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OF TIMES FOR, SHE'S SO SMART.SHE'S GONNA BE CITY MANAGER TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON AND DO SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT, ALRIGHT,
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
WE'RE GONNA GO AND GET STARTED, FOLKS.WELCOME EVERYONE TO, UH, THIS EVENING'S, UH, REGULAR SESSION OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, MONDAY, JULY 7TH, 2025 AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE, UH, THAT WERE LOST THIS LAST FRIDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
AND, UH, FOR THE ONES THAT ARE MISSING, PLEASE PRAY THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO, UH, PULL 'EM OUT OF THE, PULL 'EM OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
I, WE'LL BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCILMAN SHANYA, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE THROUGH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND DO REPUBLIC PUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGROUND, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
AND THIS EVENING, THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THIS EVENING.
AND AS OUR MEETING CONTINUES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE STRENGTH WE AS TO ENCOURAGE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE FEEL IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT OF OUR CITY.
PLEASE BE WITH OUR EMTS, FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ARMED ARMED FORCES.
BE WITH THOSE THAT, UH, WE JUST MENTIONED IN OUR SILENT PRAYER UP IN THE HILL COUNTRY, DEALING WITH THE FLOODS.
UM, BE WITH 'EM, STAY WITH 'EM AND, AND, UH, GET 'EM BACK TO, TO HALFWAY NORMAL.
IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY, I'M AMEN.
[PRESENTATIONS]
UH, NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS PRESENTATIONS AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO PARKS AND RECREATIONS MONTH.I GOT BACK UP WITH A FUN GROUP.
DID YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE REC CENTER DOWN? NO, WE STOPPED.
A FEW PEOPLE LEFT, SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THEY EVER GET TO MEET ANY OF Y'ALL, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL THE STAFF HERE CLOSE TO THE SAME.
ALL PARK MALLORY'S ON VACATION RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE.
I GERALD KY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY INVESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, DO BY PROCLAIM JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATIONS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, AND URGE EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN OF LAKE JACKSON TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATIONS.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THE HEALTH OF OUR, UH, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS ARE AREAS, PARK AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THAT THE ECOLOGY, ECOLO, ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RE UH, RECREATE OUTDOORS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, MISSOURI COUNTY RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY AS PARKS AND REPARATIONS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
AGAIN, I, I ENJOY, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION I ENJOY BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE RECOGNIZING ALL THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE, BUT REALLY, PARKS, RECREATIONS.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS, I KEEP ON SAYING, Y'ALL TAKE EVERY PENNY WE CAN GIVE YOU AND STRETCH AS FAR AS YOU CAN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT Y'ALL COME UP WITH.
I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES ALL THAT.
IT'S EVERYBODY PLACE A LITTLE PIECE IN IT.
BUT, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES Y'ALL COME UP WITH, THE COMMUNITY IS JUST AMAZING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, THEY'RE JUST, AGAIN, I, I TALK ABOUT ALL OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR GROUPS AND STUFF WHEN I TALK
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TO OTHER MAYORS AND OTHER GROUPS, BUT ONE THAT I ALWAYS MAKE SURE I TALK ABOUT IS OUR PARKS.WELL, WE HAVE FUN MONTH PLANNED THIS MONTH TOO.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES JUST TO KIND OF, WE, EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO DO A GRAND OPENING FOR OUR NEW PLAYGROUNDS THAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, HAS CALLED CLOSE WITH, UM, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO THIS, UH, MONTH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME POP-UP PARK PARTIES WHERE WE WILL BE HITTING ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS.
THERE'S A SCHEDULE AND I'VE PUT SOME OVER THERE WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND, IT COULD BE A MORNING OR AN AFTERNOON WHEN IT'S COOLER.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THOSE TIMES.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, ASHLEY AND ADRIANA ARE GETTING SOME THINGS TOGETHER.
WE'LL HAVE FREE GOODIES AND LITTLE TREATS AND PLAY SOME GAMES AND JUST GET PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO COME OUT AND, AND DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GLOW RIDE ON THE 18TH TOO.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE I KNOW.
SO IT MAY BE ALL BATTERY POWER IF I SHOW UP.
WELL, THIS GROUP MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE.
I WISH EVERYONE COULD BE HERE.
EVEN OUR PARKS GUYS, THEY WORK VERY HARD TO, TO KEEP IT GOING AND TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO GUYS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE RIDE.
YOU DONE THE BIKE RIDE YET OR NO? NO, THE GLOW RIDE WILL BE ON THE 18TH.
AND IT COULD BE, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, SKATEBOARDERS, WALKERS, STROLLERS, DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE PATH MARKED OUT AND WE'LL BE ON THE SIDEWALK, SO, WE'LL, IT'LL BE FUN, YOU KNOW.
WELL, CAN WE GO DOWN THE LINE REAL QUICK AND DO YOU HAVE NAMES AND WHAT YOU DO REAL QUICK? YES, SIR.
HELLO,
I'M ASHLEY, THE MEMBER SERVICES COORDINATOR.
I'M CINDY, THE ASSISTANT MEMBER COORDINATOR.
I'M THE ASSISTANT PRODUCTS COORDINATOR.
ANGELA RECREATION COORDINATOR.
MIGUEL, VERA GM AT THE WILDERNESS.
JONATHAN, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
BRANDON, THE ONLY PARKS PERSON WANTED TO SHOW UP.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, ANYWAY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL THAT Y'ALL DO AND STUFF.
AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY DOES.
I KNOW WE ALL GET FEEDBACK ON, ON ALL THE EVENTS THAT Y'ALL AND STUFF WE'RE THE FUN PEOPLE, FUN THAT WE DO.
BUT WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS FUN AS WE CAN.
SO HAVE A YEAH, THEY DO COME UP WITH A LOT OF REALLY CREATIVE EVENTS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO COVER NO, IT'S FINE.
[VISITOR COMMENTS]
ITEM ON THE I, UH, AGENDA IS VISITORS COMMENTS.UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY VISITORS THAT HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING, UH, TO, THAT HAS AN ITEM THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO CONS ON THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, SPEAK TO COUNSEL ON THAT ITEM.
UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WE CAN'T, UH, RESPOND, UH, BUT WE CAN, UH, DECIDE TO PUT IT ON A SCHEDULE IT FOR A REGULAR FUTURE AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING.
SO, IS THERE ANY, I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP.
IS ANYBODY THAT HAS, UH, HAVE ANY, OKAY.
UM, IT'S KIND OF IRONIC, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKS.
UM, ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE, THE PARKS DO NOT HAVE A SIGN INDICATING WHAT TIME THEY'RE CLOSING.
UH, SO UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE ARE GOING IN THERE AND OF COURSE THE COPS ARE, UH, GONNA SHAKE 'EM DOWN EVERY TIME THEY GO TO THE PARK AFTER HOURS.
I'VE BEEN, UH, THREATENED WITH ARREST TWICE FOR DOCUMENTING THAT.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA BACK DOWN FROM THE ARREST ANYMORE.
I'M GONNA GO IN AND I'M GONNA FILM THAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED ACTIVITY.
PUT SOME SIGNS UP, SAY THE PARK IS CLOSED.
I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.
UM, I, MOST OF THE TIMES THAT PEOPLE ARE PULLED OVER IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS, WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THEY'RE SHAKING DOWN,
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THEY'RE SEARCHED, THEY'RE PULLED OUTTA THEIR VEHICLES.THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THE LAST STOP WAS A GUY FROM ARKANSAS.
HOW'S HE GONNA KNOW THAT OUR, OUR PARK'S CLOSED AT 10? EXPECT 'EM TO GO ONLINE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SIGNS AROUND THERE.
KEEP 'EM FROM PHYSICALLY GOING IN THE PARK.
IF WE LOST OUR FREEDOM FOR THE PARK AND THAT WE PAY FOR AFTER HOURS, UM, I COULD TELL YOU THIS MEANS MUCH, UM, A LOT TO ME.
I DON'T WANNA BE A STATUS LIKE ANY OF YOU GUYS UP HERE, BUT I WOULD RUN, I WOULD BE, BECOME A STATUS RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND GUESS WHAT? I WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PLACE A SINGLE YARD SIGN AND I COULD HAVE ANY ONE OF THOSE CHAIRS UP THERE.
SO IF WE COULD, LET'S GET SOME SIGNS.
LET'S SAY PARK HOURS CLOSE AFTER DARK SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A, UH, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR A REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NO, SIR.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA IN FRONT OF US, UH, ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
UH, UH, DOES ANY ITEM THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING ANY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE THROUGH FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[1. Discuss and consider opting out of the county health clinic and enrolling in the Texas Health Benefits Next Level prime option. – Jose Sanchez]
MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER OPTING OUT OF THE, UH, COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC AND ENROLLING IN THE TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS.HOW YOU DOING MAYOR? COUNSEL? GOOD.
UH, THIS WASN'T A LIGHT DECISION, BUT JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT LEVEL.
PRIME OPTION THROUGH TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS WOULD GREATLY INCREASE OPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES FROM EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, FROM 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM VERSUS WITH THE COUNTY CLINIC OF MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM SEVEN TO FIVE.
AND PLUS ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AT THE PRIME AT A NEXT LEVEL.
AND WE HAVE OPTIONS TO GO TO ALL 45 CLINICS AND THEY HAVE 29 IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
JOSE, CAN YOU JUST, UH, BRING, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP TO SPEED OF HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY OR WHEN DID WE START HAVING, HAVING A CLINIC 2017? THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY MR. BUNO AND BILL BROUGHT ME HERE.
'CAUSE THEY USED TO DO THIS WITH, UH, THE CITY OF GALVESTON.
SO WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS OVER, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT TIME OF, YOU KNOW, TEAMING UP WITH, WITH THE COUNTY WHO STARTED THAT.
UH, AND, UH, WE'VE SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD RESULTS IN THE, THE CLAIMS. UM, WE BUDGET A HUNDRED AND A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE, A HUNDRED TWENTY 5,000 FOR IT.
WE ALSO, UH, CHARGE THE EMPLOYEES FOR IT, UH, A PORTION.
I THINK IT'S $5 IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN A HEALTH SCREEN.
IF THEY DON'T, IT'S $15 PER PAYCHECK.
UH, FOR THAT, THAT'S THEIR PORTION.
AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY AND ALSO NOW WITH, UM, TML ON THIS OPTION.
IF WE MOVE TO IT, UM, NOT ONLY THE EMPLOYEE CAN GO, BUT THEIR FAMILY CAN GO AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON OUR INSURANCE PLAN.
AND THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, THING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, FULL COVERAGE FOR ALL OF THEIR, ALL OF THEIR FAMILY, UH, AS AN OPTION.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GOOD, UH, A GOOD THING.
UM, AGAIN, AS JOSE HAD MENTIONED, ONE OF THE, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A NEW OPTION IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT TML HAS PROVIDED, UM, THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN UNDER OUR INSURANCE PROGRAM WITH THEM AT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COST.
BUT THERE IS A, BUT WE OVERALL, WE HAVE A SAVINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE REDUCING OUR RATE 3%.
AND SO WITH OUR RATE REDUCTION, WE CAN COVER, UH, THIS INCREASED COST IF WE MOVE TO NEXT LEVEL.
SO WHAT IS THE INCREASE OR THE DECREASE COMPARISON TO ABOUT 25,000 TO COMPARISON TO THE COUNTY, THE OR COUNTY AND THE WHO.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU SAID WITH THE, UH, NEXT LEVEL THAT UH, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR, UM, FAMILY
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OWN IT.IS THERE AN ADDED COST OR IS THAT ADDED FREE ALSO? IT'S THE SAME PRICE.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE FROM BETWEEN THIS AND THE COUNTY IS IT'S A $25,000 EXTRA COST, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH A REDUCTION.
THE, AND THE, THE BIG IS THE, THE AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO ANY NEXT LEVEL CLINIC AND THE HOURS AND THE TELEMEDICINE WITH THE, WE ALREADY HAVE MD LIVE THROUGH TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS AS A TELEMEDICINE, BUT, AND THE ONLY NEXT LEVEL THEY HAVE IS JUST ONE HERE.
JUST ONE HERE AND THE NEAREST ONE FROM, UH, MANVILLE OR PARAMOUNT.
I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH, IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIVES UP INSURANCE COSTS TYPICALLY ARE LOTS OF VISITS, LOTS OF CLAIMS. UM, ER CARE IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE THAT YOU CAN GET.
UM, I KNOW NEXT LEVEL IN GENERAL HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL JUST TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT MOST URGENT CARES, 'CAUSE IT'S AN URGENT CARE, NOT AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
UM, THEY DO IMAGING SO THEY CAN DO AN X-RAY IF YOU'VE GOT A BROKEN WRIST OR WHATEVER.
THEY CAN DO ORTHO SPLINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP KEEP THE EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM, UH, UNLESS IT'S NECESSARY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE, UM, AND WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
JOSE REACHED, JOSE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, TO RUFFLE ANY FEATHERS.
AND, AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE OKAY WITH US, UH, LEAVING THE PROGRAM IF WE CHOSE TO DO SO.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, THERE WAS INCREASED HOURS OF SERVICE.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF SERVICE? UH, WILL THAT BE IMPACTED IN ANY WAY? WELL, NEXT LEVEL, WE USED TO ACTUALLY RUN OUR CLINIC IN THE COUNTY IN ANGLETON, AND THEY JUST MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PROVIDER IN APRIL.
IN AS FAR AS THE CITY STAFF INDEPENDENCE, IT'S BEEN HARDER TO GET IN.
SO WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE ON HOW THAT OBTAINED.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH NEXT LEVEL AND WE USE NEXT LEVEL HERE FOR, UH, PRE-EMPLOYMENT, POST-ACCIDENT, ACCIDENT TESTING.
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FLAWLESS.
AND SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES DO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE PILOT PROGRAM WITH THEM AND IT'S BEEN WORKING JUST WELL.
THE SAVINGS ALONE ON THAT, UH, FOR EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS WITH PAY FOR THEIR $25,000 SEVERAL TIMES OVER.
WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $200,000 RIGHT NOW ON ER VISITS AND I WOULD IMAGINE THIS, THAT WOULD GO DOWN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 TO 50% JUST BY HAVING THIS AVAILABLE.
AND EITHER TELEMEDICINE, WE HAVE TWO NOW, TWO TELEMEDICINES THAT YOU CAN CONTACT AFTER HOURS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THIS THOUGH, IS REALLY PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION TO EMPLOYEES.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN URGENT CARE ERS, HOSPITAL ERS, FREESTANDING ERS, AND THE, THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE.
I'VE SEEN SOME, SOME LISTS THAT SHOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LEVEL MM-HMM
OR THIS, IF YOU'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK, GO TO THIS PLACE.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THAT EDUCATION WILL GO A LONG WAYS TO GETTING THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION PRETTY QUICK.
UH, SO IF COUNSEL'S OPEN TO THAT, THEN UM, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.
UM, UH, INITIATING THIS AND GETTING THIS STARTED FOR THE NEXT, UH, 10.
A NEW, UH, PLANNED HERE FOR TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS.
ANYBODY ASK ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
I, I GUESS LET'S TAKE A MOTION ON THIS, MR. MAYOR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, OPT OUT OF THE COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC AND ENROLL IN THE TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS NEXT LEVEL CRIME AUCTION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES'.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SMITH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2. Appoint a new traffic commission member to replace Rick Wright. – Sally Villarreal]
TWO.APPOINT A NEW TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEMBER TO REPLACE, UH, RICK RILEY WHO HAD TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF CONFLICTS WITH, UH, PERSONAL LIFE.
ALL RIGHT, SO IN YOUR PACKET WE HAD, WE'VE GOT THE LIST OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD IN OUR PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR, UH, BOARD MEMBERSHIP OR C COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD LISTED TRAFFIC.
AND SO YOU HAVE, UH, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD MADE IT AS A, AS A NUMBER, THE PRIMARY CHOICE, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, UH, MR. WILSON.
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HAD IT FOR A SECOND CHOICE.I DON'T THINK I ARE THESE PEOPLE ON ANY BOARDS AT THIS PRESENT TIME? NO.
THEY DID NOT GET SIGNED? NO, THEY WEREN'T SIGNED.
SO, UH, ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS, UH, A, A CHOICE OR A RECOMMENDATION? UH, 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO APPOINT WHEN I'M ALWAYS FOR IF IT'S THEIR FIRST CHOICE AND THAT'S WHERE THEIR INTEREST LIES.
SO THAT'D BE MR. JAMES DURAND.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE? NO.
I JUST KNOW HIM FROM AS A CT TEACHER AT THE, AT THE SCHOOL, SO I JUST, I JUST MET HIM A FEW TIMES, BUT THAT'S IT.
I, I THINK ANY OF 'EM WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE.
SO ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? IF SHE DID? I'LL SECOND YOU.
I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. JAMES DUR RAND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[3. Discuss and consider the offer from TXDOT to purchase the right-of-way in the amount of $241,461 for 1.1043 acres and the value of the improvement on the property at the Wilderness Golf Course frontage. – Riazul Mia]
THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, THE OFFER FROM TXDOT TO PURCHASE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE AMOUNT OF 241,600 AND $461 FOR THE 1.1, UH, 0 4 3 ACRES.UH, AND THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRO ON THE PROPERTY AT THE WILDER GOLF COURSE FRONTAGE.
UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING.
WE TEXT START FIRST, SEND US AN OFFER AND SEND, EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU GET STARTED.
CAN WE PUT THAT UP ON THE MAP? A PICTURE FOR THE LOCATION? YEAH.
THIS WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION IN HERE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PICTURE TO SHOW PROPERTY RIGHT THERE? PROBABLY, WELL THAT, YEAH, NO, THERE IS A SURVEY.
LET'S GO UP TO THE ONE WITH THE LINE AROUND THE GO UP.
THAT'S WE JUST TALK ABOUT THERE.
SO, SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING COUNCILMAN? UM, MAYOR, TEXT STUDIES.
WHY WIDENING? UH, THE HIGHWAY.
SO PART OF THAT WIDENING, THEY ARE EQUATING PROPERTY ALL AROUND IT AND WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE, THEY'RE EQUATING ABOUT 1.1 ACRE, 1.10 ACRE.
UH, INITIALLY THEY HAD OFFERED US $121,000 AND WE, WE DEFINITELY THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY LOW BALL.
AND SO WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL, WE REJECTED IT, THEN WE MEET ON SITE WITH THE TEXT OR APPRAISAL, AND WE EXPLAIN WHY THAT OFFER IS SO LOW AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY OFFER US OUT THE NEW OFFER.
AND THEN WE WANNA KEEP, UH, SOME OF THE GATES, SOME BOULDERS.
SO WE ASK THEM, CAN WE KEEP IT? THEY SAYS, YES, YOU CAN.
WE'LL DEDUCT ABOUT 1%, WHICH IS LIKE 600 OR $2,000.
SO WE'LL KEEP ALL THOSE GATES AND, UH, THE STONE WILL THE, WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE.
AND SO THIS IS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT WE NEED TO DO.
SO IT'S A, WE BELIEVE IT'S, IT IS A FAIR OFFER.
SO IT'S, WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
SO IS IT CORRECT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT DOES INCLUDE OUR COST TO MOVE THINGS AND MOVE THINGS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN STILL TAKE THE MATERIAL OUT, RIGHT? I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THERE'S ELECTRICAL PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ELECTRICAL, AND THEN THERE'S A RECONNECTION OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
RIGHT? WE, THE IRRIGATION COST HAS COME DOWN.
UM, UH, IT WAS INITIALLY A LOT HIGHER, UM, BUT ONCE WE HAD THE GOLF COURSE PERSONNEL COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT, UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS A LOT LOWER.
SO WE THINK THAT WE CAN GET ALL OF THIS DONE WITHIN THE DOLLARS THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES BRINGING IN AN ENGINEER AND DOING A CURSORY REVIEW OF, UH, WETLANDS, UH, IN AN AREA.
UM, YOU NEED A POINTER AND THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THE WETLANDS.
WE DON'T THINK SO, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO A CURSORY REVIEW.
AND SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF AREA RIGHT HERE THAT WE WANT TO CHECK.
SO HOW FAR BACK DO WE MOVE? NEED TO MOVE BACK? MM, I CAN'T.
SO IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY.
DID YOU SAY IT'S RIGHT ABOUT THERE? YES.
SO THE WET, THE WETLAND
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STILL ON OUR PROPERTY.IT'S NOT ON THE TEXAS, THE ST.
AND, AND WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO THAT SURVEY? NO.
THEY WON'T GET, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE FORCING US, THEY'RE FORCING US TO SELL, OR IT'S IMMINENT DOMAIN AS PART OF THEIR APPRAISAL.
THEY DID INCLUDE THE COST OF, BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM AN, UH, A PROPOSAL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE.
SO THEY TOOK THAT IN CONSIDERATION IN, IN ARRIVING AT THE PANEL.
SO IT'S INCLUDED IN, SO THE 2 41 INCLUDES OUR COST OF BRINGING ON AN ENGINEER.
DID WE GET ANY REAL ESTATE PEOPLE TO BUY ON THIS OR IT'S NO, THEY, THE STATE ONLY USES THEIR APPRAISERS, BUT WE CAN'T GO OUT ON OUR OWN.
NOW THE REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT TO, I MEAN THE REASON WHY IT DID GO UP IS, IS THAT WE, UH, WHEN WE, THEY BROUGHT IN A SECOND APPRAISER, THEY BRING, THEY BROUGHT IN A SECOND APPRAIS WHEN WE WHEN WE APPEALED.
AND REALLY, AND IT CAME UP BECAUSE THE, THE APPRAISER CAME OUT AND LOOKED IN THE FIELD, BUT ALSO LOOKED AT IT AS A BUSINESS COMPONENT VERSUS A PARK.
SO IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT AT THE GATE IS WHERE THE LINE IS AT, PRETTY MUCH.
SAL, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T, YOU WEREN'T ON BOARD WITH THE INITIAL OFFER.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE WITH THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, THAT THIS IS FAIR? UH, CORRECT.
UM, WHAT, UH, I WASN'T HAPPY AT ALL BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED, UH, SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES, VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES, UH, FROM A CONTRACTOR BECAUSE I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME APPLES AND APPLES TYPE COMPARISON.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE FIRST APPROACHED, UH, TECHSTAR WITH AND SAYING, WE HAVE THIS COST THAT'S COMING OUR WAY IN ORDER TO, TO REPLICATE THAT ENTRANCE AGAIN.
UH, SO, UH, OF COURSE SHE TOOK THAT AND, AND THEN DECIDED THAT, UH, THAT WE WERE GONNA FIGHT THIS.
SO THAT'S WHEN SHE DECIDED TO GO OUT AND HIRE ANOTHER APPRAISER.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE WENT BACK AND GOT OTHER ESTIMATES FROM OTHER CONTRACTORS AND THEY ALL CAME DOWN BELOW THAT ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MADE IT, UH, SOUND BETTER AS FAR AS THAT THIS OFFER, THE, NOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH, IT'S SOMETHING MORE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY LIVE WITH.
SO THE SECOND OFFER WON'T BEAR ANY BURDEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS.
WE WE'RE TRYING TO COME OUT EVEN ON THIS ONE.
ALL AND LEMME JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOES RUN OVER TO REPLACE IT, THAT CAN FALL UNDER THE HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR THAT? YES.
YEAH, IF THE COST CAME IN, WE COULD, UH, BUDGET THE DIFFERENCE TO PAY, PAY FOR THE COST.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON THAT? ONCE THE COUNCIL MAKE AN ACTION, THEN THEY WILL GIVE US THE TIMELINE WHEN WE HAVE TO MOVE IT.
I, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A
SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME TO MOVE.
TO, I MEAN, IF WE EVEN HEARD FROM THEM ON WHAT THEIR TIMELINE IS.
ANY NEW TIMELINE? NOTHING, NOTHING NEW.
I MEAN, THE LAST TIME WAS STILL THE, THE FAR OUT WAS THE 2 20, 28.
BUT WILL WE BE ABLE TO DO THIS JOB IN 2028 WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE APPROVED? WELL, AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT QUESTION, IS IF WE, IF IT'S FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, NO.
WE'LL, WILL THIS COVER THE COST? ONCE COUNCIL DECIDE UHHUH, WE'LL IMMEDIATELY DEED THE PROPERTY, WE'LL MOVE OUR PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S MY QUESTION ON OUR PART THAT WE CAN GET THAT WAY THAT'S, YEAH.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE'LL MOVE OUR NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT WITH, UH, ON THEM TO GO OUT THERE AND DO DEMOLISHING OR ANYTHING.
WE WILL GO OUT THERE AND MOVE OUR, AND MOVE.
SO IF WE SAY TONIGHT, YEAH, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S TAKE THIS OFFER, THEN THE DEAL GOES THROUGH.
WE, THEY PAY, WE'LL START MOVING ON THAT AND, OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE ITEM ITEM, MR. MAYOR.
UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE TEXDOT TO PURCHASE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE AMOUNT OF $241,461 FOR 1.1043
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ACRES, AND THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROPERTY AT THE WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE.AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SCOOTER.
DID WE OFFER TO SELL IT ALL TO HIM?
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? NO, SIR.
[4. Approve a non-profit rate for the Webb-Schmitt practice baseball field. – Robin Hyden ]
ITEM FOUR, APPROVE A NON-PROFIT RATE FOR WEBB SCHMIDT, UH, PRACTICE FIELD BASEBALL FIELD.SO THE WEBB SCHMIDT FIELD, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW IT IS GATOR FIELD.
THIS IS THE FIELD AT MAG GRIFFITH PARK THAT IS ON THE CIRCLE WAYSIDE.
UM, IT IS THE ONLY, SAY, PRACTICE FIELD THAT WE HAVE THAT'S A, THAT HAS LIGHTS.
UM, WE RENT THIS FIELD OUT INTO SELECT TEAMS. UM, IT'S NOT UNDER CONTRACT WITH ANY OF THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THIS IS A FIELD THAT WE RENT OUT.
SO BACK IN 2017, BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FROM THE SELECT TEAMS NEEDING FIELD, WE, UM, THE CAME TO COUNCIL AND THEY ESTABLISHED A RENTAL FEE OF, UM, $15 PER HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, THIS LAST APRIL, WE INCREASED THAT.
WE HADN'T DONE AN INCREASE SINCE 2017.
WE INCREASED IT TO 20 AN HOUR, UM, FOR ONE HOUR'S USAGE.
UM, UH, JUST TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THE, UM, UTILITY COSTS FOR THE LIGHTS.
UM, THE BIG DEMAND THERE WAS A HUGE DEMAND.
THE DEMAND HAS KIND OF SLOWED DOWN.
UM, A LOT OF THE TEAMS, THEY, THEY REALLY JUST WANT SOMETHING FOR FREE, SOME OF THE SELECT ONES.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A TEAM THAT IS CON, THEIR GROUP IS IN A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SO THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AS LITTLE LEAGUE OR GIRL SOFTBALL.
SO BECAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T LET ANYONE PLAY.
THEY HAVE A SELECTION PROCESS, SO THEY DO HAVE TO RENT THAT.
BUT BEING NONPROFIT, THEY HAD ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE A NONPROFIT RATE, UM, BECAUSE THEY RENT THE FIELDS PROBABLY 90 DAYS PER YEAR.
AND WITH THE NEW INCREASE THAT WE HAVE, UM, IT'S COSTING 'EM ABOUT 1300 MORE A YEAR TO RENT THAT.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING, THEY'VE THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING IN ANOTHER TEAM.
THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT STARTING AN EIGHT U TEAM.
AND SO THAT WOULD BRING THEIR RENTALS TO MAYBE 180 DAYS A YEAR.
UM, SO WE DO DO NON-PROFITS IN SOME OF OUR PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY FIELD THAT WE WOULD SAY ARE ASKING TO DO THIS NONPROFIT RATE.
AND WE'RE SAYING THAT WE COULD DO A 25% DISCOUNT IF THEY ARE A LAKE JACKSON BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SO IF THEY'RE FROM ANGLETON, PEARLAND, WHEREVER, 'CAUSE THERE'S SELECT TEAMS ALL OVER THERE, ALL LOOKING FOR FIELDS AND COME IN, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW US THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A FIVE, $5 DISCOUNT PER HOURLY RATE.
SO WHAT IS AN AVERAGE HOURLY RATE RIGHT NOW? NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT AN HOURLY RATE.
HOW WOULD ACTUALLY HOUR DAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILL? RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEY HAVE IT RENTED, UM, EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
WELL, HOW MANY HOURS? UH, TWO HOURS.
SINCE WE CHANGED IT FROM THE HOUR AND A HALF.
SO IT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE A HALF, BUT EIGHT HOURS, A 10 HOURS A DAY? NO, NO.
AND AGAIN, WHEN THEY WERE RENTING IT, THE HOUR AND A HALF, THEY WERE USING IT THE TWO HOURS AT ONE POINT BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WAS AFTER 'EM.
SO NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY DO ABOUT A TWO HOUR RENTAL.
UM, WE HAD ALSO, UM, WE HAD GONE TO PARKS BOARD AND THEY HAD APPROVED MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION.
THEY ALSO PUT IN A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY WANTED TO DO A BULK RENTAL DISCOUNT.
SO GET, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE UP IN ADVANCE.
THEY CANNOT COME IN AND SAY, I WANT THE FIELD FOR SIX MONTHS EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, UNLESS THEY PUT THEIR MONEY DOWN.
IF THERE'S NO RENTAL FEE PAID, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT RESERVATION.
SO IT IS JUST LIKE OUR PARKS, IT'S A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT IF THEY WANT TO GET THAT.
SO IF THEY DID IT AS, UM, FOUR DAYS PER WEEK, AT LEAST ONE HOUR, UM, PER DAY FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, THEY HAD, UM, WE HAD, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED PUTTING A 40% DISCOUNT.
UM, AGAIN, PAYMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE IN FULL THAT WOULD GIVE THEM $8 PER HOUR.
UM, THAT EVEN IF THEY DID THAT, THAT WOULD STILL COVER THE UTILITY COST OUT THERE? IT WOULD, YES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIG THING THAT WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO COVER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NOT A LOT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEED A LITTLE DIRT, SOMETIMES WE PUT THINGS, WE DO ANT CONTROL, BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOTHING AS LIKE OUR ADULT SOFTBALL FIELDS OR ANY, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE PUT INTO IT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID WE WOULD NEVER DO A, UM, A DISCOUNT ON THOSE.
SO HOW DOES THIS R COMPARE TO THE OTHER FIELDS? SO THE OTHER FIELDS, AND IT'S A, KIND OF GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
SO WITH GIRLS SOFTBALL, UM, LITTLE LEAGUE AND, UM, WELL, LITTLE LEAGUE ACTUALLY HAS THREE COMPLEXES NOW.
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THE BABE RUTH FIELDS.WHAT WE CALL THEM IS CONSIDERED A RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
AND TO BECOME A RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION, YOU FOR ONE, HAVE TO BE A LAKE JACKSON BASED ORGANIZATION.
UM, YOU ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
YOU DO NOT, UM, IT'S NOT SELECT ANYONE WHO REGISTERS CAN PLAY.
SO, UM, ANYONE CAN COME IN AND PLAY.
WE DON'T SAY YOU CAN'T COME IN.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GO ON THE HISTORICAL PRESENCE, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
THAT ORGANIZATION HAS UTILIZED THOSE FIELDS AND STUFF.
I HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS THAT DO COME IN THAT HAVE SELECT TEAMS THAT WANT TO USE THOSE FIELDS.
BUT THOSE BOARDS DO A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE.
THEY PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THOSE FIELDS.
AND THEY ALSO PLAY PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TIME IN BETWEEN THAT THEY'RE NOT PLAYING.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO RENT THEM, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE, UM, IN THOSE.
SO, UM, AND IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE WHOEVER CALLS YOU FIRST AND PAYS FOR THE YEAH.
JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE FOR A PARK PAVILION OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE WOULDN'T PUT YOU IN, SO RENTAL WOULD NOT BE WILLING LIKE $12 AN HOUR, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH TO PAY.
IF THEY GOT THE 40% DISCOUNT, IT'S NOT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY ME THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
SO, AND IF THEY'RE DOING IT, IT WOULD BE, NOBODY'S GONNA RENT IT FOR AN HOUR.
IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A TWO HOUR RENTAL FEE.
SO THAT WOULD BE 24 HOURS, UM, $24 PER DAY THAT THEY WOULD PRETTY MUCH RENT.
UM, THEY'RE, I CAN TELL YOU NOW, WHEN THEY RENT, MOST OF THE TIME THESE TEAMS ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE RENTING THREE TO SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
PAYING IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SPOT RIGHT THERE.
AND I HAVE SEVERAL TEAMS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT ARE COMING IN.
SO USED TO, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS IT WAS BEFORE.
BUT I MEAN, I'VE HAD TEAMS FROM ANGLETON, UM, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF TIMES EVEN SOME OF THESE SELECT TEAMS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE ALL THAT WAY, BUT A LOT OF THEM, THEY'RE NOT ALL LAKE JACKSON BASE KIDS, WHERE OUR OTHER LEAGUES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 60% OF THEIR PLAYERS, UM, WITH THE LAKE JACKSON RESIDENCY.
AND THAT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE WHEN KLUT DISBANDED THEIR LITTLE LEAGUE YEAH.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE PARENTS WOULD GO PAY BATING PRACTICE OR YES.
BATING PRACTICE OR SOME SPECIAL THEY PITCHING COACH AND THEY PAY RIGHT.
TO, FOR THEIR KID TO DO THAT THEN.
AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BE IN SELECT BALL.
I I, MY KIDS DID IT AND STUFF, BUT WE KNEW WHEN YOU GET IN IT, IT IS A COST.
SO, SO DEFINE WHAT DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DEFINE A LAKE JACKSON BASED ORGANIZATION? UM, WHEN WE SAY LAKE JACKSON, YOU'LL, YOU CAN SEE WHERE, LIKE, IF, IF THEY'RE A NON-PROFIT ON THAT NON-PROFIT PAPERWORK, IT WILL SAY THEIR RE THEIR ADDRESS IS BASED IN LAKE JACKSON.
UM, I DON'T ASK FOR ROSTERS ON THESE TEAMS BECAUSE WE ARE CHARGING A RENTAL FEE.
BUT FOR LIKE LITTLE LEAGUE AND GIRLS SOFTBALL, THEY DO HAVE TO SUBMIT ROSTERS WITH THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SO IF ANOTHER CITY WANTED ANOTHER GROUP AND ANOTHER CITY WANTED TO COME USE OUR FACILITIES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR NONPROFIT DESIGNATION TOO WITH A LAKE JACKSON ADDRESS BASICALLY.
AND THAT WOULD, AGAIN, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE MM-HMM
AND WE DO THIS WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER, LIKE WITH THE REC CENTER RENTALS, THE CIVIC CENTER RENTALS, EVEN THE GOLF COURSE.
SOME WE DO IT FOR THE PARKS AND THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, THE REC CENTER, NOT AS MUCH, JUST BECAUSE REGARDLESS, I HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF.
IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING, THERE'S NOT REALLY, WE DO HAVE OCCASIONAL GROUPS THAT DO SOMETHING, BUT IT'S, BUT YOU HAVE A RESIDENT RATE AND THEN YOU HAVE A NON-RESIDENT RATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? SO YOU WANT US TO APPROVE OR MAKE A DECISION ON THIS TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY ALLOW APPROVE FOR APPROVAL APPROVING THE NON-PRIVATE RATE FOR THE WEBB SMITH PRACTICE BASEBALL FIELD.
PROMOTION BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.
DO I NEED, I'LL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED TO HOLD ON TAPE? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO.
I MEAN, HE'S EXCUSED FROM, HE'S EXCUSED HIMSELF.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO, SIR.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION IS APPROVED WITH, UH, MR. BAKER BEING ABSENT.
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OKAY.[5. Discuss and consider the first reading of an ordinance to remove all school traffic restrictions near Elisabet Ney Elementary School – Sherri Russell]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO, UH, REMOVE ALL SCHOOL TRAFFIC, UH, RESTRICTIONS NEAR ELIZABETH NA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.SO SHERRY'S GOT YOUR NAME NOW FOR THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE EVENING.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, I, LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE WE REMOVED A LOT OF THE, UM, SCHOOL ZONES BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA USE THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL ONLY.
AND NOW THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.
AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE SCHOOL ZONES AROUND THE SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE THE RED, WHERE THOSE ARE GONNA BE REMOVED.
AND ALSO UP YON THAT'LL BE, UH, REMOVED UNTIL YOU GET TO SHOOT AMILIA.
CAMELIA THAT STREET RIGHT THERE.
AND IT GOES, SO THAT SCHOOL GUN GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS OYSTER CREEK TO THE BRIDGE.
SO BOTH SIDES OF OYSTER CREEK ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
THE, UM, PUSH PINS ARE JUST RANDOM SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED THAT AREN'T CONNECTED TO ANY ORDINANCE.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE, UH, A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTED SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS.
SO THEY LINE UP AT CHAM? THERE'S ONE THERE.
I I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE CLOSER TO JA SOMEWHERE BETWEEN KAMILLA AND JASMINE.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, UH, ON THERE, BUT, WE'LL, WE'LL, IF YOU FINALIZE THIS TONIGHT, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL START, I THINK JUST LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
NO SENSE THAN SPENDING THE MONEY TO MOVE IT.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GO UP THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCHOOL ZONE IS STARTING AND IT'S GOING UP YON, SO IT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE MOVED.
'CAUSE IT MAKES THE SCHOOL ZONE LOOK TOO LONG.
IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S THE OLD SCHOOL.
SOME, SOME SORT OF, SOME SORT OF FIX.
ALRIGHT, AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST READING AND MODESTO, YOU WANNA READ THE ORDINANCE, I GUESS? YES, SIR.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 98, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES TO ELIMINATE ALL SCHOOL TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS NEAR ELIZABETH DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT ARE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT, ONLY IN PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
NO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, THIS ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE SIGNS, UH, AROUND MAY.
ON MY MOUTH, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SCHOOLER, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR ANYONE? ALRIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED? A ITEM IS APPROVED.
[6. Discuss the updated strategic plan. – Modesto Mundo]
ITEM SIX, DISCUSS, UH, THE UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN WITHYEAH, I'M GONNA LET, UH, ANA GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE REVISIONS AND I STILL THINK THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, CODING ON IT, BUT I'LL LET ANA REVIEW THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, WE'RE JUST BRINGING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, BACK WITH A FEW OF THE, UM, CHANGES, UM, FROM OUR LAST MEETING, UM, UNDER THE ENABLE GROWTH, WE DID, UM, DISCUSS MOVING THE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, OR CHANGING THE WORDING ON THAT TO INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK ON THE ALDEN ACREAGE.
SO THAT ITEM WAS MOVED DOWN TO FOSTERING A THRIVING AND DIVERSE ECONOMY.
SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS IN, FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HOUSING, BUT SINCE IT WAS MORE IMPACTING THE ENTIRE, UM, ECONOMIC ECONOMY OF OUR CITY, WE MOVED IT DOWN TO THAT ITEM.
UM, SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE FOR THAT.
JUST LET ME, WHAT I WAS THINKING IS, IS WHAT WE MAY WANT TO CHANGE OR ADD TO THAT, BUT ONE IS THEIR, THEIR CURRENT APPROACH OF THE CURRENT PEOPLE LOOKING AT PURCHASING IT IS DOING INDUSTRIAL PARK FIRST.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO WANT TO WORK WITH US ON A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT WHOLE COMPLEX.
SO THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT BULLET POINT.
'CAUSE THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL COME MAYBE SLOWER.
BUT, UH, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR TIMELINE NOW, IS THAT IF THEY, 'CAUSE THIS IS A THREE YEAR PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, IF THEY PURCHASE THE PRODUCT, PURCHASE THE LAND THIS YEAR, IT'LL BE A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS BEFORE THAT NORTH ROAD IS IN.
SO EVERYTHING'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH GOING AHEAD AND PUTTING IT ON THERE.
IT'S, IT'S WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT THEY DO, THEY DO WANNA WORK HARD WITH US ON A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT WHOLE AREA.
SO MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO ADD INDUSTRIAL PARK AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT?
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AND WHAT WAS THE LAST PART? THE MIXED USE? BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THEY WANT TO MULTIFAMILY OR YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE IS DO ANOTHER BULLET POINT FOR MIXED USE.'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE GONNA BE DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES, I THINK.
YOU COULD JUST USE THE WORD ASSIST THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE MASTER PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
THEY WERE ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING.
JUST CHANGE IT FROM SUPPORT TO ASSIST ON BOTH OF THOSE.
UM, IF WE CAN MOVE TO ENHANCED COMMUNICATION, WHICH IS THE NEXT COMPONENT.
SO ON THIS ONE UNDER DIG, DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDED, UM, WE DID ADD TO PROVIDE A QUARTERLY UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE BOND PROGRESS TRACKER.
UM, WE DID DISCUSS STAFF WORKING TO UPDATE THAT MONTHLY AND THEN COMING QUARTERLY, UM, TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, INSTEAD OF REMOVING, UH, THE PEG FUND FEES, WE DISCUSSED SUSPENDING.
SO JUST THE WORDING WAS CHANGED ON THAT.
AND THAT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WE CAN COMPLETE PRETTY QUICK.
UNDER MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ONLY CHANGE HERE WAS UNDER THE UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES WHERE WE WORK TO INCLUDE, UM, WORK WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO PARTNER ON A RECYCLING PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS AN, AN ITEM THAT WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED TO BE ADDED OR AWARDING TO BE CHANGED.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, UM, AS MR. MUNDO MENTIONED, WE ARE, WE STAFF DID DISCUSS AN SYSTEM TO LET RESIDENTS AND, UH, THE VIEWERS, SINCE THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE ON THE WEBSITE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, WE DISCUSSED THAT REALLY ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CHECKED ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND, GONNA BE CREATIVE ON HOW WE, HOW WE, UM, DISPLAY THAT FOR THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION UNDER THIS.
UH, WE REMOVED, ESTABLISHED A CENTRAL PARK THAT WAS THE, UH, MATCH GRIFFITH AREA.
SO, UH, WE WERE DOING THE, SINCE WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE CONDUCT, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT THAT ITEM WAS GONNA BE, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT, UH, THE REASON WHAT MY QUESTION IS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TO KEEP INVENTORY OF THE ITEMS, PROPERTIES THE CITY HAS PURCHASED AND KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THEY WERE PURCHASED FOR.
'CAUSE FOR FUTURE COUNCILS AND STAFF MAY NOT BE AROUND, BUT BY THE TIME IT COMES AROUND FOR THAT, SO WE NEED TO HAVE INVENTORY OF ALL THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE BOUGHT FOR THAT CENTRAL PARK.
I THINK MAYBE WE PROBABLY SHOULD KEEP THIS ON THERE UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN IS DONE AND SEE IF THE MASTER PLAN AND COUNCIL, IF THEY ADOPT THE NEW MASTER PLAN, IF IT DECIDES TO COME OFF.
AND THEN IF IT FORMALLY, IF COUNCIL DECIDES THAT IT FORMALLY NEEDS TO COME OFF WITH A NEW MASTER PLAN, THEN WE CAN TAKE IT OFF.
SO MAYBE RIGHT NOW WE CAN KEEP IT ON.
NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE KEEPING, I'M TALKING ABOUT ADDING IT.
THERE IS NOT, IT'S NOT ON THERE ANYMORE.
UH, SHE HAS IT CROSSED OUT, UH, UNDER, IS IT IMPROVED COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES UNDER I WAS, UH, I WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP IT ON THERE AND NOT, I MEAN, EITHER WAY.
I MEAN, UNTIL COUNCIL ADOPTS A NEW MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO OKAY.
EITHER IF YOU'RE GONNA CROSS IT OFF, THEN WE NEED TO ADD THE INVENTORY PORTION OF IT.
SO WE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE PREMATURE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IF THIS, UH, UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN IS GONNA BE IN YOUR PROPOSED, UM, BUDGET DOCUMENT, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY MORE CHANGES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW.
WHO'S GONNA DO THAT? NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
[7. Submission of the proposed budget for FY 25-26. – Modesto Mundo ]
SEVEN.UM, JAMES, JAMES JUMPED RIGHT ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
HE'S WANTING TO HEAR YOU TALK.
UH, TONIGHT, UH, BEFORE YOU HAVE, UH, OUR PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET, UH, WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULED WORK SESSION ON SATURDAY, UH, JULY 19TH, UH, FOR YOU TO GO IN DEPTH.
UH, SO THIS GETS YOUR, UH, GETS, UH, THIS IN YOUR HANDS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE THIS POSTED FOR CITIZENS TO SEE ON THE WEB SITE, UH, TOMORROW.
AND IF YOU COULD BRING UP, UH, THE SLIDESHOW, I'LL QUICKLY KIND OF GO THROUGH IT.
UM, I AM GONNA SPEND A, UM, A SHORT
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AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN I HAVE, UH, MATTHEW GARRETT WITH, UH, NEWGEN, UH, TO TALK ABOUT, UH, PROPOSED WATER AND SEWER RATES.'CAUSE REALLY THAT'S WHERE THE IMPACT IS IN THIS BUDGET IS THE O ON THE WATER AND THE UTILITY, UH, FUND.
UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU, OVERALL THE BUDGET, UM, ALL FUNDS IS AROUND, UH, $63 MILLION.
UM, MOST OF THE TIME WE TALK ABOUT, WE SPEND MOST OF OUR DISCUSSION IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND.
WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON? UH, IT'S THE ALL FUNDS IS PROBABLY IN THE 68, 69.
UM, THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND IS, THERE'S SEVERAL FUNDS.
THE TWO BIGGEST FUNDS ARE THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND AND THE UTILITY FUND.
THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND IS, UH, 28.5 MILLION, UH, THIS YEAR BEING PROPOSED.
THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR THE GENERAL FUND UTILITY FUND, UH, HALF CENT, UH, UH, GOLF COURSE, WHICH MAKE UP, UH, THE REMAINING, UH, THE REMAINING FUNDS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES AS WELL OUT OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES.
THE GENERAL FUND IS 35% OF OUR EXPENDITURES, AND THE UTILITY IS 27% HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, 28 MILLION.
THE, UH, DIFFERENCE, THE INCREASE THIS YEAR IS 3.9%, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
I AM RECOMMENDING A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS, UH, 0.3259.
UH, OUR PROPOSED, UH, TAX RATE IS 0.3673.
UM, THAT DIFFERENCE IS THE INS RATE, WHICH IS OUR DEBT RATE WHERE, UM, UM, FORECASTING THAT IT'LL GO UP 4.70 CENTS.
AND THAT IS FROM THE, UM, THE DEBT, UH, THE BONDS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED IN MAY BY THE VOTERS.
AND SO THAT WAS, WE, WE, UH, PROJECTED THAT AND TO THE VOTERS, UH, HOW MUCH IT WOULD GO UP.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE TAX INCREASE IS ON THE INS SIDE.
ON THE M AND O, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING A TAX RATE INCREASE.
THERE IS, HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, ABOUT $20 MILLION WORTH OF NEW PROPERTY, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
UH, IF THAT, UH, WINDS UP, UM, BEING ACCURATE, WE WOULD ALSO GET ABOUT 17,600 IN NEW PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, FROM THAT ON THE M AND O SIDE, UM, MAYBE 12,000 ON THE DEBT.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S A 3.9% INCREASE IN OPERATING REVENUES.
UM, I AM RECOMMENDING TO FILL THREE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN THE AMOUNT OF $171,000 FOR OUR NEW ANIMAL CONTROLLED FACILITY.
UM, THE GENERAL FUND, OF COURSE, UH, IS, UM, BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
UM, AND THEN I MENTIONED THE, UM, PROPERTY TAX, UH, M AND O REVENUES, UM, SALE TAX REVENUE.
I'M BUDGETING A 200, $2,000 INCREASE IN REVENUES.
UM, THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL IN, UH, SALES TAX.
UM, MOST OF OUR WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT, DO YOU KNOW? UH, IT'S ABOUT 2%.
OH, YOU ARE, UM, INDUSTRIAL REVENUES OR SUPER BILL? I AM SUPER BILL.
INDUSTRIAL REVENUES ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE 850,000.
THAT'S ABATEMENT'S COMING, COMING OFF.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE SELLING THE, UH, 20.4 MILLION BONDS IN JULY OF THE NEXT MEETING.
AND JAMES WAS ABLE TO FINAGLE, UH, THROUGH OUR RATING AGENCY, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR RATING, UH, FROM AA NEGATIVE TO AA POSITIVE.
UH, AGAIN, GENERAL INFORMATION, THREE POSITIONS, 171,000 PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.
WE'VE BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL FUND, $586,000.
THAT'S A 4% INCREASE TO, UH, THE POSITIONS INCLUDING, UM, INCLUDING STARTING PAY FOR ANY NEW POSITIONS HAVE NOT BUDGETED.
UH, THIS YEAR WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PULL IT OFF FOR MERIT INCREASE.
UM, SO IS THAT 4% ACROSS THE BOARD? 4% IS ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND REALLY WE, WE DID THAT AND TALK TO THE DIRECTORS AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEAM WAS THAT IT GAVE EVERYBODY A 4% INCREASE, BUT IT ALSO INCREASED OUR STARTING RATES WHERE WE NEEDED TO MAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, STAY COMPETITIVE IN HIRING POLICE OFFICERS AND LABORERS.
WE WERE BOTH IN A, A VERY, YOU KNOW, SMALL SURVEY, YOU KNOW, SAMPLE FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
SO WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE SPLIT IT AND DONE A 2% MARKET AND A 2% MERIT, BUT
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WE DECIDED JUST TO DO PUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE FUNDS IN.BUT THE, UH, MERIT RAISE, THE PERFORMANCE DRIVES, UH, INGENUITY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I REALLY JUST HATE TO SEE THAT TAKEN AWAY.
IT DOESN'T GIVE 'EM ANY INCENTIVE TO EMPLOYEES TO, TO, UH, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
WE, WE, WE, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A HARD RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO MAKE.
IT IS JUST IF WE DID TWO AND TWO, WE, WE, WE WOULD, WE, OUR THOUGHT WAS WE WOULD STILL GET, WE'D HAVE A HARDER TIME RECRUITING, UH, IN THE POSITIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WITH THE ONLY A 2%, WITH THE 2% INCREASE.
AND LAST YEAR WE WENT AGAINST THAT RECOMMENDATION AND WE DID BOTH.
BUT THIS YEAR WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR WAS, IS WE ALL AGREED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH GETTING THESE, THE BOND WORK DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE PROJECTS DONE WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED.
AND IT'S KIND OF, THEY'RE GETTING THE 4%, WHICH IS NOT NOTHING, AND WE'RE GETTING THE BOND WORK DONE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I LOOKED AT IT WHEN I SAW THAT IS WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T KILL EVERYBODY BY GIVING EVERYBODY EVERYTHING.
NO, I MEAN, I WOULD NOT, I WASN'T GONNA SAY 4% PLUS I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT DISTRIBUTION.
IT'S JUST THE, UH, INNOVATION AND OUTSIDE BOX THINKING AND, AND SAVING THE TAXPAYER MONEY.
UH, YOU WANNA, BUT IT DROPS YOUR, YOUR STARTING PAY AND WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND IN STARTING PAY TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO COME WORK HERE.
IS THAT, THAT'S THE CATCH 22 OF IT IS.
YEAH, YOU WANT TO ALWAYS REWARD YOUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DOING WELL, WHICH IS MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND MAINTAIN PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK.
AND IF WE DON'T DO 4% ACROSS THE BOARD, THEN THAT PUTS US THAT MUCH FURTHER BEHIND.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK LIGHTLY, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION WITH STAFF, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SEVERAL OPTIONS AND ALL OF STAFF WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST THING, UM, YOU KNOW, OF STRIKING A BALANCE OF MAKING SURE THE EMPLOYEES WERE RECOGNIZED.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, AND GIVEN AN INCREASE, WE WILL STILL EVALUATE.
WE STILL HAVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE, IT'S STILL TRYING TO STAY COMPETITIVE.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL POSITIONS.
YOU GIVE THEM THE FULL RAISE ON PERFORMANCE AND IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING, THEN THERE SHOULD BE PENALTIES FOR NOT PERFORMANCE.
SO YOUR EFFECTIVE RATE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE.
YOU WILL STILL GIVE THEM 4% RAISE IF THEY'RE PERFORMING TO PAR OR BETTER.
SO IT IS, IT IS THE SAME DOLLARS.
YOU NOT, NOT YOU NOT, IT IS THE, IT IS THE SAME DOLLARS.
UH, BUT IF WE DID A 2% MARKET AND 2% THERE, NO, I'M NOT SAYING DO THAT.
I SAY ALL 4% WOULD BE PERFORMANCE BASED.
BUT THEN HOW DO YOU, HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES? THE, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE START.
THE PAY, THE STARTING, THE STARTING PAY WOULD NOT, IF WE DID ALL 4% MERIT, IT WOULD MAKE 4%.
THE, THE STARTING PAY WOULD NOT INCREASE.
WELL, I, I'M A LITTLE TORN HERE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS, KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 4% SEEMS REASONABLE AMOUNT.
BUT TO TAKE THE MERIT COMPLETELY OUT TO ME, THAT, UH, CREATES A DISINCENTIVE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, IF YOU HAVE FOUR, SOME BEST PERFORMING PEOPLE MIGHT GET FOUR AND A HALF, UH, LESS PERFORMERS, MAYBE THREE AND A HALF.
BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO HAVE A MERIT BASED EVALUATION THAT HAS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S TOUGH IN THAT THE STARTING PAY THAT WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE IN TWO KEY POSITIONS, WHICH HAS RIPPLE EFFECT ON THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
AND SO IF WE MOVE THOSE DOLLARS AND CONCENTRATE IN MERIT, THEN THE STARTING PAY FOR A POLICE OFFICER JUST DOESN'T MOVE.
AND THE OFFICERS HERE TODAY WOULD, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR MERIT INCREASE.
BUT THE STARTING PAY FOR A POLICE OFFICER WOULD, WOULD STAY, WOULD STAY THE SAME.
AND HISTORICALLY WE'VE DONE IT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS.
HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN NOBODY GOT ANYTHING REGARDLESS.
'CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE COVID YEAR, I THINK NOBODY GOT ANYTHING.
LAST YEAR, HE RECOMMENDED BASICALLY THIS.
AND COUNSEL DECIDED TO DO BOTH.
UM, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AS WELL AS MERIT BASED, WHICH WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO.
BUT THIS YEAR WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE THE VERY AGGRESSIVE BOND, WHICH WE KNOW IS GONNA RAISE THE TAX RATE.
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I JUST THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY IT'S EITHER OR.SO, SO LET ME TAKE AN EXAMPLE.
THE POLICE OFFICER, SO YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER, YOU GET A 4% RAISE.
SO YOU, YOU'RE SAYING 4% KEEPS YOU AT MARKET RATE THAT YOU KNOW NO, IT'S STILL BELOW MARKET RATE.
SO, I MEAN, LET'S TAKE A, LISTEN ME OUT FOR A SECOND.
SO 4% PERFORMANCE OR RAISE, DOESN'T MATTER.
4%, RIGHT? SO HE'S SAYING 4% KEEPS THE PERSON HAPPY.
SO IF IT'S BASED, PERFORMANCE BASED, IF THAT PERSON IS PERFORMING WELL, HE IS GONNA GET 4% AND HE IS GONNA BE HAPPY.
AND, UH, AND IF HE'S NOT PERFORMING, THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO COME AROUND ANYWAY.
SO WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM 4%? WELL, BASICALLY WANNA KEEP HIM HAPPY BECAUSE THE INSURANCE GOES UP FIVE ANOTHER 1%, SO EVERYTHING GOES UP 5%.
THEN HE'S, WELL, INSURANCE, OUR INSURANCE IS DROPPING 3% THOUGH.
AND WE'VE DROPPED INSURANCE LAST YEAR AS WELL.
IF WE SPLIT IT, AND IT CAN'T BE, OUR OPTION IS TO SPLIT, IT IS THEN TWO AND TWO, IT'S A 2% MARKET, WHICH MEANS ALL THE POSITIONS MOVE 2%.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT, AND EVERYBODY, AND EVERYBODY MOVES 2% TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, IN LINE.
RIGHT? AND THEN THOSE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR MERIT WOULD, WE WOULD BUDGET TWO PER, YOU KNOW, 2% FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE MERIT.
UH, SO STARTING PAY WOULD MOVE 2% AND EVERYBODY WOULD MOVE 2%.
SO A CURRENT PERSON HERE WOULD MOVE POTENTIALLY FOUR, YOU KNOW, 4% EITHER WAY.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT IT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE STARTING PAY.
SO, SO LEMME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU'RE STILL KEEPING 2% FROM MERIT.
SO YOU CAN USE THAT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE HIGHEST PERFORMING PEOPLE ON THE LOCAL.
THAT'S NOT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT HE'S MAKING.
THAT IS, THAT IS AN OPTION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, BUT WE STILL EVALUATE NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN THERE.
SO, UH, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, 31 YEARS, WE'VE HAD MAYBE FIVE TIMES THAT WE'VE NOT BUDGETED FOR A MERIT INCREASE.
UH, SO I GIVE FEEDBACK, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS IN THE, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL.
SO WE DON'T NEED A DECISION TONIGHT, BUT WE'VE BUDGETED THE DOLLARS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT FOR PAY, PAY FOR PERFORMANCE, THE 5 86, UH, TOWARDS THAT ANYMORE, WE WOULD HAVE TO RECOMMEND A TAX INCREASE.
AND I DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EITHER.
SO WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY $586,000 THAT CAN GO TOWARDS SOME TYPE OF INCREASE IN, IN PAY.
AND WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE POLICE AND MAINTENANCE, UH, CONTRACTS ARE GOING UP 128,000, UH, DOLLARS.
MOSTLY THOSE ARE OUR, UH, UH, COMPUTER, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, UH, SYSTEMS. UM, DOES THAT, I ASSUME THAT INCLUDES THE, THE PACKAGES, THE MAINTENANCE PACKAGES.
WE DECIDED WE'RE GONNA START EVERY TIME WE BUY NEW PIECE OF EQUIP FIRE EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE'VE BACKED AWAY FROM THAT.
NO, THIS IS MORE FOR, UM, ANYTHING, UH, FIRE SOFTWARE, POLICE SOFTWARE, UH, THE TASERS, UH, LIGHTS, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT IT IS ALL PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEIR MAINTENANCE CONTENT.
AND WE CAN GET YOU THE DETAIL AND THE INCREASES.
BUT THIS WAS MOSTLY ALL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
SO ON THE NEW NEW TOWER, DID WE GET INTO, DID WE BUY INTO THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER? LIKE WE SAID, WE WERE GONNA DO 'EM ALL NEW FIRE EQUIPMENT TO MAINTAIN TOO WITH, WITH HIDDEN SURE.
THEY'RE ALL, ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT NEW THAT'S, I'M SAYING THE CERTIFICATIONS, WE THE MANUFACTURER OR THE, THE DEALER DOESN'T DO THAT.
WELL, THERE'S, REMEMBER THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AT THE LAST FIRETRUCK THAT WE WERE GONNA DO THAT, RIGHT? THE, UH, THE, THE DEALER THAT WE PURCHASED IT THROUGH, THERE'S A THIRD PARTY PARTY.
WE, MORE THAN LIKELY, BECAUSE OF THE, THE, WE USED TO USE UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES TO DO OUR TESTING.
THEY PULLED OUT OF TEXAS LAST YEAR.
THEY DON'T WANT TO, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA DO IT ANYMORE.
SO MORE THAN LIKELY, WE WILL END UP GOING THROUGH THE, THE DEALER, WHICH WAS SIDS MARTIN, OKAY.
BUT WE JUST, WE HAVE TO, WE PRICE IT OUT.
WE SEE, OKAY, HOW GOOD THEY'RE GONNA DO AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA COST US.
TDCU, THE CURRENT BUDGET THIS YEAR HAD A HALF A YEAR OF, UH, MAINTAINING IT.
THE ESTIMATED FULL AMOUNT WAS 200,000 TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY.
SO I'M BUDGETING THE REMAINING AMOUNT, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I DO EXPECT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH COUNSEL ON WHERE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY ONCE IT IS DONATED TO US.
BUT I'M TRYING TO BUDGET FOR THE FULL YEAR
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OF MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY.AND WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT IN A BIG HURRY TO, TO TAKE THE KEYS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THE LONGER THEY HOLD THE KEYS, THE LONGER THEY PAY THE MAINTENANCE ON IT.
UH, WE'VE, UH, SEEN FUEL DECREASE.
UH, SO WE'VE, UH, TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT, UH, OF A DROP OF $50,000.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A DIRECTION OF COUNCIL RIGHT NOW WE'VE, UH, DECREASED SPECIAL EVENTS OF $30,000 OF TRANSFER TO THAT.
I HAVE, UH, BUDGETED, UH, THAT INCREASES A TRANSFER TO CAPITAL.
UH, SO IF COUNCIL, UH, DOES CHANGE, UH, WE CAN MAKE THAT, UH, CHANGE.
AND WE'VE SEEN A DROP IN WINDSTORM INSURANCE AS WELL OF, UH, 28, UH, THOUSAND.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES, UH, IN THE, THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT THAT'S, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN MY MANAGER'S LETTER.
UM, GENERAL FUND, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, SALES TAX IS OUR PRIMARY REVENUE, UM, FOR THE CITY.
THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS SECOND AT 7.8 MILLION.
AND THEN PROPERTY TAX IS THIRD AT 6.4.
AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS 4.2.
THAT'S PARKS AND RECREATION REVENUE.
MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, PERMIT FEES MAKE UP ABOUT 4.2.
AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE PUBLIC SAFETY OF, UH, POLICE, FIRE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND EMS IS ALMOST, UH, 12 MILLION, UH, FINANCE.
UH, AND MUNICIPAL COURT IS 2.3.
PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS 5.8.
AND THEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS ENGINEERING AND BUILDING, UH, DEPARTMENT IS ONE POINT, ALMOST 1.6 MILLION.
THE COPY OF THESE SLIDES MM-HMM
WE CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF THESE.
UM, NOT EASY TO READ THAN THESE COLUMN.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY TAX DISTRIBUTION.
AND THIS WILL GET FINALIZED ONCE WE HAVE FINAL NUMBERS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ON THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, UH, TAX RATE, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 0.289.
WE PROJECT THAT IT'LL GO DOWN TO 2.037.
THE 4.7 INCENT INCREASE IS REALLY IS ON THE DEBT SIDE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT'LL GO UP TO, UH, 0.1640.
BUT AGAIN, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST, THAT'S BASED ON PRELIMINARY VALUES AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH GOES TOWARDS, UH, OPERATION AND THEN HOW MUCH GOES TOWARDS, UH, DEBT.
AND ALL OF OUR DEBT IS, UM, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.
WE HAVE NO, UH, CERTIFICATES OF, UH, OBLIGATION, UH, IN HERE, ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT DEBT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.
ON THE UTILITY FUND SIDE, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING A 7.3% INCREASE IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO THE LAST BUDGET.
I'M SEEING A UTILITY, UH, BASE RATE INCREASE OF $3 AND 48 CENTS.
UH, THE WATER PER GALLON RATE IS INCREASE OF 60 CENTS.
UH, I'M RECOMMENDING A RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE AND RECYCLING INCREASE OF A DOLLAR PER MONTH.
AND THE GARBAGE, UH, COMMERCIAL GARBAGE RATE OF 5%.
AND I'M RECOMMENDING HOLDING STEADY ON THE ROLL OFF RATE, UH, WITH NO INCREASE.
AND THEN ALSO THAT WE, UH, GO OUT FOR BID, UH, ON THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A BETTER PRICE FROM OUR VENDOR.
UH, THAT DOES, UH, MOST OF OUR, UH, PICKUPS ON, ON, ON THE ROLL OFF TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A BETTER RATE ON THAT.
SO IF WE DO GET A BETTER RATE ON THAT, WILL WE SEE A REDUCTION IN THAT? THAT'LL BE A QUESTION, UH, THAT COUNSEL WILL HAVE TO, IF WE WANT TO, UH, IF WE DO SEE A REDUCTION, IF THAT, IF YOU WANT TO PASS THAT INTO THE ROLL OFF OR USE THOSE REVENUES TO REDUCE OTHER COMMERCIAL RATES OR RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL RATES, UH, WITH THOSE SAVINGS, UH, UTILITY, MOST OF THE INCREASE, UH, IS GOING FOR THE UTILITY DEBT TRANSFER INCREASE OF THE, UH, $20 MILLION, UH, BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO SELL FOR LIST STATION ONE.
AND THE, UH, FORCE MAIN, UH, PAY FOR PERFORMANCE AGAIN, AND THE UTILITY FUND IS BUDGETED 201,000.
WE HAVE ALMOST A $300,000 RATE INCREASE, UH, 40 CENTS, UH, UM, FOR A THOUSAND FROM BWA, UH, SLEDGE HAULING.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, BUDGETED INTO THE RATE FOR 75,000 TO PAY FOR THE UTILITY FUND TO PAY FOR THE SANITATION FUND, FOR THE HAULING.
WE'VE NEVER CHARGED IT ON THERE.
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AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE, UH, WHERE EACH ONE CARRIES ITS OWN WEIGHT.AND SO RATHER THAN HAVING IT BEING SUBSIDIZED BY SANITATION, UH, IT SHOULD BE PAID BY THE WATER FUND, UH, THE SEWER FUND, UH, CHEMICALS, UH, FOR WASTEWATER GOING UP 35,000, WE HAVE TO STILL BUY, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR METER READING.
UM, AND THEN EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE.
UM, 30,000 INCREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE, EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE.
WELL, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THROWING ME, THAT MAY BE A SAVINGS.
AND THEN PROPERTY INSURANCE IS, IS GOING DOWN.
IS THERE ANY CAP ON WHAT BWA CAN INCREASE OR CAN THEY JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND WE HAVE TO PAY IT? YEAH, RIGHT NOW THE PROJECTION IS, UH, 15 CENTS A YEAR.
THIS IS YEAR THREE FOR THE HARRIS RESERVOIR EXPANSION.
AND THAT'S A EIGHT OVER EIGHT.
THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE ON THE BWA INCREASES FROM OUR OWN MEMBER, UH, APPOINTED, UM, WHERE WE HAVE LIMITED, UM, OUR IMPACT OF THE RATE INCREASE IS THAT WE'VE NOT INCREASED, UH, THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE PURCHASED FROM THEM.
WE TRY TO OFFSET THAT WITH, UH, WELL WATER, UM, TO LESSEN THE IMPACT.
THE ONLY, I THINK THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD DO THAT AS FAR AS THE PUSHBACK IS, IS THAT ALL THE, ALL THE, OR MAJORITY OF THE PARTIES WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND SAY NO.
AND, YOU KNOW, BWA CAN GO OVER THERE AND SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
IT'S, IT'S EITHER YOU PAY IT OR WE CAN'T PROVIDE.
THEY'VE GOTTA PROVIDE THE WATER TO US.
THAT'S THEIR, THAT'S THEIR, THEIR CHARTER IS TO PROVIDE THE WATER TO US.
AND SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST BE COVERING THEIR COSTS, BUT ARE THEY CONTROLLING THEIR COSTS? WELL, THAT'S, OR ARE WE DRAGGING OUT HARRIS RESERVOIR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS? YEAH, BUT THE HARRIS RESERVOIR WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.
IT'S ALMOST A MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT, UH, TO THE BUDGET ONCE WE HIT YEAR 8, 850 1000, UH, DOLLARS.
AND THEN IT GOES TO LIKE 2056.
UH, SO IT, I MEAN, THE RESERVOIR EXPANSION IS A BIG IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR WE'RE ABOUT IN THE 300,000 RANGE, UM, UH, TO THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT INCREASE, UH, OUTTA THAT 40 CENT INCREASE THIS YEAR, 15 CENT OF IT IS THE NEXT STAGE OF THE HARRIS RESERVOIR.
AND WE'LL SEE THAT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO OUR PAYMENT FOR HARRIS RESERVOIR GOES UP 15% YEAR.
IT, IT GOES UP 15 CENTS, 15 CENTS EVERY YEAR UNTIL IT REACHES A MAXIMUM OF A DOLLAR 15.
BUT THEN IF THAT ANSWERS, ARE THEY CONTROLLING THEIR COSTS OR THEY JUST SAYING, EH, THEY'LL PAY WHATEVER.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
UH, ERIC, YOU KNOW, IS ATTENDING THE BOARD MEETINGS AND OUR NEW MEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH WIDE AND, YOU KNOW, ON.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ONE MEMBER ON A BOARD OF A REGIONAL COOPERATION THAT DOES SERVE, THAT DOES SURFACE WATER.
AND WE REALLY HAVE NO OTHER OPTION
THIS SHOWS, UM, THIS YEAR'S IMPACT.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS, UM, UH, WHEN WE SURVEY, WE USUALLY LOOK AT 5,000 GALLONS, UH, A MONTH, UH, SYSTEM WIDE.
WHEN WE LOOK IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW, UM, OUR RATE FOR WATER AND SEWER IS, UH, $76.
WE'LL MOVE TO, I THINK IT'S 83 70.
AND IT SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR NEW RATE WOULD BE IN COMPARISON, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE REGION.
AND SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S A $7 AND 23 CENT INCREASE.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT HAVE HIM GO THROUGH THE YES.
AND I DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE TO GO THROUGH THE RATE IMPACT, UH, ANALYSIS, UH, NEW GENS, UH, LOOKED AT OUR, UH, RATES, UM, AND HE CAN GO THROUGH A LITTLE MORE DETAILED OF, UM, OF OUR RATES.
SO YOU'RE COMPARING OUR NEW RATE TO CURRENT RATES OF ALL THOSE OTHER CITIES.
YOU DIDN'T ESCALATE THOSE FOR ANY KIND OF NO, WE DON'T HAVE A NEW, YEAH.
SO ALL OF THEM, WE MAY STAY, WE MAY STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.
AS FAR AS THE RANKING, YES, EVERY, EVERY CITY WILL BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A RATE, MOST LIKELY A RATE INCREASE.
AGAIN, I'VE NOT BEEN SHY ON THIS.
UM, AND IS THAT THE IMPACT FOR OUR CITIZENS ANYWHERE IN TEXAS, AT ANY CITY,
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THE MOST IMPACT WILL BE ON THE WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT OF COST.UH, OF ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, THE NO CITY CAN ESCAPE, BUT IT'S BECOME A VERY EXPENSIVE OPERATION.
AND, AND MAYOR, THE NEW GEN, WHAT THEY DID, THEY LOOK AT OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND WE GIVE THEM 20 MILLION.
SO THEY, THEY WILL HAVE THE RATE FOR NEXT FIVE YEAR, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT THEM TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTION IE METER SIZE AND OTHER OPTION.
THE 20 MILLION IS IS THE LIFT STATION.
AND, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MR. MUNDO WAS DOING PERFECTLY FINE PRESENTING ALL THE UTILITY.
I THINK EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS SPOT ON, UH, COULD HAVE CONTINUED.
DO I KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A CLICKER? DO I KNOW WHERE TO POINT THE CLICKER LEFT, RIGHT? I CAN LASER PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T, WE CUT THE BATTERY FROM THE BUDGET.
NO, I DON'T RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY.
WHAT IS IT? WHILE THEY DO THAT, THIS IS AN UPDATE, UH, AS I BELIEVE I WAS HERE LAST YEAR.
IF YOU DON'T RECALL, OR MAYBE YOU WEREN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A RATE STUDY CONDUCTED IN 2024.
UM, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS ANNUALLY WITH YOU, IT HELPS US GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING, GET A SENSE OF BRAZOSPORT, TRACK YOUR CIP.
WE ARE WORKING WITH CITAS, UH, RIGHT NOW ON THEIR MASTER PLAN.
UH, AND AS A PART OF THIS STUDY, WE'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF THINGS AS ALLUDED TO WE'LL CLOSE WITH SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE RATE DESIGNS.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, PROBABLY FOR THE TIME TO ACT AND UNDERSTAND AND THEN TO ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING A DESIGN CHANGE, BUT RATHER JUST INCREASES THAT GET YOU OVER THE HURDLE FOR 2026.
SO I ALREADY HIT THE FIRST BULLET, UH, BUT I CAN BE BRIEF.
BASICALLY, WATER AND SEWER EXPENSES ARE GOING UP.
UH, THIS IS SORT OF THE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR RATE OF CHANGE.
UH, THAT IS DRIVEN, UH, IN NO SMALL PART BY YOUR BRAZOSPORT WATER AUTHORITY.
THAT'S TRENDING AROUND 8.7, 8.9%.
THAT'S OUR FORECAST, UH, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER EXPENSES, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING AND KIND OF GETTING TO THE END AT THE VERY BEGINNING, A RATE INCREASE OF 9.5%, UH, ON WATER AND WASTEWATER AS, UH, MR. MOONAH ALREADY SHOWED YOU.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMPARATOR SLIDE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THERE IS ONE KEY, UM, IN THERE.
SURE, THAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS BUDGET.
THIS BUDGET IS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A DRAW DOWN OF SURPLUS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
HAD WE NOT DONE THAT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT A 14 WE PERCENT INCREASE THAT SURPLUS IS BECAUSE WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SELL THE DEBT FOR THE LIFT STATION IN JANUARY AND HAVE AN INTEREST PAYMENT IN APRIL, BUT WE'RE ONLY SELLING THE DEBT NOW IN TWO WEEKS.
AND SO WE BUDGETED FOR THE INTEREST PAYMENT.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE NOW SITTING, OR WILL BE IN, IN FUND BALANCE TO USE THOSE TO LO TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND OFFSET THAT RATE INCREASE AND BRING IT DOWN TO FROM 14% TO NINE, NINE POINT HALF, UH, PERCENT.
UH, SINCE WE'VE, IN ESSENCE OVER, OVER BUDGETED, WE, WE WON'T HAVE AN INTEREST PAYMENT THIS, THIS YEAR.
BUT THEN THAT JUST DEFERS AN INCREASE.
WE WILL, WE WILL STILL HAVE TO SMOOTH OUT THE INCREASE OVER THE, THE YEARS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE 60 MONTHS TO BUILD UP OUR RESERVE OVER THERE.
AND SO YES, IT'LL, WE WILL STILL BE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
BUT, UH, THIS YEAR, HAD WE NOT DONE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OF, OF TOO MUCH MONEY.
SO, BUT WE'LL, WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO SMOOTH THAT OUT WITH A DRAWDOWN OF THAT BALANCE.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, REALLY, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED, UH, FOR YOUR 2026 BUDGET.
AND THEN WE'VE DRAWN THAT OUT OVER A FIVE YEAR, UM, FORECAST.
BRA SUPPORT MAKES UP ABOUT 24% OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENSES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL SEE THE DEBT, UH, INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.
THEY START TO STACK, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF, OF DEBT ISSUANCES ON THE BOOKS TODAY.
ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ROLLS OFF AS YOU SEE THAT YELLOW BAND GETTING SMALLER IN TIME, BUT YOU'RE ADDING THE ORANGE.
UH, AND SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT, UM, YOU'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SLIDE OR TWO.
69 MILLION, UH, ALMOST 70 MILLION OVER THIS 2025 THROUGH 2030.
TIMELINE 20 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE 2025 CO.
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FOR THE LIST STATION.ONE POINTED OUT THERE IN THE TOP BAR OR THE TOP BULLET, IF YOU WILL CALL OUT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE LIST STATION, UH, 20 RECONSTRUCTION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A DESIGN COMPONENT IN 28 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLETE IN 2030.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BANNER PROJECTS.
UH, THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN YOUR CIP, UH, BUT THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, MOSTLY WEIGHTED TOWARDS WASTEWATER.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING YOU'LL NEED TO DEBT FINANCE.
MOST OF THIS, WE'VE ASSUMED A 4.6% INTEREST RATE, 20 YEAR NOTE, UH, AND OUR FORECAST.
UM, SO ALL OF THESE THINGS IN FUTURE YEARS WILL BE ADJUSTED IN FUTURE YEARS.
SO WITH A HYPER FOCUS ON 26, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR WORK WITH YOUR STAFF.
WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT YOUR POSITION, UH, TO, TO SUSTAIN A RATE PLAN THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF EBB AND FLOW, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE TWO YEARS OFF AND THEN HIT 'EM WITH 20% OR LEAVE IT FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL, AT LEAST AS PRESENTED.
WE'RE TAKING STEPS EACH YEAR INCREMENTALLY, SO WE DON'T HAVE RATE SHOCK AS IT COMES.
SO WE SEE IT COMING, WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT AND SETTING THE RATES ACCORDINGLY.
UH, YOUR, YOUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT $1.8 MILLION.
THAT INCREASES TO 4.9 BY 2030.
SO THAT'S THE EFFECT OF THAT YELLOW BAR OF DEBT.
UH, ON A CASH NEEDS APPROACH, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THAT MUCH MORE ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT THAT DEBT IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, THEN IT COULD TRIPLE IT.
COULD I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WATER QUALITY IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, UM, THAT'S A RIA QUESTION.
UH, BUT SO AGAIN, AS DISCUSSED, UH, PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS AN ANTICIPATED DRAWDOWN OF, UH, FUND BALANCE.
AND THAT'S THAT LEFTMOST CHART THERE.
UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN THE PROJECTED RATES TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN 26.
UM, THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST SAYS WE CAN'T STAY HERE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION.
UH, WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE BY CORRECT THIS COMING YEAR.
AND WE WILL BE SHORT OF OUR OWN POLICY OF 25% ON DAY'S CASH ON THAT RIGHTMOST COLUMN, UH, RIGHTMOST CHART THERE.
SO YOUR FUND BALANCE RESERVE, YOU, YOU WOULDN'T HIT YOUR OWN MARK.
AND THAT DOES NOT FAREWELL FOR YOUR BOND RATING, WHICH JUST WENT UP.
UM, BUT THEY WANNA SEE THAT YOU'RE LIVING UP TO YOUR POLICIES AND THAT YOUR RATES ARE FUNDING WHAT YOU NEED.
UM, THEY LOVE THAT YOU HAVE A FORECAST.
THEY LOVE THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN.
AND, UM, GENERALLY RATING AGENCIES LIKE TO SEE YOU TAKE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT PLAN EXECUTION.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE RATE INCREASES AS PROJECTED.
UH, AGAIN, NO CERTAINTY AROUND 2027 RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR AS THE BUDGET CONTINUES, I DON'T KNOW THE FINAL ADOPTION PROCESS, BUT WILL BE THE 2026 RATE CHANGES LISTED AT 9.5%.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS KIND OF UNDER THE HOOD HERE.
THERE COULD CHANGE 27 THROUGH 30, BUT ALL ELSE EQUAL, WHAT I'M SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS 10.5%, LITTLE BIT OF A DROP.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO, UH, PUNCH IT BACK UP BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME LARGER DEBT COMING ON IN 29 AND 30.
YOU SAID THE THINGS UNDER THE HOOD THAT COULD IMPACT THOSE PERCENTAGES, WOULD IT BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR JUST SOME IMPACT? ONE OF THEM, AND AGAIN, WE, WE AREN'T GONNA GO DEEP ON THIS, BUT ONE THAT I WILL RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNSEL AND FUTURE COUNSELS CONSIDER ARE SOME RATE DESIGN CHANGES.
UH, THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES AROUND REVENUE RECOVERY.
THAT REVENUE RECOVERY COULD BE DIFFERENTIATING RESIDENTIAL FROM COMMERCIAL.
IT COULD BE SAYING A FIVE EIGHTS INCH OR THREE QUARTER INCH METER PAYS $20, AND THE OTHER METERS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER SHOULD PAY AN INCREMENT HIGHER.
AND WE HAVE A PHASE IN APPROACH TO THAT, UH, EMPLOYING THAT IN LIDLE, TEXAS AND IN DEER PARK RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN MANY OTHERS ARE ALREADY ON THAT SYSTEM.
UH, ADDITIONALLY THE AVERAGE PAYER, UH, RESIDENT COULD BE AFFECTED BY ONE OTHER POLICY WE REVIEWED, WHICH IS A WINTER AVERAGE.
A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, PROBABLY NOT EASY TO UNPACK HERE.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE MORE DIFFERENTIATION, UM, AROUND YOUR RESIDENT USERS.
ANYWAYS, I CAN'T UNPACK IT AND, AND TAKE A MINUTE, BUT I CAN TAKE 30 AND PRESENT IT
AND WE ASKED, I, UM, WE'D ASKED MATTHEW FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT, BUT NOT LOOK AT IT THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED AND IT, AND I, IT WILL TAKE ITS OWN WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, WITH COUNCIL TO SEE IF WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A, A RATE, RATE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, CHANGE.
UM, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT WITH THIS $20 MILLION, YOU KNOW, ISSUANCE AND, AND ON THE FLY.
RIGHT? AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, OTHER BIG ROCKS REALLY, OR OTHER ITEMS UNDER THE HOOD MIGHT BE YOUR MASTER PLAN AND WHAT COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO AND WHEN THEY DECIDE TO DO IT, OR EVEN YOUR CAPITAL STRUCTURE, HOW MUCH DEBT VERSUS CASH FINANCE YOU CAN SWING RELATIVE TO A BALANCE.
SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING IS THAT WE, WE, WE'VE DONE THESE STUDIES AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR NEXT 15, 20 YEARS AND HOW DO WE STAY, HOW DO WE PHASE THOSE IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE
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TO BE DONE.WE CAN'T KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD AND, UH, SO WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND, AND YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE SOME LARGE NEEDS IN WASTEWATER AND YOU DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP TOMORROW TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT A HIGH GROWTH COMMUNITY THAT CAN LEAN ON THAT GROWTH IN THE NEAR TERM.
SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE OUR PROJECTED WATER RATES ON EACH, UM, SORT OF STACKED BOX THERE.
YOU HAVE WATER ON THE LEFT, WASTEWATER OR SEWER ON THE RIGHT, CURRENT RATES AND PROPOSED RATES.
UM, THESE ARE JUST THE TABLES THAT'S MORE, UH, INTERESTING WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
BUT I WILL NOTE THE SENIOR DISCOUNTS ARE ASSUMED TO HOLD AT $13.
UH, THAT'S A NET SAVINGS, IF YOU WILL, TO YOUR SENIOR POPULATION OF $360,000 PER YEAR.
UM, SO THIRTEEN'S A PRETTY GOOD DISCOUNT AMONG THE COMPETITORS AND GROUPS, RIGHT? OTHER CITIES AREN'T DOING QUITE SO MUCH.
UM, SO YOU'RE VERY KIND TO YOUR SENIORS HERE, AND WE'VE HELD THAT AT 13.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S SOME OTHER FOOTNOTES AROUND BRAZOSPORT WATER AUTHORITY FEES, BUT I WON'T READ THE WHOLE SLIDE TO YOU IF YOU'LL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT MUCH MORE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OUR RESIDENT? UH, PROBABLY FOR YOU AT A 5,000 GALLON CUSTOMER.
THESE ARE NUMBERS ALREADY REFERENCED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE DECK.
UH, BUT YOU WERE SPOT ON MR. MUNDO, UH, YOUR TOTAL THERE, UH, AS YOU LISTED THEM OFF.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS A $7 AND 23 CENT RATE CHANGE TO A TYPICAL RESIDENT ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER BILL.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT, AND MY HOUSE IS ALREADY AT 2030, RIGHT?
WELL, WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE A STEEP CHANGE, BUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OTHER PROPERTY I HAVE IS, IS THAT WHAT I'VE HISTORICALLY SEEN IS, IS THAT THE RATE, THE BASE RATE IS, IS GOING UP $25 A YEAR.
AND SO, AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF GETTING WATER, I MEAN, WATER'S EXPENSIVE AND, AND CENTRAL TEXAS, MAYBE HIGH DEMAND THERE.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE FORTUNATE, I THINK IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS THAT IT'S NOT, NOT QUITE AS PRICEY AS IT IS IN, IN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW, UH, TO GET MORE WATER SUPPLY.
WELL, THEY GOT A LOT OF WATER COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS SIR, UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME AREAS.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL IMPACT.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS SITS ON BOTH CUSTOMER GROUPS.
THIS IS 20,000 GALLONS OF CONSUMPTION.
THEIR BILL CURRENTLY AT THREE 12 GOING UP 29 47.
UH, AGAIN, 9.5% ROUNDED WITH PENNIES 9 44.
AND THINK ONE THING I WANT MENTION TO MARYLAND CITY COUNCIL OF THE RATE YOU'RE SEEING, ONE THIRD OF THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY PASSED THROUGH, GOES TO BWA TO BUY WATER.
SO WAIT, TO JUST ADD THE GASOLINE TO THE FIRE REALITY.
YEAH, THE WATER, THE UTILITY FUND IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, 65, 60 6% IS PERSONNEL.
UM, AND THE UTILITY FUND, 66% IS CAPITAL, UH, CHEMICALS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE.
UH, AND IT, IT JUST, IT'S COMPLETELY FLIP FLOPPED.
RIGHT? AND IF YOU GO TO THE, THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A COMPARISON GROUP WHERE WATER AND WASTEWATER SPLIT OUT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS SHOWN VERTICALLY ON, ON THE PRIOR SLIDE DECK AND MINES JUST HORIZONTALLY, MAYBE THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION.
UH, SOME OTHER, UM, KEY NOTES HERE.
AGAIN, THE BILL COMPARISONS, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, THESE ARE NOT THEIR RATES FOR FISCAL 26.
THOSE ARE VERY LIKELY TO CHANGE.
UM, I'M WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF THEM AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY PLAN TO HAVE A CHANGE.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, AND UNTIL OTHER COUNCIL ACTS, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THEIR RATE WILL BE.
BUT, UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE NOTED A FEW OTHER THINGS HERE.
ULTIMATELY, THE RATES AS WE'VE PRESENTED THEM, WHAT MATTERS THE MOST WHEN I'M DONE IS TO SAY THE RATES I'VE GIVEN YOU AND THE ASSUMPTION STAFF HAS GIVEN ME TO MAKE WORK UNDER THE PLAN TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, AS MR. MENDO POINTED OUT, WE'VE GOT, UH, $600,000 USE OF FUND BALANCE IN 2026.
SO WE ALLOWED REVENUES TO BE LESS THAN EXPENSES ON PURPOSE IN 2026 AS A MEANS TO SMOOTH OUT THE RATE CHANGES.
UM, ALSO THERE WERE SOME OTHER INTENT BEHIND THAT RATE INCREASE IN, UH, THAT SLIDING A YEAR.
SO IT MADE SENSE IN THAT, UH, MANNER.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL SEE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE, UH, SKIN OF OUR TEETH THERE IN 2026.
WE HAVE A 1.28, WE'RE OKAY, UH, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
LAST NOTE, FUND BALANCE RESERVE.
WE HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPEND DOWN, IT MAKES SENSE.
OUR OPERATING EXPENSES ARE INCREASING AND WE'RE SPENDING DOWN 600,000.
SO WE GET A, A REDUCTION DOWN TO 37%.
UH, BUT THAT'S WELL ABOVE THE 25% THRESHOLD.
UH, SO AS THE DASHBOARD GOES, THE RATE PLAN WORKS, UH, AND THIS COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCILS CAN ACT DIFFERENTLY ON 27 THROUGH 30.
IT'S NOT YOUR DESTINY HERE, IT'S JUST A PLAN.
AND THAT PLAN CAN BE REVISED ANNUALLY AS NEEDED.
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QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.UM, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER OPTIONS, SO I WON'T GO BACK THROUGH THAT SECOND BULLET.
UM, BUT HAPPY TO ASSIST HOWEVER I MAY, SO I WANT ON THE CHART THAT YOU HAVE THAT COMPARED CITIES.
WHAT AVERAGE MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD BILL WAS FOR WATER.
AND SO THERE WAS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KATY AND AT THE BOTTOM.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS THAT CAUSED SUCH A, A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE? SO THERE IS THE PRIMARY THAT I WOULD SAY IN ALL COMMUNITIES IS THE REINVESTMENT AND SUNK CAPITAL COST.
SO IF YOU'RE REINVESTING IN YOUR PLANT, LIKE I HELPED A CENTRAL TEXAS CITY THAT HAD A WASTEWATER PLANT SITTING SOME FROM 1950, RIGHT? SO THEY GOT THAT PLUS SOME PAYBACK OVER TIME, AND THEN THEY HAD A $75 MILLION PROJECT TO FIX IT.
UH, AND SO THEY JUST DELAYED AND DELAYED IT DELAYED.
SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THE, THE COST DRIVERS, THE RATE DRIVERS ARE CUSTOMER BASE.
SO IF YOU'RE IN KD TEXAS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A DECENT COMMERCIAL BASE.
UH, YOU MAY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL INDUSTRIAL USERS, YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER USERS THAT CAN HELP PAY THE BILL.
THE OTHER ITEM, WHICH IS GONNA COME UP IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR OTHER RATE ALTERNATIVES, ALLOWING COMMERCIAL METERS THAT ARE TWO INCH WITH MORE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM, PAY MORE.
IF YOU DECIDE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THEN YOU HAVE A, IT'S EQUITABLE, BUT IT ALSO IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING MORE MONEY FROM COMMERCIAL AND A LARGER METER THAN A RESIDENT.
AND SO THERE'S THE POLITICS OF IT IN RATE SETTING, RIGHT? UM, SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE A SET DIFFERENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PAYS 20% MORE THAN RESIDENTS.
UM, SO, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS, BUT THE PRIMARY IS HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL CAN HELP PAY THE WAY, UM, THAT WILL HELP WITH RESIDENTS.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS RATE SETTING DESIGN.
SO IF WE SHOWED YOU A BILL AT 25,000 GALLONS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A VERY PUNITIVE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE.
AND SO THAT THAT CUSTOMER THAT'S USING 50,000 GALLONS IN SEPTEMBER IS GONNA PAY A, I DON'T KNOW, $700 BILL, RIGHT? WELL, THEIR 700 GOES INTO THE KITTY RIGHT IN THE POOL.
AND THAT HELPS THE LOWER END USER.
THAT'S ALWAYS 3000 GALLONS PAY LESS OVERALL.
AND SO EVEN WITHIN THE CLASS OF RESIDENTS, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT RATE SETTING POLICIES.
SO, UH, THE SCIENCE IS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU NEED AND CAN YOU MAKE IT.
THE ART IS HOW DO YOU GET IT FROM WHICH CUSTOMER? SO PRICE SETTING, UM, HAS A LOT OF NUANCE.
MATTHEW, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT STILL, THEY ALSO HAVE MUDS.
DOES THAT AFFECT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE RATE THAT A CITY IS CHARGING OR ARE THEY JUST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? IT COULD BE DEPENDING ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE MUD.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER WHERE YOU HAVE OPERATING AGREEMENTS.
AND SO YOUR, YOUR FIXED COST, AS YOU ALLUDED TO IN PERSONNEL AND EVEN SOME OF YOUR WHOLESALE PASS THROUGH COST, UH, OR CONSERVATION DISTRICTS OR SUBSIDENCE DISTRICTS, UM, YOU MAY HAVE A LARGER POOL OF CUSTOMERS HELPING PAY FOR SOME FIXED COST, RIGHT? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY GENERALLY THE MUDS DRIVE COSTS DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW STACKING ON LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AROUND THE CENTRAL.
UM, AND SO IF ANYTHING, YOU'VE BIFURCATED YOUR CITY RESIDENTS INTO DIFFERENT POCKETS WHERE THEIR, I WON'T SAY INEFFICIENCIES EXIST, BUT ECONOMIES OF SCALE TEND TO PREFER REGIONALIZING, RIGHT? UM, SO IT'S A MIXED BAG.
AND SO I CAN POINT TO MUDS THAT ARE HELPING PAY THE WAY FOR THE CITY THEY'RE IN, AND I CAN POINT TO MUDS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITIES THEY'RE IN.
AND THE CONTRACT SAYS YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT.
UH, THAT'S REALLY A CONTRACT QUESTION, I THINK.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING TO NOTE.
IF WE EVER CONSIDER A MUD, I LIVE IN A MUD, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THERE NO MORE PROPERTY TAX THAN MUD DISTRICT THAN THE CITY TAX.
YOU DON'T WANT A MUD, IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
IT WORKS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE OFF THAT IMPRESSION.
I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW IT AFFECTS THAT CITY.
UM, IT'S A MIXED BAG, JUST LIKE A PI UH, OR OTHER, ANY LAYER THAT YOU ADD ON TO THE TAX BILL, UM, OR AN ASSESSMENT, UM, THOSE RESIDENTS CHOSE IT.
AND IF THAT'S HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT AS FOR YOUR CITY WATER RATES, I DON'T KNOW THAT A MUD WOULD HELP OR HURT YOU.
AND I DO THINK YOUR CONTRACTS ARE IMPORTANT.
I'D GET A GOOD WATER LAW ATTORNEY IF THE KEY, IF YOU GET INTO ONE, IS WHAT KIND OF CONTRACT YOU DO, UH, IF YOU ALLOW THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE TAKING THE SAME LEAP.
WE WERE MOVING INTO THE TOP QUARTILE, BUT THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE NEW SURVEY, WE WIND UP FALLING BACK INTO CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE, UM, ALL THE COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE FACING THE SAME STRUGGLE OF HAVING TO REINVEST INTO THE SYSTEM.
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IT'S GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE.AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THE APPROPRIATE THING.
WE'RE DOING FORWARD PLANNING AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR, WE'RE NOT KICKING THE CAN.
I DON'T SEE US KICKING THE CAN ANYWHERE HERE IN THIS DISCUSSION.
AND, AND THE SLIDE THAT MATTHEW IS, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A HARD SLIDE TO LOOK AT, BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE A SLIDE OF LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF SEE IT.
UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND AS HARD AS THOSE SLIDES ARE TO LOOK AT, THAT'S ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF UNFORESEEN CATASTROPHIC ISSUE OR FAILURE SOMEWHERE, CONTEST FEE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER $20 MILLION PROJECT TO SNEAK UP ON US WITHOUT, THAT'S NOT IN THE PLAN.
NO WATER TOWERS FALLING DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE MAYOR'S FULL OF GOOD NEWS,
WE'RE WE'RE, I I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I MEAN, IT'S A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING IT.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BITING THIS OUT.
WE'RE EATING, WE'RE BITE AT A TIME.
AND IT'S, AND UH, AND THAT'S WHAT DURING MASTER PLAN MAYOR, WE LOOK AT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHY WE BRING YOU, THIS IS THE CRITICAL ONE WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN NEXT FIVE YEAR.
AND I WILL SAY I'M HYPER CONSERVATIVE.
I AM A RECOVERING FINANCE DIRECTOR, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THIS MUCH REVENUE AND THAT YOUR EXPENSES ARE LESS THAN WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE.
SO I HOPE ANYWAYS, THAT OUR, OUR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES ON BOTH DIRECTIONS HELP YOU DO BETTER THAN THIS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THEN THAT, THAT NEXT LEAP AT THE 10.5%.
UM, ANYWAYS, THAT'S ANOTHER NOTE.
AGAIN, THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE CRITICAL, BUT WHERE WE VISITED WITH STAFF, WE'VE TENDED TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
I THINK WE'RE, I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE SHOWING THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
PLAN FOR THE WORST, PLAN FOR THE WORST.
WELL, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF, UH, MATT, UH, I HEARD ENOUGH.
I APPRECIATE THE, THE GREAT OVERSIGHT.
YOU WANNA GO BACK TO MY SLIDE? I THINK WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
UM, UTILITY, UM, WE SHOWED THAT, UM, UH, OH, UH, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE RATE, I AM RECOMMENDING A DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, GARBAGE RATE.
I'M RECOMMENDING TO GO TO 28 50.
WITH THAT CHANGE THOUGH, WE, UM, ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING OF BUMPING UP OUR, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LIMIT OF WHAT WE PICK UP IN, UH, DEBRIS OF FOUR CUBIC YARDS.
UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO GOING TO SOMEWHERE AROUND EIGHT TO 10, UH, DOUBLING, YOU KNOW, DOUBLING THAT, THAT IN ESSENCE WOULD, UH, HANDLE ABOUT 90% OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
IT WOULD, UH, $30,000 WORTH OF REVENUE WOULD GO AWAY, BUT WE WOULD PICK IT UP WITH A DOLLAR INCREASE AND THEN WE'D GET OUT OF THE ARGUING, MEASURING, UH, AND THE TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR STAFF TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, TO THEN BUILD, BUILD THE CUSTOMER FOR THAT ADDITIONAL RATE.
AND WE THINK OVERALL IT'D BE A, A, JUST A BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OF JUST SAYING, WE'LL PICK UP, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO 10 CUBIC YARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, OF YOUR DEBRIS AND, AND NOT ARGUE, AND NOT ARGUE WITH THEM.
UH, BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK.
UH, ONCE THEY GET THE BILL OVER FOUR CUBIC YARDS, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIT WITH THE COST AND IT'S PHONE RING.
IT'S, YEAH, IT'S SURPRISING, UH, HOW THOSE, THOSE ARE THE CALL WE GET.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS IN ARGUMENT, THE PHONE DOES WORK WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CUSTOMER ON THAT.
AND IT IS JUST, UH, REALLY, AND OUT OF THE 28 50, UM, ALMOST HALF THE COST IS LARGE TRASH.
UM, UH, THE OPERATION AND ALSO THE CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE CENTER, UH, USUALLY THE SAME CUSTOMER, UH, WHICH IS USED, UH, NOT, NO, UH, IT, IT IS NOT USUALLY THE SAME CUSTOMER.
UM, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY, THEY, THEY GET SURPRISED WHEN THEY SEE THE BILL.
UM, BUT YEAH, LARGE TRASH IS ABOUT ALMOST 50% I WOULD ESTIMATE OF, UH, OF THE COST OF OPERATIONS.
IS THIS, UH, DOLLAR ALSO WHERE WE AT ON THE MATTRESS AND BOX SPRING? THIS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE THINK THAT THIS WILL COVER, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AFTER THE STORM, WE'VE SEEN A DROP OFF ON, UH, GREEN DEBRIS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A INCREASE IN THE RATE, UM, BASED ON INFLATION, THAT'S THE CONTRACT, UH,
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IS I THINK LITTLE UNDER 3% WHAT THEY'VE, UH, MAYBE 2.2, 2.2 0.2%, UH, PERCENT INCREASE.UH, WE'RE ABSORBING THAT, UH, THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE DIP, UH, IN GREEN DEBRIS.
AND IF WE DO GET HIT WITH AN INCREASE, UH, ON MATTRESSES, WE THINK WE CAN ABSORB AT LEAST 75% OF IT, UH, ON THERE.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT HIT US.
THEY HAVE NOT PROPOSED A INCREASE ON MA ON MATTRESSES.
AND SO THAT'S THE BIG CHANGE THERE.
AND SO, UH, THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE FOUR B SALES TAX, UH, COUNSEL, YOU MA UH, MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE HAFEN BOARD.
THEY'VE HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IT'S 1.9 MILLION, UH, WORTH OF NEW PROJECTS.
THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING AN INCREASE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, TO ALMOST 700,000.
UM, WELL, WE'RE LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PAID ON A, ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND REIMBURSED WITH ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT COME IN.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING GOOD BASED ON THE NEW HOTEL.
WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THAT IS, IS IT, IS IT GIVEN, SO IS THAT THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND INCREASES THAT GIVE US GET INTO THAT SECONDARY FUNDING OR NO, IT'S STILL, YEAH, IT'S STILL ALRIGHT.
I JUST, SO WE'RE NOT AUTOMATICALLY DOING INCREASES TO THE PARTIES THAT GET THAT FUNDING, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING, SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES WE'VE GOT IN PLACE.
AND THEY'LL EACH GET A BUMP, BUT WE'RE STILL UNDER THE, UM, UH, THE TIER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT TIER INCREASES, UH, HAS BEEN INCREASING RIGHT OVER, OVER THE, THE COUPLE OF YEARS OVER INFLATION.
UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS, UH, 5.4 MILLION.
THAT'S, UH, YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR GENERAL PROJECTS AND UTILITY OUT OF THE GENERAL PROJECTS.
I HAVE NOT BUDGETED ONE PROJECT THAT IS, WE'VE GOTTEN PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ON OYSTER CREEK CLEANING OF, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE AMOUNT I WROTE IT.
UH, IT'S IN THE, IN THE BUDGET LETTER.
WHAT I'M WAITING ON IS ABOUT 240 SOME THOUSAND.
WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON IS WE'VE SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR DOING THE, UM, PON UM, OUTFALL.
AND WE'VE ANTICIPATED SAVINGS ON THAT.
IF WE DO HAVE SAVINGS ON THAT, THEN THAT'LL FREE UP.
UM, ONCE THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETED, THAT'LL FREE UP FUNDS OUT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN THOSE CAN BE DIRECTED TOWARDS OUR MATCHING SHARE WITH THE COUNTY ON CLEARING THE, THE CREEK THAT GRANT IS OUR PORTION WOULD BE 655,000.
AND, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THROUGH THE, UM, THE USDA, THE USDA, IT IS THROUGH THE, UH, THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY WOULD BE RECEIVING THE GRANT AND COORDINATING THAT.
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A PRELIMINARY NUMBER OF OUR CO OF OUR COST, OF OUR COST SHARE.
UM, SO WE MAY HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT I'M WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CHAPON PROJECT.
THE NUMBER IS 203,000 BUCKS FOR OYSTER CREEK.
UH, ARE THE, THOSE PROJECT NUMBERS, THEY SUPPOSED TO TOTAL UP TO 5.4 MILLION? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T, SO 5.4 MILLION? NO.
UM, I THINK WE PROBABLY ALSO, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MAY HAVE, UH, THE HALF CENT AS WELL IN THERE.
ALRIGHT, UH, MULTI-YEAR FUNDS, UH, 40, UH, 40 MILLION.
UH, THAT'S THE, UM, BOND ISSUES.
UH, THE 18 MILLION JUST RECENTLY APPROVED, THE 2.4 MILLION FOR THE PD EXPANSION AND THE LIFT STATION ONE, THOSE ARE THE MULTI, SO ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF THE 2021 IS THE 2.4 TO SPEND.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN, EVERYTHING IS IN THE, IN THE WORKS.
UM, WE, WE'VE ADVERTISED FOR, UH, THE PARKWOOD TERRACE AND GETTING CLOSE TO ADVERTISING, UH, FOR, UM, SLEEPY IOWA IN WILLENBERG, UH, THAT PROJECT, RIGHT.
UH, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, UH, ONE POINT, UH, 8 MILLION, UH, VEHICLES OF 1.4, 3.8.
I TRIED TO STAY UNDER 2 MILLION THIS YEAR UNTIL WE, UH, GET REIMBURSED FROM FEMA.
UH, WE, SO THERE WERE SEVERAL, UM, ITEMS THAT, UH, DID NOT GET FUNDED, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THEN I'M SHOWING THE GRANT FUNDS OF, UH, WHAT WE'VE REALIZED OF WHAT WE THINK WILL, UH, WHAT WE AGREED TO IS 5.8 MILLION.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE TEEM AGAIN, THAT'S THE GENERATOR MATCH OF,
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OF, UH, 2.7 MILLION R MATCH RIGHT NOW TENTATIVELY IS 1.2 MILLION.UM, GLO, UH, THIS IS THE PINE DITCH, TWO POINT POINT MILLION.
THERE'S NO CITY MATCH REQUIREMENT THERE.
THE FHA, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN A CONTRACT.
THAT'S A BUDGETED THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
IT WAS, WHAT IS THAT FOR? IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT THEY LOOK FOR THE WHOLE CITY, UM, ON ROADWAY SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THAT WAS BUDGETED THIS YEAR, R MATCH THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'VE TOLD US WE, WE ARE GOING TO GET THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE USDA IS THE COUNTY MATCH FOR THE CLEARING OF OYSTER CREEK AND OUR MATCH WOULD BE 203.
UH, IF THEIR NUMBERS HOLD UP, THAT'S GONNA CLEAN ALL THE WAY FROM THROUGH CLU LIKE JACKSON.
UH, AND, UH, VELASCO, UM, HAS, UH, PLEDGED, UH, THEY, THEY'VE AGREED TO DO THEIR PORTION OF IT.
AND SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND OUR, THERE ARE SOME SEGMENTS THAT WE HAVE THREE PARTICIPANTS, RICHWOOD, VELASCO AND US.
YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE, WHERE WE, UH, SPLIT EACH, UH, WHERE WE SHARE SIDES.
AND THAT IS, THANK YOU, UH, THAT I WAS SORRY IT WAS LONG.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR PRESENTING THIS.
UH, NOW YOU HAVE, UH, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO LOOK IT OVER AND LOOK FOR ALL THE MISTAKES THAT WE'VE MADE.
THERE WILL BE SOME, WE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES THIS AFTERNOON ON THERE, SO I'M SURE THAT WE'LL WE WILL CATCH, UH, MISSPELLINGS OR UH, A TRANSPOSED NUMBER, UH, UM, SOMEWHERE.
BUT, UH, WE'LL BE READY FOR YOU ON UH, A SATURDAY WORK SESSION.
WELL WE DID FIND ONE LAST DESAL POINTS MEAN SOMETHING.
WE HAD A SAVING, I MEAN LAST YEAR WE, WE BUDGET, WE BUDGETED SOMETHING FOR TRAINING AND THE PD UH, WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED 28,000 OVER.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 2,800 AND WE PUT 28,000.
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MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.ERIC, IS ERIC'S NOT HERE? ANYBODY HAVE AN UPDATE? YES.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I WILL PROVIDE, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
UH, WE ARE REVIEWING THE PLANS, WHICH IS THE FAT BURGER AND ROUNDTABLE PIZZA AT CENTER WAY AND TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE.
THESE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS, UH, UNDER REVIEW.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE? THE FIRST ONE WAS THE FAT BURGER ROUNDTABLE PIZZA RIGHT BEHIND HB.
AND THEN NEW STRIP CENTER SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S COMING IN AND REST OF THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOON OPENING THE JOE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANTS.
SO SPCA IS SAYING IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY, IF THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AGAIN OR THEY, THEY DON'T HOLD STILL, THEY'RE STILL ON, ON HOLD.
AND WE'RE PRESSING FORWARD WITH OURS.
THEY DROPPED OFF A LOT OF MATERIAL OVER I NOTICED.
WE JUST, UH, LOTS OF MATERIAL CONTACTED IS NOT LUCKY.
EVERY TIME THEY'RE READY TO PUT RAIN COMES, RAIN COMES ALL.
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UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT I ALLUDED TO, IT WAS ON THE ROLL OFF DISCUSSION.WE'D LIKE TO GO OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, BID BIDS ON THAT AND WE'VE NEVER HAVE BID THAT ITEM AND OVER TIME ARE OUR, ARE USE THE PROVIDER MORE AND MORE.
UM, AND WE'D LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A, UH, SO WE GOT SOME PRICING THERE, I GUESS SOME PRICING.
WHAT YOU GONNA DO AND COMPETITION.
EIGHT 8:00 AM AND UM, PLAN TO COME AND DISCUSS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
AND THEN DON'T BE SHY IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.
UM, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN, SOMETHING IT REALLY HELPS.
IF, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION NOW, GO AHEAD AND ASK THE QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT WAY HELP US OUT FOR THAT SATURDAY.
UM, ANY OTHER ACTIONS FROM, DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTIONS FROM TODAY'S MEETING? I DON'T THINK OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING BACK THE, UH, SECOND READING FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE ORDINANCE.
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YES.AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, PARKS ABOUT SIGNAGE? YES, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD IT.
I THINK WE HAVE IT ON SOME PARKS, BUT, UH, PROBABLY CORRECT.
DRIVE THROUGH PARKS, THEY'VE GONE PARK AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT WE CLOSE DOWN, DUST DONE.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO LET 'EM DUST TO DONE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
ALL, WHAT WAS THAT GUY'S NAME? JOHN GRAY.
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THING IS ITEMS, UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST.ALL DONE MR. SCHOOLER? NOTHING.
IF I'M ACTUALLY DEFER MINE TO, I'M GONNA GET MR. SIDE BONUM UP HERE.
IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A, UH, A QUICK, YOU SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO US TO TELL US THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, THE FOLKS UP THAT WAY.
AND SO JUST KIND OF JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE, THAT WE'VE MADE OFFERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO HELP.
BASICALLY I COMMUNICATED WITH T DM, TEXT DIVISION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UH, WE HAVE A, A LIAISON OFFICER, MARK MORGAN, AND I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH HIM, LET HIM KNOW WE HAVE RESOURCES.
UH, I COMMUNICATED WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND, UH, SATURDAY I COMMUNICATED WITH, UH, REGION FOUR COMMANDER SEAN MILLER AND LET HIM KNOW ABOUT OUR RESOURCES.
THEY'VE LET, UH, THE SOC, WHICH IS THE STATE OPERATIONS CENTER, KNOW ABOUT OUR RESOURCES.
WE'VE OFFERED DRONES, UH, BOATS U AT UTVS AND MANPOWER.
UM, THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ANY ASSISTANCE JUST YET, BUT WE'RE READY FOR THEM TO, UH, CALL US AND RESPOND.
SOME OF THE, I'VE MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS AND BASICALLY, AND THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEWS TODAY WAS, IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO BRING IN HEAVY EQUIPMENT, LARGE EQUIPMENT, AND REALLY THEY'RE HAVING TO ASK PEOPLE ALL THE HELPERS TO STEP BACK BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING UNSAFE WITH ALL THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN REALITY WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG SURGE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP UP FRONT, AND THEN OVER TIME THEY GET WORN DOWN.
AND SO THE REALLY, THE, I THINK THE REAL POSSIBILITY FOR US HELPING IS WEEKS AND MONTHS LATER, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH RESOURCES.
SO YES, I'LL LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WILL, WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL IN THEIR RECOVERY.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY RESILIENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A DEVASTATION.
THAT'S HAPPENED TO THEIR COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITIES.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE, UH, THERE TO HELP THEM WHENEVER THEY CALL.
AND LAURA MARIE HAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT, UH, SOME, UH, UH, FOLKS THAT, UH, WE'VE VETTED TO THAT, UH, ARE GOOD PEOPLE TO, UH, IF YOU WANNA MAKE DONATIONS TO 'EM AND STUFF.
UH, MODESTO AND I SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THAT AND GOT WITH MORE MARIE AND, AND CHIEF PUT AT LEAST I THINK AT LEAST TWO SIDES.
AND I THINK THE NEWSPAPER IS ALSO POSTED.
NO, AND I KNOW ROTARY'S DOING SEVERAL THINGS TOO, AND, UH, SINCE I'M A ROTARIAN, UH, WE'RE DOING SOCKS.
I MEAN, I ORDERED A HUNDRED PAIRS OF SOCKS.
SOCKS ARE A BIG THING, BIG NEED FOR, FOR KIDS AND STUFF, SO THAT WAS EASY TO DO.
SO ANYWAY, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL HELP IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS BEST AS WE CAN.
AND JUST MY ONLY GUIDANCE IS, IS IF YOU ARE GONNA DONATE MONEY, BE SURE AND CHECK 'EM OUT.
THERE'S GONNA BE SCAMMERS, LIKE THERE ALWAYS ARE.
SO PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THE LORD MARIE'S DONE AND YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED BY US.
AND AGAIN, I'M SURE THE PAPER'S GONNA POST SOME MORE AS THEY FIND SOME MORE.
UH, LAST THING IS, UH, I SAW THE TWO, WE'VE GOT TWO GENERATORS SITTING BY THE CIVIC CENTER.
SO IS THERE GONNA BE TWO GENERATORS THERE? YES.
THOSE TWO GENERATORS, UH, ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN THE FACILITY.
UH, BOTH OF 'EM ARE RUN AT ONE TIME WHEN ON A HEAVY LOAD, UH, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO RUN ON A ONE AT A TIME, UH, UNTIL IT GETS HEAVY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THE TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE GENERATORS MAKES THEM RUN FOR SO MANY HOURS.
THEN WHEN IT REALIZES THAT THE OTHER ONE NEEDS TO CATCH UP, IT'LL SHUT OFF AND SWITCH.
SO THEY TRY TO MAINTAIN THEIR MAINTENANCE AT THE SAME TIME.
YEAH, I WAS JUST SURPRISED TO SEE IF THERE'S TWO, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
I THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH SOME BOLTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GETTING IT SET UP, BUT I THINK SOMETIME THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, THEY SHOULD BE MOUNTED ON THE PLATFORMS. OF COURSE.
YOU COULD ASK SAL ABOUT THAT FOR MORE DETAILS.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE MR. NO, JEFF, ANYTHING.
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ALRIGHT.