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IT WAS THE INTERNET. YORK. GOOD MORNING. IT IS AUGUST 13TH 2022 . THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF

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THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. WE WILL START MOMENTARILY ONCE WE HAVE A QUORUM IN THE ROOM. SORRY, BABE. WE ARE GAINING A QUORUM AS WE SPEAK. ARE RIGHT. WELL EIGHT OF NINE ARE PRESENT SO WE WILL GO ON. BUT YES, WE ARE HERE FOR US TO START OUR BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS. WE WILL BE DOING DEPARTMENTAL. AH REVIEWS AT THIS POINT, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP. BUT IT'S NOT PRESENT IN THE ROOM. OKAY? WE WILL MOVE ON TO BE

[B1 Overview of FY 2022-23 Proposed Budget Document]

DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS. FIRST UP IS OVERVIEW OF 22 23 PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENTS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL . THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY . ON THIS SATURDAY. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT TO HELP THROUGH WITH YOUR NAVIGATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO REVIEW OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MUCH OF THE CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT IS REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TO EARN ITS DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD, WHICH IS AN AWARD THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FOR 34 DOCUMENTS. RIGHT INSIDE THE COVER YOU'LL FIND ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED DISCLOSURES RELATED TO PROPERTY TAXES AND EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH LEGALLY REQUIRED NEWSPAPER NOTICES AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. BEYOND THAT, YOU'LL SEE OUR TITLE PAGE OUR CITY COUNCIL MAP. THE CITY ORGANIZATION CHART. AND A FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. IF YOU ARE IN INTERACTING WITH OUR PDF VERSION THAT'S OUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S BOX. ALL OF THESE LINKS ARE CLICKABLE, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN JUMP TO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT TRYING TO MAKE IT AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. OUR INTRODUCTORY SECTION INCLUDES OUR COMMUNITY PROFILE, WHICH PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY , INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BOND PROGRAM, UPDATES AND SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, TOURISM, CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OF BRIEF DETAIL OF CITY SERVICES. THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND DEPARTMENT GOALS AROUND PAGES, 11 AND 12. YOU WILL SEE WITHIN YOUR BINDER. YOU HAVE A TAB FOR WORK SESSION NOTES.

EVERYTHING WE PRINT FOR YOU ALL IS THREE HOLE PUNCH, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN STORE IT AND REVIEW AT A LATER TIME. FOLLOWING THAT IS A BUDGET MESSAGE FROM THE CITY MANAGER OF BRIEF VERSION OF THIS WAS READ THE NIGHT WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO YOU ON AUGUST. 2ND UM, THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. FOLLOWING THAT IS OUR OVERVIEW, WHICH IS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY. IT INCLUDES THE LIST OF THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET PRIORITIES. COMPARISONS OF THE COMBINED AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PRIOR YEAR. CHANGES AND FUNDED POSITIONS AND A SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATIONS AND BENEFITS. THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WITH A COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR YEAR. AND ANY PROPOSED UTILITY RATE CHANGES AND A SUMMARY OF OTHER FEE CHANGES PROPOSED THROUGH THIS BUDGET. THAT BRINGS US TO THE MOST EXTENSION, EXTENSIVE SECTION OF OUR DOCUMENT, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL SUMMARIES. THIS SECTION INCLUDES FUN SUMMARIES, WHICH OUTLINES THE REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND INDIAN FUND BALANCE FOR EACH OF THE CITY'S FUNDS, AND ALSO INCLUDES A NARRATIVE SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS. THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY SECTION ALSO INCLUDES A MISSION STATEMENT. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GOALS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND A SUMMARY OF AN EXPENDITURES BY BUDGET AND OPERATIONAL AREA FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AND FUNDING LEVEL CHANGES. WE HAVE A FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOR THIS SECTION, WHICH IS ALSO CLICKABLE IF YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE PDF VERSION ONLINE. WE BEGIN WITH OUR COMBINED FUN SUMMERY SHOWN ON PAGE 33 THROUGH 38, WHICH PROVIDES A VIEW OF ALL THE CITIES, REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND SUMMARIES. BEGINNING ON PAGE 39, THIS PIE CHART EXPLAINS, DISPLAYS ALL OF THE CITY'S FUNDING SOURCES AND EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR A TOTAL COMBINED BUDGET FOR FY 22 23. FOLLOWING THAT WE BEGIN WITH OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THE MOST NOTABLE IT WOULD BE OUR CITY'S GENERAL FUND. THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY BEGINS ON PAGE 41 CONTINUES THROUGH PAGE 45. THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY ON PAGE 41 IS THE SUMMARY OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS. PAGE 42 SHOWS THE GENERAL FUNDS NON DEPARTMENTAL CHARGES THAT INCLUDES EXPENSES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN BEGINNING ON PAGE 43 THROUGH 44 IS A BREAKDOWN OF REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND BY CATEGORY. AND FINALLY ON PAGE 45 . WE PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURES PROPOSED BY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR SUPPORT SERVICE CHARGES. A DISCUSSION OF GENERAL FIND RESOURCES BEGINS ON PAGE 46 INCLUDES A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF EACH ONE OF THE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES. INCLUDING SOME HISTORICAL CHARTS. AND THEN BEGINNING ON PAGE 55 THROUGH PAGE 1 41 IS THE DETAILED OF DISCUSSION OF EXPENDITURES. ON PAGE 55. IT STARTED WITH A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY, UH, FUNCTIONAL AREA. AND THEN BEGINNING IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES AND SECTIONS AFTER THAT, UM EACH GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT HAS DEPARTMENT DETAILED PAGES, WHICH OUTLINES THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY THAT OPERATIONAL AREA. SO JUST TO PICK ON ANIMAL SERVICES, SINCE THEY ARE THE FIRST ONE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, YOU'LL SEE BEGINNING ON PAGE 59. WE HAVE OUR MISSION STATEMENT, OUR GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAVE OUR KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES. THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUMMARY CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR DEPARTMENT STAFFING AND A DISCUSSION IN NOTES, WHICH DESCRIBES ANY MATERIAL CHANGES, EITHER IN THE FY 21 22 REVISED BUDGET OR MATERIAL CHANGES FOR THE 22 23 PROPOSED BUDGET. I'M GOING TO JUMP. SO THEY'RE EACH GENERAL FUND HAS ITS OWN SECTION DESCRIPTION, BREAKDOWN AT THE EXPENDITURES THEIR GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I'M GONNA KEEP MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MANY PAGES . MANY MANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE PRESENTING FOR YOU TODAY , HIGHLIGHTING THEIR MAJOR CHANGES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OUR NEXT MAJOR FUND WOULD BE OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 43. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG THE WE HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE FUND SUMMARY FOR A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY ON PAGE 1 48. WE HAVE OUR REVENUE BOND THAT SERVICE FUND SUMMARY. THIS WOULD BE REVENUE BONDS SUPPORTED BY OUR UTILITIES. ON PAGE 1 49. WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDING ANY MAJOR CHANGES. PAGE 1 50 IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS DEBT INSTRUMENTS USED BY THE CITY. PAGE 1 51 IS A DISCUSSION OF HOW OUR CITY DEBT IS FUNDED, AS WELL AS THE TABLE SHOWING THE PROPOSED ADVIL ARM TAX, RIGHT? BEGINNING ON PAGE 1 53. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF OUR PROJECTED OUTSTANDING DEBT AND DISCUSSES THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY THAT RESTRICTS OUR TAX SUPPORTED DEBT TO 5% OF OUR ASSESSED VALUATION. TAX SUPPORTED DEBT FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS PROJECTED TO BE AT 1.71% OF THE 22 TAX BASE. FOLLOWING ON PAGE 1 55. WE HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS THE PROJECTED OUTSTANDING DEBT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR REVENUE SUPPORTED DEBT LEVELS. ON PAGE 1 56. WE HAVE OUR CITIES BOND RATINGS AS THEY CURRENTLY STAND. AND THEN BEGINNING WITH PAGE 1 57 WE THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE OUTSTANDING DEBT AS WELL AS THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR FY 22 23, BEGINNING WITH PAGE 1 58 THROUGH ONCE. UH 62. THIS IS THE AMATEUR IZATION SCHEDULES OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR EACH ONE OF OUR DEAD ISSUES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE

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FINANCIAL SUMMARIES ORGANIZED BY FUN TYPE, INCLUDING SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ARE UTILITY FUNDS, OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND, FINALLY, OUR SUPPORT SERVICE FUNDS. WE HAVE SEVERAL FUNDS COMING TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. UM AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO REVIEW EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDS SPECIFIC DETAIL THEIR FUNDS SUMMARY AND THE DEPARTMENT DETAILED PAGES WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SMITH, THOSE TO THE CITY MANAGER OR TO THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND LOYAL COORDINATE A RESPONSE TO THOSE OUR EXPENDITURE SUMMARY SECTION OF THE BUDGET INCLUDES A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW FOR EACH FUND , AN ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT CATEGORIZED BY PERSONNEL OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. THIS SECTION ALSO SERVES IN SOME RESPECTS AS A LISTING OF CITY SERVICES. PAGE 3 35 THROUGH 3 39 IS THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES BROKEN DOWN BY GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT. BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 40 IS THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OTHER FUNDS THAN THE GENERAL FUND AND ELECTRIC UTILITY FUNDS. AND THEN BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 52 IS A SUMMARY OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY FUNDS. NEXT WE WOULD HAVE OUR PERSONNEL SECTION, WHICH INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SUMMARY, PROPOSED POSITION CHANGES AND THE DETAILED LISTING OF EXISTING POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENT. THIS BEGINS ON PAGE 3 53. OUR NEXT MAJOR SECTION WOULD BE OUR HISTORICAL DATA. THIS BEGINS ON 3 87. THIS IS SECTION PROVIDES TENURE HISTORIES IN A GRAPH FORM OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOPICS , INCLUDING NOT LIMITED TO THE COMBINED BUDGET, GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, PROPERTY VALUATIONS AND PERSONNEL. AND THEN LAST. WE HAVE OUR APPENDIX EASE. THE APPENDICES BEGIN ON PAGE 401, AND THIS SECTION PROVIDES VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES, THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN AS A VERY LAST GLOSSARY WITH ACRONYMS ACRONYMS. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION IS THE REVISED BUDGET FOR FY 22 23, WHICH INCLUDES A NARRATIVE DESCRIBING ADJUSTMENTS MADE SINCE THE ADOPTED BUDGET. UM THE FINAL. IT ADDITIONALLY INCLUDES A DETAILED LIST OF OTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF EXPENDITURES MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR APPENDIX DEEP BEGINNING ON 4 44 33 IS A COPY OF ALL THE FY 22 BUDGET AMENDMENTS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED TO DATE. WE INCLUDE A FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF UTILITY SUPPORTS. WE INCLUDE FY 22 23 GENERAL FUND PROPOSED REVENUE HANSE MINT, THIS DETAILS ALL THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES. AND THEN FINALLY, A NEW ADDITION TO OUR DOCUMENT THIS YEAR IS THE 22 TAX CALCULATION WORKSHEET. WE ADDED THIS TO OUR DOCUMENT, UM, FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES. THAT IS OVERVIEW OF DOCUMENT. IT IS A LOT TO REVIEW AND DIGEST AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT EITHER DON'T GET ADDRESSED TODAY OR AS YOU CONTINUE TO REVIEW. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THOSE TO US. VERY GOOD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD? I'M SAYING SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PAGE 4 27. YOU KNOW SOME SOME COLUMN BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL JUST, UH, GOT NEW GLENN. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT 17 PRESENTATIONS AHEAD OF US FOR THE DAY PERIODICALLY. WE WILL TAKE SOME BREAKS WILL HAVE LUNCH ABOUT MIDDAY, SO JUST KNOW THAT I'M I AM SOMEWHAT KEEPING TRACK OF THAT, AND WE'LL TRY TO BALANCE BREAKS AND PRESENTATIONS AND SORT OF THE FLOW OF THE DAY. SO NEXT UP IS EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. NOPE SORRY. SORRY MR BRADFORD. GO AHEAD, CHRISTIAN. BUT WHILE CHRISTIANS COMING UP I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT OUR MAIN PURPOSE TODAY IS TO GET THROUGH THIS AND THIS IS OUR ANNUAL DEATH BY POWER POINT SESSION. AND SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS UM, WE WILL TAKE THOSE DOWN AND WE WILL RESPOND TO THOSE EITHER IN WRITING OR WILL COME BACK AND DO A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON THAT. BUT AGAIN OUR MAIN GOAL TODAY IS JUST GET THROUGH IT. GET THE MATERIAL IN FRONT OF YOU. SO IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON, WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING SESSIONS. VERY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE MY PRESENTATION, STARTING WITH DEATH BY POWERPOINT. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING MAYBE THAT THAT

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PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDED ALISON TO THE GLOSSARY OF TERMS AT THE END THAT, YOU KNOW JUST AS A REFERENCE. GOOD WELL, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE PRESENTATION IS, IS, UH, BEING

[B2 Employee Compensation and Benefits]

GIVEN TODAY I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU UPDATES ON OUR EMPLOYEES AND TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WANT TO TEST THIS OUT AND MAKE SURE THE BUTTONS WORK DOES. ALRIGHT SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO OUR NEW NORMAL WE'VE YOU KNOW, HAD THE LAST TWO YEARS JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD TRYING TO FIND OUR FOOTING, SO WE HAVE RETURNED TO PRE COVID LEVELS WITH OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. SO OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HIRED OVER 300 FULL TIME AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES ALSO TEMPORARY HIRES, UH AND OVER 200 IN SUPPORT OF OUR SEASONAL PROGRAMS. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN JUST LIKE MANY EMPLOYERS. IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT'S TAKING US TO FILL POSITIONS? AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE IS DEFINITELY HIGHER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS. UM, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL EFFORTS AROUND MAINTAINING STAFFING LEVELS SO THAT OUR SERVICES ARE NOT IMPACTED. WE HAVE SEEN ABOUT A 46% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE VACANCIES AND OR ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS. UM BUT AGAIN AS I GO THROUGH, I'LL TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE, UM THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

CIVIL SERVICE REMAINS A CHALLENGE ON THE FIRE SIDE. OUR FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST FOR OUR BAR EXAM THAT ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEK. WE HAD OVER 600 APPLICANTS FOR THAT OPENING WE HAD ABOUT 500 SHOW UP TO TEST SO OUR FOCUS ON THE FIRESIDE IS REALLY AROUND DIVERSITY, MAKING SURE THAT AS WE HAVE ENTRANCE EXAMS, WHICH IS THE ONLY ENTRY INTO BEING A FIREFIGHTER, A POLICE OFFICER THAT WE PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING AROUND MARKETING AROUND TARGETING COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND TARGETING CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND PARTNERS. WE'VE DONE THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT HAVE MADE SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS THERE.

OUR POLICE, ON THE OTHER HAND, REMAINS A CHALLENGE. SO WE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART HAVE SEEN A DOWNWARD UM, DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR POLICE OFFICERS, AND I'M SURE THAT IS FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT 2021 WAS OUR LOWEST YEAR WITH JUST OVER 200 APPLICANTS. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE APPLICANTS ACTUALLY NET OUT TO. WE REALLY ONLY HAVE FROM OUR ENTRANCE TESTING ABOUT 20% OF OUR APPLICANTS THAT ACTUALLY TURNED INTO VIABLE CANDIDATES, MEANING THEY'VE SHOWN UP FOR THE TEST OR THEY'VE PASSED THE TEST AND MOVED MOVED ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO AT 20, JUST ON THE TESTING SIDE BY THE TIME THEY GO THROUGH BACKGROUND AND PHYSICAL AGILITY AND ALL OF THE STEPS OF REQUIRING THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER. THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE MUCH SMALLER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING ACTUALLY THIS MONTH IS ADJUSTING OUR LOCAL RULES, WHICH GOVERNS HOW WE HIRE POLICE AND FIRE TO ALLOW US TO HIRE LATERAL OFFICERS. SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY A POLICE OFFICER, THEY STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE ENTRANCE EXAM, BUT THEY MOVED THROUGH THE ACADEMY MUCH FASTER AND ARE ABLE TO BE HIRED. UH AND PLACED MUCH FASTER. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CHIEFS ON TO HELP WITH STAFFING ISSUES. SURE YOU'VE IF YOU'VE WATCHED ANY VERSION OF THE NEWS YOU'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW ALL OF THE STORIES OF WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IN THIS VERY COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET. IT'S DEFINITELY AN EMPLOYEE DRIVEN LABOR MARKET IN WAYS THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN BEFORE. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME IMPACT TO SOME OF OUR SERVICES BECAUSE OF LABOR SHORTAGES. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE LIFEGUARD. SHORTAGE REALLY A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF LIFEGUARDS? A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE LACK OF TRAINING THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HAPPENING EACH YEAR THAT WAS DELAYED OR SUSPENDED DURING COVID, SO THERE IS LESS OF A POOL OF LIFEGUARD CANDIDATES, BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BEING OUT IN THE HEAT IN THE 115 DEGREES AH, AND YOU KNOW, WORKING INSIDE AND MAKING MORE MONEY. THERE'S YOU KNOW, A CHOICE THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FRONTLINE POSITIONS JUST YOU KNOW NATIONWIDE. THOSE SALARIES ARE STARTING TO INCREASE OR HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM WE ALSO SAW REALLY A CHANGE IN THE TYPE OF REWARDS THAT EMPLOYEES WERE REQUESTING OR APPLICANTS WERE REQUESTING.

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MEANING YOU KNOW, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. BUT CAN I WORK FROM HOME? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE CERTAIN BENEFITS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN AS PREVALENT BEFORE? UM AND THEN THE SAME WITH THE ABILITY TO HIRE CONTINGENT WORKERS, SO JUST AS YOU KNOW OUR REGULAR FULL TIME POSITIONS HAVE LABOR SHORTAGES, STAFFING AGENCIES, THOSE LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT. THOSE NUMBERS ALSO DECREASED. ONE THING THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE, IS WHAT I'M CALLING ABANDONING HIRES, MEANING THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR POSITIONS BEEN FULLY VETTED, MADE AND ACCEPTED AN OFFER. WE EXPECT THEM TO SHOW UP ON MONDAY FOR ORIENTATION, AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP. AH AND SO WE STARTED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRICKLING IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBERS AND MAIN JUNE THOSE NUMBERS REALLY SPIKED. UH 12 MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE HIRING, MAYBE 25 TO 30 FULL TIME POSITIONS EACH MONTH. THAT'S A VERY BIG NUMBER. SO IT'S STARTING TO GO DOWN. BUT THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE EVEN SEEING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AND TRYING TO DO. OUTREACH TO THOSE APPLICANTS JUST KIND OF HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, BUT IN A LOT OF CASES THEY ARE THEY'RE THEY'RE UNRESPONSIVE. ALRIGHT SO, UM, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN VOLUNTARY TERMINATIONS. UM. AND THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR VOLUNTARY TERMINATIONS THAT WE ARE SEEING CURRENTLY IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT SOME TURN. WE EXPECT SOME TURNOVER TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN MORE OF OUR FRONTLINE POSITIONS ARE POSITIONS WHERE WE HAVE MORE REDUNDANCY. SO YOU KNOW YES. WE HAVE A HARD TIME ATTRACTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, BUT YOU KNOW THERE, MAYBE 20 OF THEM. BUT THE TURNOVER IS DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT IS HAPPENING IN SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LEVEL POSITIONS WHERE THEY MAY BE ONE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ONE PERSON THAT'S BEEN IN THAT ROLE FOR A LONG TIME. SO WHEN YOU LOSE THAT POSITION, UH, IT'S A LONGER RECRUITING PROCESS. UH, AND IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF HISTORICAL AND OTHER KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES WITH IT. SO IT'S THE TYPE OF TURNOVER THAT RACINE AND AGAIN FOCUSING ON OUR INCREASE IN RETIREMENTS. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE WHAT WE FOCUS ON PRIMARILY ARE THOSE CIVIL SERVICE TYPE REQUIREMENTS JUST KNOWING THAT POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE , HAS YOU KNOW SUCH AN ISSUE WITH RECRUITMENT ON THE OTHER END, THEY ARE ALSO LOSING EXISTING EMPLOYEES DUE TO RETIREMENT, SO JUST KEEPING THOSE INDICATORS, UM ALWAYS MONITORING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS. THAT TAKE THESE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT. BUT JUST TO SAY ALL OF THAT IS REALLY JUST A MESSAGE OF WHAT WE'RE MONITORING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION AS AN EMPLOYER. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR PULSE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR WORKFORCE, BUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE GARLAND A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE AND MAKE THEIR CAREERS HERE. THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED, SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO FOCUS ON CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR TALENT PIPELINE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DIVERSITY PARTNERS AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND, YOU KNOW LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES. BUT OUR VALUE STATEMENTS REMAIN VERY STRONG. AND AS YOU ARE NOW SEEING THE LABOR MARKET, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO CHANGE YOUR STARTING TO NOW HEAR ABOUT PRIVATE SECTOR LAYOFFS AND YOU KNOW, IMPACTS OF , YOU KNOW, KIND OF POST COVID AS THINGS NORMALIZED AS WELL, AND IT IT REALLY HELPS US AS A PUBLIC EMPLOYER. MAINTAIN THOSE VALUE STATEMENTS. SO YOU KNOW, RELATIVE STABILITY. WE HAVE VERY COMPETITIVE PAY AND BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT OPTIONS. WE HAVE SO MANY POSITIONS AND SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY START THEIR CAREERS HERE. AND YOU KNOW, FLOW THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY GROW IN THEIR SKILL SETS AND STILL STAY EMPLOYED WITH US. THE COMMUNITY IMPACT OUR CAREERS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGNS REALLY GETTING OUR EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED, UH, AND DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING A JOB BUT ABOUT GIVING BACK THOSE REMAIN OUR VALUE STATEMENTS AND THEY REMAIN STRONG VALUE STATEMENTS. AND THEN A FOCUS ON OUR DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS WHERE ARE INDICATORS ARE TELLING US THAT WE MAY NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES LOOKING AT THOSE POLICY DECISIONS THAT CAN HELP US ATTRACT THE NEEDED TALENT AND BEING VERY AGILE IN THOSE DECISIONS SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE STAFFING, UM, LEVELS THAT WE NEED AND CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO SO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON BUILDING OUR TALENT PIPELINE SINCE 2020.

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WE'VE PARTNERED WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SARKA. IT IS A COMPLIANCE ORGANIZATION, BUT IT ALSO IS A DIVERSITY PARTNER. SO WHAT THEY DO IS HELP US GET OUR JOBS DISTRIBUTED TO MANY, MANY DIFFERENT JOB BOARDS. IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR A JOB IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S ALL ABOUT ONLINE RECRUITMENT. THERE'S NO APPLICATION THAT YOU GO PICK UP. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT WHAT CIRCLE DOES IS THEY GATHER ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE POST AND THEY DISTRIBUTE THEM TO HUNDREDS OF JOB BOARDS.

HUNDREDS OF DIVERSITY, JOB BOARDS. VETERAN SITES, UH, MINORITIES, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT SITES. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE PARTNER DIRECTLY WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR OUR DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE POSITIONS ARE CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY WIDE NET. AH AH, AND AS WE'RE FILLING OUR POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF APPLICANTS. AS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OUR NEW NORMAL WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WAS SUSPENDED. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE STARTED SOME PILOT DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS. WE'VE REIGNITED A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH DALLAS COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REALLY AT ALL LEVELS . WE'VE PICKED UP SOME OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS. YOU SAW INTERNS. THAT WERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST MONTH. WE ALSO HAVE A MULTI YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH G I S D WITH PROJECT SEARCH, WHICH IS STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THEY COME THEY GO THROUGH ROTATIONS THROUGH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE PARTNER WITH TEACHERS THEY ACTUALLY GRADUATE FROM, UM AT THE CITY. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT THEY HELPED THEM WITH POST PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT. UH, SO FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT WE PARTICIPATED 100% OF OUR STUDENTS GOT JOBS, UM, AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, SO JUST BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REIGNITE THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, HAS BEEN A GREAT THING. WE'VE ALSO THROUGH COUNCIL DECISION, UM THROUGH BUDGETARY DECISIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK FOR THE LAST YEAR. REALLY ON, UH, IMPLEMENTING A NEW HR AND PAYROLL. UM TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM , SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH WORKDAY RECORDING COINING OUR NEW SYSTEM ONE GARLAND, BUT IT IS GOING TO IMPROVE. UM OUR PROCESSES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS GOING TO GIVE US VISIBILITY INTO THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE. SO TRENDS REGARDING OUR EMPLOYEES COST JUST OVER TIME. WE ALSO HAVE NEW TOOLS AROUND LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSION PLANNING . TALENT REVIEW RECRUITMENT, REALLY A CONSOLIDATION OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY. MANY MANY YEARS. UM PRIOR TO THIS IMPLEMENTATION, UM THE OTHER BENEFIT IS THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE. SO FROM APPLICATION REALLY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT. UM THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP US ENGAGE OUR EMPLOYEES AS THEY TRANSITION AT VARIOUS LEVELS THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER WITH US. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON JUST SOME OF OUR WHAT I'M CALLING DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENTS, JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE. UM TACKLED AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS LISTED AS PRIORITIES, UH, TO HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE TALENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THE LIST AS FAR AS BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CORE BENEFITS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR CONSISTENTLY FROM APPLICANTS IS THE HASN'T INSEE AROUND THE WAITING PERIOD THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AROUND ACCESSING OUR HEALTH BENEFITS SO PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT YEAR, A NEW EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 60 DAYS BEFORE THEY HAD ACCESS TO OUR HEALTH BENEFITS. WE REDUCED THAT THIS YEAR TO 30 DAYS BUT HAVE STILL CONTINUED TO HEAR FROM OUR APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW? HEY, I'M LEAVING A JOB. I HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS IF I COME HERE, THAT MEANS I'M GONNA HAVE A GAP AND THAT HAS CAUSED US TO LOSE POTENTIAL OFFERS. SO THE CITY MANAGER HAS DECREASED THAT STARTING IN JANUARY, NEW EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR BENEFITS ON DAY ONE. AH AH AND WORKDAY BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR SYSTEMS IN PLACE WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THOSE WELLNESS EARNING OPPORTUNITIES. SO OUR COMMIT TO WELLNESS PROGRAM SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT THAT REALLY HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. UH, AND EXPANDING

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OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM CURRENTLY IS JUST PROMOTED TO EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEALTH PLAN. BUT WE DO HAVE OPTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, REGARDLESS OF HEALTH PLAN PARTICIPATION TO BENEFIT FROM THAT PROGRAM. WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF OUR LEAVE POLICIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT PROCESS OF HAVING A SIX MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SICK LEAVE. SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID AND WHO KNOWS WHAT FROM DAY TO DAY, UM, THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO DEAL WITH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND WORK AT THEIR BEST. BUT ALSO NOT HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AROUND. IS THIS THE PLACE THAT I REALLY WANT TO WORK? IF I'M HAVING TO GO WITHOUT PAY? BECAUSE I HAVE AN ILLNESS, SO MAKING SICK LEAVE YOU TO SICK LEAVE AVAILABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES WITHOUT WAITING FOR THAT PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND ALSO JUST KIND OF EASING SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THAT AREA. WE ALSO DURING THIS CURRENT YEAR HAVE INCREASED OUR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT OPTIONS. THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HEAR FROM APPLICANTS, UM , WANTING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREER. SO FOR MANY YEARS, OUR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT WAS CAPTAIN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $1600. WE DID PULL AND LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE PAYING. WE WERE VERY LOW ON THAT LIST. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $3000 ANNUALLY.

WHICH PLACES US? UM NOT AT THE TOP, BUT DEFINITELY CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PAYING. WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL EDUCATION FAIR WHERE EMPLOYEES COULD MEET WITH POTENTIAL COLLEGES LEARNED ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS AND HOW TO EXERCISE THE NEW BENEFIT THAT THEY HAVE TO THEM. AND THEN PROBABLY THE LARGEST POLICY CHANGE WAS IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE WORK OPTIONS. SO YOU KNOW, AS A CITY WE HAVE ANY VARIATION OF SHIFTS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING FOR TENS. WE HAVE FIRE. THEY HAVE 40 HOURS 56 HOURS. WE HAVE CONDENSED SCHEDULES. REALLY THE SCHEDULES ARE BASED ON WHAT'S NEEDED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE HAVE ADDED STARTING THIS LAST MONTH ADDED TELEWORK OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT ALLOW SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO WORK REMOTELY OR HAVE A HYBRID SCHEDULE THAT IN EVERY INSTANCE INCLUDES SOME COMBINATION OF ON SITE WORK AND PERIODIC REMOTE WORK AND HAVE SET UP ACCOUNTABILITY FACTORS FOR MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE. UM THAT OFFSIDE ACTIVITY AND HAVE VISIBILITY BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM APPLICANTS IS , YOU KNOW, WILL I HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLEX MY SCHEDULE WORK FROM HOME AND WE HAVE LOST SEVERAL CANDIDATES AS WELL AS LOST SEVERAL EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE LEFT THE CITY NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING FOR MORE MONEY OR MORE BENEFITS, BUT SOLELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK REMOTELY SO TAKING THAT AWAY AS A FACTOR THAT LIMITS US AS AN EMPLOYER, I THINK WILL REALLY HELP US WITH SOME OF THE DELAYED RECRUITMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING. SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TURN BACK ON NOW AGAIN IN OUR NEW NORMAL IS OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. UH PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATED THIS NATIONAL OBSERVANCE, SO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM. IT REALLY SHOWS YOU KNOW THE WORK THAT WE DO SHINES A LIGHT ON OUR EMPLOYEES.

EXCUSE ME AS PUBLIC SERVANT. UH, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, STATISTICALLY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ARE KIND OF NEXT GENERATION OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING IN . THEY'RE NOT COMING HERE JUST FOR A POSITION. THEY'RE COMING HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK AND THIS IS A WAY TO REALLY SHOW. UM AND CELEBRATE. THE WAY THAT OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION. WE ALSO IS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, DO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO BE A PART OF EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL OF THE MANY SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR SERVICE AWARDS PROGRAM AGAIN. SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, HONORING OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR TENURE MILESTONES. THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 300 EMPLOYEES THAT WERE CELEBRATING SERVICE TO THE CITY . UH, THEY GET RECOGNIZED IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE. AND SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THAT ON AFTER HAVING TO DO IT VIRTUALLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. YOU MAY NOT BE ASKED FAMILIAR

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WITH SOME OF THE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY, SO WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S CABINET AWARD. SO FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS DIRECT REPORTS WE BRING IN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR NOMINATED BY THEIR MANAGING DIRECTOR, THOSE THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR RECOGNIZED BY THE TOP CITY LEADERS, UH AND AGAIN ABLE TO TURN ON THOSE PROGRAMS AND REALLY RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES. AND BREAKFAST. O'BRIEN IS A MONTHLY A MONTHLY UM A BIT. IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO KEEP A PULSE ON THE ORGANIZATION. HE'S ABLE TO HAVE A VERY INTIMATE INTERACTION. IT'S RANDOM SELECTION OF EMPLOYEES, UH AND THEY MEET WITH BRIAN. THEY TALKED WITH HIM, THEY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS. HE GETS FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND IT IT GIVES OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LEARN. UM YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE, INCLUDING BREAKFAST WITH BRIAN WITH OUR INTERNS, WITH SOME SOME VERY INTERESTING TAKES ON WHAT EMPLOYMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. COMPETITIVE PAY IS ANOTHER AREA AS FAR AS OUR DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT, SO OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFECYCLE REALLY ONLY HAVE A FEW OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARNING CHANGES, MEANING YOU KNOW, AT HIGHER THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THEIR INITIAL OFFER IF THEY ARE PROMOTED OR THEIR DUTIES EXPAND, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY ONLY HAVE INCREASES IN PAY IF IT IS MERIT RELATED SO PERFORMANCE REVIEWS THEIR ANNUAL MERIT. AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENT , WHICH IS TRANSLATED TO AN UNUSUAL MIRRORED ENVIRONMENT AS WELL, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT AND THEN ALSO PERIODIC LABOR STUDIES . SO WE DO KIND OF KEEP A CHECK ON HOW WE ARE MEASURING UP AGAINST OTHER CITIES. AH OTHER EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PAY REMAINS COMPETITIVE IN SEVERAL AREAS. PAUSE THERE BEFORE I GO INTO THE ACTUAL FUNDING REQUEST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. WE DO HAVE SOME CUSTOMER MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, ALISON CHRISTINE CHRISTINE. IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. YES I'M ALISON OR NO, NO KR I FT Y MM. I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU DO. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD. AND NOW THAT I'M LOOKING FOR READY ANSWERS THIS MORNING, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF. MUST BE OKAY. UH, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REAL PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE NOW MINORITY RECRUITING IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. BUT THAT'S NOT IT CAN'T BE AT THE FOURTH FRIDAY AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT SALARIES RIGHT NOW I'VE MET WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE WAY OF, UM WHAT'S HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT, UH, WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE STATED WHICH ARE GREAT. WE'RE LOSING. POLICE OFFICERS. BECAUSE OF 12 CITIES. IN THE METROPLEX. IT SEEMS THAT WEIRD BLACK NEXT TO THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE SKEET. AND IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WANTING TO ADOPT. ART SEEMS TO HAVE A PROGRAM OUT THERE PRESENTLY WHERE A PERSON CAN COME IN, MAKING MORE $10,000 MORE THAN WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY'RE COMING HERE. IT APPEARS THAT AND YOU JUST DID. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCENTIVE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PAY ARE NOT THAT GREAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE SITUATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE.

I REALLY DON'T. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO.

BECAUSE WHAT GOOD ARE ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL INCENTIVES IF IN FACT OUR OFFICERS ARE LEAVING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. GO AHEAD, BRO. COUNCILMAN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HEAR SOME PROPOSALS FOR INCENTIVES THIS MORNING FROM YOUR POLICE CHIEF. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR BASS. THANK YOU, UM. KRISTEN COULD YOU TELL US? UM SPEAKING OF BENEFITS? WHAT IS OUR CITY BENEFITS ON MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE? SO WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC LEAVE BANK FOR A MATERNITY OR PATERNITY LEAVE. IT WOULD BE WHATEVER THE EMPLOYEES ACCUMULATED FOR THEIR SICK OR PERSONAL LEAVE OR PERSONAL HOLIDAYS. UM, THERE'S NOT A SEPARATE BANK FOR THAT. IT'S NOT A SEPARATE BENEFIT. OKAY HAVE WE DO HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR MATERNITY TYPE HEALTH OPTIONS, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC LEAVE BANK FOR THAT PURPOSE. OKAY AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH OTHER

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CITIES WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM KRISTEN, THE TELE WORK POSITIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT, CAN YOU? DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE GENERAL POSITIONS OR CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE NOW ALLOWING TELE WORK? UM ALLOWING THEM TO WORK REMOTELY. I THINK MR BRADFORD MAY HAVE THAT ANSWER . UM WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW. AH OF IMPLEMENTING THIS AND BASICALLY WHAT WE REDISCOVERED AS WE ALWAYS DO IS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT IN ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL IN A CITY ENVIRONMENT. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MANAGING DIRECTORS SUBMITTING PLANS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE AS A GROUP GO THROUGH THOSE AND OR TWEAKING AND DECIDING TOGETHER. WHAT WHAT MAKES SENSE AND SO WHERE WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS AND AGAIN MOST MOST OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING COME THROUGH. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A TOTAL WORK FROM HOME. BUT YET IT'S MORE IN THE REALM OF FLEXIBILITY AND THIS HYBRID MODEL. OKAY YEAH, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, UM FROM WHAT I FROM WHAT I HEAR THAT IS A HUGE, HUGE ISSUE, AND I HOPE BECAUSE PEOPLE VARY. I DO HOPE THAT KIND OF THE DEFAULT IS GOING IN LOOKING FOR EVERY POSSIBLE POSITION THAT THAT WE COULD MOVE INTO A HYBRID SITUATION RATHER THAN A MAKING IT A REALLY HIGH MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB TO GET THERE. SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, KRISTEN. I'M I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LOOK. HI. UM I SEE THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE FIRST WORKDAY ABSENCES IN THE BUSINESS THAT I DO. HR FOUR.

IT'S RAMPANT. I THINK NOT JUST HERE, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE SOME OUTREACH BUT NO RESPONSE. HAVE YOU GUYS FIGURED OUT A WAY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP FOR THAT FIRST DAY. ARE THERE ANY THINGS ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED TO DO THAT? SO UM, WE HAVE THE RECRUITERS THAT YOU KNOW, REALLY STAY WITH THEM. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THE RECRUITERS AREN'T IN CONTACT WITH THEM ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL DAY ONE. UM BUT AGAIN, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW. I'M GLAD THAT THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO TREND DOWN. BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS EVEN OCCURRING IS JUST KIND OF TELLING OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE RECRUITER PARTNERS REACHING OUT TO THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW IF AFTER DAY ONE, THEY DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE. IT'S NOT A LOT THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN DO, UM, IN THOSE AREAS UNDERSTOOD? WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND YOU GO THROUGH ON BOARDING AND SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND THEN YEAH. HEY, WHERE ARE THEY? IT'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING. UM AND ONE THING THAT WE DO AS A PRACTICES FOR THOSE APPLICANTS THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE PIPELINE. WE MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SHOWS UP AND STARTS WORKING BEFORE WE SAY HEY, YOU WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THIS JOB. THAT WAY, WE CAN MORE QUICKLY REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LABOR MARKET IS SO COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW THEY'VE APPLIED AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER JOB. YOU KNOW, WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE TO STAY ON IT. IT'S WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH RECRUITING RESOURCES. HMM AND THE ONE GARLAND? UH, POWERED BY WORKDAY PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE, UM AND THAT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PHASE ONE. IS THAT OKAY? ARE FACING ONE LAUNCH DATE IS IN JANUARY. WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN TESTING THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT IMPLEMENTATION FOR MANY MONTHS. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT PHASE TWO TO BEGIN TO START IMMEDIATELY AFTER PHASE ONE INCLUDES ALL OF OUR PAYROLL OPTIONS, ABSENCE AND TIME TRACKING OUR CORE HCM AND THEN PHASE TWO WILL BE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE AND TALENT, SUCCESSION, PLANNING THE FUN THINGS THAT I WRITE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AS AN ORGANIZATION BEFORE. AWESOME THAT'LL BE REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE NEW HIRE NO SHOWS. I THINK ONE OF THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE JUST TO DISPATCH THE CITY MARSHALS TO TRACK THEM DOWN AFTER WE'VE GONE TO SO MUCH TROUBLE. HAD THE CITY MARSHALS BRING HIM IN HERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PRICES HAVE, UM, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. EVERYDAY WELL, THAT THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. WELL, GIVE IT TO HIM. YES SIR. SAY IF THEY

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WANT TO RIDE IN A MARTIAL CAR THAN WE CAN ARRANGE THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH UM GOOD MORNING. TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE FIRST IS WITH THE SDS TRENDING TOWARDS CAREER TECH AND MORE BLUE COLLAR TYPE WORK. ARE WE SEEING A SHIFT IN OUR POSITION REQUIREMENTS AWAY FROM THE MORE FOR YOUR TRADITIONAL DEGREE? UM, ARE WE ALLOWING MORE WORK EXPERIENCE TO COME INTO PLAY? UM OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT TO WATER DOWN A POSITION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING REQUIREMENTS SO HIGH THAT WE LEAVE GOOD CANDIDATES. OUT OF OUT OF CONSIDERATION. IS THERE A TREND THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO OR IS THERE AN ANALYSIS AVAILABLE ON WHAT POSITIONS WE HAVE THAT REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE VERSUS THOSE THAT DON'T I CAN. I'M TAKING THAT AS A AS A QUESTION, BUT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT, UM IT HELPS US TO NOT HAVE THOSE EDUCATION QUESTIONS AS KNOCKOUTS AS PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS , NOT THERE IS A LEGITIMATE NEED FOR LICENSURE. EDUCATION YES, BUT OVERWHELMINGLY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR POSITIONS COULD BE EDUCATION, INDOOR EXPERIENCE. THAT'S THE WAY OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE WRITTEN, SO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS WE'RE FUMBLING THROUGH APPLICANTS, THAT KIND OF ALL, UM ALL AREAS OF EXPERTISE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. UM THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TACKLING THAT IN THE SECOND, AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR IT LATER. ARE WE EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASES? UH, BY IMPLEMENTING A ROBUST WORK FROM HOME PROGRAM. IS THERE A BUDGETARY CONSIDERATION THERE THAT WERE BE CONCERNED ABOUT MR CITY MANAGER RIGHT NOW, UM WE ARE ARE NOT FUNDING. A WORK FROM HOME TYPE SITUATION. YEAH. AND UNTIL UNTIL WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FIGURE OUT JUST HOW MUCH OF OUR WORKFORCE IS GOING TO BE HOME. BUT BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS. WELL I WANT TO WORK FROM HOME, SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMPUTER.

SURE THERE'S A HOST OF REQUIREMENTS YOU NEED TO MEET AS FAR AS INTERNET SECURITY AND THE LIKE, BUT AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE HARDWARE, WE'RE NOT IN THAT BUSINESS YET. UNDERSTOOD? OKAY? AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE END UP LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE WHOLE BIGGER QUESTION, BUT OKAY, WELL, LET'S ALL GOT THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN. THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO PART TWO. I WILL JUST TELL YOU I UNDERSTAND THE RECRUITING ISSUES. UM MY OWN COMPANY THAT I WORKED FOR. WE HAD POSTED A POSITION, SAME AS MINE FOR A STORE PLANNER. WE HAD THAT JOB POSTED FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 10 DAYS AGO. WE HIRED SOMEONE. I MEAN, IT IS. IT IS VERY TOUGH. I MEAN, THE PROCESS . UM AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS FACILITATE THE APPLICANTS, ETCETERA. SO IT IS. IT IS TOUGH , AND I KNOW THAT IS. COUNTRY WIDE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT THERE'S NO END TO THAT, UM AND YOU KNOW, AND I WILL TALK TO CHIEF BRIAN HERE LATER ABOUT POLICE, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LATERAL PROGRAM, I MEAN, WE HAD A CLASS THAT JUST GRADUATED WHAT A MONTH AGO, 11 OF THE 22 WERE LATERAL TRANSFERS, SO I HAVE TO THINK. I HAVE TO THINK THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT THAT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ATTRACTING THOSE APPLICANTS SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, LATER. AH.

CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS GOING TO CHARM UP BUT YOU CAME IN. I DIDN'T CHRISTIAN DID TO THE QUESTION. UM THERE USED TO BE. I'M DATING MYSELF. UM, A PROGRAM. CALLED WORKER TRADE E. IS THERE ANY ARE WE WORKING WITH? THAT'S OUR JUNIOR COLLEGE? UM, A DISTRICTS.

ON PERHAPS CONSIDERING FORMULATING SORT OF A CONCEPT SHULI WORKER TRAINING JOBS THAT HAVE WHAT WE'RE MOBILITY. THAT MIGHT LEAD TO SOME OF THE TARGETED PHYSICIAN. I'M TALKING ABOUT NON CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS NOW. AH THAT CONCEPT HAS BEEN USED BEFORE, PARTICULARLY ON TO MEET SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING. WHERE YOU BRING IN YOU DO THIS PARTNERSHIP. YOU BRING IN THERE CALLED THAT TERM IS I'M SURE IT'S CHANGED. NOW IT'S CALLED WORKER TRAINEE. YOU BRING HIM IN AT AT AN ENTRY LEVEL. AND THE

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TARGET IS FOR THEM TO REACH THE JOURNEYMAN LEVEL. THAT WAS A CONCEPT THAT WAS USED. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TO MY OTHER LIFE. AND WAS PRETTY EFFECTIVE AND WE WERE PARTNERED WITH THE JUNIOR COLLEGE. IT'S FIELD. AND EL CENTRO. AND ESTABLISHED THAT PIPELINE OF STUDENTS AND WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. WHAT WE DID HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, SO I JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT AS A POSSIBILITY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE ALREADY PARTNERING WITH THEM OR NOT, BUT AS A POSSIBLE TO ANOTHER POSSIBLE TOOLS, PARTICULARLY FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS AND AGAIN I'M TALKING NONE CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE AS WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, AS WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR PAY STRUCTURES. I'LL USE STREETS AS AN EXAMPLE OF REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY COME IN.

MAYBE IT'S A CONCRETE FINISHER WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, BUT ADDING LEVELS LIKE A CONCRETE FINISHER , ONE AND TWO. THAT WAY, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARNING FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT MAY BE COMING IN AND NOT AS WELL VERSED ON WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY TASKED WITH WE, UM WE HAVE NOT FORMALIZED THE SHOT, BUT WE HAVE STARTED TO REACH OUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADDING ON ADDITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP TYPE PROGRAMS. SO D O. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO TWC TO HELP EMPLOYERS ESTABLISHED THOSE PROGRAMS. WE DO HAVE AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WITH G P AND L BUT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE REPRESENTATION FOR APPRENTICESHIP TYPE PROGRAMS . IT'S A LONGER PROCESS TO GET THOSE ESTABLISHED, BUT UM, HAVING THOSE YOU KNOW CREDENTIALS BEHIND SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL ALSO HELP US TO ATTRACT, UM, TALENT LITERALLY, LIKE THE KITCHEN SINK OF, YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO? HMM TAKE THAT AS A ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE TO CONTINUE. SO GOING TO OUR ACTUAL FUNDING REQUESTS AND JUSTIFICATION. SO AS I MENTIONED KIND OF AS EMPLOYEES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR OWN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS, HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE AGAINST OTHER COMPARISON, CITIES AND EMPLOYEES EMPLOYERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED IN PRIOR YEARS IS THE MINDSET OF, YOU KNOW. WHILE WE HAVE COMPARED COMPARATOR, ZOOS AND OTHER CITIES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE SKILL SETS THAT ARE TRANSFERABLE TRANSFERABLE TO PUBLIC SECTOR. SO YES, WE DO COMPARE OUR PAY STRUCTURES TO OTHER CITIES. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL COMPETING COMPETING. METROPLEX WHY, WITH ALL TYPES OF EMPLOYERS, SO WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE'RE FALLING IN THE MARKET. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE IS BY DOING LABOR MARKET STUDY, SO THAT IS JUST LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT PAY GRADES. UM WHERE WE FALL AGAINST OTHER CITIES. WE ARE REQUESTING 100 AND 50,000. THIS IS FOR GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR TO HELP US AS WE SEE EMPLOYEES THAT MAYBE ARE FALLING BELOW THE MINIMUM OF THE PAY GRADE. BASED ON WHAT THE LABOR DATA SHOWING US THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THEM, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING TO, LIKE AN ANNUAL CYCLE FOR MERIT, SO THIS IS AGAIN JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF ANY SHIFTS IN THE PAY MARKET. ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE, UM KNOW HOW WE ARE FARING AGAINST OTHER EMPLOYERS IS LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYEE COST INDEX THAT'S PROVIDED TO US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FROM BLR , SO THIS JUST SHOWS YOU FOR COMPENSATION OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. HOW EMPLOYEES AND THIS IS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN THIS AREA. HOW THEIR PAY HAS TRANSITIONED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. UM AS OPPOSED TO, UM, THE CITY OF GARLAND. SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT FIRST, UM, HEAD OF COVID. THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. SO FOR THAT YEAR WE SUSPENDED THE MERIT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, SO THERE WERE NO ADJUSTMENTS FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS OUR CIVIL SERVICE AND SKILL BASED PAIN. WE DID DO A SMALL LUMP SUM, BUT THERE WERE NO PAY INCREASES. WE DID IMPLEMENT THE MARRIAGE AT AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 3% LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID NOT DO ANY CATCH UP TO MAKE UP FOR THE YEAR THAT WE SUSPENDED MERIT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR IS TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER MERIT ADJUSTMENT. AH TO CATCH UP FOR THE YEAR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE MARRIED BUT ALSO THE INDICATIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OTHER CITIES IS THAT THEY, TOO, ARE GOING TO BE DOING A HIGHER INCREASE THIS YEAR, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T FALL CONSIDERABLY BELOW MARKET WHEN

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EVERYONE ELSE YOU KNOW, FINISHES THIS SAME PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH BUDGET. JUST TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON OUR FIRE AND POLICE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH POLICE AND FIRE FOR GOOD REASON IS UM, THE CITIES ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SHARE AROUND COMPENSATION AND CHANGES FOR THEIR POLICE AND FIRE UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THE BUDGET PROCESS, SO WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO GATHER FROM OTHER CITIES. BUT WHAT WE FIND IS ONCE WE GO BACK AND REVIEW KIND OF MID YEAR OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. THAT WE TEND TO FALL A FEW POINTS BEHIND. SO AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM AN INCREASE. IT'S ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WERE SLIGHTLY BEHIND FOR POLICE AND FIRE, SO THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENT. SO THIS IS WHY YOU SEE THE HIGHER RECOMMENDED INCREASE FOR POLICE AND FIRE, BASICALLY GIVING THEM BRINGING THEM TO MARKET WHICH HAS BEEN OUR COMMITMENT TO THEM FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND OTHER CITIES. UM, FOR THESE TWO AREAS SPECIFICALLY. KIM. ALL RIGHT, SO AS FAR AS DOLLARS FOR GENERAL FUND, THE MERIT IS ABOUT 1.7 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND OUR MERIT OF IN ALL CASES GOES INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY, AS OPPOSED TO THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AH AND THEN FOR OTHER FUNDS. IT'S ABOUT 2.2 MILLION AND THEN FOR OUR SKILL BASED PAY EMPLOYEES, SO EXAMPLES THAT THAT WOULD BE OUR WATER DEPARTMENT ARE ELECTRIC UTILITIES, WHERE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH CERTAIN TRAINING, CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS, THEIR PAY MOVES UP INCREMENTALLY AS THEY GET THOSE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED EARNINGS. SO THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE SET ASIDE FOR THEM TO FUND THOSE SKILL BASED PAY PROGRAMS. SO IT DOESN'T NOT NECESSARILY, UM, PAYING OUT TO A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE FOR THEM, BUT THE AMOUNT IS SET ASIDE IN ANTICIPATION OF FUNDING THOSE INCREMENTS THAT THEY MOVE UP BASED ON THEIR PROGRAM. FOR POLICE AND FIRE. THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. UM SO IT'S SEPARATED BY STEP INCREASES OUR POLICE AND FIRE, THEY MOVE UP INCREMENTALLY BASED ON TENURE, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS YOU SEE FOR THE MARKET CATCH UP AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS FOR THEM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON COMPENSATION BEFORE GOING TO BENEFITS. I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR THE MOMENT. ALRIGHT SO OUR GROUP HEALTH FUND IS ALSO UM YOU KNOW, VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE PROGRAMS AND BENEFITS THAT WE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES ALWAYS LIKE TO DO KIND OF AN ANNUAL REMINDER OF HOW OUR GROUP HEALTH FUND IS IMPACTED. UH AND ALSO, YOU KNOW , WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY IS SELF FUNDED SO THAT WE INCUR ALL OF THE COSTS REGARDING OUR EMPLOYEES CLAIMS. AND UTILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE. SO THE WAY THAT THE HEALTH FUND YOU SEIZE COSTS COME IN IS AROUND UTILIZATION, SO AS EMPLOYEES ARE GOING GETTING SERVICES WE ARE INCURRING THAT COSTS THE FULL COST OF THOSE SERVICES AS WELL AS CLAIMS FOR ANY PRESCRIPTIONS OR OTHER SERVICES. THE FUND IS BASED ON REALLY A COST AND RISK RISK SHARING MODEL. UM WITH THE CITY, UM, TAKING ABOUT 80% OF THE COST AND EMPLOYEES THROUGH THEIR MONTHLY PREMIUMS AND RETIREES TAKEN ABOUT RETIRED EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE PREMIUMS, UM, BEING ABOUT 20% OF THAT. UM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND SOME CREDITS. SO YES, WE, YOU KNOW, COVER THE COST FOR OUR PROGRAMS. BUT OUR PARTNERS LIKE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD DO PROVIDE US WITH CERTAIN INCENTIVES THAT HELP TO FUND SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT HELP US TO REDUCE COSTS IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND THEN IT IS ALWAYS BEST PRACTICE TO HAVE CONTINGENCY SO WE CAN PROJECT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE CLAIMS ACTIVITY MAY BE BASED ON TREND BUT YOU NEVER. THERE'S NEVER 100% WAY OF DOING THAT. SO HAVING FUNDS IN RESERVE TO HANDLE THOSE CONTINGENCIES OR SPICE AND UTILIZATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO JUST LIKE WITH COMPENSATION. WE LOOK AT CERTAIN INDICATOR INDICATORS TO HELP US KNOW HOW THE FUND MAY PERFORM OR WHERE WE MAY NEED TO DEVELOP PROGRAM PROGRAMMING TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS MAY BE CONTROLLED CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR MANAGE CERTAIN CONDITIONS. SO WE LOOK AT OUR TOP HEALTH DIAGNOSES WHICH ARE ALWAYS OUR TOP COST DRIVERS.IS YEAR CANCERS NUMBER ONE M S K, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE VERY PHYSICAL JOBS. WE HAVE AN AGING WORKFORCE, SO SOFT

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TISSUE INJURIES BACK INJURIES NEED IT INJURIES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT REQUIRE MORE, YOU KNOW , REAL REAL LONGER TERM REHAB AND LONGER TERM TERM CONDITIONING. ARE VERY PREVALENT IN THE CITY IT BETWEEN M S K AND CANCERS. THEY KIND OF TAKE TURNS GOING FROM 1 TO 2 EACH YEAR.

CIRCULATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS STROKE AND HYPERTENSION. AND THEN HEALTH STATUS IS ACTUALLY A NEW ONE. FOR THIS YEAR THAT'S MADE IT TO NUMBER FOUR. PARTIALLY IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING AND GETTING THEIR PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS. UM BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE HEALTH STATUS CATEGORY IS RELATED TO THOSE SK TYPE CONDITIONS. YOU'VE HAD BACK SURGERY, BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO REHAB. YOU KNOW, SO THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRE CONDITIONING IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP AND EYE ON THESE CONDITIONS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, IT MAKES UP OVER 50% OF THE COST FOR THE ENTIRE PLAN. SO YOU KNOW JUST THOSE FOUR DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES , YOU KNOW, TAKE A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE PAY INTO THE HEALTH FUND. WE ALSO MONITOR HIGH COST CLAIMANTS. SO THAT IS ANYONE THAT'S GETTING SERVICES THAT ARE OVER $50,000 IN, UM OH CALENDAR YEAR. SO IN THIS AREA, WE ACTUALLY ARE LEADING BENCHMARK IN EVERY CATEGORY.

THAT MEANS THAT OUR HEALTH PLAN IS NOT PERFORMING AS WELL AS OTHER PLANS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR SIZE. SO THIS IS BASED ON FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, KIND OF ALL OF THEIR ENTIRE BOOK OF BUSINESS, NOT JUST OTHER CITIES . BUT OTHER PROVIDERS, OTHER PLANS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR SIZE TO THE CITY. UM SO ARE HIGH COST CLAIMANTS MAKE UP OVER 50% OF TOTAL PAY CLAIMS. A LOT OF THEM ARE REPEAT, HIGH COST CLAIMING SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF MEMBERS JUST A LITTLE OVER 150, BUT THE COSTS RELATED TO THEIR CONDITIONS. UM WARRANTS ALMOST $21 MILLION WORTH OF CLAIMS TO THE PLAN. SO A LOT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS A LOT OF ONGOING CONDITIONS. UH SO OUR FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON PROGRAMS THAT HELP US WITH EARLY DETECTION. UM WITH PREVENTION. COMMIT TO WELLNESS PROGRAM IS OUR MOST ENGAGED PROGRAM CITYWIDE. WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, SO THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO EDUCATE. PROVIDE CONDITION MANAGEMENT. SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS DON'T GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE THESE CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT AT LEAST THOSE THAT CAN BE PREVENTED. SO THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE WERE, WE MAY BE LEADING THE BENCHMARK IN A NEGATIVE WAY ON OUR HIGH COST CLAIMANTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS. WE ARE ABOVE BENCHMARK WITH OUR PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS, SO THAT MEANS THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ATTACK LIKE MAMMOGRAMS OTHER WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL, WOMAN VISITS ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, COLONOSCOPY, THINGS LIKE THAT WE ARE AT OUR LEADING BENCHMARK, AND WHICH THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND THESE NUMBERS DON'T INCLUDE EXAMS OR PHYSICALS THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT OUR CITY CARE CLINIC, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE EVEN HIGHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM FROM SOME OF THE CREDITS FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD WE GET ABOUT $125,000 EACH YEAR IN CREDITS THAT GO TOWARDS OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS, SO THAT PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH FULLY FUNDED, UM, BY OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BLUE CROSS, BUT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGIN POLLS SO EMPLOYEES IF THEY ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. THEY GET NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THEIR EXAMS OR DO BASED ON UM YOU KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDED MEDICAL GUIDELINES ARE. SO IF YOU IT'S BASED ON YOUR GENDER AND YOUR AGE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR, UM UH, FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE, SO IT REMINDS THEM AS THOSE HEALTH SCREENINGS ARE DO, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERS IN HEALTH, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM, BUT WHAT IT IS AN ANIMAL EDUCATION EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT LETS OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND HOW THEY PLAY A DIRECT ROLE IN CONTROLLING COST. UH, AND PREVENTIVE CARE AND BEING PROACTIVE IN HELPING US TO REDUCE SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM YEAR TO YEAR. ALSO COMMIT TO WELLNESS THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGIN POLLS. WE HAVE ACCESS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PARTNERS FOR ON DEMAND EXERCISE FOR NUTRITION PLANNING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR FINANCIAL WELLNESS AS WELL AS, UM, UM, MEAL PLANS THAT ARE SPECIFIC. SO IF I'M A DIABETIC I CAN SIGN UP FOR IT FIT. GO, I CAN HAVE MEALS THAT ARE SPECIALLY CATERED FOR ME DELIVERED TO MY HOUSE AT A REDUCED RATE THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED THROUGH BLUE CROSS

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BLUE SHIELD, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR CONDITION MANAGEMENT. SO HINGE HEALTH IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO HELP US MANAGE OUR M S K CONDITION SO THERE ARE COST AVOIDANCE IS FROM PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO NEED BACK SURGERY, COMPLETING THAT REMOTE PHYSICAL THERAPY OPTION. AND NOT NEEDING ACTUAL SURGERY.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS FOR DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION, WHICH AGAIN ARE SOME OF OUR HIGHEST COST DRIVERS. AND THOSE ARE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY. ON THE PHARMACY SIDE, WE ACTUALLY ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT DURING THE LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE PUTTING IN PLACE TO HELP US GET SOME PARAMETERS AROUND OUR PHARMACY UTILIZATION, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT, UH, THERE WERE CONTROLS AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A HIGHER COST DRUG, BUT A GENERIC IS AVAILABLE THAT THEY ARE DIRECTED TO THOSE GENERIC OPTIONS TO HELP US WITH COST SAVING. THANKS. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING MUCH BETTER ON THE PHARMACY SIDE. WE'VE HAD A REDUCTION AROUND THE TOTAL COST THAT WE'RE PAYING ON OUR PHARMACY PLANS AS WELL AS SOME SAVINGS THAT HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES AS THEY ARE USING MORE GENERIC, UM, DRUGS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THE THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE IN THE LAST YEAR INCLUDE LIMITS ON CERTAIN SPECIALTY DRUGS. UH, SO IF YOU IF YOU SEE A COMMERCIAL FOR IT ON TV, IT'S PROBABLY VERY EXPENSIVE. SO FOR THOSE DRUGS, WE LIKE TO HAVE A CERTAIN CONTROLS AROUND THEM, BUT PRIMARILY WHERE WE WERE SEEING THE LARGEST COST IMPACT WAS AROUND WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATION. SO NOW MORE OF THAT COST GOES TO OUR EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAVE THOSE SPECIALTY DRUGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY DRIVING CONDITION, I WILL SAY FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, THERE'S A PHYSICIAN OVERRIDES OR IF IT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY FOR SPECIFIC DRUG. UM, UM, ANY DOCTOR CAN OVERRIDE THOSE, UM, THOSE PARAMETERS. WE DO HAVE ABOUT A BALANCE STRUGGLE IST WHICH, UM PROVIDES A LIST OF DRUGS THAT ARE COVERED ON THE PLAN. UM AND THAT HAS ARE LIMITED SOME OF THE ACCESS AGAIN TO THOSE MORE EXPENSIVE DRUGS THAT HAVE ALTERNATIVES. UH AND THEN UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT. THE EXAMPLE THAT I LIKE TO USE IS IF I'M STARTING A NEW DRUG I'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO REACT TO IT. IN THE PAST, THEY COULD GET AS MUCH AS 90 DAYS WORTH OF A NEW MEDICATION. UM BUT NOW THEY ARE LIMITED TO JUST A 30 DAY SUPPLY UNTIL THEY KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO IT. AND THEN THEY CAN GET THAT, UM ADDITIONAL FEEL THAT WAY. WE DON'T INCUR THE FULL COST EACH TIME. SO FOR JUST YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS ON THE LOWER END OF SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS AROUND PHARMACY PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED. WE'VE SEEN OVER $2 MILLION COST OF WOODEN'S FOR JUST HAVING AH, SOME ADDITIONAL GATES AROUND UTILIZATION. ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS JUST THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL OF OUR PLANS. THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR BROKERS. WE DID GO OUT FOR AN RFP THIS YEAR TO IDENTIFY A NEW BROKERAGE SERVICE , BOTH FOR OF THE HEALTH FUND AND FOR ACTUAL REAL ACTUAL AERIAL SERVICES WAS GOING TO DO THAT. TO PARTNER WITH MATT. SO WE HAVE, UH, AS A PART OF OUR THREE YEAR HEALTH BENEFITS, STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE LOOKING AT COSTS, LOOKING AT UTILIZATION, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BETTER MANAGE THE HEALTH FUND. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NEW BROKER, AND THAT COST IS INCLUDED AND AN ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AS FAR AS OUR GROUP HEALTH FUND. WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE TO CITY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. THAT ALSO, UM IS AN 8% INCREASE TO EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. UM FOR OUR RETIREES, THE CITY HAS CURRENTLY HAS A PRACTICE OF JUST 3. CONTRIBUTION TO OUR RETIREE COST . UH SO FOR OUR RETIRING MEMBERS , THEIR INCREASE WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT 10% SO BASED ON OUR CLAIMS PROJECTIONS WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR ADMINISTERING OUR PROGRAMS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE BUDGETARY IMPACT FOR 22 23 IS ABOUT 3.2 MILLION. FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE HEALTH FUND. AND AGAIN UTILIZATION OR HIGH COST CLAIMANTS. CLAIMS HAVE A LOT TO DO, UH, WITH THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUING TO GO UP EUROPEAN YEAR. DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT JUST WANNA WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCE LOOKS LIKE ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO EMPLOYEES. SO IF I'M AN EMPLOYEE ONLY PARTICIPATING IN OUR BASE HEALTH

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PLAN, WITH THE INCREASE IN PREMIUMS, I'LL SEE ABOUT A $50 CHANGE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT COVER THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. THAT'S UMT WITH THE 8% INCREASE. AND THEN FOR OUR RETIREES, UM AGAIN THERE BECAUSE OF THE LOWER CITY CONTRIBUTION MORE OF THE COST YEAR. RESPONSIBILITY GOES TO OUR RETIREES. UH SO I'M IN LOWER IN OUR RETIREES ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $300 COST INCREASE FOR PARTICIPATING. UH AND THOSE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, GET CONSIDERABLY HIGHER, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HERE. THEY PARTICIPATE IN. RIGHT UM, AS FAR AS PERSONNEL REQUEST, THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADD A FULL TIME POSITION AT THE CITY CARE CLINIC . RIGHT NOW, THE CITY CARE CLINIC IS BEING STAFFED BY PART TIME RETIREE, BUT THEY ARE REQUESTING TO ADD A POSITION. THAT WOULD BE A FULL TIME. UM DOCTOR AT THE CLINIC. UH AND THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, WITH MARKET RAINS. THAT POSITION ALSO SERVES AS THE HEALTH AUTHORITY. FOR SURROUNDING CITIES FOR ROUND LEAD AND TAXI. IN ADDITION TO PARTNERING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON CERTAIN INITIATIVES. RIGHT AND THEN FOR OUR RETIREMENT BENEFITS WE HAVE FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, ARE SWORN POLICE AND FIRE. POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY.

UM THIS IS A LONGSTANDING UM UM , PRACTICE FOR THOSE GROUPS, SO THE CITY IMPLEMENTED OUR RETIREMENT STABILITY BENEFITS. SO IT'S A 4 57 PLAN THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMITMENT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO INCREMENTALLY INCREASE UNTIL WE GET TO THE AGREED TARGET. SO THIS JUST REPRESENTS THE NEXT YEAR INCREASE WITH THE CITY CONTRIBUTING 2% AND IN ORDER FOR EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE THE CITY'S , UM, CONTRIBUTION. THEY HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE AT LEAST 2.5% AND SO AS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION INCREASES, THE AMOUNT FOR PARTICIPATION ALSO INCREASES AND WE HAVE A VERY LARGE PARTICIPATION RATE. AH AMONGST OUR POLICE AND FIRE GROUPS IN THIS PROGRAM. ALRIGHT AND THEN FOR TMR S, UM ARE GENERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PROGRAM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE RATE FOR TMR S THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S UH AND EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR AGAIN. YEAR OVER YEAR TMR S PROVIDES US WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTION RATES WILL BE SO UM, IT DEFINITELY COULD INCREASE IN THE COMING YEAR. ALL RIGHT, AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE HAD THE SUMMARY UP OF ALL OF THE FUNDING REQUESTS OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD.

CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN FOR THAT INFORMATION QUESTION ON YOUR SHEET WHERE YOU GOT THE TOP HEALTH DIAGNOSIS? JUST QUESTION, DO WE? UM. COVID 19 DID IT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR BENEFITS COST TO DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DATA DO WE TRACK THAT KIND OF HAVE THE DATA OF WHAT THE COVID IMPACT WAS? THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE WERE SEEING THE TOP CONDITION. DRIVERS FAR SURPASSED ANY OF THE COST IMPACT THAT WE HAVE FOR COVID. THE TRUE COST. OUR PLAN FOR COVID 19 IS REALLY THE INFLATION THAT WE'RE SEEING. AROUND THE COSTS THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR CLAIMS. SO WHEN THERE WAS, YOU KNOW WHEN SERVICES WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE OR SUSPENDED, A LOT OF THOSE PROVIDERS HAVE NOW INCREASED THEIR RATES AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT. BUT THANKFULLY, AS FAR AS OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF IMPACT FOR CONDITION DRIVERS RELATED TO COVID. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BECAUSE WE WERE LOOK THE AVERAGE AGE OF RETIREMENT. I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU, OKAY? AND UM POLICE AND FIRE ARE GROUPED IN WITH RETIREMENT HEALTH BENEFITS . CORRECT YES, RECEIVED THE SAME AS THEY DO. EVERYBODY DOES. YES.

UM OKAY? AND WHEN YOU HAVE IN THE C TWO W PROGRAM UM DO YOU HAVE COST SAVINGS FOR EMPLOYEES IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AS FAR AS THEIR BENEFITS GO, SO IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN OUR BASE PLAN, WHICH BASICALLY REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE THEIR YOU KNOW, STANDARD PHYSICALS EACH YEAR WHEN THEY GO THROUGH SOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OUR PARTNERS IN HEALTH, THEY GET A $20 PER MONTH PREMIUM DISCOUNT IF THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

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THAT GET A $30 MONTHLY DISCOUNT. NICE. OKAY, THANK YOU. GESMER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR RARE QUESTION ABOUT IT. YOU'RE REQUESTS FOR THE UNBANKED POSITION. UM CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHAT THE HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER POSITION IS THAT YOU SO THE HR BUSINESS PARTNERS THEY SUPPORT OPERATIONS , SO THEY REALLY ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

THEY HELP US KIND OF BRIDGE. THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT H OUR HR PROGRAMS AND THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS ARE SO THEY ARE ASSIGNED CERTAIN CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND THEY SUPPORT THEM SOLELY SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BASICALLY THE HR PERSON FOR THEIR ASSIGNED CITY DEPARTMENTS. OK LEVEL THERE, UM THERE IN MOST CASES, THEY'RE SORT HR CERTIFIED, UM, THEY WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN ASSISTANT HR DIRECTOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CANCER. MORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. IN THE WAY OF OUR HIGH COST CLAIMANTS. THERE WERE AVERAGE OF 154 REALLY TAKING THE BRUNT OF THAT. WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO MAYBE AGING AS OPPOSED TO VOCATION OR NO.

UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ALL AGES. IT COULD BE. YOU KNOW, A MEMBER WITH A, YOU KNOW, REALLY SICK, BABY. IT COULD BE SOMEONE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION. IT REALLY SPANS. UH IT'S BEEN THE H RANGE . NOT A SPECIFIC ONE. OKAY THAT RELATES TO EMPLOY THEIR RETIRING . DO WE FIND THAT MORE OF OUR PEOPLE REMAINED IN THE BENEFIT PLAN, OR AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO AVERAGE RETIREMENT AGE, OR ARE THEY GOING TO MEDICARE? SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT AGE THEY RETIRE BEFORE THEIR MEDICARE ELIGIBLE. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE NUMBER OF RETIREES THAT ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S RETIRING INSURANCE AND THEN I CAN ALSO TAKING THAT AS A QUESTION. LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, ARE RETIRING IN THE AGE WHERE THEY ARE MEDICARE ELIGIBLE. I THINK BIGGER QUESTION FOR ME WOULD BE I KNOW THAT WEIRD STUFF FUNDED. IS THAT BETTER THAN GOING PRIMARILY WITH A BLUE CROSS? OKAY I'LL SEE YOU AROUND THE ROOM, SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE.

OKAY THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK, CANCER LOOK. WHAT EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPLOYEES HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. UM SO WE HAVE A FITNESS CENTER AT THE FIRE. UM UM, ADMIN BUILDING. WE HAVE A POLICE BOXING GYM. I KNOW FOR POLICE AND FIRE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FITNESS FACILITIES ARE EMPLOYEES DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE WORKOUTS THROUGH THE WELLNESS PROGRAM. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THEM ON DEMAND. AND THEN IF THEY CHOOSE TO GET THEIR OWN GYM MEMBERSHIP, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD DOES OFFER A DISCOUNT FOR THAT, AND WE ALSO DO FITNESS REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMMING IF THEY WANT TO GET EXTERNAL EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES, SO LOTS OF PATHWAYS FOR THAT, AND THEY CAN ALSO WALK DOGS AT THE SHELTER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AVAILABLE AS WELL SO THEY COULD GO PICK UP NEW EMPLOYEES AND BRING THEM WITH AS AS EXERCISE. YEAH I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING. YEAH I LIKE THE WAY THAT WORKS. ALRIGHT WHATEVER. UH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT CHRISTIAN I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE SUN. DO YOU NEED ANY CLARIFICATIONS ON ANY OF THOSE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? AND CASTLE SAY THIS NOW, AND IT WILL APPLY TO ALL THE PRESENTATIONS IF AFTER THE ROVER IF LATER YOUR HOME OR DRIVING HOME AND YOU THINK OF A QUESTION , LET'S GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THOSE IN WRITING, UM AND STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF US EITHER IN PERSON AND OUR NEXT UPDATE OR OR OR ELECTRONICALLY BUT IF YOU THINK OF IT, GO AHEAD AND ASK IT. DON'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT. YOU KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY SO CHRISTIAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT WILL START US OFF NOW WITH STREETS, MR OLIVER. BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I WILL

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ECHO CHRISTIANS CONCERNED. SO IF ANY OF YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO OPERATE EQUIPMENT WE WERE HIRING. DEFINE LET'S TIRE I'VE SEEN YOU ON A YOU KNOW, STILL WILL ROLLER SO MAYBE YOU'VE GOT POTENTIAL FOR YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINE NO HOW TO OPERATE VERSUS JUST DOING IT. BENEFITS PLAYING WITH THAT COVER. YEAH I MEAN, HE LOOKS TRAINABLE UP ON THAT STEEL WHEEL ROLLER. MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT

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THE STREET DEPARTMENTS PRESENTATION. THE FIRST LINE WE SHOW HERE IS KIND OF SHOWS THAT THERE ARE FUNDING THROUGH THE YEARS AS YOU CAN SEE BACK IN. 13 14. WE WERE AT $10 MILLION, AND AT THAT POINT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD MADE A COMMITMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ROADWAYS IN THE CITY AND BRING OUR PCS UP TO 85 OR OH, SHE HAS UP TO 85 SO THAT FUNDING STREAM WAS PUT IN PLACE IF YOU LOOK IN THE BARS THAT THE ORANGE BARS ON THOSE YEARS OF WHERE WE WERE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL CRP FUNDING IN IN JANUARY, BUT I MEAN IN MARCH, I'M SORRY, BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN THE TAX INCREASES IMPLEMENTED RELATED TO THE BOND PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT UP FRONT FUNDING, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GO. PROBABLY. I THINK IT'S ANOTHER COUPLE THREE YEARS BEFORE. WE'LL HAVE TO START DIPPING INTO CRP FUNDING FOR OUR TOTAL FUNDING, BUT AS YOU SEE THE TOTAL PROJECTED, UH BUDGET FOR US FOR NEXT YEAR IS 33.4545 MILLION. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO ARE MANAGING THE RAILROAD CROSSING PROGRAM, WHICH IS A BOND PROGRAM. THE UNPAVED ALLEYS PROGRAM, WHICH IS BOND PROGRAM AND THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, SO WE ARE BUSY. THE FIRST ITEM THAT I'M REQUESTING DEPARTMENTS REQUESTING IS TO REPLACE ONE OF OUR FLAMELESS POTHOLE. PETRA'S. THESE ARE PANEL PATCHES THAT THE THAT HAS THE PATRON UNIT ON THE BACK. THAT'S A HEATED UNIT THAT KEEPS ASPHALT HEATED. IT WAS HEATED WITH PROPANE. I'M SORRY THERE NOW ELECTRIC. I'M SORRY, AND THEY ARE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE QUESTION. THE ONE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE SEVEN YEARS OLD, IT'S BECOME EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN, AND IT'S UNRELIABLE DO THE ORDINARY WEAR AND TEAR. AND SO THIS WOULD BE ASSEMBLY WOULD BE PURCHASING A SIMILAR TYPE UNIT, AND THIS WAS USED TO FILLING THE POTHOLES WE GET. THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR THE POTHOLE REPAIRS THAT THEY WE HAVE THREE OF THESE TRUCKS THAT GO AROUND FILLING THE POTHOLES AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THESE PIECES, EQUIPMENT AS THEY ARE, ACTUALLY THEY PLUG IN SO AT NIGHT, WE'LL PLUG IN. SO IF WE DON'T USE ALL THE ASPHALTED TODAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT WASTED. WE PLUG THOSE UNITS IN AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO REUSE THAT ASPHALT THE NEXT DAY AND NOT HAVE TO JUST LOOK FOR A PLACE TO PUT IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GET COLD. SO THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE OF THOSE UNITS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS UNIT THE CURRENT UNIT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S LIKE, SAY THE CAB OVER AND IN THE BACK UNIT IS A SIX. IT'S A SIX YARD AREA THAT WE CAN PUT ASPHALT IN SO THAT THAT USUALLY ALLOWS US TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO IN THE COURSE OF A DAY, BUT LIKE I SAY, IF WE DON'T WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLUG IT IN AND SAVE THAT ASPHALT, NOT NOT BE WASTING THE ASPHALT. THE SECOND ITEM WE REQUESTED IS A CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPERVISOR AS AS YOU AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AS WE HAVE INCREASED THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ADDED THESE PROGRAMS, THE RAILROAD PROGRAM, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, THE MPF DALLIES WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE INSPECTING HIS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS TO REQUEST A CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPERVISOR. WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME IS A LOT OF THE THIS PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY THE SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEERING A LOT OF THE TIME HE'S HAD TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME OUT IN THE FIELD, ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE, THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF THE JOB JUST BECAUSE HE'S HAVING TO HELP OUT WITH INSPECTION AND WORK AND MEETING IN THE FIELD, SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE A SUPERVISOR OVER THE INSPECTION GROUP. IT'S SIMILAR TO THE SETUP. THAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, INSPECTIONS SUPERVISOR AND YOU HAD WE WOULD HAVE THREE INSPECTORS UNDERNEATH THEM. SO LIKE SAY IS WE'VE WE'VE INCREASED OUR WORKLOAD FROM 10 MILLION TO 30 MILLION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'VE ADDED THAT 8.5 MILLION IN THE BOND PROJECTS, SO IT'S JUST IT'S THE BACKUP CAPABILITY WE HAVE WHEN SOMEONE'S ON VACATION, THAT KIND OF THING. WE JUST GENERALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL LEVEL TO HANDLE THE WORKLOAD THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. LET'S SAY THE COST OF THAT. HE HAS 105,868 AND INCLUDES THE BENEFITS OF THE RELATED TO THAT PERSON, ALL THE SALARY AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER IS A ONE TIME COST TO GET HIM A LAPTOP AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST THAT LEVEL IS, I THINK, A 2 60 SIX. I BELIEVE IT IS, BUT THEY WOULD REPORT TO OUR SENIOR SEVEN ENGINEER AND THEY WOULD MANAGE ALL THE INSPECTION PROJECT AND IT WOULD FUNNEL IT IN AND MAKE A LOT MORE STREAMLINED FOR ENGINEER THAT THE MANAGERS ALMOST PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT PROGRAM. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY IS A SORRY THAT SHOULD CATCH UP ON MY SLIDE. BUT THERE'S THE COST BREAKDOWN. THEY ONE TIME COSTS. THE NEXT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY REQUESTING $60,000 INTO THE CROSSWALK PROGRAM, SO THAT THE ONE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO THE FUNDING FOR ALL THE SIGNS AND MARKINGS WAS PUT INTO WAS PUT INTO OUR BUDGET. SO THAT WAS PART OF AN OVERALL ROLLING BUDGET. IT WASN'T THE ONE THAT WE DIDN'T BECOME A USER TO LOSE IT. SO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT COULD BE THAT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $180,000 ANNUALLY FROM THE STREET DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND FOR THE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKETS OF THE BUTTONS FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, AND

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IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BUTTON REPLACEMENT RAILROAD CROSSING MARKINGS THAT ALL THE APPROACH CROSSINGS FOR THE RAILROADS, THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS FOR STREET HANDS, THE THERMOPLASTICS AND REFLECTED BEATS, AND IT'S LIKE BACK ANYTHING ELSE. THE COST OF MATERIALS HAS GONE UP OVER. OF THE LAST YEAR, SO THIS. THIS MOUNTS JUST NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THOSE PROJECTS OF THE FUNDING IS ONLY ABLE TO COVER THE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKING MAINTENANCE, SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BEGIN REMARKING THE CROSSWALKS ON A THREE YEAR CYCLE RATHER THAN A FOUR YEAR CYCLE. AND SO THIS SUMMARY SHOWS THE ONGOING FUNDING THEY HAVE WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING WOULD BE 100 AND $63,368. AND THEN THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES WILL BE 277,500. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WHAT WE WERE REQUESTING IS $440,868. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. MIXTAPE. CANCELLARA BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF STEVE ON THE CROSSWALK PROGRAM GOING FROM, UH, FOR YEAR 23 YEAR. IS THERE ANY INCREASED LABOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL? NOW THAT'S THAT'S FROM MATERIALS, JUST MATERIAL, OKAY? BUT INCREASING THE. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE'RE GOING OUT THERE GOING FROM FOUR YEARS TO THREE YEARS. THAT'S A IT'S A YOU KNOW, GONNA DO THE SAME WORK EVERY THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF EVERY FOUR YEARS, SO THERE'S BUT THERE'S NO INCREASED LABOR COSTS WITH THAT, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S HANDLED WITHIN IN HOUSE STAFF, SO I THINK IT'S JUST A DEPLOYMENT OF DEPLOYMENT OF DUTY. LITTLE BUSIER. OKAY THE DEPLOYMENT OF DUTIES ON THE ON THE POTHOLED PATCHES. CAN YOU TELL US? UM SO THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH PLACES SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND, UM, HE TOLD US ON THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU HAVE. THE AGES OF THEM AND ARE THEY PROJECTED TO HAVE A SEVEN YEAR LIFESPAN AS WELL? TYPICALLY, THAT'S THE LAST CYCLE THAT WE GET OUT OF THOSE THE NEWER ONES.

I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT AGE OF THEM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE IN THE 3 TO 5 YEAR RANGE. I DON'T THINK WE'VE REPLACED HIM RELATIVELY RECENTLY. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'RE GOOD COUNSELOR. WILLIAMS THANK YOU. MAYOR. MORNING STI. UM ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR IS THAT A NEW HIRE OR INTERNAL AND BACKFIELD, CAN YOU I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE PROBABLY HAVE A GOOD CANDIDATE TO PROMOTE , AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE A NEW INSPECTOR TO FILL HIS POSITION. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD I MEAN, WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD OPEN IT UP, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A CANDIDATE IN HOUSE. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD PRETTY GOOD CANDIDATE FOR PROMOTION, BUT WE WOULD WE WOULD OPEN THAT UP AND SEE HOW THAT FALLS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAN. GOOD MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR . UM STEVE IS ALWAYS YOUR REQUESTS ARE ARE VERY SENSIBLE.

UM AND COUNCILMAN BASS ALREADY ASKED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE AGE OF THE OTHER TWO POTHOLE. UM MICH TRUCKS, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE CROSSWALK REPLACEMENT MOVE FROM A FOUR YEAR CYCLE TO A THREE YEAR CYCLE BECAUSE I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME. AND FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN TOO LONG. SO HOPEFULLY DOING THE REMARKING EVERY THREE YEARS INSTEAD IS GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT CITYWIDE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD, THANKS TO PAUL'S GROUP. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM MR OLIVER? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. AND I WAS HERE IN, UH, 2013 14 AND $10 MILLION BUDGET, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON TREE ON STREETS, AND NOW WE'VE TRIPLED THAT MORE THAN TRIPLE DEAD IN THE TIME THAT THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK. OUR STREET CONDITIONS HAVE STEADILY IMPROVED AS WE HAVE STEADILY. INCREASE THAT BUDGET.

YOU'RE USING THAT BUDGET. UM OUR OUR RATINGS ARE GOING UP. AND YES, WE HAVE LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION STREET CONSTRUCTION ALLEY CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, AND IT IS CERTAINLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE UNFORTUNATELY GOT A VERY GOOD STAFF AND VERY GOOD PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT THAT WORK. VERY GOOD. I'M SURPRISED YOU DON'T HAVE A BUDGETING REQUEST FOR MORE BARRICADES OR CONES BECAUSE WE MUST OWN THOUSANDS OF THEM.

SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALWAYS CONTINUALLY REPLACING AND ORDERING NEW ONES . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THROUGH TRANSPORTATION BEFORE WE

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GO ON A ON A RECESS. SO THAT WILL BRING US TO TRANSPORTATION, MR LUCKY. THANKS I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. BEFORE WE START THE INCREASE IN OUR MARKINGS BUDGET WE DO

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CONTRACT OUT. THE BUTTONS MAINTENANCE, SO THE PART THAT WE USE FOR THAT WOULD DO WOULDN'T IT WOULD INCLUDE SOME LABOR FOR THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PART WITH CONTRACT OUT.

SO MUCH. SO, UM. ARE WE HAVE 33 ITEMS WILL BE BRIEF. UM THIS IS KIND OF A TREND. I THINK TODAY THAT WE'RE HERE IN WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING IS WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING CROSSING GUARDS. TIP IT. IT'S THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US. WE'VE ALWAYS, UH I MEAN, IN 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE WITH. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH CROSSING GUARDS FOR THE, UH, TO COVER ALL THE CROSSINGS, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS MANAGED, BUT I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SEVEN CROSSWALKS THAT ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO DO IT. UM WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUBSTITUTES THAT THAT CAN FILL IN WHEN PEOPLE ARE SICK. AND SO THAT WOULD MEAN EVEN EVEN ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS THAT THAT WE JUST WE JUST CAN'T COVER BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE. UM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE THAT, AND IN THE MEANTIME, IS TOO IS OUR SUPERVISORS ARE LEAD GUARDS , EVEN OUR PROGRAM MANAGER AND WE'VE EVEN GOT A SUMMER INTERN THAT'S BEEN WORKING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS A AS A CROSSING GUARD. THANKFULLY SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. BUT WHAT? BUT WHAT? WE BUT WE FEEL WHAT HELP WOULD BE INCREASING THE STARTING PAY, UM TO AT LEAST JUST TRY TO BRING IN MORE CANDIDATES AND MORE MORE PEOPLE. SO AH, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE. CURRENTLY THE STARTING PAY IS $10.61 WOULD BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT UP TO $14 AN HOUR. UT WOULD BE 8 47,021. THE SECOND THING IS, ARE THESE TWO UPDATE ARE SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL PLAY, AND THIS IS THIS IS OUR CURRENT SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL PLANETS. 1986 87 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CURRENT PLAN RIGHT NOW. UM AS AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE , WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT. SO NOW NOW THAT THE GOOD THING IS WE DO STILL PROVIDES SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. AH YOU KNOW THE SCHOOLS . THE SCHOOL LOCATIONS HAVEN'T CHANGED. THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVEN'T CHANGED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ADDED NOT NOT A LOT, BUT A FEW. THE MAIN REASON WE NEED THIS RIGHT NOW IS REALLY IN ORDER TO GET FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. THERE'S WE REALLY NEED AN UPDATED CURRENT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN IN ORDER TO GO AFTER FUNDING FROM THE COG AND TEXT DOT AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT'S 100 OF THE ABOUT $100,000 TO DO THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE BAR FORKLIFT THAT WE BELIEVE BOUGHT IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT 1990 FINALLY GAVE OUT AND WE WERE ACTUALLY RENTING ONE RIGHT NOW. IT'S SOMETHING WE USE EVERY MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY. AND, UH, SO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE ONE.

BUT IT'S ON ORDER IS AS EVERYTHING ELSE IS, IS BACKLOGGED, AND IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THE LAST I HEARD WAS IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CHIP SHORTAGES IS EVERYTHING IS SO WE PROBABLY WILL GET THAT UNTIL MARCH. SO THE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNTS JUST TO COVER THE RENTAL COSTS ON THE RENTAL THAT WE HAVE UNTIL WE GET THE NEW ONE IN SO TOTAL TOTAL THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST UNDER 160,000. A LOT OF THAT'S ONE TIME COSTS, BUT EXCEPT FOR THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD INCREASE, SO WITH THAT I ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR LOOKY. HERE WE GO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. GOOD MORNING, PAUL. UM I THINK IT WAS EITHER LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE WE FUNDED A NEW POSITION FOR YOU FOR STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE. UM HOW IS THAT GOING? ARE YOU GETTING EVERYTHING YOU NEED THERE? I KNOW YOU. YOU GUYS WERE DOING QUITE A BIT MORE WITH THE STAFF THAT YOU HAD, THEN THE MOST OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COULD DO. SO UM, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES IN THAT AREA? WE DO? UH AND ACTUALLY, WE JUST IN THE LAST AH , COUPLE OF MONTHS. FINALLY WE'RE FINALLY FULLY STAFFED THERE. SO IT'S TAKEN AWHILE AS AS EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW IT'S JUST TAKING A WHILE TO HIRE PEOPLE. FIND THE RIGHT PERSON.

AND SO WE WERE JUST NOW FULLY STEP THERE. THERE IT'S THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE'VE BEEN FULLY STAFFED, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. EVEN INCLUDING THE NEW POSITION, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP. IT'S HELPED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF READY, BUT, UM, AS THEY GET TRAINED UP THEIR NEW THEIR NEW TO THE TO THE BUSINESS, SO, UM IT'S GONNA TAKE

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A LITTLE BIT TO GET THEM TRAINED, BUT THEY'RE LEARNING FAST, AND IT'S REALLY HELPED A LOT. AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT 100 K WILL WELL, MULTIPLY IT SO MANY TIMES OVER WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE OTHER SOURCES. SO IT'S A IT'S A GREAT IDEA. GLAD TO SEE IT IN HERE. THANK YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A CROSSING GUARD CANDIDATE SITTING NEXT TO ME. MY RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME WORK HERE FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. NO NO, I THINK WE NEED TO START YOU OUT A CROSSWALK. WE'LL WE'LL PROMOTE UP FROM THERE. THANK YOU. PAUL COUNCIL. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10 OKAY WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS AT OUR SPECIAL BUDGET WORK SESSION ON SATURDAY, AUGUST

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13TH. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION OF IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. MISTY GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. UM SO WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ONE REQUEST.

THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TODAY. IT'S FOR THE UC RENOVATION. THIS IS ACTUALLY PART TWO. SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER YOU SAW ONE E O. C RENOVATION PROJECT AS PART OF THE C I P PROGRAM FROM THIS YEAR AND THEN THIS WILL BE THE ONE, UM, COMING IN THE REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR, SO IT IS THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION AND I'LL GO OVER A SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT INCLUDES. AND, UM BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE TRANSFERS FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM JUST AS A REMINDER. UM, JUST A MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS SINCE I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE OPERATIONS CENTER, THIS IS WHAT THE OPERATIONS CENTER LOOKS LIKE, OR AT LEAST LOOK LIKE DURING LAST ACTIVATIONS, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE SAME STARS THAT ARE STILL AROUND. SO UM, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING AT THAT AT THAT MOMENT IN THAT OPERATION, BUT AS BIG OF US AS BIG AS THE CITY IS , UM, THE ROOM CAN GET PRETTY CROWDED, PRETTY LOUD. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR YOU WITH THIS REQUEST. CURRENTLY THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY. THE FRONT WALL IS SLANTED AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT, UM, APPROPRIATE TO HANDLE LARGER DISPLAYS THAT ARE MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR ESPECIALLY FOR OPERATIONS WILL NEED TO FLATTEN THAT FRONT WALL AND THEN REINFORCE THE WALL BECAUSE THE DISPLAYS ARE, UM. HEAVIER THAN THAT WALKING, CURRENTLY SUPPORTS A PICTURE LOOKING INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM. IT'S A VERY SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT MORE APPROPRIATE FOR POLICY AND LEADERSHIP DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PULL THIS WALL OUT. AND WHEN I SAY TRY JUST FROM THE REQUEST STANDPOINT, SO IF APPROVAL PULL THE WALL OUT UH AND, UM MAKE IT LARGE ENOUGH SO THAT IT CAN SUPPORT ENOUGH PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST A CLOSE UP OF THE OF THE FLOOR PORTS. SO FROM THE EARLIER PICTURE, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE FLOOR PORTS AROUND THE FLOOR. UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THESE PORTS ARE NON FUNCTIONING OVERTIME TECHNOLOGY , THOMAS, NOT TECHNOLOGIES, FRIENDS, SO IT JUST GOES OUT. IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS. SO A LOT OF THE DATA LINES DO NOT WORK ANYMORE. THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. SO WHAT THAT REQUIRES IN A LARGE PORTION OF THIS CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. IS GOING TO BE TO DO SAW CUTS IN THE CONCRETE IN THE FOUNDATION TO RERUN THE WIRING AND THEN REPLACE THE FLOOR PORTS AND THEN REPLACE THE FLOORING. SO UM, THAT IS WHAT A LARGE PART OF IT IS. ANOTHER LARGE PART IS THE LIGHTING. UH A LOT OF THE LIGHTING FIXTURES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ANYMORE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH LED LIGHTING AND AT THE END OF SUMMARIZE UM, ALL THE HAL.

IT'S ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE END, SO OKAY, SO THIS IS THE, UH THE ACTUAL LAYOUT OF WHAT THEIR TWO ROOMS LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU SEE ROOM THAT'S FOR OPERATIONS. IT'S ALSO THE 80 TRAINING ROOM. UH TYPICALLY, THOSE ROOMS ARE SEPARATED SO THAT WE CAN USE THEM FOR MEETINGS AND TRAININGS. BUT WHEN WE'RE OPERATING THAT DOOR THAT WALL IN THE MIDDLE COLLAPSES, AND SO THOSE ROOMS NEED TO FUNCTION AS ONE AS ONE ROOM CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE, UM THAT

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LAYOUT WILL IT SHOWS THE LINCOLN CONFERENCE ROOM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WALL HAS BEEN PULLED OUT TO BASICALLY WHERE THAT LITTLE HALF WALL IS THAT EXIST THAT SUPPORTS THE FOLDING WALL.

SO AS A SUMMARY UM, THAT FUNDING OF 250,000 IS MEANT TO ENLARGE THE CONFERENCE ROOM. DO THE CUTTING, AND, UH, LAYING OF THE LINES FOR POWER AND DATA TO WORKSTATIONS THROUGH THE FLOOR, REPLACING THOSE FLOOR PORTS, REPLACING THE LIGHTING. WE ARE ALSO REMOVING TWO DOORS JUST TO MAKE THE SPACE MORE FUNCTIONAL. IT'S THE DOOR ON THE ASSAD AND THEN THE DOOR ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO UM, THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE WALL SPACE FOR DISPLAYS MAP. IT COULD BE A MAP. LAYER OR WHITEBOARDS. WHATEVER IT IS THAT OPERATIONS NEEDS, BUT, UM, IT JUST GIVES US MORE WALL SPACE THAT'S FUNCTIONAL FOR OPERATIONS. SO AGAIN THE REQUEST FOR THIS PART TWO OF THE OSI RENOVATION IS 250,000. AND THAT IS JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. WE WILL HAVE POLICE, POLICE GRANTS AND NARCOTICS SEIZURES. CHIEF.

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YEAH IT'S LIKE I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE FOR A SECOND. THIS IS SAVANNAH MARTIN, MY BUDGET ANALYST. SHE'S HERE TO KICK ME UNDER THE TABLE WHEN I SAY SOMETHING WRONG. IT'S THE WRONG BUDGET. JUST LET HER DO IT. YEAH, PASS THIS OVER. YEAH, I THINK ONE OF YOU SITTING IN THE WRONG CHAIR. ALSO GIVE YOU A SPOILER ALERT AFTER FOLLOWING MISTY I'M GOING TO ASK FOR MORE THAN $250,000. I'M GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES. DEPENDS ON QUESTIONS RIGHT? SO WE'LL GO OVER SEIZURE FUN FIRST. AND AS A REMINDER THE COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE ANY EXPENDITURES FROM THE SEIZURE ACCOUNT. LET'S SKIP THROUGH. SO THESE ARE ONGOING EXPENSES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF SEIZURE. ONE IS FOR THE AMMUNITION, AMMUNITION. PRICES ARE GOING UP. WE DO HAVE A BIT OF A SURPLUS RIGHT NOW. BUT $35,000 IN AMMUNITION. AH 40,000 PROCEDURE, COURT COSTS AND GRANT MATCHING FUNDS. AND THEN 25,000 FOR BY MONEY FOR COVERT NARCOTICS. ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. I AM GOING TO PURCHASE AROUND 100 AND $50,000 IN RIFLE RATED BALLISTIC SHIELDS AFTER YOU, BALDY. I WANT TO PUT THESE SHIELDS IN EVERY SCHOOL TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MEET ME HALFWAY ON THE COST, AND WE HAVE 33 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO I'M GONNA PUT RIFLE RATED SHIELDS AND EVERY SCHOOL WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD SOME SHIELDS IN PATROL VEHICLES AND THEN SUPERVISOR VEHICLES BUT THAT WILL BE COMING NEXT YEAR. AND THEN $10,000 OUT OF SEIZURE. WE HAVE A NEW JAIL MANAGER AND I WANT TO SUPPORT HER AND GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL . SO I'M GOING TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT. WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH A COUPLE OF CONSULTANTS TO GO THROUGH OUR POLICIES THAT GO THROUGH OUR S O PS TO MEET WITH OUR STAFF AND LET'S SEE IT. MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING BEST PRACTICE DOWN IN THE JAIL, SO THAT'S $10,000 OUT OF THE FUTURE FUNDS. SO THAT'S A SUMMARY FROM SEIZURES. 260,000.

AND SO I TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE SEIZURE FUND. IF THERE'S ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I'LL SIT BACK AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THIS PORTION. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NEXT. SIX. YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAS ARE ON RIGHT? SO NOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THESE ARE PROPOSED FEE INCREASES AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING

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REGULATIONS HAS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO RAISE SOME OF THE FEES. AND SO THERE'S JUST SMALL BE INCREASES FOR IMPOUND FEES FOR STORAGE FEES. AH! AND SO THOSE ARE THOSE INCREASES THERE.

ESTIMATING A $9000 GENERATING AND REVENUE. THE AXON CONTRACT, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE. RIGHT NOW. WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $600,000 A YEAR FOR AXON AND ACTS ON IS OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS OR CAR CAMERAS AND ARE TASERS. SO THAT'S OUR ACTS ON CONTRACT. THE MAJORITY OF THAT GOES TO TOWARDS STORAGE. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH A VIDEO WE RECORD AND HOW MUCH STORAGE THAT TAKES, UM, THAT WE WHEN WE SIGNED THIS CONTRACT FIVE YEARS AGO, AXON I WAS JUST STARTING OUT. WE GOT IN VERY EARLY IN THE LIFE FOR THE UM, EARLY ON WITH THE EXXON, BUT THAT THAT FIVE YEAR CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED. AND NOW WE HAVE TO SIGN A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AND THAT SO IT'S GONE FROM 600,000 YEAR TO A LITTLE OVER A MILLION A YEAR. AH AND THAT IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT . NOW IT'S A IT'S ACTUALLY A 10 YEAR CONTRACT. AND IF YOU SEE THE NUMBERS 2027 28, 29, 30 AND 31. THAT IS A 3% AFTER YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS. THE PRICE INCREASED 3% A YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BEYOND THAT, AH, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION FOR US. WE WERE SIGNING A 10 YEAR CONTRACT, BUT WE HAVE AN OPT OUT AT FIVE YEARS. SO IF SOMETHING BIGGER AND GREATER COMES ALONG IN FIVE YEARS, WE CAN OPT OUT AND FIVE YEARS HOWEVER, I CAN PROMISE YOU IN FIVE YEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN A 3% INCREASE FROM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO SIGN AS LONG A CONTRACT AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT. AH WE ARE UPGRADING EQUIPMENT TO THE GREATEST NEWEST EQUIPMENT FROM MAX ON ONE OF THOSE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE. THERE IS THE ACTUAL TASER AND THE NEW TASER PER CARTRIDGE HAS TWO SHOTS THAT CAN BE FIRED. RIGHT NOW. IT'S 11 SHOT TWO BARBS THAT COME OUT THAT CAN BE FIRED. AND THEN THE CAMERAS AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FLOCK THAT WE WILL HAVE FLOCK IN THE VEHICLES. SO AXON HAS PARTNERED WITH FLOCK AND THIS IS PART OF THAT CONTRACT AND SO THERE WILL BE FLOCK. YOU SEE THE TWO LENSES ON THAT CAMERA. ONE OF THOSE IS THE CAMERA LENS, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE FLOCK LANDS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING.

DRUG TESTING. WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR DRUG TESTING AND NO, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THIS MUCH MORE DRUGS IN THE CITY. DALLAS COUNTY HAS CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ACCEPTING OUR CASES, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IF WE ARREST SOMEBODY WITH PEELS THAT WE SUSPECT HAVE FENTANYL IN THE PILLS. WE USED TO. WE COULD TAKE A SAMPLE AND TAKE THAT SAMPLE TEST AND THEN FOLLOW THE CASE, BUT THAT NOW THEY WON'T EACH PEEL TESTED. OR IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE BALLS OF THC, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WANT EACH, UH, VILE TESTED. AND SO IF WE HAD 100 PILLS, WE WOULD NOT TEST EVERY PILL, BUT WE WOULD TEST ENOUGH TO GET UP TO A FELONY OR TO GET UP TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL. BUT THE TESTING THE DRUG TESTING, PLUS THE PRICE OF DRUG TESTING. HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. AH IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M ASKING FOR FUNDING TO REWRITE OUR GENERAL ORDERS AND RIGHT NOW. ATTORNEY MIKE BETTES AND MYSELF ARE THE PERSON WHO RIGHT OR THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE GENERAL ORDERS AND REWRITE GENERAL ORDERS. THE LAWS CHANGED SO FAST. EVERYTHING IS CHANGING SO FAST. I'D LIKE TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO COME IN AND GO FROM START TO FINISH IN OUR GENERAL ORDERS AND R S O PS. TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH THE LAW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO DATE WITH S O PS WITH BEST PRACTICES. AND WHAT THEY ALSO DO IS THEY WILL THEN TURN AROUND AND TRAIN ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ON THE CURRENT, UM, GENERAL ORDERS, AND SO THAT'S THE COST. FOR THAT. THERE'S A ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION COST TO IT . THAT'S FOR THE ONGOING TRAINING FOR THE OFFICERS. AND THEN THERE'S A ONE TIME COST THIS YEAR FOR THE PROJECT OF REWRITING ALL THE GENERAL ORDERS. SO THERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE FUNDING REQUEST. 1.2. I ALREADY HEARD A BUTTON. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. OKAY

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PAINFUL, I PROMISE. UM THERE. THERE'S A RUMOR THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO GO AFTER L P. R S NEXT. AH IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR AN OPT OUT IN THE AXON CONTRACT RENEWAL THAT SHOULD ANY PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING BECOME ILLEGAL OR NOT. ALLOWED BY LAW THAT WE CAN ADJUST THE CONTRACTS ACCORDINGLY AS WE GO OR IS THAT A NUMBER? WE'RE STUCK ON? NO IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT A NUMBER. WE'RE STUCK ON. WE PAY ACTS ON MONTE MONTE MONTE MONTH PAYMENT. IF AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW VALUABLE CLOCK IS, BUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD CONTRACT WITH ? OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD COUNCILOR ELECT. THAT'S THE LAST TIME THE GENERAL ORDERS WERE UPDATED. IT'S ONGOING. OKAY TO GO FROM START TO FINISH. I COULDN'T TELL YOU. BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONGOING. YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY ARE WALKING THROUGH THE GENERAL ORDERS. AND UPDATING THEM. NEW LAWS COME OUT. UM, BUT BUT JUST FROM START TO FINISH TO JUST REWRITE EVERYTHING. AH I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. UH AND MITCH MAKING COMMENT ON THAT, BUT INSTEAD WHAT? WE UPDATE THEM CONSTANTLY. I MEAN, IT'S FLUID.

GENERAL ORDERS ARE FLUID ALL THE TIME. BUT BUT THIS IS JUST A COMPLETE REWRITE. THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. CASINO. POLICE GRANTS . I'LL JUST WE HAVE ONE POLICE GRANT HERE TO NEXT. GEN. 911. AND THIS IS WE ARE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE OR 911 SYSTEM TO NEXT.

GEN 911. THIS IS A GRANT THAT'S COMING TO US, UH, FOR ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT UPGRADE, THERE ARE SOME MATCHING EXPENSES. UM THAT I THI , I BELIEVE WILL PRESENT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. BUT UM, I'M JUST MENTIONING THIS GRANT THAT'S COMING IN FOR ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THAT'S THE UPGRADE OUR 911 SYSTEM. AND IF YOU HAVE REAL TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THIS, I PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THEM, BUT BUT THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO AN I P BASED SYSTEM. SO THAT'S POLICE GRANTS . AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER SLIDE, AND WE PUT THIS IN LATE, SO IT'S NOT IN YOUR SLIDES, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I HEARD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER. HOW ARE YOU KNOW? AND KRISTEN PRESENTED A 6.3% RAISE, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE GETTING. SO THIS IS THE OFFICER LEVEL AND WHAT THEY MAKE STARTING OFFICER RIGHT NOW IS MAKING 67,002 05. THAT IS A 7.3% RAISE. WE'RE GETTING GIVING TO THE STARTING OFFICERS TO GET THEM TO 70 TO 1 44. MAX OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A 6.6 RAISE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OUR OFFICERS FROM THERE. MAX OUT NOW ALMOST BE 97,000, AND THAT'S BASE PAY. THAT'S NOT THE INCENTIVES. WE HAVE EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAY. WE HAVE MASTERPIECE OFFICER LICENSE PAY . WE HAVE F T O PAY. WE HAVE PATROL INCENTIVE PAY. WE HAVE LONGEVITY PAY. THIS IS JUST THE BASE PAY. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE MARKET A SECOND. UM WE ARE ALWAYS COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET . THE MARKET IS SO FLUID AND I MET WITH THE CHIEFS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND WE'RE ALL ASKING THE SAME QUESTION. HOW MUCH ARE YOU GIVEN? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH RACE BECAUSE WE'RE WANTING TO BE COMPETITIVE AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE MARKET. IN FACT, AFTER THESE RAISES I ANTICIPATE WILL BE HIGH IN THE MARKET. BUT THEN THE MARKET WILL MOVE. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE MARKET. THIS WAS PUT US BACK UP HIGH IN THE MARKET. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. RICHARDSON FOR EXAMPLE , MAKES ABOUT $400 A YEAR MORE THAN WE MAKE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, RICHARDSON HAS PRESENTED A 6% RAISE FOR THEIR OFFICERS REPRESENTING A 6.6 AT THE OFFICER LEVEL. SO WE'LL MAKE FOUR OR 500 MORE THAN RICHARDSON. IT'S JUST A CONSTANT BATTLE BACK AND FORTH, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION WE'RE OR DO YOU LEAVE WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT WERE LAST IN THE MARKET? IT'S JUST ALWAYS A MOVING FLUID MARKET. AS FAR AS OFFICERS LEAVING US TO OTHER AGENCIES FOR PAY. WE DO HAVE ON OCCASION OFFICERS THAT LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO ANOTHER AGENCY. BUT IT'S USUALLY FOR FAMILY REASONS. THEY'RE MOVING TO ANOTHER STATE. THEY'RE MOVING TO EAST TEXAS, AND IT'S RARE. I MEAN, MAYBE ONE A YEAR, MAYBE ONE EVERY 18 MONTHS. FOR OFFICERS TO LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO ANOTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENT FOR PAY. I THINK I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE TIME IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE HAD AN OFFICER LEAVE TO GO TO A NEARBY AGENCY THAT PAID MORE. UM AND THE REST OF THE STORY IS HE CAME BACK

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WITHIN SIX MONTHS, AND HE'S STILL WITH US. SO IT IS COMPETITIVE TO ATTRACTING OFFICERS TO US. WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET. I DON'T SEE OFFICERS LEAVING TO GRAB THAT FEW $100 MORE THAT MAYBE THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD AGENCY IS PAYING. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT STAFFING. JUST A MINUTE AND WE ARE SHORT. WE ARE. EVERY AGENCY IS SHORT. RIGHT NOW. WE ARE 16 OFFICERS SHORT. I'VE GOT TWO RETIREMENTS. I EXPECT TO BE 18 OFFICERS SHORT BY NEXT WEEK.

AND WHAT REALLY HURTS US. IT'S GOOD AND IT'S BAD. BUT WHAT HURTS US IS OUR ACADEMY. UH, SO WE HAVE A POLICE ACADEMY. AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER POLICE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. I FINISHED MY TESTING FOR THE OCTOBER 3RD POLICE ACADEMY. I THINK WE'LL PUT ABOUT 20 OR SO INTO THAT ACADEMY. IT'S A YEAR BEFORE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE FULLY TRAINED AND RELEASED TO WORK. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU'RE LET'S SAY YOU'RE FROM CALIFORNIA AND YOU CALL THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU SAY, I WANT TO BE A GARLAND POLICE OFFICER. WE SAY AWESOME.

WE'RE HAVING A TEST IN SIX MONTHS. AND SO HAVING OUR OWN ACADEMY IS SLOWING US DOWN IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REMEDY THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE CIVIL SERVICE RULES.

BACK AND FORTH. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LATERAL ONLY TEST AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. UM ALSO GOING TO OFFER A $10,000 SIGNING BONUS FOR LATERALS THAT CAME TO BRIAN ABOUT THIS LIKE THREE DAYS AGO. SO IT WAS KIND OF LATE TO GET THIS IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE HAD A PLAN TO PAY FOR THIS, WHICH IS GOING TO FREEZE A COUPLE OF INSIDE POSITIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE SALARY SAVINGS AND PAY FOR, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM TO ATTRACT MORE LATERALS. WE HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE. RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 50% OF OUR LATERALS. I MEAN ABOUT 50% OF OUR CLASSES ARE LATERALS EACH TEST I GET SO IF I GIVE A TEST, I USUALLY HAVE ABOUT SIX LATERALS. MAYBE EIGHT. SHOW UP FOR A TEST AND FROM THOSE EIGHT WE MAY HIRE FOUR OF THOSE FOUR OF THOSE WE WON'T HIRE. WE MAY HIRE FOUR OF THOSE. BUT IF I CAN DO THAT EVERY SINGLE MONTH OVER A YEAR. THAT'S REALLY GOING TO ADD UP. SO THAT WAY WE'RE TRICKLING IN THESE LATERALS THAT'S GONNA SUPPLEMENT . OUR BIG ACADEMIES WERE ALSO GOING TO REDUCE OUR COLLEGE REQUIREMENT. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR COLLEGE REQUIREMENT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S 60 HOURS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT TWO YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE FOR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AS WELL AS 60 HOURS OF COLLEGE. AND IF YOU ARE A YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN THAT WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, AND YOU DON'T WORK FOR A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT YOU CAN WORK YOUR WAY UP TO YOU CAN COME IN AND BE A JAILER OR DISPATCHER FOR TWO YEARS. AND THEN WE WILL TRANSFER YOU INTO THE ACADEMY AWARDS WERE COMING UP WITH PLANS TO BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE JOB MARKET. I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE JOB MARKET IS. THE JOB MARKET FOR POLICE IS EVEN TIGHTER. WHAT IS KEEPING NORTH TEXAS AGENCIES AFLOAT RIGHT NOW IS THE LATERALS IS PEOPLE IS OFFICERS LEAVING CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEW YORK? AH THOSE AGENCIES AND THEY'RE COMING HERE. AND WE NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND CAPTURING THOSE IN THE MARKET. ALSO MENTIONED THAT WERE 18 OFFICERS SHORT RIGHT NOW. UM I EXPECT THAT NUMBER. IF WE DON'T DO THIS, IT'S GOING TO GROW. WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 25. AH RETIREMENTS PER YEAR AND SO AS THAT GROWS, I HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ONE UNIT. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PATROL AND SO I'VE SAID A HARD NUMBER IN PATROL. AND WHEN WE REACHED THAT HARD NUMBER IS IF WE GET BELOW IT WILL BE PULLING OFFICERS FROM FROM OUR PROACTIVE UNITS TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT NUMBER IN PATROL. AND WHEN I SAY PULL OFFICERS, I MEAN POS GANG UNIT OFFICERS TRAFFIC OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN PATROL. I DO ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. AND THE NEXT A MONTH OR SO. BUT ALSO AS WE RELEASED THE RECRUITS THAT ARE TRAINING RIGHT NOW, AND AS WE GET THOSE LATERALS IN ON OUR LATERAL PROGRAM, I THINK WE'LL START TO BUILD THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP. BUT I REALLY NEED A CHANGE IN THE MARKET FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE POLICE OFFICERS. SO THAT'S MY PLAN. SO AH, OPEN TO QUESTIONS. WELL THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF IT. AND YOU AND I HAD AT THE LAST ACADEMY GRADUATION. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE LATERAL PROGRAM AND HOW YOU WERE GOING TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH IT. AND WHAT THE BENEFITS, THAT ARE AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OFFICERS, ONE OF THE LATTER OFF LATERAL

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OFFICERS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT LAST ACADEMY HAD 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER AGENCY IN ANOTHER STATE. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. IT'S SIGNIFICANT TO MOVE OUT OF ANY CAREER WITH THAT KIND OF TENURE, BUT IN POLICING THAT'S HUGE, AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT SAYS, IS THAT AND WITH THE GROWING NUMBER OF BARRELS IS THAT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO BE. IT IS. IT IS A AGENCY THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO. SO THAT'S GREAT. I LOVE TO HEAR THAT CANCER. WILLIAMS THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF. YOU ALREADY ANSWER IT. QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, BUT EXCITED TO HEAR PIGGYBACKING ON MAYOR. THE LATERALS. UM BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF MISINFORMATION, AND I WAS GLAD YOUR CONVERSATION WITH SURROUNDING CHIEFS OF WHAT'S ACCURATE. THEY'RE ALL KIND OF MEMBERSHIP. WHAT SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THE THAT THAT POINT. BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE? BECAUSE I'VE HAD CONVERSATION WITH NO REAL OFFICERS. ONE OF N P. O S. THAT'S THAT'S IN MY AREA MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA. A YOUNG MAN AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITED AND I SAID, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT LITTLE OLD GARLAND FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA? AND HE SAID HE GOT HIS FROM FROM A FRIEND AND HE GOT HERE AS QUICK AS HE COULD, WHICH IS SO SELF. SOME OF THE CHILD GOT THERE ABOUT THE NEGATIVES. I DON'T SO CAN YOU. CAN YOU? CAN YOU BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REASONS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THESE ULCERS WHO ARE LATERALS COMING IN FROM OTHER DEPARTMENT? AH TO OUR DEPARTMENT. AND AS THEY ARE ASSIMILATING INTO OUR DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THE REASONS THAT THAT YOU'RE GETTING IN YOUR LAST CLASS TO GRADUATION, I THINK FIVE OR SIX I'VE GOT THE NUMBER. I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THEM. THEY WERE LATERALS 11 OUT OF 22. HALF OF THEM WERE LADDERS . SO CAN YOU BREATHE? YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE GETTING AS WHY THEY'RE WHY THEY'RE PICKING THE LOW GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME HERE AND WORK WITH THE BEST SOURCE WE HAVE FOR OUR LATERALS ARE ARE LATERALS, RIGHT? WE ONCE WE TAP INTO AN AGENCY, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA. WHAT WE SEE IS CALLING BACK AND THEN WE'RE SEEING MORE. WE HAVE THAT WITH COLORADO RIGHT NOW. AND, UH AND PROBABLY, THAT'S OUR BEST SOURCE. I'VE TALKED TO KRISTEN AND WE'RE CONSIDERING ACTUALLY GOING TO CALIFORNIA AND TESTING IN CALIFORNIA AND SO THAT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL HERE TO TEST WE CAN AND THERE'S 1 43 RULES BUT OUR BEST OUR BEST SOURCE FOR THE LATERALS OR THE LATERALS. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE NEGATIVES BECAUSE I HEAR IT TOO. I DID A MEETINGS. LAST WEEK WHERE I SAT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD 20 MEETINGS AND TALK TO HIM AND TALK THROUGH THESE ISSUES, AND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS WHAT WE'RE ALL SEEING, AND IT'S A FRUSTRATION OF WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE IN HERE TO DO THIS JOB, AND IT'S THE SAME WITH EVERY AGENCY. YOU CAN TALK TO TALK TO DPS YESTERDAY AND THERE ARE 200 SOMETHING SHORT AND GPS.

UM, THEY'RE SHORT IN PLANO. THEY'RE SHORT AND URBAN THE SHORT EVERYWHERE. SO THERE IS A FRUSTRATION IN THIS PROFESSION. AND OFFICERS HERE ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THAT OF UH, WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND IT'S HARD TO GET THERE WHEN WE HAVE THIS APPLICANT BOWL, BUT BUT, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM I THINK OUR REPUTATION YOU KNOW, PROCEEDS ITSELF FOR THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE KNOWN AS A VERY PROGRESSIVE, VERY CRIME FIGHTING. UH VERY EMPLOYEE FRIEND AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN THE NUMBER OF LATERALS THAT ARE COMING HERE NOW IT'S JUST THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO TEST A YEAR FOR TWO ACADEMIES. A YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT MICE. QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED THAT TRAINING COSTS AND GETTING THE TRAINING DONE. DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO COVER WITH ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING WITH THE FLOCK SYSTEM AND ALL THAT? IS THAT SUFFICIENT CHIEF TO COVER ALL OF YOUR TRAINING NEEDS FOR THE COMING YEAR. BASE STONE. YOU REQUEST YOUR NEW EQUIPMENT, ETCETERA. IT'S NEVER SUFFICIENT. NO. YEAH YEAH. YEAH THAT'S WHY I ASK IT THAT WAY. I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ANSWER THAT. HE'S GONNA SPOT TO THAT. BUT SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED TWO NEW CRIME ANALYST POSITION, SO WE ARE CRIME ANALYST UNIT HAS GONE FROM 2 TO 4 OR FIVE. I'M SORRY. SO WE NOW HAVE A FULL CRIME ANALYST UNIT AND SO THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUR EXPERTS IN FLOCK. AND SO WHEN THE DETECTIVES HAD THAT TOUGH CASE THAT WE NEED TO USE IT THE IT'S THEY CAN DO A CURSORY SEARCH. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO

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THAT. BUT THESE WILL BE OUR EXPERTS. THESE WILL BE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TAKING ON THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORKLOAD SO THE DETECTIVES CAN WORK THEIR CASES. WHAT IT DOES DO IS MAKE OUR PATROL FOLKS BARRY ACTIVE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THESE HITS AND THEY'RE CHASING THE STOLEN CARS OR CHASING IS PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD. BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE THESE, UH, SUSPECTS ON THESE BLOCK YET IT'S TURNING US INTO A VERY MUCH INTELLIGENCE LEAD DEPARTMENT AND A VERY PROACTIVE DEPARTMENT. BUT IT DOES KEEP US BUSY. AND UH AND SO, YEAH, IN THE FUTURE, WHAT I CAN SEE IN THE FUTURE IS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS. AT SOME POINT, BUT YOU COULD GIVE ME 20 PATROL OFFICERS TODAY AND I CAN'T FILL THEM SO I NEED TO GET MY NUMBER'S UP AND THEN I CAN SEE THAT COMING IN THE FUTURE EVERYTHING SHE'S TAKING ME. VERY GOOD CUSTOMER MORE.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. TO YOU. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT I THINK THAT I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE GIRL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. ESPECIALLY IN THE WAY OF BEING PROACTIVE. MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAY OF RACIAL SITUATIONS AND COMMUNITY SOCIAL EVENTS. WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT, AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO BECAUSE WE ARE PROACTIVE. I MADE THE COMMENTS OF HUMAN IT'S AGO AS RELATED TO, UH, CONCERN RELATED TO THE RANK AND FILE. IS THAT. AND I'M SURE THAT PAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT MATTER OF FACT, IF EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID SO FAR, I AGREE WITH IT TOTALLY IN THE WAY OF WHAT WE ARE. CHALLENGES ARE, BUT I THINK WE ALSO ALWAYS NEED TO ALSO HEAR IT. NOT JUST THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT WE DO NEED TO AS THE RINK AND FALL. TAKE A LOOK AT IT. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. ALSO AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR FROM MANY OF THEM PRESENTLY IS IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF WHAT IS HAPPENING PRESENTLY BECAUSE JUST WITH THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN PAY THEIR EXCITED IT'S GREAT, WONDERFUL. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SAYING, THOUGH, IS BUT IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND THAT IS COMING IN AND AS WELL AS RETIREMENT. THAT IS PAY ACROSS THE BOARD, AND I THINK ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I HEARD HAD TO DO WITH DART. DARTS SEEMS TO HAVE A PROGRAM OUT THERE PRESENTLY, THAT IS THAT REALLY PULLING OFFICERS IN A MATTER OF FACT, WOULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT? FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE? SURE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNOW DARTS AROUND 100 OR SO OFFICERS SHORT. I KNOW THEY'RE VERY SHORT. AND DART HAS COME OUT WITH A VERY AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM THAT IS PAYING HIGHER THAN OUR PROGRAM. I MEAN, THERE ARE OFFICERS BUT AND I HAD THESE MEETINGS LAST WEEK AND EXPLAIN THAT TO HIM IS TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COMPENSATION PACKAGE. I MEAN, YES, THAT THAT 100 PLUS 1000. I HATE TO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE TOWARDS DARK BECAUSE IT IS A VERY GOOD PAYING PROGRAM. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE, AND ESPECIALLY R T M R S, WE HAVE A TRUE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AND WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO I THINK YOU'LL SEE WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE, WITH THAT, AND. AGAIN THE OFFICERS IN MY DEPARTMENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. RUMORS HIT MY DEPARTMENT LIKE THEY DO ANYWHERE AND THE RUMOR WAS, WE'RE GETTING A 3% OR LESS RAISED AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE METROPLEX IS GETTING 15% AND SO I'VE BEEN DOING RUMOR CONTROL FOR TWO WEEKS NOW. YEAH AND THAT DID IMPACT IMPACT US UNTIL WE CAN AND THEN AND THEN SOME OF THE NUMBERS STARTED COMING BACK. BUT WHEN YOU TRULY LOOK AT AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO LEAD THE MARKET. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST NOT. WE'RE A MODEST CITY.

BUT WE ARE VERY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IRVING GRANDE PRAIRIE CITIES OUR SIZE AND WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE.

AND SO IT'S I ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK THE ENTIRE BENEFITS PACKAGE AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ALARMED ME WAS WHEN I SAW AND YOU HAVE TO. YOU SAID IT RIGHT. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND SOME OF IT IS ERRONEOUS, TRUE, BUT IT'S STILL OUT THERE AND WHEN PEOPLE COME ACROSS IT, SUCH AS THREE OR FOUR PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE HERE.

THAT SHOWS US THAT 12 COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE THE 11TH RIGHT ABOVE THE SKEET. IT DOES CALL YOU TO STOP AND SAY WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AT THE SAME TIME? IT SAYS TO ME, THOUGH, THAT I NEED TO BE MUCH MORE VIGILANT TO IN MY RESEARCH TO ASSURE THAT WHEN I DO SPEAK THAT I'M SPEAKING FOR ACROSS THE BOARD, AND NOT JUST FROM THAT ONE CATEGORY FROM WHICH MAY HAVE GOT THE INFORMATION. AT THE SAME TIME, I DO BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION OUT THERE DID NOT ONLY WOULD PAY IN THE WAY OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THE WAY OF THE EXERCISES IN THE RECRUITMENT AND THE TESTING, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I MEAN, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO VERY MUCH OF ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY. OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO PULL PEOPLE FROM OUR ORGANIZATION OVER TO OTHERS. I DON'T BELIEVE

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AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING, THOUGH, BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST ABOUT THE MONEY, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS ABOUT THE MONEY. OKAY THERE'S NO ONE LEAVING OUR ORGANIZATION TO GO TOO DARK, YOU KNOW, LEAVING OUR ORGANIZATION MONEY? I'M SORRY, AND THEN AND THEN BOTTOM LINE IS AGAIN ANYTIME THAT I MEET WITH THE RANK AND FILE ANYTIME I'M TALKING WITH THE OFFICERS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEIR VOICE BE HEARD. AND AT THIS POINT I'M JUST PUTTING OUT THERE THAT CEOS ARE CONCERNED AMONG OUR OFFICERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AGAIN. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. GREAT RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH ORGANIZATION. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. YOU'RE HEARING TO YOUR HEARING SOME PROUD OFFICERS. YES SIR. NOT JUST ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST BLOW BY NIGHT. NO THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE. SO BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE SUCH WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOU SEE IT START TO SUFFER A LITTLE BIT DUE TO STAFFING YOU REALLY WANT YOU REALLY ARE PUSHED TO BRING IT. BRING IT UP, BUT, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SORRY TO PUNCH BACK IN A SECOND TIME, CHIEF, BUT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL. IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW UP WELL IN THE BUDGET, BUT I KNOW WE DID A MAJOR CORRECTION WHERE WE HAD SOME STAFF. IN THE WAKE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD LATE LAST YEAR.

CAN YOU REMIND US HOW MANY POSITIONS WE ADDED WHERE THOSE POSITIONS WENT TO WE ADDED FIVE POSITIONS. FOR GANG UNIT OFFICERS AND LIEUTENANT AND THEN WE ADDED TO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND WE'VE HIRED THOSE TWO TO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC. SO WE IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO FIND AH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT WHEN WE DID HIRE THEM, WE GOT THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND SO WE'VE ADDED , THAT'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN POSITIONS WE ADDED IN THE MID YEAR BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE. NO, THANK YOU. AND THAT WILL MOVE US

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TO FIRE. HMM. THE USUAL EXCHANGE. THOSE OF YOU AT HOME. DON'T GET TO SEE THE USUAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN FIRE AND POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY PASS EACH OTHER. IT'S UH, IT'S GOOD NATURED. I WOULD GUESS. MAYBE HOPEFULLY. THAT'S MY FEAR, SIR, IS THAT I'VE COME IN HERE TO AN EMPTY POT OF MY YES, SIR. ALISON WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SCHEDULING NEXT YEAR. OUR BROTHERS AND HER DARKER SHADE OF BLUE HAVE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT NEEDS AND, UH WE'D LIKE TO BALANCE THOSE NEEDS OUT AS AS OUR LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE ALSO HAS OUR OWN CHALLENGES. BUT THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU. OR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THIS YEAR'S ADDITIONAL STAFFING SIMILAR TO MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. UH WE ARE NO DIFFERENT. WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL PEOPLE NINE NEW SWORN POSITIONS. IT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE EACH SHIFT BY THREE PEOPLE, WHICH WILL INCREASE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND HELP WITH MORE FREQUENT STAFF INTO THE BLOCKERS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN APPROACH TO DISCUSS BLOCKERS UP ON THE HIGHWAYS. AND WHAT THIS IS. WE'VE BEEN USING SOME OLD RETIRED FIRE ENGINES TO PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING NUMBERS TO RUN THOSE EVERY DAY. SO WITH YOUR ADDITIONAL NINE PEOPLE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO RUN THOSE APPARATUS EVERY DAY, BUT IT WILL GET US A LOT CLOSER AND A LOT MORE FREQUENT TO DO SO. THE FUNDING ONE TIME COST 104,000 FOR THESE NINE POSITIONS. THIS IS THEIR UNIFORM ALLOWANCES, CLOTHING AND INITIAL TRAINING COST. THE ONE GOING SALARIES, BENEFITS MEMBERSHIPS. UH AND WHEN WE SAY MEMBERSHIPS, IT'S NOT. WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN SOME SOCIAL CLUB. THIS IS THEIR TCF P CERTIFICATIONS AND MM CERTIFICATION COSTS THAT, UH, COME AROUND EVERY YEAR. SPEAKING OF THE BLOCKERS, THE BLOCKER VEHICLE, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT IS, UH, GRANTED US A SIGNIFICANT SUM OF MONEY TO PURCHASE THE HOUSES DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THEY'LL HAVE THE ATTENUATE ER OR SCORPION TELLS THAT WILL DEPLOY ON THEM. THIS WILL BE A STAKE BED TYPE OF TRUCK AGAIN. WE'VE

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BEEN USING RETIRED FIRE ENGINES WITH A FLASHING LIGHT. BOARD ON IT TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE OVER.

IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE WHEN WE DO GET TO USE THOSE VEHICLES, BUT, UM THIS HOPEFULLY WILL PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY FOR FIREFIGHTERS BUT ALSO FOR ANYBODY THAT DOES HIT ONE OF OUR VEHICLES. HOPEFULLY THE CRASH ATTENUATE AS WILL ABSORB A LOT OF THAT ENERGY AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY. TO THEM WHENEVER THEY DO COME UPON US. THE COST ON THESE IS 360,000 FROM COG AND A $90,000 FROM US. THERE'S ABOUT $7300 FOR FUEL AND FLEET SERVICES TO GO WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE FUEL AND FLEET SERVICES NUMBER IS, UM, A AN ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT WHERE UTILIZING BLOCK OR FIVE WHICH COMES OUT OF OUR FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE ON INTERSTATE 30 THE ANNUAL COST FOR FUEL ON THAT BLOCK OR UNIT IS WHAT WE BASED THIS OFF OF, SO IT'S A UNIT THAT RUNS MOST EVERY DAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS SWAT MEDIC, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. OUR SWAT MEDIC CREW RIGHT NOW OPERATES WITH GPD ON HYBRIDS, WARRANT SERVICES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM THE MEMBERS ON THAT TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. SOME OF THEM ARE READY TO STEP DOWN. SO WE'VE GOT SOME NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP AND YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE CREATED A NEW ALLIANCE WITH MEDICAL CITY. UM MEDICAL CITY. PLANO IS OUR MEDICAL DIRECTION TEAM. THEY WRITE SPECIALTY PROTOCOLS FOR THE SWAT MEDIC. SO IF AN OFFICER HAS A MEDICAL EVENT WHILE THERE IN A POSITION OF STANDING BY ARE CONTROLLING THE PERIMETER. UM, WHATEVER IT MAY BE FROM THE SWAP PERSPECTIVE. AND THESE MEDICS NOT ONLY WILL DO CARE FOR ANYBODY THAT GETS INJURED DURING A SWAT RAID OFFICER OR SUBJECTS , BUT THEY CAN ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE OFFICERS NEEDS IF THEY GET A LACERATION SOME OF THIS TRAINING EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET DOWN TO THAT ARE SWAP MEDICS COULD ACTUALLY GO SUTURE THAT UP CAN ASSURE YOU IT WON'T BE PRETTY. BUT THEY WILL HAVE THAT TYPE OF SKILL SET THAT THEY CAN DO. THE OTHER ROLE THAT SWAT MEDIC TAKES IS ON A PROLONGED INCIDENT ON, SAY, A HOSTAGE SITUATION AS THEY TAKE CARE OF THE AGAIN THE OFFICERS NUTRITION AND STUFF LIKE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ARRANGE FOR A LOT OF THAT STUFF TO BE BROUGHT IN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE OFFICERS AND THE MONITOR. THEIR CONDITIONS, SOME OF THESE HEAT AND COLD EVENTS WHERE THEY'RE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN'T JUST GET UP AND GO TO REHAB UNIT. THE SWAP, MEDICS WILL HELP TAKE CARE OF THEM IN THOSE ROLES. SPEC OPS TRAINING. THIS IS WE HAVEN'T DONE ROPES TRAINING IN A LONG TIME, AND WE USE ROPES AND HIGH ANGLE RESCUE INCIDENTS AND PARTICULARLY FOR SWIFTWATER INCIDENTS. THIS WILL BE TO BRING IN A CERTIFICATION COURSE TO DO A TRAIN THE TRAINER FOR OUR STATION, EIGHT PERSONNEL. AND THEN ONCE THE FINISHED, THE CLASSES WILL SCHEDULE TO DO ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN THE SUPPORT ROLES FOR THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT ON SPECIAL OPERATIONS. NEXT IS THIS BE A BOTTLE CYLINDER REPLACEMENTS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN THE C I P WERE PLACED MOST OF OUR AIR PACKS AND WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW BOTTLES, THE ACTUAL CYLINDERS THAT GO IN THOSE SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. UM THOSE BOTTLES SOME OF THEM NEEDED NEW VALVES, SO WE REPLACED THE VALVES IN THEM, BUT THEY HAVE A 15 YEAR LIFESPAN ON THEM, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BALANCE OUT THE REPLACEMENT CYCLES, SO THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE YEAR TO YEAR. AH REPLACING 25 CYLINDERS PER YEAR BALANCES OUT. LOOKING AT THE AGE OF THE BOTTLES ANYWHERE FROM 12 BOTTLES PER YEAR TO 92 BOTTLES PER YEAR WILL EXPIRE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE KIND OF FORECAST IT AND DECIDED 25 WILL KEEP OUR INVENTORY LEVELS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE THAN WE NORMALLY DO SOME YEARS AND A FEW LESS THAN AND FOLLOWING YEARS, BUT WHEN THAT 92 YEAR HITS, UM, ANTICIPATE THAT BEING ABOUT 12 OR 13 YEARS FROM NOW, SO OUR INVENTORY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO WHETHER THAT STORM. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN A GOAL FOR, UM PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS FOR ME TO GET THE DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE UNDERSTAND RMS SUPPLIES. UH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A WHILE. WE'RE RECALL THAT EVERY YEAR WE WERE COMING BACK NEEDED MORE MONEY FOR MEDICAL SPAS, MORE MONEY FOR DRUGS. A LOT OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED WITH THAT IS WE

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DON'T HAVE A RELIABLE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR WAREHOUSE. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE SEND OUT TO THE FIELD, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACK USED TO USAGE AND WASTAGE FROM THE FIELD PERSPECTIVE. WHEN NATIONAL BACK ORDERS OCCUR ON CERTAIN MEDICATIONS. THEY TYPICALLY CLEAR AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN THE HISTORY SOMETIMES A LITTLE LONGER WITHIN WITH AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SUCH AS THIS WE WILL KNOW WHAT'S IN THE FIRE STATIONS. WHAT'S IN THE AMBULANCES AND WHAT'S IN THE WAREHOUSE? SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING A REDUCE, UH, REDUCE THE DOLLAR FIGURE IN WASTAGE STUFF THAT WE SEND OFF TO THE INCINERATORS. UM AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO WEATHER THOSE BACKORDER STORMS MORE EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT HAVING TO UM , WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD TAKE EXPIRED MEDS AND GET SPECIALTY PERMISSIONS FROM, UM THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE MEDICAL CONTROL PHYSICIANS TO ADMINISTER DRUGS THAT ARE AT THE EDGE OF, UH THE EXPIRATION DATE. SO. WITH THAT. THERE'S THE SUMMARY OF OUR REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR TOTALS UP JUST OVER $1 MILLION WOULD YOU QUOTES ABOUT A 4.7% INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. I CONSIDER WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MARY. GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. GOOD MORNING THAT COULD SEE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR YOUR BLACKEST NINE POSITIONS FOR BLOCKERS. UM AGAIN. I'VE I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER NUMBERS. UM, HOW DID YOU ESTABLISHED THE. NINE HOW DID YOU HOW DID YOU LAND THERE? THAT WOULD BE THE THREE BLOCKERS BLOCK OR FIVE BLOCK OR TWO AND EVENTUALLY BLOCKER, 67 OR 10, DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT THIRD BLOCKER LANDS. CURRENTLY TODAY, BLOCK OR FIVE IS STAFFED. WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF IN THAT STATION NUMBER FIVE TO RUN THAT BLOCKER EVERY DAY, SO THE OTHER TWO BLOCKERS WOULD NEED TWO PEOPLE PER DAY TO STAFF THEM WITH LEAVE TIME, SICK TIME, ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS TIME OFF THAT THIRD PERSON BECOMES THAT OTHER OTHER BLOCK OR ROTATION, SO THAT'S WHERE THE NINE COMES FROM IS THREE PEOPLE PER DAY. TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF THOSE TWO BLOCKERS. NOW WHEN WE MADE THE PROPOSAL, UH, THE LOCKER STAFFING WAS, UM. OUR SECOND PRIORITY BECAUSE THEIR MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS OR SUFFERING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OVERTIME AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF. WE'RE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT. OVER TIME. THESE NINE POSITIONS WILL GO TOWARDS MINIMUM STAFFING . THERE ARE DAYS TODAY THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN OUR MINIMUM OF 61 . WHEN WE DO WE STAFF A BLOCKER WITH IT. THESE NON POSITIONS WILL UP THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE GREATER THAN 61. SO ON THOSE DAYS WILL SPREAD THEM OUT ON THOSE OTHER TWO BLOCKERS, OKAY? AND HOW? HOW HOW WILL THAT AFFECT YOUR OVERTIME USAGE? WE HOPE THAT IT WILL REDUCE IT. AND BUT THE REALIZATION FOR THAT WILL NOT BE UNTIL THE 23 24 BUDGET YEAR YOU HEARD THE POLICE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT EARLIER HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ONBOARD AND EMPLOY TO GET THEM OUT AND AVAILABLE SO WE WILL HAVE A START DATE AND MID TO LATE JANUARY. IT'LL TAKE US 6 TO 7 MONTHS. TO GIVE THAT PERSON OUT OF THE FIRE ACADEMY, WHICH PUTS US AT THE END OF THE 22 23 BUDGET YEAR, SO WE WON'T SEE A REALIZED GAIN AND A TRUE MEASURE OF THE IMPACT ON THAT OVERTIME COST UNTIL THE FOLLOWING BUDGET.

OKAY ALRIGHT. THANKS AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS CHIEF OF RECRUITMENT. AS YOUR YOUR BROTHERS IN BLUE PROVIDE AND YOU PROVIDE NOT NOT THE SUIT TODAY. BUT CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON YOUR RECRUITMENT? STRATEGY YOU'RE YOU'RE TESTING CYCLE. B RECRUITMENT CONTACT JUST SOME INFORMATION INFORMATION ON WHAT? WHAT IF SOMEBODY IF YOU HAVE A TABLE AT A RECRUITMENT FAIR, WHAT DO YOU PROVIDE THEM? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ENTRY SALARY? WHAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO AT YOUR RECRUITING SITES? SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IN FIVE FIGHTERS. SO CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION THAT SHOW WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR, UH, YOUR RECRUITMENT PROTOCOL. YOUR FRAME MAKE LOOKS LIKE ABSOLUTELY, SIR. CAN YOU SHEPHERD IS OUR RECRUITER FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THIS LAST WEEK AND NEXT WEEK. SHE IS ELBOW DEEP AND CANDIDATE TESTING. WE GAVE AN EXAM. MONDAY LAST, SO SHE'S COVERED UP AND GETTING ALL

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OF THE TESTING AND EVALUATION IS DONE ON THOSE FOLKS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL GET THAT FOR YOU.

YES SIR. OKAY AND INCLUDING THEIR RECRUITMENT SOURCES THAT THAT THAT THAT YOU GUYS USE THAT WE NEED APARTMENT LOCATIONS. YES, IT'S WHAT WE'RE YES. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT DO YOU HAVE A FAST TRACK PROGRAM FOR LATERAL HIRES? WE DO NOT THE TEXAS LEGISLATORS OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODES AFTER 1 43 IS THE GOVERNING. BOOK THAT THE GARLAND FIRE AND GARLAND POLICE OPERATE UNDER THE POLICE. OFFICERS IN THE STATE HAVE MODIFIED CHAPTER 1 43 AND UPDATED THOSE NEEDS AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO LATERAL HIRES THE FIRESIDE OF CHAPTER 1 43 DOES NOT ALLOW LATERAL HIRES SO WHEN WE HIRE WE HIRAM STARDOM AT THE STARTING PAY, UM AND WORK THEM UP FROM THERE. SOUNDS LIKE MR CRUZ HAS SOME LOBBYING TO DO IT. DOES IT DOES YOU CUSTOMER BEST. THANK YOU. THANKS, CHIEF CHIEF JUST REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM HERE. SO THE RELATED TO THE SCORPION TRUCKS SO THE. WITH THE GRANT IS COVERING 360,000 AND THEN SO FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE WE ONLY HAVE TO COVER 90,000. YES, SIR.

THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. OKAY $150,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. OKAY, THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. VERY, VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR CHIEFLY. CNN THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY. YEAH. AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO

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ANIMAL SERVICES.

GOOD MORNING. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ALL KNOW WE DOUBLED IN SIZE MEANS WE DOUBLED IN CAPACITY. WE HAVE MORE ANIMALS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE DO HAVE TO FEED THEM. SO UM, HERE REQUESTING 20 YARD, NOT SEEING YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S SHOWING ON MY END. THERE WE GO. THERE THERE WE GO. GOOD OKAY, UM SO, DOG FOOD, CAT FOOD OR REQUESTING $22,770. IT'S KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE ASSOCIATED COST WITH THAT. ALSO WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL SHELTER, WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, WHICH INVOLVES WEEKLY MOWING, FERTILIZER, SHRUB CHAIRMAN MULCH YOU NAVY, AND THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT'S RIGHT AROUND $31,337. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL HEARD IT ALL DAY TODAY, BUT STAFFING ISSUES RIGHT? SO WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO FULL TIME KENNEL TECH ATTEMPT POSITIONS TO HELP SUSTAIN OUR ANIMALS AND PROVIDE THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. AND THEY TRIED AROUND $67,174. WHICH BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO $121,000 281. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANIMAL SERVICES? COUNCILOR REVERE THANK YOU, MAYOR. ART. DID YOU ALL EVER PUT THE PLAGUE UP. WHICH PLAN PLAQUE THAT IS THAT OPENING THE DEDICATION, PLAQUE. DEDICATION OH, NO, THAT IS STILL PENDING. SPOKE WITH JENNY ABOUT THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT PUT OUT PRETTY SOON. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR MURDOCH. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT VOLUNTEERS MAY PLAY TO HELP OUT CLEANING OUT KENNELS AND A SYSTEM THAT ABSOLUTELY GREAT QUESTION? SO WE ARE NOW BUILDING OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND WE USE BEST FRIENDS OF ROWLETT. SO THEY FUNNEL ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THEM, THEY GET THEM TRAINED ORIENTATION RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 15 TO 20 VOLUNTEERS. AND WE'RE JUST

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GETTING THIS PROGRAM STARTED. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY COMPLEX. UM PROGRAM. UH SO YEAH, THEY HELP WHEN THEY CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE A FEW HOURS HERE A FEW HOURS THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE RELY ON THE PAID STAFF TO BE THERE AT CERTAIN TIMES, BUT THEY WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FUTURE.

IS THERE ANY BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS? YOU SAID IT'S RUN THROUGH THE REALITY GROUP.

BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FUNDING MECHANISM ON OUR SIDE? AT THIS TIME. I DON'T THINK SO. UM BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU , MR DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, WHO WE FILLED THE VETERINARY POSITION YET. WE HAVE NOT OKAY. AND ARE THERE ANY BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS WE NEED TO MAKE AS FAR AS INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO COME INTO THAT ROLE, OR DO YOU THINK IT'S JUST THE SAME? PERSONNEL SHORTAGES THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS EXPERIENCING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HR. WE DO HAVE TWO BETS THAT ARE CONSIDERING WORKING WITH HIM RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK

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YOU APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO LIBRARY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

WELL GOOD MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF. EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT LIBRARY FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THIS NEXT COMING FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO THIS YEAR, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF REQUESTS. UM AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2017 2018. WE INSTALLED OUR AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM OR A MH SYSTEMS AT ALL FOUR OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS. THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT MOVES RETURNED LIBRARY MATERIALS FROM POINT A TO POINT B CHECKS THE MATERIALS IN OFF THE PATRONS ACCOUNT AND THEN PRE SORTS. THE LIBRARY MATERIALS BASED OFF OF, UM WHAT THE ITEM ACTUALLY IS AND THE STATUS OF THE ITEM. AT THE TIME WE PURCHASED A FIVE YEAR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLAN TO GO WITH ALL FOUR OF THOSE A MH SYSTEMS. AND REQUESTING FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT FIVE YEARS SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLAN.

THE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLAN INCLUDES OUR ANNUAL SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR THOSE MACHINES, ANNUAL ON SITE, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND A DISCOUNT ON ANY REPAIRS AND PARTS THAT WE MAY NEED. AND THERE IS A COST SAVINGS AND BUNDLING AND DOING A MULTIYEAR PLAN INSTEAD OF GOING FROM A YEAR TO YEAR CONTRACT. SECONDLY WITH THE MH MACHINES, UM EACH. ONE OF THOSE MACHINES HAS A DEDICATED PC THAT OPERATES THE SYSTEM. THESE PCS ARE THE LINK BETWEEN THE ACTUAL AM H AND THE LIBRARIES INTEGRATED, INTEGRATED, UM, LIBRARY SYSTEM SOFTWARE. SO WE'RE REQUESTING FRIENDS TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE PCS THAT ARE NEARING END OF LIFE IN THE NEXT YEAR. THE COST INCLUDES THE COMPUTERS, THE PROGRAMMING AND INSTALLATION OF EACH ONE OF THOSE DEVICES. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST A SNAPSHOT. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THERE'S A MH MACHINES HANDLED ALMOST 47,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS BETWEEN THE FOUR LIBRARY. NEXT IS A REQUEST TO UPGRADE THE MICROSOFT OFFICE SOFTWARE OFFERED ON OUR PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTERS. THE UPGRADED OFFICE SUITE PROVIDES UPGRADES TO WORD , EXCEL PUBLISHER AND POWER POINT. THESE APPLICATIONS ARE HEAVILY USED THAT ALL FOUR OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS, INCLUDING JOBSEEKERS, STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND PROFESSIONALS, THE COST DOES INCLUDE SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM BEING AN EDUCATION SOURCE. THIS REQUEST MEETS THE LIBRARY, STRATEGIC AND TECHNOLOGY PLAYING GO GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR MASTER PLAN. AND AGAIN JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT LAST FISCAL YEAR WE HAD ABOUT, UM ALL OVER 44,000 PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND USED THOSE PCS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE TRENDING ABOUT 11% HIGHER. SO FAR. SO IN TOTAL WERE REQUESTING ALMOST $181,000.01 TIME FUNDS FOR THE LIBRARY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD. ANY

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QUESTIONS FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEIN SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY? I THINK WE'RE IN OUR SECOND. FULL YEAR OF THE NO FINES TYPE OF PROGRAM. ARE WE SEEING ANY MAJOR BUDGETARY IMPACT? POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FROM THAT? ARE WE SEEING HIGHER NUMBERS OF MATERIALS THAT ARE CONSIDERED LOST. WHAT'S. SO WE ARE, UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR WELL FIRST OFFICIAL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. YES, THE SECOND YEAR. UM RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PATRONS WHO ARE COMING BACK TO USE US. AND GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THAT FIND FORGIVENESS. UM WE DON'T HAVE A DRAMATIC UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE NOT BEING RETURNED. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE STAYED STEADY. THE OPPOSITE IS ACTUALLY TRUE. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE MATERIALS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, LOST FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEING RETURNED. MM MIRACULOUSLY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROGRAM GOALS WERE MET. SO WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. WAIT OKAY. HARD TO TOP. THAT ONE. UM GOOD MORNING. UM LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS. AN OUTREACH AH, OKAY. THERE'S FOREST FUNDING. I KNOW YOU. I EAVESDROPPED ON YOU THE OTHER DAY, AND I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT CAN YOU TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT AND DO WE HAVE? DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES? TO HEAD IN THE DIRECTION THAT THAT YOU SHARED WITH THE GROUP THE OTHER DAY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT MEETING BRIEFLY, UM WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF STAFF EFFORT INTO THE LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS AND GOING OUT AND MEETING AS MANY PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THERE'S AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. UM I WILL SAY AS OF RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORT BECAUSE OF HOW FAST THE PROJECT IS GROWING , BUT WE'RE REPOSITIONING SOME STAFF AND TRYING TO WORK WITHIN OUR CURRENT ALLOTMENT CURRENT BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, HOWEVER, IN FUTURE YEARS WE MAY BE COMING BACK BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AND WANTING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT PROGRAM. OKAY ALRIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR LIBRARY. I SEE

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NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE LANDFILL OPERATIONS AND COUNCIL JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR FROM OUR LUNCH BREAK. LET'S HOPE NOT. WELL. THERE IT IS. CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? PLEASE GET YOUR PRESENTATION GOING? IT SEEMED TO FIND THEM.

THE MOUSES IS MISSING. I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED. IT'S UNDER OTHER SCREENS. WHAT'S UP THERE? FACE IT. HERE WE GO. OH, YES, NO PROBLEM. OVER HERE TO DN GET. I WOULD'VE EXPECTED FIRE CHIEF TO BREAK IT. NOT SOMEBODY FROM THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW. SORRY LIBRARY. YEAH OH, MY NAME IS CHRIS HOOFNAGLE, LANDFILL DIRECTOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. UM I'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION. UM THE WE HAVE SOME PROPOSED FEE CHANGES, BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE BEGINNING THAT THE CHANGES ARE WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE RATE CHARGED AT THE LANDFILL . THESE ARE JUST SOME DETAILS. UM SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ASSESS THE FEES KIND OF BRINGING THEM UP TO DATE. IN WAYS THEY'YE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE PAST. THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THE MINIMUM CHARGE THAT WE ASSESS AT THE LANDFILL. IF YOU BRING A LOAD, THAT'S LESS THAN ONE TIME WE JUST CHARGE 10 BUCKS. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. UM WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE THAT TO $20. I THINK ANYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT COSTS A LITTLE MORE THAN

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$10 TO MANAGE THE CUSTOMER DIRECTED TRAFFIC AND LET ALONE BURY THE TRASH AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT OTHER LANDFILLS. THIS IS STILL VERY GENEROUS. CHARGED LANDFILLS ARE CHARGING MINIMUM ONE TIME 1.5 TONS THAT CAN BE SOMETIMES 80 TO $100.50 DOLLARS MINIMUM CHARGES COMMON SO THIS IS STILL VERY GENEROUS, AND I THINK ANYONE WHO BRINGS A PICKUP TRUCK LOAD OF STUFF FROM THEIR LANDFILL AND GETS AWAY WITH $20 CHARGE WILL THINK THEY HAD A GOOD DEAL. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS THERE, AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO GENERATE AROUND $53,000 IN NEW REVENUE. OUR SECOND PROPOSAL IS TO IMPLEMENT AN ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. THIS IS INTENDED TO COVER THE COST THAT THE CITY PAYS TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. WHICH THEY ASSESS ON EVERY TIME THAT GOES INTO EVERY LANDFILL. THAT'S HOW THEY PAY FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THERE. THERE THERE ARE REGULATOR AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT THE SAME FEE AT OUR GATE TO COVER THOSE COSTS COST THE CITY AROUND $600,000 A YEAR TO PAY THOSE FEES. AND THIS WILL GENERATE 600,000. I MEAN, 60,000 WOW AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE THEN WE SAY YES. GO AHEAD. WELL WE ARE HAVING A GREAT YEAR AT THE LANDFILL. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THAT. BUT ANYWAY.

$60,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, AND THEN DOUBLE THAT IN THE SECOND YEAR. THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE MULTI YEAR CONTRACTS AT THE LANDFILL, AND SO WE WON'T BE ASSESSING THE FEE. FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS UNTIL THEIR CONTRACTS RENEW. AND OUR THIRD PROPOSAL FOR FEES IS TO CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH WE ASSESS INCREMENTAL TONNAGE. SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU BRING A LOAD, THAT'S 2.2 TONS. THAT 0.2 TONS IS GOING TO BE CHARGED TO YOU. AT 0.2 OF OUR PER TON RATE. ACTUALLY IT'S ASSESSED THREE DECIMAL PLACES OUT, SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. VERY HIGHLY ACCURATE, BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS A MOVE THAT TO A QUARTER TON INCREMENTS, SO A LOAD OF 2.2 TONS WILL BE CHARGED 2.25 TONS AND AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SEEN AT ALL OTHER LANDFILLS IN OUR AREA, AND SOME ARE EVEN CHARGING HALF TON INCREMENTS. SO WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THAT'S ESTIMATED TO GENERAL GENERATE JUST UNDER $300,000 IN REVENUE, NEW REVENUE. SO THOSE ARE OUR REVENUE PROPOSALS SUMMARIZED. PAUSE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR JUST GET TO THE END. AH! HANG ON COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ONE QUESTION THAT THOSE ARE FOR NON GARLAND RAISES RIGHT OR THAT'S CORRECT. GARLAND RESIDENTS ARE ASSESSED $0 WHEN THEY COME TO THE LANDFILL. OKAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR AND CUSTOMER LEFT. WHAT WAS THE LOWEST OR THE YEAH , THE LOWEST LANDFILL CHARGE THAT YOU SAW FROM OTHER LANDFILLS, UM, THE LEAST EXPENSIVE CHARGE THAT WE SEE IS, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. EXACTLY BUT IT'S IN THE $30 RANGE. WE'RE ABOUT MIDWAY IN THE RANGE OF LANDFILL FEES THAT WE SEE IN THE REGION AT $42 A TON. I WOULD PROPOSE YOU TO 25 JUST SAYING NOTED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR FUNDING REQUESTS. THE FIRST FUNDING REQUEST IS TO PAY FOR LITTER CONTROL. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT A TWO MILE STRETCH OF ROAD. WE'VE EXTENDED THAT TO FOUR MILES. MOST OF THAT IS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF SAXE E, A SMALL PORTION THAT'S IN THE CITY OF REALITY. AND WE'RE USING THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS IN THE AREA. THEY'RE PICKING UP LITTER ALONG 1 90. THEY'RE VERY WELL EQUIPPED. IT'S VERY EFFICIENT COMPARED TO US DOING IT WITH OUR STAFF. SO THIS MONEY IS INTENDED TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES. THE NEXT PROPOSAL IS DUST CONTROL. WE DID A PILOT PROJECT THIS PAST YEAR WHERE WE APPLIED MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE TO THE ROADS FOR DUST CONTROL. IT'S THE SAME MATERIAL THAT'S USED IN THE WINTER TIME TO MELT SNOW AND ICE. IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE AT HE DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE DUST, BUT IT IT IT CONTROLS IT VERY WELL. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE OUR WATER TRUCK FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS AT ALL, AND THEREAFTER ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WHEREBY, IN CONTRAST, WE WOULD RUN THE WATER TRUCK ALL DAY LONG. IT TAKES ONE GUY ALL DAY. GOWNS WATER, AND SO THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR CURRENT DUST CONTROL PROGRAM. AND THE FINAL REQUEST IS TO PAY FOR MATERIALS THAT WE USE AS ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER ALTERNATIVE TO SOIL WE HATE PUTTING SOIL IN LANDFILL TAKES

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UP AIR SPACE THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET PAID TO PUT TRASH IN. SO WE USE THE MATERIAL THAT IS, IT'S A SPRAY ON HYDRO MALTS TYPE OF MATERIAL USED THE VERY SAME CULTURE YOU MIGHT SEE ON A FARM AND THIS MONEY IS TO PAY FOR THOSE MATERIALS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING THE USE OF AIRSPACE, WHICH HAS A LARGE DOLLAR VALUE ATTACHED TO IT. AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION. THERE'S A SUMMARY OF OUR FUNDING REQUESTS $140,000 QUESTIONS. YEAH. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION YOU MENTIONED THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY WAS SEXY AND ROLL THAT ON THE 30,000 CLEANUP.

DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND PARTICULARLY SINCE THE MAYOR SEXY IS A FORMER CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEE. WHAT DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF AGREEMENT? WE.

WE GOT TO THIS POINT BOUNDARY, AND THEY PICK UP HERE OR IS THAT PRETTY MUCH JUST UNDERSTOOD.

IT'S AN UNDERSTOOD THING. THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING, BUT WE DO HAVE AS YOU MEANT AS YOU CALLED IT A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT AND WE LIKE TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN WE FROM TIME TO TIME PICK UP LATER IN THE PARK IN ROWLETT AS WELL AS THIS PROGRAM, OKAY, NOTHING IN WRITING. NOTHING IN MY JUST OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILOR RIVERA. COME HERE. HOW YOU DOING, CHRIS? THANKS. CAN YOU LIBERATED LITTLE BIT, BUT POWER PLANT WE GOT THERE. OH YES. ABSOLUTELY UM, IS YOU ALL KNOW WE STARTED WITH THE GAS TO ENERGY PLANT AND JUST WE JUST REACHED A YEAR ANNIVERSARY FROM THAT POWER PLANT OPERATING IN AUGUST. BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS WE'VE RECEIVED MORE REVENUE THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED CLOSE TO TWICE AS MUCH AS WE PREDICTED, IN OUR BEST TO SCENARIO THAT WE IMAGINED THE CREW THERE WORKS ON THE PLANT. WE GET ALONG WITH VERY WELL. WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. MAYOR CHRIS COULD YOU AND YOU CAN DO THIS FOR THE EMAIL LATER, IF YOU WANT . COULD YOU GUYS PROJECT OUT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR US TO FULLY RECOUP OR PASS THROUGH THE T CQ FEES? ONE OF MY COMMON GRAPES IS UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES AND WITH SB TWO LIMITING OUR GROWTH. I TEND TO PREFER TO PASS THE STATE COSTS THROUGH DIRECTLY, SO JUST KIND OF MAP OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR ME ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW UP WITH THE EXACT NUMBERS. I MENTIONED ROUGHLY 600,000, BUT WE CAN GET THE EXACT NUMBERS TO YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MA'AM. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL GO

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AHEAD ARE NEXT UP IS PARKS, RECREATION, CULTURAL ARTS AND RECREATION PERFORMANCE FUND. I DIDN'T BREAK IT. HMM. I WILL.

THEY DIDN'T BREAK IT YET. GOOD MORNING. YES SIR. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION, CULTURAL ARTS. UM LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S BEEN RATCHETING THROUGH. THERE'S PRETTY QUICKLY.

UNFORTUNATELY I THINK I HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES ALSO GO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. UM FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS WILL REVIEW FEED REVISIONS. UM LET'S SEE. MAKE SURE I'M IN THE SAME.

THERE WE GO. ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON ON OUR REC CENTER RESERVATION FEES RELATED IS, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SIMPLIFY THE RATES. AS WELL AS DO SOME UPDATES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RENOVATIONS AND A LOT OF OUR REC CENTERS HAVE SEEN THE DEMAND IS INCREASING. ESSENTIALLY THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT ONLY THE WEEKENDS. UM WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SIMPLIFY THE RATES BY ELIMINATING THE WEEKDAY RATE. MAKING IT ONE SOLID RATE AND THEN INCREASING ABOUT $5 PER REC CENTER. A COUPLE OF NEW AREAS TO AS WE'VE GOT AN AUDUBON REMEMBER THE OUTDOOR TURF AREA THAT'S SHADED. THAT'S ALSO A RENTAL SPACE OR ADDING THAT THAT WASN'T THERE PREVIOUSLY. SAME THING AT GALE FIELDS. WE HAVE THE PATIO THERE THAT WILL FENCE IN. AND

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MAKE THAT A RENTAL SPACE AS WELL. SO UM WHAT WE WHAT WE DETERMINED AFTER DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH IS THAT OUR WEEKDAY RENTALS ARE LESS THAN 5% OF OUR TOTAL RENTALS TO DEMAND IS ON THE WEEKEND, SO THAT'S WHERE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS AND GOING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE $60 FEE INSTEAD OF THE 30 AND 55 FOR THE MEETING ROOMS. IT JUST SIMPLIFIES THAT WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 19,000 APPROXIMATELY 19,000 YEAR. NOW THE GRANGER ANNEXES IS A NEW AND FANTASTIC RENOVATION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE A HIGH DEMAND FACILITY. UM AND SO THAT NEW FEE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 50 THAT WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 13 TO 14,000 YEAR IN ANTICIPA RECOMMENDATION ALSO WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PARK BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR. AH THIS ONE IS REALLY KIND OF A CLEANUP AND AS WELL AS A AS AN INCREASE NOW CARVER SENIOR CENTER. UM, HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN IN OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE AND SO. SINCE WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF DEMAND AND INTEREST AND INCREASE IN THE USE OF THAT FACILITY, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN KIND OF AN HONORABLE, UNDERUTILIZED RENTAL FACILITY.

UM SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD THAT NOW WHAT THIS DOES JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE FEES FOR OUR GARLAND. SENIORS 55 OVER SO THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. VERY CLEAR. SO UM. THE NEXT ONE IS THE ATRIUM AND THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE KIND OF LOOKED AT OUR MARKET PEERS. UM, AND FROM A DEMAND STANDPOINT, AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS IS IN HIGH DEMAND ON WEEKENDS IN PARTICULAR , SO THIS FEE REALLY IS MORE ABOUT AN ADJUSTMENT FOR YOUR FRIDAY, SATURDAY SUNDAY AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON IT FEEL FREE TO ASK, BUT IT GETS A LITTLE A LITTLE TEDIOUS JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WAY. THAT IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT NONPROFITS. YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS. YOU'VE GOT NONRESIDENTS. SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED THOSE AS YOU SEE HERE. WE STILL FEEL THAT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS WELL, UH, YEAH. A GREAT DEAL STILL IS COMPARED TO OUR MARKET PEERS SERVICES. FANTASTIC R A V SERVICES. WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A GUY THAT THAT RUNS AND PROGRAMS ARE LIGHTS FOR US THAT OUR THINKING IS. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT REPUTATION. UM. ANY QUESTIONS ON FEES. REMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MIRROR UM, MORNING. STILL MORNING. MORNING AMY. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE RECREATION CENTER OF FEES. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION. ON THE PROPOSED FEES. COULD WE HAVE A BREAK OUT? I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY SOME GROUPS THAT WERE SENIOR GROUPS. YOU KNOW THERE FOR WHATEVER THE RECREATION ACTIVITIES WHO WANTED TO WITH THIS PROPOSED FEE CATEGORY APPLIED TO LET YOU SAY IF YOU HAD A GROUP FOR SENIORS THAT THEY WANTED TO USE THE GYM AT AUDUBON, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. TO GET THEIR LITTLE LITTLE GROUP TOGETHER. WITH THESE FEES, PROPOSED FEES APPLIED TO THAT GROUP. PROBABLY BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE WOULD LIKELY SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE RENTAL, AND THERE'S NOT A SEPARATE, UM, CHANGING THE RATES RELATED TO SENIORS. NOT IF IT'S A NONPROFIT GROUP. THERE'S A MECHANISM FOR THAT, IF IT'S A GROUP THAT WE MIGHT PARTNER WITH FOR A PROGRAM THEY'RE ALL THERE'S OTHER DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO DO THAT. BUT BASED ON THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY THIS IS THERE NOT NECESSARILY WITH A NAME, BUT IT'S A GROUP OF SENIORS. WE'VE GOT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP OF SENIORS AND WE ACTUALLY WITH EVERY DAY AND WANT TO USE THIS ROOM. TO DO THIS ACTIVITY. AND ALL OF THE SENIORS EXCEED THE AGE LIMIT. LET'S SIT HERE. BUT THEY WANT TO USE A ROOM ONE OF THE ROOMS THAT AUDUBON FOR THEIR WORKOUTS. THINGS WITH THIS PROPOSED CALL HIM APPLIED TO A GROUP. THEY'RE NOT AN OFFICIALLY NAMED GROUP. BUT IT'S JUST A GROUP OF SENIORS WHO ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND WANT TO USE THE FACILITY. WITH THIS COLUMN APPLIED TO A GROUP LIKE IF I COULD FOR A SECOND, MAYBE ASK KEITH TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ONE OF THE BELIEVE ALL OF THE SENIOR RATES. APPLY TO THE SENIOR CENTERS ONLY. IS THAT CORRECT, SO YES, WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANGE IN RATES SPECIFIC TO SENIORS AT OTHER THAN SENIOR CENTER FACILITIES. OKAY, WELL, MY POINT IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ANDY. AND UM AND COME BACK WITH WITH YOUR DETERMINATION OR YOU RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT. BECAUSE I'VE HAD CALLS FROM SENIORS. WHO WANTING TO DO GET TOGETHER TO DO THEIR WALKS INSIDE, SINCE IT'S BEEN SO HOT. AND THEY LOOKED AT THE FEES. OKAY GOING TO OTHER

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OPPORTUNITIES, SO I'D LIKE, CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ENDED SEAT. IT'S FEASIBLE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR OUR SENIORS, AND THAT WOULD FIT INTO YOUR REQUEST . CAN WE DO THAT? AND I THINK, UH, EARLY NEXT WEEK WE CAN KIND OF DIG IN BECAUSE WE DID QUITE A BIT OF STUDYING ANALYSIS AND SOME TIME AGO AND ALL THE FEES AND SO LET ME GO BACK AND DIG UP SOME DATA. THAT MIGHT HELP IN THE MEANTIME, AND THEN IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO RUN AH, THROUGH THE STAFF AND BACK TO PARK BOARD BACK TO COUNCIL. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GUESS WE'RE LOOK HOW ARE FEES ASSESSED TO PEOPLE THAT HOST CLASSES THROUGH THE PLAY GUIDE? SO THOSE THERE'S WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MECHANISMS IN PLACE WHERE EITHER WE REACH OUT OR OR PEOPLE CAN WRITE A PROPOSAL AND AS A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR, AND SO WE'VE GOT A FEE STRUCTURE THAT IS A COST SHARING A REVENUE SHARING STRUCTURE THAT YOU KNOW VARIES ANYWHERE FROM DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROGRAM. IT MIGHT BE A 70 30 SHARE AN 80 20 SHARE THAT KIND OF THING. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BASS. THANK YOU.

MORNING, ANDY. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING. SO, ANDY LOOKING AT THE, UM YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ON THE FEE SCHEDULE THE REC CENTER RESERVATIONS. WEEKDAY ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR 5. AND JUST LOOKING AT THAT INCREASING THAT I'M WONDERING IF THAT YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKES EQUILIBRIUM POINT GO THE OTHER WAY. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF DATA? OR IF NOT, COULD WE BRING COUNCIL BACK SOME DATA? MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS. UM ABOUT HOW THE USAGE OF THE WEEKDAY RENTAL WITH AN INCREASE IN FEE COMPARES TO THE CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE. IN TERMS OF POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, CORRECT? YEAH, IMPACT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE COULD LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WELL, IF OUR WEEKDAY RENTALS ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 5% MAYBE DECREASING, THE COST OF IT WOULD INCREASE THE USAGE OF IT AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE JAY'S POINT. ALSO HAVING A YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, BUT POSSIBLY HAVING A DISCOUNT FOR PARTICULAR GROUPS SUCH AS SENIORS. MAYBE THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO USE IT MORE DURING THE WEEK. AS OPPOSED TO ON THE WEEKEND. JUST JUST A THOUGHT. AND IF WE COULD HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW SOME DATA IF YOU HAVE PRIOR DATA OR IF WE COULD GET DATA PRESENTED US IN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR SO, SO WE COULD SEE HOW THAT TREND IS GOING ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. THAT'S A GREAT DISTINCTION, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THAT HEAD ON. WE DID LOOK AT THAT. AND ACTUALLY, THIS FALLS MORE INTO THE CATEGORY OF SIMPLIFICATION OF THE FEE STRUCTURE VERSUS AND INCREASE REVENUE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW WINDOWS AVAILABLE TO EVEN RENT TO BEGIN WITH. SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE OUR PROGRAMMING HAPPENS. SO YOU JUST YOU'LL SEE OCCASIONALLY LITTLE POCKETS OF TIME THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR RENTAL, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU MIGHT HAVE A YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THERE OR KARATE CLASS OR THOSE KIND OF THINGS, SO IT ENDS UP BEING A FUNCTION OF THAT THERE'S SO VERY FEW TIME SLOTS AVAILABLE. IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO WHY THAT'S SUCH A SMALL PERCENTAGE. OKAY SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A SITUATION HERE WHERE ROOMS ARE SITTING EMPTY. THAT'S CORRECT. OK PHILOSOPHY IS WE DON'T LIKE DEAD AIR. WE DON'T WANT DEAD TIME AND WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO FILL THAT ANYWAY. AND SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I CAN CERTAINLY GET GET THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID LOOK AT THAT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THE PARK BOARD LEVEL AS WELL. OKAY YEAH, I MEAN, JUST LIKE A PRESENTATION TO ASSISTANCE ON HOW THE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES ARE GOING AND SIX MONTHS SO YOU GOT IT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THAT WAS THAT'S A VERY GOOD DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGE IS LOW, BUT THE AVAILABILITY MATCHES IT, SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF COVID IS, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THAT STAFF DONE A GREAT JOB OF IMPLEMENTING NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PUT PROGRAMS IN AND SO YOU'LL SEE. I BELIEVE OUR REVENUE WAS GOING IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION. AS A WHOLE IN THE PERFORMANCE FUND, SO VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN RIVERA.

MAYOR. ANDY, UM. ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE ALL OF BACH COMPLETELY. BECAUSE YOU HAVE A V AND OPEN HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT FOR RENOVATION. YES, SIR. THE HALIBUT DIRECT CENTER ITSELF AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS A PAVILION NEXT TO IT. UH I BELIEVE IT WILL ALSO BE CLOSED BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO STRUCTURES THAT RIGHT REQUESTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SHADE AND ALL WEATHER COVER BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE JOE. SO THIS WILL NOT APPLY FOR THIS COMING YEAR. CORRECT SO IF NOT, YOU ARE CORRECT, SO BUT IT BUT IT IS A FEE CHANGE WITH ALL THE REST. WE WANT TO DO ALL THE FEE CHANGES AT ONE TIME, SO THAT WHEN IT IS BACK OPEN, THAT FEE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED. BUT WE HAVE ADJUSTED ALL OF OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS GOING FORWARD, WHETHER IT BE POOLS REC CENTERS. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WILL BE ADJUSTED GOING FORWARD, BUT YES, SIR. RIGHT HERE. WIG DAYS IS $30 . WE CAN 50 SO YOU PROPOSING $55 CORRECT TO SIMPLIFY IT TO ONE FEE THAT WAY. IT'S CONSIDERABLE BOTH WAYS, OKAY? THAT'S WHAT I

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WANT TO THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM ANDY. I'M VERY EXCITED WATCHING THE GRANGER ANNEX RENOVATIONS AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A REALLY HIGH LEAP IN RENTAL FEES. I AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE WELL WORTH THAT. THAT'S STILL A GOOD DEAL FOR EVERYBODY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING DONE, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS QUESTION ABOUT SENIOR FEES. UM IT IS TRUE NOW THAT AS FAR AS THINGS LIKE FITNESS CENTERS IN ALL OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY. SENIORS ALREADY GET A 50% DISCOUNT SINCE WE PASSED THAT THAT'S CORRECT, SO THAT'S THAT'S CONSISTENT, SO IF THEY'RE COMING FOR TO WORK OUT TOGETHER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY ALREADY GET EXACTLY 50% DISCOUNT, OKAY? THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. INDIA NOTICED IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE CONCESSION AMOUNTS FOR SERVANT SWIMMERS THAT 20 FOR THE COMING YEAR. DOES THAT INDICATE CONSTRUCTION AND REMODEL AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE LOOK LIKE, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF FINALIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE ARCHITECT. AS SOON AS THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD THE COUNCIL IT'S LIKELY THE FIRST MEETING OF OCTOBER IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS SO WE'LL START THE DESIGN. UM AND THEN WE'LL START DEMO. UH, PRIOR TO THE SUMMER. HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE THE TARGET. CONSTRUCTION RIGHT ON ITS HEELS, AND DO WE EXPECT THE FACILITY ROUTE TO REOPEN IN 24? I'D HAVE TO LET ME LOOK BACK BEFORE I ANSWER THAT ENTIRELY. I NEED TO LOOK AND SEE BECAUSE IT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT FLUID ON WINDOWS. ACTUAL STARTING DATE BEGINS FOR OUR DESIGN CONTRACT. SO LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. MAKE SURE WE DON'T GIVE YOU THE WRONG INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BEST THANK YOU APPRECIATE SORRY TO BUZZING AGAIN. I JUST NOTICED ON THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE ATRIUM FOR NONPROFIT. THERE'S ONLY SATURDAY. SO THIS SO AGAIN, THESE CHANGES ONLY THIS PRESENTATIONAL REFLECTS THE CHANGES. CHANGES ARE FRIDAY, SATURDAY SUNDAY WEEKDAY STAYS THE SAME. OKAY SO, BUT FOR THE ATRIUM, IT JUST HAS SATURDAY. SO THE FEE SCHEDULE ON THE OTHER SIX DAYS OF STAYING THE SAME FOR A NONPROFIT, CORRECT. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE. OKAY SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDING REQUESTS, SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF THE BULK OF THESE REQUESTS ARE GOING TO BE PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND ADDRESSING NEW ASSETS, THE WORKLOAD THAT GOES WITH IT THE SUPPLIES THAT GOES WITH THAT THE STAFFING THAT GOES WITH IT. AND OR INFLATION. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS ON ARE THE BIGGEST ONE ON HERE IS OUR RIGHT AWAY MOWING CONTRACTS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO YOU RECALL WE HAD A CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT ABOUT OUR FTE GAP THAT WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE IN ORDER TO MEET OUR NEWLY ADOPTED PARK MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL STRATEGIES TO DO THAT THAT ARE IS MINIMIZING TO THE BUDGET IMPACT AS POSSIBLE.

ONE OF THESE IS TO TAKE THE ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE CURRENTLY MO IN HOUSE CONTRACTED OUT. BUT THOSE FOUR FOLKS BACK INTO THE PARKS WHERE I THINK HONESTLY, THAT SKILL SETS BETTER USED THEIR THAN MOWING IN THE RIGHT WAYS. UM AND SO I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK THERE. WE'VE GOT OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. I'LL CERTAINLY BE GLAD TO ANSWER BUT OVER THE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, SOMETIMES YOU'LL ACQUIRED PROPERTIES WE WILL TAKE ON MAINTENANCE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE, AND WE KIND OF TRY TO ABSORB IT AS BEST WE CAN, AND EVENTUALLY YOU GET ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU NEED TO CATCH UP AND MAKE THAT PART OF OUR BASE BUDGET. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. UM ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF KEEP FTS IN THE PARKS IS WE'VE WE'VE GOT A TOTAL NOW WITH NEW RESTROOMS. A TOTAL OF 11 FACILITIES. WE'D LIKE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT TO WHERE THEY COME IN AND CLEAN IT DAILY. DO A COMPLETE, THOROUGH CLEANING ONCE A DAY. OUR STAFF COMES IN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. MAKE SURE IT'S FULLY STOCKED OR DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WE FEEL THAT THAT'S WHEN WE'VE ADDED I BELIEVE THREE NEW RESTROOMS ON THE AR EXISTING EIGHT. UM BUT WE'VE GOT FIVE NEWS, SO WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP THAT STANDARD UP ON ALL THESE NEW FACILITIES LOOKING AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE. SPLASH PAD MAINTENANCE. WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND SO THIS IS A PROJECTION AND AN ESTIMATE OF EVEN WITH THE NEW FACILITY. IF SOMETHING IS DAMAGED, VANDALIZED, SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT'S NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. NONE OF THOSE PARTS ARE CHEAP. SO THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAD START. WE'LL SEE AS AS A FACILITY AGES THAT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT AT LEAST THIS GETS US STARTED. SAME THING HERE WITH THE MEDIAN MOWING CONTRACTS . THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WERE ABSORBED AND ADDED MOWING AND LET HER PICK UP THAT WE'D LIKE TO CATCH UP ON.

AND THEN LAST, YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUSLY THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. UM GET STARTED WITH THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT FAIRLY VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT GOING. AH AH, NEXT IS AGAIN ANOTHER KIND OF APPROACH ON OUR MANAGING OUR FTE

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S UM, WE'VE GOT SO MANY CONTRACTS. UM AND BLANKET CONTRACTS. UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. WE FEEL THAT TWO PART. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE PARKS MANAGEMENT REPORTS TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR. UM WE'D LIKE TO GO TO A TWO PARKS MANAGER SYSTEM WHERE ONE'S JOB IS ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTS. AND SO THEY WOULD, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT TWO MILLION CONTRACTS. THERE'S GONNA BE A BUNCH OF BLANKET CONTRACTS AND POS THAT THEY MANAGE. THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UM, THAT WAS ADOPTED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. OR SAFETY PROGRAM, COORDINATION WITH FLEET AND THEN COORDINATE THE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR NEW INVENTORY MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE.

UM SO RIGHT NOW, THAT PERSON DOES THAT PLUS MANAGED SEVERAL CREW LEADERS AND 55 53 STAFF. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH MANAGEMENT STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THOSE ARE GETTING DONE CORRECTLY INTO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. SO YOU SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT ARE ONGOING VERSUS THE ONE TIME COST THERE. SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT COSTS. WE NEED A SENIOR BUS REPLACEMENT. A VARIETY OF THINGS AT THE AT THE ARTS AND ATRIUM FACILITY.

THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY THAT'S REQUIRED. THERE ARE LIGHT BOARD IS QUITE OLD AND THEN WHEN THEY AGE AT THIS POINT, THEY START DOING THINGS ON THEIR OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE. IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE OUR PROGRAMMING. WE ARE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO KEEP UP AS WELL. AND THEN AS WE KNOW WHEN WE COME ONLINE WITH THE NEW SQUARE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME TRAILERS THAT WE NEED. WE'VE GOT A MAINTENANCE UTILITY VEHICLE. WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON DOWN THERE. FIVE DAYS A WEEK. UM AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO DO THAT, UM, A REAL MOWER. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE. IT'S NOT A ROTARY, BUT IT'S A REAL MORE THAT YOU SEE ON BALL FIELDS. IT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL HIGH QUALITY OF ITS A SMALL MORE BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SPACE, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC ON IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING IT TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND USE.

BOLLARDS UH, WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO GET RID OF THE WATER BARRIERS THAT ARE GOING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. TRADE OFF IS WE'VE GOT 72 £250 BOLLARDS THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED DEPENDING ON THE EVENT. SO WE HAVE COME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO WHERE THOSE CAN BE PUT ON IRAQ. THEY HAVE TO GO ON A TRAILER TRAILER HAS TO HANDLE THAT WEIGHT LOAD. AND THEN THERE'S A TOOL. THAT HELPS GRAB IT OFF THE RACK AND SET IT AND SO FORTH. WELL THE DIFFERENCE OF THE RIVER THAT HAS CREATED DOWN FIFTH STREET WHEN THE WATER BARRIERS ARE EMPTIED. I THINK IT'S FINE. I DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A FAIR TRADE OFF. AND ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS TOWARDS THE TRANSIT STATION THEY GET A LOT OF WATER COMING THEIR WAY. SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING REQUEST . OUR TOP DRESSER WON'T GO INTO A TON OF DETAIL ON THAT. BUT THAT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S UNIQUE TO MAINTAINING WE'VE GOT ABOUT SEVEN ACRES OF INFIELD MATERIAL THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN REDOING ALL OF OUR IN FIELDS. TO AN IMPROVED QUALITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROMISED THE LEAGUE'S THAT WHEN WE DEPLOY THE FEE THAT THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND IMPLEMENTED, THIS IS THE TRADE OFF. THEY GET THE INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE FIELD OF A CONSISTENT QUALITY AND FIELD MATERIAL, BUT IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EQUIPMENT TO KEEP UP WITH IT. MOBILE SURVEILLANCE TRAILERS. THOSE ARE KIND OF SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WE'VE HAD A PHENOMENAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH PD TO HELP. ADDRESS AND DEPLOY EXTREMELY SPECIFIC ISSUES. UM BUT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT GOING BECAUSE THEIR TRAILERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. UNFORTUNATELY SO WE WOULD HAVE OUR OWN TO DEPLOY AND WHAT? THEIR GUIDANCE UM, AND COOPERATION. AH! IN HERE WE ADD TO THE FIELDS PATIO FENCE BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED.

IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE ORIGINAL RENOVATION CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, SO 35,000 IS TO ADD THAT FENCE THAT WILL BE THEN AVAILABLE FOR RENT. INTERPRETIVE HISTORY SCIENCE, SO THIS IS KIND OF AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO WHERE YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF OUR HISTORICAL PANELS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING AND HIGHLIGHT GARLAND'S HISTORY AND IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE NAMESAKES OF SOME OF OUR GREAT FACILITIES. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FUNDING SOME OF THOSE AS THEY GO ON, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE FOR THINGS LIKE BLUE HALF PARK. CARVER SPIEGEL CLINIC TUCKER VILLE. UM AND THEN ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS THAT HAVE SOME NAMESAKES THAT HAVE SOME PRETTY PRETTY AMAZING HISTORY. TRASH BARRELS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 OF THOSE. THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC SIZE. THEY ARE BECOMING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET. UM BUT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NONETHELESS, AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. SO HERE IS A SUMMARY OF OUR ONGOING FUNDING. A LITTLE LESS THAN A HALF A MILLION AND THEN ARE ONE TIME

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EXPENSES OF ABOUT 440,000. ANY QUESTIONS? THEY'RE PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM ANDY, THIS IS A AND I KEPT KEEP MEANING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS. THIS THIS STAGE THAT WAS USED IN THE DFW ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT. IS THAT OURS? DID WE PROVIDE THAT? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? YES. THE AT THE AT THE SOCCER. OKAY, THAT WAS A RENTED STAGE. OKAY BECAUSE IT IT WAS STAGE AND IT WAS BROKEN IN THE MIDDLE. AND IF IT WAS OURS, WE SHOULD NOT RENT FROM WHOEVER THAT IT DIDN'T COLLAPSE TO BE ON. IT WAS SCARY. IT WAS SCARY AND IT WAS UNCOVERED. IT WAS A PLATFORM AND IT WAS RENTED AND REALLY HAVE ADDRESSED IT WITH THE COMPANY. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD . UM AND THE TRASH BARRELS. I KNOW THE LAST TIME I CHECKED ON THIS, THERE WAS OVER A YEAR BACKLOG IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN TO TRY TO GET THEM. HAVE WE GOTTEN THE LAST NUMBER THAT WE ORDERED ? DID THEY EVER COME? WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE. WE HAD A WE GOT IN LINE FIRST GOT ALL THEY HAD THAT WE HAD THE LONG WAITING PERIOD AND NOW WE'RE CAUGHT BACK UP IN ACQUIRING THOSE. SO IS IT STILL A YEAR OR MORE TO GET THEM? OR IS IT BACK TO MORE REAL TIME ORDERING AND RECEIVING THEM IN A REASONABLE PERIOD? SO WE'RE CAUGHT UP ON THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED OR NO, ALMOST 200? WE'VE NOW THIS IS APPROVAL. GO AHEAD AND PUT IN OUR NEXT ORDER, BUT IT WILL BE BEFORE WE GET FOR TRASH BARRELS, OKAY? I'M GLAD WE GOT THE LAST ONES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMPUTER CHIPS AND TRASH BARRELS. THAT'S IT. CANCER. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ONE ON THE ROAD W MORNING CONTRACTS AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE ANSWERED THIS QUESTION FOR ME BEFORE. UM ARE THESE ARE ANNUAL CONTRACTS, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD TYPICALLY BID THOSE OUT. THEY MAY HAVE A DURATION OF 12 MONTHS OR 24 MONTHS WITH AUTOMATIC MUTUAL RENEWAL'S THOSE THERE. THERE'S A VARIETY OF THEM, BUT, YES, THEY ARE ANNUAL CONTRACTS, AND WE HAVE SOME PERFORMANCE MATRIX, OUR EXPECTATIONS AND THE BEACH, RIGHT? WE DO HAVE SALUTE WE DO AND THEN THE OTHER. THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE OF THAT IS THAT IS AGAIN KIND OF PRECIPITATES THE REQUEST FOR THIS ADDITIONAL PARK MANAGER POSITION IS THEY NOW HAVE THE BETTER BANDWIDTH TO GO AND INSPECT BEHIND THEM. SO IF THEY SAID, HEY, I'M HITTING THIS RIGHT AWAY IN MEDIAN. ON ON MONDAY WITHIN THE FOLLOWING FEW DAYS BEHIND HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS PERFORMED. IF NOT, THEY DON'T GET THERE. THEY DON'T GET THEIR CHECK. OKAY OKAY.

WELL, WELL AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. UM AND BIDDING THIS. THE RIGHT AWAY, MORRIS, PARTICULARLY MY DISTRICT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THEY LIVE IN MORE GRASS IN THE STREETS, THEN THEIR LEAVING IN THE RIGHT AWAYS. COMPLAINTS AND COMPLAINTS LIKE PARTICULARLY MADE IT. THEIR AFFAIRS. CARS ARE JUST PLOWING THROUGH. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH WHEAT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO HOPEFULLY AND THE UPCOMING CONTRACTS WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT DOES NOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AND I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING ME OF THAT. WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BIDDER TO PUT THEIR MEANS AND METHODS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND BE THEY'VE GOT THE PERSONNEL TO HANDLE IT. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY MILES OF RIGHT AWAY, THE MOWING STAYS SO FAR AHEAD OF THE BLOWER TRUCK THAT THERE IS A DELAY. BUT BEYOND A FEW HOURS OR THAT ONE DAY, IT'S TOO LONG TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MEANS AND METHODS KIND OF ADDRESS THAT, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COVERED AND PROBABLY THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD. WE'RE GETTING SAANICH. AND I KNOW THERE'S A SUN IT PLAN THAT YOU YOU SHARED WITH ME ON IT. YOU KNOW SOME OF THE LETTERING AND OUR 1968 SIGN AT OTTOMAN. SOME OF THE LETTERS ARE FALLING OUT, THEN YOU HAVE TO SORT OF TRANSLATE. WHAT'S BEING SAID, CAN YOU SPEAK WORK WHERE WE AND ALL OF THAT? YOU SAID YOU WERE SHARING WITH ME THAT WE'VE GOT TO SIGN PLAN OR ASSIGNED STRATEGY. TOMATOES OUT. CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY? THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE MAIN MARQUEE WHEN YOU COME INTO YES, AND SHE ACTUALLY IS ALREADY BEEN PROCURED AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE VENDOR TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION OF THAT SIGN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL IT'S GOING TO HAVE A REALLY NEW UP TO DATE DIGITAL MARQUEE ABOUT IT. UM AND FITS OUR NEW SIGN PLAN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO REMOVE ONE OF THE OLD SIGNS THAT GOES TO THE CARTER THAT WAS IN DILAPIDATED CONDITION. AND THEN WE'VE ADDED SECONDARY SIGNS AT EACH DRIVEWAY . SO AUDUBON WILL ACTUALLY BE ONE OF THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADES IN OUR SIGNAGE WITH OUR NEW SIGN PLAN BECAUSE SOME FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE THROUGH BALANCE REMAINING ON THAT

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RENOVATION, SO IT'S GOING TO BE WE'RE EXCITED. IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. OKAY WE'RE READY TO SAY WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT 1936 CHEVROLET BEING MOVED AND WE'VE GOT IT 22 BUILDING OVER THERE. BECAUSE LIKE, SAID YOU, YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE THE MESSAGE RIGHT NOW. SO HERE THAT THANK YOU, MARY. WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE. THEY JUST EVERYBODY WE'RE GONNA THIS IS THE LAST SEGMENT OF THIS WE WILL TAKE A BREAK BEFORE HOTEL MOTEL FUND. OKAY PERFORMANCE FUND. LET ME SHIFT GEARS A MOMENT ON MY NOTES. UM SO WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF REQUEST HERE. THESE AGAIN ARE ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE FUNDS, SO THESE ARE GENERALLY GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE REVENUE GENERATED BY THE RENTALS OR THE PROGRAM OR THE EVENT THAT'S IN THERE, SO ADDITIONAL SEASONAL FUNDING THAT THIS ADDRESS IS TWO THINGS ARE GENERAL, UH, POWERS THAT ARE USED AT REC CENTERS AND SENIOR CENTERS AS WELL AS OUR SWIM LESSONS. THIS IS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S ISSUES CATCHING UP ON WHAT THE HOURLY RATE IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FEEL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON ON THAT HOURLY SALARY, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS FOR, AND THEN SOME MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES. THE LIGHTING CONTROL CONTRACT BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS ON OUR SPORTS LIGHTING SYSTEM. IT COMMUNICATES ANY ISSUES WITH IT . IT'S HOW WE TURN THEM ON AND TURN THEM OFF. REMOTELY WE SCHEDULE MONICA PEWTER. IT ACTUALLY TELLS US IF THERE'S A LIGHT OUT BEFORE WE KNOW. SO THOSE ARE COMMUNICATION CONTRACTS YOU PAY FOR THE FRONT END FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHEN YOU PURCHASE IT ONCE IT EXPIRES AND YOU START ABSORBING THAT ANNUAL CONTRACT. UM IT'S A TOTAL OF 4000 FOR THAT. PLAZA MOVIES. SO, UM WE EXPERIMENTED A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MOVIES THIS YEAR TO TRY TO HELP WITH DOWNTOWN, MAKING SURE WE WERE OFFERING AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE TO GET FOLKS DOWN THERE. WE LIKE DOING IT SO WE NOW NEED TO BUDGET THE FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHTS THAT GO TO THOSE RENTALS. SO IF THAT CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING FOR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS. WE'D REALLY LOVE TO GROW THE FILM SIDE OF THE PLAZA. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FILM FESTIVALS. UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THAT ONCE THE SQUARES OPEN AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. UM CLIENT RECRUITING. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ATRIUM. THIS IS ADDRESSED AS SOME OF THOSE UNUSED HOURS DURING THE WEEK FOR SMALLER GROUPS SO SOMETIMES IN THAT BUSINESS PRACTICES YOU BRING IN POTENTIAL CORPORATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A MEETING SPACE FOR SMALLER GROUPS. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HOST THE LAUNCH . WE INVITE PEOPLE TO THE ATRIUM. SPECIFICALLY TO GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT THE SPACE AND SO THAT WE MAY THEY BECOME A POTENTIAL FUTURE BOOKING CUSTOMER. UM THIS NEXT ONE IS ATHLETIC MAINTENANCE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE IT IS ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION. IT IS A FUNDED REQUEST. IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE BALANCE AS IT IS, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHT. THIS IS ANOTHER THING. THAT IS WHAT THE FEES ARE GOING FOR. IN THE ATHLETIC MAINTENANCE. THAT GENERAL FUND MAY NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THINGS LIKE FERTILIZERS, HERBICIDES FOR OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS, MAKING SURE THE BASES ARE REPLACED ON A REGULAR BASIS . RIGHT NOW IT'S UP TO THE LEAGUE'S TO REPLACE IT, SO THAT MEANS THE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. THEY GENERALLY DON'T SOCCER NETS THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SOME ADDITIONAL ONE TIME COSTS. WE TALKED ABOUT TRAILERS WE'VE HAD. WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE BUDGET HAS SUPPORTED, UM SOME ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT SPRAY RIGS.

NOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CARRY THEM IN AN EFFICIENT WAY WITHOUT UTILIZING MULTIPLE TRAILERS. SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS . SO THIS IS ONE THAT DURING THE WAITING PERIOD FOR THE NEW FACILITY WE WOULD LIKE TO BUDGET UM, FREE THINGS FOR THE SENIORS AT CARVER AND IT FIELDS AND SO THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE FUND. IT HAS A WE'RE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

REVENUE EYES NOW IT GETS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE OTHER THINGS FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE TO HELP SUBSIDIZE THAT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DAY TRIPS PROGRAMS. THOSE THINGS WE PAY FOR. THEY JUST COME AND ENJOY. COST HIM A DOLLAR. CONCESSION STAND EQUIPMENT. THIS IS APPLIANCES WERE CURRENTLY RENTING THOSE RIGHT NOW TO GET THEM GET THEM OPEN. IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ON THE FRONT END FOR THESE, SO WE'RE PAYING FOR THESE OUT OF THE PERFORMANCE FUND IS THE PROPOSED REQUEST. THAT'S THE BIG COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS, THE ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH WITH THE NEW FACILITIES. SAME THING HERE WITH BALL FIELD CHEMICALS. THOSE ARE STRICTLY RELATED TO THE BALL FIELD CHEMICALS FOR RECORD IN BASEBALL . SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A NEW BASEBALL FIELD IN OUR INVENTORY, THIS WOULD BE THOSE ONGOING COSTS FOR THAT. SUMMARY IN THE PERFORMANCE FUND. QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS LAB? THIS LAST SECTION OF THIS PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM AND ANDY. THIS IS JUST, UM I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE 18,000 FOR FREE. PROGRAMMING WHILE THE

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DOWNTOWN SENIOR CENTER IS DOWN. UM AND THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE ASKED FOR EXPANDED FREE THINGS LIKE DAY TRIPS THAT ARE CARVER SENIORS COULD ALSO ENJOY. SO ONCE WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY CENTER BACK UP AGAIN AND RUNNING. WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE SOME SUPPLEMENTED FUNDING FOR MORE? FREE THINGS THAT SOME OF OUR SENIORS WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GO TO IRELAND, OR ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL PLACES THEY GO THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GO. YES I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY EXACT ANSWER OR PLAN JUST YET UNTIL THE FACILITY ITSELF IS DESIGNED BECAUSE THEN THAT'S GOING TO PRECIPITATE WHAT REVENUE POTENTIAL. WE HAVE. AND WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE ? SO YES, I THINK THAT IN ANY PROGRAM OFFERING FOR SENIORS, THERE SHOULD BE A BALANCE. AND OF PRICING IN THE IN FOR THE CUSTOMERS, AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THAT, UM IF IT CAN'T BE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL METHODS, THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE. BUT YES, WE BELIEVE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. I JUST WANTED TO PUT AN EARLY PLUG FOR THAT. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BEFORE WE CONCLUDE WITH PARKS AND REC HERE , ANDY, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THIS SUMMER WITH THE BETWEEN THE EXPANDED SUMMER SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES OF VERY LARGE SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND THEN JUST OBVIOUSLY, JUST THE THINGS WE DO EVERY SUMMER. UM YOU KNOW, WE PICKED WE PICKED A GREAT SUMMER TO SPEND MORE TIME OUTSIDE. UH, YOU KNOW IN THE CONCERTS THAT WERE DOING EVERY FRIDAY, DOWN HERE DOWNTOWN . UM EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, AND I'M SOME OF THOSE THE LAST TWO SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERTS. I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND TEXAS . HOT UM AND I KNOW OUR STAFF IS OUT THERE HOURS UPON HOURS BEFORE EVERYONE ARRIVES IN THEIR HOURS AND HOURS AFTER WE ALL GO HOME IN SOME VERY EXTREME CONDITIONS, BUT THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THOSE EVENTS. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. BUT COMPLIMENTS AND PEOPLE NOT JUST ASKING, BUT DEMANDING THAT WE KEEP DOING THOSE IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING. I MEAN IT. IT HAS THE IMPACTS. UM YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CALL IT POST COVID WHEREVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. UM, BUT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN HUGE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK THEM FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT AMOUNT OF WORK IN BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU AND THE STAFF REALLY APPRECIATES THAT RECOGNITION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR, BUT WE FEEL THEY FEEL IT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT. AND WHEN THIS PLAZA'S ON ONLINE FULLY, IT'S A GREAT GREAT WAY TO TEST THE WATERS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LOYAL PARTICIPATION ON A LOT OF VERY HOT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SO WE YES, YES, APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. OH VERY GOOD. SO COUNCIL WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE A LUNCH BREAK. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK ALRIGHT WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS. THIS IS AUGUST 13 2022 SPECIAL WORK SESSION. AH BUDGET

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DISCUSSIONS FOR GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE COMING BACK TO HOTEL MOTEL FUN. BUT, ANDY, I THINK YOU HAVE INTRODUCTION FIRST. YES, SIR, IF I COULD BEFORE DANA LODGE OR CVB, SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR BEGINS HER PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO BRING AN EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR. AMY ROSENTHAL, AND I'LL LET HER STAND UP OVER HERE IN THE BACK CORNER. SHE UM, COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THEIR CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THEIR DOWNTOWN. SO SHE BRINGS WITH US AND EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL AND UNIQUE SKILL SET. THAT IS THE PERFECT TIMING FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I THINK AND GARLANDS, EVOLUTION, AND SO SHE BRINGS THAT EXPERTISE AS WELL AS JUST A PHENOMENAL, ENERGETIC PERSONALITY. I THINK SHE'S JOINED THE TEAM THAT LOVES WHAT WE DO, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PHENOMENAL FIT. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE AMY ONBOARD. GOOD WELCOME. SO WITH THAT, I WILL LET DANA EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING. AS FAR AS OUR REQUEST FOR THE HOT FUNDS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON CAN ACTUALLY PULL THAT MIKE DILLON GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I'M DANA LODGE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF VISIT GARLAND AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALSO CALLED DDO UNDER MY, UH,

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OFFICE AS WELL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR FASTER PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING THAT HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRST REQUEST IS, UM. IT SELLS IN MARKETING ASSISTANT. THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING EMPLOYEE THAT SPLENDID 50% BY HOT AND 50% BY THE TIFF, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE SOLELY FUNDED, UM UNDER THE HOT FUNDS, THIS PERSON WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OURSELVES AND MARKETING MANAGER ESPECIALLY OURSELVES MANAGER SO THAT HER FOCUS CAN REMAIN. BOOKING NEW GROUPS, TOURNAMENTS BUSINESS AND TO THE CITY, CREATING THAT POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY. SO THAT IS OUR FIRST REQUEST. UM OUR SECOND ONE AS AS , UH, COVID, UM, START SEEING AS COME OUT OF THAT, AND DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO, UM, JUST REALLY RAMP UP AND REALLY OUR MESSAGING NOT ONLY INSIDE THE CITY OF GARLAND, BUT UM AROUND THE METROPLEX, AND THEN WE ARE REALLY, REALLY HITTING THE TEXAS MARKET WITH THE GARLAND MESSAGING THE AMOUNT OF GRAPHIC DESIGNS THAT WE NEED, WHICH IS A GREAT THING, BECAUSE IT MEANS OUR MESSAGING IS JUST EXPLODING ON US TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT GARLAND AND WHAT THERE IS TO DO HERE. SO THIS IS AN OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVICE TO HELP US KEEP UP WITH THAT PARTICULAR DEMAND.

AND THEN THE THIRD ASKED THAT WE HAVE FOR THE HOTEL MOTEL FANS IS A SOFTWARE THAT CAN BENEFIT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY . THIS SOFTWARE LITERALLY TRACKS WHERE THE PEOPLE CAME BEFORE THEY CAME INTO OUR CITY. WHERE THEY GO WHEN THEY LEAVE. DID THEY LEAVE THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER AND GO TO A RESTAURANT AND SPEND DOLLARS IN OUR CITY? UM, IT ALLOWS US TO BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC TO OUR MARKETING SO THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S UH, IT'S QUITE INTERESTING SOFTWARE. IT CAN BENEFIT THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT CULTURAL ARTS THE MUSEUM. IT REALLY FITS THE DATA THAT IT WILL PROVIDE, REALLY WILL ASSIST A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. AND THAT ARE THAT IS THE THREE ASKED THAT I HAVE, UM THE ONGOING IS 27,000, AND THE ONE TIME IS 71. IF I COULD ADD ONE DISTINCTION BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE IT THE SECOND HALF OF THIS REQUEST WITH WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THAT POSITION REQUEST IS AN ADDITIONAL PERSON. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S PAID. HALF IN HOT PHONES HAVE IN THE TIFF. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL TEACHERS DESCRIBE IT, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT'S DISJOINTED IN TIME WITH THE TWO PRESENTATIONS. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, SO WE WOULD THEN HAVE ONE PERSON FULLY FUNDED UNDER HOT, ONE PERSON FULLY FUNDED UNDER TIFF. OKAY FOR A NET GAIN OF ONE FT. CORRECT.

OKAY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM GO BACK AND SLIDE FOR ME. ONE MORE.

THERE WE GO. TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE RESEARCH SOFTWARE BECAUSE THIS AS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE THAT WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF THING. BUT WE ARE A CITY GOVERNMENT IN THIS SEEMS JUST SUPER BIG BROTHER. SO CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT? IT IS A GEOLOCATION SOFTWARE. UM IT IS TRACKING CELL PHONE USE SO IT CAN TELL YOU DID THEY TRAVEL? WHAT CITY DID THEY TRAVEL FROM? UM INTO THE CITY. WHERE DID THEY GO AFTER THEY LEFT THE CITY. UM SO, UM, I CAN CERTAINLY SEND YOU THE SPECS ON EXACTLY HOW IT GENERATES THAT DATA AND WHAT DATA IT PROVIDES FOR US. UH HUH. FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE TECH. I WOULD, UM. I WOULD NOT BE INCLINED TO APPROVE THIS TYPE OF EXPENDITURE FOR US AS A GOVERNMENT. I UNDERSTAND THE USE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DATA ALREADY EXISTS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING OUT OF OUR WAY TO COLLECT IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE UTILITY AND THE BENEFIT THAT IT WOULD BRING US. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SEE US PARTICIPATE IN THAT TYPE OF DATA USE. JUST IN IN GENERAL. SO I'LL LEAVE MY OBJECTION OUT THERE,

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BUT I THINK ABOUT IT LONG AND HARD AND WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE EMAIL THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. GREAT THANK YOU COULD POSSIBLY PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, JUST ABSOLUTELY WE COULD, AND THAT'S IN BOLTS OF THIS THIS PROCESS, YOU BET, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION RAISED BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE SHARES THE CONCERN THAT WAY, AND IT IS. THE DISTINCTION IS AND I'M NOT AN I T PERSON AND DON'T PLAY ONE ON TV. BUT THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT DATA IS ALREADY AS YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE AND SUBJECT TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THEIR DEVICES. SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN MARKET FOR SOFTWARE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE THAT BUT TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND WE WILL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS SO YOU CAN HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. VERY GOOD. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, UM DANA. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THE GRAPHICS DESIGN SERVICES. UM THIS IS A SPECIFIC COMPANY WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'LL GO OUT TO BED. OKAY UM, THE I WILL JUST SAY THAT THAT THE I DON'T KNOW IF WE DEVELOP THEM INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY THE BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE TEAS WERE SOME OF THE SHARPEST I THINK OUT OF ALL THE THINGS WE'VE PRODUCED IN RECENT YEARS. SO, UM, ANYWAY, JUST THAT WAS A PRIVATE ARTISTS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS BENEFITS OF ONE OF OUR SPONSORS. SO WE USE A COMBINATION OF IN HOUSE AND A COMBINATION OF PRIVATE IN THIS CASE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR LOGO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE SAME AS SOUNDS OF SUMMER. I DO BELIEVE BOTH OF THOSE WERE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL. OKAY UM WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE PLANNING AROUND THAT AND WITH A MORE ROBUST DESIGN PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE, YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DESIGNED AND WE WANT THEM TO BE GREAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOOD CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. I'M HERE. THANK THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT DANA ON ON THE GRAPHICS ON THE MARKETING. WHAT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DVB C B B. C. C. C. VB. AND THIS INITIATIVE. SO I REALLY DO REPRESENT THE CBB. UM, SOMETIMES WE USE THE TERM VISIT GARLAND AND, UM OKAY, CHANGEABLE. OKAY SO IT'S 100% FUNDED BY THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND, AND ITS ALL OF ITS MONEY IS SPENT FOR THE MARKETING TO BRING MORE VISITORS TO OUR CITY. OKAY YOU KNOW INDIVIDUAL TRAVELERS OR IF IT IS A GROUP TOURNAMENTS YOU KNOW A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WEDDINGS. THAT KIND OF THING. UM WE GO AFTER THE GAMMA OF PEOPLE THAT COULD COME AND ENJOY OUR CITY. OKAY, SO ALL OF THESE ITEMS COULD BE ACCESSIBLE ACROSS THE YES ACROSS THE STREETS. YES. MHM, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR SHE CONTINUES. GO AHEAD. OKAY? AND THE NEXT ONE

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WOULD BE FOR OUR TIP NUMBER ONE. I'M GONNA LET LATISHA PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THAT AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MY NAME'S LETICIA MATT AND WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. AND JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON, UM WHAT ANDY AND DANA PRESENTED IN REGARDS TO OUR REQUESTS FOR THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED WITH OUR REQUEST FOR A NEW FULL A NEW FTE TO ASSIST WITH VIDEO INITIATIVES. SUPPORT FROM THIS ROLE IS TRULY IMPERATIVE TO DDO INITIATIVES. UH YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON ACTIVATING THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION AND ELEVATING THE DESTINATION FOR BOTH LOCALS AND VISITORS. THIS POSITION ALLOWS THE DDO MANAGER TO FOCUS ON RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT FOR THE DISTRICT WHILE ENSURING EXISTING PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO THRIVE. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THIS POSITION, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A NET INCREASE OF JUST OVER 32,000. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A PLATFORM AND WEBSITE FOR THE DISTRICT. THIS ONGOING COST WILL ADDRESS THE ANNUAL FEES INCURRED INCURRED FOR MAINTENANCE FOR THE PLATFORM AND THE WEBSITE. AND THEN EXPLAINING HAVE BEEN ON OUR ON OUR ONE TIME COSTS. SO FIRST WE HAVE A DISTRICT PROFILE AND MARKET ANALYSIS. SO THIS IS HIGH IMPACT DATA THAT WILL EQUIP DDO WITH THE APPROPRIATE TOOLS FOR CATALYST, BUSINESS AND DEVELOPER RECRUITMENT. ENSURING THAT OUR TOP PROSPECTS ARE TRULY THAT AND THAT THEY ALIGN WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC, PSYCHOGRAPHIC AND RETAIL REPORTS FOR THE DISTRICT . THIS INFORMATION WILL GUIDE STRATEGIC AND INITIATIVES TOWARDS ENHANCING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE DISTRICT AND

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JUSTIFY INCENTIVE BASED AGREEMENTS. OUR NEXT REQUEST COVERS PROMOTION OF DOWNTOWN RENOVATION. SO THIS IS AN ESTIMATED THREE MONTH CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE OUR NEWLY COMPLETED RENOVATIONS DOWNTOWN. ONCE WE REACH THAT MILESTONE SHARE, THOUGH, THAT THE EXACT TIMING AND SPENDING OF THIS ITEM WILL BE DEPENDENT, OF COURSE ON THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. NEXT, YOU'LL SEE A MURAL PROGRAM. SO THE TIP PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN CURRENTLY HAS A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED FOR TEMPORARY AS WELL AS PERMANENT PUBLIC ART MURAL PROGRAM WOULD ENABLE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR INSTALLATIONS ON THEIR PROPERTY FROM A LIST OF PRE APPROVED ARTISTS IN THE CITY'S PROGRAM PORTFOLIO. THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE AS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE PER THE PROGRAM AGREEMENT ONCE ESTABLISHED. NEXT YOU'LL SEE A REQUEST FOR BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE. SO THIS IS SEASON TWO ABOVE PHENOMENAL SMALL SCALE CONCERT SERIES AT 506 ART. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A SEMI PERMANENT STRUCTURE, STAGE OR TENT RATHER FOR THE PERFORMANCES. AND LASTLY , THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM . THIS MIGHT CONFUSE SOME FOLKS . SOME FOLKS IN THE TIP PROJECT PLAN. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNATED AS FACADE, BUT WITH COUNCILS DIRECTION AND EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM. WE UPDATED THAT TO REFLECT A REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. SO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM ITSELF HAS MET ITS FISCAL CAPACITY IN THE CURRENT TIFF PLAN, IT HAS FACILITATED OVER $1.5 MILLION OF REINVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL UP TO SPEED. THIS IS A 50 50 MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES VERY IMPACTFUL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THIS REQUEST PROPOSES A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING. UH ROUGHLY $500,000 SPLIT OVER THE REMAINING YEARS OF THE TIFF. SO CONSIDERING THE PROJECTED CASH FLOW MODEL THAT WOULD EQUATE TO JUST UNDER $260,000 TO COME ONLINE AND FY 23 IF APPROVED, AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL INTERESTED APPLICANTS AND ARE WAITING POOL TO DATE. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR FUNDING REQUEST. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE TIP. ONE PROJECT PLAN DUE TO BETTER PROJECTIONS THAN ANTICIPATED THE TIFF BOARD AND FORMALLY AGREED TO MODIFY THE PLAN TO EXTEND THIS FUNDING, AS INCLUDED IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO COUNSEL WITH THE REVISED PROJECT PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. CASPER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YOU MENTIONED ON THE MURAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PRETTY SELECTED ARTIST THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. DO. WE ALSO ARE WE ALSO GOING TO DICTATE WHAT GETS PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL OR IS THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS STILL IN THE VERY PRELIMINARY RESEARCH PHASES, BUT THE INTENTION IN LINE WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN IS TO WORK THROUGH AND APPROVED ROSTER IF YOU WILL OF ARTISTS AND THEN TO CAPTURE, UM ANY SORT OF THEME AND, UH, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MURALS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN FROM THAT ANGLE. DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION? LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, JUST CONCERNED ABOUT ARE WE TELLING THEM? YOU CAN GET SOME ART AND HE SAID, BUT WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU YOU'RE GONNA PUT X ON YOUR SIDE OF YOUR BUILDING. I APOLOGIZE. TENT CONTENT. THE CONTENT I WOULD ASSUME WOULD JUST FOLLOW THE SIGN ORDINANCE A MURAL REGULATIONS FOR DOWNTOWN, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, AND UNTIL THE TEACHERS POINT, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. NOW THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED WERE FOR THE MASTER PLAN . WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A AN ARTIST SELECTION PROCESS FOR PUBLIC ART. AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF OPTIONS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT PRIVATE MONEY, PRIVATE PROPERTY PROCESS. YOU GOT PUBLIC MONEY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THEN PUBLIC PUBLIC , SO THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF SELECTION PROCESS THAT WOULD GENERALLY PROVIDE COMMITTEE THAT SELECTS ARTISTS AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A CALL FOR PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS A CALL FOR A PROJECT AND WILL PROBABLY SO WE DON'T SLOW THINGS DOWN INTO THIS PROCESS IS IN PLACE. KIND OF DO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL PARAMETER OF WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE ON THE BUILDING. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARTIST HAS THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT AN ARTIST DOES, BUT ALSO WITH SOME PARAMETERS OF WHAT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE PUBLIC, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THAT IF IT'S PUBLIC MONEY AND OR PUBLIC PROPERTY. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SAY SO. IS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM AND HE JUST MENTIONED THERE WILL BE A COMMITTEE. TO SELECT THE. ART OR TO SELL TO PREPARE THE CRITERIA FOR COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT AGAIN

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IN THE FUTURE PROCESS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS? THIS IS NOT IN PLACE YET IT WOULD BE THAT THERE'S SOME MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, TOO. LOOK AT THE OPTIONS ON HOW TO SET UP A PUBLIC ART SELECTION PROCESS.

AND SO THE GENERAL RECOMMENDATION IS AS YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE OF PROFESSIONALS WHO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION COULD SELECT THAT WOULD REVIEW EITHER ONGOING CALLS FOR PROJECT. LET'S SAY IT'S A STANDING COMMITTEE THAT IS THERE ALL YEAR OR IT COULD BE PROJECT SPECIFIC. LET'S SAY THERE'S FUNDING FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF MEDIUM OR THEME OR MESSAGE OR WHATEVER, IT MIGHT BE PROJECT SPECIFIC, BUT YOU WANT A COMMITTEE OF ARTISTS WHO CAN VET THAT ARTIST THAT A THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE WANT. THEY HAVE THE SKILL.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE WHAT THEY PROMISE. THEN ON THE BACKSIDE, THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN IS OKAY. WHEN WE PUT UP THIS AWESOME PIECE PIECE OF ART.

WHAT'S THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE? HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? WHAT DOES IT COST? WHEN DO YOU DECOMMISSION? IT DOESN'T NEED LIGHTS DOESN'T NEED ALL THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ALL THAT LOOKS NICE. LET'S DO IT. IT KIND OF HELPS PROTECT EVERYONE INVOLVED. START TO FINISH. OKAY AND WITH THAT COMMITTEE'S WHO LIKE THAT SORT OF ELECTION, AND I KNOW THAT'S IT'S STILL IN IT. IT'S IN THE FORMATIVE STAGE. BUT IN THAT COMMITTEE, HE SAID, COMMITTEE OF PROFESSIONALS I'D BE VERY INTERESTED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I KNOW HOW HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT SELECTING QUOTE THOSE PROFESSIONALS AND MY CONCERN IS TO BE SURE THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD THIS PROGRAM THAT WE THAT THAT THAT I'VE PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY IT'S SO I THINK THAT THAT COMMITTEE OF PROFESSIONALS IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THIS PROCESS. AND TO ENSURING THAT IT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE IN THE MASTER PLAN REFLECTS YOUR SENTIMENT AND IT IS VERY CLEAR OF WHAT WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. OKAY OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MAN. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND AS EARLIER VISIT GARLAND HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THIS YEAR WITH CONCERTS AND TOURNAMENTS AND. ALL OF THE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON. SO THANK YOU BOTH. UM WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER THIS SUMMER. AND SO I HAVE A I HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND ALSO HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR THIS GIANT PIECE OF ART THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON THE SIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE. JUST OUTSIDE HERE. UM, THAT IS AWESOME. IT ACTUALLY STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS AS I WAS WALKING UP TO THE BUILDING THIS MORNING, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NEXT UP WILL BE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. THAT WAS ME. NOPE SORRY. NEVER MIND. SORRY SORRY. SORRY SORRY I WAS I WAS I WAS ONE ROW OFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SORRY. DO IT AGAIN. OKAY? OKAY?

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MHM TRYING TO GET IT TO YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE. I CAN SEE IT IN THE BACKGROUND. WELL YOU CAN ALL SEE IT, RIGHT? YES. WHETHER IT ADVANCES OR NOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT YES, WE CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN THAT'S NOT MOVING ON. YEAH. SURE, PLEASE. FIGHTING WITH THIS ALL MORNING. CLOSE OUT OF EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALISON.

OKAY? COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, SO WE HAVE A FEW DEPARTMENT HEADS REPRESENTING PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS WHO WILL PRESENT THE ECONOMIC

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DEVELOPMENT FUNDING REQUESTS SALGO AND KICK THINGS OFF AND TALK ABOUT THE FIRST REQUEST HERE. THIS IS THE 220,000 FOR AREA AND REDEVELOPMENT PLANS. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME REQUEST. THAT'S BEEN THAT'S COME THROUGH AND BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND YEARS PAST. IT'S OFTEN BEEN USED TOWARDS LARGER CATALYST AREA PLANS, BUT WHAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING MORE SO IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO AND CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD. IS UM, LOOKING AT AREAS THAT ARE LITTLE MORE SITE SITE SPECIFIC, SO SMALLER AREAS, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT RATHER THAN THESE JUST SIMPLY BEING PLANS AND VISIONS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE TABLE AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND REALLY TRYING TO MOVE SOME SOME REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FORWARD. SO A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AREA PLANS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, UM MOVING FORWARD AND USING THIS FUNDING TOWARDS I'LL GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT BUT THERE'S FUNDING REQUEST, OF COURSE, SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND THE FUN. IT IS FUNDED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. SO JUST TO GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS, YOU MAY RECALL THE I 30 AND BROADWAY GREENBELT AREA. WE ENGAGED KIMBERLY HORN AND THEN AS FAR AS ACTUAL STAKEHOLDERS GO, WE HAD DART PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATION FROM WALMART, AS WELL AS SOME WILLING DEVELOPERS ALL AT THE TABLE. THAT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL INCLUDED A MARKET STUDY AND FEASIBILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY AS WELL SO THAT THAT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND ALSO THE ZONING THAT FOLLOWED THAT PUTTING THE ZONING IN PLACE THAT ALIGNED WITH THE MASTER PLAN, AND THE PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO WAS APPROVED AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOW IN THE PHASE OF FOLLOWING UP WITH THE DART REGARDING NEXT STEPS AS WELL AS WE EXPECT THE FIRST DETAILED PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED ON THIS WALMART TRACT HERE, POSSIBLY AS SOON AS THIS WEEK. AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL AREA PLANS WERE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SATURN AND KINGSLEY, THE ORCHARD HILLS SHOPPING CENTER. THIS BELIEVE SCORED PRETTY HIGH ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. REDEVELOPMENT CRITERIA. SO THIS IS A SHOPPING CENTER WHERE WE'VE GOT THE PROPERTY AND ENGAGED AND WE'RE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A KICK OFF MEETING WITH WITH THEM AS WELL AS THE CONSULTANT STAND TEXT, SO THIS WILL INVOLVE KIND OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND JUST REALLY EXPLORING SOME SCENARIOS ON HOW WE CAN REDEVELOP THIS THIS AREA AND KIND OF HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL AS THE CITY TO PARTNER ON KIND OF RE RE IMAGINING THIS AREA. AND ALSO THIS PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. IT'S TRADITIONALLY BEEN KNOWN, I BELIEVE IS THE ONION SHED PROPERTY THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WALNUT, VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE DOWNTOWN DART RAIL STATION. UM THIS HAS A SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS. REPPERT REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. BUT REALLY PART OF THE GOAL HERE IS JUST SITTING DOWN WITH THEM AND GETTING THEM TO REALIZE AND KIND OF RETHINK THIS PROPERTY AND FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS. SO WE'VE ENGAGED KIM LEE HORN ON THIS ONE AND TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY WITH HERE WITH, WITH THIS PROPERTY BEING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, POSSIBLE, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AT THE ZONING IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE DOWNTOWN KIND OF FORM BASED CODES, SO IT ALLOWS THE MIXTURE OF USES HIGHER DENSITIES, THAT SORT OF THING, SO DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. THE GLORIOUS HEALTH PART MEDICAL DISTRICT AREA WAS ANOTHER, UM PLAN AND STUDY IN THE PAST, BUT AT THIS TIME I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SHUSTER. GOOD AFTERNOON, BUT TODAY BASICALLY, I'M HERE FOR THE MORAL SUPPORT. SO I REALLY VERY FEW SLIDE. I HEARD IT'S REALLY FUN MEETING IS HAPPENING. GOOD REASON I'M HERE. BUT ANYWAYS, NOW AND ALSO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS AREA STUDY AND THE DOROTHY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS. MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN HOW THIS WHOLE EFFORT IS REALLY HELPING OUR GARLAND OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. AND AT FIRST I REALLY WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INPUT DURING THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS. WE ARE THE FINISHING UP THE DATA COLLECTION PHASE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS STUFF AND WORKSHOP AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY COMING BACK TO YOU MADE OCTOBER FOR REALLY ROUGH DRAFT WITH PRIORITIZED GOALS AND SPECIFIC ACTION PLAN WHEN THEIR SPECIFIC TASK AND THE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY SO STAY TUNED. NOW WHAT? YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS MAP AND YOU SEE A LOT OF RED DOTS THAT IS REALLY SHOWING 85. ACTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR OFFICES WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL DIFFERENT STAGES, SOME OF THEM VERY CLOSE TO THE FINISH, LINE, SOME OF THEM AND JUST STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR AND COMPANY THEY WANTED TO EXPAND OR COME TO GARLAND. OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ASSEMBLE PROPERTIES. I AM MAYBE

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THOSE PLACE MAKING EFFORTS. SO THOSE EVERYTHING IS SHOWING UP HERE BUT AGAIN. SOME OF THE PROPERTIES. SOME OF THE PROJECT IS COMING THROUGH THIS AREA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH WILL TALKED ABOUT WE'RE MEETING A LOT OF DEVELOPERS. THEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN GARLAND, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN GARLAND. AND ALSO THIS MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN IS REALLY BROADER. UM, AUDIENCE AND IT REALLY, REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GARLAND? IF YOU'RE GOING NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU. SO INSTEAD OF, UH, ANDY AND HIS TEAM HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MIRROR WALL MURAL. IT'S REALLY CREATING BUDS , SOMETHING. IT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES AND DIFFERENT AREAS, SO IT'S REALLY COMING FROM WITH 80 STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION AND AREA STUDY AND MAKE YOUR CAR CAN MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN IS REALLY WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE TEND TO WHAT KIND OF AUDIENCE THAT'S REALLY HELPING. THE GARLAND STORY TO KIND OF REACHING OUT TO WIDER AUDIENCE. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST AGAIN, 220,000 FOR, UM AREA, SMALL AREA AND REDEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND, UM ANY QUESTIONS FOR US MAYOR ANY QUESTIONS? I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT. I THINK THAT WAS WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE SATURN KINGSLEY CORNER IS THAT WE RE DEVELOPED AROUND THE BEEF HOUSE THAT IT REMAINS INTACT. WELL, THAT WAS UNTOUCHABLE AND THE BEEF HOUSE AND ITS SIGNAGE ARE OFF THE TABLE AS FAR AS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT CORNER. HAVE FUN WITH IT, BUT, YEAH, YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU HANDED OVER TO DOROTHY WHITE. YEAH. THEY TALK MORAL SUPPORT, AND THEY WALK AWAY. THEY'RE SUPPORTING YOU FROM AFAR . THAT'S RIGHT. ALRIGHT SO I AM HERE TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE IMAGE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE . BY THE WAY, I'M DOROTHY WHITE.

I'M PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR UM, WHEN BRIAN BRADFORD TOOK THE REINS OF CITY MANAGER IN 2015, HE HAD A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES IMAGES OF FIRST STRING SUBURB HAD DULLED SOMEWHAT OVER THE MANY YEARS AND DECADES COMPARED TO SOME OF THE SHINY NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN IN OUR REGION. WITH THAT LACK OF LACK OF SPARKING EXCITEMENT. IT WAS IMPACTING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT NEW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SO AS PART OF THE CITY'S PRIORITY TO GROW GARLANDS ECONOMIC BASE, WE BEGAN AN IMAGE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, AND OUR FIRST STEP WAS TO CONDUCT IN DEPTH RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. AND TO IDENTIFY A BASELINE FOR A REPUTATION AND IMAGE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE SUCCESS. UTILIZING A VARIETY OF FOCUS GROUPS, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS THAT RESEARCH IDENTIFIED KEY TARGET AUDIENCES AND CREATED MARKETING GOALS AND STRATEGIES. SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS, TARGETED MEDIA RELATIONS AND EARNED MEDIA EFFORTS. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO DISCOVER AND EXPERIENCE. GARLAND THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ADVERTISING MARKETING ACTIVITIES AND HARNESSING THOSE POSITIVE VOICES AND OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP TELL OUR STORY. SO IN OUR NEXT STEP, WE ENGAGED VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS TO CONTRACTORS TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES. ADDITIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH RESULTED IN THE ACTUAL MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT AND THAT CAMPAIGN HAS INCLUDED MEDIA RELATIONS SUPPORT, REALTOR OUTREACH ACTIVATION EVENTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES. HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE MANY TOOLS WE'VE CREATED TO PROMOTE GARLAND THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN. FIRST WE CREATED A MICRO SITE TO TELL GARLANDS MAKE YOUR MARK STORY THESE PAGES HELP DISPEL THAT MYTH THAT GARLAND LACKED FUN AND EXCITEMENT. WE GOT LOTS OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT. AND IT ALSO HELPED US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE ADDED THIS YEAR AS PART OF OUR ADVERTISING AN OPTION THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. WE PLACE DIGITAL ADS AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA OF LOVE FIELD

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. THESE MESSAGES ARE INTENDED TO REACH BUSINESS TRAVELERS WITH THE IDEA THAT GARLAND IS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW AND INNOVATE, AS WELL AS TO TICKLE THE FANCY OF POTENTIAL VISITORS TO OUR AREA.

ABOUT 80% OF LOVE FIELDS. 15.5 MILLION PASSENGERS PER YEAR HANG OUT IN THE BAGGAGE CLAIM. DURING OUR THREE MONTH AD RUN. WE REACHED MORE THAN 3.6 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. AND BY THE WAY, THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES THOSE BOARDS REALLY THINKS OURS IS ONE OF THE BEST CREATIVES. THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR INVENTORY AND THAT'S HIGH PRICE SHAL. THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, WE'VE CREATED A VARIETY OF ADS SPONSORED DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE MAGAZINE, TEXAS MONTHLY TYLER TODAY VARIOUS BILLBOARDS IN AND NEAR GARLAND AND ON MANY OTHER DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. OUR EFFORTS IN 2022 HAVE REACHED ALMOST 50 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. WE'VE ALSO ADDED MORE CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHY TO OUR INVENTORY TO FEATURE FIRE WHEEL GOLF, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS REVOLVING KITCHEN AND INTRINSIC. WE'VE ALSO CAPITALIZED ON OUR ARTS, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT STRENGTHS. SO I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU A FULL REVIEW AND RUN DOWN OF OUR IMAGE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUGH I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY LONG. I WILL SHOW YOU ALL OF THIS TO ILLUSTRATE THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE BELIEVE HAS MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT. WE NOW NEED DATA IN ORDER TO QUANTIFY THAT IMPACT. WE NEED TO SEE THAT ARE WHAT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE AND WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE NEED TO ADJUST STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO TAKE US TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT, ANALYZE OUR PROGRESS TO DATE AND RECOMMEND UPDATED FOCUS AREAS. WE WOULD EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO TAKE 3 TO 6 MONTHS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT IS AN ONGOING EFFORT TO PROMOTE AND MARKET GARLAND. IN ADDITION TO THIS, UM WE NEED TO WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO UTILIZING THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS ON HIGHWAY 78 NEAR FIRE WILL TOWN CENTER WE NEED TO PUT OUR MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS RELATED PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE CONSISTENT, TARGETED MESSAGING FOR IMAGE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL RECRUITING, TALENT, RECRUITING AND SPECIFIC, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS. SO AGAIN. OUR SUMMARY OF REQUESTS HERE IS 250,000 FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT 50,000 FOR A YEAR OF ADVERTISING AT THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS BY FIRE WHEEL FOR A TOTAL OF $300,000. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. NO, I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT LOVE FILL.

ADD. IT WAS LIKE SANTA CLAUS. I TOOK A TRIP RECENTLY AND FLEW BACK INTO LOVE FIELD. YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE EXITING YOU GET A MESSAGE FROM THE DALLAS MAYOR. WELCOME TO DALLAS ON I GO DOWN THE STEPS TO BAGGAGE CLAIM. AND THAT AD MHM. AND NOT WANTING TO ATTRACT SECURITY STARTED YELLING . THAT'S US BACK! I YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO IT QUIETLY WITHOUT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT BEING HANDCUFFED OR YOU THING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SARAH AND IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO I DID TELL SOME FOLKS WHO WERE ALSO WAITING FOR THEIR BAGS YOU KNOW ABOUT THERE WAS ONE GUY THAT I HAPPENED TO SIT NEXT TO ON THE PLANE FROM CHICAGO. AND WHEN HE WAS HERE FOR A SHORT TRIP, SO I GAVE HIM A QUICK OVER YOUR GARLAND. YOU KNOW DOWNTOWN, BUT UNTIL YOU I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. BUT WHEN I SAW THAT YOU KNOW, I STARTED SENDING A LITTLE MESSAGE TO THE DALLAS MAYOR. YOU MEAN YOU'RE AHEAD IN IT, BUT I JUST WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE, BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AND IT'S AWESOME. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM. FOR IT AND KEEP HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TWO OR THREE AT DFW. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. OKAY BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHED THAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE. I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I SAW IT IN THERE. IT WAS FAST TO SAY, WELCOME HOME, B. J OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY BUT BUT YOU REWROTE THE SCRIPT.

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I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT AND DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. SO I HAD LOVED HAVING HAPPY SURPRISES. WHAT? THAT ONE WAS A HAPPY SURPRISE. AND IT WAS PROFESSIONAL MEAN FIRST CLASS FIRST RATE. JUST YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS THERE ON A BIG SCREEN.

YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY CAN SEE . SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THAT WAS ONE. I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL TODAY. TO SEE YOU AND TELL YOU QUITE AN IMPACT. IT MADE. AT THE AIRPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM WELL, I WAS, I WILL GIVE AN AMEN TO THE SURPRISE AT LOVE FIELD BECAUSE I RECENTLY MADE TWO TRIPS IN AND OUT AND IT WAS JUST, UM, IT WAS GREAT. BUT NOW I'M DEPRESSED BECAUSE APPARENTLY , IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY WELCOME HOME. B. J. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK? SURE CITY MANAGER . I MEAN, REALLY, THAT JUST HURTS. UM, ANYWAY, UM MY QUESTION AND THIS THIS IS A TOTAL AREA OF IGNORANCE FOR ME QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO RESEARCH AND ASSESS THE IMPACT AND PROGRESS FROM ME. MAKE YOUR MARK. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SHOCKING TO ME. DO YOU HAVE ANY CAN CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY OTHER HENCE, ABOUT WHAT THAT RESEARCH PROJECT MIGHT INVOLVE. WE DID SUCH A THOROUGH RESEARCH PROJECT GOING INTO THIS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPEAT AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN TRULY GAUGE WHERE THE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE NEEDING TO MAKE TO OUR STRATEGIES. SO THIS ISN'T JUST SENDING OUT SIMPLE SERVICE. THEIR SURVEYS INCLUDED, BUT WE DID. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY FOCUS GROUPS WE DID AN AREA INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALL IN THIS ROOM, BUT ALSO WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMERCIAL REALTORS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. TO GET DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ON WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR IMAGE. WE WERE TRYING TO SET A BASELINE. UM SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS REPEAT IS MUCH OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERACTIONS AS WE CAN TO GET A TRULY QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PICTURE OF HOW HOW HAVE WE PROGRESSED? UM WHEN WE GO OUT TO RFP, WE MIGHT GET LUCKY AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT MUCH, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GET THE DATA AND THE CONTENT WE NEED FROM THIS RESEARCH. IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOLID INFORMATION FROM WHICH WE CAN REALLY GAUGE OUR IMPACT. OKAY AND I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH WITH THE NEED FOR THAT. JUST THE PRICE TAG. IT IS SHOCKING TO ME. SO, UM THANK YOU FOR THAT. EXCELLENT MR BRADFORD MAY HAVE SO OKAY, IT IS EXPENSIVE AND, YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT RIGHT. THERE WILL BE THE I'LL BE THE FIRST TO AMEN THAT. BUT THE THOROUGHNESS OF IT AND THE DEGREE OF THE RESEARCH THOSE RESULTS GUIDE HOW WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AND SO IT KEEPS US FROM WASTING A LOT OF MONEY AND UM, THE FIRST ASSESSMENT WE DID IN WHAT 2016.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT GARLAND. BEFORE THAT. WE REALLY DIDN'T AND IT REALLY AH, IT REALLY SET THE TOWN AND THE PACE IN THE DIRECTION FOR SO MANY THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD CANCELED ALL SPECIAL EVENTS. WE? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS. AND IN THAT STUDY WAS WAS WAS REALLY THE CATALYST TO MAKE US UNDERSTAND WHAT ER WHAT IMPORTANCE THAT PLAYED IN GETTING GARLAND ON THE MAP, AND IT IT REALLY HELPED US TO. TO HONE OUR MESSAGE. AND MADE US MADE US REALIZE THAT THERE'S A WHOLE DEMOGRAPHIC OUT THERE. THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WE EXIST IN AND SO, YEAH, IT'S EXPENSIVE , BUT, UM. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT. I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF STUDIES, BUT THIS ONE WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY. AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO CUT IT SHORTER OR SKIMP IT BY A DIME. SO AGAIN, IT WAS JUST FOR RESEARCH FOLLOW UP RESEARCH STUDY THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE

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PRETTY PRICEY, BUT, HEY, I'M NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, DOROTHY. BECAUSE THE RIVIERA COME HERE. DOROTHY, UM WELL, BJ SAID DAD AND MS. MAKE UM MORRIS OVER THERE SAID THE SAME THING, BUT IN MY BUSINESS PEOPLE COME TO MY BUSINESS, AND THERE'S A WHAT'S GOING ON IN GARLAND BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN THOSE SIGNS . I LOVE BILL AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE JUST BUILDING THEM.

A NEW PLACE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT UNTIL THEY THEY SAID THE SCIENCE, YOU KNOW? AND ARE THIS UH, MONEY WE SPEND HERE. AFTER WE DO THE THEY FIXED THE DOWNTOWN AREA. ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE ADVERTISING LIKE THAT? OH, YES, BECAUSE THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT ALL OF GARLAND . IT'S ABOUT EXPERIENCING EVERY WONDERFUL THING THAT GARLAND IS THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT A FOODIE DESTINATION WE WERE UNTIL WE GOT INTO ALL OF THIS. PEOPLE LOVE COMING OVER HERE AND DISCOVERING THE WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD EXPERIENCES WE HAVE HERE IN GARLAND, UM, IT'S ABOUT PROMOTING THE FACT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VITAL AND GROWING IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WILL ENJOY BEING IN NEED TO BE A PART OF IT'S ABOUT EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE THAT OURS IS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INNOVATION. NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED GEOGRAPHICALLY, IN OUR CITY, OURS IS A PLACE WHERE YOUR BUSINESS YOUR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR ENTERTAINMENT CAN ALL THRIVE. THANK YOU, DOROTHY FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CUSTOMER BASS.

THANK YOU. HEY DOROTHY, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOUR OFFICE DOES. AND REMEMBER THAT 2016 STUDY. I SAW THE PRESENTATION QUITE A FEW TIMES. IS THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC OR FOR US TO SEE THAT PRESENTATION. UH IT'S IT IS AVAILABLE. I NEED TO SEE WHERE WE MAY EVEN STILL HAVE IT ON A WEBSITE SOMEWHERE, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE IT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH BECAUSE I MEAN FOR ME, REMEMBERING ALL OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THAT I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE 250,000. AND TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BARGAIN. COMPARED TO WHAT I REMEMBER WAS PRESENTED TO US, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE YOU KNOW, FOR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT BECAUSE I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY HAD SEEN HAD SEEN THAT IT WAS AROUND THEN. SO UM, YEAH, THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ASK TO THE PUBLIC. SO UH AND THEN, UM, DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE ORIGINAL COST OF THAT WAS BACK IN 2016? WAS IT WAS IT OKAY? OKAY I DON'T . I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS MORE THAN THAT, BUT OKAY, AND I WAS. THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING AT BRIAN. THERE WERE SO MANY ACTIVITIES ROLLED INTO THAT TIMEFRAME AND THAT PROCESS THAT I HAD A HARD TIME RECALLING WHAT WAS SPECIFIC TO WHAT? BUT YEAH, AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON. I GUESS THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR US TO DO IS TO BEGIN TRACKING COUNCIL MEMBERS CELL PHONE USAGE SO THAT YOU'RE PROPERLY GREETED AT THE AIRPORT . YOU KNOW, I'M SURE I'M SURE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH CAN SIGN ON TO THAT IDEA. WHEN I WAS ABOUT THAT. YEAH, TEXTED, CARRY OUT. THERE'S A HUGE THERE'S A HUGE GAP THAT WE'RE WE NEED TO FILL. THANK YOU, DOROTHY APPRECIATE IT. EVEN MORE GAPS IF YOU'LL GET ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS

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US TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. SORRY I COULDN'T RESIST THROWING THAT AT YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEIN, EVERYBODY GETS SO FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT TO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM WHEN I GET THEM. I LOVE IT WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS, RIGHT? WELL CONSIDERING WHAT THE SCREEN SAYS YES, THERE WE GO. YES GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEVEN NIA CAM, THE CEO FOR THE FOR THE CITY. UNLIKE THE HAPPY GOOD NEWS YOU JUST HEARD FROM FROM DOROTHY . I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. UH, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO EVERYONE'S HEART. VERY

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VERY EXCITING TOPIC AS WELL. UH I ONLY HAVE THE ONE SLIDE AND IT IS ON THAT TOPIC. UM WE ARE STARTING A THREE YEAR INVESTMENT IN IMPROVING OUR CYBERSECURITY FOR THE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. UM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS IN THAT I LISTED SOME OF THEM HERE. AH FORGIVE ME FOR NOT GOING INTO SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH NAMES OF PRODUCT AND SO ON, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY A GREAT IDEA, BUT, UM, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS TO THAT, UH, THE PROJECT WILL SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS. IT DOESN'T EVEN STOP AFTER THIS. THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE FIRST PIECE OF IT.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THERE'S CYBER CRIMINALS OUT, THERE WILL BE SPENDING MONEY ON CYBERSECURITY. EVERYONE LOVES THE TRAINING. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT EVERYBODY SEES FIRSTHAND. BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THAT ALSO HAPPENED. UM YOU KNOW, SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CYBER SECURITY. AH ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION THIS YEAR. UH MR BRADFORD HELPED US OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ELEVATE ONE OF OUR POSITIONS TO A FULL CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, SO THE CITY NOW HAS A POSITION OF CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER IS AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN WITH US FOR MANY YEARS. WE WERE ABLE TO SEND HIM THROUGH TRAINING HE IS FANTASTIC HAS GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION CLASSES AND HAS EVERYTHING PLUS WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN ANY. UM, AND ANY INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER OUT THERE SO THAT BRINGS LEGITIMACY TO OUR PROGRAM AS WELL AS NOW WE HAVE A DEDICATED EXPERT WHO SPENDS ALL OF HIS TIME. AH UM IN THAT PARTICULAR ARENA INSTEAD OF PART TIME DOING SOMETHING ELSE.

SECURITY HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A FULL TIME JOB. SO YOU KNOW, MOVING MOVING THROUGH THIS, UM WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THIS. THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE LESS. UM BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M UP HERE FOR, AS I SAY . THERE'S A LOT OF PARTS AND PIECES THEIR SERVICES INVOLVED IN THIS THEIR SOFTWARE THAT WE WILL ACQUIRE. UH THERE ARE SOFTWARE THAT WE WILL EXPAND THAT WE ALREADY OWN THEIR STAFF AUGMENTATION. THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THAT NEED TO BE REWRITTEN FOR. BUT YOU KNOW, TO MATCH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. SO THAT COME OUT AT TIME. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING. UM THERE'S UM. THERE'S AN ASPECT OF INCIDENT RESPONSE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, SO IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES THAT CAN CAN ALSO COME IN AND HELP US TO MEDIATE. SO, UM BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON NOTES A LITTLE BIT VAGUE. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A DEEPER DIVE IF WE SHOULD HAVE THE NEED TO VERY GOOD. YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT THE THUMBS UP THUMBS UP FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. AND THAT'S THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. ALRIGHT. WELL, THANKS, EVERYONE.

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I APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT THAT BRINGS US TO SANITATION. GET HIM QUEUED UP HERE. I IDEA, GUY IF E THIS. WOW FOR HIM. THERE YOU GO PROVIDE. THAT IS AWESOME. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TREND HAS STARTED THREE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE END, YOU KNOW? WHERE WAS HE THIS MORNING WHEN YOU KNOW WELL , LET ME START BY SAYING THAT MY REQUEST IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN STEVE'S. WANTED TO START SOMETHING POSITIVE DONE DONE. MY NAME IS YOUR REAL TIME WITH THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND BE GOING OVER THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. THE FIRST REQUEST THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS FOR A FULL TIME OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE. THIS IS A HYBRID POSITION THAT WE CREATED EARLIER THIS YEAR. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO CONSISTENTLY AT THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT IS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HAD WAS THE SERVICE ORDERS WHEN THE CITIZEN WILL PUT IN A SERVICE ORDER TO GET THEIR CONTAINER REPLACED OR REPAIRED. IT WAS TAKEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF SERVICE ORDERS THAT WILL GET SINCE WE EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO GET SOME TEMPORARY LABOR. TO HELP. WITH THE WORKLOAD AND SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THIS WE WENT FROM THREE WEEKS TO NOW, JUST FIVE WORKING DAYS, SO IT'S DEFINITELY

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MADE AN IMPACT. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN DOING THIS THEY GET TO THE TRANSFER STATION, AND THEY'LL PICK UP ALL THE TRASH AROUND THE TRANSFER STATION, WHICH IS A T CE QUE REQUIREMENT. AFTER THIS PERSON IS DONE WITH THIS, THEN WE'LL REASSESS THE OPERATIONS FOR THE DAY AND WILL DETERMINE DOES THIS PERSON DO WE NEED HELP AND BRUSH? DO WE NEED HELP WITH THE RECYCLING CENTER? OR DO WE NEED HELP WITH SERVICING SERVICE ORDERS, SO IT'S MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN THE DEPARTMENT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE'RE CITIZENS HAVE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE SINCE WE ADDED THIS TEMPORARY POSITIONS, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THIS POSITION TO BE MADE FULL TIME AND IS GOING TO COST US JUST UNDER $53,000, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONGOING. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $40,000 FOR GPS AND CAMERA TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU RECALL BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, I GAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE BRUSH AND BULKY EQUIPMENT. WE ADDED DUAL FACING CAMERAS IN ALSO GPS S. AND SO INITIALLY, THAT WAS THE PLAN FOR ME TO STOP THERE. BUT AFTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF DATA AND SEEING THE RESULTS, IT FELT IT WAS NECESSARY. IN THE FAULT I FELT IT WAS, IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS TO ADD IT TO THE ENTIRE FLEET. WHAT IF THIS INCREASES IN EFFICIENCY IN ACCOUNTABILITY IN WAYS THAT WE NEVER IMAGINED? I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. EVERY DAY AT THREE O'CLOCK. ALL THE SUPERVISORS CAN GET ON THE COMPUTER. LOOK AT THE MAPS FOR THE FOR THAT SPECIFIC DAY, AND IF THEY SEE THAT A STREET HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN, THEN THAT GIVES THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO GET ON THE RADIO CALL THAT DRIVER. AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT STREET IS DRIVEN. OR WE HAVE A LIST IF WE FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOUR TRASH IS NOT PICKED UP. YOU CALL IT IN THE NEXT DAY. WE CALL IT THE MISS LIST THAT USED TO BE WELL OVER 100 EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO WE KIND OF STARTED IN THE RED EVERY SINGLE MORNING. SINCE WE ADDED THIS TECHNOLOGY, NOT WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN 10. VERY SIGNIFICANT. ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU SEE THE COMMENTS FROM SOME OVER CITIZENS . THAT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU KNOW, AND SOMETHING ONCE AGAIN $40,000 MY SIMILAR A LOT, BUT IT ALSO IMPROVES OUR SAFETY IT TRACKS WHEN DRIVERS ARE SPEEDING. IT ACTUALLY HAS A FEATURE THAT WHEN THE DRIVER IS DRESSED, DISTRACTED, TEXTING, IT'LL LET US KNOW SO OR FULL TIME SAFETY COORDINATOR WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN HALF VIDEO. TO NOT JUST TALK TO THAT ONE DRIVER, BUT TALK TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE ACCIDENTS. UH THE TOP OF TRUCKS THAT WOULD DRIVE WE GET INTO AN ARTFUL ACCIDENT IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE THAN $40,000, SO DEFINITELY A LOT OF BENEFITS. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $60,000 FOR CONTAINER PURCHASES AND REPAIRS AND, UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MY DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEEN IMPACTED BY INFLATION. THE COST OF EQUIPMENT THE COST OF PAINT THE COST OF REPAIRS. SO WHAT? I'M AT THE FOR THE 96 GALLON RESIDENTIAL CONTAINERS, WHICH IS YOUR YOUR BLUE AND YOUR GREEN CONTAINER. THE COST HAS INCREASED BY $4.23 WE DO ABOUT 5000 OF THOSE A YEAR, SO THAT'S ABOUT $21,000. SO? SO THE 1ST 20 $21,000 OF THE 60,000 IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS PURCHASING CONTINUE TO PURCHASING THIS 96 GALLON CONTAINERS. THE OTHER $40,000 IS GOING TO BE SPENT IN THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH WITH MY DEPARTMENT. MR. BRADFORD KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DEPARTMENT. HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD A WAIT LIST FOR BUSINESSES MEANING IF HE OWNED THE BUSINESS, YOU MOVE INTO GARLAND. WE HAD TO PUT YOU ON A WAIT LIST. WELL, IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE ON THE WAIT LIST. YOU WANT TO GET YOUR CONTAINER? YOU WANT TO OPEN UP AND YOU WANT TO START PROVIDING YOUR SERVICES. WE WENT FROM THAT TO NOW BEING $660,000. IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE INCOME IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WITHOUT A 614 NEW FRONT LOAD ACCOUNT THAT'S JUST FRONT LOAD ACCOUNTS. FOR ROLL OFFS. WE ARE PROJECTING 3600 THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT 1000 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. I HEARD MATT MAKE MAKE A COMMENT THE OTHER DAY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS DIVISION IS ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY. SO THERE'S $40,000. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW I LOVE THIS. THIS DIVISION BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST INTO THIS DIVISION WILL GET A VERY NICE RETURN. UH WELL WITH MAKING MONEY IS ON TIME. SO YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA SO, UM, YOU

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KNOW, KRISTEN TALKED ABOUT THIS EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. IS FACING DIFFICULTIES WITH FILLING THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. THE CDL INDUSTRY IS IF YOU HAVE A CDL THESE DAYS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO QUIT YOUR JOB TODAY AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MOST LIKELY GET GET OUR RACE, SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS THE $35,000. THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONING IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY FOR THE BRUSHING, BULKY DIVISION AND THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION. THE BRUSH AND BULKY DIVISION. IF YOU RECALL, UM WELL, I'M GONNA I'M GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE THREE YEARS AGO AT THREE P.M. I HAD TO TEXT MR BRADFORD TO LET HIM KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO FINISH COLLECTIONS FOR TODAY. AND THAT WAS AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, BUT WE'VE MADE SO MANY CHANGES NOW THAT I CANNOT THINK OF THE LAST TIME. THAT I HAD TO SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, WE COULDN'T FINISH COLLECTIONS TODAY. UM, SO THE OVERTIME IS ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE OF CDL DRIVERS. WE HAVE TO PUT ON OVERTIME, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. BUT IF YOU COMPARE US TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, THEY'RE CUTTING SERVICES . THEY'RE CUTTING, BRUSHING BULKY, THEY'RE CUTTING RECYCLING JUST TO FOCUS ON TRASH. SO ONCE AGAIN THAT THE INVESTMENT OF $35,000 REALLY PAYS OFF JUST FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER THEY PUT OUTSIDE IS GOING TO BE COLLECTED, UM, ONCE AGAIN. BUT YOU KNOW THE SO $15,000 IS GOING TO GO TO, UH, BRUSH AND THE REMAINING IS GOING TO GO TO THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION. WE'RE USING THAT OVER TIME TO SERVICE NEW ACCOUNTS. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE TWO WEEKENDS AGO , OR BIGGEST COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER CALLED US ONE AND ALL THE CONTAINERS EMPTIED OUT ON THE SATURDAY I PUT FIVE GUYS ON OVERTIME ABOUT 30 HOURS. OVER TIME, BUT THE BILL WAS ABOUT $13,000. SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION THAT WE INVEST MONEY. BUT WHERE RETURN IS IT'S QUITE NICE. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR $30,000 FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE TRANSFER STATION, AND IF YOU'VE HAD TO USE THE MELT RESTROOM, YOU WILL KNOW THAT, UH NEEDS, UH, NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY IS FOR THAT I MET WITH JEANNIE AND WE MET WITH AN ENGINEER. AND SO IF COUNCIL APPROVES, WE WILL HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO BASICALLY PROVIDE DESIGN WORK FOR PLUMBING AND ENGINEERING TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT TO SEE THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND. THAT FACILITY IN, UH , IMPROVISING, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATE RESTROOM FOR EMPLOYEES . WE HAVE 100 AND TWO MALE EMPLOYEES. THEY ALL SHOW UP AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING, AND WE GOT TWO TOILETS. IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THE RESTROOM AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR $55,000, AND THIS IS FOR TO FENCE. THE LOT JUST WEST OF THE TRANSFER STATION, MR. ROBBIE NEIL. MOST OF YOU KNEW HIM. HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE THAT PROPERTY FOR US ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING OR T CQ PERMIT AND THAT WILL REQUIRE THAT THIS NEW LOT IS ALSO FENCED IN OR PLAN GOING FORWARD IS TO USE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE PARKING OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND ALSO FOR CONTAINER STORAGE. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MY LAST REQUEST. WE'RE ASKING FOR $40,000 FOR A DISASTER DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS IS YOUR WORST CASE SCENARIO SOMETHING THOUGH NONE OF US WANT TO SEE. BASICALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLAN THAT SO WHEN THE NEXT TORNADO COMES THROUGH GARLAND WE HAVE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO HOW TO RESPOND. A LIST OF VENDORS THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH. NOT ONLY THAT, MOST IMPORTANTLY IF YOU HAVE YOUR KEY PLAYERS, BUT FOR SOME REASON ARE TAKEN OUT. THEN SOMEBODY ELSE CAN STEP IN AND JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS. THIS IS VERY COMMON. I CAN TELL THAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THIS AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD TOOL TO HAVE HANDY. SO IN SUMMARY WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT $188,000 IN ONGOING FUNDING $125,000.01 TIME EXPENDITURES. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO COVER THE INCREASING COST. DUE TO INFLATION. AS I MENTIONED EQUIPMENT, THE COST OF EQUIPMENT THE COST OF PARTS AH LABOR EVERYTHING HAS INCREASED. SO THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT IN OUR DIVISION AS WELL. SO WE ARE

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PROPOSING TO COUNSEL A $2 RATE INCREASE ON RESIDENTIAL SERVICES , AND WE ARE PROPOSING A 5% RATE INCREASE FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES. IF COUNCIL APPROVES. WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT $1.4 MILLION FROM RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND ABOUT $251,000 FROM COMMERCIAL SERVICES. AND THIS IS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT ALL THE SERIES ALL THE MARKET SERIES IN THE METROPLEX ARE PROJECTING TO PAY NEXT YEAR. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS WHAT THAT THE SANITATION DIRECTORS HAVE PRESENTED TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST LIKE US GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT THAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THEM.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AVERAGE IS $24.98. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE TO THIS $2 RATE INCREASE, GARLAND IS GOING TO BE A DOLLAR 40 CENTS LESS THAN THE AVERAGE WITH $23.58. NOW THE LAST THING THAT I'M GOING TO SAY, AND I THINK I SAID THIS LAST YEAR, THE FACT THAT WE'RE BELOW THE AVERAGE AND COST IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE BELOW THE AVERAGE IN SERVICE. AND I THINK LIKE I SAID, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU HAVE SEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC EVERY TIME SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD POST SOMETHING. UM, BUT I'M GONNA I'M GONNA MENTION SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT BRUSHING BULKY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, I SAID EARLIER THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE CUTTING BRUSH AND WALKING COLLECTIONS JUST SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OR BE ABLE TO COLLECT TRASH OR OTHER CDS. THEY'RE BASICALLY ADDING FEES. THE REPUTATION IN GARLAND IS, IF YOU PUT IT OUT IS GOING TO BE COLLECTED. THERE IS SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM THAT TRY TO PUT THEIR MOTHER IN LAW OUTSIDE. NO. I'M SORRY. YEAH SHE'S ON THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS TO BE COLLECTED SELF. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT MAYBE BECAUSE I WAS CITY MANAGER. HAVE A MOTHER. SO WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER PASSED A THANK YOU. SO YOUR OLD THE MOTHER IN LAW'S FALL UNDER HAZARD OR TOXIC . OH CAREFUL HOW YOU ANSWER THIS , OR IF YOU ANSWER THIS, MR CITY ATTORNEY YOU WANT. TO? YEAH I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. YES PLEASE GOING BACK TO THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT CAMERA GPS TECHNOLOGY. UM YOU REFERENCED THE, UM THE NUMBER OF THIS COLLECTION REPORTED DECREASED BY NEARLY 90% SO WHICH SO DID YOU SAY THAT THAT'S CURRENTLY ON? WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT CURRENTLY ON THE BULKY PICK UP OR WE HAVE THAT ON EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT NOW, INITIALLY ABOUT 67 MONTHS AGO, UM I START OFF WITH THE BRUSH AND BULKY EQUIPMENT JUST TO USE THEM AS A AS A TESTING SAMPLE JUST TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE. THE DATA THAT WE GOT. IT WAS JUST AMAZING THAT NOW ONE CITIZENS CALL AND SAY, HEY, YOU MISSED MY TRASH. WELL, REALLY? WELL, LET ME SEE. SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PULLED THE VIDEO AND SEE IF IT WAS A LATE SET OUT OR IF IT WAS THE DRIVER MISTAKE. OKAY AND IT'S BEEN A COMBINATION OF BOTH. BUT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO EITHER. LET THIS CITIZEN NO. HEY, JUST JUST REMEMBER IT HAS TO BE SET OUT BY SEVEN A.M. IF IT WAS OUR FAULT, AND IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN ALL OF THE STAFF AND SAY, HEY, REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE COURT NEEDS TO BE COLLECTED. OKAY AND SO THIS THIS TECHNOLOGY IS ON UH, TRASH RECYCLE AND BULKY. NOW IT'S A COMBINATION. SO ALL THE ALL THE COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT AND OLD THE BRUSHING BULKY EQUIPMENT HAVE THE GPS S AND THE DUO FACING CAMERAS. THE RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING EQUIPMENT ONLY HAVE GPS AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MOST OF THE COLLECTIONS ARE IN THE ALLEY. SO IMAGINE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REVIEW VIDEO BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID THAT WE MISSED HER THERE TRASH. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ALLEY. IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE STREET, IT'S A LOT EASIER BECAUSE YOU CAN PULL UP GOOGLE MAPS AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO. YOU MATCH THEM UP AND SO, FOR THAT REASON, I FELT IT WAS UNNECESSARY TO ADD THE JEEP. THE CAMERAS. TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE LOADERS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY CALL WHAT COLLECTS RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE. OKAY AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT THE COMPLAINTS ON MR PICKUPS IN MY AREA OF FALLING ALMOST ZERO, SO I DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. I'M ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE OUTREACH FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT, A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND THAT'S GENERALLY BEEN WELL RECEIVED. DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THAT AREA TO BE

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SUCCESSFUL FROM US? I BELIEVE SO, SIR. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER. THAT'S ALL WE GOT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR LUCK JUST FOR THE RECORD. MY MOTHER IN LAW IS A JEWEL. IT WAS NOT ME JUST FOR THE RECORD. IT WASN'T YOU, THE ONE THAT SAID IT. WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ROOM THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE BATHROOM? DESIGN WORK? WHAT SPACE ARE YOU WORKING WITH? WE HAVE SOME STORAGE CLOSETS, OKAY? AND WE CAN EXPAND EXACTLY SO WE HAVE SOME ROOM SOME SOME SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. CANCER. WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MEERA. TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SIR. HOW LONG HAS JASON'S TEAM GIVING YOU TO FIX THAT RESTAURANT? UM. I MEAN, HE'S BEEN ON IT, YOU KNOW, HE'S UH HE'S AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE'S THE ONE THAT SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS RIGHT AWAY, SO HE'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. OKAY OKAY. OKAY MY REAL QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE OVERALLS FOR STAFFING OR THERE ANY I NEED. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CDL THE DRIVERS, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US BRIEFLY A PICTURE WHERE YOU WERE, LET'S SAY LAST YEAR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

OVERALL STAFFING PICTURE. THANKS SO, SO, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. AND UH, ON AVERAGE, WE CARRY ABOUT THIRD BETWEEN 13 AND 15 VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LAST MONTH OR ACTUALLY, LAST WEEK. WE WERE AT FOUR. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THAT LOW. UM AND I WAS TALKING TO MR WILLIAMS DURING THE LUNCH BREAK. YOU KNOW , WE FIRST I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO KRISTIN AND HER TEAM. UM THEY ARE A BIG REASON FOR US BEING ONLY HAVING FOUR VACANCIES. THEY THEY SEEMS LIKE THEY ALMOST WORKED FOR ME BECAUSE WE TALK SO MUCH. WE HAVE SO MANY MEETINGS AND WE'RE JUST EXPLORING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE TO GARLAND. UM YOU KNOW, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN GARLAND BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY CDL DRIVERS CAN GO TO A NEIGHBORING CITY AND MAKE MORE MONEY, BUT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO STAY WITH US. SO OVERALL, WE'RE BETTER THAN EVER, SIR. THANKS FOR YOUR DOWN BEFORE NOW, RIGHT BEFORE. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BRADFORD JUST REAL QUICK COUNCIL. THE $2 RATE INCREASE THE BIGGEST COST DRIVER, AND ALL OF THAT IS FUEL.

OKAY? ALRIGHT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? REAL. THANK YOU, SIR. UH SANITATION SERVICES ARE.

AWESOME THE WHATEVER THE 10 MISSED CHECKUPS OR WHATEVER. WHILE MOST OF THEM DO. CALL ME AND THEN I CONTACT YOU. UM THOSE CERTAINLY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. AND EVEN YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S ON US OR ON THEM. WE TAKE CARE OF IT. WE SURE DO, SIR. WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S OUR FAULT OR THEIR FAULT. WE DON'T CARE. WE JUST SERVICE THEIR ADDRESS. SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THAT MOVES US TO WATER

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AND WASTEWATER. AFTERNOON, MARY AND COUNCIL THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS WES CONTOUR OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF, UH, WATER, WASTEWATER AND FACILITIES. SO WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE CLEAN STUFF. FIRST. WE'LL GO. WE'LL START WITH WATER. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST SLIDE THERE ON THE WATERSIDE OR REQUESTING A TRAILER FOR A MINI EXCAVATOR.

AND THE MINI EXCAVATOR, YOU'LL SEE. WE'LL HAVE SOME SLIDES ON THAT IN, UH, SOCIAL PICTURES OF THAT, UM, THIS IS JUST TO TRANSPORT ONE OF OUR EXCAVATORS . TWO DIFFERENT JOB SITES.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO USE DIFFERENT TRAILERS, SO WE WANT TO GET A SPECIFIC TRAILER. FOR THIS MINI EXCAVATOR. SOME OF THE MINOR COMPUTER ITEMS. OUR NEXT FUNDING REQUEST, YOU KNOW, AS WE BECOME MORE AND MORE AUTOMATED THROUGH OUR SKATERS, SYSTEMS SYSTEMS THAT WE USE FOR WATER.

OF COURSE THAT COMES WITH A LOT OF I. T TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES SO A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS THERE FOR CELL SERVICE ON THEIR FIELD DEVICES BACK UP FOR SOME OF OUR SKATED DATA, AND THEN SOME.

SMARTSHEET LICENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UH, THIS WILL COVER THOSE COSTS. UM, UPGRADE ESCAPED TO A ONE TON SERVICE TRUCK. SO WE DID A KIND OF A MINI REORGANIZATION IN OUR WATER

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DISTRIBUTION AREA, AND WITH THAT WE HAD A SMALL FORD ESCAPE WITH THE NEW REORGANIZATION. CREATED THE NEED FOR ONE TONE UTILITY TRUCK. SO WITH THIS REQUIRES YOU WANT TO UPGRADE THAT TO A ONE TIME UTILITY TRUCK. THE NEXT REQUEST HYDRO HAMMER FOR MINI EXCAVATOR. SO, UH, THE EXCAVATOR IS A ESSENTIALLY A LITTLE TRACTOR HAS A BUCKET ON THE FRONT OF IT. AND OCCASIONALLY WHEN WE'RE DIGGING UP, SOME WATER LINES WILL HIT SOME CONCRETE. AND SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS CHANGE OUT THAT BUCKET TO THIS HYDRO HAMMER INSTEAD OF HAVING A CALL ANOTHER CREW FROM ANOTHER JOB SITE TO COME OVER AND SAY, OKAY, WE GOT TO DO THIS SO WE WANT TO DO THIS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCIES ON OUR JOB SITES. SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION. SO COUNCIL IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2020, WE DID CONDUCT A WATER LOSS AUDIT AND THROUGHOUT THAT AUDIT. UM. WE HAD SOME UNACCOUNTED FOR WATER THAT WAS AROUND 21 22% SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF THE STERILE WHICH IS FORMALLY YOU TELL US TO DO A SATELLITE IMAGING. UH, ESSENTIALLY A PICTURE OF GARLAND AND LOOK FOR UNDERGROUND LEAKS. AND SO WE'VE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 300 LEAKS. WE'VE HAD TWO SCANS. SO FAR. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 300 LEAGUES AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE UNDER THE SURFACE, SO WE WOULD NEVER HAVE RUN ACROSS THOSE SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE. AND SO WITH THOSE LEAGUES WERE ABLE TO GET IN ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR WATER FROM 21. CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 13% SO THAT'S IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. THIS HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE SATELLITES THERE AND SMALL PICTURE OF SOME OF THE DATA POINTS. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE THESE LEAKS WERE IDENTIFIED. SOME OF THESE WEREN'T YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE THIS SUPER SECRET ALGORITHM THEY USE TO PINPOINT YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC LEAGUE SO , UM, AND WHEN YOU CONVERT THAT PERCENTAGE TO REAL WATER LOSS AND GALLONS, THAT'S OVER 334 MILLION GALLONS THAT WE'VE RECOVERED OR SAVED, SO WE WANT TO DO ONE MORE SCAN. THAT'S WHAT THIS REQUEST IS FOR JUST TO TRY TO GET THAT 13% MAYBE DOWN TO 12 OR YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE SINGLE DIGITS IF WE COULD, BUT HOPEFULLY, UM, AND WITH THAT PART OF THAT AUDIT WAS REQUEST OR RECOMMENDATION FOR LEAK DETECTION EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE AND START OUR OWN LEAK DETECTION PROGRAM, SO WE WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT. WITH THIS REQUEST. AH WATER VALVE AND FIRE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE. SO CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR TO HELP US USE EXERCISE OUR WATER VALVES. AND THEY DO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS AROUND THE CITY. THERE'S A NICE FIRE HYDRANT THERE, ONE OF THEM THE PAINTED ONES. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FOCUS DEFINITELY ON THE VALVES. CONTINUE WITH THAT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BEEF UP THIS PROGRAM INSTEAD OF ONLY DOING A QUARTER. WE WANT TO COVER ALL THE CITY FIRE HARDENED. SO WE HAVE OVER 8000 OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO WE WANT TO, UH GET ADDITIONAL MONEY TO HELP COVER ALL ALL THE FIRE HYDRANT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HMM. UM THE EPA'S NEW LEAD AND COPPER RULE. SO I WANTED TO PUT THIS SLIDE IN. THERE IS A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO THIS. THIS UPCOMING IT'S A REVISION, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS BACK IN 1991. THE EPA ESTABLISHED THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE HAD TO TEST FOR LEAD AND COPPER AND ALL THE DRINKING WATER, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE, HOWEVER, IN 2021 THE E P A CAME UP WITH A REVISION TO THIS RULE. AND SO THERE IS A REQUIREMENT NOW FOR LEAD TESTING IN SCHOOLS, CHILD LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITIES, AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WITH THEIR TWO. THEY'VE LOWERED SOME OF THE TRIGGER LEVELS, WHICH IS FINE. BUT ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT'S COMING OUT OF THIS RULE IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY. SERVICE LINES. AND SO ON THE CITY SIDE. WE PROBABLY I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 99% THAT WE KNOW OF WHAT OUR LINES ARE. WHETHER IT'S COPPER, PVC DUCTILE IRON WE WE'VE WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD HANDLE ON THAT. HOWEVER WITH THIS NEW RULE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND DOING INVENTORY OF ALL THE CUSTOMER SIDELINES. SO THAT'S FROM THE WATER METER TO THE ACTUAL BUILDING A RESIDENCE. EVERY EVERY, UH, BUILDING EVERY RESIDENCE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT. NOW. THIS SURVEY WE HAVE TO TURN THIS INTO THE T. C Q. AND THE EPA BY OCTOBER. 16TH 2024. SO YOU THINK? YEAH IT'S TWO YEARS AWAY, BUT THAT'S A IT'S A THAT'S

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THAT'S A THAT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA COME UP FAST. SO YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET STARTED ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS TO THIS THEY ARE, THEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AT TAX RECORDS, PROPERTY CODES. PROPERTY RECORDS. UH YOU KNOW, BUILDING CODES AND SO WE CAN DO A DESKTOP TECH SURVEY TO HELP AID THIS AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT NOW IN THIS MONEY WOULD USE TO I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY SOME UNKNOWN AREAS AND SO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH OUR CONTRACTOR TO HELP US. ACTUALLY GO OUT, AND YOU KIND OF SEE THE PICTURE THERE OF A WORKER.

THAT'S ACTUALLY SO YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE. GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE METER KIND OF CUT OUT THAT LINE AND JUST VERIFY EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT IS AND I SHOULD NOTE COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO WE'LL DO A WORK SESSION THIS FALL, PROBABLY NOVEMBER DECEMBER TIME FRAME AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON HOW THIS RULE IS GOING TO AFFECT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE CUSTOMERS. AND KIND OF GET KIND OF MOVE IT FORWARD TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT, AND REASON WHY WE'RE COMING BACK THIS FALL IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS TO THE T. C. Q THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT. SO THEY'RE ASKING E P A E P A IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO T C. Q. THEN THEY'LL COME BACK TO US. SO THERE'S THIS THIS LITTLE JUGGLING PERIOD GOING ON. HMM. SO OUR SUMMARY FOR WATER ONGOING IS 8 380,039. ONE TIME REQUEST 268,000. 0 65. AND THE TOTAL 648,904. AH! LET ME JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE WHAT OUR UTILITIES EVERYBODY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. OKAY LET'S GO TO COLLECTION. SO WE DO. UM, WE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED CONTRACTOR TO TELEVISE AND CLEAN WASTEWATER LINES. WE ARE IN THE T. C Q. SENATOR HERE OVERFLOW INITIATIVE PROGRAM. THAT'S A BIG MOUTHFUL SSO. I AND SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THAT INITIATIVE IS THAT WHERE REQUIRED TO CLEAN 100 AND FOUR MILES OF SEWER LINES EVERY YEAR IN 56, MILES OF LINES HAVE TO BE TELEVISED FOR REPAIRS, DEFECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WANT TO AGAIN HELP BEEF UP THIS PROGRAM . UH, YOU KNOW FOR $100,000 FOR ADDITIONAL HELP. AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THIS IS YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. SO WE HAVE CERTAIN CREWS THAT GO OUT AND DO YOU KNOW BLIND SPECIFICALLY. UM JUST THIS PAST JULY, WE HAD 44 MILLION BREAKS JUST JUST SIMPLY DUE TO THE WEATHER, SO WE HAVE TO PULL CRUISE OFF MOVING AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE LINES. SO A LOT OF TIMES SOME OF THESE CREWS GET PULLED OFF OF THESE JOBS AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET BEHIND. WE DO THIS SO THIS CONTRACTOR WILL HELP US. CLEANING TV. THESE LINES. AND THE OTHER REQUESTS FOR VOICE WATER COLLECTION. MINI EXCAVATORS HAVE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE WITH THE TRAILER SO WE WANT TO GET A MINI EXCAVATOR WITH THE TRAILER SPECIFICALLY FOR WASTEWATER COLLECTION. AND YOU KNOW THERE'S A QUOTE OUT THERE. THIS IS NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET. YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS WE THAT'S KIND OF OUR MOTTO, WATER AND WASTEWATER. YOU DON'T WANT TO MIX THEM, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT, WATER ANYTHING. JUST JUST KEEP IT SEPARATE, SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR WASTEWATER. SO SUMMARY FOR COLLECTION ONGOING 7 107,071 TIME REQUESTS 36,000 AND THE TOTAL 1 43 7 70. AND THEN FINALLY. THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO WASTE WATER TREATMENT. CENTRIFUGE INSPECTION CONTRACT. SO ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, WE DID A BIOSOLIDS REHABILITATION PROJECT OUT AT OUR RALLY CREEK FACILITY. UM ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID WE, UH CHANGE THAT, OR BELT FILTER PRESSES FOR CENTRIFUGES. AND WITH THE CENTRIFUGES, DO THEY? ESSENTIALLY, IT'S LIKE A SIDEWAYS WASHING MACHINE. IT SPINS ALL THE BIOSOLIDS. IT TAKES THE WATER OUT. SO AFTER THREE YEARS, THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS THAT WE HAVE THESE SERVICE LIKE TAKING YOUR CAR INTO GET SERVICE, SO WE NEED TO SERVICES. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING COSTS. SINCE WE HAVE THREE CENTRIFUGES THAT WE NEED TO DO SO WELL PHASE THOSE IN ORGANIC BIO FILTER MEDIA. THERE'S A GOOD PICTURE THERE AND ARE RARELY CREEK FACILITY OF ESSENTIALLY, IT'S WOOD CHIPS. AND WE TAKE THE FOUL AIR FROM OUR PRIMARIES AND HEAD WORKS AND PUMP IT UNDERNEATH THESE WOOD CHIPS. INTERESTING PROCESS.

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BACTERIA GROWS ON THESE WOOD CHIPS, AND THEY ACTUALLY, UH, TAKE OUT THE ODOR AND PRODUCED A LITTLE BIT OF METHANOL. A LITTLE BIT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WORKS GREAT. BUT AFTER THREE YEARS THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THESE THIS ABOUT FILTER TURNS ESSENTIALLY TO DIRT. SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH GOOD WOOD CHIPS. NOT BAD ONES, BUT GOOD ONES. SO THAT'S A ONE TIME COST OF 110,000 AND FINALLY TREATMENT AND OUR DUCK CREEK FACILITY. WE HAVE 20 FILTERS, AND THERE'S A PICTURE THERE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE SILOS THERE 25 FT IN DIAMETER. AND THESE HOUSES, ANTHRACITE, COAL, SAND AND SOME ROCKS. AND IT'S ABOUT 100 AND 90 TONS OF MATERIAL IN THESE FILTERS, AND THIS IS THE FINAL POLISHING STEP AFTER THE WASTEWATER GOES THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES THIS IS THE STEP THAT TAKES IF THERE'S ANY SOLIDS LEFTOVER TAKES IT ALL OUT, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR PERMIT. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THAT TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS PERMIT. AND THAT'S A ONE TIME COST. SO SUMMARY OF VOICE WATER TREATMENT. 30,000 ONGOING ONE TIME FOR 2 43, AND OUR TOTAL IS 273,000 FOR TREATMENT. NEXT WE'LL GO ONTO RATES. UM SO FOR THE WATERSIDE. WE'RE PROPOSING A 6% RATE INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR. WITH ANTICIPATED ANNUAL INCREASES OF ABOUT 5.7% OF THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. ON THE SUICIDE 5.3% FOR THIS YEAR.

ANTICIPATED INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.5% THROUGH 24 27. AND THE FINAL SLIDE. THERE IS THE BILL COMPARISON. NOW THIS IS THIS IS CURRENT RATES. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE GARLAND IS CURRENTLY AND THEN WITH THE PROPOSED RIGHT HOW THAT FITS IN, SO WE DON'T IT'S WE KIND OF STAY IN THE MIDDLE THERE. YOU ■KNOW THROUGHOUT CURRENT AND THEN PROPOSED, AND I DO WANT TO MENTION TO, UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S COME UP BEFORE. IT'S ABOUT THE THERE WAS A LITTLE THING CALLED THE PC RATE. CASEY WE WENT THROUGH A FEW YEARS AGO. SO, UMS RIGHT NOW. IF WE DID NOTHING, AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE RADIO PC RICK CASE, THAT RATE WOULD BE 7.5. AND THAT INCREASE RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY AT 6% IT'S $3.44. WITHOUT THE RAPE CASE. IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, THE RATE WOULD BE $4.30. SO IT'S AN 86 CENT DIFFERENCE. UH, FOR THIS FOR THAT. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO ADD TO WEST. HIS PRESENTATION THE, UM THE RATE INCREASE IN WATER. IS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN COST OF WHOLESALE WATER FROM THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT. THEY ARE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR MONDAY NIGHT, AND SO THEY'LL THEY'LL GET TO EXPLAIN FIRSTHAND TO YOU SOME OF THE COST PRESSURES THAT THEY'RE FACING. UM THE WILDER PUC SETTLEMENT CERTAINLY PROVIDED SOME RELIEF THIS YEAR. THAT AMOUNT OF RELIEF WILL GROW EVERY YEAR, AND I GUESS WE MAX OUT AT YEAR EIGHT. UM AND SO WE'RE A COUPLE OF YEARS INTO THAT NOW.

SO THE RELIEF FROM THE PC CASE WILL WILL. BECAUSE COME A GREATER AND GREATER PORTION OF YOUR RATE CALCULATION GOING FORWARD, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT'S TRIGGERING THAT INCREASE. VERY GOOD. CUSTOMER BASS. THANK YOU. VERY, THANK YOU, WES. FOR THE PRESENTATION. COUPLE QUESTIONS, ONE ON THE FILTER MEDIA SAND, ANTHRACITE COAL. WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THEM OF THAT FILM THOSE FILTERS BAD. I TELL YOU, THAT'S THAT WAS REPLACED.

PROBABLY. I WANT TO SAY, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO. OKAY OKAY , SO THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD. IT'S PRETTY ROBUST, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER TIME. IT JUST WELL, OF COURSE, IT'S LOSE IT MEDIA. OKAY AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON THE, UM FOR THE T CE QUE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW INITIATIVE. IS THIS A NEW? UH, A NEW REQUIREMENT BY TC Q OR UM, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE. NOW WE RE INITIATE REINITIATED THAT PROGRAM BACK AND, AH 2019. SO IT'S ANOTHER 10 YEAR PROGRAM WITH THAT, SO WE WERE IN IT FOR 10 YEARS. AND THEN RE ESTABLISHED IT FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS. OKAY SO WHAT?

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UM I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET WHAT'S THE REASON THAT IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASED IN ADDITIONAL 100,000 COMPARED TO SAY LAST YEAR? WELL, THIS IS JUST TO HELP MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS A AS A CONTRACTOR TO HELP US OUT WITH OUR CREWS. OKAY OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR ADDITION, THIS IS FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTOR TO ADD ON CORRECT. OKAY IT'S NOT ANY INCREASE, LIKE BIG INCREASED COST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST FOR ADDITIONAL HELP TO DO IT. RIGHT. OKAY. AWESOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WESTWARD PRESENTATION. JUST ONE QUESTION ON YOUR LIST OF ORGANIC BOTH FILTER MEDIA AT THE BOTTOM. YOU'VE GOT THE RENTAL OF THE LORDSHIP. EXCAVATOR. YES, SIR. UM SO THAT RELIC CALLS CHEAPER THAN PURCHASE ON ALARM TRIP LONG TERM BASIS. AND HOW MUCH OF THAT HOW MUCH OF THAT? I THINK YOU'VE GOT HURT AND 10,000 THERE. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS RENTAL OF THAT THAT EXCAVATOR? DO YOU KNOW? YEAH. I HAVE GOT THAT. UM THAT EXCAVATOR ACTUALLY IS A IS A IS A BIGGER EXCAVATOR , YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE ONLY USING IT EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SO THAT COST WE JUST ROLL THAT INTO YOU KNOW THE COSTS WITH THE MEDIA. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN HERE FOR YOU. I DO RIGHT HERE. THE EXCAVATED RUINS 20,000. OKAY, THAT THAT'S PER YEAR. NO, THIS IS JUST EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS WHEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT. OKAY THE OTHER CARTS THAT 90,000 OF THAT IS FOR THE ACTUAL FILTER MEDIA. OKAY ALRIGHT. OKAY AND MY NEXT QUESTION REALLY HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. NO QUESTION ON THIS. BUT A WHILE BACK. OKAY KEEP PROGRAM WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE A KEY TO UNLIKE THEIR MAJOR, WHAT'S WHERE IS WHERE THAT YOU IT'S STILL OUT THERE? WE YOU KNOW, WE GAVE KEYS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO ANYBODY THAT COMES IN TO CUSTOMER SERVICE CAN CAN OBTAIN A KEY. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE STATS ON HOW MANY KEYS PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PICKED UP BUT THEY'VE THEY'VE GIVEN OUT QUITE A FEW.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO GO TO CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET OUR KEY RIGHT? OR YOU CAN COME INTO THE WATER ANY ANY WATER? ANY ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS? SO WE'VE GOT KEYS. SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS A KEY, WE CAN GIVE HIM A KEY. OKAY. ARKAN BAR ONE OF THOSE THIS COUNSELOR, SMITH HAS ABSOLUTELY OKAY. RIDICULOUS OKAY, BUT THE PRIMARY LOCATION, LOCATION LOCATION, RIGHT WHEN YOU GO PAY YOUR BILL IF YOU WANT TO WRITE, RIGHT? OKAY. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. THANKS THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. WATER WASTE. EXCUSE ME. WATER WASTEWATER. UM. ALL RIGHT. THANK

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YOU, WES. THANK YOU. AND THAT BRINGS US. TO OUR LAST PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA SEE IF I CAN WORK THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THAT AT THIS POINT, MR CLIENT YOU AND ME BOTH. OH, LOOK AT THIS. I SEE ALISON COMING TO YOUR RESCUE AT ANY SECOND. SHE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO AHEAD AND GET OUT O AT THE LAST MINUTE, ALRIGHT? MAYOR MEMBERS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON DARRYL CLIENT, GENERAL MANAGER, GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT. PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. FOR THE 2022 23 OPERATING BUDGET. BY FAR OUR LARGEST AREA OF REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PRODUCTION AREA. UM IF WE GO BACK TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE HAD ABOUT 1.5 TO $1.6 MILLION THAT WE REQUEST REQUESTED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING . NOW, THE PRODUCTION AREA AND WHAT WE DO WITH REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS THAT THEY HAVE KIND OF BASE LEVEL OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE BUDGET, BUT THEY DON'T TOP OF THAT. WE HAD THEM IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGER OF NATURE. AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND SO THOSE TYPICALLY AGAIN RUN AROUND 1.5 TO $1.6 MILLION HOWEVER. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING. ONE OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE AND BOTH OLD LINGER AND OUT OF OUR SPENCER PLANTS OR OLDER UNITS. UM EXCEPT WE GOT ONE UNIT THAT IS 21 YEARS OLD AND THE OTHERS WERE PUT IN SERVICE AND THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY

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SEVENTIES. AND JUST LIKE WITH US AS THEY AGE, THEY NEED MORE LITTLE MORE MAINTENANCE, A LITTLE MORE CARE, AND SO YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT, BUT IN ADDITION, WHAT'S HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AS ONE WE'VE HAD HIGHER TEMPERATURES AS EVERYBODY'S. EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND SO THOSE UNITS ARE RUNNING MORE BUT ALSO ARKADY POST WINTER STORM. YURI HAS CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY'RE OPERATING THE SYSTEM. AND SO THEY'RE OPERATING MORE CONSERVATIVELY AS THEY CALL IT, THEIR REQUIRING MORE GENERATION UNITS BE ONLINE AND BE AVAILABLE AND BE OPERATING.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS OR MORE UNITS BEING CALLED TO BE IN SERVICE.

AND SO THAT'S JUST PUTTING MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THOSE FACILITIES. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET IS TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE AWARE AND TEAR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OPERATING MORE FREQUENTLY, UM, SO WE'VE ADJUSTED THE BUDGET, ACCORDING TO ACCORDING TO THAT AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE. AND IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, OR I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. I LOVE THEM. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS MOST OF THESE ITEMS. THINK ABOUT WHEN THINGS ARE OPERATING. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS LIKE VALVES , PUMPS MOTORS. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON. SO WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THESE ITEMS, AND THERE'S SIX ON THIS SHEET, AND THERE'S FIVE ON THE NEXT SHEET, I'LL SHOW YOU. BUT MOSTLY THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE ON A REGULAR TYPE OF OPERATION THAT ARE GETTING THAT WEAR AND TEAR. WE'RE MOVING UP SOME OF THOSE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE'RE MOVING THOSE UP JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WITH REGARDS TO HOW HOW THESE PLANTS ARE HAVING TO OPERATE NOW. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE OTHER ITEMS EITHER. FIVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, BUT AGAIN MAINLY YOU'RE SEEING THINGS LIKE VALVES, PUMPS MOTORS. THOSE ARE THE TOP OF THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS. UH OUR NEXT AREA. WE'VE KIND OF JUST LUMPED INTO OUR OPERATIONS OF OUR SYSTEMS. THIS IS ADDITIONAL $550,000 REQUEST. UM MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOFTWARE. WHETHER THAT'S UPGRADES, FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE GIS SOFTWARE AH , THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTED THE CURRENT VERSION AFTER THE END OF THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, AND SO WE NEED TO UPGRADE THAT SYSTEM. THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL SYSTEMS THAT USE THAT AS A PLATFORM. AND SO THOSE SYSTEMS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE AFFECTED, AND WE NEED TO BE UPGRADED FOR THIS NEW VERSION. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS, SUCH AS LICENSE ASSOCIATED WITH SOFTWARE AND I WON'T GO INTO SOME OF THOSE LICENSE ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH CYBER SECURITY.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE LICENSE ARE. BUT A COUPLE OF ONES THAT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH WOULD BE LIKE ADOBE. THAT'S WHEN I CAN'T MENTION. UM ALSO, WE HAVE RENEWAL OF SOFTWARE. THE E TRM. THAT'S OUR ENERGY TRADING AND RISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THAT'S UP FOR RENEWAL. ALSO WE HAD THE M V 90 METERING SOFTWARE THAT'S UP FOR AN UPGRADE AGAIN BECAUSE OF SUPPORT ISSUES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPGRADE IT. BUT MOST OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE UNDER THIS OR ASSOCIATED WITH SOFTWARE UPGRADES ARE LIGHT AND RENEWABLES. THE NEXT ITEM IS TMP A TRANSMISSION FOR $460,000. I THINK YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT TMP A, WHICH STANDS FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, WE WERE ONE OF THE FOUR CITIES THAT FORMED THAT AGENCY BACK IN THE MID TO LATE SEVENTIES. OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE LIGNITE COAL PLANT THAT WAS DOWN THERE. UH NO LONGER EXISTS. BUT THERE WAS STILL TRANSMISSION THAT WAS BUILT TO BRING THAT POWER OUT TO THE VARIOUS MEMBER CITIES. TMP A STILL HAS THE TRANSMISSION AS AN OWNER. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GARLAND TOOK OVER AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND WE GET REIMBURSED. 100% BY T M P A FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES AND FOR THIS UPCOMING O AND M BUDGET YEAR, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THERE'S TRANSFORMER MAINTENANCE. THERE'S TWO TRANSFORMERS THAT NEED EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE DONE THIS YEAR FOR $305,000. THERE'S ALSO TO SERVICE VEHICLES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT $90,000. AND THEN TMP A. OUR STAFFING THAT DOES THE WORK HAS REQUESTED A SKID STEER FORKLIFT. TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR OPERATIONS. AS A NOTE TMP AH HAS ALREADY APPROVED THEIR BUDGET. AND SO THESE ITEMS WERE IN THEIR IN THEIR BUDGET. SO AGAIN, THIS AND THIS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY TMP EIGHT TO US.

THE NEXT ITEM IS GPL TRANSMISSION FOR $312,000 IN 2019 ACROSS TEXAS, TRANSMISSION IN GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT'S CALLED THE LIMESTONE TO GIBBONS CREEK TRANSMISSION LINE . IT WAS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT CALLED THE HOUSTON

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IMPORT IMPORT PROJECT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE KEY TRANSMISSION LINES WITHIN MARKET. AND THE LIMESTONE TO GIBBONS CREEK TRANSMISSION LINE. WE OWN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF IT ACROSS TEXAS TRANSMISSION OWNS THE NORTHERN PORTION. BUT SINCE WE HAD PERSONNEL WITHIN THE AREA, IT JUST MADE SENSE OF FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF ITEMS SUCH AS PATROLLING THE LINE AND OVERSEEING THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. AND SO FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THERE'S VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND NEEDS TO BE DONE ON OUR SIDE, AS WELL AS THE CROSS TEXAS TRANSMISSION SIDE. AH AND THIS WILL BE REIMBURSED 100% BY CROSS TEXAS TRANSMISSION FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. AND THEN LASTLY, UM I'M NOT FOOLING YOU. OCTOBER FOR APRIL.

1ST OF 2023. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF G, P AND L AND SO I'LL REQUEST HERE IS FOR $50,000 ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES. UH THE ACTIVITIES WERE STILL IN WORKING ON THESE, BUT THANKS SUCH AS, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATION FOR THE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO, WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS A CELEBRATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE THROWING AROUND SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS. CONCEPTS SUCH AS WE LIKED WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH WINTERS PARK WITH THE MUSIC AND THE ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, MAYBE EVEN HAVING SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND MAYBE EVEN OUR RODEO TEAM DO SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN THE RODEO TEAM DOES NOT GOING TO SAY YOU MAY WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S NOT HORSES OR COWS OR ANYTHING THERE IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY THEY DO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ON THE POLLS.

AND THEY COMPETE IN IT ANNUAL BASIS, BUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR COMMEMORATING OUR 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. SO IN SOME, WE HAVE ROUGHLY $4.5 MILLION OF TOTAL REQUEST FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. AH LITTLE OVER 95% OF THAT IS ONE TIME REQUEST. UH AND JUST TO NOTE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TMP, A TRANSMISSION AND THE GPL TRANSMISSION THAT'S ABOUT $775,000 THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED BY EITHER TMP A ACROSS TEXAS TRANSMISSION TO US. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR KLEIN ON G, P AND L. VERY GOOD, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MHM. MR BRADFORD. ALISON, ARE YOU GONNA

[C Council Discussion/Deliberation]

GO OVER THE CALENDAR? OR SHE IS NOW. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HER ORIGINAL PLAN, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW AT LEAST MENTIONED WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY HAPPILY GO OVER THE CALENDAR HIT ME ON MY TOES. HMM. HMM. HMM. HMM. SLEEP JUST GET THOSE DATES IN FRONT OF ME.

OKAY? GO AHEAD, AUGUST 15TH AT YOUR REGULAR WORK SESSION. THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT IS ON THE CALENDAR FOR CONTINUED COUNCIL DISCUSSION, AND IF THERE ARE ANY BUDGET QUESTIONS, OR I THINK IT WILL GET TO NEXT. IF THERE'S ANY REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION WILL TRY TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THAT TIME OR AT A FUTURE. SCHEDULED SESSION ON AUGUST 16TH AT YOUR REGULAR SESSION, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IN THE TAX RATE, SO CITIZENS ARE WELCOME TO COME AND GIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE FY 22 23 PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS THE 22 PROPOSED TAX RATES. ON AUGUST 23RD. WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A SPECIAL SESSION , WHICH WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATES AS WELL AS CONTINUED COUNCIL DISCUSSION . AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY AT THAT TIME, ANY KIND OF FINAL DELIBERATION OR DIRECTION TO STAFF IF REQUIRED AFTER THE 23RD WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE OF AUGUST 30TH. IF THERE IS ANY CONTINUED COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UM IF WHETHER THAT'S NEEDED OR NOT . OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK TO YOU ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH RIGHT AFTER THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY FOR THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATES, AS WELL AS THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, TAX RATES AND RELATED ORDINANCE THAT NIGHT. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD, AND I THINK I DON'T.

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THAT THAT THURSDAY MEETING WE HAD DON'T THINK WE'VE USED THAT OPTION FOR SOME TIME NOW. AND SO I DON'T FORESEE THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'LL KEEP IT AVAILABLE. BUT UM, AT THAT TUESDAY MEETING, UH WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE THURSDAY IS NECESSARY AS WE USUALLY DO. SO UM, I KNOW THAT, UH I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON OR I THINK THERE WERE PROBABLY MORE FOR KRISTEN OF THE BUNCH. DO YOU NEED CLARIFICATION ON ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS BEING ASKED OR NEEDED? NOT AT THIS TIME. I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT TOOK IT DOWN. THE BUDGET TEAM TOOK DOWN ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WE FELT WE ARE PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP RESPONSE OR WE INDICATED WE'D GIVE A FOLLOW UP RESPONSE. UM THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT WILL COLLECT ALL OF THOSE RESPONSES, COMPILE THOSE AND DISTRIBUTE THEM OUT TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, COUNCILWOMAN LUCKED AND MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. SO THOSE ARE IN YOUR CITY BOX.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THOSE THROUGH BOX, PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE FILE SIZE WAS TOO LARGE TO EMAIL ALL OF IT TOGETHER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO EMAIL THEM ONE BY ONE TO EACH TO ANYBODY THAT REQUESTS THAT. ALL RIGHT, MR BRADFORD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING HAVE I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT IN THAT IS DO WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE OR WHAT WE DO WE DO. AND I THINK WE HAVE DETERMINED THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR RETIRING CITY MANAGERS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY. I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF POSITIONS THAT YOU WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT. I'VE HEARD HERE TODAY. YES. ALRIGHT WITH THAT AT SOME SORRY. GO AHEAD.

SORRY I WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNSELOR OF ONE THING. BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT CAME BACK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES TO THEIR PRESENTATION. TODAY I WILL BE SENDING THOSE OUT. SO YOU ALL HAVE COPIES OF THE FULL SLIDES PRESENTED VERY GOOD. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF CREATING THOSE ON THE FLY. I KNOW THEY WERE DOING THAT AS THEY WERE WAITING. I APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT COUNCIL. IT IS 2 23, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.