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          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND 
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COUNCIL. TODAY IS MONDAY, 10TH. 
          THERE IS A QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT. MAYOR, YOU CAN CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE. I WANT TO START THE SESSION AT 5:31. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2, CITIZENS' APPEARANCE. 
          EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION. 
          EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZENS' APPEARANCE. 
          I WILL MOVE ON TO SECTION 3, BUDGET. 3A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A 
          [3.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget and related items. ]
DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET AND RELATED ITEMS. AND I WILL CALL FORWARD ALL THE BUDGET ITEMS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE ONE PRESENTATION BUT SEPARATE VOTES. SO, 3B IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A TAX RATE FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR WITH A RECORD VOTE, AND 3C IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A MINUTE ORDER SETTING THE DATE AND TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED 2026 TAX RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 PROPOSED BUDGET TO OCCUR DURING THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH 2026 AT 5:30 P.M. THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS TOMMY LUDWIG, CITY MANAGER. 
          MR LUDWIG, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBER CITY COUNCIL. IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO YOU, THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY26-27. 
          BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW QUICK THANK YOUS. 
          ONE, TO THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING STAFF CLEAR DIRECTION AND EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET, AND TWO, TO STAFF FOR WORKING COUNTLESS HOURS AND PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. IT'S MANY, MANY MONTHS IN THE PROCESS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE... SCHEDULE IN THREE FOR THE INPUT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT IGNORED OR NOR DOES IT GO IN. 
          VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS BUDGET PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND THE PREVIOUS YEAR SINCE MY TIME AS CITY MANAGER IS, WHAT WE DO IS WE FOCUS ON MAJOR FUND OVERVIEWS AND KEY DECISION PACKAGES. SO WHAT'S CHANGING IN THE BUDGET, WHAT'S BEING REDUCED, WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED. WE LOOK AT A FIVE-YEAR PLANNING HORIZON OVER OUR MAJOR FUNDS. WE ALSO LOOK AT A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET. SO, WE'LL GO OVER SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO THE OVERALL BUDGET, AND WE DID PRESENT THIS LAST WEEK TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO, WITH REGARDS TO TIMELINE, WE STARTED WITH YOU ALL BACK IN JUNE, BUT WITH REGARDS TO STAFF PREPARING THE BUDGET, IT STARTS AS EARLY AS THE BEGINNING OF MARCH. AND SO FROM JUNE ON, WE PRESENTED OUR MAJOR FUNDS, OUR MINOR FUNDS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES, RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES, PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AGAIN LAST WEEK. AND THEN HERE I AM REPRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS EVENING. AND THEN LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS, TAX RATE NOTICES, ET CETERA. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEMS THAT APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND CERTAINLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN THE AREAS OF THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THERE'S FOUR PRIMARY KEY FOCUS AREAS. 
          ONE, HIGH-PERFORMING CITY ORGANIZATION. ANOTHER, DYNAMIC AND PREFERRED CITY. 
          BEAUTIFUL, SAFE, AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TIES BACK TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE KEY FOCUS AREAS. AND SO THIS SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR STAFF. WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL ON AUGUST 17TH FROM FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AT OUR RETREAT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY WITH SOME STRATEGIC CHANGES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'LL PRESENT THAT AND YOU'LL ADOPT THAT WITH THE BUDGET. 
          BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS TIED BACK TO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM FEBRUARY AND IN OUR CURRENTLY ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A REHASH FROM WHAT I'VE ALREADY SAID, BUT AS WE PREPARE THE BUDGET, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STRONG FUND BALANCES FOR ALL OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS. SO WE DON'T JUST LOOK IN A VACUUM IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THINK WE CAN AFFORD TODAY, BUT WE LOOK OVER OUR FIVE-YEAR PLANNING HORIZON AND DETERMINE WHAT OUR ECONOMIC TRENDS LOOK LIKE. 
          AND WE TRY TO BE RESILIENT AND FLEXIBLE WITH REGARDS 
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TO UNKNOWN ECONOMIC IMPACTS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A DOWNTURN OR THERE IS A REDUCTION OF A MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE RESILIENT. 
          AGAIN, WE ALREADY FOCUS, AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, ON DEPARTMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES OF WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO CHANGE FROM ONE BUDGET YEAR TO THE NEXT. WE'RE PERPETUALLY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES. 
          WE LOOKED OVER A FIVE-YEAR HORIZON, AND THEN WE ALWAYS LOOK AND TRY TO SELF-ASSESS WHAT WE CAN DO MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. EVERY YEAR, AS PART OF MY PROCESS, I GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT BUDGET LINE BY LINE. WE LITERALLY GO LINE BY LINE AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY SPENT. WHAT WE SPEND IT ON AND WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO STRAND MONEY IF WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT HISTORICALLY AND WE WANT TO ADJUST APPROPRIATELY IF WE'VE BEEN OVER BUDGET. 
          AS I ALREADY ALLUDED TO FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO COLLECT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE DONE A BUDGET SURVEY FOCUSING IN ON YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE TOP FOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OR PRIORITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN A CONSISTENT THEME ACROSS THE TOP THREE OR FOUR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH MAYBE THEM CHANGING IN PLACES BUT THE THE PRIMARY ONES REMAINING TOWARD THE VERY TOP OF STREETS POLICE FIRE PARK AND RECREATION SO FOR 2026 THE TOP PRIORITIES WERE STREETS TRAFFIC CONTROL POLICE AND PARK AND RECREATION. 
          SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES PROPOSED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET ARE ASSOCIATED WITH COMPENSATION. 
          AND SO, AS A REMINDER, WE DO BUDGET, ON AVERAGE, A 3% MERIT INCREASE FOR OUR NON-SWORN CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 
          SO, ON AVERAGE, WE SEE 3%. IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS A LOWER PERFORMER, IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT, OR A HIGHER PERFORMER MIGHT SEE SOMETHING HIGHER THAN THE 3%, BUT ON AVERAGE, A 3%. 
          AND THEN, FOR OUR SWORN PERSONNEL, THEY RECEIVE A STEP AS WELL. 
          AND THEN AS YOU ALL RECALL, ONE THING I PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET WAS TO SHIFT MERIT'S EFFECTIVE DATE FROM OCTOBER 1 TO JANUARY 1. THE COUNCIL SAW FIT TO GIVE ME DIRECTION TO RESTORE THAT IN THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET AS A ONE-YEAR KIND OF ITEM. BUT OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PLANNING HORIZON, WE STILL HAD A JANUARY 1 DATE. 
          AND SO WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD EXPRESSED TO ME... IN THE RETREAT WAS THE PRIORITIZATION OF TAKING CARE OF OUR EXISTING PERSONNEL AND SO ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION WAS RESTORING MERIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BACK TO IN INSTEAD BACK TO AN OCTOBER FIRST DAY AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HEARD TO WAS A DESIRE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AMONGST OUR PEER CITIES PARTICULARLY AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE LAGGED BEHIND IN IN OUR POSITION SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS IN BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND SOME OF OUR PART-TIME POSITIONS. 
          AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MARKET ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THOSE POSITIONS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND YOU SEE THE FIGURES HERE, BUT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, RESTORING THE STEP BACK ACROSS THE BOARD FROM JANUARY 1 TO OCTOBER 1 IS ABOUT $385,000 ANNUALLY ON TOP OF OUR NORMALLY BUDGETED MERIT AND STEP. 
          MAJOR COST CONSIDERATION IN ANY BUDGET IN A GIVEN YEAR IS OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE DO TRY TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT OUR OFFERINGS ARE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN BE RESILIENT WITH REGARDS TO RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IS A SIGNIFICANT COST FOR OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO IS GO OUT TO MARKET AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BENEFITS PACKAGES REMAINING COMPETITIVE, SO WE'LL DO A BENCHMARK TEST AND DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST VALUE WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          SO IN THIS YEAR, WE WENT OUT FOR MARKET AND WE WENT OUT FOR ALL OF OUR BENEFITS PACKAGES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR PRIMARY HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL. AND SO ALL OF OUR OTHER BENEFITS FROM VISION, DENTAL, SHORT-TERM DISABILITY, COBRA, ET CETERA. AND SO THAT WORK NETTED US ABOUT A $24,000 ANNUAL SAVINGS. 
          IN TWO YEARS, WE WILL GO BACK OUT FOR MARKET AGAIN FOR OUR MAJOR HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL. AND THE INTENTION IS THAT WE'LL ALSO COUPLE WITH THAT DENTAL AND VISION, AND WE'LL DO THESE ON A ROTATING BASIS MOVING FORWARD. 
          A FEW KEY PLAN UPDATES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. ONE IS WE HAD SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT NECESSITATED NEEDS FOR US TO PROVIDE CRITICAL CARE SUPPLEMENTAL. 
          BENEFITS FOR RETIREES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, SO WE SEE THAT INCLUDED IN COSTS. WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH REGARDS TO OUR PLANS, SO ADDING A VISION BUYOUT PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, 
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GIVING AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS FOR EMPLOYEES IF THEY'VE HAD NEWBORN BABIES TO OPT INTO THE PLAN, SO RATHER THAN 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, AND SOME OTHER MINOR MODIFICATIONS. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO GO FUND KEY DECISION PACKAGES REGARDING THE GENERAL FUND. I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT, THOUGH, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE PRESENTED SO FAR. 
          SO WITH REGARDS TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS JUST WHAT HAS BEEN OUR CERTIFIED VALUE. AND SO WE'VE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN VALUATION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          BUT AS WE ALLUDED TO PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE TAX RATE INFORMATION IS WE DID SEE A SLIGHT DROP IN CERTIFIED VALUES FOR 2026. 
          AND SO YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING FROM $5.59 BILLION TO $5.57 BILLION. 
          THIS GIVES A KEY KIND OF TIMELINE WITH REGARDS TO OUR PROPERTY TAX AND WHAT IT'S BEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE'RE STARTING BACK IN 2017, A RATE A LITTLE OVER 73 CENTS. 
          TODAY, THE RATE IS 7218, AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT IN A MOMENT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET RATE REMAINS FLAT THIS YEAR AT 7218. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS JUST COMPARE AGAINST BENCHMARK CITIES, AND SO THESE CITIES SPECIFICALLY HERE ARE THOSE THAT WE VIEW AS EITHER COMPETITORS WITH REGARD TO OUR TALENT POOL. SIMILAR CITIES WITH REGARDS TO SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, CERTAINLY YOU'LL SEE FORT WORTH AND ARLINGTON, WHICH ARE MUCH LARGER THAN US, BUT FROM A PEER CITY PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF COMPETITION FOR EMPLOYMENT, THEY'RE CERTAINLY APPLICABLE. 
          SO WE TRY TO COMPARE AGAINST THEM. BUT WE ALSO TRY TO COMPARE AGAINST THOSE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE SIMILAR CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING. 
          IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND IN TARRANT COUNTY, YOU SEE REAPPRAISAL PLANS NOT BEING EVERY YEAR, AND SO AS A RESULT, THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE MUNICIPALITIES WHERE REAPPRAISALS MAY OCCUR EVERY YEAR. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN RELATION TO OUR PEER CITIES IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND THEN THOSE IN TARRANT COUNTY. 
          THIS IS A SLIDE THAT MR. HENNESSY HAD PRESENTED. OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SO THIS IS AVERAGE HOME VALUES VERSUS LAST YEAR'S CERTIFIED VALUES VERSUS THIS YEAR. AGAIN, THESE ARE AVERAGE VALUES. YOU SEE THE TAX RATE FOR 26 AND THEN PROPOSED FOR 27, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT I HAVE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE TAX LEVY. 
          AND AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS AVERAGE VALUES. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION. 
          OTHER PEOPLE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THEIR VALUES. SO THIS IS SIMPLY FROM AN AVERAGE PERSPECTIVE. 
          WITH REGARDS TO YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE OPTIONS, SO AGAIN, THE CURRENT RATE IS THE PROPOSED RATE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S FILE BUDGET. SO YOU SEE CURRENT RATE, PROPOSED RATE. THE RATE IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 7218, AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN GO TO OF 3.5% UNDER VOTER APPROVAL. 
          AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITH REGARDS TO THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN REVENUE. SO AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $462,505 IN REVENUE SHOULD THAT RATE BE ADOPTED. AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AT THE AGGREGATE, WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $1.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          WITH REGARDS TO GENERAL FUND SALES TAX, WE'VE SEEN A PROGRESSIVE 3-5% INCREASE IN SALES TAX HISTORICALLY OVER TIME. WE'RE STILL PROJECTING TO HAVE STRONG GROWTH IN OUR SALES TAX VALUES. 
          BEFORE I GET INTO RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING ASSESSED VALUES, SALES TAX, ANY OF THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS WITH REGARDS TO REVENUES TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY, SO WITH REGARDS TO DECISION PACKAGES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE OF THESE CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL FUNDS, SO I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE NOW. 
          RESTORING MERIT BACK TO OCTOBER 1, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THAT, SO FROM JANUARY 1 TO OCTOBER 1 AND YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN COST. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THE OTHER FUNDS, AND THAT IS A RECURRING EXPENDITURE. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL. AGAIN, THE SAME AS BEFORE, THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS IN OTHER FUNDS, BUT YOU WILL NOT SEE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS IN EVERY FUND LIKE YOU WILL 
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FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE MERIT. THE STAGING BUILDING RENOVATION IS A MODIFICATION TO OUR STREET FACILITY WHERE OUR FOLKS WILL BE WORKING AND KIND OF QUEUING FOR OVERNIGHT STORM REPAIRS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL KITCHEN, AND THIS WILL BE PROVIDING... 
          STOVE, REFRIGERATOR, SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITY TO MAKE IT MORE CONDUCIVE TO THEIR USE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD. OF COURSE, AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE 24 HOURS, THEY'LL WORK IN 12 HOUR SHIFTS, BUT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A MEAL. 
          THE MALFUNCTIONING MANAGEMENT UNIT IS AN ADD-IN TO OUR ITS TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND IT'S A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AS WELL AS IT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE SIGNAL INTERSECTIONS GO INTO A FLASHING RED WHEN CERTAIN FAULTS OCCUR. IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH CRITICAL INFORMATION. THE ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, THIS IS GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW WHEN I PRESENTED LAST TIME IN JULY. AND THE NUMBERS CHANGE BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SEPARATE THOSE OUT TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. ORIGINALLY THE ITEM BELOW THE TECH OF $104,000 WAS EMBEDDED WITH THE ELECTRIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ASSISTANCE, THIRD PARTY FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT, THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IT IS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IT PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THIS YEAR, SO THIS WOULD BE ASSISTANCE FOR ONE-TIME PROJECTS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT WASN'T TIED DIRECTLY TO THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO IF YOU ADDED THE 104M WITH THE 40,942, THAT WOULD TIE BACK TO THE NUMBERS THAT I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED, BUT WE FELT FROM A TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE IT WAS BETTER TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT. 
          BUT THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE A TOOL NOT JUST FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR MANAGEMENT OF OUR DOCUMENTS WE MUST RETAIN, BUT IT WOULD BE A SYSTEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY THAT COULD BE UTILIZED BY ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN, AGAIN, THE IT PERSONNEL POSITION THERE THAT WOULD BE A THIRD PARTY SERVICES TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTIPLE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THE MISCELLANEOUS IDEA IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE AND THERE'LL BE ASTERISKS ACROSS THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGES ACROSS MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING THE ASTERISKS INDICATE THAT IS RECOMMENDATION OF A PARTIALLY FUNDED ITEM FROM ME SO THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED AS A RECURRING EXPENDITURE AND WHILE I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH ADA NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY TO SPEND $50,000 AND THEN SOME ANNUALLY, THIS IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS FACILITY NEEDS FROM OUR UPDATED ADA TRANSITION PLAN AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST GLARING AND MAYBE EASY THINGS TO ADDRESS AS WE ASSESS THAT AND GET THE FINAL PLAN. 
          ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY NEED TO CONSIDER. FUNDING SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE ONGOING, BUT AT THIS TIME IT'S A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE. CRASH INVESTIGATION SOFTWARE IS A TOOL THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE TODAY, BUT THAT SOFTWARE IS ANTIQUATED. WHAT THIS IS A CRASH MAPPING SOFTWARE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MAP SITUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CRASHES, WHERE DEBRIS MAY BE, ET CETERA. AND SO THEY HAVE NEW SOFTWARE THAT IS FAR MORE ADVANCED WITH REGARDS TO MAPPING AND SO THIS WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO GET OUR OFFICERS TO CLEAR WRECKS MUCH QUICKER, GET THEM OFF THE STREET AND GET ROADS OPENED UP MUCH QUICKER. 
          THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET AND THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TRAILERS, THOSE ARE BOTH INVENTORY RELATED ITEMS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET, WE KEEP A VERY SMALL NUMBER. 
          THIS WILL BE PURCHASING AN ADDITIONAL CABINET. 
          LEAD TIME ON THOSE CAN BE IN EXCESS OF THREE MONTHS AND WHEN YOU NEED THEM, YOU NEED THEM. SO THAT WOULD BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INVENTORY TO OUR TEAM. AND THEN THE SIGNAL TRAILERS WOULD BE TWO SIGNAL TRAILERS TO HELP US CONTROL INTERSECTIONS SHOULD WE NEED A LONGER TERM SOLUTION FOR TRAILERS TO BE POPPED UP IN A PARTICULAR SITUATION. I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS HERE. 
          MOVING ON TO SLIDE TWO, THE STREET ASSESSMENT HERE OF $118,000. THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND SPECIFICALLY THIS WOULD BE AN EVALUATION OF ALL OF OUR LANE MILES ACROSS THE CITY, RE-DRIVING THEM, RE-ASSESSING THEIR CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE THE TREATMENT METHODS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING, WHETHER OR NOT HOW WE'RE SCORING THOSE AND WHAT WE'RE RESTORING THE ROADS BACK TO, WHETHER THAT'S APPROPRIATE, ARE THEY DEGRADING FASTER THAN WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE, ACTUALLY MAKING MORE HEADWAY THAN WHAT 
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WE MAY THINK WE ARE. SO EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THIS IS A RECOMMENDED ITEM THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD FOR THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH GOOD DATA AND THE TREATMENT METHODS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING ARE HAVING THE IMPACT THAT WE THINK THEY DO. 
          COMPENSATION ANALYSIS, SO EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS IT'S BEST PRACTICE TO DO A FULL-SCALE CITYWIDE ANALYSIS AGAINST OTHER PEER CITIES WITH REGARDS TO OUR COMPENSATION ACROSS ALL CLASSIFICATIONS. 
          OUR HR TEAM DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF LOOKING AT OUR HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS OR CRITICAL POSITIONS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GRAB MAYBE 20 PERCENT OF OUR POSITIONS ANNUALLY TO LOOK AT, BUT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DO A FULL COMPENSATION ANALYSIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND TO DO IT IN-HOUSE. SO THIS WOULD BE AN ANALYSIS JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND DETERMINE WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH REGARDS TO COMPENSATION. 
          MID-BLOCK CROSSING UPGRADES, THIS AGAIN IS A PARTIALLY FUNDED ITEM FOR SOME SMALLER RETROFITS OVER A FULL-SCALE REPLACEMENT OF OUR MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS. 
          THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SOME NEAR MISSES AT OUR MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS. 
          THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE IS ON JOHNSON STREET BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND WARREN PARK. THIS WOULD BE SOME ENHANCED FLASHING BEACONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SIGNAGE, AND SO THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE THREE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS WE HAVE TODAY. THE COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS HERE, THIS NUMBER ACTUALLY REDUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN FROM 14,000 DOWN TO 10,000 AFTER SOME FURTHER DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT. THIS WOULD BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL WORKSTATIONS FOR TWO OF OUR FIRE STATIONS FOR REPORT WRITING, TRAINING, ETC. 
          THE FLOCK TRAILER RETROFIT, THIS WOULD BE TAKING AN EXISTING SPEED TRAILER THAT WE RETROFITTED FOR A FLOCK CAMERA TRAILER BUT PROVIDING A NEW BATTERY POWER SOURCE FOR IT AS WELL AS ENHANCED KIND OF DECALS, ET CETERA, FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THE COMMAND POST CAMERA CONTROLLER, THIS IS FOR OUR COMMAND VEHICLE UNIT. 
          THIS WOULD BE A MODULE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT HAVE TO RELY ON BRINGING IN A A SECONDARY LAPTOP TO CONNECT AND GET THE CAMERAS UP AND RUNNING. WE'D BE ABLE TO OPERATE THOSE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR BRINGING IN A THIRD-PARTY LAPTOP OR A THIRD LAPTOP. 
          BUT BASICALLY GET THE COMMAND UNIT UP AND RUNNING QUICKER IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL HERE ARE GOING TO BE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE JULY 20TH COUNCIL MEETING, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM... 
          THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I WILL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT SO THERE WAS AN ADDITION OF SOME ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, TWO ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS, ONE TRAINING CAPTAIN POSITION. 
          THE POLICE RECORDS COORDINATOR WAS IN AS RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT IT WAS A PARTIALLY FUNDED ITEM SO THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE BROUGHT TO FULL TIME. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS SOME THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING REVIEW FOR MR. MCILWAIN'S DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH THE TRANSITION OF BRINGING BACK OUR ENGINEER IN HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO RELYING SOLELY ON THIRD PARTY REVIEWS. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SUPPLEMENTALS? I DID RECEIVE A QUESTION BETWEEN LAST WEEK AND NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO ADD IN ADDITIONAL POLICE PERSONNEL. 
          AND SO I HAVE THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. I DIDN'T PREPARE AN ADDITIONAL SLIDE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. A FULLY COST BURDENED POLICE OFFICER, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS A VEHICLE ASSIGNED WHICH WE WOULD RECOMMEND IF THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER ADDED, WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $181,000 ANNUALLY. THE ONE TIME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OFFICER OR VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, OUTFITTING THOSE INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER $135,000 AND UP ONE TIME COST. IF I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ABOUT IF THERE WERE A POLICE LIEUTENANT, SAY FOR TRAINING ON THE POLICE SIDE, THAT WOULD BE $217,000 ANNUALLY TO THE BUDGET. THERE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE A VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO THAT POSITION IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR. BUT THERE'S ANY COMBINATION THEREOF WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR NOT SEE. 
          WITH REGARDS TO THAT, I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR. WELL ACTUALLY BEFORE I PAUSE, I'LL COME BACK FOR THE STORMWATER AND THESE FEES. I'LL SHOW YOU THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST. SO THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST WITH THE POSITIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, NOT ANY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL ON THE POLICE SIDE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COORDINATOR POSITION. 
          THIS WOULD BE YOUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST STILL WITH FORECASTING 
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FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS AND ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS THAT COULD BE USED FOR ENHANCED STREET MAINTENANCE OR OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED ANNUALLY, YOU SEE A 21.6% FUND BALANCE IN YEAR FIVE. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT THOSE FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS WILL BE AND YOU LOOK AT THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SEE WHAT THESE FIGURES WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'D BE APPROXIMATELY 32% FUND BALANCE OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON. SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER. I'LL SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          TOMMY, PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THE ADDITIONAL FIRE POSITIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL MENTIONED LIKE REDUCING SUPPLEMENTALS, FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS AND TAKING AWAY FROM THOSE FUNDS TO, TO OFFSET THE COST OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS, YOU TURNED OUT NOT NEEDING TO DO THAT, CORRECT? SO I THINK IT DEPENDS AN ANSWER LIKE THIS, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, IS THAT YOU ARE WITHIN IN THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON. 
          YOU'RE WITHIN YOUR POLICY FOR FUND BALANCE BETWEEN 20 AND 25% OVER THE FIVE YEAR PLANNING PERIOD. AND AGAIN I'VE SAID THIS MANY, MANY TIMES, AFTER YOU GET SIDE OF ABOUT A TWO YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN YEAR THREE AND YEAR FIVE, YOUR CRYSTAL BALL GETS A LITTLE BIT FOGGIER BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT ESTIMATES AND THERE COULD BE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT CHANGE WITH REGARDS TO THE ECONOMY OR EVEN THE LAWS BY WHICH WE'RE GOVERNED. SO YOU STILL HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. WHAT YOU SEE THOUGH IS YOU DO SEE A REDUCTION IN. YOU SEE A SLIGHT. YOUR REVENUES DON'T QUITE COVER YOUR EXPENSES. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT YOUR FIVE YEAR FUND BALANCE NOW, IT'S REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. AND AGAIN IN THOSE OUT YEARS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THESE SUPPLEMENTALS PROGRAMMED IN $500,000 ANNUALLY PLUS $1,250,000 THAT ESCALATES OVER TIME. SO DO I THINK THAT YOU COULD ADD IN ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE BUDGET AND REMAIN WITHIN YOUR TARGET FORECAST? YOU COULD REMAIN WITHIN YOUR TARGET FORECAST. 
          THOSE OUT YEARS IN TERMS OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS MAY HAVE TO REDUCE REDUCED OVER TIME. AND I THINK WE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THAT ON A CASE BY CASE, ON A CASE BY CASE AND ANNUAL BASIS. 
          WHEN THE MONEY IS THERE, WE CAN LOOK AT ONE TIME EXPENSES. 
          AND WHEN IT'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I WOULD STRONGLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER ADDING THE TWO POLICE POSITIONS. 
          ONE WOULD BE FOR THE INCREASED TRAINING. WE RECENTLY WERE APPROVED AS A HOST FOR T. COLE AND WITH THE, WITH THE BUILDING ENHANCEMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE FACILITY, IT'S GOING TO OPEN US UP FOR MORE OF OUR OFFICERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COURSES THAT ARE TAUGHT HERE LOCALLY. 
          THAT REDUCES TRAVEL TIME, THAT REDUCES OVERTIME AND TRAINING COST IN GENERAL. AND IT ALLOWS OUR OFFICERS TO TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR BACKYARD. SO GIVEN THAT IT WOULD NEED AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION TO HELP OVERSEE THOSE TO CAPITALIZE ON THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND RECRUIT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVERTISE THOSE TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY NEED MORE PATROL. AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE POSITION FOR THE TRAINING AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICER. 
          CAN YOU MAKE THAT WORK? YES, YOU CAN PROGRAM THOSE NUMBERS IN AND BE WITHIN YOUR FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE? MOST CERTAINLY. 
          VICTORIA, WHAT, WHAT TIME FRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT? LIKE WHEN WOULD WE ADD THIS OTHER POSITION? LIKE NOW. THESE WOULD COME INTO THE COMING BUDGET. 
          SO BASICALLY IF YOU'RE LOOK WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS FOR EXAMPLE. 
          EVEN IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PROJECTED BUDGET, WE WOULD REDUCE FROM THAT BUT GOING FORWARD GOING OUT EVEN FURTHER. AND ADAM TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN WE ADD IT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDING THE TWO THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS BASICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE, I MEAN THESE MONEY. THE MONEY IS KIND OF IT'S PROJECT, IT'S A PROJECTED AMOUNT, IT'S KIND OF THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER. BUT EVERY YEAR AND WE COMPARE AND SAY WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE ANNUAL EXPENSES VERSUS ONE TIME EXPENSES. AND BOTH OF OUR GRAPHS OUT SHOW AT A MINIMUM THE 21% PROJECTED FUND BALANCE IN 2031. BUT IT COULD BE HIGHER THAN THAT. ON THE NEXT SCREEN HE SHOWED US IF WE DIDN'T DO THE SUPPLEMENTALS, 
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OUR PROJECTED COULD BE 32%. SO OUR POLICY AS A COUNCIL WE HAVE STRIVED TO STAY ABOVE 20% FUND BALANCE. AND SO IN EITHER ROUTE WE ARE DOING THAT. WE HAVE MONEY TO COVER OUR EXPENSES. AND ACCORDING TO TOMMY AND I'VE ASKED THIS MANY TIMES FORWARD AND BACKWARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVER EXTENDING OURSELVES. AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ADDING REOCCURRING COSTS THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY PERSONNEL ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THEY MAY REDUCE OUR GROWTH CAPTURING ABILITY TO 2 1/2 PERCENT. 2%. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT ADAM SAID THIS AND SEVERAL OF US HAVE SAID THIS DURING SOME OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY THAT HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF SERVICE AND PARTICULARLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT IS A CALL IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT, YOU WANT SOMEONE THERE AND AND TRAINING. 
          THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT I THINK WE CAN PUT ON TRAINING FOR EITHER DEPARTMENT. WE PRIORITIZE THAT AS A WHOLE. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONDING TO PEOPLE HAVE THE, HAVE QUALITY TRAINING BEHIND THEM AND THEY FEEL SECURE IN THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO OUR CITIZENS. I AGREE. I COULD GET BEHIND THIS. 
          ONE THING I'D BE CAREFUL WITH IS THE FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS PULLING THEM OUT. WE PUT THEM THERE FOR A REASON AND I'D BE PULLING THE BUDGET DOWN TO THE BARE PENNY WOULD BE CONCERNING. 
          AND I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ADDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS. BUT MY CONCERN WOULD BE FUTURE STAFFING OF STATION 4 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT TWO POLICE OFFICERS WOULD BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE. 
          HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT OUR FUTURE STAFFING OF FIRE STATION 4? I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT. AND WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT AS I'VE TOLD CHIEF DAVIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT THAT ELEPHANT A SMALL BITE AT A TIME. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S. IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ADD ALL THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE NEEDED OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON FOR STATION 4. EVEN IF, YOU KNOW IN THIS SCENARIO HERE OF 32% OR EVEN IF YOU TOOK LOOKING HERE, THIS $1.25 MILLION ANNUALLY WOULDN'T BE SUFFICIENT TO ADD THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE NEEDED OF COURSE THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS WORK TOWARD DRAWING THAT NUMBER OF 17 OR 18 DOWN. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE DISINGENUOUS AND TELL YOU THAT THIS FIVE YEAR PROJECTION CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF POLICE AND FIRE OR ALL THE OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, LOOK FOR COST EFFICIENCIES AND WAYS TO SEE SAVE MONEY AND LOOK AT THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          YOUR QUESTION'S WISE AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT REVENUE FORECASTED THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THOSE PERSONNEL. 
          OKAY. I KNOW THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT MOVE IN AND OUT OF TOWN AND THERE ARE TRENDS WHERE BUSINESSES MOVE OUT MORE THAN BUSINESSES MOVE IN AND THAT AFFECTS OUR 1% SALES TAX ON THE GENERAL FUND. AND I'M SEEING A TREND OF BUSINESSES MOVING RIGHT NOW AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CONCERN I'D HAVE IN THE FUTURE IS BACKFILLING THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          CERTAINLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN BURLESON HISTORICALLY WITH STRONG GENERAL FUND AND SALES TAX GROWTH OR JUST SALES TAX GROWTH IN GENERAL. THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE SOFTER. WE'RE HOVERING RIGHT AT 2% AS OPPOSED TO BUDGET AT 3. SUMMER MONTHS ARE GENERALLY FAIRLY STRONGER FOR US. SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE CHANGED THE FORECAST. 
          BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT ALEX AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET GOOD BUSINESSES MOVING IN, THAT WE KEEP OUR BUSINESSES HERE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW WITH REGARDS TO THAT. 
          TOMMY, I'M LOOKING AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST AND I DON'T SEE A LIEUTENANT FOR TRAINING. 
          THERE WAS NOT. THERE REALLY ORIGINALLY WAS NOT. I THINK WHAT'S KIND OF SPARKED THAT DISCUSSION IS THE T. COL STATUS AND BEING ABLE TO BE A PROVIDER. OBVIOUSLY, THE NEW BUILDING, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS A FOCUS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CHIEF CORDELL, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AT THIS POINT IN THE BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RECALL WE DO THIS MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO WHEN WE SUBMIT THESE THINGS. HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PROVIDE IF IT WERE ONE PERSON, A POLICE OFFICER, IF THERE WERE TWO PERSONNEL, A POLICE OFFICER AND A TRAINING LIEUTENANT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE ALSO CONFERRED WITH THE E BOARD OF 
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THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. I BELIEVE THEY WERE IN ALIGNMENT AND I'LL PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND CHIEF, IF I MISS SPOKEN. 
          I APOLOGIZE. YES, I MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE EBOARD MEMBERS AND I WAS UNDER THE ASSEM. WE HAD SEEN PATROL AND WE'D SEEN OTHER POSITIONS LISTED BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THE LIEUTENANT FOR TRAINING. AND SO I ASKED CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO I APOLOGIZE. THAT WASN'T INITIALLY LISTED, BUT WE'RE GETTING HEAD NODS THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD ASK FOR. I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING INITIALLY FOR TO PATROL, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK CHIEF CORDELL COME UP AND PROVIDE ANY CLARIFYING COMMENTS. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. THIS ADVANCE AS LATE AS LAST THURSDAY. SO WE HAD APPLIED FOR OUR TCOLE TRAINING PROVIDER LICENSE MONTHS AGO IN HOPES OF GETTING THAT. THE PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO BE ABLE TO BECOME A PROVIDER AND HOST TRAINING WITHIN OUR OWN FACILITY. AS YOU SAID, IT SAVES MONEY. 
          ON THE OTHER END OF THAT THURSDAY, THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FROM TCOLE CAME UP AND MET WITH US, WENT OVER THE PACKET, WENT OVER ALL THE DETAILS OF IT AND THEN TOURED OUR PROPERTY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING AND THEN HE LEFT, SAID INSANE PROBLEMS. HE EMAILED US FRIDAY AND SAID THAT THERE IS NO REASON YOU WILL NOT BECOME A TCOLE PROVIDER. I AM WRITING UP MY REPORT. IT WILL GO UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND RECOMMENDING THAT YOU GET TO THAT STATUS. SO THERE'S ABOUT A 30 TO 60 DAY WINDOW IN THERE FOR IT TO GO UP THROUGH ITS CHAIN AND THEN WE'LL BE CALLED DOWN THERE AND INITIATE THE PAPERWORK FOR THAT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          CHIEF, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, HOW SOON COULD YOU START TRAINING? THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WITH THE NEW BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF BUILDING THE EXISTING BUILDING. AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO PUT THEM IN THE TWO CLASSROOMS, OUR DETECTIVES AND THEN WE WOULD PUT PATROL OUT WHERE THE WORKOUT FACILITY WAS. I HAD A CONVERSATION. WE'LL HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE THIS CAME THROUGH. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CAN WE MOVE WHICH THERE'S AN IT COMPONENT TO THIS. WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO JAMES YET. CAN WE MOVE THE DETECTIVES BACK TO THE SAFE ROOM? IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPATIBLE SIZE SPACE THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THERE. 
          AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND START DOING AND SETTING UP OUR TRAINING BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET ON THE CIRCUIT OF DIFFERENT TRAININGS COMING IN AND THAT TAKES A WHILE. AND IF WE DON'T START ON THAT SOONER THAN LATER, IF WE WAIT TILL WE CAN GET BACK INTO, A, THAT PUTS US AT THE END OF 2027. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG. SO IF WE CAN MOVE THAT DETECTIVES INTO THE SAFE ROOM, THEN I'M HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET THIS LIEUTENANT IN PLACE AND WE START REACHING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE IT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON. WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE BEST INSTRUCTORS IN THE FIELD IN OUR OWN BUILDING. WE WANT TO EXPAND UPON THAT TO GET MORE EXPERTS IN THE FIELDS WHICH TEACH OUR OFFICERS AND THEN WE CAN HOST TRAINING THERE AS WELL. SO WE'RE GEARED TOWARD A LOT OF THAT. HOUSE BILL 33 THAT JUST CAME OUT REQUIRES AND WE HAVE AN MOU THAT'S COMING BACK TO YOU NEXT MONDAY. IT'S BETWEEN THE DPS AND BURLESON WITH REGARDS TO FIRE AND POLICE. THEY HAVE NAMED THE COUNTY SHERIFF OF EACH COUNTY AS THE COORDINATOR FOR THIS. BUT WE'LL DO MOU WITH DPS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE MOUSE BETWEEN ALL OF THE AGENCIES AND THE FIRE AND POLICE, WHICH INVOLVES MANDATED EMERGENCY PLANS FOR RESPONDING TO ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS AS WELL AS TABLETOP EXERCISES. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT SIMMUNITION TRAINING IN THERE AS WELL. SO WE CROSS TRAIN WITH THOSE FROM OTHER AREAS. SO THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT AND THEN WE CAN COLLECT MONEY FOR THOSE CLASSES AS WELL AS BRING OUTSIDE PROVIDERS IN. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU USUALLY GET TWO OR THREE SPACES IN THOSE CLASSES FREE AND NO PER DIEMS, NO HOTELS, NO TRAVEL EXPENSES. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN OUR BACKYARD. 
          AND WE CAN START THE TRAINING AS SOON AS THE NEW BUILDINGS OPEN. 
          THE NEW BUILDING SLATED APRIL 19TH. OKAY. GETTING THAT POSITION IN PLACE, WHENEVER WE. WE DO THAT, IF IT, IF IT GOES THROUGH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START REACHING OUT AND. AND SETTING UP EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THAT GOING. YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'D BE ABLE TO GET GOING PRETTY QUICK THEN. AS SOON. 
          AS QUICK AS WE CAN. YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, SO THE TCOLE TRAINING POSITION, WILL THAT END UP BEING A REVENUE INCOME POSITION? YES. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR ITSELF. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 
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IT'S GOING TO DO AT THIS POINT, BUT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY. 
          IF WE'RE DOING ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TRAINING, WE'VE GOT A DETECTIVE THAT'S GETTING TO BE AN EXPERT IN THAT AND TRY TO OFFER SOME UNIQUE THINGS FOR AROUND OUR AREA SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN PEOPLE INTO OUR BUILDING, WE CAN TRAIN THEM, AND YOU CAN COLLECT THE REGISTRATION FEES. 
          IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. 
          WELL, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THE LIEUTENANT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE. IS IT GONNA BE OUTSIDE? SOMEBODY BROUGHT IN OUTSIDE, OR COULD IT BE. 
          NO, IT'D BE AN INTERNAL. 
          IT CAN BE INTERNAL PROMOTION. 
          IT CAN BE. WE'VE GOT SOME OUTSTANDING OPTIONS. 
          SO THEN THE SALARY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. IT'S NOT A HUNT. 
          IT'S NOT THE FULL AMOUNT. THEN IT WOULD JUST BE THE. THE EXTRA ADDITIONAL TO GET IT UP. 
          I'M GONNA STEAL THE MIC FROM CHIEF. I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE REVENUE WOULD BE. AND SO FOR NOW, I WOULD TELL YOU, NOT REVENUE. 
          I'M JUST SAYING THE SALARY. 
          BECAUSE THE SALARY FOR THE LIEUTENANT, YOU SAID WAS WHAT IS. 200. 
          217. 
          217. BUT IF IT'S. IF IT'S AN EXISTING OFFICER NOW, YOU'RE REALLY ONLY PAYING THE DIFFERENCE. 
          BUT THEN. 
          UNLESS I HAVE TO BACKFILL. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY, BUT YOU'RE IN. 
          BUT YOU'RE BACKFILLING. 
          OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT WAS THE OFFICER IN A VEHICLE AGAIN? WHAT WAS THE COST? COST OF AN OFFICER IN A VEHICLE IS APPROXIMATELY $180,000 ANNUALLY. ABOUT $181,000. AND THEN THE UPFRONT COST WOULD BE ABOUT. I'M SPEAKING IN GENERALITY, IS $135,000 IN THE UPFRONT COST BETWEEN VEHICLE AND OUTFITTING THE OFFICER. 
          I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I CAN. I CAN EXPLORE. 
          I DON'T, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT DROPPED ON US. 
          AUGUST 10TH DURING THE BUDGET SESSION IS KIND OF AFTER WE'VE HAD FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK, CRUNCH, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT GOING TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BUT WE COULD GO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THEN PAY FOR THEM ADDITIONALLY. 
          BUT I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO IT. I DO WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE FIVE YEAR. BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 380, RIGHT? YEAH. APPROXIMATELY, ONGOING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD HEAR YOU ALL SAY IS THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET AND SEPTEMBER 8TH THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SLIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPACT TO THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST. I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE CERTAINLY THAT REQUEST AND SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN THIS SAME SCENARIO, I THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR FUTURE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS TO KEEP A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 
          SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR FORECAST SIMPLY BECAUSE BETWEEN THE TWO HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE REDUCING THOSE THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE. 
          BUT WE CAN, WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE. BUT LIKELY WHAT IT WOULD BE IS JUST A MODIFIED VERSION OF THIS WITH EITHER REDUCTIONS TO THE ONE TIME SUPPLEMENTALS OR THE FUTURE REOCCURRING SUPPLEMENTALS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT IS AT LEAST WITHIN YOUR 20 TO 25%. AND THEN WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO CITY MANAGERS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS THAT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE ARE CLOSE TO MATCHING SO YOUR FUTURE CAPACITY REDUCES AND THEN YOUR FUND BALANCE WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. 
          BUT WE CAN SHOW THAT. BUT TO BE, I WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT. I WOULD BE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SCENARIO. I'M ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT THE FUTURE CAPACITY IN 28, 29, 30 AND REDUCING IT IN SOME COMMENSURATE MANNER WITH THE POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I SAID AND I SAID LAST MEETINGS LIKE IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE GOING FORWARD FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN SEE, OKAY, WE POSSIBLY HAVE THIS CAPACITY AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE, ARE WE GOING TO GET CLOSE TO THAT 20%? BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, YEAH, YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE THAT OUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SNAPSHOT OF THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW THIS. AND THEN WE JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS GOING FORWARD FORWARD. BECAUSE NEXT YEAR THE REVENUE COULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          WHO KNOWS, WE COULD HAVE A BANG BANGER SALES TAX YEAR OR WE COULD HAVE NOT A GOOD SALES TAX YEAR. JUST DON'T KNOW. AND, AND THEN YOU JUST ADJUST THEN. 
          BUT, BUT YEAH, I GUESS WE JUST, IF YOU COULD PREPARE IT AND SEND IT OUT, I GUESS OF THE WHOLE OF ADDING THOSE. 
          WE'LL PREPARE IT AND SEND IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND THEN WE'LL ALSO PRESENT IT ON THE 8TH TO BE READY FOR FIRST READING. AND THEN SHOULD THE COUNCIL ELECT TO MAKE A MODIFICATION, THEN WE'LL PROCEED ACCORDINGLY. 
          BUT I THINK I HAD SUFFICIENT HEAD NODS TO INCLUDE IT IN THE VERSION OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET. AM I 
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CORRECT IN HEARING THAT? YES, I'M GOOD FOR FUTURE REVIEW, BUT WITH IT COMING TO US AFTER WE'VE CUT THE BUDGET TO THE BOTTOM LINE, I'M NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW ON IT. SO A FUTURE REVIEW AND A ANOTHER LOOK AT IT WOULD BE OKAY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. SO AGAIN, JUST IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, THAT FUTURE WOULD REVIEW WOULD BE THE EIGHTH AND ALSO BE TIED TO THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET. THERE'S NOT A REQUEST TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. 
          AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THROWING THAT AT YOU BECAUSE WE HAD A, BECAUSE WE HAD A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND I COULDN'T ATTEND THAT APPROPRIATELY. THIS WAS MY CHANCE TO BRING IT TO YOU. 
          SO MY APOLOGIES. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I CIRCLE BACK TO STORMWATER RELATED FUNCTIONS? SO, AND AGAIN, WHEN I GET BACK TO THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, I WILL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON STORMWATER REVENUE FORECAST AND FUTURE OUTLOOK ON THAT. BUT THE BUDGET DOES ASSUME THE ADOPTION OF A STORMWATER FEE. AND THESE WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW FUND. SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE'D BE APPROXIMATELY $3.7 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE'RE FORECASTING $1.8 MILLION IN PROPOSED EXPENDITURES DEDICATED FOR STORMWATER FUNCTIONS. AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT REVENUE WOULD BE USED TO OFFSET EXISTING STORMWATER FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO TODAY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THINK OUR DRAINAGE CREW, STREET SWEEPING OPERATIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO YOU SEE UTILITY EQUIPMENT LIKE A VEHICLE FOR A NEW CREW, FOR NEW PERSONNEL. AGAIN, THEIR JOBS WOULD BE SOLELY FOCUSED ON PROACTIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT. SO THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT ISSUING DEBT SERVICE FOR FUTURE STORM WITH FUTURE STORM WATER CAPACITY BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE REVENUE AND WOULDN'T ISSUE BONDS UNTIL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. 
          YOU'D HAVE APPROXIMATELY $1.4 MILLION IN AVAILABLE FUNDING TO USE ON ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WOULDN'T BE NEEDED SET ASIDE FOR DEBT SERVICE. SO WE SHOULD THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE FEE AND ADOPT THE BUDGET, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, DISCUSS POTENTIAL CAPITAL OPTIONS FOR THESE PROJECTS AND THEN BID THOSE OUT AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN THERE'S AN ITEM, A LETTER OF MAP REVISION TO STUDY THE VILLAGE AND WILLOW CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN THAT WOULD BE STORMWATER ELIGIBLE AND THAT WOULD BE AN $80,000 EXPENDITURE I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE STORMWATER. SO HERE ARE SOME PROPOSED FEE CHANGES WITH REGARDS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHERS ACROSS THE OTHER FUNDS. THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, SPECIFICALLY HEALTH INSPECTION AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEES THAT ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE ASSESSED BY THE STATE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD BE ZEROING OUT THESE PROPOSED FEES TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL. THEN WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT BENCHMARKING OUR EXISTING FEES, WHICH HAS BEEN IN FOR THE FOR THE CASE OF HEALTH INSPECTION NEARLY 10 YEARS FOR SOME OF THESE FEES. 
          SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT AND BENCHMARK THOSE AGAINST PEER CITIES. AND SO WE'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. THAT PRESENTATION WAS PRESENTED ON THE 20TH AND SHOWED DATA ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE WE LANDED WITH REGARDS TO OUR PEER CITIES. ALL OF THESE FEES BEING IN LINE WITH THAT, NOTHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SHOWED THE COUNCIL ON THE 20TH. SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, BUT THERE'S JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. SO IF YOU LOOKED AT FY27 PROJECTED, YOU WOULD SEE A STORMWATER REVENUE OF $3.7 MILLION. YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS THEREAFTER. OUR PLAN WOULD BE IS THAT SHOULD THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE STORMWATER BUDGET AFTER NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD SEPARATE THAT AND PUT IT IN ITS OWN SEPARATE FUND. 
          OBVIOUSLY THESE FUNDS WOULD BE EXPRESSLY RESTRICTED FOR STORMWATER RELATED FUNCTIONS, BUT WE WOULD MOVE IT OUT INTO ITS OWN FUND VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID WITH MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PRESUMPTUOUS ABOUT CREATING OTHER FUNDS UNTIL THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY TOOK ACTION. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT AS IT IS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE UNDER THE EXPENDITURES EXISTING STORM WATER, YOU SEE A FUTURE TRANSFER IN FROM A FUTURE STORMWATER FUND TO OFFSET EXISTING EXPENDITURES 
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WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. AND AS COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAD STATED, AS I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED THE BUDGET, I WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH REGARDS TO ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND WE WERE FORECASTING FUTURE SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONS OR EXPENDITURES IN 2028 AFTER THE LEGISLATURE MEETS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN 27 BUT SEE IT IN 28. AND THEN THIS IS YOUR GENERAL FUND FORECAST WITH THE REMOVAL OF FUTURE SUPPLEMENTALS. NOW I DO WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN I THINK AT FINANCE COMMITTEE, I JUST ASK IF CLARIFICATION QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IN THE ADOPTED VERSION OF THE BUDGET THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SEE FUTURE FORECASTED SUPPLEMENTALS. I THINK PREVIOUSLY I'D HEARD NO, JUST A MOMENT AGO I HEARD THERE MAY BE A DESIRE TO SEE THOSE IN THERE. SO I WANT TO PAUSE AND JUST SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THAT. 
          I THINK IF IT'S THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER IT TO US. AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN IT'S NOT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING PIECE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S. IF YOU THINK WE NEED IT, THERE'S A PLACEHOLDER. 
          BUT EVERY YEAR IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT HOPE. 
          HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IT SETTLES DOWN A SMIDGE. GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, WE'LL AT LEAST KNOW THE DIRECTION. 
          I THINK THE INTENTION FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE WAS SIMPLY TO SHOW WHAT YOUR CAPACITY WAS OR WHAT WE FORECASTED YOUR CAPACITY TO BE. BECAUSE WE'D NEVER WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE WERE GROWING REVENUES WELL BEYOND OUR 25% FUND BALANCE PERSPECTIVE. WE WANT TO BE COGNITIVE OF THE FACT OF WHAT OUR POLICY IS. AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT INTENDED TO JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE ADD PERPETUAL MONEY TO. IF WE DIDN'T SEE THOSE EXPENDITURES, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD LIKELY BE SOME ADJUSTMENT. 
          OKAY, SO WHAT I HEAR, I THINK WHAT I HEAR THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS IS THAT SHOULD WE PLUG IN THE ADDITIONAL POLICE PERSONNEL, WE WOULD FORECAST WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR ASSUMED EXPENDITURES IN THE FUTURE, STAYING WITHIN OUR FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD JUST OBVIOUSLY LIKE ANY OTHER FIVE YEAR FORECAST THAT CHANGES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT WOULD SHOW AS OUR OFFICIAL 5 YEAR FORECAST IS THAT THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL. SO MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND. JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A SEPARATED FUND BUT SUPPORTED THROUGH A SUBSIDY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS PROVIDES FOR OUR AMBULANCE SERVICES. 
          AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THREE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS. ONE RESTORING MERIT BACK TO OCTOBER 1ST TO THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM THAT CHIEF DAVIS HAD DISCUSSED WITH OR CHIEF JACOBS FULL COUNCIL CHIEF DAVIS AT COMMITTEE. WE ANTICIPATE FIRST YEAR THAT AT LEAST THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THAT PROGRAM WILL BE GRANT FUNDED. BUT THE ONGOING EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLOOD RIGHT NOW WE ESTIMATE TO BE $24,000. AND THEN THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURE OF APPROXIMATELY $90,000 TO REPLACE OUR EXISTING AEDS AT CITY FACILITIES AND ALSO BE PROVIDING FOR AEDS AT THREE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, ONE IN THE PLAZA, THREE AT CHISENHAW FIELDS AND ONE AT BARTLETT SPORTS COMPLEX. YOUR FIVE YEAR PLANNING FORECAST HERE, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PASS THROUGH ACCOUNT. IT'S ULTIMATELY SUBSIDIZED TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE REASON WHY YOU SAW A FUND BALANCE IN THE BEGINNING YEARS OF THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR AND ADOPTED IN 25 ACTUALS IS THAT WE UTILIZE ARPA DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT PERSONNEL. 
          AS A RESULT OF THAT REVENUE, MIXED WITH THE REVENUE IN OUR EXPENDITURES, IT BUILT THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE ULTIMATELY ARE GOING TO DRAW DOWN SINCE ARPA MONEY IS NOW NO LONGER IS EXTINGUISHED ESSENTIALLY. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE IN 2028 IS THE FIRST YEAR OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE FULL SUBSIDY LESS A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $730,000 ANNUALLY. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOUR PICTURE OF REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO EXPENDITURES AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN FROM THE GENERAL FUND. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL TRANSPORT FUND? SO DEBT SERVICE FUND. WELL, I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING REGARDING GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS, FIVE YEAR FORECAST SUBSIDIES, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? TOMMY, I WAS GOING TO SEND THIS IN AN EMAIL, BUT REMEMBER LAST YEAR, 
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WAS IT LAST YEAR OR THAT WE, WHEN WE PICKED UP THE PARAMEDICS, BUT WE WAITED TILL JANUARY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITH THE LIEUTENANT? SO IN FULL DISCLOSURE, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH CHIEF CORDELL AND CHIEF DAVIS WAS IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS ADDED IN THE BUDGET, WE MAY LOOK AT AN INTERNAL JANUARY DATE REGARDLESS, NOT TO SUPERSEDE THE COUNCIL, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM STORMWATER AND THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO BE. SO YES, THERE'S IF YOU WANT TO BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. BUT FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY KIND OF AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT INTERNALLY. 
          BUT YOUR BUDGET ITSELF, IT'S FUNDING EVERYTHING. 
          OCTOBER 1ST. 
          IT IS. THE BUDGET IS ASSUMING OCTOBER 1ST. THESE FIGURES EXAMINE OCTOBER. 
          OKAY, BUT. BUT FOR ALL THE POSITIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, Y' ALL ARE LOOKING INTERNALLY AT DOING THEM IN JANUARY. 
          YES, CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'D BE FOR EVERYBODY ALL. 
          YEAH. 
          SOME OF IT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF CLASSES, RECRUITMENTS AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, CHIEF DAVIS IS LOOKING AT THAT SAME THING WITH CHIEF CORDELL, WHERE HIS LISTS ARE AT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT TO SUPERSEDE WHAT THE COUNCIL'S WANTING TO DO, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING WATCHING OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST AT LEAST 1/4 THROUGH. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY THE ONGOING IS GOING TO BE THE SAME. BUT AT LEAST FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET YOU'D BE AT 75%. 
          CORRECT. AND IF WE SAW SOMETHING NECESSITATED SOME SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION FROM WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD WE NEED TO. 
          OKAY. SO WITH REGARDS TO THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND, AS A REMINDER WE, IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO THIS, IN 24, WE COMBINE THE TIF OR A4B INTO ONE CONSOLIDATED DEBT SERVICE FUND. YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN THE ENDING FUND BALANCE AND A DRAWDOWN FOR KIND OF A PERPETUAL DRAWDOWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          THAT'S A PLAN DRAWDOWN TO ACCOMMODATE THE COUNCIL'S POLICY, THE DEBT SERVICE POLICY, OF KEEPING A MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND SO NOT TO HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, A SUFFICIENT RESERVE. AND SO YOU SEE THAT IN 2028 WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A PLAN DRAWDOWN AND THAT GROWS SLIGHTLY. AND THEN YOU SEE OUR PROPOSED DEBT INS DEBT RATE OF 0.2285 TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          THIS IS TOTAL OUTSTANDING BOND INDEBTED. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 2026 BOND SALE. IT IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF WATER AND SEWER BECAUSE THAT IS A SEPARATE FUND. IT'S NOT COMBINED WITHIN THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $259 MILLION IN TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT. I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PROPRIETARY FUND AND WE'LL START HERE WITH WATER, WASTEWATER. SO A FEW THINGS. ONE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, APPROXIMATELY $115 MILLION. THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ASSUMES A 7% INCREASE IN BOTH WATER AND SEWER AND SEWER RATES. AND THEN THE RATE. THERE WAS A RATE ANALYSIS THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2024 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RATE MODEL IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IT CAN BE. AND IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON PRACTICE TO LOOK AT THAT EVERY FEW YEARS. AND THEN THAT MODEL IS WHAT WE USE FOR THE 27 THROUGH 31 FIVE YEAR FORECAST. A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD NOTE IS THAT THAT 7% IS A REDUCTION FROM WHERE WE HAD ANTICIPATED TO BE. WITH LAST YEAR'S FIVE YEAR FORECAST, YOU HAD RATES BETWEEN 7 AND 9% INCREASES ACROSS THE FIVE YEAR. WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT RATE INCREASE. OUR HOPE WAS TO TRY TO BRING THAT DOWN LOWER. WE'RE PREPARING A FIVE YEAR FORECAST TO POTENTIALLY ACCOMMODATE A LOWER RATE INCREASE. HOWEVER, TOWARD THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, WE DID GET HIT WITH THE 22%, APPROXIMATELY 22% RATE INCREASE ON THE SUICIDE FROM FORT WORTH. AS A RESULT, WE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE FIVE YEAR CIP THAT RANDY PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME WITH MODIFYING WHAT WAS IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP AND MOVING OUT OF THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON ON WATER WASTEWATER. WE ALSO MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS WITH THE 5 YEAR OVER THE 5 YEAR PERIOD WITH REGARDS TO WATER AND SEWER REHAB. 
          THERE'S A $5 MILLION ANNUAL NUMBER THAT WE, WE FORECAST THERE. WE ENDED UP PROGRAMMING IN $2 MILLION ANNUALLY OF BASICALLY INTEREST EARNINGS THERE AS OPPOSED TO ISSUING DEBT. SO WE MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE 5 YEAR CIP TO ADJUST TO THE RATES PASSED THROUGH FROM FORT WORTH. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FEE RELATED 
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CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE WATER SEWER FUND. KIND OF COMBINING THE INITIATION AND TRANSFER APPLICATION INTO ONE COMBINED APPLICATION AND THEN PROVIDING A SAME DAY TURN ON FEE AND THEN INCREASING THE TEMPORARY SERVICE FEE AND THEN YOU SEE YOUR ANNUAL IMPACT TO THE OVERALL BUDGET. THIS SLIDE SIMPLY DEFINES WHAT AFTER HOURS TURN ON FEES ARE. 
          ANYTIME AFTER 3:30 OR 24 HOURS ON A HOLIDAY OR WEEKEND. THIS IS YOUR FIVE YEAR FUND BALANCE SUMMARY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU ALL SAW. WHEN I PRESENTED SUPPLEMENTALS BACK IN JULY THE FUND BALANCE NUMBER WAS APPROXIMATELY 23, 24%. IT'S HIGHER HERE. WHAT WE DO BETWEEN JULY AND NOW IS THE RATE MODEL HAS SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES WITH REGARDS TO INTEREST EARNINGS. THEY'RE NOT USING ACTUALS. AND SO WHEN WE TAKE THE RATE DATA AND PLUG INTO THE ACTUALS WE SEE ABOUT A $400,000 DIFFERENCE ANNUALLY IN INTEREST EARNINGS. AND AS A RESULT THAT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER WITH REGARDS TO INCREASED REVENUE AND YOUR PERCENT OF WORKING CAPITAL. 
          SO WHEN YOU, IF YOU WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE 23% AS OPPOSED TO THE ALMOST 31%, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. I'M GOING TO GO INTO, WELL, ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER AND SEWER FIVE YEAR FORECAST? SO NOW MOVING TO SOLID WASTE. 
          LAUREN CAME AND PRESENTED AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WITH REGARDS TO ANTICIPATED INCREASE FROM WASTE CONNECTION. THEY HAD ULTIMATELY REQUESTED 4.5% BASED ON THEIR INDEX CPI THEY AGREED TO 4.25% INCREASE. WE SEE THE IMPACT TO THOSE NUMBERS HERE ON THE ADMIN OVERHEAD. THERE IS TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT. ONE IS THE STAFF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THE BILLING. FOR UTILITY BILLING WE ARE PROPOSING A 3% INCREASE TO OFFSET THE INCREASE IN ANTICIPATED MERIT INCREASES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN YOU SEE A LITTER ABATEMENT, A DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE THAT'S PROPOSED AT $1.37. THAT'S TO PAY FOR LITTER ABATEMENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE REFUSE FUND TODAY THAT IS RIGHT NOW A DOLLAR. WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID. BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT FIGURE IS GOING TO BE HIGHER. THE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOLID NUMBERS WHEN WE PRESENT THE ADOPTED VERSION OF THE BUDGET. 137 IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON WHAT WE THINK THE MARKET'S GOING TO ULTIMATELY DICTATE THERE. 
          AND THEN THIS WILL GIVE YOU SMALL AND LARGE COLLECTION RATES. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WILL BE YOUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WE DON'T WANT A SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE HERE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO CARRY A FUND BALANCE IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD A MAJOR STORM AND WE HAD DEBRIS CLEANUP. RATHER THAN LOOKING TO HAVE THE GENERAL FUND PAY FOR THOSE FUNCTIONS, I WOULD LOOK TO HAVE THE SOLID WASTE FUND ABSORB THOSE COSTS. AND SO THAT FUND BALANCE YOU SEE HERE WOULD HELP OFFSET THOSE EXPENDITURES. ANY QUESTIONS ON SOLID WASTE BEFORE I CONTINUE? SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. 
          SO THE IT SUPPORT FUND, YOU SEE YOUR TOTAL BUDGET, THERE WAS ONE SUPPLEMENTAL THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MOMENT. 
          BUT JUST A CAVEAT. WHEN YOU GUYS AGAIN SAW THIS IN JULY, THE $104,000 WASN'T SEPARATED OUT. IT WAS WITH THE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          WE LEFT THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S NOT IN SUPPORT FUND, BUT IT IS SUPPORTING THE IT SUPPORT FUND. 
          AND SO YOU SEE HERE, YOU'RE RESTORING THE MERIT AS THE ONLY RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL HERE OUTSIDE OF THAT $104,000 THAT I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. THEN YOU SEE YOUR IT SUPPORT FUND OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON YOU DO SEE A DRAWDOWN BOTH THIS YEAR AND PROPOSED NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THAT IS A PLAN DRAWDOWN WHERE WE'RE MAKING A TRANSFER OUT TO A RADIO REPLACEMENT FUNCTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OR NOT RADIO REPLACEMENT, BUT FOR IMPROVEMENTS WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TO THE RADIO NETWORK IN DISCUSSIONS WITH JOHNSON COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S PUTTING MONEY ASIDE INTO EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. SO THAT 758 IS THE SECOND TRANSFER OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THEN AND AFTER THAT THAT PLAN 
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DRAWDOWN GOES AWAY. QUESTIONS ON THE IT SUPPORT FUND. SO HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. THIS IS ONE THAT OBVIOUSLY AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IT IS A MAJOR COST COMPONENT FOR THE CITY AND IT IS ONE THAT WE DO SEE HISTORICALLY HIGH INCREASES WITH REGARDS TO TO THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. 
          THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST WE HAVE A VERY STRONG AND HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON YOU WILL SEE AN FY31, A LINE ITEM WITH A NEGATIVE $1 MILLION. AND THAT IS A PROJECTED BUDGET BALANCING MEASURE. WHAT I WOULD SAY THERE IS THAT COULD BE A CULMINATION OF MULTIPLE THINGS THAT COULD BE GOING OUT FOR MARKET AGAIN. IT COULD BE A MODIFICATION TO BENEFITS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. 
          IT COULD BE A CULMINATION OF ESSENTIALLY PASSING ON RATE INCREASES TO EMPLOYEES OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. 
          THE ONE THING WITH REGARDS TO OUR END OF YEAR PROJECTIONS THIS YEAR IS WITH REGARDS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END WITH ENDING FUND BALANCE, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE VERY CLOSE TO THAT FIGURE. WHAT I DO ANTICIPATE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGHER REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. WE'VE SEEN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL YEAR WITH WITH REGARDS TO STOP LOSS, ESSENTIALLY INSURANCE THAT COVERS INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS OR AGGREGATE CLAIMS, INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS OVER A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          WE HAVE HAD A HIGH YEAR WITH REGARDS TO CLAIMS. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR AGGREGATE INSURANCE VALUE, BUT WE WILL BE KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR. SO AS A RESULT, AGAIN, DOESN'T REALLY BE OFFSETTING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WHERE IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY IMPACTFUL AS FUTURE PREMIUM COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH STOP LOSS INSURANCE IN THE OUTGOING YEARS, PARTICULARLY NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ALREADY AND WE'VE SEEN HISTORIC HIGH INCREASES WITH REGARDS TO STOP LOSS. I THINK ACROSS THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST WE HAD ASSUMED APPROXIMATELY 16% ANNUAL INCREASE WHICH WAS AN AVERAGE OVER THE LAST KIND OF SEVERAL YEARS ON THE HIGH SIDE OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE. 
          WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WATCH THAT AND MONITOR IT. 
          AND OUR BUDGET BALANCING MEASURES MAY HAVE TO COME SOONER THAN WHAT'S ANTICIPATED IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST BASED ON WHAT WE SEE WITH STOP LOSS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HEALTH FUND? SO EQUIPMENT SERVICES FUND, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS PLAYS FOR OUR MECHANIC PERSONNEL AS WELL AS FUEL FOR THE CITY FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS AGAIN NOT A FUND THAT YOU WOULD WANT A SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE IN, BUT SOME AMOUNT TO POTENTIALLY OFFSET RISING COST AND FUEL BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW ULTIMATELY WHERE FUEL IS GOING TO BE. DESPITE OUR BEST PROJECTIONS, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SUPPLEMENTALS THAT I'M RECOMMENDING RESTORING MERIT BACK. THERE'S A FLEET SHOP SUPERVISOR. IT'S ONE POSITION THAT I DID HAVE IN THE ORIGINAL CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WE DID A FLEET ANALYSIS THIS YEAR OVER THE PAST YEAR AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED OUT OF THAT STUDY WAS TO GET A FLEET SUPERVISOR. SO FREE UP TIME FOR OUR FLEET MANAGERS, FOCUS ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF OUR MODELING, FORECASTING, REPORTING I THINK WILL MAKE OUR FLEET MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. AND THEN THERE'S ONE, A ONE TIME COST OF A TWO POST VEHICLE LIFT, AN ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR THE FLEET SHOP. SO PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE. THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. THIS FUNDS THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR VEHICLES AND THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FLEET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THIS IS ONE THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE HAD TOLD YOU WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND IMPROVE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF DIRECTION WE'VE GONE WITH REGARDS TO THE FUND BALANCE. OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE FOR A FUND BALANCE SUFFICIENT TO REPLACE 70% OF OUR ROLLING STOCK. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THERE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT 68% OF REPLACEMENT VALUE IN THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. SO WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB THAT WAS LARGELY TIED TO THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE HANDLE THE PURCHASING OF LARGER CAPITAL ASSET VEHICLES AND LOOKING AT ISSUING DEBT ON A SCHEDULE THAT IS ACCRUED TO THE EXPECTED LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AS OPPOSED TO PAYING CASH STRAIGHT OUT FOR THAT VEHICLE. AND THEN ON THE PROPRIETARY FUND WE HAVE THE SAME GOAL. WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS FUND BALANCE HAS GROWN TO A MORE COMFORTABLE RESERVE, BUT WE'RE ABOUT FROM MEMORY ABOUT 55% REPLACEMENT VALUE 
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IN THIS FUND OR 53%. SO NOT QUITE TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE AT THE 70%, BUT WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROPRIETARY FUND THAT WOULD THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR REPLACEMENTS FOR WATER AND GOLF EQUIPMENT. 
          SO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. SO 4A, YOU ALL KNOW THE 4A GETS A HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR 27. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INCENTIVE PACKAGES THAT ARE PLANNED. 
          CRAFT MASTER'S SHIFTING FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. 
          SO YOU SEE A CHANGE IN THE PERCENT FUND BALANCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER INCENTIVE PACKAGES RECOMMENDED. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE BEGINNING AND ENDING FUND BALANCES. THERE'S ONE PROPOSED, TWO ULTIMATE SUPPLEMENTALS, ONE IS RESTORING THE MERIT AND THEN ONE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL OF A WEBSITE REFRESH FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND HERE IS YOUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          AND THIS DOES ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES THAT RANDY HAD PRESENTED LAST TIME WITH THE HEWLAND EXTENSION ACROSS 174. THOSE NUMBERS ARE FACTORED INTO THESE FIGURES AND THEN YOU SEE THE YEAR END ESTIMATE OBVIOUSLY CHANGING FROM THE REVISED BUDGET TO OUR END OF YEAR BUDGET BASED ON SOME SHIFTING OF INCENTIVE DEALS PRIMARILY TIED TO CRAFT MASTERS. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4A FINANCIAL FORECAST? SO, PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND. AS A REMINDER, WE'VE MADE SOME SHIFTS HERE. 
          HISTORICALLY, ATHLETICS WOULD HAVE INCLUDED BARTLETT AND CHISENHALL WITH THOSE BEING SEPARATED OUT THIS YEAR. SO THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND REALLY CONSISTS OF THE BRICK, OUR ATHLETICS FIELDS AND THEN RUSSELL FARMS AND ART CENTER. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AS A REMINDER, THERE IS NO FUND BALANCE FOR THE PPF. IT HAS REVENUES AND THEN TRANSFERS IN FROM THE 4B TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE OPERATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BREAK EVEN OPERATIONS. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF FEE CHANGES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE WITH REGARDS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO RENTAL RATE DEPOSITS AS WELL AS LATE FEES. 
          AND MOST OF THIS IS REALLY JUST A UNIFORM LIKE TRYING TO GET TO A STANDARDIZED RATE AS OPPOSED TO A REVENUE GENERATION FUNCTION HERE. AND THEN THERE IS AN ITEM HERE THAT IS TIED TO. THIS IS A RATE INCREASE AND THIS IS TIED TO A SUPPLEMENTAL THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MOMENT. 
          BUT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CAMP. AS A RESULT, IT WOULD BE PROPOSED REVENUE INCREASE AND THERE WOULD BE AN OFFSETTING EXPENDITURE THERE. 
          LAST YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIALLY PASSING ON THIRD PARTY CREDIT CARD CHARGES TO CUSTOMERS IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FREE ALTERNATIVE FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IN UTILITY BILLING, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS LAST YEAR WITH A FREE OPTION FOR ECHECK. WE COULD NOT DO THAT AT THE BRIC LAST YEAR BASED ON OUR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR AMELIA WHO HANDLES OUR BRIC MEMBERSHIP. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT VENDOR THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PASS THROUGH OPTION BUT STILL PRESERVING AN E CHECK OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO ABSORB THOSE CREDIT CARD TRANSFER FEES. AND SO THAT RESULTED IN AN ANNUAL REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY $74,000 ANNUALLY IN CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES THAT WE SEE ON THE BRIC SIDE. THEN YOU SEE RENTAL FEES AND RENTAL LATE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH RUSSELL FARMS CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE WERE MAKING OTHER CHANGES AT THE BRIC. THEN ON YOUR PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTALS RESTORING MERIT AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, YOU SEE IN THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND YOU SEE THE SUMMER CAMP INCREASE WITH THE OFFSETTING REVENUE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THE FEE. THERE'S A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH WINDOW TINTING OF THE GYMNASIUM AND THEN THERE IS A REOCCURRING EXPENDITURE FOR TREE TRIMMING SERVICES ASSOCIATED SOME OF THE STRUCTURES OVER SOME OF THE STRUCTURES AT RUSSELL FARMS. I'LL PAUSE HERE AND I'LL GET TO THIS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DID MAKE THE 
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RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS BELOW THE FUNDING LINE FOR SUPPLEMENTALS IN THE PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN THE KIDS ZONE AT THE BRIC WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY $21,000. THE FUND BALANCE NUMBERS THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THAT CHANGE. WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE FIRST READING OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          BUT IT DID NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST AT ALL. IT'S A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS HERE FOR THE PARTS PERFORMANCE FUND? SO AGAIN, PARKS PERFORMANCE FUND IS NOT A BREAK EVEN OPERATION. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE PERCENT SELF SUSTAINING ACROSS ALL THREE OF THOSE OPERATIONS HERE OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON. 
          BARTLETT PARK SPORT COMPLEX. 
          THERE'S ONE SUPPLEMENTAL I'M RECOMMENDING HERE YOU SEE AN ASTERISK AGAIN OF PARTIAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATION. THE ORIGINAL FUNDING REQUEST WAS FOR $45,000 ANNUALLY. THAT WAS TO REPLACE GOALS AND BLEACHERS AT THE FIELDS. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OVER TIME. I DIDN'T FEEL WE WERE IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD BUDGET $45,000. 
          BUT MY COMMITMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE RAGGEDY EQUIPMENT OUT AND WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. 
          BUT WE'LL START WITH THE 15,000 AND GO FROM THERE. 
          QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BARTLETT OR AGAIN ANY QUESTIONS WITH PARK'S PERFORMANCE? SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE PRESENTING. WELL, THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE PRESENTING A SEPARATE FUND FOR THE BARTLETT SOCCER COMPLEX. AND THEN YOU SEE YOUR PERCENT SELF SUSTAINING OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON KIND OF HOVERING AROUND 74% SELF SUSTAINING NOW THAT WE'LL BE HAVING MORE, THE CONCESSIONS WILL BE MORE ORGANIZED AND MANAGED DIFFERENTLY. DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S FUNDS THAT MAY BE ADDITIONAL THAT IN THE FUTURE COULD GO TOWARD THAT MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF NETS AND EQUIPMENT THERE AT BARTLETT. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SFC MANAGING CONCESSION OPERATIONS. I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES POTENTIALLY TO HAVE GREATER REVENUE GENERATION AT BARTLETT SPORTS COMPLEX. AND THOSE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE EXPLORING AS WE LOOK INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          WITH THAT SAID, THERE WOULD BE OFFSETTING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AS WELL. AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND WHAT WOULD BE THE ANTICIPATED TIMING FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW, WHICH ISN'T ALL WHAT WE WILL SEE MOMENTARILY, WHICH IS IN ALL SPORTS COMPLEX. I'LL SPEAK TO A MOMENT. I DO THINK THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES. AND SO THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPLEMENT THAT $15,000. 
          AND AGAIN, IF WE FIND A NEED WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A LARGER PURCHASE IN A YEAR AND THE 15,000 IS INSUFFICIENT, I'D COME BACK AS A REQUEST FOR POTENTIALLY A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE. 
          BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO BUDGET TOO MUCH MONEY. 
          ARE THERE OTHER AREAS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADEQUATELY PLANNING FOR? LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ROUTINE REPLACEMENT OF THINGS? NO, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIELD. 
          THIS IT WAS. AND SO AS A RESULT WE'RE TRYING TO FORECAST THOSE EXPENDITURES. 
          THAT'S FAIR. THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS ON BARTLETT. 
          SO CHISENHALL SPORTS COMPLEX. THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS HERE. 
          ONE IS REPLACEMENT OF THE SAFETY NETTING BY THE PLAYGROUND AND TWO IS LEVELING THE OUTFIELDS. AND THEN HERE YOU'LL SEE THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION WITH REGARDS TO PERCENT SELF SUSTAINING. 
          OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON WE GET VERY CLOSE TO 100% SELF SUSTAINING. YOU SEE A REVENUE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM FOR SPONSORSHIP INCOME. AS A REMINDER, SPONSORSHIP INCOME CAN ONLY BE USED ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. SO WE DON'T INTERMIX THAT REVENUE AND PUT IT WITH THE OPERATIONAL REVENUE BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO PUT IT IN WITH OPERATIONAL REVENUE AND WANT TO SHOW IT OUT TO BE TRANSPARENT. BUT ABOUT 97% SELF SUSTAINING IN YEAR FIVE. ANY QUESTIONS ON CHISENHALL BEFORE I CONTINUE? SO, GOLF, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SUPPLEMENTALS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH. AND AGAIN, NO FUND BALANCE FOR GOLF BECAUSE WHILE IT IS HIGH PERFORMING, IT IS NOT 100% SELF SUSTAINING. LEAST NOT YET. 
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THERE ARE SOME FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES. AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE DYNAMIC PRICING AT THE GOLF COURSE. AND THESE RATES WOULD BE THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM RATES THAT WOULD BE IN THE YEAR AND ONLY AFTER. 
          AFTER WE'VE MADE SUFFICIENT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COURSE WHERE JAMES AND COMPANY FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CHARGE THE MAX AMOUNT AGAIN IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR PEER MUNICIPALITIES WITH GOLF COURSES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, RESTORING MERIT AND MARKET. 
          AND THERE'S TURF IMPROVEMENTS AT VARIOUS HOLES THERE, PROVIDES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THREE DIFFERENT HOLES AND THEN OVERSEEDING OF THE FAIRWAYS ON A REOCCURRING BASIS. BUT WITH THE PROJECTED OFFSETTING REVENUE. I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLF SUPPLEMENTALS. I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WHILE WE PAUSE. 
          I'LL SHOW YOU THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST HOVERING AROUND 83% FUND BALANCE. NOW, THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY AS WE TALK SHORTLY ABOUT THE OVERALL 4B AND DEBT SERVICE AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL PLAN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. AS OF THIS MOMENT, THERE ARE NO IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE GOLF COURSE IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP. THIS IS LARGELY TIED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GOLF MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS RUSSELL FARMS ALSO HAS A MASTER PLAN, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE, GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND THEN COME BACK TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE APPROPRIATE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE AND IN WHAT TIMING. SO I JUST WANT TO CAVEAT THE FIVE YEAR FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO MAKE IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR YET IN THE FUND BALANCE. 
          WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE HEARING FROM ABOUT THOSE TWO? I THINK THAT THERE'S A DRAFT OF THE GOLF MASTER PLAN. 
          ERIC, YOU'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO THESE THAN I AM. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT, BUT THE PLAN WILL BE TO BRING FORWARD WARREN PARK MASTER PLAN, THE GOLF COURSE MASTER PLAN AND THE RUSSELL FARM MASTER PLAN OVER THE NEXT QUARTER. AND SO THE PLAN WILL BE TO START MOVING THOSE THROUGH PARKS LIKE PARKS BOARD OR THE BORN PROPERTY GROUP AND THEN GET THOSE OVER TO COMMITTEE AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE COUNCIL IN PREPARATION FOR CAPITAL PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR. THANKS ERIC. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          SO, 4B AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT FUND HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          SO HERE ARE THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OVERALL 4B RESTORING MERIT. 
          THERE'S NO DIRECT MARKET IN THE 4B. THERE'S SUPPLEMENTAL FOR SOLAR LIGHTING AT 13 OF OUR PARK FACILITIES. IT'S A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE. THERE'S A STUMP GRINDER THAT'S RECOMMENDED WITH AN ONGOING EXPENDITURE. 
          WE DO RENT A STUMP GRINDER THROUGH THE YEAR. WHAT I SAW AND HEARD WAS IS THAT WE WOULD SAVE THOSE UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT WE WOULD GET CALLS AND CONCERNS ABOUT TRIPPING HAZARDS. AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE AND TRY TO GRIND THE STUMPS AFTER WE'VE REMOVED A TREE. IF WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT WALK BEHIND TRENCHER FOR OUR IRRIGATION TEAM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR FORESTRY GRANT WITH A REVENUE OFFSETTING THE EXPENDITURE FOR ADDITIONAL TREES. YOU SEE A SHARED YOUTH PASS TRAIL STRIPING. THAT'S A ONE TIME COST RIGHT NOW TO RESTRIPE EITHER EXISTING TRAILS THAT HAVE FADED OR PROVIDE STRIPING IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO STRIPING. AND THERE SHOULD BE THAT LIKELY MAY BE ONE THAT BECOMES A REOCCURRING EXPENDITURE. AND THEN THERE ARE THREE MOWING TRAILERS THAT FALL BELOW THE THRESHOLD REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. 
          BUT THOSE THREE TRAILERS ARE 22, 27 AND 29 YEARS OLD AND HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. 
          SO AGAIN I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MY RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE 4B. 
          WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE WITH THE. 
          OKAY, SO THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE HERE ON YOUR PERCENT FUND BALANCE. 
          IF YOU HAD LOOKED FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION IN JULY, WITH FUND BALANCE BEING, I BELIEVE, CLOSE TO 45%, THAT 38%, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES, WE HAD INADVERTENTLY PLACED ALCOHOL SALES TAX IN OUR REVENUE. THAT IS NOT A NUMBER THAT CAN BE IN 4B OR 4A. SO WE REMOVED THAT. SO JUST AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE CAUGHT. 
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SO FUND BALANCE A LITTLE BIT LOWER STILL. VERY HEALTHY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY TOO IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT REOCCURRING SUPPLEMENTALS AND YOU LOOK AT 2028, YOU SEE $183,000 ANNUALLY. WHAT WE SEE THERE IS THIS IS THE TIMING FOR LEGACY PARK AS WELL AS SHANNON CREEK PARK. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND THOSE PARKS COMING ONLINE. SO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO EXPEND. SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND PUT THOSE INTO THE FORECAST. COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL, YOU HAD A QUESTION? NO, JUST MORE JUST KIND OF A STATEMENT THAT I MADE IN FINANCE COMMITTEE. BUT JUST TO BRING IT UP FOR THE WHOLE. 
          FOR EVERYBODY, JUST. I ASKED TOMMY THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, NOT, NOT FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY'S OVERTIME THAT THAT IS USED FOR EVENTS IN BURLESON. 
          AND BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR THAT THEY BASICALLY TAKE MONEY OUT OF THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SHOULD COME OUT OF ANOTHER BUDGET. AND IF WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF THAT WITH SOME SALES TAX. AND I KNOW IT AFFECTS THESE BUDGETS WITH EVENTS, BUT MAYBE IF INSTEAD OF HAVING FIVE HOT SOUNDS OF SUMMER, YOU END UP HAVING FOUR, BECAUSE IT. YOU CAN NOW TRANSFER IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD, NOT FOR THIS BUDGET, BUT AT LEAST NEXT YEAR TO LOOK AND SEE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PENALIZING ANYBODY. 
          YEAH, I ASKED SOMETHING SIMILAR, SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, WE'VE HAD SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY, AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR MOVING FORWARD TO SHOWING WHAT THOSE OVERTIME COSTS ARE ANNUALLY AND THEN WHAT AN OFFSETTING OPTIONS WOULD BE SHOULD YOU WANT TO DO IT, OR WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE IF YOU DIDN'T OFFSET IT AND IT WAS ABSORBED IN THE 4B. 
          I JUST THINK KIND OF GOING ALONG WITH HOW WE HAVE SEPARATE, NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTS, BUT WITH JUST THE WAY WE'RE PRESENTING INFORMATION, IT KIND OF SHOWS US A CLEARER VIEW OF HOW MUCH THINGS TRULY COST, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT JUST HIRING THE BAND OR WHAT GOES INTO A HOT SUMMER SOUNDS OR ONE PARTICULAR EVENT, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER EXPENSES THAT COME WITH IT. AND SO I THINK IT JUST PAINTS A CLEARER PICTURE AND HELPS US IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MESH TWO TOGETHER OR DO LESS OF OR MORE OF WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT NEXT YEAR, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME KIND OF REPORT AND PRESENTATION JUST ON THE EVENTS THAT WE DO, WHERE THE OVERTIME COMES FROM, HOW MUCH EACH EVENT COSTS. 
          THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4B 5 YEAR FORECAST. SO TIF2 THIS IS ONE. 
          WE HAD A POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL OUR LAST MEETING REGARDING THE TIF. NO SUBSTANTIAL OPERATIONAL CHANGES FROM THAT DISCUSSION. 
          JUST WITH THE CAVEAT OF BEING MINDFUL ABOUT REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE IN THE TIF AS WE ARE NOT FORECASTING SIGNIFICANT REVENUE GROWTH IN THE TIF AS IT RELATES TO PRIMARILY EVERY 2, 3 YEAR ANNUAL REAPPRAISALS. SO HERE ARE SOME SUPPLEMENTALS. AGAIN YOU SEE MERIT MARKET, OLD TOWN VALET DISTRICT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ORIGINALLY THAT NUMBER WAS $90,000. HOWEVER, I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THAT NUMBER'S COME DOWN TO 65. YOU'VE GOT PLAZA PAVER REPLACEMENTS, PLAZA FURNITURE REPLACEMENT, NEW PLAY AREA ALLOCATION AND THEN CHRISTMAS TREE, NEW CHRISTMAS TREE AND THEN TEMPORARY FENCING, ONGOING 4500 ACROSS THAT PUT DOWN AND INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TREES ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET. SO YOU DON'T SEE IT HERE BECAUSE WE ALREADY DO THOSE FUNCTIONS TODAY. ALL OF THOSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MERIT MARKET AND THE TEMPORARY FENCING WOULD BE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. SO I'LL PAUSE HERE. I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL, WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FURNITURE REPLACEMENT AND THAT IF AMOUNT IS BUDGETED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AND RECOMMENDING ARE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND NOT SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS REMAINING USEFUL LIFE. LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, YOU SEE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE HERE REACHING APPROXIMATELY 80% IN YEAR FIVE. WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAXES, YOU SEE THAT FIGURE BEING. WE ARE BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE HERE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL OUTPERFORM THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT FORECASTING ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE HERE. WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF SMALL FUNDS THAT I'LL JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH 
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ON AS A REMINDER. 
          YOUR SECURITY FUND, YOUR MUNICIPAL COURT SECURITY FUND, YOUR TECHNOLOGY FUND, THOSE WERE COMBINED IN THE LEGISLATURE. THERE'S A COMBINED FUND MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT AS A REMINDER, THE WHAT I WOULD CALL LEGACY FUNDS THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY FUND. WE CAN'T COMMINGLE THOSE DOLLARS. THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR THIS. THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR TECHNOLOGY OR SECURITY UNTIL THOSE FUNDS ARE EXTINGUISHED. AND THEN IN THE NEW FUND AND NEW REVENUE, THEY CAN BE USED FOR EITHER PURPOSE. YOU SEE A SMALL JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT FUND, OUR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. AND THEN THE LARGEST FUNDS OF THESE SMALLER FUNDS WOULD BE THE HOTEL HOT MAT FUND. 
          APPROXIMATELY NEARLY $600,000 IN ANNUAL REVENUE. 
          I HAVE A HOT MAT QUESTION. I DIDN'T SEE AN ITEM IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THAT SAID THAT SPELLED OUT PUBLIC ART. I THOUGHT LAST YEAR OR MAYBE THE YEAR BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT A DESIGNATED WAS IT 50,000 A YEAR OR 60,000 A YEAR FROM HOT MAP TO GO TO PUBLIC ART? BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT SO. 
          CORRECT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND TRIED TO REASSESS WHAT WE'RE EXPENDING OUR FUNDS ON. AND THERE'S SPECIFIC STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MUST FALL INTO. WE RAN REANALYZED AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE $45,000 WHILE IT WAS IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, WAS NEVER PROGRAMMED OR EXPENDITURE EXPENDED. SO BASED ON OUR ATTORNEY REVIEW WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS BASED ON THE FUNCTIONS WE CURRENTLY DO TODAY. THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SET ASIDE AN ANNUAL AMOUNT FOR AND BE WITHIN OUR REQUIRED LIMITATIONS OF THE CERTAIN SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES. AND MATT, IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING. GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND THEN ROUNDING OUT SOME OF OUR SMALLER FUNDS, OUR CEMETERY FUND AND THEN THE ENDOWMENT FUND. CEMETERY FUND AS A REMINDER IS JUST YOUR OPERATIONAL FUND FOR TO PAY FOR UPKEEP ASSOCIATED WITH THE CEMETERY. AND THEN THE ENDOWMENT FUND. WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN AND THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A FUND THAT WILL PAY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY ONCE ALL THE PLOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD IN THE CEMETERY. 
          QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CEMETERY FUND OR THE ENDOWMENT FUND. SO MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE, WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF SUPPLEMENTALS HERE. THIS WOULD BE ONE TIME REVENUE. IT COULD ALSO BE FUNDS WHERE WE SEE LIKE DONATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED HERE THAT FALLS INTO MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS EXPENDITURES OF SOME ONE TIME DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY. SO THE X RAY MACHINE IS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT IT SOUNDS. 
          IF THE OUR SONIC HITS ON AN ANIMAL, THE ANIMAL HITS ON A VEHICLE. WE COULD USE THE X RAY TO IDENTIFY EXPOSURE BRISTLY WHERE THE NARCOTICS MAY BE AT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO TEAR THE WHOLE CAR APART OR POTENTIALLY MISSING THEM. THE TRUE NARCOTICS ANALYZER IS A DRUG ANALYZING TOOL THAT CAN DETERMINE WHETHER WHAT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE AND WHETHER A DRUG IS AN ILLICIT DRUG. YOU SEE NARCAN FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. AND THEN YOU SEE THE RESTORATION OF THE MEDSAFE DISPOSAL BOX. 
          THAT'S THE LINER FOR YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
          THAT WOULD BE AT PUTTING THE BOX BACK AT THE POLICE STATION FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF THEIR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE ONE TIME DOLLAR. WE DO ANTICIPATE LIKELY MORE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY BUT WE WILL SEE IF WE DO AND THEN LOOK AT THOSE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS WHICH WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH REGARDS TO DRUG EDUCATION AND OR PREVENTION IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SPECIAL REVENUE SUPPLEMENTALS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WITH REGARDS TO THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET. I WANT TO JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING OPERATIONAL BUDGET BEFORE I TRANSITION TO CIP DISCUSSION. SO MR. MORRISON PRESENTED THIS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO WHATEVER DETAIL IS NECESSARY. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PROJECT QUESTIONS, IF I CAN ANSWER THEM, I KNOW THAT RANDY CAN ANSWER THEM. WHAT I WILL FOCUS ON AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH REGARDS TO THE FIVE YEAR CIP. SO I'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS WE HAD TO MAKE WITH REGARDS TO SHIFTS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS OUTSIDE 
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OF THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON FOR WATER AND SEWER, ONE OF THE PRIMARY CHANGES BEING MAKING AN ASSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE YEAR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR WATER SEWER REHAB BEING $2 MILLION OF THAT OF INTEREST EARNING AS OPPOSED TO DEBT SERVICE. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHANGES. YOU SAW AN ITEM HERE FOR FUNDING FOR FIREPLACE KIND OF STRUCTURAL FIX OF THE RUSSELL FARMS FIREPLACE. YOU HAVE THE BRICK ALARM SYSTEM REPLACEMENT OF EVERYTHING BEYOND THE PANEL. WITH ONE CHANGE THAT IS NEW HERE THAT THE COUNCIL'S NOT SEEING IS THAT IF YOU RECALL WE DID GET AN EV GRANT FOR CITY HALL. WE WERE NOTIFIED FROM THE COG THAT WE ARE ALSO RECEIVING THE EV GRANT FOR THE POLICE STATION AS WELL. 
          NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES HERE IN THE CIP. BUT ON THE 8TH YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE ADOPTED VERSION THAT'S NOT AN EXPENDITURE FOR US, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY CHANGES THAT WE HAD ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIP. I'LL FLIP THROUGH. OH, WE ALSO HAD ONE OTHER RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL WAS THE RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY RESTROOMS AS WELL. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENT. BEYOND THAT YOUR FIVE YEAR CIP ESSENTIALLY REMAINS UNCHANGED AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO WHAT MR. MORRISON PRESENTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE YEAR CIP, ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT OR ANY QUESTION BEFORE I CONTINUE? AND AGAIN, ON THE PARK SIDE YOU WOULD NOT SEE ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLF COURSE OR RUSSELL FARMS UNTIL WE SEE MASTER PLANS. 
          THIS IS YOUR FIVE YEAR SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL CIP. THIS IS YOUR BOND ISSUANCE ALSO SHOWING 26 AND 32 AND THEN THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON. SO WE'LL GET INTO SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION. 
          SO THIS IS YOUR OVERALL BUDGET, INCLUDING OPERATIONS AS WELL AS CAPITAL. OBVIOUSLY YOUR BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS YOUR INCREASED DEBT ISSUANCE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. ANY QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOTAL EXPENDITURES OR OVERALL BUDGET SUMMARY? SO I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TAX RATE AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING TO PURSUE THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 7218 IN THE FILED BUDGET. 
          THE ONLY CHANGE WITH REGARDS TO SUPPLEMENTALS WAS TO ADD THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE KIDS ZONE SHADE STRUCTURE WHICH I ALREADY REFERENCED. THERE IS A RESOLUTION. THERE ARE TWO ACTION ITEMS THAT MR. HENNESSY WILL GET UP IN A MOMENT AND SPEAK EXPRESSLY TO REGARDING THE TAX RATE RESOLUTION AND SETTING THE DATE AND TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THE DISCUSSION THERE WAS TO AND THIS IS THE TAX RATE THAT WOULD BE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER. AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED TO MAKE THAT NO MORE THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. WHAT LEGAL'S ADVICE HAS BEEN IS THAT WHATEVER YOU ADVERTISE WHEN YOU GET TO BUDGET ADOPTION THAT YOU CANNOT THAT YOU WOULD NOT EXCEED WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. SO AGAIN DIRECTION WAS TO PROCEED WITH THE 7218, BUT FROM AN ADVERTISEMENT STANDPOINT GIVING THE COUNCIL THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE 7298, WHICH AGAIN IS STILL A NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          NOR WOULD THAT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE ADOPT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR SOMETHING BELOW THAT AMOUNT. BUT WE WOULD STILL PROCEED AND RECOMMEND TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND WE'RE PROCEEDING ACCORDINGLY. AND THEN THE DATE AND TIME OF THE TAX RATE HEARING WOULD BE FIRST READING AT OUR NORMAL SCHEDULED MEETING WHICH WOULD BE ON A TUESDAY AT 05:30. I'LL PAUSE THERE AND JUST SEE IF THERE ARE ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS OR DIRECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET. IF THERE ARE NONE, KEVIN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. I DID 104 SLIDES. YOU CAN DO ONE. 
          TRY TO DO AS GOOD AS TOMMY DID. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO THE NEXT TWO 
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ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING ARE BOTH RELATED TO US MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION. AND SO IT TAKES US FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE NOTICES THAT WE ARE THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE TAX RATE AND FOR THE BUDGET ADOPTION. SO AS TOM, TOMMY ALLUDED TO THE GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION PROPOSING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 26TH TAX YEAR WITH A RECORD VOTE. SO AS TOMMY ALLUDED TO, THIS IS NOT THE TAX RATE THAT YOU INTEND TO SET, BUT IT IS SETTING A CAP FOR YOURSELF FOR WHAT YOU CAN CONSIDER IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO WE SEE THE PROPOSED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE HERE ON THE SCREEN. AND SO AS TOMMY MENTIONED, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MENTION THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND AS WAS PASSED OUT TO YOU AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT NOTICE LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR. AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT GOING TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE BECAUSE THERE ARE VARYING NOTICES THAT THE COMPTROLLER REQUIRES DEPENDING ON WHICH TAX RATE YOU DECIDE TO GO TO WITH THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION. SO THAT I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER OR DISCUSSION. 
          SO ON THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD SET IT AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          YES. LEGAL'S RECOMMENDATION IS THINK OF WHATEVER RATE THAT YOU'RE SETTING TONIGHT AS KIND OF YOUR MASK, YOUR HAT, RIGHT. 
          FOR WHAT THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY SELECTS AS ITS TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF YOU SELECT YOUR PROPOSED RATE THAT YOU SELECT TONIGHT IS AT OR BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE GIVES VASTLY DIFFERENT NOTICES WHERE YOU GIVE THEM, HOW YOU GIVE THEM BASED ON WHETHER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS AT OR ABOVE. EXCUSE ME, IS THAT OR BELOW OR ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? SO IF YOU'RE SELECTING A RATE, YOUR PROPOSED RATE TONIGHT IS AT OR BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          THAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER US TO GIVE CERTAIN NOTICES. IF LATER IN SEPTEMBER YOU WANTED TO GO ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, YOU COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT GIVING ADDITIONAL NOTICES AND ADDITIONAL TIME. DOES THAT AM I MAKING SENSE? RIGHT. 
          AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT IF WE WERE TO SET IT AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE, BUT SOMETHING WERE TO COME UP BETWEEN NOW AND BUDGET TIME AND WE'VE NOTICED FOR THAT AND WE NEEDED TO GO HIGHER. NOW WE'VE GOT TO RE NOTICE POTENTIALLY. 
          CORRECT. RIGHT. IF THAT'S EXACTLY. IF YOU IF LET'S SAY TONIGHT YOU DID THE PROPOSED RATE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET OF 7218 AND LATER YOU WANTED TO GO ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IN SEPTEMBER IN ORDER FOR THE STAFF TO DO. IN ORDER FOR COUNCIL TO DO THAT, STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL NOTICES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE TAX CODE IN ORDER TO ADOPT A TAX RATE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT EVEN GOING JUST TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL NOTICES BECAUSE IT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PROPOSED. 
          MAYBE THE NOTICES MAY LOOK DIFFERENT, BUT NO, THEY'RE THE BIG HAUL. 
          AND THE RE NOTICE WOULD BE REQUIRED ONCE YOU CROSS THE NO NEW REVENUE THRESHOLD. 
          BUT WE JUST WANTED JUST TO COVER THE BASES, JUST SET IT AT NO NEW NET REVENUE. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT SOMETHING LOWER THAN THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR CAP. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN FINANCE. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED TO. OBVIOUSLY THE RATE, THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, POLICY DECISION FOR YOU ALL TO DETERMINE HOW YOU WANT TO GIVE THE PROPOSED RATE. 
          BUT THAT IS ONE OPTION. 
          AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU SET TO NOT AS YOUR PROPOSED RATE, I WOULD IMAGINE I WOULD TREAT AS A CAP OF WHAT YOU DO IN SEPTEMBER. RIGHT. 
          SO IF WE, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, THEN, THEN TONIGHT ON THE RESOLUTION WE WOULD ACTUALLY PUT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AS THE PROPOSED RATE AND THEN ADOPT THE LOWER RATE AT THAT TIME. 
          THAT'S ONE OPTION. IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, YOU COULD DO THAT. YES. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING IS ALSO 
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RELATED TO THE NOTICES. IT'S RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DATE IN WHICH WE WOULD HOLD THAT. 
          SO ON OUR BUDGET CALENDAR, WE DO HAVE THE SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 5:30 AS THE PLANNED DATE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING OR THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND SO THERE'S AN AMENDED ORDER BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO GIVE US GUIDANCE ON WHAT DATE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH IF THAT DATE WORKS FOR YOUR INTENTIONS. 
          NEITHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          DO WE WANT TO GO WITH THE PROPOSED. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE PLEASE, KEVIN? YEAH, THAT ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL, AT THIS POINT WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT WE'LL NEED TO PROCEED WITH. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPEAKER. THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS 7218 WHAT THE DISCUSSION AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS TO PRESERVE SOME CAPACITY SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND BUDGET ADOPTION, SOME UNKNOWN WHAT HAVE YOU, IT WOULD PRESERVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT UP TO THE NO NEW REVENUE. IF YOU WANTED TO ADOPT SOMETHING GREATER THAN THAT, THAT WOULD RE TRIGGER NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND NOW WE BUMP AGAINST THE BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU IS WHATEVER THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU ADOPT SOMETHING AT THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU LOSE YOUR CAPACITY TO DO IT. 
          BUT THAT'S A POLICY DECISION. 
          IF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER IS WHAT WAS IN THE PROPOSED RATE OF 7218, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. 
          BUT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AGAIN, WITH REGARDS TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THOSE THINGS, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ADOPTING SOMETHING AT OR BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          FROM A BEST PRACTICE STANDPOINT, STAFF STILL RECOMMENDS TO DO IT, BUT WE WOULD JUST PAUSE AND SEEK DIRECTION ON THAT. OR IF THERE'S FURTHER CLARITY FROM STAFF, WE JUST. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH. 
          IN THE PAST YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS ADOPTED THE HIGHER RATE, THE VOTER APPROVAL. 
          RIGHT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THE WAY YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT TONIGHT. 
          BUT I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'M GOOD WITH ACTING ON THE TAX RATE FOR THE RESOLUTION. THE HIGHER RATE OF 0.7298, WHICH IS A NO NEW REVENUE. AND THEN WHEN WE ADOPT IT IN SEPTEMBER, I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO DO THE 0.7218, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IF SOMETHING HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, WE CAN GO UP TO 7298. 
          WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED TO THE LOWER RATE, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          WE JUST. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT YOUR AND YOUR LIMITATIONS ARE. SHOULD YOU ADOPT WHAT I'VE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, YOU JUST. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'LL BE YOUR CEILING. 
          AND THE MAIN THING WE TALKED ABOUT AT FINANCE WAS THE SET OF NOTICES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AT THE 7218 ARE THE EXACT SAME NOTICES THAT WOULD BE AT THE 7298. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE PICK THE NO NEW REVENUE OR LESS THAN NO NEW REVENUE. NOW, IF WE WENT ABOVE NO NEW REVENUE, THERE'S A WHOLE NEW SET OF STUFF. SO WE JUST THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE IT. LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A CUSHION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER THIS, BUT JUST IN CASE, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK DOWN. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED THE NOTICES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME EITHER EITHER AT 18 OR AT 98 THAT'S WHY. 
          SO, MR., JUST WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM, AFTER WE'VE HAD OUR SPEAKERS, THE COUNCIL WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE IN THEIR MOTION THE RATE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD NELDA KNIFF ISSENBERG. YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH SPEAKERS. THIS IS MY FIRST EVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JUST APRIL 1ST MOVED BACK TO BURLESON AND MY EFFORTS TO DOWNSIZE BECAUSE I'M PREPARING FOR END OF LIFE THINGS. I GOT MY FIRST UTILITY BILL AND I WAS 
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KIND OF SHOCKED TO SEE THAT MY SEWAGE WAS $50 A MONTH. MY WATER WAS 35. AND I QUESTIONED THAT AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE. JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, FOR THEM TO AVERAGE MY SEWAGE, THEN I HAVE TO PAY THE $50 UNTIL NEXT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, WHICH WILL BE A YEAR. 
          AND THERE WILL BE NO ADJUSTMENT. IF IT COMES OUT LESS THAN THAT, THAT IS ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF MY TOTAL INCOME FOR THE MONTH THAT I. AND FOR MY TOTAL UTILITY IS A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF MY INCOME. SO I WAS JUST THINKING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE AVERAGING NECESSITY. ANYWAY, BUT IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE EXCESSIVE TO ME THAT MY SEWAGE IS MORE THAN MY WATER BILL. 
          AND I JUST. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PROPER MEETING. I WAS TOLD MAYBE IT WAS AND MAYBE THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE. JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT AND SEE IF SOME ADJUSTMENT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE. 
          MR. MAYOR, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT FOLLOWING THE MEETING, MYSELF OR STAFF MEMBER CAN MEET WITH THE RESIDENT, LOOK AT THEIR SPECIFIC BILL ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU THEREAFTER MA'AM, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE. 
          I'M SORRY, I SAID AFTER THE MEETING I'D BE HAPPY TO GRAB YOU AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SPECIFIC. 
          OKAY. YEAH. AND I'M ONE PERSON, SO I HAVE A CAT AND A DOG. 
          BUT JUST AS A POLICY DISCUSSION, WHAT SHE'S BRINGING FORWARD IS SOMETHING TO. WE SHOULD CONSIDER OF THAT DOES THE. WHAT IS THE NEED AND DOES IT STILL NECESSITATE AN AVERAGING POLICY? AND, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHEN MOVES IN. 
          WE CAN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING BACK A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE REGARDING KIND OF WHAT OUR MODELING ASSUMPTIONS ARE, HOW OUR MINIMUM RATES WORK, HOW THE AVERAGING WORKS, WHAT OTHER PEER CITIES ARE DOING AND WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          THAT IS INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN'T GET A REIMBURSEMENT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS LESS THAN. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR AVERAGE, YOU JUST. 
          YEAH, AFTER THREE MONTHS, IF THE AVERAGE WAS LESS, YOU DON'T GET A. YOU DON'T GET A REFUND. 
          AND HONESTLY, I WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH UTILITY BILLING. 
          NO, NO, I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT TO ANSWER NOW. I APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, THAT IS INTERESTING, SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT. 
          NEVER HURTS TO REVISIT POLICY AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL TO DO IT BETTER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT. 
          I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? ARE WE READY TO START BRINGING UP THE MOTIONS? YES, SIR, YOU ARE. 
          HERE WE GO. IS THERE A MOTION ON 3A, SIR? THREE. 
          WE'LL START WITH THREE. 
          [3.B. Consider and take possible action on a resolution proposing a tax rate for the 2026 tax year with a record vote.]
I'M SORRY, 3B. IS THERE A MOTION ON 3B? OKAY. 
          MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $0.7298 PER $100 FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM. A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. 
          [3.C. Consider and take possible action on a minute order setting the date and time of the public hearings on the proposed 2026 tax rate and Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Budget to occur during the regular City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.]
PASSES, UNANIMOUS. IS THERE A MOTION ON 3C? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET THE DATE AND TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2026 TAX RATE AND FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 PROPOSED BUDGET TO OCCUR DURING THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 AT 5:30 P.M. 
          MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY PHIL. PLEASE VOTE. 
          PASSES UNANIMOUS. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ATTORNEY. 
          NO, MA'AM. 
          THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? TO ADJOURN. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM. A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. 
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PASSES UNANIMOUS. WE'RE OUT AT 7:25.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.