT SITS THERE, AND IT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU AS A CITY AND WE MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE HUSBAND OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET BY BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT JUST GOING FOR DO THINGS. THEY'RE GOING FOR YOU TO DO DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. COUNCILMAN TURNER THAN COUNCILMAN GETS. SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN OF MINE WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOU SAY THIS, MR MANAGER, WE'RE NOT STARTING AT A $0 EVALUATION AND LOOKING AT APPROVING EVERYTHING CASE BY CASE BASIS. UH I'M EVEN SEEING THINGS INCREASE. AND IF WE'RE NOT EVALUATING IT, HOW ARE WE GETTING THE PROPER OIL OUT ON WHAT? WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THIS REVENUE TOWARDS LIKE, HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE ASSISTING? EVEN THOUGH WHAT THE OUR ALLY IS TO SOME OF THE BUDGETS AND SOME OF THE INCREASES IF WE'RE NOT STARTING AT ZERO, LOOKING AT AN ITEMIZED, DIFFERENT WASTE OF BUDGET, AND ONE WAY TO DO IT IS STUART ZERO BASED BUDGET, THEN THIS IS NOT A ZERO BASE BUDGET, BUT WE DID, UH, DEPARTMENTS DID SUBMIT THERAPY REQUESTS. TO US, AND WE WERE ABLE TO EVALUATE THEM FINANCE MYSELF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY SUBMITTED TO EVALUATE TO SEE IF IT WAS JUSTIFIED. YOU CAN'T IT'S NOT AS STEROIDS, ZERO BASED BUDGET YOU WANT THAT YOU WANT NEARLY ACHIEVED THE SAVINGS OF ZERO BASED BUDGET, BUT WE DID EXAMINE IT. I'M ON SUPPORT OF ZERO BASE BECAUSE MY THING IS. LIKE LIKE, TAYLOR SAID. THE GENERAL FUND IS DECREASING SPENDING MORE REVENUE . WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO YOU KNOW, CATCH UP TO THIS BEFORE I CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL AND WE ACTUALLY BE AT A LOSS AND THAT'S THE PLAN. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT THIS YEAR WITH THE NEW PERSON. COUNCILMAN GETS MR WILLIAMS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR PREDECESSOR USED TO LOVE TO TALK ABOUT. IS THAT THE FUND BALANCES ESSENTIALLY YOUR RAINY DAY FUN AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SUFFICIENT. REVENUES SET ASIDE IN THE CASE OF HURRICANE OR NATURAL DISASTER, WHICH WERE PRONE TO HAVE AND HE'S HE. HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT MONEY THERE, THE CITY WOULD BE REALLY YES, STRAPPED TO BE ABLE. TO REBUILD AND CONTINUE OPERATIONS. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I BELIEVE I HAVE HEARD AND HAVE HAD TOLD TO ME THAT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH FEMA IS THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT MONEY. AND I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN SOME LAWS OR LEGISLATION PASSED. THAT ALLOW YOU TO NOW. IF WE NEEDED THAT MONEY, GO TO A BANK. BASED ON THE PROMISE THAT FEMA IS GOING TO COME IN AND GET ALONE IF WE HAD TO HAVE THAT, IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT EITHER YOU'RE TAUGHT OR HEARD ABOUT, OR EVEN EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD

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ON. YES S VALUES INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. THIS IS ALL DRIVEN BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. THEY'RE MANDATING ALL OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS TO GET ASSESSED VALUES TO MARKET VALUE.

SO THAT'S WHY. PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY. NOW IT'S A MANDATE DRIVEN BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. ALL WE CAN CONTROL IS OUR TAX RATES. HERE'S THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF THE $33 MILLION WE GOT FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. HOW IS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED. WE WANT TO USE 5 MILLION OF THAT, AS I'VE SAID FOR THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. TO FIX OUR AIR CONDITIONS, HEATERS ROOFS BY POLICE VEHICLES BY AMBULANCES, ETCETERA. SO WE NEED THAT 5 MILLION WE PLAN ON TAKING 800,000 OUT OF SEWER REHAB. WE PLAN ON TAKING THE ENTIRE 2 MILLION OUT OF HARRIET LIFT STATION. AND THE ENTIRE 2.2 MILLION FROM WALL AND AVENUE C LIFT STATION. THOSE PROJECTS WILL STILL CONTINUE THEIR STILL IN OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN. RATHER THAN BEING FUNDED WITH RP FUNDS. THEY'LL JUST BE FUNDED WITH REVENUE BONDS IN THE FUTURE. NOTHING PLANNED IN FY 24. SO THOSE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE STALLED. THEY WON'T BE DELAYED. THEY WON'T BE CUT. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF PAYING FOR THEM. WE'LL TURN TO THE

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THAT'S WHERE CHEMICALS ARE CHARGED. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING FROM $6.1 MILLION TO $7 MILLION. ALL OF THAT IS DUE TO INCREASE COST OF CHEMICALS POURING PNEUMONIA. OUR DEBT PAYMENTS. THEY'RE INCREASING ABOUT $800,000, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IN FY 23. WE HAD ISSUED WATER REVENUE BONDS, BUT THEY WERE ISSUED MID YEAR SO WE ONLY HAD TO PAY HALF THE PAYMENT IN 23. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL PAYMENT IN 24 AND GOING FORWARD. LOSE STAYING THE SAME. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOVE REQUIRED FUND BALANCE IN THE IN THE WATER FUN. SOLID WASTE FUN.

SAME SNAPSHOT OF THE REVENUES. COMING IN A LITTLE UNDER BUDGET. UM IT'S HARD TO PREDICT YEAR TO YEAR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON LANDFILL FEES. SO THEY'RE COMING IN UNDER BUDGET. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AUCTION. WELL WE DID HAVE AN AUCTION A CITY AUCTION THIS YEAR, BUT THERE WAS NO ASSETS FROM THE SOLID WASTE FUND THAT WERE AUCTIONED OFF. WE PLAN ON HAVING THAT AUCTION? WELL, WE HAVE THE AUCTION TWICE EVERY YEAR. WE USUALLY SELL SOME ASSETS IN THERE AND USUALLY GENERATES THAT 200,000. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S BACK IN THERE. YOU'LL SEE. WE'RE PROPOSING A $1 INCREASE. TWO RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS. SO THAT'S GOING TO GO FROM. I BELIEVE IT'S 22 75 A MONTH 23 75 A MONTH WE NEEDED TO BE ABOVE THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO THIS WILL BE IN A PRESENTATION LATER. I'LL JUST BRIEFLY MENTION IT, BUT, UM, I THINK BENJI IS GOING TO PROPOSE. UM AND ORDINANCE CHANGE ON LANDFILL FEES. THAT'S GONNA GENERATE $750,000 OF REVENUE. WILL STILL REMAIN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH SURROUNDING LANDFILLS. I'LL LET HIM TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT AND HIS SLIDE SHOW. AND AGAIN WE'RE GONNA END UP IN THE YEAR. UM IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND ABOVE MINIMUM REQUIRED FUND BALANCE, SO LET'S LOOK AT THOSE EXPENDITURES. THAT'S THE FY 23 BUDGET. OUR PROJECTIONS. AND THEN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. YOU'LL SEE. WE'RE ACTUALLY LOWERING OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. A COUPLE OF $100,000.

MAINLY BECAUSE WE'RE REDUCING SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. USUALLY WE AND YOU KNOW, BENJI RUNS A TIGHT SHIP. HE'S GOT GOOD EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. WE NEVER HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS WITH TRASH PICKUP. SO WE'RE JUST NOT NEEDING AS MANY TRASH TRUCKS AND GRAPPLERS IN 24 IS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. AND AGAIN, WE'LL END THE YEAR ABOVE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE FOR SOLID WASTE FUN. WE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. WHEN WE LAST GAVE IT TO YOU AND MAY OUT OF THE TAROT PARK VISITOR CENTER, SO IN THE BRIGHT YELLOW ARE THE CHANGES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL THAT OTHER COLOR. THE GOLD THE ONE ON THE TOP. AS I GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES.

EVERYTHING THAT'S IN GOLD. WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR IN FY 24. THAT'S

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THAT'S ALL. THE ADDITION OF A COMMUNITY PARK AND WARD ONE AND THE COMMUNITY PARK AND SOUTH AND PROPOSED IN FISCAL YEARS. 26 AND 27. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT THAT.

FROM INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WAS THERE EVER A CONSENSUS REACHED? I MEAN, IS IT YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THINGS SHOULD BE. HOW IS THAT DETERMINATION MADE. WE USUALLY IT WOULD BE BY CONSENSUS. UM, AGAIN. THIS IS PROPOSED. SO. IF THE CONSENSUS IS TO REMOVE IT WILL EASILY REMOVE IT. THESE ARE THESE ARE ALSO IF IT'S NOT ALSO IF IT'S NOT IN GOLD. THESE ITEMS WOULD ALL GO TO THE VOTERS FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. SO THE CITY WOULDN'T JUST MOVE FORWARD ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS UNLESS IT'S IN GOLD WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. SO THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN GOLD WOULD HAVE TO BE FINANCED THROUGH A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. IT GOES TO THE VOTERS, AND IT WOULD BE LYING DOUBT FOR THE VOTERS SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD BE VOTING ON THINGS NOT IN GOLD. GOLD IS GOLD IS A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION. THOSE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS AS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS TO BE APPROVED. SO THESE ONES ON THE RIGHT AND YELLOW WOULD BE FINANCED THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS CORRECT IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS ONLY HAVE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS CORRECT. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL OVER HERE, UM IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR PROPOSED FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OF THE PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. WHAT THAT PLAN WILL INTEL IS FOR A CONSULTANT ALONG WITH CITY STAFF IS LONG ALONG WITH RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. THAT PLAN WILL LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY AND HELP TO DETERMINE WHERE NEW PARKS SHOULD BE ADDED. IN THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM. SO THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AND THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE NEXT WEEK ONLY FISCAL YEAR. 2024 IS WHAT WE

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YES, IT WILL. IT WILL LOOK AT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. UH IT MAY EVEN SUGGEST PARKS THAT MAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AS WELL. IT WILL LOOK AT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE A 10 YEAR PLAN, SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK OUT 10 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. COUNCILMAN GETS PARK THAT IS SUGGESTED TO BE CLOSED. AS I UNDERSTAND THE CHARTER THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO IS THAT CORRECT? THE PERCENTAGE CHARTER THAN YES.

WILL FOLLOW THE CHARTER AND SAY MR BOONE NODDING HIS HEAD. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY NEXT SLIDE IS FOR THERE WAS I GOT A QUESTION YESTERDAY ABOUT THE 555 MAIN STREET. UM 8.7 MILLION. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT AT ITS SOMETHING SLIDE YOU JUST CHANGE FROM. I THINK THAT'S ON THE NEXT NEXT SIGN. OKAY MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY, UM. AGAIN GOING BACK TO CHANGES. AND FACILITIES. LOOKS LIKE WE ADDED A WATER PARK AND A FOOD TRUCK PARK ON THE BOTTOM. AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE WOULD GO TO A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND BE UP TO THE VOTERS. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF DISCUSSION YOU WANT TO GET ON ON MAIN STREET. BUT KEITH IS HERE.

FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT BASICALLY THAT ONE'S ALREADY FUNDED. I'LL LET YOU LEAD. WHATEVER DISCUSSION YOU WANT ON THAT. I THINK WE'LL JUST WANTED, UH, EXPLAIN IT. WHAT'S IT FOR? WHAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THERE. BUT FOR THAT $8.7 MILLION FALLS FROM OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR IS COMING UP TO ADDRESS THAT. SPEAKING ABOUT. IF YOU LOOK IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 FOR UNDER 555 MAIN STREET PLAZA THERE AT 8,000,007 70. YEAH, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD PUT NUMBERS ON, AND IT WAS A DIVISION THAT I HAD TO DEVELOP A PLAZA WITH PROPOSED LIKE SMALL, MEDIUM SPLASH PAD. AN ENTIRE PLAZA FOUNTAIN IN THE PLAZA. SOME ACTUAL STOREFRONT BUILDINGS THAT SAID HE COULD LEASE OUT FOR VENDORS. AND WE DID HAVE A SECTION THAT TAKING IN PART OF THE, UH SOME OF THE PARKING LOT AT CITY CENTER INTO FOOD DRUG AREA. AND THEN WE HAD AN OUTDOOR SMALL PAVILION FOR BANDSTAND. BUT THAT WAS A VISION. I HAD TO PUT NUMBERS ON IT. UM THERE'S NOTHING SAID IN STONE AT THIS POINT. COUNCILOR GETS. OKAY WELL, THIS IS PROPOSED FOR FY 24 , SO IT'S GETTING READY TO BE SENTENCED OWN, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING. WORKING TOWARDS HAVING A DOWNTOWN HOTEL.

WHICH POTENTIALLY MAY BEYOND THAT SITE. WHY WOULD WE. ALLOCATE FUNDS TO DO WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. WHEN THAT MIGHT BE WHERE WE NEED TO PUT THE HOTEL YEAH, THAT'S THEM. BUT I JUST PUT THAT IN THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE PLANT OVERALL PLAN IS. I THINK COUNCIL IS GOING TO DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I MEAN , WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT UNTIL PROBABLY THAT OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE HOTEL IS DECIDED. WELL MOVING FORWARD WITH TAKING THE BUILDING DOWN. WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. VERSUS $8.7 MILLION. TO COME OUT OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET. I MEAN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, NEIL HAS SAID, ON THE COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FUN BALANCE. MINIMUM. UM I WANTED TO BE MORE PRUDENT TO JUST PUT THAT. FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE

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ANYTHING IN MY PERSPECTIVE, ANYTHING THAT IS LEFT OVER AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.

SHOULD BE PUT BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SHORE UP THE FUND BALANCE. CAN THAT BE DONE? CERTAINLY JUST AND YOU WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT AT SOME POINT. WE NEED TO GET A CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL. ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PURSUE THIS. WHEN DO WE DO THAT ? GOOD TIME. THIS IS A GOOD TIME. WELL I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. FOR THE REASONS I JUST SAID I WOULD SUPPORT PUTTING ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING. BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE, ENSURE THAT UP. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT THAT. GET SOME CLARITY, THOUGH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A TOTAL COST FOR DEMOLITION WITH THE DIRT WORK. YES I'M WORKING ON THAT PROJECT GETTING CLOSE TO SO THEN THE PURCHASE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS. AT THIS POINT. WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEMOLITION AND THE DIRT WORK THAT WE GOT INTO THE PROBLEM WITH THE PRIOR VOTE AND WHY THEY EXPIRED. SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT THIS POINT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH WHAT YOU SAY IT AT THIS POINT. IT'S AN ESTIMATE. WE CAN DO THAT. ONCE WE FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE LEFT OVER. IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE COUNSEL WANTS TO GO, BUT WILL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVEWE HAVE T THE BUDGET? PROBABLY NOT. SO WE NEED TO HEAR FROM COUNSEL.

KEEPING IN MIND. THAT YES, WE NEED. TO TAKE THE AND LISTEN. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS FOR THE PUBLIC. I'VE SAID ALL ALONG. THAT I OPPOSED GETTING INVOLVED IN IN THIS HOTEL. I'M SORRY IN THIS, UH, A T AND T PURCHASE. BUT I CALLED THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER. IF YOU CAN CONVINCE ME. OF A REASON WHY IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO BUY AND TURN DOWN THE BUILDING. YOU COULD PERHAPS SWAY ME. THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A FULL SERVICE HOTEL AND MAKE THE CIVIC CENTER AND TOOK CONVENTION CENTER DOES SWAY ME ON THAT. AND WE HAVE ALREADY SPEND THE MONEY.

TO PURCHASE AND PURCHASED A TNT BUILDING ABOUT THE ASBESTOS. AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A RELATIVELY SMALL EXPENSE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DEMOLITION, BUT YOU WILL NEVER CONVINCED ME THAT . THE BEST WAY TO USE THAT SITE. IS TO PUT ANOTHER PARK OR PLAZA DOWNTOWN. ESPECIALLY WITH THAT.

IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION. THE HOTEL. SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT OUR FUND BALANCES SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE. WHEN DID MAKE MORE SENSE TO JUST SAY YES. ALLOCATE THE FUNDING TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, WHICH WE KNOW IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOU KNOW 750,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN PUT THE REST BACK IN THE FUND BALANCES EVERYBODY THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT IDEA, UH, COUNCILMAN SAMUEL AND COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW. IT'S BEEN MY HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND LISTEN TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND LOOKING IN RETROSPECT, WITH 23 BUDGET AND NOW LOOKING AT THE 24 BUDGET, AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND TODD. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THUS FAR.

THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE 24 2024 BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT. TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS YEAR. AND 25 WOULD BE MUCH BETTER WITH OUR CHANGE IN OUR APPROACH TO THE BUDGET. BEING ZERO BASE. BUDGET.

THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE IN 25, EXACTLY AM I? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING?

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UH SURE UP OUR BUDGET THAT WAS NOT THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF SHARING THIS UP. BUT LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PLAN. IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH 2024. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT A CORRECT ASSESSMENT? CORRECT. SO NOW. I'M HOPING COUNCILMAN THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS ABOUT PROJECTS BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT 555, I KNEW THIS WAS COMING. WE'RE LOOKING AT A HOTEL. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO AND THAT IS A POSSIBLE LOCATION. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. NOW. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE VOTED ON DEALING WITH 555. WE'VE. ACTUALLY MADE DECISIONS, BUT WE CONTINUE. TWO. STOP. OR ALLOW IT TO BE STOPPED BECAUSE OF PERSONAL FEELINGS. I'M HOPING THAT THIS ISN'T THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE TODAY. UH I'M JUST WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND HEAR YOUR PROPOSAL. UH STAFF PROPOSAL ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH 2024 TO GET TO 2025 AND INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN RECENT MONTHS. TO CONTINUE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT. AND. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT BEING DERAIL SIMPLY BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT 555 MAIN STREET. SO IF I'M INCORRECT, STRAIGHTEN ME, OKAY.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS EXPENDITURE. I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED NOW BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE FORWARD. WITH DEVELOPING A PLAZA IN A AH SPLASH PAD AND ALL THE REST DOWNTOWN. WHEN WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT THAT IS THE PREFERRED SITE OF THE HOTEL. WE NEED TO GET CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL. NOW WE HAVE ENSURED ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PIVOT. MAN NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. WHEN THE 555 MAIN STREET WAS FIRST STARTED.

THERE WAS NO HOTEL EVEN ON THE HORIZON. AT THAT TIME, NO DEVELOPER HAD APPROACHED US ABOUT A DESIRE TO BUILD A DOWNTOWN HOTEL. THAT WAS NOT EVEN HELP THERE. SO THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED AT A. TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE EVENT CENTER IN WHICH YOU COULD TAKE THE BUILDING DOWN. AND. DEVELOP A PLAZA. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT FIRST STARTED. YEAH SO WHAT I WANT TO GET I WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION. PLEASE PLEASE, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THESE FUNDS? THIS, UH. 8.7 OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2024 ON THIS PROJECT. I MEAN, WE'RE SET UP RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD BE A PLACEHOLDER FOR, UH BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THAT MONEY THAT THEY'RE TALKING THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. PUTTING BACK INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT. THAT WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR WHERE WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW, WITH THE 2024 BUDGET IS THAT CORRECT? I

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THEN IT MAKES IT ABLE TO BE TAKEN TO CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE YOU YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THAT HEY, IT'S BUDGETED. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. WE PLANNED FOR IT. IT'S IN THE BUDGET. I MAKE A MOTION. WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO US, MIKE. IT WOULD , BUT TO ME, IT MAKES MORE SENSE. TWO. TAKE IT OUT OF THE BUDGET NOW BECAUSE. THERE'S NO REALISTIC. DESIRE I DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OKAY. WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS MIGHT IF THAT'S WHAT THE CONSENSUS OF A COUNCIL WANTS TO DO. TAKE THAT MONEY OUT. THAT'S FINE. BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 2024 BUDGET, AND THAT IS IN IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS OF THIS BUDGET THAT'S NOT GONNA MAKE OR BREAK? UH OUR 24 ASSURING UP TO 24 2020 24 BUDGET I'M SAYING IS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH THAT LATER. LET'S NOT SIDETRACK OR DERAIL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW BY THAT ONE PROJECT. WE'VE GOT AN $85,000 CUSHIONS OVER OUR FUND BALANCE PROJECTED. I WOULD FEEL PERSONALLY AHOLD LOT BETTER. IF WE COULD TAKE. THAT MONEY THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US AT THIS POINT AND SOMEBODY SOME Y'ALL SPEAK UP, PLEASE, IF SOME OF Y'ALL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH A, UH, PLAZA THAT, UH, PAPA. FIVE LENGTH, UH, MAIN STREET LOCATION. THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO SAY YEAH, I'M IN SUPPORT THAT, BUT I WOULD FEEL PERSONALLY WHOLE LOT BETTER AT THAT MONEY WAS PUT BACK INTO THE , UH, GENERAL FUND SO THAT OUR FUND BALANCES NOT SO DIRE COUNCILMAN GETS AND ROMAN INTERRUPT. I'M GONNA LET CITY MANAGER GO. THEN IT'S RAINING.

COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW, THEN COUNCILMAN DURIO, AND THEN I THINK WE CAN, UH, COUNCILMAN NEIL. THINK SPEAK ON IT. WELL WILL. I'M LOOKING FOR THEIR OPINION ON THE PLAZA. WE GET THE OPINION ON THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON HOW TO GO FORWARD. ALRIGHT SO, COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH MY IGNORANCE ON FINANCES. I'M NOT. I DON'T HAVE A DEGREE AND FINANCE AS YOU DO SO BRACE FOR CLARITY TO ME THIS 8.7 MILLION FOR A T AND T. UH AND THAT 8 MILLION IS THE 5 MILLION AND THE 3 MILLION CORRECT. CORRECT. THE 3 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED CORRECT. MOVE IT FROM ONE LINE TO ANOTHER. THAT'S A JOURNAL ENTRY. AH BUT THAT MONEY WILL STILL BE EARMARKED FOR THIS PROJECT. CORRECT. CORRECT WE PROCEED ON IT DOESN'T FREE THAT MONEY UP TO GO DO SOMETHING ELSE IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S ALREADY EARMARKED ITS DESIGNATED MONIES. SO IN MY CORRECT IS SAYING WE CAN CHANGE THIS NUMBER FROM 8.7.

TO 5.7 THAT $3 MILLION. IT'S A JOURNAL ENTRY, BUT IT'S STILL THERE MARKED SO IT OVERALL. WHAT COMEDY IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE UPON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? AND THAT BEING OUR BUDGET? I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN DO LIKE COUNCILMAN GETS THE SAYING OR YOU COULD KEEP IT. THE WAY IT IS THE THREE MILLIONS GOT TO GO INTO RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT. JUST SAYING IF YOU MOVE AS A JOURNAL ENTRY, YOU'RE STILL NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY. CORRECT FOR ANYTHING ELSE. SO I'M ASKING YOU AS A FINANCE DIRECTOR. ARE WE GETTING INTO SEMANTICS HERE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A MUTE ISSUE. NO IT'S NOT MUTE BECAUSE YOU COULD RETURN THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE 5 MILLION BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. WHATEVER IS NOT USED FOR THE TEARING DOWN A T AND T BUILDING AND THE DIRT WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. CORRECT MILLION. WE CAN'T TOUCH OF THE 5.7. WE COULD . WE WOULD JUST SAY 5 MILLION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WORK IS GOING TO REQUIRE YET, DO WE? NO NOT ON THE DEMO AND THE DOOR UNTIL HE BIDS. SO IF WE TOOK OUT 2 MILLION LEFT YOU WITH THREE YOU COULD COME BACK TO US AND SAY I NEED TWO MORE MILLION

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I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HOTEL IS GOING TO LAND. I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LAND THERE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING THIS AREA AND WRAPPING IT AROUND. BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH GARFIELD SWAT. WHOEVER WE STILL DON'T HAVE THAT FOOTPRINT. SO IT GETS. HOW DO I SPEAK TO THIS ABOUT MOVING MONIES AROUND? BUT AGAIN, I AM GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND HOW THAT WERE UNDER FOR $8 MILLION FOR 2024. THAT'S A REAL CONCERN. MEMBER BELL SHAW. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION FROM GARFIELD PUBLIC PRIVATE AS TO THEIR PREFERRED LOCATION OF THE HOTEL, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET. WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE NOT DIS I MEAN, HAVE WE HAVE MISSED IT? PLEASE TELL ME, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HOTEL IS GOING TO LAND. AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT NOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON MONEY THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW INTO IT FOR ONE SECOND, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT. WHAT COUNCILMAN FELCH? I WAS SAYING GARFIELD PUBLIC PARTNERS, AS YOU ALL KNOW , COUNCIL AUTHORIZED FACE TO AND SO THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS. AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS. YOU KNOW WHAT THE HOTEL MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHERE IT MIGHT GO. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS ALL IN FLUX. UM AND WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IS IT GOING TO BE ON WHERE THE AT AND T BUILDING IS NOW? IS IT GOING TO BE JUST SOUTH OF THAT CLOSER TO THE RIVER? IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE CIVIC CENTER? WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS NOW. UM TO REAL QUICK POINTS I'LL MAKE IS WHEN WE ACQUIRED THAT BUILDING. WE DID, UM CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC AND MY OPINION THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A PLAZA SOMETHING ON THAT PROPERTY . SO WHETHER THAT PLAZA IS EXACTLY ON THE AT AND T BUILDING. LOCATION OR CLOSER TO THE RIVER OR MAYBE NEXT DOOR. I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING . YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. UM BUT IT SHOULD BE . IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET , WE WOULD BE ABLE TO A YEAR FROM NOW BECAUSE WE SHOULD KNOW A LOT OF LOT MORE THAN WE KNOW FROM GARFIELD WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT . IN MY OPINION, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A YEAR FROM NOW SAYING, WELL, WE CAN'T EVEN JUST START DESIGN WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL FY 25 TO EVEN START THE DESIGN WORK ON A PLAZA WHEREVER THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD KNOW A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS. CERTAINLY THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR COUNSELOR GETS THAT'S MY POINT IS, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT HERE'S THE THING FOR ME, AND I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN

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THEN THAT COUNCILMAN DURIO AND COUNCILMAN NEIL YOUR COUNCILMAN , KEEP EVERYBODY A CHANCE. AFTER UH DEMOLITION. OH, THIS BUILDING AND THE DIRT WORK AND ALL THAT TART, ANY MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER. DOESN'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, OR CAN WE DECIDE AT THAT TIME WHERE IT WOULD BE NEEDED? WELL THEY 5 MILLION ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO IT NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND. IF THAT'S THE DECISION OF COUNCIL WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY THAT? WE CAN DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT. THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. YEAH, OKAY. NO SO, UM, WHEN YOU KEEP SAYING PLACEHOLDER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I PUT THIS IN THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN I WORKED AT THESE NUMBERS, THE HOTEL REALLY WASN'T ON THE FOREFRONT.

AND JUST WHAT CHRIS HAD SAID. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PLAN TO DEVELOP THAT SITE, NOT LEAVE IT AS A GREEN SPACE IN THE CITY HAD BEAT UP THAT ALL WE DID WAS TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN NOW WE'VE GOT IS A GRASSY FIELD, SO THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT IN THERE. THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND IT CAN BE AMENDED. I GUESS AS COUNSEL HAS GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THIS ISN'T SET IN STONE. BUT THERE IS A PLACEHOLDER FROM WHAT I PROPOSED. TO GO IN THERE. THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DECISION IS, CHRIS, THIS WILL HAPPEN. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE GET THE REPORT FROM W. AND GARFIELD THAT WOULD INCLUDE THIS, UH, 555 MAIN STREET, THE PHYSICAL PLAYERS OR WHATEVER, AS FAR AS THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT. YES SIR. SO LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE ANSWERS HERE IN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS. IN THE KEYS POINT, YOU CAN ALWAYS BE AMENDED SHIFTED. OR CAN BE. IT COULD BE A MINUTE AND SURE OF WHAT THE PLAN IS. SO LET'S SAY THAT YOUR COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH WITH WITH IT AS IT'S PROPOSED. UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, GARFIELD SAYS, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PUT THE HOTEL NEXT TO THE CIVIC CENTER, AND SO MAYBE THAT NUMBER IS SMALLER. MAYBE IT'S NOT EXACTLY ON THE FIGHT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE 555 MAIN PLAZA. IT CAN SHIFT AROUND. BUT AGAIN, IT'S.

HAVING SOME FUNDS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS US ONCE WE DO KNOW MORE IF WE MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING TO DESIGN WORK, BUT OF COURSE, ANY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY AT THIS POINT, UH, IT IS CHRIS DIARIOS BIRTHDAY. SO I HAVE FOR THAT REASON I'M GONNA ALLOW A 10 MINUTE BREAK SO AND, UH AND THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CAN WISH CHRIS TERRIO HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WE TAKE THIS 10 MINUTE BREAK, BUT WE WILL, UH, BE BACK AT ALRIGHT WEL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. B. WE GOT.

THANK YOU. OH WE'RE GOOD. REAL FOOD. JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REAL. OKAY? OKAY WE WILL. AS WE'RE CALLING US BACK TO ORDER WE HAVE, UH WE WILL GO BACK TO CFO TODD SIMINO FOR A MOMENT FOR FURTHER CLARITY. THANKS MAYOR. SO THROUGH THE QUESTIONING TODAY , I THINK WE'VE ALL LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE 55 MAIN STREET PLAZA PROJECT, SO I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD HERE REAL QUICK. THE $630,000 THAT'S IN THE PRIOR YEAR. THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE $5 MILLION THAT'S

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THERE'S NO FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR IT. DO WE HAVE, UH, FUNDING FOR THE DEMOLITION 2024. AND WHERE WOULD THAT NUMBER BE? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD A DIFFERENT PROJECT. THE PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN RCMP PLAN TO $5 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE A T AND T CENTER PURCHASE AND DEMOLITION. WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT PROJECT HERE. WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE $630,000 UNDER THAT, ALONG WITH THE MONEY WE'VE ALREADY SPENT. AND THEN, IF COUNCIL WISHES WILL LEAVE THE 555 MAIN STREET PLAZA PROJECT IN HERE, BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR IT. THAT 8.77 MILLION. THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR IT. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW. AND THAT WAS ALL DUE TO YOUR QUESTIONING. THANK YOU QUESTION THAT, IF LET'S JUST SAY THAT 8.7 WENT AWAY BECAUSE IT'S THAT WOULD THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON YOUR 8 MILLION UNDER? NO. IT'S FROM WHAT I'M HEARING.

IT'S NOT. IT IS SHOWING HERE IS 2024, BUT IT'S NOT A PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED. WE'RE BACK TO JOURNAL JOURNAL ENTRY THINGS AND BOOKKEEPING. IT'S NOT REAL MONEY. LIKE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FURTHER OUT IN THE FUTURE. ALL OF THAT CONTINGENT ON FINDING ONE, SO IF WE ERASE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO IMPROVE OUR STANDING FOR 2024 BUDGET, HOW WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE STANDING FOR FY 24 IS WHEN WE PUT THE 5 MILLION BACK IN THERE. WHICH IS PART OF THAT 630,000. WHATEVER WE DON'T SPEND OUT OF THE 5 MILLION YOU, YOU REALLOCATE IT BACK TO THE GYM. WE COULD THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GETS. SO IF WE PASS THIS BUDGET WITH THIS 8.7 70. UH IN THE CRP. BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR ISN'T THE FUNDING SOURCE. THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS IT'S COMING FROM. I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GENERAL FUND AT 2024. RIGHT. SO THE FUNDING SOURCE. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS. THAT'S NOT CORRECT. THE FUNDING SOURCE. IF WE PASS THIS WITH THIS MONEY BEING IN THERE IS IN THE GENERAL FUND. ALL OF THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH BONDS, WHETHER IT'S YOUR TICKETS OF OBLIGATION OR GENERAL OBLIGATION . THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT WAS CASH FUNDED IN THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 55 MAIN STREET PURCHASE AND DEMOLITION. THAT WAS THE $5 MILLION TRANSFER. ANYTHING ELSE IN HERE? THAT GETS FUNDED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ISSUE A BOND FOR 5 MILLION HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN SPENT? DO WE KNOW THAT OFTEN? 3 MILLION, SO THERE'S 2 MILLION EXISTING. SO WHEN WE STARTED OUT, Y'ALL SAID WE WERE TAKING ON NO NEW DEBT. AND BASED OFF OF THIS SIDE, THAT'S 20.3 MILLION. YEAH, BUT THERE ARE SOME DEBT SO I MISSPOKE ON THAT ONE. IT WAS DOWN THAT I HAVE SOMETHING THEY HAD TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA ISSUE $30 MILLION IN DEBT, AND IT'S FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S COLORED IN GOLD. WE'VE ONLY SEEN ONE PROJECT. BUT IF WE GET TO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE REST OF THE $30 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ISSUED FROM RIVERFRONT IS THE RIVERFRONT RESTORATION IS FEMA FEMA MONEY, SO THAT'S NOT ADDITIONAL DEBT AND JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT I THINK GETS WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND $8.7 MILLION ON A PLAZA? WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY GOING TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY. AND SO TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY. YOU GOT TO GO OUT TO THE VOTERS, AND THE WHOLE PROCESS IS GONNA TAKE BETTER PART OF A YEAR. I WOULD THINK VERY UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE DONE IN 2024 THANK YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED OUT TO 25. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM MAYOR THAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK AND COUNCIL DISCUSSED WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PLAZA OVER THERE.

AND THEN IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT, WE CAN LOOK AT IDENTIFYING FROM THESE SOURCES. WHETHER INSTEAD

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CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS DO NOT CORRECT. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALK REPAIR HMM. I BELIEVE THE EXISTING CITY ORDINANCES REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNERS. TO REPAIR THEIR OWN SIDEWALKS. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALK REPAIRS WHO'S GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE. WHICH SIDEWALKS ARE GOING TO BE REPAIRED IN A WOOD ORDER BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STREETS WE DID A. COMPREHENSIVE PAVEMENT INDEX THAT GIVES US THE CATEGORY AND SCORE OF THE CONDITION OF EACH STREET. SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OBJECTIVELY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY TOOL LIKE THAT AT OUR DISPOSAL. SIDEWALK REPAIR IF WE'RE GOING TO START TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPAIRING STREETS DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE SO THAT PROPERTY OWNERS. NO LONGER REQUIRED. TO REPAIR THEIR OWN SIDEWALK, AND THEY CAN SAY WELL, JUST WAIT FOR THE CITY TO COME ALONG AND REPAIR. I MEAN, HOW'S ALL THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK? YOU'RE STILL IN MY THUNDER FROM LATER IN THE DAY. I'M SO SORRY. WE HAVE A $300,000 SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN

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MANAGER'S PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET AND CRP. WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE OUR HEARINGS OR THE BUDGET AND CRP. WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THE HEARINGS FOR THE TEXT. RIGHT? AS YOU CAN SEE ON AUGUST 29TH ROLE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET AND CRP. AND THEN EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AFTER OUR HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. AND THEN WE START OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR OCTOBER 1ST. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCILMAN PHIL SHAW. OKAY, TODD, TAKE A DEEP BREATH. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK. AND AGAIN YOU PLEASE CORRECT ME WHERE I'M WRONG. OKAY, UM AND ROUND NUMBERS. I FIRST GOT ON THE 19 OKAY? AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE ABOVE, WELL , NO PERIOD, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS LIKE 50 MILLION. WE CAME DOWN TO 4 40 MILLION, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE COMING DOWN TO 30. MILLION ROUND NUMBERS. OKAY, JUST ROUND NUMBERS. AT THE END OF 2024, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $84,000. I BELIEVE OF MONIES. THAT WE CAN. THAT CUSHION. OKAY THAT'S ABOVE WHAT THE CHARTER REQUIRES. OKAY? AT THE END OF 2020 FOR A BUDGET WHERE 8 MILLION UNDER OKAY, WE'RE 8 MILLION UNDER SO IF THAT BUDGET IS 165 MILLION TO CUT THAT 8 MILLION WHERE WE GET TO A ZERO BUDGET. IT'S ABOUT A 5% CUT 5% OF 165 MILLION IS $8 MILLION.

OKAY? NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REASON THOSE MONEYS ABOVE WHAT THE CHARTER REQUIRES IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE LIKE A HURRICANE WE KNOW THAT FEMA MONEY WILL COME, BUT IT SOMETIMES IT TAKES YEARS TO GET THAT MONEY. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I KIDDING. 08 WHEN I

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YOU'RE RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY MANAGER LEAD WITH ONE OF HIS SLIDES. I THINK WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT 2025, AND WE'RE PROJECTING IF WE DO NOTHING DIFFERENT, MAYBE A $10 MILLION SHORTFALL THAT WE'VE GOT TO CUT. SO WE'RE. WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WORST CASE SCENARIO AND START PLANNING FOR IT NOW. LIKE I SAID, 78% OF OUR BUDGET IS PAYROLL RELATED. SO LIKE YOU SAID, WE WANT TO LOOK AT EVERY POSITION AS IT BECOMES VACANT. GO TO THE DIRECTOR. HEY, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THIS POSITION UP. TO REHIRE FOR IT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT, UM HEALTH INSURANCE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE MONEY. THERE'S ALL KIND OF PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE. YOU KNOW, HEALTH COST. PART OF ITS WERE INCREASING THE RATES WE CHARGE TO OUR EMPLOYEES, PART OF ITS PLAN DESIGN CHANGES. PART OF IT IS NEW PROGRAMS. THAT THAT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AS WELL. ANOTHER PART OF IT IS LIKE I SAID EARLIER. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. AND, UM, IN R. E. M S UNITS TO WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T DRIVING.

THE AMBULANCE IS ON OVERTIME. SO WE ALREADY KNOW THE AREAS WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I LIKE A GOOD CHALLENGE. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD CHALLENGE. NOT GONNA LIE TO YOU. BUT WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE FACING, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE GOTTA DO GO TO ZERO BALANCED BUDGETING, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOP TO BOTTOM IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A TOP TO BOTTOM. LOOK, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAYBE FORM A COMMITTEE. LOOK AT ALL OF OUR REVENUES. WHAT REVENUES CAN WE, YOU KNOW? UM WHAT KIND OF ORDINANCES AND FEES CAN WE CHANGE TO HELP ON THE REVENUE STREAM? SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOP TO BOTTOM APPROACHING AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BUDGET YOU CAN ONLY CUT YOURSELF SO MUCH. YOU CAN'T CUT YOUR WAY OUT OF A DEFICIT. I UNDERSTAND. YOU'VE GOT TO CUT YOUR EXPENSES, THE BEST YOU CAN AND THEN INCREASE YOUR INCOME. SO I GET THAT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE'VE GOT TO DO BOTH TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF THIS. WE'VE GOT TO CUT PLUS INCREASE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY GET YOUR BUDGET HEALTHY. BUT AGAIN BACK TO MY QUESTION, AND 2025. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT CITY MANAGER AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THAT. AND I'M ENCOURAGED, BUT FOR 2020 FOR CUTTING THIS BUDGET BY 5% IS JUST TOO DISRUPTIVE TO BLOODY TOO DIFFICULT. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT GONNA. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO. IS THAT A YES OR A NO? OKAY? BUT IT'S A YES BUT IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO DO. CORRECT IS THAT YOU CAN CUT ANY BUDGET. OK CITY MANAGER I YIELD TO YOU, COUNCILMAN NEIL'S GOING TO GO FIRST HE'S BEEN NEGLECTED. THANK YOU, MAN. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS AND WE BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER, KNOWING THE SHORTFALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN 25. IS THERE ANY OTHER CUTS WE CAN START LOOKING AT THIS YEAR RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM ALL ON NEXT YEAR. AS A AS I SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER WE'RE GONNA WE'RE STARTING TODAY. YOU KNOW, PLANNING FOR THAT. WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE SAVINGS WILL BE ACHIEVING THOSE SAVINGS OR FINAL ADDITIONAL REVENUES. WHATEVER IT MEANS, SO YOU DON'T JUST THOUGHT NEXT YEAR DOING THAT YOU START FROM THIS YEAR, WHATEVER WE CAN SAY BEFORE THE END OF THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SOME THINGS BEFORE THE ENGINE THIS BUDGET TO GET THERE. UM JUST WANT COUNSEL TO KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I HEAR WHAT YOU SAY. YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LARGER FUND BALANCE. AND I DON'T MEAN TO UNDERPLAY IT, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND WE CAN GET THERE, YOU KNOW, AND WE WILL GET THERE. AND SO ONE PRESENT THE BUDGET. YOU WILL HAVE A LARGER FUND BALANCE, OKAY? SO IT MIGHT NOT BE $8 MILLION MORE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE MORE TO PLAY WITH BECAUSE I GET THE FEEDBACK AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THIS IS FOR. TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SOLVE IT TODAY. IT'S MY JOB TO SOLVE IT. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE AND ALSO OF IT FOR YOU. SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU PRESENT THE BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE 11TH. YEAH YOU'LL HAVE A HEALTHIER FUND BALANCE ON THEIR 11. THANK YOU QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN TURNER. I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR THIS, THOUGH, BECAUSE

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TO INCREASE REVENUE OR POPULATION BECAUSE WE KIND OF OPERATING THE SAME EVERY YEAR.

AND WITH US DOING THAT, NOW IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A DEFICIT MORE OF A DEFICIT MORE OF A DEFICIT.

SO WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE? YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITY THAT HAS ACTUALLY GROWN. YOU YOU YOU HAD TO SPEND MONEY DIFFERENTLY. FROM YOUR ASSESSMENT FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I'M IN TELLING IT.

HOW WE OPERATING. HOW IS IT IN COMPARISON TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN WITH GROWTH? WELL, THAT WAS PART OF MY LADY AND IT'S PART OF MY LEADING IS WHERE YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING BUSINESS THE WAY THAT YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GONE FROM A 50 MILLION FUNDED ILLNESS TO 32 MILLION FUND BALANCE, SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AS A WHOLE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO ONE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAN 5. WE HAD TO CUT, SO I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE AND CUTTING AND ADJUSTING BUDGETS SUPPORT WE DO EVERY SO LONG RECESSION COMES AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT. YOU GOT TO PULL OUT THE KNIVES AND WHATEVER. BUT TO WE'VE GOT TO BE PROACTIVE AND FINDING OTHER METHODS TO CREATE. REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND THAT'S PART OF BUDGETING AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND WE WORK TOWARDS THOSE GOALS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT I GET THE PART ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE. OKAY WHAT? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS GROWTH IN VIOLENT EXPERIENCE. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. SO I UNDERSTAND HOW ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL, BUT FOR ME IS GROWTH AND ACTUALLY DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, SO WE DON'T CONTINUE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN, SO I'M OPEN TO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. AND WHY. THAT'S WHY I ASKED WHAT I ASKED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND TRYING TO BALANCE IT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THAT YOUR PRIORITIES YOU KNOW, WE ARE PUTTING SOME THINGS AND HOW THAT WILL WORK TOWARD GROWTH WORK TO ITS QUALITY OF LIFE WORK TOWARDS BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE. ABOUT THOSE THINGS COST MONEY, TOO. SO IT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN PROVIDING THOSE THINGS VERSUS UM , HAVING A FUN A LARGE FUND BALANCE, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE . THAT'S WHAT FELT FUND BALANCES FOR EMERGENCIES. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE FUN BALANCES. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE EXCESS. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A FUN BALANCE FOR EMERGENCY. AND UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR. UM SO YOU MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, UNDERSTAND? YOU WANT IT HIGHER THAN THE CHARTER REQUIREMENT, SO WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THAT. BUT TO TRY TO FIND THAT BALANCE OF PROVIDING THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO PROGRESS, THE CITY JESUS. AND I'LL SAY CITY MANAGER I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS, UM THIS HAS BEEN THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE YEARS WE'VE WATCHED IT. AS I SAID. WE WENT FROM 50 TO 40. WE'RE GOING TO 30. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF THIS YOU'VE INHERITED AND YOU ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. YOU ARE WORKING FOR 2025. MHM UM, BUT TODAY I HAVE TO LOOK AT 2024. AND THAT'S WHY THE HARD QUESTION I FELT HAD TO BE ASKED. IS THERE A WAY? TO FIND 5% IF IT CAN'T BE DONE. I UNDERSTAND. BUT IF IT CAN BE DONE, I WOULD HOPE WE AS A COUNCIL COULD FIND IT. AGAIN IT'S BACK TO THE QUESTION. HOW DISRUPTED WITH THAT BE TO THE OPERATION OF THE CITY, BUT I YIELD TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. OKAY? OKAY? SO THE BUDGET CALENDAR NEXT STEPS IS TO TODD.

JUST, UH, REFLECTED WILL CERTAINLY, UH, ADD FOR SOME MORE DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE SIMPLE ANSWERS TO ALL THIS QUESTION IS WE CAN SOLVE THIS. WE BUSINESSES DO IT EVERY DAY. YOUR HOUSEHOLDS DO IT EVERY DAY. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE HAVING TO VOTE ON IT EVERY DAY. SO THAT IS THE COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE AND BEING ABLE TO HEAR EACHT HAS ON OUR CITY IN THE IMPACT, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE A MORE ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY, GOING FORWARD OR LESS ATTRACTIVE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS TAKEN. INTO CONSIDERATION. ON ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, MAN. I NEED TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK WITH A FOUND BUDGET AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT IT'S NOT THERE. RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE. SO HAVE YOU GOT A CLEAR DIRECTION FROM EVERYBODY?

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OUR FUEL COSTS ARE UTILITY COSTS ARE HEALTHCARE COSTS JUST GENERAL INFLATION, THE COST OF CHEMICALS. AH! YOU KNOW, AND YET KNOWING ALL THAT SO WE'VE GOT THESE INCREASED COSTS. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE IN INCREASED REVENUES . BUT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO LEAD TO FUTURE INCREASED IN REVENUES, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SPIRALING PROBLEMS. SO WE ALSO HAVE TO BE FORWARD ENOUGH THANKING TO, UH, FIGURE OUT WAYS WE'RE GOING TO OVERCOME THIS IN THE FUTURE AND USING OUR PHONE BALANCE TO HELP DO THAT, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND I DO UNDERSTAND. AH HAVING HAVING NOT BEEN THROUGH A STORM ON CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT HAVING BEEN THROUGH STORMS, UH IN AND IN THE MORTGAGE BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LIFE STORMS GENERATE A LOT OF INCOME FOR OUR CITY AND SALES TAX IT CREATES, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER THINGS, AS WELL AND WHERE IT WAS NEW LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THAT DOESN'T ACT AND DOES ALLOW FOR COMMUNITIES. LIKE US. I MEAN, THERE'S 14 COASTAL COUNTIES IN TEXAS. THAT SIR, THAT RECEIVED THE BRUNT OF MUCH, MUCH OF THESE STORMS THAT WE CAN GET LOW INTEREST LOANS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS RIGHT AWAY AND NOT BE HAVING TO WAIT 8 TO 9 YEARS FOR THAT, AND CLEARLY WHAT STORMS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND IS AN UNKNOWN, BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT JUST HEDGE OUR BET. BECAUSE IF WE JUST HEDGED AGAINST ALL ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE MANY, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT DIFFERENT. ANY THEY'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS WORLD'S EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW WE ALSO HAVE TO PIVOT AND LOOK AT THE FUTURE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE AND BE OPEN OPEN TO THAT AS WELL. AND USING RESOURCES IN WAYS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. AND THE REASON MAYOR ASKS. MR WILLIAMS IS BECAUSE ONE THING I DID REALIZE IS A LOT OF TIMES. LEADERSHIP IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. AND IF WE ALL DON'T GIVE DIRECTION, THEY'RE KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR THAT I'M IN THE STANCE OF THINKING FORWARD. MAKING SURE WE DO THE THINGS TO ACTUALLY GROW BECAUSE THE WAY WE'VE BEEN CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH WITH THE FUND BALANCE AND SOME OF THE DECISION MAKING, I READ A LANE TOWARDS YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND I APPRECIATE IT, SO THAT'S MY STANCE. AH I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE GOING TO THE RESCUE GOING IN. I LISTEN TO YOU AND YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF BEING SUCCESSFUL AT IT, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. AT SOME POINT YOU GOTTA STOP THE BLEEDING TO GO FORWARD. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, STEPS OF BLEEDING TO GO FORWARD, YOU CAN TO GIVE YOU SOME MOMENTUM. AND GOING FORWARD THAT AND TALKING TART NINE, AGREED NOT TO THROW EACH OTHER UNDER THE BUS. I AGREED NOT TO GO BACK AND SAY SOMEBODY DID THIS IN THE PAST, AND HE'S LIKE, OK, WELL, YOU DIDN'T DO THIS STARTING TODAY, SO IT'S A FINE BALANCING ACT FROM WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND WHAT GOES FROM HERE. AND WE JUST NEED TO WORK ON THE PLANE AND GOING FORWARD TOGETHER WITH THAT DWELLING ON THE PAST OR BEING TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, JUST JUST HAVE YOU HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE TEAM HAD TODD'S EXPERIENCE. I'VE GOT 30 PUSHY AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT JUNES ON AWARD WINNING BUDGET PERSON, SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US GOING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK PRESENT. WHAT YOU WANT TO GET THIS CITY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. COUNCILMAN GETS. TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO FIND MORE REVENUE TO COME IN TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGET. OF COURSE, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL THIS A TAX RATE. UM AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A TAX RATE. DECREASE. UH FROM THE EXISTING FISCAL YEAR. MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT 0.6814

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[3. Water and Sewer Rate Model and Proposed Rates for Fiscal Year 2024]

SO UM, WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE HAVE TOTAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR THE UTILITY FIND WATER AND WASTEWATER COMBINED OF ABOUT $58.6 MILLION. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ROUGHLY $3 MILLION OVER YOUR FISCAL YEAR. 2023 BUDGETS UM, A LITTLE LESS THAN $3 MILLION OVER YOUR 2023 EXPECTED EXPENSES. UM AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE WE DO HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE UTILITY FUND FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE EITHER BEING FUNDED THROUGH EXISTING BOND PROCEEDS OR ARE EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS. SO THERE

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WE'RE ASSUMING A LITTLE OVER 46,000 TOTAL CONNECTIONS ON THE WATER UTILITY AND I TOLD HIM BUILD THE USE OF JUST UNDER 5 BILLION GALLONS FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT GROWTH, THE ELEPHANT TALKING ABOUT GROWTH. UM, THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE WITHIN THE RIGHT MODEL JUST LIKE YOU DO WITH YOUR OTHER FUNDS. UM SO BASED ON THE FACT THAT HISTORICAL GROWTH HAS BEEN LIMITED THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF NEW CONNECTIONS COMING ONTO THE UTILITY SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE HAVE ASSUMED NO NEW GROWTH AND CONNECTIONS. UM AFTER THAT, WE HAVE ASSUMED HALF A PERCENT OF GROWTH FOR THE NEXT FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS. AND THEN THE FINAL YEAR OF THIS PROJECTION, WE'VE ASSUMED A 1% GROWTH. UM JUST JUST MOVING FORWARD, SO YOU KNOW, AND THAT AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE COMING IN UM, YOU CAN EITHER GROW THE UTILITY AND GROW YOUR REVENUES OR IF YOU'RE NOT GROWING, THE UTILITIES AND ALL OF YOUR FUTURE REVENUES INCREASES HAVE TO COME FROM INCREASING RATES. UM SO GROWTH HELPS. IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT AND LIMITING SOME RATE INCREASES MOVING FORWARD. ON THE WATERSIDE . WE HAVE TOTAL EXPENSES ABOUT $30.5 MILLION AGAIN. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING AND ALSO COME INTO PLAY AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE TAKE YOUR TOTAL UTILITY FUND. WE'RE TRYING TO SPLIT ALL OF THOSE COSTS AND THOSE REVENUES OUT INTO THIS IS A WATER EXPENSE. THIS IS A WASTEWATER EXPENSE. THIS IS A WATER REVENUE AND WASTEWATER REVENUE AND IN SOME CASES IN SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT'S VERY EASY TO DO. UM AND OTHER CASES YOU HAVE COMMON REVENUES ARE COMMON EXPENSES AND THOSE CASES WE'VE MADE ASSUMPTIONS ON HOW MUCH OF THAT REVENUE OR EXPENSE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE TO EACH ONE OF THOSE UTILITIES OR THE IDEA OF BEING THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE THIS UTILITY, WATER AND WASTEWATER IS HOUSED WITHIN ONE FUND, WE WANT THOSE UTILITIES TO BE SELF SUPPORTING. WE DON'T WANT THE WATER UTILITY TO BE SUBSIDIZING WASTEWATER. OR VICE VERSA. UM IT WENT LOOKING FORWARD WE HAVE ABOUT BY THE TIME I GET TO 2028, WHICH IS THE LAST YEAR IN OUR PLANNING PERIOD. THOSE TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENSES INCREASE ABOUT $7 MILLION TO $37.6 MILLION, AND THAT'S DUE TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AS WELL. WE'RE ASSUMING ABOUT A 3% RATE OF INFLATION ON COST MOST COST. UM EXCEPT FOR FUEL AND CHEMICALS IN WHICH WE HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF INFLATION. UM, AND BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT INCREASE IS ALSO DUE TO ISSUING DEBT, AND THERE'S UPCOMING YEARS IN PAYING FOR THAT DEBT. I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE. Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. THIS IS JUST YOUR WATER CAPITAL PLAN AGAIN. THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THERE FOR 2024. HOWEVER ALL OF THOSE ARE EITHER BEING PAID FOR THROUGH PRIOR BONDS OR GRANT FUNDED, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE DEBT THAT FUNDED PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. IF WE LOOK ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, UM JUST JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL, YOUR WATER UTILITY APPEARS TO BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOUR WASTEWATER UTILITY AGAIN. KIND OF SEPARATING OUT FIGURING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TRUE COST OF EACH ONE OF THOSE UTILITIES ARE. SO CURRENTLY YOU'RE WASTEWATER. REVENUES ARE NOT COVERING YOUR YOUR WASTEWATER EXPENSES. WE'RE ASSUMING ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS. YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER DOESN'T EXACTLY OVERLAP WITH CONNECTIONS. SO ABOUT 44.5 1000 CONNECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND AGAIN IN TOTAL BUILD. USE OF ABOUT 4.1 VAN GALLONS ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE. SAME GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS WERE USED ON WASTEWATER AS WE'RE USING ON WATER, SO BASICALLY NO GROWTH OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

TOTAL WASTE WATER EXPENSES ABOUT $28.1 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION INCREASE OVER WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW. THAT INCREASES TO $33.2 MILLION AND AGAIN, MOST OF THAT COST IS AGAIN DUE TO DEBT PAYMENTS AND THEN THE RISING CHEMICAL COST. UM THIS IS THE WASTEWATER CAPITAL PLAN AGAIN.

THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THERE FOR 2024. THOSE ARE ALL ASSUME TO BE THERE. YOU HAVE FUNDS ON HAND OR WE'RE GOING TO BE GRANT FUNDING THOSE SO THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS AND I'LL PROBABLY SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE. UM BECAUSE WE HAVE A WE HAVE SOME SOME OTHER THINGS

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UM OR IF THE CITY HAS SAID WELL, 2026 IS A LITTLE BIT TOO AGGRESSIVE AND TRYING TO MEET A 25% RESERVE TARGET. WE WANT TO DO THAT IN 2028. THEN WE CAN CHANGE SOMETHING'S MOVING FORWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND ON UM. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING IN THE BACKGROUND AS PART OF THIS STUDY. WE'RE ALSO DOING A COST OF SERVICE RATE STUDY AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THE WATER AND WASTE WATER. WE'RE GOING IN AND LOOKING FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR CUSTOMER CLASSES. HOW MUCH COST IS THAT CUSTOMER CLASS PLACING ON YOUR SYSTEM? SO ON THE WATERSIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ALL THESE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSES. WERE COMPARING THAT COST THAT THEY'RE PLACING ON YOUR SYSTEM TO THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN THROUGH THE RIGHTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR CUSTOMER CLASS. UM WILL COMPARE THOSE AND THAT WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF WITHIN A UTILITY. SO WE'RE IN WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THEIR CUSTOMER CLASSES THAT ARE SUBSIDIZING EACH OTHER AS WE HAVE SOME CUSTOMER CLASSES THAT WE'RE GENERATING TOO MUCH REVENUE OFF OF WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, ARE WE, POTENTIALLY UNDER CHARGING OTHER OTHER CLASSES. UM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BECAUSE AS WE START MAKING STRUCTURAL RATE CHANGES, UM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME AND DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU ALL WITH THIS BODY BECAUSE THERE ARE WINNERS AND LOSERS WHENEVER WE START DOING THAT. UM, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO EDUCATE EVERYONE MOVING FORWARD, BUT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL. MOVING FORWARD IS TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE IMPLEMENT SOME STRUCTURAL RATE CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS STUDY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS VARIOUS OTHER RATES AND FEES AND HOW YOU BENCHMARK AGAINST OTHER CITIES. UM AGAIN THAT THAT'S THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE THAT REVENUE INCREASE WOULD BE RELATIVELY SLIGHT, UM AND NOT HAVE ANY MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON RADIO RATE INCREASES, BUT IT IT COULD AND EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS SO THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. SO FUTURE BILLS WITH THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE THEIR I'VE JUST HIGHLIGHTED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THOSE ROADS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED KIND OF TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE USES FOR THOSE. THIS IS COMBINED WATER AND SEWER. UM SO RIGHT NOW THAT THAT RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER UM THAT HAS

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THOSE ARE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE, UM, BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM AT THIS POINT UM, SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZING UP AND LOOKING AT THE WATER UTILITY. THOSE STACKED BARS ARE THE ARE THE EXPENSES, THE BOTTOM THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OR YOUR OWN EXPENSES. THAT KIND OF BAR ABOVE THAT, IT SAYS, NOT OPERATING EXPENSES. REALLY THAT'S MORE NON DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES, SO IT'S THINGS LIKE TRUCKS AND OTHER MINOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE SPLIT BETWEEN THE WATER AND WASTE PARTY UTILITY. UM THEN THE BLUE BAR. ON TOP OF THAT IS EXISTING DEATH THAT THE WATER UTILITY HAS THAT AGAIN. THAT'S JUST WATER DEBT. THAT'S NOT WATER AND WASTEWATER. WE DID GO THROUGH AND TRY TO ALLOCATE THAT DEBT OUT BETWEEN THE TWO UTILITIES AND ON THE RED LINES AT THE TOP, OR IS THAT NEW DEBT MOVING FORWARD AGAIN? ISSUING NO NEW DEBT IN 2024? YOU DON'T SEE ANY RED BAR AT THE TOP THERE, STARTING IN 2025 WERE STARTING TO ISSUE DEBT EVERY YEAR, SO WE SEE THAT THAT BAR GROWING, UM AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS ASSISTING THE NEED FOR RATE INCREASES AND AGAIN WITH LIMITED GROWTH AND NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT REVENUE PRETTY MUCH HAS TO COME FROM TRADE INCREASES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CUSTOMER BASE GROWING BEHIND THAT. SO LOOKING OUT AGAIN RECOMMENDING, RECOMMENDING, OR 4% RATE INCREASE ON WATER THIS YEAR, MOVING FORWARD I THINK THAT YOU WOULD LIKELY WANT TO HAVE CONTINUED WATER RATE INCREASES AROUND 4 TO 5% AND AGAIN, THAT'S ASSUMING THOSE ARE REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY TRYING TO MEET A RESERVE REQUIREMENT OF 25% IN THE YEAR 2026. I WILL SAY THAT THIS PROCESS UM RATES IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT, UM EVERY YEAR WHETHER THAT'S THAT'S US OR YOUR STAFF OR ANOTHER CONSULTANT.

IT'S REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN THAN LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND SETTING THE TAX RATE. UM THIS IS IT'S JUST GOOD UTILITY POLICY TO GO THROUGH AND EXAMINE REVENUES AND EXPENSES ON THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND LOOK AT WHAT THOSE UTILITY RATE INCREASES NEED TO BE. ON THE WASTEWATER UTILITY HERE. THE COLORS ON THE BARS REPRESENTED THE SAME AMOUNTS HERE. IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT 2024 COLUMN THAT DASH LINE AT THE TOP AS YOUR REVENUES COMING IN, UM SO YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN WITH THE RATE INCREASES THE WASTEWATER UTILITY, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THEM TO COVER THEIR FULL COST AND 2024. SO THERE WILL PROBABLY STILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF SUBSIDY BETWEEN WATER AND WASTEWATER BEGAN MOVING FORWARD IN 2025 AND BEYOND. THE GOAL IS THAT EACH UTILITY IS PAYING FOR ITSELF. 10% UTILITY, UH, WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE THIS YEAR. UM WE HAVE 12% AND 12% THE NEXT TWO YEARS, SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO REVISIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 12% IS STILL GOOD. MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO BE A 10% MAYBE IT'S HIGHER. UM AND AGAIN, THAT'S PREDICATED ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET A RESERVE REQUIREMENT BY 2026. UM AFTER THAT, YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH CAUGHT UP. UM ON THE ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, AND THE WAY RIGHTS TEND TO WORK IS YOU KIND OF BUILD MOMENTUM. UM IF YOU WILL. SO BY HAVING THREE YEARS OF RELATIVELY SOLID WASTE WATER RATE INCREASES, YOU'VE KIND OF BUILT UP A LOT OF MOMENTUM WORK THAT POINT. I THINK YOU'RE MORE MOVING MORE BACK INTO JUST SOME TYPE OF INFLATIONARY RATE ADJUSTMENT, OR PERHAPS EVEN NO RATE ADJUSTMENT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE YOU TRY TO LIKE EXPENSES CATCH UP. TO THE REVENUES AGAIN. LOOKING AT THE UTILITY FUND AS A WHOLE, BRINGING BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER TOGETHER AGAIN. THE IDEA IS HEARING THAT IN 2024, THERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ABOUT OF A GAP BETWEEN THAT DASH LINE AND THE BARS THAT AGAIN ABOUT $350,000 JUST TRYING TO TURN THE SHIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE THE RAVEN TO MAKE THE REVENUE STREAM MAGIC EXPENSES BE A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD. WE SEE THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HEALTHIER THERE AND INCREASING OUR FUND BALANCE THROUGH TIME. SO THIS IS THE FUN BALANCE AS WE AS WE HAVE IT MODELED AGAIN. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN TRYING TO MEET A GOAL OF 25% AND IN THE YEAR 2026. WE WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD END FISCAL YEAR 2024 ABOUT 18% WORTH OF RESERVES. UM YOU WOULD CROSS THAT 25% LINE IN 2026. THERE'S STILL SHOWS YOUR FUND BALANCE INCREASING US JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE BUILT UP A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM ON THE RIGHT SIDE TRYING TO CATCH UP.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE OUTLINE RATE INCREASES COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM OR YOUR EXPENSES CAN CATCH UP TO YOUR TO YOUR REVENUES. UM I WAS ALWAYS I'M ALWAYS ASKING. EVERYWHERE I GO. I ALWAYS SAY THIS. I'M ALWAYS ASKED TO

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WELL, THAT'S LET ME LET ME GO BACK. LET ME LET ME BACKTRACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S 40,000.

AND WE HAVE 36,000 JUST RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN WE HAVE ALMOST 5000, OUR SENIOR CITIZEN.

ACCOUNTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE RIGHT IS OF COURSE, SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY LOWER. AND YOU'LL BE INCREASING.

THERE'S THE SAME AMOUNT. UH YES. THAT IS A PROPOSAL THAT THEY'RE RIGHT WOULD STAY. IT WOULD GO UP THE SAME PERCENTAGE, BUT IT WOULD REMAIN LOWER THAN THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S ROOTS.

COUNCILMAN DURIO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSES THAT YOU MENTIONED? SO ON THE WATERSIDE? UM YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, MULTI FAMILY INDUSTRIAL SENIOR CITIZEN. FIRE HYDRANT CONTRACTOR AND THEN CITY USE, WHICH IS NOT BUILD. SO WE WOULD GO BACK DOING COST OF SERVICE CITY. THOSE ARE THE RIGHT CLASSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CUSTOMER CLASSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND SO GOING BACK AND DETERMINING DO YOU NEED TO CHARGE AH DIFFERENTIAL RATE, UM, FOR INDUSTRIAL SAY, VERSUS COMMERCIAL. UM BECAUSE THEY USE WATER. DIFFERENTLY. UM. YOU KNOW, WE SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE COMMERCIAL ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE YOU THE WAY THE CURRENT RATES ARE SET UP AS YOU BASICALLY DON'T HAVE TEARS. UM SO THE 1ST 1000 GALLONS IS INCLUDED IN THEIR DEMAND CHARGE AND THEN EVERYTHING AFTER THAT,

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YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO AND COMMERCIAL. THEY NEED WATER, BUT IF THERE'S A RIGHT INCREASE FOR THEM THEY CAN PASS THAT ALONG TO THEIR CONSUMERS. WOULD IT NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER BASED ON THESE NUMBERS. SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS BURDEN ON COMMERCIAL, THEN PRESIDENTIAL SO THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IN OUR COST OF SERVICE STUDY. UM WHICH AGAIN? WE'RE NOT THIS YEAR. WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE CHANGES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN AT YOUR DISCRETION WE COULD DO THIS YEAR. UM. AS A AS A RATES PERSON. YOUR RATES NEED

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TO SUPPLY THEM SERVICE. AND MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S MORE AND THEN IT'S COSTING YOU TO SUPPLY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. MAYBE IT'S LESS. UM IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THEIR USE CHARACTERISTICS AND MOST CASES, WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS ACTUALLY THAN RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS TEND TO NOT PEAK OF YOUR SYSTEM DURING THE SUMMER. ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE IRRIGATION METERS. SO. AGAIN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU COULD DO THIS YEAR. I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO DO A DIFFERENTIAL RATE INCREASE AND INCREASE THE RATES FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS THAT MORE THAT'S THAT'S FINE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. COST WISE, UM AND COMING BACK WHENEVER WE MAKE GREAT CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2025. IT JUST CONCERNS ME WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN HERE ON OUR RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? UH THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL NOTE ABOUT THAT TABLE IS FOR ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES. THAT IS THEIR CURRENT RATES, SO MOST OF THOSE CITIES ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT Y'ALL ARE THERE GOING TO BE UPDATING THEIR RATES. UM WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY? COUNCILMAN TURNER I'M AGREEMENT . I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS ON WHAT YOU JUST STATED, SO I'M IN AGREEANCE AND SECONDLY LIFT AFFECT WHEN WE AS A COUNCIL, GO AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION AND CHOOSE TO LOWER THE RATE LIKE CAN YOU SPEAK TO? HOW CAN THAT REALLY AFFECT WHAT? YOU'RE PROJECTING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE GO AGAINST IT AND DON'T GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. WELL AGAIN. THESE THESE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SET SUCH THAT YOU WOULD NOT LOSE MONEY IN YOUR UTILITY FUND. UM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AGAIN. WE'RE ABOUT $350,000 OR SO TO THE POSITIVE. SO ANY UM. ANY REDUCTION FROM THE RECOMMENDED RATE INCREASE WOULD PUT THAT IN JEOPARDY. OR PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE BACK IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE MONEY OUT OF YOUR UTILITY FUND. UM AND YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CITY'S STATED GOAL OF 15% RESERVES. UM CERTAINLY, IF YOU WILL LOSE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF YOUR UTILITY FUND, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD FALL BELOW THAT. UM, SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM. GOING ANY ANYTHING LESS, UM FROM A TOTAL REVENUE INCREASED STANDPOINT, YOU WANT TO GET TO THAT REVENUE NUMBER WEEK. YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS. UM BUT IN ORDER TO START SHORING UP THE UTILITY AND NOT LOSE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUES BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE MODELED. RIGHT? COUNCILMAN NEIL DID YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE EXPENDITURES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYWHERE ELSE WE CAN CUT. UM WE DID NOT. WE USED BUDGET DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM THE FROM THE CITY. HAS ANYBODY FROM THE CITY GO TO THE EXPENDITURES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WHERE WE CAN CUT. THAT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. WE LOOK FOR THAT. NOT ONLY THE WATER FUND, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND.

THE GENERAL FUND, EVERY FUN WE BUDGET. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SAVINGS. HMM. THANK YOU. HMM.

APPRECIATE APPRECIATE THE REPORT. UM UH, ALSO KNOW THAT WE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR WATER AND SEWER HAS BEEN A CONTINUED THORN IN OUR SIDE HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT INCREASING COST DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR CITIZENS BUT PROVIDING POOR SERVICE ALSO HAS AN EFFECT ON OUR CITIZENS AND IN TERMS OF FOR FUTURE GROWTH, SO I THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UH IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PLAY CATCH UP AND AGAIN WITHOUT LOOKING BACK TO WHEN THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY AND UPDATES. I MEAN, WE ARE, UH WE PROBABLY HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS THAN SOME CITIES ARE SIZE. IN TERMS OF

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[4. Salary and Compensation Study Methodology and Planned Implementation *A Portion of this Video is without Audio*]

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CAN WE GET US BACK TO THAT SLIDE SO I CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS IT? THE MARKET RESULTS? THE MARKET RESULTS PAGE, OKAY? HMM.

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THE WAY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WHAT I COST OF LIVING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. IS THAT BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO KEEP OPERATING THAT WAY IN ORDER TO CATCH THESE MINIMUMS UP? DO WE NEED TO RESTRUCTURE THAT? I JUST WANTED TO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PUSHING FOR THIS STUDY BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING PRICE THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER STRAIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. HOW MUCH WOULD IT BENEFIT ? HOW MUCH WOULD IT AFFECT US? FINANCIALLY SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU GUYS STANDPOINT. DID YOU GUYS HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT? MR WILLIAMS. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, I WOULD LIKE A COPY OF IT. EVERYONE GET ONE IS COMPLETE.

YOU EVER WANT TO GET A COPY OF THE COMPENSATION STUDY ALONG WITH THE PAY GRADES, ETCETERA, ER. READ AND CONTINUE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MARK. PETER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? TO FINISH THE PRESENTATION. HMM HMM. HMM. HMM. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY, MAYOR. WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.

[5. Discussion on City Health Insurance Costs]

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BLUE CROSS WOULD THEN TAKE ALL THAT RISK AND PAY ALL THE CLAIMS. PRETTY SIMPLE. IN THE WORLD OF SELF FUNDING. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE PAY BLUE CROSS AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND LET'S JUST SAY, FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CONVERSATION, IT'S $50 WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE GOES TO THE DOCTOR AND I HAVE A $5000 CLAIM. THAT DOCTOR SENDS IT TO BLUE CROSS. BLUE CROSS ADJUDICATES THE CLAIM SINCE THAT DR $5000 AND THEN THAT DARK, THEN BLUE CROSS COMES OVER AND GETS REIMBURSED FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THAT $5000 CLAIM, SO THE RISK IS NOT TRANSFERRED.

UNTIL YOU GET TO A LEVEL OF, SAY, $275,000, WHICH IS WHERE THE CITY PURCHASES THEIR RISK TRANSFER. SO FOR EVERY CLAIM THAT COMES IN HERE. YOU ARE ON THE LIABILITY OR THE HOOK. FOR THE 1ST $275,000. THEN IT GOES OFF TWO LAYERS OF REINSURANCE, ETCETERA. AND SO I SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU GO FULLY INSURED OR YOU GO SELF FUNDED. YOUR RISK HERE AT THE CITY IS YOUR RISK. YOU DON'T GET THREE NEW CANCER PATIENTS BECAUSE WE WENT FROM SELF FUNDED TO FULLY INSURED. OR WE DON'T GET THREE NEW DIABETICS BECAUSE WE LEFT SELF FUNDED AND WENT FULL INSURED OR VICE VERSA. SO YOUR CLAIMS DATA ARE YOUR RISK IS RELATIVELY STAGNANT. IRREGARDLESS OF WHICH FUNDING METHODOLOGY. YOU DO THAT RIGHT? SO THEN YOU WOULD SAY, WHY WOULD YOU GO FULLY INSURED VERSUS SELF FUNDED OR VICE VERSA? THERE'S ONLY A FEW THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY MATTER. FIRST OFF. YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT THINGS IN STATE TAXES, REGULATIONS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE FULLY INSURED. WHERE AND AGAIN YOU RUN UNDER. A DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS INSIDE OF PUBLIC, KENNEDY SELF FUNDED, BUT FOR THE CELLS IT TENDS AND PURPOSES. YOU'RE COVERING EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE COVERED. FULLY INSURED.

WELLNESS IS 100% YOU KNOW ALL OF YOUR THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY DIFFERENCES. YOUR BIG DIFFERENCE IS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO RISK MARGIN. AND WITH THE CARRIER IS GOING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE PEAKS AND VALLEYS, SO IF YOU HAVE A YEAR THAT'S $25 MILLION, AND THEY COME IN AT 30 MILLION.

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YOU HAD A LOT OF SCHEDULED SURGERIES AND THINGS THAT JUST PEOPLE COULDN'T GET DONE. YOU KNOW, KNEES, HIPS, ANKLES, SHOULDERS, WHATEVER. WHATEVER WHATEVER. SO THOSE YEARS, 2020 COMING OUT OF THAT COVID YEAR INTO 21 AND 22. WE HAVE SEEN A PRETTY BIG INCREASE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, KNOWING THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO REVERSE BACK TO SOME DEGREE IF YOU LOOK AT 2022 UP HERE ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS , WE WERE $26 MILLION OF EXPENSES. SO IF YOU GO TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND SAY, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME RATES, THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH THE $26 MILLION OF EXPENSES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IT IS. THEY ALL DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT INFLATIONARY TREND. 10 12% THEY'RE GONNA PUT FIXED COST OF 15. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT POOLING SHE'D BE OVER $30 MILLION SO THIS YEAR WE'RE AT. 12 8 THROUGH SIX MONTHS OF THAT JUST REPEATS ITSELF. IT LOOKS LIKE WE PROBABLY WILL END UP RIGHT BACK ON TOP OF THE $26 MILLION. PLUS OR MINUS SO IN THAT INSTANCE EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T TREND BACKWARDS YET? FULLY INSURED WOULD HAVE COST YOU ANOTHER 2 MILLION BUCKS THIS YEAR. BY THE TIME YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER OR NOT UM, YOU MAKE PLAN DESIGN CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO ONE THING I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING. AND THIS AGAIN GOES BACK TO YOUR COST OF YOUR HEALTH PLAN. ARE DRIVEN SIGNIFICANTLY BY LARGE CLAIMANTS . AND THIS IS ALL INSURANCE, RIGHT? 5% OF THE POPULATION IS GOING TO DRIVE 60% OF THE COST. SO IF YOU GO BACKWARDS AND SAY, OK, PRESTON WERE UP. $5 MILLION. WELL, IF YOU JUST LOOK RIGHT HERE AT YOUR LARGE CLAIMANTS IN 2020 YOU HAD 19 PEOPLE OVER $100,000 THAT WERE 3.39 MILLION. 2022 THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO 38.

SO I HAVE A $5 MILLION INCREASE. THERE'S 3.5 OF IT. THAT'S THAT WON'T SUSTAIN ITSELF. RIGHT I CAN'T. I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. ARE THOSE 38 GONNA COME BACK DOWN AND B 12, BUT IF YOU LOOK THIS YEAR THROUGH 12 MONTHS WE'RE AT 14. BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING FOR REASONS ARE WE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH AT EMERGENCY ROOMS OR DO WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE DOCTOR ALL THE TIME? ARE WE DOING TOO MANY X RAYS? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOUR NORMATIVE CLAIMS THAT JUMP IN AND MAKE OR BREAK A PLAN YOURSELF FUNDED EVER. IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT YOUR CARDS CLAIMS LOOK LIKE, SO JUST JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THAT. UH THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE DO ON THE WRIST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT SO YOU'RE ON THE HOOK FOR CLAIMS UP TO $275,000 WHERE. BEFORE WE WERE AT 2 25. WE MOVED THAT RISK . UH AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY COST WE GO GET BIDS ON IT EVERY YEAR. SHARE IT WITH YOUR FINANCE TEAM, AND THEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR STOP LOSS PREMIUMS ARE FOR THAT RISK, AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN 2022. WE HAD $1.3 MILLION OF MONEY COME BACK TO THE CITY. ON CLAIMS THAT WENT OVER $275,000 THIS YEAR. WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ABOUT 303 C A DOUBLE AT 7 60. THAT NUMBER SHOULD START CORRECTING BACK IN LINE AS OUR LARGE CLAIMANTS KIND OF COME BACK IN LINE. SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, AND I'VE GOT SOME MORE, UH , DATA AND STATS. I CAN GIVE YOU AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER HANDOUTS OR WE CAN SEND IT BUT YOUR LARGEST CLAIMS. CANCER CANCER.

NEW AMONG NEURO MUSCULAR UH, THOSE ARE BOTH NEW. YOU'LL SEE ENCEPHALITIS. IF YOU GO IN AND LOOK AT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD? OF MEDICAL CLAIMS AND PRESCRIPTION CLAIMS. WE'VE HAD A $3 MILLION INCREASE AND I HAVE A PRINT OUT THE HAND YOU OR I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. AND SPECIALTY PHARMACY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. SPECIALTY PHARMACY OR THINGS LIKE HUMIRA FOR AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE TYPE THINGS. WE HAD A. METASTATIC EYE INJURY THAT WAS $275,000 OF

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YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. HE'S LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE MONEY? THAT'S THE GOING LINE WITH THE EMPLOYER IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE. AND SO YOU'LL SEE 12345 THINGS UP THERE. BUT I PUT THE FIRST THE BOTTOM FOUR UP TO HIM FIRST, AND HE CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT DEDUCTIBLES CO PAYS THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST KNOW AS YOU SIT HERE AND YOU TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION STRUCTURE, AND I LISTENED VERY CLOSELY TO THOSE GUYS. AND THEY SAID, THERE'S A FEW THINGS TO BE DESIRED. YOUR BENEFIT PLAN IS VERY GOOD. YOUR MEDICAL YOUR DENTAL IS VERY, VERY GOOD. NOW THEY WANT TO GET INTO ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND SOMEBODY WANTS THIS LIFE INSURANCE OR THAT LIFE INSURANCE OR PET INSURANCE. WHATEVER BUT YOU HAVE VERY, VERY STRONG BENEFITS. THE ISSUE IS TODAY. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING UPFRONT, YOU WANT TO MOVE TO DUCK DOUBLES. YOU WANT TO MOVE IN OUT OF POCKET LIMIT YOU WANT TO CHANGE AN EMPLOYEE COPAY. THAT IS JUST SHIFTING DOLLARS. FROM THE CLAIMS FUND. TO THE EMPLOYEE'S POCKET.

THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN THAT. AND JUST TELLING THE EMPLOYEE GIVE ME 25 BUCKS MORE MONTHS AND WE'LL LEAVE OUR BENEFITS THE SAME IF THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TAKING COST AND SHIFTING IT OVER NOW, WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT DOES SHIFT COST TO THOSE THAT ARE THE HIGHER UTILIZE EAR'S. SO IF YOU TOOK YOUR CURRENT DEDUCTIBLE FROM $750 TO $1000. ANYBODY THAT UNDER THE 7 50 IS NOT AFFECTED, RIGHT? ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER WOULD BE AFFECTED. WE KNOW THAT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DO AND, UM I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TODD COMES BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS TO YOU GUYS, BUT WE WILL. WE WILL PLAN AND MODEL ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AND ALL DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THE BUDGET. HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO DO IT. BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS YOU COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO BLUE SO BLUE CROSS TODAY. AND. YOU CAN GO TO THEM AND SAY WE WANT TO CHANGE OR P P O NETWORK. AND WE WANT TO GO TO MORE OF AN H M O GATEKEEPER STYLE. SO THAT OUR PLAN IS BEING MANAGED MORE ABOUT PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS VERSUS JUST SELF REFERRED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE TWO NETWORKS. AS FAR AS ACCESS TO CARE ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR DOWN HERE. IT'S NOT A BIG DISCREPANCY LIKE YOU HAVE 100 AND 50 DOCTORS IN THE MEMO AND YOU GOT 3000 IN THE P P O THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR. THEY ALMOST OVERLAY THE DIFFERENCES IN THE H M O WORLD. THE PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS HAVE A MUCH BIGGER STAKE IN YOUR HEALTH, AND THEY'RE COMPENSATED SUCH TO SEE YOU. TRIAGE YOU MANAGE YOUR ETCETERA WERE TODAY THAT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 5. OF SAVINGS THAT YOUR PLAN WOULD JUST HAVE JUST UNLESS UTILIZATION LESS COST. JUSTIC LEAVE VALID. BETTER CONTRACTS. YOU ROLL IT ALL UP. SO ON THE $25 MILLION RIGHT $20 MILLION MEDICAL SPEND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. AND TO ME THAT DOES NOT PUT TAKE MONEY OUT OF AN EMPLOYEE'S POCKET. THAT JUST REQUIRES SOME EXTRA EFFORT GOING TO A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, ETCETERA. INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY . THIS IS SOMETHING AND WHAT I'M THROWING OUT HERE. WE'RE JUST IDEAS THAT HE WANTED ME TO SHARE. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DO IT OR YOU DON'T DO IT. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE A SELF FUNDED PLAN AND YOU GUYS ARE THE STEWARDS AND FIDUCIARIES AND MANAGE THAT PLAN. INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AND I HAVE A LISTING HERE. SPECIALTY DRUGS WAS. $3.2 MILLION OF YOUR $6 MILLION DRUG SPENT. AND I'LL GET YOU THE HEAD COUNTS ON THAT. BUT

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BUT THERE IS TRANSPARENT. THERE'S CAROM AND THERE'S SURGERY PLUS AND WHAT THESE GROUPS ARE DOING IS THERE'S DOING SCHEDULED SURGERIES ON A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DOMESTIC TYPE BASIS. TOURISM SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE A KNEE REPLACEMENT. AND THAT KNEE REPLACEMENT ON YOUR PLAN IS GOING TO BE $50,000. BUT SURGERY PLUS HAS A CONTRACT ID RATE. FOR SOMEONE LOCALLY OR SOMEONE IN HOUSTON OR WHEREVER IT'S TYPICAL . WHAT WE WITHIN ABOUT 60 MILES , THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR $30,000. SO THEN YOU ASKED ME, PRESTON. WHAT ABOUT QUALITY? WELL THE WAY THESE PROGRAMS WORK IS ALL THESE PROVIDERS. THEY'RE PUSHING INCREMENTAL SURGERIES TO THESE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST OUTCOMES. THE OUTCOMES OF THESE THREE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. THEIR READMISSION RATES. INFECTION RATES ARE LESS THAN LIKE ONE THIRD OF 1. OR INDUSTRY AVERAGES. YOU KNOW, 1.2% OF ALL SURGERIES HAVE AN INFECTION, READMISSION RATE AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO SURGERY AND THERE'S AN INFECTION READMISSION. THE PLANS PAYING AGAIN. SOMEONE LIKE THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'LL PUT WARRANTIES ON OUR DOCTORS. NOT ONLY WILL WE MAKE SURE THEY DO IT FOR LESS. WE'LL PUT A WARRANTY ON IT, AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, IT'S COVERED . WHICH MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW YOU GO TO GET YOUR CAR FIXED. THEY DON'T DO IT RIGHT. I'M NOT PAYING YOU AGAIN. SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WERE GOING THROUGH YOUR STAFF WITH THESE ARE SOME OF THEM. WE ARE WE TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET DID JUMP QUITE A BIT. YOU KNOW THE THING JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME. OUR ORGANIZATIONS PAID A FEE. YOUR SELF FUNDED. OUR JOB IS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DIRECT YOU IN THE RIGHT PATH. WE DON'T MAKE A PENNY DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE AT ETHNICITY AND THE BLUE CROSS. G P A. T P A IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. UH AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS AS YOU THINK ABOUT IT. WE DO HAVE A FULLY INSURED QUOTE . WE KNOW THE OTHER CARRIERS WILL ALL BE SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY ALL START WITH THE SAME CLAIMS NUMBERS RIGHT IF YOU WERE 50 EMPLOYEES THAN A LOT OF YOUR PRICING COMES FROM MANUAL RAIDS AND INDUSTRY TRENDS AND ALL THAT WHEN YOU'RE 1000 EMPLOYEES, YOUR RATES COME FROM YOUR RISK.

THERE'S NO SPREADING THAT RISK OTHER THAN LARGE STUFF. IF YOU WERE TO SAY PRESTON WE HAVE FOUR. MAJOR CARES THAT IN THE SIGNAL UNITED BLUE CROSS BECAUSE YOUR SELF FUNDED WHAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT PRICE POINT THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS WITH THE DOCTORS AND

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IT'S GOING TO BE $50,000 AND COST HIM 1000 BUCKS. BUT IF HE GOES WHERE THEY WANT TO DIRECT HIM OR HER WE'LL MAKE IT FREE BECAUSE IT'S A $25,000 CLAIM AND THAT NET EVERYBODY WINS. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WERE REALLY KIND OF TRYING TO PUSH. STAFF AND TEAM ON BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD BENEFITS AND CHANGE THE DOCTOR BILLS, CHANGE RATES AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO OH, AN AWFUL LOT AWFUL QUICK. BUT TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT BEST I COULD QUESTION. LIVINGS ON THE, UH. GOING TO THE H M O INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY, SPECIALTY CARE AND SURGERY. PLUS YOU'RE TALKING ALMOST $3 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

YES AND YOU AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE IN SURGERY. PLUS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ASSUME. 15 18% PARTICIPATION. NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE AND GO. OKAY I WANT TO GO TO A NEW SURGEON OR A NEW THIS RENEWED THAT BUT IF YOU INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE LIKE I SAID, THEN YOU COULD JUMP 40 50. PARTICIPATION IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING REAL MONEY. I MEAN, IT'S ALL REAL MONEY. BUT YES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL $3 MILLION SAVINGS ON THIS COMING. CURRENT BUDGET PROJECTIONS. TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. NO WE JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THESE IDEAS TO YOU, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY RISING COSTS AND THE HEALTH CARE ARENA. UM I'M NOT SURE IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THESE THIS YEAR OR NOT. YOU KNOW, OPEN ENROLLMENTS IN JANUARY. I WOULD. PROBABLY AN UNPRECEDENTED ADVICE ON THAT. HOW MUCH OF THIS WE COULD IMPLEMENT? YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH HIM AND OUR BENEFITS TEAM HERE AT THE CITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THESE IF YOU DO DEDUCTIBLES, OR YOU DO THE BLUE CROSS, HMM. OWN TYPE STYLE PROGRAM. THOSE HAVE TO BE DONE ON A JANUARY 1 COUNTER YEAR BASIS FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SWITCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT MID YEAR, WHICH EXCUSE ME PROVIDES A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AND AGAIN. WE'RE HERE FOR THIS FOR THE EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT IF WE WANTED TO GRAB SOMETHING LIKE AN INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY, OR EVEN A SURGERY, PLUS AND IF YOU CAME IN HERE AND MARCH AND SAID OKAY, EMPLOYEES, YOU NOW HAVE THIS NEW OPTION TO GO DO SURGERIES HERE. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT GOES ON WITH BLUE CROSS. WHAT HAVE YOU SO FOR THE MOST PART, YOU COULD PUSH THESE ALL THROUGH A LOT AT ONCE. HMM BUT IF YOU DIDN'T AND I WOULD SAY GO AT THE ONES THAT BLUE CROSS CONTROLS AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IN JANUARY, MAYBE PICK ONE OR TWO OTHERS JANUARY AND THEN YOU COULD FACE THINGS IN PRETTY EASILY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE FACED IN. COUNCILMAN HILL. SO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST OF INSURANCE PER EMPLOY? THREE. SORRY. THE P E P A. M. 20 . AFTER EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. YOU'RE RUNNING ABOUT $1400 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH. HOW MUCH IS THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION? EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TODAY ARE RIGHT AROUND $300 PER EMPLOYEE PROMOTE AVERAGE. WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE AN INCREASE ON THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION? WE DID AN INCREASE LAST BUDGET. YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE? I BELIEVE

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SAVINGS. AND THEN YOUR OUT OF POCKET LIMIT. TODAY IS WHAT 61 THE FAR SO YOUR OUT OF POCKET LIMITS 5500 TODAY. AND THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE THAT CHANGES. LET'S SAY YOU TOOK OUT OF POCKET FROM 5 5500 TO 6000. ONLY THE EMPLOYEES THAT GET THROUGH 55 HUNDRED'S. YOU HAVE A LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS. THAT $500 LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT'S ONLY GONNA AFFECT 8% OF THE POPULATION. IT'S REALLY NOT ACTUALLY WORTH ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT, DO YOU? MAYBE YOU'D HAVE TO MUDDLE THIS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES MEET THE DEDUCTIBLE. AFTER THE TOP OF MY HEAD. NO BUT WE COULD HAVE THAT VERY, VERY QUICK. AND I'M GONNA BET YOU ABOUT 35% THAT'S A NORMALLY ABOUT A DECENT AVERAGE. SO BY INCREASING THE DEDUCTIBLE, YOU WOULD ONLY BE AFFECTING AROUND 30% 30% 30 35. AND I'M ASSUMING THE ONES THAT MEET THE DEDUCTIBLE PROBABLY WAY EXCEEDED. MM HMM. PROBABLY HALF AND HALF. YOU PROBABLY HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT THAT JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER HALF THAT ARE GOING TO BE YOUR LARGER CLAIMANTS THAT JUST BLOW AND HIT THE OUT OF POCKET LIMIT. I JUST KNOW IN THE REAL WORLD AND IN THE PRODUCT SECTOR. I MEAN EVERYBODY'S FIGHTING THE SAME THING. AND THERE'S JUST NO EASY DECISION BEHIND IT. NO. COUNCILMAN DORIA SO SAD WHEN HE THESE NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND HE TALKED ABOUT EMPLOYEES THAT HAS INCLUDE RETIREES IS ON THE CITY'S PLAN. AND HOW MANY RETIREES ON THE CITY'S PLAYER? NO, THEY PAY MORE THAN $300 A MONTH. TOP OF MY HEAD. EXACTLY I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO HAVE IT TO TYREE'S. SO WE HAVE 189. CHRIS REPRESENTS THE RETIREES AS WELL . WE HAVE 100 89 PLUS ANOTHER NINETIES. SO WHAT'S THAT GONNA BE? 2 80? CIVILIAN TO 83 30 JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BROKEN DOWN BY POLICE AND FIRE AND THE HIGH PLAN. THE LOW PLAN LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 400, PROBABLY SO THE. AUTO RETIREES INCLUDED IN THAT 10% INCREASE YOU RECOMMENDED. WE JUST READ. GO ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN NAILS. MIKE WENT UNKNOWNS THAT WE WON'T REPEAT THAT. AH! ANY OTHER. MY QUESTION . ONE QUESTION. IS IT IS IT FAIR TO SAY THE MORE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PLAN. THE BETTER RATE YOU GET NO SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE.

MM HMM. HEALTHIER AND BETTER IS BETTER. BIGGER IS NOT BETTER. OKAY? I HAVE 2000 PEOPLE THAT ARE 52 YEARS OLD AND DIABETIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE OR 500 PEOPLE, THE RISK THAT ARE 33 YEARS OLD, AND THEY HAVEN'T COME INTO ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS, SO THERE'S A BIG FALLACY IN THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE. THAT BIGGER IS BETTER. IT'S NOT OKAY. WE HAVE 1400 PEOPLE TODAY. IF WE GREW TOO 1500. AND THEY WERE ALL HEALTHY. AWESOME. AT ONE HEMOPHILIAC AT $1.5 MILLION A YEAR. NOT SO AWESOME. SO IT TRULY IS A FUNCTION OF MANAGING RISK MANAGING THE PLAN AND

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IF SOMEBODY HAS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S OUT OF RANGE. OKAY? TAKE A PILL. SO WHAT? SOMEBODY HAS TO OKAY WHEN YOU HAVE THREE. IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED. IT'S A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS YOUR SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A TYPE TWO DIABETIC AND 18 MONTHS.

YOU ARE, LIKE 7.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY FOR SOME TYPE OF HEART DISEASE. YOUR SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF ANY CAUSE. THERE'S ALL THESE STATISTICS OUT THERE. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU GET INTO THE WORLD OF WELLNESS, AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT AND YOU START PUSHING, WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE HEALTHIER. WE WANT THEM TO BE BETTER, SO WE'RE GOING TO COME ON SITE. AND DO BIOMETRICALLY SCREENINGS. FINGER STICKS, BLOOD DRAWS SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW THEIR OWN NUMBERS. WE DID IT. YEARS AGO. WHEN IT ACTUALLY YOU CAUGHT QUITE A BIT.

OF YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SPIKING CLAIMS. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT I BETTER GO FIX IT. BUT IF YOU COULD DO IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A STENT, AND THEY COULD GO AND SCHEDULED AND HAVE A STENT DONE, AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND IT'S AND THIS WAS, ACTUALLY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUMONT CLAIM. 10 YEARS AGO, PLUS OR MINUS HAVE THEY GONE IN AND HAD THE TWO STENTS DONE? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 40 $50,000 PROCEDURE . WHAT IS IT NOW? TODAY? 34 DAYS SCHEDULE AND YOU'RE GOING HOME.

WE HAD A HEART ATTACK. HEART ATTACK AND I SEE YOU GOES THROUGH ENDS UP FALLING INTO A STROKE. 60 DAYS OF HOSPITALIZATION AND $1.1 MILLION LATER. WE HAD OUR EMPLOYEE BACK OUT AND RELATIVELY STABLE, GOOD HEALTH, AND SO BE IT. CAN YOU SAY? WE WOULD HAVE 100% ALLEVIATED THAT NO AND ANYONE THAT TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE FOOLISH. BUT WE DO KNOW PLANS THAT PUT IN SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVES AND PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT YOUR PRINT LINE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND LET'S SAY IT'S 8.5 9. THE TREND LINE OF THOSE THAT REALLY GET IN DEEP OR ABOUT 3. SO ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, I'M ALL IN A SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. TIRED OR CHRIS. WHOEVER. WE NEED TO GET HEALTHIER. IT LOOKS LIKE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IF WE DO THAT, SIR, IS IF WE'RE GONNA GO AND FIND THINGS WE MUST HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE FIX WHAT WE FIND. VERSUS JUST GOING AND FINDING IN THERE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. BECAUSE THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE IS VERY , VERY CONVOLUTED, AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU RIGHT. AT THIS POINT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A WATER BURGER BREAK SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR HEALTH. BUT WE ARE GONNA WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH AT THIS POINT, SO AND IT'S NOT WATER BURGER THAT I'M AWARE OF. SO WE WILL BE . WE WILL RETURN AT ONE PM

[6. Presentation by Department/Divisions of FY 2024 Proposed Operating Budgets *A Portion of this Video Contains No Audio and Video*]

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UH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE INCLUDES THREE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF CITY COUNCILS EXPENSES. COME UNDER THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND ALSO THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DEPARTMENT.

UH THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DEPARTMENT IS A DEPARTMENT THAT IS BASICALLY A CATCH. ALL FOR THOSE, UH, ITEMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE GARFIELD UH UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY, UH, ALIGNED WITH THE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT. SO WE BUDGET FOR THAT IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. ON UNDER SPECIAL PURPOSE, AS WELL AS CARL , SUCH AS THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT, THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT APPRAISAL SERVICES, WHICH ARE NOT DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC, SO WE FIND THAT UNDER SPECIAL PURPOSES , UH, THOSE ARE THE COSTS PAID TO THE JEFFERSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPENSES. THOSE ARE ALSO BUDGETED IN THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DEPARTMENT. SO MAJOR ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR TRAVEL AND TRAINING, UH, AS WELL AS DUDES AND PROFESSIONAL FEES. AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE. THOSE ARE AS A RESULT OF THE REORGANIZATION THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER LAST FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. UH NEW CITY MANAGER CAME ON BOARD

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PROMOTION TYPE ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE MAJOR COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH STEVE, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE ASPECT OF WHEN YOU'RE TASKED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY COMPARED TO BEING IN OTHER CITIES IS KIND OF SOLELY ON THE CHAMBER, AND WE KIND OF DEPEND ON YOU GUYS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES AND HURDLES YOU HAVE WITH THAT BUDGET THAT YOU HAD PRIOR TO WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS TIME, COUNCILMAN TURNING EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. SO WE DID THAT COP COMPARISON OF OTHER CITIES SIMILAR TO BEAUMONT SIZE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO NEW BRAUNFELS BUDGET IS 1.5 MILLION IN TEXAS IS 1.35 MILLION. ODESSA TEXAS IS 1.5 MILLION. ALLEN, TEXAS IS 7.5 MILLION. RICHARDSON TEXAS IS 861,000. LEAGUE CITY IS

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THIS IN THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WITH NOT LIKE IT'S IN MY OFFICE HAS TAKEN OVER SIGNIFICANTLY. THE ROLE OF STACY'S OR THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WILL BE TO REDUCE THE STRAIN ON THAT'S KIND OF BEEN IMPORTED ON OUR LIABILITY ADMINISTRATOR. OUR LAB ADMINISTRATOR, MR ARSENAULT MANAGES OUR CLAIMS. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF THE CITY DOES SELF INSURANCE AND SO FORTH. OUR MOVES FROM BEING SELF INSURED TO HAVING A FULL INSURANCE, BUT SHE WAS STILL MANAGE OUR CLAIMS IN HOUSE THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE DOING MORE COMPLIANCE STUFF. SO AUDIT THAT NATURE I AM AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ON STAFF THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY. ADMINISTERING SAFETY AT INITIATIVES AND SO THAT PERSON WILL NO LONGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AT THE LAST SLIDE. IT IS JUST JUST TO COMMENT TO MR WILLIAMS JUST TO KIND OF LOOK INTO I KNOW WE JUST GOT THE PLAY EVALUATIONS JUST OVERLAPPING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUDGET DEFICITS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. YEAH JUST OVERLAPPING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THINGS. GOOD POINT. THAT'S PART OF THE PRIOR ASSESSMENT WITH POSITIONS WE'RE GONNA DO AUDIT. WE'RE GONNA DO PERSONNEL AUDIT POSITION AUDIT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WITH ALL OUR POSITIONS OR WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HIM AND HAVE SOME MONEY.

COME IN, AND INTERVIEW AND BASICALLY FIND OUT GET A LIST OF THEIR DUTIES. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE DUTIES AND SEE IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE NEEDED ANYMORE, OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WE CAN CONSOLIDATE SOME THINGS T IS GETTING TO ME. SO YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR SURE. AND THAT'S A PART OF THAT. EVEN PROCESS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT EARLY AND LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AND THOSE POSITIONS. YES, MA'AM. GETS. SO KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH YEAH. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALL THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE I'M NOT A FAN OF AH, CUTTING A PERSON'S DUTIES AND LETTING THEM CONTINUE AT THEIR SAME SALARY. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LETTING A BIG PORTION OF THEIR DUTIES GO AWAY TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU ALL TO THANK YOU SUPPORTED IN EITHER, OKAY? TO THAT EXTENT THAT AGAIN THAT THE NECESSITY FOR THAT POSITION IN MY OFFICE IS TO JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE RESPONSE OR DO THE JOB, WHETHER THE REQUEST THAT WAS PUT UPON ME BY COUNSEL TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY MECHANISMS, JUST IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSING COUNCIL, UM MADE A REQUEST THAT THEY SEE A REDUCTION IN SOME OF OUR ACCIDENTS THAT THEY DEEM TO BE FRIVOLOUS. UM I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TREND. THANK YOU. UM IN DISCUSSING THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET. UM I DON'T HAVE ANY BIG ITEMS FOR 2024. BUT IN 2023, 2023 AND APRIL WE DID IMPLEMENT THE NEW OPEN RECORDS REQUEST SOFTWARE. THAT'S ONGOING . WE DID THE NEW AGENDA MINUTES AND THE KIOSK SOFTWARE, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED AND ROLLED OUT ON JUNE 6TH. BUT THOSE NEW SOFTWARES THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ARE GOING REALLY WELL. THEY'RE EXPEDITING HOW WE, UM HANDLE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL OF THAT IS NOW ELECTRONICALLY INSTEAD OF PAPER, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL ALLOW CITIZENS TO COME INTO THE OFFICE AND FILL OUT AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY USE COMPUTERS. SOME OF THE OLDER PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT TO USE THE COMPUTERS. UM SO WE'VE TRANSFERRED THE AGENDA PREPARATION FROM THE CITY

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COUNCILMAN GETS GOING BACK TO REPLACEMENT OF THE SCREEN WITH THE WIDE SCREEN TELEVISION. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DOING THAT ADVANTAGES OF DOING THAT IS IF SOMEBODY HAS TO REMOTE IN LIKE WE HAD AN ISSUE THIS MORNING WITH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO REMOTE IN IT WILL SPLIT THE SCREEN. KIND OF LIKE, GET THE NATURE CENTER. WHEN WE DID THE WORK SESSION, WE WERE ABLE TO SPLIT THE SCREEN. YOU COULD SEE THE PERSON THAT WAS REMOTE INDIAN AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE INFORMATION OR THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY WERE PRESENTING ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AT CITY HALL SITTING IN THE BACK AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS SCREEN. UH THAT'S PROBABLY LEGIBLE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HOW BIG A TV YOU'RE LOOKING AT. BUT IF IT'S NOT AT LEAST THAT BIG THEN I CAN'T. ANGELA'S GONNA COME UP AND TELL US WHAT WHAT'S THAT AS WE HAVE ON ORDER? HMM. I DO NOT HAVE THIS EXACT SIZE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IT WILL BE ABOUT MAYBE JUST A LITTLE LOWER THAN IT IS NOW. SO IF YOU SEE THE LINE CURRENT SCREEN AND IT'S GONNA COME OUT ON THE SIGNS IT'S GONNA BE A LARGE LCD SCREEN. SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN SOMEPLACE LIKE, UM, MODEL OWES WHERE THEY HAVE THE BIG SCREEN. THE BENEFIT IS GOING TO PROVIDE US IS WILL BE ABLE TO DO MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO HAVE A CONSTANT WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE YOU CAN DO ALIVE MEETING SO YOU'LL HAVE THE AGENDA. WITH ALL OF THE VOTES AND EVERYTHING. IT WILL BE LIVE FOR CITIZENS TO SEE . UM ON THE SIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, IF WE DO HAVE ZOOM ONE OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO DO ZOOM FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ZOOM IN IS THAT THEY HAVE TO SEE ALL OF COUNSEL AND COUNSEL HAS TO SEE ALL OF THEM, UM, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEM UP ON THE SCREEN AS WELL AS STILL SEE PRESENTATIONS SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO ESSENTIALLY NOT PICTURE IN PICTURE, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MULTIPLE STREAMS OF YOU AT ONE TIME AGAIN. THIS IS HOW ACCOMMODATE A REQUEST BY COUNSEL TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS REMOTELY. UM WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE CURRENT SOFTWARE. WE CAN'T DO THAT AND MEET THE MEETING. OPEN MEETINGS REQUIRED HER PARENTS SOFTWARE.

SO ONE OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS TO SWITCHING TO A TV IS THAT WE AGAIN WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK ONE OF THE COUNCIL WISHERS BOXES BY BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO THE TV WILL ALWAYS BE UP THERE. WE WILL LOSE OUR LOGO THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE WALL AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT.

WE'RE GOING TO YEAH. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE YET, BUT WE'RE MOVING IN. AND WHEN ARE YOU

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WE CAN ALWAYS PUT THE LOGO IN THE TV WHEN THE TV IS NOT ALL TRUE WE COULD SCREENSAVER OR ADD ON THE SIDE, BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. ANY QUESTIONS. OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CHIEF SINGLE TER. CHIEF YOU NOW HAVE A MINUTE AND 28 SECONDS.

WE'RE KEEPING JACK AND IT'S OVER . I'M SORRY. PROBABLY WON'T AT ALL. OH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF.

JOHNNY LET Y'ALL REMIND YOU GUYS THAT THE. THAT ARE FOUR ARE AVERAGES JUST 4.5% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. SO I LIKE THAT. I LIKE TO REMIND YOU, YOU, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES THAT LET'S SEE, UH.

HA TINA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS. YEAH. DELEGATE THANK YOU, TIM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AH. WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT LIKE MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT AND HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATION DOWN THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GUYS UH OKAY.

THIS THIS IS A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. THAT, UH WE THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA REVOLUTIONIZE, UH , ENFORCEMENT AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. WE HAVE GONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY JUST TO SEE MANY PLACES WHERE THIS PLACE IS. THIS UH, CRAMPS CENTER IS BEING UTILIZED, AND IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. EVERYBODY EVEN CALCASIEU PARISH HAS ONE DOWN THE ROAD AND WE GOT TO VISIT WITH HIM. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING HOW HOW MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THIS? YOU CAN SEE UTILIZE OUR LICENSE PLATE READER YOU CAN VIEW OF BODY CAMERAS ARE DASHBOARD CAMERAS WHEN YOUR VEHICLES OR OUR VEHICLE AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT EXCELLENT TOOL FOR OFFICER SAFETY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF CAPTAIN NESHEK AND CHIEF PLUNKETT AND CHEAP JEFFCOAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS AND I THINK I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WILL HELP A BEAUMONT AND THE CITY OF THE CITY OF HAMA PD. SO UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO UNTIL UTILIZING THIS. IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT FROM MAMA. UH THE CAMERA UPGRADES FOR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. WE HAVE CAMERAS.

THESE ARE CAMERAS THAT ALREADY OWNED. WE ARE THE CITY ALREADY OWNS AND WE DEPLOY, UH, AS WE NEEDED AND A CRIMINAL ACT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, SO OBVIOUSLY THE REFUSE THIS INFORMATION IN INTEGRATION IS GOING TO REQUIRE MORE EQUIPMENT AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOFTWARE. SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS JUST PART OF IT. NOW THE LICENSE PLATE READER REPAIRED UPGRADE. WE DO HAVE SOME LICENSE PLATE READERS, BUT THEN THERE NEED OF REPAIR AND FOLKS WHERE WE'D LIKE TO DO EVENTUALLY IS GET THE LICENSE PLATE READER FLASHES PIPED READERS IN OUR INVENTORY SO WE CAN PUT THEM AT ALL THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. AND THAT'S WHAT EVEN CALCASIEU PAIRS THEY HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS ON EVERY HIGHWAY THAT GOES IN AND OUT OF CALCUTTA, CALCASIEU PARISH. IT'S VERY NEAT THE WAY THEY DO THAT, SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, TOO. THAT'S JUST A PART OF THE IMPORTANT PART OF THE FUSES AND OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. NECESSARY SURVEILLANCE CAMERA BILLS. THAT WE, UH THESE ARE CAMERAS. THAT WE BUILD IN HOUSE. OUR OFFICERS CAN CAN BUILD THE CAMERAS AS AS THE NEEDS SEE FIT THERE, SO IT SAVES MONEY. THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND, UH, AGAIN, AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ALREADY.

WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO HURT OUR PRODUCTIVITY AND ARE THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK. SO THIS WILL BE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.

THE $15,600. NOW THIS THAT TASER PURCHASE OF, UH, IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. THIS IS A, UH MR WILLIAMS. IT'S SUPPORTED THIS. THIS IS A TASIA THAT THAT ONE WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA BUY IS A TOP OF THE LINE. IT IS, UH AH, THE BEST TASER IN THE ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, WE'RE UTILIZING KIND OF A VARIETY OF PAYS TASERS THAT, UH, HAVE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND THAT'S A

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UH POLICE VEHICLES SOUND THAT, UH, THE LAST BECAUSE OF CODED AND I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL HAVING TROUBLE BUYING VEHICLES, AND SO ARE WE. WE ARE JUST IN THIS CATEGORY. WE ARE WE WANT TO HAVE A BY 21 VEHICLES. 20 FRONTLINE PATROL VEHICLES, BOTH SUV AND TRUCKS. AND YOU'LL SEE YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT PACKED, OF COURSE AND WITH THE POLICE PACKAGE, AND THIS WAS ALREADY BEEN PRETTY ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE DIFFICULTIES AND PURCHASING A VEHICLE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, MADE A DIP MADE IT TOUGH FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, WELL OVER 100,000 MILES ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES , AND, UH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY TWO AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND UH, WE NEED THIS MONEY BAD. WE NEEDED TO BE LIKE THE YESTERDAY. UH HUH.

POLICE RECRUITING. IS IMPORTANT TO US AND SO MANY WAYS NOW, LIKE WE SAID, WE HAVE DONE A REALLY, REALLY DECENT JOB, AND I'M PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS THAT WE EVEN HAVE OFFICERS ON PATROL OFFICERS THERE REMAIN JOBS NOT RECRUITED , AND AH, BUT THEY ARE OFFICERS GET GET A KICK OUT OF GETTING OFFICERS TO RECRUIT. A NEW OFFICERS AND CADETS UP THERE. SO THAT'S BEEN A THAT'S BEEN A FUN THING TO DO. AND THERE ARE SO WE'LL, UH WE'LL CONTINUE THAT IF WE HAVE, UH WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD ADVERTISING AND RECRUITING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME, UH, WERE ASKED TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND FOLLOWING AN ATTORNEY WHO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING IT A SHORT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER. UH BUT YEAH, YES. ANY QUESTIONS? MAYBE YOU COULD BRING THE NEW TASER TO COUNSEL ONE DAY AND DEMONSTRATE BY TASTING ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AH, I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER THAT. ONE. KNOW WE WOULD VOLUNTEER COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD YOU WANT TO TASTE WINNER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. CHIEF WHITE NO. GOOD JOB. EXCUSE ME. I DIDN'T GET $5 MILLION RED TRUCKS , OKAY? I'M NOT ASKING FOR $5

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WE HAVE CHAIRS. WE HAVE TABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. I WANT AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THAT TOO MANY RAY MONITOR SYSTEMS THAT'S FOR OUR HAZMAT TEAM. WHEN WE GO OUT ON HAZMAT INCIDENT, WE CAN ACTUALLY SET THOSE MONITORS OUT THERE AND LINCOLN REMOTELY TO TAKE OUR SAMPLES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE HIGH LIFT BAGS OR FROM WHEN WE HAVE, LIKE AN 18 WHEELER ROLLOVER. WE CAN ACTUALLY SLIDE THOSE BAGS ON COMPRESS THEM AND UPRIGHT TAKE IN OUR RECOVERY PROCESS. THE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEMS OF THE FIRE STATIONS. UH CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE THING NOW, AND FIREFIGHTERS, SAFETY AND CANCER PREVENTION AND WE'RE STARTING OFF ASKING FOR TWO EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEMS, OUR ENGINES OR DIESEL. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE DIESEL FUMES OUT OF THE STATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM TO START WITH. AND OF COURSE I AM YOUR REPLACEMENT ON LIFE. PACK A D. S. IF YOU SAY TO THE RIGHT THOSE THAT ACTUALLY LADIES THAT WE CARRY ON ALL OUR ENGINES AND ALL OUR MED UNITS.

AND THE EXTRICATION KIDS ESSENTIAL. THOSE ARE THE ADROLL IX. THE JAWS OF LIFE TO SAY.

THERE ARE NO LONGER GAS. THEY'RE ALL ELEKTRONIK WITH THE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES. AND YOUR THERMAL DAMAGING CAMERAS THAT WILL GET US APPROXIMATELY TWO THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS. HOWEVER THAT COST CAN BE REDUCED IF THEY REINSTITUTE WHAT THEY CALL THEIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, A TRADE IN PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN TRADE IN OUR OLD IMAGING CAMERAS. AND GET NEW IMAGING CAMERAS, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO AMBULANCE STRETCHERS AND A COST OF $70,000 . THAT IS AN ENTIRE SYSTEM. NO LONGER DO YOU HAVE THE LEFT THE ACTUAL STRETCHES UP THEIR HYDRAULIC, WHICH RESULTS IN A SAVINGS ON WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT SLIDE. PRIEST. THE SCARED PUMP AND 500 GALLON TANK THAT'S FOR THEIR SELL OJAI WATER VEHICLE AROUND 2020, THIS COUNCIL AND OTHER AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE HIGH WATER VEHICLE IF YOU REMEMBER WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT HIGH WATER VEHICLE AND THEY SAID I'M ONE PURPOSE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A DUAL PURPOSE WHILE PUTTING THAT SCARED TANK IN THERE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE IT FOR HIGH WATER INCIDENTS INVOLVING STRUCTURE, FIRES AND BRUSH FIRES, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLE. AND THE ENCLOSED TRAILERS FOR THE HAZMAT UNIT. UH THEY CARRY SO MUCH AND SO MUCH IS REQUIRED . NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A NEW ENCLOSED TRAILER. THE F 1 50 PICKUP IS FOR ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. NO LONGER CAN WE USE, UH, SEDANS OR YOU TVS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE THE GEAR. FROM THE PERSON INSIDE THE CAMP. SO WE WERE ASKING FOR F 1 50 TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT. AND THE 1500 GPM PUMPER. IF YOU RECALL, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, YOU APPROVED THIS PUMPER. HAS REPLACED FOR ENGINE THREE, AND THOSE COSTS ARE JUST GOING UP, BUT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN MY PEERS BUILD MY PEERS PROGRAM, SO WE'RE KEEPING THE COST DOWN ON THE, UH PUMPERS. SO YOU LOOK AT THOSE PUMPERS. WELL, HOW WE'RE KEEPING THE COST DOWN AS YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, UH, PARTICULAR PACKAGE THAT YOU CAN'T IF YOU LOOK AT A FORWARD PACKAGE, YOU CAN GET AN X L T AND HILARIOUS. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU CAN GET ON IT. SO WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN MY PEERS PROGRAM WHERE KEEPING THE COST DOWN, BUT WE CAN ONLY GET SELECT THINGS ON THE ENGINE. AND OF COURSE, THE AMBULANCE CHASSIS. AND THE. COMPARTMENTS AND THE BOXES. YOU'VE ALSO YOU'VE ALSO, UH, APPROVED SOME OF THOSE, UH, TODD CALLED ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THAT TO FIVE MED UNITS INSTEAD OF SIX MADE UNITS. WE CAN GET BY WITH 5 MILLION UNITS, BUT I CAN TELL

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THESE REPORTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETE WITHIN 24 HOURS, SO WE WILL NEED THOSE QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICERS MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING THEM FOR REIMBURSED FROM MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING KICKED BACK, SO THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. THEY TO AMS CLINICAL NAVIGATORS THAT ESSENTIALLY IS PART OF THE I H PROGRAM THAT I PROPOSED MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE. THAT WHEN YOU CALL 911 THAT YOU ACTUALLY WILL BE REFERRED TO THESE CLINICAL NAVIGATORS. THEY WILL ASK WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF PAIN? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU? AND INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY DISPATCHING, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T REACH THE LEVEL OF WHERE WE NEED TO LAUNCH A MED UNIT. HOW ABOUT WE REFER YOU OVER TO TELEHEALTH OR TOTAL MADE AND THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP THOSE MAD UNITS AND THOSE ENGINES IN RESERVE FOR THE ACTUAL EMERGENCIES. SO THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THIS PROGRAM HAS WORKED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, UH AS I PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH FEW MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT THEIR RESPONSES TO WHAT THEY CALL THEIR HUGS THERE. HOW USER GROUPS BY 54. SO THESE TWO CLINICAL NAVIGATORS CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR RESPONSES. NEXT SLIDE. POLICE. AND HERE IS JUST THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SERVICES WHEN WE INSTITUTED RBL S AND R ALS AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT'S YOUR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT UNITS VERSUS YOUR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT UNITS, ESSENTIALLY YOUR NON EMERGENCY VIRTUSIO EMERGENCIES AND THESE ARE JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TO THE LEFT. OUR UH , BLS UNITS WERE LAUNCHED JUNE THE FIFTH AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS ACTUALLY WORKED. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE MINIMUM OF SEVEN EVERY DAY AND MOST DAYS WE'RE HAVING NINE MADE UNITS AND SERVICE SO IT'S PAID DIVIDENDS IT REALLY HAS. AND OF COURSE, WE PARTNERED WITH YOU TO YOUR HEALTH ON ADDRESSING OPIOID RESPONSES THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT BOTH. FAR M S AND POLICE FOR THE ONES THAT WANT. TO GET TREATMENT. NOW WE'RE ABLE BY SIGNING THE AGREEMENT WITH UT HEALTH THAT PARTNERSHIP. WE CAN ACTUALLY REFER THEM, UH, TO TREATMENT. AND THEY CAN GET THEM A BAD FRIEND, PATIENT TREATMENT. AND THEN THE M S CLINICAL CREDENTIAL E. THAT'S YOUR NET P PROGRAM. WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE ARE MTS CAN ACTUALLY FUNCTION AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL ALMOST TO THE PARAMEDIC LEVEL AND THE INCENTIVE THAT YOU'RE THE MANAGER APPROVED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ON R. E. M T S AND PARAMEDICS HAS FINALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS. TODAY WE TESTED TWO NEW E. M. T S AND THAT'S ONGOING AND WE'RE HAVING SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT RESIGNED AND RETIRED. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WANTING TO COME BACK BECAUSE OF THE TIERED SYSTEM AND REDUCTION IN COLLEGE FOR SERVICE. NEXT LOT. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK. AT THIS

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OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF DO THE MARRIAGE, ACTUAL PARAMEDICS TO ANY OF THEM EVER RIDE THE BLS UNITS? NO. THEY ONLY ARE DESIGNATED TO THE LS UNITS ADVANCE LIKE LOOK AT IT THAT THOSE BLS UNITS ARE FOR THOSE MINOR INJURIES. UH THE CUT FINGER THE JUST GENERAL WEAKNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE USING THOSE BLS UNITS FOR THAT AND SAVING THOSE ILL LESS UNITS FOR THE HEAT STROKE FOR THE HEART ATTACKS. THINGS LIKE THAT. AND NOW WE MAY WE'RE CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY FAVORABLE. UH JUST IN TWO MONTHS OF NUMBERS, QUESTION NUMBERS, IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER BLS UNIT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS ARE THOSE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CALLS, SO WE'RE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT THAT, POSSIBLY ADDING ANOTHER BLS UNIT THAT TO COVER THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT. ON THOSE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM. DO YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME IN PLACE THAT SOME OF THE STATIONS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY? WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT AND TRYING TO GET THOSE BUDGETED SO WE CAN GET THOSE CARCINOGENS OUT OF THE STATION AND WE HAVE REDUCED RUNTIME WHEN THEY GET BACK TO THE STATION. UH CUT THOSE ENGINES OFF QUICKLY, SO THOSE DIESEL FUMES ARE NOT BEING HELD. OKAY ONE THING SAID CAUGHT MY INTEREST. DO YOU HAVE AN AGE LIMIT ON THE RETIREES COMING BACK TO WORK ON THE CIVILIANS KNOW WHAT ABOUT OLD RETIRED? CAPTAIN YOU'RE DONE COUNSELING.

YEAH GONNA RECYCLE YOU LIKE THEY DID ME. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE TRYING TO HUSTLE. SORRY. SORRY MAN. NEXT WE HAVE JUDGE LIVELY CHIEF

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YEAH AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ONE OF JUDGES REQUESTS THIS YEAR. UM THEN OUR CLERKS ARE IN NEED OF NEW HEADSETS. WE HAVE NOT ORDERED HEADSETS HIM IN QUITE SOME TIME CENTER. WILL YOU STABBED IN COURT ADMINISTRATORS, SO ABOUT FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW. IT JUST MAKES OUR PROCESS A LOT EASIER HANDLING CASES AND SO FORTH. GOOD YEAH. UM ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR IS TO WORK WITH THE POLICE. MEAN SO QUITE SOME TIME. UM AVERAGE MONTHLY. WE TAKE ABOUT $250,000 AND IN FINE PAYMENTS, AND DURING THIS ONE WEEK INTO 1016 WE TOOK ABOUT $334,000. SO AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE ABOUT 18 POINT. 5,000,018 0.6 MILLION OUT THERE IN TOTAL WARRANTS THAT COULD BE COLLECTED. SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO A WARRANT ROUNDUP AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO AND SEE IF WE CAN GET ANY OF THAT IN COUNCILMAN GETS. BREATHE WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON IS SUMMONED TO COURT AND THEY JUST FELL TO SHOW UP. DOES THAT GENERATE A WARRANT? OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OR YOU WANT ME TO? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY'S EITHER ISSUED A CITATION OR SUMMONSES ISSUED? AND THE FAILURE TO FAIL TO APPEAR UNDER OUR TEXAS LAW. WE FIRST HAVE TO SEND THEM A COURTESY NOTICE. IT SAYS. YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP WHENEVER THE TIME WAS SPECIFIED ONCE THAT TIME PASSES WITHIN ISSUE A WARRANT.

ONCE THAT WARRANTS ISSUED THAN THEY'RE ACTIVELY PURSUED, UH, USUAL TRAFFIC STOPS, AND THEN THEY'RE BROUGHT IN EITHER TO COURT OR THEY SHOW UP ON THEIR OWN, OR I SEE THEM IN JAIL. WE DO A GEL RING AND EVERY DAY DURING THE WEEK PEOPLE ON THE WARRANT ISSUE LAWRENCE EVERY WEEK. USUALLY THERE'S OVER 1000 WARRANTS EVERY WEEK ISSUE. SO IT'S A CONSTANT PROCESS WILL BE ISSUED THEM. UH WHEN WARRANTS ARE ISSUED, ADDITIONAL FEES ARE ADDED, WHICH INCLUDE THE WARRANT FEE OF $50 PENALTY FINES OR $75 ON CASES THAT ALLOW IT SO IT GOES UP. AND THEN USUALLY WARRANTS GET ISSUED. THAT'S WHENEVER PEOPLE GO. TIME TO COME IN AND SEE THE JUDGE SO IT DOESE EMPHASIS OUT THERE. SO AFTER THE COURTESY LETTER HAS GONE OUT, AND THE COURTESY LETTER IS IGNORED. IS THERE SOME MECHANISM BY WHICH THE I'M GONNA CALL HIM A SCOFFLAW. AH! IS NOTIFIED THAT NOW YOU HAVE A WARRANT OUT RIGHT? WE SEND A IT'S A BRIGHT NEON CARD THAT GOES TO THEIR HOUSE. THAT USUALLY GETS THERE AND THAT USUALLY GETS HER ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S UM, SO NOTICEABLE. AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO IGNORE THAT DO WE THEN HAVE TO HOPE I FAITH THAT THERE IS A TRAFFIC STOP. OR IS THERE ANOTHER MECHANISM BY WHICH WE CAN HELP PERSUADE THEM? COME

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WE'LL GET A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF RETURN MAIL. UM ONCE WE SEND THESE WARRANT NOTICES AND EVEN SOMETIMES FOLLOW UP WITH THE COURTESY LETTER, WE RETURN MILL BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED.

SO I'M HOPING THIS IS THE EXCEPTION MORE THAN THE RULE, BUT I'VE BECOME AWARE OF SOME SKULL FLAWS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT JUST FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GAME THE SYSTEM BY IGNORING THE MALE AND YOU KNOW THAT TO ME IS , UH, A PROBLEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE HAVE TO DO WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES IN A STATE OF EXTREME DISREPAIR. AH! ENFORCEMENT CAN GO OUT THERE AND TELL US WE KNOW THERE. THERE THERE, THERE. AH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK RECENTLY IN ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE. POLICE OFFICER DID GO OUT AND BRING SOMEBODY IN TO COME SEE YOU AFTER, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING IGNORED MANY ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE YEAH, ATTENTION TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS, UH, EXTREME SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS OF CITIZENS THAT HAVE TO ENDURE THIS AND GENERATES A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WARNING SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. I CAN ANSWER THAT CIRCUMSTANCE ALSO BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CLASS E MISDEMEANOR DUE PROCESS APPLIES AND IF THAT PERSON COMES IN AND DID COME IN WHEN THE OFFICER BROUGHT HIM IN, HE PLED NOT GUILTY, WHICH THEN SET IT ON THE PRE TRIAL MARKET. SO WE GO BACK TO THAT AGAIN, AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON. ALSO IN CODE CASES YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF SUBSTANTIAL PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE THE NAME OF THE PERSON THEY DON'T HAVE SOCIALS. THEY DON'T HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBERS.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT NAILS IT DOWN. SO YOU DON'T WANT POLICE OFFICER ARRESTING PEOPLE WITH MINIMAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IF IT'S BOB SMITH TOM JONES. IT COULD BE TOM JONES. SECOND. TOM JONES, THIRD. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THAT. WE TRY TO BE SAFE ABOUT THAT. IF WE HAVE ENOUGH IDENTIFIERS, WE CAN DO THAT. CAN YOU THINK OF WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM? UM THE HARD PART ABOUT THAT IS WHEN YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES THE INFORMATION COMES FROM THE TAX ROLLS. AND SO THERE'S NOT ANY FURTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THERE FOR US. WHENEVER THE CODE BREAKS THE CASES THEY GO FROM THE IT'S A TACTICAL RIGHT PROPERTY TEXTURAL. RIGHT SO THE GOOD FROM THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL AND IT ENDS THERE FOR THEM. UNTIL THEY COME TO UNTIL WE GET THEM TO COURT. UM WE DON'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BANNING LARGE THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO COURT THAT ACTUALLY SHOW UP THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE FIRST TIME VIOLATORS OR THEY HAVE REMOTE VIOLATIONS, THE ONES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM EXACTLY. THEY EITHER HAVE THEIR REASONS FOR IGNORING I SAY REASONS, EXCUSES OF REASON, WHATEVER. MAYBE HEALTH. MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT COMING DOWN. UM BUT THERE IS NOT A GOOD FIX OUT THERE. AS IT EXISTS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LACK OF INFORMATION AT THAT POINT. HMM. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND ON CLASSY MISDEMEANORS. IT'S NOT LIKE HIGHER MISDEMEANORS. WE ARE HIGHER MISDEMEANORS OR FELONIES WHERE YOU CAN GO FURTHER ON TRYING TO REST. THEY CAN. OUR OFFICERS CAN KNOCK ON THE DOOR. LEAVE A CARD, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO ANSWER THE DOOR. THAT'S IT ENDS THERE. THANK YOU . YES COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH, ATTORNEY READ, UH, WITH WITH THIS INSTANCE I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION WITH THE CITY WHERE SOMEONE GOES OUT AND KNOCKS ON THE DOORS. AND I THINK POLICE OFFICER ALREADY BUSY ENOUGH. DOING THEIR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. SIMILAR B I S D.

THEY'LL HAVE LIKE OFFICERS THAT MAY GO CHECK ON STUDENTS AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND REMIND US IT.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IN THE FUTURE? YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE A WARRANT OFFICER AT MUNICIPAL COURT. OKAY I THINK WE USED TO HAVE TO. WE'RE DOWN TO ONE NOW.

SO YOU DO HAVE A WARRANT OFFICER THAT DOES THAT. HE ALSO SERVES AS THE BAILIFF. SO HE DOES THAT WHEN HE IS NOT WHEN THERE'S NOT AN OPEN COURT SESSION, BELIEVE POST COVID BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HAVING AS MANY CASES SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD ADDED MORE DOCKETS. SO WE ARE HAVING MORE DOCKETS THAT

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ABOUT GOING AFTER THAT 18 MILLION? YES I JUST THINK JUST A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT'S WORTH THE INVESTMENT, TOO. LOOK AT THE STAFF MEMBER, THE POSSIBLY JUST FALL SOLELY FOCUSED ON THAT THEY'RE ALSO BRING. ALRIGHT UH, MR BUT ALSO HAS A CLERK IN HER OPPOSITE DOES MAKE THOSE CALLS AS WELL, UM, TO ASSIST IN THAT SO THERE IS SOMEONE WHO'S FOLLOWING UP. THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S ACTIVELY FOLLOWING UP ON THAT OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, DRAGGING THEM AND WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH MARGARET LINE. BARGOR SHE'S GOOD CONTRACT WITH LAMB BURGER FOR OUR COLLECTIONS AS WELL. SO THERE THERE ARE SOME MECHANISMS TO THAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN 2016 1 OF THE BIGGEST SUPPORT FOR HAVING THAT AMOUNT COLLECTED WAS THE FACT THAT THE FEAR OF PEOPLE GOING TO JAIL UM SO THE FEAR OF GOING TO JAIL OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO WORK AS A MOTIVATING FACTOR WHEN YOU GET PULLED OVER TO GO AHEAD AND SWIPE YOUR CARD OR COME DOWN AND PAY THAT FINE SO THAT YOU CAN GO ON ABOUT YOUR DAY? SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THAT. ALSO WHEN YOU SEE THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF WARRANTS THAT MAYBE A PERSON THAT HAS SEVEN CHARGES, SO IT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH WARRANTS THAT'S NUMBER OF TOLD CHARGES. AND THAT CAN GO BACK OVER 20 YEARS RIGHT NOW. WOW YOU'VE BLESSED US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE INACTIVE CASES. THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER SUBSTANTIALLY. WE DO ALSO BENEFIT WHEN OTHER CITIES DO WARRANT ROUNDUPS. PEOPLE COME IN TO PAY THEIR FINES BECAUSE THEY THINK WE'RE DOING IT ALSO, SO IT'S A BENEFIT. UM SO YEAH. I THINK I'M DONE. IT IS. THIS WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT LATER.

OKAY? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. UH EVENT EMILY WHEELER. I SAY WE GIVE HER THE ASP ACRES. SHE GETS THAT 18 MILLION YES DESERVES IT. TINA BREAK. MM OKAY. HMM THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO DISCUSS EVENTS, SERVICES AND SOME OF OUR VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY . FIRST. I'M GONNA GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FULLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE HANDLE FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED FIVE VENUES. THOSE ARE THE JEFFERSON THEATER THAT JULIE ROGERS THEATER BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER, THE EVENT CENTER, THE LAKESIDE AND MEETING ROOM AT THE, UM THE TOUGHEST ROOM AND MEETING ROOM AT THE LAKESIDE CENTER, THE GREAT LAWN AND SOME OTHER OUTDOOR SPACES. THOSE VENUES HOST OVER 530 EVENTS PER YEAR.

WE HANDLE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THOSE BUILDINGS. WE OVERSEE EVENT PLANNING, LOGISTICS AND EXECUTION OF THOSE 530 PLUS EVENTS. WE PROMOTE THE VENUES AND THEN IN THE CHANCE, THE UNFORTUNATE CHANCE THAT WE REQUIRE DISASTER SHELTERING. WE OVERSEE THE FACILITIES AT THAT TIME. WE ALSO, UM. MANAGE CUSTODIAL OPERATIONS FOR OVER 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF CITY FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT IN THAT LIST OF VENUES. SOME OF THOSE ARE CITY HALL, POLICE STATION AND ALL THE LIBRARIES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL AREAS IS NEEDED. AND THEN A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE CITY EVENTS THAT WE HOST WE HOST OVER 70 CITY EVENTS PER YEAR. UM IN ADDITION TO THE SEVENTH, THE MAJOR SEVEN CITY FESTIVALS LIKE JUNETEENTH AND FOURTH OF JULY WE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLANNING OF MARDI GRAS THAT'S TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS AND A LOT OF TIME AND WE SUPPORT EVENTS LIKE MURAL FEST AND BOOM TOWN FILM FIRST. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT SHOW HOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS PROGRESSING. THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED OFF OF THE LAST FULL YEAR OF EVENTS BEFORE COVID. UM SINCE THAT TIME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A 51% INCREASE IN BOOKINGS. FROM 354 EVENTS IN 2019 TO 540 EVENTS IN 2022. THIS TREND IS CAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND WE PLAN TO SURPASS 540 EVENTS BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH OR THIS UPCOMING MONTH. WE HAVE ALSO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ENHANCE

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YEAH. TRYING TO BE BRIEF. UM WE'RE ALWAYS WATCHING MARKET TRENDS AND NATIONAL TRENDS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A NEW FESTIVAL. WE HAVE REIMAGINED BEAUMONT CRAFT BEER FEST, AND WE'VE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED FLOW FEST, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE CANNED COCKTAILS, LIVE MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS AND JUST TRYING TO GROW THAT EVENT. UM WE HAVE MOVED THE EVENT TO THE SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN LIBRARY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE THAT AREA MORE OFTEN, AND THIS IS NOT BEEN A DIRECTIVE, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPREAD THESE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WITH A LOT OF YOUR VISION BEING, UM, TO ENHANCE OUR DOWNTOWN, THINGS SEEM TO BE MOVING TOWARDS THE RIVER IN YOUR PLAN. WITH 555 MILLION AND RIVERFRONT PARK, AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KEEP COMING FURTHER DOWNTOWN . UM AND THIS IS A GREAT SPACE FOR THEM TO EXPERIENCE SO WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. NO. HMM FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY . THANK YOU. AND SECONDLY, ISN'T THAT THE EVENT THAT SELLS OUT IN FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE TICKETS STORED? IT DID FOR SEVERAL YEARS . AND THEN IT DID NOT. UM THE YEAR THE LAST YEAR THAT WE WENT ON SALE, THE TICKETS DID NOT SELL NEARLY AS QUICKLY BUT THAT THAT THAT WAS THE YEAR. THAT WE TOOK A BREAK BEFORE COVID AND MARKET TRENDS ARE SHOWING THAT BEER FESTS ARE OUT. AND WE WEREN'T SEEING A MAJOR RETURN ON THE TICKETS. EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE WERE BUYING THEM. THEY WEREN'T ATTENDING THE EVENT SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOLD 900 TICKETS AND 600 PEOPLE WOULD COME OF COURSE, WE STILL MAKE THE MONEY OFF THE TICKETS, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME. AND UM I CAN SEND YOU AN ARTICLE. THERE'S LITERALLY ONE FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT SAYS BEERFEST ARE DEAD, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE CRAFT BEER AT THE TIME WE STARTED THE FESTIVAL WAS NEW AND EXCITING, AND NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, AND IT'S TAKES UP THREE SHELVES IN THE GROCERY STORE, AND IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF AN ANOMALY AS IT USED TO BE. AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO TRY NEW THINGS, SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY AND NOT JUST FOCUS SOLELY ON BEER FOR THIS FESTIVAL. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT AREN'T AS FUN AS BEER FESTIVALS. UM I'M GOING TO START WITH THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO OUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND THE FIRST ITEM I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THE COUNCIL GOAL PRIORITY THAT WAS LISTED AS QUARTERLY MULTIDAY EVENTS MANAGEMENT PROPOSED $100,000 FOR THIS ITEM. MY TEAM AND I HAVE MET AND WE FEEL LIKE TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION. IT'S CRUCIAL FOR US TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY HOSTING OR SUPPORTING MAJOR FESTIVALS, 10 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. WE FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST FESTIVALS IN OUR CITY THAT WE CAN STILL ENHANCE OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND ENHANCED TOURISM AND SO ON. SO IF THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VISION, THEN WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER AN APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE COULD APPLY FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR EVENTS. BUT I WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT. COUNCILMAN TURNER, UH, SEE ANOTHER CITIES LIKE AUSTIN, HOUSTON, SOME OF THE LARGER PROGRESSIVE CITIES. IT'S A BIG STRESS ON CITIES TO PUT ON THESE EVENTS, AND THIS IS A WAY TO KEEP YOUR CITY RELEVANT AND THINGS CONSISTENTLY GOING ON. SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE EFFORTS BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND 100,000 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET ON WHAT WE SPEND ON OUR EVENTS. IF YOU SPREAD IT OUT, WE'LL COME OUT WAY BETTER JUST DOING THIS HELPING OTHER PEOPLE ATTACHING OUR NAMES TO IT TO KIND OF MAKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER IN BEAUMONT. BECAUSE ON SUMMER EVENTS WITH AVERAGING. ALMOST DIS PRICE HALF OF IT JUST PUTTING ON A REGULAR EVENT, SO I MEAN, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO DO THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND JUST GIVE PEOPLE MORE TO DO AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS TO INCREASE THE GREAT LINE IN LAKESIDE TRASH RECEPTACLES. CURRENTLY I HAVE A STAFF PERSON DEDICATED 28 HOURS A WEEK ON A GOLF CART TO CLEAN UP GARBAGE IN THAT AREA, AND THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH TRASH RECEPTACLES TO HELP OUT THERE AREN'T ANY BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE LAKE SIDE CENTER AT ALL IN THAT AREA WHERE THE HILLS ARE, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THOSE AND THEN FOR

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AND WE WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR ENOUGH TIME THAT THE JULIE WASN'T BOOKED FOR THEM TO INSTALL. IT WILL BE INSTALLED IN DECEMBER. IN THE LAST ITEM IS A CLEAR, CALM INTERCOM SYSTEM.

THIS IS FOR THE JULIE ROGERS THEATER, AND IT'S THE EQUIPMENT USED TO COMMUNICATE FROM THE SOUND BOOTH TO THE STAGE. THE THEATER HOSTS 132 DAYS OF EVENTS PER YEAR, 12 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF DANCE RECITALS, AND THEY ALL USE THIS EQUIPMENT. OUR EQUIPMENTS, 30 YEARS OLD, IT'S NOT WORKING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? ONE LAST QUESTION, VINCENT, UH, IS BOOKED UP YEARS IN ADVANCE. WE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT, BUT CITIZENS WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. ALRIGHT CHARGED REGULAR FEE VERSUS CITIZENS WHO ACTUALLY RESIDE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN OUR FEE STRUCTURE AS FAR AS PRICE IS COMMERCIAL VERSUS NON COMMERCIAL, BUT WE JUST DID A STUDY ON ALL OF THE LOCAL VENUES TO LOOK AT OUR RIGHTS AND WE WILL TRY TO GET TO YOU SOON ON A PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL ORDINANCE CHANGES , AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. YEAH I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE AS A COUNCIL TO LOOK AT OUR RACE, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING BOOKED UP TO MY UNDERSTANDING. WHEN YOU GUYS FIRST. DID THE EVENTS AND THE COUNCILMAN, ASSEMBLE SODA CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN BEAUMONT. SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T EVEN BOOK IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE BOOKING ALL THE TIME. SO WITNESS AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER STRING FOR US TO GET MORE REVENUE. AS WELL AS BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY BUILT IT FOR YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY, KENNETH REGRET, PARKS AND GREEN SPACE. DON'T GIVE IT TO YOU. I HAD CONFIDENCE IN YOU, KENNETH. I THOUGHT SO, TOO. WHEN IT WAS SITTING OVER THERE, THEN HE BROUGHT IT BACK.

YEAH IT'S OKAY. UH AS EVERYONE KNOWS HIM, KENNETH, FORGET THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND GREEN SPACE, SO I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, UH, GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTDOOR PLAZA WITH EMILY JUST SPOKE ABOUT BETWEEN THE JULIE ROGERS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 35,000 REPLACING 11 DETERIORATING PARK BENCHES WITH. CLASSIC 6 FT BENCHES WITH CONTOURED BACK AND ARMS, RIBS, STEEL CASTLE ONEM FRAMES SURFACE MOUNTED SLEEP INHIBITOR FOR THE PARK BENCH. WE'LL ALSO REPLACED 9 32 GALLON TRASH RIBS. STILL RECEPTACLES, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS INCLUDED RICH PLASTIC LINER, FLAT TOP SURFACE MOUNT ASSEMBLY AND THE CABLES TO KEEP THEM ATTACHED. PARKS AND RECREATION TRAILS MASTER PLAN THE STUDY WOULD COST 225,000.

THE PLAN WILL SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PARKS PROGRAMS AND ADDITIONAL AMENITIES. THE PLAN WILL ADDRESS NOT ONLY CURRENT COMMUNITY NEEDS BUT ALSO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED IN THE CITY OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE VENDOR WILL ASSIST THE CITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, THE VENDOR WILL OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. UH STUDY ANTICIPATED TO TAKE ABOUT ONE YEAR. COMES TO STAFF. I THINK I MAY HAVE THE MOST COMING TO MY DEPARTMENT. AT A TOTAL COST OF $241,304 TO LABORERS FOR PARKS.

TREE REMOVAL AND TREAT MAINTENANCE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AND ONGOING ACTIVITY FOR PARKS, LABORERS. CURRENTLY RESPONDED TO THREE AND ONE CALLS DAILY CONSUMES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THIS CREW. ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WILL HELP ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT IS ON TOP OF TREE REMOVAL AND MAINTENANCE AND HELP ENSURE PROPER RESPONSE TO 311 CALLS. THEN WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. FOR THE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE. THESE TWO NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WERE JOINED WITH ONE CURRENT OPERATOR TO FORMER DETAILED CREW WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING HIGHWAY EXITS ON A WEEKLY BASIS , INCLUDING CUTTING GRASS EDGING, INTENDING TO TREES AND SHRUBS. ALSO WORLD ADD ONE FULL TIME ADMINISTER SYSTEM. THIS

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IT'S OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF COLD AVENUE. I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF THE DEAD AND DYING TREES ALONG THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY THE CREPE MYRTLES. SO THE PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY TAKE OUT REMOVE THE CREPE MYRTLES. THOSE THAT ARE STILL VIABLE. THAT TREE SPEED WILL ENABLE US TO DIG THAT TREE UP. REPURPOSE IT AT ANOTHER LOCATION. PLANTING THE EGLESTON HOLLY TREE, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE. AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE IS JUST THE ONGOING PROCESS OF REMOVING THE DEAD TREES IN THE CITY PARKS, ROADWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WITH THE DETAILED CREW WOULD BE WORKING ON ALONG THE HIGHWAYS.

THIS IS JUST A BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AT THE AVENUE, A 69 INTERSECTION.

BEAUTIFICATION FORWARD AS THE CITY STRIVES TO CLEAN, BEAUTIFY AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL AESTHETIC APPEAL OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THE ADDED CREW MEMBERS AND THE EQUIPMENT SUPPORT THEM. WORLD CREATES SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION.

QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN SAMUEL YES . UH DO YOU HAVE ANY? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY OF THE TREES THAT TERRIBLE PARK OR DEAD? 115 IS WHAT WE COUNTED JUST IN THAT BACK AREA. UH 115 WE LOOKING AT TAKING THOSE DOWN , TAKEN OUT AT LEAST 30 ALREADY. YOU KNOW, IT'S A SLOW PROCESS.

UH, LIKE RIGHT NOW, THE GENTLEMAN, HIS CREW, JUST A TWO MAN CREW WHO TAKES DOWN THE DEAD TREES IN OUR PARKS AND ROADWAYS GETS CALLED OFF 2311 CALLS. SO AND WE DO PROBABLY. WE PICK UP FIVE CALLS A DAY FROM 311. SO WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TWO PEOPLE THEIR MAIN FOCUS, ALL THEY'RE GONNA DO IS REMOVE TREES. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GUY THAT'S THERE. NOW, THE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW, BUT WHEN 311 CALL GOES OUT , RODNEY WILL GO OUT WITH HIS PARTNER AND WE'LL STILL HAVE TO THAT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ON CUTTING TREES. TERROR PARK IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. EACH PART THAT SHOULD GO TO ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE. WELL MY CONCERN WASN'T UH , BECAUSE OF WANTING TO GET HIM DOWN ANY QUICKER, BUT I'M JUST I WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND, AND I'M JUST NOTICED HOW DIFFERENT IT IS . ARE WE GOING TO PLANT MORE TREES ARE GOING TO PLANT MORE TREES. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN FELL. SHAW. YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE BEFORE AND AFTER THE OVERPASS MAINTENANCE CUTTING OUT . THERE YOU GO. I'M IS THAT I'M ASSUMING IS THAT IS THAT TEXT DOT PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA. THAT'S CORRECT. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK INTO WHAT'S PLANTED AND HOW IT'S PLANTED AND OR IS IT BECAUSE THIS DO THEY EVER ALLOW US TO SPEAK TO THAT? I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY PLANT YOU CAN PROBABLY NOTICE ON THE PINE STREET. EXIT THERE. THEY PROBABLY PAINTED 300 TREES.

THAT'S ALL HIGH MAINTENANCE. SO THAT'S ONE THING. UH FUTURE PLANS ARE TO TRY TO GET ON BOARD WITH HIM SO THEY CAN CONTACT US AND BASICALLY GET A FEEL OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT THERE AS WELL AND NOT JUST COMING IN. PLANTED THEIR DESIRE BECAUSE IT'S NOT CREATING WORK FOR THEM CREATES WORK FOR US. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TURNER. I KNOW, PRIOR TO DAYS WHEN MR WILLIAMS FIRST GOT HERE, I KNOW ME. COUNCIL MEMBER ADDARIO. MR WILLIAMS, MR REGEV BOARD. WE HAD A MEETING WITH TEXT THAT AND HE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT HE WOULD DO IT ONE TIME CLEAN UP ON THE SIDES

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OTHER PEOPLE DID IT TOO. SO IT WASN'T. UM IT WASN'T JUST CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE DID LIKE I SAID, HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO HAD LEGITIMATE CAUSES FOR GOING HOME. AND SO WE DID. DO THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS WITH THEM. WHAT DO WE KNOW WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? THIS ENCOMPASSED? SO I THINK WE WENT. I THINK WE CHECKED BACK TO, UM 2 . DECEMBER UM, I THINK WE WENT.

WE WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO DECEMBER. I THINK THEY JUST KEPT TRACING IT BACK TO SEE, UM.

HONESTLY I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS A STARTING POINT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DID GET INTO THE DECEMBER MONTHS AND THEN FORWARD . ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I CAN TELL YOU. WE DID WHAT WE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THE CITY WHEN WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, UM, NATURAL AWFUL ABOUT THEIR TIME THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THE CITY. IT'S VERY. DO SOME BEER. I DON'T RECALL AS MANY OCCASIONS WHERE WE ACTUALLY, UM TRY TO SUPER THAT MONEY BACK. UNLESS THAT AGAIN. UH THE REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT HERE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. OF COURSE WE TERMINATED THEM. UM BUT THERE WAS THERE WERE DISCREPANCIES IN STORIES. THERE WERE SOME THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, I WAS I WENT HOME, BUT I WAS TOLD TO GO HOME WHEN I FINISHED. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES BEING TOSSED AROUND. ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT ANY THEY WERE DOING IT ON OVER TIME.

THAT'S THE FIRST I EVER HEARD THAT. BUT THEY WERE IN ME TO LEAD THIS BEST AND TERMINATED AND I'M NOT POSITIVE, BUT I THINK THAT SENT THAT TO YOU ALL IN AN EMAIL. THAT THAT HAPPENED.

HE DID YOU DID. YOU DID SEND IT. YOU DID SEND IT TO US. THAT'S HOW I WAS SOMEWHAT AWAY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISCIPLINE AND WHAT TOOK PLACE AFTERWARDS. BUT YOU DID MAKE US AWARE THAT YOU DETERMINED TO TAKE THAT HAPPENED. YOU DID. OKAY, UH, ANGELA CHIEF TECHNOLOGY. AH YOU'RE GETTING BLAMED FOR, UM IF TODD DOESN'T MIND IF YOU COULD SCOOT BACK TO TODD'S LUST, BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH TODD. WE'RE WORKING ON THE TRON CONTRACT PEOPLE AND I DID JUST WANNA, UM AND JEFF KING. CORRECT ME. IF I'M HE LEFT CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT A LOT OF THESE IN POINTS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE AT MY HOUSE. I MEAN, IT'S FALLING APART. SO I MEAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR ALMOST THE WHOLE TIME. I'VE BEEN HERE WHICH IS 13 YEARS. SO LIKE 10 YEARS, 7 TO 10 YEARS, SO THEY ARE AT THE POINT TALKING WITH THE VENDOR IN OUR MEETING. THEY ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NEEDING SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T HAD. YOU KNOW, LAWNMOWERS RUN OVER THEM OR WHATEVER. THEY'RE NOT READING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST OLD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED SO TO GIVE THAT EXTRA ON THAT AS WELL.

OKAY? SO ON THAT I TRON OR THIS CONTRACT JUST TALKING ABOUT REPLACING ALL OF THOSE LITTLE BLACK BOXES THAT SIT ON WATER METERS IN THE CITY. SO WHEN WE MET WITH THE VENDOR, AND WE

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YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, SO I WOULD HOPE WE GET SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE STURDY THAT COULD STAND UP. IT WON'T BE BREAKING. YEAH COUNCILMAN TURNER, TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER I HAD WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL THAT'S PROBABLY WAS SOMETHING I WAS DEALING WITH THE MOST CONSISTENT IT WAS MAINLY WITH SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HIRE PEOPLE TO COME CUT THEIR GRASS AND WHILE THAT LINE MORE COMPANY, BUT JUST COMING STRICTLY DO A JOB. THEY WERE CONSISTENTLY BEING CHARGED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. EVERY TIME THEY DAMAGED THEIR EQUIPMENT. AND THIS PARTICULAR LADY BELLE THEY CAN GET OUT OF BED EVEN DEAL WITH THE LAWNMOWER COMPANY, SO I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DURIO THAT IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING WAY MORE STURDIER AND DO A DO A BETTER JOB WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATION AND THAT THE CITIZENS? NO. BECAUSE SEEING THAT EXTRA CHARGE ON YOUR BILL. IT'S INFLATION RIGHT NOW. THINGS ARE HIGH AND A LOT OF THESE SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME, SO THEY KIND OF FREAK OUT WHEN THEY SEE THOSE CHARGES ON THAT BILL. TODD AND JEFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH THEM AS WELL. YEAH WATER METERS REPLACEMENTS.

THE WATER METER REPLACEMENTS. IF THEY'RE BEING BILLED. THERE'S AN AUDIT. OKAY NOW FOR ME. SO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS ACTUALLY COMPRISED OF THREE DIVISIONS. WE HAVE THREE AND ONE WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. AND WE HAVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS. 311 WILL NOT BE REFLECTED IN THE SLIDES BECAUSE THEIR LARGEST BUDGET REQUEST WAS NEW CHAIRS THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE GONNA HIT THE THIS THE LARGER PROJECTS. UM . SO WE ARE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SPAM FILTER CALLED SPAM TITAN.

WE ARE LOOKING WITH OUR, UM THE INCREASE IN EMAIL TAKEOVER FOR CYBER SECURITY AND JUST THE ABUNDANCE OF SPAM THAT IS COMING IN ON A DAILY BASIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW SOFTWARE THAT WILL PROVIDE EMAIL, TAKEOVER PROTECTION AND ADVANCED SPAM FILTERING, AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW OUR USERS TO, UM, LOG IN, AND, UM, I USE CHRISTINA WITH STEVIE B. YOU KNOW IF SHE'S WORKING ON THE WEEKEND, AND IT GETS CAUGHT IN THE SPAM FILTER OUR CURRENT SPAM FILTER, THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT. UM WHEREAS THIS WILL ALLOW HER ANY TIME OF DAY SHE CAN LOG IN. SHE CAN GET WHATEVER SHE CAN RELEASE . WHATEVER SHE NEEDS. UM SHE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR GUINEA PIGS ON THE NEW SOFTWARE. UM WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, SINCE MR WILLIAMS HAS COME WE HAVE CREATED HAD PUT IN PLACE A SIGNATURE POLICY AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES. UM WE ARE DOING VIDEO COMMENTS CONFERENCING UPGRADES FOR MULTIPLE CITY FACILITIES FOR CITY COMMUNICATIONS. UM THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UM WHERE IT WAS ASKED THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MORE FILMING, AND FOR LAUREN AND HER GROUP TO DO MORE OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. UM SO THIS WILL

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UM THIS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ADDITIONAL UPGRADES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY.

EQUIPMENT LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT . THAT'S WE DO ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT BASED ON UM ARE COMPUTERS ARE DONE ON A FIVE YEAR LIFE CYCLE. UM OUR SERVERS . WE TRY TO GET A LITTLE MORE OUT OF THEM. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. WE WAIT UNTIL THEIR END OF LIFE BY THE VENDOR. UM BUT WE HAVE THEM SPREAD OUT IN A WAY THAT WE DO. ABOUT 3 TO 5 SERVERS A YEAR. UM AND THEN IT'S GOING TO AWESOME. THAT NUMBER IS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE REPLACING CM VRS FOR YOUR CAMERA SYSTEM. UM DO I HAVE DOOR CONTROLLERS THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT POLICE. WE HAVE, UM, SWITCH IT SWITCHING EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT MAKES THE TECHNOLOGY FUNCTION AT SOME POINT IN IT REACHES ITS END OF LIFE CYCLE, AND THAT NUMBER IS ALL OF THAT.

INCLUDED FOR THIS THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. THE SAFE FLEET STREET SWEEPING UP. UM IS, UM, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, I WILL LET BART EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE STREET SWEEPERS. IT WILL ALLOW FOR CITIZENS TO SEE THE ROUTE OF THE STREET SWEEPERS. IT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO, UM, MONITOR AND, UM AND PROVIDE SECURITY ON THE STREET SWEEPERS. UM AND UM FROM THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS. THERE'S QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. UM COUNCILMAN TURNER I JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR RESPECT, MAN. SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THIS EQUIPMENT CAN MONITOR AND KIND OF TRACK AND KEEP UP WITH LOCATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT MAGNITUDE. JUST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AFTER WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT. MHM YES, AND I MEAN IT WILL , IT WILL MAP OUT THE STREET SWEEPERS. MAP OF THE LOCATION, AND THEN IT WILL ALSO SHOW YOU WILL BE ABLE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW CITIZENS THE ROUTE THAT IT'S TAKEN. SO IF YOU'RE CURIOUS YOU KNOW? DID MY STREET GET SWEEPED TODAY? UM YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT WAS IT DID GET SWEEPED OR IT DID NOT FOR. FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. YES THIS IS MAINLY STEMMING FROM THE FACT THAT WE REPORT THE ROAD MILES THAT ARE RUN BY THE SWEEPERS. EVERY YEAR. WE PUT THAT IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT. BUT CITIZENS ARE PROBABLY OUR MAIN COMPLAINT FROM A CITIZEN IS YOU HAVEN'T SWEPT MY STREET AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WE SWEPT IT TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S THE FALL AND THERE'S LEAVES COMING DOWN. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK AND VISUALLY GRAPHICALLY SHOW WHAT'S BEEN SWEPT. MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING WHICH I REALLY DON'T THINK WE HAVE. BUT IT GIVES VISUAL GRAPHICAL PROOF TO THE CITIZENS OF WHAT'S BEEN SWEPT AND WIN, SO IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SHOWING POTHOLE REQUEST SHOWING STREET REHAB AND PUTTING THAT ON A MAP TO WHERE IT'S EASY FOR CITIZENS TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WIN. AND THIS JUST EXTENDS THIS AND THE STREET SWEEPING AND THAT MEANING IT'S REALLY TIED INTO OUR WEBS. WEBSITE. YOU KNOW , YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AN APP FOR THAT. WE WILL BE DOING A CYBER SECURITY AUDIT FOR THE

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FOUR. SO THOSE ARE ALL ESTIMATIONS OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE 2024 YEAR. THE REASON THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT LIVE IN BEAUMONT, RIGHT? AND POLICE HAS MORE THAN FIRE, AND THEN HE MESSES IS THIRD WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR NUMBERS. COUNCILMAN TURNER HMM. CHRIS I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I STILL WANT TO ECHO TO THE CITY MANAGER IS A HUGE CONCERN OF MIND OF THE NUMBER THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER AND WE WENT ROUGHLY 58. AND THESE ARE SOME OF OUR BEST PAYING JOBS IN THE CITY AND TO SEE THE NUMBERS AND WHAT WE HAD AND HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON IT. I JUST WANNA REALLY PUT UP REAL HARD FOCUS ON MAYBE WORKING WITH BOTH CHIEF SONG SEEING HOW WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT IT. POSSIBLE PROPERTY TAX BACK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, EAT SOMETIMES SALES TAX, BUT IT'S REALLY ALARMING TO ME WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET IN THERE. AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND. YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX. I'M SORRY WITH THEM. LIVING HERE, OF COURSE, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, INVESTING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH PROPERTY TAX AND WOULD HAVE BEEN 58% OF THE BUDGET. BOTH ENTITY THAT'S PRETTY ALARMING TO ME. AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO RESIDE WITHIN OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP A TUNNEL VISION. FOCUS ON THAT. I KNOW THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN DIRECTION, BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK WE CAN DO? I'M JUST OPEN TO IT. YEAH, WE WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE AND DIFFERENT THAN OUR AND DIFFERENT SETTINGS TO COME UP WITH INCENTIVES AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS PROBLEM POLICY, AND THIS IS TO GET THEM TO MOVE INTO BEAUMONT ARE LIVING BEAUMONT FOR SURE. SO YEAH, WELL, I'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH CHIEFS. UM THAT THAT THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR CITY COUNCIL, THEN FROM MYSELF, TOO, FOR THAT MATTER THAT WE GET OFFICERS FARMING AND E. M S PEOPLE WHO RESIDE HERE. QUESTION. YES COUNSELOR, NEIL. SO WHAT KIND OF RESTRICTIONS ARE YOU PUTTING ON THIS? FOR I MEAN, HOW LONG DID THEY HAVE TO LIVE THERE? UH, NOT A RENTAL PROPERTY ON THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS DOWN THE LINE. HOWEVER THIS WILL BE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE AUDITED. UM WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOING, UM ARTISTS FOR ADDRESSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN WE PUT THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHECK THOSE OUT ON A YEARLY BASIS. I KNOW, BUT THE I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GIVE SOMEBODY MONEY. DON'T YOU WANT THEM TO BE THERE? MORE THAN 12 MONTHS? I MEAN, IT'S SOME TYPE OF RULES PUT IN GET IT PRO RATED IF THEY LEAVE OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PAY A PORTION OF IT BACK BASED UPON ITS KIND OF HIGHWAY WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THE M S PROGRAM . THIS ONE IS NOT AS DEVELOPED, ALTHOUGH POLICE CONTRACTORS JUST STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO GET THIS GOING. BUT MY VISION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT SOME STIPULATIONS ON IT, UM , TIME PERIODS AND HOW LONG THEY HAD TO RESIDE HERE. WORKFORCE OTHERWISE PAY US BACK. THE INCENTIVES WE NORMALLY HAVE OR OR THREE YEAR COMMITMENT. THIS COULD BE SIMILAR. YEAH. QUESTION GETS THIS HAVE TO BE PART OF THE CONTRACT, OR DOES IS THIS OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT, PART OF THE POLICE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS FOR IT TO HAPPEN? UH YOU KNOW, AND IT CAN BE DONE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT FIRE. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FAR CONTRACT 100. BUT THE POLICE CONTRACTORS. THANK YOU, CHRIS. THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION. COUNCILMAN DORIA , CURRENTLY ON NO CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS TO BE HIRED. DO YOU GIVE EXTRA POINTS TO CITIZENS OF BOMBER RIGHT. THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE THERE ARE EXTRA POINTS DEDICATED TO CITIZENS OF BEAUMONT. YES THERE IS THIS BE AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. JUST FIRST RESPONDERS FOR NOW? YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU WERE SAYING YOU DID YOU HAVE

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THE CONTRACT DOES GO UP FOR RENEGOTIATION NEXT YEAR. SO WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL AFTER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU CAN OPEN UP A RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AT ANY TIME. IF YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE CONTRACT. I'M NOT. I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULDN'T SURELY YOU WOULD LOVE THAT. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD POKE AT IT, BUT WE WOULD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST ADD. OUR IMPLEMENT CHIEF WHITE. I. IT WOULD MAINLY , FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BE TARGETED TO NEW HIRES, WHICH WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON. BEEN A LONG DAY WHEN I GOT COME COME WITH GOOD NEWS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING. NO MONEY AT ALL. I'M JUST COMING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THE REASON WHY PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGETS KIND OF STAYS THE SAME. A LOT OF MY PROGRAMS IS FUNDED BY GRANT FUNDS. AND SO THAT'S WHY MY PROGRAMS KIND OF MAIN, THE SAME , SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. IN VITAL STATISTICS. THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT WHERE YOU GET YOUR BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS. AND THEN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, IT WENT LIVE WHERE YOU CAN PAY FOR IT ONLINE. PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO GO TO THE WEBSITE DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION. FILL IT OUT AND MELODY IN AND NOW YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ONLINE AND THE CITIZENS LOVE IT. UH THEN WE HAVE TO EVEN COME UP TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN CLICK A BOX HAVING MAILED TO YOU, ALL OF YOU CLICK A BOX AND I'M GONNA PICK IT UP IN PERSON. THEN YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL IN THE TEXT OF THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S READY, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST WAIT AROUND TO COME GET IT. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AH SO FAR AS APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS IS THE SAME, WOOD SAID. IT WORKS. UH YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING ONLINE AND ALSO WITH AH, INCREASE IN FOOD TRUCKS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS MORE OFTEN. WHAT WE DO. WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD ONE YESTERDAY. WE CONDUCT QUALITY MEETINGS WITHOUT FOOD TRUCK VENDORS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TOO, AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE TO DISCUSS CHANGES IN THE FULL CODE AND TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL. AND ALSO TO HELP THEM BECOME COMPLIANT. ALSO IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR COUNCIL APPROVED THE ADOPTED THE NEW ORDINANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AND THEN THAT WE IMPROVED THE GRADING SYSTEM AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE INSPECTION REPORTS. OLD FOOD CODE. THE WORDING WAS IT HAD TO BE PLACED IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION, AND SO NOW IT HAS TO BE PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE RESTAURANT. SO ALONG WITH THE INSPECTION REPORT, ALSO AGAIN WITH FOOD TRUCKS BEING ON THE RISE. WE ALSO STARTED A CONSTRUCTED A STARTER GUIDE. THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE. TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS. AND SO WE'VE DONE IT NEXT LATINA. ALSO WITH OUR IMMUNIZATIONS DEPARTMENT. WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH B.

I S D TO INCREASE VACCINATION RATE AMONG SCHOOL AGED KIDS AND WE'RE EXTREMELY BUSY RIGHT NOW.

WITH THE START OF SCHOOL, UM AND WE DO OFFER VACCINES FOR BEAUMONT CITIZENS, AND IT'S JUST YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN BEAUMONT TO RECEIVE VACCINES FROM US, BUT YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY UNINSURED UNDERINSURED, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE INSURANCE, BUT YOUR INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER VACCINES. AND IF YOU ARE ON MEDICAID ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH MINISTERED IN EXCESS OF 65,000 COVID 19 VACCINES. AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF OFFERING THOSE VACCINES. AND THEY JUST ASSIGNED NOTE. UH COVID IS INCREASING IN OUR CITY , UM, FROM JUNE TO JULY. AH IT WENT UP 189% INCREASE. IN THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES, SO BE CAREFUL. BUT IT WAS. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE REPORTED AS LOW BECAUSE WE ONLY ACCOUNT FOR REVIEW TOOK A TEST.

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GET AFTERNOON. THAT'S A MEMBER'S CITY MANAGER MUST BE PRETTY BRIEF, JUST ABOUT FOUR SLIDES.

UM THE SIDEWAYS TO BEIJING DEAL WITH BASICALLY ONE WEEK COLLECTIONS OF OUR GARBAGE, YOUR WAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS TRASH PICK UP ABOUT 36,000 HOUSEHOLDS A MONTH. WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE RATE BY A DOLLAR PER MONTH, WHICH WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $36,000 A MONTH. NEXT LIGHT, PLEASE. UM WE OPERATED TYPE ONE LANDFILL. UH WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THAT RATE BY $1 PER CUBIC YARD FOR COMPACTED AS WELL AS NON COMPACTED TRASH THAT INNOCENT LANDFILL TO GENERATE ABOUT $750,000 A YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING FOUR NEW VEHICLES TO OUR FLEET TO REPLACE SOME MORE SOME MORE. SOME OF OUR OUTDATED UNITS THAT'S GONNA COST ABOUT A MILLION POOR. THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS OUR GAS PROJECT THAT ALSO CI IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ARM. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE WITH IT. OUR FIRST MAJOR MAUDE. IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE TECHNICAL PART IS COMPLETE. IT'S GOING OUT TO THE SURROUNDING CITIZENS. THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, IF NOT THAT PART OF IT WILL BE COMPLETE. WE GO OUT FOR ANOTHER. MARK WHICH IS JESTER IN MY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS IN PROGRESS. THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE. THEY JUST START CONSTRUCTION. MAYBE IN ABOUT THE NEXT 9 TO 10 MONTHS . YOU SHOULD SEE A FACILITY OUT THERE AND START GENERATING SOME REVENUE. ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE A GREAT DAY. COUNCILMAN GUEST HAS A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A COMPLIMENT. YOUR DEPARTMENT DOESN'T INCREDIBLE JOB. NOT THAT ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT. BEAUMONT DOESN'T BUT YOU KNOW WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT YOU ALL DO, AND I SEE SOME OF THE TROUBLES, SOME FOR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE MORAL AND HOW EFFICIENT YOU ARE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY WITH ME. AWARE OF MAJOR TEAM MEMBERS WITH ME, FELICIA AND JOSEPH. SHE'D BEEN WITH ME 30 YEARS SHE RUN MY COLLECTION TO BE ASIAN. I HAVE A MR DOMAIN. MATTHEWS HE'S BEEN WITH ME. 30 YEARS YOU RUN MY LAND FIELD. THOSE TWO PEOPLE . VERY KIDDING ME. AND ONE OF THEM SHOULD TAKE MY PLACE WHEN I LEAVE. HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY PLUCK. ALRIGHT DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE IT, HUH? AFTERNOON WE'RE ALMOST THERE. I'M GONNA MOVE THIS WAY DOWN. THERE YOU GO. THANKS TO YOU, SO OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY 24 IS A SENIOR PR

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SO TO DATE, I HAVE HANDLED THE MEDIA INQUIRIES THAT HAVE COME IN, BUT IT HAS PRIMARILY BEEN REACTIVE AS VARIOUS SMALL BUT MIGHTY DEPARTMENT OF THREE AND IT WAS QUICKLY BECOMING A FULL TIME JOB. UM THIS PERSON PRIMARILY WILL BE TASKED WITH LISTENING BETWEEN ALL THESE WONDERFUL OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND FINDING THE GOOD STORIES AND PROACTIVELY, UM, TAKING THEM TO THE MEDIA VERSUS THEM COMING TO US FOR SPECIFIC INQUIRY. SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS THAT SOLID WASTE ARE DOING, WE CAN GO TELL THOSE STORIES WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS AMAZING NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING, WE CAN TAKE THOSE STORIES TO THE MEDIA. SO WERE YOU REALLY JUST WANT TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE TRACK WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT US IN THE NEWS AND THE SENTIMENT EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND IT IS SLOWLY GOING UP, BUT THE SENTIMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY GETTING BETTER SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO IMPROVE THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT ENDEAVOR. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. BY FAR. THE BIGGEST PROJECT WAS THE WEBSITE , WHICH HOPEFULLY Y'ALL HAVE PLAYED AROUND WITH A LITTLE BIT. UM I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO SHOUT OUT MY TEAM FOR THAT. IT WAS A HUGE EFFORT. UM, ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OF WORK, 400 PLUS PAGES. AND IT WASN'T JUST TAKING THE EXISTING CONTENT AND MIGRATING IT. WE REALLY LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE PAGE AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT A CITIZEN WOULD NEEDE EFFICIENT TO FIND WHAT THEY NEED. SO SOME NEW FEATURES THAT ARE THERE THE ABILITY TO SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY SINGLE SECTION VIA EMAIL OR TEXT. 100 PLUS LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS. PREDICTIVE SEARCH 80, A MOBILE FRIENDLY DESIGN THAT YOU CAN USE ON YOUR CELL PHONE, A STAFF DIRECTORY AND F A Q DATABASE, AND ALL THOSE ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION TO THE CITIZENS.

THERE'S A GIANT HELP BOX ON THE HOMEPAGE. WE WANT YOU TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNED, ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND CONCERNED , ANSWERED AND GET THEIR INQUIRIES TO YOU AND GET THE ANSWERS BACK. SO, UM REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAM EFFORT THAT WAS PAGE READ IN MY OFFICE, ANGELA WRIGHT AND JAMIE NELSON AND I T AND OUR STAFF LIAISON JUNE ELLIS IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. WE ALSO AND JUST A CUTE UM, QUICK LITTLE LOOK AT THE WEBSITE IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED WITH IT YET. UM WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HANDBOOK AS A DEPARTMENT OFFICIALLY FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS NOW WE FINALLY HAVE SOME OFFICIAL GUIDELINES AND POLICIES ABOUT HOW THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN WORK WITH US. THAT WAS A LONG PROCESS WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO HELP US DO THAT. WE ALSO UPDATED THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY AND WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE UPDATING ANNUALLY, JUST BASED ON NEW CASE LAW. WE ALSO HELD THE FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO ATTEND THAT AND FAMILIARIZE HERSELF WITH BEST PRACTICES. WE'VE ALSO BEEN MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT MARKETING LIAISONS TO GO OVER. ALSO ANYONE WHO TOUCHES THE FACEBOOK AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO GO OVER THOSE BEST PRACTICES. IN ADDITION, WE HELD THE FIRST MEDIA TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT MEDIA CONTRACTS.

CONTACTS WE HAD TWO CONSULTANTS COME IN FROM HOUSTON TO GIVE US ON CAMERA, INTERVIEW TIPS AND TRAINING, AND WE'VE RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE NEW CITY MANAGER PODCAST IN QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER , WHICH WILL BE GOING OUT TO AGAIN JUST INCREASE DIFFERENT CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITIZENS. UM SOME EXCITING THINGS ARE UPCOMING IF YOU CAN GO NEXT SLIDE STATE OF THE CITY IS BY FAR OUR BIGGEST PROJECT RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU ALL TO WORK ON THAT WITH ME SOON. IT WILL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK THIS YEAR AND WE REALLY WANT TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN BEAUMONT AND TO TAKE PRIDE IN SAYING I AM FROM BEAUMONT. UM ON THAT NOTE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON 100 THINGS TO DO IN BEAUMONT BOOK. UM THAT'S TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF BEAUMONT. BORING THERE'S NOTHING TO DO HERE YOU CAN SAY HEY, HERE'S 100 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. WE'RE ALSO LAUNCHING A BUCKET LIST PASSPORT WITH THE CVB. SAME KIND OF REASONING. UM JUST WIPE THAT BEAUMONT IS BORING FROM YOUR MENTALITY. HERE'S 100 THINGS TO DO HERE. AND CONTINUING TO EDUCATE OUR DEPARTMENT MARKETING LIAISONS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING. ANY KIND OF DIFFERENT TACTICS THAT THEY'RE USING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YOU COULD BE LOOKING FOR YOUR EMAIL ABOUT YOUR YOUR ROLE AND YOUR SCRIPT FOR THE UPCOMING STATE OF THE CITY THAT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN USING MUCH CREATIVITY TO ENGAGE WITH EVERYONE AND CITY COUNCIL. UH I'LL GET BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE SCRIPT, YOU CAN TAKE IT UP WITH ME. ROY WEST. I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S GONNA LOVE THE SCRIPT. I DIDN'T WRITE ANY PART OF IT. MHM BUT IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. YOU GOTTA BE THERE. SEPTEMBER 21ST 21ST 2023. YES I

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SO WE'LL BE TAKING OUR BEAUMONT GIFT SHOP THAT'S ACTUALLY INCURRED A LITTLE OVER $20,000 THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING IT ONLINE AND NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO BE SELLING THESE GIFTS THAT WERE BEEN SELLING IN OUR GIFT SHOP, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING WELCOME TO BEAUMONT PACKAGES WILL BE MAKING HOMESICK FOR BEAUMONT TO SEND OUT TO COLLEGE STUDENTS AND EVEN FOODIE FOR BEAUMONT. SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT IDEAS TO TRY TO DRAW IN AND INCREASE OUR REVENUE.

COUNCILMAN TURNER. UH MAN, MAN, I REALLY ENJOYED THE ENERGY AT THE END. HE KIND OF GOT US ALL PICKED BACK UP, BUT YOU KIND OF SPOKE TO YOU'RE MAKING ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND GENERATING REVENUE WITHOUT A CONVENTION CENTER. CAN YOU KINDA SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF A CONVENTION CENTER TO THE DEPARTMENT LIKE CBB? UM IT IS EXPONENTIAL. WE'VE ACTUALLY CERTAIN RESEARCH SEVERAL CITIES, INCLUDING IRVING, TEXAS, WHO HAVE MADE SUCH SOME SUBSTANTIAL IMPACTS BECAUSE OF THE Y THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND I THINK THAT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS NOT JUST THE SIZE OF THE GROUPS, BUT THE FACT THAT HAVING A HOTEL ATTACHED TO IT ALLOWS FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY SO THAT EVEN A CONVENTION CENTER WITH MAYBE 5 TO 700 DELEGATES THAT WOULD NEED TO GO OFFSIDE TO OFFSET PROPERTIES ALLOWS FOR HOTELS IN THE AREA TO ALSO BUY INTO THIS HOTEL DOWNTOWN. I THINK MORE BUSINESSES, MORE REVENUE AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 1000 MOTORCYCLE IS GOING TO BE IN TOWN FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES PROVES THAT BEAUMONT IS ACCESSIBLE. YOU'RE ABLE TO EASILY GET OFF INTERSTATE 10 AND OUR AREA CAN HOLD THAT MANY PEOPLE. SO JUST IMAGINE WHEN WE HAVE A VENUE THAT CAN HOLD THAT MANY PEOPLE AS WELL. WELL, SAID. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. CITY

[7. City Council's Closing Remarks]

AUGUST 11TH WERE FILED THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AUGUST 15TH WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AUGUST 29TH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WERE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS. ON THE BUDGET AND THE CRP. SEPTEMBER 12 WILL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ADAPT THE BUDGET CAPITAL PROGRAM AND ACCEPT THE PRAISE ROLES AND THEN OCTOBER 1 OF OCTOBER 1ST NEWFIELD SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS JUST A FEW NOTES. THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK TODAY, UM YEAH, CLEAR THAT YOU WANT A LARGER GERMAN FUND BALANCE, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK AND COMING BACK WITH THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET IS SUBMITTED. WE'LL DO SOME NUMBERS WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS OR COULD JUST NEEDED TO GET THAT TO A LARGER NUMBER. PUSH YOUR, UH, LIKEWISE WOULD BE PUTTING SOME PLANS TOGETHER TO BUILD UP THE WATER AND WASTE WATER FUND BALANCE NUMBERS, TOO. HMM WELL, THEY'RE IN A BETTER POSITION OVER THE LONG RUN WOULD BE WORKING ON THAT THE HEALTH CARE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES AND SAVINGS IS CLEAR THROUGH THE REPORT THERE THAT THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAVE SOME DOLLARS, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME PROGRAMS SO WE CAN DO THERE TO SAVE SOME MONEY. AND FOR US CLASSIFICATION PLAN WOULD BE LOOKING FOR, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES GIVE THEM SOME CONSIDERATION, AND THAT EITHER THROUGH THAT PLAN OR A COST OF LIVING BECAUSE AS WARREN PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN, THIS IS DIFFICULT NOT TO HAVE YOUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO BE JUSTLY COMPENSATED, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY SAVINGS GOING. INTO THE 2025 BUDGET STARTED NOW, SO WE'LL BE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER GOALS THAT YOU WANT TO COME IN AND BE GLAD TO HEAR THEM OUT THERE AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO THANK STEPH FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. I'D LIKE TO TODD SEMINOLE AND HIS STAFF AMY AND CHERYL. STAND UP. I MEAN, SURE, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. THEY GOT TO HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY AND NOT GET IN THE LINE OF FIRE. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GOOD. SO WE THINK IN ALL THE STAFF AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR PATIENTS TO WITH THIS

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SAME THING. DITTO WELL, WELL DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CITY MANAGER OF STAFF GREAT JOB.

COUNCILMAN THANK YOU TO STAFF. I GOT TO SPEND THE WHOLE DAY WITH YOU GUYS APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILOR GETS I WOULD REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE STAFF, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE CITY BUDGET TO COUNSEL HAVING THE DEPARTMENT HEADS COME BEFORE COUNCIL SIMILAR TO LIFE WITH THE COUNTY DOES WHERE THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, THEIR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS COME IN, AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THEIR PROJECTION EXPENSES ARE GOING TO BE, AND THAT'S GOING TO EVEN BE MORE SO NEXT YEAR. WHEN WE GO TO THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA JUSTIFY EVERYTHING TYPE OF APPROACH. BUT THIS IS THIS WAS A GREAT AND PLEASANT CHANGE. SO THANK YOU MUCH APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMAN DURIO. SAME THING. THANK YOU.

STAFF CITY MANAGER. I STILL SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CITIZENS SITTING OUT THERE AND STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE, AND IT'S LIKE, HOWEVER MANY TIMES WHEN I GO OUT AND SPEAK AND I TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE MANAGER KW LIKE WE LIKE TO CALL HIM, UM, BROUGHT A BRAND NEW SET OF GUYS TO LOOK AT OUR SAME OLD PROBLEMS AND COME UP WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING, AND WE SURE APPRECIATE IT WAS SURELY NEEDED. GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY AND ESPECIALLY TODD AND YOUR YOUR STAFF. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. YOU HAVE SOME BAD NEWS, BUT YOU HAD NEWS THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES. THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO WE HAD A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY. UM NIKKI IS CHOSE PROBABLY THE WORST DAY ON THE PLANET TO SHADOW ME, BUT SHE HAS BEEN ENDURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP PROCESS AND JUST VISITING WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF MY STAFF TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CITY ATTORNEY. SO THANK YOU, NIKKI FOR YOUR PATIENTS IN IN AND SHARING THE DAY WITH US, AND ALSO THAT THAT'S IT, SOLEDAD.

AWESOME. PUBLIC WORKS. I'LL YEAH , I WOULD THINK ONE OF THE CITIZENS MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT CAMERA ON COLLEGE, AND THAT IS A FREQUENT REQUEST THAT SOMEBODY HAS AN ACCIDENT AND ONCE VIDEO FROM THE INTERSECTIONS, THOSE CAMERAS ONLY DETECT TRAFFIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ACTION OF THE SIGNAL ITSELF. THEY ARE NOT RECORDED, SO WE DO NOT HAVE VIDEO FOR ANY OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS. NOTHING THERE. THANK YOU. TINA. YEAH YEAH. YEAH I'LL COME BACK. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE JUNE ELLIS. HE EVERYBODY SENT THEIR POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS TO HIM, AND HE PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AND DID A FABULOUS JOB. SO THANK YOU. JOON H JOB. I HAVE A FEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FROM LAUREN AND SHE PROBABLY WOULD BEAT ME UP IF I DON'T GIVE HIM BEFORE WE LEAVE. SHE SAID. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO TAKE THE SURVEY. IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON COUNCIL MEETING TIMES, AND YOU CAN SCAN THE CURE CODE ON THE FLY AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM OR IS LINKED ON FACEBOOK OR WHAT WEBSITE AND BY THE WAY I WEBSITE IS FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT TO THURSDAY NIGHT IS JAZZ AT THE LAKE JONAH'S FOR FREE MUSIC AT THE EVENT CENTER. EIGHT FOR ME, 8 10. THAT'S THE DAY 10 PUBLIC HEALTH IS HOSTING A FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH FOR AGES, OFFERING BACK TO SCHOOL, IMMINENT SESSIONS AND THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY'S RESTARTING SOON IT'S A FREE 14 WEEK PROGRAM OFFERED BY P D. YOU CAN LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP ON THE WEBSITE. AND THERE'S CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY THIS MONTH AT THE JEFFERSON THEATER.

PLEASE JOIN US AND ALL OF AUGUST. ANIMAL CARRIES. HERE. THE ANNUAL CLEAR THE SHELTER EVENT WITH THIS KIND ADOPTION FEES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN DURIO SAYS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES. APPRECIATE IT. HAPPY? YEAH HIS BIRTHDAY WAS

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THIS IS THE LAST DAY SO BE SURE TO GET ON THAT IT GIVES YOU THREE DIFFERENT TIMES SO WE COULD JUST BE GETTING STARTED. SO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, YOU'D BE WELL RESTED. NAH IN SCHOOL IS STARTING BACK. I KNOW SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED B I S D STARTS TOMORROW. SO BE AWARE OF THE KIDS ON THE ROAD. BE AWARE OF AT CROSSINGS. ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, THE SCHOOL ZONES WILL BE ENFORCED AGAIN. THOSE UH, SO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY WEBSITE. IF YOU HADN'T BEEN TO IT, IT IS TERRIFIC, AND IT ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THINGS. THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.