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ALRIGHT.[Work Session on July 24, 2023]
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER ON JULY 24TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM UH, ROLL CALL.AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, PUBLIC S ALRIGHT, MATT HERE.
ANYBODY, WE'LL MOVE TO NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF CITY PROPOSED.
OH, WE
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OPEN EVERY MEETING, WHICH PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT, BUT WE CAN DO ANOTHER ONE END.
UH, BUT I THINK BY LAW DO AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE COULD DO IT AT THE END.
AND THE BEGINNING, I GUESS, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY PROPOSED FY 2024 BUDGET AND FY 20 24, 28 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND YOU TURNED IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
BUT I DO WANNA SAY I, UH, WE ARE KICKING OFF THE LEAGUE CITY COWBOY HUGE FOOTBALL SEASON TODAY.
I'D BE UP OVER THERE TO KICK THAT OFF, UH, AROUND SIX 30.
SO I'LL GET UP AND LEAVE AND COME THIS OVERSEAS
BUT, UH, JOHN, WITH THAT MAYOR, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE DID C I P LAST WEEK AND SO GET STARTED WITH THE, UH, REGULAR CITY BUDGET.
I'LL TURN IT UP TO ANGIE TO BE QUICK WITH EVERYBODY'S TIME.
SHE'LL GO OVER THE HANDOUTS WE HAVE AND THEN GET STARTED ON THE PART.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF PASSED OUT.
THE FIRST ONE HAS THE L C T X LOGO AT THE TOP.
THIS IS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE LAST WORKSHOP.
I I ALSO SEND AN EMAIL, UM, WEEK BEFORE, WALKED OVER HERE THIS EVENING WITH THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A, A PRINTOUT AS WELL.
THERE IS ONE QUESTION, I BELIEVE IT HAD TO DO WITH WINDFIELD.
WE DO HAVE A RESPONSE, UM, TOGETHER, BUT WE JUST NEEDED A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, CLARIFIED AND WE WILL GET THAT SENT OUT, UM, SOMETIME THIS WEEK, HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW.
UM, ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE IN HERE THAT HAS THE NEW LOGO WITH THE COVERS ACROSS THE TOP.
THIS IS TONIGHT'S AGENDA BY DEPARTMENT AND IT HAS PAGE NUMBERS, SO IT REFERENCES WHICH PAGE THAT DEPARTMENT CAN BE FOUND IN THE BINDER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA WORK OFF OF IS EVENING.
THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE PAGER, UM, WITH NO LOGO AND THE TOP LINE.
SO PROPOSED BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
THIS IS JUST A, A VERY, UH, CONDENSED VERSION OF THE OVERVIEW THAT I PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF REQUESTS TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT WASN'T ALSO THE BUDGET LETTER OR THE CITYWIDE SUMMARY THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS A LITTLE SHORTER VERSION.
AND THEN JUST FOR EASE, UH, TONIGHT THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS THE HEADERS AND FITTERS FOR PAGE 3 24 WITH
THIS IS ACTUALLY A COPY OF PAGE 3 24 FROM THE BINDER.
IT HAS THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS AT THE TOP AND THEN THE NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS SO THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH IN YOUR BOOK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING FOR A DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THAT, SO STARTING THIS EVENING, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE IT AND FACILITY DIRECTORATE.
THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FACILITIES, CIVIC CENTER, AND BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. WE DO HAVE SLIDES ON EACH OF THOSE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, IF WE DO NOT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ALONG.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE ON IT IS THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, UM, THAT WE ALSO CAN COVER IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THAT DIRECTORATE.
SO THAT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S FACILITIES, CIVIC CENTER AND
THE TECHNOLOGY FUND OF COURSE.
QUESTION ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'RE ADDING THAT H V A C SPECIALIST.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT EMPLOYEE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR OUTSOURCED H V A C WORK OR YES, SIR.
ALREADY A LOT OF, BUT WE, LIKE ALONE, WE'D PROBABLY SAY RECENTLY 30 GRAND ACCOUNTS DOING THE COMPRESSOR WORK HIMSELF.
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AND SO WE HAVE ENOUGH, WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK FOR SHOULD WE, SO YOU NEED AIR CONDITIONING IN THE BUILDINGS IS I CAN TURN IT OFF.IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO IP, IT'S MORE RELATED TO SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT I THINK YOU'RE THE BIGGEST INTERFAITH WITH THAT QUESTION.
AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS.
THEY'RE REQUESTED FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AT $3,500 A PIECE FOR NEW RADIOS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S THE PUBLIC WORKS RADIOS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ON THE SAME SAFETY NETWORK.
IS THAT CORRECT? JODY AND I TEAMED UP ON THAT.
WE HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST, PROBABLY IN 2010, SPENT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OR REPLACED ALL PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS AND ALL THOSE RADIOS WENT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, WE HAD, I SENT SOMETHING TO JOHN AND ABOUT LOOKING TO REPLACE PUBLIC SAFETY AT ABOUT 1.6 MILLION IN A FIVE YEAR LEASE.
UM, PRIOR TO THAT, JODY, TO IN WHAT HE NEEDED, BECAUSE WE HAD NONE TO END DOWN AT THAT TIME IF WE COULD, AND JODY AND I TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, MAKING SURE HE'S HOMICIDE THAT MONEY, JOHNNY AN THAT TO POLICE OR POLICE OR FIRE FIRST.
AND WHENEVER THEY GET THE NEW ONE, WHICH WE'LL HAVE, THEY HAVE CELLULAR BUILT IN RADIO SALES BAIL AND GIVE THOSE ON RADIO RADIOS TO PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THEY NEED THE, THE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, BUT THERE'S $3,500 DOWN BECAUSE THE ENCRYPTION IS NOT CRITICAL PUBLIC WORKS.
JUST, YEAH, JUST SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT THOSE RADIO 3,500 FEET, THAT'S, THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR IT.
IT WASN'T DIRECTLY IT, BUT HE'S THE GUY.
SO IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH GENERAL TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S MY KIDS.
YOU'RE DOING, OH, SO WE'RE DOING FACILITIES ALSO.
SO FOR RIGHT NOW, HE HAS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS ON FACILITIES CIVIC CENTER, BIG LEAGUE DRAIN OR TECHNOLOGY EVENT OR HIS SPECIFICALLY.
I, I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO MOVE ON TO THE OTHER AREAS.
BEFORE WE GO TO YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF YOU LOOK IN HERE, YOU HAVE $125,000 PER COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS AND THEN YOU CAN REALLY GO TO THE NEXT PAGE AND IT'S THE LIBRARY AND THEY HAVE $13,000.
IS THERE A DIFFERENTIATION? IS THIS $125,000 CITYWIDE OR THAT IS CITYWIDE.
SO THEN WHY ON THE, ON THE NEXT ONE, ON THE VERY NEXT APARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE REDUNDANT $13,000 FOR PARTICULAR BASIN, SOMETHING WAS TODAY.
I THINK ANDREW, PICK THAT UP BECAUSE I DON'T, ON THE LIBRARY, I BELIEVE THOSE COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS ARE FOR THE ONE THAT PUBLIC USES.
AND WHAT'S IN RYAN'S BUDGET IS FOR THE STAFF COMPUTER.
NO, THAT'S, AND I, I, I NOTICED FORGET ABOUT THE PUBLIC THAT MINE IS CITYWIDE AND JUST FOR THOSE 2020 ISH PUBLIC.
WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE DID FACILITIES.
YOUR YES, MR. NUMBER ONE, UM, DISPOSITION OF THE FOOD BUILDING BECAUSE LAST YEAR, THE BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING ON THE MARKET, WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT'S, I'LL HAND THAT OFF TO JOHN.
WE'RE, WE'RE STILL MARKETING IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION AT EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE'LL BE ALL STATUS ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE MARK.
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WE'RE STILL IN THE BUSINESS TRYING TO SELL BACK.UM, AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, THE FACILITY WAS, UM, WHAT IS THE, WHY SO MUCH? THE INCREASE IN GLASS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY FAILURE EQUIPMENT? WE'VE HAD THE ARCHITECT OUT AND THERE'S BEEN THREE PANELS IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS THAT HAVE STRUCTURALLY CRACKED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS?
ARE WE LOOKING TO MARKET THE ELECTRICITY CONTRACT OR WHEN DO WE, WHEN DO WE DO THAT? AS WE SIT HERE? I DON'T RECALL THE LAST TIME WE DID AN EXTENSION.
IT WAS FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT I'LL NEED TO GET, I'LL NEED TO GET BACK WITH YOU AND TELL YOU WHEN THAT EXPIRES.
SO WE LOCKED IN RATES WHEN THEY WERE VERY, VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, AGO BEFORE THE PRIOR CONTRACT EXPIRED.
WE'LL GET, WE'LL CALL BACK UP.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
BUT RATES CONTINUE TO GO WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE LOCK IT IN OR THIS NOT A VARIABLE OVER.
WE LOCK, WE LOCKED IT IN AT A FIXED PRICE.
NEXT PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
SO PROJECT OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
THE ONLY ONE CONCERN THAT I REALLY HAD ON PROJECT MANAGER,
WE ONLY HAVE TWO PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE
MAYBE, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE NEXT YEAR BUDGET WE COULD PUT A FEW MORE MEASUREMENTS NOTED.
NEXT HOME IS GONNA BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THIS IS THEIR OPERATIONS ON PAGE 1 37.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I GO? I HAVE ONE QUESTION CHIEF ON THE CONTRACT SERVICES REAL QUICK.
HEY JUDGE, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE COFFEE CONTRACT LOOK LIKE? REPORT? I'M SEEING ALL, I'M SEEING ALL THREE COFFEE.
WHAT DID WE GIVE UP TO WHERE THIS POPPED UP? SO COFFEE IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED, UM, MAINLY IN THE PURCHASING, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.
BUT, UH, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S AT OFFICES AT 500, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE IT PUT INTO
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THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEY SPLIT THE, UH, COST OF THE COFFEE.SO THAT, SO THAT WOULD BE ENGINEERING PLANNING, PLANNING, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND BUILDING.
UM, ON THE UH, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES, WE HAVE PUBLIC SEARCH SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
IS THAT A, WE COULD TIE IN THAT WE COULD BUY THE SAME SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR WHEN THEY BACKGROUND CHECKS BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT PUBLIC SEARCH WILL REALLY ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS AS WELL.
I DUNNO, I DUNNO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE SEPARATED OR WE COULD HAVE ONE ACCOUNT MULTIPLE.
WE, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT, WE HAVE WE SORT INVESTIGATIVE STUFF AS WELL.
UH, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ON, UM, ADVERTISING AND RECORDING.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S FILES TO FILE LIENS FOR A PAID PROPERTY, UH, LEAVING THE LEASES.
ARE THOSE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BILLED TO WHOEVER WE'RE FILING A LIEN AGAINST AND ALSO THE LIEN RELEASE INSTEAD OF US PAYING FOR IT? SO WILL FIVE GRAND A YEAR REVENUE COMES, IS THAT WHEN WE AB A BETA PROPERTY, WE ACTUALLY DO PUT IT IN AS PART OF THE CASE THAT WE HAVE TO RECOVER.
UH, WHENEVER WE DO END UP HAVING TO, UH, RELEASE A LIE THAT THE CITY PAYS FOR, IT'S ONLY IF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD IN A SHERIFF'S CELL, THEN UM, THE COUNTY DOES, UH, TRY TO GATHER SOME OF THE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY.
BUT IF NOT, THEN THAT'S THE ONLY FEES THAT THE CITY IS A PAYING AND A OUS IN THAT INSTANCE.
WHERE'S THE CORRESPONDING REVENUE COME BACK INTO THE BUDGET? SO IT SHOWS THAT COST FOR Y'ALL, THAT REVENUE VALUE AND THAT DETAIL IS GONNA BE BEHIND THE DEFENDANT TAB.
IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST THREE PAGES FOR THE GENERAL CLERK AND I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER CHARGES FOR SERVICE OR ACTUALLY IT'S PROBABLY
AND THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, LIKE, UM, POOL COVERS FOR ABANDONED PROPERTY, WE GO AFTER THAT.
ANY ANY FEES THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, PUT INTO ABATEMENT OF ANY KIND, WE DO INVOICE THAT PROPERTY FOR THAT.
AND EVEN IF, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT, THAT THE HAD A SHERIFF'S CELL AND THEY NEED THE RELEASE, WE SEND A RELEASE TO THEM, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE RECORDING OF IT OUTTA THEIR POCKET.
UM, SO AT LEAST WE, WE MAY LOSE OUT ON THE RECORDING OF IT BEING RECORDED THE LIE.
BUT, UH, SINCE WE CAN'T RECOVER THE, THE RELEASE OF IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO RECORD THAT DOCUMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC WORKS AND ADMINISTRATION.
SO THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS AN EXECUTIVE ADMIN, I BELIEVE AUSTIN, THEY HAVE THEIR THREE.
SO, AND THEY HAVE UM, ONE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
IT'S THE TRUE PRESERVATION FUND, WHICH IS A DEPARTMENT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT C I P? UM, IN THE C I P I NOTICED FOR STUDENTS ON REINVESTMENT, YOU HAD THE OPTIC COMM SYSTEM AND THE LIGHTING RESEARCH, THE WAY THE INVESTMENT WAS ALWAYS DONE IS IT WAS TO BRING A FAILING PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BACK TO A USABLE STATE.
NOT NECESSARILY UPGRADE, WONDERING WHY THAT WAS PUT REINVESTMENT AND NOT AS NEW CAPITAL PROJECT.
WELL THE OPCON, WE, WE'VE HAD THEM SINCE I'VE GOT HERE 12 YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW THIS WORKING AND SO THAT'S WHY I HAD LOTS
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IN THERE.THE STREET SIGNS ARE, THE STREET SIGNS ARE NEW.
SO THE OPTICON, BUT IT'S UPGRADING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO YOU'RE, SO THE OPTICS THAT ARE AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, YOU'RE JUST REPLACING THE WORKLOAD? YES SIR.
JUST, JUST TO KEEP IT SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN EMERGENCY MODE TRYING TO, SO 'CAUSE THEY'RE OVER 12 YEARS OLD NOW.
THREE TIMES ARE NICE, BUT THEY'RE NICE TO HAVE NOT MEANS TO HAVE THEM.
SO, BUT IF THAT'S THE ONLY PART OF IT THAT'S NOT AN ACTUAL REINVESTMENT.
YOU SAID SAID, I'M SORRY, HEARING WHAT'S INCIDENTALS FROM MEETING, IS THAT JUST KINDA SHORT OF EXPLANATION MEETING? IS THAT FEWER REFRESHMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SUPPLIES FOR THE MEETING? WHAT, WHAT ABOUT
SO I HAVE BEEN USING THAT MOSTLY FOR, UH, KEEP OUR TIMINGS, YOU KNOW, TUNED UP OUR SIGNAL.
WE'RE MOVING INTO THE, UM, ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE.
SO I'LL SLOWLY DECREASE THAT, BUT I STILL NEED IT.
I STILL NEED TO DO SOME STUFF.
THEN WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT IN THERE FOR WHEN WE HAVE STORM WATER STUFF THAT COMES UP.
UH, WE HAVE INCIDENTAL CENTRALIZED SURVEYS.
UH, EVERY YEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMES UP OR JUST SMALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LEVEL EXPENSES.
SO WE ASK QUESTION, BUT SOMETIMES WE, YOUR HONOR.
I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY IF I'M ASKING SOME QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
A LOT OF Y'ALL SOUND MUFFLED WHEN Y'ALL ARE TALKING.
SO Y'ALL MAY HAVE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION ON PUBLIC WORKS, LOOKING AT THE STREETS AND, AND LIKE SIDEWALKS, YOU, YOU AND I HAVE HAD TALKS ABOUT THIS
IS THIS, IS THIS BECAUSE OF CONTRACT? IS THIS BECAUSE OF LIKE TREES? TREES AND DAMAGED SIDEWALKS? HOW MUCH BRING STUFF? MOST OF THAT DAMAGE IS, UH, DUE TO THE NATURAL SETTLEMENT AND TREES.
TREES BETWEEN THE CURB AND SIDEWALKS.
SO THAT'S REALLY PREVALENT ON THE EAST SIDE.
UH, OTHERWISE IT'S NATURAL SETTLEMENT OVER TIME.
YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK PANEL SHIFT AND WE CAN GET OUT OF 88 COMPLIANCE AND UH, I THINK OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS SEVEN 50,000 A YEAR THAT WE, UH, SPEND ON THAT.
UH, AND WE DO SOME OF, WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE CONCRETE CREW THAT DOES, UH, SOME UTILITY, UH, REPAIRS THAT ARE RELATED TO UTILITY CUTS AND UTILITY ACTIVITIES.
UH, DRIVEWAYS, UH, THEY, THEY DO INCIDENTAL FILLING WORK.
REASON WHY I ASK THIS IS I KNOW THAT MATTER OF FACT, I, IT'S UH, CHRIS CARPENTER, CHRIS CARPENTER, I'VE ALSO MET WITH
ALMOST ALL OF 'EM I'M SEEING OVER IN MY AREA, WEST SIDE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE FOR AN OAK TREE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR FOOT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TREE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING PLANTED IN THE MIDDLE.
MY PROBLEM THERE IS, IS THAT THEY'RE COMING, THEY'RE PLANTING THE TREES.
THESE TREES ARE GROWING, THEY'RE DESTROYING SIDEWALK AND THEY'RE COSTING US MONEY THAT WE CAN BE PUT IN OTHER PROJECTS FOR SOME THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO BE WITH.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING ON THAT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO TREE, I GUESS TREE DAMAGE, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT COST, BUT I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFHAND, I'D TELL YOU PROBABLY 50% OF WHAT WE SPEND ON SIDEWALKS IS DUE THE EAST SIZE.
SO
IS THERE ANYTHING STREETS, OR I HAD A QUESTION, I HAD A QUESTION ON THE, UH, TREE PRESERVATION FUND OR MAYBE JUST A QUESTION FOR BRING THIS BACK, BUT, UH, I THINK WE HAD TALKED AT ONE POINT ABOUT THE CITY GROWING ACORNS, DOING THE OAKS RUNNING THAT PROJECT OURSELF.
ARE WE TO REPLACE WITH KIND OF SOME OF THE OLDER, YOU HAD TO TEAR OUT A TREE AND LARGE, ONE OF THOSE LARGE KIND OF HERITAGE JOKES THROWING SOMETHING TO REPLACE THEM EVENTUALLY? WE STILL DOING THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, BUT I REALLY, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT ONE.
I KNOW CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY GIVES YOU AN ANSWER.
BUT, UH, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD RIGHT NOW, BUT
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THE LAST I HEARD SHE DID HAVE SOME COUNTRY SIGN INCREASE.SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST PAST SEASON FUEL INCREASE, FUEL INCREASE, PASS THEIR CONCERNS.
SO ON ENGINEERING, ON PUBLIC LEARNING PROGRAMS, WE HAVE WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, SO, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM FOR US.
UM, THIS PUBLIC OUTREACH IS PART OF THE C R S PROGRAM THAT HELPS US GET POINTS WHERE FLOOD INSURANCE, UM, WHERE WE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO, DO OURSELVES BE A PART OF GALVESTON COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY, UM, HARRIS, HARRIS COUNTY.
THE CHIEFEST OPTION IN HAS BEEN, SO WE'VE DONE THOSE AGREEMENTS AND IT'S BEEN $20,000 ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST, UM, INSURANCE'S.
SO THEY'LL DO MAILERS EACH YEAR.
THEY'LL DO PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS EACH YEAR THAT DOES THAT ADVERTISEMENT, FLOOD INSURANCE AND STREET FLOODING.
YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK OUT FOR
AND, AND IT COVERS THE ENTIRE CITY EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY.
THE, YOU SAID YOU, WE DIDN'T GO WITH CAL COUNTY 'CAUSE THEY WERE MORE EXPENSIVE IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.
SO, UH, WITH COUNTY IS KIND OF A PER CAPITA TYPE DEAL.
SO SINCE, YOU KNOW, 80, 85% CITY IS AT GALSON COUNTY.
I'M, I'M GONNA RUN, I'M GONNA TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO REQUEST.
SO ON THE SCREEN, UM, THE POWER UPGRADES WE HAVE FOR TEXAS NEW MEXICO AND MAPLE LEAF JAR, THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO GO FROM THE WOODEN TO THE CONCRETE, UM,
AND THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT THIRD ITEM THERE FOR HOBBS, UM, AND
BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF CHRISTOPHER SIMS, THE FIRST THING I THINK OF IS ENGINEERING.
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AND HE HAD TAKEN AN ITEM COUNCIL A MONTH AGO FOR THAT.AND I HAD WRITTEN THE FUNDING TO PLANNING, BUT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, I INADVERTENTLY TOLD THE ANALYST ENGINEERING, 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING IT WAS CHRISTOPHER SIMS AGENDA ITEM.
SO CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY IN THE BOOK, IT'S SHOWN IN ENGINEERING, BUT WE WILL MOVE IT FOR THE DOCUMENT THAT'LL GET PAID OUTTA PLAN 20 AS WELL.
THANK ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMENTS? NEXT, NEXT WE GET CAUGHT UP SOME ISSUES WITH INSPECTOR AND GET INSPECTORS AND SO FORTH.
AND UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE USING THIRD PARTY FOR THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A GUY THAT HAS MEDICAL GAS TRAINING THAT WILL BE GOING TO GET HIS LICENSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE.
WE'LL, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, IF YOU DON'T EXCUSE UH, SCOTT.
SCOTT IS INTENDED TO SOME, UH, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO PROJECT EPIC TONIGHT.
WE, WE GAVE HIM, AND SO HE ENTRUSTED ME TO SIT IN FOR HIM.
UM, ON, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF IONS OF MORATORIUM ON OUTSTATE TRA UH, TRAVEL.
IS THAT A CITY POLICY? IS THAT A STATE POLICY? I'M, I'M NOT SURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAY REQUIRE THE CONFERENCES OUT TOWN.
I DON'T RECALL THE EDICT THAT WE HAVING A MORE OUT STATE CONFERENCES, BUT WE ARE HAVING, HAVING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SCRUTINY ON OUT STATE YEAH.
I JUST, YEAH, SEVERAL MENTIONS TO IT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CHANGED THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OUR, THE ACTIVITIES.
I WAS GONNA SAY VEGAS IS A BIG PLACE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AND, AND SOME THE ASSOCIATIONS TO SCOTT BELONG TO LIKE TEXAS FIRST OR SOMETHING.
WE, A SMALL PORTION PORTION IMPACT DEPARTMENT STARTED TO FIND LOT OF CONFERENCES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? NEXT, SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT UTILITY.
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WE USUALLY A 3% INCREASE IN DEMAND, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS OUR WATER RATE INCREASE JUST FROM A LOT OF, OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUES.PLANTS FOR RUNNING CHEMICALS, UH, A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT HAVE MADE THEM COSTS GO UP AND WHAT WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH WATER LOSS.
MY OPINION, WE, WATER LOSS NUMBERS ARE RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 7% ANYWHERE.
FIVE IS ALMOST WEAVING QUESTION ARE RESULTS AND DIG DEEPER.
UH, JOHN HAS, UH, UH, GET WITH CARLENE AND DIG INTO OUR NUMBERS REALLY DEEPLY.
SO, UH, THE RESULTS OF THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR NUMBERS ARE GOOD TOMMY'S EFFORTS.
THINGS WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO PROVE THAT.
UH, I THINK WE SEE RESULTS FROM THAT.
POSITIVE RESULTS, CONTINUED RESULTS.
WE WERE HAVING SOME WATER ISSUES WITH WATER THEFT FROM CONTRACTORS AND SO FORTH AND, AND SO FORTH.
WE, UH, CERTAINLY STRENGTHENED THAT AREA.
UH, SPRAY CONTRACT METERS SO WE COULD VISIBLY SEE THEM AND IDENTIFY 'EM BY THE FIELD.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
YEAH, I THINK, UH, UTILITY BUILDING HAS, UH, IMPROVED THEIR PROCESS AS WELL AS TAGGING THE METERS AND CHAIN 'EM TO THE HYDRANTS.
AND SO WE KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY 'EM IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS THE HIGH, YOU KNOW, PAYING EM.
AND IN THE FIRE MARSHAL DEPARTMENT CALLS US ALL THE TIME, UH, THAT THEY'RE PATROLLING AND THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT HERE, UH, LOOKS FUNNY, I THINK, UH, DOESN'T SEEM LEGITIMATELY AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL VERIFY.
THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A METER'S.
IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING STRAIGHT PIPE IT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE NOT.
ANY QUESTION FOR WATER DEPARTMENT? YES SIR.
UM, I NOTICED THIS IS, THIS IS IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
WE STANDING LIMESTONE PURCHASES FOR DIFFERENT AREAS OF WATER WASTE, WATER REPAIRING, I GUESS DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
UM, IS THAT INCORPORATED IN THE, UH, M WE HAVE WITH GALLATIN COUNTY THAT WE'RE VOTING ON, RIGHT.
FOR THE $62,000? IS THIS THE LINE? YEAH, MOST THE LIMESTONE IS, THAT'S THE MAIN, THE KEY THING TO THAT AGENDA ITEM.
OTHER THINGS LIKE, UH, PORTLAND CEMENT THINGS FOR THE CONCRETE ARE SEPARATE IN DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.
SO THAT THING, AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN THAT GALVESTON COUNTY CONTRACT, THE ONLY THING IN THAT CONTRACT IS LIMESTONE.
THE OTHER ONES ARE, ARE VOLUME.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, NUMBER ONE, THEY DON'T HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN.
SO AT THIS TIME IT'S LIMESTONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR WATER? UH, YES.
UM, BUT WERE THE LOCAL
AND SO HOW, HOW WOULD THEY JUST CASE I DON'T, I LET TOMMY SPEAK TO THAT.
HE KIND OF FOSTERS THAT FRONT.
SO, UH, RESIDENT BOARD UPGRADE THEIR, THEIR LOW OR HIGH USAGE STORE, THEIR OLDER TOILET.
SO LOW FLOW GRADE, UH, THERE'S A LIST ON EPA WEBSITE THAT WE GO BY THAT IT SS THAT SAYS LINK FLOW THAT WOULD SUBMIT THE RECEIPT, UH, IN THE, UH, PICTURES I BELIEVE OF UH, THE INSTALL.
AND WE WOULD INITIATE THE REBATE THROUGH THE UTILITY BILL AND GIVE 'EM A CREDIT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A TIERED APPROACH.
WE WOULD DO A HUNDRED DOLLARS IF IT'S JUST UP TO, UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TOILET AND THREE TOILETS MAXIMUM.
AND THEN IT TIERS DOWN AFTER THE SECOND ONE.
SO I THINK IT'S A CAP OF A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, 200 SOMETHING DOLLARS TOTAL THAT THEY CAN GET BACK.
AND IF A, A COMMUNITY OR A PERSON HAS MORE THAN THREE TOILETS THAT THEY DO, WE KIND OF GET APPROVAL IN-HOUSE
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THAT SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO DO GOOD BY SAVING WATER.WHEN THE WATER SYSTEM, WE GET A PURPLE TOOL BETWEEN US TWO HERE THAT THIS CUSTOMER'S WANTING TO EXERCISE THIS MORE, BUT WE TRY TO DO, UTILIZE THE FUNDS AS BEST AS WE CAN TO SPREAD THE WEALTH TO THE COMMUNITY.
DID YOU BUILD MUCH RESPONSE? THE FIRST YEAR WE LAUNCHED IT, IT WAS THROUGH THE, UH, AND THE SECOND YEAR IT TOOK A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SLIP AND THEN THIS YEAR IT'S BACK ON ITS TREND UP.
RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF SET, SETTLED IN WHERE, WHERE WE THINK IT'S GONNA STAY, I THINK.
BUT THE FIRST YEAR, AND I THINK BECAUSE DURING COVID PEOPLE WERE HOME IS WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM, EVERYBODY WAS JUST INSTALLING NEW TOOLS.
AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE AT, WE UNDER BUDGETED THAT FIRST YEAR I BELIEVE.
AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, WOW, THESE PEOPLE KEEP CALLING US, CALLING US.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE SHIFT SOME THINGS AROUND AND WE UPPED IT.
SO, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THIS SETTLE OUT THOUGH.
UM, I SEE, UM, ON SEVERAL, AGAIN WITH JOINT DEPARTMENTS HERE, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR TAKING
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE? UH, THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF OUR DEEPER, WELL SOME OF HIS LARGE, UH, GSDS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WAS, WE, WE PICKED UP ON IT FROM A LOCAL ENTITY THAT USED IT FOR THE MOST UN I WOULD SAY UNSAFE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND IT PROVIDES NOT ONLY THE BASIC STANDBY, BUT IT PROVIDES, UH, I BELIEVE EMTS ON SITE AS WELL.
I MEAN IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S A TRUE RESPONSE FOR OUR MOST DANGEROUS THING.
WE DON'T USE IT, UH, EVERYWHERE.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE CAPABILITIES IN HOUSE AND THEN FIRE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS US IN, IN ANY WAY NEEDED.
I I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A FULL-TIME THING OR JUST ADDS MOST NO, FOR THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY JOINT TRAINING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LOT OF TIMES WITH ABSOLUTELY RE IT'S IMPORTANT TO, THEY HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE WELL THAT BY THE TIME THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PERSON COULD BE DECEASED BY THAT TIME.
PEOPLE, THEY ONE THINGS THAT ATTRACTED US TO THAT SERVICES THAT THERE IS EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT YEAH, YOU USE THEM ONE TIME.
QUICK QUESTION ON PATRICK MAINTENANCE.
UH, ARE Y'ALL DOING ANY KIND OF AUTO FLUSH? THE GUYS THAT WOULD GO OUT EVERY WEEK FOR TWO WEEKS OR WHATEVER TO START UP AUTO FLUSHING? LIKE I'M ON, I'M ON THAT CIRCLE AND MY, MY WATER, IF Y'ALL DON'T FLUSH, I GET A HORRENDOUS VALVE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTO FLUSHERS AND WE HAVE POUR AUTO FLUSH AND WE CAN USE AN OX WATCH.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF UH,
BUT WE UTILIZE AUTO FLUSHING WHERE WE ABSOLUTELY, LIKE WHERE I'M AT, I'M IN CIRCLE, IT MAY GOES THIS WAY, WE COME OFF OF IT, WE GO BACK AND IT JUST STAGNATES.
WITH ALL THE INTERNET WATER EFFICIENCY THINGS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, IT JUST DOESN'T PUMP AS MUCH WATER THROUGH AND THE GUYS ARE COME OUT.
BUT I KNOW YOUR GUYS ARE BUSY, SO IT'S LIKE MINE DOESN'T GET TELEPHONE SCHEDULE LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
I'M SURE OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND I WAS THINKING WOULD WOULDN'T THOSE AREAS BENEFIT MORE FROM A AUTO PUSH? SURE WE HAVE.
I'M SAYING WE HAVE AREAS, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY INTERRUPT YOU.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN PLACES JUST LIKE YOU AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR AREA
IT'S JUST ANOTHER MAINTENANCE CALL AND UH, BUT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY GREAT TOOLS WHERE YOU NEED 'EM.
AND IF THE PROBLEM, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS PREVALENT IN THAT AREA, THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT PUTTING ONE IN MY FAULT.
AND I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO ISOLATE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT, I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION.
CUL-DE-SAC CIRCLES THE WAY THE WATER FLOWS JUST YEAH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DEAD END.
TYPICALLY IT MAKES A LIST WITH THE WATER QUALITY SUPERVISOR AND HE'LL SEND THESE GUYS OUT THERE, LET'S DO IT EVERY FRIDAY, TUESDAY, WHATEVER.
EVERY TIME WE COME OUT HERE, THE RESIDUAL HAS DROPPED, THEN HE COMES BACK TO US, SAYS MAYBE WE NEED TO INSTALL OUT OKAY, MOVING ONE OVER THERE.
UH, BUT A PERMANENT INSTALL LIKE SAYS IS A BIG DEAL.
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TO DIG IT UP, INSTALL IT ON THE MAIN, THEN FIND THE NEAREST SANITARY SEWER'S HAPPEN IN, DON'T WANNA GO JUST TO THE DRAINAGE.SO THOSE ARE THE BIG JOBS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING SOMETHING UGLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS BOX IS HERE NOW.
SO WE WANNA VERIFY ALL THAT STUFF FIRST BY MONITORING THE AREA AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR PROCESS INTERNALLY.
AND THEN WE MAKE A GOOD DECISION WHERE PERMANENTLY INSTALLING OR JUST SEND A GUY OUT HERE OR PUT A TEMPORARY ONE OUT THERE, THAT THOSE KIND OF EXPENSES ARE INCLUDED.
FIRE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE, DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT EYE.
2 62 OH AND THAT'S A UTILITY SYSTEM REPAIR MAINTENANCE OR A 52 400 EQUIPMENT REPAIR MAINTENANCE.
WE'LL KIND OF FIND A SPOT FOR, OKAY.
WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR US.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST RAISE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
UH, JODY, HOW IS OUR CAPACITY WASTEWATER? ARE WE, ARE WE WITHIN GOOD MEASURES OR WE STARTING PUTTING OUR LIMITS? WE'RE WITHIN GOOD MEASURES.
UH, I THINK THE SCHEDULE OF THE SOUTHWEST TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION IS RIGHT ONLINE WITH ALL THE MASTER PLAN FORECASTING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MEASURE REPORT FLOWS EVERY ANNUAL AVERAGES EVERY MONTH.
AND, UH, T C E Q HAS THRESHOLD LIMITS THAT KIND OF TRIGGER THE RIGHT THINGS.
UH, ALL WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK OF WHERE WE NEED TO BEZ TEAM, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY FOUR DIFFERENT ONES.
AND I WAS REALLY, I WAS REALLY AMAZED AT HOW THAT WHOLE OPERATION WORKS.
IT'S, IT'S SAY HOW WE IN OUR CAPACITY.
SO IF I CAN JUST JUMP IN AND ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT JOEY SAID.
SO CURRENTLY THE CAPACITY AT DALLAS SALMON'S ABOUT 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND AT THE SOUTHWEST PLANT IS 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY WITH AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO WE'RE AT, IN THE PROCESS, WE SEE AN EXPANSION COMING AT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, LET'S SEE MY DATE FRIDAY.
THEN IN EITHER THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST OR SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, WE WILL SEE A DESIGN CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EXPANSION.
THAT DESIGN PROCESS IS PROBABLY EVERY BIT OF A YEAR, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION TODAY IS ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN AN EXPANSION OF THAT PLAN OCCURRING OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AND IT'S ABOUT $90 MILLION WITH WORTH OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION COSTS, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN COSTS.
AND SO AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE UM, C R F EVALUATION, THAT'S ONE OF THE THREE BIG PROJECTS THAT'S FACING THE UTILITY FUND.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET THAT PLANT IN POSITION TO SERVE THE NEW GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY BEFORE THE HOMES GET THERE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY, OH, BUILD THE HOMES.
AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE ON HOW WE FUND THAT.
WE'LL FUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH C R F OUR DEBT AND THEN TRY TO SERVICE AS MUCH OF THAT DEBT WITH C R F FUNDS AS WE CAN.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PLANT EXPANSION, THAT DESIGN CONTRACT COMES FORWARD NEXT MONTH AND THEN AFTER A YEAR, SO WE'LL SEE IT GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S PRETTY HEFTY NUMBERS AS IT, SO, AND IN THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE SECOND EXPANSION FROM IT'S AT FOUR, IT'LL GO TO EIGHT.
AND THEN FROM THAT IT'LL GO TO 12.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 15 YEARS, WE'LL SEE THAT PLANT BUILT OUT TO FULL CAPACITY.
UM, AS WE'RE DOING THESE UPGRADES, ARE WE ELEVATING THE CONTROL CENTERS AND HARDENING THEM? THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT IS WITH THE FLOODING AND STUFF, THE CONTROL CENTERS GO DOWN, SEWER STOPS OPERATING AND, AND THAT'S BAD.
SO THOSE, WE ARE, ARE WE ELEVATING 'EM TO GET OUTTA THE FLOODS? ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THAT? DEFINITELY WON'T BE PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE NEW FACILITIES.
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VERY IMPORTANT.IT'S NOT GOOD WITH SITTING WHEN THAT PLANT GOES DOWN.
UH, ONLY FLORIDA ALSO, UM, WE HAVE THE LISTED UNDER COMPUTER SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
WE GO BACK TO EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE $3,600 FOR HANDHELD RADIO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
SO ONE IS TO THE, THE FOUR IS FOR THE NEW REPLACEMENT RADIOS.
THE OTHER IS FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
IF WE DROP ONE, IF ONE GETS IN DISREPAIR, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET IT IN THAT.
AND THAT, THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A COMPONENT FOR REPAIR REPLACEMENT BATTERY, I THINK'S INCLUDED IN THAT.
IS THAT FOR ALL THE RADIOS OR JUST FOR WASTEWATER? NO, THAT'S JUST FOR WASTEWATER RADIOS.
SO WE ABOUT 900 A YEAR ON FOR RADIOS FOR MAINTENANCE.
BUT HOW MANY GRADERS DO Y'ALL HAVE? UH, HOW MANY WE OUT THE MIRROR? 13.
OH, 13 IS IT JUST IN WASTEWATER? 13.
AND, AND SO THE, THE, THE I IDEA BEHIND THE FOUR RADIOS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT IS BEGIN A TRANSITION OUT OF THE EXISTING RADIOS FROM WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER RE WE'LL WORK THROUGH, I THINK WE'RE BUYING RADIOS FOR POLICE AND HANDING THEM DOWN, BUT YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER REQUEST NEXT YEAR.
UH, ON THE REPAIR MAINTENANCE THERE'S 60,000 FOR INCIDENTAL CONTRACTOR
UH, THAT CAN BE FOR AN ELECTRICIAN.
WE HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ELECTRICAL CAPABILITY INTERNALLY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES, UH, EITHER WE HAVE MULTIPLE STATIONS DOWN OR WE NEED SOME ADVANCED ELECTRICAL KNOWLEDGE.
ANY TYPE OF SPECIALIZED, UH, SOME OTHER EXAMPLE.
INSTRUMENTATION? YEAH, INSTRUMENTATION.
UH, IT'S, IT REALLY FOR INCIDENTAL SPECIALIZED THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN IT HOUSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GO AHEAD SIR.
UH, CONTRACT FOR ANSWERING SERVICE, IS THAT AN OUTSIDE
SO DO WE EVERY DAY OR ALL THE TIME? YES SIR.
SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD PERSON THAT PHONE OR YES.
I THINK WHAT WE FOUND WITH THE ANSWERING SERVICE IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OUR CALL PEOPLE ARE GREAT, SOMETIMES THEY'LL MISS A CALL AND WE'LL HAVE TO TRACK 'EM DOWN.
AND SO, UH, OVER THE YEARS WE THAT EBB AND CLOSED ON, ON THE QUALITY OF RESPONSE.
SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THIRD PARTY ANSWERING SERVICE, UH, LOGS, TRACKS EVERYTHING FROM A CITIZENS CALL IN TO OUR RESPONSE.
UH, AND, AND WE FIND IT AS A GOOD TOOL THAT TO NOT LET NOTHING GET THROUGH THE, GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'VE KIND OF DEFENDED THAT OVER THE YEARS.
EXTRA TAKE IF WE COULD GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE.
BUT IT, IT IS JUST HARD, YOU KNOW.
SO THAT, THAT SERVICE I THINK ALSO FILTERS CALLS WHETHER THEY GO TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT OR THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT.
OR THEY NEED TO BE REFERRED TO TO POLICE OR FIRES.
THAT BRINGS TO QUESTION, COULD WE DEPART THE PHONE CALLS TO THE DISPATCHER AND LET THE DISPATCHER 15,000 DISPATCHER YEAH.
DISPATCHER SEEM TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT OR IS HENRY CALLS DO WE NORMALLY GET FOR UH, HOUR CALLS? I CAN'T QUOTE THE AMOUNT OF CALLS, BUT IT'S,
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I MEAN SURE THAT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.I JUST, AGAIN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN A SAFE METHOD THAT TRACK UH, AND REALLY THE TRACKING ABILITY TRACK LAST 'CAUSE THEY CAN SIR AND THEY, THEY TRACK AND THEY MAKE SURE THEY VERBALLY COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEBODY.
OR WITH AN OR WITH AN E M S CALL, YOU MAY NOT GET AN ANSWER, GO TO SOMETHING ELSE AND DROP CIRCLE BACK AND VERY TRUE.
I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS HIS OWN OPINION AS TO WHETHER HE CAN HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL CALL LOAD IN THE NINE ONE ONE FOR NON 9 1 1 CALLS.
I WOULD PREFER IT TO SAY A THIRD PARTY I THINK GO TO THE TECHNICIAN AND THE TECHNICIANS ARE ACTUALLY DOING WORK, PHONE GETS MISSED AND THEN THE CALL GETS UNANSWERED AND THEN EVERYTHING GETS BACK.
I THINK, HEY JODY, I'M NOT, UH, I'M NOT TAKING THIS APART.
I GUESS I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE TOOLS SUPPLIES.
SO 12 FIVE HAND REPLACING OR OR REPLACE POOL AND THEN YOU SEE GOING DOWN BELOW THAT'S FOR PUMP GENERATORS, COMPRESSORS AND 2,500.
THOSE AMOUNTS WOULD BE SWAP, RIGHT? WE WERE IN WASTEWATER IN SOME OF THE AREAS THEY WORK.
SO THERE IS SOME TOOL REPLACEMENT EVERY YEAR AND THEN THERE'S UH, SOME POWER TOOLS INVOLVED THAT ROME, WHAT ELSE IS THAT? OH SORRY.
SO, UH, THE SAME THING STILL APPLIES, BUT THE TOOL, THE FACT IT'S EVEN D IT'S PROBABLY MORE SO IN, UH, LADDER THERAPY.
YOU GOT SHOVELS, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF HAND TOOLS, UH, SOME OF THE POWER TOOLS THEY USE.
AND MOST OF END THE YEAR ARE MUDDY.
THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING WORN OUT.
CREW GRAB THE CREW GRAB, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THEM AND SO THEY, THEY UTILIZE 'EM.
I JUST WOULD'VE INSPECTED THOSE.
THE HISTORY KIND OF HAS IT LIKE THAT'S RIGHT.
OF COURSE WE, WE FORCE, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF YOUR STUFF CLEAN UP, BUT IT'S A CONSTANT, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE AVERAGE OF WHAT'S WHAT WE SEE.
UM, THERE'S AN ITEM HERE LISTED AS EQUIPMENT THAT'S HAD A ZERO BUDGET FOR THREE YEARS, ZERO THIS YEAR.
WHAT YOU MANAGED TO SPEND 10,000, 4 50, 20 5,000, 7,500 AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREJUDICE THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
PROBABLY BECAUSE AN ITEM WOULD PUT INTO A NON-CAPITAL ACCOUNT FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW RUNNING.
IT DOES, IT DOES HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY.
SO THE DEPARTMENT WILL BUDGET FOR SOMETHING IN A NON-CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIKE A SUPPLY ACCOUNT AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IN THE COUNTY, WE REALIZE THAT IT NEEDS TO CAPITALIZED AND SO WE'LL LOSE THE EXPENSE TO THE PROPER PATH.
AND THAT HAPPENS AT END AS WE FINISH UP BEFORE EVERYBODY GOES TO THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
SHOULD WE PUT SOMETHING IN BUDGET FOR IT? IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
IT'S JUST INCLUDED IN THE WRONG CATEGORY.
AND WE TRY TO CATCH IT WHEN WE'RE DOING BUDGET BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS CATCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LINE REPAIR? NEXT ONE ANGIE.
WHAT IN DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR? PARDON? WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GO BACK POSITION.
SO YOU GUYS STILL 70 STILL FIND, I'M SORRY YOU STILL CAN'T FIND MY HEARING.
OH, YOU STILL CAN'T FIND ONE, RIGHT? WE UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW TEACHERS DID IT MIGHT WORK OUT.
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I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT OVER THE YEARS WITH THIS DEPARTMENT IS WE KINDA STAYED STEADY IN IN THE GROWTH IN THIS DEPARTMENT INCREASING A WHOLE BUNCH AND I JUST, I'VE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THAT COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT FOR A LOT OF TIMES WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND TRY TO IT AN EMERGENCY.UM, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING SOME TYPE OF MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING PEOPLE SOMETHING.
DON'T YOUR PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH 24 7 AND THEY DID ALL THE PMS AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK YOU THE NIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO WHERE THAT VEHICLE WAS BACK ON THE STREET THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT ANY ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST, I, I THINK HAR KIND OF STAGNANT.
I SAY MAYBE WE TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO MAKE IT A BIT BETTER FOR GUYS GETTING CODE WORKING TRADITION WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T.
JUST ONE THOUGHT PROCESS BUT ONE QUESTION.
UM, CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE O DB SCANNER AND AN SCAN? THEY'RE BOTH LISTED AS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.
I'M CHECK WITH ACTUALLY I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE SAME.
WELL I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT.
I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE THE SAME AS WELL.
ONE COULD BE THE INSPECTION MACHINE.
THAT'S WHAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A STATEMENT.
IT'S A SEPARATE, IT RUNS THROUGH THE BD TWO BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
I THINK THE, YOU SAID ONE WAS FOR INSPECTION? YEAH, WE HAVE A SEPARATE RULING.
I'M SORRY, I'M ON EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S THE STATE INSPECTIONS REQUEST.
ON THE STATE INSPECTION ARE, ARE WE STILL HAVING TO DO THE ADMISSION TESTING THING AND ALL THAT KIND STUFF? THAT'S UNTIL 25.
ALRIGHT THEN YOU JUST GET THE, THE INSPECTION THAT LEGISLATION.
SO WHICH DEPARTMENTS FOR THIS EVENING DEPARTMENT.
ANY UH, REPORTS FROM STAFF OR ANYTHING? JUST, JUST A REMINDER.
ANGIE AND I ARE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, NO CHANGES SCHEDULE PREVIOUSLY.
THAT MEETING IS THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT SIR? BEFORE WE GO PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. MR. CRUZ SANDERS? MR. LER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT'S BUDGET? COMMENTS? IS HE AWAKE?
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS REAL QUICK.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO STATE, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES, BUT WE'LL LET YOU MAYBE GO A
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I, UM, HEARD SOME LISTENING WANTED ALSO MAYBE INTERJECT WITH, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ING.
SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT SEEMS TO NOT HAVE THE COMMITMENT THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, THING MY GRANDDAD WAS ALWAYS BIG ABOUT.
WE GIVEN TOOLS, WE GIVEN PROPERTY AND THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY YOU'RE ENTRUSTED WITH, UH, ROADS AND STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE REINVESTMENT REPRESENTS, UM, THAT CHALLENGE, UH, TO ME.
UM, COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, I ATTENDED A, UM, MEETING THE HISTORIC HISTORY WHERE WE WERE REVIEWING A FLOOD PROJECT, UH, POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVEMENT TO THEM.
AND GREAT MEETING ONE TON OF FOLKS.
THERE WAS VERY CLEAR THESE PEOPLE WERE NUMBER ONE, THEY WERE ENGAGED, THEY WERE VERY INFORMED, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEY WERE THERE AND THERE.
THE THING THAT CAME ACROSS TO ME WAS THEY WANTED TO SEE THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITY MAINTAINED AS THE CITY LOOKED AT CLINTON, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
WELL GUESS WHAT? THEIR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
MINE, THEIR COMMUNITY HAS RAISED STREETS IN MINE DOESN'T, YOU CAN FIND THAT WHERE I LIVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY, SO IT'S WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY EXCEED.
GO WELL NOW TO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE CITY COMING DITCH, COMING UP WITH A GOOD TECHNICAL SOLUTION TO IMPROVE THAT FLOOD.
UH, KEEPING, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS VIBRANT IS AN ASPECT THAT REINVESTMENT ACCOMPLISHES THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
IT'S NOT HUNDRED PERCENT CITY, IT'S NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THEIR PLACE.
BUT IF YOU LET NEIGHBORHOOD GO DOWN, IF YOU LET THE INFRASTRUCTURE GO DOWN, COME DAY, I'LL FIX IT TODAY.
THAT'S CONCERN THERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE STRIKE RIGHT
SO I WOULD ASK STATE BUDGET PREPARATION TO TAKE ACCOUNT.
UM, BUT I LEAVE THAT YOU AND AS WE DOWN ROAD AND STAFF TOGETHER SO THAT AT THE, THE DAY WE HAVE THANK SIR.
ANY LAST
OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR TIMER SET.
I'VE GOT AM I ON? I'M ON, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
TIMER SAID, I'VE GOT MINE SET TOO.
UM, PEGGY SAYLER, COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, AT THE LAST H A ALLIANCE MEETING.
AT THE LAST H PEGGY AT THE LAST H A ALLIANCE MEETING, BIG TIME WAS OUR ONLY CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE THERE.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND THIS CAME, UH, FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF
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HOAS ACROSS THE CITY.AND I THINK IT WAS NOT ONLY THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALKS, BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WAS IN THE PAST THERE HAD BEEN A, AN ONLINE PROGRAM WHERE HOAS COULD REPORT, UM, THE NEED FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
AND THEN APPARENTLY THERE WAS ALSO A MECHANISM TO WHERE THEY COULD TRACE THE, UH, THE PROGRESS OF THE REPAIRS.
AND THAT'S, AS I REMEMBER IT, I'LL GO BACK AND VERIFY IT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE LEFT UNSAID IN A, A WORKSHOP ON STREETS BECAUSE THAT WAS A LOUD VOICE, UH, FROM OUR HOAS.
AND THEN TO CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS, UM, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, SOME OF YOU HAVE COMMENTED THAT WE DO HAVE A FLUFF, I THINK IS A COMMON WORD THAT'S USED OR MAYBE WASTE IN OUR BUDGET.
AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY MENTIONS THAT TO ME, I ALWAYS ASK, PLEASE GIMME AN EXAMPLE.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD HOPE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S TRUE HERE, BUT TO THE, TO THE END THAT I HAVE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS, THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK AS A CITIZEN, IF YOU HONESTLY FEEL IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE GOT ANY FLU OR WASTE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T CONSIDER NECESSARY AS A CITIZEN, I THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO BRING IT UP.
AND DON'T LET ME GUESS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
PLEASE, PLEASE POINT IT OUT UNLESS HAVE A DISCUSSION.
OTHERWISE, IF I DON'T FEAR IT THE NEXT TIME IT'S MENTIONED, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY THREE MINUTES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER PERSON HAVE A MOTION TO END THE MEETING AT SEVEN 11.