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[CALL TO ORDER]

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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER OF THE MARCH 12TH 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AT THE WILEY MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 601 PM. WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SET THAT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE. WE DO ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID R, DUKE COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG.

MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER COUNCILMAN GINO MEIC. WE HAVE A CHOIR MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS STORM AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR OUR INVOCATION TO BE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TOGETHER. TOGETHER. IN YOUR SIGHT, FATHER AND DO THE WORK OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. WELL, THEY ASKED THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER US AND GUIDE US AND THAT OUR WORK WILL BE PLEASING TO YOU. THAT WE WORK IN PEACE AND HARMONY. MOTHER. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND WHEN THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, BE WITH THEM UNTIL THEY RETURN. WHILE I ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALSO WATCH OVER THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO ARE PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS. THOSE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO ENJOY. IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS, THAT I PRAY THESE THINGS. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC, RICHARD SANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PLEASE BE SEATED. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS

[PR1. Women's History Month.]

EVENING, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS WOULD ASK THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE HIDING. PERSON.

IT'S GONNA KEEP REEL IN THEM IN HERE. JUST ONE AT A TIME. JUST THROW THEM IN THE BOAT. HERE.

HERE AND HONOR TO HAVE SO MANY THINGS. WORK. THEY REALLY, REALLY IN MANY DEPARTMENTS AS YOU CAN. I CAN TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY DO HERE FOR THE CITY. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL. TRACY WHO HAS SOME STUFF READY FOR US THIS EVENING ABOUT THE HISTORY. OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SAY. UM, I'M HALEY AND I WORK IN RECORDS. I'M DEANNA. I WORK WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT. I'M ERIN. I'M THE TRAINING COORDINATOR FOR WILEY PD. I'M CHRISTY. I'M THE ADMIN FOR THE PD. A MACINTOSH PD . HI. I'M CARMEN PALLANT. I'M THE PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. HI. I'M TRACY LAWSON. I'M THE CURATOR AT THE BROWN HOUSE. LISA GALLETTA AND THE ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I'M OPHELIA. I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I'M MILETI OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. CHRISTINA KELLY CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. ANGEL I CAN'T WILEY E, DC BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. MELISSA BROWN, FINANCE DIRECTOR. RENEE ALI,

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DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. ALEX WATERS, PD. STEPHANIE STORM, CITY SECRETARY. BRIDGET ZERO WIKI PD. ALICIA HURTADO PD. NIKITA CHRISTENSEN PD. KIRBY KROLL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO? ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WILY WOMEN AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHILE THE CITY OF WILEY LOST ABOUT 18% OF ITS POPULATION DURING THE DEPRESSION BY 1940. THE POPULATION WAS STARTING TO REBOUND, BUT THE BANK REMAINED CLOSED AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS WAS SLUGGISH AT BEST. WD CLICK.

WILEY'S THEN MAYOR WAS A SALESMAN FOR THE JOHNSTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN DALLAS, MAKER OF CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES. THE COMPANY WAS GROWING AND IN 1943, THE OWNERS DECIDED TO OPEN A FACTORY. SO MR CLICK SAW AN OPPORTUNITY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO CONVINCE JOHNSTON TO LOCATE THEIR FACTORY ALL THE WAY, WAY WAY OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRY. HE SAID. EVERY WOMAN IN WILEY SOWS AND THEY NEED LOCAL JOBS. SO UP TO THIS POINT, WOMEN IN WILEY HAD LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME. SUDDENLY IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET THE CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL AND HEAD TO WORK WHILE REMAINING NEARBY INACCESSIBLE. JOHNSTON RENTED THE BUILDING AT 101 SOUTH BALLARD AND HIRED EIGHT EMPLOYEES. WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

THERE WERE ABOUT 70 LOCAL WOMEN ON THE PAYROLL. A LOT OF WHAT THOSE WOMEN EARNED, WENT BACK INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, WHICH HELPED THE BANK REOPEN LOCAL BUSINESS INCREASE AND THE POPULATION SURGE FROM 918 IN 1940 TO A WHOPPING 1295 IN 1950. JOHNSTON INC MOVED ITS SALES AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICES TO WILEY IN 1957 AND PURCHASED LAND AT THE CORNER OF BALLARD AND NORTH AND EAST JEFFERSON. THANK YOU. SHE'S MY PAGE TURNER GOOD THING. I'M NOT PLAYING THE PIANO OK TO BUILD A LARGER FACTORY AND AN OUTLET STORE. THEY EMPLOYED ABOUT 100 WORKERS WITH AN ANNUAL PAYROLL OF $150,000. THE CLOTHING LINES WERE SOLD IN DEPARTMENT STORES NATIONWIDE FROM KMART TO NEIMAN MARCUS AND THE YOUNG ACTORS WHO PORTRAYED BUFFY AND JODY ON THE 19 SIXTIES TELEVISION SERIES. A FAMILY AFFAIR WORE CLOTHES ON THE SHOW THAT WERE DESIGNED AND SEWED HERE IN WILEY. SO WILEY HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THE RAILROADS, BUT IT OWES ITS EXISTENCE AND ITS PROSPERITY TO ITS WOMEN. SO THANK YOU, BETTY, LUCILLE, BONNIE ELSIE. AGNES, WINNIE MAGGIE LOREEN. JESSE WILMA, THELMA TENNY DOTY, ETHEL, OPEL, MOZELLE, HAZEL, LILA AND MANY, MANY OTHERS FOR PUTTING THAT SEWING MACHINE PEDAL TO THE METAL AND DRIVING WILY TOWARD PROSPERITY IN THE POST WORLD WAR TWO ERA. SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF THE IMPORTANT AND VITAL ROLE THAT WOMEN HAVE PLAYED HERE IN THE CITY OF WILEY , AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT CONTINUES TODAY SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE DIRECTORS WHO ARE IN OUR CITY LEADERSHIP. IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE, AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AND OF ALL OF THE OTHER WOMEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY OWN BUSINESSES WHETHER THEY ARE TEACHERS, WHETHER THEY ARE STAYING HOME AND DOING ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS. OUT THERE ARE RAISING A FAMILY. WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO WE APPRECIATE THEM AND APPRECIATE THE HISTORY THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. WITH THAT I HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS EVENING.

WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN OF EVERY RACE CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS, WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE PLAYED AND CONTINUE TO PLAY CRITICAL ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ROLES IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE BY CONSTITUTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE LABOR FORCE, WORKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WORKING TO ESTABLISH MANY OF OUR CHARITABLE, PHILANTHROPIC AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY TO GAIN RIGHTS, NOT SIMPLY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR MANY OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHISED GROUPS, WHEREAS SINCE THE CITY OF WILEY'S FOUNDINGS IN 1887 WOMEN HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN BUILDING SHAPING AND IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS WILEY CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND OF PAST AND PRESENT WOMEN WHO HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP IN THEIR CAREERS, CONTRIBUTING TO WILEY'S CULTURE, A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUCCESS NOW, THEREFORE, I

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MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WILEY CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITIZENS OF WILEY, ON THIS THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024. I'M HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN WILEY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN, HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN OUR NATION AND TOWN AS THEY CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND MAKE HISTORY FOR GENERATIONS. TO COME. THANK YOU.

[PR2. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.]

THIS EVENING. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. THIS IS A DISEASE IN A CANCER THAT AFFECTS MORE AND MORE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO IS CURRENTLY FIGHTING A BATTLE WITH COLORECTAL CANCER TO STAY STRONG AND TO FIGHT HARD AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE GETTING SCREENED. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOUR PHYSICIANS AND MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU NEED TO BE SCREENED, YOU DO BECAUSE EARLY DETECTION IS IMPORTANT IN SAVING LIVES. WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISH TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK THAT YOU COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE AND TURN THAT IN IF A FORM IS TURNED IN AN INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL SIX IF ■OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP OF ORGANIZATION, WE REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ON TO ISSUES WHICH ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO ASSIST ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS OR ISSUES. MS. STORM HAVE. WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING? NO MAYOR. WITH NO FORMS TURNED IN, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF. DO WE HAVE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE INDICATED I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? DUKE? THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE COUNSEL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 60 WITH COUNCILMAN STRANG ABSENT WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE. OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING.

[1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Commercial Corridor (CC) to Commercial Corridor - Special Use Permit (CC-SUP) on 1.074 acres to allow for a drive-through restaurant use. Property located at 2806 W. FM 544 (ZC 2023-19).]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR CC TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. SPECIAL USE PERMIT CCS UP ON 1.074 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT USE PROPERLY LOCATED AT 28 06 WEST FM 544 ZONING CASE . 20 23-19, MR HASKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM FOR THIS, UH, SUP. THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO TAKE WHAT WAS THE OLD CHURCHES, UM, BUSHES . I'M SORRY. CHURCHES. BUSH'S CHICKEN, UM RESTAURANT AND IS NOW A HEEL 360 RESTAURANT, AND THEY ARE ASKING TO ADD A, UM, ADDITION TO THAT BUILDING. AND THEN, UM, USE THAT ADDITION FOR A DRIVE THROUGH QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT. UM THE REASON THAT THIS IS AN SUP, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALREADY A DRIVE THROUGH WITH THE BUSHES IS BECAUSE THE BUSHES CHICKEN WAS APPROVED BEFORE, UM, THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED THAT ALLOWED FOR, UM, DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, AND IT

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BECAME A USE WITH THE HEEL 360 THAT HAD NO, UH, DRIVE THRU REQUIREMENTS WHATSOEVER. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. UM WITH THE ADDITION. UM THE, UH, PROPERTY STILL MEETS ALL THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND SUCH AS, UH, REQUIRED AND ONE OF THE SUP CONDITIONS IS THAT, UM, THE SITE PLAN? UM, THE ZONING EXHIBIT THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ALSO ACT AS THE SITE PLAN, UM, FIRE ENGINEERING PLANNING. ALL THE REGULAR STAFF HAS REVIEWED IT AND IT DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. UM, WE DID MAIL OUT, UM 15 UM, NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FT. UM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION IS THE SELF STORAGE THAT IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS. UM AND THAT'S IN YOUR POCKET, AND THE COMMISSION OF PNZ COMMISSION DID VOTE 60 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. OK? COUNCILMAN MACI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. UM COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS I SAID HE 036 RESTAURANT I. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE URGENT CARE, ISN'T IT? YES. YEAH, IT'S A HILL 360, BUT THEY WANNA ADD A RESTAURANT TO IT. SO THEY WANT BE AN URGENT CARE AND A RESTAURANT ON THE BACK. THEY'D HAVE TWO USES IN THE SAME BUILDING AND THEY ARE BUILDING A APARTMENT. THEY'RE ADDING THEY'RE ADDING SIX SPACES WORTH OF PARKING TO THE RIGHT OF TO THE RIGHT SIDE. YES SIR. AND THAT WON'T HINDER ANY OF THE TRAFFIC BEING THAT YOU WILL TAKE ONE OF THE TWO LANES THAT CURRENTLY HAS GONE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH. THEY ARE USING, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THE TWO PARKING OR ONE OF THE TWO DRIVE THROUGH LANES IN ORDER TO ADD THE ADDITION. I GUESS THE KITCHEN SPACE WILL BE IN ONE OF THE EDITIONS HAS THE KITCHEN SPACE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE URGENCY? URGENT CARE WAS WAS REMOVED WHEN THEY WERE ADDING TO THE EXTRA SPACE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING. AND THERE IS ENOUGH IS THERE INSIDE SEATING. IS IT MOSTLY JUST DRIVE THROUGH NO INSIDE SEATING AT ALL? WE HAVE REGISTERED IT AS A DRIVE THROUGH IN THE APPLICANT. UM AND THE PARKING IS GOOD. AS FAR AS INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE APPLICANT HASN'T UM, PRESENTED ANYTHING TO STAFF TO REVIEW AT THIS POINT. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. IF IT DOES MEAN THAT IT'S AN URGENT CARE. HYPOTHETICAL. YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE EMPLOYEES. WITH TWO OR THREE CLIENT SEEING YOU AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING SPACE FOR ANYBODY TO COME IN THROUGH THERE. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE PARK OR GO TO OFFSIDE PARK. WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. COUNCILMAN LEE. I WILL SAY THAT THE ADDITION OF THE SIX PARKING SPACES DOES, UM ALLOW THE SITE AS PRESENTED TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS IF IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE OK, AND I HAD A I HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS SOMEWHAT RELATED, UM, WITHOUT KNOWING IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INTERIOR USE, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE URGENT CARE, UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, THEY'RE CURRENTLY TWO AD A SPACES FOR THE BUILDING THAT THERE WOULD BE NONE ADDED OUT OF THE SIX. FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES, UM ONE OR 21 SPACE. EVERY 25 FT. AND SO THE TWO SPACES DO, UM MEET FEDERAL LAW. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY CONCERN IS JUST IF THERE'S THERE MAY BE THEY ARE TWO BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE IN THERE. AND WITH THE INTERIOR SETTING, THERE'D BE PARKING FOR THE EMPLOYEES. BUT IF NOT, WITH AN URGENT CARE THAT TENDS TO ATTRACT INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE A HIGHER USAGE THAN A DIFFERENT BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE SPOTS. SO UH, WITH THIS BEING AN SUP, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD, UM ADD A PANIC AN EXTRA HANDICAP SPACE AS A CONDITION. OK IF YOU'D LIKE. SO I WILL. I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM OK, SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS A LONG COUNCILMAN, UH, MALE'S POINT. SO THAT 2700 SQUARE FOOT THAT'S 27 2700 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT.

DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. YES, SIR. OK, AND THAT IS HOW MANY SPACES PER 100 200 WAS THINKING THAT IT WAS LIKE 150. I BELIEVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BECAUSE WHEN I'M LOOKING AT HOW MANY SPACES APPEAR TO BE ON THE PLAN, AND I'M LOOKING AT 3000 FT OF EMERGENCY CENTER. AND TRYING TO CALCULATE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OFFICE SPACE. WHAT THAT USE ENDS UP BEING THEN ADDING A 2700 SQUARE FOOT. DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. YEAH I HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY THE PARKING CALCULATIONS ARE I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO YOU. GO AHEAD. I WAS GONNA SAY THE PARKING CALCULATIONS ARE ON THE SITE PLAN. UM MEDICAL IS 1 TO 300, WHICH REQUIRES 10 AND THE RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH IS 1 TO 150, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE, UM BASICALLY 19 WHEN YOU ROUND UP AND THAT'S 29, AND THEY ARE PROVIDING 29 SPACES OK, AND THE 1 TO 300 IS DEFINED IN OUR ORDINANCE AS WHAT'S THE VARIANCE THERE? BECAUSE THE CALCULATIONS WERE BASED ON THE 300 NOT THE

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100. IF IT WAS BASED ON THE 100, THERE'D BE 30. SO WHAT? IN OUR I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU. I'M SORRY. YOU SAID IT'S UM 10. IT IS ONE PER 300. YOU DIDN'T SAY 12 300. I GOT YOU II. I HEAR YOU . I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT'S A VARIABLE. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NO, NO, SORRY. VARIABLE MAKES SENSE. OK UM, IF YOU SAY IT'S GOOD, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS THAT DRIVE THROUGH BEING THAT WE HAVE A 12 FT. WIDE DRIVE THROUGH AND WE'RE WE'RE CROSSING OVER INTO A FIRE LANE. THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN. SAME THAT WE HAD ON ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, UM, ZONING CASES THAT CAME IN FRONT OF US. WITH BIG TRUCKS AND THAT CORNER IS PROBABLY GONNA BE MY HANG UP OF WANTING MORE CLEARANCE THERE. UM OK, JUST NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT'S OK AS SOMEONE COMES OFF OF THAT STREET. AND GETS THEIR MOMENTUM INTO WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND PEOPLE ARE COMING AROUND THAT CORNER IN THAT DRIVE-THROUGH BECAUSE THE PICTURE OF THE BOX OF THE CAR IS NOT RELATIVE TO A LOT OF VEHICLES. TODAY. AND THAT OVERHANG OF THAT FRONT END AS YOU CLEAR A DRIVE THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLE THAT HANGS OVER THAT WHAT YOUR WHEELS CAN ACTUALLY TURN. IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY POINT THAT I WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS MORE CLEARLY BEFORE I WAS WILLING TO SAY. OK, DO IT MYSELF. OK, WE ARE OK WITH DOING THAT, UM OBVIOUSLY, IF I CAN'T. TELL YOU WHAT WE WERE THINKING. UM, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS THAT YES, WE AGREE THAT, UM YOU KNOW, THE STACKING, UM IN COULD HAPPEN INTO THE FIRE LANE. IF YOU WERE COMING FROM FREDDY'S BUT THE WAY THE SITE'S DESIGNED VERY SIMILAR TO SAY, UM WELL, NOT REALLY. SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT PART BACK, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT PEOPLE COMING BASICALLY NORTH OR SOUTH SOUTH OFF OF AND THEN THEY WOULD YOU KNOW, THEY COULD PARK THERE AND OR NOT PARK THERE, BUT THEY WOULD BE STACKING THERE AS FAR AS THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT PEOPLE CAN COME FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THE STACKING I I'M TALKING ABOUT IF PEOPLE COME SOUTH OFF OF 544 AND GO AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING OK AS THEY'RE TRAVELING AND SOMEONE IS COMING THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH THEIR FRONT END OF THEIR VEHICLE IS GONNA POSSIBLY CLIP THAT PERSON WHO'S MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OK? IF I'M UNLESS I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAWING WRONG UM, LET ME LOOK AT THE BOXES REAL QUICK. I BELIEVE THAT OUR, UM A LASER TO POINT AT IT. I ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT ENGINEERING HAS LOOKED AT THIS AND USUALLY THOSE BOXES THAT YOU SEE ARE NOT UM NOT SMALL CARS. THEY'RE THEY'RE 10 BY TWENTIES. AND SO WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW, MOSTLY, UM LARGER THAN AVERAGE SIZE VEHICLES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE BIGGEST VEHICLE THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF TAKING THROUGH THERE. DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND, OK. I'M WITH YOU, I, I THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS Y'ALL WERE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY ONLY CONCERN IN IT, BUT, UM UH, IF YOU SAY THE ENGINEERS SAY THAT IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AND I CAN'T SAY IT'S NOT GONNA SAY IF IT CAN'T HAPPEN, IT, WILL IT RIGHT. THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE BOARDS UP. I MEAN, AND AGAIN. THIS IS AN SUP. AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE SITE PLAN. NOW, IF YOU'RE NOT, UM IF YOU WANT STAFF TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT CONDITION OUT AND SAY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO RESUBMIT AS A SITE PLAN AND GO BACK TO P AND Z WITH THE BOARDS. THERE MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT WITH THEM UP, THE VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AND NOT GET HALFWAY IN AND GET STUCK BECAUSE THEY'RE UP OR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT MATH WORKS. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS COMING ON THAT SOUTHBOUND LINE. YES, SIR. I UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE WELCOME. OK, COUNCIL MEMBER MEIC? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD 2000 WILLIAMS. DRIVE THROUGH THROUGH IT. YOU'RE GOING UP WHERE? ON BOTH SIDES. YOU GOT A CAR COMING DOWN, AND THEN YOU GOT A CAR COMING UP THIS WAY. SO THIS IS THE LANE AND THEN YOU COME IN THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH. BASICALLY WHEN YOU GET THROUGH TO THE WINDOW AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY ALL THE WAY IN THE CORNER. ARE YOU HAVING TO GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF BUSH'S CHICKEN AND TURN ALL AROUND THE BUILDING TO GET OUT WHERE? HOW WE'RE COMING OUT? YOU WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT. I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING YOU WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT OUT TO 544. THERE IS A TWO WAY STREET, THOUGH, WHICH ONE WAY IS COMING THIS WAY, AND WE GOT CARS COMING FROM FROM 544 DOWN HERE. I, AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE IT'S THAT IT'S THAT PARTICULAR LANE IS THAT WIDE AND IT, UM A LOT OF TIMES. THOSE ESCAPE LANES ARE ONLY 12. SO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE DIRECTION GOING, BUT BECAUSE IT'S 24. IT IS A DUAL LANE. ONE THING THAT WE CAN ALSO ASK THEM TO DO IF YOU'D LIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT OFFER YOUR SOLUTION, BUT WE CAN HAVE THEM PUT A CURB. ONCE YOU GET AROUND THE DRIVE THRU PUT A CURB MOST OF THE WAY DOWN, AND THAT WOULD KIND OF SEPARATE THE TRAP THAT WOULD KEEP SOMEBODY FROM JUST POPPING OUT. AND AT LEAST PAYING ATTENTION. I HONESTLY WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN MAKING THE DRIVE THROUGH COMING DOWN INSTEAD OF GOING UP. GOING IN

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FROM 544 CIRCLING AROUND THE BUILDING AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, HAVING THE WINDOW FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH INSTEAD OF HAVING IT TOWARDS 544. JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT BOTH LANES GOING ON THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND YOU'RE COMING UP WITH A CAR ON THAT SIDE. I THINK CHANCES OF AN ACCIDENT AT RIGHT THAT CORNER. IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING BECAUSE BOTH LANES ARE NOT ARE TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF WHERE THE CARS ARE GOING. CORRECT FOR COMING DOWN.

WHEN THE SHAPE YEAH. SO THE WINDOW WOULD BE AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, TOO, SO THAT WOULD EVEN WORK RIGHT? THAT'S MY CONCERN. OK? MISS ALI. COUNCILMAN IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, YOU SAY YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE THE DRIVE COMING SOUTH. WELL THAT'S OPPOSITE.

THAT'S THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CAR. YEAH. OK? WELL THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL GO AHEAD. AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OK, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND OPEN IT BACK UP. IF COUNCIL HAS, UH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM ONE THING, I THINK, UH, MR HASKINS THAT WOULD END UP WORKING REALLY WELL. UM AND LOOKING AT IT. AND I'M OPEN TO IT IS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER, UM RESTAURANTS AROUND AND HOW THEY'VE DONE TRAFFIC FLOW AND LOOKING AT THAT SIDE ON THAT SIDE, IF IT IF THEY WERE TO HAVE TO CIRCLE THE BUILDING TO END UP BEING ONE WAY AROUND. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. UM WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD LINE UP WITH A AS YOU EXIT . YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GET ON 544, OR YOU'RE GONNA GO LEFT IN WHICH YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR BACK AROUND THE BUILDING. UM SO THAT YOU WOULD COME ONE WAY TO THE LEFT. YOU CAN GO IN THE DRIVE THROUGH OR AROUND THE BUILDING.

BUT THAT YOU WON'T WOULDN'T HAVE THAT TWO WAY TRAFFIC. ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE THE TWO WAY TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF 544 BOTH DIRECTIONS. I'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ENGINEER ON WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD ASK THEM TO DO AND I CAN'T DRAW IT UP THERE. BUT IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A KIND OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT THERE WHERE IT WOULDN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME THIS WAY. I KNOW WE CAN JUST MAKE THAT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT. IF THAT'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ANYTHING JUST TO CONTROL THAT.

AREA FROM GETTING MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS AND PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE NO PATIENCE AS WE KNOW. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME MY QUESTION ON THAT WITH THE INDICATED CURVE. DOES IT STILL WORK FOR A FIRE LINE? IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT WIDTH. UM BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASSUME THE SITE REQUIRES A FIRE LINE TO STILL BE ABLE TO WRAP THE BUILDINGS. YEAH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IF LET ME SEE IF THAT'S IF THAT IS. YEAH, THAT'S FIRE ACCESS. SO THAT WON'T WORK. THE ONE WE COULD LABEL IT ONE WAY. BUT IT HAS TO STAY OPEN. UH, THE MAYOR'S POINTED THAT OUT. IT HAS TO STAY OPEN BECAUSE THAT THAT IS A FILING, RIGHT? RIGHT BUT IN THE ONE WAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, YEAH, WITH THE IF THEY HAD THE STUFF ON THE MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT SHOWING AS YOU TURN IN, TURN THIS WAY, YOU KNOW? YEAH, WE COULD HAVE MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT. UM AND, UM, WE COULD STILL HAVE A SMALL CURB THAT THAT GOES ALONG. THE DRIVE THROUGH YOU TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM JUST PULLING, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT OUT IN IT, ALL RIGHT? CAN YOU WRITE THOSE IN YES. YEAH. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE THEM, UM THE APPLICANT. ADJUST THE SITE PLAN. AND SO THAT WAY, UM, WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR THE ACTUAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE IT SHOULD BE SET UP THAT WAY. OK, MAYOR PROTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I. I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THIS BECAUSE REBUILDING A SITE THAT'S EXISTED IS KIND OF TOUGH. UM I DO LIKE THE CURB IDEA THAT YOU STATED COMING ALONGSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVE THROUGH FROM BEHIND THE BUILDING ALONGSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THEN THE PLACEMENT OF SOME INDICATORS SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN ONLY GO LEFT OUT OF HERE. YOU CAN'T GO JUMP ACROSS TRAFFIC TO TRY TO COME OUT. I DON'T THINK I FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY AT BLACKROCK COFFEE ACTUALLY HIT THAT CURB IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE THAT THAT WILL STOP IT FROM HAPPENING, BUT I THINK THAT IT WILL HELP. THOSE WHO READ SCIENCE AND SEE SIGNS. UM BUT III. I THINK THAT, UH IT'S HARD TO SIT HERE AND SAY IF WE BUILD THIS AND WE BUILD THAT THEY WON'T DO IT BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN ASK THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SITTING BEHIND YOU WITH THE BIG

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SILVER BADGES ON THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. YES, AND DO IT. SO, UM I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HOOVER UM INSTEAD OF A CURB. YOU COULD PUT THE TURTLES THERE. I'M SORRY. THE TURTLES METAL GERM SPEED BOATS. BASICALLY, YES, SIR. THAT'S STILL IT STILL WOULD GIVE THE ABILITY TO GO THROUGH THAT DRIVE-THROUGH. I WILL TALK TO THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY ENGINEER AND WE'LL COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. RIGHT? YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE MORE THING ON THE, UM FROM MY SCREEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT BUILDING. IF YOU NOTICE IT APPEARS THAT THAT SIDEWALK DOESN'T GO AROUND THE BUILDING OR DOESN'T LEAVE A FULL 3 FT, OR 4 FT, DOWN THE SIDE OF THAT BUILDING FROM THE PARKING SPOTS. AROUND THE BUILDING. YES, SIR. SO THAT THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO CUT OFF THE END OF THAT BUILDING. I CAN'T SEE A WAY AROUND. YES, SIR. AROUND THAT.

OK? SO WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS ABOUT CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE. UH, TO THE SITE PLAN PORTION WHEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR UM, THIS IS FOR THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE ZONING CHANGE. WITH THOSE IN MIND. UH, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PROTON. THANK YOU. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND SEPARATE THE SITE PLAN FOR RESUBMIT AFTER THE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT MOTION. OK WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL MAKE A SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OK THE MOTION CARRIES 61 WITH COUNCILMAN MILICI AGAINST WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS

[2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Planned Development 2020-27 (PD 2020-27) to Planned Development (PD) on 20.433 acres. Property located from 2535-2701 S. State Highway 78 (ZC 2023-20).]

EVENING. WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 20 20-27 PD 20 20-27 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD ON 20.433 ACRES PROPERTY LOCATED FROM 25 35-2701 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 78 ZONING CASE, 20 23-20 MISTER HASKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR . MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO AMEND . UH PD 20 20-27 IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, UH PARTICULAR PD. THE ORIGINAL PD WAS APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2020 THAT HAD MIXED USE. SEE IF I CAN THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN FROM THE OLD PD. UM IT HAD A VERTICAL MIXED USE, UM UH, PART TO IT, UM, THAT INCLUDED COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL. I BELIEVE IT WAS A FIVE STORY PARKING GARAGE AND HELIPAD AND, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS. UM AND AS WE ARE ALL AWARE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY HAS STALLED, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN NOW AS PERMANENTLY STALLED, UM, THE PROPERTY HAS SINCE CHANGED HANDS IN THE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REQUESTING. TO AMEND THE PD, UM IN ORDER TO MOVE ON WITH GETTING THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPED. UM THERE. I'M GONNA THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION. HE'S HERE THIS EVENING. SO I'M GONNA MAKE THIS KIND OF QUICK FROM, UM, MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE REPORT. BUT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PD AMENDMENTS IS TO SEPARATE, UM, THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT AND THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT LINE THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT UP ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 78. UM WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, UM MULTIFAMILY BACK BEHIND IT, AND BECAUSE THE TOWN HOME PART IS NOW, UM, OWNED BY SOMEBODY, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMPANY. UM THEY WANT TO SEPARATE THEIR CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE TOWN HOMES BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE TOWN HOMES HAD TO BE BUILT. I'M SORRY. THE COMMERCIAL PART OF THIS HAD TO BE BUILT BEFORE THE TOWN HOMES COULD BE BUILT AND THEN THAT THAT WAS TIED TO THE MALTA FAMILY, AND THEY JUST KIND OF WANT TO SEPARATE THAT OUT. THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO DO CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE CAN GET INTO AFTER THE, UM, APPLICANTS PRESENTATION. WITH THEIR PART OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL ALONG 78. AND THEN THE, UM MULTIFAMILY . UM, THAT'S BACK BEHIND THAT, UM WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO PNZ THERE, UM JUST COMMENTS THAT THEY, UM DISCUSSED. WE DID DISCUSS THE APARTMENT DENSITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ADDED MORE RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND DO HAVE LESS COMMERCIAL AND SO THEIR RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS OR IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED. UM AND THEN THE COMMISSIONERS DID ASK, UM, ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL AND WHERE IT WOULD BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. UM AND DID THEY HAVE USERS AND THEY

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SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN THEY, UM, APPLICANT HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE E DC.

ULTIMATELY THE COMMISSION DID VOTE 60 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UM WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. IF THAT'S OK, MAYOR FOR THE PRESENTATION FIRST.

PERFECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, HERE TO PRESENT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY S SILVER LAKE STATION ON HIGHWAY 78. AS JASON MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER, UH, INTENDED TO DEVELOP A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. UM HE STALLED OUT AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN LEFT WITH MOUNDS OF DIRT ON IT. UM SO WE'VE WE'VE SORT OF INHERITED THIS PROPERTY WITH THE STALLED OUT DEVELOPMENT ON IT. UM, I THINK THERE WERE CERTAINLY ISSUES WITH THE DEVELOPER. WE FEEL THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER IS THAT THE PLAN THAT HE HAD WAS UNREALISTIC AND DIFFICULT TO EXECUTE FOR HIM. UM AND FOR MOST ANYBODY, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT. UM A REZONING CASE IS TO CHANGE THAT PLAN THAT WE FEEL WAS WAS MORE UNREALISTIC. UM AS WE MENTIONED, WE LOOK AT THE FRONTAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 78 TO BE A GREAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR WHERE WE CAN , UH ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM WE'VE PUT THE MULTIFAMILY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S REALLY INFORMING THE LAYOUT HERE, UM, SEPARATING FROM STILL MIXED USE, BUT HORIZONTAL MIXED USE RATHER THAN VERTICAL MIXED USE, SO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE MULTI FAMILY CAN BE SEPARATE FROM THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COMMERCIAL. UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE, WE ARE INTENDING TO FIND FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING IN WILEY AND BEING IN THIS TRAFFIC CORRIDOR. UM SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS. UM, WE HAVE ONE PAD SITE TO THE VERY NORTH SIDE. UM WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, THE WILEY , E DC AND JASON GRINER HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHO'S ACTIVE IN THIS MARKETPLACE AND WHO'S READY TO GO AND GET SOMETHING STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MULTIFAMILY, UM THE TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT ON THIS SITE IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL ATTRACT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND KIND OF THAT THAT SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY IN THE AREA. UM WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT , WHERE YOU HAVE A RESORT POOL AND A DOG PARK AND A TRACK THAT SORT OF YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC THAT CAN PAY HIGHER RENTS THE MINIMUM THAT THE MARKET REALLY WANTS IS 250 UNITS. UM, AND THEY'LL GO AS HIGH AS THE MARKET WILL WILL BEAR, UM, FROM A UNIT COUNT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WITH 250 UNITS, YOU GET THAT ECONOMY OF SCALE WHERE YOU CAN BUILD NICER AMENITIES AND YOU CAN HAVE MORE SOPHISTICATED MANAGEMENT AND THEN ULTIMATELY ATTRACT INSTITUTIONAL FINANCING TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING. THE NUMBER IS, UM, JUST BASED ON A PURE NUMBER THAT THE MARKETPLACE LIKES AS A MINIMUM IN ORDER TO BUILD A NICE, MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX. UM WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS ANY PART OF THE REQUEST. OK? UH COS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. MISS STORM. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK THIS EVENING DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND NOW I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCIL OR STAFF OR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, EITHER FOR UM THE DEVELOPER OR FOR MR HASKINS. LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS THAT WERE PRESENTED SO I WANTED TO ASK, UM DO YOU ALL DEVELOP COMMERCIAL SITES OR DO YOU GUYS ONLY DO MULTIFAMILY. UH, THE OWNERSHIP GROUP FOR THIS , UH, PROPERTY HAS DEVELOPED BOTH IN DIFFERENT MARKETS. UM SO IT'S UM WHATEVER SEEMS OPPORTUNISTIC AND GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT. THEY'LL GO DO, UM, ON THIS SITE IN SPECIFIC THEIR ARE OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH

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DEVELOPERS DEVELOPING THEM THEMSELVES OR SELLING SITES IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO CARRY ON THE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT'S UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY DO HAVE EXPERIENCE BOTH DEVELOPING SELLING MIXED. AND MULTIFAMILY. OK? AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO OR THAT, JASON, YOU MAY NEED TO STEP FORWARD. AM I CORRECT IN READING THE PD THAT IT WRITES IN I BELIEVE LOTS, 12 AND FOUR WOULD ALL ALLOW DRIVE THROUGHS BY RIGHT I THINK UNDER YES. FOR THE NUMBER TWO. YES, THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED. SO I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT. SO HOW DOES THAT YOU MENTIONED SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT REQUEST BY RIGHT THAT FREES IT UP TO BE ANY NUMBER OF DRIVE-THRUS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE. WHICH OBVIOUSLY, UH AS WE AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WITHIN THE CITY. UM IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SEE AS INTEGRAL TO BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT COMMERCIAL. I DON'T SEE IT AS INTEGRAL. I THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM CERTAINLY THE FLEXIBILITY IS VERY NICE. AND UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S INTEGRAL TO THE REQUEST. UM I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF IT WEREN'T BY, RIGHT. IT WOULD BE BY SP. IS THAT CORRECT? YES THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE. GOT YOU OR THAT'S WHAT OUR ZONING STANDARDS ARE SURE, ABSOLUTELY, IF THE IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT SPECIFICALLY ON THE SITE THAT IS FURTHEST NORTH AND EAST ON THE SITE, UM THAT'S A THAT'S A SMALLER PROPERTY, AND I IMAGINE THAT THAT'S WHERE I COULD SEE. A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT WANTING TO BE LOCATED, SO THAT'S ONE WHERE I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. UM, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT INTEGRAL TO THE REQUEST. OK? AND UM, I'LL GO AHEAD, MR. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE GOOD. I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING IN LINE. THIS MIGHT GO FOR MR HASKINS. MR HASKINS. UM I WAS LOOKING IN IN THE PD FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS ON BUILDING THE RESIDENTIAL PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE COMMERCIAL DID DID I MISS THOSE? UM WHAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECTION TWO THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE. BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO PUT IN ALL THE UTILITIES, ACCESS DRIVES, FIRE LANES, LANDSCAPING, SIDEWALKS AND THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS MAX THE CREEK. THEY HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT. BEFORE THEY CAN, UM, WE'LL GIVE THEM A FINAL ON THEIR, UM MULTIFAMILY.

SO THEY HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY DO THE FLAT WORK. THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THE FLAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUILD. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO VERTICAL. BUT WHAT STAFF FEEL ARE ARE OUR THOUGHT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THAT. WOULD ALLOW THAT. THAT'S ALL THAT COULD EVER DEVELOP. THERE WOULD BE. WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY COMING BACK WHICH WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AND NOW WE WANT TO DO MORE MULTI FAMILY THERE. ONCE YOU PUT ALL THAT FLAT WORK IN, IT WOULD BE VERY COST PROHIBITIVE TO TRY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR SOMETHING AND ASK FOR, UM YOU KNOW, WE WANNA DO MULTI FAMILY UPFRONT NOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK THAT FLAT WORK IS JUST TO SERVICE THE PRODUCT THAT THEY WOULD BE SELLING. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARILY NOW. IT WOULD, UM LIKE, UM I CAN CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE ON THAT. BUT WHAT THE INTENT LET ME UM, PULL UP. THIS. WORK IT BE ESSENTIALLY YOUR DRIVE. SO YOU SEE ALL THE DRIVES. RIGHT WHICH IS YOUR SERVICE IN AND OUT, AND THEN THE DRIVES ALSO THAT GO AROUND THE COMMERCIAL AREAS BECAUSE THOSE ARE GONNA NEED THOSE WOULD STILL NEED FIRE LANES. OK, SO THAT CONCRETE WORK? YEAH AND UTILITIES AND ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS. YEAH, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT THE FOUNDATION IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OF THE BUILDING. THANK YOU, SIR. SO UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE COME BACK AFTER THEY PUT IN FLAT WORK AND REQUEST FOR UH, TO GO BACK AND REPLACE THAT, UM, WE HAD IT HAPPEN NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH ANOTHER. UH, LOCATION IN TOWN. UH, THE SUGGESTION WAS FOR THE THEY WERE RESTAURANT SHELVES TO BE TURNED INTO TOWN HOMES ALONG THE ROADWAY. UM SO I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY, SEEN THAT AND THEY EVEN BUILT A SHELL OUT AND SO UM, I. I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT. OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT JUDGE THEM BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE . BUT I AT THE SAME TIME REALIZE THAT WHEN IT'S NOT IN WRITING, THERE'S NOTHING THAT GUARANTEES IT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK ON THAT. COUNCILMAN MAICI, THOUGH, HAS BEEN WAITING. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM, MR HASKINS.

IF I'M CORRECT TO THE RIGHT OF IT IS SLOTTED FOR MULTI, UH MULTI FAMILY USE CORRECT IS

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ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY USE TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PROPERTY. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT COULD BE CORRECT.

I'D HAVE THAT CORRECT UNDER THE ZONING ON THE ZONING ORDER. YES, UM MY QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.

UH, WOULD BE ARE YOU OPPOSED TO DO ON BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY? SO BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS WORK, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WHICH I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUILT SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS MARKET IF YOU HAVE BUILT ANY AROUND IT. AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT DEVELOPERS HAVE YOU WORKED WITH IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT, AND ALSO ARE YOU OPPOSED TO BASED ON A PERCENTAGE WHATEVER YOU BUILT ON THE BACK END TO BUILD AT THE FRONT END. SURE SO I GUESS THE KIND OF STARTING WITH THE PROPERTY OF THE EAST, UM WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO WORKING WITH THAT LANDOWNER TO FIND A WAY TO COMBINE THE PROJECTS. UM I KNOW THAT MY CLIENTS HAVE THEY THEY CURRENTLY OWN THIS PROPERTY AND IT'S IN DISREPAIR. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET GOING ON THAT PROJECT. SO THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY THE INTENT BEHIND THE REQUEST IS TO MOVE FORWARD. UM THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. AND SO IF THEY COULD WORK OUT A DEAL WHERE THAT MADE SENSE TO BUY THAT AND COMBINE IT , I THINK IT WOULD MAKE FOR A BETTER DEVELOPMENT. UM BUT IT'S REALLY A BIG QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GO AND PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY. UM REGARDING SO I'M A CONSULTANT TO THE LANDOWNER. UM, THE LANDOWNER HAS DEVELOPED MULTIFAMILY. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR FULL RESUME . UM I KNOW THAT AS A CONSULTANT IN MY HISTORY I'VE BUILT MULTIFAMILY AND, UM MCKINNEY PREDOMINANTLY IN MCKINNEY. UM AND THEN I'VE WORKED WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE BUILT MULTIFAMILY IN DALLAS, FRISCO AND YOU KNOW ALL OVER THE METROPLEX. UM SO THESE HAVE BEEN BOTH COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY OR JUST MULTIFAMILY ONLY, UH, FOR ME. I'VE I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL OFFICE. SINGLE FAMILY. RESORT DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S SORT OF MY BACKGROUND SO RUNS THE GAMUT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT. UM SO AS FAR AS THE OWNERSHIP GROUP I, I DON'T HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FULL RESUME. UM, OTHER THAN JUST TALKING TO THEM ABOUT PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE AND WORKING WITH THEM ON OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO DO BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY. WHATEVER YOU DEVELOP IN THE BACK PERCENTAGE WISE TO DO IT UP FRONT AS WELL. I THINK THAT THE SAME TIME WHAT? WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING THE WHEN WE LOOKED AT SORT OF THE CONCURRENCY, WHICH JASON HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AND EXPLAIN TO US HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS, UM, SOME OF WHAT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE FOUNDATION, WHICH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS BROUGHT UP WE THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE OF IT. THE BUILDINGS ARE THERE. THE UNITS ARE THERE IN THE ZONING, AND THAT KIND OF IS ALL THE CLARITY THAT YOU NEED FOR COMMERCIAL WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THOSE USERS ARE. I WOULD HATE TO PUT IN PLUMBING AND FOUNDATIONS AND IT BEING IN THE WRONG SPOT TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT USERS. SO YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THAT DOES COME UP, AND I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MARKET THE PROPERTY WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE WITH SOME BULLDOZERS AND KNOCK EVERYTHING DOWN. CLEAN IT UP HAVING SOME FLAT WORK OUT THERE, I THINK MAKE IT LOOK. PRESENTABLE TO MARKET AS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE HOPE THAT WE DEVELOP ALL OF IT AT ONCE. WE DON'T WANNA HOLD THIS PROPERTY. WE WANT TO GO AND PUT IT INTO ACTION. SO UM, SO THAT IS THE HOPE. BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THE REQUEST CAME ABOUT. IS THAT WITH THOSE FIRE LANES, WE STILL HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK WITH WHOEVER THOSE FINAL END USERS ARE ON THE COMMERCIAL.

OK, THANK YOU. OK? DO WE HAVE ANY MAYOR? PRO TIME? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIZE OF UNITS, JASON. I KNOW THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE THE MINIMUM SIZE OF A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. IS 900 SQUARE FEET AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AGAIN BECAUSE I REMEMBER READING THIS THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE FIRST THING THAT PUNCHED OUT TO ME WAS THAT THESE ARE ABOUT 100 SQUARE FEET SMALLER THAN WHAT OUR REQUIREMENT IS. SO OUR REQUIREMENT IS 900. THEY'RE ASKING FOR 805. AND THEN ON THE TWO BEDROOM. REQUIREMENT IS 1200 . THEY'RE ASKING FOR 1190. BUT THAT WASN'T CALLED OUT IN THE PAPERWORK. SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT FOR CERTAIN. UM AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 100 UNITS. UH AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GONNA HAVE NOT ONLY ON TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA BUT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT AROUND THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE HURDLES THAT THEY FACED DURING THE PRE DEVELOPMENT PHASES WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS THE ACQUISITION OF WATER LINE, SEWER LINES AND ELECTRICAL AS ALL OF THAT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. OK, GOOD AND GOT THREE OR FOUR QUESTIONS HERE, AND I ONLY

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ASK THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AT ONE POINT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING UNDER 78 WITH POWER BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET SOMEBODY TO COOPER WITH THEM ACROSS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, OR IT WAS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING ACROSS 78. THEY WERE WAITING FOR BORING. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT THESE EYES ARE DOTTED AND TS ARE CROSSED BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. YES, SIR. UM MR PORTER, OUR CITY ENGINEER COULD PROBABLY CLARIFY AS FAR AS THE UTILITIES. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT THE UTILITIES ARE ALL THERE AND SIZED APPROPRIATELY. UM, ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER WAS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACQUIRED TO LOOP THEIR UTILITIES FAR ENOUGH DOWN WHERE THE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT HAVE TO UM, ENCROACH ONTO THEIR PROPERTY OR ASK FOR AN EASEMENT. THE, UM STUB OUTS ARE GONNA BE THERE. UM AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY SIZED . IF MR PORTER IS BACK THERE, SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO AND, UM, I'LL WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE. YEAH, HE'S COMING UP. HE HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD. YES SO WE'RE WE'RE GOOD ON THE UTILITIES. UM AND ALL OF THAT, UM AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM I MENTIONED THAT TO THE APPLICANT AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH, UH, SECTION 53, WHICH LIMITS OUT OF THE 250. THEY CAN ONLY HAVE 83 BEDROOM UNITS. UM, I RECOMMENDED ZERO THEY WANTED 15. I THINK WE LANDED IN THE MIDDLE IS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. UM AND THEY SAID THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR SOMETIMES AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO, HE CAN SAY IT, BUT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SOMETIMES ROOM UP IN ORDER TO GET THEIR LIVES GOING. UM, NOT NECESSARILY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN KIDS, BUT IT CAN. UM, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO LIMIT THOSE TO, UM AS SMALL, UH, NUMBER AS THEY SEEM POSSIBLE WITH STILL ALLOWING SOME KIND OF , UM, FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR POTENTIAL RESIDENTS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS ON THE ROADWAYS. I CAN'T TELL BY BLOWING THIS PICTURE UP WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DE CELL LANES AT BOTH OF THE PROPOSED ENTRANCES. THERE ARE NOT NOW BUT THEY PROBABLY WILL BE IF I KNOW MR PORTER. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S DUMPING. I MEAN, IF YOU'VE GOT 250 APARTMENTS. THE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS IF THEYRE DOUBLING UP. RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TWO CARS. PLUS I MEAN, THE AVERAGE REQUIRED BY PARKING IS TWO. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 500 CARS CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT OUR CITY ENGINEER IS GOING TO REQUIRE, UM A DESAL LANES ONCE, UH, YOU KNOW IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH HERE AND I THINK WITH ADDING COMMERCIAL IN FRONT OF THIS RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR PROBLEM IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. IF THESE BUSINESSES IN THIS COMMERCIAL AREA AREA ARE DRAWING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD ALONG, 78 THERE'S GONNA BE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE, IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT AND THAT AND THAT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THESE TWO SMALL ENTRANCES CONCERNS ME.

THAT'S ALL. DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE DES SELLING SO I COULD HEAR YOU. SO THERE WAS A T, A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. THAT WAS DONE. UH BY THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER, WE'VE REVIEWED THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. OUR INTENTION IN DEVELOPING THE SITE IS TO BUILD THE DECELERATION LANES AND THE LEFT TURN LANE AS WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER. THIS EXHIBIT DOESN'T IT'S UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT I DID WANT TO BE ON RECORD SHOWING THAT WE ARE BUILDING THOSE DE CELL LANES AND THE MEDIAN OPENING. UM I'VE ALSO THE CITY STAFF HAS REQUESTED AN UPDATED TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE'RE FINE WITH COMPLYING WITH ONCE WE GET TO THAT STAGE. UM I DID SOME MATH ON WHAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY SHOWS.

GENERATED FROM THE SITE WITH THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT VERSUS OUR PROPOSAL, WHICH IS SIMPLY TAKING DIFFERENT UNIT COUNTS AND SQUARE FOOTAGES AND THEN CONVERTING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS LESSENED BY OVER HALF. THERE'S LESS THAN HALF THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS WITH THIS PROPOSAL RELATIVE TO THE CURRENTLY APPROVED PLAN, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT HOMEWORK AND I DO AND WE'RE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER REQUEST THE CITY ENGINEERS MIGHT HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OK, COUNCILMAN STRING YEAH, THANKS, MR MAYOR. SO THE ENTRANCES AND THE EXITS HERE. ARE THEY JUST BRIGHT TURNS ONLY THEN THE NORTHBOUND IS 78. ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO CUT THROUGH THAT MEDIAN? THERE IS THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.

THE ONE OF THOSE ENTRANCES DID HAVE A MEDIAN OPENING, AND THAT WAS THE PERMIT THAT WAS GIVEN BY TECH DOT SO OUR INTENTION IS TO MAINTAIN THE ACCESS JUST AS IT WAS WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER, WHICH IS ONE MEETING OPENING AND THEN ONE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT. OK, I SEE AND THEN THE MAYOR, PRO

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TOWNS POINT HERE. YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT FOR THE COMMERCIAL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU START HAVING DRIVE THROUGHS IN THERE. ESPECIALLY IF IT CHICK FIL A GOES IN THERE OR IN AND OUT. JUST RUIN EVERYTHING RIGHT? UM BUT YOU KNOW THAT STACKING THAT I'M LOOKING AT FOR THE EXITING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH THE WHATEVER THEY GOT FROM THE COMMERCIAL, THE FAST FOOD PLUS PEOPLE LEAVING TO GO. UH, WORK DINNER.

WHATEVER IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET ACROSS THAT FRONT THERE. WHAT'S THAT? FOUR CARS? FIVE TOPS THE LITTLE MHM. I SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE I MEAN, JUST YESTERDAY I SAW SHENANIGANS OVER AND OUR SISTER CITY MURPHY. GRANTED, THEIR PLANNING IS IN AS AWESOME AS OURS IS UM WHERE WAS A DISASTER AND THEY HAD EVEN MORE SPACE BEHIND IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DRIVE-THRUS AND THE GAS STATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE. I THINK THAT IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE LIKE WE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS CASE WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THAT DRIVE THROUGH WAS GOING TO FUNCTION. UM WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT AS A PART OF THIS ZONING REQUEST, AND I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, IT'S FAIR TO COME BACK AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ONCE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL USER THERE, SO YOU KNOW, GOING TOWARD AN SUP AS A STANDARD IN THE CITY FOR DRIVE-THRU SEEMS REASONABLE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE WITH AN ACTUAL USER TO PROVIDE A MORE SPECIFIC AND DETAILED LAYOUT OF HOW IT WOULD FUNCTION SAFELY, SO I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY REASONABLE.

OK, SO THEN WHEN YOU START DOING ALL THAT, AND MORE STUDIES AND ALL THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT WHAT I SEE THERE IN COMMERCIAL IN TERMS OF LAYOUT, THE PARKING ROADWAY, THE UNITS, THE BUILDINGS, WHATEVER THAT THAT ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE. UH, I. I THINK THAT THE BONES OF THIS PLAN ARE GOING TO BE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. UM HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE'S I'M I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO TO GET TO A FINAL PLAN, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE A DRIVE THROUGH RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC AND HOW YOU MOVE CARS THROUGH THE SITE, SO I THINK THAT WE'RE WERE THERE FOR THE BONES AND THE LAYOUT OF WHERE THE COMMERCIAL IS WHERE THE MULTIFAMILY IS THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS. I THINK ALL OF THAT WON'T CHANGE. HOWEVER I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THAT TO ADD TO THIS BEFORE IT CAN BECOME A REALITY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. OK COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE QUICK. UM, THING FOR THE OWNER.

IF THIS WERE TO GO FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO APPROACHES THAT AREN'T BEING USED TO BE USED. UM AROUND 78 RATHER THAN JUST HAVING TO MR HASKINS IS SHAKING HIS HEAD.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, SO YOU MAY WANNA I MEAN, IS THAT JUST A AN ISSUE OF PARKING OR SPACING? THE SPEED LIMIT ON 78. I'D I'D HAVE TO. YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO MEASURE IT OUT. EXACTLY. BUT I'M JUST HAVING THAT AS A REQUIREMENT MAY NOT WORK JUST DUE TO, UM THE SPACING REQUIREMENT BETWEEN EXITS. UM BASED ON THE SPEED OF STATE HIGHWAY 78. OK? AND SO I ASSUME THAT WITH HIM BEING THERE THAT THEY ARE ALREADY THOSE ARE ALREADY THERE. THE OTHER ONES ARE NOT THERE OR THEY MIGHT BE THERE. BUT ALSO I WILL SAY THAT I'M GONNA GET MYSELF IN HUGE TROUBLE HERE WITH TIM, BUT, UM RULES MAY HAVE CHANGED SINCE THOSE WERE PUT IN THAT PROPERTY HAS NEVER BEEN USED. SO THOSE MAY ALSO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY POURED SOMETHING IN WAY BACK WHEN AND UM SO, BUT WE'RE SURE WE COULDN'T USE THEM. NO I AM NOT. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT A MEASUREMENT ON. I WANT TO BE SURE ON THAT IF WE COULD. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. UM LIKE MR LEE. I SAID, IF, UH UM IF, UH YOU KNOW, THE ZONING GOES THROUGH THEN ONCE WE GET TO ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF WILL WILL MAKE SURE OF ALL OF THAT. YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME. WELL, GO AHEAD. COUNCILOR MAICI. UM THE COUPLE OF ONE COMMENT AND ONE QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY GETS DEVELOPED AND THAT EYESORE ENTERING WILEY GETS AWAY FROM US. UM, THE SECOND MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE.

I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I DON'T WANT THE BACK PART TO BE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL BY THE TIME YOU GUYS BUILD IT, YOU EXIT OUT. AND THEN THOSE FRONT PADS ARE BEING SOLD AND THAT THEY'RE COMING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND SAYING WELL, THOSE ARE NOT AFFORDABLE UNLESS WE GET SOME SORT OF RESIDENTIAL ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL AND ADD MORE SPACE TO THAT AND MORE TRAFFIC COUNTS TO IT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M INSISTING THAT WE ADD SOMETHING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT PERCENTAGE BASED I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO 100% COMMERCIAL UPFRONT WHEN YOU

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COMPLETE THE BACK, BUT AT LEAST SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL FRONT. I GET IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE USERS. FOR AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT SHELL BUILDING. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE USERS FOR YOU TO COMMIT TO THAT. THE USERS WILL COME ONCE YOU BUILD. YOU'RE BUILDING THE BACK WHICH YOU'RE CREATING THE VALUE FOR THE FRONT. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE GONNA BUILD THE BACK. YOU'RE GONNA EXIT OUT THEN THEY'RE GONNA COME IN FRONT OF US AND ASK FOR MORE SPACES.

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD BASED ON THE PRICE THAT THEY BOUGHT THE DIRT. AND SO THIS IS UM I UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND WHERE YOU ARE WITH IT. FROM COUNCIL STANDPOINT OR PERSONAL STANDPOINT IS WHERE I'M LOOKING OUT FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE CITY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WOULD ASK IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT. YOU KNOW I WOULD BE OPEN TO WORKING WITH THIS, BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON THAT. I THINK FOR KIND OF THE IDEA OF ANY FIRST ANY RESIDENTIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL UP FRONT. I THINK WE ARE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING ON RECORD IN WRITING THAT THERE WILL BE NO RESIDENTIAL ON THE COMMERCIAL SITES AS A PART OF THIS REQUEST. AS FAR AS GOING VERTICAL WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMERCIAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE MULTIFAMILY. THAT'S A COMMITMENT THAT I CAN'T MAKE ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT. UM SO, I, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT AND I AND I YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THAT IT ALL IS SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE ALL HOPE THAT IT'S SIMULTANEOUS. UM I. I CAN'T MAKE THAT COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT TONIGHT. SO UM, IF WE IF WE NEED TO COME BACK, AND THAT YOU KNOW? IS WHAT IT IS, BUT WE WOULD. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THE REQUEST. IF IT'S OK WITH YOU GUYS, CAN WE PUSH THIS HEARING? WHILE THEY CONCUR WITH THE OWNERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEY COME BACK TO US. SO I, UM I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. WHAT ARE THE RULES ON ZONING NOW? IS IT JUST THE PLATTS THAT HAVE A TIME? YEAH WE CAN. I KNOW THE STATE'S COUNCILS WILL THIS COULD BE TABLED? UM FOR HIM TO CHECK THAT WE CAN, UM IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE CAN ADD, UM THAT AS FAR AS UNDER THE COMMERCIAL SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT RESIDENTIAL WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED USE THAT WOULD NOT STOP SOMEBODY FROM COMING BACK AND ASKING, BUT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER WHETHER THAT WOULD EVER BE AN ISSUE THERE OR NOT, WHICH IS KIND OF ALREADY. HAS THAT IN PLACE, BUT WE CAN SOLIDIFY THAT A LITTLE MORE IF NEED BE. OK? BUT IF THERE'S ANY MORE CONCURRENCY LIKE COUNCIL'S WISH IS TO HAVE MORE CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PROBABLY TABLE IT SO THE, UM APPLICANT CAN TALK TO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. OK? SO I HAVE I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD AND THE NOAH TALKED ABOUT. SOME OF THE DRIVE THROUGHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM I'M HAVING TO GIVE THIS A LOT OF PAUSE BECAUSE WE JUST DID A COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN IN 2022 OVERHAULING THE CITY. THIS AREA WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS ONE THAT WOULD REVERT TO CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL. AND THIS PROJECT IS CHANGING TO TWO STRIP CENTERS AND POTENTIALLY A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL BEHIND IT. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OLD ZONING IS WHAT WAS IN PLACE, BUT WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY. THE COUNCIL SPENT A LOT OF TIME STAFF SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND RESIDENTIAL USAGE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THAT DEFINITION AT ALL. AND THIS IS CALLING NOW FOR THE VAST LION'S SHARE TO BE CONVERTED INTO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR ZONING STANDARDS ON ON THE APARTMENTS ON HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S A HIGHER DENSITY. IT'S SMALLER APARTMENTS AND TO THE APPLICANT'S OWN SPEECH. THESE ARE NOT AFFORDABLE. THESE ARE NOT BEING TARGETED IN. THESE ARE BEING TARGETED FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITH THE HIGHEST RENT THAT THE MARKET WILL BEAR.

AND THAT IS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE APPLICANT STATED ON THE RECORD AS TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT. AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I LOOK AT TRAFFIC CONCERNS. AND BUT ABOVE ALL, WHEN I LOOK AT A COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN, IT DIDN'T CALL FOR ANY OF THAT TO BE LOCATED THERE. NOW I UNDERSTAND, GIVE AND TAKE BUT TO ME THIS IS A REQUEST TO TURN THIS INTO STRIP CENTER UP FRONT. DRIVE THROUGHS BY RIGHT ON ALL THREE AND THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO BUILDING ANY OF THAT BY THIS DEVELOPER. YES I GET IT. THE FLAT WORK WILL BE IN. BUT THOSE SITES COULD SIT FOR FIVE YEARS. 10 YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW. THEY'LL SIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS WILLING TO COME AND BUILD THEM. AND MY THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH IT IS IT

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DOES NOT FIT THE PLAN THAT THE CITY PUT IN PLACE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PLANS CHANGE, BUT WE'RE GOING FROM 100 AND 50 APARTMENTS TO 250. WE'RE DROPPING TO 37,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL FROM ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE SIX FIGURES AND WAS GOING TO TRY TO ATTRACT.

UH AND AGAIN I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LOT OF PIE IN THE SKY. BUT WE KNOW FROM LOOKING AND WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS THAT THERE ARE DEPTH OPPORTUNITIES. THERE ARE JUNIOR BOX RETAILERS. THERE ARE GROCERY STORES. THERE ARE GYM USERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK IN THIS MARKET. FOUR LOCATIONS AND THEY WOULD BE ON THE SECONDARY IN THE REAR OF AN AREA WHICH THEN BRINGS THE SAME TYPE OF VALUE TO ANY COMMERCIAL THAT'S PUT UP FRONT. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE TRADING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT SITS WELL WITH ME SO THAT'S THAT'S MY THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I'LL TURN IT TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, SORRY, COUNCILMAN DUKE IF YOU'LL LET HIM BUZZ BACK IN AS HE HIT IT TWICE. THERE YOU GO. SO NOW YOU'RE OUT AND YOU COSMETIC. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO, UM AND I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT MAYOR? SEEN BECAUSE I AM SEEING A LOT OF THE SAME ON THE UNITS THEMSELVES. ONE OF MY THINGS WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD. THAT I WOULDN'T I WOULD WANT TO SEE A ROW OUT PLAYING IN THE PD. THAT ALLOWED FOR THE COMMERCIAL TO BE BUILT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AS THE RESIDENTIAL HAPPENED. THAT WAY. UH, AS A CITY WHAT COMMERCIAL IS THERE? WE KNEW THAT WOULD NOT JUST BE DEVELOPED, UH, AT SOME POINT, BUT IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED NOW, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TAKE TENANTS. NOW IT'S GONNA GO ON TO THE TAX ROLLS NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM A BUILDER STANDPOINT, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA WAIT FROM. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AS A CITY THAT ALSO JUST DELAYS THAT DEVELOPMENT, TAKING OFF INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT INTO, UM UH, BEING OFFERED TO TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AT AN ATTRACTIVE RATE BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO GET MOVING. IT NEEDS THAT SYNERGY AND ENERGY. UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT, UH, IF WE WERE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH IT, THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD WANT TO SEE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE OTHER THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, I AM CONCERNED LIKE MAYOR SAID THAT, UM, I DO THINK THAT THIS PRO THIS PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN UM AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT FOR VERY LONG WHILE IT HAS SAT A LONG TIME, IT HAS BEEN JUST RECENTLY THAT THAT INITIAL PROJECT CAME TO A CLOSE AND CAME TO A NOT HAPPENING, SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROJECT TO WRITE OFF AS FAR AS, UH, ANY OPPORTUNITY, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF, UM SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT, AND JUST GIVING THAT MUCH OF THE, UM UM BENEFIT OF THAT LAND TO MULTIFAMILY IN A AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL SO IN, UH, TO YOUR POINT, IF 250 UNITS IS THE NUMBER THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT FEASIBLE TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THAT ON A LOT LIKE THIS, THEN I WOULD PROBABLY LEAN TOWARD. WELL THEN MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE GETTING THAT JUST THAT COMMERCIAL UPFRONT WHEN AS A CITY YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DID GO THROUGH ALL THIS. YOU KNOW, PLANS AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS AND EVERYTHING TO GET BROUGHT TO THE CITY. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS COMING. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PIE IN THE SKY. I DO THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY THAN THE AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN THERE. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. THE COUNCILMAN, DUKE. THANK YOU, MISS SWEAR. JUST GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT. I JUST AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND WHAT HE SAID. THANK YOU. MAYOR PROTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS PROJECT IN GENERAL, IS THAT IF WE DO APPROVE THIS GOING FORWARD IN THE MANNER THAT THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS GO UP. WITH DIRT WORK DONE IN FRONT OF IT. AND THEN AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY WILL COME ALONG. MAYBE AND BUILD THE RETAIL. ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE PROJECT. THAT RETAIL WILL NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF FLOW. AND I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT THAT WE THAT WE'VE FAILED TO MENTION DURING THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT WE DID GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF UNDULATIONS WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH THE MIX AND THE MULTI USE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND IT WAS HEAVILY LEVERAGED ON COMMERCIAL AND THEY CAME IN WITH THE SAME SONG AND DANCE. THAT WON'T WORK UNLESS WE PUT ALL THESE APARTMENTS ON THESE PROPERTY. UM BUT WHEN THEY CAME BACK AND GOT A BALANCE THAT WE WERE SATISFIED WITH, THEY HAD A COMMUNITY FEEL. IT HAD A HOMOGENEOUS LOOK TO IT. IT LOOKED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WATERS CREEK LOOKS LIKE OR

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ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT OVER IN THE FORNEY AREA THAT THAT WHEN YOU DROVE UP IT LITERALLY LOOKED LIKE A DESTINATION. AND THIS TO ME. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DESTINATION. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE DRIVING DOWN 544 AND SEE IN THE STRIP CENTERS IN FRONT OF A LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT OR IN FRONT OF THE BIG BOX STORES, EXCEPT WHERE SEVEN COMMERCIAL BEHIND IT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING 500 VEHICLES PASSED IN AND OUT OF TWO DRIVEWAYS. UM SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME ABOUT IT. UH, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE TO ME THAT THIS THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT WE'RE WE WERE BEFORE. UH AND THEN TO ADD THE NUANCES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN. I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT THAT HORSE BECAUSE WE DID SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON IT, UH, TO THE POINT OF THE MAYOR, SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND THE THOUGHTFUL EFFORT THAT WAS PUT FORTH TO BRING THIS AND I WAS, UH AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IN SOME DIRECTION THAT WE CAN AGREE ON. THANK YOU. OK? SO IT APPEARS THAT THAT IS YOU KNOW ANY OTHER I'LL ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MAICI. I KNOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO I GUESS, MAKE A DECISION OR VOTE ON IT. I WOULD ASK THAT WE TABLE. THIS ITEM LET THE CONSULTANT GO BACK TO THE OWNERS WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE MET. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. OK? DO YOU HAVE? A DATE OR JUST TO THE STANDARD MISS STORM. WHAT IS IT TYPICALLY? IS IT AUTOMATIC THAT IT COMES BACK IN IN THREE MEETINGS IF YOU DON'T SPECIFY A DATE. SO DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND? OR WOULD YOU HAVE A 33 MEETINGS? I THINK IT'S SO WITHIN THE THREE MEETINGS, SO JUST A MOTION TO TABLE YES, SIR. OK. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PROTON WITH THAT MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO TABLE THE ITEM COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OK, AND THE MOTION CARRIES 61 WITH MYSELF AGAINST MOTION IS TA OR THE ITEM IS TABLED. OK, SO WITH THAT THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE THIS EVENING. WHICH

[3. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2024-07 amending Wylie’s Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2022-44, as amended, Appendix A (Wylie Comprehensive Fee Schedule), Section IX (Parks and Recreation).]

IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20. 24 7 AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22-44 IS AMENDED APPENDIX A WIDELY COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE SECTION NINE PARKS AND RECREATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM SO CURRENTLY THE, UH, FEE ORDINANCE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION STILL INCLUDES THE VERY SPECIFIC FEES LISTED FOR, UM, PAVILION RENTALS AND, UH, FIELD RENTALS. UM LET UH, 2022 COUNCIL ALLOWS STAFF TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO TAKE OUT THE RECREATION FEES SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN CHANGING FEES AS NEEDED, UM, OFFERING PROMOTIONS THAT SORT OF THING, UM THAT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FEE STUDY. WE ARE CURRENTLY ENTERING THE STUDY FOR THE PARK SIDE, AND, UM , ULTIMATELY, WE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE THOSE FEES TO TAKE THE SAME PATH. SO STEPH IS ASKING TO JUST REMOVE THE SPECIFIC FEES TREATED THE SAME AS RECREATION. UM, SO THAT ANY RENTAL FEES.

WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE CURRENT FEES.

THAT ARE LISTED IN THE, UM ORDINANCE. RIGHT NOW, WOULD WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE WITH THOSE FEES UNTIL WE BRING THE FEES BACK FOR APPROVAL. OK? MAYOR PROTON. THANK YOU SO CAR MOD IF I HEAR YOU, RIGHT? IT'S JUST FOR THE FEES FOR RENTALS, ET CETERA. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE LOCATION OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION. THESE CORRECT THEY'LL STILL REMAIN. THE SAME DEDICATION FEES WOULD STAY AS THEY ARE. THANK YOU. OK? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM CARMEN DOES THIS, UH, ORDINANCE CHANGE GIVE YOU THE MOST FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO? YES UM, IN THE PAST, AND I'M TALKING PRE 2022. WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME BACK PERIODICALLY TO MAKE ORDINANCE CHANGES IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE ANY FEES. AND THIS WILL ALLOW US A LITTLE BIT MORE FREEDOM SO WE CAN JUST DO IT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH YOU GUYS. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT. YES. OK? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS . AND IF NOT, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION

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TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OK WE HAVE COUNCILMAN MEIC WITH THE SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES 70. WHAT THAT WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE

[4. Consider, and act upon, the approval of annual agreement No. W2024-21-A with Emergicon, LLC for EMS Billing Services for Wylie Fire Rescue, and authorizing the City Manager to execute any necessary documents.]

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL AGREEMENT NUMBER. W 20 24-21 DASH A WITH A MERGER CON LLC FOR EMS BILLING SERVICES FOR WILEY FIRE RESCUE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. CHIEF BLY. GOOD. EVEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS, UH TO I WOULD YOU'RE GOOD. OK, UH, IS TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR OUR EMS BILLING. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING THAT IN HOUSE. WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE. IT'S BEEN HANDLED THROUGH OUR CONTRACT. UH, THIS THIS AGREEMENT, UM WAS DONE AFTER A FORMAL PROCESS, AN RFP PROCESS WHERE WE HAD SEVEN SUBMISSIONS. AND WE FELT LIKE AFTER REVIEWING THOSE, UM, THAT, UH, THE MERCH CON RANKED THE HIGHEST. AND UH, WE FEEL FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BRING THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY. UM THE CURRENT CONTRACT AS IT'S WRITTEN IS, UH, FOR 6% OF ALL, UM, PAYMENTS COLLECTED. AND IF THIS ITEM'S APPROVED, UM THERE'LL BE A WORK SESSION AFTER THIS TO TALK ABOUT FEE SCHEDULE, UM AND THE, UH, THE DETAILS OF THIS ACTUAL AGREEMENT. UM THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS, UH, THE INITIAL CONTRACTS THREE YEARS WITH 22 YEAR RENEWALS FOR A SEVEN YEAR TOTAL. AND THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR PRICE ADJUSTMENTS AS LONG AS THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE CITY. AND THAT WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OK, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION. OBVIOUSLY THIS EVENING. BUT THAT BUT THE CONTRACT IS IN FRONT OF US NOW. IS THERE A REASON THAT WE HAVE THOSE THAT WAY. TO NOT DISCUSS THE DETAILS BEFORE WE AGREE TO THE CONTRACT. THE YES THE DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THIS FEE SCHEDULE.

UM WE WE'VE CHOSEN THIS VENDOR. UM, THROUGH THIS RFP PROCESS AND WE FELT LIKE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY. WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER AND NORMALLY WE WOULDN'T DO THIS THE SAME NIGHT. WE WOULD DO IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, HOWEVER, AS WE GET INTO BUDGET PROCESS, AND I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EMS REVENUE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT INFORMATION UPFRONT. SO THE CONTRACT APPROVAL. IT IS JUST A PROVI APPROVING THE CONTRACT. THE ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSING LATER, UH, WILL BE THE ACTUAL KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HOW IT'S GONNA OPERATE AFTER THERE, OUR VENDOR. OK AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GETTING INTO WHAT THE, UH, WORK SESSION WILL COVER OR NOT, UM DOES THIS CONTRACT CLARIFY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH COLLECTIONS, FOR INSTANCE, DOES IT SPECIFY IN THERE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE WHEN YOU GET INSURANCE DENIALS, AND THOSE CLAIMS HAVE TO BE REWORKED AND RESUBMITTED THAT THAT'S IN THE THAT'S AFTER THEY'VE BECOME OUR VENDOR, UM, IN IN THE WORK SESSION THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER. OK, BUT THE I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WHAT THAT 6% COVERS, WHICH SERVICES THEY'LL PROVIDE AND WHICH THEY'LL PUT BACK ON US. SOME OF THOSE ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING, RIGHT? UM KIRBY, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? VERY FROM PURCHASING CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BETTER THAN I CAN. KIRBY KROLL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE SOME SPECIFICS WITH THE CLAIMS PROCESS THAT ARE LAID OUT, UM WITHIN THE CONTRACT TERMS ITSELF . UM BUT THE 6% IS THE RETURN FOR ALL COLLECTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IF THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE ASKING YEAH, I KNOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO GET TO WHENEVER CLAIMS ARE SUBMITTED THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU OFTEN WILL GET FIRST PAST DENIALS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COME THROUGH FROM THOSE PAYERS, WHETHER IT'S C MS WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAID OR COMMERCIAL INSURANCE. SO WHO HANDLES THAT DOES THAT KICK BACK TO THE CITY OR DO THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO GO IN AND WORK THAT TO COLLECT IT? THEY DO. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME. YEAH. NO WE DON'T. WE WILL NOT HANDLE ANY BILLING. THIS WILL ALL BE HANDLED BY MERGE CON. THIS THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE IS JUST A PROVING WE CAN'T DISCUSS THE DETAILS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OUR VENDOR YET. SO THIS IS A APPROVING US, SELECTING THEM AS A VENDOR. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND GRADED IT AND THIS IS HOW IT CAME OUT RANKED FOR US TO SELECT THEIR VENDOR. ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT. BUT WE CAN'T GET INTO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE VENDORS AT THIS POINT. OK, FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MAICI. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, CAN YOU I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE FP PROCESS. WHAT STOOD OUT ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNER.

WITH US ON DOING THIS. I. I THINK THEIR EXPERIENCE THEIR LOCATION. THE LOCATION WAS BIG

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THAT THEY HAD HAD SOMETHING HERE IN TEXAS THAT, UM NOT A VIRTUAL COMPANY THAT THAT WE JUST BASICALLY CONTACTED, UM VIA EMAIL, OR OR WHATEVER, AND THE SAME THING WITH OUR CITIZENS, SO I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY BIG FOR US. SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE THAT STOOD OUT AS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY DO AROUND US. THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK NOT ONLY IN TEXAS BUT ALSO LOCALLY. SO AS WE WERE REACHING OUT AND TALKING TO SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THOSE. SO THOSE WERE PROBABLY THE TWO DRIVING DRIVING FACTORS, UM, OF THE ENTIRE RFP. IF I'M CORRECT, THE SAME COMPANY SERVES OVER 200 CITIES AROUND IN TEXAS, RIGHT? BUT I ONLY SAW EIGHT EMPLOYEES ON THEIR PAYROLL OR WEBSITE. SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING IN TERMS OF CALL VOLUMES IN TERMS OF THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO OUR CITIZENS IN TERMS OF JUST OVERALL EXPERIENCE THAT OUR CITIZENS WILL HAVE, BESIDES THE MONEY FACTOR OF IT. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED. BEING THAT THEY WILL SERVE 200 CITIES AND ONLY EIGHT EMPLOYEES. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVED ABOUT IT, IT SAYS ALL IN TEXAS MADE IN TEXAS DONE BY TEXAS, BUT UM, BASED ON WHAT I SAW, I ONLY SAW EIGHT EMPLOYEES UNLESS THEY DO HAVE A CONFERENCE CENTER SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF HERE, THAT THEY PROVIDE THE CALLS, OR THEY SCREEN THE CALLS. YEAH I I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ABOUT THAT, AND AN ADDITIONAL CALL CENTER IS WHAT I DO KNOW IS EVERYBODY THAT WE SPOKE WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF SIMILAR SIZE? UM OR EVEN BIGGER? IN SOME CASES, WE'RE HAPPY AND HAD NO COMPLAINTS. UM WITH THE SERVICE THAT NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT WAS GETTING, BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, OUR CITIZENS. UM THEIR RETENTION RATE IN TERMS OF COLLECTIONS.

UM, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW IN THE RFB AND BASED ON THE RESEARCH, WAS IT AT A HIGH VOLUME WAS AT A LOWER VOLUME IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE WISE. DID YOU SEE ANY OF THAT? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC. NO I. I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THAT. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS WHERE YOUR FEE SCHEDULE SET AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'LL BE UP TO COUNCIL. BUT IF YOU HAVE VERY LOW FEES, YOUR COLLECTION RATE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE HIGHER. UM, IF YOU'RE MORE COMPETITIVE, UM YOUR CORRECTION RATE MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOWER, BUT I, I THINK FOR THEM, UM THEY THEY DID THEY DO A GOOD JOB AGAIN TALKING TO SOME OTHER APARTMENTS, AND THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE TO THEM AS THE AS THE ALL THE CITIES THEY SERVE. WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE THAT OVERALL GOOD EXPERIENCE AND COLLECTIONS. WELL AND SO, UM, WE WERE COMFORTABLE BRINGING THE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION NOW, IF I'M CORRECT THE THEY WILL BUILD WITH OUR LOGO WITH THE CITY OF WIDE THE LOGO. THE WHY OUR CITIZENS WILL NOT SEE A LOGO OF THIS COMPANY WILL BE OUR WIDELY SO THAT WILL REPRESENT US IN OUR VALUES AND WHAT WE STAND FOR WHAT THIS COUNCIL WHAT CITY STAFF STANDS FOR SO THAT IS ALL BEEN CLEARED TO THEM BEEN MENTIONED BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEEN CLARIFIED TO THEM THEIR DEDICATED TEAM AND WHO WILL REPRESENT US ON THESE THINGS THE WAY YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ANSWERING THE PHONES, I GUESS IN A SENSE OF THE WORD RIGHT NOW, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG UPGRADE FOR OUR CITIZEN. I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES THE BILLING. NOW WE HAVE VERY LITTLE, UM VERY LITTLE CONTACT WITH THEM. WE DO GET SOME COMPLAINTS. UM, BUT GENERALLY WE SEND THAT TO THEIR OPERATIONS MANAGER AND IT'S TAKEN CARE OF FROM THERE, AND WE JUST GET SOMETHING BACK THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. AND SO I. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE UPGRADE. ALSO IN THE EMS PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE A RECORDS ANALYST THAT WILL WORK WITH THESE WITH WITH OUR BILLING COMPANY DAY IN DAY OUT, UM TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT OUR CHARTS ARE GOOD BEFORE THEY GO UP THERE SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE COLLECTIONS BUT ALSO SO THAT IF OUR CITIZENS HAVE A NEED, UM THEY HAVE A DIRECT CONTACT HERE AT THE CITY OF WILEY. THAT CAN THAT CAN GET THEM WITH WHOEVER OUR CONTACT IS AT A MARGE CON. UM AND, UH, AND ADDRESS THAT IN OUR WE WILL RETAIN SOME CONTROL BASED ON BUT I DON'T I GUESS. THE ONLY THING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS COMPANY UNDERSTANDS IS THAT OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB FROM UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY WANTS TO SHOW UP THE DOOR THAT THEY CALL 911. BUT OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB FROM START TO THE END. AND THEN 30 DAYS LATER, THEY GET A BILL AND THEY'RE UNSATISFIED, BASED ON ON SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN CONTROL, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF CONTROL OF THE END USER OF IT, SO WE DON'T GET A BAD RAP ON OH, ABSOLUTELY. MILE OR GOAL LINE STAND ABSOLUTELY, UM AND FROM MY INTERACTIONS WITH THEM.

I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT THAT WITH THEIR TEAM SO FAR, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY EXTENSIVE. UM WE HAD A IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FOUND OUT THAT THAT KIRBY HAD NEGOTIATED THE CONTRACT AND WE WERE READY TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. WE QUICKLY MOVED TO HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH THEM, AND, UH, MET A GOOD DEAL OF THEIR STAFF ON THAT PHONE CALL AND I. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE AT ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, CHIEF. THANK YOU. UM LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND TURNING IT SO QUICK AND GETTING THE EMS

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UP AND GOING, SO I SEE THAT IN EVALUATION TEAM KIND OF MET AND SCORED THE DIFFERENT VENDORS. UM CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND HOW I MEAN I, I I'VE HEARD SOME OF WHAT? HOW WE ALREADY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION, BUT ANY ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD SHED IN ON THE COMPETITION, AND I CAN TELL YOU IN GENERAL CHIEF RS HERE AND WAS ON THE EVALUATION TEAM. I WAS NOT OR OR KIRBY MAY BE ABLE TO SHED SOME IF YOU WANT SOME SOME REAL F.

DETAILS BUT, UM IN IN MOST RFP PROCESSES. THERE'S A CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BEFOREHAND, UM, THAT WE'RE GRADING. AND SO WE TAKE ALL OF THE INPUTS, WHICH IN THIS CASE, WE HAD SEVEN I BELIEVE, AND THEY'RE GRADED BASED ON THAT CRITERIA THAT WAY, THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE, UM DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PUT IN. WE TURN ALL THAT IN, UM WE DON'T SEE THE PRICING TILL THE END. SO PRICING IS NOT A FACTOR, SO WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT VALUE. UM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH FINANCE OR PURCHASING TO CREATE. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT PROCESS GOES. THERE'S A YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEW. THIS TIME, KIRBY WAS KIRBY WAS NEW, UM, CHRIS'S NEW AND SO, UM OUTSIDE OF THAT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PROCESS. UM EXCEPT IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE ONE WITH WITH, UH, WITH OUR NEW PERSONNEL THERE. AWESOME UM OTHER THING, I. I WAS JUST GONNA PLUG WAS WILL WE END UP HAVING THE UNDERWRITING AUTHORITY IN COUNCILMAN MAICI MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIND OF HINTING AT THAT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT CLEARLY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS ULTIMATELY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HIRING THEM TO DO OUR BILLING AND COLLECTIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE UNDER UNDERWRITING AUTHORITY, SHOULD WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE IN A BILL SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO TO THEM AND HAVE THAT MODIFICATION MADE AS WE SEE FIT.

YEAH. I MEAN AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A FEE SCHEDULE. UM THEY'RE GONNA THEY HAVE A PROPOSED ONE TONIGHT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, KIND OF HOW I THINK THAT WILL BE BEST FOR COUNCIL AND AER CON AND WILEY FIRE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UM BUT, YES, I. I BELIEVE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY THEY WORK FOR US THERE. THEY'RE OUR VENDOR, AND, UM, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SOME VERY WELL ESTABLISHED PROCESSES, AND I THINK IT WORKS WELL FOR COLLECTIONS, UM, AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE DOTTED MOST OF THEIR EYES AND CROSSED ALL T IN THAT PROCESS. UM AGAIN, THEY STILL REPORT TO THE CITY AND THEY'RE STILL ONE OF OUR VENDORS SURE, AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR US AND PEOPLE LISTENING WHEN YOU SAY FEE IN THE WORK SESSION. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEE THAT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL CHARGE. THE END USER? ABSOLUTELY WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THAT IN THIS CONTRACT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR THE BILLING COMPANIES. FEE OR COMMISSION OR, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THEM TO BE OUR VENDOR TO DO THAT, AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS WILL BE. LET'S ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE. THEY HAVE ONE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROPOSE TONIGHT . UM WE HAVE THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING, AND WE HAVE THE STATE AVERAGE ONE, WHICH IS ALSO ON THEIR PROPOSAL. UM ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED TOGETHER.

THE COUNCIL CAN SAY I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THAT. I DON'T WANT TO CHARGE 100 BUCKS. AND IF WE DO THAT OUR COLLECTION RATE WOULD PROBABLY BE PRETTY HIGH. BECAUSE IF YOU GET $100 MEDICAL BILL, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA PAY TO MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECOUP VERY MUCH COST THAT WAY. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND THAT BALANCE, AND THAT WILL BE THE THAT WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THE COUNCIL. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HELP JUST TO CLARIFY WHY WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING BEFORE WE HAVE A WORK SESSION. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE THE RFP IT WORK SESSION IS ABOUT OUR FEES AND HOW WE'RE GONNA RUN. ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE AGREEMENT. PLACE, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE OUR VENDOR COUNSEL IS APPROVED OF AS OUR VENDOR, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE, UH, ALL THE DETAILS. THANKS. OK? ONE LAST QUESTION, AND IF IT'S BETTER SERVED FOR THE WORK SESSION, LET ME KNOW. UM BUT I'M WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OUR SIDE OR BOTH SIDES HAVE EMR INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES TO ENSURE THAT PATIENT DATA I'M GETTING A YES SO THAT? YEAH I JUST THE INTEGRATION WITH THE EMRS WHEN? WHENEVER YOU'RE TRANSPORTING PATIENTS AND MOVING THEM TO THE ER IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO THE HEALTH OUTCOME OF THE PATIENTS THAT THEY KNOW THE STATUS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE EMR DRIVE AND I GOTTA I GOTTA NOD SO THAT'S IT. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT? COUNCILOR MEUCCI. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION NOR MAYOR? IF YOU'RE OPEN TO BE OPEN TO A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PRO? THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED COUNSEL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSIONS. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE US JUST A QUICK COUPLE MINUTE RECESS WHILE THEY GET THAT SET UP DON'T MESS UP HERE. WITH THAT. I'LL CALL US BACK INTO SESSION. WE'RE ON OUR WORK SESSIONS WORK

[WS1. Discussion regarding the Police Department overview and Five-Year Plan.]

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SESSION. ONE IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND FIVEYEAR PLAN CHIEF HENDERSON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM I HAVE TO PUT CHEATERS ON NOW TO SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF, SO I'LL TRY NOT TO TALK OVER THE TOP OF MY GLASSES.

SO I WANTED TO, UH FIRST TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT KIND OF A REAL QUICK KIND OF OVERVIEW. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED TO IN THE PAST ABOUT, UH, THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES, UH, TRYING TO GET THE ACCREDITATION. AND WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 22. AND IT CONSISTED OF 100 AND 73 STANDARDS. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE JUST COMPLETED THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO GET RECOGNIZED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH DOWN AT THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS. CONFERENCE AS AN ACCREDITED AGENCY. UM, CONGRATULATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE'S 210 AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THIS ACCREDITATION. AND SO I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY PROUD OF THE WORK. THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE IN THE DEPARTMENT. UM I WANNA GIVE A OBVIOUSLY A SPECIAL THANKS TO, UM CODY HICKMAN, SHE ALTHOUGH SHE IS NO LONGER WITH US, HER HUSBAND DOES STILL WORK FOR US. UH SHE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. WE HAD ACTUALLY HIRED HER, AND SHE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND THEN SINCE THAT TIME ERIN HAS PICKED THAT UP INSIDE. OUR UH WALDRON HAS PICKED THAT UP INSIDE OF OUR AGENCY AND SERGEANT HERMUS AND OBVIOUSLY THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THEY ALL PLAYED A PART IN THAT. BUT THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS BEHIND THE SCENES DID A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM, UH, IN AN OPEN SESSION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND ALL THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE. THANK YOU, SIR. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY SMALL. I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT MY ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON A SLIDE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UH, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT I JUST WANNA SHOW THIS THAT CURRENTLY AS WE ARE, UM, POSITIONS ALLOTTED. YEAH, ME TOO. THERE'S A 76 SWORN POSITIONS. 45 CIVILIAN POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 121. TOTAL EMPLOYEES, AND THOSE 45 ALSO INCLUDE UM, SOME OF OUR ALL OF OUR CROSSING BOOS. AS MANY MAY KNOW THAT WE RECENTLY, UH, SENT OUT THE, UH, CRIME RATE AND WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR CRIME RATE. BUT I ALWAYS LOOK AT , UM BECAUSE I KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN REACT TO THE ACTUAL CRIME RATE AND SEE THAT IT'S GOING UP AND FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MAJOR CONCERN IN THE CITY OF WILEY AND I. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE FOR US. UM I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT, UH, COMBATING A LOT OF THE CRIME. SO THIS IS BASED ON, UM THE RATE IS BASED ON PER 1000 POPULATION, SO THERE'S 32.57 CRIMES COMMITTED PER 1000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY. UM BUT WHEN WE DOVE INTO THOSE ACTUAL UM, OFFENSES. SO IN THE WAY THAT NEIGHBORS, UH, BREAKS THESE DOWN, THERE'S 52 GROUP, A OFFENSES AND 10 GROUP B OFFENSES IN THE IN THE 52 GROUP, A OFFENSES THERE IS A LOT OF YOUR, UH, BIGGER, BIGGER CRIMES. UM UH, I LIKE A LOT OF YOUR IN PROGRESS TYPE STUFF. UH, YOUR THE YOUR FRAUDS? UM YOUR ASSAULTS THAT KIND OF STUFF AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND WHEN WE KIND OF, UH, DOVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. ON THE, UH FRAUDS AND LARCENY THEFTS WAS THE TWO BIGGEST CATEGORIES THAT WE SAW IN THE INCREASE IN IN DIFFERENCE IN AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW COMPLETELY. WHY PEOPLE STILL UM OR WHY THEY DECIDE TO COMMIT FRAUDULENT CRIME, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH PROBABLY THE ECONOMY AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND SO WHEN I BROKE DOWN THOSE PARTICULAR CALLS UM, THEFT AND LARCENY. UH, BOTH THEY THEY WERE A 33% INCREASE. SO, UM WE WE'VE SEEN WHERE, UM, SHOPLIFTING CALLS WENT FROM 90 2022 TO 215 IN 2023. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN, YOU KNOW, SHOPLIFTING CALLS. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN BASED ON YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE HAPPENING. THE MOST, UM I THINK THAT Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY, UH, SEE EASILY THAT

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UH, THAT TARGET AND COAL AND THAT WHOLE ENTIRE SHOPPING STRIP OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG BOX STORES THAT'S OUT THERE AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE WE'RE SEEING STUFF AT BATH AND BODY WORKS. THOSE ARE SOME BIG ONES AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BEING TARGETED FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE I MEAN, THEY'RE COMING OUT OF HOUSTON. THEY'RE COMING OUT OF SAN ANTONIO. THEY'RE COMING UP.

THEY'RE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES, AND IT'S A PART OF A BIG RING THAT'S GOING ON FOR US.

SOMETIMES THE, UH WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US IS A LOT OF THOSE STORES BASED ON THEIR OWN POLICIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY DON'T WANT THEM CONTACTING US WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR STORE THEY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THEY LEAVE. SO BY THAT TIME ONCE THEY LEAVE, AND BY THE TIME YOU KNOW THE INFORMATION GETS RELAYED THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO US.

THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT THEY COULD GO DOWN AND BE OUT OF THE AREA. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, KIND OF TARGET SOME OF THAT, UH, WE HAVE A NEW CAMERA TRAILER THAT WE Y'ALL PROBABLY SEEN AT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW AROUND SOME OF THE BIGGER SHOPPING, UH, SEASON TIMES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF AND THEN ALSO MAYBE ON WEEKENDS, AND YOU MAY START SEEING THAT BEING, UH, PUT OUT IN THOSE LOCATIONS TO TRY TO OBTAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR US, AND MAYBE IT WILL BE HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING THESE INDIVIDUALS. OK? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. QUICK QUESTION, CHIEF. IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST BECAUSE IT IS A WORK SESSION, I THOUGHT I'D ASK. ARE YOU SEEING A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SPIKE IN THOSE, UH, SHOPLIFTING CALLS AND THE, UM ABSENCE OF PERSONNEL WITHIN THE COMPANY UNITS THAT DO ASSET PROTECTION. YOU KNOW THAT FOR A LONG TIME THAT WAS ALWAYS A DEPARTMENT WITHIN ITSELF. I REMEMBER EVEN WHEN I YOU KNOW, WAS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED IN A STORE LIKE TARGET. THERE WAS AN ASSET PROTECTION PERSON AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. AND THEY HAD CODES AND THEY CHECKED AND THEY DID THEIR WHOLE THING. ARE YOU SEEING THAT ELEMENT KIND OF GONE AWAY? OR IS IT JUST AN INCREASE? UM ASIDE FROM THAT ELEMENT I THINK IT'S BOTH OF THOSE. I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE.

BUT THERE IS II. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH SOME OF THOSE STORES ARE HAVING TO CUT BACK ON EMPLOYEES AS WELL. SO YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S DOING THE LOSS PREVENTION THAT'S HAVING TO COVER MULTIPLE STORES AND UH, WE ARE GET WE ARE SEEING THAT JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT COME TO US THAT ARE YOU KNOW THEY THEY'VE NOT REALLY SAID ON THOSE, BUT THEY COME BACK AND THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THEY MIGHT HAVE WATCHED VIDEO AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY'VE HAD FIVE OR SIX THEFTS AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS TO GO OVER THERE. AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING FIVE REPORTS. BASED ON THAT. SO I, I DO THINK IT'S BOTH OF THOSE LIKE MAYBE THE CRIMINALS KNOW. HEY, THIS IS NOT GONNA GET ANY OPPOSITION SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN GETTING CAUGHT. I MEAN, WE I REALIZED WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR JOB AS POLICING TO POLICE. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S MADE WORSE BY SOME OF THOSE POLICIES. I. I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO INTO SOME OF THESE STORES, IT'S JUST WRITTEN OFF AS LOST. I MEAN , THAT'S JUST YEAH, THAT KIND OF CONSIDERED THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, AND I THINK ONCE THEY GET BY WITH IT WITH A FEW TIMES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THEN IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ADDS TO THEM THINKING THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO IT. WE JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION AND GET HIM APPREHENDED AT SOME POINT AND MAYBE STOP IT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. NEXT SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

WE'RE WE'RE INCREASING, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 3 3.5% EACH YEAR ON ON THE ACTUAL CALLS THAT'S COMING IN. THE NEXT SLIDE IS KIND OF SHOWING THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND THE BREAKDOWN THAT WE HAVE, UM THE A PALS ARE THE, UH, APPREHENSION BY A POLICE OFFICER WITHOUT A WARRANT. WHAT THAT WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS IF WE GO TO A CALL WHERE SOMEBODY IS SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL CRISIS, AND WE FIND WHEN WE'RE THERE, THAT THERE ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. THEN WE WILL TAKE THEM AND PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. WE WILL TAKE THEM TO A FACILITY TO BE EVALUATED. THE OTHER ONE NEXT TO THAT, AND IN IN GREEN IS THE MENTAL WARRANTS. MOST OF THOSE ARE COMING FROM, UH, PRETTY MUCH . ALL OF THOSE ARE COMING FROM FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE GONE DOWN TO THE COLLIN COUNTY COURT AND HAVE ASKED THE TO UH, SIGN AN APPREHENSION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO PICK THEM UP TO HAVE SOME FAMILY MEMBER TAKEN TO, UH, A MENTAL FACILITY FOR AN EXAMINATION. THE DIFFERENCE FOR US ON THAT IS FAMILY MEMBERS COULD GO IN AND GIVE A HISTORY OF A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OR WEEKS OR WHATEVER AND FOR US, WE'RE LIMITED TO. ARE THEY A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFERENCE COMES FROM THAT UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WILL

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COME IN ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP HELP OUT, UH, A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LOVED ONE THAT'S SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL CRISIS, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO REFER THEM TO THE COURT. JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T ARTICULATE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS AT THAT MOMENT BY EITHER SOMETHING THEY'RE SAYING OR THEIR ACTIONS OR SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING. THE LAST ONE THAT YOU SEE IN 2023. THE ORANGE IS A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT. SO WHAT WE HAVE STARTED DOING IS TRYING TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE GO TO THAT WHEN WE GET THERE BECAUSE MOST OF THE CALLS THAT YOU KNOW IF WE GET SOMETHING IN IT MAY BE DISPATCHED TO US AS A DOMESTIC CALL. WHEN WE GET THERE, YOU STILL MAY HAVE SOME FORM OF A DOMESTIC OFFENSE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING CONNECTED TO THAT THAT WE FIND OUT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL , UH, SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THAT COULD BE UM AFFECTING THEM THAT DAY, AND IT COULD BE ADDING TO SOMETHING, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE. SO WHAT WE'VE ASKED THE OFFICERS TO DO IS START. UM PUTTING AN EVENT CODE SHOWING THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR CALL, THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AN AP. IT MAY MAY TURN INTO A MENTAL WARRANT LATER ON, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, WE WANT THEM TO CAPTURE THAT FROM AN EVENT SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND TRULY SHOW. HOW MANY CALLS ARE WE GOING TO IN A GIVEN YEAR THAT HAS SOME FORM OF A MENTAL COMPONENT TO IT. AND SO WITH THAT, JUST BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, WE ARE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO HAVING AVERAGING ONE CALL PER DAY. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE 316, I THINK IS WHAT THE NUMBER IS, OR ROUGHLY MAY APPROACH HIM. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT WHEN WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT, UNDERSTAND THAT THE OFFICERS ARE TAGGING OR FLAGGING THOSE ENCOUNTERS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THE NUMBERS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE UTILIZING THAT DATA TO ENSURE THAT AS THEY ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, THEY WOULD KNOW THAT HEY, THERE COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS SO THAT IT DOESN'T ESCALATE TOO QUICKLY IF WE UNDERSTAND AND MORE COMPASSIONATE UPON ARRIVAL YES, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT ALERTS ON THOSE, UH, ADDRESSES IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE, SO THE OFFICERS AREN'T WALKING INTO I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE WHY THEY'RE THERE THAT DAY. BUT AT LEAST THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO BE THERE. OK, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY BIG TOPIC AROUND TOWN WITH THE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. UM YOU CAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. UM, WE'VE HAD A 31% INCREASE FROM 2021 TO 2023 NUMBERS. UM SO WE DOVE INTO THESE NUMBERS AS WELL. UM I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BIG SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE IN THIS CITY THAT 544 AND COUNTRY CLUB SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST. UH, ACCIDENTS. UH, HIGHWAY. 78 AND BROWN IS BEHIND THAT HIGHWAY, 78 AND KIRBY AND THEN FM 544 MCCURRY ROAD, SO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT'S CONNECTED TO TWO OF OUR BIGGEST ROADS. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. UH, WE DOVE INTO THOSE, UH, ACCIDENTS AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE MOST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THESE PARTICULAR ACCIDENTS AND I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU MYSELF. I THOUGHT WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE THAT SPEED WAS THE TOP ONE. BUT THAT IS NOT SO THE TOP CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS FAILING TO YIELD RIGHT AWAY, TURNING LEFT. SO APPARENTLY, WE HAVE PROBLEMS TURNING LEFT AND FILLED IN. UH UH, YIELDING THE RIGHT WAY TO THOSE THAT ARE APPROACHING, SO THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE AND THEN FAIL TO CONTROL SPEED, I IS THE SECOND FACTOR RELATED TO THAT.

QUESTIONS ON THAT. MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THAT. THE INCREASE AS YOU AS WE SEE THE INCREASES IN THE MINOR ACCIDENTS. UH, THAT PERCENTAGE TRENDS A LOT QUICKER THAN MAJORS. SO WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THE FLASHING YELLOW ARROW COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO PEOPLE TRYING TO RACE IN FRONT OF OR GET THROUGH AN INTERSECTION NOT BEING ABLE TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE, OR WE'RE JUST ALL IN TOO BIG A HURRY AND NEED TO SLOW DOWN. YES. PROBABLY ALL OF THAT. UM I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE YELLOW FLASHING ARROW AND WHAT IT MEANS, UM AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON MY OWN DRIVING AROUND AND SEEING, YOU KNOW PEOPLE'S REACTION TO IT, II. I JUST I THINK THE, UH YELLOW FLASHING ARROW CONFUSES PEOPLE SOMETIMES. AND, UM BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO IS IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A LEFT TURN LANE INSIDE THIS CITY, AND YOU'RE AND THERE'S CARS THAT STACKED UP

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RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. THAT'S IN A TURN LANE. YOU'RE DEAD, EVEN WITH EACH OTHER. IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE AROUND. AND SEE WHAT TRAFFIC IS COMING, AND I THINK VERSUS PEOPLE INSTEAD OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF INCHING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SEE AROUND THAT. THEY JUST GO. HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLEAR AND TAKE OFF. AND I'M I'M I'M GUESSING HERE. I'M JUST BASED ON WHAT I SEE MYSELF IN IN IN ACCIDENTS. SO GOING OVER OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, UM I HAVE GONE DOWN THROUGH HERE AND PUT DOWN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I BROKE THESE UP INTO A FOUR SLIDE. SO TWO SLIDES FOR PERSONNEL AND THEN TWO SLIDES FOR EQUIPMENT. AFTER THAT, HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. SO AS HE GOES THROUGH THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN , THIS IS WHAT HE'S ASKED FOR. THIS IS NOT WHAT I'VE RECOMMENDED. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THAT THAT AS I STATED LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, I THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY BE FAIR FOR THE DIRECTORS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL AND MORE EXPLANATION ON WHY THEY REQUESTED THESE ITEMS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AS A BUDGET REQUEST. UM, AS WE GET FARTHER INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT'S A GOOD DISCLAIMER. UM SO FOR, UH, 2025. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. UM AND I KIND OF I'LL TALK LATER ON AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THAT IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE PACKET ON SOME OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS NOW. UH, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WAS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE HAD STARTED WITH THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN ABOUT, UH, PUTTING UH, SROS INSIDE THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. UM THE TWO THE TWO CROSSING GUARDS IS, UM GONNA BE NEEDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO ONE. WE NEED A ROVING UNIT, UM, TO ASSIST WHERE WE'RE HAVING ISSUES OR HAVING AT TIMES WHERE CROSSING GUARDS ARE OUT, AND WE'RE HAVING TO GET THAT FEEL THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR US TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN FILL IN FOR THAT. IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN IT'S TAKEN AN OFFICER TO GO TRY TO FILL IN AT THAT PARTICULAR CROSSING TO HELP KIDS GET ACROSS. UM THE SECOND ONE IS IN, UM, IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WOULD COME ON LINE ON BROWN STREET ON EAST BROWN STREET. UM THE THIRD POSITION THERE IS A TRAINING OFFICER. SO RIGHT NOW I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY IN THE PAST, WE HAVE A TRAINING COORDINATOR, WHICH, UH, THAT IS A CIVILIAN PERSON.

THAT'S AARON WALDRON THAT HAS TAKEN OVER, UM, DOING THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICE IS HANDLING ALL THE SCHEDULING OF THE TRAINING. UM PAYING PAYING FOR THE CLASSES . ALL THAT KIND OF HELP AND SET SET THOSE CLASSES UP AND BRING IN HOUSE TRAINING IN THIS PARTICULAR POSITION WILL BE SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY INSTRUCT CLASSES FOR US. INTERNALLY THAT IS A T COAL CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR. SO IT ALLOWS US TO GET THE HOURS FOR THAT AND CREDIT FOR THAT AND FOR ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY HOST THE CLASSES HERE TO WHERE EVEN OUR INSTRUCTOR CAN CAN, UH POST THAT OR OR DO THE TRAINING. I'M SORRY ON THAT, AND THEN ALSO ALLOWS US TO POTENTIALLY MAYBE, UH, CHARGE SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES COMING IN , UH, A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS FOR US TO TAKE THAT CLASS. UM SERGEANT MCINTOSH IS A GUY THAT WE HAVE. THAT DOES A LOT OF THE CIT TRAINING. AND HE DOES THAT FOR, UH, A LOT OF COLLIN COUNTY. HE DOES THAT AT THE COLLIN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.

HE DOES IN SERVICE THERE THAT IS A HEAVILY SOUGHT AFTER CLASS. JUST BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR THAT. CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND SO RELATED TO. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE, UM, RELATED TO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH. SO, UM, WITH THAT? UM I. I THINK IF WE WERE IF WE HAD SOMETHING IN HOUSE AND WE COULD START BRINGING MORE OF THAT TRAINING IN IT, IT WOULD, UH, HELP US. GET THAT A LOT OF THE OFFICERS THROUGH THAT TRAINING WITHOUT US HAVING TO SEND THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY LOGISTICALLY A PROBLEM. SO THE TRAINING OFFICER THEN IS A SWORN OFFICER.

CORRECT. IT IS OK. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MEUCCI JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE ON WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DATA BEHIND THE REQUEST IN TERMS OF WHAT YEAR? IS IT? POPULATION IS IT BASED ON CRIME? IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT YOU'RE GETTING IS IT BASED ON NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING BUILT? JUST FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING. THE NUMBER AND THE ASK FOR IT AND WHAT THE CORRELATION IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. SURE

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SO FOR THESE POSITIONS IT O, OBVIOUSLY FOR IT. IT COULD. IT COULD VARY BASED ON LIKE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT IS OCCURRING AT THE SCHOOL AND THE AMOUNT OF UH, EXTRA DUTIES THAT THEY ARE DOING THERE BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AT THE SCHOOLS IS CAPTURED INSIDE AN ACTUAL CALL. UM THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND I. I DON'T WANNA SAY COUNSELING LIKE THEY'RE TAKING OVER THE COUNSELOR'S JOB. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW A STUDENT MAY COME UP TO THEM AND TELL THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE HEARD OR SEEN. OR THEY KNOW ABOUT. UM I. I THINK A LOT OF OUR OUR SR OS DO A FANTASTIC JOB WITH BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ALLOW THEM STUDENTS TO COME UP. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HEAR SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW.

I'M GONNA BRING A GUN TO SCHOOL OR I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S BASED ON THOSE RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S BASED ON THE CALLS AND BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT THEY HAVE FROM A FROM A PATROL OFFICER STANDPOINT. IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE OCCURRING. IT'S BASED ON HOW LONG IS IT, TAKING US TO GET TO PARTICULAR CALLS? UM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE I MEAN, I. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A LOW PRIORITY. CALL AN OFFICER WHEN I WAS OUT, WORKING IN THE STREETS WITH WITH THE GUYS ON PATROL, THEY'RE IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION OVER HERE BY SOUTH FOR MOBILE HOME PARK. WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE, UH, SOUTHEAST PORTION. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS AT. I'M SURE THEY KNEW IT WHERE IT WAS AT, BUT I DID NOT KNOW. SO I HAD TO PUT IT INTO A GOOGLE MAPS AND IT SAYS 17 MINUTES TO GET THERE. AND SO WHEN YOU START DOING THAT, WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO REDUCE THOSE RESPONSE TIMES AND KEEP OFFICERS IN GIVEN DISTRICTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN? UM CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. DETECTIVES THAT'S BASED ON, UH, CASE LOAD. UM, THOSE NEVER STOP. THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY COMING IN. WHAT CAN THEY ACTIVELY WORK? AND HOW MANY OF THOSE CAN THEY CARRY A LOT OF TIMES AS A DETECTIVE? THEY'RE WORKING ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND. SO WHATEVER IS HAPPENING NOW. YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THOSE IT'S GONNA TAKE UNTIL NEXT MONTH BEFORE THEY CAN GET TO A POINT TO GET THOSE CASES FILED AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THAT CRIME, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, SPED UP TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET THOSE TO THE DAS OFFICE FOR PROSECUTION. THANK YOU. SO THE LAST ONE ON THERE? UH, THE LAST TWO ON THAT 2025 IS A DETECTIVE FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS LIKE WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT WITH, UH, CASE LOAD. UH THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. UM, I HAVE SPOKE ABOUT THIS.

WITH WILE NEWS. OBVIOUSLY YOU PROBABLY SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT WITH THAT, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO DO WITH THAT PARTICULAR POSITION IS I WANT A SWORN POLICE OFFICER, BUT I WANT THAT PERSON TO BE IN A SOFTER UNIFORM. NOT IN THIS. UM I THINK A LOT OF THIS, UH, CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO THIS. THEY'RE GOING TO AN OFFICER. THAT'S KIND OF IN A IN A SOFTER UNIFORM, THAT SOFTER APPROACH. UM WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO KIND OF BUILD A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, CAMARADERIE, I GUESS OR WHAT, NOT? THAT'S NOT A GOOD WORD, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER AND THAT KIND OF STUFF AND, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THIS PERSON SOME HELP. UM I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE GO IN. THEY SEE THIS VERY AUTHORITATIVE. THEY SEE THIS AS THE LAST TIME THE OFFICER WAS HERE. I WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS OR I WAS TAKEN TO JAIL OR, YOU KNOW IT. JUST IT WASN'T A IT WASN'T A GOOD EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM MIDDLE CRISIS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE FACILITY TO BEGIN WITH. AND HAVING SOMEBODY IN THAT SOFTER UNIFORM ALLOWS FOR THAT APPROACH TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ONE ON ONE. THIS PERSON WOULD ALSO GO WITH OUR, UM, MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR. WHICH I WOULD NEVER SEND HER INTO ANY LOCATION BY HERSELF. I DO NOT THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF STATES UH UH, OUT WEST ARE DOING THAT STUFF. I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AT ALL. UM I.

I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE FROM A FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT. PROTECTION.

UM BUT I THINK BOTH OF THEM COMBINED TOGETHER CAN WORK THROUGH WHATEVER THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING THROUGH AND ALSO HELP THE FAMILY AT THE SAME TIME. I DO NOT WANT TO TALK FOR, UH FOR CHIEF BLYTHE. HE AND I HAVE NOT HAD, UM, IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM COULD LOOK LIKE. UM SO I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM AND HIS STAFFING. UM BUT I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET TO A POINT TO WHERE IT HAS SOME FORM OF WHETHER THAT'S UH PARAMEDIC EMTI. I DON'T WORK IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. UM BUT HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A PART OF THAT. THAT CAN

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GO OUT THERE TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND MEDICATIONS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND. UM ARE THEY KIND OF SUFFERING FROM SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A MEDICAL RELATED OR MORE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND I THINK THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD KIND OF HELP US. DEAL WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE ON HAND RIGHT THERE IN PERSON. THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES FOR US IS ALLOWS US IF THAT PERSON HAS TO BE TRANSPORTED THAT YOU THAT THAT PARTICULAR UNIT CAN DO THE TRANSPORT. THEY CAN HANDLE THAT WHOLE ENTIRE THING, WHICH ALLOWS PATROL TO STAY ON PATROL, AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEM OFF THE STREETS, BECAUSE IF YOU PULL AN OFFICER OFF THE STREET TO DO A MENTAL COMMITMENT AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE HOSPITAL. YOU'RE YOU'RE ANYWHERE FROM TO UPWARDS OF 3.5 HOURS. FOR THEM TO BE OUT OF THE CITY AND GET BACK. SO THAT'S THE FOCUS ON THAT PARTICULAR, UH, AREA AND WHAT IT IS THAT I'M TRYING TO DO WITH THAT POSITION.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THAT. UH, WHAT WOULD YOU ENVISION? UH THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER DOING WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON AN ACTIVE CALL. SO I THINK A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT UH HALEY IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS A LOT OF AND THAT'S OUR MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOLLOW UP AND IT'S A LOT OF GOING BACK, NOT NOT ON THE ACTUAL CALL AT THAT TIME, BUT DOING THE FOLLOW UPS TO MAKE SURE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS ARE GOING TO ARE ARE TAKING THEIR MEDICATION. AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS NOT GONNA BE KNOWN.

UNLESS YOU'RE LIKE GETTING OUT AND GOING AND GOING THERE TO DO THAT. HALEY DOES A GOOD JOB WITH TRACKING A LOT OF THAT STUFF. SHE MAKES A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. SHE TALKS TO THEM. SHE KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH THEM. BUT WE'RE WE'RE SEEING THE ISSUES WITH THE YOU KNOW THE GOING BACK TO AND DEALING WITH THE SAME INDIVIDUALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S BASED ON EITHER NOT HAVING FAMILY THERE. TO KIND OF STAY ON TOP OF THEM OR THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEIR MEDICATION, AND I THINK WHEN YOU BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, AND YOU'RE GOING BY THERE NOW IT KIND OF THEY KIND OF FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT THEM. AND AT LEAST WITH THAT WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA AND WE KIND OF KNOW IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEIR MEDICATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THANK YOU. YES. SO 2026. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE CONTINUATION LIKE I SPOKE ABOVE, WITH THE SR OS.

UH, THREE OFFICERS WE WANNA CONTINUE TO ADD TO PATROL. UM THE REASON ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE FIVE YEAR YOU WILL SEE THAT I'M ASKING FOR PATROL OFFICERS EACH TIME. UM MY FOCUS WITH THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS ON THE STREETS FOR SHIFTS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET TO IS DOING STAGGERED. SHIFTS SO THAT DURING THE PEAK TIMES THAT WE'RE HAVING RUSH HOUR. TRAFFIC CONCERNS, COLLISION CONCERNS OR WE'RE SEEING SOME OF OUR CALL VOLUME. UH, OBVIOUSLY AT AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT NIGHT. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE STUFF NOT ONLY THE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, BIGGER CALLS HAPPEN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAGGER SOME OF THESE SHIFTS AND OVERLAP TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT MORE MANPOWER OUT ON THE STREETS DURING THOSE GIVEN TIMES. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE MORE MANPOWER FOR THAT PARTICULAR SHIFT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, SO IF WE CAN STAGGER SOME OF THOSE AND OVERLAP THOSE IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO, UH PUT PUT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN THEY NEED TO BE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE, UH, BEING SUSTAINABLE WITH OUR OUR VEHICLE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, UM OR IS THAT SOMETHING BECAUSE MY THINKING IS IF THEY IF THEY WERE OVERLAP, THAT WE MIGHT NEED MORE VEHICLES, OR YOU IT WOULD WORK, OK? NO, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE. UM WE TRY TO STAGGER THOSE BASED ON ENDS OF THE WEEK ANYWAYS. SO SOMEBODY THAT IS IN THAT VEHICLE ON THIS END OF THE WEEK IS WOULD SHARE THAT VEHICLE VEHICLE WITH SOMEBODY ON ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE WEEK. SO UH, THE VEHICLES ARE THERE AND WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR. AND MAYOR. IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, I'M JUST GONNA HIT THE I MEAN, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE THE SAME INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND I WOULD JUST HIT THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT. SO I. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING AT THE SCHOOLS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT AS PART OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND WHAT NO, THEY ONLY FOR A LOOP HERE, BUT UM HOW THAT MAY FACTOR INTO THAT AS WELL. OK? LISTEN, ARE YOU ALRIGHT? THE, UH SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE OUR SROS ARE STARTING TO SEE UM MORE. KIDS IN SCHOOL. THAT

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ARE SUFFERING FROM SOME FORM OF MENTAL CRISIS AND I THINK THAT, UM, HAS REALLY INCREASED COMING OUT OF COVID. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UH, YOU KNOW. HAVING A HARD TIME COPING WITH SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT THEY SAW THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY THEY SAW A LOT OF THINGS JUST SHUT DOWN AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE COPING SKILLS TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. AND I THINK WITH THAT IT HAS EVOLVED INTO, UM A MENTAL CRISIS. I MEAN, FOR LACK OF, YOU KNOW. GETTING TOO FAR IN DEPTH WITH THAT. UM AND I THINK WITH WITH THAT, UM, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, I THINK ONE GOOD THING THAT KIND OF COMES OUT OF THAT. IF THAT'S THE AGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THESE, UH PROCESS HAPPEN. IS THAT THEY'RE STILL FAMILY. THERE'S PEOPLE AT SCHOOL. UM THAT THERE'S FRIENDS THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT OBVIOUSLY STILL CARE ABOUT THEM AND WANT TO SEE THEM GET SOME HELP. AND I THINK THE YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T HAD TO SIT DOWN CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BUT I THINK IF WE SAT DOWN AND WE SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THEY WOULD TELL YOU THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE SEEING AN INCREASE, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT STUFF FOR US IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AS AS IT'S GOING ON, SO I THINK THIS PARTICULAR UNIT TOO WOULD ADDRESS THOSE SAME THINGS. AND I THINK WHAT WHAT I ENVISION WITH THIS IS THEM ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO HELP THE FAMILY AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THEM. UM I. I WILL TELL YOU OVER MY CAREER DEALING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT SUFFER FROM MENTAL CRISIS. WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IS THE FAMILY GIVES UP? NOT BECAUSE THE FAMILY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THEM. BUT THE FAMILY REACHES A POINT WHERE THEY GO. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ANSWERS. I. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. WE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEM HELP. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET THEM HELP. WE DON'T KNOW HOW ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS AND I THINK FOR OUR DEPARTMENT THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING CONTACT WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES. AND I THINK THE EARLIER THAT WE CAN GET IN AND GET WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES. THE BETTER CHANCE THAT WE HAVE OF THEM NOT GETTING TO A POINT AS AN ADULT TO WHERE NOW? YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT HELP AND YOU KNOW, AND NOW IT'S JUST, UH, IT IT'S KIND OF A RINSE AND REPEAT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE. SO I. I DO THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A STRONG FOCUS FOR US AS IT RELATES TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT SUFFER FROM THIS AND ACTUALLY GETTING IN THERE EARLY AND ADDRESSING THAT. ANYTHING ELSE, MR PARKER? SHUT OFF, TOO. GOOD. SO IN 2027 1 OF THE, UH, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE, THERE IS, UH, UPGRADING THE PART TIME BAILIFF TO A FULL TIME WARRANT OFFICER. UM, THAT'S COMING FROM INFORMATION FROM THE COURT ITSELF AND THE NUMBER OF COURTS THAT THEY'RE RUNNING. UM, I KNOW THAT IF THE CURRENT WARRANT OFFICER HAS TO STEP OUT OR HAS TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING, IT'S KIND OF LEAVING THIS OTHER PERSON OVER HERE. WELL, IT'S PUTTING THEM BOTH ON THE BEING ABLE TO DO THE SAME EXACT TASKS. THE CIVIL, UH, THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE. THIS IS, UH, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD AS IT'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY A CIVILIAN THAT WOULD ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, UM, WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, HELPING SET UP FOR A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WOULD ALSO HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION. UH, RELEASES. UM UH, THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WARRANT SOMETHING FROM OUR LEVEL TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UH OR BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA FOR AND, UM ALSO, IT WOULD, UH, HELP US WITH ALL OF OUR, UM SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF. IT WAS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THAT'S A BIG THING, AND THAT'S HOW WE REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO KIND OF STAYING ON TOP OF SOME OF THAT STUFF. WOULD WOULD HAVE CIVILIAN DOING THAT VERSUS SOMEBODY THAT HAS A SWORN POLICE OFFICER. YOU SEE IN 2029? WE HAD A, UH, A TRAFFIC OFFICER. UM AND A PART TIME RECORDS CLERK. SO THE TRAFFIC OFFICER AND KIND OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES. UM AND THAT'S THOSE COMPLAINTS, DON'T THEY? THEY NEVER REALLY STOP SO HAVING SOMEBODY THAT CAN ADD TO THAT UNIT AND BE OUT THERE AND HELP ADDRESS THOSE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS , UH, WOULD GREATLY HELP OUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR TRAFFIC UNIT. WE ACTUALLY HAD IT

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DIVIDED UP TO WHERE WE HAD TWO THAT WERE ACTUALLY JUST OUT THERE. AND UH, I'M TWO THAT WOULD WORK TRAFFIC. ONE OF THOSE WAS UM, TRAIN AND CERTIFIED IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT.

AND THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE. THAT WAS COMMERCIAL. VIC WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO THAT WAS DOING THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT. WELL NOW WE HAVE TAKEN EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE TRAFFIC UNIT AND WE'VE ALL PUSHED THEM TO HAVE UH, THAT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT PORTION UM, WITH WITH THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT YOU SEE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD ON A DAILY BASIS.

UM YOU KNOW THOSE THOSE TRUCKS THAT COME IN, AND THEY, UH, EXTREMELY OVERWEIGHT. UM THAT'S A TRICKLE DOWN. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S DAMAGING OUR STREETS. AND NOW THAT'S PROBLEMS FOR TOMMY WARE AND HIS CREW, UH TO ADDRESS SO I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS FOR US THAT HAVING ALL THAT TRAFFIC UNIT OUT THERE AND HAVING THOSE GAS, UH, TRAINED UP AND CERTIFIED TO DO THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT IS A PLUS FOR US. SO ON THE EQUIPMENT. THE, UM PUBLIC SAFETY PARKING EXPANSION. I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DIDN'T PUT THAT ONE IN THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THAT IN ON MY STUFF. BUT I MEAN, WE COULD USE THE PARKING JUST SO TO CLARIFY WHETHER IT IS MR PARKER OR YOURSELF IS THAT PARKING FOR OFFICERS EXPANDING THE BACK OR IS THAT WHERE WE'RE PARKING IN THE FRONT FOR THE PUBLIC, SO TO SPEAK. I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THERE.

BUT UM, THERE IS A NEED FOR PARKING. UH, THE ORIGINAL PLAN. UM WHEN WE DID THE RENOVATIONS WAS TO CONVERT THE GRASS AREA IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. TWO PARKING OBVIOUSLY, MONEY CONSTRAINTS KEPT THAT FROM HAPPENING. UH, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE COURT OVER THERE, UM CURRENTLY THEY, UH IF YOU EVER GO OVER THERE ON A COURT DAY, IT'S YOU PROBABLY WON'T FIND A PARKING PLACE. SO THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT. AND AS CHIEF HENDERSON MENTIONED, UM WITH THE INCREASE IN THE IN THE COURT DAYS, UM IT'S JUST BECOMING AN ISSUE. AND THEN, UM, IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE COURT AND SOME SORT OF TRAINING OVER THERE. YOU'RE REALLY NOT GONNA FIND A PARKING LOT. A PARKING SPACE. PROBABLY BE PARKING AT WALMART. SO UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A, UM A COST ESTIMATE TO GET THAT COMPLETED. AND, UM I STILL DON'T KNOW WHO PUT IT IN THERE FOR YOU, BUT I'M GLAD THEY PUT IT IN THERE. WE CAN USE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THE OTHER. ONE RIGHT BELOW THAT IS THE BODY WORN CAMERA. SO UM, WE'RE AT A POINT AT THE LIFE OF OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS THAT THEY, UH NO LONGER UH WARRANTY. THOSE CAN FIX THOSE. I MEAN, THEY'RE FIXING THEM RIGHT NOW BASED ON PARTS THAT ARE LEFT OVER, BUT THERE'S GONNA COME A POINT WHERE WE I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE TO REPLACE THEM, AND THAT'S COMING UP THIS THIS NEXT YEAR THAT THOSE NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. UM THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN AS A DECISION PACKAGE FOR SURE. UH, DOWN THROUGH HERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. I TRIED TO BREAK THEM OUT ON REPLACEMENT AND ALSO PUT DOWN IF IT WAS CONNECTED TO NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE ASKED FOR BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE VEHICLE SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW WE GO ABOUT. UH, DETERMINING, UH, WHEN WE NEED TO, UH, PUT IN FOR A VEHICLE TO BE REPLACED. SO AS IT RELATES TO PATROL VEHICLES. WE DO ONE PATROL CAR FOR EVERY TWO OFFICERS, SO IF I ASK FOR TWO OFFICERS, THEN I ADD A PATROL CAR FOR THAT, SO THAT THEY, UM, HAVE THAT VEHICLE. UH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE, UH WE EVALUATE THE MILEAGE AND THE MAINTENANCE AND WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR SO WE MAY HAVE CARS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN 2025 AS REPLACEMENTS. OR WE MAY HAVE, UH, VEHICLES THAT'S PUT IN, YOU KNOW, A GIVEN YEAR AS REPLACEMENTS, AND AS WE GET CLOSER, THAT TIME FRAME THEY MAY BE BUMPED DOWN. ANOTHER UH, ADD, ADD ANOTHER YEAR OF TIME AND SERVICE ON THEM, JUST BASED ON WHATEVER THAT MILEAGE IS, AND WHETHER IT'S UH WE HAVE ANY ISSUES MAINTENANCE. AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH VEHICLES Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE GONE NOW TO ACTUALLY, UM PUTTING VEHICLES IN AND IN ONE GIVEN YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE HAVING TO DO THE EQUIPMENT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S JUST TAKEN SO LONG TO GET VEHICLES OUT AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THAT'S YOU KNOW, GM OR WHETHER IT'S FORD OR WHATEVER. ALL OF THEM ARE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. THEY'RE THEY'RE CLEARLY MAKING WAY MORE MONEY ON UH, CIVILIAN MODEL VEHICLES THAN THEY ARE POLICE VEHICLES, SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY TAKEN PRECEDENCE ON

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THEIR ASSEMBLY LINES. SO IT'S JUST TAKING THAT MUCH LONGER FOR US TO GET THOSE VEHICLES. UM THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, Y'ALL SAW THAT THAT WE HAD TO CARRY OVER VEHICLES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, JUST BASED ON THE, UH, DATES BEING PUSHED FOR WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY PLACE THOSE ORDERS. PATROL VEHICLES ARE ON A THREE YEAR 100,000 MILE ROTATION, USUALLY FOR PATROL.

THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT 100,000 MARK AT THE END OF THAT THREE YEARS. UM SORRY.

YOU'RE GOOD, OK? UH, C, ID AND ADMIN. UM VEHICLES. UM THE UNMARKED VEHICLES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS FOR THOSE ROTATIONS. UH SRASRO VEHICLES ARE EVALUATED ON MILEAGE AND MAINTENANCE COST. THOSE HAVE VERY LITTLE MILES THAT'S PUT ON THEM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS TAKEN UH, TAHOES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WERE PATROL TAHOES THAT WERE ON THAT THREE YEAR ROTATION. WE MOVED SOME OF THEM OUT IN TWO YEARS TO PUT THEM OVER IN SRO, SO THAT CAN TAKE THAT ONE VEHICLE AND I CAN TURN THAT INTO AND POTENTIALLY SEVEN YEARS, SIX YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE LOW MILEAGE AND IT'S ALLOWED US TO GET RID OF THOSE, UH, IMPALAS. UM THANK GOODNESS. I'M NOT AN SRO CAUSE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I COULD FIT IN THAT CAR WITHOUT TAKING OUT THE FRONT SEAT AND JUST SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT, SO I'M SURE A LOT OF THE, UH SRO SI THINK ANGIE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAY BE OK WITH THE SMALLER VEHICLE, BUT, UH, THE REST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY VERY THANKFUL THAT WE WE'VE CHANGED THOSE OUT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH I HAD SPOKE TO UH, CITY MANAGER ABOUT AND HE ASKED THAT I JUST BRING IT UP IN HERE AND KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK IS THE POTENTIAL TO DO, UH, TAKE HOME CARS WHEN THE OFFICERS ARE ON THEIR GIVEN WORK WEEK SO THEY WOULD ONLY TAKE IT HOME DURING THE DAYS THAT THEY WORK. UM BUT THE BENEFIT THAT I SEE TO THIS IS THAT, UM EVERY OUR OUR SHIFTS ARE 7 TO 7 EVERY EVERY MORNING THAT THEY COME IN. UM YOU'RE YOU'RE LOSING ABOUT 30 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF SHIFT.

YOU'RE LOSING 30 MINUTES AT THE END OF SHIFT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD THEIR CARS. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT. UM YEAH, ON THE STREETS QUICKER BECAUSE THEY ONLY LOAD THE CAR UP. UH, ON THE FIRST DAY THAT THEY COME IN. AND THEIR WORK WEEK IS THREE DAYS, ONE WEEK OR THREE DAYS, ONE WEEK, FOUR DAYS THE NEXT WEEK, SO THE FIRST ONE THEY COME IN, THEY LOAD UP THEIR VEHICLE. AND THEN THEY WORK UNTIL IT'S TIME TO GO HOME. THEY GO HOME THE NEXT MORNING, THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE ALREADY READY AND THEY HIT THE STREETS. THEY'RE IN A THEY'RE IN OUR SCHOOL ZONES THEY'RE DOING, UM THOSE THINGS MUCH QUICKER. UM, I'VE I'VE DONE WE'VE PUT SOME NUMBERS TO THAT BASED ON FUEL AND MILEAGE ON THE CARS AND ONE SECOND. WE WENT THROUGH AND PULLED EVERYBODY THAT IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO PATROL. WHERE THEY CURRENTLY LIVE. HOW FAR THAT MILEAGE IS, AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST ASKING FOR SOME DIRECTION TO NOD ON YOUR ON YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. UM IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE SOME STIPULATIONS AROUND THAT IF THAT WAS APPROVED. I MEAN, THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE ARE IN PLACE SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TAKING IT SOMEWHERE AND LEAVING IT THERE AND STILL LEAVING THE GUNS. YOU KNOW, RIFLES THAT KIND OF STUFF IN THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME THINGS THAT'S KIND OF PUT IN PLACE. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AN AVERAGE OF, UH, ABOUT $2500. UH PER MONTH. FOR THAT. AND AS I COST IN ROUGHLY ABOUT 100 AND 20 MILES UH, ON A ON A VEHICLE PER MONTH AND FOR US AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SOME THAT LIVE. FIVE MILES. 10 MILES, AND WE HAVE SOME, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT THAN THAT. AND WE WOULD ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TWO OF THOSE AT LIVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT, SHARING THE SAME EXACT CAR AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO WE EVALUATE AND DO SH, UM PATROL CAR ASSIGNMENTS EVERY SIX MONTHS, SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT DOES LIVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT THE NEXT TIME, SOMEBODY THAT LIVES CLOSER IS GETTING THAT VEHICLE SO IT KEEPS THOSE MILEAGE DOWN BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON MILES AS IT RELATES TO PATROL VEHICLES, AND THE TIME WHEN THEY GET ROTATED OUT. THIS WOULD NOT BE A HUGE IMPACT TO THAT. IT'S NOT ADDING

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AN EXTREMELY AMOUNT. OF MILES TO THAT, UM, SO AS FAR AS IT'S NOT GOING TO PUSH THAT PARTICULAR PATROL CAR TWO ROTATION IN QUICKER IT'S NOT ENOUGH MILES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I WOULD IF YOU'RE WILLING, I WOULD LIKE TO GET KIND OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT OR SOME DIRECTION ON THAT.

MAYOR PROTON SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TRANSFER AT THE END OF THE WEEK OR BEGINNING OF THE WEEK OR HOWEVER, THAT OCCURS IF I COME IN AND I PICK IT UP ON MONDAY, HOW DO I GET TO IT? AT THE STATION AND THEN AT THE END OF MY THREE OR FOUR DAYS. HOW DO I GET BACK HOME WHEN I'M DONE? THEY'RE CHOOSING TO DRIVE. I MEAN, THEY WOULD DRIVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE IN AND PARK AND THEY WOULD LEAVE IT PARKS THERE OR I MEAN, IF I KNOW MY WIFE WOULDN'T BRING ME UP HERE AND DROP ME OFF, BUT IF THEIR SPOUSE WANTS TO DROP THEM OFF, I GUESS THEY COULD DO THAT AND PICK THEM UP ON THE SHIP'S OVER. BUT MINE WOULD NOT THE SOME HEAD NODS BEHIND YOU. SO I'M JUST SAYING, I. I LIKE THE IDEA. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A I DON'T SEE A FORESEE A PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THE TO INSTITUTE SOME GUIDELINES ON IT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, LET'S NOT LEAVE OUR STUFF IN THE CAR AND IF IT WOULD HELP TO CLOSE THAT GAP DURING SHIFT CHANGE TO GET PEOPLE ON THE STREET QUICKER AND MAKE COVERAGE FASTER. I AGREE WITH IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE. AND ONE THING I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO UP FRONT IS I WANTED TO DO REALLY A TRIAL RUN ON IT, AND I WANTED TO DO A FOUR MONTH TRIAL RUN, IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT. TO WHERE I JUST DON'T. UH, WE COULD MAYBE DO THE MONTH OF, UH, APRIL AND MAY BECAUSE THAT'S STILL TO SCHOOL MONTHS AND THEN ALSO UH, JUNE AND JULY, WHICH IS GETTING INTO THE SUMMER AND SEE AND EVALUATE IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND SEE HOW THAT IS WORKING FOR US VERSUS BEFORE I JUST JUMP IN AND GO. HEY, THIS IS GONNA BE A CONTINUOUS THING MOVING FORWARD. I WOULD SUPPORT THE FOUR MONTHS THAT YOU MENTIONED APRIL THROUGH JULY AND THEN I LIKE I SAID I, I THINK AS LONG AS THEY'RE STIPULATIONS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS AROUND IT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'LL PENCIL THAT UP AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I, I AGREE WITH THAT, AND I THINK THAT IT NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP CHANGE THE OR HELP TO GET THE OFFICERS BACK ON THE STREET QUICKER AND ALSO, UH, GIVES A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE OFFICERS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RUN IN UNLOAD RELOAD. EVERY TIME THEY GET HOME. IT JUST HELPS THE SYSTEM WORK BETTER. THANK YOU. OK SO I'M GONNA ASK EVERYONE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. I'LL GO AHEAD AND I. I THINK THAT DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD. AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT COMPLETELY TRUST YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO PUT IN THE CORRECT PARAMETERS AROUND IT. AS YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE VERY EMBARRASSING IF YOU HAVE UNPROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENTS WITH TAKE HOME VEHICLES, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER ANYTHING WE WOULD HAVE TO CON TO WORRY ABOUT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, AND I THINK IF IT IMPROVES THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT IMPROVES THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEND ON THE STREETS YES, THERE MAY BE AAA SLIGHT COST, SO TO SPEAK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT MY GUESS IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL HOURS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IN WITH THEIR FAMILY FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL SANITY, PLUS THE TIME THAT THEY WILL BE ON THE STREETS MORE THAN PAYS THAT BACK. SO I WOULD SUPPORT YOU MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, THAT TRIAL PERIOD AND LOOKING AT IT, AND THEN COMING TO US WITH HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING? UH I'LL JUST START ON THE FAR RIGHT HERE. COUNCILMAN MAICI YOUR THOUGHTS ABSOLUTELY. OK, COUNCILMAN HOOVER I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE FOUR MONTHS AND, UH ARE TO TRUST YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AS, UH, DONE NOTHING, BUT, UH, FANTASTIC WORK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR I. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MY, UH, THOUGHT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE OFFICERS WOULD CONSIDER IT A BENEFIT? TAKING IT HOME. ABSOLUTELY JUST CHECK IT. OK WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE ALSO IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING OURSELVES MORE MARKETABLE, SO THAT IS ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WEIGHS TOWARD THE HEY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IN ADDITION TO IT BEING A GREAT IDEA, UM, IF IT WAS NOT A BENEFIT, AND THEY WOULD SEE IT AS A UH, YOU KNOW, A NEGATIVE IN SOME WAY AND THEY WERE FORCED TO WHEN THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL NOT FORCE THEM TO DO THAT. BECAUSE I, I DO KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING I. I DON'T WANT TO MARK UNIT AT MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST THEY MAY LIVE, YOU KNOW, IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME PEOPLE AROUND THERE, AND THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE THAT OR AND THAT'S FINE. UM IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FORCED ON THEM. IT WILL BE ASKED OF THEM IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT, AND I'VE HAD THAT BEFORE I'VE HAD IT WITH, UH, ONE OF THE SR OS THAT IS.

MAKES SENSE. WELL I, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOR OF THE FOUR MONTH, UH, TRIAL. UM AND LIKE, EVERYONE SAID, OBVIOUSLY I WE ALL TRUST YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT'S BEST FOR

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US AS CITIZENS AND, UH, OUR OFFICERS SO FOR WE'VE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, SO I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN STRANG. I ALSO SUPPORT THE TRIAL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO POTENTIALLY CHECK OUT TAKE HOME VEHICLES. UM AND I ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, UH, JUST IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC, I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS. A LOT MORE TICKETS. COUNCILMAN DUKE. I SUPPORT THE, UH, THE TRIAL AND, UH, IOWA COUNCILMAN STRINGS COMMENTS ON THE TICKETS. ALL RIGHT, SO IT KIND OF IT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE COUNSEL IS UNANIMOUS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM, SO THANK YOU THE TRIAL IN PLACE. I APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, OK? THAT'S OK. SOME OF THE PATROL VEHICLES THREE YEARS 100,000 MILES, CAN THEY BE REPURPOSED TO BE USED FOR ADMIN PURPOSES? IN TERMS OF I KNOW YOU USE IT FOR SR OS. BUT CAN SOME OF THOSE IF MAINTENANCE IS WELL? CAN THEY BE REPURPOSED FOR SOME OF THE ADMIN? OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COST OF THESE, YOU KNOW VEHICLES. I WOULD RATHER FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT JUST THE THOUGHT PROCESS. MY PERSONAL OPINION IS NO. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY THE I PETROL VEHICLES ARE DRIVEN HARD, AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE TIME THAT THEY'RE RUNNING. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING. UM SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENGINE HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S ON THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE GOT INTO WHERE WE WERE TRANSITIONING THEM OVER TO WHETHER IT'S C ID OR AN ADMIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOW YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO THIS VEHICLE THAT THOUGH EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW MAY BE OK. BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO IN A SENSE THAT YEAR FOUR AND NOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND AS HARD AS IT IS FOR US TO GET VEHICLES. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THAT ON A PATROL SIDE. I DO WE DO THAT WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER ADMIN VEHICLES. WE MAY MOVE THOSE AROUND TO SOME AN AREA WHERE YOU MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH MILES BEING PUT ON THEM. SO WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF ADJUSTING THOSE AND WATCHING. BUT I REALLY DON'T RECOMMEND THAT WITH BLACK, UH, THE BLACK AND WHITE TAS. THANK YOU. SO THIS THIS SLATS, UH, YOU SEE, IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE HIRING AND RETENTION. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT? WHAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HIRED EACH YEAR YEAR AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE, UH, LOST FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. IT COULD BE INDIVIDUALS RETIRING. IT COULD BE PEOPLE THAT'S RESIGNING. AND WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU BREAK THIS DOWN AND YOU SEE A LOT OF THE ONES THAT ARE RESIGNING, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN TROUBLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST WE HAVE PEOPLE. THAT'S GO THAT GET HIRED ON THEY GO IN. THEY DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH TRAINING. THEY DECIDE I DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE. I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY SOMETHING YOU KNOW WE WOULD SAY THAT THIS PERSON RESIGNED FROM THEIR POSITION AND MOVED ON. BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF TELLING, UM, REALLY THE AMOUNT OF, UH THAT WE'RE HIRING IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S THAT'S LEAVING OUT AND WHY. AT A POINT WHERE IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS. UM THIS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HIRED TWO.

WE'VE WE'VE LOST THREE. UM AND TWO OF THOSE HAVE GONE HAVE GONE TO COMPARISON. CITIES UM, ONE IS LEFT TO GO TO ALLEN AND ONE HAS LEFT TO GO TO RICHARDSON. AND I'M KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT IN IN A SLIDE, UH, COMING UP. THE STAFFING LEVELS ARE BROKE THIS DOWN SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE BY, UH PARTICULAR. UH, UH, DIVISION, OR, UH, AREA INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW, THIS IS INCLUDING THE LIEUTENANTS, UH DOWN. SO WE'RE ALLOTTED 40 POSITIONS IN PATROL, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 27. UH, WE HAVE FOUR. THAT'S A SIGN OR THAT'S ALLOTTED FOR TRAFFIC AND WHERE WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE C ID THIS UH AS OF, UH, TWO DAYS AGO. THIS HAS CHANGED.

WE HAVE 12 AND WE LOST ONE. UM SI U OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. WE HAVE THREE ALLOTTED.

WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE ASSIGNED TO THEIR AND OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE WERE DOWN , UH, TWO IN IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. UM SO, UH, THERE'S A TOTAL HERE OF 69 WITH 50 OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED NOW I KNOW EARLIER. I TOLD YOU I HAVE 76 SWANS. SO WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS IS THE ADMIN POSITIONS LIKE MYSELF. ASSISTANT CHIEF UH, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS BAILIFF, THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO I MEAN, THERE'S THAT THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT NUMBER IS JUST SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW I WENT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND DID A BREAKDOWN OF THE TENURE OF AND WE HAVE FOR FIVE YEARS OR LESS. WE HAVE 33 SWORN AND A 17

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CIVILIAN THAT FIT INTO THAT FIVE YEARS OR LESS WITH US. 6 TO 10 YEARS WE HAVE 13 SWORN TO CIVILIAN. UH 11 TO 20 YEARS. WE HAVE 15 SWORN AND 20, PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE SIX SWORN AND ONE CIVILIAN AND +33 OF THOSE. I'M SORRY. FOUR OF THOSE HAVE 2525 YEARS. SO I KIND OF DID THAT TO KIND OF SHOW THAT, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, LOSING INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE FIVE YEARS OR LESS, AND THEY THEY CAN LEAVE AT ANY TIME AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND UM, IT'S NOT A HUGE RESTART FOR THEM. GO ON, SOME GO ON TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. SOME OF THE STAFFING CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AND I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH. UH THESE AS AS WE KIND OF MOVE DOWN HERE. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 11 OPENINGS.

I HAVE 11 OPENINGS. I HAVE FIVE THAT ARE IN THE ACADEMY. AND I HAVE THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING. SO WHEN YOU ADD THOSE UP, THAT'S 19 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE EITHER GETTING NO SERVICES OR LIMITED SERVICES, RIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SOME SERVICES FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN IN TRAINING. BUT EVEN WITH THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM BEFORE THEY CAN GET OUT ON THEIR OWN. AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN A CAR IN THEIR OWN ANSWERING CALLS, UM ON ON THEIR OWN. UM THERE WAS AN INTERNAL SURVEY. THAT WAS THAT WAS DONE INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. UM, IT WAS SENT OUT TO 33. EMPLOYEES WITH AN 81% RESPONSE. AND UH, CURRENTLY ON TOP OF WHAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT I HAVE THREE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS WITH ANOTHER AGENCY. UM OR PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY TESTED WITH ANOTHER AGENCY RECENTLY. AND I HAVE 19 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY CONSIDER LEAVING WILEY FOR ANOTHER AGENCY AS A PLAN B AND I THINK SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY, UH, PAY. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS BROUGHT THAT UP LAST TIME. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS WORKING ON STUFF. I PROBABLY AS WE SPEAK FOR, UM, ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY CONCERN IS NOT JUST RELATED TO SWORN PERSONNEL. THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, LIKE, UM, A CITY MANAGER SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME WITH GENERAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL. UM I DO. I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH A LOT OF THOSE, UH, O OTHER CITIES. AND, UM I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ALL EMPLOYEES. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SLIDES, PATROL SHIPS ARE HEAVILY DEPLETED. ALL PATROL SHIP SHIPS ARE WORKING AT SHIFT MINIMUMS. WE'VE HAD TO PULL BACK SPECIALIZED UNITS SUCH AS TRAFFIC. AND SI U, WARRANT OFFICER AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AT TIMES TO HELP COVER THOSE SHIFTS. UM YOU KNOW WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK EARLIER ABOUT TRAFFIC COLLISIONS IN THE CITY, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF WILL I I'VE HAD TO PULL BACK THE UNIT THAT'S ACTUALLY TARGETING A LOT OF THOSE PARTICULAR COMPLAINTS JUST TO HELP COVER SHIFTS AND UM WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BRING THEM BACK WELL NOW MARSHALL. VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT ISN'T BEING DONE THE COMPLAINTS THAT DO COME IN FOR THE TRAFFIC WE CAN'T GO TO THOSE PATROL TRIES TO DO THAT PATROL. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST TRAFFIC THAT HANDLES THAT PATROL TRIES TO DO THAT, BUT PATROL WAS BUSY. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE PERSONALLY MYSELF WORKING CALLS IN A DISTRICT I WORK TWO MONTHS IN A DISTRICT UM EVERY THURSDAY.

ON DAY SHIFT AND I. I WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE BUSY. IT'S JUST CONSTANT CALLS AND YOU KNOW WHEN THEY MAY PULL OVER INTO A PARKING LOT, AND THEY MAY TRY TO KNOCK OUT A REPORT. BUT IF THEY TRY TO GO SET UP SOMEWHERE AND ACTUALLY RUN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE THERE, MAYBE 10 MINUTES AND THEY'RE HAVING TO LEAVE, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY MAKING AN IMPACT ON THAT TRAFFIC COMPLAINT AND ADDRESSING THAT UM S DETECTIVES AND COMMAND STAFF HAVE ALL HELPED COVER SCHIFF. UM IF THESE SPECIALIZED UNITS ARE PULLED BACK, LIKE I SAID, THEY THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO DO IF A DETECTIVE COMES OUT AND IS HELPING COVER SHIFT, THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT WORKING THEIR CASES THAT THEY HAVE THAT STUFF DOESN'T STOP. THE CASES CONTINUE TO COME IN. UM. THERE IS CURRENTLY 2496 HOURS OF SHIFT

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COVERAGE THAT'S SCHEDULED THAT'S BEEN SENT OUT TO HELP COVER. THAT EQUATES TO 208 SHIFTS. NOW UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THIS IS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. I HAVE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT FOR THAT IT COULD BE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM MAYBE MAYBE THEY'RE OUT SICK. UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN WHAT OUR LICENSE AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT FOR FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE STUFF. UM ALL OF THESE THINGS FACTOR INTO THAT, UM ON TOP OF SHIFTS BEING SHORTHANDED, SO AND I AND I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME TIME. FOR VACATION TO GO DO THINGS WITH THEIR FAMILY. I MEAN, WE CAN'T KEEP ASKING THEM TO WORK. THEY SHIFT IS OR THEIR WORK WEEK IS NORMALLY 33 DAYS, AND NOW WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PICK UP 1/4 DAY. AND IF IT'S FOUR DAYS AND WE'RE MAYBE ASKING THEM TO PICK UP 1/5 DAY, AND YOU KNOW, I'M VERY I'M VERY THANKFUL. UH CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP TRY TO ADDRESS THIS. I THINK THAT HE'S JUST AS CONCERNED AS I AM WITH THIS, AND I THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO. UH ADDRESS SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW POTENTIAL FOR BURNOUT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF AND TO GET THESE SHIFTS COVERED, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE TIME UNTIL WE CAN GET BODIES IN, UM TO THE DEPARTMENT. BEING SHORT STAFFED, TAKES THE DEPARTMENT FROM A FULL SERVICE, PROACTIVE DEPARTMENT TO A REACTIONARY DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AT AT THIS POINT.

UM THAT IS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE EXPECTATIONS SET BY THE CITIZENS BY BY THE CITY BY US AS A DEPARTMENT. I MEAN, WE WE'VE COME TO, UH, WE'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE. AND I FEEL LIKE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT IS NOT REALLY ABLE TO GIVE THAT ANYMORE . AND UM, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A, UH, A CITIZEN THAT ASKED IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WITH HIM IN PERSON, AND HE COMPLAINED ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAFFIC STUFF THAT'S GOING ON ON HIS STREET. I ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE ONE DAY AND SET OUT THAT AFTERNOON TO TRY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING PERSONALLY MYSELF BECAUSE I MEAN, CAN'T REALLY ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO GO DO THAT WHEN THEY'RE OUT, TAKING THE CALLS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO I THINK I THINK SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THERE'S A PROBLEM IN THIS GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IT OR WE WILL ADDRESS IT AND THEN IF WE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, THEN, OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT STARTS Y'ALL DON'T CARE. YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, AND I THINK THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT MULTIPLE THINGS BECAUSE HE SENT IN AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER DIFFERENT AREAS INSIDE THE CITY. BUT I THINK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, YOU YOU, I MEAN IT'S LEGITIMATE. AT LEAST FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE. IT WAS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD AND IT HAS TO BE A CONCERN OF OURS AS WELL TO ADDRESS THAT. WITH THAT. IF WE CONTINUE TO BE SHORT STAFFED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START STACKING LOW PRIORITY CALLS. UM, COMMUNICATIONS ALREADY DOES THAT TO SOME EXTENT. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO GET BACK TO THOSE CALLS? AND CAN WE GET BACK TO THOSE CALLS? UH, IN A IN A TIMELY MANNER, UH, INABILITY TO IMPLEMENT SPECIAL PROGRAMS. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, I HAVE I WAS HAD FULLY STAFFED AND, UH, DOWN THE ROAD. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT BICYCLE UNITS OUT AT SHOPPING CENTERS DURING THE TIMES OF LIKE I SAID AROUND, UM, THE BLACK FRIDAY EVENTS THE BIG SHOPPING TIMES. I WANNA PUT THE BICYCLE OFFICERS IN INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE IF WE START PROBLEMS WITH, YOU KNOW, BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES AND THEFTS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THE BICYCLE UNIT IS A GREAT UNIT. I WANNA GET BACK TO CANINE. WE HAD CANINE AT ONE POINT IN TIME. WE HAVEN'T HAD CANINE FOR A LONG TIME. AND THE THERE ARE THERE ARE A REALLY GOOD TOOL FOR THE DEPARTMENT. I MEAN, WE USE DRONES. UM, THOSE ARE A GOOD TOOL BUT HAVING THAT DOG OUT THERE ON THE STREETS WITH SEARCH SEARCHING AND, UH, NOT ONLY ON VEHICLES BUT SEARCHING FOR HELPING SEARCH FOR INDIVIDUALS HELPING SEARCH FOR ARTICLES. I MEAN, WE I WOULD LIKE FOR US AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO GET BACK TO, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE CANINE UNIT. BEING PROACTIVE. UM, OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IT REDUCES HELPS REDUCE THE CRIME RATE. UM OBVIOUSLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN. ON TOP OF THAT IS THE BURNOUT, WHICH I'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING UH, TO BEING UNDERSTAFFED. THIS IS AN ISSUE WE'RE SEEING IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, APPLICANTS FINDING QUALITY APPLICANTS AND PEOPLE WANTING TO WORK IN THIS PROFESSION IS BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT. AGENCIES ARE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME APPLICANTS AND OFTENTIMES ARE RACING TO GET THEM HIRED BEFORE LOSING THEM TO

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ANOTHER AGENCY. WE HAVE HAD THIS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS WITH AN APPLICANT. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR BOARD. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH ME. WE'VE GIVEN A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER. THEY'VE GONE TO START. THEY'VE DONE THE, UH C, THE POLY THE MEDICAL.

THEY'VE GONE TO BACKGROUND. THEY'VE DONE ALL OF THIS STUFF, SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S WORKING ON THEIR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS WITH TWO OTHER AGENCIES AT THE EXACT SAME POSITION. AND AFTER WE'VE DONE ALL OF THIS WORK, WE LOSE THEM TO ANOTHER AGENCY. AND UM, OBVIOUSLY, THAT BECOMES VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THAT TIME BACK. WE DON'T WE DON'T GET THAT TIME BACK, AND NOW WE START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. AS AN EXAMPLE. I KINDA WANNA JUST GO OVER SO THAT I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR NEW MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS THAT IT TAKES FOR US TO GET SOMEBODY HIRED. BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS OF CAN WE SPEED THAT PROCESS UP AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. IS AS BEST WE CAN, BUT I WANT YOU TO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT TAKES. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE CADETS IN THE ACADEMY. UH, WE HIRED THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN OCTOBER, AND THEY STARTED THE ACADEMY IN JANUARY AND WE PRO PROCESS THEM AS QUICK QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. AFTER WE HAD A WRITTEN TEST AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD GOOD QUALITY.

APPLICANTS. AND THAT IF WE DIDN'T HIRE THEM, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GONNA DO THAT. AND SO WE HIRED THEM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I DID THIS TIME THAT I THOUGHT, I THINK IS GONNA BE VERY BENEFICIAL EVEN AFTER TALKING TO THEM AS WE'VE PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND D.

WE MADE THEM GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. WHICH I THINK HE KIND OF INSTILL THAT CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY ABOUT BEING WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GO HELP. AN, UH, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT THAT IS NEEDING THAT. AND I , I'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK NOT ONLY FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT FROM FROM THE CADETS THEMSELVES. AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS SEE. HOW THAT HELPS THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN THE ACADEMY BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOME WRITE OUTS, THEY WORKED IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. THEY WENT TO THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER. AND SO NOW, HOW IS THAT TRANSLATING OVER TO THE ACADEMY? IS IT, HELPING THEM RETAIN STUFF AND THEN? HOW IS IT HELPING THEM WHEN THEY GET OUT IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM? BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN AROUND THE CITY AND THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS AND WE REALLY WANT TO SEE IF THAT KIND OF WORKS OUT, UH, TO A TO A BENEFIT FOR US, UH, LATER ON FOR A SOLID TRUTH. UM THEY HAVE A POTENTIAL UM THEY WILL BE POTENTIALLY RELEASED OUT ON THEIR OWN. AND NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT 13 TO 14 MONTHS IS HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN US TO GET TO GET THEM, UH, WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THEM OUT ON THEIR OWN. SO TO KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN, UM, THE HIRING PROCESS WE ADVERTISE, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE POSITIONS AND IT START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. THIS HAS BECOME A FULL TIME JOB FOR US.

UM, IT IS NONSTOP NOW OF RECRUITING. UM WRITTEN WHERE THEY TAKE A WRITTEN AND PHYSICAL TEST. UM OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SEEING LIMITED NUMBERS APPLY. THEY'RE GIVEN TWO WEEKS TO FILL OUT AND COMPLETE A PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT. SO IF THEY PASS THE WRITTEN TEST AND THEY PASS THE PHYSICAL FITNESS, THEN THEY'RE GIVEN A PERSONAL HIS HISTORY STATEMENT. THEY'RE GIVEN TWO WEEKS TO FILL IT OUT. WHICH IT'S VERY THICK. I MEAN, IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 16 AND ASK FOR EVERYTHING. UM, SO IT IT SOME FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT COULD BE A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT IN THERE. UH, THEY WANT THAT PACKET COMES BACK. UH, SERGEANT HERMUS IN THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IS DOING A PRE BACKGROUND. HE'S LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET SCENE. IS THERE ANY OR IMMEDIATE RED FLAGS THAT STICK OUT? UM ORAL BOARD AND INTERVIEWS. THEY'LL GO TO AN ORAL BOARD. WE'VE SPED THIS UP TO WHERE WE TRY TO SET UP THE ORAL BOARD ON THE SAME DAY THAT MYSELF OR CHIEF WALTERS OR BOTH OF US ARE AVAILABLE, AND IF THEY PASS THE BOARD, THEY WALK RIGHT OVER TO US, AND THEY GO INTO A SECOND INTERVIEW. UM SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS, SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO COME BACK ANOTHER WEEK. UM THEY'RE GIVEN A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER IF THEY IF WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL GOOD FIT FOR US, THEN THEY GO TO A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND A POLYGRAPH. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MEDICAL SCREENING AND A DRUG TESTING.

UH, THEY GO THROUGH BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS VERY INTENSE AND TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, DO THE BACKGROUND WHICH WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER THIS LAST TIME. WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE DOING BACKGROUNDS. UH WE HAD A COUPLE OF C ID DETECTIVES HELPING OUT OUTSIDE OF THEIR CASES. UM, TO, UM DO SOME OF

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THESE BACKGROUNDS TO TRY TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS AS WELL. AND THEN THEY'RE GIVEN A JOB OFFER. AND IF ONCE THEY GET THAT JOB OFFER IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE ACADEMY IF THEY ARE NOT IF THEY ARE NOT CERTIFIED. THE POLICE ACADEMY IS 22 WEEKS, SO THAT'S 5.5 MONTHS. THEN WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THAT THEY GO TO A MINI ACADEMY. THAT'S UH, THREE WEEKS, UH, MINIMUM OF THREE WEEKS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COVERING. YOU KNOW THEY'LL THEY'LL DO STUFF THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH HR. THEY'LL DO COMPUTERS GO OVER THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE FIREARMS AND LESS LETHAL TRAINING AND THEN DO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WILL COVER POLICIES WILL DO A DEFENSE OF TACTICS. WE'LL DO A LOT OF THIS STUFF, SO THAT WHEN THEY GET IN THE VEHICLE WITH A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF THAT IS MAYBE SITTING IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER AND READING POLICIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE OTHER GOOD THING TO THAT IS NOW WE KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THE POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT SETTING THEM UP FOR THE POTENTIAL TO FAIL OR GET INTO TROUBLE. UM THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM IS A 16 IS 16 WEEKS. UH, WHICH IS FOUR MONTHS THERE IS 14 DAYS REMEDIAL TRAINING BUILT IN IF SOMEBODY IF WE SEE THAT SOMEBODY'S STRUGGLING IN A GIVEN AREA, AND IF WE GET TO THE END OF THAT, AND THEY USE UP ALL THEIR REMEDIAL DAYS, AND THEY STILL CAN'T DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO. WE START THAT PROCESS ALL OVER WITH SOMEBODY DIFFERENT. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN, BUT OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE. IN THE SECOND PHASE OF FIELD TRAINING AND I. I JUST IT JUST ISN'T WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, AND THEY WANT TO GET OUT AND I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN WITH SOMEBODY THAT I PUT THROUGH THE ACADEMY. AND THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING THREE. A GOOD PROBABLY 10. 8 TO 10 WEEKS IN AND IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, AND NOW AND NOW THEY DECIDE THAT THEY CAN'T DO THAT. LATERAL TRANSFERS THAT COME IN IF THEY'RE CERTIFIED, AND THEY COME TO US FROM ANOTHER AGENCY, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT MORE THAN A YEAR BREAK IN THAT, UH, THEY COME IN THE ONE AREA WHERE WE CAN GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND IS WE CAN, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAMS. SO NOW THEY GO FROM 16 WEEKS AND THEY'LL GO DOWN TO THEY CAN POSSIBLY GO DOWN TO 10 WEEKS. AND THAT'S THAT SPEEDING THAT UP IS ABOUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A TIME TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO AND PUTTING THEM OUT THERE, SO IT IT DOES TAKE STILL TAKE SOME TIME. I KNOW THAT IT'S COME UP ABOUT THE PAY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT HERE, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER HAS TALKED ABOUT IT AND OFTEN TIMES, YOU KNOW, I I'LL GET THE QUESTION LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE LOST TWO BECAUSE OF PAY. AND AGAIN TO BE TRANSPARENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE LOST A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO PAY TO PAY. I'M STARTING TO LOSE PEOPLE TO PAY WITHOUT A DOUBT. I MEAN, THAT'S THEY'RE TELLING US NOW. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE LEAVING. UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT I'M NOT GETTING THE APPLICANTS LIKE I USED TO, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A BENEFIT FOR IS IF I CAN GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR. UM AND THIS IS BASED ON THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH ME WHERE THEY'LL TELL ME THE REASON WHY I LIKE BEING HERE IN WILEY AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD PLACE FOR ME IS BECAUSE WHEN I WALK AROUND NO MATTER WHERE WE GO, NO MATTER WHO WE RUN INTO, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S OUTSIDE WHETHER IT'S WALKING THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE'LL GIVE THEM A TOUR OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING. EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS TO HIM AND ALWAYS SHAKES THEIR HAND AND WILL CARRY ON A SMALL CONVERSATION WITH THEM. AND THEY THEY SAY, LEAVING OUT I JUST FELT LIKE THIS WAS HOME. I JUST FELT LIKE THAT THE PEOPLE HERE REALLY CARED AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET THEM IN NOW, SO I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM THAT CULTURE I. I REALLY THINK WHEN EVERYBODY IS LOOKING ON PAPER, AND THEY'RE SEEING THESE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE AROUND US. THAT'S PAYING, STARTING OUT PAYING WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE. WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S SWORN OR GENERAL EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE SAME THING WITH GENERAL EMPLOYEE WE HAD A WE HAD A RECORDS CLERK THAT WAS IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE LOST FUEL CITY. AND SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST SWORN PERSONNEL . I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M VERY CLEAR ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT ABOUT SWORN PERSONNEL. IT'S ABOUT ALL ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. TO BE ABLE TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO US. SO THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM THE CULTURE THAT THAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND BE ABLE TO BRING THEM IN. ON TOP OF THAT. I GOTTA BE ABLE TO RETAIN THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE. I MEAN, IF I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE THEM FASTER THAN I CAN GET THEM. IT IT IT'S JUST GONNA

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BE A SNOWBALL EFFECT. AND I AND I'M GONNA I'M GONNA LOSE OUT. UM SO THE ONE THAT I JUST RECENTLY LOST I WANT TO TALK AND USE THAT ONE. AS AN EXAMPLE I HAVE A 10 YEAR OFFICER. UM WE HELPED BUILD THAT PERSON'S RESUME. I MEAN, WE SENT THEM TO ALL THE TRANS P. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THEY HAD TO WORK FOR THAT. THEY HAD TO GO DO PUT THE WORK IN, BUT WE HELP FUND THAT RESUME AND PAY FOR ALL OF THAT. AND NOW WE'RE LOSING. THAT 10 YEAR OFFICER TO A COMPARISON CITY THAT HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY'RE LEAVING FOR PAY. I HAD ANOTHER SINGLE MOM. THAT LEFT TOLD ME DIRECTLY RELATED TO PAY. SHE COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE APARTMENT THAT SHE'S IN BECAUSE THEY KEEP RAISING THE PRICE ON THE APARTMENTS HERE IN WILEY. AND SHE'S HAVING TO PAY FOR DAYCARE. AND EVEN WHILE SHE WAS WORKING HERE SHE WAS HAVING TO ASK HER DAD TO HELP OUT WITH SOME FUNDS. AND SHE SAID, I JUST DON'T FEEL I MEAN, I'M A GROWN ADULT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE. AND SAID IN MY OFFICE AND TOLD ME, CHIEF, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE. I DO NOT WANNA LEAVE HERE. I LOVE THIS PLACE. IT'S A GREAT APARTMENT. IT'S A GREAT CITY. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO. SO I DUG IN A LITTLE BIT. AND I FOUND OUT THAT 76% OF OUR PD EMPLOYEES LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY. 52% OF PD EMPLOYEES EITHER LIVE IN OR DRIVE THROUGH A COMPARISON CITY AND QUESTION IS, IS HOW LONG DO THEY KEEP DOING THAT BEFORE THEY JUST DECIDE TO STOP? AND NOW HAVE THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S A PART OF OR THAT IS ACTUALLY APPLIED WITH ANOTHER COMPARISON CITY HAS DONE JUST THAT. THEY DRIVE THROUGH THERE.

THEY LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN THAT I LIVE IN. THEY DRIVE THROUGH TWO OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES AND THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THEY'LL JUST STOP AND THEY'LL APPLY THERE. AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, THEY'VE SAID ABOUT PAY. SO I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY. AND IT GIVES ME AN HOUR BACK WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE IT TAKES AN HOUR OFF OF MY COMMUTE. II. I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE IN AGREEMENT. I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO PROBLEM, CHIEF III. I THINK WE'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE PAY. AND I THINK THAT WE ADDRESS THIS DURING THE LAST MEETING, AND THE ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WHEN WE'VE DONE COMPARISON TO PAY, WE'VE GOTTEN INFORMATION THAT'S OLD. WE'VE REACTED TO THAT INFORMATION BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE WERE GIVEN. SO DURING THE LAST MEETING. WE ALSO MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL THAT OUR GOAL IS TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE PAID BECAUSE WE RESPECT THEM AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO. AND IN FACT, I THINK THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO STAFF TO COME BACK TO US WITH A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AND WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CURRENTLY AND NEVER TO PUT US IN THAT POSITION AGAIN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HEARS THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE A FEW OFFICERS THAT WERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BADGE IN THIS ROOM HEARS THE IMPORTANCE IT IS TO US TO MEET PERSONALLY, THAT WE DON'T LOSE SOMEBODY TO PAY. WE PUT FORTH AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT THIS CITY AND THESE CITIZENS DESERVE. AND THAT WE WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING US THE INFORMATION. BECAUSE I WON'T BE CAUGHT LIKE THAT AGAIN. I CAN ASSURE YOU COUNCILMAN MACI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I LIKE WITH SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT MAYOR PRO TEMP SAID, BUT I'LL ADD TO EVERYONE ON THIS ROOM, WORKED FOR THE Y DPD AND CURRENTLY WORKS OUT THERE THAT IT'S NOT IN THE ROOM. WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORTS THEY DO HERE. DO A GREAT JOB. THEY REPRESENT US. WELL THE ONES THAT DON'T OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NO LONGER WITH US, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE HERE. REPRESENT US, JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH THE RACIAL PROFILING LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT I PULLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND I SAID, HOW PROUD WE SHOULD BE. ABOUT THE POLICE FORCE THAT WE HAVE. WE SHOULDN'T LOSE ANYONE BECAUSE OF PAY. WE HAVE TO ADJUST WITH THE MARKETS. WE HAVE TO ADJUST WITH THE CURRENT SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE. THERE WAS NO OFFICERS.

THAT SHOULD LEAVE US. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY. AND IF THEY DO, OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A FAMILY TO RAISE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS LOOKING OUT THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES. TO WORK AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO FEED THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE TO DO. AS COUNSEL AS STAFF. AS LEADERS. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER JOB ON LISTENING UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING THE THOUGHT PROCESS THEY HAVE ON THE

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STREET UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE AND WORKING TOGETHER ON FINDING THE SOLUTIONS. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN REACTIVE AND NOT PROACTIVE AND IT'S TIME TO START BEING PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE. I DON'T WANT TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH, AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME, IT'S TIME TO REACT TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY SET FORTH SET OF REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT WILL NEVER AFFECT NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK ALL OUR STAFF AS A WHOLE IN THE CITY. PEOPLE THAT SPENT 10 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES WORKING FOR A CITY OR WORKING FOR ANY JOB. THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THAT JOB OR THAT BUSINESS. THEY'RE GIVING THEIR TIME IN THE EVERS. I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYBODY'S GOING WAY BEYOND THEIR DUTIES TO DO THEIR JOB. WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT. AND NOT SOME OTHER CITY COMING IN AND TAKING AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS PUT IN THE TIME AND THE EFFORT TO BUILD THAT CITY WHO IT IS TODAY. AM NOT JUST TALKING IN CITY LIFE. I'M TALKING IN PRIVATE LIFE. AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE GRAMMARS AROUND IT THAT ALLOW PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP. TO LEAD TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN COMMUNICATION. I THINK COUNCILS WILL ALWAYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING HELD INTERNALLY BY OUR LEADERSHIP.

COME TO US AND ASK FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THAT AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS NEEDED, HOW IT'S NEEDED AND FIX THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE. WE REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN. IF YOUR TEAM IS TAKING 30 MINUTES TO RESPOND TO A CALL. AN EMERGENCY CALL. WE OWE OUR RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. NOT ONLY YOUR TEAM. SO IT'S BEHOOVES US ALL TO SIT DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE. UNDERSTAND THE FACTS THAT WE HAVE. I SAID IT LAST TIME. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS OVERWORKED. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS EASIER TO MAKE A MISTAKE TODAY. I WORK OVERTIME AND EXTRA SHIFTS AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS. WHEN YOU'RE TIRED. YOU WERE SO TIRED. AND THERE IS A MINDSET FOR IT. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO FIX THE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.

THE CURRENT OFFICERS THAT ARE TALKING TO THEM. THEY SHOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT. LEAVING IN THIS TOWN. I THINK PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF, I CAN SPEAK THAT WE WILL PROVIDE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

FOR THEM IN TERMS OF HERE FINANCIALLY AND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE REPRESENT. IT'S THEIR CHOICE.

WE CAN STOP ANYBODY. BUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS WILL BE COVERED. FROM US AND THEN WORK ON THE SOLUTION. I WANNA BE PROACTIVE ON THIS. I SAID ABOUT IT. WE NEED TO TALK TO DIFFERENT COLLEGES, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT ACADEMIES DIFFERENT ROT CS IN HIGH SCHOOLS. I WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE SPEED UP THE PROCESS? IF WE'RE TAKING A TRANSFER OF 10 YEAR OFFICER FROM A DIFFERENT CITY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IF THEY'RE WAITING. 34 MONTHS IN ACADEMY PUT THEM THROUGH OUR PROCESS FIRST. I GET IT. DURING COVID. WE ALL HAD TO SHIFT AND ADJUST. I GET OUR PROCESSES THIS WAY. LET'S FIGURE OUT CAN SOME OF THAT BE MITIGATED SO WE CAN GET FOOD. FEET ON THE GROUND AND HELP THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY COVERING IT. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH OF EVERYBODY CAN DO. AND I'M NOT AGAIN. I PREFER TO THIS. WE'RE TALKING TO YOU TONIGHT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT . BUT I'M PREFERENCING THIS THROUGHOUT ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. STARTS WITH COUNCIL STARTS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP OF EACH DEPARTMENT, AND IT STARTS WITH US AS INDIVIDUALS, TOO. WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. WE ALL SEE EACH OTHER ON A DAILY BASIS. AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO JUST BECAUSE WE SIT ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT? AND HOW CAN YOU AGREE? THAT'S ALL. COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, CHIEF OFFICERS. THANK YOU. ALL, UM JUST THANK Y'ALL, UM. WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND THE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. IT'S TRYING TO GO. SO WHEN I GOT ON THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD JUST COME OUT OF COVID. AND WE HAD A SHORTAGE WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING BEING SHUT DOWN IN THREE YEARS OF NO PAY RAISES. AND PUBLIC SAFETY BEING SO FAR BEHIND THE BALL BEFORE THAT, THAT SHUTDOWN AND WE CAME UP WITH A STEP PLAN. THAT WAS A PLAN TO GET US ON TRACK, AND IT HAS HELPED IN OUR ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIES. NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO HAS THIS. YOU KNOW, THE NON SWORN OFFICERS WHO ARE PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ARE STILL PART OF THE WORKFORCE. WE HAVE A AS A SOCIETY HAD TO TRY TO WALK THROUGH THIS. HOW DO WE FIND PEOPLE THAT WANNA WORK? JUST HOW DO WE FIND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK? AND I KNOW. THE FINANCIAL

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SIDE IS A SIDE THAT MATTERS, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOUNT THAT SIDE. ON RETAINAGE. AND ON ACQUISITION. SO THAT BEING SAID, AND IT BEING SAID CLEARLY THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEW PLAN IS, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, REASSESS WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR TO TWO YEARS? BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD A BIG DROP. WE KICKED IN THE STEP PLAN, AND THEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD A RAMP UP IN ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIES OF, UM YOU KNOW, UH, SALARY SKYROCKETING INFLATION, SKYROCKETING SUPPLY GOING, YOU KNOW, DOWN DEMAND GOING UP JUST EVERYTHING GOING CRAZY, WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO BUY EGGS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, PAY EMPLOYEES. OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SHELVE. IN OUR PERSONAL BUDGETS. THEY'RE THINGS THAT WE SHELVE. THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DON'T WE SAY WE COME BACK TO THAT LATER. AS A CITY. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORE THINGS THAT MAKE THE ECOSYSTEM RUN CANNOT BE SHELVED, SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A PRIORITY. ALONG THOSE LINES I WANTED TO ASK, DO WE HAVE AAA SPECIFIC RECRUITMENT OFFICER? DO WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT IS SPECIFICALLY RECRUITMENT? OR IS IT IN WITHIN HR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. NO IT'S THE SERGEANT. IT'S OVER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND IN THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, BOTH OF THEM COMBINED, UH, TRAVEL AROUND TO, YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES AND THEY ASKED TO SPEAK AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE GONE TO SOME JOB FAIRS, AND THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS THE AREAS THAT THEY TRY TO TARGET IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. SAME THING IN IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE COLLEGES DO. I KNOW IT'S AS MUCH RECRUITING AS IT IS ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST PUT PUTTING OUT A JOB OPENING AS MUCH AS HEY, COME SEE US. IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I DON'T WANNA GET YOU IN THE WEEDS AND ALL THAT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF IT WAS HANDLED IF WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE FIELD YEAH. OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED. BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN CONSISTENTLY IS A 15 TO 20% UNDERSTAFFING. CONSISTENTLY ACROSS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND US HAVING 60 PEOPLE. OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD THAT ARE DOING THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW 15 TO 20% OF THAT.

YOU'RE 19 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHORT, ALMOST A THIRD. YOU START TO EASILY SEE THAT CRIPPLING. THAT'S ASIDE FROM THE OTHER PART, WHICH PUTS A STRAIN ON EVERYONE ELSE. UM, WHICH HAS GOT TO BE WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THESE NUMBERS, SUPER CHARGING OVERTIME. BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING, YOU KNOW, UM SO TO SUM ALL THAT UP. I'M IN SUPPORT OF WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WORK WITHIN REALITY. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BEST. BUT IN AND HEARING. UM MISTER PARKER SPEAK LAST MEETING AND HEARING YOUR COMMENTS THIS MEETING. I'M SURE WHATEVER Y'ALL ARE GONNA COME BACK TO US WITH BUDGET. FALLS WITHIN THAT REALM OF POSSIBILITY. BECAUSE IF IT WERE UP TO US, YOU KNOW I'D PAY EVERYONE A KAZILLION DOLLARS THAT DOES THAT, AS WELL AS ALL THE TEACHERS THAT DO SOMETHING THAT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THE PATIENCE AND THE YOU KNOW WHEREWITHAL TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH, BUT, UH I CAN'T DO THAT. SO I'M GONNA LOOK TO YOU AND MR PARKER FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. AND THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT, SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING THAT ONE I APPRECIATE LAST COUNCIL MEETING MAYOR PRO TEM TALKING ABOUT. HE BELIEVES THAT THIS, UM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. AND I'VE SAID THAT MULTIPLE TIMES UP HERE TONIGHT.

I HAVE GENERAL EMPLOYEES INSIDE MY DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO I'M NOT SPEAKING JUST FOR MY SWORN.

I'M SPEAKING FOR EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, I. I WON'T SPEAK DIRECTLY FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY I MEAN, WE HAVE DIRECTORS MEETINGS. I KNOW THAT THEY STRUGGLE THE SAME THING TRYING TO GET GOOD QUALITY APPLICANTS IN AND RETAINING PEOPLE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD. IS THAT, UM WHERE I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN LE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT ABOUT FINGER POINTING. AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS, IF I'VE EVER GIVEN ANY IMPRESSION STANDING UP HERE TONIGHT THAT IT'S US VERSUS THEM, IT IS NOT. WE ARE. WE'RE ALL PART OF THIS. UH, TOGETHER. I JUST FEEL LIKE I IT'S MY DUTY AS THE POLICE CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT MY DEPARTMENT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM JUST A PART OF THE OVERALL OPERATION IN THIS CITY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGERS HAVE A VERY HARD. JOB TO DO AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HAS OCCURRED, UM IN THE PAST, EVEN FROM PREVIOUS COS IT'S SETTING

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SOMETHING IN PLACE OF A 95% OF THE AVERAGE, WHICH DOESN'T SET WELL TRUTHFULLY WITH SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT COMES ACROSS TO THEM IS LIKE WE'RE 5% BELOW AVERAGE, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT EVERYBODY TRULY MEANS BY THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW THAT COMES ACROSS AND WHAT I THINK WORKED.

IN THE PAST. WE HAVE TO RE EVALUATE THAT MOVING FORWARD AND THAT'S I MEAN, I. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL HAVE SAID THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THAT Y'ALL HAVE SAID THAT TONIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGERS HAVE DONE ARE WORKING TOWARDS DOING THAT. I JUST FEEL LIKE TONIGHT. I NEEDED TO TELL YOU WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT'S KIND OF STACKED UP AGAINST US A LITTLE BIT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN ANSWER CALLS, AND I CAN'T LOSE ANY MORE OF THESE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON A DAILY BASIS AND THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO JUST BE ABLE TO MAKE DO WITH LESS. THAT'S NOT GONNA THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. AND I'M AT A POINT NOW WHERE THESE THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE BENDING. AND LIKEWISE, AND PROBABLY PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT'S THAT'S POTENTIALLY LOSING PEOPLE AND HAVING HARD TO DO THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO PICK THAT UP, AND WE CAN ONLY BEND SO FAR BEFORE WE BREAK. AND AGAIN. I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THAT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID SOME OF THIS STUFF WAS SET IN MOTION A LONG TIME AGO, AND I THINK THAT VERSUS POINTING FINGERS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE JUST GOT TO LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY NOW WE GOTTA FIX IT BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE IN SOME SOME HARD TIMES. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, I. I HAVE THE BEST MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. I HAVE THE BEST. I MEAN, WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE CITY HIRES THE BEST EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE BOARD IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. AND THEY THEY DO FINE WORK ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ANY DIRECTORS, UH, ANY OF THE CITY MANAGERS OR ANY OF YOU ON COUNCIL WANT US TO LOSE ANY MORE GREAT EMPLOYEES. AND I DON'T I MEAN, WE? WE GOTTA FIX IT. AND I'M WILLING TO DO MY PART. WHATEVER THAT IS TO HELP OUT WITH THAT I'M WILLING TO I MEAN, WHATEVER IS ASKED OF ME, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE SITTING HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY.

THEY'VE DONE THAT THEY'VE PICKED UP AND THEY'VE CONTINUED TO PUSH FORWARD AND FIGHT THROUGH BEING SHORT STAFFED AND I. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HAPPY. I I KNOW THEY'RE TIRED. I KNOW THAT THEY MAY BE MAD AT ME AT TIMES THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I'M NOT TRYING TO FIX THIS WHOLE THING. BUT I HOPEFULLY THEY NOT. THEY CAN SEE THIS IS A THIS IS A IT'S NOT JUST A SNAP THE FINGERS AND IT'S AN EASY FIX. AND I ALSO HEARD THE QUESTION LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT IS THIS GONNA SOLVE MY PROBLEMS? NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S GOING TO HELP DO THOSE THINGS. BUT I STILL IT STILL GONNA TAKE TIME FOR THIS TO UNRAVEL. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR US TO GET THOSE BODIES IN.

BASED ON WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD START FOR US AS A CITY. TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND MOVE FORWARD. JUST ONE SECOND IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD. SO UM, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UH, AS WAS STATED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 100% SUPPORT MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS AT THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS 100% SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND MY COLLEAGUES. LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A CITYWIDE STANDPOINT, NOT JUST ALL OF OUR AMAZING SWORN OFFICERS AND OUR AND OUR FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL BUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS LOOKED AT TO YOUR POINT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT IF YOU ASK, KIND OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR GREAT CITY MANAGEMENT.

AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING BECAUSE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS MENTIONED IT. I SEE IT IN MY DAY JOB. I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE DOES. THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY AND THE DATA THAT WE GET BY THE TIME WE'RE SETTING IT WE'VE BEEN BEHIND. AND I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T WANNA FIND OURSELVES MAKE A FIX. LET'S SAY WE MAKE A FIX AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND ADDRESS THE PAY. WE DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE SAME PLACE NEXT MARCH. IF YOU'RE COMING AND TALKING TO US ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IN MARCH, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE ARE FINDING A WAY TO YOUR POINT TO GO FROM BEING REACTIVE TO BEING PROACTIVE. AND BEING A AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE WORK BETWEEN YOU AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT. BUT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT FINDING OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION AGAIN. UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID FAIRLY AND APPROPRIATELY FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO. WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HANDS AREN'T TIED. YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ITSELF. BUT I DON'T WANT US TO SEE BECOME A REPETITIVE PROBLEM. THAT WE'RE JUST CONSTANTLY FIXING. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND A WAY TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT. SO NOW, WHENEVER YOU WORK THROUGH THOSE INTERNAL PROCESSES WHENEVER THE

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CITY MANAGERS WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND I BELIEVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IS WE FIND OURSELVES HERE. LET'S FIX WHAT WE CAN NOW. AND AS YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES BACK IN THIS POSITION AGAIN BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT UM, I. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK THE STANDARD OR THE PERCENTAGES WERE SET. I BELIEVE IT PREDATES ME GETTING INVOLVED. IT PROBABLY PREDATES SOME PEOPLE THAT PREDATE ME. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T WORK. SO NOW WE HAVE TO RE-ESTABLISH HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DON'T END UP HERE AGAIN. AND SO THAT'S YOU ASK KIND OF HOW WE CAN WORK TO.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS WE HAVE A PROBLEM. LET'S FIX IT AND ADDRESS IT. BUT LET'S NOT REPEAT THE PROBLEM. LET'S ENSURE THAT WE MAKE THE CHANGES WE NEED TO SO COUNCILMAN MAICI. YEAH THE ONLY THING THAT I WANNA REITERATE AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S STILLED IN EVERYONE. IT'S THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF IT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIX THIS ISSUE. WE CAN GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT TONIGHT. TOMORROW THE CITY OF OTHER CITIES AROUND US CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS CONVERSATION AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED. WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. NOT IN THE YOUR OPERATION. WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED WHEN THINGS ARE COMING UP. THAT WE CAN HELP. THERE SHOULDN'T BE A THING SAYING THAT'S COUNCIL THING. CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS. HAVE TO COME IN. AND BE FEEL FREE TO COME IN AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL LISTEN. WE WILL HEAR AND WE WILL REACT TO BASED ON WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD SO WE CAN ALWAYS KEEP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AND HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA HELP EACH OTHER THROUGH. WHAT IT'S NEEDED TO GET DONE TO THE END OF THE CALL. AND THAT'S HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD, CAUSE NOTHING IS GONNA BE FIXED WITH A ONE TIME THING. IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS, DISCUSSION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. OK? ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO OK? WELL AGAIN. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT DO. WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS OBVIOUSLY TO YOUR POINT IN THE NUMBER OF HOURS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHORT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. AND THE PROFESSIONALISM. UH, TO YOUR POINT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD DISAGREE. ONE BIT THAT WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE BEST MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK FOR US. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR IT. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE, NOT JUST FOR THE ENTITY. THAT OF A CITY BUT FOR THE ACTUAL CITIZENS WHO LIVE HERE, THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT A CITY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS AND CHIEF I WILL PROBABLY BE TALKING WITH YOU IN TWO WEEKS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THAT CONCLUDES WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO WORK SESSION NUMBER TWO. I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE JUST A QUICK BREAK. UH, ONCE

[WS2. Discuss Wylie Fire Rescue EMS Billing Services.]

WITH THAT. I'LL MOVE US BACK INTO SESSION. WE ARE IN OUR WORK SESSIONS. WORK SESSION NUMBER TWO DISCUSS WILDLY FIRE RESCUE EMS BILLING SERVICES CHIEF BLYTHE THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, UM KIND OF THE PLAN, AND I THINK THE BEST APPROACH TO THIS AS YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO, MAYOR I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. UM AND SOME INPUT ON THIS AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS NEW, I THOUGHT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE FOR US TO DO THIS SHORT PRESENTATION. UM GET ALL OF Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK. GET ANY INFORM ANY QUESTIONS? IF WE DON'T GET THEM ANSWERED TONIGHT WE'LL PLAN ON A SECOND WORK SESSION TO BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK. THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE FOR EMS. IF WE CAN DO THAT, TONIGHT, UM AND WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN , BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED. TONIGHT IS DIRECTION ON THAT FEE SCHEDULE, AND, UM AND WHETHER OR NOT, UH, WE NEED TO WHETHER WE ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS GOT YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WANTED OR AND HAVE THAT SECOND WORK SESSION OR WE'RE GOOD TO GO AFTER TONIGHT, SO THAT'LL KIND OF BE OUR GOAL.

MOVING FORWARD. UM I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU THE EMERGE CON TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH US TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT BRITTANY, BRENT AND RAHEEM WHO IS GOING TO BE, UM, DOING THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE HERE IN AND CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION AS WELL. UM, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL LET THEM GET STARTED. GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AERON AS WELL AS THOSE FEE SCHEDULE. I HOPE TO BE BRIEF, INFORMATIVE AND HELP YOU ALL MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT. MERGER. COL HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 17 YEARS. NOW AS EXPERTS IN HEALTHCARE FINANCE , WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO FIND VALUE IN INTRICATE, ERROR PRONE SYSTEM. AS EXPERTS IN EMS. WE'RE

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SENSITIVE TO CHALLENGES BOTH PATIENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FACE WE DEAL WITH THE HIGHLY COMPLEX SERVICES AND BILL GOES ALONG WITH IT, SHARING THE INDUSTRY CHALLENGES FIRSTHAND, WHICH MAKE US EXPERTS AT NAVIGATING THEM ON YOUR BEHALF. A BETTER PROCESS AND DEDICATED TEAMS MEANS MORE. EMERGE ON COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE , WHICH IS WHAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON. WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ACROSS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND THROUGH OUR SPECIAL TEAMS, OUR PRE BUILDING TEAM BILLING TEAM. A TEAM AND COLLECTIONS TEAM A TOTAL OF 100 AND 10 INDIVIDUALS, ALL LOCATED IN TEXAS. OUR PRE BILLING TEAM HELPS WITH ACCURATE PAYER IDENTIFICATION BECAUSE IDENTIFYING EMS PAYERS IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. WE FIND THE PAYERS THAT AUTOMATION OFTEN MISSES WITH OTHER COMPETITORS. THE BILLING TEAM IS ABLE TO BUILD CLEAN CLAIMS OUT. WE ENSURE CORRECT CODING FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL PAYERS. OUR A TEAM DOES A FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLAIMS, PURSUES AND RESOLVES OUTSTANDING CLAIMS TO PAYERS AND FACILITIES AND ULTIMATELY, THE COLLECTION SCHEME CAN PROVIDE AN APPROACH WITH DIPLOMACY AND SENSITIVITY, LOWERING THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. WE'RE ABLE TO MEET YOUR NEEDS FROM THE FIRE AND EMS PERSPECTIVE WITH EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES, COMPARATIVE AGENCY DATA K HOTLINE CLIENT DASHBOARD AND A DEDICATED ACCOUNT TEAM THAT'S READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ON THE FINANCE SIDE. WE HAVE A SIX BUSINESS DAY CLOSE ON DEMAND REPORTING AND PAYMENT, RECONCILIATION ACROSS ALL FUNDS THAT COME IN WHERE THEY COME IN AND FULL BREAKDOWN FOR YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. ON THE TECHNOLOGY END EMS EPR INTEGRATION ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS ON DEMAND REPORTING AND N MSY PROFICIENCY TO ENSURE WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE MOST ACCURATE DATA AND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. EMERGED AS A TRUSTED PARTNER FOR CHOICE OF NEARLY 200, TEXAS AGENCIES. WE KNOW TEXAS WITH THE LARGEST TEXAS OWNED AND TEXAS BASED EMS BILLING COMPANY IN THE STATE. EXPERTS IN TEXAS SPECIFIC INSURANCE POLICY AND 100% BASE HERE, NEVER OUTSOURCED. EMERGING ON BOARDING PROCESS IS VERY SIMPLE AND STREAMLINED ABOUT 45 TO 60 DAYS, BUT FROM CONTRACT SIGNING CLIENT SUCCESS TEAM INTRODUCTION ENROLMENT IMPAIRED CREDENTIALING TO ENSURE THAT ALL PAYERS ARE SUFFICIENTLY APPROVED AND WE ARE ABLE TO COLLECT FROM THEM FOR ANY CLAIMS THAT GO OUT TO ENSURING THE BILLING SOFTWARE IS SET UP AND TESTING ON OUR END AND ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS WHERE WE NEED TO ENSURE PC R ACCESS WITH YOUR SYSTEM, AND THAT'S ALL INFORMATION IS FLOWING CORRECTLY AND ACCURATELY TO THE SYSTEM, GOING LIVE AND BEING ABLE TO BUILD THINGS OUT AND ENSURE THAT WE PROCESS CLAIMS CORRECTLY. COLLECTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND PASS THEM ON TO YOU EFFECTIVELY. NOW AFTER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, LET ME GO ABOUT THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE. EACH EMS AGENCY IS ALLOWED TO SET FEES FOR THE SERVICES. IT PROVIDES GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS LIKE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ESTABLISH THE FEES THEY WILL PAY . THEY PAY THAT AMOUNT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT EMS CHARGES.

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE REIMBURSES EMS AGENCIES BASED ON THEIR POLICIES AND COVERAGES, WHICH CAN VARY FROM INSURANCE TO INSURANCE. FEE SCHEDULE SHOULD ENABLE AN AGENCY TO CAPTURE THE MOST REVENUE FROM THOSE COMMERCIAL PAYERS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS EMERGE ON PROPOSES THE FEE SCHEDULE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS WILL IN TURN, MAXIMIZE REIMBURSEMENT FROM COMMERCIAL INSURANCE AND ALIGNED AGENCY WITH CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS. LOOKING TO PROPOSE FEE SCHEDULE AND COMPARISON DATA HERE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE OUTLINED ACROSS THE MULTIPLE FOR THE CITY OF WILEY, AS WELL AS A COMPARATIVE AGAINST SAXY, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE SUBMITTAL. THEY'VE ALL BEEN DONE ONLINE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHERE WE'RE AT. SO FAR. IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THEM ARE IN LINE WITH US JUST BEING ON THE PROPOSED SIDE, JUST ABOUT AVERAGE OR IF A LITTLE BIT HIGHER JUST TO ENSURE WE'RE MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AGAIN. THIS IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE THROUGH ALL THE CLAIMS WE PROCESSED OVER 100 AND 88 TO 200 AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS OVER 17 YEARS OF DATA AND HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE. NOW A NOTE ABOUT RESIN VERSUS NON RESIN FEE SCHEDULES. IT IS NOT IDEAL TO CHARGE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO PAY BASED ON RESIDENT STATUS. CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS IS TO CHARGE RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS WITH THE SAME RATES TO CAPTURE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM INSURANCE. THEN IMPLEMENTING DISCOUNT AND OR CHARITY CARE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION, THIS CAN BE A GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUE WITH THE WAY WILEY IS CURRENTLY SET UP, HOW YOU SUPPORT OTHER CITIES AND AREAS AROUND YOU THAT CAN OFTEN LEAD TO SOME CONFUSION. REGARDLESS OF THE AUTOMATION AND MANUAL ASPECTS WE PUT IN AND THUS CREATE SOME CONFUSION THAT CAN BE UNWARRANTED. THEN GO BEING REALLY THERE IS THAT LET'S CHARGE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE. THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT COLLECT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHILE MAKING SURE WE SERVE THE RESIDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE IN TAKING CARE OF ON THE BACK END. NOW ALSO ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERSTANDING THE CPT AND WHAT THAT WILL GENERATE FROM THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE. THE CPT, WHICH IS THE CASH FOR TRANSPORT IS THE DOLLARS WE COLLECT FOR CHARGES BILLED OUT TO INSURANCE PAYERS FOR A PARTICULAR CLAIM. THIS WILL VARY BY PAYER, GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE MORE STABLE WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT AND CAN BE CLOSE TO PREDICTED, BUT A LOWER VALUE WHEREAS COMMERCIAL WHICH IS YOUR B CBS UHC AETNA CIGNA, THEY WILL VARY BUT EACH GENERALLY AT A HIGHER DOLLAR VALUES. WE ARE CONFIDENT IN THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE PROVIDED AS OPTIMIZING WHAT COMMERCIAL INSURANCE WILL REIMBURSE GIVING YOU THE BEST PROJECTED CPT TO SUPPORT THE AGENCY. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, JUST BROADLY GROUPING TOGETHER THE GOVERNMENT AND PAYERS. WE

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EXPECT THE CPT PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $393 PER CLAIM. VERSUS THE COMMERCIAL PAYERS TO BE ABOUT 807, WITH THE TOTAL AVERAGE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT PAYERS AT ABOUT $519 PER CLAIM. NOW ANOTHER ASPECT OF HOW WIDE WE CAN SUPPORT PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS IS THE SENATE BILL 2476. THIS WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WENT INTO EFFECT AT THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR, MAKING ILLEGAL TO BALANCE BILL PATIENTS THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. THE TEXAS EMS ALLIANCE PROJECTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 20% OF PATIENTS WILL NOT BE BALANCE BILLED, WHILE THEY STILL ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE. THEY WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE THE FULL BILL FOR INSURANCE DID NOT PAY. PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A TD I PLAN AND THEREFORE NOT COVERED UNDER SB, 2400 AND 76, OR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE, THEY ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THEIR BILLS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MERGES PATIENT ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT. IF A PATIENT IS STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILL WHILE THEY CAN OFFER A DISCOUNT POLICY OF ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 45% MEANING IF THE PATIENT CAN PAY IMMEDIATELY, THE NEGOTIATED DISCOUNT CAN BE APPLIED TO THEIR BALANCE. AND, LASTLY, THE CHARITY CARE AND TASK. PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE MAY ALSO QUALIFY FOR CHARITY CARE IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TASK. IF THE PATIENT IS DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR CHARITY CARE, THEIR BILL WILL BE WRITTEN OFF AT 100. NOW TASK IS A REIMBURSEMENT OPPORTUNITY IS THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM. IT'S A PART OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP PAY THE COST OF EMS SERVICES RENDERED TO UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN'T PAY BECAUSE INDIGENT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. THE BENEFITS ARE WHILE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AGENTS WILL BE REIMBURSED. WE DO KNOW THAT 627 MILLION HAS BEEN DISBURSED SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2009. IS A GREAT WAY TO COVER FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN LOST. WE CAN PARTNER WITH PC G WHO SUBMITS THE APP AND WILL AID YOU IN THE COST OF REPORTING PROCESS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPLY, WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH OUR CONTACT THERE AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.

ULTIMATELY WE HANDLE COMPLEXITY OF BILLING SO THAT YOU CAN FOCUS WHAT YOU DO BEST, WHICH IS SERVING YOUR TEXAS COMMUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN BETTER TRY TO HELP PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON I'M GOING TO START WITH A COUPLE FIRST. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING THIS EVENING. UM JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, SO THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF US WITH THE NEGOTIATED RATES YOU ALL HAVE A COMMERCIAL PAYERS THAT WOULD CAPTURE THE FULL PAYMENT AMOUNT FROM EACH OF THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF SOMEONE'S AT 100 AND 40% OF MEDICARE, THESE WILL CAPTURE THE FULL PAYMENT FROM COMMERCIAL. THIS WILL CAPTURE THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT SO THE CHARGES MAY BE OBVIOUSLY 1000. BUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEIR MAXIMUM MIGHT BE 600 MEDICARE MIGHT BE 300 SO 200% BUT IF YOU CHARGE 100 AND 50% OF MEDICARE, THEN YOU'RE LEAVING IT ON THE TABLE. CORRECT. OK, SO THAT DOES CAPTURE ALL OF THAT. YES, OK. UM IN LOOKING AT THE CPT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN HERE AT THE 519 BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL PAYERS, I ASSUME, IS THAT BASED ON OUR PAYER MIX HISTORY. YES, THAT'S BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OK? AND THEN THE TASK. SO I AM ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A SELF PAY PATIENT. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NON COVERED BY ANY INSURANCE? YES WITH FURTHER REQUIREMENTS UPON THAT, YES, SO YOU BECAUSE YOU COULD OFFER THE DISCOUNT AS MENTIONED IN THE SECOND BULLET POINT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S CASH PAY IS SO TO SPEAK, NONINSURED. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THE TERMINOLOGY FOR Y'ALL. WE CALL IT CASH PAY, BUT IT'S SOMEONE WHO JUST DOESN'T HAVE INSURANCE IS PAYING OUT OF POCKET. YOU CAN JUST ADJUST THAT DOWN SINCE WE'RE ALREADY CHARGING A LITTLE HIGHER, BASED UPON REIMBURSEMENT PERCENTAGES FROM COMMERCIAL PAYERS, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS MORE CHARITY REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YES. OK, BECAUSE WE I ASSUME THAT COLLECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY LOW AND PROBABLY NOT WORTH THE MAN HOURS THAT ARE PUT INTO IT. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SIR. OK? AT THAT. THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK. I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF BLITHE REAL QUICK AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. WHEN WE'RE GIVING DIRECTION IF WE GET TO THE POINT OF GIVING DIRECTION TONIGHT, IT'S ON THE FEE SCHEDULE. BUT IT'S ALSO ARE YOU WANTING DIRECTIONS ON FIGURING OUT PROMPT PAY DISCOUNTS FOR NONINSURED AND TASKED TONIGHT OR JUST THE FEE SCHEDULE? ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US ANYTHING YOU YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE US OR ALREADY KNOW WE WOULD TAKE THAT. UM AGAIN. I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS WE CAN BRING ALL THAT BACK. AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO ESTABLISH THAT FEE SCHEDULE. I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS IF WE DON'T GET THE ANSWERS THAT YOU WANT OR OR DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WHICH II I THINK THEY PROBABLY DO, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE WOULD DO ANOTHER WORK SESSION TO HAVE ALL THAT STUFF FINALIZED. SO ANYTHING YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE US. UM WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT. OK? I WILL FOLLOW UP. THEN I APOLOGIZE. GENTLEMEN WITH ONE OTHER QUESTION. IT'S FOR AMERICA CON. UM SO WE'RE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT. UH,

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DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE BILLING REFLECTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEDICARE. ARE WE BILLING IT? 201 180. ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS. THE COMMERCIAL BILL THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT IN ORDER TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE ALLOWABLE DOLLARS. SO IF MEDICARE ALLOWS 300, WE'RE BILLING 600. BECAUSE THE TOP INSURANCE IS PAYING 500. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE SURE TO GET THE PARTICULAR PERCENTAGE OF THAT. BUT IT'S USUALLY REFLECTED IF I GO BACK TO OUR PHYSIO TO HERE, UM IT WILL JUST DEPEND BECAUSE THE AND AGAIN, EVEN FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. THERE'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BASED ON MILEAGE, SOME ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT THERE. IT'S I WOULD HESITATE TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER NOW BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET SOME RESEARCH AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER PERCENTAGE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS TEXAS AS A WHOLE THERE. I'M TRYING TO. I'M TRYING TO BACK INTO A PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT FOR SELF PAY PATIENTS. THAT BRINGS THAT DOWN FROM BEING ABOVE. WHAT A WHAT A COMMERCIAL INSURANCE WOULD PAY THAT THEY'RE GETTING BILLED AND BRINGS IT MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT SOMEONE WOULD BE GETTING BILLED FOR MEDICARE. THAT TYPE OF I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SET A PERCENTAGE THERE TO BRING IT DOWN. UH, I HAVE SOME INTERESTING DATA ON THAT I WOULD NEED TO GET THEM AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M SAYING DOWN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. AND THE PERCENTAGE IS A LITTLE BIT OFF. JUST, UH UM GIVE THE WRONG ANSWER. FAIR ENOUGH. MAYOR PRO TEM YES, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAY DISCOUNT IS A PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT A RANGE BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE A RANGE. IS THAT A RANGE THAT YOU WORK WITHIN? SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SAY, HEY, I CAN'T PAY THAT. BUT I CAN PAY THIS. IF IT FALLS WITHIN THAT RANGE IS ACCEPTABLE, RIGHT? AND WITHIN A LOT OF THAT, AS WELL, IT'S UP TO WHAT YOU ARE ALSO, LIKE WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN WORK AND A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES, AND THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE AND IT VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY. SO IT'S ALSO DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH YOU'D LIKE TO DO AND BASED AGAIN ON ANSWERING THE QUESTION, IF THAT'S THE GOAL, HOW WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT PERCENTAGE IS MET, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN A LUMP SUM PAYMENT PLAN. UM A LOT OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT PERSPECTIVE AND FACILITATE MUCH ANY COMBINATION GENERALLY FOR THAT, OK, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON P PC G. IS THAT A GRANT PROVIDER OR GRANT WRITER? OR, UM A COMPANY THAT FACILITATES GOVERNMENT. WE WORK WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT COST REPORTING AND WORK WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THAT. ARE THERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT DO THAT FOR THAT TASK PROGRAM? THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT WORK AND DO THAT MULTIPLE. SO OTHER, UH, FACILITATORS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO DO THAT AS WELL. WHY DO YOU CHOOSE PC? G UH, JUST THROUGH OUR HISTORY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. WE FOUND THEM TO BE EFFECTIVE ABOUT THAT AND FIND THE PROCESS THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THAT IT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. UH AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO BE GOOD PARTNERS AND PROVIDE THAT PERSPECTIVE. UM AND LET YOU ALL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL PARTNERED WITH THEM? UM I WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN SOME DATA ON. BUT I'D, UH, AWESOME TO LOOK BACK AND SEE ME.

AND THEN LAST YEAR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HOW MANY CLAIMS DID Y'ALL PROCESS? I SAY IT WAS FOURTH OF 27,000 CLAIMS OR SO AND THOSE WERE IS THAT THE COLLECTED AMOUNT OR THE A TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSPORTS, SO TO SPEAK, AND SO TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS THAT WE PROCESSED SO HOW MANY OF THOSE HAD COLLECTIONS ON THEM? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK TO SEE CLEARLY IT ALSO DEPENDS JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THE BUILD CLAIM GOES OUT VERSUS WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT IT. SO IT'S ALMOST A LITTLE BIT ON. UM THE DATA SERVICE COULD BE TODAY. BUT FOR MARSHALL PERRY, YOU WON'T SEE MONEY FOR 45 TO 60 DAYS. UH, AT LEAST VERSUS MEDICARE. YOU COULD GET IT AS SOON AS WITHIN THE MONTH, SO IT MOVES A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS COLLECTING AND WORKING ON THAT, UH, TO ENSURE IT'S UP TO SPEED AS WELL AS OUR SOFT COLLECTION CAPACITY. UM AND IF YOU WERE GONNA GUESS OUT OF THAT 27,000 A NUMBER OF CLAIMS ABOUT THAT. SOME WOULD SAY IT'S ON THE PERCENTAGE WISE WOULD HAVE TO BE NORTH OF 80 85% JUST BECAUSE LOOKING AT WHAT A PRIVATE PAY PERCENTAGE MIGHT BE, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE YOUR GREATEST AREA OF POTENTIAL FOR LACK OF PAYMENT THAT HELPS. IT'S NOT MY MARKET AT ALL. SO THAT THAT GIVES ME SOME JUST BASIC NUMBERS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MEUCCI. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA GO BACK TO NORMAL TERMS, PLEASE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SPEAKING TERMS. THE MAYOR SPEAKING TERMS ARE CONFUSING ME, SO I WANNA GO BACK TO MY PERSPECTIVE OF IT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FEE SCHEDULE, PLEASE, AND GO LINE BY LINE ITEM. AND WHY ARE WE GOING HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE? UM AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAXY AND HOW LONG YOU GUYS BEEN DOING THAT AND THEY BASED ON YOUR COLLECTION FOR THAT CITY PARTICULAR SURE SO LOOKING AT HERE. I MEAN, I'VE OUTLINED THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE DIFFERENT FEES HERE FOR WHICH ARE OUR PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULES AND PLEASE TELL US ALL THE ACRONYMS. DON'T JUST GIVE ME THE SMALL THANKS BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK HEALTH LANGUAGE. SO IF I WERE TO ALSO USE MY OWN LAYMAN ABILITIES, UH, AND TRYING TO FACILITATE, UM I'LL, UH, TRY AND SPEAK TO THAT WAY. SO SAT IS MORE OF A SPECIALIZED CARE AND

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TRANSPORT. UH, IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF CONDITIONS AND, UM, UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, WE SEE THAT, UH, CHARGING AT THAT RATE IS MORE APPROPRIATE AND TO ALSO SPEAK TO FROM THE TD SUBMITTAL. THE AVERAGE UM, WITH THE AVERAGES. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, CHARGING AGENCIES CHARGING A LOT LESS AND ALSO A LOT HIGHER. AND SO WE'RE JUST SEEING THAT NET EFFECT THERE AND THAT'S WHERE ON OUR END, WE'RE MARGINALLY INCREASED ABOVE THOSE WITHOUT BEING EXORBITANT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THAT MIDDLE GROUND BEST REPRESENTS AN EXEMPLIFIES THE FACT THAT WE'RE OUR PROPOSAL IS IN LINE, UH, THAT THE HIGH END AND LOW END ARE AVERAGING OUT TO THE RIGHT SPOT, AND THAT THAT IS WHAT MOST AGENCIES ARE EXPERIENCING. BEYOND THAT. THE A LIST UM IS GONNA BE YOUR MORE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. UH DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AROUND THAT, UH AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR BLS. WHICH IS YOUR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. UH THEN YOU HAVE MILEAGE DISPOSABLES SUCH AS YOUR BAND AID, SYRINGES. UH, OTHER ELEMENTS OF THAT SORT THAT WE CAN BUNDLE UP AND OXYGEN AS WELL AS TREATMENT ON TRANSPORT. IF SOMEBODY DECIDES, UH, THEY DON'T WANNA BE TRANSPORTED ANYWHERE. SO THAT WAS JUST OBVIOUSLY MY ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO PROVIDE MY LIMIT AND UNDERSTANDING AS WELL OF IT. I DON'T, UH, PRETEND TO BE A BILL AT HEART, BUT, UM DOES THAT HELP ANSWER A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AND GIVE YOU SOME GUIDANCE THERE. ABSOLUTELY SO I MOVE ON TO, UM, A LS EMERGENCIES $1600. YES, SIR. UM I GUESS, A AVERAGE STATE PD IS 1508. SO WE'RE GOING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT. UH, I SEE SACKS. YOU SCHEDULE FEE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS WORK WITH SAXY OR WHAT? NOT SO OUT OF THAT $1600. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CASES YOU HAD LAST YEAR WITH THEM. WHAT WAS THE COLLECTION RATE OUT OF THAT $1600 THAT YOU BROUGHT, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO FIND THAT SPECIFIC ANSWER UNDER THAT SERVICE LINE. UH, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW THAT UM, I WOULD HESITATE IN GIVING YOU A GOOD ANSWER THERE JUST BECAUSE IT CAN VARY ONLY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A GOVERNMENTAL PAYER, UM IT'S GONNA BE CAPPED AT A LOT LOWER THAN IT WAS COMMERCIAL. AND THAT IS REALLY THE MIX THE BIT OF THE CRAZINESS THAT COMES WITH IT, I GUESS. YES, SIR. BROUGHT UP. UM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I. I EVALUATED SEVERAL CITIES AROUND US BECAUSE WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF THIS CONTRACT. GETTING FINISHED AND FINALIZED, BUT WE HAD TO GET SOME REVENUE. NUMBERS GOING SO WE CAN FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT. UM SO THERE'S TWO THINGS IN THIS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS OVERALL. OUT OF ALL THE PATIENTS THAT THEY HAVE THEY'RE COLLECTING ABOUT 35.

MAYBE BE A LITTLE MORE 38% OF THIS FEE. OF THE TOTAL BILL OF THE TOTAL BILL. SO THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO THAT 500 NUMBER. THAT'S KIND OF YOUR EVERY PATIENT WE SEE. THAT'S HOW MUCH YOU BRING IN. WE COULD ESTIMATE FOR NUMBERS JUST TRYING TO GENERATE SOME PROJECTIONS. SO, UM THEY'RE THEY'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH WITH WITH THIS REGION BEFORE WE EVEN SPOKE TO THEM.

WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. WE KIND OF HAD KIND OF LAID OUR OWN OUT. UM, CITIES CAN ADD ALL KINDS OF FEES THERE. BUT THESE ARE KIND OF THE INDUSTRY BASICS THAT PAY UM, THE ALS. TWO. IS A PRIMARY ONE. IN THE BLS THE A S EMERGENCY AND THE BLS EMERGENCY ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'LL SEE MOST COMMON WITH US AND THEN THE OTHER. THESE THE DISPOSAL IS A OPTION. UM, CITIES AT OTHER FEES LIKE TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVEMENT FEES AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. IT'S I. I AGREE WITH THEIR VALUATION OF KEEP IT. STRAIGHTFORWARD. ALONG WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS, AND, UM THE SECOND COMPONENT IN T, PLUS SIZES. UM THERE'S CURRENTLY A FEE STRUCTURE THAT PARAMEDICS PLUS IS CHARGING TODAY. AND THIS IS LESS THAN THEIR CURRENCY STRUCTURE. SO TODAY A CITIZEN FOR AN A S TWO. IS THEIR BASE RATE IS 19. YEAH 1950. SO THAT'S IT'S ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. UM BUT IT AGAIN IT'S A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT'S DOING THEIR BILLING. AND WE HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT? WHAT THEY THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO SHARE THAT WITH US WITH OUR COLLECTION RATES ARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AS A PRIVATE COMPANY. SO, UM OVERALL OUT OF THE 12 CITIES THAT ARE EVALUATED FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES. WE CAN EXPECT THAT THAT TOTAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT 35 TO 40. NOW IN IN PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL BILLINGS COLLECTED WITH THAT SAID THERE IS A RAMP UP PERIOD THAT EVERY CITY THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO. WHEN THEY STARTED THIS IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE. FOR EVERYTHING TO GET. UM SETTLED IN TO ACTUALLY REALIZE THAT RESONANCE SO IT MAY TAKE A YEAR OR TWO. TO GET UP TO THAT PERCENTAGE, BUT UM WE HAVE BEEN BILLING UNDER OUR NUMBER UNDER UNDER OUR NP I NUMBER FOR THE STATE. AND UH, MEDICARE HAS TO BECAUSE WHEN OUR BACKUP AMBULANCES GO HAS TO BE BUILT THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. AND WITH OUR

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LETTERHEAD ON IT TODAY AND ALL THAT STUFF AND, UM SO WE HAVE THAT ESTABLISHED PROVIDER. UM, DATA OUT THERE ALREADY WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A BILL FROM US FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WHO YOU GONNA GET YOU SET UP AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO THAT THERE'S A UM WHEN YOU WHEN YOU YOU'VE LOOKED AT SAXES AND YOU LOOK AT OTHER AGENCIES IMMEDIATELY AROUND US, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE THAT JUST HAVEN'T UPDATED THEIR FEE STRUCTURE IN A VERY LONG TIME, IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THE FIRE CHIEF HAS REVISITED. UH, THEY PROBABLY LEAVING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE. BUT UH, THIS IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH UH, UNSOLICITED FROM THEM. RIGHT ALONG WITH WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN OUR AREA ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. ALSO I'D LIKE TO ADD THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE. FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS MORE THERE ARE THERE IS ONE LINE UH, BLS IS 750. WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, 1400, BUT THAT'S WELL BELOW EVEN THE STATE AVERAGE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY. CURRENTLY UH, PARAM PLUS IS NOT CHARGING MORE, UM, FOR THAT, BUT OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, UM, FOR THE MOST PART IS AT OR ABOVE WHAT? WHAT IT'S PROPOSED HERE.

AND AGAIN, UM I. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMIND EVERYONE ON COUNCIL JUST THERE'S AN ALLOWABLE AMOUNT, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT STATE LAW DEALS WITH IS IF SOMEONE HAS INSURANCE THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET BALANCE BILL. WHAT'S CONSIDERED THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE AN ALLOWABLE AMOUNT THAT THEY PAY, AND THE REST OF IT IS ESSENTIALLY WRITTEN OFF, WHICH IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO A LOWER COLLECTION RATE BECAUSE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE GOING TO PAY X, YOU DON'T TURN AROUND AND BILL THE PATIENT FOR THE REMAINDER. YOU THAT AMOUNT IS WRITTEN OFF AS CONTRACTUAL. I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER CATEGORY THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR COMPANY. UM, I IT'S AN ODD SYSTEM. GRANTED BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU ALWAYS BILL MORE. THEN ANYONE IS GOING TO PAY BECAUSE EVERYONE PAYS IT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT PASSED ON TO THE PATIENT. THEN NOW THERE ARE COINSURANCE. THERE ARE DEDUCTIBLES JUST LIKE IF YOU GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, OR YOU GO TO THE ER. AND THOSE ARE ALL WRITTEN INTO EACH PERSON'S INDIVIDUAL POLICY OR UNDER UNDER C MS GUIDELINES. BUT THAT IS NOT THE IF WE BUILD THEM 1600. THE COVERAGE IS 500. THE INSURANCE WILL PAY THE 500. THE OTHER 1100 IS NOT PASSED TO THE PATIENT.

AND SO THE MAJOR WAY THAT PLAYS IN IS WHENEVER WE'RE SETTING. THE PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT AS THEY PHRASE IT, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION I DID ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON PERCENTAGES IS BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF SOMEONE WITH INSURANCE IS GOING TO PAY X. I DON'T THINK WE WANT SOMEONE WITHOUT INSURANCE TO GET BURDENED WITH THAT FULL COST. THAT'S MY OPINION. UM AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY EVER BE ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE RIGHTS FOR A PATIENT IN THAT POSITION. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK OUT FOR CITIZENS WITHOUT INSURANCE. UM FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHETHER THEY DON'T GET IT AT WORK, THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO HAVE IT. THERE'S A MYRIAD OF DISCUSSIONS THERE, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN WE BUILD THE FEE SCHEDULE OUT, WE DON'T TURN AROUND AND THEN BUILD WHAT INSURANCE DOESN'T PAY FOR AN EXTRA COST TO THEM. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IN ONE INSURANCE PAYS 1500 ON AN A LS EMERGENCY THAT WE BILL ENOUGH TO COLLECT THAT NEGOTIATED RATE FROM THEM. AND WE DON'T EVER BUILD LESS. BECAUSE IF THEY PAY 800 WE, BILL 700. THEY DON'T WRITE YOU A CHECK FOR THE 800. THEY ONLY WRITE YOU FOR WHAT? YOU BILL SO EVERYONE ALWAYS BILLS AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A VERY, VERY ODD WAY OF DOING THINGS WITHIN THE MEDICAL WORLD. IT DOESN'T MATCH UP REALLY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE WITH ANY OTHER BILLING OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE WITH, YOU KNOW, DENTIST WORKED THE SAME WAY. OPTOMETRISTS WORK THE SAME WAY ALL THOSE FIELDS, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY OTHER INDUSTRIES. UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A MISS BEARD QUESTION, CHIEF BLY. I HOW HOW ARE WE WORKING THE BOOKS WITH YOU ALL? SO IS IT BASED UNDER AND, UH JUST IS IT GOING TO BE A CASH BASIS? OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A CRUEL FIGURED IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE RULES ARE WHEN IT INTERACTS WITH US FROM A CITY STANDPOINT. I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW IT WORKS. NOW WITH OUR WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. UM WHO BUILDS ON OUR BEHALF? UM SO WE SET UP WITH FINANCE A LOCKBOX . THAT MONEY GOES IN THERE. UM AND THEN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT NOW WE'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF THAT, UM, AS FAR AS HOW WE MAKE THAT TRANSITION. UM BUT I, I THINK I THINK MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THE REST OF THAT QUESTION. HE HAS SOME, UM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS THAT OBVIOUSLY FROM A CASH BASIS, IT'S WHAT COLLECTIONS COME IN

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THE DOOR AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT ON. THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS ON LESSENING ASSOCIATED FEE. UH JUST TO CLEAR ACCOUNTING AND INVOICE DETAILS THAT WE PROVIDE, ALONG WITH OTHER EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES TO SEE JUST DATED AROUND THE TRANSPORTS THE PAYERS. ALL THAT ACTIVITY, UM AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE AND OUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY OF EVERY DOLLAR, UH, THAT FLOWS THROUGH OK? SO CASH BASIS AND THEN BUT AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE A R INFORMATION. ABSOLUTELY OK. OK THE ONE OF THE MINOR THING I WOULD MENTION HERE. I KNOW AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS HERE IS THE CPT, WHICH THE CASH FOR TRANSPORT THAT'S THAT ASSUMED IDEAL, UH, PROJECTED DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD GET ON AVERAGE ACROSS MEDICARE, MEDICAID. I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT MAYBE, UH, APPROACHABLE WAY TO LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO REASON WHAT WE WOULD GET IN THE DOOR ON THAT, AND THAT'S IDEALLY WHAT WE WOULD GET ALL SET IN WHETHER IT'S CO PAY DEDUCTIBLES FROM THE INSURANCE PRIVATE PAY CONSIDERS, UH, JUST A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES. UH, AND THAT'S TO SAY THAT IN A COMMERCIAL PAIR, YOU COULDN'T GET, UH, A 1200 FOR SOME REASON, BUT 500 ANOTHER WHETHER IT WAS B CBS, WHETHER IT WAS UHC, UM, AND WHETHER IT WAS MEDICARE OR MEDICAID THAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT 400 OR 325, SO JUST MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL PERSPECTIVE. UM BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HELP TRANSLATE THAT DOWN, AND THAT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WAS WAS FOR CHIEF JUST BECAUSE YOU JUST SAT DOWN AND SO THE, UM AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTS. WE DID. SAY LAST YEAR IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR ISH. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP? SO SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT I. I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT PROBABLY PRETTY HEAVY ON MATH ON THE COUNCIL. UM WE ARE LOOKING AT AROUND 3800 TRANSPORTS. UM ANNUALLY NOW. THAT THAT'S PRETTY CONSERVATIVE. UM BUT IF YOU DO THAT MATH, IT'S GOING TO COME UP WAY MORE THAN WE'VE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT PROJECTIONS. UM A AND THAT IS SOMEWHAT BEING BEING CONSERVATIVE. BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU 1.9 MILLION. THEN WE ONLY COLLECT A MILLION. THIS IS NEW. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WRAP UP TIME AS CHIEF RITTER MENTIONED AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, IT'S AND IT AND IT'S UH IT'S SUCCESSFUL IN OUR OUR ALL OF OUR MEDICARE STUFF AND MEDI MEDICAID STUFF. COME IN ON TIME, THEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO. BUT IF IT DOESN'T I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE VERY, UH, SOUNDS LIKE THE 1.5 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT UNREALISTIC. I DON'T THINK SO. AND MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT. YEAH, I THINK, UH, ADDITIONALLY MY PERSPECTIVE WOULD JUST BE THAT THERE IS THAT ADDITIONAL RAMP UP TIME? UM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOSE IN OUR EXPERIENCE WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE FROM THE AGENCY FROM THE CHIEFS AND WHAT YOU ARE, AS A COUNCIL HAVE DONE, UM, IS AMAZING.

IMPRESSIVE TO HELP SET UP THE AGENCY FOR SUCCESS, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN OUR ABILITY TO RAMP THEM UP EFFICIENTLY, QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM BUT, UM, YEAH, THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS ARE ALL JUST A RAMP UP PERIOD. SO IF YOU LOOK FOR THE 1ST 12 MONTHS, IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT SLOW. WE CAN OUTLINE THAT. BUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT, STEA STATE. UH, A COUPLE SEVERAL MONTHS IN, UM THE FUNDS WILL LOOK A LOT BETTER AND THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WITH AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE RECOMMEND AND SHARE WITH YOU ALL. UH AND ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE AGENCY ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND ALL THE HARD WORK THERE. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT. DO Y'ALL NORMALLY DO? UM, UH QUARTERLY. UM, UPDATES THAT WOULD COME THIS WAY OR SO WE HAD NORMALLY WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AN OPEN LINE OF CONTACT, UH, WITH THE AGENCY AND THE CHIEFS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, ANYTHING WE'RE SEEING, OR WE THINK THERE'S MOVEMENTS ON FEE SCHEDULES WHERE WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER DECISION. UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK FOR YOU ALL TO SEE AND DECIDE ON IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST. SO WE REGULARLY HAVE THOSE AS WELL AS QUARTERLY. WE MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT AND PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS. UM AND WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO MAKE SURE UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO HAVE VISIBILITY. WITH THEM AS WELL AS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU ALL. AWESOME. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMAN MAICI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR ME. AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE LOGISTICS OF IT. I GUESS I BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER WHEN WE APPROVED YOU AS A VENDOR, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR FROM AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THE LAST PIECE, YOU KNOW, WE DO 99% OF THE JOB IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS CALLING TO GET COLLECTIONS AND WHATNOT THAT COMMUNICATION THE WAY IT'S HAPPENING. I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S REPRESENTED RIGHT. NOBODY LIKES THE COLLECTION AGENCY, CALLING THEM RIGHT AND TO SOME DEGREE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE GOING TO SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE WE MAY NOT WANNA PAY IT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPRESENTED, RIGHT? WE'RE SENDING THE RIGHT EXPECTATIONS.

WE'RE COMMUNICATING THE RIGHT WAY, YOU KNOW. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO BOTH. AND RHETORIC THAT WE BOTH LOOK AT THESE IN SIX MONTHS BASIS OR QUARTERLY BASIS ABOUT FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM THE PEOPLE AND HOW SHOULD WE APPROACH IT? STUFF LIKE THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD. IN W AND I, I

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THIS IS GOING GONNA BE NO DIFFERENT AND I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB ON DURING THE INITIAL PART, AND I EXPECT YOU KNOW NOTHING LESS FROM THE COMPANY THAT CHIEFS RECOMMENDED SO I'M I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I REITERATE THAT AS WELL. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT IS OUR GOAL TO BE THE BEST PARTNERS WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THOSE HIGH LEVEL OF STANDARDS THAT YOU ALL AS A CITY AS THE COUNCIL AND THE CHIEFS OF THE AGENCY. UH HAVE 100% TECHNICALLY, WE'RE NOT A DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY, WHICH PROVIDES SOFT COLLECTIONS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UM, AND HAVE A POSITIVE CONVERSATION TO FIND A WAY FORWARD TO THE PROM AND FIND AN AVENUE WITH WHICH TO, UH, SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WITHOUT TRYING TO HAMPER THEM TO CREATE FRUSTRATION. UH, BECAUSE WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT COMES BACK TO YOU ALL AND THAT IS NOT THINK WE WANT THE RESIDENTS OR YOU TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. UH, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY AND MAKE THE PROCESS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE WHILE TRYING TO TAKE THAT 1% OF EFFORT THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT THE 99% OF THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AGENCY ARE DOING OUT THERE. AND THAT IS AT THE CORE AND THE ETHOS OF OUR COMPANY. UH, VERY MUCH TO SUPPORT THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SO ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS COMPLAINTS THINGS THAT COME THROUGH. WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. WE RECORD OUR CALLS. WE REVIEW THEM. WE PROVIDE ONGOING TRAINING TO OUR PERSONNEL AND ENSURE THAT ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HEAR THAT COMES TO YOU ALL. UH, THAT WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND FIND ANY SOLUTIONS WE CAN AROUND IT.

MAY PROTON AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I HAVE A AN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION.

PROBABLY CITY MANAGER CITY SECRETARY AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE DRAFTED.

WILL WE INCLUDE THE FEE SCHEDULE IN ORDINANCE? NO. WE'LL DO LIKE WE DID WITH, UM, PARKS. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE FEE SCHEDULE AS NEEDED AND NOT HAVE TO BRING HIM BACK TO GREAT. THANK YOU. PERFECT THAT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, TOO. NOT HAVING IT COME BACK EVERY TIME IT NEEDS TO HAVE A CHANGE. OK? WELL THIS EVENING. THEY HAVE ASKED US TO GIVE GUIDANCE ON A COUPLE OF TOPICS SO I WILL WALK THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME. UM AND I WILL START FOR THIS TIME. I'LL START ON THE LEFT. WE'LL START JUST TO PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE. COUNCILMAN DUKE ARE YOUR COMMENTS OR IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, I'M GOOD WITH IT. OK, COUNCILMAN ST GOOD MAYOR PRO TEM GOOD, THANK YOU. I'M GOOD WITH IT, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I'M GOOD WITH IT. COUNCILMAN HOOVER. I'M GOOD WITH IT, AND COUNCILMAN MEIC. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. OK, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED NOW I KNOW I HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROMPT PAY DISCOUNT. UH, I'M ONLY ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL DO WE WANT TO GIVE DIRECTION OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION? I'LL START. WITH COUNCILMAN MILICI. THIS TIME I'LL GO THE OTHER WAY. I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS. I TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT AND THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO ACHIEVE. SO MY THING WOULD BE YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT TO THEM. AND IN THEIR EXPERIENCE ON THIS OK, COUNCILMAN HOOVER I TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION IS DO THEY ASKED US TO IF WE WANTED TO TRY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A DISCOUNT POLICY PERCENTAGE. OR AND I HAD HAD ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEIR FEE SCHEDULE SAT TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH SO I DIDN'T GET A I. I DIDN'T GET A CHOICE THERE OTHER THAN DO WE WANT Y'ALL TO SET IT OR DO WE WANT DO WE WANT TO DO? I SHOULD I APOLOGIZE. DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE AND WANT TO SET A RATE TONIGHT? THE ONLY, UH, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA SAY RIGHT IF I'M CASTING A VISION, JUST BASED ON BILLING PRACTICES AND WHAT I'M USED TO, I WOULD SAY IF IT WAS GONNA BE CASH PAY THAT YOU STARTED AT MEDICARE, MEDICAID, WHATEVER THAT IS. AND THAT THAT ENDS UP BEING YOUR CASH PAY BENCHMARK AND THEN IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT, THEN THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO Y'ALL. Y'ALL WORK IN THAT INDUSTRY. I DON'T I'M COMFORTABLE ONCE YOU GUYS GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEM TO SET THAT RATE WHERE YOU FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN THEY THEY HAVE WHAT ALMOST 200 OTHER AGENCIES THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY DRAW FROM AND LOOK AT THE AREA, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO HOLD IT UP TO GET THAT FOR ME. MAYOR PRO TEM. I WOULD AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS ALREADY MADE. COUNCILMAN STRANG. I AGREE . COUNCILMAN DUKE AGREE. OK, SO WE'LL LET YOU GUYS DO THAT. UM AND THEN I THINK THE LAST THING DO YOU GUYS WANT AN ANSWER ON TASK TONIGHT? I'LL JUST BEFORE I ASK EVERYONE ELSE ARE THERE. THIS IS A STATE PROGRAM, NOT A FEDERAL PROGRAM BECAUSE SOMETIMES FEDERAL PROGRAMS COME WITH A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM OF REQUIREMENTS. IT'S A STATE PROGRAM. OK, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY SORT OF ODD. REQUIREMENTS THAT COME ATTACHED TO IT. I. I MEAN, THIS IS NEW TO US, RIGHT? UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, RELY A LOT ON A

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MERGE CON BUT FROM TALKING TO SOME OTHER FIRE CHIEFS. UM THEY THEY UTILIZE IT AND HAVE NOT HAD THOSE ISSUES. UM THAT THAT THEY MENTIONED AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT IT. IF YOU GUYS ESTABLISH A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'VE DECIDED WE NEED TO HAD DO XYZ. EVERYONE HAS TO WEAR A YELLOW RAINCOAT OR, YOU KNOW SOMETHING CRAZY STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN. SO UH, YEAH. YEAH I MEAN , THERE'S ODD THINGS YET TO COUNCILMAN'S POINT. THERE ARE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE TO GIVE UP ZONING ABILITIES AS A COUNCIL, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNANTICIPATED THINGS, BUT I'LL START THIS TIME WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WHO JUST KIND OF BOUNCE AROUND TASK. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LOOKING TOWARDS? YEAH. ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP OUR CITIZENS. OK, I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN STRANG. AGREE WITH COUNCILOR ME WELLS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN HOOVER. I, TOO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK COUNCILMAN DUKE. AGREE. MAYOR PRO TEM I AGREE. COUNCILMAN MEUCCI AGREED. AND I AGREE AS WELL. SO THERE WE GO. SO I THINK THOSE WERE THE THREE ITEMS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THIS EVENING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES UM JU JUST TO WRAP UP AND KIND OF RECAP. COUNCILMAN MAUSI. UH ONE THING THAT'S IN THEIR PROPOSAL IS, UM, A CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEY. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'LL ADDRESS, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. UM I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THEM. I THINK IT'S FOR OUR SERVICE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE THAT IN ABOUT THEIR BILLING EXPERIENCE.

UM OR IT MAY INCLUDE THAT I DON'T KNOW. UM MORE MORE TOWARDS US, UM, BUT THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK. UM I KNOW WE OWE Y'ALL SOME ANSWERS TO SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM TONIGHT. UM SO WE'LL GET THOSE TO BRENT AND, UM, HE CAN PASS THOSE BACK OUT FEE SCHEDULE AS AS PROPOSED. UM AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE? UM ANOTHER WORK SESSION, II. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOOD, JUST BRINGING THAT BACK AS A AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR IT. TO ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE. COUNCILOR THIS JUST LAST THING I KNOW WE ARE STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE OTHER. UH, BILLER RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DO A IS THIS TAKING IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY? WILL THIS TAKE EFFECT ONCE THAT CONTRACT ENDS JUST FOR OCTOBER OF OCTOBER OF ONE OF 2024? SO WE ARE UNTIL WE START BUILDING FOR OUR SERVICES SERVICES. I MEAN THE PLAN FOR NOW, THE PLAN TODAY IS TO FINISH OUT THIS CONTRACT. UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS TIME GOES ON, IT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING FOR OUR CONTRACTOR. THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. OK? A. THAT'S ALL WE GOT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY, BRING IT BACK AS AN ORDINANCE. IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL HAS IS GOOD WITH LETTING YOU GUYS HANDLE THE PROMPT PAY. I WOULD JUST SAY WHEN YOU COME BACK AND PRESENT IT TO US. JUST LET US KNOW KIND OF WHERE YOU SETTLED ON IT.

YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS IN THE EMAIL, UM TO MR PARKER, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GET GO FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF PARTNER. IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO SAY ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SO WITH THAT THE ENDS

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