Jun 16, 2025 Angleton Better Living Corporation

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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TO ORDER.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN.

[1. Discussion and possible action on the Angleton Better Living Corporation, Recreation Division, and Angleton Recreation Center Division YTD financial statements fund balances as of May 31, 2025.]

YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FUND BALANCES AS OF MAY 31ST, 2025.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND BOARD. SO YOU'LL SEE BEFORE YOU FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVEN'T HAD THESE IN A LITTLE WHILE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FINANCE TO GET THESE UPDATED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE NUMBERS, AND SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO SUSIE IN A SECOND TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, BUT FIRST, I'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SHOULD SEE IN YOUR PACKET.

I DID SEND THIS VIA EMAIL THIS MORNING, BUT THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE IS SALES TAX.

SO THAT REPRESENTS THE PORTION THAT'S CONTRIBUTED FOR SALES TAX FOR ABLC.

WE ARE STILL TRENDING UP FOR THE OVERALL FOR THE YEAR.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MOST RECENT ONE WASN'T THE GREATEST. IT WAS ONLY 0.59 INCREASE MONTH OR YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT AS YOU LOOK BACK, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD ALMOST 8%.

WELL, THAT WAS ABOUT A 1.5, .7, .9, .5 AND THEN 4.7.

SO AGAIN, WE STILL ARE IN THE POSITIVE THERE.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND AS LONG AS WE STAY IN THE GREEN, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE SHOULD LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

YOU'LL ALSO FIND ON PAGE FOUR THIS IS THE CURRENT FUND BALANCES FOR EACH DIVISION.

AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS DOES FLUCTUATE.

SO THIS IS BASED ON MONTH TO MONTH EXPENSES WHETHER THE TRANSFERS HAVE HAPPENED.

SO SOME OF THOSE ITEMS HAVEN'T TAKEN PLACE. SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT FULL ONE, BUT THAT SHOWS WHAT IS THE CURRENT.

YEAR TO DATE THAT IS IN THOSE FUND BALANCES. SUSIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THE ONES TO GENERAL FUND HAVE NOT HAPPENED.

TRANSFERS. SO PARKS TRANSFER HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

SO EXAMPLE IS FOR THAT ONE. AS FAR AS THE REC CENTER THAT ONE OBVIOUSLY LOOKS A LITTLE HIGH.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE'S MONEY STILL LEFT OVER IN THERE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE GRANT.

SO THERE WAS $274,000 THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT.

WE STILL HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR TO FOR EXPENSES.

SUMMER IS OUR MOST EXPENSIVE TIME FRAME FOR THE REC CENTER.

SO THAT'S PART OF THAT IS WHEN YOU LOOK TO COMPARE THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES.

WE JUST HAVEN'T REALLY HIT THAT HIGH PEAK SEASON.

THAT WILL BE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO YOU SAID EXPENSES ARE THE HIGH POINT, BUT AREN'T THE REVENUES ALSO THE HIGH POINT REVENUE IS ALSO THE HIGH POINT AS WELL.

SO THEY WILL START TO OFFSET. YES, AND SO ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER IS A HEALTHY NUMBER, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A HEALTHY NUMBER BUT JUST DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING AS HEALTHY. SO WE STILL HAVE NOT CAPTURED NUMBERS FOR JUNE, JULY, AUGUST WAS WHEN IT REALLY WILL START TO TAPER AND WE'LL STILL HAVE SEPTEMBER LEFT.

SO BUT YOU WILL HAVE REALLY ONE MONTH OF SHOULD BE DOWN MONTH AND THE LEFT IN THE BUDGET.

YEP, AND SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. T HE REVENUE DOES INCREASE THEIR KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DID WE ARE OPERATING AT THAT FIVE LIFEGUARD CAPACITY. SO SOME OF OUR EXPENSES WILL SEEM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS FULLY ANTICIPATED.

SUSIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THIS FUND BALANCE ON THE REC CENTER? DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN? WELL, THE ONE FOR THE REC CENTER IS GOING TO GO DOWN BECAUSE IT IS OBLIGATED, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE TO AND THEN TO THE GRANT. I MEAN, THE REC CENTER NORMALLY DOES NOT KEEP THAT MUCH IN THERE. IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THEY HAD A HUGE FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS TO BE MOVED, AND THAT WAS DUE TO PART OF THEM NOT PAYING FOR THAT WINDSTORM INSURANCE, AND SO WHAT HAPPENED? INSTEAD OF ME TAKING TURN IT AROUND AND CHECK OUT, IT WAS ALREADY CLOSED.

THEY WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET, THEY HAD TO TRANSFER FROM FUND BALANCE TO TRANSFER TO US.

THAT'S HOW THEY GOT TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT MUCH TO THE GENERAL FUND.

YEAH. SO NOT ALL OF THE EXPENSES HAVE BEEN DONE.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

JASON AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFOREHAND IS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE A DECISION ALREADY IN THE GRANT.

WE JUST GOT TO CONTACT THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IF THEY DECIDED THAT WILL FREE UP THAT 150.

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SO IT KIND OF THROWS INTO THAT PIECE OF THERE'S EXTRA SO THAT WHEN ONE STORM ONE STICKS OUT.

SPECIFICALLY STAFFING WAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THOSE WERE ALLOCATED, AND SO IT THREW SOME OF THOSE FUND BALANCES OFF, AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY, WHEN ABLC DECIDED TO TRANSFER MORE, THAT WAS KIND OF THAT GIVE BACK TO THE ASSIST WITH THE GENERAL FUND. SO THERE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS IS LOOKING AT OUR SALES TAX AND THEN LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCES YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE EXPENSES CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, MYSELF OR SUSIE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASK OR ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE YOU THINK THE YEAR'S GOING TO FINISH.

BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR. YOU'RE ALREADY SEVEN EIGHT MONTHS IN, RIGHT? YES. SO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING.

ARE WE ON A SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE REC CENTER WITH ALL THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN, CHANGING HOURS, CHANGING DAYS AND TIME, WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING? SO IS THAT ALL THE STORMS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING OR WITH THOSE OR WITHOUT THOSE? WE HAVE TO. SO WE STILL ARE IN A GOOD PLACE. LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AS FAR AS THE REVENUE FOR THE REC CENTER, WE STILL ARE ON POINTS AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING IN THE CONSISTENT REVENUE.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN A SMALL UPTICK IN OUR FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS, WHICH WE ANTICIPATED WITH SOME OF THE FEE CHANGEOVER.

THE DAY PASS FEES HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT. THEY HAVE.

SO WHEN I LAST LOOKED AT NUMBERS FOR THIS HALF OF THE MONTH WE WERE SITTING AT, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 20,000, WHICH IS ABOUT ON POINT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

SO LAST YEAR'S JUNE NUMBERS, I BELIEVE, WERE 37 OR 39,000.

SO BEING HALFWAY THROUGH THAT TIME IS GOOD. THE NEGATIVE OF THAT IS WE DID HAVE A LOT OF WEATHER OVER THE PAST WEEK.

SO THAT DID IMPACT THE POOL AND IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO STAY OPEN AND SO AS YOU KNOW, MINUS THOSE KIND OF HICCUPS THAT GO THROUGHOUT, WE ARE STILL SEEING PEOPLE UTILIZE IT. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE CONVERT FROM THE DAY PASSES TO THE MEMBERSHIP, WHICH WAS OUR HOPE, AND I'LL EVEN SAY THAT WE ANTICIPATED THAT ATTENDANCE WOULD GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I WILL BE HONEST. I THINK SOME OF IT HAS, BUT IT HAS PROBABLY CREATED MORE OF A MORE FRIENDLY USER ENVIRONMENT.

IT SEEMS A LOT OF PATRONS THAT ARE UTILIZING IT GET TO UTILIZE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THEY ENJOY THEIR STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE'VE SEEN LESS PROBLEMS AT THE FACILITY.

OUR CAPACITY AND THE PEOPLE WAITING HASN'T BEEN AS GREAT, AND SO SOME OF IT'S KIND OF LEVELED ITSELF OUT.

DESIGN THERE WAS TO REALLY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT AS WELL.

SO I ANTICIPATE WITH OUR CURRENT NUMBERS THAT WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR REVENUE GOALS THAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATED.

I DON'T SEE THOSE BEING AN ISSUE. THAT'S FOR THE REC CENTER.

I WILL SAY THE REC DIVISION IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT AS WELL.

LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THEIR NUMBERS. THEIR REVENUE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 66,000, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE ABOUT 58,000.

NOW THEY HAVE LESS OF A WINDOW TO MAKE UP BECAUSE A LOT OF PROGRAMING HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, BUT WE STILL HAVE REGISTRATION IN SEPTEMBER THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT AS FAR AS OUR SENIOR TRIPS, BECAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY IN GETTING SOME OF THAT FUNDING SQUARED AWAY THAT REVENUE AND EXPENSE IS OFFSETTING, AND SO WE DIDN'T SPEND AS MUCH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH, AND THAT REALLY IS KIND OF THAT LITTLE BIT OF A PITFALL AS FAR AS THE REVENUE GOES.

SO WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD PLACE FOR THE TWO OF THOSE. YEAH.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THE DAY PASSES, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED AT FIRST ABOUT GOING FROM 5 TO $10, AND IN FACT, SOMEONE THIS MORNING APPROACHED ME AND WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DAY PASSES AND ABOUT THE CONCERN THAT HE HAD AND WHAT HE EXPERIENCED, BUT LISTEN TO THE NUMBERS, LIKE YOU SAY, AS LONG AS THE DAY PASSES ARE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH THE REVENUE, I THINK WE'LL BE FINE. ARE WE STILL ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? RIGHT? YES. OKAY, GOOD. YEP. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, THOUGH, ON THE I GUESS WHEN IT SAYS, LIKE DECEMBER 179,000, 4.71, THAT'S PERCENTAGE OVER LAST YEAR.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD, AND SO WHICH MEANS THAT FOR FEBRUARY, THAT 15.97%.

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SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT. THAT WAS FOR DECEMBER.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FREEZE. YEAH, MAYBE A FREEZE.

EVERYBODY REMEMBER THE WALMART. SO DECEMBER BEING MORE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING.

THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO SPEND MORE IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S CHRISTMAS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT. SO YEAH BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONTH, YOU'RE LOOKING TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO FEBRUARY WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER OF 24.

YEAH, THAT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN WHAT WAS GOING ON. OKAY, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHEN WE GET THE DEPOSIT TO NORMALLY WHAT SUSIE GIVES US IS DIFFERENT.

SO IT HAS THE FULL AMOUNT, AND YOU JUST BROKE IT DOWN BY WHAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR AVAILABLE SEATS.

YEP. WHICH IS FINE. YEAH. WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE DATE PASSES THOUGH, THAT IS CONSISTENT.

SO EVEN THOUGH PRICE HAS GONE UP, THE REVENUE AMOUNT IS ABOUT THE SAME.

YES. SO THE DAY PASSES. QUANTITY PROBABLY HAS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT BUT THE REVENUE AMOUNT HAS STAYED CONSISTENT.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IS WE THE PRICE INCREASE MEANT LESS PEOPLE ARE COMING, BUT NOW IT'S TEN VERSUS FIVE.

SO THE REVENUE IS DOWN AND WE ARE SEEING MORE.

WE ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE GET MEMBERSHIPS. SO THAT'S SO THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE THAT'S COMING INTO IT RIGHT, AND WHAT I CAN ACTUALLY DO AS WELL. SO WE DO A MONTHLY REPORTS TO DO A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT REVENUE LOOKS LIKE.

ONCE WE COMPLETE JUNE, I CAN SEND THAT OUT TO ABLC AS WELL.

SO THEY'LL SEE THAT SAME KIND OF COMPARISON OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE YEAR OVER YEAR.

AS FAR AS THE REVENUE FOR THE REC CENTER IN EACH DIVISION, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TREND YOUR DAY PASSES.

OKAY. GIVE ME A THREE YEAR LOOK. OKAY. NOT THE YOU CAN GIVE ME THE REVENUE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COUNT.

THE NUMBER OF? YEAH. SO WE CAN JUST WE CAN DO A QUICK TREND AND SEE ARE WE GOING UP STAYING THE SAME AND THE COUNTS, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE REVENUE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICING STRATEGY OF HOW THAT'S PLAYING OUT.

KNOWING GOOD AND WELL THAT THERE'S THE ALTERNATIVE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU WANT TO SEE BOTH? WELL, NO. THE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS AND THAT REPORT HAVE IT IN THERE.

I DON'T NEED I DON'T NEED A TREND. I JUST NEED, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. WHAT W E'RE LOOKING AT AND SO, I MEAN, YEAR OVER YEAR IS FINE FOR ME.

I DON'T NEED THREE YEARS, BUT JUST MEMBERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, MEMBERSHIPS SPECIFICALLY WILL, AND I BELIEVE IF I RECALL, DAY PASSES SHOULD THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT SHOULD SHOW AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

SO THIS YEAR LAST YEAR, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY PUT ANOTHER YEAR INTO THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE VARIATION OF THE THREE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE IN THE END.

THE PART OF THE RATE CHANGES WERE TO INCREASE REVENUE.

WE DON'T IF WE'RE NOT INCREASING REVENUE THEN WE NEED BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE BECAUSE THE CREDIT COST BUT IN THE END WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO DRIVE MORE REVENUE DOES NOT, AND WE NEED TO BE REEVALUATING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO, LIKE WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT ANYWAYS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO RUN CUSTOMERS AWAY TO TRY TO SAVE A FEW DOLLARS, BUT IN FACT, WE'RE LIKE NOT REALLY GIVING GOOD SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE NUMBERS INCREASE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT A GOOD DECISION ON THAT.

THE ONE THING I WILL MENTION ON THAT ONE IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AS FAR AS REPORTING WISE, IS TO SHOW AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE CHANGED THE MEMBERSHIPS TO RESIDENT.

NON RESIDENT. WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT SAME SIMILAR DATA FOR OUR DAY PASS USERS, AND WHEN LOOKING AT QUICK NUMBERS FOR LAST YEAR, OUR DAY PASS USERS WAS EXTREMELY HIGH IN NONRESIDENTS VERSUS RESIDENTS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO US WAS POTENTIALLY EXPLORING THAT.

OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN, THE YES, THE REVENUE PIECE IS THERE, BUT ULTIMATE FIRST AND PRIORITY IS OUR RESIDENTS, AND SO KNOWING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, A TREND THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO, O KAY. DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM? NOPE. JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS FAR AS FINANCIALS GO.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO DISCUSSION ON UPDATED PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY RECREATION AND RECREATION CENTER

[2. Discussion on updated preliminary budget priorities for Parks and Rights of Way, Recreation, Angleton Recreation Center, and Angleton Better Living Corporation division budgets for fiscal year 2025-2026]

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SO YES, AS YOU RECALL FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WE FIRST BROUGHT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AS FAR AS THE THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS BEFORE YOU. WE TOOK SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT ADDITIONAL TO GETTING WITH FINANCE TO FINE TUNE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO WANTED TO BRING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD WHAT THOSE UPDATES LOOK LIKE.

SO I'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THOSE IN YOUR PACKET HERE.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND IS PARKS.

THE FIRST TIME WE PRESENTED IT, WE WERE INCLUDING ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE CURRENTLY ON A HIRING FREEZE AS PART AS A DECISION PACKAGE.

FINANCE IS A DIRECTION. THEY WANT US TO INCLUDE ALL OF IT SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT REAL NUMBER LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN SCALE BACK FROM THERE IF NECESSARY. SO THOSE NUMBERS WERE INCLUDED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO WE HAVE INCREASED THAT TO ACCOUNT FOR THREE PARKS CREW MEMBERS AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION.

THAT WOULD SHOW THE INCREASE FOR THEIR SALARIES, HEALTH INSURANCE, RETIREMENT FOR ALL THOSE POSITIONS, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WE MADE SURE TO INCLUDE IN THIS IS WE PURCHASED THE A NEW TRACTOR AND MOWER THAT WAS ON A LOAN, AND SO WE'LL HAVE A PAYMENT DUE THIS YEAR. SO WE INCORPORATED THAT AS WELL INTO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT THEN ON PAGE 2023 YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS THE YEAR OVER YEAR WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

SO OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETED FROM 24- 25 WAS 1, 684,000, AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE WOULD BE BUDGETING FOR 1,668,000. SO IT'S STILL UNDERNEATH THAT BUDGET THRESHOLD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, AND SO GOOD NEWS THERE AS FAR AS THAT TREND GOES AS YOU RECALL FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, IT WAS A LOT LOWER THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE POSITIONS BEING TAKEN FROM THAT. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED BACK IN TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT THERE, AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH IT, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE ABLC ONE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PARKS ADDITIONS? OKAY. THEN YOU HAVE THE RECREATION DIVISION. ONLY MAJOR CHANGE.

THERE WAS AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE THINGS WHOLE AND SO THE BIGGEST CHANGE WE HAD, THAT ONE WAS INCREASING FOR OVERTIME.

THAT IF OVERTIME WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR.

SO IT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED. SO WE ADDED THAT TO IT, AND SO THAT IT SHOWS WHERE THE ADDITIONAL PIECES COME.

SO BECAUSE WE ADDED THAT WE HAD TO INCREASE THE REVENUE PORTION THAT WOULD COME FROM ABLC.

SO THAT'S THEIR TRANSFER FROM ABLC TO COVER THAT.

SO THAT WAS FAIRLY MINIMAL AS FAR AS THEIRS GO.

THE RECREATION DIVISION OR SORRY, THE RECREATION CENTER, SIMILAR THING.

WANTED TO INCORPORATE THE OVERTIME COMPONENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO WE REEVALUATED THE HEALTH INSURANCE WHEN GETTING WITH FINANCE TO GET A MORE FINE TUNED NUMBER ON THAT ONE.

SO THE ADJUSTMENT THERE, THE REVENUE PIECE AGAIN, IS THAT TRANSFER FROM ABLC, BUT THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THAT WAS ADDING TO THE BUDGET FOR OVERTIME AND THAT HEALTH INSURANCE WE CURRENTLY PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE ARE ONE OF OUR MEMBER SERVICE ASSISTANTS TURNED A NOTICE IN THEIR LAST DAY WAS LAST WEEK. SO IT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT POSITION WOULD REQUIRE TO HAVE INSURANCE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THAT WHILE WE GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON.

QUESTIONS ON REC DIVISION OR REC CENTER? OKAY, SO THE LAST COMPONENT IS ABLC.

SO YOU'LL SEE THREE DIFFERENT FORMULAS BEFORE YOU.

SO THAT WILL START ON PAGE 24. SO WHAT I DID WAS WENT AHEAD AND SHOWED THE FIRST ONE IS THAT 7%? SO THE 7% REVENUE, IF WE SAW A 7% INCREASE YOU WOULD HAVE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT OR THE EXPECTED REVENUE FOR 02,434,000. A LSO DID ONE FOR 6%. SO IF WE WANT TO ANTICIPATE WHAT 6% WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT ONE BRINGS IT DOWN TO ABOUT 02,409,000, AND THEN IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN TO A 5% TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE WE CAN DEFINITELY DO SO THAT WOULD GIVE US 02,386,000 AS OUR REVENUE COMPONENT FROM THE SALES TAX PORTION.

SO THAT'S THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IS IF WE WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE, THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BUILD THE FUND BALANCE IF WE'RE

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SO IT MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO PLAN CONSERVATIVELY IF WE GET A GREAT YEAR.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE KNOW WE HAVE RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OR POTENTIALLY GO OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL BOND, AND WE NEED THAT FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

I WILL POINT OUT WITH THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAGE 27.

THIS IS BASED ON THAT 7% REVENUE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTINGENCY LINE, IT'S JUST UNDER 300,000 RIGHT NOW.

THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO FACTOR THAT 150 FROM THE FUND BALANCE.

THAT COULD GO INTO THAT FOR THE GRANTS. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT WOULD BE A PORTION OF IT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THAT REGARDS.

IF WE WENT DOWN TO THE 5%, YOU'RE LOSING ABOUT $50,000.

SO WE COULD STAND TO DO THAT CONTINGENCY WOULD GET THEM DOWN TO ABOUT 100,000.

SO MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING OR TO USE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING COMES UP AS AN EMERGENCY.

HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. YEP. SUSIE. THIS DECISION AFFECTS THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE GUIDANCE FROM YOU, AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SUBSIDIZE ALL OF OUR HEARTS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. THE DECISION WHEN WE COME UP TO COUNCIL WITH OUR GENERAL FUND, ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT ALL THAT'S FROZEN IN THE PARKS FUND OR WILL? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY BUDGETING THE TRANSFER FOR ALL OF THEM, OR JUST THE ONES THAT ARE FOR ALL OF THEM. IT WOULD BE THE 30% FOR ALL.

FOR ALL OF THEM. YEP. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE SAY HERE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S HOW I USED TO DO IT. RIGHT. THE ONE THAT'S IN PLACE IS NOT.

HOW DID THAT GET PAST US? SO IT'S NOT 7% ACROSS FOR NOT YOURS IS WHAT, 6% NOW? NO, YOURS IS SEVEN, OURS IS SIX. OKAY. IT SHOULD BE THE SAME. IT SHOULD BE THE SAME. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE SAME.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU PRESENT TO US THE GUIDANCE YOU WANT US TO ADOPT, AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND ON ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE ON THE TABLE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SALES TAX PORTION.

YEAH. TWO THIRDS AND ONE THIRD. SO THE TWO THIRDS IS GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ONE THIRD IS COMING HERE.

SO WHATEVER WE BUDGET WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT ON BOTH SIDES.

OKAY I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT OFF BUT. NOT SURPRISED.

SUSIE DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS I WOULD SAY 6%.

6% TARGET. I THINK THAT'S WISE. I MEAN, WE WERE HERE. WE. YEAH, WE SAID WE.

WE HAVE OVER BET ON OURSELVES A COUPLE TIMES.

I MEAN, WE JUST HAVEN'T MET THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROJECTED AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN A BAD HOLE AND OUR BUDGET.

THREE YEARS TRAILING. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SIX. SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE SHOT AT 7% THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S JUST. THAT'LL BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN GET THERE.

WE'RE AT 6.5 RIGHT NOW. 5.5? 5.5. YEAH. SO, JOHN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF 20, 26 IS ONE OF THEM. THAT'LL SHOW YOUR YOUR THREE YEAR TRAILING.

SO WHAT WE SAW FOR ABLC AS FAR AS OUR REVENUE IN 22 WAS 8%.

23 WAS JUST OVER 7% AND 24 WAS 6.6 OR 7 SIX. SO WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT, AND THAT'S I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH THE AVERAGE WAS 7.4, OUR TREND IS GOING DOWN.

SO LOOKING AT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS I WILL ALSO SAY AS FAR AS THE WAY THAT WE BUDGET, WHEN WE LOOK AT OURS,

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IT'S ACTUALLY BENEFIT FOR US. SO I WILL USE THE EXAMPLE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER WAS SET AND HOW WE BUDGET OURS, WE ACTUALLY CAME OUT AHEAD, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 100,000 THAT WE HAD LEFT OR ADDITIONAL MORE THAN ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE BUDGET OFF OF PROPOSED NOT NECESSARILY OFF AN ACTUAL.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GUESS THAT AND NOT LIKE IF IT'S HIGH AND THEN IT DROPS ON US, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT US AS WELL.

SO BUT I WOULD AGREE BEING CONSERVATIVE WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH THAT WE HAVE.

SO YOUR CONTINGENCIES THAT WAS 297,166. RIGHT.

HIGH INFLATION, RISING INTEREST RATES TO CONVERSATION, LESS SPENDING POWER.

JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, EVERYTHING GOING INTO CONTINGENCY IS BASICALLY THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER, BUT DON'T FORGET, THERE'S 150,000 THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN IN THERE.

WHAT'S LEFT OVER IS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO PROJECTS FOR OUR PARKS.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE I WAS INFORMED OF A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, APPARENTLY, THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT.

THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR, AND APPARENTLY THEY DID IT ON THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A SIXTH FIELD READY. SOMEBODY PROMISED THEM A SIXTH FIELD. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ANYWHERE FOR THAT SIXTH FIELD.

I DON'T AND I CAN'T SPEAK ON WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET IT.

I KNOW THERE WAS CONVERSATION OF POTENTIALLY GETTING THAT LAND FOR FUTURE, BUT .

THE LAND HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. YES, YES, YES, THE LAND IS TRANSFERRED, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF THE FIELD, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW WITH FREEDOM AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE COST OF TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL FIELD IS WOULD NOT BE WITHIN OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL MEANS. SOFTBALL SAYS THEY CAN HELP.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TALK TO THEM. OKAY? AND FIND OUT WHAT? WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE? WHAT DO THEY NEED? AND THEN LET ABLC COME BACK AND LISTEN TO IT, AND FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERING IN OUR CONTINGENCY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. OKAY. SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE WHILE YOU'RE TALKING WITH THEM.

I WOULD FIND OUT WHAT'S MORE VALUABLE A SIXTH FIELD OR SHADE THE CURRENT CONFIGURATIONS ESPECIALLY I THINK IT FIELDS THREE AND FOUR. THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR.

I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, WE DID TALK ABOUT A SIXTH FIELD ONE DAY, BUT NOT WITHIN A YEAR.

I MEAN, WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T EVEN BROKE GROUND ON FREEDOMS, AND WE BONDED THAT MONEY.

YES. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SIXTH FIELD. DOES THAT IMPACT OR INFLUENCE THE DECISION? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID TO THE [INAUDIBLE]. THEY HAVE TO HAVE SIX FIELDS.

I WOULD HAVE TO GET CLARIFICATION, BUT I BELIEVE ONE OF THE THINGS TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF HOSTING SIX FIELD.

THEY'RE HOPEFUL FOR IT, AND WE I TALKED TO THEM IN PERSON ABOUT THE FIELD IN GENERAL AND THAT THEY THOUGHT ASSUMED THE SAME THING.

LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BE GETTING ONE, BUT I REASSURED THEM THAT IT WASN'T A GUARANTEE THAT, YES, THAT IS THE GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY GET THERE, BUT THERE'S NO TIMETABLE PUT IN PLACE OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO I GUESS I CAN'T RECOUP ANY KIND OF EXPENSES RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR ANOTHER FIELD, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY INTANGIBLES, YOU KNOW, BY HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT COME TO THE AREA.

SO ALL THOSE INTANGIBLES OUT TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY YEAH, SALES TAX.

IT'S GOOD ADVERTISING. ISN'T THERE AN EMPTY THERE USED TO BE A FIELD OVER THERE AT BATES PARK.

THAT'S TRUE IN KNIGHTSVILLE OR KINGSVILLE. MY GIRLFRIEND'S HUSBAND USED TO PLAY THERE.

A BUNCH OF WANNABES, BUT IT'S NOTHING NOW, RIGHT? [INAUDIBLE] WE REDID THE BACKSTOP. YEAH. YEAH.

IT WAS TORN. THE OLD ONE WAS TORN DOWN ABOUT THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I WILL POINT OUT AS WELL, THOUGH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST IS WE SHOULD HAVE DESIGN PLANS FOR BG SPEC AS FAR AS THE FIELD GRADING, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN CONSIDERATION, AND THAT I CAN TELL YOU THE PRICE TAG THERE IS NOT CHEAP.

RIGHT. PHASE ONE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE NORTH OF 300,000.

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WELL, YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE OF IT, AND JUST SIMILAR LIKE WE'RE DOING FOR FREEDOM RIGHT NOW, AND SO THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT STUFF KNOWING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEED IS AND WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD REALLY BE PUSHING IT, UNLESS WE WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TO FULL STANDARD OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

I MEAN, FREEDOM PARK, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW ON DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND , YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT MOVES FASTER AS FAR AS BREAKING GROUND, BUT IT'LL STILL BE AT LEAST A YEAR THAT THAT PROJECT WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE.

IS THAT WHERE THE PARK THE BALLPARK WOULD BE AT? FREEDOM. NO . WE'RE TALKING. NO. THAT'S A THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

YEAH. THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL FIELD THAT'S GOING INTO ACQUIRED AT THE OLD WEST SIDE OVER THERE ALONG THAT, GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE TO THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY WANT TO PUT THAT SIX FIELD THERE.

REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT'S IN CONTINGENCY THIS YEAR.

WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S PLANNED OUT THIS YEAR? THE ONLY THING THAT IS DEDICATED IS THE STUFF THAT'S DEDICATED FOR THE GRANTS.

WE HAVE NOT PUT ANYTHING PLANNED IN CONTINGENCY SLOTS REMAINING FOR THIS YEAR.

OH, SORRY. FOR THIS YEAR. FOR THIS YEAR? THIS YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] JASON, DO YOU WANT THIS? I MAY NOT HAVE IT ON ME .

I MAY NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL. I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU.

I CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE. WE HAD A COUPLE PROJECTS, BUT THOSE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE COMPLETE.

JASON, SORRY TO BRING BACK. ON THE SIXTH FIELD ISSUE POTENTIALLY AT BATES AND DISCUSSIONS AND ALL THAT.

AS A QUICK REMINDER THE FIFTH FIELD DIDN'T HAVE LIGHTS FOR THEM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG A LONG TIME. RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT, YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS THE OPTION OF JUST NO LIGHTING THAT WHICH IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU KNOW, SUN'S OUT TILL 8:00 ROUGHLY ANYWAY.

SO ACTUALLY PROBABLY A LITTLE LATER THAN THAT, BUT WHAT'S THAT? I MENTIONED THAT TO THEM. YEAH, I'M JUST MINIMUM.

WE COULD JUST HAVE A FIELD ON DIRT [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY SAID YES.

OKAY, SO JUST PUTTING ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GET TEMPLATING IF NECESSARY.

TRUE. JUST TO GET US THROUGH THAT. TRUE. OKAY.

MAYBE IT'LL WORK OUT. HOW MUCH MONEY IS SOFTBALL GOT? THAT'S RIGHT. ALL DEPENDS. WHAT IS IT? FAST, GOOD OR CHEAP? CAN'T HAVE ALL THREE, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU MAY GET TWO, BUT YOU CAN'T GET THREE.

COST. SCHEDULE. PERFORMANCE. THAT'S WHAT I DO EVERY.

EVERY DAY. I THINK THEY'D HAVE TO BRING IN A SHIT TON OF DIRT.

THAT'S WHERE IT GETS. REALLY, JOHN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT 75,000 IN CONTINGENCY LEFT FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, PROBABLY I MIGHT GET US THERE. HOLDS WATER.

OKAY. YEAH. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT FROM WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME.

SO THAT WOULD LEAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR US TO STILL START MOVING FORWARD ON THE SOCCER FIELDS IN SOME CAPACITY. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, THE LONGER WE WAIT ON THE SOCCER FIELDS, THE LESS DIRT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT'S ALL WASHING AWAY.

YEAH. PHASE ONE WE SHOULD BE OKAY, BUT YEAH, MULTIPLE PHASES AFTER THAT.

WE'LL SEE. SELF-LEVELING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? DO WE WANT TO SETTLE ON 6% AS FAR AS PROJECTED REVENUE INCREASE? IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE FIGURED, AND IF WE

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THAT'S WHY I'M SITTING HERE REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT TAKING ACTION ON ADOPTING THAT.

THAT SALES TAX SIDE. BECAUSE I KNOW THE OTHER IMPACT IS THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, WHICH WAY DO WE STAND TO LOSE MORE RESOURCES GOING OVER SEVEN, AND IN THAT DIRECTION NOT MEETING THE GOALS OF GOING WITH SIX AND AFFECTING THE PROPERTY TAXES. [INAUDIBLE] AS I SAID, WE'VE RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.

[INAUDIBLE]. CAN'T GO ANY HIGHER. I'M NOT SAYING EITHER WAY.

I'M JUST I KNOW THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, HOW IT GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE.

YEAH. SO AND I WILL DO BOTH FOR EACH ONE GENERAL FUND AND YOU'LL SEE WILL BE THE SAME PERCENT.

THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO HAPPEN FOR SURE.

YEAH, AND YOU CAN'T DO YOU CAN'T DO LIKE SHOE SIZES.

YOU CAN'T GO HALF SIZES. YOU CAN'T DO 6.5. RIGHT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE 6% OR 7%.

OKAY. I LIKE YOUR THOUGHT. 6.75.

IS THAT TOURNAMENT CONFIRMED WITH SOFTBALL THOUGH? YES. LIKE IT'S FOR SURE. IT'S VOTED FOR IT. THEY HAVE TO BID THOSE ONES A COUPLE YEARS OUT AND THEY WOULD GET SELECTED BASED ON.

I REMEMBER IT MENTIONED, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS NATIONAL PIXIE LEAGUE.

IT WAS CALLED NATIONAL PIXIE. OKAY, SO SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE FIELD FIRST AS A BOARD.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE ADOPTING THE 6% TAX RATE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND.

ANY SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALLING NONE HERE.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE 6%.

WE'LL TAKE IT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE. UPDATE ON THE CURRENT AND OUTSTANDING REPAIRS OF THE RECREATION CENTER HVAC UNITS.

[3. Update on the current and outstanding repairs for the Angleton Recreation Center HVAC units.]

SO YOU'RE AWARE AND JUST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT THAT GOES WITH THOSE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, HVAC HAS BECOME ONE OF THE THORNS IN OUR SIDE.

WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SOME ISSUES OVER YEAR OVER YEAR ON THESE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE ONLY 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD, AND SO WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO REPLACE THEM JUST YET.

ALTHOUGH YES, WE KNOW THAT IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW OF SOME CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE REPAIRS.

SO YOU'LL SEE BEFORE YOU SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT WE'VE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAD IN PLACE.

FROM REPAIRS TO ASSESSMENTS HAS TOTALED ABOUT $30,000.

THAT HAS RANGED FROM REPLACING SOME OF THE MOTORS.

WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN SOME OF THE COILS. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PROXIMITY TO THE COAST TAKES A GREATER IMPACT ON OUTDOOR UNITS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE ON THE ROOF. WE'VE HAD TO DO A CONVENTIONAL CONDENSER FAN ON ONE OF THEM, AND SO WE'VE HAD VARIOUS REPAIRS CURRENTLY THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS THEY GO THROUGH AND FIND THOSE REPAIRS AND THEY TRY TO GET US UP AND RUNNING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RUNNING THE OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY, THEY FIND OTHER THINGS, AND WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE RUN INTO A COUPLE MAJOR REPAIRS THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO DO.

SO UNIT TWO IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS. UNIT TWO IS ONE OF THE UNITS FOR THE BASKETBALL GYM.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING ALONG ON THE ONE HELPING TO OFFSET THAT, BUT THE PROBLEM THERE IS THE MORE WE RUN ONE, THE MORE THAT'S GOING TO BE WORN DOWN. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A FULL REPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT AND CONDENSER FAN FOR THAT UNIT, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $40,000 COST THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH JUST REPAIRING THAT ONE UNIT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER UNIT THAT HAS A CONDENSER COIL THAT IS LEAKING SO THAT IS DAMAGED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT ONE'S GOING TO COST 25,000.

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SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT THAT'S AMAZING, AND THEN UNIT FIVE IS OUR SECOND MOST TROUBLING ONE.

UNIT FIVE IS THE ONE THAT TAKES CARE OF THE WEIGHT ROOM.

KIND OF STRANGE TO ALSO SAY THAT BECAUSE UNIT FIVE SITS OVER THE HALLWAY, AND SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THE FACILITY AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CEILING TILES MISSING, THAT'S BECAUSE OF UNIT FIVE AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO THAT ONE.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THAT ONE, AND THEN UNIT SIX IS THE ONE FOR OUR LOCKER ROOMS, AND WE ADDITIONALLY HAVE SOME REPAIRS THERE, ABOUT $10,000, ALL IN ALL OF OUR ANTICIPATED PAIRS IS ABOUT $100,000 ADDITIONAL TO THE WHAT? THE 30 THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT. THE BAD PART ABOUT THAT IS, IS OUR BUILDING'S BUDGET DOES NOT CONSUME $130,000.

WE BUDGET ABOUT $56,000 THIS YEAR FOR REPAIRS, AND SO WE ARE DOING THINGS INTERNALLY TO ADJUST THAT, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE ABSOLUTE NEED IS. SO EXAMPLE FOR THAT ONE IS WE HAD FITNESS EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR.

WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT REPLACEMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE HVAC.

IT'S NOT HELPFUL TO HAVE A WEIGHT ROOM THAT IS HOT ENOUGH AND NEW EQUIPMENT.

SO THAT DOESN'T HELP US. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE MONEY THERE.

POSITIVE. AS WE ALSO BASED ON TRENDS, WE FINALLY HIT A POINT WHERE INSURANCE STOPPED GOING UP.

SO THAT ANTICIPATED INCREASE DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR AS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD.

SO WE HAD MONEY SAVED FROM THERE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE MONEY FROM THERE AS WELL.

WE'RE ALL LOOKING TO STEER ALL THAT TO OUR BUILDINGS ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE MAJORITY OF THE REPAIRS THIS YEAR, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT AND LOOK TO FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AS YOU RECALL, IN THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST PRESENTED, WE ARE INCREASING THAT BUILDING'S BUDGET TO ABOUT $80,000 TO HELP COVER SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE.

SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME MAJOR MOVING COMPONENTS.

IT DOES STAY WITHIN BUDGET. SO THIS IS NOT US COMING AT THIS TIME TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT IT.

WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO ADDRESS THIS, BECAUSE THESE ARE MORE OF A PRIORITY FOR THOSE.

SO THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WILL BE GOING OVER BUDGET.

THIS IS JUST MOVING FUNDS WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

SO JUST WANTED TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR SOME DISCUSSION.

IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST TO TOTALLY REPLACE LIKE UNIT TWO? I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20,000 AND 18,000 AND 4,000 .

I MEAN, IS IT LIKE TEN TIMES MORE THAN THAT TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING? MAYBE NOT TEN TIMES MORE. WE ARE EXPLORING QUOTES FOR THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE LOOK LIKE.

I BELIEVE WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THEY WERE ABOUT 100 TO 150,000 PER UNIT. WOW, AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS DURING THAT INSTALL THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY IN OUR FAVOR.

I CAN TELL YOU IN MY TIME HERE WE I CAME IN AT THE TAIL END OF THEIR WARRANTY THAT WAS ON THEM.

WE HAD MAJOR REPAIRS WHEN I FIRST CAME IN. WE WERE COVERED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY, BUT THEY HAD REPLACEMENTS OF SOME OF THE FANS AND WHEN WE WERE IN YEAR THREE, FOUR, AND SO WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HEADACHES WITH THESE ONES SINCE ALMOST WHEN THEY FIRST GOT INSTALLED. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS OF ADDING ANOTHER FIELD OR DOING BGPAC AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE, THERE'S I WOULD LIKE TO GET A FEW MORE YEARS OUT OF THIS KNOWING THAT IF WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME OF THESE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY, THEN WE'D BE IN A BETTER PLACE, BUT WE ARE EXPLORING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I THINK I'VE LOST TRACK OF TIME BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD. YEAH, YEAH, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD DIFFICULTIES OR THINGS WITH THE UNITS. MAYBE BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, BECAUSE OF JUST THE SALT IN THE AIR, BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE COAST, BUT THIS IS EXPENSIVE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXPENSES WE HAVE FOR THE RENT AND.

ABSOLUTELY, AND YEAH, IT'S THOSE THINGS ARE NOT RUNNING GOOD.

IT'S LIKE YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL IS GOING TO BE.

SO I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

ABSOLUTELY, AND THE CONDENSER COIL, IT'S PRETTY COMMON.

I MEAN, YOU REPLACE THEM ALL THE TIME, AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING CLOSER TO THE COAST.

THEY DON'T LAST AS LONG AS THEY TRADITIONALLY WOULD IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF ELEMENTS, AND SO WE BATTLE SOME OF THAT TO GO WITH IT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT MEASURES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE INCREASED SOME OF OUR BUDGET IS THE HOPE IS TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

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WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ADDRESSING THOSE, AND BEING ON A REGULAR COIL CLEANING CYCLE IS GOING TO HELP WITH THAT LONGEVITY, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S MINOR THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ADDRESS WITH THE GRANTS.

OUR BAS SYSTEM IS A LITTLE OUTDATED AND DOESN'T CONTROL THINGS FAIRLY WELL.

EXAMPLE I GIVE WITH THAT ONE IS THE WEIGHT ROOM.

WHEN THEY DID THE EXPANSION. WE PUT THE SECONDARY UNITS IN.

THOSE THERMOSTATS DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND SO THERE ARE THREE CONTROL THERMOSTATS FOR THE WEIGHT ROOM, AND WITH THE NEW BAS, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TIE THEM ALL TOGETHER SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.

SO IT'S ON ONE SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO GO AND DO A WALL UNIT, AND IF YOU WANT HEAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON HEAT.

IF YOU WANT COLD YOU GOT TO PUT IT ON COLD, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE.

SO WHO'S DOING THESE REPAIRS. ARE THESE SO WE CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY CALLED HUNTON AT THIS TIME.

SO WE PREVIOUSLY USED CARRIER AND UNFORTUNATELY, CUSTOMER SERVICE WASN'T UP TO PAR OF WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING FOR THAT.

HUNTON IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING FOR THIS, AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GIVING YOU THE QUOTES FOR COST FOR THE REPAIRS.

YES, THEY ARE THEY UNDER CHOICE PARTNER. SO THEY OFFER A CO-OP.

SO NOT BY BOARD, BUT CHOICE PARTNER. SO IT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER COMPETITIVE PRICING.

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF ONE OF THE UNITS LIKE ACCOUNTING FOR.

IT'S THE GULF COAST. IT SHOULD GET AT LEAST 10 TO 12 YEARS.

IS THE HOPE. SO THE LAST UNITS WERE REPLACED IN 17, EARLY 18.

IS WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THEY GOT ABOUT 12 YEARS OUT OF THEM.

I THINK IF I RECALL, LOOKING BACK, THEY RAN INTO SOME OF THE SIMILAR THINGS.

THEY STARTED TO COST A LOT, AND ONCE THE FUNDING CAME IN TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.

SO IT'S ABOUT TYPICALLY 10 TO 12 YEARS. NORMAL UNIT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 15 TO 20 DEPENDING ON THE UNIT THAT YOU GET, BUT WELL, WHY MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU, RIGHT, AND THERE'S SO MANY ELEMENTS THAT COME INTO, BUT IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

YOU KNOW, WE LEAVE THAT FUN BALANCE IN THAT REC CENTER DIVISION FOR A REASON, AND THAT'S THIS IS EXACTLY ONE OF THOSE REASONS.

SO I'M NOT SAYING I WANT YOU TO GO TOUCH IT, BUT IF IF SOMETHING BREAKS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET CYCLE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.

SO THIS WOULD ABSOLUTELY QUALIFY. GOTTA KEEP THEM RUNNING.

THESE ARE ALL UP ON THE ROOF. CAN'T DO WITHOUT THEM.

YEAH THEY'RE ALL ON THE ROOF. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT THE MOST ACCESSIBLE. YEAH.

WELL THERE'S NO ELEVATOR. I MEAN, WE'LL PUT THOSE ASIDE.

THERE'S NO ELEVATOR IN THE REC CENTER. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. DOES THE CITY HAVE A HVAC TECHNICIANS THAT THEY HAVE? NO. OKAY. ALL OF OURS ARE CONTRACTED. JUST AS AN.

YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] NOT LIKE THE COUNTY IS AS A STAFF THAT WAY.

JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

NOT AT THIS TIME. YEAH. YOU MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING, THOUGH.

YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO THAT MIGHT BE PRETTY NEAT TO EVENTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE FUND BALANCE.

I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME THINK OF THAT.

YEAH. I KNOW THEY PROBABLY HAVE WAY MORE ADVANCED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FOR THEIR SCHOOLS.

WELL, HONESTLY, OURS IS ONE OF THE WE HAVE THE LARGEST UNITS IN THE CITY, SO OUR BUILDING IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITY FACILITIES, AND SO OURS HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEXITY THAT COMES WITH IT, AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON EACH ONE.

SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A COMMERCIAL ONE.

RIGHT, LIKE OUR, OUR UNITS ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE TO COVER AND THEN WHAT? IT'S TRYING TO COOL DOWN. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THE GYM. IT'S A LOT OF SPACE.

A LOT OF SPACE. YEAH. SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACE, A LOT OF OPEN SPACES.

IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR COST, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MINE'S FOR DESIREE. IN THE FEW, LIKE WE DID IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AT THE END, WHERE WE SAY ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA OR LIKE THAT. I'D LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON HERE SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS, IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SEE AT THE NEXT MEETING, THEY CAN BRING IT UP AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THEIR PEOPLE'S EXPENSE WHILE IT'S FRESH.

YEAH. OKAY. I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY WHEN I WAS PREPARING.

I WAS LIKE, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TOO. YEAH, I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT FROM WHAT COUNCIL HAS IT. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE NEED THAT.

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WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE. MAKE SURE YOU TALK TO THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION TO GET THAT OUT.

YEAH. YEAH, AND WELL, I GET WITH YOU AFTERWARDS THE AGENDA.

GOOD THING HE'S NOT HERE. I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ON ONE, 2 OR 3 THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO BRING BACK UP BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:21 P.M..

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.