Aug 12, 2023 Council Budget Work Session

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WELL GOOD MORNING. HAPPY SATURDAY TO EVERYONE. THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE, UH. WE HAVE A HEALTHY, HEALTHY AGENDA. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO AND JUST LET YOU KNOW WE WILL.

WE WILL TAKE SOME BREAKS ABOUT EVERY 90 MINUTES. SURE, SO, UH, AND WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH SOMEWHERE IN THE 11 30 TO 11 45 RANGE, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP THE FIRST ITEM UNDER THE OR FOR TODAY IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. NO ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OVERVIEW OF FY 23 24 PROPOSED

[(B) Overview of FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget and Navigating the Budget Document – Judson Rex, Matt Watson and Allyson Steadman]

BUT IF SOMETHING'S UP THERE, AND YOU JUST GOTTA BURNING QUESTIONS , YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN. WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM OTHER THAN THAT, REALLY? WHAT WHAT TODAY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IS A IS AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF OUR UH, THIS IS NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT OR EVERY DIVISION WITHIN THE CITY. BUT MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE INCLUDED TODAY, UH, THE ONES THAT HAVE SORT OF LARGER OPERATIONAL REQUESTS AND BUDGETS. SO YOU SEE, THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL TAKE THEM IN ORDER AS YOU SEE UP THERE AND WE'LL GO GO AT YOUR PACE AGAIN. THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET. UM I WILL KICK OFF THINGS IN TERMS OF AGAIN JUST TOUCHING ON SOME OF OUR, UH SOME OF OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, SO THOSE ARE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, AND REALLY MOST OF THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE WERE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS. WE SERVE PEOPLE AND WE'RE PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE, SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY FIRST AND FOREMOST ON OUR MINDS. UM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS OF RESPONDING TO THE PERSONNEL NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION. ONE OF THEM IS RELATING TO OUR BOND PROGRAMS, NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING OPENED UP OR EXPANDED. WE NEED NEW PERSONNEL TO HELP HANDLE THOSE AND OPERATE THOSE FACILITIES. WE'RE ALSO REACTING TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AROUND US IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEEDED TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE. AND SO, UH, SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS RECOVERED FROM LEAN YEARS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WHERE WE'VE NOT HAD THE FUNDS TO REALLY FULLY STAFFED AND FULLY RESPOND TO ALL THE PROGRAM NEEDS AND SERVICES OUT THERE. AND SO THERE'S SOME POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT. WE ALSO NEED TO MAINTAIN COMPENSATION AND MERIT INCREASES TO STAY COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET. AND SO THAT'S BEEN A GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE LAST TWO HERE, UM, DEALING WITH MASTER PLANS, UM, AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE COUNSEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DIRECT THE ORGANIZATION FROM A HIGH LEVEL IN TERMS OF PROVIDING STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO THE ORGANIZATION? AND THEN THE LAST ONE THERE. WE WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY UNFORESEEN FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT COME UP. WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND IN THE ECONOMY . SO UM, THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIES. I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON EACH OF THOSE, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ALISON TO CONTINUED DIVING INTO OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES. ALSO LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY. AH, THIS IS, UM. WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE PROPOSING NINE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND THEN MARKET ADJUSTMENTS TO GET US 3% ABOVE MARKET AVERAGE THAT'LL THAT'LL REQUIRE ABOUT A 4% INCREASE FOR FIRE CIVIL SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO INCREASES FOR TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND OTHER OPERATING FUNDS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE OF THINGS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ON MONDAY FROM, UH FROM CHIEF BRIAN IN DETAIL ABOUT ABOUT THIS REQUEST , BUT IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLE THIS YEAR FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE

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AND WANTED TO MENTION THE FLOCK PROGRAM AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT IN THE IN THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL BUDGET. UM, IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO, UM BOND PROGRAMS AND EXPANDED FACILITIES, SO YOU'LL SEE POSITIONS ADDED, AND FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, PARKS, RECREATION, CULTURAL ARTS AND LIBRARY. UM THERE'S YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT EACH OF THOSE AREAS TODAY AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE INTO EACH OF THOSE. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LOOKING AT CITYWIDE STAFFING AND RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE LEANER YEARS WE'VE HAD WHERE WE'VE WE'VE SHED SHED A LOT OF, UM SORRY. WE'VE SHARED POSITIONS IN SOME DEPARTMENTS LIBRARY, MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING INSPECTION, FINANCE AND ENGINEERING. THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT HAVE LOST DEPARTMENTS OVER THE YEARS AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING BACK OUR STAFFING IN RESPONSE AND TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND IN THOSE AREAS. SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE MENTIONED THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS, UM, SERVICE DEMANDS IN IN LANDFILL CUSTOMER SERVICE TRANSPORTATION FLEET SERVICES. THERE'S REALLY ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP US WITH SERVICE DEMANDS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES. AND I MENTIONED THESE THAT THE WORK SESSION WHEN WE KICKED OFF THE BUDGET, BUT THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OF CITY PLAYS A ROLE IN THE REGION AND IN A STATE THAT'S DYNAMIC AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE THINGS THAT IMPACT WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT THE CITY AND SO HAVING AN INSIDER THAT WILL HELP US WITH THAT. THAT'S ON STAFF 24 7, NOT JUST DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IS A PROPOSAL AS WELL. VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR THIS IS A THIS IS A TOPIC THAT COMES UP ALMOST EVERY BUDGET CYCLE DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL ON BOARD THAT'S GOING TO HELP COORDINATE OUR VOLUNTEER NEEDS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS. A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT LOT OF NONPROFITS THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED AT THE CITY. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP PROVIDE THEM AN AVENUE FOR THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT FORWARD. UM SO WE'RE PROPOSING A POSITION FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS , AND I KNOW AS WE'VE MET WITH COUNCIL THE QUESTIONS COME UP, WE'LL DO WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE OR MANAGEMENT OFFICES TO HELP US MANAGE THOSE ASSETS, BOTH THE TRANSACTIONS AND ACQUISITION PROCESS BUT ALSO JUST MANAGING THE ASSET OVER THE LONG TERM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE. SO THOSE ARE SOME NEW INITIATIVES ON THE STAFFING SIDE. FOR THE REST OF GENERAL SCHEDULE, EMPLOYEES WERE PROPOSING A 3% MERIT INCREASE.

UM WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE R S B. THE RETIREMENT STABILITY BENEFIT FROM 2 TO 2 AND A QUARTER PERCENT. UM LOOKING EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS, REALLY TRYING TO TEMPER ANY ANY INCREASES THAT WE PASS ON TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO IT'S A MODEST INCREASE THIS YEAR OF 2.5% YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON TODAY, AS WELL.

AND THEN WE DO WANT TO BOLSTER ARE AVAILABLE. FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO DO MARKET COMPARISON STUDIES . WE DO THESE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR HIGHER TURNOVER POSITIONS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ON SOME ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER TO HELP US WITH THAT, UM SO THAT WE STAY STAY IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET. AH ANOTHER GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF RESERVES. THIS IS WE'RE MEETING OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW, IN ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR FUNDS. IN FACT, WE'RE WELL ABOVE AND SOME OF THOSE WE DO WANT TO COME BACK OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HAVE MATS AS CFO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME POLICY PROPOSALS FOR EACH OF THESE FUNDS AND WHERE WE WHERE WE KEEP OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCES. THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST 34 YEARS, NOT JUST FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, BUT OPERATIONALLY, THINGS ARE DONE A LOT DIFFERENTLY, AND SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED AND MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES ARE UP TO DATE THERE, SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE WELL ABOVE OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SOME OF THE MASTER PLANS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. UM THERE'S QUITE A FEW AGAIN COUNCIL. WE FOUND A VERY SUCCESSFUL PATTERN FOR HAVING COUNCIL ADOPT MASTER PLANS, STRATEGIC PLANS THAT HELP GUIDE OUR OPERATIONS. IT PROVIDES REALLY GOOD DIRECTION.

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STARTING THE DAY OUT STRONG. THE WHILE. SHE'S PULLING THAT UP. UM, THE LAST SLIDE AND YOU'VE GOT HARD COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU. UM THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS ABOUT LOOKING AHEAD, UM SO THE IN TERMS OF FUTURE GOALS AND I'LL HOLD IT UP HERE SO YOU CAN KIND OF FLIP OVER TO THE HARD COPY. TOP TOP OF PAGE SIX. SO NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO THIS BUDGET, BUT SORT OF THREE FOCUS AREAS THAT I HAVE A CITY MANAGER RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENT, RESIDENT FOCUSED SERVICES. TOUCHING ON EACH OF THOSE REAL BRIEFLY. WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPETE IN A VERY TIGHT LABOR MARKET FOR EMPLOYEES. WE REALLY WANT TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO TACKLE SOME CHALLENGING ISSUES AND LOOKING AT OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE OR HOLIDAYS OR VACATION. LEAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT AH, EMPLOYEES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO LAND A JOB WE WANT TO. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE, UM, THAT ALSO INCLUDES LOOKING AT COLA MENTIONED THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOAL OF OURS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE OPTED OUT OF PROVIDING A AN ONGOING COLON 2009, AND IT'S REALLY WANT TO TURN OVER EVERY STONE OVER WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT COLA, AND, UH DO IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT A LIST OF ALL THE CITIES AND THE METROPLEX THAT WE COMPETE WITH FOR LABOR, WHERE THE ONLY CITY THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE A COLA, AND SO I THINK IT'S WORTH A CLOSE INVESTIGATION AS TO WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN DO, SO WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO THAT. OVER THE NEXT. UH, SORRY NEXT YEAR. AT FIRST FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT GARLAND'S CHALLENGE, MEANING THAT WE'RE BEHIND AVERAGE IN TERMS OF PER CAPITA REVENUE FOR PROPERTY AND SALES TAX. HOW CAN WE CLOSE THAT GAP? THAT'S OUR LONG TERM GOAL IS TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND TRY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT 70 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE THAT WILL BRING US BACK UP TO THE METROPLEX AVERAGE. AH FOR PER CAPITA REVENUE ALSO MEANS MAINTAINING ADEQUATE RESERVES AND IT MEANS COMING UP WITH CREATIVE APPROACHES TO FUNDING SERVICES, FINDING BUCKETS FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS.

AND WHEN I FIRST LANDED IN GARLAND, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND HOW WE HAVE OUR FUNDS SET UP. WE WE REALLY TRY TO CREATE A BUCKET OF FUNDING FOR EVERY NEED. THAT'S OUT THERE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TODAY, INCLUDING OUR STORM WATER FUND, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT THE BILLION DOLLAR DRAINAGE CHALLENGE THAT GARLAND HAS. WELL WE NEED TO START TACKLING THAT AND I THINK THERE'S SOME OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO HELP US. UM EVEN IF IT'S SMALL, CREATE A BUCKET OF FUNDING TO HELP US GO AFTER THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN FINALLY EFFICIENT, RESIDENT FOCUSED SERVICES. OPERATIONAL FISH EFFICIENCY IS AN IMPORTANT THING. WHERE CAN WE, UM, WORKING ? WE IMPROVE IN THE STRATEGIC PLANS. THE MASTER PLANS THAT COUNCIL GETS INVOLVED WITH THAT REALLY HELPS, BECAUSE THAT MAKES US FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON WHAT'S VERY MOST IMPORTANT. IN ADDITION , IT'S ALSO ABOUT FOCUSING ON THE RESIDENTS PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THEM. THAT'S WHY WE EXIST. AND I REALLY TRY TO, UM FOCUS THAT IN TERMS OF OUR WHEN I INTERACT WITH EMPLOYEES, AND WE DO A LOT OF THINGS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THEM TODAY FROM OUR HR DIRECTOR KRISTIN SMITH. ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A CULTURE THAT'S FOCUSED ON HELPING RESIDENTS LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. AND SO HOW CAN WE BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? HOW CAN WE BETTER ENGAGE THEM? HOW CAN WE ADAPT OUR PROCESSES TO BETTER INVOLVED RESIDENTS AND ADAPT TO OUR CHANGING DIVERSE COMMUNITY GARLANDS, VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO

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NOPE. CANCER REMORSE. IT'S ONE QUICK QUESTION. JUDD. UM AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE HAD.

SEVERAL RESIDENTS ASKED ME HOW MANY POLICE VACANCIES DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. SO 30 35 IS THE NUMBER THAT CHIEF LAST REPORTED AND HE'LL BE HERE ON MONDAY TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS AND TALK THROUGH THE TALK THROUGH THE POLICE NEEDS AS WELL. THAT WAS JUST A STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION. I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO IT. SO THANK YOU, SIR. GO AHEAD. THE 2023 TAX BASE WAS CERTIFIED AT 24.1 BILLION. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 12.7% OVER THE 2022 CERTIFIED TAX BASE. OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS 334 MILLION, OR 1.5% OF THIS GROWTH. 11.2% OF OUR OVERALL GROWTH WAS AN INCREASE ON EXISTING PROPERTY.

PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR 23 24 IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE AT 6 68.97 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. THE O AND M COMPONENT OF OUR TAX RATE IS PROPOSED TO DECREASE 2.7 CENTS.

THIS WILL BE OUR LOWEST TAX RATE SINCE 2008 2009 AND IS BELOW OUR PRE BOND PROGRAM TAX RATE OF 70.

0.40 WHICH WAS IN PLACE FOR 10 YEARS. BASED ON AN AVERAGE HOME VALUE OF 291,000 AND AN AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF $228,500. A RESIDENT WITH A 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS LIKELY TO STILL SEE A $49 INCREASE TO THEIR TAX BILL, DESPITE THE DECREASE IN THEIR TAX RATE DUE TO INCREASING HOME VALUES. THIS IS AN AVERAGE MONTHLY IMPACT OF $3.58. SIMILARLY A RESIDENT WITH A 10% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND $56,000 SENIOR EXEMPTION IS STILL LIKELY TO SEE A $58 INCREASE TO THEIR TAX BILL. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE, DO THE ALSO INCREASING HOME VALUES. THIS IS AN AVERAGE MONTHLY IMPACT OF $4.83. WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS LOT TO BASICALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY TAXING ENTITY IN TOWN. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2022 IS PROPERTY TAX, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND MAKES IS MADE UP OF THAT ABOUT 29% WITH GARLAND. I SD MAKING UP ROUGHLY 50% AND THEN THE COUNTY, DALLAS COLLEGE AND PARKLAND MAKING UP THE REMAINING UM WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A PRELIMINARY FOR 2023. I DO WANT TO SAY THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY. THIS IS BASICALLY BASED OFF OF WHAT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATES ARE FOR THESE ENTITIES, BUT G I S DAYS WILL LIKELY GO DOWN ON THEIR O AND M AS IT WAS BASED OFF OF ESTIMATES AT THE TIME. BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN JUST BASICALLY SAY THAT WE'RE WITH OUR TAX RATE DECREASE OF ABOUT 2.7 CENTS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. WE'RE STILL ROUGHLY AT THE 28 29% ALSO, I'M SURE EVERYONE'S HEARD THAT WITH SCHOOL TAXES, THERE'S SOME MAJOR LEGISLATIVE, MAJOR PROPERTY TAX CHANGES THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE VOTERS RELATED TO HOMESTEADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO MORE THAN LIKELY THE TAX THAT TAXPAYERS WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT ON SCHOOL TAXES COMING NEXT YEAR. BUT BASICALLY I WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ARE TAX RIGHT TO MOVE MUCH FROM AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE WISE FROM WHAT IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT BEING ABOUT 28% OF THE BILL. ON ONE SECOND, WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FAVORITE TOPIC. UM. YOU UM MATT? YOU YOU YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO EVEN THOUGH OUR RADIUS IS BIG CREASING THE TAX BILL INCREASES. AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE MAJOR SINCE OF MY CONVERSATION WITH WITH FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY ELDERLY. UH ONE GUY HE WENT TO HIS ARCHIVES AND PULLED OUT. A BOX. I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE ALL THAT INFORMATION. BUT HE PULLED OUT A BOX OF TEXT BUILDING LAID THEM ACROSS HIS COFFEE TABLE. AND UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YOU KNOW, HE HE HAD US VERSUS JERRY SD ALL THE THINGS BUT, MAN, HOW DO YOU AND WE

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IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD, YOUR APPRAISAL IS GOING TO BE CAPPED AT 10. AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENT IS TAX RATES WHICH ARE GOING TO CHANGE. AND JULY. 25TH IS TYPICALLY THE DATE DK TELLS US WHAT ARE CERTIFIED NUMBERS ARE THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO THE SP TWO CALCULATIONS. THAT'S WHEN WE DETERMINE WHAT ARE RATES GOING TO BE. BUT THAT COMPONENT IS NOT ALWAYS TIED TOGETHER WITH WHEN THEY GET THEIR APPRAISED VALUE INCREASES. SO I THINK, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT . YOU KNOW, OUR REVENUE ON R O AND M IS GOING TO BE CAPPED AT 3.5% WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS. IF WE GO OVER THAT, AND I THINK THAT DISCONNECT IS MUCH MORE APPARENT, CAUSE I GET CALLS TO, YOU KNOW MY BILLS GOING UP. 15% BUT I CAN'T SEE WHAT THE TAX RATES CHANGING AND YOU CAN SEE.

EVEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN AUGUST AND I'M GIVING YOU PRELIMINARY TAX RATES ON THE OTHER ENTITIES BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT. IT'S ALWAYS FLUID MOTION UNTIL YOU KNOW LATE SEPTEMBER, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN EASY WAY TO SAY IT. BUT MAY I THINK, MAY MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING APPRAISED VALUE INCREASES. THERE IS A 10% CAP. IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD ON THE APPRAISAL, YOU ALSO HAVE A TEMPER AN ADDITIONAL 10% THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PUT FORWARD. FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, AND THEN SENIORS GET THE FLAT $56,000. SO IT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO EXPLAIN, BUT I THINK, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR APPRAISED VALUE IS GOING UP AND THEN LATER IN THE SUMMER TO BE TO BE WATCHING FOR PUBLIC NOTICES, AND WE DO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO PUT THOSE OUT AND WE HAVE IT ON THE FACE OF OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW THAT THE TAX RATE IS GOING TO CHANGE. AND THAT ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTITIES THAT ARE TAXING YOU. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY BECAUSE I DO GET CALLS A LOT ABOUT SCHOOL TAXES AND WHICH NOT THE BEST EQUIPPED TO ANSWER OBVIOUSLY. BUT I HOPE THAT HELPS, BUT I THINK MAINLY IT'S JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LAG ON TAX RATES COMPARED TO WHEN YOU SEE YOUR APPRAISED VALUES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. GENERAL FUND.

REVENUE COMES FROM FOUR PRIMARY SOURCES. PROPERTY TAX, WHICH MAKES UP 32% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES. SALES TAX, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 20% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES, THE G P AND L RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 10% LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES, WHICH IS ANOTHER 10% AND THEN KIND OF ALL OTHER REVENUE, WHICH IS INCLUDES M S FEES, DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND FEES AND MUNICIPAL COURT FINES AND FEES. WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 28. OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO EAT INCREASED 21.3 MILLION FROM THE FY 23 ADOPTED BUDGET, PROPERTY TAXES. PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE 3.4% OR 2.4 MILLION SALES TAXES. PROJECTED INCREASE 3.2 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR ADOPTED AND LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE 5.4 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH APPROXIMATELY HALF IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSED FEE CHANGES. APPENDIX F HAS A SUMMARY OF ALL PROPOSED FEE CHANGES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND REVENUE. ALL OF

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AND THROUGH THE RECOVERY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A $6 DECREASE, WHICH IS ABOUT A HALF A CENT PER KILOWATT. ON WATER. WE'RE ASSUMING BASICALLY A $2.87 DOLLAR ENTRIES AND THAT IS BASED OFF 6500 GALLONS OF WATER, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE RESIDENT. AND THIS INCREASES DIRECTLY RELATED TO A PASS THROUGH FROM NORTH TEXAS AND THAT'S ALL WATER DISTRICT, SO WE WERE SEEING A 9% INCREASE FROM NORTH TEXAS ON OUR WHOLESALE WATER WE'RE PASSING, AND THAT MAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF WATER'S BUDGET. SO OUR INCREASES ROUGHLY 2.9% WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO PASSING THROUGH THE NORTH TEXAS. ON SEWER. THERE'S A MODEST INCREASE OF ABOUT 94 CENTS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 2.9. AND THIS IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO COVER OUR OPERATIONS AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD COVER OUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS FOR BOND RATINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TREATMENT PLANTS IN OUR C I P AND YOU NOTICED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT WE DO NOT RIGHT NOW HAVE A RATE INCREASE PROPOSED FOR STORM WATER OR SANITATION. I DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION THAT SANITATION DOES HAVE A ROUGHLY 10% INCREASE ON ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. BUT ON RESIDENTIAL WE HAVE NO INCREASE. AND THEN MOVING INTO STOP STORMWATER JUDGE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING FOR A MECHANISM TO FUND DRAINAGE PROJECTS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR RATE COMPARED TO THE METRO, PLUS WE ARE MUCH LOWER AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE MUCH LOWER AS WE DO NOT ISSUE ANY DEBT SERVICE THAT ARE BACKED BY THIS RATE. MANY CITIES. MESQUITE BEING ONE HAS A CREDIT SET UP TO ISSUE BONDS BASED OFF OF WITH REVENUE COMING FROM THE RAIDS. WHAT WE DO IS UTILIZED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES TO FUND OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME. SO ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE. JUST START UTILIZING THESE RATES. UM A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE DO ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE CAPACITY TO FUND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR. WHAT THE STORM WATER RATE. IN ADDITION, WE WOULD NEED TO ESTABLISH A FUND BALANCE POLICY RIGHT NOW. JUST KIND OF OFF THE RECORD. WE'RE LOOKING AT A ROUGHLY 30 DAY FUND BALANCE IN THIS FUN. SO THESE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO OUR ASSUMPTIONS WHEN YOU WHEN WE SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS. SO REALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS KIND OF DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON. DO WE WANNA LOOK AT CHANGING THE STORMWATER RATE THIS YEAR? HOW MUCH IS COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? WE WANT TO TRY TO PHASE IN. TO TRY TO GET TO A METROPLEX AVERAGE. DO WE WANT TO PHASE INTRODUCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO REALLY TODAY? ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT UP FRONT IS JUST DIRECTION ON ON WHAT? WHAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD DRAINAGE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PUT TOGETHER A MEANT TO BE VERY SIMPLE, SO THAT TO GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED. SO THIS

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMMERCIAL, IT'S BASED OFF SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING MUCH LOWER NUMBER. AND WITH THAT WE CAN EITHER MAYOR WE COULD EITHER TO DISCUSS THIS NOW WE COULD WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION OR THE END OF THE DAY. REALLY IT'S UP TO COUNSEL ON HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THIS. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER LEFT FOR THE END OF THE DAY. OKAY BY THE TIME WE MARINATE A LITTLE THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT THAT. YES, I'LL GO WITH THAT. MHM OH, HANG ON SO MUCH FOR MARINATION. CUSTOMER ELECT. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THAT HOW RESIDENTS YOU YOU TOUCHED UPON IT. BUT HOW RESIDENTS WOULD SEE THAT FEET IMPACT IS THAT A FLAT FEE PER RESIDENT PER MONTH AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE FOR ITS ONLY COMMERCIAL THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT, WELL COMMERCIALS BASED OFF SQUARE FOOTAGE. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL, IT'S BASED OFF OF THE SIZE OF THE RESIDENTS. MOST OF GARLAND IS IN WHAT WE CALL THE MIDSIZE RESIDENT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. THIS IS THE RIGHT IT'S 3 59 RIGHT NOW. IN THE METROPLEX AVERAGE FOR A MIDSIZE RESIDENT AT 6 40 FOR YOU. WE'LL TALK LATER. YEAH GOOD. SO MOVING ON. WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO COUNCIL OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO BRING FORWARD OUR UTILIZATION OF TREATMENT. GATIEN FUNDS. UH THIS IS JUST A LIST OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED RIGHT NOW. UTILIZING TREE MITIGATION FUNDS . THERE IS ONE NEW REQUEST THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IN PARKS FOR $32,000, WHICH IS THE LAST LINE ITEM THERE. FOR PLANT MATERIAL AND NEW LANDSCAPING AT CITY FACILITIES. PARKS WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT $717,000 , A TREATMENT OF GATIEN FUNDS PROGRAM AND OUR ESCROW BALANCE, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE TREE MITIGATION RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $1.15 MILLION. AND START WRAPPING IT UP ARE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $947.8 MILLION, WHICHS A DECREASE OF ABOUT $18.7 MILLION. THIS DECREASES IS SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO FUEL DEMAND CHARGES WITH G, P AND L AND THEIR PROJECTIONS ON THAT WITH THE GENERAL FUND AS ALISON TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 21.3 MILLION. WHAT'S THAT ALL THAT ALISON DO A QUICK OVERVIEW ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THE DOCUMENT. A REAL HIGH LEVEL. I WANTED TO GO OVER EACH OF THE MAJOR SECTIONS OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET DOCUMENT AND WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND WITHIN EACH ONE OF THEM. SO OUR OVERVIEW CONTAINS A NARRATIVE OF THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET PRIORITY AND A SUMMARY OF ALL THE MAJOR CHANGES IN THE COMBINED BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET PERSONNEL COMPENSATION, PROPERTY TAX RATES, UTILITY RATES AND OTHER FEE CHANGES AS PROPOSED. OUR FINANCIAL SUMMARIES HAS A EVERY SINGLE FUND AND DEPARTMENT HAS A SECTION OUTLINING A MISSION STATEMENT. FY 23 ACCOMPLISHMENTS FY 24 GOALS PERFORMANCE MEASURES THROUGH A THREE YEAR SUMMARY OF REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE FUND BALANCES AND FUND BALANCE RESERVES WERE APPLICABLE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AS WELL AS A DISCUSSION OF ANY MAJOR REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE CHANGES FOR THAT FUND AND OR DEPARTMENT.

EXPENDITURE SOME SUMMARIES SERVE AS A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF EACH FUND AN ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT

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[(C) 1. Wastewater and Water – Brinkmann]

THERE WE GO. LET'S GET STARTED. UM SO FOR THE WATER UTILITIES ARE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR WATER. WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT, AND THEN AT THE END, WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROPOSED RATE INCREASES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACING GARLAND WATER. SO INITIALLY, UM UM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO LEAD AND COPPER SERVICE ON THE EPA HAD LOOKED AT AN INITIATIVE TO TRY TO REMOVE ANY LEAD AND COPPER REALLY ANY LEAD ISSUES SERVICE LINE ISSUES FROM MOST WATER UTILITIES. IN 2021. THEY CONTINUE TO REVISE RULES WE TALK ABOUT, UM SOME SERVICE INVENTORY AND LOOKING AT ALL THE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY. TO IDENTIFY ANY OF THOSE THAT ARE LED. AND SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE VISUALLY INSPECTING THOSE, BUT WE HAVE AN INCREASE REQUEST TO INSPECT MORE . SOMETIMES WE WERE ABLE TO ESTIMATE IN THE E P A IS NOT ACCEPTING THAT TC Q IS NOT ACCEPTING THAT SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO PHYSICALLY INSPECT THOSE SERVICES AND DETERMINE WHAT MATERIAL THEY'RE MADE OF. IF THEY ARE LED, THEN WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT THOSE FOR SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT LATER. SO THIS FUNDING WOULD HELP US INCREASE OUR VISIBLE INSPECTIONS ON THOSE AND THEN PREPARE US FOR THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF THE EPA. LEAD AND COPPER RULE. THE NEXT REQUEST IS FOR A WATER SYSTEMS OPERATOR. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT OPERATE 24 7 HERE AT GARLAND. THEY TAKE ALL THE CALLS AND THEY HELP US OPERATE OUR WATER SYSTEM. THEY'RE CONTROLLING PUMPS MOTORS OVERSEEING THAT WATER SYSTEM, 24 7, AND WE NEED ONE ADDITIONAL OPERATOR. IN THAT THE EXISTING SUPERVISOR, ACTUALLY CONDUCTED IN IN HIS PART OF ONE OF THOSE SHIFTS, BUT THAT'S SUPERVISOR DOESN'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH SHIFT IS OPERATING AND BEING TRAINED APPROPRIATELY. UM AND SO WE HAVE CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT FUNDING REQUEST IS FOR. WE ALSO REQUESTING THIS IMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL WATER TECHNICIAN AND THEIR VEHICLE. THE WATER TECHNICIAN ESSENTIALLY IS AN ELECTRICIAN'S BUT ALSO AN INSTRUMENTATION. TECH THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH OUR MOTORS WITH CHLORINE INJECTION SYSTEMS. UM THEY'RE MAINTAINING OUR PUMPS AND MOTORS. UM AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST. UM AS WE GO TO NEW GENERATORS WERE HAVING TO MAINTAIN THOSE AND MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEMS ARE RESILIENT, SO WE'RE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND INSPECTION OF THOSE SYSTEMS TO COME IN. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON REQUEST AND THE VEHICLE

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EXACTLY SOMETIMES WE'RE MISSING AS BILLS AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THOSE AND THE DRONES HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AND MAKING SURE YOU KNOW YOUR UTILITIES ARE AT AND YOU CAN DOCUMENT THOSE SO THE SUMMARY REQUESTS FOR THE WATER PORTION OF THIS $1.276 MILLION OF THAT 700,000 IS ONE TIME AND AN ONGOING REQUEST OF $570,000 MOVING FORWARD. WASTEWATER UM, IN THE WASTEWATER AREA WHERE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTOR POSITION FOR LINE LOCATES, AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, GARDEN GARLAND HAS SEEN OVER 50% INCREASE IN LINE LOCATE REQUEST. SO BY LAW, ANY EXCAVATOR. ANY UTILITY, UM, WORKING IN AND DIGGING IN PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY OR OR ANYWHERE? ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE TO CALL BEFORE THEY DO. DIG AND REQUEST A LINE LOCATE. WE HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND TO THOSE LINES LOCATES. AND WITH THE 50% INCREASE IN IN IN DEMANDS FOR THAT, IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND MARK OUR MAINS SO THAT THE OTHER UTILITIES AVOID THEM. WHEN I DRIVE AROUND , GARLAND, I SEE A LOT OF FIBER

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UM AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS. AND SO IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT AS WELL. TO MAKE SURE WE MARK REMAINS SO THAT OTHER UTILITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES DON'T HIT OR HIT OUR MEANS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE SEEING REPAIR PARTS AND MATERIALS. PVC PIPES, MANHOLES.

WE'RE SEEING INCREASED COST WITH REGARD TO MATERIALS IN PARTS. AND SO THAT REQUESTS FOR $30,000. UM AND THEN THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL JET TRUCK. A JET TRUCK IS PART OF OUR SEWER LINE CLEANING MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. AND THESE JET TRUCKS ARE ABLE TO GO BACK AND BLAST THROUGH A SEWER MAINS TO FREE UP A CLOG OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT'S IMPACTING THE SEWER OPERATIONS. WHEN THESE VEHICLES GO DOWN, THEIR PARTS ARE REALLY HARD TO COME BY, AND SO THEY'LL SIT IN A REPAIR SHOP FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE PARTS AVAILABILITY, AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TRUCKS SO THAT THOSE CREWS JUST DON'T SIT AND NOT PERFORM THEIR DUTIES SO THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP UM, AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR PARTS FROM THE ORIGINAL WHOLESALER. WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR STUFF, BE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON CLAIM THOSE MAINS. WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT. TO CLEAN SO MANY MEANS AND MILES PER YEAR, AND WITH THOSE TRUCKS GETTING DOWN BECAUSE OF PARTS AVAILABILITY, IT'S HURTING OUR IMPACT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT WERE REQUIRED TO DELIVER TO TEESSIDE. UM OF COURSE, A SMALL ADDITIONAL DUMP TRAILER. WE HAVE 17 CREWS THAT ARE SHARING DUMP TRAILERS. THESE ARE TRAILERS THAT WHOLE LANDSCAPING MATERIALS COULD BE MULCH. IT COULD BE DIRT TO TRY TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO HOW WE FOUND IT. AND SO BETWEEN SHARING THAT THEY'RE SHARING THREE DUMP TRAILERS, SO AN ADDITIONAL TRUMP DUMP TRAILER IS REQUESTED, BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT FREQUENCY OF RESTORATION FOR THE CUSTOMER. SO IN TOTAL FOR WASTEWATER, THE FUNDING REQUESTS OR $359,000. UM ONE TIME EXPENDITURES OF 215 WITH A TOTAL OF 144 200 ONGOING . UM AND THEN WASTEWATER. THIS IS OUR TREATMENT FACILITY. UM THIS IS FOR OUR RELIC PLANT. UM THIS IS SCRUBBER MATERIAL. AND WHAT I MEAN BY SCRUBBER IS, UM, WHEN WE WHEN WE HOLD HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SUCH AS CHLORINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TO HAVE RECOVERY SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IF YOU SHOULD HAVE A GAS RELEASE OR SOME SORT OF CHALLENGE WITH CONNECTING THAT CHLORINE THIS, UM THIS SYSTEM ENGAGES SUCKS UP ALL THAT VAPOR. AND THEN RUN THROUGH A NEUTRALIZER LIKE A BAKING SODA TYPE OF SYSTEM TO NEUTRALIZE THAT CHLORINE, SO THAT'S NOT HAZARDOUS ANYMORE. THAT MEDIA. UM EXPIRES OVER TIME, AND THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE SAMPLES OF THAT MEDIA. AND SO WE'RE ON THE END OF THE USEFUL SERVICE LIFE OF SOME OF THAT MEDIA AND SO FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE AND REPLACE THAT MEDIA THAT'S REQUIRED FOR SAFETY REASONS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME INSTRUMENTATION IN THE LAB THAT IS BECOMING OUTDATED. WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO TAKE OUR TAP WATER AND MAKE HIGH PURITY WATER BASICALLY DE IONIZED WATER SO THAT WE CAN RUN OUR ANALYTICAL UM AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS OUR SCALES WHEN WE MEASURE SAY PERCENT SOLIDS IN THE WASTE WATER PLANT. WE HAVE TO WEIGH THAT AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE SOLID WEIGHT VERSUS THE LIQUID WEIGHT. AND SO THOSE SCALES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE SINCE ABOUT 2013 NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH SOME PC AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT LINK INTO OUR LAPS SYSTEM. UM SO THAT ITS AUTOMATED AND YOU CAN UPLOAD ALL THAT DATA FOR OUR REPORTING PURPOSES. SO IN TOTAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS ROUGHLY $200,000. OF THAT 181,000 IS EQUIPMENT IN ONE TIME EXPENSES IN 19,000, ONGOING BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE AND THE SUBSCRIPTIONS YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR THE LAB SYSTEMS. SO AS MATT DISCUSSED, HE TALKED, HE TALKED ABOUT WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASES. THIS IS A BREAKOUT OF HOW THOSE INCREASES ARE APPLIED THROUGH THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE THAT GARLAND HAS AND SO EVERY CUSTOMER WILL GET A BASE CHARGE OF 20 THE 58 CENTS RESIDENTIAL OF 23 50. UM AND THEN, AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP THROUGH THE USAGE, YOU END UP WORKING THROUGH THESE RATE STRUCTURES, AND SO, UM, THIS IS HOW IT BREAKS OUT. THE AVERAGE BILL IS ROUGHLY 6500 GALLONS FOR THE RESIDENT OF GARLAND. WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT $2.87 INCREASE WATER AT THAT VOLUME, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.7% INCREASE, WHICH WAS WHAT MATT WAS DISCUSSING TO YOU EARLIER. WASTE WATER. WE HAVE A SMALLER INCREASE ON WASTEWATER.

UM AT THE BASE CHARGE IS $10.96 . CURRENTLY IT'S GOING TO GO TO 11 27. UM AND THE VOLUMETRIC

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WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THOSE. AND ASSESSING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN GARLAND MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS OUT THERE. BUT HOW CAN WE PRIORITIZE IT? HOW CAN WE GET THE INFORMATION AND THE DATA NECESSARY THROUGH GI S OR ASSESSMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE REPAIRS? UM AND SO WE USE THINGS LIKE YOU TELL US. WE USE G I S WE USED MAIN BREAK RECORDS TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. SO IN SUMMARY, UM, THE FUNDING REQUESTS TODAY WE HAVE $1.8 MILLION TOTAL 1.1 OF THAT IS ONGOING. I'M SORRY 1.1 OF THAT IS ONE TIME. AND $734,000 IS ONGOING. WITH THE PROPOSED WATER. 4% 4.7% RATE INCREASE IN WASTEWATER 2.9% THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT? CONSIDER MORRIS.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ARE NOT YOUR YOUR FIRST BUDGET SESSION WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY THOROUGH. ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT FRIGHTENING TOWARDS THE END, UM , PRESENTATION, UM ONE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION FOR ME ARE OUR JET TRUCKS LIKE SUPER OLD IS THAT WHY WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PARTS? OR IS THIS JUST THE UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE THOSE MANUFACTURERS THAT CREATE THAT VEHICLE. HAVE SOME SPECIALTY PARTS ON THEM, AND SO WHEN WE PURCHASE THEM, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP THAT HAS THOSE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER IN MANY CASES, AND THAT TYPICALLY TAKES WEEKS. AS WELL AS OTHER UTILITIES ARE PUSHING ON THAT SAME BUTTON TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THEIR PRESSURE TRUCKS.

AND SO IT'S ALMOST A GOOD IN LINE. BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PART TYPE OF SCENARIO. AND SO IT'S A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE ESSENTIALLY NATIONWIDE. OKAY SO THIS ISN'T A CASE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BAND AID REALLY OLD. CORRECT. OKAY, UM, BECAUSE. IF SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR TRACKS LIKE WITH STREETS AND SANITATION ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT, EVEN AFTER 50 YEARS OR SOME LONG TIME , BUT I WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE. UM AND I'M SURE. UM I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL ON THAT. BUT I'M SURE SOME OF THAT IS AGING. BUT WE HAVE A GOOD FLEET DEPARTMENT. KEEP ABLE. IF THEY CAN FIX IT. THEY WILL AND SO IF THEY CAN'T THEY'LL LET US KNOW AND BUT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM VERY EFFECTIVELY TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE TRUCKS ROLLING. OKAY? YEAH AND I DO APPRECIATE LIKE I SAID, IT GETS SCARY TOWARD THE END WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT FUTURES IN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND ALSO THE REGULATORY ISSUES. UM I'M I'M GRATEFUL YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE

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IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE DRONE TO TRY TO VERIFY UTILITIES AND THE LOCATIONS OF UTILITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE POOR AS BOATS. WHAT HAVE YOU UM THEN THAT DATA IS IN REMAPPED AND THEN BROUGHT INTO OUR G I S SYSTEM. AND SO THE G I S SYSTEM IS REALLY THE KEY FUNCTION FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT DATA IN BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO MANAGE THOSE ASSETS. UM ALSO, UM, OUR OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT TELLS US WHEN WE HAD A MAIN BREAK AT WHAT LOCATION, WHETHER IT'S A SEWER LINE BREAK OR A WATER MAIN BREAK. EACH ONE OF THOSE WORK ORDERS CREATES A DATA POINT FOR US, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND TRY TO FIND WHERE ARE THOSE PIPES THAT ARE MORE FREQUENTLY BREAKING THAN OTHERS. AND THAT'S ALL BROUGHT BACK INTO OUR G I S SYSTEM. SO THAT WE CAN THEN PRIORITIZE THOSE PIPES. BUT ALL THAT ESSENTIALLY COMES BACK TO A GPS SYSTEM SYSTEM OF RECORD WORK QUARTER SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIORITIZED THE REPAIRS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNSELOR, RIGHT? THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ABOUT THE DRONE PILOT PROGRAM IS THAT FOR US TO BUY A DRONE AND OPERATED OURSELVES TO DO IT? YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT CAN OPERATE THAT WE DO, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TRAINED. OFFICIALLY THEY HAVE TO OBTAIN A LICENSE OFFICIAL AS WE ARE A COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS OR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS WILL HAVE TO OBTAIN OKAY? THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE. NO, THANK YOU, SIR. AND THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO SANITATION.

[(C) 2. Sanitation – Villalpando]

SORRY I'M JUST TRYING TO DIRECT SOME TRAFFIC HERE. GO AHEAD. THANKS, CAROL. SOMEBODY HAD TO CALL HIM OUT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MORNING WITH ME IS MR OZ RODRIGUEZ AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT'S FUNDING REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. OUR FIRST REQUEST IS GOING TO BE FOR $77,000 FOR ADDITIONAL OVERTIME. THERE ARE THREE MAIN FACTORS DRIVING THIS REQUEST. NUMBER ONE IS THE SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL NUMBER TWO SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND NUMBER THREE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD. ON AVERAGE. WE START EVERY MORNING 20 PEOPLE SHORT. THAT'S 24% OF MY FIELD STAFF. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR SERVICES AND FINISH ALL OF OUR ROUTES, 100% WE HAVE TO KEEP HER OR EMPLOYEES WORKING LATE. KEEP THEM WORKING ON OVERTIME. ALSO MOST DAYS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT. GARTH AND THE FLEET DEPARTMENT DO AN AMAZING JOB. THEY DO WHAT

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WE WANT TO DO A COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS FOR EVERY DIVISION SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING US FOR EACH DIVISION TO OPERATE. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF RESOURCES AS IT PERTAINS TO STAFF EQUIPMENT, RESERVE EQUIPMENT. REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES . SORRY, WE CAN'T GO TO A 50 YEAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. MISS MORRIS. AH IN MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW, WE UM MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE TO THE TRANSFER STATION. SO WE WANT YOU HAVE SEEN THAT FACILITY. SO WE WANT THE CONSULTANT TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITY BASED ON CURRENT ACTIVITY, BUT ALSO TO GIVE US SOME PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE FACILITIES IN THE EVENT THAT WE CONTINUE GIRL WIN. YEAH MOST OF YOU ARE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT ON FACEBOOK. SO THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT I THINK WE'RE DOING

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WE'RE ASKING FOR $264,000.01 TIME FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF $427,485. NOW TO PAY FOR THIS.

WE ARE PROPOSING A 10% INCREASE ON THE COMMERCIAL RATES. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT'S AN ADVERTISE THE RATES ONLINE. SO UH, WE'VE EVERY TIME A CUSTOMER REACHES OUT TO US FOR A QUOTE FOR SERVICES. WE TRY TO GET AN INVOICE FOR THE CURRENT SERVICES FROM FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO WE'VE BEEN USING THAT DATA AND EVEN WITH THIS 10% INCREASE OR RATES ARE STILL GOING TO BE WHERE YOU BELOW WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS CHARGING. UM IF COUNCIL APPROVES WERE ESTIMATED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $582,000 ANY REVENUE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION IS ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE EXPENDITURES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DIVISION. HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE. BUT THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION HAS BEEN PERFORMING SO WELL THEN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY REDUCTION IN SERVICES AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY NOT JUST IN THE MARKET CDS, BUT I THINK IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS THAT THAT'S OFFERING UNLIMITED WEEKLY BRUSHING BULKY COLLECTIONS. AND THIS IS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF THE MONTHLY SANITATION RATE IN ORANGE. YOU WILL SEE GARLAND AT $23.58. THE AVERAGE IS $26.22. SO THAT PUTS US. AT $2.64 BELOW THE MARKET AVERAGE. NOW I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE CITIES OF IRVING AND PLANO, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ME THEIR PROPOSED INCREASES. SO BUT THEIR RATES ARE GOING UP. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ONCE THEIR RATES GO UP OUR RATES ARE GONNA BE EVEN FARTHER BELOW THAT THE AVERAGE CLOSER TO THE $3 RANGE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, VERY GOOD. BECAUSE OH, MY GOODNESS. KELSEY GRAMMER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MARY. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. GOOD MORNING, SIR. WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU BOTH TOGETHER. THE DYNAMIC DUAL THERE. APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. YOUR DEPARTMENT ALSO UM, VERY RESPONSIVE. ALWAYS UH SO I'LL START WITH YOUR LAST SLIDE. UM ON THE RIGHT. IS THERE A GOAL THAT WE'RE SHOOTING TO LAND AT? OR JUST? UH AS FAR AS RIGHTS INCREASES DO YOU HAVE A GOAL TO WORK? WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE TARGETING. OR JUST TO BE COMPETITIVE AREN'T SETTING THE RIGHT WELL, THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS TO JUST NOT INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL RATES IF WE HAVE OTHER WAYS TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE EXPENDITURES, AND RIGHT NOW THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION IS ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES TO KEEP US BELOW THE MARKET AVERAGE.

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ALRIGHT THANKS FOR THANKS FOR THAT. CLARIFICATION YES, SIR. AND MY LAST QUESTION YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU START EACH DAY WITH WELL 20 VITAMINS. ONE BODIES ARE DOWN. YES, SIR. DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO YOUR STAFFING ALLOCATION? OR EXISTING. HIS STAFF, NO SHOWS AND I KNOW THE CHALLENGES OF JUST GETTING BANISHED TO WORK ANYWHERE. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO IS IT ALLOCATION STAFFING ALLOCATION THAT NEEDS TO HAVE GET SOME ATTENTION OR EXISTING STAFF. ATTENDED WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT 20 DOWN EACH MORNING? WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? EXCELLENT QUESTION. I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. IT ALLOWS ME TO CLARIFY SO THAT 20 PEOPLE HAVE RIDGE. IT'S A COMBINATION OF VACANCIES. PEOPLE ON VACATION . PEOPLE WANT INJURY AND PEOPLE THAT CALL IN SICK. RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE NINE VACANCIES. ON AVERAGE . WE CARE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE PEOPLE INJURE FOR LONGER THAN THREE MONTHS. THE REST OF THAT IS PEOPLE REQUESTING REGULAR TIME OFF AND PEOPLE THAT CALL IN SICK NOW, I CAN TELL YOU LOOKING AT THAT, UM WE HEARD EARLIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER. IT'S. IT'S A DIFFICULT TO WORK FIRST THESE DAYS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT . CDL DRIVERS HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE NOT ONLY FROM OTHER CITIES BUT ALSO FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THE MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT. OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE STILL PUTTING OUT THEIR APPLICATIONS JUST BASICALLY TESTING THE WIRES, BUT ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN WITH US FOR A YEAR OR LONGER WITH THEY TYPICALLY STICK AROUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. PROTEIN, BESS. THANK YOU. IS YOUR REAL GREAT PRESENTATION AND I'VE GOT TO. I'VE GOT TO COMMEND YOU ON WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION. IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH HER, UM, GREAT RESOURCE TO THE CITY AND EVEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, RIGHT WITH IT, SUPPLEMENTING THAT THAT DIVISION UM, QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU. SO WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM POSITION, SO YOU HAVE NINE VACANT POSITIONS. UM I DON'T SEE WHERE THE REQUEST IN HERE FOR OVER TIME, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T REQUEST THAT? YES, SIR. THE GOAL IS TO FILL THE VACANCIES FIRST. UNTIL WE FILL THOSE VACANCIES AND WE REALLY TEST THE CAPABILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT BEING FULLY STAFFED. WE TRULY DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. OKAY? EVEN WITH THE GROWTH OF THE COMMERCIAL CORRECT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 2 TO 3 YEARS IF IT'S WE'VE BEEN CHRIS TRAINING PERSONNEL, SO THEY SO THEY LEARN HOW TO HOW TO DRIVE MULTIPLE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE UM, DURING THE WINTER, WHEN THE BRUSH SEASON IS REALLY SLOW. SOME OF THOSE GUYS WILL GO TO THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION TO HELP THEM OUT IF THERE IS A NEED BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT STAFFING THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. I THINK THE NEED IS TO FEEL WHAT WE HAVE VACANT AND THEN GO FROM THERE. NOW THE STUDIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THEY'RE GOING TO BE CAPTURING THAT AS WELL TO SEE IF THE CURRENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE POTENTIAL GROWTH. OKAY AWESOME. AND ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO THE UM, THE RESIDENTIAL CONTAINERS, WHETHER IT BE THE GREEN ONES OR THE BLUE ONES. UM WHEN THOSE ARE REPLACED, LET'S SAY WHATEVER WELL FALLS OFF A RESIDENT RUNS OVER IT, OR IT'S JUST OLD AND BROKEN. WHO PAYS FOR THAT? DOES THE CUSTOMER PAY FOR THAT? OR DOES THIS SIT? DID WE? THERE'S THE CITY EAT THE COST THE CITY IT'S THE COSTS ARE THAT THE COST OF THE CONTAINERS AND THEIR REPLACEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY FEE UNLESS CITIZEN IS BARBECUING AND THROWS THE CHARCOAL IN THE CONTAINER. I'M SURE THAT HAPPENS, SOMETHING THAT REALLY MAKES IT THEIR FAULT. THEN THEN WE CHARGED WITH CHARGING THE REPLACEMENT FEE.

OKAY, UM ALL RIGHT. THANKS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. THANKS, SIR. HMM. REMORSE. AND YES, DON'T IT

[01:15:06]

WE I ALSO NOTICED. WE DID NOT HAVE A PERSONNEL ASK FOR THIS, BUT IN VIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIFFICULTIES THEY'RE HIRING, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A WHILE BACK AS WELL. WE HAD, UM WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIES THAT PAY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SANITATION EMPLOYEES, AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE NOT COMPETITIVE. DO YOU FEEL THAT OUR CURRENT PAY IS COMPETITIVE? OR IS IT LARGELY THAT THAT'S MAKING THOSE VACANCIES EXIST? WE'VE TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE COMPETITIVE. MOST RECENTLY, JUST LAST MONTH WE GAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE 5% INCREASE, AND I'M NOT A THING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. I TALKED TO THEM JUST ABOUT DAILY . WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PROMOTE OUR POSITIONS. BETTER TOO. WE HAD A, UM. RECRUITMENT A JOB FAIR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO , SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHRISTINE HAS COMMITTED TO DO IS TO LOOK AT OUR OR RATES ON A YEARLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PAYING. SO WE ARE TAKING THOSE STEPS TO KEEP US AS COMPETITIVE AS WE CAN. SO GIVEN WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO WITH THAT WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT RAISES THIS YEAR, DO YOU YOU DON'T FEEL THAT AS KIND OF GOING AIMING HIGH WITH PAY INCREASES AT SOME POINT WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN GETTING A VACANCIES FILLED I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO AT THIS TIME IS KIND OF WAIT AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES WILL DO.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO, UH, AN INCREASE RIGHT NOW, JUST SO THAT THE MARKET CITIES WILL GO UP, YOU KNOW, 2 3% HIGHER THAN THAN WE DO. SO I THINK THAT THE BEST THING TO DO FOR NOW IS KIND OF WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY DO. GO THROUGH THIS. MY MASTER'S PLANS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN TAKE ACTION BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GET FROM THE CONSULTANTS. OKAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT ASSESSMENT ANYTIME I SEE KIND OF BEEFY OVERTIME REQUESTS THAT ALWAYS TO ME RAISES A RED FLAG THAT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK LIKE . LOOK AT IT. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THAT AND AGAIN. NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT, UM THE BC UM. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS ALREADY, UH, HAD YOU CLARIFY ABOUT THE RATES AND I WAS ALSO WONDERING, DO WE WANT TO IT'S GOOD TO KEEP ALL THE RATES UH, YOU KNOW, AS AS MODEST AS WE CAN. BUT IF WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR THE METROPLEX, THEN IF IT HELPS, I WOULD NOT MIND SEEING THAT NUTJOB. SO ANYWAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CUSTOMER LOOK. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL CONTAINERS AS WELL. UM SO WHEN SOMEONE WHEN A HOUSEHOLD GETS A SECOND CONTAINER, WHAT'S THE FEE FOR THAT? $7.10 SO DOES ANY OF THAT GO TOWARDS THAT THE COST OF PURCHASING NEW CONTAINERS? YES, MA'AM. IT'S INCLUDED INCLUDED. CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WELCOME. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. QUESTION ABOUT THE GPS. JUST TO BE CLEAR. THIS IS ADDING IT TO ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, ALL THE TRUCKS OR IS IT ADDING TO ONES THAT DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY? WE'RE ADDING IT TO THE ONES DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY. SO THIS LAST 31 AUTOMATIC SIDE LAWYERS AND A TRANSFER TRUCKS ARE THE ONLY ONES REMAINING WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY AFTER THIS, OR ENTIRE FLEET IS GOING TO BE OUTFITTED WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN I ASSUME THERE'S AN ONGOING YEARLY COST TO THAT. THIS IS JUST $24,000. IT'S ABOUT $62,000 FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET. NOW KEEP ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS YOU KNOW THE CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALWAYS BEING SUED FOR ACCIDENTS. UM THAT HAPPENED TO US ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO. A CITIZEN. BASICALLY IT WAS SUING THE CITY , CLAIMING THE OR EMPLOYEE THEN ESTABLISH A STOP SIGN AND HIT HER. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THE VIDEO, AND IT WAS THE OTHER WAY

[01:20:06]

VERY, VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE. NO, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING THAT HOW FAR BELOW AVERAGE OUR RATES ARE, BUT HOW ABOVE AVERAGE OUR SERVICES DAY IN DAY OUT WEEKEND WEEK OUT YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB, SO THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR. NEXT UP

[(C) 3. GP&L – Cline]

THEY'VE ALSO THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THEIR DEMAND CURVES WHICH AFFECT THE PRICING, SO ALL OF THIS IS NOW EMBEDDED IN THE MARKETPLACE. AND SO THE DAYS OF LOWER RATES MAY BE KIND OF IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH SOMEBODY ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 THIS HALF CENT REDUCTION WHICH ON A YEAR BASIS THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $6 A MONTH FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. WE HAVE WE START WITH THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE LARGEST UNFUNDED REQUESTS AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN. UH THIS YEAR. IT'S OUR PRODUCTION AREA. WE GOT A LITTLE OVER $3.1 MILLION REQUEST. THIS IS $5000 LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S UNFUNDED REQUEST FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. AH YOU MAY RECALL A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE AMENDED THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR CONTRACT LABOR SUPPORT AT OUR SPENCER PLANT. EVEN THOUGH ITS PRIMARY HORSE SPENCER PLANT, THEY CAN ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR OLD LINGER PLANT. GIVEN OR COTS . CONSERVATIVE OPERATIONS WERE OPERATING MORE. WE'VE HAD A LOSS OF EMPLOYEES AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF EMPLOYEES WITH RETIREMENT, SO WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME SUPPORT.

[01:25:04]

[01:30:06]

[(C) 4. Streets – Irvin]

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. NICE TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS TONY IRVING. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STREETS AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FY 24 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO START OUT BY GIVING YOU HISTORICAL CONTEXT ON THE LAST 10 YEARS OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT, YOU'LL SEE IN FY 13 14. WE WERE RUNNING AT $10 MILLION IN TOTAL FUNDING TO MANAGE OUR PAVEMENT SYSTEM WIDE. AND IN AND AROUND 2015 COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION TO COMMIT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TOWARDS MANAGING OUR PAVEMENT ASSETS WITHIN THE CITY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, UH, COMMITMENT HAS CONTINUED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS . WHICH BRINGS US TO THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE'RE AT ABOUT $33.5 MILLION WE ARE REQUESTING FOR FY 24 $37.6 MILLION AND I WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT COMPRISE A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING REQUEST. OUR FIRST REQUEST RELATES TO THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW STREET DEPARTMENT FACILITY THAT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STAFF THAT ARE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT

[01:35:03]

POTENTIALLY IF THERE IS A VARIATION BASED ON THE WAY WE'RE PROCEEDING NOW, SO THAT IS A $350,000 ESTIMATED COST THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE NEXT REQUEST IS FOR RAILROAD CROSSING MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE IN THE FIVE YEAR CRP PROVISIONS FOR RAILROAD CROSSING REPLACEMENTS. THESE REPLACEMENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT IN IN COST. UM SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE WHICH REALLY BASED ON THE 2.5 TO $3 MILLION THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE RAILROAD REPLACEMENTS REALLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TWO, MAYBE THREE CROSSINGS, DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED. SO IN THE INTERIM WE ARE PROPOSING TO ACHIEVE SOME SMALL SUCCESSES BY BASICALLY GOING OUT TO SOME OF THESE CROSSINGS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PRETTY ROUGH TO IN CRUDE, IMPROVE THE TRIBAL COMFORT. YOU'RE BEING VERY KIND. YOU ARE BEING VERY KIND IN YOUR DESCRIPTIONS. UH WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS PERHAPS LOW HANGING FRUIT AGAIN. A SMALL SUCCESS BY MILLING AND RESURFACING THESE ASPHALT THESE APPROACHES. AT 15 CROSSINGS. NINE OF THEM ARE OWNED BY KANSAS CITY AND THE OTHER SIX ARE OWNED BY D. G. N O SO AGAIN, YOU'RE PROBABLY AVERAGING BETWEEN THE 15 CROSSES AND THE $500,000.30 40 THAT I'M SORRY, 340. 30 TO $40,000 PER CROSSING. EXCUSE ME. THE LAST FUNDING REQUEST IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REQUEST AND IT

[01:40:06]

AND THAT WE STREETS. WE LOST A LOT OF SLEEP, AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK LIKE WE LOOK NOW IT'S OKAY.

THAT WAS A FAVORITE TOPIC. OKAY BUT I NOTICED, UH, YOU DON'T INCLUDE ANY STAFFING NEEDS AND I KNOW THAT RELY HEAVILY ON SUBCONTRACTORS AND COUNTRIES. BUT ARE THEY ARE THERE ANY AS YOU SEE? ARE THERE ANY STAFFING NEEDS MANPOWER NEEDS. OVER IN STREETS. UM VERY, UM, ECSTATIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ON MISTAKE ABOUT THE RESPONSIVENESS, UM, THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE CITY. BUT I JUST NOTICED IT JUST THERE WERE NO STAFFING. A MANPOWER REQUEST CAN USE THEM. ARE YOU GOOD THERE OR CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WE'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB RIGHT NOW MANAGING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN. TO THOSE REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH FROM RESIDENTS AND FROM COUNCIL. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DID NOT REQUEST ANYTHING THIS YEAR. UM, WE CERTAINLY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME AND SANITATION WITH VACANCIES. THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF TURNOVER FOR SOME OF THE FRONTLINE STAFF. RIGHT NOW. IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF LOW. WHEN I WHEN I CAME ON BOARD TWO MONTHS AGO, IT WAS STANDING AT ABOUT 12 VACANCIES. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOLDING OUT ABOUT SIX VACANCIES AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE FELT LIKE WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE IT JUST BASED ON THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PERHAPS NEXT YEAR, JUST BASED ON THE WORKLOAD AND FRANKLY, SOME OF THE IMPACTS DUE TO THIS INFLATION PIECE THAT HAS TO SOMEWHAT DELAYED A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PROGRAM, NOT SIGNIFICANTLY BUT TRYING TO CATCH UP AS A POTENTIAL THAT NEXT YEAR, WE WILL REVISIT THAT. BUT THIS YEAR WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOOD. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND YES, THERE ARE PROBABLY PICTURES OUT THERE OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS WITH AN AFRO AND MEET WITH THE MULLET . SO YES, THERE WAS A TIME DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. TONY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AND JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN USED TO CALLING CRYSTAL

[01:45:01]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CUSTOMER ROT. UM MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE PC. I ASSESSMENT. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET THAT DONE? WHILE THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO IT, THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT WILL BE DRIVING THE ROADS, OBVIOUSLY AND COLLECTING THAT DATA. UM, THEN THAT DATA NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH ALL OF THOSE IMAGES TAKEN INTO THE SPECIALIST, WORKS AT WORKSTATION AND REVIEWING THOSE IMAGES AND THEN ASSIGNING THAT SCORING THAT FEES INTO THE OC. I FORMULA. UM THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE REPORTING PIECE OF IT, AND THEN WHAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE DELIVERED TO US IS SOME TOOLS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO FINANCIALLY PLAN AND PREDICT AS WELL THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE FAILURE WITH SOME PAVEMENTS. AND SO THAT WHOLE PROCESS AND ALL LIKELIHOOD WITH OUR ROADWAY NETWORK IN THE 720 AH, MILES THAT WE HAVE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE NINE MONTHS AT A MINIMUM TO PERFORM THAT WE MIGHT HAVE DATA TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US GUIDANCE FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. VERY GOOD. AND CASPAR REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND AGAIN, WELL DONE, AND UNLIKE UNLIKE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE, WHO'S WHO'S BEEN SHINING YOU, UM YOU HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO MY REQUESTS, WHICH IN MY DISTRICT TEND TO BE PRETTY CONSTANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS. UM, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STREET DEPARTMENT FACILITY. WHICH THAT WAS THE FIRST CITY FACILITY VISITED AND I WAS DEPRESSED. I DO HOPE WE SAVE SOME OF THAT HORRIBLE PANELING TO FRAME AND PUT ON THE WALL SOMEWHERE JUST AS A MEMORIAL TO THE BATTLE DAYS. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THAT IDEA CAME UP A MONTH AGO TO PURCHASE A CUP OF SHADOW BOXES AND MEMORIALIZED TO DO IT. YES I DO IT GREAT IDEA THAT WAS A HORRIFIC FACILITY. EVEN THE OUTSIDE SIGN. I JUST WANT THIS IS EMBARRASSING. I'M EMBARRASSED TO LIVE IN THE CITY WITH ANYWAY , SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I'M EXCITED, AND I KNOW NOT MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EVER WILL GO THERE AND LOOK AT IT. BUT I AM THRILLED BECAUSE YOU ALL WILL HAVE A MUCH BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT. UM I'M EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE WHOLE PC. I PROCESS. UM, THAT'S SENSIBLE. I TEND TO LIKE THINGS THAT ARE MORE RATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL THAN JUST PEOPLE'S EYEBALLS ON THE ROAD.

THIS WILL BE GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RAILROAD THAT THE SMALLER STEPS AND THE LOW HANGING FRUIT? YES YES. AND AS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUCKED. I HAVE I HAVE SOME CROSSINGS IN MY DISTRICT. I REALLY HOPE WILL BE ON YOUR LIST. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, WE'LL TALK. OKAY, SO, UM I WAS A LITTLE CURIOUS. OFTEN WITH STREETS. WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR THESE TRUCKS. MOST OF WHICH ARE DINOSAURS. SO ARE ALL YOUR TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT. EVERYTHING THAT'S ALL IN GOOD SHAPE. IT'S ALL ROLLING. NOT 50 YEARS OLD, NOT ANTIQUES. ONE AREA WHERE WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB. WE HAVE A PRETTY CONTEMPORARY FLEET AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOOD AT THIS TIME. YES WE MUST HAVE HIT THAT IN IN SOME PREVIOUS YEARS. AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOUR SAKE THAT YOU DIDN'T INHERIT. A BUNCH OF DINOSAURS, SO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE RUNNING WITH FOR A LONG TIME. ALRIGHT THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND CONSIDER DUTTON. SO YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE SIX WEAKENED, SEES AND NOW FAIRLY HIGH TURNOVER. UM WHAT

[01:50:03]

[(C) 5. Transportation – Luedtke]

THESE ARE ACTUALLY PICTURES THAT I TOOK JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S OUT ON THE STREET TODAY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORST ONES, BUT UM, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT REALLY AT ALL OF THE OVERHEADS, STREET NAME SIGNS, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT WE REPLACED FIRST ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. UM THEY ARE. THEY'RE ALL STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF WHERE AND REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE. THE GREEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN OVERLAY ON THE WHITE IS ACTUALLY KIND OF PEELING OFF AND IT JUST DETERIORATES OVER TIME, WITH ALL THE WEATHER AND THE WIND AND THE RAIN AND ALL OF THAT. UM WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS AS WE'VE NEVER HAD A CONSTANT, UH, FUNDING STREAM OR OR. WE'VE HAD KIND OF AN AD HOC PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN ONE TIME FUNDS SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UM TRADITIONALLY REALLY MORE FROM THE SAFE FLIGHT PROGRAM. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S FUNDED. FUNDED THE SIGNS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. UM, AND THEN WE'VE PUT THE SIGNS IN THROUGH OVERTIME, SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE IT WITHIN OUR OUR BUDGET AT ALL. IT'S BEEN REALLY KIND OF EXTRA. UM. THIS THE FIRST SIGNS THAT WE PUT IN, UM WERE THE OVERHEAD STREET NAME SIGNS ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD START

[01:55:04]

UM THE. THE BUTTONS THAT WE DO, OR WE OUTSOURCE 100% OF THAT THOSE ARE EPOXY DOWN ONTO THE ROAD STOP BARS AND CROSSWALKS LIKE THE SCHOOL CROSSWALKS ALSO , UM SOME OF THAT WE DO IN HOUSES SOME OF WHAT WE OUTSOURCE. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THREE ADDITIONAL WORKERS.

UM THE BIGGEST. THERE'S KIND OF A THAT REALLY AFFECTS. BOTH ARE SIGNS AND MARKINGS AND OUR SIGNAL OR END ARE ALRIGHT SCIENCE AND MARKINGS PROGRAM. UM IT ALLOWS US TO, UH, FOCUS IN THE SUMMERTIME IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO MARKINGS BECAUSE THE PAYMENT HAS TO BE 50 DEGREES AND ARE MORE AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE DRY, OBVIOUSLY SO UM WHETHER LIKE THIS IS PERFECT WEATHER FOR DOING MARKINGS ON THE ROADWAY, SO WHEN THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROAD IS PROBABLY 150 DEGREES. THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR PUTTING MARKING. NO IT IS GOOD WEATHER FOR SOMETHING, SO YEAH, WELL, THAT'S SOMEWHERE , I GUESS. REASSURING OH, IT'S HOT OUT THERE FOR OUR GUYS TO WORK, THOUGH, BUT BUT SO THEY SO THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THAT DURING THE SUMMERTIME AND THEN THE WINTERTIME WHEN YOU CAN'T REALLY DO YOU REALLY JUST CAN'T EFFECTIVELY DO MARKINGS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON DOING THE SIZE. THIS WILL GIVE US ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO DO THE SIGNS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORK OVERTIME AND DURING THE YEAR PLUS UM THE OTHER THING IS DERWIN. WE'RE DOING MARKINGS WE REALLY HAVE ABOUT 3 TO 5 GUYS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS AND REALLY ALL THE OTHER CREWS AND THE METROPLEX, THEY TYPICALLY WILL HAVE SIX AROUND SIX GUYS OUT THERE. UM, DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED PEOPLE JUST TO WATCH FOR TRAFFIC. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING ON. UM AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN YOU'RE HAVING TO REALLY OVERLAP WHAT THE OTHER OTHER GUYS ARE DOING SO IT JUST JUST NOT VERY EFFICIENT SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A FULL, REALLY A FULL CREW TO DO MARKINGS WITH UM AND THEN SO THAT'S WHERE ASKING FOR 33 CREWS. THREE ANOTHER THREE POSITIONS TO DO ADDITIONAL, UM SIGNS AND MARKINGS AND FOR ALL WITH ONGOING PLANNING, AND THEN ALSO ONGOING, SIGNED BUDGETS SO WE CAN START REPLACING THESE SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

UM WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR SOME ONE TIME FUNDING. UM THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE SIGN MATERIALS AND IN HOUSE MARKINGS THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S SOME START UP COSTS FOR GETTING THREE.

THREE NEW EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST CUBICLES AND YOU KNOW, UM UM IPADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR UH, INVENTORY. AND THEN THERE'S WE WANT TO BUY ANOTHER. SIGN PRINTER AND THE

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IN OUR SIGNS AND MARKINGS GROUP. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, IT'LL TAKE US A LITTLE BIT TO GET RAMPED UP AND THEN GET THE PROJECT KICKED OFF AND GOOD THINGS GOING OKAY, SO THIS ORIGINALLY WAS ENVISIONED AS A AS AN ONGOING REQUEST, AND JUST BECAUSE OF THIS YEAR'S CONSTRAINT, ALRIGHT , WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO FUND THIS ONGOING BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING NEED. SO UM AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING IT HAPPEN. SO THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AFTERNOON, PAUL. I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON.

GOOD MORNING, PAUL. OKAY OKAY. I'M AHEAD OF GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF, UM, ON STREET MARKETING PROGRAM POLL. HOW DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? FOR HOW YOU WOULD IDENTIFY THE PROGRAM CITYWIDE. WILL YOU BE LOOKING AT SECTIONS? CAN YOU NOT TODAY? CAN YOU LATER? I MEAN HOW WILL YOU BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS AND? AND HOW WOULD YOU ACTUALLY HOW? WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE? CITYWIDE DO YOU EVALUATE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CERTAIN WHERE THEIR NEEDS AND YOU MOVE ABOUT THE CITY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN BRIEFLY? HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE AREAS THAT NEEDED THE MARKINGS THE MOST FOR LIKE. WE'RE BETTER TO HIM. CAN YOU SCREAM IT RIGHT QUICK. WELL, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE ONGOING. WE HAVE AN ONGOING PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY FOR MARKINGS. UM, NOW IT'S JUST THAT IT'S MORE OF A FOR, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THIS THE LANE LINES. IT'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WERE, THIS WOULD MOVE IT TO MORE OF A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. SO WE WOULD USE THAT SAME ROTATION THAT WE'VE HAD. AND WE WOULD JUST COMPRESS THAT SO IT'S . I MEAN, I COULD GO BACK THROUGH THE LIST, BUT IT'S UM IT'S NOT WHICH TRY TO WE COVER. IT'S THERE'S NOT ANY ONE SECTION OF THE CITY THAT WE IT'S NOT LIKE WE STARTED ONE IN AND GO TO THE OTHER. IT'S REALLY ALL OVER

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[(C) 6. Landfill – Hoofnagle]

AND EVERYTHING SO EASY FOR ME. HOW DO YOU TURN IT ON RIGHT HERE. OKAY YOU'RE GOOD. GO YEAH . I WAS TOLD TO DO THIS IN THREE MINUTES OR LESS. I'M DETERMINED. OKAY HANG ON, MARK. SO OKAY. GO TO AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? BUT SERIOUSLY, UM, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. MY NAME'S CHRIS AND.

UM I WANNA START BY THANKING THE STAFF AT THE LANDFILL AND NEVER LET AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS GO BY WITHOUT EXPRESSING WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DO THERE IN THE RAIN AND THE HEAT AND THE DUST AND THE MUD EVERY DAY, SOME OF THEM WORK OUTDOORS. THEY'VE DEALT WITH A TREMENDOUS SURGE IN VOLUME THIS YEAR. WE GOT OVER THE HUMP OF REMODELING PROJECT THAT PUT THEM IN ADULT TRAILER CRAB FOR ALMOST A YEAR, AND THEY'RE JUST ARE TREMENDOUS TEAM . WE OWE THEM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME THAT MOMENT AND WITHOUT COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME . YEAH I KNOW. I'M GONNA PROBABLY BLOW IT BUT I PRACTICED THIS AT HOME A LOT AND ONLY TOOK 62 MINUTES AVERAGE. SO I'M LYING . IT'LL IT'LL JUST BE 10 15 MINUTES. HOPEFULLY, UM WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FEES AND SOME INCREASES FIRST, BUT I WANT TO TALK TO A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT. UM ON THE SCREEN. YOU SEE, TOO. IT'S NOT JUST TOO PRETTY PICTURES OF GARBAGE. I WANT TO ILLUSTRATE A POINT, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF TRASH AT THE LANDFILL. AND MS WS WHAT WE CALL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. IT'S THE GARBAGE BAGS AND STUFF. YOU PUT YOUR CURB STUFF THAT COMES FROM RESTAURANTS AND C AND D, WHICH STANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS, ITS ROOFS AND WALLS AND TWO BY FOURS AND BATHTUBS AND TOILETS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THE POINT IS THAT THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. OKAY ONE TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE AND THE COMMODITY THAT YOU SELL OUT YOUR LANDFILL IS SPACE. IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE WE ASSESS IT BY THE TON, SO THERE'S A CONVERSION THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT AND, UM, EARNING THE VALUE FOR OUR AIRSPACE. THE PICTURES. THERE ARE BOTH ROUGHLY 10 CUBIC YARDS. EACH. THE PICTURE ON TOP IS CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION DEBRIS. IT WEIGHS ABOUT 2.5 TONS. PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM MSW IS ABOUT 10 TIMES. SO THERE'S A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE DENSITY IS WASTE, BUT WE CHARGED THE SAME RATE BY THE TON WHEN THEY COME IN THE LANDFILL, SO THE AIRSPACE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS TAKES UP. IT COULD BE SAID, YOU'RE NOT EARNING THE SAME VALUE FOR EACH CUBIC YARD THAT YOU ARE FOR THE MORE DENSE WAYS. I'M TAKING TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PLAY INTO ONE OF OUR FEE PROPOSALS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WHICH WILL GO ON TO NEXT. OOPS.

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AND ALSO, IF YOU GUARANTEE THAT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, THAT'S HOW THE CONTRACT RATES ARE FIGURED. SO BASICALLY, THE $42 RATE IS YOUR SINGLE RATE. WHETHER YOU'RE CARRYING AND C AND D OR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE IS A NEW RATE CATEGORY CALLED CND, RIGHT.

AND THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE $42 RATE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONCEPT THAT WE JUST EXPLAINED ABOUT THE DENSITY OF THE WASTE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK AND SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND HOW MUCH REVENUE THOSE WILL GENERATE ESTIMATED. SO THE GATE RATES $42 A TON OR PROPOSING TO MOVE IT TO $44 A TON. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 4.75. THE CONTRACT RATE $26 A TON. WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE TO $28 A TON 7.7. AND THEN THE CND RATE IS A NEW RATE. IT GENERATES A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THIS IS THE THIS IS THE SECTION OF GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AT THE LANDFILL. WE'RE GETTING 700 SOMETIMES VEHICLES A DAY NOW WE USED TO ONLY GET TWO YEARS AGO 500 TON VEHICLES A DAY. THAT INCREASE IN VEHICLES IS IN THE C AND D COMPONENT OF THE WASTE. THAT'S WHAT'S GROWING. SO YOU'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THIS HUGE IMPACT AND WE'RE HAVING IT IN THE AREA OF YOUR FEE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T EARN AS MUCH VALUE AS IT SHOULD OR COULD HOWEVER, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. UM.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER FEES THAT THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE TO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY . UM, WE'VE NEVER CHARGED FOR CLEAN BRICK. WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A $10 A TON RATE FOR THAT. WE CHARGE A LITTLE BIT MORE. IF YOU'RE UNLOADING YOUR TRAILER ONE SHINGLE AT A TIME BY HAND BECAUSE YOU'RE IN OUR SPACE FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AH, WE HAVE A FEE IF YOU COME IN WITHOUT A TARP ON YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY ONE WHO BLEW A LOT OF WASTE OUT ON THE ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO PICK UP, SO IT'S KIND OF INFLUENCE YOU TO GET A TARP. UM WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FEE WHEN YOU OPEN AN ACCOUNT. WE CHARGE YOU IF WE HAVE TO PULL YOU OUT OR TELL YOU WHICH WE AVOID DOING AT ALL COSTS, SO THOSE OTHER FEES ARE DIDN'T OUTLINE THEM ALL. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GENERATE THE $230,000 THAT WE'VE LISTED THERE. I WANT TO POINT OUT THE MINIMUM FEE $25 IF YOU'RE LESS THAN A TON IT'S NOT CHANGING AND WHO THAT IS IN OUR CUSTOMER BASE. IS THIS THE RESIDENCE? I MEAN, GARLAND RESIDENTS DON'T PAY AND SAXONY RESIDENTS DON'T AND REALITY.

RESIDENTS ARE NEARBY NEIGHBORS AND OURSELVES. ALL HAVE VERY GOOD BENEFIT. BUT IF SHE COMES FROM MURPHY OR ROCK WALL OR ANYWHERE AROUND AND YOU'VE GOT A LOAD FROM YOUR GARAGE OR SOMETHING, YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ARE TYPICALLY FALLING INTO THAT LESS THAN ONE TON CATEGORY. 25 BUCKS. WE'RE NOT RAISING THAT FEES, SO THESE INCREASES IN THIS NEW RATE OR NOT. GOING TO HIT SMALL MOM AND POPS LITTLE FOLKS. THIS IS ABOUT BUSINESSES. UM IF YOU SIT THERE AND LOOK AT THE LINE, YOU SEE ALL THESE PICK UP TRUCKS WITH TRAILERS, AND YOU MIGHT THINK THESE ARE HOMEOWNERS KNOW THEY'RE THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE CARRYING THE CONSTRUCTION WASTE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THEY'RE NOT COMING IN TO ROLL OFF CONTAINERS ALL THE TIME. THESE ARE BUSINESSES. THEY HAVE 45 TRUCKS. THEY MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT NEW RATE IS AIMED. TO CAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS. SO WHEN WE CHOOSE THESE NEW RATES, WE DON'T DO IT REALLY ARBITRARILY.

WE LOOK AT A FEW THINGS, ONE BEING THE REGION. THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE REGIONAL LANDFILLS.

LISTED FROM THE LOWEST RATE TO THE HIGHEST RATE, THE RED LINE IS SHOWING WHERE GARLAND FALLS, OKAY. AND THESE ARE THE PAST TWO YEARS RATES. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE EVERY LANDFILLS GOING NEXT YEAR. GOT SOME RELATIONSHIPS. THEY'RE WILLING TO TALK TO US. A LOT OF THEM AREN'T SO I KNOW A COUPLE OF THESE ARE GOING TO GO UP IN THE 7 TO 8% RANGE NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR. IN THE 2003 COLUMN. THE MIDDLE COLUMN. UM A LOT OF THESE LANDFILLS WENT UP

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HISTORICALLY I THINK THE LANDFILL HAD 14 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. IT'S BEFORE MY TIME, BUT I'M TOLD THAT NUMBER AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH 10. SR TO WHAT REALLY KIND OF WE NEED TO GET THE WORK DONE COMFORTABLY. THE LANDFILL OPERATIONS SPECIALIST. THERE'S A LITTLE BACKSTORY HERE. SO THIS PERSON WE ALREADY HAVE ONE THERE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU, MANDY FOR LOANING YOUR PERSON TO US FOR THREE YEARS. THEY WORK ON OUR SITE 40 HOURS A WEEK, AND WHAT THEY DO IS HE WORKS ON THIS TECHNICAL OPERATIONAL ASPECTS.

WE HAVE A LEASH EIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS COLLECTION SYSTEM. IT'S AN ARRAY OF FIVE PUMPS AND MOTORS AND IT HAS TO OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY. SO WE'RE OBSERVING REPAIRING MONITORING THOSE PUMPS . HE ALSO DOES ARE SURVEYING. WE SURVEY THE LANDFILL. UH VERY FREQUENTLY. IT'S HOW WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS. WE LOOK AT THE COMPACTION. HOW WELL DID WE TAKE THE TONS AND CRAM THEM INTO CUBIC YARDS? AND SO WE DO THAT THROUGH SURVEYING? HE DOES ALL THAT WORK. THESE ARE TASKS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OFF OF THE HANDS OF THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, SO THERE'S

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AND YOU DON'T EVER GET THAT BACK. AND THE MATERIAL COSTS FOR THE ALTERNATIVE DAY THEY COVER HAVE RISEN. AND ALSO WE USE MORE OF IT BECAUSE BEARING SO MUCH MORE TRASH. WE HAVE A LARGER SPACE TO COVER. I'M SO COMPONENT OF THIS REQUEST IS INTENDED TO COVER THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS.

THE RE VEGETATION OPERATIONS ARE LIKE PAUL SAID WITH HIS SIGNS. UM WE DO THIS KIND OF AN AD HOC BASIS AND STUFF WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR, BUT THERE'S NEVER REALLY BEEN ANY FUNDING IN OUR ONGOING BUDGET FOR IT, SO THIS IS INTENDED TO PAY FOR THAT. IT'S RE VEGETATED SLOPES. AS WE BUILD UP, WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM COVERED. THERE'S A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE WHOLE SITE IS UNDER 80% OF IT, I THINK IS UNDER VEGETATIVE COVER, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHASING THAT.

THAT IS OUR FINAL REQUEST, SO THE SUMMARY IS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES. TOO HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, ONE LANDFILL'S OPERATIONS SPECIALIST. AND THE RE VEGETATION AND ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER FOR A TOTAL OF $425,700. AND I JUST REALIZED.

FORTUITOUSLY I FORGOT TO SUMMARIZE THE REVENUE. YEAH. IT'S WE'RE ESTIMATING $2.8 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE OF OFF OF THE REVENUE PROPOSALS. OKAY AND NOW I'LL TAKE THE QUESTIONS. HOW DO I DO? A FEW MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, I THINK WAS COUNCILOR MORRIS. THANK YOU AND CHRIS. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU. WHAT ABOUT REVENUE? SO I'M I'M GLAD YOU GOT THAT. LET ME GO BACK REALLY DID FORGET, BUT IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE TO POINT X 6 MILLION IS OUR ESTIMATE BASED ON ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, UM AND WELL DONE, AND YOU ALL ARE THE LANDFILLS, A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO US AND TO THE CITY AND ALTHOUGH MOST CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE IT TO THEM, SO, UM SO I WILL JUST SAY WHAT I SAID EARLIER, UM I SEE OUR PROPOSED RATE. UH THE GATE FEE IS 40 GOING FROM 42 TO 44. AND I'M LOOKING AT DENTON. AND THERE'S IS 48. AND THEY'RE CHARGING $65 PER TON FOR THE CND. SO IF WE'RE. FROM FROM WHERE I'M SITTING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE LANDING ON OUR OUR RESIDENTS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UH, A DIFFICULTY FOR THEM. I WOULD BE FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, STAYING COMPETITIVE, BUT MAYBE GOING UP 46 47 INSTEAD OF JUST 44. UM THAT $70 MILLION GAP THAT THE CITY MANAGER KEEPS TALKING ABOUT. UH THIS IS LOW HANGING FRUIT IN MY BOOK. SO UM , I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE COULD AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT SO THAT WAS REALLY IT. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR ALL YOUR WORK AND ALL THESE UM I SUPPORT ALL OF YOUR YOUR ASKS SO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW OUR WATER DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THEIR REQUEST WAS A DRONE TO DO THIS. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE LANDFILL TECHNICIAN DOES A SERVING A LOT OF SURVEYING WORK TO DO IT. THIS IS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE DRONE BEE VERY CAPABLE OF DOING IDEAL BECAUSE THEY DO THIS KIND OF AERIAL AND YOU CAN DO A CUT. FILL ANALYSIS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, YEAH. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT DRONE REQUEST AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HELP YOU OUT. OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN? WE WOULD BE INTERESTED. WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT, UM OR PARTNERING WITH THEM IF THEY GET A DRONE, AND WE CAN SOMEHOW USE IT. I KNOW THAT THE SURVEYING USING A DRONE FOR SURVEYING IS REALLY PRETTY SPECIALIZED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE THEIR PURCHASING. WE IN ADDITION TO OUR MONTHLY SURVEYING THAT WE DO THE OLD SCHOOL WAY WITH A GUY IN A STICK. UM BUT I'M A SIMPLE GUY.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND CASPER. LOOK. HI THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UM SO THE CONTRACT RATE THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT? YOU SAID THERE WERE FOUR COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH. WHO ARE THOSE COMPANIES? THEY ARE YOUR BIG TRASH HAULERS, REPUBLIC SERVICES WASTE CONNECTIONS COMPANY CALLED CWD AND FCC. SO, UM I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY HARD TO APPROXIMATE . BUT HOW MUCH OF THE WASTE THAT THE LANDFILL LANDFILL RECEIVES IS FROM THOSE COMPANIES. OKAY.

IT'S. SO THEY'RE PRODUCING THE MOST WASTE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING CHARGED THE LOWEST FEES.

CORRECT. AH! I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT INCREASES A LITTLE HIGHER. UM FOR ME, UM, THE BIGGEST COMMODITY AT THE LANDFILL SPACE, AND THAT IS NOT . I MEAN, ONCE IT RUNS OUT, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. UM SO. IN MY ESTIMATION, IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE HIGHER RATES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT'S GOING IN THERE. UM I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE GATE RATES INCREASE ALSO TO MATCH UP WITH DENTON AND IRVING $48 A TON WOULD GIVE US $1.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, SO I WOULD LIKE THAT. TO SEE THAT FEE INCREASED AS WELL. UM I REALLY THINK THAT THAT CONTRACT RATE IS QUITE LOW FOR CONSIDERING WHAT KIND OF WASTE IS GOING INTO THE LANDFILL AND THE AMOUNT OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH A LARGE PRODUCER OF WASTE. UM I FEEL AS THOUGH THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED A LITTLE MORE. YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL MADE. THESE RATES ARE SET. THIS IS NOT TO SOUND TO BE DISAGREEING. BOTH TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THEM. THE OTHER REGIONAL LANDFILLS ALSO PROVIDE CONTRACT RATES TO THE SAME CUSTOMER. SO WE'RE SENSITIVE AS WITH EVERYTHING TO BE RIGHT IN THE RANGE, WHERE, UM, A CUSTOMER , YOU KNOW IT'S STILL ATTRACTIVE TO COME TO US. BUT WE EARN THE MOST MONEY WE CAN. AND YOU MAY VERY WELL BE TRUE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, STILL WON'T DRIVE THEM AWAY. WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF MILES TO THE OTHER LANDFILLS. HOW MANY DOLLARS DOES IT TAKE TO OPERATE A TRUCK PER HOUR? HOW MANY MORE DOLLARS WILL THEY PAY PER LOAD? ALL THESE KIND OF AVERAGES IN SETTING? WE'LL ALL THESE RATES? UM SO I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF MOVING IT UP. MAKES SENSE . WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING THOSE , UM, CONTRACT RATES WITH THOSE WITH THOSE FOUR COMPANIES IN PARTICULAR WITH OTHER LANDFILLS, PLEASE? IF I CAN GET THEM, WE DON'T ALWAYS IT'S THAT'S HARD INFORMATION TO GET. CERTAINLY IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER FROM THE MUNICIPALLY ON LANDFILLS, BUT THE PRIVATELY OWNED LANDFILLS. THEY DON'T LIKE SHARING THAT INFORMATION. I GET IT. THE COMPANY I WORK WITH USES, UM USES WASTE DISPOSAL FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES. AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THOSE THIRD PARTY ENTITIES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THOSE COSTS WILL BE PASSED DOWN TO THE CUSTOMER.

SO UM, THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING A HIGHER RATE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE USING THEM. WE'LL DIVE INTO IT AND SHARE THE INFORMATION WE DO HAVE WITH YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON , SIR. HOW ARE YOU DON'T SEE YOU VERY OFTEN. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE NOT TO BE SEEN GETS COME INVITED TO THE PARTY. YEAH YEAH. YEAH WELL, NUMBER ONE. I SUPPORT YOUR PROPOSAL. UH I'M NOT GETTING INTO THE BIG CONTRACTORS. BUT DO YOUR BASIC PROPOSALS VISITED INTO IT. ONE OF THOSE TWO. SISTER CITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED I WON'T NAME THEM, BUT OUR

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THANK YOU, CHRIS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE. EXCELLENT YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL GOT YOU GOT YOU ON BEFORE LUNCH. THE NEXT GUY. THE

[(C) 7. Fire – Lee]

GOOD STILL, MORNING. UH GLAD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY. SHE'S EAVESDROPPING ON ME AGAIN.

MR MYERS. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING. DOES SHE DOES? YOU WANT ME TO JUST JUMP RIGHT IN? WE'RE ON IT. FUNDING REQUEST NUMBER 19 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON GOING TO EXPENSES.

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THE CREWS THAT OPERATE UP ON LBJ IN PARTICULAR ENGINE TO A LOT OF TIMES WAITING FOR HEAVY RESCUE EQUIPMENT TO GET THERE ON SOME OF THE CRASHES TAKES AWHILE. UH THIS INCREASE FOR THIS IS TO PURCHASE THE HEAVIER DUTY COMBINATION SPREADER IN QATAR TOOL SO THAT THEY CAN START EXTRICATION ON VEHICLES INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR RESCUE AID TO ARRIVE. AH AS ALL OF, YOU KNOW THE NATURAL TRAFFIC ALONG LBJ IS DIFFICULT, BUT WHEN WE PUT A SIGNIFICANT CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT OR UNITS TRYING TO GET IN TO HELP WITH HEAVIER TOOLS TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO THIS IS TO PUT THE HEAVIER RESCUE TOOLS ON ENGINE TOO. NEXT ONE IS PPV FANS RESCUE SAUL'S ADJUSTMENT AND COST ON THAT WE HAVE A REGULAR REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE STARTED REPLACING OUR FANS WITH ELECTRIC FANS, INSTEAD OF THE GAS POWERED . THE GOAL OF THESE FANS IS TO PUSH AIR INTO A BUILDING, FORCING THE SMOKE OUT OF THE BUILDING. UM. THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT ON A SMALL KITCHEN FIRE OR A MICROWAVE FIRE WHERE YOU SMOKED UP YOUR KITCHEN. IT STINKS REALLY BAD. WE WANT TO GET THAT SMOKE OUT OF THERE. SO WE COME SET UP A GAS POWERED FAN AND FILL YOUR HOUSE FULL OF CARBON MONOXIDE. SO THESE THESE ELECTRIC FANS ALLOW US TO PUSH CLEAN AIR INTO YOUR HOME, FORCING THE SMOKE OUT. AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATING YOUR HOME AND HAVING TO LEAVE, IT OPENED UP TO GET RID OF THE CEO FOR SIGNIFICANT PERIOD AFTER THAT, SO SAME THING ON THE RESCUE SAWS OR RESCUE SAW SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING UP IN AGE, SO THIS IS JUST REPLACE. THOSE ARE NORMAL PROGRAMMING BUT COVERS THE COST INCREASE. CELLULAR PHONE PLANS FOR THE DATA PLANS ON 11 NEW IPADS, THIS IS WE MOVED OUR FIRE MARSHALS TO IPADS INSTEAD OF TOUGH BOOKS, UH, AND THE CELL PLAN FOR THAT IS TO COVER THOSE THOSE PLANS SO THAT THEY CAN PULL DOWN WHILE THEY'RE IN THE FIELD INFORMATION FROM OUR INSPECTIONS SYSTEM. INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS. THIS ADJUSTMENT IS FOR OUR ABSORBENT THAT WE USE ON FUEL SPILLS, FUEL LEAKS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT HIT THE GROUND. UM AND WE AGAIN ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES ON THAT SO UM, THIS IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN OUR INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL BUDGET. NEXT IS THE BUNKER GEAR DRYER. THIS IS TO BE PLACED AT FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE. WHEN WE BUILT FIVES WE PUT IN A, UH IT'S CALLED AN EXTRACTOR. FANCY WASHING MACHINE FOR ALL OF OUR BUNKER GEAR OR OR PPE EQUIPMENT. SO THE GUYS CAN WASH IT, BUT THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO DRY IT SO THEY HAVE TO LAY IT OUT IN THE BAY. YOU CAN'T PUT THE GEAR OUT IN THE SUN TO SUN DRY IT BECAUSE IT BREAKS DOWN THE FIRE PROTECTION QUALITIES OF IT. UH SO THEY THEY'RE HANGING IT ON EQUIPMENT. IT'S OUT THERE AND THEN IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A DIESEL ENGINE, THEY'RE CONTAMINATING THE GEAR WITH DIESEL SMOKE. SO WE REALLY NEED THIS DRYER OUT AT STATION FIVE SO THAT THEY CAN PROCESS THEIR

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UH THANK YOU, CHIEF ON THE DRYER FOR STATION FIVE. SO THE HOW WAS THAT MISSED WHEN IT WAS 111 OF THE STATION WAS BUILT OUT AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO LIKE STATION SIX IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW. ARE THEY GOING TO? WE'RE NOT GOING TO MISS THAT ON. FUTURE STATIONS. CORRECT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UH I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MISSED, OR IT JUST WASN'T A COMMON PRACTICE AT THE TIME. WE FELT LIKE AT STATION FIVE. IT WAS GOING TO BE LOW VOLUME, UH, USE AND IT WOULD BE TWO OR THREE SETS EVERY FEW DAYS, AND THEY COULD DRIVE THAT IN THE BUNKER GEAR RUN. WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT, NOW THAT WE ARE REALLY PUSHING AFTER EVERY EXPOSURE TO SMOKE THAT EVERYBODY WASHED THEIR GEAR. A BIG PORTION OF THAT GOES TO THE SOUTH EXTRACTOR, WHICH IS STATION FIVE. SO NOW THEY'RE WASHING A LOT OF GEAR OF THE OFF GOING CREW. FROM OTHER STATIONS. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON WE NOW NEED THE DRYER SO WE CAN SPEED THAT CYCLING UP. SHORE STATION SIX. YES SIR. THERE'S A GEAR DRYER AND THEN EXTRACTOR. THERE'S WELL AND ALL STATIONS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTION. BECAUSE WE'RE REMORSE. THANK YOU AND MERRY PRETEND BASS JUST CLEARED THAT UP BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME QUESTION. IS IT DO THE OTHER STATIONS HAVE THESE? DO THEY NEED THEM? WELL OUR NEW ONES HAVE THEM BUT MOVING FORWARD. THEY ALL WILL. WITH THE NEW ONES. OKAY CURRENT STATION. ONE ALSO HAS AN EXTRACTOR BUT DOES NOT HAVE A DRIER BUT SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO GOING TO BID ON THE NEW ONES, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF ON THAT. I OKAY? THANK YOU. UM MY OTHER QUESTION IS A NUMBER OF US ON COUNCIL WERE APPROACHED ABOUT AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT PAY, WHICH IS NOT PRESENTED HERE. UM AND A FUNDING REQUEST. AND SO I HAD, UM AND I'M UNDERSTANDING. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THAT AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT PAY HAS INCREASED. SO I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DO, YOU KNOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT BABY STEPS TO GET BY. UM $10. AND IT CAME OUT TO ABOUT $126,000. WHAT IS YOUR FEELING ABOUT HOW WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IF ANY. IT WOULD HAVE WITH FIREFIGHTERS, UM. BEING LESS WORN OUT, BURNED OUT EXHAUSTED IF WE DID A TINY BUMP IF WE WERE ABLE TO FOR THAT AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT, PAY HOW VALUABLE WOULD THAT ACTUALLY BE OR IS THAT LOW ON THE LIST. IT IS NOT LOW ON THE LIST. I WANT TO. I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND MY CONCERN WAS COMPRESSION. THAT BUT AS WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD. COMPRESSION IS LESS OF AN ISSUE. I'VE GOT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY PARAMEDICS, THE GUYS THAT ARE RIDING THE EXAMINERS EVERY SHIFT, AND SO HOW DO I TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEM? UM LET THEM KNOW THEIR VALUE IN THE MARKET AND WHERE THE MARKET IS AT, SO WE HAD STARTED CONVERSATIONS ON ON THIS TOPIC WITH WITH HR. AND, UH, WORKING THROUGH A PLAN. THE PLAN THAT WE INITIALLY WERE LOOKING AT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE COST PROHIBITIVE. AND SO WE RE MODIFIED IT. AND THEN WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE WELL INTO THE BUDGET CYCLE. LET'S LET'S CHILL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THIS QUESTION. THANK YOUR QUESTION IS THE $10. OF VALUE. YES, IT'S CERTAINLY I THINK IT'S KIND OF A STARTING POINT, BUT IT CERTAINLY SHOWS COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT. TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE ONES WRITING THOSE AMATEURS, AND IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER.

WHERE MAYBE THE MARKET SAYS IT SHOULD BE SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET. WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. APPRECIATE THE SYDNEY TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE, AND, UH YEAH , I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU WILL PROBABLY AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN. YEAH AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON FILLING THAT $70 MILLION GAP SO WE CAN MORE GENEROUS, AND SO FAR

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THAT IS THE PRICE TAG PER YEAR. UM AND THAT INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL ENGINE THAT WOULD TAKE THREE YEARS TO OBTAIN, BUT IT INCLUDES THE AMATEUR IZED COST OF THAT ENGINE AND THE OPERATIONS OF IT AND WE WORKED WITH FINANCE TO GET TO THOSE NUMBERS. WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT SAID. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK. FOR WHAT WE HAVE OUT HERE. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN AFFORD IT. LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THEM. THEY'RE WORKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY FIRE. UH SINCE THAT IS A DALLAS COUNTY JURISDICTION TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THEM, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM RECENTLY. BUT THEN THAT LAST CONVERSATION THEY WERE LOOKING AT BUILDING A SHELTER SLASH STATION FOR DALLAS COUNTY FIRE TO PUT AN ENGINE OUT THERE. SO I ANTICIPATE DALLAS COUNTY FIRE IS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A MUTUAL AID DISCUSSION WITH WITH US TO PROVIDE SOME HELP TO THEM IN THAT AREA, AND WE CERTAINLY WHAT TO DO WHAT WE CAN, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY ASSETS FOR TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF GARLAND TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR NON TAXPAYING FOLKS OUT OF IRELAND ON A ROUTINE BASIS. I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I WANT TO ASSURE THE FOUR FIGHTERS FAR DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO ASSURE THEM THAT WE KNOW WE HERE. AND BASED ON ALL THAT I'VE SEEN

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THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE Y'ALL. ALRIGHT COUNCIL. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO PLOW AHEAD, GET

[(C) 8. Employee Compensation and Benefits – Smith]

SO THERE. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I HAVE NOT MET YET LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING INTRODUCED TO Y'ALL, UM, CHRIS AND SMITH AND ONE OF THE AMENDING DIRECTORS HERE AT THE CITY NORMALLY START THIS. I START THE DAY OFF, BUT I'M GLAD THAT I'M IN LINE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE STAFFING QUESTIONS, SO AS YOU HAVE HEARD, STAFFING CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT BETTER, RIGHT? WE WERE IN TROUBLE. UM DURING COVID. AFTER COVID. UM PEOPLE WERE GETTING OFFERS THAT WERE ASTRONOMICAL AND A LOT OF WAYS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UNFORTUNATELY AND ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY IS, YOU KNOW THAT SHIFT. IT ALWAYS SWINGS BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION. UM AND SO WE ARE. WE ARE DOING A LOT BETTER.

UM, BUT WE ALWAYS WILL HAVE STAFFING. RECRUITMENT AND COMPENSATION AS A PRIORITY LIKE IT WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TACKLING, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW TO SOME OF THE, UM SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE MADE AND I'M GLAD THAT EACH OF THEM ARE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. UH AND THAT WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PRESSING FORWARD ON ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT, BUT BEING VERY MINDFUL ABOUT RESOURCES. MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR SERVICES WITHOUT JUST AUTOMATICALLY ADDING ADDITIONAL COSTS. SO WE ARE. IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT, BUT WE'RE DOING A LOT BETTER. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU KNOW POINT GOES HOME. SO I LIKE TO USE THIS PRESENTATION TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE YEAR KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION WHERE WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE REACHING CITYWIDE. UH AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE DOING WITH GROUP HEALTH. UM YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AGING EMPLOYEE POPULATION. THE COST THAT WE SEE AROUND OUR BENEFITS IT YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO TRICKLE UP, SO I'M GOING TO HELP. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ASKED IN THOSE AREAS, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS REALLY CULTURE WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE, UM A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE DRIVING CULTURE CHANGES FOR US. FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY. UH SOME

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SO WE'VE NOW DONE UM PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND IT REALLY IS A COMMUNITY FACING RECOGNITION. UH IT IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THE IMPACT THAT WE DO. IT'S A WAY TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW, REALLY SHORTENS THAT, UM, LENGTH BETWEEN THE CONNECTION OF COMING TO THE CITY AND ACTUALLY BEING INTEGRATED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR DEPARTMENTS. UH AND SO EACH YEAR WE WILL FOCUS ON KIND OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. IN ADDITION, JUDGE STARTED. I MEAN , THERE'S A LOT OF PHRASES AND I'M JOTTING NOTES ALL THE TIME, BUT I HEARD HIM SAYING ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR HOW PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES. UH AND FROM THAT HE HAS CREATED AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE. IT'S A MONTHLY MEETING WITH HIM. UM AND IT IS CALLED CENTER STAGE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SO UM, HE TAKES TIME HE'S BROUGHT IN SPEAKERS. IT REALLY IS A WAY TO KEEP A PULSE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION AT ALL LEVELS. UH, AND IT IS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED AND HAS BEEN REALLY A BIG HIT WITH OUR EMPLOYEES HAVING THAT TOUCH POINT WITH HIM. AND HE DID NOT TELL ME TO SAY ANY OF THIS. BY THE WAY, I PROMISE LITTLE EARLY IN THE YEAR FOR HIS REVIEW, ISN'T IT? I'M JUST I DID THIS ALL ON MY OWN.

HE DIDN'T ASK ME. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CITY MANAGER'S CABINET. IT REALLY IT IS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MANAGING DIRECTORS TO HIGHLIGHT EMPLOYEES THAT MAY HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WORKED ON SPECIAL PROJECTS, SO THOSE KINDS OF ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES HAVE CONTINUED. AH AH, AND THEN YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SERVICE AWARDS ACTUALLY WAS, YOU KNOW BRIAN'S LAST BIG EVENT WITH EMPLOYEES, BUT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO

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WHAT ABOUT THE OVERTIME? WHAT YOU KNOW? DO YOU NEED EXTRA RESOURCES, PART OF PART OF THE GAP? UM AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES IS JUST THE ABILITY TO HAVE RELIABLE METRICS, RELIABLE VISIBILITY INTO TRULY WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GAME WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. SO ONE GARLAND. OUR WORKDAY SYSTEM HAS BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING. BUT I DID JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE MODULES THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT. SO ABSENCE MANAGEMENT AS ONE OF THOSE RIGHT NOW, IF I'M AN EMPLOYEE, AND I WANT TO CEMENT A TIME OFF REQUEST TO MY SUPERVISOR. THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE AN EMAIL AND SOME DEPARTMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE A POST IT NOTE STUCK ON THE CALENDAR. SO HAVING VISIBILITY INTO NOT ONLY PEOPLE'S LEAVE BANKS HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING THEIR TIME, YOU KNOW? DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS? YOU KNOW, EVERY FRIDAY, THEY SOMEHOW YOU HAVE AN ILLNESS, LOOKING AT THOSE TRENDS AROUND UTILIZATION . THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY WILL NOT HAVE TO COME TO HR TO REQUEST. BUT THAT WILL BE AT THE FINGERTIPS OF OUR SUPERVISORS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY MANAGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS. OUR BENEFITS SYSTEM. WE ARE ACTUALLY REPLACING A VENDOR WITH THIS ONE. BUT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE ENROLLMENTS, LIFE CHANGE EVENTS ARE VENDOR MANAGEMENT ARE RETIREE. UM COMPLIANCE ARE A CIA COMPLIANCE WILL BE A PART OF THAT MODULE. COMPENSATION RIGHT NOW. OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE NO VISIBILITY INTO PAYING INCENTIVES OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU KNOW COMES ON THEIR CHECK, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PAID BASICALLY THEIR TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RUN THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR OWN. BUT THE BENEFIT OF THIS MODULE IS THE MODELING AND FORECASTING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GET AS WELL AS MANAGING OUR CITYWIDE MERIT SYSTEM AND ALL OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND MANY OTHER INCENTIVES AND SPECIAL PAYS. AND THEN HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IS THE CORE SYSTEM. IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SYSTEM. IT'S ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE DATA. WE ALSO HAVE LEARNING. SO WE'RE REPLACING OUR CURRENT LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WILL INCLUDE, UM ON DEMAND WEB BASED LEARNING. IT'LL INCLUDE TRACKING FOR INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES CAREER PROGRESSION IF YOU HAVE ANY PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS, YOU CAN TRACK THOSE KEEP UP WITH YOUR C U. S. AND OTHER THINGS IN OUR LEARNING MODULE. AS WELL AS PAYROLL AND TIME TRACKING. SO AGAIN THAT INSIGHT REPORTING WHAT IS MY OVERTIME LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY HOURS WORKED LOOKED LIKE THOSE ARE NOT REPORTS AND METRICS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REQUESTED. THEY ARE DELIVERED REPORTS THAT CAN EASILY BE RUN AND THEN CUSTOMIZE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. ALSO RECRUITING, SO WE'RE REPLACING OUR CURRENT APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM EMPLOYEES WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW FROM REALLY IT FOLLOWS THE FULL LIFE CYCLE. SO IF I HAVE APPLIED ONE TIME AN EMPLOYEE, I HAVE THE SAME PROFILE. IT FOLLOWS ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER . UM SO YOU KNOW, A MUCH IMPROVED RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR NEW EMPLOYEES. AND THEN TALENT AND PERFORMANCE. THIS IS A MODEL THAT GIVES US SOME RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. SO ON THE TALENT SIDE, THINGS LIKE SUCCESSION PLANNING BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE HAVE STAR PLAYERS AND KEEP REFORMERS THAT WE WANT TO INVEST DEVELOPMENT AROUND. THERE'S MODELING THAT COMES DELIVERED WITH THIS MODULE , AND IT ALSO HANDLES THINGS LIKE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. JUST KIND OF THE FULL GAMUT OF ALL THINGS OVER THE EMPLOYEE'S LIFE CYCLE, SO THERE'S A CORE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE. OUR OFFICIAL MONT ST NOW IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. UM MATT AND I AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UP ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO SLEEP. I GUARANTEE YOU WE'RE GOING TO BE WIDE AWAKE. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND THERE YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY. AS GREAT AS THE SYSTEM IS, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON'T GET THE RIGHT PAYCHECKS OR THEY CAN'T YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR A JOB, THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GAP. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT? NEXT IS THE FOCUS ON KPI S AND THE WAY I DESCRIBED THIS YEAR IS REALLY, UM, A LEVELING RIGHT? WE REALLY HAD A SHIFT. AS I

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INITIATIVE. THE SERVICE COVER THINGS LIKE EMPLOYEES, FEEDBACK ON CULTURE, THEIR ASSESSMENT OF CULTURE. ALL THESE AREAS WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION. WE'VE DONE A DIFFERENT WAYS. COVENT ATION. SO MY QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE SEVERAL SAVORIES OR SO ONCE EVERY, UH, THERE THE IS LIKE CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED. AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SLIDE. WHAT IS WHAT IS WHAT IS WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYEES ON ON HOW THEY PERCEIVED THOSE KINDS OF UH, BENEFITS AND JUST TO MENTION 11 SIMILAR PROGRAM. AS RELATED CONTINUING EDUCATION. WE HAVE THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE LEADERSHIP, GARLAND IS THAT A PART OF. OF UH, PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO. I KNOW MANY SEVERAL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. BUT HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT FEEL INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING? UM MY NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH BENEFITS. DO WE UTILIZE? UH TECHNOLOGY LIKE, LIKE, UH, TELLING ME ED? MY EMPLOYEES. YOU LAST THOSE KIND OF THOSE KINDS OF TOOLS. AH AH AND CI ONE ANOTHER ONE. OH, MY LAST ONE WAS YOU MENTIONED, UM EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT AND USE USING ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY. NOW THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, GOING OUT WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES YOU GO THROUGH ALL WHATEVER WE HAVE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE PAGES IS THERE ARE YOU LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGIES THAT LET'S SAY IF I'M JUST INTERESTED , LET'S SAY IN AND ENGINEERING SOMETHING THAT'S IN STRAIGHT. UH WE'RE LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS GO IN AND LOOK AT IT BY SUBJECT MATTER OR

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SO I KNOW I'VE THROWN A LOT AT YOU. YOU KNOW THOSE YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO START WITH THE LAST ONE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT ON OUR CAREERS PAGE. IT LISTS ALL OF OUR OPEN OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IF AN APPLICANT DOES GO IN, THEY CAN SET UP THEIR PROFILE PREFERENCES AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF ALERTS THAT THEY RECEIVE. SO WITH WORKDAY, THE RECRUITING MODULE THAT WE'RE ALSO GETTING HAS VERY SIMILAR CAPABILITY, SO JUST LIKE ON INDIE LIKE IF I WENT ON INDEED, AND CREATED A PROFILE, I CAN THEN TELL INDEED HOW OFTEN AND THE TYPE OF CATEGORIES OF JOBS I'M INTERESTED IN. AND THEN THEY GET THE MORE UM UH, A NOTIFICATION THAT'S CATERED TO THEIR INTERESTS, AS OPPOSED TO POPE SCROLLING THROUGH ALL OF THE AVAILABLE JOBS. SO ON THE ON THE CAREERS PAGE, THERE IS A SEARCH OPTIONS OF YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. I CAN SEARCH THOSE JOBS. WITHOUT SCROLLING THROUGH, BUT IT DOES GIVE THEM AN OPTION OF SETTING THEIR PREFERENCES ON OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME CASE SIMILAR CAPABILITY WHEN WE MOVED TO WORK DAY NEXT MONTH. OKAY UM AS FAR AS BENEFITS ON TELE MED, WE DO HAVE A TELEMANN OPTION. UM BACK DURING COVID. I'M SORRY TO SAY IT SO MANY TIMES IT NORMALLY IS $10 TO USE THAT SERVICE. BUT WE , UM DID AWAY WITH THAT BEING, SO IT'S NO COST. SO THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE COMING EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT COVERED ON THE ON THE BENEFITS. THEY CAN STILL ACCESS . TELL THEM THAT THEY JUST HAVE TO PAY A DIFFERENT RATE, BUT FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS THAT ARE COVERED, IT'S NO COST TO ACCESS OUR ELEMENT OPTION. HMM LEADERSHIP, GARLAND. SO WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW SEVERAL EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH AND YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE. THAT FUNDING IS NOT CENTRALIZED. SO IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP GARLAND IT WOULD COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET DEPARTMENTS . PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN A LEADERSHIP GARLAND CLASS. IT DOESN'T HAVE UM, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES, UM, PARTICIPATE, BUT YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE CURRENT STRUCTURE FOR HOW THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS ARE PAID. FUNDED FOR UM , CONTINUING EDUCATION, SO WE'VE HAD A FEW ATTEMPTS, UM, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNER. SO GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE I C M A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. WE DID A POST EVENT SURVEY. UM WE DID SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN DID ONE AT THE END TO JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY FIND OUT FROM THAT PILOT GROUP. WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS WE ALSO LAST YEAR WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE TO OFFER WHAT I CALL SOFT SKILLS TRAINING, SO TOM MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION SKILLS , PRESENTATION SKILLS, INSTRUCTED LIKE HORSES AND GOT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO FAR THE, UM THE COURSES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE OFFERED HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED . THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S FUNDING TO HAVE A CONSISTENT PARTNER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE. WHAT'S WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. UM YOU MENTIONED, UM UH, SURVEY. SO I'M I BELIEVE WHAT I MENTIONED WHEN I TALKED ABOUT SURVEYS WAS COMPENSATION SURVEYS WE HAVE NOT DONE AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY UNDER JUDGE LEADERSHIP YET WE'VE DONE UH, CITYWIDE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE ONE OF THOSE IN A FEW YEARS . I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. AH AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT A PLAN TO START DOING THOSE AGAIN. UM BUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DONE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS. WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE ONE. I THINK IN THE LAST YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS WE HAVE HAD SOME TOUCHPOINTS SURVEYS, THOUGH. UM AFTER COVID. WE SENT AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY OUT ON I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM TO SEE IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS, BUT AH, AS FAR AS THE CENTRALIZED ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE WORST YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED YOU MENTIONED CULTURES EARLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION, CULTURE. AND HOW DO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ASSESS THAT? DO WE HAVE A TOOL FOR GETTING EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK? FOR WHAT THE EMPLOYEES THINK. WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE CITY. HOW ARE THEY? DO THEY HAVE A TO PROVIDING YOU WITH WITH THAT FEEDBACK ON WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE CULTURE, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT WAS THAT WAS THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE IT STARTS WITH JUDD AND THAT FEEDBACK GOES DIRECTLY TO HIM. VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HAVING HR AS A SUPPORTING FUNCTION. UM BUT HAVING THOSE MESSAGES AND THAT DIRECT FOLLOW UP COME THROUGH JUDD AND HIS TEAM AND THERE'S BEEN NO MITCH GETS A LOT OF, UH, FOLLOW UP EMAILS. HE'S LAUGHING BEHIND ME BEHIND YOU. BUT UM, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT SHY ABOUT SHARING THEIR OPINIONS THAT BUT

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LOOK. HI. YOU DID. YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON EXIT SURVEYS AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THOSE ARE DIFFICULT TO GET FROM SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY QUIT. OBVIOUSLY UM, WOULD WORK DAY PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC EXIT SURVEY. YES IT'S ALREADY BUILT. UH, SO WHENEVER THERE IS A JOB CHANGE THAT COMES THROUGH FOR A TERMINATION FOR ANY REASON, THEN IT WILL GENERATE THAT. BUT I STILL THINK OF HUMAN TOUCH HELPS. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR HR BUSINESS PARTNERS, WHICH ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC OPERATIONS UNITS. DOING SOME, UM, RANDOM OUTREACH TO EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE LEFT FOR PERSONAL. OUR NEW JOB REASONS TO REALLY TRY TO GET SOME INSIGHT THERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST TURNOVER LIKE OUR SANITATION DRIVERS, CONCRETE FINISHERS, YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR FRONT LINE DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE PEOPLE LEAVE FOR SMALL INCREMENTS OF MONEY. UM TO GET SOME REAL INSIGHT ON HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO SHIFT THAT NEEDLE. UM AND WOULD WORK DAY MAKE THOSE NOT ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, BUT EVERYONE KIND OF, UM, HIGHER UP TO ACCESS SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT IT'S BUILT, THE VISIBILITY IS, UM WITH MY TEAM THAT WAY PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT MY MANAGER ISN'T GOING TO SEE THIS IF THEY ARE THE REASON, BUT WE HAVE REPORTING AND, UM, ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THOSE WITH WHOEVER, UM, NEEDS TO BE SHARED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. YEAH AS FAR AS THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT IS THAT 15,000 PER PERSON? NO NO, NO. NO. WELL, YOU TALK ABOUT IT'S JUST IT IS TO OFFSET WE BASICALLY HAVE A JUST A SHARE FUND THAT COVERS TUITION REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST. THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT IS $3000 PER YEAR PER QUALIFIED, UM, PER EMPLOYEE. SO THAT'S THE MAX REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY CLASSES THEY'RE TAKING. SO WE, UM, KIND OF ESTIMATED WHAT THE INCREASED AMOUNT WAS GOING TO COST BASED ON PARTICIPATION SO THAT 15,000 IS JUST OFFSETTING THAT FUND FOR THE INCREASED PARTICIPATION. THAT'S IT. DO YOU RUN OUT OF FUNDS? WE HAVE NOT RUN OUT OF FUNDS IN THE PAST, UM THE LOOKING AROUND, BUT THE WAY IT WORKS IS IT'S KIND OF IT'S A SHARED FUND THAT'S KIND OF PULLED IN AND THE MONEY SITTING THERE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO ALL IS TAKING CLASSES BECAUSE THEY SUBMITTED AFTER, BUT WE HAVE NOT RUN OUT. WE JUST BASED ON PARTICIPATION OR PROJECTING THE NEED FOR MORE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY AND DO YOU PARTNER WITH ANY UNIVERSITIES OR SCHOOLS TO GET, UM LIKE A DISCOUNT ON TUITION FOR EMPLOYEES, OR IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A DISCOUNT THAT THEY OFFER, BUT WHAT THEY DO OFFER AS AN INCENTIVE IS, UM, PROVIDE SO TWO THINGS THEY IN SOME CASES PROVIDE, UM, SCHOOL CORRECT EDUCATION CREDIT FOR WORK HISTORY FOR ADULT LEARNERS , SO THAT'S A PLUS. AND THEN THE SECOND BENEFIT THAT SOME OF THEM PROVIDE TO US IS IF THEY KNOW WE HAVE A TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. THEY WILL ALLOW THOSE EMPLOYEES TO PAY AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THEM TO COME OUT OF POCKET. AND THEN BE LATER REIMBURSED. SO THAT'S THE THOSE ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE SO FAR. AND THEN ONCE WORKDAYS IMPLEMENTED AND YOU HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR OVERTIME HOURS AND ALL OF THOSE METRICS. DO YOU SEE IMPLEMENTING SOME KIND OF OVER TIME? HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU SEE HR KIND OF DEALING WITH OVERTIME AFTER YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. WILL THAT BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OR THE SUPERVISORS TO KIND OF HANDLE OR I'M I'M I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE CITY MANAGER, MAYBE FOR RESPONSE ON THAT SO AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE METRICS AND KIND OF QUANTIFYING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. THE NEED FOR THE OVERTIME IS VERY DIFFERENT, SO THE INTERVENTION IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT I'LL PAUSE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING OVERTIME REALLY REST WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS OVERSIGHT. WHAT THEY NEED IS GOOD DATA, WHICH WHICH WORKDAY WILL GIVE US. UM I MEAN, WE HAVE DATA. NOW IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT REALLY GIVEN IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN DIG DEEP INTO IT AND UNDERSTAND IT,

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IT'S NOT EASY, BETTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW THE LAST PAGE. YES, I DO . THAT IS X ELECTION. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH, AND IT IS HERE AND READY. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK, SO WE WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL THEN. THANK GOOD AFTERNOON. THE ONE TIME I WISH THE SHOT WAS GOING THAT WAY. WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS. WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TODAY IS, UM, IS FOCUSED ON DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS AND WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY ABOUT I GUESS HALFWAY THROUGH THE LIST, SO WE ARE COMING BACK TO ANIMAL SERVICES.

[(C) 9. Animal Services – Munoz]

THAT'S TWICE A DAY. 365 DAYS A YEAR. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED THE POSITION TO HELP SUPPORT OUR FULL TIME VETERINARIANS AND OF COURSE TO HELP CARE FOR THE ANIMALS WE'VE GOT IN OUR SHELTER. WAS DIVES INTO TRANSPORTS. THIS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW TO GET ANIMALS OUT OF TEXAS. MORE ASKING FOR $7000, AND THIS IS TO HELP WITH TWO TRANSPORTS ONCE IN THE MIDWEST AND THE OTHER TO THE EAST COAST. ALSO WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE FIELD AT $161,400. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE OF STRAYS AND STRAIGHT CONFINES IN OUR CITY. UM SO THE ADDITIONAL FIELD OFFICER WILL HELP WITH THESE TYPE OF CALLS IN OTHER CALLS AS WELL TO HELP REDUCE THE RESPONSE TIMES, UH, WITH THAT COMES A ONE TIME COST. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A TRUCK FOR THAT OFFICER. AND THAT IS FOR THE PICK UP 48,000. AND THEN WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE CUSTOM DOG BOX, WHICH IS RIGHT AT 44,000. SO THE ONGOING COST IS 69,400 FOR THAT POSITION. VACCINES. SO DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF ANIMALS IN OUR SHELTER AND THE INCREASE OF VACCINE COSTS, WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL RABIES VACCINES AND KENNEL COUGH VACCINES. AND WE ARE ARE ASKING FOR REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE VEHICLES. 61,000 UM AND I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR FIELD OFFICERS AND OUR FLEET, SO WE HAVE SIX TRUCKS, AND IF WE ARE FULLY STAFFED IN THE FIELD, I GOT EIGHT OFFICERS. UM, WE USUALLY HAVE 2 TO 3 TRUCKS AND ROTATION AT FLEET, SO WE DEFINITELY NEED OF AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK. AND THAT CAUSES IF YOU LOOK HERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE OTHER TRUCK THAT WE REQUESTED WITH THE NEW POSITION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UM REPLACEMENT FUND WITH THE VEHICLE BUDGET, SO IT'S OFFSET AT 17,000 FOR THE PICK UP TRUCK AND, OF COURSE FOR THE DOG BOXES 44,000. ALSO WE'RE ASKING FOR IDEX SNAP TEST AND MRS FOR PARVO TESTING. IT'S A VERY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT WE SEE. UNFORTUNATELY EVERY DAY WITHIN OUR SHELTER SO EARLY PREVENTION WILL HELP THE PRO. UH SPREAD A DISEASE, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR

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THAT OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. YES SIR. HER LUCK WAS IN 2ND 2ND BUTTON PUSH THAT DID IT. RABIES AND KENNEL COUGH. VACCINES THE ONLY VACCINES YOU ADMINISTER NO . SO WE HAD MISSED R D H P P A RABIES AND KENNEL COUGH. WE DO ADMINISTER LEAPT OH, JUST DEPENDING IF IT'S GOING ON TRANSPORT OR NOT. OKAY SO THERE'S IS THERE A PARVO VACCINE THERE IS THAT'S THE D H P. P S FOR PARVO AND DISTEMPER. IT AND WILL THE UM VETERINARY TECHNICIAN BE ABLE THERE'LL BE ASSISTING THE VETERINARY VETERINARIAN WITH ALL OF THIS SURGERIES, RIGHT? OR DO YOU NEED A SEPARATE POSITION FOR THAT? CORRECT? SHALL WE HELPING WITH BOTH, SO WE HAVE TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MEDICAL DIVISION THAT'S SURGERIES AND THEN MEDICATIONS.

GREAT UM AND THAT'S HOW IS IT GOING? FILLING YOUR OPEN. OPEN YOUR VACANCIES IN A AT THE SHELTER. UM YEAH. YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SO I WAS. IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE. BUT I WILL SAY AFTER AUGUST 21ST, WE WILL BE FULLY STABBED. THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE ARE SURRENDER FEES IS THAT A COMMONALITY AMONG SHELTERS IS THERE I MEAN, IS THERE A RATE TO WHERE? HOW ARE WE SETTING THAT GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR. IT IS SO WE DID A SURVEY TO SEE WHERE WILL WE BE? AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE.

$25 IS ABOUT THE AVERAGE, BUT I MEAN, I'VE SEEN UP TO $100 AND IN SOME DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN FEE WHATSOEVER. UM BUT I THINK WE'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE AVERAGE OF WHAT WE NEED TO CHARGE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THAT MOVES US TO THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

[(C) 10. Library – Archibald]

KAREN SEE WHAT YOU'VE CREATED. KAREN THIS SHOULD BE FUN. THIS SHOULD BE FUN HANDOUTS AND FUN MESSAGING TOTALLY UPSET EVERYONE WITHIN ADDITIONAL HANDOUT. MAYBE I SHOULD JUST EXIT STAGE LEFT. I MEAN, I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT TO YOUR PRESENTATION AFTER LUNCH. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE LUNCH, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM. HMM GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR REX, PRESENTING THE LIBRARY'S BETTER REQUESTS FOR THE NEXT MYSTICAL YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS CENTRAL LIBRARY AND, UH, WEST LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OPEN IN LATE 2024. SO OUR FIRST REQUEST IS FOR ONE TIME FUNDS TO HELP COVER COSTS FOR BOTH OF THOSE LIBRARY FACILITIES OR STARTUP COSTS AND EXAMPLES INCLUDE TRASH CANS, RECYCLE BIN SIGN HOLDERS, REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY COVERED AND CONSTRUCTION OR FURNISHING BUDGETS. THE NEXT THREE FUNDING REQUESTS OR FOR ONGOING COSTS FOR THE TWO TYPES OF SELF SERVICE KIOSK THAT THE LIBRARY PROVIDES. SO WE HAVE THE LIBRARY MATERIALS KIOSK THAT'S AT THE CORNER HERE ARE OVER HERE AT CITY HALL AND THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN AT LONGWOOD PARK. AT THE FIRST IS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE LIBRARY MATERIAL KIOSKS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AND SOON AT LONGWOOD PARK. THE FUNDS WILL COVER THE ONGOING SOFTWARE AND LICENSING FEES FOR THE KIOSKS, AS WELL AS FOR THE GLOBAL MANAGER, SUBSCRIPTION FEES, AND THE GLOBAL MANAGER IS THE SOFTWARE THAT LETS THE KIOSK COMMUNICATE WITH OUR INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM. TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE HOLDINGS SEARCHABLE WITHIN THE LIBRARY CATALOG. OUR NEXT REQUEST IS FOR FUNDING FOR AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE TWO LIBRARY KIOSKS OR MATERIALS CHAOS. IT ALSO PROVIDES A DISCOUNT FOR PARTS AND SERVICES, PARTS AND SERVICE IF THAT'S NEEDED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LIBRARY LAPTOP CHAOS. IT'S AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY. THESE KIOSKS

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A LOT OF PATRONS WILL CHECK THESE OUT USING A STEADY ROOM OR TAKE THEM ANYWHERE IN THE LIBRARY. IT JUST ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY FOR PATRONS. THIS REQUEST PROVIDES FOR THE ANNUAL LICENSING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR BOTH OF THESE LAPTOP KIOSKS, AND IT INCLUDES A DISCOUNT ON PARTS AND REMOTE SOFTWARE SUPPORT. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A NEW UPDATED KIOSK EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT ALLOWS US WITH THE HELP OF I T TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THE LAPTOP AND THE LAPTOPS AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC.

AND MOVING AWAY FROM KIOSKS TO POSITIONS. THE NEXT REQUEST INVOLVES, UM IT INVOLVES LIBRARY POSITIONS. SEVEN PART TIME VACANT POSITIONS WILL BE CONFINED AND RECLASSIFIED TO BECOME TOO FULL TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANCE POSITIONS. THE LIBRARY ASSISTANT POSITION IS A MUCH MORE VERSATILE POSITION THAT CAN COMPLETE A WIDER RANGE OF TASKS AND DUTIES INSTEAD OF LIMITED DUTIES. POSITION WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICES. LIBRARY PROGRAMMING, ASSIST PUBLIC AT REFERENCE AND CIRCULATION OF DESKS AND DUTIES. COVER BACK OF HOUSE FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS. UM THIS CONVERSION SUPPORTS GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR MASTER PLAN ADOPTED IN 2021. AND THE REQUEST COVERS THE INCREASE IN ONGOING COSTS RESULTING FROM THE CONVERSION MAINLY BENEFITS. AND OUR FINAL REQUESTS IN YOUR ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS. UH THERE WERE HANDED OUT JUST NOW. I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE BRANDING. UM THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AH IT'S OUR NEW BRANDING CAPE CAMPAIGN IS THE STAY CURIOUS CAMPAIGN. WE KICKED OFF PHASE ONE THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING EXCITEMENT ABOUT ALL OF THE AMAZING PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CENTRAL AND WEST PROJECTS, UM, THE LIBRARY MATERIALS KIOSKS, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, EXPRESS PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGIES. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE OFFER BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO SPUR CURIOSITY ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME. WE ALSO WANT TO DISPEL PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE SERVE WHO WE SERVE.

WHICH IS EVERYONE WE SERVE EVERYONE. THE SPENDING REQUESTS OF ONE TIME FUNDS ALLOWS FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STATE CURIOUS CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A WONDERFUL UM BRANDING FIRM CONSULTING FIRM , AND THEY DESIGNED A PLAYFUL AND COLORFUL CAMPAIGN WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK, WRAPS AND MARKETING ASSETS FOR PRINT AND SOCIAL MEDIA. ON THE SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WERE PRODUCED DURING PHASE ONE. WE HAVE OUR MASCOT, WHICH IS THE LITTLE CAT. HER NAME IS CURIOSITY. SHE HAS A LITTLE BUTTERFLY FRIENDS, SO WE'RE USING CURIOSITY ON ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES. SOCIAL MEDIA PRINTS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PUT HER ON. UM WE HAVE THE EVERYONE IN MESSAGING WITH THE BRIGHT AND COLORFUL EMOJIS ON THE LIBRARY'S KIOSK AND DELIVERY TRUCK. AND THE HOPE IS THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FACES AND THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN ONE OF THOSE FACES. UH AND SEE YOURSELF AS A PART OF THE LIBRARY. MY FAVORITE. WELL I'LL SAY IT MY FAVORITE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY'RE ALL MY FAVORITES. BUT THE SHAPE OF THE BUTTERFLY WITH ALL OF THE WORDS AND IT THE WORDS. UH IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW GARLAND LIBRARIES ARE TRANSFORMING HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR METAMORPHOSIS AND TRANSITION TO PROVIDE FUN, EDUCATIONAL, CREATIVE AND IMMERSIVE SPACES FOR OUR GARLAND COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS, AND THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY. PHASE TWO WILL CONTINUE THAT MESSAGING TO BUILD MORE EXCITEMENT AND CURIOSITY ABOUT GARLAND LIBRARIES IN PHASE TWO. SOME OF THE CONCEPTS HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE OF FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS OF REAL GARLAND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THAT WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT MANY OF OUR CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. THESE FACES OF GARLAND ARE ENCOURAGED TO NEVER STOP GROWING. HANG OUT AT OUR PLACE. INCREASE OUR SUPERPOWERS, FIND YOUR HIGHER GROUND AND STAY CURIOUS THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING. PHASE TWO ALSO INCLUDES SOME OPENING DAY CELEBRATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL ASSETS SUCH AS WRAPS, SIGNS AND MURALS. SO TO SUMMARIZE WE'RE ASKING FOR $362,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 20 FOR ABOUT 294,000 ARE IN ONE TIME FUNDS AND A LITTLE OVER 68,000 AND ONGOING FUNDS. I'LL

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ALL RIGHT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND SO YOU'RE GONNA GO FOR A TIME AND YOU'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE FOR THE FULL TIME LIBRARY POSITIONS. OKAY ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE HAD EXTRA DEAD BODIES THAT WERE DOING THE PART TIME NOW AND WHAT ? YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE? THESE ARE VACANT POSITIONS. NO ONE WOULD BE DISPLACED. OKAY RIGHT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILOR REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM ONE JUST QUICK, LOGISTICAL QUESTION. IN VIEW OF WHAT? YOU SHARED THE LAPTOP. CHECK OUT. AND YOU CAN USE IT ANYWHERE IN THE LIBRARY. CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESSES THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ANYWHERE IN THE LIBRARY. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE OUTSIDE ON THE PATIO. ARE THEY ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE CONFINES OF THE BUILDING? WE HAVEN'T ALLOWED IT IN THE PAST IF THE WEATHER WHATEVER COOL OFF. YEAH SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO. IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT. BUT I ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF FAIL SAFE THAT IT ACTUALLY GETS RETURNED BACK IN THE LIBRARY TO OKAY, WELL, I JUST IN IN THE FORMER LARGE CENTRAL LIBRARY ANYWHERE IN THE LIBRARY COULD BE LOTS OF PLACES, BUT UM OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL ASK ME AND I LOVE THE MAKE SOME NOISE. YOU SAID YOU HAD A FAVORITE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE, AND THAT'S ONE. THAT REALLY GOOD SAYS A LOT ABOUT IT'S NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S LIBRARY. UM SO I LIKE THAT AND THE LUNG WIN KIOSK. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO GO IN? DO YOU KNOW WE HAVE A INSTALLATION DATE OF BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 16TH. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I SUPPORT YOUR ASKS AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO BOY LOOKING FORWARD TO BOTH. THE WEST LIBRARIAN, CENTRAL LIBRARY TO BE OPEN AND THRIVING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE QUESTION ABOUT THE KIOSK. I WONDER IF YOU HAD ANY USES DATA ON IT YET. I KNOW IT'S BEEN OUT THERE NOT TOO LONG. AND I NOTICED IN THE BUDGET THAT PROJECTING THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF MATERIALS WE DOWN FOR THIS COMING HERE AND I IMAGINE THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH CENTRAL LIBRARY BEING CLOSED, BUT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE KIOSK ITSELF. HAS IT BEEN USED A LOT OR IT'S BEEN USED. SOME WERE FULLY ANTICIPATING WHEN THE SQUARE REOPENS THAT THE USAGE IS GOING TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. ODDLY ENOUGH, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE USING IT TO RETURN MORE MATERIALS THAN ACTUALLY CHECK MATERIALS OUT, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING, UM, GETTING A LOT OF PATRON FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF THINGS THEY'RE WANTING OUT OF THE KIOSK AND MAKING ADJUSTMENT.

AS WE GET THAT FEEDBACK. REALLY THINK AFTER OCTOBER 14TH THAT USE VEGETABLE START TO SKYROCKET , OKAY, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND I CAN SAY I'M HAVE USED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY JUST TO RETURN MATERIALS. I'M COMING TO CHECK THEM OUT AT NORTH GARLAND. BUT I DO LIKE THIS PICTURE YOU HAVE IN THE REAR NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY AND THE RAPPER THE MURAL ER, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT SPOT FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT SHOPPING. YES YEAH. COUNCILOR ABROAD. MY, UH. I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE SAME COMMENT ON THE WRAP. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AND HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING THAT IN SOME OF THE OTHER SOME OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY? THE BRANDING YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE BACK OF THE YOU PUT ON THE BACK OF THE NORTH GARLAND THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE BACK OF THE NORTH GARLAND WITH OUR CONSULTANT. AND I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD WANT TO DO A MURAL. I SHOULD SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE MURAL IS THAT YOU SEE IN THEIR PACKET IS A CONCEPT THAT WE STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME UM, BUT YES, WE HAVE OTHERS PLANNED GOING TO BE ALL ON CITY PROPERTY, OR THEY ON OUR PLANNING HIM ON. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR WHERE THE WRAPS YOU DO. I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO OPTIONS AT THIS POINT, TRY TO IT'S EASIER ON CITY PROPERTY, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO WHEREVER THE EYEBALLS ARE. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. AND CUSTOMER LUCK. UM

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UH I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT AT ALL FOUR OF OUR LIBRARY FACILITIES JUST BECAUSE IT OFFERS SO MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY AND HOW PATRONS CAN USE THE SPACE AND THE AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY OF THAT TECHNOLOGY . WE'VE GOT PARENTS WHO WILL LIKE A MARBLE CHECK ONE OUT.

THEN SHE CAN GO OVER AND SIT WITH HER CHILD AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA INSTEAD OF BEING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE LIBRARY. UM SO EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY ALL FOUR LOCATIONS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. CNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THAT MOVES US TO PARKS AND

[(C) 11. Parks & Recreation and Recreation Performance Fund – G rubisich and Williams]

OKAY? HELLO. OKAY SO TO START OFF PARKS AND RECREATION, UM SO DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL OF OUR FACILITIES, AND IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL HAVE ONE TIME OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS AND THOSE SAVINGS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO ONE TIME REQUESTS. AT NO COST TO THE BUDGET, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THE HALIBUT PAVILION FENCING. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE MLK PARADE FLOAT. PLANT REPLACEMENT TREE MAINTENANCE. ONE TIME SPENDING FOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER. SO THE FIRST FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE IS FOR HOLLABAUGH RECREATION CENTER THAT IS SCHEDULED SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN QUARTER THREE. AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A FULL TIME RECREATION SPECIALIST. SEASONAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WORK THE FRONT DESK DURING OUR PEAK TIMES . AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPENING OF THAT FACILITY, LIKE THE FLOOR SCRUBBER WILL NEED SHELVES TO GET THINGS BACK, OPEN AND OPERATIONAL, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ONGOING COSTS ON OUR SOME OF OUR LINE ITEMS, PROGRAMS AND JANITORIAL SUPPLIES JUST BECAUSE THAT CENTER OBVIOUSLY AND WE'RE ADDING SQUARE FOOTAGE AND SO WE WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE NEEDS. THE SECOND REQUEST IS A PART TIME SERVICE ATTENDANT OVER AT CARVER SENIOR CENTER, SO ALL OF OUR FACILITIES HAVE FULL TIME SERVICE ATTENDANCE. AND SO THIS IS A PART TIME SERVICE ATTENDANT TO HELP DURING THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THAT FACILITY, HELPING WITH THE CLEANING NEEDS OVER THERE AND SET UP AND BREAK DOWN. YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ACTIVE SPACE. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THINGS LIKE THAT, SO KEEPING IT CLEAN DURING THE DAY. THE NEXT REQUEST IS FOR ADDITIONAL PEAK HOURS FOR SEASONAL STAFF DURING, UM, AGAIN PEAK TIMES OVER AT THE RECREATION CENTERS TO INCLUDE BRADFIELD FIELDS AND GRANGER. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE PARTNER A CITY SQUARE FOR OUR SUMMER NUTRITION PROGRAM. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SITE. THIS WOULD BE FOR HALLE BALL RECREATION CENTER WHEN IT OPENS

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WE'VE LISTED IT AS A ONE TIME REQUEST BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO REVIEW HOW THE, UM FUNDS WILL BE SPENT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS THIS COMING YEAR. NOW THAT WE HAVE A MORE STATIC LOCATION FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME UNKNOWNS ON HOW UM, THE COST INCREASE FOR THE DIFFERENT SPECIAL EVENTS WILL TRULY BE SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. THIS IS A ONE TIME REQUEST. UM MOST OF THE ADDITIONS ARE TO HELP COVER JUST INFLATION COSTS WITH CLEANING SERVICES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICES WATER BARRICADES. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BOLLARDS, WE STILL WILL HAVE SOME WATER BARRICADES. AND SO JUST, UM UM, SLIGHT INCREASE OR INCREASE ON A MULTIPLE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. THE BULK OF THIS, UM ASK IS THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL BECAUSE IT HAD NEVER BEEN FUNDED BEFORE IN THE PAST. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A NEW EVENT.

THAT'S PARTICULAR YEAR. VERY WELL ATTENDED. UM SO THAT THAT'S THE BULK OF THIS, UM, BIGGER ASK FOR THE ADDITION IN SPECIAL EVENTS. UM SO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST IS FOR, UM CONTRACT LABORERS TO HELP OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM. GET READY FOR THE EVENTS. UM WE TAP EVERY DEPARTMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE ACROSS THE CITY TO HELP US PULL OFF THE SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, AND TO HAVE SOME CONTRACT LABORERS THAT HELP PRE THE DAY OF THE EVENT WE DO. OH, THERE'S A LOT OF LOADING AND PREP WORK THAT HAPPENS, UM PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE ACTUAL EVENT. UM SO HAVING THESE CONTRACT LABORERS UM UM SOME FUNDING FOR THEM HELPS US CUT THAT OVERTIME COST THAT WE TAP INTO THE PARKS , OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND REC DEPARTMENT. IN ORDER TO GET US READY TO MAKE THESE SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPEN, AND THEN WE DO UTILIZE THEM ON THE DAY OF THE EVENTS AS WELL, BUT WHERE WE

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WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT WE CAN EITHER ASK FOR MORE STAFF BUT TO BE MORE MORE EFFICIENT REALLY, TO CONTRACT OUT OUR OUR BASIC MOWING. UM AND LET OUR GUYS FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SAFETY RELATED ISSUES, UPKEEP OF OUR BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THIS REQUEST IS TO FOR ANOTHER $250,000 OF CONTRACT MOWING THAT WOULD BE WITHIN OUR PARKS. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US THEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FD HOURS TO FILL THAT GAP IN OTHER AREAS. THE NEXT REQUEST IS FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE BAR THE C I P PROUD PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN COMING ALONG FANTASTIC AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL, AND WE HAVE ALL THESE BRAND NEW PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE GETTING LOTS OF USE AND LOTS OF LOVE, BUT THEY'RE BIGGER, CLOSE TO 473 CUBIC YARDS EXTRA AND SURFACING IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SURFACING. THE SAFETY SURFACING IN THOSE PLAYGROUNDS. IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, UH, SOMETIMES ANNUALLY , DEPENDING ON THE USE OF THAT PLAYGROUND, BUT AT LEAST EVERY OTHER YEAR AND SO THIS IS JUST A BUDGET INCREASE. TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PLAYGROUNDS STAY WITHIN COMPLIANCE. UM, WITH NEW THINGS COMES GRAFFITI AND WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME REMOVING GRAFFITI A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME REMOVING GRAFFITI AND IT'S OUR MY CHARGE TO YOU THAT WE WILL NOT LOSE THAT BATTLE. AND ONE WAY TO HELP US NOT LOSE THAT BATTLE AS SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TO HELP US PIGGYBACK ON A CONTRACT THAT CODE ALREADY USES TO DO, KIRBY GRAFFITI REMOVAL SO IF WE SHOW UP ON A MONDAY MORNING, AND THE SKATE PARK IS COMPLETELY COVERED, I DON'T HAVE TO PULL TWO GUYS OFF OF WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING TO GO SPEND LITERALLY AN ENTIRE DAY, REMOVING GRAFFITI. I COULD CALL THEM THE CONTRACTOR AND THEY COULD COME IN AND HELP US WITH THAT. SAME WAY WITH THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST OF TWO NEW POWER WASHING TRAILERS. WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE, SO THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, SO PROVIDING TWO EXTRA PRESSURE WASHER TRAILS TRAILERS WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE ENTIRE CITY. AND THEN IF ONE IS TIED UP ON A BIG PROJECT, AND WE NEED IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. UM ARE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS QUITE EXTENSIVE. WE IRRIGATE OVER 1200 ACRES OF TURF IN THIS CITY, AND A LOT OF IT IS OLD AND AGING. ESPECIALLY ON OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS. THIS AMOUNT IT WILL HELP US TO UPGRADE THOSE SYSTEMS ON OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES. WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH SIP DOLLARS IN GENERAL DOLLARS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. GETTING OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS TO WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THERE. IT'LL BE HOOKED UP TO OUR INTERNET SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR OUR WATERING ONLINE. UM AND SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT AND KEEP OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS TOP NOTCH FOR NOT ONLY OUR LEAGUES, BUT FOR THE INCREASING NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE CITY. PARK SECURITY. UM THIS IS A REALLY BIG ONE THAT I'M I'M

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THIS IS A STRAIGHT INFLATION RELATED COSTS, AND WE'VE BEEN EATING THIS COST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO WE JUST FINALLY PUT AN ASK IN IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR UNIFORMS UP TO DATE. LANDSCAPE REPLACEMENT INCREASE. THIS IS GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TREATMENT, EDUCATION FUNDING, OR THAT IS THE REQUEST TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE TREATMENT. GATIEN FUNDING WE MAINTAIN ROUGHLY 12 ACRES OF LANDSCAPED BEDS IN THE CITY, AND THAT'S BEFORE WE ADD EVERYTHING DOWNTOWN. YOU HAVE A SUMMER LIKE THIS SUMMER. WE'RE GONNA LOSE PLANT MATERIAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYTHING UP TO UP TO SNUFF AND LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO WE DO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE LANGUAGE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL AS IT DIES. AND SO HERE'S A QUICK I'LL GO QUITE TO THE END OF THE SUMMARY, SO AN ONGOING OUR TOTAL ASK IS JUST OVER 517,000 AND OUR ONE TIME ASK IS 600 JUST OVER 611,000. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KEITH REAGAN, WHO HELPED US PUT THIS TOGETHER. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. BUT MAN, HE'S INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US PULL ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GAVE HIM A BIG PROPS. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT NO DIRECT FUND OR DO YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS PART FIRST? LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY UP TO THIS POINT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS YES. YEAH PROTEIN BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, GUYS, UM, SO RELATED TO THE, UM. RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN CPP ENHANCEMENT AND THE, UM PARK SECURITY. UM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY. UM. BECAUSE I NOTICED IT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF A SMALL ASK FOR INCREASED SECURITY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE ADDED TO THAT, AND I'M CURIOUS, DO WE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE CURRENTLY DO DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANY SECURITY CAMERAS IN OUR PARKS AT ALL? ARE WE LOOKING INTO THAT? AND THEN? OF COURSE, YOU GOT MONITORING WITH THAT AND THEN ON THE PARK SECURITY THE I'M ASSUMING. BUT I'M ASKING IS THE NEW DOWNTOWN SQUARE INCLUDED IN THIS? NO TRIAL. UM SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CAMERAS AND PARKS. WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE CAMERAS IN OUR PARKS. BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PD AND FACILITIES TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE AND WHERE WE COULD ADD SOME CAMERAS TO SPECIFIC PARTS WHERE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ISSUES LIKE AT THE SKATE PARK IN PLACES LIKE THAT. THERE'S A SOME ADDITIONAL SKYPE MONEY THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO USE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT. UM DOWNTOWN SECURITY. UH THIS WOULD INCLUDE SOME TRIPS THROUGH DOWNTOWN. THE

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK THIS IS FIRST TIME OF DAY. WE'VE HAD THREE TRIPLETS. WE GO ALL OUT TERRITORIAL APPROACHES. OKAY I'LL MAKE THIS. MAKE THIS QUICK PIGGYBACKING ON BRO. THAMES QUESTION. PARK SECURITY NUMBER ONE YOU'RE ASKED FOR TWO. IS THAT SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT? YOU WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE TO DO THERE. WELL I THINK IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM. IT'S A GOOD START. UM IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WHAT I LIKE TO HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND? YES, 100% I WOULD, BUT, UM, THAT'S THAT'S THAT WOULD BE A REALLY BIG ASK. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ONE WHERE WE CAN REALLY KIND OF TRACK SOME METRICS AND WE CAN KIND OF WATCH WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE WE'RE GETTING. UM AND SEE IF IT WORKS AND THEN CHANGE IT AND TWEAK IT FROM THERE BEFORE WE GO TO A FULL ON PROGRAM. OKAY AND ON THAT, ARE YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU? ARE YOU? ARE YOU GOING TO PREPARE SOME KIND OF, UH, PILOT MATRIX COVERAGE AREA OF HOW YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THESE TWO OFFICERS. WE GOT A LOT OF PARKS A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF PARKS THAT ON MAJOR ARTERIAL TRAFFIC IS HEAVY ALL NIGHT. YES, SIR. VERY INTERESTED, AND YOU'RE SOME CONCEPT, SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF IT, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING TO SECURITY HOUSES HOW THESE YOU COVERAGE AREAS. HOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO UTILIZE THAT? I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. YES, SIR. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HERE TO BE FUNDED. THIS YEAR. WE CAN COME BACK WITH WHAT THAT COVERAGE MAP WOULD LOOK LIKE. WHAT WEIRD BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PD BECAUSE IT CAN'T OBVIOUSLY BE THE SAME HOURS THE SAME PARK ROUTINE EVERY NIGHT. IT'S GOT TO BE STAGGERED SO BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WILL YOU KNOW THEY WILL.

THEY'RE SMART AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS, AND THEN THEY'LL THEY'LL CIRCUMVENT THE SCHEDULE AND SO WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT SCHEDULE WOULD LOOK LIKE. HOW THAT COVERAGE WOULD BE. MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT VISITING THE SAME PARKS AT THE SAME TIME ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT OUR MATRIX GROUP WOULD LOOK LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TEST IT AND GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. OKAY ASKING FOR, UH, TO GET OUT IN THE WEEDS AND NOT ACTING FOR ALL THE SPECIFICS, JUST A GENERAL CONCEPT. COVERAGE CONCEPT IDEA WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME. ALSO LOOKING AT THE. THE PATRIOT GUARD SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY? UH, ALLOWS TO PAGE AH! OH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PAGE NOW PAGE FOUR. PAGE FOUR. AH! OKAY FOR PARKS INTEREST RATE ONE TIME COST. AND I LOOK AT THE EVENT. UH, THERE'S. ALL OF THE EVENTS. SUPPORT IS PRETTY PRETTY CONSISTENT EXCEPT ONE. AND CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT TODAY? I CAN. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY ONE ORGANIZATION. IS WAY WAY ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE LISTED THERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THAT. ALL OF THOSE OTHER EVENTS ALREADY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY BUDGETED FOR THEM. SO UM, THIS, FOR INSTANCE , A CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE ALREADY HAS APPROXIMATELY $50,000 BUDGETED FOR THIS. SO THIS IS A 10. THIS IS A $12,000 INCREASE TO THE $50,000 THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED FOR CHRISTMAS. SO THIS IS AN INCREASE ASK, AND THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE. SO WE'VE PUT IT ALL IN ALL AT ONE TIME, SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT'S LARGER THAN THE OTHER EVENTS. BUT IT REALLY , UM IT'S PRETTY MUCH MAKING IT BE EQUALS. IT'S MAKING IT MM. BE VERY SIMILAR TO JUNETEENTH. UM CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. WE DO SPEND LESS MONEY ON, UM, ON BIG ART DAY. AND UM, DIA HAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BUDGET. BUT THIS IS AN INCREASE, UM TO A BUCKET OF MONEY THAT'S ALREADY THERE. BRINGING IT KIND OF UP TO A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. IT'S JUST

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SO WHAT WE DO PLANT IS NATIVE OR WHAT WE CALL WELL ADAPTED AH, SPECIES THAT WILL DO IS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER SPECIES IN THIS AREA THAT GOES FOR ALL THE NEW WE REVIEW ALL THE NEW LANDSCAPE BEDS THAT ARE GOING IN AND MEDIANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE TYPES OF PLANT PALLETS, REVIEW ALL THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING IN ON OUR NEW BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST WATER EFFICIENT AND HEAT TOLERANT PLANTS THAT WE CAN HAVE WITHOUT GOING, YOU KNOW, FULL PHOENIX AND, YOU KNOW, DESERT TYPE OF PLANTS.

THERE STILL ARE A LOT THAT WE CAN USE AROUND HERE THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT COLOR AND A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN. UM THAT WILL DO WELL AND THEN WE DO A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTAL WATER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY THAT WAY. AND ONE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW RICHARDSON HAS NATIVE WILDFLOWERS THAT GROW IN THEIR MEDIANS. OFTEN TIMES. I LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE FOR US, AND THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM. UM I WILL SAY I'VE WORKED WITH THAT RICHARDSON PROGRAM BEFORE THEY STILL OVERSEE THOSE BECAUSE MEDIANS ARE VERY, VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO WORRY, ESTABLISH THOSE, AND SO THEY GO IN THERE, AND THEY RECEDE EVERY YEAR, AS WELL AS GET THE RECEDING FROM THE FLOWERS THAT ARE THERE. AND THOSE NATIVE GRASS SEEDS ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IT'S A VERY LARGE PUBLIC ENGAGED PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE BECAUSE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THE WILDFLOWERS AND THEIR MEETINGS, IT'S WHEN THEY GO DORMANT. IT LOOKS LIKE TALL GRASS, AND IT GENERATES A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE A LOT OF SIGNAGE THAT GOES WITH IT. BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN DOING OUR MEETINGS THAT WE COULD WE COULD BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT MAYBE SOMETIME IF YOU JUST BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY NICE WHEN IT'S OUT THERE, AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PARKS THAT HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, WILDFLOWERS. WHEN JOYCE PARK IF YOU GO THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR, IT'S JUST COVERED IN BLUE BONNETS AND INDIAN BLANKET AND ALL KINDS OF BLACK EYED SUSANS. AND SO WE HAVE SOME PARKS. THAT'S REALLY GREAT WILDFLOWERS, BUT NOT IN OUR MEDIA IS CURRENTLY AND ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING THE TRAIL STUDY. I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE IN HERE, MOTORING. WHAT IS THE NEXT TRAILS YOU HAVE? I LOVE TO SEE YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE OF THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED TO INCREASE TRAILS.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE CONNECTION THROUGH SPRING CREEK UP TO RICHARDSON TRAILS OR SOMETHING GOING ACROSS THE DUCK CREEK TRAIL RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE KELLY SAIGON MALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON THE ON THE BUDGET.

THE LIST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. YES AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES RIGHT ON THAT GARLAND RICHARDSON BORDER YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SPICY DISCUSSIONS ONLINE? WAIT TILL WILDFLOWER SEASON COMES AROUND. COUNCIL ON MORRIS. I THINK YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE AND I OKAY, GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT WAS PART. I THINK I HIT SOMETHING AND WIPED THEM ALL OUT. GO AHEAD, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY MY MIC WAS FLASHING ON. OKAY, WHATEVER. UM SO PARK SECURITY IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ASKS. I GET AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT CONSTANTLY CONSTANTLY, SO I'M SUPER SUPPORT THIS PILOT PROGRAM. UM, I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED. WELL I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING HEARING BACK THE RESULTS AND WHAT YOU FIND FROM IT. UM I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE CAMERAS GO INTO OUR PARKS, STARTING WITH THE ONES WHERE WE GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS AND CALLS UM AND I KNOW THAT RAISES OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES. BUT I ALSO GET A LARGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR US TO INSTALL. CAMERA SECURITY CAMERAS IN OUR PARKS. UM UH, SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THE, UM , SECURITY UH OR MAYBE YOU MENTIONED IT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ROTATING NIGHTS AND HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DISCOURAGE, WOULD NOT JUST FIGURE OUT THE ROUTINE. UM I DO THINK THAT'S THAT'S NECESSARY. UM THE GRAFFITI. THE

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THEIR NORMAL DUTIES WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THE NATIVE PLANTINGS. YEAH, UM WE HAD SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS OVER WALNUT. UM, CLOSE TO THE HERITAGE MUSEUM. AND I GOT BURIED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID , YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THAT'S CRAGGY STUFF TO BE THERE? BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL? YOU KNOW BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WERE DORMANT. AND UM, I THINK YOU GUYS FINALLY REPLACED IT WITH SOMETHING MORE BORING, BUT, UM, BUT THEY DIDN'T LOOK SO BAD IN THE OFFSEASON. SO UH SO I GET GET WHERE YOU ARE WITH THAT I DO LOVE RICHARDSON'S WILDFLOWER.

PLANTINGS IN THE MEDIANS, BUT NOT AT ANY, YOU KNOW. CHARACTER CAREFULLY REGULATED AND NOT NOT TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEAD STALKS AND GETTING MORE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF THOSE AS IT IS SO UM I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. WE'RE GOOD. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION. GO AHEAD MHM RECREATION FUNDS. SO JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THE RECREATION FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE FEES THAT WE COLLECT FOR OUR PROGRAMS ARE ACTIVITIES, THE ATHLETIC USAGE FEES THAT WE INSTITUTED A FEW, UM, BUDGET CYCLES BACK MEMBERSHIP RESERVATIONS, AND THOSE FEES HELP PAY FOR THE DIRECT AND OVERHEAD COSTS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO ARE FEED THIS YEAR. I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO THE FEES SCHEDULE THIS YEAR, THE GRANGER ANNEX. WELL, HOPEFULLY BE OPEN IN OCTOBER AND READY TO GO. AND SO WE HAD A THE IN THERE OF $125 AN HOUR THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED LAST YEAR. AND AS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND WE'RE WALKING THROUGH IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.

AND SO WE REALLY COULDN'T BENCHMARK. THIS FEE WITH REC CENTER MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS. SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT. FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF DALLAS WINFREY POINT AND SOME OF THEIR MORE STANDALONE FACILITIES THAT THEY, UH UM ALLOW FOR RESERVATIONS TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING 100 AND $50. SINCE THE GRANGER ANNEX HAS NOT BEEN OPEN THE PUBLIC NEVER PAID THE 1 25 SO THEY WON'T SEE THAT IN ANY DIFFERENT. UM THEY WON'T KNOW THE BETTER RIGHT DO THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN CHARGED ANYTHING FOR THE FACILITY, SO IT IS ESTIMATED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL $7800 IN NEW REVENUE. AND THEN BECAUSE OF WINDSURF BAY PAVILION RENTAL IS STILL IN THE FEE SCHEDULE. WE'RE ASKING THAT THAT JUST BE REMOVED SINCE THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE RESERVED. AND THEN OUR FUNDING REQUEST AGAIN. THESE REQUESTS ARE GOING BACK TO THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE FEES THAT WERE CHARGING SO TABLES AND CHAIRS. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF VIEWS BETWEEN SUMMER CAMPS AND ALL THE RESERVATIONS THAT WE DO AT OUR CENTERS IN THE PROGRAM, SO WE LIKE TO REPLACE THOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT THEY'RE NICE AND NEW FOR OUR CITIZENS TO UTILIZE. WE'RE ASKING FOR E. D. S TO BE PUT INTO OUR SENIOR BUSSES. SENIOR BUSSES ARE USED NOT ONLY FOR THE SENIORS BUT OVER SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND OUR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAMS SO THESE WOULD BE AIDS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE WITH HIM. AND THEN REPLACING THE RESIDENTIAL GRADE REFRIGERATOR FREEZER COMBO OVER AT CARVER SENIOR WITH A COMMERCIAL GRADE.

AND THEN THE FINAL TO OUR NEW FENCE OVER AT CENTRAL FOOTBALL, SO JUST LIKE WE PARKS HAD RECENTLY DONE OVER AT WINNERS, UM, PUTTING A FENCE AROUND THAT FACILITY. IT IS A HUGE INVESTMENT. THAT PARK OPERATION . UM WELL, LET ME BACK THAT UP NUMBER ONE WHEN WE STARTED CHARGING THE ATHLETIC USAGE FEES . WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION, AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO SHOW HOW THOSE FEES ARE BEING YOU, UM, USED AND WE WANT TO HAVE A NICE GOOD PRODUCT FOR OUR USERS AND SO FENCING THAT OFF REALLY HELPS PARK OPERATIONS BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT RELIABLE , SAFE WILL MAINTAIN SURFACE AND THEN PITCHING MOUNDS. THOSE ARE MOVABLE PITCHING MOUNTAINS THAT WOULD BE USED OVER CARTER SOFTBALL COMPLEX AND ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY FOR BASEBALL. AND SO THE SUMMARY OF THE REQUEST. I'M SORRY MITCH WAS GIVING ME THUMBS UP ON BASEBALL BACK THERE. UM HMM. SO THE SUMMARY OF FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE WRECK PERFORMANCE FUND

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APPRECIATE THE REQUEST FOR THE E D FOR THE BUSSES, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AIDS AT THE REC CENTERS. YES COOL FACILITY. THE SENIOR CENTERS AND ALL OF THE REC CENTERS HAVE THIS. OKAY I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT BUT REALLY, REALLY DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE REQUEST FOR IT TO BE ON THE BUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOK SO WHAT KIND OF RENTAL FACILITY? DO YOU SEE THE ANNEX BEING? IS IT LIKE JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOUR REC CENTER.

GRANGER OR IS IT FOR WEDDINGS OR WHAT? HISTORICALLY SO WE CAN PROGRAM OUT OF THERE, SO WE HAVE CLASSES THAT WOULD HAPPEN. UM, A LOT OF RESERVATIONS HAPPENED IN THAT FACILITY PRIOR TO THE RENOVATION, AND WE HAVE OUR STAFF THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING AT THE CENTER THAT GO AND MONITOR THAT. UM JUST IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE FACILITY, IT'S VERY, UH, THE FINISHES AND THE FIXTURES ARE ALL REALLY NICE. IT'S VERY UPDATED, AND SO WE JOKED AND CALLED IT LIKE A MINI ATRIUM. UM YOU KNOW, JUST A REALLY NICE I DO THINK THAT WE WOULD SEE MORE TYPES OF WEDDINGS IN THAT VENUE . WE'VE ADDED THINGS TO THE KITCHEN WHERE A CATERER COULD COME IN, AND YOU KNOW THERE'S A WARMING OVEN AND, YOU KNOW A NICE FREEZER AND REFRIGERATOR.

THE BATHROOMS. WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE A BRIDE SAY, ROOM PER SE, BUT IT DOES AT LEAST HAVE SPACE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD GET READY. AMPLE ROOM, NOT JUST TRYING TO CHANGE IN A RESTROOM STALL OR SOMETHING. SO IT'S JUST A REALLY ELEVATED EXPERIENCE. UM THE LIGHTING IN THERE IS BEAUTIFUL AND UPDATED. IT'S JUST VERY CLEAN, BUT IN SIMPLE, BUT IT JUST IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. WE'VE ADDED THINGS WHERE YOU OBVIOUSLY NOT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE HAVING TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS, BUT WE CAN OPEN UP INTO THE PARK AND PEOPLE CAN EXTEND THEIR RESERVATION OUT INTO THE PARK. AND SO JUST IT'S JUST REALLY, UM IT'S JUST DEFINITELY ELEVATED THE EXPERIENCE. I THINK FOR OUR USERS, AND SO I THINK WE WOULD SEE MORE WEDDINGS, DO YOU? IS IT GOING TO SHARE TABLES AND CHAIRS WITH GRANGER WRECK IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN MHM. ARE YOU LOOKING AT, LIKE, KIND OF BETTER. BETTER. QUALITY OR PRETTIER. YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED OUT SOME OF OUR SEATING THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'VE TRIED THE ROUND TABLES OVER. WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE OVER AT GUILD FIELDS.

I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AND FIND OUT IF WE'RE DOING THE 6, FT, LONG, NORMAL TABLES OR THE ROUND TABLES, BUT A LOT OF THOSE FUNCTIONS COME IN AND COVER THOSE TABLES ANYWAY AND REALLY MAKE THEM LOOK WAY BETTER THAN WHAT THEY LOOK SO IN THAT LIGHT, UM, WHAT TIME DOES THE REC CENTER ANNEX CLOTHES ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS? RESERVATIONS THROUGH. 11 11. PM MHM. THAT'S AWFULLY LATE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE OPEN THAT WAY, OKAY? NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE RESERVATIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED. WELL, I WOULD CONSIDER CHARGING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND AFTER AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS TO COVER THE COST OF OVERTIME FOR STAFF, AND I MEAN, IF IT'S LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT, LIKE A WEDDING OR ANYTHING, I MEAN, THEY USUALLY GET CHARGED MORE ANYWAYS FOR ANYTHING THEY DO. UM BUT THAT'S MY ADDRESS THAT SO WE DON'T CHARGE OVER TIME WE DON'T HAVE. IT'S A DONE THROUGH OUR RECREATION AIDS. AND SO THAT'S JUST PART OF THEIR NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE. SO WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT STRICTLY MAY WORK. JUST RESERVATIONS OR SOME THAT WORK THE FRONT DESK AND RESERVATIONS , SO IT JUST BECOMES PART OF THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND MAYOR PRO TEM BESTS. THANK YOU. AND JUST A FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBERS. LUX LUX QUESTIONS ABOUT GRANGER ON THE GRANGER ANNEX.

WHAT IS THE SEATING CAPACITY GOING TO BE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I NEED TO. I HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK UP ON THAT ONE. I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WRONG. OKAY THANK YOU WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE? IT WAS HADN'T BECAUSE IT HASN'T. WE HAVEN'T ADDED SPACE TO THE INTERIOR, SO IT'S 100 AND 50. BUT I'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO I DON'T 12 CULTURAL

[(C) 12. Cultural Arts – Rosenthal]

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SO WE'RE HOPING TO UP, YOU KNOW TO UP OUR SEASONAL WE DO, THOUGH , HAVE A PRETTY BIG ONE TIME REQUEST. WE NEED TO REPLACE OUR DIMMER SYSTEM. SO FEDERAL LAW TOOK EFFECT BANNING THE MANUFACTURER OF INCONSISTENT LIGHT BULBS, AND SO OUR ATRIUM IN OUR PLAZA, WE REALLY NEED TO UPGRADE OUR DIMMERS IN. WE BOUGHT EVERY LIGHT BULB IN TEXAS . I THINK TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND WE REALLY YOU KNOW THIS IS A THIS IS A PRETTY BIG IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT ALSO ULTIMATELY WILL HELP WITH SOME ENERGY COSTS. SO LONG TERM. UM INTERPRETIVE HISTORY SIGNAGE . THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION THROUGHOUT GARLAND AND THIS IS THROUGH OUR HERITAGE AND LANDMARK HERITAGE CROSSING AND LANDMARK MUSEUM WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE SIGNAGE. THIS IS A ONE TIME ASK. THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES THROUGHOUT GARLAND, UM, THAT WE'D LIKE TO INSTALL THE SIGNAGE AND, UM YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THIS PROVIDES A LOT OF GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS. SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF OUR REQUESTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF AN ONGOING 51,000 THE ONE TIME 1 35 AND THEN A TOTAL OF 1 86. GREAT. AND QUESTIONS. WOW. THAT WAS QUICK. THAT WAS QUICK. YEAH DISAPPEAR OFF. NOT QUITE WHERE WILLIAMS MHM. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON WITH THIS ALL DAY. JUST UH APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. AWESOME JOB. I'VE ENJOYED EVERY EVERY EVENT THAT I'VE GONE TO. UM, QUESTION THAT HAVE BEEN THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED, AND IT'S NOT IN YOUR REQUEST HERE. UM TICKET. TICKET OFFICE FOR THE LACK OF BETTER TERMS. WHEN THE PUBLIC AH, GO ONLINE. HAVE QUESTIONS WANNA COME PHYSICALLY IN PERSON? DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE A SCHEDULE? OF HAVING A LARGE BODY THERE THAT YOUR INTEREST YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THEY'VE GONE TO DO IT AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE THEY COULDN'T GET IN THE BUILDING WAS DARK. KIND OF THING. JUST SUGGESTION. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OR WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO GOING? FORWARD BECAUSE SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO WHO WERE IN THEIR GOLDEN YEARS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO ONLINE TO DO TICKETS NAME THAT THAT'S KIND OF CONFUSING, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN SITE? TICKET AVAILABILITY. HOW HOW PERSON WOULD DO THAT. AND WHAT CHANGES DO YOU ENVISION MAKING TO MAKE THAT MORE USER FRIENDLY? MOVING FORWARD? YES SIR. NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION . UM SO WE DO HAVE OURS. OUR TICKET OFFICE IS OPEN THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM NOON TO FOUR. BUT IF ANYBODY COMES OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS WERE I'D

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AMY. GOOD PRESENTATION QUESTION. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? ATRIUM GRANVILLE PLAZA? YES WELL, I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON MONDAY, OUR ATRIUM SUPERVISOR WILL START. UM HE'S A TERRIFIC INDIVIDUAL 20 YEARS PLUS IN HOSPITALITY, UM, COMES TO US FROM THE HOTEL AND FROM THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY.

UM, HE'S ALSO A VET. HE'S AN AIR FORCE VETERAN AS WELL, TOO. SO HE STARTS ON MONDAY. OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE AN EVENT TECHNICIAN POSITION THAT'S VACANT, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PART TIME BOX OFFICE PERSON. SO A COUPLE OF LITTLE VACANCIES BUT DEFINITELY SOME GOOD ADVOCATE APPLICANTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR MERE ENEMY. WOULD YOU SPEAK TO. MR ISSUE. WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE . ARE WE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE FEES AND YOU SAID THAT WAS FOR NONPROFITS. FOR YES, FOR NONPROFITS AND COMMERCIAL. SO LET ME GO BACK. THIS IS FOR THE THEATER RENTAL. SO WE, UM, RENTAL. CORRECT YES, SIR.

RENTALS, RIGHT SO FOR THE BROWNLEE AUDITORIUM AND FOR THE PLAZA THEATER AND THE SMALL THEATER BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE DID SEE A SMALL INCREASE AT THE ATRIUM. BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THEATER SPACES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ATRIUM. NOTHING TO DO WITH ATRIUM. NO, SIR. YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO HOTEL

[(C) 13. Hotel/Motel Fund – Lodge]

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LOGOED MERCHANDISE. UM SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPONENT. IT WILL ALSO OBVIOUSLY BE PROVIDING LITERATURE AND THEN ALSO TO WILL BE DOING SOME OUTREACH WITH OUR . FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE VISITOR CENTER THAT MIGHT BE TELLING OUR GARLAND STORY, SO IN OTHER WORDS , WORKING WITH THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES OF STRIKING RAIL, THE FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES OF BASS PRO , SO THAT'S ANOTHER DUTY THAT WE, UM, ANTICIPATE, THE FOLKS SAID THE VISITOR CENTERS TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THAT FRONT THOSE FRONT LINE UM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ARE STILL TELLING OUR SAME STORY. THE NEXT IS A ONE TIME COST. UM AND I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ASKING FOR THIS FOR A THIRD YEAR. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR TO ASK FOR THIS. IT IS A RESEARCH DATA. UM SOFTWARE THAT WILL HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MARKETING DOLLARS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. UM IT GIVES US TRACKING INFORMATION THAT LETS US KNOW WHO IS OUR TARGET AUDIENCE. UM YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SPENDING THE MONEY, HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY. UM WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED BASICALLY ONE YEAR OF THAT DATA. IT'S BEEN VERY IT'S BEEN, UH, HAD SOME SURPRISES ARE NUMBER ONE MARKET CITY IS HOUSTON WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT? I DID NOT THINK THAT, UM, SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE OUR MARKETING DOLLARS. GO THAT WAY.

UM IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKING FOR ONE MORE YEAR BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT RESEARCHES AFTER THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE IS OPEN. AND ALSO BEING JUST ONE MORE YEAR FURTHER AWAY FROM COVID, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE AFTER THAT SECOND YEAR WILL HAVE WILL HAVE GATHERED ENOUGH DATA TO AT LEAST GIVE US A FEW YEARS WITHOUT IT, AND THEN WE COULD REVISIT IT DOWN THE ROAD. UM IF WE WANTED TO THE NEXT AT ASK IS FOR HERITAGE CROSSING. UM OBVIOUSLY , HER JUST CROSSING HAS JUST REALLY UP TO THEIR NUMBER OF EVENTS AND TRAVELING EXHIBITS, AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH IN THE G. I S D SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO THIS IS JUST TO HELP WITH THE STAFFING. THEY'RE ALSO COMING TO QUITE A FEW SPECIAL EVENTS, SO THEIR PRESENCE AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING HAVE GREATLY GREATLY. THE INCREASED SO I'M JUST CARRYING THEIR MESSAGE FOR THEM TODAY. WHEN THEY HAD AND I THINK COUNCIL WAS DISTRIBUTED. IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE ANNUAL REPORT. I WAS FANTASTIC. I'D BEEN TO SEE. FOR SOME OF US WHO KNOW HOW UH UM, UNUTILIZED THAT WAS AND HONESTLY. IT WAS THE SAME DISPLAY HAD BEEN SITTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE SAME OF THE SAME AS THE SAME AS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE HOW IT'S HOW IT HAS CHANGED AND IS CHANGING AND HOW WHAT SORT OF OUTREACH IT'S RECEIVING THAT THAT WAS VERY GOOD TO SEE. ABSOLUTELY I AGREE WITH YOU. THE PASSION IS REALLY COMING THROUGH THERE FOR SURE. SO AND I'M GOING TO LET AMY HANDLE THE NEXT SLIDE. SURE SO A PORTION OF THE HOT FUNDS IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION INK AND THEY USE THOSE DOLLARS TO SUB GRANT OUT TO OUR LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES. THEY ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THEY SUPPORT AS WELL. UM THE ART VIBE GARLAND, WHICH WAS A POP UP

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VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR, PROTEIN MORE I THOUGHT I SAW YOU PUNCH IT. IT'S NOT SHOWING UP. BUT YES. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, AND THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. AND FOR THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE. I THINK THAT I HAVE PROBABLY BEEN TO THE CULTURAL ARTS. BOTH THE ATRIUM AS WELL AS THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER MORE THIS PAST YEAR AND I'VE EVER BEEN THERE AND IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING. I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, HOWEVER, WHETHER RELEASE TOO THE LAST SLIDE WHERE WE'RE SPEAKING OF INCREASING THE CULTURAL ART COMMISSIONS.

BUDGET. I THINK THAT'S UH. YEAH YES, SIR. YES SIR. OKAY SO THIS IS THE 15% AS ALLOCATED, UH, IN BY STATE POLICY. IT'S A IT'S A STATE POLICY. UM ARTS AND HERITAGE PROGRAMS MAY BE ALLOCATED 15% AND SO THE 15% WOULD BE THE 220,000. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ALLOCATING 190 OF THAT WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. SO THEY CAN USE THAT 190. A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR FUNDING FOR LOCAL ARTS GROUPS FOR OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS. BUT THEN WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT 29,000 AND USE THAT FOR PRESENTING MORE PERFORMANCES FOR MORE PROGRAMS ARE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE MASTER PLAN. UM OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW DOES NOT INCORPORATE THIS LAST YEAR. WE GOT A LITTLE SCRAPPY AND UTILIZE SOME MARKETING DOLLARS AND KIND OF GOT CREATIVE TO HELP BRING IN SOME OF THOSE GREAT PROGRAMS LIKE THE PEKING ACROBATS, BUT THIS YEAR WE WANT TO BE DELIBERATE AND FOCUSED AND SAY, HEY, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE TO HELP PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE USES OF THE THEATERS. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT. ARE THEY STILL PAYING OFF PAYING MONEY TO, UH THERE WAS A STRUCTURE OUTSIDE OR THEY STILL PAYING. IF THERE ANY WAY WE MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE THEM MONEY. IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE ARE PAYING OURSELVES. PAYING OFF OURSELVES AND SOME TYPE OF WAY HERE. AH, AND THAT WOULD REALLY GIVE THEM MONEY. YES, THEY'RE BUDGET. YES VS. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY WE MAY WANT TO THINK THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEHIND YOU. MAYBE YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHAT GOING ON. I'M ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW EXPLAINING YOUR QUESTION. PEOPLE ANSWERED IT BEHIND YOU SO THAT THEIR FUNDING IS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THE STRUCTURE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IT IS PAID OFF. I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM SOME MORE MONEY. OH THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED. TREMENDOUSLY OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GREATLY INCREASED THE REACH OF GARLAND ARTS THIS YEAR. I MEAN, THE MAVIS STAPLES CANCER. WE HAD PEOPLE FROM 56 STATES AWAY AND SO AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN THE CASE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SHOWS. AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY JUST WE'RE REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED ON ON THE REACH OF THAT PROGRAMMING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON SOMETHING TO DO THAT GETS THEM OUT OF HERE. IF I WAS IN HOUSTON, I'D WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THAT'S MY SHOT AT ANOTHER TEXAS CITY FOR

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ALMOST 208. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. HERE WE GO. OKAY MR WILLIAMS? YEAH. THANK YOU SINCE YOU WERE WAITING FOR A QUESTION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY QUESTION ON

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