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ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET[ Call to order: City Hall Council Chamber ]
STARTED NOW.WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL.
I JUST DO WHAT I'M TOLD SO SOMETIMES.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, WE NEED TO DO A PRE, UH, AN INVOCATION AND A PLEDGE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GONNA SURPRISE Y'ALL TONIGHT.
I'LL DO A QUICK ONE OF BOTH OF THEM.
HOW'S THAT STAND IF YOU CAN, FATHER GOD DO THIS, FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR COUNCIL AND OUR CITY AND OUR CHAMBER AND OUR AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
UH, TODAY HAS BEEN A TOUGH DAY FOR ROSENBERG.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FIRE DOWNTOWN, SO WE PRAY FOR THOSE FOLKS ALSO.
WE PRAY FOR HIS SOUL THAT HE WENT TO HEAVEN.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND JESSICA WAS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM AND I THINK RICHARD IS COMING TONIGHT.
HE'S PROBABLY JUST RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND, USUALLY NEXT TO GEORGE.
IS IT USUALLY JOYCE SITS THERE OR THE ATTORNEY, JOYCE.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE NO CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WITH US.
PROBABLY DON'T NEED ONE, DO WE? ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE COMPLIANCE OF, OF ALL OF OUR LAWS AND RULES.
I'LL KEEP YOU STRAIGHT, MAYOR.
KEEP ME STRAIGHT AND, AND WE WILL TRY NOT TO, NOT TO DO ANYTHING WRONG HERE.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES.
[1. Review and discuss Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget as filed and submitted by the City Manager pursuant to the Rosenberg City Charter, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Luis Garza, Director of Finance) ]
I'LL READ ITEM NUMBER ONE, IT'S BUDGET TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE BUDGET.LET'S SEE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 20, 25, 26, PROPOSED BUDGET AS FILED AND SUBMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER PURSUANT TO, UH, THE, THE CITY CHART, ROSENBERG CITY CHARTER, AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.
LEWIS, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AFTER LAST WEEK.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL WITH US, BY THE WAY.
UM, ANYHOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, WORK AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF WORK ON THESE BUDGETS.
WE RELY A LOT ON YOUR, UM, YOUR GUIDANCE AND STUFF.
SO, SO, UH, I GUESS GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH WAS FILED AND SUBMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY ON TUESDAY, JULY 29TH.
UH, AND WAS PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL WITH AN OVERVIEW AT, UH, THE AUGUST 5TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, STAFF WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY FUND, DISCUSS KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION IF I MAY.
LEWIS, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET, LET ME JUST PREFACE SOMETHING.
SO TONIGHT, AND Y'ALL TELL ME IF Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL TELL US RATHER IF I, IF I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SO YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS AND BASICALLY, UH, IF, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS OR TWEAKS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE DISCUSSED THE HOT TAX.
SO YOU'LL TELL US WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND WHEN DID Y'ALL DISCUSS THE HOT TAX? WELL, NO, HER AND I.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER DISCUSSING ANYTHING.
TAX, WHAT? BUT SHE SAID THAT, UH, THERE'S LESS MONEY FOR THE HOT TAX, BUT SHE SAID IT'LL BE A COUNCIL DECISION.
SO, UM, SHE'S PROPOSING, I'M JUST GIVING HIM AN EXAMPLE AND THEN IT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE OUR DECISION, BUT SHE'LL TELL US WHY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN Y'ALL DECIDE AS A GROUP WHAT YOU WANNA DO, WHAT YOU WANNA FUND, WHAT YOU DON'T WANNA FUND.
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UH, SO JUST LISTING A FEW OF THE KEY BUDGET DRIVERS, UM, THAT TOOK, THAT ARE IN THIS BUDGET.WE DID HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JUST, YOU KNOW, CURRENT STATE OF INFLATION, UM, ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND OUR BIGGEST COST IS OUR PERSONNEL COSTS.
WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS, SOME PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE ON OUR BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE.
UH, TRYING TO BE A LITTLE PROACTIVE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST SOME INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL COSTS, UM, THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENT COSTS, AND ALSO, UH, MAINTAINING A STABLE TAX RATE.
HEY LOUIS, JUST EXCUSE ME ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SAID THE STATE INFLATION, THAT INCLUDES THE INSURANCE AND ALL THAT FOR YOUR PER FOR EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? THAT'S, SIR.
WHAT WAS IT? 15% INCREASE? IT WAS AT 20%, WELL, ALMOST 21% TO OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
OH, SO ALL 20, IT WAS 21% OVERALL TOTAL.
SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET BOOK, I WON'T HARP ON THIS, WHERE IT'S DIVIDED BETWEEN DIFFERENT FUNDS.
THE FIRST, UH, FUND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IS A GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS A CHIEF OPERATING FUND.
UH, THIS ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, UH, APPLICABLE TO THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
THE REVENUES ARE PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, FRANCHISE COURT, FINES AND FEES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL.
JUST SOME CHANGES, UH, FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET FROM LAST WEEK TO THIS WEEK, BASED ON LAST WEEK'S DISCUSSION, UM, REGARDING THE TAX RATE AND AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL, WE MADE THE, THE BELOW CHANGES.
SO WE REDUCED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM 33 CENTS TO 30 CENTS.
UH, ALSO REDUCED THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY JUST SHY OF 1.5 MILLION.
AND THEN WE SHIFTED, UH, THE REDUCTION IN REVENUES TO USE FUND BALANCE BY THAT SAME AMOUNT OF ONE POINT.
SO THAT 1.5 MILLION THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE 200,000, 300 SAVING ABOUT 30, 40 BUCKS A YEAR.
I THINK IT'S AROUND 40 BUCKS A YEAR.
IF I DID MY MATH RIGHTS, ABOUT $40 ON A OR LESS HUNDRED, $300,000.
SO JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF THE REVENUES.
UH, IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE, UH, TWO DASH SEVEN IN YOUR BOOK, UH, SALES TAX, 21.25 MILLION PROPERTY TAX 8.9.
I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ONES.
TWO DASH, IT'S TWO DASH SEVEN.
IF YOU GO TO THE TAB 2 0 2 DASH SEVEN.
THIS IS JUST A, A INFOGRAPHIC OF THAT SAME INFORMATION, JUST, OKAY.
WELL, I LIKE YOUR GRAPHIC BETTER THAN THIS GRAPH.
YES, BECAUSE THIS ONE HERE IS QUINT PRINT.
THIS IS, TRY TO MAKE IT EASY ON Y'ALL.
UH, SO JUST SOME OF THESE WE ALREADY DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, 50% OF THE OVERALL REVENUES IS SALES TAX AND THEN PROPERTY TAX IS 21%.
THAT'S A GOOD GO BACK TO THAT.
THIS IS THE TREND FOR GOOD CITIES THAT YOUR SALES TAX SHOULD, UH, MOVE IN AND MOVE OVER YOUR PROPERTY TAX.
UM, IN, IN STAFFORD, THEY HAVE NO PROPERTY TAX.
NOBODY'S PAYS, PROP PAYS PROPERTY TAXES.
HEY, PAPASAN, WE'RE GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US.
AND HERE WE'RE JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE SALES TAX, SALES TAX TRENDS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT HAS STARTED TO LEVEL OFF AND HERE'S JUST A HISTORY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, OUR CERTIFIED TAX VALUES, AND JUST THE VALUE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE AS WELL.
SO IN, IN FIVE SHORT YEARS, WE WENT FROM 2.6 BILLION TO 4.8 BILLION IN TAXABLE, UH, VALUE.
SO NOW IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE TWO DASH 11, IT'S JUST THE, UH, INFOGRAPHIC OF OUR EXPENDITURES ON WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY AT.
33.6 IS PERSONNEL, 2.3 SUPPLIES, AND THEN 6.6 MILLION TO MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.
UH, WE HAVE 1.2 MILLION FOR TRANSFERS AND THEN 31,000 AND OTHER EXPENSES.
IF WE LOOK AT IT BY DIVISION, ALMOST 60% IS PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS 24.7 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE 20%, IT'S, WHICH IS GENERAL GOVERNMENT, 8.7 AND SO ON.
SO YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS POLICE FIRE, WHAT ELSE? UH, ANIMAL CONTROL OR FIRE MARSHAL, PROBABLY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAYBE.
NO FOOD HEALTH IS UNDER CODE COMPLIANCE.
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THREE.IT'S PUBLIC FIRE, I MEAN FIRE, FIRE POLICE AND ANIMAL CONTROL ONLY.
AND IF WE BREAK IT OUT BY FUNCTION, AGAIN, ALMOST 80% OF THE UH, OVERALL BUDGET IS RELATED TO PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS AT 33.6 MILLION.
AND ALSO AS, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET BOOK, WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO EACH DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A, UH, COVER SHEET AND IT ALSO HAS THE BUDGET NOTES AND THEN JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, I JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT SUMMARY AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.
AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN WILL BE THE 26 BUDGET.
COUNCIL TRIVIA, KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS MOST OF THE ADMIN, UH, TYPE DEPARTMENTS.
OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THE PLANNING CODE AND HEALTH.
AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY IS POLICE ANIMAL CONTROL, FIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO FIRE MARSHAL.
AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SERVICES IS ALL OUR ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS, FLEET BUILDING, MAINTENANCE AND PARKS.
SO JUST KIND OF GOING OVER, AND THIS IS GONNA AFFECT EVERY DEPARTMENT, IT'S PERSONNEL AND OPERATING COSTS.
UH, SO FOR OUR NON STEP PAY PLAN EMPLOYEES, THEY'LL RECEIVE A, UH, SALARY WAGE INCREASE RANGING FROM 5% TO 8%.
AND THEN FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES ON A STEP PLAN, UH, THEY'LL RECEIVE THE 2.5% STEP INCREASE, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE IN THE BUDGET WE HAVE A 20.7 INCREASE, PERCENT INCREASE TO OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND THEN WE ALSO SHIFTED THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FROM 50 TO 55%.
SO OUR EMPLOYEES WILL NOT SEE ANY TYPE OF INCREASE ON THEIR PAYCHECK.
WILL NOT SEE, NOT SEE, WILL NOT, YES.
WE DID ADD FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS EXAMINER ENG IN ENGINEERING, WE HAVE A BUILDING INSPECTOR IN CODE EMS, CAPTAIN AND FIRE.
AND THEN WE ADDED A M AND O TECHNICIAN IN OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID A RECLASS IN OUR FARM MARSHAL FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME.
SO EVEN WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT THE TAX RATE, Y'ALL STILL WANT TO ADD FIVE MORE EMPLOYEES? JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.
WHEN ASKED, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK AN ARGUMENT.
THE FIVE, THE FIVE, THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE IN THERE PRIOR TO OKAY.
PRIOR TO CUTTING THE TAX RATE, UM, YOU HAD SAID THE REVENUES, WE WEREN'T GETTING NEEDED TO COME FROM FUND BALANCE.
SO WE LEFT THE, WE LEFT THE BUDGET AS IS AND THAT'S, AND TOOK IT ALL FROM FUND BALANCE.
SO WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR, FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE YOUR, UH, YOUR BUDGET'S BALANCE ALREADY, RIGHT.
BASICALLY WE BALANCED OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE WERE YOU TAKING YOUR, FROM YOUR SPECIAL PHONE BALANCE FOR THE BUDGET? WHEN, WHEN WE DID THAT, WHEN IT WAS CUT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT YES, WE'RE USING PHONE BALANCE TO MEET NEEDS ALL THESE NEEDS TO BALANCE THE BA WELL I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
IT'S NOT A BALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BALANCE IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
IT'S MONEY THAT GOES TO THE IT IS.
NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT CODE, RIGHT? NO, IT'S IT'S GENERAL FUND IS A GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU WOULD BE ESTIMATING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DIPPING INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
IF, IF THE UH, OR IF THE, I THINK THEY HAVE IT RECLASSIFIED AS A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT.
THERE'S AN ACCOUNTING THAT I THINK THEY HAVE.
AREN'T YOU UH, CLASS RECLASSIFYING THAT SPECIAL FUND BALANCE? RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW THE REVENUES PROPOSED ARE LESS THAN THE EXPENSES.
SO WHICH SHALL WE HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET? WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT UP WITH MONEY.
WE HAVE SAVED IN FUND BALANCE.
BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT IF NEEDED.
UM, I MEAN TO TO SAY IT'S A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
CODED Y'ALL CODED DIFFERENT IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
BASICALLY THE TO FUND BALANCE, IT'S JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
IF, IF REVENUES ARE LESS THAN EXPENDITURES, THAT MEANS IT'S A REDUCTION TO YOUR FUND BALANCE.
WE JUST, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN IT'S ONCE THIS IS RATIFIED, WE JUST DON'T WANT FOLKS RUNNING AROUND TOWN SAYING THIS IS A REDUCTION IN SERVICES.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN A REDUCTION IN SERVICE MAYOR? THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE THAT MY SUGGESTION WAS GONNA BE A REDUCTION IN SERVICES.
IS THIS A BUDGET, A REDUCTION IN SERVICES? NO, IT'S
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NOT.BECAUSE IS THAT CLEAR? YEAH, IT'S, BUT IT'S NOT A REDUCTION IN SERVICE BECAUSE THEY'RE GRABBING THE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY GRAB IT FROM.
SO IT'S NOT, MY POINT IS IT'S NOT A REDUCTION IN SERVICES.
I MEAN THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR, IT'S A REDUCTION IN TAXES.
IF YOU, YOU, I THINK YOU NEED TO RUN FOR LA R-C-I-S-D.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THE HELP AT.
I CAN'T RUN FOR TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
I WISH YOU COULD RUN FOR LAMAR THOUGH.
WELL, I'LL HELP YOU OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CUT AT.
I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY HELP FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'LL DO WHAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS NOT A REDUCTION IN, IN ANY POLICE OR FIRE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE BUDGET THAT THEY, WELL THEY'RE 85 EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE BUDGET THAT THEY PROPOSED AT 33 CENTS.
'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE, FROM THE FUND BALANCES FINE.
AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AND WE ARE ON GOOD FINANCIAL FOOTING.
AND BESIDES THAT, THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES ANYWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GONNA TURN OUT.
BY THE TIME, BY THE TIME YOU GET CLOSE TO GETTING INTO THE FUND BALANCE, IT'LL BE MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
AND SO BY THEN THINGS MIGHT, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE SALES TAX.
KEEP IN MIND THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP.
CAN'T TELL IT BY TODAY'S TEMPERATURES, BUT ONE OF THESE DAYS IT'S GOING TO COOL OFF AROUND HERE AND UM, HOPEFULLY SALES TAX WILL MAKE UP FOR ANY POSSIBLE, UH, DIP INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO A FEW MORE OF THE GENERAL FUND CHANGES ON THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES SIDE.
UM, ONE OF THE INCREASES WE HAVE IS 25,000 TO ELECTION SERVICES, WHICH IS IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO DASH 38, UH, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL NOTICE THAT INCREASE TO ELECTION SERVICES.
ANOTHER CHANGE IS AN INCREASE TO, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT SERVICES, WHICH IS ASSESSED BY THE CAD IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S ON PAGE TWO DASH 43.
ANOTHER CHANGE WE HAVE, AND THESE ARE JUST HIGHLIGHTS, WE WON'T GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, JUST HIGHLIGHTS.
IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO DASH 66, INCREASE TO TECHNOLOGY COSTS ABOUT 55,000.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENT'S, FLEET REPLACEMENT LINE ITEMS. AND THAT'S TO ACCOUNT FOR COST INCREASES TO REPLACE THE VEHICLES.
AND THAT IF YOU PAY TURN TO PAGE TWO DASH 89 AND TWO DASH 99.
AND THEN ONE OTHER CHANGE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS WE REDUCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION FEES.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING FOR COLLECTION FOR COLLECTING THE FINES AND DEPOSITS.
THAT'S ON PAGE TWO DASH 1 1 1 1 11 2 DASH ONE 11.
AND THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES ON THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.
AND HERE'S JUST A GRAPH OF THE CHANGE FROM ONE BUDGET YEAR TO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR FROM 25 TO 26 FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
AND PRIMARILY THE ONLY INCREASES YOU'LL SEE ARE IN THE PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS, WHICH IS THE FAR LEFT, UM, BAR.
THE NEXT DIVISION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE PLANNING CODE IN HEALTH.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GRAPH OF THE CHANGES FROM FISCAL YEAR 25 OF FISCAL YEAR 26.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE GENERAL FUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER BAR CHART SHOWING THE CHANGES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
THIS IS, UM, PRIMARILY AN INCREASE TO PERSONNEL BENEFITS.
DO Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE 'EM BROKE DOWN IN PERCENTAGE INCREASE? PROBABLY ON HERE.
IF YOU GO TO THE, LIKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO DASH 84, IT'LL SHOW THE OVERALL INCREASE YEAH.
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FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.THAT WAS 'CAUSE OF THE PAY INCREASE BACK IN JUNE 1ST, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT PRIMARILY.
AND THAT'LL SHOW ON THAT BAR CHART THERE ON THE LEFT, IT SHOWS THE 19.9 MILLION.
AND THEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IT'S 21.9, BUT THAT'S A COMBINED FOR POLICE, ANIMAL CONTROL, FIRE AND THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
DO Y'ALL RECALL WHAT THE PAY RAISE WAS FOR EVERYBODY HERE LAST YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD? WASN'T IT LIKE 3%? 3%? YEAH.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS AROUND, I THINK IT WAS FOUR FOUR.
WE DID A COMP PLAN ADJUSTMENT BY 2% AND I THINK A, UH, ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.
SO THE POLICE GOT 10% INCREASE JUNE 1ST.
SO, UH, WILL THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL, DO THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE? YES.
THEY GOT AN EIGHT AND I THINK THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL 2.5.
SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL THE POLICE ARE GONNA GET IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? SO THEY'LL GET TOTAL OF, WELL, 10%, WHICH TOOK EFFECT JUNE 1ST AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO AND A HALF 12, UH, ON THEIR T COLE ANNIVERSARY DATE.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT DIVISION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
AGAIN, WE WON'T GO TO DEPARTMENT WIDE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT LISTED THERE AND THE PAGE NUMBERS.
UM, THE BULK OF THE INCREASES TO OUR PERSONNEL BENEFITS LINE ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON GENERAL FUND AND REVENUES OR ANY EXPENDITURES? NO, SO FAR.
SO GEORGE, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? YEAH, I THINK, UH, UH, Y'ALL MADE A PRO.
UH, Y'ALL STATED THE OTHER DAY THAT WHEN THEY CALLED THE POLICE, THEY GOT, THEY'RE GONNA CALL THE CITY TO GO WORK AT THE EPICENTER.
DO THEY GET THE FIRST CALL ON THAT? UH, LET'S SEE, THE DO YOU WANT THE POLICE TO WELL THE POLICE DO WORK AT THE EPICENTER.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE, YEAH, EPICENTER.
SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, WHEN THE CITY POLICE WORKED THERE, UM, THAT'S TO THAT CHURCH I WENT TO YESTERDAY.
I I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ON PAGE, UH, TWO DASH 89 AT THE INVESTIGATIVE COST.
I SEE THAT IT WAS 23,767 AND IT WAS 25 25 25 FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DO THEY ONLY HAVE 25,000 TO USE FOR INVESTIGATIVE WORK? YES.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FAR LEFT COLUMN WITH THE 23,000, THAT'S WHAT THEY USE IN FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND THEY HAVE BUDGETED 25,000 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN ALSO FOR NEXT YEAR.
I, IS THAT ENOUGH FOR A, A CITY THAT'S GROWING AT, I MEAN, I, I WOULD SAY YES, IT'S DEPENDENT, UH, YEAR TO YEAR.
BUT UH, HISTORICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SPENT THAT'S IN LINE.
I MEAN IT'S JUST DEPENDENT ON THE, ON THE SITUATION, BUT RIGHT.
NO, THE REASON WHY I WAS I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT AMOUNT THAT Y'ALL NEED TO, TO SOLVE CASES.
FELIX, WHENEVER YOU ASK THE GOVERNMENT IF THEY WANT MORE, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TELL YOU THEY NEED MORE.
SOMETIMES THEY DO NEED MORE, BUT, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
BUT, BUT EVERY TIME I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY, PEOPLE GET, YEAH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON GENERAL FUND? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
THEY'RE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR, FOR AND REPORT THE PROCEEDS OF SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE RESTRICTED OR COMMITTED TO EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
SO WE'VE LISTED ALL OF THE SPECIAL REVENUES, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA TOUCH ON TWO OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT HAD THE BIGGEST CHANGES.
UM, BUT THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY SPECIFIC ONES, WE HAVE 'EM LISTED HERE.
THE HOTEL MOTEL COURT, TECHNOLOGY, BEAUTIFICATION LAW ENFORCEMENT, CDBG GRANT FUNDS, POLICE ASSET, UH, ADAM, CONTROL DONATION, PARK LAND, UH, JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, CHILD SAFETY,
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BUILDING SECURITY, MUD, UH, POLICE, FEDERAL PEG AND FIRE STATION THREE.THE FIRST ONE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND.
UM, AND THIS, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE THREE DASH SEVEN IN YOUR BOOK, THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE HAVE TO THIS FUND IS TO THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES.
AND WE HAVE A DECREASE IN CONTRIBUTION TO OTHER ENTITIES, WHICH IS THE GRANT PROGRAM.
WE DECREASED IT FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 50,000, UH, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE YEARLY DECREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, SO THIS PROGRAM AMOUNT IS BEING REDUCED OR CAN BE REMOVED IF CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES, UM, FUNDING IN THIS FUND IS NEEDED TO COVER A BIG PORTION OF THE OPERATIONS OF OUR CIVIC CENTER.
IS THAT, WAS THAT DUE TO, DO WE WANT TO HEAR TANYA ABOUT IT OR SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, SO WHY, IF THE PROCEEDS FROM, UH, THE TAX ITSELF COME DOWN FROM PEOPLE NOT RENTING HOTEL MOTELS OR HAS THE PRICE OF THE HOTEL MO I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE GO DOWN.
NO, I IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE, WE'VE ALWAYS RUN A DEFICIT IN THIS FUND AND IT'S GETTING TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE DIPPING MORE AND MORE INTO FUND BALANCE.
UH, SO IN LIKE TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE'LL EVENTUALLY DEPLETE THAT FUND IF WE CONTINUE ON THE SAME.
SO LEWIS, SO YOU'RE SAYING OUR REV REVENUES NOT COMING IN? WELL OUR REVENUES WE'RE BUDGETING, WE'RE NOT GETTING, WE CAN'T BUDGET FOR, TO MATCH EXPENDITURES.
SO OUR EXPENDITURES ARE MORE THAN OUR REVENUES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE, YOU TURN TO PAGE THREE DASH FOUR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR, THE 26TH BUDGET.
SO THE FIRST ROW IS HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE BRINGING IN REVENUE OF 835, BUT WE'RE SPENDING 921,000.
SO THAT BREAK DOWN THAT 921 FOR ME.
OH, I SEE WHERE IT'S AT OVER HERE.
IF YOU TURN, WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE OUR MARKETING AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THIS MULTIPLE, SO WE SET PAGE THREE DASH FIVE FIVE.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SUMMARY OF IT.
AND THE, THE GREATER DETAIL IS ON THREE SEVEN AND THREE NINE.
I NEED TO RUN OUTSIDE AND GET MY GLASSES 'CAUSE I WANNA LOOK OVER THIS BECAUSE, JUST A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE AN INK SHORTAGE AROUND HERE? BECAUSE UM, THAT SURE IS FALL, BUT I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
LEMME GET, SO, UM, I NOTICED THERE'S SOME INCREASE AND SOME DECREASES FROM 20 24, 25 FROM 20 20, 24, 25, LIKE THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.
Y'ALL WENT DOWN FROM 40 TO 25? YES.
AND THAT WAS JUST PRIMARILY JUST A HISTORICAL VALUES OKAY.
UH, BUT THE BULK OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON, IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE DASH SEVEN IS OUR TRANSFER TO THE CIVIC CENTER, 350,000.
SO THAT TRANSFER YOU'RE DOING FROM THE 350,000, WHAT IS, WHERE'S IT GOING? WHERE'S, WHERE CAN I SEE IT BROKEN DOWN? THE 350, IT JUST GOES TO FUND, UH, THE CIVIC CENTER DEPARTMENT.
THE FUND, WHERE'S THAT CIVIC CENTER? UM, SIX DASH 42.
SIX DASH WHAT? 42 42 IS THE FIRST PAGE.
SIX DASH 49 IS THE DETAIL OF THE BUDGET.
ONLY REASON I ASKED IS 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WHY WE'RE RENTING THE CIVIC CENTER.
WE'LL BE MAKING MONEY, BUT IT, IT, IT COSTS ABOUT 670,000 TO OPERATE THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND WE BRING IN ABOUT LIKE TWO 40, ABOUT 300 IF YOU'LL ACTUALLY YEAH.
MINUS IT ABOUT TWO 50 REVENUE.
SO THE, THE HOTEL FUND HAS ALWAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND OUR THOUGHTS IN THE BUDGET WAS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CIVIC CENTER, THEREFORE WE NEED THAT HOTEL MONEY TO HELP WITH THAT.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE DECREASE IN OUR TAX RATE.
THAT IF NOT, WE WOULD'VE KEPT IT AT 33.
WOULD YOU WOULD'VE REMOVED THE HOT OR Y'ALL WERE STILL PLANNING TO DO IT? NO, BECAUSE THE HOT IS A SEPARATE FUND.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DIPPING INTO IT ABOUT ONE 50 TO 200,000 A YEAR.
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ONE 50.WE'RE DIPPING INTO YEAH, ABOUT 50 TO 200,000 A YEAR.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT WE'RE DIPPING IN THE FUND BALANCE.
FOR THAT REASON, WE DECREASED SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS, INCLUDING THAT GRANT PROGRAM.
WHAT DID I MISS? NO, NO, JUST QUESTION ON WHERE WAS THE 350,000 FROM? UM, THE HOT TAX GOING TO THE CIVIC CENTER, THE BREAKDOWN, DID THEY INCREASE THAT? DID Y'ALL INCREASE THE CIVIC CENTER? THE TRANSFER? YES, THE TRANSFER.
IS THAT WHY THE FUND IS WELL WE'RE IN.
'CAUSE I MEAN THE CIVIC CENTER FUND NEEDS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL.
I MEAN WE GOTTA HAVE OUR CIVIC CENTER.
UH, SO I DON'T THINK WE WANNA, HOW MUCH THAT IN JEOPARDY, HOW MUCH REVENUE DOES A HOT TAX GRANT BRING TO THE CITY? LIKE WHEN WE GIVE OUT MONEY, HAVE Y'ALL SEEN ANY, FOR EXAMPLE, SPIKES IN, IN, IN REVENUE FROM THAT? EXACTLY.
THAT'S DO WE HAVE, HAVE WE, DO WE REALIZE ANY GAINS FROM OUR INVESTMENT? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
RUNNING THE PLACER THE FAIR, RUNNING THE PLACER AI, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WELL, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THE FAIR.
I MEAN I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY, PROBABLY NOT.
I MEAN, MOST OF WHAT WE GIVE THAT GRANT MONEY FOR IS GONNA HAPPEN ANYWAY.
UM, I MEAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA ATTEND THE FAIR IF WE GIVE THEM MONEY OR NOT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ATTEND, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATION EVENTS, THE ARTS SKILL THAT WE FUND, IF WE GIVE THEM MONEY OR NOT, WE'RE HELPING THEM BY GIVE THEM MONEY.
THIS MONEY'S ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT DOES IT REALLY BRING MORE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY? I MEAN, IT MAY IN SOME SITUATIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
I'M, I'M, AS LONG AS, I MEAN IF WE'RE NOT MAKING, I'M, I'LL SUPPORT YOU WITH, YOU GUYS ARE SUGGESTING THE 50,000.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE DEBATED IF WE PUT 50,000 OR ZERO, BUT WE LEFT IT AT 50 AND LET Y'ALL SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK ON PAGE THREE DASH FOUR, UM, JUST TO POINT OUT, SO THE VERY LAST ROW, UM, FIRST COLUMN SHOWS IN 2024, WE TOOK 1 91 FROM FUND BALANCE.
WHERE DO YOU SEE ONE? HOLD ON HOLD ON THE, THE FIRST COLUMN, THE VERY LAST NUMBER IS A NEGATIVE 191,000 ON PAGE THREE DASH FOUR.
SO THAT YEAR WE USED 191,000 OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
WE STARTED WITH 7 64 THAT YEAR AND WE ENDED WITH 5 72.
AND THEN IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE IN, WE STARTED WITH NEGATIVE 72 AND WE'RE GONNA END WITH 4 0 9.
SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE'RE LIKE, WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.
UM, KIND OF LIKE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD.
IT'S NOT, YOU CAN'T DO IT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AND SUSTAIN IT.
SO THEREFORE WE WENT IN HERE AND TRIED TO REDUCE SOME EXPENDITURES.
SO WE'RE NOT TAKING AS MUCH OUTTA A FUND BALANCE AND IT CAN LAST US A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE WE KNOW WE WANNA PAY FOR THE CIVIC CENTER.
SO ARE IS THAT WHY YOU, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE TO PRESERVE THE HOTEL? THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUND FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY, I, OUR PRIMARY EXPENDITURE THERE IS THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND WHEN WE RUN OUT OF, UM, HOT FUNDS AND WE CAN'T AFFORD THE CIVIC CENTER WITH HOT FUNDS, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN GENERAL FUNDS TO RUN THE CIVIC CENTER TO HELP OFFSET THE CIVIC CENTER.
HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING IN? HOT? UH, HOT TAX.
WHY WOULD WE EVER RUN OUT? 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, EXPENSES BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MORE EVERY YEAR THAN WE'RE, THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN EXPENSES WENT UP ON THE CIVIC CENTER.
NO, THE I MEAN'S NOT BECAUSE OF EXPENSES.
WELL, EXPENSES, I'M TALKING ABOUT SALARIES, ALL THAT.
WE'VE BEEN, UM, HISTORICALLY BUDGETING MORE EXPENSE THAN REVENUE ON THAT FUND.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO THAT OR AT LEAST REDUCE THE IMPACT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CIVIC CENTER WITH HOT FUNDING.
BUT IT CAN YOU SUPPORT, IF, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO ZERO ON THE HOT TAX FUND, CAN YOU STILL SUPPORT THE UH, CIVIC CENTER? NO.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE ON WHAT YOU GET A YEARLY, OUR CALLS FOR THE CIVIC CENTER IS NOT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WHAT ARE WE GETTING ON HOT TAX? WE GET, UM, THREE, UM, 8 35 IS OUR ESTIMATE FOR NO, I'M SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
THAT'S 670 THAT WE GET IN HOT TAXES.
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SO YOU STILL, EVEN THOUGH IF YOU WOULD RUN OUT, YOU'RE GONNA STILL NEED 200, YOU'RE GONNA STILL NEED 321,000 TO MAINTAIN THE CIVIC CENTER.THE CIVIC CENTER BUDGET FOR, FOR THE KEEP THE CIVIC CENTER IN THE STAFF IS HOW MUCH? 9 21.
9 21 FOR HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? THREE FOR THREE EMPLOYEES.
THREE FULL-TIME AND SOME PART-TIME.
AND IT'S 900 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT IT'S NOT, NOT JUST SALARY.
WE HAVE TO PAY BIG TECHNOLOGY FEES.
WE HAVE TO, TO PAY JANITORIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE TO PAY BUILDING, REPAIR, AC REPAIR.
BUT THE SALARIES IS ONLY 300,000.
AND THE REST OF THE EXPENSES, THE REST OF IT.
WHAT PAGE COST THE LOT TO MAINTAIN.
WHAT PAGE IS THAT EXPENDITURE ON THE CIVIC CENTER? UH, SIX DASH 49 6 1 DASH 49.
CAN WE LOOK AT THAT A SECOND? SURE.
74,000 TOOL TOOL OF THE DEVIL TECHNOLOGY.
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT BUILDING CAN BE THE TOOL OF THE DEVIL AS WELL.
BUT THAT BUILDING ALSO USED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WHAT'S THAT? THAT BUILDING'S ALSO USED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
YOUR COST IS QUESTION OF THAT ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY ELECTRICITY.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DIP OUT OF THE REGULAR GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE THAT, THAT CIVIC CENTER OR, OR, UM, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I MEAN OTHER THAN A TAX CUT.
SO, SO MY QUESTION TO JOYCE AND LEWIS, IF YOU WERE TO SAY ZERO TO THE HIGH TAX FUND, HOW LONG WOULD YOU, CAN YOU MAKE IT FOUR MORE YEARS? FIVE MORE YEARS? WHAT WOULD BE THE ESTIMATE? YOU'RE SAYING IF WE DO ZERO TO TO THE GRANT PROGRAM.
TO THE GRANT PROGRAM, HOW MANY YEARS WOULD YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIP INTO THE GENERAL FUND AT THE RATE WE GOING A WHILE? THREE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TOTALLY ELIMINATE THE, THE GRANT PROGRAM.
I THINK WE SHOULD WEAN THEM OFF.
AND IT'S A BIG WEAN TO CUT IT 50% IN ONE YEAR.
ALSO, WE NEED TO START LOOK AT CONTROLLING SOME MORE OF THESE COSTS AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
NOW I'M NOT SURE WHAT, BUT UM, YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE ELECTRICITY.
CAN'T CONTROL AC CAN'T CONTROL AC, THAT'S FOR SURE.
ANYWAYS, UM, I GUESS TECHNOLOGY IS LICENSING FOR, UH, LICENSING FEES FOR, UM, SOFTWARE.
IT'S EVERYTHING IN IN HARDWARE.
HE HEATING AND AC REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
WOULD THAT BE COST BENEFICIAL TO UPGRADE IT TO A NEW ONE AND CALL IT A DAY? I'M, I'M ASKING.
I THINK A NEW ONE COST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU GOT IT ON A SPECIAL PHONE BALANCE.
I MEAN THE AC WAS REPLACED THERE.
IT, IT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN REPLACED.
AND I THINK SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE ENDED UP DOING ALL THE COILS.
SO, BUT YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY USING 45,000, YOU'RE PUTTING IT JUST AN ESTIMATE, RIGHT? WELL, IT, IT ALL DEPENDS.
SO LIKE THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT ALMOST WHERE WE AT, UH, ALMOST 29,000 THAT, THAT WE USED LAST, LAST FISCAL YEAR WE'RE PROJECTED, UH, WHERE WE HAD 45 FOR THIS YEAR.
AND, AND AND THERE IS LIKE REOCCURRING, LIKE JUST THE, THE CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND CHECK IT.
CLEAN THE COILS AND DO SO FROM A CARRIER WHO'S THE CARRIER UNITS HAS TO BE A CARRIER REP.
WELL, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO WEAN THE, UM, THE FUND DOWN.
YOU NEED CLEARANCE CLARIFICATION FROM US RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN YOU NEED TO KNOW BASICALLY YES.
WORDS THAT TOM PETTY I NEED TO KNOW.
SO LAST YEAR, UM, OKAY, SO WHO SITS ON THE HOT FUND COMMITTEE? I KNOW HECTOR AND I, FELIX.
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UH, WE GRANTED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO I THINK IT WAS EIGHT GROUPS.30 TO THE FAIR AND WE DIVIDED THE OTHER 70 RIGHT.
I MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS HECTOR, BUT I CAN STILL COUNT AT LEAST TO TO EIGHT OR 10.
SO WE DIVIDED 107 OF 'EM GOT 10, THE FAIR GOT 30, UH, OR, OR CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR SUGGESTS THAT WE, UH, ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE FUND.
MY SUGGESTION IS, WELL YOU'RE SUGGESTING MINIMUM CUT THE FUND IN HALF.
SO I'D RATHER DO THAT THAN, THAN GO FROM 10,000 OR 30,000 TO ZERO.
THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, FELIX.
UH, SO LAST YEAR THE FUND WAS 50, A HUNDRED.
AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR THEY'LL UH, THEY'LL ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER DEPENDING ON WHO'S HERE AND WHO'S THERE AND THE PROCEEDS.
AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE ALWAYS OPENING A NEW MOTEL AROUND HERE AND THIS FOURTH STREET HECTOR THAT YOU WANTED, THAT GUY BUILDS THAT NEW MOTEL THERE GONNA HAVE MORE TAX UH, FROM THAT.
ANYWAY, TONIGHT, UH, JOYCE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT OUR PREFERENCE IS.
SO LET ME ASK JOYCE, IF YOU KEEP IT DOWN TO 50, EARLIER YOU SAID FIVE YEARS, WHAT WOULD THAT, WOULD IT BE THREE YEARS NOW IF YOU CUT IT DOWN TO 50 OR IS IT STILL FIVE? WE PROBABLY COULD MAKE THREE TO FOUR MORE YEARS AT 50 AND IT'D BE OVER FIVE YEARS IF WE CUT IT.
WELL, AND THAT'S ONLY, WE'RE ONLY TALKING 5% OF THE GENERAL OF, OF THAT.
'CAUSE YOU SAID THE EXPENDITURE IS ABOUT 900,000 FOR THE CIVIC CENTER? YES, FOR THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND WE'RE ON, WE'RE TALKING 50,000, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS 50,000.
SO THE QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS DO YOU WANT TO GO FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND LAST YEAR TO ZERO THIS YEAR OR FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND LAST YEAR? I THINK WE DO ZERO TO.
I'M ASKING FELIX, I'M TELLING YOU, YOU ASKING COUNSEL.
WE'RE GONNA GET TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT, I'M ASKING FELIX, DO YOU WANT TO GO FROM A HUNDRED TO ZERO OR TO A HUNDRED TO 50? I WOULD LIKE TO WEAN 'EM OFF AND NOT COMPLETELY TAKE.
RICHARD, WE A HUNDRED TO 50 50.
BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL GET EQUAL AMOUNTS.
NOT GIVE ONE GROUP 30 AND THE REST 10.
THIS THIS HOT TOXIC IS WHAT, WHO'S BRINGING IN MORE MONEY TO THE CITY, RIGHT? YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE EVENTS.
I MEAN YOU CAN GIVE JOHN DOE OVER THERE THE SAME AMOUNT AS SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEY DON'T BRING ANYTHING TO THE CITY.
OKAY, WELL I GUESS YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? Y'ALL DECIDED WHAT THE COMMITTEE, WE, WE, WE, WE WILL WE'LL MOLD THAT.
OKAY, WE'LL LOOK AT OVER AND SEE THEIR EVENTS AND STUFF.
WE GAVE MORE TO THE FAIR 'CAUSE THE FAIR'S A 10 DAY EVENT.
ONLY ONE THAT I COULD TELL THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS PEOPLE HERE.
HE HEADS AND BEDS, WHICH IS WHAT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
GEORGE, WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? UM, YOU WANT TO GO FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 50,000 OR FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO ZERO THOUSAND.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? GO TO ZERO.
WELL WE GOT TWO TO SAY TWO THAT SAY ZERO AND FOUR THAT SAY 100 TO 50.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT JESSICA SAYS, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT HERE THEN YOU DON'T VOTE.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL GO, UH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES THIS YEAR AND WE'LL WORK IT OUT AT THE COMMITTEE.
AND HECTOR, IF WE CAN'T GET ANY DECENT ANSWERS OUT OF ANY OF THESE FOLKS, WELL WE'LL ELIMINATE IT RIGHT AT THE MEETING.
BUT I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW SURE WE'LL HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE SAME.
LIKE I SAID, THE FAIR, WE, WE KNOW THEY HAVE LARGE EVENTS THESE OTHER GROUPS DO AS WELL.
SO, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE, IF SOME OF 'EM STAYING AT THE HOTEL? WELL, WE DON'T.
YEAH, WELL WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY FIND OUT IF THEY'RE STAYING AT THE HOTEL.
RIGHT? ACTUALLY THEY WERE ASKING, I THINK SOME OF THE STAFF WERE ASKING.
YEAH, WE WE, THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THEM TO TELL US.
WE HAVE A WAY REALLY OF, OH, I KNOW WE HAVE A WAY CHECK IT, CHECKING IT OUT IF WE WISH TO, TO DO THAT.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT THEY SAY AT THE, AT THE, AT THE COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD START.
OKAY, WE'LL GO BACK TO SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS.
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TO BACK, OH, IS THIS IT? LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND? YES, SIR.SO IF YOU TURN TO PAGE THREE DASH 16, THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND.
WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? UH, PAGE THREE DASH 16.
THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FUND.
OKAY, LEMME GET MY SPECTACLES BACK.
AND THEN HERE WE'RE PLANNING TO FUND, UM, 366,000 OF THESE WERE SUPPLEMENTALS REQUESTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BODY-WORN CAMERA REPLACEMENT FLEET DASH CAMERAS, INTERVIEW ROOMS, CAMERA REPLACEMENT, AND THEN THE AXON TASER REPLACEMENT.
UH, AND THIS IS FOR YEAR ONE OF THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT.
AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS FROM FORFEITURE PHONES AND NOT OUR CITY GENERAL FUND.
AND ALL, MOST ALL OF THESE ARE FROM SOME SORT OF SPECIAL FUND THAT ARE KIND OF RESTRICTED.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE RESTRICTED.
WELL, LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL, ARE Y'ALL GOOD WITH THESE? UH, THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE FUNDS.
I'M, I'M SURE THAT THE POLICE CHIEF IS THE ONE THAT MADE THESE SUGGESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS REQUEST? FELIX FLEET DASH CAMERAS.
FELIX, YOU'VE BEEN RIDING ALONG WITH THE POLICE.
I, HUH? IS THIS LOOK AT THIS LIST.
DOES THAT KIND OF, IS THAT ALL RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT ALL RIGHT, BUT I DO YOU YOU CONCUR? YES, SIR.
EVERYBODY ELSE CONCUR? I'M GOOD WITH IT.
THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT, MR. WELL, YES IT IS.
WE, WE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR OUR APPROVAL.
WE, WE HAVE TO SET, WE HAVE SAVED FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FUND, WHICH IS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS USED TO PAY FOR THE CITY'S DEBT.
THE CURRENT DEBT BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY 75 MILLION.
THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IS 8.2.
THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26 WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 69.8 MILLION.
AND THEN WE, THE REVENUES IN THIS FUND ARE FROM PROPERTY TAXES, 5.7 MILLION WATER WASTEWATER, 2.26 MILLION.
AND THEN THE RDC PAYS FOR THEIR PORTION 197,000.
ALRIGHT, SO THE CURRENT GO BACK.
CURRENT DEBT BALANCE PRINCIPLE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE TO ME.
OUR DEBT IS NOW 75 MILLION, RIGHT? YES SIR.
THAT INCLUDES THE NEW FIRE STATION AND THE EMERGENCY, THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE TAJ MAHAL OUT HERE ON AIRPORT.
THAT ADDED 52 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMPLEX.
SO IF YOU HAD REMOVED AND NOT MADE THOSE OR DEBT WOULD BE 52 MILLION LESS.
75 MINUS 52 IS WHAT? 23? THAT'S WHAT OUR DEBT WOULD'VE BEEN HAD THEY NOT DONE THAT.
AND IN 2018 IT WAS 94 MILLION AND WE PAID IT DOWN.
AND THEN THE VOTERS APPROVED LAST COUNT BOND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT THEY RAN IT BACK UP AGAIN.
NO, THAT WAS APPROVED AS BY THE CITIZENS.
WELL NOT BY, BUT THE COUNCIL ASKED THE CITIZENS TO VOTE ON IT.
THAT'S YOUR POINT AND MY POINT TOO.
AS A COUNCILMAN, I WASN'T GONNA APPROVE 52 MILLION.
NO, I, NO LISTEN, I I I'M WASN'T GONNA APPROVE.
AND YOU WERE OUT AND YOU WERE OUTNUMBERED HERE, HAD YOU? WELL, EVEN THOUGH I, I WOULD'VE, I'VE SUGGESTED LET IT GO TO THE VOTERS 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, I, I DON'T, I MEAN I LEARNED, I LEARNED FROM THE SPLASH PAD YOU, UH, THAT YOU BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU, WHAT FOLKS VOTE ON.
THEY DID THAT BEFORE WE GOT SWORN IN AND IT WAS CALCULATED AND IT'S OVER.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEXT? THE NEXT IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS.
SO IF YOU TURN IT YOUR TO TAB FIVE DASH ONE.
AND THESE ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.
OTHER THAN THOSE PROJECTS FINANCED BY OTHER FUNDS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED FUND, UH, FOUR OH ONE, THE SEABORNE CREEK, DRY CREEK GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL, THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ON.
THE FIRST ONE JUST I, THAT'S BUDGETED, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE FIVE DASH EIGHT IS THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
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1 MILLION IS THE STREET OVERLAY PROGRAM AND THEN 200,000 FOR THE SIDEWALK REPAIR.ALRIGHT, LET ME GET OVER HERE TO THIS.
DO Y'ALL STILL WAIT OR DO Y'ALL WAIT ON FORT BEND COUNTY TO HELP ON THE OVERLAYING GET MORE VALUE FOR, FOR THAT WORK? IT, IT ALL DEPENDS, MAYOR.
UM, AND IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, I GUESS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, I THINK THIS YEAR THEY FINALLY CAME IN AND FINISHED THE LIST FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
SO, BUT WE'VE HAD, UH, SUCCESS WITH THE CONTRACTOR, UH, COMING IN AND TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING WITHIN A MONTH.
BUT YOU PAY A LOT MORE TOO, DON'T YOU? TO AN EXTENT.
WELL, HOW, YEAH, TO WHAT EXTENT? BECAUSE AT THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR THE ASPHALT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE PAY, UH, SO MUCH MORE PER TON, UH, TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME AND PUT IT DOWN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO GETTING THE, THE SAME RATE THAT THE COUNTY GETS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT THE COUNTY USES WHEN THEY END UP USING IT.
'CAUSE THEY USE, THEY USE THEM AT A LARGE QUANTITY SO THAT THEY GIVE A, YOU GET A DISCOUNT, THEY GET A DISCOUNT AND THEY PASS THAT COST ONTO US SO THAT WE CAN USE IT.
SO HOW MUCH MORE DOES IT COST PERCENTAGE TO USE THE CONTRACTOR THAN IT DOES WAIT ON THE COUNT WAITING ON THE COUNTIES? SO E EVERY YEAR WHEN I END UP PRESENTING THE, PRESENTING THAT, UH, TO COUNCIL, I TYPICALLY PRESENT A LIST THAT HAS, THIS IS WITH THE COUNTY DOING IT, AND THIS IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR DOING IT.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN GET WITH THE COUNTY, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN GET WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
AND AT THAT POINT, COUNCIL USUALLY GIVES ME DIRECTION OF WHICH, WHICH DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO.
IT CHANGES, UH, COME APRIL 1ST IS WHEN WE END UP GETTING UPDATED NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTY, UH, WITH THEIR PRICES.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DO NOT HAVE IT WITHOUT LOOKING TWICE THE COST.
NO, IT'S NOT TWICE A THIRD, NO FOUR, NO RIGO.
UM, ARE THE TARIFFS GONNA AFFECT US ANY ARE UPCOMING PROJECTS? WELL, I WOULDN'T THINK SO.
UM, FOR ASPHALT, UM, I THINK CONCRETE IS CONCRETE'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UH, YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING ABSOLUTELY.
NO, ABSOLUTELY FOR CONCRETE, BUT FOR ASPHALT, UH, I DON'T SEE IT, BUT OKAY.
AT THE SAME TIME, THIS FUND, UM, IS NOT ONLY, YEAH, SOME OF IT IS FOR OVERLAY, BUT IT'S ALSO STREET APPROVED WHERE IF WE NEED TO GO OUT AND FIX A CONCRETE STREET, WE ACTUALLY USE THIS FUND AS WELL.
BUT I, I, I CAN LOOK AND GIVE YOU THE COST HERE.
I NEED TO LOOK, JUST LOOK AT THE
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS 5% OR 8% WHEN HE PRESENTED THAT LAST TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT USED TO BE.
BUT WE CAN'T WAIT THREE YEARS TO GET A ROAD PAVED AROUND HERE.
THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE YEARS FOR THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WE'VE PRETTY MUCH PAVED EVERY FREAKING ROAD IN THIS TOWN.
LIKE COAL AVENUE AND RADIO LANE ARE PRETTY HEAVILY.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU GO BACK AND CHECK THE BOOKS, YOU'LL SEE COAL AVENUE, UH, RADIO LANE'S BEEN DONE.
THEY GET DONE ABOUT ONCE EVERY FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
THERE'S A THICK LAYER OF, UH, ASPHALT ON IT.
CAN WE MOVE ON WHILE RIGO LOOKS FOR THAT? YES.
LET'S MOVE ON WHILE RIGO, UH, RESEARCHES AT RIGO.
SO THE NEXT SET OF FUNDS, UM, IS THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND THAT'S FOR THE WATER WASTE, WATER SOLID WASTE.
AND THEN THE CIVIC CENTER, IF YOU GO TO PAGE SIX DASH SIX IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THE REVENUES IN THE WATER WASTE WATER FUND.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN INFOGRAPHIC ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE HAVE 8 MILLION FROM THE WATER REVENUES, 6.1 FOR SEWER, THEN SMALLER FEES FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE 308,000 WATER TOWER LEASES, 175 INTEREST EARNINGS.
WE ARE USING FUND BALANCE OF 2.85 MILLION, UH, TO CASH FLOW.
ONE TIME FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OUTTA THE WATER, UH, WASTEWATER FUND.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE WATER COW LEASE? I'M SORRY, WHAT IS THE WATER COW LEASE? WE DON'T OWN THOSE.
NO, WE DO OWN THE, SO WHERE WE END UP LEASING OUT
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TO VERIZON OR AT AND T TO HAVE ANTENNA FOR THAT FOR COMMUNICATIONS.SO THAT WOULD BE UNDER REVENUE THEN? YES.
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE IMPOR, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SPEND THIS, LIKE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKE ON, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE WATERLINE ON THIS STREET AND WATERLINE ON THIS STREET.
WELL, JUST CURIOUS IF FOLKS ASK AND THEY DO MM-HMM
AND EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T ASK, WE TELL OR WE HAVE TO TELL 'EM OR IF IT COMES UP.
SO THIS PICTURE IS JUST, UM, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY AT PERSONNEL, 3.8 MILLION.
2.2 IN SUPPLIES, UM, THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES, 3.3 MILLION AND THEN THE TRANSFER, THAT'S 8.4 MILLION.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL LIST OUT THE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THAT'S ON PAGE SIX DASH SEVEN.
HERE'S JUST A BAR CHART FROM THE CHANGES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS LISTED.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL JUST TOUCH ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
THE PERSONNEL SERVICES AND THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND, UH, DEPARTMENTS, WE REALLOCATED COSTS INTO OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS, UH, DUE TO PROVIDING THE WATER PLAN AND LIFT STATION SERVICES IN HOUSE.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE ON SIX DASH 18 AND THEN ALSO SIX DASH 25 IN OUR SUPPLIES FOR OUR WA IN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S AN INCREASE OF 20,000 TO TRANSACTION FEES.
AND THAT'S DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE UTILIZATION OF ONLINE MOBILE OVER THE PHONE PAYMENTS.
IS THAT THE SERVICE FEE THAT, THAT Y'ALL CHARGE OR THAT'S WHAT, UH, INCODE CHARGES US AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CREDIT CARD FEES THAT WE GET CHARGED BY THE BANK.
DON'T, DON'T, DOES THE CITY CHARGE US FOR THAT CREDIT CARD FEE OR WE TAKE A HIT, UH, FOR THE ONLINE AND OVER THE PHONE? UH, IT'S ALL PAID BY THE CITY.
THE ONLY CREDIT CARD CHARGE IS IF YOU COME AND PAY IN PERSON HERE, IT'S 3%.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT MOST OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE TAKE CREDIT CARD ARE ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE.
SO, SO IF THEY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, LUIS.
IF THEY DO SORRY ABOUT THAT MAYOR.
UH, THEY DO WE NEED CLARIFICATION.
THAT'S, WELL THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING.
IF THEY DO ONLINE BANKING BUT NOT CREDIT CARD, IS THERE A FEE THERE? NO, THERE'S NO FEE FOR THAT.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A DEBIT CARD AS AUTO PAY, IT'S A FEE TO THE CITY.
BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BANK DRAFTED OUT OF YOUR CHECKING OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, THERE'S NO FEE TO EITHER PARTY.
BUT IF YOU USE A DEBIT CARD OR, OR A CREDIT CARD, IT'S A FEE.
IF YOU COME UP TO THE CITY, NO, TO THE CITY ONLINE, THE 3% FEE THAT WE'RE COVERING, WELL THEN THEY NEED TO DO AUTOMATIC DRAFT OR COME UP HERE AND PAY IN PERSON CASH.
Y'ALL STILL TAKE CHECKS, I SUPPOSE.
HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T GET TOO MANY BAD CHECKS.
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE WRITE CHECKS ANYMORE, IS IT? UH, WELL, THE OLD OH, THERE ARE THE ONES THAT THEY MAIL IN, CORRECT? YES.
I WONDER IF VERY MANY PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SO WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THROW DOWN THE CHECKBOOK ON CHARGES BACK IF PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED WITH CREDIT CARD AND HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S 2020 KI MEAN, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE, UM, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE WE BROUGHT THAT TO COUNSEL AND THE DECISION WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD EAT THAT COST.
SO THAT'S HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR SCHEDULE OF FEES.
AND WE DON'T CHARGE THAT TO THE CUSTOMERS WHEN IT'S CERTAIN ONLINE.
AND I WOULDN'T, UNLESS Y'ALL WANNA CHANGE THAT.
UM, AND IT'S THE TOTALS HOW MUCH? I THINK AROUND 300,000, 300,000 IS OUR COST FOR THAT 300,000 IS OUR, IS OUR COST YES.
FOR ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS? YES.
IS IT, YOU'RE TALKING CREDIT CARDS, NOT DEBIT CARDS? YEAH.
HOW MUCH DOES THE GENERAL, HOW MUCH DOES THE CITY GENERATE FOR, UH, FOR THAT 300,000? THEY DON'T GENERATE NOTHING.
WE'VE TAKEN LIKE, GOSH, 14 OVER 20 MILLION OF WATER SOARING GARBAGE FEES.
SO, SO YOU'RE GROSSING, YOU'RE GROSSING 20 MILLION AND YOU PAY AN ESTIMATE, A NOMINAL FEE OF 300,000.
WE'RE WAY AHEAD ON THAT TRANSACTION.
I MEAN IT COSTS A LOT, BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE THERE'S A LOT.
IT'S THE CIVIC CENTER FOR THAT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
WE WOULD RATHER DO IT THAT WAY THAN HAVE 20 MILLION OF CASH COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW.
I WOULD GLADLY PAY $300,000 FOR $20 MILLION OF BUSINESS.
IN FACT, I WOULD GLADLY PAY PAY A MILLION.
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THEY WON'T HAVE NO CHOICE.I MEAN, YOU STILL NEED THE WATER EVENTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MEAN YOU CAN TRY TO SHOP FOR WE TRY TO TELL THE CUSTOMER.
DO Y'ALL TRY TO TELL A CUSTOMER TO DO? OH, THEY'LL GET, THEY GET ONLINE, YOU KNOW, BANK TO BANK INSTEAD OF WE DO WE OFFER AS MANY.
WE TELL, WE GIVE 'EM ALL THE OPTIONS WHEN THEY COME IN PERSON.
OR WHEN THEY COME SIGN UP FOR SERVICE.
WHEN I JOINED THE COUNCIL IN 2011, THEY DIDN'T EVEN TAKE CREDIT CARDS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN, THE CITY DIDN'T EVEN TAKE CREDIT CARDS IN 2011.
DID Y'ALL KNOW? YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, I STARTED IN 2006 AND
UM, AND THEY WERE CHARGING, UH, THEY WERE ACTUALLY CHARGING 5% BACK THEN.
SO WE DEREGULATED THAT, DIDN'T WE? THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROUDEST MOMENTS I THINK BECAUSE WE GOT $20 MILLION IN BUSINESS AT HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE? 1.5.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES, WHICH IS THAT LAST, LEMME JUST GO BACK TO THE, BEFORE WE GET TO, TO THE ASPHALT BEFORE WE FORGET.
SO IT, IT, IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER $30 A TON THAT WE END UP PAYING THE CONTRACTOR TO, UH, LAY IT DOWN AND ALSO PROVIDE THE TRUCKS TO BREAK IT.
WHICH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, OF ONE STREET THAT WAS, UH, TWO CITY BLOCKS.
UH, THE CON THE, THE CONTRACTOR COST WAS, UH, $36,855 FOR THE, FOR THE ASPHALT AND LAYING IT DOWN AND FOR THE COUNTY WAS, UH, 27,000.
SO IT, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT, IT COMES OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PER CITY BLOCK, YOU ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $5,000 A CITY BLOCK TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO IT.
SO THAT'S EQUATES TO ABOUT 25% MM-HMM
I, I JUST DON'T, UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WAIT THREE YEARS ON SOME OF THESE ROADS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
I GUESS IF YOU PUT YOUR, IF YOU PUT YOUR LIST IN NOW AND PREDICT IN THE FUTURE, THAT ROAD'S GONNA BE BAD THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
I WOULD ALWAYS, AS LONG AS YOU'RE AROUND RICO, I WOULD ALWAYS SUBMIT A LIST TO FORT BEND COUNTY UNTIL THEY TELL US NO.
I TALKED WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES LIKE NEVILLE.
UH, THE MAYOR THERE SAID THAT THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS, I AIN'T GOING TO SAY WHICH ONE.
DON'T EVEN RETURN THEIR PHONE CALLS.
IN FACT, I MEET WITH OUR COMMISSIONER ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? AND HE ASKED ME WHAT HE, WHAT THEY, WHAT CAN THE COUNTY DO FOR US? HEY, WE WILL EMBRACE THAT AND, AND IT COULD VERY WELL BE A MAYOR THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE'LL END UP PUTTING A LIST, UH, TO THE COUNTY AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US.
AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER, WE'LL END UP GOING TO THE CONTRACTOR.
IF WE'RE STILL THAT WAY, WE DON'T GET SO FAR BEHIND.
YEAH, WELL, YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAY THAT BY.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WANTED WAS THAT PERCENTAGE WE KNOW IT'S COST IS 25 MORE, 25% MORE IF WE CAN'T WAIT ON A COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? SO THAT LAST BULLET POINT, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE SIX DASH 29, YOU'LL NOTICE CHANGES TO THE WA UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WE REALLOCATED COSTS FROM OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES DUE TO THE RENEWED CONTRACT, UH, WITH C ENVIRONMENTAL.
OKAY? THEN IF YOU TURN TO PAGE SIX DASH 32, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE, UH, THE LIST.
THE LIST OF THE CIP PROJECTS FOR THE WATER WASTEWATER.
WE HAVE 1.5 TO CLARIFY OUR REHAB.
PHASE TWO, WE HAVE 400,000 FOR THE WATER METER REGISTER REPLACEMENT, 250,000 FOR AVENUE G WATER LINE AND FIRE HYDRANT IMPROVEMENTS.
ANOTHER 250 FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TWO AERATION BASIN BASINS ASSESSMENT, 500,000 FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
PLANT TWO COLLECTION SYSTEM LINE REHAB, AND THEN 300,000 FOR WATER PLANT ANALYZERS FOR A TOTAL OF 3.2 MILLION.
WOULD THERE BE GR SOME OF THESE PROBABLY THERE ARE SOME GRANT MONEY PROBABLY, RIGHT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UH, THESE ARE ALL BEING FUNDED BY THE WATER FUND.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR WATER BILLS, UH, THIS IS OUT OF OUR WATER BILL MONEY, OKAY? YES, WE, WE DO HAVE A FEW WATER WASTE WATER RESTRICTED FUNDS.
UM, WE HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FIVE 12.
I WON'T LIST ALL OF THEM, BUT SUBSIDENCE FUND, WE'RE JUST GONNA TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
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DASH 34, THAT'S FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUDGETED.
SO WE JUST DISCUSSED THE LIST THAT WAS THE TRANSFER INTO THIS SPECIFIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE, WE ARE FUNDING 400,000 FOR A WATER PLANT.
AND THAT'S FROM, UH, SAVINGS IN THAT, UM, FUND 12, FUND FIVE 12 FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN MAYOR, THERE'S A NOTE THAT AT THE BOTTOM WE'RE PROPOSING TO FUND, UH, 220,000 FOR STELLAR ROAD WATER WATERLINE UPGRADE FROM THE FUND, BALANCE FROM THIS FUND AS PART OF A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THAT WE'LL BE INCLUDING, UM, IN THE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK.
LET'S LOOK AT, UH, COUNCIL, LOOK AT PAGE SIX DASH 34, SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE LINE ITEMS. THERE'S ABOUT 20 ITEMS. YOU'D HAVE TO REALLY, YOU'D HAVE TO REALLY KNOW YOUR WATER TO, UH, TO DRILL DOWN MORE INTO THESE, BUT ONLY THE LAST SIX ON THAT PAGE ARE NEW PROJECTS.
UM, THE OTHER ONES ARE ALL ONGOING CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE AND FUNDED.
LOOK AT THE LAST SIX ARE THE SAME ONE THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, AVENUE G, IS THAT WHAT PART OF AVENUE G? 'CAUSE OH EXCUSE, THAT'S WHERE THAT GOES.
UH, CLOSEST, UH, TO BRAS AND GOES BACK TOWARDS, UM, WHERE THE OLD FIRESTONE AND ALL THAT USED TO BE.
OVER THERE WHERE THE, WHAT WAS IT? UH, ACROSS FROM THE OLD TEXAS GRILL.
UH, BUT IT'S ON BRAD'S, IT'S A, OVER THERE WHERE A BC ROOFING IS IN THAT AREA, ON THAT SIDE BY ROL CHECKS BY, BY BEHIND LANE BUENA VISTA, WHERE THE BEHIND BUENA VISTA IS AT ON BACK THAT WAY.
SO, UM, YES, TO REPLACE THAT WATER LINE, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE, UH, MAIN BREAKS IN THAT AREA AND, UH, BY THE OLD HOME.
EVERYTHING'S THE OLD, THE OLD
I'M, I, I I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE ESTABLISHED IT.
IT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY FIRE HYDRANT IMPROVEMENTS.
DOES UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? ABOUT THIS LIST? NOPE.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS A SOLID WASTE FUND THAT'S ON PAGE SIX DASH 39 1 1 QUICK QUESTION.
WHERE IS PLANT ONE A? THAT PLANT? PLANT ONE A IS THE ONE OFF OF, UH, UH, SORRY, WHERE WE AT? OH, THAT ONE POINT 0.5 MILLION.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S THE ONE, UH, OUT THERE ON AVENUE A NEXT TO THE GUN RANGE.
OH, SO THIS WOULD BE SEWER PLANT? YES, SIR.
SEWER PLANT BECAUSE IT SAYS CLEAR FIRE RE REHAB, PHASE ONE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT IS ONE PLANT NUMBER ONE RIGHT THERE BY THE RIVER.
WHAT'S NEXT? THE SOLID WASTE FUND, PAGE SIX DASH 39.
AND THIS IS JUST TO RECORD THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE TRASH SERVICE OR TRASH COLLECTION? NO.
MAYOR, THIS DOES INCLUDE THE 1.34 INCREASE THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? CIVIC CENTER FUND? THAT'S SIX DASH 42.
CAN WE GO WITH THAT ALREADY? CAN WE SKIP THAT ONE SAYS WE ALREADY WENT OVER IT, MARY.
WE CAN BLAZE THROUGH IT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I MEAN, I JUST THOUGHT WE WENT OVER IT WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE HOT TAX.
I KIND OF HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY OF IT, BUT UH, GO AHEAD LEWIS.
TELL US THE, SHOW US THE MONEY.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SHOW ON THE LEFT HAND IS THE REVENUES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE FROM 185 TO 210,000 FOR CIVIC CENTER RENTALS.
AND THEN ALSO IN THAT SAME CHART ON THE LEFT, THE TRANSFER FROM THE
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HOTEL MOTEL INCREASES FROM 335 TO 350,000.AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE EXPENSES.
UM, THE PRIMARY INCREASE IS JUST FOR PERSONNEL BENEFITS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE CIVIC CENTER OR, UH, ANYTHING OUT THERE? NOPE.
THIS IS NOT SO MUCH BUDGETS, BUT I'LL, I'LL TRY TO STAY ON COURTS HERE.
WHEN PEOPLE, UH, THE, THE COMPLAINT AND I, I'M, AND I WAS A COUNSEL DECISION AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COUNCIL HAS, BUT I REMEMBER HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, THE, THE NONPROFITS CAN GET THE CIVIC CENTER FOR FREE, UH, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ONLY, RIGHT? MONDAY THROUGH DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.
SO THAT'S BEEN, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S SOME GRUMBLING ABOUT THAT ALSO, HOAS, UM, WHICH I THINK ARE VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITY IN, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CODE ISSUES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT.
BELIEVE ME, JUST TODAY, I, I GOT THREE CODE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES.
PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND PEOPLE BEING ENFORCED UPON.
UM, HOAS MAKE IT A LOT EASIER.
CERTAINLY MAKE IT EASY FOR ME AND PROBABLY FOR THESE GUYS, FOR US TO, UH, HELP THESE FOLKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO AT SOME POINT I WANT US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT LETTING HOAS USE THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER CHEAP OR FREE.
ARE THEY CHARGED NOW? HOAS IF THEY'RE AFTER BUSINESS HOURS? YES.
SO I WANNA LOOK AT W WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS AT SOME POINT THE CHANGE IN THAT POLICY.
'CAUSE THEY, I MEAN, FOR HOAS, UH, MAYBE SEE IF, IF WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO USE IT IN WEEKDAY EVENINGS.
UH, WE'LL WE WILL HAVE TO PULL THE COUNCIL.
SO, SO CHEAP OR FREE MEANS WE'D HAVE TO TRANSFER MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE'D HAVE LESS REVENUE.
WELL, NOT IF YOU'RE NOT RENTING IT OUT NOW, BUT I MEAN, YOU, YOU ARE RENTING IT OUT NOW ON SOME EVENINGS.
YOU GENERATING ANY REVENUE FROM THAT OR WE JUST PROPO, UH, SUGGESTING THAT.
OH, FROM TIME TO TIME WE RENT IT OUT IN THE EVENING ON WEEK WEEKDAYS, WE DO RENT IT OUT IN THE EVENINGS.
SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THAT NUMBER.
AND, UM, SO WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND IF IT, IF IT'S, IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL THEN IT MAYBE, SO WHY COULDN'T THEY DO IT DURING THE DAY? BECAUSE THESE ARE HOAS PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK.
THEY, THEIR MEETINGS ARE IN THE EVENING.
WELL, MOST OF THE HOA PEOPLE ARE RETIRED, AIN'T IT? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WALK AROUND AND TRYING, THEY GO TO THE MEETINGS.
H HOAS, UH, TOWN CENTER OR THEY, YOU THINK THEY'RE ALL RETIRED IN TOWN CENTER? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
80% OF OUR, I DON'T AN WELL, UH, STEVE, YOU LIVE IN AN HOA IS EVERYBODY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD RETIRED WHEN YOU, WHEN Y'ALL HAVE YOUR HO DO Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE HOA MEETINGS? THEY HAVE 'EM LIKE TWICE A YEAR.
ANYWAY, I WANT, WE GOING TO, AT SOME POINT, WE'LL I WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN AN EXTREME FINANCIAL DETRIMENT TO THE CITY OR TO THAT FUND.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT WE WOULD HAVE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HELP US OUT ON CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT WOULD SAVE US MONEY.
SO YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS HERE.
COULD SAVE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT COST A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, CIVIC CENTER.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE COST TO RENT IT ON AN EVENING DURING THE WEEK? IT DEPENDS ON THE ROOM YOU RENT.
THE MAIN, YEAH, THAT'S EXPENSIVE.
UM, MOST RENT AND IT'S 75, BUT IT WOULD BE HALF PRICE.
OH, SO YOU'RE GIVING 'EM A HIGH PRICE RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING A BAD DEAL THEN.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HALF PRICE FOR, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OAKS OF ROSENBERG, IF THEY APPLY AND FILL OUT THE FORM FOR THE POLICY, THEY CAN GET IT FOR HALF PRICE.
THAT'S, SEE HOAS ONLY ONLY DO IT TWICE A YEAR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THREE.
WELL THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT SOME, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS MEET PROBABLY FOUR QUARTERLY AS WELL.
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BAD, MAYOR.NO, THAT'S, UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
HEY, THAT'S A LOT CHEAPER THAN THE PRICES I PAY TO RENT.
STUFF LIKE, YOU GONNA PASS THE SAVINGS ON US.
HUH? THE THE, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, UH, TANYA SAID THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, NOT PRICING.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY LOOK AT, IT'S EASIER TO CALL ME THAN THIS TO FILL OUT AN YEAH, SHE TELL EVERYBODY.
WELL, ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL SEE.
WE'LL JUST SEE HOW, UH, PERSISTENT THEY ARE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO.
BUT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO CHECK INTO.
INTERNAL REVENUE FUNDS? I'M SORRY? INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE, WE DO HAVE THREE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS ON PAGE SEVEN DASH TWO.
THAT'S FOR OUR IN INSURANCE FUND.
AND THIS IS, UH, JUST A NOTE HERE IS HEALTH INSURANCE.
PREMIUM RATES ARE INCREASING BY 20.7%.
THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 5% SHIFT TO THE EMPLOYER COST FOR DEPENDENT COVERAGE.
THEN ALSO THE INSURANCE FUND FUND BALANCE IS BEING USED TO OFFSET THE INCREASE TO THE EMPLOYEE'S PREMIUMS. THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE NUMBER.
I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE REFERENCE YOU SHOULD PUT THE, THE NUMBER, NOT JUST THE PERCENTAGE.
THERE'S SOME STUFF Y'ALL LIST PERCENTAGE, SOME STUFF YOU DON'T.
HERE'S THE PERCENTAGE, BUT NOT A NUMBER.
BUT YEAH, WE, WE WILL MAKE A NOTE FOR NEXT TIME JUST MOVING FORWARD.
BUT I CARE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT IS TO THE BOTTOM LINE AND PROBABLY THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD, WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW.
IT'S HOW MUCH AGAIN, JUST SO I CAN, THE TOTAL INCREASE, THE 20.7 IS 738,000.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THEIR INSURANCE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, LOUIS WAS TALKING ABOUT.
BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 50? THE, UH, THE, THE 5%? WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER EQUATE TO? WHAT THE CITY'S PICKING UP? YEAH, THE 50 TO 55%.
THE, THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET IT.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE 180, BUT I DON'T.
AND THEN THE NEXT FUND IS THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH IS ON SEVEN DASH FIVE.
WE APPROVED A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT EARLIER THIS LAST MONTH TO REPLACE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 LIST.
THESE CARS ARE ALREADY WORE OUT.
ONE BACKHOE AND ONE DUMP TRUCK.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LIST HERE? NO, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE.
WELL, ONE OF 'EM IS A DUMP TRUCK, ONE OF 'EM IS A BACKHOE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOPE.
ANYBODY ELSE BESIDES HECTOR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY FUND 6 0 3.
THAT'S ON PAGE SEVEN DASH EIGHT OH MAN.
WE, THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE PC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR LINE ITEM 6 0 3.
IS THAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? THAT FUND? 6 0 3, WHICH IS ON PAGE SEVEN DASH EIGHT.
AND YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE TO PC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
AND THAT'S TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASES OF THREE PHASES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER REPLACEMENT IN THEIR PATROL UNITS.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE INCREASE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND ALSO THE SERVICES.
AND THEN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
EQUIPMENT INCLUDES FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE TO THE BACKUP STORAGE REPOSITORY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY FUND? NO.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, RDC.
THAT'S ON PAGE PAGE EIGHT DASH TWO.
SO WE WANT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE RDC, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THE RDC.
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IF Y'ALL RECALL, I WAS REMOVED A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM THE OR, I MEAN, I REMOVED MYSELF A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM THE RDC.IF Y'ALL WILL, UM, INDULGE ME A FEW MINUTES, I'LL LOOK OVER HERE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE HECK Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING HERE.
SO THE RDC BUDGET INCLUDES, UM, CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO THE CITY.
UM, THAT'S, UM, DUE TO AN AGREEMENT.
UM, IT INCLUDES CITY SUPPORT SERVICE FEES, A FIVE AND A 5% CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEE FOR ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THERE'S ALSO $25,000, UM, INCLUDED FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST FORT BEND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND 50,000 FOR NEW LOCAL MERCHANT SUPPORT PROGRAM.
JUST IN CASE YOU QUESTION, THAT'S THE ONE YOU, UH, YES.
AND I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF THAT IS MONEY WELL SPENT.
JUST TRYING TO REMIND YOU IN CASE BEFORE WHAT, WHAT IT'S FOR MOWING.
WE COULDN'T DO IT IN RICHMOND, REMEMBER? AND WE MOVED IT TO 2218.
YEAH, IT'S FOR MOWING AND UH, IS IT FOR FINISHING MOWING? YES.
SO THAT IS HIGH QUALITY MOWING.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS PICK UP THE TRASH BEFORE THEY MOW IT, YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND RE UH, RICO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU MAKE, YOU LET THEM, UH, SO AND I YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
AND I GUESS WELL, WELL, THEY, THEY WILL HANDLE THE CONTRACT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO INSIST, BUT MENTION IT TO HELEN ELLEN HUGHES.
I I'LL TAKE IT UP WITH THEM IF IT'S NOT UP TO PAR.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF CONFETTI, BUT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DOING IT AND WE'VE BEEN BENEFICIARY OF THEIR PROCEEDS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND NOW IT'S TIME THAT WE, UM, PUT A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT.
IT, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
AND THEN THERE'S HOW DID THE BOARD PER, HOW DID THEY RECEIVE THAT? IT WAS GOOD.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY? UH, RESIST OR NO? NOBODY RESIST THERE.
WHAT ARE Y'ALL GIVING THEM? 25 OR 50 25 CHEAPSKATES.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, FIVE POINT
THERE'S, THERE'S 5.5 MILLION FOR ANNUAL OBLIGATIONS AND RDC PROJECTS.
UM, THOSE PROJECTS, SOME LARGE ONES INCLUDE I 69 WATER SEW EXTENSIONS, UM, SIDEWALKS, SUNSET, ZIP PARK, LED LIGHTING, UM, A LITTLE MORE MONEY FOR THE FM 2218 ENTRANCE ROAD FOR SEABORNE CREEK PARK.
AND THEN, UM, 1.5 MILLION FOR SOME ADDITIONAL BASEBALL FIELD OR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SEA AT THE PARK THERE.
AND THEN, UM, THE US 98 CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION, WE'RE PUTTING ANOTHER MILLION TOWARD THAT PROJECT.
I'M GETTING SIDETRACKED A LITTLE BIT OFF THE BUDGET FOR SUNSET PARK BALLFIELD.
DID THAT SOCCER TEAM EVER SEND YOU, UH, SOME, UH, DATES TO SEE IF THEY'RE REALLY USING IT? LIKE THEY SAY, THEY BRING SO MANY PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A MEETING SET WITH THEM LATER THIS WEEK AND, UM, OKAY.
I, I ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY YET, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY BRING IT TO THE MEETING.
SO MAYBE THAT'S THE QUESTION MARK THERE.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO GET, WE WANNA FIND OUT AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM THIS WEEK AND THEN THAT'LL COME BACK TO THE WORKSHOP.
IF THERE DID DOLLAR TREE EVER COME GET THEIR MONEY? NOT, UM, THEY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THAT ONE PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT, BUT THEY COULD.
SO THAT'S WHY Y'ALL BOUGHT BUDGET FOR IT.
UM, SO WE'RE BUDGETING IT ONE MORE TIME, AND THEN ONCE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, WE'LL PUT THAT MONEY BACK IN THE RDC FUND.
DOES THE COUNCIL AS A GROUP, DO WE GET TO WEIGH IN ON THESE AS, UM, OR ONCE IT'S THE BUDGET'S APPROVED? THAT'S IT.
IF THERE'S ANY AGREEMENTS, UM, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THEY'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
WILL THE COUNCIL, WELL, I'M SURE THAT SOMEHOW, AND THE, THE BOARD WILL, UH, IT, Y'ALL WILL MAKE RE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SIDEWALKS.
I'M SURE THE STAFF WILL CORRECT.
UH, REGO YOU'LL START OUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I GUESS.
AND THEN, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE OR THE BOARD AS A WHOLE DECIDES
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WE TAKE IT TO THE BOARD AND THEN THEY'LL RATIFY IT, AND THEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT? IF IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND? YES.WELL, I MEAN, ON THIS SPECIFIC, IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY 150,000.
ALL THAT MONEY THAT GROUP HAS, AND Y'ALL ARE ONLY PUTTING $150,000 IN FOR SIDEWALKS IN THIS TOWN.
THAT'S ONLY FOR, UH, FOR BUSINESSES.
YOU CAN'T USE IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
RDC SIDEWALKS IS ONLY IF IT'S FROM A BUSINESS.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JOYCE.
WELL, IT HAS, IT HAS TO BE TIED TO BUSINESS.
COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, WELL, THEY'VE DONE ALL OVER, WHICH IS FINE.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH ROSENBERG.
WE HAVE BUSINESSES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, SO, UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SIDEWALKS.
SIMILAR TO THE REMOVAL AND REPLACE LIST THAT WE, UH, TAKE TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UH, WE'LL TAKE A SIMILAR LIST FROM RDC.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THAT ITEM COMES BACK.
I, I HAD, I HAD ONE QUESTION ON, UH, EIGHT DASH FOUR.
I SAW THAT WE HAD, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND 280 FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, STRATEGIC PLANNING.
WHAT WAS THAT FOR? I MEAN, I KNOW Y'ALL USED IT ONCE.
YOU DIDN'T DO IT FOR THIS YEAR.
THEY, THERE WAS A, UM, CONSULTANT USED TO UPDATE THE RDC STRATEGIC PLAN LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS THE COST FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, FELIX.
UM, THESE, THESE LIGHTINGS AND STUFF AT THE BASEBALL FIELD WE DISCUSSED, THOSE ARE GOOD INVESTMENTS FOR SEABORN.
I'M QUESTION SUNSET RIGHT NOW.
SEE, THAT'S WHY I QUESTION SUNSET.
IF THEY RENT 'EM, IF THEY, DO Y'ALL GENERATE ANY MONEY FROM SUNSET PARK? YES.
DO YOU? WHY DON'T YOU GET THE COUNSEL THAT FIGURE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED IT TODAY, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A VERY INTERESTING FIGURE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS, THEY KEEP UP THE PARK OR DO THEY JUST KEEP UP THEIR LITTLE SECTION OF THE PARK? I DIDN'T WRITE THAT.
NO, THEY, THEY DO KEEP UP WITH THE LARGE PARK PORTION OF THE PARK, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE POND.
THE IRRIGATION, THE TREES, THE ACTIVITIES.
THEY, THEY, THEY TAKE A BIG OWNERSHIP OF THE PARK OUT THERE.
WHO, WHO DOES THE FINISHING MOWING AROUND IN THE, IN FRONT OF THE CIVIC CENTER, UH, PARKS CREW CONTRACT? OR IS IT A CONTRACT? CONTRACT CENTER IS CONTRACTED.
WE MOW AROUND UP TO 36 ON THE GAZEBO SIDE OF, UH, CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC? CAN Y'ALL COME TO THE MIC WHEN Y'ALL SPEAK? 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T GET RECORDED.
SO THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MOWS, UH, THE LEFT SIDE OR THE RIGHT SIDE OF STANLEY CERCA AROUND THE GAZEBO, AND THEN ALL OF THE NATURE PARK THAT IS MOWED AND SHREDDED.
THE CIVIC CENTER IS CONTRACTED.
AND THEN THE MASTER NATURALISTS DO, DO THEY DO $50,000 WORTH OF WORK? THEY TURN IN A BUDGET EVERY YEAR TO THE RDC.
UH, TO UPDATE THE PIERS, ADD IRRIGATION FOR THE TREES, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUTTERFLY GARDEN FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
OR, BUT MY QUESTION STANDS YES.
DO WE, ARE WE GETTING ALRIGHT.
DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ON, ON OUR SCREEN ABOUT ANY OF THESE EXPENDITURES? AND Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE, AND THIS IS GOOD.
GOOD THING TO NOTE TOO, FELIX, THAT THAT LITTLE GREEN BUS THAT THE COUNTY HAS, IT GOES HERE ON THERE AND EVERYWHERE THE CITY PITCHES IN, WELL, THE RDC PITCHES IN 75,000.
SO IF YOU EVER NEED TO TAKE THAT LITTLE BUS, YOU WON'T FEEL GUILTY.
DOES ANYBODY, UH, TWO, $3? I THINK IT'S, UH, PRETTY SOON.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MAYBE, UH, HECTOR, UH, UH, HERE IN THE RDC WHERE IT SAYS NEW SIDEWALK, DO YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER IF THEY WERE GONNA, THERE WAS A GAS STATION THERE.
I THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT? FIFTH STREET ON FIFTH STREET.
WELL, THEY ARE THEY GONNA EXTEND THE SIDEWALK THAT IT GOT APPROVED? IT DID GET APPROVED, YES.
THAT'S ALL FIFTH STREET BETWEEN AVENUE, UH, H AND UH, AVENUE G.
AND WE WANNA LOOK AT THIRD STREET BETWEEN H AND I AS WELL.
SO Y'ALL WANNA LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT? WE WILL TAKE THAT LIST BACK TO THE RD C.
RDC SAYS, SINCE THE OWNER DOESN'T WANNA UPGRADE HIS BUILDING, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT
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IT.THAT'S WHAT THE MAJORITY, IF I RECALL THAT.
HAVE Y'ALL HAD THAT DISCUSSION? YES.
SINCE WE HAD, WELL, DID YOUR BOARD KEEP IN MIND THAT A SIDEWALK IS CITY PROPERTY AND NOT THE BUILDING'S PROPERTY? THAT'S A RIDICULOUS ASSUMPTION.
WE'RE GOING TO DOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN BY THE OLD, UH, THAT KARATE PLACE.
WELL, THAT ORB, THAT GREEN, THAT MATTRESS SUPPOSEDLY TO SELL FURNITURE TUR WAS BUILDING.
SO THE RDC, UH, MANY OF THE, UM, THE, THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL, HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THAT'S NOT A, A DECENT SIDEWALK.
AND IT'S, THERE'S BIG CRACKS IN IT.
IT'S DANGEROUS, IT'S, UM, CRUMBLING.
AND IT'S RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
AND THEY'VE COME UP WITH THE, UH, WISDOM TO SAY IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT UP TO THE CITY TO DO BECAUSE THE GUY THAT HAS THE, THE BUILDING THAT THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF WON'T IMPROVE HIS PROPERTY.
SO I DISAGREE WITH THAT PREMISE.
IT'S A REFLECTION ON THE CITY.
IT'S IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
I, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, MAYOR.
WE JUST, AND, UM, I WANT THAT TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL THAT, THAT THAT WAS OR AN UP AND DOWN VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO THE RDC BOARD FIRST.
THAT DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD WAS ONLY WITH THE RDC FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, UM, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE SIDEWALK LIST.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO GO TO THE BOARD.
I JUST TAKE IT DIRECTLY TO THIS GROUP.
WE GOT NO, NO, I DON'T, IT DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE BOARD.
WELL, BECAUSE I LET, LET, LET THE BOARD DECIDE GUYS.
I WANT, I WANT TO SUBJECT IT TO PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR NAME ON A BALLOT AND THAT ARE, UH, ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS.
NOT ALL THE BOARD IS, BUT WE ARE, IT'S A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND I MEAN IF, UNLESS YOU WANNA TRY TO CONVINCE THEM THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS.
IS THAT CITY, I MEAN, IS THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY? CITY SIDEWALK? WELL, I MEAN THAT'S WHO, WHO'S WOULD IT BE
I MEAN, THAT CLARIFIES IT, RIGHT? IT'S A CITY SIDEWALK.
RIGHT WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, THEY DO PARK THERE.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT PARK THERE.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SAY? UH, WE CAN'T TELL OLD MAN.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, WE HAVE WATER LINES THAT RUN AND ROADS THAT RUN IN, IN FRONT OF THE, SOME OF THE WORST PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA FIX THAT ROAD BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAINT THEIR BUILDING OR THEY DON'T THROW THEIR TRASH AWAY.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? DO YOU, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LIST? RDC PROJECTS? BULLDOG.
YOU GOT ANY? NOW YOU'RE SITTING ON THAT RDC BOARD TOO, SO LOOK OVER THIS.
Y'ALL GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? SUBTRACT, TAKE AWAY.
I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE BEFORE WE WRAP UP.
UM, SO WE ARE BRINGING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO NEXT WEEK'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTALS, UH, THAT WERE REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS THE LIST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FUND IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET.
BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO, UH, FUND THEM IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET WITH ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE.
SO WE HAVE THE MAIN BUILDING AC AT THE ANIMAL CONTROL, 25,000.
AND THE LIST IS THERE EQUAL, UH, EQUALING 285
WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK ABOUT THESE SUPPLEMENTALS? WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE 'EM INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET 'CAUSE THEY WERE ONE-TIME EXPENSES.
SO IN THE LAST WEEK THIS HAS COME UP.
NO, WE'VE, UH, THESE WERE ALREADY, UH, ON THERE BUT THEY JUST WEREN'T PRESENTED LAST.
SO THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE WISHLISTS, BUT TIMING.
YEAH, THEY'RE NEEDED ITEMS, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE 'EM IN THE BUDGET 'CAUSE THEY WERE ONE TIME EXPENSES.
UM, THIS IS A SMALL ONE, BUT THE, THE AC ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL, IS IT SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT OR IS IT BROKE? YES, IT IS BROKE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING QUOTES.
IT'S NOT COMPLETELY OUT, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT GOING DOWN.
I THINK IT TOPS OUT AT THE 72 AND, AND THE MAIN BUILDING WHERE THE OFFICE ARE EMPLOYEES ARE, IT'S WORKING PARTIALLY.
'CAUSE I WAS THERE, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT SEEMED FINE, RIGHT? NO, I MEAN IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE WERE INSIDE, RIGHT? YEAH.
NO, WE'VE BEEN, WE WE'VE HAD THIS AND YEAH, NOW IT'S GOING IT, YEAH.
WE'RE GETTING UH, QUOTES RIGHT NOW TO GET A, A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE AND GET THAT FIXED.
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CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE WORKING IN CONDITIONS WHERE THERE AIN'T NO AC.ALRIGHT COUNSEL, LOOK OVER THIS LIST.
SEE IF Y'ALL WISH TO ADD OR TAKE OFF OR REDUCE OR QUESTION.
THAT'S LIKE WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA END UP TAKING TO OUTFIT IF, I MEAN HE, UH, EMS CAPTAIN VEHICLES.
WE ALREADY HAVE JUST ONE OR IS THAT BEING RE WE DON'T HAVE ANY EMS CAPTAIN VEHICLES NOW.
THAT'S A NEW POSITION ISN'T POSITION WE JUST ADDED OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU ADD A NEW POSITION, NOW WE GOTTA ADD A NEW VEHICLE.
TYPICALLY YOU, HE'S GETTING A NEW OFFICE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT YOU GET IT FROM NEW BUILDING SPECIAL PHONE BALANCE THOUGH.
IT'S WHAT NOW? BALANCE IS HOW FROM THE SPECIAL FUND BALANCE.
ALL IT TAKES IS CASH TO BALANCE.
WE'RE GRABBING IT FROM THE FUND BALANCE AND ADD ANOTHER ONE TO HAVE RESERVE.
WELL, WHY NOT TRIPLE IT? THIS, THIS LIST WILL COME BACK NEXT WEEK IN THE FORM OF A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.
BUT WHY DO WE NEED AN EMS CAPTAIN TO BEGIN WITH? THAT'S TELL TELL ME AGAIN.
I I I WILL, I'LL TELL ME AGAIN.
REFER THAT OVER TO THE FIRE CHIEF.
BUT I MEAN THAT'S, WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT POSITION MANY TIMES.
I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN EMS CAPTAIN NOW, BUT WE NEED AN EMS CAPTAIN.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS 50% OF OUR CALLS ARE MORE INVOLVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
THAT I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT'S SO I DON'T WANNA SAY LIKE, WHEN WE'RE SAYING EMS UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AMBULANCES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR ROLE AS FIRST RESPONDERS, RIGHT? UHHUH
SO WE HAVE PROTOCOLS, WE HAVE MEDICATIONS AND UM, A MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF OUR OWN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HISTORICALLY THE FIRE SERVICE HAS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON FIREFIGHTING, RIGHT? BUT A LARGE PORTION OF OUR JOB IS, IS RELATED TO EMS. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS, IS A REQUEST IN THIS POSITION.
'CAUSE WE FEEL THIS IS, UM, THE EASIEST OR THE LOWEST EXPENSE COST TO GIVE US THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THIS POSITION IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS GONNA BE, WE HAVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE COMMISSION.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES HAS COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
UH, AND THEY ARE STARTING TO FOCUS IN MORE ON FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE AMBULANCE COMPANIES.
SO THIS POSITION, WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA CONDUCT, SO ALL OF OUR TRAINING IN MEDICAL HAS TYPICALLY BEEN ONLINE.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS BRING IN, UH, A PERSON, THIS PERSON WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING, WHAT WE CALL QUALITY ASSURANCE.
AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEANS THEY REVIEW REPORTS, THEY MAKE THESE CALLS, WHICH IS WHY THIS VEHICLE'S NEEDED.
SO THEY CAN GET OUT THESE STATIONS, RUN SOME OF THESE CALLS, EVALUATE OUR STAFF, FIGURE OUT WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO IMPROVE THAT SERVICE.
SO THAT'S THAT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN, IN A NUTSHELL, UH, PROTOCOL MAINTENANCE.
RIGHT? SO HOW WE TREAT MEDIC MEDICINES AND TREATS AND PRO THE MEDICAL WORLD CHANGES ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE STAY UP TO DATE AND CURRENT.
THEY'LL BE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR LIAISON IF THERE'S A QUESTION BACK AND FORTH.
THEY DISCUSS THAT WITH THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
UM, AND A BIG THING IS, UH, NOT JUST FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT CITYWIDE, THIS PERSON WILL SERVE AS THE INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
SO IF A POLICE OFFICER GETS SOME TYPE OF BLOOD ON 'EM OR STUCK WITH A NEEDLE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UH, AND THEN WE TALK WITH HR AND THAT THIS PERSON'S GONNA ASSIST WITH, UH, CPR TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR THIS POSITION.
SO THIS WAS THE LOWEST COST REQUEST WE COULD TO HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT IN OUR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.
W WHAT ABOUT YOUR SAFETY? FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY GETS HURT IN THE FIELD FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
WOULD THIS GUY HELP THEM OUT TOO? ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE I USED TO MY PREVIOUS JOB, WE HAD A SAFETY DIRECTOR.
KIND OF LIKE WITH THAT, IF SOMEBODY GOT HURT, INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THEY CAN COME AND CHECK AND SAY, OKAY, YOU NEED STITCHES, YOU GOTTA GO.
OR YOU DON'T NEED STITCHES WITH Y'ALL.
USE 'EM SOMEWHERE SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'RE NOT SENDING EVERYBODY TO THE I DON'T, I DON'T QUITE CHANGE THAT.
IT WOULDN'T QUITE BE THE SAME.
I MEAN, UH, WE WOULD, I MEAN THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO EVALUATE JUST LIKE WE WOULD IN THE ANY OTHERS ON SCENE NOW.
UH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL FOR A LIMITED REGULAR WORK.
LIKE SOME OF THOSE POLICIES, WE STILL,
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THEY HAVE TO GO FOR THE DRUG TEST AND THAT ONE THAT NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.NO, YOU HAVE TO GO, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T GO TO, YOU HAVE TO GO TO DRUG TEST, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY, HEY, UH, THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO A DOCTOR.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU GO TO A DOCTOR WITH WORKERS' COMP KICKS IN OR SOMETHING.
SO INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO THE DOCTOR, I'VE KNOWN THE FUTURE IN THE PAST WHERE I WORKED AT IS SOMEBODY LIKE THAT WOULD LOOK AT 'EM, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T NEED NO STITCHES.
WE CAN SIT YOU UP HERE AND CALL TODAY.
ALL THE EMPLOYEES THERE,
UH, I THINK THAT THAT BECOMES THE EMPLOYEE'S CHOICE.
IF THEY WANNA SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT, I BELIEVE WE, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THEM TO BE EVALUATED.
I, I WIPE THAT BLOOD OFF YOUR HAND.
IS THIS NEW POSITION, IS HE GONNA WORK A NINE TO FIVE JOB OR IS HE A SHIFT? CORRECT.
HE, HE WILL BE PRIMARILY A, A DAYTIME EMPLOYEE.
SO A LOT OF HIS WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, BUT, UM, WHAT DO WE CALL LIKE MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS, DISASTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY, THEY'LL BE EXPECTED TO, TO RETURN TO WORK LIKE THE REST OF ADMIN IS AS WELL.
UH, YEAH, I I'M OKAY WITH IT AS LONG AS IT, I I DON'T WANT TO, I MEAN I DON'T WANT IT, BUT MY CONCERN IS IT ENDS UP BEING A WHOLE OTHER, UH OH, WE NEED A CAPTAIN FOR EACH SHIFT FOR THIS AND NO, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE OF A DIRECTOR.
WE, WE DIDN'T, NOT A DIRECTOR, BUT A A AN AREA, OR I WON'T SAY A PROGRAM DIRECTOR, RIGHT.
BUT A, IT'S GONNA FALL UNDER OUR TRAINING COMPLIANCE.
BUT WHAT THEY FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE MEDICAL SIDE, RIGHT? WE DO, WE DO.
WELL, AND HISTORICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WELL WITH THE FIRE TRAINING, BUT THIS IS A LARGE PORTION OF OUR JOB.
AND THEN THE COMPLIANCE STUFF THAT WE SEE COMING AS WELL, WHILE WE ARE COMPLIANT NOW WE'LL BE GETTING MORE STRINGENT AND WE WANT TO ASSURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
AND IT'S BECOMING, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT.
SO COST TO BENEFIT IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.
UM, KEEP US COMPLIANT AND, AND GIVE US THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT IN OUR SERVICE.
WHAT'S COMING IN, CORRECT? WELL, SINCE NONE OF US ARE IN THAT BUSINESS AND YOU ARE, UM, I WILL, I MEAN WE WILL, WE TRUST THEM.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, UH, TAKE THE ADVICE OF FOLKS THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN WE DO.
UH, IT IS, IT, I I'M ALWAYS RESERVED ON EXPANDING, CONCERNED ABOUT, SAME THING RICHARD WAS, UH, THE OVER EXPANSION.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS THREE EMSS NEARBY.
I, LET'S SEE, TWO IN THE CITY AND ONE IN RICHMOND.
BUT UH, SO I'M SURE THEY HAVE A SEVERAL EMS CAPTAINS, DON'T THEY? YEAH, THEY HAVE A, HAVE A, A LARGE DIVISION FOR THIS JUST TO MAINTAIN THEIR STAFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
THE 26TH A WEEK FROM, NO, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET ON THE 26TH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND ALSO ON THE TAX RATE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
ON ANY MEETING WE HAVE THE, UH, PUBLIC CAN WE, WE GOTTA ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'LL SEE IF WE GET ANY INTEREST THERE.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT IN THE FORT BEND HERALD TWICE.
UH, JUST KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE.
IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT, YES SIR.
LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO ADD ANYTHING OR MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS REGARDING, CAN YOU GO IT ONE MORE TIME?
WE'LL IT TWICE, I'M SURE YOU'LL PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL TOO, RIGHT? YES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALL THAT.
IF THE, WELL I'M SURE Y'ALL PROBABLY PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEWSLETTER HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED OR NOT.
BUT IF IT HASN'T, YOU MIGHT WANNA MENTION THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NOW MAKE THE MOTION.
OH, HAVE Y'ALL MADE THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, WELL, STEVE'S SECONDED.
THANK Y'ALL FOR WAITING ON ME.