Jun 13, 2023 City Council & Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 13TH 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AT THE WIDELY MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 602. PM WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE SEND IT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO NEED TO TAKE A CALL, WE DO ASK YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE AT THIS TIME? YES MAYOR MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER PRESENT JUNIOR MAYOR AUBREY HEVERLEE PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID ARE DUKE COUNCILMAN DAVE STRING HIM GEOFF FORESTER PRESIDENT, COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN, SAID HOOVER PRESIDENT GINO MALIKI PRESIDENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR THANK YOU MISS STORM AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY MYSELF AND OUR JUNIOR MAYOR.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT WE'RE HAVING. IT'S COOL. REFRESHING. THANK YOU FOR THE BREATH IN OUR LUNGS. THE BEAT OF OUR HEARTS. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US THIS EVENING AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE THIS EVENING PLEASING TO YOU. WE ASKED TO WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY'RE NOT AT HOME, FATHER.

WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. WHETHER WE THINK THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY SO VALIANTLY PROVIDE THE FREEDOMS. FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL HERE THIS EVENING. AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD HOME. ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON.

JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. RELATIONS. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. THROUGH THE VOID. SO

[PR1. Junior Mayor - Aubri Heverly.]

NOW WE'LL SEE IF THIS OH, NICE AND LOUD TONIGHT. NOT QUITE LIKE THE VOICE OF GOD THE OTHER NIGHT, WHERE WAS ON 12? IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU MISSED IT. SO WE ARE HERE TO HONOR AUBREY THIS EVENING IS OUR JUNIOR MAYOR. SHE IS JUST FINISHED THIRD GRADE AND IS HEADING INTO FOURTH AT WITH AND SHE HAD SOME VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOR ME EARLIER OVER PIZZA LITTLE BIT SHY, BUT VERY SWEET. AND HER FAMILY IS HERE AS WELL. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR HER THIS EVENING. NOW WE DID GET A CHANCE TO GO AND VISIT HER AT SCHOOL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SHE AND HER CLASSMATES HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THAT THEY WERE WANTING TO ASK, BUT THEY WERE ALSO QUITE BUSY THAT PARTICULAR DAY, BUT IT WAS EXCITING TO GET TO SEE HER AND TO GIVE HER OUR CHALLENGE COIN AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. SO DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP ME? HOLD THIS? NOW HER NICKNAME I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. IS FRENCHIE. SHE IS AN AVID SOCCER PLAYER, BUT IS AN AGGRESSIVE BULLDOG WHEN SHE PLAYS SO THEY NAMED HER AFTER A FRENCH BULLDOG OF FRENCHY. AND AS SHE TOLD ME EARLIER, SHE IS PROUD OF THAT NICKNAME. AND PROUD TO BE THE SHORTEST BUT IN HER MIND TOUGHEST PLAYER ON HER TEAM. SO WHEREAS AUBREY HEVERLEE

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TO DO THE GAVEL. YES, SHE HAS DISCOVERED WHERE THE GAVEL IS. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION THIS

[PR2. Recognition of Detective Chris Meehan for the Attorney General's Special Commendation Award.]

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SO WHILE I ABSOLUTELY HATE THAT YOUR JOB ENROLL HAS TO EXIST. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PEOPLE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DEAL WITH. IN ORDER TO TRY TO KEEP THE CHILDREN AND WILEY IN NORTH TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SAFE. AND AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION. UM AND AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED, AND FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS THAT YOUR GROUP HAS SHOWN.

[PR3. Recognition of Chuck Flesch and his many years of service organizing the Wylie Veterans Memorial Salute to Heroes.]

DOES NOT MEASURE ITSELF ONLY BY THE MINUTE PRODUCES, BUT BY THE MINUTE HONORS, AND IT MEANT AN EVERY MEMBERS. AND THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. UM MANY MAY NOT KNOW THIS. THERE'S THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND MEMORIAL . UM, THAT WE'VE DONE. UM MY EX WIFE, REBECCA IS HERE. SHE WAS A GUIDING FACTOR AND BUILDING THAT TO MY TWO OF MY THREE SONS, UM, THE ORIGINAL STONES WERE ACTUALLY SANDBLASTED. IN THE MATERIAL THAT GOES INTO NUMBERS AND LETTERS ON THE STONE. AS ADULTS. WE COULDN'T PULL THEM OUT. AND THESE THREE SAT ON A PORCH. FOR TWO DAYS, PICKING THE DAUGHTERS AND NUMBERS OUT BY HAND. 240 STONES, SO THEY'VE BEEN A BIGGER PART OF THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL. AND THEN I GOT MY MOTLEY CREW OVER HERE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO DO A RENEWAL ON THE MEMORIAL. AND WITH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE MEMORIAL DAY EVEN BETTER. PROGRAM BECAUSE WE STARTED BRINGING IN THINGS THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO EVERY BRANCH OF THE OF THE MILITARY. AND THEY ALL SERVE IN THE SAME PASSION THAT I DO. UM MOST OF US HERE HAVE LOST SOMEBODY THAT WE KNEW THAT SERVED. WE HAD SOMEBODY IN OUR

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THERE WAS FOUR OF US THAT STARTED THIS FORMER MAYOR JOHN MONDAY. YOUR HUSBAND JERRY WASHINGTON. AND YOUR HUSBAND DOWN, LYING WE'VE LOST ON AND WE LOST WARNER. AND WE WERE A TEAM.

FOR VETERANS GOT TOGETHER. TOTALLY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES , BUT IT ALL BLENDED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO TONIGHT IS ABOUT ALL OF US. OKAY IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR PROCLAMATION THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR YOU THIS EVENING. I AM GOING TO GIVE A CHANCE TO YOUR MOTLEY CRUE AS YOU PUT IT. TO SHARE. INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SHARE ONE MEMORY THAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THEIR TIME WITH YOU. REMEMBER REMEMBER IT HAS TO HAS TO BE PG. I REMEMBER. WE ALL LOVE CHUCK. WE CAN ALMOST KILL HIM SOMETIMES, BUT WE DO LOVE HIM. AND ONE TIME, UM, HE PRESENTED MY HUSBAND THE FLAG THAT HAD BEEN FLOWN OVER THE MEMORIAL. AND I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET HIM KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT REALLY CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD.

BEING A FELLOW MARINE. UH, CHUCK IS PRETTY LONG WINDED, SO. AND I KIND OF HAD TO FORCE MYSELF IN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE. AND I HAVE JUST ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM SO MUCH. I'M NEW TO THE GROUP, AND IN THE YEAR AND A HALF I'VE BEEN HERE WHEN HE'S AT A BEATING. IT CHANGES THE WHOLE TONE OF IT. HE'S JUST CRAZY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT, MAN. HE'S HILARIOUS. GREAT GUY. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SPEND A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THESE GUYS, TOO, AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHENEVER CHUCK'S OVER WITH THE IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S ALWAYS FUN. NOTHING ON LIKE MEHDI WITH CHUCK. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE WITH HIM, TOO. FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS. I GUESS IT IS, BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU, CHUCK. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO TEACH HIM WHAT ONE MINUTE IS, YOU KNOW? OH NO, NO, I WON'T BE NICE. UH MAYBE IN A SQUID AND HIM BEING A MARINE. IT'S OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF FUN. LOT OF BANNER. BUT CHUCK IS DEDICATED. YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR YEARS. GETTING THE POSTERS OUT FROM MEMORIAL DAY. DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO AND IT'S FUN. HE MAKES IT FUN. RIGHT? THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN REALLY, UH IS THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT MY DAD. BUT WATCHING YOU DEDICATE

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SO WHEREAS CHUCK FLESH HAS PASSIONATELY SERVED THE LAST 13 PLUS YEARS AS ORGANIZER AND MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR THE WILY VETERANS MEMORIAL ANNUAL SALUTE TO HEROES MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. AND WHERE IS CHUCK HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING IN THE U. S MILITARY. WHEREAS IN 2008 CHUCK, ALONG WITH THE ONLINE WARNER, WASHINGTON AND OTHERS SPEARHEADED THE EFFORTS TO BUILD THE WILY VETERANS MEMORIAL AND OLD CITY PARK, WHICH STANDS TODAY AS A DAILY REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES THAT IF SECURED OUR FREEDOMS. WHEREAS CHUCK WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION HAIL COM BEST POST. 3 15 WYLIE, TEXAS ORGANIZED IN 2011, SERVING AS SECOND VICE CHAIR AND CHAPLAIN. AND WHEREAS CHUCK BLUSH HONORABLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AS A SERGEANT IN THE U.

S MARINE CORPS FROM 1978 TO 1982 , AND WHERE'S CHUCK? FLESH AND BODIES, THE TRUE SPIRIT OF WILEY EMBRACING THE WIDELY WAY NOW. THEREFORE I MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITIZENS OF WILEY, AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE 2023 AS CHUCK FLESH DAY IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO THANK CHUCK FLASH FOR HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE. TO OUR COMMUNITY, HIS DEDICATION AND PASSION TO HONOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AND PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU, SIR.

[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

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AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE DO REMIND YOU THAT DUE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE COUNCIL CANNOT CONVERSE OR RESPOND TO ISSUES THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. BUT WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO ASSIST IF APPROPRIATE. THIS STORM DO WE HAVE ANY FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED THIS IN THIS EVENING, MAYOR OKAY. PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT NO ONE HAS FILLED OUT A FORM TO SPEAK DURING COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Consider, and act upon, appointments to fill the Board of Review vacancies for a term to begin July 1, 2023 and end June 30, 2025.]

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT JAMES COKE AND NAVEEN KUMAR BE PLACED ON THE COMMITTEE. AS MEMBERS AND THAT. WILLIAM CROWE AND MARY NICHE KEY BE PLACED AS UM RESERVE. AS ALTERNATE.

ALTERNATE, UM. I WOULD NEED YOU , MAYOR. PROTEIN WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RESTATE EXACTLY AS IT IS, IN THE PACKET FORM THE STORM. THAT ARE MATURE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE. JAMES

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OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND AS STATED COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH IS TO

[2. Consider, and act upon, the recommendations of the 2023 Boards and Commission Council Interview Panel for appointments to the Animal Shelter Advisory Board, Construction Code Board, Historic Review Commission, Library Board, Parks and Recreation Board, Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation Board (4B), Planning and Zoning Commission, Public Arts Advisory Board, Wylie Economic Development Corporation, and the Zoning Board of Adjustments to fill board vacancies for a term to begin July 1, 2023 and end June 30, 2025/26.]

HOWEVER I WILL HAVE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THE FIRST, UH, APPOINTMENTS ON HERE AS I DO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO SERVES ON THAT BOARD AND DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION OR VOTING. SO MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M GOING TO STEP OUT AND TURNOVER DISCUSSION ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MADAM SECRETARY LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MAYOR DID REMOVE HIMSELF FROM COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. BUT IT BE NOTED THAT DURING THE. BYE LAWS REVIEW OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD THIS YEAR THERE WERE TWO POSITIONS ADDED SO TAKING THEM TO ACCOUNT IN POSITION NUMBER FOUR. RECOMMEND AMBER PORTER POSITION NUMBER SIX. WE RECOMMEND LORI BLACK AND POSITION NUMBER SEVEN. WE RECOMMEND JOE WEBB. THAT'S RECOMMENDATION OF MY MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION. I DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, STRING SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES. 6 TO 1, WITH THE MAYOR, ACCUSING HIMSELF. THE SECRETARY THAT THE RECORD SHOWS THE MAYOR DID RETURN TO COUNSEL. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD. IN PLACE FOR BRIAN ROGERS. IN PLACE. FIVE. JAMES BURN. IN PLACE. SIX BRIAN ORTIZ. IN PLACE. SEVEN BRUCE MOYLAN. AN ALTERNATE NUMBER TWO JUSTIN GRASIC BETTER THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN, STRING SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND AS STATED COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES 70. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONTINUE THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS TIME WE'LL GO OVER THE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION AND SEAT NUMBER ONE CAYLEE PATTON, SEAT NUMBER TWO. CHRISLEY HERMAN, SEAT NUMBER THREE. SANDRA STONE SEAT NUMBER SEVEN. STEPHEN BURKETT. REPLACEMENT NUMBER ONE KEVIN HUGHES AND REPLACEMENT NUMBER TWO BOB GLORY.

RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. OKAY WE HAVE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH.

THANK YOU. MARY, A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND OF COUNCIL WILL PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70. NOW WE GO THROUGH THE LIBRARY BOARD SEAT NUMBER ONE. ROBERTA CHEFS, MMA SEAT NUMBER TWO MONICA MUNOZ , SEAT NUMBER THREE ZACHARY TODD. SEAT NUMBER FOUR IRENE CHEZ VERA. SEAT NUMBER FIVE OF ONE YEAR TERM BRIAN ORTIZ. AS A RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. SEAT

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SO AS YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOR V BOARD DOES NOT MEET REGULARLY. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OR OPENING HERE IN LOOKING AT IT, UH, IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCILMAN DUKE TO CONTINUE OR IS THAT OPEN? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN DUKE. UH THANK YOU, YOUR YOU CAN REAPPOINT THEM OR APPOINT ANOTHER MEMBER. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A COUNCILMAN WALLACE'S SEAT. COUNCILMAN WALLACE IS HE IS A ONE YEAR TERM. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DO I SERVE ON THIS ALREADY? BUT NOT ON MY TIME. THIS TIME, THAT'S CORRECT. SO UH , I'LL START. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN DUKE WANTED TO TIME MARY PRESIDENT FEEL WITH THEM BUGS IN. UM ARE YOU STILL WILLING TO SERVE? I AM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DUKE. YES, MAYOR. I AM OKAY. SO THOSE TWO ARE STILL WILLING TO. WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ON COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THE REMAINING YEAR ON COUNCILMAN WALLACE'S TERM. COUNCILMAN HOOVER. I WILL, OKAY. SO IS THERE BEFORE I ASKED FOR A MOTION. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEIR NAME? IN THE HAT, SO TO SPEAK. NONE INDICATED I WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION. NOW MAYOR PRO TEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT SINCE IT DOES INCLUDE A COUPLE OF OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, IN ADDITION TO THE NAME PERSAD HOOVER IN PLACE NUMBER THREE PLACE NUMBER FIVE AUSTIN FOSTER PLACE NUMBER SIX. WHITNEY MCDOUGALL PLACE NUMBER SEVEN. SCOTT, HEAVILY. THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT MOTION PRO TIM MR HORN, DO WE NEED TO RE APPOINT THOSE FIRST TWO COUNCILMAN? WILLIAMS AND DUKE. IS THE TERM UP. THEIR TERM. IS THAT SO? WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO YES, MA'AM. I'M IN THE MOTION, PLEASE. AND PLACE NUMBER ONE. SCOTT WILLIAMS AND PLACE NUMBER TWO. DAVID R. DUKE. RECOMMENDATION IN THE MOTION. THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT HAS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH? I WAS SECOND. MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES 70. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SEAT NUMBER TWO JOSHUA BUTLER, SEAT NUMBER THREE. JACQUES LORRAINE, THE THIRD SEAT NUMBER SIX. JOE CHANDLER. REPLACEMENT ONES.

BLACK REPLACEMENT TO CHARLES THOMAS. THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. WE HAVE EMOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. SEAT NUMBER ONE ESTHER BELLA, SEAT NUMBER TWO. CASSIDY DYSON, SEAT NUMBER THREE. JOHN TREADWELL. SEAT NUMBER SIX. GLORIA SUAREZ. HMM. EXCUSE ME. REPLACEMENT ONE IRENE SHOULD VERA REPLACEMENT TO BRIAN ARNOLD, THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE MOTION MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRANGE SECOND. MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70 APOLOGIES. THE WIDELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD SEAT NUMBER TWO FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

WHITNEY MCDOUGALL AND SEAT NUMBER FIVE AARON JAMISON. THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION AND EMOTION.

OKAY? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. I WILL SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 61 WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE POST. WE'LL NOW

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[WS1. North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) to provide an overview of the District to new council members and discuss current and future projects.]

LOOK YOU THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING. FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THAT. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM AS THE MAYOR, IT READ. I'VE INVITED THE WATER DISTRICT HERE THIS EVENING. TO PROVIDE, UM AN OVERVIEW. OF THE WATER DISTRICT . SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS COMING UP THE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON US, SUCH AS MUDDY CREEK EXPANSION. AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. JENNA COVINGTON'S THERE. DIRECTOR AND ACTOR TITLE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SHE RUNS THE WHOLE JOINT, SO UM SHE'S GONNA DO THIS, ALONG WITH BILLY GEORGE. OR J. SO, UH, FEEL FREE TO ASK HIM MANY TOUGH QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY GOT THE ANSWERS. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT THE DOWN ARROW AND THANK YOU, BRENT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WILEY. WE ARE RIGHT HERE IN IN YOUR YARD. AND SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH Y'ALL TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FRIED WASTEWATER AND WATER SERVICES TO YOUR CITY. AND ALSO WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE BASIS AND PLANNING FOR ADDRESSING ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE. SO TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP. WE VALUE IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING FOR Y'ALL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. UM I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO DIRECTORS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF WILEY. DIRECTOR FULLER IS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. AND SO LONG TIME LEADER, PAST PRESIDENT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR FULLER OR DIRECTOR STEVENS WITH US AND HIS WIFE, SUSIE. UH SO WE APPRECIATE DIRECTOR STEVENS. HE'S ALSO VERY QUICKLY COME ON THE BOARD AND BECOME A LEADER AND WILL BE CHEERING OUR WASTEWATER COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD THIS NEXT YEAR. SO APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE AS WELL. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM AS BRENT MENTIONED, I'LL BE GETTING SOME HELP. I'M GOING TO CALL A FRIEND HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

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ASKEY WHO OVERSEES PLANNING WILL COVER A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THE CITY OF WILEY AND THEN ALSO A BIG TOPIC FOR US IS WATER SUPPLY PLANNING AND COVER THAT AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS. AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. I WANT TO START FOR THOSE OF YOU. THAT MAY BE NEW TO COUNSEL WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE CAME TO BE, UH, SO BACK IN 1951. WE WERE REALLY CREATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT THE REQUEST OF OUR 10 ORIGINAL MEMBER CITIES WILDLY BEING ONE OF THOSE AND QUOTE FROM OUR HISTORY BOOK AS WE DECIDED WE WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE COULDN'T DO IT SEPARATELY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, A LOT OF THE CITIES IN THE AREA WERE VERY SMALL, AND WE'RE USING GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES TO MEET THE WATER NEEDS OF THAT TIME AND KNEW THAT AS THE GROWTH WAS COMING, BUT THOSE GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE. SO THEY JOINED TOGETHER. UH AND HAS THE STATE CREATE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. OVER THE DECADES WE TOOK ON THE SERVICES OF WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE AT THE REQUEST OF OUR MEMBER CITIES. OUR VISION IS THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS AT THE TIME OF CREATION, REGIONAL SERVICE THROUGH UNITY MEETING OUR REGIONS NEEDS TODAY AND TOMORROW WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY BY ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AND DEPENDABLE SERVICES IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOALS OF SERVICE, STEWARDSHIP, PARTNERSHIP AND PEOPLE. UM PARTNERSHIP WE ACTIVELY COLLABORATE WERE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR MEMBERS, CUSTOMERS AND OTHER FOLKS THAT WE PARTNER WITH ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND ARE PEOPLE. A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WILEY AND VERY CONNECTED IN WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CORE VALUES, WHICH SPELL OUT I TRUST, INTEGRITY, TRUST, RESPECT, UNITY, SAFETY AND TEAMWORK. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND BY THE NUMBERS, SO FOR DRINKING WATER, WE SERVE OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE SERVICE AREA ABOUT 2200 SQUARE MILES IS OUR SERVICE AREA, TOUCHING 10 DIFFERENT COUNTIES HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA FOR DRINKING WATER. WE'VE GOT SEVEN TREATMENT PLANTS. WITH A COMBINED COMPASSION CITY OF 946 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS WE SERVE AROUND 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH 13 DIFFERENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, MUDDY CREEK, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MOMENT SERVES YOU ALL AND MURPHY AND ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE OF THINGS. IT'S A SMALLER SYSTEMS SERVING AROUND 900,000 PEOPLE WITH FIVE MEMBER CITIES WILDLY IS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THAT SYSTEM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US IS TO BE LEADERS IN IN THE STATE AND LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE REGULARLY, UM HAVE RECOGNITIONS THAT COME OUR WAY. SO SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE REAL RECENTLY AND ACTUALLY WON THIS WEEK AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION IS, UH, REWARDING US. LARGE SYSTEM EXEMPLAR EARLY, EXEMPLARY SOURCE WATER PROTECTION AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TORONTO THIS WEEK, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REAL PROUD OF.

AND THEN RECENTLY WE RECEIVED A SAFETY AWARD FROM THE TEXAS WATER UTILITIES ASSOCIATION. UH AND WE ALSO ARE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR DRINKING WATER PLANTS THROUGH THE TEXAS OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH ENSURES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING DRINKING WATER THAT IS IN EXCESS OF THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. BUT IN THIS IS THE RECOGNITION THAT INDICATES IT'S THE MOST HIGHEST STANDARD. RECOGNITION THAT YOU CAN GET IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR YOUR DRINKING WATER QUALITY, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE REAL PROUD OF IS A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN OUR WASTEWATER PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION TEAM TOGETHER FOR AN OPERATIONS CHALLENGE COMPETITION, AND THEY ACTUALLY SET A RECORD IN APRIL AT TEXAS WATER CONFERENCE WHERE THEY WON FIRST PLACE AND EVERY EVENT AND ARE MOVING ON TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. COME OCTOBER AND THEN SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HEAR AS A THEME AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IS USING OUR RESOURCES WILDLY AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS AND THE WATERMARK AWARDS FOR COMMUNICATION EXCELLENCE AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE JUST NEXT DOOR WE ACTUALLY HELD A STEM CLINIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS LEGENDS BASKETBALL LAST YEAR, AND WE DID THAT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER MEMBER CITIES ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL.

TO GET WORD ABOUT WORD OUT TO STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO USE WATER WISELY AND ENCOURAGE THAT IN THEM AND THEIR PARENTS, UH SO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GETTING WORD OUT ON HOW TO MAKE BEST USE

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THERE'S A DEMONSTRATION GARDEN THAT WAS PARTICIPATED IN BY NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WHICH SHOWS HOW WHEN YOU USE NATIVE AND ADAPTIVE PLANTS THAT USE LESS WATER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE, THE MORE ECOLOGICALLY CONSCIENTIOUS, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND USE THAT WATER AND STRETCH THOSE RESOURCES FURTHER FOR THOSE 55,000 PEOPLE A YEAR WHO MOVING INTO THE REGION OUR TREATMENT CAPACITY SIGNIFICANT. OUR FIRST FOUR WATER PLANTS OR RIGHT HERE IN WILDLY COMPLEX. JENNA MENTIONED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY POLICE AND FIRE. UH APPRECIATE THAT EXTENSIVELY. WE ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR REGION. WELL BEYOND THE BORDERS OF WILEY, UH, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO DO. WE HAVE A BRAND NEW WATER PLANT WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE MOMENT TO LEONARD FOR SHIPMENT PLANNING ON FANNIN COUNTY. IT ACTUALLY TREATS THAT WATER COMING OUT OF BOTH DARK

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THERE AGAIN ARE FIVE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, THAT ARE SOLID WASTE MEMBER CITIES.

DISTRICT OWNS AND OPERATES THE 1 21 REGIONAL DISPOSAL FACILITY. THE SIGNIFICANT LANDFILL THAT IS UP NEAR ■MELISSA OPERATES MEMBER OF TRANSFER STATIONS DEFICIENT AND YOU GET THAT WASTE UP THERE AND DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. WE ESTIMATE WE HAVE ABOUT 38 YEARS OF LIFE LEFT IN THAT IN THAT EXISTING LANDFILL AND A NUMBER OF CITIES. HAVE THEIR CARRIERS WOULD NEVER THAT WASTE COLLECTOR. MAYBE THEY CAN TRANSPORT UP THERE AS WELL. OKAY, GATE, SO UM, BUT IT'S A GREAT FACILITY HELPS PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S LOCATED RIGHT THERE IN THE WATERSHED OF LABAN LEAK, WHICH IS KEENLY AWARE AND SENSITIVE TO KEEPING THAT PRISTINE EVEN THAT WATERSHED AS PRISTINE AS WE CAN. AS RECOGNIZED BY THE WAR WE JUST RECEIVED BY THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, AND THEN WE ARE FULL SERVICE KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY, WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND SERVING PEOPLE'S NEEDS. SOME OF THOSE KEY PROJECTS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO FIRST DARK LAKE. HAPPY TO REPORT IT IS 70% FULL AND WITH THE BRAIN THAT WE'RE SEEING, IT'S GOING TO KEEP COMING UP. THE LAKE ITSELF IS STILL CLOSED THE PUBLIC IT'S, UH , NOT YET SAFE TO OPEN IT BECAUSE OF LAKE LEVELS AND SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT IF THIS EL NINO PATTERN SETS IN, AND WE DO CONTINUE TO GET RANGE OF THE SUMMER, WE MAY BE HAVING DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS LATER THIS YEAR, SO IT IS CONSTRUCTED . YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT PERMIT CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 2018. UH WE DEDICATED IT IN 2022. THE LINEAR WATER TREATMENT PLAN. OUR NEWEST WARSHIP PLANT HAS BEEN PRODUCING WATER SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT WATER IS COMING IN TO MEET THAT GROWING POPULATION HELP PROVIDE THAT BASE FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, AND WE ARE IMMEDIATELY GOING INTO THE FIRST EXPANSION OF THAT PLAN. IT, IN FACT, IS 100 DESIGN AND IT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION VERY SOON. THERE'S NO REST FOR THE WEARY AND ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE ABLE TO TREAT 380 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. WITH THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT, DARK LAKE IN ASTHMA ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT SISTER GROVE. REGIONAL WISH WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY . THE STATE HAS PLAYED A BIG PART IN HELPING THE LOCAL FINANCIAL BURDEN OF BUILDING AND OPERATING THESE BASIC NECESSITIES THESE PLANTS TO PLANT THE LAKE. AND THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT, AND THEY'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE TEXT DEVELOPMENT BOARD ADMINISTERS FUNDS THAT HELPED OFFSET THE INTEREST COST. FOR THE DEATH THAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS. AND IN THE CASE OF SISTER GROVE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT SOME BULLETS HERE ON HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS WE SHAVED BECAUSE OF THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN THESE REGIONAL PROJECTS, AND THE SIMILAR THING HAPPENED WITH THE WITH THE LAKE IN WASHINGTON PLAN. IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT NOW. IT'S UP JUST NORTH OF NEW HOPE IT WILL BE THE FIFTH REGIONAL PLANT THAT WILL SERVE OUR REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM. COME ON 1000 ACRES AND, UH, GROUP SHOULD BE OPERATING HERE VERY SOON. 2025 IS OUR TARGET DATE AND WE ARE ON TARGET RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S ALL KIND OF TALK, FOCUS A LOT ON THE NEW AND THE NEWER THINGS, BUT REMEMBER, AND YOU KNOW THIS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 19 FIFTIES WHILE HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FORMATION OF NORTH TEXAS, MISS WATER DISTRICT AND GETTING AH WATER CONE GETTING WATER AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE OUT OF LOVE ONLY. THOSE LEADERS THAT ORIGINALLY THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS BUILT WE'VE CONSTANTLY GOT TO BE RENEWING. IN FACT, NOT TOO LONG AGO WE FINISHED THE FULL REHAB OF OUR WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST WATER PLANT TO TREAT WATER BY THE MORE CLICKS MYSTERY FOR WATER DISTRICT. AND YET ARE THE VINTAGE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STARTED FROM THE 19 FIFTIES AND DECADES ON WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND , BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP REINVESTING IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS RELIABLE AND CAN BE USED . WE CAN RELY UPON 24 7 TO DELIVER WATER TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES . MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S WATER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIGHTING FIRES FOR HOSPITALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT IT TAKES IT TAKES INVESTMENT TO KEEP THAT STUFF WHERE YOU CAN RELY UPON IT, AND SO UM, WHILE WE ARE STILL WE ARE GROWING AND CONTINUE THE BEST IN THAT WE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN RENEWAL AND

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KEY IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE CITY OF LIGHT. THANK YOU, BILLY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF WILEY. BUT I DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR RECREATION FACILITY EVERY MORNING TO KEEP KEEP EXERCISING , BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT AS A FIRST CLASS FACILITY, AND IT'S INDICATIVE OF SERVICES AT THE CITY PROVIDES YOUR CITIZENS AND IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR US TO FALL, SO I DO LOVE THAT PLACE AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. I'D LIKE TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE REGION, BUT ALSO WIDELY HERE SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHAT AM I DOING? TALK FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT AROUND AND THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS YOU MAKES PLAIN WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE CITY THAT IS A CITY PROJECT, BUT THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS. BECAUSE WE REALIZED A LOT OF OUR TRUCKS USE THAT ROAD . YOU BANKS UP TO THE GATE. SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO PAY FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO GET UNDERWAY THIS SUMMER. IF YOU GO AROUND THE PARK BOULEVARD, IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IT IS NOT A DISTRICT. PROJECT BUT WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE CONGESTION. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL. THAT NEW ROAD WILL, UM, CROSS A NUMBER OF OUR KEY RAW WATER AND TREATED LINES . SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ROAD IS PUT IN PROPERLY TO PROTECT OUR LINES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE NOT ONLY THE CITY BUT ALSO THE REGION. AS YOU GO ALONG AROUND 2 25 50 FOR THAT PIPELINE RELOCATION. YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED SOME OF THAT DELAYS. IF YOU GO OUT THAT WAY, WE WORK VERY WELL IN HAND IN HAND WITH TECH START AS THEY CONTINUE TO WIDEN THE ROADS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD TO RELOCATE OUR LINES. THERE'S TWO LINES HERE. WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY TO ALLOW TECH STOCKS. TO EXPAND THAT, UM , THAT PARTICULAR ROAD THERE, AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LINES THERE THAT WE HAD TO RELOCATE. THE OTHER ONE IS THE NORTH SYSTEM AIR VALVE IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS. AS BILLY MENTIONED, WE KIND OF HAVE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE'S FOUR PARTICULAR VOWS THAT WE ARE IMPROVING WITHIN INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF WILEY AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OR NORTH KOREA GARLANDS GROUND SYSTEM GROUND STORAGE TANK WHILE NOT IN THE CITY OF WILEY, THAT IS A PRESSURE MAINTENANCE TANKS. WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF DISRUPTION IN THE SYSTEM. WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE REPAIRED AND THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER TO WILDLY NUMBER TO YOUR SECOND DELIVERY POINT, AS WE CALL THAT MOVING ON TO THE WASTEWATER SIDE. UM THE CITY OF WIDELY ALONG WITH CITY MURPHY CONTRIBUTE THEIR WASTEWATER FLOWS DOWN TO THE MUDDY CREEK PLANT. TWO THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS YEAR. WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IN THE MORNING.

THE OPERATIONS BUILDING. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE OUR OPERATORS OPERATE AND SAFE AND CLEAN OPERATIONS FACILITIES SO THAT OPERATIONS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE AWARDED THIS ACTUALLY SOMETIME IN FISCAL YEAR 24 AND THEN THE BIGGER ONE IS THE EXPANSION OF MUDDY CREEK. IT'S CURRENTLY HAS A CAPACITY OF 10 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY WITH A PEAK CAPACITY OF 30 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AND THAT IS BEING EXPANDED AND WILL ADDRESS THE BUILD OUT GROWTH FOR NOT ONLY WILEY, BUT ALSO MURPHY, UM, SO THAT IS EXPECTED IN ITS FINAL DIVINE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE AWARDED IN FY 24. IT IS A BIG PRICE TAG, AND I'M SURE AS YOU HEARD. IT'S CLOSE TO $100 MILLION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE BID, CLIMATE AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ELECTRONIC THAT'S THAT IS TYPICAL. WHAT WE'RE SEEING A SIMILAR PROJECT. WE'RE EXPANDING ANOTHER, UM, SMALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN THAT SERVES ROYCE CITY AND FAITH. SAME ABOUT THREE MG EXPANSION. AND THAT IS OVER $100 MILLION, SO THE PRICE TAG IS RIGHT ALONG. WE DON'T LIKE THOSE BIG PRICES. NEITHER DO YOU . BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS OUR AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF SHIFT TO LONGER RANGE PLANNING IS JANET MENTIONED OVERSEEING 55,000 PEOPLE A YEAR MOVING INTO OUR SERVICE AREA, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN. LOOKING OUT TO 2080. THAT'S A LONG TERM BUT IN WATER YEARS THAT COMES PRETTY QUICK. LET ME EXPLAIN THIS CHART TO HERE REAL QUICK.

UM THE COLORED BARS REPRESENT THE CURRENT WATER RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE ARE THOSE WATER SOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON THE LEFT REPRESENTS THE MILLION GALLONS PER DAY PER DAY. UM AVAILABILITY OF BLACK LINE REPRESENTS OUR DEMANDS BASED ON GROWTH PROJECTION FOR A DRY YEAR. WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR A DRY YEAR TO WET YEAR. IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BLACK LINE

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THEY'RE COLOR CODED THE PURPLE ONES, THERE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY NEW RESERVOIRS. THE ONES IN LIGHT BLUE ARE EXISTING LAKES. MOST OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT HAVE OF WATER THAT COULD BE PURCHASED AND THEN PIPE BACK TO THE METROPLEX TO HELP MEET OUR DEMANDS. THERE'S TWO BIG CIRCLES RECORD REPRESENT GROUNDWATER. WE'RE EXPLORING GROUNDWATER. THERE'S SOME FEASIBLE PROJECTS AND GROUNDWATER OUT IN THE EAST AND THE SOUTH OF US THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT. AND THEN, AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE METROPLEX, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'RE WORKING WITH. AND ONE IS YOU'RE AWARE OF THE VERY POPULAR AND VERY EFFECTIVE WETLANDS THAT WE HAVE THAT TAKES SOME MORE WASTEWATER TREATS, AND IT PUTS IT BACK IN THE LAKE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH PARENT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, ANOTHER PROVIDER IN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE METROPLEX. THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW WETLANDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF OUR WEIGHT WATER FLOWS IN THERE AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF NEWS, SUCH AS AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY. AND WHAT THAT IS, IF THE AQUIFER HAS THE RIGHT PROPERTIES DURING WET TIMES, AND WHAT YEARS WE WOULD PUMP WATER DOWN INTO THAT AQUIFER, AND THEN WE HAVE TO STORE IT IN THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN, DURING DRY YEARS, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL IT OUT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, OR SURFACE AREA AS WELL. SO UM 25 STRATEGIES LOOKING AT THEM. WE'VE SEVERAL OF THOSE WERE IN SOME ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FORWARD WITH THE NEXT SLIDE HERE SHOWS JUST THE CATEGORIES OF THE STRATEGIES OF HOW THEY EQUATE IN THE PIE CHART. THE CONNECTING SUPPLIES MENTIONED THAT WOULD BE EXISTING RESERVOIRS. THE NEW RESERVOIRS ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALL AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBER OF CUSTOMER SEIZES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION REUSE QUESTION ABOUT 30/30 PERCENT OF THE FUTURE SUPPLIES, SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO COUNT ON THAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STRATEGIES OUT THERE HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THAT. SO, SPEAKING OF CONSERVATION, UM IT IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR MAXIMIZING OUR SUPPLIES. WE BELIEVE THAT CONSERVATION EFFORTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THEIR SERVICE AREA WE HAVE SAVED OVER PROBABLY ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL PROJECT. BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO MENTION THE LEGENDS THAT WE'RE HERE IN YOUR GYM. WE HAVE WATER FOR AUDIT GOING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. NOBODY CAN SHAME US BETTER THAN OUR CHILDREN SAYING, HEY, MOM AND DAD STOPPED. KEEPING THE WATER RUNNING WHILE YOU'RE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH, BUT AND I LAUGH A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE LITTLE THINGS DO HELP, AND WE EDUCATE OUR YOUTH. THE IMPORTANCE OF WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM IN THE ABILITY TO CONSERVE THAT. THE WATER. MY YARD. THIS IS A FREE TOOL THAT WILL TELL YOU WHEN TO, UM WATER YOUR HARD, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU MAY NOT REALIZE. BUT LAST YEAR IN COUNTY, YOU'RE 22. THERE WERE 33 WEEKS WHERE YOU DID NOT HAVE TO WATER AT ALL. 33 WEEKS, BUT YOU ONLY WOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR WATERMARK YARD THAT'S USES WEATHER STATIONS AND OTHER UM, INPUT DATA FROM OUR AREA AND SEND YOU EITHER A TEXT OR AN EMAIL OF WHEN TO DO IT. THE OTHER ONE IS WE'RE NOT JUST DOING IT ALONE. WE HAVE, UM WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OTHER METROPLEX MAJOR WATERS, DALLAS UTILITY AND CURRENT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE ON CONSERVATION AND WE ACTUALLY CAME TOGETHER AND ARE SPONSORING A PROGRAM. THE WATER IS AWESOME. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN A LOT OF COMMERCIALS, EVEN EVEN EITHER ON TV OR BILLBOARDS. BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER. COLLABORATE HAVE THAT SAME MESSAGE ON CONSERVATION BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. SO UM, SO HOPEFULLY I'LL GIVE YOU A HOPEFULLY GAVE ME A GOOD RUN DOWN SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE CITY ITSELF. WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY AND ALSO SOMETHING CONTRIBUTION. I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO JENNIFER'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE RATES. I GET TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS BEFORE I GET INTO THAT WE'VE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS UP HERE. UM SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND I'M SURE IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL AS WELL AS BEING TRANSPARENT AND SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF TRANSPARENCY, SHOT STARS FOR TRADITIONAL FINANCES AND THAT OBLIGATIONS, IT'S BEEN A FOCUS AREA. AND WE'VE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF UM, CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT IN A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD FROM FOO A. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REAL PROUD OF, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS IT ORGANIZATION. WE'VE ALSO GOT A LITTLE INFOGRAPHIC THERE, AND AS

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AND THAT IS INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DEBT SERVICE ACROSS OUR VARIOUS BUDGETS BY AROUND 30 HALF AND $38.5 MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE DRIVER FOR US THAT HAS BEEN ESCALATED DUE TO THE ESCALATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS, SO WE MONITOR VERY CLOSELY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET FROM A CONSTRUCTION BASSIST. STANDPOINT AND LAST YEAR WE HAD TO INCREASE WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING CAPITAL PROJECTS TO COST BY ABOUT 17% FOR A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE. THANKFULLY IT'S SLOWED. I THINK WE'RE BELIEVING IT'S AROUND 5% FOR THIS PAST YEAR, SO NOT NEAR THE 17% THAT WE WERE SEEING LAST YEAR. UM IN ORDER TO TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE INCREASES AND THOSE IMPACTS WE DO ENGAGE REGULARLY WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO HAVE ACCESS TO LOW INTEREST FUNDING, AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED OUR EXTENDABLE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT FROM A RATE BASIS OF THOSE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO ENHANCE THE TOOLS AND THE TOOLBOX. TO OVERCOME THE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S HITTING US PRETTY HARD AND MAYBE HITTING YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE INCREASING. THEY'VE INCREASED ABOUT 25% IN THE LAST YEAR, AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO PLAN FOR THAT AND INCLUDE THAT IN OUR RATES AT A HIGHER DEGREE THAN WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND THEN THERE CONTINUES TO BE MARKET VOLATILITY FROM AN INTEREST RATE STANDPOINT. CHEMICAL COST OF VOLATILITY WAS JUST INSANE. LAST YEAR, WE HAD TREMENDOUS INCREASES IN WHAT CHEMICAL COSTS WERE FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. UM AT THIS POINT , THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN, BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE A HISTORIC HIGHS. SO WE'VE HAD A FEW CHEMICALS THAT ARE ARE MAJOR DRIVERS FROM A CHEMICAL COST STANDPOINT THAT WE START TO SEE TAPER DOWN. BUT FOR A MOMENT, FOR THE MOST PART, THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY THE DRIVER IN OUR CHEMICAL COSTS HAVE REMAINED HIGH. BUT THANKFULLY, THE AMOUNT OF VOLATILITY THAT WE'RE SEEING A YEAR AGO HAS REDUCED SO IN LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR OUR RATES. WE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS PROVIDES STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS TO OUR MEMBERS AND OUR CUSTOMERS. SO THIS IS A GRAPH THAT PROVIDES WHAT WE ANTICIPATE OUR RATES TO BE OVER A 10 YEAR HORIZON. SO IT COMPARES WHAT WE ANTICIPATED OUR RATES TO BE. FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, COMPARED TO WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THEM NOW, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR CURRENT RATE IS 3 39 PER 1000 GALLONS FOR WHOLESALE WATER AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND LOOK TO 24 WERE ANTICIPATING AN 11% INCREASE UP TO $3.77. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS CONTINUED INCREASES INTO THE FUTURE. THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS NEXT YEAR'S INCREASE IN THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO EXPANSION OF THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION IT CAME ONLINE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AT 70 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, AND I THINK IT'S CREATING ABOUT 60 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. AT THIS POINT,

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BUT BASED ON THE COORDINATION AND LOOKING DOING SOME OPTIMIZATION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THAT EXPANSION TO HALF OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT WERE ROUTINELY OPERATING UNDER 90% OF THAT CAPACITY, SUCH THAT WHEN MAINTENANCE ISSUES COME UP THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE WITHOUT HAVING AN IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. GOOD QUESTION. MR PARKER AND ALSO, JUST ADD TO THAT. UM INSPIRATION IS ALSO A PART OF THAT SYSTEM.

THE CITY WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH INSPIRATION. NOT THAT IT'S A HUGE IMPACT, BUT JUST AN IMPACT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. DOESN'T APPEAR SO AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME TO COME THIS EVENING AND TO SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH US AND THANK YOU TO OUR DIRECTORS WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD. FOR ALL THE TIME THAT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S THESE ARE JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE PROJECTS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT I'M AWARE SOME. I'M AWARE OF SOME I'M SURE THERE'S STILL HAMMERING OUT BEHIND THE SCENES. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEFORE WE MOVED TO THE SECOND WORK SESSION ON BUDGET THIS WITH THAT. I'LL RECONVENE US

[WS2. Discuss FY 2023-2024 General Fund Budget.]

WHICH WILL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS . INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING OVER THIS EVENING, SO UM. I WANT TO START FIRST WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. NOT THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING OVER A GOOD MOVE, BUT UM WE GOT OUR S AND P BOND RATING CAME BACK. AND WE'VE BEEN UPGRADED FROM A DOUBLE A PLUS TWO DOUBLE A SO, UH HUH. OTHER WAY AROUND. DOUBLE DOUBLE DOUBLE A PLUS. WHATEVER I SAID, I THINK THE OPPOSITE. UM SO A LOT OF THAT FROM THE BONDING. WRITING AGENCIES, UM. COME BACK, YOU ALL KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. THEY PASSED ALONG THAT. Y'ALL ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR HAVING THAT STRONG FINANCIAL . DECISIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT STAYS SOUND PRACTICE. UM.

MOODY UPGRADED US LAST YEAR. THEY DIDN'T UPGRADE US THIS YEAR, BUT THEY DID MAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TRIPLE EIGHT TENDENCIES. UM, THAT ARE LISTED IN OUR DOCUMENTATION SO AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS IS, UM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL BE REALLY THROUGH BUILD OUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THAT WILL COME BACK FOR COUNCIL. IN A MIXED. AND THE AFTER BUDGET, PROBABLY OCTOBER NOVEMBER. THIS FALL. PAUL WINTER RIGHT NOW, ON CHRISTMAS, I WAS GONNA SAY, KIND OF GO FROM SUMMER TO WINTER HERE. THAT'S WHY I SAY FALL. COULD BE FALL FOR A WEEK AND THEN SUMMER AGAIN. THEY CALL IT THE FALSE FALL THAT YOU GET DOWN HERE. SO, UH, GET STARTED. OH, OR THE. SEND THE RAP PRESENTATION EMAILED THEM TO US. BUT YEAH.

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UH UM. SO. AS YOU'LL RECALL. UM . WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE DEBT FOR MACMILLAN ROAD. SOME FOR PARK.

SOME FOR THE ROUTINE. BOND. 10 MILLION. PART OF THE $10 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR STREET REPAIRS AND THE BOND ON THAT EQUALS TWO SENT, UH TWO CENTS AND ATTACKS. INCREASE, I GUESS. SO ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS THAT EQUAL 55 CENTS AND THEN WE'VE DISCUSSED. AND THE COUNCIL GAVE

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OVER LAST YEAR. UM. WE'RE USING THE TWO CENTS. I'VE SEEN THOSE TAX AND INTEREST TO COVER THAT.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND IT IF THIS NEEDS TO BE HELD OFF TILL LATER. JUST TELL ME AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT. UM AND IT MIGHT BE ONE THAT MR BROWN ENDS UP ANSWERING. THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROGRAM. I REALIZED WHERE WE ARE AND TAKING IT OVER AND STARTING IT UP AND EVERYTHING. UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT SEPARATED OUT FROM OUR ALL OF OUR OTHER GENERAL BUDGET ITEMS AND WHY IT IS IN ADDITION TO SURE TAX RATE. WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING SO THE AMBULANCE SERVICES A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S NEVER BEEN BUDGETED BEFORE. AND, UM. TWO REASONS REALLY ONE. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH NEW REVENUE TO COVER THAT. AND THEN SECONDLY IS, UM WE. WE ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING WITHIN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THE UM AND I'LL JUST SKIP DOWN THERE TODAY ARE NOW THE 15% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE'VE BUDGETED 3% AVERAGE MERIT INCREASE FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

ALONG WITH THESE OTHER ONE TIME AND RECURRING EXPENSE EXPENDITURES THAT I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE. ALL OF THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE NO NEW REVENUE, RIGHT? SO OUTSIDE OF THAT. IS THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM. SO. WE CAN EITHER ACCOMPLISHED SOME OF THESE. WHEN DO NOTHING ELSE IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT A NO NEW REVENUE, RIGHT? OR INCREASE THE TAX RATE. THE. I GUESS THE CONSENSUS THAT STAFF TOOK OUT OF WHENEVER WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WAS THAT COUNCIL COULD SUPPORT A TAX INCREASE. ESTABLISHED ANALYSTS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BROKEN OUT IS BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM. TYPICALLY WHENEVER YOU, UM. START A NEW PROGRAM, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS WHETHER IT'S AMBULANCE SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S AN AQUATIC CENTER, WHETHER IT'S UM YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU MIGHT BE, UM THAT NEW PROGRAM. IS FUNDED THROUGH SOME SORT OF A TAX INCREASE, AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS GOING TO END UP FALLING ON. JUST THE CAPITAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. THAT HAD TO HAPPEN UP FRONT, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF SEPARATED OUT. HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE APPRECIATED.

X Y. Z BECAUSE OF STARTING THE PROGRAM UP IS HOPE. IT'S KIND OF THE START UP COSTS IF YOU WILL, INSTEAD OF THE ONGOING YOU KNOW, PAYING THE EMPLOYEES PAINT LIKE ONGOING SERVICE NOW. SO IN THIS, UM THERE'S ABOUT 900,000. THAT'S A ONE TIME EXPENSE THE TOTAL COST TO START THE ANALYST PROGRAMS ABOUT 3.5 MILLION AND THE ONE TIME EXPENSES ARE ABOUT 900,000 SO MAJORITY OF THAT ISN'T ONE TIME EXPENSES AND MAJORITY OF THAT IS AN ONGOING CAR. OKAY NOW, THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY REVENUE. UM AND THEN. WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THAT SEEMS VERY SORRY. INTERESTING WAS GOING TO SAY, UH , SO HERE'S HERE'S THE, UH, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH OUR CURRENT AMBULANCE PROVIDER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2020. FOUR. UM SO. IN ORDER FOR US TO BRING THE M S SERVICE IN HOUSE. WE HAVE TO . GEAR UP BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, 30TH. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THE M S OCTOBER THE 1ST 2024, SO WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT THIS YEAR. AH WE ARE PAYING, UM OUR PROVIDER. WE PAY THEM ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR. UM WE WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT AND

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WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU UM NO. OKAY. I WASN'T I WASN'T SURE IF HE HAD UPDATED AND, UH, COUNCILMAN STRAIN POINTED OUT SOMETHING AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD LOOKED INTO. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS WERE. WE'RE USING AS A RIGHT NOW. IS THAT AN ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE? OR IS THAT A BUILDING RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO ALL THAT INFORMATION. I JUST WASN'T SURE ON THAT. BECAUSE AS WAS STATED, I LOOKED UP SOME OF THE LOCAL PLACES AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM. IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA OFTEN. $1000 PLUS AND THEN IT'S GREAT PER MILE. BUT THE AMBULANCE DRIVES OF 10 TO $15 A MILE. IN ADDITION AND THEN I KNOW AT LEAST SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES CHARGE EVEN FOR THE AMBULANCE TO COME OUT AND TREAT. EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TRANSPORT

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YES YEAH, IT'S I MEAN, AND YOU ALL HAVE A WHOLE FEE STRUCTURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BRING BACK TO Y'ALL. Y'ALL HEADS BEHIND Y'ALL. ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT PART. WE'RE JUST NOT IN THAT FAR DOWN THE ROAD YET. OKAY SO, UM, I GUESS RATHER THAN RATHER THAN WAITING TO THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, IF YOU'RE OKAY, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A FEW MORE SLIDES, BUT I'M HERE FOR Y'ALL. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT WILL BRING UP A DISCUSSION. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I KNOW. I KNOW FROM WHEN I'VE REACHED OUT OVER THE LAST MONTH THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DEDICATED TO LOCKING YOURSELF IN A ROOM AND WORKING THROUGH THIS I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THAT. SO I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO IT. I KNOW IT'S THE BUDGET SEASON IS NOT EASY. UM I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IS IT STILL UP THERE? THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BASED BUDGET. AND ESSENTIALLY NOW. THESE ARE SUPPORTED UNDER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW. CAN'T DO ANYTHING ESSENTIALLY. CORRECT I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW, I KNOW. I KNOW. YOU GUYS ARE STILL I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE YOU WENT THROUGH IT ABOVE, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE INSURANCE. I KNOW THAT'S NOT A FINAL NUMBER AND OTHERS DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE HAVING. AND BUT THAT'S JUST TO SAY THAT UM, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THAT THAT COUNCIL AND STAFF WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EMPLOYEES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MERIT AND WHEREVER YOU GOT. I KNOW YOU GUYS HANDLE PAY PLAN. INTERNALLY AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TO SAY I'M NOT AT ALL ASKING FOR THAT TO BE CUT OUT OF THE BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY IN LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OPTIONS ARE AS WE DIG DEEPER ON INSURANCE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LARGE INCREASE IN A LARGE ITEM, SO REAL QUICK ON WE ARE LOOKING AT MAN. HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN. UM WITH HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

JUST SEEING WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE . I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO OFFER MORE THAN ONE PLAN. UM AND OFFER A UH, BASE PLAN. AND IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, MAYBE, UM OUR CURRENT PLAN WOULD BE ABOUT PLAN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM INCREASING THE COPAYS. AND THEN NARROW NETWORK PLAN. CURRENTLY I BELIEVE UM. SIGNALS ARE CARRIER AND THEIR NARROW NETWORK. IT'S REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THEIR OWN NETWORK. IT'S INCLUDES EVERYTHING EXCEPT TEXAS HEALTH, SO WHICH I WILL POINT OUT ALLOWS ME TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST WERE PLANTED INCLUDES INCLUDED EXCLUDED. I MEAN INCLUSION. JUST KIDDING. OH YOU KNOW, I'VE SET UP THE DISCUSSIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE THE NARROW NETWORK PLAN INVOLVED THE COMPANY I WORK FOR SO I DON'T PARTICIPATE, EVEN THOUGH I GET ZERO INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR DIFFERENT ENTITY, BUT SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE, UM COSTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT. DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S. HARD PILL FOR ALL OF US TO SWALLOW. SO UM , I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. NO, YOU'RE FINE. UM I WANTED TO GIVE MY TWO CENTS AND WE HAVE TWO CENTS FOR DEBT AND GIVE MY TWO CENTS ON ON WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER IN THIS IN THIS INSTANCE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE OPINION FLAVOR OF THE COUNCIL AND OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW ME BY NOW I'M GONNA GONNA GIVE IT IN LOOKING AT IT. IT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE FROM YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU PROVIDED. IT'S ABOUT 690,000 ROUNDED UP CALLED 700,000 FOR A CENT OF TAX, WHICH MEANS BROTH AGAIN. IT'S ABOUT $2.1 MILLION THAT WERE SHORT TO FUND THE AMBULANCE SERVICE THIS YEAR. IN THE 23 BUDGET. GREAT.

THREE CENTS ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. THEY'RE ABOUT YESTERDAY. MILLION. IT'S ABOUT 2.5 MILLION.

TOTAL WE'RE USING SALES TAX. NO I'M SAYING THAT YOU COULDN'T FIT INTO THE ORIGINAL AND IN OUR BUDGET. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL THREE CENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO TAX RATE. WHICH IS

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SO IF THE SALES TAX DOESN'T COME IN AT 10% AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH REVENUE THERE. THEN I MEAN, WE NEED FIVE CENTS TOTAL, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. THAT . YES AND OKAY. YES, AND ONGOING. CORRECT THREE CENTS. IN IN LOOKING AT IT. THAT'S ABOUT 2.1 MILLION. OKAY? AND AH, I KNOW INITIAL PROJECTIONS AND AGAIN THEIR PROJECTIONS BUT SOMEWHERE IN A COLLECTION OF AROUND 1.5 MILLION, BASED ON PATTERNS AND OTHER CITIES IS I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS SUGGESTED. I KNOW IT COULD BE. A LITTLE HIGHER COULD BE A LITTLE LOWER.

AND I BELIEVE OUR CURRENT CONTRACT THAT'S IN THIS FISCAL BUDGET IS ABOUT $200,000 CORRECT . OBVIOUSLY IN 24, WE WON'T PAY THEM ANYMORE. CORRECT 25 24. WE WILL PAY HIM STILL. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. MY BRAIN THINKS OF NEXT YEAR AT ENDING BUT THAT'S NEXT YEAR. OCTOBER 1 FY 25. WE WON'T PAY THEM BACK DOLLARS ANYMORE. SO IN MY ESTIMATION, ROUGH NUMBERS AGAIN, IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 1.7 BETWEEN NOT PAYING THEM AND POTENTIAL REVENUES, BUT WE'RE STILL AT 2.1. THAT. IS THAT THREE CENTS THAT RECOMMENDED THERE? IN ORDER TO GET THAT SERVICE STARTED UP.

FOR ME WHEN I LOOK AT IT. THE TWO CENTS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS. THAT'S I N S. IT'S NOT BELIEVE I'M STATING IT CORRECTLY THAT'S EXCLUDED. FROM THE NO NEW REVENUE CALCULATIONS OR IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LANGUAGES BUT I KNOW I N S IS CARVED OUT SEPARATELY. DEBT SERVICE. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT TO MAKE SORRY. IT'S STILL PART OF THE TAX. BUT YOU'RE SO I DON'T WANT TO AT ALL. MAKE ANYONE THINK THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T AFFECT TAXES AND PAYMENTS. BUT THAT'S I THINK THAT'S CARVED OUT , SO TO SPEAK, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S TO COVER DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR PROJECTS BY THE VOTERS. UM FOR THE REST OF THE MONEY FOR YEAR, ONE THAT THREE CENTS AGAIN COMES OUT ABOUT 2.1 MILLION AND EXPECTED REVENUES FROM IT. FOR ME. I WOULD WANT TO USE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT AS A CAPITAL. START UP. I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE TO USE MONEY FROM THE FUND BALANCE. FOR ANYTHING THAT'S RECURRING COST.

BUT. WELL GO AHEAD. WE CAN'T USE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A BALANCED BUDGET.

OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S A RECURRING COST. SO WE HAVE YOU SAID 3.5, RIGHT? AND WE'RE COVERING A MILLION DOLLARS ESSENTIALLY. THE 900,002 CENTS, WHICH IS WHAT 1.2 . I DON'T. I DON'T YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN. YOU HAVE FIVE CENTS THAT'S IN THERE, AND I BELIEVE 909 150 OF IT IS CAPITAL START UP COSTS EXPENSES CORRECT. SO ON THOSE ONE TIME EXPENSES YOU COULD USE SURE THAT WHICH WOULD LEAVE US WHAT MILLION DOLLARS SHORT SO THAT I BELIEVE. THEREABOUTS. I DON'T I MEAN, I'M I CAN'T DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT. BUT, YEAH. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS MY CONCERN OVER THAT IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE MONEY GOING UP AND THEN MY ROUGH NUMBERS OR 350 TO $400,000 SHORTFALL ONCE THE REVENUE AND THE NON PAYMENT OF A CONTRACT STARTS FOR FY 25 AND SO IF WE HAVE ANOTHER 1.21 0.3, WE COULD ESSENTIALLY BRING THAT PROGRAM ON AT THAT POINT. BUT THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHARP UP SHARP DOWN IN TAXES. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 10% HIT TO THE CITIZENS. IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE UNDER THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. THAT YOU GUYS FOLLOW WHEN IT COMES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE FOR ME. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IT AS

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YOU'D STILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY. $1.9 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE PENDING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO START OVER SAYING ABOUT THIS DOWN. SO WE HAVE 3.4 MILLION OVER THE 30% IN THAT 6% OF WHERE THE CURRENT FUND BALANCES THE STONE ROAD MONEY HAS BEEN PULLED OUT ALREADY. CORRECT UM, AND WHENEVER THAT GETS BUILT, WE'LL GET THAT REIMBURSED. IT'LL GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE ONE BELONGS. YOU UNDERSTAND? THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THERE'S NO INFLATION COST. AND THAT 1.6 MILLION ACTUALLY COMES BACK. YEAH AGAIN. ROUGH NUMBERS. IT COULD BE A COUPLE $100,000.01 WAY OR THE OTHER AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SO THAT PUTS IT AT APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION OVER THE 30% OKAY IF THE THREE CENTS WAS FUNDED WITH $2.1 MILLION OUT OF IT. THAT STILL LEAVES. 2.9 MILLION. WHICH, OF COURSE THERE COULD BE A $400,000 DIFFERENCE ON STONE ROAD. OKAY, HOLD ON. HOLD ON. IT IS. SO GO BACK TO THE THREE CENTS THREE CENTS TWO POINT 1,000,002 POINT 1,000,005 MILLION THAT LEAVES YOU WITH 2.9. ABOVE THE 30% STILL, SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DRAWING DOWN UNDER THE 30. IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT, LET'S SAY STONE ROAD IS 10% HIGHER. I DON'T KNOW. DID THE COUNTY CAPITAL DID THEY AGREE TO PLAY PERCENTAGE? I AGREED TO PAY THEIR 27% OR WHATEVER, BUT IT COULD COST US A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF FUN BALANCE, POTENTIALLY, BUT WE SHOULD STILL HAVE BETWEEN TWO AND $2.5 MILLION, EVEN IF HIS ESCALATED ABOVE THE 30% IF THERE WAS A NEED AND THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR DISCUSSION ON IF SALES TAX OR SOMETHING ELSE DOESN'T COME THROUGH MID YEAR BUDGET, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS I ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT BASED ON OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW. BASED ON THE I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE POLICE. DEPARTMENT OF POSITIONS ONE S R O, WHICH I ASSUME WILL FEEL INTERNALLY TYPICALLY. YOU GUYS HANDLE THAT, BUT WE HAVE BUDGETED OFFICERS AND WE HAVE THE BUDGET OF POSITIONS FOR FIRE . I'M GOING TO ASSUME OCTOBER 1ST. WE DON'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON STARTED. AND SO THERE WILL BE SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BOTH ON POSITIONS THAT AREN'T NEW THAT ARE OPEN. BUT ALSO THESE POSITIONS THAT PHIL I WILL ASSUME IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS POTENTIALLY TO FILL THOSE WHICH WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ADD MONEY BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. WE SEE. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE 2.1 MILLION. YOU'RE WANTING TO USE THAT OF FUN BALANCE. WE CAN'T USE THAT MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A BALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S RECURRING SALARIES IN THE ONLY AMOUNT OUT OF THAT. AMBULANCE PROGRAM THAT WE CAN USE FROM FUND BALANCES AND 900,000. RIGHT SO THAT LEAVES YOU AT 1.2. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DRAFTING THE BUDGET , YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIGN . IF YOU GUYS CAN'T CONSIDER THAT AND A CAPITAL START UP COSTS. FOR THEM. I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU MUST SIGN THE MONEY TO ON THAT ON THAT YEAR'S BASIS, WHETHER IT'S THE ROADWAY BUDGET . THAT'S A ONE YEAR USERS SPEND . I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HALF A MILLION A MILLION DOLLARS IF THEY GET THAT GOES IN FOR RESURFACING. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE CAPITAL THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET. I'M SAYING INFUSED THE BUDGET WITH $2.1 MILLION COVER DIFFERENT CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT ARE LISTED IN IT. AND KEEP THE TAX RATE STABILIZED. THAT LEAVES YOU 350 TO $400,000 TO ABSORB NEXT YEAR BASED ON YOUR PROJECTIONS. ON REVENUE AND EXPENSES. I'LL DO THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. SURE. IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR METHODOLOGY HERE, YOU'RE ASKING US TO PULL OUT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF OUR BASE BUDGET. IF WE PULL THOSE OUT NOW. THEN THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO BE IN FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE RIGHT CALCULATION IN THE NEXT YEAR, SO YOU'RE HURTING US IN FUTURE YEARS. THE WAY WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AS IF THERE'S AN UNFUNDED PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY REVENUE ATTACHED TO IT. AND THERE'S NOT A STEADY REVENUE SOURCE THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON TO FUND THAT THAT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON. IF YOU PASS A TAX WRITE TO COVER THAT PROGRAM. IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. YOU'RE PREVENTED IF IT'S POSSIBLE IN ALL OF YOUR

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BUT THAT'S WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO THEN. WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I'VE SPOKEN A LOT. I APPRECIATE BOTH OF Y'ALL'S PATIENTS WITH ME. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE AMBULANCE SERVICE ITSELF, AND THAT WOULD BE UM, NO, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE TIME EXPENSES OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS CORRECT. AND THEN THE ONGOING CONCERN IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 3 63 PER YEAR. ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ESTIMATED REVENUES OR IS THAT 3 63? YEAH. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE ONGOING CONCERN AS FAR AS THE FDS ARE CONCERNED, ONCE WE GET GOING COST ABOUT 2.5 MILLION A YEAR, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2.5 MILLION A YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA BE BASICALLY COMING INTO THIS WITH AN EXPENSIVE 3.30 REVENUE THAT FIRST YEAR. CORRECT WE GET UP AND RUNNING, SO THERE'S NO WAY TO RECOUP. THAT 3.3. ON A 2.5.

IT WAS A 2.5 REOCCURRING COST IF THE REVENUE GENERATION IS 1.5 OR 1.7 PER YEAR. SO THIS IS GOING TO TAKE. I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING AT THE AT THE RATE OF TRANSPORT AND THEN THE OTHER ANCILLARY COSTS TO BUILD THAT. INTO A BUILDING PROCESS TO RECOVER THAT 2.5 ANNUALLY OR TO RECOVER, PLUS THAT 2.5 VALUABLE. SO, ALTHOUGH I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MAYOR IS COMING FROM WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT UTILIZING FUND BALLOTS FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENSES. I'M CONCERNED THAT BY UTILIZING THE FUND BALANCE CAPITAL EXPENSES NOT TO NOT TO THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE BECAUSE I'M I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOOD TO DO. SHERRY'S OF THE FUND BALANCE OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND BUILT IN RESERVE. EQUATES TO OFFSETTING. BOND RATE THAT WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE. JUST A MORE CONCERNED. ABOUT A 10% TAX INCREASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGH INFLATION RATE, AND EVERY SINGLE POCKET HAS BEEN HIT. AH, I KNOW PERSONALLY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON SITTING UP HERE OR HOUSE VALUES WENT UP 10% THIS YEAR, INCLUDING ANYBODY WHO LIVES WITHIN THE CITY OF IRELAND. THEY WANT TO HIGHER THAN 10. SO IT'S NOT ONLY UM 10% INCREASE IN TAXES 10% COMPOUND AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTIES VALUES SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A REQUEST FOR A FIVE CENT INCREASE IN TAX DOLLARS, BUT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. THE MATH BEHIND IT. I KNOW THAT, REALLY. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT A 3% BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR THE 2% THEIR TWO CENTS THEY WOULD'VE SAID. YEP WE ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THOSE ADDITIONS MADE TO THE CITY. WE WANT THE ROADS FIXED. WE WANT THE S CURVE STRAIGHTENED OUT, ETCETERA. SO I'M I'M LESS FUSSED ABOUT THAT THAN I AM. THE THREE CENTS AND. I THINK I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BEFORE I CAN GIVE 100% MAGNUS. SAY YES. NO MAYBE. SO WHAT? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGURE WHERE THE BREAK EVEN POINT IS AND WHERE TO COME BACK AROUND ON IT SO THAT WE'VE GOT A $3.3 MILLION OUT OF POCKET THIS YEAR IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS, WHICH IS GOING TO WIND UP BEING 5.8 IF I DO THE MATH CORRECTLY, WITH THE VERY LITTLE REVENUE THE VERY FIRST YEAR SO IT COULD TAKE 1.7 OFF. THAT'S 5.8. MILES. 1.7 IS WHAT 34 POINT $1 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT THAT WE'RE OUT OF POCKET AFTER TWO YEARS OF OPERATING SO I JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND. HOW DO WE GET BACK ABOVE THE BUBBLE WITHOUT TAKEN A TAX INCREASE. YEAH. BUT I DON'T KNOW I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, AND I'M TRYING TO VMS SYSTEM THAT'S RUN BY THE MUNICIPALITY THAT MAKES MONEY UNDERSTOOD OR BREAKS EVEN UNDERSTOOD. IT'S A SERVICE JUST LIKE LIBRARIES OF SERVICE, JUST LIKE ANIMAL SERVICES, A SERVICE JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE DO

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BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY BUY AND OUR PROCESS THEY BUY INTO OUR PROCEDURES, AND THEY BECOME A PART OF FRANKLY, ONE OF THE BEST UNITS WITHIN THE METROPLEX AREA AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. SO I THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES NOT DOESN'T CONCERN ME AT ALL. IT'S JUST HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THIS. THE POPULIST AND SAY HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO DO THIS, BUT HERE'S HOW HERE'S WHEN THE PAIN IS GOING TO BE THAT ALLEVIATED. WE DISCUSSED ALL THIS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE CONSENSUS WAS, Y'ALL COULD JUSTIFY THIS TO THE CITIZENS. KNOWING EXACTLY THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CHANGED. THE 3.5 MILLION WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL THAT EVENING. AND WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE EITHER NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THIS WAY, OR WE NEED TO SEND OUT AN RFP BECAUSE WE'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. TO DO THIS.

SO IF THE MAJORITY OF COUNCILS HAVING HEARTBURN WITH THIS THEN WE NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATION OF WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT AN RFP TO TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT PROVIDER OR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK THIS THROUGH. SO IT'S NOT A HEARTBURN. IT'S JUST THAT NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT. I DON'T HAVE HEARTBURN OVER AND I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M I NEED TO UNDERSTAND. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE EVER GOING TO MAKE OUR MONEY. SURE. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF DON'T UNDERSTAND THE I MEAN, IS THERE A THRESHOLD? IS IT LIKE THE REC CENTER? IS THERE A THRESHOLD THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH LOSING A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO STAY WITHIN? OR IS IT UH YOU WANT YOU WANT TO BREAK EVEN AT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT. BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THE $500. $500 TRANSPORT FEE AND WE GENERATE A MILLION AND A HALF BUCKS. MORE MILLION SHY. SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH WITH THE CITY? THE TAXPAYERS SHOULDER IN THAT MILLION DOLLAR BURDEN. THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A TWO CENT INCREASE. FOR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE TRANSPORT RAID OR TRY TO COME UP WITH TO TRY TO CLOSE THAT MILLION DOLLAR GAP. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S MORE OF THE THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT GAP? AND DOES IT DO? WE CAN'T? OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T SAY OUR TRANSPORT FEES CAN BE $5000 SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE BUSINESS. WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING A SERVICE. I MEAN, THE OTHER THE OTHER. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT DISCUSSION, AS THE MAYOR SAID. IF THEY CALL AN AMBULANCE OUT THERE AND THEY DON'T TRANSPORT THEM. DO WE CHARGE THEM? DO YOU WANT OUR BUILDING AGENCY TO SEND THOSE PEOPLE TO COLLECTION AND TRY TO PRESS THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY GOT? OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE WHAT THE INSURANCE PAYS? I MEAN, THIS CONVERSATION IS A LOT BIGGER THAN TRYING TO STAND UP HERE TONIGHT AND FIGURE OUT A SPEED STRUCTURE WITH THAT'S JUST I AGREE. CONVERSATIONS AGREE DOWN THE ROAD. I AGREE. 100% I JUST TRIED TO KILL THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET 100% THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THAT THE DIRECTION THAT WE ALL WANT TO GO? AND IF IT'S IF IT IS, THEN I GET IT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK HERE. UM SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND THE SALARIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON LEADING TO HAVE THOSE IN FUTURE EXPENSES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ANY INCOME. AND UNTIL AFTER THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, AND I ASSUME THAT WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EXPLOIT HOW WE COULD GET OUT OF THAT EARLY THAT WE COULDN'T GET ANOTHER YEAR IN THERE. WHATEVER. SO I'M GONNA WALK PAST THAT. I WOULD BE

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JUST SO WE'RE NOT AGAIN PUTTING THAT ON THE TAXPAYERS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE. MY QUESTION LIES IN AFTER THIS FIRST YEAR OF STARTUP. IS OUR BUDGET NOW, AT THE POINT THAT WE HAVE THOSE SALARIES FIXED TO WHERE NEXT YEAR ARE NO NEW TAX RATE WOULD ACTUALLY END UP BEING WITH THOSE SALARIES IN THE BUDGET, AND IT WOULDN'T BE A SPECIAL PROGRAM. OR IS THIS BEING CALLED OUT AS A SPECIAL PROGRAM AND WILL ALWAYS BE A SPECIAL PROGRAM WON'T BE A SPECIAL PROGRAM. SO THAT WOULD BE JUST FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR AND THE INTENT IS TO YES, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM. OKAY SO THAT EVERYTHING ELSE CAN STAY THE SAME AND WE CAN SEE THESE NUMBERS SEPARATE, SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE EVERY YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE ITS OWN PROGRAM THAT HAS ITS OWN NUMBERS. RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO IN ORDER TO DO APPLES TO APPLES AND LOOK AT LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS IS ALL THE NEW STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, CORRECT. AND I THINK MAYBE TWO MAYORS POINT IT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING TO SEE. IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE SOME ABILITY TO ABSORB ANY OF THAT ANYWHERE RATHER THAN ALL OF IT, GOING STRAIGHT TO THE TO THE TAXPAYER'S POCKET? AND ASIDE FROM THAT? THAT BIT THAT WE ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT THE SALES TAX INCREASE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS OR ISN'T THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR US TO FIGURE OUT AND LOOK AT AND I THINK AS WE GET THE BUDGETS ON THURSDAY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AND SAY, IS THERE ANY PLACE IN THERE? SO DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU SAY WITH THE BALANCED BUDGET, SO NO, BUT. AND MAYBE THIS ONE. I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I'M NOT A FINANCE PERSON SO YOU HAVE A NON FINANCE PEOPLE. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP. SO IF WE TAKE, UM SOMETHING ELSE IN THE GENERAL FOX. LET'S SAY THERE'S UH AH. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S $500,000 IN TRAINING AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.

NOW LET'S SAY AMMO. POLICE DEPARTMENTS GOT 500,000 AND AMMO IN THE BUDGET. OKAY? THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A ONE TIME EXPENSE. SO WE TAKE THAT 500,000 OUT. AND ALLOCATED TO THIS PROGRAM. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BUY THAT. FIRE THAT AMMO WITH THAT $500,000. WELL THE NEXT YEAR. WE STRIP ALL OF THOSE ONE TIME EXPENSES OUT OF THE BUDGET. TO COME UP WITH A KNOWN REVENUE RATE TOOK TO HELP. FIX THE BASE BUDGET. SO YOU'RE LOSING THAT MONEY? YOU'RE RESETTING THAT BECAUSE NOW IT'S A SALARY. RIGHT? WHICH IS THE PREMISE BEHIND IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE IT. WHAT AM I WRONG? WHICH DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T ADD THAT 500,000 BACK IN NEXT BUDGET YEAR. WHAT DOES THE NO NEW REVENUE RIGHT? BUT IT'S JUST WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET THAT 500,000 IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD IT BACK IN NEXT YEAR. WHICH WHICH WHICH I'M NOT SAYING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THOSE FIVE THAT THOSE ROUNDS AREN'T NEEDED. AND I HEAR YOU YOU'D RATHER THAN BE IN THERE AND NOT BY THEM AND HAVE THEM ROLL OVER INTO EXCESS GENERAL FUNDS. SO THAT THAT LINE ITEMS IN THERE EVERY YEAR, NO MATTER WHAT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT GETS USED OR NOT USED WHAT? I'M AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I'M JUST SAYING AS WE LOOK AT IT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING ON THIS PROGRAM, AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT MINIMIZING THAT WE JUST WE AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE. IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE CAN CUT TRIM, SLIM ANYTHING IN THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT HELPS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. TWO OF THOSE YEARS WE'VE GONE BELOW THE MOON WHO REVENUE RIGHT? WE HAVE YET TO ENCOUNTER FOR INFLATION AND OUR BUDGETS. THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, NO DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED THEIR BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. SO AND AT THE SAME ROOM TO TRIM CUT OR ANYTHING ELSE TIME WE'VE CREATED A HEALTHY GENERAL FUND. AND WHAT I'M I'M NOT SAYING HOW OUR FOR SURE I'M JUST SAYING AS WE LOOK AT IT FROM UP HERE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A 10,000 FT VIEW. WE'RE NOT EVEN DOWN TO THE WEEDS. THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, COUNTING PENS AND PAPERCLIPS, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE WAY WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS. THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO NOT PUT IT TO THE TO THE TAXPAYERS. IF IT'S THE IT'S NOT THERE, IT'S NOT THERE. I'M NOT SAYING IT IS OR ISN'T I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT I NEED TO HEAR IS DISCONNECTED. I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. THAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE BUDGET. YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT. YOU PULLED WHERE YOU PULL. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. WE CAN PULL ANY MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM EVERY YEAR. SIR, WE DO THAT EVERY

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2.12 0.07 MILLION AT 6 90. 1.5 AND 207 IN PROJECTED REVENUES AND SAVINGS 400,000 ISH THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY BUILDING IN. THIS YEAR THAT YOU'RE COVERING WHICH LEAVES ABOUT $400,000 TO COVER THE YEAR AFTER AS PART OF THE BUDGET. I'M TRYING TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, WE FIND OURSELVES IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION THAT WE HAVE NOT FACED AND DIDN'T PLAN FOR. BECAUSE NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE SPENT THREE OR FOUR YEARS IT IN I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE . THERE'S NOT A LAW THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH FROWNED UPON AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT RATING AGENCIES WOULD DEEPLY FROWN UPON FUNDING RECURRING COSTS WITH YOUR FUND BALANCE BASED SPECIFICALLY ASK YOU ABOUT IT.

AND YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IT. IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED EVER TO FUND RECURRING COSTS WITH FUND BALANCE AND IT I MEAN, IT COULD COST YOU TRIPLE A RATED CITIES DO NOT DO THAT. AND. I MEAN, FOR US, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE. WELL, LOOK AT IT. GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MALIKI. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR MAYOR, BRENT, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME AND EXPLAINING THOSE MISS BROWN SAYING YOU, I GUESS. SIT AND I WERE NOT PART OF THOSE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSIONS. ONE THE COUNCIL THAT TIME MADE THAT DECISION TO GO THIS ROUTE. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS NEARBY CITIES . DO THEY USE THE THIRD PARTY AMBULANCE SERVICE? DO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN? UM YOU KNOW, CITIES SIZE ABOUT OUR SIDES. WHAT DO THEY DO? THE MAJORITY OF CITIES.

IT'S FAR BASED. THAT'S RUN THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITIES. THERE'S NOT ANY 3RD 3RD PARTY.

PROVIDERS ARE LOCAL. I MEAN, OUR NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, I MURPHY SAXONY, PLANO, RICHMOND REALITY

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UM DALLAS. CURRENTLY THE CURRENT PROVIDER. SERVES US WITH TWO AMBULANCE SERVICE. IS THAT CORRECT TO AMBULANCES? YES SIR. WE NEED TO BE STAFFED FOR THREE DUE TO THE INCREASE ON THE PERSON DUE TO THE INCREASE ON THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IS THAT RIGHT? YES SIR. AND IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THE SERVICES OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO LIVE OR MEANING THAT VERY HAPPY PROVIDES STAFFING. THEY ARE HAVING A TRUCK. THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE. HIRING STAFF. WE STAFF A THE THIRD AMBULANCE. IS THAT TIME? IS THAT RIGHT RIGHT NOW IN PROGRESS, AND THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET OF THIS YEAR'S THIS YEAR THERE WERE LEAVING. THERE WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT MADE A MID YEAR TO COVER THAT. UM I GUESS THE. WHAT MAYORS IS TRYING TO SAY, MR BROWN. WHAT HOW WILL AFFECT US GOING FROM DOUBLE A PLUS THE DOUBLE LINE IN TERMS OF THE REIGNING MOVING FORWARD. WELL THAT HAVE A BIG IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE HOW IT AFFECTS US MOVING FORWARD ON TAKING MONEY IN. I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD AFFECT US. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SEE QUOTE UNQUOTE REPORT CARD THAT YOU GET FROM THE RATING AGENCIES THAT THE WAY THAT YOU MANAGE. YOUR FUND BALANCE IS SCRUTINIZED AND IT IS IMPORTANT. AND IT MATTERS TO YOUR SCORE AND FOR US FROM BOTH OF THE RATING AGENCIES, FROM MOVIES AND FROM S AND P.

THEY BOTH WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF HOW WE MANAGE OUR FUND BALANCE. AND THEY'RE COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR BALANCE OF OUR CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING PROCESS. AND SO. MHM I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY? WE JUST WANT TO DO THIS FOR ONE YEAR, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK I COULD I COULDN'T EVER RECOMMENDED. I'M NOT SAYING THAT ALL I'M ASKING IS HOW DOES THAT AFFECT US? HAVE WE BEEN TO DOUBLE A STANDARDS? SINCE THIS YEAR OR SINCE WE GOT RECOGNIZED OR HAVE WE ALWAYS BEEN TO DOUBLE JUST DOUBLE A OR OR WHATEVER THE CREDIT RATING IS WE WERE JUST UPGRADED THIS YEAR BY SNP AND WE WERE UPGRADED LAST YEAR FROM MOODY'S. BOTH ARE THOSE RATINGS NOW ARE ONE BELOW THE TRIPLE A RATING. ARE EITHER ONE OF YOU OPPOSED TO WHAT MAYOR BROUGHT UP IN TERMS OF THE $950,000 INITIAL COST SETUP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU BOTH ARE? NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF USING GENERAL FUND VIOLENCE KNOWN WHAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM TECH START. MAYBE A COUPLE $100,000 UP AND DOWN FROM THAT 1.6 MILLION NO, WE HAVE EITHER YOU AGAINST NOT COMFORTABLE USING THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR AT LEAST THE $950,000 INITIAL COSTS THAT IT'S ON ONE TIME EXPENSIVE ONE TIME EXPENSE. I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY WITH THAT. I'M NOT USING IT FOR RECURRING EXPENSES, NOT FOR REOCCURRING FOR ONE TIME WANTS TO USE IT FOR REAL. UH LET ME JUST GET MY POINT ACROSS, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT. START UP, CAN I? CAN I JUST FINISH MY POINT EXPENSES? MAYOR GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO FINISH MY POINT.

BRENT JUST CONCENTRATE ON ME AND THEN LET'S GO AS WE GO. SO THE ONE TIME EXPENSE WHICH IS THE INITIAL CAR, BUYING THE AMBULANCES, PUTTING THE EQUIPMENT IN THE AMBULANCES IS 950,000. THAT LEAVES US WITH 1.2 MILLION. MR BROWN AND BRENT. I'M LOOKING AT A DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT TO US THAT IT'S UP THERE. UM, FOR NON PERSONNEL, NON PERSONNEL. EXPENSES THAT IS GIVEN TO US IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE HAVE A $325,000 NON PERSONNEL, ONE TIME EXPENSE ON SOFTWARE, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE USING, RIGHT? AND I JUST DOWN BELOW. WE HAVE A $574,000 THAT IS INCLUDED ON NO NEW REVENUE. BALANCE THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDED TO US THAT EQUALS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CLOSE TO ABOUT $900,000 IF MY MOUTH AND MY HEAD IS RIGHT. SO THAT LEAVES US SOMEWHERE IN ABOUT 300. ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE USING GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR THESE NON PERSONNEL ? ONE TIME EXPENSES. SO THIS 574,000 THAT'S LISTED UP HERE ON THE SCREEN CORRECT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. ALREADY SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED ON THE REGULAR BOUNCE FROM THE REGULAR ABOUT THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS REVENUE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THESE ITEMS HERE. THE 325,000. THE NON PERSONNEL ITEMS ARE THOSE INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDED

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UNDER UNDER THE BUDGET. TAKE THE 27 WITH THE START UP 909 50 BALLPARK. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE TIME ONE TIME CAPITAL START UP EXPENSES FOR ABOUT 900,000? 325,000 YES IS INCLUDED IN THE NO NEW REVENUE IF WE HAVE 850 SHORT ABOUT 8 45. SO IF WE ADD THAT IT LEAVES US SOMEWHERE ABOUT $800,000 SHORT RIGHT, WHICH WOULD CHANGE SOME OF THE PROJECT. ARIES AS WE GO IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE YOU'RE ASKING US TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE FOR 3. IN RETROSPECT, SHOULD BE FIVE CENTS, NOT THREE CENTS IS BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES THE WAY THEY HAVE GONE UP. IT ALLOWS US TO SAVE THOSE TWO PENNIES, MOVING FORWARD AND SALES TAXES.

SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT BECAUSE. ALL THREE AMBULANCES ARE NOT GOING TO GET STABBED OCTOBER 1ST 2024 2023, RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET STAFFED. IMMEDIATELY WE WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS. AS WE GO, PROBABLY HE'S GOING TO TAKE AND I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT IN NO EXPERT, BUT AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T PROJECT ONE AMBULANCE IS ALREADY BARTON BEING STAFFED WITH. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE GOING TO IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CLOSER TO FINING. THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO US.

THEN I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR THAT WERE HAPPENING. SO I THINK THIS BROWN AND BRENT MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE THE ONE TIME EXPENSE FOR E M S $900,000 TO BE IN USED FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS. THIS $325,000 TO BE USED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN. BETWEEN AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS. AS MUCH AS I HATE THE 15% INCREASE ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE BEING A BUSINESS OWNER BEING YOU KNOW? WANT BEING SOMEBODY THAT. IT'S DOING THAT FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE INFLATION AND HOW THIS IS AFFECTING EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S THE CITY. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. WITH THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE AND WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF WIRELESS. SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE INSURANCE IS I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT. WE SHOULD LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PLANTS. I'M A SMALL BUSINESS AND A HALF FIVE DIFFERENT PLANS TO OFFER SO IF WE CAN CUT SOME OF THAT SAVINGS THERE, I THINK WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN FUNDING THE E. M S SERVICES WHICH IS NECESSARY.

IT'S NOT IF ON ABOUT IT, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BASED ON WHAT DO YOU JUST THE QUESTIONS? I ASKED. AND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF EXPENSES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR AND ON THE VISION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GO. THANK YOU. COUNTENANCE COUNCILMAN STRENGTH.

ALRIGHT, I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK. UM. I AM NOT IN FAVOR AND I CAN'T SEE MYSELF EVER BEING IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING USING FUND BALANCE FOR ANYTHING THAT IS RECURRING. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. I WORK WITH A LOT OF ENTERPRISE CLASS CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE VARIETY OF SECTORS AND THE FACT IS LOOKING IN ORDER TO CEASE TO DO IT ONCE. WHAT'S THE STOP YOU FROM DOING IT

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I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR TAXES INCREASED. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU'RE TALKING TWO CENTS THAT'S 20 BUCKS FOREVER. $100,000. BIG DEAL. UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CAR INSURANCE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT BY LAW. NOBODY WANTS TO PAY THAT MONEY FOR YOU CLAMPING. YOU HAVE IT. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT ONE OF THE PRIMARY ROLES OF GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THIS GUY THAT ANY GOVERNMENT CAN DO. AND SOMETHING. I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE VERY WELL. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING AN RP AT ANOTHER PRIVATE PARTY TO DO IT UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT ONE HAS PROBLEMS STAFFING BECAUSE OF UM NOT PAYING ENOUGH. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WHICH MEANS THE NEXT ONE WE GO TO THAT IS PAYING ENOUGH TO GET STAFFED IS GOING TO BE CHARGING US A LOT MORE MONEY. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ASK TAXPAYERS TO PAY UP YOU EXTRA SENSE. AND WHEN I JUXTAPOSED THAT WITH WHAT I EXPECT OTHER TAXING ENTITIES TO DO I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S THE VALUE THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER PEOPLE THAT THEY THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES WILL RELY ON AND WE'LL BE GLAD THAT THEY HAVE IT IF THEY EVER NEEDED I ALSO BELIEVE, TOO, THAT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACCURATE FIGURES HERE. I THINK WE KIND OF NEED TO NARROW DOWN HOW MUCH YOU KNOW THE CALL. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET I'M OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BREAK EVEN.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THESE KINDS OF THINGS GO, BUT FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE AND THE FACT THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING THIS I DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES NEED TO TAKE ON. I ALSO RECOGNIZE TOO, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE WORLD PEACE TONIGHT. UM SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD ANYBODY'S FEET TO THE FIRE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO SHORT AND SWEET. I AGREE WITH THE USE OF THE FUND BALANCE ON NON RECURRING EXPENSES, RECURRING EXPENSES. WE REVISIT THOSE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN MILITIA AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. I WAS NOT REFERRING TO USING GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR ANY RECURRING REVENUE. ALL I WAS SAYING IS HOW WE CAN MITIGATE AND GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR BROWN AND MR BRYANT PARKER ON HOW TO FIND SOME OF THESE ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN GENERAL FUND. THAT WE CAN SURPASSED THIS BIG AMOUNT. THIS IS A ONE TIME EXPENSE THAT IS COMING TO US THAT WE'RE HAVING TO BURY. OLD THE RECURRING ALL THE EVEN RECURRING EXPENSES BECAUSE WE HAVE NO THOUGHT OF HOW THE REVENUE IS GOING TO COME IN. SO NEXT YEAR ONCE WE START BUILDING AND WE START GETTING THAT BACK, IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A $3.5 MILLION HITTING. OUR BUDGET WILL HAVE A 2.32 0.4 RECURRING REVENUE. AND WE'LL HAVE A MONEY THAT'S COMING IN ABOUT 1.51 0.7, DEPENDING ON WHAT RIGHTS WERE PUTTING IT, SO WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT. SHORTCUT THEN, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY. NOW THAT WE'RE TAKING A 3.5 MILLION, WHICH WERE TAKEN AN 8% INCREASE. WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH. AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL SEE IT FROM MILE AWAY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT FEELING THE PAIN FROM BOTH SIDES. OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. SO FINISH IT. YOU WANNA FINISH YOUR SLIDES. ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LEFT OFF. UM 15% SO I THINK I COVERED THIS SLIDE, THE PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, POLICE AND FIRE THAT DOES INCLUDE MOVING THE JAILERS TO THE STEP PLAN. UM OOPS. SORRY, WRONG. DIRECTION.

UM I WENT OVER THERE SO NO NEW REQUEST. THIS YEAR. UM PERSONNEL. FOUR SWORN OFFICERS, UM. THREE OF THOSE ARE LAST YEAR, CHIEF HENDERSON ASKED FOR FIVE. ONLY RECOMMENDED FUND TWO, SO THREE OF THOSE ARE KIND OF A CARRYOVER FROM LAST YEAR. THE SCHOOL HAS REQUESTED. THE SD HAS REQUESTED ONE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. RECORDS CLERK FOR PD SIGNAL TECHNICIAN FOR STREETS.

AND. THE I T SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS. WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE UM, SO THERE IS A FEAR THERE THAT GETS HURT OR WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VACATION. THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEM SINCE WE WERE LAST HEAVILY ON TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN THE NON PERSONNEL REQUEST. WE'VE SEEN A MORE IN PD THAN IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. BUT PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST. I'M PUTTING TOGETHER CASES THAT SOFTWARE WILL HELP DO THAT. THE PD. TASERS ARE OUT OF DATE. THEY NO LONGER ARE UNDER WARRANTY. YOUR SERVICE. THOSE THE NEEDS

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YOU THANK YOU. MAYOR PROTEIN HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE SORROW . YES YOU HAVEN'T IF THEY WORK,

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GOOD. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE UNLESS YOU ALL DAY. NO I DON'T THINK SO. VERY MUCH DIDN'T HEAR FROM BUT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL DIG INTO THE AMBULANCE STUFF A LITTLE DEEPER ANYWAY, SO YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE AMULET STUFF? SOME MORE. NOT NECESSARILY OKAY? I THOUGHT THAT I WAS JUST SAYING IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU SAID. WE'D COME. NEXT MEETING WILL BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION ON THEM. IT'S YEAH, HELPFUL. ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE US SOME ONE TIME EXPENSES ON ANYTHING THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT FORMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CAN BE FOR THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF THE UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT. WHATEVER CAN FALL UNDER, GIVE US THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE THAT LEADS US ON A GAP BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COVER THE WHOLE THING BUT TO THE COUNCILMAN. SEVERAL COUNCILMAN'S POINTS. IF YOU HAVE THE 3 25 AND SOME OF THE OTHER IT MAY BE MORE OF A ONE CENTER 1.5 CENT. SURE WHAT ELSE WILL WORK THROUGH ALL THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO OKAY.

THANKS, SIR. WELL WITH THAT I WILL END OUR WORK SESSIONS AND RECONVENE US INTO REGULAR

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