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>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AND GET STARTED.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:01 AND 19 SECONDS.WE ARE MISSING MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND TO THE BACK THERE.
HE'LL BE HERE IN A SECOND. WE'LL GO AHEAD.
WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
>> FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE SOVEREIGN IN EVERY WAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AS A CITY.
FATHER, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN A CITY, DO IT IN OUR CITY AND GUIDE OUR STEPS TONIGHT IN OUR WORDS, LET EVERYTHING WE DO HONOR YOU, IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Presentation of employee service award.]
ITEM NUMBER 1, PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARD.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANDY BILLINGSLEY.
HE IS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS.
>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, RETIREMENT RECOGNITION TO MARCUS PEREZ FOR 48 YEARS OF SERVICE. WOW.
[2. Retirement recognition to Marcos Perez for 48 years of service.]
>> ACTUALLY, MR. PEREZ COULD NOT JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT WE DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS 48 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY IN PUBLIC WORKS.
>> ITEM NUMBER THREE, PRESENTATION OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION.
[3. Presentation of the Black History Month proclamation.]
>> WHEREAS, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN AMERICANS TO OUR COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT HAS ENDORSED A SPECIFIC THEME AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LABOR FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2025 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPACT OF BLACK AMERICANS' WORK OF ALL KINDS FREE AND FREE, SKILLED AND UNSKILLED, VOCATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY.
WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS FOR REFLECTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICES OF THE PAST AND TO UPHOLD OUR ATTENTION AND COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL AND ENRICHMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY TO ADDRESS RACISM AND BUILD A SOCIETY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS DEMOCRATIC IDEALS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE, PEACEFUL, AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY IN WHICH BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICANS AND ALL CITIZENS ARE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED IN EVERY ENDEAVOR THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN WRIGHT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, PROCLAIM THIS 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025. [APPLAUSE]
>> MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION SELECTING THE PROPERTIES FOR WIND AND HAIL INSURANCE AS PART OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR A POLICY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 16, 2025.IT NUMBER FIVE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION,
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SELECTING FLOOD INSURANCE AS PART OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR POLICY BEGINNING MARCH 24, 2025.DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CORRECTED OCTOBER 22, 2025, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.
IT NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20250201-007, APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH GOVERNMENT CAPITAL CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND PARKS DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT.
IT NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZATION CONSENT FOR ALL INVESTMENT POOL ACCOUNTS.
I NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH CROWDER GULF FOR DISASTER DEBRIS MANAGEMENT AND HAULING.
IT NUMBER TEN, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 20250211-010, ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE MAY 3, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION, ANGLETON, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.
I NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH MISSOURI COUNTY FOR THE MAY 3, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION. COUNSEL. GO AHEAD.
>> MY COMMENT WOULD BE, I THINK WE NEED TO PULL AND MAYBE TABLE NUMBER SEVEN.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ADDING TO THE BUDGET, AND WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THAT.
>> I'M TO PULL ITEM SEVEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ADOPT THE REMAINING FOUR APPROVAL.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOTH SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER SEVEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES. DO WE WANT TO TALK, SEVEN OR DO WE WANT TO JUST SKIP IT AND MOVE TO ANOTHER MEETING?
>> MAY I, I WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.
>> WE CAN DO THAT. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS.
[12. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on a request for approval of the 2nd Replat of PT Estates, relocating an easement, and modifying a lot line, as recorded with Brazoria County Clerk Document No. 2023042763. The proposed replat is located at 2001 N. Valderas St. on 7.732 acres.]
ITEM NUMBER 12, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION, AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SECOND REPLAT OF PT ESTATES, RELOCATING AN EASEMENT, AND MODIFYING A LOT LINE AS RECORDED WITH MISSOURI COUNTY CLERK DOCUMENT NUMBER 202-304-2763.THE PROPOSED REPLAT IS LOCATED AT 2001 NORTH CALDERA STREET ON 7.732 ACRES.
>> THANK YOU, MARY COUNSEL. GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS A REPLAT PATRICK THOMAS ESTATE.
AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED THERE ON THE 7.73 ACRES.
THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU TO YOU BEFORE.
FOR APPROVAL, THEY ARE MAKING A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE LOCK SIDE, SHIFTING A LOCK LINE, MOVING A WATER LINE TO EASEMENT WITH THIS REPLANT IT WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY ARE FORWARDING IT TO YOU WITH A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE OF APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION.
THE ONLY COMMENT FROM THE ENGINEER CAME.
ALONG LINES OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT APPROVAL IN WHICH BAKER LAWSON HAS ACHIEVED THAT LETTER OF CONSENT FROM THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT ON THE CHANGE REGARDING THE DETENTION POND IN THE REAR OF THE STORAGE FACILITY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL ANSWER THOSE.
>> DO YOU HAVE A MOTION OPEN ON THE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR OPINION.
>> YES. MY NAME IS MIGUEL SOSO WITH AKERS ENGINEER FOR THE ENGINEER FOR PATRICK THOMAS.
WHEN WE INITIALLY DID THIS PLAN, WE DID IT WITH THE INTENT OF GETTING PATRICK THOMAS' SUBDIVISION SPLIT INTO TWO.
PATRICK THOMAS ENGAGED A CONTRACTOR I'M TO SAY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT CONSTRUCTING THE PLANS AS I DID.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE CONTRACTOR SAYS IS, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU REALLY COULD DO A BETTER JOB ENGINEERING THIS MIGUEL.
WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO IS WE BURNED UP THE POND A LITTLE BIT SO WE COULD SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE POND.
THAT WAY PATRICK COULD HAVE MORE BUILDABLE AREA FOR HIS PROJECT.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD BRING UP THE PLAT RIGHT NOW,
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BUT THERE WAS A WATERLINE EASEMENT WE PUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A FIRE HYDRANT.IT WAS GOING TO GO UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT OF THE BUILDING.
>> WE'RE RELOCATING THAT TO THE SOUTH WHERE IT WON'T BE UNDERNEATH ANY CONCRETE AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MAINTAIN.
BUT IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> WE'RE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ANYTHING YOU WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. COUNSEL?
>> MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY, MR. ROBERTS, GOT YOU.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCIL ROBERTS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.
WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO GET MORE BUILDINGS ON HERE NOW?
>> WELL, IT'S ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
THERE'S GOING TO BE HIGHER SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. A FEWER BUILDING.
>> MICKEL, CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE?
SEWER LINE OUT ON THAT SIDE, IS IT ON THAT SIDE OR IS IT?
>> THERE IS A WATER LINE ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET AND A SANITARY MAIN ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET AS WELL, AND THEY'RE BOTH IN THE RIGHT AWAY.
>> THE PLANT IS JUST TIED IN, RIGHT THERE?
>> THAT DRAINAGE DETENTION IS I MEAN, IT'S NOT OUR AREA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW UNDERSTAND IT.
WHERE IS THAT DRAINAGE GOING WHEN IT BLEEDS OUT?
>> THERE IS A DITCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
>> IS THAT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO?
>> YES. THE OUTFALL IS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THAT DITCH IS MAINTAINED BY ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT. RIGHT.
>> THE DITCH FLOWS WEST UNDER 288 B OVER BY SMITH HORT.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR OF TIM TWNSEN, SEEN BY COUNSELOR ROBERTS FOR APPROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE POSED. SAME SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MIGUEL.
>> NUMBER 13, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION,
[13. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on an Ordinance adopting the proposed City of Angleton Comprehensive Fee Schedule, as related to the User Fee Study. (Requesting Public Hearing to remain Open for Final Action on February 25, 2025)]
AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PROPOSED CITY OF ANGLETON COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE AS RELATED TO THE USER FEE STUDY, REQUESTING PUBLIC HEARING TO REMAIN OPEN FOR FINAL ACTION ON FEBRUARY 25, 2025.WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST?
>> I WILL DO THAT AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE ANNOUNCED THE TOWN HALL IN 1365 THIS THURSDAY SIX.
ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS, WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU ON THE 25TH.
>> WE ARE GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYBODY'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME.
I THOUGHT YOUR HAND WAS GOING UP. [LAUGHTER] ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THE PUBLIC HEARING REMAINS OPEN.
NOTICE THE ONE THING I'D ASK IS, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE TOWN HALL, BUT LET'S BLAST IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
>> WE ARE WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY HAVE PLACED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL UP FRONT, TRAINED EVER RESOURCE WE CAN.
I THINK YOU ARE COPIED ON ONE.
WE'LL BE ATTENTIVE TO THAT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE SERVICE THE ETJ IN TERMS OF OUR FEE STRUCTURE AS WELL.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK TRYING TO DISCUSS FURS.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OTIS? ANY CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE?HEARING NOTHING.
I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU, OTIS.
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>> REGULAR AGENDA. I NUMBER 14,
[14. Discussion, development update, and possible action on the Austin Colony Development, located on CR 44, Anchor Road and Tigner St. regarding proposed changes to the Development Agreement for the Public Improvement District (PID) and the approved Land Plan, previously established by Tejas Angleton Development LLC and the City of Angleton. ]
DISCUSSION DEVELOPMENT UPDATING, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AUSTIN COLONY DEVELOPMENT.LOCATED ON COUNTY ROAD 44 ANCHOR ROAD IN TIGNER STREET REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE APPROVED LAND PLAN PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY TEJAS, ANGLETON DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AND THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.
HOWEVER WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM THIS WEEK, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DATE AND TIME.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON DISCUSSIONS ON THE DOCUMENT THAT'S ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN DO THAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO THAT.
>> AND I'VE ALREADY READ THE AGENDA.
IF HE SHOWS UP TONIGHT, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
>> EXCELLENT. MR. SANDY RAY WAS TO DO ALSO AN UPDATE TO AUSTIN COLONY V.
SUBDIVISION IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SCHEDULE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA.
HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LEGAL AND P3 REGARDING HIS REQUEST THAT CAME BEFORE YOU TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE FROM 5-10% OF VALUE WHICH HE REQUESTED.
THAT'S PART OF THE PIT ARRANGEMENT.
SINCE THAT TIME WE DID MEET WITH P3 AND ALSO BOND COUNCIL REGARDING THAT REQUEST AND THEIR SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY WOULD BE TO NOT TIE IT TO THE BOND PROCEEDS DIRECTLY.
THOSE FEES SHOULD BE SEPARATED AND SUCH, YOU CAN DEVELOP AN UPFRONT FEE WOULD BE AN OPTION TO DO THAT, BUT IT CANNOT COME OUT OF THE BOND PROCEEDS.
LEGAL CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.
I THINK YOU HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM REGARDING RAISING THE PERCENTAGE BACK UP TO 10%.
ONCE WE GET TO SECTIONS 5 THROUGH 9, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
WE CLARIFIED THE NUMBER OF LOCKS.
WE HAVE UPDATED THE LAND PLAN THROUGH BAKER LAWSON.
YOU HAVE THAT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE REQUESTING AS YOU SEE IN THIS DOCUMENT, DEADLINE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO YOU.
OUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE COME BACK AGAIN IN THE FORM OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR APPROVAL.
HE'S UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE FORMALIZED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT WOULD COME IN A LATER MEETING.
I'LL UPDATE YOU, HE HAS SUBMITTED SECTION 1B, WHICH WOULD GIVE HIM THE 100 LOTS TO START OUT.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP HIM ON HIS SCHEDULE AND WHICH WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON HIS ASK WITHIN THE DOCUMENT HERE? BASICALLY, AS I STATED EARLIER, HE'S REQUESTING SECTIONS 1-4 WOULD BE AT THE 5% AND THEN 10% FOR SECTIONS 5-9.
HE SHIFTED SOME LOTS AS YOU SEE IN SECTION 9.
IN TERMS OF TOTAL OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS, JUST IN CASE THE COMMERCIAL DOES NOT COME INTO FRUITION, SO YOU END UP WITH THE 562 LOTS.
JULIE PARTIN HAS ALSO GIVING YOU THE NUMBERS, HIDE EFFECTS, PARK LAND AND ALSO THE CAFES AND REAL OF THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
BUT ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF US? UNFORTUNATELY, ANDREA COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THAT SHE HAD A CONFLICT BUT I DID SPEAK TO HER EARLIER.
SHE JUST PRETTY MUCH REITERATED OUR LAST PIT CALL IN TERMS OF US NOT COMMINGLING THAT ASK THROUGH THE BOND PROCEEDS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE THAT.
AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, SHE GAVE US EXAMPLES SUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] WHERE THEY WOULD CHARGE AN UPFRONT FEE OF $60 PER LOT ANNUALLY, COME UP WITH A CALCULATION, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING REASONABLE SO WE COULD MIRROR THAT SAME CONCEPT.
WE'RE PLANNING TO PRESENT THESE TO MR. SANDY RAY.
I WILL LET MR. RAY COME ON UP AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
DO YOU NEED SOME WATER OR ANYTHING?
>> LITTLE STRONGER IN FRONT OF THIS CROWD.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. J, THANK YOU.
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>> [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW, SECTION 1A, WE HAVE A FINAL PLAN OF [INAUDIBLE] IS PREPARING THE FINALS SO WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK IT IS PERMIT SOME UPDATING, ETC.
HE HAS ALSO FILED A PLANNER PLAN FOR SECTION 1B.
AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL WORK IT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE CAN HAVE A COUNCIL VOTE ON FINAL PLAN LATE MAY, EARLY JUNE.
HE'S GOT TO MEET CERTAIN DEADLINES AND THEN THE CITY ENGINEER HAS GOT TO GET BACK TO HIM AND HE WILL FOLLOW BACK.
OUR GOAL IS TO START CONSTRUCTION.
MAY 1ST COULD BE JUNE 1ST, COULD BE JULY 1ST.
RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
WE'RE WORKING ON CONTRACTS. THINGS LOOK GOOD.
[NOISE] WE ESTIMATE THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL SELL 50 HOUSES OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION.
THEN WE'LL SAY IMMEDIATELY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AFTER WE REACH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THE 100 LOTS.
THEN WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEXT 95 LOTS.
THAT WILL BRING US UP TO 195 LOTS.
AND ONCE WE GO INTO SECTION 2, AND 2A, AND 2B WE EXPECT TO SELL 75 HOUSES A YEAR.
NOW, I'VE GOT PROJECTIONS, WHICH IS IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE.
BUT THAT'S BASED ON HOME SALES, BASED ON WEATHER, AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY REAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THAT IT'S ON THE PACKAGE.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME LAND PLAN.
THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE LAND PLAN AT ALL.
AND THE DATES ARE HERE IN THIS TIME FRAME, BUT I AGAIN, REITERATE AFTER THE 195 LOTS.
WHAT ARE SALES GOING TO DO? THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. LET'S SEE.
COUNSEL VOTED ON THREE THINGS: ONE TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT RATE, TWO TO MERGE THE LOTS IN 3A AND 9 TOGETHER AND I HAVE ONE SECTION.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY ME.
THE EFFECT SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER.
THERE'S SOME VERY LEGITIMATE ISSUES WITH BONDS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY DOG IN THAT ISSUE.
I GOT PLENTY OF PROBLEMS I DON'T STICK MY NOSE INTO YOUR BUSINESS.
I TRIED TO PUT IT IN IN MY GRAPH.
BASICALLY, I SAID, WHATEVER YOUR POLICY IS, I'LL STILL PAY 10% OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS THAT YOU RECEIVE, HOWEVER YOU GET IT.
WHICH HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BYPASS THE ISSUES YOU'VE GOT.
I UNDERSTAND JULIE PARTIN IS GOING TO REDRAFT AGREEMENT, WHICH REDRAFT IT REALLY MEANS, JUST CHANGE THINGS AND HAVE ONE AGREEMENT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT BY MID TO LATE MARCH.
IF IT GOES PAST THAT, I'VE GOT BIG PROBLEMS, HUGE PROBLEMS. BUT OTIS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING GREAT.
I COMPLIMENT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AS IT RELATES TO THE AMENITIES, THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY, AND IT'S ABOUT $700,000.
MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY FOR AMENITIES IS GOING TO BE SPENT.
THE ENTRYWAY LIKE I SAID, IN MY PACKAGE ABOUT WHAT I WANT FOR ENTRY MONUMENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CLEARED AND CLEANED UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE PLANTED, WE'LL IRRIGATE IT, AND WE'LL LIGHT IT.
WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH TIGNER STREET.
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WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN TIGNER STREET, YOU'LL HAVE PREMIUM CEDAR FENCES, YOU'LL HAVE VEGETATION, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE LIGHTS AND A NICE SIDEWALK.THOSE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND.
IN THE BACK DETENTION POND, WE WILL HAVE JUST THE GENERAL SMALL PLAYGROUND, PROBABLY DO A RUNNING TRACK AROUND THE DRY DETENTION POND.
THE DETENTION PONDS WILL BE DRY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEVEL PACKED DOWN AND SEEDED.
THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE FOR PRACTICE FIELDS KIDS PLAYING, AND DO THINGS KIDS DO, MAYBE SOME ADULTS. THAT'S OUR PLAN.
THERE'S ONE ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, AND THAT IS, WE HAVE TO LAY A PIPELINE OF WATER LINE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 44.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THE COST OF WHAT WE NEED.
THE CITY WANTS US TO OVERSIZE IT, WHICH WE WILL.
I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THE OVERSIZE, JUST WHATEVER IT COSTS OVERSIGHT.
AND THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IS SOME MONEY, BUT THE BIG NUMBER THAT JUST CAME IN THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE IS IN THE CENTER OF TIGNER STREET, IS A BIG STORM DRAIN.
THAT DRAIN IT DOESN'T MOVE OUR WATER.
THAT DRAIN MOVES WATER FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO EXTEND THAT DRAIN FROM INTO PAVEMENT TO THE DRAINAGE AT THE EDGE.
I THINK THAT'S A CITY EXPENSE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING RATHER THAN THE CITY WRITE US A CHECK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS JUST LOADED WITH MONEY NOW.
BUT THE CITY WRITE US A CHECK, WE USED TO GET IMPACT FEE CREDITS FOR THAT.
THAT'S THE THING I'D LIKE FOR THE COUNSEL TO CONSIDER.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, WHAT I SEE IS CURRENTLY IT IMPACTS US IN NO WAY.
OUR DRAINAGE IS FINE IN THAT AREA, IT DOESN'T IMPACT UNTIL WE BEGIN TO BUILD ON THAT LOT.
SO MY OPINION, COST TO THE CITY, SHOULDN'T BE A COST TO THE CITY. MY OPINION.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IT STOPS AT THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, AND IT DRAINS IN AN OPEN DITCH.
>> IT DRAINS IN AN OPEN DITCH.
SO WHY AM I HAVING TO BUILD THROUGH THAT STORM DRIVE.
SEE IT IS NOT MOVING MY WATER.
I TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT HE'S NOT MOVING MY WATER.
HE'S MOVING WATER FROM THE CITY.
>> MR. RAY, I CONCUR WITH YOU.
TIGNER STREET, THE CITY WHERE THAT BRINGS WATER FROM HENDERSON FROM [INAUDIBLE] ALL AREAS IN DRAIN INTO TIGNER STREET AND DRAIN TO THE DITCH THAT'S IN WHAT YOU DO [INAUDIBLE] ROAD.
AND SO GOING ALONG WITH WHAT YOU SAID, HOW'S THE CITY SUPPOSED TO TRANSFER ITS WATER INTO [INAUDIBLE] ROAD, UNLESS MR. RAY PUTS THE STORM SILAGE.
IT HAS TO HAVE CONVEYANCE ME MECHANISM TO GET THE END TO WHERE IT IS NOW TO STOP IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T BUILD THE ROAD ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE DITCH TO STOP IT WHERE IT STOPS IT RIGHT NOW.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE COST IS FOR THAT, IF YOU COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATED COST FOR IT?
>> I CAN GIVE YOU A NAPKIN ESTIMATE.
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WELL, THAT ROSTER WAS DRINKING THIS MORNING COFFEE.I SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY AT $240,000.
I THINK IT'S $800 A FOOT AND IT'S ABOUT 800 FEET.
>> IT'S ABOUT 240 FEET [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S ABOUT 240 FEET TO EXTEND THAT EIGHT BY FOUR BOX COVERED DOWN TO GET TO THE DITCH.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG JUNCTION BOX THERE THAT CONNECTS THE WATER FROM YOUR SIDE AND IT MERGES WITH THE EIGHT BEFORE FOUR BOX COVERED THERE COMES FROM THE CITY SIDE.
THEN IT CONVEYS THAT WATER ON SOUTH DOWN THAT DITCH.
BECAUSE ENGINEERS ASKED WHAT PRICES ARE, I GOT INVOLVED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DOES BOX COVER MIGHT COST.
>> PORT FREEPORT RECENTLY BIT OUT A PROJECT WHEREIN WE HAD SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER BOX COVERED FIVE FOOT WIDE BY THREE FOOT TALL.
CONTRACTORS INSTALLED PRICE WAS $700 PER LIN OF YOUR FOOT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT FOOT WIDE BY FOUR FOOT TALL BOX COVER.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS GOING TO COST CLOSE TO $1,000 PER FOOT.
YOUR $240 IS A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR JUST TO LAY THE PIPE IN.
>> YOU GOT TO BUILD A STREET ON TOP OF THAT.
>> BUILD STREET ON SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON TOP OF THAT.
>> IT'S A CHOKING AMOUNT OF MONEY.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED OR AGREED UPON BEFORE, I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A MARCH DEADLINE?
>> WELL, ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT?
>> CORRECT. THEN YOU STATED A SECOND AGO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME REAL PROBLEMS AFTER MIDDLE OF MARCH, IF THINGS DON'T START MOVING, I GUESS IN A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> YOU BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT.
WHAT I WANT AND WHAT I HAVE TO HAVE SERIOUS.
I WOULD LOVE TO PUT THAT IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GET IT BY THE END OF MARCH.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE STAFF, COUNCIL PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE TO SEE SOME NUMBERS AND TALK ABOUT IT AND DISCUSS IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THERE.
IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE SOONER BETTER THAN LATER.
BUT NO, WE CAN DO THE DEVELOPMENT.
IF I CAN GET THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS IS AND THEN HAVE THAT ISSUE OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETIME BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS 90 DAYS FROM NOW, MAYBE 120.
>> WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
>> WE HAVE TIME TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
>> I DON'T WANT IT TO BE RUSHED TO SEE IT..
I DON'T WANT US TO DRAG OUR TOES.
I'M ASKING US TO HAVE AN INFORMED DISCUSSION WITH REAL NUMBERS, AND THEN HAVE THE INPUT OF COUNSEL TO PROCESS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
>> I HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS, BUT I'LL HOLD THEM OFF UNTIL I SEE SOME NUMBERS.
>> I'LL HOLD THEM OFF UNTIL ONE.
>> I THINK THAT THERE'S A CASE TO BE MADE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND MR. BOOT'S POINT.
ON THE OTHER HAND MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT YOU NEED US AS MUCH AS WE NEED YOU AND YOU'RE THE ONE MAKING THE CHANGE TO OUR LAND TO HELP FURTHER DEVELOP THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE OF HAVING TO SPEND THIS MONEY UNLESS YOU COME AND DEVELOP.
I THINK IN MY OPINION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER SOME PERCENTAGE, NOT A FULL, BUT THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AT A LATER TIME AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE SOME NUMBERS MYSELF.
>> I THINK WHEN TWO PEOPLE WANT TO DO SOMETHING,
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YOU GENERALLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT.>> SURE. WE WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS, BUT FOR MYSELF, I WANT TO STILL FEEL I'M DOING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENCE.
>> I'M WITH YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE ALL I NEED THE BIDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HOPE WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BIDS TO PRETTY QUICK ON EVERYTHING.
CONSTRUCTION OF TAKING OF ROAD, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOTS.
SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. SEE WHAT YOU KNOW.
SEE WHAT THE COST IS FOR THE LAND.
ROAD WITH THE PIPELINE IN IT WITH THE PIPELINE OUT OF IT.
WHAT ARE THE EXTRA COSTS? SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE WORK IN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU VOTED ON, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT AGREEMENT BACK TO ME SIGNED.
>> GRAY, WHERE IS THAT AT RIGHT NOW? DO YOU KNOW?
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO GET THAT DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT FINALIZED.
>> I KNOW IT'S BEING REWORKED BY BOND COUNSEL RESTATED NOT REWORK RESTATED.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT WORK.
THERE ARE ISSUES OF COUNSEL NEEDS TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON.
>> THEN YOU WANT IT TO COME BACK.
IT WILL GO TO BOND COUNSEL THEN TO YOU AND THEN TO US, OR DO YOU WANT IT TO COME BACK TO US FIRST FROM [INAUDIBLE].
>> BOTH CAN BE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE STILL HAVE SOME BALLS IN THE AIR. WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT.
>> THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING IS BOTH THE BUILDERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION VENDORS WOULD LIKE US A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF ANGLETON STATING THAT THERE'S WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY FOR THE FIRST 100 LOTS.
BUILDERS BUILD THE HOUSES THEY CAN'T GET WATER AND WASTEWATER.
>> THAT'S THAT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE MORATORIUMS AND AND PERMITTING, YOU CAN'T FIND A FUTURE COUNSEL.
WE CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE WATER CAPACITY FOR YOUR LOTS.
WHETHER SOME FUTURE COUNSEL IN MAY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THIS ONE CAN'T TELL THAT ONE WHAT TO DO.
>> YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER?
WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS PROMISE WE'LL NEVER DO A MORATORIUM.
WE CAN'T MAKE THAT PROMISE IN THE FUTURE.
>> BUT WE CAN TELL YOU TODAY WE GOT YOUR WATER IN YOUR WASTEWATER.
>> OUR CITY ENGINEERS CONFIRMED THAT YOU'RE IN THE MODEL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU WATER AND WASTEWATER?
>> YES. THE MAD BASIC THAT THERE'S WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY FOR 100 LOTS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. THEY'VE GONE FROM ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT.
APPARENTLY, THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS THAT ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS.
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I THINK WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT CONCERN.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAY?
>> I THINK THERE'S ONE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
I'D LOOK AT YOUR CONCERN OF YOUR BOX CULVERT AND YOUR STREET A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLY IF THE STREET THAT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT WAS A THROUGH ROAD THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IT IS NOT.
>> WELL, HE'S TAKING IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS THING RUNS INTO ANOTHER DEAD END?
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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>> I'LL CHECK WITH BOARD COUNSELOR TOMORROW MORNING.
[15. Update, discussion and possible action on the Texas Water Development Board project by Dustin Pope, Freese and Nichols and to submit the updated Project Information Form (PIF) application to Texas Water Development for funding on the presented projects.]
UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROJECT BY DUSTIN POPE, FREESE AND NICHOLS AND TO SUBMIT THE PROJECT INFORMATION FORM APPLICATION TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDING ON THE PRESENTED PROJECTS.>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I JUST DO A QUICK INTRO, DUSTIN POPE WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS.
WE WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD BACK IN 2023 TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND SUBMITTING TO TEXAS PART DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER WASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CIP, WHICH I'LL COVER.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW FOLKS, SO I WAS GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH QUICKLY TO THE BACKGROUND.
INTRODUCE MY TEAM. I'VE GOT MARK EVANS.
HE'S OUR GRANT FUNDING EXPERT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, AND RACHEL ADKISSON, SHE'S MY ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER ON THIS PROJECT.
THERE WE GO. QUICK AGENDA, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND, DO A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
AGAIN, AN OVERVIEW OF THE TEAM, AND THEN GO THROUGH SPECIFICALLY THE CLEAN WATER AND DRINKING WATER TASTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING TO TVDB AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG CIP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE ALONG WITH SOME MAGING WATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE POINT OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO OBTAIN SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GET AFTER SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS, THAT YOU'LL SEE IN TERMS OF ANGLETON TREATMENT PLANT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE TIED TO THOSE PACKAGES. PROGRAM OVERVIEW.
OBVIOUSLY, ACR HAS PUT TOGETHER THE PRIORITIZED CIP, SO WORKING THROUGH HR TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE UP TO DATE INFORMATION, ALSO WORKING WITH SCHNEIDER AS THEY LOOK AT THE OPERATIONAL ENERGY SAVINGS ACROSS THE CITY, AND PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO ANGLETON TREATMENT PLANT.
THEN FOR US, WE'RE IN THIS PHASE 1, THE PRE-APPLICATIONS OF THE CURRENT STAGE, GETTING THE INITIAL APPLICATION SUBMITTED, WHICH AGAIN WILL BE NEXT MONTH ON THE 7TH.
THEN BASED OFF HOW THE SCORING WORKS, AND MARK WE'LL GET INTO THIS TOWARDS THE END, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY'LL PUT OUT A INTENDED USE PLAN.
WE'LL GET RANKED AMONGST DIFFERENT FOLKS IN THE STATE, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A CUTOFF OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO INVITE PEOPLE TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD BE THAT SUB-SECOND PHASE OF PHASE 1, AND THEN BASED OFF FEEDBACK, THERE'D BE POST APPLICATION ACTIVITY, SO LOAN CLOSING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEN PHASE 2 AND 3 WOULD BE YOUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES.
DEPENDING ON WHAT PROJECTS GOT SELECTED ASSISTING THE CITY WITH SELECTING ENGINEERS OR, AGAIN, YOUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION AND PHASE SERVICES.
AGAIN, WORKING IN TANDEM WITH HDR AND SCHNEIDER, ALREADY INTERVIEWS MYSELF, RACHEL AND MARK.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR FINANCIAL PLANING EXPERTS, JARED BARBER, WHO'S ON THE UTILITY SIDE FOR US, DAVID MUNN, ON THE TREATMENT SIDE, AND THEN MATT CARTWRIGHT, WHO'S OUR CONSTRUCTION SME.
THEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF STAFF, AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT FEEDBACK WE GET.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF STAFF THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT, WHETHER IT WOULD BE STRUCTURAL, GEOTECHNICAL, SO ON.
THIS IS OUR CLEAN WATER PIF THAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING.
AGAIN, THE ANGLETON TREATMENT PLANT, THE TOP ONE UP THERE AT ALMOST 24 MILLION.
ALL THESE CALLS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO TODAY'S DOLLARS.
I'LL GET INTO THE FISCAL YEAR FLOW OF DOLLARS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
BUT THESE ARE, ESSENTIALLY, THE PRODUCTS THAT WE CHOSE.
ANOTHER 10,000 LINEAR FEET OF SANITARY SEWER, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE CAN FIND ISSUES WITH INI THAT WILL GIVE US MORE MO TO TDV, AND THEN FIVE LIFT STATION REHABS.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS HERE IS, WE SCORED REALLY WELL.
LAST TIME WE SUBMITTED THIS PIF, WE SCORED 42 OUT OF HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND ANY AMMUNITION THAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR CALLS.
I KNOW WE WE DID HAVE A TCQ NOTICE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US MORE AMMUNITION WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE BOARD.
THIS TIME WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX, IF YOU WILL, AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE POINTS AND GET UP IN THE RANKS.
I WILL PREFACE TBDB IS MORE FAVORABLE TOWARDS WHAT THEY CALL DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AND THEN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES, IF YOU WILL.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK BASED OFF OF HOW WE LABEL
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THIS I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS A BIT MORE COMPETITIVE AND GET MORE POINTS AND, HOPEFULLY, MET THAT CUT OFF THIS TIME.I GO BACK AND THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ON THE DRINKING WATER SIDE WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED HENDERSON WATER LINE, SO I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY SMALL IMAGE FROM BACK HERE, BUT UP IS NORTH.
UP TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS HENDERSON ROAD AND THE HENDERSON WATER PLANT.
BETWEEN HENDERSON WATER PLANT AND THE SHENANGO WATER PLANT DOWN TO THE SOUTH WE WANT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION LINE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CROSS POLLINATING, IF YOU WILL, CULMINATED VERSUS CHLORINATED WATER.
WHAT HAPPENS IS IT MESSES WITH WATER QUALITY AND TASTE AND POTENTIALLY ODOR.
THIS REALLY ONLY HAPPENS DURING PEAK DEMANDS, OR IF WE'RE SHORT FROM BWA.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPACKAGE.
WE INITIALLY HAD 10,000 LINEAR FEET OF WATER LINE REPLACEMENT.
WE TOOK THIS OUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT SCORE AS WELL WITH THIS ONE.
THIS ONE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ANY ISSUE WE HAD FROM HURRICANE BARREL, THE FREEZE, THE WELLS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING LINE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS ONE MORE COMPETITIVE.
AGAIN, START CHECKING SOME OF THOSE BLOCKS WITH THE BOARD.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IT'S JUST A ROLL UP.
IF YOU COMBINE THE DRINKING WATER IN THE CLEAN WATER PROJECTS, THAT COMES OUT.
AGAIN, THIS IS TODAY'S DOLLARS, 36.2 MILLION.
NOW, THAT'S ASSUMING BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT BOTH PIFS GET SELECTED ALL PROJECTS ARE GO.
NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS OVER A FIVE FISCAL YEAR, SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP FISCAL YEAR 26 TO FISCAL YEAR 31.
THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE FEATHERED, IF YOU WILL OVER TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE SPENDING $36.2 MILLION TODAY.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ESTIMATED 3-5 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SAVINGS.
REALLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT $31 AND $33 MILLION, AGAIN, TODAY'S DOLLARS.
YOU FEATHER THAT OVER FIVE FISCAL YEARS.
AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE SEQUENCING.
YOU DO HAVE SOME CONTROL ONCE YOU DO GET THE LOAN, YOU CLOSE ON THE LOAN, GOING TO WORK THAT SEQUENCING SO THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME.
THEN THAT ALSO GIVES YOU TIME TO GET OUT AND TALK TO CONTRACTORS AND SEE WHAT THE WORKLOAD IS LOOKING LIKE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
>> WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK, JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE TWDB TIMELINE, AND THEN HOW THAT LOOKS.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL COVER THAT IN LINE WITH PROJECT LIFE CYCLE SO THAT WE CAN PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, DUSTIN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO GO BACK FOR AT LEAST THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS CALLED THE STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.
YOU HAVE A CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND THAT FUNDS SEWER PROJECTS, AND THE DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND, WHICH FUNDS WATER PROJECTS, POTABLE AND RAW WATER LINES.
THESE TWO ORIGINATE WITH A FEDERAL GRANT THROUGH THE EPA, AND ONCE THE BOARD GETS THEIR FEDERAL GRANT, THEY CAN LOAN THAT MONEY OUT.
THEN WHEN THAT MONEY COMES BACK IN PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, IT THEN BEGINS TO BUILD A POT, WHICH THEY CAN RE-LOAN OUT AND GET IT BACK AND RE-LOAN OUT AGAIN, HENCE THE NAME, STATE REVOLVING FUND, BECAUSE IT REVOLVES EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS A NORMAL PROGRAM FOR THE BOARD.
THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1985, I THINK, OR '87, AND THE DRINKING WATER PROGRAM WITH CHANGES TO THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT CAME AROUND IN 1995.
THE BOARD TYPICALLY HAS AN ANNUAL CYCLE.
SOMETIMES THEY HIT THAT CYCLE PERFECTLY FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY DO.
THEY'VE BEEN SO BUSY AND WITH THE EXTREME, SHOULD I SAY, THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE COVID HIT AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, THEY SOMETIMES CAN GET A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT THIS IS A TYPICAL TIMELINE FOR FUNDING.
WE REALLY START ON THE BOTTOM LEFT WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE PROJECT INFORMATION FORM OR PIF.
IT'S GOVERNMENT, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS. THEN WHAT THEY'LL DO WITH THAT PIF IS THEY FIRST DETERMINE IF THE PROJECT AND THE APPLICANT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
ANGLETON IS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE.
THEY'LL REVIEW THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE IT IS.
EVERYTHING THAT DUSTIN HAS DESCRIBED IS AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT WITHIN EITHER PROGRAM.
THEY WILL THEN GO THROUGH THEIR CAPACITY MODELING.
THEY HAVE UNTIL PROBABLY AROUND MARCH OR APRIL UNTIL EPA
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TELLS THEM THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO GET FOR THAT YEAR PLUS ALL THE MONEY THEY ALREADY HAVE.THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF CAPACITY THEY HAVE.
THEN THEY'LL TAKE EACH PIF, SO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL SCORE ALL OF THE CLEAN WATER PIFS.
THEY SEND THE DRINKING WATER PIFS OVER TO TCQ, AND THEY WILL SCORE THOSE, AND THEN THEY'LL SEND THEM BACK TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
LIKE DUSTIN SAID, THEY PUT TOGETHER THIS PLAN, THEY CALL IT INTENDED USE PLAN.
THIS PLAN ESSENTIALLY SAYS, THIS IS THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHAT IT CAN AND CANNOT DO.
THIS IS HOW WE RUN THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
AT THE END, HERE ARE ALL THE LISTS OF ALL THE PIFS, AND THEY PUT THEM OUT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, IN RANK ORDER, AND THEN THEY EVEN PUT IN A PRELIMINARY, THEY CALL IT INITIAL INVITED PROJECTS LIST.
WITH THAT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SEEING, NOT JUST IN RANK ORDER, BECAUSE THEY CAN SKIP PROJECTS TO MEET THEIR PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS AND THEIR GRANT REQUIREMENTS WITH EPA, SO THEY CAN SKIP A HIGHER RANK PROJECT AND PULL UP ANOTHER ONE.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT LIST, AND IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS, OKAY, YOU'RE EITHER ABOVE THE FUNDING LINE OR YOU'RE BELOW IT.
IN THAT PRELIMINARY DRAFT IUP, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT IN THAT PRELIMINARY ABOVE THE FUNDING LINE LIST, WE'LL CALL IT, DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE OUT BECAUSE NOT EVERY PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD.
YOU'LL HAVE SOME APPLICANTS THAT WILL DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
YOU'LL HAVE OTHERS WHO WILL REDUCE THE SIZE OF THEIR PROJECT THEREBY FREEING UP DOLLARS FOR THE BOARD TO GO FURTHER DOWN INTO THE LIST.
USUALLY IN JUNE, THEY WILL MAKE THAT DRAFT INTENDED USE PLAN PUBLIC BY EPA RULES, REGS.
THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT ON THE STREET FOR A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
EARLY AUGUST, THEY ARE ADDRESSING ALL THOSE COMMENTS.
THEN THEY'RE PACKAGING TOGETHER A FINAL INTENDED USE PLAN WITH THE COMMENTS AND ALL THE RESPONSES THAT THEY'LL TAKE TO THEIR BOARD IN LATE AUGUST FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
ONCE THAT APPROVAL IS GIVEN, THEN THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR LIST OF INVITED PROJECTS, AND THEY'LL IMMEDIATELY START SENDING OUT THESE INVITATIONS.
THEY TRY TO DO THEM OVER A TWO OR THREE-DAY TIME PERIOD.
THEY'RE SENT BY EMAIL, AND IT BASICALLY SAYS, YOU'RE INVITED.
YOU CAN NOW FILL OUT A FULL APPLICATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER LIFT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PAPERWORK.
THEY DON'T ONLY LOOK AT THE ENGINEERING AND THE COST AND THE SCHEDULE, BUT YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REPAY LOAN.
THEY LOOK AT THE OTHER LEGALITIES OF IT.
THE STAFF WILL HAVE TO BRING TO YOU A RESOLUTION SO COUNCIL CAN GIVE THE APPROVAL TO FILE THE APPLICATION TO SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN PROBABLY IN OTHER PROGRAMS. THEN YOU SUBMIT IT ALL OFF TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
USUALLY, THAT APPLICATION TIME FRAME TAKES ABOUT 60 DAYS OR SO.
WE'RE TALKING IN A NORMAL TIME FRAME AROUND LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER TIME FRAME, IF EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS IN PLACE, THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE.
TWDB STAFF WILL THEN LOOK AT IT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY DEFICIENCIES, LET YOU CURE.
THEN AFTER THAT, THERE'LL BE A TECHNICAL REVIEW ON THE APPLICATION MERITS.
THAT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SAY 5-7 MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE BOARD SCHEDULE, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN GET INTO THEIR BOARD FOR FUNDING COMMITMENT.
ONCE THEY DO TAKE IT TO THE BOARD, THEIR THREE-MEMBER GOVERNING BODY, THEIR BOARD WILL THEN VOTE ON IT.
THEN ONCE YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND YOUR BOND COUNSEL TO CLOSE THAT LOAN.
THEN IT'LL LOOK AND SMELL A LOT LIKE YOU SELLING A BOND ON A NORMAL STREET TRANSACTION TO WALL STREET.
YOU'LL HAVE TO PASS A BOND ORDINANCE.
THE BOARD ISSUES A RESOLUTION WITH CONDITIONS THEY GET OF THOSE LOAN TERMS. YOU'LL MAKE SURE THOSE ARE IN YOUR BOND ORDINANCE, YOU'LL PASS THE BOND ORDINANCE.
THEY'LL TAKE IT BACK, YOUR FA AND BOND COUNCIL WILL THEN CLOSE THAT LOAN, AND THEN THE MONEY WILL GO INTO ESCROW.
ONCE IT'S IN ESCROW, THE PROJECT BEGINS.
>> HAVING THE SAME DIFFICULTIES.
THE WAY YOU HOLD YOUR MOUTH? THERE WE GO. FAIR,
>> ONCE THE LOAN IS CLOSED ON THE FAR LEFT, THEN THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND THEN APPROVAL BEFORE YOU FINALLY GET TO CONSTRUCTION.
THOSE ITEMS ARE THE BOARD HAS TO MAKE SURE OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SO THERE HAS TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
ONCE THE BOARD GIVES ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, AND USUALLY THE ENGINEERING PLANNING DOCUMENT CALLED AN ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY REPORT IS SUBMITTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME, SO THEY'RE REVIEWED IN PARALLEL.
BUT THE ENGINEERING PLANNING DOCUMENT CANNOT BE APPROVED UNTIL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IS GIVEN.
YOU END UP WAITING UNTIL THAT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IS GIVEN.
THEY USUALLY APPROVE THOSE TWO ALMOST CONCURRENTLY.
THEN THEY MAKE THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE DESIGN.
THE DESIGN DOES NOT HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THE MONEY IF THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE THAT FORWARD IN TIME TO KEEP YOU ON A PROJECT SCHEDULE.
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BUT THE BOARD DOES TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR DOCUMENTS AND THEY GIVE THOSE APPROVALS.THEY HANG THE ONLY CARROT THEY HAVE OVER YOUR HEAD, WHICH IS THAT MONEY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU DESIGN MONEY UNTIL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND THE ENGINEERING HAD BEEN APPROVED.
ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE, THEN YOU GO [NOISE] THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CAN START.
ANY QUESTIONS ON JUST THAT TIME FRAME, THAT TIMELINE? I WOULD SAY THESE ARE TYPICAL, AND IT'S THE BOARD'S PREFERRED SCHEDULE.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY HIT IT IN ANY GIVEN YEAR THESE DAYS HAS BEEN TENUOUS.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT CAVEAT OUT THERE.
I HATE TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT BOARD.
THEY HAVE A GREAT MISSION, DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK, BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF SEVERAL NEW FUNDING PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENED AROUND, WHETHER IT'S REPAIR REPLACEMENT, WHETHER IT'S GROWTH, OR WHATEVER, THAT SMALL AGENCY HONESTLY IS SLAMMED, AND SO SOME OF THE REVIEW TIMES HAVE BEEN LONGER.
>> THE REAL HARD DATE THOUGH IS THE PIF SUBMISSION.
YOUR HARD DATES ARE SUBMIT THE PIF SO THEY CAN GET YOU IN THE PLANNING, SUBMIT THE APPLICATION WHEN THEY REQUEST IT.
THEN AFTER THAT, ON A LOAN ONLY LIKE THIS WITH NO GRANT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO A GRANT.
WHEN IT'S LOAN ONLY, YOU'LL HAVE 12 MONTHS TO CLOSE, SO THAT 12 MONTH WILL BE YOUR LAST DEADLINE.
EVEN THOUGH IT PROBABLY ONLY TAKES A FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND BOND COUNCIL ANYWHERE FROM 3-4 MONTHS TO CLOSE A LOAN, YOU WOULD HAVE UP TO A YEAR DEPENDING ON YOUR NEEDS AND YOUR DESIRES.
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT ONE SET OF DEBTS THAT ARE ROLLING OFF, AND YOU'D PREFER TO WAIT TO CLOSE UNTIL THAT ONE ROLLS OFF, SO THEN YOU BRING THE NEW DEBT ONLINE.
THERE ARE STRATEGIES INVOLVED WITH THAT.
ONE MORE THING, I ASKED DUSTIN, IF I COULD LET YOU GUYS KNOW OF.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THE NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
SOME OF IT IS AFFECTING THE FLOW OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
ANY FUTURE FUNDING THROUGH THE SRF DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH EPA.
IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON HOW THOSE PROCESSES THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO PLACE NOW ROLL OUT.
I WILL SAY THIS ADMINISTRATION, JUST LIKE TRUMP'S PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY FAVORABLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S TARGETING SOME VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES.
OUR OPINION IS IT'S NOT LONG-TERM GOING TO AFFECT THESE PROGRAMS THAT HE'S BEEN SUPPORTIVE THESE IN THE PAST.
WE SEE NO REASON WHY HE WOULDN'T IN THE FUTURE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS ON THE STATE SIDE.
OUR LEGISLATIVE CYCLE JUST STARTED.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, SENATOR PERRY AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE DEEMED THIS A WATER LEGISLATURE, THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS OF TEXAS.
THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE STATE WATER PLAN, THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, AND THEY HAVE ALL AGREED NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.
THE REASON I MENTIONED THIS IS THERE COULD BE MORE FUNDING FROM THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE BY THE END OF THE SESSION, IF THE VOTES GO CORRECTLY, THE WAY WE ALL WANT THEM TO.
THAT PUTS MORE MONEY IN THESE TWO PROGRAMS, BUT IT MIGHT OPEN UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER BOARD FUNDING PROGRAMS AS WELL.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE PROJECTS FUNDED FOR THE CITY, WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY.
YOU COULD SELL BONDS AND GET A PRETTY GOOD RATE.
THE RATE IS NOT AS GOOD TODAY.
DID I GET THAT WRONG? THAT'S WHAT GOOGLE SAID, SORRY ABOUT THAT. [NOISE]
>> YOU COULD DO THAT. THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW YOU TO SAVE EVEN MORE MONEY TO MAKE YOUR DOLLAR STRETCH LONGER TO KEEP YOU FROM HAVING TO RAISE YOUR RATES EVEN HIGHER ON YOUR RATEPAYERS OR TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE PROJECTS WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE AND THAT YOU WISH TO SPEND AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THAT ANY POTENTIAL DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR ME AND MY TEAM?
>> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
>> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK FOR US, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AROUND OUR WATER AND OUR SEWER.
>> GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK TO US AS WELL.
>> BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING A REPRESENTATIVE FOR US AND WORKING ON THIS.
>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MOTIONS TONIGHT, DO WE? IT'S JUST IN A DAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT SOME POINT THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, THE PIF BY MARCH.
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>> THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION IS THE FULL APPLICATION, WHICH WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL FALL.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR A COUNCIL RESOLUTION JUST TO SUBMIT THE PIF.
YOU CAN DO IT ON THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY.
IT'S A MINOR DOCUMENT THAT BASICALLY JUST SAYS, CITY COUNCIL IS RAISING THEIR HANDS, SAY, WE GOT PROJECTS, WE'D LIKE TO GET FUNDED.
WE'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS SO THAT YOU CAN GET THAT PROJECT SCORED IN RAND.
IT'S NOT UNTIL LATER THAT THEY NEED THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO MOVE AN APPLICATION FORM.
>> BUT AS FAR AS THE INITIAL APPLICATION, WE WILL PROVIDE THE ACTUAL PDF COPY OF WHAT WE SUBMITTED FOR BOTH THE DRINKING AND A CLEAN WATER PIF TO SHOW THE UPDATES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] TO BE WRITTEN, TO BE DONE.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE YOU.
>> ITEM NUMBER 16 HAS BEEN PULLED, RIGHT?
[17. Discussion and possible action on the grant application for Partners in Places Round 22 and fifty percent matching letter of commitment]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR PARTNERS IN PLACES AROUND 22 AND 50% MATCHING LETTER OF COMMITMENT.>> YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS SEEKING APPROVAL OR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RATHER FOR THE PARTNERS IN PLACES GRANT, ROUND 22 WITH PARTNER ANGLETON RESTORATION PROJECT MANAGED BY GARY DICKEY.
HE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL THIS EVENING.
WHAT THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR GREENWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A PROJECT AT ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK WHERE WE COULD UTILIZE THESE FUNDS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE MATCHING PORTION THAT IS REQUIRED FROM THE GRANT.
THE ONLY REMAINING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT MATCH.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT OVERVIEW, THERE IS A ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR OPTION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OPT FOR THE TWO-YEAR OPTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR MORE THAN JUST THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAXIMIZE THE FUNDING.
SINCE WE DO HAVE $2 MILLION DEDICATED TO ABIGAIL ARIAS, WE CLEARLY HAVE TO MATCH THE 50% MATCH.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE IN MAY.
AGAIN, THE 50% LOCAL FOUNDATION MATCH WOULD BE REQUIRED, AND THAT WOULD COME FROM THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE THAT WE MUST HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT, WHICH WE DO.
WE DO HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITY PARTNER, AND THAT WOULD BE ANGLETON RESTORATION PROJECT.
WE MUST PROVIDE A LETTER OF MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS WOULD GO TOWARDS ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, AND SOME OF WHAT GAVE US OUR POINTS TO BE AWARDED THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIED IN THE TBW GRANT WAS THE INSTALLATION OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF A SPLASH PAD WITH WATER REPURPOSING SYSTEM, DEVELOPMENT OF TRAILS AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS UTILIZE THIS FUNDING FOR THAT STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO [NOISE] NEIGHBORHOOD LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE PORTIONS OF IT FOR THE WATER REPURPOSING, AS WELL AS THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
SOME OF OUR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON DESIGN FOR THE SPLASH PAD ARE THAT THEY CONSIDER PROVIDING ESTIMATES OF PROBABLE COST FOR A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM SO THAT WE'RE RECYCLING THAT WATER, AND/OR A HOLDING TANK THAT WE COULD THEN USE THE RUNOFF WATER FROM THE SPLASH PAD TO IRRIGATE THE GREEN OPEN SPACE AS A GRAY WATER IRRIGATION.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THAT CAN APPLY TO THIS GRANT.
BUT IF NOT, WE DO STILL HAVE ELEMENTS IN THE PARK DESIGN THAT ARE RELATED TO STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE STILL THINK ARE APPLICABLE HERE.
WHAT WE'RE SEEKING HERE TONIGHT IS JUST THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LETTER OF SUPPORT PROVIDED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MATCHING PORTION.
>> WHERE'S THE MATCHING FUNDS COME FROM?
TWO MILLION DOLLARS WAS ALLOCATED TO ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND NOTHING PERSONAL, BUT [NOISE] GARY, YOU'RE A DIRECTOR ON ABLC, ARE YOU NOT?
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IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THAT'S A CONFLICTIVE?>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO BUT IT'S ALREADY FUNDED.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL SAY IS GARY INITIALLY APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT ANY PROJECT THE CITY HAD WASN'T SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE PARK SYSTEM OR ANY PROJECTS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO.
>> I UNDERSTAND. THERE'S JUST MONEY MOVING FROM A DEPARTMENT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET OURSELVES IN ANY WEIRD SITUATION.
>> IS THERE A VOTE REQUIRED FROM ANGLETON VIEW? DO YOU USE THE BOND MONEY? IT'S ALREADY [OVERLAPPING] THE MONEY.
>> NOW, I GUESS YOU'RE ASKING IF WE CAN FURTHER OUR REACH ON THAT BOND BY SEEKING MATCHING FUNDS THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT BOND MONEY, BUT THEN IN EFFECT GET US MORE MONEY.
>> GARY, THIS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, CORRECT?
>> ARE YOU TAKING ANY FUNDS FROM THIS?
>> NO. AS I SAID, I WAS DOING MY GRANT RESEARCH FOR ANGLETON RESTORATION PROJECT WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS ONE AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REQUIREMENTS, IT SAID MUST BE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY.
SO REALIZED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CITY PROJECT.
BASICALLY, IT'S THE ANGLETON RESTORATION PROJECT AS A 501C3 IS WHAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO DO THE APPLICATION.
BUT AS FAR AS IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, ALL THE MONEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE CITY, I WILL NOT BE IN THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY AT ALL.
>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ANGLETON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE TWO-YEAR PARTNERS AND FOR PLACES GRANT ROUND 22 FOR AMOUNT UP TO $150,000 WITH THE ANGLETON RESTORATION PROJECT, THE 501C3, FRONTLINE COMMUNITY PARTNER.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH FOR APPROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
>> ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION ON OPENING
[18. Discussion and possible action on opening a new checking account for Riverwood North Public Improvement District.]
A NEW CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR RIVERWOOD NORTH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.HEY, SUSIE. NICE TO SEE YOU OVER THERE.
>> YES, I NEED PERMISSION TO OPEN UP A NEW CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR RIVERWOOD NORTH SO WE CAN PUT THE MONEY AND ALLOCATED TO THE RIGHT ACCOUNT AT FIRST STATE BANK.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL. THEN WE APPRECIATE VOTES.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, SUSIE.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO SKIP 19, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON NUMBER 20.
CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN.ITEM NUMBER 20, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CITY MANAGER.
COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:10.
COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:51 AND 37 SECONDS.
[OPEN SESSION]
COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 19,[19. Discussion and possible action on Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget cuts.]
DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION ON FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 BUDGET CUTS.>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE,
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WE SPOKE ABOUT TRYING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THAT WAS BEING PLACED FOR THE '24/'25.AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO TAKE 01,000,005 FROM THE STREET FUND TO BALANCE YOUR GENERAL FUND.
MEANWHILE, STAFF AND CITY MANAGERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN BUDGETS AND STAFF HAS COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE BUDGET THAT IS IN PLACE.
WITH THE PAPER THAT YOU HAVE IN HAND, THEY HAVE CUT 1,428,633 OF THE BUDGET THAT IS IN PLACE NOW.
I HAD ASKED THEM TO DO 1,800,000.
OF COURSE, WE ONLY NEEDED 1,500,000.
THE 300,000 DIFFERENCE IS BECAUSE OF REVENUES THAT ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET OF THIS EXPENSES.
THE REVENUES WERE GOING TO BE SHORT DUE TO INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS OVERPAID, AND WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE 8% THAT WAS PUT IN FOR SALES TAX.
THERE ARE NO OTHER CUTS RECOMMENDED FROM THE DIRECTORS BUDGETS.
THE ONLY OTHER EXPENDITURES THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT WOULD BE UNDER PERSONNEL, AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY COUNSEL OR BY CITY MANAGER TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FIX THE BUDGET.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE, LOOKING TO SEE IF THE BUDGET CUTS THAT THE DIRECTORS HAVE LISTED IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO START DOING THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
>> SUSIE, WHAT'S SALES TAX YEAR TO DATE?
>> WHAT SALES TAX YEAR TO DATE?
>> OUR SALES TAX IS 0.52% INCREASE.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FEBRUARY SALES TAX YET.
>> SUSIE, ARE WE AT RISK OF NOT MAKING PAYROLL?
>> AT THIS MOMENT, NO, BUT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN YOU DO WE JUST DID THE FEBRUARY BONDS, AND WE WILL DO ANOTHER BOND PAYMENT IN JULY.
AS YOU WILL KNOW, YOU DO NOT GET ANY LARGE SUMS OF PROPERTY TAXES IN JULY AND AUGUST.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE REAL TIGHT FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
THEN YOU WON'T BE PICKING UP AGAIN IN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
>> WITH THE CURRENT STAFF YOU HAVE NOW? NO ADDITIONAL HEADS.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE TIGHT?
>> IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, DO THEY INCLUDE LAYOFFS IN THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE ATTACHED?
>> IN THESE NUMBERS THEY ARE ATTACHED, NO.
NONE OF THE PERSONNEL WAS CUT.
THERE ARE TABS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, WHICH GIVES A DETAILED LISTING OF WHAT THEY DID CUT.
THIS IS PAYING BACK THE FULL AMOUNT, NOT TOUCHING THE STREET FUNDS TRANSFER SO THE PROJECT COULD CONTINUE.
>> BUT YOU'RE STILL PLANNING TO GO OUT FOR DEBT SERVICE THIS YEAR OR NO.
>. I AM NOT. I DON'T KNOW YET.
>> IS IT INCLUDED IN YOUR TAX RATE?
>> I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
>> I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CUTS THAT THEY CAN PROPOSE.
I WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS JUST LIKE A REGULAR BUDGET MEETING.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY WHILE NO PERSONNEL CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE DID HAVE TWO VACANCIES, WHICH WE ROSE IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS TABULATION.
AGAIN, CUTS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE TO POSITIONS, BUT THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS TABULATION.
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>> WELL, WE'VE MADE ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TRAVEL AND TRAINING THAT THE DIRECTORS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR OR GONE.
WE'VE CHANGED LONGEVITY, AGAIN, SOME OTHER COST SAVING MEASURES ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION HERE, WE HAVE PUT NOTES REFLECTING THE CUTS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
THE SALARIES INCLUDE VACANT POSITION 1 AND 2.
I'M SORRY, IF YOU CAN SCROLL BACK OVER.
>> JUST SO I CAN LOOK AT THE REMAINING AUTO ALLOWANCE WAS CUT, THE CERTIFICATION PAY FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR WERE CUT WHAT IS REMAINING THAT IS? IF YOU KEEP SCROLLING DOWN, YOU ALSO CAN SEE ACCOUNT FOR THE FICA AND HEALTH INSURANCE RELATED TO THOSE TWO FROZEN POSITIONS, AS WELL AS THE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATED.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CUT THE APPAREL LINE ITEM.
WHAT THEY HAVE CURRENT TO DATE IS WHAT THEY HAVE FOR APPAREL AS FAR AS OUR STAFF GO.
GENERAL SUPPLIES, WE CUT THAT DOWN AS WELL PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE SPENT ABOUT $400, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S WEED EATERS, BLOWERS, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE THERE.
CHEMICAL IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT.
RNM OTHER, WE CUT THAT DOWN ALMOST ENTIRELY.
WE NEARLY CUT THAT ALL OUT BECAUSE OUR STRATEGY THERE IS TO GO TO KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL.
RNM OTHER SPECIFICALLY FOR THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS.
IF SOMEONE TAKES ONE OUT IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE THAT REPLACEMENT FROM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO KB FOR THAT REPLACEMENT IF THAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR.
WE CAN DO THAT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, AS WELL. VEGETATION REPLACEMENT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE INITIAL CUTS THAT WE MADE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THIS DISCUSSION.
IF YOU RECALL DURING BUDGET WHEN WE NEEDED A SCALE-BACK.
WE HAD ABOUT $10,000, I BELIEVE IN VEGETATION REPLACEMENT, BUT WE'LL BE GOING TO KB FOR ANY VEGETATION NEEDS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CUT BACK OUR TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
WHATEVER WE WERE REGISTERED THROUGH, WE HAVE A STATE INSTITUTE IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAD TRAININGS THE REST OF THE YEAR, OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER, WE'VE ELIMINATED ALL OF THAT.
WE ARE ONLY DOING WHAT WE WERE REGISTERED TO DATE.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
WE HAVE ELIMINATED ADVERTISING.
THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT ADVERTISING FOR ANY OF THE BIDDING FOR OUR PROJECTS ARE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEBT ISSUANCE FROM ABLC, SO THAT'LL COME OUT OF THAT BOND.
WE DON'T NEED THAT NECESSARILY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US.
WE HAVE KEPT THE BALL FIELD MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR ASSOCIATION SO WE NEED THAT FOR THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE OBLIGATED OURSELVES TO.
THAT'S THE SOFA SIGN AT LAKESIDE PARK.
THAT IS THE PAYMENT FOR THAT SO THAT JUST WON'T BE IN COMMISSION THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT WE ALREADY OWN THE DEVICES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IF YOU KEEPS SCROLLING DOWN, WE HAVE SPENT $72 TO DATE ON EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.
WE'VE REMOVED EVERYTHING ELSE.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, THAT WAS FOR CDO LICENSING.
WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT AS WELL.
ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD ABLC RECENTLY COMMIT TO TRANSFERRING 50% OF THE COST OF PERSONNEL FOR PARKS RIGHT AWAY.
WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PERSONNEL SERVICES, IN TOTAL, THAT'S OUR SALARIES, OVERTIME, FICA, RETIREMENT, ETC.
IF YOU DECIDE TO CUT PERSONNEL OR EVEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FROZEN POSITIONS, THE LOWER YOU MAKE THAT PERSONNEL NUMBER, THE LOWER YOU'RE MAKING YOUR TRANSFER OF 50% FROM ABLC.
THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER. UNLESS YOU DECIDE AS A COUNSEL OR ABLC DECIDES, WE WANT A SPECIFIC SET AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN OTHER DIVISIONS RELATED TO ABLC THAT ARE TIED TO ABLC.
WE CAN REVIEW THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND.
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IT WILL IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS BECAUSE WHAT THAT WILL DO IS AS WE REDUCE OUR EXPENDITURES AND INCREASE REVENUE FROM THE RECREATION DIVISION IN ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, IT'LL INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE OF ABLC, WHICH THEN AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO SUPPORT PARKS AND RIGHT AWAY PERSONNEL IN THE TRANSFER.>> SOME OTHER TO ANSWER MR. TOWNSEND'S REQUESTS.
IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ENTERPRISE FLEET.
THEIR ENTERPRISE FLEET, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO AWAY WITH THOSE LEASES AND WE LEASED OUR OWN VEHICLES MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING THOSE ASSETS THAT THE CITY OWN AS A LONG-TERM CUTBACK COSTS.
WE ALSO WE HAVE BUDGETED AND STILL HAVE BUDGETED THE BUILDING LEASE FEES FOR THE MODULAR BUILDING.
WE WOULD SUGGEST AN ALTERNATE LOCATION FOR THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES IN THAT LOCATION TO OFFICE ELSEWHERE TO IMMEDIATELY REMEDY THAT LEASE.
>> POTENTIALLY CONSIDER LEASING THE CITY HALL ANNEX TO A THIRD PARTY.
ONE SUGGESTION THAT WE HAD IS AS WE LOOK AT THE FROZEN POSITIONS WHILE WE REALIZE THERE'S A FREEZE IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.
THIS COULD RAPIDLY CAUSE OPERATIONAL ISSUES FOR THE CITY IN MANY DIVISIONS AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU FREEZE CERTAIN POSITIONS IN A NUMBER THOSE POSITIONS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, AS THEY VACATE BUT IF YOU FREEZE ALL POSITIONS, IT WILL PUT US IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION.
IF WE CONTINUE TO PREVENT HIRING, WE MIGHT FIND THAT I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE SIX PARKS GUYS LEAVE TOMORROW.
IF THOSE ARE ALL FROZEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE IF THE FREEZE IS STILL IN EFFECT.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE MINDFUL THAT IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO THEN RECRUIT AND ONBOARD NEW STAFF AND SO ONE OF OUR SUGGESTIONS IS JUST TO FREEZE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF POSITIONS RATHER THAN ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR US?
>> WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO AND THAT WOULD BE OUR SUGGESTION.
>> BUT YES, WE'RE TWO DOWN AND WE JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT ON LAKESIDE PARK, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE WITH THAT.
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPANSION AT FREEDOM AND ABIGAIL, THAT WE'LL TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AT THESE PARKS UNTIL WE GET IN A HEALTHIER POSITION.
WE ALSO, FROM A STANDPOINT OF REVENUE GENERATION.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH CGI FOR A DOWNTOWN BANNERS.
THAT IS A GREAT WAY FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TO TAKE THAT PROGRAM IN HOUSE.
THAT'S BEING MANAGED BY A THIRD PARTY.
ALL WE DO IS PUT UP THE BANNERS, TAKE THEM DOWN AND WE INVOICE THEM FOR THAT LABOR, BUT IF WE TAKE THAT IN OURSELVES, WE COULD BE BRINGING IN THAT SPONSORSHIP DOLLAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT BUT OUR TERM FOR THAT AGREEMENT IS NOT UP CURRENTLY.
ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT THAT WILL HELP BOTH PARKS AND ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
SOME OF THE NEW ASSETS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING ONLINE, OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTING A FEE SCHEDULE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, WHETHER IT RELATES TO FREEDOM ABIGAIL AND EVEN THE BATES PICKWALL COURTS.
THEN WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER CONSIDERATION OF REDUCING SOME OF THE PARK AMENITY INSURANCE COVERAGE THAT WE ADDED RECENTLY THIS YEAR THAT WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN PAST YEARS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE THROWING OUT GENERALITIES AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO SAVE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT? IDEALLY, ALL OF THOSE BUT THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL.
>> WELL, I WISH I HAD THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US FOR THE ENTERPRISE LEASE BUT WE'RE PAYING A PASS THROUGH COST FOR THEM TO MANAGE THAT THE FLEET IN GENERAL, THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE A FEE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING BECAUSE STAFF WOULD BE MANAGING IT.
I DON'T KNOW DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT FEE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH? WE CAN PULL THAT UP AND WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PRESENTING.
>> WHAT'S OUR CONTRACT WITH TIM?
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WE HAVE FIVE PARKS AND RIGHT AWAY VEHICLES, AND TWO OF THEM EXPIRE AT THE END OF MARCH, THREE OF THEM EXPIRE AT THE END OF APRIL.WE HAVE TWO TACOS IN THE REC DIVISION THAT EXPIRE AT THE END OF MARCH.
IDEALLY, IT'D BE NICE FOR THOSE ALL TO EXPIRE AND US LOOK TOWARDS A BUY BOARD LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME THING BUT WE MANAGE IT AS CITY EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN AN OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY.
>> THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
OUR DEPARTMENTS, WE CAN MANAGE THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THAT MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT BUT FOR US WE FEEL THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT.
AS FAR AS THE BUILDING LEASE, I BELIEVE THE MODULAR BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN, THAT'S A $60,000 A YEAR LEASE, SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST FIVE MONTHS, SO YOU'LL HAVE A REDUCED SAVINGS THIS YEAR BUT YEAR OVER YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SAVINGS AS FAR AS PERSONNEL.
>> CAN YOU MAKE THAT DO? IF WE WERE TO MOVE YOU OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CAN YOU?
>> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT BUT OUR DEPARTMENT WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE AND WE WILL FIND ALTERNATE LOCATIONS.
WE CAN GO TO THE RECREATION CENTER AND OFFICE SHARE IF WE NEED TO.
>> I THINK THAT THING HAS BEEN ALBATROSS AROUND OUR NECK BUT I DON'T THINK WE EXPECT TO BE THERE AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN TEMPORARILY PERMANENT.
>> THANKS, MAN. YOU'RE THE SECOND LARGEST I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE OVERLAYS INCLUDING THAT?
>> EVERYBODY WOULD TAP. I MENTIONED THAT.
>> [BACKGROUND] JAMIE, ARE YOU DRIVING?
>> CAN YOU BLOW IT UP, PLEASE?
>> I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LIST. THE FIRST REDUCTION THAT WE HAD WAS IN SIGN MATERIAL TO DECREASE THAT BY $11,500, LEAVING US 10,000 BEING THAT WE JUST HAD THE STORM THAT PRETTY MUCH BLEW AWAY.
MAJORITY OF OUR SIGNS AND WE'VE SINCE REPLACED THOSE WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THAT.
WE'LL MAKE IT BY JUST FINE ON THAT THIS YEAR.
RNM INFRASTRUCTURE WE PROPOSED TO CUT THAT IN HALF BY 50,000.
NOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS THAT'S GOING TO CUT OUT A LOT OF OUR MATERIAL PURCHASING ASPHALT, GRAVEL, SO THAT JUST MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO BE MORE SELECTIVE WITH WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO.
THIS YEAR, AS FAR AS ANY PROJECTS THAT WE DO IN HOUSE, TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE MISLABELED THERE BUT WHAT WE USE THAT IS FOR IS THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL LIGHTS.
I'M SURE EVERYONE IS SEEING AROUND TOWN, WE'VE BEEN UPGRADING THEM TO LED, SOLAR LIGHTS, SO THAT MEANS THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PURCHASE ANY NEW ONES.
WE'LL STICK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE PROGRAM OF REPLACING THEM AT A LATER DATE.
NEXT REDUCTION IN DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT.
TRAVEL AND TRAINING, WE CUT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY, WE CUT $4,000 OUT OF THAT, LEAVING US WITH 1,000, AND THAT'S JUST FOR PESTICIDE, HERBICIDE LICENSING AND OTHER TRAINING THAT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP PEOPLE'S LICENSING AND CREDENTIALS.
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, WE CUT THAT OUT AND BEING THAT MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS IN UTILITY REVENUE.
THIS IS ALL WE'RE HAVING TO WORK WITH THIS 558 IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S ALL WE WERE ABLE TO CUT BUT WE ALSO HAD A BIG ONE THAT WE INCLUDED IN THERE WAS OVERLAYS, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE PROPOSE TO REMOVE OVERLAYS FOR THE YEAR AND CONTINUE AT A LATER DATE ON THAT AS WELL AND SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAD WAS THE GPS AND ALL THE TRUCKS, AND JUST IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THAT'S $4,200 FOR US ANNUALLY, AND THEY'RE ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO TRACK VEHICLES IN THE RARE OCCASION, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH EMPLOYEE ISSUES, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVE THE FACT THAT, FOR INSTANCE WHERE A SAID EMPLOYEE WAS AT SAID TIME AND WHAT SPEED THEY WERE GOING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT POPS UP FOR US ANY DAY SO IT'S JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAD TO AGAIN, SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE AT A LATER DATE.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT WE HAD IS THE CLEANING OF ALL THE BUILDINGS.
WE CAN CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CUT OUT FOR SOME TIME.
THEN ALSO JUST ECHO WHAT MEGHAN SAID, AS FAR AS THE FLEET, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS WE FEEL LIKE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
FOR US, THERE ARE SOME THAT LOW MILEAGE THAT DON'T
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USE OR VEHICLES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO IN TURN PURCHASE INSTEAD OF LEASE.YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY'RE GOING TO LAST A LONG TIME.
HIGHER MILEAGE USAGE, OBVIOUSLY, MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO LEASING BUT AGAIN, WE CAN CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN ON THE LEASING PROGRAM.
ALSO THERE'S A MAINTENANCE PACKAGE INCLUDED IN THAT, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR SOME MAINTENANCE FEE BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO INCUR THE CHARGE OF THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CONTRACTS WORKED AND IF YOU CAN GET OUT OF THAT PART OR NOT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I SEE THAT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.
THEN ALSO THERE'S DOWNSIZING OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.
SOMEBODY WHO HAS A FOUR DOOR TRUCK, FOR INSTANCE, CAN GO WITH A SMALLER SINGLE DOOR TRUCK.
THAT'S JUST, THEY'RE NOT PULLING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND THEN ALSO PROVIDES FUEL SAVINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
THE BUILDING TOO AS WELL, ECHO IN THE BUILDING.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MANAGE.
IT'LL BE DIFFICULT FOR A LITTLE WHILE WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES BUT WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.
>> HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE IN THAT BUILDING?
>> JUST IN THE OFFICE AREA SO WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN THAT OFFICE IN THERE BUT THREE OF THEM ARE MORE REMOTE THAN ACTUALLY OFFICE IN THERE.
IT'S OUR WATER OPERATORS SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY OFFICE AT ONE OF OUR PLANTS AND WE COULD JUST GET INTERNET THERE, WHICH I'M SURE IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
I'M SURE THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE PLANTS THAT WE COULD TIE INTO, MINIMAL COST TO GET INTERNET THERE.
>> WHEN DO YOU GET OUT OF YOUR LEASES?
>> YES. THE ONES THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME.
I HAVE A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT LEASE DATES ON ALL THOSE. DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT FAR.
>> THERE'LL BE SOME SAVINGS INVOLVED WITH KITTING OUT?
>> HOW MUCH SAVINGS ARE WE LOOKING AT?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT, EITHER.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A WEEK.
>> THANK YOU. HECTOR, YOU'RE CUTTING 300,000 OUT OF THE OVERLAYS.
LET'S BE REAL. COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO OVERLAY THOSE ROADS UNTIL OCTOBER ANYWAYS.
>> WE CAN EVEN REQUEST THEM TO DO IT IN OCTOBER.
>> WHICH WOULDN'T AFFECT THE SCHEDULE AT ALL AND WOULD GET US TO THE NEXT BUDGET.
>> YOU'D STILL HAVE THAT SAVINGS THIS YEAR BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS.
SUZY, DID WE ALREADY PAY FOR THE OVERLAYS FOR LAST YEAR THAT WERE DONE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED THAT EXPENSE, SO HOW CAN YOU CUT THAT 300 IF YOU'VE ALREADY EXPENDED?
>> BECAUSE PART OF THAT IT'S NOT FROM THIS BUDGET.
IT'S FROM YOUR STREET THAT HAS THE ADDITIONAL OVERLAYS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I AGREE WITH YOU. I HOPE YOU WOULDN'T CANCEL WITH THEM.
JUST INCUR THAT COST IN OCTOBER.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT, SUZY? BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SKIP A WHOLE YEAR.
I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER ABOUT PUTTING US TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
>> WHICH IS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT I KEEP TELLING.
>> CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO CAUSE A LITTLE CONFUSION, BUT HEY.
>> I ASK HIM TO DO US A SELL ON THIS TOP.
>> AGAIN, JUST IN THIS GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE UTILITY REVENUE.
OUT OF THIS, WE HAVE SEVEN EMPLOYEES.
>> ARE THEIR ALL POSITIONS FILLED?
>> ALL THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED, YES.
>> IF SOME PERSON WERE TO LEAVE, COULD YOU MAKE IT ON SIX?
>> WE CAN, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A REDUCTION OF A LITTLE BIT OF HOW FAST THINGS HAPPEN AND HOW THEY HAPPEN.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF POSITION CAME UP.
>> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, AS I'VE TALKED IN THIS ROOM BEFORE ABOUT BEING BEHIND ON DRAINAGE AND ALL THOSE OTHER ITEMS. IT'S JUST PUTTING THINGS FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND IS ALL WE'RE DOING.
>> I UNDERSTAND BUT I JUST KNOW, IF WE ASK SOME DEPARTMENTS TO FREEZE HIRING.
I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, WELL, A RETIREE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE 48 YEARS, HE'S ACTUALLY RETIRING IN FEBRUARY, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OPEN POSITION AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
BUT AGAIN, FREEZING THOSE DOES NOT HELP GENERAL FUNDS.
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>> HOW SOON COULD YOU BE OUT OF THAT BUILDING?
>> WE JUST NEED WHAT DO WE NEED PHONES, INTERNET, REMEMBER THAT.
FOR US, WE MOVE SOME DESK OVER THERE, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IS LEFT TO BE DONE AS FAR AS STRUCTURAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO THE BUILDING, BUT AS FAR AS US PHYSICALLY MOVING OVER THERE, MY PLAN WOULD BE TO LEAVE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT THERE ON SITE, WE WOULD PROBABLY CLOCK IN, MEET IN THE MORNING ACTUALLY DOWN THERE.
SUPERINTENDENT WOULD MEET DOWN THERE WITH EVERYBODY DIVIDED UP, WHAT JOBS ARE DOING TO THE DAY, AND THEN FROM THERE THEY GO, AND THEN MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT STAFF WOULD BE OFFICED OUT OF THERE, AND THE WATER OPERATORS WOULD NEED A SECTION TO ENTER NUMBERS UNLESS WE GIVE THEM AT A WATER PLANT. I'D SAY PRETTY QUICK.
>> IS THE QUESTION TO MOVE TO VANES? IS THAT THE QUESTION?
>> [OVERLAPPING] HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET INTERNET TO ONE OF THOSE WATER PLANTS?
>> REALLY DEPENDS ON THE NEEDS.
IF THEY JUST NEED SKATE, WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH A CELLULAR MODEM AND I CAN HAVE THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS PROBABLY.
BUT IF THEY ACTUALLY NEEDED INTERNET FOR EMAIL AND THAT THING, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE LOCATION AND WHETHER OR NOT AT&T OR X BIT CAN GET THERE.
I JUST HAD AT&T INSTALLED, AGAIN WEEK AND A HALF TIME AT HOME, SO I THINK THAT THE TIME FOR A LOCATION LIKE THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE NUMBER ON WHAT WE WOULD BE SAVING FOR THE LEASE CHARGE JUST FOR OUR FIVE PARKS AND RIGHT AWAY VEHICLES ALONE, AND THAT'S 13,300.
THERE ARE VARYING AMOUNTS FOR THE LEASE CHARGE SO IT'S AN AVERAGE ABOUT $225 A MONTH JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE LEASE FOR US OR MANAGE IT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> I'LL JUMP IN SINCE I'M ALREADY HERE.
STARTING AT THE TOP, OF COURSE, WE CUT OVER TIME AS DIRECTED.
THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE FOR LONGEVITY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE ARBITRARY $720 WAS THERE.
I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 15 YEARS.
OF COURSE, AUTO ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN REMOVED AS WELL. WE GO DOWN.
THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT ON OFFICE SUPPLIES AS WE ARE PAYING FOR TONER FOR HR, SINCE IT'S LIKE A GENERAL SUPPLIES AND THEY SERVICE EARATE DEPARTMENT.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH FUNDING THERE FOR ALL THE TONER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE A LINE ITEM ON THE HR, COUNT 150 2417 BY 1,300 WITH THE 350 MI FUND.
SMALL EQUIPMENT, REDUCED BY 500, THAT COVERS LIKE CLING, KEYBOARDS, MICE, THOSE OF PERIPHERALS AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S A POTENTIALLY MORE COST SAVINGS THERE JUST DEPENDS ON HOW OUR YEAR GOES.
MOVING ON TO RANDM EQUIPMENT, THIS IS REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT, THIS IS REPAIRING SERVERS, NETWORK SWITCHES, PCS, THAT THING, THE REASON I ONLY KNOCKED THAT DOWN BY 1,900 IS WE HAVE ONE SWITCH THAT'S A FIBER SWITCH, AND THAT SWITCH BY SELF COST AROUND 15 TO $16,000.
IF THAT SWITCH WERE TO THAT, WE WOULD NEED THAT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.
THIS WOULD BE A BREAK FIX LINE ITEM, IF SOMETHING BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'LL USE THOSE FUNDS TO FIX THAT.
IF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE STILL HAVE FUNDS LEFT IN THAT.
MY PLAN WOULD BE TO PURCHASE COMPONENTS TO UPGRADE EXISTING COMPUTERS TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE FOR WINDOWS 11 ROLL OUT.
THEN LET'S SEE, TRAVEL AND TRAINING, I REDUCE THAT BY 2000, THAT LEAVES THE 3,000 FOR OUR ONLINE TRAINING, SO THERE WILL BE NO TRAVEL, AND THAT IS TRAINING FOR MY GUYS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY ADVERTISING FOR OUR FESS.
CONTRACT LABOR CUT THAT IN HALF THAT LINE ITEM IS USED.
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USUALLY, WHEN WE HAVE EITHER PRIMARILY IT'S AN ASSISTANCE TO BREAK FIT SITUATIONS WITH.WE HAVE SERVER OUTAGES OR WHATEVER, I WILL HIRE CHRIS WINN, OUR FORMER IT SPECIALIST TO ASSIST IN GETTING THINGS BACK ONLINE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK LAST YEAR, I THINK WE SPENT HALF, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER FOR THAT LINE ITEM.
ANNUAL SOFTWARE, I WAS ABLE TO REDUCE BY ABOUT $9,000.
ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS WAS $3,000 FOR VIRTUAL SERVER MAINTENANCE.
WE ARE GOOD FOR THIS YEAR ON THAT.
THAT WAS A $3,000 SAVINGS THERE.
BUT COME FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, THAT ACTUALLY WILL BE INCREASING.
THE COMPANY BM WARE WAS BOUGHT OUT BY BROADCOM.
THEY RESTRUCTURED THEIR MAINTENANCE FEES AND NO LONGER OFFER THE SMALL BUSINESS PACKAGE, AND FORCING US TO GO TO A STANDARD PACKAGE, WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $5,800 A YEAR.
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE COMING NEXT YEAR FOR THAT MINE ITEM.
OUR DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION WAS REDUCED BY $1,260.
THAT COST SAVINGS WAS REALIZED JUST BY SHOPPING VENDORS, AND WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME SOFTWARE.
WE JUST GOT A BETTER PRICE AND MORE LICENSES.
WHAT IS NEXT AFTER ANNUAL SOFTWARE? THE BUILDING LEASE. I REDUCED THOSE NUMBERS AS IF WE WERE IN THAT BUILDING THROUGH APRIL AND THEN FOUND A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE BUILDING.
THE COST SAVINGS THERE WOULD BE OUT OF MY BUDGET WOULD BE $6,800.
THAT'S THE LINE THAT WE USED TO PURCHASE NEW COMPUTERS.
THAT STILL LEAVES $10,000, AND I WOULD OPERATE THAT THE SAME TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE WOULD PURCHASE NEW COMPUTERS WITH THAT.
TOTAL SAVINGS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.
>>LET SEE. WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBER THAT'S ON HERE? HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING MORE CHANGES SINCE?
>> THERE PROBABLY IS A TIGHTENING THE NUMBERS.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TIGHTEN AS MUCH AS I CAN.
THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS $1000 HERE OR THERE THAT COULD BE REALIZED.
FOR OTHER POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, WE DO HAVE FLEET TRACKERS.
NOW, THOSE HAVE HELPED US IN THE PAST WITH EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE.
IF THEY'RE PARKED TOO LONG SOMEWHERE OR A CITIZEN MAKES A COMPLAINT, THOSE TRACKERS ARE USED TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ACTUALLY THERE ON SITE AND WHETHER OR NOT DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE TAKEN OR NOT.
THAT COST ROUNDS OUT TO APPROXIMATELY NINE $500 A YEAR.
BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER AREA OF POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, BUT IT WOULD BE A REDUCED MONITORING ABILITY WITH THAT.
I THINK HE USES THE TRACKERS ON THE TRACTORS TO DETERMINE MOWING TIMES AND SCHEDULES AS WELL.
IT DOES HAVE OTHER BENEFITS OTHER THAN JUST TRACKING OUR FLEET.
>> HAVE WE EVER BECAUSE WE HAVE IT, HAVE OUR DIRECTORS OR WHOEVER UTILIZED IT BEEN ABLE TO AT LEAST CREATE A BASELINE AT THIS POINT?
>> WELL, THOSE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOWING, CERTAIN AREAS, WE I MEAN, WE'VE HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE MOWED, SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT A BASELINE.
>> WE'VE HAD IT SINCE WE STARTED THE ENTERPRISE FLEET.
I WASN'T ROLLED OUT TO ALL VEHICLES UNTIL PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
I KNOW STEWART USES IT REGULARLY TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS.
HE'S PROBABLY THE ONE WHO USES IT THE MOST.
THEN PROBABLY SECOND WOULD BE PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
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JAMIE, BEFORE YOU COME UP? YES. SUSIE. I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
THAT WAS THAT AFTER THE FACT OF THE ABLC TRANSFER? THE ADDITIONAL TRANSFER FROM ABLC?
>> THE 1.8 THAT WAS TO BE CUT WAS JUST FOR US TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THAT WAS THE 300,000 THAT ABLC DID NOT TAKE INTO PLACE THAT.
THAT WAS JUST A NUMBER THAT I HAD GIVEN THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH.
>> BUT IT SAYS AMOUNT CUT 1.4.
>> THAT INCLUDES THE 327 THAT ABO GAVE US.
THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT SHE DID IN THE PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS? WHICH MEANS THE 50% THAT'S TO BE GIVEN TO FROM ABLC INSTEAD OF THE 28% THAT THEY WERE INITIALLY.
IS IT IS BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE TWO FROZEN POSITIONS.
WHAT WAS CALCULATED WAS BASED OFF OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET? ONCE WE FROZE THOSE POSITIONS, MILEAGE WAS CUT, CERTIFICATIONS WAS CUT, RETIREMENT ICA, ALL THAT WENT DOWN, YOUR TRANSFER WENT DOWN.
IT'S NOW LIKE IT'S ON YOUR SHEET OR IT SHOULD BE.
I'LL SHOW REVENUE INJECTION OF, I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO FLOWERS.
>> WHAT IS THE 1.5 MILLION TRANSFER FROM STREET FUNDS? WAS IT WHERE IS IT REFLECTED? IT'S NOT.
>> THIS IS JUST THE TOTAL OF DEPARTMENTS.
THE 1.5 IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO THE WHOLE BUDGET.
IF I WAS TO PRINT OUT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, IT WOULD BE AT THE VERY TRANSFER FROM BALANCE IN YOUR REVENUE SECTION.
THESE ARE JUST YOUR EXPENDITURE SECTION.
THE REVENUE SECTION IS NOT HERE.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE CUT IN THEIR EXPENDITURES.
>> BUT DID YOU TRANSFER THE 1.5 OVER TO OUR REVENUE?
>> IT HASN'T BEEN TRANSFERRED.
IT'S IN THE BUDGET TO BE TRANSFERRED.
>> WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED?
>> WHEN DOES THAT BE REFLECTED?
>> THAT WILL BE IT'S IN THE BUDGET.
IT'S REFLECTED NOW IF I RAN YOU A FINANCIAL STATEMENT, BUT THE ACTUAL MOVING OF THE MONEY HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
>> ONCE IT IS MOVED, THEN WHERE ARE WE? >. ONCE IT IS MOVED, AND IF THESE BUDGET CUTS WERE DONE, THEN YOU WOULD SHOW AN EXCESS REVENUE.
YOU WOULD TRANSFER ALL OF THIS MONEY TO THE FUND BALANCE.
>> IF YOU DO THESE CUTS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE TRANSFER.
>> WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE STREET FUND ANYWAY?
>> THE STREET FUND TRANSFER WAS NEEDED AT THE BEGINNING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALL HAD PASSED.
>> BUT THERE'S A REMAINING BALANCE OF 1.5 MILLION.
>> WHEN YOU INITIALLY PASSED THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER, IT WAS WITH THE 1.5 TRANSFER FROM THE WATER FUND.
THE WATER FUND DID NOT HAVE THOSE FUNDS.
WE TRANSFERRED FROM THE STREET FUND TO BALANCED DU GENERAL FUND.
>>WHAT WAS THE WATER FUND AND HOW MUCH DID WE TRANSFER FROM THE STREET FUND TO FULFILL THE WATER FUND BALANCE?
>> THE STREET FUND DID NOT TRANSFER ANYTHING TO THE WATER FUND.
>> SHE'S SAYING THAT WE WERE SHORT ON THE TRANSFER FROM THE WATER FUND, THE JOURNAL FUND.
IT MAY DIFFERENT. I INSTEAD, SHE JUST TOOK THE MONEY FROM THE STREET FUND TO BALANCE US.
>> IF THE GENERAL FUND CAN COME UP WITH ITS OWN MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE TO TRANSFER FROM THE STREET FUND BECAUSE THE STREET FUND HAS A PROJECT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FINISH.
>> WHICH PROJECT IS THAT ONE? CLEAR.
>>THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL OUT OF THAT BOND.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS OUT OF THE BOND [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THOUGHT THE PARISH STREET BOND.
THE PARISH STREET IS 1.8 FROM YOUR 2018 BOND AND THE TWO MILLION FROM YOUR STREET BOND.
THAT MAKES UP YOUR 3.2 THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT PROJECT,
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YOU WILL FINISH YOUR 2018 BOND PLUS THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE IN RESERVE IN YOUR STREET FUND.THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT PROJECT.
>> WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. YES, SIR.
>> I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT A YEAR TO EVEN START.
>>YOU CAN BORROW FROM THAT FUND.
>> I BORROWED FROM THAT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO POSTPONE THAT PROJECT DUE TO YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THAT PROJECT MIGHT INCREASE BECAUSE OF PRICES.
>>I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT POSTPONING, AND I JUST THINK WE'RE NOT GETTING TO IT.
BY THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD FOUR WEEKS AGO, I MEAN, MR. BOOTH WAS VERY UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT OUR ENGINEER HADN'T EVEN TAKEN IT TO TEST THAT YET.
I TRUST CECIL. I MEAN WHEN MR. BOOTH RAISE THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERN, WHICH MAKES ME SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS NOT HEADED ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON.
>> WELL, YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU INSTEAD OF US PAYING THE WHOLE MILLION FIVE BACK TO THE STREET FUND AND JUST DOING PARTIAL, WHATEVER DIFFERENCE OR WHATEVER WE CAN COME UP WITH WOULD BE GOING INTO YOUR GENERAL FUNDS FUND BALANCE.
WHICH WOULD INCREASE THAT 10% THAT YOU HAVE TO HOPEFULLY BUILD IT BACK TO THE 25% THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE?
>> I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT.
>>THESE CUTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS MADE IS TO TRY NOT TO BORROW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM YOUR STREET FUND.
>> WELL, I'M FINE WITH THE CUTS.
I'M JUST SAYING IF WE'RE STRUGGLING TO GET TO THAT EXTRA $300,000.
WHY NOT LOOK AT THE STREET FUND TO SUPPORT US ON A PROJECT THAT WE KNOW IS NOT GOING TO GET REACHED IN THIS FISCAL CALENDAR.
I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND WE'RE SETTING ASIDE MONEY THAT'S NEVER GOING TO BE TOUCHED.
THEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK AT THE BUDGET.
WON'T BE LONG. WE'LL BE DOING THIS AGAIN.
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE TO TRAVIS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO THESE CUTS RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL STILL BE HAVING TO DO SOME CUTS IN NEXT BUDGET IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD RESERVE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> IT WILL BE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE.
>> BUT WE WANT TO PLAN AHEAD AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN THE FUTURE, BUT SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT TO DRESS THE NOW.
THEN WE'LL GET TO THAT FUTURE.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY LOOKING AT IT.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE I KNOW WE GOT TO MAKE CUTS.
BUT I KNOW WE NEED THE PRE- PERSONNEL TO GET THE JOB DONE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO.
I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT THAT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION AND FOR Y'ALLS GUIDANCE TO TELL US WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO DO, AND WE WILL DO AS YOU ALL WISH.
WE HAVE TRIED TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
WE CANNOT COME UP WITH A FULL AMOUNT.
THIS WILL NOT GIVE US ENOUGH MONEY TO SAY WE WILL HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE CANNOT FORESEE THE FUTURE AND WE CANNOT HOLD ALL THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO WHAT THEY SAID THEIR BUDGET WILL BE? WE CANNOT SAY OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME IN AT THAT 100% BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT.
>> UNDERSTOOD. WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE ISSUES STILL THIS CALENDAR.
>> STRAIGHT BOND. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE BEFORE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO START USING THAT MONEY.
CAN WE CAN WE POSTPONE PARISH STREET? UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT BOND SEASON?
>> YES, SIR. BUT THAT IS A 2018 BOND, AND THAT IS THE LAST THING LAST MONEYS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT BOND.
>> WE SUPPOSED IT'S DEDICATED FOR STREET REPAIRS.
>> IF WE WERE ON A TIMELINE CONSTRAINT, THEN WE HAVE TO SPEND IT SOONER THAN LATER.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE ON CARRY STREET DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS, BUT IF WE CAN POSTPONE SPENDING THAT MONEY, AND THAT JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE STREET FUND.
>> PROCESS IS GOING TO KEEP GOING UP.
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>> WE ALSO LOOKED AT THOUGH THE SPLITTING WAS THE LAST TIME IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY DID THE PRESENTATION OF THE TWO PROJECTS BECAUSE THE WAY [INAUDIBLE] APPROVES IT.
I'M NOT A PART OF THE MR. BOOTH KNOWS WAY BETTER THAN THAT, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S A HASSLE.
THE SPLITTING SADDLE IN PARISH BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED FOR PARISH VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S REQUIRED FOR SADDER.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT WITHOUT GETTING PENALIZED.
I I APPRECIATE MR. BUS COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JIM. I TAKE TICKS.
>> WE'LL START WITH MAINTENANCE. I CUT OVERTIME.
WHAT LITTLE I HAD ALWAYS, LIKE, A LITTLE BUFF THERE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, MR. DEP TOCH USUALLY COMES UP HERE AND TAKES CARE OF THE FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING.
I GOT APPAREL, GENERAL SUPPLIES.
CITY A GENERAL SUPPLIES WAS CUT.
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES WAS ALSO CUT.
A IS 500. THEY HAVE MOST OF ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED. GOOD THERE.
OUR BIG THINGS THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CUT.
I CUT THE R&M BUILDING FOR THE CITY ANNEX.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING FOR RPRQ FOR THE REMODEL OF THAT BUILDING.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY BIG NEED FOR ANY LARGE AMOUNT OF SUMS. I WAS ABLE TO CUT THAT BY $20,000.
I DID LEAVE A LITTLE BIT IN THERE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY COME UP AND HAPPEN WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE RENO WAS CUT RENOVATIONS, WHICH WAS WE'VE ALREADY USED 29,000 OF THAT.
TRAVEL AND TRAINING WAS CUT SIGNIFICANTLY, CONTRACT LABOR, 7,000.
THAT IS WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
THAT'S THE 7,000 THAT WE WOULD SAVE BY NOT DOING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD SAVE FOR THE YEAR FOR NOT DOING THAT.
THOSE TWO TAKING THOSE OFF THE CLEANING CONTRACT.
SORRY. THAT'S A CLARIFICATION.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH MAINTENANCE.
AS FOR SAVING WITH MAINTENANCE, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER MOVING WITH RENTING, LEASING OUT THE SIDE OF THE ANTICS THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE TO.
THIS IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION FOR WHAT I SEE.
IS THAT THAT WOULD SAVE US THAT 300 AND ESTIMATE THAT WE SPEND FOR REMODELING THAT FACILITY, WHEN WE ALL CAN STAY IN THIS BUILDING.
THEY HAVE THE KMO COMING AVAILABLE, AND THAT 300,000 CAN THEN GO ROLL OVER TO THE KMO TO GO INTO THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME BOND.
YES, IT IS BOND MONEY, I WON'T AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT.
AS FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE, WE HAVE SPACE.
I'VE TALKED TO MARTHA AND A FEW OTHERS WHERE WE CAN RE-UTILIZE SOME MORE EFFICIENT IN THIS BUILDING TO MAKE OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE.
WE DO HAVE TWO LARGE OFFICE SPACES AVAILABLE, I MENTIONED IN HECTOR AND IT THAT IF YOU DO GET RID OF THE PORTABLE BUILDING, THOSE OFFICE SPACES, IT COULD BE TEMPORARILY USED FOR HIS WATER.
CREWS IN THE SKATED SYSTEM BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED HERE IN THOSE BUILDINGS, AND THEY SIT EMPTY TWO DAY AS THEY ARE.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WITH THE LEASE BUILDING WOULD JUST ALTERNATIVE WORK SPACES UNTIL THE KMO WAS BUILT, WHICH IS MOVING FORWARD AND THEN WOULD MOVE BACK INTO THE KMO, WHICH THEN IF THE LEASE IF APPROPRIATE LEASE WAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WHERE THEY WOULD REMODEL IT WITH SOME CAVEATS, AND IT WOULD ALSO GENERATE SOME INCOME FOR US, AND WE WOULD HAVE A REMODELED BUILDING FOR THE ANNEX SIDE OF THINGS.
THAT'S FOR MAINTENANCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE?
>> YEAH. WHAT WAS THE 50,000? THE INSURANCE SAVINGS?
>> THE INSURANCE SAVINGS, THAT WAS WITH THE FLOOD.
IS IT ON SAVINGS? IT'S NOT THAT MUCH. NOT THAT MUCH.
>> YOU REFER TO LEASING OUT THE OTHER SIDE, BUT DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS?
>> NO, I DON'T BECAUSE WE WHILE WE HAVE SOME INTERESTED PARTIES,
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IT HAS NOT BEEN FURTHER PURSUED, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY NUMBERS.THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, AND YOU'D HAVE TO RENOVATE IT.
IT'S TILE THAT WAS MISSING FOR 50 YEARS.
IT'S LIGHTING THAT'S NOT CODE.
WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THERE.
RIGHT. IF YOU CHANGE THE RENOVATION, WE CAN CHANGE THE FLOOR PLAN AGAIN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO DO MORE WORK TO THEN BID IT OUT TO WHATEVER SPEC YOU WANT.
THE TWO OUT OF THREE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OVER THERE, WE DID THE RENOVATE WE DID AND PAID FOR THE RENOVATIONS, WHICH IS BEING PAID FOR BACK BY THE RENT.
>> I DO KNOW OF A COMPANY AND THEY DID OFFER AND ARE INTERESTED, AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE REMODEL FOR THAT THE SAME SITUATION THAT THE HISPANIC CHAMBER DID.
>> HOW CAN WE FURTHER THAT DISCUSSION.
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY EXCUSE ME SIR?
>> YOU SAID YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT.
HOW DO WE FURTHER THAT DISCUSSION?
>> JUST NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION?
>> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
I AGREE? WE'RE IN A DISPOSITION. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BRING YOU REVENUE THIS YEAR.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH CITY HALL ANNEX RENOVATIONS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS ONCE YOU GIVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
YOU'LL SEE IT FISCAL NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU WON'T SEE IT THIS YEAR?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUCH DECISIONS NEXT YEAR, TOO.
MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE?
>> IF THERE'S COUNCIL DIRECTION, THEN WE WILL MOVE THAT WAY, BUT IT WON'T BE JUST ONE BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO EVERYONE AND GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR IT.
>> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. SOUNDS LIKE COMPETITION.
>> AGAIN, IF THAT BECOMES A DIRECTION, THEN WE'LL MOVE THAT WAY.
BUT THAT'S MINUS IT BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY OVER THERE.
WE'VE MOVED THEM OUT. WE'D HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER HOME FOR IT UNLESS WE GRANT THEM SPACE.
>> COULD BE DONE. COULD BE A NEGOTIATED DISCUSSED.
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UP FOR NEGOTIATION.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR MAINTENANCE FACILITIES?
>> SURE. GO AHEAD. WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE.
>> YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. $12,000.
>> YEAH, IT'S NOT MUCH. THAT'S ALL I GOT. I'M ALREADY REALLY THIN.
I CUT APPAREL, GENERAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT.
THE BIGGEST THING THAT I DID CUT OF COURSE TRAVEL TRAINING IS I CUT 15,000 FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
LAST YEAR, I HAD A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.
I WAS ABLE TO PAY IN ADVANCE EVERYTHING THAT WAS COMING DOWN THE LINE.
THAT LEFT ME SOME ROOM TO CUT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
I'LL BE ABLE TO CUT THIS YEAR, BUT THE NEXT YEAR, IT'LL HAVE TO GO UP BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THAT CUT THIS YEAR.
>> EVERYBODY IS PUSHING TO GO.
FUND 557 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WASN'T MUCH TO CUT, BUT WE DID PAY CAR ALLOWANCE.
WE REDUCED BY 2,000 PROFESSIONAL PRINTING.
WE WENT TO ONE INSIDE ANGLETON EDITION THAT WE'LL DO A END OF THE YEAR ADDITION INSTEAD OF TWO APPAREL, WE REMOVED $200, GENERAL SUPPLIES, WE REMOVED $500 FOR A TOTAL COST SAVINGS OF $7,700, WHERE WE COULD GENERATE MONEY FOR GENERAL FUND WAS FOR FUND 11.
JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EXCUSE ME, MY THROAT DRY.
WHEN WE WERE CUTTING BEFORE, WE WANTED TO CUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT INCOME GENERATING.
FOR THIS YEAR, WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CUT CONCERTS IN THE PARK, FREEDOM FIREWORKS,
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THE MONEY THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FOR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, PROFESSIONAL PRINTING, WHICH WAS THE OTHER PART OF THAT INSIDE ANGLETON, AND OVERTIME, WHICH GAVE US THE ABILITY TO DO AN INFUSION OF CASH TO GENERAL FUND OF 100,000.>> NO CONCERTS IN THE PARK EITHER SEASON? NO FIREWORKS AT FOURTH OF JULY. WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE?
>> THE OTHER THE ADDITION OF THE INSIDE ANGLETON, JUST GOING TO ONE EDITION.
ANYTHING THAT BRINGS IN REVENUE THAT MARKET DAYS TWO TIMES A YEAR, WE WOULD CONTINUE.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, SO THAT WAS ALREADY FUNDED OUT OF THIS BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AT WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET AGAIN AND SAY, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT HEART OF CHRISTMAS GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO FUND THAT EVENT.
BUT THESE OTHER EVENTS WE COULD WAIT AND INFUSE THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE TRANSFER.
>> I THOUGHT THE FIREWORKS WAS A DONATION FROM SPONSORSHIPS.
>> WE DO GET SPONSORSHIP, BUT THAT EVENT COSTS $35,000 FOR 23 MINUTES.
>> HOW MUCH NORMALLY DO WE GET SPONSORSHIPS?
>> GENERALLY 8-12, IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR.
>> YEAH. FOUR PORTABLES AND SOUND AND THE SHOW.
>> IF YOU SAY GET $8,000-12,000 OF DONATIONSS, YOU JUST ADD THAT TO THE SHOW TO MAKE IT A $47,000 SHOW?
>> WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP LINE ITEM, SO WE JUST BASICALLY NEGATED THAT SPONSORSHIP LINE ITEM.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING IS IN MY WEEKLY REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING ANOTHER EVENT THAT WOULD BE INCOME GENERATING TO THE CITY.
WE'LL START THAT IN AUGUST, AND OUR HOPE WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE MARKET DAYS THAT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO INFUSE REVENUE.
>> HOW MUCH IS CONCERTS IN THE PARK?
SAY ROUGHLY, IT'S ABOUT $5,000 CONCERT. WITH ALL IN.
>> COULD YOU BARE BONDS GET IT DOWN BELOW 5,000 PER CONCERT?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF MUSIC THAT WE'VE BEEN BRINGING.
A BAND IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE [OVERLAPPING]
>> APART FROM THE BAND, WHAT COULD YOU CUT BESIDES THE BAND?
>> THE ONLY THING ELSE WE HAVE BESIDES THE BAND IS THE STAGE, THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND STAFF, WHICH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN TAKING THAT EXPENSE.
LIKE SECURITY PARKS TO DO THE TRASH.
>> WHAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM YOU COULD RUN A FIREWORK SHOW ON?
>> IT'S ABOUT $100 A MINUTE FOR A PYROTECHNIC.
SINCE I STARTED THE SHOW IN I THINK 2018, WE'VE GENERALLY HAD ONE OF THE LONGER SHOWS IN THE AREA, ABOUT 20 TO 23 MINUTES.
THEN YOU HAVE PORTABLE REST ROOMS, THAT THING ON TOP OF THAT.
>> THAT'S ALL BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND?
>> NO. THE ONLY REASON THAT I EVEN BRING UP IS BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE EVENTS ARE FUNDED BY REVENUE FROM MARKET DAYS.
WE'RE SAYING INSTEAD OF FUNDING THOSE EVENTS, TAKE THAT REVENUE BECAUSE WE GENERALLY MAKE ABOUT 115,000 A YEAR ON MARKET DAYS.
TAKE THAT REVENUE, $100,000 AND MOVE IT OVER TO GENERAL FUND TO HELP HELP THIS YEAR.
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>> TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ON THE SALARY SIDE, WE MAY ANTICIPATE SOME SAVINGS ON THAT LINE ITEM.
AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE CUT THE AUTO ALLOWANCE, AND YOU'LL SEE SAVINGS ON THE CERTIFICATION LINE ITEM AS WELL.
MOVING DOWN, PHONE ALLOWANCE WAS REMOVED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER CUTS IN THOSE AREAS DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL, I GUESS, BUDGET MEETINGS.
WE'VE CUT SOME OF THE APPAREL IN TERMS OF THE INSPECTORS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SUPPLIES, YOU SEE THOSE REDUCTIONS, 01,200 ON THE APPAREL 1,000 ON GENERAL SUPPLIES, MINOR CUTS, OFFICE SUPPLIES.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE CUT, THERE WERE SOME SCANNING, $2,500, AND I'M SORRY, I'M PROBABLY A LOT FURTHER DOWN TO YOU.
I WANTED TO FOCUS ON 415 PROFESSIONAL FEES, AS WELL AS THE ATTORNEY FEES.
THOSE FEES AS WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ARE PASSED THROUGH ACCOUNTS.
THOSE ARE FEES THAT ARE COVERED BY THE DEVELOPER HIMSELF.
I'M WORKING WITH FINANCE ON THAT.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT TO FUND 96, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE PUT THINGS LIKE THE CUT FEES AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT ARE COLLECTED.
ON THOSE PASS-THROUGH ACCOUNTS AS WELL.
BUT WE WANTED TO LEAVE A CUSHION IN THE ACTUAL ACCOUNT NUMBER JUST TO KEEP US AFLOAT TWO OR THREE MONTHS ON THOSE LINE ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPORT BACK TO YOU PER DEVELOPMENT, HOW THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE GOING.
NOW THAT FINANCE IS FULLY STAFF, I FEEL CONFIDENT I'LL HAVE SOME HELP FROM SUZIE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS FOR YOU IN A MORE, I GUESS, PROFESSIONAL WAY BECAUSE FINANCING IS NOT MY THING.
BUT HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN INVOICING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PREDEVELOPMENT MEETINGS, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES AND ENGINEERING SERVICES ON THAT SIDE.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOICING THEM ON THOSE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEND THE INVOICES ON THAT LEVEL AND KEEP THOSE ACCOUNTS MANAGED THROUGH FINANCE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE MAJOR SUMS ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT TRAVEL TRAINING ON THE INSPECTOR SIDE, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE CERTIFICATIONS THAT NEED TRAINING, BUT WE ARE DOWN TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE ORIGINAL 15,000, NOW WE'RE DOWN IN THAT ACCOUNT ON TRAVEL TRAINING.
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, WE HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH KEEP THAT WHERE IT WAS DUE TO SOME OF THE DUES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
DOCUMENT SCANNING, I MENTIONED THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE ARE THE CUTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE TRAINING ACCOUNTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WENT LIVE ON THE NEW SOFTWARE, WHICH IS WORKING TREMENDOUSLY FOR THE PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, WE HAD TO BRING IN A TRAINEE TO GO LIVE AND TRAIN ALL OF THE STAFF, WHICH IT WENT REALLY WELL.
THOSE CALLS HAD NOT BEEN ENCUMBERED, SO WE HOPE TO CUT MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES?
>> NO. GLAD TO SEE THOSE TWO CUTS.
I FIGURED WE'LL JUST COVER APPAREL FOR THE NEW INCOMING COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'D REPLACE ANY DAMAGE OR LOST APPAREL.
I CUT 12,000 FOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING, THE 7,730 THAT'S THERE COVERS THE MISSOURI COUNTY DAY FOR MAYOR AND A COUNCILMEMBER.
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THEN IT ALSO COVERS TML FOR MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AS PRIORITY.IF THEY CANNOT GO AND THEN THEY CAN OFFER IT OUT TO ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I'M GOING TO AHEAD AND TELL YOU, I WON'T BE GOING. PUT IT OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> BUT THAT'S WHAT THE 7,730 INCLUDES.
>> DID YOU SAY THE 300 WAS FOR COUNCILMEMBER APPAREL?
>> THE NEW ONE COMING IN OR ANY REPLACEMENTS.
>> I BOUGHT MY OWN SHIRTS. I THINK THEY CAN, TOO.
>> IF YOU WANT TO CUT THAT 100%, WE CAN.
>> I WANT TO TURN ALL MINE BACK IN.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] IT CAN FIT SOMEBODY I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE CUT AUTO ALLOWANCE CERTIFICATION. LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
WE COMPLETELY CUT OUT OUR APPAREL, WHICH WAS 200.
MANUALS, WE REDUCED IT BY 7,200.
SO THAT IS FOR OUR CODIFICATION FOR OUR ORDINANCES, WHERE BEFORE WE WERE PAYING QUARTERLY FOR EACH ORDINANCE, WE HAD TO CODIFY.
THAT'S AN ANNUAL FEE OF 9,200.
I DO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THERE TO COVER OUR UPDATED MANUALS, LIKE OUR GOVERNMENT CO BOOK AND ELECTION MANUALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
TRAVEL AND TRAINING, I CUT BY 5,832.
THE 9,000 THAT'S IN THERE IS ONLY FOR TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO KEEP OUR CERTIFICATION.
THAT'S JUST STRICTLY TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION FOR CERTIFICATION.
THE OTHER CUT IS 2,968 FOR ELECTION EXPENSES.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO CANCEL OUR ELECTION THIS YEAR, WE CAN ADD THE 15,000 TO THAT SAVINGS.
BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OF COURSE, THAT NUMBER WOULD COME BACK FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE CUT OUT 16,900 FROM CONTRACT FOR CONTRACT LABOR.
THAT WAS OUR PART TIME SCANNER.
SHE WOULD SCAN IN TO LASERFICHE SO WE CAN BECOME PAPERLESS.
SHE IS NO LONGER WITH US SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAVINGS.
THE 6,500 THAT IS STILL IN THERE IS WE HAVE 3-400 BOXES OF RECORDS THAT ARE UP FOR RETENTION AND NEED TO BE SHREDDED.
THAT HAS TO BE DONE, THE LONGER THEY STAY IN OUR POSSESSION, THE MORE LIABILITY IT IS FOR THE CITY.
THEN FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I CUT $1,000.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT.
WE CAN'T CUT MUCH FROM MUNICIPAL COURT.
WE DO HAVE A SAVINGS AND SALARIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION THAT IS FROZEN, AND WE WON'T BE FILLING.
THAT IS A SAVINGS OF THE 49,000.
SCROLL DOWN, WE REMOVED 2,000 FROM GENERAL SUPPLIES SO WE DID REQUEST AN EXTRA 2,000 IN THE BUDGET THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE THAT WAS FOR A SHREDDER THAT WE ENDED UP TAKING OUT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND.
WE REMOVED 4,000 FOR TRAINING.
THE 5,150 THAT IS IN THERE IS STRICTLY FOR OUR MANDATORY TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND CLERKS, SO THEY CAN REMAIN CERTIFIED. THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU. WHO'S LEFT? I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
>> WE HAVE REDUCED TRAVELING TRAINING BY 1,500.
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WHAT WAS IN THERE IS WE DO A LOT OF EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS SO THAT WE CAN SAVE MONEY ON THAT WAY.THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ENCUMBERED.
GO DOWN. WE TOOK OUT THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT MONEY THAT WAS IN THERE FOR $6,000.
>> THAT IS FINANCE. I'M SORRY.
>> I KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> I KNOW. DO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
>> THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WAS ALSO CUT BY 113.
>> I MENTIONED THE 6,000 FOR THE EMPLOYER APPRECIATION. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> LISTEN, HEAD OVER TO THE RIGHT SLING 6,000 WILL BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER FROM WHAT?
>> THAT WAS THE TONER THAT JASON HAD MENTIONED.
>> FOR THE MAYOR'S APPRECIATION WHEN WE FLIPPED IT DURING THE [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TONER UP TOP.
>> FOR FIRE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO CUT FROM HERE.
I DO WANT TO LAY OUT A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS.
WE HAVE SIX PAID EMPLOYEES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE 36 VOLUNTEERS, AND THEN WE HAVE EIGHT OR NINE CADETS.
WE PICKED UP TWO MORE CADETS, SO WE'RE PICKING OUR NUMBERS UP AGAIN.
THOSE ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL AGE UP TO 18.
WE'RE GROOMING THOSE GUYS FOR THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AS WELL.
WE HAVE 17 TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN THIS BUDGET AND THE ESD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IT'S ABOUT A ONE THIRD, TWO THIRD SPLIT.
OUT OF ALL OF THIS BUDGET, THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE REALLY HAD THAT WE REDUCED WAS THE SAME ITEM THAT WE TRIED TO TAKE OUT BEFORE, WHICH WAS THE 15,000 FOR THE TOWER SOFT PARTS REFURBISHED.
IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING WITH TAKING A TRUCK OUT OF SERVICE.
IF WE HAVE AN O-RING OR AN OUTRIGGER GO OUT ON THAT TRUCK, WE JUST GET IT FIXED WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
A LOT OF THE OTHER ITEMS YOU SEE HERE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, TRAINING.
TRAINING IS STILL IN THERE, BUT MOST OF THAT TRAINING MONEY GOES TO REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SAME THING WITH THE GEAR, EQUIPMENT, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
EVERYTHING WE HAVE HAS AN EXPIRATION AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERING THAT.
WE CAN NOT PURCHASE SCBAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TRY TO ROTATE THOSE IN CONTINUOUSLY EACH YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T COME UP WITH A 2, $300,000 COST AT ONE TIME TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE COULD PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, THAT IMPACTS US DOWN THE LINE AND SOME SUBSEQUENT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DOUBLE UP TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IT'S MINIMAL, BUT IT'S THERE.
>> CAN YOU SCROLL IT DOWN, PLEASE?
>> WE DID HAVE SOME CORRECTIONS, I BELIEVE, TO THE BUDGET THAT HAD TO BE MADE UP IN THE SALARIES AND FICA AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE ADJUSTED, AND YOU SEE THOSE ON THERE, SO THAT TOTAL OF 15 WASN'T ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED.
>> JUST YOUR NUMBERS ARE BACKWARDS FOR ME.
IF IT'S A POSITIVE NUMBER, IT'S FAVORABLE.
NO, FAVORABLE IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER, I THINK. GO AHEAD.
SO 81-83, THAT'S AN INCREASE IN MISCELLANEOUS AND IT'S A NEGATIVE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHAT WAS THROWING ME OFF FOR A MINUTE I WAS LOOKING HERE WITH MY MAN THAT'S WHY I INVOLVED YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTION? THE GRID TRUCKS ARE EXPENSIVE.
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HOWEVER, WE HAD CRIMINALISTS THAT LEFT 60,000.
THOSE DUTIES CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE INVESTIGATORS.
THEN THE VAN THAT SHE WAS DRIVING, $1,100 A MONTH FOR ENTERPRISE RENTAL.
WE'LL HAVE THAT DECOMMISSIONED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE'RE BEHIND A BALL.
HAD SOMEBODY ELSE TODAY TELL US, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LEAVE SO THAT WILL PUT US DOWN THREE PEOPLE.
WE'RE TRAINING THREE. HE ONLY TRAINED THREE AT A TIME, UNFORTUNATELY.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE?
>> YOU'RE DOWN THREE RIGHT NOW. ISN'T THAT NORMAL?
>> NORMAL? THERE'S NOT A NORMAL ANYMORE.
>> BUT LET'S SAY THE LAST YEAR.
YOU GET TO FULL AND YOU'RE DOWN AND YOU'RE FULL AND YOU'RE DOWN.
>> WE GET FULL, AND THEN THE COUNTY PAYS MORE MONEY AND WE'RE DOWN.
WE GET FULL AND COUNTY PAYS MORE MONEY, WE'RE DOWN.
TELLING PEOPLE TO LEAVE OUR FOLKS ALONE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
BUT THEY GOT MORE OPENINGS COMING UP IN APRIL.
COUNTY DID, AND EVERYBODY ELSE DID.
AS FAR AS NORMAL, THERE'S NOT EVEN NORMAL ANYMORE WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING PEACE OFFICERS.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ARE WORKING THEIR REAR ENDS OFF AND YOU'RE STILL GETTING GOOD RESPONSE TIMES.
YOU'RE STILL GETTING GOOD DISPATCH TIMES, YOU'RE STILL GETTING GOOD QUALITY AND POLICE WORK OUT THERE.
THOSE GUYS AND GIRLS ARE DOING ONE HECK OF A JOB.
>> I GOT A COMPLIMENT ON ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS THE OTHER DAY.
JUST ONE OF YOUR NEW ONES. IT'S GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? THANKS, CHIEF.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY. IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT? EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE?
>> YOU NEEDED 1.8. YOU'VE GOT 1.4.
YOU NEED ANOTHER 371,000, RIGHT?
>> YOU CAN BORROW FROM THE STREET FUND?
>> YOU CAN REDUCE SOME OTHER COST, OR ADD SOME MORE REVENUES THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY THE STAFF, CORRECT?
>> YOU CAN DO A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> ALL OPEN POSITIONS, ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CUTS PROPOSED, CORRECT? DID EVERY DEPARTMENT DO THAT?
>> BUT PARKS, ANY CITY HALL STAFF? ANY OPEN, MUNICIPAL COURTS? I SAW.
>> I DO HAVE ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE WHO PUT IN HIS NOTICE MONDAY. HE GAVE A TWO WEEK NOTICE.
I HAVE A POSITION OPEN. I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THAT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GET BACK INTO A BUDGET SEASON.
>> CAN WE WAIT? I MEAN, CAN WE JUST PERHAPS EAT A FEW MONTHS OF SAVINGS.
SURE SLOWLY, WON'T BE MUCH, BUT OPENS.
>> PARKS, YOU PUT IN YOUR OPEN POSITIONS INTO YOUR CUTS.
MUNICIPAL COURT DID THE SAME THING. ANYBODY ELSE?
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>> THAT'LL HAVE TO BE REFILLED.
>> IT'S ALL THE UTILITY RATHER SIDES.
NOT GOING TO AFFECT IN GENERAL FUND.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR SUSIE LOAN MONEY?
>> THAT IS STILL OPEN. IT IS STILL AVAILABLE.
>> HOW MUCH IS SITTING IN THERE?
>> SUSIE HAS HER OWN FINE BOUNDS.
>> HOW FAR DOWN THE ROAD, CAN YOU KICK AT 371?
>> I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT TODAY.
>> WE STILL HAVE JUST OVER A MONTH AND A HALF TILL WE GET TO THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE MID YOUR BUDGET.
CAN YOU AT LEAST WAIT? WAS THAT THREE MEETINGS OR SO? BEFORE WE HAVE TO START TAKING MORE DRASTIC CUTS.
>> AS YOU KNOW, THE LONGER YOU WAIT.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE ONES THAT ARE PROPOSED THOUGH, WE'RE TAKING THOSE IN ACTION.
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TONIGHT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON.
THAT'S WHY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING EVERYBODY PROPOSE THIS.
>> BUT THEN AT LEAST AS CECIL SAID, MR. BRUCE SAYS THE 371.
WE GOT TO START SHOWING INTO THAT TOO.
>> ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WILL BE FOR YOUR RESERVE.
OR ANYTHING AS YOU WELL KNOW, YOUR GENERAL FUND IS THE FUND THAT HAS TO SUBSIDIZE ANY OTHER FUND THAT'S IN THE DEFICIT.
>> IF YOUR WATER FUND ENDS UP IN THE DEFICIT, THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO COVER THAT.
>> WELL, I THINK THE NEXT MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WATER FUND.
>> THAT WAS NOT TOUCHED AT THIS MOMENT.
>> I KNOW. BUT I THINK THAT'S COMING VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS IN A DEFICIT YOU SAID WELL.
THERE WERE ITEMS AS YOU WELL KNOW, I DID NOT DO THIS BUDGET.
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE MISSED.
THIS IS WHY WE HAD TO HAVE SOME SURPLUS ITEMS THAT ARE MISSED IN YOUR WATER FUND.
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THESE, WE COME UP WITH THESE THINGS, AND THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CUSHION.
>> WHICH PROBABLY NEED A SLOW WALKING POSITIONS.
>> I MEAN, AS OF NOW, WE DON'T PLAN ON BILLING THEM, SO I FIGURED IT WAS OFF COMING.
>> I'M JUST SAYING I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION WE HAD TONIGHT ON THE GENERAL FUND ON THE WATER FUND COMING UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET, I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION COUNSEL, BUT I WOULD ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED CUTS TONIGHT BY THE STAFF, AND THEN ON THE 371, FIND A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER HEADCOUNT REDUCTIONS OF EXISTING STAFF.
>> WITH EMPHASIS ON THE JUDGMENT [INAUDIBLE].
>> HOW YOU WANT TO MAKE UP THAT 371.
>> DO YOU WANT TO PULL IT FROM THE STREET FUND? DO YOU WANT TO PULL IT FROM SUSIE'S BANK?
>> I DON'T WANT TO ADD STRESS AND I'M NOT, I KNOW LOT OF CHALLENGES PRESENTED TO YOU PRESENTLY.
IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR UPDATES FOR EACH, I KNOW WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT GITA ITEM, BUT AN UPDATE TO SEE WHERE WHEN YOU GET WITH THESE DIRECTORS, AND YOU ALL PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER, WHERE WE CAN SCRATCH A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I KNOW WE'RE SCRATCHING A LOT.
BUT THAT WAY WHERE WE KNOW WHERE WE SIT, AND SO WE DO SOME THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE DON'T DRAW SO MUCH OUT OF THAT STREET FUND, BUT WE HAVE IT THERE.
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>> THEY WERE GIVEN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER.
THE DEPARTMENT HEADS STATE GET THEIR FINANCIALS THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, SO THEY DO HAVE CURRENT INFORMATION.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THEM, AND THIS IS THE CUTS THAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED.
I CAN POSSIBLY GIVE THEM JANUARY.
>> WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? HOW ABOUT NOT NEXT MEETING, BUT HOW ABOUT THE FIRST MEETING OF MARCH? THE MONTH?
>> THEY WILL HAVE THE JANUARY FINANCIALS.
>> IS THAT NEW A RULE FOR YOU ALL?
>> I'M LOOKING AT CHIEF MORTON GOING.
>> IT WAS ALL OVER YOUR FACE. SAY SOMETHING.
>> IT'S A LOT TO PULL FROM ONE BUDGET YEAR.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF GOING MONTH BY MONTH IS GOING TO, BUT QUARTER BY QUARTER MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
>> ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE BEING SCHEDULED.
YOU GOT A GOOD FEELING ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE GENERAL BENEFIT? YOU'RE INCREASING REVENUES IF YOU'RE ASSIGNING REVENUES TO STUFF THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD REVENUES IN THE PAST.
>> THAT IN COW GETS HINTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE UNDER CHARGING FOLKS.
SO COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OUR FEES ARE LOW.
WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE ON REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS.
>> BUT HE'S ASKING, DID YOU MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR BUDGET TO REFLECT THOSE FEES CHANGING? ANYWHERE WHERE YOU KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO ADD REVENUE?
>> WE HAVE NOT AND THEN ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE WORKED WITH SUSIE TO FINE TUNE AND THEN SHE MAY HAVE TO DO A BUDGET.
>> ADJUSTMENT. TO REFLECT MORE REALITY.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS FOR THE ADOPTION AND HOPEFULLY 30 DAYS OF GERMANIZATION.
>> WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY KICKBACK HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ADOPTING THAT FEE SCHEDULE?
>> YOU HAVE THOSE FIGURES IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AND MAYBE GET READY NEXT TIME TO SAY, WELL, HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT.
>> WE CAN DO SOME PREDICTIONS BASED ON THE RATES AND SOME GERMANIZATION.
>> CAN YOU DO IT CONSERVATIVELY?
>> I FEEL LIKE SOME OF OUR NUMBERS IN THE PAST HAVEN'T BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVELY FIGURED.
>> HOW LONG ARE WE OUT? DO WE ESTIMATE TO ADOPTING THIS FEE SCHEDULE? I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT WAS ABOUT THE TJ AND HOW WE WERE LOOKING AT THOSE FEES.
>> NO REAL HICCUPS ON THE PUBLIC SIDE.
>> I THINK DEVELOPERS SHOULD PAY THE WAY AND WHEN I SAY DEVELOPER ANY ONE DOING DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PAY FOR IT, SO.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF THE RESERVATION HERE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WATER FUND AND FEES WE CHARGE PEOPLE FOR WATER AND SEWER OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE TOUCHED THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS FAIRLY BEING COMPENSATED TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ELECTED NOT TO WHATEVER.
>> PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WE PROVIDE WATER SERVICES, THEY DO PAY A DIFFERENT RATE THAN THOSE ARE INSIDE THE CITY.
>> THAT HAS NOT BEEN BUMPED UP FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT I KNOW OF IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 1.25 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE PEOPLE.
IT'S EITHER 1.5 OR 1.4. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
>> THEY GET THE SAME RATE INCREASE, BUT IF THEY'RE PAYING THE 1.25 PERCENT.
EVERY TIME WE ADOPT A NEW RATE.
>> LET'S PUT THAT ON GITA ITEM.
>> I WAS TO REVIEW THE WATER FUND AT THE NEXT MEETING.
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I DO HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR HERE, BUT I WOULD ASK MARTHA, I REALLY WANT TO FIND SOME WAY OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THIS CONCERT IN THE PARK AND THE FIREWORKS.I REALLY LIKE US TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE SHOULD PICK ONE FOR THIS YEAR?
>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO BOTH OF SPRING AND A FALL CONCERT OF THE PARK.
I THINK YOU SHOULD PICK THE SPRING IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> WHAT A SERIES, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> IT MAY ONLY BE THREE. IT JUST MAY HAVE TO BE ABBREVIATED.
WE'VE HAD A TRIPLE TRADITIONALLY, SOME SORT OF LIKE A TEHANO NIGHT.
I LIKE TO KEEP THAT. I TO KEEP.
COULD JUST BE A ROCK AND ROLL BAND AND THEN SOME SORT OF TRIBUTE BAND, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PICK ONE, THREE, THREE NIGHTS, THREE AND AS FAR AS THAT'S MY ONLY PUSHBACK.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE COULD JOHN, THAT'S MY THINK AND I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO SIX OR EIGHT.
>> WHAT IF WE DID THE FALL ON IN OCTOBER?
>> I WAS JUST FIXING TO MENTION THAT.
>> THERE EVER BE BALL GAME SEASON IN SEPTEMBER 2.
>> THAT'S JUST NOT ON THIS BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT.
>> WE TALKED THIS YEAR ABOUT NOT DOING A FULL MONTH LONG CONCERT SERIES, AND MAYBE THEY'RE JUST SCATTERED AROUND THE YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT ALL TOGETHER.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS COST FOR THE STAGE.
THAT'S HOW WE SAVE THAT COST AS WE JUST GET THEM TO BRING IT IN AND DROP IT, FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT WHEN WE FIRST CUT IT, WE ALREADY LOOKED AT GOING TO INSTEAD OF A MOBILE STAGE, JUST THE OLD ONE THAT WE JUST BUILT.
BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THESE THINGS.
WE LOVE THESE THINGS. WE LOVE THESE EVENTS.
WE THINK THERE'S VALUE IN THEM, AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GROWING, AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM.
BUT WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK FOR A WAY THAT WE COULD HELP AND THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WE HAD REVENUE THAT WE COULD HELP OFFSET THE GENERAL FUND.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TRASH CLEAN UP, OR CONSIDER ASKING THE COUNTY OR WHOEVER CAN PROVIDE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE FOLKS TO GET TO GO OUT THERE ON THEIR PERSONAL TIME AND PICK UP TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, COME INTO TOWN AND PICK UP TRASH.
WE WOULD BE SPENDING MONEY GO HELP HELP OUT.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY CHECK INTO THAT.
>> ABOUT THE FIREWORKS? CAN YOU EXPLORE SEEKING MORE DONATIONS?
>> LET'S NOT MAYBE WE DON'T GET 23 MINUTES THIS YEAR.
BUT I'D HATE TO SEE LOST COMPLETELY.
>> ONCE YOU STOP SOMETHING IN.
>> WELL, ON THE 4TH JULY IS SPECIAL.
TO ME, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS.
>> THE OTHER THING ABOUT WE DO OURS THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE FOURTH AND LAKE JACKSON DOES ONE ON THE FOURTH.
WE KNEW THAT IN THE AREA, THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE.
>> I'M JUST SAYING EXPLORE. I'M NOT ASKING WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I KNOW WE GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION SOON.
BUT CAN WE GO TO OUR DONORS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WILLINGNESS TO ADD A PERCENTAGE AND SEEK ADDITIONAL SPONSORS.
>> WAS IT HARD TO ASK IF THEY SAY NO, THEY SAY NO, WE'RE IN THE SAME POSITION.
>> THE DIRECTION IS THREE CONCERTS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THREE?
>> AND THE FIREWORKS TO FIGURE.
>> FIREWORKS IF WE CAN GET SPONSORSHIP TO COVER DOLLAR AMOUNT OR?
>> I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE YOU CAN GET.
IF YOU HAVE TO DOWNGRADE THE LENGTH OF OUR PERFORMANCE, THEN WE JUST MAY BE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS.
I JUST I TRY NOT TO COMPLETELY REMOVE IT THAT'S ALL.
>> IS THERE ANY SAVINGS TO GO BROADCASTING VIA FM RATHER THAN HAVING SPEAKERS SO EVERYONE CAN USE THEIR OWN CARS TO?
>> YEAH, SO WHEN WHEN I STARTED THE SHOW, I USED TO DO TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE ALVIN RADIO STATION,
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AND THAT WAS BY FAR MY FAVORITE.THEY HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE THEY DO THEIR OWN THING NOW AND HAVEN'T PARTNERED WITH US THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE'VE TRIED BROADCASTING JUST ON SITE, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
YEAH, WE COULD CERTAINLY SEE IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM AGAIN.
>>WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS, IS THERE A CHARGE THAT WE CHARGE FOR THEM? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY?
>> MAYBE THAT COULD OFFSET THE RENTALS OF THE PORTER POTTIES.
>> I HAVE TO SAY THIS, AND I HAVE TO.
>> THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE MAKING SOME REALLY BIG CUTS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECREATION.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT REDUCTIONS AND HEADCOUNTS.
I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT FIREWORKS AND CONCERTS IN THE PARK WHILE WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I CAN'T. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.
>> WELL, I THINK THE DIRECTION OF COUNSEL IS NOT THE REDUCED HEADCOUNT.
>> AS FIREWORKS, I'M LOOKING FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
I'M LOOKING FOR SPONSORS. I'M NOT LOOKING AT OUR DIME, I'M LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S DIME.
>> IF WE CAN DO THAT, AND YES I JUST WANT TO AVOID ANY REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE WITHIN THE CITY PAST OUR OWN BUDGETS.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE BUDGET, BUT JAMIE PRESENTED THE IDEA OF LEASING SPACE IN THE ANNEX.
I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT SAVINGS OR REVENUE CAN BE GENERATED, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT ON NEXT YEAR, BUT IF IT HAS ANY POSSIBILITY TO MAKE POSITIVE MOVEMENT FOR US THIS YEAR, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED.
>> HARD TO HE FOR THE TASK, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
>> COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION OF WHERE YOU WANT THE REMAINING MONEY TO COME FROM?
>> SPLITTING A PART SUSIE'S RESERVE AND PART STREET BOND STREET FUND.
>> IN YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT?
>> I SECOND WHAT COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL HAS PROPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTON TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS AND TAKE THE REMAINING MONEY OUT OF HALF STREET FUND AND HALF SUSIE'S BANK.
I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERM, SUSIE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? FIRST, I WANT TO SAY TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU.
EVERY ONE OF YOU STEPPED UP, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, AND YOU HAVE REALLY COME THROUGH ON THIS TO FIND WAYS TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO, SO THANK YOU.
>> I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE I HAD WRITTEN THAT LITTLE NOTE DOWN HERE.
WE NEED TO BE THANKING THESE PEOPLE FOR MAKING SOME VERY CHALLENGING DECISIONS.
>> PLEASE THANK Y'ALL FOR ABSORBING THE TASKS THAT SINCE WE CAN'T FILL THE POSITIONS, PLEASE THANK YOUR STAFF ALSO FOR DOING THIS SACRIFICE SO THAT WE CAN GET BY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE ANYONE.
BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A REDUCTION ANYWHERE IN STAFF.
WE'VE BEEN GOING GOOD FOR YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT TRAJECTORY GOING.
>> THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE BUDGET SITUATION WE FOUND OURSELVES IN WITH JUST REALLY SOME POOR ACCOUNTING HERE.
THANK YOU, SUSIE, FOR STEPPING INTO THIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL HELP THAT YOU OR THE FOLKS THAT REPORT TO YOU CAN HELP AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY AND THOSE THINGS, WE'LL GET OUT OF THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.
SEND ME AN EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS.
I ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC TO THE VOTER.
I DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE SAME RESTRICTIONS AS YOU DO REACH OUT TO ME, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLORE ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO ASSIST YOU ALL TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS A TEAM.
>> YOU'RE EXCLUDING ME ON THAT?
>> I'M TELLING THEM THEY CAN. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
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>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIDE.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TONIGHT? ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SEE ON THE NEXT MEETING?>> I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK I RAISED IT SECOND AGO, BUT JUNE ITEMS TALKING ABOUT WHAT MR. BOTH RAISED WAS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAWING WATER OUTSIDE OUR CITY TJ, ATJ MAKING SURE JUST SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE.
I THINK THE MAYOR ALSO BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF JUST THE WATER FUND.
I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY TWO ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
>> I THINK WE CAN PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER ON THE SAME ITEM.
TALK ABOUT THE WATER FUND AND AVENUES TO EXPLORE FOR REVENUE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? HEARING NOTHING ELSE. WE WILL GO INTO.
>> MAYOR DO YOU WANT TO GO TO ITEM 7?
>> YEAH. WELL, YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT JUST REAL QUICK.
I'VE ALREADY READ THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO SUSIE, CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE JUST ADOPTED, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT CAPITAL.
WHAT EFFECT WOULD THAT HAVE ON THE BUDGET? IS THAT A SAVINGS FURTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE?
>> THE GOVERNMENT CAPITAL, WHICH?
>> ITEM 7. ITEM 7 IS SOME EQUIPMENT FOR PARKS AND ALSO FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY HAVE DONE THIS LEASE PROGRAM AND THE FIRST PAYMENT IS NOT TO BE DONE UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 26.
>> WHAT EFFECT HAS THIS ON BUDGET?
>> I WAS GOING TO CHECK AND SAY THIS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENTAL LEASING PROGRAM.
I WAS GOING TO CHECK TOMORROW OR CHECK TO SEE IF SINCE I DID NOT DO THIS PARTICULAR THING, ALL I WAS DOING WAS CHANGING THE WORDING ON IT TO SEE IF WE COULD ADD THIS TO OUR DEBT SERVICE AND BE PICKED UP WITH YOUR INS, WHICH IS FUNDFIVE.
INSTEAD OF IT COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE GENERAL FUND AND PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO GENERAL FUND.
WHICH, OF COURSE, STILL AFFECTS IT BECAUSE IT'S COMING OUT OF IT.
>> WELL, I NEED TO CHECK FIRST TO SEE IF I CAN INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR BONDS AND THEN WE KNOW IF IT COMES OUT OF YOUR FUNDFIVE OR YOUR DEBT SERVICE, OR IF IT'S STILL GOING TO COME OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.
>> WE'LL JUST BRING THIS ITEM BACK UP NEXT TIME AND DISCUSS IT?
>> BUT I DO BELIEVE THESE ARE ITEMS THAT THEY REALLY NEED.
WHICH IS LOWER THAN WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET WITH DEERE.
>> YES, IT'S LOWER THAN JOHN DEERE, BUT ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION TOO IS THAT WE HAVE A $50,000 INSURANCE CHECK TO PAY FOR DOWN PAYMENT.
WHAT IS IN HERE, I DON'T THINK ACCOUNTS FOR THE PAYMENT THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY THIS YEAR AND THAT $50,000 WE DO HAVE TO SUPPORT THAT DOWN PAYMENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THAT CAME FROM THE TRACTOR ACCIDENT?
I BELIEVE PUBLIC WORK DOES HAVE ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING.
HAVE YOU BEEN USING THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT?
>> THAT FRONT-END LOADER GOT SENT DOWN AS A DEMO AND ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE BEING HAD, AND, IT CAME TO THE POINT WHERE IT GOT APPROVED, AND SO THEY JUST SAID, HEY, JUST HOLD ON TO IT.
IT IS IN OUR POSSESSION, AND WE HAVE BEEN USING IT.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AT ALL IN ANY KIND OF WAY IF WE DO OPT OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT HASN'T YET BEEN HAD.
>> IS IT GETTING A LOT OF UTILIZATION?
>> YES, THAT FRONT END LOADER HAS BEEN GREAT FOR MOVING MATERIALS, AND I BELIEVE THEY CLEARED SOME OF IT RIGHT AWAY WITH IT.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE GRAPPLERS.
THE GRAPPLERS HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED YET.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TEST THOSE OUT, BUT THOSE ARE SUPPOSEDLY COMING IN TWO WEEKS, I BELIEVE.
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>> HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T NEED IT.
>> SUSIE, DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT OR DO YOU WANT US TO HOLD ON? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET CLARITY HERE.
>> I'D LIKE TO TAKE ACTION, BUT WHETHER IT GETS PUT INTO AS PART OF YOUR M&O, WHETHER IT GETS PAID OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.
>> YOU'LL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER.
>> YES. I CAN LET YOU KNOW NEXT MEETING WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE PUT.
>> THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE NEXT YEAR?
>> SUSIE JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHAT THE TOTAL OF THAT FIRST PAYMENT WAS GOING TO BE? I CANNOT REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS LISTED ON THAT ITEM.
>> I DON'T USUALLY SMILE LIKE THIS.
>> ONE PAYMENT WAS 130 BECAUSE IT'S DIVIDED BY THE TWO, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS 14,000.
>> FIVE YEARS, YES. IT'S 552,000 FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND 111,000 FOR PARKS.
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-020.
>> DASH ZERO ZERO SEVEN. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTON FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.
WITH I GUESS, PENDING SUSIE FIGURING OUT WHICH WAY IT'S GOING TO GO GENERAL FUND OR DEBT SERVICE.
OR INS SORRY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW PROCEDURALLY. I'M SORRY.
I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT ON THE END AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME.
WHY ARE WE STOPPING THIS? PROCEDURALLY, QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR WISHING TO, CAN I REFER BACK TO THAT OR CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT AFTER WE MAKE THIS VOTE?
>> AN MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
BACK TO COMMUNICATION FROM MAYOR.
>> I'M SORRY. WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH ALL THIS BUDGET STUFF AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE HELD EARLIER, I KNOW THAT ONE TIME WE HAD BONDED I THOUGHT AND FINANCED A PROJECT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
>> WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? JUST LIKE AN UPDATE OR.
>> THE COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT BOND INCLUDED THE KMOC.
THE GENERATOR WITH THE TRAILERS ON IT? FIRE STATION 3 AND ROAD PROJECTS.
THAT WAS WHAT WAS NAMED IN THE BOND.
>> WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT FIRE STATION 3 FORWARD, WE WENT AND BID IT, IT WAS WAY OVER.
THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNSEL AT THE TIME WAS TO FOCUS ON THE KMOC BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BOND.
>> MAYBE THAT'S THE THING TO BRING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
>> OUR DEBT SERVICE OR ALL OF OUR BONDS THAT WE'VE GONE OUT FOR IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT'S LEFT ON WHAT THE PROJECTS WERE, JUST TO REVIEW REFRESH?
>> RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS MONEY AND MAYBE WE CAN PULL SOME OF THIS MONEY TO HELP COVER COSTS SINCE THAT PROJECT SEEMS DEAD IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW.
>> I KNOW IT'S BOND MONEY, OR LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD SOMEHOW WITH THAT.
>> WELL, YOU CAN BUILD A CONCRETE PAD AND NOT BUILD THE BUILDING.
YOU SPENT MONEY OUT OF THE BOND ON THE PROJECT AND YOU CHECKED THE BLOCK AS FAR AS FUNDING. WE JUST NEED DIRECTION.
>> SURE AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE CAN GET CHIEF MORTON WE'LL COME BACK THERE.
>> LET'S PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
>> I'M SORRY. THAT'S SORRY. THAT WAS POPPED IN MY BRAIN WHILE WE WERE DOING THIS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:41.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.