Jul 24, 2026 City Council Budget Workshop

[1. Open Meeting]

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2026 AND THE TIME IS 9902. AND THIS IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. STEVEN CHANG. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANNETTE SPONSELLER. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NADINE, MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS, MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. AND

[3. Review City Council Vision and Mission Statement]

HELLO. WELL, Y'ALL ARE SO FAR OVER THERE. HELLO. HELLO. HOW'S IT GOING? WELL, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR MAKING THE DAY TO SPEND WITH US. THIS ALWAYS KIND OF FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS EVE TO ME. SO WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF A BRAND NEW YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GIFTS AND PRESENTS AND OUR WISH LIST AND, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT GETTING ALL THAT DONE WITHIN THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO WITHOUT MAXING OUT THE CREDIT CARD. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO PAY FOR IT NEXT YEAR, JUST IN TIME FOR BUYING OUR NEXT YEAR'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME. YOU CAN TELL MY FAMILY DOESN'T ENJOY CHRISTMAS MAYBE QUITE AS MUCH AS I DO. BUT ANYWAY, SO WE'VE GOT A BOOK AT YOUR PLACE. AND SO THOSE BOOKS HAVE PROBABLY EVERYTHING PLUS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OUR BUDGET. AND A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS THAT HAVE GONE INTO PREPARING ALL OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY IS BRINGING IN A BUDGET THAT'S RIGHT AROUND $84 MILLION. WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS INITIAL DRAFT REALLY IS A PROGRAM OF $84,160,116, WHICH REALLY REPRESENTS ABOUT A THREE 3.5% INCREASE FROM THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. BUT ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS THAT GO INTO THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE COMPONENTS IN THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT GO INTO BUILDING THAT BUDGET. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE KIND OF IN SOME OF OUR PAST WORKSHOPS IN THE MOST RECENT WORKSHOP, WHICH I THINK WAS BACK IN APRIL, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE PIECES AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF LOOK AT ALL THAT KIND OF CAME TOGETHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN WE DRILL INTO THIS IS THAT OUR, OUR REVENUE PROJECTION, WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD WITH OUR MULTI YEAR MODEL HAS US ABOUT 1.3, $1.4 MILLION MORE, MAYBE CLOSER TO 1.5 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROGRAM IN THIS BUDGET. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO BE CAREFUL. SO WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY SPEND INTO THE ULTIMATE EXACT PENNIES THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT CREATING A BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE OVER THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR REVENUE MODELS, IN OUR LONG TERM FISCAL FORECAST IS PERIODS WHERE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN CURRENT LEVELS OF SPENDING, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY GO INTO SOME PROGRAM DEFICIT SPENDING, BECAUSE WE ARE ANTICIPATING ECONOMIC CYCLES, PEAKS AND VALLEYS, AND WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING CERTAIN BASE LEVELS OF OPERATION. WE DO HAVE CERTAIN PLANS FOR SHOCK ABSORBERS. IF WE GOT INTO A BAD SITUATION, WE'VE GOT ONE TIME PLACES WE CAN GO TO. WE CAN STRETCH OUT CAPITAL REPLACEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. WE CAN LIVE AN EXTRA YEAR WITH A VEHICLE. WE CAN LIVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME WITH LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE GOT IN OUR MINDS AND WE'RE THINKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT REALLY, REALLY GETS BAD? IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECESSION THAT HIT US BACK IN 2010, 2011 WITH THE.COM BUST, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS THAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO SEE AT THAT TIME. WHAT WE SAW WERE SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 25 TO 30% REDUCTIONS IN SALES TAX, AND WE SAW PROBABLY ABOUT 25 TO 30% REDUCTIONS IN ARV CALCULATIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S CRITICAL FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER WHERE OUR ARV IS DERIVED AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL VERY HEAVILY LOADED TOWARDS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW. WE DO SEE TRENDS HAPPENING. THINGS ARE SHIFTING. BUT TO BE CAREFUL, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GET OVEREXTENDED WITH WHERE WE GO. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE BUDGET. ACTUALLY, THE SPENDING PLAN FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 11% HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE, WERE PROJECTING THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT 3 TO $4 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS WE HAVEN'T SPENT. A LOT OF THOSE ARE REALLY GOING BACK INTO PERSONNEL PERSONNEL RELATED COSTS. WE HAVE A LARGER DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE HAVE ATTRITION OR WE HAVE VACANCY SAVINGS. AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME COMPONENTS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN

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DEPARTMENTS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR REQUEST. INITIAL REQUEST CAME IN RIGHT, ABOUT $106 MILLION, WHICH WE'VE TAKEN DOWN TO THE 84 MILLION THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WINDOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE IN. SO WE GET YOUR INPUT, ADDITIONAL CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE. WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE BALANCING ACT. WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A DEEPER EASTER EGG HUNT IN THIS PROCESS. AS WE MAKE THAT BALANCED OUT. ULTIMATELY, WE'LL BE RUNNING SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE LOOKING ON A TEN YEAR WINDOW THAT WILL SHOW ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT OPERATIONS OVER THIS NEXT TEN YEAR CYCLE. SO ALL THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU AS YOU GET INTO YOUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOPS MOVING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, FIRST ONE, FIRST BLUSH, WE HAVEN'T YET HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND SIT BACK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO AS WE TALKED TODAY, IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S IN THE PROGRAM. WE STILL NEED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THEM AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH. SO THERE'LL BE POTENTIALLY SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT YOU WON'T SEE A CHANGE IN OVERALL DOLLARS OR NOT MUCH OF THOSE ANYWAY. SO HERE'S OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A LOT TO DO IN TAB TWO.

YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A OUTLINE AND TIMELINE IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGETED TIME TO KIND OF ROLL THROUGH THESE THINGS. REALLY WANT TO SAVE THE BACK HALF OF THE DAY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE PER DEPARTMENT KIND OF DISCUSSION OPTION. THERE IS REALLY KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERNS OR THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF WHAT SOME OF THE THE FORWARD THINKING NEEDS OR ISSUES MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND PREPARE FOR. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS, PLEASE. SO OUR VISION STATEMENT. FOR THOSE WATCHING ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED COMMUNITY THAT INVITES ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES, CELEBRATES ITS VIBRANT CULTURE, CULTIVATES A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, AND THE MISSION STATEMENT TO DELIVER FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT RECOGNIZE AND CULTIVATE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY, GENERATE AN INVITING ATMOSPHERE AND DRIVE, PURPOSE OF PLACE, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING. IS THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE OR ANY DISCUSSION WE WANT TO HAVE ABOUT THOSE? STATEMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AFTER WE COMPLETE OUR BRAND. YEP, YEP. GOTCHA. I WOULD JUST THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT PROCESS IF WE'RE READY. ARE

[4. Review Development and Economic Trends]

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THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS OUR SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTIFAMILY BUILDING PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE SEEING A DOWNTURN IN THE RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO OUR WATER RESOLUTION AND OUR ZONING PRIORITIES. WE HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVING THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO CREATE MORE LOTS. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A CHANGE IN OUR MULTIFAMILY. WE'RE UP TO THREE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THEN NOT STARTED WORK FOR MULTIFAMILY, AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING TREND I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE, WHERE THEY PAY ALL THOSE FEES AND DO ALL THE WORK AND THEN THEY DON'T BREAK GROUND. SO THAT'S BEEN DIFFERENT. SO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING PERMITS. WE ONLY HAVE SITE PERMITS. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS ONE ASPECT OF OUR COMMERCIAL PERMITTING. SO THE WAY THE PERMITS WORK, THEY'RE BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THIS ONE'S FOCUSED ON CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. SO THIS IS WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY'RE CHANGING THE NAME OF THEIR BUSINESS, OR YOU'RE CHANGING FROM LIKE ONE RESTAURANT TO ANOTHER. THERE'S SOME OTHER PERMIT TYPES WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED HERE THAT WOULD GIVE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE NEW COMMERCIAL WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE PRETTY STEADY. SO IF YOU INCLUDED THE FINISH OUT IN THE COMMERCIAL NEW THIS YEAR, WE'D BE AT 121 AND LAST YEAR WAS 163. AND IT'S KIND OF STAYED AT THAT STEADY LINE ACROSS TIME. AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS. YOU CAN GET THE FULL PICTURE. I THINK IT'S YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. GOOD MORNING. THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE SALES TAX COLLECTION. OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, WE'VE CONTINUED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE TRENDING UPWARDS. IN FACT, OUR LAST FOUR MONTHS HAVE BEEN DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES FROM A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT. SO TRENDING TRENDING UP THERE. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW ON CURRENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ANYTHING FROM HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE BEING PUT IN PLACE TO FINALIZING TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES THERE TO THE TO THE LEFT. WE'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN BETWEEN HOSPITALITY FLEX INDUSTRIAL AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL, QUITE A BIT OF NEW COMMERCIAL, CLOSE TO ABOUT 700,000FT■!S TOTAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE 26 AND 27 NUMBERS IS WHEN I EXPECT THOSE PROJECTS TO TO FINALIZE AND BE BE OPEN. SO QUITE A BIT COMING ONLINE HERE AT THE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND IN 26. THIS IS A PIPELINE OF WHAT'S COMING. I SHOULD HAVE ADDED AT THE TOP, THIS IS IN THE VERY NEAR NEAR TERM. SO IT'S LIKELY TO BREAK GROUND IN THE NEXT YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 750,000FT■!S OF DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN PREDOMINANTLY FLEX INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL SPACE. THIS SLIDE LOOKS AT WHAT OUR OUR TRENDS ARE FROM A. THESE ARE BASED ON NAICS CODES. WHEN BUSINESSES COME IN AND IDENTIFY THE SECTOR, THEY'RE. THEY'RE IN ARE LARGEST GROWTH. THREE ARE RETAIL TRADE, ACCOMMODATION, FOOD SERVICES, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES ARE THREE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESS TYPES IN. IN LEANDER. IN TERMS OF WHERE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE ARE LOCATING TOWARDS US. 183 IS STILL WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES, BUT OUR FASTEST GROWING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ALONG REAGAN HERE AWAY IN 183 A. THOSE ARE OUR FASTEST FROM A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT, ARE FASTEST. INCREASING AREAS OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FROM A CLOSURE STANDPOINT WHERE WHERE BUSINESSES CLOSING AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 183 HAS HAD THE MOST CLOSURES AS WELL AS CRYSTAL FALLS AND THEN BAGDAD. FROM A STANDPOINT, THERE'S STILL ABOVE. BUT WE DID WANT TO SHOW WE'RE WE'RE OUR CLOSURES ARE TAKING PLACE. AND I THINK I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO TODD FOR THIS ONE. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF LIKE TO PULL Y'ALL BACK TO REALLY, IF YOU KIND OF GO BACK TO, I THINK SLIDE 12. YEAH,

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SO THE 26 TAX CALCULATION FOR 27 WILL BETTER SEE THAT. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS STILL EVEN WITH THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL. BUT EVEN THAT SCENARIO, WE'RE STILL SITTING RIGHT AROUND 79, 80% OF OUR AV IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND SO THE, THE WARNING SIGN AND THE CONSERVATIVE COMPONENT TO ME IN TERMS OF BUDGETING AND PLANNING FOR THIS IS THAT THAT MEANS OUR RESIDENTIAL AND OUR SALES TAX ARE STILL VERY, VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THOSE ECONOMIC SHIFTS AND SWINGS. AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS NEED, THEN WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND, AND STRATEGIC AS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD FORWARD. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF OUR POPULATION GROWTH, THERE ARE CERTAIN SERVICE LEVELS THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE DEMANDING PARKS AND REC QUALITY OF LIFE COMPONENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO ADD MORE BALL FIELDS AND PROJECTS. ONCE WE DO, ONCE WE HAVE AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX, THERE'S ANOTHER 5 OR $600,000 OF JUST RECURRING PERSONNEL RELATED COSTS THAT WILL GO INTO THAT. WE NEED TO OPEN FIRE STATIONS WHERE WE'RE ONCE FIRE STATION OF NEED. RIGHT NOW,

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LEANDER TECH PARK WILL BE COMING ON BOARD. THEY'RE PRE-LEASING AND THEY'VE GOT SOME THINGS HAPPENING THERE. AND THEN WE'LL BE SEEING TITAN, WHICH WILL OPEN UP ABOUT 250,000FT■!S, WHICH SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR. SO SO THAT'S DIVERSIFYING. IT'S BRINGING IN PRIMARY EMPLOYERS, PRIMARY JOBS AND THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING WITH SOME OF THOSE PROSPECTS COMING INTO LEANDER ARE VERY GOOD. WE'RE TALKING VERY HIGHLY PAID, HIGHLY TECHNICAL, HIGHLY PROFICIENT TYPES OF OF. JOBS COMING IN. RANDALL, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MARKET DEMANDS AND THE INQUIRIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING? ABSOLUTELY. AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF WEEDS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING FROM A CATEGORY THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY STRONG LIFE SCIENCES IS AS WELL AS A IS A STRONG SECTOR RIGHT NOW AS WELL. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO LEADS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE IN THE AUSTIN REGION AND THAT WE'RE GETTING AND HAVE A REALISTIC SHOT AT BETWEEN THE HEREAWAY BUILDING WITH RE HILL, AS WELL AS THE LEANDER TECH PARK, AND HOPEFULLY RIGHT BEHIND THAT TITAN WITH THEIR 183 COMMERCE CENTER. SO IF YOU IF YOU KIND OF GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT OUR OUR AVE GROWTH LAST YEAR, THERE WAS ABOUT A 4% GROWTH IN AV FROM, FROM 24 TO 25, 25 TO 26 IS ABOUT A, ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF, 4% GROWTH THERE. SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SAW IN TRAVIS COUNTY IN 25 WAS A REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL VALUES. IT'S NOW RECOVERED AND NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN 25.

AND ACTUALLY, SO THEY'RE BACK ON TRACK FROM 24 TO 26. WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN VALUATION ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND THE SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO IT'S REALLY THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH THAT'S REALLY KIND OF KEEPING US STABLE AND KIND OF CARRYING US THROUGH IN TERMS OF OUR AD MIX AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD INTO OUR CORE ASSUMPTION COMPONENTS. AS WE BUILT OUR MODELS AND LOOKED AT IT, WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING REVENUES THAT ARE LOOKING AT MAINTAINING CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATES, AS WELL AS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT UTILITY TAX OR UTILITY RATES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. SO AS WE LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE WATER AND PARTICULARLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE ABOUT COST IMPLICATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPLICATIONS THERE. SO THANKS AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TODD MENTIONED OUR CORE ASSUMPTIONS ARE THE PLACES THAT WE USE TO FORECAST AND HELP NOT JUST BUILD THIS BUDGET, BUT ALSO BUDGETS OUT INTO THE FUTURE. SO, AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM PLANNING ALL THE WAY UP TO 2056.

SO 30 YEAR BUDGET MODEL THAT WE CAN WORK WITH COUNCIL ON AND SHOW YOU ALL THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THE EXISTING SERVICES AND COSTS AND EVERYTHING. AND ONE OF THE KEY PIECES TO THAT IS THE POPULATION FORECAST. NOW IN THE IN THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE THE POPULATION THERE HAD PROJECTED 220 000 BY 2050, 2055. WITH THE TRENDS THAT WE

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MY CONCERN, IF WE'RE TOO AGGRESSIVE, PARTICULARLY ON THE UTILITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IS THAT WOULD TAKE US IN A POSITION OF REALLY PROGRAMING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CAPITAL EXPENSES EARLIER THAN WE MIGHT NEED TO. SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO HAVE, I THINK, A GOOD BASE OF WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. WE NEED TO ALSO KNOW AND LOOK AND BUILD A LITTLE BIT EXTRA CAPACITY IN. SO STRATEGICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS KIND OF LOOK AND USE THE 133 AS OUR BASE FOR GROWTH OVERALL. AND THEN ON THE UTILITY FUND SIDE, KIND OF ANTICIPATE AS WE LOOK AT OUR PLANNING AND, AND JEAN IS RIGHT NOW WORKING TO ADJUST OUR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, AND LOOK STRATEGICALLY AT BUILDING THAT CIP FOR THAT.

BUT TO ANTICIPATE, HEY, WE COULD HAVE GROWTH UP IN THAT 150 RANGE. SO THAT GIVES US THAT CAPACITY USING THIS MODEL ALLOWS US, AS KENT SAID, TO INCREMENTALLY WATCH. SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATING THESE. WE'RE MONITORING THESE BY GOING WITH THIS LIEU OR OR HOUSING UNIT BASED CONCEPT. WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THOSE METRICS. AND WE HAVE ENOUGH WARNING THAT IF WE SEE THINGS SLOWING DOWN, WE SAY, OKAY, LET'S GO BACK AND READJUST. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE SEE THINGS SPEEDING UP, WE WON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. WE'LL KNOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT THINGS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS, OKAY, THERE'S MORE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, THERE'S MORE LOTS BEING CREATED. THERE'S MORE RETAIL ACTIVITY HAPPENING. WE'RE SEEING PERMIT ACTIVITY HAPPENING. SO WE'LL SEE IN AND KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE SITE, PARTICULARLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF WE'RE TOO AGGRESSIVE ON OUR HOUSING COUNTS, THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAFF UP. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE EQUIPMENT AND STAFF IN HERE TO DO THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S PUSHING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROGRAM AND NEED FOR EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. SO AGAIN, WHAT I KIND OF LIKE WITH THIS APPROACH AND WHY I'VE ALWAYS RECOMMENDED IT TO Y'ALL, HAS BEEN THAT IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD WORKING DYNAMIC. IT'S A, IT'S NOT STATIC. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MONITOR AS WE'RE BRINGING ON BOARD OUR, OUR BUDGET MODELING AND OUR LONG TERM DEBT MODELING SOFTWARE, WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING THAT COMPLETED AND READY FOR LAUNCH. BUT THESE MODELS ARE

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THANK YOU. THAT ALLOWS US TO REALLY CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND MONITOR THIS AND PREPARE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A DIFFERENT MODEL THAT WE'RE UTILIZING NOW THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THE LAST FIVE, SEVEN YEARS. WELL, THERE THIS HAS ALL BEEN CREATED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO WE, WE, THE CITY WAS NOT REALLY DOING A MULTI YEAR FORECAST OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO THE CITY WAS REALLY JUST KIND OF GOING INCREMENTALLY. SO MAYBE LOOK IN 1 OR 2 YEARS OUT. AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY AT THAT TIME, I THINK THERE WAS JUST SOME COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONCERN ABOUT, ABOUT KIND OF GETTING OVER OUR SKIS, GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD OF IT. WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE ARE SO DYNAMIC. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD BASELINE OF DATA WE CAN TURN BACK TO AND SAY, OKAY, HISTORICALLY WE'VE SEEN THESE TRENDS BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S A NEW TREND. SO WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT TRENDS ARE COMING.

HOW DO WE BEST STRATEGICALLY PREPARE FOR THAT? AND THEN HOW DO WE REACT IF WE'RE WRONG? I THINK WE'RE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WRONG, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN THE ZONE. BUT BUT WE CAN ADJUST. WE'LL KEEP GOING AND MOVING FORWARD. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER NADINE ASKED IF WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AS WE GO AND IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO STOP AND ANSWER THEM WHILE WE'RE HERE. I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO TAKE NOTES AND COME BACK LATER. OKAY, SO HERE, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE BASED ON OUR HISTORICALS AND SOME ASSUMPTIONS. BUT WHAT I'M NOT HEARING IS LIKE, I HAD A QUESTION RIGHT OUT THE GATE AND I WROTE ROBIN DOWN NEXUS, BUT ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THIS. OKAY.

THIS NEW LEGISLATION THAT JUST PASSED FEDERALLY, THE HOUSING LEGISLATION, I DON'T HEAR ANY MENTION OF THAT IN THESE PROJECTIONS. DO WE SEE ANY SHORT TERM IMPACT FROM THAT? IS THAT MORE OF A LONG TERM PROJECTION? WHERE CAN WE LOOK FOR THOSE NUMBERS? WHERE DOES THAT EXIST? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO JUST PASS THAT? YES. YEAH. AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. AND SO I STARTED LOOKING THROUGH THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND NEED TO TOUCH BASE WITH ROBIN ON THAT. BUT THOSE TO ME AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THOSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO COME ONLINE. AND SO I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR CURRENT DEVELOPERS ARE OR DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING UP. I KNOW WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE DOWN THE PIPELINE FOR THAT. AND SO WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THAT TO COUNCIL AND KIND OF DO OKAY WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION AND WITH ALL THE UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, VACANT LAND THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. HOW DOES THAT TIE INTO AND AS PART OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PUSH THAT TODD MENTIONED? AND SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THAT IS REALLY TRYING TO ELIMINATE THOSE LOCAL BARRIERS TO THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND GETTING THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON THE GROUND A LOT MORE QUICKLY, AND ALSO ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING TO GO THROUGH FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION. AND SO I, WHAT WE CAN DO IS ALSO GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEING HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND ALSO TRAVIS COUNTY, BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THE PIECES TO, AS TODD MENTIONED, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF MOVING UP TOWARDS LIBERTY HILL, GERALD, A LOT, WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE OPEN LAND. AND SO WHERE'S THE PRIORITY FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE DISTRICTS? RIGHT. IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY'RE PROBABLY TARGETING? OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION IS WHERE THEY WANT TO MOVE THOSE DOLLARS.

RIGHT? SO AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THIS IN CALIFORNIA ALREADY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO TELL OUR LEGISLATORS IS DON'T CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS, PLEASE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PARALLEL COMPONENTS THAT EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MANDATING HOUSING OR TARGETS, MORE AFFORDABLE STUFF. AND WE HAD IN CALIFORNIA VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE MANDATES AND HOUSING TARGETS AND HOUSING TRACKING AND REPORTING WE HAD TO PRODUCE. THE REALITY IS, ONE THING SUPERSEDES ALL OF THAT, AND THAT IS THE ECONOMY, THE MARKET, THE THE COST BASIS OF LAND. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE POLICIES AND THESE MANDATES. BUT THE REALITY IS, UNLESS GOVERNMENT PUMPS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOWER THE LAND BASE COST, IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO REALLY HAVE AN EFFECT BECAUSE THAT'S THE GRAVITY, THE ECONOMY IS THE GRAVITY ON THAT. AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING NEED AND DIVERSIFICATION AND MORE AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU

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ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, I THINK THAT'S THAT BALANCE IS THEY KNOW THE POPULATION IS GROWING HERE IN THE NORTH AREA. SO THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE ALSO FLUCTUATING, MOVING UP HERE AS WELL. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT PIECE IS PROBABLY LOOK AT HOW THAT SHIFT FROM THAT CENTRAL AREA AND AUSTIN IS MOVING UP NORTH AND HOW IT'S IMPACT US AND KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME DATA ON THAT AND KIND OF WEIGH IT INTO SOME OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND SEE, IS IT A BIG IMPACT? IS IT NOT A BIG IMPACT IN TERMS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING HOMES OR MOVING TO APARTMENTS HERE? SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH TO ABSORB THAT IF THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M HEARING. YEAH, IF. OKAY, SO IF YOU LOOK ON TAB EIGHT, PAGE D, THERE'S A SCHEDULE THERE. YEAH, YEAH.

THIS IS, THIS IS YEAH. SO PAGE D SO THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU'LL SEE THIS SCHEDULE. YEAH, YEAH.

TAB EIGHT, PAGE D. I MISS IT. OH, I'M SORRY. I THINK, I THINK WE MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF TABS.

OKAY. NOW THIS IS YOURS. THIS YOURS. SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. ANNETTE. YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH.

OKAY. SO IN THAT TABLE, THIS IS ACTUAL INFORMATION FROM THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLLS.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNDEVELOPED LOTS, WHICH I THINK IS UNDER THE HEADER. YEAH. SO THE REAL VACANT PLATTED NUMBERS. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS FOR BOTH WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND FOR TRAVIS COUNTY. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WE'VE BEEN WE'RE STILL HANGING IN THERE ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF, OF PRODUCTION LOTS READY THAT ARE ON THE TAX ROLL. SO IT'S BEEN STEADY AND CONSISTENT, A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPSURGE IN 26 IN TERMS OF LOTS THAT WERE PREPPED AND READY FOR PRODUCTION. SO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN KIND OF STEADY. IT'S JUST BEEN REGULAR AND STEADY HERE IN BOTH. YOU'LL SEE IN I THINK TRAVIS COUNTY

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YEAH. SO BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DELIVER WITHIN OUR BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027.

CORRECT. YEAH. I THINK THE CONFUSION WAS THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE. THEY WERE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, I THINK IS WHAT WAS SAID ON THAT. BUT IT'S, IT'S LONGER, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THE FIRST TABLE IS WHAT SHOULD BE ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. AND, AND DELIVERING EITHER IN 26 OR 27. AND THE OTHER IS WHAT WILL COME ONLINE AFTER 27. YEAH. YES.

YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR RANDALL. I THINK WE HAD TALKED, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD ABOUT 700,000 RETAIL AND ALL THAT COMING ONLINE, AND THAT FOR US TO ACTUALLY GET TO WHERE WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE, WE NEED ABOUT ANOTHER 600 000 KIND OF TO GET US UP TO KIND OF THAT IN THIS RUNWAY HERE. AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE AREA PRETTY WELL COVERED AND THEN IT'LL SETTLE DOWN. IS THAT KIND OF IS THAT STILL KIND OF I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RETAIL SIDE IN PARTICULAR? I'M ASKING KIND OF LIKE IF WE ADDED ANOTHER 600 000 AND RETAIL, WE'LL PROBABLY BE PRETTY MUCH SATIATED IN THE CITY OF LEANDER WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WHICH PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER 400 000 ON TOP OF WHAT WE KIND OF PROJECT HERE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME RUNWAY TO TO GO SPECIFICALLY ON, ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A COMMERCIAL, WE ONLY INCLUDE WHAT ENDEAVORS CURRENTLY DOING IN NORTHLINE. THERE'S SOME, SOME MORE THAT THEY'LL BRING INTO THE FOLD. AND SAME WITH THE, WITH BART, QUITE A BIT OF DEVELOPMENT TO GO THERE AT AT REAGAN IN 29 IN THAT AREA AND THEN WITH HERO WAVE. WITH THAT PROJECT KICKING OFF, WE'LL SEE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RETAIL THERE OVER, OVER TIME. BUT I THINK TWO AND IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'RE SEEING A FURTHER REGIONALIZATION OF OUR RETAIL.

SO IN THE PAST WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WHAT'S LOCAL SPENDING DRIVEN. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IS WHAT THE PER CAPITA RETAIL GENERATION LOOKS LIKE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TO, TO KIND OF CONTEMPLATE IS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DID AN ANNEXATION AND THERE'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, HOME SUPPLY STORE REGIONAL THAT WILL COME INTO THAT AREA. AND IT'S NOT SERVING US. IT'S SERVING, YOU KNOW, GEORGETOWN, IT'S SERVING, YOU KNOW, LIBERTY HILL ETJ AREA. THERE'S A WALMART COMING IN JUST OUTSIDE OF US, KIND OF UP INTO THE LIBERTY HILL ETJ INTO THE MUD. THAT'S CREATING A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALONG THOSE AREAS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT NORTHLINE, I THINK IT'S WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE'S A ROOMS TO GO

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PRECISELY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE THE COUNTS THOSE KIND OF FLUCTUATE AS WELL. SO THOSE WOULD BE PROPERTIES THAT MAY GO INTO A CHURCH AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL CHANGE HANDS BACK AND FORTH OR THEY'LL GO INTO VARIOUS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. SO, SO YEAH, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S MOVING BACK AND FORTH INTO EXEMPT STATUS. GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THIS OTHER TAB. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS OTHER CATEGORY FOR MARKET VALUATION? RIGHT. SO THE OTHERS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL PROPERTY, UTILITY, PERSONAL PROPERTY. THERE'S THERE'S A LIST OF PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 18 OR SO DIFFERENT LAND CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE CERTIFIED ROLE. AND SO IT'LL KIND OF TAKE IN SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY PIECES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SIMILAR TO THE EXEMPT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 23, 24 EVALUATIONS WERE HIGHER AND THEN IT DROPS IN 2526. IS THAT SIMILAR? SIMILARLY DUE TO THE SHIFTS? THAT'S CORRECT. THANKS. AND I'LL ADD TO THE THE SHEETS IN FRONT OF THE TABS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TABLE ARE THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUES THAT WE GOT IN FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS CAD. SO WHAT TODD HAS MENTIONED, THEY'RE KIND OF LISTS, SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND KIND OF BREAK OUT FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THAT. SO NOW THAT WE RECEIVED THAT TO COUNCIL, WE'LL WORK ON CALCULATING OUR TAX RATE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE SLIDE. BUT JUST SO YOU ALL HAVE THAT THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO I WON'T HIT TOO HARD ON PERMITS. I THINK TODD WALKED THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET OR NO, NO, OUR INTENT SPREADSHEET. WE HAVE SO MANY ITERATIONS OF THAT SPREADSHEET. SO JUST AS TODD MENTIONED AND ROBIN MENTIONED, WE'RE SEEING ZERO. OH, SORRY.

NO, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT OUR SOFTWARE IS HAVING SOME ISSUES, BUT THEY ARE RECORDING THE MEETING. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE. GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING ZERO MULTIFAMILY UNITS. AND SO THIS NEXT UPCOMING YEAR, WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT COME ONLINE. AS YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON HERO A MAIN STREET. I MEAN, THEY'RE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT GETTING THOSE APARTMENT UNITS UP. AND IT'S A MIX OF TOWNHOMES TOO. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. WHAT'S HOW WE'RE FORECASTING IT. IT'S, AS TODD MENTIONED, IN THAT THAT INTENSE SPREADSHEET WE HAVE. SO AND THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ASSESSED VALUES, THE FORECAST TO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING THAT INCREASE THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH, SIMILAR TO OUR POPULATION SCENARIOS AND OUR PERMITTING SCENARIOS, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CAREFUL. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW OUR PRELIMINARY TAX VALUES COME IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL. IN TERMS OF HOW THE MARKET IS. AND THEN TODD MENTIONED ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL VERSUS REGIONAL SALES TAX, WE'RE REALLY SEEING LIKE IT'S 80/20 SPLIT BETWEEN THAT AND SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROJECTING, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, ABOUT 10.5 MILLION OF THAT IS RESIDENTIAL SPENT HERE.

AND THEN 2.6 IS THAT REGIONAL, YOU KNOW, DRAW THAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FROM THAT NORTH PARK IN CEDAR PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BLENDS INTO THAT SOUTH SIDE OF LEANDER. AND THEN OVER THERE IN THAT BAR AREA, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A KEY PLACE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE VILLAGE OF BAR W COMING ONLINE ON THERE, AND THEN THAT WALMART THAT TODD

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AND SO REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THOSE THINGS ALIGNED. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WASTEWATER SIDE IN THE BUDGET OVERVIEW. BUT WE'LL LOOK AT HOW DOES THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE WILL ALLOW US TO ISSUE DEBT IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO WHEN WE'RE BASING THIS OFF OF THE SCENARIO, A POPULATION MODEL, SAY 133,000 BY 2056, WHAT IS OUR DEBT CAPACITY WILL LOOK LIKE WITH THAT SPREAD. AND SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LATER SLIDE, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS Y'ALL KNEW THIS WAS PART OF OUR CORE ASSUMPTIONS AS WELL. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED PER DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS SOME OF THE CONFUSION MAYBE IN THE PAST. AND EVEN WHEN WE HAD OUR RETREAT IN APRIL, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT WASTEWATER AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO INCREASE RATES DRAMATICALLY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THAT, AND THERE WERE NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED TO INCREASE AT THE RATE WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN APRIL. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST I GUESS SO MY 2036 WILL BE $169 SALES TAX PER CAPITA, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT AUSTIN TODAY, THEIR SALES TAX PER CAPITA IS $371. IN CEDAR PARK, HALF OF THEIR NUMBER IS AT 290. AND SO THEIR RETAIL BUILD OUT, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT EVEN GETTING TO WHERE WE'RE SERVING OUR OWN PEOPLE IN OUR OWN AREA IS THAT IF WE. REGIONALIZE THIS SHOULD ACCELERATE MUCH QUICKER, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE SHOULD SEE AN ACCELERATION. THIS IS VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE SHOULD SEE US GETTING CLOSER TO WHERE CEDAR PARK IS TO 290 OVER THE NEXT 8 TO 9 YEARS, I WOULD IMAGINE, BECAUSE I GO TO CEDAR PARK LESS AND LESS TO BUY ANYTHING. AND I IMAGINE MOST PEOPLE FROM LEANDER ARE ALSO. BUT BUT THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS VERY CONSERVATIVE AND WE'LL NEED MORE RETAIL. I, I KIND OF ECHO THAT SENTIMENT, BUT I THINK I HAVE A FEAR THAT WE'RE OVERLOOKING THE THE LARGER ECONOMIC INDICATORS. I JUST SEE A SLOWDOWN AROUND THE CORNER AND A WHOLESALE SLOWDOWN. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO AFFORD.

THERE'S ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE. THERE'S ISSUE IN IN AFFORDABILITY. THERE'S THE FOOD COST, THE GAS COSTS. AND WE DON'T SEE THAT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I

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AND SO I'D LIKE TO AT SOME POINT KIND OF GET THAT BACK SOME KIND OF IN OUR CORE ASSUMPTIONS, I KNOW THAT WE'LL PROBABLY GO THROUGH THIS IN THE COMP PLAN OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'D SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THIS OR THAT, OR WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO PROVIDE SO MANY SERVICES THAT IT CAN'T PAY FOR ITSELF. AND SO I KIND OF, I KNOW THAT'S NOT IN HERE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE KIND OF SIT DOWN BECAUSE IT REALLY GETS DOWN TO, ARE WE GOING TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS? ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN IN AREAS OR ARE WE GOING TO GO MULTIFAMILY OR ARE WE GOING TO GO SINGLE FAMILY? WE'RE GOING TO GO MORE COMMERCIAL AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS PART OF OUR CORE TO WHAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS CITY OUT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE TAX IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THE NEXT SECTION THAT PEOPLE WANT. SO I JUST, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT CAN. AND I'LL JUST MENTION TO THAT ON TAB SIX IS THE DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF THE COST TO, TO HELP DETERMINE THAT COST OF SERVICE IS REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS. WE

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IT'S GOING BEYOND WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY COULD BE. CORRECT, CORRECT. YEAH, YEAH. TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND THEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC KIND OF OF ADDITIONAL DETAIL COMPONENTS OR ELEMENTS TO EACH ONE OF THOSE THAT WE HAD DEFINED IN THAT PROCESS. YEAH. SO LET'S SEE WHAT'S OUR NEXT SLIDE NOW. OH, I'M GETTING TOO AGGRESSIVE HERE.

THANK YOU. OH GOODNESS. SO ANYWAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF JUST REITERATE THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE NEXT PIECE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE'RE MAKING THOSE FINAL BUDGETARY COMPONENTS. AND WE'LL BE DOUBLE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROGRAMING AND WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IS, AGAIN, RESPONDING BACK TO THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL HAD WORKED SO HARD TO ESTABLISH. OKAY. ARE YOU READY? OKAY. I'M READY. ARE YOU READY TO HELP ME? OKAY. LET'S GO. OKAY. OUR LONG RANGE FISCAL. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BASELINE AND THE COMPONENTS THAT ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR MODEL AND LOOKING AT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AS WE GO OUT. 30 YEARS IS WHAT OUR MODEL DOES. THIS IS A TEN YEAR SNAPSHOT OF THAT. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THE RED WOULD BE OUR

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IT WAS ABOUT 15% REDUCTION IN GENERAL FUND IMMEDIATELY, ABOUT A 25 OR SO PERCENT IMPACT ON JUST SALES TAX ALONE. IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. AND IT WAS ABOUT A FIVE YEAR WINDOW TO ACTUALLY GET BACK ON OUR PRIOR TRAJECTORY. SO, SO WE KNOW WE'VE THIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCING LEVELS WE NEED TO TRY TO TARGET YEAR TO YEAR TO STAY OPERATIONAL TO MOVE FORWARD. THE THE SUCCESS WITH THIS IS WHEN WE DO HIT THOSE RECESSIONARY TRENDS, WHICH WE KNOW HAVE. I MEAN, THAT'S REALITY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT. WE CAN ABSORB THAT IMPACT AND WE CAN CONTINUE SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS PROUD ABOUT IN THE KERRVILLE SITUATION IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER CONSISTENT LEVELS OF SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD LESS STAFF, WE WERE REORGANIZING, WE WORKED HARDER, WE WORKED SMARTER, TEAM CAME TOGETHER TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT. I DON'T THINK OUR CITIZENS REALLY EVER NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SERVICE LEVELS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE IN THIS SCENARIO TOO, AS WE KIND OF STRATEGICALLY THINK ABOUT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. BUT THIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE ENVELOPE WE NEED TO WORK WITHIN, AND WE DON'T GET BEYOND IT. AS WE SEE A GREAT REVENUE TREND THIS YEAR, WE'RE PUTTING THAT IN CONTEXT. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S GREAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR POPULATION JUST SUPPORTED THE OPENING UP OF 1,000,000FT■!S OF RETAIL. THAT'S GOING TO ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY TEN YEARS. SO WE HAVE THE UPSURGE, A LEVELING, AND THEN THAT NEXT STEP UP. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS HELPS US DO. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THE FOCUS OF THIS PARTICULAR FORECAST. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 85.5 MILLION OF REVENUE. BUT OUR OUR PROGRAM BUDGET IS 8416 BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT

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SO IT COULD BE 150,000, IT COULD BE 50,000, IT COULD BE 10,000. BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT AND ADVOCATE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH EXPENDITURE CAPS, BECAUSE THAT'S A REAL DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENING.

AND ALSO REVENUE CAPS AS WELL, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN APPETITE TO CONTINUE LOWERING PROPERTY TAX RATES FROM THE STATE LEVEL OR ACTUALLY ELIMINATING IT FROM DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH DIFFERENT STATE REPS AND SENATORS IS SOME BELIEVE THAT IT'S LOW ENOUGH THAT 3.5% IS ALREADY LOW ENOUGH. AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK AT OTHER WAYS, WHICH COMES IN CAPPING REVENUES THAT CAN INCREASE EACH YEAR AND CAPPING EXPENDITURES AS WELL. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT SHIFT IS GOING TO BE, IS BEING CAREFUL IN HOW THEY TARGET THAT TO CERTAIN POPULATIONS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. BUT IT DEFINITELY VARIES AND IT CHANGES EVERY MINUTE. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I THINK AS THEY KIND OF GO, THEY GET REALISTIC INFORMATION AND BEGIN TO REALIZE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, FAST GROWTH CITIES, WHICH IS WHAT TEXAS DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE STATE FUNDING ACTUALLY IS KIND OF IT COMES FROM LOCAL UP TO THE STATE. AND SO I THINK REALLY, AS LEGISLATORS REALLY DRILL INTO IT AND THEY REALLY GET THEIR THEIR SMES WORKING ON IT, THAT THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WE NEED TO RETHINK THIS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. WE GOT A FEW SLIDES. I'LL JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GENERAL FUND REVENUE FORECAST, YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE THAT OVERALL KIND OF LEVELING OUT IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE IN A SURGE AND WE WE HAVE A KIND OF A SLOWDOWN OR KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A RECESSIONARY TREND THAT KICKS IN OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. NEXT ONE CAN'T PLEASE. YEAH. OH PROPERTY TAX. YEAH. AGAIN, THAT THAT IS A

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IF WE SEE MORE OF THAT MORE REGIONAL KIND OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COME ON BOARD SALES TAX IS JUST THAT CONTINUAL CLIMB RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS REFLECTING OFF OF WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING. THE ONE THINGS I THINK THAT'S VERY INTERESTING IS I LOOKED AT THE CEDAR PARK SALES TAX NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR. WE ARE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE CEDAR PARK SALES TAX REVENUE IS. AND YOU THINK ABOUT THEY'VE GOT A FULL 2%. SO SO REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING IN AND YOU BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR SALES TAX PER CAPITA NUMBER, THEY'VE GOT THAT ADDITIONAL ONE PENNY THAT COMES IN. PART OF THAT GOES TO THEIR EDC THINK. BUT THREE FOURTHS OF THAT PENNY COMES INTO THE CITY AND IT GOES TO DRAINAGE. IT GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO IT'S A TARGETED SALES TAX.

SO ACTUALLY IF YOU REALLY KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT, WE KIND OF ARE ON PAR WITH REGARD TO THE RETAIL ACTIVITY. SO WE'RE A LARGER POPULATION. BUT IT BEGINS TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT, I THINK, WHICH IS WHAT MR. O'HARA WAS REFERRING TO WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. THAT WAS THE ONE PENNY PART BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD A HIGHER NUMBER. BUT I WILL GO BACK AND REVIEW IT AND SEE IF THAT'S STILL ACCURATE. OKAY. YEAH. AND FRANCHISE FEES, AGAIN, THOSE ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUE STREAM THAT THAT CURRENTLY COMES IN. AND SO SO THAT'S JUST AGAIN A FUNCTION OF, OF OUR FOLKS AND, AND THE SPENDING THAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S COMING BACK TO US. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE BEGIN TO SEE MORE OF A RETRACTION OR SLOWDOWN IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF SINGLE FAMILY ACTIVITY. YOU'LL SEE RETAIL ACTIVITY KIND OF PUSH ALONG THE ISSUE ON THE RETAIL OR THE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL PERMITS IS THAT A HOUSE COMES IN AND WE'RE PERMITTING AND IT GETS CONSTRUCTED A MATTER OF MONTHS. THESE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS TAKE MUCH LONGER, AND THEY SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A PERMIT IN ONE YEAR, AND WE DO INSPECTIONS AND ALL THAT THROUGH BASICALLY A TWO FISCAL YEAR OR BEYOND KIND OF CYCLE ON THOSE PROJECTS. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REVENUE STREAM AND WORKLOAD THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US AS WE TRANSITION INTO MAYBE MORE OF A RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BASE IN THE CITY. AND THEN OUR GOLF FUND REVENUE, WE WERE ANTICIPATING 2% ANNUALIZED KIND OF INCREASES. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL RATE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE GOLF COURSE. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY A GOOD BUY.

AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY HAVE ROOM WITHIN OUR AREA WITHIN THE MARKET TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE GOLF RATE ADJUSTMENTS. SO WE DESPERATELY HAVE NEED FOR CAPITAL. WE HAVE NEED FOR FACILITIES. THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN OPERATING IN A WAY THAT'S BEEN GENERATING ABOUT HALF A MILLION OR SO OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT ADEQUATE TO COVER CAPITALIZATION OR ANY KIND OF REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. SO AS WE WORK ON FACILITIES AND WORK ON OUR CIP, I THINK WE HAD LOOKED AT IT, THERE'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 20 PLUS MILLION OF JUST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT REALLY WOULD BE NEEDED AT THE GOLF COURSE REALLY TODAY. ON THAT NOTE, YOU DON'T FORESEE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE REVENUES THAT THE GOLF COURSE COULD GENERATE CAN COVER ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE JUST A PORTION OF WHATEVER CAPEX EXPENDITURE NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE GOLF COURSE. YES, I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT RATES, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE'RE IF WE'RE IF AROUND IN A GREEN FEE AND LEANDER IS 75 BUCKS, I MEAN, A COMPARABLE COURSE, MAYBE 150 OR 160 PER ROUND. SO WE'RE DELIVERING A PRODUCT THAT IS VERY, VERY AFFORDABLE. IT'S BEING SUBSIDIZED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OTHER FUNDS REALLY ULTIMATELY. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT LARRY AND THE COURSE HAVE BEEN DOING IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE AND USE OUR RETAINED EARNINGS TO BEGIN TO MAKE IT MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. SO THOSE FUNDS, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT A MILLION, TWO YEARS AGO OF, OF RETAINED EARNINGS THAT WE MOVED OVER TO DO, PLANNING TO DO SOME DESIGN FOR THE GREENS AND, AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN

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YOU GOT PEOPLE, I MEAN, COMING FROM AUSTIN UP HERE TO GOLF. YEAH, I'VE TRIED TO GOLF. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ON THE DAIS THAT ARE AMAZING GOLFERS.

THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE IT YET. OKAY. AND SO AGAIN, OUR WATER REVENUE. SO AGAIN, WE'VE KIND OF RUN THE SCENARIOS TOO ON BOTH SIDES OF IT AS WELL. BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU BASED ON OUR CURRENT, WE LOOK AT THE, THE POPULATION HOUSING GROWTH THAT'S COMING ON BOARD.

THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR BUILT INTO THIS FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA ABOUT HOW THAT WILL RAMP UP OVER TIME. AGAIN CURRENT RATES. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS AND WE'RE OUT. WE SHOULD BE PULLING PROPOSALS NOW, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO AN UPDATED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STUDY RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CURRENT RATES, OUR WATER RATE IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER AREA PROVIDERS. OUR WASTEWATER RATE IS VERY LOW.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF CONTEMPLATE, AND WHEN WE DO THAT RIGHT STUDY IS ARE THERE COMPONENTS OF THE WATER RATE WHICH ARE CURRENTLY SUBSIDIZED IN THE WASTEWATER SIDE? SO I SUSPECT WE MAY SEE SOME OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF IT THERE, I THINK ALL THAT'S KIND OF WRAPPED UP INTO THE WATER SIDE OF IT. SO THERE'LL BE KIND OF A READJUSTMENT IN TERMS OF GETTING ACTUAL TO ACTUAL THAT WE'LL LOOK AT WITH THAT. BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT KIND OF THOSE COST APPORTIONMENT COMPONENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. CROWDER IS WORKING ON IS REALLY JUST LIKE WE WERE LOOKING AT A COST OF SERVICE BASIS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS ALSO LOOKING AT A COST PER LUE ON THE WASTE WATER AND WASTEWATER SIDE, BECAUSE AS WE GROW, OF COURSE, REVENUE GROWTH IS GOING TO BE GREAT, BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF GO WITH THAT. AND SO SO, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, THE CITY HAD BEEN SEEING VERY NICE CONSISTENT RATE INCREASE OR REVENUE INCREASES COMING IN. THERE REALLY HADN'T BEEN A MAJOR ADJUSTMENT ON THE UTILITY RATES, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST REALLY TEN YEARS OR SO. AND SO I THINK THERE WAS A SHIFT TO MORE OF A VOLUMETRIC KIND OF RATE, BUT OVERALL, IT DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE THE OVERALL RATE AMOUNT. SO WE'VE HAD ENOUGH GROWTH COMING IN. THAT'S KIND OF SHOWN THAT. BUT THERE'S AGAIN A LOT OF CAPITAL THAT'S NEEDED. THE WATER SYSTEM REVENUES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN ARE PRETTY MUCH MAXED OUT IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING WHAT WE'VE NEEDED TO THROUGH OUR UA AND THE MAJOR FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, OUR WATER SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONAL FLOWS COMING FROM BCRA THAT WE'RE FUNDING THROUGH OUR PORTION OF THAT. ADDRESSING THE CROSS CONNECTIONS, ADDRESSING THE STORAGE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE FOR PEAK CONSUMPTION PERIODS. SO OUR SYSTEM REALLY WILL BE IN SHOULD BE IN PRETTY GOOD OPERATIONAL, FUNCTIONAL PLACE. IT'S REALLY THE WASTEWATER SIDE THAT IS REALLY THE STRESS AT THIS POINT. TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, THE CURRENT PLAN, WHICH AGAIN HAD THE VERY AGGRESSIVE HOUSING AND POPULATION ESTIMATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT $130 MILLION OF CAPITAL NEEDS TO DO WASTEWATER SYSTEM EXPANSION. SO HOPEFULLY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, THAT NUMBER CAN COME DOWN, WHICH IS KIND OF STRATEGICALLY WHAT

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YEAH. SO LET ME COMMENT ON THAT. SO THE RATE STUDY IS STILL PENDING. WE HOPE TO GET THAT STARTED PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. THE BASIC INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN PULLED TOGETHER BY MY STAFF. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO THE CONSULTANT TO GET IT STARTED. AND TYPICALLY HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THAT TO TAKE ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED? WE SHOULD HAVE ANSWERS BACK IN THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS. WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE? I'M HOPING WITHIN SIX MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE CORE IS PROBABLY DONE 6 TO 9 MONTHS. IT'S PROBABLY YEAH, IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THAT CALCULATION. SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT OUR RATES ARE COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE RATE OR THE BASE RATE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE. SO IF YOU IF YOU CALCULATE OUT THE. BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S RATES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO BASE VERSUS BASE VERSUS VOLUMETRIC. SO IF YOU LOOK AT A. SO THE WAY YOU RUN IS YOU KIND OF LOOK AT LIKE A, LIKE AN AVERAGE CONSUMPTION PER RESIDENT. AND SO LOOKING AT THAT AT A 10,000 GALLON USAGE PER MONTH, LET'S SAY ON AVERAGE PER RESIDENTIAL. SO IF YOU DO THAT BASIS, THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW IT CALCULATES OUT, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO COMPARE THAT USE BOTH. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT AT WHAT IS IT ACTUAL BUILDING GOING TO COST YOU UNDER THAT ASSUMPTION. SO WE GET APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISONS ACROSS. COULD YOU TALK TO THE INCREASE IN WATER REVENUE FROM 26 TO 27 BY 4 MILLION? YEAH. I CAN'T WILL GO PULL THAT AND SEE WHAT THAT IS. YEAH. YEAH. WHICH I NEED TO GO BACK AND PULL IT. I CAN'T I CAN'T IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY. I'M KIND OF WONDERING IF I HAVE A TYPO IN THERE. WHO'S ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. SO YEAH, I'VE KIND OF WONDER IF I HAVE A TYPO. SO YEAH. ANYWAY. OKAY. AND SO NOW THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CURRENT RATE STRUCTURES AND YOU LOOK AT THE TWO DIFFERENT POPULATION SCENARIOS, WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF FUNDING OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US? SO IF YOU ANTICIPATE LEVERAGING THAT AND USING THAT TO SERVICE DEBT, KIND OF HOW MUCH CAPACITY WOULD WE HAVE ON BOTH THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER SIDE? AND THIS IS KIND OF CRITICAL, KIND OF GOING BACK AND THINKING THROUGH. THE 130 TO 150, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BASIS OF 133, OUR SYSTEM CAPACITY REALLY NEEDS TO CALCULATE AND ANTICIPATE A 150 KIND OF RANGE ANYWAY, TO GIVE US SOME, SOME GROWTH CAPACITY THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LOOKING AT TWO KIND OF FIVE YEAR TRANCHES IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL CAPACITY. SO THE DARK BLUE IS THE 133 FIGURE. AND THE LIGHT BLUE WOULD BE THE, THE OPTION TO KIND OF FIGURE AS YOU LOOK AT THAT. THE WASTEWATER ONE AGAIN, IS THE ONE THAT IS PRETTY LIMITED IN TERMS OF CAPACITY. SO IF WE'RE IN A, YOU KNOW, NEED TO SPEND UPWARDS TO 100 MILLION IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 5 TO 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME CHALLENGES. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE CONCERN ABOUT THE REVENUE PINCH POINT ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE. BUT THE TYPICAL THE AVERAGE ON YOUR QUESTION, THE WATER AVERAGE IS IN THE UPPER 70S TO KIND OF MID 80S. SO WE'RE RIGHT AROUND $82.

THE SEWER, WE'RE AT ABOUT 32 ON AVERAGE, WHICH TAKES THE TOTAL BILL THERE. SOME OF THOSE CITIES WERE RUNNING SEWER WOULD BE RUNNING 50 TO 60, TYPICALLY MAYBE 70. SO OUR SEWER WE'RE REALLY ON THE VERY LOW END ON THE SEWER AVERAGE SEWER RATE SIDE. SO SOME QUESTION. SO ON

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WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL UPGRADE TO THE REGIONAL PLANT THAT'S DOWN IN ROUND ROCK, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FLOW GOES THERE. WE'VE EXPANDED THE CROSS CONNECT THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE WATER THAT'S CURRENTLY COMING INTO THE PLANT AND SEND MORE OF THAT FLOW DOWN TOWARDS ROUND ROCK. SO THOSE THOSE CORE COMPONENTS ARE THERE AS WELL.

SO THE NEXT PIECE THAT WE NEED TO DO IS EXPAND OUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ADDITIONAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS. AND, AND TO MOVE FORWARD, PROBABLY UPSIZING LIFT STATIONS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SOME OF OUR PROGRAM WOULD BE TO BUILD NEW GRAVITY LINES AND TAKE SOME STATIONS OFFLINE.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT SOME POINT THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED TO BUILD. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, OKAY, HOW MUCH MORE TREATMENT CAPACITY DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL? BUT THE DOMINO EFFECT THERE IS THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING RANGE, THE TRAINING RANGE IS ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE. SO GENE IS ABOUT TO TAKE THAT OVER AND KICK THEM OUT. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO FOR CHIEF BECAUSE HE. SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA'S POINT ABOUT THE WATER SPECIFICALLY, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT 6000 ACRE FEET DELTA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE. WE'RE TALKING 70 TO 80 YEARS OUT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT OF. 225. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S MANY YEARS. THAT'S MANY YEARS. SO FURTHER, FURTHER. SO AT 3000 ACRE FEET, WE'RE USING ABOUT 15000 ACRE FEET TODAY. AND SO WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT OUR CURRENT RAW WATER SUPPLY IS.

SO AS I TALKED TO PEOPLE, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, OKAY, BUT THAT'S FINE. IF THERE'S WATER IN THE LAKE, IF THERE'S NO WATER, THEN YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T MANAGE THE CITY AND WE CAN'T GROW OR IT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE. SO PART OF THE PROCESS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE LCRA REALLY, ALL OF US IN THIS REGION ARE REALLY KIND OF BEHOLDEN TO LCRA. SO WHEN LCRA HITS CERTAIN THRESHOLDS IN TERMS OF WATER THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR SYSTEM, THEY BEGIN TO RESTRICT WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OUT OF THEIR SYSTEMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF ONCE WE GET TO A SEVERE DROUGHT, YOU KNOW, LCRA IS GOING TO SAY WE'RE

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HOWEVER, WITH WASTEWATER, WE'RE FURTHER BEHIND THE CURVE, IF YOU WILL, JUST TO PHRASE IT THAT WAY FOR EASY, EASY UNDERSTANDING, COMPARATIVE TO OUR OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE IN THE SURGE, GOT THESE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN. INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEWER. AND SO IT IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, BUT THEN WE FLATTEN OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE HAVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT AND OTHER THINGS AND CAPITALIZATION AND DEPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO FACTOR INTO THAT COST, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT ADEQUATELY REALLY COVERING, AT LEAST ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK? 15 OR DO YOU WANT TO DO TEN? YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT 11. OKAY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO COME UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FORL RIGHT. IT'S 1102 AND WE'RE READY TO GET BACK STARTED. FROM OUR OUR BREAK TIME HERE. SO I'M

[5. Review Schedule to Adopt Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Set Ad Valorem Tax Rate]

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THIS IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ALLOW WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL. THEN THIS IS BASICALLY GENERATED FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR. AND THE TOTAL RATE ALSO INCLUDES OUR INS RATE. SO THIS IS WHAT WE BASICALLY USE FOR OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR OUR DEBT CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO PAY BACK. SO THE INTENT FOR US IS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. SO WE DO INTEND TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THAT 3.5% MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT. AND THEN THE LAST TERM THAT YOU SEE THERE IS UNUSED INCREMENT RATE. SO WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST BASICALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BANKED IN PRECEDING YEARS FROM REVENUE THAT WE COLLECTED THAT WE HAVE NOT USED. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. AND THERE'S A TWO YEAR PERIOD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF GOES AWAY. SO IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE KIND OF LOSE IT. BUT EVERY SINGLE TWO YEARS, IT JUST RESETS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADOPTED RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS BASICALLY WHAT OUR UNUSED INCREMENTAL RATE IS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS A PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY. FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. THE FIRST COLUMN THAT YOU SEE IS BASICALLY THE FISCAL YEARS.

THEN YOU'LL SEE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL RATE. THAT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. WHAT'S THAT SPECIFIC RATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF COLLECT REVENUE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. AND THEN THE NEXT YOU SEE IS OUR INTEREST IN SINKING RATE. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO COLLECT TO PAY BACK OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES. AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN THAT YOU SEE THERE IS JUST THE COMBINED OF THE TWO, WHICH IS OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE. ONE THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS SINCE 2023, THE COMBINED HAS REMAINED STEADY AT 0.417282. AND IN 2024, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT STILL REMAINED STEADY. BUT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WE WHAT DID HAPPEN WAS THAT THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE DID GO DOWN. AND THAT'S HOW WE KEPT IT THE SAME. AND EVER SINCE THEN WE'VE KEPT IT THE SAME SINCE 2024. SAME WITH 2025 AND 2026. SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LEANDER. THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WHAT IT BASICALLY SHOWS YOU IS A COMPARISON OF THE CLOSEST 11 CITIES SURROUNDING US. AND HOW DO WE KIND OF COMPARE TO THEM. IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE SAME THING WHERE WE HAVE MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND INTEREST AND SINKING AND THE TWO MIDDLE COLUMNS AND WHERE WE STAND OUT OF THE 11 CITIES, WE'RE LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE MEDIUM.

SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AT THE COMBINED PROPERTY TAX RATE. ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS END. WE'RE SEVEN OUT OF 11. AND ON THE INTEREST AND SINK SIDE, THIS WERE SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN MOST CITIES. WE'RE ON THE TOP FIVE VERSUS THE OTHER SEVEN SEVEN CITIES. BUT OVERALL WHAT THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU IS A COMPARISON OF HOW WE COMPARE WITH OTHER CITIES. AND THE MAIN THING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST, WE'RE NOT THE LOWEST, BUT WE'RE RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST KEPT THE SAME TYPES OF OH, AND INS RATES FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST HAVE A QUESTION. GOING BACK TO THE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY AND THE NO NEW TAX REVENUE, THE, I GUESS THE VADER OR WHATEVER THE. SO IF WE MEAN WHEN WE MAINTAIN OUR TAX RATE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT A NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THAT'S JUST US MAINTAINING OUR RATE, WHICH THEN IF CERTAIN THINGS WENT UP MORE, IT WOULD BE MORE. IT COULD BE MORE THAN 3.5% WHERE WE'D HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO MAINTAIN THE RATE. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THANKS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT RATE, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL INCREASE ON THAT, I GUESS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY FOR THIS YEAR? LIKE IF YOU WERE TO MAINTAIN THE RATE, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL INCREASE THAT WE I GUESS WE GO BACK TO THAT. WE COMMUNICATE, I'M NOT MAKING SENSE. SO THERE'S A CALCULATION THERE THAT YOU DO. WE'D HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT. OKAY. BUT WE THINK WITH OUR CURRENT STUFF, IF WE MAINTAIN THE RATE WE'RE. WE'D PROBABLY BE FINE. SO I CAN HELP ANSWER THAT. SO WE RECENTLY JUST GOT OUR CERTIFIED TAX VALUES. AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE DO NEED TO CALCULATE THE TAX RATES. AND SO SINCE WE'RE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES BETWEEN WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, THERE'S A CALCULATION THAT WE NEED TO DO

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IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE CITY OPERATIONS, PARKS AND REC IS ONE WHERE WE DESPERATELY NEED SOME DEPTH. THERE'S SO MUCH PROGRAMING, WE'RE ADDING MORE FACILITIES, WE'RE ADDING MORE, HOPEFULLY BUILDING MORE FIELDS.

SO IT'S REALLY CREATING A PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR POSITION THAT WOULD THEN STEP IN AND WORK.

NUMBER TWO TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THAT OPERATION. AND THEN AGAIN, THEY WOULD THEN

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SO INSTEAD OF SHIPPING THOSE OUT AND SENDING THOSE OUT, HE'S BEEN STEPPING UP AND WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF RESOURCES TO HIM THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF MECHANIC SERVICES. BUT WE DESPERATELY ARE IN NEED OF PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HIS OPERATION. ONE OF THE CAN YOU TALK TO THE SAVINGS THAT THAT DID PROVIDE TO THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY KIND OF CALL IT SAVINGS. I THINK IT'S REALLY MORE COST REALLOCATION BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PAYING COMMERCIAL RATES AND PAYING OVERHEAD FOR AN OIL CHANGE OR FOR AN AC REPAIR OR A TRANSMISSION REBUILD, WE'RE DOING THAT IN-HOUSE. I THINK THE KEY ISSUE THERE IS REALLY THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE'RE INCREASING. SO WE'RE NET NEUTRAL IN TERMS OF COST TO DO THIS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HIS CREWS ARE COMING IN AT FOUR IN THE MORNING TO MEET A POLICE OFFICER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED AS THEY'RE COMING OFF SHIFTS. SO INSTEAD OF THEM COMING IN, WORKING ALL DAY, WAITING AN HOUR TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR VEHICLE, HE'S MEETING THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO.

THEY'RE THEY'RE STARTING TO TAKE OVER MAJOR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FOR OUR FIRE FLEET.

SO FOR THE ENGINES. SO INSTEAD OF SHIPPING THINGS OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE GREATLY ENHANCING THE OPERABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY WITHIN THE CITY AS A WHOLE. WE NEED A FLEET MANAGER POSITION TO BEGIN TO COME IN AND BEGIN TO OVERSEE THAT. I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN TO SEE SAVINGS, BECAUSE WE CAN BETTER PROGRAM REGULAR MAINTENANCE. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE BEING SCHEDULED, THAT WE'RE TRACKING THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF ADDRESSING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE'VE BEEN ORDERING SUPPLIES AND BRINGING THEM IN AND KIND OF DOING SETTING UP INVENTORY, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INVENTORY CONTROLS. THERE'S ALSO A COMPONENT RIGHT NOW OF IN PROCESSING. SO AS WE BRING NEW VEHICLES IN, WE'RE ADDING TO THE FLEET HAVING A CENTRALIZED PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BRING THEM IN, GET THEM IN PROCESSED, MAKING SURE THAT THAT ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. EXACTLY. ONE OF OUR PRACTICES ON OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN JUST THE COST FOR JUST THE VEHICLE, BUT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE EQUIPMENT. IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE MARKING THEM, PUTTING IN RADIOS AND LIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO THIS INDIVIDUAL HELPED MANAGE ALL THOSE THINGS AND BRING ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, ASSIST THE DEPARTMENTS AS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR ACQUISITION. SO GETTING BIDS IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WORKING BACK TO PURCHASING. SO IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF COMPONENTS LIKE THAT IN.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS AND BEEN TRYING TO COVER ALL THESE BASES KIND OF WITHOUT REALLY FULL RESOURCING TO THAT. MICHAEL, I APOLOGIZE. I FEEL KIND OF GUILTY ABOUT THAT. BUT BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE SITUATION WE'VE BEEN IN. AND IT'S I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK WE'RE SEEING MORE PRODUCTIVITY COMING OUT OF THAT. I WAS JUST, OH, SORRY, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FLEET MANAGEMENT THIS YEAR ON A TRACKING SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION. SO WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF BRINGING THAT TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR DOING THAT. WHEN WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS, PROBABLY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S EASIER TO COME TO WORK WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FEEL TAKEN CARE OF. AND SO THAT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY IS NOT HAVING TO WAIT AN HOUR AFTER THEY ALREADY WORK TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THE DAY.

SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR ALL OF THESE ROLES I THINK ARE NECESSARY. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS REORG FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT AS A PART OF THIS BUDGET. SO ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT POSITION, WHAT IS THAT? I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE CHART HERE. OKAY. I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO SEE ON THE SLIDE. IF YOU TURN TO TAB FOUR, THERE'S A A BIGGER THERE YOU GO. AND YEAH, THAT'S A LOT EASIER TO SEE. AND SO THE THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL TIE INTO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TODD MENTIONED THIS PERSON WILL HELP WITH COUNCIL THINGS WILL HELP WITH INTERNAL DEPARTMENT THINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT COME ABOUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP DELIVER THEM AND IMPLEMENT THEM. AND IT GIVES US BANDWIDTH AS WELL. AND WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST THAT'S FALLS UNDER THAT GOVERNMENT

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SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH MICHAEL AND WITH FINANCE AND DEPARTMENTS, IS REALLY ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND REALLY STANDARDIZE IT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL PUT TOGETHER FOR FY 28. AND THAT WOULD BE A DIVISION THAT THAT WOULD BE ADDED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT. SO MICHAEL HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE CHARGE AND REALLY STARTED PUTTING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER WITH HIS TEAM ALREADY. AND SO REALLY TRYING TO DEVELOP IT FROM A POLICY LEVEL AND FROM AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND AS WELL. UNDER TAB, FOR ONCE YOU GET PAST THE ORG CHART SCHEDULE, YOU'LL SEE THE POSITION CONTROL THERE IN THE BACK SIDE. SO YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE PROPOSED ADS ARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. YEP. SO. I KNOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED CREATING A LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND HAVING AN IN-HOUSE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT THEY WOULD NEED AT LEAST A PARALEGAL OR SOME TYPE OF A ASSISTANT AS WELL. I DON'T SEE THAT ON HERE.

YEAH. AND THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR. COUNCIL IS IF Y'ALL ARE READY TO CREATE THAT IN-HOUSE OPERATION, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BUDGET HALF A MILLION THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR LEGAL SERVICES, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FULL CONTRACTING SERVICES. SO THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE REPROGRAMED INTO THIS OPERATION. SO WE COULD ABSORB THAT AND BRING THAT COST IN INTO THE CITY THAT'S GOING TO COVER ALL OF OUR LEGAL COSTS. THAT THAT GIVES YOU A CORE IN-HOUSE LEGAL, WHICH IS OUR GO TO PIECE. AND THEN THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO TML, REACH OUT TO OTHER SPECIALIZATIONS TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, LEGAL SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT WE WOULD NEED. I THINK BEFORE WE COULD REALLY MAKE THAT DECISION, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME RESEARCH AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN COST AND WHAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED IT ON A HIGH LEVEL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS AROUND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE TO BRING LEGAL IN-HOUSE, WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE BECAUSE WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO HIRE SPECIALISTS, OTHER ATTORNEYS TO HANDLE DIFFERENT BUSINESS. SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF BASELINE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOTAL IMPLICATION WOULD BE TO DO THAT. SO IS THERE A PLAN TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT? YES. YEAH. SO YEAH, I'M READY TO AND I'VE, I'VE KIND OF GOT SOME BASE COMPONENTS OF THAT KIND OF NOODLED OUT. SO YEAH. SO YEAH, SO I CAN BRING THAT TO YOU IN THE COURSE OF BUDGET DISCUSSION.

AND I HAVE VISITED WITH PAIGE AND LET HER KNOW THAT THAT'S A SERVICE COMPONENT THAT WE MAY BE THINKING ABOUT OR THAT WE'D BE TALKING AS WELL. SO, BUT WHAT I TOLD HER THIS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE BRINGING OUR CORE KIND OF RECURRING LEGAL IN-HOUSE. YOU KNOW, WE'D STILL, I MEAN, WORK WITH HER FIRM TO DO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LITIGATION. WE GOT OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE KIND OF HAPPENING. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE THAT THAT SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS ON THE PROSECUTION SIDE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MUNICIPAL COURT, AND SO WE'VE GOT OPERATIONS THAT WE HANDLE THERE. SO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THINGS LIKE THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IS OR THINK ABOUT IS DO WE WANT TO KIND OF RAMP UP AND STAFF UP TO HANDLE THAT TYPE OF OPERATION? OR DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OUTSOURCE THOSE KIND OF COMPONENTS TO IT? AND THEN TYPICALLY, WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO HAVE A PROCESS CHANGE LIKE THAT? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND TO ME LIKE IT'S REALISTIC. THAT COULD BE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE PLANNING. YOU THINK SO THE FISCAL YEAR? IT COULD BE. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR JOB DESCRIPTION TOGETHER, GETTING RECRUITING. THE CHARTER ALREADY HAS A PROVISION FOR IT. SO SO WE CAN CREATE THAT. IT'S JUST REALLY A MATTER OF KIND OF THE POSITION CONTROL AND CREATING THAT. AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO WORK WITH PAIGE AND HER FIRM TO KIND OF WORK TO KIND OF TRANSITION OUT. AND SO IN OUR

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THANK YOU. YEAH. BECAUSE BECAUSE, YEAH, THOSE LEGAL SERVICE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE EXPENDED ACROSS THE FUNDS. SO IT'S NOT ALL GENERAL FUND. SO IT ALL KIND OF ROLLS INTO ALL OF IT. SO IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A HOLISTIC, YOU KNOW, COST COMPONENT. THE BIGGER CHALLENGE IS, IS REALLY KIND OF AT THIS STAGE, FUNDING THESE POSITIONS. YOU NEED THINGS DONE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE REALLY KIND OF THE EASIER PART TO THIS. IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE FIGURING OUT WHERE TO PUT PEOPLE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME CAPITAL COMPONENTS AND HAVE SOME IDEAS WITH THAT. BUT, BUT WE NEED TO BEGIN FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET SOME OFFICE SPACE ESTABLISHED SO WE CAN BRING SOME OF THESE POSITIONS IN. I THINK IN THE INTERIM, JUST HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH EITHER FLEX SCHEDULES AND SOME OTHER THINGS UNTIL WE CAN KIND OF GET PERMANENT PLACES THAT WE CAN HOUSE SOME OF THESE POSITIONS. IS THIS IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE SPOT TO TALK ABOUT? I GUESS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS. OR IS THIS A SPOT TO BRING THAT UP? WE CAN WE CAN GO WITH IT.

THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. IF YOU IF YOU LIKE, WE WERE GOING TO HIT ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMING PIECES WITH SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSIONS.

SO IF YOU IF WE CAN KIND OF ROLL THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN THAT'LL HELP US WITH THAT OTHER DISCUSSION AS WELL. OKAY. SO ON, ON CIP, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE LIMITING, LIMITING FACTORS WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS KIND OF DOING PROJECTS AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. AND I THINK WHEN WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST KIND OF CONCEPTUALLY AND EVERYTHING IS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY USE ANOTHER PROJECT MANAGER SO THAT WE COULD DO MORE PROJECTS. I KNOW THAT ALSO COMES DOWN TO HOW MANY BUDGETS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND AND WHAT THE PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO DO. BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF AND I KNOW WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAYBE USING CONTRACTORS OR OUTSIDE SERVICES TO FULFILL SOME OF THAT EXCESS CIP PROJECT MANAGEMENT. I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING, LIKE WHERE WE WERE ON THAT OR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE? I THINK SO, YEAH. SO WE ACTUALLY ARE WAITING ON AN OUTSIDE EVALUATION. SO WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT'S ACTUALLY REVIEWING OUR CIP KIND OF NEEDS AND PROCESSES, AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING SOME OPERATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. SO WHAT DO WE TACKLE IN-HOUSE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS DO WE BRING IN? AND IT MAY BE TYPE AND SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF PROJECT. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'LL BE GETTING SOME INFORMATION IN ON THAT AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS ON CIP ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES IS WE'VE GOT INTEREST EARNINGS THAT WOULD COME FROM BOND PROCEEDS AND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN ALSO PURPOSE INTO HELPING TO FUND THESE TYPES OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE'RE EVALUATING THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT AS A AS A PRACTICAL MATTER WE'RE GETTING INTO IS OUR REGULAR REVIEW OF OUR BUDGETS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS IF WE ARE OUTPACING OR OUTPERFORMING OUR, OUR FORECAST. THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH MID-YEAR IF THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE KIND OF TRENDS, THEN THERE COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS THAT WE MIGHT REQUEST DURING THE COURSE OF THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS. YES, WE NEED TO AS WE KIND OF GET INTO THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE'D BE CONTEMPLATING, NEEDING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WE GOT THIS STUDY IN, AND HERE'S WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. AND WE KIND OF GO, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT POINT, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WITH THAT, THOUGH, IS THE REALITY OF GETTING ADVERTISING OUT AND GETTING POSITIONS IN, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN USUALLY EXPECT 90 DAYS, YOU KNOW, TO, I THINK, GET THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADVERTISING, RECRUITING AND GETTING SOMEBODY ONBOARDED. SO, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'LL BE SOME FACTORS LIKE THAT THAT WE THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE ACTUALLY FISCALLY HIT THE BUDGET. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU KNOW, EARLIER WHEN YOU WERE

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AND SO DEFINITELY SEE THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IF YOU COULD WALK THROUGH THE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS. I SAW THERE WAS JUST TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THE POSITION IS.

SO UNDER COMMUNICATIONS, THERE LOOKS LIKE AN AD FOR A MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST. I'M ON THE RIGHT LINE FOR THAT. YEAH. YES. AND SO THAT'S, THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS PRESENTATION. BUT YEAH, SO LET'S BRING IN THAT'S BRINGING A PERSON IN THAT CAN HELP US BE ABLE TO KIND OF TAKE PHOTOS, TAKE VIDEO, CREATE PRODUCT. BASICALLY, WE NEED TO GENERATE MORE COMMUNICATION PIECES. YEAH, WE GOT A PEG CHANNEL COMING ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE NEED TO, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO CREATE AND PROVIDE CONTENT. AND THEN UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. YES, YES. SO THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BEGIN TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE DAY TO DAY KIND OF OPERATIONS THAT WE NEED. THAT HELPS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BE ABLE TO GO EXECUTE AND DO THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO RAMP UP THINGS LIKE EVENTS THAT WE DO, LIKE FAM TOURS, PARTICIPATING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS. AND IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT THAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE DETAILED TOO, IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND STRATEGIC WORK. SO IT'S REALLY SOME ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER WE NEED TO HELP ADDRESS DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS SO WE CAN GET INTO THOSE OTHER CRITICAL COMPONENTS.

OKAY. AND THEN IN IT, THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. YES, WE ARE VERY THINLY STAFFED IN IT RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE VERY STRETCHED. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERY YEAR, ADDING ON MORE IT SOFTWARE SERVICES. WE NEED TO SWITCH TO AN ERP. AND SO THERE'S JUST MORE AND MORE OF A GROWING NEED FOR SERVICES THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING OUR NETWORK AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THOSE ADDITIONAL THINGS AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST A MANPOWER NEED AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. AND THEN MUNICIPAL COURT, IS THAT REALLY JUST A CHANGE OF TITLE? OKAY. YES. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THANKS. YOU'LL SEE ON THE UTILITY FUND TWO, WE SHOW THE ADDITION OF SOME OPERATIONS STAFF. AND THAT'S REALLY WE'RE ONBOARDING THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE LION'S SHARE OF THOSE POSITIONS. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE POSITIONS THAT WE'VE ADDED. THERE ARE KIND OF FIELD OPERATIONS ON THAT SIDE OF IT. CAN I OH, FOR THE POLICE UNIFORM SERVICES, THE FOR 27, DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COPS GRANT? YES, IT DOES HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS. IT DOES. YES. YEAH. AND THEN WITH THE STAFFING ON THE PD SIDE IS CHIEF, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS TRYING TO RAMP UP THE CIVILIAN SUPPORT PIECES TO IT, SO THAT IT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO KIND OF STAY AND DOING THE THINGS THEY REALLY

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SO IT, IT, IT MULTIPLIES OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT OUT IN THE FIELD. YEAH. ON THE CRIME ANALYST POSITION ADD, IS THAT BASICALLY DUE TO A POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE NEED TO MEET OR ARE WE WE WERE ALREADY BEHIND. SO WE HAVE WE'RE BLESSED WITH A, AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE IN THAT POSITION. SHE IS PROBABLY. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A POSITION THAT DOESN'T EXIST. WE'RE THE ONLY SURROUNDING CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE RESOURCE.

SO WE JUST WANT TO GET US UP TO THAT POSITION TO HAVE ONE AVAILABLE RESOURCE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I'M GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU. THERE'S THERE'S A COUPLE POSITIONS ALSO IN THE GOLF FUND. SO THAT'S JUST WE NEED THERE NEEDS MANPOWER. HE'S BLOWN OUT. SO.

RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS. OKAY. NOTICE YOU READY. GOOD

[6. Review Major Funds and Department Budgets]

THE UTILITY FUND IS ABOUT 36%, AND THE GOLF ONE REPRESENTS 3%. AND THAT TOTALS ABOUT $138 MILLION. THIS NEXT SLIDE INDICATES THE FIVE YEAR HISTORY FOR ALL THREE FUNDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2023, THE ACTUAL WAS 60 62.8 MILLION FOR GENERAL FUND, 2 MILLION FOR GOLF AND 52 MILLION FOR UTILITIES. MOVING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR IN FY 26, YOU SEE THE $81 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, 3.2 MILLION FOR GOLF, AND THEN 49 MILLION FOR UTILITIES PROPOSED FOR FY 27. IS THE 84 MILLION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER FOR GENERAL FUND. THE GOLF FUND IS 3.4 MILLION AND THEN 50.5 MILLION FOR THE UTILITY FUND. THIS SLIDE DEPICTS TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HERE, WHERE IT SHOWS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF OUR REVENUE SOURCE WOULD BE PROPERTY TAX. THE SECOND WOULD BE THE SALES TAX. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME SMALLER PIECES THROUGHOUT THE OTHER SECTIONS THERE. THE PARTICULAR HISTORY HERE IN 2026, WE HAD $42 MILLION IN OUR PROPERTY TAX. THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING 45 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT A 9% INCREASE. SALES TAX IS ABOUT ALMOST 13 MILLION. WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 13.8 MILLION GOING FORWARD. THAT'S A 7% INCREASE. BUILDING PERMITS. WE'RE EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE DECREASE IN BUILDING PERMITS EARLIER. FRANCHISE FEES ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE ABOUT 18%. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FEES THAT ARE ABOUT 6% GOING FORWARD. OVERALL, OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE INCREASING. ABOUT 7.8%. CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THOSE OTHER FEES WOULD INCLUDE? YEAH, WE HAVE A MISCELLANEOUS BUCKET THAT HAS THINGS RELATED TO POLICE SPECIAL REVENUE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED, MUNICIPAL COURT FEES.

WE ALSO HAVE OTHER FEES THAT ARE RELATED TO LIKE INTEREST INCOME IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. AND SO IT'S A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, CATEGORIZED.

THERE'S PARKS AND REC FEES RELATED AS WELL THAT ARE IN THERE. GENERAL FUND. OKAY. SO

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AND THEN THE REST IS SPREAD OUT AMONG GENERAL GOVERNMENT. THE CHART TO THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATES THE EXPENDITURES. GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT 12.1 MILLION. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS 8.6. PARKS AND RECREATION IS 7.8. PUBLIC WORKS IS 19.5 MILLION. POLICE 18 MILLION.

FIRE IS ABOUT 8.7 MILLION. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL AT 8.6, WHICH GIVES US A TOTAL BUDGET OF 84.1 MILLION GOING FORWARD. MOVING ON TO GOLF, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE HERE FOR GOLF WOULD BE THE GREEN FEES AT 49% REPRESENTED IN THE PIE CHART.

THE OTHER FEES REPRESENT ABOUT 31%. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR CART RENTAL FEES THERE ABOUT 20%. SO THE PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT A 14.7% CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR. RENTAL CAR IS ABOUT 3% CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR. THE OTHER IS SLIGHTLY DOWN A LITTLE BIT, ABOUT A 2% -2%, A POINT 2%, SORRY. AND THEN OUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR GOLF IS UP ABOUT 7.2%. CAN WE AT 31%? CAN WE KNOW WHAT SOME OF THAT OTHER IS? IT'S IT'S THINGS LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS AND OTHER CATEGORIES TOO, AS I MENTIONED, LIKE, YEAH, INTEREST INCOME. YEAH. IS IT THE TOURNAMENTS? YEAH, YEAH. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE GOLF EXPENDITURES. SO FOR GROUND MAINTENANCE, THE EXPENDITURE FOR NEXT YEAR IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION. THE PRO SHOP IS 1.6.

AND THEN NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS ABOUT 137,000 FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 3.4 MILLION FOR THE GOLF LAND. WE WENT ON TO UTILITY REVENUE SOURCES. SO WE KIND OF TALKED REALLY QUICK.

YES, ABOUT FOR GROUND MAINTENANCE 1.7. IS THAT ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING TO MAINTAIN? LIKE WHAT SHOULD THE GROUND MAINTENANCE PRICE BE? ARE WE DO WE NOT PUT I KNOW OUR GROUNDS HAVE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. SO I'M SAYING ARE WE PUTTING ENOUGH INTO SPENDING FOR FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE? I THINK THE OVERALL. YEAH. IT'S A BUDGET ON THE BUDGET ITSELF.

CAN WE GET YOU TO COME UP TO THE MIC. SORRY. THANK YOU. SECOND. SO. YEAH, IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY A FUNCTION OF THE BUDGET ITSELF. WE'VE APPORTIONED THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED. THE, THE THAT MONEY IS TAKEN CARE OF THE PRODUCT, WHICH IS THE GOLF COURSE. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT AS WE INCREMENTALLY GO UP AND RATES, THEN WE CAN ADD MORE TO THAT TO, TO CATCH UP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. CONTINUING ON WITH THE UTILITY FUND REVENUE SOURCES, WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN TODD'S PRESENTATION. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER SNAPSHOT, SO THE WATER SALES IN FY 26 WAS ABOUT 33 MILLION. WE'RE INCREASING THAT ABOUT 8.6 MILLION IN FY 27. THE SEWER SALES ARE UP SLIGHTLY, 2.2% FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. AND THEN THE OTHER IS UP ABOUT 4.3% FOR TOTAL REVENUES OF $53.6 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT A 5.6% INCREASE. MOVING ON TO UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES, UTILITY BILLING EXPENDITURES FOR FY 27 WILL COME IN AT $3.4 MILLION. WATER MAINTENANCE 14.1 MILLION. WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE IS 1.3. NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS 22.6. AND BASICALLY THAT 22.6 REPRESENTS DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR BCR PROJECTS. THE WASTEWATER

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OKAY. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE GOLF FUND. OKAY. NOW, NOW, THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS, Y'ALL AS EXCITED AS I AM, WE'VE BEEN. I CAN FEEL IT. HI. GOOD MORNING. I THINK SOMEBODY FELT BAD LAST YEAR BECAUSE I WENT LAST. AND IF YOU ALL RECALL, I DID THIS IN ABOUT 30S. REST ASSURED I CAN DO IT FROM THE FRONT OR THE BACK JUST AS FAST. NO BIG DEAL. OKAY, OBVIOUSLY BEARING ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THE PROGRAMS, I DID WANT TO GO BACK AND TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUE PIECE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE REVENUE WE'VE GONE, WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME INCREMENTAL RAISES OVER THE YEARS, AND PART OF THAT IS A FUNCTION WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS AGGRESSIVE AS MAYBE WE COULD HAVE BEEN. THAT IS A FUNCTION OF TWO THINGS. ONE IS THE RATES WHERE THEY WERE WHEN I GOT HERE FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE WE'RE SUPER LOW. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY A STICKER SHOCK RIGHT AWAY. THE SECOND THING IS, IS THE THE CONDITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS IN PRETTY TOUGH SHAPE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE ALL VERY MUCH AWARE OF. BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING ELSE YOU NEED TO LOOK AT TOO, IS ABOUT 80% OF THE REVENUE THAT WE PULL IN COMES FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LEANDER. SO WHEN WE SET UP THE INITIAL RATE STRUCTURE, WHAT I WANTED TO DO INITIALLY WAS FREEZE THE LEANDER RESIDENT RATES, WHICH WE GOT DONE. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO START PUSHING TO TO CHARGE MORE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE IN. WE'RE STILL AT THE LOWER THIRD RIGHT NOW IN THE MARKET. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW.

AND THE MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT, THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, LIKE YOU SAID, ARE ABOUT 7% UP.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TARGET THAT GETS KIND OF LOST IN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE BRIEF IT. BUT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TARGET OF ABOUT 10 TO 12% NET PROFIT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING AT. AND THAT THAT ALL GETS PUSHED INTO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TRY AND GET THAT PUSHED OVER TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND GET IT DONE. SO GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. SO A FEW THINGS THERE. WE'RE ADDING A COUPLE FOLKS. YOU'LL SEE THAT TO THE, THE BRING US UP TO 14 FTES.

YOU'VE GOT SOME WE'RE ADDING SOME EQUIPMENT. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON A COUPLE OF THE CAPITAL CAPITAL OUTLAYS. WHEN WE'RE PURCHASING SOME THINGS, WE HAVE SOME THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING THIS YEAR THAT ARE ALL TO REPLACE STUFF THAT'S BETWEEN 12 AND 15 YEARS OLD. SO WE'RE GETTING GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS. LIKE I SAID,

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BUT AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER STICKER SHOCK THING. WE DON'T WANT TO COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, I NEED 12 PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE KIND OF INCREMENTALLY BUILT AS WE'VE, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON FUTURE UNTIL WE GET UP TO ABOUT 20 FOLKS. AND THEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ARE LISTED THERE. AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OLDER STUFF THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE PRO SHOP SIDE, THIS IS GOLF OPERATIONS. WHEN IT SAYS PRO SHOP, THAT'S IT'S KIND OF DIVIDED. YOU HAVE THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THINGS AND YOU HAVE THE GOLF OPERATION SIDE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT PRO SHOP FUNDING IS. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS, WE'VE GOT ONE PERSON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD THIS YEAR, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

AGAIN, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE FROM THE EXPENSES IS ALSO FROM THE MISCELLANEOUS, THE MISCELLANEOUS THAT ENDS UP BEING THINGS LIKE DRIVING RANGE REVENUE. MERCHANDISE REVENUE, ALL THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES, SPECIAL EXPENSES, THOSE ARE THINGS FOR WE DO A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS EVERY YEAR. SO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STUFF, WE'RE IN THE BLACK. BUT YOU KNOW, IT HAS OBVIOUSLY LISTED. QUESTION ON THAT. YES, SIR. SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I THINK YOUR NUMBERS ARE OFF. YOU'RE OFF ONE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY START CHANGING ON THE BUDGET HERE AT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. SO YOU HAVE IT. THAT'S IS THAT THE PERCENT CHANGE. THAT'S THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE. SO THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES YOU HAVE HERE IS PROPOSED AT 204,180. SO GO TO THE. YES. OKAY. BACK.

SORRY THAT SLIDE SLIDE YOU HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS 204,180. AND ON HERE IT HAS CAPITAL OUTLAY BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THEN EVERYTHING KIND OF SHIFTS DOWN FROM THERE. YEAH. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE OFF ONE. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. I THINK WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH, A LOT OF TIMES TOO IS IF YOU SEE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, REMEMBER THAT IF IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS TERMS, NET NET PROFIT, WE STICK IT IN THAT CATEGORY BECAUSE WHAT IT ENDS UP HAPPENING EVENTUALLY IS WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND WE SHIP IT OVER TO CAPITAL, CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT MAY NOT BE AN ACTUAL CAPITAL EXPENSE FOR A PROJECT. THAT'S JUST WHERE WE BUDGETED THE MONEY, THAT IF THERE'S AN OVERAGE, THEN WE CAN MOVE IT OVER LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR ESTABLISHED IN THE CIP FUND. I'M JUST SAYING ON THE SHEET IN THE BOOKLET. YEAH. LARRY, THE WE HAVE MISCODED THOSE LINE ITEMS. SO OKAY, YOUR YOUR CONTRACT SERVICES IS SHOWN AT 43, WHICH IT REALLY IS. 20418 RIGHT, RIGHT. SO YEAH, THE, THE SLIDE THERE DOESN'T MATCH THE TABLE WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET. MY QUICK QUESTION ON THAT WOULD BE IS, SO WHAT ARE THE KIND OF CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT THAT WE DO? WELL IF WE GO BACK LET ME SEE WHAT YOU GOT IN THERE FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY IS THE BIGGEST EXPENSE SHOULD BE OUR LEASES FOR OUR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT. OKAY. I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THOSE THINGS WILL FALL IN. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY, SO THE NEW POSITION, I GUESS SERVICES LEAD POSITION OUTSIDE FOR OUTSIDE STAFF. WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A SUPERVISOR IN PLACE LAST BUDGET YEAR, WHICH IS AWESOME. HE'S THE ONLY FOR OUR GUY WE'VE GOT OUT THERE, BUT HE ONLY HAS 40 HOURS A WEEK TO WORK. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE, WE NEED A SECOND SUPERVISOR, KIND OF A SPLIT SHIFT DEAL WHERE WE CAN GET FOLKS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WITH OUR STANDARDS AND GETTING THINGS DONE OUTSIDE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HELP TO SCOTT AND HIS FOLKS. THE RECLASS, I JUST HEARD ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT EVER WONDER IF ASHLEY TAKES CARE OF HER PEOPLE, SHE DOES. THANK YOU MA'AM. SO NEXT ONE. OKAY. YOUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL. SO THAT'S,

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AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT A 3% COLA AND THEN 3% SAVED FOR MERIT. AND SO THOSE FUNDS ARE BUDGETED UNDER NON-DEPARTMENTAL. SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO THAT, WE'LL WE'LL CALCULATE WHAT THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS. AND THEN IT'LL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL COSTS. KIND OF HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT ON THAT POINT. I GUESS WHAT TWO BUDGET CYCLES AGO, WE DID A COMPENSATION ANALYSIS AND THE EFFORT THERE WAS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT OUR COMPENSATION BACK UP TO MARKET COMPETITIVE. IN THAT PROGRAM, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COMPENSATION PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE EVERY OTHER YEAR LOOKING AT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN DOING MERIT ADJUSTMENTS UP TO THAT. SO, SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE FUNDS IS IMPLEMENTING THAT PIECE OF THAT COMPENSATION PLAN AND PROGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE FURTHER? GOOD. STILL UNDER FIVE. GREAT. THANKS GUYS. ARE YOU WANTING TO BREAK AT 12 FOR LUNCH? OKAY. YOU CAN DO IT IN FOUR MINUTES, RIGHT? UTILITY BILLING. I CAN DO IT IN TWO. OH. YEAH. OKAY. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. SO THE UTILITY BILLING PROGRAM ALSO FALLS WITHIN FINANCE. SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SO UTILITY BILLING CONSISTS OF CONSULTING CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE UTILITY BILLING PAYMENTS AND ALSO UTILITY WORK ORDERS. THE UTILITY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR FOR FY 27 IS PROPOSED AT 3.4 MILLION. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE'VE GOT 17 FTE THAT SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, ALL THE OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES TO HELP RUN THAT OPERATION, WHICH TOTALS THE THREE THE $3.4 MILLION MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE WERE NO SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR UTILITY BILLING.

IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL. I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THE $22.6 MILLION. THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH BCR, UA, THE BCR, WWS, AND THEN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASE NUMBER TWO. THOSE REPRESENT THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME HEALTH BENEFITS AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'VE GOT THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. SO WE TOUCHED ON THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THE UTILITY STAFFING PLAN. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE COMPENSATION STUDY TO EVALUATE PAY RATES AND PAY STRUCTURE FOR THOSE UTILITY STAFF MEMBERS. THIS MONEY IS KIND OF IN A EARMARKED HOLDING PATTERN, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO SOME MARKETING COMPARISONS WHENEVER CITY MANAGER GIVES US THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO SO. ANY QUESTIONS? SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AMI, WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL STAFFING IN UTILITY BILLING TO SUPPORT AMI. IT'S A SPECIALIZATION. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEPLOYED AMI THAT HAVE ADDED POSITIONS THERE IN THAT UTILITY BILLING SUPPORT COMPONENT. IT'S JUST IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAN THE OLD ANALOG.

AND KIND OF WE CAN DO SOME RETRAINING, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS THAT MAY COME FORWARD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS MAYBE A FUTURE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE, BUT. CORRECT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CORRECT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING

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GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROGRAM BUDGETS THIS YEAR FOR FY 27. STARTING OUT WITH THE WATER MAINTENANCE IS 2002. FOR US. THIS IS OUR LINE MAINTENANCE CREWS, COLLECTION CREWS. THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT DO THE WATER LEAKS, REPAIRS, SAMPLING, FLUSHING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS IS ALSO INCLUDES OUR BCR A CONTRACTUAL SERVICES OUT OF HERE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT. OUR NEXT BIGGEST EXPENSE IN HERE IS OUR UTILITIES AND PERMITS FEES. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS YEAR FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OR FOR US, IS MORE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TERMINUS PUMP STATION TO GET A LITTLE MORE WATER MOVING AROUND FOR US AND ALSO WORKING OUR FINISHING UP, STARTING, SORRY, STARTING OUR VALVE AND HYDRANT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THIS THIS FISCAL YEAR, Y'ALL LET US PURCHASE A VALVE AND HYDRANT MACHINE. SO WE'RE GOING OUT IN GIS ING POTHOLING, EXERCISING, TURNING VALVES AND HYDRANTS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY IN PREPARATION, SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE PUT IN FOR THIS YEAR WAS RECLASS FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE WATER OPERATIONS SIDE. WE ALSO INCLUDED A ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IS REALLY TO HELP OUT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW FOR ALL OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S IT'S A LOT. SO WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL MEMBER FOR THAT TO HELP OUT WITH THE TEAM FOR THE WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE. THAT IS GOING TO BE MAINLY OUR PUMP AND MOTOR ELECTRICAL DIVISION. WE'VE KIND OF TRANSITIONED INTO THAT. SO A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PUMP MOTOR GUYS THAT DO REPAIRS ON ALL THE PUMPS AND MOTORS, LIFT STATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT KEEPS THE PLANTS, THE SLUDGE AND THE WASTEWATER AND THE WATER MOVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE BIGGEST COST THERE IS THE PERSONNEL FOR THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE NO SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THE WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE SIDE. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS.

THAT IS OUR WASTEWATER PLANT FOR BOTH LEANDER AND TREVISO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THAT ALSO IS OUR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH BCR WWS, WHICH IS YOU CAN SEE UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS 1.5 MILLION. THAT ENTAILS THEM. ANOTHER MAJOR EXPENSE. THERE IS GOING TO BE OUR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT.

AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE OF OUR IRRIGATION REPAIRS OUT IN TREVISO. ALL THE MAINTENANCE STUFF. WE DO HAVE ONE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THAT, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE RECLASS OF OUR CHIEF OPERATOR TO AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS. I'M THE LAST ONE. IS THE STUFF YOU ARE DOING AT TREVISO? IS THAT ONE TIME MAINTENANCE OR RECURRING? THAT'S GOING TO BE A ONE TIME, BUT IT'LL BE IT'S OUR OH, SORRY, THAT'S A REOCCURRING FOR US TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE REPAIRS FOR THE IRRIGATION HEADS, THE CONTINUAL OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE AND KEEPING THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL. AND THAT FLOWED JUST NOT ONLY GOES TO THE GOLF COURSE, BUT TREVISO, BUT IT ALSO GOES TO THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL. RECLASS FOR THAT ONE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW ONE. THIS BUDGET YEAR IS GOING TO BE OUR OH EIGHT, WHICH

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SO EVERYTHING IS A PRETTY GOOD TIP TOP SHAPE, I THINK, FOR THE MOST PART. BUT FOR FOR NEXT FY.

AND THEN NEXT I'LL BRING IT UP AND LET BILL TEETER DISCUSS THE CONSERVATION SIDE OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WATER WASTEWATER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WATER CONSERVATION.

THE MAIN THING IS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT TWO PEOPLE MYSELF AND AND THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION SPECIALIST. I DO MOST OF THE CONSERVATION. HE DOES MOSTLY BACKFLOW HELPS ME OUT WITH SOME CONSERVATION ITEMS. BUT THE BACKFLOW IS A FULL TIME JOB IN ITSELF. SO WE DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN WATER CONSERVATION. AND WE'RE IN SOME AREAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF OVERTAXED RIGHT NOW. WE CAN WE NEED TO DO THINGS BETTER AND WE NEED TO DO SOME OF THEM MORE, DO MORE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. PLUS WE'LL BE ADDING AM I? AND FUTURE, VERY NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH HOA'S AND COMPANIES. WHEN THEY THEY GO OFF SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO GO DEAL WITH GETTING THEM BACK ON SCHEDULE. DEALING WITH COMPANIES IS, IS SORT OF LABOR INTENSIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT MANAGERS AND THEY MAY BE IN SAN ANTONIO, ETC. SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A WATER CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN POSITION. AND SO THAT PERSON WOULD FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS. THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH A UTILITY BILLING WITH ARMY ISSUES, AND ALSO HELPING ME WITH IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS. ALSO, WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A SUMMER INTERN. WE STARTED WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTERN NOW AND AIDEN FOLK. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. HE'S A TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING STUDENT. HE'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE FIGURES ABOUT THE IRRIGATION MISTAKES THAT I BROUGHT UP LAST TIME I HAD HIM PUT THOSE TOGETHER, BUT HE'S BEEN A BIG HELP. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE HOPE TO REPEAT THAT NEXT SUMMER. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I GOT. SO. I'M JUST PUTTING ON THERE. WE ALREADY HAVE THIS YEAR. WE JUST HAD Y'ALL SPEAKING INTO THE MIC FOR THE RECORDING, SO I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THAT POSITION IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WOULD JUST MAKE THAT PERMANENT FOR FUTURE YEARS FOR THE INTERN.

TAUGHT HER THE PARTIAL NUMBERS FOR THE FTES ARE THOSE JUST EMPLOYEES WHO SPLIT ACROSS DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. IT'S LIKE 3.125. YEAH, IT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE POSITION CONTROL. YES, YES. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME ABOUT HOW MUCH AND IS ANOTHER PERSON NEEDED FOR THAT? YES. I MEAN, TO DO IT RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, A FULL A FULL DAY OUT OF EVERY WEEK. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST. AND THEN I NEED, YOU KNOW, HELP IN OTHER AREAS TOO. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF SENDING OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE CUSTOMERS TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN MOST OF THE TIME. WE HAVE TO DO FOLLOW UP ON JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THEM OR MOST OF THEM. AND THEN WE TRACK IT ON EXCEL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AROUND FOR ANOTHER WAY TO TRACK THAT AND, AND DO THE, THE RENEWAL NOTIFICATIONS AND ALL THAT. SO, SO YEAH, I'M, I RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR, I HAD A, JUST A, REALLY A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE CORRELATES WITH THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN TERMS OF FUTURE BUDGETING AND KIND OF SCALING TO THE STAFF LEVELS THAT YOU NEED. IS THERE KIND OF

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YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH CUSTOMERS AND, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE NEED TO APPROACH THINGS? OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. TEETER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WHAT, SO WHAT WOULD THE ROI BE ON A ON A AN AN IRRIGATION INSPECTOR? OH, YOU MEAN IF WE HIRED ONE TO DO THE COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS? BOTH. BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. OH. WELL, THAT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH A. AN ANSWER ON THAT. WELL, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A, AN ADDITIONAL PERSON WHO ONLY DID IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS IN-HOUSE, AND I THINK THERE WOULD BE A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE A IT WOULD BE KIND OF A LARGE INVESTMENT. I MEAN, FOR THE THE COMMERCIALS, THERE'S ABOUT 500 OF THOSE SYSTEMS IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. SO I'M NOT SURE JUST ONE COULD GET IT DONE. AS FAR AS LIKE AN RESIDENTIAL, LIKE FOR NEW BUILDS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A NEW BUILDING INSPECTIONS PROGRAM THAT WAS MORE ROBUST. RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY DON'T DO NEW NEW BUILD INSPECTIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY LABOR INTENSIVE. WE'D HAVE TO HIRE SEVERAL PEOPLE TO DO IT. PROBABLY SOME CITIES DO IT, BUT NOT MANY. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN OUR TRAINING BUDGET WITH BUILDING, WE HAVE TWO ZONING INSPECTORS THAT ARE GOING TO START HELPING WITH IRRIGATION INSPECTION AT THE PERMIT STAGE. SO THAT MAY NOT BE THE SAME THING HE'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT'S WHEN IT'S INSTALLED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. RIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BILL AND JEAN AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS ADDITIONAL KIND OF EXPANSIVE PROGRAMING FOR WATER CONSERVATION. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE INTERN THAT ULTIMATELY CAN GO INTO A PERMANENT POSITION AND THIS ADDITIONAL ADMIN SUPPORT IS CRITICAL. AND THEY'RE SO NICE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I GOT THESE GREAT IDEAS. THEY SHUDDER AND THEY NEVER SAY NO. THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH CAPACITY AND OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK TO, I THINK TO THE POINT IS, IS A GOOD ONE ABOUT ROI BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN BEGIN TO QUANTIFY WHAT THE WATER SAVINGS MEANS ULTIMATELY, AND NOT JUST FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SAVING OPERATING COSTS AND WATER SUPPLY, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THE MORE WE CAN SERVE, THE MORE WATER WE CREATE FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO I THINK WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT DIRECT AND INDIRECT WAYS TO, TO KIND OF QUANTIFY THE BENEFIT OF THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION? JUST A CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE PERSONNEL SUMMARY, THERE IS THE CHIEF WATER SUPERVISOR AND WATER PLANT OPERATOR THAT'S INDICATED HERE IS NEW HIRES. IS THAT IS THAT A JUST A SHIFT OR IS THAT OR IS THAT NEW PEOPLE? AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. SO SO THE THOSE ARE GOING TO. SORRY. SO THE CHIEF WATER OPERATOR. YEAH. SO THE CHIEF WATER OPERATOR AND THE OPERATORS IN. OH EIGHT, THAT'LL BE THE SANDY CREEK OPERATORS COMING IN HOUSE. SO THEY COME IN IN. 27 IN PREPARATION FOR. YES, WE OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE OVER IN HOUSE OCTOBER 1ST. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS.

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HERE AT THE CITY OF LEANDER, WE'RE ALSO ADDING AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF LEANDER. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT'S ACTUALLY GOES OUT AND DOES INVENTORY PUT THE TAGS ON OUR ASSETS. WE NEED THIS POSITION DESPERATELY. I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE UPWARDS OF $1 BILLION WORTH OF ASSETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT SOME OF US DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE ASSETS ARE. SO THIS POSITION IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL FOR US. THE LAST ITEM HAS TO DO WITH OUR EXISTING BUDGET SOFTWARE, THE ADAPTIVE PLANNING SOFTWARE THAT ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE USED TO BRING THIS BUDGET BEFORE YOU. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR THAT AS A RECURRENT EVENT, SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL MODULES AND MAKE THIS BUDGET SYSTEM EVEN MORE FUNCTIONAL.

NEXT SLIDE. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET. AND LET ME JUST SAY, SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT NON-DEPARTMENTAL ITEMS ARE ABOUT. THESE ARE BASICALLY CITY WIDE COSTS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY RESIDE IN ANY PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THOSE FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE SPENT ACCORDINGLY. SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE UTILITIES, LIABILITY INSURANCE, HEALTH BENEFITS, DEBT PAYMENTS, UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SO FAR, EACH DEPARTMENT HAS OR EACH FUND HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE NON-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY KIND OF WHAT THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS ARE ALL ABOUT IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. WE'VE GOT BUDGETED $8.6 MILLION.

THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE SMALLER LINE ITEMS THAT SUPPORT THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL GOING FORWARD. AND THE OTHER PART OF THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL HAS TO DO WITH COPS HIRING GRANT FOR FOR POLICE OFFICERS, THIS IS A 2,025% LOCAL MATCH OF $222,000. WE ALSO HAVE THE SAFER GRANT FOR 15 NEW FIREFIGHTERS. THE 25% LOCAL MATCH FOR THAT IS 375,000. THAT'S YOUR ALMOST $600,000 BUDGETED FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL. ANY QUESTIONS? HOW DID I DO IN TERMS OF MY TIME? I HAVE A QUESTION. SORRY.

THANK YOU. SORRY. SO SO ON THE COPS GRANT IN THE SAFER GRANT THOSE ARE BOTH PUT IN THERE.

AND IF THEY DON'T HAPPEN, THEN WE'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER WE HIRE THE POLICEMAN OR NOT. AND THEN WOULD THERE BE ANOTHER SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THAT OR KIND OF TO MOVE IT TO SOME OTHER PURPOSE? OR HOW WOULD THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF PLAY OUT? THAT WOULD BE AN INTERNAL DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE BETWEEN CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT FUNDING DOESN'T COME FORWARD, HOW WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD WITHIN OUR EXISTING

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IN TERMS OF EXISTING STAFF, WE HAVE PROBABLY THE TOP, TOP NOTCH STAFF FTES ACROSS THE CITY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING THIS PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS, IF I CAN HAVE ONE THING TO THAT TO REMEMBER, THE ARMY HAS AN APP, SO WE NEED TO GET PENETRATION INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO GET EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP TO THAT APP. AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH BILLING AND PAYMENT AND PROCESS THINGS.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO HAVING AM I IN A SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE NOW HAVE A MORE ROBUST READING SYSTEM, ALSO MEANS THAT OUR CURRENT METER TECHS CAN DO MORE OF THE SERVICE RELATED ISSUES THAT MR. WILLIAMS WAS REFERRING TO INSTEAD OF METER READING. YEAH, CORRECT. SO ON OUR BUDGET, I SEE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN CREDIT CARD FEES, RIGHT? SO AND SO WE PASS THROUGH THE CREDIT CARD FEES TO OUR TO THE CUSTOMERS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE A CREDIT CARD AND EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A THING. BUT DO WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO PAY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A NON FEE GENERATING MANNER? WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT, SIR. I MEAN THAT'S THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY THEY LEVY THE CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE.

BUT WE DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THE CUSTOMERS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BUT WE ARE. BUT THEY'RE PAYING THE TECHNOLOGY, BASICALLY THE CREDIT CARD FEE, RIGHT? CORRECT. MIKE. IF THEY CAN PAY BY CHECK OR CASH. YEAH. THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. I DO HAVE ONE THING JUST FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S SIX, ALMOST $6.7 MILLION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES HERE. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ARE BEING PUT TO THIS NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET? BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT IN AND A LOT OF OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S CONTRACTUAL AND NON-CONTRACTUAL JUST WHAT GOES HERE? YEAH, IT'S IT'S PRIMARILY SOLID WASTE. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE SOLID WASTE, WE'RE PLUGGING THAT IN AS AN EXPENDITURE. AND THEN WE'RE COLLECTING ON THE REVENUE SIDE. THAT'S SOLID WASTE. SO IT'S KIND OF A WASH ON THERE ON THE REVENUE SIDE WITH SOLID WASTE. AND ON THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL SIDE, THAT'S THAT'S THE BULK OF IT. SOLID WASTE BEING OUR CONTRACT FOR TRASH COLLECTION. YES. YEAH. AND WE'RE REVIEWING THAT RIGHT? YES, YES. THAT'S ON MY RADAR.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TONY AND I TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY AND BRING THAT TO COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR SO. BUT LOOKING AT THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE VERSUS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BECAUSE THE NEEDS ARE SO DIFFERENT, RIGHT.

AND THE CONTRACT COMPARED TO WHAT SERVICES ARE NOW WITH OTHER CITIES, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THE OTHER CITIES HAVE BUILT THEIR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING AND KIND OF THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK FOR THAT. AND THEN WITH THAT, COME TO COUNCIL AS WELL, AND TALK ABOUT EITHER NEGOTIATING CERTAIN SERVICES WITH CLAUSEN OR GOING OUT WITH AN RFP BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THE PROJECTIONS HERE ARE BASED ON NEXT YEAR'S ESTIMATES, RIGHT. BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY KIND OF CHANGES TO THAT OVERALL CONTRACTUAL STRUCTURE. WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO REVIEW THAT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND FOR

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GOOD AFTERNOON. SO MY BUDGET IS PRETTY BASIC. KEEP GOING TO THE SUPPLEMENTALS. SO BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW POSITION THIS TIME. AND THE MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST AND THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ARE FOR MARKETING AND BRANDING AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SURVEY. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, THE NEED FOR THE MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST IN PARTICULAR THAT WHEN I WAS AT OUR BRANDING COMMUNITY MEETING, A WOMAN TOOK ME ASIDE AND SAID, CAN I GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE AS A COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER? AND I SAID, YES, MA'AM. AND SHE SAID, YOU NEED MORE VIDEO, YOU NEED MORE VIDEO, VIDEO CONTENT TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS. AND I SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE AND MORE VIDEO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE PEG CHANNEL COMING ONLINE. AND COMMUNICATING WITH HOA'S. THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF USE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE NEED RIGHT NOW TO FILL THE GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. FOR THE MARKETING AND BRANDING IMPLEMENTATION. WHAT WHAT IS THAT? YEAH. WOULD THAT BE BASED ON THE SO, SO WE WANTED TO PLUG IN DOLLARS ON THERE AND I PUT 50,000. AND THAT IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR POSTCARDS AND MAILING. POSTAGE IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND I, WE'VE BEEN DOING SEVERAL POSTCARDS THIS PAST YEAR AND SO THAT 50,000 CAN GET US AROUND TO ROUNDS OF POSTCARDS IF WE WANTED TO DO IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO WITH THE BRANDING, WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW IN OCTOBER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE COUNCIL ADOPT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WANT TO PUSH OUT SOME SORT OF MESSAGING TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD AND BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MARKET WHAT THAT NEW BRAND IS WITH NEW INFORMATION THAT WE'LL PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT $50,000 FOR IS FOR POSTCARDS AND POSTAGE. AND THEN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS ONE TIME. SHOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT'S REOCCURRING? IT'S REOCCURRING ON A TWO YEAR BASIS. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S PUT ON THERE FOR ONE TIME. BECAUSE WE DID OUR SURVEY LAST YEAR. AND SO 2027 WOULD BE UP AGAIN TO DO IT. AND SO WE WOULD BRING IT FORTH EVERY TWO YEARS. THAT'S BEEN THE STANDARD WITH OTHER CITIES LIKE CEDAR PARK. EXCUSE ME. SORRY, THIS IS POLCO, RIGHT? YES, YES. THIS IS THE SURVEY.

YES. AND I KNOW CEDAR PARK, THEY JUST DID THEIR ONE LAST YEAR. SO THEY'RE ON THE SAME TWO YEAR CYCLE. AND IT'S COMMON FOR ALL THE CITIES TO DO THAT. AND SO I THINK WHAT'S WE'LL BE INTERESTING IS WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BRANDING SURVEY THAT WE DID TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS IN THERE THAT WE MAY WANT TO ASK ON THIS ONE, BUT ALSO SEE HOW WE COMPARE, RIGHT, WITH THE LIVABILITY SCALE FROM TWO YEARS AGO. AND WITH ALL THE COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AND TRYING TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SEEING, OKAY, HAS THE MESSAGING CHANGED THIS NEXT TWO YEARS? DO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT MORE, OR IS THERE STILL A DEFICIENT NEED TO GIVE INFORMATION OUT? SO IS THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED BUDGETING IN THIS NEXT CYCLE FOR THE ACTUAL RIBBON REBRAND PROCESS? THIS IS NOTIFICATION IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY. YEAH. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROCESS. WHERE DOES THAT LIE? SO AS PART OF THE WORK THAT CIVIC BRAND IS DOING IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FIRST, AND WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY GET THAT IN SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ISH. AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS SHOW WHAT THAT PHASED OUT APPROACH IS BETWEEN FISCAL

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AND GETTING PEOPLE ENGAGED AS PART OF THAT SURVEY WAS ASKING PEOPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTAL AREAS. SO WE HAD STUFF RELATED TO PARKS. WE HAD STUFF RELATED TO TRAILS AND AMENITIES, WHICH PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VOICED THAT THEY'RE DEFICIENT, THAT WE'RE DEFICIENT IN THAT. AND THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE WITH UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT NARRATIVE THAT LEANDER'S OUT OF WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE KNOW THERE'S THAT PIECE THAT MAYBE THERE'S NOT COMMUNICATION THAT'S BEING RECEIVED OUT TO THE PUBLIC, OR WE NEED TO CHANGE WHATEVER WE PUT OUT THERE. AND THERE'S THINGS OUT THERE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH WE RANKED VERY HIGH ON, WHICH IS GOOD. AND SO WHAT WE CAN WHAT WE CAN USE WITH THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS IS, OKAY, WE KNOW THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE AND POLICE AND FIRE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF THE SERVICE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE SURVEY, THE STUFF THAT WE GOT ON SURVEY FOR THE PARKS AND RECS AND TRAILS AND MANY OF THESE LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK ON. AND SO AS WE'RE BUILDING THESE PROGRAMS, WE CAN CORRELATE THESE SURVEY RESPONSES TO THE SERVICE LEVEL SATISFACTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR CITY. SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING TOOL THAT WE CAN USE WITH THE SURVEY AND HOW WE UTILIZE IT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY USED IT AND GONE BACK OUT. YEAH, PARKS HAS GONE OUT AND DONE A SURVEY. YES.

AND THEY'VE COME BACK WITH DIFFERENT THINGS. YES. DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE THAT. AND SO WE'RE ACTIVELY USING THIS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. BUT SOME SUBSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SURFACING FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES AND ALL THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE REALLY I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE RIGHT ON WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE REDOING THIS AND KEEP PUSHING AHEAD WITH IT. YEAH. AND WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION WITH THEM TO PUSH OUT AS MANY SURVEYS WE WANT. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS IT'S ALL IN ONE CENTRAL SYSTEM. AND SO IF WE PUSH OUT THE SAME SURVEY NEXT YEAR FOR PARKS RELATED THING, WE CAN TRACK THAT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DID SOMETHING WITH THE RAIL GRADE SEPARATION. WE PUSHED OUT THAT SURVEY, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE COULD USE IT FOR, FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR PRIMARY EXPENDITURES CONTRACT SERVICES, THESE ARE OUR 380 AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE JUST THREE UPDATES HERE. THIS THIS FISCAL YEAR FY 27 WILL BE OUR FIRST FISCAL YEAR FULL TIME OF ESTANCIA BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR SALES TAX REBATES ARE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE GOLD DEPOSITORY IS A TEN YEAR AGREEMENT, TEN YEARS WORTH OF TAX ABATEMENTS, AND SIX YEARS OF SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS OF $100,000 EACH FOR HITTING EMPLOYMENT TARGETS. SO SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS INTO YOUR IN FY 26. SO THAT'S FALLING OFF

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AND THAT'S A FUND ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MATCHING GRANTS, AS WELL AS FOR SOME EXTERIOR BEAUTIFICATION FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED SIZE UP? I DON'T HAVE THE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. WE HAD A GOOD SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH. WE ALSO HAD A INTERVIEW THAT WE DID WITH A PUBLICATION AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE CHAMBER AS AS WELL ON WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDING THOSE TOOLS ON HOW TO UTILIZE THE PROGRAM. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO SO IN OUR BUDGET, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR, I GUESS, THREE AGREEMENTS AND ALL THAT? IS IT THE 325 OR IS IT MORE THAN. AND IS THIS BRINGING IT UP TO WHERE WE BUDGETED BEFORE? OR IS THIS. HOW DOES THAT WORK? IF WE CAN GO BACK ONE, ONE SLIDE, THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE AT THE BOTTOM. THIS PAST YEAR, WE INCLUDED A $2 MILLION FOR A A SEPARATE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE FUND. THE 325 IS OUR ACTIVE THREE AGREEMENTS NOW. AND MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE ABLE TO TO DRAW FROM FROM THAT FUND. YES. THIS FISCAL YEAR, AS YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE, LAST YEAR, WE HAD BUDGETED $2 MILLION IN THIS DEPARTMENT. TO REALLY WHAT WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A A GROWING SORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A TRUE EDC IS ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THOSE INCENTIVE TYPE PURPOSES. AND AS ANY KIND OF THOSE LEADS OR PROJECTS COME UP, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WITH COUNCIL AND HAVE THAT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, ITS OWN SEPARATE FUND TO BE UTILIZED FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

THAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. THEY'LL BE SET UP AS A SEPARATE FUND ACCOUNT AND USE FUNDS. DO THEY JUST DO THEY GET MOVED FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL? DO THEY GET USED IN SOMETHING ELSE WHEN THAT WE'RE HOLDING THOSE IN A IN AN ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT RESERVE. AND SO AS IT GETS DRAWN DOWN, SO WE DRAW DOWN THROUGH THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR, WE'D REPLENISH IT OR WE CAN ADD MORE TO IT AS WE FEEL WE NEED TO. SO BUT HE'S GOT THAT AS A WAR CHEST TO UTILIZE AS HE NEEDS. AND WE'LL REPLENISH AS WE NEED TO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. SO FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS CURRENTLY THAT IS HANDLED BY MYSELF AND ALSO ONE OF OUR HR BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT IS AT TIMES ALMOST A FULL TIME JOB FOR THE TWO OF US. AND SO IT IS YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, ONE OF THE REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITION TO HAVE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. PERSON, AS IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO NEED SOMEBODY TO HANDLE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT. WE ALSO SOMETIMES HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT. WE WOULD DO WORK WITH THE KNIGHT LAW FIRM, BUT WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT WITH OTHER LAW FIRMS. WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUTSIDE INVESTIGATORS. WE DO HAVE WORK SHIELD WORK SHIELD HELPS WITH TITLE SEVEN CLAIMS AND THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL. FOR ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS LIKE OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENT, RETIREMENT GIFTS, OUR EMPLOYEE PICNIC ICE CREAM SOCIALS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO

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AND THEN FOR SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT WORKER'S COMP. SO SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE OUR ALCOHOL DRUG SCREENING PROGRAM. WE JUST STARTED OUT FOR THE DOT CDL SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITIONS. REASONABLE SUSPICION. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EMPLOYEE SAFETY TRAINING THAT INCLUDES CPR, AED, FIRST AID, STOP THE BLEED, DRIVING WORK ZONE SAFETY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE PPE THAT THEY NEED, THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A TML AUDIT. AND OF ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, IT WAS EXCELLENT.

WE WE GOT A GRADE OF A. THEY WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED. AND THEY'RE USING SOME OF WHAT THEY SAW AT THE CITY OF LEANDER AS A BENCHMARK FOR OTHER CITIES. SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN FOR WORKER'S COMP TML OUR RENEWAL NUMBERS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. WE'RE ACTUALLY BACK TO PRE-COVID NUMBERS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN OUR FIRST REPORT OF INJURY, WE'VE CREATED A QR CODE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE VEHICLES. SO THAT AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING SO THAT EMPLOYEES CAN JUST SCAN AND BE ABLE TO ENTER THE INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR PHONE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOGGING INTO A LAPTOP OR COMPUTER AND MAKING THAT PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE LEFT OUT. SO FOR COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION, WE HAVE OUR COMPENSATION STUDIES THAT HAPPEN EXTERNALLY EVERY FEW YEARS. WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AN INTERNAL COMP STUDY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JULY.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONGOING REVIEWS AND BENCHMARKING WITH COMPARATOR CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE AND WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY COMPRESSION ISSUES. AND WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WORKING ON OBTAINING THEIR COMPENSATION CERTIFICATION. AND THEN FOR BENEFITS AND WELLNESS, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE. WE ARE GOING OUT FOR BID. PROPOSALS ARE DUE THE END OF AUGUST 19TH. UNDER BENEFITS. WE HANDLE FMLA DISABILITY, RETIREMENT, AND THEN FOR WELLNESS WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS EVENTS, OUR FIVE K AND THEN OUR WELLNESS FAIR. EACH YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW GYM FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THAT'S GETTING READY TO OPEN THE END OF AUGUST. THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER AT THE LAC, SO WE'VE GOT A ROOM, WE'RE GETTING OUR EQUIPMENT SET UP AND IT WILL BE BADGE ACCESS TO GET INTO THE ROOM. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WELLNESS ROOM. AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT. TO DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED 169 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, AND THAT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A JOB DESCRIPTION, POLICIES OR SALARY DATA. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. CONGRATS ON GETTING A GOOD SCORE BY TML. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER? THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DANNY'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT THE ALL DIRECTORS MEETING COMING UP. SO THANK YOU. EVERY YEAR WE GO LIKE WE SEE ALL OF THESE CITIES GET RECOGNIZED. I WAS LIKE, WELL, WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS TOO. YES. SO BUT WE NEED TO SUBMIT IT SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT WORK.

YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT SUBMITTED. AND ANOTHER IDEA I HAVE ON THAT WAS SUBMITTING FOR THE TML SPIRIT AWARD FOR OUR 250 CELEBRATION. OH, SO WE'LL SUBMIT FOR THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

YEAH, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, THAT'S OUR ONE OF OUR BIGGIES. THAT IS NIO. SO NIO GOV IS OUR PLATFORM FOR APPLICANT TRACKING, ONBOARDING, PERFORMANCE REVIEW, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE OUR E FORMS AND THEN ALSO WITH WORK SHIELD AND THEN UNDER SPECIAL EXPENSES. THAT'S OUR INSURANCE BROKER. WE'VE GOT OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION WELLNESS SAFETY DRUG ALCOHOL PROGRAM, BACKGROUND CHECKS AND TRAINING MENTIONED. OUR NEW POSITION FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SPECIALISTS.

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OUR BUDGET COMPRISES WE HAVE SIX FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. THAT'S MYSELF AS THE COURT CLERK, ONE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, AND THEN WE NOW HAVE. FOUR. DEPUTY COURT CLERKS. SO THE TWO NEWEST THAT I HIRED HAVE JUST PASSED THEIR ONE YEAR. DESPITE MY EFFORTS TO SCARE THEM AWAY, I COULDN'T DO THAT. SO THEY HAVE STUCK WITH US NOW. SO WE ARE BACK AT FULL CAPACITY. SO WE'RE NOT NEEDING ANY NEW PEOPLE AT THIS TIME. THE THAT IS MY MY LARGEST EXPENSE AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

THEN WE HAVE OUR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENTS, OF COURSE, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THAT IS INCLUDING MY JUDGE, MY TWO ASSOCIATE JUDGES, COURT INTERPRETERS AND LEGAL FEES, WHICH IS THE PROSECUTOR. NOW, IF WE ARE TO BRING ON A A CITY HIRED PROSECUTOR, IT WOULD BE UP TO Y'ALL WHETHER SHE DOES TRIAL OR SIMPLY CITY BUSINESS AT THAT POINT. BUT I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T SAY NO IF YOU HIRED ONE FOR US PERSONALLY. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE UTILITIES, PERMITS AND FEES THAT WOULD INCLUDE POSTAGE, OF COURSE, AND THE CREDIT CARD MERCHANT FEES.

SO WE DO CHARGE FOR CREDIT CARD FEES. WE TRY TO PASS THAT ON. NOT NOT ALL OF THAT IS PASSED ON ONLY UP TO $2, 5% UP TO $2. AFTER THAT, WE EAT THAT. THEN THERE'S SPECIAL EXPENSE AND OTHER FEES THAT IS DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS, ADVERTISING, PRINTING, JURY FEES AND TRAINING FOR MY CLERKS. SO AS FAR AS SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, I ONLY HAD THE ONE WHICH WAS BASED ON THE SALARY SURVEY THAT WE DID WITH COMPARABLE CITIES. I HAD TWO SENIOR COURT CLERKS WHO HAD RETIRED A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. THEY HAD BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE A VERY GOOD PLACE TO WORK. SO I DID NOT HAVE I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SENIOR COURT CLERKS. I'VE HAD ONE THAT'S BEEN WITH ME FOR QUITE A WHILE. SHE'S TAKEN ON ALL OF THE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES. SO SHE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR COURT CLERK. SO. AND THAT'S IT.

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YES, MA'AM. YOU SAID THAT THE SPECIAL EXPENSES WAS JURY DUTY FEES. YES, MA'AM. WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT INCREASING THOSE? THE STATUTE SAYS I'M I'M NOT REQUIRED TO PAY JURY FEES, BUT WE DO, WHICH IS A $6 FEE. NOW, RECENTLY A LAW WAS PASSED THAT IF THE CITY MIMICS WHAT COUNTY PAYS BASED ON OUR OUR CODES, OUR CHARTERS AND SUCH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED TO $20. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT OUR CODES, CITY CODES THERE, IT DOES NOT USE THAT LANGUAGE. SO WE CURRENTLY STILL PAY $6, WHICH BARELY BUYS A CUP OF COFFEE WHEN THEY COME FOR JURY DUTY. SOME OF THEM DO REFUSE IT AND ASK US TO DONATE AND SUCH LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, WE COULD RAISE THAT UP TO $20. I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 20. THE LAST TIME IT WAS RAISED WAS 2008 OR INSTITUTED IN 2008, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FOR THIS BUDGET ITEM. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING LAST YEAR, WE LOOKED AT THE FEE SCHEDULE COMPREHENSIVELY. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON MY LIST TO SEND OUT TO DEPARTMENTS EARLY NEXT WEEK. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO THROUGH A LIST OF ALL THE FEE SCHEDULES, WHICH INCLUDE THE JURY STUFF, BECAUSE I KNOW PARKS AND REC HAS SOME FEES THEY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT AMENDING GOLF DOES AS WELL AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK TO COUNCIL AS AN AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE FEE SCHEDULE. AND Y'ALL CAN SEE EVERYTHING HOLISTICALLY. AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB AT LOOKING AT ALL THE BENCHMARKS TO NEARBY AREAS.

WILL THAT BE THEN ADDED TO THE BUDGET? LIKE IF WE RAISE JURY DUTY FEES, SHE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE HER SPECIAL EXPENSE. YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO GET THAT POLICY COUNSEL BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAMBERS. I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTE ON A NEXT POINT. YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HAD SOMEBODY COME AND SPEAK IN COMMENTS ABOUT RAISING THE JURY DUTY COMPENSATION. AND I SPOKE WITH CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS. TODD, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, WOULD THAT BE A DYESS, LIKE AN ACTION ITEM OR THAT WOULD JUST BE SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ADJUSTED IN THE BUDGET? YEAH. IT'LL BE AN ACTION THAT Y'ALL WILL TAKE TO SET THAT FEE. AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. SO IT'S A RELATIVELY PAINLESS PROCESS. IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE FEE SCHEDULE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE BRINGING THAT BACK WITH A LIST OF ALL THE FEES FOR US TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU. UNDER TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBIN GRIFFIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO MY DEPARTMENT HAS FOUR FOUR GROUPS. FIRST WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR TECHNICIANS INTAKE FOR PERMITS AS WELL AS EVALUATING OUR PROCESS AND SURVEYS AND SUPPORTING THE PERMITTING SOFTWARE. IN THAT GROUP. WE HAVE 1010 POSITIONS 10.13 SO WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERN WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. WE HAVE ASKED FOR A RECLASS FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. TECHNICIAN TWO SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE TECHNICIANS. THIS POSITION WOULD HELP SUPPORT THE SUPERVISOR AND TAKE ON MORE TASKS. WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ANALYST. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ANALYST AND HE DOES A LOT OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE ANALYSIS, AND THIS WOULD BE EXPANDING HIS ROLE. WE ALSO HAVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THEY HANDLE ALL OF THE ZONING COMP PLAN SITE DEVELOPMENT. THEY ALSO DO SOME INSPECTIONS. IN THIS GROUP. WE ARE GETTING TWO NEW POSITIONS. I'M SORRY, ONE NEW POSITION, ONE RECLASS. THE FIRST ONE IS A PARKS LANDSCAPING PLANNER. SO THIS POSITION I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH A LOT OF OUR TREE REMOVAL REQUESTS, OUR PARK LAND DEDICATION, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE REVIEW AND LOOKING INTO CREATING A TREE CANOPY PLAN AND FINDING APPROPRIATE WAYS TO SPEND THE HERITAGE TREE FUND. THIS POSITION WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. WE'RE GOING TO BRING AN ORDINANCE FORWARD TO HELP CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS REPLACING THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER. SO THIS IS TAKING ONE OF OUR PLANNERS AND FOCUSING MORE ON LONG RANGE PLANNING. SO THEY WOULD BE DEALING WITH IMPLEMENTING THE COMP PLAN AND DOING ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS THEY WOULD LIKE LEAD OUR COMP PLAN PROCESS AND ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT. SO I ALSO HAVE ENGINEERING. SO ENGINEERING, THEY SUPPORT

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THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. SO I THINK IT WAS. LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.

WE DID GO AND LOOK AT THE ROAD IMPACT FEE. RIGHT. AND WE BROUGHT THAT BACK. AND WE KIND OF KIND OF WENT AROUND IN CIRCLES ON AND ALL THAT. AND THAT WAS KIND OF US DOING AN INTERNAL THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF A BAND AID TO PROVIDE A CLARIFICATION. RIGHT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING BACK IS DOING MORE OF A MORE DEEP DIVE, HAVE GET ALL THE COMPS, GET ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE FOR THAT.

YEAH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO UPDATE IT EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE. SO IT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CODIFY WHAT WE DID AS OUR BAND AID SOLUTION AS WELL AS EVALUATE IT.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU ALL THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP. I THINK PROCESS LIKE SOME OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND ASSIST WITH LIKE, I THINK BASIC INQUIRY BETWEEN APPLICANTS AND BUSINESSES. BECAUSE IN THE LAST YEAR, I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL'S GOTTEN A NUMBER OF CASES IN WHICH FOLKS HAVE HAD LIKE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND BEEN FRUSTRATED AS FAR AS GETTING THEIR CEOS APPROVED. AND WE HAD TALKED IN THE PAST, I THINK, JUST THROUGH A FEW DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HAVING SOMEBODY WHO COULD HAVE THOSE INITIAL INTAKE MEETINGS AND HELP CLARIFY ALL THE PROCESSES AND THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS, WOULD SAVE STAFF TIME LATER IN CORRESPONDING WITH THESE FOLKS, AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT APPROVED IN LESS, I THINK, INTERACTIONS. YEAH. SO I THINK, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, Y'ALL APPROVED A RECLASS TO CREATE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS COORDINATOR.

SO SHE HAS TAKEN ON THAT ROLE AND WE'VE SLOWLY TAKEN AWAY THE OTHER JOB DUTIES SHE HAD ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE ADDED A PAGE ABOUT THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND HOW TO CONTACT HER, BUT SHE'S KIND OF OUR LIAISON BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND THE CITY, LIKE THE STAFF. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THAT BY UPDATING THE PROCESS AND DOING THINGS. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS HAS CHANGED AND TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES? YEAH, WE'VE HAD A BIG YEAR OF CHANGE. SO WE DID ADD THAT POSITION. WE ALSO STARTED DOING COMMENT RESOLUTION MEETINGS. SO WHAT WE DO IS AFTER YOU GET YOUR COMMENT LETTER FOR THE FIRST REVIEW, WE'LL MEET WITH YOU AND GO OVER THE COMMENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT. EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE REVIEW IS IN THE MEETING.

AND THEN IF YOU STILL DON'T HAVE THE COMMENTS ADDRESSED BY THE THIRD REVIEW, WE HAVE A ANOTHER COMMENT RESOLUTION MEETING. AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE MEETINGS. WE ACTUALLY STARTED DOING SURVEYS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LIKE IT AND HAVE FOUND IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE ALSO CHANGED HOW WE PROCESS REVIEWS. SO PREVIOUSLY, ALL OF THE REVIEWS OR APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY CAME IN, IF THEY WERE IN BY TUESDAY, THEY GOT PROCESSED BY WEDNESDAY. BUT IF YOU TURNED IT IN ON THURSDAY, IT WOULD WAIT TILL THE NEXT WEEK. WE DID MAKE CHANGES TO ALLOW THOSE TO BE PROCESSED WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVED, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SHOT CLOCK REVIEWS. JUST TO ADD ON A LITTLE BIT WITH THE I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE CITY WAS HERE IN THE COUNTY, HAD A DIFFERENT THING. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. HOW OFTEN DOES THAT ACTUALLY GO ON WHERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE'S TWO CONFLICTING GOVERNING THINGS THAT IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY ALWAYS POINT AT US. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN, I THINK THE ISSUE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH SEPTIC AND THE CITY DOESN'T ISSUE PERMITS FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS. SO WE HAD A CONFLICT IN AND HOW IT WAS HANDLED, BUT WE DID COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY, AN ADU ON A PROPERTY. CORRECT. SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW AN ADU BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE SEPTIC WASN'T LARGE ENOUGH. BUT OUR ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW IT. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY THE GOOD GUYS ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN ALSO LEVERAGED AND UTILIZED TO SUPPORT INCOMING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS OR PROJECTS? YEAH. SO IN 2022, WE LAUNCHED THE DEVELOPMENT HUB. SO THAT

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WONDERFUL. I THINK THAT JUST KIND OF LENDS TOWARDS ALL THE CHANGES AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT WE CAN CREATE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A PEOPLE RESOURCE TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. MY QUESTION REALLY MORE IS AROUND COMMUNICATION. SO WE HAVE THESE PROCESSES TO HELP CUSTOMERS. HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEM? I'M STILL MEETING PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND THAT IT IS NOT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. SO IN WHAT WAYS HAVE WE EITHER UTILIZED OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, OR WHAT IS YOUR DEPARTMENT DOING TO BETTER COMMUNICATE A CLEAR PROCESS AND WHAT ALL THE RESOURCES ARE? WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD CHALLENGES GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE TO PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MORE GUIDES FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATION TYPES AND THEN REFINING THE WORKFLOWS. BUT SHE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED TO GO THROUGH IT WITH US ONCE WE GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE A HELPFUL PERSON THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT IT WITH US. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING SOME TYPE OF A GRAPHIC OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS VISUAL FOR PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH OR SOME KIND OF TRAINING? THAT'S YEAH. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IT'S HARD TO DO AN INFOGRAPHIC. WE'VE DONE SOME FLOWCHARTS TO TRY TO, TO HELP THEM THROUGH IT. AND THAT'S PART OF THIS NEW APPLICATION WE'RE WORKING ON. WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE THE COUNCIL, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO BREAK IT OUT IN PLAIN ENGLISH. LIKE STEP ONE, YOU DO THIS, SO IT'S GOING TO BREAK IT OUT MUCH, MUCH CLEARER. BUT I'M HOPING THAT'LL BE HELPFUL. AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I KNOW WE'RE USING WHAT IS IT, CITIZEN CONNECT AND DEVELOPMENT HUB? WHAT ARE CITIES AROUND US USING? THAT WAS ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT I GOT, THAT WE'RE USING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAN THE OTHER CITIES AROUND US. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBMITTING PERMITS AND OUR APPLICATIONS IN CITIES NEIGHBORING TO US, IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. I THINK WE'RE ALL USING DIFFERENT SOFTWARES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE USING I THINK IT'S CALLED PLL, THERE'S GOV. WELL, AND MY PERMIT NOW ALL IN THE AREA. SO WE ALL KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT SOFTWARE. THANK YOU. TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, I THINK PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS. THEY'RE NOT DEVELOPERS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE LINGO IS. A LOT OF TIMES EVEN SOME OF THE ACRONYMS, THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. SO MAYBE SOMETHING IN VERY, VERY LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO DO A DRIVEWAY PERMIT OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT A DEVELOPER ENGINEER MIGHT HAVE. I'LL JUST ADD TO ROBIN AND THEN ALSO TO RANDALL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AS PART OF MY ROLE IS HELPING WITH THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR SOMEBODY WHO'S NEW TO THE CITY, WORKING WITH SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW IN OLD TOWN AND TRYING TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I DO HEAR THE STRUGGLES WITH THAT.

AND IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO START, ESPECIALLY WHEN CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AS WELL AND TRYING TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT. AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE. AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT STRATEGIC PROJECT PERSON CAN ACTUALLY HELP ASSIST WITH THAT TOO, AND KIND OF BE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS TOO IS ROBIN MENTIONED IS CREATING KIND OF THOSE GUIDES, YOU KNOW, FOR KIND OF SEPARATE TYPES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S CONSTRUCTING SOMEONE VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO LEASE A SPACE. RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, THAT'S TALKED ABOUT HAVING PLANNED YET FOR THIS FALL IS A SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WORK ON SOME OF THESE GUIDES. AND AT THAT SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF AREAS THAT'S FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF BUSINESSES. AND THAT WAY WHEN PEOPLE ATTEND THAT, THEY CAN GO TO THAT

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COUNCIL. SO PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS YOU GOT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. I'M SORRY.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH THERE IS A BIG CHANGE NOW STILL UNDER PUBLIC WORKS IN REGINA.

THEY NOW HAVE THEIR OWN FUND THAT'S COMING FY WE HAVE FLEET MAINTENANCE WHICH WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. WE'LL ALSO SEE A LOT MORE WITH FLEET MAINTENANCE AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO DEVELOP.

YOU HAVE STREET MAINTENANCE, WHICH ALSO DOES DRAINAGE AND ETCETERA, OTHER ITEMS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, STREET LIGHTS AND SIGNAGE. YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE WE'RE PROPOSED 8.2 MILLION THIS

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CORRECT? YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THEM IN FUND 40. WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS JUST MOVING THAT DIRECTLY OUT OF FUND 40 AND JUST MOVING IT EITHER INTO A NEW FUND THAT WE ESTABLISHED OR JUST KEEPING IT UNDER PUBLIC WORKS. BUT WE CAN TAKE EITHER DIRECTION DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT. SO WHAT FUNDS HAVE DONE FOR YOU, THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, ALL THAT, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED. THAT'S WHERE IT'S ALL FUNDED OUT OF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TEAM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR WAS WE BROKE OUR DEPARTMENT OUT INTO DIVISIONS.

TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN AN HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN ALL THE DIVISIONS IN ONE BUDGET, ONE POT. SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DOES A POOL COST TO OPERATE? HOW MUCH DOES PARKS COST TO OPERATE? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID STRATEGICALLY THIS YEAR TO HAVE A BETTER. WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, FACILITY OPERATIONS, PARKS, OPERATIONS, PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE. WE HAVE OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS, OUR NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MOVING ON TO THE PARKS ADMIN BUDGET, WE HAVE FIVE FTES THAT WILL BE IN THIS

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WE CONTRACT OUT SOME OF THE MOWING SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THAT IN-HOUSE. WE DID EVALUATE AND DO A COST ANALYSIS ON THAT. AND IT IS MORE ADVANTAGEOUS AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO CONTRACT IT OUT AND HAVE A HYBRID SYSTEM. IT WOULD COST MORE TO BRING IT ALL IN-HOUSE WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PERSONNEL, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES PEST CONTROL, LANDSCAPING SERVICES. OKAY, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THIS DIVISION, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A ASSISTANT MANAGER. THIS WOULD BE THE NUMBER TWO IN THE DIVISION. CURRENTLY, THE PARKS MANAGER HAS ALL 20 OR 19 STAFF REPORTING TO HIM. AND SO THIS IS GIVING HIM SOME ADDITIONAL SPAN OF CONTROL AND ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE DIVISION, WHICH IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. OKAY. MOVING ON. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AN ARBORIST. WOULD THAT BE MORE UNDER PARKS OR PLANNING? THAT PROBABLY REALLY BE MORE OF A PLANNING FUNCTION? YEAH. YEAH. SO SO WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SERVICES, BRINGING ON PLANNING AND LANDSCAPING PLANNER AND US BASICALLY KIND OF RESTRUCTURING PARKS A LITTLE BIT, HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THAT PERSON BASICALLY TO HELP, I GUESS BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY WITHIN IT'S, IT'S SUPPLEMENTING KIND OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT IT'S OVER IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT HELP TO US.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL THE PLANNING REVIEW. SO WE DON'T ONLY REVIEW PARKLAND DEDICATION PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL. WE REVIEW ALL COMMERCIAL AS WELL. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. SO REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE. AND ALSO THIS POSITION IS GOING TO HELP MANAGE THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS WELL MANAGED, NOT ONLY FOR CITY PROPERTY, BUT THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US. YEAH. PARKS AND FACILITIES OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER. SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE LIKE FLOAT AROUND EVERYWHERE AND OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO HELP, I GUESS YOU AND GREG. SURE. SO THIS POSITION IS GOING TO REPORT TO JOHN, AND THEY WILL HAVE SEVERAL CREW LEADERS THAT WILL REPORT TO THEM. AND UNDER THEM THEY HAVE THE PARKS OPERATIONS TECHNICIANS. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S GIVING SOME DEPTH AND TAKING SOME OF THAT OFF OF THAT STRAIN, OFF OF THE THE MANAGER OF JOHN AND GIVING HIM ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP BECAUSE AGAIN, HE HAS TOO MANY POSITIONS REPORTING TO HIM, AND IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE SPAN OF CONTROL. GREAT QUESTIONS. OKAY, MOVING ON TO AQUATICS, THIS IS THE BUDGET FOR THE ROBIN BLEDSOE POOL, IN ADDITION TO THE ROBIN BLEDSOE SPLASH PAD AND THE LAKEWOOD SPLASH PAD, MAJORITY OF THE COST HERE IS FOR THE PERSONNEL. SO WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME POSITION. THAT'S OUR AQUATICS AND RECREATION COORDINATOR. AND THEN THE REST OF THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE LIFEGUARDS AND THE SALARIES FOR THEM. SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. THAT'S OUR POOL. CHEMICALS IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT COST TO TO SANITIZE OUR POOL AND SPLASH PADS. AND THIS POSITION OR THIS DIVISION DID NOT HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. MOVING ON TO THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A NEW FACILITY THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A BIGGER BUDGET TO TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. WE ARE EXPANDING OUR HOURS TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. BEGINNING AUGUST 7TH. WE WILL BE OPERATING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AND WEEKENDS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS, 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. THIS BUDGET INCLUDES 9.43 FTE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PART TIME POSITIONS. WE JUST HIRED ALL OF OUR NEW STAFF. OUR ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR JUST CAME ONLINE, AND OUR PART TIME STAFF ARE COMING ONLINE AS

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SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU SAID THAT RESIDENTS PAY $25 A YEAR, BUT THE TAXPAYERS ARE SUPPLEMENTING NONRESIDENT FEES, WHICH ARE ONLY 37, 25, 33, 75, 33, 75. SO CLEARLY OUR RESIDENTS, BEFORE WE WOULD INCREASE OUR RESIDENTS PRICE BECAUSE THEY SUBSIDIZE THIS WITH TAX DOLLARS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE FEE SCHEDULES, ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT NONRESIDENT PRICE? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. I WORKED WITH ASHLEY LAST YEAR ON THE RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FEE SCHEDULE. SO WHAT WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL IS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, WE HAVE THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT LAYS OUT ALL THE FEES FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN ON THE BACK END OF THAT IS AN ATTACHMENT FOR THE PARKS AND REC FEES, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE RECREATIONAL SENIOR CENTER GOLF FUNDS. SO THAT'LL BE ALL BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE FOR YOU ALL SO WE CAN. OKAY. AND THIS, SO THIS ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR, IT'S NOT A NEW REQUEST. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS FUNDED MID-YEAR FY 26, BUT THAT IS CAPTURED IN HERE TO ENSURE THAT IT ROLLS FORWARD. MOVING ON TO RECREATION. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR REC STAFF OPERATING THE LAKE AGAIN LARGEST EXPENSE THERE IS OUR STAFF WITH NINE FTES. AND THAT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS OUR RENT

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THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY AT A PAY GRADE ONE, THE VERY LOWEST PAY GRADE FOR FULL TIME STAFF.

AND WE ARE REALIGNING THAT POSITION WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO A PAY GRADE SIX. SAME THING WITH THE RECREATION MANAGER. WE ARE REALIGNING THAT POSITION WITH OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND BUMPING THAT POSITION UP A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. SPECIAL EVENTS. THIS IS THE DIVISION THAT OPERATES AND EXECUTES ALL THE WONDERFUL SPECIAL EVENTS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. THIS BUDGET, I BELIEVE, HAS AN ERROR IN IT AND DOESN'T CAPTURE SOME OF THE THE COSTS FOR OUR EVENTS. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. BUT THIS IS ALL OF THE ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE DO FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS CLOSE TO ABOUT 30 OR SO, GIVE OR TAKE. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THAT DIVISION. MOVING ON TO FACILITY OPERATIONS. SO THIS DIVISION OPERATES AND MAINTAINS ALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT CITY HALL, THE FIRE STATIONS, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. WE HAVE 14.5 FTES IN THIS POSITION OR THIS DIVISION. EXCUSE ME. AGAIN, MAJORITY OF THAT IS PERSONNEL COSTS AND THAT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AGAIN, 158,000. THAT'S SEEMS LOW, BUT THAT'S REPAIRS TO CITY BUILDINGS AS THEY COME UP. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN HVAC ISSUE. WE HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE WE'RE MAINTAINING THOSE JANITORIAL SUPPLIES. IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT 75,000 THAT WE SEE WHERE WE HAVE THE MINOR EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, CLEANING SUPPLIES, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THIS POSITION OR THIS DIVISION. WE ARE RECLASSING, ONE OF THE CREW LEADERS ON THE JANITORIAL SIDE, THE SERVICES SIDE. SO THAT POSITION, THAT DIVISION WILL HAVE A CREW LEADER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SIDE AND PROVIDING SOME CAREER LADDERING FOR THAT DIVISION. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SOME HVAC REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL. WHERE ARE THOSE? WE HAVE SOME AT PD, WE HAVE SOME THAT HERE IN THIS BUILDING AND A LIBRARY ALSO. HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER. SO ON THE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RECREATION. SO. SO IS THERE ANY OVERLAP BETWEEN RECREATION AND THE SENIOR CENTER. DO YOU GUYS SHARE STUFF OR SHARE FACILITIES BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'VE MOVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DO. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHARING.

WE STILL OFFER PICKLEBALL AT THE LAKE LANIER ACTIVITY CENTER, AND THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE SENIORS. AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME WE'LL DO SOME SHARED PROGRAMING SPACE.

SO YEAH, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, THIS KIND OF GOES TO YOU, TODD, ON THE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. RIGHT. AND SO THEN WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. AND SO WHERE. SO THE FACILITIES OPERATIONS WILL SUPPLEMENT WITHOUT. AND THE LIBRARY, WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THAT FALL UNDER PARKS? I JUST KIND OF WONDERED LIKE, WHAT'S THAT LITTLE REPORT STRUCTURE THERE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, ACTUALLY KIND OF EVERYBODY REFERS TO HER FOR THESE BIG THINGS. YEAH, WE'RE ADDING DEPTH. SO FACILITIES WOULD FALL UNDER THE DIRECTOR.

AND THEN ASHLEY WAS STILL DIRECTLY MANAGE THE LIBRARY. AND THEN ONE OF THE, THE LEVEL UPS WE NEED TO DO IS THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BRING THAT POSITION UP TO PAR WITH THE OTHER DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CORRECTION OR ADDRESS ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS. ON THE COMPENSATION SIDE THIS YEAR.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO AMY? AND ONE THING REAL QUICK ON THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE REC CENTER AND IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE BUDGET AT THE 809 318 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ESTIMATING WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 2800 HOURS OF PROGRAMING THERE AT THE FACILITY WITH OUR EXPANDED HOURS AT THE LA, AT THE NO. THE SENIOR, THE SACK, THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. RIGHT. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT AT THE SACK THAT THAT OKAY. OH, MAN. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, SO THAT COMES OUT TO $289 PER HOUR. YOU KNOW, IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT JUST THE BUDGETARY NUMBERS, IF YOU HAD A 30% OVERHEAD THAT COMES OUT TO $385.70 PER HOUR OF OPERATIONS. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FEE OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO KIND OF SEE WHICH WAY WE GO WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL THOSE COSTS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME COMPONENT OF THAT. AND MOST

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PRIMARILY RESIDENTS. I THINK IT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF A IS IT LIKE 10%? I THINK IT'S YOU CAN ESTIMATE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBER. I THOUGHT I HAD IT WITH ME. I DO HAVE THE. I DO HAVE IT INFORMATION ON MY PHONE AND IN EMAIL, BUT I THINK IT'S 80% RIGHT NOW. I WAS LOOKING AT RESIDENTS, AN 8020 SPLIT. YEAH, LET ME CONFIRM THAT. AND NON RESIDENT NON RESIDENT BEING THE 20. YEAH. CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN. LET ME CONFIRM THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. THAT'S FINE I APPRECIATE IT. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE PARKS BUDGET THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS IN PREVIOUS YEARS THE PARKS AND REC BUDGET WAS REALLY ONE WHOLE BUDGET. IT'S BEEN BROKEN OUT THIS YEAR BETWEEN AQUATICS SPECIAL EVENTS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. SO FROM A TRACKING PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE COSTS OF SERVICES MOVING FORWARD. ANOTHER PIECE OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS IS IT WASN'T IN THERE BECAUSE WE WERE DIVIDING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS OUT. AND SO WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ASHLEY TO IDENTIFY COSTS RELATED TO THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO BUILD A MODEL FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PIECES TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS, RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT WORK THEM RIGHT BETWEEN POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS. AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE TRUE INDIRECT COSTS ARE. SO MOVING FORWARD, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE BIG, MAJOR SPECIAL EVENTS BECOME SUCH A HUGE DRAW, EVEN BIGGER DRAW FOR THE CITY IS OKAY. WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES WE NEED SPECIFICALLY IN THAT SPECIAL EVENTS BUDGET? SO THAT'LL BE COMING TO YOU ALL. SO QUESTION FOR YOU ON. SO WHEN.

SO WE HAVE FACILITIES OR WE HAVE PLACES THAT ARE BEING USED OR FIELDS BEING USED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEY'RE PROVIDING US WITH FEES AND ALL THAT. FROM HERE, WE JUST SEE REALLY THE EXPENSE SIDE OF EVERYTHING. BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING MORE FIELDS, DOING MORE THINGS AND HAVING OUTSIDE, BASICALLY ENTITIES USE THOSE THINGS TO PROVIDE US WITH FEES AND ALL THAT. WILL THAT HELP HELP PARKS WITH THEIR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY COME THROUGH IN THIS. WE JUST SEE THIS AS AN EXPENSE. WE DON'T EVER SEE REALLY A REVENUE SIDE ON THIS. YEAH. IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES, THERE ARE ACCOUNTS THERE RELATED TO PARKS AND PARKS, RESERVATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY ARE NOT BIG GENERATING RESOURCES COMPARED TO THAT. BUT AS WE LOOK AT POSSIBLY A NEW REC CENTER, POSSIBLY A NEW ATHLETICS COMPLEX IN THE FUTURE, WE REALLY WANT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE COSTS SHOULD BE AND REALLY DO A TRUE COST SERVICE ANALYSIS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE BREAKING EVEN RIGHT IN TERMS OF THOSE RESOURCES. BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES WITH PARKS AND REC FOR THAT. SO, SO, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT OF AN OFFSET FOR THE NEWLY ADDED FACILITIES, BECAUSE EVERY FACILITY WE ADD ATHLETIC COMPLEX BALL FIELDS, THERE'S WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAMP UP STAFFING TO EVERY TIME WE DO THAT. SO I THINK WE'LL BE GREAT IF WE CAN HIT LIKE MAYBE 40%, 50% COST RECOVERY, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE ENOUGH TO GET 100%. SO ACTUALLY, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THAT.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. AND TO CLARIFY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING LIKE PENNIES BASICALLY LIKE THE 3375 IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE COSTS YOU JUST SAID WAS $300 AN HOUR. YEAH. NO.

SO REC CENTER IS ONE THING, BUT THE BALL FIELDS ARE REC FIELDS. REC PROGRAMS ARE REALLY RUNNING PROBABLY CLOSER TO THAT 60% COST RECOVERY. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT BAD ON THE OVERALL REC PROGRAMING PIECE OF IT. YOU'RE PROBABLY WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THAT. SO FOR OUR PARKS RELATED REVENUES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT REALLY A 200 000 JUST COMING IN FROM THOSE COMBINED PARK FACILITY RENTALS, SENIOR CENTER SERVICE FEES. SO IT'S, IT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S

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EVERY TIME THAT SOMEBODY USES YOUR PARK THAT'S NOT PROGRAMED IN YOUR PROGRAMING, IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND REHAB THE FIELDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY AND SOME OF OUR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 TO START OUT WITH THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. VERY CREATIVE PROGRAMS, TRADITIONAL ONES LIKE STORYTIME, BOOK CLUBS, ROBOTICS. WE'VE ALSO GOT A HOMESCHOOL GROUP. WE HAVE PUZZLE AND PLANT SWAPS. WE'VE GOT SEASONAL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS. ARTS AND CRAFTS ARE REALLY POPULAR. DO IT YOURSELF PROGRAMS, ESL GROUPS. THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY. WE ARE AN ACCREDITED LIBRARY THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS. AND ONE OF THOSE GRANTS THAT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED WAS THE FAMILY PLACE GRANT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO DO SOME EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMING TO BEEF THAT UP. SO STAY TUNED. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. AS FOR THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, THE BESIDES PERSONNEL, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE BUDGET IS OUR SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. RIGHT NOW THE COLLECTIONS, THE 189 800. THAT'S. THAT MAKES UP OUR COLLECTIONS, OUR OUR BOOKS, OUR THE THINGS THAT YOU THINK OF AS TRADITIONAL LIBRARY THINGS, THE BOOKS AND ALSO THE ONLINE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE, THE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS AS WELL. THE 52,600 THAT COVERS OUR PROGRAMS, OUR STAFF TRAINING, OUR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS, AND OUR TRAVEL. AS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, ONE FULL TIME AND ONE PART TIME. THE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN. THAT RECURRING EXPENSE WOULD BE ADDING A LIBRARIAN WHO WOULD TAKE THE LEAD ON PROCURING THE ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND THE ONLINE MATERIALS. IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DIVIDE THOSE DUTIES IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND HELP US TO CURATE THOSE COLLECTIONS BETTER. THE PART TIME LIBRARY POSITION.

THE ASSISTANT I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS GOING ON, AND I PULLED A. I LOOKED IT UP JUST NOW. YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE HAD OVER 400 PROGRAMS IN. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED THOSE PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY THIS YEAR. SO THAT POSITION IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR US FOR PROGRAMING, FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO, ADDING THESE TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WOULD HELP US IN BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN ADDING SOME AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAYS, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN A SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED FOR A WHILE. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT ON THE PROGRAMING, JUST HOW MUCH Y'ALL ARE DOING AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THAT. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS THIS THIS SUMMER.

OKAY. OF, OF, OF PEOPLE COMING TO, TO OUR PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S EXCITING. OFFERING THE FREE PROGRAMS AT A TIME RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY AMAZING FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND HELPS INCREASE THAT NUMBER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT. ARE WE

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YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I TOO, AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMING AT OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY ALSO TAG ALONG AND SEE SOME MORE DEMOGRAPHICS, SINCE IT IS VERY CENTRAL TO OUR CITY AND MAYBE HOW THAT IMPACTS UTILIZATION IN OUR CITY. BUT IN YOUR OPINION, I KNOW THIS, YOU SAID THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU SAW AN INCREASED DRIVE IN SUMMER PROGRAMING. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS RELEGATED OR WHAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT IN YOUR OPINION? I THINK IT'S JUST THE RESULT OF OF THE RATE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING TO TOWN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR OUR LIBRARY PEOPLE. THAT'S ONE OF SOMETIMES ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DO WHEN THEY GET TO TOWN IS THEY WILL COME AND GET A LIBRARY CARD. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT, A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS. AND ALSO WITH THIS SUMMER, THE THEME WAS UNEARTH THE STORY. SO IT WAS A DINOSAUR THEME. SO THAT'S VERY APPEALING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. SO AWESOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. I JUST HAD A QUICK SUGGESTION. IT'D BE WORTHWHILE FOR US TO ACTUALLY KNOW HOW GOOD EVERY REC SENIOR LIBRARY PROGRAM IS BEING UTILIZED YEAR TO YEAR, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT YEAR TO YEAR, WHEN WE KNOW THE SENIOR CENTER SINCE IT OPENED HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY, GROWN QUITE BIGGER, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PROGRAMING IS FALLING OFF AT AT THE ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT IT'S PROBABLY KEEPING PACE WITH THE LIBRARY GROWING. AND ONE OF THE STORES WE WANT TO TELL OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT, HEY, WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE'RE PROVIDING IT FOR YOU BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET BEAT UP BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY. EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM WE'RE DOING IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. WE SAW RECORD TURNOUT AT THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING. WE SAW RECORD TURNOUT AT LIBERTY FEST.

HERE WAS A BIG WE HAD THE BIG THING AT THE PARK. AND I THINK WHEN YOU REALLY START LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR CITIZENS, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE AND SHARE AND, AND WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE PROBABLY DON'T PUT IT IN A PICTURE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY PICK IT UP. SO I JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE KIND OF MAYBE DO SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE THING REAL QUICK. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF WHAT ARE THE THE NEAR TERM. COME ON UP, CHIEF IS KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THE NEAR TERM ISSUES. AND SO AMY'S GOT KIND OF A REALLY COOL PROGRAM IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE THINGS TO ADDRESS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF FACILITY NEEDS OVER TEN, 15, AND 20 YEARS BECAUSE OUR FACILITY IS MAXED OUT RIGHT NOW, MEETING SPACE ISN'T LARGE ENOUGH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING OUT SOME KIND OF OPTIONS TO IN TERMS OF EXPANDING THE EXISTING BUILDING.

AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PLAN HAD BEEN POTENTIALLY RELOCATING A CENTRAL LIBRARY, MAIN LIBRARY IN OLD IN NORTHLINE, BASICALLY. BUT THAT CREATES A SPACE THAT WE CAN LOOK TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND. IF LIBRARIES WERE TO MOVE OUT TO ALSO REPURPOSE BECAUSE WE NEED COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE NEED THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LONG TERM KIND OF VISIONARY PIECES THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU ALL HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL. SO AND OUR LIVE STREAMING IS BACK UP JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S BACK WORKING JUST IN TIME. ALRIGHT.

YES. GOT IT. SO I PAID THEM OFF WELL TO FIX THAT FOR US. SO, SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TYPICALLY YOU'RE THINKING OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES RESPONDING TO FIRES AND EMERGENCIES. AND THERE'S TWO DIVISIONS THAT REALLY ADDRESS THAT FOR US. AND THAT'S THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. AND SO FIRE ADMIN IS ENSURING COMPLIANCE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RESOURCES FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.

AND THEN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR BUDGET. AND IT PRIMARILY

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THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DISPATCHING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO OUR PHYSICALS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS EACH YEAR, THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS THAT'S MOSTLY FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE AND FLEET MAINTENANCE. SO THERE'S ABOUT 400 000 FOR FLEET AND ABOUT 300 000 FOR FIRE SPECIAL EXPENSES. THAT'S MOSTLY OUR IT RESERVE FUND. AND THEN RECRUITING AND TRAINING AND THEN SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE THINGS LIKE UNIFORMS OR MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FUEL FOR THE VEHICLES, AND THEN THE TRANSFERS OUT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT COMMUNITY GRANT OF 100 000. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT ARE APPROVED FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A FIRE EXPLORERS PROGRAM. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AS TWO SEMESTERS DURING THE YEAR INSTEAD OF IT BEING A YEAR LONG PROGRAM. SO WE'LL DO A FALL AND A SPRING SEMESTER. AND REALLY THE TARGET TO THAT IS GOING TO BE PREPARING THEM FOR THE FIRE EXPLORER GAMES AND ALSO EXPOSING THEM TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AS A CAREER FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE THAT 55000 AND CHANGE THERE IS TO GET SOME OF OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CAUGHT BACK UP ON OUR PHYSICAL WELLNESS CONTRACT THERE FOR THAT CANCER SCREENING. THAT 4000 IS TO CONTINUE OR EXPAND OUR CANCER SCREENING. SO LAST YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED OUR INITIAL CANCER SCREENING WHERE WE WOULD DO EVERY EMPLOYEE EVERY OTHER YEAR. AND SO WE SPLIT EVERYBODY UP TO HANDLE THAT. AND THEN THE WADE CANNON ACT PASSED THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND SO WE'RE DOING CANCER SCREENING FOR EVERYONE ALL YEAR OR EVERY YEAR. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY I'LL TAKE THAT BACK. IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE. IT'S THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. SO ONCE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT FIVE YEARS OR MORE, THEN IT'S THE CANCER SCREENING FOR THAT. AND THEN THE 38,000 FOR THE CHIEF. YES. SO IF THEY'RE NOT A FIRE PERSON FOR FIVE YEARS, WE DON'T GIVE THEM ANY CANCER SCREENING. THERE IS CANCER SCREENING. THIS IS A SPECIFIC BLOOD TEST THAT IS GIVEN TO DETECT SPECIFIC CANCERS THAT MAKES UP THAT AMOUNT. SO THERE IS THE REGULAR CANCER SCREENING THAT'S PART OF THE PHYSICAL, WHICH IS THE SONOGRAM THAT'S DONE. SO WHAT IS THE REASON WE DON'T WE WAIT FIVE YEARS. YEAH. SO THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT UNDER TEXAS WORKERS COMP LAW, IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND YOU'RE NOT A FIREFIGHTER FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, IT WILL NOT BE APPROVED. AND THEN ALSO, IF THE MEMBER WERE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER PRIOR TO FIVE YEARS AND THEY WOULD LATER DIE OF THAT, THEY WOULD NOT GET FEDERAL FUNDS. AND SO TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL EARLY DETECTION OR POTENTIAL FALSE POSITIVE DETECTION, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT THE FIVE YEARS TO WHERE THOSE BENEFITS WOULDN'T BE IMPACTED.

THAT'S SAD, I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. LET'S HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR. NOW WE'RE PUTTING IT IN AND IT HAS RECURRING NEXT TO IT BECAUSE IT'LL BE ONGOING.

THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS ALREADY APPROVED. SO YEAH. SO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS, WE WEREN'T LOOKING TO DO EVERYONE EVERY YEAR, WE WERE JUST GOING TO DO LIKE EVERY TWO YEARS YOU WOULD GET TESTED. BUT THEN THE WAY CANON LAW PASSED. AND SO WE'RE ASKING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THOSE OVER FIVE YEARS EVERY YEAR. YEAH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ROUTINELY BROUGHT UP AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AS WELL. SO THAT LAST SESSION, THERE WERE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT TO WHERE CITIES HAD TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SCREENINGS AND OR ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS THAT CITIES MUST PROVIDE TO FIREFIGHTERS. AND SO

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GERALD FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD A FIREFIGHTER. HE WAS JUST SHORT OF THE FIVE YEAR MARK. SO WORKER'S COMP DENIED HIS CLAIM. BUT THE THE STATE DEATH BENEFIT DID PAY OUT ON THAT. SO, SO BUT THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION, THE FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATIONS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THAT. OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN LET'S TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM GETTING TO THAT POINT. AND SO AND THAT'S REALLY THE BENEFIT OF THIS FUNDING HERE FOR THIS CANCER SCREENING IS THAT THIS CANCER SCREEN, THEY SAY THAT IT IT CAN DETECT IT AT EVEN STAGE ZERO. AND SO MY INTENT IS, IS LIKE, LET'S, IF WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT, LET'S FIND IT EARLY TO WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN KICK US BUTT AND LIVE A LONG LIFE AND RETIRE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU FOUND IT AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A FEW MONTHS LEFT REFERRING TO SOMETHING IN OUR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, SOMETHING IN OUR INSURANCE, MAYBE GET A DISCUSSION. YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RETIREE INSURANCE. SO WE EXTENDED IT. AND THAT'S PURSUANT TO A STATUTE THAT WAS JUST PASSED IN THE LAST SESSION THAT SAID THAT IF IF A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER RETIREE WERE TO EXPERIENCE CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THAT THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO $100,000 BENEFIT, WE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, LISTEN, WE WOULD RATHER GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THEM ON THE CITY'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE MAINTENANCE OF CARE. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GET CATASTROPHIC AND THEN DEAL WITH IT. SO WE HAD INCLUDED AND WE DID AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH POLICE ALSO TO ADD THE POST RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM TO THAT SO THAT WE CARRY THAT AND WE PROVIDE THOSE PREMIUMS TO THEM AT NO COST TO THE EMPLOYEE. THAT MAKES US DEFINITELY ABOVE, WAY ABOVE MID. YEAH. NO. AND WE AND OUR PERSONNEL, POLICE AND FIRE ARE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT. SO. THE AND THEN RADIO REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH WE DID JUST PURCHASE A LOT OF NEW RADIOS, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR COST THAT GOES INTO THERE. AND SO THAT'S THAT RECURRING FUNDING THERE FOR THAT ONE. MOVING ON TO THE OPERATIONS BUDGET. SO THE THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR LARGEST BUDGET IN THE DIVISION OR IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S MOSTLY IT'S THE PERSONNEL COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THE 1.5 OUT OF THE SPECIAL EXPENSE FUND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR OUR FLEET RESERVE FUND AND OUR TRAINING DIVISION OR OUR TRAINING FUNDS, MAJORITY OF THAT BEING OUR FLEET RESERVE.

AND THEN WHILE THE WHILE IT SAYS THERE'S NO FUNDING REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE STATION SIX AND THE LADDER TRUCK. SO THERE IS FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR STATION SIX. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE APPLIED FOR THAT SAFER GRANT. AND IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER THAT WE'VE GOT THE MATCHING FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT. YEAH. SO IF WE DO GET THAT SAFER GRANT, THIS BUDGET WOULD BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL 15 FIREFIGHTERS THAT COME IN BASED ON WHAT THAT MATCH IS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

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AND THEN FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARK HILL AS PART OF THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN, I BELIEVE THERE WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE LOCATION ANALYSIS, SO HOPEFULLY COME TO COUNCIL SOON WITH THAT TO PRESENT THAT AND ALSO SOME ARCHITECTURAL AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT. AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE MET WITH CONGRESSMAN CARTER, THAT THAT WAS HIS NUMBER ONE INTEREST, WAS OUR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, AND HOPEFULLY AN ENGINE AS WELL. HE'LL ADD TO THAT. AND SO WE WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK FOR $6 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND 12 MILLION. AND SO THAT WOULD FUND AT LEAST HALF OF THAT. WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL LOOK AT AT BRINGING TO COUNCIL TO EARMARK ABOUT 2.2 MILLION FOR THE FIRE ENGINE FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX. SO WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT TO EITHER PURCHASE UP, RIGHT, BASED ON THE COST. AND SO I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH STUART HEATER FROM THAT TOO ON LOOKING AT WHAT THE COST IS TO PURCHASE A ENGINE UP FRONT OR DEFER IT TO LATER. BUT HAVING THOSE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR ANTICIPATION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, WHICH WE SHOULD HOPE TO KNOW BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SAFER GRANT, AND WE WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

WE MENTIONED THAT BY CHANCE, WE DO NOT GET THE GRANT, THAT THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE TO BUILD OUT UP TO THE 15. I BELIEVE, FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF THE WHAT IF SCENARIO IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT THIS TIME? YEAH. SO THE, THE BENEFIT TO BRINGING ON THE 15 IF WE GET THE SAFER GRANT NOW IS WE CAN USE ONE OF OUR RESERVE UNITS AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE THERE, EVEN WHILE THE STATION IS NOT COMPLETED. THEY'RE NOT EVEN STARTED ON YET. RIGHT. SO IF WE DO NOT GET THE GRANT, THEN WE CAN WORK WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION ON SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME, EVEN WHILE THE STATION IS STILL BEING CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT, RIGHT IN SOME ZONES. YES. IN OUR CITY IN REGARDS TO SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE WHICH DIVISION DIXIE WOULD BE UNDER, BUT I KNOW THAT DIXIE IS RETIRING. SHE IS. AND AND AND HE'S GOING TO BE GOING CAROL'S GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POLICE ACADEMY IN IN LOOKING TOWARDS A NEW DOG.

DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT DOG? SO THE THE DOGS TYPICALLY ARE PROVIDED UNDER A GRANT. AND SO THE, THE DOG ITSELF WOULDN'T BE A BIG EXPENSE. USUALLY THE EXPENSE WITH THE K-9 PROGRAM IS THE PERSONNEL THE TRAINER ASSIGNED TO IT, NOT THE DOG ITSELF. SO SO DIXIE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CHEAP AROUND 4 TO 5 000 A YEAR FOR FOOD AND VET COST. AND SO BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE RETIRING THIS YEAR. AND THEN THERE'LL BE A PAUSE THERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A, A SEARCH DOG DURING THAT TIME. BUT PD HAS GOT A SEARCH DOG. AND IF SHE FINDS YOU THEN, WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS BORROW RED FROM CEDAR PARK. NO. YEAH. YEAH. SO I ALWAYS JOKE THAT A DOG WILL FIND YOU AND BITE YOU, AND OUR DOG WILL FIND YOU AND LICK YOU. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO'S ON CALL, YOU KNOW? SO BUT BUT YEAH, THERE ARE OTHER SEARCH DOGS LIKE THE ONE IN CEDAR PARK. BUT YEAH, OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO GET BACK TO HAVING A SEARCH DOG JUST ONCE THAT TIME PRESENTS ITSELF. THOSE ARE JUST GRANT FUNDED GENERALLY. YEAH. THE DOG ITSELF IS USUALLY PROVIDED THROUGH THROUGH A NONPROFIT. OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO LOOKING AT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S BUDGET, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION THERE FOR THAT. A LARGE PORTION OF THAT BEING OUR PERSONNEL COST THE 2000 FOR CONTRACT SERVICES. THAT'S OUR PLAN REVIEWS. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT SERVICE FOR CERTAIN PLAN REVIEWS FOR SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL REVIEWS, AND THEN THE SPECIAL EXPENSE, THE 47,000, MOST OF THAT'S THE IT AND FLEET RESERVE FUND. AND THEN WE'VE GOT JUST A SMALL AMOUNT THERE AND SUPPLIES. AND THE $100 IN UTILITIES IS POSTAGE. SO KIND OF ALMOST MAKES YOU THINK YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT LINE THERE. NO FUNDED REQUEST UNDER THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT CODE ENFORCEMENT, JUST UNDER A HALF MILLION FOR THAT, THE 12,000 FOR CONTRACT SERVICES, THAT'S ABATEMENT SERVICES, PRIMARILY ABOUT TEN 000 FOR ABATEMENT SERVICES A YEAR. SOMETIMES WE'RE UNDER SOMETIMES WE'RE OVER. IT KIND OF IS A FLUID THING. AND THEN AROUND THE 4800 FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, THAT'S GOING TO BE VEHICLE REPAIRS, SPECIAL EXPENSES, THAT'S IT. AND FLEET REPLACEMENT FUNDS. AND THEN ALSO OUR TRAINING FUNDS, AND THEN THE 22000 FOR SUPPLIES, MINOR EQUIPMENTS IS GAS AND UNIFORMS. AND THEN THE UTILITY PERMIT FEES AT 11000 IS FOR CELL PHONE AND POSTAGE, AND THEN NO FUNDED REQUEST UNDER CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS OUR HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO WE'VE GOT TWO PERSONNEL

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FIRST OF ALL, MY PRESENTATION WON'T BE THREE HOURS THIS TIME. IT'LL ONLY BE TWO AND A HALF. I HAVE BEEN SILENTLY THREATENED BY MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR MY LONG WINDEDNESS ON THIS. SO I WILL DO MY BEST TO GIVE YOU THE BEST INFORMATION AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS SLIDE. SO WE'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVEN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. KIND OF LIKE WHAT ASHLEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. THIS WAS THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO KIND OF BREAK APART EACH ONE OF THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THEM DO A VERY DIFFERENT THING. ADMINISTRATION IS THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS THAT ARE UNDER THERE. WE ALL KNOW WHO OUR ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS ARE. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION IS OUR 911 CENTER AND OUR REGULAR DISPATCH CENTER, OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WHICH WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF REPROGRAMING NOT ONLY DOES INVESTIGATIONS, BUT ALSO DEALS WITH OUR NARCOTICS SIDE OR UNDERCOVER SIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS. WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PROBABLY CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT LATER. WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW DURING THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. BUT THEY DEAL A LOT WITH LOGISTICS, WHICH IS UNIFORMS. I CALL IT THE PARTS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DEAL WITH, AND THEY DEAL WITH THE CARS AND THE FLEET, MAINTENANCE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WHEN IT COMES TO JUST EVERYTHING THAT OFFICERS OR STAFF NEEDS, AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OFFICER OR SERGEANT WARD, WHO HANDLES A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR JUNIOR POLICE ACADEMY, OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, OUR COPS PROGRAM, AND ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE DO OUT THERE. SUPPORT SERVICES, DEALS WITH RECORDS, OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION, WHICH HANDLES OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS, HANDLES OUR RECRUITING AND OUR TRAINING ANIMAL SERVICES, IS SUPERVISED BY THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LINE ITEM. AND AND ALSO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, LAWANDA WILCOX, WHO DOES A LOT OF THE STATS AND THINGS FOR STUFF THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR WITH ACCIDENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE CITY. AND THEN LASTLY, KIND OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF, OF OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE OUR UNIFORM DIVISION, WHICH IS OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, OUR K-9, AND ALSO OUR PATROL DIVISION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SAY AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE THEME IS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOCUSED ON WAS USING UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT STAFF TO TRY TO HELP PUT MORE OFFICERS BACK ON THE STREET SO PEOPLE IN THE OFFICES COULD DO THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF WORK. SO THE OFFICERS COULD BE OUT IN THE STREET. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WITH THE LATERAL PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED FOR US IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET STELLAR OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES HERE, WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT FORCE MULTIPLIER BECAUSE IT TAKES THEM LESS THAN SIX MONTHS TO GET ON THE STREET AND GET ON IN THE SERVICE. AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR SUPPORT POSITIONS, LIKE YOU'VE MET SUZETTE, OUR PIO, WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB JUST TRYING TO GET US STARTED IN THERE. OUR ADMIN ASSISTANT THAT IS ALSO OVER PATROL, HELP LIEUTENANTS GET BACK ON AND SUPERVISE THEIR OFFICERS, AND THEY'RE NOT INSIDE DOING OFFICE WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST TO KIND OF BREAK DOWN THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET UNDER OUR THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, THIS IS GOING TO DEAL MAINLY WITH OUR MOTOROLA LEASE PAYMENTS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS. YOU JUST YOU HELPED US FIND SOME BRAND NEW RADIOS. WE'VE HAD SOME THAT WERE, I THINK 10 OR 12 YEARS OLD. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW OLD THEY WERE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MOST RECENT BEST TECHNOLOGY RADIOS THAT YOU CAN GET OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THOSE LEASE PAYMENTS FOR THAT. WE'RE ALSO, AS YOU HEARD FROM, TRACE THE 6.0 CONSULTANT. SO THERE'S SOME COSTS IN THERE FOR FOR THAT. ALSO, THERE IS A, A PART OF OUR INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO WE DO HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM. WE DO A LOT WITH DOCTOR GLENN, WHO DOES A LOT OF WELLNESS OR PEER SUPPORT FOR OFFICERS THAT MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH PARTICULAR SITUATIONS OR SEEN SOME THINGS THAT THAT THAT THEY NEED SOME HELP KIND OF WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH. SO IT KIND OF HELPS BUILD A HEALTHY MIND. AND ALSO, WE HAVE A WELLNESS PROGRAM INTERNALLY WITH OUR FITNESS PROGRAM, OUR ROSE STANDARDS, AND OUR GYM AS WELL TO JUST KEEP THE HEARTS, THE HEART HEALTHY AND THEN THE MIND HEALTHY AS WELL UNDER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. THIS MAINLY IS GOING TO BE OUR GENERATOR. SO WE HAVE A GENERATOR SYSTEM. SO WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT, THE BUILDING STAYS UP. OUR SPECIAL EXPENSES HAVE MAINLY TO DEAL WITH OUR CAD SYSTEM. SO THAT'S OUR OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH, OUR EMS SYSTEM, WHICH IS RECORDS AND A BUNCH OF MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS. OUR SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT IS BASICALLY THAT'S JUST KIND OF OUR BASE IN THERE. SO WHAT WE DID INCLUDE IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND THIS YEAR WAS FUNDING THE THE END OF THE YEAR CHRISTMAS AWARDS CEREMONY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST. AND THANKS TO YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE THE FIRE HAD SUCH A GREAT, SUCH A GREAT AND AWESOME JOB. WE'RE ABLE TO DO

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ALL RIGHT. OH NO. AND THEN I GUESS THE NEXT ONE BE OH, YOU WENT TO UNIFORM ALREADY.

THERE'S JUST NO THERE WAS NO FUNDED REQUEST THAT WERE IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE. ALRIGHT.

UNDER UNIFORMS LIKE SERVICES, THIS IS THE MEAT AND POTATOES. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AND PERSONNEL AND ALL THE PARTS AND CARS AND EVERYTHING THERE IN THERE, OUR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, OUR BASE BASE COST FOR THAT. IT'S JUST BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT BREAKS, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT, WHETHER IT'S JUST ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PATROL WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR ACCOUNT UNDER SPECIAL EXPENSES. WE DID DO AN INCREASE IN OUR TRAINING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS, WE BASICALLY PUT A SET AMOUNT PER OFFICER FOR TRAINING. AND BECAUSE OF COST, WE INCREASED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO IT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BUMP IN THERE AS WELL. OUR LEASE PAYMENT FOR FLEET FOR ALL THE VEHICLES. I'M NOT 100% SURE. LOUIS, HOW MANY CARS THAT IS, BUT THIS IS THIS IS A LEASE PAYMENT THAT'S MADE TO REPLACE CARS IN OUR FLEET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. MAKE SURE I HAD THAT ONE RIGHT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A LOT OF SOFTWARE THAT'S IN THERE. ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING IS ONLINE REPORTING. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US AS WELL. A LOT OF TIMES WE GET CITIZENS THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED WANT ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THERE AT THE POINT TO HELP THEM OUT. BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST NEEDING A CASE NUMBER FOR A MISSING PHONE. SOMETIMES IT'S A THEFT WITH NO SUSPECT AND THEY JUST NEED SOMETHING FOR INSURANCE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO ONLINE TO REPORT THOSE THINGS SO THEY CAN GET SERVICE FASTER. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE STATION AT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY TO TRY TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS THING. THEY JUST NEED THIS NUMBER. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM, KIND OF ASSIST WITH THAT UNDER SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. THAT'S MAINLY BASE COSTS, BUT THAT DEALS WITH AMMO, GASOLINE, UNIFORMS, AND THEN ANY KIND OF MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT THEY MAY NEED. AND THEN UTILITIES AND PERMITS AND FEES DEAL WITH THE WIRELESS CARDS. ALSO IN, AS YOU SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WHERE IT SAYS THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GRANT POSITIONS THAT WE PUT IN FOR THE FOR THE OFFICER'S POSITIONS THERE. ALSO, IT'S JUST KIND OF A REMINDER, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN A FORCE MULTIPLIER IS OUR CONTRACT WITH LISD ENDED IN LAST MONTH. SO THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOLS ARE NOW BACK IN PUT BACK INTO THE DEPARTMENT. SO IT WAS LIKE HAVING THREE NEW PEOPLE COME BACK IN TO BE ABLE TO GET PLUGGED IN TO CERTAIN OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON UNIFORM SERVICES? I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT FOR THE COPS. GRANT AND CHIEF AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOR VEHICLES AND STUFF FOR THOSE FOR PATROL OFFICERS. SO WHEN WE FIND OUT FROM THE COPS GRANT, I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, IF WE GET THAT GRANT, THEN WHAT WE LOOK AT IS PURCHASING VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. POSSIBLY AT MID-YEAR, ONCE WE CAN KIND OF GET CONFIRMED THAT THOSE POSITIONS WILL GET FUNDED BY THAT. IF NOT, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INTERNAL DISCUSSION AND SEE KIND OF THE NEXT PATH FORWARD FOR THAT. AND CHIEF MENTIONED ABOUT THE SRO OFFICERS FROM LISD, SO THAT REVENUE THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY HAS COME IN FROM LISD OVER THE YEARS. THAT WAS ALSO PULLED OUT FROM THE REVENUES THIS COMING YEAR, SINCE THEY'RE COMING BACK TO OUR OPERATIONS. SO I HAD A QUESTION. YES. SO HOW ARE WE DOING ON OUR STAFFING? WE WE HAVE 55 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS. DO WE HAVE ALL 55? ARE WE LIKE. SO I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE'VE HIRED EVERYBODY BUT ONE PERSON. SO WE'RE ALMOST ONE PERSON AWAY FROM 100%. I JUST DID INTERVIEWS YESTERDAY AND WE HIRED TWO OFFICERS LATERAL FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. SO THEY'LL BE STARTING ON AUGUST 10TH. SO WE'LL HAVE THEM IN. THEY SHOULD BE ON THE STREETS. THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED ALL OVER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. BOTH OF THEM. ONE OF THEM HAS 25. AND NO DOUBT THEY'LL BE ON THE STREET AND READY TO GO. AND WE'VE GOT TWO IN THE ACADEMY. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THEY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO BAKE, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GET THEM THROUGH SCHOOL. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET OUT, THEY'VE GOT TO DO THEIR 6 TO 8 MONTHS OF FTO TRAINING.

CAN YOU ALSO GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WERE, I THINK MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE HAVE WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE TIMES AND UP AND DOWNS AND THERE WAS A, THE, THE HARDER TIMES WHERE WE WERE AROUND 20 OFFICERS SHORT. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE COVID AND KIND OF THE CHANGES THROUGH THERE. AND WE REALLY HAD TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND THINK OF SOME WAYS TO TRY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE AND GET THEM ON BOARD. SO WE SAT DOWN WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND SOME THINGS CAME UP TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND ONE OF THAT WAS LOOKING AT OUR STEP PLAN AND REFUNDING THAT TO, TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO HERE, BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T LOSE PEOPLE FROM HERE TO OTHER PLACES. WE JUST COULDN'T GET THEM TO COME HERE FIRST BECAUSE THEY WOULD STOP AT OTHER AGENCIES BEFORE THEY WOULD COME TO US TO APPLY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT IS WE INCREASED OUR LATERAL HIRING FROM AN OFFICER FIVE TO AN

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SO IT'S NOT IN MY PARTICULAR HERE. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE FUNDED LIST, THE DRONES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WE'RE STILL DOING SOME EVALUATION WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE COSTS THAT WE HAD WAS ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT WE PUT IN DURING THE THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE HOPING CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LESS LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY STILL IN THE RUNNINGS WITH THAT. YEAH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR POLICE THAT COME IN RELATED TO LIKE FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE'RE FUNDING IT OUT OF THAT AS OPPOSED TO TAKING OUT THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT'S RELIEVING THAT STRESS FOR FUNDING FROM THAT GENERAL SIDE WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THOSE POLICE FUNDS TO HELP FUND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE SUPPORT SERVICES. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SO SUPPORT SERVICES TOTAL BUDGET IS 1.5 MILLION. KIND OF TO BREAK DOWN THE THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IS BASICALLY OUR BASE BUDGET.

SO THAT DOES A LOT WITH OUR RANGE AND VEHICLE REPAIRS AND THE VEHICLES IN THAT PARTICULAR FLEET. SPECIAL EXPENSES ARE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, RECRUITING. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY POLICING HAS ITS OWN FUND. SO WHEN IT DOES PUT ON THINGS LIKE JPACPA, WE HAVE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS UNDER SUPPLIES. THIS IS OUR UNIFORMS, OFFICE SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. AND THE UTILITIES PERMITS AND FEES ARE BASICALLY JUST CELL PHONES.

SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE ADDED, WE DID A PRINTER REPLACEMENT. SO WE'RE REPLACING THE PRINTERS THERE, THE THERMAL PRINTERS THAT WE USE FOR WRITING CITATIONS, AND THEY KIND OF GET OLD. SO WE WANT TO KIND OF GET THOSE KIND OF REPLACED. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED IN TRAINING BECAUSE OUR DIVISION THAT IS OVER OUR LICENSING, WHICH IS TCOLE, WE LIKE TO SEND THEM TO THE CONFERENCE. THAT'S WHERE THEY KIND OF LEARN THE NEWEST STANDARDS AND THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE RULES AND PRACTICES AS WELL. SO THEY WILL REVISITING ALL OF THEM TO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION. WITH LOSING THE RANGE, WHAT IS THERE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL RANGE FEES FOR THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE THAT LOSS? SO THAT'S A THAT'S KIND OF THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WHEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE RANGE AND WHEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT ONE BUILT, WE DO HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVES. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY. I KNOW THERE'S A FEE PROCESS FOR THAT, THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT IT'S KIND OF INCONVENIENT BECAUSE SO FAR OUT TOWARDS HUTTO THAN HAVING ONE IN YOUR BACKYARD. I KNOW THAT CEDAR PARK WOULD BE IN THE SAME SITUATION BECAUSE THEY DO UTILIZE OUR RANGE. WE SHARE THAT RESOURCE ALSO WITH PROBABLY MOST AGENCIES AROUND HERE AS WELL. EVEN WITH THE BULLION DEPOSITORY, THEY'LL COME OUT AND DO THEIR RANGE DAYS THERE AS WELL. SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO HOPE WE CAN GET SOMETHING IN, IN THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, A TYPICAL RANGE THAT WE HAVE NOW IS DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TO, TO BUILD AS FAR AS JUST THE CONCRETE WALLS, IT JUST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE IT JUST SITS THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. WHEN WE BUILT THE ONE OUT AT THE SEWER PLANT THAT USED TO BE OUT IN, OUT IN THE CITY, AND NOW IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF BUILT AROUND IT. SO BUT I KNOW TONY'S TEAM WAS WORKING ON THAT, AND I KNOW TODD AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, PARK HILL WAS WORKING ON OUR FACILITY MASTER PLAN. THEY MET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CHIEF, AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS THE SHOOTING RANGE AT OUR TREATMENT PLANT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO WORK ON IN TERMS OF COORDINATION, BECAUSE AS THEY'RE WORKING ON, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT TREATMENT PLAN IS, OKAY, WHAT KIND OF AREAS CAN WE POTENTIALLY MOVE THE SHOOTING RANGE TO? SO WE I THINK WE'VE LOOKED LOOKED AT THE HACKETT PROPERTY AS AN AREA OVER THERE ON HERO WAY WEST.

AND SO THAT'S AN OPTION THERE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT IS WHAT IS THE SHORT TERM PLAN FOR THAT? AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE KIND OF LONG TERM PLAN AS WELL FOR THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN. SO IT'S ALL THE PIECES RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAVE ALL KIND OF MOVING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER KIND OF SEE WHAT KIND OF, WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES WE CAN DO FOR THOSE THAT'D BE AT FY 27 IS MY QUESTION FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR OR IT WOULD IT

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AND WE'LL ROLL IT INTO THE CIP PROBABLY IT'LL PROBABLY HIT THAT THRESHOLD. SO FOR 27, THEY CAN USE THE EXISTING RANGE. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD GINA WAS 18 MONTHS OR 18 MONTHS. BUT YEAH. YES. AND AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT RANGES, THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIABLES. THERE'S OPEN AIR RANGE, THERE'S THERE'S HYBRID RANGES, AND THEN THERE'S COMPLETELY SEALED OR ENCLOSED RANGES. AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR COSTS. AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THOSE GO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU WANT LIKE TO BE OUT OF THE WAY SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT. I KNOW GEORGETOWN, WHEN THEY HAD THEIR HYBRID RANGE, THEY, THEY TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE IT WOULDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SOUND. AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR INDOOR RANGES, BUT THERE'S EXPENSE COST TO THOSE AS WELL, JUST FILTRATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YES, MA'AM. AND THEN I THINK THE NEXT ONE WAS THE SUPPLEMENTAL. YEAH. SO THIS IS A NEW FUNDED FTE FOR THIS POSITION. SO LIKE I SAID, MANY OF YOU KNOW LUANA WILCOX. SHE'S A DOES A LOT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR PLATFORMS, LIKE OUR CAD SYSTEM OR MS. GUARDIAN TRACKING DIGITAL TICKET ACTS ON ALL THAT SHE'S WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP FOR SOME SESSION PLANNING. WE KNOW SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE WITH US FOREVER, AND SHE'S ALREADY LOOKING TO MAKE SOME PLANS FOR THAT. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME ON BOARD TO KIND OF HELP LEARN THESE PARTICULAR SYSTEMS. SHE DOES ALL THESE ON HER OWN, ON TOP OF IF THERE'S EVER A REQUEST THAT COMES IN FROM ANYBODY IN THE CITY LOOKING FOR STATS ON ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING, SHE'S SHE'S THE WIZARD ON THAT STUFF. IT'S JUST SHE'LL STOP WHAT SHE'S DOING TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME HELP IN THERE SO WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT ONLY DOES SHE RUN STATS FOR THE CITY, SHE RUNS THEM FOR US. AND REALLY, WHEN ANYTIME WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON ANY PROJECTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT STATISTICS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING TO GET HER TO HELP PULL THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING SOMEBODY IN THERE TO KIND OF ASSIST AND BE THE BACKUP FOR HER. SO SHE'S OUT OR GONE. WE'RE KIND OF JUST WAITING. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO KIND OF HELP US IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT ANIMAL SERVICES. SORRY I HAD TO PUT ALL THIS ON MY IPAD AND I DIDN'T BRING IT. SO I DID IT ALL LIKE THIS, SO I APOLOGIZE.

GET THEM ALL IN ORDER HERE. ALRIGHT, SO FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, THERE WE GO. SO ANIMAL SERVICES, THEY, WE LAST YEAR WE ADDED A FOURTH ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICER. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR HOURS TO INCLUDE WEEKENDS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COVER SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AS EASILY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO THEY JUST STARTED THEIR SCHEDULE HERE COMING UP, I THINK NEXT WEEK. SO THEY'LL BE FULL TIME COVERAGE WITH OUR ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT, PART OF THEIR FEES AND THEIR CONTRACT FEES. THIS IS KIND OF THE BIG ONE BECAUSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER.

MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR. WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER. IT'S OUT IN GEORGETOWN, WHICH WE'RE PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE PART OF THAT. AND THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE THE DAILY OR THE. YEAH, I GUESS WE DAILY OPERATIONS. THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THOSE OPERATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF INSURANCES AND DIFFERENT KIND OF COSTS FOR THAT. AND THERE'S ALSO A CAPITAL SHARING COST THAT WE HAVE FOR SOME OF THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT THEY HAD BUILT AS PART OF OUR PART OF OUR SHARE OF OF THAT. AND THERE'S SOME BASE FUNDS THAT ARE IN THERE, SPECIAL EXPENSES TO DEAL WITH TRAINING, VEHICLE EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, AND JUST THE FLEET RESERVE FUND. I THINK THAT WAS FOR THEIR TRUCK THAT WE JUST HAD JUST GONE THROUGH THERE. AND THEN THERE'S SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT JUST DEALS WITH THE EVERYDAY STUFF OF UNIFORMS, MINOR EQUIPMENT, OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND JUST MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT THEY USE EVERY DAY FOR THEIR PARTICULAR JOB. AND WE ALSO INCREASE OUR TRAINING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY ADDED THAT FOURTH, FOURTH POSITION. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANIMAL SERVICES? AND I THINK THAT'S THAT SECOND PART, WHICH WE MAY HAVE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT. THAT'S THE LEANDER PORTION INCREASE FOR THE OVERALL BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL COST SHARING PART FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THOSE TWO. SO IS THAT IS THAT THE 7000 FOR THE SHELTER PLUS WHAT? NORMALLY THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL PIECE. AND HOW MUCH DOES IT NORMALLY IT WAS LAST YEAR I THINK I WROTE IT DOWN HERE. YEAH. 208 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I HAD IT. SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 300 000. AND ABOUT I MEAN I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. HOW MANY ANIMALS DO WE HAVE TO. I WOULD I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU. SO BASICALLY HOW THEY BASE OUR RATE IS OFF THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT ARE RETURNED THERE. AND THEY, THEY DIVIDE THAT AMONGST ALL THE CITIES AND HOW MANY ANIMALS ARE TAKEN TO THE SHELTER. AND THEN THEY ASSOCIATE A COST PER ANIMAL THAT'S TAKEN. SO WE DON'T TRY TO TAKE A LOT OF THEM THERE. SO OUR COST IS GENERALLY LOWER THAN MOST CITIES BECAUSE THE LADIES GOALS ARE TO RETURN THE ANIMALS TO THE PETS. IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE PET, SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE CITIZEN THAN HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT THERE. BUT THERE WILL BE SOMETIMES EVEN, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING ON THE WEEKENDS WILL HELP BECAUSE THERE'S. ON A WEEKEND THEY MAY HAVE NOT HAVE ANYBODY HERE. SO SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO TAKE THE ANIMAL OUT TO THE SHELTER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WAY TO, TO, TO REUNITE THEM. AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SCAN THE CHIP READER AT

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THERE'S A COST THERE. THIS IS FOR A CRIME SCENE VEHICLE. SO THIS WOULD BE FOR ONE OF THE NEW POSITIONS WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IS OUR VEHICLE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT REPAIRS. ANYTHING AGAIN THAT BREAKS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THAT'S WHAT THAT FUNDS FOR SPECIAL EXPENSES DEALS INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSES.

SO THESE ARE KIND OF JUST FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER INVESTIGATION THINGS MAY COME UP, WHETHER IT'S BLOOD DRAWS OR CERTAIN TYPES OF FEES THAT MAY HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS DONE, DEALING INVESTIGATIONS. THIS IS WHERE THIS FUND IS IS USED FOR.

THAT'S ALSO TRAVEL AND TRAINING. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SOFTWARE. AND WHEN YOU'RE IN INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION THAT USE FOR INVESTIGATING THESE PARTICULAR CRIMES, STUFF WITH CELL PHONES AND THINGS WITH LAPTOPS, IPADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN SUPPLIES IS MINOR. EQUIPMENT IS JUST MINOR EQUIPMENT. AGAIN, UNIFORMS, OFFICE SUPPLIES. AND THEN THE CELL PHONE IS THAT $500 DOWN THERE. SO THAT'S A YEAR COST FOR, FOR THAT NEW NEW POSITION THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT. ONE'S UP THERE. SO THE TWO NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE FUNDED IN HERE WAS A CRIME ANALYST. SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING BRAND NEW TO US.

WE'RE LIKE LEWIS SAID, WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY DEPARTMENTS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PERSON LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HIRED OUR NEWEST DETECTIVES FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THEY FIRST THING THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE WORKING, THE CASE WAS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE CRIME ANALYST.

AND WE SAID, LOOK IN THE MIRROR BECAUSE THAT'S YOU. YOU'RE THE CRIME ANALYST. SO WHAT A CRIME ANALYST BASICALLY IS. AND I'M, AND I'M GOING TO REALLY BE IT'S BASICALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO CID. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT THEY'RE VERY SPECIALIZED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS PULLING CASE INFORMATION TOGETHER. THEY CAN DO ANALYSIS ON PARTICULAR CASES. THEY BASICALLY DO THE BACK END WORK SO DETECTIVES CAN CONTINUE DOING THEIR FRONT END WORK ON SOME THINGS, AND THEY CAN START COMPILING ALL THE INFORMATION AND DATA TOGETHER ON MULTIPLE CASES, SEE HOW THEY CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE SAME PERSON DOING THE SAME THING. SO THEY'RE JUST A GREAT RESOURCE. AND THEY'RE PARTICULARLY TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SPECIFICALLY.

AND WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH EVIDENCE. AND THE SECOND POSITION IS A CRIME SCENE AND EVIDENCE SPECIALIST. SO THIS IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE SUPERVISOR AND ONE CRIME SCENE PERSON. THEY BOTH THEY BOTH DO THE SAME ROLES TOGETHER. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THEY'RE BOTH OUT OR ONE'S OUT. AND THAT KIND OF PUTS US BEHIND AND THEY BOTH ARE ON CALL ALL THE TIME. SO THIS, THIS THIRD PARTY WOULD ACTUALLY HELP US WITH SOME ONE KIND OF HELP BREAK IT APART WHERE SUPERVISORS HELPING, BUT SHE'S SUPERVISING TWO PEOPLE AND TEACHING THEM KIND OF WHAT, HOW TO WORK THE PARTICULAR PIECES. TYPICALLY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WORK CRIME SCENE IN ONE THAT WILL WORK THE EVIDENCE PIECE, BECAUSE EVIDENCE IS SO MORE METICULOUS WHEN TRYING TO GET IT IN AND LOGGED IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE ISSUE WE'VE JUST HAD THE TWO AND WE'VE RUN INTO PROBLEMS WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, OR WE JUST HAD THE ONE AND WE NEEDED TWO ON A PARTICULAR SCENE. SO THIS WOULD JUST BE ADDING A THIRD PERSON IN THAT GROUP TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. SO I KNOW WE NEED A NEW POLICE STATION. ANY MORE SPACE AND EVERYTHING. AND IT KIND OF TIES INTO THIS EVIDENCE SPECIALIST KIND OF THING. SO HOW ARE WE SITTING ON SPACE FOR OUR EVIDENCE ROOM OR ALL THAT, OR DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR IF WE EXPAND OUT OF THAT TO, OR ARE WE ALREADY PUTTING IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT? WELL, I ALWAYS JOKE WITH CHIEF. HE HAS HE'S TRYING TO GET FIRE STATION SIX. I'M TRYING TO GET PD ONE. JUST NEED, JUST NEED. I JUST NEED ONE. BUILDING IS ALL I NEED. BUT WE ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OVER. WE HAVE FOUND SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SPACE AND SOME WITH MICRO CUBICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE ONE ROOM AND PUT SIX DETECTIVES IN THERE COMFORTABLE IN THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE CROWDED. IT'S SMALL, BUT WE HAD SOME WE HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING SOME OFFICES FOR FOR STORAGE. SO THAT'S THE OTHER PART. WE'RE KIND OF LOSING SOME OF THOSE STORAGE PIECES BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO CONVERT THOSE TO OFFICES AND EVEN SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT WE HAVE. LIKE WE'LL LOOK AT CONVERTING THOSE EVENTUALLY UNTIL WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STAGE OF WHEN WE CAN GET THE NEXT BUILDING AND GET THAT KIND OF SET UP. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING, IT'S BEEN GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, I ALWAYS SAY IT'S PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG. YOU KNOW, IT'S KEEPING IT BEAUTIFUL, KEEPING IT GOING. BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S, IT'S BEEN VIABLE BUILDING FOR US. IT'S JUST WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF THAT, THAT VALUED SPACE. AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH PARK HILL AND, AND WITH THEM. AND WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE STUDY WITH THEM ON JUST SPACE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I STILL THINK WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM LEFT, BUT WE'RE GETTING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TIGHT. AND EVEN WHEN THE, THE, WHEN I HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LIEUTENANTS ABOUT THESE POSITIONS, IT WAS LIKE FIRST QUESTION WAS, I KNOW YOU WANT THEM. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM? BECAUSE WE HAVE A

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ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS. SO THIS IS THE HEART OF OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. IT'S OUR COMM CENTER. THEIR THEIR BUDGET HERE IS 1.9 MILLION. THEIR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS OUR COUNTY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT. SO WE DO HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR RADIOS WITH THEM. THAT'S AN A ANNUAL FEE. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IS BASICALLY PART OF OUR EVENTIDE SYSTEM AND SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE TO OUR SYSTEMS IN THERE. OUR SPECIAL EXPENSES ARE GOING TO BE TRAVEL TRAINING SOFTWARE AND DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. SO SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION OPERATORS ARE IN PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT KIND OF HELP WITH GETTING SUPPLEMENTING WITH SOME TRAINING OR GET TRAINING. AND THEN SUPPLIES IS JUST BASICALLY UNIFORMS, OFFICE SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. AND THE UTILITY FEES WOULD BE THE CABLE AND INTERNET FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING OR THE INTERNET SERVICES THAT WE HAVE INSIDE OUR BUILDING. AND THEN FOR THIS ONE, WE HAD ONE FUNDED REQUEST, WHICH WOULD BE A, ANOTHER COMMUNICATION OPERATOR FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. SO THAT WOULD PUT US AT 17 COMM OPERATORS IN THERE. SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP OUT DURING PEAK HOURS. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN THERE TO KIND OF HELP JUST, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AT SOME ONE POINT, WE MAY HAVE 18 OFFICERS ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S WHEN WITH THE DAY SHIFT AND THE TRAFFIC UNITS OUT AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE IN THERE. AND IT KIND OF HELPS WITH IF SOMEBODY'S SICK OR IF SOMEBODY'S OUT ON FMLA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE THAT EXTRA PERSON IN THERE TO HELP CALM PALM CENTER. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE. THIS IS SPECIAL. SO THIS IS SPECIAL OPERATIONS. SO SPECIAL OPERATIONS, LIKE I SAID, USED TO BE A DIVISION THAT WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED UP A LITTLE BIT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO CHANGE THE NAME HERE BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK A LOT MORE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF AND LOGISTICS STUFF. BUT SO WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES.

THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE MOVED OUT OF THIS BUDGET AND MOVED TO OTHER BUDGETS, BUT BASICALLY THEIR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY VEHICLE REPAIRS AND EQUIPMENT. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A THEME HERE, SPECIAL EXPENSES, SO THAT THAT FUNDS OUR CTRS TEAM, WHICH IS OUR SWAT TEAM. SO ALL THEIR FUNDING COMES OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM TRAVEL AND TRAINING, AND THEN SOME OF THEIR SOFTWARE SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT ARE UNIFORMS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND MINOR EQUIPMENT. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A TRANSFER OUT. SO THE PERSON THAT'S IN THAT POSITION IS MOVING THAT THAT POSITION MOVED OVER TO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. AND THAT'S OUR OUR TASK FORCE OFFICER THAT'S THERE. SO HE MOVED OVER. SO WE JUST MOVED HIS FUNDS OUT AND MOVED THEM OVER TO THE TO THE CIP FUND. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? AND THERE WERE NO THERE WERE NO FUNDED REQUESTS THERE. I THINK THAT'S IS THAT IT? YEAH. HOW LONG WAS IT. I KNOW SOMEBODY WAS TIMING IT TIE. WE SAVED THE VERY BEST BUDGET FOR LAST DEPARTMENT. THAT'S Y'ALL'S. AND THE Y'ALL'S IS VERY SIMPLE. KIND OF LIKE SEE SECRETARY YOUR MAIN PRIMARIES OR MEMBERSHIP AND DUES IN YOUR TRAVEL AND TRAINING. SO WITH THOSE DUES WE HAVE CAP COG, WE HAVE ICSETML, NLC AND THE CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. BUT THOSE ARE OUR PRIMARY AND THEN TRAVEL TO THE CONFERENCES. AND SPEAKING OF TRAVEL, TML ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS COMING UP NOVEMBER THE 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH AND HOUSING OPENS AUGUST THE 4TH. SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO ATTEND, IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET Y'ALL REGISTERED AND GET HOUSING WHEN IT OPENS AT 10 A.M. ON FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE. SORRY, THE TRANSFERS OUT IS THE MEMBERSHIP. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SORRY. THE TRANSFERS OUT IS THE MEMBERSHIPS OR PRIMARY YOUR TRANSFERS OUT? I'D HAVE TO HAVE LEWIS HELP WITH THAT. OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT MEANT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NO, SHE'S SAYING THE DUES WERE UNDER. YES. I'M SORRY. SPECIAL. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DUES AND EVERYTHING ARE GOING TO BE UNDER YOUR SPECIAL EXPENSES. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SUPPLIES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE NEW IPADS AND THINGS IN OFFICE SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU. DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR OUR MEALS, LIKE OUR DINNERS? THEY COME UNDER MEETINGS. WE HAVE A CATEGORY MEETINGS AND THAT'S UNDER THERE. BUT THIS BUDGET OR IT'S IN ALL YOUR BUDGETS. SO YES, OKAY. THE THE TRANSFER OUT IS TO THE PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE FUND THAT AMOUNT. YES. GOTCHA. AND SO IS

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AFTER THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO START DECONSTRUCTING THE BUDGET AND RECONSTRUCTING IT BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF BUILT IT ON KIND OF JUST KIND OF TACKING THINGS ALONG. BLESS YOU. SO WE'LL KIND OF REPURPOSE THESE THINGS AS WE GO. OKAY. THANKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT UNDER THE SPECIAL EXPENSE, OTHER, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE. THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE COUNCIL ACTIVITY HAPPENING NOW. SO WE'RE DOING MORE TRAVEL AND TRAINING. WE'RE DOING THOSE TRIPS TO ICSC. WE'RE DOING TRIPS TO DC, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE CONNECTIONS.

SO SO WE JUST HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. AND I THINK WE HAD PROGRAMED A CERTAIN NUMBER FOR COUNCIL, I THINK IT WAS 8000 PER COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO ON AVERAGE TO, TO FUND DIFFERENT TRAVEL TRAINING CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU MAY NEED TO GO TO. SO IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THIS MOVING FORWARD INTO THE YEAR, WE CAN. BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK FOR US NOW MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THINGS WE'RE STARTING TO GET INVOLVED WITH, OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL LINKAGES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE RESOURCING Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THOSE THINGS.

DO THOSE PLACES HOLD THE EVENTS THAT WE NEED TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD GO.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS HERE ARE. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEM BUDGET. SO QUESTION FOR YOU. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE TAKEAWAY BEFORE WE GET BACK AND TALK ABOUT KIND OF ANY KIND OF GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO LAUNCH INTO IT? YOU'RE READY TO GO? OKAY, SO WE

[7. Provide City Staff Direction on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget]

IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, THIS IS CRITICAL. THIS IS WHERE IT FITS ON YOUR CRITICALITY KIND OF CONTINUUM, IF YOU WILL. SO IT'S A 0 TO 10 ON THERE. AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THAT KEY THING THERE IS YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHERE COUNCIL IS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNING APPROPRIATELY IN THAT EFFORT. SO WHAT KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT? AGAIN, TAB FIVE. THESE ARE THIS IS INFORMATION ON TAB FIVE I HAD SENT OUT A WHILE BACK AFTER OUR COUNCIL RETREAT. I CAN RESEND THIS INFORMATION IF Y'ALL NEED ME TO OR IF YOU WANT HARD COPIES, I CAN, I CAN PRESENT THAT FOR YOU. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF OUR BIBLE AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT OUR PARTICIPATION PROCESS. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK TO YOU GUYS AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK FOR US MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT STEPS. NO, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS ASKED THE QUESTIONS AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MADE SUGGESTIONS. AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A LIST OF THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK AND BRING BACK TO US TO MAKE SURE, BEFORE WE GET READY TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE BUDGET, THAT THOSE THINGS ARE OUTLINED. SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO COUNCILMAN AFTER. I WILL BE BRIEF. DON'T CALL ME ON THE CLOCK, THOUGH. BUT NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF OF THE CITY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTARY AND TAKING NOTES. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG FRIDAY FOR YOU ALL, AND YOU DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK, BUT IT REALLY JUST APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US

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SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? AS WE'RE TALKING TO DEPARTMENTS THAT STRUCK YOU TODAY, RICH, YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT. YOU WANT US TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT AS WE HUDDLE BACK UP? NOT FOR ME. I THINK SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET TO OUR POPULATION NUMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING THE PROPER RESOURCES BASED ON A REALISTIC NUMBER THAT WE PLAN TO GROW TO? AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN THERE. SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THAT FORMULA IS GOING TO BE USED ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT AND NOT ONE DEPARTMENT DOING ONE THING AND ESTIMATING ONE THING AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING SOMETHING ELSE. SO CONSISTENCY WAS MY BIG CONCERN. AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THIS. SO AND I THINK ALL THE OTHER ADDITIONS WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 12 TO 18 MONTHS WITH THE CITY MANAGER STAFF AND SOME OF THE OTHER STAFFING THAT WE NEEDED FOR SENIOR CENTER AND THINGS IN PARKS AND REC. SO THESE ARE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SO I DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS. I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING SOMEWHERE. JUST I KNOW THAT I'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS REGARDING SENIOR AND DISABLED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND THAT OTHER AREAS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THOSE. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAYBE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I WOULD SAY FOR ME, THE ONLY THING THAT I, I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS NECESSARILY MORE CLARIFICATION OR JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, MORE SPECIFICS IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WITH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES. LIKE, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE KIND OF DANCING AROUND SOME POTENTIAL INCREASES THERE. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE. LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT I THINK ARE PRUDENT. AND, AND IT ALSO KIND OF STARTS TO BEG OTHER QUESTIONS WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. SO I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE FIRST RUN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT ONE PARTICULAR POINT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, AND SO THE EFFORT THAT THAT GINA SPEARHEADING ON THAT WASTEWATER SIDE WILL BE A HUGE PIECE THAT WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO BEGIN TO QUANTIFY THAT. YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TYPE OF USES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY A 75% RATE INCREASE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, A VERY AGGRESSIVE KIND OF BUILD OUT KIND OF SCENARIO. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LAY OUT HERE SOME OPTIONS IS SAY, OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT SOME KIND OF SOME STEP UP COMPONENTS? MISS SPONSOR AND I WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT RATE ADJUSTMENTS POTENTIALLY AND POTENTIAL RATE STUDY, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT, IF WE, YOU KNOW, DO WE LOOK AT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING WITH BASE RATES SO WE CAPTURE MORE BASE RATE AND THEN SHIFT MORE TO VOLUMETRIC RATES. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. THAT WORKS IN TWO WAYS. ONE IS KEEPING THE COMMUNITY AS AFFORDABLE AS

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SO JUST UNDER 40,039. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PROGRAM THOSE IN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IS TO CREATE A BASELINE HOURLY RATE OF $20 AN HOUR. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY PART TIMERS, WHO ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT.

AND WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS RETAIL STORES, I MEAN, YOU CAN WORK IN A RETAIL OUTLET NOW AND BE PAID 16 OR 17 BUCKS AN HOUR. SO WE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE COMPENSATING BETTER IN SOME OF OUR CASES THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE. SO, SO THERE'S SOME COMPONENTS LIKE THAT THAT WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT AND BRING BACK TO YOU AS COMPONENTS OF THE OVERALL COMPENSATION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO AND THAT WOULD BE ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS. SO IT WOULDN'T BE JUST CONCENTRATED. I THINK WE RAN AN INITIAL NUMBER ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL PART TIME AND AND FULL TIME POSITIONS, IT'S ABOUT $123,000 OF COST ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. SO WE'LL BREAK THAT OUT BY FUNDS. SO TO 80% TO GET EVERYBODY TO JUST GET RIGHT UP TO THE $20 AN HOUR. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO WORK TWO, THREE JOBS TO TRY TO STRETCH IT AND MAKE ENDS MEET. AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S A LOAD. SO, SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOU ALSO TO CONSIDER AS PART OF AN OVERALL PACKAGE. SO THAT'S, I THINK ALL WE HAVE MAYOR FOR YOU TODAY. OKAY. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS ASKED THEIR QUESTIONS. AND YES, THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID TO PUT THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER FOR US AND ALL THE DETAIL FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR BUDGETS. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, STAFF ALSO APPRECIATE IT. NOT ONLY DID THEY DO ALL THIS, THEY TOOK CARE OF THE BUSINESS THAT WE NEEDED TO. AND THEY ALSO LEARNED A NEW BUDGET SOFTWARE SYSTEM ON TOP OF ALL THAT. EXCELLENT. A LOT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, I APPREC

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.