[2.C. Community Interest Items This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. An “item of community interest” includes the following: -Expression of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; -Information regarding holiday schedules; -Honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; -Reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or other entity that is scheduled to be attended by city official or city employee; and -Announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city.]

COUNCIL. I'LL SAY THAT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RIDE WITH THE MAYOR AND CHIEF CORDELL, AND THEY WERE OVER 200 ENTRIES IN THE PARADE AND BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK, THEY WERE STILL LEAVING THE PARKING LOT.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME, AND THE FIREWORKS SHOW WAS GREAT.

WE WATCHED IT FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A DISTANCE, SO WE GOT TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE LIONS CLUB AND THE PD AND THE FIRE AND THE CITY AND THE PARKS AND EVERYBODY THAT PUT ALL THAT ON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT WAS GREAT. I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT I GOT TO WAVE AT BETTY LOU SHELTON, THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THE PARADE AND WAVE AT BARRY PHILLIPS.

THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR ME AS I WAS SITTING AT OUR CHURCH.

JUST KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND ENDURED THAT HEAT BECAUSE IT WAS TOASTY, BUT IT WAS SO FUN, THE ENERGY OF THE WHOLE CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES SMALL TOWNS SUPER FUN IS WITHHOLDING OR UPHOLDING THOSE TRADITIONS AND HAVING A GREAT PARADE, AND OF COURSE, THE FIREWORKS, TOO.

I HEARD THE MUSIC WAS FUN, AND SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT FOR DOING THE INTRODUCTIONS THERE AND JUST ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED AND OF COURSE OUR AMAZING STAFF WHO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND PULL IT OFF AND KEEP US SAFE AND KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING.

IT WAS AWESOME, AND I NEED TO THANK LARRY FOR EMCEEING THE 4TH OF JULY AT CHISHOLM HALL.

THAT WAS THE END OF OUR CONCERT SERIES, AND IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

THE PARKS JUST KEEPS KNOCKING THIS OUT OF THE BALLPARK.

DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO THANKS TO THEM.

THAT'LL BRING US TO SECTION THREE.

ITEM 3A REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[3.A. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the Burleson Opportunity Fund (BOF). (Presenter: Craig Couch, President of the Burleson Opportunity Fund)]

ITEM 3A IS RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND (BOF).

PRESENTER IS CRAIG COUCH, PRESIDENT OF BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND.

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AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THERE'S ONLY ONE ANSWER TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU, PATSY.

SO THE I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO GIVE SOME UPDATES, HIGH LEVEL AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IS UNPARALLELED IN TERMS OF ITS COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE CITY THAT MAKE, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT MAKE THIS SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY, THE NOT ONLY HILL COLLEGE AND TEXAS TECH, BUT THE CITY ITSELF, BISD, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SO MANY LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY ALL COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FUND SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A COMBINED JOINT EFFORT THAT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION.

OBVIOUSLY, IT GOES BACK LONG BEFORE BEFORE MY DAY OF BEING BEING A PART OF THAT.

SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN JUST LOOK AT A FEW OF THESE SLIDES HERE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO READ SLIDES TO YOU.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THIS AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU CAN READ IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE SIGNIFICANT.

2008, WE FIRST STARTED AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE FUNDS SINCE THEN.

PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING IN RECENT YEARS IS THE OPENING OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER.

WHAT A FANTASTIC FACILITY AND WHAT AN AMAZING THING TO HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN THE FUNDS STARTED OCCUPYING, WHAT AT THAT HAD PRIOR TO THAT BEEN THE OLD METHODIST CHURCH RIGHT HERE IN OLD TOWN, AND HAVING THIS THIS CENTER, I THINK IS JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HOLDS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FUND AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE MISSION OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND IS STATED THE GOAL.

I THINK THAT THE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS JUST THE LINK BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST CANNOT BE QUESTIONED.

I READ A QUOTE. I WAS LOOKING AT SOME STUFF YESTERDAY AND I READ A QUOTE THAT SAID IF YOU EVER WONDER A QUESTION ABOUT THE COST OF EDUCATION CHECK OUT THE COST OF IGNORANCE SOMETIME BECAUSE IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE AND AS A COMMUNITY, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE WANT TO BE AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, HIGHER EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A WELL-EDUCATED COMMUNITY, A WELL-EDUCATED CITIZENSHIP PROVIDES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY, AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH HERE. THERE'S THE SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA, JUST THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIP, THE STUDENTS THAT RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP DO HAVE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN GPA.

THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND SO THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% INVESTED IN THE SCHOLARSHIP ITSELF IN TERMS OF KEEPING THAT.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT EFFECTIVENESS, WE TRIED AS BEST WE CAN TO DRAW TOGETHER THE NUMBERS.

SOMETIMES THAT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING, AS YOU MIGHT SEE, BUT STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 34,000 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS.

THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS HAVE TOTALED UP OVER 14,000 VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS IN THE CITY OF BURLESON THOUSAND STUDENTS.

OVER 2000 SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED DURING THE HISTORY OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND.

THIS IS DATA PULLED DIRECTLY FROM HILL AND IT REALLY, REALLY POINTS OUT THAT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIP, RECEIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FUND SCHOLARSHIP AND THEN GOING ARE PERFORMING AND ACHIEVING AT A HIGHER RATE THAN NOT ONLY THEIR COHORTS AT HILL COLLEGE, BUT ALSO STATEWIDE AS WELL.

SO DIVE IN AND FIGURE OUT THE REASONS BEHIND THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

MAYBE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S PRESENTED, WHICH IS WHAT WE LIKE TO THINK OF IS THAT YOU GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THEN YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE'S SO MANY STORIES OF STUDENTS THAT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDED BY THE OPPORTUNITY FUND.

JUST ALMOST EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE TAKE IN FROM THE OPPORTUNITY FUND GOES DIRECTLY TOWARDS THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS.

REALLY, HONESTLY, THE ONLY THINGS SO MUCH IS DONATED, SO MUCH IS VOLUNTEERED IN TERMS OF HOURS.

ALL OF THE BOARD, OF COURSE, VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.

[INAUDIBLE] HAS RUN THE BREAKFAST SINCE I CAN REMEMBER AND GETS ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER FOR THAT.

SO REALLY EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN, YOU KNOW PAYING FOR THE EXPENSES OF A BREAKFAST.

WE'VE HAD THE GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND LOOKING AT SOME MORE FUNDRAISING EVENTS, BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS DONATED AND KEEPING THE COST OF THOSE THINGS AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE.

SO ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT COME IN, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE CITY, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR FROM DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE WANT AS MANY OF THOSE DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE TO GO DIRECTLY TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS.

CLOSE TO $2.8 MILLION PAID OUT OVER THIS TIME.

SO BUSY SLIDE, BUT JUST YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AND IF YOU COULD DRAW A LINE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S REALLY TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

ONE IS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS SLIDE, BUT CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE TRENDED DOWNWARD OVER TIME.

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A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.

COVID OBVIOUSLY HAD AN IMPACT.

YOU HATE TO BLAME THINGS ON COVID, BUT IT'S A REALITY THAT WE EXPERIENCED.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU FIND THAT WITH ANY ORGANIZATION, ANY NONPROFIT, I'VE BEEN A PART OF A BUNCH OF THEM.

THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED DONOR FATIGUE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A REAL THING.

IT'S MEASURED AND IT'S JUST A REALITY.

IT JUST HAPPENS. PEOPLE MOVE ON TO OTHER OTHER NONPROFITS OR OTHER INTERESTS OR OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SUPPORT, AND SO IT JUST UNDERSCORES THE NEED AND THE EMPHASIS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT AS A ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE DOING OUR JOB TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT.

THERE ARE SO MANY UNTAPPED RESOURCES IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I'M TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES, BUSINESS LEADERS THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, AND THIS LITTLE GANG RIGHT BEHIND ME IS ABOUT TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND START STIRRING UP A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT'S HAPPENING, THE COST OF EDUCATION IS NOT GOING DOWN.

WE'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE STUDENTS APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS, AS YOU SEE IN JUST A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY JUST TO BE RESPONSIBLE FINANCIALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO AWARD BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT THE COST OF EDUCATION IS GOING UP AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GOING UP AS WELL.

THE PATH FORWARD AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC EXISTING DONOR BASE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW FUTURE GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY, OTHER BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.

WE HAVE THE DEDICATED FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE.

AGAIN, I'D SAY MOST OF THEM ARE SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME, BUT JERRY, [INAUDIBLE], BEVERLY, PATSY, [INAUDIBLE] AND KAYLA HOFFMAN, THAT GROUP AND SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A LOT OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.

17 TODAY I THINK IS THE RIGHT NUMBER, AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO CREATE THIS PATH FORWARD.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY FUND IS SUSTAINABLE NOT JUST FOR NOW, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND I MENTIONED THIS AND TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY AN ARGUABLE POSITION THAT IT'S ANYTHING BUT A CONTRIBUTOR TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU'RE STARTING A BUSINESS, IF YOU'RE COMING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WANT TO WANT TO PLANT YOUR BUSINESS HERE, THEN THIS IS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT.

YOU WANT ONE. YOU'VE GOT A WORKFORCE THAT IS WELL EDUCATED, THAT IS THERE, THAT IS PRESENT, THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES AND THOSE INDUSTRIES.

I LOVE THE LAST STATEMENT AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING SUMS UP WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY FUND IS ALL ABOUT, IT'S THIS, THAT FROM THE MOMENT A CHILD STEPS INTO A KINDERGARTEN CLASS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND CHILDREN MOVE FORWARD UNDERSTANDING THAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS ATTAINABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WORD OPPORTUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY FUND IS ALL ABOUT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE? THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

I'LL FIGHT YOU TO THE DEATH ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 49 YEARS.

I KNOW POLICE OFFICERS, I KNOW NURSES, I KNOW FIREMEN, AND A LOT OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT FLAT, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANYTHING, AND YET THEY HAVE MADE IT WITH THIS PARTICULAR HELP FROM THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I WANT THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY UNDERSTANDS UP HERE THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

I'M GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET ON THAT TO HELP THINGS WORK TOGETHER, BUT I WANT TO SEE US DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS.

SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANKS, CRAIG.

IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, AND I WANTED YOU TO SPEAK THIS EVENING TO GET IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY KNOWS WE HAVE THIS, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE NEW BUSINESSES NOT BEING AWARE OF IT YET, BUT YOU GOT SOME LADIES BACK THERE THAT'LL GET THE MONEY OUT OF THEM, [CHUCKLING] I'M PRETTY SURE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, MAYOR. THERE ARE SOME THINGS TOO I'VE BEEN ON IT SINCE THE INCEPTION.

I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL CLASS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE THAT, AGAIN, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.

ONE GREAT EXAMPLE IS WE HAVE A NEW INDUSTRY THAT COMES INTO TOWN.

IF THEY NEED TRAINING, HILL COLLEGE WILL TAKE ON THAT PROJECT.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND THEY WILL CREATE A TRAINING PROGRAM.

THAT'S A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS THING.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL ME FROM SMALL CITIES AND SAY, HEY, RONNIE, HOW DO WE DO THIS? WELL, I DON'T MIND EXPLAINING IT TO YOU.

I'VE GONE A FEW PLACES AND TALKED TO SOME FOLKS ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'RE HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

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WE'VE MADE THIS THING WORK, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO, IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT RIGHT NOW FROM THE CITY TO THE MAYOR PRO-TEM, WE CONTRIBUTE $60,000 ANNUALLY.

DID WE START OUT AT 60? WE STARTED OUT AT 50 AND GO TO 60? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE PAID 60,000 FROM INCEPTION.

SO WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

YOU USED A PHRASE FOR CONTRIBUTORS OR DONORS WHO WHAT WAS THE WORD YOU USED THAT THEY SORT OF DRIFT AWAY? THEY SORT OF FATIGUE.

DONOR FATIGUE? CORRECT.

YES. SO I WONDER IF WE'RE NOT, AS A CITY SUFFERING FROM SOME OF THAT DONOR FATIGUE THAT AT LEAST LASSITUDE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL IT FATIGUE, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY IN THE SAME GROOVE WE'VE BEEN IN AS FAR AS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE BOF SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BEHOOVE OURSELVES TO CONSIDER THE AMOUNT THAT WE CONTRIBUTE AS AND THIS IS COMING OUT OF 4A, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR, AND THE GOALS AND MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE BOF PROGRAM IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I WOULD VERY MUCH ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF US UPPING OUR GAME TO HELP THIS COMMITTEE GET STARTED AND HELP TURN THIS SITUATION AROUND.

SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR A FUTURE MEETING, I'D LIKE TO LET THE BOARD DECIDE IF THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS OUR PART.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, DAN.

I WAS EXACTLY HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, NOT BEING ON COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY INCEPTION, WHEN THE INITIAL INCEPTION WAS CREATED, HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP BEGAN AS FAR AS OUR CONTRIBUTION.

WHAT WAS 60,000? WHAT MADE THAT A MAGIC NUMBER? HOW LONG HAVE WE STUCK WITH THAT? I WAS CURIOUS MYSELF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REEVALUATE.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2008, AND GOING BACK TO YOUR SLIDE ON SLIDE 14, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS, THAT WAS MY EXACT CONCERN OF UNDERSTANDABLY ANY OF YOUR CONTRIBUTORS, ANY PARTNER THAT PLAYS INTO THIS, AND WE HAVE A LOT GREAT THANKFULLY FROM THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU JUST KIND OF GET IN THE SAME MOTION AND IT JUST KIND OF BECOMES AUTO AND IT DOESN'T YOU'RE JUST NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT IT WITH FRESH EYES AND THINKING ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF IT, AND WITH IT BEING SUCH A CONTRIBUTOR TO EDUCATION IN GENERAL IN THIS COMMUNITY, I, TOO, HAVE LEARNED SO MANY NURSES AND TEACHERS, SOME FABULOUS PEOPLE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS PROGRAM AND WITHOUT HILL COLLEGE, THAT MAY NOT HAVE EVER BEEN POSSIBLE FOR THEM, AND SO WE WANT TO STRIVE TO HAVE A WELL EDUCATED, WELL DEVELOPED COMMUNITY IN ALL FACETS, AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF US HAVE SPOKEN OUT NOT JUST ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL, BUT JOB TRAINING AND THE TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AND WITH CRAFT MASTERS COMING IN AS WELL, JUST OFFERING A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BETTER THEMSELVES, AND WE WANT YOU HERE AND WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT, FOR THE WHOLE BENEFIT OF THIS TOWN.

SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANKS.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 3B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION.

[3.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff feedback, regarding the overview of the Burleson Fire Department and FY24 Supplemental budget requests. (Staff Presenter: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]

GIVE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE OVERVIEW OF THE BURLESON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FISCAL YEAR 2024 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST.

STAFF PRESENTER IS KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.

HERE WE GO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.

I'VE GOT A BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR OUR STRATEGIC UPDATE REGARDING OUR BUDGET TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON.

TALKING ABOUT OUR KEY AREAS, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUR ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER RESPONSE DATA.

WE'VE GOT SOME TRENDS THAT ARE STILL TRACKING FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I BRIEFED YOU.

I WANT TO TALK SPEND SOME TIME ON OUR SAFER GRANT WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS, AND MAYBE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO TIE INTO SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM FITCH AND ASSOCIATES, OUR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST AND THEN OUR OVERALL GOALS MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATION, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S 13 POSITIONS ON THERE, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY TEN IN THE ADMIN SIDE.

THE THREE BATTALION CHIEFS ON THE OPS SIDE.

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SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

GOING BACK TO THE FITCH STUDY THAT DEPENDING ON THE SAFER GRANT, WE'RE READY TO PROPOSE.

WE'VE GOT OUR TOP TWO, TOP THREE ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS IDENTIFIED.

IF WE GET THE FUNDING FROM THE SAFER GRANT, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL, THAT WE'D BE LOOKING TO ADD OUR BATTALION CHIEF AT OUR TRAINING LEVEL BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO SPLIT THAT OFF, AND THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ADDING A LIEUTENANT POSITION FOR OUR EMS SECTION TO SUPPORT THE AMBULANCES AND THE EXPANDING ROLE OF OUR EMS. I DID NOT SHOW THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO KEEP IT VERY CLEAN.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND AT ANY TIME I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY.

ANY TIME FEEL FREE TO STOP ME ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS.

WELL, LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WE ADDED NEW POSITIONS FOR PREPARING FOR OUR UPCOMING THIRD AMBULANCE OR WOULD HAVE BEEN THE THIRD SQUAD AT THE TIME.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE STAFF ON BOARD NOW.

THEY'VE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE TRAINING.

WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE GONE IN TO GETTING OUR TEAMS SPOOLED UP.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF SIMULATION AT HARRIS DOWNTOWN.

THEY'VE DONE RIDE OUTS WITH MANSFIELD, THEY'VE DONE RIDE OUTS WITH CROWLEY, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH DIFFERENT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE AND WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE GOT OUR CREWS READY TO GO WHEN WE KICK OFF OUR FIRE BASED TRANSPORT COME OCTOBER 1ST.

CHIEF, DO WE HAVE THE LEASE VEHICLES YET? YES. YES, WE DO, AND IN FACT, THAT TIES INTO THIS.

SO OUR AMBULANCES ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN AUGUST.

ALL OF OUR AMBULANCES ARE ARRIVING IN AUGUST.

I SPOKE WITH [INAUDIBLE] TODAY, AND IN THE MEANTIME, TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE OUR LEASE VEHICLE IN PLACE, AND IN FACT, THIS FRIDAY, WE WILL SUBMIT TO THE STATE OUR FORMAL APPLICATION.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE DOCUMENTS THE MAYOR HAD TO SIGN OFF, AND WE'VE GOT THE CHECK.

OF COURSE, THERE'S A FEE FOR IT.

SO LITERALLY THIS FRIDAY, WE WILL SEND OUR APPLICATION OFF TO THE STATE AND EVERYTHING WE DO, WE'RE COORDINATING AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING VERY TIGHTLY WITH THE STATE REGARDING THIS.

ARE WE UTILIZING THAT FOR A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY? LIKE WHILE IT'S IN HOUSE, LET'S RUN SCENARIOS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT ALREADY BEING UNDER OUR ROOF? YES, WE'RE USING THAT AS BASICALLY A PROP AS WELL, AND SO IT'S FULLY STOCKED.

IT'S NOT THE PRETTIEST THING.

IT'S NOT LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S EFFECTIVE AND IT'S AT OUR DISPOSAL, BUT I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT WE ARE NOW WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE DATE THAT IT'S THAT NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR OUR LICENSING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN A WHILE, AND THIS IS AN ACTUAL PHOTO.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED A COUNCIL HAD TO SHOW YOU LIKE A MOCK PHOTOGRAPH BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUCK 16.

CHIEF JACOBS AND A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT ARE LITERALLY UP IN WISCONSIN RIGHT NOW DOING THE FINAL INSPECTION ON THIS.

THEY FLY HOME TOMORROW.

SO THIS IS THE PHOTO OF IT.

THIS DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE GRAPHICS ON IT.

WHEN IT GETS IN, WE'LL SEND IT OVER TO KMP, AND THIS SINCE THIS IS GOING TO GO TO 16, IT WILL HAVE THE LEGEND LOGO AND THEY'LL HAVE SOME MORE DETAIL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TO IT, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING.

WE EXPECT IT TO BE HERE SOMETIME IN THE FIRST WEEK OR SO, LATE, LATE JULY.

IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN TO TEXAS A&M.

[INAUDIBLE] GOT A CONFERENCE.

THEY WANT TO SHOWCASE IT BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

ONCE IT COMES BACK HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO OF TRAINING, AND THEN ONCE WE ARE COMFORTABLE THAT ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE ADEQUATELY TRAINED ON IT, WE'LL ROLL OUT A PUSH IN CEREMONY.

WE'LL ANNOUNCE IT.

SO WE'LL HAVE A PUSH IN CEREMONY, AS WE ALWAYS DO OVER AT STATION 16, PROBABLY MID SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER BY THE TIME WE GET IT HERE.

GET EVERYBODY TRAINED ON IT, BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL PHOTO OF IT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THEY'RE NOT CHEAP AND WE KNOW THAT.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST ADDITIONS FLEET WISE WE'VE HAD IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

I'M GOOD WITH LATE, LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER.

MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE COOLER OUT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SWEAT SO MUCH.

DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST TOUCH VERY, VERY QUICKLY ON OUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRANSITIONED AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF FIRE PREVENTION FOR FOR YEARS NOW, AND I THINK WE ARE REALLY HITTING OUR STRIDE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF BATTALION CHIEF ROB MOORE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, JUST AS A QUICK GLANCE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE A PACKET WHEN I REFER TO THE POOL EDUCATION, THE DROWNING PREVENTION AND THE OVER 3500 PACKETS THAT WE'VE GIVEN OUT DISTRIBUTED TO K THROUGH 12 AT OUR BISD AND JISD SCHOOLS.

THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IN THOSE PACKETS IS WHAT WE'VE DISTRIBUTED AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE BEDROCKS OF OUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.

IT'S MAKING AN INCREDIBLE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T MEASURE BECAUSE EVERY DROWNING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT'S A SUCCESS AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE

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LITERALLY CAN TO PREVENT DROWNINGS, AND SO THE THE FALL PREVENTION IS ANOTHER VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN OUR SENIOR POPULATION FALLS, IT CAN BE AN INDICATOR OF SOME REAL UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES , AND SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME PROACTIVELY TAKING CARE OF THOSE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR BISD FIRE ACADEMY PROGRAM.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART.

THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY HITTING ITS STRIDE.

SO MUCH SO THAT SAYS NOTED.

IN FACT, [INAUDIBLE] SAT IN ON A CONVERSATION, A JOB INTERVIEW OF A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE.

BISD HAS MADE THE DECISION TO GO OUT AND HIRE A FULL TIME COORDINATOR THAT WILL ACTUALLY RUN THAT PROGRAM NOW AND WE WILL STILL HELP THEM.

WE'LL STILL PROVIDE SOME STAFF, WE'LL STILL PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT, BUT THIS IS HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM IS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UPCOMING YEAR'S CLASSES ARE ALREADY FULL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

JOE GAVE AN UPDATE NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I THINK THE LARGE TAKEAWAY I WANT YOU TO KNOW HERE IS THAT OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM IS AGED.

IT'S BECOME UNDEPENDABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND WE'VE GOT A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES.

WE'LL HAVE ALL THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS REPLACED WITH THE MOST MODERN UPDATED.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THEM REMOTELY.

THEY'VE GOT A LONGER DISTANCE WHERE A HIGHER DECIBEL YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM.

LARGER AREA OF COVERAGE.

JOE'S JUST DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB COMING IN AND ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING VERY, VERY PROACTIVELY IN THE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE NOTED HERE. THE PROGRAM, THAT THING IS OFF AND RUNNING.

THERE'S A WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE EFFORTS THAT HE'S PUT IN AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE'VE HAD FROM OUR MEMBERS AND THEN IF YOU RECALL, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, A SURVEY INDICATED THAT THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS REALLY PREPARING THEM.

THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO THEY GET PREPARED, HOW DO THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION? AND WE TOOK THAT TO HEART, OBVIOUSLY, AND SO JOE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLY GOOD JOB OF RESPONDING TO THAT FEEDBACK IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HE REGULARLY HOLDS MONTHLY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS WITH OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY HAVE WE ADDRESSED THAT, BUT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY AND IN A VERY, VERY GOOD WAY TELLING OUR COMMUNITY HOW TO BE PREPARED STEP BY STEP, AND WE'RE GETTING VERY, VERY GOOD FEEDBACK IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

OUR RESPONSE DATA.

IF YOU RECALL, THIS HAS BEEN A TREND, AND GOING BACK TO WHAT IAN WOMACK SAID LAST WEEK IN OUR PRESENTATION YOU TAKE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE THE KIND OF THE NUANCES OF COVID, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING A SIGNIFICANT UPTREND UPTICK IN OUR CALL VOLUME COMPARED FROM 2020 TO 2021.

WE HAD A 25% INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME AND THEN FROM 21 TO 22, 22%.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S A NATIONAL TREND, AND SO WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIRE SERVICE THROUGHOUT, AND THIS YEAR WE JUST RAN THE DATA.

WE JUST FINISHED OUR SECOND QUARTER AND WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT A 7% INCREASE.

STILL A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY KIND OF PREDICTIONS.

WE'RE STILL TRENDING UP.

WE KNOW HISTORICALLY THESE NEXT TWO QUARTERS ARE OUR BUSIEST QUARTERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LEVELING OFF, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THESE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THIS YEAR WITH THAT 25 OR 22% INCREASE.

OUR CALL VOLUME BREAKDOWN.

IT'S NO SURPRISE WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE.

WE'RE IN THE EMS BUSINESS AND WE'RE STRUCTURED AND WE'RE WE'RE RESPONDING TO OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ARE VERY, VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.

THE OTHER BREAKDOWN OF IT IS WE HAVE OUR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, OUR SERVICE CALLS, OUR GOOD INTENT CALL, AND I'VE EXPLAINED THOSE BEFORE.

THE GOOD INTENT CALL IS LITERALLY WHAT IT IS.

SOMEONE THINKS THEY HEARD SOMETHING, THEY SAW SOMETHING.

THEIR INTENTION IS GOOD.

WHEN THEY CALL IN, THEY SAY, HEY, I THINK I SMELL SMOKE OR I THINK I SEE SOMETHING, AND SO WE GO OUT AND WE INVESTIGATE, BUT THAT CAPTURES 10% OF OUR RUN VOLUMES. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I'VE SPOKE TO YOU NUMEROUS TIMES NOW, AND I WISHED I HAD BETTER DATA TO REPORT.

OUR CARDIAC ARREST JUST CONTINUED TO INCREASE AS THE DATA SHOWS, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT INDICATES THAT IT'S GOING DOWN AGAIN.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.

THIS UNFORTUNATE TREND GOING UP IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW US PARTNERING UP WITH OUR PD AND PUTTING THE AEDS IN THEIR

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POLICE CARS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL END THE TRAINING WITH THEM THIS WEEK.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO GO LIVE AROUND AUGUST 1ST THAT WE PROJECTED.

COORDINATE THAT WITH CHIEF CORDELL AND HIS STAFF, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT IT'S HAPPENING.

THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP WE'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER, WE'VE PARTNERED UP AND SAID WE HAD A GAP IN THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO PLACE THE AEDS IN THEIR PATROL CARS.

THEY'RE TRAINED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO HELP THE PERSONS THAT ARE IN SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST WITH THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD. SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF CORRELATION BETWEEN AGE ON THIS? YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT.

SOME OF IT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE MORE SENIOR, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST BECAUSE OF DRUGS, BECAUSE OF THE FENTANYL, BECAUSE OF THE OVERDOSES. SO IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, MAYOR, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT JUST REFLECTIVE OF EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IS OUR NUMBER ONE KILLER IN THE UNITED STATES, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT LIMITED JUST TO THE SENIOR POPULATION WHERE WE EXPECT IT.

SO BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE GREAT TAKEAWAY IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER, PUBLIC SAFETY HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER, AND I APPRECIATE CHIEF CORDELL AND HIS STAFF WORKING WITH US ON THIS AND EMBRACING IT.

WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET.

BUT THERE WILL BE A TIME WHERE WE'RE STANDING UP HERE CELEBRATING A SAVE BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE AEDS TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO ARRIVE ON SCENE FIRST AND THEY WERE TRAINED AND KNEW WHAT TO DO AND TRULY STARTED LIFE SAVING EFFORTS THAT WITHOUT IT, WE WOULD HAVE HAD NO CHANCE OF SAVING THE PERSON.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE'LL CELEBRATE TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

IT'S CERTAINLY A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE IN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER OR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

DISPATCH IS A I THINK IT REFLECTS THE INVESTMENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY, THE G2, THE UPCOMING CAD, ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, THE COMPETITIVE PAY INCREASES.

I THINK THIS IS A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING THAT IS A CLEAR REFLECTION, UNEQUIVOCALLY, NOT ANECDOTALLY, BUT WITH THE ANALYTICS OF THE IMPROVED SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR DISPATCH CENTER.

SO I KNOW THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, PAUL BRADLEY, IS HERE.

THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE TAKEAWAY OF THIS IS WE ARE MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF US, AND IN THIS CASE IT IS ABOUT A NUMBER, BUT THE NUMBER TRANSLATES TO BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES.

THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THERE FOR EVERY MINUTE, WE'RE DELAYED IN A CARDIAC ARREST.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE LOSE ABOUT A 10% OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME.

SO THESE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY GOOD NUMBERS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THE FISCAL AND THEN THANK YOU FOR THE DISPATCH TEAM.

I'LL GO OVER SOME BUDGET ITEMS RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE ON OUR SAFER GRANT.

WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IS IT NOT? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I WISH I COULD STAND HERE AND TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN NOTIFIED THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IT.

WE HAVEN'T, AND IT JUST CAN'T COME QUICK ENOUGH.

WE FEEL COMFORTABLE.

WE FEEL VERY GOOD THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE TO RECEIVE IT, ESPECIALLY AS I'VE NOTED BEFORE, WE'VE GOTTEN A SAFER GRANT IN THE YEARS PAST FOR OUR SIX FIREFIGHTERS.

WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN IN MARCH, AND WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING, THEY'VE TOLD US, ANYWHERE FROM A JUNE TO JULY WELL JUNE'S PASSED, NOW WE'RE INTO JULY. IT COULD BE AS LATE AS AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, BUT THE WORD THAT WE'RE GETTING IS THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

THE RECIPIENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED.

WHO'S GOING TO BE AWARDED? THEY JUST HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED IT YET.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THESE EXPECTATIONS THAT IT JUST CAN'T GET HERE QUICK ENOUGH, BUT LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT, AND WITH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ONE OF THE FIRST BENEFITS IS IT'S WORTH ALMOST $3 MILLION IN SAVINGS.

THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT.

THERE'S NO MATCHING FUNDS.

IT PAYS FOR THE SALARY AND BENEFITS.

WE ASK FOR NINE FIREFIGHTERS.

SO FOR THE FIRST 36 MONTHS, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PAYROLL IN THAT SENSE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY THAT FOR THE GOING BACK TO THE STAFFING SHORTAGE, IF WE GET THIS SAFER

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GRANT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS MY PLAN IS TO PUT ALL NINE OF THESE POSITIONS INTO FIRE OPERATIONS, AND THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH SEVERAL THINGS.

IT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO HIRE FOR STATION FOUR IN THE YEARS TO COME, AND SO IT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT ON WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING.

IT WILL GIVE US GREAT CAPACITY TO LOOK AT THAT OVERTIME BUDGET THAT WAS FOR VACANCY OT.

WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT SIGNIFICANT OFFSETS FOR THAT AND THEN WE COULD TAKE AND POTENTIALLY LOOK AT HOW WE COULD LEVERAGE THOSE OFFSETS INTO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE NEEDS IN ADMIN BASICALLY BE BUDGET NEUTRAL.

WE WOULD PICK BACK, WE'D PICK THIS TAB UP IN, I THINK 26, 27.

I'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THE BENEFITS OUT OF THIS, I CAN'T OVERSTATE THEM.

IF WE GET THIS NINE, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US CAPACITY.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OVERTIME THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY TIME AND A HALF FOR RIGHT NOW, AND JUST AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT, TOMMY WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST ONE AND THEN WE'LL CELEBRATE THIS, SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOP.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NINE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS.

IS THAT NINE? IS THAT THREE POSITIONS TIMES THREE SHIFTS FOR NINE FTES? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

OKAY, BUT NOT NINE NEW POSITIONS, NOT THREE NEW POSITIONS.

IT WOULD BE THREE SHIFTS.

IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF NINE NEW POSITIONS.

WE'D PUT THREE ON EACH SHIFT.

OKAY. SO IS THAT 27 EMPLOYEES OR IS THAT.

NO, IT WOULD BE NINE.

NINE EMPLOYEES. YES, SIR.

DIVIDED BY THREE SHIFTS.

YES, SIR. GOT IT. OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE. THAT'S THE CRAZY THING ABOUT SHIFT WORK.

WE HAVE TO DO THINGS IN THREES, YOU KNOW? ONE ONLY GETS US A THIRD.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE IN MULTIPLES OF THREES, BUT THE CONCEPT IS BEGINNING TO FIND ITS WAY INSIDE THERE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING WELL, AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES US, IF WE GET IT, IT GIVES US SOME MOMENTUM TOWARDS WHAT WE KNOW IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE PLACE FOR STATION FOUR.

NOW, THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THAT IF WE GET THE THE NINE FIREFIGHTERS, IT CERTAINLY HELPS US WITH THE STANDARDS.

AND THERE'S MORE THAN 1710.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1710 THE OTHER DAY, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION, THEY HAVE A NEW STANDARD OUT NOW.

IT'S NOT JUST STANDARD, IT'S GOVERNMENTAL CODE.

SO IT HAS THE THE EFFECT OF A LAW.

IF WE DO NOT HAVE A RIT, ESTABLISH A RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM AT A WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE, WE MUST SEND IN A REPORT, AN EXCEPTION REPORT OF WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A RIT TEAM ESTABLISHED WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT 100% OF THE TIME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO DO BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE UP STAFFING CAPACITY, IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO LET US LOOK AT WHAT I'M CALLING A DYNAMIC DAILY STAFFING MODEL.

SO WHEN IT'S HOT, WE CAN LOOK AT DO WE STAFF OUR BRUSH TRUCKS? DO WE STAFF A COOLING? DO WE? IT'S JUST GOING TO GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.

CITY EVENTS.

WE GET UP STAFF FOR CITY EVENTS AND NOT HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE OVERTIME AND WE WON'T HAVE TO FORCE HIRE.

FORCE HIRING HAS BECOME A PROBLEM IN THIS DEPARTMENT, AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO FORCE HIRE SO MANY FIREFIGHTERS AND SO MANY INSTANCES.

IT WILL AT TIMES GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE'LL HAVE THE STAFFING AVAILABLE IF WE WANT TO PUT A FOURTH AMBULANCE IN, A FOURTH AMBULANCE COULD STAND BY OUR RESERVE AMBULANCE COULD BE SOME OF THE CITY EVENTS.

SO AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES, AND THE TAKEAWAY I WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU IS ONCE WE HAVE THE STAFFING, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE DAILY ON THE STREETS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AT THE PARTICULAR TIME.

THE WAY IT HELPS OUR RESPONSE CAPABILITY, TOO, IS IF WE'RE ABLE TO UP STAFF AND WE PUT A COUPLE OF EXTRA UNITS ON THE STREET, THE OVERLAP CALLS GOING BACK TO THAT INCREASE IN OUR RUN VOLUME, THE MORE UNITS WE HAVE AVAILABLE, IT WILL HELP MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE COMPANIES HAVING TO GO ACROSS BOUNDARIES TO GO TO A [INAUDIBLE] CALL SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT, AND THAT CERTAINLY HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RESPONSE TIME.

AT TIMES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UP-STAFF ENGINE ONE AND ENGINE THREE.

THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TRADE-OFFS WE HAVE TO DO AND ANY GIVEN DAY, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT DO THEY GET FOR OR DO WE NEED TO PUT A TWO PERSON CREW IN SOME SOMEPLACE ELSE? WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT 1710.

IT WILL GIVE US THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE THAT WE NEED, AND THE LARGE TAKEAWAY ON THIS, IF WE GET THE NINE, WE PUT THEM ALL IN OPS.

IF YOU'LL RECALL LAST WEEK WHEN IAN TALKED ABOUT OUR RESILIENCY AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT WILL GIVE US IN MOST CASES ON ANY GIVEN DAY, IT'LL GIVE US

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19 ON DUTY INSTEAD OF 17.

SO WE WILL START TO BUILD THAT RESILIENCY IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WILL HAVE MORE UNITS STAFFED AND MORE UNITS AVAILABLE.

COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GET KICKED OFF AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO SOME DEGREE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE TYPES OF CALLS WHERE WHEN WE GET OUR AMBULANCES, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR SQUADS AVAILABLE JUST IN CASE WE HAVE AN AMBULANCE GO DOWN OR MAINTENANCE.

THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT, BUT WE STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A TWO PERSON TO CREW RESPONSE AND NOT LOSE THAT CAPABILITY, BUT THERE'LL BE SITUATIONS ONCE WE HAVE THIS STAFFING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC FOR SOMEONE THAT MAY JUST NEED A BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK OR MAY HAVE A STOMACH HURTING SOMETHING, WHAT WE WOULD CALL LOW ACUITY.

SO INSTEAD OF SENDING A FIRE TRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC AVAILABLE.

WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE SQUAD.

THEY GO OUT AND CHECK ON THAT PERSON, AND SO NON-EMERGENCY AND IT KEEPS THE OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

THIS IS A BIG, BIG BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND THEN, AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, THE RESILIENCE, IT HELPS BUILD RESILIENCE INTO THIS SYSTEM THAT WE NEED AND WE WILL GET THERE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND HOW QUICKLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

OUR SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES.

I WANT TO GO OVER THIS.

WE INCLUDED THE SAFER GRANT IN HERE, ALTHOUGH AS I'VE NOTED, IF WE GET IT, WE DON'T START PAYING FOR IT UNTIL FY 26-27. SO WE DID THIS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.

IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SHOWED THIS DOLLAR WISE OF WHAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO PICK UP.

I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE VALUE OF RECLASSIFYING THREE LIEUTENANT POSITIONS TO CAPTAINS.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD CAPTAINS POSITIONS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, AGAIN, AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS EVOLVED AND WE'VE GOTTEN MORE COMPLICATED AT THAT TIME, REQUESTED AND WE DID THIS INTERNALLY, WE FOUND BUDGET OFFSETS IN THIS SITUATION JUST LIKE WE DID BEFORE, THAT WE UPGRADED CAPTAINS TO BATTALION CHIEFS.

WE'RE NOW AT THAT POINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR AMBULANCES.

WE FEEL LIKE IT IS THE PERFECT TIMING TO UPGRADE THREE LIEUTENANTS TO CAPTAINS.

THAT GIVES FROM A CONTINUITY OF COMMAND.

ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN IN THE MILITARY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT GIVES US THAT CONTINUITY OF COMMAND AT THE STATION LEVEL WHERE THAT CAPTAIN IS IN CHARGE OF THAT STATION, THERE'D BE ONE CAPTAIN PER STATION, SO TOTAL OF THREE CAPTAINS, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE OVER THE LIEUTENANTS.

SO IT PUTS A SINGLE OFFICER WITH A RANKED POSITION AT THAT STATION THAT HELPS WITH PERSONNEL MATTERS.

ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON AT THE STATION, MAINTENANCE TRUCK, APPARATUS, GROUNDS, FACILITIES, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.

WE'RE AT A TIME NOW WITH OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE REALLY FEEL WE NEED THAT EXTRA COMMAND LEVEL AT THE STATION LEVEL TO HELP MANAGE.

IT'S A $30,000.

IT'S A CONTINUING COST.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE FOUND AND RECOMMENDED AN OFFSET.

WE HAD A WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ESD TO THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

WE WERE SUBSIDIZING ALMOST $65,000 A YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, TO PUT A FIREFIGHTER OUT AT STATION 83 FOR 12 HOURS FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THEIR STAFFING HAS NOW BEEN INCREASED.

THEY HAVE THE BUDGET TO FUND IT THROUGH THE TAX INFLUX THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO WORK WITH.

NOW, WE'VE SHARED WITH THEM THAT WE HAVE BUDGETARY NEEDS AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS, AND THAT OCTOBER 1ST WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING THAT REOCCURRING COST TO $65,000, PUT IT BACK INTO OUR BUDGET, AND THEN THIS WOULD PAY FOR 30,000 OF IT, LEAVING ANOTHER $35,000 AVAILABLE FOR FOR REOCCURRING.

SO WE'RE NET GOOD IN THAT REGARD.

SO WE FIGURED OUT A WAY THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE PAY FOR THIS AND OFFSET IT OUR BLUETOOTH FACE PIECES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE GOT ON EACH END AND I FIGURED IT'S JUST I WANT TO GO OVER IT BRIEFLY WITH YOU.

THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY RIGHT HERE IS A GAME CHANGER.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SINGLE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN MY CAREER THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR FIREFIGHTERS SAFER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO RED COMPONENTS UP HERE AT THE TOP, THOSE ARE THE BONE CONDUCTION HEAD PHONE, AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND YOUR LAPEL MIC, SOME OF THE OFFICERS HAVE THEM.

WHEN YOU'RE IN A FIRE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT LAPEL MIC AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK INTO IT AND THEN HEAR THROUGH IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THROUGH THESE CONDUCTIVE BONE CONDUCTOR HEADPHONES AND THEN LOOKING DOWN INTO THE FACE PIECE WHERE IT GOES OVER YOUR NOSE.

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THERE'S A MICROPHONE IN THERE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK VERY, VERY CLEARLY INSTEAD OF, AGAIN, TRYING TO TALK THROUGH A LAPEL MICROPHONE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FIND OR YOU MAY NOT, AND WE'VE OFFSET THIS IS A ONE TIME COST, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES THAT THIS THING WILL ENHANCE.

IT'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, GET OUT OF IT.

OUR EMS UTILITY RESPONSE VEHICLE, IT'S DUE FOR THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THAT THING WAS BOUGHT A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS AGO.

WE'VE GOT SOME NEWER MODELS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A $30,000 INCREASE THAT WE WERE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT 65.

THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] MATH. I KNOW THE BANKERS.

I DON'T HAVE MY SPREADSHEET HERE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE BRINGING IN THE $65,000 REOCCURRING BACK IN HOUSE.

THIS WOULD AGAIN PAY FOR THAT AND WE'D PRETTY MUCH BUDGET NEUTRAL SO OUR LAND BANK FOR STATION FIVE THERE'S THIS WOULD NOT BE A REQUEST FOR GENERAL FUND BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, TO BE VERY STRATEGIC IN LOOKING AT I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE REALLY START PUTTING A FOCUS ON SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

I. IDENTIFYING SOME PROPERTY DOWN SOUTH AND BANKING IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A FUTURE FIRE STATION FIVE IS COMING, AND I THINK IF WE WAIT AND WAIT TILL WE'RE READY TO DO IT AND THEN TRY TO FIND LAND, THEN IT'S GOING TO PUT US BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AS A COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF OUR SUPPLEMENTALS.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE NINE SAFER TO BE FUNDED OUT OF IT.

WE'RE NOT REALLY ASKING FOR THE LAND BANK TO BE FUNDED OUT OF GENERAL FUND.

SO WE'RE REALLY BOILING IT DOWN TO OUR THREE SUPPLEMENTALS.

THAT'S ABOUT 124,000.

WE'VE GOT A $65,000 OFFSET APPROXIMATELY TO FUND THOSE.

I WON'T GO IN. I GAVE YOU A LOT OF DETAIL HERE.

I WON'T GO INTO IT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A GOOD DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WHY BEHIND OUR SUPPLEMENTALS, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU, I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

IT'S A LITTLE SHY OF $10.5 MILLION.

WE DO HAVE SOME ARPA FUNDING THAT IS PROVIDED IN OUR BUDGET AND IT PAYS FOR POSITIONS AND IT'S PAID FOR SOME AMBULANCES, IT'S PAID FOR VARIOUS THINGS, BUT WE DID WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND SHOW THAT PART OF OUR BUDGET IS SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH ARPA FUNDING, BUT OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT SHY OF $10.5 MILLION.

IN SUMMARY, WE KNOW OCTOBER 1ST IS GOING TO BE HERE.

WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE FOR THAT.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR THAT.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN I WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM THAT'S DOING THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT JOE CONTINUES TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S NOT ONLY PREPARED, BUT THEY KNOW AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PREPARED AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO IF THEY'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, TOO.

I'VE TALKED TO DR. MARTIN.

HE HAS ACCEPTED.

WE TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO TRICKERY HERE ABOUT WE'VE ASKED HIM TO BE PART OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD, AND HE'S GENEROUSLY ACCEPTED THAT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REQUEST A DOCTOR OUT OF THE TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCE OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN HARRIS HE'S A TRAUMA DOCTOR TO BE THE FIRST TWO PHYSICIANS ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD.

WE'VE TALKED WITH DR. CORDOVA ABOUT IT AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO KICK THAT OFF HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND FOCUS ON THE CLINICAL SIDE OF IT FIRST.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO BE COUNTING ON THEIR FEEDBACK.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING LAYPERSONS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING SOCIAL WORKERS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO OUR VISION TO HAVE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION IN THERE, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE EXPANDING, AND SO I JUST WANT TO GET BACK AND UPDATE COUNCIL THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN LOST.

THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMUNITY BASED EMS ADVISORY BOARD OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.

I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT OUR SAFER GRANT AND THE THE BENEFITS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, AND I WANT TO END ON SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US AND THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS,

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NOT A COMMENTARY ON OUR PREVIOUS ONE.

RUSS WEAVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND SHARED WITH ME THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS, AND WE'VE BEEN USING [INAUDIBLE], LIKE MOST DEPARTMENTS FOR DECADES.

THERE'S A SERVICE CALLED FRONTLINE MOBILE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING, AND AS I'VE NOTED HERE, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS, NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE PHYSICAL MENTAL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CANCER SCREENING SUPER IMPORTANT.

SO NOT ONLY THE BLOOD WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR CANCER MARKERS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TAKING SCANS, BODY SCANS.

IT IS THE MOST PROACTIVE THING THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE AS OUR CITY LEADERS FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, AND IT'S THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BACK TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR THEIR SAFETY.

SO AT THAT NOTE, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ANYBODY. I DON'T WANT TO RESPONSE TIME.

OH, GO AHEAD, ADAM. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO ASK, BUT IF WE DON'T GET THE SAFER GRANT, HOW MANY WILL YOU NEED? OR DO YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. GOING BACK TO THE STUDY, WE'RE SIX SHORT, SO I WOULD PROPOSE SIX , BUT WE'RE ALSO I'M ALSO VERY AWARE OF FISCAL CONSTRAINTS.

SO I WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH A PROPOSAL FOR SIX, FOUR AND TWO.

THE STUDY HAS ALREADY SHOWN US THE CAPACITY THAT WE GET FOR OUR UNSCHEDULED LEAVE IF WE HIRE TWO.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH BACK TO NORMAL, AND AGAIN, I WOULD WORK THROUGH ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

EACH ONE OF THOSE WOULD PROVIDE WOULD COME WITH OFFSETS.

IF WE WERE TO HIRE TWO, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT WE WOULD OFFSET MUCH, IF ANY, FOR OUR CURRENT VACANCY OT WE HIRE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL I'D WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND MARTIN TO MAKE SURE WE BACK INTO SOME REDUCTION, BUT STILL KEEP ENOUGH IN THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BENEFIT WE WOULD GET AND THEN THE SIX ULTIMATELY WOULD BE WE KNOW THE BENEFIT THAT WOULD GET AND THEN WE'D BACK INTO THE REDUCTION.

WE WOULD HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS WITH THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, ON THE 24TH, WE'LL BE PRESENTING OUR GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL RANKINGS.

HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME WE'LL KNOW IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T, I'LL PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH OPTIONS ON WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT TWO, 4 OR 6 AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE OVERALL SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE CITY AS WELL, AND ALSO, WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THE ARPA FUNDS PAID FOR SIX FIREFIGHTERS. THAT FUND WILL RUN OUT IN 24.

CORRECT? YES, SIR.

24 THAT CARRIES THROUGH ANOTHER, I BELIEVE, TWO FISCAL YEARS COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT BUT IT'S REDUCED EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT COMING TWO YEARS, BUT IT IS REFLECTED IN MARTIN'S FINANCIAL FORECAST OF WHEN ARPA GOES AWAY.

OKAY, SO IT IS FINANCED.

OKAY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION WAS WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO SNEAK UP ON US IN TWO YEARS.

NO, SIR. OKAY.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU HAD A REDUCTION IN CALL TIME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YES, SIR. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? TWO THINGS.

WE HAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE COUNCIL FUNDED.

WE PRESENTED, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE METRICS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE THE TECHNOLOGY THERE TO WHERE THE NOTIFICATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT FROM THE TIME WHAT WE CALL WHEN THE TONE DROPS TO WHEN WHAT WE CALL THEIR EN ROUTE TIME.

SO WE HAD THE LITERALLY THE TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITIES TO CAPTURE THAT, AND THEN WE PUT A FOCUS ON THE FIREFIGHTERS.

WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, LIEUTENANT SO-AND-SO OR THIS CREW.

WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR TIMES AND HERE'S THE STANDARD, AND IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT MEETING THE STANDARD, BUT WE ALL KNOW THE BENEFITS OR THE LACK THEREOF.

IF OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE IN ROUTE, TIMES ARE NOT MEETING THAT STANDARD.

SO IT WAS HAVING THE MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO CAPTURE IT UNEQUIVOCALLY, AND THEN WE MONITOR IT DAILY.

NOW WE HAVE THE DASHBOARDS, WE HAVE THE MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO INVESTMENT FROM THE COUNCIL.

OKAY, DID THESE TOOLS COME FROM THE REPORT IN 2020 FROM MISSION CRITICAL PARTNERS? YES, SIR. WAS THAT SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS? YES, SIR.

SO WE FOLLOW THROUGH AND THAT HELPED.

YES, AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.

THE MISSION CRITICAL REPORT, FROM MY [INAUDIBLE], APPROPRIATE REPORT.

IT WAS A VERY DETAILED REPORT, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY GOOD ROAD PATH FOR US TO FOLLOW AS A CITY.

OKAY, AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.

DO YOU KNOW OF THAT? IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE MCP THAT WE PUT THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND THAT IT MONITORED THE SUCCESS AND FAILURES TO MAKE THEM ALL

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SUCCESSES. HAVE YOU HAVE HAS THAT CREATED YET? THAT HASN'T BEEN CREATED, BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT THERE, THERE'S VALUE IN THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD REPORT. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TOMMY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK REAL QUICK ON THE LAND BANK.

WHAT ARE WE THINKING TIMEFRAME? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON GROWTH AND THINGS FOR STATION FIVE.

LIKE TEN YEARS? 15? BEFORE STATION FIVE IS NEEDED? CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? SORRY, CHIEF. YOUR TIMING ON WHEN YOU THINK STATION FIVE WOULD BE NEEDED [INAUDIBLE] YOUR CRYSTAL BALL AND GLASSES AND WHATEVER, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A WILD ONE, A WILD GUESS RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

IT WOULD BE AN ASSUMPTION, BUT I WILL JUST SHARE MY EXPERIENCE FROM MY FORMER WORLD.

WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON NORTH.

WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT OUT WEST, AND I GUESS IT COULD BE SEEN AS SOMEWHAT OF A CRITICISM.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN OBSERVATION.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT DOWN SOUTH.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS FOR US IS HAVING ACCESS BECAUSE OF 35, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET GOING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONLY A FEW PLACES DOWN IN 35 THAT THAT'S MORE CONDUCIVE, AND SO I DON'T THINK WE WILL HAVE A STATION FIVE BUILT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

TEN BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S JUST SIMPLY A GUESS.

I'M NOT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE RADAR FOR DOWN SOUTH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE WAIT UNTIL IT REALLY TAKES OFF, THEN WE MAY BE TOO LATE, AND I JUST THINK FOR TRYING TO THINK DECADES AHEAD, THERE'LL NEVER BE A CHEAPER RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN LIKELY, BUT I THINK MORE THAN THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL IS ABOUT POSITIONING THE CITY BECAUSE OUR STATIONS, AS WE ALL KNOW, HAVE TO BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IF WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OUT OF A STATION, AND WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE BUT A COUPLE OF SHOTS AT GETTING IT RIGHT IN THAT REGARD, AND IF WE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THIRD OPTION, FOURTH OPTION, THEN I'M JUST LAYING IT OUT THERE.

RESPONSE TIME, SOMETHING WILL BE COMPROMISED.

WE WON'T HAVE THE IDEAL CAPABILITY TO BUILD THE BEST RESPONSE OUT OF THAT LOCATION WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE.

OKAY. I PROMISE THERE WAS AN END GAME IN MY QUESTION, BUT WHAT I'M JUST THINKING IS CAN YOU ISSUE COS TO BUY THE LAND THEN AFTER YOU CAN REFI IT MARTIN IN TEN YEARS.

IS THAT RIGHT? IT IS CORRECT. OKAY, BUT YOU CAN'T, AND YOU CAN IN THE REFINANCE.

YOU CAN ADD MONEY TO IT AT THAT POINT FOR OTHER USES.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT IT FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BORROW MONEY AND HOLD ON TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND THEN AND THEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THEN THEY DECIDE TO DEVELOP IT AND GET ANOTHER LOAN THAT REFINANCES THE EXISTING LOAN AND THEN BUILDS THE BUILDS IT.

SO I'M KIND OF GETTING AT IS INSTEAD OF PULLING THIS MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, IF WE WERE TO FIND A PLACE ISSUE, THE CO PUT IT ON A TEN YEAR, I DON'T KNOW ON THE BONDS DO THEY HAVE TO MATURE? ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE OR CAN YOU PICK.

AS IT RELATES TO COS YOU COULD YOU COULD DO 710 IN REGARDS TO HOW YOU WANT TO WITH ONE MATURITY THOUGH LIKE THE WHOLE MILLION AT THE END OF TEN YEARS OR IN THAT CASE, NO, IT WOULD BE IN INCREMENTS OVER TIME, OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.

WHAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT THE FIRST PRINCIPLE WOULD BE THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH, YOU CAN NEGOTIATE THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S EACH ISSUE, EACH THE 5000 INCREMENTS.

OKAY. SO WE COULD WE COULD STRUCTURE IT THAT YOU COULD DO LESS UPFRONT AND MORE AT THE END.

RIGHT. WE COULD DO ANY OF THAT IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN INCREMENTS OF 5000 FROM THERE.

OR WE CAN THEN GO AND DO A PRIVATE PLACEMENT FOR $10 MILLION AND SELL IT TO ONE INDIVIDUAL AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO THEM AS LONG AS WE'RE PAYING THE INTEREST.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL, YOU'RE PAYING THE SAME INTEREST OVER TIME.

INTEREST IS GOING TO BE CHEAPER.

I MEAN, SO I'M JUST THINKING, JUST PUTTING THIS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE ROUTE TO DO IT, AND THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, AND THEN WE BASICALLY REFINANCE IT IN TEN YEARS TO BUILD THE STATION OR 12 OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO, I MEAN, I LIKE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S CHEAPER NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT.

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I GUESS THE QUESTION IS WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IN THE AREA IS GOING TO BE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN IN A RABBIT HOLE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE REALLY EARLY, BUT WE NEED TO START THINKING.

I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF REFUNDING IN TEN YEARS.

THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT, AND THAT WAY WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THAT INTEREST.

HOPEFULLY IT'D BE LOWER BY THEN FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS, BUT ONCE THE LAND IS PURCHASED, WE GOT TO REMEMBER IT GOES INTO THE PILOT PROGRAM.

IT BEGINS TO COST US MONEY IMMEDIATELY PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET IT, WE GET IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

I THINK ANOTHER AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING NOT TO GO DOWN RABBIT HOLES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WOULD BE GOING ON FAR SOUTH, BUT THE STRATEGIC VALUE THAT THAT FIFTH STATION WILL HAVE COMING BACK IN TO THE CITY AS WELL, COMING BACK INTO THE 16S AREA, COMING BACK IN, IT WOULD CERTAINLY COME INTO OLD TOWN.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK, WISDOM AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS AND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING AS REASONABLY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT STATION FOUR AND THAT WAS WE WERE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS FIVE YEARS, AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D ADD ON THE 24TH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING IS AN UPDATE ON THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST, AND IF YOU RECALL FROM OUR JUNE 5TH PRESENTATION, WE DISCUSSED THE $8.9 MILLION BONDING CAPACITY.

SO WE'LL SPEAK BACK TO THAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT, EITHER PRESERVE IT TO DO PROJECTS OR REDUCE TAX RATE, AND SO THAT'LL BE A DECISION POINT THAT WE'LL LOOK TO, AND WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK ON THE 24TH, WE'LL GIVE YOU OPTIONS AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH LAND BANKING BEING ONE OF THOSE.

THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. YES.

DO YOU MIND IF I PICK THOSE UP? YES.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 3C, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF OTHER PROPRIETARY AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND

[3.C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on the financial overview of other proprietary and special revenue funds and receive any additional direction from City Council regarding the annual budget for fiscal year 2023-2024. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Director of Finance)]

RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024.

STAFF PRESENTER MARTIN AVILA DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

THANK YOU, MONICA.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS PRESENTATION KIND OF BRINGS TOGETHER A GROUP OF FUNDS THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE MAJOR FUNDS THAT WE LOOK AT AS IT RELATES TO 4A/4B.

THESE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE MONITOR THAT WE HAVE.

THERE ARE OTHER PROPRIETARY, OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

WE WANT TO KIND OF BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IN REGARDS TO THIS FINANCIAL OVERVIEW AND THIS BUDGET PROCESS, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS WERE BEING INCLUDED WERE ARPA FUNDS AND THERE'S 16 POSITIONS. YES.

WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.

I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICY.

SOME OF THE FUNDS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

IT IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, OUR IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND, WHO IS ALSO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND, OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AND TIF #2 AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ARE A COMBINATION OF PROPRIETARY AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

CURRENTLY THE ONLY ONE THAT'S A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS TIF #2.

ALL OF THE OTHER ONES ARE PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.

OUR FINANCIAL POLICY ADDRESSES A 20% FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT ON CERTAIN FUNDS AND THE FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE POLICY IS THE GENERAL FUND.

THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND 4A AND 4B.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE KEY FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.

NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ANY OF THESE FUNDS, CAN WE COULD ADD AS WE START LOOKING AT THAT, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT AS IT RELATES TO THAT? AS IT RELATES TO THESE THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS.

THEY ALL HAVE A UNIQUE FUNCTION TO THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER THAT AS AS WE GO ALONG AND START TALKING ABOUT EACH OF THESE FUNDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOLID WASTE FUND, THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND, THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDS, THEY'RE ALL IN ESSENCE, PASS THROUGH COSTS.

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YOU GO AND YOU PUT THE FUNDS IN THERE AND THE IDEA IS YOU'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DON'T HAVE A 20% FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE IT'S A PASS THROUGH COST FROM THERE, BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA IS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT REVENUES COMING IN TO COVER THOSE COSTS, AND SO THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WE LOOK AT AS WE REVIEW THESE FUNDS.

THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND, AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT COME INTO THIS FUND SUPPORTS ALL THE CLAIMS, ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR OUR SELF-INSURED HEALTH FUND.

IT SUPPORT SERVICES A CRITICAL AREA BECAUSE IT CONTROLS IT HAS THE OPERATIONS OF THE IT, BUT IT ALSO DEALS WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, IT TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT'S A VERY CRUCIAL PART, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND BECAUSE IT IS THE IT AND ALL OF THE NETWORKS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, SUPPORTED BY ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE OTHER FUNDS, AND THEN FINALLY, TIF #2, AGAIN, THIS TIFF STARTED VERY SMALL.

IT CONTINUES TO GROW OVER TIME.

IF WE EVER THINK ABOUT IS THERE A 20% FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT THAT COULD BE ADDED, THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNDS WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT AND ADD IN THERE.

HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

CITY IF SELF-INSURED.

MEDICAL AND DENTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

AGAIN, THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND OPERATES UNDER INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, AND SO THE CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM THE CITY AND ALSO COME FROM THE EMPLOYEE ITSELF AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY, EVERY FUND THAT HAS EMPLOYEES IN THAT FUND CONTRIBUTES TO THE THE EMPLOYER PORTION OF THAT BENEFIT.

RIGHT NOW, THE ASSUMPTIONS TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 5%.

SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT 5% CONTRIBUTION.

EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS WE HAVEN'T DONE A INCREASE IN PROBABLY THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE DON'T HAVE A INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYEE PORTION AT THIS TIME, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD ALWAYS DO THAT.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE WANT TO HAVE GOING FORWARD, AND AGAIN, THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AS RELATES TO THE EXPENDITURES AND AGAIN, WE GET THIS FROM OUR THIRD PARTY BENEFIT CONSULTANT CLAIMS ARE ALWAYS 7% OVER TIME, AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A BECAUSE OF THE RISING COST IN REGARDS TO WHAT THOSE CLAIMS CAN BE FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT I THINK IN REGARDS TO HOW OUR BENEFITS WELLNESS PROGRAM DOES, THAT ALWAYS IS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN REGARDS TO THE HEALTH OF THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL, AND IT BALANCES THE CLAIMS VERSUS WHERE WE'RE AT IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS STOP LOSS PREMIUMS. AGAIN, I THINK THE STOP LOSS PREMIUMS, IF I RECALL, IS EVERYTHING THAT ONCE IT HITS 100,000 IN CLAIMS THE STOP LOSS PREMIUMS COMES INTO EFFECT.

SO THE CITY AS A HEALTH INSURANCE FUND ALWAYS COVERS UP TO 100,000 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE PER CLAIM, AND AGAIN, ONCE IT REACHES THAT, THEN THE STOP LOSS PREMIUM GOES UP, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE WHY THE PREMIUMS AT TIMES HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW HOW MANY OF THOSE CLAIMS WE HAVE TO USE THAT PARTICULAR INSURANCE.

SO BASED UPON THAT, THINKING ABOUT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS THE FUND BALANCE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT, THE IDEA IS AS YOU MOVE OVER AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE 13% INCREASES IN INSURANCE PREMIUMS OR STOP LOSS PREMIUMS, OR YOU LOOK AT THE 7% OF THE CLAIMS AND WE'RE ONLY CONTRIBUTING 5%, YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT GRADUALLY GOES DOWN OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

NOW, AGAIN, THE OFFSET IS DO YOU REALLY ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE 7% INCREASES IN CLAIMS OR YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE 13% OF STOP LOSSES? AND THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

SO AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THAT WE KIND OF HISTORICALLY TRY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED UPON HISTORICALLY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE ALWAYS SO AGAIN, WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS OUR CURRENT ASSUMPTIONS.

IF EVERYTHING PLAYS OUT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT, THIS IS HOW THE FUND BALANCE WILL GO OVER TIME.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? YEAH, MARTIN, I'VE GOT ONE REQUEST ON THE STOP LOSS PREMIUMS. I GUESS THEY'RE ATTACHMENT POINT AT 100,000, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL TO SEE THAT.

COULD THAT BE PULLED OUT OF OTHER EXPENDITURES AND HAVE ITS OWN STANDALONE LINE ABOVE OTHER EXPENDITURES SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE PREMIUMS ARE? YES, AND CURRENTLY IT'S 720,000.

THAT IS THE CURRENT PREMIUM FOR THAT.

THAT IS THE CURRENT PREMIUM? YEAH. SO WE CAN.

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OKAY, AND PUT THAT ON THERE WHAT YOUR PROJECTED IS I NOTICED YOU SAID PROBABLY A 13% INCREASE.

OKAY. THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE AN EYE ON THAT BALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MARTIN, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THERE NOT BEEN AN INCREASE WITH THE EMPLOYEES? I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS, AND THEN THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR.

OKAY. SO THOUGHTS ON HOLDING OFF ONE MORE YEAR AND THEN THAT IS AND AGAIN, WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK AND EVENTUALLY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME OF THESE INCREASES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

IT ALL DEPENDS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN REGARDS TO THIS FUND BALANCE.

AGAIN, UNDER THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, WE WOULD BE 28% AT THE END OF THE FIFTH YEAR, BUT AGAIN, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THESE STOP LOSS PREMIUMS WILL ACTUALLY BE.

WHAT IS OUR CLAIMS NUMBERS GOING TO BE? AND IT BALANCES OUT BETWEEN THAT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK WHAT I WOULD ADD IS, IS THAT AS MARTIN SAID, THERE'S NOT A FUND BALANCE POLICY PER SE HERE.

THIS IS A MORE VOLATILE FUND THOUGH, WITH PREMIUMS AND COSTS POTENTIALLY HAVING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.

I THINK IT'S ONE THAT MARTIN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY, WANTING TO STAY CLOSE TO THAT 30% MARK.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S HIGH ASSUMPTIONS IN HERE, BUT THOSE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN TRUE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO IF THERE NEEDED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION, THERE COULD BE AN ARGUMENT THERE AS WE'RE FALLING BELOW THE 28%.

BECAUSE YOU COULD GET AHEAD OF IT NOW BY DOING ONE THIS YEAR.

KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING, LAST REGULAR MEETING ABOUT NOT HITTING THEM SO FAR.

BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE TREND, IT'S GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION PRETTY QUICKLY.

IT'S NOT QUITE EXPONENTIALLY, BUT IT'S PRETTY IT'S 10% EVERY TIME.

SO I WONDER WHAT IT'D BE LIKE IN 28-29 IF IT'D BE DOWN TO 19% OR SOMETHING.

SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

YEAH EITHER COSTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DECREASE OR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL HAVE TO INCREASE.

RIGHT, AND WE KNOW THAT COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, I'D BE OKAY LOOKING AT IT MAYBE NOW, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BURDEN ANYBODY , BUT I MEAN, IS IT MORE DIGESTIBLE IF WE DO A PERCENT HERE? 2%? WHEN WE LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED HOW OUR MERIT RAISES ARE UP TO THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

THAT'S NOT EVERYONE. THAT'S NOT EVERY CASE, AND THEN IN ONE YEAR, YOU GET A 5% RAISE IN OR A 5% INCREASE IN EXPENDITURE THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY OFFSET.

BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INCREMENTALLY STEP INTO, MAYBE IT'S NOT SUCH AN EYE OPENER.

SUCH A SHOCK. THANK YOU.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EASE INTO BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SAY, WE'RE GIVING YOU A RAISE.

GREAT WORK, AND HERE'S SOME MORE EXPENSES FOR YOU, BUT WE KNOW HEALTH CARE IS ONLY GOING UP, AND WE YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE TRENDS IN THE FIRE CHIEF'S NUMBERS OF MORE PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THESE RESOURCES, AND SO LET'S GET AHEAD OF IT.

IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS TO A MULTITUDE OF EMPLOYEES, SO MUCH OF THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH IN THAT BANK TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO COVER ALL OF THAT, AND I THINK IT'D BE ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IF THEY HAD BEEN BEING INCREASED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE FACT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE IN THREE YEARS, I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO HAVE AN INCREASE.

[INAUDIBLE] KIND OF THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH YEAR, RIGHT? THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH YEAR COMING UP.

THAT IS CORRECT. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

OKAY. I THINK WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN MODEL THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK FOR US, SHOOTING IT CLOSE TO 30% IN THAT FIFTH YEAR.

SO IF WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, WE COULD ALSO WE COULD ALWAYS REMODEL AND READJUST IN THE EVENT THAT PRICES DIDN'T INCREASE THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THEY MIGHT AND SO WE KIND OF END WITH THE END IN MIND AT THAT 30%.

YEAH, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE SEVEN AND THE 13.

I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY HITTING IT HARD, BUT THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY YOU SAID IT'S BEEN REALISTIC THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WAY.

SO THANK YOU.

PRIVATE BUSINESS. I KNOW ALONG WITH THE PAY RAISE OR ANY INCREMENT IN YOUR SALARY COMES A STANDARD KNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO INCREASE ALSO.

SO IF WE CAN INSTILL THAT, THEN IT CAN BE BUDGETED FOR BY THE EMPLOYEES BEFORE THE NEXT YEAR COMES AROUND BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN, AND I THINK CURRENTLY KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS IS CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE A 5% INCREASE FROM THE CITY SIDE EVERY YEAR.

IT'S THE EMPLOYEE PORTION THAT RIGHT NOW IN OUR PROJECTIONS, THERE IS

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NO INCREASE THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A 5% INCREASE FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS , AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE IMPACT, AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE A 13% INCREASE IN STOP LOSS.

WILL THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING AS WELL.

YOU DON'T HAVE A 7% INCREASE IN CLAIMS. WELL THAT CHANGES AS WELL.

SO IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN HOW EACH YEAR WE LOOK AT THAT AND EVALUATE THAT AS WELL.

IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS FUND SUPPORTS CITYWIDE TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORKS.

IT HAS A STAFF THAT DEALS WITH THE OPERATIONS, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE SERVERS, THE EQUIPMENT, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE TO OVERSEE AND PAY FOR, AND SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF ENSURES THAT THERE IS A PROPER ALLOCATION FROM ALL THE FUNDS THAT IN ESSENCE PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.

BE THE WATER FUND 4A/4B.

ALL OF THOSE ALLOCATIONS ARE MADE PROPERLY TO SUPPORT THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

RIGHT NOW, THE PERSONNEL COST IS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION FOR IT.

THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS CURRENTLY ABOUT 245,000.

AGAIN, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, THOSE WILL BE DETAILED, THAT NUMBER COULD BE A LITTLE MORE DEPENDING ON THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL , AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH JAMES IS THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE TYLER MUNIS ERP.

WE DID DO AN IMPLEMENTATION, IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER, BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WE WENT LIVE WITH THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

IT'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING READY FOR THE H.R.

SIDE AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH UTILITY BILLING AS WELL TO GET THE OTHER TWO MODULES THAT MAKE UP THE ERP SYSTEM FOR TYLER MUNIS.

SO THAT'S A BIG ONE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH GETTING READY TO DO THE CAD SYSTEM, THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED WITH ARPA FUNDS. THE COST IS PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT, BUT THERE ARE 2 MILLION OF THAT WILL BE COVERED WITH ARPA DOLLARS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH IMPLEMENTING A THIRD DATA CENTER AT THE SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS IT RELATES TO IF YOU LOSE DATA, ONE, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE BACKUPS GOING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTALS THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING AND I THINK CHIEF MENTIONED IN THE POLICE PRESENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THE AXON BODY CAMERA.

I THINK THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT AS WELL.

IF THAT COMES UP, THAT WILL BE A BIG INITIATIVE FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING WITH CITYWIDE WIRELESS ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND CLOUD BACKUP IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY AREAS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIALS, SLOWLY, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A 20% FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.

IT IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE OPERATIONS, BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS ONE OF THE THOUGHTS IS YOU WANT TO HAVE A SENSE OF SOME FUND BALANCE BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO NEED , AND SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT CUSHION TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN REGARDS TO THOSE EXPENDITURES, AND AGAIN, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 30%.

IT COULD BE LESS THAN THAT, AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS IT WILL REDUCE THE EXPENDITURES OR REDUCE THE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING FROM THE OTHER FUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT WE ARE SHOWING AS IT RELATES TO THIS FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

JUST I LIKE 30%, AND THE REASON IS OUR IT AND JUST IT IN GENERAL IS ALWAYS KIND OF A LAST THING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN RECENT TIMES, YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN DALLAS.

WE'VE REALLY GOT TO BEEF UP THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE CITY AND ANYWHERE.

I MEAN, EVEN APPLE HAD AN UPDATE TODAY THAT IT WAS BEING ACTIVELY EXPLOITED, AND EVERYBODY GO UPDATE YOUR IPHONES IF YOU HAVE ONE, AND SO THIS STUFF JUST HITS REAL TIME, AND I THINK HAVING THAT LITTLE EXTRA CUSHION BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT JAMES IS NEEDING SOME HELP ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE, LIKE A PROJECT MANAGER AND MAYBE SOME MORE I.T. SUPPORT, BECAUSE I THINK THE RULE OF THUMB IS PER 100 EMPLOYEES, YOU HAVE ONE SUPPORT PERSON.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S THE GENERAL RULE.

SO AS WE GROW AND GET BIGGER, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT PEOPLE.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT I'M KIND OF FINANCE AND IT ARE KIND OF MY BIG THINGS.

I WANT TO GET THESE UP AND RUNNING GET CAUGHT UP.

WE DIDN'T PROVIDE A LOT OF DETAIL TODAY AS IT RELATES TO RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING BUT THIS DOES HAVE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT JAMES HAS REQUESTED IN IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THESE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE.

THAT'S WHAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS REPRESENT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

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EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND.

THIS FUND IS ALSO AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, AND WHAT THIS FUND DOES IS IT MAINTAINS AND REPAIRS THE CITY'S FLEET AND EQUIPMENT, HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

IT IS A FLEET SERVICES SHOP.

THEY'LL DO THE THE OIL CHANGES, WHATEVER MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE VEHICLES AND THE EQUIPMENT, THEY'LL DO THE REPAIRS AS WELL, AND SO AGAIN, SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND HAS DONE AND HAS BEEN IMPACTED WITH IS THE RISE IN COST OF REPAIRS AND THE RISING COST OF FUEL, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN REGARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND ALSO HAS A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE IN THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS IN REGARDS TO THE INCREASE ON FUEL IN 22 GOING INTO 23, THE FUND DID HAVE A A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE HAD TO INCREASE THE THE THE EXPENDITURES DUE TO THE COST OF FUEL, AND ONE OF THE DECISIONS WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IS WE WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 5% CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALL THE FUNDS TO COVER THAT AND AGAIN, THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYWAY, BUT WE'RE DOING THAT FOR THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE CURRENTLY IS, IS WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR WAS A -$76,000. PROPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE ABOUT 2.3 PROPOSED TOTAL EXPENDITURES, ABOUT 2.1 MILLION.

THAT LEAVES A AND AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR ABOUT $101,000, BUT THAT WILL GIVE A $35,000 POSITIVE FOR THIS YEAR, AND THEN IT'LL CONTINUE TO GROW FROM THERE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING IS WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OVER TIME AND ALLOW TO BUILD UP THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND, AND AGAIN, THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND IS A PASS THROUGH FUND.

THEY'RE NOT THERE TO MAKE A PROFIT TO ME IT'S A MORE SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE OPERATIONS AND NOT TO ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS IT RELATES TO THE FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING HERE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT IT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. THERE'S NO MARKUP INVOLVED WITH THESE COSTS.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH PASS THROUGH, AND AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHERE THE FUEL COST IS GOING TO GO.

IT'S BEEN STABILIZED, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IF IT DOES GO UP, WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT AS WELL.

EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, AND AGAIN, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THIS FUND IS IS THAT IT IS A FUND THAT RECEIVES DOLLARS OVER TIME TO ENSURE THAT AS WE REPLACE VEHICLES, AS WE REPLACE EQUIPMENT, THAT IT HAS THE FUNDING TO DO THAT. AGAIN, THE INTENT RIGHT NOW, THE WHAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS, IS WHAT EXACTLY IS IS THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT THIS EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND SHOULD FUND AS IT RELATES TO VERSUS USING A A FINANCING OTHER FINANCING OPTIONS FOR LARGER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FIRE APPARATUSES. AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THE FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT $3.7 MILLION.

WE ARE PROJECTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM, AGAIN, THE FUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND GOVERNMENTAL IS THE GENERAL FUND.

THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND AND ALSO THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND.

THOSE ARE THE THREE FUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THEIR VEHICLES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT IS ANTICIPATED ABOUT 1.7 MILLION WILL BE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THESE FUNDS.

CURRENTLY, TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS ONLY ABOUT 813,000, BUT AGAIN.

THE THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE VARIES BASED UPON HOW THE VOLUME WHEN ARE THESE EQUIPMENTS GOING TO BE REPLACED? SOME ARE FIVE YEARS, SOME ARE TEN YEARS, SOME ARE SEVEN YEARS.

SO SOMETIMES OVER TIME YOU'LL HAVE A BIGGER PURCHASE VERSUS THIS YEAR.

SO NEXT YEAR IT COULD BE 2 MILLION.

NEXT YEAR, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IT COULD BE 3 MILLION DEPENDING ON WHAT THE INVENTORY, WHAT'S BEING REPLACED AT THAT TIME.

SO AGAIN, IT IS A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING OVER TIME AND WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU BUYING YOU'RE HAVING TO REPLACE OVER OVER THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME.

SO AGAIN, SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED, PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE, $418,000 AS IT RELATES TO SUVS AND TRUCKS, PUBLIC WORKS, 194,000, AND AGAIN, PARKS AND MAINTENANCE, 196,000 IN REGARDS TO TRUCKS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN REGARDS TO THIS FUND FOR ABOUT $3,000.

SO THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE ABOUT $4.7 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND AGAIN,

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AS WE WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, IT KIND OF SHOWS THE THE BALANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 2025, CURRENTLY IT WILL BE $4.6 MILLION , AND THAT THERE IS THE TWO FIRE TRUCKS, THE TWO FIRE APPARATUSES THAT WE HAD WE APPROVED AND PREORDERED THIS YEAR AND IS ANTICIPATED TO COME IN IN 2025.

SO AGAIN, OUT OF THAT 2.9, THE 4.6 I'M SORRY, $3 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE FIRE TRUCK REPLACEMENT , AND AGAIN, THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IS, IS IT REASONABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS TYPE OF FUNDING FOR THOSE LARGER APPARATUSES OR DO WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT A FINANCING OPTION IN REGARDS TO ISSUING DEBT FOR THOSE OVER A TEN, 15 YEAR PERIOD? SO THAT'S IN ESSENCE THE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE OF COSTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING WITH FIRE TRUCKS AND FIRE APPARATUSES IS THAT THE COST IS GROWING, INCREASING A LOT FASTER THAN WE ARE ANTICIPATING, AND AGAIN, IT COULD BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

IT COULD BE A BALANCE WITH CASH FUND ONE, WE FINANCE ANOTHER.

IT WILL BE YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS FUND? EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR PROPRIETARY.

AGAIN, PRIMARILY IT'S THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONTRIBUTES TO THIS , BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE GOLF FUND AS WELL.

AGAIN, 1.4 MILLION IS THE BEGINNING BALANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 450.

WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE ABOUT OR REPLACE ABOUT 444,000, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS ALWAYS HEAVY EQUIPMENT, MOWERS, VERY EXPENSIVE MOWERS, TRUCKS AS THEY DEAL WITH DEALING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF EITHER THE WATER OR DEALING WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE, AND AGAIN, THE ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION AT THE END OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024, BUT AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE AND AGAIN, YOU LOOK OVER TIME AND SOMETIMES IT GOES UP HIGHER, SOMETIMES IT GOES UP LOWER AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO MANAGE BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE STRONG FUND BALANCES.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS HAVE FUNDING TO REPLACE YOUR EQUIPMENT AS IT'S COMING DUE.

MARTIN, I KNOW WE BRING THIS UP EVERY MEETING WITH THE GOLF, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT IT LAST MEETING THAT WE MAYBE HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT ON THE CARTS.

SO WOULD THOSE REPLACEMENTS COME OUT OF THIS FUND, THE GOLF CART REPLACEMENT? SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE FUND IS THAT.

THE GOLF FUND WAS ACTUALLY LEASING THE GOLF CARTS UP FRONT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH MONEY INTO FROM THE GOLF TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM UPFRONT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN HOW MUCH CAN THEY PURCHASE AND HOW MUCH CAN THEY NOT, AND SO DO YOU DO A LEASE FOR A PORTION OF THAT OR NOT? AND SO THE BALANCE IS THE COST OF GOLF CARTS IS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO AS TO HOW MUCH WE CAN PUT IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE GOLF CARTS, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS NOT PURCHASING EXISTING WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN WAS THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY OF THE BEST IN THE BEST SHAPE THAT THEY USED TO.

SO MAYBE WE JUST LET THEM GO AND LEASE, LEASE, ALL NEW ONES.

OKAY. MARTIN? YES? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY FOR CLARITY, TOO, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS.

IS THAT REALLY THE LEASE? IT'S NOT A TRUE LEASE.

THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND PURCHASED IT, AND THEN BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE THE OPTION THAT WE COULD LEASE IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES BASED UPON THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT LEASE OFFERS FROM A THIRD PARTY.

THANK YOU. SOLID WASTE FUND.

PROPRIETARY FUND CHARGES CUSTOMERS FOR TRASH RECYCLING ALSO HAS SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN REGARDS TO WHAT OTHER PERSONNEL FROM OTHER FUNDS USE TO SUPPORT THAT.

CURRENTLY, THE SOLID WASTE FUND DOES NOT HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES, BUT THERE ARE STAFF IN DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT ARE STILL OVERSEEING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT OF THAT OPERATIONS AS WELL.

NO. ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, IS THE COLLECTION OF THE REFUSE AND THE RECYCLING IS CONTRACTED OUT TO A THIRD PARTY, AND THAT IS THE WASTE CONNECTIONS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A SOLID WASTE RATE INCREASE SINCE 2019.

ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS AT THAT POINT WAS BECAUSE THE FUND BALANCE

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WAS A STRONG FUND BALANCE, AND SINCE THIS WAS A PASS THROUGH OVER TIME BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING THE CONTRACTOR, IT WAS A DECISION TO BE ABLE TO START REDUCING THAT FUND BALANCE AND WAIT FOR THE NEW CONTRACT TO COME IN AND WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THAT, AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY AS IT RELATES TO THAT WITH THE INCREASES OF INFLATION IN 22 AND AGAIN WITH COVID AND GOING WITH THE IMPACTS OF THAT AND THE INFLATION COSTS, THE CONTRACT IS TIED TO WHAT THE INFLATION RATE IS FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AND SO IN 22 THEY CAME BACK.

WASTE CONNECTIONS AND ASKED FOR A 4% INCREASE TO THEIR CONTRACT.

WE DID NOT INCREASE THE RATES AT THAT TIME.

FOR THE CUSTOMERS, THE FUND BALANCE WAS STILL KIND OF HIGH.

SO WE CONTINUE WITH THAT.

IN 23, THEY CAME BACK WITH A 10% INCREASE AND THAT WAS A BIG ONE, AND THEN THE QUESTION IS THE CONTRACTS COMING TO A DECISION? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT, AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS, WILL THE CONTRACT BE MORE? WOULD IT BE LESS DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE? AND SO THE DECISION, I THINK, WAS TO CONTINUE WITH THE WASTE CONNECTIONS, AND IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT, IT WAS NEGOTIATED FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, BUT PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION IS THAT THEY CAME BACK AND WANTED A 6 PERCENT CPI FOR 24 CONTRACT AND THEN A 6% GOING INTO 24.

SO 23 AND 24.

SO THIS YEAR THEY WILL HAVE A 6% INCREASE CPI AND THEN 24 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A 6% INCREASE IN CPI AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU'VE GOT 4%, YOU'VE GOT 10% AND THEN GOT 6%.

WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED AT THAT POINT 20% OVER TIME AS WE'RE GOING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR.

MARTIN JUST FOR CLARITY TO THAT 6%, IT'S 6% OR CPI, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

SO A MINIMUM, NO LESS THAN 6%.

SO THE THOUGHT THE THOUGHT WAS TO BRING DOWN THE FUND BALANCE, AND THEN BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HIT EVERYBODY FOR 20% IN ONE SHOT.

SO FAIR QUESTION.

I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF THINGS AT PLAY.

WE HAD DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL OF GOING OUT FOR AN RFP AND CONSIDERING CHANGING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL.

SO TODAY WE HAVE TWICE A WEEK LOOSE COLLECTION AND THEN POLY CART RECYCLING COLLECTION.

THE INDUSTRY IS MOVING AWAY FROM BAG COLLECTION AND ESSENTIALLY THEY WASTE CONNECTIONS INFORMED US THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO EXTEND LOOSE COLLECTIONS AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEIR WILLINGNESS, BUT MOST LIKELY AT SOME POINT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WILLING TO CONTINUE LOOSE COLLECTION, BUT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO RECOUP THEIR COSTS, AND I THINK THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS THAT, AS MARTIN HAD INDICATED, WE'VE NOT BEEN PASSING COST ALONG AND IN FACT SUBSIDIZING THE RATE AND SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WITH BAG COLLECTION, THIS 20% IS BASICALLY A TRUE UP TO RESET THE RATES TO CONTINUE THIS SERVICE.

OKAY, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T MEAN THAT AS A SLIDE FOR THE EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANYTHING THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT WHAT IF WE JUST INSTEAD OF DOING 20.

WHAT IF WE JUST ADJUSTED IT BY THE CPI, WHICH WOULD BE SIX? IS IT GOING TO PUT US TOO FAR IN THE HOLE? SO I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MARTIN'S THUNDER, BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS, IS THAT SOME OF THE EXISTING RATES FOR HOW WE'RE DOING ARE ALREADY SUBSIDIZED TODAY, AND SO CONTINUING TO INCREASE THAT WOULD CONTINUE THAT SUBSIDY.

OKAY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE SHOWING THE 20% IS BECAUSE HOW MUCH THE CONTRACT HAS GONE AS IT RELATES TO CPI OVER THAT POINT, IT IS A 20%.

WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE IT 20%.

WE COULD DO TEN, WE COULD DO TEN AND GO FORWARD.

THAT WAS JUST IT ALLOWED US TO ALIGN THE PURPOSE OF THE INCREASE GOING TO THAT FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN AS I UNDERSTAND WHY WE STAYED WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE STAYING WITH BECAUSE THE CITIZENS REALLY ENJOYED AND THE CUSTOMERS REALLY ENJOYED THE SERVICE THAT THEY HAD, AND SO AGAIN, WE HAD TO BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT THE CUSTOMERS WANT, BALANCING WHAT THEY LIKE VERSUS WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS IT RELATES TO THE FINANCIALS AND THE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PARTICULAR FUND AND THE CONTRACT.

SO AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT 20% TRUE UP OF CPI, AND AGAIN, THAT IS AN AVERAGE COST OF ABOUT $3.64.

WE COULD ALWAYS CHANGE THAT OVER TIME, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TOO IS WE'RE LOOKING AT 6% INCREASE AND THEN WE GO 3% THEREAFTER, AND SO IT GOES BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WHEN WE WERE DOING THE WATER SIDE.

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DO YOU DO SOMETHING LARGER UPFRONT AND THEN SMALLER LATER AND THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE COULD WE COULD DO OTHER MODELS, OTHER EXAMPLES AS WELL IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOTICE IS, IS WE ARE BEHIND ON THAT INCREASE OF CPI.

I THINK THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WASTE CONNECTION WAS UNDER THE CONTRACT THEY DID NOT INCREASE THE CPI, BUT I THINK RIGHT AFTER COVID HIT AND THE INFLATION WAS HITTING, THEY FELT THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF THE STAFF THERE.

SO IT BECAME AN IMPACT IN REGARDS TO THAT, AND I'M SURE THEY WERE RAISING SALARIES AS WELL, TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO STAY, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DO IS WE DO HAVE A 2% GROWTH RATE THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN THE IMPACT OVER TIME.

SO ALL OF THAT IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE MODEL, AND SO GOING FORWARD, IT KIND OF SLOWLY BUILDS BACK UP WHAT THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE BASED UPON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, AND AGAIN, BY YEAR BY YEAR THREE, WE'LL BE AT 20%, AND AGAIN, IT DOES NOT HAVE A FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.

WE COULD PUT IT AS PART OF A FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE REASON WHY WE ARE DOING THIS AND HAVING A FUND BALANCE IS TO ENSURE WHAT EXACTLY ARE THESE CPIS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE BASIS OF PUTTING MONEY TO START BUILDING UP SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING HEED KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT UP HERE, ABOUT GOING AHEAD AND INCREASING IT HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND THEN STAIR STEPPING IT DOWN.

I DIDN'T THINK IT'D BE 20%.

SO TO GET IT CAUGHT UP THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WISE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY BUT PERCENT WISE THAT'S WHAT.

RIGHT AND ONE DAY THE BAGS WILL GO AWAY.

THE CARTS ARE COMING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT THE CARTS, BUT WE GET, WHAT, FIVE MORE YEARS OF BAGS? OKAY, GOOD.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE POINT WE WERE CONSIDERING EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH THEM ABOUT COMMERCIAL COLLECTION.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CONCESSION FOR COMMERCIAL COLLECTION IN BURLESON.

RIGHT NOW IT'S A FREE MARKET FOR ANY PROVIDER, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS AND IN THE PAST, I'VE NOT BEEN WARM ON THE IDEA OF GIVING ANY SINGLE ENTITY THAT CONCESSION FOR THE CITY, BUT IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE PROPPED UP AS FAR AS KEEPING THE BAG COLLECTION THAT EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES SO MUCH.

SO IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ROUTE WE HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL.

THE LAST FUND IS A TIF #2 FUND.

AGAIN, THIS FUND CONTINUES TO GROW OVER TIME.

IT'S BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT 12 TO 15% AN INCREASE IN VALUES OVER TIME AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD THE OLD TOWN AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, AND SO THE IDEA RIGHT NOW IS IT DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF 20%, BUT IT DOES HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND ALSO CAPITAL.

SO WE DO ISSUE BONDS OUT OF THIS TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE OLD TOWN AND WITHIN THE TIF ZONE AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW, THE FUND BALANCE FOR THIS FUND IS ABOUT 49% FUND BALANCE TO EXPENDITURES IS $703,000.

PROPOSED OPERATING EXPENDITURES IS ABOUT 650,000, OF WHICH THERE'S ABOUT THREE AND A HALF FTES THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED OUT OF THIS FUND. TWO FTES ARE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

YOU DO HAVE ONE COORDINATOR THAT OVERSEES THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND, AND THEN YOU HAVE A HALF AN EMPLOYEE THAT DEALS WITH THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA AS WELL.

IT ALSO HAS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IN THERE, ABOUT $77,000.

AGAIN, THE BOND ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR PLANS IS IS ISSUING DEBT THIS YEAR FOR $450,000 AND THEN NEXT YEAR DOING $900,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING LOT AND THE DESIGN OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN IN 25, DOING ANOTHER 4.8 MILLION FOR THAT AS WELL, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT CONTINUES TO BE HIGH.

WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING ANY CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THIS FUND, BUT AGAIN IT IS A MATTER OF HOW WE BALANCE BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL COST AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE FUND IS ABLE TO PROVIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TIF #2? YES, I'M HUNGRY.

WHAT ARE THE SUPPLEMENTALS IN TIF #2 FUND?

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THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS A SUPPLEMENTAL THAT CAME FROM PARKS.

I THINK THEY WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER FTE THAT HELP BALANCE BETWEEN THE MAINTENANCE AS WELL , AND THAT WAS FOR THE PLAZA.

YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

TOMMY, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE HAD A CAPACITY OF, WHAT, 8.8 MILLION? YES, SIR 8.9? YES, SIR, AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE MODEL FOR THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS TO TRY TO KEEP THAT CAPACITY, IF NOT MORE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF COS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE FIVE YEAR CIP PLANS WITH THE REVENUES, PROJECTED REVENUES IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO KEEP.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO KEEP THAT CAPACITY ALIVE, AND I'VE ALREADY HEARD 3 TO 4 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TODAY.

WOULD THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THE DOOR TO MAYBE BRING BACK A CONTRACT GRANT WRITER.

IF WE CAN BRING IN A CONTRACT GRANT WRITER THAT COULD GET US $100,000 PROJECT OR 2 OR $3 MILLION PROJECT THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

CERTAINLY HAPPY TO EXPLORE THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT STAFF'S ACTIVELY WORKING ON PURSUING GRANTS, BUT IT NEVER HURTS.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SPEAK WITH OUR LARGER DEPARTMENTS ABOUT AND EVALUATE THE MERIT AND COME BACK AND TALK TO COUNCIL, BUT 100%.

OKAY. YES, I'VE HEARD OF SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY GOT DUE TO THE DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFF, AND THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY MAY BE HERE TO EVEN EXPOUND UPON THAT.

IF WE HAD SOMEBODY COME IN TO CONTRACT THAT DID IT FOR A LIVING, I UNDERSTOOD AND IT MIGHT TAKE SOME BURDEN OFF OF THE DIRECTORS.

YES, SIR, AND FOR CLARITY TO THE 8.9 JUST ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, BUT CORRECT.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALSO THE GRANT WRITERS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE GENERALLY THEIR COST COMES RIGHT OUT OF WHAT THEY MAKE.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF THE CITY IS PUTTING IN A LOT OF MONEY.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THAT IDEA.

IT WORKED VERY WELL AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YES, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

UNDERSTOOD. ANYBODY? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

I WAS ASKED TO CALL A BREAK, BUT BEFORE WE DO THE BREAK, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS CALL SO ANYBODY CAN GO HOME IF WE HAVE ANYBODY.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR ADDRESS COUNCIL, THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.

AGAIN, THAT'S SECTION FIVE CITIZENS APPEARANCE, EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA SHALL SPEAK.

DURING THIS SECTION.

A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKEY DOKE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A 20 MINUTE BREAK.

JUST BE BACK HERE AT 6:10, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6:10.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH SECTION THREE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

NEXT ITEM IS 3D, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NEW CITY COUNCIL POLICY.

[3.D. Receive a report, hold a discussion regarding the proposed new City Council Policy #42 – City Council Committees. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

NUMBER 42 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

STAFF PRESENTER WILL BE MYSELF.

MONICA SOLKO DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 42.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.

COUNCILMAN LARRY SCOTT PRESENTED THE COUNCIL, PRESENTED THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 20TH.

ON THE PROPOSED HE DID THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED DESCRIPTIONS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

AFTER REVIEWING FEEDBACK AT THAT MEETING, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PROPOSED AND FINAL COUNCIL COMMITTEES THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

WE CAN REVIEW AND CHANGE THE COMMITTEES AS OFTEN AS WE NEED TO, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IT AT LEAST ANNUALLY.

SO FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND MUNICIPAL COURT COMMITTEES, THOSE ARE GOING TO THAT ONE IS GOING TO REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM THE PROPOSED ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

THAT ONE ALSO IS GOING TO REMAIN AN UNCHANGED.

THE NEW ONE IS GOING TO BE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

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BEFORE IT WAS FORMERLY FINANCE AND INTERNAL SERVICES.

WE'VE REMOVED THE INTERNAL SERVICES AND JUST KEPT IT FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THE NEXT ONE IS COMMITTEE SERVICES COMMITTEE, SERVICES COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE.

WE ADDED EMPLOYEES TO THE DESCRIPTION AND ADDED HUMAN RESOURCES AS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

WE ALSO ADDED THE CITIZENS BETTER TOGETHER COMMITTEE.

SO AFTER WE REVIEWED THE MINUTES ON THE BETTER TOGETHER COMMITTEE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THAT COMMITTEE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, BUT A CITIZENS COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO LIKE THE ADA.

SO WE'VE ADDED THAT ONE ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE.

THE COMMUNITY AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE.

WE ADDED THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.

THAT IS NOT OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEES, BUT OUR REGULAR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

THIS WAS THE COMBINED INTERNAL SERVICES AND COUNCIL POLICY PORTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ON OTHER ONES.

THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE THE NEW COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY SECRETARY DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND AID WITH ISSUES AND POLICIES APPLICABLE TO THE INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC WORKS, LEGAL, WHICH IS RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S THE FACILITIES AND FLEET AND BUILDING ASSESSMENT, NOT STREET AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND SET THE MEETINGS QUARTERLY.

THIS WILL HELP WITH STAFF.

WITH STAFF ENGAGEMENT AND WILL HELP STAFF COME UP WITH HAVE A MEETING DATE SET SO THAT WHEN WE START PREPARING AGENDA ITEMS TO COME BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A DATE IN MIND AND YOU HAVE THE DATE ALSO ON YOUR CALENDAR.

OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COME BEFORE YOU, WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL THOSE MEETINGS.

WE DID ADD THE CITIZENS BETTER TOGETHER TO BE A MONTHLY FOR RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO SET UP THE STRUCTURE.

WE DO HAVE A VISION AND MISSION, BUT WE NEED TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS, HOW MANY MEMBERS WE WANT ON THERE AND JUST APPLICATION PROCESS, DO WE WANT TO DO THE SAME BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATION? DO WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE STRUCTURE SET UP FOR THE MONTHLY MEETING SO THAT THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED.

SO THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU FOR FORMAL APPROVAL IF THIS IS GOING TO IF THIS WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

SO IT'LL BE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS PER COMMITTEE, TWO MEMBERS FOR A QUORUM.

EACH COMMITTEE SELECTS A CHAIR.

THE TERMS ARE TWO YEAR TERMS AND THE CHAIR IS ALSO TWO YEAR TERMS GENERALLY WILL BE SELECTED.

IN JULY, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL SEND OUT RANKINGS RANKING FOR EACH MEMBER TO RANK ALL COMMITTEES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE.

THE CITY SECRETARY WILL PRESENT THE MATRIX TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR COUNCIL TO DETERMINE SELECTION.

IF ANY CHANGES IN COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP BEFORE THE TWO YEAR TERMS EXPIRES, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL WILL PRESENT THE CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND ASK COUNCIL IF THEY'D LIKE TO SELECT AGAIN OR IF THEY JUST WANT TO APPOINT.

SO THESE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOT AND THEN WHAT COUNCILMAN MEMBER LARRY SCOTT PUT TOGETHER.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR FORMAL ADOPTION IF COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH IT.

SO IT'LL BE COUNCIL POLICY 42 AGAIN, IT WILL BE THE POLICY WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE AT LEAST ANNUALLY, AND ANY AMENDMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND THIS WILL ALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

HOW DO WE FEEL? ANY QUESTIONS? IS THE PLAN TO BRING THIS BACK FOR ACTION OR DO WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT? NO, IT WILL BRING IT BACK FOR FORMAL ACTION.

THIS IS JUST THE COMBINATION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL THE CORRECT FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST MEETING, PLUS THE NEW DESCRIPTIONS, AND THEN WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO SIX AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL WERE GOOD WITH IT BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK FOR FORMAL ACTION.

ARE WE IN FAVOR OF BRINGING IT BACK? EVERYBODY ON BOARD? ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

BRING IT BACK.

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ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION FOUR, CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA.

SECTION 4A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN.

[4.A. Items to be continued or withdrawn.]

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS? MADAM SECRETARY? WE DO.

I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE REMOVE ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS CONTRACT WITH BUREAU VERITAS.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT A LATER DATE.

IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION. I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES FOR THE BUYER PORTION OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT A LATER DATE.

OKAY. THAT'LL BRING US TO ITEM 4B ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY

[4.B. Items to be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion by the City Council, staff, or members of the public in attendance. Items to be added to the Consent Agenda require an official vote by the City Council.]

COUNCIL STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.

ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO CONSENT AGENDA REQUIRE AN OFFICIAL VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE ANY ITEMS? YES. MADAM SECRETARY, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM 6D FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

I DO NOT NEED A PRESENTATION, NOR DO I NEED OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM.

I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST ADDING 8A, 8B AND 8C TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MATT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, PRO-TEM, WE CANNOT ADD 8A TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECTION 2.4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES WHEN YOU TAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE FIRST AND FINAL READING, IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WELL, I WONDERED WHY IT WAS WHERE IT WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OKAY, BUT THAT EXPLAINS IT.

WHEN WE GET TO THAT, CAN WE JUST NOT HAVE THE PRESENTATION? 8A THROUGH C TOGETHER? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL THOSE INTO THE RECORD, AND AT ONE TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WE DO NOT WANT TO ADD THOSE.

CORRECT. WE'LL JUST PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.

SO WE'VE ALREADY DISPENSED WITH SECTION FIVE CITIZENS APPEARANCE.

THAT'LL BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

SECTION SIX CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 6A THROUGH 6L.

MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION? I'M SORRY.

WE NEEDED TO REMOVE 6D.

SO ITEMS 6A, B, C REMOVAL OF D.

I'D MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6D.

THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE DOING A MOTION BY DAN A SECOND BY LARRY.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, THAT'LL BRING US TO ITEM 6D THAT WAS REMOVED.

[6.D. Consider approval of a resolution waiving fees for Burleson Independent School District and Joshua Independent School District at Hidden Creek Golf Course. (Staff Contact: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

OKAY. THE ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION WAIVING FEES FOR BURLESON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JOSHUA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AT HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE, AND THE FIRST RESPONSE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A REQUEST LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY.

HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO LOSE? BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS NOT A MATTER OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THIS AGENDA ITEM CONCERNS A GOODWILL GESTURE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COACH PHIL ANDERSON AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON TO PARTNER WITH BISD AND JISD TO PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

CURRICULAR SUCCESS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COACH AND THANKS IN ADVANCE TO JEN.

I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE.

SHE'S GOT PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS.

AS EASY AS IT IS FOR US TO SAY YES.

IT IS YOU, JEN AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM THAT WILL HAVE TO ADJUST AND IMPLEMENT AN ACTION PLAN TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

SO THANKS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM IN ADVANCE FOR THE DECISION WE MAY MAKE HERE TONIGHT.

I DO HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION.

I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS DECISION HAVE AN ANNUAL SUNSET DATE RULE RENEWAL WOULD COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL 30 DAYS BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION OR PRIOR TO ISD--THAT'S JISD AND BISD--BUDGET ANNUAL REVIEW AND

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HOW IT IS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL WILL BE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION.

I PERSONALLY AM OKAY WITH PLACING THIS RENEWAL ACTION WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YES SIR. WE HAVE NO ISSUE.

JUST MAKE THAT SPECIFIC IN YOUR MOTION ABOUT IT BEING ANNUAL.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AS YOU'VE REQUESTED, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS REQUEST HAVE AN ANNUAL SUNSET DATE.

THE RENEWAL WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION OR PRIOR TO BISD AND JISD ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

HIT YOUR BUTTON, PHIL. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY AND A SECOND FOR PHIL. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

[7.A. Lot B, Block 17, Hidden Vistas Phase 4B (Case 23-045): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance for a zoning change request from “PD”, Planned Development to “PD" Planned Development to incorporate .334 acres of open space into three existing residential lots (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by unanimous vote)]

ITEM 7A LOT B, BLOCK 17 HIDDEN VISTAS PHASE 4B CASE NUMBER 23-045 TONIGHT IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO INCORPORATE 0.334 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE INTO THREE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

STAFF PRESENTER IS TONY MCILWAIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR THANK YOU, MISS SOLKO AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO-TEM AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM DOES INVOLVE A ZONING CHANGE FOR AN EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT IS MR. PETER THOMAS.

THE INTENT COUNCIL IS TO ALLOCATE THREE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF COMMON OPEN SPACE LAND TO THREE EXISTING HOME SITES.

HE'S BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WANT TO ENLARGE THEIR YARD, THEIR YARD, EXCUSE ME, AND PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ALLOW HIM TO CARVE OUT 0.3, THREE, FOUR ACRES FROM APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE SITE.

THIS IS A SECTION OF THE CITY THAT'S DESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE 2040 MIDPOINT PLAN, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS ITS ZONING.

THE THREE LOTS IN QUESTION ARE CONTAINED IN THAT RED RECTANGLE.

THERE ARE LOTS 13, 14 AND 23.

SO THESE ARE PLOTTED.

LET'S PLOT IT BACK IN 2020, AND THE AREA THAT YOU SEE WITH THE HASHES GOING THROUGH IT ARE THE APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF THE OPEN SPACE AREAS IN AND AROUND THESE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.

THEY TURNED IN A RE-PLAT AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE INFORMED THE DEVELOPER THAT BECAUSE IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND IT WAS OFFICIALLY PLANNED AND ZONED FOR OPEN SPACE STAFF WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO CHANGE THAT WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THROUGH A ZONING APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE HERE NOW.

WE NOTIFIED SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE.

AS FAR AS OUR PROPERTY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

THERE WERE ALMOST 400 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE NOTIFIED.

WE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WHICH SHOULD BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE OPPOSITION NOTICE AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT ALSO HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

THEY WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE OPEN SPACE BEING REMOVED FROM THE FROM THE OVERALL CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AT OUR PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THERE WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND A RECOMMENDATION AS SUCH TO YOU THE COUNCIL.

PART OF WHAT WE DID WAS WE PUT IN THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS IN EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE THREE LOTS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A WROUGHT IRON REQUIREMENT AROUND THE PROPERTY.

AS FAR AS FENCING AND AS FAR AS THE LAY OF THE LAND, THERE IS A TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LAKE, BUT IT DOESN'T GO BEHIND THESE THREE LOTS.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEHIND THESE THREE LOTS IS BASICALLY TERRAIN AND A LITTLE BIT OF ELEVATION CHANGE.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE COULDN'T ACCESS THE TRAIL AROUND THE LAKE.

DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, MR. THOMAS EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST WAS A DESIRE OF THE OWNERS OF THE THREE LOTS WHO WANTED TO BASICALLY MAKE THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT LARGER TO ALLOW FOR THINGS

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SUCH AS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

STAFF DOES NOT GENERALLY SUPPORT OPEN SPACE BEING CARVED OUT OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE WILLFULLY AND DELIBERATELY WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW FOR AS MUCH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE. AS I TOLD YOU, WE NOTIFIED ALMOST 400 PEOPLE, THREE IN SUPPORT, ONE IN OPPOSITION.

SO I BELIEVE THAT FOLLOWING THAT MEETING WE DROP ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS ACTION TAKING PLACE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, STAFF DOES SUPPORT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.

I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS ACTION AND HOW IT MAY BE IMPACTFUL TO SURROUNDING LOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I SUPPORT THIS CONSIDERING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TODAY, BUT MY CONCERN IS WE APPROVED WHATEVER WE DID WAY BACK THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH MET ITS OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, PARTIALLY USING THESE THREE LITTLE ODD PIECES OF LAND , AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

WE NEED OPEN SPACE AND PARK SPACE IN ANY PROPERTY, BUT WHAT WE ALSO NEEDED AND DIDN'T HAVE APPARENTLY WAS A COHERENT IDEA AS TO JUST WHAT THESE SPACES WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WOULD BE WORTH AND HOW THEY COULD BE UTILIZED.

AS IT GOT BUILT, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THESE PIECES OF LAND ARE AT AN ELEVATION QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE LAKE.

THE LAKE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM THESE PIECES OF LAND UNFORTUNATELY IT CAN'T BE MADE ACCESSIBLE.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN APPROACHED THAT WAY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOOP TRAIL AROUND THIS LAKE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE AT BAILEY LAKE, WHICH IS ONE OF INARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY AND ATTRACTS MORE USE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER PARK AMENITY THAT WE HAVE.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT, AND IT STILL COULD BE, EXCEPT THE NEXT LOTS TO THE EAST OF HERE, LOTS.

NUMBER 13, TEN, NINE, EIGHT AND ON AROUND THOSE LOTS WERE PLATTED RIGHT UP TO THE PRECIPICE THAT FALLS OFF INTO THIS LAKE.

SO WHILE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD A TRAIL THAT CIRCLED THE LAKE, IT WOULDN'T BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO DO IT, AND SO WE'VE MISSED A CHANCE. I DON'T WANT TO THROW ASPERSIONS ON ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OR ON THAT SIDE.

MR. THOMAS HAS BUILT A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT IN HIDDEN VISTAS THROUGH THE YEARS.

IT'S A GREAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT BEFORE WE I FEEL LIKE BEFORE WE APPROVE PLATS THAT SHOW OPEN SPACE, WE SHOULD HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE OPEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE, WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.

NOT THAT IT'S JUST LITTLE RAGTAG SCRAPS OF LAND THAT ARE LEFT OVER WHEN WE CARVE OUT APPROPRIATELY SIZED LOTS AND SITUATE THE STREETS AND THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER THAN IT IS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT'S A LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A GAIN PERHAPS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROPERTY PRETTY MUCH ANYWAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THINGS, THEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE IT INSIDE THEIR YARD AND MAKE IT PART OF THEIR FENCE AND ENJOY IT, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE HERE.

NOT TO SPEAK INTO THE FUTURE, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE 24 COULD COME BACK AT SOME POINT? THAT'S THE OTHER OPEN SPACE LOT THAT'S ON THAT SLIDE THREE.

HE HAS ACCESS ON THAT PIECE OF LAND TO THE TRAIL THAT CIRCLES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.

SO THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY GETTING USE AS A PART OF THE PARK PROPERTY SO IT WON'T COME BACK.

IT WON'T COME BACK, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO COME BACK FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION? CAN YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAYOR AND STATE THE TIME? PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR.

SO WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:30.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NONE, MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OH, I GOT ONE RIGHT HERE.

COME ON UP. GO AHEAD. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

REBECCA ALDRIDGE.

ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT QUESTIONS FOR ME AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS PROCESS.

I ASSUME THE HOA MAINTAINS THESE CURRENTLY? NEGATIVE, MA'AM, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINING IT, BUT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS I'VE BEEN PAYING TO MAINTAIN IT $60 A MONTH TO MAINTAIN THAT WHOLE ENTIRE LAND FOR MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS, THEY MAINTAIN THEIR SIDE OF THE LAND AS WELL.

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THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE. GOOD, [INAUDIBLE].

I'LL SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

SORRY ABOUT. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION EIGHT, GENERAL.

[8.A. Consider approval of an ordinance amending the City Budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 by increasing appropriations of funds in the amount of $58,725 for merchandise at Hidden Creek Golf Course. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

ITEM 8A IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 58,725 FOR MERCHANDISE AT HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

ALSO WE'LL BE PRESENTING ITEM 8B AND 8C, THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE TOGETHER.

OR I GUESS WE'RE NOT DOING A PRESENTATION.

8B IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF MERCHANDISE WITH CALLAWAY GOLF FOR MERCHANDISE AT HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000. ITEM 8C IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF MERCHANDISE WITH TITLEIST GOLF FOR MERCHANDISE AT HIDDEN CREEK GOLF COURSE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 100,000.

WE CAN GET A MOTION FOR ITEM 8A.

IS THERE A MOTION ON? I MOVE TO APPROVE 8A.

YOU NEEDED ONE MOTION AT A TIME, RIGHT? ONE MOTION AT A TIME? YES.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON B?

[8.B. Consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of merchandise with Callaway, Golf for merchandise at Hidden Creek Golf Course in the amount not to exceed $75,000. (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

MOVE TO APPROVE.

8B SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE ONE FOR C? MOVE TO APPROVE 8C.

[8.C. Consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of merchandise with Titleist, Golf for merchandise at Hidden Creek Golf Course in the amount not to exceed $100,000. (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]

SECOND. GETTING TO BE A HABIT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE REMOVED ITEM 8E, SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 8F, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF WITH DIRECTION REGARDING CITY OF BURLESON FISCAL YEAR 23-24 STRATEGIC PLAN STAFF PRESENTER IS JUSTIN SCHARNHORST ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

MONICA, WHAT HAPPENED TO 8D? OH, I SKIPPED D I'M SORRY.

NOT YET. SORRY JUSTIN.

SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 8D IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF BURLESON PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS

[8.D. Consider approval of an ordinance authorizing establishment of the Burleson Public Safety Communications Department as a Law Enforcement Telecommunication Agency through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). (First reading) (Staff Presenter: Paul Bradley, Director of Public Safety Communications)]

DEPARTMENT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION AGENCY THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, TCOLE.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING STAFF.

PRESENTER IS PAUL BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

PAUL BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS, HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH US AS AN INDEPENDENT TCOLE LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION AGENCY.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW I'VE EXPLAINED THIS SEVERAL TIMES TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM BEFORE FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THE DEPARTMENT THAT ANSWERS ALL THE 9-1-1 AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS THAT COME IN SOME STATISTICS FROM 2022.

WE HAD ROUGHLY 20,000 EMERGENCY 9-1-1 CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED.

OUR STAFF OPERATES OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

THEY INPUT ALL OF THE NOTES AND THE CALL RECORDS IN THERE AND DISPATCH POLICE AND FIRE UNITS ON THE RADIO.

IN 2022, WE HAD ROUGHLY 37,000 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE PROCESSED.

THAT INCLUDES POLICE AND FIRE CALLS.

BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO IS ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE FELLOW FIRST RESPONDERS, MAINTAIN THEIR STATUS, KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE AT ALL TIMES, AND WE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY WITH THEM TO PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION TO THEIR RESPONSE.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS ACCESS THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE TO BE ABLE TO RUN CHECK FOR WARRANTS, CRIMINAL HISTORIES AND OUR PROTECTION ORDERS, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID HAVE THE MISSION CRITICAL REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER OF 2020.

WE WERE PREVIOUSLY A DIVISION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, THE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT BY MISSION CRITICAL PARTNERS, WHICH IS A CONSULTING FIRM

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SPECIALIZING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, RECOMMENDED THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS BE MANAGED SEPARATELY FROM POLICE AND FIRE AND WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING AS A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT SINCE JANUARY OF 2021 WHEN I CAME HERE.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, MEET REGULARLY WITH THEM TO DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS OR ANY INITIATIVES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SOME ABOUT TCOLE.

TCOLE IS THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO CURRENTLY THE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT AGENCY THROUGH TCOLE HOLDS OUR LICENSES FOR OUR TELE-COMMUNICATORS AND WE MUST RELY ON POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF TO ENTER OUR CREDENTIALS, REPORT ALL OF OUR TRAINING AND RECORD CHANGES FOR OUR STAFF, AND THEY'VE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL AND COOPERATIVE WITH DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES UPON OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE OUR OPERATION AS A WHOLE.

A BIG PART OF TCOLE AS WELL AS AUDITS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.

SO THEY'LL COME AND AUDIT OUR BACKGROUND FILES AND THE OTHER ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS THAT WE MUST KEEP, LIKE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, DRUG SCREEN AND PROOF OF THOSE THINGS, AND WE ALSO HAVE MANDATES THAT MUST BE MET DURING EVERY TWO YEAR TRAINING CYCLE.

SO THIS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MORE CLOSELY MONITOR THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS KEEPING UP.

ESTABLISHMENT OF US AS A SEPARATE LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION AGENCY WOULD ALLOW US DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF OUR APPOINTMENTS.

IT WOULD ALLOW US TO MANAGE OUR LICENSES, THE TRAINING RECORDS AND THE CONTINUING EDUCATION ALL ON OUR OWN AND THEN WE WOULD BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUDITS FOR OUR TELE-COMMUNICATORS.

NOW, THAT SHOULD FALL ON POLICE AND VICE VERSA, SO WE'LL MANAGE OURS DIRECTLY.

SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS REQUIRES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I'LL BE SUBMITTING A MEMORANDUM TO TCOLE WHICH DETAILS THE NEED FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S LISTED ON THEIR APPLICATION, WHICH THEY REQUIRE OF US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT.

SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT HERE IN THE CITY AND WE ARE THAT ALREADY WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCHING CAPABILITIES IN THE CITY AND WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS REFERS TO THE OPERATION AS A WHOLE.

IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE BUILDING EXPANSION OR REMODEL PROJECT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY.

WE HAVE TO OUTLINE THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER, WHICH WE'RE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND CURRENTLY, AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR TELE-COMMUNICATORS. SO WHAT EQUIPMENT DO THEY HAVE? THEY HAVE CONSOLES, THEY HAVE COMPUTERS, THEY HAVE TERMINALS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THINGS, THE 9-1-1 PHONES, RADIOS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO OUTLINE TO THEM IS OUR PHYSICAL FACILITIES.

SO A BIG THING WITH THE SENSITIVE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A TELECOMMUNICATION CENTER THAT IS COMPLETELY SECURE AND DOES NOT HAVE UN-ESCORTED PUBLIC ACCESS. WE ALREADY MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION I'LL BE SUBMITTING.

THE CALL WILL INCLUDE ALL OF OUR POLICIES.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC POLICIES WHICH THEY ARE REQUIRING TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE AND THAT WE HAVE A PROCEDURE AND PROCESS FOR THAT.

WE'LL BE PROVIDING THEM WITH OUR ORG CHART.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER IN OUR DEPARTMENT, PROOF OF LIABILITY INSURANCE THROUGH THE CITY, AND WE ALSO MUST HAVE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AUTHORIZING CREATION OF THE AGENCY.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

HAVE TO INCLUDE THE MINUTES IN APPROVING THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN WITH THE APPLICATION, THERE'S A $1,000 APPLICATION FEE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL HAVE IT BACK ON CONSENT FOR THE SECOND READING, SECOND AND FINAL READING.

IF APPROVED, I'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT PAPERWORK TO TCOLE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND WE'LL JUST BE AWAITING THEIR REPLY AT THAT POINT.

OF COURSE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BURLESON PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION AGENCY THROUGH TCOLE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS.

DO THEY SET EXAMPLES FOR POLICY OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEY DON'T SET SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FOR POLICIES.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN REINVENTING THE WHEEL, SO THERE ARE MANY THAT ALREADY EXIST THAT I'VE TAILORED TO OUR AGENCY BUT THEY DO STIPULATE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED IN THE POLICY.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A POLICY ON PURSUITS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DON'T TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT, BUT THE WAY YOU'LL MANAGE THE PURSUIT ON THE RADIO, FOR EXAMPLE.

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OKEY DOKE. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, I MAY HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO.

NOT REINVENTING THE POLICY.

THERE IS NOT A CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION POLICY THAT STANDS ALONE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE, SIR.

I JUST MADE SURE TO SEPARATE OUT AND LIST IN THE POLICY THE SPECIFIC POINTS THAT TCOLE IS ASKING FOR.

SO I'VE OUTLINED LIKE POINTS A THROUGH I ARE THE POLICIES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

SO I'VE NAMED THOSE POLICIES TO POINT TOWARD THERE.

THOSE POLICIES WERE ALREADY IN PLACE.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT CURRENTLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY 02-001 OR IS IT A DIFFERENT POLICY? WE GO BY THAT AS WELL IN OUR STAFF, REVIEWS IT AND SIGNS OFF ON IT, BUT I COORDINATE WITH MR. [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S THEIR ACCREDITATION MANAGER, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICIES MATCH UP.

THEY MUST HAVE THAT FOR THEIR ACCREDITATION.

OUR ACTUAL WE HAVE SEVERAL SEPARATE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR MANY OF OUR THINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR STAFF GOES BY.

ALL RIGHT. THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM MISSION CRITICAL POLICY WAS OCTOBER 5TH OF 2020.

IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE HAD TO WAIT TWO YEARS AND NINE MONTHS TO APPLY FOR THIS LICENSE? ARE WE PREPARING FOR IT? I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

IT WASN'T AS HIGH A PRIORITY FOR ME TO GET WORKING ON, AND NOW I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM, NEW HIRING STAFF AND BUILDING UP THE DEPARTMENT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE HARDWARE HAS ADVANCED CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE RESPONSE TIMES AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HARDWARE.

SO IT WASN'T A PRIORITY FOR TWO YEARS AND NINE MONTHS, BUT WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW.

DOES IT DOES IT HAVE SEPARATE LIABILITY INSURANCE THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, OR IS IT JUST BASED ON THE CITY'S LIABILITY INSURANCE? IT'S JUST BASED ON THE CITY'S LIABILITY INSURANCE, AND AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION AND I'LL TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

I BEAT YOU TO IT. OH, DID YOU HIT IT? OH, GOOD. I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

[8.F. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff with direction regarding the City of Burleson Fiscal Year 23-24 Strategic Plan. (Staff Presenter: Justin Scharnhorst, Assistant to the City Manager)]

PROVIDE STAFF WITH DIRECTION REGARDING THE CITY OF BURLESON FISCAL YEAR 23-24 STRATEGIC PLAN.

STAFF PRESENTERS. JUSTIN SCHARNHORST ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

JUSTIN.

THANK YOU, MONICA. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FIFTH ITERATION OF THE CITY OF BURLESON STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 ON THE PREMISE OF CREATING A VISIONARY DOCUMENT DIRECTED FROM CITY COUNCIL TO CITY STAFF TO HELP NAVIGATE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

IT'S A GOAL SETTING MEASURE THAT IS USED FOR LONG RANGE PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION WITHIN THE CITY.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S FOUR FOCUS AREAS WITHIN THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN.

THERE ARE ALSO 73 WORK TASK PLANS THAT GO INTO THAT.

I DON'T PLAN ON NAVIGATING EACH ONE OF THOSE UNLESS IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE.

I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS AND THE GOALS THAT ROLL UP TO THOSE AREAS TONIGHT.

SO PART OF THE MISSION, VISION, MISSION AND VALUES THAT CREATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.

WE ALSO HAVE MASTER PLANNING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS.

THOSE COMBINED TO CREATE THE CITY OF BURLESON STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE FIRST AREA OF FOCUS IS A HIGH-PERFORMING CITY ORGANIZATION.

THE WORK TASK PLANS FOR THIS GOAL WILL HELP ADDRESS COMPETITIVE SALARIES FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND ALSO RETAINING THOSE EMPLOYEES ONCE THEY'RE ONBOARDED AT THE CITY. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS.

WE USE THIS BY TECHNOLOGY PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THAT NOT ONLY HELPS CITY STAFF, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE QUICKER RESPONSES TO THE CITIZENS AND WHATEVER THOSE TASKS MAY BE. GOAL THREE IS TO DELIVER A HIGH QUALITY SERVICE TO EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CUSTOMERS.

WE CONTINUALLY ADDRESS THIS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'LL BE USING THIS YEAR IS THE 3-1-1 THAT WAS NEWLY IMPLEMENTED.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING UPDATES FOR THE BOND PROGRAM AND CREATING A CUSTOMER WIDE SURVEY THAT MEASURES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY CONTACT THE CITY.

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GOAL FOUR IS TO BE A RESPONSIBLE STEWARD OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

THIS GOAL IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.

THE WORK TASK PLANS IDENTIFIED IN THIS GOAL ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED REPORTING, HOW TO FIND FINANCIAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE CONTINUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ERP SYSTEM, WHICH WENT LIVE IN APRIL OF 2023.

THE SECOND AREA OF FOCUS IS A DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY.

THE FIRST GOAL IS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP-TIER BUSINESSES.

THIS IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING CRAFT MASTERS, THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK AND CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN NEW TO MARKET RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.

THE SECOND GOAL IS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH STRATEGIC LONG TERM PLANNING.

THIS GOAL WORKS TO FOCUS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR DESIGN MANUAL, INCLUDING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE THIRD GOAL, FOCUS AREA TWO IS TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVE MOBILITY.

THIS GOAL WILL FOCUS ON STATE HIGHWAY 174 AS AN EXAMPLE TO IMPROVE MOBILITY FROM ELK DRIVE TO WICKER HILL AND INCLUDE THE CONNECTION TO 1902 TO THE CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY.

THE FOURTH AREA OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AREA OF FOCUS TO WILL ADDRESS PUBLIC TRANSIT AS WE START TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BURLESON IN ADDITION TO COMPLETING THE DESIGN OF THE POLICE STATION HEADQUARTERS.

GOAL FIVE IS TO START PULLING ALL OF OUR PLANS INTO ACTION FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLETE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN.

THIS WILL HELP CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE PRIORITIZATION OF VARIOUS CITYWIDE PROJECTS THAT WILL CANVAS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

THE THIRD AREA OF FOCUS IS BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE, VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

THIS FIRST TASK IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

PART OF THESE WORK TASK PLANS IS TO BUILD ON INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL WASTE PROGRAM, TO NAME A FEW.

GOAL TWO ENCOURAGES CLEAN AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

A COMBINATION OF PARKS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR THESE WORK TASK PLANS, BUT IT CONTINUES TO BUILD ON INITIATIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

GOAL THREE IS ENHANCED COMMUNITY ENHANCED EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES.

THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

THE CITY'S RESPONSE FOR FIRE BASED EMS SERVICE.

THE INTEGRATION OF THREE ON ONE SERVICE IS PART OF THIS.

IN ADDITION TO AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS THROUGH A RECENT CONTRACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION.

THE FOURTH AREA OF FOCUS IS ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL NEEDS ARE BEING MET.

IT ESTABLISHES OR DISCUSSES A FUTURE SITE FOR FIRE STATION AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN THE POLICE COMMAND STRUCTURE.

THE FIFTH GOAL OF AREA THREE ATTACHED TO THIS GOAL IS COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AND CONTINUE COMMUNITY POLICING ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION.

IT REDUCES RISK AND IN EFFORTS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS.

THE FOURTH AREA OF FOCUS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

THREE GOALS WITHIN THAT AREA.

THE FIRST IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND PARK AMENITIES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND CARRYING FORWARD THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

EVENTS AND FACILITIES.

THIS INITIATIVE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY SERVICES BY INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS.

ADVANCING PROGRAMMING AND BRINGING FOOTAGE THROUGH LIVE STREAMING CAPABILITIES FOR THE MAYOR VERA CALVIN PLAZA TO TARGET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH OUR GREAT PUBLIC EVENTS.

GOAL THREE IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON BUILDING THE VISION FOR THE HILL COLLEGE SITE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT AND ENHANCING SENIOR SERVICES AND INCLUDING GROWING THE PROJECT YOU LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT AND EXPANDING THOSE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. MOVING FORWARD, THE PURPOSE OF THIS BEING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PLAN.

SOME OF THE WORK TASK PLANS ON THIS PLAN CANVAS MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING MECHANISM, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT.

MOST OF THEM ARE CENTRIC TO 12 MONTHS, AND SO WE WANTED TO GET THIS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE WORK TASK PLANS THAT ARE PROPOSED.

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I THINK IT IS OUR INTENT TO BRING THE STRATEGIC PLAN BACK TO YOU IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO BE ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.

THE LAST NOTE I'LL MAKE IS THAT FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THE CITY MANAGER WILL RECOMMEND HOLDING A RETREAT SO THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MORE COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN IF YOU SO DESIRE. IT WOULD BE A WORK SESSION THAT WE COULD BRING IN A THIRD PARTY TO COME IN AND NAVIGATE THAT, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO DOING THAT [INAUDIBLE] FORWARD AS WELL, AND THAT WOULD KIND OF SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD FISCAL YEAR 23-24.

THAT'S KIND OF THE PREMISE OF MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT.

I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ABOUT THE PLAN.

IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED, WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE IT'S ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER.

COMMENTS? DO WE INTEND TO USE THE SERVICES OF A CONSULTANT FOR THE RETREAT, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? OR IS THAT SOMETHING STAFF WANTS TO BASICALLY GRAB THE HORNS OF? I STILL THINK I'M KIND OF WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND THAT.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF BRINGING SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE THE RIGHT PERSON , BUT I WELCOME COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL.

I THINK IT'D BE NICE TO JUST GET TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE WHAT EACH OF US, WHAT GOALS WE HAVE.

JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS, I THINK.

I THINK PREVIOUSLY IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO BRING IN A THIRD PARTY.

I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW AT THIS TIME THAT THAT FACILITATOR NEEDS TO BE THERE, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD WORKING PLACE.

I BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE GOOD CAMARADERIE, WE'RE BEING RESPECTFUL AND WORKING TOGETHER WELL , AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON AND THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE US ACCOMPLISH, AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN LAY OUT A MAP PLAN OF ACHIEVING THOSE THINGS.

I HAVE NO CONCERN WITH THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE. WHAT DOES THAT USUALLY COST US ANYWAY? I MEAN, IF THE VALUE ADD IS NOT REALLY THERE, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK FOR THAT TIME FOR THAT COUNCIL THAT PROBABLY WAS NECESSARY.

FOR THIS TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL AFTER SOME REFLECTION, I THINK IT WILL FOSTER A SENSE OF COOPERATION AND MUTUAL GOALS AMONG THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE NOW TO TRY TO DO THIS OURSELVES.

I THINK IF WE COME IN THERE WITH A MINDSET OF COLLABORATION, WE'LL PRODUCE A PRODUCT THAT'S WORTHWHILE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

SO NOW, NOW I THINK WE PROBABLY CAN.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT OUR STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT I RESPECT YOUR OPINION.

EITHER WAY, YES, SIR, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THE STAFF IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS.

THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

YEAH. GOOD.

WE GOT THREE THREE NEWBIES UP HERE AND NOW, A NEW CITY MANAGER.

CONGRATULATIONS, TOMMY. THANK YOU.

SINCE THAT GOT APPROVED TONIGHT, BUT SO WE'RE GOING TO GET GOING.

IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO IT, AND WE GOT A LOT OF OPEN MINDS AND FRESH IDEAS, SO LET'S DO IT.

NO CONCERN WITH DOING THAT IN-HOUSE AT ALL.

OKAY. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD.

RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM G IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS MAYOR.

[8.G. Consider approval of a minute order electing a councilmember to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for a term of one year. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

PRO-TEM STAFF PRESENTER IS MYSELF MONICA SOLKO DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY.

I DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT THIS APPOINTMENT WILL SERVE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.

CURRENTLY DAN MCCLENDON IN PLACE FIVE IS SERVING AS MAYOR PRO-TEM.

THE MAYOR PRO-TEM SHALL ACT AS THE MAYOR IN THE ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE MAYOR, AND IF A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE MAYOR'S PLACE, THE MAYOR PRO-TEM SHALL BECOME MAYOR UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.

QUALIFICATIONS. A COUNCIL MEMBER IS QUALIFIED TO SERVE.

IF A MAYOR IS QUALIFIED TO SERVE, IF THEY HAVE SERVED AT LEAST TWO YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL, THERE IS A NOMINATION PROCESS AND IN THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE HAD ONE VOLUNTEER, DAN MCCLENDON, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AGAIN, AND WE RECEIVED THREE NOMINATIONS FOR DAN.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR.

THIS IS--I'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.

[CHUCKLING] IS THERE A SECOND? SORRY, DAN.

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OKAY, WHAT IS IT? I GOT A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE. DAN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU JUST GOT RAILROADED? [CHUCKLING] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 8H TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER APPOINTING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY

[8.H. Remove from the table and consider approval of a minute order appointing a councilmember to the Burleson Opportunity Fund to fill a vacancy. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

FUND TO FILL A VACANCY.

SO AT THE JUNE 5TH.

SO THE PRESENTERS MYSELF.

SO AT THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 MEETING, CITY COUNCIL TABLED THIS ITEM TO THE JULY 10TH MEETING.

SO FIRST IS TO REMOVE REMOVE FROM THE TABLE.

IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE, I MOVE TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE TABLE.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. THE CITY OF BURLESON HAS THREE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THERE'S A MAYOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO FILL THE COUNCIL MEMBER VACANCY ON THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT? VICTORIA, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED? WELL, I RECOMMEND VICTORIA.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, VICTORIA IS ON THE OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? OH, PUSH YOUR BUTTON OVER THERE.