[3.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget and related items. (Staff Contact: Tommy Ludwig, City Manager)]

3A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET AND RELATED ITEMS. THIS MORNING, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS LEADER, TOMMY LUDWIG, CITY MANAGER WILL BE PRESENTING FIRST.

>> THANK YOU, AMANDA. BEST $5 I'VE EVER SPENT.

[LAUGHTER] GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY.

THIS IS A CULMINATION OF MANY MONTHS OF WORK, AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR VERY CLEAR DIRECTION AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS STAFF, AND THEY'VE SPENT MANY HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET.

CLEARLY, THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS AND THEY'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT PROFESSIONAL AND AMAZING TO WORK WITH. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF.

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO KELVIN, WHO'S ACTUALLY BEEN DOING DOUBLE DUTY, BOTH AS INTERIM DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

AGAIN, THANKS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON ABOUT FIVE THINGS TODAY.

ONE, JUST ASPECTS OF BUILDING THE BUDGET, EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO IT.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FUND OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS, AS WELL AS MINOR FUNDS AND ANY OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.

WE'LL LOOK AT OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE DID PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL ULTIMATELY SEEK GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

WITH REGARDS TO BUILDING THE BUDGET, THERE ARE MANY STEPS, AND WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN ALONG THE WAY, FROM AN INTERNAL STANDPOINT, STAFF ACTUALLY STARTED IN MARCH, BUT WE STARTED MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL ON EVERY FUND WE HAVE, EVERY CHANGE WE'RE MAKING TO THE BUDGET, ANY REDUCTIONS, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS LAST WEDNESDAY, AGAIN, WE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING FOR THE 11TH FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THEN ULTIMATELY YOU TAKE ACTION TODAY ON SOME ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SETTING A MAXIMUM TAX RATE AS WELL AS SETTING THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

THEN THE SCHEDULE IS FIRST AND SECOND READING, SEPTEMBER 2 AND SEPTEMBER 8 ON THE BUDGET.

JUST AS A REMINDER, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET IS TIED TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS OUR VISION DOCUMENT AND OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OVER A MULTI-YEAR PERIOD.

THE COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR KEY AREAS HERE THAT WE TIE EVERY ASPECT OF THE BUDGET BACK TO.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THE 18TH ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ALL THE ITEMS WE'VE COMPLETED, ANYTHING THAT'S DROPPING OFF, ANYTHING NEW THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU FOR FEEDBACK THERE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO ADOPT AN UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE BUDGET.

THIS, AGAIN, IS NOTHING NEW.

WE TALK ABOUT THIS, ESSENTIALLY IN EVERY BUDGET MEETING THAT WE HAVE, BUT OUR OBJECTIVE HERE ARE STRONG FUND BALANCES FOR ALL OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS AND MINOR FUNDS, EITHER IN WORKING CAPITAL OR IN UNRESTRICTED RESERVES.

WE WANT TO BE CLEARLY RESILIENT AND FLEXIBLE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND CHANGING CONDITIONS.

I THINK THE REAPPRAISAL PLANS WOULD BE A GOOD IMPACT THIS YEAR OF UNFORESEEN IMPACTS ON REVENUE, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE STRONG FUND BALANCES, AND WE FORECAST FOR THE FUTURE, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHOUT DETRIMENTAL CHANGES TO THE WAY WE PROVIDE SERVICE DELIVERY TO OUR RESIDENTS.

WE FOCUS ON OUR DEPARTMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS, MEANING WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGING FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET.

IS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT WE'RE ADDING?

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IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE? AGAIN, CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES WITH REGARDS TO REVENUE.

WE NEVER WANT TO BE OVERZEALOUS.

AS IT RELATES TO THAT, WE WANT TO HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING IN THE FUTURE.

FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST, AND AGAIN, I WOULD TELL YOU, AS WE GO 1, 2 YEARS OUT IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE VERY STRONG CONFIDENCE ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.

AS WE GET FURTHER AWAY FROM A ONE OR TWO YEAR PERIOD, THE LESS CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE IN THOSE NUMBERS, BUT TRENDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR.

THEN ALWAYS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS.

AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS OF REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT ARE GOING ON AND WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, EVERY YEAR, WE DO A BUDGET SURVEY, AND WE ASKED, WHERE ARE THESE AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY SPEND MORE MONEY? WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES? THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S BEEN THE SAME THINGS.

THE NUMBER 1 ANSWER WAS STREET AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, FOLLOWED BEHIND POLICE AND FIRE.

I THINK THAT BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET, THE PROPOSED BUDGET CERTAINLY IS PRIORITIZING THESE AREAS.

LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE A STREET MAINTENANCE FUND, PUT AN ADDITIONAL $1.6 MILLION IN ON TOP OF THE 1.1 WE'VE BEEN SPENDING HISTORICALLY.

THIS PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES THAT WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX GROWTH WE'VE SEEN.

WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL SWORN PERSONNEL WITH THREE PARAMEDICS PROPOSED AND ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.

AGAIN, BACK TO WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING YOU TO FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR DOLLARS, I THINK THAT THIS BUDGET IS PROPOSING TO DO THAT.

WITH REGARDS TO COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AGAIN, WE'LL GET TO THE END OF THIS.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGES HERE.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING IS MY PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES.

AS THE COST-SAVINGS MEASURE, HISTORICALLY, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD MERITS AND STEP GOING TO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1.

I PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO MODIFY THAT AND HAVE A START DATE OF JANUARY 1, IN LIEU OF THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A COLLECTIVE SAVINGS ACROSS THE CITY OF ABOUT $377,000.

THEN FOR OUR NON-SWORN EMPLOYEES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE BASE INCREASES ON AN AVERAGE OF 3% ACCURATELY ACROSS THE CITY.

IT WOULD BE A PROPOSED COST OF ABOUT 555,000.

THEN OUR SWORN PERSONNEL ALSO RECEIVE A 3% STEP, AND THAT WOULD BE $317,000 AGAIN WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE NOTICED THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MARKET ADJUSTMENTS TO POLICE AND FIRE AS IT RELATES TO WHERE THEY ARE IN THE MARKET AGAINST THEIR PEER CITIES.

WE'VE HISTORICALLY TRIED TO KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY PAY IN THE TOP QUARTER OF THE 14 CITIES WE COMPARE AGAINST.

WE'VE DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM QUARTILE ESSENTIALLY OF OUR PEER CITIES.

THIS ADJUSTMENT WOULDN'T GET US BACK TO THE TOP QUARTER, BUT IT WOULD GET US ABOUT MID RANGE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PEER CITIES.

IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT WOULD BE A MULTI YEAR APPROACH TO BRING POLICE AND FIRE EQUITY PAY BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

WITH REGARDS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT'S ANOTHER MAJOR FUND, AND IT'S AN AREA WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY FOCUSING ON LAST YEAR JUST WITH THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND RISING COSTS IN HEALTH CARE.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IS THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY SEEN INCREASES OF APPROXIMATELY 10% ANNUALLY IN EXPENDITURES, BUT THE CITY AND STAFF ARE ONLY PROJECTING TO MAKE 5% INCREASES IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT THAT FUNCTIONALLY MEANS IS THIS IS THAT WE KNOW OVER TIME, SOME YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER HEALTH CARE YEARS BECAUSE WE ARE SELF-INSURED, SO WE'LL WATCH THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MAKING PLAN ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY, AND WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE FUTURE PREMIUM INCREASES RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE FIVE YEARS, WE'RE PROJECTING 5%.

WHAT I FUNCTIONALLY THINK IS WE'LL BE GOING TO MARKET MORE FREQUENTLY FOR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS AND NETWORK COST, SO TO HELP DRIVE THAT DOWN AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

I THINK THAT WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PREMIUMS CLOSE TO THAT 5% WITHOUT MAKING MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE HEALTH PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.BUT A BIG PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR BENEFIT BROKER THAT WE USE THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH HISTORICALLY.

WE'RE GOING OUT FOR AN RFP.

IT'S JUST TIME TO DO THAT, AND SO WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH ANOTHER THIRD PARTY AGAIN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF GOING OUT TO MARKET AND ANALYZING WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO REDUCE COSTS, BUT STILL KEEP A PREMIUM BENEFIT PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO COMPENSATION OR HEALTH INSURANCE BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR FUND OVERVIEWS AND SUPPLEMENTAL REVIEWS, AND WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME QUICK BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS RELATES TO GROWTH AND CERTIFIED VALUES.

THIS IS JUST A HISTORY HERE IN VALUE, AND THIS IS IN BILLION.

WE'RE RIGHT AT $5.6 BILLION IN VALUATION ACROSS THE

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CITY.ARISE FROM 5.45 BILLION LAST YEAR, SO WE'VE SEEN SOME GROWTH.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS REALLY TIED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN EXISTING VALUES BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT RE APPRAISALS THIS YEAR.

PROPERTY TAX HISTORY LOOKING OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, 10 YEARS AGO, PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS AT $0.74.

THAT'S COLLECTIVELY GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A TAX RATE INCREASE FROM THE COUNCIL AT 0.6627.

AGAIN, WITH A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT SHIFTING TOWARD THE STREET MAINTENANCE FUND WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.6 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE BEING ALLOCATED LAST YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD YEAR OVER YEAR.

YOU SEE THE GRAY AND RED INDICATE YOUR O&M BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO YOUR INTEREST AND SINKING COMPONENT OR YOUR CAPITAL COSTS FOR DEBT SERVICE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PEER CITIES AS IT RELATES TO TAX RATE, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

EVERY CITY IS GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS NOW, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IS THAT THESE 14 CITIES WE'VE HISTORICALLY COMPARED AGAINST FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

WE'VE HISTORICALLY LOOKED AT THAT, AND I DO THINK THAT THESE ARE FAIR CITIES TO BENCHMARK AGAINST.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED HOW WE STACK AGAINST THE TAXING ENTITIES FOR CITIES IN BOTH JOHNSON AND TARRANT COUNTY AS THOSE ARE THE COUNTIES THAT ARE HAVING BEING IMPACTED BY THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN.

IF YOU LOOK HERE, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE SNAPSHOT FOR THIS YEAR AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT ARE MUNICIPALITIES.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY FIVE CITIES THAT ARE ABOVE US IN PROPOSED RATE.

AGAIN, SOME OF THESE CITIES MAY GO DOWN ON THEIR TAX RATE, STAY THE SAME OR INCREASE.

THEN LOOKING AT TARRANT COUNTY, CLEARLY THERE ARE MORE CITIES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALLER CITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE A COMPARABLE RATE TO US.

MANY VERY CLOSE, AND THEN THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT CITIES THAT HAVE A TAX RATE HIGHER THAN OURS.

THIS GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE TAX BILL WOULD GO TO FOR YOUR AVERAGE RESIDENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

THIS IS A BLENDED RATE OF AVERAGE VALUES BETWEEN JOHNSON AND TARRANT COUNTY, SHOWING THE 25 NUMBER TO THE 26, AND YOU SEE A VERY SMALL DELTA INCREASE THERE FOR THE AVERAGE HOME.

YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT TAX LEVIES.

AGAIN, THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I'VE PROPOSED IS 0.6989 TAX RATE, STAYING LEVEL ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE, BUT INCREASING THE INS TAX RATE BY 3.65 TOTAL CENT.

AS YOU SAY YOUR TAX LEVY HERE, THE IMPACT OF THE HOMESTEAD, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING FROM A 3% TO 5% HOMESTEAD.

THEN THE AVERAGE TAX NET BILL FOR A RESIDENT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $111 INCREASE BASED ON THE PROPOSED RATE AND THE NEW VALUES, INCLUDING THE HOMESTEAD.

THIS SHOWS SALES TAX IS ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

I WOULD SAY THAT HISTORICALLY, WE'VE SEEN VERY STRONG GROWTH HERE.

LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE STAGNANT, BUT THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN OUR GROWTH PICK BACK UP.

WE BUDGET AT A 3% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR RIGHT NOW.

YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 4.9% INCREASE IN GROWTH.

WE'VE MODIFIED OUR YEAR END ESTIMATE FROM 3%-4% TO REFLECT THAT.

WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ACCURATE.

HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE STILL PROJECTING A CONSERVATIVE 3% YEAR OVER YEAR MOVING FORWARD.

BEFORE I GET INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPERTY VALUES, SALES TAX, OR THE NET TAX INCREASE.

HEARING NONE, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A SPECIAL SESSION IN JULY THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED TO SUPPLEMENTAL REDUCTIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL ADDITIONS TO THE BUDGET.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IN AS GREAT OF DETAIL AS YOU'D LIKE ME TO.

I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL? THE FIRST ITEM HERE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUITY PAY, WHICH I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN OF.

NOW, BEFORE WHEN I PROPOSED THIS, YOU SAW A NUMBER OF $765,000.

THAT WAS FOR FULL 12 MONTHS.

GIVEN THAT THE BUDGET IS BASED ON A JANUARY 1, EFFECTIVE DATE, WE SCALED THAT NUMBER BACK SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT NUMBER DIFFERENT.

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SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO DO SOMETHING FOR A FULL YEAR, THEN THAT 765 WOULD BE AN ACCURATE REFLECTION.

AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T GET US BACK TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH REGARDS TO TOP QUARTER OF THE MARKET, BUT IT GETS BACK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK AGAINST OUR PEER CITIES.

THE AXON MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT, AGAIN, THIS IS ENTERING INTO A LONGER TERM AGREEMENT WITH AXON, WHO DOES OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS, AS WELL AS OUR DRONES, TASERS, BUT ALSO BE PROVIDING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS HERE.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE TO BE A INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN THAT CONTRACT, BUT WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE SOME INCREASED EFFICIENCIES IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL REDUCE COSTS.

WE SEE A NET NEUTRAL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR AND FIRE INSPECTOR POSITION.

AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS WILL BE ADDING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INTO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

THIS WILL BE SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF DOING ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS FROM OUR GENERAL FIREFIGHTERS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES DO WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

THEN THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO DO TRAINING, OR REHAB, ETC.

THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL HANDICAP RAMP PROPOSED AT THE SENIOR CENTER BY OUR ACCESSIBLE PARKING.

THERE IS A ANNUAL PLAYGROUND AUDIT.

THAT'S JUST A SAFETY INSPECTION OF ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUND FACILITIES, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING COMPLIANT AND THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES.

THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL SEASONAL DRAINAGE WORKER TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF OUR DRAINAGE AREAS AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE, THAT'D BE REPORTING TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THEN YOU WOULD SEE ONE PATROL UNIT HERE.

NOW, WHAT YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN JULY, WHEN I WAS TALKING THROUGH ALL THE SUPPLEMENTALS, IS YOU DON'T SEE THE THREE PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE SHOWING THIS AS GENERAL FUND, BUT REALLY TECHNICALLY, THOSE EMPLOYEES NEED TO GO INTO THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND.

ULTIMATELY, THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDIZE THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND.

THERE'S NO REAL CHANGE, BUT IT'S JUST FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, IT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BE.

>> THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD NOTE THAT IS NOT TRULY AND I DON'T INTEND TO GO THROUGH REDUCTIONS TODAY. THEY'RE IN THE APPENDIX.

IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE BUDGET, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

AN ITEM THAT IS NOT TECHNICALLY A REDUCTION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M INCREDIBLY CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL.

HISTORICALLY, WE'VE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND.

LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED ME TO TREAT THAT AS A ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTAL, A NON REOCCURRING.

IT WASN'T A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT IS NOT CURRENTLY A FUNDED SUPPLEMENTAL IN THE BUDGE.

AS OF TODAY, THERE IS NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON A SUPPLEMENTAL NOR A REDUCTION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS OR ANY CONVERSATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND? THERE WERE SEVERAL FEE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE'LL COVER ALL THE FEE INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

MANY OF THESE WERE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT RELATED ITEMS, AND EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE AT AND WHERE WE STACK AGAINST OUR PEER CITIES AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE IN LINE WITH THAT, AND ALSO FROM A COST RECOVERY STANDPOINT.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.

THE BIGGEST DELIVERY CHANGES HERE WERE WITH REGARDS TO ASSESSING AN ANNUAL FEE FOR FIRE INSPECTIONS.

AGGREGATELY THE DEVELOPMENT FEES ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS JUST GENERAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE REVENUES TO THE CITY BY APPROXIMATELY $90,000.

THE INSPECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FIRE INSPECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE REVENUE APPROXIMATELY $109,000.

THEN THERE WERE THE EMERGER FIRE ASPECTS OF EMERGER RESPONSE AND BILLING INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AGAIN, NOT INDIVIDUALS, NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, NOT PURSUING PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, BUT ASSESSING INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR FIRE RESPONSE, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BRING IN APPROXIMATELY $145,000 AGGREGATELY.

A LITTLE LESS THAN $350,000 ACROSS ALL OF THESE FEES.

I'LL PAUSE HERE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE FEES OR ANY OF THE STRUCTURES.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

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YOU SEE HERE, THE GENERAL FUND FORECAST AGAIN, PROPOSED ON THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, WHICH WOULD KEEP THE TAX RATE AGAIN, ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE FLAT.

ON THE INS SIDE, YOU SEE AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO OUR GROWTH MODEL FOR ONE AND THEN WICKER HILL, GREEN RIDGE WAS ADDED IN, ETC.

YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE A LITTLE OVER $0.03 ON THE INS SIDE OF THE TAX RATE.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AGAIN, LOOKING FROM A TREND PERSPECTIVE, OUR GOALS TO 20-25% FROM A FUND BALANCE PERSPECTIVE.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.

YOU SEE HERE IN THE OUT YEARS A STEADY INCREASE IN REDUCTION IN OUR FUND BALANCE AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE PAYING FOR OPERATIONS OUT OF YOUR UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.

WE'VE GOT VERY CONSERVATIVE REVENUE ESTIMATES, AGAIN.

I THINK WE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THIS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR WERE PROJECTED TO BE NEARLY $500,000 TO THE GOOD.

LAST YEAR, WE WERE UNDER BUDGET WITH REGARDS TO EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO TRY TO STRIVE AND MAINTAIN AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS CLEARLY.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID TO BE COGNIZANT OF.

THIS ALSO DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ADDITIONS TO ANY PERSONNEL FOR THE FUTURE, AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT, WE TALK ABOUT A STATION 4 ON FIRE SIDE, WE REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 14 FIREFIGHTERS ON TOP OF, IF WE HAVE A FOURTH AMBULANCE COME RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SETTING THAT FOR PEAK TIME.

THE THREE PARAMEDICS THAT I'VE PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET WOULD HELP STAFF THAT FROM A PEAK PERSPECTIVE.

IF IT GOT TO A POINT WE WERE RUNNING THAT FULL TIME, WE'D NEED ANOTHER FOUR.

YOU'RE TALKING 18 THERE AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MATRIX STUDY THAT I REFERENCED IN MY BUDGET MEMO TO THE COUNCIL, WE STILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL 14 OFFICERS BY 2028, ASSUMING THAT THE ADDITIONAL OFFICE THAT WE'VE THAT I'VE PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS FUNDED.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S JUST PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, NOT COUNTING GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

THOSE ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS.

SHOULD YOU ADD THOSE, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SCENARIO WITH REGARDS TO FUND BALANCE.

ANY QUESTIONS HERE RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, GENERAL FUND ADDITIONS TO THE BUDGET OR THE OVERALL FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST? NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND.

AGAIN, WHAT'S CHANGING HERE IS JUST A SHIFT ON WHERE WE REPLACING THE STAFFING FOR THE FOURTH AMBULANCE.

ULTIMATELY, THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDIZES THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND, SO THERE'S REALLY NO TRUE CHANGE HERE.

WHAT YOU SEE, THOUGH, IS, ORIGINALLY, WHEN THE THREE PARAMEDICS WERE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE STILL HAD A REMAINING FUND BALANCE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE LAST REMAINING RPA DOLLARS TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE HIGH IN THIS AND ULTIMATELY DRAW DOWN OVER TIME.

BUT BECAUSE THE $411,000 IS EMBEDDED HERE, IN THE OUT YEARS, YOU START SEEING A SUBSIDY GENERAL FUND TRANSFER IN STARTING IN '27, '28, AND IN '28, '29 WITH ABOUT 840,000 THEN GOING UP TO $877,000.

REALLY NO FUNCTIONALLY DIFFERENT, IT'S JUST WHERE THE POSITIONS ARE BUDGETED.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY INTENDED TO BE A PASS THROUGH ACCOUNT VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE WOULD TREAT THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND.

HAVING A ZERO FUND BALANCE ISN'T A BAD THING HERE.

IF YOU HAD A GREATER FUND BALANCE, IT WOULD DELAY THE NEED FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE THIS OPERATION.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. AS A REMINDER HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES '23, '24 TO '24, '25 AND FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE A FAIRLY DRAMATIC INCREASE WITH REGARDS TO REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

THIS IS NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CHANGES AS RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE FUNDING, THIS IS SIMPLY A SHIFT IN TRANSFERRING IN 4A AND 4B DEBT INTO THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT TOO IS THAT YOU SEE YOUR FUND BALANCE HERE, WE HAVE A PLANNED DRAWDOWN OF FUND BALANCE TO $1 MILLION, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY THAT THE COUNCIL'S DETERMINED IS SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ORIGINALLY, WE WERE GOING TO BRING THAT DOWN TO $1 MILLION THIS YEAR.

THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS TO SPREAD THAT OUT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

YOU SEE THAT DRAWN OUT HERE WITH GETTING DOWN TO $1 MILLION IN '26, '27.

TOTAL OUTSTANDING BONDED DEBT.

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THIS IS PRINCIPAL, SO YOU HAVE $232 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING DEBT.

WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU TOO, THERE'S AN ASTERISK HERE ON WATER AND WASTEWATER.

WATER AND WASTEWATER IS NOT IN THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND.

IT REMAINS IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.

SO IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO SHOW YOU THE TOTAL DEBT, BUT YOU DO NOT SEE THOSE FIGURES IN THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS? WATER AND WASTEWATER.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD SAY HERE IS THAT THE COUNCIL STILL MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A CONSOLIDATED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY FOR THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS REPLACING OR REPAIRING ANY LINES THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE AND HAVE TO BE TOTALLY RECONSTRUCTED.

ON THE WATER SIDE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING $67 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL PLAN AND APPROXIMATELY $76 MILLION IN SEWER.

I WOULD REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WITH REGARDS TO RATE ANALYSIS FROM TIME TO TIME, WE WILL HAVE A CONSULTANT COME IN AND HELP US REBUILD OUR RATE MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE ASSESSING IS FAIR AND ACCURATE.

WE HAD THE RATE MODEL RECONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR.

WE PLUGGED IN THE NEW CAPITAL PLAN TO THAT, AND WE'RE PROPOSING A 5% INCREASE ON THE WATER AND SEWER SIDE IN FY26.

AGAIN, THAT'S JUST TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE CAPITAL PLANS THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ASSESSED FEE INCREASES FROM FORT WORTH AS WELL, AND SO ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE, ALSO.

THERE ARE A FEW ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO FEE STRUCTURE HERE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

MOST OF THESE ARE REALLY CLEANUP ITEMS, BUT ON THE FEE, THERE'S A LISTED 3.75 OR A MINIMUM OF $3.50 PER PAYMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY $2.50 PER PAYMENT, SO IT'S A CLEANUP HERE.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS WITH RELATING TO CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES FOR OUR IVR, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CALL IN TO MAKE THEIR WATER BILL PAYMENTS ONLINE.

TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AS MUNIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT WE USE FOR PAYMENTS, AND THEY ASSESS A 50 CENTS PER TRANSACTION FEE FOR THAT, THAT DOESN'T GO TO THE CITY, IT GOES STRAIGHT TO TYLER.

JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE THINK IT'S BETTER TO REFLECT THAT 50 CENT CHARGE HERE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT COMING TO THE CITY, SO IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THAT 50 CENTS IS BEING CHARGED FOR THE IVR BY TYLER.

THEN THESE ARE A HANDFUL OF CHANGES RELATED TO METER SET AND TAP FEES OR CURRENT FEES AND PROPOSED FEES.

THIS IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE COST THAT WE EXPEND IN PURCHASING METERS BECAUSE THOSE CHANGE EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REASSESSING ALL THE CHARGES THAT WE'RE BEING ASSESSED IN THIS PROCESS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC WORK METER SET FEES AND TAPS.

THEN HERE YOU SEE YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND FINANCIAL OVERVIEW, AND THIS NUMBER IS REPRESENTED IN TERMS OF WORKING CAPITAL, AND YOU SEE OVER 41% WORKING CAPITAL NUMBER.

AGAIN, VERY STRONG BALANCES HERE IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER AND SEWER BEFORE I PROCEED TO THE FOLLOWING FUNDS?

>> WHAT IS THE WITHDRAWAL PROJECTED IN '28, '29, THE 60,000?

>> THAT'S SIMPLY JUST CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE WITH REGARDS TO REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

IT'S JUST A SMALL DIP. THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC.

IT'S PROJECTIONS, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT ACROSS THE FIVE YEARS.

SOLID WASTE.

AGAIN, THIS IS DONE TO THIRD PARTY SERVICE, AND OUR CONTRACT IS TIED TO CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

WE ANTICIPATED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN JULY ON WHAT FEES WOULD BE A 6% INCREASE FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

THAT CAME BACK AT 4%.

ACTUALLY IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 4%.

I HAD TO GIVE A CREDIT TO JANE LEE AND LAURENCE, WHO WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO ROUND THAT NUMBER DOWN, RATHER THAN BEING 4.3%, THEY ROUNDED DOWN TO FOUR.

YOU SEE A SMALL INCREASE ON WATER AND SANITATION SIDE FOR RESIDENTIAL, A LITTLE LESS THAN $1 INCREASE, SO THE TOTAL BILL WOULD BE 25.11 MOVING FORWARD.

THEN YOU SEE THAT SAME 4% APPLIED TO SMALL COLLECTIONS AND LARGE COLLECTIONS AS WELL, AND YOU SEE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS BEING ASSESSED FOR '25, '26.

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WITH REGARDS TO CLEANUP, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO IS CONSOLIDATE THINGS INTO THE FEE SCHEDULE, ONE FEE SCHEDULE TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND CONCISE.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ASSESS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO MULTIPLE PLACES.

THE FRANCHISE APPLICATION FEE THAT WE CHARGE IS EMBEDDED ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE ORDINANCE, AND SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT INTO THE FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL AS THE SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEE THAT WE ASSESS TO COMMERCIAL WEIGHT HAULERS, PUTTING THAT IN THE FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL.

THEN SOLID WASTE FUND. YOU DO SEE A SMALL BUT STEADY INCREASE IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND BALANCE.

WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU HERE IS THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO UTILIZE THIS FUND BALANCE SHOULD YOU NEED TO.

IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD EVER HAD A CATASTROPHIC STORM AND WE HAD TO HAVE CLEANUP.

THESE FUNDS WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE TO BE USED FOR THAT.

THIS WOULD BE THE LIKELY TARGET FOR THAT, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME FROM AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, YOU COULD PAY FOR IT OUT OF THE REFUSE FUND.

IT COULD ALSO BE USED POTENTIALLY AS A ONE TIME MEANS OF BUYING DOWN THE RATE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RATES.

AT THAT POINT, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT MOST LIKELY HAVING TO MODIFY YOUR SERVICE DELIVERY METHOD, IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN SERVICE IF THE COUNCIL DEEMED THAT TO BE NOT APPROPRIATE MOVING FORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOLID WASTE FUND OR CONTRACT? NOW WE'LL BE SHIFTING TO THE INTERNAL SERVICES FUND.

WE START OUT WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT.

THE BASE BUDGET HERE FOR NEXT YEAR IS $7.4 MILLION.

THERE IS A ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST OF $600,000 THAT I WILL TOUCH ON IN A MOMENT FOR SOME VARIOUS BACKUP EQUIPMENT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP WHEN I PRESENTED TO THE BUDGET TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT HISTORICAL SPENDS AS IT RELATES TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN DRAMATIC INCREASES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, PARTICULARLY AS COST OF INCREASE, BUT ALSO OUR DEPENDENCY ON TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED FAIRLY DRAMATICALLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED WAS TO PRESENT A 10-YEAR HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH REGARDS TO TECHNOLOGY COSTS 10 YEARS AGO TO NOW.

YOU SEE $1.6 MILLION AND YOU SEE THE ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR AT ALMOST 6.5.

CLEARLY, WHEN YOU SEE ESCALATION LIKE THIS, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ARE WARRANTED, AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THOSE, AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER A FEW SLIDES THAT I THINK SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THAT.

ONE IS RELATED TO PERSONNEL.

2015, WE HAD SEVEN PERSONNEL.

TODAY, WE HAVE 15 PERSONNEL.

THE INCREASE IN JUST THE PERSONNEL BUDGET FROM A PAYROLL PERSPECTIVE ALONE HAS BEEN ABOUT $1.3 MILLION.

IT GOVERNANCE IS A BIG THING, AND IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A BIG THING IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS HERE, BUT EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, IS WE WANT TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE AS MANY OF THE IT APPLICATIONS WE CAN INTO THE IT SERVICE FUNDS.

MANY OF THESE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WERE ACTUALLY EMBEDDED AT THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WASN'T SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY ON IT RELATED FUNCTIONS.

THEY WERE JUST EMBEDDED IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AS JAMES LIKES TO CALL IT SHADOW IT, BUT YOU'D HAVE DIFFERENT IT APPLICATIONS WITH NO OVERSIGHT.

THE OTHER THING TOO, IS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGIES BEING ASKED FOR IN THE YEAR, BECAUSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THERE'D BE MORE APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT COULD MANAGE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND HAVE GOOD OVERSIGHT OVER HOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING IT EXPENDITURES AND WHAT'S REALISTIC TO COMPLETE IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD, AND THEN ALSO, TWO, THAT WE DON'T HAVE REDUNDANT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING WITH REGARDS TO IT GOVERNANCE.

BUT WE'VE SHIFTED ABOUT $1.2 MILLION IN THE LAST 10 YEARS FROM EXISTING EMBEDDED EXPENDITURES INTO THE IT DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, THINGS THAT WERE BEING BUDGETED AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL, NOT IN THE IT TO BUDGET.

THEN THERE'S BEEN CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATIONS.

SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO FALL INTO THE IT GOVERNANCE COMPONENT WITH REGARDS TO SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS OR REIMPLEMENTATIONS.

>> BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE EITHER IMPLEMENTED NEW OR RE-IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE SOFTWARE HAS REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE AND THAT WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES ON.

OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR ERP SYSTEM THAT DOES THE CITY'S FINANCIALS, DOES OUR PAY ROLL OR UTILITY BUILDING, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BUDGETED.

IT WAS AN HTE.

IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE IT BUDGET.

THAT SOFTWARE REACHED ITS END OF LIFE THREE YEARS AGO.

WE RE IMPLEMENTED THAT TO THE TUNE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ADDITIONAL ANNUALLY BECAUSE SOFTWARE WAS OLD.

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IT WAS OUTDATED, IT NO LONGER DID WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO.

THERE'S BEEN NEW SOFTWARES THAT WE'VE ADDED.

311 WOULD BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

OUR PROQA, WHICH IS LIKE OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR OUR 911 EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHING.

WE WEREN'T DOING THAT BEFORE.

WE HAD TO ADD THAT TECHNOLOGY.

OUR MOTOROLA RADIO SYSTEM.

WE UPGRADED THE RADIOS, BUT ALSO THE BACK END OF JUST SUPPORTING THAT RADIO NETWORK.

AXON IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WE USED TO USE, I BELIEVE THE COBOL SYSTEM.

WE'VE GONE TO AXON CLOUD-BASED STORES, SO YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE'RE USING, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF BODY WORN CAMERAS OR DRONES OR OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S USING AS THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW.

CYBERSECURITY HAS BEEN ANOTHER ELEMENT HERE THAT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE EXPENDING ON CYBERSECURITY BECAUSE CYBERSECURITY THREATS HAVE BECOME MUCH GREATER OF A THREAT TODAY THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO.

THEN TIED TO THAT, WE ALSO SEE COMPLIANCE RELATED ISSUES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY UNFUNDED MANDATES, BUT MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.

FOR US TO HAVE CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE, WE HAVE TO HAVE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT TWO YEARS AGO, AND THAT COMES AT NOT INSIGNIFICANT COST.

WHEN YOU ADD THESE THINGS UP AGGREGATELY JUST WITH REGARDS TO CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATIONS, YOU SEE ANOTHER TWO MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

IF YOU ADD ALL THE COST UP THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM PERSONNEL TO SHIFTING THINGS INTO THE BUDGET TO RE-IMPLEMENTING OLD SOFTWARES OR ADDING NEW, YOU SEE ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.

WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE 1.6, IT GETS TO CLOSE APPROXIMATION OF WHERE WE ARE ANTICIPATING ENDING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AT 6.5.

MR. GROMMERSCH PUT TOGETHER SOME INFLATIONARY DATA THAT I THINK ALSO HELPS SPEAK TO THIS.

TEN YEARS AGO, A BUSINESS LAPTOP COST APPROXIMATELY $500.

DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF LAPTOP YOU'RE BUYING TODAY, IT'S ANYWHERE $1,000-1500.

WE SEE A DRAMATIC SHIFT JUST WITH REGARDS TO LICENSING AND THE STRUCTURE OF LICENSING.

THERE USED TO BE STANDALONE LICENSE PURCHASES.

NOW EVERYTHING IS CLOUD-BASED YOU'RE BUYING ON A LICENSE, LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION-BASED LICENSE, IT'S AN ANNUAL TYPE OF PAYMENT YOU'RE HAVING TO MAKE.

CYBERSECURITY TOOLS AND SERVICES HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.

THOSE ARE JUST TO SPEAK TO A HANDFUL OF THESE THINGS.

I WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORICAL SPENDS OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT PROVIDED,

I'D BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT. >> [INAUDIBLE].

>> YOUR MICROPHONE, SIR.

>> YOUR MICROPHONE.

>> THANK YOU. I ASKED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR TOMMY TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.

SIMPLY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF EXPENDITURES IN THIS AREA.

I WOULD BE EQUALLY CONCERNED IF THE WATER DEPARTMENT SPENT FOUR TIMES AS MUCH MONEY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR THE STREET DEPARTMENT DID OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT.

THIS ONE BOTHERS ME BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT WE'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.

I'M ALWAYS QUESTIONING WHETHER SOME OF WHAT WE DO IS NECESSARY, BUT OTHER IS BELT AND SUSPENDERS AND BUTTONS AND PINS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO THAT'S WAY MORE THAN WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY.

I'M NOT A TECH EXPERT. I'M NOT.

BUT WHEN I SEE HOW MANY LAYERS OF THINGS I HAVE TO GO THROUGH JUST TO KEEP MY EMAIL PASSWORD CURRENT, I WONDER SOMETIMES WHETHER THAT'S REALLY WORTH IT.

WHO COULD GAIN WHAT FROM HACKING MY EMAIL.

I JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF WHERE THIS IS AND WHERE THIS IS GOING.

I REALIZE LAPTOPS COST TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY DID 10 YEARS AGO, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE MORE PEOPLE TO OPERATE THAN THEY DID 10 YEARS AGO.

SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS ARE COMPARABLE.

JAMES, I'M SURE YOU'RE IN THE ROOM.

NO INSULT INTENDED, BUT TO SEE DEPARTMENTS GROW THIS MUCH IN PEOPLE THROUGH TIME JUST RAISES A FLAG WITH ME.

THAT'S I'LL ALMOST SAY ON THAT.

NOW YOU'RE ALL AWARE WHETHER YOU'VE PAID ATTENTION TO THIS OR NOT.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP SO EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW WHERE THIS NUMBER AND THIS DEPARTMENT HAS GONE.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, EXPENDITURES, HISTORIC, ANYTHING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BEFORE I CONTINUE?

>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT IS CONCERNING WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT GOES UP THAT MUCH, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU AT LEAST FROM A BANKING STANDPOINT, OUR COSTS FOR CYBERSECURITY HAVE GONE UP PERCENTAGE-WISE.

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YOU PAY $1,500 OR $3,000 FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN IT'S $20,000 FOR THE SOFTWARE TO RUN THE EQUIPMENT, [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] AND THAT'S FOR ONE YEAR.

AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS CLOUD-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY AND KEY PADS AND KEY CARDS AND MULTI-FACTOR AND ALL THAT STUFF, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL.

I WISH IT WASN'T THAT WAY, BUT I'M SURE JAMES WOULD EVEN WANT MORE MONEY, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE.

BUT I APPRECIATE BRINGING IT TO LIGHT SO WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT ON STUFF LIKE THIS.

>> THIS INFLATIONARY DATA SLIDE IS INFORMATIVE.

THE WAY I'M VIEWING IT IS THAT I'M SEEING NUMBERS OVER THE PAST NINE OR 10 YEARS INCREASING 58%, 60%, 80%.

WE'VE INCREASED 400%.

THIS MAKES MY POINT FOR ME IN A WAY.

LET'S JUST ALL BE AWARE.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE I PROCEED?

>> DAN'S GOT A GOOD POINT THERE.

THAT WAS A GREAT OBSERVATION.

AS FAR AS MY OPINION, I DID IT MANAGEMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AS FAR AS THE PERSONNEL, WE COULD HAVE THREE PERSONNEL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST COMPONENT SWAP OUT, LITTLE BENCH REPAIR, PUSH COMPONENT BACK IN AND WALK AWAY, AND NOW EVERYTHING IS SPECIALIZED.

EVERY COMPONENT YOU HAVE HAS TO BE PROGRAMMED.

THERE'S NO SWAPPING COMPONENTS OUT ANYMORE.

YOU FIX IT WHERE IT IS, AND IT'S USUALLY PROGRAMMING.

BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPECIALIZED EMPLOYEES.

YOU MAY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE THAT CAN DO THREE OR FOUR THINGS OUT OF 10, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 15 MORE EMPLOYEES TO GET THE OTHER SEVEN THINGS DONE.

I CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES, BUT IT IS A GOOD THING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. I AGREE DAN.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HERE, THIS IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE IT BUDGET THIS YEAR.

IT'S A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE OF APPROXIMATELY $600,000.

THIS IS FOR THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO REFRESH OUR EQUIPMENT THAT DOES OUR BACKUPS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM.

WE TREAT THIS AS A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE.

BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE EQUIPMENT IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS.

IN FIVE YEARS, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER EXPENDITURE THAT WE'D BE LOOKING TO MAKE HERE.

JAMES AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VIRTUAL SERVERS AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BACK UP ON OUR END, CHANGES TO THE CAD STRUCTURE WITH THAT SHIFTING TO THE CLOUD AND THE NUMBER OF SERVERS THAT WE NEED IN HOUSE, AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO BACK UP IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS.

WE HOPE TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO DOWN WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO BACK UP.

BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WILL BE IN FIVE YEARS ON THIS SIDE.

THE IT SUPPORT FUND.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WITH REGARDS TO CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.

FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THE $606,000 SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT YOU SEE A DRAW-DOWN IN FUND BALANCE OF $1.2 MILLION, $606,0000 IS THIS EXPENDITURE.

THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION AND IMPROVEMENTS WE'LL HAVE TO BE MAKING FOR OUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY RADIO NETWORK, SO THAT OTHER REMAINING DRAW-DOWN IN FUND BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT AMOUNT, AND THEN YOU SEE ANOTHER ALMOST $600,000 IN THE FY 26-27 BUDGET.

THAT'S JUST TAKING THOSE FUNDS AND SETTING THEM ASIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY RADIO NETWORK FOR OUR SHARE OF THAT.

AGAIN, WE'LL PERPETUALLY LOOK AT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THE RADIO NETWORK AND SUPPORTING OUR RADIOS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT COST, SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT MONEY ASIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IT SUPPORT SERVICES FUND OR THE FINANCIAL FORECAST? HEALTH INSURANCE FUND, THIS WAS ANOTHER ITEM HERE THAT WAS A GREAT FOCUS ON LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

WE DID MAKE SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF OUR PLAN.

AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO FORECASTING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE FUTURE CHANGES BASED ON HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE INCREASES IN THE HEALTH FUND.

THE ONE THING I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO HERE IS IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREE YEAR FUND THAT WE FILED WITH THE BUDGET, GOING TO SEE THE YEAR END NUMBERS AND STARTING AND ENDING FUND BALANCE BEING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THIS.

THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU TODAY.

WE DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HUB, WHO IS OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT FOR HEALTH EXPENDITURES.

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THE THREE YEAR FUND BALANCE CAME FROM OUR MUNIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND WE HAD NOT UPDATED THAT WITH THE LAST INFORMATION WE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM HUB.

THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR IS APPROPRIATE, BUT YOU'RE STARTING AN ENDING FUND BALANCE.

IF YOU LOOKED AT THE THREE YEAR FUND SUMMARY THAT FILE WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

LOOKING HERE ACROSS THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON, WE AIM TO KEEP A 30% FUND BALANCE HERE HIGHER THAN OUR TRADITIONAL 20-25% BECAUSE COSTS ARE MORE VOLATILE HERE, AND WE ARE SELF INSURED.

YOU DO SEE BUDGET BALANCING MEASURES IN RED, AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THAT OFFSETTING OF WHERE WE ANTICIPATE WHAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR WHAT WE THINK EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE.

THIS COULD BE A CULMINATION OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

ONE, INCREASES IN PREMIUMS. IT COULD BE PLAN DESIGN CHANGES, HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE SELF INSURED.

WE HISTORICALLY HAVE SEEN BETTER YEARS.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND WATCH THAT ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS, BUT THE GOAL IS GOING TO BE TO STAY AT A 30% FUND BALANCE OR ABOVE.

AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE FOR HEALTH CARE THIS YEAR, THE ONLY CHANGES WE'RE REALLY ANTICIPATING ARE CHANGES TO OUR PREMIUMS INCREASING BY 5% FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

NO OTHER STRUCTURAL OR DESIGN CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEALTH FUND? EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND. AGAIN, I REFERENCED THIS FUND EARLIER, JUST IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS THE FUND THAT PAYS FOR OUR STAFF TO WORK ON EQUIPMENT.

YOU DON'T SEE A DRAMATIC FUND BALANCE HERE, YOU SEE A SMALL INCREASE, BUT THIS IS LARGELY A PASS THROUGH.

IT'S INTENDED TO PAY FOR THE PERSONNEL NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE EQUIPMENT TO WORK ON OUR EQUIPMENT.

BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND ON BOTH THE GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY, THIS WAS ANOTHER FOCUS OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, AND IT'S AN AREA THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

WE HAD CONCERNS WITH INCREASED COST AND EQUIPMENT SPECIFICALLY, YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES, FIRE SPECIFICALLY THERE AS WELL.

THE COUNCIL THROUGH GREAT DISCUSSION, MADE DETERMINATIONS TO UPDATE OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT POLICY WHEN WE WOULD ISSUE DEBT ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT OVER A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT AS OPPOSED TO CASH FUNDING, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THIS FUND BEING SUSTAINABLE INTO THE FUTURE WITHOUT CONTRIBUTIONS HAVING TO BE MADE FROM THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO ADD THE PERSONNEL THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THIS YEAR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

WE'LL START THE YEAR WITH OVER SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND END UP WITH ALMOST $5.9 MILLION HERE.

THE SAME RINGS TRUE ON THE PROPRIETARY, THOUGH THE FUND BALANCES ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT SUPPORTED HERE IS ESSENTIALLY SIMPLY FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND PORTIONS OF PARKS OPERATION.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE STRONG FUND BALANCES ENDING HERE AT A LITTLE OVER $2.2 MILLION AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE OR PROPRIETARY SIDE? NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

4A. HERE, THIS YEAR, I WANT TO POINT OUT YOU DO SEE EXPENSES LARGER THAN NORMAL EXPENSES HERE OF $13 MILLION.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH TIMING OF VARIOUS INCENTIVES, AND PARTICULARLY A ROLLOVER OF CRAFT MASTERS IN THEIR SCHEDULE.

YOU SEE $3.5 MILLION PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.

YOU SEE A LITTLE OVER 1.6 FOR PARIS BAGUETTE, THE SUMMERCREST SITE REMEDIATION, AND THEN THE RELOCATION OF KMP PLUMBING FOR $1.4 MILLION.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PLANNED EXPENDITURES FROM THE 4A.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR FUND BALANCE, WE'RE ESTIMATING THE END OVER 100% FUND BALANCE HERE.

WE'RE PROJECTING CLEARLY TO DROP DOWN TO 36% NEXT YEAR WITH THE TIMING OF THOSE INCENTIVES AND THEN POP BACK UP DRAMATICALLY.

AGAIN, THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED.

THEY CAN ONLY BE USED IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

YOU CAN'T USE THEM FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

AGAIN, A PLAN DRAW-DOWN HERE, BUT GETTING RIGHT BACK UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND THIS DOES INCORPORATE OUR CIP PLAN AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW?

>> TOMMY, REMIND ME AGAIN, REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE SUMMERCREST SITE REMEDIATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS? ALEX IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN ME AND CAN SPEAK TO PROBABLY BETTER THAN I CAN.

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>> YES, SIR. WE HAVE SENT THEM A DEFAULT LETTER ON OUR CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOT MOVING ON THEIR COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVEN'T PAID OUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR DEMO AND REMEDIATION OF THE SITE RIGHT NOW.

THERE TO BRING IN NEW SALES TAX USERS AND OTHER FACILITIES THERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T STARTED CONSTRUCTION YET.

THE DEFAULT LETTERS WERE SENT THREE WEEKS AGO.

THEY'RE AWARE TO GET MOVING OR THE DEAL GOES AWAY.

>> THANK YOU, ALEX.

>> WELCOME.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 4A? PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND, JUST AS A REMINDER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THESE FUNDS WERE CREATED TO MONITOR THE ACTIVITY AND THE SUCCESS OF THE BRICK, THE ATHLETICS FIELDS, AS WELL AS RUSSELL FARMS. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A PASS THROUGH ACCOUNT, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A FUND BALANCE AND THERE IS A 4B SUBSIDY THAT GOES INTO THIS FUND ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT ITS OPERATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BREAK EVEN ENDEAVOR ON ANY OF THESE.

THE SUBSIDIES ANTICIPATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $3.5 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS HERE THAT I'LL SPEAK TO.

AGAIN, IN JULY, WE HAD A MEETING SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED TO SUPPLEMENTAL REDUCTIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS.

SO MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE REPETITIVE IN NATURE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THIS FIRST ITEM HERE IS AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE THAT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSING IN ON AQUATIC MAINTENANCE.

THINK AUDITORIUM, POOLS, ETC.

THIS WILL BE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY AND TRAINED IN THOSE AREAS THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT MOVING FORWARD.

THERE WILL BE A PART TIME FILLED ATHLETIC ATTENDANT TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENT PLAY THAT WE'VE SEEN AT BARTLETT.

CONTINUING WITH THAT, THEY'LL BE IRRIGATION INSTALLED AT RUSSELL FARMS FOR THE SENSORY GARDEN.

SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDE MAINTENANCE.

WITH THE SLIDE AND STAIR STRUCTURE BEING REPLACED AND THE AUDITORIUM IS A LARGE STRUCTURE, HAVING THE MANUFACTURER COME IN ANNUALLY AND DO MAINTENANCE ON THAT SLIDE.

>> TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY.

ON THE SLIDE, THERE ARE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL ENHANCED CHEMICALS FOR THE ACTUAL STAIR STRUCTURE ITSELF TO PREVENT RUST, ETC.

THERE ARE SOME PORTABLE PITCHING MOUND REPLACEMENTS HERE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PITCHING MOUNDS.

I THINK EIGHT OF THE MOUNDS ARE BEING REPLACED.

THEN THERE'S A FLEX ROOM AT THE BRICK THAT WAS CALLED A PROGRAM ROOM HERE THAT WILL SEE SOME RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF FLOORING, REPAINTING, REPLACING THE TINT ON SOME OF THE WINDOWS, ETC.

>> TELL ME, WOULD THE SLIDE MAINTENANCE BE ONGOING?

>> WE TREATED THAT AS A ONE-YEAR TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FIND VALUE IN, HOW THE CHEMICALS WORK, AND HOW DOES THE NEW AQUATIC SPECIALIST COME INTO PLAY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, BUT OUR THOUGHT IS THAT WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE DOING, WE'LL COME BACK AND REASSESS, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT, AND THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AT $12,000, SO IT WOULDN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE VERY MUCH AS RELATES TO THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECTIONS, BUT OUR THOUGHT WAS TO RIGHT NOW, KEEP IT AS A ONE-YEAR AND REASSESS.

YOU SEE AN ADDITIONAL OR A NEW DUMP TRAILER FOR THE ATHLETICS GROUP.

THIS IS JUST WHEN THEY NEED TO MOVE MATERIALS TO AND FROM LOCATIONS TODAY.

THAT EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE SHARED WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S NOT SUPER EFFICIENT, AND WITH REGARDS TO TIMING, SO THIS WILL BE PURCHASING A TRAILER FOR THEM.

THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL ICE MACHINE THAT WE'D BE PURCHASING.

THIS URBAN FORESTER PERSON AND EQUIPMENT.

THERE WAS A GRANT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING THIS YEAR OR FOR NEXT YEAR, $100,000 IN TOTAL OF $50,000 IN ONE YEAR, 25 THEREAFTER FOR THE SUBSEQUENT TWO YEARS, BUT THIS EMPLOYEE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO CREATE AN URBAN FORESTRY PLAN, SO COMING IN AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT TREES DO WE HAVE? WHAT TREES SHOULD WE BE PLANTING? ARE WE PLANTING TREES THAT ARE NATIVE AND THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL? A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TREES THAT ARE GETTING SICK, HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON THE TREATMENT OF THOSE TREES VERSUS REPLACEMENT, AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE COUNCIL'S POLICY ON THAT? WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE FOCUSING ON THOSE ELEMENTS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER GRANT FOR TREE MAINTENANCE, THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 AGAIN ROUGH TEXAS A&M.

THEN THOSE RETAINING TRUCKS, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ON THE 18TH.

4B DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT REALLY, WHAT THIS IS IS THAT WE'RE ASSUMING

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WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH BARTLETT, AND THIS WILL BE RETAINING TRUCKS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE COULD ORDER NEW ONES, WHICH ARE PART OF THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUNDS, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, OR ADDITIONS? AGAIN, ON THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND, THIS IS A PASS-THROUGH ACCOUNT, SO YOU WOULDN'T LOOK TO SEE A FUND BALANCE HERE IN THE FUTURE.

GOLF. THIS IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY, AND I WANT TO THANK JAMES ROBERT AND GEN FOR THE AMAZING WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

JUST BEEN SEEING RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS OF ROUNDS AS WELL AS REVENUE YEAR OVER YEAR HERE.

WE DO ANTICIPATE A SUBSIDY, BUT THAT SUBSIDY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION NEXT YEAR FOR GOLF.

AGAIN, JUST SPEAKING TO THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT I'VE SAID HERE WITH REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS PLAYED, AS WELL AS REVENUE, JUST EXCEEDING YEAR-OVER-YEAR, PRIOR-YEAR RECORDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON, WE DID, AGAIN, IN JULY, TALK ABOUT PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURES ACROSS THE CITY.

THIS WOULD BE A PROPOSED MAX RATE INCREASE UP TO $62.

WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS WE'D ASK YOU TO ADOPT THAT ON OCTOBER 1ST.

WE WOULDN'T PLAN TO MAKE ANY OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS UNTIL AFTER THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON IN A MOMENT ARE MADE.

WE WOULD SEE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE GOLF COURSE, AND THEN WE FEEL BASED ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE ALL DISCUSSED ABOUT WHERE THE DIRECTION WOULD LIKE TO CARRY HIDDEN CREEK TO, MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN MODIFY THE FEE SCHEDULE TO BE IN LINE WITH THE QUALITY OF PLAY THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO OFFER AT THE TIME.

TO THAT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

YOU SEE THE EQUIPMENT, THE AIR FIRE, AND THE SIDE CUTTER.

THIS IS EQUIPMENT THAT WE RENT TODAY ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS.

HAVING IT, WE FEEL, WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FROM A COST STANDPOINT.

YOU SEE AN ONGOING COMMITMENT HERE TO TREE REMOVAL, LIMING UP OUR TREES.

TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN $20,000 ONGOING THEREAFTER.

SOME ADDITIONAL TURF TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, $2,000, AND THIS IS BEYOND THE SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL.

YOU SEE A PART-TIME GROUNDKEEPER AND THEN A CART-BORNE ATTENDANT HERE.

AGAIN, THIS IS TIME BACK TO THAT PLAN OVER THE FIVE-YEAR HORIZON OF PERSONNEL THAT WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADD, AND IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO ADD TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF PLAY AT THE COURSE.

YOU SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN ALSO FULL COUNCIL, SOME ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE BASIN REPAIRS AND IRRIGATION EXPANSION.

AGAIN, THOSE WERE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SITE-SPECIFIC PER SE, THOUGH I KNOW JAMES HAS IDEAS OF WHERE ALL THIS WOULD BE GOING.

THIS WOULD BE COVERING OUR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR GOLF, AND THEN THIS IS YOUR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL OVERVIEW.

YOU SEE, GETTING US APPROXIMATELY TO 71% SELF-SUSTAINING.

NOW, WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS WE'RE NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE TO THE GOLF COURSE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SHOULD THERE BE A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE COMMISERATE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGING, AND AS A RESULT, THE PERCENTAGE SELF-SUSTAINING ALSO CHANGING.

NOT MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS HERE, BUT WE DO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO OUTPERFORM THIS PRO FORMA SHOULD THERE BE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE.

QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLF.

THEN, 4B, AGAIN, THE 4B FUND SUPPORTS PARKS ADMINISTRATION.

IT SUBSIDIZES THE PPF, AS WELL AS GOLF, AND THEN IT'S ALSO WHAT'S PAYING FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE OVERALL PARKS DEPARTMENT.

VERY SMALL 4B RECOMMENDED ITEMS HERE, SOME ADDITIONAL MISTERS AND COPIES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

THEN, AS YOU LOOK TO THE 4B FINANCIAL OVERVIEW, AGAIN, VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE, NEARING 49% IN OUR FIVE-YEAR HORIZON, AGAIN, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT NOT FUTURE PERSONNEL REQUESTS AT THIS TIME.

QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 4B? ON THE TIF, WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME CHANGES WITH REGARD TO THE TIF,

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JUST IN THE SENSE OF OUR REAPPRAISAL PLANS.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

MOST OF THAT WOULD BE REDEVELOPMENTS.

IN THE PRIOR YEARS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL OVERVIEW FOR THE TIF, YOU WOULD SEE GREATER INCREASES IN REVENUE.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, BACK IN LINE WITH OUR CONSERVATIVE REVENUE ESTIMATES, WE'VE DIALED THAT BACK, ASSUMING THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

ALSO, TWO, YOU DON'T SEE ANY FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FROM THE TIF.

YOU DO SEE EXPENSES EXCEEDING REVENUES HERE.

THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN DRAWDOWN IN TERMS OF TIMING FOR AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, FINISHING OUT WITH THE DEPOT IN MAINE.

YOU SEE OUR FIVE-YEAR FUND BALANCE BEING, AGAIN, VERY STRONG HERE.

YOU SEE THAT CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, AGAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIMING OF INCENTIVES, AND THEN THAT DRIVES BACK UP.

SHOULD THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN STRUCTURE CHANGE, WE WOULD GO BACK AND REASSESS THIS, BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

OTHER FUNDS HERE, THESE ARE VERY MINOR FUNDS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THESE THAT YOU ASK, BUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT FUND, THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, OUR JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT FUND, AS WELL AS PEG FUNDING, AND HOTEL/MOTEL FUNDING, AGAIN, RELATIVELY SMALL FUNDS OVERALL, LARGELY PASSED THROUGH ACCOUNTS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WITH NOT LARGE FUND BALANCES, BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THESE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

THE ONE THAT WE DO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR WILL BE COMING FROM THE HOT/MON FUND, AN ADDITIONAL $75,000 ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE FOR THE EXPANDED 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

AGAIN, IT WILL BE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, SO A LITTLE BIT LARGER CELEBRATION IS PLANNED HERE.

GOING INTO THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

BEFORE I DO, ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET OR ANYTHING THAT I DID NOT TOUCH ON?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE MOMENT TO SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO CHOOSE IT ANYWAY.

GIVEN MY AGE AND THE FACT THAT MY MEMORY NEVER HAS BEEN ALL THAT GOOD, I NEVER ENTIRELY RELY UPON IT, BUT CIRCLING BACK TO AN ITEM THAT WE BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THAT WASN'T SPELLED OUT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND.

THE PART WHERE MY MEMORY IS UNRELIABLE, I DON'T RECALL US HAVING A DISCUSSION WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED ITS WILL TO COMPLETELY DISCONTINUE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND GOING FORWARD.

TO ME, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION, AND JUST TO SAY THAT WE CHOSE ONE YEAR AGO TO MAKE THIS A ONE-TIME THING.

I DON'T RECALL THAT DECISION BEING THAT GOING FORWARD, WE WILL NOT DO THIS ANYMORE.

I WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT.

IF THAT IS A POLICY DECISION, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE OPEN ABOUT IT, STATE IT PUBLICLY, AND GIVE THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE BOF AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT.

NOW, WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY THAT MUCH ABOUT THE BOF, IF IT'S MEETING ITS GOALS, AND CAN DO SO WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.

PERHAPS THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING FOR US TO DO, IF WE PUT IT TOGETHER, WE BUILT IT.

LET'S LET IT GO ON ITS OWN, IF IT CAN.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO THROW MONEY AT SOMETHING JUST TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT I ALSO HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE FACT THAT BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND IS THERE IS A CREDIT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE IN A WAY OF TRAINING A WORKFORCE AND ADVANCING OUR POPULATION, OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO TO COLLEGE RIGHT HERE IN THEIR HOMETOWN IS A MERITABLE THING, AND IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH.

BUT IF IT IS A COUNCIL DECISION, I JUST THINK IT'S A DECISION WE NEED TO MAKE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS GOING FORWARD, PERHAPS WE'RE GOING TO SET UP A SUPPLEMENTAL, NOT CHANGE THE BUDGET AT THIS MOMENT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S NO TIME TO HAVE THEM BETWEEN NOW AND THE MEETINGS IN WHICH WE HAVE TO ENACT THE BUDGET, BUT I DO WANT TO DRILL DOWN INTO THAT SUBJECT AND SOUND OUT WHERE THE COUNCIL IS ON IT.

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. WE NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS A COUNCIL AND DETERMINE OUR PLAN FOR SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE INFORMATION IS APPROPRIATELY PRESENTED TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR FINANCIALS LOOK LIKE.

ARE THEY HITTING THEIR GOALS? THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND DUAL ENROLLMENT IN THE LAST TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

I GUESS THE ONE THAT'S STILL CURRENTLY GOING,

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BUT THE PREVIOUS ONE, TOO.

THERE ARE SO MANY PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BURLESON OPPORTUNITY FUND THAT LONG-TERM, WHO KNOWS IF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, AS IT EXISTS, NEEDS TO EXIST.

BUT DOES IT EVOLVE INTO SOMETHING ELSE? THOSE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING APPROPRIATELY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR OUR THOUGHTS, AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

>> THANKS.

>> I AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AS WELL WITH LEGISLATION, AND WHERE ARE THE FUNDS GOING?

>> DULY NOTED, COUNCIL.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT HISTORICALLY, WE'VE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOF IN OCTOBER, SO I CAN CLEARLY ARTICULATE TO THEM.

FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM ON THE BOARD OF THE BOF, SO I'VE TOLD THEM THAT THERE CLEARLY ARE NO GUARANTEES WITH REGARD TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH FUTURE FUNDING.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY A POLICY DECISION.

WE CAN BRING BACK A FUTURE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

YOU CAN MAKE A MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT YEAR, SHOULD YOU ELECT TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING OR ADD FUNDING TO IT, SO LONG AS WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD, WHAT'S GOING ON, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE REQUEST.

NOT TRYING TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN CLEAR IN THE FACT, OR AT LEAST I'VE BEEN CLEAR IN THE FACT, THAT IT'S JUST AN UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO FUTURE FUNDING.

WE'LL BRING AN ITEM FORWARD OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET BEFORE I PROCEED?

>> TOMMY, ON THE PEG FUND, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM IN THE BUDGET, THE FUNDING FOR THE PEG FUND?

>> THAT'S PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENTAL, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, A PORTION OF THAT IS FROM OUR FRANCHISE FEES, AND IT'S RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN EDUCATION-RELATED COMPONENTS.

IT COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS TO PORTIONS OF THIS ROOM BECAUSE WE BROADCAST OTHER COMPONENTS, AND THERE ARE OTHER INTRICACIES THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO.

OFTENTIMES, IT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY-RELATED FUNCTIONS, BUT NOT ALWAYS.

>> WELL, HOW DOES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES EXCEED THE FUND BALANCE?

>> YOUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR '26 IS $27,000.

THERE WOULD BE A PLANNED DRAWDOWN IN FUND BALANCE, AND SOME OF THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLANNED EXPENDITURE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROOM.

>> BUT WITH THE EXAGGERATED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES, NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE

>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SPEND HISTORICAL MONEY ON EVERY YEAR.

THEY'RE GENERALLY ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES, SO THE $90,000 EXPENDITURE HERE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREAMING AND THE VOTING SYSTEM IN THIS ROOM.

THAT'S WHAT THAT 90,000 IS PROJECTED AT.

THESE AREN'T ONGOING RECURRING EXPENDITURES.

THEY'RE MORE ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.

>> THANK YOU, TOMMY.

>> YES, SIR.

>> TOMMY, IF I COULD ADD, THERE WAS A BUDGET EXPENDITURE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE SINCE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MAKING UPGRADES HERE, AND WITH THE AGENDA SOFTWARE PACKAGE, AS WELL AS THE VOTING MACHINE, WE DECIDED TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THAT INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

IF I HAVE THAT RIGHT, MISS CAMPOS? THANK YOU.

>> WE WANTED TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BRING YOU ONE SOLUTION THAT TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING IT TOGETHER SO THAT WE HAVE ONE VIABLE SOLUTION.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN? MOVING FORWARD ON THE CAPITAL PLAN, MY INTENTION HERE WOULDN'T BE TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.

I'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES.

IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, EITHER I, MR. OSCARSSON, OR RANDY COULD SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.

AGAIN, I'VE ALLUDED TO, WE'RE NOT PROJECTING FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCES OUT OF THE TIF BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN.

SHOULD THAT CHANGE, THERE WOULD BE SOME ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO MAYBE CONTINUE OR PURSUE, BUT NOT AT THIS TIME.

ON THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE, REALLY THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE HERE IS GOING TO BE THE ADDITION OF THE WICKER HILL GREEN RIDGE AMOUNT OF $6.9 MILLION SPREAD OVER TWO YEARS BETWEEN '26 AND '27.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO THE WATER AND SEWER CIP 4A OR 4 4B.

IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAPITAL PLANS,

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I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

>> WITH REGARDS TO SUMMARY INFORMATION, THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE REVISED BUDGET TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

YOU SEE AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $16.6 MILLION.

THIS IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

YOU'VE GOT $82 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO 67, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU SEE OVERALL OTHER CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEING A REDUCTION IN THE GENERAL FUND OF APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION.

I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT, MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I GET INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GENERAL PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I GAVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A HANDFUL OF THINGS.

ONE, RATHER THAN BEING AT THE 0.6989 RATE, PROPOSING GOING TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH THE PRIOR YEAR INCREMENT.

FOR CLARITY, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 3.5% WITH THE PRIOR YEAR INCREMENT THAT REMAINS FROM YEAR 2022.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT I RESTORE THE MERIT AND STEP, AS WELL AS EQUITY PAY FROM JANUARY 1ST TO OCTOBER 1ST IN A ONE TIME BASIS.

MOVING FORWARD, IN FUTURE YEARS, MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WOULD BE IN JANUARY, BUT THE COUNCIL WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEED TO BE SHIFTED TO JANUARY OR WHETHER IT COULD BE SHIFTED BACK UP.

THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS THAT TO HELP OFFSET THE RESTORATION OF THE MERIT AND STEPS TO OCTOBER 1, TO FREEZE THE PARAMEDIC AND POLICE OFFICER PAY TO MAKE THAT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1.

THE ONLY POSITION THAT WOULD BE FULLY FUNDED BEGINNING NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF ADDITIONS ON THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE WOULD BE THE INSPECTOR POSITION, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ACTIVE LIST OPEN FOR THAT POSITION, AND THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO GET THAT INDIVIDUAL HIRED, SO INSPECTIONS COULD BEGIN IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO PROCEED WITH THE 0.7218 TAX RATE IN LIEU OF WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS BASED ON? YOU SEE A CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE GOING TO APPROXIMATELY 30%.

NOW, THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, WELL, SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO INCREASE THE RATE, WHAT WOULD THE COUNCIL DO WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE? THERE ARE MORE NEEDS THAN DOLLARS, AND THERE WERE PROBABLY FOUR THINGS THAT REALLY CAME TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE DISCUSSION, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ME AND THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER.

ONE, ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE.

THE COUNCIL MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO AGAIN, ADD $1.6 MILLION LAST YEAR.

BUT AS WE KNOW FROM OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT MODEL, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THE COUNCIL IS PUTTING IN, WE'RE STILL SEEING A DEGRADATION OF OUR ROAD SYSTEM.

WHILE WE'RE SLOWING THE ROAD DEGRADATION DOWN, YOU'RE NOT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADS.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE OVER TIME.

IN ORDER TO CURB THAT OR TO IMPROVE, IT WILL HAVE TO EITHER BE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DOLLARS OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION DOLLARS AND ARE A COMBINATION THEREOF.

I'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO THE FACT, MANY TIMES, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTED PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES THAT WE NEED.

AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO THE DETRIMENT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE'VE FROZEN POSITIONS, I BELIEVE, MORE THAN 10 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THERE'S POSITIONS THAT WE'VE PUT ON HOLD IN PERPETUITY THAT, OF COURSE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESTORE AT ONE POINT, BUT I WOULD PUT ALL THOSE POSITIONS BEHIND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEN THE OTHER THING TOO THAT I ALLUDED TO WAS CHANGES IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING OPERATIONAL COSTS PERPETUALLY OUT OF YOUR UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.

I TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT SOME BALANCE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, RATHER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WOULD RECOMMEND SOME BALANCE OF THAT.

CLEARLY, YOU HAVE MORE PERSONNEL COSTS, AND ONCE YOU SPEND PERSONNEL COSTS, THAT'S A REOCCURRING EXPENDITURE, SO ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD BE GONE.

WHAT WE'VE SHOWN HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

IT SHOULD USE MONEY ON A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE NEXT YEAR.

YOU SEE ONE TIME STREET MAINTENANCE, $1 MILLION.

WE'VE MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT YOU COULD SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE.

YOU HAVE PRESERVED THAT REVENUE MOVING FORWARD SO YOU CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION IN THE [INAUDIBLE].

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YOU TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE, OR IF IT WAS TIME TO POTENTIALLY ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AT THAT TIME.

IF YOU SPENT THE ADDITIONAL NEXT YEAR, THE FUND BALANCE MAKES THAT ASSUMPTION OF BEING APPROXIMATELY 30%.

NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

YOU COULD HAVE IT RUN TO FUND BALANCE.

YOU COULD HIRE PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY.

YOU COULD DEVOTE IT TO STREET MAINTENANCE OR DO SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.

I WOULD TELL YOU, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE SPEND ONE TIME STREET MAINTENANCE AND THEN REASSESS THE FOLLOWING YEAR ON WHAT YOUR PERSONNEL NEEDS WOULD BE, SHOULD YOU PROCEED WITH THIS APPROACH.

NOW, THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU TOO IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND HERE, BUT CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE MERIT DOES IMPACT ALL THE OTHER FUNDS.

I DO WANT TO JUST CLEARLY SHOW YOU THAT.

THERE'S VERY MINOR CHANGES.

MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND, AGAIN, IS A PASS THROUGH ACCOUNT, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES WITH REGARDS TO SUBSIDY, BUT NOTHING WITH REGARDS TO FUND BALANCE.

LESS THAN A POINT IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE FUND BALANCE PROJECTION, BUT YOU SEE SOME MINOR REVISIONS HERE THAT I WANT YOU TO BE COGNIZANT OF.

>> CAN YOU REMIND ME, WHAT IS THE LINEAL DISTANCE OF ROADS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NUMBER? WHAT IS THE MILES OF ROADS THAT WE [OVERLAPPING]

>> LANE MILES? MR. [INAUDIBLE], DO YOU REMEMBER LANE MILES OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD?

>> 232 CENTER LANE MILES.

AGAIN, THESE CHANGES ARE VERY MINOR IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT JUST THERE IS A TIMING OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH RESTORING BACK TO OCTOBER 1.

AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, AND THEN I WOULD SAY TOO, THERE'S NO FORMAL ACTION ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

TODAY, HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO ACTION ITEMS FOR YOU.

ONE IS TO SET WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE FOR YOUR NOTIFICATIONS, AND SO YOU HAVE TO SET A TAX RATE FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

AGAIN, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE THAT THE MAXIMUM, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.

THEN YOU'LL TAKE AN ACTION ON SETTING THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE TAX RATE, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2ND, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET.

I'LL PAUSE AND THEN I'LL SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE BUDGET.

>> TELL ME HOW MUCH EXTRA, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 0.697 SOMETHING.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE 0.7218, HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY WAS THAT?

>> WE HAD THAT IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE TAX RATE FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IF I RECALL, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION.

ALL THE MEMBERS ARE REMEMBERING THAT NUMBER? I GUESS APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION EXTRA.

>> WE'LL USE THE EXTRA FOR, ONE, DOING THE MERIT SHIFTING UP, AND THEN PUT THE REST IN STREET MAINTENANCE BASICALLY.

>> THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK IT IS THE COUNCIL, THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.

>> I LIKE THAT. I KNOW DAN LIKES IT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT [INAUDIBLE].

>> EVERYBODY ON BOARD?

>> WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY A MINUTE AGO? MS. MEMORY? THERE WE GO. IF WE GO TO THE 0.69, WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO FOR A VOTE, CORRECT?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR A VOTE IN ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS.

THE COUNCIL GAVE ME DIRECTION EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO PROCEED AT A RATE THAT WOULD NOT EXCEED THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

IN ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS, WE'RE PAST THE TIMELINE FOR GOING PAST THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

IN ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO A GENERAL ELECTION.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CALL AN ELECTION, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BELOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS.

>> YES.

>> THE 0.72 WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO?

>> THE 0.7218 RATE WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM 3.5% THAT YOU CAN GO TO PLUS AN INCREMENT OF $0.047 FROM TAX YEAR 2022, WHICH WOULD BE THE LAST YEAR OF THAT INCREMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF MOVING UP THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUITY ADJUSTMENT TO OCTOBER 1.

IN MY HEAD, I WAS LOOKING AT EVERY CHART GOING, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT UP? MOVING BACK, THE HIRING OF THE THREE PARAMEDICS AND ONE OFFICER TO JANUARY 1 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.

JUST MONETARILY, IS IT NOT JUST AN EXACT FLIP? WHAT'S THE OFFSET THERE?

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>> IT WAS LIKE 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND THAN I THINK WAS THE NET.

>> CLOSER TO TWO, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE MOVING IN PLACE.

NOT JUST THE EQUITY, BUT YOU'RE CHANGING THE STEP, BUT YOU'RE ALSO CHANGING THE TIMING OF THE MERIT TOO.

ALL OF THOSE COLLECTIVELY, YOU DON'T OFFSET WITH A QUARTER OF THE TIME FROM THE PARAMEDICS AND POLICE OFFICER.

THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO NOTE TOO IS THAT FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, I'VE GIVEN DIRECTION TO HR TO PROCEED WITH THE JANUARY 1ST ASSUMPTION ON MERITS AND STEPS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM COUNCIL IN JULY.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ACCOMMODATE AN OCTOBER 1 STEP IN EQUITY FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A MERIT BASED CALENDAR FOR OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT ON OCTOBER, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT RETROACTIVE.

WE'LL STILL FOLLOW OUR TIMING, BUT SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD MAKE IT RETROACTIVE. TO OCTOBER 1.

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO DO MORE STREET MAINTENANCE.

WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY AT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BAD OUR ROADS ARE.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY, 0.72 TAX RATE, THAT'S HIGHER THAN WHEN I GOT IN OFFICE IN 2021, AND THE BIG STINK WAS, CAN WE GET IT UNDER $0.70? I KNOW THERE ISN'T A PERSON UP HERE THAT SAYS, "I'M ONLY RUNNING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THINGS DONE, AND WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE BEHIND ON SO MANY THINGS, PARTICULARLY IN STREET MAINTENANCE, TAKING CARE OF 232 LANE MILES AT THE MINIMAL LIST THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN DO.

BUT THAT'S A REALLY HIGH TAX RATE.

I DON'T KNOW. IT GIVES ME HEARTBURN.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE UP?

>> I KNOW. THAT IS THE ISSUE, IS WHAT DO WE GIVE UP? NOT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT'S IN DESPERATE NEED.

I WAS TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN HERE, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE TUNING IN AND TO THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID TO HIM.

IF I SHOW YOU THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR I SHOW YOU OUR NEEDS, WHAT DO WE TAKE AWAY? WHAT CAN WE SAY IS BEING FLUFF? WE'RE NOT BUILDING BRIDGES TO NOWHERE.

WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ROADS TO GET TRAFFIC MOVING AND BALANCE THAT.

BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR WHAT DO WE POSTPONE ANY LONGER.

WHAT DO WE NOT DO? I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST HAD TO VOCALIZE THE HEARTBURN THAT I WAS FEELING OVER 0.72 TAX RATE, CAUSE I'M LIKE, I WAS SO PROUD OF US WHEN YOU SAID, WE GOT IT UNDER, AND IT'S 69 AND SOME CHANGE, BUT NOW IT'S ABOVE $0.70 AGAIN AND THAT'S TOUGH.

>> I THINK THAT I'M IN THE SAME POSITION BECAUSE AT THE 0.69, THAT WAS STILL GOING TO INCREASE THE TAXES, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, AM I ASKED ABOUT THE TAXES? YES. ARE WE AN ELEVATED COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE TAXES? YES, WE ARE HIGHER.

WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A GROWTH STANDPOINT, YES, WE ARE STILL GROWING.

PEOPLE ARE STILL MOVING HERE.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE NOW AND BE BETTER.

THAT COSTS MONEY.

IF WE WANTED TO SLOW DOWN OUR GROWTH, COULD WE POTENTIALLY DO THAT BY RAISING OUR TAXES AND THEN MAYBE USE THE 0.69? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT AS WELL, IT WAS THE 0.69.

THAT STILL INCREASES OUR TAXES, KEEPS US UNDER THAT SEVEN, BUT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO FEEL THAT INCREASE AS WELL? YES, THEY ARE. BUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, SO I DON'T THINK THE CHIEF IS HERE.

I LIKE TO LIVE IN FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES.

IF WE DON'T INCREASE THAT TAX RATE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN OUR FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES? WHERE WE DO HAVE THE BEST FIRST RESPONDERS AVAILABLE.

WHERE WE DO HAVE THE NICE PARKS.

OUR STREETS ARE FAILING RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S SCARY. I HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING, YES, LET'S INCREASE THE TAXES, BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AS WELL.

IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

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>> I DO UNDERSTAND IF WE DON'T INVEST IN SOME MAINTENANCE, ULTIMATELY WE'RE JUST MOVING THIS OVER TO THE CAPITAL.

>> YES.

>> IT'S GOING TO COST.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THAT MONEY SOME WAY.

>> SOME WAY. IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE ROADS COMPLETELY FAIL, AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD IT TO THE EVER GROWING LIST OF CAPITAL PLANS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

IT'S A BALANCE. I DON'T KNOW.

GENTLEMEN, THAT SAT ON THAT COMMITTEE, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT OR WHAT YOU THINK.

>> HARLAND, DO YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THE TAX COST WILL BE FOR A MEDIUM PRICED HOUSE IN BURLESON WITH EACH TAX RATE?

>> WE CAN PULL THAT UP.

>> WILL YOU BLOCK THIS OUT REAL QUICK?

>> I WAS THINKING IT WAS AROUND $120. LESS THAN 200.

>> IN ADDITION? IS IT AN ADDITIONAL 100 OR $200? A HUNDRED AND TWENTY? MIC, PLEASE.

>> I HAD IT IN MY HEAD TO GO FROM WHERE THE PROPOSED RATE WAS TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO PUT THE RATE WAS GOING TO GO, ABOUT $16 A MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> WELL, I JUST CALCULATED ON THE MEDIUM COST TO WHAT CAD GAVE US 299 FOR HOME, AND IT CAME OUT TO $120, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS $110 MORE FOR THE PROPOSED RATE ANNUALLY AND 179 MORE ANNUALLY FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

>> THAT'S THE NUMBER I COMMITTED TO MEMORY, WAS IT 16.

ONCE AGAIN, MY MEMORY BEING WHAT IT IS.

>> WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING AT A LOT OF NUMBERS. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

>> THERE'S A LOT MORE.

>> I KNOW. BUT THE THING THAT KEEPS POPPING BACK UP TO ME IS IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO SLIDES WHERE TOMMY HAD SHOWN US OUR CERTIFIED VALUE COMPARED TO OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN ONE GOING UP AND THE OTHER GOING DOWN.

WE'VE JUST IN THE PAST YEARS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THE TAX RATE SIMPLY BECAUSE THE TAX BASE WAS INCREASING SO RAPIDLY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE YEARS WHERE WE MADE A HUGE INCREMENT UP AND ASSESSED VALUE, WE MADE AN INCREMENT DOWN IN THE RATE.

I HAVEN'T RUN THE NUMBERS TO PROVE THIS, BUT I'D SPECULATE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, WHICH HAS INCREASED EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WOULD BE ON A MORE OR LESS LINEAR TRAJECTORY WITH THE ONE FACTOR BEING ABOVE AND THE OTHER FACTOR BEING BELOW THE LINE AND TAKING PLACE.

BY THE WAY, WE HAD A $0.74 CENT TAX RATE IN 2016.

>> NEXT THING, WE'RE NOT EVEN BACK UP TO THAT YET.

>> THE THING I HATE IS WE MADE DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY.

WE OVER FIVE YEARS LOWERED THE TAX RATE EACH YEAR, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AND NOW IT'S LIKE TO ME, I LOOK BACK AND THINK WE MADE SOME DECISIONS THAT JUST DON'T NECESSARILY LINE UP WITH HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.

I'M NOT SAYING WE DIDN'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, BUT WE MADE A MAJOR SERVICE INCREASE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHTFULLY SO, DUE TO THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS, AND SO WE MADE THAT.

WE TOOK ON A LARGE BOND PACKAGE, AND WE'RE MAKING OUR PROGRESS THROUGH THAT, A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE COSTING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE TOLD THE VOTERS IT WAS GOING TO COST THEM.

AND SO WE GET DOWN FIVE, SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AND IT'S LIKE, ALL OF THOSE TAX RATE DECREASES.

NEGATE ALL THAT, AND HERE WE ARE, BUT WE KNEW THESE THINGS WERE COMING.

AND THIS IS JUST ME VOCALIZING MY FRUSTRATION BECAUSE WE MADE THESE DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY AND SAID, WE TOLD THEM, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS BOND PACKAGE, IT'S NOT GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES, AND THEN THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU RACK UP MORE CREDIT CARD DEBT.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT HAVE TO MAKE HIGHER CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS LIKE, LOOK OVER HERE.

THAT'S HOW CITIZENS ARE GOING TO FEEL, AND I DON'T WANT THAT.

IT'S NOT FOR A LACK OF LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M PROUD OF US.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON A MUCH BETTER PATH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK TOMMY AND HIS TEAM DOES, BECAUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I FEEL LIKE WE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WEREN'T HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS AS A COUNCIL, AND SO WE WOULD, LIKE, TIPTOE AROUND SUBJECTS AND JUST TO GET SOMETHING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, AND NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR IT A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND,

[01:30:01]

WE'RE HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE PROVIDE, WHETHER IT'S IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S IN STREETS, WHATEVER DEPARTMENT IT IS IN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THAT YOU'RE PROUD TO LIVE IN THAT YOU DON'T LOSE A HONDA CIVIC WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN HIDDEN CREEK INTO A MAJOR POTHOLE.

IT COSTS MONEY, AND IN SOME WAYS, I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED.

I CAN POINT THIS AT MYSELF.

I'VE SAT UP HERE AND I MADE DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY THAT NOW IT'S LIKE, OKAY, LET'S NEGATE ALL OF THOSE DECREASES, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE STILL UNDER 74 CENTS WHERE WE WERE, BACK THEN, I JUST REMEMBER AS A CITIZEN GOING, WHAT AM I GETTING FOR 74 CENTS? NOW I CAN SAY, TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S SITTING IN HERE, HERE'S OUR CAPITAL LIST, AND IS THERE SOMETHING ON HERE YOU THINK WE CAN PROLONG ANY LONGER, BECAUSE GREENWIG IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

WE HAD IT ON THE LIST FOR OUR BOND PACKAGE.

THEN TWO YEARS LATER CAME BACK AND SAID, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE WE CAN MOVE OFF THE LIST FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE JUST PRESSING, AND NOW WE HEAR OF AN ELEMENTARY BEING BUILT, AND MORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, LET'S MOVE IT BACK ON THE LIST, BUT THE MONEY ISN'T THERE YET, AND NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.

EACH TIME IT'S A BALANCING ACT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING THIS TO CITIZENS.

I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE 72 CENTS, I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME DIGESTING IT.

>> COUNSEL, TO COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT'S QUESTION, WHEN WE PRESENTED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE DISCUSSED THE TAX RATE AS WE DID EARLIER WITH THE FULL COUNCIL.

BUT WE SHOWED A SLIDE THAT I THINK IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT WAS ALLUDING TO HERE WITH THE PROPOSED RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITHOUT THE INCREMENT AND WITH THE INCREMENT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID TOO, WHILE IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE TAX RATE, I STILL THINK IT'S RELEVANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL BURDEN FOR THE RESIDENT, SO WE LOOK AT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE AVERAGE WATER AND SEWER RATE WOULD BE BASED ON AVERAGE CONSUMPTION.

THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THE ANNUAL RATE INCREASE FOR SOLID WASTE WOULD BE, AND YOU SEE THAT AGGREGATE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE THREE SCENARIOS, AND THIS IS ANNUALIZED.

>> I KNOW THIS IS MY THIRD BUDGET THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IN 24, OUR FIRST ONE IN 24, I GUESS WAS YOU AND COUNCILMAN MR ANDERSON.

WE DECIDED THEN, WE DIDN'T CUT THE RATE.

IT CUT ITSELF BECAUSE THE VALUES WENT UP, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO UNDO THE STUFF FOR YEARS PAST.

WE KEPT THE RATE THE SAME, AND THEN LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THE RATE BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE VOTER APPROVAL, AND WE PUT 100% OF THAT MONEY IN STREETS, AND WE EVEN HAD A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR IT, FOR THE STREETS.

WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT, THEY GO, OKAY, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP THREE SURVEY, IT'S STREETS, FIRE AND POLICE, OR STREETS, POLICE, FIRE, WHATEVER.

THEN THAT ORDER STAYS JUST LIKE THAT.

THIS YEAR, AS I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT THE WALMART PRICING 69.99, AND WE'RE CLOSE TO IT.

BUT ANY OTHER MONEY, YOU TRY TO THROW IN, IT PUTS IT OVER 70, AND ONCE YOU'RE OVER 70, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IN THIS INCREMENT.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE PUTTING IT 100% IN STREETS, AND THE REST IS TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE MERIT INCREASES THAT THEY DESERVE IN OCTOBER AND NOT JANUARY.

BUT IT GOES TO STREETS, POLICE, AND FIRE ONCE AGAIN.

THE BULK OF THE INCREASE IS THE CAPITAL.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT BACK IN JULY.

WE WERE ALL OKAY WITH NOT KNOWING WHAT OUR APPRAISED VALUES WERE GOING TO BE. WE WERE GOING TO GO UP.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY 5.5 CENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CAPITAL PLAN AS IT WAS NOW.

WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT GOING TO 71 CENTS BEFORE WE EVEN GOT THE NUMBERS, AND THE NUMBERS, LUCKILY, WERE BETTER.

NOW WE'VE HAD TO ADD IN ADDITIONAL.

WE PUT THE GREEN RIDGE BACK ON BECAUSE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO COME ONLINE, AND WE'RE STILL DELAYED IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME ON BEFORE WE CAN GET THE ROAD DONE.

BUT I THINK AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY IS KEY.

JUST SHOW EVERYBODY, THIS IS THE CAPITAL PLAN.

THE MONEY'S NOT GETTING WASTED.

WE'VE HAD TO DO MERIT INCREASES AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS TO KEEP PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR CITY SAFE AND GOOD AND THINGS THAT WE WANT.

IT'S JUST HARD. BUT, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR YEARS O.

>> WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THIS WHERE WE GOT THE NEW SERVICE THAT CHECKS OUR ROADS.

>> THE ASSET MANAGEMENT?

>> YES. WE ALSO GOT NEWS THAT OUR ROADS ARE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE OKAY REALLY AREN'T.

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WE JUST CAN'T SEE THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WASN'T EVEN FIGURED INTO THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

I HATE THE INCREASE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER DIRECTION WE CAN GO IN.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN, WE DON'T THIS.

>> WE DON'T REALLY GET TO PICK THE RATE.

WE WORK THE BUDGET DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM.

WE TAKE ANY FLUFF OUT OF THE BUDGET?

>> NO ANY.

>> IT'S JUST EXISTING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THEN WE WAIT TILL JULY AND GET THE TAX ROLL FROM THE COUNTY, AND THEN WHAT THE BUDGET AND TAX ROLL IS DETERMINES OUR RATE.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE RATE AND SAY WE DON'T LIKE IT AND MOVE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN WE GOT TO CUT BASICALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND.

WE GOT TO REMEMBER THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND.

>> I THINK THE CITIZENS REALIZE THAT BURLESON HAS ISSUES THAT NO OTHER TOWN IN JOHNSON COUNTY HAVE.

WE ARE THE GATEWAY TO FORT WORTH.

THE GATEWAY TO JOHNSON COUNTY, TOO.

WE HAVE 35 TO DEAL WITH.

WE HAVE THE CRIME THAT JOHNSON COUNTY HAS TO DEAL WITH.

I HAD A GUY UPSET WITH ME ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ONE TIME AND I TOLD HE LIVED IN CLEVELAND AND I SAID, IF YOU'D STAY IN CLEVELAND, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

WE GOT ENOUGH ROADS FOR OUR POPULATION.

THAT'S THE DEAL WE GOT TO WORK WITH.

I WAS MAKING A JOKE OUT OF IT.

HE DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM THIS.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE CANNOT DO THE RATE.

>> I MIGHT BE THE OLDEST ONE HERE, BUT I WILL JUMP ON THE NEW RATE BECAUSE WE SEE SOME JUST IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

ONCE THEY SEE THE ROADS BEING FIXED, AND I'VE HAD GREAT COMMENTS ON THE ROADS THAT'S BEEN FIXED THIS LAST YEAR, THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON THE ROADS, AND I SAID THAT MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE ROADS, AND IT HAS BEEN, AND I'M ALL FOR IT.

PUT SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THERE, GO GET THEM.

IT'S NOTHING IN THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE, AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

FINANCE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

THIS BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING TO ME, BUT I STUDY IT EVERY DAY AND LOOK AT IT.

BUT IT'S WHAT WE GOT TO HAVE, IT'S WHAT WE NEED.

I MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN MY BUDGETS, AT HOME EVERYBODY MAKES ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU JUST HAVE TO. THAT'S WAY IT GOES WITH THEIR ECONOMY, THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

I'M SORRY FOR THE TAX INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, BUT FOR THE ROADS, THE POLICE, FIRE, I'M NOT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, TOM AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> DO WE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION OR DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD?

>> WHAT WE'LL DO IS THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS PRECEDING THIS JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTION ITEMS FOR YOUR FIRST AND SECOND READING OR REALLY YOUR FIRST READING ON THE BUDGET WHICH WILL BE SEPTEMBER 2ND.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION AS WE FINALIZE BUDGET DOCUMENTS, THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GO TO THE MAXIMUM RATE OF THE 3.5% UTILIZING THE PRIOR INCREMENT OF THE 72.18 CENTS THAT WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF MERIT BASED PAY EQUITY AND STEP PAY FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT BEING RESTORED TO OCTOBER 1 AND ALL OF THOSE SCENARIOS.

AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE RETROACTIVE PAY ON THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE FOR NON-SWORN EMPLOYEES, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE OCTOBER 1.

>> OCTOBER 1 FOR EVERYONE.

I WOULD FREEZE THE THREE PARAMEDICS AND THE ONE POLICE OFFICER UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.

ALL OTHER POSITIONS WOULD BE FUNDED OCTOBER 1.

>> DO WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE NOW?

>>YOU'VE GOT TWO PROCEEDING ITEMS. THE ONE THING, AND MR. ROBISKI YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

IF I SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE NEEDS CLARITY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS. WE, AGAIN, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, AND YOU'RE PROPOSING THE MAXIMUM RATE ALLOWED BY LAW, 0.7218, SO YOU NEED TO READ THAT INTO YOUR MOTION SO WE CAN MAKE THAT FOR NOTIFICATIONS.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE APPROVING THE NOTIFICATIONS, YOU'RE APPROVING THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET AND THE PROCEEDING ITEM. YOU WILL DO IT.

>> MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED ASKING THE CITY MANAGER QUESTIONS, THEN I'LL CALL UP THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE THAT WILL BE YOUR ITEM FOR ACTION WITH A PRESENTATION OR WITH ANSWERING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

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>> HAVE I MISSTATED ANYTHING, COUNSEL?

>> YOUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3B.

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION OF A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A TAX RATE FOR 2025 TAX YEAR WITH A RECORD VOTE.

KEVIN, ARE YOU COMING TO PRESENT OR NO PRESENTATION? OKAY, SORRY. DO WE HAVE A SLIDE OR ANYTHING TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THEM? PARDON?

>> NO.

>> WE HAD A BREAK FOR 5 MINUTES.

>> OKAY.

>> WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[3.B.Consider and take possible action of a resolution proposing a tax rate for the 2025 tax year with a record vote. (Staff Contact: Kevin Hennessey, Interim Director of Finance)]

THAT BRINGS US TO 3B, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A TAX RATE FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR WITH A RECORD VOTE.

OUR OTHER ILLUSTRIOUS LEADER, HARLAN JEFFERSON, WITH OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS YOU'RE ABOUT TO CONSIDER.

THE TAX CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRE GOVERNING BODIES OF TAXING ENTITIES TO TAKE A COUPLE OF ACTIONS IN ORDER FOR US TO POST NOTICES TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT PENDING TAX RATE ACTIONS.

THE FIRST ITEM REALLY DEALS WITH SETTING A MAXIMUM TAX RATE FOR US TO PUBLISH.

WITH THIS BEING THE MAX BEFORE VOTER APPROVES IS HIGH IT CAN GO.

BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE THE TAX RATE, HAVE A TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING, SO YOU CAN HEAR FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL, AND THEN YOU MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON A TAX RATE REALLY ON THE SEPTEMBER 8TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AT THAT TIME, WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION, THAT WILL REQUIRE AT THIS LEVEL, A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.

TODAY IS JUST A MAJORITY VOTE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE TO SET THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE TAX RATE THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACTION THAT'S DICTATED UNDER THE TAX CODE.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON 3B?

>> I MOVED TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO GIVE NOTICE THIS ONE.

PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR OF $0.0218 PER $100.

>> FOR CLARITY, THAT'S $0.7218 PER $100 VALUATION, PER $100, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> DONE.

>> MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL SO THAT WE CLEARLY KNOW WHO MADE THE FIRST AND THE SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA AND A SECOND BY DAN, AND WE ARE VOTING BY HANSOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR 3C?

>> YEAH, LET ME CALL 3C.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON 3C?

>> LET ME ANNOUNCE 3C BECAUSE THERE IS SOME NOTIFICATION.

>> I'LL LET YOU DO THE THING. GO AHEAD.

[3.C.Consider and take possible action of a minute order setting the date and time of the public hearings on the proposed 2025 tax rate and Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget to occur during the regular City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. (Staff Contact: Kevin Hennessey, Interim Director of Finance)]

>> ITEM 3C IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION OF A MINUTE ORDER, SETTING THE DATE AND TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED 2025 TAX RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 PROPOSED BUDGET TO OCCUR DURING THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 5:30 PM.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON 3C?

>> I MOVE TO PASS A MINUTE ORDER SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED 2025 TAX RATE IN FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 PROPOSED BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 5:30 PM TO OCCUR IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF BURLESON CITY HALL.

>> SECOND.

>> I GOT A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY ADAM, PLEASE VOTE. PASS IS UNANIMOUS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 4, EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE IS NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS MORNING.

THAT'LL BRING US ON TO SECTION 5, ADJOURN.

>> DO YOU HAVE OR IF THERE'S A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> OKAY. WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 11:00 O'CLOCK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 11, 2025 City Council Special Session

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