Jul 31, 2023 Work Session

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 31ST 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. AND JUST A QUICK NOTE. UM YEAH, I THINK MOST OF US HAVE SEEN IT BY NOW, BUT THE WE WILL NOT BE HAVING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT THAT WILL BE MOVED TO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION. SO FIRST

[1. Public Comments on Work Session Items]

[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]

[3. Written Briefings]

[4.a. Garland Fire Department Master Plan]

MR MAYOR, COUNCIL, MR PERCENT MANAGER APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, JOE POZO. SOME OF YOU HAVE MET HIM IN THE PAST. BUT IF NOT, JOE IS WITH US CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT. HIS BEEN CONTRACTED TO HELP US WITH THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE GFT. SO, JOE, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS MAYOR? THERE'S A IS THERE A POWER POINT SHOULD BE LOADED HERE THAT THAT'S UH, THAT'S NOT A ME QUESTION. THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE QUESTION. BUT WILL I SIT HERE AND OBSERVE YOUR POWER POINT? ABSOLUTELY. RETHINK IT IS SHOULD BE ON THAT. DOWN THE CORNER THERE WHERE IT SAYS PRESENTATIONS. SHOULD WE. LOOK AT THERE. IF WE COULD GO TO THE FULL PAGE MODE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. SEE WHAT I CAN DO HERE? YOU KNOW, THIS IS A IT'S A THEY'RE GOOD. DANIEL WILL . DON'T LEAVE JUST YET, DAN. IT COULD BE BECAUSE IT'S A THE EARTH. PDF FULL PAGE ON THE OH GO AHEAD. YOU DRIVE. OH,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH MR REX AND PUBLIC WHO ARE LISTENING THIS EVENING, JOE POZA WITH SENATOR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT. WE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. AH AND WE DO THESE TYPES OF STUDIES MASTER PLANNING , STRATEGIC PLANNING, FIRE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS CMS, UH, ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WE'VE DONE 400 PLUS STUDIES AND 46 STATES AND ALSO CANADA. SO GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN. LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. AH SO WHAT DOES THIS MASTER PLAN DO ? AND WHAT WILL WE ASKED TO DO? OKAY, SO WE, UH, WHEN I WAS HERE ON OUR FIELD VISIT, UH, ABOUT 67 MONTHS AGO, MET WITH THE FORMER MANAGER AND MR REX AND THE FIRE CHIEF. AND REALLY, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS IN 1996, THE FIRE CHIEF AT THE TIME CAME UP WITH AN 11 STATION PLAN. LET'S GO TO 11 STATIONS, 11 AMBULANCES. AH SO THERE WAS SOME FIRE STATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE BUILT, WHICH WHICH YOU DID, AND I'LL SAY YOU COUNSEL DID AND WE DID FIRE ADMINISTRATION. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FIRE ADMINISTRATION BEAUTIFUL TRAINING CENTER. SO ALL OF THAT WAS DONE. SO THE QUESTION REALLY IS. WHAT DO WE DO FROM HERE? WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO? AND THERE ARE RIGHT? AH SO OPERATIONALLY THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO DO. UH THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE BIG I WOULD SAY. PARTICULAR ITEMS FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. AND THEN THERE'S SOME SOFTER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING POINTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THANKS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. UH DIVERSIFY, CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE AND E.

M S DEPARTMENT THINKS SUCH AS THAT, SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM STRATEGIES FOR ALL OF THOSE. AH AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS REALLY KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH. AH SOME OF THE KEY STRATEGIC POINTS. SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS. UH YOU HAVE THE REPORT. EVERYTHING IS IN THERE IN OUR REPORT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE DONE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE WORKLOAD ANALYSIS . WE WILL LOOK AT AND WE LOOK AT ALL THE M S RUNS. ALL THE FIRE RUNS WHAT THEIR RESPONSE TIMES ARE AH, WE'VE DONE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY RISK ANALYSIS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. JUST IN A MINUTE HERE WHICH YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSIONS BUT COMMUNITY RISK. THAT REALLY IS WHAT DRIVES STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT OF FIRE AND E M S SIMPLE. OKAY, IT'S NOT WHAT THE BOOK SAYS IT'S NOT WHAT THE VIA CHIEF JUST THINKS, ALTHOUGH THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AH BUT IT REALLY IS. WHAT IS YOUR RISK IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL RISK HERE? UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT'S YOUR CITY HAS AH, AND WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS IN IT. OKAY, WHAT YOU'VE BUILT WHAT'S YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AH, AND THIS IS REAL. OKAY THIS IS REAL FIRE AND EMS HERE, OKAY, I GO ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND I LOOK FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT 5000 POPULATION, FIRE DEPARTMENTS 30,000 POPULATION FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THE POPULATION YOU HAVE HERE AND THEN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE THAT YOU'VE BUILT. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU, UH, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RISK. AND THEN HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GROW WITH THAT RISK. YOU HAVE SINCE 96. YOU'VE GROWN WITH THE RISK THE FIRE CHIEF AT THE TIME RECOGNIZING AMS WE'VE GOTTA WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT M S RESPONSE, OKAY? WELL THAT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH THAT. AH VERY IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS IT'S JUST NOT LIKE AN ALL AT ONCE THING. IT'S INCREMENTAL. WE'VE GIVEN YOU SOME STRATEGIC STEPS, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW THAT COST. OKAY THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOUR CITY BUDGET. UH SO IT'S INCREMENTAL AND WE WERE I TRY TO GIVE AH, WHEN I DO THESE AROUND THE COUNTRY, I WANT TO GIVE COUNCILS INCREMENTAL APPROACHES. AH SO THEY DON'T FEEL BOXED IN OR PINNED IN, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THE FIRE CHIEF'S UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. IT'S NOT AT ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE. YOU ASKED FOR A STUDY AND A MASTER PLAN. WE PROVIDED THAT SO. AH,

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FIRE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T LIKE ANY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. OKAY THERE'S A REASON FOR IT BECAUSE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE DECENTRALIZED. YOU'VE GOT A FIRE MINISTRATIONS, AND YOU'VE GOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND FIRE MINISTRATIONS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN 11. DIFFERENT PLACES HERE LIVING FIRE STATIONS. SO THEY'RE DESCENDED AWAY FROM THEIR WAY FROM THE CHIEF THERE AWAY FROM EVERYBODY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE SHIFTS. OKAY? AND SO THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH OPERATE THE SAME , BUT THEY ALSO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY, OKAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS, AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS IN THE FIRE SERVICE. HE GOT TO WORK REALLY HARD AT THE COMMUNICATION. THEN THE FIRE SERVICE AND A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, TOO, BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE NO DIFFERENT. OKAY THEY'VE GOT EVERYBODY AROUND HIM AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS, AND THEN THEY HAVE ALL THE OFFICERS ON DIFFERENT SHIFTS WORKING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY ALL DAY LONG. AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OKAY, VERY IMPORTANT , VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND A FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH LINKS BACK TO THAT WHOLE PUBLIC LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION PIECE. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED. EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE THEIR DOORS OPEN AND YOU WANT THE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SEE HOW? SEE HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB. SEE HOW YOU LIVE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE JOB. UH YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO SOME OVERALL IMPRESSIONS RIGHT? GOT A GREAT FIRE CHIEF. YOU GOT A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE, JUST GOING OVER AND VISITING WITH PEOPLE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND THEN WHEN WE DID THE STRATEGIC AH, PLANNING SESSIONS. UH, I MEAN, WE GOT A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT. WE HELD MULTIPLE SESSIONS WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND OFFICERS AND WITH THE COMMUNITY SO AH, SO WE SO WE, EVERYBODY THAT WE INTERACTED WITH VERY ENGAGED IN THIS IN THIS, UH THIS PROJECT WELL FUNCTIONING PROFESSIONAL. THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING, PARTICULARLY THE FIRE IN THE MSN AND THE TRAINING END. AH AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TRAINING CENTER THAT'S USED BY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND YOU. OKAY THAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE AND HOW YOU'RE CONDUCTING THAT. YOU ARE AN I S 01 COMMUNITY. OKAY, IT'S NOT A FIRE DEPARTMENT READING. I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THE BIGGEST PIECE AND THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE OF POINTS, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY RATING. BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE IT'S BASED ON YOUR GRADED ON YOUR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. YOU'RE BASED ON YOUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION, AND IT'S BASED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS THE BIGGEST CHUNK. UH SO, UH, FIRE

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THAT DOESN'T LEAVE YOU A LOT OF ROOM FOR YOUR NEXT RATING PERIOD , SO IT'S JUST A VULNERABLE RATING. SO TO KEEP THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU DOCUMENT ALL YOUR TRAINING AND WATER DEPARTMENTS DOCUMENTING ALL THEIR INSPECTIONS AND FLOW, TESTIFIER HYDRANTS AND COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTIONS DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING AND YOU KEEP UP WITH THE SERVICE DEMANDS. OF FIRE AND E. M S. YOUR DEPLOYMENT HAS TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR GROWTH BECAUSE ALL OF THAT IS GRADED. AGAIN UH, IT'S REAL HERE IN IN GARLAND, YOU GOT RAIL GOT MASS TRANSIT BUS. YOU GOT FREIGHT AND MASS TRANSIT RAIL THAT RUN THROUGH GARLAND. YOU'VE GOT MULTISTORY RESIDENTIAL. YOU HAVE MORE PLANS . YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL OVER COMMERCIAL. YOU'VE GOT LARGE WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIES. YOU DO TRANSMITTAL OPERATIONS WITH RAIL . UH YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY VAST TRANSPORTATION THAT WORK JUST IN THE CITY. LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, UM , GOT HOTELS. YOU GOT LARGE SCHOOLS. SO YOU'VE GOT IT ALL.

OKAY IT'S A BUSY BUSY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE JUST WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL DEMAND AGAIN. GREAT TRAINING CENTER GREAT REGIONAL COLLABORATION. UH YOUR CURRENT STATION NETWORK WHEN? WHEN WE OVERLAID ALL OF THE I S SO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MEASUREMENTS ON THAT AND THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. YOU'LL READ A LOT OF NMP A 17 10 IN HERE. AH 242ND RESPONSE TIMES. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT, AND WE OVERLAID ALL OF THOSE BENCHMARKS. ON YOUR FIRE STATIONS, AND YOU HAVE SOME GAPS . BUT EVERY FIRE STATION HAS A GAP. YOU CAN'T COVER IT. 100% OKAY, YOU HAVE SOME GAPS, BUT YOU'VE MOVED YOUR MOVING SOME STATIONS AROUND, OR SOME PLANS TO MOVE SOME STATIONS, 16 AND SEVEN. AH ONE IS JUST RIGHT DOWN HERE GOING TO MOVE IT SIX AND SEVEN UP IN SORT OF THE NORTH. NORTHEASTERN SORT OF SENSUAL NORTHWEST AND SORT OF CENTRAL EAST IF I CAN RECALL THAT, CORRECT, UH SO YOU'RE MOVING THEM, SO LET'S GIVING YOU SOME IMPROVEMENT. OKAY SO THOSE ARE ALL THAT'S ALL WHEN YOU DO IT, OR IF YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. YOU HAVE SOME OLDER FACILITIES. YOU'VE GOT SOME NEW FACILITIES HAVE SOME OLDER FACILITIES, AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT AND ALL OF THE WEAR AND TEAR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDINGS ARE TAKE A BEATING, PARTICULARLY FIRE STATIONS BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN 24 HOURS A DAY. YOU KNOW THIS BUILDING? EVERYBODY GOES HOME AT NIGHT, AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE UP A LITTLE BIT RIGHT TO SAVE ON ENERGY AND FIRE STATION. IT DOESN'T CHANGE. OKAY YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE THERE HAS TO STAY. CONSTANT DOORS ARE UP AND DOWN ALL DAY LONG AND JUST SWINGING IN AND OUT. PEOPLE ARE ALL AROUND THE PLACE, AND SO AH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE. UH, SO JUST BY YOUR AGE, JUST KEEP UP WITH THAT THE LIFECYCLE IMPROVEMENTS. AH! YOU.

YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW. YOU HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON. KEEP LOOKING BACK AT THE CHIEF OF BACK THERE , YOUR FIRE MARSHAL. BUT YOUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.

IN THERE, OKAY? OVER THE NEAR THE MID AND LONGER TERM. OKAY ADDITIONAL FIRE INSPECTOR HERE.

ADDITIONAL FIRE INSPECTOR THERE. AND COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BY JUST BY STATE STATUTES, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CERTAIN AH, CERTAIN BUILDINGS OR CERTAIN WHAT WE CALL OCCUPANCIES OCCUPANCY TYPES THAT HAVE TO BE INSPECTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SOME ON A SEMI ANNUAL BASIS, OKAY? SO THEN THAT LEAVES ALL THE OTHER OCCUPANCIES THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A LOT OF TIMES. YOU CAN'T GET TIME TO GET INTO THEM. AND SOMETIMES THOSE ARE THE MOST CREATE THE MOST PROBLEMS WHEN THERE'S A FIRE. UH SO JUST BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF STORAGE AND THE TYPE OF BUSINESS PROCESS THEY HAVE. SO UH SO THE CHIEF'S GONNA NEED SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THERE.

CURRENTLY A MESS STAFFING MODEL . JUST JUST IT HAS SOME IT JUST HAS SOME SOME OLD AH! WAYS THAT THEY STAFF HIM S HERE IN GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST AN OLDER, MATURE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AH AND ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE CULTURE IS WHEN YOU COME INTO THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A NEW RECRUIT, YOU GET ASSIGNED TO AN AMBULANCE. AND YOU PRETTY MUCH STAY ON THAT AMBULANCE, OKAY? AH YOU COULD GET PROMOTED TO ENGINEER OR DRIVER AND YOU STAY

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21,000 OKAY, SO VERY, VERY BUSY . SO UH, I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME ATTENTION TO THAT, UM, THIS STUDY HERE. AH YOU KNOW, I CAN'T RECOMMEND TO YOU HOW TO DO THAT , BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, AND IT'S JUST BECOME SORT OF WHAT THE CULTURE IS. AND UM AND SO YOU'VE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED SOME AH, YOU KNOW SOME STATUS QUO ALREADY, OKAY? AH AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON YOUR RISK THAT WE SEE PARTICULARLY YOUR BUILDING RISK. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN YOUR FIRE AND YOUR M S MODEL , HOW YOU STAFF AND DEPLOY ENGINE COMPANIES AND LADDER COMPANIES AND I'LL GET INTO THAT HERE JUST JUST A MINUTE. TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE.

HERE'S ANOTHER BIG, JUST ANOTHER BIG TACKLE. I THINK FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL, UH AND IT'S AND IT'S IN YOUR PIECE APP, OKAY? AH! CONTEMPORARY BUSY, BUSY CONTEMPORARY FIRE AND E M S AGENCIES BUSY E. M S AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AH DISPATCHED BY PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH SYSTEMS, OKAY. MEANING THEY DON'T SEND AN ENGINE COMPANY ON EVERY MASS CALL. AH THEY THEY HAVE TRAINED CALLERS, AND THERE'S THEY THEIR SOFTWARE THAT GOES WITH THIS AND THEY'RE TRAINED CALLERS. AND THEY TAKE THE CALLER INFORMATION AND THEY ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND THEN THEY DETERMINE. IS THIS A LOW ACUITY CALL, OR IS THIS A HIGH ACUITY CALL, OKAY. AND THROUGH THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT RESOURCES ARE THEN SENT TO THE TO THE E. M S CALL. SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING AN ENGINE COMPANY OR IN YOUR CASE, A QUINT, WHICH IS A SORT OF A LADDER ENGINE COMBINATION ON ON E M S CALLS, OKAY, IT'S A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON FIRE APPARATUS, AND IT SHORTENS THE LIFESPAN AND YOU KNOW THE JUST THE MAINTENANCE ON UH, YOU KNOW, A 40 TON QUINT.

GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD ON M S CALLS IS PRETTY HIGH, OKAY? SO AH AH, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION HERE THAT YOU CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTING IN YOUR PIECE APP, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TRAINING. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOFTWARE POTENTIALLY IS GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE RIGHT FOR CALL TAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 911 SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE TOUGH TO STAFF. I JUST FINISHED THE STAFFING ANALYSIS MINNESOTA ON A 911 SYSTEM. AND THEY'RE JUST TOUGH TO STAFF. AH SO, UH, BUT THAT'S THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THAT GOES WITH THE SORT OF DUAL HOUSE LADDER COMPANIES WILL TALK ABOUT AND EXPANDING. YOU KNOW, THE FIRE AND E M S, UM, STAFFING IN DEPLOYMENT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. OKAY UM, YOU SAVE WEAR AND TEAR ON HEAVY FIRE APPARATUS, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT ALSO SENDING AMBULANCES UP AND DOWN THE ROAD LIGHTS AND SIREN. BECAUSE THOSE CALLED TWO TERMS COME IN A VERY LOW ACUITY CALLS.

THEY SORT OF GET IN LINE. AH AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LIGHTS AND SIREN TO THOSE TYPES OF CALLS.

UH, SO IT'S A SAFER RESPONSE AS WELL. AND LIKE ALL MATURE LOCALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AH YOU KNOW, YOUR YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LAND TO STILL DEVELOPED . UM, YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFILL. AND WHEN YOU DO INFILL PROJECTS A LOT OF THAT'S VERTICAL. AND SO NOW YOU HAVE VERTICAL WHAT WE CALL VERTICAL DENSITY IN THE FIRE SERVICE, WHICH INCREASES THE LIFE SAFETY

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OKAY, AND THEY PUT LIKE IT WAS EIGHT OR NINE FACTORS. THEY PUT HIM THAT'S IN HERE. I TOOK THAT.

PUT IT IN HERE. AND WHAT I DID WAS I OVERLAID FIRE AND E M S DEMAND OVER TOP OF THAT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU WILL SEE SOME SOME STRIKING COMPARISONS. BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THOSE WITH HIGHER SOCIAL NEEDS HAVE A HIGHER DEMAND ON HYMNS IN PARTICULAR, OKAY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. AT ALL OKAY, OR VERY LOW ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, SO THEIR ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IS 911. SO A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT SPONSORS TO ARE IN THOSE AREAS. SO STRIKING CONTRAST WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. AH AND IT AND IT GOES TO WHAT THEIR VISION IS RIGHT, HEALTHIER COMMUNITY THROUGH PREVENTION, OUTREACH AND RESPONSE. THEIR VALUES BEGIN. THIS IS FROM THEM . SOME VERY GOOD WORDS. HERE.

PRIDE LOYALTY, RESPECT, HONESTLY , INTEGRITY, ALL THE THINGS YOU WOULD EXPECT OUT OF A FIRE. AND HE, UM, S DEPARTMENT AH, PARTICULARLY ONE IN A COMMUNITY SUCH AS THIS. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT. THIS IS JUST A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS KIND OF WHERE IT STARTED IN 96. ALL OF THE THINGS YOU ADDED AS A COUNCIL, OKAY OR COUNCILS PRIOR TO YOU. AH AND YOU KNOW YOU DID OPEN YOU OPEN THREE OR FOUR STATIONS THERE.

YOU REBUILT COUPLE OF STATIONS. YOU ADDED PEOPLE, BUT WHAT? WHAT ONE THING YOU DID DO IS, UH, YOU REDUCED TO ENGINE COMPANIES IN 2008, THE STAFF AMBULANCES, THE 11 SORT OF STATION MODEL. THE CHIEF THAT WAS HERE IN 96 HAD AND. WHAT THAT DID WAS REALLY YOU STARTED TO SHIFT TO THE QUINT CONCEPT, OKAY, WHICH A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ENGINE AND A LADDER IN THE SAME STATION. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DRIVE BY A FIRE STATION, SEE AN ENGINE AND A LADDER TRUCK. CAME. BOTH OF THEM ARE STAFFED. YOU CAN TAKE IN COMBINE THEM BOTH TOGETHER WHERE YOU HAVE, LIKE 100 FT. AERIAL OR 105. FT. ARIEL? BUT THE TRUCK HAS A PUMP AND IT'S GOT HOES AND IT'S GOT WATER SO YOU CAN RUN IT UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND USE IT FOR BOTH, OKAY? THAT'S A GREAT MODEL. THAT'S A GREAT MODEL. IF YOU STAFF IT CORRECTLY, OKAY? AH SO THAT WHEN THAT TRUCK PULLS UP IF IT ONLY HAS THREE ON THERE. THEN YOU'RE SORT OF DEDICATING IT TO ONE OR THE OTHER FUNCTIONS EITHER GOING TO BE AN ENGINE OR IT'S GOING TO BE A LADDER. OKAY, YOU CAN OPERATE BOTH BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT THREE PEOPLE. UH SO TYPICALLY COMMUNITIES THAT THAT STAFF THOSE STAFF THEM WITH FOUR. SO AT LEAST YOU COULD YOU COULD YOU COULD DO YOU COULD DO ONE BETTER, OKAY? AND SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON THE INCIDENT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PUT THE LADDER UP. IF YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT UP QUICKLY AND GET A HOSE LINE. STRETCHED THE FRONT DOOR, OKAY? AH BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO SERVE AS BOTH. IT JUST CAN'T OKAY. UNLESS YOUR STAFF IT REALLY WOULD FIVE OR SIX. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, AH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU YOU SOMETIMES PARTICULARLY AGAIN IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, WITH ALL THE RISK THAT YOU HAVE, AND THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS AND THINGS YOU HAVE GOING ON HERE. AH OUR RECOMMENDATION AS YOU AS YOU AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THAT IN FOR AT LEAST FOUR STATIONS, AND YOU GO TO AN ENGINE AND ALLOWED BACK TO AN ENGINE AND LADDER AS YOU HAD. AH BUT THAT THAT STARTED TO SHIFT IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS AS YOU WENT TO THE 11TH STATION CONCEPT, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS OKAY BECAUSE GARLAND WASN'T WHAT IT WAS, THEN WHAT IT IS TODAY. THERE'S YOUR DEMAND. AND I DIDN'T USE A HEAT MAP. I DIDN'T

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17 PEOPLE. OKAY? ONE OF THOSE IS A COMMAND OFFICER. THE OTHER 16. OR WORKING FIREFIGHTERS, OKAY, DOING DIFFERENT CRITICAL TASKS. OKAY STRETCHING THE FIRST HOSE LINE TO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE STRETCHING THE BACKUP LINE. TWO PEOPLE DOING SEARCH AND RESCUE TO PEOPLE. MAYBE CUTTING A HOLE IN THE ROOF FOR DOING, UH, SOME KIND OF VERTICAL VENTILATION OR HORIZONTAL VENTILATION UTILITY CONTROL. AH PUMPING THE FIRE TRUCK. THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY SO IT'S ALL BROKEN DOWN AND WE BROKE ALL THAT DOWN HERE AND IT CAN GET AS HIGH AS 28. ON AN APARTMENT FIRE. OKAY SO THE RESILIENCY PIECE COMES IN RIGHT WHEN YOU START GOING BACK TO E. M S CALLS, EVERYBODY'S OUT ON THE M S CALLS, AND NOW WE GET THE STRUCTURE FIRE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING. OKAY A THREE OR FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OVER THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS. SO YOU GOT A LOT OF DENSITY AND POPULATION . OKAY UH AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE

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INFORMATION THANK YOU. UH, SO AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED, UH, MASTER PLANNING AREAS, RIGHT ? AND THEN THESE SORT OF TRANSFORM INTO WHAT THE STRATEGIC POINTS ARE. AH SO AND THESE JUST COME KIND OF IN ORDER OF HOW WE LAID THEM OUT IN THE REPORT. SO STRATEGIES AIMED AT BUDGETING FOREIGN CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBER, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF MEMBERS AND TRAINING, RIGHT TRAINING AND EDUCATION. OKAY FOR THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE HEARD WAS WE GET BASIC TRAINING . AND THEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE COME IN AS RECRUITS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF IN SERVICE TRAININGS AS WE GO, BUT TEXAS HAS, YOU KNOW AGAIN, UH, IT'S A VERY AH FIRE FRIENDLY TRAINING ENVIRONMENT AND IN TEXAS. THERE ARE STATE CLASSES ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET INTO, AND IT'S ALL THESE CERTIFICATION LEVELS YOU CAN GET INTO. IT'S VERY GOOD. UH AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET YOUR PEOPLE THERE. OKAY SO BUDGETING FOR THAT MEANING? THEY NEED THE TIME OFF, RIGHT? SEE? SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM TIME OFF TO GET THERE. SO THAT MAY COST SOME OVERTIME RIGHT TO BACK FIELDER POSITION WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME CAUSE TO THE CLASS, THE FIRE ACADEMY K EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM OR ALL THOSE PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY IN EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND. ALL THE COST YOU OKAY IS, UH, THE MEAL TICKET. THAT'S IT. THERE'S A MEAL TICKET. IF IT'S A ONE WEEK CLASS, THEY'LL TELL YOU IT'S $220 OR WHATEVER. AND THEY REIMBURSE YOU FOR THE FLIGHT OUT . AND YOU THEY HOUSE YOU RIGHT THERE ON CAMPUS. OKAY. FOR THE ON CAMPUS COURSES. THEY'RE EXCELLENT CLASSES. TEXAS HAS EXCELLENT CLASSES, SO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT RIGHT SUCCESSION PLANNING CHIEFLY IS NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER. RIGHT CHIEF WAVE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER. OKAY MARSHALL. NOT GONNA BE HERE FOR THAT. I COULD BE HERE FOREVER.

OKAY JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH THE CITY MANAGER PIECE RIGHT THERE. SUCCESSION PLANNING. AND SO ALL OF THAT LEADS INTO BUT YOU GOTTA PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOPED THEM BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A FIRE CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL. OKAY WARREN, OPERATIONS CHIEF. YOU JUST YOU CAN'T AH, SO YOU HAVE TO PICK THOSE PEOPLE OUT, AND THAT BECOMES YOUR SUCCESSION PLAN. AH CONTINUE, RIGHT. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THIS. THEY HAVE A RECRUITER. I SPOKE TO THE RECRUITER IN FIRE. RIGHT? JUST CONTINUED. YOU GET THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST AND BUILD THE MOST DIVERSE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU CAN ALRIGHT, THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S JUST NOT COLOR. IT'S NOT GENDER. IT'S DIVERSITY IS AND INCLUSION IS YOU WANT PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS TO COME IN. YOU WANT EVERY YOU WANT. EVERYBODY'S UH, INPUT, OKAY, BUT YOU WANT DIVERSE INPUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE TABLE CHIEF DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE JUST NODDING UP AND DOWN, SAYING YES, IT'S NOT GOING TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION THAT WAY. HEALTH AND THIS WAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, OKAY? UH, YOU KNOW, JUST STRATEGIES THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH , SAFETY AND WELLNESS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS, PARTICULARLY THE CARCINOGENIC CARCINOGENIC EXPOSURES. OKAY IT'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON NOW IN THE FIRE SERVICE. TURNOUT GEAR. WHAT IT'S TREATED WITH. IS IT CARCINOGENIC ? ISN'T IT CARCINOGENIC? OKAY THEY'RE DOING STUDIES ON THAT.

OKAY THERE, THERE THERE, YOU KNOW. COULD BE A TIME IN THE FUTURE. WHEN THEY SAY THE CURRENT TURNOUT GEAR WE HAVE TO WE'VE GOT A SUNSET AND YOU'VE GOT TO BUY ALL NEW CAVE JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IT'S MADE OF EXHAUST, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, PTSD. AS WE CAME OUT OF COVID, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EMERGING AS, UH, YOU KNOW, A BIG ISSUE AND ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY YOU 911 TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICE OFFICERS. FIRE E M S OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, JUST SAFETY AND EMERGENCY AND NON EMERGENCY WORK. THE S O PS AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES HERE.

THEY'RE JUST HOLD. OKAY THAT'S IT. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND LONG TIME. THEY'VE BEEN UPDATED HERE OR THERE. UH IT CAME UP. WE LOOKED AT HIM. IT'S EASY TO FIX THOUGH. THERE ARE THERE ARE

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AH WE TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, JUST, UH YOU KNOW THE COMMUNICATION GAPS YOU HAVE HERE AND WE'VE GIVEN THE CHIEF SOME STRATEGIES ON THAT, AND WE TALKED ALL ABOUT THAT. AH! REDUCED THE DEPLOYMENT OF HEAVY APPARATUS ON E. M S INCIDENTS RIGHT TO PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH. THAT'S A I WOULD PUT THAT. AS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY. AH! AND ANNUAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES AGAIN. JUST TRAINING ON MASS TRANSIT. UH YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT IT HERE. OKAY YOU GOTTA TRAIN RUNS THROUGH HERE ALL DAY LONG. YOU GOT BUSSES RUN THROUGH HERE ALL DAY LONG. AND THE BIG ONE. OKAY THE STAFFING. UH WE LOOKED AT THE STAFFING AND IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING THAT YOU NEED. IT'S JUST THAT YOU HAVE THE RISK THAT YOU HAVE HERE. THE BUILDING TYPES HOW YOU'VE GROWN AND JUST DO RESPONSE PATTERNS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY WARRANTS. A CONSIDERATION OF. DO HOUSE COMPANIES, RIGHT? SO THE NEXT STEP PAST THIS NIGHT, THE 1996 PIECE RIGHT? BUILT ALL THE FIRE STATIONS. YOU'VE GOT THEM ALL SPREAD OUT. YOU MOVE IN A COUPLE OF THEM NOW. IT IS. THE CONSIDERATION OF TAKING US TAKING A STEP BACK. EXCUSE ME, TAKING A STEP BACK INTO GOING BACK TO SOME DUAL HOUSE COS.

OKAY AND WE RECOMMENDED FOR STATIONS 357 AND NINE IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SOME OF THE QUEEN APPARATUS. AH THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT AS WELL. OKAY UH AND WE AGAIN MAPPED ALL THAT SHOW SHOW . WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THAT MODEL, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT YOU'LL HAVE ON THE I S O RATING , IN PARTICULAR FOR LATTER DEPLOYMENT. UH AND, OF COURSE ENGINE COMPANY DEPLOYMENT AS WELL. AND IT HELPS YOU WITH YOUR RESILIENCY. UM AND THEN GATHERING AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS YOU HAVE HERE AND AGAIN. YOU HAVE ALL TYPES. YOU'VE GOT THE TYPES THAT REQUIRE 28. YOU GOT THE TYPES THAT REQUIRE 16 OR 17. AND YOU HAVE THE TYPES THAT REQUIRE FOR A HIGH RISE. UH OF, UM, YOU KNOW, 40 PLUS, OKAY, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU HAVE MUTUAL AND AUTOMATIC AID, OKAY? AND YOU USE THAT JUST LIKE THEY USE YOU. ALL RIGHT, THEN. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE THAT. BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF CORE BUILDINGS HERE, UH, THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT. SO DO THAT. YOU JUST GOT A BRAND NEW HEAVY RESCUE TRUCK. THAT'S OUT AT STATION EIGHT. AND CENTRALIZING THAT AT STATION ONE AND CONSIDERATION OF STAFFING THAT IN THE FUTURE IS PART OF THAT PLAN AS WELL. YOU GOT ANY M S THE HIGH DEMAND FOR M S. WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOU NEED TO PUT UH YOU KNOW A LOT OF E. M S UNITS ON 24 HOURS A DAY. OKAY ONE TREND IS, UH, IS TO DO THAT DURING PEAK TIMES, OKAY? AND WE IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR PEAK TIMES ARE YOUR HEAVIEST DEMAND, YOU KNOW, 12 HOURS A DAY. AH SO FROM 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. THOSE ARE YOUR PEAK TIMES AND STATION ONE CERTAINLY WHICH IS SORT OF YOUR CENTRAL CORE AREA AND STATION 11 HEAVY DEMAND, UH, AGAIN IMPROVES YOUR RESILIENCE. LEE, IF YOU TEAM THAT UP WITH THE PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH, UH, YOU COULD EVEN MAKE THOSE BLS UNITS ARE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT UNITS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PARAMEDICS ON THERE. YOU JUST MAKE THEM BLS. OKAY? HANDLE ALL YOUR LOW CUT HE CALLS BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE LOW ACUITY CALLS AND YOU DO HIGH ACUITY CALLS MEETING. YOU'VE GOT MORE CALLS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A PARAMEDIC AND YOU DO THAT REQUIRE A PARAMEDIC. AND THAT'S THE TREND IS THE TREND IN THIS REGION, OKAY? STRATEGIES THAT CONTINUE RIGHT LIAISON WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TALKED ABOUT THAT PARKS AND REC MAP. HOW WHEN WE OVERLAID YOUR DEMAND ON TOP OF THAT, IT STICKS OUT. OKAY, SO AH, JUST CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. TO REDUCE THE HIGH USER OF VMS. OKAY, AGAIN. THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

SO THIS CALL 911. THAT'S THEIR ACCESS. OKAY AND THAT'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GET THEM TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THEN YOU CAN OFFLOAD THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY, AND W

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WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL CODE INSPECTORS OVER THE NEAR MID AND LONG TERMS JUST TO DEMAND ON THAT OFFICE WITH AH , YOU KNOW, FIRE INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTIONS THAT THEY JUST SIMPLY CAN'T GET TO OWN A REGULAR BASIS. OKAY BIANNUAL OR TRY ANNUAL BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY TALKED ABOUT THE DEFICIENCY IN THE I S O, AND WE GAVE THE CHIEF SOME SOME SUGGESTIONS THERE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO STRENGTHEN THAT, BUT A LOT OF THAT STRENGTHENED AND JUST HOW YOU DEPLOY AND STAFF ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GAVE YOU. YOU'VE GOT A GOOD FLEET REPLACEMENT PLAN RIGHT NOW, UH AND YOU FOLLOW ANOTHER N F P A STANDARD 19 01, AND IT'S JUST, UH, THE STRATEGY HERE IS MAINTAIN THAT OKAY, DON'T STOP DOING THAT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU'RE RUNNING, YOU KNOW? 30 40 TON VEHICLES YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN THE STREETS OF GARLAND AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE OLD STREETS, RIGHT? THEY GOT A LOT OF BUMPS IN THEM AND SO THE CHASSIS AND BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S EXPENSIVE, OKAY? SO MAINTAIN THAT REPLACEMENT. CONTINUE TO RENOVATION OF YOUR FACILITIES. WE JUST GAVE YOU SOME STANDARDS TO CONSIDER. WHEN YOU DO THAT. IT'S JUST THE SAFETY STANDARDS WHEN YOU GO TO RENOVATE AND A LOT OF THAT'S INFECTION CONTROL , A LOT OF THAT'S CARCINOGENIC, REDUCING CARCINOGENIC EXPOSURES INSIDE LIVING AREAS. THINGS SUCH AS THAT AH, AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE N F P A 17 10 BENCHMARKS WHEN YOU CITE NEWS STATIONS, RIGHT WHICH YOU'RE ALREADY DOING, THERE'S ALREADY MARKED IMPROVEMENT. WE SHOWED YOU THAT AMS IS YOUR BUSIEST, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPLOYMENT AS YOU SAW 72% OF YOUR CALLS YOU HAVE TO FIRE BATTALION, CHIEF SONG DUTY NORTH AND SOUTH AND YOU GOT ONE. E M S SUPERVISOR. AH PER SHIFT. SO WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THAT BECAUSE OF THE E M S DEMAND. AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE YOUR M SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL BE THE LENGTH TO COMMUNITY, UH AND THE SOCIAL. AH NEEDS DEPARTMENT LIAISONS, RIGHT. THEY WORK WITH SOCIAL SERVICES OR COMMUNITY SERVICES ON THE HIGH END USERS AND YOU CAN DEVELOP OUT OF THAT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS AND PROGRAM WHERE YOU REGULARLY CHECK ON CERTAIN PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MEDICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE THEIR THEIR THEIR POST DIAGNOSIS, OR, UH, THEIR POST RELEASED DIRECTIONS FROM THEIR LAST VISIT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF BEING FOLLOWED. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CALL 911 AGAIN A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BUT THAT TAKES THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP IN THAT POSITION TO DO THAT. STOP RIGHT THERE, MAYOR BECAUSE THE REST ARE JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUFF. REALLY THAT ARE KIND OF OUTLINED HERE, BUT I TOUCHED ON THEM ALREADY, OKAY? ALRIGHT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS. FOR I DON'T THINK IT WENT THROUGH. BUT I CAN'T HEAR. I'M GONNA KNOCK ALL Y'ALL OUT OF THE. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. SORRY. HAD TO RESET SOMETHING HERE. CANCER LOOK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON A DUAL HOUSE COMPANY. SO THAT'S LIKE TAKING THOSE QUINT. TRUCKS AND SEPARATING THEM INTO TWO DIFFERENT TRUCKS. AND THEN, OKAY , THANK YOU. AND THEN, UH, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT VEHICLE. WILL YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE. RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU DISPATCH AN AMBULANCE, IT'S GOT A PARAMEDIC , SOMETIMES TWO PARAMEDICS, PARAMEDIC AND E M T. RIGHT, SO IT'S AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, MEANING THEY CAN. THEY CAN DO THE MEDICATION, SHOCK PEOPLE AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS RIGHT? UM BASIC LIFE SUPPORT UNIT WOULD HAVE TO E. M. T S. AND TAKE LOW ACUITY CALLS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ANY OF THAT. AND IF YOU NEED THAT YOUR ENGINE COMPANIES OR STAFF WITH PARAMEDICS. SO YOU CAN QUICKLY GET A PARAMEDIC IF YOU NEED ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MARY CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, SIR. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE OVERDOSE OF INFORMATION. EXCELLENT YEAH. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL DONE. MY QUESTION IS IN YOUR GAP ANALYSIS. UM. YOU GIVE CHIEF THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK

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AH AND WHAT? WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER IS AND IF I WAS GOING TO PRIORITIZE THIS AH! I WOULD I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE THE CHIEF. GET WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE 911 IS AND THEN. FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH IN YOU'RE JUST TOO BUSY. OF A LOT OF E M S SYSTEM TO NOT HAVE THAT, OKAY, IT'S. IT'S SUCH A SUCH A GREAT TOOL, RIGHT? AH AND THEN LOOK AT. WHERE DO I NEED THE DUAL HOUSE COMPANIES? RIGHT.

WHAT'S MY PRIORITY THERE? AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHERE YOU'RE BUILDING RISK IS THE HIGHEST, OKAY? AND I WOULD PRIORITIZE MY BUILDING RISK AROUND THE LIFE SAFETY PIECE. WHERE DO I HAVE ALL MY MULTI UNIT? AH APARTMENT BUILDINGS. OKAY WHERE DO I HAVE? WHERE IS THERE? A MIX OF NURSING HOMES. AND IS THERE A MIX OF ASSISTED LIVING IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL? AND IT WAS TO BE MY FIRST TARGETS FOR THESE DUAL HOUSE COMPANIES. AH YOU KNOW, QUINCY ARE GOOD. THE CONCEPT IS GOOD WHEN THEY CAME OUT THERE GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS RUN THEM JUST AS LADDERS, OKAY AND IN THE HOSE , AND THE WATER IS JUST EXTRA. OKAY BUT THAT'S HOW I WOULD PRIORITIZE IT, SIR. AND I WOULD MIX THAT M S SUPERVISOR IN THERE WHEN I DID THE PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH. BECAUSE THE CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES IS CRITICAL.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE. AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. THEY TYPICALLY KNOW WHO THE FAMILIES ARE. THE PEOPLE ARE, UH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A CRITICAL LINK. AND THOSE ARE, UH, THAT THAT'S HIGH END WORK FOR THE M S SUPERVISOR . OKAY AND THEN YOU GROW FROM THAT RIGHT INTO HIS COMMUNITY PARA MEDICINE PROGRAMS, BUT I WOULD PRIORITIZE IT AS I JUST SAID, AND THE CHIEF AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT, RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MR PAUL. SO THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT, UM MY QUESTION WAS MAINLY ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH YOU PRETTY MUCH JUST COVERED RIGHT THERE. AND THEN YOU ENDED WITH MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT COULD YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE M S SUPERVISOR ROLE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY M S SUPERVISORS. AH! BATTALION CHIEF HAS THE OVERALL COMMAND. OKAY SO AND HERE'S THE NORTH SOUTH RICE OF TAN CHIEF HAS OVERALL COMMAND. E M S SUPERVISOR RUNS THE HIGH ACUITY

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WE'RE GOOD. CANCER AND MORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND ALSO I'LL ADD MY THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. UM AND YOU TOUCHED ON THIS A MINUTE AGO, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE VERTICAL DENSITY IS INCREASING AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE SOCIAL NEEDS , UM, THAT ARE ALSO HIGH LEVEL NEEDS WHEN WE'VE GOT VERTICAL DENSITY, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING UM AND SPECIFICALLY BUILDING RISKS. AND, UM I WAS LISTENING IN ON A CONVERSATION SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WITH SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE EXPRESSING SPECIFIC CONCERNS. ABOUT UM, NURSING HOME AND ASSISTED LIVING, BUT ALSO JUST SENIOR, UM, APARTMENTS WHICH WE HAVE SOME OF IN THE CITY. AND THEIR CONCERNS THAT THAT THAT COMPACT AND A LOT OF CALLS EVEN THOUGH THESE WEREN'T NURSING HOMES OR ASSISTED LIVING TO INDEPENDENT LIVING, BUT THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED THAN SEEING IT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THOSE AREAS WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGH NEED HIGH CALLS. AND THAT THEY THEY SEEM TO FEEL LIKE WE THINGS NEEDED TO BE RESHUFFLED TO MAKE THAT MORE PRACTICAL FOR THEM, SO UM WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH THE BUILDING RISK AND PRIORITIZING WITH THE DUAL HOUSE APPROACH.

I'M ASSUMING DOES THAT DO YOU SEE THAT IT'S APPLYING TO, UM SENIOR MULTI FAMILY AS WELL AS THE HIGHER LEVEL NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE. REALLY YES, MA'AM. OKAY COUPLE OF TIE INS THERE, SO IT'S A IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. UM THE FIRST ONE IS PUBLIC LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION . FIRE MARSHAL DOESN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT HE CAN GET REALLY ENGAGED IN AND WHAT I WOULD SAY QUALITY. LIFE SAFETY PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH IS GETTING TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THEY'RE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, OKAY? AND TEACHING THEM WHEN THE FIRE ALARM GOES OFF HERE. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE IN YOUR APARTMENT OR THIS IS WHAT YOU DO, OKAY? AH AND SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT I AM. WHAT THE DUAL HOUSE COMPANIES DO IS IT'S MORE HANDS. IT'S MORE PEOPLE SHOWING UP FASTER. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A VULNERABLE THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UH TO AH PUT WATER ON THE FIRE. TWO. MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE BUILDING QUICKER, OKAY? COLD SMOKE KILLS , JUST LIKE WARM SMOKE KILLS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN VERTICAL. UH DENSITY IS THIS COLD SMOKE AND COLD SMOKE KILLS. AH AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES IS? IT GIVES YOU AH, A. THE ABILITY TO COLLECT THAT EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE MUCH QUICKER IN IN THOSE HIGH DENSITY AREAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT IS HELPFUL. AND YOU'VE SOLD ME ON THE PRIORITY MEDICAL DISPATCH, AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY IMPRESSED ALL OF US WITH THAT. THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE AN OBSERVATION.

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AND THEN A FIRE INVESTIGATOR BRINGING THAT UP TO 20 STAFF MEMBERS ON HAND. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE THERE, CHIEF, I ASSUME IS A RECRUIT OR SOMEBODY DOING A TRAINING RIDE OUT RIGHT ALONG. I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT PERSON SO WE'LL CALL IT 21 FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE. BUT SO WITH THE STAFFING WITH OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INCREASED STAFFING MODEL AND SORT OF THE REALIGNMENT. WE HAD SIX BASICALLY SIX UP SIX OPERATING VEHICLES ON THIS SCENE . OBVIOUSLY IF YOU INCREASE THE STAFFING, YOU DECREASE THE NUMBER OF APPARATUS THAT ARE THERE. I MEAN, IS THAT YOU IF YOU IF YOU'RE ADDING PEOPLE TO THIS, YOU DON'T NEED AS MANY OTHERS TO COME IN TO SUPPLEMENT IS THAT SAFE TO ASSUME. YEAH GREAT. HERE'S HOW I WOULD ANSWER THAT YOU WERE TALKING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT HAVING AS MANY VEHICLES MAKING RIGHT OUT ON THE STREET M S THAT APPLIES TO E. M S. OKAY, UM. ON A STRUCTURE FIRE. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, OKAY? UM I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO THINK BACK TO WHAT? WHAT THE MATRIX IS DELICIOUS, SAY, LET'S JUST SAY IF IT WAS THREE ENGINES IN A LADDER, OKAY? SO IF YOU GOT THREE ENGINES IN A LADDER, UH, YOU'D GET NINE. 13 AH 14 2 MORE WITH AN AMBULANCE. 15 16 IF YOU IF YOU SEND TWO AMBULANCES, 18 AH! HMM YOU'LL GET MAYBE THE SAME, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE AH, BUT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING NOW IS I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WHO CAME OKAY? BUT YOU COULD HAVE GOT ONE ENGINE AND TWO QUINTS. IS WHAT YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN, AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY AREAS OF MY CORRECT CHIEF WEBCAST AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE YOU MIGHT GET TO QUINCE AND TWO ENGINES JUST BECAUSE OF THE MAKEUP YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU MAY ONLY GET ONE LADDER. UH AND THREE ENGINES AND ONE LADDER, SO WHAT'S YOUR REDUCING IS THE HEAVIER APPARATUS RUNNING. ALL OF YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN THE STREET, PARTICULARLY ON THAT'S THE E M S SIDE FIRESIDE TO GET 28 PEOPLE.

AH YOU KNOW AN APARTMENT FIRE. YOU HAVE DUAL HOUSE OR YOU HAVE SINGLE HOUSE OR YOU GOT QUINCE.

YOU YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET 28 PEOPLE. OKAY NOW. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. IT WAS IT WAS A VERY GOOD DID THEY DO A GOOD JOB? THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. WANTED TO HEAR THEY THEY KNOCKED THE FIRE OUT IN IN MINUTES. AND I CAN TELL YOU AT ONE POINT YOU COULD BARELY SEE THE FRONT YARD FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS STANDING IN. THERE WERE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL THAT ARE THERE AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE NOTICING THAT AS WELL, MIKE.

WELL IF IT'S YOUR HOUSE, I BET YOU'D BE REALLY APPRECIATED. APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THESE GUYS STANDING IN THE FRONT YARD WAITING TO DO SOMETHING SO ONE OTHER POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO. UH AND IT KIND OF COMES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. PARAMEDICS IN PARAMEDIC. I KNOW THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT THAT CAME THROUGH HERE. THAT'S I WANT TO SAY, 10 YEARS AGO, UM AND AT THE TIME I MEAN, IT WAS FAIRLY NEW. IT WAS FAIRLY YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS FAR AS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEMS, UM AND OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH IT IS THAT IS THAT SORT OF THIS? I MEAN, I THINK PLANO WAS DOING IT AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CITIES THAT WE'RE DOING IT IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW OF IT WOULD BE ON THE LOWER PRIORITY. THE FREQUENT FLYERS, THE YOU KNOW WOULD BE, UM I DIDN'T GO INTO TOO REALLY TOO MUCH IN HERE. AH! YOU KNOW? BUT . I WANTED TO BRING IT UP TONIGHT. JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS, AND YOU LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM IS USED BUT THE 10 YEAR AGO MODEL UM. YOU PROBABLY AGREE WITH THIS CHIEF. IT WAS IT WAS JUST SOMEBODY INVENTED COMMUNITY PARA MEDICINE, AND THEY STARTED LINKING IT AND THEN EVERYBODY STARTED TO DO IT. AND THEN SOME OF THEM FIZZLED OUT, OKAY? NOW THEY HAVE REFINED IT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO. BECAUSE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE OVERRUN.

INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS OVERRUN. AH AND NOW HOSPITALS AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY GET PENALIZED ON ON REPEAT CUSTOMERS, OKAY? SO THEY WANT SYSTEMS LIKE THIS RIGHT? AND WE DISCUSSED SOME.

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[4.b. Consideration and Discussion Regarding a Future Bond Program]

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AND IT'S BEEN FURTHER DAMPENED BY THE PASSAGE OF SB TWO IN 2019 , WHICH HAS CAPPED OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE PROPERTY TAXES AT 3.5% FOR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND OR OUR GENERAL FUND. AND MOVING FORWARD. FUTURE REVENUE GROWTH IS JUST GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO COVER OUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS BUT TO MAKE ANY ENHANCEMENTS TO THOSE SERVICE LEVELS. AND THEN THE FINAL PIECES. WE HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIALLY WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SB TWO DOES NOT CAP THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE OF THE TAX RATE THROUGH THE PROPERTY VALUATION GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND ARE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. TWO YEARS IN A ROW. BETTER THAN BUDGET. UH TAX BASED GROWTH. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO FORWARD TO THE VOTERS WITH THE BOND PACKAGE. IF SO, COUNCIL SO CHOOSES WITHOUT A TAX RATE INCREASE. SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE. AND REALLY, WHAT WE WANT. THIS BOND WE'RE GOING TO DO IS FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS THAT CAN IMPROVE GARLAND'S PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX BASE.

IN 2017. WE CREATED THE ENVISIONED GARLAND GARLAND DOCUMENTS, WHICH HAS NINE CATALYST AREAS WITHIN IT SO WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING SOME INVESTMENT THAT VERY TARGETED AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN SOUTH GARLAND, THE MEDICAL DISTRICT OR AND THEN ALSO OUR OUR CITYWIDE PROGRAMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN GREAT, SUCH SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. AND THEN I WAS, AS JUDD MENTIONED WE HAD A $46 MILLION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM AND PUT IN THEIR QUOTATIONS GAME CHANGER BECAUSE IT IT REALLY WAS FOR US. AND WE'RE ABOUT 80% EITHER SPENT OR EARMARKED ON THOSE FUNDS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN MOSTLY GEARED TOWARDS INVESTING AND LAND ACQUISITION ITSELF. GARLAND DOWNTOWN MEDICAL DISTRICT SO WE'RE COMING FORWARD NOW TO SEEK DIRECTION ON MOVING FORWARD WITH EXPLORING THIS THERE, A BOND STUDY. SO FIRST WE'LL GET TO ESTABLISHING A TIMELINE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF A BOND PROGRAM. IN OUR OPINION, THE EARLIEST WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOND PROGRAM IS MAY 4TH. SO I'VE DEVELOPED A CALENDAR OF SOME KEY DATES IN ORDER TO KIND OF BACK INTO THAT.

THAT MAY 4TH DATE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE FIRST UP IS ESTABLISHED A BOND STUDY COMMITTEE AND TO ME THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO OCCUR BY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER, 19TH IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT MAY 4TH ELECTION BECAUSE THE BOND SAID COMMITTEE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY NEED AT LEAST THREE MONTHS TO EVALUATE ENGAGE WITH CITIZENS AND DO EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY TO PROPERLY PUT TOGETHER A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL. THAT BOND SAID THE COMMITTEE WITH THEN COME TO COUNCIL ON THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT GIVES COUNCIL ROUGHLY A MONTH. TO MAKE ANY TWEAKS TO THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH THAT MUCH LIKE THE BUDGET PROCESS. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE LAST TIME IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF DROPPED THAT DAY, BUT BASED OFF OF STATE LAW IS TO CALL THAT ELECTION BY FEBRUARY 6 AND FROM THERE, KIND OF THE STRATEGY BECOMES PUTTING NOTICES OUT OF ELECTION AND PUTTING OUT ALL THE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH AN ELECTION DAY OF MAY 4TH SO FIRST QUESTION REALLY, I'M POSING IS IF DO WE WANT TO SHOOT FOR THIS MAY 4TH TIME FRAME. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS ON A BUS BOND STUDY COMMITTEE. HOW MANY RESIDENTS DO WE WANT TO PUT ON THIS COMMITTEE? SO THE CITY CHARTER STATES THAT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A BOND STUDY COMMITTEE AND IT NEEDS TO BE MADE UP OF AT LEAST NINE RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MINIMUM ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE. AND I'VE PUT WHAT WE DID IN 2019. SO IN 2019

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WELL UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND COUNSEL. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS, UH YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE'RE HAVING A VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION HERE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A PROPOSED DIRECTION THAT THIS WOULD GO OBVIOUSLY OF INCREASING OUR PROPERTY TAX SALES. YOU KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS. UM SO AH, I GUESS FIRST OFF, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. I THINK THEY MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING FORWARD OUT TO THIS. SO, UM I GUESS WE NEED TO START WITH , UM ARE WE ARE WE STILL ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH ANOTHER BOND STUDY COMMITTEE AND I'VE GOT SOME FOLKS IN THE CUBE. AH, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR . THANK YOU, MATT FOR SETTING UP, UM. UH FIRST TO ANSWER MASS QUESTION. REMEMBER THE EXACT SESSION? UH WE HAD SOME SHORT DISCUSSION ON THIS. UM. AND I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH, UH WITH WITH CITY MANAGER WELL, WHEN I WHEN I SAW THIS AND FOR THE RECORD THAT DISCUSSION TOOK TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. NOT THIS WEEK. AND PREVIOUSLY BUT ANYWAY. AH! I TOTALLY, UM. SUPPORT US MOVING FORWARD. I SUPPORT OUR WHAT WE'VE DONE AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS RIGHT APPROACH FOR CHALLENGING THE FUTURE. BUT I HAVE SOME. I HAVE SOME AND I DON'T HAVE ALL MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I'VE SHARED WITH CITY MANAGER ON THE TIMELINE. I. AH I DON'T SEE THAT. THAT MAY 24TH. AH THERE'S SOME. THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE QUESTIONS THAT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT WERE ALSO ASKED OUT THERE. WERE ASKED ABOUT. AH YOU MENTIONED THE COMPLETION RATE UP CURRENT PROJECTS UNDER 2019 BOND PROGRAM. AH! COUPLE OF RECIPROCAL RECIPIENT REMINDED ME TOOK ME ALL THE WAY BACK TO 24 2004. I THOUGHT EVERYBODY HAD FORGOT ABOUT 2004. BUT THEY TOOK ME BACK THERE. AND THEY CALLED THEM GRANDFATHER PROMISES. OKAY? AH, SO UH, MY CONCERN IS I WHILE I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD I THINK THAT THAT THAT PROPOSED TARGET SCHEDULED IS AGGRESSIVE. I THINK THAT HOW WE MESSAGE THIS. I THINK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR COMPLETION, RIGHT? I THINK WE I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR PUBLIC TO GET THAT THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE. AH TIMELINES CHANGE. A NUMBER OF PROJECTS EXTEND BEYOND 2024 SOME EVEN LATELY. INFORMATION I'VE SEEN BEYOND 2025. WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. UM THE OTHER THING SO THAT SO THAT, UH SO THAT OUR PUBLIC NOTICE THAT AH! AND YOU, MAJOR IN, YOU KNOW, 2025, WHO KNOWS? IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE WHOLE ROOMFUL OF NEW PEOPLE IN 2025, BUT ANYWAY UM YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT TO SOME OF THEM HERE. I THINK THAT UH, YES, WITH THE BOND PROGRAM NO TO THE PROPOSED TIMELINES. I THINK WE SHOULD. WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE SOME GROUNDWORK. UH, THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND THEN COME BACK. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE COME BACK AND LOOK AT TIMELINE ONCE WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO PULL OFF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND DISCUSSED IT AS A COUNCIL. SO I'M NOT TONIGHT. ALL READY TO SUPPORT YOU THAT TIMELINE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SELECTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS A BOND ON A BUNCH STATED COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING CORRECTLY.

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BUT FOR ME, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING IN A VERY UNPRECEDENTED TIME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20. INFLATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. I'M SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE IN THE WAY OF SPENDING AND KEEP HEARING US PUTTING MONEY ON TOP OF MONEY HERE. AH, IT SEEMS TO ME AS I

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. CANCER. HEDRICK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. THE NEWS IN AWHILE. APPARENTLY YES. COUNCIL THIS. POTENTIAL CALENDAR APPEARS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE FROM THE PREVIOUS BOND ELECTION. ALMOST IDENTICAL. I WENT AND LOOKED AT ALL MY PAPERWORK FROM THE LAST BOND STUDY COMMITTEE THAT YOU WERE ON, CORRECT. WE MET 1ST SEPTEMBER 26 2018. WE MET WEEKLY. THROUGHOUT ALL THAT WHOLE. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER DECEMBER, THE LAST PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL WAS DECEMBER 17TH. COUNCIL THEN HAD A WORK SESSION ON JANUARY. 7TH ESPECIAL BONDS DISCUSSION ON JANUARY 12TH AND OTHER WORK SESSION ON THE 14TH OF JANUARY TO DISCUSS THAT THERE'S NO HARM AT ALL IN US. CALLING THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN THAT FEBRUARY 6TH DATES OUR DEADLINE. THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION IS NO HARM IN LETTING ALL THE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. HAVE A COMMITTEE MEET ON ALL THIS. ONE QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKED IS WHETHER IT WOULD INCLUDE OTHERS MAPS THAT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAD AS PART OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE. THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THAT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS IT AND THEN COME BACK TO US, AND WE CAN HAVE A MONTH AND A HALF TO TALK ABOUT IT BETWEEN ALL OF US. AND IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD THAT POINT OR NOT, BUT THERE'S NO HARM. I BELIEVE IN TALKING ABOUT IT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE MEET AND TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CANCER IN DENTON. SO AS WE HEARD EARLIER, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TALKING ABOUT THE DIPS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. I STRUGGLED TRYING TO JUSTIFY AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOND THAT IS STRAIGHT. JUST GONNA PUT MORE STRAIN ON SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY LACKING IN THE WHOLE POINT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO BRING TRAFFIC EITHER SHORT TERM IN PLAY IN SHOP OR LONG TERM RESIDENTS. SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE. JUSTIFYING PUTTING THAT STREAM WHEN WE'RE ALREADY LACKING. SO. I THINK TALKING ABOUT IT IS THREE AND TASTIC, HOWEVER. WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET SOME OTHER DUCKS IN A ROW. TO PREPARE. THAT IS INFORMATION THAT COULD AGAIN COULD THAT THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL SIFT THEIR WAY THROUGH. GOOD. OKAY? CASPER ART. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM, I AM ENTHUSIASTICALLY. PRO HAVING THIS START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY NEEDS. YOU KNOW THAT I THINK OF IT. THE CHINESE PROVERB OF WHEN WAS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE? THEY SAY 20 YEARS AGO. THE SECOND BEST TIME IS TODAY. AND SO I THINK NOW IS THE TIME. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD, SIR. AND MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU, DYLAN. I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK THAT WAS ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD PRETTY MUCH . UM THE NEXT THING ON THE TABLE HERE, THOUGH, IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE DO IT IDENTICAL TO THE

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SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPOINTMENTS.

MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PREPARE THE POSTINGS TO GET THOSE OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. JUST JUST BY UNDERSTANDING THEIR APPOINTMENTS ON BOTH THREE MINUTES. THEY'RE NOT DISTRICT LIMITED. NO NO, THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE ARE NOT NO, I KNOW. I JUST WANTED TO. YES THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS AND THE CHARTER ARE NOT DOING ADDITIONAL . OKAY I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION. MARRIAGE JUST WENT WITH THAT. YES AND AGAIN. IT'S AN AD HOC SO EXISTING MEMBERS CAN SERVE. THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS NUMBER TWO, RIGHT MAYOR QUESTION BEFORE US IS NUMBER TWO IS ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE WHICH WE, UH THE MAJORITY SEEMED

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[4.c. Preview of the proposed FY 2023-24 Budget]

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ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S BUDGET TIME ANKLE UP. HERE WE GO. SO UM I'M GOING TO PRESENT REALLY JUST A PREVIEW FOR YOU TONIGHT TO REVIEW WHAT'S UPCOMING FOR THE 2024 BUDGET REVIEW. FOR CITY COUNCIL. OUR HOPE TONIGHT REALLY IS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME FRAMEWORK AND LAY SOME GROUNDWORK FOR YOUR REVIEW OF THE OF THE BUDGET. SO UM I WILL KIND OF GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. UM, ALISON'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAILED COMMENTARY ON OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. I WANT TO START OUT BY JUST OUTLINING SOME OF THE BUDGET PRIORITIES AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE ON THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. UM OF COURSE, NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS THE MOST BASIC FUNCTION THAT WE DO AS A CITY. UH AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT, INCREASING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING LEVELS AND MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE PAY WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER PART OF OUR FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY IS PAY PLAN CHANGES TO THE POLICE OFFICER OR TO GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM. LOTS OF LOTS OF COMMENTARY AROUND THAT THAT I'LL TOUCH ON HERE AND JUST A MINUTE, BUT THAT'S REALLY ARE OUR NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. THE SECOND IS TO INCREASE PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONAL FUNDING. AS A RESULT OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS WERE OPENING UP UP A NUMBER OF NEW FACILITIES, EXPANDING FACILITIES BUILDING, UM. BUILDING NEW FACILITIES ALREADY SAID THAT UM AND IT REQUIRES OPERATIONAL AND PERSONAL INCREASES TO GET THAT DONE, SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AS WELL. THE THIRD IS TO STRENGTHEN CITYWIDE STAFFING FROM LEAN YEARS TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. UH SO OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, UM, OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, WE'VE REALLY CUT INTO OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR OVERALL STAFFING LEVELS ARE, AND SO IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO NOW IS TO RETURN SOME OF THOSE STAFFING LEVELS TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE OR MATCH THEM AND ALIGN THEM WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE NOW, SO I'LL TOUCH ON THAT AS WELL, UM, IN THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET THAT WE'RE IN NUMBER FOUR HERE IS JUST TO MAINTAIN COMPENSATION AND MERIT INCREASES THE STATE COMPETITIVE WITHIN OUR GENERAL SCHEDULE EMPLOYEE POPULATION AS WELL. THE FIFTH ONE ON HERE AGAIN, REFERENCING OUR FIRE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, UM, TODAY IS TO CONTINUE FUNDING MASTER PLANS THAT PROVIDE DIRECTION ON SOME STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. SO YOU'LL RECALL COUNCIL THAT WE'VE AH, ARE YOU HAVE APPROVED MASTER PLANS FOR CULTURAL ARTS FOR PARKS AND TRAILS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? THESE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT, UM, DON'T JUST SIT ON A SHELF. THEY TURN INTO ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE AS A STAFF. WE TAKE IT AS DIRECT DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE ON THESE PRIORITIES, AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE KEEP THOSE MASTER PLANS GOING AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. FINALLY UM WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR WITH OUR FUNDS, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF RESERVES IN OUR KEY FUNDS, AND, UM, TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT'S AROUND THE CORNER. ALWAYS BEEN TALK OVER THE LAST. YOU KNOW, 12 TO 18 MONTHS ABOUT A RECESSION AND WHAT THAT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT COME UP. SO FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

STARTING IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. I MENTIONED ABOUT NINE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AS WAS REFERENCED IN THE MASTER PLAN DISCUSSION EARLIER. THIS IS A PHASED IN APPROACH TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S ALSO INCREASES IN TRAINING, EQUIPMENT , SUPPLIES AND OTHER OPERATING FUNDS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO AN AVERAGE OF 4% FIRE CIVIL SERVICE INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE LOOK

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ONCE WE GET TO OUR SATURDAY WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 12TH. YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE DETAILS ABOUT ABOUT THESE ITEMS IN PARTICULAR. UM LIBRARIES. WE'VE CLOSE RECENTLY SHUT DOWN CENTRAL FOR A MAJOR RENOVATION. UM AND THERE'S A NEED TO PROMOTE THE LIBRARY. SO THAT IS WE BRING NOT JUST CENTRAL BUT OUR OTHER LIBRARY, INCLUDING OUR NEW WEST BRANCH LIBRARY ONLINE THAT WE WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS, THE GARLAND COMMUNITY BACK TO THESE LIBRARIES, AND SO THERE'S A BRANDING CAMPAIGN HASHTAG STAY CURIOUS IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT AROUND. UM ON OUR KIOSKS ON THE ON THE LOT OF THE LIBRARY BOX TRUCK. UM THERE'S A BRANDING CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE OPEN THESE THESE NEW LIBRARY FACILITIES THAT FOLKS COME BACK IN AND HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THERE. MENTIONED ABOUT STRENGTHENING OUR CITY WIDE STAFFING FROM ARLENE YEARS, SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANALYSIS HERE. UM FROM 2007 TO 2023. THE CITY DID ADD SOME POSITIONS ABOUT 115 , OVERALL, UM 93% OF THOSE WERE STRICTLY PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE STREETS AND IN MOST OF OUR OTHER AREAS, THERE'S EITHER BEEN DECREASES OR KIND OF PLATEAU, DUDE, UM, SERVICE LEVELS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE IN THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET A TOTAL OF 44 ACROSS THE BOARD, MANY OF THEM PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS RELATED. A LOT OF THIS IS TO JUST BRING OUR STAFFING LEVELS UP TO WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED, UH, FROM FROM 11 SERVICE LEVEL STANDPOINT, SO AGAIN, AS WE GET INTO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THESE POSITIONS AND WHAT THEY'LL BE SUPPORTING. THERE IS A 3% MERIT INCREASE FOR OUR GENERAL SCHEDULE EMPLOYEES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WERE ALSO ON THE CIVIL SERVICE SIDE, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE HAVE A RETIREMENT STABILITY BENEFITS. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT CONTRIBUTION THAT MATCHING CONTRIBUTION TO THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. ON THE GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE SIDE. SO HEALTH INSURANCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THE COSTS CONTINUE TO GO UP OR TRYING TO TEMPER THOSE INCREASES THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAVE TO ABSORB AND REALLY TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT. AND SO WE'VE PROPOSED JUST A MODEST INCREASE ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE TO THAT HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION. UM, SPECIFIC TO SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT WE HAVE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY IN RECRUITING EMPLOYEES. WE ARE PROPOSING. UM UH, MARKET INCREASES TO THOSE POSITIONS, SO DISPATCH OUR MECHANICS IN OUR FLEET SHOP. UM EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND DRIVERS IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS, SANITATION, STORMWATER WATER WASTEWATER. WE HAVE A LOT OF CDL DRIVERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE PAY FOR THOSE FOR THOSE SKILLED POSITIONS. UM IN ADDITION, AS THE MARKET CONTINUES TO FLUX AND CHANGE THE

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BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THOSE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS LOOK LIKE. BUT OVERALL, WE'RE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. WE PLAN CONSERVATIVELY AND PROVIDE A LOT OF A LOT OF FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR FUND BALANCE FOR 2024 BUDGET. UM I MENTIONED THE MASTER PLANS AND CONTINUING TO, UH, TO BRING THOSE TWO COUNCIL SO THAT, UM THIS BODY CAN ADOPT THOSE AND GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON SPECIFIC THINGS. WE'VE DONE. CULTURAL ARTS, THE FIRE MASTER PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARKS , TRAILS, ETCETERA, THOSE REALLY PROVIDE GREAT DIRECTION FOR THIS FOR THE STAFF AND IT BECOMES A CHECKLIST FOR US TO PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOCUSES OUR EFFORTS. AH AND IT GIVES US SORT OF CLEAR DIRECTION WHERE TO GO. SO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET ONE IS THIS ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AN UPDATE TO ENVISION GARLAND WHICH IS OVER A DECADE OLD NOW WE NEED TO RELOOK AT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKE SURE IT ALIGNS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT GOALS. THE CATALYST AREAS STILL NEED CATALYZING. BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FROM A LAND YOU STANDPOINT TO HELP? UM, PLAN OUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM CODE COMPLIANCE. I KNOW THIS IS A THIS IS A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AND AN AREA OF EMPHASIS FOR CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND LOOK AT DIRECTING THEM AND FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS . UM YOU KNOW, SO THERE THEY DO . GREAT WORK. THEY'RE OUT THERE . I MEAN, YOU YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE'S THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK. AND A LOT OF IT IS ON THE PROACTIVE SIDE. MEANING STAFF IS, UH, STAFF IS OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPLIANCE. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE THE COUNCIL THROUGH SOME EXERCISES SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US FOCUS THOSE EFFORTS. ARE THERE SPECIFIC CORRIDORS OR AREAS THAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON OR THEIR SPECIFIC LAND USES THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON UM ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL HELP GIVE CODE COMPLIANCE SOME DIRECTION.

UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE REMAINING NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, BOND FUNDS. UM WE WOULD LIKE TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS. THOSE THERE WAS SOME DISCRETION GIVEN TO STAFF IN THAT EFFECT. WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AGAIN. HOW DO WE FOCUS THOSE, UH , FOCUS THAT SPEND AND MAKE IT HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. WE STARTED LAST YEAR, A COMMUNICATION SURVEY. WE WANT TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THE CITYWIDE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, AND THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS WILL HAVE A NEW CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER JOINING US NEXT WEEK. UH AND THAT'S KIND OF GOAL NUMBER ONE IS, LET'S GET THIS PLAN ROLLING AND FIND OUT HOW WE AS A CITY CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH OUR WITH OUR CITIZENS WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH WEB WEB BASED SOCIAL MEDIA CITY PRESS PAPER BASED, LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND FIND OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR OUR VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR I T STRATEGIC PLAN SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THERE'S DOZENS OF SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE USE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THOSE ARE INTEGRATED. TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE G I S AND SOME OF THE OTHER MODERN TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR US TO, UM, MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED FROM A MASTER PLAN STANDPOINT. IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. A COUPLE OTHER NOTES. I JUST WANTED TO

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UM COUPLE INITIATIVES THAT WANTED TO MENTION ONE IS THAT AS THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO GROWS, THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO ACTUALLY FUND SOME PEOPLE TO HELP MANAGE THAT. THAT FOOTPRINT UM AH, BOTH FROM THE TRANSACTION AND ACQUISITION STANDPOINT ALL THE WAY THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT LONG GETS MOWED ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE THAT WE MANAGE UNKNOWN. UM SO THERE'S SOME. THERE'S FUNDING IN THERE FOR REAL ESTATE FOR REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS. I KNOW. THE LEGENDS LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HAS EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING IN HOUSE OR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS EFFORTS WERE PROPOSING A DIRECTOR POSITION TO OVERSEE THOSE EFFORTS TO HELP KEEP THOSE MOVING FORWARD IN AN INCREASINGLY, UM STATE INVOLVED ENVIRONMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE REPRESENTED ON ALL LEVELS. UM AND HAVING SOMEBODY TO OVERSEE THOSE EFFORTS IS REALLY NEEDED ON OUR PART. AND I PROMISED THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE WOULD DO THIS TO SO UM, I WANTED TO NOTE REAL QUICKLY. OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT WERE WOEFULLY UNDERSTAFFED WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKERS. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT GET UP ON THE LADDERS AND THEY'RE FIXING TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE BOOSTING OUR STAFFING ON THAT FRONT AND ALSO INCREASING FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US BETTER MAINTAIN OUR SIGN SIGNS AND MARKINGS PROGRAM. WE WANT TO GET ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS, UM, UPDATING OUR STREET SIGNS ARE BUTTONS ON THE STREET PAVEMENT MARKINGS. ALL OF THAT. I REALLY WANT TO ENHANCE OUR FUNDING THERE TO HIT THOSE THINGS ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS. LAST THING I'LL MENTION AND AGAIN. THIS IS JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, BEING OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFFING AS WE IMPLEMENTED OUR NEW UM, C I S SOFTWARE OR CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE. UM JUST BECAME APPARENT THAT WE NEED MORE. WE NEED MORE BODIES, ANSWERING CALLS, HELPING CUSTOMERS. UM HELPING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THAT GROUP. AND SO THERE'S A THERE'S A STAFFING INCREASE PROPOSED IN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA AS WELL. SO UM, I'LL KIND OF PAUSE THERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW ALISON HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT THAT SHE'LL BE PRESENTING AS WELL. I WOULD JUST SAY FROM THE LOOKS THAT WENT AROUND THIS ROOM. THE CODE COMPLIANCE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU BETTER BOOK A LOT OF TIME FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A WAVE THAT WENT AROUND THIS TABLE. EVERYBODY'S EYES AND WHEN YOU SAID WHAT AREAS NEED TO PUT IT WAS LIKE IT'S ON NOW, BUT SO I THAT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO OCCUPY A LOT OF TIMES. SO BE PREPARED.

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. GO AHEAD. YOU GOOD EVENING. R 2023 CERTIFIED TAX BASE CAME IN AT 24.1 BILLION. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 2.7 BILLION ABOVE THE 2022 TAX BASE OF 21.4 BILLION. SO PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR TAX BASE OVER A VERY HEALTHY YEAR IN 2022. OUR TAX BASE GREW 12.7% FROM 2022. OF THIS EXISTING OF THIS EXISTING PROPERTY MADE UP 11.2% OF THE INCREASE WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION AT 1.5% OF THIS INCREASE. OUR GROWTH ON THE O AND M TAX RATE IS CAPPED AT 3.5% FOR EXISTING PROPERTY BY SB TWO SO GROWTH AND FOCUSING ON INCREASING OUR ANNUAL GROWTH AND NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL NEED TO BE UPCOMING A PRIORITY LONG TERM AS MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN TO THAT YOU ALL TONIGHT? PROPERTY TAX VALUES FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION. TOTAL 334 MILLION. OF THIS 73 MILLION IS WITHIN OUR TIFF ZONES. PROPERTY TAX BASE GROWTH FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION, EXCLUDING OUR CITY TIFFS WAS 1.1. SO YET AGAIN. HERE I AM. YOU KNOW? DRIVING HOME THE POINT THAT ANY GROWTH IN OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, ANY FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE CITY OVERALL BUT

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THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE TAX RATE CALCULATION ON HOW TO CALCULATE OUR ANNUAL O AND M TAX RATE TO ENSURE THAT REVENUE IS CAPPED AT 3.5. SO TO SIMPLIFY THAT CALCULATION FOR YOU ALL YOU TAKE YOUR CURRENT YEAR ADJUSTED REVENUE FOR PROPERTY TAXES AND THE GENERAL FUND. RIGHT AROUND 70.1 MILLION. YOU TAKE YOUR FY 24 TAX FACE 23.4 MILLION. UH, REDUCE THAT BY THE VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND YOUR TIFFS. TO GET YOUR ADJUSTED EXISTING TAX BASE LESS THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND TIFFS. YOU DIVIDE THAT DIGESTED TAX BASE OR YET, YOU DIVIDE YOUR PRODUCT. SCUSE ME. I KNEW I WOULD GET TURNED AROUND ON THIS. IT'S GOTTEN LATE ENOUGH. YEAH YOU TAKE YOUR LINE ONE YOUR CURRENT YEAR REVENUE AND YOU DIVIDE THAT BY YOUR ADJUSTED EXISTING TAX BASE. YOUR ALLIED TAKE LINE ONE DIVIDED BY LINE NUMBER FOUR. AND THEN THAT GIVES YOU A NO NEW REVENUE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE EARTH. THEORETICALLY THE SAME RATE THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE CURRENT YEAR BASED ON YOUR NEW TAX BASE. AND THEN UNDER THIS RULING, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THAT 3.5% AND THAT GETS US TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS OUR OWN M TAX RATE OF 31.41 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. WE'RE PROPOSING NO CHANGE TO THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, LEAVING IN THAT AT 37.56 CENTS. $100 EVALUATION TO OUR PROPOSED RATE OF 68.97. SORRY ABOUT THAT GUYS. HEY YOU THINK ONE OF US COULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT? YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

KEEP GOING. YEAH I BASED ON OUR 2023 AVERAGE HOME VALUE OF 291,000. AND THAT IS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE HOME. AVERAGE TAXABLE HOME VALUE FOR 2023 WAS 228,500, A RESIDENT WITH A 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON THIS AVERAGE PROPERTY WOULD SO SEE THEIR ANNUAL TAX BILL INCREASE $43 OR 3.1% DESPITE THE FACT THAT OUR TAX RATE IS DECREASING 2.7 CENTS THIS IS AN AVERAGE MONTHLY IMPACT OF $3.58 TO THIS RESIDENT. FOR OUR SENIORS WITH THE SAME AVERAGE, UH, MARKET VALUE OF THE HOME AND SAME AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE HOME TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT A SENIOR RESIDENT MIGHT HAVE A 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL AS RECEIVED $56,000 SENIOR

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MOVING INTO THE GENERAL FUND DISCUSSION. GENERAL FUND REVENUE COMES FROM FOUR PRIMARY SOURCES . PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES. THE G P N L RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND OUR FOURTH LARGEST SOURCE, LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES. THESE FOUR LARGE SOURCES ACCOUNT FOR 71.7% OF ALL REVENUE. OTHER REVENUE SOURCES ACCOUNT FOR 28.3% AND INCLUDE REVENUE GENERATED FROM OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS E. M S FEES, DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND FEES AND MUNICIPAL COURT FINES AND FEES. OUR SALES TAX PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR. 24 IS 44.5 MILLION. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 333,000 FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. REVISED BUDGET OF 44.2 MILLION MY SALES TAX COLLECT COLLECTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROBUST. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THESE MAY PLATEAU TO SOME EXTENT AS THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE ATTRACTING BOTH LOCALLY AND NATURALLY. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM G P. N L. AS PROPOSED INCREASE 3.5% TO 23.4 23.1 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. THE FY 24 RETURN ON INVESTMENT CALCULATION IS BASED ON A THREE YEAR AVERAGE OF WRITTEN IT RETAIL SALES AS WELL AS ASSETS REFLECTED IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS INCREASING FROM 8.3% TO 8.5% FOR FY 24. OUR LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 2.1 MILLION FROM THE CURRENT YEAR OF REVISED BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO IT AND TAKE CONTINUED TREND OF INCREASING TONNAGE FROM IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AS WELL AS SOME PROPOSED FEES. CHANGES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. THESE PROPOSED SPEECH CHANGES WILL BE PRESENTED FURTHER AT THE AUGUST 12TH.

SATURDAY BUDGET WORK SESSION. OVERALL THE GENERAL FUND IS PROJECTED TO HAVE 235.4 MILLION IN TOTAL RESOURCES RESULTING FROM REVENUES ONE TIME REVENUES AS WELL AS FUN BALANCE RESERVES FROM A BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED PRIOR AND CURRENT YEAR. THE PROPOSED FUNDING OF THE PROPOSED USE OF THIS FUNDING IS 100 AND 60.3 MILLION FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND 75.1 MILLION FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL AND TRANSFERS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET EXCEEDS THE 30 DAY FUND BALANCE, AND THAT REQUIREMENT IS 17.6 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. MOVING INTO OUR CHANGE OF RESOURCES FROM THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THE FY 24 PROPOSED BUDGET IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR TOTAL RESOURCES BY 21.3 MILLION. THE BULK OF THIS IS FROM OUR PROPERTY, TAX SALES, TAX AND LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT DESPITE OUR 12.7% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX BASE, OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS ONLY PROPOSED INCREASED 3.4.

PROPOSED CHANGE IN EXPENDITURES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR ADOPTED IS 23 21.3 MILLION. WE'VE IT IS OUR GOAL TO ALWAYS PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM THE BOOK OF OUR PROPOSED CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES TO JUDD'S PRIORITY IS FOCUSED ON CIVIL SERVICE MARKET AND MERIT, CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREMENT, STABILITY BENEFIT AND CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT PAYOUTS. AS WELL AS ADDING POSITIONS TO RESTORE SERVICE LEVELS FROM MAINE YEARLY NEARS AND ADDRESS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAMS. THE FY 24 PROPOSED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY PROPOSING A PROJECTED DECREASE TO THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS UTILITY BILL.

WE ARE PROPOSING INCREASES TO THE WATER AND SEWER RIGHTS FOR FY 24. HOWEVER DUE TO DECREASES IN THE COST OF NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC POWER, G P AND L PROFIT PLANS TO DECREASE THEIR RATE.

THE RATE ADJUSTMENT FACTOR BY A HALF CENT PER KILOWATT HOUR WITH A PROJECTED EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1 THESE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED FURTHER BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS ON

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SO, UM AND I I'M. FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO THAT WILL MAKE THE AUGUST 22ND. AH, KIND OF THE KIND OF THE LAST CALL FOR CHANGES UPDATES QUITE YOU KNOW. SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5TH ADOPTION. ALL RIGHT. UM I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. GO AHEAD. ONE THING, UM , WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENTS, AND AS YOU BEGIN YOUR REVIEW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM TO ME, AND WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CITY ADMINISTRATION TO GET THAT GET RESPONSES AND GET THAT SENT BACK OUT TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL SO YOU CAN ALL BENEFIT UM, FROM THE ANSWERS PROVIDED TO ANY QUESTIONS, AND, OF COURSE, WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT'S ON AUGUST 12TH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL. VERBAL BRIEFING . THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FIVE,

[5. Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions ]

[6. Announce Future Agenda Items]

THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE. TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZONING. AND DISTRICT THREE, ESPECIALLY THE RELATES TO, UM UM, THAT AT 30 QUARTER. AH OR SHOULD WE JUST LOOK AT THE ENTIRE WORKS ON THIS? WHICH WAY SHOULD WE GO? I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ON THAT . UM, I DID SPEAK TO THIS AFTER AFTER YOUR AFTER YOU BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I DID SPEAK WITH

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THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA. SEEING NONE AND WITHOUT THE EXECUTIVE

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