[4A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget and related items. (Staff Presenter: Tommy Ludwig, City Manager)]

2024. BUDGET AND RELATED ITEMS THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS MORNING IS OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY MANAGER, TOMMY LUDWIG.

GOOD MORNING, ERIC. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 23-24.

ARE YOU GOING TO SAY HOPEFULLY MOST OF THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE ALL REHASHED? NO SURPRISES THAT YOU GUYS, BUT MANY, MANY MONTHS. THANK YOU.

CHAIR OF WORK AND PRESENTATIONS.

STARTING ALL THE WAY REALLY BACK IN APRIL.

BUT JUNE IS REALLY WHEN WE STARTED.

AND EVER SINCE JUNE WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, I WON'T BELABOR THIS, I WON'T GO OVER EVERYTHING, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND MULTIPLE TIMES, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WATER WASTEWATER 4.A 4.B, OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, OUR LARGE DEPARTMENTS CAME ON A SPECIAL SESSION AND BRIEFED THE CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW, AS WELL AS THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THE YEAR.

WE ALSO HAD RICK DEORDIO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM A BENEFITS PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS FROM A COMPENSATION PERSPECTIVE.

IN JULY, WE DID BRIEF YOU GUYS ON SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS OVER VARIOUS SCENARIOS BEING A 3% TAX LEVY OR A 3.5% IN ONE YEAR OR 3.5% ACROSS THE BOARD.

GOT CLEAR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT OUR LEVY ASSUMPTIONS NEEDED TO BE.

MR. AVILA PRESENTED INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TAX RATE AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT WE WERE GOING TO FUND FROM SUPPLEMENTALS.

SO THAT BRINGS US HERE TO TODAY, WHERE HOPEFULLY WE GET OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE FORMALIZATION OF THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST AND SECOND READING IN SEPTEMBER.

SO JUST FROM HOW AND WHY DO WE BUILD THE BUDGET? AND REALLY EVERYTHING TIES BACK TO THESE KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, HIGH PERFORMING CITY ORGANIZATION, DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY, BEAUTIFUL, SAFE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

AND REALLY ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE TIE TO IN THE CORE FUNCTION OF WHAT WE DO TIE TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE THINGS.

AND THIS REALLY SERVES AS OUR ROADMAP FOR OUR LONG TERMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE DID BRIEF THE CITY COUNCIL ON UPDATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE WILL BE ASKING YOU AS A REMINDER TO ADOPT THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN WE BRING THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.

KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH THAT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AS WE WERE PREPARING THE BUDGET.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE KEY AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO BUILD UPON? AND REALLY STRONG FUND BALANCES IN OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST UPON MY LIST, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS IN A VACUUM.

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WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO IN ONE YEAR, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LONGEVITY OF A CITY.

HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS CONSERVATIVE REVENUE ESTIMATES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE IN WHAT OUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE AND THAT WE CAN FUND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE CAN FUND, WHICH MAKES US RESILIENT AND FLEXIBLE WHEN THERE'S SHIFTS IN THE ECONOMY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS FOCUS ON EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WAS THE DRIVING FORCE AND THE PRIORITIZATION BEHIND OUR DEPARTMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS.

EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET, WE DO A BRIEF CITIZEN SURVEY WHERE WE ASK KIND OF WHAT ARE THOSE TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR YOU AS A COMMUNITY? LAST YEAR IT WAS STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, PARK AND RECREATION AND POLICE ROUNDED OUT OUR TOP THREE.

SURPRISE. 2023 IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE SLIGHTLY MODIFICATION OF ORDER, WITH POLICE BEING NUMBER TWO IN PARK AND RECREATIONS BEING NUMBER THREE.

AND JUST WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, YOU DO SEE ABOUT 92% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT RESPONDED INDICATED THAT THEY ARE BURLESON RESIDENTS.

SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

AS YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DID DO MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL AND HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL IN THEIR ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN INDIVIDUALS AND BECOME REALLY FULLY STAFFED.

HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ACROSS OUR NON-SWORN POSITIONS AS WELL.

SO EVERY YEAR WE DO THAT AND HR LOOKS AT WHERE WE ARE FROM A COMPENSATION PERSPECTIVE AS WE COMPARE AGAINST OUR PEER CITIES IN THE EVENT WE NEED TO RE GRADE PEOPLE BASED ON THE MARKET, WE'LL DO THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE REGRADE AND THERE'S NO MARKET ADJUSTMENT FROM A COMPENSATION THAT'S NEEDED AND OTHER TIMES THERE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSITIONS.

FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON OUR FRONTLINE PERSONNEL.

OUR LABOR POSITIONS ARE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS SUCH AS INSPECTORS OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY $443,000 IN MARKET BASED ADJUSTMENTS CARRYING FORWARD WITH MERIT AND STEP CONTINUE ON AS WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS.

3% STEP PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND 3.5% AVERAGE MERIT FOR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL HEALTH INSURANCE.

I KNOW ON THE 24TH WE DID SPEAK ON THAT.

SO FROM AN EMPLOYEE PREMIUM PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE NOT FORECASTING AN INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE CORRESPONDING FOUR YEARS, WE ARE ASSUMING A 5% INCREASE AND CITY CONTRIBUTION YEAR OVER YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING 5%.

I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

BUT IN TERMS OF BENEFITS, WE ALWAYS LOOK TO TRY TO IMPROVE BENEFITS WHEN AND WHERE WE CAN.

SO WE ARE MAKING SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO OUR BASE BENEFITS.

WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A CITY PAID BASIC LIFE DEPENDENT LIFE.

AND SO REALLY ALL THAT MEANS IS IN THE EVENT YOU HAD A DEPENDENT PASS AWAY, WE'D BE COVERING A MINIMUM $10,000 COVERAGE.

THAT'D JUST BE PART OF THE BASE PLAN FOR AN EMPLOYEE.

WE'RE ADDING A DENTAL BUY UP OPTION THAT WOULD JUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PAYOUTS FOR DENTAL.

AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, THERE WAS SOME CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATION REQUIRING A FIRST RESPONDER BENEFIT IN THE EVENT THAT A FIRST RESPONDER WAS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND SO, THAT'S JUST CONTINUING WITH THAT STATE LAW.

ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE BASIS OF BUILDING OF THE BUDGET? BEFORE I GO TO SPECIFICS OF THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. SO, FROM A TAX RATE PERSPECTIVE, THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 0.6572 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REDUCING DOWN TO 0.6325 PER $100 VALUATION. AND SO YOU SEE THAT 2.47 CENT DROP.

WE ARE COMPARING AGAINST OUR PEER CITIES WITH.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THAT THE RATES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO BE ADJUSTING BUDGETS, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMPARE THAT.

BUT THAT IS A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE'LL BE AT NEXT YEAR TO OUR PEER CITIES FOR THIS YEAR.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, WE'VE GONE UP TO JUST SHY OF $6.

SO THAT'S PHENOMENAL. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH.

THAT'S UP FROM 5.19 BILLION.

SO, WE'RE SEEING WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE GREAT GROWTH IN THE TAX BASE.

COVER JUST SOME KEY ASSUMPTIONS HERE.

SO FOR OUR FY 25 THROUGH 28, WE HAVE MADE A MODIFICATIONS TO OUR ASSUMPTIONS WHERE WE SEE 3.5% GROWTH IN EXISTING PROPERTIES.

SO THAT'S A CHANGE FROM OUR PREVIOUS MODEL OF 3%.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR 2% ASSUMPTION FOR NEW IMPROVEMENTS.

AGAIN, JUST NOT BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE THINK OUR GROWTH IS GOING TO BE AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE'LL BE AT 3%.

WE'LL CONTINUE WITH A 1% INCREASE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE SEE A 5% CAP.

AND I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOMESTEAD SHORTLY.

OUR DEBT SERVICE RATE WILL BE REMAINING CONSTANT, BUT OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, THE 2.47% REDUCTION IN WHICH IS ULTIMATELY HOW WE GET TO THAT 0.6325 ON SALES TAX WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND 6% FOR REVENUE YEAR TO DATE AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD IN OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS WILL REMAIN AT THAT 3% FOR SALES TAX.

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THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING OUR TAX RATE AS IT RELATES TO THE PAST SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS, WITH A HIGH OF $0.74 IN FY 1415 AND THEN A LOW OF TODAY OR NEXT YEAR AT 0.63, TWO FIVE.

AND THEN YOU SEE OUR DEBT RATE IN COMPARISON TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE.

SO THIS IS JUST A SCENARIO THAT WE PROVIDED AS IT RELATES TO HOW OUR HOMESTEAD WORKS.

AND SO WE HAD A HOME AVERAGE HOME VALUES OF ABOUT $253,000 AND FY 23 THAT WOULD BE GOING TO 282,000 OR JUST SHY OF 283,000.

FY 24 YOU SEE OUR DIFFERENT CORRESPONDING TAX RATES AND OUR RATE DROPPING BY THAT 0.247.

YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT TAX LEVIES AND SO ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS BEFORE HOMESTEAD, YOU SEE ABOUT $121 INCREASE.

YOU SEE IN 2022 YOU'VE GOT A 2% HOMESTEAD AND 23 YOU'VE GOT A 3%.

SO IT'S HIGHER FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, PROPERTY VALUE IS HIGHER, TWO, IT'S A 3%.

AND SO YOU SEE A REDUCTION THERE OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE HOMESTEAD.

SO ON AVERAGE, YOU WOULD SEE ABOUT $100 INCREASE FOR YOUR YEAR AND YOUR TAX BILL, WHICH WORKS OUT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVER $8 A MONTH.

FROM A SALES TAX PERSPECTIVE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG GROWTH.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S BEEN HOVERING AROUND 5%.

AND SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING REVENUES TO BE APPROXIMATELY $14.7 MILLION FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEN THIS HERE IS A SUMMARY OF ASSUMPTIONS.

AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WILL POINT OUT.

3.5% INCREASE ON OUR TAX LEVY IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT IT'S BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS OF 3%.

WE'VE GOT 2% NEW GROWTH CONTINUING WITH THAT SALES TAX, 3%.

WE DO HAVE A MARKET INCREASE THIS YEAR OF 3.5.

WE'VE MODIFIED THAT TO THREE MOVING FORWARD ON AVERAGE.

I THINK WITH THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE REMAINING COMPETITIVE.

AND I THINK WE CAN STILL REMAIN COMPETITIVE AT THAT 3% CASH FUNDING.

CAPITAL HAS HAD SOME SHIFTS, SOME OF WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO THIS BUILDING.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD $2.5 MILLION.

WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SUFFICIENT RENOVATIONS TO THIS BUILDING, GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OUT OF THE BUILDING, BUT DO IT WITH LESS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO YOU DO SEE A $1.1 MILLION SHIFT THERE OVER 25, 26 AND 27.

WE DO HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF CASH FUNDING CAPITAL THAT WE ARE SHIFTING OUT.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION THAT TO THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON OUR 24TH COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE NEED FOR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS WITH ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE IT.

THOSE POSITIONS ARE CRITICAL.

I THINK ALSO TO WE'VE GOT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CAD SYSTEM, ONGOING COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT FUND, MAKE SURE IT'S HEALTHY FOR THAT CASH FUNDING CAPITAL FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THAT WE ISSUE A SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH TO OFFSET THAT AMOUNT.

AND IN THE FUTURE, BOND SALES.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIGURES HERE ARE NOT JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS COLLECTIVE DEBT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

SO DON'T BE ALARMED THAT THAT'S THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN TRANSITIONING LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUND FORECAST.

THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AND WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT STRONG FUND BALANCE OF OVER 20%, 21.16% IN OUR FIFTH YEAR.

BEFORE I TRANSITIONED TO DEBT SERVICE, ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO OUR GENERAL FUND INFORMATION? SO ON OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 930, 20, 23.

AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL BE ISSUING OUR DEBT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT TAKES THAT PRINCIPLE INTO ACCOUNT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM COMPARING AGAINST PREVIOUS EXAMPLE, IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE NEXT YEAR'S DEBT.

I MEAN THIS YEAR'S DEBT ADDED TO THAT.

SO BUT IN TOTAL, OUR TAX SUPPORTED DEBT IS APPROXIMATELY 35% OF OUR TOTAL DEBT OF JUST SHY OF $173 MILLION.

SO TRANSITIONING ON TO OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

SO WATER WASTEWATER WILL BEGIN WITH THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING PROJECTS HERE.

I WON'T LIST ALL OF THEM, BUT I DO WANT TO HONE IN ON A FEW.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.

AND SO, WE'RE YOU'LL SEE $5 MILLION THERE BETWEEN WATER AND SEWER.

THAT'S AN ENHANCEMENT OVER WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS BY A FAIR MARGIN.

AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR ASSETS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY PARTICULARLY ON THE SEWER SIDE.

IF WE'RE PREVENTING INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE'RE HAVING TO TREAT.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT $9 MILLION IN PROPOSED BOND ISSUANCE FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN IF WE LOOK OVER THE FIVE YEARS, WE'VE GOT ABOUT $49 MILLION IN WATER AND ABOUT $34 MILLION IN WASTEWATER.

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AND WE ARE PROPOSING A 3% RATE INCREASE FOR WATER AND SEWER FOR 23-24.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS HERE REALLY ARE NO SURPRISES.

THERE'S A VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 25% FUND BALANCE.

I WOULD SAY AT OUR 24TH PRESENTATION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT RATES, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CARRYING 3% ACROSS THE BOARD OR POTENTIALLY LOOKING TO GO TO A 4% IN YEAR FOUR AND YEAR FIVE IF NEEDED.

WHEN WE PRESENTED YEAR END ESTIMATES AT THAT TIME, WE SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.

WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING THERE WERE ABOUT $200,000 IN SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE WERE THINKING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE.

WE THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO BE UNREALIZED.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SHIFT THERE.

THERE'S ABOUT $300,000 IN ONE TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR 311 SYSTEM, WATER PAYING THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME INCREASED EXPENDITURES AS A RESULT TO KEEP THAT HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO GO TO 4% IN YEAR FOUR AND YEAR FIVE.

OF COURSE, RATES AND ASSUMPTIONS CHANGE EVERY YEAR AND I KNOW AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT A RATE STRUCTURE CHANGE AS WELL.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK SOME INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO WATER AND SEWER BEFORE I CONTINUE? ALL RIGHT. SO SOLID WASTE AS WE JUST TALKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OVER A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.

WE RECENTLY RENEWED OUR CONTRACT WITH WASTE CONNECTIONS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITIZEN SURVEY, TRASH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.

RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE BASICALLY TWO COLLECTIONS A WEEK AND LOOSE BAG COLLECTION, BUT THAT IS REALLY KIND OF SOMETHING IN THE INDUSTRY THAT THE INDUSTRY ITSELF IS SHIFTING AWAY FROM, WHICH REQUIRES A PREMIUM TO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THAT SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE MANUAL INTENSIVE THAN IS POLYCARP COLLECTION, WHICH IS MUCH MORE AUTOMATED.

SO AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A 20% FEE INCREASE THAT WAS PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN A 10% AND 3% YEAR AFTER YEAR THEREAFTER.

WHEN WE TALKED ON THE 24TH, IT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT AND YEAR 25, IT WAS A 6% INCREASE.

AND THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS SINCE THE 24TH MEETING AND TODAY WE DID GET OUR CPI ADJUSTMENT FROM WASTE CONNECTIONS.

IT WAS HIGHER THAN THE 6% THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

IT WAS 8%.

AND AS A RESULT, TO CONTINUE POSITIVE FUND BALANCE IN THAT FUND OVER THE FIVE YEARS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 10% FEE INCREASE THERE.

AND SO THAT CONTRACT IS SET TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH FY 2029.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR 5%, OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS, WE DO HAVE A 9% FUND BALANCE.

SO THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE TO CARRY A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE IN.

IT'S REALLY MORE OF A PASS THROUGH ACCOUNT.

BUT SOME SMALL FUND BALANCE IS NEEDED, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE UNFORESEEN CPI ADJUSTMENTS.

THEY CAN HELP OFFSET THAT THROUGH A SUBSIDY IF NECESSARY.

SO CARRYING ON TO OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

AND I'LL START WITH THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS REALLY FOCUSES IN ON ALL THE TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK COMPONENTS OF THE CITY.

WE ARE REQUESTING TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY $272,000 TO BE CARRYING ON YEAR OVER YEAR THEREAFTER.

THOSE POSITIONS, ONE WOULD BE KIND OF A PROJECT MANAGER TO HELP WITH A NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF OUR KEY PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN AS WELL AS THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR TO HELP CONFIGURATION OF OUR SERVERS AND SETTING UP OUR BASICALLY THE REDUNDANCY OF OUR NETWORK.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE KEY PROJECTS ARE, WE'LL STILL HAVE A CONTINUATION OF OUR ERP SYSTEM WITH OUR HR PAYROLL AND UTILITY BILLING.

WE HAVE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CAD SYSTEM, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR THIRD DATA CENTER.

WE HAVE TO GET THAT SET UP AND CONFIGURED AND SERVERS CONFIGURED SO WE CAN REALLY START HARD AND HEAVY WITH THE CAD IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES WITH OUR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THE YEAR.

IF AXON IS FUNDED FOR BODY CAMERAS AND IN-CAR CAMERAS, IT WOULD BE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONFIGURING AND SETTING THOSE UP IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.

WE'D BE CONTINUING OUR CITYWIDE ACCESS, WIRELESS ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND FUR CLOUD BACKUP IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE IT DEPARTMENT.

JUST FROM A SUMMARY OF 2024 FUND BALANCE, WE'VE GOT A FUND BALANCE OF $787,000.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $6.7 WORTH OF REVENUE AND $1.1 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES ENDING THE YEAR NEXT YEAR AT $356,000 FUND BALANCE.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE TRANSITIONING ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS JUST TO CONTINUE THOSE CRITICAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

BEFORE I CONTINUE, ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND? SO HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE A HEALTH INSURER, MEANING THE CITY PAYS OUT OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE FUND FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WE HAVE A FEW KEY ASSUMPTIONS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND I'VE REFERENCED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE ARE PROJECTING CITY MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO 5%

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INCREASE ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE DO NOT HAVE A PROJECTED INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES FOR NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW IN THE MODEL, WE DO FORECAST A 5% INCREASE OVER YEAR TWO THROUGH FIVE AND WE ARE ASSUMING INCREASE IN CLAIMS PAID AS WELL AS STOP LOSS PREMIUMS. OF COURSE, IF THESE ARE NOT REALIZED OR THEY'RE DIFFERENT, THEN WE'LL REFORECAST THE MODEL AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THERE AND WE CAN LOOK AT POTENTIALLY REDUCING COSTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR ESTIMATES AND HEALTH CAN BE VOLATILE.

AND SO AS A RESULT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

LOOKING FORWARD, THOUGH, FOR 2024, WE WILL HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $3.6 MILLION, ESTIMATED REVENUES OF 6.3, ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF 6.8 MILLION AND THEN A FUND BALANCE OF 3.1.

AND AGAIN HERE WE'RE CARRYING OVER A 20% FUND BALANCE IN THE FIFTH YEAR.

SO EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH I WILL SPEAK ON IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT THIS IS THE FUND THAT BASICALLY SUPPORTS THE MAINTENANCE, THE PERSONNEL AND OUR FUEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE SEEN INFLATIONARY COST IMPACTS AS IT RELATES TO FUEL AS WELL AS LABOR AND REPAIRS.

SO WE ARE FORECASTING AN ADDITIONAL 5% CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HELP KEEP A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.

AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE PROJECTED FOR 2024 -$36,000.

I WILL POINT OUT, TOO, WE ARE FORECASTING AND YOU SEE THESE TWO PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTALS, 202,000.

AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE DID DISCUSS OR NOT AT LAST THE JULY 24TH, WE HAD PROPOSED ONE SUPPLEMENTAL FOR TO SUPPORT OUR EMS OPERATION, AND THERE WAS DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO EXPLORE POTENTIALLY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MECHANIC THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT EMS, BUT ALSO COULD SERVE AS A GENERAL GOVERNMENT TECHNICIAN.

WE'VE ADDED THAT INTO THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.

SO WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED REVENUES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF 2.3 MILLION PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF 2.1.

WE'VE GOT OUR SUPPLEMENTALS AND THEN WE'D HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE ENDING AT $181,000.

ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND? TOMMY. I HAVE. I'M SORRY, BUT IT.

YES. OKAY. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YES, SIR. ONCE YOU GET THE TWO PEOPLE HIRED AND YOU GET EVERYTHING INSTALLED, DO YOU STILL NEED TWO PEOPLE? I THINK THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE YES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THINGS.

WE HAVE A LIFE CYCLE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON ON OUR EQUIPMENT, 5 TO 7 YEARS FOR SERVERS.

AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BASICALLY BEING REPLACED, BEING RECONFIGURED.

SO FOR THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION INDIVIDUAL, I CAN SAY THAT WITH CONFIDENCE THAT POSITION IS GOING TO BE NEEDED.

SOFTWARE HAVE SIMILAR LIFE CYCLES AS WELL AS AS WE'VE SEEN WITH CAD AND OTHER LONGER, RIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A 5 TO 7 YEAR GENERALLY.

BUT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS THAT WE USE AND THE SOFTWARES AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONSOLIDATE, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE TWO POSITIONS WILL BE NEEDED OVER TIME.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY, TOO, IS THAT AND THIS GOES ACROSS ALL OPERATIONS, NOT JUST IT, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DISCOVER THAT WE SEE CHANGES IN WORKFLOW OR CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF LABOR THAT WE NEED, WE GENERALLY WOULD ADDRESS THAT THROUGH ATTRITION.

SO IF AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES THE CITY AND WE DETERMINE THAT THAT POSITION IS NO LONGER NEEDED, THE CITY MANAGER I'LL BE ASKING TO HOLD THE POSITION TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED IT. IF WE DON'T NEED IT, THEN WE WOULD ELIMINATE IT FROM THE BUDGET AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

SO ALWAYS LOOK AND EVALUATE AND WE DON'T LOOK TO JUST CARRY COST JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING.

IF OUR IF OUR WORKLOAD CHANGES, IF OUR ASSUMPTIONS CHANGE, THEN WE'LL WE'LL CHANGE WITH THAT.

THAT ADDRESS. YOUR QUESTION, SIR? YES. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, ETCETERA.

AND THIS WOULD BE BASICALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND, PRIMARILY PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND AND SOME OTHER SMALLER FUNDS.

OUR PROPOSED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS $4.1 MILLION.

WE HAVE ANTICIPATED REVENUES OF JUST SHY OF 1.7 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 1,158,000 AND A FUND BALANCE OF $4.6 MILLION.

THIS IS ANOTHER WHERE WE'VE GOT A STRONG FUND BALANCE, WELL OVER 20% OVER OVER FIVE YEARS LOOKING AT OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND ON THE PROPRIETARY SIDE.

SO WATER WASTEWATER GOLF FUND, AGAIN, STRONG FUND BALANCES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE $868,000 FOR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, $500,000 IN REVENUES, $444,000 EXPENSES AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $928,000.

ALL RIGHT. SO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR A AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF GOING ON IN THE 4A FUND.

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WE HAVE A VERY, VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE HERE, OVER $5 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF KEY PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE ISSUING BONDS FOR.

WE HAVE OUR CONTINUATION AND COMPLETION OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE.

WE'VE GOT $10 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR POSSIBLE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK.

WE'VE GOT $6.5 MILLION FOR RETENTION POND AT THE HOOPER BUSINESS PARK TO SERVE THAT AREA AND NOT LISTED HERE.

BUT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER $3 MILLION PROJECTED IN BOND ISSUANCE FOR SEWER ASSOCIATED WITH HOOPER BUSINESS PARK AS WELL.

SOME UPSIZING OF THOSE LINES.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING INCENTIVES FOR NEXT YEAR TO OVER $4.4 MILLION WITH THE LION'S SHARE BEING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO CRAFT MASTERS AT 3.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE ALLEY CATS AS WELL AS PROJECT FACELIFT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS ON THE FOR A FUND, WE HAVE INCREDIBLY STRONG FUND BALANCES.

IN OUR FIFTH YEAR. WE'RE STILL VERY CLOSE TO 100% FUND BALANCE.

TRANSITIONING ON TO 4B.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, 4B SUPPORTS OUR PARKS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS IT HELPS TO PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND, OUR GOLF OPERATION, AND IT PAYS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AGAIN, STRONG FUND BALANCES HERE OF BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 4.6 MILLION REVENUES OF ABOUT 7.7 EXPENDITURES OF $8 MILLION AND AGAIN OVER A $4 MILLION ENDING FUND BALANCE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR 4B, WE STILL HAVE A STRONG FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS OVER THE 20% SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WHAT YOU GUYS HAD SEEN BEFORE ON THE 24TH BY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF, FOUR, 4%.

WE DID SEE SOME ESTIMATED INCREASES IN EXPENDITURES OVER THE FIVE YEARS, JUST PROJECTING THOSE ABOUT A $500,000 DELTA FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES AS IT RELATES TO OUR REVENUE OF 3% SALES TAX, WE'VE BEEN BETTER THAN THAT YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE BACK TO YOU NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE REEVALUATING THE CIP AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SUPPLEMENTALS AND FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE A VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE HERE AS WELL. TRANSITIONING ON TO PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND, AS YOU KNOW, PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND CONSISTS OF THE BRICK ATHLETIC FIELDS AND RUSSELL FARM.

AND HERE WE DO NOT WE NOT CARRY A FUND BALANCE.

THE INTENTION HERE IS JUST PAY FOR NET OPERATIONS.

REVENUES DO NOT DO NOT PAY FOR TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

SO YOU SEE OUR SUBSIDY HERE FROM THE 4B OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE'RE PROJECTING OUT FOR THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT 39% SELF SUSTAINING AND THEN THAT KIND OF LEVELS OUT AT 37%.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND JEN AND I AND TEN FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR TO BRING BACK A DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO WHAT OUR GOALS SHOULD BE FOR THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND. WHAT IS OUR GOAL FOR SELF SUSTAINING? WHAT ARE THOSE TRIGGERS BY WHICH WE CAN LOOK TO INCREASE THAT? IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL REVENUE FOR ONE AND OUR FEES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN WE STILL BE COMPETITIVE BY RAISING FEES? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN ALSO TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE CHANGES FROM PRIOR YEARS WHEN SELF SUSTAINING HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER AS WE'VE SEEN WAGES INCREASE, WE'VE SEEN SOME POSITIONS CHANGE AND BE FUNDED OUT OF THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE.

WE'VE SEEN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR EQUIPMENT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S JUST THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES.

SO I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE CONVERSATION.

THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF DIALOG THERE, BUT THAT'LL BE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSS WITH YOU AND LOOK FOR WHAT THOSE GOALS SHOULD BE.

AND THEN WE CAN START BEGINNING A PLAN FOR IF WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND BEFORE I GO ON TO GOLF? SO GOLF, JUST GOLF.

BUT IT'S THE CLUBHOUSE AS WELL AS FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

AND THEN JUST LIKE WITH THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE REVENUES THAT OFFSET YOUR EXPENDITURES.

BUT THERE'S A MUCH SMALLER SUBSIDY HERE, $579,000 WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ROUNDS PLAYED AND OUR REVENUES AS RECORD YEAR FOR BOTH JEN AND JAMES ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. IT'S JUST IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SELF SUSTAINING, YOU CONTINUE TO SEE THAT NUMBER CLIMB AND WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE AT 73% IN 27-28.

TOM, A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

BACK A COUPLE OF PAGES ON THE PERCENT SELF-SUSTAINING.

ARE YOU SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THE RIGHT WAY? I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT ALL PARTS AS ONE NUMBER AND THE PERCENT SELF-SUSTAINING BECAUSE MOST PARTS AREN'T SUSTAINING AT ALL? OR DOES THIS INCLUDE COMMUNITY PARTS? SO WHAT SIMPLY WHAT THIS INCLUDES RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE BRICK ATHLETICS AND RUSSELL FARMS. AND THOSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SELF-SUSTAINING NUMBERS.

BRICK IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN RUSSELL FARM OR ATHLETICS.

SO THIS IS SIMPLY SHOWING THAT STORY FOR SELF-SUSTAINING AS IT RELATES TO THOSE THREE FUNCTIONS.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING A DISTORTED PICTURE IF WE'RE LUMPING THEM ALL TOGETHER.

I THINK LOOKING FORWARD, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT EACH FUNCTION SEPARATELY AS FAR AS WHAT PERCENT OF SELF-SUSTAINING IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS

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FOR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY WELL TAKEN.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BLURRING THE ACTUAL PICTURE.

IF WE JUST LUMP IT ALL TOGETHER AND CALL IT ONE NUMBER.

UNDERSTOOD. AND GOLF WILL ALWAYS LOOK BETTER BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ONE NUMBER.

EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, IS A BETTER BREAKDOWN OF THAT AS WE GET INTO IT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

AND WHEN WE PRESENT THAT, WE INTEND TO SHOW THAT AS WE DO, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SHOW WHEN WHEN WE DO THE ACTUAL FIVE YEAR CIP AND WE DO THE FOUR PROJECTIONS, WE DO BREAK THOSE OUT. AND RETROSPECT, WE COULD HAVE ADDED THAT HERE.

BUT POINT WILL TAKE IN AND WE'LL COVER THAT.

OKAY, THANKS. SO ON THE TIFF, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF GOING ON IN THE TIF, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND BOND ISSUANCE PLANNED OVER NEXT YEAR WITH OUR PURCHASE OF OUR BANK FOR THE PARKING LOT FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS FOR ELLISON STREET, BOTH PARKING LOT AS WELL AS STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT ON THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, WHAT I WOULD SHOW YOU IS, IS THAT WE STILL HAVE VERY STRONG FUND BALANCES.

THESE ARE LOWER THAN WHAT WE SHOWED YOU BEFORE ON THE 24TH, PRIMARILY BEING THAT THE GROWTH RATE THAT WAS FORECASTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT WAS LOWER THAN WHAT ACTUALLY WAS REALIZED. I THINK OUR PROJECTIONS WERE AROUND 17%.

AND WHAT ACTUALLY CAME IN WAS A LITTLE OVER 12.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE, IT'S SIMPLY THAT AND THERE'S LOTS OF GROWTH, THERE'S LOTS OF GROWTH THAT'S PLANNED AND CONTINUE TO CONTINUING ON IN OLD TOWN.

SO MARTIN WILL CONTINUE TO REVISE WHAT THOSE GROWTH REVENUES LOOK LIKE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE VERY STRONG GROWTH FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND WITHIN THE TIFF. SO OTHER FUNDS, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON THESE SPECIFICS UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VERY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS IT RELATES TO THE FEES THAT THEY COLLECT AND WHAT THEY CAN USE THOSE FOR WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT SECURITY FUND. THE TECHNOLOGY FUND AND JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT FUND, A VERY SMALL FUND BALANCES HERE, AND GENERALLY REVENUES ARE OFFSETTING THEIR EXPENDITURES. BUT THERE ARE FUND BALANCES HERE THAT WOULD OFFSET ONE YEAR MODIFICATIONS TO THAT.

BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE BEFORE I CONTINUE.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR KEY DECISION PACKAGES, SO OUR SUPPLEMENTALS FOR NEXT YEAR AND REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING FROM THE BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT. AND AS YOU KNOW, ON THE 24TH, WE COVERED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S PATIENCE AND FEEDBACK ON THAT.

BUT WE GAVE YOU THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD AND WHAT WE COULD FUND WITH THAT ON A TAX LEVY.

IF WE WENT TO A 3.5% FOR ONE YEAR OR 3.5% FOR EVERY PRECEDING YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL WAS TO PROCEED WITH 3.5% SCENARIO WITH SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS, AND I'LL POINT THOSE OUT.

SO, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES WAS TO FOCUS IN ON WHERE WE COULD ON ONE TIME COSTS.

SO, WE DID SHIFT THE HANDGUN REPLACEMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS, WHICH INCLUDED AMMUNITION AS WELL AS OUR TRAINING HANDGUNS.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THOSE LISTED THERE TOWARD THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

WE ALSO HAD A FOCUS IN ON, AGAIN, ONE TIME COSTS.

SO, THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE REALLY ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THAT WE'VE REMOVED EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SPECIALISTS AND A PARK SUPERVISOR.

SOME OF THAT IS IN RELATION TO THERE WAS A AND YOU WON'T SEE THE POSITION HERE.

YOU'LL SEE IT WHEN WE LIST NON GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS, THE SECOND MECHANIC.

SO, WHILE THAT IS FUNDED OUT OF THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND REALLY THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND SO, WHILE IT'S $101,000 EXPENDITURE, ABOUT $60,000 OF THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO, WHEN WE ADD THE HANDGUNS IN, WE FOCUS ON ONE TIME COSTS, WE KEEP FUND BALANCE IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.

WE END UP AGAIN AT 21%.

THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT THAT WE ULTIMATELY ARE RECOMMENDING IN THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT I WILL FOCUS IN ON OUR ACTUAL POSITION.

SO, WE HAVE A LIEUTENANT AND A CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A BATTALION CHIEF AND LIEUTENANT PROPOSED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, THAT ASSUMES OUR SAFER GRANT.

I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT SPECIALIST TO JUST HELP WITH GENERAL PROCUREMENT ACROSS THE CITY.

SO, WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ON THE SAFER GRANT.

AND SO, WE'LL END UP WITH THAT.

IS THAT WE'LL EITHER END UP WITH THIS SCENARIO WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING OR WE WOULD HAVE THE NINE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEN THROUGH OT SAVINGS, OVERTIME SAVINGS, WE WOULD SEE THE BATTALION CHIEF AND LIEUTENANT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO NOT GET THE SAFER GRANT, WE WOULD NOT ADD THE LIEUTENANT AND BATTALION CHIEF.

WE WOULD BE ADDING THREE FIREFIGHTERS.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE NIMBLE.

WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT NO WORD YET.

SO THERE'S THAT.

BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS?

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OKAY. CONTINUING ON SO OUR NON GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS AND AGAIN I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE IN INTRICATE DETAIL BECAUSE WE DID COVER THEM ON THE 24TH. BUT FOR PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF SMALL ONE TIME COSTS.

YOU DO HAVE THOSE BLIND SPOT CAMERAS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZING AS A BASICALLY A PILOT PROGRAM.

AND THE BIGGEST ONE, THERE WOULD BE $153,000 FOR PART TIME WAGES.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS NOT NEW.

PART TIME WAGES. THAT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING AS IT RELATES TO COST.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO OUR SALARIES FOR OUR FRONTLINE STAFF LAST YEAR.

SO, I THINK THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A LAG EFFECT OF SEEING THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, THEY'RE WORKING MORE HOURS.

AND SO, WE'RE SEEING OUR PART TIME WAGES INCREASE.

ON THE GOLF SIDE.

AGAIN, I WON'T BELABOR ALL OF THESE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A CONTINUATION OF A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR EQUIPMENT.

YOU'VE GOT KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONTINUATION OF TREE MAINTENANCE, CART PATH REPAIR.

THERE WAS ONE POSITION THAT I WILL POINT OUT AND SPEAK TO THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO IT'S AN ASSISTANT GOLF PRO THAT WOULD BE HELPING.

JAMES. YOU'VE GOT A $93,000 COST THERE.

ALMOST 94, I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE FULLY COST BURDEN POSITION.

THAT'S NOT THE SALARY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.

THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE MAKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 55 AND 60,000.

THAT INCLUDES SALARY BENEFITS, ETCETERA.

BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THAT POSITION WOULD DO, WHAT ITS JOB DESCRIPTION WOULD BE, AND KIND OF THREE PRIMARY AREAS.

ONE WOULD BE TRYING TO UPSELL AND IMPROVE TOURNAMENTS, OBTAIN ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

I THINK THE SECOND PRIMARY FUNCTION WOULD BE WORKING OUT IN THE FIELD ON THE COURSE, TRYING TO IMPROVE PACE OF PLAY.

AND THEN THIRD WOULD BE SERVING AS A BACKUP FOR JAMES RIGHT NOW, JAMES DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S OF THAT LEVEL THAT CAN SERVE AS A BACKUP TO HIM.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR DIALOG AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT THE LAST, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTION HERE AS IT RELATES TO PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND GOLF OR OUR SANITATION FUND SUPPLEMENTAL.

I'LL MAKE MY LAST COMMENT ON THE POSITION.

AND MY SUGGESTION WAS SIMPLY THIS I KNOW THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS ARE A BIG DEAL, BUT WE ALSO THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM.

IT'S CALLED GOLF GENIUS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE IT OR NOT, BUT IT IT SETS UP GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND IT'S A MOST MOST GOLF COURSES HAVE THEM AND IT TAKES CARE OF THEIR PROBLEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE OR NOT.

MY SUGGESTION WAS IN ORDER NOT TO MAYBE NOT HAVE TO PAY THE BENEFITS, WE GET TO TWO PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND HELP HIM WITH WHATEVER HELP HE NEEDS.

AND YET WE'RE NOT SADDLED WITH 35 OR $40,000 WORTH OF BENEFITS THAT WE WILL PAY TO ONE EMPLOYEE.

THAT WAS JUST MY SUGGESTION.

UNDERSTOOD. JEN, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE POSITION AND THE NEED? GOOD MORNING.

SO SPECIFICS TO THE POSITION.

I WAS BRIEFED ON THIS BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE WHEN THESE MOVED FORWARD.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO PART TIME POSITIONS AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AT THE GOLF COURSE IS WE REALLY NEED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT, WHICH MEANS I REALLY NEED AN EDUCATED, TRAINED PERSON WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE IN GOLF.

TYPICALLY, THE STAFF THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE AT A PART TIME WAGE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SKILLED IN THE FRONTLINE STUFF, BUT THEY'RE NOT SKILLED AT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL THAT WE NEED. THEY ALSO WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE CONTRACT EXECUTION, THE OVERSIGHT AS FAR AS MANAGING INVENTORY AT THE RESTAURANT OR THE PRO SHOP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY KEEP AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR PART TIME STAFF.

YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN ACTUALLY CHECKING INVENTORY BUT MANAGING WHERE THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE'RE PROCEEDING FORWARD.

STAFF IS REALLY RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO WITH THAT FULL TIME POSITION, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AT THE PURVIEW OF COUNSEL AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS ELECT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AS RELATES TO THESE SUPPLEMENTALS, I'LL CONTINUE.

SO WE HAVE A CONTINUATION IN OUR NON GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS OF WATER, WASTEWATER EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND, PARK AND REC, PEG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO I'LL HIT THE HIGH NOTES ON THESE FOR WATER WASTEWATER.

WE HAVE SOME MINOR RECONFIGURATIONS REORGANIZATION.

JUST PROVIDE SOME UPWARD MOBILITY OF OUR STAFF.

THE TWO $200,000 ITEMS HERE ARE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

ON THE SEWER SIDE, IT WOULD BE MONITORING OF INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, SMOKE TESTING, JUST LOOKING IN FLOW MONITORING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREVENTING I AND I GETTING

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INTO OUR SEWER SYSTEM ON THE WATER SYSTEM SIDE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE A $200,000 STUDY LOOKING FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF A SECONDARY WATER SOURCE BEYOND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AN EQUIPMENT SERVICE FUND.

YOU SEE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.

ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL EMS SUPPORT AMBULANCE THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE AMBULANCE.

AND THEN THE SECOND TECH THAT WE'VE ADDED WOULD BE EMS, BUT ALSO ASSIST IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT FLEET AS NEEDED.

WE HAVE A PART TIME MAINTENANCE WORKER AT THE PLAZA BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE TIF THAT WOULD GIVE US SEVEN DAY COVERAGE THERE.

AND THEN YOU SEE OUR TWO POSITIONS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND WE HAVE TWO ENGINEERS ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE TO HELP CONTINUATION OF OUR EVER GROWING CAPITAL PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE JUST TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH FOR OUR CAPITAL TEAM.

SO ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO SUPPLEMENTALS? BEFORE I PROCEED WITH DISCUSSION OF OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAMS? I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT RONNIE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE NEW EMPLOYEE RELATING TO THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN TOO MANY YEARS SINCE WE CHANGED THAT POSITION.

WE USED TO HAVE A GOLF DIRECTOR POSITION AND A GOLF DIRECTOR IN PLACE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A VERY EFFICIENT ARRANGEMENT AT THE TIME AND I THINK WE IMPROVED IT A LOT WHEN WE PUT IT BACK UNDER.

PARKS IN GENERAL AND ELIMINATED THAT POSITION.

BUT I COULD ALSO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT BY DOING SO, WE PERHAPS PUT OURSELVES A LITTLE THIN AT THE GOLF COURSE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A DILEMMA, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET BACK TO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A DE FACTO PARKS DIRECTOR BECAUSE THAT'S A HIGHLY PAID INDIVIDUAL WHO REALLY ONLY HAS THE GOLF COURSE TO TAKE CARE OF.

AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'VE BLENDED GOLF WITH OUR OTHER PARKS FUNCTIONS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE SOME CROSS UTILIZATION IN SOME OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL A PARK EFFORT.

IT'S TO ME IT ALL FITS TOGETHER.

BUT I THINK WE'RE SLIPPING BACK OVER INTO THE SORT OF DE FACTO GOLF DIRECTOR POSITION.

THE WAY THIS IS GOING, I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH IT.

I'M SORRY, JEN. NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT WAS PROPERLY CONVEYED WHEN THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT HAPPENED PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE.

BUT WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF GOLF WAS REMOVED FROM THE POSITION AND THEY RESTRUCTURED THAT, THEY DID ACTUALLY HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE LATERAL AT THE TIME.

DURING THAT ORIGINAL TRANSITION TIME, THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WAS HANDLING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AND ALL OF THE ACCOUNTING AND THE OTHER THAT WAS REALLY MANAGING THE GOLF COURSE.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY FOUND SOME FORWARD MOMENTUM AND THEN ANOTHER LEFT TO A DIFFERENT GOLF COURSE.

AND AT THAT TIME IS WHEN I COMBINED THE TWO BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE POSITION AT THE TIME AND THE WAY THAT THEY WERE STRUCTURED, IT WAS WATERED DOWN TOO MUCH.

AND WE FELT LIKE THERE'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF THEM.

NOW, WE'RE KIND OF AT A POINT WHERE I SEE THE THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS.

AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND AS I SEE THE STRAIN ON OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE, THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

BUT IT WOULD IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM MAKE IT WHERE THEY'RE A STAND ALONE ISLAND OF A DEPARTMENT AGAIN.

YEAH. OKAY.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE SAME THINGS I'M FEELING CAUTIOUS ABOUT.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A 52% INCREASE IN AROUND 64% INCREASE IN REVENUE.

AND THE POTENTIAL THAT THE NEW POSITION WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT BECAUSE THEY'D BE BRINGING IN EXTRA.

AND WORST CASE, WE TRY IT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THAT STRUCTURE.

AND THEN I KNOW ON THE IT SIDE THEY ACTUALLY NEED THREE AND WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST ONE AND WE GOT TWO.

AND POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ONE COMING JUST BECAUSE I THINK FOR EVERY I THINK THE STAT IS FOR EVERY 100 EMPLOYEES, YOU NEED ONE SUPPORT PERSON AND WE'RE TWO DOWN.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT COMING ON.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT POSITION TO TO HAVE.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE ABOUT THE NEW STAFFING, THOUGH, COMING IN.

THANK YOU, SIR. SO, WE'RE NEARING THE HOME STRETCH OF THE PRESENTATION ON.

SO, ON THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, I KNOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE SPOKEN THESE AT LENGTH.

REALLY EACH ONE OF THESE IS A PRESENTATION IN AND OF ITSELF.

REALLY. FOR MOST OF THESE, I DON'T INTEND TO GO THROUGH THESE SHORT OF SUFFICE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS EVERY YEAR.

WE'LL SEE SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS, EITHER INCREASES IN COST SHIFTS IN PRIORITY.

ONE EXAMPLE, YOU SEE A NEW COST THERE FOR OUR FIRE STATION, ONE OF THE 3.5 MILLION FOR 2024.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, FIVE YEAR CIP, ERIC OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT SHORT OF THAT, I PLAN TO CONTINUE ON TO PARKSIDE.

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SO, AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEED TO REEVALUATE ADDITIONS TO THE PARK SYSTEM AND ASSETS AND WHAT'S THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, PARTICULARLY JUST PAYING ADDITIONAL ATTENTION TO OUR MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK NOW WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TIME TO OPEN THAT UP TO DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL.

BUT BEFORE I DO, I THINK THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT I WOULD POINT OUT.

YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR OVER THE GOLF OVER THE PARKS AND GOLF CIP, THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF REHABILITATION OF OUR EXISTING ASSETS.

WE'VE GOT TWO PARKS THAT WE'RE REHABBING.

WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR CHISNALL HALL TURF AND LIGHTING.

YOU KNOW, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONS.

WE'VE GOT $2 MILLION FOR THE HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL FIELD RELOCATION, WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO IN JUST A MOMENT.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION PROGRAM FOR OUR HIDDEN CREEK.

I MEAN, OUR SHANNON CREEK PARK, AND THEN WE'VE GOT $500,000 IN KIND OF PROGRAMING AND DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY PARK.

I WOULD TELL YOU THE $2 MILLION FOR OUR SOFTBALL FIELD RELOCATION, IT'S PROGRAM THERE, BUT WE'VE NOT WE'VE NOT DESIGNED THAT YET.

SO WHILE THERE'S $2 MILLION THERE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS NEXT YEAR.

IF THERE'S A DESIRE FROM THE COUNCIL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS AT THE BRICK TO BE MOVED UP THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, IN THE OUT YEARS OF OUR PLAN, SUCH AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESERT AIR SYSTEM, YOU SEE IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF OUR CIP, I BELIEVE WE SEE OUR FIRST YEAR OF OUR HVAC REPLACEMENT.

WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE.

IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.

WE'VE GOT A ROOF REPLACEMENT.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE ITEMS THAT COULD BE SHIFTED AROUND AND STAFF CERTAINLY WELCOME TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY RIGHT THERE THAT ONE ADDITION FOR SURE NEXT YEAR WON'T HAPPEN IF THOSE THINGS IF YOU DID SHIFT THINGS UP FROM THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM AND PROGRAM NEXT YEAR, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS I WOULD TRY TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR 24 AND THEN WE WOULD REVISE THE FIVE YEAR CIP.

BUT AGAIN, AS WE MOVE THINGS FROM THE OUT YEARS UP, YOU ADD CAPACITY.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A IT'S A PUZZLE PIECE.

BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, EITHER JEN OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO NEW ASSETS AND THEN AGAIN, WHAT THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH ADDING OR NOT ADDING.

THERE'S CERTAINLY ALWAYS THE OPTION TO PHASE AMENITIES AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SHANNON CREEK, IF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IS TO PHASE THAT HAVE A MORE PHASED APPROACH.

THAT COULD BE ONE WAY OF GETTING AT THAT.

IT'S REALLY, THOUGH ULTIMATELY A POLICY DECISION ON WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

SO, I OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL FOR FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, TOMMY. YES, SIR.

AS WE HAD OUR MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO PULL SOME MAINTENANCE ITEMS FORWARD IF ITS ALL POSSIBLE.

SUCH AS THE HVAC, THE DESERT AIR.

IF THERE'S AN.

A FUNCTION THAT WE CAN PULL FORWARD FOR DREDGING BAILEY LAKE AND INCREASE OUR IRRIGATION CAPACITY FOR THE BALL FIELDS.

MAYBE PULLING FORWARD SOME OF THE TURF AND LIGHTING FOR CHISHON HALL TO REDUCE THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED FOR IRRIGATION.

I KNOW WITH THE DROUGHT THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE PUMPS.

WE'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO PUMP AS MUCH WATER AS WE NEED BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS BY PRAIRIELAND.

YES, SIR. SO PULLING SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS FORWARD, I'D BE FOR THAT AT ANY POINT.

OKAY. WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK NOW FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE EQUIPMENT AT THE BRICK. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MET AND HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING US ALL UP TO SPEED BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS MY FAMILY USES THE BRICK AND YOU CAN HARDLY WALK INTO THE INDOOR POOL AREA WITHOUT YOUR EYES WATERING.

SO THAT JUST TIPS YOU OFF THAT THERE'S SOMETHING EQUIPMENT WISE THAT'S NOT WORKING AS IT SHOULD.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S NOT SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED UNTIL 2028.

AND SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PULLED FORWARD.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE STAFF THAT ARE EMPLOYED THERE AND THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE USING IT, THAT WE'RE MONITORING CHEMICAL USAGE AND WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MITIGATE ANYTHING GOING WRONG WITH THOSE CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN ABUNDANCE OF USE, THEIR HIGH NUMBERS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MONITORING THEM CLOSELY. AND EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO USE IT SAFELY.

AND THEN ALSO PREVENTING ANYTHING THAT CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT US BY NOT HAVING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT SUCH AS PINK EYE AND ALL THE OTHER RANDOM THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK AWAY WITH BY US NOT KEEPING THEM TO THE HIGH LEVELS THAT THEY NEED TO BE.

BUT IT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT AMENITY TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE USE IT AND IT WAS REALLY CLEARLY.

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EVIDENT WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS COMING OUT ALL OVER FACEBOOK AND SAYING HOW MUCH THEY WISHED OUR POLLS WERE WORKING, OUR SPLASH PAD WAS DOWN AND THINGS.

AND UNDERSTANDABLY, IT'S A BUSY SEASON, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THOSE.

AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THEM PUSHED OUT SO FAR THAT THEN WE END UP IN A CONUNDRUM OF WE'VE PAID FOR THINGS OR WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT AND NOT TAKEN CARE OF.

THE AMENITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THAT WE KNOW ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

SO I'VE GOT ONE OTHER THING, TOMMY, BEFORE WE GO ON, AND THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BRICK AND THE POOL AND THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE AND POLICE, AND WE CONSIDER THOSE OFFICERS AS HEROES.

AND AFTER GOING TO THE BRICK AND TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUR LIFEGUARDS IN THAT SAME CLASSIFICATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM AS HEROES FOR THE CITY.

YES, SIR, I AGREE.

TOMMY, I'D BE FOR ALSO MOVING UP SOME MAINTENANCE ITEMS AND TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW BEFORE TAKING ON ANY NEW LOADS.

AND SHANNON CREEK, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S STILL IN DESIGN.

WE SHOULD FINISH THE DESIGN SINCE WE'VE GOT IT PAID FOR, BUT WE COULD ALWAYS PUSH THAT OUT ONE YEAR.

AND OF COURSE THE SOFTBALL FIELD RELOCATION THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF WORK IN AND OF ITSELF.

SO THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY THERE I THINK THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED LATER DOWN THE LINE TO FREE UP TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS NOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE AT THE BRICK AND MAYBE EVEN IF WE TURFED ALL THE FIELDS AT CITY HALL AT ONE TIME AND JUST TO GET IT DONE AND THEN FOCUS ON TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OUT THERE.

BUT I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO WORK THIS AROUND, TOO.

OKAY. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A PUZZLE.

IT'S A PUZZLE. AND WE'RE GOOD AT PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

SO IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT SO I THINK AND I'M GOING OFF OF MEMORY, BUT I THINK THERE'S LIKE AN ADDITIONAL 13 FIELDS TOTAL AT CHISHOLM HALL THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIT OVER TIME.

SO IT PROBABLY BE UNREALISTIC TO GRAB ALL OF THEM AT ONE TIME.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT SHIFTING SOME MORE OF THOSE UP.

I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM HVAC, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE OUT YEARS AND OUR CIP IS ARE HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATES, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOOD ESTIMATES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HVAC REPLACEMENT AND START OBTAINING QUOTES.

THE DREDGING OF OF BAILEY LAKE WILL BE AN ITEM.

WE NEED TO GET A MORE SPECIFIC QUOTE ON ON SOME OF THESE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

WE'LL START PRIORITIZING AND STAFF THOSE ELEMENTS.

PROBABLY LEANING MORE FIRST AT THE BRICK, ADDRESSING HVAC, THE DESERT AIR AND THE ROOF.

AND THEN WE WOULD TRANSITION.

LOOKING AT THIS IS THIS IS ME AND MY RECOMMENDATION.

THEN THE DREDGING AT BAILEY LAKE AND THEN AT THE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFIELDS, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY PRIORITIZATION. JEN, IF YOU DISAGREE.

SO DOES THAT SOUND PALATABLE TO THE COUNCIL FROM HOW WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS? I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THAT 2 MILLION NUMBER DOLLAR THERE THAT IS CAPACITY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, BUT $2 MILLION IS NOT GOING TO GET ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I THINK IT WOULD IT WOULD BE A NECESSITY AT THAT POINT TO SHIFT OUT SHANNON CREEK AT LEAST ONE YEAR.

AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT MAINTENANCE DONE IN ONE YEAR.

SO IT MAY BEGIN TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE CIP AND SHIFTING NEW ADDITIONS OUT.

SO, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE MODIFICATION TO THE PLAN FOR THE COUNCIL, IF THAT'S HOW WE PROCEED? CERTAINLY WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE ONE.

OKAY. EXAMPLE IS IN TALKING TO JEN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WE NEED AT LEAST THREE NEW AIR CONDITIONERS, AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AT THE BRICK. AND THAT'S JUST THE BRICK.

THERE'S OTHER AREAS.

YEAH, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH PUTTING OFF THE BUILDING OF THE NEW AND TAKING CARE OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION ON THE STUFF WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST SIMPLY GOING TO PROMOTE THE PROBLEMS WHICH WE DON'T NEED TO DO.

RIGHT. UNDERSTOOD.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS THIS, IS THAT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, IT GIVES UNTIL WE HEARD FROM YOU, WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE NEEDED TO MODIFY SO THAT IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS THAT WE'LL AIM TO FOR 2024 TO NOT MODIFY WHAT THE DEBT SERVICE WAS GOING TO BE AND THE DEBT ISSUANCE AS TO NOT MESS WITH THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF.

SO WE'LL STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT NUMBER.

THE OUT YEARS MAY SHIFT, BUT WHEN WE PRESENT IT FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET, IT'LL BE OBVIOUSLY A TRUNCATED VERSION OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'LL BE VERY MINIMAL CHANGES.

BUT WE WILL SPEAK TO WHAT THAT UPDATED CIP WOULD LOOK LIKE AT FINAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL.

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BUT I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THAT WE NEEDED.

I GUESS I WOULD ASK ONE LAST THING WHETHER OR NOT CITYWIDE MONUMENT SIGN, THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM I THINK THAT COULD PUSH TO FURTHER WITHIN THE CIP OR IT NEEDED TO FALL OFF.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION IS THAT.

WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TXDOT RECENTLY SENT US SOME NEW DIAGRAMS THAT SHOW SOME OF THAT AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE MONUMENT SIGN MAY BE TAKEN IN 100% ACCURATE.

SO WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BRIEFING YOU GUYS EITHER ON THE 21ST OR THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, TALKING ABOUT WHAT A REVISED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL SIGN DESIGN THAT WE SHOWED YOU WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE COULD STILL MAKE SOMETHING FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LEFT AFTER TXDOT DOES ITS WORK.

AND IT WOULD LOOK IT COULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SHOWN, JUST A SMALLER VERSION.

SO WE COULD MAKE IT WORK.

AND YOU KNOW, TXDOT LIKELY IT WOULD BE A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE THEY GET DOWN THIS WAY OF I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND THEN TXDOT'S.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT TXDOT AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY.

AND THEN TXDOT SAYS, WELL, WE NEED ABOUT HALF THAT SPACE THAT YOU JUST USE.

SOM I UNDERSTOOD IT GOES DOWN.

I MEAN, I WANT A NEW MONUMENT SIGN.

I AM ALL FOR THAT.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS IN REGARD TO THAT.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE'S OTHER CHANGES THAT COULD BE HAPPENING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, AND THEREFORE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT FORTH MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT AND THEN IT GET ALL CHANGED UP OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT I'M FINE WITH THAT TOO.

AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF WE'VE GOT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ALL THE WAY THROUGH PLANNING OR THEY'RE BEING DESIGNED LIKE FINISH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT AND WE PUT THAT IN OUR BACK POCKET AND THEN FOCUS ON I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM HERE THAT WE CAN MOVE.

AND I WAS GOING TO SAY WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE BUDGET VARIANCE REPORT BROUGHT TO US.

SO THEN WE CAN KIND OF SEE ONCE THESE COSTS COME IN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF WAITING A FULL YEAR TO SEE THAT.

SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THIS NEW BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE THOSE REPORTS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THAT GIVES US CLEAR DIRECTION.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE ON FOR A AGAIN, I DON'T INTEND TO GO IN GREAT DETAIL HERE, BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANS FOR POSSIBLE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK CONTINUATION OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE, SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY SET ASIDE FOR AT LEAST TWO LANES FOR ALSBURY BOULEVARD.

WE'VE GOT THE DETENTION POND AND THEN THE SEWER THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.

I'M SORRY. JUST ONE SECOND. CAN WE GET BACK TO THE.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT GOLF.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAYFINDING SIGNAGE.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS LIKE NINE HOLE THIS WAY? BECAUSE I NOTICED SOMETHING.

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE AND IT'S BEEN ON THE BACK OF MY BRAIN TO ASK THE MARKERS FOR THE TEES.

HAVE THEY ALWAYS BEEN JUST CHUNKS OF WOOD THAT WE PAINTED? BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THEY KEEP GETTING STOLEN, HONESTLY.

THEY USED TO HAVE STONE MARKERS WITH THE WHOLE NUMBER ON THEM.

AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST DRIVE UP OFF THE ROAD AND RUN OUT AND STEAL THEM.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN.

OH, MY GOSH. OKAY.

BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAVE A BETTER KIND OF LOOKS JUNKY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

WE'VE HAD THE WOOD, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE FOR THE ON COURSE AMENITIES NEXT YEAR IS TO GET THOSE REPLACED.

OKAY. I THOUGHT I'D SEEN THAT SOMEWHERE.

AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL, MAYBE I'M IF I ONLY SEE WAYFINDING THAT'S ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE HOLES, BUT THAT LOOKS JUNKY.

BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT CRAZY.

THANK YOU. SO WATER AND SEWER.

AGAIN, A LOT GOING ON.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND THEN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS JUST PROVIDING THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED FOR CONTINUING GROWING COMMUNITY.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS RELATES TO THE CIP HERE, ERIC OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

OKAY. SO IN TOTAL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE FOR TOMMY.

GO BACK TO THAT JUST FOR A SECOND.

ABSOLUTELY. TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME OF OUR TANKS HAD NEEDED NEW LINER.

THEY SHOWED US PICTURES OF RUST THAT IT HAD EATEN AWAY THE LADDERS.

WHERE ARE WE IN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? REPAIRS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO THE PICTURES YOU SAW FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, THAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL SITE, SO THAT THAT TANK REHABILITATION WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU GO BY THE INDUSTRIAL SITE NOW, YOU DRIVE BY THEIR NEWLY PAINTED, THEY GOT THE NEW CITY LOGO ON THOSE.

SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED.

YOU ALSO SEE IN 24, YOU'LL SEE HUMAN GROUND STORAGE TANK REHAB IS ON THERE.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT SET OF TANKS.

YEAH. SO AFTER NEXT YEAR, ALL THE TANKS, THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS WILL BE REHABBED.

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AND THEN EVERY TEN YEARS WE GO AND DO INSPECTIONS AND YOU'LL SEE REHABILITATION OF OUR ABOVE GROUND TANKS AS WELL.

SO ALL THOSE ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS, WE GO IN AND WE DIVE THEM, TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE END UP DRAINING THE WATER OUT, REPAINTING AND EPOXY THE INSIDE, REPAINT THE OUTSIDE, REBRAND THEM.

SO WE DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BUT THE ONES YOU SAW SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND THOSE ARE COMPLETE.

OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO BEFORE I CONTINUE, I'M GOING TO SKIP WAY, WAY, WAY BACK IN MY PRESENTATION AND THERE'S SOMETHING I MEANT TO MENTION TO THE COUNCIL.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF.

SO FOR THE ACTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR, THERE IS LEAD TIME ON THAT EQUIPMENT.

WE SPOKE TO CHIEF CORDELL.

WE ALSO SPOKE TO MATT RYBICKI.

AXON IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH US NOW, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.

SO WE GO AHEAD AND GET A LEAD TIME ON THAT EQUIPMENT SO WE'RE NOT STACKING TIME.

I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL, CRITICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE.

SO ON THE 21ST, I'VE DIRECTED AND WORKED WITH CHIEF TO PUT AN ITEM ON SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET IN THE QUEUE AND GET THAT EQUIPMENT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US.

WE'LL HAVE THAT SAFETY LANGUAGE TO GET OUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DID NOT APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS, WE UNDERSTAND WE WON'T HAVE THE FUNDS UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST.

BUT I MEANT TO MENTION THAT TO YOU.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SAW AN ITEM FOR NEXT YEAR ON YOUR UPCOMING BUDGET.

WHY THAT WAS.

BUT SO WITH THAT SAID.

WE HAVE OUR TOTAL FIVE YEAR PLAN, ABOUT $255 MILLION.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT THE STAFF TO GET IT DONE.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY IN THAT REGARD.

I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT'S ME UP HERE SPEAKING TO IT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE WORK.

AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF SUMMARY INFORMATION BEFORE WE FINISH UP.

AND TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT KIND OF SHOWING OUR TOTAL BUDGET AS WE ESTIMATE IT TO BE THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY $215 MILLION GOING UP TO ABOUT $256 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THE OBVIOUSLY THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS JUST A CHANGE IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN FUNDING.

AND THEN SO LOOKING FORWARD TODAY, BUDGET DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MAY NEED TO MAKE, WE'LL BE PUBLISHING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

SEPTEMBER 5TH WILL BE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND ON THE TAX RATE, FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET AND THEN SEPTEMBER 11TH WILL BE OUR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS OUR FEE SCHEDULE.

AND THEN TODAY, THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT CORRESPOND TO THIS THAT ARE TIED TO THIS PRESENTATION.

ONE IS SIMPLY JUST A MINUTE ORDER, SETTING THE DATE AND TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS APPROVING OR DENYING A RESOLUTION, BASICALLY PROPOSING THE TAX RATE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

AT THAT POINT, 6325 PER $100 VALUATION, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS. AND WITH THAT SAID.

THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU, TOMMY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN REQUESTED WE TAKE A LITTLE RECESS FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.

OKAY. OKAY. LET'S GET BACK HERE.

TEN, 15. NO LATER THAN TEN.

15. NO.

MAKE SURE. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO FOUR B, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER SETTING THE DATE AND TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED

[4B. Consider approval of a minute order setting the date and time of the public hearings on the proposed 2023 tax rate and proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget for September 5, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]

2023 TAX RATE AND THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023 AT 530.

THERE IS A STAFF PRESENTER LISTED MARTIN AVILA, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY PRESENTATION.

SO MAYOR, IF YOU IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? SO MOVED. SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, MARTIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MARTIN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS ONE SO FAR, ISN'T IT? YEAH. MOVES US ON TO FOUR C.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A TAX RATE FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR WITH A RECORD VOTE.

[4C. Consider approval of a resolution proposing a tax rate for the 2023 tax year with a record vote. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]

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BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT JUST TO PUT IN THE BACK OF EVERYBODY'S MIND FOR NEXT YEAR IS WANT TO LOOK AT THE DEBT RATE NEXT YEAR ABOUT MAYBE GOING UP ON IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME THIS YEAR TO DO IT.

BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS. WE'VE GONE HAD COST OVERRUNS, WE'VE GOT INFLATION, WE'VE GOT POSSIBLE SLOWER GROWTH ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY, JUST FOR NEXT YEAR, THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT LET'S GO FORWARD TODAY.

SO. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MAKE IT SINCE I SAID IT.

I NEED A SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ANOTHER GREAT ITEM, MARTIN, THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO 4.D.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS ON COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

[4D. Consider approval of a minute order appointing council members to serve 2 year terms on council committees. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]

I AM THE STAFF PRESENTER, SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME A MOMENT, I'LL GO OVER THERE TO THE PODIUM.

THANK. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU COULD SWITCH OVER FOR ME.

IT'S LONG.

IT'S ABOUT 40 SLIDES.

IT'S ONE WORD PER SLIDE.

SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

A LOT MORE.

HERE WE GO. THIS IS TO APPOINT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY FORMALIZED OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEES BY ADOPTING COUNCIL POLICY 42.

YOU'VE LISTED SIX CORE COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

THAT DOESN'T LIMIT YOU TO CREATING SOME AD HOC THROUGH THE YEAR IF YOU GUYS SEE THE NEED, BUT THESE ARE YOUR BASE ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THROUGH THE YEARS.